Mission 224: Akizo Tonamiya, 17 Years old, Job: Ranger, 2 years in, Solo Ranger, Rank 3 High Guard.
The dust settles as I take the hit from the beast. I have been here for about 20 minutes, the rift opened up roughly 3 minutes before, luckily, I just so happened to be around when it hit. Today's beast is a half-bear half-wolf hybrid. The beast goes for another hit, I barely dodge and stab it with a nearby rock; the thing flails around before getting back up. My Talent is being able to use my surroundings to assist me, anything and everything is usable in a fight. Some say it's a weak power but I disagree, I probably wouldn't be alive if I didn't have this power. I found a nearby metal disk and threw it as hard as possible, the disk flew straight and sliced its head straight off. "Heh, another clean win". The rift closes behind me as I walk back to whatever I was doing, "Oh, yeah, It was school..." Oh wait, I'm late. It's never great coming to school with a dirty uniform, it leaves a bunch of people staring in your direction, wondering what kind of fight you must have gotten into, I don't mind though, it's pretty normal at this point, plus people will just leave me alone because I have no bruises so I must have won whatever fight I was in. I am immune to bullies and friends, my nickname is the "Immortal Kid Slayer", heh, I must be suuuupeer scary or something even though I look like your average high school student. Rumor has it I run a guild, they say those things are where evil powerhouses go to spend time, often causing problems around town. As a Ranger I have to deal with people like them often, they're nothing special though. If only people knew I was a City Ranger, some of those rumors would dissolve. I have been since Junior High, I got accepted because when I was 16 I defeated a Bat beast, supposedly too tough for rank 4 Rangers to handle.
6:00 PM. On my way home I thought to myself, what am I doing this for, "saving the world"? "Being a hero"? I kind of just accepted my job and have been doing well ever since, I never really thought of why I do what I do, a small presence in my mind always seems to be there when I have thought of what it would be like if I quit.
2:00 AM. My bell rings, and there is an outbreak at the city square, beast: Lion Bird. This one will be tough, I am supposed to be partnered with another Ranger for this, It must be really bad. When I reach the site, there is already a fight underway, The Lion Bird is sending repeated attacks against my partner ranger, they seem to be fine though. Welp, I must start soon, I find a nearby sign and spear it right into the beast's Wing, the thing falters but gets right back up, "Hey, You're finally here". What do you mean "Finally", It has only been like 5 minutes. "Hey, what is your ability? And what should I call you?". *Distant* "I'm Inisha, my ability is enhancing things around me". Wow, what a useful power. *Shout* "Alright then Inisha, I can make anything and everything around me a weapon, can you enhance the stuff I pick up? I'll give you some so you can also attack the beast but don't get your hopes up, my ability is pretty self-centered". I find three nearby rocks, each one starts glowing with buffs, I toss one over to Inisha, and chuck one into the air. "Alright, here we go". I dash In the exact position under the beast, then chuck my rock at its underside. The beast quickly evades, "good, it has fallen for the trap" Inisha threw her rock straight at the one I threw up earlier, the floating buff it had kept it there, the two rocks collide and send one hurdling towards the beast, it dodges but ends up hitting the third one. The second rock hit rock 1 and they fell towards me at record speeds, I quickly hit the rocks toward the lion, *crack* "Owow". they struck it twice in the head, the built-up momentum of each rock made the hit equal to one of a rocket. The beast fell from the sky hitting the ground dazed, "Now" I shouted at Inisha while throwing a pole in her direction, she caught it and sent it straight into its skull instantly destroying it. The rift closes and the surrounding area heals itself. *Sigh*, "That was one smart beast". Inisha gets up "Duo Rangering isn't that bad I guess," she says. Huh? Is she a solo Ranger too? That's pretty impressive for somebody who has a low physical attuned ability. "Welp, I best be off now, it's pretty late and I would like to not be late for school again". "The situation's mutual" she groans. "Makes sense, see ya".
Mission 201: Inisha Iroha, 17 years old, Job: Ranger, 1.2 years in, Solo Ranger, Rank 3 High Guard.
In all my years, I have never felt this way, like I could do almost anything I wanted to, that fight from last week had really woken me up to the possibilities of duo work, somehow he did pretty well for a fellow Solo Ranger who has seemingly never done duo work before. I wonder where he picked up those killer instincts. Oh Crap!!, I almost fell asleep on the job again, the Cat beast was moving around outside the rock pile, I had forgotten that it was there, I quickly got up and enhanced my boots, Gloves, and Sword. The beast should be outside this little pile I'm in, I'll probably catch it off guard with a sneak attack and finish it off with the sword. Great plan. I quietly launch myself into the air, and the beast unnoticingly goes about breaking the rocks around it. *Slam* I sent my heel straight into the beast's body, the beast scratched and howled. "No more" I shout slicing its head clean off, causing it to disappear. Everything around me returned to normal but my outfit remained dirty, as usual.
9:00 PM. I should check in at the Ranger hall tomorrow, I want to ask about something. I want to know more about this feeling.
9:34 AM. It's the weekend now, no more need for school studies, now I can finally go on a normal walk. What a boring introduction... The Ranger Hall was a massive building, the place where every ranger meet up to start groups or bring in battle reports. Somebody like myself doesn't have to wait in line. There are hundreds of job applications every day, and we are definitely a popular organization. Only about 0.1% of applications ever make it and after that, only 10% of people make it past the first day. The hall had a big white marble interior, everything was glistening, and there were different entries for each rank. The front desk was split up into 20 community receptionists and 5 ranger receptionists, I walked up to the nearest one. "Hey, I would like to ask about the Ranger R3 #2 Akizo. "Sure thing," the receptionist said without hesitation. "What do you want to know?" "I wanted to ask you about why he does Solo work instead of working with a team, he seems really good at teamwork". "I see, well, let me check some old records. Oh, uh. I don't think I can disclose any information here. I am so very sorry Ms".