Sorry for being gone for so long guys! I've been busy with school and stuff that i couldn't work on this story much. I've been doing it little by little per day when i had time. Anyway, it's finally finished and oh boy is it really long. I didn't realize it till i saw the word count. Anyway, enjoy!
"..."
The Sun was rising from in Russia.
In the outskirts of the ruined base that's now cleared from the snowstorm, Hans stood still in front of 15 graves on the hill where he spent an entire day creating graveyard and planted flowers for each grave that were part of his Spetznaz members.
He remembered each and every one of them which it were written their names on each of the graves.
Emilia
Rozalina
Liliya
Natalya
Anna
Veronika
Diana
Eva
Irina
Margarita
Alexandra
Yuliya
Kristina
Olga
"..."
Finally, in the front of the 14 names that was 2 by 7 in the huge graveyard, there was lone grave that was in front of them where Hans was also facing.
Sofiya.
As he stared at the graves, he vividly remember each and every single one of them dearly, whether it was during lunch, training, private meetings, etc.
He also remember them having dedications like none before, training to be best and of the best and becoming a best secret IS pilot and soldiers for their country and for him.
He was proud what they become, but in an instant without warning...
They were gone from this world.
Hans was no stranger to death, for a man living for hundreds of years he saw death of his comrades, acquiescence, enemies and others.
But to him, the death of the recent event was different from others.
He lost his own children.
The children where he took care and raised all of them to be great people.
He saw what was like for parent to lose their own children, but for the first time, he experienced the pain himself.
Is this what's it like to lose your own children?
He also realized why his sweet mother yelled at him with a tone of anger and sadness for first time in the past.
Is that why you were angry and worried at/for me when I joining the military and be live experimented lab rat, mother? The possibility of losing your son was just something that you wished it would never happened?
When he finished his train of thought, he finally understood what's it feel with such emotions.
He felt emptiness, sadness, and most importantly
Anger.
The anger towards himself that he couldn't protect his own children and towards the certain SAIS culprit that caused it.
Even though his desire was to destroy and avenge the SAIS, Hans knew that it was not the right time.
His plans and mission always became first priority no matter what it was.
The plan to make Ichika grow and become stronger so that he can end the terror of Orimura clan once and for all.
As he stood up from his one kneeing position, he opened a box that contained 15 bouquet of flowers and started them each at their graves.
When he reached to Sofiya's grave, he put down the biggest bouquet of flower to her graves.
After he put down all the flowers, he stood up firmly and gave a strong salute to his members/children out of respect and saying farewell to them.
"..."
Hans saluted while standing still for few seconds before finally walking out of the graveyard and slowly disappeared from sight as the winds carried some of the flower petals away from the graveyard.
(Scene Change)
"This is indeed terrible news."
Inside of the Government of Russia, there was a meeting in the large room filled with many high officials ranked members, including the prime minister of Russia.
When they heard the terrible news about what happened, they were silent about it for few seconds until the secretary finished her report.
"According to the report, our intelligence detected an unidentified object was nearby the area of Commander Sofiya's base and lost all forms of visual and verbal communication with the base but next thing we knew, we had confirmation that the base has been destroyed completely."
After the report, the room started to get loud as the members murmured or talked to one another about this specific event.
"Prime minister, you opinion sir?"
When the secretary asked the prime minister, everyone turned their head towards him, waiting for his opinion until he finally answered.
"This matter of event will be private from the public and shall be further investigated until we find the identity of this unknown object and as for Mr. Hans..."
The room became silent when his name was mentioned.
"... he shall be left alone for his own good, as I believe he deserves to have his own private time due to this event."
After finishing his speech, the meeting was dismissed and everyone left the building except the prime minister.
As he slowly walked towards the window outside, he spoke to himself.
"I sincerely hope that you'll feel better... Captain Hans."
He closed his eyes as he felt empathetic towards his old captain, whom he served him back in the Afghanistan War.
(Scene Change)
*Boom Boom*
During the sunset, Hans finally reached the IS Academy and landed in front of the school gently to the ground without creating any craters nor cracks.
"..."
Hans started to walk to the entrance of the school, only to meet the principal of the IS Academy at the front of the door.
