Demon City Tokyo
Chapter 25
"What the hell, Kiddy?" Rally Cheyenne growled out.
The AMP officer calmly said, "I was off duty, ma'am."
Kiddy Phenil had returned to base that morning, and last night Nami had seen her heading off with Mari.
"PLEASE tell me you didn't sleep with her," Rally sighed.
Kiddy didn't say anything.
Rally groaned quietly. "I thought you had some restraint," she sighed aloud. "Have our medic look you over."
"I AM a cyborg," Kiddy noted.
"I'm more concerned with STDs," Rally said dryly.
After Kiddy headed off Lebia Maverick noted, "Well, that was unexpected."
"I thought she and Katsumi were...?" Rally sighed.
"They are, but Katsumi is also seeing Roy," Lebia noted. She shrugged, "It seems Kiddy isn't entirely happy about that."
"God damn it," Rally sighed. "WHY drama?"
Lebia didn't comment that they were human and it tended to happen.
Rally continued, "Do you think it will impact our ability to work with the Hunters?"
"Looking at her file, Mari, apparently, doesn't care terribly much about this sort of thing," Lebia mused. "though it might bother Kiddy."
Rally sighed, "Lovely."
Changing the subject Lebia noted, "We may need to figure out a seperate doctrine for handling the larger youma."
"The bullets only hurt it," Rally noted.
"We may need a high powered rifle version," Lebia said, "or multiple guns. Assuming we can get anyone willing to use a second."
Rally sighed. They were STILL having issues with the pistols exploding...
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"Thanks a LOT, snitch," Kiddy noted later.
Nami winced. "They could have abducted you, or something," the smaller woman protested. "I had to tell SOMEONE."
Kiddy looked dubious.
"AND you're filled with classified tech. NERV might want to take you apart," Nami added.
"Okay, point," Kiddy had to concede that. "Still, getting pulled in and lectured by Rally sucked." she added.
Nami paused, "Seriously? MARI?"
"I knew you were going to say that," Kiddy sighed.
"She's... jailbait. Plus has a terrible reputation," Nami sighed.
Kiddy shrugged awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I know it was a bad idea. I just..."
Nami looked at her friend and sighed. "Well, we all do stupid things sometimes."
"Yeah," Kiddy sighed.
Nami then got an odd look.
"What?" Kiddy asked her curiously.
"What's Katsumi going to do when she finds out?" Nami asked.
Kiddy visibly paled, "Shit."
Nami nodded, "If she murders you, can I have your stuff?"
"Ha ha ha," Kiddy sighed.
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One of the odder side effects of the ongoing youma attacks is the end of fine dining in most cities. Understandably, of course. People were worried they were doing to get jumped either going to or leaving a venue,
There were brave souls still running food carts and such, but they had a shocking death rate in most major cities. One had to assume the staffers were wither broke or desperate...
"What are you working on?" Maya Ibuki asked curiously.
Mayumi Yamagashi looked up from her tablet, "Ah. Working on a short column on how fine dining kind of went away."
"Eh?" Maya blinked then realized, "Oh. Your date?"
Mayumi chuckled quietly. "Yup," she agreed.
"There's no one...?" Maya wondered.
"Some of the family restaurants are still open, that sort of thing, but otherwise no," Mayumi admitted.
"Well, I guess it's understandable," Maya conceded.
"Hmm. Pain in the butt though," Mayumi nodded. She looked at the other woman, "I and Asuka are on, correct? Anything we need to do?"
"Just normal pre-mission medical," Maya said. "Ritsuko loves giving you blood tests."
"Woman's a vampire," Mayumi shuddered and Maya laughed.
"I'm going for more coffee," Maya excused herself.
Mayumi finished up her writing, then sipped her own now cold coffee.
"Bleh," Mayumi sighed, and decided to go check on how Asuka was doing.
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Rei II, the youkai that Asuka most often went out with, was watching cartoon with her sisters.
(They had to keep them in seperate cages in the large room. Un-restrained, they tended to try to kill each other violently.)
"Have you tasted Mari's blood yet, sisters?" Rei IV asked.
"You've had her blood?" Rei II asked, mildly surprised.
"Yes," Rei IV said, "it was delicious."
"We should not eat the Hunters," the youngest, Rei VI, said uncertainly.
