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Blue eyes blinked as she gently rose up from the cott, gazing out at the twilight morning. Fifth day out of one thousand and ninety six...she sighed as she walked over and sat on one of the rubberized metal benches.
Even in this light I can see my blistered hands...she sighed as she remembered how feminine they had been before. They'll be larger and thicker thanks to all of this exercise, and not quite the same. Granted, I worked with them a lot before what with the flower arranging, but not quite like this. Even Sensado never exercised them like this.
Walking up to the fountain, she took a sip, winching at the bitterized water, but forcing her drink down. She managed a few more before she had to stop.
Hanoashi was absolutely right, we needed to stop and go over safety rules and protocols before we even thought of setting our reckless feet into another tank! Hana growled. But it's too late now...she closed her eyes and tried to imagine what the Irish girl would have been like as a friend. Wonder if she wore a lot of jewelry when not under uniform rules? She wondered.
"Something up commander?" Karina asked quietly.
"Trying to imagine what Hanoashi would have been like as a friend is all," Hana sighed.
"You did have a chance to communicate with her back at juvie," Karina noted.
"I suppose I did squander that, it's just...she seemed so rude in the way she challenged Ami's parsing of Miho like that," Hana defended herself. "And when I heard that she supposedly assaulted the instructor...well..."
"I know, the idea of her assaulting her was hard to swallow...too hard. Then when I heard that Ami backed off of the accusation..."
"By the time I learned that Ami backed off of the charges, Hanoashi had already gone to the 444th," Hana sighed in regret.
"No one blames you for being doubtful of the situation," Karina noted. "I'm sure that she herself only blames Ami and to a lesser extent Miho, actually she reassured us that she doesn't blame us Rabbits. In fact...she felt guilty at not being able to guide us properly all this time.
"She...felt guilty?" Hana asked, curious.
"Yeah, she's one of the more responsible types. I know the interaction between her and Ami might say differently, but she only reacted that way because she commanded a Sensado team before and knew that what we were doing was too reckless."
"If that's true, why'd she allow you to participate in the practice match at all in the first place?" Hana asked.
"She nearly walked off, Asuza convinced her to let us try it, with us all promising to take it slow," Karina shrugged. "Also, she rationalized that Miho had already put the team through a few training lessons and didn't give us the memo or something..." Karina let out a gusty sigh. "The whole thing was stupid, like how the Maus is it our responsibility to fight for the school like that to begin with? If Ooarai was in such a piss poor state to begin with, isn't that namely the administrative and student council's fault?"
"I had a visit from a friend of mine...according to her there was never a promise to keep Ooarai open in the first place," Hana noted.
"Really? How does she know?" Karina asked.
"Her father works in the Ministry of education," Hana shrugged. "According to her he was there when the student council was informed of Ooarai's impending closure, and it seems like Anzu just shouted that they'd take up Sensado and that they wouldn't shut down the winning school."
Karina snorted. "Sounds like me in the middle of grade-school... shouting at mom that she'd buy my something if I made good grades...taught me that wasn't the case right after the second time I tried it."
"I wonder what kind of jewelry would Hanoashi wear?" Hana asked. "I mean I imagine her wearing quite a bit, maybe a necklace with some earrings and maybe a..."
"Only certain kinds of leather watches," Karina interrupted.
"Is she a tomboy?" Hana asked, surprised filling her voice.
"Not really," Karina shrugged. "She's just uncomfortable with practically every type of jewelry. Once said that if a guy she liked proposed to her that she'd accept the proposal while rejecting the ring."
"Strange, most girls want an engagement ring," Hana mused.
"I think Taeko didn't want to wear one either...overheard her telling the other ducks a story about how her grandfather got his ring finger skinned off after his ring got caught on some rope. Apparently she's scared that it'll happen to her."
"What about you Karina?" Hana asked.
"I'd wear one, but I'm not that big on jewelry otherwise," Karina shrugged. "Somewhat of a tomboy so to speak."
"Oh...right..." Hana mused. "Hanoashi's personality, what was she like? As a person I mean?"
"A mixed bag from the limited time I knew her. She could have a little bit of a sassy side, but mostly she was polite with authority, and strict when it came to self discipline. She also grew up somewhat poor...so..."
"Poor?" Hana asked, surprised.
