Najica Blitz Tactics/Najica Dengeki Sakusen: New Agent

By: Ominae

Rating: T

NOTE:

All characters of Najica Blitz Tactics are under the copyright of Katsuhiko Nishijima/Noriyasu Yamauchi/Takuya Tashiro, Studio Fantasia, Buyuu and Kids Station. I exclusively own the rights to the character Yuji Maehara and Katsuya Tsuroka.

Summary:

Now reuniting with Najica, Yuji and Katsuya must with CRI Intelligence's leading female operative in rescuing Lila from the depths of an abandoned underground mall and to hunt down the mysterious person who had taken the identity of Dr. Rinka Ren after Shinba Industrial's private security forces had launched a military-style raid on the supposed mad scientist's hideout in the ruins of the former Ibaraki Prefecture. Will they be able to capture her alive? Can they save Lila before its too late to do anything? Stay tune to this chapter for the conclusion of New Agent!

Chapter 12: Renewal

Corridor, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

"Get down!"

A holler came from Yuji Maehara, who emptied his entire 40-round magazine at a group of gun turrets that came out of panels from the ceiling of the corridor on the second floor. Katsuya Tsuroka gave Yuji support by tossing a single SM HG-85 grenade at the other activating gun turrets in front of them after tapping his shoulder from behind, giving him the signal to kneel.

Najica Hiiragi, who was next to Yuji, fired her Stechkin pistol after attaching the shoulder stock on the weapon's pistol grip. Using the pistol's semi-automatic mode, she assited Katsuya in wiping out other gun turrets that were not harmed by the grenade blast.

"Okay." Yuji waved the smoke off away, though the ballistic face shield of his MSA Gallet TC Special Forces ballistic helmet. "Looks like we got all of the gun turrets."

"How much further 'till we get to the fountain area?" Katsuya said, checking the area with his FN P90.

Najica answered the teen CRI agent. "We're almost close. It's just about 5 more minutes to go."

"Right." Yuji groaned and stood up after kneeling on the floor. "I'm gonna ask Mr. Magima to grant me a vacation for my vacation after this job's over."

The woman smiled at the frowning Yuji, "I agree with you." She tapped her pistol on her side, emphasizing her point.

Unknown Store, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

Lila lead the young Humaritt out of the corridor to take a break at a wrecked store, its interior completely destroyed by the great disaster.

Setting the young Humaritt to sit on a chair after lifting him from the ground, which was surprisingly unbroken by the disaster aside from loosing its legs.

"Here." Lila gave him a tetra pack for him to drink. Already thirsty, the green-haired boy began to fumble through the tetra pack to the point when he placed his mouth over the top portion of the pack and wrestled with it with the help of his teeth.

Lila looked at the boy, watching him trying to open the tetra pack. "Is he trying to use his mouth?"

Giving up,he looked at Lila and showed her the unopened tetra pack, using his eyes to plead for her help.

"Using the sympathetic look. That would not be acceptable." Lila shook her hand. Instead, she pointed out to Alpha the back of the tetra pack. Alpha followed her lead and noted the directions on the pack, showing how one could open it without the need to use his "methods".

The boy thanked the female Humaritt by grinning at her before following the said instructions; Alpha tore the top slightly open and took a plastic straw to place inside the opening.

Watching him drink the contents of the opened tetra pack, Lila smiled at him for teaching him how to do things by himself.

It was a teaching that she had learned from Najica before they underwent the Ibaraki mission.

Corridor, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

"Are we there yet?"

Katsuya groaned while trekking with Najica and Yuji towards the fountain area, where they could make their next move. The trio were tired a while ago and thus, took a break after they had destroyed all the gun turrets.

"No!" hissed Yuji, deciding if Katsuya or the mysterious person who took the Dr. Ren persona is the bigger threat.

"Come on," assured Najica, wondering if Katsuya was always complaining in his civilian life. "We're almost there."

Katsuya moaned again, "You guys said that a few minutes ago back there after we got rid of those gun turrets."

While Katsuya talked about his problems, Yuji shrugged it off and went on ahead for a few meters to take a good look on the horizon.

"You found something?" Najica didn't want to listen to any of Katsuya's complaints any longer.

Yuji nodded. "The area's up ahead."

Suddenly, Katsuya rushed past the two agents and aimed his FN P90 on the area like the Road Runner character from the Looney Tunes show.