"We desire blood and flesh. It is our nature," Rei IV said stubbornly.
"Demon blood. Not hunters," Rei II said firmly.
"Tell me you do not dream of mating with your Asuka," Rei IV said smugly, "or feasting on her ripe flesh..."
"DO NOT SAY THAT," Rei II lunged forward, nearly bending the bars of her cage as she tried to get at Rei IV.
"Sisters!" Rei VI blurted.
Rei IV, sensing she might actually be in danger, subsided a bit.
"One day I will be free and I will feast on your heart," Rei II warned flatly.
"Bring it," Rei IV said coolly.
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Ritsuko Akagi watched the video of the Ree somewhat worriedly.
"Well THAT'S disturbing and wrong," Misato noted, having also watched the reply.
"Hmm," Ritsuko nodded.
"I sometimes forget they want to kill and eat us. Or fuck us," Misato said, shaking her head.
"I try not to forget," Ritsuko said flatly. "I found Shinji after Kaworu got done with him, after all," she added.
Misato reached out to pat her arm comfortingly.
After a moment Misato asked, "Is Mari in danger?"
"They're all in danger," Ritsuko pointed out.
Misato frowned at her, "You know what I mean."
"No more than usual," Ritsuko said. She continued, "Part of the problem has been that Mari hasn't maintained boundaries with her Rei."
"Huh," Misato nodded.
"She also doesn't view her as anything other than a tool," Ritsuko added.
"And Asuka's?" Misato checked.
"Rei II is much more stable and loyal," Ritsuko conceded, "in part due to Asuka treating her well. Mayumi also does so."
"So Rei IV is a sociopath because Mari is a sociopath?" Misato observed.
Ritsuko sighed, "Pretty much."
"Great," Misato muttered, "just great."
To be continued...
Notes: I really need to do a chapter on Katsumi and the rest of the AMP.
I haven't decided how monsterous I want the Ree to be. Still thinking about it. There ARE still half-demon, and dangerous because of that.
Demon City Tokyo
Chapter 26
"HOW did you get clearance for this?" Asuka had to ask.
'This' was the two having a private picnic out on the flat section atop the NERV pyramid. It was a hell of a view over the city, yet private and, in theory, safe.
"Talked fast," Mayumi said cheerfully.
They were sitting on a blanket she had spread out, with a basket with food, wine and such. The sun was shining through the thin cloud cover, and it was oddly peaceful up there. There was even a pleasant but not too brisk breeze.
"Thank you, this is really nice," Asuka noted as she sipped her drink.
"I wanted something unique," Mayumi admitted.
"It is that," Asuka agreed.
Mari was covering Hunter duties, along with a visiting European hunter, Victoria Seres. Whom they were looking forward to meeting later, since she had been sent by the well known eccentric, Integra Hellsing.
"Let's see... we have sandwiches, some pasta salad, and a green salad. There's desert too...," Mayumi noted, sorting through the basket.
"Are you actually nervous?" Asuka asked, smiling impishly.
Mayumi hesitated then admitted, "Well, yes. I haven't dated in awhile."
"Hey, neither have I," Asuka reassured her. She smirked, "We won't bring up how experienced Mari is..."
Mayumi snorted.
"Anyway, let's relax and eat," Asuka said, "and see how it goes."
"Thanks," Mayumi divvied up the sandwiches, "you're right."
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"Awww," Misato noted, checking the monitor for the roof camera.
"Stop that," Ritsuko said as she shut off the video feed, "let the two be private."
"Hey! I was watching that," Misato pouted.
"Tough," Ritsuko chided.
Maya Ibuki looked amused as they moved on, "I got the medical report back on Mari. There was nothing odd."
"Thank god. I keep expecting her to come home with some unique venereal disease," Yui Ikari noted dryly.
"We've got one report of youma activity, Mari and the British hunter are out pursuing it," Misato reported, "AMP is out on patrol, we may or may not encounter each other."
"I can't wait for Kiddy and Mari to meet again," Yui sighed.
"Here's hoping there's no drama," Ritsuko said dryly.
EVERYONE just kind of gave her a look.
"Admittedly, faint hope," Ritsuko admitted.
Yui got up from the table with a sigh, "All right. I'm off to a meeting with the Japanese PM. Call me if something urgent comes up."
