"Akeshi-san do you want to spar?"
"Sorry Todoroki-san that's not a good idea until we know for sure if the burn on my back will mature to a second degree burn or remain a first degree burn that won't take long to heal"
"Burn?!"
"It's fine Ishiguro, I've already been checked out by our medic today and so far it hasn't matured but you know full well that burns can take days to properly mature"
"Oh really, when do you recall me being burned that badly?"
"Daisetsuzan"
"Oh, that incident"
"Yep that incident"
"How I'm not scarred is beyond me"
"Now that's my secret Ishiguro"
"What did you do and does it involve why you have no scars now?"
"Not telling and no, they're not related"
"How can you be so sure Akeshi-san?"
"Am...ne...sia Todoroki-san"
"Right you wouldn't have remembered then, forgot about that"
"Now then I believe we have training with Rescue Fire so we'll get to work on that, and maybe afterwords we can talk a bit more about something"
"Oi Akeshi I thought you hadn't..."
"I haven't Captain, but there's something I want to discuss with them about"
"Fine, just remember your promise will ya? Last time you made a promise you broke it severely by forgetting about it"
"In my defense that was so totally not my fault"
"And what makes you say that?"
"Three days unconscious with fever after saving someone from flood waters"
"Why is this the first time I've heard about that?"
"No idea, I didn't have time to write the report at the time so I requested the local fire department explain things, plus the medical files should have been sent as well, if they weren't then someone made a mix up some where's that I wasn't aware of until now myself considering it's been two years since that promise I broke"
"Okay you win, not your fault the promise got broke"
The group then did training with Rescue Fire and they were amazed at how good they were at both fighting foot soldiers and getting the fires out, or at least most of them were plus they got some equipment training in as well because while the fire station had access to some of the equipment it was one of the smaller stations so it didn't have as much as another station might, which was part of the problem the other day in the fire when Obuchi and his fellow firefighter got trapped on the roof temporarily. Due to the fact that the equipment had been needed else where's they didn't have it when they themselves needed it. Finally the training ended for the day and Akeshi remained behind
"You needed to speak with us Akeshi?"
"Yeah, I was wondering if it was possible for me to do my self defense training here instead of at the dojo I normally go to, not because they're a bad dojo but because honestly I miss Rescue Force and am struggling with my decision to either remain with my new crew and permanently leave Rescue Force like Kamiya did or return in another position, I was also wondering if you guys had any ideas on how to keep my sunglasses on me whenever I end up in a fight again against the foot soldiers of the current enemies"
"Sorry, nothing we can currently do in regards to the sunglasses due to the fact that while you had some when you were Daen prescription sunglasses are nothing to mess with, as for training yes you can whenever possible"
"Thanks Ishiguro...I am also debating on whether or not to return to my true name and that decision hasn't been easily either"
"You'll figure it out, I'm sure you will"
Two weeks later the team was called back to Rescue Force for an unknown reason, not even Obuchi knew about the summons until the Captain told him and he had talked to Ishiguro just the night before and after the talk had finally made his decision on several things, or so he thought
"Captain, afterwords I need to talk to you myself, it's about my promise"
"I understand Akeshi"
They soon reach the Rescue Force base
"I'm sure you're wondering why you were called here"
"Yes we are"
"Recently Rescue Force has been looking into part time members to supplement the main team in Europe, you would continue working your regular jobs unless called up to fight Extreme Disasters at whatever location you're told, you would also have base duty one week a month on a rotating bases. The new team would be called Special duty Rescue Force"
"Well, this means I have a new decision to make then"
"What are you talking about Akeshi?"
"Captain, I was going to announce this to you in private later but last night I made a decision on several things, one of which was to leave the fire department and rejoin Rescue Force"
"Akeshi, what do you mean by rejoin? You've never been part of Rescue Force before"
"Actually I have and that's another decision I had made, no matter what else I wanted to be who I was before, I want to be Obuchi again"
"Sempai, are you sure after all everything that's happened..."
"I've made peace with everything Ishiguro, and shouldn't deny who I am any longer"
"What are you talking about Akeshi?"
(Sighs) "I think I need to explain some things to you guys, the Captain already knows the story and considering the events of today you deserve to know too, especially if I join the new Rescue Force which is made up of part time members instead of full time"
"Good thing we have the day off then"
So they go to the cafeteria and Obuchi gives the rest of his crew his full story, from being part of the original Rescue Force team, to the incident which caused him to become Daen, his actions during that time, how he regained his Rescue Soul and even how he wound up with amnesia and onto the firefighter force
"It's how you knew how to fight the new foot soldiers isn't it?"
"Yes it is"
"Akeshi...no Obuchi, you should be part of Rescue Force again, even if it means we lose you you're a rescue worker meant to do something greater"
"Except now that there's this option I want to figure out if I want to go full time or part time, Kamiya left and I know why and I have a feeling even if he finds out about this he won't rejoin but now with this option I actually have a choice and need to figure out what I want to do"
"Either way we support you Ake...Obuchi"
"You guys can still call me Akeshi until you get used to my real name guys, I won't mind after all you guys have known me as Akeshi longer than Obuchi"
They soon left the base and for several days Obuchi debated on whether or not to accept being a part time member of Rescue Force or once again being a full time member, during that time he asked Nancy many questions about the new unit and what the duty would entail exactly plus many other questions he had including why they would trust him with such a duty again after what he had done before. Finally though he had made his decision
"Can I talk to you guys after shift?"
"Sure Obuchi, where?"
"The Captain's house"
"I assume this means you've made your decision"
"It does indeed"
"Very well"
Their shift ended and all of them headed to the Captain's place
"So Obuchi, what have you decided?"
"I am going to join the new Rescue Force team while still working here"
"We'll have to figure out the new schedule then and you might have to work with a new Captain and new teammates"
"Let the department figure all of that out, in the meantime this means that I might have to suddenly leave during a fire or even just suddenly leave the station, if I am on cooking duty I'll let you guys know something is on"
"No, we'll have someone nearby who can hear the alerts that you get so that they can take over"
"Fine, let's compromise, you have someone nearby and I'll let that person know that something is on"
"How about we simply figure things out as we go"
"That works too"
"Though you might be gone longer for the initial training then most people Obuchi"
"Because of suit testing to make sure that the shields properly work for my eyes"
"Exactly"
"How do you know about that though Captain?"
"R5 also known as Ishiguro Eiji recently contacted me in regards to the unit when he realized you needed to think about what was going on and explained it to me"
"Oh okay"
The next day Obuchi visited Rescue Phoenix and told Ishiguro that he was rejoining Rescue Force as part of the part time rescue unit