Bob's One-Shot Depository (Updated 6/4)
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:15 pm
Writing actual stories is stressful. Between Running Interference (Katawa Shoujo/Boku wa Tomadachi ga Sakunai) and New Prey (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu), I get burnt out pretty fast. It's hard to avoid cliches and tropes with romance stories. So here I will post one-shots and drabbles that may or may not be crossovers from other fandoms, although hopefully you guys won't mind the crossover fics. Doesn't seem like most readers here like the idea of crossovers, but ehh whatever. Crossover stories will be labeled as such.
First Strike (TF2 Crossover, Feminist Conspiracy scenario)
Immovable Object (Harem route)
Fate (Separate post, Mirai Nikki Crossover)
The King's Game (Self-explanatory)
Heavy Risk, But the Prize...
Setup (TF2/KS Crossover)
First Strike
This was actually lying around on my computer for a while. Not sure what I was doing at the time when I wrote it...
"Oy, wake up dammniit!"
A jarring voice wakes me from my slumber. But when I open my eyes, I'm not at in my dorm at Yamaku. Instead, it appears I'm in the back seat of a moving car with a distressed Kenji shaking me. I push him away, but than I see that instead of the usual school uniform, he's wearing what appears to be a ghillie suit, with a long knife sheathed on his waist. Time to find out what's going on.
"What the hell, Kenji? What am I doing here!?" I ask. Either Kenji's gone off the deep end, or something serious went down.
"We're going to one of our safe houses! The feminists are starting to mobilize, and like it or not, Hisao, but you're one of our key players here." Kenji responds with an angry look on his face, although I think it's more him being mad at the feminists than at me.
"Safe house? what? How am I a key player here?" This is way too much for me right now. I should be exploding right now, but I still feel incredibly tired.
"Froggie, our driver here," With that the driver, a man wearing a pinstriped suit and a red balaclava, briefly nods to me before turning back to driving. "is taking us to Tokyo. From there, we can lay low until our transport arrives to get us off the country. I can't explain much about your significance right now, except that the feminists are after you. once we get to the safe house, I can give you the full story"
Feminists after me? I'm not sure if Kenji's finally lost it, but I have to keep asking. He's throwing away my life as I know it for God's sake. And I still feel so weak I can't even gather the strength to suddenly open the car door and jump out.
"That still doesn't explain why I woke up in a damn car, Kenji." I try to keep the anger out of my voice as I struggle to talk. I'd like to get all the 'facts (insert airquotes here) before I get enough energy to go off on him or attempt to escape.
"Dude, I fucking saved your ass! I was coming back from some intel-gathering around 3 AM when I noticed your door was wide open. So, I'm thinking, 'Ok, I should check up on you. No one leaves their door open in the middle of the night.' But when I got inside, I see this figure with pinkass hair covering your face with a handkerchief, it was little Ms. Wahahaha~! Misha." Kenji says that last name with contempt, forcing himself to say it.
"Wait what? Misha smothered me with a handkerchief??" This story is getting more and more unbelieveable by the second. Why would she do that?
"Yeah man, so I did to that bitch what I've been wanting to do for a while, decked her right in the face. Knocked her out cold. Didn't have time for questions." At that last sentence, Kenji mimics a right hook, presumably for dramatic effect. Well, at least I could see Kenji hooking Misha, and I somehow have a small chuckle at the image.
"Anyways, I tried shaking you awake, but you wouldn't get up. So it was one of those drugged hankies she used on you probably. But while I was shaking you, the deaf one tried backstabbing me. Silent as hell, that one. Didn't hear her sneak up, and you know how shitty my eyes are" Kenji twists his arm a bit to show a bleeding gash on his left tricep. "Like I said though, women are horrible at stabbing things. So I hooked her as well. But when she fell down, her cell phone dropped from her pocket, so I took that shit. Oh, and while I was dragging you out, I made sure to get your phone as well. Once I saw what was on her phone, I called for an emergency evac, and here we are now."
Kenji takes out two cell phones, one pink and one black. I recognize the black one as mine, so I reach to take that first. But he pulls the phone away, offering the pink one after pressing a few buttons.
"This one's Shizune's, what's on it should be all the proof you'll need." Kenji says quietly. For some reason, he's acting a lot calmer than I'd expect if one of his feminist doomsday scenarios actually happened. But all the same, I take the open pink cell phone and look at the screen.
