Hello one and hello all to my new fic. I don't really have much to say here, but please pay attention to the note under this. Hope you all enjoy.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For info and descriptions on what the Squad looks like, go to my bio
Note: Pretty oc centric and choppy first chapter. Not happy about it, but I really didn't know how to do this first chapter.
Note 2: I use 'Squad' instead of 'Unit' because I prefer it that way
Warning: Scenes may range from fluffy to shounen ai. Nothing more than that though
Disclaimer: don't own World Trigger (as you will see is a very good thing)
Chapter 1: Yuki Tsukiko
In Mikado City, home to 280,000 people, a Gate to another world opened one fateful day.
Invaders from another dimension known as Neighbors poured through.
The city then knew true fear.
The Neighbors' technology makes them immune to most Earth weapons. Most believed the fall of the city was only a matter of time.
But then...
A mysterious group drove off the invaders and delivered a message.
"Leave the Neighbors to us. We have long trained for this."
They studied Neighbor technology, and created an organization to defend the world from them.
The Border Defense Agency.
The group built a tremendous base in a very short time and prepared defenses against the invaders.
Four years later...
Though the Gate is still open, and the Neighbors still come through, most of the city's population has chosen to remain. Perhaps due to their faith in Border, the regular explosions and flashes hardly even faze the people living in Mikado City.
Outside the Forbidden Zone of Mikado City a Border Squad stood atop and around three fallen Marmods. Their expressions carefree or uncaring about the mild destruction around them. They had made it in time to stop the Neighbors from actually killing or taking anyone, but could stop the damage from being made.
"Man, that was a good one. Haven't had a fight like that in a while."
"Yuki-senpai, are you feeling all right?"
"Yeah. Thanks."
"Idiot! How week do you think Yuki is!?"
"Calm down now. You guys did well and your teamwork is growing. I'm sure you'll all make it to A-Rank in no time."
"With a leader like Yuki, of course we'll be A-Rank in no time!"
"It's because of our teamwork, Toby-kun." Yuki looked at Toby, his squad's Attacker, with a sheepish expression. He had known that his friend would say something like that, but still felt bashful about it.
"Anyways...Don't you guys find it kind of weird that there has been this many Gates opening up outside of the Forbidden Zone?" the only girl there asked as he put away her Lightning.
"I had asked some of the A-Rank agents about it, but they weren't really sure themselves," Yuki said as he got a thoughtful expression. "Maybe Jin-san or Amo-san would know."
"Well they better figure it out soon! This is the fourth time this has happened! Yuki shouldn't have to use his off time for something like this!" Toby exclaimed as he kicked the Marmod that Takeshi (the squad's Shooter) was sitting on.
"Must you be so loud? We already know that Yuki-senpai has better stuff to do than this," Takeshi said as he jumped down from the Neighbor.
"It's not my fault that HQ isn't working faster. I mean, seriously, don't they know how fragile Yuki is? He already does more than enough when he's on duty, they shouldn't make him do extra when he's off the clock."
"They are trying their hardest, I'm sure. But, I do agree they should hurry up before Yuki-senpai's delicate body gives out."
The other two looked on as the Attack and Shooter's 'argument' went on. While one watched with a smile and a sweat-drop, the other watched with an irritated expression. They both knew this 'argument' was pointless and almost a daily thing, but they also knew they couldn't really do much about it.
Misaki, the squad's female Sniper, sighed as she shook her head. Quickly getting tired of the 'argument,' she turned to her captain and asked, "Can I just bash their heads in? We both know this will go on for the rest of the day."
"You should let her. It makes things easier for us all," their Operator, Mei, agreed.
"Honestly, don't you find it a little insulting that they're saying you're basically so weak that you need protection?"
"It's fine. Those two don't mean any harm," Yuki said with a kind smile.
"Honestly, don't you have any pride as a man? I mean, you are the between the four of us and they treat you as if you are a kid." Misaki saw the same smile still on his face as if he was fine with all of this. She let out another sigh. "Honestly, you're too nice most of the times, Yuki-san."
"Now that I think about it, we haven't reported back to HQ yet, right?" Takeshi asked, leaving his 'argument' with Toby.
"It's fine. While you all were talking, I took the liberty to contact Headquarters. They said you were all free to go. I still have some work to do, so I'll be staying over here."
"Try not to go overboard, Mei-chan," Yuki said with a worried tone.
"I should be telling you that, Yuki-kun. Either way, don't worry. I promised someone that I'd treat them later on. I'll see you guys later. Bye."
