Well, here's yet 'nother story...I disclaim all.
One: Gathering
Jonny slumped over the railing of the airship in a relatively bored manner. Days as of now had been somewhat slow on the S.S. Plank - nothing of any relative signifigance had shown up.
"Man, this sucks," Jonny sighed, eyes loosely shut. "Not one thing actiony has shown up ever since I started this band o' air pirates.." The teenage boy heaved another sigh, vacantly gazing out towards the clear sky. "I better go check on how the crew's doing, I guess." He paused for a moment as he glanced over his shoulder, eyeing a spirit that was all too familiar to him. "Oh, heya Plank, didn't see ya there!"
The small spirit hovered around the boy's head, stopping in front of his face before engaging conversation. "Yeah, yeah, you and I hear this just 'bout every day ever since you started this group." The spirit came to an abrupt pause as he eyed Jonny sporting a wide grin. "Anyway, I just wanted to come tell you that we'll be landing soon - May picked up a tip that we should be able to round up some recruits over at Tennuunto." Plank yawned as he proceeded to float towards a nearby door before phasing through it.
"Plank, wait!" Jonny called as he motioned his arm for the spirit to stop. His arm slowly drooped down as his face morphed into a frustrated expression. "Dang, he always floats off before you can even talk to him!"
Jonny's eyes widened moments later as Plank's voice echoed throughout his head. "You idiot, you always forget that we're connected - you and I. If push comes to shove I'll be able to contact you telepathically. Anyway I'm going to go catch some z's - you sickening people are undoubtedly going to make me work..." The boy's eyes drooped in disbelief as he heard Plank utter various snoring noises before the connection was abruptly cut off.
Jonny gazed upward, taking in the sight of the many clouds that hovered above him. He ran his hand through a cloud that had been floating beside the ship, pulling his hand back only after the ship had passed the cloud. The teenagaer momentarily glanced at his now wet hand before blinking, then proceeding to trudge inside the ship.
Jonny stumbled into bridge of the ship, which was seemingly empty - save for May and some other recruits that had joined the Air Planks. "Hey May," He began as he slowly approached his first mate, "How much longer till we land?"
May chuckled to herself as she briefly glanced back at her captain who made various restless motions. "Shouldn't be that much longer Jonny," She said as she focused back onto piloting the airship, "Tennunnto is the capital city, and those places don't normally take that long to reach."
The captain paced over to his chair in the center of the room and immediately propped himself into the seat. "Well, that's good to hear." He focused his gaze at the sky in front of him. "In the meantime I'll formulate a plan to help us gather some more recruits."
"Docking in Tennunnto for a while appears to be the best thing. Everyone, including me has been getting restless from staying on the ship for so long, so it is obviously in our best interest to walk around on land for a bit." May thought to herself as she anticipated the crew's stay in Tennunto.
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A shadowy figure raced through the back alleys, jumping from wall to wall and knocking various objects in his wake; in hopes to loose his pursuers.
"That boy has stolen one of Duke Tenritas' most prized blades, he must be stopped by all means necessary!" A knight yelled as other knights in the small group chased after the figure. The knights hastily made their way to the end of the alley, manuvering over and around various objects that were left in the figure's wake. The leader of the group muttered a curse under his breath as they made their way to the end of the path; no sign of the figure in sight. "Well men, it appears we've no choice left but to split up - five of you come with me and the rest search wherever you see fit. Tennuunto is a relatively large area, so he couldn't have gotten far!"
The figure revealed himself from a nearby rooftop, chortling to himslef at the knights' failed endeavor. "Those idiots should've known by now that no one can catch me! I might as well have some fun with this little game of cat and mouse," He said as he leapt from the rooftop, sprinting off in a direction the knights' had not went. "After all it's not everyday that I get to mess with the Duke's head!"
Fifteen year old Edward Loni Tenritas strolled down the main street that lead away from his manor. He'd finished his studies and swordpractice, though his studies hadn't seemed to be carrying out very far lately. Edward had been a somewhat intellectual boy but his intellect seemed to have been gradually decreasing lately.
