5-1 Kashuu Kiyomitsu

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1: We Won't Go Up a Year!?

Yukari: Go now with Asakura, into the boundary between this world and the netherworld, and destroy Tagitsuhime's true body, Hirukomitama.
Yume: Destroy Hirukomitama?
Yume: I don't really get it, but is that some kind of super strong enemy that only I can handle?
Yukari: Of course.
Yume: I thought so! After all, it's Tagitsuhime's true body, right! It sounds interesting! I'll do it!
Yume: It feels like it's finally time for us to break out the secret weapon!
Yukari: Whatever may happen, do not let your guard down. In both size and strength, Hirukomitama will be no ordinary foe.
Yukari: What's more, this operation comes with a time limit. If you are unable to defeat Hirukomitama before it makes landfall, all will be lost.
Yukari: And, after you have destroyed Hirukomitama, you are to return here at once. Do you understand?
Yume: So, the important bits are, I just have to beat it real quick and come right back, right?
Yukari: Yes. That's all I can ask for. You understand as well, don't you, Asakura?
Mihono: Huh...? But, then, what about Tagitsuhime...
Yukari: I'm telling you, there is no time. We have no choice but to trust Etou and Juujou with Tagitsuhime.
Yukari: Etou and Juujou as they are now will surely destroy Tagitsuhime! You will fulfill your own role!
Mihono: I just have to trust Kanami and Juujou-san then... I got it...!
Yume: Kashuu Kiyomitsu onee-san, don't slow me down out there, okay!
Mihono: Don't worry about that... Right now, I'm pretty strong too!

Inago Akira: ......
Akira: Mihono, you seriously went up into the border between here and the netherworld... Just like Makocchan said you would.

May 2019.

Mihono: M-Makeup lessons are over~... Good work today, Kanami~.
Mihono: Also, thanks for helping us study, Mai.
Mai: This is about all I can do, so don't think anything of it, Mihono-chan.
Mai: We'll all go up a year together, for sure.
Mihono: Ha... Haha, hahahaha... There's still a whole year left too, and yet... That it'll be this bad, being at the level of not being able to move up a year...
Mihono: I mean, it's not like I think I'm really smart or anything, but, if even Fukki can move up a year...
Mai: I think that might be a little rude to Shichinosato-san...
Mai: Don't worry, it's fine. You still have a year to go, so how about we work our way back up from here?
Mihono: That's not gonna be easy, Mai... For Kanami either... Just look at her.
Kanami: ......
Mihono: She studied so hard she died on the inside.
Mai: Kanami-chan!?
Kanami: ...I-I'm fine, Mai-chan... It's just, after nothing but makeup lessons every day, and covering so much subject material...
Mihono: Kanami was totally absent for the third semester of her second year, after all.
Kanami: Yeah, if I didn't have Mai-chan, I wonder how things would turn out for me now...
Mihono: Let's repeat our third year of middle school together, Kanami!
Kanami: Let's do it, Mihono-chan!
Mai: Aren't we working so hard so you won't have to do that?
Kanami/Mihono: Oh, right.
Mihono: Okay, that's enough of the negative stuff! Let's go get some bubble tea, Kanami, Mai!

Kanami: Mmm~! Bubble tea's so good!
Mihono: You're totally hooked on bubble tea, aren't you.
Kanami: Of course I am, when something this yummy got popular out of nowhere!
Mai: Now that you mention it... In the time while you and Hiyori-chan were gone, a lot of things changed, didn't they.
Kanami: Yeah! I couldn't believe it when I heard Yukari-sama had retired and Akane-sama took over as the bureau director of the Sword Administration Bureau!
Mai: And then, changes closer to us would be, the investigation team, wouldn't it?
Mihono: [slurrrp]... Eh? Ah, you mean, us getting attached to the Origami family?
Kanami: I'm surprised you even got your own investigation room at Renpu Girls' School!
Mihono: I was really happy about that. We never had anything like it before, so it's like, the investigation team's home base! It's exciting.
Kanami: And also, you've gotten a heck of a lot stronger, Mihono-chan.
Mihono: Y-You think so~?
Kanami: Yeah! It's so much fun facing off against you! When we get back, wanna spar?
Mihono: Sure thing! We've gotta exercise off the bubble tea and all!
Mihono: ...Ah.
Kanami: Is that a mission? Aradama are appearing as often as ever, aren't they.
Mihono: ...Yeah.
Mihono: Sorry, Kanami, Mai. I've gotta go.
Mai: Good luck out there, Mihono-chan.
Kanami: Take care!



