Hey guys, know the part where Anies and the others go under the school to find those lost documents? Well... I have huge plans for that, plans for a major plot twist! Might cause the addition of a new chapter or two which greatly differ from the plot of the Original Zero No Tsukaima.
A few days after the Princess-has-Been-Kidnapped dilemma, all the guys in the academy were saying goodbye to their loved ones in what I would have labeled as a cheesy way... everyone was gathered in the front-centeral courtyard, hugging each other and praying for their safety. Meanwhile Louise and I stood at the front of all of them, looking back at them, my helmet under my arm
"I guess they were serious when they said they would launch an attack on Tristain..." Said Louise
"But... Tristain hasn't even declared war yet... I mean I know a retaliation is understandable but, what I don't get is, why if Albion, declared war on Tristain, then wouldn't that mean Tristain has to by default to declare war on Albion, and in that case..." I trailed off "I actually forgot where I was going with that little rant..."
"Well then... it surprises me that they even let all the male students join the army..." added Louise
"Which raises another point, if they allowed them to enlist, you'd think a few would prefer, not walking to their deaths... and stay here, but... aside from me and the peasant staff members, I don't see any guy who's gonna stay here... looks more like they were drafted to me..." I sighed, then remembered what sort of world I was in "Mind you if it has to do with your fucking honor, then... well... I guess I can understand why they are going... hell if I understand the logic in that, but I understand why they would go if that's the case." Then a thought hit me... I liked this thought... damn my adolescent brain... "Wait... if all the other guys are going off to battle... all the others in the academy that is... then... why, I'll be other only guy to remain here..." I sensed a shift in the air and dodged a swing from Louise who then bellowed.
"Oh, and what's that supposed to mean!"
I sighed and shook my head, that girl would never change... then we noticed something flying up in the distance, in the sky... as it got closer I could finally distinguish it. "A dragon?" I wondered as the beast landed, causing a small hurricane to almost blow everyone off their feet... 'cept me of course...
Then some dude with a white and golden lined robe and blue cloak jumped off the back of the dragon, he landed with a sort of elegant grace, then brushed back a bit of his ruffled blonde hair. Something about him set me off instantly...
After the guy had done that, all the girls, maybe even Louise, swooned and giggled, some commenting on how charming or handsome he was... why didn't I get this kind of treatment!? I mean in honestly his and my hair were almost the same! Since my hair had grown out since I'd gotten here and I'd never cut it since I had... but I had styled it to prevent it from getting in my eyes... which occasionally failed... I needed to see a barber and get a buzz cut soon... oh! Back to the subject of Fancy Pants, I wanted to just punch all the girls here in the face for being so... loose... was that the word? Loose... shallow maybe? Given the fact that they all turned on a dime from wishing their boyfriends and lovers their best wishes and hopes of seeing them again after the war and what-not... now they were all swooning and gawking over this one guy, RIGHT WHILE THE REST OF THE GUYS WERE STILL STANDING THERE! I don't know much about relationships and all that, but I'm pretty sure that what most of the girls were doing, is a BAD thing! Most if not all of the guys around here had looks of disappointment, anger and as I'm calling it, the: OMGWTF are you serious face... which I think also described my face pretty well by the way!
Fancy Pants walked up to Louise and I, shushing everyone as he did. "Hello, I'm Julio Chesare, I'm a transfer student from Romalia, nice to meet you..." he smiled and there was something unnatural about it... I swear he used to many whiting strips this morning cuz his teeth looked bleached white shiny!
*sigh* this was gonna be a Fuuuuun visit I could tell... (Sarcasm by the way)
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I yawned as Mr. Colbert spoke during today's lesson... oddly enough, I actually took a bit of interest in his lessons, took my mind off of... other things... *Glances at Louise* but I digress...
"And so" said Colbert, holding a metal rod over a small flame in his hand "We can use the flames to raise the temperature of the metals so they mix and dull down after they've glowed yellow for a while..." he rotated the rod over the flame, "Did you know that alloys such as these couldn't be created without a high temperature like this?"
Meh, nothing I didn't already know, I'd seen the forges here already and I was able to put two-and-two together easily enough... also I knew my share about welding, ship building and weapons manufacturing... that along with the lessons taught during my Spartan Lessons.
