A/N: As promised the next chapter far sooner then normal, but that also means the hiatus for this fic draws closer. Dun dun dun dun! But hopefully when I get back to this fic I'll be an even better writer then I am now. And it's not impossible of me to get a sudden urge to get back to this fic sooner then planned. Who knows? Reading other Haruto x Saki fics might help. So don't just read, write as well.
Moving on.
A season of anime had ended and a new one has begone. A damn what a season. Looks like it'll be one of the best in a long time. I mean Black Bullet, Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to, Isshuukan Friends, and of course Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei what a season! Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei looks like in could be the next big anime, especially since there's plenty of material. Just like to aru majutsu no index but there's still no season 3! It's unbelievable! But on the bright side volume 10 comes out next month! Hopefully it doesn't take forever to be translated.
"What are the odds of asteroids actually hitting the module?" Haruto questioned Saki as he flew out of the hangar and into the vacuum of space.
"Not very high. Almost astronomical in fact." she answered as she came up beside him. "Honestly, I'm surprised this is happening."
"So, you don't think this will happen again?" Dorssia was enough to worry about for him, Haruto didn't want add freaking asteroids to the list too.
"No need to worry that pretty little head of yours." Saki reassured his worries. "It would be nearly impossible for stray asteroids to hit the module. Unless . . . ."
'Unless somehow Dorssia guides them towards the module themselves. It wouldn't be hard for Dorssia to be able to calculate the speed and path of the module. The only question would be how they would guide them.' her tongue clicked after going through her thought process. 'I'll have to look into the advantages Dorssia would have if they do that later. I doubt they would do that but better safe than sorry.'
"Saki?" Haruto questioned breaking Saki from her thoughts.
"Yeah?"
"What happened? You were talking and then trailed off."
"Oh, it was nothing. Just . . . looking down the road."
"Ok."
"You're not going ask what I was thinking about?"
"Nah, I trust you." Haruto immediately replied with a shrug. "I'm sure you'll tell me if you need to." Saki couldn't help but feel warm with the trust Haruto easily gave her.
He was so sweet.
"Of course! I got your back!" she exclaimed with a smile. "Now let's get this done with so we can go to bed." stated knowing what her words implied.
She wanted to see him blush.
Saki really couldn't get enough of it.
'Don't blush. Don't blush. Don't blush.'
Unfortunately for her, Haruto was able to keep his cheeks their normal color.
"Tch." while Saki was busy being disappointed Haruto was being distracted by something else.
"Wow." Haruto's awed tone caught her attention. "I never knew how big the module is." slowly gliding above the dome, Haruto got the best view he could get of it.
"You're right." Saki agreed as she flew next to him. "It's huge."
This was what Haruto wanted to protect.
This module and everyone living inside of it.
Increasing his speed, Haruto positioned himself behind the module before increasing his speed. Saki watched as Haruto's Valvrave pushed forward leaving a red streak of light behind him before she turned her attention to the vastness that is space. She highly doubted Dorssia would attack at the moment but she couldn't be too careful.
That being said, it also didn't mean she wouldn't become bored very quickly, prompting her to play with her Valvrave. Carmilla danced and weaved through space in a childish manner similar to the way Saki flew it when she first piloted the machine.
"Really?" Haruto deadpanned as he continued to push the module. "I thought you were supposed to be watching my back not . . . . . . space synchronized swimming."
"Space synchronized swimming?" Saki reiterated with a giggle.
"It was the best I could come up with."
"Well, good job." her sarcasm wasn't lost on Haruto.
"Whatever."
"Anyways, I am watching your back, I'm just doing it with style." to emphasize her point, Saki maneuvered Carmilla into performing a spin one would see a figure skater perform.
"How old are you again?"
"Ouch." Saki winced. "Attacking my maturity, huh? You'll pay for that." flying Carmilla above Haruto, Saki quickly dove down and tackled him.
"Ah! What are you doing?! I need to move the module!"
"You accelerated the module's speed enough to move it out of the asteroids flight path, so we're good." Saki replied as her Valvrave trapped Haruto's with its arms wrapped around it.
"If you say so." Haruto sighed while letting Saki do what she wanted.
Seeing Haruto relent, Carmilla turned Haruto's Valvrave in her arms before gliding through the air while dipping and spinning. Haruto blinked at her actions and the humming that was coming through the open channel they were on.
"Are you . . dancing?"
"Correction, we are dancing."
"Dancing with giant killer robot, never thought this would happen."
"Isn't life just full of surprises?" Saki smirked as she continued their dance.
"If you sa- . . . Saki what's that?" freeing one of his arms Valvrave's arms, Haruto pointed to the bottom side of the module.
"Hmm?" turning her Valvrave, Saki laid her eyes on what Haruto was talking about.
It was silver jet that looked like it was built for pure speed, with the way its wings were pulled all the way back. Said jet was also attached, magnetized Saki theorized, to the belly of the module.
"That my, little Haruto, is not good."
"Thought so." Haruto groaned before opening a channel link with the Command room. "L-elf, I think we have a problem."
The module needed a better security system.
That was the first thought that ran through L-elf's always working mind as he made his way towards the far, and out of the way, hangar he directed Haruto towards. There were simply, and unacceptably, too many ways for outside forces to find their way into the module if they went about it covertly.
Too many holes that needed plugging and too little time.
Coming upon the hangar, L-elf made it just in time to see Haruto's Valvrave place the jet down. L-elf's mind already went to work the moment he laid eyes on the jet. He was more inclined to believe it was of ARUS design instead of Dorssian. Dorssia specialized in force and conventional warfare more than anything else while ARUS excelled in covert warfare. The only thing that deterred L-elf from reaching that conclusion was the fact that Cain would never let the enemy slip by him when he had his own plans in mind.
That would be a blunder and Cain never blundered.
Pushing off the railings, L-elf floated towards the stealth jet before landing on top of it; Haruto joined a few seconds later as did Saki Rukino.
"Would it be asking too much to hope for whoever rode this thing to still be in here?" Haruto nervously questioned.
"Afraid so." Saki replied before L-elf stood up from his quick inspection of the jet.
The jet was locked down.
He wasn't surprised it was standard procedure.
While it was possible to open the cockpit with easily accessible tools, that would be a forced entry, and a forced entry to any military vehicle, Dorssian or ARUS, would result in the vehicle self destructing so the enemy couldn't use the vehicle. On top of that, it kept all data and technology within the vehicle from getting into the enemies hands. So, it wouldn't do to let such an opportunity go to waste. If they could catch the spy before he did any damage this little covert attempt against New JIOR would turn remarkably in their favor. All they had to do was capture the spy and get the key to the jet so it could be put to use.