"Her mother died in a company fire and her father didn't come out unscathed, so finances were always tight with her," Karina shrugged. "She got plenty of clothes and enough to eat, but she had to work for most of her extras, not that she minded." Pausing, Karina smirked. "Actually, she seemed like the kind who enjoyed working if I'm to be frank about it."
"I think I understand her better now, Thank you," Hana whispered.
"No problem," Karina smiled. "If you get the chance to, you really ought to try speaking to her. I think you'd like her.
"Hm..."Hana mused, growing quiet for a few moments."Are you handling things alright Karina?"
"More or less...not having access to video games and movies is a bummer and I kind of wish that I had longer hair, the sun on my neck isn't exactly comfortable after a while."
"Yeah, long hair does help to keep the sun off," Hana mused.
"Do...you feel vulnerable...locked in this cage with all these folks watching?" Karina asked.
"Yeah...like I'm a zoo animal on display," Hana sighed.
"Same," Karina sagged. "On the bright side I've only got about fourteen months, so it's not as bad as it could have been. Though you..."
"36 months is a drag, but I requested three years here instead of two years at the 444th, so I only have myself to blame," Hana shrugged.
"I try to imagine that we're camping and that works as long as I ignore the iron bars surrounding us and the blisters on our hands," Karina shrugged.
"We did have fun that one time," Hana smiled as she remembered the camping trip the team went on.
"Sorry bout ruining the meal though," Karina gazed downward.
"No, we should have been more attentive to you Rabbits. I mean how the Maus was it fair for the Duck team to get to prepare their meal while you didn't? Aside from Noriko, they are all freshman like you and your friends were." Hana shook her head.
"Hanoashi would have either never allowed us to do it in the first place or watched us like a hawk, she was good with that sort of thing," Karina shrugged.
"I'm sorry," Hana gazed down.
"It's not your fault, like I said that was Ami's doing, and..."
"Breakfast!" one of the guard called, sending the rest of the girls awake.
"Well, bitterness awaits," Karina joked, causing Hana to laugh a bit.
"Bitterness indeed."
"Alright ladies," one of the guards noted as they had finished eating. "Good news is that you don't have to dig today. Bad news...well you'll be fighting the Mainline Sensado team," she noted. "So please head on to the inspection bays and we can get you ready."
Hana sighed as she was chained up, and linked to the other prisoners. "It's like a chain gang," she muttered.
"You are a chain gang," the guard grunted. "Alright, your line is chained up, move on out!" she shouted.
Never thought that I'd be in one...but at least we don't have to dig today...she thought, before leading the pack of girls. Sara, Karina, Junko, and a few other girls she didn't quite know just yet were on her line.
"I don't know what I've been told!" the guard suddenly called out.
"Huh?" Hana gasped.
"Sing it," the guard growled.
"Oh...uh...I Don't know what I've been told!" Hana sung out nervously.
"Louder girls!" the guard hollered. "I don't know what I've been told!"
"I don't know what I've been told!" Hana and the girls half sung, half hollered.
"All I know is I've been sold!" The guard continued.
What the heck!? Hana thought in alarm, but reluctantly repeated the line. This is super embarrassing...she muttered inwardly, shutting her eyes harshly for a brief second, before remembering that she really ought to watch where she was going.
An hour of embarrassing cadences later, she and the rest of the bad company girls reached the hangers.
"Right, here's your starting position, you won't know where they are and the enemy team won't know where you are at," their instructor noted, before giving the team commanders a map. Hana, you are overall team commander, Riko, vice commander. But remember that's only in regards to leading the spare squadron against the main team, this ranking has no bearing when mixed in with the regular crews, alright?"
"Yes ma'am," Hana saluted, Riko following. Glancing over at the Stug commander, they nodded, and went over to do their pre-match inspections, the other commanders following.
Nodding to her crew once she was satisfied, Hana watched them mount up, before slipping into her commander's seat. "Tomi, send out a team message for me, tell them to do our best and that our job is to put up a good fight for the main team. Winning would be good, but it's not necessarily the goal here."
"Rodger that," Tomi smiled as she got on the radio and delivered the message.
"This is your TWSCO, your tank's motor system is unlocked, however gun breach, trigger, and turret rotation is to remain locked until match start," his echoed over the radio.
"Understood sir," Hana acknowledged. "All tanks, move out!"
