Disclaimer: I do not own Negima, Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto, Harry Potter, or any of the 'influences' from other stories in this crossover. Try finding out what those influences are.
Apology: Took me HELLA long to get back on this fan fiction, thanks to school work and drama, please forgive me.
Note: Xia takes the place of China (Three Kingdoms version of China, except that their united) and Hoshigakure takes the place of Mongolia. In English it's "The Land of Sound", and I bet you Naruto fans know who rules this country now.
Another Note: I gotta thank Special Ops Paintball© (I do not own them) for some of the "character classes" used on this story. I also gotta thank for their information.
Border between Xia and Hoshigakure (formerly known as Mongolia)
In these frigid cold mountains where global warming does not exist, a group of soldiers, Xian in tongue and nationality, wanders the Altai Mountains. A simple patrol, or it would be if both Xia and Sound weren't on the brink of war.
"DAMMIT, I should've mailed in that transfer!" one soldier said in Xian.
"Shut up and focus".
The Altai Mts. are usually cold year-round and home to a few inhabitants; bordering an enemy nation meant that it was home to local animals and fauna and to soldiers guarding their side of the border. The morning sun gave its light and little warmth.
One soldier kept complaining about wanting a transfer, all the while cradling his M14 and shivering, "If I'd known this place was going to be cold, I wouldn't have volunteered for this shit".
"You didn't volunteer for anything private", an old sergeant said.
"But still"
It's a unit of no more that twenty soldiers on patrol, armed with rifles, machine guns, grenades, magical talismans, spells, jutsu, the unusual.
Layout of soldier classes…
Some are known as Daggers (light infantryman) , soldiers whom flank, streak through the enemy and wipe them out before they know he's there, and called on point when patrolling or advancing.
Some are known as Sabers (medium infantryman), the all around types who can perform many tasks that belong to other soldier types. He flanks, suppresses, runs point, and snipes when he needs to. Daggers pivot off him, Broadsword and Hammers tee off his position, and field commanders rely on him to keep the unit anchored in a position.
Some are known as Broadswords (heavy rifleman), these use machine guns for suppressive fire so he or she could freeze the enemy line and let his lighter counterparts maneuver and advance for the kill; perfect for holding down the position and holding an enemy in check. He carries much ammo and grenades, making them slow but mobile.
There are two in the unit known as Hammers (mobile heavy gunner); these fulfill the role of Broadswords but to a much greater degree. Much like a horseman of the apocalypse, the Hammers blow their way through enemies, provide cover fire for their teams, destroy mobile armor with rockets, and basically destroy everything when called upon to. With all the heavy gear needed by these human bulldozers, these men are incredibly slow and not very mobile.
There are some not currently with the team of twenty known as a Ambush (sniper), these stealthy soldiers sneak into a position and wait for prey. Most of the time they just scout ahead for the team, other times they are sniping enemies with their rifles or just wait patiently for their enemy to come right to him, at times they call in artillery or air strikes, and some of the time they just harass the enemy and whittle down their numbers. These men are mostly shinobi (special operations soldiers trained in ninjutsu and known for their stealth, speed, and special eastern magic, usually called in to perform "special tasks" in both wartime and peacetime) from Xian's three hidden villages, and must be at least Genin ranked.
There are some who are known as Medics, there to help the wounded. Armed like a Dagger but weighted down with medical wares. These men try their best to prepare the fallen for the field hospital right in the heat of war, and maybe help them get up to fight once more.
The old sergeant is the Commander (squad leader) and leads his troops in the fray. A master of strategy, he is flexible enough to tailor the plan to fit the developing chaos of the battlefield and still come on top. He usually stays behind the lines and hollers orders, but there are times when he fights on the front to inspire his men. He communicates with his men well and is well liked, not to mention that he's smart. He's the brains of the team and controls his men like a dark symphony of mayhem.
These are the types of soldiers that fight for a country, that die for a country. Many of them are young, most in their college years while others are old in age and experience. Yet these people lay their lives on the line like so many before them.
"This is Watchdog… enemy tro-… vancing…" The Commander recognized the voice. It was his scout, his Ambush.
"FIX BAYONETS!"
Everyone responded by attaching a small bayonets to the tips of their guns or grabbing knives to supplement their guns.
The Commander knew how the Sound fought in war. These troops loved to use cover fire to advance their shinobi to rush for the kill, they also loved to use sound based ninjutsu and copied magic to harass and destroy. It's been almost ten years since the civil war in Mongolia; he wondered how much they changed their tactics.
"Take Positions and hold!"
"Shit, are they gonna start another war!" one Saber asked.
"Just like a dictator to want-".
"KEEP QUIET!"
Hiding behind rocks and brush in a circular formation, Sabers and Daggers in front with the others inside the circle and the Ambush seemingly dead or fighting elsewhere, and waited. The wind rushed around them, they waited impatiently as footsteps stomped in the distance. Seconds turned to minutes, but before minutes had a chance to turn into hours, a great many fired shots.
Just over the road, soldiers fired shot after shot with bolt rifles. Man after man tried to advance. They're cut down by Broad Swordsman and Hammers, spilling blood and causing them to try and advance over their own dead.
Hoshigakure, or Land of Sound, shinobi tried to flank the squad, their garbs of gray making them seem almost like blurs to the human eye.
"You aren't getting pass me bitch!" screamed one Dagger as he closed in to his special ops counter part. Before the ninja could raise his dagger against him, he was shot with multiple burst of gunfire by the Dagger. Other shinobi met the same fate against Sabers and other Daggers.
It wasn't long before the enemy used ninjutsu. A strange sound resonated, a massive blur of air rushed toward them.
"INCOMING!"
The squad scattered as the blur engulfed one of their own, a sound wave created by a shinobi. The wave scattered the man's thoughts that he couldn't function anymore. He's one of the Hammers, and he fell over throwing up.
"Mei!"
"Man down!"
Someone on the squad, a Saber, dropped his gun and weaved through many hand signs, a way to conjure up ninjutsu, and finished with channeling his chakra through his hands. The Saber mentally said in his mind, "Wind shield jutsu!"
Wind whirled violently around the squad, like or tornado, blocking gunfire and further sound ninjutsu. This gave the squad much time to plan and prepare, while the other surrounded them in an effort to kill once the shield has gone.
Inside the shield…
"Too many of them!" said one Broad Swordsman.
A dagger said, "We have to fall back!"
The Sargeant agreed, despite being a type of person who enjoys fighting and risking his own life for the sake of action, "You're right, once this shield lets up half of us covers while the other half falls back".
Wind whipped around the squad, a violent wind.
"Once that half gets far enough, they cover; it's the basic leap frog strategy get it?"
"What about-?"
"Our medic will pull him out, take his gun and ammo to make him lighter. Drop his gear."
"Get ready!"
Immediately, the Hammers and Broad Swordsman either pulled out paper talismans or weaved through one handed hand signs. The others prepared to weapons to cover or rush.
The enemy waited patiently for their prey to run out of their temporary sanctuary.
The tornado that was the shield subsided; the enemy rushed what they thought they we're the enemy.
It was nothing more than genjutsu, a diversionary type of ninjutsu that uses illusions to fool the six senses.
Before the enemy could notice it was an illusion, they are cut down by bullets.
Three quarters of the enemy remained.
