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coolohohTitle: Spy Arashi: Humble Beginnings
Chapter: 13. Conversations
Rating: G
Pairing: General Arashi friendship
Summary: What would happen if our five stormy boys are not idols? What would happen if JE itself is not an entertainment agency, but a spy agency instead? Come, find out with me!
A/N: Sorry for the insanely long wait. I'm coming to the end of my pre-written and pre-edited text so... I don't think the rest of the chapters will be fast either... gomen!
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“It's just... I mean, Nakai wasn't really to blame. But it was just the circumstances and everything didn't turn out right..." Ohno mumbled as he came to the end of his lengthy explanation.
The rest were still reeling from Ohno's confession. The members barely knew about Ohno after all. Even the knowledge that Ohno had in the Agency for so long now came as a shock to them.
"Wait... you joined when you were 13???!" Nino exclaimed in disbelief.
"Un-huh..." Ohno nodded, clearly embarrassed.
"You've been in the Agency for 10 years already???" Nino continued, unable to contain his surprise.
"Now that's some freaking screwed up cool shit!" Nino gulped.
"To think that you've been in this for so long already... and you're not even that much older than as...!" Nino shook his head as he recalled the physical display of prowess he had witnessed yesterday.
"I don't mean to be rude but... how come you've not been put in a group till now?" Jun asked tactfully.
Ohno merely shrugged.
"I was almost put into V6... thankfully that didn't happen though…"
"You don't like the people in there?" Aiba asked.
"Nah… it's just... you know... the age gap is kinda big. Makes it a bit awkward I think.”
Mutters of true and I sees were heard throughout the ward.
"And there's no other group you could be put into?" Aiba quipped.
Sho answered the question for Ohno, "If I recall the 'Introduction to the Agency' handbook correctly, KinKi's the newest group formed and the only one after V6... I hardly think putting Ohno in with the Domoto brothers would be appropriate.”
They'd all heard gossips of how close the KinKi Kids were - despite most of the rumors being highly exaggerated, there was no denying the close knitted relationship between the duo.
Ohno shrugged, "Yeah the only group that came out since then was KinKi. There's those Kanjani brats that's around my age, but we don't exactly get along very well... Johnny doesn't recruit all that many people in the first place, and many of those recruits drop out before long. You guys getting recruited together with so many others only happened because of the government quota…"
"Quota?" Aiba asked.
"Remember the Sarin Gas attack?” Ohno asked.
The rest nodded. The Sarin Gas attack in 1995 had been the most horrific terrorist attack in Japan since the second world war ended. While the death toll was only 13, the chaos that wreaked through Tokyo was unprecedented. The emergency services were ill-prepared to handle such a large scale emergency, and the government subsequently demanded for major reforms to be made.
"So this quota thing is part of the reform?" Aiba asked.
"Yeah... they set a target for the Agency to increase manpower to prevent such incidents from re-occurring. I'm guessing this new temporary group thing is part of Johnny's response to the new regulations..." Ohno explained.
The rest nodded in agreement, now everything seemed to make more sense.
"Say... do you know if we'll be able to become a proper group some day?" Sho asked hesitantly, the idea of becoming a proper Agent in a proper group never far from his head.
Ohno shrugged, "That depends on Johnny-san really. He might even put us in completely different groups later on for all you may know.
"EH! You mean we'll get broken up later???" Aiba protested in shock.
Despite all the set backs that they had at the training camp, Aiba had already grown to love the rest of his teammates.
"Maybe... It's all up to Johnny-san. Maybe he'll let us stay together though... But knowing Johnny he'll probably give us a test of some sort that'll we'll have to pass before he gives his stamp of approval…” Ohno explained.
"And if we fail the test?" Sho asked.
"At best we'll be sent back to training and given another chance. At worst we'll all be sent packing." Ohno replied nonchalantly. "You can never guess what the old man is thinking.”
"Is he really that bad?" Nino asked.
"He... gets mood swings I guess..." Ohno replied carefully.
"Wait a minute..." The observant Jun asked. "How come Kanjani gets a name then but they're not a proper, official group kind of group?”
