Muv Luv: Grim Alternative
AN: Now some of you may have figured out what was going on in the last chapter but for those who don't, this chapter will answer that.
Disclaimer: I do not own Muv Luv Alternative or the characters, only the OC. So let's get the show on the road!
'Thoughts.' Thoughts or Neon mentally talking.
"Hey!" Takeru talking.
"HEY!" Samara talking.
Chapter 2: New Mission
"This is in...Two months' time?" Yuuko asked.
"Yes. That's why I'm saying there's no time to waste!" 'I' said.
Yuuko walked around her desk while deep in thought.
"I couldn't say this when we weren't alone earlier, but...Sensei, you have to get fifteen billion semiconducting circuits to fit in the palm of your hand."
"!?" That got a reaction from her...and she's pissed. I don't like the looks of that. And it seems that I'm not done yet.
"There's a ton of stuff you still have to do, Sensei. And that brain in the next room must have something to do with it!"
And I'm now staring down the barrel of a pistol...Great! I just had to dig myself into a bigger hole.
"What do you want?" Yuuko asked dangerously.
...
Well now! I'm in a huge mess. And all thanks to whoever is making me say all this crap. Now back to her question.
"To prevent Alternative V from happening and to defeat the BETA." 'I' answered Yuuko. So this Alternative V and BETA are trouble huh?
It seemed that my answer did not do anything to sate her anger as she still pointed that gun at me. I was tempted to act and move in to disarm her but my body wouldn't move.
"So how's the hypothesis so far?" 'I' said further digging the hole. "Can you trust me?" Really?! Like that's going to happen with my mouth screwing me over more and more!
"The idea that you're an Anti-Alternative agent is looking a lot more credible to me." Yuuko replied.
So there are people against the Alternative Plan? I'd need to know why.
"Would an agent in this world use such a crazy, roundabout method!?"
"Enough with your silly delusions! What are you really here for?"
"How the hell should I know?! I have no idea what I'm talking about-Delusions? What the hell can I do to make you believe me!?"
I'm trying to stop myself from going deeper down this fucking rabbit hole but something's stopping me from doing so! Yuuko looked at me in confusion as she noticed something wrong with me.
"Okay? What is going on with you?!"
"I don't know! Someone else is messing with my mind and making me say all these stuff?!"
"Or really?! Like you have multiple personality disorder?"
"Maybe so." Though you're not far off from that.
"She's got a point there!"
'You're not helping here Rook!'
"Anyways quit fooling around and tell me the truth. Though depending on your answer, I might have to kill you." Yuuko said in a warning tone.
'Like you can really kill me.' I mentally scoffed. Then once again I went down the rabbit hole.
"Sensei...is that what you want?"
"Hm? What I want?"
"Letting a hundred thousand run off into space leaving the other billion here on Earth, waiting for their deaths. Is that what you want, Sensei?"
That's what Alternative V entails? What a load of bull crap! Talk about bloody cargo cowards!
'I' continued, "It's not right!? If you did, then you wouldn't have drunk yourself stupid and cried your eyes out when it happened!"
So in another time this Alternative V happened and things all went to hell. Okay but I was never back then so what's going on?
"Like I said boy, just go with it! You're interruption's only complicating things." Rook said.
'Sorry but whatever's making me sprout all this shit is only making things harder for me!' I snapped back, 'Besides why are you letting this happen?'
"Like I said I'll explain later. So for now just roll with it!"
"If you don't want that...then use your genius to prevent it, please!" I'm...crying?! Okay! Hold the bones! I'M CRYING!? WTF!? "Sensei, if you'd completed Alternative IV, then that would've never happened! Sensei, stop wasting time! If you're a genius, you should be able to understand how I feel even if you haven't seen all this yourself! Was that all just talk!?"
"..."
"I'll never allow Alternative V to happen again! We need to make stage 4 successful! Sensei...are you just going to kill me!?"
Like hell I'm going to let her!
