Chapter two: They call them the diamond dogs

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As the chopper grew closer to the diamond dogs' headquarters, Anna jumped to the window to look at the foreign place with technologies she couldn't even imagine.

"Woooooow, Elsa, just look at all this!" She then pulled her sister up towards the window to see the high tech wonder.

"Amazing. Say, John, where did you get the money to build all this? Surely this must be expensive, even all this time in the future." Elsa said as she marveled at the huge base out in the middle of the ocean.

"After you mass all the money you get from mercenary work, you start to build surplus. Every dollar of it goes straight to the base, and combating ci-….. wait…" Big boss held his thought for a moment, with Ocelot and big boss realizing at the same time as Anna and Elsa looked on confused.

"Ocelot, you know what this means don't you?" Big boss said.

"No more Cipher to fight, we can finally achieve the Bosses dream without a hitch!" Ocelot laughed afterwards as the two of them now had no thing to stand in their way as they could finally achieve their lifelong dreams.

"Pardon, but who-or what- is Cipher?" Elsa questioned as she was still looking at the modern anomaly through the window of the chopper, almost there.

"After I killed the boss, my mentor, My leader at the time and I both decided we wanted to fulfill her dreams of a world with no borders. My leader, who at the time was known as "zero" thought this meant rutheless control of the whole world. As the student of the boss, I know that she must've meant a world where all people can do as they please, without strife. I started diamond dogs back when it was MSF all those years ago on that basic principle, becoming a military that would combat an enemy for the highest bid. Doing as we please. But now, with no Cipher to fight, it can finally be achieved!" Big boss declared, with a smile, which has been rare since all that time ago.

"Well that's great mr. Big boss!" Anna said. "OH HEY! WE'RE HERE!" She yelled happily.

As the helicopter landed, Ocelot carried all the luggage off first, then before Big boss would let the girls out, he made sure the preparations were ready.

The girls could hear a muffled talking, as Anna held her ear to the door to hear talking.

"Shhh Elsa, I'm listening." She listened in on the talking.

"What were they saying?"

"Big boss asked someone if "everything was ready", I don't know what it means."

"Hmmm…" Elsa questioned. "He did say there are almost no girls here, maybe something special?" Just before she could say more, Big boss came back in and shut all the windows.

"Just give us 20 more minutes girls, then everything will be ready for you." Big boss tells them and leaves.

"Ooooooooh" they both say.

"I hope whatever it is worth the wait." Anna says.

"Me too." Elsa adds.

The twenty minutes passed as the girls discussed things like what clothes they packed, how to handle the situation, etc. then suddenly Morpho sent a message over the chopper's speaker:

"This is morpho to the two ladies in the helicopter. Please watch your step as the diamond dogs show you around. Morpho out." With that, the helicopter door opened, and as the girls stepped out, they were greeted by a thunderous applause by upwards of 300 men, clapping and yelling . Even Big boss took Elsa's hand and took her out for a grand tour of mother base.

"This is Kazuhira Miller, base master of business." Big boss says as the one legged, one armed Miller hobbles over.

"Nice to meet you Girls. I'm Kaz. But that's not important. Who are you two?" Kaz says in a friendly manner.

"I'm queen Elsa, and this is my sister Anna." Elsa greets him and shakes his one good hand.

"HI, I'm Anna." The young girl says, shaking his one hand. The amount of shakiness from Anna's handshake, coupled with Kaz's already bad balance from only having one leg, made him stumble a bit. Luckily, before he got to the floor, Ocelot caught him.

"You alright Kaz?"

"Yeah." Miller replied.

"Sorry sbout my sister, she gets a little carried away in new company." Elsa explained to Kaz as he regained his balance. Anna slumped her head down.

"Sorry about that." Anna told the One armed man.

"Oh it's nothing. Now, are you ready for the grand tour? I can't come, I have business to attend to. Ocelot, you take Anna to see the R&D section, Big boss, you can show Elsa the shooting range and equipment section.