(They were still dealing with fallout over questions that Yui and NERV had deliberately downplayed the effectiveness of heavy weapons in fighting Youma. Of course new testing had verified that while BIG weapons worked, they were mostly totally impractical for field operations. Still, the politicians wanted their pound of flesh... )
"Will do," Misato nodded.
"I'm off to the labs," Ritsuko said as she also got up. "You're on monitor duty, Maya?" she checked with her junior.
"Yes ma'am," Maya nodded.
"And I've got paperwork. Ugh," Misato added.
"Suffer," Ritsuko chuckled as she left.
"i suppose YOU couldn't do my paperwork for me?" Misato asked Maya in her sexiest voice, once she was sure Rits was gone.
Maya went pink. "That's not really part of our agreement, Mistress," she said firmly.
"Drat," Misato pouted.
Ritsuko, who had come back for something and overheard the whole exchange, hurried away up the hall before they saw her...
'What was THAT about?' Ritsuko blinked.
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The AMP team was out, though the mix of members were a little different tonight. Katsumi Liquer was leading the team, with Lum Cheng and Lebia Maverick.
Katrsumi had her European sword in hand, warily looking about. Lum had her armored gauntlets, while Lebia carried the latest version of the railgun pistol.
"WHERE is the NERV team?" Katsumi said dangerously.
Lebia and Lum exchanged a glance. "Why do you want to know?" Lum asked.
Katsumi gave her a LOOK. "I just want to talk to the little skank," she said flatly.
"We don't even know if she's out on patrol tonight," Lebia noted.
Katsumi just growled quietly.
"You nervous, Lebia?" Lum asked.
Lebia made a face, "We THINK we've worked the bugs out. Probably."
Katsumi and Lum sighed. "We'll try to handle it, and not need the gun," Kartsumi said.
"Please," Lebia sighed.
"We've got an alert," Lum reported as something came over the radio, "youma sighting. NERV team is moving to respond."
"How far away?" Katsumi demanded.
"Next district over," Lum said. "Do you want to...?"
"Come on!" Katsumi ordered.
Both women sighed as they hurried after her. The target wasn't THAT far away, though all three were somewhat out of breath when they got there.
"HER," Katsumi growled, seeing Mari.
'Oh hell,' Lum sighed, having met Mari herself. (And had hot, wild sex with her, but she was NOT telling Kasumi about that.)
"Would you...," the frustrated and very stacked blonde yelled at Mari.
"Keep up, Seres!" Mari barked back, attacking the youma with her sword.
The Rei was attacking furiously, too, but the youma seemed unusually tough. It's hide bounced swords easily...
"Come on," Katsumi ordered, drawing her cursed sword and charging the thing.
"Fuck," Lum muttered as she followed her in, while Lebia looked for a clean shot.
"No kill stealing, you!" Mari yelled at them.
Katsumi just growled as she swung, her blade digging into the monster.
Rei and Lum physically attacked, while dodging wild blows from the youma.
"Come on then," Victoria yelled, hacking at the creature.
Katsumi didn't really WANT to notice, but damn was that blonde stacked. Like, she had to be a D cup, at least!
"Get clear!" Lebia ordered, readying the gun.
"Are you sure...?" Lum asked.
"MOVE," Lebia commanded.
The Rei was still grapling with the youma, but Lebia decided that was NOT her problem. She aimed, took a steadying breath, then fired.
The side of the Rei exploded in a wet splash of blood and ichor, even as the youma ALSO was gut shot, the bullet ripping right through it.
"It's mine!" Mari raced in, and with a swing of her sword took the head clean off.
Victoria hurried to Rei's side, but she could tell the wound was a lethal one, even for a human/demon hybrid.
"WHY DID YOU...," Victoria growled at Lebia.
"It's expendable," Lebia shrugged.
"Mistress," the Rei called out weakly, and Mari walked over. "Can I taste your blood, one last time?" she asked softly.
Mari hesitated, then pulled her spare knife, using it to cut across her palm and drip blood into her partner's mouth.
"Hmm," Rei looked oddly content, then with a shudder she died.
"You're Mari, right?" Katsumi demanded as she strode over.
"Yeah?" Mari responded even as Lum and Lebia looked alarmed.
