Chapter 74
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Age 1990
"Finally!" Jackson said holding his arms out. "We're back!"
"Finally!" Hero said practically collapsing to the floor as he let out a heavy sigh. "I don't think I could have walked another step..." He said sheepishly as he let out a small laugh.
"We've been walking for almost two week straight!" Kitsune said also almost collapsing. "I'm still amazed that we didn't run into any Bestia Macht's on our way back... Though if we did I feel like we could have probably handled them?" He said giving a small shrug. "Still though... A lot happened in a short amount of time... We met a lot of new people, and learned so much... And yet... I still doubt any of us know what it means to be an Enforcer-"
"Also we beat a lot of people up!" Hero said proudly.
"Yes... Yes, we did."
Hero's smile faded as he thought back on the situation. "Although..." He said looking down at his hands. "I would rather not do something like that again... Like ever again... I don't think I could win a second time... I doubt I even really grew a lot stronger. Its weird though. I know I did get stronger, but... It still isn't enough..."
"Can I set you down now..." Cloud asked with a deadpan stare.
"I guess..." Ken hopped off of the blind guys back as she stretched out her body giving a small yawn.
"Devilish girl..." Cloud muttered glaring at her.
The group of six had just now finally gotten back... They were all currently standing in the Enforcer's main headquarters, common hall. The big building in the middle of the twelve. Unlike the others, this one didn't belong to any particular squad. A few other squads were in the building as they stared at the Squad six recruits, and Jackson with curiosity. It wasn't everyday that a group who was supposed to come back from a simple mission, comes back covered in bruises and ripped up clothing.
"Okay, guys..." Jackson said whispering to the recruits. "Now... Let's all slowly head back to the Squad Six Dorms, and hope Katrina doesn't-"
"Jackson!"
"Uh-Oh!"
There was a blue blur, as a woman suddenly appeared out of nowhere drop kicking Jackson, hard enough to send him flying across the room! He slammed into the wall behind him as he fell forward. All of the recruits were left with wide eyes as they shook.
"You idiot!" The woman shouted out. The recruits all stared at her as they realized she was Katrina... Their Captain... Uh-Oh indeed...
"Hey Katrina-"
"Don't hey Katrina me!" Katrina shouted out slapping Jackson over the head. She grabbed him and began to shake him violently. "Do you have any idea what you did!"
"We did a mission?" Jackson tried to squeak out.
"A C-Class mission!" Katrina shouted out still shaking her Vice-Captain. "They aren't supposed to do that yet! The number of rules you broke!"
"Yes... Indeed. It really is quite sad that he went and broke such an important rule..." Everyone stopped what they were doing as they slowly stared over at the guy who spoke. He wore a shiny white suit, that looked like it was covered in gems, as it lit up reflecting the light in all directions. He had blond hair that was styled up, and a pair of golden eyes that seemed to almost shine. There was a smug smile on his face, and even his teeth seemed to sparkle. "And yet... Despite breaking, such an important rule he has only received a mild slap on the wrist-"
"Listen Jackass!" Katrina said shooting the man a dirty look. "Before you interrupted us, I was about to shove my foot so far up Jackson's ass! I would not call what I'm about to do to him as 'a slap on the wrist.'" She growled out. "So how about you beat it Eins!"
"Hmph... Typical of a Squad that does nothing but break the rules..." The sparkling man said as he gave a smirk.
"Why you little..." Katrina let go of Jackson dropping him to the floor as she turned to glare at the man.
"Umm... Who is that guy?" Hero asked curiously.
"Oh him..." Jackson said dusting himself off. "That's Eins. He's harmless... Mostly... Bit of a punk..."
"Why is he casually talking back to our Captain?" Kitsune questioned nervously.
The argument between Eins, and Katrina was slowly getting more, and more heated...
"Oh... He's a Reserve." Jackson said simply.
"What's a Reserve?" Irene asked.
"Well..." Jackson gave a small shrug. "I guess the best say to explain it... So you know how there are Twelve Captains. And there are Twelve Vice-Captains. Well. There are also Twelve Reserves. The Reserves are the strongest normal member of one of the Twelve Squads. So in every Squad, there are three rankings. Captain. Vice-Captain. And Reserve members. If for any reason a Captain should be unfit to serve, the Vice-Captain becomes the new Captain. And the Reserve becomes the new Vice-Captain. So in the events Katrina is unable to serve, I become Captain, and Dawson, becomes my Vice-Captain, and then the old Reserve slot is filled up by whoever Dawson thinks is best for it."
"I get it," Kitsune said nodding. "So that glowing guy is a Reserve member, and that's why he is able to backtalk our Captain-"
"No, he's just batshit insane!" Jackson said shaking his head. "Trust me... None of the other Reserves try to backtalk, Katrina..."
There was a loud ringing sound as Eins looked down at his watch, which was naturally very glowy. "Hmm... I'm afraid I must take my leave." He said quietly as he turned away. He stopped for a second as his eyes focused in on Hero's silver eyes. "Ahh... A Seraphin... Really Katrina... Taking in foul beasts now?" Before she could respond though, Eins turned away already walking off.
"Hey get back here you jerk!" Katrina yelled out.
The man didn't bother turning around as he flipped her the bird, and walked off.
"I... Am... Going... To... Kill... Him..." Katrina said through gritted teeth.
"Oh good..." Jackson said letting out a sigh of relief.
"How is that good?" Irene questioned stepping away from her Captain.
"Her rage isn't focused on me..." Jackson said smirking. "I don't have to worry about getting beat up for-"
"Jackson!"
"Oh crap!"
There was a red blur as Jackson was kicked by Dawson Blight who came flying through the air! Dawson landed on the ground as he crossed his arms. "What's this I'm hearing about you taking the new recruits on a dangerous mission!" He questioned.
"How the hell did word get around about that so fast!" Jackson yelled out.
