Jin's eyes are wide open, thier gaze directed to the ceiling above. It is day two of thier stay in prison, and Makoto has officially been driven to insanity.
Hazama's angry glares directed at her for interrupting his precious sleep are only fueled by Makoto's constant groans of annoyance.
Jin is another, poor, sleep deprived man. Makoto isn't the reason for this, however. What is the reason for this is sprawled across his body.
He oh-so-badly wants to rip the head off of the girl sleeping on top of him. She sleeps peacefully which the man only takes as an insult to him. How dare Nu get the sleep she wants as opposed to him? He, who had to put up with Noel's constant babbling, along with sleep depravation due to not being able to sleep during the flight here.
He lifts his hands and directs them to Nu's neck, but they're thrown off as the girl shoots up from her position, yawning loudly. Jin feels her arms wrap around him and she presses her face dangerously close to his, making them fully collide with one another.
"Oh, Jin... you're so warm... let's cuddle..." she says, still sleeping soundly. Jin is instantly disgusted by her words, his face twisting in disgust. Surely the girl didn't think of him like that? Of course, he could very well be hearing things. Or, at least he hopes.
"Jin... you're so romantic..." he hears Tsubaki murmur. That must be the greatest thing he has ever heard. Tsubaki dreams of him during the night, which makes him prerty happy, but Nu also dreams of him during the night, which could turn out to be a little problematic for him. He hopes that Hazama did not hear him, or else the two of them would never hear the end of it.
'I'm so disgusted because I see her as a sister to me. While she's a clone of Saya, she does have thoughts independant of her... I shouldn't be so critical of this. Perhaps it's also because of Tsubaki I instantly rejected the thought as well,' Jin thinks, looking at Tsubaki. He sees that she's also clung to him in the same way Nu is. 'I shouldn't have immediately thought of it as incestual... I should try to catch some sleep.'
Jin hears footsteps heading his way and looks out of the prison cell, directly at the hall leading down to thiers. Someone is coming down here, but who?
The footsteps are enough to wake those who were sleeping, causing Jin to turn away from where he was watching, instead opting to watch Tsubaki and Nu. Tsubaki wakes up first and realizes that she's on top of Jin, and she jumps off of him like a scared cat. Nu only takes a look at who she's thrown herself over, smiles, and then stays the way she found herself, pressing her face even more into his.
"Nu, this is uncomfortable," Jin says in hopes to get the girl off of him. Or, at least get her face away from his.
"You're warm, I'm cold. Offer it up," Nu says.
"Major Kisaragi? I would not expect you to partake in such... actions. Escpecially in a jail cell," a voice says. Jin looks to see who said that but Nu's hair is in his way, obstructing his vision. He pushes it out of his way and takes a good look at who's talking to him. He recognizes this man. He is short with black hair in a bowl cut. His black eyes stare at Jin intensely. The blue clothes he wears indicates that he's with the NOL.
"You're... Kagura's secretary," Jin says, pushing Nu off of him and standing up, walking over to the bars to meet with the man.
"Yes. Hibiki, sir," the man says. "Colonel Mutsuki has sent me here to come and collect you. He wants to speak with you. So if you will kindly follow me, that would be very appreciated."
Hazama sighs in relief as he watches Hibiki move away from the bars and to the wall at its left, pressing a button. The bars that kept them in the cell move into the right wall, allowing them to finally step out. Hazama nearly runs out, crying out in joy. Everyone steps out from the cell and Hibiki turns around, beginning to walk away. Jin follows him upstairs.
"Man, I thought I was gonna die if I stayed in there longer!" Hazama wipes his brow.
"Aww, it wasn't that bad, Captain Hazama!" Makoto says, patting the man on the back. Hazama whirls around and looks Makoto right in the eyes.
"You were the problem!" He says. "Ugh, I bet that you can't stop talking for more than five minutes!"
"Oh, you wanna bet on that?" Makoto asks, standing up on her toes so she's eye level with Hazama, getting into his face and glaring at him.
"Ugh, your breath smells like nuts," Hazama backs away from her. "Hmph. I think I will bet on that."
"Alright, if I stay quiet for thirty minutes, then you gotta buy me dinner! And if I can't stay quiet, I'll run around with my panties on my head for the rest of the day!" Makoto proposes.
"Wait, why do I have to take you to dinner if I lose the bet?" Hazama asks.
"Because I'm hungry and I haven't had anything to eat ever since you sent me on that mission!" Makoto yells.
"Well, it's not like I don't have the money for it. Alright, you're on, Private Nanaya!" Hazama announces.
"Please be quiet," Hibiki says, turning around to look at them both.
They reach the hallway of the office and are immediately treated to a woman running out of a room, yelling, "I hate you! You inhumane piece of trash! But... I love you!"
She runs past them, leaving them to only stare at the door she came out of.
"Kagura's room..." Jin says under his breath.
"Colonel Kagura!" Hibiki walks up to the door they're looking at and lightly knocks on it.
After waiting a few seconds for a response, he tries again. "Colonel!"
"Ugh... come in..." a voice says. Hibiki opens the door and allows the group to walk in. He doesn't join them, only stepping out of the doorway. The stench of alcohol hits them immediately.
"Ah, alcohol... the drink of lonliness and heated passions..." Jin says nostalgically. Nu nods her head rapidly in agreement.
"Oh, yeah! I remember when you used to sit in your room in Rachel's mansion drinking away! You were always talking about Tsubaki and how much you'd love to tap-" Jin stops Nu with his hand, covering her mouth and reducing the rest of her sentence to a mere mumble.
