Replies:X_Last-Cross_X: Lol no one would date hurt Minami if you were around
& yeah, Atsumina is universally awesome
Chichay12: I’m glad you feel that way, thanks
cisda83: Tough situation for Minami but it’s understandable the rebels would doubt her sadly! Thankfully Sasshi and Yui are being nice with her though
Glad your looking forward to finding out everything, all shall be revealed in due time ^^
sakura_drop_: I’m really glad you like Yuko
I’m worried ppl may not like rebel Yuko but she’s not a bad person! Lol well don’t want to give any spoilers Minami will get to do many interesting things in the alternate world
As for Jane, yeah, compared to Minami she has it easier...but she’d probably take fighting any day over being an idol since she aint used to that
d_ruffi: Thank you! And glad your loving Takamina more *__*
bunny_rabbit: I’d have the same reaction as Minami to the futuristic vending machine ^_^”
And LMAO! It’s very possible that Sasshi would be her own biggest fan!
And Yuko has her reasons, as do most other members, you’ll find out when the time comes
Archer1992: lol thanks. I’m honoured my fic was worthy of the ‘big word’
Here is my ‘soon’ update
correnereyes: Thanks, glad your liking the fic
And lol ya, I guess in a way it’s like AKB0048 in the sense that in one world we have a badass AKB that fights in a somewhat futuristic setting
sorry to report their will be no singing when they fight enemies though or piloting awesome robots (they’re not that advanced yet
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kenjoy12: haha thank you for being so engaged in the fic
Fighting Yuko is something she should def avoid for now
& yup, hopefully Jane will do her best to fix things!
Dieyg48: Thankfully a few people are being a bit nice with her, it’d suck if they all wanted to kill her! & lol glad Sasshi is likeable, because she’s somehow ending up in my chapters a lot so you’ll see more of her
RJay: Yup, in the alternate world Atsuko and Minami(jane) used to be a couple! And Minami and Atsuko in the original world aren’t since Minami is still in AKB...
But yeah, poor her, everyone probably thinks she’s crazy but since it’s her first time in the rebel camp she’ll of course find out many new things
FlameHazeKatsu: Lol, feel free to ignore the past tense like the rest of the members
& No worries, there shall be more Atsumina!
Shinoki: Yui and Sasshi are pretty awesome <3 & lol, ya picturing Minami with the high tech machine is very easy and comical
Haruko: Glad you think so
And yeah, Minami is tough!
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Chapter 5 – Training!
(Original World)
I awoke and was greeted by the sun’s rays piercing through the curtains. It took me a moment to realize that I was in my...Takahashi Minami’s room. After discussing things with the members yesterday, Minegishi escorted me back to this apartment and said I could stay the night here. Since there was no AKB job for me to pretend doing, I’d be free for the day to try and figure things out.
However, regarding yesterdays question that Shinoda posed, things did not go well as she grew frustrated with me yet again after I refused to answer her question.
Flashback “Then the question remains...If the members are as kind hearted as you say, what is it that prompts them to want to kill you. What did you do?” Shinoda asked.
Everyone eagerly waited for an answer. I closed my eyes, picturing the answer in my head, but when I re-opened them, I said, “I’m sorry. I don’t believe that is necessary for you to know at the moment”
“What!” Shinoda said, slightly raising her voice.
“I understand your concern for Takamina, and I agreed to cooperate and answer the questions that would tell you of the circumstance she may face back in my world. However, the question you just asked poses no relevance to the matter. It is merely a question of curiosity, and I choose not to answer it. All you need to know is that a mistake was made, and I am doing everything in my power in order to fix that mistake. I know I’m asking much, but please trust me. Perhaps another time I will tell you everything.
End of flashback. No member further pressed me on the matter after that, and then I came here. I crashed yesterday as soon as I arrived so I never noticed the details in Takamina’s room. We are indeed the same person, but some of our tastes do vary. Her room is very pink and stylish, something I could not imagine myself living in...Then again, perhaps if the AKB from my world grew up in a place like this, this is how we’d all would have turned out. Except we didn’t, we grew up in a world of battle.
