Author's Note: I am not an editor or a professional writer. I will write this and edit it to the best of my ability. I also do not own Uma Musume, which is owned by Cygames. Watch the animes and read the mangas, for they are pretty good. Finally, please enjoy.
Kaito Iguro POV:
I awoke after passing out in battle. I did not expect to do so after facing off with a foe that powerful. She destroyed our weapons, easily danced around our attacks, and killed my men with ease. I looked around and saw I was in our base's hospital wing. How long was I out that I was safely transported back to Japan? Soon, someone opened the door, and it was Mana.
I asked her," How long was I out?" She replied," A week ago, the boss even hired 4 elite security firms and worked with the league to get a proper security team while you're out, and once you wake up and are working to rebuild the security team." I nodded, damn it, I failed, my soldiers are seriously injured or dead, and I needed to start over. Mana then saw how I was doing, and after checking my vitals and writing her notes, she suggested," I know how you feel about Uma Musume, but maybe you should look into hiring and training some for your security team. You don't have to rely on them entirely, but having a mixed roster of humans and Uma Musume will only enhance security." I couldn't even argue back as she was absolutely correct.
Especially with this failure in combat. We protected our Uma Musume at least, but lost most of our men to one enemy Uma Musume. Mana left soon after, and I tried to go back to sleep, but my phone started buzzing. It was Mana again, and she texted me pictures. I opened them and saw everyone visiting me and thanking me while I was asleep.
Still, the one that stood out the most was GW, who stayed by my side when she wasn't busy. She visited the most as she was in almost all the photos. Mana even texted," Got someone who cares about you after all." Goddesses damn it, this encouraged me to do better. I knew what I had to do.
I picked up my phone, which I'm glad they charged for me, by the way. First, I called Mina, then Ayana, who I was told is now in charge of hiring people. I told them we are now hiring Uma Musume into the security team. Then I called some old friends from the military and other connections to help me rebuild. I cashed in favors, owed new ones, and rebuilt bridges I thought I had burned.
Now I was ready to rebuild, except for the recovery part. Which Mana told me would take two months. I also heard that my forces were down to only 15 percent. Many either died or were permanently injured; the rest quit. It was surprising that so much was left.
Now I had to create new training plans and schedules. I was going to make sure this is the strongest security force on the planet. I needed to get ready to go against the cult, the gold family mafia, the entire underworld, the other teams, the NRL, and even unknown future enemies. I hated being useless and having to start over, but what's done is done. I soon fell back to sleep, knowing I needed to get back as soon as possible.
Halo POV
After getting back from Sydney, I had a wee before getting to Buenos Aires for the Super Major. Arthur was on his way and had ordered security to protect the Broncos. The Broncos' private jet arrived, and soon security guided them to their hotel. Some of my forces were star-struck looking at them. Becoming either fans of their music or their performance in Wellington.
It seems I must make sure everything is going well. I got there and saw the members of the Bloody Broncos arrive. They were all already wearing their mask while inside the plane. I saw Amber glaring at Ivory as she rubbed her face; it seemed Ivory had slapped her awake. Some laughed, others worried, and the rest did not care, as they were used to this craziness.
They all left the plane with Amber saying," Sp..Ivory, why did you do that for!?" Ivory responded," It's your fault for staying up all night on your phone, and not waking up when we got here." Azure then followed up," Why was that, Amber? You expecting a phone call?" They were teasing her as she stuttered and tried to defend herself.
Soon enough, their hired security arrived and protected them at their hotel. I went to the hotel and welcomed them. I greeted them by saying," Hello, I am Dark Forge, and I represent the Americas region of the FSRL. I came here to greet the team, the leader has claimed to be valuable." They barely had a reaction.
Still, I looked around to check them out. Primrose was doing well after hurting herself after doing two final kicks in one race. Cobalt is reading a record book that holds all racing records and another book that holds the league's records. She seems to be a record-focused athlete, Ash was doing something on her laptop beside a massive briefcase, carrying many unknown items. Ruby is prepping her gear for her race, wearing different gear than she wore last time.
Amber is on her phone, standing by the bathroom, waiting for a phone call and probably the person in the bathroom. Then there's a player named Agent Onyx, a player who was racing today, and didn't race last time, our first unproven member. Who is huge, but doesn't seem that talented, next is Crimson, who is studying her opponent's film. Then there's Magenta, who just now got out of the bathroom and left the hotel room with Amber. She participated in a bunch of Open races, and she's going to more now. Next, Ivory, who's on a loud phone call with her girlfriends while putting on jewelry, is trying to piss people off.
Next is Azure, who was looking at me and observing me as well, before she smirked at me. After is Ebony, the team's musician, who is listening to music while making music on her laptop, whose tracks are still charting. Next is another unproven racer, Celeste, who was unpacking her things before going to Onyx and Ruby to talk. Next is another unproven racer unproven racer, Mint, who not only will not be racing today but didn't participate last time either. She seems content at the moment, reading data charts and conducting research.
After that is Viridian, who looked even more gorgeous in real life than on screen and made every person with a pulse desire her instantly. After her is a wild, unproven racer named Chestnut, and she's been running around the room endlessly like a hyper, energetic psycho. Everyone seemed ready; after greeting them, I spoke with each of them individually and got their autographs. Still, it's fun to know my family and friends are also watching this, including those in Japan. I even got them a way to watch the broadcast in a way the NRA couldn't block out.
No matter how much of a pain in the ass it was. Soon enough, I said my goodbyes, but before I left, Azure yelled," See you around Halo, say hi to Sunday for us." I waved back and walked away, then I paused in the hallway two seconds later. Little shit figured me out, how the fuck? I soon realized how observant Azure was as she didn't have the time or resources to find out who I was.
