IT'S ALIVE!
Miwa studied Kitora's face intensely.
For a person who didn't watch Pokemon, she was doing a surprisingly good imitation of a shocked Pikachu.
Yosuke was the first to recover, taking the revelation (he'd gotten used to being shocked) in his stride, casually shrugging it off.
"Kinda makes sense, now that you think about it." He said, unperturbed. "Guess Mom's gotta find a new crush."
Kitora shook her head, trying and failing to clear her mind of the image that Yosuke had presented her with - a middle-aged lady fawning over the Director.
She shuddered, resolving to never inquire about Yosuke's mother again.
Her dramatic shudder was swiftly interrupted by garbled chatter from Miwa's radio, who listened intently before coming to a decision.
"Bye." Miwa said flatly, dragging Yosuke away by the collar, heading back in the direction they had come from.
Kitora nodded curtly, turning back to rendezvous with Tokieda, wary to keep her guard up.
Yosuke gave Miwa a sideways glance, bursting into excited chatter as soon as Kitora was out of earshot.
"Hey, you didn't shoot her!" He said, face breaking out into a cheerful grin.
He waggled his eyebrows playfully at his friend's sullen expression.
"Come on, we'll get a chance to cut her down later." He promised. "Assuming the upper management don't get to her first."
Rather surprisingly, Miwa grinned.
"Unless we get her now."
oOoOo
"Tokieda, I've identified that Miwa and Yoneya are still heading back towards their initial location. Whereabouts of Narasaka and Kodera are still unconfirmed, but -" She was cut off by two simultaneous shots, each bullet heading directly towards her.
"BANG!" Usami cheered.
"Bang indeed." Kido muttered. "Maybe Satori shouldn't be teaching the C-class agents."
"I agree." Azuma said seriously. "Who knows what influence Ken could have on them?"
oOoOo
Things weren't going as smoothly as Ninomiya hoped - not that he had been expecting the upper management to be pushovers, but really, this was incorrigible.
He'd pulled up a shield instinctively when Shinoda drew Kogetsu, having been on the receiving end of an unexpected Senkuu far too often from his younger years, and his instincts proved useful when the piercing attacks changed course and lunged at him instead.
Shinoda, for his part, looked faintly pleased.
"Very good," he praised, automatically sliding into mentor mode.
Ninomiya let a satisfied smirk appear on his face.
The smirk widened into a smug grin as he heard the familiar hissing of Scorpion being drawn - nowhere near him, thankfully.
Despite the annoying barrage from Rindou and the fact that he was caught in the crossfire between the upper management and Kako squad, Ninomiya was feeling perfectly content.
He was in the perfect position to watch Kazama squad's surprise attack.
oOoOo
Rindou saw the upstart's smug grin and instantly understood the situation.
Kazama was here.
Ninomiya's gleeful face and the signature hissing of Scorpion were dead give-aways.
A quick glance at an carefully expressionless Kyoko confirmed his thoughts.
Kazama was after them, and them alone.
He risked a glance at Shinoda, even as he felt the edge of a blade sink in the nape of his neck.
Kikuchihara, Rindou decided. It would be in character for him to just go for me to mess with us.
He locked eyes with his friend, and instantly wished he hadn't.
Miwa Squad copying Satori's double snipe is a mood.
(●｀･ω･)ゞ＜Until next time!