I smiled as I noticed Takamina’s ‘treasure’ section, which seemed to be filled with gifts from members. “You’re definitely loved leader. I hope the members back home are treating you okay” I walked over to her desk and sat down, figuring I should get to work. I clicked a button on my watch and a few holographic displays appeared. I clicked on the ‘tools’ menu and selected a few things I’d need. After the items I needed materialized, I took off the watch and placed it on the desk. “Alright, time to get to work.”
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(Alternate world) I stood there, eyes and mouth wide open at the site before me. The rebel groups training quarters were huge, and split up into many different sections. On one side they had a shooting range; on another they had swords and other weapons. On the far end was an obstacle course, and opposite that was a place with all sorts of gadgets and machinery. In the middle of the room seemed to be the sparring area, where members were fighting with one another.
“Pretty cool huh!” Sasshi elbowed me as she smirked. “I myself prefer the tech area. That's where we get to take apart whatever we want and build a couple things, and also learn how a few gadgets work. The watch you lost is actually something we modified in order to allow it to store more objects. My latest work includes trying to get the items to materialize and to be stored faster into the watch.” She explained, eyes practically sparkling.
“Wow, so you’re actually like a genius here or something” I said in a disbelieving but impressed tone.
Yui laughed, “don’t let her fool you, she’s only good with those sorts of things. She still an idiot when it comes to most stuff”
Sasshi pouted. “Boo you! We all have our strong points and weaknesses.” She turned to me and her goofy smile returned, “so Takamina, what do you want to try first?”
“Huh” I said surprised.
“It’d be interesting to see if your mind and instincts can unconsciously remember all this. Usually when someone has memory problems, their body tends to remember most things still” Yui spoke.
“And I keep telling you I don’t have repressed or altered memories. There’s no way I can do any of this stuff” I complained as Sasshi started to push me forward.
“Come on, it’ll be fun!” she encouraged.
“Hey Takahashi, why don’t you try sparring with me” I turned around to see an unfamiliar face standing in the middle of the sparring mats.
I looked to Yui and Sasshi. “Who is that? She’s not a member is she?” Sure there were many members in AKB, but I did recognize a majority of them. The young girl at the center who called me however, was not familiar.
“No. She’s not part of AKB. We mentioned before we protect and aid the civilians. And a trusted few of them aid us back in return by either fighting with us when they can or mostly providing outside information. She’s Sekai, pretty hot headed but a good kid."
“Come on Takahashi, a quick spar.” She challenged with a smirk.
“She just wants to beat me doesn’t she” I asked while not breaking eye contact with Sekai.
“Yup. Most civilians are pretty pissed at you too. And it doesn’t help the fact that she always saw you as a rival and is angered because you declined her when she wanted to join AKB” Sasshi said with not much interest.
“Why did I do that?” I asked. Not bothering to refer to a different Minami.
“Don’t worry, you made the right choice, she’s too hot-headed at doesn’t think straight. Her joining the team would be dangerous for her and the group. Besides, she has a family and you instructed her to stay with them.” Yui explained.
“Come on Takamina, just fight her, she won’t give up until you accept” Sae called out with a smile. Yuko just stood by like most people and observed.
“Just give it a shot Takamina, you don’t have to worry about hurting her, she can take care of herself.” Sasshi encouraged.
“I’m more worried about her hurting me” I sighed as Sasshi laughed and Yui smirked.
Everyone around the sparring area encouraged for the fight to take place. Many familiar faces were present, especially the junior members. I recognized Yuko, Sae, Sayaka, Jurina, Rena, Rina, Karen, Juri, Haruna, Yuria, Kumi, Rie, and a couple more. I sighed, seeing no way to get out of this, so I figured I may as well get it over with.
I stepped into the ring and faced the girl.
“Don’t hold back” she warned as she got into a fighting stance.