"Wow!" whispered Yuji, watching his friend's mood change from being a nagging person to an eager person. "Didn't know that he got the spirit in him aside from going home from Neo-Tokyo High when the day's over."

"Really?" Najica was too astounded by the eagerness of Katsuya to resolve the situation with Dr. Ren. "Then we better go and see if Dr. Ren is still around this place."

Yuji ran with Najica towards Katsuya's position in the fountain area. "That's if, she's still alive."

Unknown Store, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

Lila patiently waited for the boy to finish drinking his tetra pack. When she saw him tossing the empty pack on the ground, she held his hand out to him so as to let know that they have to go.

"Let's go." said Lila camly. He smiled at her gladly took her hand, letting her guide the way for him. The two went out of the wrecked store and began their long walk towards a way out of the destroyed underground mall.

Lobby, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

Yuji, Katsuya and Najica found themselves at the largely destroyed fountain area of the mall. A large gapping hole was seen on the ceiling, its debris on the destroyed fountain in the center of the mall's former lobby.

"Whoa!" Yuji glanced around the area. "So this was the mall's former lobby before the great disaster."

"Yes, I have to agree." Najica aimed her Stechkin APS pistol all around the lobby. "The disaster surely destroyed the former Ibaraki Prefecture."

Katsuya took aim with his FN P90 as he cautiously walked over the lobby. "Better stay alert, peeps. The so-called Humaritt X who took on Dr. Ren's identity is still around."

Yuji held his HK MP7's trigger grip tightly. "You're right." He used the MP7's EOTech HOLOgraphic Weapon Sight 550 reflex sight to aid him in searching the entire area for any signs of the Humaritt X.

"Strange." Najica relaxed her stance a bit, still holding her Stechkin APS. "The Humaritt X isn't here at all."

"My, my, look who's here."

Najica, Yuji and Katsuya looked up to see X standing on the rubble pile in the center of the lobby.

"You three are really persistent." sneered the Humaritt, still armed with the gold Walther P1 pistols. "I really must get rid of the nuisances before you three become pests in my objective."

Jin Magima's Office, CRI Intelligence Complex, Neo-Tokyo, Japan

"Mr. Magima." Jin's secretary came on his speaker phone system."Someone from the US military is here on the line."

"Thank you. Jin sighed. "I'll take it from here."

"Mr. Magima." said the speaker. "I'm surprised to hear from you after a while."

Jin took a cigarette from his Marlboro pack. "This had better be good, General Anderson!"

The officer chuckled at Magima's outburst of anger, "I assure you, Mr. Magima. This is very short."

"Okay." Jin raised a suspicious eyebrow. "What do you want to speak to me about?"

"We've heard that you've sent agents alongside Shinba Industrial's security forces." The statement had nearly chocked Jin while he began to smoke his cigarette.

"What about it?" Jin wanted to know the details. "Are you trying to do something in the former Ibaraki Prefecture while my operatives and Shinba Industrial's security forces are battling the renegade Humaritts?"

"I'm afraid so." sighed General Anderson. "The President had a meeting with the CIA and the NSA after getting satellite images on the battle. Although the US is not involved, the President and the directors of the CIA and the NSA believe that mass-produced Humaritts are a threat to the world."

"So," The CRI Intelligence Bureau director wondered what the General meant. "are you going to..."

General Anderson replied quickly, knowing that Jin had the right thought in mind. "We've noted that the battle began at 1300 hours. So at 1430 hours, we're launching a squadron of A-10 Warthogs towards the former Ibaraki Prefecture."

"That's not possible!" scolded Jin. "You know that those A-10s are on a training with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces."

"Who cares?" The US military officer grinned and chuckled at Jin. "We're going to have the exercise with the JASDF later in the afternoon. It doesn't matter where the location is for the first part of their exercise."

With General Anderson ending the call, Jin Magima looked at the cigarette that was tucked between his index and middle finger after he removed it from his mouth.

"Is it really worth it?" Jin twirled the cigarette a bit. "Is it really worth to kill our agents so as to get rid of the renegade Humaritts?"

Anger subsiding in his conscience, he crushed the cigarette in his hands before tossing in on his ashtray.

Lobby, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

X and the three CRI agents had began to engage in a gunfight that began 10 minutes ago. Najica lead the attack by firing 10 rounds from her Stechkin towards her. The Humaritt dodged most of her shots and countered by firing her P1s at her.

