Chapter twenty one: Hisataka
8 APCs and 26 armored vehicles rolled out of the Camp Foster military complex and towards the airfield just a few kilometers away. Kaito and the others sat in the cramped space of a type 100 Armored Personnel Carrier, waiting the time to disembark.
"Men, are you ready?" Kaito shouted. Tanya glanced at him. "Oh, and the ladies too. Are you ready to go fight?" He added.
"Yeah!" Lasagna shouted.
"I am," Nishi added.
"Let's do this," Naoki smiled.
"Let's do this is a graceful manner," Earl Grey said.
"We'll pummel them!" Rumi shouted, with Megumi and Azumi whistling next to her.
Kaito looked at Tanya. "What about you?" He asked.
A small smile crept on Tanya's face. "I'll follow you, Kaito-sama," She whispered.
Kaito took Tanya's hand and gently kissed it. "Then follow me to heaven, won't you?" He winked. Tanya blushed and quickly took her hand away.
The APC shuddered to a halt, throwing everyone inside around. Light poured in as the doors in the rear quickly opened.
"Alright, go go go!" Kaito shouted. The soldiers jumped out and into the open field, where the battle was already getting intense. An APC lay ruined, smoke pouring out of the compartments. Soldiers lay on the ground, dead. Blood seeped the entire ground. Explosions rocked the field, throwing soldiers and armored cars into the air. Rockets and mortars coming from the North Korean side flew over the sky, raining onto the Japanese infantry.
Kaito kneeled behind a Type 100 APC, looking towards the enemy. "So we have to take the damn airfield first." He muttered as he unrolled a map.
Tanya peered over his shoulder. "The enemy has set up positions across the runway, and have helicopter support," She noted.
Kaito nodded. "We better hope we'll get cavalry support," He said. He gritted his teeth as a mortar round plunged itself into an IFV, skyrocketing the turret into the air. "Shit." He muttered. "How bad are the casualties?"
Tanya sighed. "At least 25% casualties so far," She replied. "We've only advanced a few meters." She leaned out of the APC and emptied out her magazine. She ducked back and reloaded her rifle.
Shit…" Kaito muttered, covering his ears from the Pop pop pop of assault rifles, the rattling of machine guns and kaboom of artillery. The sandbag and trench positions across the field kept the Japanese troops at bay, destroying every assault team the Japanese sent .
…...
Nishi and Lasagna kept their bodies against the ground as bullets sailed over them.
"This isn't going well…" Lasagna muttered as he attached a new magazine to his rifle. Nishi aimed her sights at a North Korean soldier and fired. The soldier fell down, spraying blood into the air. Nishi grinned and looked back at Lasagna, who frowned. They had to duck their heads as bullet impacts threw dirt in front of them.
"Jesus!" Lasagna shouted. "How the hell are we supposed to advanced?"
They heard the rotors of helicopters and looked up at the sky above them. Four helicopters flew above them, firing missiles and bullets at the North Korean troops below. They scattered out of their positions and thousands of bullets peppered them, killing dozens of unfortunate men caught out in the open. However, North Korean missiles launched themselves at the helicopters. One helicopter was hit, and it spun out of control, leaving a trail of smoke as it sailed towards the ground below.
…...
Dozens of vehicles crawled across the ground, trying to trudge across the body-strewn land, only to be blown apart by North Korean guns and missiles. Hiroi dashed across open ground, aiming for a small ditch. As bullets whizzed past him he jumped into the air and rolled into the ditch, landing hard on his shoulder. He quickly got up and began firing at the North Koreans. "Jesus, the bastards really are something else…" He muttered to himself. He ducked down as bullet tracers flew by his face.
Three more soldiers jumped into the ditch, each out of breath. One soldier slung a Sumitomo Type 22 Machine gun over his shoulder. He immediately set up position and began firing down at the entrenched North Koreans. Hiroi aims his sights against a North Korean RPG. After three shots, He leaned against the thick dirt to cover himself.
"Don't we have artillery support?" One soldier shouted in exasperation, before getting his head blown apart by a sniper's bullet.
….
Earl Grey and Naoki lay on the ground, slowly crawling towards the North Korean trenches.
"How's your throwing arm?" Earl Grey asked.
Naoki grinned. "I was the pitcher for the middle school baseball team," He answered.