Glancing behind her, she smiled as she saw the Stug, Grant, Sentinel, and three Stuarts following her. "From what I saw, the regulars have three of Matildas, a Churchill, two Chaffies, and three M4 Shermans," she recited, before writing down some instructions and giving them to her radio operator. "Commands," she informed Tomi.
"Rodger that commander, sending them now," Tomi smiled up at her.
"Make sure they know that they can only begin the maneuvers once the match start indication has been given, alright?" Hana reminded her.
"Understood," Tomi acknowledged.
Hana's plan was simple, she along with Riko and Asuza were going were going to snip the enemy team, where as the Miyoko, Junko, Belle, and Jane were going to scout for and try to entrap the enemy. The main team outnumbers us, and has better tanks. That didn't stop Miho, but if Ami Chono was acting in Miho's favor then perhaps...no, that cannot be right... she shook her head from the idea, heart sinking as she began realizing oddities from her previous matches.
"You alright commander?" Sara asked, glancing up towards her from her loader's position.
"I...I think the other academies might have been throwing the matches," Hana gulped.
"Oh, so I'm not the only one who noticed?" Shinobu noted direly.
"Now that just pisses me off," Tomi growled.
"What makes you think that?" Yuri asked, her gaze curious.
"Well...it'd be kind of hard to miss a radio intercept balloon, and it is perfectly legal to use one in the match. Yet Kay insisted on going at us with only half her team."
"Well...a little more than half, but she did give us plenty of time to hit Arisa before they actually arrived," Shinobu recalled.
"But that doesn't mean the whole thing was faked," Sara objected.
"On it's own, no," Hana sighed. "But then there is Anzio, they put out eleven of their decoy boards, not ten. A good dead giveaway of their strategy. And the way they finished, Anchovy could have easily ignored our Panzer IV and targeted the 38-T, knocking us out of the match."
"Maybe she just panicked?" Sara objected, though Hana noticed the growing uncertainty in her voice.
"Then the Pravda match, Kaytusha not only allowed us time to recover, but she also left her flag tank guarded by a single KV-2 tank. Dispute her earlier losses, she still could have easily left another T-34 tank or so to guard it, and yet she didn't."
"But that's not right at all!" Sara pouted. "Sensado is supposed to be a competition of skill, not a rigged reality tv sport like wrestling!
"Didn't you think that the Kuromorimine match was odd?" Shinobu chimed in.
"A little, now that I look back on it," Hana shrugged. "Not necessarily as odd as the other three, but.."
"Question, you Ooarai girls are only in because the Maus collapsed on the Hetzer, right?" Tomi asked out of the blue.
"Mostly, I'm also in for forgery," Hana sighed. "Why?"
"Well...Miho only left Kuromorimine because of the Panzer Drowning incident as it's called," Tomi's voice shook.
"Panzer drowning?" Hana gasped.
"She...never told you the entire story, did she?" Yuri challenged.
"Only that she had to save a crew from drowning and that her school rejected her for putting her friend's lives over winning," Hana shrugged.
"Well...what if I told you that she put that crew in that position in the first place," Yuri growled.
"Now?" Hana paused. "Nowadays I'd believe it in a heartbeat, given she did it twice, once to her very own crew. But I would not have believed it in the past...not at the time before I was arrested and had some time to think on the incident." She then shuddered. "Wait a moment...no...that cannot be right..."
"What can't be right?" Shinobu piped up, keeping her gaze firmly on the path forward.
"Miho..." Hana paused and gulped. "Miho was forced into the Sensado team by threat of expulsion," Hana noted slowly.
"You still covering for her, or are you being serious?" Shinobu inquired.
"You know I'm not the kind of girl to..."
"You'll forgive me if I'm suspicious of Miho's former defenders," Shinobu growled, interrupting her "But please, indulge me," she added.
Hana felt the hairs on her neck rise at the notion that she was trying to defend Miho to this day. "No, both Saori and I were there when it happened," Hana shook her head.
"Are you impelling that she deliberately tried to kill the student council? A Nishisumi would never do that!" Sara cried out.
Hana sighed. "I...I don't know," she admitted. "All I know is that the Miho I thought I knew wasn't the real Miho, or at the very least Miho had demons within herself that she was fighting,demons that I didn't quite appreciate at the time."
"Oh great, here goes the religious..."