"They are a junior group." Ohno explained, "Recruits to the Agency can either be regular recruits like you guys, or they can be junior recruits like Kanjani, who join the Agency when they are 16 or so and undergo special training programs. Johnny puts those recruits into junior groups to motivate them and teach them values like team work and stuff... and if things goes well they will eventually become a proper group. But juniors come and go all the time, and there was a bunch of changes to the group already before you guys joined.”
"Ah... so they've been in the Agency for much longer... so that's why they are so much better at everything" Aiba lamented, earning him a 'don't tell me you didn't know that' look from Nino.
"Yeah... of course they're good, it’s their second time going through that course after all." "Eh??? You can go through the course more than once?" Sho asked.
"No wonder they knew about the tunnels!" Jun lamented.
"Yeah, you can keep doing it. More like, you are made to keep doing it until you pass with a good grade.”
"Really??" Sho winced, considering their previous performance, they would definitely be made to repeat the training course.
"Of course each time Higashiyama or whoever's in charge will change and tailor the contents to suit the students... so every time something is different and you won't get bored.”
"Ne Ohno-san, so how many times have you done the camp?" Jun asked.
"Ah that... I've... I've..." Ohno stuttered, his face reddening up in embarrassment.
"I've been through the course six times already…"
"WHAT? SIX! YOU MUST BE LYING!" Nino yelled, and Jun had to remind him that he was in a hospital before he would shut up.
"Yeah... the first time I joined TOKIO when they just received their group confirmation status. More like tagged along maybe, because they were much older and I had only joined the Agency and barely knew anything... then I went again when V6 did, twice too, Higashiyama made them repeat because they teamwork the first time round was non existent... after that I was asked to join with Kinki, as well as a few other juniors who later left, simply to make up the numbers. Then once with Kanjani, initially Johnny wanted me to work with them, but after the camp decided that it was never going to work out... and then the last time I dropped in with the new juniors because I had no mission and was bored… I didn’t exactly join in all their activities every single time though. I was kind of just, coming and going as I please…” Ohno said.
“Wow! Coming and going as you please? You actually got to pick if you wanted to take part or not???” Aiba exclaimed, his eyes wide is shock.
“Yeah I was kind of… the senpai among the juniors after all.. and I guess… they did give me a lot of freedom, maybe more than what I deserve….” Ohno’s voice trailed off and he recalled all the times he was simply napping in his dorm, or drawing while the rest were slogging it out in training.
Maybe that was the reason the Kansai kids hated him so much. He was always the exception. He had never thought of things that way before, but now maybe he could see the reason why he was always an outcast among the juniors. There were those who were down right afraid of him, and those who were jealous and were not afraid to show it, those he had recognised long ago. And then there were those like the current members of Kanjani8, who downright hated him to the core, despite the fact that he had never done anything to insult or offend them. But maybe, to the Kanjani members, Ohno excelling at everything effortlessly was an offence in itself. Compared to how hard they were working. Ohno worked hard too, but he preferred to do it away from the prying eyes of others, that and the fact that Ohno started off much earlier than Kanjani made it seem like he was simply talented.
"Eh but... 6 times? Isn't it a bit... excessive?" Sho asked, breaking Ohno from his thoughts.
"Kinda... but then I had nothing better to do anyway that's why I joined. It's more interesting than regular training after all… Plus I was still underage, there were not that many missions that they were willing to send me on…"
"Interesting? Are you nuts?" Nino retorted.
"At least you get to beat people up regularly... and there's those paint ball fights and simulation rounds fights too!" Ohno smiled as he recalled the time when he'd gone up against Okada of V6 in a paint ball fight, and the newbie recruit had ended up being covered head to toe in paint while there wasn't even a single splatter on himself.
Nino winced as he shook his head regretfully, "I guess its only fun when you can actually beat the crap out of everyone…"
In the last paint ball fight they had, Nino had ended up with 26 painful bruises, which was a mere 16 more than the average the rest received. The curious members questioned Ohno about previous experience a little more. However it was getting late then, and the four of them left to allow Ohno some rest, but only after they had promised that they'll visit him the next day.
