The author, Okmangeez, does not own any of the GATE characters or the original story line. All of the characters mentioned in this story from the canon are owned by their respective authors and artists, not by this story's author. The author is not related to the original creators of the GATE.
Summary: When a barbaric attack strikes the middle of Tokyo on a peaceful day, the United Nations intervenes to defend one of its own. Now, many nations of the world answer the call to arms to bring the leaders of the massacre to justice. However, the world has been at peace for 3 decades and has prospered in th e peace. Will this war threaten peace as Earth knows it? Or will this bring the nations a step closer to total global peace?
(Warning: This world is not exactly the same as our world. This world is from one of the alternate timelines that I enjoy the most called "The Land of Milk and Honey" by TheMann ( forum/threads/the-land-of-milk-and-honey-an-american-tl.320056/). It's basically our world with a few improvements.
Peace, Prosperity, Security
That was the motto of the United Nations. The three words that the nations of the world lived by. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the short and swift War on Terror, the world really lived by those words. The world economy boomed. Foreign wars were almost nonexistent. Billions enjoyed democracy and freedom, while the few that didn't have them were slowly receiving them. Tensions died down and former enemies and rivals amended their relationships. Things were certainly looking up for all the 220 sovereign nations of the world.
That was. Until the GATE showed up. Both a blessing and a curse. It was a chance for the world to stall the exhaustion of resources while the world's brightest minds attempted to fix the problems with overpopulation and the reduction of oil supplies. But it was also a problem that possibly threatened the stable world. A problem that could easily lead to war...
The world knew it had only one choice. The only choice to avoid a global war for these resources. It was to work together, once again, to benefit all of mankind...
Para Bellum
"If you wish for peace, prepare for war."
March 2nd, 2045
Tokyo, Japan
11:30 AM JST
"You know, I knew Japan was pretty fucking weird. But I never imagined it would be this weird."
"Daniel, shut the hell up and run!"
The two soldiers rounded a corner and dived into an ally. Luckily for them, the Roman cavalry commander didn't see them and pushed his troops forward, onto the streets of Tokyo. There was screaming and shouting echoing throughout the city blocks as thousands of Roman soldiers and creatures rampaged across the city. The taller one of the two soldiers, Korean Captain Daniel Kim stood up and dusted his uniform.
"I wish someone could've told us that there would be Roman soldiers in the middle of Japan. Shouldn't the actors be dressed up as samurais?"
His friend, Chinese Sergeant Xiao Lin, let out a stream of Chinese curse words. "We shouldn't be joking around right now. You saw what they were doing. They were butchering those civilians."
Captain Kim almost made a smart-ass comment, but he instead let out a groan. "What can we do? I would gladly take on these Roman dudes and their troll friends, but we have no weapons. Not even a bloody sword!"
The Chinese NCO smiled and pulled out a gun, the standard QSZ-92 Chinese pistol issued to the army members. "Then let's find a sword for ourselves. Shall we?"
It would've been strange watching a Korean and Chinese soldier casually wearing their uniform in Japan decades ago. After all, China and Korea both loathed Japan for their actions during the Second World War. However, that gradually changed as tensions died down and the three countries began to cooperate with one another, realizing just how an alliance could be useful and necessary. Such as when the Chinese and Korean navy members rescued thousands of Japanese civilians in the '32 earthquake that shook up Tokyo. Though, Korea and China weren't the only nations to have soldiers in Japan at the time. The famous RIMPAC exercise was hosted by Japan that year, and over 40 nations were participating in the massive military games that included every branch of the military.
"I knew I should've stayed in the barracks and watched the soccer game today... Seoul is facing Pusan today and it's a much watch game!" Daniel grumbled as he crept to the edge of the ally just behind his Chinese partner. "But noooo. I had to be coerced to go to that stupid Japanese cartoon porn thing and be attacked by dragons."
Sergeant Xiao glared at him. "I'll treat you out to udon tonight if we get out of this mess. So shut your mouth."
The Korean officer smiled as he zipped his mouth closed. Sergeant Xiao looked both ways and mumbled. "On the count of three, I'm going to shoot at a few Romans coming our way. Once I take a few of them down, grab one of their swords and use it. You know how to use a sword, right?"
