Hello everybody and welcome to my first Soul Calibur fanfic. I'm not sure of anyone even knows what Soul Calibur is or likes it anymore, but I do and I decided to write a story about it. Hopefully this'll bring it some attention if someone decides to actually check this out. This particular story takes place within the Chronicles of the Sword universe. You know that really awesome side mode that could've been a game on its own? Yeah that one. The main character who will take on the role of the Cadet, is one of my many Created Characters. There are also other other characters that are mine, but a lot of the actual COTS characters will be there too. Most noticeably Abelia, Girardot, Chester, Strife, Aeneas, Riese. Yeah you get the picture. One thing I want to note is that due to that stupid COTS memory corruption glitch, I haven't been able to play this mode for some before I start talking a lot more than I already have, let's start the story.


CHAPTER 1:THE CADET AND THE FIRST TEST

Girardot looked around at his new cadets that he would be instructing today.

He walked up and down the line, "Today is the day that you will learn to take up your sword to protect your country. Each and everyone will do as instructed or there will be consequences! We are at war, this is no room for mistakes or petty squabbles! Only those will the will to live and the mind to listen will survive out here. This is no game. Innocent lives are at stake and I'm not going to let them down because you find yourself in over your head! To anyone who cannot fulfill these requirements, I suggest that you leave immediately. " he made his point clear.

A few cadets scattered quickly, earning looks of disapproval from those who remained.

The general stood before the remaining cadets, "Then today you all have taken an oath to protect your home and your loved ones. Everything is at stake! The people of Grandall are trusting you with there safety and you will not let them down! Understood?" he finished.

The cadets saluted him, "Yes General!" they repled.

He chuckled, "Them today we'll have our first training exercise. I will divide you into teams of four and you will each be tested by a few of Grandall's soldiers." he told them.

A cadet who was one of the few not wearing the standard cadet uniform sighed. He hoped that he would at least get a competent team. His father had been a commander in the war and had talk him everything he knew from the time he could walk and talk. Most of the people here had parents who were farmers or merchants.

Girardot stood at the front and started calling out names, "Team 1 will include: Aeneas, Riese..." the cadet stopped listening to any name that he didn't recognize.

He noted that the first two names called belonged to a man with dark blonde hair and purplish-blue armor and a woman in a reddish dress with dark blue hair.

He started listening to Girardot again as he heard a name he knew all too well, "Benjamin Steiner, Jane Capulet, Gideon Sparda, Nera Fortuna." ha called out.

Gideon recognized his name as one of the members of the group plus his lifelong friend Ben. He didn't have any idea who the other two, who he assumed to be women, were.

As everyone went into there intended groups, he headed over to the familiar face of his friend, "Well what are the odds." he said.

Ben wore a dark green hunter's jacket with a leather vest over it, fingerless gloves, brown hunter's pants, and black buckled boots. His hair was messy and brown while his eyes were a light shade of green.

Ben patted his back, "Yep it's good to see you too man. Have any idea who these other group members are?" he asked.

Gideon shook his head, "Not a clue." he replied.

A clearly feminine voice cleared their throat, "I would be Jane." she said.

The girl had dark brown hair that was tied into a ponytail and brown eyes. She looked a bit impatient or expecting at the moment.

She just stood looking at them awaiting a response, "Well are you gonna tell me which one of you is who?" she asked.

Gideon chuckled, "I'm Gideon and this idiot right here is Ben." he responded.

The girl nodded, "Well I guess we're missing someone still then." she replied as if there had never been a question or an answer.

Another obviously female voice was heard, "That would be me! I'm Nera. It's a pleasure to meet all of you." she said politely.

Ben gave a small wave while Jane nodded in acknowledgement.

Gideon rolled his eyes, "Since these two are going to be silent I guess I have to introduce all of us. I'm Gideon. The guy staring at you over there is Ben. And the girl over there is Jane." he introduced all three of them.

Ben glared at him for pointing that out and Jane didn't respond.

Nera smiled, "I know who you are. You're Commander Jared's son right?" she asked.

