Umi woke up the next morning to a sound coming from the intercom. She shook her head to wake herself and looked down to see Maki underneath her.
She remembered last night's "happy ending" and drew the connections as to why she ended up in this position. They had passed out shortly after reaching their limits together and that is how she ended waking up on top of Maki.
She pushed herself up with her arms and slowly got off of the red haired vixen. She placed the blankets back and stretched her neck around as she made her way to the intercom.
She placed her finger on the button and groaned, "What is it...?"
"It's about your free day," the chief answered.
Umi looked back at the wall clock, "Chief, it's 6 in the morning. Why are you bothering us this early, couldn't it wait until later?"
"You will be informed whenever I please," he replied.
"Maki isn't even awake yet..." Umi massaged the back of her neck and turned to look back at Maki sleeping peacefully in her bed.
"Your free day will start at 10am, be ready by then," the intercom shut off and Umi returned to her bed. She heard a shuffling noise and turned to see Maki shuffling around in her bed.
"10am? Why does he need to have us on a schedule for a free day...?" Umi sighed and laid down on her bed. She felt a sharp pain and quickly sat back up. She had forgotten about the blisters on her back from the burn yesterday, "I better change these and put on new ones..." Umi thought about it but decided to just lie on her belly, "I'll wait until Maki wakes up..."
Umi closed her eyes and 2 hours later she awoke from something nudging and pushing against her. She opened her eyes to see Maki putting away their first aid kit and yawned, "Morning, Maki."
"Hey Umi, I changed your bandages for you," Maki opened up the bottom cabinet and tossed the first aid kit inside.
Umi sat up and stretched herself out, then looked down to inspect Maki's first aid work, "Thank you..." she stood up and walked over to the kitchen, "The Chief gave us a call this morning."
"Really? At what time?" Maki replied.
Umi answered back, "6am"
Maki raised her brow, "Why the hell did he call so early?"
"He said it was about our free day," Umi answered.
Maki rested against the bathroom doorway and crossed her arms, "Really? Is that jerk going to give it to us?"
Umi nodded, "Yeah, but he said we have to be ready by 10am."
"Why is he giving us a schedule? Its called a free day for a reason," she raised her hands in question and shook her head.
Umi looked up at the clock, "I don't know, but it's almost time, we should get ready," she walked towards Maki and pushed her into the bathroom.
She went along with it and raised her hand, "I call having my back washed first!"
"Yeah yeah..." Umi gently pat her back and Maki gave her a cheeky grin. The two girls helped wash each other and enjoyed some time together in the bath before getting out.
"Ahh that felt great!" Maki stretched her arms out and let out a satisfied groan as the two of them walked out the bathroom.
The entrance to the cage slid open and the chief walked in, "Are you two ready yet?"
Maki jumped and covered herself up with her arms, "Ahh! Chief what the hell?! Knock before you enter!"
"Let us get changed," Umi demanded calmly.
Maki reached for the blanket on her bed and covered herself up, "And turn away, pervert,"
"I have no interest in your bodies, I'm here to give you a few items before you commence your, 'free day'..." he ignored Maki's request and pulled out a pair of earpieces for them
"An earpiece, why do we need this?" Maki approached him cautiously and grabbed one.
"So I can monitor you throughout the day, you will also be spending your time in a specific boundary of the city, if you pass it I will detonate your collars," he replied.
"Relax gramps, we're not going anywhere so long as we have these on us," Maki pointed to the collar on her neck and sighed.
"That is all, a car will be waiting at the front of the station to drop you two off," he turned to leave and disappeared up the stairs.
Maki let out a deep breath and dropped the blanket, "Sheesh, talk about uptight, we might be criminals but we at least honor our deals..."
"I'm done changing, how about you?" Umi was already finished changing by the time Maki dropped her blanket.
"I'm about t-" she turned around and felt her heart skip a beat, "Oh no... she's hot..." Maki screamed internally.
Maki took note of what she was wearing. She was wearing a blue dress shirt and the buttons near her collar were undone. Umi wore a tight mini skirt and leggings to cover up her skin.
"What's wrong? Shouldn't you get to changing?" Umi stared back with her eyebrow raised.
"Ahh umm... yeah give me a second," Maki rushed over to her drawer and pulled out numerous clothes, "I've got to have something here that matches..."