Dawson turned away as he marched over to the recruits. "Geez... Look at them!" He said pointing at the five kids. Their clothing was badly torn, and they were covered in sweat, bruises, dirt, blood, snow... Ice... They traveled through a blizzard for almost a week straight with no way of taking a bath, so they all smelled terrible as well... Kitsune had a black eye, Ken's hands were covered in bandages, and she had two swords, on her hips? Hero... Well he was covered in as much filth, as the others, but he didn't actually look injured at all, benefits of having regeneration. "They... Well, they look like they have some experience now at least..." Dawson muttered. He held his hand up as he placed it on Ken's chin looking down at her.
"Umm..." The fourteen-year-old girl said stepping away.
Dawson frowned as his eyes glanced down at all of them. "I suppose it isn't that bad... But.. Did a C-Class mission really push you all this much?"
"Well actually it was an A-Class- Why the hell am I saying that!" Jackson said freezing up as Katrina, and Dawson both slowly turned to look at him.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"A...Class..." Katrina said slowly.
"You took the new inexperienced Recruits, on... On an A-Class mission..." Dawson said blinking a couple of times.
"Uhh... Well... Looking back on it... I mean... It was C-Class... I mean... The Earl did most of it?"
"Earl?"
"I should stop talking..."
"Get him..." Katrina said slowly as both her and Dawson shot forward.
"No, wait!"
The recruits all stood frozen with wide eyes as they watched the two adults go to town on beating their Vice-Captain into the ground.
"I'm scared..." Irene said slowly.
Katrina stopped as she let out a sigh. She slowly turned back over to the group of new recruits as she gave an innocent smile. "Kids..." She said sending a shiver down all of their spines. "We are gonna be busy for a little while. Why don't all of you run, and get cleaned, and redressed, while me and Dawson teach, your Vice-Captain a valuable lesson!" She said innocently.
All of the recruits wisely ran away, back towards the Squad Six dorms.
Dawson watched them leave as he turned back to his friend. "So... A-Class mission? How did they do?" He asked curiously?
"Well... They did well." Jackson said smiling as Dawson helped me up. "I wish you were there though... That mission sucked! If we had both been there it would have been such a breeze."
"Is... Is there anyone we should drop." Katrina asked glancing at her Vice-Captain. "You realize that after today... That's it. They'll be Enforcers. Are you sure you can inflict that on all of them..."
Jackson was quiet for a moment but finally, he nodded his head. "I can..." He said smiling again. "I know that all of them... All of them have potential... If any of the recruits deserve to be Enforcers it is them."
Katrina gave a small smile as she shrugged. "Well... I'll take your word for it."
"So... Hero's a Seraphin huh?" Dawson said slowly.
"Yeah... Kind of shocked me."
"I had a sneaking suspicion about that fact..." Dawson said sighing. "You know... The Master is gonna wanna see him now right?"
"That's not the only thing I think I discovered about him," Jackson said biting his lip. "His Attributes... All of them... All three of them, are important. That kid Hero. I don't know what happened in his life. But I'm sure that we'll find out..."
Meanwhile...
"Ahh much better!" Hero announced stepping outside of the shower room, and back into the dorm room, he shared with the other four recruits! "All clean!" He announced. All five of them were dressed very casually now, in simple street clothes. "Shame I lost my training outfit though..."
"Hero..." Kitsune said slowly giving the boy a deadpanned look. "Your training outfit is just a green tracksuit... It's better that it got ripped to piece."
Hero frowned as he turned away from the teen. "Nah... I was totally awesome in it." He said walking over to his nightstand next to his bed. "Speaking of awesome..." He reached down grabbing a black box. He grabbed something and placed his hand over his face. "Back to normal!" He announced and turned around to show off a gold, and purple eye, in each socket.
"Back to wearing your contacts huh..." Kitsune said slowly.
"Yep!" Hero said looking at his reflection as he smirked. He gave himself a thumbs up as he nodded his head.
"So what now?" Kitsune asked leaning back on his bed, as he stared up at the ceiling.
"Well, I had an idea..." Irene said slowly as everyone turned to look at her. "I was thinking. How about we go out to eat! You know. Build up team bonding, and get to know each other a lot better. I mean it's still been less than a month. Also, we can invite some of the other recruits, and get to share first-time missions!" She announced.
"That... Actually sounds like fun." Kitsune said in surprise as he jumped to his feet. "Let's go give out the invitations Hero!"
"Why do I need to come?" Hero questioned.
"So we can get that prick Max to say yes," Kitsune announced grabbing his wrist.
"What?"
"Oh just shut up and come on!"
A few hours later, a pretty large group found themselves sitting around a large wooden table. Although sadly quite a few members simply didn't show up...
There were five from Squad Six, those being Hero, Ken, Kitsune, Irene, and Cloud. Two from Squad One, Max, and Shiki. One from Squad Eight, a girl named Alice. Three from Squad Seven, Emma, Sera, and a third girl named Lucy. And finally one from Squad Four a girl named Tsun.
"I... I was kind of hoping more would show up..." Irene said with a small amount of disappointment.
"Well. They didn't want to be associated with their rivals." Max said casually.
"Rivals?" Hero questioned parking up.
"Well... Some Squads don't like each other... Let's leave it at that..." Max said shrugging.
Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max.
"Well, why did all of you show up?" Ken questioned.
"Well, we all had our own reasons..." Emma said shrugging slightly. "I wanted to see Hero!"
"I too wanted to see Hero-" Max began.
"Back off I called him!" Emma said shooting the lava guy a stare.
Hero slowly scooted away from everyone at the table. "Would it be a bad time to mention, I already have someone I'm in love with... I really don't feel comfortable with all these perverts hitting on me..." He hissed over to Kitsune.
"What? You're seeing someone?"
"I mean... Kind of?" Hero said shrugging. "I'm in love with her. I just need to find her..."
"Wait! So everyone is hitting on you, and you've already been taken? Yes! This means I have a shot!" Kitsune said proudly standing up.
Max cleared his throat interrupting the two boys as they turned back to him. "As I said. We all had our own reasoning. Some better than others..."
Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max.
"I... I just wanted to talk to some people..." Alice said shyly. She slowly shrunk down in her chair when everyone turned to look at her. "I'll... I'll shut up now..."
