Tashigi held Taylor for a few more minutes before releasing her. While the younger girl was usually quiet and polite, Tashigi noticed something when she asked her question. Heartbreak, pain...loss. No one deserved to go through that. Unless you were some dangerous criminal of course. Taylor cried silently for a few more minutes before wiping her bespectacled eyes. Her large expressive eyes met Tashigi's own.

"I-I had a friend…" Taylor started speaking slowly. Tashigi simply listened. That's what you do in moments like these. "Her name was Emma…"

With that, Taylor told Tashigi her story. How her best friend betrayed her, stabbed her in the back. How they bullied her….turned the whole school against her. How they broke her late mothers flute. The teachers didn't even do anything about it, instead many of them covered it up.

That made Tashigi angry. Wait, not angry.

Tashigi was pissed, and she was sure that Captain Smoker would be too.

"Do you have any proof? I'm sure there's someone who'll help!" Tashigi asked after Taylor was finished speaking. The younger girl nodded her head.

"I have notebooks recording everything they did...and I printed out their emails." Perfect. "But no one at school believes me." It seemed... that Tashigi and a few members of Squad One and Two will...pay a visit to Winslow High School. For Marine investigations of course.

Hehehehehe. Tashigi must've made an evil face judging by Taylor's reaction. Flashing her young protege with a reassuring smile, Tashigi wrapped her arm around Taylor.

"We are here for you." Taylor gave Tashigi a small smile. They were friends after all.

Standing up, Tashigi extended a hand to Taylor. "Lets go get some food. I'm hungry." That seemed to take Taylor's mind off of her...situation outside of the Marines. Still, Tashigi knew one thing for certain.

Those three bullies were going to pay...severely.

Amy groaned as she walked through one of Marine HQ's many...many hallways. Thankfully she managed to learn her way around without too much difficulty. She had just woken up not long ago and had just finished eating breakfast. Normally on Saturdays, she would hang out with Vicky, or maybe go to a hospital to help out, but Amy was pretty sure that as soon as she arrived, Vicky would find out. Amy...wasn't ready to face her yet.

Anyways, after asking around about Smoker's whereabouts, thank you Shoko, Amy arrived at the training gym. Apparently, he had been there all morning. Walking in, she welcomed the sight of Tattletale taking a solid haymaker to her face. Now that...that put a smile on Amy's face. Kazuki then tried dodging a few swings, and tackled Tattletale to the floor.

Smoker was just...watching some cat video on his phone while occasionally giving pointers. Amy slowly walked up to them. Without even looking at her, Smoker pointed at a recliner that sat next to him. Taking a seat, Amy grinned when Tattletale started smacking the matted floor in defeat. Kazuki immediately released her.

"What's going on here?" Amy asked as Smoker finally looked up from his phone. He smoked for a few seconds before forming an arrow made out of smoke from his cigar, pointing at Tattletale.

"I'm overseeing the Cadet's punishment." Smoker said simply. The smoke arrow disappeared. "She's been at it since five." That was early.

"Ha ha ha. Laugh it up." Tattletale said walking up to them with a slight limp and a small bruise forming on the side of her face. "Once I'm good at this I'm going to kick everyone ass." She turned to Smoker. "Probably not you with that smoke shit."

Tattletale legs gave out below her and she laid down with a groan. "I'm totally going to feel that tomorrow."

"What doesn't kill you is going to make you stronger. Ten minute break." Smoker went back to his cat video and started chuckling.

Tattletale gave a thumbs up and let her arm fall.

"Stop calling me Tattletale in your head. It's Lisa." She said sarcastically. What! Oh, thinker bullshit. It seemed that Lisa needed another round with Kazuki, who was now lifting weights and making exaggerated sounds each time he lifted one.

"You're not going to ask me to heal her?" Amy asked. Smoker simply kept looking at his phone.

"You're choice, though I don't exactly trust you to leave her completely normal." Amy liked that about Smoker. The man was honest, and allowed Amy to make her own choices.

"Ditto and I'm still here you know." Lisa groaned again. Smoker smirked and placed his phone in his pocket.

"You should feel lucky that Tashigi isn't here today." Lisa's eyes widened in shock and quietly started smacking her head against the matted floor.

"So what's the plan for today?" Smoker directed his gaze towards Amy. He grinned and tossed her some gloves he had in his pocket.

"Put those on. Just because you can make someone fall asleep when you touch them doesn't mean you can't learn how to defend yourself." It was Amy's turn to be shocked, and Lisa started cackling like some witch.

"W-What? I'm a healer! I don't need to fight!" New Wave also made Amy stay behind usually since she was scared...scared of being caught in the crossfire.

"Even medics need to learn to fight." His eyes narrowed. "What are you going to do when you can't touch your opponents skin? Are you just going to bend over and say 'I'm a medic, it's against the law to hurt me'. Criminals don't care."

That...made sense in a weird way.

"Wilborn will start off as your sparring partner. Let's see how much she learned in these few hours."

Wait a minute, that was going to be pretty fun. Placing the gloves on her hand with a grin, Amy cracked her knuckles. She was going to really enjoy this. Lisa's eyes widened before smirking.

"I bet you have never been in a real fight PanPan." True, but Vicky had given her some pointers. With a groan, Lisa stood back up and stretched, her pain all gone. Probably the adrenaline.

"Bring it on bitch." Amy was about to beat that smug grin off of her face.

"Caaaat fight." Kazuki's immature self shouted as he ran from the room. Smoker sighed and went to pull out another cigar to join the lone one in his mouth.

The Marines were weird, but Amy loved it. Here...she felt...like she belonged.

Plus she got to kick Lisa's stupid ass.

Smoker watched Amy and Wilborn fight silently. A small group of Marines had gathered around them. Some cheered for Amy, and others cheered for Wilborn. Of course, this was part of Smoker's plan. Let them get their frustrations out by pummeling each other until they're tired. Then give them some random talk. Wilborn's power should allow her to be a decent opponent.

Leaning back and taking a sip of coffee, Wilborn blocked one of Amy's strikes, and proceeded to attempt knocking her over. Amy planted her feet firmly and tried grappling Wilborn. Seeing her plan, Wilborn moved out of Amy's reach.

"Come on Panny. You hit like my Grandma, and I've never even met her." Wilborn taunted, her arms in a protective stance. Amy charged Wilborn, who delivered a kick to her side. Hmm, Wilborn had some form of rudimentary combat skills. Most likely from her time as a petty criminal. Amy wasn't better off. Her stance was sloppy, she practically didn't have one. Still, she grinned when she managed to get a few good hits on Wilborn.

Eventually, both girls laid on the matted floor breathing deeply.

"I…" Wilborn coughed. "I win."

Amy shook her head in denial. "Like...hell."

Both of them were covered in bruises, but with big grins on their face.

"Are we good?" Wilborn asked between breaths. Amy shook her head again.

"Fuck you."

Now that...made Smoker laugh.

A/N

BAM. another one. My writing slowed down a bit because I got addicted to this Oregairu and MHA crossover. I loved it and it's pretty long which made it even better. Plus I started Pacific Rim the Black on Netflix and it's actually really good? I can't wait for the next season. Now I want to see jaegers getting destroyed by Leviathan.