She dug some more and pulled out a long sleeved blue wool minidress, "Will this be good enough?" she slid it on and looked in the mirror.
Maki shook her head, "No it's missing something..." she reached for a sleeveless black jacket with some fur around the lining of the hood.
"That looks good," Umi popped into the mirror and caused Maki to jump.
"Y-you think so?" Maki fixed her hair like a blushing schoolgirl and waited for an answer.
Umi nodded, "Yeah, let's get going."
The two made their way up the stairs and Maki wrapped herself around Umi's arm. They walked out the front doors of the police station and saw a nice car waiting for the two of them.
A man stepped out and opened the door for Umi & Maki. They slid in and the car drove off at a steady speed until they reached the heart of the city. The car came to a stop and the two girls stepped out into a busy street full of people.
Maki took a deep breath and jumped forward with her arms up, "Sweet, sweet freedom!"
"Don't get too carried away," Umi wanted to keep Maki at a tamed level.
She grinned happily and quickly returned to Umi's side. She grabbed her arm and pulled it eagerly, "Hey hey! Let's go get some crepes!" Maki pointed towards a crepe stand at the corner of the street.
"Sure, why not," Umi shrugged and let Maki pull her along.
The two got in line and waited until it was their turn, "What are you going to get, Umi? I want the caramel cream one."
"I guess chocolate banana?" Umi replied after looking at the menu.
"Can I have a bite? I'll let you try mine too," Maki asked.
"I don't see why not," Umi replied.
Maki smiled and hugged Umi's arm tighter. When they reached the front, they ordered their crepes and made their way to a nearby bench. Maki took a bite out of her crepe and created an animated reaction to it. She brought her hand up to her cheek and squealed, "Mmm! This is what I live for! Can I try yours?"
Umi held out her crepe and Maki bit into it as if she were some small animal being fed, "Ooo~ Chocolate Banana is so gooood."
Umi watched Maki's face fill up with pure bliss before she held up her crepe to Umi's mouth, "Try mine!" Maki smiled and Umi took a small bite of the crepe.
She chewed slowly to savor the flavor, "How is it?"
"Pretty good, I suppose," Umi replied.
"I love crepes~" Maki cheered and returned to stuffing her face with it. When the two finished, they tossed out their trash and walked together down the busy street.
Maki let out a gasp and once again tugged on Umi's arm while pointing at something, "Hey Umi, let's go watch that new scary movie, Goregasm!"
"Yeah yeah I'm coming," Umi continued to let Maki drag her around.
After the movie, Maki dragged Umi to the restaurant that she talked about yesterday they ordered some food and Maki held up her spoon, "Umi say 'Ahhh!'"
"Ahhh" she opened her mouth and let Maki feed her. She chewed on the food to savor it.
Maki giggled, "Hehe how is it?"
"It's good," Umi replied.
Maki smiled and leaned forward to continue eating her food, "Right? I told you this place was amazing!"
Just as she was about to dig in, Maki heard a static noise in her ear and stopped, "Rabbit, Panther, come in."
"What the hell do you want chief? We're just having a date like a normal couple," Maki was irritated that the chief had to keep such a tight leash on them and he was interrupting their date.
"I need you two to take care of an emergency," he responded.
"I'm afraid you don't know what a free day means, Chief," Maki slammed her fork down and sat back against her chair.
She suddenly felt a strong shock around her neck and she let out a screech in pain,"Ahhh!" the shocking continued for another few seconds before it came to a stop. Maki leaned over the table and struggled to catch her breath, "What the hell was that for?"
"You forget who governs your life here," he replied.
"Leave her alone, Chief. What do you need?" Umi's voice remained strong knowing that she could end up getting shocked like Maki just now.
"There is a dangerous criminal who has been causing trouble for us the past few months near your location, take care of it," he demanded.
"Where the hell are we supposed to find this criminal anyways?" Maki rubbed her neck around the collar to help relax her muscles from the shock.
A scream came from the other side of the restaurant, "THIS RAMEN IS TOO HOT!" a crashing sound followed soon after.
"Remember, failure is not an option," the connection to the earpiece was forcibly cut off.
Maki looked over Umi's shoulder to see a short orange haired girl stomping her way towards the person behind the counter, "I was told this was the best ramen in town!"