2: Mihono's Dream

Mihono: HAAAAAAAA!!
Mihono: ...Phew.
Mirja: That aradama now appears to have been the last of them. You've done well, Asakura Mihono.
Kofuki: Seriously!? That was nowhere near enough-!
Kofuki: And Mihocchi got practically all of them! Why can't you be more considerate to me, Mihocchi-!
Mihono: Eh? Did I really beat that many?
Kofuki: You did! Damnit, you took all my share.
Mihono: Sorry, Fukki! I was feeling stressed out after my makeup lessons, so... I couldn't help it.
Kofuki: Like hell you couldn't! C'mon, c'mon! Be more sorry!
Mihono: I said I was sorry~!
Kiyoka: Your makeup lessons must be difficult, right?
Mihono: Yeah... But, if I don't do them, they say I can't move up a year...
Yui: Things are going so well on the investigation team side of things too, Mihono-chan. The heavens are too cruel to grant two blessings! You might be the ace of the investigation team, but your grades are in the red... Could this be gap moe!?
Chie: I'm sorry, Mihono-chan. Under normal circumstances, I'd have liked to watch over and help you study, but...
Mihono: You don't have to treat it so seriously! So long as I do my makeup lessons right, I should be fine!
Mihono: And besides, you're busy with college, aren't you, Chii-nee?
Chie: Yes, it's a little busy right now... But, I should be able to get a bit more free time soon, so I'll help you with your studying then.
Mihono: Okay!
Mihono: Ah, oh yeah, Mirja-san. You and Kiyoka are looking into Kashuu Kiyomitsu for us, aren't you?
Mihono: How is that going, anyway?
Mirja: As of now, not well. It's enjoyable reading through the records, but we have nothing to show for it.
Kiyoka: That's why, we were talking about not just looking up Kashuu Kiyomitsu, but researching into the Asakura family too.
Mihono: My family?
Mirja: We seem to be at our limit with this. So we've decided to try for a slightly different approach.
Mirja: However, we've only just begun down that line of research, so we have nothing noteworthy to report yet.
Mihono: ...Oh, okay then.
Chie: ...Mihono-chan? Is there something on your mind?
Mihono: Eh!? Nothing really... Why're you asking all of a sudden, Chii-nee?
Chie: I just had a feeling, like you're acting a little different than usual...
Mihono: No way; I'm the same as I always am!

Mihono: (It's this same dream today...)
Mihono: (Of somebody heading into a sea of fire...)

Mihono: I had that dream again...
Mihono: Something on my mind... I can't really tell Chii-nee, can I. That I'm just having this weird dream over and over.
Mihono: But, what's this dream about, anyway... Are you showing it to me, Kiyomitsu?
Mihono: ......It's not like an okatana can answer me I guess.

Mihono: Yawn...
Kiyoka: Not getting enough sleep?
Mihono: Yeah, kind of...
Tsugumi: Are things going alright, Asakura-san?
Mihono: Ah, yeah! I'm just a little sleep deprived, so you don't have to worry about me!
Tsugumi: If you'd like, I could give you a drink that induces good sleep. I made it myself, and I'm fairly proud of how the calories and nutritional balance came out.
Mihono: I-I don't think I'll be needing that...
Tsugumi: Is that so.
Tsugumi: Then, I'll report to you the investigation team's next assignment. A new Akabane sword has been located, and the investigation team is to go recover it.
Kiyoka: It's been a while since we did any investigating into the Akabane swords, hasn't it?
Yui: That's for sure-. It's been nothing but suppressing aradama lately, so we haven't gotten anywhere with researching those.
Mirja: A new Akabane sword... We should leave at once.
Kofuki: Hold up, can I say something?
Mirja: What is it?
Kofuki: Do you need me for this?
Kofuki: Cause, if you don't, I'd rather go with the Special Raid Unit, y'know? I'd get to play with aradama-chan over with them.
Tsugumi: I see, then, please go join them, Shichinosato-san.
Kofuki: For real!? Never hurts to ask, huh!
Tsugumi: The report stated that large numbers of aradama had appeared in the area of the Akabane sword... But, I'm sure the other members will be able to deal with it.
Kofuki: Say that first!
Kofuki: Oi, what're you guys waiting for! Let's go already!
Mirja: I see you're still as skilled at handling her.
Chie: Fufu, that's for sure.
Chie: Anyway... Investigation team, set out to recover the Akabane sword!



