Please don't kill me...I know it's been over a year since I last updated so I'm sorry...
In the blink of an eye, two weeks had passed. Hikari was currently training the boys at 150 times normal gravity. Overall, the training was very successful. Not only did they improved themselves but they learned to work together as a group. Hikari could not have been happier with the results. "That ends your 'special' training" Hikari concluded.
"Man. That was intense" Natsu stated with an exhausted smile. The others nodded in agreement. Hikari allowed them to leave the chamber to rest and meet up with their friends as Maki and the girls returned from their mission and Teru had just finished up the others.
"Congratulations" Teru's voice boomed throughout the training chamber. "You survived two weeks of my training. I believe it would be appropriate to officially call you members of the Legion". As members of the Legion, everyone received special earpieces for communication and badges that identified them as members. Everyone began to exit the training chamber. "Hey Uryu!" Teru called out to Uryu as he walked with Sanji and Sasuke. "Can I talk to you for a sec?". Teru pulled Uryu to the side.
"What's up?" Uryu asked casually. Teru pulled out a badge and gave it to Uryu. "But I already got a badge"
"Ah. But this is not any badge. Look." Uryu looked and noticed that the words "Third in Command" was engraved on the metal.
"Wait…but I thought Renji was going to be Kurosaki's Third in Command"
"Well. Those placements were never official" Teru shrugged. "I'm convinced that you would make a better Third. You've known Ichigo the longest and you seem to be more level headed than Renji…don't tell him I said that…" Uryu chucked a bit. "Well congratulations!" Uryu took the badge from Teru and walked back to their new rooms. Two days later, the commanders, lieutenants, and Third in Commands all met in a meeting room.
"I have summoned all of you today to discuss what the lieutenants found on their mission on Kalia…Maki?" Maki nodded.
"Thank you Hikari-sama. It seems that the Union jewel is the modern name for the ancient jewel, Etinu. Etinu is one of the Four Jewels of Ruination. Simply put, when the power of these jewels are harnessed together who ever is in control of their power has the ability to destroy anything they desire in the blink of an eye".
"Well that's not good" Hikari huffed under breath. "So what's your suggested plan of attack?"
"Hikari-sama, I suggest that we do two things: one, find the jewels before Gaap does and find out how they plan to harness it's power" Maki pulled up all of her research on the 3-D screen. Luffy started at screen in wonder. Teru decided to step in.
"I have done a little bit of research on how to harness the jewels power" Teru started. "Apparently, there is a HUGE sacrifice that comes with harnessing their power".
"What kind of sacrifice?" Ichigo asked.
"Human souls" The room was silent. "The amount of they would need though is in the millions so if they even attempted to collect these souls we would know" Teru said with a bit of confidence.
"Not necessarily" Hikari interrupted. "These demons are immortals, wondering around for thousands of years. They've probably already started collection long before this war even started" Natsu unexpectedly punched the table leaving a huge crack.
"They won't get away with this" Natsu stated with anger evident in his voice. Hikari used this opportunity to stand up.
"You're right. We won't." Hikari stated plainly. "Dismissed" Everyone starting to get up knowing that these next few months were not going to be easy.
Gaap sat alone in the dark when he heard a knock.
"Come in." He demanded. Shax entered the room with another demon following close by him. "Ah. Shax is this our new engineer?" Before Shax could answer the demon walked forward and bowed.
"Yes, your majesty. My name Icarus." Icarus stood back up with a devilish smirk on his face. "I have been following your plans for quite awhile now. I have been researching the Jewels of Ruinations and I have already have millions of souls at my disposal" Gaap grinned with satisfaction.
"Very nice" Gaap commented. Shax walked forward till he was right next to Icarus.
"Icarus here has found an efficient way of collecting human souls and is the process of designing a special glove, so to speak, so that wielding the power is literally in the palm of your hand" Shax explained.
"Very well. I trust that you will not fail me like the last." Gaap stated in a somewhat threatening manner. Icarus, however, was not fazed.
"I aim to please your majesty" Icarus said with a grin. "Besides, I have a bone to pick with the Head Commander" Gaap grinned in response and dismissed the two with the wave of his hand.
Natsu walked down the halls with a bored expression on his face.
"What's the matter Natsu?" Happy asked the dragon slayer.
"This is boring" Natsu yawned. "After that training, everything seems too easy. I want a mission that's more a challenge" Happy simply rolled his eyes as Natsu continued his rant. "I know there are more challenging missions, but Maki won't give them to me. I wonder…." Happy didn't like the sound of that. Before he could ask, Natsu grabbed Happy and starting running.
Maki typed away at her desk as she was assigning missions. Normally Hikari or Teru would do this but both of them were busy attending a meeting with the Universal Council. Maki didn't mind though. Anything was better than going to one of those meetings, especially since the council hated the Legion to it's very core.