"Ok." Anna said, gaining her usual optimisticness back at hearing she'll get to see even more futuristic tech. After Kaz gave big boss his assignment with Elsa, they looked at each other. As Elsa smiled and blushed lightly, Big boss still felt an odd sensation inside. Should he try to make another move? Should he just act as if nothing ever happened? He was so confused, feeling this after all this time.

As they were about to go their separate ways, Ocelot stopped to talk to Big boss quickly.

"I know about what happened last night, Snake."

"Wha… how?" Big boss asked.

"In a place with litteraly no noise at night, it isn't hard to hear a woman moaning and a man grunting. I always knew you ate like an animal but I mean boss come o-"

"Ocelot stop it." Big boss ordered him.

"Whatever you say Boss, I'm just saying you seem like a perfect match."

"How?"

"Think of it boss. You and her were both resented originally by others, but now you're both celebrated. She is the generous queen of a beautiful kingdom and you're the leader of a whole nation of soldiers that idolize you. You and her are essentially the same."

"Yeah…" Big boss sighed.

"Yeah what?" Ocelot questioned, looking concerned.

"I know we're similar, but it's not that. How can I, the leader of a whole nation, spend time wasted on my personal feelings when my soldiers need me? I was gone for nine whole years, Ocelot, nine years. You saw what happened. I never want them to feel that way again. I will never abandon them, I will always be there for them. No matter what." Big boss explained to his best friend. Elsa and Anna could hear them talking in the distance, as they had some girl talk too.

"Do you like him?" Anna asked cheerily.

"He's a lot more sensitive than he appears actually. Like a child with no mother. He needs someone to love him, and I think I can fill that void." Elsa told her younger sister.

"Oooooh, romaaaaantic!" Anna replied. "Reminds me of when Kristoff and I met!"

"Maybe," Elsa explained, "but you were nieve to the world outside, and thought you already loved someone at first. But this man already did love someone, but not in the way a man typically loves a woman. He had a feeling for her he couldn't explain. All last night we talked about i-"

"You mean after you had sex for three hours?" Anna asked, giggling.

"Anna!" Elsa blushed and looked away.

"This morning after Ocelot woke up, him and I discussed what we heard. Turns out Big boss already had a love at one point, but he hasn't seen her in a long time. I hear she had kids from him too. Ocelot told me they're clones of him, and that he's never even met them." Anna told her sister.

"If this whole time thing is permanant, than John must already have a lot on his mi-"

"Why are you calling him by his actual name? Is he your boooy tooooy?" Anna teased, pushing on her older sibling's elbow.

"Oh stop it Anna." Elsa said, brushing Anna's hand off of her dresses shoulder. At this time, Ocelot escorted Anna away to the R&D sect, and Big boss and Elsa walked towards the shooting range first.

"You know John, if you want to, you don't have to feel akward about last night." Elsa told him, walking down the strut with him.

"It's no that….. You see, I have a duty to these men. They left everything they had behind to fight. If I abandon them to pursue personal dreams, then I'm forgetting everything I made this for." Big boss told the little princess. As Ela combed her French braid with her fingers, she looked to Big boss with the same look she gave him the night before.

"John, from what Anna has told me your men absolutely love you. I do not believe they would find offense in you finding happiness, same as what you've done for them. Now that you're free from Cipher, you can pursue your dreams without a hitch." As Elsa told Big boss that, his one good eye opened a little, and he realized something. She was right. Nobody stood in his way anymore. He could do anyting.

"I'll talk it over with Kaz later, we're set to have dinner with him and a few others tonight in the private dining room here at Kaz's quarter-"

"No, please, let us sit with your men." Elsa said, shaking Big boss's robotic arm pleadingly. "They seem to have little exposure to women around here. Don't you think they'd like to see one or two around?"

"…Hmmm, good point." Big boss replied, putting his living hand on the strut rail. As they walked closer and closer to the shooting range, the shooting from the rifles and handguns became more and more clear.

