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The main door opens, pushed by Hun. Followed by Mirii, which closed the main door, the boy enters inside the Headquarters with Skippy inside his bag, squeaking a jingle.
"Hunley…" Mirii holds his shoulder.
"Uhm?" He turns towards the girl.
"By returning inside the Headquarters, you aborted the mission." She leaves her hand.
"Aborted…?"
Mirii squeezed her eyes with a quick but short head shake.
"I meant, abandoning the mission."
"Ah… how do you know that?" He rubs his chin.
"Actually, I don't really know if that's really true…" She shrugs. "But I imagine that it could be a rule to follow."
"I see… but why are you telling me that?" His arms are down.
"Because…" She bites her lips, grabbing her elbow and looking away. "You… ehm… see…"
"Uhm?" He tilts his head.
"… n-nothing! Forget about it!" She returns into her normal position, blushing.
"Uh? W-why? What is wrong…?" He lowers his voice.
"I-I said nothing!" She blushes even more. "Please, don't make me repeat that once again…!"
Hun closes his mouth, looking at her blue eyes.
Welcome back, Hun…
The boy turns around, looking at Tonna. Her eyebrows were raised, her head a little lowered as her hands were clasped. He frowns a bit. She sighs, starting to walk towards him.
"Before you say anything… there is something I want you to listen." She stops in front of him.
Hun kept looking at the woman, as he folds his arms.
"Hun… I-I'm so sorry for what I told you before!" She bows down for a moment. "I-I'd never imagine that your little sister had a Super Sea Snail as a pet! I thought she gave out a nickname or something to that animal, just for fun…!"
"… why I don't remember when I told you about my sister…?" He looks up.
"You never told me. You still have that microphone attached to your shirt." She points at the Krak-On tag on his shirt.
He looks at it, by pulling his shirt carefully.
"Oh… I forgot about that!" He chuckles.
"I heard everything you said to Mirii and to those Sea Urchins. You were really brave to risk your position, in order to keep a promise." She smiles. "However, there is another person I must praise."
Hun lowers one of his eyebrows.
"Who?"
Tonna tilts her body.
"Mirii."
The girl jumped a bit.
"Me?" She points at herself.
Tonna nods.
"I know what you did earlier…"
"… I helped Hunley. That's all I did."
Tonna shakes her head.
"You did even more than that." She walks near her. "You saved his life."
Mirii's eyes expanded.
"What?! I-I saved him?!" She looks at him.
"Really…?" His eyes were wide too!
"Yes." She lowers her head. "Before you met Wall, a Sea Urchin young man known to have no mercy on his opponents…"
The Inklings stare at Tonna, opening their ears.
"Since you attacked one of his siblings, I'm sure he'd severely injured you. He knows how to really hurt an Inkling!"
"And how he c-could do that…?" Hun trembles.
"It's better you don't know about it…" She slowly moves her head. "It's that scary."
He gulped.
"One of the Sea Urchin tried to attack me with a wood board." She holds her elbow, moving the other hand. "They must have been desperate to keep a Sea Urchin."
"Yes, that's true." She nods. "Their business depends mostly on Super Sea Snails… but since the Turf War Station is closed, no one is going to give away their to-I mean animals! Then, I'm afraid they would not hesitate attacking Super Sea Snail owners."
Hun trembles even more.
"Actually, the closing of Turf War Station damages their business even more, since no one is interested in buying new gears." She looks up.
"Not to mention, some Inklings are allying with the Octarians." She slightly lifts her head.
"Yeah, that too…" She sighs. "I couldn't believe, when you guys mentioned it!"
"It's unfortunate… but someone must stop them." She does a step forward. "And that would be us."
"Uhm… maybe only the other two." She smiles, while folding her arms.
Mirii blinked two times, rapidly.
"Th-the other two?!" She leaves her mouth open.
"Yes!" She clenches her fists. "That's because you saved Hun! No wait, you didn't just saved Hun… you saved an Agent!"
"S-so?!" She leans forward, holding her breath.
"Saving an agent is extremely valuable!" She raises her clenched hands near her head. "I have all the evidence required to prove your deeds to the chiefs! Rest assured that your rank will skyrocket to the ceiling!" She raises her thumb.
A wide smile gradually grows on Mirii's face, as her knees bend down. She jumped up in the air, screaming "YEEEESSSSS!". Hun jumped a bit, but he smiled too! Skippy squeaked and Tonna grabbed her hands behind her back, keeping her smile.
"Th-thank you so much, for improving my rank!" Her eyes were closed, while talking with a smile.
"Ah ah! I don't deserve it… that's the least I could do to make sure that Hun is your mission partner."
Suddenly, the two young Inklings blushed a lot.
"Partner…?!" Mirii peeked at Hun.
The boy did the same.
"Why yes!" She clasps her hands. "I do think that you two are perfect to tackle missions together!"
They kept looking at Tonna, gradually becoming even more red after each of her statements.
"A girl specialized on the long-range fights teamed up with a boy excellent at close-range fights… that's absolutely a balanced team! The boy will always defend the girl whenever someone attacks her nearby and the girl will always defend the boy from faraway foes! They complement each other so well, that nothing could stop them! Don't you agree?"
Hun and Mirii were extremely red, sweating, catching out tons of air from their noses, as their heart beat quickly.
"Th… th-that… was… … c-correct…" She gulped.
"Huh? What did you say?" She leans forward a bit, while squeezing her eyes.
*music starts playing*
Mirii stands still, then she takes her smartphone as she looks at its screen. She touches the screen, then she lays the device near her ear.
"Grina?" She massages her right tentacle.
A female voice could be heard from the smartphone. Mirii nods.
"Yes, I'll be there shortly. Right now, I'm with Hunley…"
She listens the voice… and suddenly, she becomes red again as she frowns.
"St-stuff it! I-I just wanted to pay a visit! Th-that's all!"
A brief laugh ringed through her ears, followed by other incomprehensive words.
"Nngghh…!" She gritted her teeth. "Anyway! There is something I must tell you. While I was walking through the city, I saw an enemy Inkling covering…"
She walks away, making her words hard to understand.
"I must go, Hun."
The boy turns his head, looking at the woman.
"Oh, ok." He nods.
She sighs, watching the carpet.
"However, I want you to remember one thing very clearly."
"Uh…?" He tilts his head.
"I'm going to talk with the chiefs and convince them to go easy on you… but never retreat from any taken mission." She raises her eyebrows. "This is very important, since you'll lose many points."
Hun nods.
"You can choose to not take a given task, so you don't lose any points… remember though, that if you want to be cured, you need many points and earn a very good rank."
The boy clenches his fists.
"What rank?"
"… uhm…" She looks up, while tapping her foot. "Maybe Pro rank…"
"Pro rank?" He looks at her foot tapping on the ground.
"It's after Senior rank. I'll talk about it in more details, next time. For now, pass some time with your sister. I'll knock on your door later, since today you'll start our special school."
"Ok!" He smiles. "Thanks for the help!"
She giggles slightly. Both waved their hands and Hun watches Tonna walking towards a hallway.
"Hunley, I have to go." Mirii speaks as she stores her smartphone inside her pocket.
"Oh, you too?" He turns over.
"Yes. I'll return later with the others, since we have a movie to watch." She holds the doorhandle.
"A movie…?" He looks up.
"You'll see." She smiles. "Take care."
Mirii opens the door and walks outside, closing the door. Hun lifted the bag slightly.
"Well, it's time to return home, Skippy!"
Skippy squeaked a jingle. The boy walks towards the same hallway Tonna took earlier with a smile, while remembering his sister.