Earl Grey nodded. "Well, then. Go ahead." She prodded him. Naoki sighed and got out a grenade. He unpinned it and hurled it into the sky. The grenade landed in the trench, blasting the trench into smithereens. Ten North Koreans immediately turned to dust, while the other five or so are blasted with hundreds of metal, hot shards.
Earl Grey and Naoki dashed across the open field, while under fire from the North Koreans and into the trench. Naoki jumped in, his boots landing firmly in the trench.
"Oh, my. We're at the very front," Earl Grey noted as she peered over the trench. She soon ducked as bullets from both sides crossed the field.
"The airfield is right there," Naoki said, clutching his rifle tightly.
…...
Tanya fired off an entire magazine at the North Koreans. "God!" She cursed. Kaito was poking the ground with his guntō. Tanya glared at him. "What are you doing?" She demanded.
"What?" Kaito shouted. "What am I supposed to do?"
"Do something productive," Tanya offered. "Drop that thing and pick up a rifle!"
"No!" Kaito shouted. "You're crazy!" Tanya stomped her foot in anger. She turned back around and began firing back at the North Koreans. She stumbled back as bullets ricochet off the APC.. "We can't even move a meter…" She muttered.
Suddenly a bright light showered Tanya's eyes, and she instinctively covered her eyes. And then the light was gone. Tanya peered over the corner of the APC. She saw across the field, in the trench, an object of some kind raised into the air. Tanya narrowed her eyes. "What is that…?" She was surprised when the object began moving, light flicking off the object in a quick pattern. "Morse code." She recognized. She could interpret the message from the pattern. "This is Naoki...Radio broke...We occupied the first defensive trench...Might need backup…" She said. She turned to Kaito. "Shall we go?" She asked.
Kaito groaned. "Fine." He said.
…...
"Oh, god this is not good," Megumi muttered.
Rumi looked back at her, annoyance on her face. "Would you quit it?" She said.
Megumi pouted. "I don't like this though," She complained. "Why do we have to crawl across the ground?"
"Oh, stop complaining," Azumi said. She raised her rifle and fired a few shots. "This isn't so bad, is it?"
"This is horrible!" Megumi shouted.
Rumi sighed. "It would be nice to receive some air support," She said. She jerked her head as bullets hit the ground, throwing dirt around. "What are they doing?" She muttered.
….
Hiroi winced as the SAW gunner's body jerked around, getting battered by bullets. He grabbed the Type 22 SAW and began reloading, slamming the magazine in the chamber. He began firing, spraying the entire area with bullets. But the gun stopped firing, and Hiroi swore. "Dammit, it's jammed!" He shouted. He looked around his ditch; Three bodies now replaced the three men that joined him. He groaned. "What the hell am I supposed to do?" He wondered to himself.
He heard a distant roar in the sky, coming from behind him. He turned his head, and joy overtook him. "Finally, those bastards are here," He said. As a jet flew overhead, it launched a missile at the North Koreans, white smoke trailing behind the projectile.
The North Korean lines exploded, showering the entire area with pieces of dirt and concrete. A Red, yellow and orange mushroom cloud loomed over the field. Cracks appear in the ground, and it shakes as if there's an earthquake. Chunks of concrete crush North Korean soldiers below.
"Holy shit!" Hiroi exclaimed. He covered his eyes as a storm of dust envelop his ditch. The roar of the wind rushed past him, almost blowing him out of his little hole. The Type 22 SAW flew away, and it crashed back down onto the ground. How powerful is this thing? He thought to himself as he felt himself landing softly on the ground. The wind stopped blowing and the dust slowly settled down.
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"Oh my god…" Naoki muttered as the jet dropped its payload. "Let's see how this'll turn out…" The missile soared towards the ground in an arc. When the missile made contact with the ground, a loud, resonating boom erupted. Naoki could see a curtain of dirt swallow up dozens of North Korean units.
"Get down!" Earl Grey pulled down Naoki as their trench becomes filled with brown dirt. The two huddle for what seemed an hour, in reality just a few minutes, until the sky was clear again.
"Was, was that a nuke?" Naoki wondered out loud.
Earl Grey peered over the trench. Her eyes widened in shock as she took in what she saw. "Uh…" Her attempt to form words failed her. She stumbled back and Naoki caught her. "What is it?" He demanded. He looked over. "What the fuck…" He mumbled.