"Mr. Hans, You haven't been resting ever since you've been started to work. For rest of the day, please take a rest."
After the principal told Hans to rest for today, Hans nods his head and walked towards his room at his normal pace. The principal gave a sad frown when he was gone from his sight, knowing full well what happened to him.
(Scene Change)
The girls instead of going straight to their rooms, they decided to stay outside for a while and watch the night sky and discussed about the things that bothered them. The girls sat on the lawn outside the first year dorm. Also, each of them are nursing their heads that were smacked earlier by Chifuyu.
"(Sigh). Miss Orimura is pretty angry at us. Uuuuuuu! What if she forbids us from making any sort of contact with Ichika."
Charlotte started panicking as her imagination ran wild.
"Calm down, Charlotte. Miss Orimura isn't that petty, I'm sure she'll forgive us."
The girls couldn't help but feel a little bothered by Tatenashi's words. Dressing him up with clothes that clearly show their nearly weird fetishes is absolutely not a petty act.
"Onee-chan, what we did isn't something petty."
Kanzashi eyed his big sister.
"Oh! Sorry, I guess the latter part was entirely my fault. I just couldn't help it; Ichika is way too cute into those attires."
Tatenashi turned away as she covered her grin with her fan.
"…."
"…."
"…."
"…."
"…."
"…."
Houki, Cecilia, Rin, Charlotte, Laura, and Kanzashi blushed when they remember Ichika's expression when he wore those cosplay attires.
"Tatenashi-san is right; anyone who saw Ichika in those attires would probably do the same as we did."
Rin tried to justify their outrageous actions earlier.
"Y-Yes you're right !"
Cecilia added, wearing a slightly suspicious grin on her face.
"I have to admit, Ichika today is really cute….. But I still want Ichika to turn back to his original self. That strong and steadfast Ichika that I knew…. N-Not that I have anything against his current self!"
Houki started to fiddle with her fingers. The girls soon followed.
"I share your sentiment Houki, while I have to admit that my craving for this new image of Ichika is quite great, I would still prefer my wife's strong and mature image."
Laura said without any hint of hesitation. But the part of her words with "craving" on it stirred some suspicions from the rest.
"Me too, as much as I'm embarrassed to admit it… Ichika is the source of my strength."
Charlotte sheepishly covered her mouth while blushing.
"I-I'm the same as y-you Charlotte….."
Kanzashi also admitted the same revelation as Charlotte.
"Well, isn't your sister doing something to reverse Ichika's condition?"
Rin turned to Houki asking her about her big sister, Tabane Shinonono.
"…"
Houki's mood visibly sank like a rock in water. Rin regretted that she brought up the topic; she knew that that the topic about her big sister always has this effect on Houki.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I couldn't do anything more but hope that my big sister fixes this."
Houki's depression gloomed her face like a sky infested by storm clouds.
(Stomp)
"Ow!"
Rin's foot got stomped by Cecilia.
"You really don't have any sensitivity do you?"
Cecilia spoke only in a volume audible only to Rin.
"S-Sorry….."
Rin dejectedly silenced herself. A brief silence followed when they saw that Houki is really depressed but Tatenashi quickly came and cheered Houki up…..by tickling her.
"Houki-chan…"
Tatenashi's fingers crept on Houki side and started to harshly tickle the depressed Houki.
"W-What are…ahahahahaahahah…you….ahahahahahahahahaha…wait stop it…..ahahahahahahahaahah!"
Houki is now being wrestled by Tatenashi whilst tickling the poor Houki who is now forcibly being made to laugh.
"Onee-san doesn't like gloomy children."
Tatenashi tickled Houki even harder when she noticed that Houki's depression is still present in her eyes.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Houki is now crying due to extreme laughter.
The girls were just smiling at the scene but Laura who also experienced a different version of that tickling hid behind Charlotte like a child who saw a ghost.
Minutes later…
"That was terrible…"
Houki who finally lost her depression due to Tatenashi tickling, tried to recover her breathing.
"Well look on the bright side, you finally cheered up."
Charlotte gently patted Houki's back.
"There, Onee-san prefers her kouhai's smile rather than her frown."
Tatenashi opened her fan with the words happiness on it.