From: Lilly
Time: 1:17 AM
The schedule's been pushed up. Kidnap Subject H and get him to the lab. He's the last piece we need before we can start the revolution. Bring Misha.
I drop my jaw in horror. Kenji might be right with this feminazi conspiracy, but a small side of my brain is still arguing that this could be a joke. As if sensing my reluctance, Kenji hands me my phone as well.
"Call Shizune on your phone. If I'm bullshitting you, it won't ring." He says with a straight face. Damn, he's getting really serious now.
I fumble with the buttons as I select Shizune on my contacts list. Pressing the 'Call' button, I hold my breathe. Seconds start to feel like hours, as I look down at the pink phone on my left hand. The beep on my phone is the only sound I can hear, until a cheery ringtone breaks the spell. Looking down, I see the pink phone ringing, but where it said who was calling, it read "Subject H".
Oh God, he's right. Kenji's right. All this time I thought he was delusional, but that fucker was actually right!
"Now, do you believe me? I wouldn't do this if I didn't think you were in danger, Hisao. But from what I've gathered, you are. And we can't let you fall into feminist hands. Shit's going to go down, and we need every man we can get." Kenji says, placing a hand on my shoulder.
"Ah, I see. Well thanks, Kenji." I trail off into silence. This is a lot of information to take in, and there's still the possibility of this not appearing to be what it is. But I've seen enough to at least go with Kenji and this Froggie back to the safe house.
Kenji removes his hand from my shoulder, now tending to his gash by pressing a piece of gauze against it. As he pulls out some gauze tape from the pockets behind the driver seat, I decide to ask the obvious.
"What'd you do with Shizune and Misha when you left anyways?" I ask, curious to what he did. I doubt he just left them lying on the floor, after all.
"I gagged them and locked them in your closet. They'll be found eventually though, Lilly and whoever she's working for will probably realize that those two are gone for too long." Kenji says nonchalantly.
"Oh...smart thinking." That's really all I can say about that. At least Kenji's thorough when it comes to these kind of situations.
"Froggie, how far until we get to the safe house?" Kenji asks as he wraps up his cut with the rest of the gauze.
"It'll be about another hour. You two should get some rest. Oh, and Hisao, here." While his Japanese is fluent, it's obvious that he has a strong accent, French if I'm not mistaken. The masked man reaches into the vacant passanger seat and shows me an ornate pistol. A picture of a woman is engraved into the silvery barrel of the gun, and it has a shiny wooden handle. "I believe it is in both yours and our group's interest that you are armed." He demonstrates how to work the safety with one hand (He's actually driving with the other hand and looking ahead) and then hands it to me. I check to see if the safety is on like he demonstrated, than stow it on my pocket. Looking back over at Kenji, he's leaning on his side of the car, trying to catch some Zs. It looks like he's failing though, as the fidgeting and wincing gives him away.
I can't even bother trying to sleep after this. In just one night, my world's been turned upside down, and everything I've known may just be one big lie. Well everything except Kenji and his feminist conspiracies. I lean back on my own seat, staring at the window next to me. This is going to be a long, long, day.
The hour passes by remarkably quick, even with the silence that's permeated the car after Kenji's explanation. The car eventually pulls up into what appears to be a very posh upper-class house, with a fountain sprinkling water in the lawn. Froggie pulls into the garage door, which opens automatically for the car. As soon as he parks, the three of us get out of the car, and Kenji motions for me to follow him.
Walking through the hallways of the house, it seems as normal as any other house I've been into. Until Froggie opens a door into what appears to be stairs leading down to the basement. Kenji goes down, and I quickly follow him, Froggie taking up the back.
At the bottom of the stairs, a giant metal door greets me, with the usual numerical keypad on the right side. Kenji keys in a few digits, then the door opens with a hiss to reveal...a hard-hatted man wearing goggles and overalls frantically typing into agiant control console, complete with numerous monitors, each displaying data that I can't comprehend at the moment.
"Oyy, Kenji, we got a problem!" The hardhat frantically declares. There's an odd accent on him that I can't quite put my finger on. "RED's just detected four choppers, all heading our way! I think they knew where you and Spah would bring Subject H."
