Enforcers

Ken let out a slight sigh as she walked over to where Hero and Kitsune stood. She simply folded her arms as she closed her eyes. She stood there silently as the two boys glanced at her.

"So..." Hero said awkwardly. "How"d you do in the test..." He asked.

Ken let out a huff as she turned away from the two boys.

"She got zero... Same as me." The three turned finding Cloud walking towards them as he also folded his arms. The blind teen let out a heavy sigh as he slid a hand through his brown hair. "We were both so busy fighting each other we totally forgot to attack anyone else. By the end of it, we wasted the whole ten minutes trying to kill each other rather than anyone else..."

"Well if you hadn"t been so stubborn and just let me beat you, then we wouldn"t be in this mess now would we!" Ken yelled out in annoyance as she tried to punch the blind teen only for him to simply side step it easily.

"It seems like Kitsune and I dodged a bullet then..." The four turned finding Irene was now standing next to them.

"Ahh? Geez, North... We need to put a bell on you or something..." Kitsune said jumping slightly.

"Well, it"s all out of our hands now." Hero said giving a half-hearted shrug. "From this point on it will be decided by fate..."

"Well... I don"t like fate..." Ken said stubbornly, as she kicked at the ground. "How many people did you beat anyways Hero?"

"Ahh... Only like twenty?"

"What!"

There was a loud clang sound that echoed out in the room. Everyone looked up to find that the ceiling itself was rising up suddenly. The ceiling began to fold back and slide back as a ma.s.sive balcony suddenly slid out.

Everyone began to whisper slightly when they saw the balcony. Or more correctly they began to whisper when they saw who was on the balcony.

There was twelve thrones all labeled with numbers ranging from 12 all the way down to 1. Up on the balcony, twenty-three people could be seen either standing or sitting.

It seemed like it was finally time to meet the Captains...

"Good evening!" A loud cheerful voice announced out as a girl suddenly appeared up above everyone. She had ma.s.sive white wings that flapped in the air causing her to float above everyone else. Long blond hair flowed behind her as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Wait a minute..." Cloud, Kitsune, and Ken all said in shock.

"I"ve seen her before!" Ken, and Kitsune said in shock.

"I"ve heard that voice!" Cloud said also in shock.

"That was that weird blond girl that was always in every town I went to!" Ken said stepping back slightly. "I just thought she was some kind of stalker..."

"She was the girl who gave me my letter!" Cloud said nodding his head. "I recognize her voice."

"And I know her from the Enforcers "Five Hottest Enforcers" magazine!" Kitsune said in shock. Everyone stopped suddenly as they turned to look at the n.o.ble teen. "I- I mean... She was on the roof of my school..."

"Can I borrow those magazines?" Hero questioned.

"h.e.l.lo everyone!" The girl yelled out loudly. "How is everyone doing?" She asked.

"That a.s.shole lava guy gave me terrible burns!" A voice yelled out in the crowd.

"And some unstylish loser punched me in the stomach!" Another voice yelled out.

"And I want your autograph!" Kitsune yelled out.

"Sounds like everyone had a wonderful time!" The girl announced. "Well, you can all finally rest easy now as it is finally time for the Captains to pick their new recruits. If you look above me you will find the twelve Captains and their vice-captains!" The girl announced. She floated up as she pointed at each of them.

In the number twelve seat, a young woman sat. She had long pink hair and blue eyes. A smile seemed to be permanently on her face. Next to her, a giant of a man stood with crossed arms and narrow eyes. "Squad Twelve. The Clean Up Squad lead by the beautiful Captain Athena aka the Heavenly Mind, and her Vice-Captain Gregor aka the walking mountain!"

The next seat was labeled with eleven. A slightly strong slightly lean man sat in the chair. A young girl stood next to him. She had a frown on her face and looked extremely bored. "Squad Eleven. The Perimeter Guard Squad lead by the trapper Captain Solomon aka the Trapper, and his Vice-Captain Kodama aka the Huntress."