I looked around the classroom... and mentally groaned, I was un-amused... all the girls were staring at the new Fancy Pants in the middle of the room like he was the quarterback of the returning school football team after they'd won the championship! Or at least something relatable to the situation... you get my meaning... I hope...
I heard mutterings, something about a Shinto-Priest, whatever that is, which was why he wasn't allowed to join the army... which I thought was a lame excuse... he had the look of a crusader on him so I highly doubted he was any sort of a pacifist.
"sheitza" I said (Shh-aight-za) "Why is every girl looking at him!? I mean he's not that different from me!" then I thought about the fact that I scared the living hell out of nearly everyone... "Well... I mean... I can be a nice person...! When I want..." I sighed "But seriously, is Fancy Pants really that good?"
Louise scoffed "Well he's definitely better then a certain dog from elsewhere..."
I glared at her "Watch it..." I said wagging a finger at her "My tolerance level is low, to mind what you say." There was no emotion in my voice as I was too tired to add any... (this lesson in particular almost put me to sleep, since I already knew all this, why it might have been chemistry for all I knew!) "Besides... it's not like a really care what others thing... just something about him pisses me off... what's-more aren't you also quite keen on checking him out? Eh?"
"I resent that!" Louise exclaimed
It looked like she was going to go off on another rant but before she could launch into it the classroom doors burst open and a group of female knights ran in. I recognized the lead one, but I don't think she noticed me... yet...
"Everyone gather at the Assembly area!" said Anies
"And you might be?" asked Colbert
"I'm Anies de Milan, from her Majesty's Gunpowder Squad, and in order to train the royal army for battle, we will be using the academy for the time being. And till then, all classes are being suspended, effective immediately!"
"Immediately!?" exclaimed Colbert
"Everyone go out to the assembly area now, quickly!"
Everyone started to get up out of their seats until Mr. Colbert stopped us... "No! Students, take your seats!" everyone stared at him in both confusion and shock... "We will continue with our lesson."
"Teacher..." said Anies with a growling tone "This is wartime! It's not the time for lessons!"
"Yes, but because it is wartime, they need to learn about the foolishness of fighting a war! Although all the male students have been enlisted, would you kindly stop talking about war in school?!" I sensed Colbert went a little to far as Anies seemed to lose patience, drawing her sword suddenly and pointing it at Colbert's neck. Catching him and the students off guard, causing an awkward and worrisome tension.
"Shut up!" she yelled... I didn't like it when people used force on mere civilians... especially when they didn't have the legitimate authority... where were her papers, I wanted to see papers! There were no papers, so as far as I was concerned, she had no authority over him...
*Bang*
"AAH!" Anies cried out as a bullet passed clean through her hand and her sword clattered to the ground. The other knights all looked at me and drew their weapons...
"Tut-tut-tut!" I said and pressed a button on my Tac-pad and in seconds a team of Marines breached through the windows and all aimed their MA5Ds at the Gunpowder squad... making them all lower their weapons...
"Man you guys work fast!" I said to Private Woods, who happened to be one of the marines with the team, along with Sergeant Jude Montgomery and Private William Mason... and a fresh face, Corporal David Jones, an African American looking man with a buzz cut.
Finally Anies noticed me and stepped back a bit in fear, clutching her wounded hand "W-wha... why?!"
"I don't see any papers on you... surely you must have some proof that these orders came from the Queen, whom, after such a retarded display of incompetence, YES! I said she's incompetent! From a couple days ago, I would have to say that even if the orders came from her, I'd have to ask what the fuck is she thinking!?"