What was a series of sandbag and trench positions was now a large crater several meters deep. Everything within the blast radius had been evaporated, while for several meters out there were dozens, if not hundreds of bloody mangled bodies laying around. The explosion had thrown them into the air and dropped them back onto the ground. There were also soldiers crawling about, their leg ripped off, without their arms or had their intestines hanging out. Tanks and vehicles were scorched black, flipped on either their side or back, or had flames coming out from them.
…..
"I guess it was a good to wait for a few minutes, huh," Tanya noted, looking at the mess.
Kaito nodded. "It's now time to move forwards," He ran out from behind of the APC and into open. Raising his guntō in the air, he shouted "Men, attack while the enemy is still dazed. We must take this opportunity!"
The soldiers began running forwards, and with a lack of North Korean guns, easily crossed the several hundred meters of ground. They ran past the gruesome leftovers of North Korean troops, taking stunned defenders prisoner.
By now more helicopters arrived from the horizon, gunning down the retreating North Koreans and landing reinforcements on the parts of the airfield that are still serviceable. The large building complex was easily taken by the attackers, killing nearly all the defenders in a rush. The last North Korean troops on the airfield quickly retreated back into the surrounding city.
"Holy crap, that's finally done and over with," Kaito said.
Tanya sighed and slumped her shoulders. "Our next orders are to go to the Okinawa international university. And then we'll have to advance into Urasoe." She told him.
Kaito grabbed his head and groaned. "Why?" He demanded.
"I don't know," Tanya muttered. "Orders are orders." She pondered for a minute. "What was that explosion though? That was unlike anything I've ever seen."
"Who knows. It saved our asses though," Kaito said.
Tanya nodded. "You're right. We'll have to focus on our objectives for now,"
…...
Within twenty minutes they were at the university.
"Alright, fan out," Kaito ordered as small arms fire begin peppering them down from above. Compared to the airfield, the university was much easier. They broke through the entrance defense and were now inside the main building.
Kaito dashed up the stairs, running through any North Korean unfortunate enough to be in his way. He swiped his guntō in the air, splattering blood onto the walls. Tanya ran behind him, gunning down North Korean soldiers. They got to the second floor, where several North Koreans were firing down at the soldiers below. Kaito and Tanya cleared them out within a minute.
They went into a hallway, where a North Korean soldier was waiting for them. With a yell he barreled towards Kaito, his bayonet flashing off the light. Kaito instinctively swiped to the right, cutting the soldier down. As the body of the soldier tumbled down to the right another soldier popped out from behind him. Kaito stood in horror, unable to reposition his guntō in time. The soldier grinned, and pulled the trigger.
The bullet grazed Kaito's head, cutting through several pieces of hair before lodging itself into the wooden wall behind him. He stumbled back, and the North Korean soldier prepared to fire another shot.
The butt of a rifle slammed into his face, and he collided into the ground. He tried to get up, but Tanya crushed his torso with her foot, and he screamed in pain. She then emptied an entire magazine in him, each bullet making the body jerk around.
She stepped back, examined her handiwork, and turned around to face Kaito. To his shock, her eyes were brimming with tears. Before he could react, she hugged him. "How could you be so reckless? You almost died! What would I do without you, Kaito-sama?" She cried. Kaito struggled to get out of her grasp, but was unable to.
"Why do you put yourself in such unnecessary danger? I can't even-how-please think for your safety!" Tanya dug her head into his chest, "At least allow me to be next to you!"
"No, no its really fine-" Kaito tried to argue but Tanya continued to cry.
"Please don't go out by yourself! I will rather sacrifice myself that to see you die!" Tanya hugged him even tighter.
Kaito's face flushed red, both from pain and embarrassment. "Ow-ow-ow, okay okay fine. I'll stop," He shouted.
Tanya looked up. "Promise?" She asked, tears staining her cheeks.
Kaito looked away, blushing. Oh jeez, why does she look more pretty when she's crying? He glanced back at her. Her glasses glistened from the lights and the tears, and her lips were more visibly red. She should do this more often, really, He thought guiltily. He smiled and nodded. "Okay, it's a promise," He said.
Tanya hugged him even tighter. "Oh, yes!" She shouted.
"So, how long are you guys are going to do this?" A voice jolted Tanya away from Kaito. Lasagna and Nishi was standing there, watching them.
"How long have you been standing there?" Tanya demanded.