To the left of that set the tenth chair. In it a buff man sat. The man held a smirk on his face as he crossed his arms. His eyes seemed to shine with excitement. A calm looking man stood next to him as he leaned back slightly rolling his eyes. "The tenth Squad also known as the Construction Squad lead by the talented Leoh Ming aka The Terraformer, and his Vice-Captain Zaha aka The Rumble."

Next was the ninth seat where a man in a large lab coat sat. A girl showing no emotion stood next to him. "The ninth squad and their Captain. Also called the Research Squad lead by Professor Newt aka The Vortex, and his a.s.sistant Automata aka The Plome."

The next one was Squad Eight. A man sat with a large smirk on his face as he flipped a hat into the air. Next to him a man stood messing with jars of weird liquids. "Squad Eight, the Exploration Squad lead by Alexander aka The Traveler, and his Vice-Captain Nicholas aka The Alchemist."

Across from them the seventh throne sat. A young man laid across the throne with his eyes closed as he seemingly slept. A man stood next to him fanning the sleeping man off and brushing his hair. "Squad Seven the Support Squad lead by Stark aka The Dark, and his Vice-Captain Nick aka The Living Steel."

Next to them sat the sixth throne where a young woman with blue hair sat. Next to her stood two people. The first was Jackson, and the second was Dawson. The two of them stood on either side of the throne next to their Captain. "Squad Sixth the Special Task Force Squad lead by the powerful Katrina aka The Hurricane, and her Vice-Captain Jackson aka The Blue Crow. No one knows why Dawson was there..."

To the right of them was the fifth, throne and Captain. A man sat smirking as his brother stood next to him. "Squad five the Elementalist Squad lead by Kaen aka The Whisp and his brother and Vice-Captain Feng aka The Howling Fang."

Next was Squad four. A woman wearing a suit of armor sat in the chair, next to her a large man holding a ma.s.sive gun stood. "Squad Four the Artillery Squad lead by Neil aka The Master Of Arms, and her Vice-Captain Miyamoto Mushai aka The Rain Of Hot Metal."

The next one was squad three. A man so clean he sparkled sat in the throne. He wore a pair of loose-fitting white robes and hiS feet was in a bucket of soapy water. Next to him, a man stood with a large smoke pipe, however instead of smoke, bubbles came out of his. "Squad Three, the Raid Squad lead by Kong aka The Leader of a Billion soldiers, and his Vice-Captain Lave aka The Cleansing Wave."

Next to them was the second throne squad two. A gruff looking man sat in it, and a shy looking girl stood next to him. "Squad two The Slayer Squad who excel at dealing with the Bestia Macht"s. They are lead by Roi aka The Human Beast and his Vice-Captain Mary aka The Nightmare."

And finally there was one last throne. In it n.o.body sat leaving it empty. A single piece of paper could be seen with the words "Don"t wanna be here, so I"m not." written on it. Next to the throne a girl wearing a wooden mask stood. "The Number One Squad also known as The Nukes, The Last Line of defense, the heavy hitters, the Strongest Squad. lead by the unknown Captain aka The Enigma, (Some say he doesn"t exist) and his Vice-Captain Tomoe aka The Laijutsu Master. Some say she"s the one that runs squad one since the Captain is never around."

Hero folded his arms as he raised an eyebrow. "Yo Fox teen. You"re smart. What Captain is which?"

Kitsune rolled his eyes slightly as he looked up at the Captains. "Everyone of the Captains are strong... Each of them has their own jobs and purposes... However, the strongest one would definitely be the number one Captain..."
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"You mean the one who didn"t show up?" Hero asked as he stared at the empty number one seat.

"Yeah... The Number One Captain this time is a bit of a mystery... Even still though that position is only held by the absolute strongest individual in the Enforcers. Someone even stronger than the Master"s Four Sacred Beasts..."

"This all sounds kind of complicated..." Hero said sheepishly.

"Its really not," Kitsune said shrugging. "Basically you have twelve squads in total and each squad does something different. Squads 12 to 7 are the support role squads. They aren"t sent out on ma.s.sive missions often and usually do little side missions or go with another squad to back them up. 6 to 1 is focused on the battle squads. Those square are the ones sent on solo missions. Each squad focuses on something else that they do that makes them stand out. Then you have 3 to 1. Those three squads are the absolute strongest squads. They are the ones you want to shoot for..."