"I can't believe you'd call the Queen incompetent like that" whispered Louise
"Well... she is to some extent..." I replied "Which reminds me I have to slap her next I see her, as a punishment for being so stupid!" I raised my voice "However, I am inclined to somewhat agree with you on this, Anies... Mr. Colbert, is it wrong to fight for one's country? Their home? If you have an unyielding aggressor who will stop at nothing to see you and all you stand for destroyed... wouldn't you fight? In fact I'm kinda shocked at how you think you can just stand there and do nothing while the armies of Tristain's enemies plot and scheme away! As for you Anies, I agree with you... but it's the WAY you went about it that pisses me off! Next time show some goddamned respect and learn to hold your tongue and blade! That goes for you two Mr. Colbert..." I sighed "Jeeez, I hate being the middleman..." I turned to the other students "Now then, to the assembly area... nice and easy... we'll get this sorted out and you won't be going to any wars... consider this as... training, for the home guard? Hmm?" I tried to sell the idea, but I don't know to how many it stuck... meanwhile Fancy Pants was up in the corner smirking his ass off... smug bastard...
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We were all outside, the girls stood in formation with weird ass staves in their hands, looked like they'd break like a toothpick those would! I shook my head, this was such a rudimentary way of soldiering... but given the tech levels of this world I wasn't surprised... meanwhile Jude, Jenny, William, Jones and myself all sat near the wall watching the training...
"Attention!" said Anies in a commanding tone "Training will now commence!"
"Hold up!" said Monmon "We are mages! Not soldiers! We don't need these crude implements! Be it attack or defend all we need to be doing is practicing our battle magic!"
"Magic eh?" Anies smirked and then quickly snatched away Monmon's wand with her bad hand (It had a bloodied bandage around it after it had been healed partially by a water mage, she said she didn't have time for a full heal) and held Monmon's wrist with her good hand. "Try it then! Defeat me with magic!" she taunted and me and the marines couldn't help but snicker, in all fairness, Monmon had that coming...
"Owwie!"
"See! You can't do anything once your wand is gone! If I were a real enemy, you'd be dead by now!"
"Let go of me!"
Anies let go of Montmorency abruptly before starting to walk away. "You won't know what will happen in a real battle, so it's best to be prepared" she threw the wand back to Monmon. Her training was harsh, not as harsh as Mendez from Spartan Training, but her methods reminded me of his. They were cruel and sometimes painful (For Mendez they were both excruciatingly cruel and painful) but effective!
"Now listen up! We will begin the basic training now, this will teach you how to protect yourselves in battle... begin!"
Ok... I take it back... the training was terrible... they didn't teach them any moves, they didn't train them on how to counter an attack or block properly... they just stuck them with another student and let them have at it... a fun method but alas, it is an ineffective one... I then noticed a crowd of girls... all of them crowded around one guy, Julio... I steamed, what was so good about him anyways? I for one didn't trust him! That and he was just a stuck up and annoying brat just like the rest of the nobles around here! I couldn't hear the conversations that were going on in the crowd due to the training sounds, but after a while Julio made his way over to Louise and tried to convince her to spar with him... which he succeeded, while she failed miserably... I steamed again...
"Why that mister know it all, Fancy Pants, asshole!" I muttered, but apparently Private Woods heard me...
"Sir, don't tell me you have feelings for that girl?" said Jenny
"What!" I exclaimed
"Haha!" said Derf who popped out of his sheath, "finally someone other than me who notices!" oddly enough Jenny wasn't surprised at all by the talking sword...
"No!" I added "I just don't trust that guy! Also he's a stuck up know it all who-" I got cut off as I rolled out of the way of a sword swipe, well... a wooden sword swipe... then another wooden sword was thrown at my feet. I looked up to see Michelle, Anies's purple haired Lieutenant, standing there expectantly.
"What?" I asked
"Stand up... I want to see how good you really are." She said
"Ok..." I took the sword and stood up "Are you sure?"
"Yes"
"Um... but... ok... now... trust me here... but you reeeeeaaaaaalllly don't want to fight me..."
"Sounds like a coward's trick to me" retorted Michelle.
Then Jenny, Jude, David and William all chimed in at the same time, their voices ringing in perfect and humorous harmony "Trust us, you reeeeeaaaaalllly don't want to fight him."
"I'd listen to them if I were you..." I added
"You do intend to fight should the enemy show up here yes? Then show me that you can even fight! Be a man!"
"Ok..." I sighed "You asked for it... I hold no reasonability for what is about to happen..."