And he knew exactly what he would use it for.
"So, what do we do now?" Haruto really didn't want to be the only one who didn't remain calm like earlier with Shoko, so he decided to keep his cool when he posed his question.
"Call the other pilots and bring Takumi Kibukawa to the Command Room." L-elf instructed before pushing off the jet and leaving the hangar.
"What are we his maids?" Saki seethed forcing Haruto to put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down.
"Now's not the time for that, Saki. This is serious." Haruto chided before floating towards the exit, all the while calling the other two pilots.
"I know." Saki sighed as she held the hem of his shirt while following after him. "Where do you think Mr. Kibukawa is?"
"Hopefully the same place we saw him last." Haruto replied.
Moving through the halls, and eventually realizing he had no idea where he was going, Haruto followed a giggling Saki to where he assumed Mr. Kibukawa was. As they neared the room the sound of giggling, not Saki's, and laughing echoing through the halls. Giving each other a confused glance, Haruto and Saki pressed the button to open the door only to see two drunk teachers.
Haruto couldn't help but ask the obvious question while Saki smirked.
"Are you two drunk?"
"Nice." Saki couldn't help but wonder if she should do the same with Haruto. Get him plastered than ride him like a horse until they passed out. That's what she assumed what Mr. Kibukawa was trying to do with Ms. Nanami. It wasn't all that surprising, they were the only to adults on the module. It was only natural for them to seek each other out.
"Nice? What are you talking about?" leaning into his ear, Saki whispered her answer.
Haruto's face instantly went red.
"Oh! Ish Harusho aaaan Shakiiiiii!" finally noticing the pair, Ms. Nanami slurred her words as she spoke.
"More like plastered then drunk." Saki deadpanned before she rose an eyebrow when Ms. Nanami staggered towards her. "What are you doing?"
Ms. Nanami's answer was to completely engulf Saki's face into her massively large breasts with a hug.
"W-What's going on?! Who turned off the lights?! Haruto, I'm scared!" shrouded in darkness, Saki couldn't help but shout in fear while Haruto tried not to blush again.
He failed to say the least.
"Hahahaha!" Mr. Kibukawa's drunken laughter broke Haruto from his stupor.
"C-Can't . . . breathe." he broke from his stupor just in time, seeing he needed to save the suffocating Saki.
"M-Ms. Nanami, I think you should let Saki go." hesitantly, as if he was scared she would attack him next if he drew her attention, Haruto placed a hand on the drunk woman's shoulder.
"Hmmmmm?" with glazed eyes, Ms. Nanami turned her attention towards Haruto and blankly regarded him.
.
.
.
.
.
Realization quickly donned on the drunken young woman after a few seconds causing her eyes to shine.
"Harusho!" letting go of Saki, Ms. Nanami lunged at the frantic boy.
But, fortunately for him, or perhaps unfortunately, Saki was quick to react.
"Oh no you don't!" quickly reaching her arms forwards, Saki grabbed the first things she could get a hold off.
"Kyaaa!" Haruto at that point had to pinch his nose to keep back a nosebleed after Saki inadvertently grabbed a hold of Ms. Nanami's enormous breasts from behind.
'The only pair of breasts that are gonna smother Haruto are mine!' Saki inwardly shouted as she pulled Ms. Nanami back.
"N-No! Don't touch me there!" Ms. Nanami moaned, her slurring gone.
Saki blinked when she heard the moan escape the woman's lips before looking over her shoulder and at Haruto, who had a blush on his face and a slight trickle of blood leaking from his pinched nose. One couldn't blame him for the reaction, the scene in front of him was pretty hot, but Saki could be irritated by his reaction.
"Alright, that's it!" hooking Ms. Nanami's arms with her own, Saki began to drag the drunk teacher in training away. "I'm taking her to her room! Haruto, you take Mr. Kibukawa to the Command Room!"
Haruto watched as Saki stomped away while keeping Ms. Nanami from falling on her face.
"She seemed mad." Mr. Kibukawa commented with voice that showed no sign of drunkenness.
"Yeah. I wonder why?"
'Tch. Big boobed monster.'
L-elf was quick to explain the situation to the Valvrave pilots and Takumi Kibukawa once they were all assembled in the Command Room. Judging by the size of the jet's cockpit, it was easy to ascertain that only one person could fit in it. Leading to the simple conclusion that only one spy had made it into the module. Said spy's goals was also simple for L-elf to discern.
"Capturing and or sabotaging the Valvraves will be the spy's first and main priority." L-elf stated to all the occupants in the room.
"But, don't you already have traps set up for something like that?" Kyuma questioned causing Saki to giggle.
"I think a 'thunder' can answer that question for you." she mirthfully commented about the time Raizo tried to use a Valvrave only to be caught in L-elf's trap and then thrown in the brig.
Several curses could be heard being mumbled under Raizo's breath at that reminder.
"Don't worry about the Valvraves." Mr. Kibukawa spoke up seemingly unaffected from his earlier drinking. "I'll make sure to keep an eye on them and it isn't like they can be piloted by just anyone."
"Ok, so that's one thing we don't have to worry about." Haruto stated trusting his teacher and L-elf's traps.
"We also don't have to worry about getting killed either." the girl who was infatuated with Haruto supplied.
"But if we're killed in front of anyone let alone revived, our secret would be found out." Haruto replied earning a hum of agreement from the girl. "And actually, I've been wondering how long this guy has been on the module." he did not like the idea of an enemy spy being on the same module with the people he cared about and was trying to protect.
"Probably snuck in using Dorssia's last attack as cover." Saki answered.
"But, that was two weeks ago. Why hasn't he done anything?
"He's more than likely biding his time, possibly inserting himself in the school populace." L-elf responded to Haruto's question.
"What?! Then shouldn't we-"
"If he were to learn we know about him the spy could take a student hostage." Saki interjected, cutting Haruto short.
"..." Haruto opened his mouth to reply only to close it shut.
He had lost his cool again, he needed to stop doing that.
"So, what do we do then?" he calmly questioned after recomposing himself.
"While it's most likely the spy is hiding within the school it's still possible he could be in the lower levels of the module." L-elf began his explanation. "We'll search here first while Kyuma Inuzuka inspects the outer perimeter of the module for any other Dorssia spies with his Valvrave."
