Halo: Of Wolves and Wagtails

Episode 12: The Good Doctor [PREVIEW]

A/N: Well Howdy folks, I know it has been quite a long time. (SIGH) Yeah, I feel ashamed for keeping everyone waiting so long like this … not a day goes by that this story isn't on my mind just begging to be written like all the other stories that desire my attention.

I WANT to write this but every time I sit down at my desktop I can't think of what to do. Complete honesty is my policy here, I'm stumped on what to do and how to balance this coming fight. While I know I can never satisfy everyone, the thought haunts me of what is going to happen if I don't get this right and how disappointed everyone will be if I don't write something or if I get it wrong. And I know something is definitely wrong with what I have after the preview.

PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME?! I've been stumped on what to do for this moment, how to balance the characters for so long and I'm at my wits end. I need to figure out the balancing here and for the characters in general, I can write a romance scene, intrigue, business, and mystery but for the life of me I don't know how to balance the fights. Please don't flame me but do understand that I'm only human.

Message me or leave your review and enjoy the sneak peek, granted it's not much. I've done the best I could and I'm so sorry for it.

[SPRTN544: Thanks my friend, I'm glad you enjoyed that break and now the fighting is about to resume. But I need help to balance these characters, contact me when you can.]

[Dead344156: Thanks for your appreciation for my story.]

[TexasDrifter: I'm glad I could entertain you dude, I have more than a few ideas for the plot but getting it moving is the problem. Please enjoy what little I have, even though it ain't much.]

[DasChinButton: Yes, it certainly does provide so much leeway in the creative process. While it's always interesting to see well executed portrayals of the Chief, 6 just has that useful element of mystery in his character so he can be anything a writer needs him to be. It's appropriate, "the solider we needed you to be". Thanks for your concern, I'm staying alive!]

[Fullmetal11791: Oh I'm sure protocols exist, however I do not know them if they do. What I believed was the best course was for 6 to recon the surrounding area and I thought I made it clear he could not destroy the ship with what he had for ordinance since the self destruct was busted, but I guess I didn't. Not to mention I thought I was doing well by referencing John's first moments on the first HALO ring.

Riddle me this, how can Cortana's chip just conveniently plug into Forerunner pedestals and other technology? I have no clue, but it works, I bent to the rule of cool here.

The answer is long and complicated but I will try my best to explain, what I had attempted to portray was that no one would miss lots of zombies and dead terrorists who were ALREADY GOING TO DIE. In that sense he merely gave history a PUSH in the right direction so there would be no issue in killing them. Rainbow would have dealt with the situation if history played out as it should, but 6 did their job for them, he saved lives by preventing an outbreak and making things easier for the operators to contain it. This is what 6 does, his forte as one of ONI's top assets was making rebel groups disappear, he's their Splinter Cell/Sam Fisher. Should I have ignored such a thing? How else could I have approached it? I would have had Misako explain this organically but you asked the questions, so I gave you the answers.

He cannot kill sekirei because they have a specific place in history, killing powerful individuals WILL change history and the sekirei are POWERFUL. Changing history too much could prevent his own existence or warp the future in a way he cannot afford for the time being. But history will change, he's just resistant to allowing it for the moment or changing the future of his own volition.

As for the sword and Karasuba, it's the bond affecting his judgement. Something was nagging him not to maim her and he did just want to be left alone. Not to mention I need to avoid bad blood between the two for my plans to make sense. Teleporting sword? I guess it must be a typo, because it's holstered on his hip opposite from his pistol, do I actually have to show him gripping it every single time? I'm legitimately asking, cause wouldn't readers get tired of me showing that all the time?] (That was long response but I have no idea when I will update again so I figured it was best to provide answers.)

[NewMystery356: Yes! I hoped someone would happy about that! I'm so glad you appreciate the world building I've done! There's way more I have in store for later with the expanded world and how 6 will deal with it all. I wish I could show you what's going to happen next ... I really do. But I'm stumped. I just don't know how to continue from here with this fight.]

-TEITO UNIVERSITY-

For the moment Hell itself seemed to have frozen over as the doctor faced his opposition, the two deadly beauties that had sought to interrupt his work. A normal man would have been annoyed, but if they were going to offer themselves for dissection then who was he to ignore such a wonderful distraction? A hungry gleam settled into the doctor's eyes while he sized up the girls for what he would dissect first. So many places to carve up for his curiosity, yet so little time to decide upon his next course of action.

"Are you simply going to stare at me or can I begin my dissection?" The doctor said casually, as if he was having a simple conversation with strangers rather than two super powered aliens. "Wasting my time is ill advised."

"Now I'm definitely going to kill you, smug prick." Benitsubasa clenched her fist while she stared straight at the doctor, boring holes through his skull with her eyes alone. Every instinct she had told her to either run or kill the man, she was inclined to listen to her desire for violence.

"So, you say, but it seems words are the only weapons you have put to use so far. Either attempt to kill me as you keep saying you will, or leave my hospital." Doctor Hanafusa smiled, the look of blood lust on his face replaced the façade of being a friendly physician.

Benitsubasa rushed the doctor with her fist reared back for a quick kill, but the doctor anticipated her attack. Taking a quick slid to the side, he dodged with effortless grace as the pinkette collided with a nearby wall, demolishing it with her bare hands when she missed the doctor. She glared back at the doctor with murder on her mind, her hands were covered in shattered drywall.

"Oh so close, but you've missed." Doctor Hanafusa smirked with smug confidence on his despite the nigh impossible odds of facing two super human warriors.

-END PREVIEW-

A/N: Yep, that's all you folks will get for now. I want to provide more, and I have more but I'm not sure if it fits ... if I screwed up the balancing with how the fight is set to go right now.