Those were too tight around my wrist-
Suddenly Kimura's eyes widened as he looked over his shoulder, seeing another officer walking past him. He couldn't tell why but something had raised hairs on his back about the officer. He's encountered strong esper officers before but something about this one was different. Before he could linger on, he shook his head and got himself together, heading towards the exit of the hallway.
While he continues on, the officer looks back before entering an empty room. It was a female officer who stood about 5ft 4inches with hazel brown eyes and hair. She taps her ear as she begins communicating with someone on another line.
"Looks like the information was spot on sir." The female officer took off her cap and set it on the table.
"So it is the last survivor…" The voice talks through her ear piece.
The female officer takes off her vest as she changes her hair color and eye color, going from hazel brown to a crimson red hair and emerald green eyes. She then looks into the incident file that had been recorded by Varne. "Indeed. An ability to copy is surely a unique ability." she comments while looking through it.
"I didn't think you'd pull off the Imitation. Anyways, report back to the base to receive your payment." The voice said on the other side.
"Will do boss. I'll take the file too." She smugly replied, her body shapeshifting into Varne once more.
***
Kimura stepped out into the breezy air as he noticed that everyone else was waiting for him outside the VCPD doors. Everyone except Ayameko, although the sunlight is probably why she isn't there with them. Asuka and the others were just happy to see he got out without much, although the papers were sent to his father and like the 5 other times, he filled it out the same way with minor changes.
Kimura walks down the street with them as he stays by Naoki, letting Leo and Asuka walk ahead slightly. "I'm surprised you showed up Naoki." Kimura said with a surprised look, Naoki just yawned with a small stretch.
"Well…I can't have my room locked out…" Naoki reminds Kimura.
"What about your copy? Don't you have one?" He asked Naoki.
"I do actually…although…" He yawned again mid-sentence, "…I wouldn't reach for it…it takes too much energy…"
"Uhh huh…" He looked confused.
"If I was fully awake and not as tired…" Naoki continued on, "I don't think you would like what you saw…" Naoki vaguely spoke.
"Oh?" It piqued Kimura's interest, "I don't think you said anything about the possibility of it." Kimura responded back.
"Because it's too much work…" Naoki groans, "Everything's too much work…"
"You're a slacker, not a lazy person." Kimura chuckles.
Naoki and Kimura continue walking behind Leo and Asuka, Their pace was slightly slower but still enough to keep up.
***
BAM!!!
Ayameko kicked a training droid as it was sent flying into a net. She ducks underneath another one as Ayameko grabs it and slams the front down into the ground. More flying droids came out as Ayameko began lightly hopping on her feet. She began swerving and fluidly moving between four droids trying to tap her vest.
"Woah, she's pretty light on her feet." a student commented.
"She's pretty good at dodging the training droids." Another student muttered.
Her classmates were watching from a top view into the training gym with awe and astonishment at her fluidity in the training room. Students were muttering and talking between each other, some praising her while others were just giving her props.
Ayameko backs up as her back hits the wall, making her look away for a second but still dodging out of the way. The droid slams its face into the wall and Ayameko grabs it to toss it into another droid, causing both droids to fall down.
I thought I was going to fall into my shadow for a second, but I forgot I can't use my ability…
She thought to herself, moving away from the wall as she continued dodging, jumping over another droid to roundhouse kick a droid into another wall. She's been at this training session for over five minutes as she hits the six minute mark right as her fist goes straight through the final droid's screen and sticks out the back.
"Alright! That's enough Ayameko, Some of us here also need to train." Leo shouted out from the top.
"Why should I stop? I'm in-"
Just as Ayameko was talking, she got smacked from behind by an unexpected droid, counting her out. Leo sighs and facepalms as Ayameko spins into a roundhouse kick. The droid goes straight through the padded wall and out into the nearby track field. She lets out a frustrated and aggressive huff of air from her mouth, frustrated that Leo had distracted her.
"Hey don't look at me, you shouldn't have stopped to talk in the first place." Leo crosses her arms.
"Well who's up next?" Another student asked.
Yawning from the other side of the railing was Naoki, wearing the training vest as well. "I think it's your turn Naoki." Kimura said, standing beside Naoki. "Really…?" Naoki replied with a yawn.
"Yeah, you gotta participate once in a while, otherwise you'll be deducted points." Kimura told him.
"I didn't say I was going to participate…" Naoki stretches for a moment, "…I wasn't gonna try at what I was participating…"
"Do you always have to break in between what you have to say?" Kimura tilts his head slightly to the left.
"…No…But let's make this a little more interesting if you're down to do it…" Naoki asked.
"At least it'll kill the boredom." Kimura replied with a small smirk, "What is it?"
"If I go 5 minutes…you'll have to buy me the latest card set from Husks and Graces." Naoki said with a yawn.
"Hmm…" Kimura thought, rubbing his chin for a second, "how about we make it a little more interesting, if you go 10 minutes…I'll get you that Limited Edition and that newest card set." Kimura said with a bit of sarcasm.
Kimura didn't expect Naoki to take his side of the bet seriously, but then the air suddenly tensed up and thickened, it felt like taking a gasp of air was just lodging large chunks of wool down your lungs all of a sudden. Something about Naoki's presence changed, Naoki didn't look like his tired self, his eyes were very focused, a new motivator to get him to seriously try for once.
"Limited…Husks and Graces box issue #481-262…" Naoki said with a much more serious tone.
"Huh…" Kimura was taken aback by this seriousness Naoki suddenly showed.
"Do we have a deal…" Naoki reaches his hand out.
"U-Uh…" Kimura didn't have the words to describe it, however he reached his hand out as well.
The moment they shook hands, Kimura could instantly tell why Naoki never took anything seriously. The grip strength on Naoki alone was enough to throw Kimura off just a bit. Once they let go Kimura looked at his hand, slightly red from the grip this serious side Naoki just showed.