"The module's huge though." Haruto stated recalling seeing the module up close in his Valvrave less than an hour ago. "Will it really be possible to find him?" there was no way they could search the whole module, the lower levels was far larger than the upper level since the upper level was just a single level unlike the former. There was simply too much ground to cover for a hand full of people and it wasn't like the spy would stay still for them.
"We'll only be searching the immediate area as a precaution. The spy is more than likely in the school waiting for an opportunity to assassinate yourself and Saki Rukino."
"Huh?" Saki blinked in surprise. "Just us? What about the other two?"
"Raizo Yamada-"
"It's thunder dammit!"
"- and Kyuma Inuzuka's identity as pilots aren't known to anyone outside the module."
"How's that?" Haruto questioned with a raised eyebrow. "I know me coming out of the Valvrave after one of Dorssia's attack was streamed to the entire world but why Saki too and not the others?"
"Well, WIRED went pretty nuts about me when I was in my first battle." Saki casually responded, effectively hiding the feelings she held about how pathetic she was before she received motivation from Shoko and the others. "So, I'm sure Dorssia found out about me through that, but why they didn't learn about the other two in the same way, I don't know."
"Ah, that would be me." Mr. Kibukawa raised his hand before continuing. "I thought it would be prudent to keep Dorssia from knowing the identity of the last two pilots so I, well, let's just say anything that has the names of the pilots associated with the words Valvrave or pilots won't be leaving this module."
In all honesty he wasn't the one who did that. He simply casually implanted the idea into a certain someone's head who took it to the person that made his idea come true. He only said it was him because it was simpler that way. That girl would be needed but she had a long way to go before that time came.
The pilots didn't need to know about her yet.
"Way to go teach." Saki praised before returning back to the subject at hand. "Ok, so we don't have to worry about the Valvraves being sabotaged or stolen, or being killed since that's not possible, but we do need to worry about our secret getting out and a hostage or hostages being taken. That about sums it up."
"Quite." L-elf gave a brief nod before Saki continued, taking control of the meeting instinctually.
"So, we search the lower levels today and do the school tomorrow."
"Why tomorrow?" Kyuma spoke up. "Wouldn't it be better to find the guy as soon as possible?"
"It's getting late. Most of the students won't be wondering around as much as during the day, the spy might notice us searching for him. And if he notices us searching for him . . ."
"He might take a hostage." Kyuma finished after Saki trailed off.
"So that means we search the school tomorrow." Haruto couldn't help but notice how Saki had taken over the meeting as it went on and L-elf didn't seem to mind. He found that a little strange but at the same time he couldn't help but be impressed with her. Just seeing her take control even if it was just a little was pretty cool.
And, he wouldn't say it out loud, a little hot too.
"What about weapons?" Kyuma questioned.
"What about them?" Saki tilted her head slightly to the side.
"Shouldn't we be armed when we search for the guy, at least now since we're searching the lower levels? It's not like the other students are down here at this time." what Kyuma said was true. The other students that actually helped out were only down at the lower levels when they were needed for a specific job, so the lower levels were relatively deserted. That meant there were no hostages to be taken and no students would see them walking around armed.
'It makes sense to be armed in the search seeing as we're looking for a Dorssia spy who's most likely armed himself and even if he isn't, L-elf would be the only one who could take the spy in a fight. There's also the fact that none of us except Kyuma knows how to use a gun.' Saki thought in a calculative manner. 'As much as we progressed in hand to hand combat I doubt anyone of us can take on a trained Dorssian by ourselves . . . Haruto might have a chance depending on how much he's advanced due to L-elf's personal training.'
"Does any of us even know how to use a gun? Do we even have guns?" Haruto didn't know much about what they had and didn't have. That was L-elf's job, he was just worried about getting stronger.
That and Saki.
"I do." Kyuma voiced. "Although I'm not confident enough to get into a fire fight with an actual soldier."
"After this incident is over you'll begin weapons training." L-elf hadn't anticipated that the pilots would need to use firearms so soon. He would have to rectify that as soon as possible. "As for the matter at hand, if any of you come across the spy, call it in and we'll surround the enemy to cut of any escape route while I move in to subdue him." with that said, L-elf brought up a map of the module's lower levels on the main monitor before highlighting each pilot's section of search then sending the map to each of their phones.
After that was done they began their search.
They would find nothing.
"Ugh." Haruto groaned as he flopped onto the bed, already dressed down in a casual shirt and a pair of short.
"Don't be too down, Haruto." Saki reassured as she sat on the edge of the bed. "We'll get the bastard for sure."
"I hope so." he replied as he slipped under the covers. "I just don't feel comfortable with a Dorssian spy walking around. I'm worried about the students." Haruto finished before he placed his pillow on top of his face.
"I understand." Saki smiled gently at him in response to his words.
She may have thought it a dozen times already but that was just like Haruto.
"Well the sooner we go to sleep the sooner we can get back to searching." Saki stated as she slipped off the jacket and shirt of her school uniform before unhooking her bra.
Haruto who had his face buried in his pillow, heard the sound of Saki's bra becoming unhooked but couldn't place the noise, not used to hearing the sound. Curious to the sound, Haruto glanced to the direction of where the sound came from and quickly found a blush on his face. If Saki didn't have his back facing him, Haruto would've probably passed out from blood loss due to the nosebleed he would've had.
Saki, oblivious to Haruto's stare, stretched her arms high above her head, arched her back, and let out a tired sigh. Seeing her back stretch, Haruto couldn't help but notice how slim she was despite all the training they've been doing. Of course, her slim figure betrayed the strength she wielded and portrayed a physique that most girls would kill to have, and because she wasn't human anymore, it would most likely stay forever.
A second later her slim back disappeared behind the veil of a white shirt.
His white shirt.
The white shirt he wore as his school uniform.
That day.
"Saki." Haruto slowly called out drawing her attention.
"Yeah?" she responded with a tilt of her head as she removed her skirt and panties before throwing them into Haruto's laundry bin.
Haruto noted that she didn't put on another pair of panties.
(Gulp)
"Why are you wearing my shirt?"
"Hmm? Why ask that?" she answered with a confused look. "I always wear your shirts to sleep. You know that."
"No," Haruto shook his head, "I mean why are you wearing THAT shirt? You know, the one I was wearing today."
"O-Oh." understanding what he meant, Saki quickly, and rarely, showed her shy side by blushing and averting her gaze downwards.