"Makiiiiiiiiiiii!" Maki looked up to see a cute and upset Happy flying into her office.
"What's wrong Happy?" Maki asked gently. Happy's stomach started to grumble.
"I'm hungry for fish but there's no fish!" He pouted and landed on her desk. "Help!" Maki looked at her watch and realized that she has been working non stop for the past few hours.
"Alright" she said as she got up from her chair. "I could use the break anyways" She walked away with Happy to find him the fish. What she didn't notice was a sneaky Natsu approaching her desk. He look through all of the available missions until he found it. An SS rank, the highest rank, mission meant for Hikari.
"What's this?" Natsu said to himself. He looked at the details.
Mission code: AOT
Requested by: Head Commander
Level: SS+
Details: A human planet faces extinction due man-eating monsters. Possibly due to alien interference. Mission will be considered successful once the cause of these monsters are discovered.
Date of Approval: TBA
"Perfect!" Natsu exclaimed. "I'll need help though" He thought to himself. He quickly picked up the mission and ran off with excitement; he knew just who to ask. This was going to be one hell of a mission.
"Ah! Come on Naruto!" Natsu begged. "It's going to be most exciting mission you've been on yet!" Naruto still look hesitant.
"I don't know" He confessed. "I heard Hikari-sensei was scary when someone takes a mission without approval" He said "Teru told me that when he did that, he was sent to fix an electronic power transmitter on another planet for a week".
"A week?" Natsu asked.
"Yea. Apparently the civilians didn't understand what it was and would try and destroy whenever they got the chance. Teru didn't sleep for most of the week cuz he was always on edge. Terrible." Naruto shivered at the thought.
"Come on! If we get a good team, we can be in and out and if anything Hikari will be impressed" Naruto still didn't look convinced. "Well...I guess I understand..." Natsu starts walking away. "I guess I'll just ask Ichigo then. Since...you know...he's stronger than you anyways..." Natsu heard a cracking sound and put on a devilish smile. "I don't know why I even asked you." That was the final straw for Naruto. He was in.
Natsu and Naruto teamed up with Sakura, Gajeel, Erza, and Zoro and filled them in on the details of the mission.
"Why is Maki not giving us the mission?" Sakura asked with a bit of curiosity. Both Naruto and Natsu froze before Natsu decided to answer.
"Well...you know...she's busy with other things...hehehe" Natsu said as he awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck. Sakura had a look of suspicion on her face but did not question any further. "Alright!" Natsu exclaimed as they walked onto the transporter "Let's fight us some monsters!"
"This is unacceptable!" Hikari and Teru were attending the council meeting. Teru absolutely could not handle these guys. The council was made of thousands of representatives from different planets. Their mission "to honor the wishes and desires of the people by creating justice" or at least that what they advertised. They absolutely hated the Legion due to it's "reckless" reputation. Teru had to admit that the Legion and everyone in it, including Hikari, were bound to be reckless. However, everything is for the good of the universe. If anything, the council just didn't like having such a powerful military group that were not in their control.
"Not only have you declared war on the Demon Lord Gaap, which will no doubt puts us in a difficult situation, but you have also stolen a precious artifact from the Kalian people. What do you have to say for yourselves?" All eyes were on Hikari and she thought carefully about what she was going to say next.
"With all due respect," Hikari started "we were not the ones to declare war, Gaap was so if you have a problem with it, you can talk to him" Many of the council member froze with anger in their faces. "And as for the jewel, the Kalian people would be in danger if they kept that jewel"
"I don't remember you having the right to make that call" said a voice belonging to the Head of the Council Zebedee Rixoth from the planet Haurix, the one of the many capitals of the universe. "You should be lucky that we don't throw you in jail of theft but that wouldn't be fun now would it" Zebedee said with a devilish grin. Teru clenched his fist. "You have 24 hours to return that jewel to it's rightful place, no tricks, no negotiations" Teru was about to speak before Hikari held him back. "If you don't give it back we have no choice but to arrest you Head Commander. Think wisely" Hikari stared intensely but did not respond. "Dismissed." Hikari and Teru started walking back to their ship.
"Hikari-sama, why did you just let them do that?" Teru asked in frustration. "Kalians are not suited for war. They could never stand a chance against Gaap"
"Council member Zebedee just wants to cause mischief. We can't give him that satisfaction" Hikari stated softly. "Anyways the last thing we need is more enemies" Teru wanted to say something against that but he couldn't. Hikari had a point. "We will just have to take the extra mile in protecting Kalia" Hikari and Teru boarded the ship and Teru took the driver's seat. "We are not heading home just yet" Teru turned around in confusion. "There's something I want to show you" Hikari directed Teru to an untouched side of the universe. What did she have in mind...he didn't know.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Don't know when I'll update next but hopefully it won't take over a year lol. Thanks!