So here you go, after a long wait I present you the forth arc to Rappapa!!!! Lost and Find (or I'll call it that for now). The original of this work at least for the first 2 chapter was beta by HashirePomeranian but then I went and made a bunch of changes when I picked up the story again sooooooooo beware of my many many many mistakes
I know I should probably have this beta'd before I post but it's in the middle of the night and no one is awake to look it over....... so I post anyways hahahahahhaha. I'll fix it later if I see any problems.
Shinoki: Thank you and I hope this upcoming arc won't disappoint anyone. I can say this arc should end up a bit longer then the previous 3. I just hope it survives till the end. Still getting use to having the words flow like it use to
RAPPAPA: Lost and Find - 1“Congratulation Takamina,”
“Thanks captain Nogami, I'm sure the girl’s will be happy to know they have finally pass probation and officially a part of the force.” Takamina spoke with a content smile.
“Just Nogami is fine, you are not longer on probation captain. You are officially promoted when your girls solved the case, captain Takahashi.” Captain Nogami look proudly at the shorter girl, from back in the days when he use to mentor the girl till now. He watched her mature and now as a captain of her own team, proud is like an understatement.
“Your team is definitely a hidden gem,” Nogami said as they walked towards their respective department which happen to be next to each other. While Takamina leads team A or now known as team Rappapa, the more experienced captain Nogami leads team B and together they’ve solved many difficult cases earning praises and a few evil eye from the old farts in the other department and divisions.
“I heard they assigned you the supernote case, good luck Taka. I looked at the samples during the meeting those are some very high quality counterfeit bills,” Nogami said with a pat to Takamina’s head, “but don’t let the old farts push you around, just ignore them. They are just jelly that you are the rising star and are doing better than them in many ways.”
“I know but sometimes it’s just hard to ignore them when they are so obvious, and trying to mess with the girls. You know how they are.”
“Don’t worry about it, Team B will be your backup, it’s time to finish what your team started.” with that the two captains waved each other off as they turned to meet up with their team.
As Captain Nogami stroll through the hall towards his team he heard sounds of celebration coming from the other side, but what caught him off guard was what came after. He was sure he heard someone ask “Will there be lots of blood?” causing a sudden onset of silence.
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In the late evening of a typical hot summer day, the sun slowly prepares himself to sign out after a long and intense shift. A tinge of orange and pink glow gently reminds all that are still outside that the night will fall shortly.
The once busy streets now left with only a few individuals leisurely walking down the roads to settle the satisfying dinner they packed into their stomachs. It’s getting late but still too early for the night crawlers to come out from hibernation. This peaceful atmosphere was then rudely interrupted by a group of girls trudging down the sidewalk.
“Ah, why do we have to get so much stuff. I can’t feel my hands anymore,”
“You aren’t even holding that much,” a second voice cut in to break the first from her continuous whining since they exited the grocery store.
“We are almost there,” the third person spoke trailing from behind them holding what seems to be double the amount of grocery to her companions.
The three of them can be seen wearing a green school gym uniform loosely over their customized shirts that read ‘Hormone’. They continue to lightly bicker with each other while slowly making their way down the nearly deserted streets. Of course with their concentration away from the road, they almost missed the sound of a speeding vehicle whipping past them. The sight of a white van flashing across their visions, the smell of burnt rubber and the screeching sound from the tires on asphalt attacked their senses.
“Hey! Watch OUT!”
“Yeah!” the other two shouted in complement to their leader thinking the words were directed to the reckless driver. Before they had a chance to even follow up with their comment they heard bags dropped to the ground.
“Sasshi! Where are you going?” Kitahara Rie yelled to their leader, when she notice the said person already missing from beside her.
“Rie, look!” Takajo Aki said while tapping the confused girl beside her.
Following in the direction Akicha is pointing at, they found their missing leader running ahead towards the now abandon van. What caught their attention is the group of men that surrounded a scared teenage girl. The girl wore a standard school uniform, looks about their age and appears to be in shock seeing how she is now surrounded by a group of shabby looking mens.
“Shit!” in the confusion it was lost as to who spoke the single word but the two remaining member of team hormone quickly dropped their bags to a side and ran to help their suddenly heroic leader.
As they ran they watched the girl slowly back away from the group of hoodlums but she didn’t get far before tripping to the ground, her arms up struggling to get out of reach from the strangers that appears to have jumped out of that white van.
“HEY! What do you think you are doing!” Sasshi shouted at the group as she finally made it to to the fallen girl after pushing away a couple bodies to stand in between as a barrier.
“Oh look, we got ourselves a couple other LG’s that want to play.” one of the guys spoke with hoarse voice followed by the sound of a dry hacking cough, most likely the result of chain smoking everyday.
