Edited 27/6/17: Correcting spelling and grammar errors. Also, Linimal should be Liminal, only just realised this after 11 chapters, oops.

'Almost done, Zombina.'

Zombina was currently having her right arm reattached. She had taken off the top half of her body suit, revealing her favourite black tank top. She was contemplating on what she and her team had just gone through. The operation could've gone smoother, but it could've been a lot worse than it had been. It had been a resounding success, but she couldn't help but think that their execution could have gone better, like making sure that lizardman was neutralized, instead of trying to look badass, for example. She pouted as she looked down at the state of her torso. ''Damn, that's gonna leave a mark, let alone the weight those bullets will add.'' She thought to herself.

'All done.' Zombina snapped back into reality by the doctor who just finished sewing her arm back on. She was a human, probably in her thirties, with dark brown hair that was tied back into a short pony tail, and had hazel eyes that seemed to glisten like stars, something that Zombina missed about being alive. She was wearing a green blouse with tight denim jeans, with a white lab coat on top. The outfit did a good job at accentuating her curves.

''It'll hold for now, but I'd recommend heading back to the hospital to get it secured properly. You should also top up on your preservatives while you're at it, seeing you lost so much today.'' Zombina was too distracted to hear what she had to say, more pre-occupied by testing that her right arm was moving properly. Satisfied, she held it up and made devil horns with her hand, her face plastered with a massive grin.

'Yeah, sure thing, Doc. Not like I have to worry about dying any time soon.'

''I do worry about you Zombina. I'm well aware that you're already dead, but that isn't an excuse to act so reckless, especially in your line of work.'' She sighed to herself, feeling that her words fell on deaf ears.

''Cheer up, Suzu. I'll get Kuroko to take me down once she's debriefed us, so quit worrying. It's like you're my mom or something.'' The zombie mumbled that last part to herself. She and Suzu have known each other for well over a year now, and it was her what was put in charge of Zombina's care, so she obviously worried about the undead's well-being.

'Well try not to take too long, Rigor Mortis will set in if you don't hurry.' Suzu lectured at her patient.

'Sure thing, Mom.' Zombina joked as she left the ambulance, waving goodbye to her friend. 'Thanks again, as always.' Suzu waved back with a smile on her face. As she got out the vehicle, she glanced to her left, noticing Yuuto leaning back on it with his arms folded, his cheek covered with medical tape from the cut he received from the ringleader earlier, though he had been given stitches by the doctor to make sure it healed properly. He looked back at her, raising a hand in acknowledgement.

''How's the arm?'' He asked with a hint of concern.

''Oh, just fine thanks, though Doc insists I go get it checked over later. Geez she's such a worrywart sometimes.'' Zombina complained as if she were a child after being lectured by her parents.

''Well you don't get the benefit of healing, despite being practically immortal.''

''The price you pay I guess. So how many stitches did you get for that sucker? I'm guessing five, maybe six?''

''Six, she wanted to be sure it wouldn't come loose. Still stings like a bitch though, but that might be from the disinfectant she used, rather than the cut itself.'' He complained as he rubbed his fingers against the medical tape.

''That's Suzu's special brand of tough love, Beesh. There's more where that came from.'' She said in a sultry voice, giving Yuuto a playful wink.

'Beesh?'

'Short for Bishie, duh.'

''But isn't that just short for Bishounen?''

'Well you are quite the pretty boy.' Zombina flirted as she rested her shoulder against his, giving him a perverted smile, showing off her very sharp teeth, not to mention the 'Bedroom' eyes she was making at him.

''So now I'm an abbreviation of an abbreviation. How long did it take you to come up with that masterpiece again?'' He asked in a sarcastic tone, clearly not impressed with his new nickname.

She was too busy laughing her butt off at his remark to reply, though it didn't take too long for her to retort. ''Aww c'mon, it totally suits you.'' She leaned in closer so she could whisper in his ear. ''Plus, I think it's kinda cute, just like you are right now.''

Yuuto had only just realised how red his face was right now, though that was due to how aggressively flirtatious Zombina was being for whatever reason. He couldn't quite figure out whether she was being genuine, or more likely she was just teasing him for a reaction, which seemed like one of her favourite hobbies as of late. It didn't help that she was blatantly pressing her breasts up against him to add to the effect.

