Tales of Cosmic wars
Chapter 9: Rivalries and Desires.
After the last chapter thanks to the efforts of the Enji Knights , Sonic and his allies those under the Weil Zabi suffered a blow and now we see just how Weil is reacting to such a turn of events, which causes today's chapter to open up in the main office of the capital building of the Capital Planet of the Zeon Federation, planet Texagrad. Commander Craft has just returned to the planet and is now in front of the desk of President Weil Zabi.
Currently Craft is trying to explain to Weil how the battle was lost, and despite being a veteran soldier who lived through many battles, even the nerves of the former Enji Master are rattle slightly at the boiling rage flowing through the eyes of his superior! Weil has just finished smoking a cigar before he crushes it with his hand," Now, let me just see if I have all the facts straight Craft. How is it that with an entire fleet of ships, the Apsulas, and even those Dark Enji As well, YOU STILL COULD NOT BEAT A BUNCH OF LYALT DOGS!"
Craft clears his throat and responds with," It's not that simple mister President, the locals assisted the Enji and they were more powerful than General Ginias expected. Also one of the local's sabotaged the Anti-air craft cannons that we had sent up, then the Lylat fleet arrived led by the Star Fox t,"
At this point Weil interrupts his commander by smashing his fist in to his desk and standing up to say,
" Stop making excuses! It's your fault that you did not bring enough soldiers with you be able to crush them! Ginias paid with his life for failing the Zeon cause and if you don't shape up you'll suffer the same fate! Now I heard all I could stomach, get out of my sight!"
Craft gives a prompt salute as he says," Yes sir." The leader of the Dead Cell unit does not waste a single second leaving the room but before Craft is gone Weil is all ready pressing a button on his intercom to say," Mercy, tell Azral Tarkin to come in now!"
Tarkin now enters as Commander Craft leaves and casually wipes some dust off his monocle before sprouting a grin."
You called sir?"
Weil sits back down and says," Don't be cute with me Tarkin! Your grand weapon the Apsulas could not even destroy a single Lylat fleet!"
Tarkin looks agitated before he says," Well that's a true shame, but alas that was not my best work anyway. Besides it's not my fault it failed, I did all I could but in the end Ginias failed to get the required ingredients needed to secure victory. No matter though. The three new weapons that I am working on now will make the Apsulas look like last years' outdated trash!
And don't forget that our ultimate weapon is still in development. Once that battle station is completed, the Lylat kingdom will be powerless against us no matter how many of those Enji freaks they have in their service. Enji, freaks of nature. The only reason the Lylat kingdom is able to stand against us is that all of those "gifted individuals" are on their side!"
Weil chuckles before stroking his mustache and saying,
" Don't forget Tarkin that we currently have the service of the Dark Enji at our disposal, in fact my son Marluxia is one of the 13 elite Dark knights in that kooky order."
Tarkin just looks baffled as he says," Forgive me mister president but seriously, I must ask what kind of name is Marluxia?"
Weil snorts and responds with," Bah, my first wife liked exotic things.
"Tarkin shrugs and says," In any case it's no wonder that the Organization of Dark Enji side with us. Heh, after all lots of their most prominent warriors came through volunteering to my artificial enhancements. Of course some of the failed subjects bodies malfunctioned and died but the successful subjects were very appreciative.
" Weil narrows his eyes and says," That may be true Tarkin but you better not forget that the most powerful of the Dark Enji are powerful through their own means and own no such obligation, we must be sure to make sure that the Dark Enji remain on our side, or we will have to make sure we have the proper counter measures in place to take them out if they decide to have other ideals. "
Tarkin then chuckles as he takes out a computer pad out of his pocket and begins to press a few buttons before saying,
" But of course, I won't let any magic trick make a fool of me for long. This is the age of science and facts. Those Enji and all the other relics of history rely on primitive courage but to bad for them that power, war and all of that now can be deduced in to statistics.
Are enemies may have won this meager battle but my through calculations will prove that the Zeon Federation will win the war as long as things go according to plan. Now if you may exclude me mister president. I am very busy and must go back to work to insure that my creations will bring about are victory."
Tarkin then gives a curt nod and leaves. As the chief scientist of the Zeon Federations goes out and just than Weil gets a notification that he has a new incoming message, one that is from Havoc Drashid! Weil snickers at this and says,
" Heh, that Patriarch of the religious cult of the Sithantos has been quite bold lately for a leader of a group that spent the last century mostly preaching to the choir around its nearby planet. Bah, the Sithantos believe that the time of Armageddon is coming because this current Universe is to corrupt. They believe that that by worshiping the god of the Sithantos and serving his will they can live on in his promised new world.
It's a cult that's been a long for at least a millennium, but has been gaining in power recently, a hell of a lot of power. I did not think much of that quack but he is smarter than I expected. Still, this pompous cleric better not be too smart for his own good if he likes living! Well, let's see what "guidance" he has now."
With this Weil presses another button to cause all the shutters in the room to close before the TV screen in front of him shows the image of Havoc Drashid. The man in black just forms a small smile before he says, "Greetings sir how do you do?"
Weil has veins form on his head before he says,
" Havoc you have a lot of nerve to think you can be all cheeky with me! You told me you were going to assist our forces but by the time the battle started my sources informed me all of your minions had fled the god damn planet!"
Havoc chuckles again and says," Oh I'm so sorry for that but before the battle had started I received word that an artifact was located on the planet of Zinthos and so I went there at once."
The president of the Zeon Federation is less than happy with the answer he got and shows it by glaring at the man in gray black that looks older then himself and saying,
" Then why in tarnation didn't you send someone else there? You may be the leader of Sithantos but the Zeon Federation will not tolerate being made a fool of by anyone! Is that clear Havoc?
"Havoc then bows before saying," I assure you that it will not happen again. I actually have come to ask you if you were able to successfully retrieve that egg I talked to you about. I could not look in to the matter before leaving Mobius."