3: Special Defense Team, All Present

Yukari: Enter.
Yomi: Please excuse me.
Yume: You're late, Yomi-onee-san! I was getting tired of waiting.
Suzuka: It's been quite some time, Yomi-san.
Yomi: ......
Maki: Welcome back, Yomi. Yukari-sama, the Special Defense Team is all present.
Yukari: I'm glad you're here.
Yukari: Ordinarily, Akane would be the one to deliver orders to the Special Defense Team. However...
Suzuka: We understand.
Suzuka: Acting as both the bureau director and head of the Origami family, Akane-sama's burden grows by the day.
Suzuka: To the point where, even making time to hand down our orders would require adjusting her schedule.
Yukari: I need you to be Akane's strength.
Maki: We will.
Yomi: ......
Yume: Yukari-sama, what kinda mission do you have for us this time? If it's suppressing aradama, I want to do it!
Yukari: Unfortunately, this is unrelated to aradama. Your assignment now is the investigation, as well as observation, of an extremist faction within Mokusa.
Yume: An extremist faction in Mokusa?
Yukari: In addition to the main faction of Mokusa, with Akane acting at the top, there are many smaller sub-factions.
Yukari: Among them, there is a faction advocating particularly radical ideals.
Yume: That means there's a bunch of dangerous people there, right? So, all we've gotta do is beat them.
Suzuka: This won't be solved so simply.
Maki: Even if they may be extremists, it doesn't make them a criminal group. They're no more than just another group within Mokusa.
Yume: So we can't do anything to them until they do something dangerous first... That sounds kind of annoying.
Suzuka: ...Well, it certainly isn't an assignment suited for you, Yume.
Maki: Everybody has things they're suited for and things they're not. I know you just joined us, but I want you to work on this, Yomi.
Yomi: ...Will this really be alright?
Maki: Will what?
Yomi: With me being here, the Special Defense Team is now composed of all the former members of the elite guard.
Yomi: There will be people who won't approve of this.
Yomi: If you continue with only the three of you, there won't much protesting, will there?
Maki: Whether there's three of us or four of us, people won't be happy either way. You don't have to worry about our reputation.
Suzuka: We cannot change the things we've done in the past... All we can do is strive to make up for it with our actions now.
Yomi: ...But, I don't believe that I am wrong.
Yomi: Yet, still...
Yume: None of that really matters, Yomi-onee-san. What's important is that we're all back together.
Yomi: Tsubakuro-san...
Yukari: I called upon you because you are needed. Will you do it?
Yomi: Yukari-sama...
Yomi: I understand. I will accept this assignment. Which faction is it I should be monitoring?
Yukari: We haven't gathered enough information to pin down a name at this point. But, several factions are showing suspicious behavior, such as in their movements of funds.
Yukari: I'll deliver the documentation to you afterward.
Yomi: Yes ma'am.
Yukari: You three as well, I'm depending on you.
All the Special Defense Team: Yes ma'am!



4: Mihono Changing (1)

Mirja: The Akabane sword appears to have been discovered around here.
Kofuki: There's not a single aradama-chan in this place!! That jackass lied to me!!
Chie: ...That's strange. I even checked it for myself, and it's true that there were reports of large numbers of aradama appearing here.
Mirja: I can confirm those reports as well. It seems it would be best to proceed with caution now.
Kofuki: Why even bother.
Kofuki: If there's gonna be some aradama-chan, then that's great, but if there's not, then let's just hurry it up and go back.
Kofuki: C'mon, let's get that Akabane sword already. Where's it supposed to be?
Mirja: According to the report... It was there.
Mihono: Over here? I'll go check it out!
Mihono: Chii-nee! Mirja-saaan! I got the Akabane sword-!
Mirja: I'll make the report to Ban Tsugumi that we have collected the Akabane sword.
Mirja: In response, she sent a photo of the Akabane sword... Setouchi Chie, will you please confirm this with me?
Chie: ...Mm, this seems to be the one.
Kiyoka: I'm glad we could finish this easily... This means our mission is over, doesn't it.
Yui: We came all the way out here on a trip, so let's at least go pay a visit to some hot springs!
Mihono: There goes Yui trying to get us in the hot springs again-.
Yui: That's just who I am! So, what do you think? Hot springs aren't so bad every now and then, right?
Mihono: Thinking about it... It might be nice. I haven't been sleeping well lately...
Yui: For that, I reccomend hot springs! Once you get in the water, it'll improve your circulation, and you'll have no problem sleeping like a baby!
Mihono: Ugh, that sounds really nice right about now...
Kiyoka: ...That reminds me, Hono-chan. You were looking sleepy in the investigation room too, weren't you?
Aradama: ......
Kofuki: -! Kiyoka, behind you!
Kiyoka: Eh?
Mihono: She's in trouble!!
Kiyoka: Th-Thank you, Hono-chan.
Kiyoka: But...
Aradama: ......
Mihono: There's so many... Are we surrounded?
Mirja: I've never seen such organized behavior before. I would think there is some kind of leader behind this group...
Aradama: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Kiyoka: What an awful sound...
Yui: There's the king of the hill, or, king of the aradama... I guess?
Chie: More intelligent, and more capable... This will be trouble.
Mihono: Yeah. That aradama... It's strong.
Kofuki: Like it matters!
Kofuki: I finally get to see me some aradama-chan! Let's get right to the fun!