Captain Kim rolled his eyes. "It shouldn't be hard, right? Basically a bayonet with a handle and longer blade."
"Eh. I guess if you want to think of it like that. Sure. Don't get skewered like a kabob."
"I could really use a kebob right now."
The Chinese sergeant sighed. "You and your obsession over food."
"Better than obsession over nearly naked Japanese cartoon characters."
Sergeant Xiao Lin stood up and ran out the ally without another word, Captain Kim following closely behind.
6 shots rang out of the gun, dropping 5 of the Roman squad that was coming their way. What Captain Kim realized though was that there were at least 2 dozen Romans in the group. And all of them were coming out of the initial shock and fear of the firearm. The Korean captain quickly snatched one of the swords on the ground and lifted it in a defensive position.
"Xiao you crazy bastard! You didn't tell me there were 20 them!"
The sergeant only gave out a devilish grin as he fired his pistol again, dropping a couple more. "But we have a gun and they don't."
That grin came off his face when the surviving members of the squad began to charge at them. The Chinese sergeant took aim while the Korean captain charged with his sword. A few well aimed shots managed to hit a couple more, but several of them were still alive as the sergeant attempted to switch another magazine into the gun.
Clang.
The solid sound of metal meeting metal almost surprised Captain Kim, as he parried another jab by the Roman in front of him. He swung his blade, but the Roman caught the swing cleanly. However, the captain's reflexes were much quicker and slammed his sword into the Roman's helmet. The Roman cried and fell backwards, knocked out for the count.
Captain Kim turned around to see his friend firing at more approaching Romans. He quickly joined in and kept a few of the Romans distracted using his sword. He was successful at dodging and weaving between the jabs and strikes when he heard Sergeant Xiao give out a small yell as a few other soldiers approached him.
"I'm out of ammo, damn it!"
As if someone was responding to his comment, a few shots rang out from the distance and killed the remaining Romans that were charging at the Chinese man. The others engaging Captain Kim turned around and ran at the sight of their fallen comrades. The two modern soldiers turned around to see a couple of Japanese police officers and a civilian with their weapons drawn.
The two approached the officers and thanked them. Thankfully, language wasn't a huge barrier to the translators that most soldiers and law enforcement officers carried in their ears. "Thank you for the help, officers. My friend here thought it was a brilliant idea to rush at a mob of Roman soldiers without checking his ammunition first."
The sergeant grinned sheepishly. "I could've sworn that I had extra magazines, but apparently I didn't."
The police officers looked them over. "Are you two officers?"
"I'm a captain of the Republic of Korea Army. And my friend here is a sergeant in the People's Liberation Army. We're here for the RIMPAC exercises. Though, may I ask if it's allowed to hand out weapons to civilians, even in times like these?" Captain Kim inquired.
Frowning, the civilian man gave the Korean officer a look. "I'm an officer in the JSDF. Lieutenant Itami Yoji, at your service."
Captain Kim nodded. "Anyways. This area is cleared for now, but I have no doubt that the bloody Romans will return. We should evacuate the citizens while we have the chance before they kill more people."
"The Imperial Palace!" Itami stated. "It's away from the fighting and has walls surrounding the premise! The civilians will be safe inside!"
One of the police officers looked at him incredulously. "The Imperial Palace? But the Emperor..."
The Chinese sergeant gave a threatening look to the law enforcement officer. "Civilian lives are at risk here, gentlemen. Emperor or not, the lives of dozens of people are in our hands. Make the call, officer."
The police man avoided the look and sighed. "Alright. I'll make the call and check."
Meanwhile, the captain was finally able to make a call to HQ. "This is Big Boss in the Ginza district. We might need some heavy support. Like APCs or tanks would be really nice. Don't we have a couple of K2s doing military exercises just out of Tokyo? Yeah, the enemy might have primitive weapons, but some of their creatures like the dragons are real tanks from what I've seen. You already deployed the air force? You should warn the pilots that the dragons are pretty agile and should use missiles instead of their guns. Yes, i did just say dragons. No, there are literally thousands of them. I'm not even making it up, somehow there are thousands of bloodthirsty Romans and mythical creatures in downtown Tokyo. I'll try to find out more, but I might need my pack and supplies. Thanks. Big Boss out."
