Fic: [Mai Hime] Bubblegum Hime
Title: Bubblegum Hime
Series: Mai Hime
Type: Divergence
Links: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3538898/15/
Chapter Fifteen
Saeko Kuga was actually more determined than either Alyssa Searrs or Miyu were really expecting. Almost as soon as she heard that her daughter Natsuki, Rena Sayers and her might be in danger she grabbed a pre-packed bag and lead them out of the office, ordering her assistants to complete work on testing the latest variations on the new armor. A few minutes more and they were in Saeko's car racing away from the labs towards the town and Fuka Academy.
"All right, what's going on?" Saeko demanded as they sped down the road.
"Miyu, check for bugs," Alyssa ordered.
Miyu raised a hand, the blue haired woman concentrating, a slight frown on her attractive face. "That car is clear, as are all of us," she reported.
Saeko sniffed, sounding slightly annoyed. "I sweep my car regularly," she said then growled, "now kindly tell me what's going on!"
Alyssa wanted to take offense at the woman's tone, but restrained herself. Saeko was a genius, and that earned her some slack. 'Besides, we need her,' she reminded herself. "Nagi knows that Miyu and I have been delaying his progress," she told Saeko calmly.
Sitting in the backseat Miyu calmly noted, "There is a high probability that Nagi will connect us to Rena Sayers, and it is also highly likely that he knows you are dating her, Miss Kuga."
Saeko swore softly, using language that a young woman like Alyssa shouldn't have heard. The older woman was fluent and creative, and the impressed Alyssa found herself mentally making notes for possible later use.
"All right," Saeko said grimly as she concentrated on the winding road, "we need to find Rena and Natsuki, and we need to do it quickly."
"Agreed," Alyssa nodded, "Miyu, can you calculate their likely positions?"
"Yes," Miyu agreed calmly, "Rena is teaching the introduction to chemistry course, while Natsuki is in her English class."
"Split up?" Saeko asked as they reached the edge of the town of Fuka, the sporty import slowing a bit as the chance they'd hit a police presence increased.
"I wouldn't advise it," Alyssa said as they cut through the middle of town, running at least one yellow light, "I did some research on Tomoe's people. She has over twelve primary agents, along with some deep reserves."
"She has exactly thirty reserve, as well as office staff and...," Miyu started.
"That's enough, Miyu," Alyssa sighed.
Saeko hid a smile at how Miyu refused to let a imprecise number go by. "All right," she said as they raced into the campus parking lot, "we go after Rena first, then Natsuki."
"Why in that order?" Alyssa asked as they skidded to a stop. Not that she disagreed, of course, but she was wondering how Saeko made the decision.
As both Saeko and Alyssa hurried out, Miyu just behind them she said, "Rena's a higher priority target to Nagi, she can be used as a lever against both me and you. Natsuki is only useful against me."
"Correct," Miyu said as she followed them across the green grass.
"Hey, no cutting across the lawn!" one of the busy bodies from the campus police called to them, but all three women ignored him.
Following Miyu's directions they found the junior chemistry class fairly easily, hesitating a moment as they saw the class room full of kids utterly enraptured by Rena's looks. "And I don't think Rena even knows she's doing it," Alyssa shook her head ruefully.
Boldly Saeko pushed open the door and walked in, calling, "Excuse me." As everyone looked at her she continued briskly, "We need to borrow your teacher."
"Saeko?" Rena blinked, nearly dropping a beaker full of chemicals. She recovered fast and kept it spilling over the desk, but it was a near thing.
Saeko took Rena's hand, "Come on, it's a emergency."
"Right," Rena nodded briskly. Turning to her class she barked, "Self study, everyone, and don't try any chemical experiments."
"Yes, teacher," several students called back as Rena joined the others out in the hall.
"All right," Rena asked briskly as she followed them down the hall, "what's going on?"
They weren't running as they would draw attention, but Miyu lead them at a very brisk pace as she said, "Nagi has decided to take action against Ms. Alyssa and myself. There is a high probability that he is aware of you and your connection to Saeko."
"But you don't know for sure...," Rena started when they heard a odd whumping sound off in the distance. "What is that?" she asked.
Alyssa narrowed her eyes as she said flatly, "Helicopters."
Everyone exchanged grim glances, then Rena nodded firmly. "Let's go," she said as they all hurried off together.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Tomoe Marguerite sat in the co-pilot seat of the lead helicopter, smiling coldly as she hoped they were surprising Searrs. She had lied to Nagi in the restaurant, to deceive anyone possibly listening in, and had been ready to launch on the job almost immediately.
'Too bad Alyssa seems to have gotten the jump on us,' Tomoe thought, the black haired woman scowling.