'Are you like this with every guy that strikes your fancy?'

'Only the cute ones.' She chuckled, barely able to hold in her laughter.

''C'mon, don't want to keep Smith waiting'' He stepped away from Zombina, having had quite enough teasing for one day, but he did enjoy the time he spent with the lively zombie, despite her tendency to over-step the mark at times.

''Hey, that's my line, Beesh!'' She ran to catch up with Yuuto, clearly not done having fun with her junior squad mate.

''You're not going to drop that, are you?''

''Better get used to it, it's way too fun to watch you squirm.'' She gave him yet another playfully wink as she said that.

'Wonderful…'

All he could do right now was hang his head in defeat at the gibing he received, still with Zombina's gut-wrenching laughter at his side. This was something he quickly got used to when he stared training with MON, though it wasn't all that bad getting the attention of someone so lively and fun loving, despite their current state of being. He definitely had a friend for life in her, or un-life in her case, there was rarely a dull moment with Zombina, or the other girls for that matter. Manako was always so sweet and sincere, though her eye complex did make it hard to get to know her better, but she was slowly opening up to him, albeit in her own, round a bout way. Tio was always so chipper, and she rarely ever let anything get her down, though she could be overly affectionate at times, which has on more than one occasion, caused him to pass out from oxygen starvation. Doppel, on the over hand, was such an enigma to him, there was no way of telling what she was really thinking, but that made him even more curious. The two of them got on well enough, though her pranks did occasionally ware on him. Despite all that though, he was glad to be working with such an interesting group of people, and he wouldn't change it for the world.

'Agent Kazama!'

Yuuto was shaken from his thoughts as someone called to him. He and Zombina stopped as they saw Sulphira run up to them from the crowd that had formed during the incident. She was wearing a loose black t-shirt, as well as denim shorts that were designed with lizardfolk-like species in mind. She stopped just short of them, her face full of concern.

'Hey there, is everything alright?' 'Yuuto asked, still surprised by the dragonewt's sudden appearance.

'Yes, I just wanted to make sure you were alright, you too, Miss…'

''Zombina. Yeah, we're just fine, just another day on the job is all.''

The young dragonewt looked Zombina over, just realising that her formerly missing right arm had been reattached, like it had never come off. ''Wow, that's amazing. I would've thought you'd need major surgery for that.''

At the statement, Zombina held up her right hand, making the 'peace' sign with her fingers, sporting one of her signature grins. ''Perks of being undead I guess, and trust me, I've come out of worse situations just fine, so no need to worry, Kid.''

''Still isn't getting you out of going to the hospital, Zombina.'' Yuuto chimed in at her comment.

Zombina only pouted at the statement and muttered something to herself about being treated like a kid. Sulphira, meanwhile, walked up to Yuuto and looked over the medical tape on his face. 'How about you?' the dragonewt asked, getting his attention. 'You took a pretty bad cut there.' She leaned forward and placed her fingers where his cheek was cut. 'It was might fault that this happened to you.' Sulphira blamed herself for what happened to him, even though there wasn't much she could've done in that situation.

Yuuto's face had gone bright red as the young girl closed the distance between them and touched his face. ''Don't be silly, it was my own fault for not paying attention to my surroundings.'' He tried to reassure Sulphira, which seemed have help alleviate some of the girl's concern.

'Easy tiger, you got an audience watching.' Zombina butted it with a sultry voice and a perverted grin.

The two of them jumped back from each other in a flash, both their faces now a deep crimson from the embarrassment, which was followed shortly by Zombina's laughter.

'Sulphy!'

The worried cry came from a little girl with long, brown curly hair, as well as the cutest brown eyes you could imagine. She was running up to Sulphira as fast as her short legs could take her. ''Mom said you're not supposed to go off by yourself!''

The dragonewt smiled, and crouched to one knee to receive a hug from the little sweetheart. The girl jumped into her arms as Sulphira wrapped her arms around her. 'How many times have I told you not to call me that, Yui?'