"Dammit!" Najica dodged them fairly, but received a graze on her right arm when a single 9mm Parabellum bullet streaked near her right arm, causing a wound to appear.

"Najica!" Yuji saw it and fired his HK MP7 at the Humaritt. X, once again, dodged his shots with speed and fired her P1s at him too. Though he took the hits on his chest, it was thanks to his Armored Muscle Suit that he was able to survive.

Katsuya circled around the fight, taking time to fire his FN P90 when possible. Though some shots were inflicted on her, the 5.7mm bullet heads fell out from her skin harmlessly.

"Heh!" X grinned. "Your bullets will never hurt me!" She used the P1 on her right side to shoot Katsuya on his left leg. The teenage CRI agent tripped when he felt a 9mm bullet made impact on his left leg, though his suit deflected the bullet.

"Urgh!" Katsuya fell flat on his stomach, but quickly recovered and fired off another burst from his FN P90. His shot missed when X dashed out of his way towards Najica and Yuji.

Yuji fired his HK MP7, watching the 4.6mm bullets fall harmlessly from her body. "It can't be!" He fired and fired until X was in front of him, who dashed all the way from left to right to avoid the bullet barrage.

"Sorry!" She lifted Yuji over her head. "Better try again!" Using her superhuman strength, she tossed him towards a pillar in the lobby. He stood up again after a few minutes.

Najica, watching the event, took the opportunity to open fire with her Stechkin again. Unfortunately, X did a double backflip and landed on the rubble. Aiming the P1 on her left hand, she unleashed two shots at her. One of them grazed her left leg, crippling her ability to fight.

"UWA!" Najica took the hit and gritted her teeth, feeling the pain subside on her leg. Katsuya jumped on the rubble, thanks to the power of the suit and fired his P90. X performed a super flip that made her land behind the unaware agent. Getting behind him, she punched him at the back.

Katsuya felt minor pain rushing on his body since the Omihalcon metal distributed the force of X's punch, rendering it less harmless than it was. He tried to grab his IZHMASH MP-412 REX revolver, but X knew what he was doing it and grabbed it with her right hand, free from holding her second P1. Displaying her strength, she crushed the Russian-made revolver in less than a minute.

"Why you!" Katsuya tried to get in front of her, but was in a choke hold before X tossed him on the left side of the rubble, watching him fall down after his feet didn't touch anything solid. He was then knocked out.

Yuji jumped on the rubble, also thanks to his suit, and drew out his Glock 20 pistol. He fired four 10mm Auto rounds before X was on his left.

"Sorry, boy!" X smirked at him. "Missed me!" She grabbed the barrel of the Glock 20 and dismantled the slide before she did a foot sweep, sending him on the floor. Yuji recovered fast by spinning his legs to help him get up, but he got to the receiving end of a roundhouse kick that X had executed on him.

"Oh shit!" Yuji saw X smiling at him as his body fell towards the ground, not knowing if he would survive.

Airspace, outskirts of Former Ibaraki Prefecture

"Um, sir. I have a question."

One of the wingmen from the 10-man A-10 Warthog squad sent to "practice" on the former downtown of the old Ibaraki Prefecture relayed a message to his squadron commander.

"What about it, son?"

"How come we have our location changed at the last minute?"

"Come on, Gary." Another wingman named Jerry went on his radio. "Are you questioning the commander's orders?"

"Of course not, Jerry!" Gary yelled, defending himself. "It's just that it's an abandoned city. Why can't we do our bombing run on another place."

The squadron commander, known as Captain Chris Parker, went on the radios of each wingman. "It's doesn't matter why our location was changed. All that matters is that we have to conduct our bombing run first. Is that clear?"

"YES SIR!" replied all the wingmen in unison.

"Good." Capt. Parker saw the buildings of the old downtown as the squadron began to approach the area. "This is Alpha-1," relayed Parker to his controllers. "We are now approaching the area. Beginning our bombing run."

Lobby, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

Najica, grunting on the ground, saw Yuji on the ground and unconscious. Though she didn't see Katsuya around, she too suspected that he was also knocked out.

"Looks like you're the only one left." Najica saw X still on top of the rubble. "What's it going to be?"

"Must defeat her!" Grunting in pain, the female CRI agent took aim with her Stechkin APS and used the pistol's trigger. Bad thing for her was that it never fired. When she looked at her weapon, she saw the slide retracted back.

"Oh no!" Najica widened her eyes when she saw this. "I forgot to reload."