Captain Kim and Lieutenant Itami walked back towards the others. "So, command promised me that they'll send in some armor support and that the air force is already on its way here. We should be in good hands."
"I just received confirmation that we can lead the civilians in to the Imperial Palace! Let's move!" The police officer on the phone shouted.
The Chinese and Korean officers nodded at the Japanese group. "Alright then, let's move fast before the fighting pick up. Shall we?"
One of the police officers handed the captain a pistol with some extra rounds. Captain Kim accepted them grudgingly, but also kept the sword he had picked up just in case. Sergeant Xiao was also given an extra pistol from a fallen officer, because the ammunition of the Chinese and Japanese guns was different. Lieutenant Itami looked at the others and nodded. "Let's go and follow me! We're going to lead the civilians through the Hanzou Gate and they can escape from there!"
Hundreds of civilians followed the small group of officers, along with a couple more random police officers and and SWAT units that had been scattered due to the chaos. The large group encountered only light resistance as the civilians were safely sent beyond the Hanzou Gate. However, the units around the walls fell onto the ground as projectiles crashed into the walls, frightening the civilians and ensuing a panic.
"Shit! Enemy artillery in bound!" Captain Kim shouted as another wave of projectiles crashed into the walls. One shot managed to land on the cluster of civilians, killing a dozen instantly and wounding many more. The captain stood up as he quickly helped any injured civilians to evacuate faster. "Where the hell is that support?!"
Unfortunately, his screaming would have no answer as the enemy bombardment continued. Captain Kim helped countless amount of civilians, along with Lieutenant Itami and Sergeant Xiao, while the other officers also assisted and protected the rushing civilians as much as possible.
After most of the civilians were evacuated, the radio on one of the police officer's shoulder blared. "This is Unit 3 at Double Bridge. Our position is being overrun by the enemy trolls and Romans. We're requesting heavy back up, over."
Sergeant Xiao gave his friend a side glance and the Korean nodded. He whipped out his phone and spoke into it urgently. "We have a situation at Double Bridge. I'll be heading over there right now, but I suggest we focus our forces over there first. If that bridge is overrun, then we'll have a lot more civilian casualties at hand."
Captain Kim waved his hand at Itami. "You seem to know the area pretty well. You think you can lead us to the Double Bridge?"
The Japanese lieutenant nodded. "It's a few minutes from here, so we should be able to help."
The captain grinned. "Great! Then let's get going. We don't want to miss out on all the action, right?"
United Nations
الأمم المتحدة
联合国
Organisation des Nations unies
Организация Объединённых Наций
Naciones Unidas
Vereinte Nationen
An organization that promotes global peace and prosperity. It is possibly one of the most influential and powerful organization in the entire world, as the United Nations have gained tremendous power in order to regulate war and create economic stability, which it has done excellently over the past century. The United Nations reforms in the late 90's that allowed minor nations to gain a larger voice helped to balance out the power between the weak and the strong, although the United Nations Security Council (consisting of the United States, the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, Great Britain, the Republic of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Republic of Korea, the Republic of Brazil, and the Republic of India) do still hold some rights and privileges.
The United Nations has managed to settle major conflicts with limited bloodshed, such as the various genocides in Africa, the War on Terror, the Second Korean War (a relatively bloodless and peaceful war), the Pakistan Crisis, and the Somalian Civil War.
As of 2045, all nations of the world have a seat in the United Nations.
Modern artillery rumbled as the combined arms of many nations began to pound the enemy formations with laser pointing to avoid any unnecessary destruction or casualties. As the artillery spewed death to the invaders, Captain Kim and the others arrived at the Double Bridge to witness an epic struggle between police officers and SWAT members facing off against Romans with arrows and swords. The Korean captain swore as he muttered. "Where the hell is the backup?"
