They arrive at Hinode Shooting Range and Kahina immediately hop out from the car to the entrance. Her face is beaming with excitement as she skips her step. She didn't bother to wait for everyone but near the entrance, there is a line of black suit man aligns waiting for her. She smiles even wider while greeting them.
"Have you all been well? I miss you all." They didn't feel the excitement as she did even after been told they are been missed by their young mistress. They thought they could skip today inspection when they heard she will be coming with someone special but they did not spot anyone else except her and Ken.
"We are great young mistress!!" They replied to her as usual.
"Good. Now, let's look at your progress." They are the training team for the shooting team. Their mission usually involves assassination in the long range. They have been trained to move like a ninja and leave no evidence and till today their records are still impeccable. Obviously, they should fear nothing but no, they are terrified with the beautiful young lady in front of them. She is the devil of all devils. Any less than perfect is not acceptable. That is her standard. They immediately preparing to show her their progress but before they ready with their weapon, she drops a bomb to them, leave them shock for a while.
"No! I got you all new weapon. Ken let them have it." she orders Ken to hand out the weapon she brought.
They question themselves if they are able to get a perfect score using an unfamiliar weapon. The unconsciously let out a deep sigh but their regrettable feeling automatically disappears when they open the boxes. It is the McMillan TAC-50. It is the weapon that has been used in Iraq to kill three of the top four longest recorded snipers in history in 2007. They have been asked her to get their hands on these sniper rifles for a long time. They can't help but grin widely while excitedly inspect more detail on it. It is manually operated with a rotary bolt-action rifle with the large bolt has dual front locking lugs, and its body has spiral flutes to reduce weight. The heavy match-grade barrel is made by Lilja barrels is also fluted to dissipate heat quickly and reduce overall weight and fitted with an effective muzzle brake to reduce recoil. It has a detachable box magazine which holds five rounds each. The stock is made from fibreglass and it is designed to be used from a bipod only. The buttstock is adjustable for length of pull with rubber spacers and can be removed for compact storage. This baby is just perfect!
"Happy?" she really enjoys looking at their face. They look like a boy been given candy. Their shining eyes show how eager they are to try it.
"Yes! Young mistress!" They answer her in unison. She shakes her head helplessly to them.
"Okay, let's start with 1800 yards. Who could beat 2700 yards can have one year bonus and one month holidays with payroll" she heighten their spirit for a while before she crushed it with her next sentence.
"Anyone who fails to achieve perfect point lesser than 1800 yards, your payroll will be deducted by three months and no holiday for shogatsu and golden week." she smiles mercilessly to them then she continues.
"I give you 30 minutes to practice before I evaluate you all. Please enjoy~~" she walked away to change her cloth to more appropriate for shooting. She chose a simple knee rips black jeans and pair it with long sleeve grey t-shirt, and yellow sneakers. She just does a ponytails hairstyle to compliment the rest of her look. She looks like a school girl going out to have fun. Satisfied with it, she approached one of the sniper rifles and she slowly adjusts it to her preference then she calmly to the aim.
'Bang!Bang!Bang! Bang! Bang!' the sounds echo silence everyone there. Everyone lock their eyes to the target waiting for the result. Slowly they took their binocular to check it. Perfect! it's perfect!
2000 yards is nothing to her. It is just a child play.
Quite far from her there is a man calmly watched her in a composed manner. He smiles charmingly and slowly approached Kahina. When he just nears her, he doing a slow clap to show how impressed he is. Kahina is so engrossed in the sniper didn't realize a man approaching her. She took another aim, and this time she tries to achieve 2300 yards.
'Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!' just then she shows a slight disappointment looking at the board. four out of five is perfect but one of it slightly missed to the right. She sighs with regret.
"You should calm your breath before taking the hit. This is a sniper rifle, so you do not need to take five shots each time. One is enough."
"Yup, I agree. Five times straight will burden my shoulder. This would be okay for my people but not for me." she said calmly still not realize who she is talking to. After she finishes talking, she immediately turns to realize to whom she is been talking to.
"You! What are you doing here?!" she pointed at Touma half yelled.
"I've come to apologize. I realize I'm a bit out of line just now." He then took the sniper from her and aim in the same direction Kahina took just now.
"Bang!" it goes straight to the same hole Kahina missed. Kahina watches it through the binocular and realizes Touma tried to show off to her. She sneers annoyingly. He then put down the weapon and turns to Kahina.
"What do you want me to do to forgive me? I'm really sorry," he asked her again after she didn't respond to him the first time. Kahina glare at him and just walk away from him. She didn't expect him to come to apologize this fast. She still couldn't come up with the way to make him pay. She sat on the nearest bench while Touma followed. She still keeps her silence.
"How about this? As a token of apologies, I'll treat you dinner tonight?" he probes again hoping Kahina would agree.
Kahina really tempted to accept it but thinking about her embarrassment she suffers just now, a mere dinner would not suffice. She continues her silence.
"I really don't know how to coax anyone. Please tell me how I able to appease to anger?" he really can't grasp why he needs her to forgive him. They just met two days ago but he can't sway away from his guilt to her.
"A dinner and a date this weekend, then you will be forgiven," Kahina replied taunting Touma with she sure Touma would refuse.
"Deal!" he immediately agrees then she saw Ando approaching then holding a teddy bear. He took it from Ando and shoves it to Kahina.
"Please accept this as a token for our friendship." A present from him is like the best present ever to her but she kept the excitement inside and maintain her calm demeanour.
"I also need to apologize for my weird approach to you. I truly want to be your friend, no, actually I want to be your girlfriend. I admit you might find it weird for a girl to be this frank but I think I'm in love with you." She said with a blush on her face.
Touma caught unprepared with her confession but it softens the atmosphere a bit. He met a lot of women to gain his attention but never did they told him they in love with him. Most of them normally approach him for power or money but she had both of it.
"Thank you, I really appreciate it but let's start to get to know each other first," he replied.
"Agree!" she is looking at him with a happy face. Touma's heart skips a beat upon seeing her face. 'She such a beauty' he kept the compliment to himself.