It didn't take long before Lucina's group and Kjelle's group arrives at the castle's front entrance. Before they could any close to the door, they saw a young man sitting by the porch. Shun has taken the role of guarding the front entrance when he saw the large group of warriors, he puts away his book that he is reading before standing up.
"Halt!" Shun called stopping their tracks, "State your business.'' he said when no noticed someone familiar in the group, "Wait a minute... Hardbody? Chimera? Is that you?'' he asked in surprise.
"Hey, Shun.'' Chimera greeted, "Been a while since we see each other ever since... graduation." he stated.
"Wait! If Shun is here then that means... Dan Kusuo is here as well!" Hardbody exclaimed. He was about to make a mad dash through the castle when Chimera grabs his shoulders and punches him on the face, knocking him out cold to the ground.
Shun let's out a sigh, "I think I get the idea why you and Hardbody are here.'' he stated.
"Sorry about that.'' Chimera apologized.
Shun then turns to Lucina, "Mayhaps, you're Chrom and Sumia's daughter from the future, am I right?'' he asked.
Lucina nodded, "Yes, I am.'' she replied.
"I'm their daughter too." Cythia quipped with a smile.
Shun nodded, "I see.'' he replied in understanding.
"You're not surprised?'' Morgan asked.
Shun shrugs his shoulders, "I already met Owain.'' he replied, "Besides... meeting my comrades' children from the future isn't the strangest thing I've experienced.'' he stated.
"We came here to help my father and his comrades about the current the situation of this country, as well it's neighboring countries.'' Lucina claimed.
"About these creatures called Emotionless." Gerome pointed out.
Shun smiled, "Then you all came on the right time, Chrom and the others are already planning our next move." he claimed, "We definitely going to need all the help.'' he stated.
"Where is father in this castle, right now?'' Lucina asked.
"They're at the Shepherd's Garrison, let's go and meet then.'' Shun suggested.
And with that, Shun along the group of young warriors made their way towards the garrison with Chimera dragging the unconscious Hardbody by the leg.
When they arrived at the garrison, the older warriors were thrilled to see the younger warriors. Chrom and Sumia were happy to see their daughters, Lucina and Cynthia, once again, Robin and Owain are also glad to see Morgan, Frederick & Maribelle greeted their son, Brady while Gregor and Olivia are happy to see their son, Inigo. Both Gaius and Sully were glad to see their daughter, Kjelle again while Panne and Stahl greeted their son, Yarne. Meanwhile, Henry and Miriel greeted their son, Laurent while Tharja does the same thing with her daughter, Noire and when the two told them about their relationship, they approve of it but Tharja was a bit skeptical. Both Cherche and Vaike are happy to see their son, Gerome while Lon'qu and Cordelia their daughter, Severa.
Nah is really happy to see her parents Donnel and Nowi again, though she was quite baffled to see Nowi and Lissa arguing over Donnel. She can't help but remember what Brady told her before... will her father marry both her mother and Lissa in the future?
Chimera greeted Dan and was introduced to both teams. Hardbody then finally awakens from his lumber, he opens his eyes and was greeted by an odd sight.
"Yeah, that's right Natsu! Wash my underwear like there's no tomorrow." Dan goaded making Natsu grumble in annoyance.
Dan was about to say another remark when Hardbody spoke, "I can't believe you have fallen from grace, Dan Kusou!" he pointed out in disappointment.
Dan turns to him with a blank look, "Oh... you're awake." he grumbled.
Hardbody dramatically pointed his finger at Dan, "Is this how you treat you fallen foes, Dan Kusou? You let them wash your underwear! How disgraceful!" he exclaimed.
"What's up with those two?'' Naruto asked while cleaning his ear with an earbud.
Shun let's out a sigh, "Hardbody is Dan's self-proclaimed rival but... Dan doesn't see him as one." he replied.
"So, he's more like an annoyance to Dan?'' Sakura H. pointed out.
"If you think of that way... then yeah.'' Chimera replied.
"I challenge you to a fight, Dan Kusou! I will teach you the meaning of dignity and respect!" Hardbody exclaimed, "Today! Our rivalry ends with a triumphant victor!" he declared with raised fist.
"Woah! Woah! Woah! Back up there a minute, you nimrod!" Dan spoke, "Rivalry? What rivalry? Dude! I never once fought you, so hardly knew that I had a rivalry with you.'' he explained indecorously.
"What are you talking about? We fought before during our last day at the dodjo and you defeated me with just one strike which rendered me unconscious!" Hardbody claimed, "And when I finally woken, you were gone from the dodjo! Leaving your rival when our beef is just getting started is pure cowardice! That's why I traveled all across the universe to find you, so we can finish our rivalry!" he stated.
Dan raised an eyebrow as he turns to Chimer and Shun, "Did that really happened?'' he asked in confusion.
Chimera let's out a sigh, "Not exactly how Hardbody describes it.'' he replied, "During our last day at the dodjo, Hardbody did challenged you into a fight but you couldn't hear him because you had your headset at that time listening to music and Hardbody is oblivious to it. You were bobbing you head that time and Hardbody though you accepted his challenge. When Hardbody charges towards you, you were headbanging rather wildly and you accidentally headbutted his crown jewels, causing him to lost conscious." he explained.
"And right after that, you, Marucho and I, were recruited by the Heroes Coalitions and quickly left the dodjo when Hardbody woke up.'' Shun finalized.
