Fuso

The sun was held high above the Miyafuji clinic as a young girl walked inside. the small building had medical supplies spread out on the shelves and many beds throughout the clinic. the little girl had a bag that she placed on the table as she closed the door behind her.

"mom i picked up the bandages we needed. mom? Dad?" the little girl looked throughout the building to see that it was empty. "that's weird they were here when i left." she asked herself as she started to put the bandages away. this brown haired girl is Masako Miyafuji the 15 year old daughter of Yoshika Miyafuji. she was about the same height as her mother when she was her age. she also had short brown hair like her mother but she combed it straight down. she helped her mom out in the family clinic with her magical abilities. she has the ability to heal people like her mother did before losing it at the end of the war. she spent her days at school or in the clinic helping the people of the town get on their feet after sickness or injury.

Masako hummed a song to herself as she finished putting away the supplies and closed the cabinet. than a knock came at the door.

"come in" she said. the door flung open as a boy helped a man with bloody rags into the clinic and onto a bed.

"Dr. Miyafuji you need to help my father he cut his leg open working on the farm. Dr. Miyafuji? Masako where is your mother?" he asked looking around the clinic.

"shes not in. i can help." she said running over to the bed.

"are you sure you can keep your magic under control without your mothers coaching Masako" the boy asked as Masako pulled the dirty rags off of the mans wound.

"i don't think we have a choice" she says as she puts her hands over the wound. a large blue orb grows around Masako as she starts to heal the gash. the ears of a Mameshiba grew out of her head and a tail grew out of her lower back. the glow warmed the air as Masako healed the mans wound. she started to feel weak as the magic drained her body of its strength. as the wound closed Masako had reached her limit and the blue orb faded away. Masako's vision started to fade to black as the man came around and sat up in the bed.

"Masako!" he shouted as she fell to her knees and then onto the ground unconscious."we need to find Dr. Miyafuji. why would she do something this reckless"

...

Britannia

"adjust your cross hairs and take into account wind conditions and the round of the land." Said Lynette Bishop to a girl looking through the scope of a rifle. " use your magic to center on the target and once you are sure you have the shot fire"

the gun goes of with a large blast of sound and in seconds the target on the other end of the field is hit in the center directly.

"Bulls-eye" the girl remarks as she sets the safety on her M21 and jumps up in joy.

"well done" Lynette says smiling to her daughter "now lets see if you can do it while flying."

"i can do it blind folded" she gloated as she loaded more bullets into the clip.

this is Alice Bishop. the self proclaimed Ace marksman of Britannia. she is much taller than her mother and more social than she was in the 501st. she has much more confidence than her mother but she also does her best when the time comes to a fight. she also wears her hair in a long braid like her mother did in the fighter wing. Along with gaining her mothers ability to focus her shots with magic she also gained her large chest that seems to run in the family. Lynette has spent many days training her daughter in how to fire rifles to the best of her ability along with using her magical abilities that were passed down in the family line. all for the day she may have to participate in combat she wants her to be ready. and that day has come sooner than she thought.

A motorcycle comes thundering down the trail and stops close to the two as the man on board gets off and removes his helmet. the man was actually much younger than he appeared as he was probably only 16 years old but an older 16. he had short cut blond hair and was dressed in the dark blue and red uniform of the Britannian Royal Marines.

"are you Lynette and Alice Bishop." the boy asked

"yes" Alice answered walking over to the boy

"i am Sergeant Aaron Thompson of the Royal Marines. i have an important message for you." he said as he reaches into his pocket and hands Alice a letter. she opens it and reads it to herself. "i am instructed to transport you to Florida where you will receive further orders on what you will be participating in.

Alice turns to her mother with a troubled look in her eyes. "what should i do mom" Alice asks her not ready to make a decision that can drastically change her life.

