Zebraverse: Episode 1 (for Eti and Emi in particular but any Go-Busters welcome)

[red_pleather]

Neesan isn't happy with me at all, but I have a duty.

I'm an adult now, and I'm the only one who can do this. I'm the only one who can be Red Buster. It's time for me to join the rest of the team. Time for me to help fight Vaglass.

I hustle out of the hospital, Nick by my side. His face doesn't move, but it's obvious that he's happy, along with all the urgency. He transforms, and I climb on.

...five minutes later, I get him to turn around, and we check the map.

A few minutes after that, we're walking into EMC.

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[black_buster]

I'm fussing. I know I am. For all that these uniforms were tailored for us, I still feel as though they're ill-fitting and uncomfortable. I don't mind so much, the Brace on my wrist, though I'm concerned that they were designed identical. Etienne's should be on his right wrist, so as to be operated with his left, his dominant hand.

I tug at his jacket for him, straightening it, and then smooth his hair down. Usually this is the sort of stuff he does, but that's when he's smartening me up for looking nice when we go out. This is different, this is... This is important, and I want us both to look more professional than I think we get credit for sometimes. Seeing as we're always together. Seeing as we literally cannot function without one another. Seeing as most people consider that a weakness.

This will be the first time in thirteen years that all five of us kids are brought together, though none of us are kids anymore. Youko-chan's nearly grown herself. I find it hard to think that she's sixteen now.

Hiromu-kun is even more of a conundrum to me. We haven't seen him in over a decade. His sister kept him away from the rest of us, and even Takosawa and Kotako don't know his Buddyroid well at all.

"It'll be alright." I say aloud, though I know I'm mostly reassuring myself. "Won't it?"