Feeling really agitation Rito wondered around the apocalyptic Japan carelessly with apathy. "There you are." Haruna said finding Rito location. "Are you okay, you shouldn't wonder around so carelessly?" she asked.
"Yeah, just feeling, actually I don't know what to feel out of this whole future situation. I'm the cause of all this." Rito answered looking at the cities terrible condition. "None of this is your fault Rito. Fate is a harsh mistress, but not everything is absolute. The future can be changed." Haruna assured putting her hand on Rito's shoulder.
"Haruna…" Rito hissed looking at her face with deep affection. Haruna blushed at his face. "You were always so shy around me, and you've always hesitated to approach me." Haruna remembered. "But then again, that is what I always found charming about you your honesty and your shyness, then again I was pretty distance myself." She said.
Rito rubbed the back of his head nervously blushing after Haruna's compliment. Haruna giggled at his reaction. "Your just as I remembered you." She smiled. Both of them stood their silently enjoying each other's company until a call came on her communicator.
"This is Haruna, go ahead!" She answered.
"Haruna, the enemy had found us and the base is under attack. I don't know what lead them here, but there is a whole group coming our way." Kotegawa reported.
"Oh no! Stand your ground Kotegawa. Hold them off as long as you can until we get there, and don't do anything rash. Order Risa, Mio, Mikan, and Yami to do the same thing." Haruna ordered.
"Fine then, but hurry up there not going to stop either way." Kotegawa shot back.
"Rito, let's go we need to really be on our guard, so no setbacks." Haruna ordered. Rito nodded his head silently in reply as he followed Haruna back to the base.
"All forces to my position at the base. We are under attack, red alert!" Haruna alerted the resistance soldiers.
The King's army came marching in the resistance opening fire upon the resistance. Yami leaped out cutting most of them down. Risa and Mio opened fired on half of them. "This is insane, how'd they find us?" Kotegawa asked. Kotegawa's forces continued to fight off the king's guards.
"We must have been followed from the shadows." Risa said.
"Attention resistance, surrender Yuuki Rito at once, otherwise if you fail to comply we terminate you with hesitation." The guard's ordered. Lala activated the security system releasing a multiple arsenal of laser blast at the guards.
"Retreat, retreat, we can't take them on like this, now while the princess is still with them!" the King's guards shouted. They ran away from the resistance base. "It looks like they are pulling back for now thanks to Lala." Risa said.
"Everyone, are you all okay?" Haruna asked. "Yeah we're fine, but how did they find out base?" Kotegawa asked. Haruna looked all around Yuuki Rito then found bug tracker placed on him. "I think we have our answer right here." Haruna answered. "No doubt more would be on their way to try to attack us again." Haruna suspected.
"Lala, you think you could hack this tracker and mislead the guards?" Haruna asked. "No problem, after all I'm a scientist." Lala replied cheerfully. "It doesn't make sense why would the king want Rito of all people?" Mikan asked.
"Who knows? I'm guessing to settle an old score, but whatever the case they will come back and we'll have to move quick. It won't be safe here no more." Haruna suggested.
"So we need to move all of our remaining forces to another location, so they can't find us." Haruna ordered. Everyone nodded their heads in reply to Haruna's request.
"So the attack on their stronghold was a failure?" The King asked. "Yes, the princess had heavy artillery to fight us off. We were no match for them." The guards replied kneeing down. "Ever since her betrayal she has become more infatuated with those earthlings more than ever, but she can't keep this up for long." He said.
"Continue searching for Yuuki Rito, I want to confront him personally." The king ordered.
"Yes your majesty!" The guard replied in unison.
The resistance force started to move in the shadows for a new base location. One checked around the area for signs of the enemy. "It is all clear, move in to position!" He instructed.
Haruna, Kotegawa, Mikan, Risa, Mio's soldiers moved into position as they took refuge at an old camping ground. "This will be our bas of operation for now. Everyone get into your positions." Haruna ordered.
"Lala is your security system set up for this area yet?" Haruna asked.
"You got it Haruna with this strong barrier none of my father's incompetence guards won't be able to break this." Lala replied. Lala activated a hologram force field around the base.
All of them met up in the briefing room for planning.
"All right everyone it seems like we were careless, so we have to form a plan to strike back at the King while still trying to keep ourselves hidden in the shadows. The sooner he falls the sooner we'll take back earth." Haruna announced.
"First squad will have to serve as a distraction keeping the guards occupied, so that we may sneak into the ship." Haruna suggested.
As Haruna was planning out her strategy one of the resistance soldiers listened in guarding the door. He then headed out to call someone. "Your majesty, the resistance are planning an assault against you. They are located around the docks, so I will deactivate the barrier right now." he reported.
"Most excellent, you have proven yourself useful." The King complimented.
"Now then, wipe out all their remaining forces and bring Yuuki Rito to me alive." The King ordered.
"Lala, we got some forces that were left behind and need our attention, so I need to open the barrier." The resistance spy reported.
"Okay then." Lala replied. She deactivated the barrier.
"First thing we are going to do is…" Haruna paused as an attack came at the base with a large army of the King's guards. The resistance spy then hacked the systems disabling all laser torrents.
"Haruna, we are under attack!" the resistance soldiers reported.
"What? But how did they find us?" Haruna inquired.
The resistance spy snuck out of the base while the King's guards attacked them one by one. Haruna and the others got one guard arming themselves with their laser blasters.
"Hold them off as long as you can until the security system is back on again." Haruna ordered.
Rito wondered around the base looking for Lala to help solve the security problem. Suddenly Rito was ambushed from behind as the resistance spy knocked him unconscious. He then grabbed him carrying him out the back way to report back to his King.
"Target has been achieved sir, I'm heading back right now." he reported.
"There is too many of them, how are we going to stop this?" Kotegawa asked.
"Lala, you and Yami create a smoke screen thick enough for use to get away." Haruna ordered. Yami and Lala nodded their head in reply. With Lala's brains and Yami's skills they both created a very thick smoke screen blinding the guard's sight.
"Don't let them get away!" the guard ordered. One of the guards tossed a grenade through the smokescreen to get the resistance soldiers. The guards heard no signs of struggled which they grew very suspicions.
"Search for the bodies, I want to make sure that they are gone for good!" The head guard ordered. The guards search through the smoke screen for bodies, but suddenly were called back to the castle.
The group had retreated to an old warehouse to heal. "Everyone okay." Haruna asked. Most of the resistance soldiers were injured throughout the unexpected attack. Haruna check on everyone she suddenly notice Rito was missing.
"Hey any of you seen Rito around?" she asked. Everyone shook their head. "Lala show me the last footage that was taken before the attack." Haruna ordered.
Lala checked on previous footage of the base, but then found out that Rito had been capture by a resistances soldier spy.
Haruna slammed her fist in frustration. "Damn it, we were careless!"
"Why couldn't I see it?" Haruna inquired.
"What is our next plan of attack?" Risa asked.
Rito was brought upon the King's presences still knocked out. One of the guards poured water on him to wake him up.
"Well, well, well, look what the ghost have dragged in." he mocked.