"I was speaking metaphorically, Shinobu," Hana interrupted, shooting her a disproving look. "And while I get and respect the fact that you are atheistic, I'd much rather not have you start rambling at people for bringing up something that is or sounds religious."
"And I'd rather not hear it," Shinobu huffed.
"I live in the real world where men sell propane and propane accessories," Yuri joked.
"Why you little..." Shinobu hissed.
Hana struggled not to laugh at the joke. "Looks like we are here," she noted after a bit. "All tanks, please wait for the match start signal."
The signal flair soon went off, and the radio crackled. "TWSCO to Bad company team, you are go, everything is unlocked."
"Rodger that," Hana smiled.
"All teams, you have your orders, good luck," Tomi echoed over the radio.
Hana watched as Shinobu got the Chi-nu as concealed as best they could, considering the fact that they couldn't get out of the tank and add camouflage. One of the rules of the bad company squads was that unless your tank was seriously on fire or about to explode, you stayed in the tank no matter what.
What followed was the all too familiar waiting game.
"So going back to this Miho conspiracy, why do you think the other academies agreed to doing it?" Sara asked, her voice still distraught over the revelation.
"Kuromorimine is easy, Maho go there and of course she's going to want her precious little sister to look good," Shinobu snorted.
"You really think that?" Hana asked in alarm as she kept her visual focus on the sounding battlefield. Even with four scouts she knew that they could be caught unawares if they weren't careful.
"I wouldn't put anything past Miho after the Maus collapses incident. And as for Maho...I don't really know anything about her," Shinobu shrugged.
"I met Maho twice," Hana shrugged. "The first time was when she and Erika ran into us at a tank cafe, and there she seemed a bit cold toward Miho being in Sensado. Erika on the other hand was hostile and said some rude things to us, mostly at Miho but..."
"Doesn't sound like the Maho I saw on TV," Sara shrugged.
"The second time was after our match with Sanders. Mako's grandmother fell and Maho offered to take her to the hospital via their school's helicopter," Hana shrugged.
"Isn't that nice of her," Shinobu sassed.
The one other time I saw her up-close, aside from the finals which she didn't say much, was when she was on interview, and she mentioned that her secret to Sensado was to never give up and never run away." Hana paused and sighed. "At the time I thought that it was a jab towards Mhio."
"Well Miho could have used at least a dozen more personal jabs if it kept her the hell away from Sensado," Shinobu muttered.
"That's...cruel, but with the trouble Miho caused, yeah she needed to be told in no uncertain terms to stay away from the sport," Sara agreed reluctantly, her voice showing sadness.
Miho's a human being as well you know! Hana shouted inwardly, before shaking her head. But the student council was abusing their power. Urg! I now know I should have fought harder to keep her out of the sport, but we were willing to just try it and see how she would handle it...
"Okay, what about Anzio?" Sara asked.
"Ever heard of the Great Schism?" Yuri glanced toward her.
"What's that?" Hana asked.
"It's where a bunch of feminist ultra-radicals stole some jets and attacked the other academies,supposedly all of our academies were co-ed before and then the sport became female only until 1992," Yuri noted. "Anyways, when Anzio began their Sensado team in 1997, they initially publicly supported the recent creation of the co-ed league, which caused a lot of protest form the investors who wanted to keep it a girls only sport.
"That's terrible,"Hana gasped. "Why only want girls in the sport?"
"Boobs?" Yuri snorted. "Anyways, Anzio quickly backpedaled, saying that boys had no place in a girl's sport, which caused them to lose any financial support those who thought otherwise. While failing to recover the investment money from the girl's only camp might I add. This is the reason why are low on money."
"But they seem so nice!" Hana guessed.
"Bear in mind that was roughly two decades ago," Yuri waved.
"Pravda should be obvious. I mean firing on a tank who's commander was in a rescue position would look bad, and thus they might have been forced to partake in the scheme, or loose their win in some sort of Sensado court," Shinobu gruffed.
But wait a moment, something doesn't seem right...all of the commander were wither kind to us upfront or acted kind to us after the match...then again they'd be polite if they and Miho had it all planned and...urg! Hana shook her head. "This whole idea of our matches being planned out like that is making my head spin."
"Same, commander. Or at least it did during those first few nights after I went back and did a mental preview of our matches," Shinobu noted.
"Are you sure you're not just remembering oddities about your matches and imagining a scenario to make Miho look bad?" Sara prompted.
