While madness and chaos ensued, Yuki met with Itami in his hospital room, where he was recuperating from his trauma.

"You know, we might have to leave. It's a shame we couldn't get to know each other better."

Itami laid on his bed, staring at Yuki as she suggestively made her way towards him. She got up and straddled over him, holding a seductive pose.

"Um, Y-Yuki?"

She crawled closer and closer, until their faces were just a few inches away.

"Just shush and let me take charge."

She pulled the bed curtain over and forced herself on him. His muffles of shock and confusion were soon silenced as he accepted her boldness. But before he could get carried away, Yuki broke away. She leaned into his ear and muttered a single word.

"Terminal."

She left the room soon after, blowing a kiss before leaving. Itami couldn't believe what just happened. Did he really share a kiss with Yuki? But more importantly, she shoved something into his mouth when she kissed him. He spat out a small black device with a USB stick. He snapped out of it and looked around for a computer.

"Damn."

Itami got out of bed and rushed out of the room. Yuki was nowhere in sight, even though she just left seconds ago. He found the reception desk where he demanded to use their computer. But before he could receive an answer, he pushed a receptionist out of the way and plugged in the device. The screen was soon filled with information about Psychic abilities. The dangers and implications about it, counters and weaknesses, strategic value, and so on. A dossier on Yuri was one of the main folders. Just as he was about to access more, he was soon apprehended by hospital security staff, and the stick confiscated. Meanwhile, back in the SR, there was more chaos than ever recorded in human history. JSDF higher ups demanded answers for the ERS' actions, but Yuki didn't have to answer to them. If she felt like it, she could rid them from the face of the Earth, but she didn't have the time or patience for that. She had to make haste, otherwise her plans would fall apart and any chance of fixing everything in one fell swoop would go up in ashes.

"AHRG"

Itami yelled as he got up. Panting heavily and sweating, he soon realized where he was. Back in bed, with Yuki and Kurokawa both looking at him with confusion.

"I… what…"

"I think we have a case of a Waking Dream."

He looked around the room, seeing nothing out of the ordinary. He looked over to his bedside table and saw that it was the same day, same time as when Yuki came in and gave him the USB stick. Problem is, why did he just wake up at that time? Itami was sure he was awake at this time, or maybe he just has a bad memory. That didn't explain why both Yuki and Kurokawa were both starting to climb onto him in a seductive manner.

"ARGH"

He woke up again, and again, and again. Stuck in a loop of waking up to several iterations of Yuki and another woman, about to have their way with him before waking up in another dream. When this dream came to, Itami decided to anchor himself down. Yuki was lying on top of him in his hospital bed. From what information Itami gathered from Yuki's device, localized mind control meant that the source is nearby. It will appear in a form that is always constant in the affected's hallucinations. There was only one thing that fit the bill, and he was looking right at it.

In order to break mind control, the subject must…

Itami punched Yuki off of his bed. She fell face down onto the floor.

Perform an action that would be considered extremely unusual for the subject. Something they'd almost never do.

His surroundings fell apart like shattered glass until he was left in darkness.

"If that were the real me, I'd answer back with interest."

Itami turned around and saw Yuki standing before him.

"Are you…"

"The real one?"

She approached him.

"Does this… answer your… question?"

She leaned in close until their faces were just inches apart. What seemed like leaning in for a kiss, she punched him in the gut, leaving him on his knees.

"Now that you've resisted mind control, we need to move on."

"Move on?"

He got up, holding onto his stomach as he stood.

"You've resisted mind control, but you're still asleep. Being here in this void proves that."

"Where am I in the real world?"

"In an examination room, currently being looked over by a doctor."

"Are you a Yuki of my subconscious?"

"I'm the real Yuki, communicating to you through a device that uses psionic waves. In short, a telepathic device. Now pay attention. You're going to be broken out of the hospital by a Shinobi squad. To avoid making trouble for you, the pretense will be that it's a rogue Chinese black ops squad, trying to make up for their loss during the Hakone Incident. From there, you will be taken to the Special Region and be rescued by your fellow squadmates. Since you'd already be in the SR, you'd be given freedom to roam around as you did before, but Intelligence will keep an eye on you since you've been broken out of containment and quarantine."

"You've got a lot riding on this."

"That's because I'm short on time. I'm about to lose my own allies if I don't work fast. The Prince has already been captured and is currently being escorted to the Alnus HQ for detainment and interrogation."