Tomoe's teams had hit Alyssa's home almost as soon as she could deploy them after the lunch with Nagi, but the fake 'police' found she wasn't there. Interviewing the neighbors they determined she hadn't been there since the morning, making Tomoe suspect they knew the jig was up. A second team was sent to First District, where they discovered that Alyssa had ran off with Saeko Kuga too.
Mimi Koizumi handled the controls of the copter like the professional she was, her brown hair falling into her eyes. "We're over the city now," she noted as they flew above the towers, "Fuka Academy is about two minutes away."
"When we hit the Academy, look for large clear areas to land," Tomoe noted, "we need to be down fast."
"Right," Mimi nodded.
Tomoe got up and went to the back compartment of the oversized helicopter, nodding to her senior team of operatives. Rosalie Claudel responded with a slight smile, the busty blonde reviewing data on the campus on her ipad. Ann Li was looking out the window, the brown haired woman frowning slightly. Finally the two juniors were nervously checking over their gear, making sure the light armor they all wore was secure.
"Tomoe," Rosalie smiled grimly, "what are we going to do about these Hime?"
"Ideally we're not going to engage them at all," Tomoe answered firmly.
"You're hoping for a fast in, then out retrieval?" Ann asked, the older woman raising her eyebrows slightly. "I don't like trusting to speed to save our asses."
"We have weapons we think will be effective against the Hime," Tomoe nodded to the gear that the young women were going over, "and the technical division has a few surprises they want to spring on the Hime too."
"More of Woods' designs?" Rosalie looked dubious, "Pardon me if I'm not eager to test those inventions out."
From the front of the copter Mimi said, "We're over Fuka, looking for landing spots now."
"Put me through to all copters," Tomoe said as she put a communications headset on. "Strike teams, your targets are Alyssa Searrs, Miyu Greer, Rena Sayers and Natsuki Kuga. This is a capture job, and I want you minimizing civilian casualties." There was a soft bump as they landed and she concluded, "Move out, teams, and good luck."
"Stay with the copter," Rosalie said as she lead the others out, "we can't afford you being captured or killed."
Tomoe fade a face but nodded, "Understood. Be careful, please."
"Always," Ann flashed a grin as she hurried off.
Out of the five copters each sent out a five man team, except for Tomoe's. All the groups moved with the ease of long practice, each soldier carrying a weapon and a pack of equipment for various uses. They hurried to five locations on campus, figured by Tomoe to be the most likely to have Rena Sayers or Natsuki Kuga. In a attempt at 'covert' they were wearing street clothes over light armor, though how much good that would do was questionable.
Sergei Wang lead his team to the science wing of the university building, the light brown haired man carrying a modified taser. Recruited from the American military he had training in small unit tactics and hostage negotiations, along with other skills.
"All right, supposedly Natsuki is in this building according to her schedule," Sergei noted as they reached the outer doors, "but how do we find her?"
Arashi Artai waved a hand, "Uhm, I have a suggestion."
Within minutes a voice came over the intercom in the science building, "Would Natsuki Kuga please report to the front desk, Natsuki Kuga to the front desk please."
"Not bad," Lila Mariposa noted mildly as they covertly watched for the black haired girl to head down the hall.
A few minutes later and a brown haired girl with short hair appeared, looking at Sergei curiously as the older man sat behind the desk. "Natsuki didn't show up for class," she told him mildly, "she's skipping again."
Sergei fought back the urge to swear. "Thank you," he answered, "and I'm sorry for interrupting your class."
"No problem," the young woman waved as she trotted off, smiling at him warmly.
"I think she likes you," Arashi teased, smirking.
"Shut up," Sergei sighed, having had troubles with under-aged girls liking him before. He put on the communication headset and called the boss, "Tomoe?"
"What's the situation, Sergei?" Tomoe asked briskly.
"No dice," Sergei admitted, "it appears Miss Kuga's skipping class. Where would you like us to go next?"
"Reform up around the copters," Tomoe ordered, "the Hime have been spotted inbound."
Got it," Sergei said crisply as he signed off. "Oh crap," he sighed, yanking off the headset as he barked, "Back to the copters, now."
"Right," Arashi nodded as the group hurried off. "Has anyone else found our targets?" she asked as they ran across the school grounds.
"I don't know and I didn't ask," Sergei admitted as they dodged around milling, confused students.
BOOM! The explosion rang out just as they came around a building and saw where the copters had come down. One was in flames, smoke spiraling up into the sky as gunfire rang out. Three armored figures were engaging their teams, and it looked like the armored women were winning.
"Well, shit," Lila sighed, and Sergei couldn't really disagree.
To be continued...
Notes: After watching Mai Otome Sifr, it appears that her name is LENA nor Rena. Guess what, I am NOT going back and redoing every chapter to fix that.
