Mission 10: School Trip! Antics in a Museum!?

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It's been a couple of days after the battle on Zone 53,and a lot of things have happened.

First off,Nickel was accepted to be a part of GCG's Combat Team due to his expertise in handling "real" firearms,much to Rekka's disdain. Next,after quickly recovering from his severe injuries in half the day much to everyone's surprise,Rekka went jumping for joy when Volcan announced that Shiren and Izuna will be returning to the Tekkou Branch,then he runs out of the room,screaming his heart out. Finally,given that their younger members were in deep stress,the commander assigned Hayato,Kurama,Kohaku and Hisui into Rekka's class for the annual class trip to the newly-opened museum.

The Tekkou City Museum,located in Zone 41,also has a large planetarium,an animal biodome,and the recently-announced Gaist Crusher Garrison Hall,dedicated to the organization and its youngest saviors.

Apparently,Kohaku looks more interested than the rest of the group,with one of them looking quite bored and nothing to do so he joined the others.

That very person is Kurama Shindou.

Kohaku: "So that's why you come to join us here. I guess even a ninja can get bored really fast"

Kurama: "Hey,it's not my fault that i tag along! It's just that everyone in my clan are busy doing their own stuff and i got no one to help"

Nickel: "Say,how busy are they really?"

Kurama: "A lot! One of them even has a job working for the American government"

Hayato: "Really?"

Kurama: "Yeah,of course! So what do you want to check out first?"

Rekka: "Maybe NOT the Dinosaur Exhibit,Kurama!"

Hayato: "Hey! I wanna see the Dinosaur Exhibit!"

Hisui: "How about the Biology Exhibit?"

Rekka and Hayato: "NO!"

Sango: "I don't know,Hisui-chan! The arguement has just started already!"

Nickel: "Maybe we should leave these two off and walk to the other exhibits"

The rest of the group took off,not batting an eyebrow on the two arguing boys,and checked out the other displays. After a few minutes,the heated arguement broke off in a peaceful,yet exhausting manner.

Rekka: (huffing as he drinks his bottle of water)"I think...we should...stop this! It's rather...pointless!"

Hayato: (huffing as he wipes the sweat from his face)"This leads us nowhere...but hey,i agree on this!"(beat,then looks around and realized something)"Rekka,where are the others?"

Rekka: (facepalm)"Holy Shit!"

Finally,they found out that they're being left out by the others. The two boys ran off to find their friends,just as Sango,Nickel,Kurama,Kohaku and Hisui arrived back to the last spot where they left the boys.

Kohaku: "...and they say Date Masamune was the coolest samurai in Feudal Japan,so no doubt all of those facts are true!"

Nickel: "Yeah,but i wonder how he can carry all of those swords. Also,do you know anything about the newly-discovered dinosaur fossil in the Dinosaur Exhibit?"

Sango: "No clue,i think we shouldn't leave Rekka and Hayato here. Maybe they got lost!"(double takes the spot several times,before going around the main hall in a hysterical state)"Where are they?!"

Kurama: "Come on,let them be! I'm sure they can find us here!"

Sango: (angrily)"Kurama,have you ever forgotten what happened back then? This is Rekka we're talking about,for Gaist's sake!"

Suddenly feeling bad about Rekka,Kurama was about to comply through the mess when he briefly noticed something off about the megenta-haired operator. Normally,she would keep a calm and serious face when she finds anything unusual,but today was a lot different.

She worried about Rekka more than she could be,and everytime her tone was raised,her eyes briefly goes from green to a darker shade of purple with a fiery glint on it,much like Rekka's eyes,before turning back to green again. Kurama being Kurama,he sway the thought off.

Considering the trauma he gets when he thought his friends went missing,of course she should be worrying.

Meanwhile,Rekka and Hayato are still continues on their endless search when the redhead noticed a large crowd gathering in front of the Gaist Crusher Garrison Hall. Much like any unveiling ceremony,there is a red ribbon above the footsteps of the entrance,ready to be cut loose to officially opening the place. Being the two curious boys,they joined in and witnessed the ribbon being cut and the door opens,causing a lot of people to scream in excitement as everyone went inside,with them caught in the stampede.

Despite some minor scratches,the redhead and the ace are about to enter when a hard slap landed on the back of Hayato's head,falling face-first on the pavement.

Rekka turned to see their other friends,all looking pretty mad nonetheless,especially Sango. She on the other hand,then gives the red-haired boy a punch in the face for giving them the trouble.

C-C-C-CRACK!

The force of the hit causes Rekka to sprout red crystals at the spot where he got hit,while struggling to suppress the sudden pain. Sango immediately step back,shocked at the sight she had just witnessed,and utterly confused at the same time. Nickel came in and touched Rekka's "wound",and surprise to find it very hard before the crystals cracks by itself and disappears,instantly healing the injury in seconds.

Nickel: "W-what was that?"

Kohaku: "Yeah,how did you get that?"

Rekka: "I...don't know! I have no idea either!"

