Chapter 3:The Lone Gunman.
Zife walked outside of the Academy, thinking that his first day went well, besides the incident with the Takeru Soldier. This had been on Zife's mind the whole day;("Why is it that the soldier came to this school? Was it a random selection? Or...something else...")
"Yo Zife!"
Zife turned to see Pierce and Reia.
"We're goin' to grab a bite to eat, then maybe hang out. You wanna come?" Pierce asked.
Zife hesitated. He had never really "Hung out" with anybody. In his previous years, he just walked home, by himself of course, and now somebody is actually asking him if h wants to come along.
"Come on Zife." Reia said with a smile.
"...okay..." Zife said, slinging his backpack around his shoulder.
The three walked back down the road that Zife had walked up to get to the Academy earlier that morning.
The mountains and hills could still be seen, although the sun was on the other side of pandora now.
There was a long silence, all three of them staring at the beautey of the planet below them. Eventually Reia broke the silence.
"Someday, I want to explore the planet below us, go and see it all." Reia said.
"Maybe someday I'll take you all around the world." Pierce said.
Zife didn't say anything. He too had always wanted to at least see what it was like on the world below, but it didn't matter to him that much. Only one thing really mattered to him, there was only one ultimate goal he had in his life.
("To avenge my parents' death...")
"Zife hurry up!" Reia shouted, as Pierce and herself were already halfway down the street.
Zife turned toward them, walking quickly up to them.
Zife knew he had to say SOMETHING, but all that came to his mind was:
"So...how long have you guys been together?" Zife asked.
"About 2 years." Pierce replied.
Reia just looked down.
As they continued walking, they noticed a young man, who looked about their age, staring off into the distance. He did not have the "Troia symbol" on his jacket. Instead, he had the "Greola" Symbol. Greola was another Academy, but it seemed like the "Bad Kid" place.
He had a blue cap on backwards, with the emblem of a fox on the front. He had a long, black, cape-like coat that hung down to his feet. He wore a white shirt underneath he coat, and had red shoes. He was wearing blue-jeans.
His hair was long and blonde, and it blew in the wind, along with his coat. At his side, was a gun, a fairly large, yet concealable gun. It was silver, and had gold designes. along the barrel. His eyes were green, glowing even in the daytime.
Just as Zife, Reia and Pierce were about to walk past him, a gang of three Takeru Soldiers appeared.
"Leon Valentine, you are a very excellent soldier, and we would want you to join us...if you don't..." One soldier said,
"Then we'll have to take action." Another finished.
The young man's hand veered down to his side.
"I've already told you no. The only way you're gonna take me is by force." The young man said.
"Have it your way..." The strongest soldier said, snapping his fingers.
Three more soldiers appeared.
He drew his gun, loading it quickly.
"Come on then!" He shouted, firing a shot.
The six surrounded him, neating upon him, but without their weapons. Then one drew it's sword. the sword cut through the air, but was stopped by the flesh of Leon's arm.
"Damn!!" Leon exclaimed as he held his right arm.
"We have to help him!!" Reia exclaimed as she ran for the battle.
Pierce ran after Reia, joining the fight as well.
Zife just stood there.
"I'm meeting too many people..." Zife said as he ran after them.
Zife kept his sword with him at all times, but was afraid to reveal it during school. Ke kept it hidden between his backback and back, now throwing his backpack aside and drawing the sword. It shone in glory, reflecting upon the sun.
Just as the soldiers were about to slay Leon, Zife jumped over them, landing right in front of Leon.
"It's...him!!!" One of the soldiers shouted.
Zife saw an axe coming toward him. He brought his sword up, blocking the attack, then countering the attacker with a quick swipe of the sword. The soldier vanished, leaving behind the axe. Another soldier jumped in front of Zife. The soldier swung it's mace around, swingning it toward Zife. Before Zife could move out of the way, yet another soldier came up behind Zife, holding him where he was. Just before the mace-ball hit Zife's face, Leon jumped in the way, firing a loud shot at the ball. The noise of the shot echoed through the streets.
The force of the shot caused the mace to hit the user, giving Leon another chance to strike. He shot again, killing off the mace-wielding soldier. It vanished, although taking it's weapon with it. Zife spun around and sliced the shock-struck soldier behind him in half. He too vanished.