Series: Mai Hime
Type: Divergence
Links: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3538898/15/
Chapter Fifteen
Saeko Kuga was actually more determined than either Alyssa Searrs or Miyu were really expecting. Almost as soon as she heard that her daughter Natsuki, Rena Sayers and her might be in danger she grabbed a pre-packed bag and lead them out of the office, ordering her assistants to complete work on testing the latest variations on the new armor. A few minutes more and they were in Saeko's car racing away from the labs towards the town and Fuka Academy.
"All right, what's going on?" Saeko demanded as they sped down the road.
"Miyu, check for bugs," Alyssa ordered.
Miyu raised a hand, the blue haired woman concentrating, a slight frown on her attractive face. "That car is clear, as are all of us," she reported.
Saeko sniffed, sounding slightly annoyed. "I sweep my car regularly," she said then growled, "now kindly tell me what's going on!"
Alyssa wanted to take offense at the woman's tone, but restrained herself. Saeko was a genius, and that earned her some slack. 'Besides, we need her,' she reminded herself. "Nagi knows that Miyu and I have been delaying his progress," she told Saeko calmly.
Sitting in the backseat Miyu calmly noted, "There is a high probability that Nagi will connect us to Rena Sayers, and it is also highly likely that he knows you are dating her, Miss Kuga."
Saeko swore softly, using language that a young woman like Alyssa shouldn't have heard. The older woman was fluent and creative, and the impressed Alyssa found herself mentally making notes for possible later use.
"All right," Saeko said grimly as she concentrated on the winding road, "we need to find Rena and Natsuki, and we need to do it quickly."
"Agreed," Alyssa nodded, "Miyu, can you calculate their likely positions?"
"Yes," Miyu agreed calmly, "Rena is teaching the introduction to chemistry course, while Natsuki is in her English class."
"Split up?" Saeko asked as they reached the edge of the town of Fuka, the sporty import slowing a bit as the chance they'd hit a police presence increased.
"I wouldn't advise it," Alyssa said as they cut through the middle of town, running at least one yellow light, "I did some research on Tomoe's people. She has over twelve primary agents, along with some deep reserves."
"She has exactly thirty reserve, as well as office staff and...," Miyu started.
"That's enough, Miyu," Alyssa sighed.
Saeko hid a smile at how Miyu refused to let a imprecise number go by. "All right," she said as they raced into the campus parking lot, "we go after Rena first, then Natsuki."
"Why in that order?" Alyssa asked as they skidded to a stop. Not that she disagreed, of course, but she was wondering how Saeko made the decision.
As both Saeko and Alyssa hurried out, Miyu just behind them she said, "Rena's a higher priority target to Nagi, she can be used as a lever against both me and you. Natsuki is only useful against me."
"Correct," Miyu said as she followed them across the green grass.
"Hey, no cutting across the lawn!" one of the busy bodies from the campus police called to them, but all three women ignored him.
Following Miyu's directions they found the junior chemistry class fairly easily, hesitating a moment as they saw the class room full of kids utterly enraptured by Rena's looks. "And I don't think Rena even knows she's doing it," Alyssa shook her head ruefully.
Boldly Saeko pushed open the door and walked in, calling, "Excuse me." As everyone looked at her she continued briskly, "We need to borrow your teacher."
"Saeko?" Rena blinked, nearly dropping a beaker full of chemicals. She recovered fast and kept it spilling over the desk, but it was a near thing.
Saeko took Rena's hand, "Come on, it's a emergency."
"Right," Rena nodded briskly. Turning to her class she barked, "Self study, everyone, and don't try any chemical experiments."
"Yes, teacher," several students called back as Rena joined the others out in the hall.
"All right," Rena asked briskly as she followed them down the hall, "what's going on?"
They weren't running as they would draw attention, but Miyu lead them at a very brisk pace as she said, "Nagi has decided to take action against Ms. Alyssa and myself. There is a high probability that he is aware of you and your connection to Saeko."
"But you don't know for sure...," Rena started when they heard a odd whumping sound off in the distance. "What is that?" she asked.
Alyssa narrowed her eyes as she said flatly, "Helicopters."
Everyone exchanged grim glances, then Rena nodded firmly. "Let's go," she said as they all hurried off together.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Tomoe Marguerite sat in the co-pilot seat of the lead helicopter, smiling coldly as she hoped they were surprising Searrs. She had lied to Nagi in the restaurant, to deceive anyone possibly listening in, and had been ready to launch on the job almost immediately.
'Too bad Alyssa seems to have gotten the jump on us,' Tomoe thought, the black haired woman scowling.