"That seemed more like torture rather than cheering up."
Rin mumbled to herself when she saw Houki's exhausted reaction.
"Any more than that and I would've fainted."
Houki said while still trying to recover her breathing.
"Onee-chan has some weird ways of cheering people up."
Kanzashi looked at Houki with a pitying look on her face.
(So this is why Ichika is so wary of my sister.)
Kanzashi sighed when she imagined what Ichika gone through when her big sister is still rooming with him.
"About what all of you said earlier, that you preferred the real Ichika over the current one. So this must mean that you don't want this then."
Tatenashi pulled several photos from her pocket and showed them to the girls.
"Wha!"
"That's!"
"Wait!"
"When did you!?"
"Unbelievable!"
"Onee-chan!"
The girls couldn't believe their eyes, in Tatenashi's hand are the photos of little Ichika wearing the different attires they forced on him earlier. From the fox costume to the dog cosplay.
"What a pity then I was planning to give each of you this but since you don't really want them, then I just keep them for myself."
Tatenashi gave the girls a teasing glance as she waved the photos like a fan.
"Tatenashi-san please give us a copy of those!"
Cecilia was the first one to react.
"No fair! You can't hog those all to yourself!"
Charlotte tearfully complained.
"Give me those records of my wife's adorable moments!"
Laura lunged at Tatenashi but instead kissed the ground when the bluenette stepped to the side to avoid the aggressive German.
"Onee-chan!"
Kanzashi pleaded her big sister to give them copies of Ichika's cute moments.
"I thought that all of you don't like the Ichika right now?"
Tatenashi again directed her mischievous glance at the exasperated girls.
"We didn't say anything like that!"
Houki raised her voice at Tatenashi.
"Don't be greedy and give copies of those photos!"
Rin also joined the party.
"Okay, okay, geez it's really fun to tease all of you."
Tatenashi giggled as she turned to the side.
(RING) (RING) (RING)
Tatenashi's phone rang.
"Who could this be?"
Tatenashi took her phone from her pocket and answered the call.
"Hello."
[Mistress Sarashiki, I bring news from the family.]
A feminine voice answered Tatenashi.
"At this hour? Okay what is it?"
Tatenashi's mood earlier is really light and happy, but when the messaged was relayed to her, Tatenashi's face started to become grim.
"Onee-chan…"
Kanzashi saw the ill change in her big sister's face.
"Okay, thanks."
Tatenashi ended the call, her mood is extremely grim.
"What is it Onee-chan?"
Kanzashi asked her big sister who is now very solemn.
"An intruder, an unidentified object hovered above the academy just two days ago and..."
I should just discuss the other one with only Kazanshi instead
While Tatenashi slowly stopped and decided not to tell them the other news, the girls were visibly shocked at her words regarding the intruder.
"Intruder? What was it? And why haven't the academy detected it?"
Charlotte's face turned very worried.
"I don't know... it was detected by my family's headquarters just now. But whatever that is, it's only indication of presence is the mysterious drop of temperature in the atmosphere. Everyone did feel the temperature dropped on those past days right?"
Tatenashi's face grew even more worried.
"Could it be an IS just the same as..."
Cecilia couldn't finish her words.
"I don't know but I'm hoping that it's not. Anyway i haven't got the confirmation yet but this news is very unsettling, especially with Ichika's current condition."
Tatenashi looked at the girls; her face is now filled with anxiety.
"What's more unsettling is when the accident with Ichika happened, 8:45pm just yesterday, the intruder was present as well in that same exact time."
The girls now looked really worried.
"Are you saying that the intruder is the one responsible for turning Ichika into a child!"
Laura could help her voice from rising.
"If that is so then the one it's after is..."
Houki paled.
"Let's not jump to conclusions yet, it won't be good if we worry ourselves too much, but we can't be lax either. We can't let our same mistakes repeat this time."
Tatenashi sighed and then smiled to diffuse the heavy atmosphere.
"Well maybe we should go back now; Orimura-sensei might execute us if she finds us here."
At Tatenashi's prompting the girls silently obeyed and stood up.
"Well we better go back."
