A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing, always feel good to see people enjoying my story.
Awase was really powered up and actually I took the least amount of time to think up of what she could use as a weapon. The person who handed me her design did not really specify, so I took the liberty of twisting it. Though her weapon took the least amount of time to conceive, it was the longest weapon to finalize.
There are certain hidden meanings in Awase's weapon, since it is called Wonderland and her weapons are Rabbit Hole and Rabbit's foot, they are all pointing to the old book Alice in Wonderland. It suits Awase since she is always sleeping. My initial thought for her weapon wasn't from Fate/Stay Night, though I do love the entire Fate series as well most of the other type-moon works. The initial idea came from two things, one was the matrix armoury scene, and the other was Halo. Odd, isn't it? Matrix gave me the idea of multiple weapons since the person who handed me Awase said she could use anything around her as a weapon. The Halo game gave me the technique that Awase used since in the game, I would not actually bother with reloading my own weapon and the moment I use up the weapon's ammunition I would be standing over another weapon and just switch immediately to continue the fight.
In terms of Fate/Stay Night though, Awase's weapon would be more like Unlimited Blade Works.
I discussed it with another reader and I told him that the four other 'SSS' ranked weapons (a pun on the organization's name) were used by the leaders of the other divisions. But there are five other divisions, so can anyone care to guess who wouldn't be holding one? Also each division leader (Jinnai is included) represents one of the seven deadly sins. Three are obvious, but the other four are not quite. Their sins are also reflected in their weapons.
Angel Beats!
What We Live For
Operation 11
Divide and...
Yuki smiled, throwing the file in her hand onto the desk. She looked up to the gathered leaders of the divisions, Ein Shrewerz of the Assault Division; Himura Yuuko, boss of Guild; Kinoji Awase and Jinnai from the Diversion division; Tatsume Kenji from the enigmatic Intelligence division. The leaders looked up to Yuki, each holding onto a similar file in hand.
"So, it's once again time."
Yuki smirked. The leaders all nodded, looking at each other from the corner of their eyes, shifting their gazes uneasily. The intense pressure building up within the room was suffocating, which explains why during this division leader meeting there wouldn't be anyone else other than the leaders in the room. It was like a wildfire building up within the room. Ein narrowed his eyes at Yuuko, knowing that she would be his largest threat. Yuuko did the same, her eyes showing no sign of backing off. Awase was snoring away while Jinnai cleaned his glasses. Kenji merely looked to Yuki who was sitting behind her desk being all composed. Kenji did not like this process, detesting how Yuki performs her duties and how she seeks to control everything. Yuki shifted her hands into a 'gendou' pose, and nodded.
"It is time to begin."
All in the room swallowed hard. Yuki reached into her pocket and pulled out a coin. She took the coin in hand and flipped it into the air. Time seemed to slow down as the coin became the centre of attention for all in the room. The coin flew up, then fell down back towards the ground. All eyes glued on the coin as it fell back down. The coin then hit the ground-
"I TAKE KATSURAGI AND KUSANAGI YAMATO!"
Yuki declared and slammed her palms against her desk even before the coin hit the ground completely.
"Geh! You cheated again!"
Ein pointed an accusing finger at Yuki. The Queen of Fort merely smirked.
"You are too slow, boy. Move fast and take what you can, that is how I have survived to create this organization."
"... Tch."
Ein knew he could not argue with Yuki. No one could.
"I will take Narusaki Yue."
Kenji said, reminding the leaders that the selection process was still going on. If one could call this a 'selection process' in the first place.
" "I will take Kashiide Kazu-" "
Ein and Yuuko both said at the same time, which caused them to turn and glare at each other.
"So... it has come down to this after all, Yuuko."
Ein said, getting to his feet and cracking his knuckles.
"I could not agree any more, Ein-chii."
Yuuko replied, getting to her feet and taking out the long thin metal stick she had in her mouth and slotting it into her pouch.
"It's been awhile since I had a chance to teach you youngsters the importance of elders."
Yuuko added, rolling up her sleeves.
"'Youngster'? Ha! Don't make me laugh! I died at the age of eighteen, you died at sixteen!"
"But I've been here way longer than you have, kiddo."
"We do not age in this world, but enough talk! Do you want to do this, or not?"
Ein glared at her, tightening his gloves. Yuuko smirked, her fists tightening.
"Bring it kid."
"Let's go!"
The two charged at each other, bringing out their fists to-
"JAN KEN PON (rock paper scissors game)!"
Ein brought out his flat hand at Yuuko's face, but Yuuko's hand had swerved around with her hand showing two fingers. Yuuko stabbed Ein in the eyes with her fingers.
"GAAAHHH! MY EYES!"
Ein cried out, rearing back. Yuuko then curled her hand into a fist and sent it into Ein's stomach.
