Chapter 79
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Age 1991
"Oh! Mr. Blight. How are you?" A young woman with long pink hair and bright blue eyes asked as she stared at the Red-Demon. She held a small kind smile on her face as she turned to look at the man who entered the room.
The room in question was the Squad Twelve Common room. Several other Squad Twelve members turned to look at Dawson in curiosity.
"I'm sorry to bother you, Captain Athena," Dawson said giving a slight bow to the woman out of respect. Both his arms were held up as he appeared to be holding two body shaped objects? "I was doing a bit of sparing and it kind of got a little out of hand..." He said sheepishly as he dropped the two objects down showing the unconscious, and heavily beat up, bodies of Hero, and Kitsune.
Both boys were badly beaten and bruised. They looked like they had been ran over. Then backed up over by that car. Then ran over again. Then beat up Dawson... And then thrown into a blender... The main point being that both boys looked like they were only inches away from death...
"A little out of hand?" Athena questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Well... In my defense, neither of them thought to ask me to stop punching them." The Red-Demon spoke as he gave a small shrug. "Well... At least I don't think they did? It was hard to understand them after I shattered their jaws. I had to really beat that boy down." Dawson said gesturing down to Hero. "He might not be that strong but, he makes up for that in his spirit. He just does not stay down..."
"I assume you want me to heal them?" Athena questioned.
"Yes, Ma'am. Please do."
Athena gave a small nod as she slowly brought a finger to her lips. Then she opened her mouth and began to stick her entire hand into her mouth, as her arm went deeper and deeper. This went on for a disturbingly, five minutes, as her entire hand vanished into her mouth. Finally, she seemed to find whatever it was she was looking for as she pulled back pulling her hand out of her mouth, and dragging out a weird pink glob, that kind of looked like flesh, but was pure pink...
She pulled on it, as it was dragged out to nearly five feet, then she bit down on her end snapping it off.
"There we go." She said giving a smile as she wiped her mouth clean of all the saliva that was dripping down her face.
"Yeah... That never stops being disturbing." Dawson muttered out.
Athena ignored him as she grabbed the pink glob, and ripped it in half. She stretched one of the pieces out and placed it over Hero. Next, she did the same with Kitsune placing the second half over him.
The pink globs suddenly wrapped around the two boys, as it covered them up entirely! Then seconds later it began to bubble up, and simply faded away seemingly sinking over them as it was absorbed into the bodies of the two boys...
Both Hero and Kitsune shot up in shock as they looked around the room with wide eyes. Their wounds were fully healed, and even their clothing was now undamaged.
"What? Where are we?" Hero asked looking around the room in confusion?
"I took you guys to the best healer we have in the Enforcers," Dawson said simply as he folded his arms up. "You two are lucky she was here. Normally she's out on a mission."
"It's a pleasure to meet you two," Athena said smiling slightly.
Kitsune bowed slightly as Hero just looked at the Noble in confusion.
"What are you doing?" Hero asked.
"Hero!" Kitsune hissed out. "She's a Captain... We saw her a month ago, when we were taking the Enforcer's entrance exam!"
"Oh..."
"Why aren't you bowing now!" Kitsune hissed when Hero still stood there.
"Bowing is lame."
"I agree," Athena said letting out a small laugh. "I'm tired of people treating me differently just because I'm a Captain."
Kitsune slowly stood back up as he awkwardly shifted away from Hero, and the Captain...
"Thanks for healing us, Miss-Captain-lady!" Hero said as he threw his arms behind his head. "I feel much better now, better than how I have in a long time! How did you heal us though?"
"With my Attribute naturally," Athena said letting out a small laugh. "My Attribute is considered to be one of the top five best healing Attributes of all time."
"Wow. The Enforcers got it good then." Kitsune said nodding. "After all an Attribute that can heal is really rare. There are only about... Fifteen in the Red Nation."
"They're that rare?" Hero said surprised.
"Yeah. Which is why you're lucky yours can heal." Kitsune stated. "Although yours isn't as rare since yours heals only you while hers is able to heal anybody."
"I didn't know there are rare kinds of Attributes..." Hero said sheepishly.