Nishi shrugged. "From 'At least allow me to be next to you'!" She howled in the same tone that Tanya cried in. Lasagna chuckled with laughter. However, Tanya's piercing glare shut them both up.
Tanya wiped her face. "How's it going?" She asked in an annoyed tone.
"We've secured all four stories, ma'am!" Lasagna reported.
Tanya grabbed Kaito's hand. "Good," She walked past the two terrified soldiers. She turned her face towards them. "I hope you continue the good work!" She said with a bright smile, and the two quickly nodded their heads in agreement. "Let's go." She grabbed Kaito's hand and walked off, both still red in the face.
Two hours later, Urasoe district, Okinawa
Kaito and Tanya run across the bridge over Urasoe Dai Park, while under North Korean fire.
Kaito, who led the front, leaned against the bridge wall, glanced back at Tanya. I guess I have to hold back, He thought. "Nishi! Lasagna! Cover us, we have to reach the tunnel!" He shouted.
"Yes, sir!" They replied. They began firing at the top of the tunnel, where several North Koreans were hiding.
"Let's go!" Kaito shouted, and the rest of the group trudged across the bridge, ducking behind abandoned cars. Windows broke as bullets crashed through them.
The entrance of the tunnel was blocked by a line of sandbags and machine guns.
"Earl Grey, grenade launcher," Kaito ordered. Earl Grey ran to the car, and aimed it up. She fired, and the grenade flew towards the enemy position. After a loud boom, the sandbags were thrown into the air. North Korean soldiers scattered as the Japanese attacked.
The tunnel was a makeshift base, filled with personnel and supplies, ammunition carefully stored at the side. As the Emperor's regiment pushed forwards medical and reserve personnel threw their arms up and surrendered.
Kaito watched the soldiers as they dragged the enemies to the rear. "Okay, we need to move against…" He started.
"Urasoeundo Park," Tanya finished.
"Thank you," Kaito said. "This sure is tough." He breathed out.
Tanya smiled. "We're almost finished," She replied.
"Move out!" Kaito shouted, and the soldiers start their advance towards the park. They halted by the street adjacent to the park. "Okay, Bermuda Trio, you lead the 3rd company to the track field. Lasagna, Nishi, attack the gymnastics center with the 4th company. Earl Grey and Naoki, you two will lead the 7th company will attack Urasoe Gymnastics. The rest will be lead by me to the baseball field." He ordered.
…..
Earl Grey and Naoki ran through the park, jumping over benches and tables.
"Shit, take cover!" Naoki yelled as from the second floor of the Urasoe Gymnastics was lit by gunfire. They ducked their heads down while bullets flew over them. They raced towards the door, ready to smash it down with their rifles. When they got to the door, Naoki began swung his rifle against the door, while other soldiers began hitting the door with their rifles and boots.
The door broke down, and troops began pouring in. When they entered, they were met by gunfire from the entire building. Earl Grey fired her grenade launcher, blowing up squads of enemy troops.
"Go go go!" Naoki waved his hand as more soldiers ran in. The floor was already littered with bodies from both sides.
Naoki fired at the second story, taking down two soldiers. As he unloaded the magazine, and was putting on a new one when a North Korean soldier charged him. Naoki dodged him, and slammed the rifle in the soldier's face. The soldier staggered down, placing his hand on his face, groaning loudly. Naoki pointed his gun at the soldier and fired. The man stopped moving, and Naoki ran past his dead body.
Earl Grey calmly launched grenade after grenade across the room, blowing up entire rooms full of North Koreans.
"Ma'am, please be careful!" A soldier cried out, "You might hit friendlies!"
Earl Grey smiled. "Don't worry about it," She said as she fired another grenade. It exploded at the ceiling, taking down three tiles. "Let's go!" She shouted, leading a squad of soldiers down the hall.
Two soldiers next to her fell down as the hallway was lit up by gunfire. "Get down!" she jumped down onto the ground, her yellow hair swishing behind her. The wall behind her became riddled with bullet holes. The rest of the squad crawled under the hail of gunfire as Earl Grey loaded her grenade launcher. She licked her lips as she raised the launcher. She fired, and the grenade whined as it flew across the corridor, landing perfectly in the makeshift bunker. The grenade exploded, turning the occupants into ground meat.
They advanced, taking down more enemy soldiers, leaving a trail of bodies and blood behind them. Eventually the remaining North Korean soldiers either ran or surrendered.
