Dragon's Bane

[Shan]

Ever since I had become SIC of the Hideyoshi's Guard, I had constant problems with everything. Be it people dying, reports going missing, men acting up when they shouldn't have been. Damn children is all they were, why did we expect them to behave like men or women who served respectfully.

Ugh. Leadership.

As I walked through the hallways, I heard the cadets whispering.

"That's Shan-Katacuchi, SIC of HG."

"-I heard she's the best pilot since Dejesus himself."

"-fighter jock turned Second, what a promotion-"

I smiled briefly to myself before entering the room where Dejesus laid. He looked sickly, but able enough to be able to sit up and watch the TV in his room. He turned to me as I walked in and picked up the remote and turned the TV off.

"Shan. How are you feeling?" he asked.

"How am I feeling? I should be asking you that Josh...and call me Kat, my mother calls me Shan."

"Well, I'm fine now. Somewhat. I wanted to talk to you about what you heard before entering my room-"

"-your business sir. I don't want to know what it was or anything. It's your personal affairs."

"That's the thing Kat, it ties to the ships crashing onboard Kyoto. Sit down, this will take a while to explain..."

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