For Souchu

Snipe Class

It was another bad day for Seri. Not only did she miss the majority of her shots, jam her sniper rifle, and spill her own jarate on herself, but she got a fierce headache from the Soldier yelling at her. Yup, she thought, just another cruddy day on the RED team.

Just to rub it into her face, the Soldier decided it was time to call in another Sniper to the base. The day finally came when the new guy was due to arrive. Seri sat up on the roof sketching the 2Fort Bridge, twirling her black hair around her finger when the Sniper walked into the base.

"So, you're the one they said has the accuracy of a cross-eyed wombat?" The new Sniper said, climbing up to the roof.

"I'm not that bad." Seri mumbled, looking up at the sniper. She had to admit, he wasn't bad looking at all. He was about six foot, a tad taller than her. He looked to be in his early thirties and wore the standard Sniper uniform. Seri seemed to stare for a bit before blushing and returning to her sketch.

"Well, whatever you think doesn't matter to the Solider apparently. You're going to report to me tomorrow morning for some target practice." He said with half a smirk.

"And what if I don't want to?" Seri said, standing up and looking a tad bit angry.

"Then I will hunt you down and drag you there." The Sniper replied with a feral growl. He walked off and Seri sat on the roof before storming off to her room, slamming the Scout into wall after he asked her what she thought of the new Sniper.

-The Next Morning-

"Rise and shine cross-eyed wombat." The cocky voice said. Seri slowly opened her eyes to see that the Sniper did exactly as he said he would, she was out in the practice field, still on her mattress.

"You really dragged me out here on my mattress?" She yelled angrily. Seri jumped to her feet, only to have her rifle shoved into her hands.

"There are three targets there. Shoot them in the head."

Seri lined up the shots but failed to deliver. She completely missed the first two but managed to hit the last one in the foot. The Sniper shook his head as Seri wiped her brow on her red tanktop. He came up behind her and put his hands over hers on the gun which caused her to jerk away. "I don't need your help." Seri growled.

"Obviously you do. You missed two and hit one in the foot."

"Just leave me alone; I'll get it eventually."

"Soldier wants you to get it now." He said, stepping closer to Seri.

"Back up," she said, shoving him "I'll get it on these next three shots." Three shots, no hits.

"Let me help you do this." The Sniper put his hands over hers and shot all three down in a split second. "Now, was that so hard?" He said, looking at her only to find he had a bright blush across her cheeks.

"I think that was enough for today…" she said, starting to shy away from him.

He pulled her close to him "I'm the teacher; I'll say when class is over."

Seri tried to say something but no words came out; only her blush increased. She pulled away and darted out the door, embarrassed and confused. The man drags me out of bed, shoves a rifle in my hands, and then tries to seduce me? Things are getting stranger every day. She thought to herself.

The Soldier requested(More like demanded, she thought) her presence on the field to show off what she learned. Even though she was in the safety of her own nest, she felt the eyes of the other Sniper on her. Out of fifteen shots, she managed to hit seven on them which left the Soldier slightly happy. Sure she still got yelled at but at least it wasn't for a half an hour.

This went on for weeks, Seri sniping and the other watching. She did improve but she began to day dream more often about the Sniper. She would tend to slip into the dream where he would take her away from the war and they would spend time hunting in the outback, only to end up going back home together and living peacefully. One morning, a note was placed on her door stating that she was to have a "Test of Marksmanship." that afternoon. Seri thought the training was over but went to the practice field regardlessly.

Once she stepped in, Seri was immediately pressed up against the wall, "What the he-"

"I told you that I decided when classes were over." A Feral voice growled.

Seri's eyes widened when a pair of lips were pressed to hers. It then finally registered in her mind that the man she was dreaming about was here kissing her; the man who orders her around liked her back.

After about five minutes of fun, the Sniper pulled away from her, smiling, "I think you passed your test with flying colors, cross-eyed wombat."

"I don't know," she responded playfully, "I think I should test you a bit when class is over."

"I told you," he replied with a smirk, "I say when class is over."