You won’t have to worry about that... I stood there awkwardly, not really knowing what to do. The only fights I’ve ever been in were the fake ones in Majisuka, but even there I didn’t have much experience.
“And start!” Rina shouted.
The girl sprinted towards me right away and threw a high kick aiming for my head. I ducked the last minute and moved to the other side. Clearly she’s going all out! Sekai charged again and threw another kick with her right leg; I stumbled backwards and raised my right hand to block, which absorbed the impact of the kick. Ouch! Pain masked my face but Sekai instantly dropped her right hand to the floor and lifted her left leg to kick me on the right side of my stomach. I clutched the area she hit and steadily moved back. She quickly approached and dropped both hands to the floor and swept me off my feet by sliding her right leg at a swift motion on the floor. I fell to the ground.
Ah! Can I just stay on the ground? “Takamina look out!” Sasshi warned. I looked up and saw the girl was about to send a downward cut with her heel on my head, so I quickly rolled away and stood up.
“Come on Takamina! Do something!” Sasshi cheered. I sighed and faced the girl again. I decided to charge at her and she was taken aback by my probably reckless action, and I managed to tackle her down to the floor, except I fell with her. Though I’d managed to hold myself up using my two hands so I didn’t fall on her. I looked down and saw she was.
..blushing?...and...pissed off...oh boy. She put her hands on my shoulders and brought her feet to my stomach, and then threw me over her head. I landed on my back again and momentarily lost my breath due to the impact.
“Ouch!” This time I yelled out loud. Before Sekai could charge again, Yui stepped in and held her back.
“Alright, alright fights over. You clearly won” Sekai stopped struggling and then walked angrily out of the room. Sasshi came over and reached out a hand to help me up, which I gratefully took.
“Wow Takamina...you suck” Sasshi said with a smile as I glared at her.
Yui turned back to look at me, “clearly I was wrong about the whole ‘your body remembering how to fight’ thing” she smirked.
“I told you two I don’t fight” I brushed myself off.
“Were you even trying? Because you got your ass handed to your by a rookie. A 15 year old rookie at that.” Yuko accused.
I really didn’t want to get into a fight with Yuko so I calmly answered, “It’s kind of worse to admit that I was trying since I did get my ass kicked...But yes, I was.” I said nonchalantly.
Yuko looked annoyed and was about to step onto the mats, but Sae held her back. “Woah Yuko, hold on! Its evident Takamina isn’t at full strength. You beating her at this state won’t mean or accomplish anything. Just relax”
Yuko reluctantly nodded and then faced me again, “You better get your act together, because I’ll challenge you soon” she declared.
I sighed, “I really was trying you know...” I said tiredly.
“Wow, you really are terrible then” Haruna said straightforwardly with a shocked expression.
“Thanks for clearing that up Nyannyan.”
Everyone, including Yuko raised an eyebrow at what I just said.
“What?” I innocently asked.
“Nyannyan” Haruna asked with a puzzled expression.
“Eh, you don’t have that nickname here?” I asked surprised.
“Woah that’s super cute! Is that like her idol nickname” Sasshi asked excitedly.
“Huh. Oh, something like that I guess. But mostly only the members call her that.”
“Hey Kojima san, it is oaky if I call you Nyannyan too!” Sasshi asked.
“You better not go calling her that” Yuko lightly glared.
“Aw come on, don’t be jealous Yuko san, you can call her that too” Sasshi said then turned back to me, “Hey! Did I have a nickname?”
“Hm. Oh yah, but you probably heard it before, it’s Sasshi”
Sasshi slumped her shoulder, “Boo, I already do have that nickname, I wanted one like nyannyan” I laughed as Sasshi pouted.
The atmosphere seemed to have relaxed a bit with all the members present. “Ah, Takamina san, why don’t you try using the guns. You were always good at those” Karen stepped forward.
“Yah it’ll be fun!” Sasshi said.
I turned and narrowed my eyes at her, “that’s what you said about the sparring” I accused as I put my hand to my stomach where a bruise was most likely forming.