"Ten bucks says that someone is either Yoneya or Ken-kun," Misaki huffed as she turned off her Trigger and flipped her hair.
"Maybe it's both. She's on really good term with both squads, so it wouldn't be surprising if both teams actually went along," Toby said as he fixed the gray trapper hat on his head.
"Says the one who always tries to invite the Suwa, Kuruma and Kako Squads for lunch every week." Takeshi ignored the insult he got and used his gray scarf to shield himself from the breeze that passed by.
Yuki gave a small chuckle as the squad coninued to walk away. He enjoyed being around them when he was able to leave his house. He never felt any malice coming from them when they talked about him and was always proud of their teamwork and individual abilities.
He could easily remember when he had met all of them and let out a content sigh at the fond memories. They had always taken care of him when he wasn't able to do much and he always cared about their well-bings when they were having their own troubles.
'They're always entertaining to be around.'
It was the beginning of the day and Yuki couldn't help but be happy that he was feeling well enough to go out instead of staying in bed and feeling like crap. He let out a silent sigh as he walked through the street and received multiple greetings from the other people out. Being the kind person he was, he gladly returned all of them.
"It's nice to be out. But it looks like everyone's worrying again."
"That's not too shocking. You are quite popular for being a Border agent and just for being so kind."
Yuki turned to see Mei walking next to him as she gave her own greetings to some people. She gave a proper greeting to him as well. They walked through their neighborhood with no particular place in mind.
While he got entertainment from the other three field agents in his squad, he enjoyed the calming nature of their operator from time to time. She was only a year older than him and was grateful for all the help he had received from her before.
"So, did you hear the rumor going around?"
"You know those things get out of hand. I don't like to keep track of them."
"Well, apparently, there was another attack yesterday. This time it was a middle school and a C-Rank agent took down two Marmods. Not only that, but Kitora-chan also took down some kind of new Neighbor. I guess that's to be expected of an A-Rank agent though."
"That really is amazing. I know how strong Kitora is, so that isn't really shocking, but a C-Rank agent beating two Marmods is quite amazing as well."
"Oh yeah. Jin-san was also at HQ yesterday." Mei let out a huff and stuck her nose in the air. "He's the same as always. Not only that, but he didn't even greet me."
"He probably didn't mean anything by it. He was probably headed to see Shinoda-san and the other directors," Yuki said with a sweat-drop. "Maybe we could all drop by Tamakoma later on. I'm sure Kirin-chan would like to talk to you and Suzu-chan."
"Alright, but I'm not going to speak to Jin-san until he greets me properly."
"Heh heh heh...Yeah..."
"Kyaa! What is that thing!?"
"I don't know, but it looks weird!"
Yuki and Mei looked at each other before making their way over to where they heard the scream. When they got their they saw a group gathered around something in one of the area's parks.
After showing themselves, the crowed quickly moved out of the way to allow the two to get through. What they saw had them confused. It was a small six-legged robot looking creature.
Just as Yuki was going to grab it, the robot-like creature backed away and a Gate started to open above it. Before it could fully form though, the creature was stabbed fell to the ground.
At that time, a voice came through to Yuki that said, "Attention, all Border agents! There has been an infestation of a new kind of Neighbor! You are all to find every one of these new Neighbors and destroy them!"
The a man appeared on most if the crowd's phones. He held up a picture of the creature and said, "Border has found the reason for the Gates opening in the city. These small Neighbors. Border is exterminating them right now. If you see one, contact Border at once!"
"So that's how it is...Looks like we're gonna be busy today." Yuki turned towards the whispering crowd behind him and clapped his hands. "Alright, everyone! As Director Netsuki had just said on your phones, if you find any more of these small Neighbors, contact a Border agent and someone will be there as quickly as they can! I will be leaving to help the search, but will make sure to get rid of any in this area!"
The crowd started to disperse as Yuki let out a small sigh and turned to Mei. He gave a small smile and a mock salute. He quickly left to search for any of the new Neighbors.
'Poor guy. He never really gets a break, does he?'
"Looks like we've got them all. Man, that was a good workout. I'm glad I was feeling well enough to do this," Yuki said as stretched his arms.
After searching the whole day, all the small Neighbors were delt with and every agent was now relaxing from the long search. They had gotten some help her end there from civilians which did make things easier for them, but it was still difficult to find all of them.