Naoki wiped his forehead. "Whew, thank god that's over with," He said.
Earl Grey smiled. "Maybe we should help out the commander out," she suggested.
Naoki grinned. "What else are we supposed to do?"
…...
"God damn we are getting nowhere!" Megumi shouted. Azumi gritted her teeth in anger. The field was filled with tracers, bullets and bodies. Trenches zigzagged through the field, providing some protection for the North Korean soldiers. Rumi flung a grenade across the field, landing in a trench. It blew apart, with grass and dirt being thrown out. Rumi then dashed into the field, entered the trench and began shooting through the defenders. The machine gun position, panicked tried to turn their guns on Rumi, but Rumi easily took them all down.
"Gah!" Azumi tackled down a North Korean soldier down on the ground. He tried to swipe her, but she raised her head and the fist hit dead air. She punched the soldier in the face, and the side of his head slammed down to the ground. He kneed her in the gut, and she flew off like a rocket. She landed with a heavy thud, and the soldier charged after her. She quickly got up and prepared for impact.
Right when he was about to hit her, she ducked, and he flew across her. Unfortunately in front was him was a tangled mass of barbed wire. He landed, and his entire body and face became glued to the bramble of wire. He shrieked in pain as his entire body was jabbed by the sharp points. He struggled to get off, but the coiled wire prevented him from doing so. Azumi placed her foot on the man's back, and he screamed as she pushed him deeper into the barbed wire, before putting a single bullet in his neck.
Megumi was struggling to put a magazine in her rifle when several North Koreans, brandishing their bayonets ran towards her. Megumi, with a small wail, panicked and ran away. The soldiers chased her across the field until they were stopped by Japanese troops. Megumi tripped and fell, sprawling across the ground. To her dismay, several soldiers began snickering at her, and she teared up as she stood up.
Rumi had grabbed a machine gun and aimed it towards the North Koreans. Hundreds of shell cases flew out of the ejection port as she sprayed the entire field. Dozens of North Koreans were cut down where they stood. However, more poured in from the rear of the field. Rumi clicked her tongue in annoyance. "Dammit…" She muttered. "How many troops do they have?"
Azumi hurled a North Korean soldier over her shoulder, slamming him against the ground. He attempted to get up but Azumi smashed her foot against his face and blasted his chest open with a few shots. She looked over and saw the swarm of fresh enemies entering the field. "Oh, come on!" She shouted exasperatedly. She swiveled her arm to aim her gun at them.
Megumi fired off shots at the enemy, killing several instantly. She dug into her pocket and fished out a grenade. She unpinned it and tossed it to the other side. It landed next to a sandbag. It exploded, but didn't do any damage. The North Korean soldiers hiding behind the sandbags peeked back up and began firing at Megumi. She cursed and ran for cover.
Rumi kept squads of enemy soldiers away from her trench, pivoting left and right. No soldier put their head up when Rumi had her gun pointed at him. The gun stopped firing, and Rumi cursed. Damn thing jammed, stupid North Korean junk! She thought to herself as she was unjamming the weapon. She looked up to see three squad's worth of North Koreans charging her. She groaned as they came closer.
When the first North Korean jumped into the trench Rumi flung the machine gun at them. The machine gun made contact with two soldiers, and the weapon pushed them to the ground. She unholstered a pistol and a knife and jumped on top the two soldiers. She landed on their guts, and they groaned in pain. She put a bullet in the skull of one soldier and dug the knife in the neck of the other.
More soldiers jumped in, and Rumi began fighting them in close quarters. She continued to slice and shoot her way through the mass of enemy soldiers. She pressed her fingers against the grip, and the magazine fell to the ground. She grabs another magazine from a pouch and slides it in, before shooting down more soldiers. One soldier tries to get her from behind, but Rumi flipped the knife and stabbed him in the eye. She ripped the knife out, along with the eyeball and streams of blood. The soldier stumbled back, and Rumi pushed the body to the ground with a back kick. She ducked down and grabbed a soldier by the chin. She pushed it up and slashed his neck. She threw the body aside, and pounced on another soldier. She pushed him to the side of the trench and opened up a his gut open with a few shots. She slammed the body against another soldier who grunted in pain. He tried to push the body off but Rumi pressed harder. She placed the barrel of the pistol up to the soldier's neck. The ensuing shot blew his head apart, splattering his brain against the walls of the trenches. She glanced around her surroundings, and saw herself surrounded. She ducked, and two North Korean soldiers crashed into each other. She ran across the trench, and jumped out of the trench.