Sneaking nervous glances at the curious Haruto, Saki slowly brought up a cuff of Haruto's shirt to her face and inhaled.
"Because it has Haruto's smell."
" . . . . I-I see." he muttered before turning over to the side, his blush returning tenfold.
Saki slowly, still in her shy state, crawled under the covers and laid down, curling into a ball slightly.
" . . D-Do you . . want me to wear another one?" she hoped he didn't think she was some kind of weirdo, though she wouldn't blame him.
" . . It's fine." Haruto calmly began his answer, one of the few times he was calm and Saki was the embarrassed one. "I don't mind."
"O-Ok."
Curling up into a blushing ball, Saki brought collar of the shirt under her nose and inhaled once again.
She loved his smell.
(Knock)
(Knock)
(Knock)
A groan escaped Saki's lips as she reluctantly sat up, sleepy eyes half-opened. Glancing to her side, Saki noted that Haruto hadn't woken up from the knocking on the door. Groggily, Saki slid off the bed before she noticed the time on Haruto's clock.
4:34 am
"Someone's dead." she mumbled through gritted teeth as she stood from the bed.
It was bad enough she had to wake up at five in the morning to get ready for a day of training, but having someone waking her up earlier then she had to, well, she wasn't in a good mood to say the least.
(Knock)
(Knock)
(Kno-)
"What?!" slamming the door open, Saki roared, too tired to notice the fact that she was answering Haruto's door and not her own.
"S-Saki?" that was why Kyuma was completely caught off guard when he fully expected Haruto to answer the door and not Saki.
Who happened to be wearing one of Haruto's school shirts, unbuttoned for the first two buttons.
"What the hell is it?!" Saki yelled once more earning a groan from Haruto, who began to wake up. "See what you did?! You woke Haruto up!"
Kyuma had to restrain himself from pointing out that her yelling was what woke Haruto up. She was mad, cranky, and already scary enough without any of those traits adding fuel to the fire. The image of Saki knocking Raizo out with a single punch flashed through his mind, causing him to flinch.
Looking down at her, he couldn't help but wonder.
How could someone so small pack such a strong punch?
It didn't seem possible.
And that was before the hand to hand combat training.
In short, be cautious around a pissed off Saki.
"Saki?" Haruto called out while rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "Why are you yelling?" seeing Saki's anger cool down to just crankiness, Kyuma mentally thanked Haruto for his taming of the beast.
"I'm yelling because this person's knocking on the door at four in the morning." she grumbled as she yanked Kyuma in by his collar, forcibly so, and closed the door behind him. After that, Kyuma watched as she trudged towards the bed and flopped onto it before wrapping the blankets around her as she curled into a ball.
"Why are you here so early?" Haruto questioned as he stood up. Just like Saki, he was too tired to realize that his friend could see that Saki was sleeping in his bed. "Did something happen?" hearing the rise of urgency in Haruto's voice, and seeing Saki peek her head out of the blanket because of it, Kyuma quickly replied.
"No, nothing's changed."
"Oh, ok." Haruto sighed in relief before his curiosity returned. "So, then why are you here so early?"
"I, uh, I'm just a little anxious I guess." scratching the back of his head, Kyuma sheepishly replied. "I really wanna find this guy as soon as possible. I don't want anyone else dying like Aina."
Silence engulfed the room after Kyuma spoke his concerns.
Each one of them had a connecting to Aina and her death.
For Kyuma, she was the girl he fell in love with.
For Saki, she was a friend, someone she let get close to her.
For Haruto it was guilt for not living up to his responsibility.
All three of them were lost in their own thoughts and emotions until Saki finally spoke up.
"I'm gonna take a shower." Haruto watched as Saki made her way towards the bathroom, dropping the blanket she wore over her shoulders like a cape when she got to the door.
It was at that moment that Haruto's brain started working properly.
"K-Kyu-"
"It's fine." Kyuma cut him off with a hand and a smile on his face. Seeing the way Haruto's face morphed into pure shock did a good job at lifting his mood. "I won't tell anyone."
"Thanks." that was big relief to him.
"Soooo, what's with you two?" Kyuma questioned.
"What do you mean?" Haruto earned an eye roll from his friend.
"I mean you and Saki. She . . . slept here I assume." that brought him to one conclusion. "Did you . . . sleep with her?"
"What?! No! I mean we SLEPT together but we didn't do THAT though." Kyuma couldn't help but give Haruto a skeptical look. While his friend didn't seem like the type to do THAT, it was obvious Saki was into him.
Kyuma didn't know much about the former idol despite spending most of the day with her due to their training. The lack of familiarity with the girl was partially due to the fact that their training didn't leave much time to get to know one another, but it was mostly because Saki stuck close to Haruto and didn't really pay himself or Raizo too much attention.
Sarcastic and casual remarks aside.
She wasn't hostile or cold, just focused on Haruto.
It was because of that Kyuma was able to tell Saki was interested in him and she seemed like the type of girl who got what she wanted and she wanted Haruto.
That was why Kyuma was skeptical of them just sleeping together and not sleeping together.
But then again, Haruto did love Shoko.
Didn't he?
"So you two, just, happened to sleep in the same bed? Just like that."
"Well," Haruto sheepishly scratched his chin, "this . . . isn't really the first time."
" . . . What? It isn't? How many times have you been 'sleeping' together?"
"Don't air quote the sleeping part." Haruto quickly replied before returning to his fellow pilot's question. "And I'm not really sure how many times she slept over. It kind started after our first day of training."
"That long?!" that meant they've been sleeping together, apparently emphasize sleep, for months. As a male, Kyuma couldn't help but be a little proud of Haruto. Sleeping in the same bed with a former idol and actress, and attractive one at that, for months was quite a feat. Especially for a guy who could not be described as ladies man in the least.
"Yeah." Haruto rubbed the back of head. It felt weird telling someone that but at the same time he couldn't help but feel a little smug.
Just a little.
"How'd that even happen?" he really couldn't see how this came along.
"Well, after the first day of training, Saki was too tired to walk so she made me carry her, but I was too tired to take her to her dorm and she couldn't walk the rest, so I offered her to sleep in my dorm. She said yes."
'I'll bet she did.' Kyuma inwardly smirked.
"And ever since then she's been staying here."
"Wow. Inviting a girl to your room, never thought you had it in you."
"Yeah . . . Hey! What's that supposed to mean?"
"I think we both know what I mean."
