By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of the Full Metal Panic! series are under the copyright of Shouji Gatou/Koichi Chigira/Yasuhiro Takemoto, GONZO Studios, Kyoto Animation Studios and Kadokowa Shoten.
To all readers:
- Yes! You're reading it right! The last chapter for Impressions is the one and only Whispered girl aside from Tessa, Kaname Chidori. I'm fascinated by her when I first watched the Full Metal Panic series a few years ago. I should be able to pull it off nice and easy. Oh, and I also support the Sousuke/Kaname pairing in the series. Hopefully, I'll be able to do her well. Here goes...
Chapter 9: Kaname Chidori
This takes place after the last episode of Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid
Somewhere in Kaname's apartment, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan
All my life, I never realized that it was so fragile. Just thinking about it brings me back to the time when okasan had died. I never thought so since all I did was to do well in school.
However, all that changed when I met this particular person five months ago back in Jindai High. His name was Sousuke Sagara.
From my first impression after attending school with me, it seemed that he was the typical military otaku like Shinji was. He'd be around to protect me from so-called terrorist attacks on me by subduing the teachers, stab the fire alarm to locate hidden cameras or use his own body to shield me from enemy gunfire. Just thinking about that simply gives me the urge to grab my harisen and slap his head silly!
But ever since the hijacking incident, I began to feel close to that damn otaku. So it was true after all when he said that because of my Whispered status, there were a lot of bad guys from both national governments and terrorists that want this knowledge. I was even confused myself that I even had this knowledge inside my brain to begin with.
Not only did that happen, but I can't get to shake off this feeling that my heart was beating fast with my cheeks turning red especially when Sousuke holds me with his hands. It was like, he's my knight in shining armor.
Okay, so I do like him. But that doesn't stop me from reaching out to my harisen and smack that so-called sergeant in his head whenever he's trying to do something stupid out in the public. Jeez! It's like I'm his guardian angel or something. Urgh!
I remember that when I spoke with a friend of mine over the phone, I told her that Sousuke was really interesting. And it appears that I'm right about him being with some secret military organization protecting from the bad guys. Right during the North Korea fiasco, I was scared with those heavily armed soldiers out to get me. But when I was with Sousuke and his friend, Kurz Weber, I just felt safe when I was with him. So safe that I generally began to simply accept his actions as part of my life and move on, even if it does raise a few eyebrows with some of the students and teachers in Jindai High.
I stare back at the wall clock in the kitchen. It's 10 past 9. What the? My cheeks are turning red again with my heart beating rapidly again. Why do I suddenly remember the Hong Kong incident... Darn! I just had to say what I felt about Sousuke right out in the blue with two of his colleagues out there with him. Can't there be a better way to say it when it's just the two of us alone anyway?
DING DONG!
Speaking of which, its the door bell.
"Hello there!" I began to blush after I opened the door. I don't know why, but it just happened back after Sousuke got back to Jindai High. What is this feeling anyway?
"Greetings, Ms. Chidori." Sousuke was outside, wearing some civilian clothes instead of his school uniform. After all, I did invite him to my place to eat some dinner.
"I'm glad you made it, Sousuke." Why am I blushing? We're just going to eat just as friends.
"I was delighted to accept your invitation. It would be rude for me not to accept your invitation for me to come to your place and eat dinner."
"Of course." I threw a grin at Sousuke. Please come in."
"Thank you." Sousuke was already inside the apartment when I decided to ask him something. "Um, Sousuke..."
I saw him turn around and answer me, "Yes?"
"Never mind. Just sit down. Dinner's going to be ready..." I simply shook my head.
"Ms. Chido-." I heard Sousuke was going to ask me, but I had to tell him something before I went to the kitchen.
"Just call me Kaname, understand?" I was being blunt on this to Sousuke, but it's better than being called by my surname.
"Undestood." Sousuke nodded.
"Sousuke." I peeked my head out of the kitchen, seeing him seated down in the dining area.
"Yes?"
I then put on my best smile for Sousuke.
"Thanks for coming. I really appreciated it."
THE END
PS - With that, story's all done. I wish to thank my readers and reviewers for taking the time to read and critique my story, really appreciated it. My AU story should be posted real soon, maybe with this chapter if I have the time or in a few days of posting this. Anyway, I feel like discussing a bit of the opening plot with you readers.
It starts after the North Korean hostage situation with the hijacked 747 in Sunan Air Base in the Full Metal Panic series, episode 4. Pretty soon, FOXHOUND and RAINBOW move in to rescue the hostages in a possible joint hostage rescue mission. However, they'll get some unknown help from two anonymous passengers from inside the 747 with a couple of MITHRIL's upcoming West Pacific Fleet SRT operatives when MITHRIL raids the base. One of them is from the 2-4 class that was in the hijacked plane. The other is, let's say, a secret until now. All I can say is that he knows Tessa way back from her MITHRIL officer days after being recruited by them. So if you know who you think is the second SRT operative in 2-4 is, keep it to yourself. I don't wanna see any early spoils from you peeps. In the story, I'll do make some canon divergences, some of them based from the FMP team (1st season) on a what if perspective when someone's still alive instead of dead. Read that from the FMP The Anime mission fan book. As for the guardian comment in there, it's in the fan book too. Bet you didn't know. LOL.
I need to ask about what month does Kaname's school trip to Okinawa aka North Korea-Gauron hijacking incident take place? Is it in April or May since they're not in their summer uniforms if I'm right.
Pardon me if you see Sousuke address Kaname by her last name. Well, he does this often though IIRC in the anime and I thought it made sense. As always for the last chapter, review and let me know if I did justice for Sousuke and Kaname.
