Enforcers

Kitsune pushed the doors open finally entering the ma.s.sive building as he let out a deep breath. He stepped inside and was instantly amazed by how full the room was. At least eighty people stood inside the room. All of them just hanging out. Some talked amongst themselves. Others stood by themselves. There were many kids all around his age. He didn"t see any n.o.bles in the room, which wasn"t a surprise. Most n.o.ble didn"t join the Enforcers and instead sat behind the comfortably of their walls.

Kitsune walked through the room looking around curiously. His ears twitched slightly when he noticed three people arguing with each other. Despite this only one seemed to actually be mad, while the other two both smiled slightly.

The first person was a young and short girl with shoulder-length black hair and dull red eyes. She had her hands on her hips as she glared at a sixteen-year-old teen. The teen kept shrugging as his multi-colored eyes flashed with amus.e.m.e.nt. He brought a hand through his black and white raven hair as the girl continued to yell at him, and lightly punch him. And finally, there was the last guy who was also yelling at the teen. Unlike the other two, he was far older. At least in his early twenties meaning he couldn"t be a recruit. His electric blue eyes flashed with amus.e.m.e.nt as well and his face looked as if it would break out into a smile at any second.

Kitsune"s eyes widened in surprise when he saw the man as he recognized him.

"Take that back old man!" Ken announced glaring at the man. "I"m not that short!"

"I mean he"s only twenty... That"s not exactly old..." Hero said raising an eyebrow. "Or does he just look old to you, since you"re so short-"

"Smack!"

"Oww!" Hero yelled out as he fell to his knees and rubbed his head.

"I didn"t mean to insult you?" The man said sheepishly. "I just commented on how I should get you a stool so you can see over the crowd later-"

"That"s an insult!" Ken yelled out.

"Yeah... That is pretty insulting." Hero said standing back up after being smacked to the ground by Ken. "You should also get her some books to stand on-"

"Smack!"

"Why!" Hero shouted out as he cried slightly. "You"re so mean..." He whined out.

"I promise I wasn"t trying to insult you, little girl-" The man stopped suddenly when he noticed Kitsune. "Ahh, it seems we have an eavesdropper..." The man smiled slightly as he held his hand out. "I"m-"

Kitsune grabbed the man"s hand shaking it vigorously. "You"reJacksonStormoneofthetwelveVice-Captainsaswellastheheirtothen.o.blefamilyofStormYou"realsothegrandsonofMasterStormtheleaderoftheEnforcersandyou"rethecreatoroftheflyingswordtechniqueandyouhavethet.i.tleofthebluecrowandyourankednumberfiveinthemosthandsomeEnforcers!" Kitsune said letting out a heavy breath as he said that all in a single go. He began to breath heavily as he gasped out. "Also you"re supposed to be powerful!" He gasped out for a second. "I"m your biggest fan! Oh boy... I am exhausted...."

The three of them all stared at the n.o.ble teen as they all blinked trying to figuer out what he said.

Ken blinked not even able to remotely process what he just said. "What did any of that mean?"

"Was any of that even translatable?" Hero questioned also not knowing what was said. "I wanna talk like that?"

"Ahh, a fan huh!" The apparently named Jackson said as he shook the teen"s hand. "It"s always nice to meet one of you!" He lied as he put on a fake smile. "d.a.m.n it! I got to get another restraining order now..." He thought as he pretended to be happy to see the teen.

"Wait?" Kitsune said suddenly. He looked confused for a moment as he stared at the man. "Why are you here? You"re already an Enforcer? This room is for recruits only?"

"Oh!" Jackson shrugged slightly. "Honestly I just came to see the new recruits." He said simply. "I wanted to see what kind of people would eventually be joining my squad if any at all would be joining. So far not impressed. The only one I for sure want on my squad is the duma.s.s over there..."

"Ken"s not a duma.s.s?" Hero said slightly confused.

"I was talking about you..." Jackson said with a deadpan stare.

"Oh..."

"Hey!" Ken said angrily. "I"ll kick your a.s.s and impress you then!"

"You"re just like Katrina..." Jackson said shaking his head slightly.

"I promise you... When this test begins you"ll quickly change your tune..." Ken said smirking slightly.

"Oh, are you strong?" Hero questioned curious now.

"I suppose you could say that..."

"Cool so am I!"

"I-" Ken opened her mouth then closed it again. "Good for you Hero..." She said patting the boy on the shoulder.

"Mr. Storm! I have a question!" Kitsune asked suddenly as he turned back to his hero.

Jackson"s eye twitched as he put on a fake smile facing the kid. "Ye-" Jackson"s eyes widened suddenly as he stared past Kitsune. "B R B." He said suddenly. And just like that, he was gone.

