Biking home from school using a shortcut by the riverside near the forbidden zone.

The girl noticed the alarms going off. There was a gate opening above her. Not trained for this situation she froze as a marmodd dropped from the gate. Releasing what was happening she instinctively took out her wooden sword. She attacked the marmodd but the sword was reflected off of the armor she temporarily retreated but the marmodd took this chance to attack. She tried to dodge as she defended with her sword, the marmodd blade sliced through her sword effortlessly. Realising her mistake she dropped what was left of the sword and bolted. She retrieved her bike to make her escape quicker.


2 hours later

Suwa Squad are writing an after action report.

Suwa: "Did any of you notice that there was minor damage when we arrived"

Hisato: "I thought it was my brain playing tricks on me"

Daichi: "We should probably include it with the report"


Cleaning crew:

the two sword pieces are laying around a destroyed marmodd.

Ishi: "Hey Chizu, why is there a wooden sword here, are border agents using wooden swords now?"

Chizu: "Ishi just put it into an evidence bag, but what is odd is that Suwa reported that there was minor damage when they arrived"

Ishi: "I know that it is unreasonable but could it be from the sword"

Chizu: "Doubt it, but lets finish cleaning this up and tell the lab techs to see if they want to do anything with it"

Ishi: "Roger!"


Lab techs:

Within the depths of the border base.

Lab Tech 1: "This is the sword from that marmodd destruction that we got"

Lab Tech 2: "The higher ups are worried about someone that might have gotten captured because of the sword and the fact that it escaped the forbidden zone"

Lab Tech 2: "Lets just put it through all the test as they ask, there is no reason not to"


1-2 hours after

Lab Tech 1: "Ummm, there is some trace Trion amounts"

Lab Tech 2: "How? was it in the hands of someone with high Trion capacity or what?"

Lab Tech 3: "If they are using a wooden sword they are probably not part of border, and it might be useful to know who they are"

Lab Tech 2: "Could we use fingerprints to figure out who they are?"

Lab Tech 3: "That could possibly work but -"

Lab Tech 1 quickly empty out the cupboards because before his boss was 'working' in forensics. After looking through the whole cupboard there is a bag of fingerprint dust.

Lab Tech 1: "Here it is"

Lab Tech 2: "They will want this information with the report but we don't have access to the required database"

Lab Tech 1: "Who deals with the report will deal with it if they want it."

Lab Tech 2: "But you are the one who has to clean up that mess you made"


In border meeting room:

Sinoda: "The recruitment meetting will now commence"

People settle down and open their files at their table.

Sinoda: "There was a report of a citizen with high trion ability damaging a marmodd without a trigger"

The meeting members are confused on how that is possible but they decided to carry on and wait for an explanation.

Meeting Member 1: "Do we know who it is, because they could be useful within border, they were able to fight a marmodd and also escape"

Sinoda: "I agree with this but all we have is their fingerprint as they escaped unscathed"

Sinoda: "I am moving that we use our government resources to figure out who it is"

Meeting Member 3: "I second this movement, they will probably be a good asset"

The vote ended up as 7:2 in support.

The fingerprint data was sent to the government.


7 business days later, in the hall of Border HQ

Sawamura: "Arashiyama! you have a recruitment mission order form director Shinoda"

Arashiyama: "Oh Sawamura, I usually don't see you giving out orders"

Sawamura: "This is a quick action mission we are departing at 1600 for the mission, and here is the file on Kiwa Sakata"

Arashiyama: "Roger! see you soon!"

Sawamura: "Okay, see you"


At the suburban house of the Sakata family.

Kiwa was in the open backyard area practicing her kendo skills.

As she was swinging her father's sword, as hers was sliced by the neighbor, she remembered what had occured nine days before:

She was biking home from school late because she stayed late at her club and was rushing home and she used the shortcut that goes by the forbidden zone and then a Neighbor came out and she did not know how to react.

Remembering her kendo practice she tried to attack the neighbor forgetting that she could not do any damage to it. After failing to fight and having her sword broken she escaped on her bike and rushed home. Later having to create an excuse for the loss of the sword. Whilst, pondering there was the piercing sound of the doorbell breaking her concentration.

Her concentration broken she answers the door.

Once the door was open Kiwa noticed Border agents consisting of Arashiyama, Suwa and Sawamura whom she knew none of.

Sawamura: "Hello, we are Border and would like to talk to Kiwa Sakata."

Kiwa: "...Yes that is me… could I ask why?"

Sawamura: "It will take awhile to explain,"

Kiwa: "then would you like to come in to settle down as we talk through this?", as she remembered the situation with the neighbor, and knowing that Border might for all she knows be omniscient.

Arashiyama: "Thank you that will be helpful."

Kiwa lead the agents through her house to a coffee table that was in center room. As people settled down around the opposing side of the table

Kiwa: "would you like some tea"

Sawamura: "Yes, please"

Arashiyama: "Thank you"

Suwa: "Sure"

Kiwa left to retrieve the previously boiling water. She got four cups and poured tea for them.

Once she sat down they got to business.