Sasshi held up a hand in apology and smiled, “sorry, sorry, but you have to admit it was entertaining!”
Yah, for you all maybe. “Give it a try Takamina san” Jurina said. Before I could further protest, Sasshi dragged me over to the guns area and many members followed behind out of curiosity. We got to a large enclose area with many guns on display and targets as well. “Here!” Sasshi handed over a big gun. “This is a semi automatic rifle, you were great using these. Actually you were great with all kinds of guns.”
“I seriously don’t know how to use this thing” I said dejectedly as I looked to the weapon in my hands.
“You’ll be fine, this is second nature to you” Sae called out from behind the protective glass where the rest of the members stood.
“Fine...Shouldn’t I be wearing protection or something?” I asked.
Sasshi looked at me like I was crazy, “You’re kidding right?”
I glared, “No I’m not. This is dangerous, don’t people usually wear protection?”
It was Yuko who surprisingly answered me, “Only the beginners wear protection in the training portion, but they’re expected to know the gun inside out and how to effectively use it on its own outside on the field. That was on your rules.”
“I am a beginner” I muttered not bothering to raise my voice. I held the weapon up and rested the base under my armpit.
“Minami, that’s not how to properly hold it” Sae commented with a smirk.
“Huh? Oh right...How do I hold it then?” Just then, we heard members greeting someone who approached. It was Atsuko.
“What are you all doing here?” She asked and the noticed me holding the gun, I gave her a sheepish smile. She sighed and looked over to Sasshi and Yui, “This is how you show her around on her second day?”
The way Atsuko said that made me wonder if she actually believed what I’d said about not being the Takamina they know. If that were the case, then it’d only be her and Sasshi who believed me so far...and maybe Yui.
“Well this is an important part of what we do so we figured we’d show her our training center. You should’ve seen her fight, she’s terrible” Sasshi laughed.
“Okay I suck I get it, glad you’re having fun with that idea” I said with no real malice in my tone. Sasshi just grinned.
Atsuko sighed again and looked to me, “you’re holding that wrong.”
“So I’ve been told”
Atsuko walked up to me and helped me position my hands and the gun properly. The base now rested against my shoulder.
“You have your scope right there so use that when aiming at the target, and don’t forget to unlock it so you can pull the trigger. The lock is here on the right side.” She explained as I thanked her, and then she backed up to where the other members were.
I unlocked the gun and looked through the scope. The target was a cut out of human and there were targets on the head and chest of the figure. I took a breath and got ready to fire.
Yui must have noticed something wrong with my stance because just as I pulled the trigger she called out, “hey! remember to properly plant your feet!”
Too late. The recoil of the gun got me in the shoulder and set me flying back. Before I fell, I felt someone catch me from behind but we both ended up falling.
“Ow, ow, ow” I said as I turned my head and saw Atsuko under me. “Sorry! I yelled as I got off and helped her up”
“It’s fine, it’s my fault for not explaining that part...You seriously need training though” she pointed out
“Huh, training!?”
“Things get dangerous around here, and you need to at least learn how to defend yourself, so yes, training.” She said seriously.
You have to be kidding me. “I think we should call it a day on the training part for Takamina san” Yui said, saving me from anymore butt kicking for the day.
“That’s fine” Atsuko said.
We then heard Sasshi let out a low whistle, “Not a bad shot though Takamina”
We all forgot about the bullet for a second since the main attraction was me getting thrown off my feet, but then everyone turned to where Sasshi was looking, at the target.
Silence.
My face turned slightly red, and I heard a few members trying to hold in a laugh.
“Wow Takamina, you really know how to get them where it hurts” Sasshi laughed.
“That shot itself is fatal in its own way...” Yui commented
“Maybe you should mess up more often Takamina, clearly it works” Sae joined in with a grin.
“It kind of makes you feel bad for him though...” Haruna said as she tilted her head.
I don’t even know if this is funny or sad. I sighed as I looked again to where I’d hit the target. I literally got him in his private area.