'But it really suits you, Sulphy.' Yui squeezed tighter as she smiled from ear to ear. It didn't take her long to notice the two MON agents that were with them, both smiling at the adorable scene in front of them.

Sulphira got back up on her feet with Yui in her arms. 'Yui, this is Yuuto, and the lady with him is Zombina.'

'Thanks for saving us, Miss Zombie! You too Mister!'

'No problem little lady! Just doing what we do best!' Zombina exclaimed as she started playing hero for her.

''Yeah, we're just glad that you and everyone else are all safe now.'' Yuuto chimed in, trying his best not to cut in on Zombina's act. He guessed that she had a soft spot for kids.

Yui just beamed at the two agents as Sulphira out her down and grabbed her hand.

'We should get going now, Yui. Yuuto and Zombina seem to have a lot to do.'

Yui turned to face her. 'But I only just met them…' She was starting to tear up.

Zombina crouched down till she was face to face with the little girl. ''Don't worry, Kiddo. We work for the Interspecies Cultural Exchange, so we'll come to check up on you guys soon. I'll get our boss to send the two of us over.''

'Really?!' Yui beamed at her.

'Of course!' Zombina gave her a massive grin and a thumps-up. 'Heroes never lie!' Zombina was content with keeping up the act. Yuuto couldn't help but imagine the zombie is some ridiculous super hero costume striking an equally ridiculous pose shouting something along the lines of 'Never fear! Zombie Lass is here!'

Yui broke off from Sulphira and gave Zombina a massive hug. 'Oh, that would be great!' The zombie couldn't help but return the gesture.

''It shouldn't be a problem, we want to make sure that Sulphy is alright too.'' Yuuto couldn't help but tease the dragonewt for her cute nickname.

''Don't you start calling that too…'' Sulphira pouted at the human, but Yuuto thought it was kind of adorable.

Zombina finally let go of Yui as Sulphira took her hand again. ''Anyway, we got work to do, but we'll definitely come see you guys again real soon.''

'Sure, hopefully with less guns next time.' Sulphira and Yui headed back to the crowd, waving goodbye as they left. 'Take care.'

'Bye Big Sis! Bye Big Brother! See you soon!' Yui waved her free hand as hard as she could, with a massive smile on her face.

Zombina and Yuuto were waving back as they left, though neither of them were ready for being called Big Sis or Big Brother, if the slight blush on their faces were any indication.

'Admit it, that kid was adorable as hell.' Zombina told Yuuto with a hint of joy in her voice.

'Yeah, not every day you see a kid glomp a zombie she only just met.'

'Well kids love heroes!' Zombina proclaimed as she took on a suitably heroic pose.

'Nice pose, Supergirl.' Yuuto said with a hint of sarcasm. 'Did you always like kids this much?'

''What can I say? They're always a lot of fun to be around. Something tells me Yui's mom must have a hard time keeping up with her.''

Yuuto chuckled to himself. ''No doubt, I bet she's glad to have Sulphira around as a homestay.''

Zombina nodded in agreement. ''Anyway, we'd better get moving, Manako should be back by now, plus we don't want to keep Kuroko waiting.'' She walked off in the general direction where the rest of the team were waiting for them. Yuuto just followed her, savouring the rare occasion of silence between them. As fun as she was, even Zombina needed a break from being excitable.

As they made their way to Smith's black Sedan, they saw Tio and Doppel waiting for them. The former was out of her body armour, and was happily snacking on pocky, while the latter was leaning on the side of the car, twirling a finger through her hair out of sheer boredom. It didn't take Tio long to see her approaching squad mates though, and she quickly pocketed her snacks, and jogged towards them.

'Bina-chan! Yuuto-kun!' She shouted, overjoyed that her friends were alright. Before they could so much as wave a hand at her, she pulled them into a sweet embrace, which had their faces planted into her ample breasts. ''Oh, I'm glad you two are okay, I was so worried!''.

'Tio, you might want to look down.' Doppel cut in, snickering to herself.

At her comment, the ogress looked down to see that their faces were trapped against her large P-cup boobs, unable to breathe. She suddenly let go of the two of them as they gasped for air. ''Oh, I'm sorry! Are you okay?!'' Tio panicked as she waved her arms apologetically.