Tomoe's teams had hit Alyssa's home almost as soon as she could deploy them after the lunch with Nagi, but the fake 'police' found she wasn't there. Interviewing the neighbors they determined she hadn't been there since the morning, making Tomoe suspect they knew the jig was up. A second team was sent to First District, where they discovered that Alyssa had ran off with Saeko Kuga too.
Mimi Koizumi handled the controls of the copter like the professional she was, her brown hair falling into her eyes. "We're over the city now," she noted as they flew above the towers, "Fuka Academy is about two minutes away."
"When we hit the Academy, look for large clear areas to land," Tomoe noted, "we need to be down fast."
"Right," Mimi nodded.
Tomoe got up and went to the back compartment of the oversized helicopter, nodding to her senior team of operatives. Rosalie Claudel responded with a slight smile, the busty blonde reviewing data on the campus on her ipad. Ann Li was looking out the window, the brown haired woman frowning slightly. Finally the two juniors were nervously checking over their gear, making sure the light armor they all wore was secure.
"Tomoe," Rosalie smiled grimly, "what are we going to do about these Hime?"
"Ideally we're not going to engage them at all," Tomoe answered firmly.
"You're hoping for a fast in, then out retrieval?" Ann asked, the older woman raising her eyebrows slightly. "I don't like trusting to speed to save our asses."
"We have weapons we think will be effective against the Hime," Tomoe nodded to the gear that the young women were going over, "and the technical division has a few surprises they want to spring on the Hime too."
"More of Woods' designs?" Rosalie looked dubious, "Pardon me if I'm not eager to test those inventions out."
From the front of the copter Mimi said, "We're over Fuka, looking for landing spots now."
"Put me through to all copters," Tomoe said as she put a communications headset on. "Strike teams, your targets are Alyssa Searrs, Miyu Greer, Rena Sayers and Natsuki Kuga. This is a capture job, and I want you minimizing civilian casualties." There was a soft bump as they landed and she concluded, "Move out, teams, and good luck."
"Stay with the copter," Rosalie said as she lead the others out, "we can't afford you being captured or killed."
Tomoe fade a face but nodded, "Understood. Be careful, please."
"Always," Ann flashed a grin as she hurried off.
Out of the five copters each sent out a five man team, except for Tomoe's. All the groups moved with the ease of long practice, each soldier carrying a weapon and a pack of equipment for various uses. They hurried to five locations on campus, figured by Tomoe to be the most likely to have Rena Sayers or Natsuki Kuga. In a attempt at 'covert' they were wearing street clothes over light armor, though how much good that would do was questionable.
Sergei Wang lead his team to the science wing of the university building, the light brown haired man carrying a modified taser. Recruited from the American military he had training in small unit tactics and hostage negotiations, along with other skills.
"All right, supposedly Natsuki is in this building according to her schedule," Sergei noted as they reached the outer doors, "but how do we find her?"
Arashi Artai waved a hand, "Uhm, I have a suggestion."
Within minutes a voice came over the intercom in the science building, "Would Natsuki Kuga please report to the front desk, Natsuki Kuga to the front desk please."
"Not bad," Lila Mariposa noted mildly as they covertly watched for the black haired girl to head down the hall.
A few minutes later and a brown haired girl with short hair appeared, looking at Sergei curiously as the older man sat behind the desk. "Natsuki didn't show up for class," she told him mildly, "she's skipping again."
Sergei fought back the urge to swear. "Thank you," he answered, "and I'm sorry for interrupting your class."
"No problem," the young woman waved as she trotted off, smiling at him warmly.
"I think she likes you," Arashi teased, smirking.
"Shut up," Sergei sighed, having had troubles with under-aged girls liking him before. He put on the communication headset and called the boss, "Tomoe?"
"What's the situation, Sergei?" Tomoe asked briskly.
"No dice," Sergei admitted, "it appears Miss Kuga's skipping class. Where would you like us to go next?"
"Reform up around the copters," Tomoe ordered, "the Hime have been spotted inbound."
Got it," Sergei said crisply as he signed off. "Oh crap," he sighed, yanking off the headset as he barked, "Back to the copters, now."
"Right," Arashi nodded as the group hurried off. "Has anyone else found our targets?" she asked as they ran across the school grounds.
"I don't know and I didn't ask," Sergei admitted as they dodged around milling, confused students.
BOOM! The explosion rang out just as they came around a building and saw where the copters had come down. One was in flames, smoke spiraling up into the sky as gunfire rang out. Three armored figures were engaging their teams, and it looked like the armored women were winning.
"Well, shit," Lila sighed, and Sergei couldn't really disagree.
To be continued...
Notes: After watching Mai Otome Sifr, it appears that her name is LENA nor Rena. Guess what, I am NOT going back and redoing every chapter to fix that.