R & R longer note at the end

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The two shinobi waited hidden in the shadows as they waited for their prey, an order had come in about a Yōma causing issues in a nearby forest village. Ryōbi shifted her rifle on her shoulder as her unexpected partner Homura tapped her foot impatiently, the brown haired sniper turned her green and blue eyes at the tanned girl feeling frustrated.

"Would you stop that" Ryōbi snapped in the girl's direction as her senior turned to look at her "It's annoying and I'm trying to focus, if I miss then we could be at a disadvantage". Homura's green eyes rested on the younger girl for a moment as she ran a hand through her dark brown hair fixing her ponytail stopping her impatient fidgeting she walked to a nearby tree stump sitting down, she had wanted to come alone to deal with this but it had been decided she would be forced to work with someone.

"So why did you decide to come here?" Homura asked as the girl returned her attention back in front of her "I assume you were told who you'd be teaming up with right? So why did you agree to it?" The brunette considered her answer carefully, the mission had been dropped off at the elite common room of Hebijo by their purple haired instructor. With little information provided the brunette sniper had agreed to go as the rest of the group had debated who they would send unsure who they would be forced to team up with, given the terrain and location Ryōbi realised her skills would be best suited however had she known she would be forced to work with this tanned annoyance she wouldn't have agreed.

"I wasn't told" Ryōbi replied after a few moments as Homura looked up to look at the back of her head "Instructor Suzune conveniently forgot to mention it, had I known it would be you I wouldn't have bothered. Let's just get this done so I can go home, just make sure those cow udders of yours don't get in the way and you screw up". Homura grit her teeth as she glared at the back of Ryōbi's head as she drew her six katana, she had always disliked this girl's attitude when it came to working with others her muscles tightened when she saw the sniper ready her weapon.

Regardless of what her problems with this smaller girl were it didn't matter now, they could settle their difference after the mission was done.

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The Yōma leaped through the trees as it made its way towards the village, its sharp claws dug deep into the bark of the tree's as it moved closer and closer, the ground sizzled as its acid like drool fell to the floor its large eyes locked on its target before it stopped moving its senses in high alert.

The sound of rushing wind filled the area as the Yōma cried out in pain as one of its legs was blown off as a bullet ripped through its flesh, the creature tried it's best to cling to the tree as it spat acid in the direction of the bullet as it's enhanced eye sight searched for the culprit.

"Not a chance you disgusting creature" came a voice as the Yōma cried out in pain once more, falling to the forest floor as its body bounced the flash of silver the last thing it saw as its remaining limbs had been hacked off. The creature looked up seeing the form of a tanned human falling towards it, unable to defend itself the creature accepted its defeat as the six sharp blades pierced its skin.

With the last of its strength the Yōma shot off a white orb, the last thing it saw as the creature died was the white orb enter the tanned humans body its final gift would not take long to corrupt the shinobi's mind.

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"Can you hear me?" Ryōbi asked as she shook the tanned girl awake "Homura? Are you alive or what?" Homura's eyes slowly opened as she looked up seeing the younger girl standing over her, a look of concern in her eyes as she let out a sigh of relief slowly sitting up Homura looked around seeing the corpse of their hunt as she placed a hand to her head. What had happened? The last thing she remembered was killing the creature, after that something shot out of it a white orb but what had happened after that?

"What happened?" Homura asked as she rested her back against a tree "I killed it then, I don't know what happened".

"You collapsed after killing it" Ryōbi replied "I was heading to you as back up since you rushed off like that, what were you even thinking? We were meant to work together, if you had waited then I could have backed you up. Is that why you have balloons for a chest? All your sanity flows into them?" Homura looked up feeling something begin to stir in her, a fog began to cloud her mind as she got to her feet rounding on the younger girl.

"Oh will you shut up" Homura said as Ryōbi turned to her a look of surprise flashed between her multi-coloured eyes as she saw the slightly glazed look in the older girl's eyes "You always have some comment aimed at most of us because our chest's just happen to be more developed than yours. Oh poor little Ryōbi, flat as a board surrounded by more developed girls. You know I envy you and your tiny chest, yours are small so you have a luxury of not having a bad back most of the time. No one will look twice at you when you're walking down the street, you don't have to worry about if yours will suddenly pop out during a fight". The sniper backed up as the other girl stepped towards her, she felt the trunk of a tree press against her back as the tanned girl moved closer.

What had gotten into her? No one had ever spoken to her this way, she had made comments in the past but this time something felt different her eyes darted from the other shinobi to the corpse of the Yōma they had worked together to take down. Her mind flashed back to the strange white orb that had left its body as it died entering the tanned girl, her eyes shot back to the girl in front of her as realisation set in.

"This isn't you Homura" Ryōbi said feeling her strength return to her "That creature hit you with something, you have to wake up and come to your senses".

"I'm fully aware of my actions" Homura responded as she leaned forward "I've kept this to myself for so long but now I'm done holding it back, someone had to say it because no one else will. I envy you Ryōbi, if only we could swap places then maybe you'd feel our pain but I also envy Miyabi and those at Hebijo. They get to spend their lives sitting around with you, I guess doing this mission with you wasn't so bad after all. Now I get to tell you everything I wanted to say but more importantly I get to do something that I envy those at Hebijo would get to do if they wanted". The sniper's eyes widened in surprise as Homura closed the distance between them capturing the younger girl's lips with her own, the shock slowly began to dissipate as Ryōbi felt herself kiss back.

She couldn't deny there had been times she had looked towards Homura as a role model, wondering what it would be like to do a mission with her senior, wondering if her lips would be as soft as they looked. Now she was in a forest finding out the answer to that question, while the two embraced one question still remained in the sniper's mind. Just what had that Yōma hit her with?

So I was going to save this one but it feels like a good time to post it now since we are close to finishing up another of mine and this one will be a little shorter than most

It will be one of my many random one shot ships story planned to be seven chapters however if people want a conclusion of sorts then maybe I can do a eighth which brings all the one shots together but we'll see. For this it is Homura X Ryōbi because that seemed rather amusing to me and also serves as a test because I might do a multichapter story for some of these and also as we progress you may notice a pattern however if you do notice please don't ruin it in reviews for others because it will be fun for everyone to guess rather than have it spoiled for them

Anyway thank you for reading and I'll catch you all in the next chapter