Many of the children had gathered in the sim room, now simulating a ruined city. Decayed and overgrown with plant life.
All of them were wearing some form of military uniform/dress and were divided into two groups.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Kuki said he was standing on a stage, looking down over everyone else. "We have come to an impasse! One side believes that action movies are the best! And the other side is wrong. And so there is only one way to settle this. WAR!"
Kuki gestured to one side, which consisted of Kiba, Kioku, Netsu, Ken, Aka, Yaba, Le, Himiko, and Hinata. "On one side, team action."
Then Kuki looked on the other side, which had Shiruku, Yami, Fuku, Frisk, Nara, Inu, Kano, Sakio, Maria, and Mina. "And on this side, team romance. Today these two sides will battle in an all-out, Nerf war! May the odds be ever in your favor."
"You stole that from Hunger Games." Nara pointed out.
"Shut up!" Kuki responded.
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The two teams went to opposite sides of the field, into two bunkers in the forest outside the city itself.
Team Action were all huddled up inside their strategy room, around a table with a holographic map.
"Alright! I say we go with an all-out attack!" Ken suggested, punching his palm to accentuate his point.
"Agreed! If we start now we can overwhelm them with pure power!" Kiba shouted.
Kuki rolled his eyes. "Idiots! Doing that will lose us the battle in an instant! We're already at a disadvantage."
"What do you mean? We just started?" Le asked.
"Did you guys forget that Nara has super speed?" Kuki reminded them. "They probably already used her to set traps and snipers all around the map! And who knows what else. They could have an ambush right outside our door."
"I could do the same thing if you let me teleport," Le grumbled.
In order to make things more fair, both Le and Frisk were only allowed to teleport from their location, back to base and then back to that exact location.
"We have to play this smart, slow, and careful," Kuki said. "If I had to guess their plan, as soon as we leave, they're probably gonna try and invade our base. Not only will that leave us without communication and ammo refills, but it'll also leave us trapped in a booby-trapped city. After that, they'll close in on us, and take us out."
"Alright, so what's YOUR plan?" Ken asked, crossing his arms and pouting.
"Like I said, slow and steady," Kuki said. "First, Netsu, Ken, I need you both to stay in the base."
"What!?" Ken and Netsu shouted. "No way!"
Kuki sighed, before walking over to the corner, and then signaling for Ken and Netsu to follow him.
The two gave each other confused looks, shrugged, and then joined Kuki in the corner.
Everyone else could hear whispers coming from the boys, and then a couple minutes later, they broke apart.
"Alright, fine." Ken sighed. "But if I don't get to do anything cool, you're paying for it!"
"Same!" Netsu added.
"I promise you will," Kuki said. "Now, everyone else, we're gonna move out! Kiba I want you in front! You're gonna be our shield and ram."
"I object to using Lady Kiba as a shield!" Hinata argued.
"We need her power to break through whatever they have waiting for us outside!" Kuki argued. "She's the only one who can do it! It's one of the most important jobs!"
"Well." Kiba puffed her chest out pridefully. "If you truly require my power for our victory, then I suppose I must!"
Hinata bit her lip. She didn't like her lady being put in "danger" but if it was her lady's will then she could not object. "Just please be careful Lady Kiba."
"Hinata my dear, we both know I'm never careful." Kiba half-joked.
"Le, I want you in the center. We need you to scan the area for traps." Kuki said. "You're another important part of our team. Everyone else I want you surrounding Le at all times, make sure to protect him at all costs. Any questions!?"
"No sir!" Himiko said playfully, and everyone else just kinda went along with it.
"Alright! Let's roll out!" Kuki shouted.
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Team action(sans Ken and Netsu) ran down the halls of their base, leading to the exit.
But as they reached the exit, that's when they heard the whirring of turrets begin.
Reacting quickly, Kiba summoned the shadows of everyone, and put them up front, shaping them into a shield.
She was just in time, as not even a second later, turrets that had been positioned outside their base's exit, shot hundreds of foam darts at them, which bounced off Kiba's shield.
"Eat this!" Yaba shouted as she took the pin out of her Nerf grande, and threw it at the turrets.
The grande burst, causing lots of foam balls to explode out everywhere, hitting the turrets, and causing them to shut down as their sensors told them to.
As per the rules, they could not use their quirks offensively(otherwise what would be the point), they could only use their weapons to attack.
"Alright! Let's go!" Kiba shouted as she grew wings, and flew towards the exit.
"Wait! Kiba stop!" Kuki called out, but it was too late.
Kiba burst out of the base, into the forest, pushing down the deactivated turrets, and flying into the air.
And then immediately she was beset by a hail of foam darts.
Shiuku had been hiding in a nearby tree and was now shooting at her with her Nerf Minigun, while Sakio had been flying just out of sight, using her telekinesis to hold and fire various weapons all at once.
"Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah!" Kiba put up her shadow shield but only managed to protect her body in time, as her wings had gotten hit by the darts. "Curses!"
Kiba dropped to the ground, as part of the rules, if a body part gets hit enough, they would no longer be able to use that body part.
Their uniforms even had sensors in them that would detect if a body part was unusable or if they were eliminated.