He nodded, "Yeah. Why do you ask?" he decided to see where this is going.

She adjusted the bracelets on her wrist, "My father was a soldier in the war and your father saved his life. You have a lot to live up to. You're dad's a war hero." she told him.

He crossed his arms, "Why do you think I'm here? Just for the hell of it? No I'm gonna carry on his legacy. He's getting to old for this. By the way, you don't look like you're going to war dressed like that."

She laughed lightly, "Looks can be deceiving." she argued.

He chuckled, "Alright then." he ended the conversation.

Girardot once again appeared at the front of the crowd, "Be prepared. Choose your weapon wisely as it'll be the difference between life and death. The first group to go will be led by Gideon." he announced.

Gideon himself groaned, "Alright then." he muttered under his breath.


Gideon, Ben, Jane, and Nera all stood in a fortress set up for their first test.

Gideon stood before the rest, "Alright so we're gonna need to work together to make a good impression. Got it?" he asked.

They each nodded one by one.

Jane put her hands on her hips, "What's the plan then?" she questioned.

He gave a serious look, "Ben and Nera. You'll be headed down the path to the left. Once you reach our stronghold down there, one of you take the bridge and the other continue down the path. Jane you're coming with me to the stronghold down the path on the right side. Once we take each stronghold, we'll regroup at the center fortress." he instructed..

She rolled her eyes, "Yes sir." she said mockingly.

He stopped her, "If I was any other commander, you would be in a lot of trouble for speaking that way towards me. However, since this is a practice more or less, I'll let it slide." he said his grin slipping a bit.

Ben chuckled quietly while Nera just kinda stood there.

Gideon turned to them, "Well let's get moving." he said.

Ben and Nera took there path out one side of the stronghold while Gideon and Jane took the opposite.

Gideon and Jane arrived at their location first.

He smiled her way, "Here goes nothing." he said and started attacking the fort's defenses with his lance.

Jane realized that she didn't exactly have the best weapons to do this, "I'll do what I can." she accidentally said out loud.

Gideon didn't seem to notice her comment. She pulled out her two kunai and started hacking away at the fort as well.

Within a few minutes they were inside looking for any signs of enemy troops.

They spotted a man in standard Grandall armor with a great sword.

The blonde man got closer to the dark haired girl, "I think I should take him. My lance should be a pretty good match for that sword. Keep an eye out for anyone else." he whispered.

She nodded, "Got it." she whispered back.

Gideon approached the soldier, "Hey How's it going?" he taunted.

The man jumped in surprise, "Come on. Come and get me." he retorted.

The lance wielder chuckled, "And they say us cadets are bad." he remarked.

The soldier swung his sword down and Gideon knocked him aside. The man stood back up only to be bashed in the rips by the side of the lance. The great sword and lance clashed against each other. Gideon noticed an opening as he let up a bit causing the other man to tumble forward. He took the chance to knock his legs out from under him and knock him unconscious with a swift hit from his weapon.

He looked to Jane who was coming his way, "Okay. That was easy, but I have a feeling this test is more like a warm up for something else or just to kinda categorize us into who knows what there doing and who doesn't." he theorized.

Jane nodded, "I was thinking the same thing. That guy didn't take to much to take down. I wonder how the other's are doing." she responded.


Ben looked stopped for a brief second to catch his breath after weakening the stronghold's defenses enough to get inside. Nunchucks weren't the best weapons for destroying barricades.

A girl with a chinese blade stood waiting in the middle of stronghold, but she seemed to be unaware of his presence. Or at least that's what he thought.

She smirked at him, "Get out here and fight." she told him.

He put on a cocky grin and walked proudly out onto the platform, "Well then let's go." he replied.

She took a swing at him that he easily ducked under. Then he received a fast barrage slashes his way that he narrowly avoided. One of them nicked his cheek, drawing a few drops of blood. He just wiped it of and grinned wider. This irritated his opponent as she once again futilely tried to land a hit on him. He then slid down and performed a takedown, knocking her to the floor. He rolled up to his feet and pulled out one pair on nunchucks while leaving the other on his belt. He then repeatedly hit her with a wave of kick attacks using his weapons. To finish it off, Ben moved back and used a large amount of energy to swing the nunchucks with intense force that she was knocked to the opposite end of the platform.