Then suddenly, out of the ground came tiger like creatures made of gravel and rock. Made by ninjutsu, the tigers charged the enemy, ramming them with the force of a one eighteen wheeler and tearing at them with claws and sharp teeth, the survivors fled in fear.
Half of the enemy remained.
Half of the squad running took position to cover the other half
A few ninja tried to rush the squad of twenty with frightening speed, only to be ambushed by a small number of Daggers just as fast; they counted six of them at first, then counted thirty of them. The Daggers used what is called the shadow clone jutsu.
The ninja were slaughtered by the mere force and numbers of the daggers. Much of them were killed by gashes and gunfire, the wounded made way at a blistering speed.
A quarter remained.
The other half still covering.
The enemy started to run, too unorganized to cover their own retreat. A great few were shot by some unknown assailant hidden among the high mountains.
"Watchdog's alive!"
"This is wat…reinforce-... immediate", the comm. link sounded with too much static for the entire message to come through, but the team understood perfectly.
Most of the enemy died by gunfire and ninjutsu cast, the only thing left by the enemy is dead bodies in differing uniforms. Bodies covered the stone road, covered the cliffs, all covered in blood.
In the sky, ravenous birds await for the Xian squad to move so they can feast on the dead.
Among the enemy dead, no Xian soldiers are among them.
"WOOHOO! Damn we kicked their ass-", before the soldier, one of the Hammers, could finish, or before anyone of them could offer any form of commentary, several fighter planes flew right above them.
SCREEEAAHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOMMMM! Those planes aren't of Xian origin. Small, swept wing, T-tail, and straight through intake, it was the Mig-15. Armed only with machine guns and small bombs, two broke from their formation and flew around. Two of them broke formation and sped toward them.
"TAKE COVER!" ordered the Commander. Everyone dove to the ground, some under cliffs or in whatever provided cover.
Tutututututututm! Pom… pompompom! The gunfire from the first plowed bullet holes on the ground around the twenty. None of them hit.
The second one released it's payload of bombs, swooooooooom… BOOOOM!!!
The bomb completely missed and hit a nearby mountain. It caused a rock slide but they're at no risk.
"Hehehe, HAHAHAHAHA!" The Commander laughed, almost insanely, "All that and they still missed, what a waste of tax dollars".
"Well… they got the base, sir", said one of the daggers.
A long tower of fluttering smoke can be seen behind them, just over a few of the mountains. It was the location of their outpost.
They didn't notice until now, the sounds of war… mixed gunfire, explosions, howls of pain, and the faintly heard sound of death into one disturbing symphony. If one listens and watches for far too long, a change within them occurs
"Greater love hath no man this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)
Peace to War
Chapter 3: Everyone Arrives
Mahora, Japan 6:00 am…
"Where's Negi?" asked Al, who, like his brother Edward, is in sweats warming up for their usual sparring rounds.
"He's awfully late; I wonder if he got into a scuffle with that Baboon," Edward wondered out loud.
Accompanying them is Ako Izumi and Makie Sasaki. Ako came out of worry. She saw sparring matches go wrong before; mainly those with Ku Fei involved "Don't kill each other alright."
Makie on the other hand wanted to see if they are as tough as she thought they are, and she anxiously waited for the sparring to begin. Thanks to a scream, the morning warm up ended early.
"AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"
All recognized the voice as Asuna's, the red head girl that called Ed short when they first met.
"Asuna!"
A couple of moments later, in Asuna, Konoka's, and Negi's dorm room…
"YOU PERV! GET THE HELL OFF MY BED!!!"
"Oh god! I'm sorry! I have a problem of sleep walking and-," Negi couldn't finish before being shoved off the top bunk of the bed and landing onto the ground with a hard thud.
"WHAT THE HELL DO I HAVE TO DO? TIE YOU ON THE FRIKIN SOFA!?"
Konoka, who awaken not by Asuna's screaming but by Negi's hard landing, cut in, "You know, you two should try to get along seeing that your stuck with him as a teacher AND roommate".
"Teh, easier said than done", Asuna sneered.
"I agree…" Negi got up and began getting dressed. Unlike his roommates, and students, he had to get up early to at least warm up with his buddies, Edward and Alphonse Elric, and then get ready and teach his class at Mahora Jr. High, "damn I'm late…"
It wasn't his fault that he slept walked all his life. One time in his home town of Lior, Britain, he dreamt of going to the bathroom and then walking back to bed. Only that the bathroom he urinated in was actually the family closet and the bed was his sister's. And the trouble was that he dreamt about it without having pants on…
Down memory lane: Nine years ago…
The sleepy town of Lior was awakened by a scream. It came from a house well known by the community. It was a house that was inhabited by a war hero famous throughout the magic communities of the east and west. It's a house now inhabited by his heirs…
"Negi what are you… WHERE'S YOUR PANTS!" the blonde Nekane screamed. She was covering her face up from Negi's half naked self. Even at fifteen years of age, she was a bit immature about things such as this.
This didn't make anything easier for a little boy named Negi, "Oh crap! Oh crap! I'm having that dream again and I CAN'T WAKE UP!"
Negi did his best to cover himself with his shirt, "I hate it when this happens!"
He then sprinted toward a wall and slammed right into it, knocking him out. At the time, he thought it would awaken him from these nightmares of having no pants… even though it was of reality.
Back to the present…
"Oh crap I'm late," Asuna announced as she rushed to get dressed, completely forgetting Negi was there and thereby showing him some unneeded skin, then sprinted out the door, "Konoka! Make some breakfast will ya!?"
Just as she sprinted out the door, she ran into a group of girls and two boys listening in. This forced her to explain the whole situation to them and clear things up, making her limited time to get to her newspaper runs dwindle.
"Got it!" Konoka turn to Negi and ask, "Do you like scrambled or sunny side up?
Focused on the group outside, he turned his attention to her and answered, "ah, scrambled please".
"Okay, it'll be ready in a second".
It was at that time that the Elric brothers rushed Negi and began to make fun of him. They we're among other girls who watched the whole thing happen, and all of them rushed inside as Asuna began her morning job as a news paper girl.
"You know, a lot of them think you snuck into her bed on purpose," Ed said.
"Whaa- I slept walked! I didn't-."
Even Alphonse got into it, "I thought you outgrew sleep walking when you first went into Hogwarts? Maybe those rumors of you are true".
Then another girl intervened, it's Sakurako, "Edward-kun, I didn't know you played like that-."
"For Chrissake, I'm not-."
It's Makie's turn, "Naughty boy… if you really wanted to, there are others-."
Negi sighed.
It was of no use, just far too many people, mainly girls being a girl's dormitory, got involved. Out on the sidelines of it all, little Ako just stood there.
"Wow, they just began to live here and already it's getting loud".
Eleazar's Airbase (20miles North of Mahora) 7:00am
The sleepy base awakens to the morning sun, and begins its daily activities. Those activities include maintenance of air craft, maintenance on buildings, training raw recruits, and training pilots, observing Artificial Intelligence for any defects in system and character, and other things that have to do with the UN State Military. Already, fighter planes take off in their patrols, especially with reports of a newly sparked war between the Land of Sound and Xia. Due to the outbreak of war, the command went as far as to pull SAM's, surface to air missile platforms, out just in case.
The base itself is mostly a facility of hangars, a few barracks, three cafeterias, a great many a radar dishes, two run ways, and three control towers.
"You hear about the war!?" asked one pilot, boarding an F-15 fighter plane, to one of plane's mechanics.
