Chapter 9: Clones Of A Feather Stick Together

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CLONES OF A FEATHER STICK TOGETHER

As the dropship descends back home, Tina feels surprisingly good about herself and why wouldn’t she, she’s put the whole Kuebiko incident behind her, she’s managed to build a bit of a bridge with one of her sister’s (CT-2224 / Marie) and to top it all off she’s just beaten the very narcissistic and egotistical villain known as Glitch. Tina didn’t even mind when the trooper at the bottom of the ramp relayed the usual information about her success, the notch on her records and her usual twenty four hour rest period, although she did notice the trooper didn’t even ask how she was feeling since returning after her injuries, but Tina just smiled and rolled her eyes. Was she really expecting anything different?

On her way back to her room she passed CT-2224 but from now on we will just refer to her as Marie. Marie was sitting at a table with five other clone troopers and they seem to be heavily involved in a game of cards, Marie looked up and saw Tina walking by, she put her cards to her chest with one hand so no one could see them and with her hand gave Tina a wave along with a smile. The other troopers didn’t, because naturally the others still aren’t exactly fond of Tina and her non killing ways. Tina in return smiled and waved back, but she didn’t stop to chat as she was hungry and the only thing on her mind right now was dinner.

“That’s going to take some getting used to.” Tina thought to herself as she wasn’t used to bumping into Marie without getting into some sort of fight, but Tina enjoyed this feeling as it seems for once she may have actually made a friend along with a sister and this gave her hope that maybe one day, she’ll get along with her other sisters........Maybe.

Tina’s twenty four rest period came and went by, during which Tina obtained a load more of her own custom cat suits and she tinkered with her hypnotic serum but wasn’t impressed with her overall results so far so she left it to one side for now. A couple hours later she received an email, it was time for her next assignment. Tina got herself ready and made her way to her commander’s office and headed inside, but as she got inside she noticed that her commander CO-1010 wasn’t alone, she was being joined by none other than CI-1262.

“OH GOD NO!” Both Tina and CI-1262 said simultaneously after seeing one another.

“Commander, I am not working with her, not after what happened last time in Thailand.” Tina protested.

“Couldn’t of said it better myself, I agree with this weak willed non killing fool.” CI-1262 snapped back.

“Weak willed? Oh please, you’d snap quicker than a bamboo shoot being eaten by a Panda if you went up against some of the foe’s I’ve gone up against!” Tina rebuffed.

“Hey, HEY, now that’s enough, this is NOT how the obsidian whispers conduct themselves, now sit down BOTH OF YOU and try to get along while I sort this briefing out!” The commander shouted after seeing CI-1262 get off her chair and go to meet Tina face to face, clearly being upset by Tina’s last comment.

“Yes Ma’am, sorry Ma’am.” Both women said before they took their seats.

“Sssooo, CI-1262, you look well, have you lost weight?” Tina said trying to make small talk.

“Well whatever weight I lost, you found didn’t you.” A very salty CI-1262 replied.

“Wwwooowww how mature of you.” Tina said while pulling an unimpressed face.

CO-1010 just let out a sigh and turned on her computer screen before flipping it round to show both Tina and CI-1262. “Right, now I knew this would happen the moment I was informed you two would be working together on this assignment, but these are the orders and we must abide by them at all costs.” CO-1010 explained.

Tina just rolled her eyes in disgust. Meanwhile the commander loaded several pictures on the screen for everyone to see.

“These two women are named Masako and Yuma Sakai, these two sisters have recently become the new heirs to a much respected company and to which are also esteem business partners of ours.” The commander explained.
“They’re killers aren’t they?” Tina noted.

“Yes, if you want to be that blunt about it or rather it’s they’re employees that are the killers, for you see this organisation is actually a hidden clan of modern day ninja’s that are keeping Japan safe from all forms of scum and villainy, that’s why if you haven’t already noticed, we don’t really conduct operations in Japan because they’re organisation usually handles it for us, but lately things have taken a turn for the worse. You see the two original leaders Sora Sakai recently passed away and with this, his wife Aia Sakai committed Jigai shortly afterwards. It’s the female version of Seppuku so she could be with her soul mate for all eternity. Now they’re were rumours going around about Sora’s death with many claiming that it was the work if their rival faction in China known as the Wu Lin, but these were all quickly proven to be just false reports as Sora had died of cancer. They both passed with the knowledge and pride that they were leaving it all to their well respected and very capable daughters of course being Masako and Yuma. Then it all went silent. So naturally we assumed that the sisters were going through a grieving period so we didn’t intervene but it seems that may not be the case as for the past few days we’ve been seeing reports going through Japanese social media about seeing various sightings of supposed ninja’s fighting each other on rooftops, which means they’re could be an internal struggle going on. Which brings us to the mission itself CI-1138 you are to go to Japan and find out what’s going on, if they’re in an internal struggle taking place, then we need you to defuse it, should you be unable to do so then this is why CI-1262 is tagging along with you as she will need to takeout the sisters permanently, I know they’re our partners and all but we can’t have a full blow civil war going on can we, which means CI-1262, you will be taking order from CI-1138 on this assignment until being told otherwise.” The commander monologued.

“WHAT? Commander please I think it would be best if we just........” CI-1262 tried to explain.

“Did you just question an order CI-1262?” The commander glared.

“N-n-no Ma’am and please forgive me if it seemed that way commander, I accept this assignment on behalf of the company and I will be proud to go out there and represent the company as well.......Even if it means taking orders from a coward.” CI-1262 replied.

Tina raised her eyebrows but didn’t feel the need to add anything else as the commander had already put CI-1262 in her place.

“Good, the pilots already waiting, go to her when you’re ready.” CO-1010 said while spinning her screen round and giving her glasses a wipe with a tissue. With that Tina and CI-1262 left the office but as they got outside Tina quickly grabbed CI-1262 by her shoulders.

“You can bring your sniper as I’ll use you for scouting out areas, but your little fancy sidearm’s can stay here, because you are not and I repeat, you are NOT killing anyone on this assignment, go it?” Tina said hammering the point home on not killing. CI-1262 didn’t say a word, she just stared Tina down, pulled her sidearm’s out of their holsters, before she spun around in her fingers and laid them down on the table. But Tina could hear CI-1262 breathing heavily while doing this. Needless to say, she did not like any of this at all.

“Good. Come on then let’s get going.” Tina said with a cheerful tone. Several minutes later Tina and CI-1262 were on board the dropship and were on their way to Japan. Several awkward hours of silence later, the dropship finally reached the lustrous city of Matsuyama. The dropship hovered just outside of a known compound frequently used by the sisters and their troopers; the compound was hidden deep in the forest rich hills just outside the city as this offered a great vantage point of the city itself. Both Tina and CI-1262 rappelled down and signaled the dropship to leave.

“We can’t get any closer, as we don’t fully know what we’re walking into here, so here’s the plan. The compound is just down there so you go to the top of that tree line and cover me with your sniper, I’ll proceed to sneak in and see if I can find out what the situation is.” Tina whispered.

“Uh-huh.” CI-1262 gave a very minimal response, showing clear signs that she’s still very unhappy she’s taking orders from Tina.
“And hey, remember what I said, NO KILLING!” Tina reminded her.

“Yeah, whatever.” CI-1262 gave another vague response, she attached a silencer to her sniper and started to ascend up a very thick tree.

While she was climbing up Tina couldn’t help but smile to herself, of all the times CI-1262 had been horrid to her, it genuinely felt good giving her a taste of her humiliation, Tina knew she shouldn’t really be enjoying it, but surely just this once wouldn’t hurt. Tina quietly made her away through the tree’s until she was within range of the compound, once she got close she saw a thin and barely visible wire along the ground, Tina knew this was a trap and she gingerly stepped over it, but what she didn’t know was this was a decoy trap and as soon as she stepped over it, she felt a piece of rope wrap around both her ankles and quickly yank her in the air upside down. Tina quickly glanced around trying to find anything she may be able to use to cut herself down when all of a sudden she heard a faint whipping noise before she fell back down on the ground, she looked up and realized the rope had been shot.

“You’re welcome.” CI-1262 said over Tina’s earpiece.

“Uurrgghh thanks.” Tina responded knowing full well it would be a long time before she’d hear the end of this.