Zombina was bent over, her chest heaving. She finally regained her composure and stood up straight. ''Yeah, don't worry.'' She raised a thump up at Tio. 'That hug was a lot comfier than earlier at least.'

Yuuto on the other hand, was on the floor, on his hands and knees, still gasping for air. ''It's okay.'' His chest heaved once again. 'Just give me a minute.'

''Easy boy, Tio isn't that kind of girl.'' Doppel teased with her grin widening.

Embarrassed, he jumped to his feet, his face a deep crimson. 'Not funny.' Despite his critique, Zombina's giggling suggested otherwise.

'Oh, thank goodness.' Tio sighed in relief. ''We've been through enough as it is.''

Yuuto looked around, and saw that Ms Smith and Manako were still unaccounted for. 'Any idea where the others are?'

Doppel was the first to speak up. ''Smith is talking to the fuzz still, seems they can't thank her enough for sorting out this mess.''

'Even though we did all the work?' He asked, clearly annoyed.

''Well if it weren't for Kuroko's tireless efforts, none of us would've ever met.'' Tio stated cheerily in her superior's defence.

''Well that's her accounted for, that just leaves Manako. Where is she?''

Zombina lightly nudged him in the shoulder to get his attention, as she pointed towards the direction of the crowd. ''That's her now.''

Upon looking at where she was pointing, Yuuto noticed the reflection of a rifle at the back of the crowd, and noticed it was moving forward. The people parted as a purple haired monoeye stepped passed them. She accidentally bumped someone as she made her way through, then quickly bowed to them as it seemed she was apologizing to them in her very shy manner. She finally broke off as she jogged her way to where the rest of the team was.

Yuuto sighed to himself. ''Sometimes I find it hard to believe that she's such a badass sniper.''

''Well that's what makes Manachi so adorable.'' Zombina interjected with a slight smile on her face.

The monoeye finally made it to the group, as she bent over with her hands resting on her thighs, gasping for breath. ''S-s-s-sorry I'm late. Th-there were a lot of people around, s-s-so it was hard to get through.'

'Manako, here. Drink up.' It seemed like Doppel had a water bottle coiled in one of her hair strands. She used her hair to toss the bottle in Manako's direction. She looked up and raised her arms to catch it, but she misjudged the distance, and the bottle hit her square in the forehead.

'Owwww…' She fell onto her knees, clutching her head as it reeled in pain.

'Oh, Mana-chan, you okay?' Tio asked in concern.

'Doppel, did you forget she has no depth perception.' Yuuto asked the shapeshifter.

'Oh, sorry Manako, my bad.' Doppel apologised flatly.

Sighing in disbelief, he walked up to Manako, knelt to her, and put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her as he picked up the water bottle. 'Hey, you okay there?' He asked her as if he was a parent trying to console their child. She raised her head and moved her hands away from her face, revealing her large eye which was tearing up from the pain.

Manako realised how close their faces were, and jerked her head away from him, her cheeks now bright red. ''Y-y-y-yes, I'll be fine.' She stuttered with a meek voice.

Yuuto raised the water bottle in front of her. 'Here, looks like you need it.' He said smiling at her.

She stared at the bottle for a moment, then grasped it with both hands. Manako then turned her head back to face him, with a small smile forming on her lips. 'Th-thank you, Kazama-san.'

They both raised to their feet, as Manako opened the bottle, and took a few gulps from it, now feeling refreshed.

'Now if Ms Smith would kindly get her ass over here, we can get this debriefing out of the way.' Yuuto said, clearly wanting to get today over and done with.

'What was that about my ass?' A sultry voice asked coming from behind the agent. He and Manako jumped back in surprise of the sudden new arrival, and it was none other than their superior, Kuroko Smith. The raven-haired woman lowered her sunglasses and focused her gaze on Yuuto. ''I'll have you know that my butt isn't my only redeeming feature.'' Kuroko winked at him teasingly.

'Speak of the Devil.' Doppel chimed in from her spot next to the Sedan.

''What did the police want with you, Ma'am?'' Tio asked, genuinely curious.