"Yeah, I doubt it'll spread to this country though"
Another mechanic asked, "What if the UN State get's involved again?"
"It probably will, but they won't bother to use us guys in Japan".
A cargo plane descended from the sky as they spoke. The sun shined behind it, giving it an almost angel-like characteristic to it. Descending onto the run way, the tires screeched when it made contact with the asphalt. It didn't take long for it to completely stop, and then have a vehicle haul it off the runway.
Once people rolled the stairwell onto the plane entrance, the door immediately opened and out fell a fifteen year old blonde Asian boy with all his belongings down the stairs.
"Naruto, I told you to watch out," Kakashi scolded, Naruto's commanding officer and mentor, as he went down to help Naruto up.
"Owww… at least I'm off that God-forsaken plane. I'm tired up having to sit still and smell throw up all night long!"
"Well, as a ninja you might want to get used to that," Kakashi seemed to smile, of course no one could really tell if the silver haired man smiled at all since he always wore a face mask that covered his mouth everywhere he went.
"I'll take that to heart."
One by one, people began exiting the plane and retrieve the luggage stored within, each one glad to have finally arrived. As soon as that was done, they began to board a bus parked nearby.
"Great, more sitting…" Harry complained.
"Well, at least it's on the ground", Ron said, before realizing, "wait we're out of Xia right? Why can't we apparate?"
Sirius, Harry's Godfather, answered, "That's because both Xia and Hoshigakure are on the brink of war".
Kakashi continued for him, "Japan set up Jammers as a precaution".
"I don't see why they wouldn't, after what happened ten years ago", Hermione added, "Then again, Japan only sent mercenaries though, I don't see…"
"HEY! OVER HERE!" A small middle aged mechanic came running toward the group, he stopped right in front of them, gasping for air, then said, "Japan reactivated their Floo network."
"But I thought-" Naruto stammered.
"Why would they do that?" Sasuke, a tall boy with long messy dark hair.
"How am I supposed to know? I'm just here to relay the message from Col. Mustang", he turned to run off to some plane he's supposed to maintain… but abruptly stopped. He turned and faced them, "Yeah that's right, I'm supposed to lead you to it… my bad."
He nervously laughed, while the others waited for him to show the way, silently waited.
"Alright, now if you follow-"
Naruto interrupted, "Wait, what is a 'Floo Network' anyway? I mean I heard about it but never really-."
"Wait, you haven't heard of the Floo Network Naruto?" asked Sakura, "Where do you live? A cave?"
"Dumb ass…" Sasuke said under his breath.
Naruto shot back, "Fuck you Sasuke! It isn't my fault that I never been on one before!"
Naruto went up to Sasuke, intending to start a fight to defend his honor. Before he could do anything though, Harry and Ron held him by the arms.
"Let go! Let me teach this Bastard-!"
"You already gotten us in enough trouble already Naruto! Remember what you did on the plane!?" Harry reminded.
Somewhere between Xia and Japan 3:00am…
Naruto sat anxiously while the others rested, or watched Bewitched for the time it passed while on the flight. Naruto, restless and bored to tears, is begin driven mad by the excessive endless ringing noise a plane makes during flight, snoring by other passengers, crappy reruns, and lousy meals.
Granted, the cargo plane they hitched a ride on is not your typical cargo plane. Rather it functioned more as a passenger plane, a big one at that. It even came with a LCD screen T.V. It came with a prerecorded radio show to, but all these things did not help Naruto persevere through the trip… especially since he left his ear phones in his bigger baggage, now secured in the trunk of the plane.
The reruns of Bewitched set him off at last.
"I HATE BEWITCHED!"
Shooting up from his seat, he made his way to the nearest bathroom.
THWAAP! THUMP!
And hit a maid on his way.The maid shook off being hit, "Hey...so that's a pretty reasonable reaction huh?" and went her way to tell the captain of the plane.
Back into the present…
"So it was you, I did hear something from the captain about that", said the mechanic.
"I don't want to be a nuisance, but could we please go now!?" asked Harry, he still had a headache from his plane ride.
"Ah yeah… right this way", the mechanic began to lead around the airfield to the building holding the teleportation devices, to that Naruto asked, "He didn't tell me what a Floo Network is".
Harry answered, " Think of a teleportation device like Star Treck, except that it's actually a chimney."
"… What?"
"You'll see."
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. Harry felt more pain in his noggin, but showed none of it, he knew something was wrong. He knew Voldomort is the cause. He couldn't figure out why he's here though.
As the morning wore on for them, shadows far away kept track of them. Watching, observing, and relaying what they see.
Through a comm. Link he held in his hand, he reported in.
"Targets imbound to Mahora..."
Mahora City 7:50am…
"NEGI YOU JACKASS!!!" Asuna's voice echoed throughout the stampede of students running to school, "WOULD HAVE IT KILLED YOU TO PUT THE TOILET SEAT DOWN!? I DIDN'T NEED ANY MORE DELAYS THANK YOU!!!"
"For God's sake gimme a break will ya!" Negi said onto Asuna.
Every school day in Mahora starts with a stampede of youngsters running through the streets and charging out of subways and busses, Mahora is even worse than its counterparts. Through rain or shine, kids still run and amazingly there has been no injuries caused by this.
"You guys need to get along," Konoka replied.
Ed, and his brother Al, ran along side them and could not help but tease, "Jeez it looks like you two are married."
"Hell no! My hearts taken by Takahata-san thank you!" Asuna pulled Negi and the Elric brothers aside while closing in on the school, "Oh let's not forget… I know your guy's secret".
"You're bluffing… you wouldn't-," Alphonse accused.
"I imagine you'll be burned at the stake! Yo everyone! Witches over here!" she announced to demonstrate her point.
"That's what obliterators are for," Negi said.
"Obliterators?" Asuna asked.
The group is upon the school doors now.
"If you want to meet them, go ahead and tell the world Asuna-chan!" said Ed in jest. He disappeared into the school to meet his awaiting chemistry class.
"See you guys later, and don't try it Asuna-san or you'll regret it" warned Alphonse going to work at the school library.
"Obliterators… I'll keep that in mind…" Asuna said to herself, thinkning to those officers she met yesterday… and what they had told her, "Then again… should I be surprised that the United Nations would know something like this."
"Hey Asuna-san", Negi interrupted.
"What is it?"
"You remember what Col. Mustang said right?"
"You mean that one guy who flirts around with under aged girls?"
"Yeah… he's not a pedophile though, he likes to flirt around with girls… anyways if you're interested just meet us at the park after school."
By now, everyone is at there lockers and getting ready for their home room classes.
"Hell yeah I will! After learning about magic and that other thing who wouldn't want to learn about it?"
UN State Mahora Headquarters/Mahora University of Engineering 8:00am…
"Dammit, that hurt…" Naruto moaned as he pulled his stuff that fell out of the overly sized chimney used for the Floo Network.
"Next time place your things inside the chimney first", Roy Mustang said.
Not many people make it into Mahora's University of Engineering, the school only chooses a select few to enter the place much less enroll. To make it to this prestigious school, you must know of the "other" world, have at least a B average or be really smart in terms of engineering, and have connections to the UN State, a Magic Academy, or have any connections to other organizations that the school deems necessary. Even if one meets the requirements there is a one in ten that the school will let you in, partly because the school, normal looking Japanese school with an unusual tower residing on the center, also happens to be the UN State Headquarters for Japan. It's as if the massive recruitment poster above the entrance, among other advertisements funding the school's operations like the Japanese Defense Force or Black Water U.S.A, doesn't do anything to reveal what the school really is.