Weil looks amused and says," Oh, you mean that special Digimon? No sadly we were not. In fact one of the Enji rode what looked like a Digimon during the battle. Energy scans show this dragon had irregular energy patterns so it looks like the Lylat Kingdom scooped around and won the pot on that one.
" He then shows Havoc the screen in his room showing a recording of Wyrmmon fighting. Havoc sees this and frowns before responding with,
" That is a, unfortunate turn of events. I thought the doctor I preached to on Mobius could show some promise but sadly he seemed to not be quite the genius he proclaimed himself to be. This Digimon was a special creature that was going to serve our cause. In time I will send my envoy to return that creature to me.
If that's how it is then now I am afraid I must take my leave. Don't worry President Weil, the Enji will fall and the Lylat Kingdom they protect will crumble before your might, I was not lying when I said it was your destiny to triumph over them. Yes, together we will destroy the Lylat heretics to bring the Universe to order, and show them all their true unavoidable fate. I shawl contact you once I smooth out the details for my next plan. May luck shine on you. "
"The transmission ends instantly and Weil takes out another cigar before he says," Pompous fossil, my fate is always prosperous! Bah, I don't need some zealous preacher telling me what I have known for decades. He may have helped me secure my backing but if he does not turn me a profit soon he will be joining the rest of the relics in the trip to the trash heap!
Ah, this has been a long day; the Lylat Kingdom thinks they won't have a problem stopping us, but when they see what our true power is they will have no choice but to submit to the demands of Zeon. They may have won a throw away battle but they will be broke in every way possible when I show them who was best prepared for a war!
Soon history will witness the new rise of the Zeon Federation, where the strong will not have to share their power with the weak. Most of all, it will all be under my power! The universe will soon forever worship the name Weil for the rest of time! Yes, cash triumphs all in the end, I'll make sure everyone knows that by the time this war ends. Natalie, tell my masseuse to get ready, I feel like a long session.
" With this we leave the leader to his plotting, and go to others that are plotting!
Meanwhile the three dark Enji are making it back to their base and Demyx is just now waking up after healing from his injuries. The bad guy with the gelled hair sees he is in a healing tank on board the white spaceship the vile trio used as a transport before he says,
" Huh? What happened where is the Enji? Oh man, don't tell me I blew it, I almost had them!
" Axel then walks over and chuckles before posturing his arms in front of his comrade and saying,
" More like you almost got wasted moron. Good thing for you the Commander stopped them in their tracks till the Mobile armor launched. That loser general lost anyway but if my memory served me right we were just hired to protect the Zeon forces till they got there machine started. After that they only have themselves to blame for being incompetent.
" Ravxen then chuckles as the masked Dark Enji slowly walks in to the chamber with his arms crossed and says,"
Indeed Axel. I fulfilled my end of my contract but that fool still could not do anything on his own. Oh well, in the end he just proved he was not worthy of power, glory, or anything at all."
Axel shrugs uneasily at this and turns to his superior before saying," Still, isn't the Superior gonna be mad that we did not stay in till the end? I mean, even if we still got paid I don't think the others are going to like letting the Enji getting away with making fools out of us.
" The man with the title of Phantom of Chaos just snickers with amusement,
" Oh just let me be worried about Xemnas.
"Demyx chuckles nervously before saying," Man you don't even take the Superior seriously?"
The man with raven black hair seems amused before his responds is," Heh, Xemnas and me share a long history so I'm sure I'll get him to understand, we scouted the extent of the Enji Knights power, and it's clear that they are mostly incompetent fools who will be brushed aside by are superior power when we chose. And besides it's not like this mission was without success.
" He then chuckles darkly as two dark red gems float out of his pocket and rotate around him while glowing brightly.
Demyx just looks bewildered as he says," What is that? It looks real wicked man!"
Axel then pears in to theses oddly shaped blood colored gems and turns to their current owner before saying,
" That's the tenth planet where you got a gem like that Commander. Just what are they for anyway?"
Ravxen just has them float in to his hand and grasps them tightly while sprouting a wicked smile till he says,
" Now then Axel, I would hate to spoil the fun. Let's just say they are part of a hobby of mine, once I have found them all the carnival of Darkness can truly begin! HAHAHA! Now then, time we return to base and let the others know the whole story. To make up for letting the vermin get away today, I'll make sure are next visit insures an absolutely deadly reception!
"With that Ravxen continues to cackle maniacally before going out of the chamber. Demyx stenches his neck out to insure his superior is out before saying,
" You know Axel I know he is killer back up but he still kind's of creeps me out."
Axel chuckles and wryly says," Maybe but he has enough power to fight evenly with the Superior, no doubt his involvement is going to make are plans come together faster Demyx. Ah, he is kind of weird always wearing that mask on his face and acting all oddly. I mean, what's up with that lame organ he is always playing? "
The red haired man is about to go on before a loud voice from outside then says," What was that now?" Demyx and Axel both cringe with fear before Demyx says,
" Uh ho. Er, no wait, I meant seriously crazy! In a good way dude, seriously can't you tell a joke?"
With this the dark duo desperately tries to persuade their fellow dark wearing comrade not to go postal on them.
So with the thoughts of the many villains in these story at least partly reveled. Let's get back to Ben.
Two weeks have passed since Ben and the others meet Sonic and drove off the Zeon forces on his planet. Ben and his squad all got noted and applauded for their good work during the mission. But to Ben's dismay, Brad was the one who got the most medals because even though he got reprimanded for his reckless behavior, he was the one who found Ginias's escaped pod, and with that info the Enji were able to score several victories against the Zeon Forces attacking throughout the cosmos.
Even though Brad became a second level Genji, his behavior problem meant that he is still on the discipline committee. However this reward that Brad received has made him popular with the rookie community and admired by the public for his near movie star style bravado.
Ben does not say it to anybody but personally he is bothered by the fact that Brad is getting more attention because of his outgoing nature while Ben is barely noticed. Ben has spent most of his time when he is not on missions doing intense training to try and change that. He is actually respectable enough in most skills and would be in the same skill bracket as Lacus, James and Ezan if he just were better in math and focusing.
