Alnus Hill, Morning, Y/N Quarters

Y/N POV:

I wake up in my bunk and hear "Reveille" playing outside, along with the sun shining through the window. I look to my right to see Kuribayashi already awake, resting her head on my shoulder and looking up at me and smiling.

Kuribayashi: Hey there.~

Y/N: Morning, what have you been you to?

Kuribayashi: Just watching you sleep, you looked so cute. *kisses Y/N's lips*

Y/N: You know, as mush as I enjoy being with you. You probably shouldn't be staying over like this. Someone might notice you missing from your bunk.

Kuribayashi: Don't worry, I bunk by myself.

Y/N: *stretches* Well I better get up and do PT and get ready for the day.

She slides on top of me pressing herself against me and has a lustful look in her eyes.

Kuribayashi: Hey, how about I give you real "workout.~"

Y/N: Jeez, you didn't get enough last night. But I can't say no to that.

She giggles and kisses my lips and I put my hands on her waist. Then suddenly there's a knock at my door and we immediately stop.

Y/N: Ah shit, get your stuff and hide in the the latrine I'll go see what's up.

Kuribayashi gets out the bunk and quickly grabs her things and quickly walks to the latrine and I get up and just put my cammie pants and a green shirt on head to the door. I open the door to find a Private on the other side.

Private: *salutes* Morning Lieutenant! Did I catch you at a bad time sir?

Y/N: *salutes back* I was about to do PT, what do you need Private?

Private: Oh right sir, briefing at Division is at 1000 hours sir.

Y/N: Anything else?

Private: You have a package sir, from America.

I take the package and and see it's from my parent's address.

Y/N: Is that all Private?

Private: Yes sir, that is all.

Y/N: All right, dismissed.

He salutes me and I salute back, he faces right and leaves. I close the door and grab my K-BAR knife and head back to my bunk and cut the tape. Kuribayashi comes out of the latrine only wearing her jacket and underwear and sits next to me.

Kuribayashi: What did you get?

Y/N: Package from home just opened it.

I open the box to find a picture and I look at it and try not to cry.

Kurinayashi: What's wrong?

Y/N: This picture is from when I graduated Infantry School. My mom is wearing her Sunday dress. I'm in my Marine Service uniform, and my Dad's wearing his Navy Service uniform. He told me that this was the proudest moment in his whole life.

I try to hold back my emotions but Kuribayashi puts her arms around me and rest her head on my shoulder.

Kuribayashi: It's okay to hurt sometimes. So go ahead just let it go F/N, I'm here alright.

I give in to my emotion and start crying, I calm down after a few minutes.

Y/N: *sniffs* Thanks Shino...you're really helping me out.

Kuribayashi: *kisses Y/N's cheek* No problem, I should probably get back to my barracks.

Y/N: Yeah, I need to get ready for that briefing.

Kuribayashi: Still wanna do that "workout"and shower together?~

Y/N: Definitively.

Small Time Skip: Brought to you by your imagination because I'm not a lemon writer.

Kuribayashi and I have been seeing each other for a few weeks....in secret of course. To say she can be frisky is an understatement, though I told her to keep everything on the down low. But she started off with simple hand brushes passing by each other to pulling me into a closet to make out. And of course sleeping with me at night in my quarters, I'm not particularly complaining about it but we could get caught one day. Though I will admit that does make it hotter, but I digress. After the uh..."workout" and shower she puts her uniform back on and is about to leave when she turns to me with a seductive smile.

Kuribayashi:  I'll see ya later, Lieutenant.~

Y/N: Yeah I'll catch you later Sergeant.

She leaves and shuts the door.

Y/N: Good God, three times she's trying to kill me.

Time Skip: Alnus Hill Village

Y/N POV:

It's hard to believe it's been 5 months since the Empire attacked Japan. The refugee camp has turned into a thriving township in that time. People for all walks of life in this world come here both human and demi-human alike mostly to buy stuff from the PX in town. I'm walking through town with Itami and Sergeant Major Kuwabara.

Itami: Wow, look at this place it's really gotten busy, hasn't it Old School?

Kuwabara: It used to be just the PX here. And now they've gone and built a little town around it.

Itami: Yeah, well I'm sure it has something to do with the PX being chock full of a bunch of Japanese products that people have never seen before.

Kuwabara: Yeah, I know... It's kinda like a side market. People are making a killing selling all this stuff to the nobility back home.

Y/N: And that is what you call Capitalism Sergeant Major, everybody loves money. 

Itami: Is that what's going on? Well that's kinda cool. A lot of this makes for pretty sweet souvenirs, don'tcha think? Besides a little free trade is a good thing for everyone.

Kuwabara: I wouldn't say everyone sir.

Itami: Huh?

Kuwabara: We keep building more and more streets and buildings...

Y/N: Gonna have to bring in more guys for security.

Kuwabara: It's barley working as it is. Lucky Princess Myui decided to loan out her maids to help run all this.

Y/N: (Oh yeah, that eleven year old girl that's head of the Formal Family in Italica.)