Still, how did he know about Sunday, we're not even blood related in this universe? Who the hell is she, and can she connect with her soul as I could? Where you can peek into the memories of your past life, both her horse and human halves. Hell, can all of them, this either means I'm completely misunderstanding something, or they're better than we thought. Soon, I kept walking and went to see the preparations.
Thank goodness it's spring in the southern hemisphere, and everything is fair weather at the moment. After confirming that everything was ready, I left to pick up Arthur from the airport. Thank goodness we only used a tiny part of our security on the Bloody Broncos. I arrived and saw Arthur and Yuna already in their disguises. Arthur as Red, a Bloomberg, and Yuna as Violet Smith.
I then greeted them," Hey, Red, Violet, welcome to Argentina." Red spoke, saying," Thanks, Dark, are the Broncos fine?" I replied," Of course they are, in their own way. Now they should be headed to the stadium." Red nodded, responding," I see, I'm glad to know that, now let's meet them there."
He then turned to Violet, saying, "Violet, have the staff move my stuff to the hotel room, I wanna meet my investment." She agreed and immediately sent out the orders. We soon got into the car and headed to the stadium. Once we got there and I had the boss all caught up, we arrived to find a huge crowd from all over the world watching the tournament. This is one of the largest tournaments of the year and the first of the big 3.
We soon entered the back as the fans and media recognized the boss, and tried to approach. Our security did their jobs, and we got away just in time. There she was, waiting for us, the leader of the Bloody Broncos' organization, Commander Sky. Beside her are her assistants, Head Mist and Head Cloud. She greeted us, saying," Hello, Mister Bloomberg, it's great to see you, what made you want to meet with us today?"
Arthur responded," Many reasons actually, one we want to connect your broadcast to Japan with ours so our enemies can't shut it off like last time. Second, I would like to finally meet the team as I have something to say to them." She nodded and led the way, but she sent a servant ahead of them to warn the team of our arrival. When we arrived, everyone had their gear on, and everyone but Amber and Magenta were here. Security told me they were racing in the Open scene to gather more points, how dedicated.
Red walked into their locker room and spoke, saying," Greetings, Bloody Broncos I am Red Bloomberg, the owner of the league, and I have come to visit you today." They all got rowdy as they were surprised by his presence there. Arthur continued saying," Now I wanted to see the team I invested in, and yes, I believe you all have what it takes to become this league's top stars. Still, some of those outside, especially your opponents, would beg to differ. They think you don't deserve the attention from us you're getting."
He laughed and continued saying," I admit it's our usual distance that caused it, but what's done is done. Now you must prove to everyone here today that you are worth the attention you're getting. Wellington was not enough; now the best teams in the world are here, and everyone knows the saying, 'Minors are easy, Majors are hard.' Now this is the Super Major, which is undoubtedly harder, and everyone from all over the world is here watching, what I'm trying to say is, do you have what it takes?" The room was silent at first, but then Crimson stood up and walked near Arthur, her face down.
Everyone was watching her cautiously, before she looked up with shining, hopeful eyes and asked," You promise?" "Bahahaha!" Azure laughed out loud, and soon a monsoon of discussion began. Azure yelled," Red, you got my girl excited, better mean what you said." Chestnut then cheered," Minty, this is going to be fun!!"
Mint then spoke uncaringly," Ash, I'm going to collect data on all of them by the sidelines, K." Ash smiled, responding," Yeah, sure, give me what you got later." Mint nodded, and Primrose came behind Crimson, saying," Okay, calm down, let's not get ourselves in trouble by getting close to the owner, okay." She then began to drag her back, and Ebony spoke to Primrose, saying," Hey, when we win this, do you want this song list or this one?" Cobalt responded for her, saying," This one, Eb, it's fancier for the event."
Onyx then yelled," Yes, I can feel their passion and their youth!!" Celeste responded," Yup, they'll be fun to play with!" Ivory then spoke, saying," Yes, a world audience for my coronation." Ruby smiled at her, saying," Oh, that sounds grand, I'll make sure my dance today honors such an event." Viridian smiled, saying to Arthur and me," You got your answer, you two, now get to your seats, we have a show to prepare for."
Arthur and I looked at each other, then at the team, then back at each other. We smiled, nodded, and laughed as we decided to leave. We heard their coach try to restore order in the room as we headed to our seats. Once we got to our seats, everyone was already heading out there as the top teams took the dugouts and the lesser teams took the canopies. The Broncos got an area that's safer where a sniper can't easily shoot at them.
Once the pre-show ended, the racers began going to their areas until the first race was set up. We have 8 races today, and we're starting with a fun one. It's a short turf race at 1600m on a track that is a straight line. We have weird tracks sometimes to mix things up and have some fun. Next for the purist is a regular short turf race, and after that is a mile obstacle race on turf.
Next is the marathon on the grasslands of Argentina, and after that is a regular dirt relay. Next after that is a regular long race on dirt, and afterward is a Dirt Mile Obstacle race. It ends with a dirt medium race. This event is all about ability and strategy, with as much luck and chance removed as possible. This will be a proving ground for the best.
Once the first race was revealed to be a straight-line track, everyone knew it was a pure speed race with no strategy needed. The fastest wins, and that's scary for everyone. Blocking someone or worrying about your pace will only hinder you, as this race is too short for that. The solution is simple: run as fast as you can. Cobalt was sent out from the Broncos, while others sent out known sprinters.
King Lancelot from High Stars, Razor Cutter from Blank Craft, and other top sprinters. They all stared at Vice Captain Cobalt, who was performing her first solo race in front of everyone. She was great in the relay and broke the leg 2 record. Now, everyone is watching her to see if that translates into single races. Now, everyone goes into their gates, and soon the race will begin.