Sadly despite Ben's best efforts to study he still failed his first math test (Even Enji Knights have to be good with numbers, for enemy computers and stuff you know.) Because of that he cannot currently progress in the ranking system till his next shot.
However among Ben's normal classes with Cloud and his instructors he has been doing some private training Doug to try and improve his martial arts skills. Doug is also more skilled with energy attacks so after helping Ben with a few finer details the owner of the Star Sword has been trying to develop his own skills so that he could reach his goals of being able to compete with Brad and Ezan.
And so after the two weeks have past one day Ben is having lunch with Doug and James, as well as his other friends, Lloyd, Kyle, Luke, Guy, Zidane and Vivi Two. They are all currently discussing the adventures that they have been through and the missions that they have done so far in this Universal Civil War. Ben has just heard Lloyd give the full details of how he became the hero of his world Ben tries to suppress the amount of admiration he feels for his friend before he says,
"Wow you guys have all been through so much, it won't be long until you are all full Enji like Cloud Sensei, Kratos, Squall and the others. Before I joined here most of my fighting was against my cousin Max, Max Bruder. He was the best in virtual simulation fighting in all of planet Corneria. I trained with him almost weekly.
"Doug raises an eyebrow before saying," Seriously? I've heard of him, the word was he was one hell of a fighter! That's really your cousin? Did you ever beat him? "
Ben sighs with regret before he slouches over and responds with,"
Well once, sort of. I should have won but right when I was going for the knockout blow the terrain changed into ice all of a sudden and I tripped! All he had to do was give me a nudge and I lost by a ring out. But it was really close and I would have beaten him if the floor did not screw me over!
" Ben hears Everyone spout out various forms of expressing their lack of faith in Ben's summery before he gets annoyed and says,
" Seriously guys! Sure Max won every battle but every time we fought I got the hang of his fighting style a little more and made him sweat it more each time! "
Luke chuckles at this and says," If you say so Ben, I was that way with Master Van so it is possible. Well, how close where you to beating him the next time you two fought?"
Ben then looks depressed and looks at his food," Well, actually after that match that's about when he went to join the Enji knights. That was three years ago and I haven't seen him since. He did so well here that he was assigned a deep cover mission to spy on the Zeon Federation. Although I haven't seen him in person, time to time he sends me hologram letters and he tells me that when the war is over he'll challenge me again. That's just one of the many reasons that I have to train hard, I'll get strong enough so Max will recognize me too!"
Zidane laughs at this before saying," Well good luck but don't think I'm going to make it easy for you!"
Kyle then looks determined before he says," Yeah sorry but I'm gonna be a great Enji knight and be recognized as a hero just like my father!"
Ben then looks up with nearly a haunted face as he retorts with,
" You guys don't understand, most of you guys already have people back at your home worlds that respect or recognize you. If for some reason this does not work out for one of you, most of you guys can still have something to look forward to or someone to depend on.
But for me, my family barely has enough money to keep me here. Both of my parents are mere low class bureaucrats that no one will remember. I'm no genius so becoming a great hero is the only thing that I can think of that I have potential to do so that I can be respected and remembered for.
" James looks surprised at this and as he cuts his steak he says," I never realized that you wanted to be famous so bad. You really wish fame that badly? It can be far less glorious then one might think. "
Lloyd then shrugs and says," Besides, wouldn't it be easier to become a movie star than an Enji knight if you want fame Ben?"
Ben looks distraught before turning to Lloyd and saying," Well I don't really want that kind of fame, and besides I don't necessarily want the attention of the whole universe, just.
"In a moment of irony Lacus just walks by talking to Penelo and Ben instantly darts his eyes to her. Ben sees the two girls are having lunch with Brad and his gang as well as Vaan and Tidus. Lacus does not seem to see Ben at all and walks right by even though he is in plain sight of her. Meanwhile everyone sets their attention on Brad, who's is yelling at today's chef for serving him a Frog dog instead of a Hot dog.
The Chef of today happens to be a friend of Zidane's the unknown gender Qu, a fat white skinned being with bizarre eyes and a long tong wearing a red and white chief outfit who's name as far as Zidane and friends can figure is Quina Quen.
Brad is in the middle of getting louder and louder before Ben hears him say," You stupid ugly freak! Look at what you did to my lunch! How hard it to make a hot dog anyway! You should not be allowed to cook food for someone as great as me! And they wonder why I have a problem with non humans being on board?"
Quina just responds by frowning as he says," This frog dog is full of flavor. In last year's card tournament in Treno I sold nearly one hundred dogs in an hour! You should be paying three times the price for this mean you know! "
Brad spits on his tray before saying," Shut up you Qu loser! I don't care about your backwater planet! You're on the capital planet of the universe now and you should cook real food for champs!
"Quina spits back at Brad and says,
" That's it, no soup for you! Those who don't have willingness for variety soon taste as bad as poison toads!" Brad then narrows his eyes and pounds his tray hard enough to shatter it before he says"
What's that freak? How about I put your big tongue in the oven, then we will see how much you like variety!"
Zidane at once jumps up before saying," Hey back off Brad this he, err she, well whatever Quina is a friend of mine! Quina may have different customs but that gives you no right to trash talk so badly!"
Brad looks amused as he turns to Zidane and says," Stay out of this Zidane unless you want to get in my way. "
Zidane rolls his eyes before saying,"
What's your problem any way, Quina's frog dogs are actually pretty good.
"Brad sneers before his buds chuckle and Lacus looks stressed. However just then the main chief of the Enji knights, a perky women in her late twenties wearing a pink dress in a apron with her hair in a pony tail, Stan's sister Lilith arrives and as she does Kyle cringes before saying,
" Oh great now my aunt's getting involved, this won't end well.
Ben then watches on as Lilith groans before saying," What is all the racket that is going on in here?