"Wow, those guns sure are noisy. How does the gun fire that many bullets at once? Back where we're from it takes a while just to reload one shot." Elsa said, looking at Big boss's still holstered 1911.

"Advancements in the tech inside them. When we get there, care to try?" Big boss asked.

"Ok." Elsa replied. "If they're anything like your little gun there, than I'll enjoy it." Elsa said. At this point, they were at the shooting range. One soldier, name tagged "Alligator" Walked up to Big boss and saluted.

"Sir." Alligator said, I saluting position.

"At ease soldier." Big boss ordered. "We have company as you can see. See to it that the boys here don't get rowdy."

"Of course sir." Alligator said, rifle slung over his arm. "Nice to meet you miss."

"I'm Elsa, nice to meet you, mr… Alligator?" Elsa said, looking at his dog tags oddly.

"Oh, if you're wondering, that's not my real name. All th soldiers here pick animal names to use as codenames, and I picked alligator." Alligator explained.

"Really? That's a genius idea." The snow queen inquired. "John, you never told me what your code name was." After Elsa said "John", Big boss could see the confusion in Gator's eyes. Why would Big boss, the leader of one of the most powerful armies on earth, let an old world lady call him by his first name? He wasn't the type to get personal with people, despite being an amazing leader.

"It's snake."

"Snake?" Elsa looked at him, smiling a little.

"It's been Snake since my first real mission. The codename stuck, and I've used it ever since."

"Then why is Ocelot called Ocelot?" Elsa asked.

"Even before we met, Ocelot used that codename. His love for western movies inspired everything about him, from the way he talks to the clothes he wears."

"Movies?" Elsa questioned. Alligator looked even more confused.

"Imagine a picture that moved and had words to it." Big boss explained.

"That sounds delightful. One day, will you show me a movie?" Elsa questioned.

"Sure." Big boss answered. By this time, the other soldiers had realized they had company and started walking up to greet her. As Elsa went to greet them, they acted as if they were near royalty, one soldier even removed the moth part of his balaclava to kiss her hand. While this was going on, Alligator and Big boss stood watching the happening.

"Permission to speak freely sir?" Alligator asked.

"Yes. You may speak." Big boss answered his veteraned soldier, who had been there for years.

"Why is Elsa dressed like royalty from the 1800's, and why is she unaccustomed to modern tech? Did the flash of light mess with time?" Alligator asked.

"Probably, Gator." Snake said, looking onward. "If she's royalty, than it's our duty to see to it she is treated well. And that means if she wants to call me by her first name, than that means she may call me by my real name." Big boss told his comrade in arms.

"Of course sir. One last thing. How long will they be staying, and why did her and her sister come in the first place? Is Diamond dogs finally starting to rise on the global map? If this new world lacks Cipher, than we can fulfill the boss's will unopposed, and make her dream come true. Allies are always good." Alligator inquired.

"That's exactly it Alligator. As for how long they'll be staying, I'm not sure." Big boss said. "Any more questions soldier?"

"No sir. I'll get to prepping the dinner table for our guests in master Miller-"

"Actually Gator, they want to eat with everyone like we normally do. They want exposure to the modernized world." Big boss said to his soldier. "Tell the men to be polite to them, we need allies to help expand Diamond dogs."

"Of course sir. Permission to leave to inform the others?"

"Dismissed." Big boss said, walking up to the group of men and woman. "That's enough men, she wants to see how modern weaponry works."

"Can I show her?" One sniper-equipped soldier asked.

"My I sir?" Another soldier, who appeared to be trying out a hip-shooting technique asked.

"Let her have her pick who shows." Big boss said, looking to Elsa. "Well?"

"I want to try myself." Elsa said. The soldiers looked shocked.

"Well men, what are you doing just standing there? Somebody get her a pistol." Big boss ordered.

"Here, ma'am." One soldier said, handing her his small gun.

