"TAKE COVER!", yelled Commander Inaba as she dove behind her squadron's barrier just before the hail of rockets hit her. She leaned against the hastily put wall that they had built, panting heavily as she tried to calm herself down.

"Are you alright, Commander?", asked one of her soldiers.

"I'm fine," she huffed. "Just need to catch my breath after being chased by that cursed Revenant. How's the rest of the squadron?"

The soldier looked over her shoulder. She could see that dozens of her comrades were struggling to hold the post as they tried their best to keep the demons a far enough distance away from their last remaining outpost. "They're not going to be able to keep this up much longer, sir. Morale is at an all-time low."

Commander Inaba checked the condition of her squadron members. Her green jade eyes allowed her long range sight which meant that she could tell, without having to move an inch from her position, that her troops were truly running low on morale. Their eyes were void of motivation and despair seemed to be occupying that void.

"Damn it. Any news on the whereabouts of Lady Kaguya and her two guests?" inquired the Commander.

"Miss Komachi was last seen entering the med bay after helping out our guys at the eastern wall when a couple of Hell Knights managed to break through. The whereabouts of Lady Kaguya and Justice Shikieiki remain unknown."

Her body ran cold upon hearing it. "Did anyone make it?", she whispered gravely.

The moon rabbit surprised her when she smiled. "Everyone is fine and well, sir. Aside from a few broken bones and bruises, the girls on the eastern front are alive and well and have already fortified the wall."

"Wow. Ok. That's good. Very good." replied the Commander incredulously. Prior to joining the Yagokoro Defence Guard, she used to be enlisted into the Imperial Army. She was one of the few surviving moon rabbits from the Night of Demons and she knew first hand just how powerful Hell Knights were. Having one person alive was a feat on its own let alone an entire division. "I guess we owe Miss Komachi a favour, then. How is she? You mentioned that she is currently in the med bay, correct, uh…"

"Corporal."

"Ah, yes. Corporal. Why is she in the med bay? Was she injured? Is she going to be fine?"

"Actually, she was virtually untouched during her battle with the mindless brutes. Her scythe kept them at bay and distracted them enough for our girls to take them down with suppressive fire."

Inaba felt the need to sigh out in relief but her question still remained unanswered. "If she was unharmed, why did she have to go to the med bay?"

The rabbit in front her looked around from side to side before reporting sternly. "Moments after she was done with brutish demons, she began to look very pale before throwing up and passing out. Reports from the medical staff state that she was experiencing dizziness, nausea and fatigue. Post-examination of her vomit revealed that she was ingesting a large amount of chocolate, milk and chicken for an extended period of time; about a month or so. Since the medical staff preferred to keep their patient's info classified, I could only speculate that it was a side effect from engaging with the enemy."

The Commander gave her a knowing smile and then laughed heartily, confusing the moon rabbit. "Sir, this is not a laughing matter nor is this a situation where one could to engage in schadenfreude. With all due respect, I did not expect you to be the sadistic type, sir."

Inaba laughed even harder at this. Stifling her giggles, she placed her hand on the moon rabbit's shoulder. "Corporal, what is your name?"

Baffled, she answered. "Benette. Corporal Benette, sir."

"Right. Listen here, Corporal Benette." started the Commander. "Soon, once you have reached a certain point in life, when you've come to appreciate how a new life is created on this world, you'll understand why." As she said this, her jade green eyes were looking down on Benette's face as though she were her grandmother passing on her wisdom to her grandchild. And like her grandmother, her answer only served to fry poor Benette's brain.

She couldn't help but smirk as Benette sat down by her side with a dumbfounded expression on her face, still trying to comprehend her commander's words.

BOOM!

A loud explosion was heard in the distance and she felt the ground shake. "Corporal! Corporal Benette! Get up!"

But had shut down earlier and she remained still, her dumb look plastered on her face.

She sighed in annoyance. "You there!", she ordered the soldier to her right. "Take her to a bed and let her rest. She's having a case of BSOD here."
The soldier complied and carried her into the outpost but not before saluting her.
She returned the salute and switched on her in-ear walkie-talkie;

"Border Crew, this is Stronghold. What's the situation, over?"

"Stronghold, this is Border Crew. We advise Stronghold to ready their arms and fortify their forts on the double, over."

"Why you say that?"

"We suggest that you look over your wall, Commander. We're about to pack on the heat."

