The air was thick with tension as the heir of the six kingdoms gathered around the table. They were not here to play. They are here to prepare for war. A war that they knew was unavoidable.A war that is fast approaching. A war that will decide the future of this world. A war they must not lose. A war they have been expecting. But, are they ready?
As the room quieted down, Joyce spoke up, not one to wait for orders. Joyce Lu, age 21, is the heir to 2nd Kingdom. She had long flowing, dark brown hair with a few red strands tied in a high pony tail and stood at a height of 5'6. Her light brown eyes were gentle and filled with warmth, even as she looked at everyone sternly. Her skin was lightly tanned and her well-defined muscles were clearly visible through the armor.
"Why are you just standing there? A war is about to break out and you're just going to stand there and wait for something to happen. C'mon, say something. Are we going to kill those bastards or are you too scared of them!?"
Unable to stand the insults anymore, Ginga spoke up. Ginga Nakajima, age 20, is the heir to the 5th Kingdom. With long, violet hair flowing to a stop at her hips and sky blue-green-ish eyes, Ginga was stunning. Her cream colored skin shown brightly in the dimly lit room. Her lean and fit body was covered in an extravaquent lavender dress. She was the very definition of beauty.
"What do you mean by scared? Unlike you, the rest of us are trying to think of a plan before charging in and getting our asses kicked."
Joyce and Ginga continued on arguing for a few minutes before being interrupted by Hayate's laughter. Hayate Yagami, age 20, is the heir to the 4th Kingdom. Her light brown hair was cut short at the shoulders and is pulled to the side with two hair pins. Her light blue eyes were filled mischief and playfulness. Her skin was the color of caramel, not too tanned and not too pale. Her black and white armor clicked and clanked as her body moved along with her laughter.
"HaHaHa!...I..I...c...can't...s..stop...l..la...laugh..ing...HaHaHa!"
Everyone just looked on as Hayate laughed, too shocked to do anything else. After a few minutes, Hayate seemed to calm down.
"Wow guys, what a way to lighten the mood."
"We weren't trying to lighten the mood!"
Joyce and Ginga shouted out, perfectly in sync. They looked at each other and glared once more.
Trying to calm everyone down, Chrono spoke up. Chrono Harlown, age 24, is the heir to the 3rd Kingdom. His dark blue hair casted a shadow over part of his face. His light blue eyes demanded respect as he stared at the arguing pair. He stood a few inches taller than Joyce with olive colored skin. He held himself with the air of a prince and his voice was deep and gentle as he talked.
"Calm down guys. We need to take things very seriously right now. Our people are depending on us."
"I agree. If we don't formulate a plan soon, Jail will have an advantage against us."
Nanoha, who was quite since the beginning of the gathering, added in. Nanoha Takakmachi, age 20, is the youngest daughter of the King of the 1st Kingdom. With long auburn locks cascading down her back and gentle sky blue eyes, she was the perfect model of a princess. Her eyes were like newly polished saphires and shown brilliantly. Her pink dress hugged her curves perfectly and brought out the color of her creamy white skin and saphire orbs. Her expression was soft and gentle like the ones a mother would give to her new born child.
"We know, Nanoha. But how are we supposed to plan an attack when we don't even know what Jail is up to."
"That won't be a problem since Fate knows part of Jail's plan. Right Fate?"
At that, everyone turned to the blonde that was standing next to Nanoha. Fate Testarossa, age 20, is the military commander of the 6th Kingdom. Her long blonde hair flowed past her hips and was tied by a black ribbon at the base of her neck. Combined with her blood red eyes she looked as deadly as she is beautiful. Her well toned body was hidden from sight by the dark cloak she wore over her black obsidian armor. From the little skin that was visible, she looked pale, ghostly pale.
"Mmm. That is correct Nanoha. I know the first part of Jail's plan and from that we can probably figure out his motive."
The room became quiet. Everyone was staring intensely at the blonde warrior, trying to figure out her motive for helping them. Ginga spoke up first.
"Why should we trust you? We are your enemies, are we not?"
"I fled my kingdom just to help your side in this war. Isn't that enough reason to trust me?"
Right after Fate answered, Hayate spoke up.
"How would we know if the information you are going to give us are not just part of Jail's plan to trick us?"
Before Fate could answer, Chrono added in,
"Plus, aren't you allies with Jail?"
"Yes, we are allies, but I don't think that will last long. After Jail no longer need our assistance, our alliance will be like it never existed. As for the plan, I do not know what he says is the truth and what isn't. All I want to do is to protect my people. I know that there is no reason for you to trust me right now, but please, let me help."
Before anyone can ask another question, Nanoha intertwined her hand with Fate's and spoke up.
"I believe Fate. I trust her. Please, for me, give her a chance."
"But...!"
"I also believe her. I know I've never met Fate before today, but I have a feeling that she is telling the truth. I know it's stupid, but I feel like I could trust her with my life."
Before anyone can protest, Joyce spoke. Everyone was shocked at Joyce's words. Joyce is a person that relies solely on herself. She trusts very few people and only some of those few does she trusts with her life. If she is willing to trust Fate, why can't they?
"...Thank you... Thank you so much!..."
Fate got on ane knee and bowed her head at Joyce. Everyone was surprised. Many rumors said that Fate was a person that will never bow her head even when death is upon her. This revelation is truly shocking.
"If Joyce and Nanoha can trust Fate the, I will giver a chance."
