A/N: Yup, this is it, Chapter 3! After the chapter's end is the formula of the new OC and sorry for the inconvenience if it's disturbing you. Okay, please no flames especially for Anonymous reviewers or else I'll delete them. Hah! By the way, Aenas is really spelled as it is. I saw it in the CoTS in my PS2.

CoTS is not that difficult to finish. I defeated Strife the first time with no unit died, really, without even cheating or asking for tips. Today… March 23, is Chester's Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything in the story, even SCII, COTS, NAMCO, etc… but my OC's are original.


The Holy Sword

Chapter 3: The Final Examination

Another day starts again. Now, Sasuke is lying on his bed, looking towards his sword's blade.

"Now it's time… it's the final test…" He said towards himself. Suddenly, he remembers his units from yesterday. Sakura, Riese and Aenas… why do they have to help him? He knew he can finish all those enemies alone, but as he looked at his arm, he saw some plasters wrapped around it.

It's was her… Sakura, who placed that on him. He can not believe how much they cared for him… maybe he is Strife's servant or even maybe he's really popular.

Sasuke dislikes being popular. He knew how annoying those people who always greets him especially when he is in a bad mood.

And then he sighed and stands up from his bed, preparing himself to the final test.

- - -

As he reached the academy, the other students are scattered around the place. Suddenly, Girardot went towards him.

"Sasuke, I hope you would do well in the final exam. You are strong, Sasuke." He said.

Sasuke nodded his head and went towards his units. Aenas and Riese greeted him "Good Morning" while Sakura just blushed at him.

"Where's the new unit?" Sasuke asked.

Girardot raised his eyebrows. "I don't know. Maybe she'll be late." Aenas said.

Sasuke gasped. It's another "she"… Ugh, will he have the worst units? Ugh…

Riese showed a fake smile and poked Aenas' shoulder. "Uh… well, it seems that you don't like to fight with us. If you like… we'll leave you alone." Riese said.

Sasuke gasped and raised his eyebrows. "It's not that, Aenas and Riese! It's… okay that we are together. But… where is she, the new unit of our group?"

Suddenly, a different voice started to speak. "You mean me, Commander Sasuke?"

Sakura gasped and looked towards her. She has black hair, black eyes and has a blue decorative ribbon dress. She looks really strong as she is holding a different kind of Rapier. Sasuke sighed and waved his hands.

"Um… what's your name, anyway?" Sakura asked.

The girl smiled and bowed formally. "My name is Alyanna. I'm very happy to be one of your units, Commander Sasuke." She said.

"It's nice to see you… Anyway, let's go now. This is a serious task. If we won't finish this quickly, we have to do this again tomorrow!" Sasuke said.

Alyanna and the others nodded their heads and headed at the examination field.


At the examination field, the academy students looked very excited for the exam. Then suddenly, a big bell rang, which signals the start of the exam.

"I'm so excited!" Eurydice said happily.

Abelia smirked and headed towards a stronghold, while looking at Sasuke who encounters a man with Katana and a Shuriken on his back.

Sasuke gasped. Suddenly, Riese drew out her weapons. "I'll fight him." She said towards him. Aenas smiled towards Riese and looked at her as she headed towards the man.

"I shall take you on." He said, and introduced himself as Jinkai, one of Girardot's close friends.

Riese went towards him quickly and attacks him. Jinkai got hit easily, since Riese is so fast, being an assassin. Aenas looked towards her with entertainment, enjoying her quick attacks. They have compatible personalities but their fighting styles are opposites.

Suddenly, Riese finally hits Jinkai's chest, making him unconscious and lose the fight.

Aenas claps while Alyanna gave him a suspicious look. So Sasuke just went inside the next stronghold while the others follow him. Inside the first minor stronghold, another enemy appears.

"I'll fight this guy." Aenas said proudly. Riese just smiled and watched him.

"What do you want, you bastard?!" He said, and introduced himself as Xiaoxin, one of Girardot's troops.

Aenas got a bit mad and charged at him. "What did you just said?!" He said furiously, attacking the man with a Chinese Sword.

Xiaoxin smirked and made a split. It just looks irritating for Aenas, since he really abhors gymnastics. Then Aenas hits him a throw, stabling him a lot of times and making him fall down the battlefield, which means Xiaoxin lost.

Aenas Smirked as the others continued to walk. Sasuke rises up the Grandall flag, showing that they have occupied the stronghold.

Alyanna saw the next stronghold and saw a girl with Priest wig and wave swords inside.

"I'll fight her, Sasuke. Leave this to me." She said as she headed quickly at the stronghold. The others followed her and went inside the stronghold.