Hisui: "Of course! No wonder you quickly got better in a couple of minutes!"

Nickel: "Just like on your way to school and get kicked by you-know-who,and somehow got better after a few minutes"

Sango: "Are you referring to me,mister? I was on the Principal's Office earlier that day!"

Kurama: "Nope,she is lying! She woke up five minutes late!"

Sango: "Hey!"

Hayato: (sighs)"Are we supposed to go in?"

Hisui: "I'm not sure some of us could"(pointing at Rekka and Sango,both are now arguing while tugging Kurama back and forth by his ears)

Hayato: "This should take a while!"

After a few minutes of contantly breaking out the arguement between the two,the group finally went inside the hall and was instantly greeted with an amazing sight.

Various holograms on each exhibits does its job teaching the visitors of everything about the Garrison,albeit the classified and personal ones. Currently,they checked the Garrison Building Exhibit ("So there's a swimming pool now,huh?" "And don't even think of sneaking in either,you perv!"),admired the First Gaist Crushers Exhibit ("I can't believe they can punch through buildings and destroy them,too! Somebody slap me!" "Sure!" *Slap!* "Ow!"),and can't help but laughing at the Newest Gaist Crushers Exhibit ("Hey,who the heck have made this?! I definitely look like a girl in here!"),but they saved the best for last when they approached the console at the center of the room.

This is a mini-emulator of the GCG database that shows simplified data about the Gaist. It's like the Dosmea Files,you know,for kids! A 16-year-old girl was seen making additional update to the software at the underside of the console using only her phone.

Said girl was now staring at us for looking at her progress,and for putting the camera too close to her face.

?: (at the readers)"Get off my face! You creeping me out!"

Rekka: (entered the scene with his friends,looking quite shocked at the girl)"Sis!?"

Rin: "Rekka? You're here,with your friends and classmates...and girlfriend!"

Rekka and Sango: (both blushing)"Rin-nee-san,stop! We haven't date yet!"

Nickel: (intensely heavy breathing)"You're dating!?"

Rekka: "Shut up!"

Kurama: (in a somewhat deep relaxed voice)"Yeeeeeeeessssssss!"

Hayato: "You're not helping,Kurama!"

Kohaku: "What's with the "nee-san" part,Sango?"

Sango: (stares at Kohaku in a very confused look)"Huh? What do you mean?"

Kohaku: "You just said 'nee-san' like she was your sister,but what's the deal?"

Sango: "I swear i didn't said that!"

Hisui: "Your expression and mannerism says otherwise!"

Sango: "Not funny,Hisui! Not funny!"

Rin could stare at the scene in front of her,as it seems that it only adds another one of her own problems: dealing with them in public. Luckily,no one in the hall even give a fuck about it either,so she sighed in relief and went back to finish the job. After another couple of minutes,the group,now joined by Rin since she got finished for today,are now going at the Founder Exhibit,where it stands 15.9-foot-tall statue of Professor Dosmea in all of its glory and power.

It's actually very scary,since it was standing in a dark room.

Rin: "You know,for a statue,he was pretty scary"

Nickel: "So he is the founding father of the Garrison. Man,is he a mad scientist or something?"

Hayato: "Dunno,but he's the man who change the world!"

Sango: "Even though he's like my adopted father,he pretty much cares for everyone"

But in reality,they all know how terrible he actually is,like faking his own death,resurrects as a bad guy named Omega,and even plots to destroy humanity.

Kohaku couldn't help but trying to reflect every deed that he had done before going rogue,especially since everyone not ready to learn about Dosmea's secret message yet,but for a minute,she recalls the countdown to awakening and compared it to Rekka. The pint-sized operator gasped as if the piece are all coming together,caughting Rin's attention.

Rin: "Kohaku,what's wrong?"

Kohaku: "The countdown must have something to do with someone,since Rekka was already awakened the moment he almost died during the battle on Zone 51. My guess is the second awakening refers to another one,but who could it be?"

Rin: "You mean someone will be chosen again?"

Kohaku: "Exactly!"

The girl's sudden shout of "Exactly!" also catches Rekka and Hayato's attention. Knowing that this was supposed to be a secret,Kohaku shut her mouth off,but Hayato gave her a look that makes her sigh in defeat. Rekka then asked her about what is she talking about,but of course,she refuses to comply.

Rekka: "Kohaku,let me asked you again! What are you talking about?"

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Kohaku: "For the last time,it was nothing!"

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Hayato: "Sis,what is it?"

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Rin: "I can tell that you hide something!"

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Rekka: "Just explain it already!"

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Kohaku: (sighs)"Actually,this about-!"

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Just as this was all going on,Sango feels intensely dizzy and in a trance before suddenly fall unconscious on the floor,alarming the others to come to her aid. Rekka was the first to notice something wrong with her,as her wide eyes went blank,and was startled when it starts changing colors before reverting back,albeit being blank.

Still with another question in mind,Rekka will have to go back to GCG and treated her right away,unaware of something unusual that is happened to her.

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Subject: Sango Sakura;Status: Awakened