One after the other, starting with Ginga, everyone agreed to give Fate a chance.
"Fate, please go ahead and tell us what you know."
"Of course."
As Fate was starting her explanation of Jail's plan, Joyce's 2nd In Command, also her cousin, Darren walked in along with Signum, one of Hayate's top Generals.
"Good timing, Darren. We were just about to discuss a strategy to interfere with Jail's plan and we could use some extra help with the palnning."
Darren silently nodded and went to stand to the right of Joyce before greeting everyone else, while Signum went to stand in a corner to silently watch the meeting. After everything got settled, Fate began talking.
"Jail wants to capture the 3rd Kingdom on the day of the solar eclipse which is at least 5 months from now. His navy will go around my kingdom and attack the 3rd Kingdom's ports. At the same time, soldiers from both mine and his army will march to attack the kingdom's walls. He plans to destroy everything in his path on the way to the capital. He also said that we must take the palace at all costs."
"Wait, he will kill all those people even if they surrender?!"
"Percisely, he want the people to cower in fear."
"Did he say why taking the capital is important?"
"No, but I think he wants the people to aknowledge his power."
Throughout the whole exchange, Darren and Hayte were very quiet. After a while, they gasped as their eyes widen in realization. Darren and Hayate shared a look and waited for everyone to quiet down before speaking.
"Chrono, doesn't your national treasure have the power to heal the wounded?"
"Yes, it does. Why are you asking?"
Realization dawned on everyone's faces. The information was shocking. Who would of thought?!
"We cannot let them take the national treasure! With it, their troops will be invincible!"
"Calm down Chrono!"
"How can I calm down?! What are we going to do?!"
Joyce was getting more irriated by the minute. When she had just enough of Chrono's blabbering, she walked up to him and grabbed his collar. She brought their faces to the same level and barked.
"Calm the fuck down! Nothing will get solved if you panic."
Chrono seemed to calm down a little, but before he could say anything, Joyce added in.
"Plus, I don't think that is part of Jail's plan."
"What do you mean?"
Joyce looke over at Darren and then Hayate. They nodded at her before she started her explanation.
"There was a legend. It was said that if all 7 treasures were assembled, it would turn into a weapon so powerful, it rivals the power of god himself. The weapon was known as Kami no Buki, meaning the weapon of god. The wielder of the weapon will have the power to destroy the world."
As Joyce finished up the story, everyone, except Darren and Hayate, looked at Joyce disbelievingly.
"But isn't that just a legend?"
"Many legends are true. The problem is that we don't know which ones are which. I am not taking that chance."
"Even if that is true, how are we suppose to protect our treasures?"
Joyce became silent. She was having a hard time figuring that part out. She could not recall anything from the stories that could help them. She looked to Darren for help, but he only shook his head. She then looked to Hayate who was deep in thought. After a while, Hayate snapped out of her reverie and started to tell another legend.
"I read in a scroll that that you can only create the Kami no Buki when you have all 7 treasures together. This means that if a piece of one of the treasure is missing, then the whole thing won't work."
"So what you're saying is that you want us to break our national treasures into tiny pieces and hide them? What if they manage to find all the pieces?"
"They won't."
"What do you mean, they won't?"
"I want everyone to break their national treasures and hide some of the pieces. With the pieces you have left, you can forged them into powerful weapons."
"What if they manage to take our weapons?"
"Even if they did, it won't do them any good. The weapons cannot return to their original forms until all the pieces of the same treasure is gathered and the weapon will not form if the pieces aren't in their original forms."
"If that is the case, then shouldn't we get started right away?"
Everyone was ready to leave when Chrono stopped them.
"Wait! What about the attack on my kingdom?"
Darren walked to head of the table confidently. He had a plan brewing in his head and from the looks of it, it was going to be a good one.
"I think it is better if they just take the kingdom."
Everone was shocked. How can Darren have Chrono surrender to Jail. There must be an explanation.
"What!? What did you just say?!"
"I said to let Jail take control of your kingdom."
"Are you crazy!? Why!?"
"Right now, our top proirity is to keep the treasures safe. It take a few weeks to just break the treasures. Forging them into weapons, and then hide the rest of the pieces will most likely take another few months. That is why I want all your men to focus on forging the weapons instead of preparing for the attack. Once the weapons are done, I want you and your family to flee the kingdom with some of your men to my kingdom."
"But, what about the people? I don't want them to get hurt."
"Not if you can make it seem like you abondanned them and let them there to die. They can ask for mercy and join Jail's army. But in actuallity, you have already sent out a coded message telling them the plan. Doesn't your people have a code that is used to pass on messages at times like this which is taught to each new generation by the old ones?"
"Yes, we do. When we get back we will start the plan immediately."
"Goood. This meeting is officially over. Dismissed."
After Darren was done talking, everyone said their goodbyes and parted ways. Fate went to stay with Nanoha, since she has no place to stay for the night. As everyone walked out the room, you can see the fires that are burning in their eyes. They are ready to protect the people they love.
A.N. Here it is! The long awaited 2nd chapter. I think I did pretty well with it if I do say so myself, and I do. Some people might have noticed that I am using the same characters as my other story, if you have read the other one, that is. The reason for that is because I am bad at naming things so I won't even try. I mean, I named my dog Barky because he won't stop barking. Oh! By the way, there won't be a lot of Nanofate in up coming chapters because they haven't met yet. As you have read in the prologue, everything starts when they meet. Hope you enjoy the story so far. Please R&R. XD