" Jerid laughs loudly before saying," This Qu loser won't give the Brad his Hot dog!"
Lilith rolls her eyes before saying," Well if you bothered to pay attention you can plainly see on the menu that today frog dogs are being served and not hot dogs boys."
Jerid then looks excitedly at the blond Enji before walking right in front of her face and saying," Man, the only thing I see on the menu today is a cute blonde.
" Kyle looks at the lanky man with disgust before saying," Are you kidding, that's my aunt! " Jerid wags his tong before his responds is,
" Well I don't see a wedding ring on and any one that's cute is a target for…"
His sentence is not able to be finished as he is punched through the wall. Lilith then clutches her fist tightly before saying,
" All right bozos, next one that wants to be a wise guy can forget about getting meals here for a month!"
Brad whistles before putting his arms up in mock surrender till he walks up to her," Alright, it's cool, we get it. Don't worry about a thing miss. I will make sure Jerid controls himself from now on.
" Lilith sees Brad give off a wide smile before she just sighs," All right as long as were clear. Now, if you all will shut up and eat ill go on to prepare dinner, er, and get that wall patched up."
She then leaves to go back to the kitchen with Quina and as she does Brad chuckles before turning to his now bloody pal and saying,
" HA good job taking the fall Jerid, Forget the lunch, I'll just go out to town to eat. It tastes better when it's not full of self absorbed junk anyway."
Lacus looks embarrassed as she plays around with her hair a little and says,"
Oh Brad I wish you wouldn't get nearly every one you meet be at your throat at day one.
"Brad looks at his girlfriend with amusement before flexing his muscles,
" Oh Lacy doll, you know me. I just can't take any one telling me what to do, I just do things my own way and don't take no for an answer."
Lacus sees Brad wink before she giggles," Oh Brad, Even if you are stubborn and a little rude I still love you. "
Ben sees Lacus swooning over Brad and can barley stomach it before he gets up and clears his throat,"
You know Brad I don't know what doing things your own way has to do with threatening to beat up the chief for serving a frog dog."
Brad at once gets agitated before glaring at Ben," Bah, shut up you weakling loser, I was just hungry that's all. Even the greatest Enji loses his temper when he's hungry.
" Ben stands his ground as he counters with,"
You know if you are really the greatest Enji knight then why do you always skip training sessions and classes?"
Brad forms a smug grin till he goes right over to Lacus and says,
" MAN you're such a goodie two-shoes. The reason that I don't show up is because unlike you I don't need to train. I was always this strong, I only joined this academy so I could learn a few magic tricks and so I could be with my girl Lacus here forever! Got that through your head yet loser!"
Ben narrows his eyes before saying," I may not have been born with as much raw potential and power as you Brad. But for years my dream is to become a great Enji knight and one-day I will get to that dream!
"Lacus hears Ben's friends cheer him on and sees the determination in his eyes before saying," Oh Ben.
"Brad sees his girlfriends eyes look at Ben with admiration before he laughs cruelly and says,
" Yah right, you think that just dreaming it will mean it will come true? You're pathetic.
"Ben gets defiant as he says," I've been doing more than just dreaming! For years I've been training at virtual simulations that mirror data from real events, I was even able to handle a simulation of planet's Irazous civil war scenario!
" Vaan rolls his eyes at this and gets up before walking past Brad and saying,
" Come on, you think just because you could handle a simulation you can call yourself a pro? It does not mean you know what it's like to be in a real war. I've fought in real battles and I'm sure I could take on anything you could have learned.
"Ben turns to Vaan and takes a deep breath before saying,
" Oh come on, I've been on a few real missions lately like on the Mushroom world and the planet Mobius, plus I've been training with the Star Sword.
And Vaan with all due respect from what your file says it was mostly only a conflict between two countries in your planet and compared to things that people like Luke and Zidane did it looked like you were more or less just an aide to Enji knight Basch, Queen Ash, and that bounty hunter Banther."
" Vaan gets outraged at hearing this before saying," So now you're saying I don't belong here!
" Ben chuckles tensely before he says," No not at all. I just am trying to say that while you did go through a lot you did not do anything more than others, clearly not anywhere near what some like Cloud did."
Brad sees the anger building in the warrior from Rabanastre 's eyes before he grins and pats Vaan on the shoulder before saying,
" Well, looks like this loser thinks that his virtual training makes him better than all the suffering you went through Vaan. You gonna take that laying down?"
Ben gets defensive as he says," Hey, that's not what I," Vaan won't even let Ben finish before he gets right in Ben's face and says,
" No way I will let some scrub get away talking big just because he played a few games and got a fancy sword! Think your hot stuff huh Ben? That's it, tomorrow come to the training ground and I'll put you in your place! "
Penelo looks worried before she turns to her friend and says,
" Vaan you shouldn't pick a fight with him. These are just the kind of things Asch and Basch has been telling us not to do lately. "
She puts her arm on her long time friend but Vaan just shrugs her off before saying,
" I have to Penelo he's disrespecting Dalmasca, and our entire world!
"Ben grimaces at hearing this ," I am not! I just,"
Brad and his gang are all laughing and yelling so hard that Ben's words are blocked out before Brad says," That's right Vaan show that punk how a real man fights! All right loser comes tomorrow at four PM unless you're a chicken! Come on Lacus I am so revved up I got to smash something!"
Lacus just glances at Ben and are hero sees she looks disappointed before saying," Ben you should not look down on people from other planets. I thought you out of everyone would know how wrong that is."
Ben tries to explain but Brad all ready has his arm over her shoulder and with that Brad, Lacus, Vaan and the rest of Brad's gang then leave. Hiryuumon then enters after being cleared from the Enji of any suspicious activity in his body. Hiryuumon eagerly walks up to Ben and says,
"What's up boss! Something smells good; you guys better saved something for me because all those tests made me super hungry! "
Ben is to shocked at the sudden turn of events to even really grasp the arrival of his Digimon partner as he says,"
What the, how do these things always end up like this! Now Lacus thinks I look down on people from other worlds! If they just let me explain they could see I don't have any problems with people just because of what world they are on! Ugh, I guess I can't back down now though or Brad won't let me hear the end of it forever."