The Stronghold has a very frightening battlefield. There are no walls, which makes some warriors fall down easily.

As Alyanna saw the girl, she drew out her rapier with a unicorn on the handle, and she started to dance gracefully. "You… really want to do this?" She asked.

The girl smirked and drew out her wave swords. "Come on, come and get me." She said and introduced herself as Edith. Girardot has very nice troops who don't ear almost the same uniform, unlike the Grandall soldiers who look really the same.

Edith quickly hits Alyanna, but Alyanna easily doges it and attacks Edith.

Alyanna is as silent as Edith, and they can't say anything as they are both quiet in class.

Then Alyanna jumps and hits her with her rapier, making Edith fall on the battlefield and lose the fight.

Sasuke looked at her seriously as he raises up the Grandall flag. She is very strong and disciplined. She might have grown up from a nice family, and she has a very happy past unlike him.

"You're so cool." Sakura said towards her. Alyanna just smiled as they go out the stronghold and proceeded to the next stronghold.

They went inside the last minor stronghold with a blue flag.

"Now it's my turn." Sakura said, drawing out her halberd. Then a man with loads of Armor appeared inside the stronghold.

"I am Rufus, one of Girardot's troops. You little girl, this is your last chance to mend your ways." Rufus said as he held his short sword and small blue shield.

"Oh, really?" Sakura said as she horizontally attacks Rufus. Rufus got mad and charged at Sakura, attacking Sakura's chest. Sasuke gasped and tried to go near but Alyanna held his shoulders to stop.

"It's her fight. If she loses, that's okay. You must not interfere with her fight." Alyanna said.

Sasuke sighed. He knows Sakura is the one who got worried to him the most. The one who really cared for him, and why did he not repay her yet? Now Sakura lies on the ground, her chest wounded but she stands up again slowly and attacks Rufus.

"I… won't lose!!!" Sakura said, finally kicking off Rufus, making him fall down the battlefield.

Sasuke ran towards her and grabs her body. Alyanna, Aenas and Riese went towards the two. Sasuke held Sakura's body and looked at her sadly.

"Sakura, are… are you okay?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura looks at her shyly and held his face. "You four go and proceed. We can't waste much time." She said.

"No, you will do this task again if you don't come." Sasuke said, grabbing some plasters from his pocket. Alyanna grabbed a Grandall flag from Sasuke and raises it up the stronghold.

He removed Sakura's tunic. Aenas gasped and faced away from them. Riese just sighed and looked towards Aenas.

"Geez, Aenas. Sakura is still wearing sarashi. You think Sasuke is a pervert…" Riese whispered towards him.

"But… she's so not my type!" Aenas said. Alyanna just giggled as she faced towards them. Sakura looks better now and Sasuke finally smiled and stands up.

"There's no time to waste. Let's go." Sasuke said, pointing towards the main stronghold with his sword.

Sakura smiled and nodded. The others put their hands on their foreheads. "Yes, sir!" The three all said at the same time.

Sasuke sighed and proceeded at the main stronghold. It seems that they got there first, since others are still fighting the other troops of Girardot, and Abelia lost one unit, Ishtar, who lost her battle against a soldier.

"What?! Oh damn it. If we lost one unit, we lose!" Abelia complained. Eurydice showed a fake smile and held her arms to calm down.

"Eh, Abelia. We can do it again tomorrow… don't lose hope, anyway, at lease we know what really to do. Remember, we learn from mistakes." Eurydice said.

Abelia just sighed and looked sad. She has to wait for tomorrow again.


At the main stronghold, Sasuke can see that the battlefield looks more like a coliseum, and saw Girardot standing in front. Aenas and the others sat on the seats as Sasuke walked towards his teacher.

He drew out his lance and held it tight. "You are strong. One day, you will succeed in life. Of course, if you manage to defeat me!" He said.

Sasuke sighed and drew out his blade. He went towards Girardot and hits him quickly with his sword, but Girardot dodges it easily.

Girardot hits his unarmored chest and Sasuke spitted out blood. Aenas sighed. "That's what he gets from not wearing armor!"

"…Yeah." Riese agreed.

Sakura screamed in agony. "SAAAAAASUKE!!!" She shouted. Alyanna looked towards her and stands up.

"There's nothing to worry about. He is not dead yet." She said.

Sasuke stood up quickly and jumps away from him. Then Sasuke kicks him and attacks Girardot. Then Girardot charged at him, doing much damage as Sasuke has very low defense.

Sasuke stands up again and hits him with his flamed sword, making the unblockable attack. Girardot fell down the ground and gasped, amazed on him.

