A/N: Ahhg! Sorry this is so late I got really sick again and also lost inspiration for this chapter until it came to me at about 7pm. It's now nearly 11pm and I have school tomorrow. Anyway I hope you enjoy.
-Chapter 7-
Attack
A few days after their spying escapade in the surveillance room Kasamatsu and Kise sat in the Light king's office on opposite sides of the desk leaning over a map of the border separating the Light and Water kingdoms. Multiple counters littered the map in various different colours various shades of yellow for Light kingdom groups and blue for water. The darker the shade of the counter the more powerful the group located in that area. Kasamatsu moved counters around the map in a laconic manner letting Kise follow the movements carefully as the blond noted everything down on a piece of paper. They'd already been there for well over two hours running through various different strategies to defend themselves against their enemy kingdom but they still had to come across one that just felt right.
"So we keep the Royal Guard back until the final moments so that they can sweep in and make the final blow." Kise confirmed Kasamatsu's last move as the older removed his hands from the map returning them to his lap.
"Correct, this way we shouldn't lose any of our stronger soldiers." Kise hums in agreement making a note on his paper in red pen circling something else in green.
"Which means the first and second battalions flank the west, third and fourth converge from the east and the remaining six attack from the front. Whilst this is happening the Royal Guard hides in the tree-line ready to strike down any of the stragglers and/or any excessively strong Water soldiers." Kasamatsu makes an affirmative sound once Kise finishes his brief explanation of the tactic they'd been formulating throughout the meeting.
"The Water kingdom attack should be 2 days from now if we go by what Aominecchi said right?" The blond slid his paper across the table towards Kasamatsu before standing slipping his chair back with elegant ease.
"Yes." The elder man nodded swiping the assorted counters into a small container before beginning to fold the map.
"Then we strike tomorrow" Kise's tone was final as he slipped his white jacket over his shoulders the gold tassels falling into place with ease. He turned to leave striding towards the door silver earing glinting in the sunlight streaming in through the windows placed high on the walls.
"For once you have a good idea Kise-sama." Kasamatsu sighed also standing slipping the map and counters into a satchel, which he then lifted onto his shoulder.
"I'm smarter than the universe gives me credit for." For that comment the blonde teen earned a kick in the lower back from his short-tempered strategy advisor and friend.
"So mean." Kise whined crocodile tears spilling down his cheeks as he stumbled back to his feet rubbing the abused portion of his lower back. Kasamatsu just huffed in reply leaving the room promptly.
-Consumed by Shadows-
Momoi stared at her surveillance screens in shock. Imayoshi hovered somewhere behind her left shoulder perpetual sinister smirk for once whipped off his face eyes stretched comically wide instead of being squinted. The screens displayed images of the Water kingdom's western border a hoard of Light soldiers set in an evidently well-organised battle formation. The royal guard, king or strategist nowhere to be seen amidst the troops, in fact the only senior light kingdom soldier to be seen was commander Moriyama Yoshitaka famous for searching out 'cute' girls over anything else.
"How…did they find out?" Momoi twisted her long pink hair back into a tight bun as she spoke zooming in on the image displaying the Light army's formation.
"All the kingdom's have similar surveillance systems." Imayoshi's Daichi drawl rang from the other side of the room as he leant over a series of keyboards typing at an almost alarming rate.
"I didn't realise the Light kingdom was this advanced though they've always been behind on surveillance." The girl continued to survey the Light army's formation closely scrutinizing them for any possible weaknesses.
"Don't write them off Momoi. Kise Ryouta has advanced the kingdom greatly in the mere months he's been in power." He replied his perpetual smirk returned eyes back to slits no one could believe he saw through.
"Ki-chan can't have made this much difference." She sighed running a hand over her face in an attempt to calm her nerves. An impromptu battle was the last thing they needed.
Imayoshi threw Momoi's signature pale blue headset across the room shoving on his own forest green one in an excessively violent manner adjusting the microphone instinctively. The younger caught the headset with ease putting it on carefully before slipping into her seat in front of the immense desk covered in keyboards and switchboards. Immediately the control room was filled with the sound of tapping keys and the flicking of switches along with the occasional mouse-click. Both strategists reviewed as much footage as possible in the half hour they allocated themselves. It wasn't perfect but it would do. The Water kingdom had never done well fending off surprise attacks even if the perpetrator was one of the weakest kingdoms out there.
"I'll go talk to Aomine-sama and rally the troops I've still got my headset on tell me of any developments." The general stood slipping out of the room silently turning on the wireless function on his headset as he went. Momoi hummed an affirmative continuing to frantically type in commence and flick between screenshots as she formulated the fastest military strategy ever created by the Water kingdom.
-Consumed by Shadows-
"Fucking hell." Aomine roared as soon as Imayoshi had finished his explanation. That was only the beginning of a colourful string of obscenities in multiple languages cascading from the young king's mouth. The elder just rolled his eyes in both exasperation and amusement. Aomine never ceased to find a way to slip obscenities of naked women into absolutely everything he did.
"I'll take that as mobilise the army and win or my head is on the chopping block." Imayoshi replied to the unending string of curses turning to leave in order to gather the military to attention.
"Destroy them, no one beats the water kingdom, or me." The young king growled viciously fiddling with the katana fastened at his hip irritably.
"We will not fail you, Aomine-sama." The general disappeared from the throne room in a flash sprinting down the corridors of Touou castle to get to the military barracks as soon as physically possible.
Meanwhile the Water king slumped in his throne running a hand through coarse navy hair. The bastards of the Light kingdom had managed to sneak attack them less than a day before they had been due to launch their own attack. Sneaky, that was for sure, bastards as well. The Light kingdom needed to be razed to the ground. And there was no doubt Kise Ryouta was going to go down with his ship.
-Consumed by Shadows-
"Wakamatsu lead the western flank, Susa the east, Sakurai your coming with me for the frontal assault. All other royal guard members divide evenly between the groups." Imayoshi commanded watching as his 3 fellow guard leaders placed themselves as requested bands of soldiers falling in behind them. Wakamatsu stood tall at the front of his group at least half a head taller than most of the other soldiers. Susa was the quietest of his the three standing silently at the head of his allocated soldiers watching Imayoshi like a hawk. Sakurai just looked like he was trying to make himself look smaller whilst apologising profusely.
"This will be an all out attack, no holding back. We must defeat this Light kingdom army. The aim is not to take land simply to defend out own. Move out." He continued on observing the reactions of his men. They all stood tall and proud at attention unwavering in their resolve.
"Yes, sir." The sound of a unanimous call was like music to Imayoshi's ears as he turned on his heal leading the frontal attack group towards the border Sakurai at his side the other soldiers falling into neat lines behind the pair. Wakamatsu and Susa split off their separate ways soon after circling around to attack from different sides. If all went well the results of the battle would be very pleasing indeed.
A/N: So please follow favourite and review it really encourages me to write more. This chapter could have been about twice as long however I chose to stop it here as I go away in 2 days for a 2 week period without my laptop and I really wanted to get an update out before then.
Thank you all so much for your support
-Angel