Back with CI-1262 she loaded another bullet into her sniper’s chamber before she noticed the trees around Tina were rustling, she quickly pulled of a glove and lifted up her mask before she licked her finger and checked for wind. “Hhmm, the air is still.” She said to herself before she flicked a switch on her scope which changed it to a thermal view. She saw four heat signature’s heading towards Tina.

“You’ve got incoming, hit the dirt now!” CI-1262 quickly relayed back to Tina.

Tina hit the deck and pulled a load of branches and leaves over herself as well as slid the rope that once held her in the air underneath some foliage so it wouldn’t be seen, moments later she heard four voices whispering.

“Watashi wa koko de nanika o kiita koto o chikaimasu.” (I swear I heard something over here) A female voice could be heard whispering.

“Nani mo hyōji sa remasen. Ki ga chitta baai ni sonaete, tōkō ni modoru hitsuyō ga arimasu.” (I don’t see anything, we should return back to our posts just in case this was a distraction) a second female voice could be heard whispering.
Tina peered through the leaves and saw four female ninjas wearing common Ninja robes and balaclavas, they seem to have a green camouflage colour design to help them blend in with the environment.

“Hhmm, I need one of those outfits.” Tina thought to herself. “CI-1262, I’m going to get a change of clothes, so I need you to guide me to one these scout’s on their own so I can get the jump on her and swipe her garb.” Tina relayed her desires back to CI-1262.

“Yeah, I was wondering how long it would be before you asked me that, okay follow my instructions carefully then.” CI-1262 responded.

Tina was guided around the area ducking and diving all over the place until she finally noticed she was behind one of the camouflaged ninja’s. In front of her was a 20 year old woman by the name of “Himeko” under her balaclava she had shoulder length black hair carefully wrapped back in a pony tail so it wouldn’t catch on anything, she was wearing traditional ninja clothing which was made up on light but heavily coloured fabric, this included a green jacket, green trousers, light sandals which fully covered her feet and a green sash which was wrapped around her waist to keep her trousers and jackets pressed into her stomach, she also had a pieces of green fabric wrapped around her wrists and the bottom of her trouser legs to keep both her outfit from coming lose and catching on things while maintained the wearer flexibility of their movements and allowed them to be as agile as they needed to be. She also had some throwing spikes and a few Ninja stars secured to her sash, she seemed to have a radio headset on to keep in contact with her other scouts.

Tina snuck behind Himeko and gave a sharp but precise chop on her right shoulder, Himeko let out a grunting noise and Tina carefully wrapped one arm around her waist and placed her other hand over Himeko’s mouth just in case her grunting made too much noise, a few seconds later Himeko was out, Tina silently and carefully let Himeko’s body relax into her own before they both disappeared behind some thick bushes.

Tina quickly stripped Himeko of her ninja’s robes revealing that Himeko was wearing a matching set of sage green bra and panties underneath her garb, she carefully pulled Himeko’s balaclava off letting her hair fall down behind her. Tina needed to act quickly, as if she was spotted crouched down next to a half naked Japanese woman, the other scouts would know immediately what was going on. So Tina used the rope that had originally strung her up and instead used it for her own needs and tightly tied up Himeko’s arms and legs together before she realized something, she didn’t have a gag. She looked around saw that Himeko was still wearing her bright green socks. “Oh god, look I’m sorry I have to do this, but I need to gag you, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” Tina said as she quickly pulled off Himeko’s socks rolled them together then shoved them in Himeko’s mouth to act as a gag. She quickly covered Himeko’s unconscious body with a mountain of leaves.
Tina quickly got changed into Himeko’s robes and put on the balaclava, she didn’t take of her suit but opted to wear Himeko’s robes over it as Tina wasn’t sure if she’d need to use her cat suit as some bonds and a gag later on down the line. Tina then emerged from the bushes now fully disguised and proceeded to make her way to the compound.

Her disguise seemed to have worked as there wasn’t any chatter on the radios and CI-1262 didn’t report any further disturbances, Tina quickly lifted the top of a hatch which was a side entrance to the compound and she slid down the ladder making sure she closed the hatch after she entered. Tina made her way around the compound and it didn’t take her long to see that while the ninja’s on the outside were all camouflaged, all of the ninja’s on the inside were wearing pure brilliant white robes. Tina quickly ducked behind a load of crates and studied them, again all the ninja’s wore the same style of robes as the one Tina was wearing but they also supported an emblem which was that of a white dove tacking flight. While she studied the area she saw a massive wooden door and saw there were a couple of guards standing outside. “Naturally, that’s where the sisters would be.” Tina sighed to herself knowing she’d need to get another change of clothes to get inside. Tina watched and waited trying to find a way to isolate one of the white robed ninja’s so she could take her out. Luckily a few minutes later she saw the guards at the door call over one the ninja’s and give her some order before she bowed and walked away. Curious, Tina followed; she followed this Ninja who was a 22 year old woman by the name of “Kyoko” and watched as she got a tray of matcha tea ready. But just as she was about to pick up the tray she felt a hand go over her mouth and a cold dagger pressed up against her throat.

“Look I’m sorry but I don’t speak Japanese, so will English be okay? Just nod if you understand me.” Tina whispered in Kyoko’s ear. With that Kyoko slowly nodded her head.

“Right I didn’t expect myself to ask this so soon after I just acquired this outfit but listen, we are going to lock that door, then you are going to strip, I’m going to take your robes and let you spend some quality time on your own tied up in the cupboard underneath the sink okay.” Tina explained. Kyoko muffled and struggled angrily against Tina’s handgag.

“Oooorrrrr, I can slit your throat and strip you myself.” Tina lied hoping that her bluff wouldn’t be called out.

Kyoko’s eyes widened but she nodded and stopped struggling, Kyoko slowly walked over to the door but Tina held on Kyoko’s body and kept her hand wrapped around Kyoko’s mouth the whole time, just in case she tried anything. Once the door was locked, Tina very carefully pulled Kyoko’s weapon sash off her and stood back.

“Okay you do the rest.” Tina ordered.

Kyoko slowly stripped out of her white ninja robes and neatly put them in a pile, underneath Kyoko was wearing a white cotton thing and a white Wacoal embrace laced bra. Kyoko went to remove her thong but Tina quickly waved the dagger around.

“I don’t need those, but if you’re done, get on your knees and put your hands behind your head.” Tina instructed. Kyoko now in her bra and thong got down on her knees and placed her hands behind her hand then sat there and watched as Tina stripped out of her first set of robes then stripped out of her cat suit before she tore it up into multiple strands of rope to use as bonds and a gag, Kyoko then had no choice but to watch helplessly as Tina got dressed into her robes before she turned her attention back to her. Tina opened up the doors under the sink and looked back at Kyoko.

“Okay get under the sink, the put your hand and your feet around the pipe okay.” Tina said.

Kyoko pulled a face but once again nodded, she got to her feet and walked over to Tina before she bent down and climbed under the sink, she then wrapped her hands together and clamped her feet together around the pipe that Tina was pointing at, once that was done, Tina started to tie up Kyoko around the pipe when she suddenly spoke.

“You won’t succeed here, Masako must be desperate if she willing to let an outsider help her and..........Oooowwwww not so tight you baishunpu (whore).” Kyoko said angrily as Tina tightened the bonds on Kyoko’s wrists and ankles.

“Look, I don’t work for Masako and I don’t work for Yuma, I’m here to bring peace, although you probably don’t believe that after what I’ve just made you do, but trust me I am, now please hold still.” Tina tried to reassure Kyoko. Tina then gagged Kyoko and used the last bits of her suit as a blindfold and covered Kyoko’s eyes, just to be sure. Tina then closed the doors leaving Kyoko all bound and gagged under the sink, before she picked up the tray of matcha tea and unlocked the door and made her way to what she hoped was the sister’s chambers.

Even though Tina was wearing Kyoko’s balaclava she still kept her head down just in case she aroused any suspicion as she made her way past all the members before she got to her the front door that the guards were outside of. Tina bowed in front of the guards and in return the guards bowed back before opening the door and allowing Tina to enter. Once inside Tina saw one of the sisters getting ready to perform a Shinto prayer, the sister was Yuma and she was dressed as her favourite traditional Japanese warrior the “Nobushi” or as it was more commonly referred to as the “Onna-Bugeisha”.

Yuma was 29 years old and she was wearing a traditional Nobushi outfit which was made up of. A mostly leather and cloth top, trousers and boots with a white knee – length coat on top, she possessed two small sodes, known as Japanese shoulder protectors on her shoulders. She also wore a mouthless Noh mask and an Amigasa hat. She also had a Naginata strapped to her back; a Naginata is a long weapon consisting of wooden shaft topped with a curved blade, with Tsuba (round handguard) between the blade and the shaft.