5: Mihono Changing (2)

Kiyoka: KYAA!
Yui: Are you okay, Kiyoka-chan!?
Kiyoka: I am... But, I can't use utsushi anymore...
Kofuki: ...Guess that's that. Stay behind me, Kiyoka.
Kiyoka: O-Okay.
Kiyoka: ...Thanks a lot, Kofuki-san.
Kofuki: It's nothing.
Chie: ...What do you think we should do, Mirja?
Mirja: We should wait for reinforcements.
Mirja: I finished reporting to Ban Tsugumi that we engaged aradama. When no follow-up report arrives, she should assume our circumstances here.
Chie: ...I suppose that's our best option.
Mihono: Wait.
Chie: Mihono-chan?
Mihono: An aradama like that, me and Kiyomitsu... We can beat it.
Chie: Now isn't the time to say things like that! Mirja is considering the whole team here...
Mihono: It'll be fine, Chii-nee. This is just what I need to shake off my sleepiness.
Mihono: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Mihono: Give me your power, Kashuu Kiyomitsu!



6: Disregarding Orders

Mihono: And this is... The end of them!
Aradama: GYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Mihono: Phew... See, I told you it'd be fine, Chii-nee!
Chie: Mihono-chan...
Mirja: If you find it too hard to say, then I'll be the one to say it. Asakura Mihono, your behavior just now was hardly commendable.
Mihono: ...Huh?
Mirja: You may not have intended it, but that was a clear disregard for orders.
Mihono: ...But, I just thought, instead of waiting for backup, it'd be faster if I beat them...
Kofuki: Is this really something worth nagging her over? I do that kind of thing all the time.
Yui: Y-Yeah, she's right! More importantly, everyone's tired, aren't they? Let's go see those hot springs, remember!
Mirja: ...Let me just say this.
Mirja: Asakura Mihono, you should be using your strength to protect your allies before you defeat your enemies.
Mihono: Fukki was protecting Kiyoka, wasn't she? So, I didn't have to...
Mirja: And what if Shichinosato Kofuki was attacked by more aradama than she could hold off alone?
Mirja: That was a possibility as well.
Mihono: Then...
Chie: Let's leave it at that, Mirja.
Mirja: But...
Chie: Mirja, could you please get in touch with Tsugumi-chan?
Mirja: ...Understood.
Chie: ...You all did great. We had a rough time today, so how about we wash away our tiredness in a hot spring!

Kiyoka: Um... Thank you for before, Kofuki-san.
Kofuki: It's not really something you've gotta thank me for. I just did what was natural.
Kiyoka: Of course!
Mihono: What're you two talking about, Kiyoka-?
Kiyoka: Nothing at all, Hono-chan! Anyway, aren't you looking forward to the hot springs!
Mihono: Yeah! Hot springs~, hot springs~.

Mirja: ......
Mirja: Was this for the best, Setouchi Chie? Asakura Mihono is...
Chie: After suddenly getting a lot stronger, she can't get her mental balance right, can she.
Mirja: ...So you do understand. Then, why did you stop me?
Chie: Well... I don't think you were wrong, Mirja.
Chie: But... With how Mihono-chan is now, I don't think she would understand.
Mirja: You think she needs to suffer the consequences before she can realize it for herself? ...That's unusually harsh for you, Setouchi Chie.
Chie: Of course, I don't plan on neglecting her until she suffers for it.
Chie: If we're all careful so that she doesn't get herself hurt... I'm sure Mihono-chan will come to understand it herself.
Mirja: I take back what I just said. You really are too sweet on Asakura Mihono after all.
Chie: I am her onee-san, aren't I?

Mihono: Yawn...
Kiyoka: Ah, you yawned again.
Yui: Mihono-chan looks just as cute when she's yawning.
Kofuki: Quit making passes at her. Anyway, what're you doing that's keeping you up at night?
Mihono: Nngh, I'm not really doing anything.
Kiyoka: You say that, but I bet you're training, aren't you?
Mihono: I'm not, I'm not.
Yui: Are you chatting online?
Mihono: I'm not. It's just... I've sort of been having bad dreams lately.
Kofuki: Hmm? What kind of dreams?
Mihono: Uhh... I can't really remember much about it.
Kofuki: Well, dreams are like that. You'll stop having them sooner or later.
Mihono: ...Yeah, you're right.
Mihono: (You'll stop having them sooner or later... Yeah, that's all there is to dreams!)
Mihono: Okaaay! I'm gonna get in the hot springs and sleep nice and sound tonight!