"I'm sorry miss, our waiter warned you about the heat and that you should have let it cool down before eating," the cashier tried to calm the woman, but it obviously wasn't working.
"I expect my ramen to be perfected! Do you think this is a game?!" the woman reached for the cashier's collar and lifted him up.
A man stood up and reached for the woman's shoulder, "I think that's enough."
"Huh?! Stay out of other people's business and keep eating your food!" she replied.
"I don't want this to turn ugly," the man replied. He towered over the woman by maybe an entire foot. He was built and if Maki had to place her bets on who would win in a fight, she would side with the man.
The woman let go of the cashier and took a step back, she shuffled with her feet as if she was a boxer and stuck her chin out, "Go ahead, hit me."
The man hesitated, "What are you trying at?"
"Nothing, I'm giving you a free hit, hot shot," the woman taunted him.
"Look, I'm not going to hit you," he replied.
"Aww, the big boy is too scared to hit a girl," she continued to provoke him.
"Listen lady..." Maki noticed the way the man clenched his fist, her taunting was working and it was going to get really ugly, really fast, "Can't say I didn't warn you..."
Maki watched as the man swung his fist forward. Her eyes widened when she saw that the woman dodge it easily using her footwork, "Hey Umi..."
"Yeah, I see it too..." she replied.
"Boy, you're slow! Missed me by a mile!" she continued to taunt. The man clenched his teeth and started swinging his fists some more which the woman continued to dodge with no effort.
"Her footwork is the same as Wing Chun," Maki whispered.
The man swung until he was out of breath and the woman walked over to pat his back, "My turn now."
Her stance switched entirely and she punched the man's side, sending him flying through a table, "Now it's Jeet Kune Do...?" Maki continued to observe.
The man shook himself off and rushed to grab the woman, her stance changed again and she used his momentum to swing him over her shoulder, "Now she's using Judo," Maki exclaimed.
"Quit making a fool out of me!" He got up and swung his leg for a kick. The woman raised her own leg and blocked it easily.
"Muay Thai? Who the hell is this woman?" Maki couldn't believe that this woman was switching her styles so quickly and effortlessly.
The woman grabbed the man's leg and brought her elbow down with enough force to crack his femur. He stumbled back and the woman ran up to use his other leg as leverage to propel herself upward and drive her knee into his face.
She sent the man who was larger and bulkier than her crashing to the ground with almost no effort. She stood above him and giggled, "Nice try, kid."
The man's group of friends quickly got up and surrounded the woman, Maki counted 5 of them.
"Oh, come on now? You're really going to gang up on a little girl like me?" She raised her arms up in question before laughing mischievously, "You should have brought more."
Maki watched as the woman got into a particular stance that caught her attention, she reached for Umi's shoulder, "Umi! We need to stop this now before someone dies."
"Keysi..." Umi muttered the single word and watched as the group of men began their attack.
The first man swung and the woman grabbed his arm as if it were childs play, she drove her elbow down and cracked the man's arm before using that same elbow to slam into his face. He fell back and held his arm in pain.
The next guy grabbed her from behind and she reached for a nearby fork, she stabbed it into his arm and drove her head back to headbutt him. When he was open for an attack, she closed the distance between them and attacked him swiftly across his entire upper body. He fell to the ground and she turned around to face the other three.
"Coming at me one at a time isn't going to work, boys," she announced.
The three remaining men looked at each other before surrounding her again and attacking all at once. She blocked all of their attacks and pushed outwards to disperse them. She rushed forward and punched one of the men in the gut and then proceeded to drive her knee into his face.
Another man threw a straight punch from behind which she dodged. She grabbed the arm that flew past her shoulder and used her other arm to elbow the side of the man's face. He stumbled back and the woman turned around to pull his arm in and crack it with her elbow. She threw him against a chair and looked at the last man standing.
"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" she taunted once again.
The last man screamed as he went in for a punch, but the woman spun away from it and crouched down. She drove her elbow into his stomach and the other against his knee. The man threw up the food he has just eaten and fell on top of it.
The woman stood back up and took a deep breath, "Now back to business," she stepped over the men writhing in pain and made her way back to the cashier, "I want a refund for the ramen."
"B-but we don't refun-" the man cut himself off with a yelp when he felt the woman's grip tighten.