Everyone who entered the chimney at that Air Base was magically transported to another chimney in this place, the process is done using a powder called floo powder and can only be done within a magical chimney registered with the floo network. Effective for traveling long distances with light luggage, the only drawback is that you end up with soot all over you clothes and luggage.
Sirius said, "Alrighty then, that's everyone Roy".
"It's Colonel Mustang now Sirius," chided Roy.
"Come now, we haven't seen each other in ages! Why not drop the military names already?"
"Well, this is a business meeting in a way, so names must be honored," reminded Kakashi, cleaning the soot from his clothing, "Long time no see Colonel Mustang."
"I haven't seen you since I left Konoha to be a State Alchemist, for those who don't know my name is Colonel Mustang, also known as the Flame Alchemist, you probably heard of me already so I'll cut to the chase-." His self confidence fell once he heard the people he was addressing simply talk about how much they don't know him.
Ron asked, "Wait we have?"
Others in the group began to talk amongst each other.
"I've heard of him before but I forget where."
"Isn't he the butcher of Somalia?"
"He's that one cute guy from that one war right? Too bad he's middle aged now."
Sasuke muttered to his self, "Hasn't changed one bit…"
Naruto asked Sasuke, "Wait, isn't he you're mentor. That one famous "Hero of Kazakhstan"?"
"Ahem, continuing on…," Roy said, to keep the briefing up to task and to retain what dignity he had left, "All of you received your assignments correct? We'll now sort the boys within different classes for the Mahora Magical School of Wizardry and Alchemy."
"Let me guess… a sorting hat right?" asked one of the young wizards. Being a student of Hogwarts School of Sorcery, he knew what to expect even in this foreign land; likewise are the other wizards including Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley
Roy pulled a long pointy hat out of nowhere and settled it upon a large leather chair in the middle of the room, "Alright who want's to go first!"
"And make it quick! I've already had to deal with the other twerps a couple of days ago, now I have to deal with you grunts," complained the hat, its wrinkles forming a shadowed face, moving to show facial movements and feelings. It looked angry, "WHAT THE HELL! GET IN LINE WORMS!!!"
"What a dick…" Naruto said to no one in particular, he noticed Roy Mustang motion to him and he followed. Hermione, Cho, Sakura, and basically all the girls within the group followed after him. It was for good reason as it turns out.
Roy began his second briefing, "As you girls…," He found Naruto becoming angry, "and Corporal Uzumaki and Sergeant Uchiha know… the Ministry of Magic and the United Nation State Military brought you to the Chunin exams to be trained and to test your skills, now you must prepare to use these skills as body guards for a certain school."
Another person, a tall blonde guy smoking a cigarette, pulled down a snow white tapestry while another guy, short Asian with glasses, pushed out a machine that resembled a slider. When he turned it on, a light shined forth and showed moving pictures upon the tapestry, like a television. While the rude sorting hat was finishing up sorting people out for whatever house it pulled them into, the girls (and Naruto) gazed upon the images of school.
"This is Mahora Jr. High School, and all girl's school," pressing buttons on a remote, Roy showed them all the rooms and buildings that's apart of the school, which had to include girls for some reason, "your job is to safe guard this school from any threat, I assume you all know why you're going through all the trouble."
Not one asked because many already knew that many within the school possessed a great power that they do not know about. The problem was that they didn't who these individuals we're, but they'll solve this problem when it faces them. After what they've been through in their travels, they're ready to face what is ahead. The proof is the determination they all had.
Roy smiled and thought to himself, "Well…all of you seem to have been brought up well," He then went on to say, "Alright then, here are your uniforms. Being a Japanese school everyone has to wear these uniforms to school."
He held up a girl uniform complete with a violet blazer and a checkered plated skirt… and handed one to Naruto. He gave a security guard uniform to Sasuke. Within the course of a minute, Naruto developed bloated blood veins upon their foreheads and grinded his teeth together.
Naruto roared, "FUCK THIS SHIT!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM, GAY!?!"
His voice echoed throughout the college campus and beyond it, causing many to ask, "Who was that?" and "Damn that's loud"
Mahora Jr. High School 3:00pm
"This day turned out pretty good," Negi said to himself as he walked to the area within the Mahora National Park, the area where Col. Mustang specified for Negi to train Asuna.
He heard from Takahata that this particular area is used from magi, to alchemist, and to shinobi to practice and train, what made it so great was that it's physically hidden by tall trees and a hill. Adding to that, the place was riddled with security guards and magic defense spells to keep muggles out of the fray. To those who are kept in the dark, these places are restricted training facilities for the United Nations State Army.
As for class 3/A, it went pretty smoothly and nicely compared to other classes he taught. If smoothly met everyone actually learning something amidst fights within class, bad English, really awkward sentences bring said, and prank after prank being wrought.
Homeroom class 3/A 8:45am
"Hey! At least I can figure out why lite beer weighs the same as regular beer!"
Ayaka, a tall girl with green eyes and long smooth blonde hair, insulted Asuna. The class knew Asuna and Ayaka to be enemies since kindergarten. The fact of the matter is that these two fought on regular bases, about at least once every week. It's also a fact that they are complete opposites; Ayaka being one of the smartest in the class and a representative of them too, Asuna is the tomboy with bad grades and an attitude to match.
It's also safe to mention that Ayaka has a "love at first sight" crush on Negi.
"You know Ayaka? With one sniff of cow manure and you'll know what breed of cow it came from."
The class kept its gaze on the fight; they have yet to cheer like they always did on latter years; almost similarly to cheers heard in UFC competitions.
"Well… you know what I find interesting about you Asuna? You can say complete sentences without using a single word from Webster's Dictionary."
Asuna, in her anger, jumped from her seat to walk up to Ayaka's face.
"Girls! Girls! That's enough, get back into your-," Negi's cries went unheard.
"At least I didn't dream of going to Yosemite National Park to meet your childhood idol: Yosemite Sam!"
The girls knew Ayaka was a big fan of America's Looney Toons since she was a younger. She always made it loud and clear back then too.
"Girls! Please-"
"At least I'm not stupid enough to put make up on my head to make up my mind!" Ayaka shot back, touching upon Asuna's poor use of make up back in elementary school.
"At least I'm not so fucking tall that I hit God in the mouth if I did a back flip!"
"STOP! THAT ENOUGH!" Negi screamed, unheard once more. Although a mature teenager, he had not the discipline he needed to stop this from getting worse.
Kaede and Mana, one a brown headed girl with a long pony tail and a secret shinobi of Japan's "Village Hidden in the mist", the other with long dark hair and of Puerto Rican descent as well as Japanese descent (and a mercenary to boot), and both really tall, found themselves slightly offended.
"Hey Asuna-chan. Ayaka's not the only one tall here." Kaede yelled.
Mana, on the other hand, decided to not say anything at all and watch things unfold as they go.
"At least I'm not attracted to stupid ass guys who crush beer cans on their foreheads!" Ayaka said.
"At least I don't use extensions to make it look like I have long hair!" Asuna shot back. As far as she knew, a lot of the upper grade girls used this insult at Ayaka, mainly due to her really long hair.
"Dammit Asuna! Take that back!"