" . . . Yeah, you're right." Haruto conceded.
If it wasn't for the fact that Saki was too tired to make it to her dorm and looked so helpless trying to drag herself there, Haruto would've never had the nerve to offer her his bed.
"So, are you two dating or what?" Kyuma asked the question that was eating him.
"No. Why?" while he kept himself from stuttering, Haruto voice came out small and quiet.
"Well, letting her sleep in your bed is really something a boyfriend would do, especially if they're sleeping in the bed with said girl." Haruto had to admit, Kyuma had a point. "But, I guess it's alright if you two hadn't done anything yet." at that Haruto couldn't help but look bashful, something his friend noticed.
"Right?"
"That's not . . entirely true."
"What does that mean?"
"We've kinda . . . done things."
"What kind of things?" Kyuma's interest was definitely peaked.
What did Haruto do with a girl like Saki?
"Uh, well, we . . kissed and stuff?"
"You kissed her?" Haruto was earning some serious respect from his fellow pilot. "Like a peck on the cheek or more?"
" . . More."
"More like what?" he was honestly having a little too much fun questioning his friend, but it was Haruto.
"More like . . . tongue?" Kyuma couldn't help but whistle in response.
'He's gone further then me.' he mused before continuing his questioning. "That's it?"
"Saki also . . . kissed me on the neck and . . . chest." deciding to get the rest out Haruto continued on. "She also let me, actually more like made me, . . . grab her a-a-a-"
"Her ass?" THAT Kyuma couldn't believe, but Haruto wasn't the type to lie about such a thing.
"Y-Yeah."
"WHAT?!" Haruto was quick to slap his hand over his friends mouth.
"Shhhhhhh." he didn't want Saki hearing them talking about what they had done together. He had no clue how she would react and he did not want to find out.
Slowly, Haruto removed his hand from Kyuma's mouth allowing his friend to speak.
"You touched her ass?"
"Grabbed actually and she made me."
"What do you mean she made you?"
"She grabbed my hands, moved them towards her . . you know," Kyuma rolled his eyes at Haruto's shyness towards saying the word ass, "and then flipped us over so my hands were pinned there."
"Flipped you over?" Haruto must've not known what his words implied. As his friend it was Kyuma's duty to point that out. "It kinda sounds like you two were having se-"
"No! We haven't done anything like that!" red-faced, Haruto quickly cut his friend off.
"I don't know about that. The way things seem to be going for you two, you're not that far off. Are you sure you two aren't dating?" Kyuma found Haruto being part of a friends with benefits relationship unbelievable, so them dating seemed to make more sense.
"We're not dating. I mean we've been on a date before-"
"You have?" Haruto was really ahead of him.
"Yeah, after Dorssia's last attack we went on a date."
"A date after a battle, way to go Haruto." not too many people could say they did that. No one could probably say that if one were to add the part about going on that date with a former idol and actress.
A lot of respect Haruto was earning.
"So, yeah, we've done things I guess."
"You've done more than a few things." Kyuma chuckled at his tentative friend. "But seriously, you two seem like you're a couple, even if it's not official."
"We have been getting a lot closer." Haruto replied with a thoughtful look on his face. "And I did kinda promise her to never let her be alone."
"Sheesh, you move surprisingly fast. As your best friend I can't believe you've gotten so close to a girl. I honestly thought you would be asking me for advice if you ever got involved with a girl." he was really looking forward to seeing Haruto all nervous and confused at what to do around a girl.
A girl he thought would be Shoko, but it seemed things took an unforeseen turn.
"Yeah I know what you mean, but everything just came naturally for me I guess." Haruto shrugged in his response.
"So you're saying you're a natural with the ladies?"
"Yeah right." Haruto rolled his eyes at his friend's teasing.
They broke into small laughter after that.
"But really, you two seem to be on your way to being a couple. You ok with that?"
"I don't . . hate the idea." Kyuma figured that was the best he would get out of Haruto.
"I bet you don't." he smirked at his friend. "Just as a warning, don't let anyone else know about what you did with Saki."
"Sure, but why?" Haruto had his own reasons but he wondered what Kyuma's were.
"Because her fans would kill you."
"Aren't you being a little over dramatic? Weren't you the one who said there were bad rumors about her? Kinda hard to think they would be that upset if they don't even like her." Haruto couldn't help the feeling of resentment towards those students for judging Saki without even knowing her. But at the same time he felt he should've defended Saki at that moment where Kyuma was warning Aina about her, although he didn't know her that well back then.
"Do you know nothing? Some of the students believed in the rumors but others are die-hard fans." Haruto couldn't help but cringe when Kyuma gripped his shoulders. "The girls would kill you for dirtying Saki's purity-"
"If anyone dirtied anyone's purity, it's her dirtying mine." Haruto snorted.
"And the boys will kill you out of jealousy, Yusuke's one of them." Kyuma continued. "For your own sake, keep your relationship with Saki a secret."
"Right. Right." Haruto sighed. "I didn't know Yusuke was a fan of Saki."
"Yeah, well, he is."
"You're still here?" turning their heads, Haruto and Kyuma were met with the sight of Saki clad in only a towel, standing in the bathrooms doorway.
"Actually I was just leaving." placing a hand on his friend's shoulder, Kyuma gave Haruto a thumbs up. "They would definitely kill you." with that said Kyuma turned and left the room.
He was glad he had that talk with Haruto. Not only had it been a while since he had a conversation with Haruto that wasn't "on the job", but Haruto was able to get his mind out of the darker thoughts he had been thinking that morning.
Thinking of Aina sometimes did that to him, something he didn't like. When he thought of Aina he wanted those thoughts to be happy not dark and depressing, and talking to Haruto helped shake him from his falling mood.
'But still, Haruto and Saki, who would've thought.'
Kyuma figured the obvious and thought Haruto would end up with Shoko once one of them got the nerve to tell the other their feelings, but it seemed that Haruto might be going a different route. Kyuma thought about bringing up Shoko in their conversation but stopped himself from doing so. Haruto had enough on his plate, they all did really, he didn't need him adding more to it.
'And this might be for the better.'
Haruto wasn't human anymore, and life wasn't an anime or manga.
It mattered.
But Saki was also not human, just like Haruto.
They might have been better fit for each other.
'Only time will tell I guess.'
"What was that about?" Saki questioned with a raised eyebrow as she used a second towel to dry her hair.
"Nothing." Haruto had to fight the urge to let his eyes roam her body and kept them focused on Saki's violet eyes.