"Ermm, excuse me!" I interrupt irritably. "I have a name, it's Hisao."
The hardhat, taking back by my rudeness, rubs his temples with his left hand before extending his right gloved hand to me.
"Sorry, son, I'm just a bit cranky. Y'know, sleep deprivation and the chance we'll get ambushed and killed and stuff. Name's Cowboy, or at least that's my code name anyways." He introduces himself.
I take his hand and shake it. Then suddenly Kenji intervenes.
"Ok, the pleasantries are cool and all, but we gotta start setting up defenses against the feminist raid, so Cowboy you-"
Boom! The wall in front of me explodes. I was kinda expecting to experience that scene from...Saving Private Ryan? I think that's what the movie was called, but I was disappointed. Gunfire immediately erupts from the 'renovations' to the wall, and I find myself being dragged by Froggie into cover.
"Hisao, now might be a good time to take our your gun." Froggie advises, pulling out a snub-nosed revolver from his jacket.
Following his cue, I pull out the elegant revolver he lent me bac in the car. I've never held a gun before, but from all the movies I've seen, I think I know how to aim. Looking over to the other side, I see Cowboy returning fire with a shotgun, and Kenji reloading what looks to be an assault rifle of sorts.
The gunfire from the opposite side of the wall subsides for a moment, so I pop out from the rubble Froggie pulled me to to return fire. Extending my arms fully, I close on eye so I can aim down the sights of the pistol. I then notice the getup of the invaders for the first time. THeir garb is similar to most modern military getups, except their color scheme is a light purple. I'm not sure what the point of such a color is, but I don't have time to think about that right now. Noticing a newcomer scrambling over the debris into the house, I take aim for the chest, the largest mass of the body, and pull the trigger.
BOOM! The revolver makes a loud noise, and the recoil is enough to swing my arms upward. The feminists notice my vulnerability and start to spray my way. I have no time to confirm whether I actually hit the woman, as I dive back into cover before I get shredded to pieces.
"H-hold your fire!" A distinct voice yells from the hole, although for a yell it's pretty quiet. Strangely enough, I seem to recognize the voice, although I can't put my finger on it. Froggie peeks over the rubble to see if they're actually holding their fire. With a small nod, he gestures at me to look up.
Poking my head above the rubble, a shocking sight is exposed to my eyes. Hanako steps forward into the no-mans land between us men and the feminists. Ironically, she's wearing the casual clothes she wore on our trip to the city.
"Hanako? You're in on this too?" I ask in disbelief.
"Y-yes I am." Even with this situation, she still acts as shy and quiet as she did back in school. "I-I'm afraid you're going to have to come with us, Hisao."
"And what if I refuse?" I raise the pistol up. The feminists behind her ready their weapons, but Hanako raises a hand up, which puts them back at ease.
"We kill your friends here, than we knock you out than torture you until we get what we want from you." Hanako shrugs. "If you come quietly, they'll be unharmed."
"Yeah, because you'd totally hold up your end of the deal, you scarred bitch!" Kenji yells from his side.
"Oh, K-Kenji's here too? That must explain how Shizune and M-Misha failed." Hanako notes. "I-I guess we should capture you as well."
"Yeah I don't think so. In fact..." Kenji glances down into what appears to be a GPS or communicator. "You should be more worried about yourself right now, more specifically, your scarred head."
"W-what're you talking about?" Hanako answers angrily. She swivels around, trying to see what danger Kenji's talking about, when her head explodes into a fine red mist.
"Attack!" Kenji yells, vaulting over the desk he'd been using for cover and spraying bullets towards two nearby feminists, who end up getting riddled with bullets. Cowboy follows Kenji's lead, ripping off the glove in his right hand to reveal a mechanical hand.
"Sentry going up!" Cowboy declares, somehow producing a toolbox and setting it into the ground. It starts to self-assemble into a small turret, complete with small siren above its head. It proceeds to start shooting at the retreating feminists.
Poking out of cover to give Kenji covering fire, I notice several other feminists heads explode into a red mist.
"Proceed!" Froggie orders, beckoning me to follow him. He sends precise shots onto the few feminists remaining, crippling them. By reflex, I raise my revolver to finish them off, aiming for the head or heart. One would think I'd have qualms about taking a human life, but I have no choice in the matter right now.