Doug laughs and says," Don't worry bro, even if he fought through a war or not Vaan is a punk. I know you can take to him."
"James just wipes off some crumbs with a napkin till he looks at Ben and says,
" Indeed, but it will be close. Vaan can be impulsive, but he is tricky. But, on another note, why do you read our files?
Ben winces till he turns to his friend and says," Good grief I just did that to get to know whom I was working with. Does everything I do have to be a weird thing?"
Hiryuumon just looks around the group with no idea at what is going on till he says," I'm confused Ben what's going on?"
Qunia then randomly walks back out of the kitchen before he says,
" Want a Frog dog? "
The famished Digimon at once takes up that offer but since the chapter of the day is not about how much a dragon can devour we now skip around time.
The next day at 4:00 pm Ben and crew made their way towards the battle ring. As Ben, Doug and James are walking up to the ring Doug sees Ben looking determined and says,
" So Ben, ready to show Vaan, Brad and his gang what you can do?"
Ben just grasps his blade before he says," Yes, even though this is not the way I planned to show it. I guess beggars can't be chooser's. Oh well if I beat Vaan maybe Lacus will see that I can be as tough as Fowltror is."
Doug laughs at this and says," Keep dreaming buddy, that dame seems to have her mind set."
James then takes a look around the area before he says," Well, looks like Brad and Vaan have been spreading the word about this little grudge match.
"James is correct as at least fifty people are watching this match including unknown to Ben, Cloud and Basch. At the moment Basch sees Ben approach before he turns to his fellow Enji Captain and says,
" So Cloud this is the one that Vaan what's to best with blades huh? He may not have the most impressive record of achievements but he has been through a fair amount of struggles. You think your student has what it takes to beat Vaan?"
Cloud crosses his arms and says," I admit that Ben is still an amateur in many aspects but I've noticed through the past months that when he really wants to do something he almost never gives up.
Although he is not particularly good at any one skill he is not to bad in learning anything his instructors or I have taught him whether it's sword skills or using magic. And, he has managed to hang on through the last few missions. "
Basch nods before he responds with," I guess this match will decide if will can surpass experience. "
With this Ben and Vaan then both step up to the ring and the slim white Judge Droid appears to officially begin the match.
Vaan then casually leans his head on his arms behind him before he sees Ben and says,
"Ready to see what a real fight is like?
Ben: I fought real battles before! I held off the Maverick reploid Vile until Commanders X and Zero arrived if any one remembers, jeez, don't I get any credit?
I mean, I have beaten more than a few live targets by now, what do I have to do to prove to guys like you that I am for real? Just because I started fighting later then you it does not mean you can blow me off Vaan!" The drab Genji then gets serious before he jabs his right finger at Ben and says,
" Shut up all ready! You're never going to be like me, I had to spend most of my life fighting to survive! People who just want attention just need to be shut up so go on and act tough while you still can!"
Ben is about to respond before once more Brad interrupts him with a wild roar till Lacus's boyfriend says,
" Oh yah, throw that loser through the wall Vaan!"
The Judge Droid then scans both of the men in this ring before its head glows and it says," This will be a fair match, if a person loses consciousness or touches outside the ring it is a loss. Remember no killing or you'll be disqualified and other harsh penalties will be enforced.
Genji ranked Vaan VS Genji ranked Ben Auro, round one fight! "
And so the match begins. Ben has his star sword and since Vaan had not mastered any particular weapon in his adventure he used a standard Adamant class sword and round shield for this battle.
It starts off an even match with neither person able to land a hit, Vaan may have his shield helping him but Ben is able to find weak spots in his fellow Enji rookies fighting style. Ben quickly sees that Vaan is one who likes to not pause for a second in a fight but because his moves are rather basic he is able to keep up with him. The two fight evenly for a minute or so and after Ben parries a few of his opponents slashes Vaan tries to end the stalemate by using an immobilize magic skill. Ben sees the incoming glowing yellow sphere and counters with a green reflect spell sending the attack right back at the wannabe sky pirate.
Vaan is stuck to the ground with his own spell and is a sitting duck for Ben to land an attack with the hilt of his sword that nearly knocks Vaan out of the ring! Vaan barely keeps his feet on the ground and realizes that Ben is no amateur.
Before he rotates his sword arm and says," So, you do know how to fight huh?"
Ben just grunts with annoyance," That's what I've been trying to tell you!"
Vaan just has his sword glow red before he says,
" All right maybe there's more to you then just talk but you still don't have the experience it takes to beat me! Eat this, Red Spiral! "
It seems that Vaan is no longer holding anything back as he uses his magic or mist power to use one of what his world calls a Quickening! Vaan gathers his energy and throws a powerful red energy blast at Ben. But Ben's ready for it! The member of Squad 7 grins as he says,
" Is that all you got? I have something like that I've been working on too!"
Ben quickly shows he is not fibbing as he counters with his improved sword energy wave attack and it counters out Vaan's Red Spiral, causing a blast that damages part of the ring.
Lacus sees fragments of the battle ground rain down before she says,
" Wow I hadn't realized it, but Ben has gotten really strong lately!"
Brad just snickers till he says," Yeah, it might take me to use three fingers to beat him in three seconds! "Meanwhile unknown to many Ezan has been watching the match and is slightly impressed at the results being shown in front of him.
As Ezan sees Ben block Vaan's newest slash he sees Vaan then smashes his shield right in to Ben's head! Ben recoils back, before he goes on to regain his bearings long enough to block the next sword slash till Ezan says,
" So that guy can fight better then he leads on, I guess he's not as pitiful as I thought. Tsc, at the very least he might be good enough to keep the grunts out of my way in missions."