When Houki, Cecilia, Rin, Charlotte, and Laurawaved goodbye at Tatenashi as they parted ways toward their room while each of the girls carried really heavy confusion in their hearts, Tatenashi stopped Kanzashi and put her hands on her shoulder with a serious face.
"Kanzashi, I need to speak to you privately."
Kanzashi, surprised by the fact that her older sister asked to speak her privately with serious manner, was taken back due to the fact that Tatenashi never asked her privately before.
"O-okay onee-chan"
Both the sisters walked away to a hallway that was empty where they can discuss privately.
(Few minutes later...)
"W-what? Is that true, Onee-chan?!'
Kanzashi was shocked and mortified to hear what happened, Tatenashi was also grim as well.
"Yes, the same unidentified intruder that was here two days ago also attacked one of the bases at Russia, but the victims of the attack were Hans-Sama's Personal Spetznaz group..."
Both Kanzashi and Tatenashi remembered all 15 special force members they met and when they did, they saw them as strong soldiers who were skillful enough to compete with other Mondo Grosso competitors.
The mere thought of 15 strong IS users to be wiped out by one unknown force terrified them.
"I can't imagine how Hans-sama would feel right now onee-chan..."
"..."
After staying silent for few seconds, Tatenashi thought of an idea.
"Why don't you go cheer him up?"
Kanzashi looked back up to Tatenashi with surprised expression
"e-eh?"
"Unfortunately, I have to go to do not only my duty as the president but also do a report about that unknown intruder to the principal."
"H-how do cheer him up onee-chan? I don't know how I can do it..."
"You just gotta be confident in yourself and besides, you'll figure it out eventually."
As Kanzashi became flustered and shy, Tatenashi smirked and took out the fan saying "confidence".
"Well, i gotta go now and good luck! bye bye~!"
Tatenashi turns around and left the hallway, leaving a flustered Kanzashi, still figuring out what to do.
(Scene Change, midnight)
"..."
As Hans organized his room and his bed, he continued to stare at the window outside while wearing comfortable pants with white tank-top.
In his mind, he was still continuously having flashbacks the times where it included Sofiya and others.
(Flashback)
"Commander Hans! What do you think of this?"
While Hans was walking through the hallway of his base, he saw Anna walking from the other side, showing Hans a beautiful dress to impress him.
"..."
After few seconds of silence, Hans nods his head in approval and showed a small smile to her.
[It looks good on you]
Anna interpreted his facial expression and knew what he was saying.
"Yay yay! Commander Hans likes it!"
While celebrating in her head, Anna formed a small blush in her face.
"A-anyway, Commander Hans. I have to go now, i'll see you later!"
Being shy and embarrassed by Hans's complement, Anna fast walked to opposite direction.
"..."
After she left, Hans turns around and walked the direction that he was originally going.
(Another Flashback)
sob sob...
During midnight, Hans was walking the huge hallway of his members' room and heard a faint sobbing in one of the room. He stopped at the location of the sound and when he found out it was Irina's, Hans softly knocked on the door.
knock knock
"!"
Surprised by the knocking, Irina walked towards the door and spoke in a weak and tired voice.
"W-who is it?"
Seeing through the camera from the door, she saw that it was Hans at the door.
"C-commander Hans...?!"
"..."
While Hans was standing near the door of the room, Irina was standing behind the door and covering her face trying her best not to cry any further
Despite having an emotionless expression, when Hans saw the state of Irina, he instantly became worried.
"C-commander Hans... I-it's nothing to worry about! I was just cutting some-"
Irina tried to gave a fake smile to not to worry Hans, but Hans knew she was lying and he wasn't taking that for an answer.
Having seen enough, Hans entered Irina's room.
"C-commander Hans! Wait-"
As Irina tried to stop Hans, she stepped on a beer can, which caused her to lose balance and trip.
Instinctively, Hans turned around and caught her.
"!"
"..."
Surprised and flustered by her savior, Irina blushed and stood back up straight
"T-Thank you, sir..."
"..."
After catching her from fall, Hans looked around her room and saw it was a total mess.
He saw the mirrors were broken, the walls had holes and cracks from impact, her belongings were everywhere on the floor, and so does many empty beer bottles, but Hans saw the something that alerted him.
He saw a knife with some dried blood on it.