Dan thought about it, he did remember seeing the unconscious form of Hardbody at that time but thought nothing of it, "Huh? So that happened... but it also clear that I'm not rivals with you.'' he pointed out.
"What?!" Hardbody exclaimed in realization.
"Dan is right." Chimera spoke, "Dan never beaten you in a fight.'' he pointed out.
"So, there's no reason to claim Dan as your rival.'' Shun added.
Hardbody drops to his knees, "NOOOOOO!" he cried rather dramatically, "I can't believe this! I've made a fool of myself over a non-existent rivalry! I'm such an idiotic monkey!" he cried in despair as he pounds the floor.
"Oh, don't worry, you're not a monkey." Dan reassured, "You're just an idiot.'' he claimed with a grin.
Hardbody glares at him, "Who are you calling an idiot?" he demanded as he stood up, "That's it for that! You and I will square each other, right here, right now!" he challenged pointing a finger at Dan.
Dan let's out a groan, "Aw, come on! Give it up already!" he exclaimed in annoyance.
As the two bickers back and forth, Luna approaches Chimera and Shun, "Hey Shun.'' she called getting his and Chimera's attention, "I've been wondering all this time but what's a Chikara Master?'' she asked.
Shun and Chimera looks at each other with the former nodding as the latter spoke, "Well... 'Chikara' means 'power' and there's a reason why we are called a Chikara Master.'' he started, "Much the Blesseds, Chikara Masters comes out with different abilities from elemental power, weapon use, magic or of use of sentiments. And much like the Blesseds, our powers were given to us by a magical scroll known as the Quanli Vessel however the difference is, the scroll only gave us a few of it's powers and it's up to us to grow our powers to it's full extent." he stated, "And fortunately for us, Master Regal, the strongest Chikara Master ever, opened a dodjo where Chikara Masters like us would train and hone our skills and powers with Master Regal guiding us as we continue to train hard until we graduated." he finished explaining.
"Fascinating." Luna said in awe.
"I can't thank Master Regal enough for helping us." Chimera said with a smile, "Without him, I won't be able to fully master my powers." he admitted.
Shun nodded, "Myself as well." he said in agreement.
"Another question... this Quanli Vessel... do you master owns it?'' Luna asked.
Chimera shook his head, "No. The Quanli Vessel is a living object, it chooses whoever it deems worthy of receiving powers from it.'' he replied, "When the Quanli Scroll made it's appearance before me and after it gave me portion of it's power, it suddenly disappears without a trace." he stated.
"The downside is... the Quanli Scroll also gives portion of it's powers to even the most questionable people aka bag guys.'' Shun stated.
Luna was taken aback by this, "Seriously?'' she asked in surprise.
Chimera shook his head, "We kid you not.'' he replied, "During our time at the dodjo, we met several individuals with questionable motives and powers, one of them is about killing." he explained.
"What happened to these people?'' Luna asked.
"After graduation, our only bet that they're now using their powers for crime." Shun replied.
Luna let's out a sigh, "Some people would go crazy just because they got powers." he stated.
"I couldn't agree more." Chimera replied in agreement.
"So, what are you going to do after this?'' Shun asked.
Chimera shrugs his shoulders, "Hardbody and I are going to stick around in this world for a while and help out.'' he replied, "After that, I'm going back to the dodjo and meet up with Manami, Himeno and Selena, so we can travel together.'' he said.
"I see." Shun replied, "What about Hardbody?'' he asked.
"Unless Dan doesn't accept his challenge, he'll continue to go after him.'' Chimera replied, "But this time, I'm not coming with him." he said.
"That's for the best, I guess." Shun mused.
Meanwhile at one table, we see Geo checking on his tablet when Lucina approaches him.
"Greeting, you must one of the two leaders of these team from the Heroes Coalition my father mentioned." Lucina greeted.
Geo turns to her, "Oh! Hey there.'' he greeted back, "I'm Geo Stelar, the leader of the Universal Guardians." he introduced himself.
"I'm Lucina.'' Lucina introduced herself, "And I must say that I'm really impressed that your a leader of your team even though your a lot younger than me.'' she stated.
Geo rubs the back of his head, "Thanks. But like I said before, I may be the leader but I still had a long way to go." he admitted.
Lucina nodded, "By the way... I was wondering why the other team has fifteen members while yours is ten?'' she asked.
"Oh! That's because the other team has honorary members while my team doesn't have one yet.'' Geo replied.
"Honorary member, huh?'' Lucina mused.
Bzzzttt...
Meanwhile as everyone are gathered around the garrison, we see Ryuuko and Ricken walking through the corridors having a conversation.
"Alarte Ascendare is a magic spell that shoots the target high in the air while Avada Kedavara causes instant death to the person who got hit by this spell." Ryuuko explained.
The former sounds cool to learn but the latter, I think I'll pass on that." Ricken replied. He then noticed a door open at the hallway, "Hey! The Artifact Room is open!" he pointed out.
"Isn't that room off-limits?'' Ryuuko asked.
The two went inside the room and saw a strange figure wearing a thick robe with his back turn on them. The sight of the stranger was more than enough to alarm them.
"Hey! What are you doing here?!" Ricken shouted.
"And who the hell are you?!" Ryuuko demanded.
The figure responded by charging towards them...
A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.