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Chapter 7 – A New Enemy Shows

"Ouch! You idiot, that hurts!" an aggravated voice yelled out in pain. Another yelp of pain sounded after the voice finished his sentence. "Damn it!"

"Don't mind him Goku," Tenpou said as he was looking through a book. "Please tighten it good so that it does not come loose."

"Okay!" the child complied and tightened the bandages around the General.

"Gah!" the injured man gritted out through his clenched teeth. He glared at his superior and growled out, "Bastard! Do you have a grudge against me?!"

"I don't have a grudge. In fact, I can't help but pity you. You're concerned about other people's business and you recklessly advised the Emperor in a public place. You even laughed so frivolously when you had your ribs broken during your punishment," Tenpou lectured in a curt tone, slamming his book shit at the end.

Kenren raised an eyebrow, waiting for more yelling like a kid in trouble.

"To think…" Tenpou looked up to the ceiling with a twinkle in his eyes, "that there are subordinates who serve such a stupid general."

Kenren let his head fall at how his friend ended his point. His friend definitely said some stupid things but this takes the cake. He looked to his left at the Admiral who was leaning against the desk with a deep scowl, obviously still upset about having to break him out and everything else he did.

The General sighed and turned his attention back to the Field Marshal who was still in his silly stance, "Yeah, I was wrong. It was foolish. It can't be helped since it's in my nature, right?"

Tenpou left his stance and let out a sigh, "I know. Because you're such a person, there are people who follow you. But it's a mistake to make an enemy of Li Touten. The order to dismiss you was given a short while ago."

Both military officers that weren't tied up were hoping this news would make the General realize what he did. They were disappointed when all he did was look up with a bored face and say, "Oh?"

Amaya was the first to react. "Idiot!" she yelled as she smacked the man's head. "Don't act so nonchalant about this! It's a serious matter!"

Kenren groaned out in pain from the hit, barely grumbling out, "Sorry…"

"I agree with our Admiral. We don't understand why you aren't more serious about this. If I could speak for both of us in a selfish way," Tenpou turned away so that the two couldn't see his eyes, "we can't work under anybody else."

Kenren's eyes widened slightly at the confession. He looked to Amaya to see if it's true but she was looking away as well. That was a sign that she didn't want to admit something that was true. "Guys…" he breathed out in a near whisper.

Tenpou took the opportunity to start walking towards the door. "I'm going out for a bit," he announced. "The injured person should wait quietly here, please."

"Hey, wait!" Kenren called out, craning his neck back to look at his retreating friend. "What should I do if I have to take a piss?!"

"Ew…" Amaya grumbled with a disgusted look.

Tenpou heard her and smirked. "If you get cystitis, I'll order Amaya to nurse you. Bye~!"

With that, the Field Marshal left before there was more yelling and arguing.

The Admiral was about to yell at her superior but he closed the door before she could say anything. She felt someone staring at her, slowly turning her head to see a pair of red eyes aimed her way. "What?" she asked grumpily.

"That wouldn't be so bad having you as a nurse~," Kenren smirked, thinking about the possibility of having the woman in revealing nurse outfit. Oh what he wouldn't give for that to come tr-.

Amaya smacked the General's head in the same place when she saw the perverted look in his eyes. "Don't even think about it," she growled out.

The hit managed to make Kenren realize something. He looked to the child who was just watching what was going on in confusion and said, "Oi, Goku."

"Eh?" Goku voiced out.

"Chase after Tenpou for me, okay?"

"Don't tell me he's doing what I think he's doing," Amaya said, sighing out at the end. "I'll go after him."

"No. We don't need you in trouble as well," Kenren stopped the woman. He didn't need Li Touten after the Admiral but that's his protectiveness over the woman coming out. "So, can you do that for me Goku?" he asked the kid again.

"Why?" Goku questioned innocently.

"Although he doesn't look like it, he's more hot-headed and impulsive than we are," Kenren explained but mumbled under his breath, "…something I can't quite understand."

Goku blinked a few times in thought. "Im-pul-sive?"

"In other words, he gets angry easily," Amaya clarified for the child, thinking about the encounter her superior will have with the stupid old man she despised.

Tenpou closed the door behind him and looked up in thought. He couldn't believe he was about to do this. He knew this was a stupid plan but it needed to be done. Li Touten had no right to make that dismissal and he was ready to tell him that.

"Don't think too hard," a gruff voice interrupted his thoughts. He looked down to where the voice came from and saw his Admiral's bodyguard. The man was sitting on the floor, his eyes narrowed in an annoyed manner as usual but maybe a tad more irritated.

"Head might explode if you do," Chao Li finished.

Tenpou couldn't help but let a chuckle escape his lips from the comment. The bodyguard was always not very good at making jokes or small talk. They always came out kind of gory and awkward unless you knew him. "I'll keep that in mind next time."

Chao Li nodded his head, secretly happy that went better than expected. "So, where are you heading to?" he asked in curious boredom.

"Just a walk to clear my head," Tenpou replied. "Please keep an eye out."

"Always."

Tenpou gave a short wave to the bodyguard and went on his way. About halfway, he was stopped once again by someone calling for him again.

"Marshal Tenpou!""

Tenpou turned around and saw three members of his unit running towards him. "Oh? You're all together…" he asked, kind of surprised to see so many of his soldiers together.

"Marshal Tenpou! Excuse me but is the rumor about General Kenren being dismissed true?" one member asked, hoping it wasn't true.

"Ah," Tenpou looked away passively, "It's already spread all over, huh?"

