Assassin Drones: The original saga
Fuyuki's training Arc. De Arimasu!
By Alex Young
Fuyuki's room, 7:00 am. March 4, 2003
Fuyuki was clad in his denim shirt, olive tie, and a pair of beige linen dress pants. Another thing was that during the days in between Girls' day and White day there's a dress code for that.
He is required to wear either a black dress shirt or a white dress shirt with any neck tie and pair of dress pants, or wear any dress shirt with a white tie and white dress pants on Mondays.
He can wear any color neck tie with a white shirt (in addition to his navy blue and brown pairs of dress pants), light blue shirt (in addition to his olive dress pants and white dress pants), or black shirt (in addition to any other pair of dress pants) with a gray pair of dress pants on Tuesdays.
He can wear any pair of dress pants with his light blue shirt with his navy, black, or olive ties, his denim shirt with his blood red or royal blue ties, his white and black shirts with any other neck tie on Wednesdays.
He can wear any dress shirt with his navy tie, black tie, and royal blue tie with his gray and navy dress pants, his black tie, olive tie, red tie, and brown tie with his olive, brown, and khaki dress pants, and any other tie with his white dress pants on Thursdays.
He is required to wear his white tie and white dress pants with his black shirt (he can also wear his white tie and white dress pants and/or his black dress shirt at any time during the week) and any color belt and pair of dress shoes, along with any other shirt except with his white belt and white dress shoes on Firdays.
He can wear just about any dress shirt with any tie and any pair of dress pants on Saturdays and Sundays. Finally, if he wears any dress shirt today, he is required to wear his white tie and white dress pants with it tomorrow throughout this time period.
He knew within himself that he has had to be very brief in dating Momoka because of the fast approaching deadline set at the middle of June. Therefore, he has had to reduce the minimum time to less than twenty five minutes.
That is, unless he can convince Ranma to take Momoka in as another student. As of this very moment in time, Fuyuki would come to work within the deadline as that's the best he can do.
Specialty shipping port Quebec Sigma 420 in the United States, 10:00 am. March 6, 2003
The guards were sitting at their posts in the midst of the sun's rays shining down on their heads. Two people running past the gate without stopping were ordered to be gunned down on site, and they were.
The port was owned by yet another paramilitary unit registered in EX.W.A.T.I. as Xavier Tau 186, also known as Artemis defensive systems limited. A biker on his Harley-Davidson chopper had just been cleared to pass the gate, and he went along his way.
There was also a Ford crown Victoria limousine accompanied by several other police cars and bikes. Radon, clad in an olive suit and black turtleneck sweater, was accompanied by his old acquaintance and client, Emma Miyamoto.
They were here to transport what was essentially a large, spherical, blue diamond purported to be harboring a very ancient power. After gaining the day's clearance, the limo was allowed to enter the shipping compound.
The shipment was to be from this very port all the way to the pentagon and throughout various universities for evaluation. Emma was to oversee the shipping, and Radon provided security detail.
The Don Viper gang was also keen on harnessing this untold power, therefore they sent in one of their heaviest hitters; Mecha Werevamp Viper to carve a path for the thieves. This Viper is an absolute whackjob with an appetite for flesh, blood, and carnage.
He is a cyborg with a purely mechanical pair of arms and a robotic torso to match, which is why he doesn't need much in the way of actual flesh and blood to survive. All of this, along with a pair of miniguns, only serves to enhance his killing power.
However, the people who are organizing the shipment have since thought ahead, and shipped several fake diamond orbs that do not contain this mystical power. In addition to this, the Don Viper gang weren't the only ones interested in stealing the real McCoy.
Gial, along with Miezoen and Moaghen were also keen on using the sphere diamond as a key instrument in their latest plan. Emma and Radon would both ship the real orb, while a larger semi trailer fleet would ship out all the fake orbs to throw all the thieves for a loop.