Azumi was on point, gunning down North Koreans left and right. She shoved her hand into her pocket, and grew pale when she found it empty. Damn, I'm out! She ran into a trench for cover, followed behind by a flurry of bullets. She threw her weapon down and searched for a new weapon. Lucky for her, she found a dead soldier with a Type 23 Carbine lying next to him. She reached for it, trying to avoid the brain matter and meat around the carbine. She picked it up with two fingers and found it soaked with blood. She grumbled in disgust and wiped the blood against the ground.
Megumi sat behind a trench, quivering. Why does this have to happen? She whimpered. She looked over, and ducked back behind as a hail of bullets flew by. How long is this going to be? She emptied a magazine, raising her rifle above her head and firing haphazardly. She huddled into a ball, cradling her legs with her arms.
"We have armor support!" Somebody cried. Megumi looked over. Several Type 10 MBT rolled into the field, followed by several Type 100 APCs and helicopters in the air.
"Finally!" Rumi shouted.
Azumi grinned. "We've got this in the bag now!"
The North Korean soldiers began to pull back; they lost most of their troops and had no armor to assist them. The Japanese began to push forwards, taking out the remaining few defensive positions in the field. Rumi kneels down on the ground and took aim at the backs of retreating North Koreans. With several shots those backs fell forward, peppered by rifle fire.
Nearly one hundred North Koreans began streaming out the field, turning their backs on the Japanese. They began gunning the retreating enemy down, killing dozens at a time. Helicopters shot rockets at them, blowing them into pieces of meat and bones.
Rumi, Azumi and Megumi stood in the center of the field, which was packed with dead bodies.
"Yuck," Rumi raised her foot, with brains sticking to the bottom.
Azumi turned to Megumi. "Are you alright?" She asked.
Megumi nodded. "I'm fine," She replied, her lips quivering. "We've made one hell of a mess." She noted.
….
Lasagna and Nishi stood by the doorway, waiting. A soldier placed some C4 at the base of the door.
"Stand back!" A soldier shouted, and they all moved away from the door.
The door exploded, showering everyone with wooden splinters.
"Move in!" Nishi shouted. They all stormed in, only to be met with silence.
"What the…" Lasagna muttered.
Nishi looked around. The entire lobby was trashed. Chairs and tables were flipped over, papers littered all over the room."No enemies," She muttered. "Search the entire building!" She ordered, and the soldiers scurried like ants.
…...
Nishi and Lasagna sat down on a bench. Nishi sighed heavily. "Looks like we'll have bit of a rest," She muttered.
Lasagna patted her on the back. "We worked pretty damn hard so I think we deserve it," He said. He leaned against the wall. "Just how many enemies did we kill out there?"
"One hundred? Two hundred? Maybe even three hundred," Nishi counted off her fingers. "We've been working like a damn horse."
"It's because of that commander," Lasagna said.
Nishi nodded in agreement. "He really does push us. He pushes himself too. He's pretty stupid at times too," she mumbled.
"No wonder Tanya's so protective of him," Lasagna looked at Nishi. "Remember how she was acting at the university?"
Nishi glanced back. "Yeah? She was crying into the commander?" A smile formed on her lips. "That was pretty funny. It's pretty rare to see the two unemotional robots acting in such a way; one of them blubbering and the other one standing there with the reddest face I've ever seen."
Lasagna had to stifle a laugh. "Oh, yeah. She was wailing like a baby,"
"Well, I guess that means she cares for the commander a lot, huh," Nishi said after a while of silence.
Lasagna nodded. "I don't think she ever told us how they've met. They've always been together since training, maybe even before. Is Tanya some kind of bodyguard for the commander?" He waved his hand around.
Nishi shrugged. "Who knows. We'll get her to talk one day," She smiled devilishly.
Lasagna smirked. "Get her drunk and she'll spill everything,"
"I've never seen her drunk though…" Nishi trailed off.
"The commander's never gotten drunk either," Lasagna agreed. "How about tea? Earl Grey drinks way too much tea for a normal person," He said.
"She's from St. Gloriana. What do you expect?" Nishi took out a cigarette, "Earl Grey is a tea after all."