"Great!" Tsun said rolling her eyes. "Way to go guys. You broke the shy girl."
"I'm starting the suspect this was a terrible idea..." Irene said quietly as they all sat there in an awkward silence.
"So..." Cloud said deciding he would be the one to start the conversation. "How was everybody's mission..."
"Not as eventful as yours," Max replied.
Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max.
"How does everyone keep knowing about that!" Ken questioned.
"Word gets around fast."
Shiki let out a small grunt as he nodded next to Max-
"Does he not know how to speak?" Hero questioned as he stared at the man.
"No, he can... He just doesn't see fit to talk to any of you." Max said shrugging.
"What!"
"Both Shiki and I came to judge the other Enforcers, we may have the unfortunate privilege of fighting alongside. I was also curious... They say we grow in battle, so I wanted to see how far, all of you five have grown, since I heard you went on an A-Class mission... In particular, I wanted to see the depth of Hero's power. He is a Seraphin after all..."
"Ohh... I was kind of wanting that to be kept a secret..." Hero said slowly as he slowly inched away.
"You should know you have a target painted on all of your backs..." Max said giving a smirk as he stood up. "Not only are you guys one Squad Six, but you also went on an A-Class mission, far too soon, you have a Noble, from the family of Nine, a blind kid, and street thug, a villager, and of course now a Seraphin. Your Squad is quite the interesting one, to say the least..." Max said letting out a sigh. "I just hope you guys can put up a decent match. You still have about eleven months to train after all?" The kid shrugged as he waved his hand. "No matter. Let's go Shiki..."
"Wow..." Tsun said slowly. "That guys and asshole."
"You have no idea..." Hero said nodding.
"What's a Seraphin?" Emma asked.
"A man-made weapon..." Alice said quietly. "Most, are battle-hungry-mad-warriors... They say it takes a few years but all Seraphin's slowly snap, and will only care about battle, in order to grow..."
"Hmm. Scary." Hero said shrinking down slightly.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Alice said as she too shrunk down.
"Wait. What did he mean about having eleven months?" Ken asked curiously?
"Oh, you haven't heard?" Tsun said giving a smirk. "Well... At the end of the year, there is always a tournament held. It's pretty important and will allow us to rank up through the Enforcers... During this time we also get to fight a lot of our other comrades..."
"That sounds cool," Kitsune said smirking slightly. "And it's in eleven months..."
"I can't wait that long!" Emma announced shooting up. "Hero! I have been training like crazy! Fight me!" She announced.
"No."
"Curses!" Emma slowly sat back down. "I've been foiled..."
Sera reached out patting the girl lightly on the head. "Emma is telling the truth. Our Captain... Captain Sif. She is crazy... She wakes us up every morning at 5 A.M and throws us in life dangering situations in order to train us for battle... I don't know how Emma, and Lucy are able to keep up with it at all..."
"I'm not sure myself..." Lucy stated. "But have noticed, that I have grown in power. I estimate that I might have become ten, maybe even eleven times stronger than when I joined... And I too wish to have a rematch with you, Kitsune."
"What? We never fought."
"Incorrect. I was one of the people you knocked out, after your battle with the man over there." She said gesturing to Irene.
"Oh... Yeah sorry, I don't remember that..." Kitsune said awkwardly.
"It is to be expected..."
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"Now I feel bad."
"Good."
"Well, " Tsun said slowly standing up. "I've seen all that I wanted to." She said turning away. "I don't know how that Max kid is so good at judging others' power level... He figured out your depth in minutes, but it took me this long to figure it out..." She grumbled to herself.
"Wait you're leaving to!" Irene questioned.
"Indeed..." Tsun gave a small wave as she walked off.
"Wow... People hate us." Ken said frowning. "Are you guys gonna leave?" She questioned looking at the four last recruits from the other squads.
"I... I don't have any plans to." Alice said slowly.
"And I want free food!" Emma announced.
"I just want to see what commonly restaurant food taste like," Sera said giving a small smile.
"you're gonna hate it," Kitsune replied giving her a small head tilt.
"Well, guys." Hero said holding his drink up. "To us growing! Let's all become stronger than Max so we can kick his butt!"
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Age 1990
"Finally!" Jackson said holding his arms out. "We're back!"
"Finally!" Hero said practically collapsing to the floor as he let out a heavy sigh. "I don't think I could have walked another step..." He said sheepishly as he let out a small laugh.
"We've been walking for almost two week straight!" Kitsune said also almost collapsing. "I'm still amazed that we didn't run into any Bestia Macht's on our way back... Though if we did I feel like we could have probably handled them?" He said giving a small shrug. "Still though... A lot happened in a short amount of time... We met a lot of new people, and learned so much... And yet... I still doubt any of us know what it means to be an Enforcer-"
"Also we beat a lot of people up!" Hero said proudly.
"Yes... Yes, we did."
Hero's smile faded as he thought back on the situation. "Although..." He said looking down at his hands. "I would rather not do something like that again... Like ever again... I don't think I could win a second time... I doubt I even really grew a lot stronger. Its weird though. I know I did get stronger, but... It still isn't enough..."
"Can I set you down now..." Cloud asked with a deadpan stare.
"I guess..." Ken hopped off of the blind guys back as she stretched out her body giving a small yawn.
"Devilish girl..." Cloud muttered glaring at her.
The group of six had just now finally gotten back... They were all currently standing in the Enforcer's main headquarters, common hall. The big building in the middle of the twelve. Unlike the others, this one didn't belong to any particular squad. A few other squads were in the building as they stared at the Squad six recruits, and Jackson with curiosity. It wasn't everyday that a group who was supposed to come back from a simple mission, comes back covered in bruises and ripped up clothing.
"Okay, guys..." Jackson said whispering to the recruits. "Now... Let's all slowly head back to the Squad Six Dorms, and hope Katrina doesn't-"
"Jackson!"
"Uh-Oh!"
