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"The Sub-Commander"
Phase One: "Reunion and Choices Made"
A dark teal/green colored armored jeep roared through the open and rocky expanses of the foothills of local mountains, the driver thought only of her brother. She also remembered his dislike for wearing the normal HOLY uniform for males which are near skin tight white shirts, white and purple with black trimming overcoats, and purple trousers with knee high black boats with quarter inch thick heels the size of a man's heel. He had instead opted for a green shirt that was slightly loose, a blue vest, the standard issue coat, but in green and white with blue trousers and black US Marine military issue boots. In the end, the loud colors distinguished him in the field. He also wore a Special Forces cover that was green and black and held a silver insignia of oak leaves that defined a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval and Coastal Forces. He derived the insignia as a second in command was a lieutenant and since he was the Sub-Commander of HOLY, he was a lieutenant that held the rank of commander and thus he used the silver oak leave to identify him as the Sub-Commander of HOLY. Though he had been the only Sub-Commander, no one wanted the position after he had reportedly been killed during a mission.
As she followed his cobalt and teal Alter that was in the form of an eagle and he had named Falke, the German word for Falcon. She thought back to his past exploits and to their past together, as surrogate brother and sister.
Flashback
Twelve Years Ago
Hunger, she was hungry and cold and alone. Abandoned by her mother and father, by other people in general, she was all alone and would not live another night. A young man found her. He had bandages covering most of his body. His blonde hair stuck out though, like the sickly red on the bandages. He picked her up and carried her from her small shelter. It was night and she felt the cold wind biting at her wet clothes. He held her close and took her from the town's limit. There a man with long copper hair and tacky pink sunglasses waited.
"I see you found a friend," the brown haired man said.
"Yeah, she's the healer I've been searching for, but obliviously the reports were embellished a little too much," the mummy man shook his head, "I'll raise her to be strong and kind, she is too sweet to be a fighter, but she will have decent skills to protect herself and others."
"Like I'm doing with Kazama?" asked the brown haired man.
"Except she will be my little sister, not my little brother," the mummy replied.
"Well, hi there, I'm Kazuya and this guy whose going to be your big brother is Paul Johnson, an American born Alter User," Kazuya introduced himself and the man that would become a defining person in the little girl's life.
The little girl nodded. She then saw lights approaching the trio and could hear the sounds of helicopters and heavy vehicles. She was scared, but she felt herself being handed over to Kazuya.
"Go like the wind, I'll catch up," was all that her to be big brother said.
"Paul don't be stupid, you're hurt and there are innocent people near hear!" Kazuya yelled.
"Make like your name's first part says and be like the wind! They're here for me, I'll lead them off!" with that he charged and explosions began.
Grinding his teeth audibly, Kazuya activated his Alter Power and the little girl could hear the wind whistling in her ears. As they came to a stop atop a large hill, they looked back and could see the tracers and explosions marking a battle. Then suddenly a pillar of light shot through the air! Explosions rippled around it and even at the distance they were, which was great, they could hear the dying screams of the soldiers sent after the gaijin.
Six days later, the pair arrived at a small house which had once been a dental office. A little boy with copper hair and amber eyes came flying out to see his big brother, but stopped short at the sight of the little girl. He looked at the aquamarine haired girl and smiled.
"Is she going to be my new little sister?" the boy asked excitedly.
"No, she's Paul's little sister Kazama, but you two get to be friends!" Kazuya said.
"Wow! What's your name? Mine's Kazama, Kazama the Shell Bullet!" Kazama was excited.
Kazuya just laughed at Kazama's excitement at having a new friend. The small girl smiled a little, but she was very shy right at the moment. Then there was the sound of boots hitting heavily against the ground. The three turn to see a blonde hair man with blue eyes and tanned white skin.
"Paul you didn't!" Kazuya yelled.
"I don't know what happened, but I was out cold and even worse off and then I awoke only a mile from here fully healed, but hungry as hell, believe it," Paul then got a funny look on his face that said did I say what I think I just did.