That could be the case. But even so...
"Miho looks bad enough as it is, conspiracy or not," Shinobu huffed, interrupting Hana's realization.
You didn't have to say it like that! Hana deadpanned, nearly shouting the words but a buzz from the radio interrupted her.
"We've got three Shermans on our tail, leading them to you now!" Karina shouted.
"Alright, get ready!" Hana shouted, watching out from the window. "Tomi, make sure Bell knows that we're at our current location."
"Rodger that!" Tomi smirked, radioing in the message.
"Rodger that!" Karina acknowledged, shouting back.
"Get ready to..." Hana flinched as the tank rocked, and her knock out flag deployed. Whipping around, she gasped as she saw the Stug and Grant also get knocked out from the Churchill and surrounding Matilda's.
The Churchill paused next to Hana's tank, and a blond haired chick popped out of the hatch. Hana reluctantly stuck her head out, but didn't dare move up any farther, partly due to fear of breaking the rules but also out of fear of getting hit.
"Nice ambush mate, had we not come across you it'd have got our Shermans," the girl smirked. "Name's Wallaby, the team commander. Was vice commander until about a month ago, but that was a long story."
"I'm Hana, nice to meet you Wallaby."
"That's right good of you mate," Wallaby smiled, before the Churchill began to move. "Well, good luck in the upcoming exhibition match," she added, before going out of earshot.
"Ex...Exhibition match?" Hana gulped.
"Sounds like we have some more work to do," Sara sighed, unloading the shell before the gun breach locked up. "So what now, we just wait?"
"Seems that way," Hana shrugged.
"Sensado has a lot more waiting then I imagined it would," Sasa sighed, relaxing along the wall of the turret.
"I hear you there," Shinobu acknowledged.
"There's something that's been bothering me though," Hana began.
"What is it?" Sara asked.
"Why didn't the Sensado federation ban Miho from participating in Sensado...if people thought that she deliberately put those girls back at Kuromorimine in danger?"
"Not this again," Sara hissed.
"Sorry, us Ooarai girls were really hurt by what she did in the finals, so it's going to be something we talk about a lot," Shinobu shrugged.
"Hm...maybeeeeee because she is a Nishizumi?" Tomi suggested.
"Could be, I mean one of their own being barred from the sport that made their family so popular could have looked really bad," Hana shrugged.
"Or maybe they did and Ami covered for her," Shinobu snorted. "She certainly ruined Hanoashi's life to cover for her teachers pet's ass," she added.
"Ami and Miho ruined a lot of people's lives,"Hana sagged. "The worst part is that we all should have known better."
"That is true," Shinobu nodded in agreement. "Another question is why did Momo-sempai train us instead of Miho or the instructor?
"Perhaps..." Hana sighed. "Perhaps we should have been asking ourselves why Hanoashi didn't train us?"
"We know the answer to that," Shinobu snorted.
"What exactly happened with this Hanoashi chick anyways?" Tomi asked.
"There was this girl named Hanoashi Katoni who attended our Sensado club, got expelled from the club for disputing the commander after she had praised Miho," Shinobu noted.
"Apparently Ami tried to frame her for assault, and instead of knocking on the door and asking Hanoashi to come to the station, the officer practically assaulted her. When Hanoashi realized that she was being arrested and not kidnapped, the officers looking for her supposedly said some...unsavory things that prevented her from simply turning herself in," Hana sighed.
"Ami did try to frame her for assault," Shinobu snorted.
"What did these officer's supposedly say?" Yuri asked.
"We don't know for sure," Shinobu suggested. "Suggestions seem to go from wanting to kill her to wanting to rape her to perhaps selling her into prostitution, but those are just rumors. She... from what I've heard she only told the investigators and her lawyer what they said."
"I've heard a rumor that an officer actually caught her but let her go, telling her that it was too dangerous to turn herself in yet," Hana shrugged. "But that's a rumor."
"Lots of rumors surrounding her it seems," Sara sighed.
"Yeah..." Hana gazed down a bit before gazing upward. "One of us should have gone home with her," she noted.
"We'd have gotten arrested as well, in all likelihood," Shinobu shook her head. "Don't forget that Ami is not only a Sensado instructor, but also a veteran of the self defense forces."
"Wasn't she supposed to be the head judge?" Tomi asked suddenly.