There was a blue blur, as a woman suddenly appeared out of nowhere drop kicking Jackson, hard enough to send him flying across the room! He slammed into the wall behind him as he fell forward. All of the recruits were left with wide eyes as they shook.
"You idiot!" The woman shouted out. The recruits all stared at her as they realized she was Katrina... Their Captain... Uh-Oh indeed...
"Hey Katrina-"
"Don't hey Katrina me!" Katrina shouted out slapping Jackson over the head. She grabbed him and began to shake him violently. "Do you have any idea what you did!"
"We did a mission?" Jackson tried to squeak out.
"A C-Class mission!" Katrina shouted out still shaking her Vice-Captain. "They aren't supposed to do that yet! The number of rules you broke!"
"Yes... Indeed. It really is quite sad that he went and broke such an important rule..." Everyone stopped what they were doing as they slowly stared over at the guy who spoke. He wore a shiny white suit, that looked like it was covered in gems, as it lit up reflecting the light in all directions. He had blond hair that was styled up, and a pair of golden eyes that seemed to almost shine. There was a smug smile on his face, and even his teeth seemed to sparkle. "And yet... Despite breaking, such an important rule he has only received a mild slap on the wrist-"
"Listen Jackass!" Katrina said shooting the man a dirty look. "Before you interrupted us, I was about to shove my foot so far up Jackson's ass! I would not call what I'm about to do to him as 'a slap on the wrist.'" She growled out. "So how about you beat it Eins!"
"Hmph... Typical of a Squad that does nothing but break the rules..." The sparkling man said as he gave a smirk.
"Why you little..." Katrina let go of Jackson dropping him to the floor as she turned to glare at the man.
"Umm... Who is that guy?" Hero asked curiously.
"Oh him..." Jackson said dusting himself off. "That's Eins. He's harmless... Mostly... Bit of a punk..."
"Why is he casually talking back to our Captain?" Kitsune questioned nervously.
The argument between Eins, and Katrina was slowly getting more, and more heated...
"Oh... He's a Reserve." Jackson said simply.
"What's a Reserve?" Irene asked.
"Well..." Jackson gave a small shrug. "I guess the best say to explain it... So you know how there are Twelve Captains. And there are Twelve Vice-Captains. Well. There are also Twelve Reserves. The Reserves are the strongest normal member of one of the Twelve Squads. So in every Squad, there are three rankings. Captain. Vice-Captain. And Reserve members. If for any reason a Captain should be unfit to serve, the Vice-Captain becomes the new Captain. And the Reserve becomes the new Vice-Captain. So in the events Katrina is unable to serve, I become Captain, and Dawson, becomes my Vice-Captain, and then the old Reserve slot is filled up by whoever Dawson thinks is best for it."
"I get it," Kitsune said nodding. "So that glowing guy is a Reserve member, and that's why he is able to backtalk our Captain-"
"No, he's just batshit insane!" Jackson said shaking his head. "Trust me... None of the other Reserves try to backtalk, Katrina..."
There was a loud ringing sound as Eins looked down at his watch, which was naturally very glowy. "Hmm... I'm afraid I must take my leave." He said quietly as he turned away. He stopped for a second as his eyes focused in on Hero's silver eyes. "Ahh... A Seraphin... Really Katrina... Taking in foul beasts now?" Before she could respond though, Eins turned away already walking off.
"Hey get back here you jerk!" Katrina yelled out.
The man didn't bother turning around as he flipped her the bird, and walked off.
"I... Am... Going... To... Kill... Him..." Katrina said through gritted teeth.
"Oh good..." Jackson said letting out a sigh of relief.
"How is that good?" Irene questioned stepping away from her Captain.
"Her rage isn't focused on me..." Jackson said smirking. "I don't have to worry about getting beat up for-"
"Jackson!"
"Oh crap!"
There was a red blur as Jackson was kicked by Dawson Blight who came flying through the air! Dawson landed on the ground as he crossed his arms. "What's this I'm hearing about you taking the new recruits on a dangerous mission!" He questioned.
"How the hell did word get around about that so fast!" Jackson yelled out.
Dawson turned away as he marched over to the recruits. "Geez... Look at them!" He said pointing at the five kids. Their clothing was badly torn, and they were covered in sweat, bruises, dirt, blood, snow... Ice... They traveled through a blizzard for almost a week straight with no way of taking a bath, so they all smelled terrible as well... Kitsune had a black eye, Ken's hands were covered in bandages, and she had two swords, on her hips? Hero... Well he was covered in as much filth, as the others, but he didn't actually look injured at all, benefits of having regeneration. "They... Well, they look like they have some experience now at least..." Dawson muttered. He held his hand up as he placed it on Ken's chin looking down at her.
"Umm..." The fourteen-year-old girl said stepping away.
Dawson frowned as his eyes glanced down at all of them. "I suppose it isn't that bad... But.. Did a C-Class mission really push you all this much?"
"Well actually it was an A-Class- Why the hell am I saying that!" Jackson said freezing up as Katrina, and Dawson both slowly turned to look at him.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"A...Class..." Katrina said slowly.
"You took the new inexperienced Recruits, on... On an A-Class mission..." Dawson said blinking a couple of times.
"Uhh... Well... Looking back on it... I mean... It was C-Class... I mean... The Earl did most of it?"
"Earl?"
"I should stop talking..."
"Get him..." Katrina said slowly as both her and Dawson shot forward.
"No, wait!"
The recruits all stood frozen with wide eyes as they watched the two adults go to town on beating their Vice-Captain into the ground.
"I'm scared..." Irene said slowly.
Katrina stopped as she let out a sigh. She slowly turned back over to the group of new recruits as she gave an innocent smile. "Kids..." She said sending a shiver down all of their spines. "We are gonna be busy for a little while. Why don't all of you run, and get cleaned, and redressed, while me and Dawson teach, your Vice-Captain a valuable lesson!" She said innocently.
All of the recruits wisely ran away, back towards the Squad Six dorms.
Dawson watched them leave as he turned back to his friend. "So... A-Class mission? How did they do?" He asked curiously?