"Well, there are," Kitsune said shrugging. "Take flight for example. There are supposedly only five Attributes on the entire planet who are able to fly, and only a single one of them is found in the Nation Of Red. Of course, any Noble Attrubuite is rare, even if its effect isn't. My Attrubuite for example. Even though Attrubuites that involve flame aren't rare, my version would be. This is because of the type of my Attrubuite is what is rare."
"This is all a little confusing..." Hero said grabbing his head.
"It really isn't that important," Athena said laughing. "I find the kinds of people far more interesting than the many kinds of Attributes. The two of you are a great example of that. A Noble from the family of Nine, and a Seraphin. Both of you have been the talk of the town, ever since you all got back on the mission."
"How does it keep spreading!"
"Neither one of you have to worry." Dawson said placing a hand on the two boys' shoulders. "Squad Twelve isn't like the others. I doubt any of them will want to attack you."
"Is... Is it common for other Squads to attack each other?" Hero said hesitantly.
"Kind of," Dawson said shrugging. "We all work together on the battlefield but a rivalry is encouraged. It isn't unusual for other Squad members to challenge you to a duel. It is also considered rude to turn down a challenge request. Unfortunately for us... Squad Six seems to always attract attention and we get several, requests all the time... It actually kind of sucks. We think it's because the other Squads don't really like us too much... Katrina is a hard woman to work with..."
"Well," Athena said letting out another small laugh. "That's what happens when you become famous."
"I'd say it's more infamous, than famous..."
"Wait. If it's so common for a person to get a challenge than how come it hasn't happened to us yet?" Kitsune asked.
"Remember. It's only the first month." Dawson said shrugging. "Many of the new recruits are all just now getting done with their first missions. Also. It's likely the other Squads are getting their recruits, ready for real missions, which will be happening soon. Very soon, many of the Gold Badges, who are training the new recruits will begin to encourage them to start battling other Squads. It could even be happening now. When it does you two should be aware of the target you'll have painted on your backs... A Noble of one of the twenty sacred branches, and a Seraphin are both bound to get attention from everybody."
Hero and Kitsune both looked at each other for a moment as they shared a shrug.
"Don't worry," Athena said gently. "You guys won't have to worry about it too much. A lot of the recruits will be away on their first real missions. And there's always the chance you guys will have to leave as well. Although I would say it is important to challenge others at some point... After all by battling them not only will both of you improved you'll also get to know them better, which is important if you ever are required to do a mission with them."
"She's right," Dawson said nodding. "Like it or not, sooner or later you'll be forced to team up with someone you might not like. If that happens you'll have to suck it up and work with them. When on the battlefield you can't worry about who you are teaming up with. You'll have to come up with a plan to work with them. Letting a petty rivalry get in the way between you, could resort in the death of everyone..."
A few minutes later...
Hero and Kitsune, as well as Dawson, all stepped out of the building and back into the courtyard outside all of the towers.
"I'll be heading back now," Dawson said peaking over his shoulder. "Oh... Jackson called by the way. He said he wanted to see you Kitsune."
"Really! Great." Kitsune nodded his head. "I'll go right away." He announced.
"I don't care..." Dawson said walking off.
Hero was silent as he and Kitsune slowly walked back to the Squad Six Tower. "Something on your mind?" Kitsune questioned casually.
"Ahh well..." Hero gave a shrug. "I'm still just thinking about what that Miss-Captain-Lady, and Mr. Blight said. I mean. It is kind of weird to consider the fact that I could get attacked randomly than have to suddenly work with them later on... There are a few people I would rather not have to team up with..."
"Oh, I get it..." Kitsune said smirking slightly. "You're afraid you're gonna have to work with that Max kid!"
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"What!"
"It's so obvious," Kitsune said smirking as he crosses his arms.
"No..."
"You're thinking about what he said that day right," Kitsune said letting out a small sigh. "You could feel it too. The power coming off of him, and that Shiki fellow. They had so much power coming off of them... Every hair on my body was forced to stand up while I was near them."
Hero let out a slight sigh. "Yeah... I didn't like it."
"I don't blame you," Kitsune replied. "It was like looking at an oncoming train that would hit you any second... I didn't like being next to them... And they were so arrogant... I wanted to teach them a lesson but my body simply wouldn't act at all... Deep down I knew they would obliterate me."
"Maybe... Maybe we won't be able to catch up to them." Hero said slowly.
"What?" Kitsune stopped as he turned to look at Hero.