Vaan then tries to smash Ben in the gut with his shield only for Ben to evade the blow and wrap his arm around Vaan 's and jab his shoulder right in to his opponent's stomach! Vaan reels back so hard that he coughs up blood before he glares at Ben and says,
" So you think just because you know some magic you're better than I am, huh? Well let's see how you deal with this!"
Vaan then uses his higher Quickening skill White Whorl. This attack creates a powerful Cyclone that's heading right for Ben!" Ben sees the destructive cyclone tear up parts of the ring before he moves even faster to avoid it and say," Well this is bad to say the least. There's only one way to get out of this or I'll be blown out of the ring! Well here it goes!"
Ben uses his magic energy to enhance his jump and leaps to the ceiling of the room. He then moves right above where Vaan's attack is positioned and proceeds to fire a powerful thunder spell at the whirlwind. The electricity causes Vaan to get paralyzed and his attack has been cancelled! As Vaan falls to the ground in pain Basch chuckles before he turns to Cloud and says,
" I admit, Ben seems to have a knack for tactics since it looks like the plan worked."
Vaan struggles to get up before his body twitches with an electrical current and he falls to his knees. He sees Ben landing in front of him before saying,
" Blast it it's almost like he knows all of my moves, what, he didn't!"
Ben just gives a sly grin before he wipes some dust off his face and says,
" Ah well you got me Vaan. Last night I kind of studied all of your known battling history and fighting skills, but you know Enji have to plan for upcoming battles, right? It's no big secret; I mean we learned this the first day Vaan!"
Brad hears this and grunts with disgust before he crushes his soda can and says," What a loser! He studied Van's attacks? That's so freaking lame!"
Lacus shrugs and responds with," Well it is a smart thing to be prepared."
Lacus sees her boyfriend grin wildly before punching himself in the chest and saying," A real man fights head on and deals with things as they come! Only a god damn coward like Benny boy here needs to reads up on what his enemy dishes out to win!"
Lacus then gets annoyed before sighing to show that and say,
" I thought I told you to not be so hard on Ben remember? Oh Brad you only get away with that because it takes four times the amount it takes to kill normal people to damage you."
Brad raises an eyebrow at Lacus before he snaps back with," You're kidding me, whose side are you on!"
"Lacus puts her hand on Brad's before saying," I'm always on your side Brad! I'm just saying that Ben is fighting the best way that suits his abilities.
"Brad snorts at this and says," Well he's still a loser; now I know he's a sneaky loser as well!
" Lacus withdrawals her hand from the man besides her and says," Brad you seriously should lay off him once in a while, what did Ben ever do to you anyway?
" Brad narrows his eyes and says," Bah, there you go again, I am not talking about this. Vaan don't lose to that wimp no matter what!
" Vaan nods before glaring at Ben," Damn it, so you think you're so smart by studying my moves huh? Well, even if you did know this attack you still will be blown away by it! Its time you learn the hard way that the pretenders are nothing to the real deal! "
Vaan then uses his full power and fires his level three mist skill, Pyrocataclysm!
First Vaan fires a massive fireball from his one hand and aims it straight for Ben. Ben is able to use his reflect magic once more but Vaan is able to control the blast and redirect it back to Ben! To make matters worse, Vaan then releases the second part of the blast from the other hand in the form of another red fireball and combines the two to make an extremely large and deadly blast! Ben's opponent sees that the owner of the Star Sword is looking quite tense before he laughs and says,
" So, you thought I was too stupid to do something like this didn't you! Joke's on you, the sky belongs to those who can handle it man!"
Ben is pushed back hard and fast by the massive red energy blast and as he sees the smug look on his foe's face he groans and says,
" Why do you keep thinking that I think you're stupid? These misunderstandings always seem to happen to me. Arg, the energy from this blast feels very strong, and it's way too big for me to just hit back. If that blast hits me I might, NO I'm not gonna give up! My dream is to become one of the greatest Enji knights and I'm not going to lose here!"
Just as he says that the Star sword starts to glow with light as if it is responding to Ben's wishes. Ben then feels like the sword is giving him an idea and he thrust the glowing weapon in to the energy ball and the Star sword then absorbs it! Vaan is horrified at this before he winks to make sure it's for real and says, No way, that's my best attack!"
Ben then starts to glow with blue magic energy and everyone is impressed. Ezan notices the blue aura forming around Ben till he uncrosses his arms and says,
" His magical power is so strong it's visible? I this guy might have more than meets the eye, how, interesting."
Basch also takes note of the display Ben is giving before he says,
" Well Cloud it seems that your apprentice has more fire in him then I expected."
Cloud just chuckles as he says," You're not kidding, Ben is good at giving confusing first impressions. Even I did not know that sword had that kind of power, guess there really is no denying what magic lies in that sword. But still the fact that he's already has its power under his control, Ben must have an incredibly strong will.
" Cloud and all the others in the area see Ben prepare to unleash that will before Ben glares at Vaan and says,
"Sorry Vaan, but this fight's over! I may not have had your life but I have not had it easy either, and I refuse to let anyone say I don't have the right to belong here! Take this, I'll show you just what I can do Vaan!
Ben then has the Star Sword surge with blue light that flares up like it's on fire before he charges at Vaan at inhuman speed and with a powerful blow attacks Vaan at full power!
Vaan barely matches blades with Ben but Ben's power has risen so high that he shatters Vaan's sword and also creates a shock wave that destroys part of the ring!
The full extent of the power Ben unleashed launches Vaan far and has him land hard in to the wall outside the area, making Ben the winner of the match!
Penalo sees Vaan has made a indent on the wall and as he slides down she gasps in shock and says," No, Vaan lost!
A buzzing sound is then heard before the Judge droid then raises his right arm and says," Contestant Vaan is out of the ring. Therefore the winner of the match is Ben Arno!
"James is delighted to hear this before he smiles and says," All right, Ben did it! I knew he had what it took to get through Vaan's moves."