"Wait...the head judge became the instructor of your school?" Sara asked dangerously.
"That would explained why she announced her self as the judge during the finals," Hana realized with a start.
"The head judge became the instructor of your school, and judged your last match!?" Sara growled.
"Calm down Sara, it can't be helped now," Their TWSCO noted.
"Sorry sir, just..." Sara paused and buried her head in her hands. "I...I always admired the sport, always thought that it was the most honest sports franchise in the world. And now that I...?"
"Now that you're in a Sensado prison program you're finding out just how dirty it is?" Their TWSCO mused. "Anyways, your ride will be there shortly. For the record, the team lost, but it was a good show. You've earn a respite."
"Respite?" Hana asked.
"You'll see," their TWSCO noted.
"Alright girls, line up to get chained for transport," an officer noted. Great, more cadences...Hana muttered.
She expected to head back to the cage, but instead they were lead into a building. Um, what is going on here? This isn't how we're supposed to be treated...
The cool air conditioner felt good on her skin, and she couldn't help but let out a smile as she was lead into a hallway with a lot of rooms on there, at least fifty of them.
"In you go," an officer undid her cuffs and gently shoved her in, before closing the door. A Scent entered Hana's nose, a somewhat familiar scent.
An...actual meal? Hana mused, staring at the tray on the table. On it there was a sandwich of some sort, the smell told her it was a sloppy joe, along with a bowl of mac and cheese, a bowl of rice, a cantaloupe slice, and a bowl of green beans. Along with a note which she picked up and read.
Welcome to the refuge. Although your life in the pen/cells is meant to be harsh, this treat is for whenever you fight against the mainline Sensado team and do well. Here you will have the remainder of the day as well as the night to relax and reflect on your performance. Before you do anything, Take a shower and then slip into the dress we have provided. Oh, and enjoy the meal and bitter-taste free water!
The Warden.
"That's...very kind of him," Hana mused, walking over and undressing, folding her uniform in the indicated spot before entering the shower.
Her eyes widened as she saw an array of beauty products, mostly hair stuff but also refreshing creams. She also saw a hot and cold water feature, and a laminated plaque on the wall which read twenty minutes of water max.
That is more than enough! Hana thought gratefully, wetting her hear briefly before rubbing in the conditioners, and lathering up before turning on the water full force. What a blessing! She thought happily, closing her eyes and humming a tune to herself.
The shower seemed to be over before she knew it, and she exited the room, placing on the pink dress that had been provided. It was short sleeved, with three white stripes along the end of the sleeve, collar, and bottom. The length of the dress went down halfway between her knees and her waist, and had built in underwear. It felt like the most comfortable fabric she had ever wore, then again two months of prison outfits will do that to you.
Sitting down, she clasped her hands together. "Thanks for the food," she whispered, before digging in, savoring the meal. No Cal-cake, no bitter water...this is a dream! She thought decadently.
As soon as she had finished, she went over and lied down on the bead, her eyes widening. It's so soft! She mused. Two months of sleeping on mats and hammocks...this is such a luxury!
She folded her hands behind her head and stared up at the skylight. This almost feels like a dream...she mused, before she jolted awake. Wait a moment...she realized, walking over and inspecting the room. There's...nothing...in...here...does this mean I'm alone with my thoughts?
She recalled the words of the letter and sighed. I guess TV or books or something along those lines would be a stretch...Hana realized, before laying back down on the bed. Still, this is much better than I've had in months!
Stretching, she let out a satisfying yawn, before returning to placing her hands behind her back. Okay...I've enjoyed this enough, time to think...she told herself firmly. First off the match itself...it was probably dumb luck that Wallaby and her Matildas came our way...right? I even sent tanks to scout that way...
She then sighed. But I didn't think to have a tank stationary at our rear, did it? She mentally kicked herself for that. Baka...did you think this was going to be like it was with Miho? You're just a silly flower arranging girl thrust into a prison Sensado program, you're cannon fodder! The only reason you are in command of this bad company squadron is because of your gunnery skills and demeanor...
She sighed and sat up, folding her arms in her lap and gazed down. "Of course you're not Miho...you would never put your teammates in danger like that..." she whispered as tears began to fall as memories of that awful day flooded her mind."I'm so sorry Yuzu..." she whimpered, before her sobs eliminated any chance she had of a coherent thought.