Tina watched as Yuma took off her mask but kept her hat on then began her Shinto prayer. Yuma bowed at the shrine before she approached the Temizuya (fountain), she picked up the wooden spoon inside the water and filled it up, she first washed her right hand, then her left hand, then rinsed out her mouth, she then spat the water into a basin around the fountain before she washed the spoon and placed it back. Then Yuma approached the shrine and rang the bell in front of it, she then bowed twice before clapping her hands loudly twice to signal her presence to the deity she was praying to. She kept her hands together and remained silent for about twenty seconds before she bowed one last time, smiled and placed her hands on her stomach before turning to make her leave.

Tina wondered why Yuma was smiling and placing her hands on her stomach before she looked at the deity statue Yuma was praying too and that’s when Tina realized that he statue she was praying too was the deity known as “Kichijoten”, the goddess of happiness, fertility and beauty, it was then Tina worked it out.

“Wait, is she......Is she pregnant? I mean if she is then it must be recent as she’s still very slim and there’s no sign of a bump yet” Tina wondered to herself.
Yuma went to put her mask back on and noticed Tina still standing there.

“Nē, karera ga inotte iru ma dareka o mitsumeru no ga shitsureida to wa shiranai no ka?” (Hey don’t you know it’s rude to stare at someone while they’re praying?) Yuma said yet she still had a smile on her face.
Tina had no idea how to answer so she quickly put the tray down and bowed her head, hoping she wouldn’t get spoken to anymore, sadly she was wrong.

“Nē, watashi ni subete chinmoku suru hitsuyō wa arimasen, watashi wa anata o shitte iru jōdandeshita.” (Hey, there’s no need to be all silent on me, I was only joking you know.) Yuma carried on talking while still retaining her smile. But Tina still didn’t reply because she didn’t know how. Yuma’s smile quickly turned to a confused frown and she marched over to Tina and quickly whipped her balaclava off, leaving Tina standing there confused and not sure how to respond.
“So that’s why you’re not answering me, because you don’t understand me, also what did you do with Kyoko?” Yuma asked.

“Who?” Tina asked cautiously.

“Kyoko, she was the one I sent to fetch me my drink, I mean yes you seem to have bought that to me but you also seem to wearing Kyoko’s clothes, so what did you do with her?” Yuma asked again but this with one hand on her Naginata.
“On, no, no there’s no need for violence, I didn’t kill her if that’s what you’re wondering, I just simply overpowered her and helped myself to her clothes. Although now I say it out loud, I’m not exactly helping my case here am I. But I promise she isn’t dead, she just a little tied up at the moment and when your guard find her, she might be a little embarrassed.” Tina said blushing in the process.

“Ha, I bet she will be, well you’re clearly not here to kill me as I’m sure you would have tried while my back was turned, so why are you here, did my sister send you?” Yuma asked letting go of her weapon.

“No, no look I’ll level with you, I come from one of your business partners as they are concerned with everything that’s going on.” Tina explained.

“Look, tell your bosses everything is fine, it’s just a misunderstanding and I will deal with it soon enough.” Yuma replied while putting her Noh mask back on.

“Please, let me help, that’s why I’m here. Where is Masako and please help me understand what is actually going on here? Also I know that deity its Kichijoten the deity of fertility, fair enough I don’t speak your language but I know your culture” Tina pleaded.

“Fine you nosy little thing, it all started after just before our parents passing, I found out I was with child and I had told them in hopes that maybe it would give my father some more will to fight his illness, but alas it was already too late, when our mother was about to get ready to join our father for eternity, she explained of how proud she was of both Masako and myself before she announced how proud she was knowing that the family would still on through a wonderful child, she of course meant my unborn child. But what we didn’t know was that Masako had appeared at the end of the conversation and mistakenly thought that when our mother only mentioned the one child, she thought she was alluding to me and only me. After her passing Masako while overcome with grief was now overwhelmed by a feeling of betrayal and rage, so she fought with me before gaining all the warriors which followed her and fled deep into the city, which of course in turn splintered our clan into groups, them the black crows and us, the white doves, since then her warriors have been attacking mine, whether it’s for territory or just as warning, I’m not sure, but I won’t see us fall into a civil war and I will certainly never hurt my sister.” Yuma explained the situation.

“So, she doesn’t know you are with child, but what about your other half?” Tina asked.

“Who my husband? Haha, he works as a server support engineer and we own our own apartment in Osaka and he thinks that I’m a accountant currently away on business here is Matsuyama, He has no idea what I really do and I’m afraid it must stay that way. To answer your other question as well, no, Masako has no idea, she didn’t give me time to explain.” Yuma says with a disappointing tone.

“Look, I know it’s difficult but please, tell me where she is, as you can tell I’m resourceful, I can get to Masako, maybe even talk to her on your behalf, just allow me to try, it’s the whole reason I’m here in the first place.” Tina nearly begged.
Yuma sat down and picked up her tea before lifting her mask up and taking a few sips while she pondered about Tina’s idea. Once she finished it she put the cup back on the tray before leaning back with her elbows on the table and stared down at her stomach, pondering her child’s future.

“Okay........I don’t agree with this and I really don’t but I don’t any unnecessary bloodshed and I do want my sister to be an auntie one day. Look you’ll find Masako and her followers near Matsuyama castle, they’ve repurposed an abandoned warehouse just outside the castle park for their own needs, they hide in plain sight, not bad really. Please try and make this right.” Yuma asked.

“I will......I WILL!” Tina tried to give Yuma hope but she knew that actions speak louder than words.

“Okay, give me a few moments I’ll tell my people that you are clear to leave and you have my blessing, that way they won’t attack you when you leave.” Yuma said while getting to her feet.

A minute or two later and Tina left the compound via the front door. She made her way back to CI-1262 and passed on all the information that she had just found out to her before they both made their way down from hills and started to make their way into Matsuyama City, they made their way to the centre of the city where the castle was located and they proceeded to take up a position outside the castle grounds and using CI-1262’s sniper rifle, they scouted out the surrounding area. Tina noticed that there was a park just outside the castle grounds that was discreetly covering up a very heavily boarded up warehouse, but there wasn’t any guards on anything outside, no instead the park was very heavily populated, there were businesswomen sitting on park benches using their phones, cafe girls waiting to seat customers, joggers running around and even a bunch of woman wearing Japanese school girl outfits sitting in a circle drawing the castle. It’s here that Tina began to feel like something was off.

“Hey, have you noticed that there are only females in that park, there isn’t a single male?” Tina asked CI-1262.

“Yeah so, what’s your point?” CI-1262 replied while looking through her scope.

“Well I just think it’s a bit strange, plus those joggers have been running around that same patch this whole time despite having the whole park to use, plus have you seen those supposed school girls, they seem really old to be school girls don’t you think?”

CI-1262 adjusted her scope and zoomed in on them.

“Hey, you’re right, they are NOT ordinary school girls, they have to be at least 18 or 19 years of age and here’s another thing too, if you look every single woman in that park has an identical earpiece in, now I know Japan is one of the leading countries of technological advancements but every single woman having the exact same earpiece at the same time, doesn’t seem quite right.” CI-1262 said while scoping around the area.

“Wait.......That’s it, they’re not ordinary civilians, they’re Masako’s people, they’re just blending into the scenery, guarding the area and fooling everyone walking pass. Yuma said Masako and her people like to hide in plain sight and what better way to do so” Tina said realizing that all the women in that park were Masako’s women.

“Okay I know I’m going to regret asking this, but what’s the plan?” CI-1262 wondered.

Tina looked around the area for a bit. “There, that one, the women wearing the Cafe uniform, she’s wearing a hat which covers most of her face, if I can discreetly replace her and take her clothes I can enter the warehouse when the other’s go inside can’t I.” Tina planned.

“Yep, I knew I was going to regret asking, okay guess that means I’ll just cover you from the rooftop.” CI-1262 sighed.

“Indeed, have fun and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” Tina winked before making her way down.

Tina managed to get into the park unnoticed and managed to skulk her way from tree to tree and bush to bush until she got to the coffee kiosk where the supposed genuine coffee girl was waiting for customers. The woman in the kiosk was a 21 year old woman by the name of “Fuyumi”, she was wearing a white button polo shirt, tucked into black trousers, she had black trainers on and she wore a red apron with a red hat covering at least half of her face, her hair was medium length which only just reached the bottom of her ears and near the bottom of her neck. Her body was of an average build.