"Ooooh, what's this called, mr… "Raven"?" Elsa asked

"It's called a "Makarov", it's a small pistol used for backup fire." Raven explained. Elsa took the tiny pistol, stood at the firing distance overlooking the ocean and aimed at the target at the edge of the complex.

"Ok Elsa, just calmly grip the gun by the handle, squeeze the trigger and-" Big boss couldn't finish as Elsa rapidly unloaded the whole 8 rounds into the target area, hitting it all in the center area. All the men looked in awe. Even big boss's good eye looked a bit surprised.

"Very good Elsa." Big boss inquired, taking the gun and pressing the unload buton, taking the magazine out.

"That was fun!" Elsa said, laughing a bit. "Do you have anything bigger?" She asked.

"Well, we have a huge stock of weaponry, ranging from pistols as little as what you just use to guns bigger than the both of us." Big boss explained, showing her to the gun storage room. "With your small size though, I don't think you'd be able to handle something very big though." He went on to say.

"What's this? It's really heavy." Elsa said, holding the rifle in her hands.

"That's an AK-47. I don't think you'd be able to hold it up and fire though honestly. Here, try this." Big boss explained, handing her a gun similar to Ocelot's.

"What's this?" Elsa asked, looking the gun over.

"Its's a Colt single action army, same gun Ocelot uses." Big boss told her. "It's hard to make a mistake with. Just pull that hammer back and shoot. There usually aren't any mess-ups on the inside either since the gun has to be manually reloaded."

"May I try?" Elsa asked pleadingly.

"You must like this, huh? Big boss said, a smile forming a little on his face.

"I love seeing all the new technology. Perhaps you could train our soldiers back in Andrelle with this?" Elsa proposed.

"Of course." Big boss added, "After all, what are partners for?"

"You know John, we could always be more…" Elsa said, pushing her finger up and down on Big boss's BDU. The seclusion of the armory room since nobody was in at the time, coupled with their previous interactions, made for a rather calm environment.

"Ehehehe…" Big boss chuckled a little. Elsa gave him a small kiss on his cheek, leaving lipstick which big boss rubbed off seconds later. Maybe it would be ok to let himself pursue his own happiness for a while.

"So, can we try this now?" Elsa asked, looking at the western legend.

"It's a date." Big boss replied. For the next hour or so, Elsa experimented with several different guns, large and small, to see what she liked. In the end, she settled for a Colt 1851, similar to the Colt SAA she had seen Ocelot carry earlier.

"May I keep this gun John?"

"Sure. Consider it Diamond dogs' gift to you." Big boss said, looking on at the beauty with a gun. "Maybe when you go back home, I'll come with you to teach your royal guard some modern military strategy."

"Like?" Elsa asked. By this time all the soldiers had left. They had until dinner (which was not for a few hours, as it was only 1:00 PM) To speak by themselves.

"Guns in general, fighting techniques like the kind I used on that thug, etc." Big boss explained. "We could also supply you with modern equipment, we have a surplus as you could see." Big boss said, pointing to the huge weapon section.

"Of course." Elsa replied.

"We'll talk with Kaz about it at dinner later. What would you like to see now?" Big boss asked, taking Elsa's hand with his living one.

"I'd love to walk around and see what else you've built. I wonder what Anna is doing right now?"

"Well, if she's with Ocelot, I can just contact him with my codec and we can see."

"Really?" Elsa asked.

"Just a moment." Big boss said, pulling his codec radio out. "All I have to do is set the radio frequency here and- got it." Big boss said, pushing the call button.

"This is Ocelot, what do you need, boss? Something go wrong? Our guest isn't hurt, is she?" Ocelot asked over radio.

"No, Elsa just wanted to see what you and Anna were doing." Big boss messaged.

"Well, first I showed her the radio section then we went to see the boys in R&D at work. Tell Elsa her sister has a knack for making friends. Everyone here loves her."

"I've got the speaker on. She can hear you." Big boss messaged.