Hiryuumon laughs widely before he jumps up and says," That's why Ben Auro is the man! He does not lose to lazy jerks!"
Lacus sees Ben looking relived before she gets happy herself and says,"Wow I never knew that Ben could fight so well, and he was kind of cool doing so too."
Brad eyes Lacus looking happy and rolls his eyes before saying," Oh come on he's not that great, you tired today or something? Remember Vaan is nothing compared to me doll! That loser's only good as long as he has that special sword. If I had that sword I'd be stronger then the Enji masters I tell you what!"
Lacus just puts her long hair in to a pony tail and says," Oh give Ben a break already."
Meanwhile Ben's friends are now going to the ring to congregate there friend on his win before Kyle says "Good job Ben you pulled of some sweet moves there.
"Ben and Kyle high five as Ben says," Oh it was nothing. Oh Cloud sensei!
" Cloud nods and says," You did well Ben I'm glad to see you're taking your training seriously, if only you were better in your Math then you would advance to the next rank much faster."
Ben chuckles bitterly and says," Yeah, if only math could be as easy to figure out as monsters. Oh captain Basch! I just want you to know that despite what might be going around I am not biased against people from other worlds I swear."
Basch chuckles at this and says," You need not apologize, I know from seeing you in your training that you were not the sort who had such narrow pitiful views."
Just then, Vaan, with help from Penalo, walks over to them and Vaan weakly says, "Congratulations, I guess with all those sneaky maneuvers you pulled you just got me by surprise that's all, Brad's right you're just a sneaky little,
" Before he can finish Basch clears his throat and says," Vaan enough! Ben's tactics were not sneaky. He planned like a true warrior who knows his upcoming battle and if you were serious about this match you would have done the same!
Vaan, Ben is not the man you think he is, I see in his eyes the same kind of spirit that I saw in your brother.
"Vaan gets outraged at this and says," Don't compare him to Reks! They don't have anything in common at all!"
Penalo then shrugs and says," Vaan, Basch is right please don't take your anger out on Ben! We are all suppose to be friends right?
Vaan just gives a defeated sigh and says," All right all right. Ugh, my head is spinning; let's just drop it all right?
" Basch nods and says," Indeed, we have another mission coming up so you better rest up. Ben, don't lose your way and I am sure you will become a fine Enji soon enough."
With this Vaan Penalo and Basch then leave and Cloud then clears his throat before getting in front of his squad and saying," We have work coming up soon as well. Tomorrow Master Myers is goanna assign our squad in our next mission tomorrow, so rest up. Ben, you did well today. Just keep up the pace, and one day or another you will be able to advance as long as you don't overdo it. All right, that's all for now, see you guys tomorrow.
" Cloud then goes off and Ben looks excited and says," All right tomorrow starts another mission to show everyone what I can do. Hey Lacus what did you think of my battle with, what? No, they already gone?
"Ben then hears a loud laugh he knows all too well before turning to the left and sees that Brad took Lacus with him to mock Vaan for losing to Ben. Seeing them leave without saying another word causes Ben's happiness to take a dive till he clutches his fist and says,"
"So even now she still doesn't notice me, all that and she is not even impressed enough to say a thing to me? I guess it's still not good enough, I have to try harder. I have to get stronger until I can be on the level of Brad and Lacus. Some day Lacus I'll get you to see that I can be strong too. And by then, hopefully I'll be able to show everyone that I am no joke. Oh well, one day at a time Ben. "
With this Ben sees his friends waiting for him and goes to enjoy his win for the day, knowing that the next day is likely to be far more intense.
However Little does Ben know how intense that is and with Ben's excitement filled for the day we leave to someone who is causing much more painful excitement, and its none other than Vile! Since we last left the genocidal war machine Vile has been causing trouble all over space, but at the moment Vile has been summoned by his superiors to get his next order. As Vile enters in to the large black religious looking chamber he sees many cages in the area before snickering,
" Man, what kind of dump is this?"
Vile hears a deep chuckle before a voice echoes out and says," So sorry for the mess, but if you arrived on time then things would be smoothly, or am I wrong Vile?"
Vile then sees Havoc step in to the middle of the stone platform above him. Vile crosses his arms at this and says," Oh, it's you, what did you want anyway?"
Havoc looks sternly at the maverick robot before saying," I want you to be on time for one. I noticed your vessel "malfunctioned". Not only did you disobey my orders, but you barley escaped encountering the authorities.
" Vile chuckles at this and retorts with," What can I say? I love my destruction, especially when it's the weak fleshed ones that scream! I thought you got me on board because you liked what I could do?
"Vile then sees Havoc snicker before his staff glows red. The fire in all the torches around the room then grow to twice their size before Havoc says,
" I did, but only if you could cause that chaos in a productive manner. Mindless destruction will not forward my ideals, and if you slow down my plans then ill unmake you as easily as I fixed you. Do we have an understanding Vile?"
Vile sees a wall of fire form around him till he groans and says," Oh fine, but this better live up to what you promised.
"Havoc then chuckles darkly before saying,"
Oh I promise you, it will surpass even your expectations Vile. Yes, it's almost time to begin the next stage of my plans. War has begun, but now it's time to move things a step further. Yes, the time where all the mindless peons who muck up the universe will get what they deserve is soon at hand. But, more pieces are needed for this ideal to become reality.
And so with the Inquisitor of Sithantos still being found I decided to invest in yet another servant. Vile, you should be grateful, after much though I decided to bring forth someone you might remember in an effort to get you and you're soon to be commander to both work more efficiently
." Vile sees the cages in the chamber begin to glow before saying,"
What the hell are you," Huh?" Vile then sees Havoc beginning to have a black and red magical aura form around his body. All the cages then begin to glow, before the cages slide down to reveal dozens of humans and other various life forms trapped in theses cages! Havoc then begins to laugh before a red crystal; the same crystal Bowser used floats out of his sleeve.