Tina peeked around and realized that the coast was momentarily clear, so seizing this opportunity she snuck into the Kiosk and quickly wrapped her arms around Fuyumi, one arm around her neck and one around her forehead and quickly pulled Fuyumi down and out of sight, Tina fell on her back and wrapped her legs around Fuyumi’s legs and applied a strong sleeper hold. Fuyumi flailed around and tried to struggle free but it was no use, Tina had the sleeper hold firmly locked in and Fuyumi wasn’t going anywhere. Moments later, Fuyumi went limp and passed out, the sleeper hold and worked perfectly. Tina got to work and started to strip her, she had one more quick peek to make sure no one had noticed Fuyumi suddenly disappearing, thankfully no one had. Tina quickly undone Fuyumi’s apron and removed her hat, before she untucked her shirt, unbuttoned it and pulled if off of her, next she undone her shoes and slipped them off and helped herself to Fuyumi’s socks while she was at it. She unzipped and removed Fuyumi’s trousers and placed them in the pile. It’s here we see that Fuyumi is wearing a plum purple push up bra and is wearing a black pair of knickers. Tina helped herself to a roll of rope and a roll of tape that was under the kiosk counter. But just as she was about to bound and gag Fuyumi she heard a voice.

“Nē, Fuyumi, anata wa sū-funkan mi rarenakatta, subete daijōbudesuka?” (Hey Fuyumi, you haven’t been seen for a few minutes is everything okay?) Tina looked up just in time to see a 19 year old woman wearing a Japanese sailor style uniform. This made up of black slip on shoes, navy blue knee high socks, a navy blue skirt with white trimmings at the bottom, a navy blue top with white trimming going around the collar and the wrists of the sleeves, she was also wearing a red and white neckerchief which was wrapped around and tucked underneath her collar. She had natural black hair but it she also had light brown highlights running through it and her hair was long and straight and ran all the way down to the middle of her back, her name was “Itsumi”. As Itsumi came round the corner she saw Tina getting changed and saw the real Fuyumi on the floor in her underwear, it only took her a second to work out what was going on. “Herupu, watashitachiha shin'nyū-sha o motte imasu!” (HELP WE HAVE AN INTRUDER!) Itsumi shouted, but before she could turn around and run, Tina suddenly saw Itsumi’s face drop and her eyes roll around before she fell forward and landing in the downward dog position with her arse up in the air, revealing that she is wearing battleship grey panties underneath her skirt.

Tina sat back and breathed a sigh of relief as it turns out that CI-1262 was standing there and she had given Itsumi a swift chop to the back of her neck.

“I don’t believe I’m saying this but I’m actually happy to see you. But why are you down here?” Tina said.

“Some people were coming up to the rooftop, so I had to relocate, good thing I did too as it seems you were about to get exposed.” CI-1262 replied.

“Yeah I guess, but look you haven’t quite knocked her out properly.” Tina pointed out as she saw that Itsumi was twitching and making faint moaning noises. So Tina applied a nerve pinch to Itsumi and listened as Itsumi made one moan before she stopped twitching and fell fully unconscious.

“Well seeing as how your here now, you might as well come in with me, you know see how a professional does it.” Tina said while getting changed into Fuyumi’s clothes.

“Yeah and how am I supposed to do that I won’t blend it like you and............Oh No, no, no there’s is no way I’m doing that!” CI-1262 said after seeing Tina pointing at Itsumi’s body hinting that she should wear her clothes.

“Come on it’ll be fun, plus I think it would be interesting to see you dressed as a naughty school girl. Besides as your commanding officer for this mission I’m ordering you to strip this woman and wear her clothes.” Tina continued to tease CI-1262.

“I don’t believe I’m doing this. At least keep watch for me while I get changed.” CI-1262 rebuffed.

Tina pulled Fuyumi’s hat over her face and stood up in the kiosk to keep a look out, behind her she could the sounds of rustling and unzipping as CI-1262 was stripping Itsumi, at one point Tina even felt the kiosk rock back and forth.
“Hey don’t enjoy it too much will you.” Tina said jokingly.

“Shut up......” She heard behind her.

Moments later she heard a loud sigh indicating that CI-1262 had now got changed, she turned and saw Itsumi sprawled out on the kiosk floor in her grey panties and a mango yellow bra. While CI-1262 adjusted Itsumi’s uniform, Tina got to work in tying them up, using the rope, she sat Fuyumi and Itsumi back to back and proceeded to tie their arms together before she wrapped multiple layers of rope around their stomachs which officially tied them up back to back, she then lied their legs up and using the tape proceeded to gag them before standing back and admiring her work.

“Right that’s them all tied up and gagged, right shall we get going?” Tina asked turning to CI-1262.

“I feel ridiculous, I can’t believe I’m wearing this outfit.” CI-1262 protested.

“Oh come on, I think it suits you, it goes with your never ending charming and happy personality.” Tina teased CI-1262 once more.

“I don’t want to hear it........Not a word.” CI-1262 said feeling slightly embarrassed as she was a little too big for the skirt so CI-1262 kept having to pull it down, less her panties be exposed.

They heard the earpieces of Itsumi and Fuyumi going off, it seems their shift was over and Tina noticed all of the other scouts were making their way to the entrance of the warehouse. “Com one, now’s our chance.” Tina shouted. Both Tina and CI-1262 made sure they held back to the end of the line but they followed the other scouts into the warehouse, Tina kept her hat on tight so no one would notice her facial features and CI-1262 went in messing around with her hair to avoid any notices her facial features too. Once they were out of sight they broke away from the other scouts and made of behind a load of crates, it’s here they noticed that inside were all of Masako’s ninjas all wearing the same ninja’s robes that Yuma’s people were wearing, except they looked different, more modern accessories while maintaining the traditional attire, they had wrist launchers, tactical defence knee pads and arm pads, instead of sandals they had black combat boots, they had night vision goggle above their balaclava’s and instead of using ninja stars and traditional weapons they were using fully automatic rifles. The other notable difference is that Yuma’s warriors had white colour robes while Masako’s warrior’s had black coloured robes and their emblem seemed to be that of a black crow swooping in to catch its prey.

“Well, I took down some of Yuma’s people for their clothes I might as well take Masako’s faction too.” Tina whispered to CI-1262.

Well count me out of this one, I’m going to see if I can get to higher ground and keep watch from there.” CI-1262 protested.

“Fine, just don’t get caught.” Tina reiterated.

Once CI-1262 had snuck away, Tina wondered how she was going to do this then an idea came to her, she spotted one of Masako’s warriors standing alone by one of the warehouse’s walls. This ninja warrior was a 24 year old woman who had a perfectly toned body and her name was “Nanami”. Tina came out from behind the crates and walked passed Nanami, but while she was doing so she deliberately lifted her hat a little which showed off a bit of her face before she turned around and walked back towards the crates. Suspicious over the fact that a non Japanese woman was in the warehouse, Nanami followed her unaware of the fate that awaited her.

As Nanami got close to the crates where Tina was hiding, Tina reached and grabbed Nanami by her top and forcefully yanked her behind the crates.

“Oooff.....Ow......Aaahhhh......Ooofff.....Ouch....Aaahh.” Nanami shouted out Tina dished out a series of précised punches and blows, but unfortunately the noises of the other warriors in the warehouse drowned out Nanami’s screams as Tina beat her up. Tina peeked out from behind the crates and made sure no one had heard before looked down and it’s here we see Tina has knocked Nanami completely out cold and she now lay fast asleep at Tina’s feet.

“Sorry I had to rough you up like that, but I had to take you out quickly.” Tina said apologising to Nanami in her unconscious state. Wasting no more time Tina quickly de-robed and stripped Nanami down to her spider black curvy couture laced bra and her midnight black panties. Tina then helped herself to some zip ties and a cloth she found in one of the crates and zip tied Nanami’s hand and feet before tying a cloth round her mouth to use as a gag. Tina then got changed into Nanami’s ninja outfit bent down again to the still heavily unconscious but now very bound and gagged Nanami.