“Ahem!” We all turned to Atsuko who cleared her throat; it looked like she was trying hard not to grin. “As I said, we’ll get you training starting tomorrow.” She said to me, then turned and addressed everyone. “Alright, training is over for the day unless you’re schedule specifies otherwise. The baths are no open so feel free to soak up before heading out on your daily patrols and hunts.” Atsuko said. Everyone nodded and began to walk out.
Atsuko turned to me and noticed I still stood there. “You’re allowed to come too you know” she said nonchalantly.
“Huh...Oh...no...Well I...” Truth was I did want a nice relaxing bath after everything, not to mention clean clothes, but...
“Don’t worry Takamina, we won’t bite” Sae said as she, Yuko and Haruna were still gathering their things.
“If you’re worried about the other members, don’t be. Everyone received strict orders not to try anything” Haruna said casually.
“N...No, that’s not it...Well I mean that’s good to know but...” I was starting to blush and stutter, not really knowing how to handle the situation.
Sasshi looked at me and said, “Wait a minute, don’t tell me you’re embarrassed!!” she started to laugh and I lightly shoved her.
Yui looked at me and said, “eh, serious!”
Everyone who remained actually looked at me with shock. “What! Why’s that so shocking to you all! Yes it’s embarrassing alright, I barley ever bathe with you all” I said as my face was still flushed.
“This memory thing of yours is very interesting” Sae honestly commented.
“You never have a problem going in with the members...Though I do recall rumours that in your early days at the rebel base you did used to be embarrassed actually, but got over that somehow.” Yui observed.
“Yeah, no worries Takamina, it’s nothing we all haven’t seen before!” Sasshi grinned, my face grew redder but I stomped on her foot, and at the same time Atsuko and Yui both smacked her on the head. “Ow, ow and ow! Geez, well it’s the truth”
“If you’re more comfortable, you can come at a later time tonight and bathe, but someone will at least have to stand outside the doors to wait for you since you still have to have an escort at all times” Atsuko said and I gratefully smiled at her.
“That’d be fine, thanks” She nodded and left with Yuko and the others. Only I, Sasshi and Yui remained.
“Hey Yui, why don’t you got take a bath with the others, I can take over to watching Takamina”
Yui raised an eyebrow and then turned to me, “are you okay with that?”
I smiled, “Yeah, you go ahead with the others, Sasshi will keep me company, Thanks Yui”
“R...right. Take care’ Yui said as she grabbed her stuff and left.
...
“Finally, now I can talk to you alone!”Sasshi said as she grabbed my arm and led me to a corner. Huh? I thought.
“So! Spill, what happened! Clearly nothing changed” she said as I kept giving her a confused expression.
“What are you talking about?”
“Come on Takamina, no need to pretend anymore, it’s just me and you. So tell me, did you actually lose the watch? Were you able to make it back in time!?” she eagerly kept asking.
“Sasshi, I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about, and you all keep saying I lost some watch but I keep telling you I never had one” I answered.
She paused for a minute and looked at me closely...”You...You really are telling the truth aren’t you. You seriously have no idea what I’m talking about...Oh no! Did I break you!” she asked panicked as she shook me back and forth and I slapped her arms away.
“No, but you will if you keep shaking me like that! Geez, what the heck is up with you?”
She sighed but still looked panicked. “The watch, the one I installed the chip into that was supposed to take you back in time so you could fix everything!” Sasshi yelled in a whisper.
Huh?End of chapter 5
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Thanks for reading and commenting everyone!
Sorry the Yuko and Minami fight didn’t happen for those who were expecting it, but if it did, Minami would’ve gotten creamed! That or Yuko wouldn’t have accepted the fact Minami was that weak, she wants to face her for real! This will eventually take place though
As for chapter 6, I would’ve liked to update it tomorrow morning, but remembered that the elections are tomorrow! So i’ll have to wake up at 4:15 am to watch it and I’m sure the fanbase will be busy freaking out all Saturday so I’ll upload the next chapter Sunday
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