"I'm not afraid of death. I am a soldier, though I may not act like one...and that's thanks to you, by the way."
"Me?"
"That's right. I used to be an ordinary Japanese student in a world without BETA."
"A world...without the BETA?"
Huh?
"Then one morning I woke up. And I was in this crazy place. I thought it was a dream, so U went to school and found that it'd become Yokohama Base. So the guards captured me, I was interrogated and locked up...then I finally met you. But since I remember all that, I'm doing it differently this time."
...?
"Back then, you just appeared out of nowhere, found me interesting, got me an ID and some high level security pass, and then put me in the Eishi Training School."
"...then?" Yuuko asked for more.
"You asked me a lot about my original world. Then you let me meet Kasumi...and showed me that brain...Almost everything I know about this world is stuff you taught me, Sensei!"
She did all that? Okay...
"I think you're the reason I was able to get by in that fucked up world. But I still don't want to die for no reason. If you're really going to shoot...then I'm ready for it."
WHAT? Oh hell no!
"Even if you managed to dodge the bullet, what would you do next?" Yuuko asked.
Simple. I'd make sure you didn't get a second chance.
"Without me, Alternative IV would never be completed."
"That's true."
"How do you expect me to believe what you're saying?"
That I'd like to know right now!
"I don't know." Really?! You don't know?! "But I remember you saying that it wasn't impossible, which is why you told me to help with your research."
Silence. Great.
"One question."
"What is it?"
"How can I be sure you won't leak any of this information?"
"I've got no evidence."
"Other than the few people who already know the truth, who do you think would believe me? On top of that, I have no way of proving my identity in this world. Not to mention that this person I'm speaking through is under oath to take any secret to the grave."
"Huh?"
HUH?!
"What do you mean?!" Yuuko asked, clearly confused. Just like I was.
"Like I said this person is also from my world or more like the future, a different time, and he's a soldier like I am but much more special." 'I' explained. "By the way, I'm Shirogane Takeru."
"Oh really? And you are talking through this Cross Neon as a medium?"
So that's who you are huh? Good!
"Yes I am. Sorry for not saying this earlier but I was desperate. And besides if I told anyone else about this, they'd just think I'm insane."
"And you're saying we have a common interest?"
"That's right. Without you, Sensei, none of what I know can do any good. You've got quite a bit of power, right Sensei? Why don't you go pull up my file or Neon-san's?"
She looked hesitant at this. And so did I.
"You may not understand the truth, but that won't change it." 'Shirogene' said.
"Eh?" EH! Indeed.
"When I first came here and wouldn't accept this world as reality, that's what you told me."
More silence and anxiety now.
"Good idea...one minute." Yuuko said then she walked to her desk while keeping her gun aimed at me. She pounded on the keyboard for a while, then she lowered her gun and looked at the screen for a while. Looks like she found something.
"Well...this just got more interesting..."
Huh?!
"You're right. It's not impossible."
"Sensei...umm, did you find proof that I'm not an agent?"
"I never thought you were for the same reason you gave earlier."
Which is...I don't have all day here woman!
"If you were here to assassinate me, you could've done it the first time we talked."
Duh! Duh! Duh! DUUUUUHHHHH! You knew this and yet you had to put me at gunpoint?!
"You knew far too much to just be some random idiot. Even things only I myself know."
Exactly that too!
"And after seeing your room and this...it's just too interesting." Yuuko gave me that look that Professor Mako gives when she has something interesting for me. Great! This may be this world's version of her.
"What do you mean?"
"At the very least I've proven that you believe everything you just said."
In other words I'm a lunatic! Wow thanks for the insult bitch!
Yuuko then sat down in the chair. "Now it's just a matter of whether that's all true or you have a mental problem."
"Then I can assume you believe me?" 'Shirogene' asked.
"Not a hundred percent but I have a good reason to trust you. A reason I would understand."
Which is?
"Which is?"
"I can't tell you about that it...yet."
"I understand."
