Lmao I'm tryna get this out ASAP. Like I mentioned before, I'm quite impatient. I'm an avid reader of fanfictions just like you guys, and I wanna just get to the "good" parts aka lovey-dovey parts too y'know! But even though I say this, idk if anything is gonna happen in the chapter. Well, here goes. Enjoyyyy. Kbye.

Chapter 2: Koda Unit

"Hell. No."

"Oi! You can't speak to me like that. You should be saying 'I don't want to, sensei"-wait no, you shouldn't be saying no at all and just accept whatever I tell you to do! 'Yes sensei, of course sensei, teach me sensei, thank you sensei' is all that should be coming out of your filthy mouth!"

Koda was seething from anger at Kyousuke's uncooperative behavior. Immediately after leaving the meeting room, Koda began to list off all the chores Kyousuke was expected to do by himself. He was viewed as the team's personal slave.

"Listen here, kid-a, I'm not your fucking maid, I'm your partner. Unless you want us both to die while in combat, you better start taking this serious and start showing me how things work around here. I don't expect you to teach me everything, I mean, it doesn't seem like you're very capable of much, but you should at least be able to teach me the basics, right?"

Before Koda could respond, the other two teammates had returned from training and had overheard Kyousuke's back talk.

"Oh, good timing Saotome and Hinoe! Here's our new maid-wait no, I meant, our new team member! He's a little rebellious, but I didn't expect much to begin with."

"Hey, we heard your back talk all the way from over there! You better apologize to your sensei!" mocked Saotome.

The two members looked Kyousuke up and down, evaluating his human-like appearance and sizing him up.

"Eugh, it's so...creepy," remarked Hinoe, referring to Kyousuke.

"Don't forget to add that he reeks of something rotten, blegh," chimed in Saotome. The other two members joined him in laughter.

Kyousuke rolled his eyes inwardly and thought to himself, Out of all the Border agents, why was I stuck with these three immature idiots… HQ must really hate me.

"So how're you liking your teammates and training so far, Karasuma-kun?" Jin asked while munching on his rice crackers.

"I thought you were as bad as Border agents could get...I was mistaken."

"Ahahaha, you're quite the joker aren't yah!"

That wasn't a joke… Kyousuke inwardly sighed. It had been about 4 months since joining Border. Unlike everyone else who had a home to go back to, Kyousuke was given his own room at Border to dwell in for the time being.

"Until you can support yourself, Karasuma, we at Border will provide for you in the meantime," stated Shinoda prior to dismissing Kyousuke with Koda after the meeting was finished.

What a joke, inwardly sighed Kyousuke. He knew there'd be no way for him to ever find a part-time job if he was required to train everyday, and he knew that the heads of Border was aware of that as well. By giving him these limitations, Kyousuke would remain under Border's custody and surveillance without fail.

I guess I shouldn't mind too much, though. I do get free food, shelter, and more importantly, free showers.

Everywhere he went he was ignored or became a target for harassment. The only person who treated him like any other "normal" person was Jin, though Jin didn't seem so normal himself. But that was just based on Kyousuke's senses and he didn't have any basis for his suspicions.

Koda didn't live up to his "sensei" title as much as he believed he did. Instead, Kyousuke had Jin teach him how to handle Trigger guns. At first, he feared touching any of Border's weapons. Because Kyousuke was half-Ghoul, he wasn't sure if the weapons could kill him or not. He didn't want to find out. Jin reassured him that he had nothing to worry about in training. Agents were directed to avoid practicing battles with unsheathed or loaded weapons. Instead, the swords used were always sheathed and dummy bullets were placed inside the guns. Jin also mentioned to Kyousuke how inside training rooms, real Trion bullets couldn't ricochet off of walls. This put him at ease. He needed to practice controlling his Trion usage, but he would've been too reluctant to do so if he was at risk of being shot by any stray bullets.

Every other day, Kyousuke held sparring sessions with Jin using Trigger swords. His abilities in wielding both types of weapons revealed his potential in becoming a proficient All-Rounder battle-type Border agent.

"Hey...so, has anyone told you yet?" questioned Jin.

"Told me what?" Kyousuke asked, slightly worried.

"Guess that means no. Figures. Koda is quite irresponsible when it comes to remembering things. Oh, well, it doesn't matter! You'll find out soon enough."

Kyousuke wandered through the hallways of Headquarters, lost and confused on how to find his way to the same meeting room he was summoned to 4 months ago. He passed by a couple doing PDA in one of the hallways, openly eating each other's faces. Disturbed, Kyousuke quickly found a path that led away from the couple that kept moaning what he assumed were their names-he couldn't stand another "Tachikawa-kun" or "Kunichika" being said again.

"You're 20 minutes late Karasuma!" angrily yelled Shinoda.

"Sorry, these hallways still confuse me," apologized Kyousuke.

I ended up passing by that couple 3 more times too, tch. The girl was pretty cute though. I wouldn't mind hooking up with someone if they ended up looking like-Kyousuke thought back to the girl in his dreams.

"Oi, listen up newbie!" yelled Motokichi Kinuta, Headquarter's developmental chief. Kyousuke snapped out of his thoughts.