"Well... I mean... You saw how strong Zero, and Jackson were. It was like they were a storm, and we were thin pieces of paper. And Max and Shiki are the same age as us, and are both still recruits, and yet they seem to have loads of more power. Plus who knows how strong some of the other recruits are-"
"I can't believe that you are even suggesting that we give up!"
"Well not give up... I'm just trying to be reasonable..."
"No!" Kitsune reached out grabbing Hero by the collar. "You're afraid. You tried to act all cool, but I saw how shaken up you were after the battle with Zero... You're scared right... Those nightmares you keep having... Afraid that we will have to fight something like that again..." Hero didn't say anything as he looked away. "When we got back... You wanted to fight Dawson almost immediately because you wanted to see how much you've improved. Now that you've seen how little it is are you really going to just throw in the towel?"
"You don't understand." Hero said sighing. "I can barely control my abilities... And-"
"That's why you're wearing contacts right. To hide those silver eyes of yours. You're hiding what you are now. You rely on your Inflation, and your mother's Attribute the most. You've been slacking on using that other power... No wonder you can barely use it, you're not trying to even use it unless you're forced to, and even then you rely on those bone pipes from it. Let me guess. That one girl's words also scared you."
'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...'
Hero pulled Kitsune's hand off of him. "I'll meet you back at the dorm... I'm gonna go take a walk."
Kitsune let out a sigh as he turned away. "Hero... You should really consider where you want to go from here. I don't want you to slow down our group."
Hero didn't say anything as he slowly walked off... He gave a small wave behind his shoulder as he stepped away from the boy.
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Age 1991
"Oh! Mr. Blight. How are you?" A young woman with long pink hair and bright blue eyes asked as she stared at the Red-Demon. She held a small kind smile on her face as she turned to look at the man who entered the room.
The room in question was the Squad Twelve Common room. Several other Squad Twelve members turned to look at Dawson in curiosity.
"I'm sorry to bother you, Captain Athena," Dawson said giving a slight bow to the woman out of respect. Both his arms were held up as he appeared to be holding two body shaped objects? "I was doing a bit of sparing and it kind of got a little out of hand..." He said sheepishly as he dropped the two objects down showing the unconscious, and heavily beat up, bodies of Hero, and Kitsune.
Both boys were badly beaten and bruised. They looked like they had been ran over. Then backed up over by that car. Then ran over again. Then beat up Dawson... And then thrown into a blender... The main point being that both boys looked like they were only inches away from death...
"A little out of hand?" Athena questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Well... In my defense, neither of them thought to ask me to stop punching them." The Red-Demon spoke as he gave a small shrug. "Well... At least I don't think they did? It was hard to understand them after I shattered their jaws. I had to really beat that boy down." Dawson said gesturing down to Hero. "He might not be that strong but, he makes up for that in his spirit. He just does not stay down..."
"I assume you want me to heal them?" Athena questioned.
"Yes, Ma'am. Please do."
Athena gave a small nod as she slowly brought a finger to her lips. Then she opened her mouth and began to stick her entire hand into her mouth, as her arm went deeper and deeper. This went on for a disturbingly, five minutes, as her entire hand vanished into her mouth. Finally, she seemed to find whatever it was she was looking for as she pulled back pulling her hand out of her mouth, and dragging out a weird pink glob, that kind of looked like flesh, but was pure pink...
She pulled on it, as it was dragged out to nearly five feet, then she bit down on her end snapping it off.
"There we go." She said giving a smile as she wiped her mouth clean of all the saliva that was dripping down her face.
"Yeah... That never stops being disturbing." Dawson muttered out.
Athena ignored him as she grabbed the pink glob, and ripped it in half. She stretched one of the pieces out and placed it over Hero. Next, she did the same with Kitsune placing the second half over him.
The pink globs suddenly wrapped around the two boys, as it covered them up entirely! Then seconds later it began to bubble up, and simply faded away seemingly sinking over them as it was absorbed into the bodies of the two boys...
Both Hero and Kitsune shot up in shock as they looked around the room with wide eyes. Their wounds were fully healed, and even their clothing was now undamaged.
"What? Where are we?" Hero asked looking around the room in confusion?
"I took you guys to the best healer we have in the Enforcers," Dawson said simply as he folded his arms up. "You two are lucky she was here. Normally she's out on a mission."