“Just grab the girl and make it quick, boss don’t like to wait,” the head of the pack said with a boring tone, hands still in his pocket and not very interested or concern about the attention they are receiving from other pedestrians. He nod his head in the direction of the girl to cued the rest to make a move as he lit himself a cigarette to satisfy his nicotine cravings.
“Fine, fine,”
The gangster bunch started to advance on the girls while Sasshi, Rie and Aki prepared themselves to redeem their reputation as ‘Team Hormone’. They might not have been the best team back in Maji days but it doesn’t mean they are just a push. Regardless of team Hormone’s reputation, tonight these men will regret underestimating their abilities and looking down on females. Of course being team hormone they know when there is an opening they should always take advantage, especially when they are at such disadvantage in terms of power when facing a group of testosterones. So kicking below the belt became the favoured strategy and by force they each took downed a guy directly front of them leaving three figure standing.
“Bitch!” one of them was quick enough to grab a hold of Sasshi by the collar of her uniform but Sashihara isn’t named team leader because she won a round of janken. Her quick mind allow her to draw up a scheme to trick the brainless.
“Look the police is here!” she pointed to the left.
They watched the guys fall for the kiddy trick and turned to direction pointed. Without missing a beat Aki and Rie used all their strength delivered a fist to the face followed by a knee to the stomach and a kick to the next generation. Sasshi on the other hand played it more skillfully and used the guy’s weight against him to delivered a perfect judo throw causing the guy to fly straight into the bushes making a facial impact to the ground.
“Guys get in the car, we are leaving!” a voice shouted from inside the van, the designated driver notice the attention they are receiving from the pedestrians and curious individuals who are currently looking out the windows of the surrounding buildings.
Sasshi waited for them to crawl one by one back to where they came from and disappear from her sight before turning around to check on the fallen girl. In the meantime, Rie and Aki went back to grab their groceries bags looking through them to check for damage. Lucky for them Sashihara wasn’t holding onto anything that's fragile, only vegetables that survived their fall with maybe a couple bruises.
“Are you okay? My name is Sashihara Rino, you can call me Sasshi,” the leader of team Hormone introduced herself after slowly lowering the hands used to guard their frighten owner.
“It’s okay the mens are gone, they can’t hurt you, you are safe now,” Sasshi spoke softly in a tone that surprised the other members of Hormone.
“Yokoyama Yui,” the girl finally spoke her name in a shaky voice as she looked left and right checking for any hostile bodies then towards her three savior.
“Yokoyama-san, are you hurt? Can you stand?”
When Yui tried to stand up the instant pain that shot through her ankle caused her fall forward. Sashihara immediately caught the girl and with help from Rie they lowered Yui to the ground where they can inspecting for injuries. Sasshi found a swollen ankle to the size of a baseball, blotched with an angry color of redness and heated to touch. Using many years of injury experiences Sasshi quickly diagnosed it as a sprain ankle for the reason that nothing seems to be out of place.
“It’s a sprain, nothing appears broken but we should get it wrapped and iced it to get the swelling down,” Rie said from beside Sasshi as she watch her leader inspect the ankle with care.
“Our place is only a couple blocks from here, we should go there first,” Aki said while she tried to juggle the extra bags she now has to carry.
“Here climb on, I’ll carry you there. I don’t think it is wise to try walking on that,”
“Thank you,” Yui said to her kind hearted rescuer, unconsciously she tightened her hold around Sasshi when she thought about what could’ve happen if they weren’t there. Thinking back Yui can’t remember when was the last time she got a piggy back ride from anyone, not even from her father.
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“What took you so long!”
It was the first thing Sasshi heard after she entered their restaurant ‘Maji-Mone’, and not surprised it was from their one and only silent yet surprising member, Komori or better known as Mukuchi.
“What happen?” Moeno asked coming out from the kitchen when she notice the extra person on their leader is back.
“Long story but can you get us some ice and bandage?” Sasshi asked giving out one of those rare order to her members.
Wasting no time Komorin and Moeno came back with both the ice packs and bandages. Normally first aid is left to Rie and Komorin but before either of them can even offer their specialty Sashihara took the supplies and got right to treating the angry ankle.
Seeing how they are of no use at this point the two retreated to the kitchen to help Moeno and Aki put away their grocery supplies.
*back outside*
“Here you go, make sure to keep it up,” Sasshi said admiring her handy work after placing Yui’s ankle on a vacant chair to keep it elevated with ice pack on either side.
“Thank you for helping me, I think I should get going home,” Yui said trying to get up only to be gently pushed back onto the chair.
“It’s getting late, and you are injured. You can stay the night and we take you home tomorrow morning,” Sasshi offered, half hoping the girl will accept and half confused with her own actions up to this point.
“Thank you,” Yui said again with a slight bow from her sitting position.
“I’ll have one of the other girl’s help you to one of the rooms,”
Topic: RAPPAPA: Lost and Find - 3.1 ~ Aug 4 (Read 112022 times)