"Hello Ocelot." Elsa said into the codec mic. "It's amazing to be talking to somebody standing so far away I can't even see them."

"Just one of the perks of the future." Ocelot said into the radio. "We'll talk later, I'm going to show our guest to the Soldier's quarters, let her meet the soldiers firsthand."

"Got it. Snake out." Big boss messaged.

"Ocelot out." Ocelot messaged, and the codec went off. Big boss put the codec radio back in it's holster inside it's holster.

"So, anything else you'd like to do?" Big boss questioned the girl.

"Can I see where you sleep?" Elsa asked.

"Uhh… sure." Big boss replied. With that, they made their way to his private quarters. Within the room there was just a bed, a desk for writing, a clock with the current military time and a personal gun locker.

"Rather small, I figured you would have more here John." Elsa said, looking at the small plain room.

"I like to keep things simple. I spend almost no time in here any wa-" Big boss couldn't finish as Elsa pushed him onto the bed and started unbuttoning his coat. Apparently she had locked the door so nobody could enter the room. "Well you're going to spend a while in here today, John. Now sweety, let me see that "Snake" one more time." Elsa said, taking her dress off.

"We have a dinner later, we might be la-"

"it won't take but a while. You're so amazing it won't take me long to-" Before she could finish her sentence, Big boss started kissing her all over, taking his robotic arm and stroking her body all around, groping her with his good hand.

"John, I didn't know you could be so passionate." Elsa laughed.

"This is an actual CQC technique." Big boss replied, now having both hands on her breasts. The happy couple kept at this state for about a half hour, the soundproof walls made sure nobody could hear their affairs. If anyone could hear, they'd hear nothing but a woman's moaning continuously and a deeper grunting. After it was over, Big boss stood up, the light from the window overlooking the ocean showing the scars on his body.

"Where did all these scars come from?" Elsa asked, her still naked body laying on the bedsheets.

"Different things." Big boss replied. After a quick change of clothes, big boss was in a standard diamond dogs BDU with olive drab camo. Elsa, who had her things dropped off in the room (Which aroused suspicion from Ocelot and the movers) Wore the same dress she wore at her queen coronation ceremony. As they walked to the mess hall for the dinner, they stopped to see an R&D sector man walking down the strut to the gun storage room.

"Hello, Kojima." Big boss stated, shaking his hand as he walked by."

"Nice to see you Snake. This must be our guest. It's a pleasure to meet you your highness."

"Nice to meet you, mr. Kojima." Elsa said as she looked at his dogtags. As they walked on, she seemed puzzled. "Why didn't that soldier salute you? Is there something different about him?"

"He's…. a special case." Big boss said. After he said that they made it to the mess hall just in time.

"Ahh, queen, Boss." Kaz said, already eating with a few other soldiers. "Nice to see you came."

"Kept you waiting, huh?" Big boss said as they laughed. "What's for dinner tonight?"

"Your favorite, steak." Kaz said, eating at the steak. As big boss went to get his own and the queen's food, Elsa and Kaz talked.

"Y'know your highness, I've never seen snake so relaxed. Perhaps it's best if you stayed longer. Ever since his coma he went into, he had been out for blood.

"A woman's touch helps everything. And please, call me Elsa." Elsa replied. A soldier walked up to her, a book in hand with names in it.

"Excuse me, miss, I don't want to interrupt anything, I just wanted to know if you'd give me your signature here." The soldier said meekly.

"Johnny, don't bother her. She's royalty." One soldier down the rows said.

"Oh it's nothing really. Of course mr..?" She asked what his name was.

"I'm called Johnny." The soldier said happily.

"Well nice to meet you Johnny, I'm Elsa." She said as she wrote her name down.

"Alright! First Elvis Presley, then Freddie Mercury, now royalty! Thank you so much!" As Johnny walked by, he patted Kaz on the back.

"That man was rather nice." Elsa said as she looked on him.

"That's Johnny." Kaz explained. "He's clumsy and a bit of a goofball, but he's an ok soldier. He's got a wife and kid in his home country."

