Age 1991"Alright!" Hero announced holding his arm up. "New mission!"
Ken let out an annoyed sigh as she rolled her eyes. "It is way too early for this..." She muttered out. "Why don"t the others have to wake up this early?" She questioned.
"Because the train to Dandelion won"t be here until 6 A.M..." Dawson said giving a shrug. "The train to Chrysanthemum arrives at 2 A.M... I don"t get to pick the scheduling of how the trains function." The Squad Six Reserve member said simply.
"Well, what about those other guys?" Ken questioned. "I thought some Squad Seven members would be here?"
"Yeah but it"s Sif... You think you"re a morning person, you should see how hard it is waking that girl up..." Dawson sighed out as he folded his arms. "Unfortunately for us, we"re stuck waiting for them to arrive."
"This sucks..." Ken sighed out.
"It could be worse." Hero said giving a shrug.
"How?"
"I don"t know but it could?"
Ken let out a sigh as she shook her head. "I can"t believe I thought I loved you..."
"What?"
"What?"
Dawson cleared his throat as he shook his head. There was a loud hissing sound as the gang turned to find Sif, Nick, Sera, a young woman, and the big four legged Bestia Macht, that had taken Kitsune. "Oh thank G.o.d..." Dawson sighed out when he saw them.
Sif gave a small tired wave as she rode on the back of her Bestia Macht which walked towards the group slowly. "Sorry, we"re late..." Nick said giving a bow.
"It is no issue Vice-Captain Nick, Captain Sif..." Dawson said also bowing. He turned to look at the unnamed woman. "I"m sorry... I don"t think we"ve met..." He said holding his hand out.
The girl gave a small smile as she took his hand. "I am Ren Seity." The woman said simply. She was a young woman in her early twenties much like Dawson. She wore a light black dress, and she had long white hair, with what appeared to be a pair of sad blue eyes. "It is an honor to meet someone like you..." She said giving another small smile.
"Ahh! Loyal subject!"
"Oh no..." Hero muttered backing up as Sera marched towards him. Hero ducked behind Ken holding her out in front of him. "Out of all the recruits, why did it have to be you..." He whined.
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Sera gave a heavy frown as she pulled out a fan covering the lower half of her face with it. "My... And I thought your time around Kitsune would have done you good in learning how to treat your n.o.bles..."
"You know Kit?" Ken said frowning.
"But of course! He is much like me one of the twenty sacrad branches-"
"Okay... I keep hearing that but what the h.e.l.l does that mean?" Ken questioned.
Sera let out a horrified gasp as she clutched her chest. "How could you have not known of the sacred branches?" Sera questioned with a frown. "There are twenty families. A position that goes beyond the rank of a n.o.ble. The twenty sacrad branches. It was a rank gifted to us by our Lord, the ent.i.ty G.o.d for helping him create the black wall. Five Branches were each separated into the four nations. This is because each of the four nations are ruled by an Emperor. The rank of the Emperor can only be held by someone who is a sacrad branch. In our Nation, the Nation of Red, the five families who are from the twenty sacrad branches are the Nine, which Kitsune, your teammate is from, Azura, which is the family I am from, Storm, which your Vice-Captain is from, as well as the Alazir family, which is unfortunately dead, and finally the Aka family. Lady Lin Aka, is the current Emperess of our nation. The family of Aka has been the family to reach the rank of Emperor and Empress for nearly one thousand ages..."
Ken stared at the girl for a few moments. "Why are you here?"
Sera fell back clutching her chest once again.
"Sera is a special case for me..." The two squad six members turned seeing Sif walking towards them. "Sera is the only Enforcer who has never received a letter... Rather she sent a letter in herself requesting she join. Sera is by far the weakest person I have ever seen. She has no physical strength, no control over her powers, and has no skill what so ever... Absolutely pathetic."
"But... But I got a lot stronger though right!" Sera stated.
"No..."
Nick gave a small laugh. "Well it would seem like our train is here." He announced as everyone turned to see the giant steel train pulling up to the station. "With any luck, we"ll arrive at the city in a few hours..." The Vice-Captain stated letting out another laugh. "Lady Sif you know you won"t be able to take your pet with you..."