“Look I know I’ve already said this, but I genuinely am really sorry I had to beat you up like that, but I don’t you would have just given me your clothes if I asked you, sorry again.” Tina said while pulling Nanami’s balaclava and goggles over her face. She picked up the assault rifle and proceeded to walk further into the warehouse leaving Nanami secure and out of the way to sleep of the beating Tina just gave her in her underwear.

As Tina wondered deeper into the warehouse, she saw Masako’s warrior practising with additional weapons and training using authentic katana blades, these women were getting ready for war. Tina was wondering where Masako could be hiding then she heard voices coming from upstairs in one of the offices, she made her up the stair case and poked her head around a corner and it’s here she saw Masako going over a battle strategy on an Ipad with a few other of her warriors.

Masako was 27 years old and she was dressed in her favourite traditional Japanese warrior, an executioner type warrior who went by the name “Hitokiri”. Now Masako was dressed in a traditional Hitokiri outfit which was made up of the follow details. The Hitokiri wear Japanese ceremonial garbs made of leather, linen and cotton, it is coloured ashen grey and crimson with rope bindings for both their upper body and limbs. With lacquered steel armour covering her shoulders, forearms and shins, she also wore a large waistcloth known as the Uwa-Obi eerily decorated with white puppet heads which symbolize the victims they’ve executed. The mask Masako was wearing was completely white with a face that is both ominous and sunken, lacking any sign of remorse or emotion. The ropes for the mask is lined with cloth streamers and on the masks face, a reminder of her status as an executioner is etched upon it. On her back Masako was carrying a Masakari Axe. This double headed axe is commonly used by the Hitokiri to deal the death blow during executions.

“Watashi no imōto ga monogoto o hanashitakunai baai, subete no junbi wa totonotte imasu ka?” (Is everything prepared should my sister not want to talk things through?) Masako ordered.

“Hai okusama, kanojo ga watashitachi no heiwa no mōshide o kyohi shita baai, sorera no mōjin wa, karera ga chokumen surudearou kekka ni kidzukimasen.” (Yes Ma’am, should she decline our offer of peace then those blind fools will not be aware of the consequences they’ll face) One of the other ninja’s confidentiality replied.

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“Ā nēsan, naze unmei wa watashitachi ni kore o shite iru nodesu ka, naze watashitachiha otagai ni chi o kobosu to kyōhaku shinakereba naranai nodesu ka, watashi wa hahaoya to chichioya o dōyō sa seru tame ni nanika machigatta koto o shimashita ka? Watasa reru mae ni karera ga watashi o wasureta no wa nazedesu ka, watashi wa kore o shitaku arimasenga, korega yuiitsu no hōhōdearunara, watashi wa sonogo ni tsudzuku kamo shirenai koto ni taisuru yurushi no seishin o koimasu.” (Oh sister dear, why is fate doing this to us, why must we threaten to spill each other’s blood, did I do something wrong to upset mother and father? Why did they forget me before they're passing, I don't want to do this, but if this is the only way, then I beg the spirits for forgiveness for what might follow) Masako spoke to herself coming to terms with what she believes she has to do.

Tina quickly deduces that just walking in there and asking to talk to Masako probably wouldn’t go over very well, so she comes up with a plan, if she can steal that Ipad with all the attack data on it, this would lure Masako out into the open and come face to face with Yuma, then she could intervene and get them to actually talk, but there Tina needed away to get in there without arousing suspicion, then Tina’s opportunity arrived with perfect timing, she saw Geisha enter one of the offices behind that had been converted into a makeshift make up room, Tina peered in through the window as the Geisha inside hadn’t drawn the curtains.

This Geisha was a 32 year old woman by the name of “Yumeko” she was wearing kimono with a black exterior and a pure white interior, around the bottom of the kimono it had multiple decorations of different kinds of flower paterns, all with gold stitching for the stems but had an array of different colour patters for the flowers themselves including blue, red and green. She was wearing a gold and blue barrel style sash know as the Obi. She had white socks and wooden sandals on, Tina watched as Yumeko was wrapping a cover over her own as she was getting ready to put a specially made Geisha wig. Tina knew exactly what she had to do next.

Tina managed to jerk the door open enough for her to quietly roll in without Yumeko realising, Tina crawled on her stomach using her heels to push her body weight the bottom of her wrist to pull her along the floor, once she once close enough crouched up enough just so no one could see her if they walked past the window outside and enough of where Yumeko could not see her in the mirror. Using her right hand she gingerly and carefully raised her hand and carefully applied a sharp nerve pinch straight to the side of Yumeko’s neck, Yumeko let out quiet groan before she fell sideways landing on the cushions unconscious. Tina hopped to her feet and quickly pulled the curtains closed and closed the door carefully in the process. Several minutes later and Tina sits her down in front of the mirror now fully wearing Yumeko’s Geisha outfit, she applies the makeup and places the wig upon her head before turning around to face Yumeko, it’s here we that Tina has tied up and Yumeko using pieces of spare string from the curtains and gagged her using a case she pulled off of a cushion, Yumeko’s unconscious body has been pressed up against the wall and out of sight, she is wearing a matching set of black bra and panties with white pin stripes going down them. Her hair is also in a messed up state for where Tina had to take Yumeko’s wig tap to complete her disguise

“I must admit, I don’t envy you girl having to apply this much effort into trying to make yourself look how you do each and every day, but still it’s a hell of a respectful profession and I’m happy I get to be one of you......For a little while anyway.” Tina added to the very unresponsive Yumeko while she finished putting on the thick white make up which gave Geisha’s one of their distinct looks. With her disguise complete, Tina covered Yumeko with a spare curtain to hide her out of the way then she sat and waited to be summoned.

Some time passed and Tina sat in front of the mirror patiently when suddenly the door opened and one of the ninja’s walked in.

“Saikō no sōzokujindearu Masako ga anata o shōkan shimashita.” (Supreme heir Masako has summoned you) This ninja explained before making her leave. The only word Tina understood from that was Masako so she knew that she was being summoned, she picked up an empty tray and made her way back to the office next door.

Tina entered the room and saw Masako was now by herself as the other ninja’s had left the room and Masako now had her mask and she was sitting in the middle of the room playing on an instrument know as a “Koto” and she was singing a song to herself.

“Ai to iu, hikari mo tome,Yami no naka ni, Samayoi...Yume to iu, maboroshi wo tootte, Na no naki hana, Chiri yuku...Sadame. Kaze naki, michi ni mayoi, Ame ni utare, Tatazumu... Chiisana, inochi moyashi, Dare no tame ni, hohoemu...Hanayo. Akai tukiyo no, Kaze ni fukarete, Kusa no nioini, Furusato to no. Futatsu no, kage wa (ha) kaze ni, Fukinagasare, kietemo...Tsugi ni wa, inochi kasane, Na mo naki mama, chiriyuku... SADAME” (Ending the light, which we call "love", Wandering, in the darkness... Passing the illusion, which we call "dream", The nameless bloom, scatters away... Destiny. Lost in a path, where there is no wind, Come to a stop, standing in the rain... Burning the short, life what they have, Who is it that you smile softly for... Little bloom? Being blown by the wind, under the red moonlight, Thinking of the old home, as the smell of grass rises. Two shadows run, as the wind is strong, Even if they are gone, blown by the wind... In the next life, they will repeat the same, As a nameless bloom, they scatter away... Destiny) Masako sang to herself with a soft tone in her voice, Tina could see immediately that Masako did not want to go through with her plan and that all of that toughness was nothing more than a persona to show face.

Tina thought to herself, maybe she didn’t have to go through her scheme after all, maybe all she needed to do was talk to her, Masako was clearly in a state of doubt, it seemed she wasn’t angry, so would just trying to talk to her really be that bad? Tina gave it a shot, because what’s the worst that could happen. Tina lay the empty tray down, she knelt down so she got close to Masako’s face then she swallowed deeply and thought to herself “Here goes nothing.”

“You’re Masako right?” Tina whispered. Masako shot backwards and grabbed her axe.

“No....No, your sister Yuma sent me, she explained to me everything that has happened and how this could be interpreted as one big misunderstanding.” Tina started to explain.

“You lie, my sister would not send anyone to do her talking for her, especially an outsider of all things, why are you really here. Speak before I decide to remove your tongue from that deceitful head of yours.” Masako replied.

“*sigh* I come from one our business partners, they’re concerned with everything that’s going on so I was sent here to establish what was happening but upon viewing what is actually is happening between Yuma and yourself, I just feel as though I could be of some help.” Tina explained.

