World Trigger: Specials
Beach Special 3
AN: So much silliness, violence and comedy...am I insane? Or just a slave to being abnormal? Meh, enjoy!
(Tora POV)
Turning back time a little...
Me and the others were having a blast in the water. Eventually Midorikawa went off to get some drinks for everyone, but Shobu and the others joined us in the fun! We especially tended to run into the ocean and then run out, and eventually on "accident" me and Shobu ended up deeper into the ocean with no one else around to hear.
"So then..."
"...just follow my lead..."
"Right! Thank you for keeping this matter private".
"...no problem, I understand it would be quite embarrassing".
"Yeah..."
"...just keep holding onto me, and practice kicking your feet".
What Shobu was helping me with was, well, learning how to swim. I had been to baths, to hot springs, but so far I had never actually needed to swim. So I had been covertly asking Shobu to help me learn the past few weeks. And now, I was trying to put into practice everything that I had learned.
Thankfully, no one had seemed to notice. I knew that because Sarah did not insist on giving me lessons at the pool at her house. Likely naked.
"...it seems you have been learning really well".
"Thanks for helping me Shobu".
"...no problem, I had to teach myself".
"Wait, you taught yourself how to swim?"
"...there was a pond in the forest near my house...I liked to go there when it was hot and...well...skinny dip".
"Wait what? Really?"
"...yeah. Don't tell anyone. Its a secret. Even my parents don't know. Just like you only learning how to swim these past few weeks".
"Got it! But, I did not expect that you would..."
"...well, the public pool was too...crowded..."
"Ah".
I understood it now. Shobu, who tended to be the shy and quiet type, did that because he was nervous about using the same pool as everyone else. Or maybe, about changing in those huge changing rooms in front of everyone else? Either way, I understood now.
"...you seem to get the hang of it. Try not holding on and using your arms to balance yourself out now".
I let go of Shobu, and I followed as he said and began swimming on my own. After all the practice I put in, it seemed like everything was finally coming together.
I could swim on my own!
"...good jo...huh?"
"What is...ehhh?!"
Suddenly, we felt a strange sensation as a large wave came over and hit us. The feeling of an elastic band getting pulled down from around our waists and free from our legs. In other words, someone just snagged our swimsuits and left us completely naked in the water!
"...over there, Sthenos!?"
"Yay! I knew it, I was right!"
As she said that, Senshi Senzai who had a really bad feeling started to come over along with Sarah and Suzu. At the same time, we all were trying to catch Sthenos, but she left the water soon after hopping with joy...and not only was she holding everyone's swimsuit, she was also holding her own and therefore ran completely naked through the beach and up to her captain.
"Look how energetic everyone is! I told you everyone would enjoy it more if we went without these stupid swimsuits!"
"S...Sthenos! You cant just take people's clothing! Especially when they are wearing it!"
"Why? It was getting in the way of fun!"
Sthenos was in possession of our swimsuits, and we were left completely naked in the water. As Senshi came over to scold Sthenos, Sarah quickly grabbed all of the swimsuits and handed them to Suzu. As they were about to take further action though...
The two of them shouted out as they saw a massive cube of Trion get fired right at them. It was only barely stopped in time by Mei, who rushed forward and managed to shield the attack...only in the end it still got broken. The attack only hit her though, but it was still bad.
Mei glared at where it came from, but even she couldn't keep her anger when she was shocked about who it was.
It was Chika. And Chika looked...mad.
As in, actually pissed off anger.
Ema was next to her trying to console her, though...he seemed quite embarrassed. Actually, not just me, Sarah and Suzu could also see it from where they were. Sthenos had stolen both Chika's and Ema's swimsuit along with Yuma's and a few other's. The only person who seemed to be spared was Midorikawa, who no one could see in the ocean right now.
But the sight of Chika being that angry...it came as a total shock to us, and completely threw us off.
It was Mei who recovered first though, and sent an even scary aura towards us and Sthenos, and even Senshi got caught up in it. It seemed that although she recognized Chika was angry, she was not going to let the fact she just fired a huge cube of Trion at her, and the beach in general.