"But it's good enough for me to keep you two around."
"For now, that's enough..."
Not enough for me.
"Okay."
Now I need to know more about this situation.
Yuuko sighed as if she'd been holding it for a while.
"I never thought I'd actually have to use this." she said.
"Which is a good thing. As I know that you barely have any skill with it." I deadpanned.
"What? How did you know?"
"As a soldier I can easily tell if someone has any skill or training with any weapon they have."
"Is that so? Let me guess is that you talking Neon?" She most likely noticed me acting differently from that Takeru person.
"Yes and I'm glad that I am this time. You have no idea how annoying that was. Someone else using you as a medium."
"Oh. How was the experience?"
"I hated it!"
"Not surprising. Someone talking through you is not a normal thing."
"Isn't that obvious."
"Yes it is. Now, let's recap...For some reason Shirogene Takeru travelled back in time along with you and are experiencing he did once again. That sound right?"
"Seems so."
"Then I have a question about what I did last time?"
"What is it?" 'Shirogene' asked this time.
"Why did I tell you about parallel computing, and that brain?" Yuuko asked.
"I think that was because I wasn't from this world to begin with."
"I believe I heard you say..."your world" doesn't have BETA or something."
"I've forgotten a lot of details, but yes, I or I and Neon came from a world without BETA. AT the very least, that's what my memory says. "Our world", the one we were born and raised in, wasn't near this awful...I don't know about Neon's side but my world was a peaceful world with no BETA or anything. No there were wars between humans. But compared to the crisis this world is in, the place I lived in was so much better."
Consider yourself lucky kid. Mine still has a war that humans are fighting in that's much worse than yours but I agree that it's got nothing on what's happening here.
"Also, there were people in my world with the exact same personalities as people here, though they had different jobs and everything." Shirogene said, "This building was my school, not a military base, and you and Marimo-chan were teachers there. And a lot of people I met in Eishi Training school here were classmates back in that school."
"Ever heard of the Everett interpretation?" Yuuko asked.
"I have." I said as I took over, "The many worlds interpretation. That idea of parallel worlds or something? I always thought that it was nothing but garbage by some looney scientists but I never imagined it happening to me."
"Well looks like it's happening to you both now." Yuuko said.
Then Takeru took over. "Yeah...it's just that my childhood friend Kagami Sumika wasn't there..."
"Kagami Sumika."
"Yes, and you said she didn't exist in any records. You also told me to forget about her. Otherwise I'd look like a weakling. I think it was."
"Hmmmmm..."
"Well, now I understand why you had to tell me that. I can't do here what I did in my world."
"Yes..."
"So, you were interested in me, and ordered me to help with your research."
"Research? What research?"
"I never actually found out. You just summoned me several times, and asked all about "my world"."
"I see. And then?"
"Then you granted me special privileges so I could come to this floor."
"How bold of me."
"Ah. But you didn't give me authorization for any classified information."
"I did that just so I could ask you some questions?"
"No idea. I thought you would know at the time. I have no idea what you were trying to do. What do you think your plan was?"
"No idea. I know we're talking about me, but I have no way of knowing that part."
"Ah, but I heard about semiconductors when you were drunk. Never asked about it."
"Then, about the room next to us...Did I explain to you what that was?"
"Come to think of it, no...all you ever did was joke that Kasumi was your daughter or something." I tried recalling that.
"I did?" Yuuko asked.
"Yes." I replied.
"So, just to check, I put you in Eishi Training School?"
"That's right. You let me stay here."
"What position did I give you exactly?"
"I was part of Cadet Squadron 207."
I see...that's a pretty good idea, actually let's do the same thing this time."
"Sensei...like I said, we don't have much time."
"And like I said, this is conditional. I don't trust you one hundred percent yet."
"Good point."
"I would think this is a pretty generous offer."
"For me yes...but what about Neon-san. He's more than experienced enough as a soldier."
You got that right!