“But, you are nothing more than an outsider, you really expect me to believe that an outsider, someone who doesn’t even know us would luke walk on it and try to help a couple of sisters of whom she’s never even met before?” A frown started to appear on Masako’s face.

“Fair enough, when you say it out loud, I can see why you’d think that but the alternatives were more severe, the alternative being if I couldn’t find a way to end this feud between you two then others will make attempts of your life as well as your sisters as trust me the people who I work for, do NOT like anyone hampering their progress.” Tina said in both truth and disbelief.

“Then let them try, they’ll fall just like all the others, I do not fear such consequences.” Masako said with a smirk.

“But what about your sister? Surely you still care for her and I know you don’t want to see her suffer do you?” Tina reasoned. Masako fell silent and looked at the floor before replying.

“I.....I guess not no. Okay, if what you’re saying is true, then I think it would be best if Yuma and I spoke face to face in a neutral area, please report back to her so we can arrange a location.” Masako said.

But just as Tina was about to respond Tina noticed a red dot appeared on Masako’s stomach, the light moved up her stomach and onto her chest before slowly moved its way up towards her head, Tina knew realized that was a laser sight from a sniper, thinking on her feet she grabbed the Ipad from the floor and lightly threw it in the air towards Masako. Masako reached and grabbed it just before it her face, though as soon as she did as sharp whistling sound was briefly heard. Masako removed the Ipad from her face to find the front had been completely smashed and there was a bullet lodged right at the part where her forehead would have been if it not for Tina acting quickly. The look on Masako’s face quickly turned from shock to unrelenting rage.

“Senshi wa watashi ni, asashin o koroshimasu.” (Warrior’s to me, kill the assassin.) Masako barked out and not but a mere couple of seconds after she shouted this, several armed warrior’s loyal to Masako burst into the room with their guns ready.

Tina leapt to her left and turned herself into a ball in midair as she smashed through the office window, making sure she covered her head with hands. Once she was through she got back to her feet, she flicked her Geisha sandals off of her feet towards a couple of Ninja warriors that had appeared which knocked them both in the face, before they could recover Tina performed a sideways roll over one of their backs and hurried down the stairs, once she was at the bottom she ran towards the exit through the warehouse, another warrior appeared right in front of her but Tina grabbed her gun with one hand and with her other hand she ripped off the Geisha wig and shoved it over the warrior’s head temporarily blinding her and she tried to remove it. Tina was now inches away from the exit but just as she managed to swing the door open another one of Masako’s warrior’s grabbed her sash and attempted to pull her back inside, Tina spun around the sash would come lose and come off, then while she was spinning she gave the warrior a hard elbow to the side of her head which sent the warrior tumbling to the floor, with this Tina ran down into the park, although she was only now wearing her Geisha socks and robes without the sash and trying to make sure the robes stayed round her less she expose her half naked body to the world. While trying to maintain her dignity and flee her pursuers, Tina ran into Matsuyama city, keeping to alleyways and back streets, although this proved to be more difficult that what she’d cared to admit as Masako’s followers were hot on her trail, Tina wondered how she was going to escape them, when she spotted a concert with a label saying that various pop idol groups will be performing tonight in a tournament. Tina figured that this would be as good a place to hide as anywhere else, so she slipped in through a side entrance.

Tina snuck in a crept her way past various backstage crew members and found a toilet area, she popped inside and turned on the taps before she washed all of the Geisha make up off of her face. With that taken care of, now she needed to find away to disguise herself should her attackers still be looking for her. Tina left the toilets but she had to dive behind a load of boxes which hidden behind some thick stage curtains quickly when she heard a door opening up. Tina watched as a group of twenty females appeared walking out together as a group. They were all wearing the same outfits which consisted of a white shirt sleeve button shirt, peanut brown sleeveless jacket, knee high white socks, blue and red plaid miniskirts, with a blue and red plaid patterned tie to go with it this is all rounded off with the black loafers they wear on their feet. Little did Tina know they were the famous Japanese idol pop group by the name of “AKB48”. Tina also didn’t know that this group was making their way on stage and Tina had just got in her head that she was going to acquire one of their outfits thinking they were just a group of committed fans.

Thankfully for Tina one of the females was just angled at the back of group of where if Tina grabbed her at the right moment then the others wouldn’t notice, Tina removed what was left of her Geisha robe and wrapped it around like a rag so she could grab her unwilling clothes donor. The member she was about to grab was a 19 year old female with long black hair which had been tied back into two ponytails, one on each side of her head, like a pair of handlebars, unbeknown to Tina her name was “Nagako”.

Tina waited until the very last second when the group went past her, then using the wrapped up Geisha robe, she wrapped it around Nagako’s face completely blinding her and gagging her in the process, Tina quickly pulled her behind the curtain and the boxes with her muffled and confused gagging moans going unnoticed by her other group members, once she was safely in the dark alongside Tina, she gave Nagako a quick fist the temple of her head and she was out like a light. Tina quickly checked her pulse and thankfully Nagako was just heavily unconscious. Tina laid Nagako down and took the robe off of her face. She then slipped of her loafers, pulled of her plaid skirt with little trouble, ripped the socks of her, unfastened and removed her tie, she then slipped of Nagako’s sleeveless jacket and unbuttoned and pulled open her shirt before removing it from Nagako’s body, Nagako now lay there in a set of dark pink floral patterned cotton bra and panties, of course let her keep her ponytails too. Once Tina got changed into Nagako’s outfit she used some binders she located in one of the boxes and used it to tie up Nagako before using some tissues as a makeshift gag and stuffed them into Nagako’s mouth. Tina then unfolded and used her discarded Geisha robe as a cover to hide Nagako’s body and to fool anyone that may be walking pass into thinking it’s just an old sheet that had been left there alongside everything else, with her change of clothes complete and the real Nagako hidden out the way in her undies, Tina stepped out and adjusted her tie and shirt before trying to leave when she heard a call from behind her.

“Sā, korekara sutēji ni agarimasu.” (There you are, come on we’re about to go on stage) One of the other members were calling out to her. But before Tina could answer her, a microphone was shoved into her hand and she felt herself being pulled along to join the others, Tina has no idea what she’s got herself into.

It wasn’t long before Tina found herself amongst the other members of AKB48 and standing in position, just as Tina thinking of a way for her to slip away an announcement was heard when suddenly massive spotlights shone down, the curtains flew open and infront of them were thousands upon thousands of roaring fans. Tina felt her heart sink into her stomach, she had absolutely no idea what to do. The other members all started to perform their pre-rehearsed dance routine and started to ding their song. Tina tried her best to copy them, but with her not knowing the actual lyrics it was difficult to her guess what dance move would come next, thankfully she didn’t actually say a word into the mic, instead she just mouthed things as with so many singing, no one would notice if one wasn’t. Suddenly the group split into pairs and started singing to each other face to face and took it turns to do different moves, Tina could feel the sweat of fear dripping down her head as she could feels the crowd realizing that she had no idea what she was doing, they weren’t the only one’s either as one of the members spun around her and whispered in her ear.

“Nanishiteruno? Watashitachi wa kore o sū-shūkan renshū shite kimashita, gēmu ni atama o totte kudasai, samonakereba kono kontesuto ni makemasu.” She angrily whispered in Tina’s ear.

Tina had absolutely no idea what to say so she just said “Mōshiwake arimasen.” (I’m sorry) Over and over again as that was about the only Japanese she knew.

Even though the dance and song routine last for about five or six minutes, every single second felt like an eternity for Tina, once it was done all the women got back in formation and bowed, as Tina bowed she felt the sweat fly off her head and onto the floor. She’d never been so relieved in her life. Tina made sure she was the first one on stage and partly out of sheer embarrassment and because her time had just been wasted she hurried away before the other members went looking for her.

“I got way more than I bargained for this outfit didn’t I.” Tina said to herself while looking at her AKB48 outfit. “So if it wasn’t bad enough I have a faction of modern ninja warrior’s after me, now I’ve got a sour pop group after me because I believe I;ve just ruined their chances at taking home first place, aahh geez.” Tina carried on talking to herself.