She swung the wooden sword at me, which personally I found to move at a slugs pace due to my heightened battle senses... I just threw the wooden sword aside, grabbed her sword, twisted it out of her hand, grabbing it in the process, pulling her in towards me and proceeding to clothesline her across the face. Aaaaaaand she was down for the count... probably the rest of the day too...
"Wow..." said Fancy Pants who walked over after he saw me quickly KO the Elite soldier. "That's pretty impressive, I was going to ask for a match later, to test your strength... but... I don't think that's necessary after this display."
"Thanks... I think..." I grumbled, his compliments to me meant nothing, I still knew next to nothing about him... I also didn't like his know-it-all look, which seriously pissed me off... then my Tacpad started to blink. I pressed the open channel button...
*chk* "Sir, you need to come to the firebase ASAP" *chk* said a marine over the communications channel.
"Affirmative, I'll be there momentarily. Spartan 362 out." I spoke back into my Tacpad before putting my helmet back on... "I'll be back..." and I double timed it over to the UNSC firebase outside the academy. Once I'd gotten there I entered the HQ building, followed by the other marines who had been with me and found Sgt Major Stacker looking at a pile of papers, documents and pictures.
"Sgt. Stacker, you sent for me?" I asked
Stacker looked up from his papers, "Ah yes sir! That I did... um... well, how do I put this... follow me."
I nodded and me and half minus one of Fireteam Bravo (Jude, Jenny, David and William) followed Stacker out towards the armory and once we entered we saw ten of the local peasants from all across Tristain... they were all holding MA5Ds... a few of them were holding it backwards...
"Eh-heh... What is this?" I asked humorlessly, with a hint of WTF.
"Princess- oh sorry- Queen Henrietta sent them over, since we have surplus weapons and ammo, and are missing Fireteam Charlie I agreed for her to send them. They are to replace Fireteam Charlie and we're gonna see about getting them suited up and trained... call it a bit of a field experiment. If this works out, we will be able to recruit more troops from the local population... our technicians can make more weapons and ammo if we can secure mining rights, albeit at a slower pace than if we had factories running... but still, as I was saying if this works out we will be able to strengthen our numbers without UNSC support..." explained Stacker
"Ok..." I said, slowly getting where he was going with this... "So how goes it so far?" and Stacker's optimistic attitude dissolved to more of a stressed and worn out expression.
"Terrible..." he sighed
"So why do you need me?"
"I want you to help train them! I'm no drill sergeant! Surely you've got some kind of military training locked up in that Spartan brain of yer's to pass onto these sad excuses for soldiers!"
I turned to the peasants "were you guys forced to come?" I asked... they hesitated to reply... but finally one of them told me that the Queen had put out posters on the village walls, and town criers had been talking about it... they were all volunteers... thankfully... otherwise I'd have to slap Henrietta twice... one for being stupid and other for violating human rights...
"Alright I'll take a crack at it..." I said to Stacker... "ALRIGHT! You peasants!" I shouted. "Stacker may not have been training you my way... hence... we're changing to my way! Simple as that! I don't take slackers and I don't take pansies! Now double time it to the firing range! MOVE MOVE MOVE!"
Some of the peasants were so startled by my loudness that they dropped their guns before running with all they had towards the firing range... I guess Stacker had shown them it already... it was below the HQ building, along with the mess hall, war room and intelligence room. I walked briskly outside, running in front of a peasant and pushing him out of the way as the lone Scorpion Tank almost ran him over, I gave both the peasant and the tank driver shit for their actions. The peasant had to run a lap around the base before joining us (And that was me being lenient) and I took the Tank driver's tank driving privileges for a week... locking it up in the motor pool.
Finally I made it to the firing range where all the peasants were lined up waiting for me... before we started I inspected over each and every one of them. We had nine males and one female... three of the men were built strong and burly... I wrote them down for heavy weapons duty if they passed the firing range. Four of them were of average build and two were thinner... while the woman was slender and had very little muscle on her... I didn't know their names, nor did I care much to know them at the time, so for the moment I gave them all callsigns for me to refer to them as: (some of which I hadn't given them yet as I waited until later... until then I just referred to them as "You" or "Maggot" or "Some other derogatory term/insulting name"
Beefstick: Bulky male, brown hair, brown eyes. Notable features: Untidy hair, grins weirdly...