He then looks excited as he says," I told you those with patience will be rewarded Vile, now you can see just how I resurrected you! All of these lost souls are about to at last contribute to something worthwhile in there sad existences! Yes, soon the rightful balance will be set."
Havoc hears many begging and screaming sounds being heard as some of the voices say," What are you doing master Havoc? I thought this was autograph session for John Ruse? How is this going to make me better? Please, not my son! Help me!"
Vile was not expecting this and for a moment even the killer robot is unsettled as he notices the raw disgust gleaming in his bosses eyes.
Havoc just seems to get more admused at the crys of fear in front of him before he laughs even louder and says,
" No need to fret, this is just what I promised all of you, even if your feeble minds did not comprehend it in this manner! Don't worry, you shawl be granted your salvation, and be free from the endless cycle of misery that is your life! Now, let death bring forth life! "
Vile then throws this Curse Seal Crystal and a piece of scrap metal in to the air before he widens his eyes and says,"
Now, I command the one who hates caused ripples of blood to spread out through space to return to this realm once more! Let greatness rise out of trash to become an inquisitor of Sithantos!
Edo Lazarus Edict! "
With this Havoc has his dark crystal shoots out red streams of energy, before all of the life forms below it are hit and scream in agony! No matter what any of the prisoners do, they are helpless to prevent themselves from having their bodies vaporized and their souls torn and consumed in to the red object above them!
Vile is then amazed as this crystal grows larger and larger till the symbol of Sithantos glows out of it, and it then explodes! A pillar of energy then erupts out of the ground where the crystal once stood and all of the torches are blown out from the amount of wind being unleashed! Vile and Havoc both see a large humanoid being then stand up from as the energy subsides. With the lights out the figure is a mere shadow but as Vile gazes at the new arrival he realizes something and says,
" No way, are you serious? "
Vile is about to talk more but an angry growl silences him quickly. This new figure looks at his hands before coughing.
This newly revived man then says," What, I am, alive?"
Havoc laughs with mad delight before he says," For the moment my friend. This is no illusion; you're at last once more in the realm of the living thanks to my power.
" Havoc's target slowly turns around and says,
" What, why?"
Havoc walks forward with his arms crossed behind his back before saying,"
I know you have a lot to catch up on so ill get right to the point with this. I heard many great things about your power and cunning, and I need those skills to see destiny be properly fulfilled. All that I need for you to do is prove the mark you left in history was not false. If you fail, you will die. Let's see, this should be a proper test!"
Havoc then extends his hand and fires a beam of dark energy from his right index finger. This beam hits one of the statues in the room before it glows and in mere moments explodes with dark energy! This statue then turns in to a red demon with a pointy cone head with wings! As this new demon flies right in front of its master it roars before Havoc says,
" Ah yes, the Firebrand demon should be a perfect example. My minion, I wish for you to kill this being if you can."
The red Firebrand demon gives a ghoulish roar before nodding and flying above Havoc before taking a deep breath and unleashing a stream of fire! Havoc's new person of interest instantly raises his arms as the flames consume him and cause a pillar of fire to reach to the ceiling! Firebrand continues to laugh and then charges at once for the burning target in front of him! However Firebrand 's dash is cut short with in a blur a large arm rockets out of the flames and grasps Firebrand by the neck!
Firebrand roars in outrage and tries to claw at his target, only for the large man to catch the claw, and shatter it as easily as one could break a twig! This recently dead person grinds his teeth as he says," I won't tolerate being mocked! You dare think such worthless things can harm me? Let me show you true power clown!"
With this the raging being has his eyes glow red before he hurls Firebrand in to the air. The next second unfolds to Firebrand being thrown in to the air before the large man unleashes a burst of red energy from his eyes! Firebrand his hit dead on and roars out in pain before he explodes! Havoc looks on with delight before he says," Very good, your place in history is well justified. So sorry, but if you could not beat Firebrand you could hardly be of use to me."
This man just crosses his arms and says," Any logical being could see that I am far more superior and worthy then any mere mindless beast. Now, unless you want to face my wrath you better explain this.
" Havoc chuckles before he wryly says,
" Sorry for the rude gesture but I did have to insure you were worth the effort. But, I can see you are indeed worthy. Most splendid, there is no doubt you are worthy of being an Inquisitor of Sithantos my friend! I know your history and your motives well and I can promise you will enjoy this position. After all, you still wish to change society by force, and bring forth a new age do you not?"
The new Inquisitor of Sithantos then crosses his arms and says," I do desire that, and a few other things."
Havoc then extends his arms and says," Oh I know. And I promise if you agree to fallow my guidance, you will have your new world, and your revenge on those that wronged you! It is time for those like us to make this world pay for denying us from making the world as it should be! So let me have the pleasure of telling you just what has changed since you were last alive, so we can change things even more."
With this the new member of Sithantos just stands on looking like he is pondering something before Vile laughs and says,
" Well, things might be shaping up to be a blast after all. Heh, this is going to be one fun party all right."
With this Havoc goes on to explain his dark plans, but to see just what those plans are we will have to wait another day because this is where we call it quits for now! It seems Ben is slowly proving his worth to everyone in the Enji, but as he does the forces of evil are ready to make things even harder for the owner of the Star Sword! Will Ben reach his goals despite the ever steeper odds? I guess you brave people that read this will have to wait just a little longer to find out, because those answers will be revealed next time in Tales of the Cosmic Wars!
Also some more Author notes. First l just want to make some more people and places in my stories more clear. First Ezan Kaiba looks like if you merged Saskue from Naruto with Kingdom Heart's Riku. Second, the base of the Enji Knights is called Hallow Bastion but it is not totally like the one from Kingdom hearts.
My version is a combo of the original, the Jedi temple from Star wars, and Hogworts from Harry Potter.
Three is that since there is no Sora and the way nobody's work are different, Roxas has been replaced by the secretive Commander Ravxen. His mysterious nature will be reveled in time.
If anyone has any questions you can post them on a review and I will try to address them.
In till next time.