Edward turned and waved to a nearby salesclerk who was in the process of setting up his stand. "Heya Joe!" He called as the man simply waved his hands in response, running a towel across his forehead soon after.
The boy took a firm grasp on the hilt of a broadsword that rested on his back, though he didn't once dare to draw it for no reason in particular. He was told he'd done so once, and accidentally sliced through the wall of a man's house - though he vaguely recalled the event. Nonetheless, he was punished for his misdeeds and it was quite clear nothing of that sort would happen again.
Edward continued his stroll throguh the city's central plaza, but abruptly stopped as he felt a chill rush down his spine. "I'm sensing a disturbance - someone's giving off a huge amount of spirit energy." He whispered to himself as he continued to hold his firm grasp on the hilt. Edward was tempted to draw his sword after witnessing a racing figure in the distance draw closer with every passing minute, but he assumed a battle ready stance and prepared for a fight.
"Halt!" He'd heard a knight yell, most likely in pursuit of the figure. Various orders and threats from the knights ensued moments later, but Edward maintained his focus on the figure. As the figure came within range, Ed quickly reeled his freehand across his chest and forcefully swung it back - smacking the figure and sending him crashing into a nearby wall.
"...Good...work...sir...Ed!..." A knight complimented as the group slowly trudged over to the boy, immediately falling down to take a brief rest from the chase.
Ed narrowed his eyes, drawing his blade as he sported a serious expression. "I wouldn't say so kinght guy, with all that spirit power that guy has it'd take way more than that to keep him down!"
"Well, well, well, and here I was thinking the son of the Duke was an idiot!" The figure chuckled as he immediately sprang from underneath the rubble, "Guess you're smarter than everyone says you are."
Ed gave a brief weapon demonstration of his broadsword before pointing it towards the boy. "I beg to differ, Eddy Sandor, my skills with the blade are top notch - I'll be able to cut you down in no time!"
Eddy let out another chuckle. "And you're just about as cocky as ever. Unfortunately my friend, that will be what leads to your downfall." Eddy unsheathed a shortsword and held it with a loose grip, motioning for Ed to charge at him with his free hand. "Come on burr-head, let's see if you actually live up to your dad's name!"
"We'll see about that!" Ed yelled before screaming out a battle cry as he attempted to bumrush the rogue. Eddy jumped over the boy's head, crashing down on it moments later before kicking him into the wall he'd been flung into earlier.
"Pathetic, you've really got a long way to go if you charge that openly." Eddy said as he saw Ed push away various pieces of rubble before jumping back into the fray.
"Ha! I can't believe I left myself that open on that charge! Oh well, round two's gunna be a whole lot different!" Ed happily chuckled as he spun his blade around.
Eddy's eyes widened, stunned by Ed's sentence. "I don't believe this guy!" He thought as he awaited Ed's next move. "I sent this idiot crashing into a fricking wall, and he just shrugs it off and laughs to himself like it was nothin! Guess I'll actually have to fight for real this time."
Ed reeled his blade behind him, before hastily thrusting it up in the air with great force. "Majinken!" He yelled as a large wave of energy rushed towards Eddy from where he had swung his blade. Although, Eddy was quite nimble so he was able to sidestep Ed's attack with great ease. The rogue had took heed that the attack left Ed momentarily defenseless, so he made use of this opportunity.
"Shunjin-ken!" Eddy called as his blade was thrusted into the boy, sending him flying shortly after it made contact. Ed was hurled a fair distance before he lightly grazed the ground, smacking into a wall shortly after.
Ed struggled to rise to his feet, stumbling as he managed to get up. The boy planted his sword into the ground for extra standing support, but he fell onto his knees. Eddy took advantage of this opportunity to unleash another attack on Ed, charging his struggling oponnent with his blade trailing behind him.
