[Spy Arashi: Humble Beginnings] Chapter 8. Training Camp
Title: Spy Arashi: Humble Beginnings
Chapter: 08. Training Camp
Rating: G
Pairing: General Arashi friendship
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The days for the remaining four members were packed to the brim, and their brains was constantly suffering from information overload and indigestion. From dissembling to putting back various weaponry, to learning about the various explosives and how to handle them, the trainees were constantly put to the test each day. Even Sho had gotten too tired with training and studying that he had no time to bother about his jealousy of his teammate, though it did not make him like them any better. He was immensely looking forward to having a break and recharging himself when during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
When the New Year party rolled around, Ohno was not around again, though this time not of his own choosing. He had been sent to investigate a suspected terrorist who had fled Japan to India, and Ohno was sent to provide support for the Kinki Kids duo who had been temporarily stationed in India to investigate the said man. Unexpected movements made by the suspect had forced the agents to lengthen their monitoring period, and as much as Ohno enjoyed the Indian curry, he was getting uneasy about leaving his team members alone for so long. The reasons for his unease became real after the heard of the announcement Johnny made during the New Year party.
Ohno had just reached the small apartment - his home for the duration of his work in India, after a tiring day of tailing one of the extended targets. He looked at the clock, it was 4am already. He had welcomed the new year by stalking an unknown man halfway round the town. Ohno sighed as he picked up the phone to make a rare call to his teammates. He hoped they would be awake already, it would be 8am over in Japan after all.
A sleepy Sakurai picked up the phone, and was suprised to hear the voice of his teammate. Ohno had not been in contact at all since he left for his mission in India after all. Sho faithfully recounted all the announcements Johnny made the previous night. What Sho had to say left Ohno extremely worried. Johnny had announced that the task force that had been set up at a similar time as theirs would be coming over from their Kyoto branch over to the Tokyo branch to train. Johnny had set it up so that both groups would be direct competitors to each other, and the competition will be very stiff indeed. Ohno's heart sank when he heard Sho mention that their rival was a junior trainee group by the name of Kanjani8, and the four of them had to pack their bags for a three month long training camp with Kanjani8 that was starting in 2 day's time. Ohno politely wished Sho all the best, while apologizing in advance for his absence from the camp.
Ohno groaned as he put down the phone. As tired as he was from the chase, he could not help but think about how his teammates would cope with the Kansai brats from Kanjani. Unlike his own task force which had barely been formed 3 months ago last September, Kanjani8 was a completely different matter. As the name suggests, it was a group of 8 boys from the Kansai branch of the Agency. The group had been put together roughly 4 years ago, when the members of the team passed the Agency entrance examinations. The new recruits were all 16 years of age - the minimum requirement by the Agency (under normal circumstances at least), and were thus considered 'elites'. It wasn't that any of his teammates were dumb, or less capable. With the exception of Aiba who gained entry in the Agency through the normal route of taking the entrance examinations, the rest had all been invited in the Agency. However 4 years of intensive training in the Agency program made a huge difference, particularly when it comes to his teammate's physical abilities. When Jun and Aiba would not fare as badly, considering that they were both from the police force, Ohno was sure that Nino and Sho were going to have a terrible time at the camp. Nino being a typical geek, he was white and skinny, with not much to show in terms of power or stamina. On the other hand, while Sho was quite the muscle boy, he was terrible in terms of hand eye coordination, and Ohno had no doubt that he would be smacked around like a toy if he sparred with any Kanjani member. Plus, if his brief encounters with his team members were anything to judge, they were going to have a hard time getting along with Kanjani at the camp. Jun with his hot temper, and Nino with his sharp tongue. To be honest Ohno didn't like Kanjani either. They were a rowdy, boisterous lot, and amongst them Yokoyama Yuu was a huge pain in the neck. He was loud and obnoxious, and thought the world of himself. Ohno would have loved to be at the camp to put him down a notch, but at the rate the mission was going, Ohno had no idea if they would even be able to go home by the end of the month. Ohno ended by lying awake thinking of the future ahead before he finally fell asleep at dawn.