7: Cracking Glass

Mihono: (Ahh... It's this again.)
Mihono: (Who is that anyway... Why are they going to the fire...?)
Asakura Mihono?: ......
Mihono: (Eh, it's me!?)
Mihono: Gh, agh! It burns...!
Mihono: U-Ugh... Aghh!
Mihono: (The fire... It's coming into my body... I can feel it burning everywhere from the inside too...!)
Mihono: (It burns... It's burning...! Like I'm really burning alive...!)
Mihono: UWAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHH!

Mihono: -!!
Mihono: [pant, pant]... What was that dream just now...
Mihono: I was being burned by the flames...? I don't get it...
Mihono: ...Ughh, I'm soaked with sweat...
Mihono: This is so gross... I should get changed and get some water...

Mihono: [gulp, gulp]... Phew. I think I can go back to bed now.
Mihono: It'd be nice if I didn't see that dream this time though...
Mihono: ...Huh? The glass cracked?
Mihono: Ah...!
Mihono: This is... just like when I'm using Kiyomitsu's power...!? But, why...? I don't even have my okatana with me...!
Mihono: Calm down... Get it under control!!
Mihono: [Pant pant pant]...!
Mihono: What's happening to me...? Why did Kiyomitsu's power come bursting out on its own!?



8: The Reason I Can't Sleep (1)

Mihono: ...
Mirja: Look out, Asakura Mihono!
Mihono: Eh?
Aradama: GYAAA!!
Mihono: -!! Th-Thanks a lot for that, Mirja-san!
Mirja: Don't lose your wits in the middle of battle!!
Mihono: I'm sorry!
Kofuki: If you don't need that aradama-chan, I'll take 'em, Mihocchi!
Mihono: Thanks, Fukki. You saved me.
Kofuki: Don't mention it, Mihocchi. I'm always happy to play with some aradama-chan.
Mihono: Right...
Kiyoka: Are you not getting enough sleep again?
Mihono: Yeah... I'm no good like this, am I. Losing my focus in the middle of a fight; it's like I've gone back to how I used to be.
Yui: It's dangerous spacing out in the middle of battle, but I still love you when you're like that, Mihono-chan!
Chie: Mihono-chan. If anything is bothering you, I'll hear you out, but let's focus on the battle right now, okay?
Mihono: ...Alright. Thanks, Chii-nee.
Mihono: After we're done with the mission and things calm down... Can I talk to you?
Chie: Of course you can.
Kiyoka: We might not be able to help you, but we'll hear you out too.
Mihono: Thanks... All of you.
Mirja: We'll wipe out the aradama in one go, and finish this mission!



9: The Reason I Can't Sleep (2)

Mirja: A nightmare you see nearly every night... On top of which, Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power unintentionally manifested... Then, is your power running rampant?
Mihono: Rampant...
Chie: ...And, since when has this been happening?
Mihono: The nightmares... I don't really know. I can't remember anymore.
Mihono: I think, after I started being able to use Kiyomitsu's power, that's when I first noticed it.
Mihono: And, when it went rampant... It was after we searched for that Akabane sword the other day.
Kiyoka: So that's why you haven't been getting sleep this whole time...
Kiyoka: Seeing the same dream over and over... That's kind of scary, isn't it. And, when it went rampant... It would be dangerous if you used hachimanriki or something by accident...
Mihono: I keep thinking, if I sleep, it might happen again, so I haven't been sleeping much...
Yui: That dream and your power going rampant, maybe it has something to do with the Akabane sword you found on that mission?
Mihono: I wouldn't know...
Chie: No, I received a report on that Akabane sword, and there was nothing that seemed related to this in it.
Mirja: That's right. I used kantougan to examine it as well, and it didn't have any such ability.
Mirja: (That reminds me, when I visited Asakura Mihono's grandfather, Mr. Yoshizumi, he seemed to believe that the tip of Kashuu Kiyomitsu was embedded in Asakura Mihono's body...)
Mirja: (If that wasn't a supposition, but the truth... Asakura Mihono would be someone joined with an okatana. Which would mean she is constantly at the risk of her power running rampant.)
Mirja: (Even so, at the very least, she must have been controlling it up until now. What would have caused that to change...?)
Chie: Mirja?
Mirja: ...Asakura Mihono. You are forbidden from fighting with your full strength.
Mirja: At least, until our research on Kashuu Kiyomitsu makes progress, please refrain from using Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power.
Mihono: I-I can handle it! I've been fighting all this time together with Kiyomitsu! And, I only lost control that one time!!
Chie: Mihono-chan. I think you should do what Mirja says.
Chie: These nightmares, and Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power running rampant. We can't be sure if these two things are linked, but... It's true that they're having a negative effect on you right now.
Mihono: Chii-nee...
Kofuki: Linked? You mean, her okatana's showing her that nightmare? I've never heard of anything like that before.
Kofuki: Have any of you here seen nightmares like that?
Kiyoka: I haven't... I don't think.
Yui: I really only remember having good dreams.
Mirja: I've never heard of it myself either, but we should proceed with the idea that there is a causal relationship in mind.
Mirja: Considering Asakura Mihono, I don't think it's possible for us to be too cautious with her.
Mihono: ...
Mihono: (Chii-nee and Mirja-san, they're both worried about me...)
Mihono: (But... Kashuu Kiyomitsu, it's the okatana my mother left me. I've been fighting with it all this time...)
Mihono: (There's no way my partner could be something bad!)
Mihono: ...I got it.
Mihono: But, I can't just wait for the investigation to find something. I want to do something about it too!
Mirja: You want to do something...? I see. In that case, why not train to control Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power?
Mirja: Regardless of the nightmares, it should be something beneficial to you in the future.
Mihono: Alright!
Kiyoka: Hono-chan! I'll look through a lot of records for you, okay!
Mihono: Thanks, Kiyoka! I'll do all I can with training too!