"Take this!" Eddy yelled as he attempted to thrust his sword into Ed once more. "Shunjin-k-"
Ed caught the blade seconds before it made contact. He pulled the rogue towards him by tugging on the blade, then proceeded to shove a hard knee into Eddy's gut. Eddy's eyes widened as he began to cough up some blood, but Ed flung him into a food stand that was close by before he could retaliate.
"Alright buddy, get ready for my next move!" Ed shouted as he retrieved the blade from the ground, "Ganzan-messai-jin!!" The boy's voice boomed as he flipped, then forcefully slammed his blade into the ground; sending massive amounts of earth towards Eddy. The large clumps of earth all impacted Eddy dead on, resulting in a massive dust cloud being kicked up. Ed smirked as he calmly awaited the rogue's next move.
"Where the heck did my broadsword go!!" Sarah Pleinair Tenritas yelled as she tossed various objects to and fro throughout her room. "I bet that retarded brother of mine took it!" She came to an abrupt halt, and hastily paced her way out of the room.
Sarah raced down the hall, momentarily glancing out one of the windows to witness a large dust cloud that towered over the town. She shrugged her thoughts of what could have caused that off, and continued her trek down the hall.
"Geofforey!!" The girl called as she entered a room with various weapons stacked along the walls, "Where did my stupid brother go!"
A middle aged man emerged from behind a weapon rack and bowed to the girl. "Ah, mistress Sarah." He greeted as he began to polish another sword, "Master Ed was finished with his studies for the day, so I do believe he mentioned something about going on a stroll through the town."
Sarah huffed as she placed her hands on her hips. "Did he take my broadsword with him, because we told him a thousand times I need it for my swordpractice!!"
"Well, now that you mention it, I recall him carrying a broadsword on his back for protection." Geofforey stated as he rubbed a finger on his chin.
"Looks like I'll have to grab my Pow Hammer DX, and go beat him senseless - again once I find him!" She barked as she grabbed a hammer from the nearby rack, and raced out of the room.
"Oh, mistress Sarah, I've another thing to tell you! Do not go towards that dustcloud, otherwise your father will have our heads!" He called, but sighed as he realized that Sarah was out of earshot. "It would've been so much easier if she took up archery like her parents insisted.." Geofforey muttered to himself as he continued to polish the blade.
"Finally!" Jonny exclaimed as the S.S. Plank docked into the city's port. "It's been so long since we've touched land!!"
May chuckled as she pulled out a card and pointed to a nearby building with her opposite hand. "We'd best restore our ship's travel vista before we set sail again - it's getting close to the expiration date."
"Alright, I'll come with you May. They probably need to see my captain identification stuff and all that." He folded his arms as he began to walk after his first mate. "Now, that just leaves the rest of you. You all are free to explore the city as you like, but don't stir up trouble or forget to stock up on supplies."
"Aye Capp'n!" The rest of the Air Plank crew exclaimed as they sprinted off towards the town.
Jonny felt a moderate breeze brush against him as he turned to witness a large dust cloud towering over the center of the city. "Wonder what that is." He thought as he walked into the building.
"Haah!!" Ed and Eddy yelled as they rapidly exchanged hard blows, both of them being inched back after each strike.
Eddy leapt back after dodging a forceful downward swing of Ed's blade, then proceeded to sprint forward as Ed attempted to swing his blade up. "Okay lumpy, let's see you take this!" The rogue yelled as he sprang into the air. "Houshuukyaku!" Eddy barked as he came striking down with his foot. However, Ed managed to bring his blade in a defensive position before flinging Eddy into the air.
"Not bad, but now it's my turn!" Ed yelled in a dumb tone as he swiped at Eddy with his free hand, then crahsed the ground under the rogue. "Maouzetsuenko!" Ed sported a wide grin as Eddy was smashed, then forcefully blasted upwards by red energy.
The rogue managed to pull off a midair recovery flip, then pulled off multiple midair somersaults towards Ed; striking the boy multiple times before landing a few feet ahead of him. "Not many people force me into using Rekkuuzan to get out of a corner, but I suppose you're an exception there burr-head." Eddy said as he rose up and pointed his blade towards Ed, who had multiple cut marks on his clothes.