"Well... They did well." Jackson said smiling as Dawson helped me up. "I wish you were there though... That mission sucked! If we had both been there it would have been such a breeze."
"Is... Is there anyone we should drop." Katrina asked glancing at her Vice-Captain. "You realize that after today... That's it. They'll be Enforcers. Are you sure you can inflict that on all of them..."
Jackson was quiet for a moment but finally, he nodded his head. "I can..." He said smiling again. "I know that all of them... All of them have potential... If any of the recruits deserve to be Enforcers it is them."
Katrina gave a small smile as she shrugged. "Well... I'll take your word for it."
"So... Hero's a Seraphin huh?" Dawson said slowly.
"Yeah... Kind of shocked me."
"I had a sneaking suspicion about that fact..." Dawson said sighing. "You know... The Master is gonna wanna see him now right?"
"That's not the only thing I think I discovered about him," Jackson said biting his lip. "His Attributes... All of them... All three of them, are important. That kid Hero. I don't know what happened in his life. But I'm sure that we'll find out..."
Meanwhile...
"Ahh much better!" Hero announced stepping outside of the shower room, and back into the dorm room, he shared with the other four recruits! "All clean!" He announced. All five of them were dressed very casually now, in simple street clothes. "Shame I lost my training outfit though..."
"Hero..." Kitsune said slowly giving the boy a deadpanned look. "Your training outfit is just a green tracksuit... It's better that it got ripped to piece."
Hero frowned as he turned away from the teen. "Nah... I was totally awesome in it." He said walking over to his nightstand next to his bed. "Speaking of awesome..." He reached down grabbing a black box. He grabbed something and placed his hand over his face. "Back to normal!" He announced and turned around to show off a gold, and purple eye, in each socket.
"Back to wearing your contacts huh..." Kitsune said slowly.
"Yep!" Hero said looking at his reflection as he smirked. He gave himself a thumbs up as he nodded his head.
"So what now?" Kitsune asked leaning back on his bed, as he stared up at the ceiling.
"Well, I had an idea..." Irene said slowly as everyone turned to look at her. "I was thinking. How about we go out to eat! You know. Build up team bonding, and get to know each other a lot better. I mean it's still been less than a month. Also, we can invite some of the other recruits, and get to share first-time missions!" She announced.
"That... Actually sounds like fun." Kitsune said in surprise as he jumped to his feet. "Let's go give out the invitations Hero!"
"Why do I need to come?" Hero questioned.
"So we can get that prick Max to say yes," Kitsune announced grabbing his wrist.
"What?"
"Oh just shut up and come on!"
A few hours later, a pretty large group found themselves sitting around a large wooden table. Although sadly quite a few members simply didn't show up...
There were five from Squad Six, those being Hero, Ken, Kitsune, Irene, and Cloud. Two from Squad One, Max, and Shiki. One from Squad Eight, a girl named Alice. Three from Squad Seven, Emma, Sera, and a third girl named Lucy. And finally one from Squad Four a girl named Tsun.
"I... I was kind of hoping more would show up..." Irene said with a small amount of disappointment.
"Well. They didn't want to be associated with their rivals." Max said casually.
"Rivals?" Hero questioned parking up.
"Well... Some Squads don't like each other... Let's leave it at that..." Max said shrugging.
Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max.
"Well, why did all of you show up?" Ken questioned.
"Well, we all had our own reasons..." Emma said shrugging slightly. "I wanted to see Hero!"
"I too wanted to see Hero-" Max began.
"Back off I called him!" Emma said shooting the lava guy a stare.
Hero slowly scooted away from everyone at the table. "Would it be a bad time to mention, I already have someone I'm in love with... I really don't feel comfortable with all these perverts hitting on me..." He hissed over to Kitsune.
"What? You're seeing someone?"
"I mean... Kind of?" Hero said shrugging. "I'm in love with her. I just need to find her..."
"Wait! So everyone is hitting on you, and you've already been taken? Yes! This means I have a shot!" Kitsune said proudly standing up.
Max cleared his throat interrupting the two boys as they turned back to him. "As I said. We all had our own reasoning. Some better than others..."
Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max.
"I... I just wanted to talk to some people..." Alice said shyly. She slowly shrunk down in her chair when everyone turned to look at her. "I'll... I'll shut up now..."
"Great!" Tsun said rolling her eyes. "Way to go guys. You broke the shy girl."
"I'm starting the suspect this was a terrible idea..." Irene said quietly as they all sat there in an awkward silence.
"So..." Cloud said deciding he would be the one to start the conversation. "How was everybody's mission..."
"Not as eventful as yours," Max replied.
Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max.
"How does everyone keep knowing about that!" Ken questioned.
"Word gets around fast."
Shiki let out a small grunt as he nodded next to Max-
"Does he not know how to speak?" Hero questioned as he stared at the man.
"No, he can... He just doesn't see fit to talk to any of you." Max said shrugging.
"What!"
"Both Shiki and I came to judge the other Enforcers, we may have the unfortunate privilege of fighting alongside. I was also curious... They say we grow in battle, so I wanted to see how far, all of you five have grown, since I heard you went on an A-Class mission... In particular, I wanted to see the depth of Hero's power. He is a Seraphin after all..."
"Ohh... I was kind of wanting that to be kept a secret..." Hero said slowly as he slowly inched away.
"You should know you have a target painted on all of your backs..." Max said giving a smirk as he stood up. "Not only are you guys one Squad Six, but you also went on an A-Class mission, far too soon, you have a Noble, from the family of Nine, a blind kid, and street thug, a villager, and of course now a Seraphin. Your Squad is quite the interesting one, to say the least..." Max said letting out a sigh. "I just hope you guys can put up a decent match. You still have about eleven months to train after all?" The kid shrugged as he waved his hand. "No matter. Let's go Shiki..."
"Wow..." Tsun said slowly. "That guys and asshole."
"You have no idea..." Hero said nodding.
"What's a Seraphin?" Emma asked.