10: Reunion on the Raid Unit

Mihono: Heeeey! Kaoru-saaan! Itomi-saaan!
Sayaka: Kaoru. Mihono is here.
Kaoru: Oh-, showed up right on time, huh.
Kaoru: Sorry to make you help out with us on the raid unit, Mihono. You're busy with the investigation team too, right?
Mihono: No, I was feeling like I wanted to go out on a lot of missions, so this works out great!
Kaoru: Wait, were you always this serious about work?
Mihono: It's not really me being serious about work, but Mirja-san told me I need to be able to control Kiyomitsu's power.
Kaoru: Control it? Does that mean you messed up?
Mihono: Err, well... A little.
Kaoru: ...Alright. Well, do what you can. Knowing you, you'll figure something out.
Mihono: Right, I'll give it my best shot!
Sayaka: Kaoru. We should leave soon.
Kaoru: That's right, how about we get going.
Mihono: Huh? Is it just us three on this mission?
Sayaka: No. We'll meet with two toji at the site.
Mihono: Ah, okay then. What kind of toji are they, Kaoru-san?
Kaoru: What kind...? A habitually late delinquent, I guess.
Mihono: A habitually late delinquent?
Kaoru: Yep. She's serious deep down, but she always manages to show up late-.
Mihono: If she's a delinquent, is she just skipping?
Kaoru: Nah, she's an honest kind of person, so even if she's late, she still makes sure to show up. It's just, somehow, she always gets caught up in trouble.
Mihono: (She's a delinquent, but she's honest, but she shows up late a lot... Why does that sound familiar...?)
Kaoru: Though, it'd be pretty sad if we ended up late ourselves cause we were talking about her, so let's get out there.
Mihono: Ah, right!

Sayaka: HA-!
Kaoru: Looks like that's finally a quarter of them down. There's a lot more than I was thinking.
Sayaka: Mm. This seems like it could take more time than I thought. But, the three of us should be fine.
Mihono: That's for sure! ...YAAA!
Kaoru: Ohh, you're doing great, Mihono. How's things with your okatana?
Mihono: Uhh... Yeah, it seems okay.
Mihono: (Like Kaoru-san said, I might be doing great! Kashuu Kiyomitsu isn't showing any signs of going rampant, so I'll try holding onto this feeling!)
Mihono: Is that sound a motorcycle...?
Kaoru: Huh, she got here faster than I expected.
Sayaka: A Minoseki... and Ayanokouji toji?
Mihono: That bike, is that... Akira-san?
Kaoru: What, you knew her? Well, she is a Minoseki toji and all, that yankee.
Sayaka: Yan... kee?
Akira: Oi oi, no need to start praising me up already, Kaoru.
Kaoru: I wasn't praising you.
Mihono: Akira-san, it's been a while!
Akira: Yeah, long time no see, Mihono. Haven't you been working hard?
Akira: I've been hearin' a lot, about all your heroics. You're a total celebrity now.
Mihono: Thank you very much!
???: Akira-nee-sama, is this person Asakura Mihono-san?
Akira: That's the one. This's Mihono.
Toribane Yuuki: Pleased to meet you, Asakura-san. My name is Toribane Yuuki.
Mihono: You can just call me Mihono, Toribane-san. Nice to meet you!
Yuuki: The pleasure is all mine, Mihono-san. And please just call me Yuuki.
Yuuki: That girl there... You're Itomi Sayaka-san, aren't you.
Sayaka: You can call me Sayaka.
Yuuki: Pleased to meet you, Sayaka-san.
Kaoru: The delinquent and the lady here always make a weird combo.
Yuuki: Should you really be saying that, when you make an odd combo with Ellen-san?
Sayaka: Kaoru, are you close to them?
Kaoru: ...Eh, it should be fine to let you know. These two are toji from Mokusa.
Mihono: Akira-san, you're from Mokusa!?
Akira: Yep. I get told a lot I don't seem like it, but I've been with Mokusa for a real long time.
Mihono: I had no idea... Why did you and Yuuki join Mokusa, Akira-san?
Akira: A childhood friend of mine invited us. If I get the chance, I'll introduce you to her.
Mihono: Okay!
Akira: Anyway, how 'bout we beat the crap out of some aradama. Don't be slow following me in!!