"And that Naoki is always chasing her."
"He's probably the nicest one in this group. Sucks his sister died," Nishi lit up the cigarette and put it up to her lips. She inhaled deeply, then exhaled. "Then there's the Bermuda trio. I don't know what the hell's going on in their heads…"
"They're obsessed with their commander Alice," Lasagna said.
"As in, Shimada Alice?" Nishi asked, and Lasagna nodded. "That little girl."
Nishi and Lasagna sighed. "Why do we have to be surrounded by the weird ones?" They shouted.
"Sir, ma'am!" A soldier saluted.
"What is it?" Lasagna asked.
"We scoped the entire building, but no enemies were found," The soldier reported.
Lasagna nodded his head. "Thanks. We'll rest up a bit before heading out, He told the soldier.
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"Woohoo!" Kaito swung through a squad of soldiers, his guntō glistened red from the sunlight from all the blood. He jumped over several flights of bleachers, kicking down several enemies out from the stands.
"Kaito-sama, please be careful!" Tanya pleaded from behind, gunning down soldiers trying to shoot Kaito from behind.
Kaito groaned. "Okay," He said, jumping back up, grabbing onto Tanya's pants. He slashed across the chest of a soldier, and he fell backwards, blood shooting up.
The battle for the bleachers was well underway. Hundreds of soldiers ran through the bleachers, shooting and stabbing each other.
"Hey lovebirds, stop hugging each other and continue killing!" Hiroi shouted from above.
Tanya turned a bright shade of pink. "Wha-wha-no!" She grabbed her hands.
"Oh, get over it," Kaito stabbed a man through the throat. Tanya began shooting at the enemies down at the field, but is missing due to the tears that were forming in her eyes.
…..
A soldier lunged at Hiroi, bayonet flashing. Hiroi swiveled his rifle up, hitting the soldier's throat. His head whirled up, and he fell backwards. Hiroi turned his rifle and fired down at him. The soldier body jerked around as bullets lodged themselves in him. Another soldier lunged from behind, and Hiroi slammed the butt of his rifle against the soldier's abdomen. The soldier gritted in pain, before Hiroi hit him again with his rifle, putting him down.
…..
Tanya was cutting down enemy soldiers when her head jerked backwards and pain shot through her head. A North Korean had grabbed her by the long hair and dragged her down to the metallic bench. She tried to get up, but the soldier kept pulling her hair down, not letting her get back up. He stomped on her hair with his boot and slid back across the bench, pulling her hair and head back even more. She teared up in pain, and had to close her eyes shut. The soldier grinned and pointed his gun right at her face. Tanya kept her eyes closed, knowing what the next seconds will be her last. Kaito-sama, She thought. I'm sorry.
She felt hot liquid land on her face. Her eyes bolted open and saw the soldier, leaning forwards, a blade sticking through his chest. The sword retracts, pulling the body along with it. Even more blood drips down onto Tanya, who wipes it with her sleeve. Her eyes adjust, and see Kaito leaning above her, grinning. "What are you doing? You should be more careful!" He laughed.
Tanya started to laugh as well, tears flowing down her cheeks. "I should follow my own advice," She choked out, sitting back up. Kaito dug into his pocket and produced a handkerchief and wiped Tanya's face.
She reddened, and turned away. "What's with you, Kaito-sama?" She stammered out.
"Tanya, you should really care for yourself more. You've always been like this," He got onto the bleachers and hugged her. "Thank you." He whispered into her ear. He stood up. "And you look cute when you cry." He added with a grin.
Tanya took a step back, shocked. "I-I-I-what?" She stammered out, her face on fire. She covered her face with her hands. "No, no no! I can't-even-I!" She cried, unable to form complete sentences.
"Hey, you damn lovers! Seriously, get with the program already!" Hiroi hollered, shaking the two back into reality.
"Yeah, sorry," Kaito took a step and kissed Tanya on the cheek. "Don't die." He jumped down and charged towards a group of North Korean soldiers. Tanya slapped herself, and began gunning down North Korean soldiers once more, a large smile on her face.
…...