Soon enough, we clear the area around the house of feminists. Their strike force must've been smaller than I thought it was.
"Damn, that was a close one." Kenji said.
"No shit it was! We were about to get slaughtered before heads start to explode!" I yell.
"Oh, that? I guess we should get him down here so you can thank him properly for saving your ass."
"No need for that mate, already down here." An Australian voice said from behind me. I spin around to see a lanky, sunglasses wearing man walk towards me, slinging his sniper rifle onto his shoulder. He's wearing a hat of a style I don't recognize, and an insignia of crosshairs is emblazoned on his red shirt's sleeves.
"Codename's Kangaroo. Was on my way here when I noticed the ruckus. So I set up on a house near here with a good line of sight. Good thing the owners weren't home, hehe." The newcomer chuckles awkwardly at that last bit.
"Oh, I'm Nakai Hisao. But I guess you can call me Hisao. Kenji, what's next?" I ask. So far, he seems to be in command of this little operation.
"Well, we may have won the battle, but this war isn't over yet. We have to get the entire Team together before we proceed."
"What do we proceed with after?" I inquire.
"Cutting off the head of the snake. I do believe you're familiar with her, actually. If my intelligence is right, you both lost your virginities to each other." Kenji explained.
Oh fuck, there's only one person in the world he's talking about right now.
"Lilly?"
"Yep. The blind bitch. They have a plan that they can't proceed with without you, and as long as these guys are around," Kenji beckons to the three older men standing beside him. "They're not going to get your hands on you."
"Yep, not gonna let those bloody sheilas do what they're doing. Not as long as we're around." Kangaroo enthusastically adds, pulling a cigarette from his chest pocket.
"Indeed, zhey will feel the power of men soon enough." Froggie throws in, tossing a lighter to Kangaroo.
"Anyways, we better head out before the authorities arrive. Hell, I'm surprised they aren't here already." Cowboy tells to the rest of us.
"Indeed, Kangaroo, take us to your ride." Kenji orders. "Let's go, Hisao."
With no other choice, I follow Kenji and the rest of the group as we walk away from the now ruined house and into the street. In one night, my life has been irreversibly thrown upside-down, and the only way to survive is to stick with this ragtag team for now. Maybe once we eliminate Lilly...the woman I loved...no, still love, I can lead a normal life. But for now...
Taking out the speed reloader for my revolver, I load six more bullets onto the chamber. You never know when a firefight will happen.
First Strike (TF2 Crossover, Feminist Conspiracy scenario)
Immovable Object (Harem route)
Fate (Separate post, Mirai Nikki Crossover)
The King's Game (Self-explanatory)
Heavy Risk, But the Prize...
Setup (TF2/KS Crossover)
First Strike
This was actually lying around on my computer for a while. Not sure what I was doing at the time when I wrote it...
"Oy, wake up dammniit!"
A jarring voice wakes me from my slumber. But when I open my eyes, I'm not at in my dorm at Yamaku. Instead, it appears I'm in the back seat of a moving car with a distressed Kenji shaking me. I push him away, but than I see that instead of the usual school uniform, he's wearing what appears to be a ghillie suit, with a long knife sheathed on his waist. Time to find out what's going on.
"What the hell, Kenji? What am I doing here!?" I ask. Either Kenji's gone off the deep end, or something serious went down.
"We're going to one of our safe houses! The feminists are starting to mobilize, and like it or not, Hisao, but you're one of our key players here." Kenji responds with an angry look on his face, although I think it's more him being mad at the feminists than at me.
"Safe house? what? How am I a key player here?" This is way too much for me right now. I should be exploding right now, but I still feel incredibly tired.
"Froggie, our driver here," With that the driver, a man wearing a pinstriped suit and a red balaclava, briefly nods to me before turning back to driving. "is taking us to Tokyo. From there, we can lay low until our transport arrives to get us off the country. I can't explain much about your significance right now, except that the feminists are after you. once we get to the safe house, I can give you the full story"
Feminists after me? I'm not sure if Kenji's finally lost it, but I have to keep asking. He's throwing away my life as I know it for God's sake. And I still feel so weak I can't even gather the strength to suddenly open the car door and jump out.