Girardot faced towards him and smiled. "Congratulations, y-you passed the test, Sasuke. You won the battle." He said.

Sasuke grew confused. Girardot loses? Why, he did not even became unconscious?

"All right, I know I did not LITERALLY lose the match. But you successfully passed the exam since you really became what I had expected from you." He said.

"What… What do you mean?" He asked, looking towards his sword.

"You are similar to your mother… even though she's injured; she even tried to defeat the enemy. Meanwhile, your brother Tori is similar to your father, he fights whenever it is needed. But it seems that your brother is missing." Girardot said.

Sasuke gasped and remembers his brother. What happened to him now? Did he die? Or did he just become a traitor?

"T-Thank you, General Girardot." Sasuke said, bowing down his head.

Sakura, Alyanna, Aenas and Riese went towards Sasuke. Aenas and Riese both smiled in happiness. While Sakura cried out tears of joy and hugs Sasuke.

"Oh, Sasuke! I… I… t-thought you were going to die! You got me worried!" She said. Sasuke held he shoulders while his face lit up red.

Alyanna giggled and looked towards General Girardot.

Girardot grabs the five medals from a Grandall soldier and faced towards the five warriors.

"Congratulations! You five are the first ones who graduate. So, that means Sasuke is now the cadet of the Grandall army while the other four are already officers." Girardot said.

Girardot gave them their medals and the five of them wore it at the same time.

"We did it!" Aenas said. Riese looked towards him happily as she held her golden medal.

Sasuke looked towards Girardot. "But, General Girardot, we are just five… how about the other units?" Sasuke asked.

"Chosen members of the second group to graduate will be the ones who will be your units soon after your first 2 missions." Girardot said.

Suddenly, a very familiar young man came. Sasuke knows who he is from his golden hair and those blue eyes.

"Emperor Strife! It's… it's nice to see you!" Sasuke said as he bows down. The others bows down to him while Strife smirked towards Sasuke.

"So my special servant became the cadet now. I'm happy for all of you." Strife said, holding Sasuke's left shoulder. Sasuke smiled towards him, knowing that he must fight for him, being the former servant of Strife. He must fight for the emperor so that the war will finally end…

"Thank you very much, y-your majesty." Sasuke said, looking towards Strife's face.

Strife smirked and grabs a scroll. "Now it's time to announce your first mission for tomorrow." Strife said.

Sasuke and the others stands up and listened carefully to the young emperor. Emperor smiled opens up the scroll and reads it to them.

"Well, your first mission shall be the battle with the brigands. There is a forest in the outskirts of Grandall with brigands there. Sasuke and his units must defeat all enemies without losing any unit during battle. That must be all for now." He said while looking at Sasuke's gray eyes.

"Yes, your majesty." Sasuke replied and bowed down.

"Anyway, the mission shall start tomorrow five at daybreak." Strife said.

Sasuke nodded his head and walked away with him. His units Sakura, Alyanna, Aenas and Riese also walked away with him. Suddenly, Strife smirked and went back to the castle again.

As Sasuke and the others finally reached the academy, Abelia was looking at Sasuke firmly. Abelia felt a forde in her going out; as if she WAS jealous of him. Eurydice looked towards her with concern.

Sasuke looked towards Abelia and smirked.

Abelia growled madly and tears started to fall from her eyes. Eurydice went towards her and held her shoulders to calm her down.

"Don't worry, Abelia. We shall be the next ones who graduate tomorrow, I promise!" Eurydice said. Abelia wiped her tears and her face turns red as she looked at Sasuke.

To be continued…


A/N: Finally, it's quite long… heheh. But in the next chap, chronicles 3 and 4 will be the basis. So, will Sasuke and the others succeed in their first mission? Read Chapter 4 to find out!

Name: Alyanna
Age: 15
Job Class: Pirate
Weapon: Rapier "Unicorn"

All: ---
Head: ---
Hair: Semi-Long (straight) (01, 27)
Lower Torso: Silk Brassiere (01, 27)
Mid Torso: Ribbon Dress (1: 22, 07, 2: 02, 22)
Upper Torso: ---
Shoulders: ---
Arms: ---
Neck: Grand Choker (22, 07)
Waist: Spy Belt (02, 22)
Lower legs: ---
Upper Legs: Dancer's Skirt (22, 07)
Shins: ---
Socks: ---
Feet: Stringed Boots (01, 25)

Face: 03
Skin: 04, 15
Lips: Standard
Eyes: 01, 27
Eyebrows: 01, 27
Underwear: 01, 27

Voice: Girl 2 "Is there no other solution this?"