"I don"t really care where I end up." Hero said letting out a bit of a laugh. "Just as long as it"s fun and I can get stronger!"

Kitsune let out a huff as he turned away. "Well, you should care. You should care a lot. This is an important-"

"Shh!" Irene hissed. "It"s starting..."

The flying woman lifted her arms up as she pulled out a ma.s.sive scroll. "Alright, everyone. It"s time for you all to be sorted into your squad she announced out. We have a very special way of doing this! If you look behind you, you will see the exit door. If you look to your right, and left you will see six doors on each side!" The girl said cheerfully. Twelve doors could be seen now on the left and right hand side. Six on each side. Each door had a number on it. Left had one through six. The right had seven through twelve.

The flying girl reached up placing two fingers in her mouth as she let out a loud whistle. A loud click could be heard as the roof to the building unfolded opening up.

Everyone looked up now seeing the grey and blackened sky of their world. Many let out a loud gasp when they saw something flying down from the sky.

"A Bestia Macht!" A random recruit yelled out in fright.

A ma.s.sive Bestia Macht came crashing down as it landed in front of the recruits. Everyone one of the recruits froze up as they stared at it. Its body was large but lean. It was around the size of a car. It walked on all fours and its two front legs had two powerful wings coming out of them that were molded into its body. White fur covered its body as sapphire blue eyes stared back at the recruits. Its mouth was like a beak as it folded open slightly. A large spiked tail flicked back moving left and right. White electricity sparked off of the thing flying around the room causing several people to panic.

"Th-The Enfrocers really do use Bestia Macht"s!" Irene said in horror as she stepped back.

"Told you..." Hero said. "Should have listened to me man..."

"This is Raiju! He will be performing a few exams on you..." The woman announced as she floated down and now stood on the beasts back. She reached out patting him. "He is Master Storm"s friend, and partner." She stated. "Every new Age when we have these test we use him to judge where a new recruit should go... Each of the Captain"s have had a chance to talk to Raiju already and tell them who they want. They also have b.u.t.tons they can push at any time to tell Raiju that they want you. If someone has claimed you Raiju will send you to them. If someone hasn"t claimed you he will figure out if there is any squad you should go to. When I call your name please step up!" She said. "Raiju will look into your mind and soul and figure out the best squad for you... Of course if he feels like you aren"t worthy to join the Enforcers he"ll show you... If that happens then please leave the building through the exit door which is now unsealed! Please step up when I call your name!" The girl said proudly.

Ken and Cloud gulped slightly as they shifted nervously. "I... I don"t like this..." Ken hissed out slightly. "Being judged by a Bestia Macht... This isn"t fair..."

"Relax." Hero said patting the small girl on the head. "I"m sure it"s fine. She said if we are claimed than we are already in. That Jackson guy seemed to like you so he probably asked his Captain to claim you. I"m sure you"ll get in just fine."

"But what about me?" Cloud asked.

"Oh.. Umm. Ahh it"s starting!" Hero said turning away from the two as the girl began to call names out.

"Chase Sturm!" The flying girl called out. A young boy nervously walked up. All twelve Captains peered down at him as the boy flinched nervously.

Slowly the boy reached out and placed his hand on the monster"s head. A few seconds pa.s.sed as the monster stared at him. Then its eyes flashed red.

"Sorry, Chase! You are disqualified. Please turn around and walk to the exit where you will be kicked out of our building never to be seen here again!" The girl announced cheerfully.

"What just like that!" Ken said horrified. "We can just lose like that..."

The girl continued to call on names none of which were picked until finally... "Lucy Case!" A tall blond girl walked up. There was a brief silence as the monster stared at her. Then its eyes turned green.

"I-I saw the number seven..." The girl said quietly. "Do-Does that mean I"m on squad seven?" She questioned.

"I suppose you could have some talent..." Stark the seventh squad Captain said quietly. Despite that though his voice echoed down. "Welcome to Squad Seven..."

"T-Thank you!" The girl said bowing slightly.