"That still doesn't explain why I woke up in a damn car, Kenji." I try to keep the anger out of my voice as I struggle to talk. I'd like to get all the 'facts (insert airquotes here) before I get enough energy to go off on him or attempt to escape.
"Dude, I fucking saved your ass! I was coming back from some intel-gathering around 3 AM when I noticed your door was wide open. So, I'm thinking, 'Ok, I should check up on you. No one leaves their door open in the middle of the night.' But when I got inside, I see this figure with pinkass hair covering your face with a handkerchief, it was little Ms. Wahahaha~! Misha." Kenji says that last name with contempt, forcing himself to say it.
"Wait what? Misha smothered me with a handkerchief??" This story is getting more and more unbelieveable by the second. Why would she do that?
"Yeah man, so I did to that bitch what I've been wanting to do for a while, decked her right in the face. Knocked her out cold. Didn't have time for questions." At that last sentence, Kenji mimics a right hook, presumably for dramatic effect. Well, at least I could see Kenji hooking Misha, and I somehow have a small chuckle at the image.
"Anyways, I tried shaking you awake, but you wouldn't get up. So it was one of those drugged hankies she used on you probably. But while I was shaking you, the deaf one tried backstabbing me. Silent as hell, that one. Didn't hear her sneak up, and you know how shitty my eyes are" Kenji twists his arm a bit to show a bleeding gash on his left tricep. "Like I said though, women are horrible at stabbing things. So I hooked her as well. But when she fell down, her cell phone dropped from her pocket, so I took that shit. Oh, and while I was dragging you out, I made sure to get your phone as well. Once I saw what was on her phone, I called for an emergency evac, and here we are now."
Kenji takes out two cell phones, one pink and one black. I recognize the black one as mine, so I reach to take that first. But he pulls the phone away, offering the pink one after pressing a few buttons.
"This one's Shizune's, what's on it should be all the proof you'll need." Kenji says quietly. For some reason, he's acting a lot calmer than I'd expect if one of his feminist doomsday scenarios actually happened. But all the same, I take the open pink cell phone and look at the screen.
From: Lilly
Time: 1:17 AM
The schedule's been pushed up. Kidnap Subject H and get him to the lab. He's the last piece we need before we can start the revolution. Bring Misha.
I drop my jaw in horror. Kenji might be right with this feminazi conspiracy, but a small side of my brain is still arguing that this could be a joke. As if sensing my reluctance, Kenji hands me my phone as well.
"Call Shizune on your phone. If I'm bullshitting you, it won't ring." He says with a straight face. Damn, he's getting really serious now.
I fumble with the buttons as I select Shizune on my contacts list. Pressing the 'Call' button, I hold my breathe. Seconds start to feel like hours, as I look down at the pink phone on my left hand. The beep on my phone is the only sound I can hear, until a cheery ringtone breaks the spell. Looking down, I see the pink phone ringing, but where it said who was calling, it read "Subject H".
Oh God, he's right. Kenji's right. All this time I thought he was delusional, but that fucker was actually right!
"Now, do you believe me? I wouldn't do this if I didn't think you were in danger, Hisao. But from what I've gathered, you are. And we can't let you fall into feminist hands. Shit's going to go down, and we need every man we can get." Kenji says, placing a hand on my shoulder.
"Ah, I see. Well thanks, Kenji." I trail off into silence. This is a lot of information to take in, and there's still the possibility of this not appearing to be what it is. But I've seen enough to at least go with Kenji and this Froggie back to the safe house.
Kenji removes his hand from my shoulder, now tending to his gash by pressing a piece of gauze against it. As he pulls out some gauze tape from the pockets behind the driver seat, I decide to ask the obvious.
"What'd you do with Shizune and Misha when you left anyways?" I ask, curious to what he did. I doubt he just left them lying on the floor, after all.
"I gagged them and locked them in your closet. They'll be found eventually though, Lilly and whoever she's working for will probably realize that those two are gone for too long." Kenji says nonchalantly.
"Oh...smart thinking." That's really all I can say about that. At least Kenji's thorough when it comes to these kind of situations.
"Froggie, how far until we get to the safe house?" Kenji asks as he wraps up his cut with the rest of the gauze.
