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Warning: Yaoi

Chapter 1: Hikigane Squad

"Do you think he'll be alright?"

"Don't know, don't really care."

"Don't be like that."

"I'm just telling the truth."

"Just get back here, then we'll figure out what to do about him, 'kay?"

Two B-Rank Border agents made their way back to the Border Headquarters with one looking bored and the other carrying another person on their back. They had just finished up their duty when they has spotted the third person laying in the middle of the street.

They had argued for around five minutes before actually deciding to take the person back. Since they were bringing him back to the base, they decided to do some snooping and found out that he was actually a B-Rank agent as well.

The two continued to bicker as they quickly made their way to one of the entrances and from the cool night air to the heated air of the hall.

It wasn't long until they reached the main halls of the base and greeted the people that were actually around. As they walked down the hall, they saw two familiar A-Rank agents going the opposite way and gave their greetings.

"Hey there, Mi-kun, Yone-kun," the one carrying the body said with a smile.

"Hey guys."

"Tsk."

"Sorry about him. He's a little mad right now from some stuff that just happened," Yoneya said, mimicking the smile. "We'll see ya around, Hiki, Kiri."

"What do you think happened," 'Kiri' said, looking at 'Hiki'.

"It's Miwa. Maybe he just stubbed his toe," 'Hiki' sighed out. "Let's just get going so I can get some sleep."

"Alright, alright."

"Hm..."

"Ah! He's waking up!"

"We can see that."

When the boy woke up, he saw he was in a simple room with three other people in it. One seemed to be watching something on a tablet while another one was at a computer eating ramen. The last one was walking up to him.

He didn't freak out, like most would, but instead just tried to collect his thoughts.

"Before we start talking, how about an introduction? I'm Kirikari Jinsei. Nice to meet you," the one standing before him said with a smile. "The one on the tablet is our captain, Hikigane Sekai. The one at the computer is our Operator, Kumokawa Asuna."

"Yo."

"Hey there."

"Hello... I'm Girikage Daigo..." the boy said slowly. "I'm at Border, right?"

"Yup! This is our little place! We just got done with duty, so we have time," Jinsei said with a smile.

"Speak for yourself."

"Don't be like that!" Jinsei turned from his captain to the new person. "I'm sorry about him. He's really a good person. He does have a bad habit of sighing all the time, though."

"I see..."

"Why were you in the middle of the street?"

"Oh, that's easy. I probably fell asleep when I was looking for a cat."

The other three people in the room simply stared the boy when they heard this. They had honestly expected something more...believable? Yeah. Let's go with that.

Sekai let out a sigh as he stood up and headed for the door. He didn't think there was a point in him being there anymore and decided to take his leave, the only issue was...

"Kai-chan~ Wait~!"

"What do you want? I wanna go get some sleep," Sekai said as he tried to push his friend off.

"But we should get to know Dai-chan!" the other one wailed as he hung on to the captain's waist.

"Why the hell would I do that!? Now let go!"

"We can't take on those strong teams like Ninomiya or Kageura by ourselves~~! If we have another teammate, we could probably beat one of them~~!"

"Where the hell did you get that idea!? What if the brat already has a squad!? And what if he doesn't even want to join!?"

Daigo simply waited as the two went at it. He looked at the Operator, who was getting ready to head out herself, and saw that she just gave him a shrug.

He didn't mind joining their squad since it would help them out and he didn't have a squad himself.

"I'm fine with joining your squad. If you want, you could even use me as bait when fighting those squads," Daigo said with a slightly confused expression. "But are you two really that strong?"

"Hey, brat, watch what you say." Sekai's expression turned sour. "We're A-Rank material."

"We got demoted not too long ago, so you could say we have a small rivalry with Ninomiya Squad and Kageura Squad," Jinsei said, trying to calm his friend down. "We're friends with their members, but it's hard to get out of the #3 spot with them at the top. That's not mentioning that we keep switching places with Ikoma Squad for third."

"Do you even go lower?"

"Every now and then. I think our lowest was when we were ranked 20th."

"But that was because these two idiots were having an argument," Kumokawa said as she headed for the door herself. "Well, I'm gonna go. Message me if this kid is gonna join."

"I thought that was already decided."

"I never agreed to it."

"Why not~?"

