I do not own Danball Senki Wars.
As Mito-sensei brought Reika, Arata and Hikaru down to the Second World, the other students were gathering in their own briefing rooms. In Harness' briefing room, an interesting conversation was going on among the 1st platoon.
"Ne, which LBX do you think Reika would choose?" Suzune asked Takeru and Inui. Takeru folded his arms across his chest and thought for a moment. "If I have to choose, I would say Siren. She mentioned to me that she is more comfortable with using strider frame LBXs."
"Demo, would the commander approve of it?" Inui wondered.
The chatter died down when Higurashi-sensei came in with Reika.
"Firstly, for you to join War Time, you will have to choose which LBX you want to use, Siren, DC Offenser, DC Braver, or DC Aerial." Higurashi-sensei told Reika.
Reika looked thoughtful for a moment and made her decision. "I would like to use Siren."
Takeru nudged Suzune. "I told you so."
"However, I think it is better that you use a DC Offencer."
Everyone looked up and saw a young man in his late teens with black hair and a white streak at the bangs, and red eyes.
"Commander."
Reika looked mildly surprise at him. "Kaidou Jin." SHe muttered.
"I understand that you are more use to using Strider Frame LBXs, but, given the way that you battle, I believe that you would find DC Offencer more suited to your fighting style." Jin explained.
Reika carefully considered his words before nodding. "I see. In that case, I will use DC Offencer."
Jin nodded and begun to address the students. " Today's mission is to capture the point at Reefside Fort. Arabista is expecting us to attack there, so be on guard. 1st and 2nd platoon are to create a diversion at the East Side of the Fort in order for the 4th platoon to capture the point. 3rd platoon is to step in wherever needed."
"Don't worry," Inui whispered to Reika when he saw how nervous she was. "Just stick with me and Suzune and we will be fine."
Reika nodded but was still a bit doubtful about it.
The students exited the briefing room and went to their respective control pods. The moment Reika stepped into her control pod, she let out a shaky breath. 'Calm down, you can do it.'
"Reika."
Reika jumped a bit when she heard Takeru call out to her. "Hai?"
She could hear Takeru chuckle a bit over the line. "Just checking on you. You know how to operate your control pod, don't you?"
"Yeah," Reika nodded even though she knew that Takeru could not see her. "This is not the first time I have to use a control pod."
"Souka, if you have any difficulties, just let us know." Takeru told her.
Reika paused a bit. 'Why are they so nice to me? I am not like them...Would they still be nice to me if they found out?'
Meanwhile, Arata was wondering about the same thing as his DC Offencer was transported to the Second World. 'Although Mito-sensei and Haruki are strict and Hikaru is a bit cold to me, almost everyone in class is nice to me. Is this the right thing...to lie to them?' Arata shook his head to get those thoughts out of his head. 'Stop it, Arata. You are not here to make friends, but to complete Maddie's mission.'
"Arata, is everything alright?" Haruki asked through the intercom.
"Yeah."
"Don't get distracted. We are landing soon."
Arata raised an eyebrow. He was so engross with his thoughts that he did not notice that they had arrived at their destination. As soon as they landed, they dashed to engage the enemy, well, with Hikaru disobeying Haruki's orders. To be honest, he was not doing well because he was not use to using his DC Offencer. "Che, it's so hard to use it."
'I wonder how is Reika doing?'
Reika on the other hand was faring a bit better.
'Kaidou-sensei was right. It's much better to use DC Offencer.' She thought as she trashed a Vernel. In fact, her personality took a 180 degrees change now that she was battling, which surprised Suzune, Inui and Takeru.
"Good. The enemy is coming here as planed." Inui said. "Suzune, take the one on the right, I'll take the one on the left, Reika, back us up. The 2nd platoon will take care of the rest."
"Understood."
Reika backed up a bit to let Suzune and Inui defeat the enemy and give them the backup they need. A frown crept up her face when she spotted a Vernel trying to sneak up on Suzune.
"Suzune, behind you!" She cried as she shovelled her DC Aerial away just as the Vernel fired at her. Suzune and Reika sighed in relief.
"Are the both of you alright?" Inui asked as he approached them. Reika nodded. "Yeah, I think so."
"Thanks for saving me." Suzune thanked her.
Reika rubbed her head sheepishly. "Don't mention it."
An alarm went off at that moment.
"The point has been captured. Please cease all fighting. The ownership of Reefside Fort will be transferred from Arabista to Harness..." A mechanical voice called out.
"We did it!" Suzune cheered.
Reika smiled. 'I wonder if Arata is doing as well as we are here.'
Sadly, she was a bit mistaken. Arata was still trying to figure out how to use his new LBX properly.
It did not take long before Haruki notice this. "Arata, if you do not know how to use your LBX properly, just sit out on this mission."
Arata frowned. "And leave you alone to them, not a chance. Just tell me how to use it properly and I can fight!"
Haruki sighed. "Fine."
As they fought, Haruki told Arata the basics of using his DC Offencer.
"...Can you use your LBX now?"
Arata nodded "Yeah."
As Arata fought, Haruki was surprised on how fast he could pick up. 'He could actually use DC Offencer that well after just telling him about the basic controls.'
Hikaru also watched him, feeling a bit jealous at his skills.
"The point has been captured. Please cease all fighting. The ownership of Oasis 3 will be transferred from Rossius to Jenock..." The same mechanical voice called out.
Arata sighed as he stepped out of his control pod and followed Haruki to the briefing room. On the way there, he decided to use telepathy to communicate with Reika. 'How bad was it?'
He could hear a mental chuckle from Reika. 'What makes you think that I am having a bad time like you are? We won here actually.'
Arata mentally groaned. 'We won too, but I had a hard time using my new LBX.'
'Well, that does sound bad. I'll see you later at the gates and we can talk about it.'
'Sure, gotta go now.' Arata cut off the communication when they reached the briefing room.