Lynette reads the letter than looks to her daughter and smiles. "you should do what your heart tells you. it seems like these people really need you."

a smile comes over Alice's face as she turns back to Aaron. "alright soldier boy i hope you brought an extra helmet looks like your taking me to Florida" she says getting very close to Aaron to a point where they were almost touching than. Aaron got a strange feeling of mixed emotions as she gets closer. she than whisperer to him. "you know i love a man in uniform". when she stands next to him you can see how tall she is. she is almost as tall as Aaron.

Aaron swallows hard and responds with red in his face "really?"

"just kidding"she says than suddenly she brushed him away and walked over to the bike. "you coming"

an embarrassed smile presents itself on Aaron's face as he thinks he may have gotten one of the worst assignments of his life.

"you should probably get packed first" he says with a laugh as he starts the bike with a loud roar.

"i'll see you back at the house mom. i need to say goodbye to dad." she says as Aaron turns the bike around and they set off back into town.

"She is defiantly growing up fast. i feel sorry for that boy though" Lynette remarks with a smile as she starts to walk down the path.

...

Fuso airport

Shina and Nick board a civilian aircraft and take their seats among the many other people. there were a few other military officers on board probably on their leave.

Shina takes her seat by the window and Nick sits down next to her.

"do you have any idea of whats to come when we get to Florida Nick." Shina asks

"i know as much as you do officer Sakamoto" he says buckling his seat belt before take off.

"i don't like not being informed of things. it makes me feel unprepared for whats to come. and i told you not to call me officer Sakamoto."

"sorry Shina its hard to get out of the military mind set." he says with a sigh

"there's no need to be sorry. its no big deal. we have a long plane ride though. tell me about yourself."

"im not that interesting" Nick says looking to Shina

"come on. i want to get to know you." Shina says with a sad face

"alright. what do you want to know"

"i don't know how old you are or where you were born. we can start with that."

"okay. i'm 19 years old and i was born in Lexington Massachusetts."

"Lexington. isn't that some famous town in the history of your country." she asked trying to remember what it was.

"actually yes. it was where the first battle between the Britannians and the Liberion Colonists took place during the Liberion revolution for independence from Britannia."

"did they win"

"at that battle they were slaughtered but we did end up winning the revolution in the end."

"so on a non historical note. why did you join the military" Shina asked

"my dad was in the Navy. he achieved the rank of Fleet Admiral during the Neuroi wars."

"wow. so you joined to follow in his footsteps."

"yeah. i have a long way to go." Nick says with a sigh "did you join because of your mother."

"yes. she was such a great fighter during the Neuroi wars. i had heard so many stories of her bravery and skill. She taught me so much from the moment i could hold a sword." she says with a laugh

"you also posses her power of the magic eye."

"I do. but it seems to have changed over the generations for some reason. in all the photos i saw of my mother from when she had her magical abilities she wore a patch over her eye to cover it up. i am able to activate it when i focus my ability see." she says showing him that her eyes are both the same color. the two look into each others eyes as they sit next to each other. a silence falls over the two as Nick looks deep into Shina's eyes and Shina back into Nick's. Shina's Face suddenly turns red as she realized what was going on and she quickly turned around and looked out the window.

"i'm sorry... i'm.. um uh... very tired and need to rest my eyes!" she says as she suddenly closes her eyes and lays her head on her arm and pretends to fall asleep. Nick just looks at her in surprise as his face had also turned red. than Nick felt a tap on his shoulder. when he turned around he saw an older military officer from Fuso with a white mustache but no hair on his head. by the look of his uniform Nick could see the old man was a Major.

"i think she likes you son." he says to him with a cracked laugh that only an old man could muster.

"what makes you think that" Nick says looking back at Shina whose face was still burning red as she tried to cover it up without drawing Nick's attention.

"trust me son" he said with a smile "when you have been around as long as i have you know this stuff."

Nick smiles to the Major than looks over to Shina. than he shuts his eyes and sits back in his seat.

'maybe she does like me. i like her' He thinks to himself as he drifts off to sleep.