"I will get that refun-" the woman felt a grip on her arm and turned to see that it was Maki, "Are you looking to pick a fight, hot stuff?"
"Let him go," Maki demanded.
"You know what's coming to you, right?" the woman dropped the cashier and swung her elbow towards Maki.
She quickly countered it with her own attack. It was ineffective and the two traded blows, "Hey, you're not bad."
Maki defended herself against the woman and tried to attack whenever an opportunity arose, "But you're not good enough."
The woman suddenly switched up her style again, but this time she was attacking much more aggressively. Every blow that Maki blocked would ache with pain and more hits started to land on her. The woman kicked Maki's stomach and she stumbled backwards. She took the chance to grab a nearby fork and lunged at Maki with intent to kill.
The fork was knocked out of her hand and she looked up to see Umi holding some silverware and tossing a knife in the air with her hand, "Krav Maga, I'm impressed."
The woman stood up, "You know it?"
"It's an Israeli fighting technique that focuses on ending fights quickly by attacking vulnerable spots," Umi answered.
Maki got up and retreated next to Umi, "She's the real deal, Umi..."
"So you two know each other?" The woman walked up to them and Maki took a defensive stance, "I'm impressed you were able to knock that fork out of my hand... Who are you two?"
"That is none of your concern," Umi answered back.
"I might just have to beat it out of you then," she replied.
The woman stepped forward before hearing police sirens blaring, "Crap... You two got lucky, next time we meet won't end so nicely," the woman quickly escaped the restaurant and the two of them followed her out the door.
"Rabbit! Panther! That's your target!" the volume of the chief's yelling caused them to hold their ears in pain.
"Are you serious?!" Maki replied.
"Yes! Hurry and capture the target!" he commanded.
A police car pulled up and the trunk opened, they took a look inside to see all of their gear prepared for them, "I thought this was our day off..." Maki muttered to herself.
"Seems like this was planned from the beginning," Umi replied.
The two of them geared up, "Let's get this over with..." Maki's eyes burned with furiosity, her date with Umi had been ruined because of that woman.
"Maki you follow her, I'll circle around and cut her off," Umi commanded.
"She'll pay for ruining our hard earned date," Maki ran off and Umi did as well in a separate direction.
Maki kept pursuit on the woman and gave status updates every few minutes to let Umi know where they were.
Umi climbed up to the rooftops and was jumping across buildings and obstacles to get the jump on the woman. Thanks to Umi's agile abilities, she could easily freerun through the city without any trouble. If she calculated it correctly, she would land in front of the woman with enough time to draw her gun and avoid a close encounter.
"Umi! She making her way underneath a bridge, if you're going to do something, do it fast!" Maki yelled. Just as she finished she saw a blue head bobbing up and down on the bridge above her.
She watched the orange haired woman make a break through the underpass and saw Umi leap down to land on the woman. She rolled off and pulled out her handgun, "This game is over."
The woman stood up and held up her hands, "Listen here , I mean no harm, really," she stepped forward and Umi shot at the ground in response.
"You stay where you are," Umi demanded.
Maki caught up, "Hey, you know you ruined our date right?"
"Not now, Maki."
"You two? On a date? That's funny!" the woman mocked.
"Hey! What's so funny huh?" Maki stepped in closer towards the woman.
Umi muttered into her earpiece, "Hey Chief, who is this woman...?"
"Hoshizora Rin, a professional mix martial artist who was banned from fighting in any leagues because of her brutality and reckless behavior," he took a deep breath, "She went by the stage name, Tiger."
"Hey! I asked you what was so funny about our date!" Maki grabbed Rin's shoulder.
Umi instinctively yelled, "Maki! I told you to stay back!"
"What? Wh-" Maki's breath was cut short when she felt something drive into her stomach. It came so fast that she had no time to react and she fell over onto her knees.
Rin reached down and pulled on Maki's hair until she could put her into a chokehold, "Thanks for being such an idiot, put the gun down or I'll snap her neck," she demanded.
Umi kept her sights fixed on Rin, "Let her go..."
"Only if you drop that gun," Rin replied.
Umi slowly lowered her gun down to the ground, she began muttering softly into her earpiece, "Chief... activate the shock collar..."
Umi stood back up and raised her hands to show no hostility, "Wow, you two are completely useless!"
