Editing KHoS:Takeru (section)

==Crossing Paths: Training Days==
During basic training, Takeru was partnered with Sarah Madison. While he initially saw her as just another trainee, he was struck by how much her shy and quiet personality (as well as her fierce determination to protect mankind) reminded him of Takemi. In one incident where she sprained her ankle badly on a cross-country hike, he put her on his back and carried her the full ten miles back to base, along with both their (heavy) packs. He's wondered if he thinks of her as more than a friend, and the answer disturbs him. She is not Takemi and she will never be, and it is wrong for him to use her as a substitute.

Even so, he can't help but keep an eye out for her. It's the most natural thing in the world for him.