A little briefing before…you know…what is said to happen.

Don't own anything except the concept of the story

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: BRIEFING COMMENCES

Everyone was sitting in Yuan's office (if you could call it that). He was going over the battle data that was collected during the fight. Yuan stood at the front of the room, using a projector which showed pictures of the enemies they have encountered so far. "From what we learned from the battle in Iselia and from other various sources, we have been able to gather pictures and descriptions of Irving's army. Please save your questions until the end of this briefing."

The first picture was a darknut.

"Full of armour which provides impenetrable defence," said Yuan. "These seem to be the foot soldiers of the army Irving is raising. They also come in black, to show their higher ranking. Ones in silver are commonly known as darknuts. Ones in black and red are known as supreme darknuts."

There was a picture of a flock of kargoroks flying over.

"These are the vultures that attack people on either land or sea. It seems they are usually used for aerial defence and aerial offence."

A picture of a bokoblin and it several counterparts.

"These creatures were seen near the beaches of the remains of Palmacosta. Thanks to Professor Sage from the Great Sea, we have determined these are bokoblins. They have little significance to the army and are commonly used as pawns, although they pose no real threat."

The project showed a picture of a pig-like creature carrying a spear.

"Seen in the forests of Mizuho, these creatures are known as moblins. They are all brawn and no brain so you could easily fool them. Be careful, though, for when he begins swinging his spear, you'll find yourself in a world of hurt."

A bunch of gelatine-like creatures showed up on the screen.

"Captured in jars in the Imperial Research Academy, these creatures are commonly known as Chu-Chus. The ones in red and green pose no threat. Blue chu-chus on the other hand seemed to have electricity running through them. So when you hit them, you'll be electrocuted. Easiest way to disable this chu-chu is to stun it and attack. Black chu-chus seem to be unaffected by physical attacks. Use an intensified stream of light or something similar to turn it to stone. Then pick it up and throw is away quickly. Now we will get into those who pose a bigger threat than the previous enemies. All of them seem to be angels as they use Cruxis Crystals."

A picture of Lloyd showed up.

"Most of you have already met this man, Lord Irving he likes to call himself. Just like the Lloyd we all know, he has vast skills of the twin blades. As an added threat, he can cast a variety of spells and wear down an enemy in no time at all. Beware, because he will not hesitate to kill you."

A picture of Asuka, Shinji and Rei showed up.

"These three were here training under the renegades. It seems that they were inside agents working for Irving, gathering even more information from us. The one with the red hair is Asuka Langley Sohryu, who seems to use fire elements. The male is Shinji Ikari uses light elements and the one with the blue hair is Rei Ayanami, who uses ice elements."

A picture of a boy with brown hair and brown eyes, who wore something similar to a brown military uniform showed up.

"His name is Toji Suzuhara and is known all around for his raids in Triet and Izood. Very headstrong and very stubborn, he's a bit like the late Magnius. His elements are earth-type."

A picture of a boy with white hair and red eyes showed up. He wore something like a white cloak.

"Kaworu Nagisa seems to be a well-mannered, little gentleman but do not be fooled. He uses this as an advantage and was last spotted near Meltokio. He uses dark elements to confuse and disable his enemies. Beware."

(So here's the run-down on each character: Asuka-fire, Shinji-light, Rei-ice, Toji-earth and Kaworu-dark)

The lights turned on and the projector turned off. "I'm a man of few words," said Yuan. "……any questions?"

"So all those angel guys act like the five grand cardinals?" asked Lloyd.

"Correct. It looks like they have their own little areas to conquer."

"Should we seek them out?" asked Wilder.

"No, if we did that, there would be more casualties. We should wait for them to attack."

"What should we do when they're all defeated?" asked Sheena.

"By that time, we would have figured out where Lord Irving his hiding. We'll destroy his hideout and save the world."

"What about the veil of darkness-thing?" asked Zelos, "I mean it's spreading right? Shouldn't we stop it before the whole world turns into one dark ball of misery and despair?"

"We are working on that even as we speak. Everything we tried has unaffected it. We're looking for more options."

"Do we have to train anymore?" asked Aryll.

"We have suspended the training program for a while. Just in case of an attack, we cannot risk someone getting hurt in the holodeck."

"Yes! No more training!" exclaimed Raine.

"That means more studying for you," replied Professor Genis.

"Great…"

"Genis, don't you have a question?" asked Regal.

"Yes, you look…unhappy," added Presea.

"Uh…is it necessary…to…"

"Kill them?" said Raine batting her eyelashes.

"Why would you ask such a question?" asked Yuan. "Of course it is necessary to defeat them."

"You think they can change, don't you," replied Aurion. "You want to change all of them. Or are you just interested in saving one…"

"No!" exclaimed Genis. "I want to save them all. I think they are forced to fight. They're just like us! They have emotion and stuff! You can't just go around killing someone because they're in league with someone who wants to destroy the world. It's just…wrong!"

"Wow, I never thought you felt so strongly about this subject, kid," replied Zelos. "Tant d'amour…"

"It's not like that! I swear!"

"Then what is it like?" asked Xavier. "You want to help them why?"

"He wants to help them change because he thinks they have the ability to change," replied Professor Raine. "These people are not like darknuts or any other monster. They have the ability to reason and that is why we just can't kill them. We must figure out if they really want to work with Irving."

"How about this them?" asked Colette. "If they want to sincerely change, we help them. If they don't…we'll have no choice but to…do them in…"

"Agreed," added Lloyd. "We can't force them to join us. We have to wait for them to--"

An alarm sounded. The intercom blared out, "Attention, attention! The town of Triet is under attack. Repeat, the town of Triet is under attack!"

"Guys, let's go!"

Everyone nodded, jumped on their rheairds and flew to Triet.

Whew! I'm done. That took a long time to write. Now, on with the battle. Please R&R and no flames.