"Congratulations!" The flying girl announced. "You are one of the first to get in. If you turn to your right you will find a door. Please walk through it and head to hall seven!"

The girl nodded before quickly running off.

From there a few more names were called out. Hero basically blanked most out as they were just random n.o.bodies. One got picked by squad eight, one got picked by squad nine, and one by eleven. Hero honestly didn"t care though. Not until a particular name was called out.

"Emma Vibes!"

Hero"s eyes widened slightly as he turned finding Emma. "I feel kind of bad for knocking her out... She probably won"t get in because of me..."

Emma placed her hand on the monster. Its eyes flashed green almost instantly. "Umm.. Seven..." The girl said sheepishly.

Stark let out another loud yawn. "Looks like I got two this year..." The sleepy man stated.

"Oh yeah! In your face Hero." Emma announced as the quickly ran off.

"Good for her..." Hero said nodding.

"Sera Azure!" The winged lady announced.

Hero sighed when he saw the smug n.o.ble girl walk up. "An Azure..." Kitsune said slightly confused. "Man... And I thought I was gonna be the only n.o.ble this year..."

"Don"t worry." Hero said shrugging. "I saw that girl in action... She probably won"t get in-"

The monster"s eye"s flashed green. "Squad seven?" Sera said blinking slightly.

Up with Jackson and his Captain they gave a shrug. "What"s up with squad seven this year?" Jackson asked.

"Well, you know Stark..." Dawson said. "He"s a miracle worker... He turns normal everyday people into amazing Enforcers..."

"Cloud, No last name!" The flying girl announced.

Cloud let out a nervous nod as he stepped up. Everyone waited for a few moments.

Up in the balcony, Jackson tapped at the balcony. "What do you think?" His Captain questioned. She stared down at the young teen. "He got a zero on the written test as his handwriting was just scribbled... And he didn"t get a single knock out..."

"Take him..." Dawson said quietly. "He has skill."

The Captain simply smirked as she shrugged. "It"s not about what I think... Its all up to that beast..."

The monster"s eye"s flashed a bright green for a moment. "Squad... Six?" Cloud said shaking his head. "That"s really weird..."

"Congratulations!" Everyone looked up to see Katrina the sixth squad Captain. The woman crossed her arms as she smirked. "Welcome to h.e.l.l kid! You better not let me down..."

"Thank you, Ma"am..." Cloud said a bit shocked at having been picked. "I won"t let you down."

"Way to go Cloud." Hero said patting the boy on the shoulder.

"Kitsune Nine!" The woman announced.

Kitsune walked up instantly getting the creature to flash green. "Six!" He said instantly.

"No!" Jackson whined out falling to his knees. "Now I"m stuck with him..."

"What?" His Captain asked.

"Ahh, it"s nothing. It"s just I don"t like that kid. He"s way too clingy."

"Oh? You don"t like him?"

"Yeah- Wait a minute... Katrina, you better not!"

The woman stood up as she pointed down at Kitsune. "From this day on while you are a part of the Enforcers Jackson will personally be training you!"

"Really! That"s terrific!" Kitsune said happily with stars in his eyes.

"Why Katrina!" Jackson yelled out throwing his arms into the air

"This is for flirting with those girl!" She announced smacking him on the head.

"I wasn"t flirting with anyone! One just said hi to me!"

Kitsune quickly left before a scene could break out. Once again the room went silent. Nothing of to much interest really happened. By now at least each squad had taking on one new recruit. All except for the first squad which continued to not raise any hands. Mostly because the Captain wasn"t there.

Everyone all began to get bored until a name that caught Hero"s eye was called up.

"Shiki Gold..."

The teen in question walked up. The teen in question was a young c.o.c.ky looking boy. He had an aura of power about him as he crossed his arms. The monster looked at him for a moment then its eyes turned golden. Its tail came up as it placed it at Shiki"s neck. Everyone went quiet as they stared in surprise. Then. The monster pulled its tail back. Shiki smiled slightly as he reached out patting the monster.

"Squad one..." Shiki stated shocking everyone in the room.