"Oh, he's drunk..." Hazama notes. They stand in a fancy looking office that has multiple emblems and crests, quite possibly having something to do with both the Duodecim and being the Lord of Ikaruga. Jin looks for Kagura, not failing to catch the curious look directed at him from Tsubaki.
Tager sighs as the man in question steps out from the shadows, revealing himself. His eyes are closed and he looks like he will collapse any minute.
"Ugh... this is pretty bad... Goddamn the light hurts! Someone shut the curtains?" Kagura asks. Jin moves over to them and shuts them, and Kagura nods his head, opening his eyes and looking at Jin.
"Hey, Jinny... long time no see!" he says. "You mind gettin' me some water, too?"
Jin gestures to the water on the table with his head, looking at Nu. She walks over and, after carefully looking at each bottle, picks out the water and brings it to Kagura. He takes it out of her hands and downs it in one go.
"Thanks, babe," he says. He takes another look around and his eyes instantly fall on Makoto. "Oh, hey Makoto. Been a while, huh? How'd you get here?"
"You left us in jail for three days!" Makoto yells.
"Hey, Nu? How'd you pick out the water so easily? They all look like water to me," Noel asks.
"Oh, Noel... living with a man who likes to get himself drunk whenever there's alcohol around is a virtue," Nu says.
"I do NOT drink!" Jin yells.
"Well, you DID stop when you became Hakumen, so y'know," Nu shrugs.
"Wait... Hakumen? We'll get to that later... don't yell, Makoto, my head's pounding. So I'm guessing you guys are the suspicious people?" Kagura asks. "Hey, the annoying people aren't here so let's have a party!"
"You want to have a party, Colonel Mutsuki?" Hazama asks.
"Hey... you're Captain Hazama from intelligence, aren't you?" Kagura asks.
"Why, yes I am! Don't worry about me, I'm with them," Hazama says.
Noel looks on the ground and finds something that really shouldn't be on the floor. She goes to pick it up and looks at it for a moment.
"Looks like someone forgot their undies! Haha, how embarrassing!" Nu exclaims.
"Noel put it down! You'll get Kagura cooties!" Makoto warns, smacking the underwear out of her hands.
"Did you just tell her he has cooties?" Tsubaki asks.
"You cannot start a party in here, Kagura! Are you stupid!? No, I KNOW you are!" Makoto yells.
"Oh, Private?" Hazama asks, tapping Makoto's shoulder. She turns around and looks at him before realizing that she had been talking this whole time. "Shall you put them on now, or later?"
"NO! I WANT A REDO!" Makoto yells, causing Kagura to grab his head in pain from his migrane. "Starting from now on I won't talk! 45 minutes!"
"What are you talking about?" Kagura asks.
"Oh, it's just a bet that me and miss Nanaya have. If she doesn't speak for 45 minutes I take her to dinner, and if she speaks within that time, then she has to wear her panties on her head for the rest of the day. I'm trying to win, here," Hazama explains.
Kagura smiles and looks at Makoto. "Y'know... maybe that ain't such a bad idea..."
The glare that he receives could kill a man.
"Damn those breasts are nice..." Kagura says, staring right at Makoto's chest. Makoto turns around and punches one of the bottles on the table, completely shattering it and causing the contents to pour out. "MY TEQUILA!"
He lets out a long breath and turns to Noel. "I don't believe we've met, Noel Vermillion. It's nice to meet you."
Noel salutes him. "It is an honor to make your acquaintance, Colonel Kagura Mutsuki! I am Lieutenant Noel Vermillion! Wait... I guess I'm not a lieutenant anymore... neither of us have our ranks anymore..."
"Doesn't really matter, does it? It's alright if I call you Noel, right? Oh, and it's nice to see you too, Tsubaki," Kagura says. Tsubaki smiles at him and bows.
"If that is what you prefer, then that is fine," Noel says.
"No need to be so uptight! Call me Kagura, babe," Kagura says.
"Babe?" Tsubaki asks.
"What, want me to call you babe, too? Huh, babe? Maybe doll? That one's pretty popular too," Kagura chuckles. Makoto punches his shoulder as Tsubaki smiles at the man. She thought he was scary, but he's actually quite charming.
"What, are you still angry, lover number 3?" Kagura asks.
Makoto glares at him one more time.
"Lover number 3?" Jin asks. "Hah! So it DID happen!"
Makoto shakes her head rapidly.
"I'm utterly shocked our romantic night together meant so little to you. Oh, Kagura! That's going i-" Kagura is interrupted by Makoto punching him again.
"Makoto! Don't tell me that you..." Tsubaki begins.
"Ah! This gives me an idea for a poem! A night, under the summer breeze!" Noel begins. Makoto slams her hand over Noel's mouth.
"Oh, Miss Nanaya, I didn't know you had such a wild side to you!" Hazama exclaims.
"Makoto and Kagura, sitting in a tree!" Nu begins.
"IT NEVER HAPPENED!" Makoto screams.
Instantly Hazama and Kagura hi-five each other, both yelling "Yes!"
Makoto stares at the two wide-eyed, knowing that she was defeated.
"Where is Kokonoe?" Tager asks.
"Basement," Kagura points down. "Some huge package gets here and she's like 'I'm gonna assemble that' and just disappears. Haven't seen her since."
"I see... how do you get down to the basement? I'm worried about Kokonoe," Tager asks.
"Don't worry about me, Tager. I'm fine." Kokonoe says. She appears from the doorway and walks past the arguing pair of friends, stopping in her tracks when she hears a chilling voice of the past.
"Been a while, Kokopuffs!"
She whirls around to see the man that betrayed the Six Heroes and killed her mother.
"YUKI TERUMI!"