Enforcers

"What!" Cloud said with wide eyes. "You just let him walk off on his own."

"Yeah..." Kitsune said folding his arms as he raised an eyebrow. "What"s the big deal? I figure he"ll mope about and figure something out on his own-"

"It"s Hero! The guys an idiot! Why in the world would you think it was a good idea for him to solve a serious life issue, such as crippling fear, on his own!"

Kitsune opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it. His eyes slowly widened. "I"ve made a horrible mistake!" He yelled out.

"We need to find him fast! Knowing Hero he"ll talk to someone and get a dumb idea in his head! Who knows what he"ll come up with on his own!"

"Oh my G.o.d! He could think that the key to solving fear, is to just not try anything! Or worse! He could think that as long as he does something stupid over and over again he just won"t need to be afraid."

"Stop talking and come on!" Cloud said running to the door. Kitsune turned and followed after him.

Both Irene and Ken sat on the bed still processing what they just saw. "Did... Do... What?" Irene said slowly.

"Do they think Hero won"t recover from being afraid?" Ken questioned. "I mean... It"s Hero? He"ll find a solution, and fix the problem at hand."

"Well... Hero is a mysterious fellow." Irene said as she slowly stood up.

"Speaking of mystery"s I have a question."

"What is it?"

"So is the real North actually a girl, or are you just pretending to be him?"

Irene instantly froze as she slowly turned to see the innocent smile on Ken"s face. "You Devil girl..."

Meanwhile...

"Gah! This is so hard!" Hero said collapsing to the gra.s.s bellow as he placed his hands on his head. "Okay... So. I need to get stronger! But I can"t! Is it fear? Or is it something else? How to get more strength!" Hero rolled up into a ball as he let out a sigh. "This is so hard... I get why I"m afraid. I get that I will have to train hard. I get that I need a goal... I have all of those things and understand them... Yet I still have no idea how I can gain more strength... Or... Or how I can gain the courage to push forward. Man... Who knew being an Enforcer would be so hard."

"Umm...Are you alright?"

"Ahh!" Hero jumped into the air as he held his arms up going into an awkward battle stance. "Don"t attack me! I"m a serious threat with a lot of power, and I"m totally awesome, and know how to fight!"

"What are you doing..."

Hero stopped suddenly as he blinked a few times trying to come up with an answer. "Nothing." He said staring at the three people who were now in front of him.

The three of them all raised an eyebrow as they stared at him. The first person, which was the one who spoke, was a young sixteen-year-old girl, with long platinum-blond hair, and blue eyes. She wore a very elegant winter coat. The second was a boy who looked to be seventeen. He hovered behind the girl and stared at Hero with a serious expression not once taking his eyes off of the boy. He had red hair, and black eyes. And lastly was a young fifteen-year-old boy who was nervously following behind the two, as he awkwardly twiddled his thumbs. He looked away when Hero glanced at him. All three of them looked kind of familiar. Maybe other new recruits?

"Umm so..." Hero said trying to steer the conversation away. "Nice weather right?" But his attempt failed miserably. The three teens continued to stare at him. "What?" He finally asked.

"I came to check on you... ou were yelling out yourself and folded up into a ball?" The girl said folding her arms up as she let out a heavy sigh. "Honestly I don"t know why I bothered... You"re a very rude commoner."

"Oh... You"re a n.o.ble..."

"Is that a problem?"

"Are you going to continue to insult me by calling me a commoner?"

"Yes."

"Than yeah. Its a problem."

The girl rolled her eyes. "You should be more like Shuncong." She said gesturing to the nervous boy behind her. He flinched jumping away.

"...Not happening..."

The girl let out a sigh. "Very well." She said calmly. "My name is Reine, heir to the n.o.ble family of Antoinette." She announced proudly.

"I"m Hero." Hero announced equally as loud as her. He held his hand out and instantly the third guy jumped forward getting between the n.o.ble and him.

"You mustn"t touch Lady Antoinette." He announced in a serious tone.

"Whoa!" Hero said holding his hands up as he backed up.

The girl let out a sigh as she shook her head. "Sir Schutz, please stop..." She said speaking sternly.

"But lady-"

"Schutz!"

"Yes, my lady..."

"What just happened..." Hero said blinking rapidly as he processed what he just saw.

"Don"t mind Schutz." The n.o.ble girl said waving her hand. "He"s nothing to be afraid of. Just a bit overprotective of me. I came here to become a better n.o.ble and to eventually inherit the t.i.tle of Empress... Unfortunately, some people don"t seem to understand that, that means to stop holding my hand!" She said loudly as she glared at Schutz.

"My lady. I already informed you that-"

"Blah, blah, blah!"

Hero watched the three people with a look of confusion as he slowly took another step away from them. "These guys are weird..." He thought as he frowned. "I should leave before they recognize who I-"

"You"re Hero Otoko right..."

"d.a.m.n it!"

Hero stopped as he glanced over at the quiet boy. The other two also stopped as he shrunk down taking a step back when he noticed everyone was looking at him.

