I do not own Ga Rei Zero in any form. This is a work of fanfiction.
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Credit to WolveHulk for inspiration
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After their vacation, Kagura and Yomi flew back home, well rested and ready to resume their duties with the Agency. It was almost surprising how calm things were while they were gone, only a handful of almost negligible responses, all of which were handled quickly. Not long after getting off the plane, they received a message that there was a class C in the general area, but couldn't be pinned down. They headed home and unpacked, then dressed in their typical clothes. While they were undressed, Yomi took the opportunity to pinch Kagura on her butt. "Come now, we've got work to do." Kagura chuckled. "We can do that stuff later."
"Oh, we will. You can count on that." Yomi responded, looking her up and down as she slipped her panties on.
Ready for their first night back at work, they took their swords and headed out.
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The city was eerily quiet, even for the time of night they were out. Yomi tried clapping to draw the creature out, but it failed and the creature didn't appear. A man driving a box truck came up and stopped before the ladies. "Hey, what the hell are you doing?" He shouted, honking the horn.
He didn't know that his actions would draw out what they were after, Yomi feeling what was about to happen. She signaled Kagura to cover her ears, and she did. A deafening boom was heard, followed by glass shattering from high above them. After covering from the glass, Yomi summoned Ranguren, which crushed the truck and then made itself visible. Kagura checked the man to see if he was okay, and he was simply knocked out. After checking him, the creature finally appeared, which was an Echoer, which is a mimic of sorts. "We attack in alternating waves. I'll go first." Yomi said.
"Okay pocky." Kagura replied.
Yomi charged the creature, and just as she was swinging her sword, the Echoer changed form to match Yomi. Every time she slashed at the creature, its own sword met Yomi's, cancelling out the attack. Kagura ran up, and just as it did with Yomi, it changed form to match her. Similarly, it matched her blow for blow. "Ranguren, roar wave!" Yomi shouted.
Ranguren let out a powerful roar, which was much stronger than usual, which was directly related to her relaxed state after their vacation. The Echoer absorbed the roar, then fired it back at Yomi, which she managed to dodge just in time. "Yomi!" Kagura shouted, worried about her.
"I'm fine, go after it!" Yomi responded.
Kagura started running after the Echoer, which started flying up to the roof area of a parking garage. Kagura put her sheath down on the road while holding the sword, then fired, propelling herself up to the roof after the creature. When she caught up to it, it changed to match her again. In a repeat of earlier events, it matched her blow for blow. One final charge had Kagura take a knee while the Echoer changed to its usual shape. Yomi stabbed it in the back and twisted her sword, making the creature vanish. Yomi stepped up to Kagura, helping her stand. "I guess it's dead, huh?" Yomi asked with a smile.
Kagura looked behind her, seeing a number of copies of herself and Yomi. Mei appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. "Yomi, roar wave."
Yomi made Ranguren roar wave, but directed the wave to the sky. The sound broke every window in the area, and started setting off car alarms. The copies were stunned long enough for Kagura and Yomi to recover, and the three of them started slashing away at the stunned copies, all of which warped and vanished with each cut. "I guess that was easy enough, but you two should be more careful. Echoers always travel in packs."
"Yeah, guess it slipped my mind." Yomi said.
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After defeating the echoers, Yomi and Kagura stopped at the market before heading home. "What did you feel like tonight?" Kagura asked.
"I'm thinking creme croquettes." Yomi answered in a relaxed tone.
"But aren't those difficult to make?"
"I don't plan on lifting a finger."
"Wait, I'm going to make them?"
"What? You're the lackey. I don't make the rules."
They stopped by the frozen section and Kagura picked up a box of croquettes. "These should do nicely."
"Frozen? Come on."
"Hey, be grateful I'm even doing this." Kagura said, sticking her tongue out.
"Eh, that's fine. Next up is the impulse buy isle!"
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Along the way home, their phones started buzzing about numerous responses throughout the city. They decided to split up to cover more ground, with Kagura heading in the direction of the school due to familiarity.
Miku and Chizuru were at the school, trying to improve their times in the pool. They swam back and forth, timing each other. After their swim, they hit the showers. "Heh, we were just in a big bath and now we need more water?" Chizuru chuckled.
"Meh, it's a good idea either way. God only knows about the stuff that the filters don't catch in the pool." Miku said.
They turned the water on and started rinsing off. As she was stepping over to grab the soap, Chizuru stopped and yelped. "What the hell is this? Who left a hair clip here?" She asked, stepping back and noticing her foot was bleeding.
Miku turned the water off and looked down. "Ew, better get that wrapped up and get to the nurse, if she's still here."