Instantly, Hans grabbed Irina's arm and checked both of her wrist that was covering from her pajamas with long sleeve and saw that her left wrist had scars from the cuts.
"C-commander Hans..."
Feeling despair, hopelessness, and disappointment at herself, Irina couldn't help but look down on the floor in shame and sadness, thinking that Commander Hans was both angry and disappointed.
"..."
Hans, felt with great worry, sat down with Irina on her bed and tried to not only figure out what was wrong but also comfort her with a gentle touch on her shoulder.
Irina also sat down with Hans on her bed, trying to contain herself from crying any further but when she saw Hans's worried expression, she started to cry again and told him what happened.
"C-commander Hans, I..."
(Few minutes of talking later)
Hans found out that Irina's caring grandparents were murdered by an unknown Russian crime syndicate and took everything from their home, including kidnapping her little brother, which caused her to break everything in anger and drinking away her sorrow. She also started to cut herself to commit suicide but failed many times.
Understanding of what happened, Hans embraced her lovingly and caring like any parent would help their children.
Assuring Irina that he's here and it's okay to let it all out, Irina couldn't hold it anymore and sobbing loudly on his chest.
"(Sob)"
"WAAAAAAAAAAA! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! WAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Irina clung tightly to Hans and he embraced her tightly, consoling her of her sorrow, anger, and frustration.
After crying for a while, Irina's both mind and body became exhausted and fell asleep on Hans.
"..."
"zzz..."
Seeing that she's asleep peacefully for few minutes, Hans gently moved her to the bed and put the blanket on her.
"..."
Hans stared at Irina with caring and worried expression for a few seconds before finally disappearing from sight, planning to do what needs to be done.
(Scene Change, unknown underground location)
At the unknown underground location, there was an unknown crime syndicate responsible for raiding homes and stealing and kidnapping everything that's valuable or young kids/teens and selling them to human traffickers.
"Ahahahaha! The last home we raided had so many valuables and riches, those old farts didn't stand a chance! Right boss?"
"You got it! Seems like we hit the jackpot today!"
Sitting in one of the tables, there was a boss sitting at the big table and eating luxurious food with 30 of his members.
"Tomorrow, we're selling the boy with rest of the kids and all of the jewelry! We're going to be stinking rich boys!"
"YEAH!"
Feeling that it's the best day ever, all of the members and the boss drank and ate the food in front of the kidnapped boys and girls who were serving them food and drinks with shackles on their wrist and feet.
One of the big mean but dumb looking members suddenly looked at one of the young girls and grabbed her by her head with lecherous expression.
"Hey, boss! I'm starting to get really bored, can I take her?"
While the girl was terrified and was about to cry, the boss smirked and gave his permission.
"Go ahead but don't break her too much, we need her alive to sell her at a good price."
The girl, scared for her life, tried to run away but the man grabbed her arm and licked her cheeks with a knife pointing at her.
"Now now, don't you run away now young girl, I'll treat you real nice tonight if you behave~"
Disgusted and angered by the sight of it, an unknown young strong boy with short blonde hair with green eyes confronted the man with bravely.
"You stop that! Let go of her now!"
The man who was grabbing the girl looked at the boy with irritated and annoyed expression and kicked the boy out of the way.
"hmmm?! Who do you think you are!"
"Arg!"
The boy got hit by his kick and fell back to the floor.
"I'm also starting to get annoyed by you brat! By the time I'm finished with her, I'm going to beat you senseless to the point you wished you were obeying us!"
While the boy was breathing heavily, the man looked back at the terrified girl she was grabbing on by her hair.
"Now, where were we?"
When he was about to rape this girl in front of everyone, including the terrified and mortified young kidnapped kids, the young boy cried out.
"No, stop it!"
As the boy tried to attempt to stop the man, there was a loud bang heard from the outside of the door. The boy felt the bullet whizzed by right next to his head and next thing they knew, there was a huge bullet hole in the guy's arm that was grabbing the girl's head.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Crying from pain, the man lets go of the terrified girl and fell down from pain while grabbing his own wounded arm.
Shocked by what happened, all of the crime members immediately became alerted and pointed their guns at the door.
"Who's there?! Show yourself!"