"It's a pleasure to meet you two," Athena said smiling slightly.
Kitsune bowed slightly as Hero just looked at the Noble in confusion.
"What are you doing?" Hero asked.
"Hero!" Kitsune hissed out. "She's a Captain... We saw her a month ago, when we were taking the Enforcer's entrance exam!"
"Oh..."
"Why aren't you bowing now!" Kitsune hissed when Hero still stood there.
"Bowing is lame."
"I agree," Athena said letting out a small laugh. "I'm tired of people treating me differently just because I'm a Captain."
Kitsune slowly stood back up as he awkwardly shifted away from Hero, and the Captain...
"Thanks for healing us, Miss-Captain-lady!" Hero said as he threw his arms behind his head. "I feel much better now, better than how I have in a long time! How did you heal us though?"
"With my Attribute naturally," Athena said letting out a small laugh. "My Attribute is considered to be one of the top five best healing Attributes of all time."
"Wow. The Enforcers got it good then." Kitsune said nodding. "After all an Attribute that can heal is really rare. There are only about... Fifteen in the Red Nation."
"They're that rare?" Hero said surprised.
"Yeah. Which is why you're lucky yours can heal." Kitsune stated. "Although yours isn't as rare since yours heals only you while hers is able to heal anybody."
"I didn't know there are rare kinds of Attributes..." Hero said sheepishly.
"Well, there are," Kitsune said shrugging. "Take flight for example. There are supposedly only five Attributes on the entire planet who are able to fly, and only a single one of them is found in the Nation Of Red. Of course, any Noble Attrubuite is rare, even if its effect isn't. My Attrubuite for example. Even though Attrubuites that involve flame aren't rare, my version would be. This is because of the type of my Attrubuite is what is rare."
"This is all a little confusing..." Hero said grabbing his head.
"It really isn't that important," Athena said laughing. "I find the kinds of people far more interesting than the many kinds of Attributes. The two of you are a great example of that. A Noble from the family of Nine, and a Seraphin. Both of you have been the talk of the town, ever since you all got back on the mission."
"How does it keep spreading!"
"Neither one of you have to worry." Dawson said placing a hand on the two boys' shoulders. "Squad Twelve isn't like the others. I doubt any of them will want to attack you."
"Is... Is it common for other Squads to attack each other?" Hero said hesitantly.
"Kind of," Dawson said shrugging. "We all work together on the battlefield but a rivalry is encouraged. It isn't unusual for other Squad members to challenge you to a duel. It is also considered rude to turn down a challenge request. Unfortunately for us... Squad Six seems to always attract attention and we get several, requests all the time... It actually kind of sucks. We think it's because the other Squads don't really like us too much... Katrina is a hard woman to work with..."
"Well," Athena said letting out another small laugh. "That's what happens when you become famous."
"I'd say it's more infamous, than famous..."
"Wait. If it's so common for a person to get a challenge than how come it hasn't happened to us yet?" Kitsune asked.
"Remember. It's only the first month." Dawson said shrugging. "Many of the new recruits are all just now getting done with their first missions. Also. It's likely the other Squads are getting their recruits, ready for real missions, which will be happening soon. Very soon, many of the Gold Badges, who are training the new recruits will begin to encourage them to start battling other Squads. It could even be happening now. When it does you two should be aware of the target you'll have painted on your backs... A Noble of one of the twenty sacred branches, and a Seraphin are both bound to get attention from everybody."
Hero and Kitsune both looked at each other for a moment as they shared a shrug.
"Don't worry," Athena said gently. "You guys won't have to worry about it too much. A lot of the recruits will be away on their first real missions. And there's always the chance you guys will have to leave as well. Although I would say it is important to challenge others at some point... After all by battling them not only will both of you improved you'll also get to know them better, which is important if you ever are required to do a mission with them."
"She's right," Dawson said nodding. "Like it or not, sooner or later you'll be forced to team up with someone you might not like. If that happens you'll have to suck it up and work with them. When on the battlefield you can't worry about who you are teaming up with. You'll have to come up with a plan to work with them. Letting a petty rivalry get in the way between you, could resort in the death of everyone..."
A few minutes later...
Hero and Kitsune, as well as Dawson, all stepped out of the building and back into the courtyard outside all of the towers.
"I'll be heading back now," Dawson said peaking over his shoulder. "Oh... Jackson called by the way. He said he wanted to see you Kitsune."