"You tell him not to tell anyone?" Saki inquired while striding towards the dresser to get her clothes for the day.
"Yeah." Haruto watched with a gulp as Saki picked out a striped pair of panties before bending all the way over, allowing herself to place her feet through the openings. Haruto gulped yet again as she, ever so slowly, brought the panties up along her soft, smooth, shapely thighs (my goodness did he have a hard time peeling his eyes away from her thighs) before they disappeared behind the towel that was just long enough to cover her backside.
Saki herself was smirking.
She could feel Haruto's eyes staring at her and was sure they were bulging out of his head when she let her towel drop before pulling out a white bra. She thought about actually turning around and giving Haruto a full view but refrained from doing so. It was too soon to take that leap and they had a spy to search for. She was fairly certain that she wouldn't be able to calm down if she showed him, she would be too excited. Putting on her bra, Saki frowned when she struggled to clasp the hook.
"Haruto?"
". . Yeah." he had a feeling he knew what she was going to ask, seeing as he was staring at her from behind the entire time.
He wasn't a pervert.
"Can you help me with this?" her voice came out sweet, too sweet, but he couldn't deny her.
"I-I'll try, but I've never done that before." Haruto slowly made his way behind Saki and slowly grabbed the two straps of the bra.
"Oh? I guess I'll be your first again." Saki giggled.
"Looks like you're staying true to your word." Haruto mumbled recalling what Saki told him in his Valvrave cockpit after their last battle.
"Of course!" Saki chirped while Haruto struggled to complete the task he was given.
While his struggle was due to never actually hooking, or unhooking, a bra it was mostly because how distracted he was. He was literally inches away from Saki's bare chest. He could easily peek over her shoulder and witness a sight that would force him to take a cold shower. The fact that she probably wouldn't mind, she had offered to show him before, just made doing so even more tempting.
'No!' Haruto feverishly shook his head. 'I will not fall into temptation!' he had to stay strong.
"You're not too good at this, are you?"
"I told you I've haven't done this before." Haruto defended his failed attempts up until that point.
"Don't worry about, I'll make sure you get plenty of practice."
" . . . . Got it." Haruto stated as he hooked her bra straps together. "I'm gonna take a shower now."
"Thanks, tiger." Saki winked. "Don't take too long or I'll have to come in and get you."
"Nice try." Haruto replied keeping his cool against her teasing causing her to pout.
'Tch.'
'Cold shower here I come.'
Walking through the halls dressed in their school uniforms, Haruto and Saki made their way towards the school rooftop to meet up with the other pilots so they could divide the school into sections to search for; L-elf decided to search the lower levels more thoroughly by himself.
"It's creepy isn't it?" Haruto questioned drawing Saki's attention.
"What's creepy? Ghosts?!" Saki frantically twisted her head in all directions looking for the threat.
Saki hated ghosts.
And spiders.
"Yes, Saki. Ghosts." Haruto's deadpanned voice and stare was lost on Saki as she clutched his arm while shivering.
"I don't see them! Where are they?!"
"There's no ghosts!" Haruto shouted, not that he was angry, but shouted nonetheless. "Besides it's not like they can kill us, so what's there to be afraid of?"
"They can possess our bodies."
"Then I'm sure you and the ghosts will get along since you both have that in common." Haruto mumbled.
"So you ARE mad about that."
"Not mad, just saying you and ghosts could be friends." he really wasn't mad about it, embarrassed sure but not mad, but Haruto wanted to tease her a little bit for once.
"It could've been worse."
"How?" Haruto gave her an incredulous look. "Running around the school naked in my body?"
"Pfff. Like I'd let anyone see you naked besides myself." that wasn't happening, he was hers and hers alone.
"How could it have been worse than?" Haruto reiterated.
'I could've violated you endlessly and recorded it for me to watch later.'
"So what was so creepy?" Saki was quick to get off the subject. " . . . Are you sure there's no ghosts?"
"Yes, there's no ghosts." Haruto sighed in exasperation.
"Okay good." Saki herself sighed but in relief before getting back to Haruto's earlier statement. "So, creepy?"
"Yeah. Knowing that someone is literally hunting for us and could be around the corner." Haruto explained glancing around.
"Are you scared?" since it was early the halls were still empty, allowing Saki to engulf his hand within hers in a comforting manner. "Because, it's ok to be."
"It's not that I'm scared it's just weird to have someone looking for you specifically like that."
"How's it different from when Dorssia's gunning for us like usual?"
"Because that's out there." Haruto replied while pointing a finger out the window and towards the module's dome. "They weren't in our home. We didn't have to be on alert when we're just walking down the halls of our school."
"I see what you mean." it really didn't make any difference to Saki because she was always on alert even before Dorssia turned their lives upside down.
That was just the type of person she was, untrusting. Even when she was with Haruto she was wary of her surroundings, in fact she was even more so because she was with Haruto. When she was with him she was at her happiest and she feared that would be taken away from her, so she became like a guard dog, ready to attack and tear apart anything that would hurt and take him away from her.
Luckily, nothing of the sort had happened yet but that just made her more on guard.
After all, the world tended to take what she cared about most away from her.
A minute later the two found themselves on top of the roof waiting for Kyuma and Raizo.
"This is a pretty good view." Haruto commented as he leaned his forearms against the guard rail that encircled the roof.
"Haven't you said that before?"
"Oh yeah." Haruto took a thoughtful expression as he recalled that moment he and Saki had on the roof a long time ago.
"Am I interrupting anything?" Haruto and Saki turned towards the door of the roof only to see Kyuma with a smirk on his face.
"If you had you'd be thrown off the roof." Saki returned his smirk with one of her own.
"Never interrupt you two, got it."
"Leave him alone, Saki."
"What I was teasing." she spun on her heel and gave Haruto a smile. "Besides it's not like it would kill him."
"Saki."
"Fine. Fine." she shrugged her eyes glancing at the buildings around the school. "Now that Kyuma's here we just have to wait for the idiot-"
"It's thunder, woman!" a voice roared from the staircase leading up to the roof. "Show me some damn respect!"
"Forgot he's not a morning person." Saki rolled her eyes ignoring his demands. "Well, we're all here now."
"Right," Haruto began, "we can start dividing the school into parts for each of us to search in."
"It'd be faster to jus' challenge tha bastard to a fight. Like a real man!" the other three common sensed pilots stared blankly at Raizo before Saki decided to state the obvious.