After few seconds of silence, the door finally opened to reveal who it was.
"..."
They saw a huge man with green Greatcoat with its neck-guard constantly turned up and an M43 officer's cap emblazoned with the Soviet symbol, with trousers are a darker shade of green and wearing boots.
When they saw the man, they immediately knew who it was and became terrified.
"I-it can be! The monster of Russia!"
"The devil!"
"Demon!"
As the members murmured to each other, the leader also became terrified but slightly lesser degree.
"Silence! They are just rumors and not true! That's just impossible, there's no way in real life that's possible."
"..."
As Hans stood in silence, the leader then smirked and laughed maniacally.
"No one messes with us and get away with it! Get him, boys!"
""""HA!""""
After they threw a grenade below Hans's feet and exploded the boss and the 30 members started to shoot at him with the bunch of pistols, SMGs, and assault rifles while the terrified young slaves got down and covered their head while laying down.
As they kept shooting at Hans, the dirt and smoke started to kick in even further and covered Hans location even more.
Thinking that he's already gone beyond the point, the leader signaled to stop shooting.
"Heh, he must've been very stupid. Those rumors were false after all!"
"Heh heh heh..."
Feeling satisfied and relieved, the members started to laugh well.
But that came to stop when the smoke cleared away and saw the man standing with no wounds whatsoever.
"W-wha-?"
One of the members couldn't finish his word as his head was instantly decapitated gruesomely as the figure grabbed his head and ripped it with one hand by a swipe.
When they saw the half-wolf, half-human form of Hans growling at them while grabbing the decapitated head, they instantly became terrified and started to shoot at him wildly.
"AHHHHH!"
"WHAT IS THAT THING?!"
"SHOOT IT SHOOT IT!"
"KILL THAT MONSTER!"
As they were shooting at him, Hans dodged and caught bullets with extreme speed in an accurate manner so that none of the kidnapped kids were hit nor hurt.
When the lights were destroyed by a stray bullet, Hans instantly killed every single crime syndicate members, including the leader in a brutal manner way.
After the leader was killed last, the smell of blood reeked across the room and the kids were all terrified due to the dark room and the smell of blood.
Hans, who can smell and hear accurately, grabbed all the kidnapped kids, including the ones who were in a jail cell and ran away from the unknown underground place.
(BOOM!)
After getting all the kids and stolen valuables to safely outside, Hans activated a bunch of C4's planted at the underground and destroyed it completely.
Seeing all the kids in bad shape and unconscious but safe and sound, Hans texted and contacted his members and the police to notify that the kidnapped kids were found and safe.
While waiting for them, Hans covered all of them with his green overcoat so that they don't get cold from the winter.
(A few minutes later)
After the Russian police and his Spetznaz team members arrive, all respective parents who were with them reunited with their missing kids who had just woken up.
All the parents who were reunited with the kids were happy and crying that their children were all right and safe.
The blonde hair with green eye boy saw someone he recognizes and ran towards to Irina.
"SIS!"
"IGOR!"
Irina, crying with joy, also ran to her brother and hugged him tightly.
"You're okay, i'm glad, i'm so glad..."
"I'm sorry that I worried you, sis..."
Both Irina and Igor hugged each other and never felt wanting to let go each other.
"Sis, both grandpa and grandma were..."
"I know..."
Feeling sad and missing them dearly, Igor started to cry
"Sniff sniff..."
"There there..."
While Igor cried on Irina's shoulder, Irina comforted her brother as best she can as she was also saddened by both of their grandparent's death.
"..."
As the other Spetznaz members get a bit teary and smiled at the reunion scene between Irina and Igor, Hans was approached by the chief investigator that was also watching the touching reunion.
"Mr. Hans... the terrible crime syndicate has been one of the most wanted group in this country and not only you caught them, but also saved all the kids from a terrible misfortune, the police and the citizens here thank you greatly for your contribution."
When all of the police members bowed 90 degrees in respect, the parents and grandparents of the kidnapped kids also bowed and approached him with appreciation.
"Mr. Hans, thank you so much for saving my son..."
"We are grateful for saving my daughter."
"How can we thank you?"
"I pray constantly for God to rescue my children... god answered my prayer by sending you..."