He approached her unconscious form, "Better luck next time." he said.

Suddenly realizing that he didn't really know what to do next he scratched his head, "I'm supposed to regroup with everyone else right? Yeah that's right." he thought out loud.

Ben headed for the exit after securing his team's flag on the stronghold.


Nera snuck quietly into the stronghold.

A man with a sword and shield awaited her, "Let's go!" he yelled.

Nera sighed, "Alright then." she replied.

She swung at the man and he blocked the blow with his shield. He tried to rush her but she gracefully moved around him and ended up behind him. She jumped towards him and sent a few kicks his way. He was obviously frustrated as he fell face first onto the ground. The growled and slammed his shield on the ground. He tried to take a few cheap shots at her. When that didn't work, he just tried whatever he could aside from just losing. Losing interest in the fight, Nera giggled kicked him off the side onto a lower platform. She looked over the edge to seem his unconscious body sitting on the ground below.

Nera brushed her hair out of her face, "I was hoping for better. Farewell to you." she said as she placed their team's flag on the stronghold.

She took one last look around to make sure everything was how it should be, "All good. I should be going then." she said exiting the fort and heading for the already captured fort that Gideon and Jane resided in.


Ben and Nera ran into the stronghold one after the other.

Ben skidded to a stop in front of the other two while Nera calmly walked over to them.

The brown haired boy stood ready, "What's the plan from here on out?" he asked.

Gideon rubbed rubbed his chin, "Chances are that there'll be at least two people in the main stronghold. They're also likely to be just above the rest. So two of us will take them while the others search the place for possible others." he replied simply.

The other three nodded in approval before all four of them set out to do there job.


While Ben kept watch, Nera searched the fort. Gideon signalled quietly to Jane to move up with him to engage their targets.

There was a man with a chinese blade and a woman with a rapier. Gideon pointed to himself and then the man before pointing to Jane and then to the woman. She got the message and moved towards the rapier wielder. The leader himself moved towards the other man.

Jane jumped and landed right next to the woman, catching her by surprise. She did a quick leg sweep knocking the woman off balance.

Gideon attacked the man at the same time. The chinese blade the man had did little to nothing to the lance wielder due to the massive difference in weapon size. One thing that was surprising was that he was abnormally fast considering the weapon he was wielding weighed as much as a person.

The woman that Jane was fighting was more difficult than the others due to her quick and precise strikes. Jane dodged around her attacks just centimeters from getting hit. She found her opening though. Right as the rapier wielder moved back into her stance, Jane backflip kicked her in the jaw. The woman dropped her weapon and Jane knocked it away before giving her a stomp to the head. Before she even registered what was going on, the woman was rendered unconscious.

Gideon held his lance in one hand and thrust his lance forward with as much force as he could muster. The man screamed as he was sent flying into the water that surrounded them. The commander looked over into the water and saw him swimming across to the outside platform before climbing out and passing out.

He chuckled, "I really hope that these aren't how the rest of the army is or we're done for." he remarked.

Jane, Nera, and Ben were putting up their banner on the stronghold as they cheered among themselves.

Gideon smiled, "I have a feeling this will be the first victory of many. Especially if we get to use our actual weapons and not these basic ones they gave us." he said looking at the plain lance he held with distaste.

Ben patted him on the back, "Agreed buddy. Agreed." he said.


General Girardot was waiting to tell them the results of their first test, "You did remarkably well for your first test. I expect nothing less from the son of a fellow knight. You're a natural leader Gideon. You all worked together well and that will be key if you ever wish to see real battle. Excellent work overall. You are dismissed." he told them.

The four saluted him and waited until they were a short distance from him to celebrate.

Gideon stretched, "Good work guys. We make a great team. If we keep this up we'll be graduating in no time." he assured the rest of his team.