"A man-made weapon..." Alice said quietly. "Most, are battle-hungry-mad-warriors... They say it takes a few years but all Seraphin's slowly snap, and will only care about battle, in order to grow..."
"Hmm. Scary." Hero said shrinking down slightly.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Alice said as she too shrunk down.
"Wait. What did he mean about having eleven months?" Ken asked curiously?
"Oh, you haven't heard?" Tsun said giving a smirk. "Well... At the end of the year, there is always a tournament held. It's pretty important and will allow us to rank up through the Enforcers... During this time we also get to fight a lot of our other comrades..."
"That sounds cool," Kitsune said smirking slightly. "And it's in eleven months..."
"I can't wait that long!" Emma announced shooting up. "Hero! I have been training like crazy! Fight me!" She announced.
"No."
"Curses!" Emma slowly sat back down. "I've been foiled..."
Sera reached out patting the girl lightly on the head. "Emma is telling the truth. Our Captain... Captain Sif. She is crazy... She wakes us up every morning at 5 A.M and throws us in life dangering situations in order to train us for battle... I don't know how Emma, and Lucy are able to keep up with it at all..."
"I'm not sure myself..." Lucy stated. "But have noticed, that I have grown in power. I estimate that I might have become ten, maybe even eleven times stronger than when I joined... And I too wish to have a rematch with you, Kitsune."
"What? We never fought."
"Incorrect. I was one of the people you knocked out, after your battle with the man over there." She said gesturing to Irene.
"Oh... Yeah sorry, I don't remember that..." Kitsune said awkwardly.
"It is to be expected..."
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"Now I feel bad."
"Good."
"Well, " Tsun said slowly standing up. "I've seen all that I wanted to." She said turning away. "I don't know how that Max kid is so good at judging others' power level... He figured out your depth in minutes, but it took me this long to figure it out..." She grumbled to herself.
"Wait you're leaving to!" Irene questioned.
"Indeed..." Tsun gave a small wave as she walked off.
"Wow... People hate us." Ken said frowning. "Are you guys gonna leave?" She questioned looking at the four last recruits from the other squads.
"I... I don't have any plans to." Alice said slowly.
"And I want free food!" Emma announced.
"I just want to see what commonly restaurant food taste like," Sera said giving a small smile.
"you're gonna hate it," Kitsune replied giving her a small head tilt.
"Well, guys." Hero said holding his drink up. "To us growing! Let's all become stronger than Max so we can kick his butt!"
Age 1990"Finally!" Jackson said holding his arms out. "We're back!""Finally!" Hero said practically collapsing to the floor as he let out a heavy sigh. "I don't think I could have walked another step..." He said sheepishly as he let out a small laugh."We've been walking for almost two week straight!" Kitsune said also almost collapsing. "I'm still amazed that we didn't run into any Bestia Macht's on our way back... Though if we did I feel like we could have probably handled them?" He said giving a small shrug. "Still though... A lot happened in a short amount of time... We met a lot of new people, and learned so much... And yet... I still doubt any of us know what it means to be an Enforcer-""Also we beat a lot of people up!" Hero said proudly."Yes... Yes, we did."Hero's smile faded as he thought back on the situation. "Although..." He said looking down at his hands. "I would rather not do something like that again... Like ever again... I don't think I could win a second time... I doubt I even really grew a lot stronger. Its weird though. I know I did get stronger, but... It still isn't enough...""Can I set you down now..." Cloud asked with a deadpan stare."I guess..." Ken hopped off of the blind guys back as she stretched out her body giving a small yawn."Devilish girl..." Cloud muttered glaring at her.The group of six had just now finally gotten back... They were all currently standing in the Enforcer's main headquarters, common hall. The big building in the middle of the twelve. Unlike the others, this one didn't belong to any particular squad. A few other squads were in the building as they stared at the Squad six recruits, and Jackson with curiosity. It wasn't everyday that a group who was supposed to come back from a simple mission, comes back covered in bruises and ripped up clothing."Okay, guys..." Jackson said whispering to the recruits. "Now... Let's all slowly head back to the Squad Six Dorms, and hope Katrina doesn't-""Jackson!""Uh-Oh!"There was a blue blur, as a woman suddenly appeared out of nowhere drop kicking Jackson, hard enough to send him flying across the room! He slammed into the wall behind him as he fell forward. All of the recruits were left with wide eyes as they shook."You idiot!" The woman shouted out. The recruits all stared at her as they realized she was Katrina... Their Captain... Uh-Oh indeed..."Hey Katrina-""Don't hey Katrina me!" Katrina shouted out slapping Jackson over the head. She grabbed him and began to shake him violently. "Do you have any idea what you did!""We did a mission?" Jackson tried to squeak out."A C-Class mission!" Katrina shouted out still shaking her Vice-Captain. "They aren't supposed to do that yet! The number of rules you broke!""Yes... Indeed. It really is quite sad that he went and broke such an important rule..." Everyone stopped what they were doing as they slowly stared over at the guy who spoke. He wore a shiny white suit, that looked like it was covered in gems, as it lit up reflecting the light in all directions. He had blond hair that was styled up, and a pair of golden eyes that seemed to almost shine. There was a smug smile on his face, and even his teeth seemed to sparkle. "And yet... Despite breaking, such an important rule he has only received a mild slap on the wrist-""Listen Jackass!" Katrina said shooting the man a dirty look. "Before you interrupted us, I was about to shove my foot so far up Jackson's ass! I would not call what I'm about to do to him as 'a slap on the wrist.'" She growled out. "So how about you beat it Eins!""Hmph... Typical of a Squad that does nothing but break the rules..." The sparkling man said as he gave a smirk."Why you little..." Katrina let go of Jackson dropping him to the floor as she turned to glare at the man."Umm... Who is that guy?" Hero asked curiously."Oh him..." Jackson said dusting himself off. "That's Eins. He's harmless... Mostly... Bit of a punk...""Why is he casually talking back to our Captain?" Kitsune questioned nervously.The argument between Eins, and Katrina was slowly getting more, and more