I: The Rabbit's Start

It hurts... What the hell happened?" The rabbit girl coughed due to a big smoke. She can't see anything, except some burning houses. A lot of her kind were dead due to a possible explosion. She heard of soldiers marching.

And she realized. They were under attack.

The rabbit girl ran to her home, but she kept stumbling due to low visibility. She was crawling when she reached her house. It was burning on fire. Nearby, she saw her mother, severely injured. Her mother glanced at her.

"Go, to the shrine. Take your father's gift for you. It's your time to inherit it-" Out of nowhere, she heard a gunfire.

"Go. Now-" she heard another gunfire. But this time, her mother got shot. And it wasnt enough, they rained bullets towards her lifeless mother.

"NOOOOOO!!"

2023

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

"HOLY CRAP SHACHOU!" A purple haired girl almost dropped her coffee.

"Oh, you're finally awake. Another bad dream?" Moona placed her cup of coffee on the table beside Pekora's bed

"Yeah," Pekora grabbed the cup and took a sip of coffee.

"Uh, that's mine."

"Oh sorry, peko."

"Nevermind, I have another one. Lemme grab it," Moona left the room leaving Pekora sitting at the bed, staring at her reflection on the coffee. Her memories of the genocide were still fresh. It happened 2 years ago.

"We finally wiped this village! We finally got our revenge." Those soldier then stared at Pekora, whose still kneeling on the ground.

"There's another one. Shoot it." A soldier yelled as they pointed their marksman rifles at her.

She closed her eyes. She's 10 meters away from them and she felt those rifles aiming at her.

"Im going to die, I guess." she murmured as she looked at the ground and closed her eyes. It was inevitable for her.

Suddenly.

"BANG!"

She heard an explosion, making her deaf for a second. She looked at the soldiers which seems like they got hit by a flashbang.

"FUCK, MY EYES!"

"I CANT SEE!"

Without noticing, someone grabbed her and started running away while carrying her.

"So uh, sorry for the flashbang. Did you get hurt?" the purple-haired girl worriedly asked.

"Uh no, just hearing rings. Um who are you?" the rabbit girl seems confused.

"Im Moona. Moona Hoshinova. Your family saved us when we're under danger. And as a payment, im going to make sure you're alright," Moona smiled at her.

"B-b-but my mom-"

"Oh right, condolences. But we have no time to mourn we need to keep running." they heard gunshot behind.

"Put me down. I have feet, you know." Pekora requested.

Without hesitation, she followed her command, "Suit yourself. Besides, I know you can run faster than me"

"Okay let's hurry up."

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"I'm back Pekora-shachou!" Moona came back with another cup of coffee and a newspaper.

"Uh, what's that?" Pekora stared at the newspaper Moona was holding.

"Oh, about that?" she handed over the newspaper to Pekora, revealing the headline.

Operation: Hare Hunt

Wanted: Usada Pekora

Reward for someone who can find this criminal, Dead or Alive: 100 million ¥

"What the fuck? or maybe, How the fuck?"

The rabbit girl crumbled the newspaper in disbelief.

"Well, we had connections with the former Minister of Defense so yeah, that would make sense," Moona smirks while nodding.

"So. We should start now, peko." Pekora stood up from the bed.

"As you wish, Shachou."

"Pack up, and call the private jet. We're going to leave Japan tonight."

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Shimane Prefecture, 2 PM

Pekora looked at the mountains, where a lot of her species lived, and killed. She started climbing to search for an important item left for her.

After reaching the top, she went to an old shrine, owned by her family. She started looking for it until she found a box. She opened it and saw what she's looking for.

"This sword was used by your ancestors against the invaders of our land. And it is also used by your father. It is old but still tough enough to withstand a lot of damage. It is named as 'Sword of the Righteous'"

"Woah, what an amazing sword. Mama, can I touch it?"

"No, daughter. You need to be mature enough. But for the meantime, enjoy your childhood"

Tears fell from her eyes after remembering her mother.

"Your death will never be in vain, mother." she laid the sword back inside the box, carried the box with her and she head back to the car, which was below the mountains. Inside the car, her partner was typing something in her phone. When she noticed that Pekora's already came back, she shutted down the phone.

"Oh, you're back! You got what you need, shachou?"

"Yes," she stared at the box for a moment.

"Let's go then."

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Yamaguchi Prefecture, 8 PM.

"Ms. Usada, nice to meet you. Im the pilot of the private jet." The pilot welcomed both of them

The staffs carried their baggages inside the jet.

"Is the island already finished?"

"Yes ma'am. They are already waiting for you."

"Hey Moona, did they prepared the military forces in Kagoshima and Okinawa just in case if we're having trouble in going back?"

Moona checked her phone to look for updates.

"Yes, Pekora-shachou, armed and ready."

"Usada-san, for a century, your family served well in the country. Your family helped us against the enemies of our country. And now, I need your help" The former Minister of Defense took a deep breath before resuming.

"As you may know, there are rumors about corruption and talks about selling our country to others. And I'll confirm that those rumors were true. The one who replaced me as a Minister of Defense are allied with the Resistance Army. There are possibilities of them invading the country. The battle of your family against them are not yet over. So as I said earlier. Can you help me in this war? Oh by the way, we will give you military supplies and support. As a fact, we made a military island." The former minister offered.

Pekora didn't hesistated. Those Resistance Army killed her species, including her mother.

"Yes, sir" She accepted his request.

"Thanks, Usada-san," they shaked their hands as a sign of agreement. "You can travel to the island anytime you want." he added.

"Yeah, I just need time, peko."

"What are we waiting for?" she then looked around her surroundings. She's going to miss this country.

As they entered the jet and sat, the pilot announced.

"Military Base, Sulu, Philippines. Fasten your seatbelts, we're going to take off"

Pekora grinned. Military island? Sounds insane, right. She thought.

"This is gonna be a tough fight then."