Maki struggled to get herself out of Rin's iron grip, "Let go of me you jerk!"
"Nah ah ah~" she tightened her grip around Maki's neck, "Stop flailing around so much, I might crush your neck on accident."
"Let her go, I did as you asked," Umi demanded.
A sadistic grin crossed Rin's face, "You know, fighting someone like Maki here makes me miss the professional days," she tightened her grip more, "Except there were always rules that kept me from completely destroying my opponents."
"U..mi... I can't..." Maki struggled to get her words out. Her face began to lose its color and the life in her eyes were slowly disappearing.
"It was always, "Oh, don't kill your opponent~' or 'You can't break any bones~'" she described in a mocking voice, "On the streets, it's much more fun. There are no rules, no restrictions, nothing to keep my opponents from dying, like Maki here. Look at her struggling to stay alive, isn't it cute?" Rin teased her by kissing Maki's cheek.
Umi clenched her teeth, "Chief... please, send the shock."
Rin's grip tightened and Maki let out a desperate gasp for air, "Say bye bye, Maki."
Maki reached her hand out towards Umi and watched as her vision began to blur. Her eyes closed and her hand dropped to her side, "Dead already?" Rin began laughing and felt for a pulse, "Yep, she's gone, Doc!"
Umi stood silently her hands were balled up into fists and her fingernails dug into her palms. It felt like she could make them bleed at any second, she had never felt this sort of rage before in her life.
"Sending the shock now," the chief suddenly said.
Maki's collar made a high pitched noise and a high voltage shock was sent through her entire body. It conducted its way into Rin and caused her to scream in agony. She dropped Maki's body and stumbled back, "What the hell was that?!"
Umi's stone cold face remained unmoved and she quickly dove for her gun. She got in close to Rin and held her pistol up to Rin's face.
"Don't you know that putting a gun to my face at this range is useless?" Rin counter attacked and disarmed Umi.
However, what Umi did next was beyond what Rin has ever seen before. She stepped forward and threw a punch at Rin before spinning her body and using her free hand to grab the pistol that was just disarmed from her hand seconds before. She pulled on her arm that Rin grabbed and spun around to free herself from the grip with her gun pointed at Rin once again.
"What... the hell did you just do?" Rin was confused, she had no clue as to what fighting style Umi was using.
Umi remained silent and continued her attack, she employed her own special close quarters combat technique against Rin. Umi imitated Maki's fighting style and molded them to fit into a style where she can use her handgun to attack at the same time.
"Hey! This isn't fair!" Rin struggled to block Umi's attacks with the fear of getting shot in the process.
"This is for Maki..." Umi finally spoke up and it sent a chill down Rin's spine.
She blocked Umi's uppercut but was soon faced with a barrel stuffed against her abdomen, "My orders are to eliminate you by any means necessar-"
A series of coughs and gags echoed underneath the underpass and Umi looked back with her eyes widened, "Maki?!"
Rin saw the opening and sent a high kick that made contact with Umi's cheek. She fell to the ground and Rin used the chance to retreat and live to fight another day.
Umi quickly got back up and scanned the area for Rin. Unfortunately she was nowhere to be seen and Umi holstered her handgun. She rubbed her cheek which ached with a pulsating pain and she rushed over to Maki.
She pressed her ear against Maki's chest and heard a faint heartbeat. She quickly sprang into action and started CPR on her. Umi forcefully pushed on Maki's chest repeatedly and supplied air through mouth to mouth.
When all hope seemed to be lost, Maki coughed and gagged before waking up, "U-Umi? What the hell happ-"
Umi brought Maki in for a tight hug and remained silent, "... Don't you ever scare me like that again..." she whispered.
Surprised by Umi's reaction, Maki simply wrapped her arms around her in response before letting the words escape from her lips, "I'm sorry..."
The two remained in each other's arms underneath the underpass for several minutes. The only thing that could be heard was the faint distressed breathing of Umi and the soft pats on her back from Maki.
"I'm okay, Umi... You can let go," Maki spoke up, Umi shook her head and hugged Maki tighter.
"...I didn't know you could get like this," Maki sighed and pet the usually stoic girl.
"... Me neither..." Umi replied.
"Rabbit, Panther, come in!"
"What is it chief?" Maki replied.
"Where is the target?!"