We walk near the tavern and observe a group of SDF soldiers eating, drinking, and joking around 

Kuwabara: It does have its negative affects as well.

Itami: What do you mean?

Kuwabara: I'm not a prohibitionist but look at this...way too much free time, sir. It can lead to bad habits and a lot of our young guys have a taste for bad habits.  

Itami: A soldier needs to unwind after a hard day. Hey L/N don't your marines unwind?

Y/N: Yeah it's fine and all,then you come back after a nice weekend. Then the Gunny comes in to your office and tells you that two Privates got royally shit-faced.  Got into a fight with couple of squids and kicked their asses, then stole their car for a joyride. Somehow making back to base without crashing or getting pulled over, rolling past the MPs.  Park the car outside Battalion Headquarters...in the grass. And try to fight the MPs only to get their asses kicked and dragged off to the brig. Then you have to spend your entire morning writing them counselling statements, and NJPing their asses! Oh and on top that, the whole company  has go on dry status for the next month!

They both give me a wide eyed look.

Y/N: What?! If that's never happened in the SDF I call bullshit!

Itami: Anyway, but if things get too out of hand I'm sure you know how to straighten the goofballs out.

Kuwabara: Yeah.

???: HANDS OFF THE TAIL! ASSHOLE!!

We look over to see a dwarf getting kicked out of the tavern for trying feel up one of the barmaids, Delilah.

Delilah:  Grrr! Who the hell do you think you are?! This ass is for show not for trash like you to try grab and smack, you got it you little pint sized twerp!

Dwarf: Watch your mouth bitch... You're messing with the wrong dwarf.

Then Rory and that Harpy from Italica showed up, who I learned later is named Myuute and whom the SDF made an MP.

Rory: Well hello there little fella, would you mind if I messed with you? I'm sure that you're aware who I am aren't you.

Dwarf: *frightened* Uh...Emroy's girl.

Rory: Look at that you got it on the very first try! Guess I'll give you a chance to get out of this alive! But if you're still interested in getting messed with then I will happily oblige!

Dwarf: *runs away* I'm good! I'm good! I'm good!

Rory: Heh. Typical.

We approach the two

Itami: Out on patrol, Rory?

Rory: They've been a lot more people coming in and out of town lately...Many are idiots like Stumpy who can't keep their hands to themselves.

Y/N: Sounds like you got everything under control.

Rory: Are you going to eat?

Itami: We were actually about to meet someone for a drink.

We look to the tavern to see Kurokawa waving at us.  We enter the tavern sit down and order five ales. We start drinking and I tell some stories.

Y/N: Okay, I was out with some marines on a San Diego beach drinking, hitting golf balls into the ocean. When this guy, he's a 2nd Lieutenant like me, starts mouthing off. I tell him to shut up and he take offense to that. *drinks* So he tries taking a swing at me just to trip over his own feet and falls face first into the sand and he is just out like a light.  *drinks* So I get an idea, we picked him up and put him in the bed of the truck drive back to the street *drinks* and we chain him to a palm tree. He comes to and start ranting and raving that, *mockingly* " You son of bitch! I'm the best Marine in the whole company!" and I say, "Yeah, and you're fucking tied to a tree!"

We all have a huge laugh at that when we see Tuka passing by and appears to be searching for something.

Rory: Tuka! Looking for someone dear?

Tuka: Yeah...kind of...something like that.

Rory: Aw do you have a boyfriend now?

Tuka: Oh don't be silly, Rory!

She waves us off and leaves.

Itami: Is really she doing  this every day now?

Kurokawa: Every day about this time, she starts wandering around looking for her dead father. How long are we going to let her keep doing this.

Itami: Well we can't stop her.

Rory: *drinks* Do you really think she needs someone to force to into dealing with this situation?

Kurokawa: Well yes of course she does...You can't deal with the future by dwelling on the past. And if she keeps this up... she'll end up losing her grip on reality right now. No one... should have to live like that.

I look away knowing her pain but I don't want to say it out  loud

Rory: Suppose I see where you're coming from...

Itami: Look Kurokawa, if we all told her the truth...that her father is dead and she's searching in vain. What good do you think that would do for her?...It could very well send her to a place much darker than this. And as her doctor, you're the one who'd have to be there for her.

Y/N: Grief consoling is a long process and you just don't have the time Doc. Eventually, we'll be ordered to withdraw back through the Gate.

Itami: All of us will be gone..and Tuka will be left here to deal with it all by herself.

Kurokawa: Okay, so you're favor we do nothing.

Itami: I do...if can't care for that girl until the very end... then let her be.

Kurokawa: Very well, sir. *stands up* I need to get ready for tomorrow G'night.

She walks off clearly pissed.

Y/N: *drinks and sighs* Charmer as always Itami, I'll be right back.

I stand up put my PC back on and catch up to Kurokawa.

Y/N: Doc!

Kurokawa: What is it Lieutenant?

Y/N: Look, I know what Itami said was...kinda of a dick move.