The Commander did as she was told and climbed the wall. Her heart sank to the floor at what she saw: Two Mancubi have been summoned into the arena along with a Hell Baron and three Revenants. All of them, along with the rest of the demons appeared to be rushing towards the Border Control Pillbox.

She felt her temperature drop from her head to toe. Dread crawled its way up her spine and she, at long last, began to feel the intense wave of hopelessness and despair that had drowned out the morale of her troops.

She switched on the walkie-talkie again, this time contacting her old friend from the war. This friend of hers used to be her commander but applying late into the YDG meant that she was currently below her in terms of rank. Being in the infamous 'Eagle Ravi' infiltration unit, many saw her as a ruthless assassin as her sharp, penetrating eyes accentuated the impressions they already had of her signature wooden mallet. But in reality, as Inaba found out once they were friends, she was a friendly shy girl from the countryside. The mallet was a family heirloom that she carried around everywhere to cope with homesickness.

Came in handy whenever the barracks were craving for mochi…

Anyway, back on track. With her knowledge and experience in the years she spent in the unit, she needed her help to assess the situation on her end. She gulped hearing the static on the other end clear.

"Are you seeing this, Seiran?"

"Yup. Clear as day. Or at least, as clear as the ongoing orange flashes of energy allow me to see. Where are you, bunbuns?"

"Ughhh…I'm at the outpost holding down the fort and quit with the corny nicknames, country bumpkin. How are you holding up there by the pillbox?"

"I'm already joining the rest of the crew in Ran's protective magic sphere here. Chen's been begging Yukari for assistance but she's too spent after erecting the geyser barrier."

" I see…Wait. If you and the rest of the crew are in the sphere, who's defending the pillbox?"

"Until now, the automated turrets have done a good job at keeping them in check but repeated hits from Rev-rockets finally took their toll on them."

*KABOOM*

"…What was that?"

"That, buddypal, was the last turret you just heard. Now, we're officially sitting ducks over here."

"Sounds bad."

"Sure is. At this rate, it'll be a few more moments before they break down the outer defence force-field and come knocking down this barrier."

"Look, Seiran, stay right where you are right now. I'll be coming in with my team to get you out."

"No can do, Inaba. No can do. That's a stupid idea and you know it."

"Oh ye of little faith. I've got enough troops to defend the outpost while you don't cause everyone's hunkering down with you. You kept on picking on me for having dumb ideas but who's the stupid one now, huh?!"

"You do realise that I can shoot bullets from another dimension, right? That I can shoot through barriers, right? Am I right or am I right, Inaba-chan?"

She was met with only silence from the other end. 10 minutes passed by before she heard the static clear up again.

"Hello?"

"…"

"I know you can hear me, ya cheeky bunny.", said Seiran coyly.

"Can't hear you~ Too busy making my way towards you right now."

"YOU WHAT-?!"

Gunfire and expletives were heard in the background, screeches and roars followed.

"You dumbass! You're gonna get yourself killed! Even if you brought in your entire squadron and had them all armed to the teeth, there's no way you're going to make it here! What part of Revenants, Hell Barons and-"

"Tell you what, why don't continue our little chat when we're face-to-face, m'kay?"
"But-"
"Byeee~!" *kchk*

oOo

Seiran's eyes never left the window the whole time even after her friend had hung up. Her hand clutching tightly a locket. A silver heart locket.

She opened it up gently, revealing a young Seiran with her arm over a grinning Inaba, who was her junior of a few years. Laughter. The laughter that came out of Inaba's mouth, she felt as she could hear it guffawing from the small picture housed by the locket. And in the picture, there was also a third person, smiling while chewing on her food hungrily.

"Oi, is it done?", snapped a voice behind her, reminding of the cold steel pressed against her head.

"Yeah, it is done. The outpost commander has now left her station. Their defences are now weakened. Now, let them go, filthy traitor.", Seiran coldly answered but with a hint of sadness.

The figure behind her chuckled lowly. She clearly took satisfaction out of the whole thing. Glancing behind her, she saw a large display monitor that served as the surveillance monitor. On it were more than a dozen live surveillance views, each containing an unconscious moon rabbit bound and gagged. Each of them her squad members. No sight of the Yakumos.

On a separate screen, the turret defence control system could be seen. All of them were offline with the exception of the only destroyed turret.

With a press of a button on her remote, the turret defence systems were back online and the chorus of unlocking doors could be heard.