Instinct Security Solutions is a purely privateer outfit that handles defense, rather than attack. It began when the Midnight Vanguard had disbanded, and a few former members were reassigned into EX.W.A.T.I.'s science and technology division. The rest had left to join former members of the Undertakers in forming the organization similar in structure as a competitor.
This move had essentially given the Undertakers an impetus to get a leg up on their newborn competition. Another thing was that those those clients who felt that they were cheated out of their own money by the Undertakers, could just turn to Instinct Security Solutions, and have them provide protection at a good bargain from any Undertaker attacks.
Essentially, Instinct Security Solutions is a bargain basement version of the Undertakers, although they rely more on security technology, and are not exactly as well equipped as their counterparts. They still use a mesh network, and has the same squad structure, although each squad is called a security cell.
ISIS has a somewhat tighter organizational structure, with much fewer people actually in control of the organization designed to be the Undertakers' arch rival. They also use and install security systems, and silent alarm nodes, along with deploying security drones at only a slightly higher price.
Then again, the Undertakers have been ones to retaliate, and retaliate they did, from stealing ISIS assets, to breaking into ISIS nodes to name a few. Both of whom would, however perform joint missions together with one thing in common.
That being in going after a humanoid reptilian entity the Black Cobra, as they did during their days in close association with the Midnight Vanguard. The Black Cobra had been terrorizing Next Generation Task Force operatives in the 1990s following the secret Gulf war.
It disappeared in late 1997, only to truly reemerge in early 2001, with a few sightings here and there during the interim. This was because the Midnight Vanguard, an organization within the NGTF with close ties to the Undertakers that had been tracking it since circa 1993-1994, had disbanded a few weeks following the NGTF's restructuring into EX.W.A.T.I. in 2000.
As of now, there is an atmosphere of uneasy tension between the Undertakers and ISIS, only to be infrequently disturbed by uproar. When objectives are completed and egos are repaired, calm is restored between the both of them.
This time around, ISIS were also protecting the shipping operation against the potential thieves, but the assassin drones being the masters of subversion, had already convinced the Don Viper to go after all the fakes, while the three assassin drones track and eventually steal the real McCoy.
All of the orbs were shipped via one of the new Cape Cod class of cargo submarines. It had hauled several tons of vital goods to U.S. shores in order to cover up the shipment of all the fake orbs, as well as the one authentic orb.
Mecha Werevamp Viper was also accompanied by Tank Viper, along with Cloak and Dagger Viper as they sent out their thugs to hijack the shipment of fake orbs to keep ISIS forces preoccupied.
Reaver drones and Mecha aircraft would duke it out over the shipment as wave after wave of thugs inundated the landscape and shipment with bullet holes. The Black Cobra was among the assassin drones as they all infiltrated the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Black Cobra had prepared a transport helicopter, with Moaghen on board monitoring everything. After Gial had collected all the information gathered at MIT, Miezoen swooped in and stole the blue diamond orb for quick and quiet transport out of dodge.
Somewhere in the skies above Stockholm in Sweden, later that day
Saab aerospace and Northrop Grumman have entered a joint development agreement just eight months ago with the brand new, month old AC-88 Genba supersonic gunship, based on Saab's uncannily reliable J-88 Kendra supersonic cargo plane.
However, the Genba has a few little party tricks that it's Kendra counterpart does not; semi-autonomous gun turrets, some stinger missiles, some laser JDAM bombs, and several other possible munition configurations.
Realizing that they've been had, the Don Viper Gang sent several Reaver drones, along with Stealth Ace Viper in his personal fighter jet after Miezoen and company as they ducked and weaved past enemy lines.
Moaghen launched his trademark mind control strike on the Reaver drones and sent them after the Genba gunship. Zane and his stinger squadron, along with a few Xiu Wong owned fighter jets immediately flew in to intercept the Reavers as they drew dangerously close to the prototype gunship.
The two B-2B missile trucks opened fire on the Reaver drones, which served as sacrificial decoys for the assassin drones so they can escape unscathed. Zane, wise to the ruse shot down the helicopter with his Mantis' trademark twin guns upon remembering horror stories concerning the Black Cobra told to him during his youth.