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Chapter: 13. Conversations
Rating: G
Pairing: General Arashi friendship
Summary: What would happen if our five stormy boys are not idols? What would happen if JE itself is not an entertainment agency, but a spy agency instead? Come, find out with me!
A/N: Sorry for the insanely long wait. I'm coming to the end of my pre-written and pre-edited text so... I don't think the rest of the chapters will be fast either... gomen!
Master post here.
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“It's just... I mean, Nakai wasn't really to blame. But it was just the circumstances and everything didn't turn out right..." Ohno mumbled as he came to the end of his lengthy explanation.
The rest were still reeling from Ohno's confession. The members barely knew about Ohno after all. Even the knowledge that Ohno had in the Agency for so long now came as a shock to them.
"Wait... you joined when you were 13???!" Nino exclaimed in disbelief.
"Un-huh..." Ohno nodded, clearly embarrassed.
"You've been in the Agency for 10 years already???" Nino continued, unable to contain his surprise.
"Now that's some freaking screwed up cool shit!" Nino gulped.
"To think that you've been in this for so long already... and you're not even that much older than as...!" Nino shook his head as he recalled the physical display of prowess he had witnessed yesterday.
"I don't mean to be rude but... how come you've not been put in a group till now?" Jun asked tactfully.
Ohno merely shrugged.
"I was almost put into V6... thankfully that didn't happen though…"
"You don't like the people in there?" Aiba asked.
"Nah… it's just... you know... the age gap is kinda big. Makes it a bit awkward I think.”
Mutters of true and I sees were heard throughout the ward.
"And there's no other group you could be put into?" Aiba quipped.
Sho answered the question for Ohno, "If I recall the 'Introduction to the Agency' handbook correctly, KinKi's the newest group formed and the only one after V6... I hardly think putting Ohno in with the Domoto brothers would be appropriate.”
They'd all heard gossips of how close the KinKi Kids were - despite most of the rumors being highly exaggerated, there was no denying the close knitted relationship between the duo.
Ohno shrugged, "Yeah the only group that came out since then was KinKi. There's those Kanjani brats that's around my age, but we don't exactly get along very well... Johnny doesn't recruit all that many people in the first place, and many of those recruits drop out before long. You guys getting recruited together with so many others only happened because of the government quota…"
"Quota?" Aiba asked.
"Remember the Sarin Gas attack?” Ohno asked.
The rest nodded. The Sarin Gas attack in 1995 had been the most horrific terrorist attack in Japan since the second world war ended. While the death toll was only 13, the chaos that wreaked through Tokyo was unprecedented. The emergency services were ill-prepared to handle such a large scale emergency, and the government subsequently demanded for major reforms to be made.
"So this quota thing is part of the reform?" Aiba asked.
"Yeah... they set a target for the Agency to increase manpower to prevent such incidents from re-occurring. I'm guessing this new temporary group thing is part of Johnny's response to the new regulations..." Ohno explained.
The rest nodded in agreement, now everything seemed to make more sense.
"Say... do you know if we'll be able to become a proper group some day?" Sho asked hesitantly, the idea of becoming a proper Agent in a proper group never far from his head.
Ohno shrugged, "That depends on Johnny-san really. He might even put us in completely different groups later on for all you may know.
"EH! You mean we'll get broken up later???" Aiba protested in shock.
Despite all the set backs that they had at the training camp, Aiba had already grown to love the rest of his teammates.
"Maybe... It's all up to Johnny-san. Maybe he'll let us stay together though... But knowing Johnny he'll probably give us a test of some sort that'll we'll have to pass before he gives his stamp of approval…” Ohno explained.
"And if we fail the test?" Sho asked.
"At best we'll be sent back to training and given another chance. At worst we'll all be sent packing." Ohno replied nonchalantly. "You can never guess what the old man is thinking.”
"Is he really that bad?" Nino asked.
"He... gets mood swings I guess..." Ohno replied carefully.
"Wait a minute..." The observant Jun asked. "How come Kanjani gets a name then but they're not a proper, official group kind of group?”
