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Just another random idea I came up...


Musique Sans Frontieres


Rumors began to spread inside Outer Heaven. A ghost, specter or whatever they call it, was said to be haunting the mess hall of Mother Base. One soldier on patrol was able to tell the tale about this spirit. It was particularly stormy before midnight when he heard heavy footsteps inside the building, which was supposed to be empty by that time. He was sure that no one was there and decided to have a good look.

He entered with his flashlight at hand to scan the surroundings. His eyes processed that the it was empty but he can still hear the footsteps, although a bit fainter than before, as if walking away from him. His intuition told him to follow the sound, which lead him to the large cooler, where most of the frozen foods and the like are kept. He was already shivering from being drenched in rain and the cold escaping from the cooler. He only then realized that the cooler was left open.

Before he could get near, lightning flashed through the windows, dimly illuminating the surroundings for a second. The events was fast. He found himself running towards the exit and never looked back. The figure was unclear, but it was certainly something out of this world. The next day, a staff from the mess hall reported missing items from the food storages, particularly the sweet stuff, which they assumed that the spirit was fond of sweet food.

Regarding why did the ghost chose to haunt a place that was rich in food was a mystery for all, not to mention that MSF Mother Base did keep pastries, cakes, ice creams and the like. Who doesn't like to have dessert after a nice meal?

Since the rumored spirit wasn't more of a threat, no one bothered to investigate the case, except for the young blonde haired mistress and her colleagues. Their unwavering curiosity about this mysterious phenomenon and fascinating behavior of the ghost made them push onwards and hopefully unveil the truth to everyone. Yui volunteered to accompany Mio in their room who was too frightened to join them.

"Mugi-senpai, maybe that rumor was just made up...We shouldn't get too much involve..." Azusa advised.

"Hm...Maybe it's a spy onboard Mother Base..." Tsumugi guessed, seemed that she didn't heard what the pigtailed girl said.

"What made you think that spies would bother infiltrate the base just to steal food?" Ritsu reasonably stated. "That's just plain stupid if you ask me."

"Let's go, we can't solve this mystery if we are just standing here." Tsumugi said, already filled with excitement.

"She is really pysched up when it comes to this kind of matter..." Azusa whispered to Ritsu.

"Uh...Let's not try to overdo it, okay? We might end up being tossed in the sea sooner." The club president warned.

"Hush...There is no need to worry." Tsumugi said with a smile.

The girls managed to slipped inside the building without being noticed. Tsumugi was happily humming the tune of Fuwa Fuwa Time while the two were anxiously watching the area for the patrol to avoid being caught in their 'off-the-record operation'. Then, they patiently waited until midnight inside the building with their needed equipments on hand to detect the ghost's presence.

"That's strange...nothing's happening..." Tsumugi said, her eyes fixed at the screen of the surround indicator, a sensor that visualizes sounds. She learned from someone that the device can also detect noise-related phantasm which she considered to bring in this hunt. She also had a camera for solid evidence about this case.

"Mugi-senpai, let's call it a day...I'm tired..." Azusa complained while scanning the area with her night vision goggles equipped. "A couple of hours already passed and still no ghost..."

"I think we won't get to see the ghost anyways..." Ritsu said, stretching her arms in boredom.

"Why so?" Tsumugi asked curiously.

"BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING!" She exclaimed at the top of her lungs.

The door of the building suddenly opened which surprised the three inside.

"WHO GOES THERE!" A soldier on patrol shouted, probably heared Ritsu's voice.

"Oh, crap, now what?"

"Hide, of course!" Tsumugi said.

They panickly hid under one of the steel tables before they get caught.

"I'm pretty sure I heard something..." The soldier muttered. "Oh, damn...maybe its the ghost lurking around here..."

The patrol went further inside the hall to investigate with a flashlight, passing by the table of the girls.

"Hehehe, our stealth training proved useful at times like this..." Ritsu whispered. "Know your environment and use it to your advantage..."

"Shut it, Ritsu-senpai...we might get discovered." Azusa replied softly. "Where's Mugi-senpai?"

The two looked around to find their missing friend, only to find her sneaking behind the unwary soldier. She restrained the soldier from the back, threateningly pointing the end of her stun rod at his neck. A nifty technique they learned from the CQC training of Kaz Miller.

"Ugh, Who the hell are you?" The soldier asked nervously, struggling from the arms of Tsumugi.

"Don't pretend you don't know anything!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Who would come here in an hour like this? You are the ghost everyone's talking about!" Tsumugi asserted.

Ritsu struck her forehead with the palm of her hand while Azusa was astonished, accidentally collided her head with the table upon witnessing the confrontation.

"I'm not the ghost! Believe me!" The soldier said.

The blonde haired girl was not satisfied with the answer and began to squeeze the throat of the soldier. Ritsu and Azusa crawled out from their hiding place to stop the rash actions of their friend.

"Mugi...you've gone overboard. Stop it!" Ritsu demanded.

Upon hearing Ritsu's voice, she finally got her senses back and released the soldier from her arms. "Oh...I'm terribly sorry...What happened?"

"He...passed out." Azusa muttered. "Poor guy..."

"Oh, I am very grateful that you didn't killed him...and not to get ourselves kicked out of MSF." Ritsu sighed.

"Anyways...we got to continue our quest." Tsumugi declared as if nothing happened earlier. She checked her trusty sensor. Her face suddenly got serious on the surround indicator's readings. Ritsu and Azusa quickly got the slightest idea of what it meant.

"Shh...Someone's here..." She whispered. "It's only faint but it looks like it's heading towards here."

"...Don't tell me its coming after us." Ritsu said.

They hid again under the nearest table until a shadow came out from the corridor in their right. The figure was walking hastily towards the exit; they waited for it to pass before springing into action.

"FREEZE!" Tsumugi shouted with her Mk22 handgun pointed at the said ghost. It didn't react for some seconds before finally resorting to a quick escape. Tsumugi fired a few rounds at the target.

"Mugi-senpai? GUNS WON'T WORK ON PHANTASM!" Azusa shouted.

"Eh? Really?"

The person seemed to get wobbly then dropped with its face parallel to the ground.

"Nevermind, it's not a ghost after all."

They went nearer to the person who was carrying a bag full of the sweets from the food storage and wearing a sneaking suit of MSF. Their faces showed complete disbelief and shock when they finally identified the person lying on the cold floor.

"YUI? YYUUIIIIIIIIIII!" Tsumugi cried, regretting on what she did.

"Relax...she's just dozing." Ritsu informed.

"I can't believe it...why would Yui-senpai...do this?" Azusa stammered. "What are we doing here again?"

"Let's get out of here first."

The following day, the girls went in the command center to discuss something with MSF's deputy commander. Kaz was relaxing on the couch when they entered his workroom.

"What now?"

"I think you got a lot of explaining to do..." Ritsu jested. "We found out that you're the one sending Yui in the mess hall for your midnight snack."

"I'm quite disappointed that we didn't found any ghost..." Tsumugi said.

"Mugi, please don't hope for those things..." Mio said anxiously.

"Miller-san told me that it was part of the training and I would get half of the sweets that I will procure." Yui said cheerfuly. "I still have some left at our room, we could eat them later."

"Yui-senpai, you're using our training in the wrong way..." Azusa said.

"Uh...this is a big misunderstanding...you see..."

The conversation was interrupted when a soldier entered the room.

"Sir, Big Boss wanted to talk with you..." The soldier reported.

"Ack...No fair, you already talked with him earlier?"

"Well...we wanted to make sure." Ritsu winked at him.

"I hope I can survive afterwards..."