Jinsei gave his best puppy-dog eyes with quivering lip and everything. He knew this was a good way to convince his captain and friend. He continued to amplify the "adorable factor" each time the other would look away.

"Tsk. Fine! Hey, brat, what position are you anyways?"

"Attacker."

"Great! Now we have a great team with great people!"

The other three looked at the blond like he was an idiot that just proved he could get dumber by simply speaking.

Letting out another sigh, Sekai scratched his head and went for the door again, determined to actually leave this time.

"Alright. We'll talk more about this stuff later. I'm too damn tired now."

"I wonder what fighting with them will be like."

Daigo walked around the Border HQ with a pondering expression. He didn't notice that multiple people were looking at him as he walked.

It was now the second day since he met his new squad and had trained with them, so they could all be in synch for fights. He didn't mind their personalities or even their banter. He actually found them quite entertaining.

What he did find odd was how their training went. It wasn't a style of fighting after all. They had first gone on a run for an hour. After that they had actually done some dances with fast paced songs, that he would admit were catchy and hard to follow. That's when they finally got around to working on things like shooting with accuracy and such. He found that for training, he enjoyed it quite a bit. He felt energized by the end of it and even went for some solo fights afterward.

Just before the day had ended, he had been told that he would get the squad's emblem on his uniform, since he would officially be a part of the squad. He had forgotten the other two were demoted but didn't say anything.

Now here he was, walking through the halls with a new outfit that seemed much more different than his former one. His new outfit consisted of a sleeveless shirt that had a white front and a black back, along with tight-looking pants. There were two straps on each arm, one near the top of his arm and another just above his elbow. To finish it off, he had on a pair of black gloves that had the squad's emblem on the back of them in white. The emblem itself was the head of a wolf.

"Vice-Captain-san said that the emblem is supposed to be modeled after Fenrir of Norse mythology... Hm. Still odd," he muttered to himself, not noticing three people walking up to him.

"Giri, there you are!"

"Hm? Oh, Sasamori-kun." He watched as Suwa Squad walked up to him. "Yes? Did you need me for something?"

"We heard that you joined a squad, so Hisato here wanted to see which one," Suwa answered before looking at the emblem on the younger one's uniform. "So that one, huh."

"You're in a squad with someone who can slow down time!?"

"Huh? Slow down time?"

"You don't know?"

"No." Daigo tilted his head to the side, making him look like a puppy, making a small blush appear on Hisato's cheeks. "What do you mean?"

"He means Hikigane's Side Effect," Suwa answered again.

"Everyone calls his Side Effect 'Distort' because it's one that confuses a person's senses," Tsutsumi said, deciding to enter the conversation. "People say he slows down time, but really he just confuses people. No one really knows much about it, but you can just ask him about it later."

"Alright. I think I will. So, what are you three doing?"

"We just got done with a break. We're gonna go practice."

"Oh. I'm sorry, but would you mind if I had at least one match with Sasamori-san?"

"With me?"

"Sure. Go for it," Suwa said nonchalantly. "I'm guessing you've already done some training with the other two, so it would actually be good practice for both of you."

"But-"

"Thank you for your time, Sasamori-san."

"I really have no way out of this...do I?" Hisato said with a sigh as Tsutsumi patted his back. "Alright. Let's do this then. And I've told you before that you don't need to be so formal with me."

"The same could be said to you."

'The Puppy Love Demon strikes again...'

Meanwhile, the sound of stomping could be heard elsewhere as Sekai gave a deadly aura while he and Jinsei walked down the hall.

"Where the hell is that brat..."

"Calm down, Kai-chan. I'm sure there's a good reason why he is late," Jinsei said as he looked around to see some agents keeping their distance. "Besides, it's not like we really need to do it at a specific time."

"I know, but it's still an irritation. I just want to hurry up since we still need tons of time to be in perfect synch." Sekai let out a sigh as he glared at Jinsei. "This is your fault."

"Yes, yes. By the way, you shouldn't talk like that. You know it would take him at least ten years to get even slight synch with us."

"Tsk. Whatever."

"Hey, Jinsei! Is it true you've got a new squad member!?"

"That's what I want to know as well."

The two turned to see Inukai jogging and Kako walking up to them. They gave their greetings as they waited for them to catch up. The two were well acquainted with the A-Rank and other B-Rank and didn't mind if they were formal or informal.

"So? Did you really get a third member?" Kako asked as the four continued to walk.