"Oh Ayaka, Ayaka! Let down thy hair extensions will thou!?!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Negi could now do nothing, even as he placed himself right in the middle of the two.
"You… BITCH!!!"
And just like that, the two got into a kickboxing match using whatever weapons they could get their hands on. And like 90 of fist fights in this world, she and her fell to the ground prompting the use of ground fighting techniques one would recognize in shoot fighting or wrestling… with a lot of punches and pulls to the hair.
Cheers from the class can be heard throughout the hallways if the school, the cavalry that is Mr. Nitta, a vice principle next to the headmaster, will come in at least a minute or hopefully less.
Negi himself got a little bruised up being in the middle, to say the least.
Present time…
"Hey Negi!" screamed a voice behind him in English. Negi turned to greet Ed and Al; Alphonse looked to be upbeat and positive, Edward looked to be tired and without energy to sustain him.
"What happened to you?" asked Negi to Ed.
Alphonse answered for Ed, "A bad day at work."
"Did 3/A get to you?"
Edward answered, "Those girls take their pranks way to damn seriously."
Negi got a closer look at Ed's semi-formal clothing to see some burn marks and residue from chemicals. At this point Negi didn't even want to ask.
"Oi! Negi-kun!" Asuna yelled, running toward the two with her gym clothes on. Since she spoke only Japanese only, the three reverted back to Japanese so she can understand them.
"Asuna-san are you ready?" asked Negi.
She said, "I ran as fast as I could to get here, oh yeah," she turned to Edward, "Sorry about earlier Ed-san, some of my classmates… well-."
"Don't mention it, everything's alright," Edward couldn't help but be a little surprised about what Asuna did, Ed took it that she wasn't the type to apologize to people she didn't like.
"Alright guess we're ready, follow me," Negi began to lead the group to Mahora's National Park, where it is located.
"Wait, isn't this where Area 51 is?" Asuna asked.
"Area 51?" Ed chuckled.
"You know what I mean! That secret base for the UN… oh, I guess now I know why it was secret in the first place."
The four began to traverse a mere couple of miles through the European styled town then through park trails and finally through a thick overgrowth upon a hill just to reach something by muggle standards is not supposed to exist.
And just when they left, another group of kids their age reaches the school.
A group of teens, a group of females along with two males, is being led by a Caucasian 2nd Lieutenant smoking a cigarette around the city to show them their dorm rooms and the school in which they will be attending. One boy, Naruto, felt impatient about all this and just wanted to see his friends again.
Not that the girls could blame him, especially Sakura whom happens to be a friend and squad mate of Naruto's team, due to the fact that the guy leading him, 2nd Lt. Jean Havoc, couldn't recall anything important about these landmarks and he couldn't keep anyone from falling asleep while walking due to his laid back nature.
Their situation is better off than what the others we're dealing with.
Mahora Jr. High school (all boys)/ Mahora School of Sorcery, Alchemy, and Ninjutsu (only known by that name by those who live in the "other" world) 3:00pm
Vato Fallman, a tall middle aged man who would remind someone of a scarecrow, lead a group of boys through an average looking school, with average looking male students, doing what you'd expect from all schools around Japan. What most muggles didn't know is that it was a school of magic and other things that had to do with it. To keep out actual muggles from the school, the "Superintendent" chooses who goes in and who stays out. Granted, most people know it as a school of excellence and are dying to get their kids in so that they may excel, even though it's not in truth.
At this time the students already have left for home, leaving teachers and Vato Fallman with a couple of mercenary kids.
"Alright, if everyone would just please pay attention we could get through this faster, please spit out the gum Mr. Inuzuka," Vato ordered Kiba Inuzuka. Kiba's so bored out of his mind that he spits it out without a second thought.
"Alright, now we'll continue onto the-."
"Scarecrow!" whispered someone within the group.
"Hey! I heard that!"
"We could all get through this faster if you bear with me! Now follow me into the school library for-."
"Scarecrow!"
"Choji! Give me thirty when we're done!"
"Aw man," cried Choji, a chubby yet lean teenager with rough brown hair and an appetite to match, finding himself caught.
Shikamaru, a teenager of the same age with a dark hair tied up in a pineapple styled haircut, whispered to him, "Heh, I can't blame you Choji; about everyone here is bored to death. Damn this is meaningless as watching you stuff your mouth with food while we lose our appetite."
"Excuse me?"
"It's a joke."
Back with Naruto and Sasuke's group…
"Ok, I think that wraps it all up," announced Jean, puffing on his cigarette before dropping it down and stomping on it.
"Does that mean we're done!?" asked Naruto in exitment.
"There still that training ground around the national park, so be patient."
Sighs of depression can be heard throughout the group, even Jean found himself sighing, "Why'd the hell did I have to put out that cigarette?"
"But you'll all have to go there on your own; the base is just over the big hill on the park grounds. Just show the guards an I.D. then they'll let you in."
"Does that mean we're done?" asked Sakura, her pink hair shining in the afternoon sun.
"Yeah, you'll be starting tomorrow. You already have your room numbers so head over to the dormitories and get a good night's sleep."
The entire group, under 2nd Lt. Jean Havoc, replied with one loud voice, "SIR!" and went their way.
Most of the group began to make their way to the dorms situated a couple of miles away from the actual school. Naruto had other plans.
"Naruto where you going?" asked Sakura, "The dorms are over-."
"I wanna check out the training ground, you guys go back. I'll meet you there."
Sasuke seemingly found interest, "I'll go with you, I want to see what western magic can really do," though Naruto didn't know it, Sakura found Sasuke's smile to be uneasy, almost evil.
"The more the merrier!" Naruto began to run toward the National Park.
"Dammit wait for us!" screamed Sakura, running to catch up with Naruto.
Sasuke reverted to his old emotionless mask, leaving Sakura to worry while running after Naruto, and ran after the two.
United Nations State 66th Air and Land Div. Outpost a.k.a. "The Training Ground" 5:00pm…
Beyond a large hill, within the forestation of the Mahora National Park, lay a large plateau of land filled with trees and other shrubbery. Within it soldiers and civilian in magic alike train in their ways to improve and excel, kids as young as ten to elderly men presiding over their students and/or recruits to make sure they practice "perfect" practice regardless if it's marksmanship, alchemy, magic, ninjutsu, or etc.
BAM!!! "Dammit, I keep missing!"
"That's because your scope isn't zeroed in."
"Alright, just imagine the object before you and slowly force it into existence, just concentrate is all I'm saying."
Zzzpzzzpttt!!! "Yes I actually got it! I did alchemy!"
"Just say the magic words and focus all the energy into your wand."
"Practe Bigi Nar "Ārdēscat…" Poof! "Whaa… what happened?"
"Just try again, you got close so just try the same thing."
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!
"Alright I… why are my shadow clones all mangled and stuff?"
"Cause you didn't do it right, you have to spread out your chakra among your clones…"
In this place lie many buildings designed to look rundown but are anything but. These buildings include barracks, a command center, multiple supply centers and storage facilities, a hospital, and a heliport; the base also included the unusual Engineering Bay and Armory, which are found only in much larger military facilities. All of these are hidden under trees.
Other than buildings, there are arenas and obstacle courses used to practice. Things like target ranges, classrooms, and a survival camp are included. Theses places, used by experts and novices alike, require a small sum of money depending on what they are practicing or what subject they intend to be taught. It's safe to say that the State UN get's a large sum of money from this one asset to finance their operations.