"Really! Great." Kitsune nodded his head. "I'll go right away." He announced.
"I don't care..." Dawson said walking off.
Hero was silent as he and Kitsune slowly walked back to the Squad Six Tower. "Something on your mind?" Kitsune questioned casually.
"Ahh well..." Hero gave a shrug. "I'm still just thinking about what that Miss-Captain-Lady, and Mr. Blight said. I mean. It is kind of weird to consider the fact that I could get attacked randomly than have to suddenly work with them later on... There are a few people I would rather not have to team up with..."
"Oh, I get it..." Kitsune said smirking slightly. "You're afraid you're gonna have to work with that Max kid!"
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"What!"
"It's so obvious," Kitsune said smirking as he crosses his arms.
"No..."
"You're thinking about what he said that day right," Kitsune said letting out a small sigh. "You could feel it too. The power coming off of him, and that Shiki fellow. They had so much power coming off of them... Every hair on my body was forced to stand up while I was near them."
Hero let out a slight sigh. "Yeah... I didn't like it."
"I don't blame you," Kitsune replied. "It was like looking at an oncoming train that would hit you any second... I didn't like being next to them... And they were so arrogant... I wanted to teach them a lesson but my body simply wouldn't act at all... Deep down I knew they would obliterate me."
"Maybe... Maybe we won't be able to catch up to them." Hero said slowly.
"What?" Kitsune stopped as he turned to look at Hero.
"Well... I mean... You saw how strong Zero, and Jackson were. It was like they were a storm, and we were thin pieces of paper. And Max and Shiki are the same age as us, and are both still recruits, and yet they seem to have loads of more power. Plus who knows how strong some of the other recruits are-"
"I can't believe that you are even suggesting that we give up!"
"Well not give up... I'm just trying to be reasonable..."
"No!" Kitsune reached out grabbing Hero by the collar. "You're afraid. You tried to act all cool, but I saw how shaken up you were after the battle with Zero... You're scared right... Those nightmares you keep having... Afraid that we will have to fight something like that again..." Hero didn't say anything as he looked away. "When we got back... You wanted to fight Dawson almost immediately because you wanted to see how much you've improved. Now that you've seen how little it is are you really going to just throw in the towel?"
"You don't understand." Hero said sighing. "I can barely control my abilities... And-"
"That's why you're wearing contacts right. To hide those silver eyes of yours. You're hiding what you are now. You rely on your Inflation, and your mother's Attribute the most. You've been slacking on using that other power... No wonder you can barely use it, you're not trying to even use it unless you're forced to, and even then you rely on those bone pipes from it. Let me guess. That one girl's words also scared you."
'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...'
Hero pulled Kitsune's hand off of him. "I'll meet you back at the dorm... I'm gonna go take a walk."
Kitsune let out a sigh as he turned away. "Hero... You should really consider where you want to go from here. I don't want you to slow down our group."
Hero didn't say anything as he slowly walked off... He gave a small wave behind his shoulder as he stepped away from the boy.
