Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid (VALKYRIE DRIVE -MERMAID-)

What's wrong with her?!

They found it during her last physical.

The doctors are calling it...

They say it's...

...an abnormality!

Does she have any of the symptoms yet?

Why is this happening to her...?

My little girl... My little Mamori...

They cried and argued for hours that night,

but I was still too young to understand

why my parents were so upset.

Looking back, I should have just run up and hugged her

and said, "Don't cry, Mommy! Everything's gonna be okay!

I'm fine!"

But maybe I held back,

because even as a little girl... I knew.

Deep down, I knew. In fact, I've always known.

The truth.

That I'm not a normal girl.

Huh...?

A crab...?

Why am I at the beach?

How'd I get here?

And, wait--where is here?

Did those two guys kidnap me?

Please be a dream...

Unregistered entity is on the move, ma'am.

I guess she finally woke up.

Then let's test her.

Intercept her with the nearest Ritter.

Miyasato and Kouzuki are near.

What is with them? Always slacking off.

Attention, Miss Miyasato and Miss Kouzuki.

Please check in.

Sorry, Miyasato's busy.

Kouzuki can't talk either--she's training.

You know I can see you!

Kommandeur Kasumi?!

I have a job for you.

Go to Point 302. and test the aptitude of the new student.

I've never seen a beach this empty... and hot.

What do I do now?

Maybe I can cut through the jungle?

No, I can't! There might be giant bugs hiding there!

I'm just a teenage girl raised in the big city!

I can't handle stress like this!

Hey, kid, are you lost?

Why, hello there.

Are you all alone?

I'm saved!

So, um, can one of you tell me where we are?

Or even better, just let me borrow your phone

so I can call someone to pick me up.

Why're you laughing?

It's what's on your shirt, kid!

It says "Virgin!"

Way to tell the whole world what a loser you are!

I'm sure some perv out there will find it hot.

No! That's not true!

It's just a spelling coincidence.

You see, the Kanji for my last name looks the same.

To-ko-no-me! That's what it really spells!

So you're not a virgin?

I guess you really can't judge a book by its cover.

Well, I didn't quite say that.

I've actually never been with a boy...

So I am a virgin...

But the shirt just says Tokonome--my last name!

Now that we're clear, phone please?

So, Tokonome the Virgin, which one are you?

Liberator?

Or are you... an Extar like me?

Lib... erator? Extar?

What're you talking about? Are those good or bad things?

Let's show her. Ready?

-- They're perverts? -- Oh, yeah! That's it!

Keep going! Yeah!

She's watching you get turned on.

She likes it.

I like being watched! Keep rubbing!

We gotta give her the moneyshot!

Harder! Faster!

You've almost got it! Come on!

You understand now?

I'm even more confused.

I just saw a girl on the beach morph into a gun!

Well, well. So you haven't been awakened yet?

Awakened?

That's right. So I'm gonna be your alarm clock.

New transfer!

That's twice in one day!

What?!

What the...?

-- --

What?! This can't be!

Are you already in Drive?

Why're you protecting her? Are you two friends?

No! We've never even met!

Okay?

Well, fine, then.

One new transfer or two, it makes no difference to me.

C'mon! Lemme see those powers, girls!

Damn, she's fast!

What the--?

Why're you... grabbing me...

...on the boob?

I'm not gonna stand still and watch you two get handsy!

Eat this!

So this is it...

I'm going to die...

It's weird, though...

It doesn't hurt.

You'd think getting blown up

would be the worst feeling ever.

Instead...

...I feel good.

A new Liberator has just awakened.

Extar as well.

And at the same time.

Drive spotted!

They already match?

With no adjustment period?!

What in the hell...?

Retreat!

Kommandeur?

Move!

Oh, shit!

That first day on Mermaid island...

...I had no idea what had happened to me.

It was as scary as it was pleasurable.

But in that confused haze

is how I met her-- Mirei Shikishima.

Now I know there was nothing random about it.

It was fate.

Gouverneur, sir.

This new report will be of great interest to you.

The Information Division detected two new transfers.

And both have awakened, successfully.

Even better is that one's a Liberator and one's an Extar.

And you'll be even more happy to learn that

immediately upon awakening, they were able to Drive.

They put on quite a show.

Injuries?

They'll both recover fine.

C-class girls... Why would Kasumi send those two bozos

to greet the new transfers?

Miss Charlotte. Where are the new transfers?

Well, we are on an island, aren't we?

We'll find them soon enough.

There's only one place for them to go.

We're alive!

Where are those girls who tried to kill us?

You rescued me. And we... we're total strangers.

Well... Thanks for that. I owe you big time.