Umi muttered into her earpiece, "She escaped..."
"Escaped?! How?!"
Umi ignored his question, "...Thank you, Chief..."
"Thank me? For what?!"
"For saving Maki's life... If it wasn't for the shock, her heart wouldn't have jumpstart..." she replied.
"What is this nonsense? Come back to the station!"
A squad car quickly arrived and escorted the two girls back to the police station. When they arrived, they were forced out and up into the chief's office where they faced an inevitable rage.
"What the hell was with that performance out there?!" he slammed his fist onto the table and yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Ease off old-timer! That Rin chick is serious business," Maki fought back to defend the two of them.
Umi stepped forward to speak up, "She killed Maki..."
"Temporarily, I'm still here aren't I?" she patted her body down to show she was alright, " It's all thanks to that shock, nice thinking Umi, I knew I could count on you," she held her thumb up in attempts to ease Umi down.
"We won't be so lucky next time, we have to be careful," Umi replied with little emotion.
"So the Tiger was able to take down the Panther, huh?" the chief sat down in his seat and sighed heavily.
"She got too careless," Umi responded back.
Maki reached for Umi's shoulder and gripped it tightly, "She was throwing shade at our relationship!"
"Anyways, we need access to the training facilities, if we're going to take the Tiger down, we need to train our skills," Umi dismissed Maki's comment with a demand towards the chief.
"I see... I shall allow for you two to train, but that is all I will give you until you capture her," he waved his hand to dismiss them from his office.
"Come on Maki, let's get started while we can..." Umi turned around quickly and pulled on Maki's hand.
"Hey wait!" Maki was dragged along forcefully by her until the two of them reached the doors to the training facility. She ripped her arm out of Umi's grip, "Umi! Doesn't it bother you?! That girl was making fun of us?!"
"We don't have time for this now," Umi reached for Maki's hand, but she pulled it away from her.
"Don't you care?! What about me?!" Maki refused to continue until Umi gave her a straight answer. She closed her eyes to continue yelling but felt something grip her shoulders tightly. She opened her eyes to see Umi who seemed to have a pained expression on her face.
"Of course I care about you! I..." Umi wrapped her arms tightly around Maki, "I thought I lost you... And I don't want that to happen again!"
Maki was left speechless and the only thing she could do to respond was to hug her back and dig her face into Umi's shoulder.
"Let's go..." Umi pulled Maki into the training facility.
The two girls tirelessly trained together for 3 months before they felt that they were ready to take on the Tiger again.
Umi trained herself to be even faster and more agile, she can now hit a target while on the move with the same accuracy as if she were in a sniper's nest. She also mastered her firearms CQC technique which she now dubbed Rabbit Trap in case of an emergency like last time.
Maki on the other hand focused on honing her own style of fighting and trained the evasive maneuvers of it to avoid everything she did wrong against Rin that day. Umi also trained her on how to defend against the Rabbit Trap fighting style just in case the Tiger tried to imitate it.
Along with honing their skills, they worked together to improve their speed, strength, agility and stamina. Maki had never trained a day in her life before, but now that she had the proper training she felt like she could hold her own against Rin.
The two of them stood in the center of a boxing ring, "Are you sure about this, Umi?"
She held up an airsoft gun in response, "Try to keep up."
"I'm the predator here," she smirked and launched off her feet towards Umi.
Umi counter attacked Maki's straight punch with her arm and used her airsoft pistol to fire into Maki's inner elbow. Her arm dangled for a second before Maki got control of it again, "Still too wide, Maki."
Maki let a giggle escape her lips, "Just because you blocked one attack doesn't mean you've won yet."
Maki began her assault again by rushing forward, she applied the training from Umi and attacked the inner elbow of the arm that held the airsoft gun. It went limp and Umi was open for an attack. Maki wrapped her arms around Umi's waist, swung around behind and lifted her into a suplex. Umi's shoulders came crashing down to the ground and she let out a gasp of air.
Maki lifted Umi up again for another suplex and then once more before letting go. Umi laid on the ground and held her shoulders in pain, "Umi are you okay?!"
Maki crawled over and helped Umi sit up straight, "Y-Yeah I'm fine..."
"I got carried away, I'm so sorry," Maki squeezed Umi tightly which caused her to groan in pain. Maki quickly let go and sat backwards.