Age 1991"Oh! Mr. Blight. How are you?" A young woman with long pink hair and bright blue eyes asked as she stared at the Red-Demon. She held a small kind smile on her face as she turned to look at the man who entered the room.The room in question was the Squad Twelve Common room. Several other Squad Twelve members turned to look at Dawson in curiosity."I'm sorry to bother you, Captain Athena," Dawson said giving a slight bow to the woman out of respect. Both his arms were held up as he appeared to be holding two body shaped objects? "I was doing a bit of sparing and it kind of got a little out of hand..." He said sheepishly as he dropped the two objects down showing the unconscious, and heavily beat up, bodies of Hero, and Kitsune.Both boys were badly beaten and bruised. They looked like they had been ran over. Then backed up over by that car. Then ran over again. Then beat up Dawson... And then thrown into a blender... The main point being that both boys looked like they were only inches away from death..."A little out of hand?" Athena questioned raising an eyebrow."Well... In my defense, neither of them thought to ask me to stop punching them." The Red-Demon spoke as he gave a small shrug. "Well... At least I don't think they did? It was hard to understand them after I shattered their jaws. I had to really beat that boy down." Dawson said gesturing down to Hero. "He might not be that strong but, he makes up for that in his spirit. He just does not stay down...""I assume you want me to heal them?" Athena questioned."Yes, Ma'am. Please do."Athena gave a small nod as she slowly brought a finger to her lips. Then she opened her mouth and began to stick her entire hand into her mouth, as her arm went deeper and deeper. This went on for a disturbingly, five minutes, as her entire hand vanished into her mouth. Finally, she seemed to find whatever it was she was looking for as she pulled back pulling her hand out of her mouth, and dragging out a weird pink glob, that kind of looked like flesh, but was pure pink...She pulled on it, as it was dragged out to nearly five feet, then she bit down on her end snapping it off."There we go." She said giving a smile as she wiped her mouth clean of all the saliva that was dripping down her face."Yeah... That never stops being disturbing." Dawson muttered out.Athena ignored him as she grabbed the pink glob, and ripped it in half. She stretched one of the pieces out and placed it over Hero. Next, she did the same with Kitsune placing the second half over him.The pink globs suddenly wrapped around the two boys, as it covered them up entirely! Then seconds later it began to bubble up, and simply faded away seemingly sinking over them as it was absorbed into the bodies of the two boys...Both Hero and Kitsune shot up in shock as they looked around the room with wide eyes. Their wounds were fully healed, and even their clothing was now undamaged."What? Where are we?" Hero asked looking around the room in confusion?"I took you guys to the best healer we have in the Enforcers," Dawson said simply as he folded his arms up. "You two are lucky she was here. Normally she's out on a mission.""It's a pleasure to meet you two," Athena said smiling slightly.Kitsune bowed slightly as Hero just looked at the Noble in confusion."What are you doing?" Hero asked."Hero!" Kitsune hissed out. "She's a Captain... We saw her a month ago, when we were taking the Enforcer's entrance exam!""Oh...""Why aren't you bowing now!" Kitsune hissed when Hero still stood there."Bowing is lame.""I agree," Athena said letting out a small laugh. "I'm tired of people treating me differently just because I'm a Captain."Kitsune slowly stood back up as he awkwardly shifted away from Hero, and the Captain..."Thanks for healing us, Miss-Captain-lady!" Hero said as he threw his arms behind his head. "I feel much better now, better than how I have in a long time! How did you heal us though?""With my Attribute naturally," Athena said letting out a small laugh. "My Attribute is considered to be one of the top five best healing Attributes of all time.""Wow. The Enforcers got it good then." Kitsune said nodding. "After all an Attribute that can heal is really rare. There are only about... Fifteen in the Red Nation.""They're that rare?" Hero said surprised."Yeah. Which is why you're lucky yours can heal." Kitsune stated. "Although yours isn't as rare since yours heals only you while hers is able to heal anybody.""I didn't know there are rare kinds of Attributes..." Hero said sheepishly."Well, there are," Kitsune said shrugging. "Take flight for example. There are supposedly only five Attributes on the entire planet who are able to fly, and only a single one of them is found in the Nation Of Red. Of course, any Noble Attrubuite is rare, even if its effect isn't. My Attrubuite for example. Even though Attrubuites that involve flame aren't rare, my version would be. This is because of the type of my Attrubuite is what is rare.""This is all a little confusing..." Hero said grabbing his head."It really isn't that important," Athena said laughing. "I find the kinds of people far more interesting than the many kinds of Attributes. The two of you are a great example of that. A Noble from the family of Nine, and a Seraphin. Both of you have been the talk of the town, ever since you all got back on the mission.""How does it keep spreading!""Neither one of you have to worry." Dawson said placing a hand on the two boys' shoulders. "Squad Twelve isn't like the others. I doubt any of them will want to attack you.""Is... Is it common for other Squads to attack each other?" Hero said hesitantly."Kind of," Dawson said shrugging. "We all work together on the battlefield but a rivalry is encouraged. It isn't unusual for other Squad members to challenge you to a duel. It is also considered rude to