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Thinking back to my past life on Earth, I knew I'd taken a few self-defense classes. Then there was that 3 months of beginners karate. This left me debating on whether or not I should tell the Pink Beret, yes or no. I decided I had nothing to lose.

"Well, I have some basic knowledge of fighting." I struggled to explain myself.

"What kind of techniques do you know?" The red-headed bunny girl asked me.

My brain was trying to figure out what she meant by techniques, but my mouth blurted out the answer.

Onj fire and Drill Horn." The words just spilled out of me, before I clamped my hand across my mouth.

"So I bet you're somewhere between level five and ten." The red-head summed up.

"Level five..?" I asked, while wondering if this girl was for real.

"Oh yeah, you probably haven't been to a witch doctor and had your power level properly synced." The Pink Beret continued as she led me out into the Village.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." I confessed, following along.

"Yeah in order to actually keep proper track of your levels, stats, energy, health, and techniques, you have to have a magic spell put on you by a witch doctor. Ours is Jojo. She's fine, but kind of a jerk." The Beret continued answering the questions she obviously knew I was going to ask.

"So where are we going?" I decided to change the subject before she got suspicious.

"We're going to head deep into the woods. So let's hit the main path towards all the hot springs. Then we'll meet up with the other Pink Berets. Our squad leader should be able to let us know where she'll want you. By the way my name is Jenna." The red-headed rabbit woman stuck out her hand to shake mine.

The military bunny led me to the entrance of the Woods, just as the sun was beginning to set. The forest was filled with branching, well worn dirt paths. They spread out across the island, leading to the various tourist spots. The larger paths had tiki torches lighting the way, but as the woods got deeper, the torches started to thin out.The natural canopy made the already Dark Woods seem even darker. A sense of dread started to creep up my spine.

"Come on, not too much longer. The rest of the team are meeting at Hot Spring 11." Jenna informed me, still running point.

We soon found ourselves coming up to a large set of wooden gates, with two bunny girls in outfits that matched Jenna's, standing guard outside.

"Jenna's back!" One of the bunny girls turned and yelled into the open Gateway.

About a half dozen women came rushing out of the gates. All wearing matching camo pants, military style boots, and pink berets. The one in front, wore a white tank top, and had medium length blonde hair, with white fur covering her ears and tail.

"Jenna report." The blonde leader spoke.

"She's safe back at Serenity's office. The oni girl says that she's strong enough to know at least a couple techniques. I figured we could use yher help.' Jenna responded standing at attention and saluting.

"Okay, so you know a few fighting techniques." The blonde bunny addressed me.

"Yeah, I know how to fight a little bit." My answer lacked some confidence.

"Good enough,it'll give us three teams of three. Anna, Onyx, you two are with me. We'll take the pass that heads to the back side of the island. Next Mihoshi, Deidra, and Cupcake you three will be Squad 2. I want you girls to look at the path from Hot Springs number 20 through 25. Jenna, you, Sakura, and the Castaway will take the path that leads to Hot Springs 15 through 19." The Captain barked out her orders.

"Yes Captain!" The entire Squad responded in unison.

"Onyx, Mihoshi, Jenna take these flare guns. When you find the Skullantula, fire off a round. The rest of us will come running. Remember ladies we are not bringing this creature back alive. Our orders are to destroy." The Captain continued.

"Yes Ma'am!" All the others once again shouted in unison.

Jenna introduce me to a petite woman with bright green hair down to her chin. Her bangs framed her face, with the rest of her hair pulled up into a spiky ponytail right behind her own beret. She wote a white sports bra, just like Jenna. But where Jenna had a solid set of C cup breasts, Sakura's were much smaller. They had to be a heavy A maybe a light B, if I had to guess. It was her bare abs that took all the focus. They looked absolutely amazing, hard and flat almost as if her own skin was body armor.

"Hi, you must be Mina. Nice to meet you." Sakura greeted me cheerfully, before bowing. "I'm sorry we couldn't have met under better circumstances. I am glad That you're gonna help us take down that creepy skullantula. Between you and me, I hate bugs, and giant monster ones are even ickier." Sakura stuck out her tongue and shook her whole body.

"You're not the only one. I'm already kind of freaking out. I'd like to help everyone out as much as I can while I'm here. Just as a way to say thank you all for taking me in." I replied, laughing nervously while rubbing the back of my head.

"Okay then, let's get going." Jenna motioned for us to follow.

We all split up into our groups. Jenna, Sakura, and I headed down the set of paths we were tasked with patrolling. That feeling of dread kept creeping over me. What looked like beautiful Forest this morning, felt oppressive and foreboding to me in the dark.

What was odd though, was how well I was able to see in the dark. It wasn't like how I saw the world at night on Earth. Instead it was much more lightened up, like how night would be portrayed in a cartoon, or an older movie. I also noticed how much easier I was able to track things. I hadn't really paid attention during the day, but now that I was able to stop and think for a moment. I realized I was able to track things much faster than I used to. I turned to ask Jenna a question, only to be surprised to see that her pink eyes were glowing slightly.

"Whoa! Why are your eyes glowing like that?" I had to ask.

"It's just my natural monster girl night vision. Have you never seen yourself in a mirror at night?" Jenna asked me.

"Every monster girl has enhanced abilities above that of a normal human. Onis and bunnys both have naturally sharper vision," Sakura chimed in. "Didn't your village ever teach you these things?"

"Y-you see, I'm from well it came from a remote Village. So I never actually encountered any other monster girls. So I didn't have an idea that you guys had night vision, either. I'm learning new things everyday, I guess. I swiftly spun a lie.

They gave me a look, that made me think they didn't quite believe the lie. They seemed to let It go, however. We continued down the trail, with Jenna starting small talk, to break the awkward silence. The girls let me know just what their jobs were as Pink Berets. They were basically the island's police.

I had to admit the small talk was helping me calm down. I found out that Jenna was actually the number two kickboxer on the island. Sakura told me how she liked charcoal drawing. It kept me distracted from the fact we were out here hunting a monster spider. Plus the fact I had no idea what it even looked like. Suddenly the Berets screached to a halt.

"Get ready." Jenna whispered to me.

"What's going on?" I asked panicked.

"We're being hunted.": Whispered Sakura to me.

I heard the rustling in the tree line above us. I quickly wrenched my neck up. Only to be met with eight shimmering ruby red eyes from the darkness. Before I could scream , the monster landed on the ground in front of us.