"They are a junior group." Ohno explained, "Recruits to the Agency can either be regular recruits like you guys, or they can be junior recruits like Kanjani, who join the Agency when they are 16 or so and undergo special training programs. Johnny puts those recruits into junior groups to motivate them and teach them values like team work and stuff... and if things goes well they will eventually become a proper group. But juniors come and go all the time, and there was a bunch of changes to the group already before you guys joined.”
"Ah... so they've been in the Agency for much longer... so that's why they are so much better at everything" Aiba lamented, earning him a 'don't tell me you didn't know that' look from Nino.
"Yeah... of course they're good, it’s their second time going through that course after all." "Eh??? You can go through the course more than once?" Sho asked.
"No wonder they knew about the tunnels!" Jun lamented.
"Yeah, you can keep doing it. More like, you are made to keep doing it until you pass with a good grade.”
"Really??" Sho winced, considering their previous performance, they would definitely be made to repeat the training course.
"Of course each time Higashiyama or whoever's in charge will change and tailor the contents to suit the students... so every time something is different and you won't get bored.”
"Ne Ohno-san, so how many times have you done the camp?" Jun asked.
"Ah that... I've... I've..." Ohno stuttered, his face reddening up in embarrassment.
"I've been through the course six times already…"
"WHAT? SIX! YOU MUST BE LYING!" Nino yelled, and Jun had to remind him that he was in a hospital before he would shut up.
"Yeah... the first time I joined TOKIO when they just received their group confirmation status. More like tagged along maybe, because they were much older and I had only joined the Agency and barely knew anything... then I went again when V6 did, twice too, Higashiyama made them repeat because they teamwork the first time round was non existent... after that I was asked to join with Kinki, as well as a few other juniors who later left, simply to make up the numbers. Then once with Kanjani, initially Johnny wanted me to work with them, but after the camp decided that it was never going to work out... and then the last time I dropped in with the new juniors because I had no mission and was bored… I didn’t exactly join in all their activities every single time though. I was kind of just, coming and going as I please…” Ohno said.
“Wow! Coming and going as you please? You actually got to pick if you wanted to take part or not???” Aiba exclaimed, his eyes wide is shock.
“Yeah I was kind of… the senpai among the juniors after all.. and I guess… they did give me a lot of freedom, maybe more than what I deserve….” Ohno’s voice trailed off and he recalled all the times he was simply napping in his dorm, or drawing while the rest were slogging it out in training.
Maybe that was the reason the Kansai kids hated him so much. He was always the exception. He had never thought of things that way before, but now maybe he could see the reason why he was always an outcast among the juniors. There were those who were down right afraid of him, and those who were jealous and were not afraid to show it, those he had recognised long ago. And then there were those like the current members of Kanjani8, who downright hated him to the core, despite the fact that he had never done anything to insult or offend them. But maybe, to the Kanjani members, Ohno excelling at everything effortlessly was an offence in itself. Compared to how hard they were working. Ohno worked hard too, but he preferred to do it away from the prying eyes of others, that and the fact that Ohno started off much earlier than Kanjani made it seem like he was simply talented.
"Eh but... 6 times? Isn't it a bit... excessive?" Sho asked, breaking Ohno from his thoughts.
"Kinda... but then I had nothing better to do anyway that's why I joined. It's more interesting than regular training after all… Plus I was still underage, there were not that many missions that they were willing to send me on…"
"Interesting? Are you nuts?" Nino retorted.
"At least you get to beat people up regularly... and there's those paint ball fights and simulation rounds fights too!" Ohno smiled as he recalled the time when he'd gone up against Okada of V6 in a paint ball fight, and the newbie recruit had ended up being covered head to toe in paint while there wasn't even a single splatter on himself.
Nino winced as he shook his head regretfully, "I guess its only fun when you can actually beat the crap out of everyone…"
In the last paint ball fight they had, Nino had ended up with 26 painful bruises, which was a mere 16 more than the average the rest received. The curious members questioned Ohno about previous experience a little more. However it was getting late then, and the four of them left to allow Ohno some rest, but only after they had promised that they'll visit him the next day.
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