Even as a prototype, the Genba could pull its own weight around as well with its single bofors cannon shooting at one of the Don Viper's many crack commando escorted recovery teams.
One such team led by Corsair Viper, extracted the diamond orb surprisingly intact in spite of the crash, with the occupants nowhere to be found. With his mission accomplished, Corsair Viper returned from the crash site, with the stinger squadron engaged in stealth pursuit mode going after them.
A maintenance tunnel underneath the English channel, 3:00 pm. March 8, 2003
The Daikage cell were walking down the tunnel in search of an access section to the train tunnel. They've been assigned to kill a major French investor of Xiu Wong's by detonating a bomb in the tunnel where he is scheduled to take for a business meeting.
"An associate of the Don Viper's told us that there is a sensor rigged onto the middle of the second car, and that the bomb will detonate upon getting into its range." Nagato debriefed as he opened up an access door.
Nana and Ryosuke stood guard as Daikage and Nagato armed the bomb upon hooking it up to the track. They all swiftly escaped back into the maintenance tunnel and simply walked their way out the French side of the Chunnel.
None of them had ever fired a round so far into the mission, which required more stealth, subtlety, and guile as opposed to going in guns blazing. "The train should enter the tunnel in 5, 4, 3, 2." Nagato counted down as *wrrrrrrrrrrrrrRROOOOOOOSSSSHHH!* the high speed maglev train streaked into the tunnel as Daikage and company took their leave with a faint explosion following just minutes later.
Daikage answered the phone once more to have his client on the line. \So, Daikage. I see you go in Chunnel to fuck with investment in fucking Xiu Wong, no?/ His client, apparently a former Kurain member and a male, stated hating Xiu Wong's guts after what he did with his colleague, the Jusenkyo Guide.
\I only play my part in hypnotizing Frenchman into taking train to death./ The client added making sure that the job gets done. "Alright, now for the payment." Daikage requested. \Coming right up, dear sir./ The client replied as he hung up working to transfer the agreed payment into the Daikage cell's bank account.
A back alley in Kyoto, 8:00 pm. March 10, 2003
Radon, Tzu Lin, along with X1 sans Ranma in the back all proceeded with the utmost caution in the midst of a deal that she had struck with the Don Viper concerning the blue diamond orb currently in the latter's possession.
In exchange for the return of the orb to EX.W.A.T.I. hands, she was to surrender any viable intelligence regarding some of Xiu Wong's more recent activities. That, however was no guarantee that she wouldn't use that as evidence against the Don Viper in a potential prosecution.
Instead, a highly convincing body double for the Don Viper handed her the actual orb. However, the Don viper isn't the only one to deal in fakery as Tzu Lin handed the body double some forged documents and some doctored video tapes to have them walking straight into a bear trap.
Tzu Lin was also instrumental in playing Xiu Wong off against the Don Viper and the Kurain crime syndicate about two years ago today. In fact, her skills as a double agent are what launched her career in EX.W.A.T.I., thus attaining all the necessary leverage to found her own private army.
She also has a strong sense of justice to a point where she finds herself capable of conducting secret wars to put her perceived demons in their rightful place. With the shady deal concluded, Tzu Lin and company proceeded back towards her corporate office with the orb in hand.
The Hinata residence, 10:00 am. March 11, 2003
Fuyuki was sitting in his room clad in a white dress shirt with a light blue lattice pattern. It was already tucked in to a pair of brownish orange dress pants while he was tying his bright red tie after having invited Momoka over for lunch. But first, he wanted to have a conversation with her about her reasons for wearing kimono for him.
Fuyuki also recalled wearing his carbon fiber dress shirt, his light blue tie, and his light gray waistcoat vest and dress pants for yesterday's date. Also during yesterday Ranma was making certain that Fuyuki would improve upon the skills he had acquired during previous lessons.