Kurokawa: Then why didn't you say anything Lieutenant?

Y/N: Because...

Kurokawa: Lieutenant?

Y/N: Because I know that girl's pain better than anyone...My dad died too Doc.

Kurokawa: What when?!

Y/N: Two months ago.

Kurokawa: But that was when...

Y/N: When we first passed through the Gate, yeah. I didn't find about it until weeks after he was buried. The General gave me the option go home but I turned it down.

Kurokawa: Why?!

Y/N: Because he taught me that the mission comes first, and I have a mission. To be the SDF's attache and 3rd Recons' 2IC. I forced myself to confront the reality that he was gone, and there was nothing I could about it for the sake of the mission. However, I've had a lot of down time and start thinking about things. Like, how I couldn't be there to say goodbye, comfort my mom, or thinking about the last time I talked him and...it hurts. It's not traumatic like Tuka because my dad died of heart failure, her dad was eaten by a dragon. *sniffs* But it hurts...so...much that sometimes it's hard to hold back.

Tears start welling up in my eyes and Kurokawa wraps her arms around me bringing me into a hug and I hug her back.

Kurokawa: I'm so sorry sir, does anyone else know?

Y/N: You and two other people and I'd like to keep it that way.

Kurokawa: Okay.

We break the hug as Kuwabara approaches us.

Kuwabara: Everything okay? You were gone a long time sir.

Y/N: Everything's fine Sergeant Major, will you please escort Sergeant Kurokawa back to base I'm gonna head back to the tavern now.

Kuwabara: Yes sir.

I nod to Kurokawa and she nods back and leave her with Kuwabara and I make my way back to the tavern. I get close to the tavern and Itami sprints past me.

Itami: Gotta go!

Y/N: What the hell?

Delilah: Hey buddy, I'm putting this on your tab!

I reenter the tavern and talk to Delilah.

Y/N: Hey, what's going on here?

Delilah: Your friend didn't pay his tab. Are you gonna skip out too?

Y/N: Did that son of bitch leave me with the bill?! I'm gonna fucking kill him! And where's Rory?

Delilah: She bailed though the window. This dark elf over here says she was saving her from your friend. So you gonna pay up or what?

Y/N: *sighs* Fine. What's this about a dark elf?

I pay the tab as someone taps my shoulder and I look over to see who it is.

???: Excuse me?

Y/N: Can I help you ma'am?

???: Are you one of the Green Ones?

Y/N: Pardon?

???: It's important that I speak to the Green Ones are you one of them?

Y/N: I guess you could say that, what say we get a table and talk.

???: Very well then.

Y/N: Delilah, can I get two ales please?

Delilah: Sure thing, Handsome.

I sit at a table across from the dark elf she remove her turban, I get out my note pad and pen as Delilah brings our drinks.

Delilah: Here ya go.

Y/N: Thank you, Gorgeous.

Delilah leaves with a smile and a slight blush.

Y/N: So can tell me your name?

Yao: I'm a daughter of Dehan in the Dushi Clan living in the Schwartz Woods. Yao Haa Dushi, I seek the aid of the Green Ones.

Y/N: (I hope I spelled that right.) Ms. Dushi what exactly are you requesting of the "Green Ones?"

Yao: You can call me Yao, and I wish to request their assistance to a most dire matter and I am prepare to pay them.

She puts a sack on to the table and reveals a large diamond.

Y/N: That's one hell of a rock you got their Yao. What exactly is your request?

Yao: I need them to kill a Flame Dragon.

Y/N: A Flame Dragon?

Yao: Yes, it's already injured; if this payment is insufficient I shall include myself as part of the payment.

Y/N: That won't be necessary ma'am. And this dragon is it big, red, has an arrow lodged in it's eye, and missing an arm.

Yao: Yes, how did you know?

Y/N: Because I was there when it's arm was blown off.

Yao: So, you have skill fighting a dragon?

Y/N: Skill? I would call surviving that thing pure luck.

Yao: May ask your name?

Y/N: Lieutenant L/N, and I am an attache to the Japan Self Defense Force and an officer of the United States Marine Corps.

Yao: Are you close to their leaders?

Y/N: I am, but I have a mission tomorrow so I can't do anything right now. I'll be gone two maybe three days tops...Tell ya what, when I get back I'll speak to the General about your request. However I am not guaranteeing you anything.

She reaches over and grabs my hands and smiles.

Yao: Thank you, I am very grateful you are willing to pass my request to the Green Ones.

Y/N: No problem, but like I told you I am not promising you anything okay.

We finish our drinks and I pay the bill...again, and we leave the tavern

Y/N: Do have anywhere to stay for the night Yao?

Yao: That won't be a problem and thank you again L/N.

We part ways and I head back to base to rest and prep for tomorrow mission, to the Imperial Capital.

A/N: Well that's gonna do it for now I am almost done with Season 1, I really do enjoy writing this. You guys and gals also give me the motivation to keep on going. So you know the drill, give me a vote, share, follow me if you want to. Have a great day or night and I will see you next time! LATER!!!