Hero frowned slightly. "Why didn"t I notice that guy in the fighting arena..."

"Better question..." Ken stated. "Why the h.e.l.l did that thing almost attack him?"

"Alice Wonder!"

A girl nervously walked up as she shivered slightly. "H-h.e.l.lo..." The monster c.o.c.ked its head at her as its eyes flashed green. "E-Eight?" The girl stated.

"So far things seem to be going well..." Irene said a bit nervous... "Who knows for how much longer though..."

"Relax... It"ll be fine." Hero said.

A few more people were called none of which got in. It quickly became apparent that the chances were quite low unless this thing saw something in you.

"North Glacious."

Irene took a deep breath as she stepped up. Everyone stared down at her for. a few seconds.

"Wait a minute..." The flying lady thought as she stared down at the weird boy beneath her who had stepped up. "I personally delivered the letter to North... Who the h.e.l.l is that boy? He"s not-" She stopped suddenly when she noticed a gesturing. She turned finding Jackson moving his arms in front of him as if saying "don"t question it." over and over again. The girl blinked a few times before shrugging. "Whatever... It"s his job if this gets out."

Irene was nervous as she reached out placing her hand on the monsters hide. Her eyes widened when she began to see various memories from her past life. She gasped out slightly as the creature stared at her with curiosity.

Should I pick him?" Katrina questioned as she placed her hand over a b.u.t.ton.

"Yes!" Jackson said nodding. "Very powerful. Hit the b.u.t.ton. Do it. Trust me."

"Why are you so adamant about this..." Katrina asked suspiciously as she eyed him up.

"No reason..." Jackson announced letting out a nervous laugh. "Just click the d.a.m.n b.u.t.ton..."

The Captain let out a sigh as she raised her hand. "Fine..." Katrina let out a sigh as she clicked the b.u.t.ton.

Instantly the Raiju"s eyes turned green as Irene stepped back. "Squad six..." The girl still staring at the monster. "It didn"t rat me out? Thank G.o.d..."

"Welcome to our squad." Katrina said letting out a sigh. "Don"t fail us kid..."

"I-I won"t disappoint you!" Irene announced giving a quick nod. She turned away quickly leaving.

"Wow. Just us two left..." Hero said shrugging. "Wonder if we"ll all end up on the same squad?"

"I kind of hope we do at this point..." Ken said letting out a sigh. "Then again... I just want to get into a squad... Or at least in the same squad as you..."

"What?"

"Oh hey look someone else that"s interesting!" Ken said quickly as she pointed forward.

"Tsun Mai!"

A young girl walked up as she crossed her arms. The creature stared at her for a moment. Its eyes flashed golden as its tail came out placing it at her neck. The girl simply smiled slightly. She reached out patting it. "Squad four." She said.

"There it goes doing that thing..." Ken said frowning.

"Max No last name..."

Hero took a quick intake of breath as he watched what he was now falling his rival walk up to the stand. Just like with Shiki, and that girl the thing almost attacked him. And just like with those two Max simply smirked as he reached out patting it.

"Squad one," Max said shrugging. "None of the others matter. They"re all weak..."

The second Captain let out an audible growl. "Watch your tone boy..."

"No," Max said simply as he turned walking away.

"That arrogance is gonna be his death..." Ken whispered out.

"You got that right... But... Still. I hate just how strong he is..." Hero hissed out.

More names were called and it didn"t take long before the room began to get thinner and thinner as people were either accepted or left. Only around 20% of all recruits would even be allowed in after all... Each time a person was accepted Hero, and Ken both got more and more nervous as they realized their chances were becoming smaller, and smaller.

By the very end of it, only 5 recruits were left to be sorted.

"Okay... This is getting really bland now..." Hero sighed out. "Its been almost an hour now."

"Ken!"

Ken gulped slightly as she nervously stepped forward. Hero reached out squeezing the girl"s hand in an attempt to rea.s.sure her. She thanked him as she quietly walked up to the creature. There was a moment of quiet that ticked by. Then another moment. Then another moment.

At least a full ten minutes pa.s.sed of absolute silence. Then. The monster"s eyes flashed green. "Six..." Ken said smiling slightly.