"It'll be about another hour. You two should get some rest. Oh, and Hisao, here." While his Japanese is fluent, it's obvious that he has a strong accent, French if I'm not mistaken. The masked man reaches into the vacant passanger seat and shows me an ornate pistol. A picture of a woman is engraved into the silvery barrel of the gun, and it has a shiny wooden handle. "I believe it is in both yours and our group's interest that you are armed." He demonstrates how to work the safety with one hand (He's actually driving with the other hand and looking ahead) and then hands it to me. I check to see if the safety is on like he demonstrated, than stow it on my pocket. Looking back over at Kenji, he's leaning on his side of the car, trying to catch some Zs. It looks like he's failing though, as the fidgeting and wincing gives him away.
I can't even bother trying to sleep after this. In just one night, my world's been turned upside down, and everything I've known may just be one big lie. Well everything except Kenji and his feminist conspiracies. I lean back on my own seat, staring at the window next to me. This is going to be a long, long, day.
The hour passes by remarkably quick, even with the silence that's permeated the car after Kenji's explanation. The car eventually pulls up into what appears to be a very posh upper-class house, with a fountain sprinkling water in the lawn. Froggie pulls into the garage door, which opens automatically for the car. As soon as he parks, the three of us get out of the car, and Kenji motions for me to follow him.
Walking through the hallways of the house, it seems as normal as any other house I've been into. Until Froggie opens a door into what appears to be stairs leading down to the basement. Kenji goes down, and I quickly follow him, Froggie taking up the back.
At the bottom of the stairs, a giant metal door greets me, with the usual numerical keypad on the right side. Kenji keys in a few digits, then the door opens with a hiss to reveal...a hard-hatted man wearing goggles and overalls frantically typing into agiant control console, complete with numerous monitors, each displaying data that I can't comprehend at the moment.
"Oyy, Kenji, we got a problem!" The hardhat frantically declares. There's an odd accent on him that I can't quite put my finger on. "RED's just detected four choppers, all heading our way! I think they knew where you and Spah would bring Subject H."
"Ermm, excuse me!" I interrupt irritably. "I have a name, it's Hisao."
The hardhat, taking back by my rudeness, rubs his temples with his left hand before extending his right gloved hand to me.
"Sorry, son, I'm just a bit cranky. Y'know, sleep deprivation and the chance we'll get ambushed and killed and stuff. Name's Cowboy, or at least that's my code name anyways." He introduces himself.
I take his hand and shake it. Then suddenly Kenji intervenes.
"Ok, the pleasantries are cool and all, but we gotta start setting up defenses against the feminist raid, so Cowboy you-"
Boom! The wall in front of me explodes. I was kinda expecting to experience that scene from...Saving Private Ryan? I think that's what the movie was called, but I was disappointed. Gunfire immediately erupts from the 'renovations' to the wall, and I find myself being dragged by Froggie into cover.
"Hisao, now might be a good time to take our your gun." Froggie advises, pulling out a snub-nosed revolver from his jacket.
Following his cue, I pull out the elegant revolver he lent me bac in the car. I've never held a gun before, but from all the movies I've seen, I think I know how to aim. Looking over to the other side, I see Cowboy returning fire with a shotgun, and Kenji reloading what looks to be an assault rifle of sorts.
The gunfire from the opposite side of the wall subsides for a moment, so I pop out from the rubble Froggie pulled me to to return fire. Extending my arms fully, I close on eye so I can aim down the sights of the pistol. I then notice the getup of the invaders for the first time. THeir garb is similar to most modern military getups, except their color scheme is a light purple. I'm not sure what the point of such a color is, but I don't have time to think about that right now. Noticing a newcomer scrambling over the debris into the house, I take aim for the chest, the largest mass of the body, and pull the trigger.
BOOM! The revolver makes a loud noise, and the recoil is enough to swing my arms upward. The feminists notice my vulnerability and start to spray my way. I have no time to confirm whether I actually hit the woman, as I dive back into cover before I get shredded to pieces.
"H-hold your fire!" A distinct voice yells from the hole, although for a yell it's pretty quiet. Strangely enough, I seem to recognize the voice, although I can't put my finger on it. Froggie peeks over the rubble to see if they're actually holding their fire. With a small nod, he gestures at me to look up.
Poking my head above the rubble, a shocking sight is exposed to my eyes. Hanako steps forward into the no-mans land between us men and the feminists. Ironically, she's wearing the casual clothes she wore on our trip to the city.