heated..."Oh... He's a Reserve." Jackson said simply."What's a Reserve?" Irene asked."Well..." Jackson gave a small shrug. "I guess the best say to explain it... So you know how there are Twelve Captains. And there are Twelve Vice-Captains. Well. There are also Twelve Reserves. The Reserves are the strongest normal member of one of the Twelve Squads. So in every Squad, there are three rankings. Captain. Vice-Captain. And Reserve members. If for any reason a Captain should be unfit to serve, the Vice-Captain becomes the new Captain. And the Reserve becomes the new Vice-Captain. So in the events Katrina is unable to serve, I become Captain, and Dawson, becomes my Vice-Captain, and then the old Reserve slot is filled up by whoever Dawson thinks is best for it.""I get it," Kitsune said nodding. "So that glowing guy is a Reserve member, and that's why he is able to backtalk our Captain-""No, he's just batshit insane!" Jackson said shaking his head. "Trust me... None of the other Reserves try to backtalk, Katrina..."There was a loud ringing sound as Eins looked down at his watch, which was naturally very glowy. "Hmm... I'm afraid I must take my leave." He said quietly as he turned away. He stopped for a second as his eyes focused in on Hero's silver eyes. "Ahh... A Seraphin... Really Katrina... Taking in foul beasts now?" Before she could respond though, Eins turned away already walking off."Hey get back here you jerk!" Katrina yelled out.The man didn't bother turning around as he flipped her the bird, and walked off."I... Am... Going... To... Kill... Him..." Katrina said through gritted teeth."Oh good..." Jackson said letting out a sigh of relief."How is that good?" Irene questioned stepping away from her Captain."Her rage isn't focused on me..." Jackson said smirking. "I don't have to worry about getting beat up for-""Jackson!""Oh crap!"There was a red blur as Jackson was kicked by Dawson Blight who came flying through the air! Dawson landed on the ground as he crossed his arms. "What's this I'm hearing about you taking the new recruits on a dangerous mission!" He questioned."How the hell did word get around about that so fast!" Jackson yelled out.Dawson turned away as he marched over to the recruits. "Geez... Look at them!" He said pointing at the five kids. Their clothing was badly torn, and they were covered in sweat, bruises, dirt, blood, snow... Ice... They traveled through a blizzard for almost a week straight with no way of taking a bath, so they all smelled terrible as well... Kitsune had a black eye, Ken's hands were covered in bandages, and she had two swords, on her hips? Hero... Well he was covered in as much filth, as the others, but he didn't actually look injured at all, benefits of having regeneration. "They... Well, they look like they have some experience now at least..." Dawson muttered. He held his hand up as he placed it on Ken's chin looking down at her."Umm..." The fourteen-year-old girl said stepping away.Dawson frowned as his eyes glanced down at all of them. "I suppose it isn't that bad... But.. Did a C-Class mission really push you all this much?""Well actually it was an A-Class- Why the hell am I saying that!" Jackson said freezing up as Katrina, and Dawson both slowly turned to look at him."...""...""...""A...Class..." Katrina said slowly."You took the new inexperienced Recruits, on... On an A-Class mission..." Dawson said blinking a couple of times."Uhh... Well... Looking back on it... I mean... It was C-Class... I mean... The Earl did most of it?""Earl?""I should stop talking...""Get him..." Katrina said slowly as both her and Dawson shot forward."No, wait!"The recruits all stood frozen with wide eyes as they watched the two adults go to town on beating their Vice-Captain into the ground."I'm scared..." Irene said slowly.Katrina stopped as she let out a sigh. She slowly turned back over to the group of new recruits as she gave an innocent smile. "Kids..." She said sending a shiver down all of their spines. "We are gonna be busy for a little while. Why don't all of you run, and get cleaned, and redressed, while me and Dawson teach, your Vice-Captain a valuable lesson!" She said innocently.All of the recruits wisely ran away, back towards the Squad Six dorms.Dawson watched them leave as he turned back to his friend. "So... A-Class mission? How did they do?" He asked curiously?"Well... They did well." Jackson said smiling as Dawson helped me up. "I wish you were there though... That mission sucked! If we had both been there it would have been such a breeze.""Is... Is there anyone we should drop." Katrina asked glancing at her Vice-Captain. "You realize that after today... That's it. They'll be Enforcers. Are you sure you can inflict that on all of them..."Jackson was quiet for a moment but finally, he nodded his head. "I can..." He said smiling again. "I know that all of them... All of them have potential... If any of the recruits deserve to be Enforcers it is them."Katrina gave a small smile as she shrugged. "Well... I'll take your word for it.""So... Hero's a Seraphin huh?" Dawson said slowly."Yeah... Kind of shocked me.""I had a sneaking suspicion about that fact..." Dawson said sighing. "You know... The Master is gonna wanna see him now right?""That's not the only thing I think I discovered about him," Jackson said biting his lip. "His Attributes... All of them... All three of them, are important. That kid Hero. I don't know what happened in his life. But I'm sure that we'll find out..."Meanwhile..."Ahh much better!" Hero announced stepping outside of the shower room, and back into the dorm room, he shared with the other four recruits! "All clean!" He announced. All five of them were dressed very casually now, in simple street clothes. "Shame I lost my training outfit though...""Hero..." Kitsune said slowly giving the boy a deadpanned look. "Your training outfit is just a green tracksuit... It's better that it got ripped to piece."Hero frowned as he turned away from the teen. "Nah... I was totally awesome in it." He said walking over to his nightstand next to his bed. "Speaking of awesome..." He reached down grabbing a black box. He grabbed something and placed his hand over his face. "Back to normal!" He announced and turned around to show off a gold, and purple eye, in each socket."Back to wearing your contacts huh..." Kitsune said slowly."Yep!" Hero said looking at his reflection as he smirked. He gave himself a thumbs up as he nodded his head."So what now?" Kitsune asked leaning back on his bed, as he stared up at the ceiling."Well, I had an idea..." Irene said slowly as everyone turned to look at her. "I was thinking. How about we go out to eat! You know. Build up team bonding, and get to know each other a lot better. I mean it's still been less than