Enforcers

"Will you watch it!" Ken shouted out in annoyance as she slammed her elbow into Hero"s side as hard as she could.

"Oww! Why"d you hit me!" Hero shouted bringing his arm up and slapping it into Kitsune"s face, also as hard as he could.

"d.a.m.n it! Watch it you a.s.shole!" Kitsune yelled shoving Hero causing him to slam into Ken again.

Jackson, Cloud, and Irene all watched the kids with a simple deadpan stare as they watched the three teens all yell at each other, and hit each other again, and again. Currently, the six of them were all in a small horse-drawn carriage that was taking them to their destination. Unfortunately, the carriage only had four seats. Jackson, Cloud, and Irene managed to claim their own but Hero, Kitsune, and Ken were all cramped in one seat repeatedly smacking into each other as the very, very b.u.mpy carriage rode along.

They were heading to Lillies. The village that was under attack by a few Bestia Machts. As for why they were riding in a carriage instead if a nice cozy, and warm, car? Well, apparently the village didn"t like techknowledge and requested that they come pick up the Enforcers personally in their carriages. Their very, very cold carriage...

"Having fun back there?" A man asked. He was at the front of the carriage and was the one who was driving it. He was one of the Villagers apparently. "Just a few more minutes until we arrive!" The man announced. "Just bare through it a little longer." He laughed out.

"d.a.m.n it, I hate this!" Kitsune shouted out punching Hero in the face again.

"Oww!"

"Tell me about it..." Irene muttered out. "I"ve been trying to read, for this entire carriage ride and you three won"t shut up." She stated as her eye twitched slightly.

"It"s their fault!" All three teens shouted at the same time. "Is not! You take that back! How dare you blame me!"

"You three were made for each other..." Cloud stated letting out a sigh.

"Shut up Cloud!"

"Exactly my point..."

Hero let out a sigh as he tried to cross his arms. "Why did I think it was a good idea to be in the middle? On one side I have the nerd hitting me-"
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"Smack!"

"-On the other side I have the p.i.s.sed off midget-"

"Smack!"

Hero"s eye twitched as he ducked his now bruised head down. "This sucks..."

"You were the ones who complained about not getting to go on a mission!" Jackson announced letting out an evil laugh. He seemed to have gotten back his easy-going smile once the suffering of others started. "Although I am starting to agree with you kids. This could be a great way for you to all improve." He stated smirking. "A person gets stronger after every battle. The more you are pushed, and the closer to death you get the more your body will be forced to grow in power in order to deal with the threats."

"What exactly do we need to improve with?" Cloud question. "I have no doubt that we do need to improve but in what categories?" He questioned. "I mean I"ve spent a few years learning how to fight after all."

"That"s a good question, and one that is kind of hard to answer..." Jackson said shrugging. "I guess the basic thing would be that all of you need to work on... Well just about everything? I dunno..."

"Everything?" Hero questioned in confusion. "That is kind of... A broad subject..."

"Well yeah..." Jackson said shrugging slightly. "It"s a bit hard to explain... You guys are still so young so you just need to improve on a lot of your stuff? Like training up your body, and learning an actual fighting style. Cloud you seem to know some basic martial arts, and you"re really good with that cane but with the rest of you, none of you had any real style. Hero, and Ken especially just kept trying to punch Dawson. You guys might have a lot of power but it honestly doesn"t matter how much you have if you don"t know how to use it... After all the strike that deals the least damage is the one that doesn"t hit."

"I know how to throw a punch..." Ken muttered out crossing her arms.

"And I"m a long-range fighter?" Kitsune said shrugging. "I"ll just blast someone with my flames. Easy peasy."

"You should still learn how to fight without your Attribute," Jackson stated. "Don"t get me wrong. Attributes are very powerful and you should learn how to master yours. But at the end of the day, an Attribute is just a single weapon we as human can have, and like every weapon it has a weakness... That"s why you should expand more, into other categories. And in some cases, you can mix styles together. For example. My sword!" Jackson reached behind him pulling out a metallic box. He hit a b.u.t.ton causing it to fold open and expand.

"Oh my G.o.d!" Kitsune stated as his eyes lit up when he saw it. "That"s the Striking Thunder Mark II!" He announced out.

The box fully expanded now taking the shape of a giant sword. The blade hit the floor of the carriage taking up even more s.p.a.ce.

"As if it wasn"t already cramped enough in here!" Ken shouted out as her foot came up slamming into Hero"s face.

"Oh my G.o.d, it"s so cool!" Kitsune shouted staring at the giant sword. "Is it true that you built it yourself? Is it true that the blade can slice through anything! What"s it made out of? What happened to the Mark I?" Kitsune fired off questions as he went into full fanboy mode. As if he wasn"t annoying enough already.

"This!" Jackson announced gesturing to the ma.s.sive blade lodged on the floor of the carriage. "This is my trusty sword. I used this in my fighting style the-"

"The Flying Sword Technique, or as you like to call it with the full t.i.tle! The-Striking-Thunder-Of-Flying-Blade-Kaws-Of-Thousand-Crows!" Kitsune shouted.

"That"s a dumb name..." Ken said muttering slightly.