"Hanako? You're in on this too?" I ask in disbelief.
"Y-yes I am." Even with this situation, she still acts as shy and quiet as she did back in school. "I-I'm afraid you're going to have to come with us, Hisao."
"And what if I refuse?" I raise the pistol up. The feminists behind her ready their weapons, but Hanako raises a hand up, which puts them back at ease.
"We kill your friends here, than we knock you out than torture you until we get what we want from you." Hanako shrugs. "If you come quietly, they'll be unharmed."
"Yeah, because you'd totally hold up your end of the deal, you scarred bitch!" Kenji yells from his side.
"Oh, K-Kenji's here too? That must explain how Shizune and M-Misha failed." Hanako notes. "I-I guess we should capture you as well."
"Yeah I don't think so. In fact..." Kenji glances down into what appears to be a GPS or communicator. "You should be more worried about yourself right now, more specifically, your scarred head."
"W-what're you talking about?" Hanako answers angrily. She swivels around, trying to see what danger Kenji's talking about, when her head explodes into a fine red mist.
"Attack!" Kenji yells, vaulting over the desk he'd been using for cover and spraying bullets towards two nearby feminists, who end up getting riddled with bullets. Cowboy follows Kenji's lead, ripping off the glove in his right hand to reveal a mechanical hand.
"Sentry going up!" Cowboy declares, somehow producing a toolbox and setting it into the ground. It starts to self-assemble into a small turret, complete with small siren above its head. It proceeds to start shooting at the retreating feminists.
Poking out of cover to give Kenji covering fire, I notice several other feminists heads explode into a red mist.
"Proceed!" Froggie orders, beckoning me to follow him. He sends precise shots onto the few feminists remaining, crippling them. By reflex, I raise my revolver to finish them off, aiming for the head or heart. One would think I'd have qualms about taking a human life, but I have no choice in the matter right now.
Soon enough, we clear the area around the house of feminists. Their strike force must've been smaller than I thought it was.
"Damn, that was a close one." Kenji said.
"No shit it was! We were about to get slaughtered before heads start to explode!" I yell.
"Oh, that? I guess we should get him down here so you can thank him properly for saving your ass."
"No need for that mate, already down here." An Australian voice said from behind me. I spin around to see a lanky, sunglasses wearing man walk towards me, slinging his sniper rifle onto his shoulder. He's wearing a hat of a style I don't recognize, and an insignia of crosshairs is emblazoned on his red shirt's sleeves.
"Codename's Kangaroo. Was on my way here when I noticed the ruckus. So I set up on a house near here with a good line of sight. Good thing the owners weren't home, hehe." The newcomer chuckles awkwardly at that last bit.
"Oh, I'm Nakai Hisao. But I guess you can call me Hisao. Kenji, what's next?" I ask. So far, he seems to be in command of this little operation.
"Well, we may have won the battle, but this war isn't over yet. We have to get the entire Team together before we proceed."
"What do we proceed with after?" I inquire.
"Cutting off the head of the snake. I do believe you're familiar with her, actually. If my intelligence is right, you both lost your virginities to each other." Kenji explained.
Oh fuck, there's only one person in the world he's talking about right now.
"Lilly?"
"Yep. The blind bitch. They have a plan that they can't proceed with without you, and as long as these guys are around," Kenji beckons to the three older men standing beside him. "They're not going to get your hands on you."
"Yep, not gonna let those bloody sheilas do what they're doing. Not as long as we're around." Kangaroo enthusastically adds, pulling a cigarette from his chest pocket.
"Indeed, zhey will feel the power of men soon enough." Froggie throws in, tossing a lighter to Kangaroo.
"Anyways, we better head out before the authorities arrive. Hell, I'm surprised they aren't here already." Cowboy tells to the rest of us.
"Indeed, Kangaroo, take us to your ride." Kenji orders. "Let's go, Hisao."
With no other choice, I follow Kenji and the rest of the group as we walk away from the now ruined house and into the street. In one night, my life has been irreversibly thrown upside-down, and the only way to survive is to stick with this ragtag team for now. Maybe once we eliminate Lilly...the woman I loved...no, still love, I can lead a normal life. But for now...
Taking out the speed reloader for my revolver, I load six more bullets onto the chamber. You never know when a firefight will happen.