"Me? A traitor?" mocked her captor, adjusting her orange hat. "That's plenty rich coming from the one who betrayed me…"

"Kuh-!" Seiran felt the gun being pressed harder against her skull. "You're delusional. I know you don't want to do this." Her body began to tremble erratically as she tried to hold in the tears. She then looked into her captor's red eyes with her own, full of sorrow.

"Please…", she pleaded. "This isn't you. The you I know would never aid those heathens so please! Try to fight it, please…!"

"SHUT UP!" yelled the figure as she pistol-whipped her. "Nggh…ARGHH!" The figure held her head, her face contorted in pain. Flashes of images overloaded her mind. Images of peacetime. Of picnics and mochi. Of many battles fought together with these traitors. Of receiving something important from them…

No. It must be the brain-washing. Her benefactors told her so during her training.

"ARGHH! IT HURTS!"

"Fight it! Fight the influence!"

"I thought I told you to sHUT UP!"

*BANG*

Boom. Headshot. Inaba swiftly loaded another bullet in the chamber before firing straight into the eye of an incoming Cacodemon.

Her personally hand-picked squad of five soldiers were currently holed up behind the long mahogany table which lay in front of the ruined information consultant tent. Corporal Benette, senses regained, was the squad's designated scouter while she took up the mantle of squad leader and sniper.

"Corporal, has the heat simmered down a little?"

"Negative, sir. If anything, the heat seems to have actually increased. Priority target has just shown itself on the field and is opening up more portals."

The Commander needed no further info. Arming herself with scopeless Imperial-grade Barettes on each hand, she positioned her focus on the ironsights. Her jade eyes glowed a brilliant green. The Summoner was zooming right into her sights. She could see the bastard's movements as clear as day.

Huh. Too easy. *BANG*

The double sniper shots echoed amidst the chaos like rumbling thunder. The Summoner was dead. Missing a head and a torso. The spraying blood from its zipping corpse complimented the bright orange geyser barrier nicely, adding hues of red into the rusty ground.

Strangely, as Corporal Benette observed, the demons were not even alerted in the slightest to the death of their Summoner nor the resounding echo of the rifles. They appeared to be occupied with something. And they were determined in dealing this something that they left the Border Control pillbox alone. The Commander was quick to notice.

"Alright, I want the two of you to come with me and rush to the pillbox.", she ordered. "The rest of you, remain here with the Corporal and act as our rendezvous point, you got that?"

The squad gave her a silent salute. Then, the Commander ran off towards the pillbox, leaving the Corporal with three soldiers in securing their rendezvous point.

The Corporal resumed her scouting duties and observed the massive horde of demons a few hundred metres in front of them with her binoculars. This something, she reckoned, was being a major threat to the demons as they seemed to be fiercely engaging with this unknown. With the Summoner's death, it became clear to her the something was winning albeit at a slower pace than Him. Then again, if anyone was powerful enough to take on a horde of demons of that size and number of high-level monsters and kill off around a quarter of them, it was reasonable to think that He had graced them with his presence once more except that official records from the Watatsuki Archives stated that he had done the same with a horde thrice as big and double the kill rate.

She wanted to know. To know more about this mysterious force that was diverting the demons' attention away from them. She continued to observe through her binoculars. Damn demons. Move away. A Hell Baron was blocking her view with its grotesquely muscular body.

Then, she got her view. A hole had blasted through the Baron's abdomen in a violent burst of gore. As its body dropped to the ground, she stared intensely in anticipation of the identity of this force of nature.

Her jaw dropped along with her binoculars.

Amidst the roaring Hell Knights and Mancubi, the screeching of Lost Souls, Revenants and countless imps, stood a single woman; Lady Kaguya. Drenched in blood and flesh. In the process of reattaching her arm. And tossing away a Mancubus blaster arm.

Benette could not help but look on in a twisted sense of awe as her nation's symbol of Lunar sovereignty fly about gunning down demons with weapons from her fallen comrades and ripping them apart with an aerial devastating damnaku-plasma rifle combo, a beautifully deadly artistic pattern.

Suddenly Benette felt her respect for royalty increase tenfold.

A/N: Hey there. KobeNiku here. First off, I'd like to thank all of you for even reading this story. To be honest, this was something I cooked up from a sleepless stupor so I wasn't really sure if it was ever going to catch on but it turned out quite alright, I guess. Anyhow, I tried something a bit different in this chapter by using OCs instead of the usual cast. It's my first time dabbling in this OC biz so again, I apologise if it is poorly done. Tell me what you think. Cheers.