"Huh? Where did you get the bandannas from?" Kazuya noticed two bandannas, one was blue with a metal plate with emblem that was either an eye or a leaf, but the other was navy blue with four odd small 'S' like marks centered in it being worn by Paul.
"Good questioned, I noticed them before, but decided to come home and eat first, but how is my new little sister?" Paul asked walking up to her.
"Shy," was the dry response from Kazuya.
"What is your name or do you want one from me?" Paul asked the little girl.
"Sherries Adjani," Sherries felt safe around Paul, though he seemed more uncomfortable around people, but she could trust him, he had a look of a man who would protect her and others without a thought for himself.
Nine Years Later
Sherries Adjani, the Eternal Healer, was sitting with her knees to her chest hoping that they would just stop and end her life. Her life went down hill fast starting two years ago when Sherries was separated from her brother The Tactical Sentinel Alter User and friends The Brother Shell Bullets. It had been a battle against some military force that wasn't HOLD or HOLY.
Her brother, Paul 'Tactical Sentinel' Johnson was leading a group of Innards and Alter Users in a small mercenary band. They were safe guarding a group of refugees from the Mainland and other places in the world, mostly women and children who wanted a fresh start, but the Mainland Officials, didn't take kindly to what they deemed illegal immigration even though by Japanese law and international law the Lost Ground was a fully independent and sovereign land. Mercenary bands acted like the police and soldiers of the Innard villages keeping HOLD and HOLY in check and the mainland at bay, but the Mainland wanted Alter Power for weapons and to fuel a new Industrial Revolution.
Launching a full scale attack on the refugees, the Japanese Covert Self Defense Force, or JCSDF, was deployed in full strength. By law, the JCSDF was not to exist and if the United States of America would to find out, they would start asking questions and they wouldn't be alone. Though the United States would rather wash its hands of Japan, the Asian Community wouldn't let the United States do so without a build up of arms to prevent another imagined or not imagined attempt of Japan's at grabbing more land again. So the United States Armed Forces stayed to prevent war and to support South Korea against North Korea.
Still, the JCSDF was good at their business and the damage was beginning to mount on the mercenaries, but a US Task Force Secretly moving Russian nuclear missiles for disassembly had strayed close to the Lost Ground and the JCSDF quickly withdrew, but left enough havoc for HOLD and HOLY to do as the Mainland pleased.
Little did Sherries know of the Mainland's attempts and plans, but two men knew and in their own ways were secretly plotting to liberate the Lost Ground, but all Sherries was knowing was her life was about to end, but someone decided she was not going to die that day.
Sherries could hear the voices for ending her life in the worst possible ways growing stronger and so were the accusations of betrayal and cowardice. It was then that there was a slight tremor. Then there was a roaring explosion as the roof over the gang members was blown in and part of the concert wall and roof of Scherries's cell were pulled away and standing there was the man that had scared her so terribly in the failed ambush several days ago.
He kneeled at the opening addressing her.
"Are you alright? You need not worry or fear anymore, you're free now," the green haired young man said.
"Free?" Sherries asking simply stunned.
"Yes, you're free to go and do whatever you want now," the man replied, kindness replacing the coldness in his reddish brown eyes.
"Free…" Sherries began to cry as the HOLY member used his Alter to gently lift her up and out of the dark and dank cell and into the brilliance of the morning light.
As her feet touched the ground, a man and a woman in white armor with red crosses rushed up to her checking her for injuries and giving her some water and some food until her condition could be fully determined, but a strong shout caught through the wind and the voice seem to stop time for Sherries.
"Give her the full deal, she's joining HOLY!" the strong accented voice yelled as a jovial laugh followed it.
A man in the standard, but a looser and with green and blue replacing the purple and a vest replacing the coat HOLY uniform with brownish blonde hair and average blue eyes approached Sherries with a man in the normal HOLY uniform, but with orange hair that has a silver streak on both sides that sticks straight up and angled back at about 45 degrees and wearing tacky pink sunglasses. Immediately Sherries launches herself up and into the one in blue and green. Tears drenching the front of his vest, but he fondly holds her close.