"Yeah. Thanks to this idiot," Sekai sighed out.

"If that's the case, you wouldn't mind giving me Kiri then, right?"

"He's on my squad, and that's that."

"Besides, wouldn't Hiki-san get jealous and lonely without his boyfriend there?"

"I will rip that tongue right out, you damn dog."

"But I kinda need it."

"That's the point."

Sekai let out a sigh as the other three continued to talk. He looked at the area they were currently in and saw Daigo talking to Suwa Squad with Hisato having a small blush while Suwa laughed out loud.

Making his way over, he stood behind Daigo before slamming his fist on the younger one's head.

"And what the hell have you been doing, ya damn brat?"

"Ow, ow, ow... That hurt, Captain-san..."

"Hey there, Hikigane," Suwa said with a small wave. "Your new guy is pretty good. He already has some of your moves down."

"Tsk. He better. Look who was training him." Sekai let out a sigh as he crossed his arms. "His timing could use some work, though."

"There you are! Were you having fun, Dai-chan?" Jinsei said as he and the other two walked up to the small group.

"Oh, Vice-Captain-san, hello."

Seeing Inukai and Kako there, he gave the proper greetings to them as well.

"I just got done with a solo fight with Sasa-... Ah. I mean Hisato-kun. I'm sorry if I'm late."

"Well, we're gonna go before you Puppy Love Demon makes Hisato faint."

With that, Suwa Squad took their leave with Sekai and Jinsei giving them odd looks.

The two quickly turned to their newest member and asked, "What did he mean by 'Puppy Love Demon'?"

"I don't know. People sometimes call me that. I never understood why, though," Daigo answered honestly with a shrug.

"I didn't know you never figured it out," Kako said with a grin while Inukai held in his laughter.

"Do you know?"

"I know the reason why he's called that, but no one is completely sure how he does it."

"Might as well tell us."

"Alright. No one's really sure if it's a Side Effect or just a natural talent, but he has this tendency to just make people his age or younger get some kind of infatuation with him." At this point, even Kako was letting out some giggles. "The people in question don't usually seem to notice what's going on and think of it as a crush or something."

"Aw~~ That's so cute," Jinsei said with a snicker.

"It seems rather irritating," Sekai sighed out.

"Well, not everyone seems affected by this. Kitora and Kuroe seem fine around him," Inukai said after getting over his laughing.

"Speaking of which... Captain-san, Suwa Squad was saying something about you having some kind of time slowing Side Effect. I wanted to ask you about it," Daigo said, looking from Inukai to his leader.

"Tsk. It's too much of an irritation to explain."

"Maybe you could show him in a fight with someone, Kai-chan." Jinsei turned from leader to Inukai. "How about it?"

"Sorry, but I actually have to go in a bit. Maybe another time."

"Kako-san?"

"I'm not really in the mood for a fight. Sorry."

"It's fine. We actually need to be going too," Sekai sighed out while glaring at Jinsei. "We'll be going now."

"Alright. See ya later."

"Vice-Captain-san, do you have a Side Effect?"

Jinsei looked up from the tablet in his hands to Daigo.

After leaving Kako and Inukai, the team went to do some training before they started idling around their operation room. They had duty later that day and decided they would just wait around until then. Jinsei took to watching a scary movie while Sekai put his feet on his friend's lap to be more comfortable for his nap. Daigo was simply waiting around while munching on some sweets. Kumokawa was just on her computer.

The whole time he had been eating his snacks, Daigo was thinking about what Kako had said before. He noticed that what she said was true and that was the reason why he usually saw his friend get even the smallest blushes around him.

"Do I have one? Yeah. And if you're thinking about what Kako-san said, then I'll tell you the truth," Jinsei said nonchalantly as he paused his video. "Kai-chan and Asu-chan call my Side Effect 'Discerning Senses.'"

"Really, Operator-san?"

"Yeah. Like the name implies, Jinsei can distinguish most things. An example is that he can easily tell when a pool table isn't balanced even by the smallest inch. If we're talking about people, he can easily come to understand them from their habits to whether they are an irritating person or not."

"Hahaha. That's an exaggeration." Jinsei gave a smile as he continued. "I can't tell stuff like their exact habits and the like, but I can at least get an accurate guess about certain things like that."

"Interesting. But what did you mean by you'll tell me the truth?"