"That sounds nice." Elsa said. "When you're queen, it's kind of like having hundreds of kids. Excpt they take care of themselves for the most part. Any way, John and I were discussing political ties and decided it would be nice for Diamond dogs to teach my army modern techniques and train them with modern war strategy with modern equipment."

"Of course we can. May I ask why He's letting you call him by name. Even I have to call him "Boss." The only person he lets call him John is Ocelot."

"Well you see Mr. Miller, we've gotten a little personal."

"Oh-ho-ho, have you." Kaz laughed. "Snake's not very personal acting, I never imagined he'd steal a beautiful woman like yourself away."

"He isn't sure if we should stay like this though. He's putting his soldiers before himself, I think its a sweet gesture on his part." Elsa said, blushing a little. Over the chatter of the mess hall, no one seemed to overhear them talking. Elsa looked over to the other side of the hall to see Big boss talking with a soldier over plans while standing in line.

"He's been so calm and even happy since that whole universe flash." Kaz said. "It's almost as if the warrior inside him calmed down."

"May I ask how he got that wound on his head? I asked him but he couldn't even remember." Elsa asked

"Honestly we don't even know. When he Came out of his coma it was already there. But when the helicopter he was in crashed, it wasn't visible, so we don't really know." Kaz said.

"Maybe the horn was making him act so bloodthirsty?" Elsa questioned.

"Uhh, maybe. He was absolutely furious at Cipher for what had happened to him when they destroyed our first mother base back when we were called MSF. After he got back on his feet after being in that coma for 9 years, he went out for revenge. Rescued me in Afghanistan, recruited a thousand soldiers and here we are. Since none of our enemies are here in this world though, everything has been peaceful. There's nothing to fight anymore." Kaz stated.

"That's great." Elsa replied. As they continued chatter, Big boss came with their food. As they ate, Elsa took tiny bites like a proper woman, but Big boss chomped down everything like an animal.

"Snake, be respectful!" Kaz said.

"Sorry." Big boss stated, his belly now full. Elsa laughed a little at the caveman like behavior just like the night before. After luch was over, they found out that Ocelot and Anna had been eating with the R&D section near the back of the room since Anna was so interested in the technology.

"Sorry about that Boss, how'd the negotiation go?" Ocelot asked.

"It was fine. We've decided they'll go home tomorrow. When they go, I'll go with her to oversee that her royal guard gets modern military training, so I'm going to bring some of the surplus stock."

"Alright." Ocelot replied. "Just don't you go leaving without telling me." Ocelot said, giving his gesture and chuckling a little. Big boss smiled at him, then walked away. An hour after, night fell on the headquarters. Everything was quiet and most of the boys had fell asleep. After Anna and Elsa talked a while, they parted for the night. Anna decided to sleep in a guest quarters in the room next to the regular soldiers quarters. Elsa put her things in Big boss's private room, and that night they decided to watch a movie, as Big boss promised. As he rolled the movie projector into the room, Elsa asked: What's this movie called?"

"They call it "The good, the bad and the ugly." Big boss replied. 'It's Ocelots favorite movie. Maybe you'll like it too."

"Well lets watch." Elsa replied as the movie started. After the movie, they bantered a little.

"How did you like it?" Big boss asked.

"That was amazing!" Elsa replied, still hyped at the western. "Can we watch more?"

"Maybe some other time." Big boss said, resting his head on the pillow of his bed. "We'll need sleep if we're going to leave early tomorrow."

"Alright. Good night, John." Elsa said, closing the door. As she closed the door, a girl surprised her. It was her own sister.

"Anna? I thought you were asleep?" Elsa said, still a little surprised

"Couldn't sleep knowing my big sister was getting slammed by a man she just met. Isn't there something you told me once along those lines?" Anna replied

"Anna listen, I know what you're saying, but this man needs someone to love him. I think I can fill that void in his heart." Elsa said to her little sister. "Even if my ice powers don't work, I can still do good."