"(Three down, three to go...)" Zife thought.
Pierce, seeing an opening for him, ran in, picking up the dropped axe on his way in. He swung three times, hitting a random soldier. This one carried two japanese katanas. He spun them around, lunging toward Pierce. Pierce brought his axe upward, slicing the soldier right up it's face. It fell back, and vanished.
Reia had been concentrating her energy the whole time. Her hair seemed to start to blow up, as wind circled her. She rased her hands into the air, as a ball of energy appeared in them.
"Flame!" She shouted, opening her palms, as balls of fire launched from them.
Yet another soldier was slain.
Reia collapsed. The energy required to use this magic was incredible. Pierce ran over to her.
"You are just as he said...although I must admit, I never thought you to be this strong..." The remaining and strongest soldier said.
"He?" Zife asked.
"DIE!!!! The soldier shouted without resoinding.
The soldier folded his arms across his chest, as dark swirls of energy circled him.
Large cannons appeared on his shoulders, and he grew twice his normal size. He grew large horns on his helmet, and his eyes turned to a dark shade of red. He grew massive claws, and looked down upon Zife and Leon.
"Tell Satan that Captain Vile sent you!!!" He shouted as he aimed his cannons at Zife.
Zife leaped foward, thrusting his sword into Vile. After he pulled his sword back out, the wound healed immediately.
"Think you can kill me boy?" Vile shouted.
The cannons fired.
"ULTIMA LASER!!!!!" Reia shouted, coming up to the front, firing an equal sized energy beam at Vile with her hands. The two beams interlocked, each one pushing to hit it's opponent.
"Zife...go...hit him..." Reia said, still keeping control of the beam.
Zife ran around to the back of Vile. he jumped up into the air.
"Renzokuken!!!" Zife shouted, as he began to slash mercilessly against Vile.
He eventually cut a hole big enough for him to fit through. He then leaped through the giant hole in Vile, turing around. Reia gained full control of the beam-struggle, hitting Vile in one final blast.
There was a massive blast of light. Vile's original form lay there, crippled with weakness.
"I...I...lost...to...INFERIORS!!!" Vile shouted.
Leon walked up to Vile, looking down upon him.
"No my friend, it is you who is inferior. You have been drained of your life and free will, your soul consumed by the evil essence of Takeru. Ever since you decided to "join" with Takeru, you had just made your death wish. You were destined to die from the moment you gave your soul to him..." Leon said.
"Fool! Do you reall think I'm going to die now?! That's a laugh! Those others will rot in hell, but I...I have gained the true respect of Master Takeru. He will not let me die..." Vile said.
"Bastard!" Leon shouted, aiming his gun at Vile's face.
There was a flash, and then an eeire laughter.
Leon fell to his knees, his palms hitting the ground, as he stared at the floor, his hat coming off, revealing his golden hair on his head.
"Damn...I failed...again...dammit!!!" Leon exclaimed, hitting the ground with his fist.
Eventually, Leon stood up, turning around.
"Hey, thanks for your help...at least they are even just a bit weaker..." Leon said, buckling his gun to his belt.
"Hey, is that gonna be alright?" Pierce asked as he looked at the deep gash in Leon's arm.
"Just a scratch..." Leon said as he reached into his pocket, revealing a smalll bottle of blue liquid. He poured some into the wound. His teeth clenched as he felt the burning sting of the solution. He put the bottle back into the inside pocket of his coat.
The wound started to heal almost immediately.
"Come on, let's get to my place." Leon said as he walked off.
Reia, who had long fainted, was carried by Pierce. Zife looked on, eventually following them, after sliding the his sword back into the scabbard hidden under his shirt. He grabbed his things and swung his backpack over his shoulder.
"(Maybe I should just head home now, it'd be easier. I don't know any of these people...it'd be best if I didn't get involved....")Zife thought.
"(But, I do owe Leon...for saving me back there...Pierce ain't such a bad guy...I don't know...I just don't know...why can't I just be like everyone else, and just make friends, and live my life the way I'm supposed to..?") Zife thought as he started to follow the others.
Zife wasn't sure what he was supposed to do. He just continued to walk in the direction of the others, still thinking of everything that was going on right now.
"(I've always been alone in this world...why does that have to change?...It doesn't...but...")..."(I'll go with them...")