Tina was right as well, the other members were looking for her, they wanted to have a few words with her, Tina didn’t stick around though and left the concert, when she found herself outside she came face to face with a bunch of cosplayers, all showing off their outfits from different anime’s, manga’s and video games. They were all standing around for tourists and fans alike to take photos of them, Tina wondered about it all when she noticed something, one of the cosplayers was a 24 year old woman, with a body type exactly the same as Tina’s, she was wearing a skin tight leather cat suit with various small blue light / devices attached to her suit and she was holding a futuristic katana blade, she had long black hair which went all the way down the lower half of her back, she was dressed as the character Reika Shimohira from the popular series called Gantz. The women modelling this cosplaying costume was named “Sachiko”.

“Hey that’s kind of like my suit, well there’s nothing like getting back to basics is there.” Tina thought to herself, she’d never changed her clothes so many times in one mission, but she wanted her outfit.

As Tina made her way to Sachiko she swiped a phone from a person’s back pocket although judging by the way is hanging out, it was just begging to be stolen. With that Tina approached Sachiko and pretended to be a hyped up fan girl, she pointed at the phone several times and mimicked the selfies sign, Sachiko nodded and Tina pretended to take a selfies, though afterwards she pretended like the sun was in the way of the screen before she rubbed her chin pretending to be in thought. A moment later she pointed to a shadowy area behind a couple of dumpsters and smiled before pointing at the phone again. Sachiko looked in slight confusion before giving Tina an awkward nod, with that Tina grabbed Sachiko by her arm and hurried her over behind the dumpsters. Once they were out of everyone’s sight, Tina pretended to get the phone ready, then as soon as Sachiko smiled at the camera, Tina gave a swift nerve pinch to the side of her neck and Sachiko fell unconscious. Luckily Tina managed to grab Sachiko in her arms before she fell face first on the floor, Tina brushed the hair out of Sachiko’s face to make sure she was out cold, with that done Tina gently put Sachiko onto the floor.

There was a massive zip just at the top of Sachiko’s costume, Tina unzipped Sachiko’s costume and the zipper went all the way down to Sachiko’s clit, once she had full unzipped her, she pulled the tight suit off her Sachiko’s chest revealing that she was not wearing a bra underneath and letting her bare breasts pop out. With it being a tight leather cat suit Tina had to pull and tug a few times but she managed to pull the leather cat suit off of Sachiko’s freshly shaven legs, which also revealed that she was wearing a skimpy pair of black leather panties underneath. Once Sachiko was reduced to nothing but her panties, Tina realised much to her surprise that Sachiko’s sword was extremely sharp, so as she stripped out of her clothing and put on Sachiko’s costumes, using the sword she cut up the AKB48 outfit into strips of rope and a gag which she promptly used to bound and gag Sachiko, With Sachiko safely tucked away Tina stepped out from behind the dumpsters in her newly acquired cat suit, Tina looked down and smiled at the costume, it even felt like one of her own cat suits, with that Tina hurried back to Yuma’s compound.

Once Tina had made her way back she spotted CI-1262 waiting nearby doing back stretches with her rifle and funnily enough still wearing her uniform that she was forced to steal from the scout earlier on. “You.........why’d you do it, I had everything under control, I was finally about to bring them together and you go and ruin it!” Tina yelled.

“I was doing what was necessary, you were in their for far too long waiting for your perfect disguise, meanwhile Masako’s forced were getting ready to turn the streets red, I had to make the most logically choice in all this.” CI-1262 justified.
“Well thanks to your little show back there, Masako’s forces are on their way here!” Tina shouted angrily.

“Actually there here now, I saw Masako arrive a while ago, all geared up and everything, but it seems as if the sisters are just going to go at it one on one and the last one standing gets it all, so you know problem solved are work here is done.” CI-1262 said while stretching.

“I don’t believe I’m here this, NO, no we are not done, none of them are dying and no one, I repeat NO ONE is getting killed here, just sit there, stay out of my way, I’ll go clear this mess up.” Tina said while storming off.
“See that’s you all over isn’t it, you can’t just let things be can you, you always think you can make a difference when sometimes, there just isn’t an option to save everyone, but go ahead, please yourself and hey, don’t make it worse I’d hate to have to..........Severe lose ends again.” CI-1262 very cockily responded.

Tina’s heart sank a little, she knew what that meant as she remembered that was the last thing CI-1262 would say before she’d pull the trigger, Tina had to stop this before it came to that. Tina managed to enter the compound without any issues as everyone was inside, once she had made her way deeper inside again, she moved up to a higher position to get a layout of the situation and she couldn’t believe her eyes when she looked down. Both Masako’s and Yuma’s forces had formed a circle with one faction forming one half of the circle and the other’s faction forming the other half of the circle and in the middle was Yuma and Masako all dressed in their traditional warrior of choice armour (as explained earlier on) and were viciously going at each other with their weapons.

The sisters danced in between each other’s blades, dodging and diving, while trying to strike each other, and because one was wearing black and the other white, then from a bird’s eye view they looked like the ying and yang symbol, especially with the positing of each other’s forces, Tina thought it might actually look quite nice if they weren’t trying to kill each other. Both sisters were heavily exhausted, they were covered in cuts and bruises from their fight, Tina watched as their blades clashed together and sparks flew, it was hard to tell what emotions they were showing as their masks concealed all. Tina saw them both take a step back and get ready to strike again, when Tina had another one of her very, VERY stupid ideas. As the sisters stood back to grab their breath for a second, Tina grabbed a loose fitting piece of rope from where she was perched and waited until both the sisters charged one another again before she jumped. When the sister did indeed charge at one another again, Tina swung around at break neck speed, she hit the floor with her legs and skidded along the floor, and while this was happening she bit her teeth together and closed her eyes. Tina felt herself skid to a halt and heard the screaming of both sisters suddenly come to a stop......Tina opened her eyes and wanted to faint.

She had skidded right in-between the sisters as they were swinging their blades, Yuma’s Naginata blade was touching the back of Tina’s neck and Masako’s Masakari Axe was touching the front portion of neck.......They had stopped literally centimetres away from piercing Tina’s skin. Both sisters stood there motionless unable to move, probably trying to compromise with what they had just saw. Tina body was trembling with fear as she saw sweat drip off of her head and onto the weapons blades, she had very nearly gotten herself killed, all on the basis of her simply hoping that they would stop when they saw her. Tina very slowly found her words.

“P-p-p-please, lower your w-w-weapons girls, because.......I’m about to faint and I don’t know if I’m going to fall backwards or forwards and I really don’t want your blades this close to my neck anymore.” Tina said feeling faint. Both sisters quickly snapped back into reality and pulled their weapons away. With that Tina just fell flat on her face. About ten seconds later the sisters rolled Tina on her back.

“I-I am never.....ever....doing that.....again.”Tina said after realizing how lucky she just was. Yuma grabbed Tina’s left hand and Masako grabbed Tina’s right hand and together they sat her up, but they didn’t stand her up as Tina’s legs were still feeling like a bowl of jelly.

“Why did you do that?” Asked Yuma, now taking off her mask.

“Look, just listen to me will you, I’m genuinely sorry Masako, I didn’t mean for that happen back at your compound, it’s just I work for some really, REALLY..........Interesting people and the one that nearly shot you was my partner, she came along to put you two down should you fail to cooperate, but I couldn’t let her do that, you two are supposed to run this place together, how would your mother and father feel right now if they saw the only things that mattered to them trying to rip each other’s throats out, all because of a silly misunderstanding.” Tina said while catching her breath.

“What misunderstanding, is this another one of your lousy outsider tricks.” Masako asked demandingly while taking her mask off too.

“Please, tell her Yuma, now is as good a time as any.” Tina pleaded. But then Yuma spun around and was sick all over the floor.

“DID YOU POISON HER, YOU DISHONORABLE OUTSIDER!” Masako snapped.

“No........It’s morning sickness, this has also probably been bought on with all the stress and excitement.” As soon as Tina said this Masako’s face dropped.
“Did you say morning sickness? But that would mean she’s.........”

“Expecting, yes.” Yuma said after wiping her mouth.

“Kore wa watashi ga anata ni mitsukete hoshikatta hōhōde wa arimasenga, kinishinaide kudasai, shimai no saiai no hito, anata ga watashitachi o gokai shimashita, kare no shi no beddo de, haha to chichi wa mago ga watashitachi no kazoku o atarashī jidai ni kagayaka seru tsugi no shin no hikaridearu koto ni tsuite hanashite imashita, watashide wa naku, karera wa anatatowatashi ga jibun de kore o jikkōdekiru ijō no nōryoku o motte iru koto o shitte imasu. Kuwaete, watashi no kodomo wa sudeni sofubo no pea dake de seichō suruhitsuyōgārudeshou, watashi wa hontōni karera ni oba ga iru koto o minogashitakunai nodesu.” (This isn't exactly how I wanted you to find out but nevermind, sister dearest, you misheard us, on his death bed, mother and father were talking about the grandchild being the next one true light to shine our family into the new era, not me, they know that you and I are more than capable to running this by ourselves, they were also just pleased to know after our time is done, then the next generation will be prepared. Plus my child will already have to grow up with only pair of grandparents, I really don't want them to miss out on having an auntie too.) Yuma explained the situation to Masako.