"Is not!" Jackson, Hero, and Kitsune announced pointing at the girl.

"Oh what you suddenly are a ma.s.sive fanboy?" Ken asked hitting Hero over the head.

"Of course not..." Hero said shaking his head. "But just look at it? It"s a giant bada.s.s sword! Who the h.e.l.l wouldn"t call this thing majestic!"

"You have good taste Hero," Jackson said smiling slightly as he hit a b.u.t.ton. The blade suddenly folded back up into a small box as he placed it back into his pocket. "What you just saw was my signature weapon. My Attribute can work long-range, much like Kitsunes, and Norths. However, I trained my body, and powers to use that weapon with them creating my signature fighting style. A fighting style is important to have. You may know how to throw a punch but that won"t get you far in life. Also. Lets face it. Fighting styles are just really cool..."

"I think I get it..." Hero said nodding his head slightly. "You"re saying we should all get bada.s.s weapons too!"

"No!" Jackson said holding his hand up. "Not even close. Using a weapon is dangerous if you aren"t trained for it. I"m saying you should develop a style. That style can involve around using a weapon but, in some cases, your Attribute would just not work well with one. If that"s the case you can still learn martial arts. The point I"m getting at is just... I don"t just improve in a simple way, unless you have an idea of where you want to go..."

"You"re a bad teacher..." Ken said simply.

"Get off my back I"ve never had to teach recruits before!" Jackson yelled out throwing his arms up in the air. "Look just... Ken, you should learn how to use that sword you have. I"m sure Cloud would be willing to give you some pointers. Kitsune you should find a few more ways to use your Attribute. North you need to stop hesitating so much and getting afraid of what you"ll do next. Cloud you need to go with the flow more, and Hero... I dunno figure something out yourself, your body is just weird? Maybe learn how to actually throw out a punch? You"re like a block of ice waiting to be sculpted into something. A lot of potential and power you just need to find a way to harness it." He said shrugging. "Look I"m just as new as you guys are okay? Just try to do something. Make some type of new attack or something, I don"t care. Just learn something new by the end of this mission."

The carriage ride went silent as everyone tried to take the bad teachings of Jackson into account. He clearly had no idea what he was talking about...

Everyone got back to doing whatever as Kitsune pulled out two books. One was a simple journal, but the other one was an actual book t.i.tled "Enforcers! Book of Heroes!" Kitsune flipped through the book as he opened his journal and pulled a large pen out.

"What are you doing?" Hero questioned curiously as he looked down at the book. It was full of pictures and random words going on about each person in the picture.

"Well now that I am in the Enforcers I guess it"s time I name my attacks," Kitsune said shrugging.

"Name your attacks?" Hero said blinking slightly. "Like how you shout it out before you use it? I thought that kind of stuff only happened in c.r.a.ppy shows, and books?"

"Well if you want people to know your names in the Enforcers then you have to come up with attack names," Kitsune stated.

"He"s right," Jackson said nodding. "The Enforcers are a governmental organization used to get into the hearts of the people, and the public. While we do keep some of the more governmental jobs a secret we are mostly open to the public and are used to gain public favor through charity events, and some other stuff. The Enforcers are like being a superhero minus the costumes, and secret ident.i.ty. That book Kitsune has is actually one of our most popular books, that we sell. It has several famous Enforcers in it, some of which are still Enforcers. As you gain recognition you will begin to get to appear on television, and interviews, and crazy things like that. You can also gain a fan base online. A good way to get popular especially with the kids is to make flashy, and cool looking attacks."

"I see..." Hero said slowly nodding.

"So in order to become a famous hero, who the people will sing songs about for ages, I must get into that book..." Ken stated nodding her head. "Than I shall come up with the most flashy, and cool looking attack known to mankind!" Ken announced.

"Do you really care about becoming a famous hero that bad?" Hero questioned.

"Of course!" Ken announced. For the first time, the young girl was just that. A young girl. She looked so difficult as she acted so childishly. Her dull red eyes seemed to lit up for a moment as she smiled. It was like all the pain she would of had to go through was gone? "I joined the Enforcers so I could go down in history as a hero! Don"t you want to become a world-famous hero, Hero?"

"Well... Maybe not world-famous, but to be "a hero" would be nice, I guess." Hero admitted looking down at his hands for a moment. His multi-colored eyes seemed to shine for a moment as he stared at his hands.

"You shouldn"t come up with just some random flashy attack though..." Jackson said. "It"s okay if it is flashy but make sure it can get the job done. You know like a signature attack. Something that when people see or hear of it they will think you!"

Kitsune scribbled in his notebook writing down everything the man said with a vigor.

Ken leaned back as she crossed her arms, as she now began to think.

Cloud simply sat there not moving.

Irene let out a sigh of relief as she was finally able to read her book.

And Hero. The young teen sat back as he stated at his hand. "A signature attack huh?" He muttered out as he frowned. "I suppose that wouldn"t be too hard with my Attribute... I mean I already have my styles right? I can just use those and work off of them?"

"That reminds me," Kitsune said looking up from his book. "What is your Attribute?"

"Oh?" Hero said shrugging. "Well, I call it-"

There was a loud skidding sound as the carriage came to a stop...

They had arrived at their destination.