"Yeah, let's do that!" Saki began with mock excitement in her voice. "Hopefully the spy won't take someone hostage or decided to not show up because, you know, he's a SPY."
"Tch."
"And I'm not a man!"
"You sure 'bout that?"
"WHAT?!" with a shriek of anger, Saki lunged forward to wring Raizo's neck. Luckily Haruto was able to wrap his arms around her waist and pull her back. "Let me go, Haruto!"
"Saki, now's not the time for this!" she wasn't making it easy for him with all her kicking and struggling.
"It'll take just a second!"
Haruto couldn't help but wonder if Saki was the younger or older sister in hers and Raizo's sibling-like relationship.
Eventually, Saki had calmed down, allowing them to decide who searched which parts of the school. Being extremely large, the school would take hours to search, especially since they were looking for someone they didn't even know the appearance of. They did have the school's student roster along with pictures on their phones but there were a lot of faces to search through, and searching through it for every person they saw would make the process even longer.
In short, they had a long day ahead of them.
Maybe they should've taken "thunder's" idea a little more seriously.
"As stupid as his idea was," Saki mumbled to herself, "it was a whole lot simpler."
The school was freaking huge.
The fact that they were looking for a needle in a haystack while trying not to look like they were looking for a needle in a haystack just made it a real pain in the ass. She had to change tactics if she was going to find the spy.
'Alright Saki Rukino, think this through. Even though the spy might be trying to blend into the school populace he couldn't stay in the dorms without taking it from someone else.' that would most likely end up with him killing the occupant of the room. That was not a logical move for someone trying to remain inconspicuous. After all, someone would notice that person missing and having someone else living in their dorm.
The only reason no one else noticed that Saki was sleeping in Haruto's dorm was because they left before six in the morning and came back near midnight.
And what self-respecting teenager would wake up so early when there was no school or adult supervision?
'If I can find his hideout then we could just set a trap for him and wait for him to come to us.' Saki continued her musings as she stopped and set her gaze through a window, ignoring a couple of chatting students that passed through the hall. 'The question is where? There could be dozens of places.' she couldn't help but feel irritated by the amount of possible hiding places the spy could use.
'Think this through logically, Saki. A spy would want their hideout close enough to their target to keep an eye on it but far enough to keep from someone stumbling upon it. So I'm looking for proximity and visibility.' her eyes scanned the nearby buildings that surrounded the school until her eyes widened when a memory of not too long ago flashed through her mind.
She saw a building that fit that description perfectly not too long ago on the roof. With that in mind she ran through the halls until she came to another hall that showed her that building. Sliding to a stop, Saki gazed upon the seven story apartment building not too far away.
A smirk made its way onto her face.
"I think I may have found my needle."
The thing about looking for a needle in a haystack was when one was lucky enough to find the needle it was usually after it had pricked them on the finger. As Haruto casually, at least he hoped it came off as casual because he sure wasn't, walked through the school halls he couldn't help the feeling of trepidation that settled in his gut.
One of the many students he walked by could've easily been the Dorssia spy and he wouldn't even know. It wasn't like he could use the student roster on his phone to match the faces of students in a automatic search without drawing attention. The spy would easily see him pointing his phone at everyone's face and would most likely understand what he was doing. While a normal student might be simply confused by his actions, a soldier and spy had a different mindset and would come to the conclusion of his actions.
That and his phone didn't have such a feature.
So, he had to hope he was lucky enough to stumble upon a student he didn't recognize and hope it was the spy.
But even if he happened upon the spy, what would he do?
L-elf instructed them to call for back up and surround the spy, but Haruto couldn't help but entertain the idea of trying to take the spy down himself. Yes, he knew it was a dumb idea to try to fight a Dorssia spy who was a trained fighter, but that was exactly why he wanted to fight him.
Haruto wanted to see how he held up against the enemy in a fight.
He wanted to see how strong he had become since he began training with L-elf.
L-elf was far and above most if not all Dorssian soldiers so even if Haruto still got his butt handed to him during their training sessions, that didn't really mean he couldn't hold his own in a fight against other Dorssian soldiers.
That was something he wanted to find out.
But was that really a decision he should make?
What happens if he failed?
What would the spy do if he won the fight?
With a sigh, Haruto made his way to the roof to clear his mind for a few moments before he continued his search.
When Haruto opened the roof door he was hoping to find the roof vacant so he could be alone with his thoughts, unfortunately it wasn't.
Off to the side was blond-haired, blue-eyed student leaning against the guard rail.
"So, can someone explain the reason for this so called meeting?" the questioned was posed by Takahi to the others in the library.
The others being Satomi, Mari, and Yusuke.
"Yes, Yusuke, why did you call us here?" Satomi turned towards the nervous boy hoping to have his curiosity sated.
Yusuke, being the one who called the other three couldn't help but be nervous. He was never very good at public speaking unless it had to do with tech talk, then he could go on for hours. That was why he was having a hard time speaking his mind at the moment. He should've came up with what he was going to say before the meeting, instead of having a vague idea.
A small hand on his shoulder caught his attention.
Turning his head, he was met with Mari's blank face and received an encouraging nod.
Mari didn't know what Yusuke had to say but if he was willing to call them together then it must've been important.
Giving a small, grateful smile towards the silent girl, Yusuke calmed himself before speaking.
"Well, uh, the reason I wanted to talk to you three was because . . . I was wondering if we've been taking things too lightly."
"What do you mean by that?" Satomi raised an eyebrow as he questioned the boy.
"Ever since we learned how hard Haruto and the others are working to protect all of us I couldn't help think that we should being doing something too."
"Like what?" Takahi scoffed. "We're not pilots like the others." not that she wanted to be out on the battlefield like the pilots themselves.
She wasn't insane.
"And even if we wanted to," Satomi started, "we're stuck on a module floating in space. There isn't much we could do now." Yusuke faltered but a pinch to his side from Mari forced him onwards.
"But we could be preparing for when we get to earth. I'm sure Shoko will need help with negotiations and stuff. You guys could be studying politics, you know? I know I could ask Mr. Kibukawa to teach me more about engineering instead of hanging around here all day."
"You're very adamant about this aren't you?" Satomi spoke up after taking in what Yusuke had suggested.
"Don't you feel useless playing around school all day when Haruto and the others are trying so hard?" Yusuke couldn't stop thinking about it. "Even Raizo's working his ass off. We should be helping out too."