"Oh I know, I just think it's odd, that's all." Anna said. "It's just that I'm concerned for my big sister, that's all." Anna said, hugging her sister.

"I'll be fine, now go back to bed. We have to leave tomorrow."

"Is mr. Ocelot coming? I love talking with him about all the modern world has." Anna asked her sister.

"No, but John is. He'll be teaching our soldiers modern military fighting. Besides, whya re you so warm to Ocelot. You're married." Elsa said.

"It's not like that at all Elsa, Ocelots my friend." Anna said, "I make friends easy. You saw how easily I befriended all these men."

"Good point." Elsa said. "Well, goodnight."

"Night." Anna said, going back to her bed.

Big boss tossed and turned for hours that night. "What am I doing?" He questioned. "I'm the man that people fear to see through their scopes. I am the man that took out a whole unit of the world's best soldiers. I defeated the greatest soldier of our time. How could that little blonde reduce me to my knees twice in such a short span? What am I feeling in my heart? Is it love?" He pondered as he tossed. "I haven't felt the tiniest bit of anything except hatred in me ever since my army was destroyed. But ever since I showed up in that little kingdom, a chord in my heart mellowed out. I don't feel that hatred anymore. It's gone." He thought. "With Cipher gone here, and these new allies I can finally complete my vision. A world where soldiers can live on the battlefield, always having a place to be. So they'll never be forgotten. But now that Elsa is here, that feel of war burning in me has….. dampened. Like….. a wave of water crashing on a burning fire." He said. Eventually he dozed off, not hearing the conversation in Ocelot's quarters just a few doors over.

"So tell me Anna, how do you like it here? I understand you couldn't sleep, were the men heckling you? I'll see to it that if they were they'll be punished." He asked.

"No it's not that. Ocelot, I'm worried for my sister." Anna said, looking out the door after she opened it, eyeing big boss's door. "I'm not sure if he can make her happy." She added. "She's a powerful woman by herself, and seeing as after all of what you've told me, Big boss is a rough man."

"John's a rough man, but he has a more tender side, Anna." Ocelot said, scratching his moustache as he looked at a few papers sent in earlier that day. "After he killed his mentor, he cried at her grave. Most men would've balled for hours. All he did was cry a single tear. Before that, he couldn't even shake the director of his home country's defense agency's hand without feeling pure sadness and resentment."

"How did you know that?" Anna asked.

"I was there. When he walked in the room in the capital building to shake the leader of his country's hand, his entire radio support team was there to congradulate him. As he looked out the window while shaking the president's hand, he saw me outside, clapping my hands too, still in my old Russian uniform." He explained, looking at the papers."Story short, he has a tender side but is afraid to show it. When your whole life has been shaped by war, you stop showing how you feel. But you and your sister are young and pure. You have nothing to feel bad for. Us? We're old dogs of war. Hired to kill for money."

"Then why don't you just stop?" Anna asks, looking at ocelot in a concerned way. "Why can't all the killing just stop?"

"Because" Ocelot said, "It's all we know. Our whole lives have been shaped by devestation. It's all we're good at." He said, looking down. "But, small girl, don't you worry about your sister. Even after all John's been through, he's not going to hurt somebody who's good to him."

"Well, if you say so…" Anna said, peering down the hall still from the door. "Something about him just seems offputting about how he is. From the way he walks and talks to the way he acts around my sister."

"It's just being protective. Your sister did it to you and now you're feeling it too." Ocelot said, getting up from his desk. "When you and your sister leave with Boss, I'll give you a radio to talk to me whenever you want. Wether you want to ask about something Big bos is doing you're seeing to the techniques he's teaching your soldiers, I'll be your guide."

"Thanks Ocelot. You really are a friend." Anna hugged the cowboy.

"Now, do you still want to sleep in you guest room near the soldiers or would you like somewhere else?" He asked.

"I'll just go back to my room. Goodnight." She said, walking down the hall in her gown.

