Part 3.5

Guys? Why did you do that without me?

Sometime after the practice

"Hey Minna?"

"Hm?"

"I didn't notice this before but…Where was Mio?"

Minna stopped, startling Erica with the sudden move. "Oh."

"What do you mean 'Oh'?"

Minna began scratching the back of her head and laughing nervously. "I sorta forgot to tell her that practice was today." Barkhorn's mouth gaped while Erica began laughing hysterically. "Since her place is nearby, we should stop by quickly." The three began to walk again and turned down a small alley way that led away from the street. The scanned the house numbers, looking for house that contained the absentee.

"There it is!" Erica exclaimed, pointing at a very tall house with flat side windows.

"Hm…The lights are on, maybe she's inside." Barkhorn observed. Minna proceeded forwards and pressed a small button that rang a small buzzer. She stepped away and waited until the gate made a mechanical buzz before opening.

Erica looked at the gate and said, "That's fancy, I don't have that feature." Before following her friends to the door. Minna, with a gentle knock, called out Mio's name.

"Mio? It's me Minna, I'm with the other two."

Gertrud's face soured. "We have names you know." From behind the opaque glass door, a figure appeared and reached for the handle and slid the door open. There stood the figure Mio, clad in her sleepwear and in a pair of Doberman slippers.

"What?" She croaked.

"Oh, how are you? You weren't at practice today."

"I feel great, it'd be great if the people around me told me what was going on." Barkhorn and Hartmann quickly glanced their eyes at Minna who blushed and began laughing nervously. Mio sighed and leaned her arm against the door. "When's the next one?"

"Two days from now but you need to talk to Miho first."

"Ah that shouldn't be a problem."

Minna smiled, "Okay…Anyway sorry about that, it won't happen again so I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah. Later Minna." Mio waved.

"Later Mio." Minna replied, waving back. Trude and Erica also waved back before watching Mio close her door and her figure walking away. They closed the gate behind them and began walking towards the street. She breathed a sigh of relief before speaking, "Whew…I thought she would be really mad."

"She seem to take well, Mio's not the kind of person to get mad over such things." Barkhorn reassured.

"Now that's settled. Can we get back home now? I don't want to keep smelling like cordite." Erica said, clutching her uniform. Trude sighed while Minna chuckled before turning down onto the street and walking back home.

The next day

"Oi! Miho-San!" Sakamoto shouted. Miho turned and saw the pony haired girl running towards her.

"Ah! Sakamoto-san!"

"Hehehe…sorry about yesterday."

"Hm? What are you talking about?"

"I sorta missed practice yesterday."

"OH! I DIDN'T KNOW! I KNEW WE WERE MISSING SOMEBODY!"

Mio scratched the back of her head, "Sorry about that."

Miho began bowing ferociously, "So sorry! It's my fault!" Before Mio put a hand on her back and said,

Mio laughed, "Alright, no need for that!" Miho stopped her bowing tirade. "So…Which team can I join?"

"Oh…" Miho stuttered.

"Well…Minna's team seems to be a person short and I can take over as a loader."

Miho lit up as if she had an epiphany. "YEAH! You can be part of Wolf team, I'll just tell the Anzu about it. Sorry about that!"

"That's sound good! And don't worry about it, I should be apologizing to you." Mio smiled and soon the bell rung.

"Oh! I going to be late!"

"I'll see you around Nishizumi-san."

"Same with you Sakamoto-san." The two waved goodbye at each other before going their separate ways.

Authors Notes: This is more of a filler for the error that was Mio not appearing in the last chapter. A mistake but a mistake that we can work off of! Sorry about the error before but I hope you enjoyed this little side story, if you would call it that. This is CaptainSentry and I will see you guys soon!