"Congrats!" Hero announced patting her on the shoulder.

"Hero Otoko!"

"Otoko..." Katrina said quietly as she raised an eyebrow. "As in Okami Otoko? Guess I know where this kid will end up."

"You need to hit the b.u.t.ton." Jackson stated.

"What? Why?" Katrina looked at her childhood best friend with surprise. "I"m sure every Captain will hit their b.u.t.ton simply for his name? If that happens Raiju will have to decide himself which squad he goes to. Do you really think he would pick our squad?"

"Just try it." Jackson stated.

"You should listen to him..." The Captain and Vice-Captain both turned to look at their third member when Dawson began to speak. "That boy... I"m not sure what but, there is something about him."

"Hang on a minute..." Katrina said suddenly. She reached into her pocket pulling out a piece of paper. "This is his test results from the written test. It says here he got a zero on them. He didn"t answer any questions. Not even the final question which was worth 100% of the grade."

"Hero Otoko." Dawson spoke quietly as he stepped up. "I can feel that there is more to him. Even if we do not receive him you should still vote to simply show our support..."

Hero walked up as he placed his hand on the creature. "So what happens now-" Hero froze as his eyes grew wide and he began to flash through several memories.

He saw himself as a baby being held by some weird woman who he thought was maybe his mom?

Next, he was slightly older being held by his grandpa.

Next, he was even older... They just get coming. Then... Right when he reached eight years old something changed. A loud roar seemed to echo out and Hero hissed in pain as his head felt as if it would explode.

Then. In a flash, Hero wasn"t in the recruitment hall anymore.

"What the?" The teen muttered out as he looked around. His eyes widened when he saw where he was. Hero stepped back nearly falling to his knees as his eyes darted around the room. The room was like a ma.s.sive hospital room with surgery beds lines up on the wall. In the bed, he saw his own body laid down as white liquid seemed to coat it. The liquid seeped out falling everywhere.

A low rumbled seemed to echo out as Hero realized he wasn"t alone, and whatever was in here wasn"t happy to see him. The liquid seemed to bubble out as it began to take shape.

Hero felt his heart begin to beat, faster and faster. The white liquid began to make a clanging noise as the hospital walls seemed to grow out getting wider and wider. The shape began to reform becoming the rough outline of a person as it began to hiss out.

Then in a flash of light, he was gone. In front of him, the Bestia Macht stood once more. They still weren"t back at the recruitment hall though. No. Instead, now they stood in an empty black void.

"What the h.e.l.l was that room? What was that white thing? Why was there a second me?" Hero asked as he stared at the monster? He let out a sigh as he rolled his eyes. "I don"t know why I excepted you to actually talk... I mean you"re a monster after-"

"I know not the answer..."

Hero"s eyes widened as he jumped back staring at the beast. "What the h.e.l.l! You can talk?"

"No. I can think."

"Oh..." Hero said confused by that answer. "Okay... Sure... Why not? Where are we?"

"In my mind."

"What? Why? I thought you were going through my head? Why are we in yours now?"

"Your mind was dangerous. A moment longer and "it" would have swallowed both of us up..."

"What would have?"

"I do not know."

"Why is everyone but me useless..."

"I do not know-"

"Stop talking!" Hero shouted. He took a deep breath as he looked around. "So what now? What squad do I go to? If any at all?"

"I am still deciding."

"On which squad I should go to?"

"On rather I should kill you."

"Whoa!" Hero said stepping back. "Kill me! For what! Besides Jackson seemed to like me. He would have claimed me right?"

"You have indeed been claimed by all twelve squads so far but, you are dangerous. Like the last three, I have sorted... Your mind is not normal. Your soul is not normal. Your Life"s Equation has been altered. Should you be left to grow you could gain power. Should you be left to determine your desires you could go bad. Should you go bad you could cause harm... You are in a cycle. A cursed cycle that if left unchecked will do grave harm to yourself and others. As long as you wear that mask you will never be happy..."