"True but not as an eishi." That's...also true. "Anyways I'll do the paperwork and also I want to speak to Neon Cross himself now."
"You called." I said.
"I know that you still have questions for me and so do I. So how about I start first?"
"Go ahead and ask. Just know that there are some things that I cannot tell you."
Yuuko frowned at me for a moment before she dropped the look. "First and foremost who are you really?"
"Neon "Grim" Cross. Call-sign "Grim Eagle". I'm from the Netherlands and I'm 16 years old. I have no knowledge of my date of birth nor my family as I was told that I was an orphan. I'm a Lone Wolf Operative for the United Nation World Operations counter-terrorism/black ops unit."
"So you're a member of a black ops unit huh? In other words you don't officially exist?"
"Yes ma'am. Only a select few know about me."
"Describe your skills then soldier."
"Yes ma'am. I am well versed in multiple forms of warfare, very knowledgeable in many tactics and weapons and also very skilled in using them. I'm also able to pilot any vehicle especially in battle. I'm also fluent in English, French, German, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swahili. I've also been trained to adapt to whatever scenario I find myself in and to survive anything. I am mostly deployed to outright exterminate terrorist threats wherever they're located."
Yuuko's eyes were wide open. Most likely in shock and awe. Who wouldn't be after I tell them all that. Although I had to leave out the fact that I'm a Bounty Rook and basically a genetically modified super soldier. That would really cause a ruckus.
"That's a lot to stomach. So they trained you into the ground huh?" Yuuko asked.
"Yes ma'am." I answered.
"How experienced are you?"
"I've been in the unit for three years and completed exactly 177 missions and participated in 185 battle engagements. All ending in me and UN's favor. I even earned the call-sign Grim Eagle because I killed over 1900 enemy forces."
Silence was all I got. In fact I could hear a pin dropping somewhere as I saw Yuuko looking at me with eyes wide and her jaw hanging there.
"I think I broke her." I muttered.
Yuuko's POV
Did I hear him right? 177 missions, 185 battle engagements and over 1900 kills?! Who the hell turned this young man into such a killing machine?! Even the way he talked isn't normal. I know about child soldiers who had joined the military either by force or by their own volition but I have never heard of someone as young as him with such a battle record as his. I know that we're doing something similar with training Eishis but for someone to have seen so much battle and killed that many at such a young age, it's quite a surprise and also sad.
"I think I broke her." I heard him say which got me back to reality. Did I actually blank out like that?!
Neon Cross' POV
Yuuko seemed to have finally regained her wits. I don't get why she even blanked out to begin with. It's not like my battle records are any special, right? And even if she thinks that what I'm saying is bogus, I don't care, it's her own prerogative.
"Is that all of your questions because if so can we get this show on the road?" I spoke up, "Everything else I'll ask this Takeru person."
"Of course." Yuuko replied getting out of the stupor.
...
Training Field...
After leaving Professor Yuuko's office, I made my way to the training field where she mentioned I'd meet my new squad, Squad 207. All this was new to me as I mostly worked alone except for joint ops where I worked with other squads but never as a member of one. This could take some getting used to. Also I'm no longer fighting against terrorists and enemy soldiers, instead I am fighting against aliens. Freaking aliens! Sounds insane and even with Takeru's brief explanation it still sounds insane but I'm not one for science and theory but action which means that I'll have to fight this enemy.
As I walked through the mentioned area, I heard someone call out to me. It was feminine.
"Excuse me…are you..."
"Huh?"
I turned around and saw a girl with long blue hair which she tied into a high ponytail with a white band and blue eyes. She was wearing the same dark blue UN uniform with a black turtleneck shirt under it. She's definitely Japanese and also from the upper class which I have no love for.
'Meiya.' Takeru said in surprise.
'Someone you know?' I asked.
"She's one of the members of Squad 207 and my classmate back in my world."
'I see. Well this time I'll be the one interacting with them, not you so just sit back and watch and I'll ask you for backup if I need it.'
