"Well time to get training, though I'm surprised you're not going to America too to help with the family situation"
"That's because we found out at the same time having been eating a meal together and I was essentially ordered to stay here since I am or was still new to Hyper Rescue, not to mention the fact that Hyper Rescue is more busy than what my cousin was doing so it made sense he would go and if need be then stay in America than me, besides I don't know that side of the family like my cousin does seeing as how he visits them on a more regular basis"
"How long are the treatments going to be anyways?"
"Who knows"
It would turn out that the treatments would last three weeks and Obuchi had a flashback to his Daen days almost every single day except twice which meant he was very dangerous to Rescue Force during the treatment period but finally with several drugs and one minor surgery that was discovered it was needed Obuchi's allergy issue was no more and soon enough the team was fully integrated
"Obuchi-san, why do you wear sunglasses whenever you're out in civilian clothing, or even uniform?"
"That's right, you may know my background as Daen but you don't know the results of a Final Rescue I preformed. Due to the explosion I caused to destroy my base as a Final Rescue I ended up amnesic for four years and my eyes became extremely sensitive to natural sunlight, that means if I am going to be out during the day I have to wear prescription sunglasses in order to function"
"There are even times when he has to wear the sunglasses inside a building which is frowned upon but he always keeps the doctors note on him so that if police get involved they know just why he's wearing them"
"Exactly, it doesn't happen often but every so often my eyes are so sensitive to sunlight that even sunlight coming through windows gives me a problem and I have to wear the sunglasses indoors"
What no one knew was that once Obuchi had decided to go back to his original name he had talked to his eye doctor and mentioned wanting the prescription sunglasses under both his real name and the name the Japanese government had given him while he was amnesic, he explained he didn't understand why but he felt it was important for the future. He had even gotten the government to keep the name they had given him while he was amnesic solely for his use in case something happened that required him to use his amnesic name and when they asked why he told them of how it might be important in the future and that if another event like what happened over fourteen years ago that made him be thought dead for ten years happened again having another name might prove handy in fooling the enemy that he was dead and they realized his point and agreed that he could keep the name Akeshi Kazuhiko for emergency situations
"Well, now that training is over with I should explain how this unit will actually work"
"What do you mean Captain?"
"Obuchi-sempai already knows this but one week a month one of you will be on duty at the base on a rotating bases. You will also be on call for Extreme Disasters at all times with your jobs already knowing about this and prepared to let you go at a moments notice. You will also have training on a regular basis to keep your skills up. You will not have rotation during Christmas but New Years will be a rotation. There's also the fact that if we get multiple Extreme Disasters you may be required to stay on base longer than just the one mission and will have to inform your bosses of the fact that you are busy. I and the rest of Rescue Force will be in Europe for the most part but you will be sharing a base with Rescue Fire which is solely based in Japan for the moment. You will also have to work out a rotation with your civilian jobs to make sure you're rested enough to actually do rescue work at a moments notice. Your Rescue Commanders are to be on you at all times and the Dual Crusher as well"
With that they went back to their civilian jobs though first everyone went to Obuchi's because of the fact that he was the one with the most unpredictable job out of the group and since he was in the most danger they felt it necessary to meet their teammates civilian backup and make sure they would indeed keep him as safe as they could whenever they weren't around
"Hey Obuchi, you guys official yet?"
"Yes Captain we're official, these are my new teammates"
"Good to hear, by the way your eye doctor called again but this time he wanted to meet with me for some reason"
"Oh it's probably about the spare sunglasses I requested you have"
"Obuchi?"
"I know that normally I give you my sunglasses and you keep them until they're needed but now that I'm part of Rescue Force there's a good chance that I might break the sunglasses and as such it's good to know that there's a spare pair available and safe with you at the station"
"That actually makes sense, okay just wondering was all after all normally I pass on messages to you in regards to your eye doctor I'm not used to being needed by him"
"Her actually"
"Since when?"
"Three days ago, the reason why you heard a male voice was because of the person manning the desk at the time was male, there's both male and female members manning the desk it all depends on what day and time is all"
"Okay that makes sense then"
"So when are you guys off shift?"
