-Y/N's POV-
It's been 2 days since Guren began training me, and I definitely regret asking him.
But, I've definitely gotten better, not as good as him, obviously.
Guren ran in to attack, again- sword in air ready to swing- I blocked it and mustered enough strength to push him back a bit which luckily worked, so I quickly ran forward and swung my sword at him- he responded to this by dodging and attempting to parry my attacks when he could.
My goal wasn't to hit him, though.
I constantly swung at him making sure to not give him any time to counter my attacks, he successfully dodged all of them; slowly stepping back with each block.
I could feel my energy slowly dissipating, luckily it wasn't long until-
"Gotchya" I winked at Guren and pointed the end of my sword at his neck, just as his back hit the wall.
He looked impressed, "I could easily get out of a situation like this, but I'm very satisfied with this result."
I pouted, "Hey! You should praise me not boast."
Guren put his hand on my head, "Well done for cornering me, your hard work paid off and I'm proud of you. Does that suffice?"
"I'll take it." I grinned widely, closing my eyes as he pet me,
"Ok, that's it for today. We'll train tomorrow morning, ok?" He sheathed his sword,
"Ok." Was what I tried to say, but I wasn't even sure if he had heard me,
My eyebrows scrunched in confusion as the sound droned on, it sounded like a plane was flying very low above the building.
Then there was a massive explosion.
It had occurred at some distance so it didn't directly harm us- but it was still powerful enough to shake the building.
I let out a yelp as I felt myself falling to the floor.
I braced myself for the impact of me hitting the floor- but something broke my fall.
The building stopped shaking and I opened my eyes moving my hands away from my ears.
I heard a low groaning beside my ear and I quickly turned around to find Guren's face near mine; he was wincing.
I gasped and slightly panicked, "Oh my God- are you oka-" due to my awkward position I lost my balance and fell forward, instinctively I put my hands against Guren's chest,
Guren laughed, "Take it easy, tiger"
I was admiring Guren's features, before I realised where we were, I cleared my throat and pushed him back a bit.
He seemed to be distracted by something because he seemed to shake himself out of his thoughts; his arms fell from my side and he sat up, propping himself up.
"Are you ok?" I looked concerned,
"Me? I'm fine" he dismissed easily, giving the impression he was no stranger to these kind of things, "It's cute you're concerned about me, Y/N." He cooed, mockingly, smirking at me,
"Get up." I ignored him, "We've got to go."
"Where?" He whined,
"You tell me, Lieutenant colonel."
Guren just shook his head, I stuck my tongue out at him to mock his attempts at teasing me.
~•~
I was scowling as Shinya droned on about nearly being 'Falcon punched' by Mito, behind us were 2 other snipers, too scared to even speak due to mine and Shinya's high status.
"God, I wish she hadn't missed." I interrupted him,
"You're so mean; anyway she didn't so that's too bad for you." He stuck his tongue out,
I fake laughed, "Keep it up and I'll make sure she won't."
He looked at me and laughed, "But you can't Y/N, tragic."
I summoned my rifle, "Well then, if I can't I can always bust a bullet in your ass now, what do you say?" I smiled sweetly, pointing it at him,
The 2 privates were ready to shit themselves, I would've laughed if Shinya wasn't getting on my last nerve,
"Fine you win," he put up his hands,
"I won a long time ago." I walked ahead of the lot, into the abandoned building ready to carry out the mission,
"Scary old lady, tsk." Shinya muttered under his breath,
"Old lady?" I quoted him,
"You should be calling me senpai you know."
"Didn't you just call me an 'old lady'?"
"The point still stands."
"Why is that some kink of yours?" I turned around to look at him,
"I really can't win with you." He rolled his eyes,
"I thought we established that already." I smirked, "By the way you're in the other building."
Shinya glared at me before turning to his private with a warm smile and leading her out.
I turned to mine and smiled softly, "Sorry you had to see that, what's your name?"
"Y-yato, Second Lieutenant L/N."
"Oh, Yato-kun feel free to drop the formalities, just call me Y/N."
"O-okay."
I summoned my rifle, "Oh, and relax. I'm not a scary person." I nearly snorted at what I just said, knowing Yato witnessed me threaten to shoot Shinya, even if he was thinking the same thing he definitely didn't show it,
"Y-yes ma- Y/N."
"Have you been informed of the mission?"
"Yes. We're to assassinate a noble vampire."
"Right. And you're a sniper like me, no?"
"Yes."
"So, to do your job well you have to relax yourself, in order to aim well. I don't know what you've heard about me or what impression you've got of me, they're most likely not true but put those aside for the mission, ok?" I spoke gently and smiled,
"Oh, sorry."
"No, no it's fine. Just take a few deep breaths and calm yourself. Control your breathing and steady your hand."
"Ok." He took a deep breath and summoned his weapon, aiming it at the spot the noble was going to be."
"We have four snipers on him, and he isn't a strong noble. One of us will get him, the plan is to shoot after one another, starting with Shinya's team- after I shoot you shoot, ok?"
"Understood." Yato had calmed down by now and was focused on the mission beforehand. Like me he had a sniper rifle, slightly bigger with a different body.
I smiled and nodded at him, before focusing in on the sight before me. It had been around 15 minutes before the noble finally showed up.
I sighed in relief as the mission was due to start in 5 minutes. He came walking into view, his white cloak trailing behind him as he came to meet with another random vampire.
Then it was time. As soon as the alarm quietly buzzed in our pockets, the first round was shot quickly following another one; the ordinary vampire had been shoot and quickly disintegrated.
Yato and I were responsible for the noble, if we missed that would mean the other soldiers hidden elsewhere would have to step in, possibly alerting the vampires of the current conflict.
Without wasting any time I fired my shot, which seemed to land in his foot as he glared down in frustration but just as he were looking up it was too late, as Yato's demon was already consuming the vampire, causing him to disintegrate.
I cheered putting out my hand for Yato to hi-five, "You're no joke!"
He chuckled and accepted it, "Thanks, Y/N." He smiled, the tension which was there earlier had mostly dissipated and he smiled.
"Whelp, that's our mission done, let's go and meet Shinya!"
We left the building and Shinya and his partner were already waiting for us.
"Oi, oi Yato-Kun!" Shinya nudged him, "That was definitely a good show. Even Y/N can't compare."
I ignored Shinya's comment and stretched walking ahead, "Let's go to the rest of the troops."