Chizuru wrapped her foot with bandages from the nearby first aid kit, then they left for the nurse's office. As they came up near her office, they stopped for a moment and Miku looked down. "Your foot is bleeding again."
Chizuru looked down, and it looked like the blood was not fresh enough to be hers. "This is cold, can't be mine. But who else..." She trailed off, looking in the direction of the nurse's office, which is where a sort of blood trail went to.
They saw a man thrown out of the doorway and then dragged back in. They took a few steps back, then started moving away when they heard blows landing. The nurse came from her office, but wasn't herself, as she was under the control of a class D mind control creature, a latcher. They started running when they saw the nurse with a pipe in her hand, the pipe covered in blood. They ran until they thought they had broken line of sight, then took cover in a locker in one of the classrooms. They both tried to steady their breathing to keep from making too much noise, but to no avail. The latcher controlling the nurse could sense them in the room and made her turn in to follow them.
She stopped in front of the locker and started beating on the sides of it with the pipe, leaving large dents as she struck it, her strength higher than normal due to the latcher's control. As the locker was steadily getting crushed from the repeated blows, the door started popping open. Kagura showed up and sliced her arm off, after which it started flopping around as though it were still alive. When she saw it was the nurse, Kagura backed up until her back was to the wall. "No, stay away. I don't want to hurt you..." She said, keeping her sword pointed at her.
She kept circling, backing away from the nurse as she kept her sword at the ready. "It is our job to dispose of those who would unleash the foulness of death in this world." Kagura said shakily, reluctant to swing at the nurse, even if she was under attack. "It is our job... to dispose of those... who would unleash the foulness of death in this world..."
When the nurse finally lunged at her, Kagura swung her sword and made a lethal cut. When the nurse's body dropped to the floor, Kagura dropped her sword and went to her knees and vomited. Miku and Chizuru came out of the locker and saw her. "...Tsuchimiya?"
Help arrived soon enough, with members of the agency being the first to the scene. They interviewed Miku and Chizuru, who were still shook up, but not as bad as Kagura. Yomi made it to the school and quickly made it to the classroom. "Kagura..." She said, making Kagura snap to and lock eyes on her.
Kagura dropped her sword and ran over to Yomi, who held her in a hug. "Yomi... Yomi... Yomi..." She said, a tremble in her voice.
"Tsuchimiya, what is all of this?" Chizuru snapped out, upset over seeing Kagura kill the nurse.
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Kagura was given time off for the case of PTSD she got from killing the nurse. She felt like her body was just going through the motions autonomously, reacting to memory alone. She picked up a bouquet of flowers to lay at her grave and went to the graveyard. She placed the bouquet at the headstone and bowed as she started crying. Miku and Chizuru also went to the graveyard and saw Kagura there. "What are you doing here? Why are you crying?" Chizuru spat out.
Kagura looked at her but couldn't bring herself to answer. "Well? Say something. Why are you crying? You're the one who killed her." She continued, noticing Kagura had her sword. "That's the weapon you used. Are you going to try and kill us with that too?"
"Yatchin! That's mean!" Miku said, trying to calm her.
Kagura stood up and Chizuru grabbed her by the collar. "Say something. You killed her."
"Go ahead, hit me." Kagura said weakly, startling the other two. "I deserve it. I really didn't want to do it. If you resent me that much, hit me."
Chizuru swung and hit her in the face and she just accepted it. She went to swing again, but Miku stopped her. "That's enough, can't you see she's hurting too?"
"Not nearly enough."
"You can do it again. I'm really very sorry for what I've done, even if it was my duty. Even though she was trying to kill me too, I didn't want it to go that way."
Chizuru could see it in Kagura's eyes that she really did feel bad. "You... You dummy. I didn't want to hit you. I'm... I'm just messed up that the nurse..."
Chizuru took her close in a hug and Miku joined them. Afterwards, Kagura explained everything to them about her work with the agency, and how everyone born into the family takes on the same responsibilities.
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At home, Yomi helped Kagura along and helped her eat, then helped her take a shower, then finally to the bed. She held Yomi tightly as she shivered. "You cold? We can put some clothes on or get an extra blanket." Yomi said.
"No, It's just... I don't know how much more I can do this. I didn't just kill a ghost or some other demon, I killed someone I knew." Kagura said as she started to tear up.
Yomi kissed her on the forehead. "I can't imagine what you're going through, but you know I'm right here. Let it out."
"I don't know. I don't know about the agency anymore. Maybe we really should leave. I don't want anymore innocent deaths on my hands."
Yomi didn't think someone attacking was really innocent, but didn't want to make things any worse, and didn't say anything about that. "Whatever you decide to do, I'll be beside you the whole way."
"Yomi... for now, just please don't let go of me."
Yomi held her tight as she finally started crying over the death of the nurse.
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