The sun shines down high above her head, cherry blossom boxer braids swaying in the wind. Gold eyes watch the walking traffic below with boredom. Her fingers tap against the bright red canister strapped across her.
"Quicksilver, where the hell are you?" Wakahisa Sakura presses a hand to the device in her ear, a small frown on her face.
"Almost there–shit–ran into some trouble Spades," A male's voice crackles through the device, gunshots making noise. Sakura jumps up, grabbing the canister.
"Why didn't you say anything?! Shit! I was meant to give you another Message!" Sakura hisses angrily.
"Sorry I got caught up in not dying," Quicksilver says sarcastically, breath heavy. A 20 year old man with fuchsia hair, lavender eyes, and fair skin climbs up onto the roof of the building across from Sakura.
"Quicksilver! Message, now!" Sakura shouts loudly while a police helicopter appears a few blocks away. The man takes off the satchel and throws it across the gap. Sakura grabs the satchel and straps it across her body, already sprinting.
"Get back to Tokyo Base. I'll handle the blues and the Messages. Tell Sleeper!" Sakura orders, jumping over to the next building. The helicopter gets closer.
"Excell! Need a route to Ishikawa and Fukuoka. Blues were tailing Quicksilver so I'm taking his Message with mine," The pink haired teenager speaks quickly, jumping onto a balcony and busts open the door.
"Got it. Route's calibrating now. Where's Quicksilver?" Excell's voice comes through, fingers quickly typing across a keyboard from the loud clacking sounds. Color is sucked out of her vision before a bright red marks a route for her.
"Told him to head back to Tokyo Base and tell Sleeper about the complication. Sorry to cut Cell's lesson short," Sakura says while she sprints through the office building halls towards and elevator. Excell laughs, the keyboard clacking never pausing.
"He'll make a hissy fit, but he'll understand. This was meant to be a low-key job. Do you have your mask?" Excell asks, Sakura waiting in the elevator. The teenager pulls up the mask connected to her dark purple shirt.
"It's connected to my shirt, so yes," Sakura says, stretching her arms. Excell snorts while the elevator doors open. Sakura shoves past shocked office workers, vaulting over multiple desks.
"Call security! It's one of the Shadows!" Someone finally speaks, breaking the shock everyone was in.
"You'll have to do Quicksilver's remaining Messages with yours. They all seem to be on the same way to Fukuoka. I can get Rocky to help," Excell informs the young Shadow, making her groan in annoyance.
"Nah, I got it–fuck!" Sakura slides under a security officer that suddenly appeared in front of her. She jumps over another desk before bursting her way onto another balcony.
"Calibrate my route to include all the other Messages. Fukuoka was meant to be my last one," Sakura says calmly, jumping off the balcony to the next building. She lands in a summersault, quickly following the bright red line.
"Fuck. You got blues on your tail. I'm recalibrating your route."
"No. This is the quickest way to Fukuoka. I'm doing that UA shit and I don't want to be late. I'll handle the blues. Tell Rocky to pack a school uniform and some first aid for me," Sakura says while blue bleeds into her vision to mark a helicopter and a few cars. Police. Yellow bleeds in a few moments later to mark another helicopter. News.
"Shit, fine. Don't get killed or worse, caught." Excell sighs before cutting off communication. Sakura rolls her eyes before focusing on her route. She hopes she'll make it in time.
Shit. Almost there...
Sakura pants heavily, tossing the last Message to the drop point before jumping off the ledge and landing on the street. She rips the mask down her face and starts running again, vision bleeding back to normal.
"Spades where are you? You have ten minutes before the written exam starts," A male voice speaks from the device. Sakura slides across the concrete, shoving through crowds of people.
"Almost–almost there. Hold–meet–at the front," Sakura pants, crossing the street. She jumps over a car and ignores the honking and yelling. She jumps over another car, reaching the entrance of the UA school grounds.
"Fuck," The teenager mutters while she leans against a tree, breathing heavily. Sakura glances up when she hears running footsteps. A 15 year old boy with long, silver hair, black eyes, and fair skin was running towards her with a satchel.
"C'mon. I was looking for a bathroom for you," The teenager says, helping Sakura up. She groans while almost collapsing to the ground.
"Thanks Rocky," Sakura says quietly, walking into the school with the help of her best friend and partner, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, aka Rocky.
"No problem, but what the hell happened?" Tetsutetsu asks, quickly walking through the empty hallway. He glances around before entering the women's restroom he found, closing the door.
"Quicksilver had blues tailing him. He didn't say anything and I took over his Messages," Sakura summarizes, quickly putting on her school uniform. She only takes off her pants and shoes, stumbling to put on her black tights.
"Shit Spades. I could've helped ya know!" Tetsutetsu exclaims, shoving Sakura's pants into the satchel and takes out a bright red tie. Sakura grabs the tie and messily puts it on, using a couple wet paper towels to clean the sweat and dirt from her face.
"It's your day off," Sakura retorts, walking out of the bathroom while putting on her shoes.
"Let's go. I'll mess with my injuries after the exam." Tetsutetsu rolls his eyes and tosses the satchel to his partner.
"It's your day off too," The silver haired teenager states, making Sakura clench her jaw. She stares at him with smoldering gold eyes.
"It's this way," Tetsutetsu accepts defeat and leads the way to the room where they would be taking the written exam.
The rest of the walk was in tense silence. Neither said anything until they reached the room, three minutes before the exam officially began.
"Good luck," Tetsutetsu jokes, making Sakura snort.
"Already have it... You too."
Hey! Hope you like the new chapter! It'll be more... consistent (?) next chapter, don't worry. Does Tetsutetsu seem OOC? I think he does, but I haven't seen enough of him in the anime truly write his personality. I should probably start reading the manga, but I'm lazy.
Hope you enjoy!
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