Ed gave Eddy a vacant stare as he tore off a piece of his clothing and tied it around his head to stop the blood from gushing any further. He gripped his chest in pain, letting out a deep cough which caused him to tighten the grip on his blade. The boy clenched his hand into a fist before proceeding to swing it to his side as his body glowed with red energy. "Alright Eddy, you pushed me way farther than what I would've liked, but I'm gunna put an end to this now!" Ed crossed his arms in front of him, then dropped them to his sides as a red energy wave surged from his head to all over his body. "Eishourai!!" The boy barked as he swung his blade behind him and prepared to charge at Eddy.
Eddy chortled as he leapt back, and began to surge with red energy as he held his free hand out. "That's a pretty cool move you got there burr-head, but I can do it ten times better!" Eddy's body began to surge with greater and thicker energy than Ed's did as he called out the name of his tech. "Fire Materia, give me power! Goushourai!!"
The two then began sprinting towards each other, their speed twice the rate it was moments ago. Both boys reeled their free hands behind them as they became a foot apart from each other; their hands pulsating with crimson energy. "Reppashou!!" Their voices boomed in unison as the energy in their hands made direct contact, which resulted in a large explosion that would leave a great majority of the central plaza charred.
"Jonny! Jonny!!"
Jonny immediately snapped out of his train of thought as he spun away from the window to be greeted by May, who waved the renewed travel vista in his face.
"It was way easier than we'd assumed it'd be, but nonetheless, we got us a renewed travel vista for the S.S. Plank!!" May cheerfully exclaimed, letting out a sigh of releief after finishing her sentence.
Jonny remained silent for a moment, but swiveled his head back towards the window to gaze at the explosion. "Say May," He began as the explosion reflected in his eyes, "Now that we're done, how's about we explore the city abit? Namely the central plaza, of course."
"Oh that?" May asked as her glance shifted from her captain towards the window. "The news said for people to stay out of that part of town for the time being, but seeing as the duke of this town is offering a reward to whoever can stop the rogue, I guess it'd be in our best interest to take him down; although they said he was real dangerous."
Jonny's eyes beamed as he grabbed his first mate by her arm, and hastily made his way out of the building. "Awesome!" He shouted as he let her go, "This is one of the best opporunities we've gotten so far - not only can we round up some recruits, we can get some reward money as well!"
May sighed as she caught up to Jonny and began running beside him. "Oh please, you and I both know better than anyone that you're just looking for some action!"
"Well, I guess you pretty much got me on that one, but you can't blame a guy fer tryin can ya?" Jonny chortled as he unsheathed a rugged, worn longsword that had a dulled edge. "I mean, how else was I supposed to get the rust of this thing?"
May shook her head, smirking as her eyes were loosely shut. "I guess some old habits really do die hard." She whispered to herself as she tried to keep pace with Jonny.
As May and Jonny rushed to the central plaza, a boy walked out of a pub, catching a brief glimpse of them from behind his cracked keaton mask. "So, I'm guessing that they too are hoping to get that reward." He said as he pulled out two yo-yos with various blades attached to them. "Well Tokagowa, looks like we've got some more buffoons to crush." The boy patted the head of a beast like doll that was strapped to his back before racing after Jonny and May.
"Alright girlie, we's only gunna give's you anotha warning 'fore we're forced to kill ya, capisce?"
Sarah tightly gripped her hammer as she attempted to asses the situation: she was surround by six bandits who were intent on kidnapping her and holding her for ransome. As such, they were all armed with swords and other such weapons. However they'd no plans of killing her - the only thing close to killing they'd do were warning stabs.
She let out a devilish smirk as she reeled her hammer back, then quickly swung it forward as a small red hammer with angel wings dropped from the sky; sending it barrelling into one of the bandits who was immediately flung backwards. "Okay then you pieces of trash, there's way more Pikohan's where that came from!!"