11: A Widening Crack (1)

Yuuki: HAAAAAAAAAA!
Yuuki: Heh. Yuuki was trained by Akira-nee-sama herself! Aradama of this level are nothing to worry about!
Kaoru: (Yuuki's gotten a lot more capable. With this, things should go fine on her end.)
Kaoru: (Akira and Sayaka are...)
Akira: ORAA!
Sayaka: -!!
Kaoru: (These two are just too reliable. Should be completely painless. As for Mihono...)
Aradama: UGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Mihono: Ngh!? I can take this much!
Aradama: GUOOOOOOOO!!
Mihono: YAAAAA!
Kaoru: (She's struggling a bit? Feels like her concentration is falling off.)
Kaoru: (...Nn?)
Sayaka: Kaoru, there's more aradama again.
Kaoru: What are these, reinforcements...?
Akira: What should we do, Kaoru?
Kaoru: ......
Yuuki: I don't think these are anything to worry ourselves over... If Mihono-san were to get serious, these aradama shouldn't be a problem at all.
Mihono: Y-You mean me?
Yuuki: That's right.
Yuuki: You're only not showing your full strength out of some sort of consideration, isn't that right? Akira-nee-sama told me, if Mihono-san were to fight seriously, she wasn't sure if even she could win.
Yuuki: And if you're that powerful, this can't be the full extent of your abilities.
Mihono: It's not like I'm holding back or anything! I'm making sure to fight seriously...

Mirja: ...Asakura Mihono. You are forbidden from fighting with your full strength.
Mirja: At least, until our research on Kashuu Kiyomitsu makes progress, please refrain from using Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power.
Mihono: I-I can handle it! I've been fighting all this time together with Kiyomitsu! And, I only lost control that one time!!
Chie: Mihono-chan. I think you should do what Mirja says.
Chie: These nightmares, and Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power running rampant. We can't be sure if these two things are linked, but... It's true that they're having a negative effect on you right now.

Mihono: ...I am fighting seriously.
Mihono: But, I'm also trying not to use Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power until I know I can control it...
Yuuki: Control... it?
Yuuki: I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but... If you're wanting to control your strength, that's all the more reason you should practice using it.
Kaoru: Just leave it at that, Yuuki. Mihono's got her own circumstances she's dealing with. Don't push her too much.
Yuuki: ...I'm very sorry. I only wanted to see Mihono-san's strength, after Akira-nee-sama gave so much approval of her... I shouldn't have bothered her.
Akira: ...Sounds like you've got something going on, Mihono. It couldn't hurt, so how 'bout you tell me about it?
Mihono: ...Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power started running rampant. I wasn't even trying to use its power, but it started coming out on its own... I broke a glass...
Kaoru: Your okatana's power went rampant...?
Sayaka: Kaoru?
Kaoru: Don't ask me. I've never heard of anything like that.
Akira: I've... heard a story of something like that happening before.
Mihono: You have!?
Akira: Yeah... Sounds exactly like something my buddy told me. Though, she'd only heard that story from her mom too...
Mihono: Akira-san, who's this buddy of yours? Is she...
Akira: Slow down, Mihono. Their name's Hitakami Makoto. She's that childhood friend I was just telling you about.
Mihono: ...Hitakami Makoto-san.
Akira: That's her. If it's Makocchan, she might be able to get you through this.
Kaoru: ......The Hitakami faction, huh.
Akira: Mihono, you gotta trust me and use Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power. I swear we can help you.
Mihono: Akira-san... I got it. I'll go do it!!



12: A Widening Crack (2)

Mihono: HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Yuuki: ...Amazing! So this is Mihono-san's power!
Akira: The power of Kashuu Kiyomitsu... It's even better than I was expecting...
Akira: Looks like... We weren't wrong after all.
Sayaka: Is that... Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power getting greater and greater?
Kaoru: I've got a sort of bad feeling about this... Mihono! That's enough! We'll take care of the rest of the aradama together!!
Mihono: ......
Kaoru: Mihono? Oi! Mihono!!
Mihono: ......
Kaoru: Wait, she's pointing her okatana this way...
Sayaka: Kaoru, it's dangerous!
Mihono: ......!
Sayaka: Urgh!? I blocked it, but... it's forceful. My hands are tingling...
Sayaka: Kaoru, what happened to Mihono?
Kaoru: Akira!
Akira: ...Must've gone rampant. Yuuki, we're stopping Mihono!
Yuuki: Right! Understood!
Akira: (Makocchan wasn't aiming to make Mihono go on a rampage. All we had to do was make sure of her power.)
Kaoru: Hold it!
Kaoru: (I don't know what they're after, but... Akira and them are interested in Mihono. If that's the case...)
Kaoru: ...You two don't get near her. Sayaka. We're gonna stop her. You up for it?
Sayaka: Of course. We'll bring Mihono back to normal!