"Okay." Takeru said, although with reluctance. What? It's my body not yours dimwit.
"And also mine too Neon!" Rook added.
'Yes. Yes...You too Rook.'
"...Hm? What is it? Is something the matter?" Meia asked.
"Nothing is wrong. Just spaced out for a second." I replied.
"I must ask you to not go any further. This place is dangerous for outsiders."
"Actually. I was sent here to meet someone."
"Hm? Who are you looking for?"
"Mitsurugi, it's all right." Another voice called out.
Walking towards us was a woman with long brown hair and brown eyes, also wearing the same UN uniform.
"Instructor?"
"...you're Cross Neon?" The instructor asked.
"Yes ma'am." I saluted. "Are you Sergeant Jinguuji?"
"Yes I am." The sergeant replied, "At ease."
"Then this man is..." Mitsurugi trailed off.
"Assemble the squad!" Sergeant Jinguuji.
Quickly the rest of squad 207 assembled in front of her and they were all girls. Okay, what? Yuuko put me in a squad of girls? What the hell?
"Well, what did you expect?" Takeru deadpanned.
'Shut up kid!'
"Squad 207 assembled!" said a girl with brown hair tied into two braided ponytails, olive green eyes and had glasses on.
"Good...then I'll introduce him. This is Cross Neon, newly assigned to squad 207." The instructor began. The four girls turned to look at me. The other two being a tall girl with black hair styled like a certain black hedgehog I know of and violet eyes and the other being a shorter girl with green eyes and pink hair styled as if she's a cat.
"I'd like to say it's a pleasure to meet you all but that remains to be seen." I said.
"As you can see, he's a man..." DUH! DUH! DUH! DUH! "You're all probably surprised to see a male recruit nowadays, but until recently he's been exempt from the draft."
So that's my cover story Yuuko made up? I'll just roll with it since she said that she has it covered.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Too complicated to talk about."
"He'll be training with us starting tomorrow. Understand?"
"Ma'am!" The four girls acknowledged.
"For now eat with him and learn to get along. Afterward, Sakaki, you will escort him to the barracks and give him anything he needs."
"Ma'am!" The girl known as Sakaki acknowledged.
"We'll continue training for the remaining ten minutes. Cross, stay there and watch." Sergeant Jinguuji pointed over to the side.
"Affirmative." I acknowledged. I walked over to the spot and watched my squad mates finish their training.
PX (Post Exchange) aka The Cafeteria...
Sakaki was very helpful in showing me around the place. The garage, cadet dormitory, classroom, the assembly room and so on. Thanks to how I am and also Takeru's past knowledge of this place, I was able to process the information very quickly and be done in time to get to the cafeteria.
"Cross-san, Sakaki-san, over here!" Tamase Miki called us over from one of the tables in the PX. Both I and Sakaki Chizuru, who was also the squad leader of squad 207 went over to the table where the others are. I sat down beside the black haired girl named Ayamine Kei on one side while Chizuru joined Tamase and Meiya Mitsurugi on the other side.
"You got here faster than I expected." Meia said with a look of disbelief.
Sakaki shrugged. "That's because Cross wanted to get the tour over and done with."
"Hm?"
"He preferred that I explained things in simpler terms and spare him the "long ass explanations" which is why we were done quicker than normal."
"Which is a good thing, Squad leader, since it saves us all valuable time." I said. Takeru has been telling me to call her Class Rep but I ignored that as this is NOT his Class Rep! "And by the way please call me Neon. I'm not from Japan and even though I know the customs here I'd prefer to be called by my first name."
"Very well then Neon. Oh, by the way, the instructor asked me to give this to you."
Meiya then handed me a piece of paper. I took it and scanned through the contents quickly. It looked like some kind of an enlistment oath. "UN enlistment oath." Takeru informed me.
"Ah. Thank you. Neon, have that memorized by tomorrow. You have to recite the oath in order to enlist." Chizuru informed me.