The bandits immediately began to charge at the girl, who tightly shut her eyes as she prepared for the worst. Sarah raised her hammer in defense, but felt a calm wave of energy rush through her as she heard a snap of someone's fingers. "Remain strong and valiant till the very end mistress Sarah!" She'd heard a familiar voice shout. "Energy Burst!" The girl opened her eyes to witness several orbs of energy appear around the bandits, rending them paralized. She let out a sigh of relief as she heard the fingers snap again, resulting in the orbs exploding on her opponents - rendering them unconscious.
"I'm terribly sorry for my late arrival mistress Sarah, I would hope those savage hooligans haven't laid so much as a finger on your person." Geofforey said as he walked up to her.
Sarah sported a happy grin as she turned to face Geofforey. "Don't worry about me Geofforey, I'm just fine. daddy says I've got to learn how to solve problem situations like those once I become the princesses' loyal guard!"
Geofforey chuckled as he folded his arms behind his back. "Yes, I am quite aware of that mistress Sarah, but you won't be able to do such things if you were to become deceased!"
"I'm sorry for running off like that Geofforey, I should've stayed in the manor like you said. Are you going to tell daddy about this?" Sarah asked as she looked at the ground, twisting her foot around.
"Not at all mistress Sarah," Geofforey sported a caring smile as he knelt down on one knee, rustling a hand through Sarah's hair. "it'll just be a little secret between you and I."
Sarah's mouth widened into a cheerful grin. "Thanks Geofforey, you're the best!"
"Well then mistress Sarah, shall we make our way to the central plaza and assist your rascal of a brother in dealing with that rogue?" Sarah's personal attendant asked as he rose up and began to crack his knuckles.
"Are you sure it won't be too much for you to handle Geofforey?" Sarah questioned as she planted her hammer into the ground.
Geofforey gave her a thumbs-up. "I assure you that even though my age doesn't show it, I'm capable of handling way more than you ever imagined mistress Sarah." He let out a slight chortle before he continued. "Why, in my spare time I read various magic tomes your father has cluttered around the study room!"
"Ohh, so that's where you were all those days!" Sarah perked up with sudden realization while Geofforey nodded his head in response.
Geofforey motioned for Sarah to follow him as they began their sprint towards the central plaza, Sarah dragging her hammer behind her. "As I said before mistress Sarah, we'd best settle this rogue down a bit before he's able to cause even more of a ruckus!"
"Alright, I'm right behind you Geofforey!" Sarah shouted as she followed behind her personal assistant.
High above the clock tower that loomed over the city, a boy with angelic wings had been hovering in place, witnessing all of the events unfold. "So, it seems this gathering at the heart of the city may prove to be more dangerous than I'd assumed it would be. Although, I would like to do all in my power to quell this dispute, I am afraid it is not in my power to step in - not yet. For now all I can do is hope for the best possible outcome." The boy continued to maintain his position, anticipating the next set of events that had yet to unfold.
Well, that's chapter one of my new series, and I hope this becomes a popular one! Anyway read and more importantly review if you want to see more chapters, after all I've plans for this story to be big!!
Oh, and if you were baffled by the techs Eddy and Ed used, I'll list them now.
Houshuukyaku- User jumps up and forcefully slams down on the target with their foot.
Reppashou- User unleashes exploding energy gathered in their palm on a foe.
Eishourai- Powers up the users next attack, making it twice its normal strength. Also boosts the user's agility
Goushourai- Boosts the user's attack for a brief period of time, and also raises agility. Stronger version of Eishourai.
Shunjin-ken- User powerfully thrusts the weapon into the foe, causing the target to be flung backwards.
Majinken-User unleashes a powerful shockwave on the ground towards the foe, but the user is rendered unable to move directly after the attack
Maouzetsuenkou- User swipes and scalds the enemy in front of them.
Ganzan-messai-jin- User jumps, flipping in the air before slamming the blade into the ground - hurling earth towards the foe.