The captain looked at the onslaught before him and had second thoughts of diving into the fighting with only a sword and a single pistol. The others, except Itami, looked the same. However, his moment of hesitation was broken when he heard a familiar noise in the sky.
A pair of K-35's, Korea's newest generation of jets, streaked across the sky, their tails becoming purple from their engines. The two jets dropped their smart bomb payload as the bombs flew towards the enemy artillery and archer units, destroying them instantly and causing instant chaos. From the corner of his eyes, Captain Kim watched as several tanks and APCs belonging to different countries move into action, although he saw a tank that he trained besides for years. He grinned like a little kid getting a present for Christmas as he dashed across the street and jumped onto the tank, ignoring the sudden shouts and yells from Sergeant Xiao, Lieutenant Itami, and the other police officers.
He rapped on the tank cover and a Korean woman popped out. She was Lieutenant Soo Bin Choe, a relatively young tank commander who graduated at the top of her class. She grinned when she saw the person sitting on her tank. "Careful, this thing is expensive."
Her counterpart only laughed. "Only 25 million dollars per tank. No biggie. You have any spare equipment in there that I can use? I'm getting sick of using a pistol to fight off these idiots."
The girl rolled her eyes and yelled at her subordinates to throw her the pack. She caught the pack and tossed it at the captain, along with a K2 assault rifle. "This is your stuff. Command told me to give it to you. Good luck fighting out there. I'll be laying back in my comfortable tank and take pot shots at the enemy."
Captain Kim inspected his gun and strapped the pack on his back. "Thanks. I probably won't need it. They have swords. I now have an assault rifle. Easy right?"
Lieutenant Choe laughed. "Yeah, I can't wait till you get your ass kicked."
The captain waved good bye and joined Sergeant Xiao, who had also received a weapon from his countrymen. "A freaking submachine gun. The JS9 is the worst... It runs out of ammo so quickly..."
Captain Kim slapped the Chinese man's back. "Look on the bright side! At least you have a gun! Those guys are coming after us with thin steel shields and a sword!"
While they were talking, Lieutenant Itami walked up to them. "Let's get going. Our forces need every help they could get."
The three rushed into battle, as guns began to blaze from the tanks and infantry units.
In 2003, the War on Terror ended in a decisive allied victory. Dozens of countries that participated in the invasion of Afghanistan let out a sigh of relief as the Taliban was wiped out for good. The United States led the relief effort and had the help of many countries to rebuild the war stricken country of Afghanistan. The rebuilding efforts took a full decade, but it led to the re-stabilization of the Middle East and the death of terrorism. Afghanistan became a shining example of improvement and progress as they became one of the richest Middle Eastern countries a few years after the US completely withdrew from the state...
That would be the last major war any nation would fight.
Of course, the world still had its problems. Iraq still had some issues with human rights. China was still firmly communist, though their human rights records improved greatly. Korea was still on the process of modernizing the north after the Reunification War in the 90's. Africa still had holes. The Balkan states still squabbled over borders.
However, after the War on Terror, it became increasingly clear that the world was moving away from the idea of war. In 2020, the United States fully withdrew from Germany and mostly from Japan, leaving only a carrier task force in Okinawa and withdrawing the rest. Russia joined the European Union in 2022. China increased ties with Korea and Japan and began talks to create a railroad that would one day span across all three countries. India, after the brief war against Pakistan in 2030, settled the border disputed with both its western neighbor and China. The Middle East was quiet as Israel worked with its Arabic counterparts even more closer than before.
And the people of the world looked at this gladly, as they saw the chance to finally put war as a thing of the past and to work in harmony...
March 30th, 2045
New York, United States of America
9:32 AM EST
"With the recent reports revealing that the world beyond the "GATE" is not of this Earth, the United States proposes an international coalition to enter through the GATE and deal with the criminals who massacred thousands of civilians and attacked the State of Japan by surprise."
The United Nations meeting was in session, with all 220 member nations present. The media was in the back, taking pictures and notes as the Secretary of State Carlos Loya spoke to the crowd. "Although the GATE is within the boundaries of Japan, the United States believe that this matter doesn't regard just Japan. This problem matters to all nations of our world, as an army from a different world invaded ours. It is only fair for the United Nations, acting as the international organization that oversees conflict and wars, to take matters into its own hands."