As Momoka made a surprise entrance in a pinafore dress with a pattern matching that of Fuyuki's dress shirt, she sat down right next to him having just finished tying his tie. "So, Momoka. Why is it that you usually wear kimono for me?" Fuyuki questioned with his natural curiosity in full swing.
"Well, In some of the more rural areas in Japan, young girls are often taught by their mothers to wear their favorite kimono for the boy they care about most. I guess that may explain my fashion sense." Momoka elucidated gently as she and Fuyuki went down stairs for some home cooked lunch.
Area 51, 11:04 pm. March 12, 2003
The president had just signed an executive order from the White House outlining that the diamond sphere be placed in Area 51, where the site of a strange new tool in EX.W.A.T.I.'s ever burgeoning arsenal resides.
In this case, the sphere was at the center, with six perfectly refined Lapis Lazuli crystals surrounding and pointing at it. The tool in question is designed to induce either fervent support for or virulent furor against any nation's leader.
So much so of either that it would trigger a fundamental seismic shift within the political balance of power of entire nations if the operator so chose. The theory driving such a weapon is known as weaponized politics and democracy.
Moaghen had just launched a mind control strike against the operator with all the rest in the operating room having their memories erased and knocked out cold by Gial. "Let's see. Ah! North Korea! We'll have their missiles launch our kinetic kill transforming warheads right, here!" Moaghen declared pointing at Furinkan itself.
Just then, as soon as Moaghen struck North Korea and began launching the missiles. *BOOKOW!* Several ISIS and Undertaker cells stormed the operating room and jogged everyone's memories about it all.
"We should have known that you'd be behind this, Moaghen!" Daikage spat citing the interception of an ISIS spec distress signal directly from Area 51. "Change of plans. Now prepare for the shock of your FUCKING LIVES! HA!" Moaghen screeched as he changed the missiles' coordinates from Furinkan to the White House!
This was when the orbital missile defense system kicked into action, and zapped them all one by one with high energy lasers. The mechadrone warheads did detach from the missiles, except they just sort of fell into the Pacific ocean.
"You were saying?" Daikage uttered to Moaghen's humiliation. Gial then released several smoke bombs and made a break for it with Moaghen not far behind after knocking all occupants unconscious.
Gial and Moaghen were galloping in full retreat with Trokyushe awaiting extraction and they all escaped Area 51 unharmed. What of the mechadrone warheads, many may say? Lets just assume that all of them survived and are floating about the Pacific ocean awaiting further orders in an inert state.
That very spot in the Pacific ocean, 3:00 am. White eve, 2003
An EX.W.A.T.I. extraction team, complete with a dredger, and a crane system were scouring the waters for the surviving warheads because they have all disappeared. Actually, they were ordered to retreat into the Sea of Japan for easier access to reinforcements for the capture of Ranma Saotome, and the hive mind contained therein.
Meanwhile, in the Indian ocean just off the coast of Karachi, Pakistan
Master Kung Fu Zanronite, his second in command Hazu the Nightstalker, and Aoryuzen's detachment of six berserker drones for generals began to lead a full scale invasion of the oil rich Middle East through Pakistan.
Several techno organic looking, fish like Youma warships surfaced launching their amphibious landing craft as part of an initiative to establish their beach head. The landing craft ranged from small for Youma infantry, to very large for carrying main battle tanks and artillery components.
This was when the portable factory modules came on hover platforms, setting up shop upon landfall. This was when several Guntula artillery zoids rolled out of their assembly line one by one.
The beach head was also littered with AA guns, early warning radars, and missile batteries as assembly lines also pumped out command wolves, descats, diablo tigers, guysaks, molgas, buster eagles, and unmanned zakus of multiple flavors just to name a few.
Across the border in Afghanistan some 9 hours later, the Eleventh Heaven, which comprised of Claw, Reaper, Sheriff, Ballistic, Tracer, Skunk, Scud, Venom, Razorback, Ripper, and Zero were just getting ready to deploy and move on over to Pakistan to provide assistance for their ground forces.