"YOU LITTLE BITCH!" Katsumi yelled then slugged her.
To be continued...
Demon City Tokyo
Chapter 27
"So... should we stop them?" Victoria Seres asked, the bosomy blonde watching the fight carry on in front of them.
Lebia Maverick noted, "Well, it's not like they're using weapons..."
Lum Cheng winced as Mari Illustrious kneed Katsumi Liquer in the crotch.
"Ack," Katsumi grunted, then punched Mari in the tits.
Mari grunted, "Ooof!"
Mari recovered and headbutted the too near Katsumi, making her stagger back.
"BITCH!" Katsumi yelled, punching her in the face.
Mari kicked out at her, "And proud of it!"
"Hit her harder!" Lum cheered.
"Uhm... go Mari?" Victori cheered a bit dubiously.
"Argh!" Katsumi grabbed at Mari, slamming her hard into the ground. "Skank!" she barked out at her angrilly.
"Ugh," Mari shook herself. "If YOU would actually put out, she wouldn't be looking elsewhere!" she responded.
"Oooh!" Lebia winced as Katsumi went pale.
"But I'm with someone else!" Katsumi hissed as she punched Mari in the face.
"Ptou!" Mari spat blood. "Then either lay her or let her go!" and Mari fiercely punched her right back in the mouth.
Katsumi's lip tore, and blood splattered.
"Okay, I think that's enough," Lebia finally decided. "Grab yours, we'll get ours," she instructed Victoria.
"Right!" Victoria agreed as she pulled the angrilly struggling Mari off Katsumi.
"Let me...!" Katsumi growled, still wanting to fight.
"Easy, tiger," Lebia said firmly.
Lum half bowed to Victoria, "Let's get them away from each other."
"Yeah. Good work, I guess?" Victoria sighed.
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"Okay, WHAT the hell were you thinking?!" Rally Cheyenne, head of the AMP, demanded to the returning officers.
The three women stood there, looking various degrees of sheepish or embarassed. Katsumi, specifically, winced, her face still bloody and bruised.
"You'll be lucky if Mari doesn't press charges," Rally added.
Katsumi flinched.
"AND I'll probably have to formally apologize to Yui Ikari over it," Rally pointed out, irritated. She clearly hated the idea of doing that.
"Sorry," Katsumi sighed.
"Sorry," Lebia and Lum echoed.
Rally paused a second then had to ask, "So who won?"
Lebia grinned slightly as she said, "I'd say Katsumi did a bit more damage but I think Mari fought dirtier."
Lum winced, remembering the cunt punt Mari delivered at one point.
"Anything else to report?" Rally asked a bit wearily.
"We ended up shooting a Rei with the railgun," Lebia said calmly, "it was more effective that we expected."
Lum blinked, "You shot her intentionally?"
Rally ignored that, "Good work. It'll be useful to know."
"Let's get Katsumi to the doctor," Lum suggedted, noting Katsumi looked a bit wobbly at that point.
"Right. Dismissed," Rally nodded.
"Come on, champ, let's get you looked at," Lebia said wryly. She added, "I think Mari broke your nose..."
"Fuck," Katsumi sighed.
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"Okay, WHAT the hell were you thinking?!" Yui Ikari ended up echoing Rally, unknowingly.
"Hey, SHE threw the first punch," Mari defended herself.
"I'm sorry I didn't try to break them up sooner," Victoria apologized.
"Not your fault," Misato patted the girl on the shoulder.
"Ugh," Yui groaned softly. "I guess this is your actions coming back to haunt you?" she shook her head wryly.
"Heh," Mari looked unrepentant.
"And they SHOT a Rei?" Yui added dangerously.
"Deliberately, looked like," Victoria noted.
"Did they get samples?" Ritsuko asked, the blond scientist frowning. "I do NOT want them studying Rei biology."
"I'm more concerned they killed a member of our team," Victoria noted.
Ritsuko gave her a look as shew said, "It's an extremely dangerous life form that would kill you if given a chance."
"After screwing you to death," Misato added.
"Anyway...," Yui cut that argument off, "did they get samples of her?"
"No, they were too busy watching Katsumi try to beat me," Mari noted.
Misato HAD to ask, "Who do you think won?"
