Saragui sat starring at the ceiling pondering.. his visions were interrupted by the banging on the
door. " Hey kid, it's time for training " , said the officer from earlier. Saragui stood up and walked to
the door and opened it. To his surprise the guard was unarmed this time. " Follow me", said the
officer in a cordial voice. Saragui said nothing and did as he was told.
Sasaku stood panting in front of saragui's house. Still exhausted from running, she managed to get
a few words out. " Who...is...in...there?", said the exhausted sasaku. One of the ambulance workers
responded in a pallor manner. " It's Shikogu, i knew him personally. We need to bring him to the
hospital". Without thinking sasaku spoke her heart. ' I never really personally knew shikogu, but from
what I know, he's a drunken bastard. I thought just maybe saragui might be here" said the
disappointed and morose sasaku. As shikogu was being pulled out of the house on a stretcher,
sasaku didn't even take a single glance at him. She then turned away and started walking home;
wondering where saragui could possibly be.
The door opened to the training area. " kid, stand over there with the other trainees. Show respect
for the general when she arrives", said the TAF officer as he gave saragui a shove. Saragui stumbled
but managed to keep his balance. He walked to the other trainees and stood at the very end. Fanfare
then began to be played all over the large facility. " What's happening?", asked the confused saragui.
" The general is here, look lively", said saragui's neighbor. " Who are you", asked saragui. " My
name is Roku, I signed up to fight three months ago. I live in Tokyo and I'm 19. How about you?",
responded roku. " My name is Saragui Kaio, and im 17, i also live in Yokohama." All other
discussion was ceased by the arrival of a high class level TAF ship. The door slowly opened and out
came two guards accompanying the general. Saragui was astonished to find out that the general was
a beautiful and elegant women. The general then nodded to answer to questions that saragui couldn't
hear. he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. The general then stood at the other end of the line opposite
of where saragui stood and inspected each trainee. She continued to inspect each trainee until she
reached saragui. Saragui then became very nervous. He stood there shaking like a leaf on a windy fall
afternoon. She stood in front of saragui and stared at him. Saragui slowly lifted his head to make eye
contact. " Those eyes, they're like the devil himself staring into my soul scrutinizing every detail",
thought saragui as he kept eye contact. " You give me your name", demanded the general. " Saragui
sir...I mean ms. or is it Mrs..?', stumbled saragui as he realized what he just said. " You are the first
to begin the training. Enter that pod over there", said the general with a smirk as she pointed to the
pod at their right. As saragui walked to the pod, the general bursted out. " now everyone, watch him
and see what not to do on your first day". Saragui bowed his head and entered the pod. "The only
thing i ever rode was a skateboard not a fucking plane", mumbled the irate saragui," I'm going to fail
miserably". Saragui then sat in the chair and stared at the controls. " I have never seen so many damn
buttons in my life", mumbled saragui out load. he then took one deep breath and did whatever come
to instinct. On his first try he starting the simulation. Outside the pod there was murmurs. " No rookie
has ever start the simulation of their first try. Saragui closed his eyes and kept doing what came
natural. A mechanical voice came over the pod, " simulation start". Numbers and words came on the
screen in front of him. HE then read out load. " Your mission is to fly over Hiroshima and kill
anybody in your path". " What the? Why do I have to kill people. I know it's a simulation ,but if I
fight for TAF then I would have to kill people in real life and I don't know if I can do that; why?"
There was no response from the computer. " Well, i guess i have to get this over with". muttered
saragui. Only a few minutes passed, but to saragui it was an eternity. Commotion came from outside
the pod. " Can he actually fly the Tioken - G42?", said a veteran trainee. Another trainee nodded in
agreement. As the pod rumbled to a halt the mummers continued. Then the was a hiss from the pod
and saragui exited it. Everyone was staring at saragui, he then stared back. Someone in the back
began to clap, causing everyone else to clap and cheer. The general had a smile on her face. She
lured saragui to her and saragui went over to her. " Great job, we saw everything you did. Look,
there's the monitor and your scores. Amazingly you got a perfect score", said the general. " My name
is Tikanata and im glad we meet, we need people like you". Saragui shook Tikanata's hand, "it's a
pleasure", responded saragui. Saragui turned around and then blushed.