'Oh, Sergeant Ogawa was just showing his gratitude on behalf on the police force, it seems they enjoyed the performance we put on.' Kuroko was wearing a sinister grin as she recalled the conversation she had with the officer, he was bowing repeatedly and apologizing for doubting her team's capabilities to get the job done.

'Right, can we get this debriefing started now, please?' Yuuto asked plainly.

'Oh right, that. Okay everyone, line up.' At her request, the MON agents lined up alongside the Sedan parked behind them, ready at attention. Satisfied, she continued. 'And at ease.' Kuroko finally pushed her sunglasses back up while everyone relaxed, though Tio took it upon herself to resume snacking on her pocky. 'Great work today everyone, all criminals involved have been apprehended, and all the hostages are safe. Seems like the man responsible for the operation goes by the name of Gaku Takahashi, a former Yakuza member. Sergeant Ogawa informed me that he had a falling out with his superiors and broke off ties with the Yakuza, so this heist has no connection with the criminal organization, which means less paperwork for us!' All the girls sighed in relief, while Yuuto looked around, confused as to why it would be their problem. ''Zombina, excellent command as usual, but try not to get yourself shot up so much, it's expensive enough having just your preservatives changed every couple of weeks.'' The zombie in question just put her hands behind her head and laughed awkwardly. 'Manako, great shooting as always, keep up the good work.'

''Yes. Thank you, Ma'am.'' The monoeye nodded in recognition.

'Tio,' Smith looked up at the ogress as she was still happily snacking away. ''excellent work on keeping the hostages safe, I don't know what I'd do without you.''

'No problem at all, just happy I can help.' Tio said cheerfully.

'Doppel, good job getting close to the hostages unnoticed, and thanks for helping Tio secure them.'

'It was nothing, those dumbasses never saw it coming.' Doppel replied stroking her own ego.

'And finally, Bishie-kun.'

Yuuto hung his head in defeat as Zombina and Doppel snickered to themselves. 'Not you too…'

With a smile, Ms Smith continued. ''I'm impressed, it's not very often that an agent preforms so well on their first operation. Nice work keeping them locked in, and keeping them from accessing the safe, and on top of all that, beating a skilled combatant in one-on-one combat too. Keep this up and you'll definitely go far.''

Yuuto hadn't quite expected this much praise from his superior. ''Thank you, Ma'am'' Zombina placed a hand on his shoulder, and gave him a congratulatory thumps-up.

''I think that's everything, keep up the good work everyone. Zombina, you're with me, your hospital appointment is waiting.''

'Sure thing, Boss.' She replied dejectedly.

''Everyone else, head back to Headquarters and sign out for the day, you've all earned it. Yuuto,'' Smith took a set of keys for the SUV that was parked nearby and chucked them towards him. 'make sure everyone gets back safe.'

Yuuto caught the keys effortlessly. 'Will do.'

'Dismissed.' Kuroko commanded, and the two groups went their separate ways. She and Zombina got into the black Sedan, while the others made their way to the SUV she pointed out to them. As Kuroko and Zombina drove off, Manako was disassembling her rifle and packing it away into a large black case that was in the boot space of the vehicle. Yuuto got into the driver's seat, while Tio and Doppel settled themselves into the back seat. Yuuto opened the sun-roof so that Tio could sit up straight and enjoy the ride, seeing the top of her head rise though the top of the SUV.

'You ok there Tio?' Yuuto asked the ogress behind him.

''Yeah, I'm good. Thanks Sweetie.'' Tio replied in a sweet tone.

'Great, another nickname to add to the list...' He muttered to himself unenthusiastically.

'You know you love it, Newbie.' Doppel chimed in, obviously trying to tease the poor human.

Before he could retort though, Manako shut the boot of the vehicle, and got into the front passenger seat, buckling up her seat belt. 'R-r-r-ready when you are, K-K-Kazama-san.' She said meekly.

'Gladly.' He replied with a sense of relief. ''That was one hell of a day, ladies. Let's go home.''

With that, he put the vehicle into gear, and drove off in the general direction of Headquarters, happy that their work day was finally over.