"What a beauty." Ocelot thought to himself. "Her husband is one lucky bstard."

Next morning, after everyone was up, Kaz, Ocelot, Big boss, Elsa and Anna sat at the front table in the diamond dogs mess hall to discuss the plan and review the situation. Big boss was wearing his Tiger stripe camo suit with scarf for training as soon as they got everything unpacked at the kingdom, Ocelot was in a vest and bolero tie, standard ocelot. Since Miller was going to oversee political strategy with more people that day, he was wearing his signature glasses and suit. Elsa wore a simple dress, similar to her Corination one except sans cape and Anna decided to try and get with modern wear, borrowing a female Diamond dogs uniform from the armory except with no weaponry in the holsters, as she hadn't been trained yet.

"So Boss, let's review." Kaz said, looking over the table at him. "You will go back with our guests to their home, where you will train their army in modern strategy. You'll have to cover everything, from gear to combat basics to what to do when you don't have any food in the field."

"Got it." Big boss said, scratching his beard. "By the time I'm done there those men will be the best army there is."

"Good." Kaz said. He then turned his head to Ocelot. Sitting next to Anna and sipping his coffee. "Ocelot, you'll provide Boss with support from here, and give him news updates if anything big happens." Ocelot, still sipping his coffee, gave a thumbs up. "Alright then, you'll leave in 0300 hours. Girls, make sure he behaves."

"Of course we will." Elsa said, scratching Big boss's head. He motioned her to stop as he munched down his eggs. After the briefing, Kaz left to get a jumpstart on files needed to be signed.

"I'll be leaving now, I need to check with a few friends about some other countries willing to make diplomatic ties." Ocelot said. "Catch you later, Boss." With that, the man of mystery disappeared down the mess hall. With just Big boss and Elsa left there, the had time to discuss matters.

"So I take it Kaz likes us?" Anna said, in her usual cheerful mood.

"Kaz likes every woman he meets." Boss said, mouth still full.

"Chew your food, mister." Elsa said, looking at him. Big boss grumbled as he swallowed.

"He used to be irresistible to women before the incident. He actually got in trouble over it once." Big boss said, now turning his fork to the pineapple slices.

"Ooooooooh." Both girls said, giggling. "What happened?" They both asked.

"He was with a female soldier on base while at the same time going out with another. After they sent in complaints to me I had to confront him in the shower room. We ended up having a fight in the room where we almost killed each other." He said. Both Anna and her older sister listened closely. "It's best not to try and talk to him anymore about girls, he's been bummed ever since he lost two of his limbs." Big boss added, looking at his robotic appendage.

"Why don't you just make him one of those?" Anna asked, pointing at Big boss's clunky robot appendage.

"We are." He said. "When you were in the R&D sector with Ocelot, that was behind the closed door. The engineers needed utmost silence in concentrating on building those limbs."

"Oooooh" Anna said, looking at her gear she was wearing. "It was awful nice of you to lend me these. Will all our men be using this?"

"It depends. There are different uniforms for different types of soldiers. Your men will be tesed in many subjects to see who is best fitted for what." He replied. "The clothes I'm wearing help conceal me from my enemies because the pattern blends in with the environment around me, since I'm usually in the stealth sector. If you girls want, we can test you too. I'll train you privately after your men, so that way I can go even deeper."

"Why deeper?" Elsa asked, lloking interested.

"It's best for a leader to have every bit of knowledge they can." Big boss said, looking to Elsa. "You know that though, don't you?"

"I suppose. It's a deal." The queen declared, shaking the soldier's hand.

A few hours later, three helicopters full of supplies were ready. From camo to weaponry, they were full. As Elsa, Anna and Big boss stepped onto the helicopter, he looked to see Ocelot. After Ocelot did his famous gesture, Big boss cracked a tiny smile and got on the chopper.

Chapter two of an ongoing story. I do not own any characters used and all rights are reserved to those companies that do own them.