"Katsumi did more damage but I fight dirtier," Mari shrugged, "She won't be walking right for a few days..."
"Ha," Misato smiled faintly.
Yui noted that Mari was looking faintly wobbly. "Get her to the infirmary," she ordered, "she looks like she's going to fall over."
"Right," Ritsuko grabbed Mari and hauled her off.
"Victoria, you're off duty," Misato added, "good work out there."
"Yes ma'am!" Victoria saluted then hurried off.
"You realize we're probably going to have to put Mari off duty for a few days?" Yui said.
"Yeah, Asuka and Mayumi are back on the clock," Misato agreed.
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"Well, you look awful," Mayumi said, visiting the infirmary the next morning.
"You should see the other guy," Mari noted.
"How bad is the damage?" Asuka asked, taking in all the bandages on her face.
Mari winced, "Cracked cheek bone, broken rib, LOTS of bruising."
"So you're out of action awhile," Mayumi sighed. She looked at Asuka, "So much for a few days off."
Mari actually looked sheepish, "Sorry. I didn't expect her to lose her shit at me like that."
Neither Asuka or Mayumi pointed out that sleeping with the woman's girlfriend might, just maybe, piss her off that much. Anyway...
"It's fine, we can cover things," Asuka sighed.
Mari looked at her impishly, "So how was the date? Get laid yet?"
"MARI," Asuka yelped.
"Some of us," Mayumi said with wounded dignity, "like to get to know each other, first."
"Boooooooring," Mari grinned, then winced in pain.
"Rest up, and stay out of shit," Asuka ordered then both women headed out.
"Morning," Maya Ibuki nodded to them as they passed by. She was stuck on infirmary duty today, apparently.
"Morning," Mayumi nodded. "Any alerts?"
"Quiet so far," Maya replied. "Have you met the English Hunter, Victoria, yet?"
"Not yet, no," Mayumi said.
Having met her before, Asuka grinned, "Come on, then. You're in for a treat."
The blond former police woman was in the training facility, swinging a sword.
"Her tits are nearly as big as my HEAD," Mayumi blurted, and Asuka just laughed.
"Come on, I'll introduce you...," Asuka laughed.
To be continued...
Notes: I had mentioned that Hellsing is basically the English branch of NERV, so... using poor Victoria. Need to decide if Alucard (an expy of course) is running around in some way.
Demon City Tokyo
Chapter 28
Demons, of course, were everywhere. The southern half of the globe had it worst, being near the portal in Antarctica, but they spread all over. Hunter teams were based in large cities, and covered a region around them...
"FUCK! Fuck fuck..." Revy cursed as she cut the attacking demon down.
"Hmm," Sawyer hummed as she swung her chainsaw, ripping into the other.
"You people are insane," Rock, their handler, sighed.
"Yeah, yeah. Where is that whimpy Rei, anyway?" Revy demanded.
"Here, miss," Rei V! Said, for some reason dressed as a goth-loli maid.
"Sawyer, could you stop dressing her up like some fucking barbie?" Revy scowled at Sawyer.
"No," Sawyer said tersely, cooing over how cute Rei was.
"Let's get back to base before something else happens," Rock offered.
"Fuck, yeah. I need a drink..." Revy agreed.
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In addition to 'professional' hunters, there were various mercenary groups out there hunting demons too. The government paid bounties on monster bodies... it was hugely dangerous work, but people would do a lot for money.
"Priss! Take left!"
"Right," the woman in blue protective gear moved.
"Linna, right! This one has claws, look out for that!"
"Yes," the woman in matching green light armor moved.
The youma hissed angrily, lunging, but Linna dodged then punched with a armored gauntlet.
"Coming in!" Sylia barked in her mostly off white gear.
Priss and Linna kept a grip of the fighting demon as Sylia smoothly gutted it with her arm mounted swords.
"It's getting up," Priss yelped out a warning before Linna hammered it into the ground with a wet crunch.
"Never mind," Sylia finished it off.
"One of these days those arm blades are going to break your arm," Nene scolded as they bagged up the bits for NERV.
"I've reinforced the arm mounts enough," Sylia sniffed.
"Riiight," Linna teased.
(Ironically, Slyia WOULD later break an arm against a armored demon. Thankfully, her team rescued her.)