He didn"t seem to walk away or move at all. He just disappeared leaving behind a stunned Ken and Kitsune.

"That was cool..." Hero said seemingly not affected by the speed. "He"s fast."

"Wait you could see him move?" Kitsune asked.

"No." Hero said shrugging. "I can just tell. My Grandpa is faster after all. After years of watching the vanishing trick you can just pick up on it."

"I could probably move faster..." Ken lied.

Meanwhile, over at the doors to the Enforcer buildings, Cloud was about to open the doors when they were suddenly pulled opened for him. "Thank you..." He said slightly confused as he stumbled his way inside confused as to who would open the doors for him. Most people weren"t so kind to a blind person after all...

"No problem," Jackson said shrugging slightly as he helped the blind kid in. "So you"re blind huh? That instantly makes you more interesting than everyone else in here." He said smirking slightly.

"Oh really? Thanks..." Cloud said shrugging. "I"ll be honest. I was surprised when I got a letter." He said honestly. "Although I will say. I am glad to be here. I lived my life mostly in the street fighting thugs. It"ll be nice to try and become a real hero who can do some good. My life back home was starting to get boring anyways..."

"You remind me of a girl I met earlier today. She also wanted to become a hero... Of course, your reasons are a bit more n.o.bler..." Jackson said shrugging slightly. "Also. You haven"t screamed at me yet so you"re more calm then she was."

"Mr. Storm!" The two of then turned finding Kitsune marching over and dragging Ken with him. Hero followed along not really knowing what else to do. The short girl looked very unhappy as she crossed her arms.

"How the h.e.l.l is he able to just drag me over..." She muttered out.

"Cause you"re small-" Hero leaned back avoiding the strike. "Ha! I dodged it sucker-"

"Smack!"

"Mr. Storm!" Kitsune yelled out again waving to his new favorite person.

"Oh G.o.d d.a.m.n it..." Jackson muttered out.

"Friends of yours?" Cloud questioned. His ears twitched as he listened in on them. "Three? A tall guy and a short girl-"

"I will kick your a.s.s blind man!" Ken announced glaring at the blind kid now. Cloud looked past her as he simply shrugged. "Oh what! Don"t believe me?"

"Mr. Storm! You didn"t answer my question. You ran away to fast!" Kitsune said breathing heavily as he still tried to fight with the girl he dragged. Ken had her feet slammed into the ground making them skid across the floor as she was dragged. Despite that though Kitsune kept walking.

"Do you any help with carrying her?" Hero asked.

"Yeah... What"s your question..." Jackson asked letting out a sigh and accepting defeat.

Meanwhile, outside of the city of Oleander at the train station, Irene slowly stepped off. She let out a brief sigh as she stepped down into the soft snow below.

"I can"t believe I"m actually doing this..." She said letting out a quiet gulp. She looked different from how she had looked a few weeks ago. Her once long and flowing blond hair had been cut away leaving her with a shorter hairstyle. Her hair barely fell past her ears now. Her hair was also far messier now making it curl slightly. She wore a simple hat over her hair in an attempt to cover up some of her face as well as her hair style. She wore a fur coat that hid her feminine body as well. She know or at least as close as she could get resembled her twin brother North.

"I don"t want to leave our home, Irene... If you really think the Enforcers need our help so badly then why don"t you go on my behalf?"

Those had been the words that had set Irene on the path she was on now. As far back as she could remember she had dreamt of becoming a Hero. Perhaps this was the chance she needed. This could be the start of allowing her to save the people she cared about. Fighting the Bestia Macht from the safety of the village was getting her nowhere. If she wanted to really end the problems of the Bestia Macht she would need to attack it from the source.

Irene stepped forward at a fairly slow pace as she headed to the front gates of Oleander city. She pulled her cap down as the talkative gate guardian rambled on.

"-I"ve seen plenty of scary threats!" Ace was saying as he slowly pulled on the rope that would lift the gate up. "But I"m telling ya, man! This girl was terrifying. And then there was this other guy with this one boy? I thought he was gonna kill me... They were scary but that girl..." He shivered slightly as he shook his head. "Her eyes were so dull and boring. She also insisted she was a devil. Taking one look at her was all I needed to see that, that girl has seen some scary things and has used them to mold herself. Then there was that one sort of kind boy but he was with that scary guy I told you about!"

"Y-You don"t say..." Irene said trying to deepen her voice slightly while not making it to obvious.

"Yeah!" Ace said nodding. "The strange part was that he seemed really nice. Well nice in his own way. And that one girl? She seemed nice in a twisted way... Oh! Here we go, sir." Ace announced as the gate was fully pulled up. "Enjoy your stay in Oleander. If you need any help with anything feel free to ask me. I love helping people!" He stated.