It's in this place, as the sun sets beyond the horizon, that a young fourteen year old girl exceeds the expectations of her teachers.
"Analysis, deconstruction, reconstruction…" zzzptzzzptZZZPT!!!
Amidst trees and a training ground, as well as multiple other practitioners, Asuna Kagurazaka does what should have taken a full week at least for a beginner to accomplish. Using a poorly hand drawn transmutation circle, used as a catalyst for moving energy into certain substances based on what is drawn on the circle, she manages to make a perfectly carved vase out of a lump of rock placed within the circle itself.
Asuna chuckled, celebrating her accomplishment, "I did it! I did it!"
Edward, surprised like Alphonse and Negi are, congratulated her, "Well done! At this pace you'll make a great alchemist… and magi," he then went over to Negi and whispered, "She's our age and she does what took me and Al almost a month to do! Am I the only one that feels obsolete or what!"
"It's incredible, she made excellent progress with both alchemy and magic; it's almost frightening," Negi thought back to why he and the Elric brothers were sent here in the first place, the State Alchemist being the Elric brothers.
"I guess its part of why the UN State goes through all the trouble to baby-sit them."
The two watch as Alphonse helps her transmute another item, another piece of rock, into an iron rapier.
zpptzpptZPPT!!! The rock seemingly melts into a liquid of matter, not molten rock, and then reform itself into a poorly designed sword with silver flowers embedded into its handle amidst electricity and light.
"That's… that's incredible Asuna-san!" Alphonse clapped his hands, Asuna surely has made an impression on all of them, causing Alphonse to congratulate her and both Edward and Negi to feel a bit of shame on their part.
"Why do I feel like I'm obsolete?" thought both of them.
"Look's like Asuna-san already came a long way!"
The four turned to see Yuna Akashi stroll into the room. She wore camouflaged clothing, forest patterned, and her head protector with an image engraved on the metal, a leaf. She has two Ruger Super Redhawk Magnums strapped to her side and a Henry Lever Action Rifle which is scoped.
"Hey Yuna! What's with the revolvers and stuff?" asked Negi.
"Figures, you did always had an obsession over Wild West Movies," teased Edward.
Yuna replied, "Hell yeah I do! What made you think I give these up!? I'll always be "Yuna the Kid"!"
"Is that a BB gun?" nervously asked Alphonse, right before Asuna had a chance to ask and act as worried.
"What, you mean my rifle?" she swung it from her back and showed it off to all, "It's real, fires .22LR to be exact. The stock is made of walnut, the barrel is about sixteen inches long, weighs about four-point-five pounds, and has a far range to boot too…"
"Don't point that thing at me! Damn… they're crazy enough to give teenager guns?" Asuna said, backing away from Yuna.
"Well, not just anyone in general…" Yuna explained, " but people who have seen far too much action to be called kids anymore… like me and the Elric brothers here."
"what do you mean?"
Ed shed more light on the subject, "People who know how to kill basically."
"Still, isn't it a bit much to give guns, guns that can actually kill, to teenagers at all?"
"If they're skilled enough to wield one," Negi explained to Asuna, "Asuna-chan, you must understand… the recruiting average around the world is fifteen at least," motioning to Ed and Al.
"Fifteen… well have you yourselves killed a person yet?" Asuna asked.
Negi answered, "Well, I haven't thankfully."
"Us neither," said Alphonse, Edward explained what may have been his vain hope from the start, before joining and even after.
"And we hope that we never get to kill before we reach our goal."
"Heh… I have," everyone turned to Yuna, and listen to her… a person qualified to touch upon the subject, "I killed someone on my first mission, playing a security guard for a local bakery at best… I thought I was ready for it, prepared myself for it since that day… but when I faced the person that I killed," there was a pause in her words, her eyes staring into the ground at a distant place and time, "the star shape hole in his eye, the blood that dripped from his face… though I killed ever since I could never get used to it."
An uneasy quiet fell upon the group, even though sounds of practice, gun shots, transmutations, ninjutsu, and nature proceeded to spread all across the base. Though no one else can hear it, the silence, it can be heard by these four kids here… one who has been affected by the debt that all men must pay: death.
Yuna broke the silence, changing the subject, smiling past the memory, "You know… this place, with all the trees and all the people who go here, reminds me of home."
"I think it's time we get back, it's gotten dark enough already," said Negi.
"I got a paper route too… damn and I feel tired and I still got to do homework," Asuna said, smiling and stretching to lighten the mood.
The Elric brothers nodded in agreement, "Will continue this tomorrow."
"Once you get the basics down with alchemy and magic, Yuna here will teach you ninjutsu-."
"Why me! The only reason I got to go here is cause my basketball practice got cancelled!"
"Face it, out of all of us you're the best one to do it."
Out of nowhere, as they headed for the vine covered gate that heralded the entrance and exit, a familiar voice of a teenage child can be heard, "YES WE FOUND IT!!!"
His voice put a stop on all of their movements, mostly because that most had a connection to this boy, and to a few that it was incredibly loud… which applied only to Asuna.
"Dammit Naruto! I told you we should have made a left at that last tree!"
"Hey at least we made it, right Sasuke!?"
"We would have gotten here faster if you asked for directions from that mage we passed by."
"Man I don't need directions from anyone! A ninja has to have his own sense of direction."
"Right…"
The three teenagers stopped in front of Negi and his posse. One teen had messy dark hair and was the tallest, the other boy looked more Caucasian than Asian, and a pink haired girl who was the shortest; all of the same age. Two of them recognized Yuna Akashi from days past.
"Yuna…?" the blonde boy asked.
"NARUTO!!! SASUKE!!!!!!" Yuna screamed as she tackled both of those boys in a bear hug. A vice like grip nearly crushed the two. Sakura is clearly jealous by this, as seen by both Negi and the Elric brothers; though she ceased being jealous once she found both Naruto and Sasuke gasping for air.
"I'm… glad… to see… you too…," Sasuke said between breaths, "NOW LET GO OF ME!"
"Owww, little Sasuke hasn't changed a bit now has he," Yuna hugged grew tighter and tighter with each passing second.
"Yuna stop… you're… gonna kill us," Naruto said, about to lose consciousness in the process.
Yuna let go of the two, whom both fell to the ground gasping for air, "Looks like you haven't gotten any stronger, so how's it been?"
"WHAT THE HELL! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED US YOU SNOT NOSED BR-," Naruto's sneering was but off by the barrel of a snub nosed revolver under his chin, held there by Yuna herself. The distance between them was about five feet, she covered it in less than half a second.
"Well, well, well… looks like baka over here hasn't changed one bit," she rehoistered her revolver then asked, smiling like a sister would, "All jokes aside, how have you guys been?"
"We should be asking you! I heard your famous now, "Billy the Kid"!" said Naruto excitedly.
"Revolvers and a lever action rifle… never thought you'd actually go through with them.," Sasuke replied.
"I grew up on western movies, so I was bound to use these," smiling like a kid, she showed off her Ruger magnums to both of them.
"Oi! Naruto, you forgot about us!" Looking from the revolvers, Naruto saw old friends from his two year stay in Britain.
"Negi! Alphonse! It's been hella long! Sorry I didn't notice, it's just that I haven't seen my sister in a while," he walked toward Ed, then right pass him to greet the taller Negi and Alphonse.
"Naruto, your forgetting someone!"
"Oh yeah! How would I forget short stuff, we practically fought everyday we're like brothers."