While Sho had taken the news of Ohno being unable to make it for the training camp calmly, Jun certainly didn't feel the same. He was outraged at Ohno's absence, even though it was clearly not Ohno's fault that he was unable to attend. Still, what was the use of being in a five member group when the fifth member was never around? While the four of them had more or less gotten used to each other’s presence during the months of combat training, they still barely knew a thing about Ohno. His mood only soured as he was outperformed in every category by the rival Kanjani8 members. The training camp aimed not only to increase the member's physical abilities, but also their team work. That meant that the four members were constantly being pitched against the 8 member strong Kanjani. And it was definitely not a fair fight. Even though they fight 4 on 4 in paintball practice for example, the Kanjani8 members had replacements to fight in each round, whereas the four had to fight in every single round. On top of that they were greatly outclassed by the Kanjani members who had years of experience ahead of them. It was hardly surprising that they lost in every single competition.
The mood in the small temp group was at its worst when the field exercise came around. Jun was angry at himself for constantly being behind Kanjani, and his frustration was showing through in the way he treated the other members, especially Nino who had the most trouble keeping up with the physical demands of the camp. Jun's irate mode did not help with Sho's jealousy of his teammates either. Nino's bratty attitude and sharp tongue only made things worst, and even the usually cheerful Aiba seems to have lost his spark. And so it was in such an atmosphere that the 'cat and mouse' hunt began on a cold winter day. They were in an abandoned amusement park that now served as training grounds for the Agency. The four had been given an hour to hide in the park, before the 8 kanjani hunters came after them. The objective was simple, take out the other team before they take you out. How to achieve the objective though, was a different matter altogether.
Time was of the essence. They only had 15 minutes to discuss before the exercise starts, and after that, only a further hour before kanjani comes snapping at their heels. The four members looked at each other wearily, with no one wanting to speak a word. Finally Jun decided to take the lead. Pointing at the rough map of training grounds, Jun quickly mapped up a route for them to take.
"From here I can see that there are still some functional roads in the park," Jun said as he peered over his shoulder into the park.
"We'll stick with the roads as much as possible so that we won't leave any tracks. I suggest we head to the castle here and we can find good sniping spots to take out kanjani as they come in." Jun finished.
Nino and Aiba nodded, they had no better any of their own anyway. Sho however, stayed silent. Taking his silence as consent, Jun ignored Sho and the four picked up their packs and set off into the park.
Jun was at the end of his line. He threw down his rug and kicked away the bucket, causing the water to spill all over the floor.
"I've had enough of this! I'm quitting!" He yelled, before storming out of the canteen.
"Jun! Jun!" A worried Aiba yelled after him before abandoning his own rug and sprinting down the corridor Jun came from. It had been two and a half months into training, and none of them had had a break. While there was no official training scheduled on weekends, their poor performance throughout meant that they had been constantly punished with extra physical exercises or cleaning activity, like the canteen they were cleaning up now. In fact, they had been punished to clean the training campus so often that Sho wondered if their punishment was simply to make up for the fact that they hired way too few cleaners. So while Kanjani had been enjoying all their weekends, the four had been scrubbing the campus in misery. Kanjani were of no help either. The Kansai group had no love for their Tokyo counterparts, and were constantly gloating over their weekend holiday episodes, or trying to find other ways to make their lives miserable. It was no wonder that the hot headed Jun could no longer take it anymore.
Their latest punishment came because of their pathetic lose in the cat and mouse game two days ago. They had holed up in the castle as Jun suggested, and kept watch at various points within the castle, watching out for the approaching kanjani members. However, they never saw kanjani coming. They were taken out by surprise, with only Jun managing to take out one kanjani member before getting a barrage of painful shots in the ribs. The rest were 'dead' before they even knew a thing. It turns out that it was not kanjani's first time in the park, and they were extremely familiar with the network of tunnels and hidden walkways within the amusement park. They had used the tunnels to travel to the castle, the most obvious spot in the park. On the other hand, their prey were completely ignorant of the existence of the tunnels.
Jun had barely gotten out of the building when he crashed into someone. The said person was currently lying on the floor looking really tired and confused.
"Ohno?" Jun was shocked when he realized the man lying on the floor in a sorry heap.
"What... what are you doing here?" Jun stammered, his anger earlier had all but dissipated the moment he saw the sad state Ohno was in.
"Ohno-san? Are you alright?" Sho asked as he went forward to help Ohno up.
"Yeah I'm fine," Ohno mumbled.
"Mission ended so I thought I should join you guys." Ohno replied as he tried to get up unsteadily. Sho narrowed his eyes at Ohno as he reached out to stable the older man. The last thing Ohno could remembered was Sho mumbling "Yeah right" before everything around him went black.