"Yeah... I"ll do that... Umm... Chase?" Irene quickly walked off before the man could realize she had already forgotten his name. She let out a sigh as she finally entered the city. "Geez... One conversation and my whole body is shaking... Thankfully he didn"t seem to notice... I guess my disguise worked?" She smiled for a brief second as she marched in forward heading towards the tallest building.

The walk was done completely in silence. Eventually, she found her way over to the tallest building finding a giant of a man standing in front of the golden gates to her destiny.

Hesitantly she handed the letter over to the man. He hummed as he took it from her. "You North?" He questioned as he read the letter. He held a small sheet of paper that had the names of practically everyone on them.

"Umm! Yes, sir?" Irene said nodding. "That"s me! North! Twin brother to equally talented sister Irene!"

"Yeah, I don"t care..." The man said shaking his head.

"Umm, sir? If you don"t mind me asking? How do you know who everyone is just from their letters? My bro- My name isn"t on the letter?"

The man gave a simple shrug. "Numbers..." He said shrugging off the question. "Each letter had a number code on it. For instance, your letter is number code 4081. The girl who delivers these letters tells me the names and numbers of who they were delivered to as well as the location. My paper here has all the names of the people who have gained letters with the number code of their letters next to the name. Says here you come from the village of Calendulas. We normally don"t see you village folk out here. You must be real special? What kind of training do you do?"

"Umm... Well, pretty basic training. I train with all my siblings every day. We work out our body and practice using our Attribute every day. We actually are the guardians of the village... Every day we would be forced to fight a Bestia Macht. We fought loads of them. Thankfully they were all Baron level... But there was this one time when we had to fight a Viscount... Luckily North was able to take it down..."

"I thought you were North?"

"I meant my father North..." Irene said looking down at the ground for a second. "He was amazing... He met my mother Irene in the village... I try to follow his beliefs every day..."

"Your father? How... How did it happen?"

"Same way it always happens. He made a mistake and a Bestia Macht took it as their chance... I was eight when it happened."

"I"m sorry for your loss. Your father sounds like a brave man."

"He was." Irene nodded as she looked up a smile now on her face. "That"s why I"m here now. I"m going to become an Enforcer and attack the Bestia Macht"s from the source!"

The man smirked as he turned to face the gate. "You know boy. I think I like you. It"s been a while since I"ve seen so many powerful recruits in one day..." He stated. His hand reached out as he grabbed the Golden Gate and with a small amount of effort he easily lifted them up.

"Thank you, sir..." Irene said nodding slightly.

He watched Irene quickly walk past him heading towards the Enforcer building. When she finally entered the building he set the Golden Gate down and looked up towards the black and polluted sky. "Well, Tom... It looks like this will be a very interesting year..."

Meanwhile inside of the Oleander School Irene entered the building slowly. She nervously looked around finding several people all standing around. From a basic headcount, she guessed that at least eighty people had to be in the room.

The seventeen-year-olds eyes wandered over to a strange sight. She found four people talking. an older man, three teenage boys, and an extremely p.i.s.sed off and very short girl. The girl"s arms were crossed and her cheeks were puffed out making her look more cute than intimidating. Her dull red eyes seemed to glare at the much older man while one of the teens had their arm wrapped around her slightly.

"Look I"m sorry!" Jackson said letting out a quiet laugh. "I promise I won"t bring up your height again!"

"Ya better not!" Ken announced loudly.

"How come when I bring it up I get smacked on the head but when he does it you just leave him be?" Hero questioned a bit annoyed.

"Because she knows she could never hit me..." Jackson said smirking slightly.

"Smack!"

"Oww!" Hero yelled clutching his head. "What did I do that time?"

"I just needed to hit something!" Ken yelled out annoyed.

"You"re so mean..." Hero whined.

"Please forgive me..." Jackson said bring his hands up in a prayer gesture. "I would hate to see your big side get out!"

"Are you mocking me?"

"I would never..." Jackson said laughing openly now. His electric blue eyes turned away from the girl as they wandered over to Irene"s icy blue eyes. The two people stared at each other before Irene quickly turned away.

The girl placed her hat down more trying to cover up her face as she sucked in her gut in an attempt to mask her chest. She quickly walked away now trying to remain unseen. As she walked she glanced back still finding the man staring at her.

"Why is he looking at me like that? Can he tell..." Irene thought in a panic. "He looks so curious..." Irene shook her head as she turned away.

"Anything I can help you with?" Irene nearly jumped up as her eyes went completely wide. She stared at the man who just moments ago had been behind her. Yet now he stood directly in front of her. It was as if he had teleported?

"Wh-What? No... I"m good." Irene said shaking her head quickly. "Honest! I"m just glancing around..."