"Short stuff!?"
"What, don't like that name? What about midget? It surely fits your stature."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT YOU CAN STEP ON HIM-!" insulted Ed in anger, leading him to try and look for something in his memory that he could use against Naruto, "remember the time when you sent a resume to be on America's Most Wanted?"
Lior, Great Britain, five years ago…
"Guys! Guys! I did it! I did it!" Naruto announced to his friends: Negi, Edward, and Yuna, while playing around with a kunai in his hands.
All we're the age close to nine, all small in stature, all just kids… kids in a town made famous by a man who used to live there, whose party accomplished great things in the muggle and magical world and became legend amongst the people who know about them. The Thousand Master and his party, "The Red Wing", have became famous but have long since disappeared from sight ever since the Sound Revolution in Mongolia a couple of years ago.
And in this famous town of the Thousand Master, the morning sun rises to greet a passing mailman, walking house to house to pick up mail.
"Did what?" asked Ed, who didn't care as much as Negi or Yuna did.
"I hope it's not something stupid again," added Yuna, glaring at Naruto.
"I put in my resume for that one T.V. show I love!"
"America's Most Wanted?" Negi asked, "Do you know that show shows only for criminals in America!?"
"Yeah, why what's the problem?"
Edward gave him a clue, "CRIMINALS… in AMERICA…"
"Criminals in America… Ah crap," Naruto received an epiphany, "I gave the mail the wrong address!"
All three of them just shook their heads in disappointment as Naruto jumped from the window, shattering it to pieces, and chased the mailman who have just taken the mail from Ed's house.
Back from memory lane…
"You sent a resume to-," Sakura asked before being cut off by an answer.
"That was a long time ago! I grew up smarter at least!"
"Hey guys?" everyone turned to Asuna, who got tired of being left out to watch, "I know from hearing you guys talk that you haven't seen each other in a while, but can we start introducing each other now?"
"Oh yeah! Sorry about that Asuna-san," apologized Negi, "maybe we should introduce," eh hem, "My name is Negi Springfield of the British Ministry of Magic," reaching out to both Sakura and Sasuke, two people who had not had a chance of meeting the famous son of the Thousand Master and the infamous Elric Brothers.
"My name is Alphonse Elric, the Armored Alchemist, nice to meet you; Yuna told us a lot about you."
"Likewise here, the names Edward Elric, otherwise known as the Fullmetal Alchemist."
"My name's Sasuke Uchiha of the late Uchiha clan as with my sister," coolly greeted Sasuke, almost coldly, "we've heard a lot about you three from the "Number one Knuckle Headed Ninja" here and from news articles about you."
"Rita Skeeter," thought the Elric brothers and Negi. Still holding grudges from the atrocious articles she keeps writing about them, from love interest to crimes she claims they have committed. Sakura greeted.
"My name is Sakura Haruno, a medic from the Leaf Village, also known as Konoha."
"And as for me… I'm Asuna Kagurazaka, a middle school student who happens to stumble upon these three's secret."
"So you're a muggle," asked Sasuke, "strange… on normal circumstances they would have erased your memory."
"Well… things happened."
"ALRIGHT! LET'S GO TO KARAOKE RIGHT NOW!" Yuna demanded.
Naruto said onto Yuna, "We just got here! I wanna go and shoot in the range!"
"You don't wanna go cause you can't sing if your life depended on it!"
"You sing just as bad as I do!"
Those who knew Yuna all thought the same thing, "looks like her love for karaoke hasn't changed."
"Oh yeah, Harry-san is here too you know?" Naruto told Negi.
"He is?" asked the Elrics and Negi.
"They're at the boys dorm rooms probally sleeping the day away."
"Hey! Let's talk about this on our way home, I still got that English classwork to finish thanks to iincho"
"If you didn't fight with her then you wouldn't have to deal with it now will you?"
"Shut up Negi-bozu, it's your fault that you didn't stop it like a real teacher would!"
"Come on! Can we shoot pretty please!"
"…loser…" said Sasuke under his breath.
Eleazar's Airbase 12:00am…
Since the air base practiced what was called "lights out" one can go out and witness the bright stars that lit up the sky and ground under it; though at this hour no one bothered to go out due to the need to sleep.
The same engineer that had told the new guests of the working Floo Network seventeen hours earlier went out into the night, still within the air base grounds. Strolling to a nearby hangar, which lay beside the lone control tower, he took out a cigarette and lit a match. Lighting it, the faint light it created served as a signal for his superiors to gather information from their informant. It didn't take long for one to arrive.
"Well, looks like you bring news," said a lone voice wearing a dark cloak with red clouds inscribed upon it, his face covered by rope hanging from his cone hat.
"That boy who lived arrived here this morning, as well as that Nine Tails Fox boy and the Uchiha kid; though they didn't take the bus as planned."
"There's a war brewing west of us, I don't know why they would risk using the Floo Network for kids such as these," the figure tilted his hat and head upward to look at the night light sky, while his counterpart stayed anonymous to it due to looking upon it one to many times, "Are these little ones that important?"
"Little ones? There teens for Christ sake, anyway by the looks of all things the State values them A LOT," the informant blew a puff of smoke into the air, visible thanks to the light in the sky, "it's probably because they've been getting too many losses from espionage… probably from both the Death Eaters and The Land of Sound."
"Heh… no mention of us."
"None at all… we've been far too dormant for them to notice."
"That's about to change real soon."
The cloaked figure disappeared in a puff of smoke, courtesy of the Teleportation Jutsu.
The informant on the other hand stayed his place, bothering to look upon the stars in the night sky and enjoy his smoke. He had a long day and deserved it.
UN State Mahora Headquarters/Mahora University of Engineering 1:00am
"David Amnon is it… your resume looks truly incredible, too incredible."
Col. Mustang presided over documents handed over by Professor Dumbledore and his "student": David, otherwise known as Wrath by his colleagues and enemies. The Colonel used the dim light provided by the fireplace utilizing the Floo Network. The fireplace itself, which served as a gateway for such travel, is used only for VIPs; evidence of this can be seen in the luxury of the room, velvet curtains strewn on the walls, trophy animal skins laid out as carpets, pure gold antiquities, and furniture made of a rare type of wood known as a Weeping Willow.
The Colonel saw fit to utilize this room since Professor Dumbledore is deemed a VIP by the UN State.
"Mr. Dumbledore, can you remind me why you insist on our government to hire such a boy? Especially one of his caliber," asked Roy Mustang.
"As you can see in his resume, he has seen a lot of combat… too much combat," Dumbledore used a piece of his cloth to wipe his glasses clean, "I merely want my apprentice to learn how to defend and protect."
"I see, well kid… since you have no experience as a bodyguard, can you develop patience, remain commited to those you're protecting, and remain calm under pressure?"
David, wearing a cloak like his so-called mentor, responded, "I learned such virtues in hit and run practices and sniping missions."
"It's a way different experience waiting for the hunter than to be the hunter kid."
"I assure you that I can manage, besides," he though back to his spying mission a couple of years ago when he was hunting for a specific artifact said to originate from Eden itself, when he first met Ako Izumi, "I know the school like the back of my hand."
"Well, you'll be going to a different school… not the boys school that you attended for a year."
"So I guess that your superiors already made their decision?" asked Dumbledore, showing his calm and friendliness like he always did to his students.
