(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9a/Tony_Leung.jpg)(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/Sarna_reserves_kamakura_s_hussars_spider_by_viereth-d585zvf.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Hiro Kagekaze</span></span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Near crew quarters<br/><strong>With:</strong>Yamina<br/><br/><strong>"Are we still on for tonight?"</strong><br/><br/><em><strong>"Walk with me."</strong></em>She just kind of started going without me.  I guessed she wanted to get out of the area quickly.  Then she stopped and turned toward me.  I smiled, my hands going to her hips to pull her closer to me.<br/><br/>She paid me all sorts of compliments about what I said in the briefing, which I wasn't expecting.  But there was a "but" in there somewhere, and not the tight, firm, round kind of butt that was in Yamina's pants.<br/><br/>Then more compliments about what we did in her bunk.  Now we were getting somewhere... until it got nowhere again.<br/><br/><em><strong>"The challenge won't prove anything other than cement in their minds that you are pig arrogant and stubborn.  You lose face."</strong></em><br/><br/>I tilted my head away from her and turned it to the side, my eyebrows scrunching together as I looked around, processing what she said.  Then I faced her again and looked back at her.<br/><br/><strong>"You really think... that they think... that I'm a... pig?"</strong>I put my hand on my chin thoughtfully.<strong>"I mean, arrogant, stubborn, disrespectful, superior... these are not new words used to describe me.  But 'pig?!'  Why, I don't think I could bear it."</strong><br/><br/>My tone was sarcastically somber, and I gave her a smile at the end.  I put my hands on her upper arms.<br/><br/><strong>"Yamina.  I am <em>from</em> the Draconis Combine, but I am no longer part <em>of</em> them.  I was raised to fight, with words, with fists, with firearms, or with mechs.  Things like face and honor mean nothing to me.  If they did... I would not be standing here before you.  Instead, I would be standing in a pile of corpses including Erich, Ranna and Alroy.<br/><br/>"But such things do matter to someone like Miyoko, and I am certain that my fellow former member of House Kurita has not yet fully freed herself of her brainwashing.  For whatever reason, Alroy's aggression was directed at me, but then Miyoko got involved, and I was not about to let <em>her</em> fight him because of me.  <br/><br/>"She mentioned killing him.  He mentioned 'accidents' and 'carrying steel.'  Now, instead of any of that, Alroy and I are going to have a sparring session.  Now, instead of having them kill each other... only Alroy is going to get hurt, and only in his pride.<br/><br/>"We have similar motives, Yamina, but different methods.  We both wanted to help the Kurita children.  You hugged them, I did play-fighting.  We both want this unit to run smoothly.  You talk it out, and I'll brawl it out.  And we both want to enjoy our moments together..."</strong><br/><br/>I pinned her up against the wall and grasped her wrists firmly.<br/><br/><strong>"... you do what I want you to do in bed,... and I want you."</strong>