In the real world, the body of Hero stood perfectly still. His hand was still on the monsters hide while the monster"s eyes were now golden. The monster"s tail was placed up against Hero"s throat as the two stayed perfectly still.

"You can"t just kill me!" Hero said startled as he stared at the monster in the black void.

"Of course, I can. My tail is at your throat now. I simply need to push down."

"Please don"t!"

"I am thinking..."

Hero let out a sigh as he crossed his legs, sitting down. "So you want to kill me because I am different? My Equation is wrong or something, and that could mean I"m evil?"

"Yes."

"But I"m not. Didn"t you look through my memories." Hero stated. "I don"t even know what this equation thingy is but if you were in my head you saw my life right?"

"No. The thing stopped me..."

"Well, that"s not fair!" Hero said sighing slightly. "Trust me. I"m not evil. I"m not a Saint but I help out when I can? I ate a ring to keep it away from people..."

"Why did you join the Enforcers."

"To beat up my grandp Okay that might sound a little evil... Basically, I wanted to get stronger so I can prove to my Grandpa that his training sucked... He spent fifteen years training me in a style that I didn"t like and thought was boring. He also kept trying to change me. It"s because of him I know nothing about the world. Instead of allowing me to live in closed me off..." Hero reached into his pocket pulling out the coin his grandpa had given him...

"I mean why did you really join."

"Well... I wanted to get stronger... I thought it would be fun... I thought it sounded cool... I wanted to thank that girl who saved me... I wanted to do some good? Look I can go on all day... What do you want me to-"

"The actual reason..."

"What do you mean the actual reason?"

"The thing that pushed you in life. The thing that gave you the strength to get up... The thing you seem to have forgotten?"

Hero went silent for a moment as he brought his knees up to his chest. He placed his chin on his knees as he wrapped his arms around his legs. Then he just sat there thinking.

The two stayed silent as Hero went through his memories thinking.

"It was to help someone..."

"Who?"

"I don"t remember her name." Hero reached up taking his contacts out showing off his silver eyes. "Her eyes were like mine. That"s where I got them from after all..."

"In the memories your eyes were green..." The creature spoke. As if on cue a eight-year-old Hero suddenly appeared. The boy had emerald green eyes and pitch-black hair. "Your hair is different to... Why do you want to save this... Girl?"

"I don"t know..." Hero said letting out another heavy sigh. "I just remembered she looked so... So sad... She looked like she wanted help... But that man... That scientist locked her away and used her. He used me..."

"But you never helped her?"

"No." Hero said shaking his head as he stared down at the ground. "I never did... I don"t know where she is..."

"If you did would you try and save her?"

"I wouldn"t try. I would save her."

"What if it wasn"t her? What if you saw someone else in danger. Would you save them as well."

"I would." Hero said nodding. "It might seem childish... But if I saw someone in front of who was in danger I would stop at nothing to save them... My name is "Hero" for a reason... I"ll earn my right to go by that name..."

"There is only one place I can think of to put you. A place where you can truly prove that you want to be a "Hero"..."

Hero stepped back now in the real world once again as the tail pulled back from his neck. He shook his head slightly as the world spun around him.

"Squad... Squad Six?" Hero stated.

"Ha!" Jackson announced pointing at the other eleven squads. "Suck it!"

"Yes!" Ken announced grabbing onto the boy"s arm.

"Ken? You"re still here? But you already went?"

"I stopped when I saw that creature point its tail at you. You two were frozen for so long the Captains were beginning to get worried..."

"Well looks like that worked out for you two!" Jackson called out as he waved at the two of them. "I look forward to training you shorty!"

"I"ll kill you!" Ken yelled out grabbing her sword.

Hero let out a laugh but quickly screamed out in pain when Ken smacked him up side the head. "Oww..." He whined slightly. His looked up as his eyes met the eyes of Bestia Macht. Hero smiled slightly as he was about to say something only for Ken to wrap her arm around his.

"Come on..." Ken sighed out as she reached out grabbing the boy by the arm. She quickly dragged him to the door as the two of them got ready to leave.

Where they would end up they didn"t know. What would their future hold? They also didn"t know.

The only thing they knew for sure?

This was the start of a new story.