Sif let out an annoyed yawn as she slid off of the creature and into the arms of Nick who caught her. A small sigh escaped her lips as she reached petting the beast. "Okay, Adolfo..." Sif said frowning. She reached up pulling out a tiny silver whistle. "Come to me if you hear this..."
The Beast, let out a huff as it bowed its head. It turned its body and simply jumped away.
"You know..." Dawson said slowly. "You could just-"
"I"m not stuffing my pet in a tiny black box..." Sif hissed out.
Dawson gave a shrug. "Silky seems to like it..."
A few minutes later...
Everyone found themselves a seat on the train which was completely empty. Most people weren"t allowed to ride out of a city unless they had a permit, were rich, or an Enforcer, and most people weren"t dumb enough to go to a city like Chrysanthemum... Because of this, it was mostly completely silent save for the current small group of Enforcers who now rested on the train.
"So..." Dawson said slowly as he cupped his hands together. "We"re heading to Chrysanthemum... Hero, Ken, while it is true you are on my Squad, for this mission you will be listening to Vice-Captain Nick, and Captain Sif..." He stated in a serious tone as he stared at the two recruits.
"I...Is that all?" Hero asked.
"Yes... Go do whatever you want on the train I don"t care..." Dawson sighed turning away.
Sif let out a yawn as she slowly laid back on her seat pa.s.sing out. Dawson took a seat next to Ren as Hero, Ken, and Sera all followed after Nick.
"Can I help you?" Nick questioned.
"So Ms. Scary girl? What"s up with her?" Hero asked curiously. "Somehow Sera, Emma, and Lucy all three grew in power, by like... I dunno ten times in such a short amount of time? I didn"t even double in power yet, and Ken only got like two and a half times stronger. So how did they all grow so quickly? What is Sif doing exactly?"
Nick let out a small chuckle as he folded his arms. "Lady Sif... Well, she"s amazing. She was voted in by Captain Katrina, and she is the youngest Captain at only seventeen..."
"Wow... You"re older than her?" Ken stated.
"Yeah... Lady Sif is an enigma. The only person crazier then her in terms of power is the current First Captain... Sif is sometimes called a miracle worker as she is able to make normal everyday Enforcers into absolute monsters..." Nick stated. "I"m sure you know a bit about Lines and the growth. Well, Sif exploits them. We don"t know how but somehow she is able to do it, but she is somehow able to get rid of the negative side effects of a rapid growth. By being near Sif and recovering from several events, each one pushing you closer, and closer to near death but then recovering from it, you are able to grow in power to a ridiculous extent. Not to mention Sif is good friends with the Squad Twelve Captain. Because of this you will be placed near death then healed. Then if you p.i.s.sed her off you"ll be placed near death again... It can be terrible at times, but the ma.s.sive power gaps can be seen..."
"Well? Why not have everyone be trained by Sif?" Ken questioned.
"Simple... She doesn"t like training anyone unless she is bored... Also, according to Lady Sif that particular gift she has only works on certain people."
"Training is way to hard..." Sera whined folding her arms up.
"As you can see... It even works on spoiled n.o.bles like young Sera here..." Nick sighed out.
"Hey!"
Over with Dawson the man quietly sat next to Ren as the two young adults stared out the window. "You... You"re a very sad individual aren"t you Mr. Blight..."
"W...What?" Dawson said startled by the sudden comment.
"My Attrubuite..." Ren said quietly as she stared down at her hands. "Emotional Joyment..." She stated quietly. "With it, anyone near me is affected by it... It causes you to feel joy. I can increase the amount by concentrating on a person showing them actual joyful moments from their lives. No matter what though my ability is always active and yet... You aren"t being affected by it. It"s possible for a person to brush it off if they are filled by another emotion... After watching this world I"ve come to the conclusion that in most situations sadness is the thing my joy can"t conquer."
Dawson stared at her for a few moments before finally crossing his arms. "Well... I wouldn"t say it is a sadness that I am filled with but... I am filled with something..."
"Well then... As one Enforcer to another... Would you mind if we talked about it?"
Dawson gave a small smile. "I"d like that..."