That set off the men's anger.

"What?!"

"How is that possible?!"

"I heard that General Kenren protected Nataku Taishi and was punished for it…and that it was Li Touten who gave the dismissal order, not the Emperor!"

"Tch, with his rise in social standing…" a low growl came from his throat. "Does he think he can meddle with us?!"

"Please stop," Tenpou interrupted the angry men.

The soldiers looked at their superior in confusion. How could he not be angry about this?

"Since we don't know who is listening, you don't need to get involved," Tenpou informed as he slowly started to walk on his way again. "That is my job," he finished with a small smile, picking up his pace to his normal walking speed. "Bye~!"

With that, he left his soldiers in shock as they watched him walk away.

"Marshal Tenpou. Here to see me personally? What can I do for you?" Li Touten greeted the officer in a fake way.

"Since sounding each other out will be a waste of time, I will go straight to the point," Tenpou said in a serious tone. "I want General Kenren's dismissal order withdrawn."

A tense moment lingered in the room, both men not backing down.

"I thought you would come," Li Touten sighed out but smirked as he gestured to the chairs behind the Field Marshal. "Well, sit down."

"I don't want to be rude but since when were you in the position to tell me to take a seat, Li Touten?" Tenpou retorted, his face stoic and unmoving.

Li Touten continued to have that evil smirk on his face, listening intently to what the military officer is saying but not for the right ways.

"First, you're not supposed to have anything to do with our army, correct? You can't possibly think that you have the authority to meddle in the affairs of the army's personnel, can you?" Tenpou challenged.

"The Emperor has already entrusted all affairs of the army to me," Li Touten argued as he stood up from his seat. "My orders are his orders!"

"Aren't you ashamed that your position was only obtained by using your son, Nataku Taishi?" Tenpou inquired, watching the man slowly approach him. He was surprised when his chin was grabbed by his opponent.

"You have such a pretty face," Li Touten commented with a leer. "It is said that you are General Kenren's right-hand man and Admiral Amaya's superior, but the reason why you cling to them so much is," he chuckled darkly, "you feel most comfortable being under your masters, right? There's some kind three-way love going on, right?"

That did it for the Field Marshal. "Excuse me," he said as he let back his right arm and punched Li Touten, sending him flying into the wall a few feet away.

"You insolent fool!" one guard yells out.

"Seize him!" another orders, running up to the military officer with the rest of the guards.

Li Touten slowly stood back up from his place, listening to the small tussle to get his visitor under control. "Hmph," he scoffed, rubbing his jaw where he was punched. "As always, you hold your head up high." Li Touten looked down at the man now pinned to the ground, his head between two blades. "Nice view down there, isn't it Marshal Tenpou."

Tenpou gave the man a glare, defiant to the end. He would never bow down to the likes of Li Touten.

"Do you understand? You don't have the right to glare at me like that," Li Touten growled out, taking one last step in front of the officer then kicking him in the face. "Ever."

Tenpou felt his glasses fly off and heard them hit the ground. Luckily he had another pair in his office. His thoughts were interrupted when he felt the front of his head be grabbed and lifted up to make him look at his attacker.

"How about it? Should we put you through the same punishment as we did for your master?" Li Touten asked but didn't see an immediate reaction. "And when we're done with you, we'll go after your Admiral. Does that sound good?" He smirked when he saw the man's eyes widen at the mention of the woman. "That's what I needed to see."

Without anybody's knowledge, a small figure was looming behind Li Touten. They didn't notice him until the figure punched the man and he fell to the floor. "AN-NCH!" the child yelled as he landed a good whack to the man.

"Wh-What's with this kid?!" a guard stuttered out, confused as to why a kid came out of nowhere and punched his boss.

"Goku…" Tenpou mumbled as he stood up, about as surprised as the guards were to see the child there.

Goku ignored the stares and went after the closest guard near his friend and jumped him, punching him with no remorse. He wasn't going to let these bullies hurt Tenpou. "Leave Ten-chan alone!" he yelled with every punch he landed.

Tenpou just watched in shock at seeing the heretic there. "Goku! Why are you here?" he asked when the child slowed down in his beating.

"Ken Nii-chan and Aya-Nee asked me," Goku said, picking up the glasses that belonged to his friend off the floor and handing them to him. "They said to bring Ten-chan back."

Tenpou took the glasses from the child, processing the information that was just given to him. He then smiled, putting his glasses back on and shook his head. "Them two…"

Seeing his friend was ok, Goku turned his attention back to Li Touten who was just standing up from his own hit. "I won't forgive you for bullying Ten-chan!" Goku whipped his hand around and pointed accusingly at the man. "You poop-head!"

There was a stunned silence at the insult given to the leader in the room.

Goku didn't seem to realize this and just turned to the door, "Let's go Ten-chan!"

Tenpou, not really knowing what else to do, besides follow the heretic and say, "Right."

A few moments passed after the two left, the guards not knowing how to react as their leader sat down in his chair once more. "…Is it really okay to let them go, sir?" one guard was brave enough to ask and break the awkward silence that lingered.

"I don't care. He was pressed enough," Li Touten replied with a dark glower. "They are trash to be put out."

Outside, the two were walking back to Field Marshal's office when Goku heard light giggling. He looked next to him to see the culprit. "What's the matter Ten-chan?" he asked.

Tenpou could only chuckle more to see the innocent stare the child gave him. This child just called their enemy such a silly name. "Poop-head…" he mumbled before another fit of giggles escaped his lips.

The rest of the walk to the office was silence; except the occasional giggle by the military officer.