Zife walked outside of the Academy, thinking that his first day went well, besides the incident with the Takeru Soldier. This had been on Zife's mind the whole day;("Why is it that the soldier came to this school? Was it a random selection? Or...something else...")
"Yo Zife!"
Zife turned to see Pierce and Reia.
"We're goin' to grab a bite to eat, then maybe hang out. You wanna come?" Pierce asked.
Zife hesitated. He had never really "Hung out" with anybody. In his previous years, he just walked home, by himself of course, and now somebody is actually asking him if h wants to come along.
"Come on Zife." Reia said with a smile.
"...okay..." Zife said, slinging his backpack around his shoulder.
The three walked back down the road that Zife had walked up to get to the Academy earlier that morning.
The mountains and hills could still be seen, although the sun was on the other side of pandora now.
There was a long silence, all three of them staring at the beautey of the planet below them. Eventually Reia broke the silence.
"Someday, I want to explore the planet below us, go and see it all." Reia said.
"Maybe someday I'll take you all around the world." Pierce said.
Zife didn't say anything. He too had always wanted to at least see what it was like on the world below, but it didn't matter to him that much. Only one thing really mattered to him, there was only one ultimate goal he had in his life.
("To avenge my parents' death...")
"Zife hurry up!" Reia shouted, as Pierce and herself were already halfway down the street.
Zife turned toward them, walking quickly up to them.
Zife knew he had to say SOMETHING, but all that came to his mind was:
"So...how long have you guys been together?" Zife asked.
"About 2 years." Pierce replied.
Reia just looked down.
As they continued walking, they noticed a young man, who looked about their age, staring off into the distance. He did not have the "Troia symbol" on his jacket. Instead, he had the "Greola" Symbol. Greola was another Academy, but it seemed like the "Bad Kid" place.
He had a blue cap on backwards, with the emblem of a fox on the front. He had a long, black, cape-like coat that hung down to his feet. He wore a white shirt underneath he coat, and had red shoes. He was wearing blue-jeans.
His hair was long and blonde, and it blew in the wind, along with his coat. At his side, was a gun, a fairly large, yet concealable gun. It was silver, and had gold designes. along the barrel. His eyes were green, glowing even in the daytime.
Just as Zife, Reia and Pierce were about to walk past him, a gang of three Takeru Soldiers appeared.
"Leon Valentine, you are a very excellent soldier, and we would want you to join us...if you don't..." One soldier said,
"Then we'll have to take action." Another finished.
The young man's hand veered down to his side.
"I've already told you no. The only way you're gonna take me is by force." The young man said.
"Have it your way..." The strongest soldier said, snapping his fingers.
Three more soldiers appeared.
He drew his gun, loading it quickly.
"Come on then!" He shouted, firing a shot.
The six surrounded him, neating upon him, but without their weapons. Then one drew it's sword. the sword cut through the air, but was stopped by the flesh of Leon's arm.
"Damn!!" Leon exclaimed as he held his right arm.
"We have to help him!!" Reia exclaimed as she ran for the battle.
Pierce ran after Reia, joining the fight as well.
Zife just stood there.
"I'm meeting too many people..." Zife said as he ran after them.
Zife kept his sword with him at all times, but was afraid to reveal it during school. Ke kept it hidden between his backback and back, now throwing his backpack aside and drawing the sword. It shone in glory, reflecting upon the sun.
Just as the soldiers were about to slay Leon, Zife jumped over them, landing right in front of Leon.
"It's...him!!!" One of the soldiers shouted.
Zife saw an axe coming toward him. He brought his sword up, blocking the attack, then countering the attacker with a quick swipe of the sword. The soldier vanished, leaving behind the axe. Another soldier jumped in front of Zife. The soldier swung it's mace around, swingning it toward Zife. Before Zife could move out of the way, yet another soldier came up behind Zife, holding him where he was. Just before the mace-ball hit Zife's face, Leon jumped in the way, firing a loud shot at the ball. The noise of the shot echoed through the streets.
The force of the shot caused the mace to hit the user, giving Leon another chance to strike. He shot again, killing off the mace-wielding soldier. It vanished, although taking it's weapon with it. Zife spun around and sliced the shock-struck soldier behind him in half. He too vanished.