Hardcase: Bulky male, blonde hair, blue eyes. Notable features: Has an itchy trigger-finger, jumpy, hyper...
Tubs: Bulky male, bald, brown stubble beard, brown eyes. Notable features: Scar on chin and forehead, VERY baritone voice...
Echo: Average male, amber hair and eyes, oddly had a brown stubble beard. Notable features: Weird hair color combination...
Fives: Average male, purple hair, green eyes. Notable features: N/A
Dogma: Average male, brown hair in a ponytail, five o'clock shadow. Notable features: Only guy with a pony tail...
Breach: Average male, red hair, green eyes. Notable features: N/A
Cutup: Skinny male, blonde hair, blue eyes. Notable features: N/A
Skinny: Skinny male, blonde hair, blue eyes. Notable features: N/A (Twin of Cutup apparently)
Snips: Slender Female, red hair, green eyes. Notable features: Attitude...
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So I finally got them up to the range... first up was Tubs... I gave him an MA5D and told him to hit the targets down range... to which he went "uuuhhhhh..." and I told him how to fire... he shot... but his aim sucked...
"Are you even aiming!?" I exclaimed.
"Aiming?"
I wanted to strangle him... I now understood why Sgt. Stacker looked so pissed off... I walked up to him, snatched the gun from him and showed them all how to hold it properly and reload the gun... I changed tactics and unloaded all their Assault Rifles and handed them back to them... I wanted to see if they could even get the positioning right... Snips, Skinny and Cutup got the positioning the fastest and actually remembered it from then on afterwards. Dogma and Breached followed soon after and also remembered how to hold it ever since... however once Fives, Echo and Hardcase got it down they needed a reminder every now and then for a while... Beefstick and Tubs were the worst to deal with... I had to whack them over the head every time they got it wrong... Tubs was just stupid... while Beefstick just wanted to tear up anything that came near him... I HAD to bash some discipline into that guy's head and fast...
After positioning was taught, I moved onto reloading and maintaining the gun... simple really... well... for all but Beefstick... again... everyone else understood the concept of reloading the gun pretty quickly, however I doubted they would know how to reload a SPNkr when the time came... (Rocket launcher slang name)... however DMRs, Battle Rifles, Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles and SMGs all reloaded similarly... Pistols were easy to reload, even a novice could figure it out in seconds... rockets, shotguns, railguns and grenade launchers would have to be taught separately... I doubted I would find the patience to teach them how to use Covie weapons...
After many hours at the range many of the recruits had gotten down the basics of shooting and maintaining their guns... I was VERY impressed with Cutup's performance with a Battle-Rifle and Snips accuracy with a DMR. Cutup and Skinny had hit all their targets without missing once! Skinny and Hardcase actually ranked the next best in accuracy and performance... then Dogman, Fives, Echo and Breach... lastly of course came Tubs and Beefstick... Beefstick in dead last of course...
"Alright... that's enough shooting for one day!" I yelled over the gunfire. I had them all put their guns down on the table at the front of the range for another day. "Now that that's done... evening is fast approaching... and you know what that means?"
No one replied...
"Time for the night games!" I said... oh jeez... how my training attitude reminded me of Mendez... I lead them outside and away from the base... I'd had Sgt. Stacker and some of Fireteam Alpha set up and man an assault course nearby... in... Perfect terrain... and by perfect I mean... horrible! Which is perfect!
The marines had soaked the course so that it was all muddy... it was simply a stretch of muddy land with barbed wires, bunkers, towers and obstacles the greenhorns would have to traverse before they got the go to mess hall... they all had to run it under three minutes, a very reasonable time I think... Mendez would have made us run it in thirty seconds or less... which in turn, would cause us to run it indifferently... or until we passed out from exhaustion...