13: Strip My Flesh to Break Your Bones

Mihono: ......!
Kaoru: Shit, Mihono's way too damn strong...!
Sayaka: She's fast, but also hits hard... What do we do, Kaoru?
Kaoru: Good question... This would go easier if someone could tough her out...
Akira: Want some help?
Kaoru: Don't need it!!
Sayaka: Kaoru, it's getting desperate.
Kaoru: Just a little! Akira!
Akira: What?
Kaoru: I don't want your help, but you can give me some advice! What should we be doing!?
Akira: Get rid of her utsushi! After that, she'll be back to normal!
Kaoru: I'm trusting you on this! If you're lying... You're gonna pay!
Akira: Trust me, it'll work. I wouldn't lie when my cute kouhai there's in a pinch.
Yuuki: Akira-nee-sama, are we really not going to lend them assistance?
Akira: Kaoru's a girl of her word. And anyway, if you went out there, Mihono'd just chop you up.
Yuuki: ...If she cut me, I would cut her back.
Kaoru: If she cuts you, cut her back... Really don't want to do this, but let's go with that!
Kaoru: Sayaka! I'll get her attention! You use that to break her utsushi!
Sayaka: Understood.
Kaoru: Alright... Let's make this work!
Kaoru: This way, Mihono!! Don't go looking anywhere else!!
Mihono: ......
Kaoru: Yeah, just like that...
Mihono: ......!!
Kaoru: Gagh...!
Yuuki: Akira-nee-sama! She got Kaoru-san!
Akira: Ahaha! Strip my flesh to break your bones, huh! Now that's fighting dirty; I like it!
Kaoru: Quit laughing!
Kaoru: Shit, this hurts...! But, I've finally got you trapped!!
Kaoru: Sayaka!
Sayaka: Mm!
Mihono: ......
Yuuki: Nee-sama, she defended against it!? Even though they managed to create an opening...!
Akira: Nah, that was just another feint. She's really after...
Kaoru: Your back's wide open, Mihono!
Mihono: UAAGH!!
Kaoru: We got her utsushi off! She'll go back to normal now, right!?
Mihono: ......
Kaoru: Hey, the hell!? It didn't take!? Sayaka, cut her again!
Sayaka: ...Mihono. She's not using utsushi.
Kaoru: ...Huh?
Mihono: U-Ugh...
Mihono: Huh? What was I...
Sayaka: Mihono, are you back to normal?
Mihono: Itomi-san? ...Wait, Itomi-san, why's your okatana up like you're about to swing!?
Sayaka: I was just... about to slash you.
Kaoru: You can put it down now-. ...Sigh, that's finally over I guess.
Mihono: Uhh...? Did I do something?
Kaoru: You went on a full on rampage. Kashuu Kiyomitsu's power overwhelmed you and you passed out.
Mihono: I passed out...?
Sayaka: Mihono, you were strong. If Kaoru hadn't sacrificed herself, we wouldn't have won.
Mihono: Kaoru-san sacrificed herself!?
Kaoru: Don't turn me into a sacrifice. You just cut through me once.
Mihono: ...Then, I hurt Kaoru-san...
Mihono: I'm so sorry, Kaoru-san... Because of me...
Kaoru: I'm sorry for not being able to stop you properly either. Don't sweat it.
Mihono: ...Okay.
Akira: That's right, this is my fault. I went and said some things I shouldn't have. Sorry about that, Mihono.
Mihono: ...
Akira: But, it's all cleared up now. Everything's like Makocchan predicted.
Mihono: ...What do you mean by that?
Akira: Mihono.
Mihono: ...Y-Yes?
Akira: We know about this thing that's happening to you. You'd better prepare yourself, before it's too late.



Other: The Time Left

Kaoru: Akira.
Akira: ......Is this about Mihono?
Kaoru: What the hell else!? What was all that!? I haven't heard anything about this!!
Akira: ...Can't tell you.
Kaoru: Are you shitting me!? Mihono's a close friend of ours!!
Kaoru: And to you especially... What happened to her being your kouhai!?
Akira: ...Even so, I can't tell you. I've got a reason I can't say anything.
Akira: But...
Kaoru: What.
Akira: You don't have to do what I tell you, but, be sure you look after Mihono.
Akira: She hasn't got a lot of time.