"God, what is with those two?" Hiroi muttered as he shot down North Korean troops to pieces. "That whole entire regiment is god damn crazy…" He threw the empty magazine out, hitting a soldier in the head in the process. He places another magazine into the rifle. "Maho is pretty strange, but she's nice…" He took a potshot across the field, hitting a soldier in the head in the bleachers across. "Then there's vice commander Erika. She's always so damn grumpy…" He pushed down a North Korean soldier before stomping on his face with his foot. He smashed his foot once again, this time against his throat. "Gah…" The blood spattered against his boots. He kicked the body away in disgust.
….
Kaito swiped his guntō, cleanly decapitating two soldiers. He kicked the two headless soldiers off the bleachers, and they fell down several flights before landing on several North Korean soldiers. He smiled, and swung out, creating a bloody gash across one soldier's face, almost cutting his head in half.
By now the North Koreans surrounding him were taking several steps back, clearly afraid of him. They made a circle around him, pointing their barrels at him. One officer waved his hand, and they all charged him. Kaito sighed, and sprang forwards. He jumped headfirst into the North Koreans, and in a whirlwind of steel and blood, emerged from the other side covered in blood, but otherwise unharmed. The North Koreans on the other side stopped in their tracks, horrified at the scene before them. Kaito turned around, and the North Koreans ran. Kaito smiled fiendishly, and chased after them.
He jumped on the back of one soldier, stabbing him through the spine. He jumped off, pulling the guntō out. He turned around and stabbed another through the nose. He ran forwards, pivoting his wrist to swiftly swing the guntō around, slicing an arm off and into the stomach of a soldier. He ripped the guntō out, creating a large gash in the body of the soldier.
A North Korean bashed the butt of his rifle against the back of Kaito's head, and a blistering pain shot through him. He fell down, his head bouncing off the metallic bleachers.
"God damn…" He muttered. He eyes widened as the North Korean soldier loomed over him, lowering his rifle towards kaito's face. Kaito rolled out of the way as the rifle made a clanging noise as it made contact with the bleachers. He jumped back up to the surprise of the North Korean soldier. Angry, Kaito struck him down, cutting through his back.
He felt his head; it was sticky with blood. "Oh god," He muttered. He swayed back and forth, his head throbbing in pain. Jeez, how will Tanya react when she sees this? He thought. She's going to go ballistic. Maybe she's right, I am pushing myself too far. I need to tone it down, not only for Tanya, but for myself as well. Another thought crossed his mind. Erika too. I've finally seen her for the first time in weeks. I can't die now. A soldier swung his rifle towards Kaito, who ducked and stabbed the man through the eye. I have to live through this for her too. He grimaced, and placed his hand against his head. I want to see her again, even if it's for one more time.
He staggered forwards, and his head was really hurting now. He unable to balance himself properly.
"Commander!" A soldier ran over.
Kaito placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm fine. We need to focus-"
"Reinforcements incoming!" Someone shouted. Kaito and the soldier look over towards the field. From the entrances come streaming in the soldiers that fought in the Gymnasium, Gymnastics Center and Track Field.
"No worries commander, we're here to the rescue!" Naoki shouted.
"Don't worry, commander. We are here to assist you." Earl Grey smiled from behind.
"We're here to kick some ass!" Nishi shouted.
"We're at full health and full stamina!" Lasagna added.
"Bermuda Trio is present!" Azumi reported.
Hiroi smiled. "Well, well. Seems the slowpokes are finally here," He jeered. He leveled his rifle against a squad of North Korean soldiers. "I guess you'll just have to contend with being the cleanup crew."
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Kaito leaned against the soldier, watching the reinforcements sweep the field clean of North Korean soldiers. North Korean troops attempt to hold them back, but the tide had turned too much against them. Waves of bullets, grenades and rockets obliterated the remaining soldiers.
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Tanya smiled as she leaned against the her rifle, looking at the Japanese troops that were celebrating over their hard-won victory. She glanced around, looking for Kaito. Kaito-sama, where are you? She thought. She spotted amongst the crowd. And began running towards him. A wave of fear washed over her when she saw him collapse to the floor.
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Kaito smiled, content with the victory.
"Commander!" Earl Grey and Naoki ran up to him. "What the hell happened?"
Kaito felt his head. "Oh, this? This is nothing," He breathed out.
Earl Grey had a look of concern on her face. "Somebody call a medic!" She ordered.
Kaito shook his head. "No need to-" He couldn't finish his sentence as another wave of pain overtook him. He felt the energy leave his entire body, and the last thing he saw before his vision turned pitch black was the pained face of Tanya, sobbing over him.