"Have you been listening to anything I've been saying?! Like I said, today you're being sent out on your first mission with your teammates. Make sure to intently listen to directions. You'll be targeting a pair of Ghouls that've been targeting high schoolers from the private school, Mikado Academy, lately. Specifically, the kids that head towards home in the late evening once after-school activities are over. All the attacks have taken place on campus, so you can assume that the Ghouls have already infiltrated and made a nest within the school grounds or are trespassing when they deem is the best time for preying. Only two were reported to us, but beware...there may be more in hiding. They do like to prey in groups after all. This is your first mission, and I expect you to carry out orders properly. Remember, if you end up losing control and end up injuring one of our comrades, you're dead meat. Try your best to keep your teammates safe as well as the students. Oh, and yourself too while you're at it."

So I'm their maid as well as a guard dog. Great.

"I understand, Chief Kinuta."

"Hey, did you see her?"

"Yeah! Sooooo hot! I can't wait until we're admitted into high school next year!"

The three boys excitedly spoke amongst themselves, observing from the outskirts of the gym where the girls of the badminton club were preparing to practice their overhead serves. The time was only 4:30pm and after-school activities normally ended around 6:00pm according to reports. The Koda Unit had dispatched early to adapt to the environment and learn the setting of the school buildings. In battle, it'd be handy to memorize the placement of structures and use the surroundings to their advantage while battling ghouls. Since the school property wasn't as large as they had expected, the boys had free time to loiter around and admire the appearances of the older, female student athletes.

Koda looked to the far right side of him to check where Kyousuke was. The raven-haired man was sitting aloof on the steps to the entrance of another gymnasium, fiddling with his Trigger gun. Koda walked up to the lonely figure.

"Hey...how old are you anyways?" asked Koda curiously.

"..."

"Oh, well, you don't have to answer if you don't want to...not like I was that curious-"

"I turned 21 four months ago."

"Four months ago? Around the time we met? Wow, you're so much older than us, I didn't realize ahaha! Well, despite the age gap, my Trigger wielding skills make up for it, so I'm still your superior no matter what, ahaha-!"

"...," Kyousuke resumed to being preoccupied by his weapon in hand, twirling the gun around his finger that hooked around the trigger.

"-aha...ha… So like, anyways, uh. You… You're half-Ghoul, right?" Koda asked, his voice lowered so his other teammates wouldn't overhear the question-not like they were paying attention anyways as they were ogling at a large chested second-year student who was revving up for her serve.

"Didn't HQ tell you this before you were assigned to watch over me? I mean, that's the whole reason why you're assigned to be my chaperone," Kyousuke replied, still twirling his gun.

"Yeah, well, I was just trying to start a conversation so I'd be able to ask the question I wanted to ask without being too abrupt and awkward!" Koda yelled back. Gasping, he whipped his head over his shoulder to see if Saotome and Hinoe had heard him yelling. They hadn't. Relieved, he turned back to Kyousuke.

"Well, I was just curious, y'know. And I can't help being curious since I'm only human. You're half-human so you should know that we're very curious creatures. And well, I wanted to know…well we're hunting two ghouls today right? Or I mean, maybe not just today. Maybe this mission will take longer 'cos maybe the ghouls won't show up today. But maybe we will see them today, and maybe we will hunt them down today….if we're strong enough," Koda rambled on, but his voice had diminished to a doubtful, worried tone at the last statement.

Kyousuke looked up from his weapon at last to observe the teen. His head was tilted forward, his chin tucked in. At his sides rested his hands that were clenched into fists.

Kyousuke propped his left elbow on his left knee and rested his chin on his palm that framed the side of his face. He thought to himself quietly for a few moments. The boy's mood had dropped quite quickly for some reason, which wasn't ideal for the situation that they were in. If they were attacked at this very instant, Koda wouldn't be able to think properly or act fast enough to save himself or anyone in general.

"Even if we can't hunt down the ghouls, that doesn't mean we're weak," replied Kyousuke, not making eye contacting with Koda who had perked up at the sound of his voice.

"What do you mean?"

"Chief Kinuta told us we were targeting Ghouls in our mission. But wasn't Border established to protect Mikado City's citizens? So even if we can't kill the Ghouls, as long as we protect the students then we're definitely strong enough."

A few silent moments passed before Kyousuke looked above him at the standing boy. Koda held a surprised look on his face.

"What?" Kyousuke asked, irritated.

Koda stumbled on his words and replied, "Uh, well, I-You're-You just caught me off guard is all. I didn't think you were a decent guy that had decent thoughts."

Koda grinned and felt relieved by Kyousuke's words. Kyousuke, seeing the goofy look plastered on the teen's face, let out a huff and looked away in embarrassment.

"Hey, guys! The badminton team just finished practice. We think the time's nearing 6 o' clock soon. We should start to assume our positions," called out Hinoe.

"Alright!" called back Koda, and looking back down on Kyousuke, said, "so about that question I wanted to ask…I'll ask you sometime later. For now we should focus on our mission."

No Konami yet, again lol. Well good news for you! I already have the next chapter ready. This was supposed to be one long one, but I think it ended up being too long. So now I gotta split it into two chapters. Please review, comment, and follow if you like the story so far! Thanks! Kbye.