The course was set like this; five coils of barbed wire overtop a low ditch, which the recruits would have to crawl under, followed by a series of two towers which they'd have to climb these cargos nets up to the top then run along a flimsy bridge with two ropes on either side for hand rails. Next was a set of target dummies which each recruit would have to tackle over before moving on... next was another set of barbed wire, but this time I had live machine gun fire going overtop their heads (It wasn't live since we couldn't afford to waste ammo, but I wasn't telling them that... it'd still sting like a bitch if they got hit mind you). After that they had to swim through a muddy pit, which was about three meters deep... I had two marines on standby in case anyone looked like they might drown... after that was a rope swing, they'd have to swing across two sets of ropes then move onto the last part of the course which was set of low logs, raised slightly that they'd have to fault over, followed by more logs which had been set up in a line, which they'd have to dike and weave around in a sprint to the finish... they had three minutes to do this...
Once I'd revealed this to them I noticed Breach, Echo and Skinny groan I made the whole group do thirty push ups... for each person who groaned... ninety push-ups in total... and just to be mean I used my fucked up logic to round it to a hundred... I made them do a hundred push-ups in total... it took maybe five minutes for everyone to finish... then finally once they had all gotten tired out, I made them run the assault course...
Fives and Hardcase made it through the course in the record time of two minutes; I sent them off to the mess hall... Beefstick made it next followed by Echo... I sent them off...
Now... if I was really as cruel as Mendez... I would have made them wait until EVERYONE had finished before going off to eat... which would have pissed them off BADLY!
Dogma and Breach failed the time limit along with Skinny, Cutup and Snips... they had to run back and try again... finally Cutup and Snips made it in two minutes and fifty seconds... Breach barely made the time limit with two minutes and fifty-nine seconds... Skinny and Dogma had to run it again... and again... Skinny finally made it after five runs... while Dogma kept going... nearly out of breath... on his tenth attempt, which he failed yet again... I walked up to him, laying on the ground and yelled into his face that he was "The most useless and saddest excuse of a marine I'd ever seen." And sent him packing to the mess hall... I think Mendez would have been proud of me... then again... maybe not... knowing his personality and all... but eventually I wrapped it up myself and called it a day for training... heading back to the mess hall and grabbing a quick bite before heading to the barracks and going to sleep... I figured Louise would figure out where I was sooner or later...
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The next morning I was awoken by Corporal William Mason again... I sat up abruptly, nearly whacking my head against the above bunk... "What!?" I groaned "Did the Queen get kidnapped again!?"
"Erm... no sir" said Mason "But there is a purple haired girl out there for you... Michelle I think her name was...
"Oh... I'll be there in a moment..." I pulled myself out of my bunk and re-equipped my MJOLNIR armor before heading out to the front gate of the base, to find the gate guards arguing with Michelle, who wanted to come in and look for me personally. However the guards simply replied no one without authorization from me or Sgt. Stacker was allowed in the base. Eventually however, she saw me... I approached her...
"What is it you want?" I asked
"Emergency meeting..." she glared at the marine gate guards "That's all I can say here..."
I sighed "Fine... lead on..."
She lead me back towards the Academy and into a small room with only one table and a chair behind it... there also stood a hooded figure whom I couldn't I.D at the time... I also noticed Anies and... I glanced to my side... Julio... or Fancy Pants... whatever...
Anies sent Michelle back down, while I flipped out at Fancy Pants... "What the hell are you doing here!? I thought you were a priest of something! Shouldn't you be praying or some shit!?" the guy bugged me, what can I say...
"I'm just waiting until my comrades join us here, so we can get this meeting underway..." he replied
"Comrade?" I mumbled "You're kidding right?"
"No he's not..." said the hooded figure... who turned around and lowered her hood.
"Your majesty!" exclaimed Louise, who bowed and quickly knelt before her as she approached us... I glanced at Anies, who shrugged... I took that as a go for it... I was going to bide my time for now however... I'd find a dramatic moment to do it... maybe... if I had the patience...
"Alexander, Louise... thank you for the other day... I'm very sorry..."
Fuck it, I couldn't help it...
*SLAP* I lightly slapped Henrietta across the face... mind you... when I say lightly... I mean I didn't hit her hard enough to break anything... but it would still hurt quite a bit...
"Owwww..." she held a hand to her face and rubbed the red spot where I'd back handed her... Louise had just gasped and looked like she wanted to strangle me... Anies looked at me like she was glad that I was able to do something she wanted to do, but most likely wouldn't get away with doing... Julio on the other hand looked like he didn't care...