"Umm. I mean... You"re... You"re on Squad Six... And umm... You were on that big mission that everyone knows about, but n.o.body knows what happened on it exactly. Also. You"re a Seraphin..."

"What"s a Seraphin?" Both Reine and Schutz"s said in confusion.

"Uhh yeah? That"s me." Hero said a bit nervous now. "Why do you ask."

"You must be really strong right..." The shy boy muttered out as he stared at the ground in embarra.s.sment. "I want to get stronger too..." He said slowly.

"Well... I"m not really!" Hero said laughing.

"What?"

"It"s actually why I was muttering to myself earlier." He responded as he looked down at his hands. "I"m trying to figure out how to get stronger. I need to draw more power but I can"t figure out how. I"m hitting a wall..." The image of a giant p.i.s.sed off lab coat came to his mind as he clutched his hands. "Something is causing me to hit this rut..."

"What do you mean?" Schutz asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well... I don"t know how I can just get stronger... During the mission, we fought a very powerful opponent. Things were looking very bleak. But I managed to get back up and allow my friend, to attack with a finishing blow. It was close but we just barely won. But afterwords, it really sunk in how outmatched I was... Then after I got back, I was only reminded of how little I really grew. It"s weird but... I think I was actually stronger when I fought that man. I don"t know how, but I was able to use more power in that fight. Power I can no longer use... There"s a goal I want to reach. A road I want to walk. Someone I want to save. But I just don"t think I"ll be able to..."

"Wow. Sucks to be you!" Reine replied casually.

Hero dropped to the ground as he let out a sigh and slowly got back up.

"It sounds like you already have your answer." The bodyguard of the n.o.ble said slowly as he crossed his arms.

"Umm? What?"

"The answer you are looking for. You"ve found it already."

"I have!" Hero said in surprise. "It"s gonna be something stupid..."

"Tell me. During the battle did you consider for a moment how outmatched you were. Did you consider the fact that you would die? Did you stop and allow yourself to feel fear?" The man questioned.

"I... I didn"t. I was too busy fighting and trying to save my friends. I didn"t consider it." Hero said slowly.

"Exactly. You"re trying to find out how to get the strength to complete this goal of yours. Well, you"ve found out the answer. Besides. You"re saying that this single battle terrified you right? What about your friends. Do you think they are scared? Are they running around in a panic thinking about how they wern"t strong enough? Or do they already know the answer. You want to get stronger? You fight."

"How does that help?"

"When you are fighting to protect someone, or something, that"s when a person can really go all out... That"s when they can grab a hold of their inner power and unleash it all. I bet if you were to fight the version of you that tried to protect his friends, you would lose, you even said it yourself, you think that you had more power when you were on the mission. It"s because at that point you weren"t considering the difference in power. You want to complete this goal of yours. Than keep fighting. Fight to protect whatever it is that you are holding onto. Whatever person, whatever object, whatever memory it maybe. Fight for it. And while you fight to protect be amazed at the power you"ll unleash. When you protect something, you don"t have time to die. You don"t have time to worry about how strong the opponent is. You don"t have time to worry about the fear. All you have is the adrenaline pushing your body to unleash its hidden power. So the answer to how you can get stronger is simple. You fight. You might not grow as much as you want when training. You might not be strong enough to beat whoever it is that you are fighting. But. As long as you really are fighting to protect something than, rest a.s.sured, you will have more power at that moment. But. It"s still up to you to make sure that extra power is enough. Besides. If you quit what"ll change? You"re scared of facing someone who is so much stronger than you but you have friends who are in the Enforcers. If you quit, what"ll happen to them... Just because you"ll run away from someone strong doesn"t mean they will. That"s why you owe it to then to get stronger. If you really want to protect them then you must allow yourself to grow, and develop. You said you fought to protect your friends during that mission. What would happen if your friends had to fight someone strong once again, but you weren"t there because you quit, or you ran away, or you allowed the fear to hit you... It is your duty to protect those that you care about. That"s what power is. That"s where power comes from. Drawing the strength to get back up and keep on fighting someone who is stronger than you. That shows you"re strong. That you have the spark to become an Enforcer."

Hero was silent for a moment as he hung his head. "I never thought of it like that. But you"re right. I can"t just mope around complaining about not being strong enough. I need to grow! I need to develop! I"m going to follow down my path of this death, and I"ll protect my friends, and I promise that no matter what, I"ll save her!" He announced now having his spark back.

"Save who?"

"Not important!" Hero announced throwing his arms up. "I got to go! I need to go tell Kitsune that I"m ready! I"m not gonna sit by and let him surpa.s.s me so easily!"

"You do that." The bodyguard said letting out a chuckle. "Oh. By the way. If you ever need a sparring partner, come find me in the Squad three dorms."

"Will do!" Hero announced as he ran off.
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"That was kind of bad of you..." Reine said frowning. "Handing advice out to a rival like that?"

"I just told him the truth," Schutz said smirking. "After all." He turned flashing her a slight smile as she turned away from him with a light blush. "I have something to protect as well..."