"Open fire!" Kuki ordered.
Everyone fired at the two, sticking to the sides of the walls to use them as cover.
Sakio flew back to avoid the darts, while Shiruku kept firing while jumping back, but her leg got hit by one of the darts.
Shiruku immediately stopped firing, as she and Sakio committed to a full retreat, heading back into the city.
"Are you alright, Lady Kiba!?" Hinata asked as she set aside her sniper rifle, and checked on her lady.
"I'm afraid that I'll no longer be able to fly, but other than that I'm fine," Kiba said.
"That's a big loss, but at least you didn't get eliminated." Kuki sighed "Le. Scan."
"Got it." Le set down his assault rifle, and pointed his palm in front of them, performing a scan using his quirk. "Alright, I see the traps, they set a LOT of them. Be careful where you step, they have land mines everywhere."
Who else has enough time, and space to play with Nerf landmines? Kioku wondered.
"Alright, Kiba lead, Le tell us where to go." Kuki pressed down on his earpiece. "Ken, are you tracking our location?"
"Yup," Ken replied over coms.
"Ok, let's move!" Kuki ordered.
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Eventually, they made their way to the entrance to the ruined city.
Le determined that the safest way through the city was via the river that ran through the middle of it.
It was a shallow stream that only went up to their waist, and the current wasn't too strong, allowing them to trudge through the water into the ruins.
This is freaking awesome! Kuki had to fight to keep a smile off his face. Trudging through "high" water with a "gun" in his arms. It was just like all those war movies he watched.
Maybe I should ask Kiba to carry me. Kioku thought, as she probably had the hardest time moving through the water. Mostly due to being the shortest and weakest of the group.
Maybe I could use my power to dry myself. Le wondered. Wait, what if I end up drying out my body and turning myself into a raisin….yeah better not try it.
"Wait!" Himiko shouted, causing everyone to stop. "Do you hear that? It sounds like…a bug. A really, really big bug."
Kuki's eyes widened. "Kano! Le you know any safe buildings!? One's with roofs!"
"Uhhhhh." Le tried to remember which buildings were safe and which ones had traps in them. "Uh, that one! Over there I think!"
"You think why didn't you-ugh! Never mind! Kiba give us a boost! Get us out of the river!" Kuki shouted.
Kiba solidified the shadows under their feet and raised them up to the ground.
Immediately they all started running towards a nearby ruined building, and as they ran everyone could start hearing the sound of wings flapping.
Kano flew in from above, wielding two Nerf grenade launchers in hand.
Kiba put up a shadow shield over them, just as Kano started opening fire, raining Nerf grenades down on them.
The shield protected them from most of the onslaught, but one of the grenades landed behind them, bursting, and one of the foam pellets hit Hinata right in the leg.
"Ah!" Hinata tripped and fell as she felt her left leg become unresponsive.
"Hinata!" Kiba stopped and quickly grabbed her loyal blade, giving her her shoulder, and helping her limp into the building with everyone else. Into safety.
"Aghhhh." Hinata hissed in pretend pain, as Kiba laid her against a wall. "I'm sorry Lady Kiba, aghhh, I-I don't think I can walk."
"That's alright, so long as you're alive, that's all that matters," Kiba told her.
"Ok, what now?" Le asked, looking to Kuki for advice.
Kuki stayed silent for a while, tapping his foot against the floor as he thought deeply about the situation. "...Le, go back to base and get me a decoy."
"Uh, sure." Le shrugged, before teleporting away.
A couple minutes later, Le returned, with a dummy that was wearing the same uniform as the rest of them.
"Great, now toss it out the window," Kuki ordered.
Le still didn't know where this was going, but he complied, throwing the dummy out the window.
And almost as soon as it was thrown out, it was hit by a dart from somewhere in the distance.
"As I thought, sniper," Kuki explained.
"How did you know there was a sniper?" Kioku asked.
"I was wondering why they waited this long to ambush us. They were waiting for us to get in range." Kuki said. "Now we're surrounded by traps and a sniper, and they're ready to air raid us whenever they want."
"So…we're screwed." Le deadpanned.
"Not yet we aren't," Kuki said. "They have the skies, and they have the streets. But we still have one place to go. The ground."
"...You want us to die?" Yaba asked.
Kuki face palmed. "Le, go get us some shovels."
"Oh!" Le realized where this was going now, and quickly teleported away.
"Kiba, Yaba, get ready to start digging. When Le gets back, we need you to dig us to a safe place." Kuki said, before turning his attention to Himiko. "Himiko, if you go on your own, do you think you can sneak your way to the sniper?"
"Mmmmm, maybe." Himiko mused. "It sounds fun to try though!"
"Alright, I wish you luck, soldier!" Kuki said, giving her a salute.
Le teleported back, shoves in hand. "Got 'em!"
"Alright, let's get digging!" Kuki ordered.
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Meanwhile, outside of Team Action's base, a small squad consisting of Nara, Frisk, and Mina snuck up to the entrance.
"You ready?" Mina asked with a grin, as she held up her pistols.
"Ready as we'll ever be!" Frisk said, giving a thumbs up.
"Ok! Operation Crusher is a go!" Mina said.
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