"You mean this UN enlistment oath?" I asked.
"Yes..." Ayamine said.
"Well then, I'll have it memorized for tomorrow."
"I see…. Well, good luck tomorrow." Tamase said.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Tamase."
Then I saw Chizuru look at me with a serious expression. "By the way. There is something I want to ask you."
"What will that be?" I asked.
"I'll be blunt. Can we… expect much out of you?"
Excuse me? "What are you saying?"
"Instructor Jinguuji told us you're a 'special person'. Is that 'special' compared to us? No out of everyone in the country? The planet?"
"That is a very good question." You have no idea. "However the answer to that depends on your outlook."
"Hmm? I see. Well that is still good to hear." Meiya said.
"Let's train hard together, Neon-san!" Tamase exclaimed.
"Yeah...let's do that." I said.
"We do not wish to know what 'special' actually means. But it does make us hopeful." Meiya added.
"Well Professor Kouzuki and Instructor Jinguuji both have faith in him! I'm sure he'll be fine." Miki said.
"….I hope so." Ayamine said.
"Anyways a month from now, there'll be a Comprehensive Skill Evaluation." Chizuru mentioned, "We have to win this time."
"Comprehensive Skill Evaluation? You mean like your final exams?" I asked. This reminded me of a similar test UN cadets or officers took before they could join UNWOP.
"Yes, you're correct Neon." Chizuru answered. "You know about it?"
"I have a rough idea about it thanks to someone I know that's part of the UN." I replied.
"We have over a week so Yoroi should return in time to join us. We need Squad 207 to be as strong as possible when the time comes." Meiya said.
"Yoroi? Is that another squad member?" I asked.
"Yes. Yoroi-san had to be hospitalized after the last training exercise." Miki answered, though I could tell that she was hiding some guilt when she said that. That meant that it was that bad.
"Yoroi's skills, especially in survival, are second to none." Chizuru said with pride.
Tch. As if. They don't know about my own skills. "Is that so? Can't wait to meet her then."
"Anyways we are expecting a lot out of you." Chizuru said with a mischievous grin on her face which the others had except Tamase who was just smiling.
"Hmph. No pressure." I replied nonchalantly. Oh I'll more than meet your expectations girls.
Evening, My Room...
Looks like the UN here is a little different from the one I'm used to. Not as strict but neither too lax either. I guess that's a good thing. Well no matter, let's read this UN oath then. Hmm...Not too hard to remember which is also good.
Squad 207 seems to be a decent unit though Squad leader Chizuru seems to be extremely strict, having high expectations of me on day one. I also can tell that they all have secrets of their own and they respect each other's privacy in such matters. That's fine and all but they can't keep those walls up forever. It's bound to ruin the unit if they do so. I may have to reveal some secrets of my own too. I'll need to do something about that. Well let's see what tomorrow has for me then. And just as I'm about to lie down suddenly there's a knock on the door. I opened the door and saw a familiar person.
"Well hello Yuuko-san. What can I do for you?"
"Oh no reason. Just thought that I'd see how you're doing with your new squad." Yuuko replied.
"The girls are a decent bunch but they are expecting too much out of me right off the bat." I answered, "Though I intend to do more than meet those expectations."
"Considering that you're a soldier already from your world that shouldn't be a big deal for you. In fact you can use this to your advantage to encourage the others to push themselves."
"True and they seem to need me especially for the Comprehensive Skills Evaluation. I take it that you know about it."
"Of course. It's the exam that the cadets take before they begin their Eishi training. Takes place on an island off the coast. The next one's taking place very soon, so be ready for it."
"Of course I'll be ready. I was made for this kind of thing."
Tuesday, October 23 2011, Training Field...
I have never felt so insulted in my life! Ten kilometer run around the field? Really? That's child's play for me. I easily went through that without an issue, which I noticed surprised the instructor. Most likely she didn't expect a greenhorn to be able to move at a quick pace and even finish faster than the others and without being exhausted. I stopped in front of the instructor after I was done with this joke of a run.