turn down a challenge request. Unfortunately for us... Squad Six seems to always attract attention and we get several, requests all the time... It actually kind of sucks. We think it's because the other Squads don't really like us too much... Katrina is a hard woman to work with...""Well," Athena said letting out another small laugh. "That's what happens when you become famous.""I'd say it's more infamous, than famous...""Wait. If it's so common for a person to get a challenge than how come it hasn't happened to us yet?" Kitsune asked."Remember. It's only the first month." Dawson said shrugging. "Many of the new recruits are all just now getting done with their first missions. Also. It's likely the other Squads are getting their recruits, ready for real missions, which will be happening soon. Very soon, many of the Gold Badges, who are training the new recruits will begin to encourage them to start battling other Squads. It could even be happening now. When it does you two should be aware of the target you'll have painted on your backs... A Noble of one of the twenty sacred branches, and a Seraphin are both bound to get attention from everybody."Hero and Kitsune both looked at each other for a moment as they shared a shrug."Don't worry," Athena said gently. "You guys won't have to worry about it too much. A lot of the recruits will be away on their first real missions. And there's always the chance you guys will have to leave as well. Although I would say it is important to challenge others at some point... After all by battling them not only will both of you improved you'll also get to know them better, which is important if you ever are required to do a mission with them.""She's right," Dawson said nodding. "Like it or not, sooner or later you'll be forced to team up with someone you might not like. If that happens you'll have to suck it up and work with them. When on the battlefield you can't worry about who you are teaming up with. You'll have to come up with a plan to work with them. Letting a petty rivalry get in the way between you, could resort in the death of everyone..."A few minutes later...Hero and Kitsune, as well as Dawson, all stepped out of the building and back into the courtyard outside all of the towers."I'll be heading back now," Dawson said peaking over his shoulder. "Oh... Jackson called by the way. He said he wanted to see you Kitsune.""Really! Great." Kitsune nodded his head. "I'll go right away." He announced."I don't care..." Dawson said walking off.Hero was silent as he and Kitsune slowly walked back to the Squad Six Tower. "Something on your mind?" Kitsune questioned casually."Ahh well..." Hero gave a shrug. "I'm still just thinking about what that Miss-Captain-Lady, and Mr. Blight said. I mean. It is kind of weird to consider the fact that I could get attacked randomly than have to suddenly work with them later on... There are a few people I would rather not have to team up with...""Oh, I get it..." Kitsune said smirking slightly. "You're afraid you're gonna have to work with that Max kid!" Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. "What!""It's so obvious," Kitsune said smirking as he crosses his arms."No...""You're thinking about what he said that day right," Kitsune said letting out a small sigh. "You could feel it too. The power coming off of him, and that Shiki fellow. They had so much power coming off of them... Every hair on my body was forced to stand up while I was near them."Hero let out a slight sigh. "Yeah... I didn't like it.""I don't blame you," Kitsune replied. "It was like looking at an oncoming train that would hit you any second... I didn't like being next to them... And they were so arrogant... I wanted to teach them a lesson but my body simply wouldn't act at all... Deep down I knew they would obliterate me.""Maybe... Maybe we won't be able to catch up to them." Hero said slowly."What?" Kitsune stopped as he turned to look at Hero."Well... I mean... You saw how strong Zero, and Jackson were. It was like they were a storm, and we were thin pieces of paper. And Max and Shiki are the same age as us, and are both still recruits, and yet they seem to have loads of more power. Plus who knows how strong some of the other recruits are-""I can't believe that you are even suggesting that we give up!""Well not give up... I'm just trying to be reasonable...""No!" Kitsune reached out grabbing Hero by the collar. "You're afraid. You tried to act all cool, but I saw how shaken up you were after the battle with Zero... You're scared right... Those nightmares you keep having... Afraid that we will have to fight something like that again..." Hero didn't say anything as he looked away. "When we got back... You wanted to fight Dawson almost immediately because you wanted to see how much you've improved. Now that you've seen how little it is are you really going to just throw in the towel?""You don't understand." Hero said sighing. "I can barely control my abilities... And-""That's why you're wearing contacts right. To hide those silver eyes of yours. You're hiding what you are now. You rely on your Inflation, and your mother's Attribute the most. You've been slacking on using that other power... No wonder you can barely use it, you're not trying to even use it unless you're forced to, and even then you rely on those bone pipes from it. Let me guess. That one girl's words also scared you."'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...'Hero pulled Kitsune's hand off of him. "I'll meet you back at the dorm... I'm gonna go take a walk."Kitsune let out a sigh as he turned away. "Hero... You should really consider where you want to go from here. I don't want you to slow down our group."Hero didn't say anything as he slowly walked off... He gave a small wave behind his shoulder as he stepped away from the boy.