"Super 'Scissor-Rock' combo!"
Yuuko shouted as Ein was sent sprawling onto the ground. Yuuko took out her metal stick to chew on and showed a victory sign.
"Guild prevails once more! GA HA HA HA HA!"
"Diversion division will take Shinagawa Mina. zzzz"
Awase spoke up even though she was still sleeping. As expected of a division leader. Even while asleep, she can still do her duties.
"Ah, forgot the selection was still going on."
"I will take Fujita Yoshihiko and Wakamoto Souichirou."
Kenji said, marking the names off his file.
"I-I will take Saya and Mitsuhide Ayane."
Ein gasped, struggling back to the couch.
"I will take Kuroe Hitomi-"
"I want Hitomi-chii!"
Yuuko cut Yuki off, making Yuki raise an eyebrow.
"... Yuuko, do you seriously want to challenge me?"
Yuki asked.
"I will not back off!"
Yuuko declared, bursting with confidence over her victory over Ein. Yuki narrowed her eyes at the Boss of Guild, before slowly getting to her feet. A strange menacing aura was building up around her as all of a sudden everyone in the room could see the image of a horned demon towering behind Yuki as representation of her presence. Yuuko's presence was reduced to an image of a small hamster.
"Are you sure, Yuuko?"
Yuki asked once more, to which Yuuko finally realized her folly, shaking her head frantically.
"N-no! I-I'm fine without her! Really!"
"Really?"
"Y-yes! I-I will take Ishida!"
Yuuko quickly said.
"Hey! I wanted Ishida!"
Ein retorted back.
"Then I challenge you for him!"
Yuuko declared, changing her focus to someone more manageable. Yuki sat back down and the tension eased.
"Alright, I accept! I will not lose this time!"
Ein said, getting up once more. The two glared at each other for the second time, though Yuuko chose not to keep her long stick this time.
"JAN KEN PON!"
Yuuko immediately brought out her fist to punch Ein, but Ein blocked with his palm.
"Paper wins over rock."
Ein smirked, gripping onto Yuuko's fist so that she wouldn't be able to run away. But Yuuko wasn't running.
"SUKI-ARI (an opening)!"
Yuuko brought her second fist around, striking Ein by his side.
"GAAAH!"
Ein lost once more. Yuuko smirked, standing victorious over her victim.
"MY rock can conquer any paper."
The selection process went on, and after a few more falcon punches, face palms and scissors take-down-choke-holds it ended with Ein managing to claim Todoroki Wataru, and Kawaguchi Naoyuki. Diversion division had secured Minamoto Kaaya and Hiroshi. Yuuko only managed to get one more member, Wakase Izumi. Kenji had gotten hold of Motoyama Rei. In total, the Assault Division gained four new members, Guild gained three, Diversion obtained three, Intelligence gathered four and Fort had three.
"Right, that's all done for today."
Yuki said, shuffling her file. The other leaders all got up and left the conference room, tired and weary of this meeting, yet happy that they managed to get new members. Yuki sighed as the last of the leaders left the room, she leaned back in her chair, opening her file to look at the faces of the recruits who would be joining her. Kusanagi Yamato was an extremely talented fighter and leader, so she would definitely be in Yuki's Wolves squad. Kuroe Hitomi showed similar qualities, though not as good. Hitomi would be a good addition to the base defence squad 'Camelot'. As for Katsuragi... The reason why Yuki wanted him was because he intrigued her. He had some connection to Kou, and also to that 'day'. The day in which all hell broke loose when they tried to alter the Angel Program too much. Best not to think too much of it. Yuki sighed, rubbing her temples as she tried to think things through.
"... Am I missing something?"
She thought aloud, wondering about it since her mind seemed to think that there was something else that she forgot. At that moment, the door of her office opened, and Kurogane Kou stepped in. The leader of the sixth division was as emotionless as always and her presence seemed to drop the temperature of the room. Kou still had that black cloth around her neck and carried her scythe around like a grim reaper.
"Kou, what brings you here?"
Yuki asked, noting that the sixth division rarely had any business in Fort. Their base of operations existed everywhere, not just in Fort though they often used a room in Fort for rest and planning. Kou walked over to Yuki's desk and threw two files onto the desk. Yuki flipped them open and saw the profiles of two other members of the organization.
"... Are these two traitors?"
Yuki asked.
"... These two... will enter sixth division."
Kou replied. Yuki raised an eyebrow at that reply. Though sixth division recruits by taking in members from other divisions, which explains why they are never around for the recruitment of the new recruits, Yuki knows that the sixth division usually only has twenty members.
"Kou, did you lose members?"