The Japanese representative, Ambassador Masaki Osato, nodded. The pressure of the event was immense, as he knew for a very fact that the international community stood united against the invaders and wanted to intervene in the conflict. As a result, the government in Tokyo had told him to allow the UN forces to be formed, mainly because Japan wasn't ready to fully commit to an all out war and the will of the people to receive help elsewhere instead of sacrificing only Japanese soldiers and supplies. "Japan has no objections to a United Nations Peacekeeping Force.
"Then we will vote on the intervention into the world beyond the GATE and firmly establish our goals before we send our troops to war. As many of you are already aware, this will be the first war in many decades. The younger generation has grown up in a time of peace and prosperity. Let us make sure, as the older generation, to take full responsibility of our actions and avoid to break world peace." Secretary Loya stated to everyone in the General Assembly.
All the representatives nodded in agreement. All the participating nations knew the risk this new world presented. An opportunity to delay the dwindling world resources, but at the same time a possibility that a war could break out over the GATE...
The United Nations Resolution 9932
Recognizing that the State of Japan, a member state of the United Nations, was attacked without warning and lost thousands of civilians in the initial invasion.
Condemning the barbaric actions of the invaders acted upon the civilians of Japan.
Stating that the so called "Empire" beyond the GATE is the instigator of the attack.
Agreeing, all 220 nations, that the leaders of the so called "Empire" must be responsible for the attacks and be brought to justice.
The United Nations agree to allow a multinational United Nations Peacekeeping Force to bring the leaders of the attack to justice, to survey and gather information about the "Empire," and to, if required, occupy the territories of the Empire to force the "Empire" to turn to diplomacy if resistance continues.
June 2nd, 2045
Tokyo, Japan
8:21 AM JST
Daniel Kim looked at the forces surrounding the GATE. There were thousands of soldiers from a dozen different countries at the location. The United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, Great Britain, China, Russia, Korea, India, Israel, and Iran sent soldiers and various support units to assist in the attack. There were also thousands of civilians, held back by the police, cheering on for the UN soldiers to bring justice. The entering process had begun and the first of the JSDF infantry units entered through the GATE, followed by the Japanese J-90 tanks and APC units. The next in line was the Canadian forces consisting of several infantry battalions and a Panther tank unit.
"What a day to be alive. Can you imagine all these nations working together to beat another country up just a hundred years ago?" Sergeant Xiao said to the Korean. The sergeant was wearing the green camo uniform, along with the PRC flag on his left arm and the UN flag on his right arm.
Captain Kim snorted. "I don't think this would've been possible just 20 years ago. But I guess the world made a lot of progress, huh?"
Sergeant Xiao picked at the Chinese flag on his uniform. "Eh. I like it. It means I can freely stream Japanese anime in my hometown without any censorship."
The captain rolled his eyes. "You and your fucking Japanese porn. That's like borderline pedophile dude."
"IT'S ANIME, NOT HENTAI."
"Yeah yeah. Keep telling yourself that."
A voice rang out over the speakers. "United Republic of Korea forces! Prepare to enter through the GATE!"
Captain Kim gave a thumbs up to the Chinese sergeant. "I'll see you on the other side. Let's see who kills more Romans."
The sergeant returned the thumbs up. "You're on. Whoever gets more pays for dinner the next time we come back?"
"You're on."
The Korean captain joined the rest of his compatriots in line. He looked up to see General Sung Woo Rhee, the commander of the Korean Division, order his troops forward. Captain Kim looked back to see a dozen or so K-2 tanks and KAMI APCs move forward with the thousands of Korean infantry and marine units.
The general raised his fist in the air and yelled at his troops. "For the Republic, United Nations, and Japan! Dahanminguk mansae! Yeonhab Gugga mansae!"
"Mansae! Mansae!" Thousands of voices cried out as they began their march into the GATE.
As he got closer and closer, Captain Kim gripped his weapon tighter and tighter. It was time.