"Instructor I'm done." I said, though I wanted to call this a joke but I held my words back.
Instructor Jinguuji just looked at me while hiding her surprise. "Good, now wait until the others get back. You can rest."
"Well I'm still feel fresh so I'd like to run some more." I said.
"Very well then." The instructor permitted. With that I went off and began to go around the track some more and overlapped the girls once more. After the girls finished 10 kilometers, I also stopped and still I wasn't satisfied. I needed something more challenging than this! The instructor looked at us and pointed towards the cages.
"Okay, next! Grab the gear in the cages and march ten kilometers!" she ordered.
"Un-understood..."
"Really? Half gear?" I said making my dissatisfaction clear.
I could see the other cadets look at me in shock from my statement. I met their looks with a shrug as if that wasn't a big deal. Then I noticed Instructor Jinguuji looking at me with a fake smile and clenched fist. Looks like she intends to do something about my attitude. Ha! You wish!
"I see. Cross, has all this time you spent exempt from draft given you extra energy?" She asked.
I shrugged without a care in the world. "Maybe it has."
"Then you can do it in full gear. If you want, I can have you carry a dummy machine gun as well!"
"Understood ma'am!" I happily saluted, which caused her to raise her eyebrow at my enthusiasm. I wasted no time running off to the cage with the rest of the squad following.
Even in full gear and with that dummy machine gun I easily finished my laps before the rest of the squad and I still wasn't satisfied. I know that I have insane stamina and all that but I still should have a limit! I sighed and then noticed Tamase walk over to me.
"That's amazing...mmmm, there!" she said as she dropped her gear. I just looked at her and shrugged.
"What's so amazing?" I asked.
"That you complained about not doing it in full gear and that you still outran us in full gear and with a dummy weapon."
"Honestly I expected us to do more..."
"That's true but still….."
So we'll actually be doing more...good!
Evening, My Room...
Argh! Seriously the so called training I went through with the squad left much to be desired. I never felt so unsatisfied with a training session like that while the others were actually feeling a bit fatigued by the training. Maybe it's because of how I am. I mean I'm supposed to be the "Ultimate Soldier" according to Professor Yashiro. That might explain why the training sessions I'm used to are nothing like these ones I went through. Even Takeru was surprised too. Speaking of which me and Rook had a talk with the kid and grilled him about what he had said to Yuuko. Of course he explained what he knew to me as he didn't want to piss two people who could beat his ass six ways from Sunday whenever they want. He told us about the events that occurred before Alternative V kicked in, the Coup d'état, the Shuttle bombing attempt and some other ones. Needless to say I was even more pissed off at the idiocy of humanity. No wonder why Alternative V happened and why the BETA had been wiping the floor with humans. They are still bickering among themselves when there's a bigger threat out there trying to wipe them all out. That's why I hate politics. With all that I am very inclined to help make sure that Alternative IV succeeds at all costs.
Anyways Takeru told me that I should ease up a bit. For some reason those girls were looking at me in a strange way during the training exercises today. As if I was not normal. Well I'm not normal, that much is clear but I don't have to tell them that. Or do I? I may have been a lone wolf but even I know when I have to work with others and something tells me that I'd have to work with these girls in my squad even if I far surpass them as a soldier.
Gah! Whatever! Still I need to get more information about what I've gotten myself into. Even with what Takeru explained that is still not enough information for me, especially considering that it was from the last loop like he put it. Besides lack of information tends to be fatal in this line of work.
Chapter 2 End.
Now you figured what's up and if you don't, what have you been reading?
Neon "Grim" Cross is here in this world. Not exactly in the place of Shirogene Takeru as he's also there for the ride. Most of the time Neon's doing most of the interaction here and maybe getting assistance from Takeru, except when dealing with Yuuko and certain other people where both or only Takeru would be interacting. How this would affect things would be up to you to find out.
R&R and until next chapter. Sayonara!