"How the h.e.l.l does he keep doing that!" The voice of Kitsune could be heard in the background. "d.a.m.n it! Hero quick sniff him out!"

"Why can"t that boy just take a hint..." Jackson questioned as his eye twitched slightly. "And how the h.e.l.l is that Hero, kid so good at finding me? Some kind of tracking Attribute."

Kitsune marched over still dragging Ken with him. Ken had her back turned to the n.o.ble as she talked with Cloud who walked after the dragged girl. Cloud, in turn, was being dragged by Hero who followed Kitsune. They were all a really strange sight...

"You look familiar..." Ken said staring at Cloud with curiosity.

"Ahh! Well, you don"t..." Cloud announced reaching up and pointing at his eyes. "I"m afraid I have no way of telling if I"ve seen you before as I haven"t really seen anyone..."

"How have you not seen anyone?" Hero asked curiously.

Ken sighed slightly. "Hero. I"ll explain it to you later okay?" She turned back as she stared at Cloud again. "No, I don"t think we"ve met... But I do remember watching a guy with a cane beat the c.r.a.p out of several people in a really c.r.a.ppy town?" Ken trailed off. "I suppose you"re pretty strong right?"
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"I would hope so-"

"Will you three shut up!" Kitsune asked still marching forward. "What the h.e.l.l makes that guy so special that Mr. Storm wants to talk to him instead of me? I mean I"m a n.o.ble!" He said glaring over at the boy Jackson was talking to.

"Jealous much?" Hero said mockingly.

"Ha," Ken said smirking slightly. "You"re just mad that Jackson doesn"t like you."

"Coming from a girl so light I can literally drag her one-handed..." Kitsune responded. "Geez, you must weigh less than ninety pounds..."

"So! Since when is weighing less a bad thing!" Ken said quickly as she folded her arms.

Kitsune stopped in front of Jackson as he shot the new guy a slight glare. Irene stepped back nervous at the intense look. "What makes him so special?"

"H-" Jackson stopped as he looked back at Irene for a moment. "The same reason I took an interest in Ken." He said shrugging.

"Why"d ya take an interest in me?" Ken questioned confused.

"Yeah. I mean I"m so much cooler then-" Hero began to say only to be stopped by Ken.

"Smack!"

"Oww!" Hero yelled again.

Jackson opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by a loud booming voice. "Jackson!" Everyone turned to find a new man walking up. He looked to be the same age as Jackson but far, far more interesting. He was tall and seemed to have a lean yet very muscular build. Powerful predatory yellow eyes peered out as he looked at everyone.

"Yo Dawson!" Jackson said waving slightly. "What"s up buddy? You came at the best time. Things were starting to get weird..."

The apparently named Dawson crossed his arms as he stared down at Jackson. "Katrina wants you to hurry up. She told me to come to get you, actually. Says you"ve played with the new recruits long enough. The test will be starting soon."

"Ahh..." Jackson said nodding slightly. "He let out a disappointed huff as he shrugged. "Oh well... Can"t leave her waiting." He turned to look back at the kids. "Well, kids- Okay well everyone except for Kitsune. I"ll be rooting for you all!" He announced as he turned and followed Dawson out of the building.

"Hey, rich a.s.shole?" Ken asked curiously.

"Yeah," Kitsune said not even questioning the name.

"You"re a ma.s.sive Enforcers fan right?" She questioned.

"Yeah. Everyone should be. They are really-"

"Who was that man... The guy that came to get Jackson? His name was Dawson?" Ken said cutting the teen off before he could go into a long rant about the Enforcers.

"I don"t know," Kitsune said giving off a half-hearted shrug. "The Enforcers only doc.u.ments the high ranking officials. He must not be important. Why do you ask?"

"She could feel his immense pressure," Cloud spoke getting the attention on him. "That man? Whoever he is, he is no joke. I could feel him a mile away... Every hair on my body seemed to stand up."

"I have a question then." Hero said suddenly serious as he turned to Jackson. "There"s this girl... I don"t know her name but she"s in the Enforcers. She had a gold badge-"

"Gold badge," Kitsune said surprised. "That"s pretty rare... She must be high ranking."

"She also had this Bestia Macht with her." Hero said shrugging.

"A Bestia Macht!" Irene said frowning. She crossed her arms as she shook her head. "No way. The Enforcers would never team up with the sc.u.m that is Bestia Macht"s..."

"Well, she had one with her." Hero stated. "It was a Crow species. Pretty powerful since it took out an entire army of metal golems..."

"You guys are really weird..." Irene said trying to back away. Ken"s hand shot out grabbing her wrist.

"Oh no, pal! If I"m stuck with them you"re stuck with them too!"

"You evil girl..."

Ken seemed to smile slightly as she shrugged. "Actually I prefer devilish..."