A/N: Oh yay! Finally Ohno made his appearance! A more Ohno-centric chapter this time!
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Chapter: 08. Training Camp
Rating: G
Pairing: General Arashi friendship
Master post here.
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The days for the remaining four members were packed to the brim, and their brains was constantly suffering from information overload and indigestion. From dissembling to putting back various weaponry, to learning about the various explosives and how to handle them, the trainees were constantly put to the test each day. Even Sho had gotten too tired with training and studying that he had no time to bother about his jealousy of his teammate, though it did not make him like them any better. He was immensely looking forward to having a break and recharging himself when during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
When the New Year party rolled around, Ohno was not around again, though this time not of his own choosing. He had been sent to investigate a suspected terrorist who had fled Japan to India, and Ohno was sent to provide support for the Kinki Kids duo who had been temporarily stationed in India to investigate the said man. Unexpected movements made by the suspect had forced the agents to lengthen their monitoring period, and as much as Ohno enjoyed the Indian curry, he was getting uneasy about leaving his team members alone for so long. The reasons for his unease became real after the heard of the announcement Johnny made during the New Year party.
Ohno had just reached the small apartment - his home for the duration of his work in India, after a tiring day of tailing one of the extended targets. He looked at the clock, it was 4am already. He had welcomed the new year by stalking an unknown man halfway round the town. Ohno sighed as he picked up the phone to make a rare call to his teammates. He hoped they would be awake already, it would be 8am over in Japan after all.
A sleepy Sakurai picked up the phone, and was suprised to hear the voice of his teammate. Ohno had not been in contact at all since he left for his mission in India after all. Sho faithfully recounted all the announcements Johnny made the previous night. What Sho had to say left Ohno extremely worried. Johnny had announced that the task force that had been set up at a similar time as theirs would be coming over from their Kyoto branch over to the Tokyo branch to train. Johnny had set it up so that both groups would be direct competitors to each other, and the competition will be very stiff indeed. Ohno's heart sank when he heard Sho mention that their rival was a junior trainee group by the name of Kanjani8, and the four of them had to pack their bags for a three month long training camp with Kanjani8 that was starting in 2 day's time. Ohno politely wished Sho all the best, while apologizing in advance for his absence from the camp.
Ohno groaned as he put down the phone. As tired as he was from the chase, he could not help but think about how his teammates would cope with the Kansai brats from Kanjani. Unlike his own task force which had barely been formed 3 months ago last September, Kanjani8 was a completely different matter. As the name suggests, it was a group of 8 boys from the Kansai branch of the Agency. The group had been put together roughly 4 years ago, when the members of the team passed the Agency entrance examinations. The new recruits were all 16 years of age - the minimum requirement by the Agency (under normal circumstances at least), and were thus considered 'elites'. It wasn't that any of his teammates were dumb, or less capable. With the exception of Aiba who gained entry in the Agency through the normal route of taking the entrance examinations, the rest had all been invited in the Agency. However 4 years of intensive training in the Agency program made a huge difference, particularly when it comes to his teammate's physical abilities. When Jun and Aiba would not fare as badly, considering that they were both from the police force, Ohno was sure that Nino and Sho were going to have a terrible time at the camp. Nino being a typical geek, he was white and skinny, with not much to show in terms of power or stamina. On the other hand, while Sho was quite the muscle boy, he was terrible in terms of hand eye coordination, and Ohno had no doubt that he would be smacked around like a toy if he sparred with any Kanjani member. Plus, if his brief encounters with his team members were anything to judge, they were going to have a hard time getting along with Kanjani at the camp. Jun with his hot temper, and Nino with his sharp tongue. To be honest Ohno didn't like Kanjani either. They were a rowdy, boisterous lot, and amongst them Yokoyama Yuu was a huge pain in the neck. He was loud and obnoxious, and thought the world of himself. Ohno would have loved to be at the camp to put him down a notch, but at the rate the mission was going, Ohno had no idea if they would even be able to go home by the end of the month. Ohno ended by lying awake thinking of the future ahead before he finally fell asleep at dawn.