"You're wide open, Maki," Umi ignored the pain and pounced onto her, "You have to stop worrying about me or else this will keep happening..."
"Maybe I want it to..." Maki grabbed Umi's training bra and pulled until their faces were close.
"I'm being serious here, Maki..." Umi tried to push herself up, but Maki's superior physique prevented her from doing so.
"Give me a kiss and I'll let you go," Maki demanded. Umi closed her eyes and pursed her lips, she inched closer to Maki before bringing up her airsoft gun and shooting Maki's cheek.
Maki screeched and let go, giving Umi enough time to stand back up, "Oww! That was uncalled for, Umi!"
"Three months and I'm still the only weakness you have," Umi offered out her hand which Maki grabbed, "If you focus too much on me, you're going to get hurt."
"But we're just training, you could have at least given me the kiss," Maki pouted.
"This time training, next time against the Tiger, you pick which one you want to lose to next," Umi refused to let up.
"Okay, okay I get it..." Maki rubbed her cheek which was still stinging in pain from the airsoft gun, "it still hurts..."
Umi leaned over and kissed Maki's cheek, "There... Happy?"
Maki blushed and nodded happily, "All better now!"
"Let's get to bed, I'll tell the Chief to send us tomorrow after we shower," Umi walked off and Maki followed after. The two entered the cage and continued with their shower together.
Silence filled the police station across from it to the side was a dark alleyway shrouded in darkness. A dark figure crawled out of the shadows and ran for the side of the police station walls. The footsteps were padded and produced little to no noise.
"This is Wolf, about to infiltrate," the shadowy figure spoked into a small microphone.
"Great job, Wolf, everything from here on out is all up to you," a voice replied.
The dark figure stepped out into the moonlight and it's face was revealed. This figure, "Wolf" was a small framed girl with pitch black hair which was tied into a small bun which hung by her neck. Half of her face was covered with a cloth-like face mask and one of her eyes was covered by a hi-tech type of monocle device.
"Switching to night vision," the girl used her fingers to press small buttons located on the side of the device. A small clicking noise was heard and she crouched down to conceal herself in darkness.
She snuck her way around the back of the police station wall and climbed over it, when she landed, she spotted a small two man team of guards standing at the back entrance. She took cover behind the dumpster and pulled out a small pistol. She checked the amount of rounds she had in the gun and took aim at one of the guards before pulling the trigger.
The bullet hit the guard's neck and soon enough he was knocked out, the other guard jumped and looked around before walking over to his friend. The girl took this chance to run up to the guard and put him into a chokehold, she pulled out a knife and held it against his neck, "How many are in the station?"
"T-twenty of us," he replied.
The girl tightened her grip around the guard's neck until he passed out from lack of oxygen. She grabbed the two bodies and hid them next to each other behind the dumpster before picking the lock to the back door. The lock clicked and the girl quickly and quietly slipped inside, making sure that the door closed as quietly as possible.
It seemed like she was on the ground floor, her target was up on the second floor so she looked around to see if there were any shortcuts that she could take. Her eyes spotted a door that read "security" and snuck towards it. The handle was slightly broken so there was no way she could pick the lock, instead she knocked on the door and waited for it to open.
"Yeah, what is it?" a guard flung the door open and the woman shot him in the neck. He passed out asleep and the woman dragged him back into the room. On the desk were multiple monitors that showed her what all of the security camera's were seeing.
The woman pulled out a flashdrive and stuck it into the security computer, she then reached for her monocle device and used two fingers to punch in some sort of special combination.
Shortly after, her monocle device had full access to the security cameras and this would give her an advantage during the infiltration. She left the security room and closed the door to keep from anyone discovering the incapacitated guard.
With her training and the use of the security cameras thanks to her eye device, she had the upper hand, "This is almost too easy..." by the time she was done, she had dropped every guard by non-lethal means and stood in front of her target's office that read, "Police Chief".
"Black Widow, I'm about to enter the target's office, prepare for a clean up crew," she muttered into the earpiece.
The woman busted through the door with her handgun pointed at the police chief, "Well... this is a surprise," he muttered.
The woman remained silent, "I never thought I'd live to see the day I would be targeted by the legendary Wolf, Yazawa Nico."