After hearing this Masako dropped her axe and went to Yuma’s side.

“Anata wa jōdande wanai, kore wa hontōni okotte iru, watashi no kotoba, watashi wa totemo orokada, watashi wa totemo orokada to kanjite imasu?” (You're not joking are you, this is really happening, my word, I feel so foolish, I feel so, well just so stupid, sister please will you ever forgive me?). Masako asked while tearing up. But Yuma just smiled in response.

“Mochiron watashi wa Masako mo dekimasushi, jibun de kono basho o un'ei suru koto mo dekimasen. Sonotoki ga kuru to, shussan kyūka ni iku toki ni dareka ni kono basho o mimamotte morau hitsuyō ga arimasu.” (Of course I can Masako and besides, I can't run this place by myself and when the time comes, I'm going to need someone to watch over this place when I go on maternity leave aren't I) Yuma happily responded.

With this, both the sisters smiled and linked each others foreheads together as a sign of being a family once more, Tina sat back and smiled, she didn’t know what they talking about but she knew that everything was going to be okay.

“Kuroi karasu to shiroi hato wa mō imasen. Kuro to shiro o kumiawaseru to haiiro ni narimasu. Korekara wa, haiiro no fukurō ni namae o henkō shimasu.”( The black crows and the white doves are no more, when you combine black and white you get the colour grey, so from here on out, we shall be rebranded as the grey owls.) Masako proclaimed. This followed by a thunderous roar and applauding by both factions, finally uniting again under one name and one banner.
“Tina wait, how can we ever repay you?” Yuma asked after seeing Tina get back to her feet.

“You don’t need to, just live your lives and be happy because I don’t get along with my sisters, we fight, we argue na dit’s always over the most petty and silly little things, it’s been this way for years and I don’t know any different, so I really did not want to see you two go down the same path because trust me, it’s awful.” Tina said begrudgingly.

“So your’s name’s Tina huh, well thank you Tina, for everything and if you ever need anything, come and find us and we’ll help you out as best we can.” Masako said while offering her hand as thanks.

“Don’t mention it.” Tina replied while shaking Masako’s hand, with that Yuma instead gave Tina a hug and the rest of the Ninja’s all nodded in approval of Tina before standing aside to let Tina leave.

Once Tina got outside she felt like she’d really made a difference, okay fair enough it took a lot longer than what she thought it would have, but it was all worth it in the end.

“Well the sisters are reunited and happy once again, which means NOW our mission is complete, hey, tell me, how become you and I can’t be friendly with each other?” Tina asked CI-1262 as she approached her.

“Because I’m not a gutless non killing coward like you!” CI-1262 harshly responded.

“Yeah that might have something to do with huh.” Tina replied while giving a half smile and a wink towards CI-1262, showing her that childish insults wasn’t going to annoy her.

“Uuurrgghhh, pathetic little defect.” CI-1262 said under her breath before she radioed in the pilot for an exfil. The mission was finished and despite everything that happened, it was a success and one that Tina herself will be proud of.

END OF CHAPTER NINE



P.S - I had to post this chapter in two parts due to it's size so please start from the very top and above else, I hope everyone enjoys.

[esercito sconfitto]

great scene with Itsumi and Fuyumi and their schoolgirls stolen uniforms... looks like you are a fan of AIKa ZERO!

[tirepanted3]

A very long but very good chapter. If I counted correctly, it looks like Tina steals a total of nine uniforms on this mission (including the one for CI-1262) - seems like her record thus far.

I enjoy the rapport between Tina and CI-1262, helped by their differing moral codes. And I like how resourceful Tina is - tricking Nanami into following her by revealing her non-Japanese appearance, using a stolen phone and "selfie" pic to lure Sachiko into a private area. She's quite good at thinking on her feet.

I especially loved the scene with Kyoko - one of the highlights of the series thus far. Their little conversation is a lot of fun; too bad most of the other girls Tina strips don't speak her language.

This chapter also flows quite well - the paragraph breaks give the dialogue plenty of room to breathe. All in all, another entertaining read.

[Trackman281]

Many thanks, I'm glad you're all liking this chapter.

Esercito - Thank you, I always try and include one memorable scene for everyone and yes to answer to your question, I do like the good old Aika series and I'm quite fond of Najica as well.

Tirepanted3 - I did pre-warn that this one was a little longer than usual, I just can't help myself I get lost in the the world when I start typing and before I know it, I've written an essay haha.

Yes, I doubt Tina and CI-1262 will ever see eye to eye, so it is nice to see each other's reactions to certain things, because yes we both know that Tina will go in with knockout tactics while CI-1262 just wants to shoot everything with a pulse, but it's just good to see each other reacting to it.

Tina is a resourceful individual and even she knows that at times, if she needs a disguise she may have to improvise a bit for it instead of just sneaking up behind her victims all the time. So I'm happy I was able to mix things up a bit for you.

Thank you, naturally I took your advice and tips on board when I was writing this chapter and I was quite pleased with how it turned out. Tina did steal more outfits than usual in this chapter that's for sure, but she was in Japan after all and with Tina being in such a country filled with opportunities and various uniforms, well who I was say no and stop her from having her fun.

[rufusluciusivan]

As an alternate title, I'd propose: Instant Awesome: Just Add Ninjas! I'm not complaining when a chapter is a two-parter; since it means that it's longer.

This story has a very optimistic feel compared to some of the previous ones, and I like the fact that you juggle with different tones. It also allowed us to gain an overview of a lot of different Japanese types of clothes, and I'm all for it. As always, the descriptions were solid, with a great variety of methods used to knock out the victims. I agree when you say that, for her first (and perhaps only) incursion in Japan, Tina just had to grab every types of clothes that she could. I'm curious to see how Tina's relationship with CI-1262 will evolve. I assume that you're again setting things in motion to prepare for the latest parts...

I'll finish with a boring thing. Usually, I try to not bother people with that (especially since they don't prevent from understanding the story), but I noticed a few typos and/or missing words.

I don’t agree with this and I really don’t but I don’t any unnecessary bloodshed

-> I assume there's a 'want' missing

Kyoko was wearing a white cotton thing

-> For a few seconds, I imagined that she was wearing something so ludicrous that Tina couldn't even describe it... Then I realized that it was a thong.

There are a few others in the story, and in the previous ones as well. (Sorry to bother you with that. Personally, they're my nightmare when I have to type on the computer, and I'm sure that I still leave plenty behind me...)

[Trackman281]

Rufusluciusvan - Hahaha, Ninjas do solve everything.

Thank you very much and yeah I thought I'd give this one a more happier atmosphere, plus I also wanted to show that not all of Tina's adversary's will have a vengeful ending as both Yuma and Masako now consider Tina to be both a friend and an ally.

I love some of the styles that Japanese women wear, so I had to include some of them, but I'm saving some for a later date, the sisters will ask Tina for help again at some point in the future, you just know it will happen.

Well Tina's and CI-1262's relationship I feel is more hostile than when Tina was bonking heads against Marie, Because while yes Marie and Tina would actually engage in physical conflict, Marie would then just throw a strop and walk away, while it seems and feels that CI-1262's hatred runs a little deeper, but she just seems to be able to hide it very well. Or maybe she's just........waiting......for something.......

I'm gearing things in motion for the next few chapters yes and I'm afraid that's all I can give away for now, less I reveal spoiler's that I want to keep close to my chest for now.

Oh god this is embarrassing, I'm sorry about those I really am, I'll hop onto the edit button and get those fixed now, never be sorry either, it just means I just need to read through my chapter's a little bit more thoroughly before posting. I hope it doesn't ruin the experience for you in anyway and I'll be more on top of them in upcoming chapters.

[rufusluciusivan]

I reassure you, these few typos don't ruin the experience at all (as I said, they don't prevent to understand the meaning of the sentences).

[Trackman281]

Just wanted to make sure haha.