Also, she wanted to take control of the situation and throw Chika off of her anger before she launched any more attacks
"Alright...everyone out. Now".
"Bu..."
"Now".
"But we are..."
"Now".
With an overwhelming feeling of danger and fear, I reluctantly came out of the ocean with the others. I was completely bare as I made that march up the beach, and I was red from overwhelming embarrassment.
And the first thing she did was...give Chika her swimsuit back to put on.
"Why only her?!"
"Because she is a girl. Its far more okay for a boy to be naked in public then a girl".
"That is totally sexist!"
"Meh. That's life. Anyways...well, actually..."
She then gave Ema back his swimsuit also.
"You, go help cheer Chika up and calm her down so she does not bombard anyone else. As for the rest of...where did Shobu go? And his squad?"
"Huh...wait, their swimsuits are gone too!"
It appeared that, during the small commotion, Shobu Ninja Squad struck again. Well, that just left Yuma, Temba Squad, Sthenos, and myself...
"Oh, here. Might as well give Yuma back his".
"Wait, why Yuma?!"
"...honestly, he has no reaction to this at all. Its hard to get any fun from him when he is not embarrassed in the slightest".
"So this is you torturing us! The guilty parties are all already gone!"
"...you really think this is JUST about the attack before?"
As I said that, Mei seemed to glare back at us.
"First off...Temba Squad..."
"HIIII! Yes?!"
"Don't think I have forgotten about the incident last week...you understand right? Actually, you three do look embarrassed but nowhere near as much as Tora. Why is that?"
"Well, its not really..."
"Tell me now".
"We recommended this beach because we came here in the summer with others from our Orphanage all the time! Because none of us could really even spare money for swimsuits, the reason we came to this beach was because they are a lot more accepting of children being naked on the beach! Well, beaches are also more lax compared to other areas in this area, but this one is a bit extra lax!"
"Oh, I see...in that case, you four can just stay as is".
"Why am I being punished!?"
Mei then turned her gaze to me.
"Are you willing to open up and talk about your time inside that horrible place yet?"
Normally a question no member of Tsukiko Squad would ever ask me this, but it seemed Mei made an exception since she was rather pissed from taking an attack from Chika. Well, she was mainly doing this to create enough shock and oddity so that Chika's anger would be fully dismissed and wouldn't return as well. Since, if Chika remained angry, and fired off attacks like that, none of us could be sure what would happen or if we would survive.
"Besides, with your appearance I doubt anyone would really bat an eye. Of course, keep in mind you may not want to act so defiant or so close to your age to avoid getting into trouble. You know, like the trouble about four days ago?"
She knows?!
"I...I understand..."
"It wont be forever, but so help me...it might not be noticeable because of your personality, but you are almost as shy as Shobu and you definently need to open up".
"This seems a bit extreme?!"
"So is a case of a child having PTSD".
It seemed they planned to subject me and make me stay naked because I still refused to go into details about what happened to me specifically in Colsaria. Sarah had asked me repeatedly, but I always ignored, avoided, or dodged the question. Apparently I was making them quite angry about that, but...it was not a topic I ever wanted to get into. It was dark and something that I was being really stubborn with. They had tried many other methods of all times, including a very large feast. But, it was just something I absolutely never wanted to talk about ever.
"And as for you Sthen...where did she go? We still have her...damnit! Quickly, find her!"
"Lets go to the water, Tora-chi!"
Suddenly, before Sarah or anyone else could steal me away, it was Sthenos that ended up dragging me back into the ocean to play.
"If you are going this far, you better get me a good lunch!"
I shouted at least this much. If they didn't get me that, I would probably end up counter attacking.
(Mimik POV)
Meanwhile, in Sand Castle Land...
"To think Mimik, you would consider this far".
"Yes, so you should just surrender now!"
"I am not out of this yet!"
Mimik's Sand Fortress had started to float into the air and now had a towering advantage over Replica's Sand Fortress. His Anti-Air batteries were trying to do damage, but the dense packing of the sand on the lower and bottom defenses made that ineffective.