Yuki himself had met up with his squad a little after the announcement and had quickly disposed of a number of the small Neighbors. While Yuki was enjoying himself, his squad and every agent that knew him (which was a lot) bother to ask if he was alright while still trying to find the Neighbors. This slightly bugged him, but he let it go.
"At least we can all take a break now. Maybe I could go get some ramen later on."
"Because there's someone you want to help?"
Yuki looked over and saw a familiar 'S-Rank Elite Agent' talking with another C-Rank agent with glasses, a young looking boy with white hair and some sort of machine-like thing. Deciding that he should go over and greet the S-Rank agent, Yuki started to make his way over.
"Jin-san, hello!"
The four turned to see Yuki walking up to them. The one with glasses started to freak out a little bit while the machine-like thing started to move behind the white haired kid.
"Oh, hey, Yuki. Are you feeling well enough to be out right now?" 'Jin-san' said with less worry and more curiosity in his voice.
"Yes. I am feeling quite fine right now."
"Must suck that you had to search with us when you finally feel alright."
"Not really. I like helping out, so this is no problem for me. By the way..." Yuki trailed off as he looked at the two behind Jin with a curious expression.
"Oh, right. Yuki, these three are Mikumo Osamu and Kuga Yuma. The one behind Yuma is Replica-sensei." Jin noticed the shocked and questioning looks he got from the two behind him and turned to them. "Guys, this is Tsukiko Yuki. Don't worry, he's really nice and has no bias to pretty much anything new to him."
"Hello, Mikumo-san, Kuga-san, Replica-sensei," Yuki said with a low bow.
"H-hello," the one in the glasses said with his own bow.
"Hello. You can just call me Yuma," the white haired one said with a smaller bow.
"Hello. I am Yuma's chaperone," the black machine-like thing said as he came out from behind Yuma's back.
"So, Jin-san, we're you the one to figure out that these things were the cause of the Gates?" Yuki asked, turning back to the Elite Agent.
"Nope. It was Megane-kun here. He's a C-Rank rookie right now, but he'll probably be moved up to B-Rank like you after this," Jin said as he put a hand on Osamu's shoulder.
"Really? Then if you need anything, you can just ask, Mikumo-kun. I'm always happy to help," Yuki said with a smile.
"Hey, he's like you then, Osamu. Both of you are people who can't help but to...help."
"Speaking of getting a promotion, when are you gonna join the A-Ranks?"
"Huh? Is Tsukiko-senpai really that strong?" Osamu asked with wide eyes.
"Not really. People always say that, but I'm not really that strong. Oh, and you don't have to be so formal. You can just call me Yuki, if you'd like," the B-Rank agent said with a bashful expression.
"Always the modest type, huh?" Jin put an arm around Yuki's shoulder and started talking to the other three again. "This guy is crazy strong, when he wants to be. He could easily be an A-Rank and go toe-to-toe with Kitora. He doesn't take any offers though because he wants to go to A-Rank with his whole squad."
"J-Jin-san, you're o-over exaggerating! I would quickly lose to Kitora if I fought against her! And I don't take offers because I know I'm not strong enough to be A-Rank."
"Well, Kuga? Which one is telling the truth?" Osamu asked, looking down at Yuma.
"Hm...Both of them are telling the truth, but...I think I'll believe Jin-san more. This guy does seem to be pretty strong," Yuma said with his usual duck face.
"See what you caused, Jin-sa~n!? First you don't greet Mei-chan properly, and now you're teasing me like this!"
"Huh? Mei-chan? I didn't even see her yet. Well anyways, you should probably be getting back to your squad before they start harassing the other agents for information on where you are."
"I guess you're right." Yuki faced the other three again. "It was a pleasure to meet you all. If you need anything, don't be hesitant to ask me. Goodbye."
"Bye!"
Yuki took his leave and left the four alone again. When he was far enough to where they couldn't see him, Osamu turned to Jin with a questioning look.
"Jin-san, is Tsukiko-senpai really that strong? Can he really go toe-to-toe with Kitora?"
"I'm interested in that too," Yuma said, also looking at the taller male.
"Mmmm~~~...Yeah. If he were to actually try hard, he could probably beat her. Not only that, he gets along well with almost everyone he meets. Even the people that don't really care for his company get worried about him and ask if his squad if he is alright. In truth, he's more like Border's kid that you just can't help but spoil."
"That's some strong power he has."
"Okay, I get that, but what did you mean by 'even the people that don't really care for his company get worried about him'? Is there something wrong with him?" Osamu asked with his own worried expression.