Jane had to agree, "Not bad. I wasn't expecting an idiot like you to last a second." she teased.

He just smiled, "I'll take it as the only form of compliment I'm gonna get from you." he replied.

Nera was walking slower, "I think you could be a better leader than your father if you got more experience, but remember that this is just one of many tests. We'll probably be facing better soldiers next time. My dad calls these guys training dummies because they more or less are there just to get cadets used to the battlefield." she explained.

Gideon nodded his thanks, "I appreciate it, but I've got a long way to go. I know what your talking about. Both dad and the old man say the same thing." he replied.

Jane raised an eyebrow, "The old man?" she asked.

He looked her way, "He's my uncle we call him old man. His name is actually Frederick Sparda and he's my dad's older brother." he answered.

They all went there separate ways after the short conversation and went to rest a bit before they had more work to do over the following days.


Alright and that's a wrap for the first chapter. I'm okay with how this turned out. I've said before that despite liking a lot of stuff with fighting in it I still suck at writing fighting scenes. I hope someone still likes this regardless. I'm sure someone caught the brief appearance of Aeneas and Riese. I will say that they will properly appear next chapter. I'm hoping to get my memory fixed soon so that I can refresh my memory on COTS before I write chapter 2. One thing I forgot to mention was that the characters will change weapons throughout the story sometimes for plot reasons or just because i'm tired of writing about the same fighting style. Also below this I'm gonna write out all of the CAS formulas for the for characters. Have a great night everyone and I'll see you next time.

~Trevyler


Name:Gideon
Gender:Male
Class:Knight
Weapon:Heavy Lance

Face:02
Eyebrows:(8,18)
Lips:(3,15)
Eyes:(21,07)
Skin:(6,16)
Voice:Young Man 1

Hair:Gelled Back (8,18)
Lower Torso:Undershirt (1,27)
Mid Torso:Leather Shirt (02,05)
Upper Torso:Light Armor (07,04)
Arms:Dragon Gauntlets (07,04)
Shoulders:Shoulder Armor (07.04)
Waist:Large Tasset (07.04)
Upper Legs:Leather Pants (05,02)
Feet:Protective Greaves (07,04)


Name:Jane
Gender:Female
Class:Ninja
Weapon:Kunai

Face:08
Eyebrows:(03,27)
Lips:(03,15)
Eyes:(05,25)
Skin:(6.16)
Voice:Girl 2

Hair:Warrior Princess (03,27/1,27)
Lower Torso:Scale Bustier (1.27)
Mid Torso:Leather Tunic (02,22)
Upper Torso:Dodge Armor (01,08)
Arms:Long Gloves (02,27)
Shoulders:Spy Pads (01,08)
Waist:Lioness Loincloth (02,22)
Upper Legs:Tied Pants (08,08/02,22)
Feet:Taped Boots (01,27)


Name:Ben
Gender:Male
Class:Monk
Weapon:Nunchaku

Face:03
Eyebrows:(05,25)
Lips:(6,16)
Eyes:(18,06)
Skin:(07,17)
Voice:Young Man 2

Hair:Medium Hard (05,25)
Chin:Scar (03,18)
Mid Torso:Hunter's Jacket (15,27)
Upper Torso:Leather Jacket (01,27)
Arms:Knuckle Gloves (01,27)
Waist:Leather Belt (01,27)
Upper Legs:Hunter's Pants (06,26)
Feet:Buckled Boots (01,27)


Name:Nera
Gender:Female
Class:Sage
Weapon:Chinese Blade

Face:07
Eyebrows:(09,18)
Lips:(02,18)
Eyes:(25,20)
Skin:(03,15)
Voice:Girl 1

Hair:Medium Length (09,18)
Mid Torso:Decorative Shirt (25,20)
Upper Torso:Goddess Armor (25,20)
Arms:Enchanted Braces (09,19)
Waist:Dancer's Belt (09,19)
Lower Legs:Ring Pants (01,14)
Upper Legs:Ethnic Skirt (25,20)
Feet:Protective Boots (25,20/9,19)