"Finished ten minutes ago, however we're still here because a fire was called just as our shift ended and you know what that means"
"You stay until you're sure that you're not needed as backup"
"Exactly, and that could take another five to ten minutes so you guys might as well simply either head to my house or go to your homes"
"Your place Captain it would be nice for my two teams to get to know each other"
"Might be useful in the future too all things considered, see you guys after we're sure we're not needed and Obuchi if it turns out we are needed we'll let you know somehow"
"Understood"
Twenty-five minutes later everyone was at the Captain's house and eating a decent meal before simply socializing for a bit getting to know each other. With that Obuchi's Rescue Force team knew that they could properly count on his civilian firefighting team to back him up despite his past as Daen
"So when do rotations start?"
"Next month, with Obuchi being the first one in the rotation, not just because he's the field leader but because he requested it"
"Obuchi?"
"I...I need to get used to being in a base again and I feel the sooner the better, I was away from Rescue Force for a long time, thought dead in reality and I need to be part of a team like that again and get used to interacting with the support personnel and it's better to do it sooner rather than later, besides everyone else still needs to get things organized with their jobs while for me we already have the new schedule worked out with the department"
"That's right, I forgot you discovered the new rotation while you were undergoing treatment for your allergy situation"
"Exactly"
Soon the new Rescue Force team was starting rotations and actually got called in their first official day on duty. As it turned out there would be battles to get them fully accepted as they were only part time Rescue Force members but as they proved to be as professional as the full time members they were soon easily accepted
"Who's supposed to be on rotation this month?"
"R3"
"Not this time"
"Why not?"
(Sighs) "I hate to do this Obuchi-sempai but you're needed on rotation this month instead. Someone from the news media has finally linked you with Daen who disappeared a little over four years ago now and we're all under fire, as such we need you on rotation to help with interviews that need to be done and there's a possibility of you having to tell your story to the public which might cause distrust and other issues. We need you at base at all times during the week to help minimize whatever problems arise from this new development"
"Understood Ishiguro, let me tell my job though so that they understand why we have to change the schedule this month"
"Okay that I can do, oh and I'm coming back to Japan to help"
"Right"
"So who all knows your story anyways?"
"You guys, my firefighting team, Rescue Force, Rescue Fire and the government all know because they have to know but that's it, if they weren't there during my Daen days and saw me when I became good again they don't know the story"
"Why have you kept it at need to know for so long?"
"Because of how much destruction I caused as Daen in my past. You guys have to understand something, you may know the story of how I became Daen and what I did during that time but you will never fully understand my emotions during that time period. I have nightmares sometimes about my time period as Daen and what could have happened if I hadn't ever seen Todoroki Hikaru succeed in becoming R1 Max, something I never achieved though I was willing to sacrifice my body for it. I had built up my hate for ten years before I acted as Daen ten years, that's a lot of time to hold onto hate for one single incident. Once I regained my memories I had to deal with a lot of guilt and still do really whenever it becomes overwhelming. As such I realized that for the moment it really is best for me to keep my past as need to know in order to shield my mind from the more terrible aspects of what I have done because while I may be seeing a therapist and healing some of the wounds are still really raw mentally and emotionally and whenever the past is brought up it tears those wounds right back up and I am a wreck once I have time to be alone"
"I guess we can understand then, just let us know if it starts getting to be too much okay? We want to help you with your emotions, you're not alone Obuchi-san"
"Thanks, now then I have a Captain to inform about the new developments so I need to be going"
"Actually we want to come with"
"What for?"
"Easy, we figured we might as well go out to lunch today seeing as how we haven't seen each other except for the Extreme Disasters or training lately"
"You have a point besides I wanted to talk to you guys about something anyways and over a meal is a great time to do so"
They decide to go to the station house first to see if the Captain was in on an off day for whatever reason and was in luck, Obuchi's Captain was covering for another Captain for a couple of hours while the Captain meant for the shift got checked out at the hospital and also checked on one of his men while there and so informed him of the situation and then they left to go to a good eating place. That's when it was discovered it wasn't one of Obuchi's better days in regards to sunlight sensitivity and he needed the sunglasses inside the eating establishment
"Not one of your better days?"