As the parents thanked Hans and shake his hands and bowed to him etc, Hans stood in silence like he normally does with emotionless expression but deep inside, he was not used to getting praises and thanks with such sincerity and appreciation, not just ass kissing.
Standing from the other side, Alexandra and Margarita saw the scene happening and giggled a bit
"Commander Hans looks like became a hero now don't you think?"
"He seems to be not used to this, fufufu!"
After most of the parents thanked Hans and left with the police, Irina approached Hans to thank him but everyone was caught off guard what she did after.
"Commander Hans... Thank you."
"...!"
'''''''!'''''''
Irina approached Hans and kissed him on his lips.
As Igor and other Spetznaz members were shocked and speechless to this event, Hans in other hand was surprised by her action.
Realizing what she just did Irina blushed and looked away shyly while Hans went back to his emotionless expressions he always had.
"..."
While Irina stands awkwardly as Hans was staring at her, the other Spetznaz members became a bit jealous and stared at the scene between them.
''''''...''''''
Witnessing all of this, Igor smirked and teased her older sister.
"hehehe, Sis loves Mr. Hans!"
Panicking, Irina blushed and looked at his brother with embarrassed expression.
"W-w-w-w-what are you talking about?!"
"Then what was the kiss that you gave him?"
"a-ah, that was..."
As Igor was continuing to tease his older sister, he was approached by the girl that he tried to save when they were slaves.
"u-um..."
The girl approached shyly to Igor and he recognized who she was and replied back friendly.
"Hi!"
Taken back from his strong positive optimism, the girl muster up the courage and spoke to him.
"b-back then, you tried to save me, I just want to say thank you!"
When the girl bows down to Igor, he was taken back and replied back with panic.
"I-its all right! I just do what's right, you don't need to bow!"
As the girl finished bowing, she looked back to Igor. After long fidgeting and awkwardness the girl had for few seconds, she musters up courage again and went up closer to Igor and kissed him.
"!"
''''''!''''''
"..."
While receiving an unexpected kiss from the Igor, all of them who was watching had surprised expression except Hans, who was seeing the scene with his usual expression.
"..."
After the kiss was finished, the girl blushed furiously and ran away shyly to her parents while Igor stood shocked and stunned from what just happened before finally Realizing what happened, Igor blushed like a bright tomato.
Having to see the entire scene, Irina smirked and started to tease his brother back as an act of revenge for teasing her earlier.
"Well well, What do we have here...?"
Startled by her sister, Igor replied back with panic while he was still blushing.
"I-it's not what it looks like!"
"Oh? Then why did you seem to enjoy it~?"
Seeing that Irina and Igor laughing, teasing, and spending time with each other well, Hans looked at both of them and slightly smiled at the scene that was happening to him.
After all the Spetznaz members escorted all the children and parents back to safely, Hans and others went back to their base with exception of Irina as she wanted to spend time with her brother at his place.
Seeing that all of them left, Irina and Igor walked back to his place through the snowy weather.
(Flashback Ends)
"..."
As Hans continued to stare at the moon from the window, he heard a knock on the door.
Knock Knock
When he approached the door and opened it, he saw nervous Kanzashi standing in front of him.
"umm... H-Hans-sama, may i come in?"
"..."
Hans nods his head and lets her come in his room.
After entering the room, Kanzashi noticed that his room is same as any other instructors room, nicer than the students.
"A-ano..."
As Kanzashi fidgeted and panicked trying to figure out a way to help Hans get out of depression, Hans knew what her intention was and came up to her and pat her on the head.
"Eep!"
Startled by his hand touching her head, Kanzashi shyly looked up at Hans and saw that he smiled towards her.
Feeling warmth and compassion from Hans, Kanzashi became more comfortable around him.
"..."
Hans, continuously patting Kanzashi, broke out of his sadness and found happiness once he saw one of his precious family member trying to cheer him up. After seeing Kanzashi, he knew that at this point in time now...
He needs to protect his rest of his family now from "them".
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Holy mother of god, is this the longest chapter that I've ever done? Jesus Christ! I hope that y'all enjoyed this one. Let me know in the private message or review! All Criticisms are welcome!