"One look and that old crackpot of a witch took him in before consulting her advisors," joked the Colonel, setting his papers onto a coffee table and picking up a couple of keys to the girls dorm, "Well Sergeant Amnon, welcome to the UN State Military."
Immediately David stood up and saluted like a experienced soldier always did, "Sir! It will be an honor serving as a mercenary."
Col. Mustang opened his hand in a gesture to shake, the now hired Sergeant Amnon took it.
As Col. Mustang went into regulations relating to military life, dealing with muggles, and undercover work, Dumbledore couldn't help but wish David luck.
David… I pray that you find what you seek before your brethren do.
As the fire place lit up in a green flame, sending a green light forth and signifying that the teleportation system is ready, he bid his farewell to both Mustang and David.
And as he stepped into the green fire that is the Floo Network he said to David, "Godspeed…" and disappeared into the flame.
Over the skies of the Altai Mts. 10:00pm
"This is Legend; all units form a echelon formation."
In normal battles involving modern weaponry the terrain damage is often limited, except damage to buildings and other man-made constructions. That's simply not the case with magical warfare. As far as Legend, the nickname of a squad leader of ten planes above the Altai Mountains saw from his countless sorties there is devastation upon devastation. The forest has been leveled by explosion and molded into many forms to dispose or impede enemies by use of alchemy. The mountainous areas has been smoldered with scorch marks and craters. Plums of smoke can be seen in the moonlight, and explosions shake the ground below. He often wondered why God, the creator of this earth and all the humans destroying it, would give mankind this power; much less sacrifice his only son for their sakes.
On his twentieth sortie, in this unusually bright moonlit night, they fly.
"All planes descend, begin bombing run."
A squad of Hoshigakure made Mig-21 planes descended, a jet fighter that looks like a cigar with a pointed end with a delta wing, starting with the one in the bottom of the formation and Legend last being on the top. Under each of it's wings are three small free-fall bombs.
Descending, faster… faster… faster into the dark, soon the missile alert system rung it's usual warnings, black puffs of smoke erupted in fiery explosions around them, flack guns as they are called, and magical spells giving off their familiar lights and streaks, a sign that they are close to the ground. Despite this, the pilots felt an easy calm and peace due to their training and their confident squad leader whom they trusted with their lives, who in turn seemed to get his peace from God himself.
They can see the base and it's lights before them.
Boom, boom, boom… BOOM CRAKCLE SHING CHING!
"Dammit I'm hit! Can't fly anymore-EJECTING!"
One Mig-21 was hit by a missile, destroying the wing and casuing the plane to plummet onto the ground. Luckily the pilot ejected.
Others in Legend's squad turned out not so lucky; one died because his plane exploded in midair thanks to one lucky spellcaster who gotten a hit, one was hit by flak fire and couldn't eject from his plane. One plane was obliterated by the bullets of a larger, long range, air superiority fighter aircraft known as the F-15.
Closer… closer… they fell from the skies waiting to drop their bombs and fly the hell away. That time soon fell upon them.
"Bombs away." Ching ching ching ching ching ching… zooooooooooommmmmmm……… BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOOMBOOOOOM!!!
The base below them fell to ruin, scorch marks and craters lay where buildings, that held tanks and other mobile armor, once lay.
The Mig-21's fell to a low altitude, just above the tree line and in and about the dark mountains, to keep out of Doppler Radar and therefore not get targeted and shot down.
"This is AWACS, Good work Tiger Wing. RTB…" said Mongolian voice on the radio, most likely a CO on some poorly made E-3A Warning and Control Systems (hence AWACS).
"Roger that," responded Legend.
Everyone in Legend's squad let out a sigh of relief, the pressure comes with the job, as they head for home. Soon they will be within friendly skies and won't have to lie low.
"What the hell is that?"
Ahead of Legend's plane, someone holding a sword stood atop the tallest trees around. She seemed to be waiting, her long hair whipping around her in the wind.
There we're getting closer… closer…
Legend's plane was almost on top of her.
The figure raised her sword…
SLICE!!!
At that moment, Legend thought back to his small home town, his cute wife he fell in love with and his children, all his friends from home and his work in the military, all those he downed and that died in front of him in the last war, all those who he befriended, his parents, his church, the pain he felt when horrid things fell upon him, his life. Before he knew it, he found himself thinking about his life, as if to verify his own existence.
Before he knew it, he found himself at a glorious white city, with pearly gates flanked by two imposing figures. A city that has yet to be seen on earth, things here seem more real than at earth to Legend. And when the gates opened…
Back at earth, all his cohorts watched in horror as the swordsman, later confirmed to be of Japan's famed Private Military Company known as the "Shimei-Ryu School", destroy their leader and friend and preacher, before their very eyes, with one swipe of a sword.
The plane began to disintegrate in midair due to the air speed and the destroyed airframe. ZOOOOOOMMMM CRACKLECHINKLE!!!
Then it just blew up. BOOM!
"Legend's down!"
To be continued…
Preview:
Naruto begins his first day in Mahora Jr. High school, and finds himself not as welcome as both the Elric brothers and Negi. He also finds Sasuke, once again, seemingly getting the attention of all the girls in the school, despite his dislike for it.
Meanwhile, the school of hard knocks as it is called by its students lay down the law on some newcomers, and actually teaches something of use to the wizards and ninja.
Ako Izumi, a painfully shy girl with a past, runs into a former crush who's working as a security guard in her school. Will she win his heart this time or be rejected once again? Will she even have the courage to ask?
The UN State Army takes in a batch of new recruits, many of different places like Africa, Mexico, and Eastern Europe with a few Americans. With them, the State creates Platoon 3/A.
A well regarded Shinmei Ryu swordsman comes to Mahora, being hired as a bodyguard. He also happens to be close to two certain students of class 3/A, being a childhood friend of both.
The war between the Land of Sound and Xia turns for the worse, as more soldiers are recruited and Sound pressing ever deeper into Xia territory. Where is Hoshigakure (Land of Sound) getting all its weaponry?
Next Time: Surroundings
Author's Note: If you haven't figured it out yet… those "influences" are Battlefield 2, Ace Combat, the Bible (The name of the airbase and Wrath's surname), StarCraft (the buildings used in the outpost), Assassins Creed (the mention of Eden) and a small tiny amount of Gundam Seed Destiny (The lead pilot's name).
Another Author's Note: Let me take the time to apologize for the lateness and for the crappy sound effects, I could do better.
(Spoiler Alert)
I also want to use elements of Cloverfield, though I haven't watched it yet, by replacing another certain tailed beast from Naruto.
I also want to use elements from Assassins Creed. Garra could sure use some close quarters fighting skills after all (and a sword too).
Author's request for fanfics:
I don't have a right to ask you guys of this, but can you write a couple of crossovers for me:
-Ace Combat Zero or 6 with the magic world Negi is currently in (manga)
-Assassins Creed with Negima (Maybe using Ako Izumi and her mysterious scar)
-Zone of the Enders and Gundam Seed Destiny (I can't find one of those for some reason)
-Assassins Creed and Cloverfield (being random)
-Cloverfield and Shadow of the Colossus ( I heard that the monster looks like part lizard and part crab, adding that it has an army of spider crabs that could kill and it's really, really big, would have made a great 18th colossus)
-Battlefield 2: Project Reality with the whole Mars vs. Mages game (I find it stupid that those players just STAND THERE AND GET SHOT!!!!! And without any armor support or air support)
Thanks a bunch: )