Nico removed her eye device to show a discolored eye compared to her other which was red, "Then you know what happens next..." she fired her handgun and the chief fell face first onto his desk.
"This is Wolf, mission complete."
Maki ran out of the bathroom and almost tripped, she was laughing hysterically and pointing back, "Hahaha! Come on, you know that's funny, Umi!"
Umi appeared by the doorway with bubbles all around her head that was shaped to make her look like Santa Claus. She was obviously not amused.
Maki was on the floor laughing and holding her stomach, "Umiii! Please say Ho Ho Ho!"
"No," Umi turned around to go wash off the bubbles.
"W-wait, let me take a picture!" Maki reached over for a camera but slipped and went crashing to the ground in a laughing fit.
Umi sighed and washed off all of the bubbles. She had let Maki convince her into putting bubble soap into the bath but it ended up backfiring on her when Maki started to have too much fun with it.
She got up and wrapped a towel around herself before grabbing another one for Maki. When she left the bathroom, Maki was still on the ground laughing her life away, "Hurry and put this on before you catch a cold."
Maki felt a towel hit her and she temporarily stopped laughing to dry herself off and wrapped it around her body, "Come on, lighten up a little, Umi," she clung onto Umi's arm and pulled her down to sit on her bed, "You know how much I love Santa."
"It wasn't funny to begin with," Umi replied.
"Aww, you were cute though," Maki poked her nose playfully.
Umi made a dissatisfied face before standing up, "I have to tell the chief that we are ready to take on the Tiger again," she slithered out of Maki's grip and made her way to the intercom, "Hey Chief, we're ready to take on the Tiger..."
There was no response.
"Chief? Are you there?" she asked again.
Still no response.
"That's odd..." Umi muttered to herself.
"What's wrong?" Umi turned around to look at Maki before making her way back to her side.
"The Chief isn't answering the intercom," she answered.
Maki raised a brow, "Doesn't he always though?"
Umi looked down, "Yeah, I don't have a good feeling about this..."
A loud bell rang and the entrance to the cage opened up. When the two of them looked in its direction, no one was there, "Hey Umi...?"
"What is it, Maki?" Umi stood up and backed away a few steps.
"Something's not right here..." Maki stood up as well and retreated to her dresser, "Let's hurry and get changed."
Umi nodded and shuffled towards her dresser to get dressed. Maki finished up and made sure to grab a small knife from the kitchen before leaving with Umi. She poked her head outside to see if anyone was around, but there was no sign of life.
"Hey, let's go..." Maki motioned Umi over and the two of them made their way up the stairs. When they walked through the door to the main floor, there were no guards or officers in sight.
"I don't like this, Maki, keep your guard up..." Umi stepped forward and held on to Maki's hand to guide her to the front door. She pulled but it remained shut, "It's locked..."
"Let's check the Chief's office..." Maki pulled on Umi's arm and she followed. The two silently made their way up the steps until they arrived in front of the chief's office.
They glanced at each other and nodded before Umi twisted the handle and smashed her shoulder against the door to get in. Maki quickly followed in after Umi with her knife armed and ready.
"...Chief?" Umi muttered.
"This station is under new management..." a womanly voice spoke up.
Umi and Maki put their guard up and looked around until their eyes ended up on the chair that had its back turned to them. It spun around slowly to reveal a woman with light brown hair sitting on the chair with a sinister smile.
"Who are you?" Umi took a defensive stance and Maki took a step forward.
"What did you do with the chief?" Maki lunged forward with her knife and Umi held out her hand,
"Maki wait!"
Umi felt a breeze blow past her and the sound of metal hitting the ground shortly after. It happened so quickly that Umi couldn't register what was happening until it was done. A small girl had knocked the knife out of Maki's hand and had her pinned to the ground with a pistol pressed against her neck.
"Stand down, Wolf," the woman commanded.
Nico got off of Maki and took a step back to block the door. Maki stood up and massaged her arm, "I didn't even have time to react to that..."
"Listen here, Rabbit & Panther..." the woman spoke up, "You now work for me and will carry out my orders as I see fit."
Umi clenched her teeth, "Who are you?"
"Ahh how rude of me," the woman stood up and proceeded to do a western curtsy, "My name is Koizumi Hanayo," she looked at them with a sinister grin,
"Otherwise known as the infamous Black Widow."