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Yomi Isayama and her partner Shizuru Imawano advanced through the abandoned temple, katanas at the ready.
(Unlike the NERV hunters who used long swords, they used the family katanas. There appeared to be no difference, in demon hunting...)
"Mistresses, please leave something for me to do," Rei noted mildly.
"Here comes one," Yomi warned. The tall, elegant looking black haired girl crouched slightly, ready to act..
"Hup!" the shorter, reddish brown haired Shizuru lunged forward and swung, the razor sharp blade tearing through the demon.
Almost as fast Yomi struck, finishing it off.
"Nothing for me to do," Rei sighed.
"You can feed," Shizuru smiled at her sweetly.
Rei nodded, "Yes Mistress."
Mei Isayama, their monitor for the Agency, said over the radio, "Is everyone all right?"
"We're fine, target slain," Yomi answered flatly. She and Mei did NOT get along, over a inheritance conflict.
"Good, be careful," Mei answered. "Reports are there's a second target."
Completely unaware of the tension between them Shizuru brightly said, "Will do!"
Yomi hid a sigh, gazing at her partner lovingly.
Rei just quietly wished she wasn't out with these idiots...
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Monster Hunters, Inc, was a US based group, based out of the southwest, and right then they were in deep ship.
"It's a pack! Shit!" Owen Pitt yelled, falling back.
(Sometimes the demons liked to cluster, though why no one knew. They couldn't breed, it was thought, but maybe they gathered for comfort? Or just to hunt together.)
"Oof!" Earl Harbinger grunted, parrying claws with the short sword he usually carried.
"We need a gun that works on these things," Julie Shackleford complained.
Trip Jones cut a smaller one down, "Watch the flank!"
"Got it," Owen swung the huge claymore with surprising ease.
"Urk!" Heather Stark gasped as the creature yanked her down, claws tearing open her belly.
"NO!" Earl yelled as his trainee went down.
"FUCK 'EM UP!" Julie yelled as the rest of the team swept in.
They soon emerged from the cavers, splattered with gore but alive. Earl carried their only casualty out, then they called in NERV to deal with the demon carcasses.
"The money better be worth it," Owen sighed.
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"Do you ever feel bad using mercenaries and bounty hunters? Especially considering the high casualty rates." Ritsuko asked.
"Not really," Yui admitted. "They know the risks, we put it in the application process they have to go through."
"They think they're immortal," Ritsuko noted.
"I do wonder why the government set up the program," Misato mused.
"It's cheaper than sending NERV teams," Yui noted.
"Seriously?" Misato blinked.
"Even with the high bounties," Ritsuko noted, "the government doesn't have to pay for training, equipment and so on."
"Oh," Misato nodded.
"No death benefits either," Yui added.
"That is SO cynical," Misato winced.
"Well, yes," Yui conceded.
Changing the subject Misato asked, "How's Mari?"
"Well, the swelling has gone down... I can confirm the cracked cheek bone and broken rib," Ritsuko admitted.
"Ugh. How long will she be laid up?" Misato checked.
"A few weeks," Ritsuko said, "though we';; try to shorten that. In an actual emergency, we could send her out..."
"I'd rather not risk her broken rib stabbing her in the lung," Yui noted dryly.
Misato gave her a odd look, considering how little she seemed to care for the poor bounty hunters. Still, it wasn't like they'd ever meet them.
"What?" Yui asked.
"Nothing," Misato waved it off. "So we're back to just Mayumi and Asuka, with Victoria as a backup/support?"
"Yes, unless we want to bring in a agent from another city, or promote a trainee," Yui agreed.
"Are any trainees ready?" Ritsuko asked Misato.
"Well, Mana Kirishima is nearly there...," Misato admitted.
To be continued...
Notes: Wanted to show various teams in different parts of the world. Was thinking of doing a group loosely based on Gunsmith Cats, but they're almost totally gun and bomb users. Might still do it, in a later chapter...
Crossover notes:
Revy, Sawyer and Rock are from Black Lagoon
Sylia, Priss, Linna and Nene are from Bubblegum Crisis
Yomi, Shizuru and Mei are from Ga Rei Zero
Owen Pitt, Earl Harbinger, Julie Shackleford , Trip Jones and Heather Stark are from the Monster Hunter International books.