"Stupid! Why were you so stupid!" I said in a high-pitched tone, trying to make my point... "Stop being stupid!" I returned my voice to normal "I will have you know I'm not going to let you just live' this down... you will remember your dumb choices for the next little while and I will not let you forget..."
"I..." Henrietta paused, shocked that I'd just hit her... "I'm sorry... I know my decisions were reckless... but... I... I... I didn't know what to do... I was being indecisive and I just went with what my gut said... I know what I did was wrong... but... wouldn't you go with the one you loved, after you though he or she was dead?"
I glared at her... and I guess she guessed my answer "No" I said "If it meant the fate of an entire nation, then no, I wouldn't have!" however a small part of me felt like I was lying... I guess at this point however, if you think about it, I really had no one to love right now, so I guess my opinion was a bit biased...
"Anyways..." interrupted Julio "I had heard these things about Wales... turns out it was a conspiracy devised by Albion..."
This new news made me want to slap Henrietta again... but I stayed my hand... "Ok... but that still doesn't explain why you're really here." I said.
"I told you, I'm your comrade..." said Julio
"Oh do tell..." I replied sarcastically... apparently he didn't get it...
"The Pope of Romalia is worried about the actions of Albion too..." said Julio...
"A Pope? Here? Wow... how generic..." I mused "But as you were saying..."
"Yes... as I was saying, the Pope sent me over to assist the Princess..."
Then Henrietta took over "The pope and I have tried our best to prevent the outbreak of war... but... it seems that our efforts are in vain... and the situation is grim as it is..." the princess turned to us "Louise, Julio, Anies and Alexander... you four are the only ones I can depend on right now."
"Yes my Princess!" said Louise
I then put two and two together and I didn't like what I came up with "So, let me get this straight... is seems that you... the queen... is trying to attempt to gather her own troops from the academy..."
"What does that mean!?" snapped Louise "Are you going to bear a grudge against the Princess!?"
"No..." I sighed "But that doesn't mean that I have to like it... plus... I'm also thinking about what Mr. Colbert said yesterday..."
"Pfft" Anies scoffed "Don't bring war into the academy was it?"
"Alexander... I have no intention of brining war into the academy... I'm just borrowing the strength of the people in order to bring peace..." she faltered as she noticed my facial expression.
I looked at her like she was high... "I really fail to see the logic in that... let me ask you... were you high when you made this decision? Cuz honestly, your argument that you're not brining war into the academy... reeeaaaaalllly made you sound like a retard... I'm seriously regretting calling you a good leader..." everyone looked at me, again, in shock, that I'd just insulted the princess again... "I mean that's like saying, hey! I'm not going to break that knife of yours! I'm just borrowing it so I can throw it against the rocks!" I sighed "No matter how you look at it, directly or indirectly you ARE bringing war into the academy... I understand you have good intentions... but good intentions don't always lead to good outcomes... trust me... I know..." I hoped I got my point across... but she was a stubborn brat... she was cute... but still... very, VERY stubborn...
"But... what about you? Will you help me?" she asked and Damnit! How could I say no to that face...
"Fine..." I groaned
"So it's settled then..." said Julio... and walked over to Louise "I look forward to working with you Miss Valliere" he said and kissed her hand making Louise blush very red...
"Wow..." I sighed and rolled my eyes... "Louise your face is so red right now..."
She steamed "N-no it's not!"
"Isn't red my ass! Its totally fuckin' red right now!" I retorted
"bah what do you know!? Your just a dog and do you really intend to disobey your master?" said a shrill Louise.
"GAH!" I strained "Stop calling me a damned dog!"
"Dog! Dog! Dog, dog, dog!" what was she a five year old? Real mature Louise... real mature... I sighed an looked over at the princess who was staring out the window... I guess it was only a matter of time now... until the war finally begun in earnest...
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PS: I update usually every two days and not on weekends or holidays or similarities. So just saying that I've got a long weekend coming up, so no updates on Friday (since I only update every two days) or Saturday, Sunday (Weekend) Monday (Victoria Day [I'm Canadian]) and Tuesday (Professional-development day.) so next update should be on Wensday.