"Sounds like the work has already been done. What do you need me for?"

"It's your leadership and inspiration that's needed. Soon after the defeat of the rogue prince, there will be another invasion, one you won't be able to handle. This invasion will result in the closing of the Gate."

"What? Then we need to evacuate-"

"You don't think I tried to tell them that? The problem with politicians is that they're too pigheaded to consider the short term consequences. I've given your government all the evidence and aid they'd need to pull out from the Special Region. But politics don't work that way. So instead of waiting for a long-debated answer, I'm taking matters into my own hands."

"Are you leaving?"

Yuki looked away.

"I don't need to, but that's because it'll be the end for the Empire of the Rising Sun if I do. We have our own problems back home as well. The resources in the Special Region have helped to create more war machines, but our soldiers cannot be replenished."

"You can't recruit more?"

"You have to understand that our empire is an autocracy. Results mean everything. Therefore, everyone is extreme in what they do. There have been soldiers that cracked under pressure and were punished by turning them into slave driven zombies for our military."

A Steel Ronin appeared behind them. The pilot's seat opened up to reveal a pale man with surgical tubes injected all over his upper torso. A breathing apparatus was placed over his mouth and nose, controlling his breathing and allowing for the consumption of nutrients.

"If you can't perform, you will be forced to. There are certainly some fates worse than death."

It disappeared into the darkness.

"It's begun. You're currently being carried out of the hospital. It'll be awhile before your body arrives at its destination."

Yuki sat down in a depressed manner.

"Truth be told, I don't want this life. I just wanted to live a simple life with Kyosuke. We'd go out, get married, have kids, and get old together."

Itami didn't know what to say.

"But now I'm in charge of the world's most powerful military of the world's most advanced country. I never asked for this. Is this what destiny is?"

Her clothes started to disappear, one by one, until she was fully nude. A collar appeared around her neck and she got on all fours.

"I'd even be willing to be his pet, if it means being with him. I'd surrender all my rights as a human just to be together. Or perhaps I'm just horny."

She knocked Itami onto his back and crawled over him.

"Since we're in imagination-land, you can do whatever you want to me without consequence. You have some time before you wake up."

"But isn't this-"

"This isn't infidelity. This is taking place in the mind, so I see nothing wrong with it."

She pressed her chest against his.

"I won't resist, unless you're into that."

He gulped. She countered every reason why he couldn't do it. There was nothing left but to do as she wanted. He rolled over and pressed his hands onto her breasts, getting a proper feel.

"Is this body the same as the real one?"

"Everything is accurate, down to the molecule."

"Then your tits are as I imagined them. Soft and springy to the touch, my fingers just melt into them."

"I'm glad you think so. Enjoy every bit of my body until then."

He roughly handled them and even nibbled on her nipples.

"I don't need you to tell me that."

He buried his face into her chest and enjoyed her breasts for quite some time before lowering down to her crotch. He spread her legs and gazed upon her exposed womanhood. As before, he buried his face into her crotch, memorizing the smell, feel, and taste of her prized possession. Needless to say, Yuki couldn't help but moan throughout the entire thing. Though it was all in the mind, it still affected her body as she thought of naughty things happening to herself, releasing Oxytocin in her brain. He paused to look up at her from below, face still buried. He got up and held onto her thighs, preparing for the main event. He forgot himself as he plunged deep into her, making her moan in pleasure.

"I've only ever seen women like this in porn, so I never thought I'd experience something this amazing."

"Being… imaginary…. You have…. Infinite…. Stamina…."

"You don't say? Then let's give it our all for the time we have left."

He was quick to climax, shooting off inside her before she could experience the same.

"Woah, sorry about that. Guess I got a little too excited. Let's try that again."

And so, they engaged in heavy, imaginary sex until Itami woke up. Yuki took off a thick metal helmet as soon as the dream ended. She was on her bed in her room on the Black Tortoise. Her body experienced several orgasms, the same as in the imaginary realm. Good thing she wasn't wearing anything. She placed her hand on her groin, thinking of how incredibly horny she's gotten over the past couple of days. She couldn't wait for him.

"Ah…. hah…."

Itami woke up in a forest surrounded by his harem and former Recon squad mates. He sat up and was motivated to get things done.

"I don't know why, but I'm more creeped out by him than normal." - Kobayashi

Tying up loose ends before the finale

Just what does Yuki have in store?

As she sees it, the fate of every living being hinges on their success in the upcoming battle