"(Three down, three to go...)" Zife thought.
Pierce, seeing an opening for him, ran in, picking up the dropped axe on his way in. He swung three times, hitting a random soldier. This one carried two japanese katanas. He spun them around, lunging toward Pierce. Pierce brought his axe upward, slicing the soldier right up it's face. It fell back, and vanished.
Reia had been concentrating her energy the whole time. Her hair seemed to start to blow up, as wind circled her. She rased her hands into the air, as a ball of energy appeared in them.
"Flame!" She shouted, opening her palms, as balls of fire launched from them.
Yet another soldier was slain.
Reia collapsed. The energy required to use this magic was incredible. Pierce ran over to her.
"You are just as he said...although I must admit, I never thought you to be this strong..." The remaining and strongest soldier said.
"He?" Zife asked.
"DIE!!!! The soldier shouted without resoinding.
The soldier folded his arms across his chest, as dark swirls of energy circled him.
Large cannons appeared on his shoulders, and he grew twice his normal size. He grew large horns on his helmet, and his eyes turned to a dark shade of red. He grew massive claws, and looked down upon Zife and Leon.
"Tell Satan that Captain Vile sent you!!!" He shouted as he aimed his cannons at Zife.
Zife leaped foward, thrusting his sword into Vile. After he pulled his sword back out, the wound healed immediately.
"Think you can kill me boy?" Vile shouted.
The cannons fired.
"ULTIMA LASER!!!!!" Reia shouted, coming up to the front, firing an equal sized energy beam at Vile with her hands. The two beams interlocked, each one pushing to hit it's opponent.
"Zife...go...hit him..." Reia said, still keeping control of the beam.
Zife ran around to the back of Vile. he jumped up into the air.
"Renzokuken!!!" Zife shouted, as he began to slash mercilessly against Vile.
He eventually cut a hole big enough for him to fit through. He then leaped through the giant hole in Vile, turing around. Reia gained full control of the beam-struggle, hitting Vile in one final blast.
There was a massive blast of light. Vile's original form lay there, crippled with weakness.
"I...I...lost...to...INFERIORS!!!" Vile shouted.
Leon walked up to Vile, looking down upon him.
"No my friend, it is you who is inferior. You have been drained of your life and free will, your soul consumed by the evil essence of Takeru. Ever since you decided to "join" with Takeru, you had just made your death wish. You were destined to die from the moment you gave your soul to him..." Leon said.
"Fool! Do you reall think I'm going to die now?! That's a laugh! Those others will rot in hell, but I...I have gained the true respect of Master Takeru. He will not let me die..." Vile said.
"Bastard!" Leon shouted, aiming his gun at Vile's face.
There was a flash, and then an eeire laughter.
Leon fell to his knees, his palms hitting the ground, as he stared at the floor, his hat coming off, revealing his golden hair on his head.
"Damn...I failed...again...dammit!!!" Leon exclaimed, hitting the ground with his fist.
Eventually, Leon stood up, turning around.
"Hey, thanks for your help...at least they are even just a bit weaker..." Leon said, buckling his gun to his belt.
"Hey, is that gonna be alright?" Pierce asked as he looked at the deep gash in Leon's arm.
"Just a scratch..." Leon said as he reached into his pocket, revealing a smalll bottle of blue liquid. He poured some into the wound. His teeth clenched as he felt the burning sting of the solution. He put the bottle back into the inside pocket of his coat.
The wound started to heal almost immediately.
"Come on, let's get to my place." Leon said as he walked off.
Reia, who had long fainted, was carried by Pierce. Zife looked on, eventually following them, after sliding the his sword back into the scabbard hidden under his shirt. He grabbed his things and swung his backpack over his shoulder.
"(Maybe I should just head home now, it'd be easier. I don't know any of these people...it'd be best if I didn't get involved....")Zife thought.
"(But, I do owe Leon...for saving me back there...Pierce ain't such a bad guy...I don't know...I just don't know...why can't I just be like everyone else, and just make friends, and live my life the way I'm supposed to..?") Zife thought as he started to follow the others.
Zife wasn't sure what he was supposed to do. He just continued to walk in the direction of the others, still thinking of everything that was going on right now.
"(I've always been alone in this world...why does that have to change?...It doesn't...but...")..."(I'll go with them...")