While Sho had taken the news of Ohno being unable to make it for the training camp calmly, Jun certainly didn't feel the same. He was outraged at Ohno's absence, even though it was clearly not Ohno's fault that he was unable to attend. Still, what was the use of being in a five member group when the fifth member was never around? While the four of them had more or less gotten used to each other’s presence during the months of combat training, they still barely knew a thing about Ohno. His mood only soured as he was outperformed in every category by the rival Kanjani8 members. The training camp aimed not only to increase the member's physical abilities, but also their team work. That meant that the four members were constantly being pitched against the 8 member strong Kanjani. And it was definitely not a fair fight. Even though they fight 4 on 4 in paintball practice for example, the Kanjani8 members had replacements to fight in each round, whereas the four had to fight in every single round. On top of that they were greatly outclassed by the Kanjani members who had years of experience ahead of them. It was hardly surprising that they lost in every single competition.
The mood in the small temp group was at its worst when the field exercise came around. Jun was angry at himself for constantly being behind Kanjani, and his frustration was showing through in the way he treated the other members, especially Nino who had the most trouble keeping up with the physical demands of the camp. Jun's irate mode did not help with Sho's jealousy of his teammates either. Nino's bratty attitude and sharp tongue only made things worst, and even the usually cheerful Aiba seems to have lost his spark. And so it was in such an atmosphere that the 'cat and mouse' hunt began on a cold winter day. They were in an abandoned amusement park that now served as training grounds for the Agency. The four had been given an hour to hide in the park, before the 8 kanjani hunters came after them. The objective was simple, take out the other team before they take you out. How to achieve the objective though, was a different matter altogether.
Time was of the essence. They only had 15 minutes to discuss before the exercise starts, and after that, only a further hour before kanjani comes snapping at their heels. The four members looked at each other wearily, with no one wanting to speak a word. Finally Jun decided to take the lead. Pointing at the rough map of training grounds, Jun quickly mapped up a route for them to take.
"From here I can see that there are still some functional roads in the park," Jun said as he peered over his shoulder into the park.
"We'll stick with the roads as much as possible so that we won't leave any tracks. I suggest we head to the castle here and we can find good sniping spots to take out kanjani as they come in." Jun finished.
Nino and Aiba nodded, they had no better any of their own anyway. Sho however, stayed silent. Taking his silence as consent, Jun ignored Sho and the four picked up their packs and set off into the park.
Jun was at the end of his line. He threw down his rug and kicked away the bucket, causing the water to spill all over the floor.
"I've had enough of this! I'm quitting!" He yelled, before storming out of the canteen.
"Jun! Jun!" A worried Aiba yelled after him before abandoning his own rug and sprinting down the corridor Jun came from. It had been two and a half months into training, and none of them had had a break. While there was no official training scheduled on weekends, their poor performance throughout meant that they had been constantly punished with extra physical exercises or cleaning activity, like the canteen they were cleaning up now. In fact, they had been punished to clean the training campus so often that Sho wondered if their punishment was simply to make up for the fact that they hired way too few cleaners. So while Kanjani had been enjoying all their weekends, the four had been scrubbing the campus in misery. Kanjani were of no help either. The Kansai group had no love for their Tokyo counterparts, and were constantly gloating over their weekend holiday episodes, or trying to find other ways to make their lives miserable. It was no wonder that the hot headed Jun could no longer take it anymore.
Their latest punishment came because of their pathetic lose in the cat and mouse game two days ago. They had holed up in the castle as Jun suggested, and kept watch at various points within the castle, watching out for the approaching kanjani members. However, they never saw kanjani coming. They were taken out by surprise, with only Jun managing to take out one kanjani member before getting a barrage of painful shots in the ribs. The rest were 'dead' before they even knew a thing. It turns out that it was not kanjani's first time in the park, and they were extremely familiar with the network of tunnels and hidden walkways within the amusement park. They had used the tunnels to travel to the castle, the most obvious spot in the park. On the other hand, their prey were completely ignorant of the existence of the tunnels.
Jun had barely gotten out of the building when he crashed into someone. The said person was currently lying on the floor looking really tired and confused.
"Ohno?" Jun was shocked when he realized the man lying on the floor in a sorry heap.
"What... what are you doing here?" Jun stammered, his anger earlier had all but dissipated the moment he saw the sad state Ohno was in.
"Ohno-san? Are you alright?" Sho asked as he went forward to help Ohno up.
"Yeah I'm fine," Ohno mumbled.
"Mission ended so I thought I should join you guys." Ohno replied as he tried to get up unsteadily. Sho narrowed his eyes at Ohno as he reached out to stable the older man. The last thing Ohno could remembered was Sho mumbling "Yeah right" before everything around him went black.
A/N: Oh yay! Finally Ohno made his appearance! A more Ohno-centric chapter this time!
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