And yet, Replica refused to give up as he brought out his trump card...
"A Sand Dragon?!"
"That is right Mimik, you are not the only one with sky power! Sand Dragon, attack the main powersource for his Sky Fortress Levitation!"
"Forces of Mimikia! Defend against the Replikators! Slay the Dragon! Bring out the heroes!"
As various types of sand based weaponry launched at each other, the battle between the Mimikia Kingdom and the Replikator Empire continued to heat up.
(Yuki POV)
"So help me...when I finally get out of this...I am going to spread so many rumors about them..."
Yuki continued to meanwhile try and dig himself out of the sand, and also put his swimsuit back on without anyone noticing.
(Karasuwa POV)
"It seems like things have gotten quite chaotic".
Karasuwa said that as he and Reiji watched from the sidelines.
"Tora-chan does not have much luck, does he?"
"None at all, I think".
"What do you guys think?"
Suddenly, next to Reiji and Karasuwa the Shobu Ninja Squad appeared.
"How did you..."
"We are A-Rank and the best team in Border. Now, what do you think?"
"I think Tora is quite unlucky".
"But...watching him walk up that beach was kind of adorable..."
"...poor Tora..."
"By the way, Shobu...were you teaching Tora how to swim?"
Suddenly, Reiji asked a question to Shobu that Shobu had promised to keep secret.
"...he was unsure if swimming was different here, so he asked me to check to make sure his swimming would still be good. It is".
"Ah, okay. I was going to say, if he was just learning how to swim he is a quick learner".
Shobu did actually think he was, but he swore to keep the fact Tora did not know how to swim before today a secret.
However, Shobu understood at that point Reiji was someone to be extremely careful when trying to lie or deceive. Even he was not sure if it worked or not, but Reiji did not seem to pry further so it was probably fine.
"Hey, where did Konami and Yumi go?"
(Konami POV)
"Well?!"
"Ahhh! Let me go let me go!"
"Confess! Yumi, did you get them?"
"Yep. I got some crabs right here!"
Currently, Konami and Yumi had cornered the man who had made the grave mistake of becoming their enemy and the enemy of all women. Yumi, who normally just had the appearance of a sweet girl full of joy and happiness, had an aura around her which made her terrifying, and Konami...well, this memory would probably be scarred in their minds for life.
"Please, please let me go! I apologize! I promise I will never do anything again! So please, spare me!"
"Oh, don't worry, once we are done you definently will never do anything wrong again..."
"...well your mind might be a bit broken, but if you didn't want that you shouldn't have made us enemies the way you did".
"So prepare yourself for some pain".
But right before they could start, a crowd of people wearing similar things to this man suddenly came around and surround them. It appeared they were in some sort of gang, and related to this man. And also, that they were probably perverts like him.
"Oi, what the hell is going...gah?!"
Konami did not even give him the time to speak, and punched the guy who walked up to them while speaking in the stomach and then looked back at Yumi.
"Guess we have even more trash to take out".
Before the fight could start though, two of them ended up getting knocked out from behind by another.
"I just get back, and I see two friends of mine dealing with a bunch of trash on their own? I guess I should help out, huh".
It was Minoru who was stretching his arms and fists.
In retrospect, it was pretty obvious who would win this fight...to everyone but the thugs, that was.
(Mikumo POV)
"How nice...I seem to have been spared this time around".
Mikumo, who somehow avoided all issues, said that while sighing with relief. But if on cue, an inflatable ball went and hit him in the head. When he turned around, he saw a young boy run up to him.
"Oh, hello. Is this yours?"
"Yeah! My name is Champ! Nice to meet you!"
AN: Oh Megame-kun, did you really think you would escape a troublesome situation? Have fun playing with a disguised Champion! :D Sorry for the delay by the way, got sidetracted with the Invasion and such. But what do you guys think so far? Also, trying to decide if I should just finish the Beach chapters first before the others, or mix it up a little and put out some other ideas I have. If you have any thoughts, let me know!