Author's notes: yes!! Chapter 3!!! Actually, this was supposedly a one chaptered fic...unfortunately, a wave of ideas flooded on me...and now, I'm writing a third chapter...but...this will be the last chapter (though...I'm not entirely sure) anyway...enjoy! And don't forget to review! thanks!!

Somebody Mysterious

By: shimo hyozan

Chapter 3

"Kazuki Sanada. Please proceed to the commander-in-chief's office now. I repeat, Kazuki Sanada. Please proceed to the commander-in-chief's office now. Thank you" the speaker in Kazuki's room announced.

Kazuki sat up from his lying position. "I wonder what the commander wants" he said as he stood up and walked out of his room. He then continued on until he was in front of the commander's office.

He knocked and heard a voice saying "come in". He obeyed and entered the room. He immediately caught sight of Mitsuki Sanada standing in front of her father. When Khan Sanada heard the door click shut, he dismissed his daughter and looked up to see Kazuki walking towards him.

"ah...Kazuki. It is good you came. I just wanted to inquire about your last usage of Haruchine"

"I am sorry about the damage, commander. How bad is it?" Kazuki said

"so you were aware of the damage inflicted. Well...it may be repaired, anyway it was a minor damage to the arm. I was just wondering how you got it"

"ah...I don't know if you'd believe me...but I was hit by a piece of string"

"a piece of string? How is that possible?"

"I was thinking it wasn't a normal string, made out of cotton. It must be made out of something else...something stronger. And the handling must be different"

"I see...was it like the robots of RaRa before? The prototype ones that grabbed your arm before?"

"perhaps something like that. But I'm sure it wasn't RaRa"

"okay then. I just wanted to know how you got it. You may go now" Khan said

Kazuki bowed then turned to leave. He stopped halfway towards the door and faced the commander once more.

"commander. May I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead Kazuki. And you don't have to be too formal"

"okay" Kazuki said, as he retraced his steps towards the commander. "I was just wondering if you've heard of the place called mugenjou"

"mugenjou? I've heard of that place already. I know someone from there. Why? Have you come across it?"

"yes. and so that you know, the damage was done by someone there. A girl"

"really? Was she beautiful?" Khan smirked at him

"yeah. Very much"

"hmph...well Kazuki. It was good timing that you brought up the topic now."

Kazuki looked at him, unaware at what was coming.

"I just received an email from my contact there, some minutes ago" Khan reached for a sheet of paper that was lying on the far end of his desk and scanned through it. "He was asking my...no...our protection for them. You see, unlike the other people around here, we don't evacuate them. They are permanent residents of that building so they stay put there. Sure, they can go in and out of that place but otherwise, they can't evacuate from there. I guess they're sort of trapped in that area. They aren't complaining, though" he handed Kazuki the piece of paper, who took it. "please have a seat and read it" Khan said.

Kazuki did as he was told and read out:

To my friend, Khan Sanada

Hello there! I am writing to you for two reasons: as to apologize and to ask of something from you.

I would like to apologize for the days when there were power failures for a number of days. We had a difficult enemy that time and my friend, Ginji Amano, otherwise known as the Thunder Emperor, used his fullest extent of his power controlling his electric currents. This resulted to him reenergizing by using the electricity outside mugenjou. I hope you understand.

Lastly, I would like to ask for your protection. Even though I have programmed the building with a protection device and my friends can protect themselves and the people living here, it is still insufficient. The army that attacks you seldom attacks us and we are weak against robots attacking on us. May I ask for protection?

Thank you so much for your time

MakubeX

And Kazuki saw a stencil of a dolphin beside the name of the sender. He then looked up from the letter and to the commander, who had his elbows on top of his desk, his hands entwined with each other, his head resting on his hands.

"well..." he said, smiling

"um..."

"Kazuki, do you see where this discussion will lead to?"

"I am not really sure"

"so, I'll go on straight to the point. May I ask you to be the protector of mugenjou?"

Kazuki looked at him, a puzzled look evident in his face.

"now, now, now. Don't look so bewildered. Actually, I was supposed to have this assignment, rather, responsibility, voluntarily accepted by holding a meeting with all you core robot pilots. But then all of your female companion might not be able to fulfill this responsibility. You're the strongest of the group, Kazuki. It clearly shows in your negative life sympathy reading. So, naturally, I felt that you'd be able to do it."

Kazuki placed back the paper on top of the desk.

"so, do you accept?" Khan asked eagerly.

The core robot pilot present thought hard. ' it's just like protecting the base, only that I'm protecting a building...so, I guess it won't be that hard'

" Yes, commander. I accept." Kazuki said with determination.

"good! Well, now that you've accepted, I expect that you will be able to do this"

"Yes, sir"

"okay then. You may go now, Kazuki. I have to tell MakubeX about this. he'll be glad, very glad. Off you go now!" Khan said while smiling.

Kazuki bowed once more and headed out of the door.

" protector of mugenjou, huh?" Kazuki pondered on the thought for a moment before smiling to himself.

"I like it and I will definitely fulfill it"