"Aww!" cooed X, who drew out her Walther P1s. "A tough break!"

She was about to open fire the rest of her ammo at Najica, ready to finish her off when she saw someone familiar standing near the hallway entrance leading to the lobby. X looked at the entrance and saw Lila standing with the green-haired boy.

X whispered only one word at the boy, who hid behind Lila. "Alpha?"

Outskirts of abandoned subway, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

"Hey Gento!" One of the Shinba Industrial soldiers ran up to the ponytailed man, who reloaded his HK USP 45 pistol. The battle had swiflty ended with all the Humaritts destroyed. Only 10 Shinba Industrials trooper were killed in action.

"Yea?"

"Bad news," The trooper said, who was a bit shaken. "We've been ordered to withdraw."

"WHAT!"

Rena and Shinobu came running towards Gento, who had heard the news nearby.

"I'm afraid so, girls." He checked his PDA and saw a text message. Reading it, he was shocked to see its contents.

"What is it, Gento?" asked Rena, wanting to know what's going on.

"Do we have to leave?"

Gento swallowed his saliva and stared at the two girls. "Yes, the US Air Force is going to bomb this area."

Lobby, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

X was overjoyed to see the boy, whose name was Alpha.

"Alpha!" She dashed down from the rubble towards him, who was still hiding behind Lila. "Alpha! Come with me. We don't need to be here anymore."

"Stay back!" Lila came to defend the boy. "He doesn't want to go with you."

"Get away from Alpha, bitch!" X threw several punches at her, which were all countered. Lila grabbed her right arm and tossed her over her shoulder. X landed on her feet and did a foot sweep. Lila jumped over and landed before doing her own foot sweep.

"Better do better than that!" X did a back flip and dashed Lila again, performing several punches before executing a couple of kicks on her. Lila kept dodging them, but she knew she couldn't keep dodging them much longer.

Seeing an opening, Lila punched her in the chest. Looking at the Humaritts' eyes, she grinned at her before launching an uppercut at her. After giving her an uppercut, she used a roundhouse kick to send her flying towards the rubble.

"Alpha!" She ran towards the boy with open arms. "We can be together!"

"Didn't you see the kid's reaction?" Katsuya had recovered for him to dash between X and Alpha, getting into a fighting stance. "He clearly meant that he didn't want you to go with him."

X gritted her teeth. "Shut up!" She centered her punch on his chest before doing a few more punches, though the last one sent him towards the wall, knocking him out cold again. "You don't know how I feel for him!"

"Katsuya!" Yuji came running towards X, holding his Strider FNG knife upside down. X glanced behind her quickly and retaliated by executing a kick on his chest. She punched him left and right before doing a final kick on his chest again, making him fly towards Najica. Yuji connected to Najica, who was standing up after being on the ground for a few minutes before the two bowled over one another.

Now sure that Yuji and Najica are unconscious, X walked towards Alpha slowly with a smile. Alpha, on the other hand, responded by stepping away from her until he had his back against the wall.

"We'll be together forever, Alpha." X had tears running out of her face. "Just you and me."

The purple-haired Humaritt was about to hug Alpha when they heard the sounds of bombs being dropped outside the abandoned mall.

Airspace, abandoned subway, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

"This is Leader-1." Parker came on the radio to his controllers, finding the area around the abandoned subway station deserted as most of the Shinba Industrial security forces personnel, with Rena and Shinobu, retreated after getting a warning from their superiors.

"Commencing bombing run over targeted area." Parker went to the frequencies of his wingmen. "Okay boys! Drop the babies!"

The A-10 Thunderbolt II squad began to unleash their load of GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bombs around the area of the former subway station, pounding it with brute force. When the planes had finished unloading them on the region, they left the area in formation, unaware of the true intentions from their commanders.

Lobby, Abandoned underground mall, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

"What the hell?"

Katsuya got up, feeling slight rubble debris on his body. Brushing it off, he slowly stood up and searched for his P90. He glanced at his left and saw his submachine gun under a pile of debris made by the bombing run, presumably destroyed.

"Crap! P90's destroyed!" He went to search for Najica and Yuji, who were uninjured by the bombing run as well. Najica helped Yuji get up from the ground after removing a huge rock that was on his back.

"Thanks, Najica." Yuji saw his MP7 crushed by several rock slabs that fell from the ceiling. "The boy!" He and Najica ran towards the body of X.