"Ah, about that...He has a sickness. He's been able to keep it at bay for the most part, but he can catch a simple sickness easily and vaccines aren't much use for him. Everyone's usually worried about him and some even want him to quit Border, but he refuses and still goes on."
'Wow...And he's a B-Rank. That's true dedication.'
"Xyz!"
"Synchro."
"Honestly, you young ones don't know anything. Fusion was the start of it all."
"Should you guys really be talking about card games when you're suppose to be destroying a Neighbor? You should pay more attention."
"This doesn't concern you, so stay out of it."
"She's right though. We need to get this over with now."
BOOM!
"Looks like someone else was fighting not too far from here."
"Wonder who it was."
"That doesn't matter right now. What matters is that this Neighbor is one we haven't seen before. Not to mention that it's a flippin' giant!"
"Well, maybe, if you shoot the damn thing already, we wouldn't still be fighting it!"
Yuki couldn't help but let out a sigh as he, Toby and Takeshi dodged another attack from the giant Neighbor. They had barely started the fight and were trying to contain as much damage as they could.
Deciding they had spent enough time on this, Yuki faced the palm of his hand on the ground and a blue square appeared. He quickly went on it and was shot up into the air. A small blade appeared in his hand and he tried to slash at it.
The bit managed to get the Neighbors attention as it quickly turned to him and readied another attack. Before it could land though, Yuki was caught in mid-air by Takeshi as something sped towards the Neighbor and destroyed the 'eye'.
When the two landed on the ground, Yuki was quickly flocked by the other three.
"Are you crazy!? What if that thing had landed that hit!? What if you missed!?"
"I would rather you not worry us to the point of us having to save you, Senpai."
"Thanks for the diversion, but you should really be more careful."
Yuki continued to get scolded by his squad for a good two minutes before they finally settled down. He was glad they cared, but he just wished they didn't care too much.
"Mei-chan, did you tell Headquarters were we able to defeat the Neighbor? As you can tell, I was a little busy."
"Yeah. I reported everything. By the way, Yuki-kun, Director Shinoda said he wanted to see you."
"Oh, oh, oh! Maybe it's to promote you! He finally sees how strong you are and is ready to make you an A-Rank! I say we celebrate!"
Yuki, Takeshi and Misaki just stared at their fourth member as he got excited from his own thoughts. They didn't feel like wrecking his little fantasy land, so they just went with it. Even Takeshi, who was always ready to pop the other's bubble, felt sorry for the boy.
"You can't really blame him. None of you have told him that Yuki-kun has been rejecting all the offers so far."
"We know," the three said simultaneously.
"We all hope it's for that, but it doesn't really matter since Yuki-san will probably reject again," Misaki said as she flipped her hair.
"Either way, it must be pretty important if Director Shinoda wants to see him."
"Maybe he's gonna let Yuki-kun go."
"Like hell he would! If you say that again, I'll give you a good punch!"
Yuki couldn't help the chuckle that came out when he heard the rest of his squad threaten their operator.
He was also wondering what he was needed for, but highly doubted it was to let him go from Border. If he had to guess, he would say it was try and promote him to A-Rank, but as Misaki had pointed out, he would reject again.
'Still, something like that isn't what I should be thinking about...'
Before he could finish his though, Yuki started violently coughing. He continued to cough until he was on his knees and covering his mouth.
All of this caught everyone else's attention as they quickly went to their captain. They tried to sooth him by rubbing circles on his back even asked if they needed to take him to the hospital.
After about two minutes, he finally stopped coughing and was now sweating and panting. There were a few coughs here and there, but it didn't lead to anything else.
"Captain, are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. I'll go over to Headquarters and take my pills."
"I can tell Director Shinoda. I'm sure he'll understand if you need to see him later."
"It's fine. When I'm done there, I'll just go home and get some rest. I should be better by tomorrow," Yuki said as he tried to stand up.
"At least let us help you there," Takeshi said as he put Yuki's arm around his shoulder.
"Alright. Thank you. Sorry about this, by the way."
"It's fine. You're our captain and friend after all," the three said in unison.
QOTC: What do you think of each oc? (This question will be a reoccurring one throughout the fic)
And there was the first chapter. I hope you all enjoyed. If you didn't, that's fine as well. Now some trivia for you all! This chapter was suppose to revolve around the whole squad, but ended up being more on Yuki. I'm fine with both, but I'll try and get some good chapter out with the whole squad as the main focus.