In truth, Satomi and Takahi were both a little restless since they've learned of how hard the pilots were working. They couldn't pinpoint the feeling at first but Yusuke's words identified it for them.
"But where exactly could we start?" Takahi inquired with arms crossed. "None of us know exactly what we would need to study to help run a country?"
"I don't know," Yusuke shrugged, "ask L-elf. I'm sure he has something ready." like he always did.
"And what of you, Mari?" Satomi turned his attention towards the silent girl. "What will you do if you agree with Yusuke?"
"Food." her response was simple and quick as expected of her.
"Food?" the other three reiterated in confusion.
"Food."
"Ah, I see." Satomi nodded his head. "You're speaking of food production I assume."
He received a curt nod of her head.
"Well, that does make sense. We've been living off food we salvaged from nearby homes and restaurants, but those won't last forever and anything that's not canned would've gone bad by now, so taking more food won't be a permanent solution." while Satomi was no L-elf or Saki he was still intelligent enough to discern their food supply situation.
Before anyone could continue speaking, they heard the sound of glass shattering. Surprised by the sound, the four occupants of the library gave each other a quick glance before rushing out into the hall. Moving down the hall towards the crowd that formed, the group of four came upon a sight that would solidify the fact that they too needed to contribute as much as possible.
C-sieben couldn't believe it.
One of his targets had just delivered himself to him and it was the pilot of the red Valvrave, by far the most dangerous one.
Maybe his life wasn't so bad after all.
"You know," Haruto casually began as he leaned against the guard rail, "I don't think I remember seeing you before."
"Yeah, I guess I have one of those faces." playing the role, C-sieben scratched the back of his head while giving a sheepish response.
"Well, it is a big school I guess."
"Texting your girlfriend or something?" the Dorssian spy questioned Haruto seeing as he had been on his phone since they began talking to each other, something C-sieben initiated.
He wasn't going to let a prime opportunity go without seizing it.
"Huh? I don't really have a girlfriend to text." but then again, Kyuma seemed to think that Saki filled that role and Haruto definitely could see why.
The stuff they did weren't really things one did with just a friend but at the same time his and Saki's relationship was like no other.
'His reaction was a lot more calmer then I thought it would be.' Haruto Tokishima struck C-sieben as the type to get flustered over what he said, perhaps the boy wasn't as naïve as he thought.
A brief moment of silence drifted between the two before Haruto clicked his tongue and put his phone away; his face falling into a serious expression.
What's got him so worked up?
"Why so serious?"
"I'm talking to Dorssian spy, why wouldn't I be serious?"
Immediately all attempts to be friendly died down and withered away.
The faces of the two were sharp and tense.
The only sound that could be heard along the rooftop was that of the breezing wind.
Everything else was completely still, as if building the suspense for the fight that was sure to come.
A fight between C-sieben and Haruto Tokishima.
A trained, hardened Dorssia soldier and spy against a young man who was nothing more than a naïve little boy just months prior.
It was time for Haruto to show what kind of man he was becoming.
A/N: This chapter really should've came out sooner but well the fact that I only had like 4 reviews for a while and really that last chapter wasn't very good. Hopefully this one's a little better.
I agree Zidana123 and tsun, too much Haruto x Saki (my goodness does it hurt to say that) in this fic so now it's like, meh. Well, I guess the fact that the plot will start picking up a little bit since L-elf now has that space jet to get to Earth so he can start moving. It'll of course involve Saki since he needs her body jacking ability and willingness to use it so they can infiltrate JIOR's government to help set things up for New JIOR when they reach Earth. And actually I wanted to say that unlike canon when someone gets body jacked they don't go unconscious, that effect (or is it affect?) will be replaced by quick acting drugs that put someone to sleep. People losing consciousness when body jacked just seemed too convenient for me. And it'll allow me to have L-elf use a body jacked body. Of course Saki will be the one doing the jacking until L-elf's in the body needed.
I'm too lazy to write the process but I'm sure you can figure it out. That's a reason L-elf wanted Saki to gain some experience as a leader so she can counter Dorssia while he's on Earth. There will be times when Saki's on Earth and L-elf's with the module so she can gain experience in espionage as well.
Of course this all means Saki and Haruto won't be spending as much time together as the fic goes on so their moments together will come more far and in between hopefully making them more appreciated.
Zidana123: I figured Rion and Takumi would gravitate towards each other seeing as they're the only adults on the module, I might MIGHT write a lemon scene with those two. Maybe a drunk one. I tried my hand at drunk dialogue, hopefully it wasn't too bad. I know what you mean with the word incompetent, but that's what it had on his profile. Surprised me really, poor Rion. Some romance for those two will probably come on the side. Shoko is cheating with her head start but that doesn't mean L-elf will forget about Lieselotte. Again I agree with the Haruto x Saki, just not doing it for me neither. I disappoint myself. That also goes with the asteroids which I think was really lame of me. Bleh, I think I really need a break from this fic, let my powers recharge.
I tried to expand on Haruto's known traits like the whole give his 100 percent thing to keep him in character instead pulling traits out of midair. Same with Saki.
If you watch BRS I personally suggest going to Youtube and just watch the fight scenes. I don't know much about the other half of the anime that's not the fights but from what I can tell it's basically middle school yuri crap. But the fight scenes, badass. That girl was unstoppable.
tsun: Well I know it's taking a while for the plot to move forward, so I'll start advancing a little faster then intended to get things moving. The whole pilot bonding thing will happen and it'll really advance when they go more into combat training, you know with guns and shit, not just the pilot training. As mention earlier in the fic I want the pilots to get pilot simulators and I was thinking about ones for training as soldiers without the mechs. But then I thought that would be harder then mech simulators since the simulators will be a cockpit like the Valvraves. The thing is, how can I sim soldier training? There's a difference between a simulator for a mech and one for a person. There would be a whole brain transfer into a virtual world and I don't think they have the technology for that. So I figured if the module is huge, they have multiple lower levels, and could create artificial weather then maybe I can have the lower levels contain training grounds for the soldiers that were on the module. With different environments and everything from dessert to urban. That's where the pilots will bond, side by side, watching each others backs.
That was a long one.
Well, that's about it.
The fight scene with Haruto and the spy comes out next chapter, hopefully you'll like it.
On a last note the NBA playoffs have started hopefully the Heat get fucking swept by whoever, I don't care who.
Oh yeah, I started a series of 1 shots about Spider-man and X-23. So if anyone likes that pairing check it out.