"Is she?" Yuji went to touch her neck, but felt no pulse. "She's dead, right?" whispered the confused boy, who gently lifted X's body to reveal Alpha, who was shaken but not hurt.

"Looks like the bombing run did kill her." Katsuya saw several wounds on X's face and body, secreting the pink liquid out instead of red blood.

The three noticed that Lila managed to get out of the rubble that she was under in when the A-10s bombed the mall as part of their bombing run. Nearing Alpha, she lead her by hand and beckoned the others to follow her.

"Come on." said Yuji, carrying the battered body of X. "We better take her with us." Katsuya assisted Yuji in lifting the Humaritt's body while Najica followed Lila out of the mall.

Airspace, abandoned subway, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

The CRI Mil Mi-24 Hind-D flew overhead the bombed subway after the A-10 Thunderbolt II jets have left the area. Rena was at the pilot seat with Shinobu at the gunner's seat. Gento, in the cabin, used binoculars to search for Najica and the others.

So far, there wasn't any luck as they didn't realize that Najica and the others have already evacuated the are after the bombing run.

Abadoned Park, Former Ibaraki Prefecture

Finding a spot on an abandoned park several miles away from the city, they placed X on top of a bouquet of flowers and had her arms placed on top of her chest, giving her a sort of dignified honor in laying her to "rest". Katsuya treated Najica's wounds as he accidentally packed some bandages with him.

"Lila." Najica said to her partner. "I need to take Alpha to HQ."

What Lila answered shook the three agents on their feet.

"NO!" She covered Alpha with her own body, making herself the protective guardian of the young Humaritt.

"Lila," she sighed. "We have our orders from Mr. Magima."

"NO!" insisted Lila, who was still hugging the boy.

Katsuya went forward to intervene, but Yuji held his left arm out to block his way.

"Hey!" whispered Katsuya from his mask and helmet faceplate. "What gives?"

Yuji calmly answered, "This is between them. We don't need to intervene."

"If you don't let me take Alpha," gritted Najica, not wanting to do the ultimate sacrifice. "I'll have to take you down."

"I won't let you take him!" shouted Lila, yelling her objections. Najica had enough and whipped out the Walther P1s that she got from X. When she got them, she checked their chambers and noted that they were still bullets inside.

"Looks like we have to decide who wins." Najica tossed Lila the other P1, who caught it with fast speed. She gripped the golden pistol, but began to shiver since she didn't want to shoot her partner in front of Alpha and her friends.

"What the hell?" Yuji murmured, not doing what to do.

"Is it?" Katsuya did not want to see what was taking place. "Is it going to happen?"

"Lila..." Najica stammered, aiming the P1 at Lila. "We don't have to do this."

"Najica." Lila whispered, crying at the sight of the P1's barrel at her head. "I love you." She then took aim at Najica with the P1 she gave her.

Najica, for the first time, cried when she heard the three words that her soon-to-be Humaritt partner had said.

"I love you too, Lila."

Two gunshots had then sealed their fate.

Lobby, CRI Cosmetics Japan, Neo-Tokyo, Japan

Yuji and Katsuya had arrived in the lobby of CRI Cosmetics in their motorbikes. The two were ordered to be back by Jin Magima after a day's rest from the raid.

"Okay." Yuji waved hello to the receptionists, swearing that they blushed when he made eye contact with them. "Come on, we've got to see the guys."

"Coming!" Katsuya ran towards his friend, who was drinking a can of UCC Milk Coffee from the vending machine. When they went to the elevators, they saw Gento groaning at Rena and Shinobu.

"Hey, girls." greeted Katsuya. "What's shaking?"

"Guys!" Rena greeted the two, smiling. "Nice to see you again."

"What happened to Gento?" questioned Katsuya, noticing that he was sad.

"Najica isn't around right now." said Shinobu, smiling also. "Heard that she's going to be given a vacation after her meeting with Mr. Magima, meaning that she won't come out here."

"I see." Yuji scratched his head. "We did speak to him a while ago when he told us about our vacation time before we left for the mall."

"The horror! The horror!" wailed Gento, frustrated that he wasn't able to speak to Najica.

"I almost forgot!" said Rena, snapping her finger. "Gento had tickets for the rock concert, but he wouldn't take either one of us."

Shinobu quickly filled in the details for Rena. "Are you going to the concert anyway? We really wanted to go."