"What I meant was that what Kako-san explained was just an odd talent you have, not a Side Effect. I don't really know what Side Effect you have if you have any at all."

"I see..."

Daigo got a pondering expression as he took it in. He didn't really mind hearing that since most people don't have Side Effects.

"Hm..."

"So. Is there anything else you wanna ask? We're teammates now, so anything goes," Jinsei said happily as he ignored his paused movie. "You can ask about Asu-chan's cup size, either of our sizes, heck, you can even ask what our favorite pastime events are."

"Hey, hey, you just went from one extreme to another. Don't just go from sizes to pastime events."

'Wouldn't it be worse to ask about your cup size than what you enjoy doing?'

Deciding to take the offer, the youngest one started thinking of anything else he really wanted to know about his new teammates. He had multiple things in mind from their past, how they all met, why Sekai seemed rude and lazy, but only one thing came out of his mouth.

"Why did you get demoted?"

Jinsei and Kumokawa stopped their small back-and-forth to look at Daigo. They had thought he would ask that, but later on. They looked at their captain to see he was still sleeping with earbuds in each ear. They turned back to each other and gave uncertain looks.

"Um... Well... We got demoted because- hmopp!"

"You're too much of an irritation. You're also too loud," Sekai said, clearly awake from his nap. He looked from Jinsei, who literally had a foot in his mouth, to Daigo with a bored expression. "I'll let you know as soon as you can take off one of my limbs in a solo match."

Daigo was more shocked by the fact Sekai had agreed to tell him about it than the fact the oldest one was awake and most likely heard everything they had said. He hadn't expected to hear his captain say he could hear what happened, regardless of if there was a condition.

"Pah! That's disgusting! Why'd you put your foot in my mouth!?"

"You were talking too much. Besides, it's not like you use that mouth for anything but that annoying laugh and stuffing your face full with takoyaki."

"Bleh! I'll need some takoyaki to get this nasty taste out of my mouth!"

"You could share that nasty taste."

Daigo raised an eyebrow when the Operator had said this. He wasn't sure what she meant until he looked over to see Jinsei with a grin, holding Sekai down. He went wide eyed when he saw Jinsei lower his head enough to where the two were now lip locking.

Instead of being shocked, Sekai just glared at Jinsei before freeing one of his legs and kneeing his friend right in the nuts. He watched as the blond let out a yell before rolling onto the floor and groaning while holding his delicate area. Sekai continued to glare at the blond before turning said glare to their Operator.

"You damn fujoshi... Next time I'll hit you too," Sekai said as he rubbed his mouth. He looked over to see Daigo starring with (slightly) wide eyes. "What the hell's your problem."

"...Nothing..."

"Oh yeah. Daigo-kun doesn't know yet," Kumokawa said as she put a finger to her chin. "None of us told him yet."

"Told me what exactly...?"

"I-I'm out of the closet... Ow, ow, ow..."

Daigo looked to the ground where Jinsei was currently looking at him while still groaning. It finally sunk in what his senior had said. He had absolutely nothing against that, but he was curious about something else. He looked at Sekai with a raised eyebrow.

"Hell no. This idiot has just done that crap so many times that I know exactly what to do," Sekai said with an irritated expression. "Do you have a problem with that?"

"No. Not at all."

"Hm. Then get ready. We're gonna have a quick match before heading out."

Daigo let out a small sigh of relief. He stood up and quickly followed his leader as Jinsei just continued to lay on the ground.

'Well, I suppose I won't be bored anymore...'

Hikigane Squad

Sekai Hikigane

All-Rounder, Captain

- 20 Years Old

- Born Dec. 31

- Clavis, Blood Type A

- Height: 6'

- Likes: Music, Sleeping, Creepy things, Pizza, Teaching

Jinsei Kirikari

All-Rounder

- 18 Years Old

- Born Jan. 1

- Clavis, Blood Type Ab

- Height: 5'10"

- Likes: Scary things, Takoyaki, Festivals, Magic Tricks

Daigo Girikage

Attacker

- 16 Years Old

- Born June 24

- Gladius, Blood Type AB

- Height: 5'7"

- Likes: Friends, Sweets, Basketball, Gardening

Asuna Kumokawa

Operator

- 19 Years Old

- Born July 24

- Aptenodytes, Blood Type A

- Height: 5'5"

- Likes: Ramen, Reading, Technology