Enforcers

"So what are we doing again," Cloud asked letting out a heavy sigh.

"We"re gonna go off and challenge some of the other recruits!" Ken announced proudly as she placed her hands on her hips trying to look intimidating, but only making herself look cute.

"But why though?" Irene asked giving the girl a deadpan stare.

Ken smirked at her causing Irene to frown and step away again. "For a few reasons!" Ken said nodding her head. "Firstly. It"ll let us see if we"ve improved at all."

"Probably not?" Hero said casually. "I mean it was only two weeks ago since we did our first real mission. Two weeks of light training really isn"t that much. Then again, I"m not sure how this growth thingy works..."

"Training doesn"t just mean getting a power-up Hero," Kitsune stated as he gave a small smirk. "It"s also about learning new techniques, tricks, and styles. And we all learned new stuff after our first mission. Sure we might have only gotten a small bit stronger than we were, but we can make up for that with new abilities."

"I never thought of it like that!" Hero said nodding his head.

"That"s still kind of dumb," Irene said shaking her head. "I don"t want to fight someone to see how much stronger I got. Or rather lack of strength I got..."

"Okay," Ken said simply. "Reason two. We can get a lot stronger through actually fighting someone, rather than just training our b.u.t.ts off."

"That... Is a good point." Irene said sighing. "Fighting someone and having an actual battle would be a better way to develop other than just training alone..."

"And! Reason number three!" Ken announced pointing up to the black and sky for dramatic effect as she took an awkward pause. "It"ll let us see if our Squad is just lazy! If we fight a bunch of recruits, and they kick our b.u.t.ts, we"ll know that our Squad has been doing a bad job of training us, and the others are getting way to much time to harness their skills. Then we"ll know we will need to give it more work! Also. It"ll let us see how strong they are so we"ll have an easier time during the tournament." She said smirking evilly.

"Tournament?" Hero questioned.

"Max brought it up, remember," Kitsune said gesturing his hand. "I also read about. At the end of every Age, they host a tournament, and it"s how Enforcers can rank up."

"Oh. I do remember that." Hero said nodding his head. "But umm... Isn"t getting to study the compet.i.tion ahead of time kind of cheating?"

"Of course not," Ken said rolling her eyes. "I mean they"ll be able to study us as well. Besides after I become a world-famous hero, everyone will know my name and abilities so it"s only fair that I get to know theirs!"

"Whatever helps you sleep at night," Cloud muttered.

"So how does this work?" Kitsune questioned stepping forward. "Do we just walk up to somebody and ask to fight them? Do we need them to sign something?"

"That is a good question," Ken said nodding her head.

"You have no idea what we do?"

"None." She responded.

Kitsune let out an annoyed sigh as he gave a shrug. "Well... I suppose it could be worse." He muttered out. "The important thing is we should watch who we challenge. I mean if we get destroyed we"ll become complete laughing stocks of the Enforcers."
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"Does anyone else hear that high pitch whistling noise?" Cloud questioned.

"Now that you mention it... I do hear something." Hero said nodding his head. "It sounds like an object that is being thrown?"

"I don"t hear anything?" Ken questioned.

"Me either?" Irene replied frowning.

"Well, it"s no surprise we don"t," Kitsune said stepping forward slightly as he turned to face the group. "After all Cloud, and Hero, have far better senses than us. I"m not surprised that they would be able to hear something before we-" Kitsune"s hand shot up as something round slammed into him. His entire body was pushed back from the force as his arm stopped whatever it was that was thrown at him. Finally, the force stopped as his body became still again.

"Whoa!" Ken said with wide eyes.

"What just happened?" Irene questioned.

Kitsune stared down at the object he was now holding. It was a cannonball. Like an actual cannonball. The kind that a cannon would fire. The n.o.ble"s eyes slowly widened as he stared at it in shock. "What the h.e.l.l!" He shouted. "If it wasn"t for the kicka.s.s reflexes that would have killed me!"

"Why did someone shoot a cannonball at you?" Hero asked confused. "You must have some serious enemies..." He said suspiciously.

"Why does someone even have a cannonball that they can fire at people?" Cloud questioned as he began to mutter to himself.

"How bizarre?" Ken replied staring at it.

"Most unfortunate that you caught it," Irene said simply.

"Who the h.e.l.l is shooting cannonb.a.l.l.s at me! Also! Please stop being so chilled out about this! If I hadn"t have caught it I"d be dead..." Kitsune yelled waving the ball through the air. "And what was the point of that! Seriously. A cannonball is so old school... Compared to most weapons of today, a basic cannon is almost completely useless. Who in their right minds would use it to-"

A ma.s.sive shadow suddenly appeared over Kitsune as all the recruits looked up. Their eyes slowly widened as a ma.s.sive Bestia Macht fell towards Kitsune. It was at least 6 feet tall, and almost 9 feet in length. It was covered in a pitch-black fur, and had bright red eyes. It had four long legs with claws on the end, a tail that wouldn"t stop wagging, and a snout full of razor-sharp teeth. Part of it actually looked kind of cute.

Then it opened its mouth showing off rows of teeth as it fell forward towards Kitsune.

The Beast latched onto his arm, although it didn"t bite down. Then it turned its body still holding onto Kitsune and began to gallop away at a fast speed.

"Ahh!" Kitsune screamed in shock as he was dragged off. "Browser history! Clear it, Hero!"

"Oh my G.o.d that Bestia Macht just killed Kitsune!" Hero yelled out in a panic as the beast jumped into the air disappearing behind the Squad Seven tower.

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"So... I notice n.o.bodies going after him..." Hero said slowly as everybody remained standing in their spots.

"I"m sure he"ll be fine," Ken responded casually. "But uh. On the off chance that he isn"t, dibs on his stuff btw."

"You guys are terrible teammates," Irene said stepping forward. "I can"t believe you would just abandon a teammate like that."

"I mean uhh... He"s probably fine." Cloud said shrugging. "That happened on Enforcer grounds. I highly doubt that a random Bestia Macht just happened to be running around. Plus I didn"t sense any killer intent from it. It"s likely just playing with him? I hope?"

"Also when it grabbed Kitsune it made sure not to latch onto him with its teeth. It was very gentle with him, and dragged him off against his will, kicking and screaming, gently." Hero stated in a not rea.s.suring way.

"I didn"t pick up on any of that, I just don"t care about Kitsune," Ken said.

Irene stared at the three recruits as she frowned. "I can"t believe you three. It doesn"t matter that the threat isn"t real. Kitsune, as much as I hate to admit it, is a great a.s.set to our team, and a powerful Enforcer. The Enforcers need him to fight against the vile horde of Bestia Macht. It should be our duty to go on and save him. No matter what the situation is, be it easy, or be it impossible. Our duty is to protect our teammates. Think of the team and how such " She stopped suddenly as she stared at the ground, now notice the ma.s.sive black shadow looming over her. "Why is there a shadow above-"

Irene managed to say right before a Bestia Macht landed on her.