"It so happens," Yuji digged through the pockets of his black jacket, whipping out the said tickets. "that we have them with us since we pre-ordered a bit earlier."

"Wow!" Rena's eyes began to sparkle with joy. "Can you take me to the concert?"

"Sure, babe!" grinned Yuji, ruffling his own black hair. "We got four tickets. Though you two may want a break."

"Of course we do!" Shinobu's eyes also sparkled with joy. The two teenagers didn't know if they should smile or be a bit scared.

Katsuya glanced at his wristwatch before speaking to Rena and Shinobu. "Guess we can see you two later."

"Okay." Rena and Shinobu patted Yuji and Katsuya on their shoulders.

"So it's a date?" asked Yuji curiously.

"Yup." Rena replied, nodding her head. "It's a date."

Gento watched the entire conversation with much sadness and decided to head for the toilet to relieve himself, mumbling something about "calling Najica on her cell later or tomorrow."

Coffee Shop, somewhere in Neo-Tokyo

"Ah, this is the life."

Najica, wearing her trademark suit and shades, took a break in the nearby coffee shop in downtown Neo-Tokyo. She had her presence obscure by wearing black shades. It somehow masked herself from the public with much luck, relieving her of having the trouble of being hounded by the press or by her fans.

Drinking her decaf coffee, she looked around the crowds that were forming on the sidewalks nearby until she spotted two familiar people.

"Is it them?"

Najica lifted her shades slightly, noticing the shapes of Lila and Alpha. She saw the two Humaritt childrens were well-dressed in normal civilian clothes.

"It's been a while. But what are they doing?"

She became a bit happy when she noted Lila and Alpha smiling at her before blending back in with the rest of the crowd, disappearing from her life forever.

"One Hot Chocolate, please."

Turning her head to the side, Najica saw a familiar boy wearing a familiar black jacket, a cap that had the letters TDD-1 on it and wearing official BMW Motorrad shades on. The female CRI employee and agent studied the voice, knowing that it was Yuji Maehara.

She then reached out to grab his arm.

"That sure hits the spot."

Sipping his hot chocolate, Yuji had decided to go to downtown Neo-Tokyo after enjoying the concert that he went to with Katsuya, Rena and Shinobu. He knew that Katsuya was spending the rest of the day in his place while Rena and Shinobu had been granted leaves from their CRI jobs.

He was about to sip his drink when he felt a hand touching his arm. He glanced at the one who touched his arm and saw a familiar woman looking at him. Lifting his shades a bit, he grinned when he saw who held his arm.

"Najica," whispered Yuji, not wanting to let Najica get exposed to the public. "what are you doing here?"

The woman grinned back at him. "Vacation." She then offered him a place to sit on her table. "Wanna sit?"

"Sure." shrugged Yuji, sitting down across Najica's. "Thanks."

"What brings you to Neo-Tokyo?" She pillowed her chin on her hand, eyeing the boy carefully.

"I decided to go downtown." Yuji drank his hot chocolate before placing his cup down. "Need to exercise before I hit the mall."

"Really?" Najica was a bit curious. "I thought you'd stay at home."

Yuji waved her off. "Nah! Not like Katsuya!" Najica giggled at his reply. "But seriously, this is my big break from CRI work."

"I see." replied Najica. "By the way, I saw them a while ago."

"Who?"

"Lila and Alpha." Her answer brought a raised eyebrow to Yuji.

"Really?" Yuji looked behind before facing Najica. "They were?"

Najica nodded, "They were in normal civilian clothes."

"Back then yesterday," began Yuji, reminding Najica of the time she faced Lila in a Western-style showdown. "I thought you were really going to kill Lila before you shot you pistol with Lila's in the air." He then saw Najica sigh, looking at her coffee. "Sorry if I brought back a bad memory." said Yuji, apologizing to her and scratching his hair.

"No, it's okay." Najica looked at Yuji and smiled. "But enough about me, I want to know about you."

"Me?" Yuji pointed to himself, making Najica nod at him. "What about me?"

"Well," Najica tapped the table. "I want to know how you and Katsuya first met."

"Okayyyyy." Najica crossed her arms and leaned back on her chair, waiting for Yuji to fish out his life story to her. Yuji began to narrate his life, with Najica listening in.

"I first met Katsuya back at the International School Manila in the Philippines when I was 3..."

Epilogue END

PS - Finally! Two long stories are done! I'd like to thank the reviewers and readers (past and future) for reading this story. Really means a lot to me.

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