"Thank you Ryohou… Thank you for saving my kid sister," the shock of those words were immediately felt, but at the moment, the Sub-Commander of HOLY, Paul Johnson, better known to HOLY and many others as The Practical Tactician Alter User.
From then on, the two were almost always together when they could be. Just like blood siblings, they took to protecting one another fiercely. Plus they had the third member of their little group, Straight Cougar. He still had a nag for getting names wrong, but at least he never get Paul's or Scherries's names wrong. Together the group of three grew into four with Uri Zane, then Elian, and then more, even the new guy Asuka Tachibana and the ever cold shoulder Ryuhou.
Then out on a mission with more than half of HOLY's ranks and the Commander, Martin Zigmar, the Sub-Commander was felled, protecting the surviving ranks that had ventured out, including the Commander Zigmar. The Sub-Commander fell off a cliff, mortally wounded with the Commander reaching out for him... It was the saddest day in HOLY's existence and no one wanted the job, the shoes were just too big to be replaced or filled.
For Sherries, Cougar was no were to be found, he would go out on long drives, not even trying to set records or anything. Ryuhou though was there to comfort the girl, having experience such a loss. It was still quite a while before HOLY appeared to be operating again at peak efficiency, though the ranks had been whittled to less than 20 members from an all time high of just over 50 members.
End Flashback
Sherries Adjani drove on until explosions had begun to light up the night in as Alter Users fought one another in front of her. As she looked up, she saw Falke drive in to join the battle that meant only one thing that the Tactical Sentinel or the Practical Tactician, which ever side of the wall you lived on called him, was fighting against a group of strong Alter Users and protecting a small hidden village.
Arriving in full HOLY uniform and in a HOLD armored jeep, Sherries watched as the remaining fighting members of a would be gang began to scatter as where there was one HOLD jeep and a HOLY member, than was bound to be a HOLD platoon and at least two other HOLY Alter Users not far away. In this case, it was not true, but that didn't stop them from fleeing in every direction.
Sherries watched as the last hold out was dropped like a lead weight by a man in blue and green armor. One of the most powerful Alter Users to ever exist as the armor dissipated and his body was revealed clothed in a grey cargo pants, a grey shirt, tan vest, black fingerless fighting gloves, black cloth bracelet, white bracer shield, and artic camouflage Special Forces cover and in his left hand was his second alter, a single point spear of blue and green coloring.
"Hello Sherries, and sorry for making you worry, but I'm back now," his voice was calm, but Sherries could hear the underlying tone of relief and extreme happiness, among other mixed emotions, including fear and worry, all the skills he had taught came surging forth once more to make her capable of fighting even Ryuhou Tai.
"Brother!" she shouted and jumped up to hug him just as the sun began to raise over the horizon, signifying the start of a new dawn for the surrogate siblings and the rest of the Lost Ground, AKA the Japanese Wildness, the Mariachi Special Economic Zone, but foremost, home to its inhabitants.
Pairing Votes are following:
Ryuhou/Mimori – 2
Ryuhou/Scherries – 3
Ryuhou/Kanami – 0
Ryuhou/Ayase – 2 (I actually got those votes through my e-mail.)
Ryuhou/Kami – 0
Kazuma/Kanami – 1
Kazuma/Mimori – 4
Kazuma/Scherries – 3 (My personal choice and two of my friends, but this is being decided through democratic means. God Bless and Long Live Democracy!)
Kazuma/Ayase – 2 (Yes, I got those too through same channels as Ryuhou/Ayase.)
Kazuma/Kami – 0
Couger/Ayase – 0
Couger/Kanami – 0
Couger/Mimori – 3
Couger/Scherries – 0
Couger/Kami – 0
Tachibana/Kami – 0 (Hey! We need some for the side characters! And if you wish to see Tachibana's girlfriend with anyone else, VOTE!)
Tachibana/Mimori – 3 (I was shocked, but hey this is a democracy voting system and it's a challenge to write!)
Tachibana/Scherris – 1
Tachibana/Kanami – 0
You want more pairings send in votes! No matter what they are as along as they are with-in the set parameters of no yoai and no yuri. There's too much of that and it spoils really good stories!