Kou did not answer that question, merely staring at Yuki with the same dead eyes. Yuki would have to take that as a 'yes'. She looked back down to the files. The sixth division actually did not need to file any forms or ask permission to get members from other divisions. If a sixth division member approached you and handed you a black band, you were automatically part of the sixth division and were expected to follow Kou as part of the sixth division's Guardians. But this was something that Kyou requested of Kou to do. Mainly to inform the other division leaders of who the sixth division will be taking. Yuki also wanted to know so as to allow her to keep track of what is going on in the organization. Even as Yuki looks through these files, the said recruits were at the moment being approached by members of the sixth division.
"... Kisaragi Setsuna... member of Assault division's War Boars. Did you tell Ein and Kyou?"
Kou did not say anything again.
"... Well, he does look like he's someone from your division already. And the other member is... Kuraiheishi Hikaru... is that is really is family name? They seriously need to get their heads checked. Let's see... he was from... Guild? And why would someone from Guild be chosen?"
Yuki asked. Kou reached over and tapped on the file. One line in particular. Yuki followed the finger and read the line aloud.
"'Distinguished in gun making and use'? 'Fought in three attacks of Guild'... I see, so he also fought against Angels before. Alright, thanks for letting me know. They will be officially placed by tomorrow."
Yuki closed the files and kept to one side, though the two of them knew that the sixth division had no 'official record' or so to speak. In fact, there was no record the entire sixth division ever existing. The profile of each member of the sixth division was still kept in the same category as their previous division, the only difference being that there was a simple cross across their names. Kou was the one to request this strange way of paperwork. According to her, the sixth division did not exist, they did not have names, they were never alive. To be a Guardian, you must be someone who isn't human. You did not exist for yourself, for others or for any thing physical, emotional or mental. To be a Guardian; to be a Reaper, you must become a machine; a monster that lives only to kill. Reapers do not need names, only a weapon and a finger to point them in the right direction. Kou turned to go, but then stopped, and tapped onto the first file that was on Yuki's desk. The recruitment file.
"You are missing... one more person."
She said before leaving the room. Yuki raised her eyebrow and looked over the recruitment file once more.
"... Missing someone? ... Oh, Ooguchi Daisuke... was he here in the first place? Ah, never mind. He'll join Fort."
And thus, Fort gained four new members.
Katsuragi was feeling slightly nervous, since he did not really know what was going on. In the morning, they were told that they were going to be separated into their respective divisions and that they would have to stay within their rooms. But as of yet no one in the room knew how they were going to be told. And so the excruciating and unnerving wait for the boys in the room began. However they did not have to wait for long. The door to the room opened and a young man walked in.
"When I call out your names, you will follow me. Todoroki Wataru and Kawaguchi Naoyuki."
The two recruits got up, nervous, and walked over to the young man. The man folded the paper he read from and pocketed it.
"Alright, the two of you are now part of the Assault division. Congratulations. Follow me."
The trio left the room, and a girl walked in almost immediately.
"Ishida, Kashiide Kazu."
She called out and the two got up.
"The two of you are going down to Guild. Follow me."
After that, the representative for Diversion came and after another twenty minutes the Intelligence division representative came. Soon, only Katsuragi and Daisuke were left in the room.
"So... we're both left."
Daisuke said, resting his head on his hands.
"Ah... We don't know about the girls, so we can't really say we're left."
Katsuragi replied.
"True. But seeing as how the other groups have come, we're probably in Fort. Imagine to be under 'that' Queen."
Daisuke shivered just thinking about it. Katsuragi did not care at all, only thinking of what he wanted to accomplish in this World. Now that he thought about it, why did he choose to stay in this World? Was it to find his lost memories? Or was it something else? He had no prior attachments, he did not know why he was here. Why did he stay? As time went by, however, Katsuragi became less worried about why he was in this weird world, and becoming more worried about where was the representative from Fort. After an hour, the door finally opened and a small girl stepped in timidly.
"E-erm... A-are you t-two Ka-Katsuragi a-and O-Ooguchi D-Daisuke?"
The girl timidly stammered. Katsuragi and Daisuke looked at each other, then stood up.
"Yes, we are."
When Katsuragi said that, the girl heaved a sigh of relief.
"S-sorry for the w-wait. I-I got l-lost."
She explained.
"Lost? Are you a member of Fort? And isn't this Fort? It isn't exactly a maze."
Daisuke pointed out. The girl's faced turned red as she smiled sheepishly.
"I-I don't e-exactly h-have a g-good s-sense of d-direction."
"... Even so, there has to be a limit."
Daisuke muttered. The two of them were led outside and told to wait.
"I-I need t-to g-get the f-female r-recruits."
The young girl said, before walking in the complete opposite direction as where the female recruit room was. Katsuragi pulled her back before she got too far.
"Their room... is that way."
He said, pointing to the room next door which had a large sign saying 'Female recruits'.
"A-ah, sorry!"
She said, before continuing to walk in the opposite direction.
"LIKE I SAID!"