"Nope, too sensitive, and I can't have any more surgeries or we risk scarring my eyes to the point where I would need regular glasses on top of the sunglasses, how we avoided that in the first place is beyond us to start off with so we're not pushing it if we can. The last procedure was to handle chemical blurriness which is a different procedure from light sensitivity"
A waiter appears at their table and talks to Obuchi first
"Excuse me sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you take your sunglasses off"
"Here, I have a prescription for them"
Obuchi hands over the prescription and as such the manager is told about it and the rest of the staff is informed he's to be left alone about the sunglasses
"What may I get you people then?"
They order what they want and then simply talk about what they were doing in every day life and finally when the food arrives Obuchi starts to talk about the reason he wanted to talk to them in the first place
"Okay, you guys know how lately I've been acting a bit out of the normal even for what I am doing with two jobs?"
"Yeah, you've been secretive as ever and also a bit short tempered when not dealing with the public, you've also been sparring more often according to those at base"
"There's actually a very valid reason why"
"Oh and what's that reason?"
"Not only have I secretly been trying to develop a new rescue vehicle I have also been undergoing treatment for a medical condition and both are going frustratingly slow not to mention one of the side effects of one of my medications is mood swings, though I do my best to keep it under control when I am out on a rescue either with Rescue Force or the fire department"
"Who all knows about the medical condition?"
"Ishiguro, Shiraki Juri, the medical team and my firefighter Captain all have known since the beginning since the condition was caught when I was injured in a regular fire"
"How much longer are you going to be undergoing treatment?"
"At least three more weeks, but these last three weeks I can't work either job because once the final phase of treatment begins I will be too sick and too weak to work, this is a heads up so that you know how things will work temporarily once things begin"
"I understand, R2 field commander?"
"Yep"
"Understood"
"If it's allowed what is the condition?"
"It's...it's a complication from my original accident that caused me to become Daen in the first place. You guys remember how I had to get treatment for allergies related to the accident?"
"Yeah it turns out you're severely allergic to some of the cleaning chemicals because they were the same chemicals used in the fire that you were declared dead in"
"Turns out that's not all that happened. I not only became allergic to cleaning supplies but a disease showed up that only happens in combination with the allergy treatment, though you initially start off fine you slowly start to get more and more tired and even cough up blood, though the amount gradually increases as time passes. Eventually there's no treatment available if you let the condition go on too long but fortunately we caught it early because of the fire, I was in stage one of the disease, and it's treatable up to stage three as far as doctors can tell"
"So what are all the stages exactly?, you know should we encounter something like this in the future as an Extreme Disaster or something"
"Okay so stage one is general aches and exhaustion that aren't severe and considering I occasionally have a bad nights sleep to be expected for me. The second stage is the exhaustion is more severe and that's when the blood starts coming though it's a very tiny amount at first though as stage two progresses it gets worse. Stage three is the last treatable stage as far as we can tell, the coughing is more severe and maximum amount of blood comes each time you cough, though it's not severe enough to pass out from blood loss for whatever reason. Stage four we think you wind up in a coma and stay there essentially dead but kept alive by machines and the final stage is of course death but only with the permission of family or whoever has the authority to make such decisions"
"And the treatment?"
"It's brutal enough that I am not going to describe it to you, however you guys know enough to handle missions without me now"
"But what about the reporter situation?"
"That needs to be dealt with as well but not when I am sick"
"But Captain Ishiguro..."
"Mentioned the plan a month early as a cover for anyone listening in on our conversations and he also knew at the time that I wasn't quite ready to tell you guys what was going on especially in the location we were at"
"Makes sense I guess, but the reporter situation will have to be dealt with somehow soon"
"We know and who knows Ishiguro might decide to go ahead and do it this month when I am on rotation after treatment but we'll have to wait and see"
"For now though let's simply finish enjoying the meal and go from there"
"That works for me"
Suddenly there were explosions and foot soldiers
"Obuchi-san, do not go into Daen mode, we can't afford it right now"
"Sorry guys but that's not something I can control I either will or won't go into Daen mode I just never know"
"Fine looks like someone is going to be sticking like glue to you until we know for sure"
"More like until the emergency is over because I can go Daen at any moment"
"Good point"
The group starts taking care of the civilians and quickly realizes that the possibility of activation was high enough that all of them did minor things to make sure they were ready, minus Obuchi who couldn't take his sunglasses off for any reason except a Chakusou they all took off whatever clothing would interfere with the change into their Rescue Force uniforms