a month. Also, we can invite some of the other recruits, and get to share first-time missions!" She announced."That... Actually sounds like fun." Kitsune said in surprise as he jumped to his feet. "Let's go give out the invitations Hero!""Why do I need to come?" Hero questioned."So we can get that prick Max to say yes," Kitsune announced grabbing his wrist."What?""Oh just shut up and come on!"A few hours later, a pretty large group found themselves sitting around a large wooden table. Although sadly quite a few members simply didn't show up...There were five from Squad Six, those being Hero, Ken, Kitsune, Irene, and Cloud. Two from Squad One, Max, and Shiki. One from Squad Eight, a girl named Alice. Three from Squad Seven, Emma, Sera, and a third girl named Lucy. And finally one from Squad Four a girl named Tsun."I... I was kind of hoping more would show up..." Irene said with a small amount of disappointment."Well. They didn't want to be associated with their rivals." Max said casually."Rivals?" Hero questioned parking up."Well... Some Squads don't like each other... Let's leave it at that..." Max said shrugging.Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max."Well, why did all of you show up?" Ken questioned."Well, we all had our own reasons..." Emma said shrugging slightly. "I wanted to see Hero!""I too wanted to see Hero-" Max began."Back off I called him!" Emma said shooting the lava guy a stare.Hero slowly scooted away from everyone at the table. "Would it be a bad time to mention, I already have someone I'm in love with... I really don't feel comfortable with all these perverts hitting on me..." He hissed over to Kitsune."What? You're seeing someone?""I mean... Kind of?" Hero said shrugging. "I'm in love with her. I just need to find her...""Wait! So everyone is hitting on you, and you've already been taken? Yes! This means I have a shot!" Kitsune said proudly standing up.Max cleared his throat interrupting the two boys as they turned back to him. "As I said. We all had our own reasoning. Some better than others..."Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max."I... I just wanted to talk to some people..." Alice said shyly. She slowly shrunk down in her chair when everyone turned to look at her. "I'll... I'll shut up now...""Great!" Tsun said rolling her eyes. "Way to go guys. You broke the shy girl.""I'm starting the suspect this was a terrible idea..." Irene said quietly as they all sat there in an awkward silence."So..." Cloud said deciding he would be the one to start the conversation. "How was everybody's mission...""Not as eventful as yours," Max replied.Shiki let out a loud grunt as he nodded next to Max."How does everyone keep knowing about that!" Ken questioned."Word gets around fast."Shiki let out a small grunt as he nodded next to Max-"Does he not know how to speak?" Hero questioned as he stared at the man."No, he can... He just doesn't see fit to talk to any of you." Max said shrugging."What!""Both Shiki and I came to judge the other Enforcers, we may have the unfortunate privilege of fighting alongside. I was also curious... They say we grow in battle, so I wanted to see how far, all of you five have grown, since I heard you went on an A-Class mission... In particular, I wanted to see the depth of Hero's power. He is a Seraphin after all...""Ohh... I was kind of wanting that to be kept a secret..." Hero said slowly as he slowly inched away."You should know you have a target painted on all of your backs..." Max said giving a smirk as he stood up. "Not only are you guys one Squad Six, but you also went on an A-Class mission, far too soon, you have a Noble, from the family of Nine, a blind kid, and street thug, a villager, and of course now a Seraphin. Your Squad is quite the interesting one, to say the least..." Max said letting out a sigh. "I just hope you guys can put up a decent match. You still have about eleven months to train after all?" The kid shrugged as he waved his hand. "No matter. Let's go Shiki...""Wow..." Tsun said slowly. "That guys and asshole.""You have no idea..." Hero said nodding."What's a Seraphin?" Emma asked."A man-made weapon..." Alice said quietly. "Most, are battle-hungry-mad-warriors... They say it takes a few years but all Seraphin's slowly snap, and will only care about battle, in order to grow...""Hmm. Scary." Hero said shrinking down slightly."Oh! I'm sorry!" Alice said as she too shrunk down."Wait. What did he mean about having eleven months?" Ken asked curiously?"Oh, you haven't heard?" Tsun said giving a smirk. "Well... At the end of the year, there is always a tournament held. It's pretty important and will allow us to rank up through the Enforcers... During this time we also get to fight a lot of our other comrades...""That sounds cool," Kitsune said smirking slightly. "And it's in eleven months...""I can't wait that long!" Emma announced shooting up. "Hero! I have been training like crazy! Fight me!" She announced."No.""Curses!" Emma slowly sat back down. "I've been foiled..."Sera reached out patting the girl lightly on the head. "Emma is telling the truth. Our Captain... Captain Sif. She is crazy... She wakes us up every morning at 5 A.M and throws us in life dangering situations in order to train us for battle... I don't know how Emma, and Lucy are able to keep up with it at all...""I'm not sure myself..." Lucy stated. "But have noticed, that I have grown in power. I estimate that I might have become ten, maybe even eleven times stronger than when I joined... And I too wish to have a rematch with you, Kitsune.""What? We never fought.""Incorrect. I was one of the people you knocked out, after your battle with the man over there." She said gesturing to Irene."Oh... Yeah sorry, I don't remember that..." Kitsune said awkwardly."It is to be expected..." Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. "Now I feel bad.""Good.""Well, " Tsun said slowly standing up. "I've seen all that I wanted to." She said turning away. "I don't know how that Max kid is so good at judging others' power level... He figured out your depth in minutes, but it took me this long to figure it out..." She grumbled to herself."Wait you're leaving to!" Irene questioned."Indeed..." Tsun gave a small wave as she walked off."Wow... People hate us." Ken said frowning. "Are you guys gonna leave?" She questioned looking at the four last recruits from the other squads."I... I don't have any plans to." Alice said slowly."And I want free food!" Emma announced."I just want to see what commonly restaurant food taste like," Sera said giving a small smile."you're gonna hate it," Kitsune replied giving her a small head tilt."Well, guys." Hero said holding his drink up. "To us growing! Let's all become stronger than Max so we can kick his butt!"