Task force Zulu Lambda 409 was also on the case with Harper, Frankie, Rebecca, and their handler Ferdinand taking point. Radon and the Daikage cell, who were assigned to track down the supposed turncoat Zyururu after his mysterious disappearance just this past Saturday, had just arrived in Pakistan in wonder as to what he was truly up to with his female partner in crime, Kiriri.
Amara and Michelle were both on a business trip in a more Kurdish populated area in Pakistan, with Team RWBY providing security detail. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long were all but uneasy at the tension incurred during the ongoing Youma invasion of Pakistan.
Several Anglo-American XM322 Rajput unmanned walking tactical bombardment platforms in revolver cannon and MLRS configurations were firing at the beach head near Karachi to abate the invasion. Back at one of the hotels, Amara and Michelle both feared as members of a secret society dubbed the Sailor Order that EX.W.A.T.I.'s involvement alone may not be enough.
It was decided that both would join the battle themselves along with Team RWBY if the invasion were to breach Kurdish territory in Pakistan. Several Russo-Chinese "Tigershark" ballistic missiles streaked over the city that the girls were in, and flew straight through the anti missile defense systems unharmed.
This had demonstrated that EX.W.A.T.I. was already on high alert in the wake of the Girls' day firestorm, along with the deployment of several Saudi Arabian owned RQH-6A Dire Wolf super drones and American F-22A Raptors rushing straight into the battle zone.
The YF-41 Mantises would not be needed until the invasion escalates far enough. Come sundown, the situation did escalate rather slowly, but not enough with the complete capture of both Karachi, and Pakistan's capital, Islamabad just 18 hours into the invasion.
Out in the streets near the Hinata residence, 11:00 pm.
Haru had just taken his leave yesterday to go out exploring the world as he always did, which would explain his absence as the rest of the Hinatas left out late in support of their youngest family member, Fuyuki tonight.
Natsumi and Aki were both clad in black, long sleeve dress shirts tucked into brownish orange knee length shirts, with brown pantyhose, and brown high heel shoes, which accentuated their womanly figures quite beautifully.
Fuyuki was also clad in his black long sleeve dress shirt, but with much more of a sheen. Fuyuki had tucked his dress shirt into a pair of brownish orange dress pants to match his sister's and his mother's skirts. He also wore a snake skin patterned necktie to match his snake skin patterned belt and dress shoes.
Fuyuki wanted to make it extra special for Momoka this White day, so his family pitched in to prepare a porch table with matching chairs before hand, which they finished rehearsing well ahead of schedule amid the successfully baking the White day cakes.
They found a spot within the park, and prepared the candle light White day cake feast before stepping aside to watch Fuyuki as he stood by the table with a white sheet over each cake on the table, one for himself, and one for his girlfriend.
That girlfriend, Momoka had just arrived clad in her navy blue kimono and her lavender obi come White day at midnight to take her seat at the table. Fuyuki instructed Momoka to close her eyes, and then open them as he pulled both white cloths to reveal the cakes in all their delectable glory.
Fuyuki, with his new found confidence, pulled out a zippo lighter, lit the flame, and showed off a little by twirling and spinning it around in his hand with the flame lit. The weather tonight was nothing less than very cooperative as he lit all the candles in rapid succession to mark the beginning of his and Momoka's White day celebration.
Both cakes were reasonably small, in for one format, yet just large enough to satisfy without the consumer getting sick from eating too much of it. The Kissho Junior High class couple took their time chewing and swallowing every morsel, each knowing well enough to thoroughly enjoy their cake meals to their fullest and have a good time about it.
All and all, there was no debating the fact that Aki was there to ensure that her son has and gives Momoka the most enjoyable White day without ever having to spend upwards of a million something U.S. dollars. With their little mission accomplished in full, Momoka and Fuyuki parted ways once more as they returned home for a good night's rest.