Chapter 8 harnessing your newfound power
A/n: this is just a training chapter, Nothing more. I'm going to do my best to train everyone. Some training events will be short, But that's mostly about it. So yeah, Oh yeah! Many of our main characters for this chapter will also become super powerful after this, So theirs that. Hmm, Dang...I guess that's about it. Well anyway, Hope you all like it.
-2 days latter after the event in Ginza-
The incident in Ginza was devastating, Over about 150 or more innocent people had been killed. And 6,000 were missing. The group that defended the remaining people were highly praised by everyone for their selfless sacrifice to defend them.
Tohru, Kanna, Lucoa, Elma, And Fafnir were also praised as well, Despite them showing Japan who they truly were under their human form. They as well as Jessica, Shino, Makoto, And Kobayashi were all invited to the ministry of defense to receive their medals, As Shino and Jessica would be receiving a promotion to first and second Lieutenant. Sean was in the hospital recovering from his encounter with Corthal, His face was restored to it's original form. But his forearm and legs were only half way on their road to recovery. Nanami was in his room looking after him as she was watching tv of the ceremony.
"In the face of this disaster, These nine individuals were active in taking a stand against the enemy. And have saved the lives of countless people. These brave feats of these four people. And five dragons are known by the people as the "heroes of Ginza". Therefore we present the five dragons with medals for their fearless bravery. And four medals to these four people, As well as one promotion to one of them" the man spoke up as everyone clapped for them.
"We shall now present the commendation" the man spoke again as he then walked to the five chaos draconians and placed their medal around their necks.
"Tohru, Lucoa, Fafnir, Kanna, Elma. You five have our deepest gratitude".
"Sir!" The five chaos draconians spoke out.
Next were Shino, Jessica, Kobayashi, And Makoto. They were handed out medals as well, As Shino and Jessica were given certificate added to their medal, Making them both a lieutenant.
"The four of you also have Japan's deepest gratitude for this event. And none shall forget your actions that you all have done".
"Sir!" The four spoke up.
The sounds of cameras being taken as well as reporters coming up to them asking them questions was a bit overwhelming to the dragons, But they managed to answer some of them.
"How long have you been here in our world?" One reporter asked them.
"Five days" Tohru told them with a smile.
"What are your intentions here for being here?" Another reporter asked.
"We actually consider this place a second new home for us" Fafnir answered them, Still showing his narrow expression "We mean absolutely no harm to any humans here, All we ask is that we live here, Peacefully".
"Do you have any knowledge on the enemy invaders by any chance? Do they come from the same world as you did?" Another reporter asked them. Lucoa quickly answered that question since she was the most knowledgeable about the imperials. "They are known as the empire, And yes, They did come from the world that we had left. In fact we had to leave our world because of them, They hunted down our kind for our blood since we're rare dragons" Lucoa said with a smirk.
This just made them ask more questions about them, Their race, And their relationship with the humans that they stayed with. This also made them very popular among the people as well, Soon, There were fan letters, Artwork, Toys in their likeness. The works. But in 2 more days, Things would drastically change for them.
-day 5, The hospital-
The chaos draconians were at the hospital checking up on Sean's condition. His body was fully recovered, But he still didn't wake up. The rest feared that he would be in some sort of coma.
Shino and Nanami were sitting on Sean's bedside as Kobayashi, Makoto, Kanna, Lucoa, Fafnir, Elma, And Tohru were in the room killing time as they were watching the news about the Ginza incident. Jessica had been called by the JSDF, And said that she would be at the hospital shortly after her meeting.
"Naturally, This land not appear on any map, Even with the information that we had received from the chaos dragons, We still don't fully know what lies beyond the gate, Or what it's like. What the chaos dragons have told us, Is only about the history of the enemy faction known as the empire. And that the dragons that are staying in our world are known as chaos dragons, And are a rare type with special magic blood. They left their world to escape the enemy, And have stayed in our world for over five days. We have decided to give them citizenship to our world, And as of today, They are citizens of this world" the prime minister spoke as he took a deep breath to speak again.
"We apprehended many of the attackers known as the imperials in the previous incident. And we will be looking into the monsters that came threw the gate as well. At present, They are no more than criminals who have broken the law, Or in other words, Terrorists. Destroying the gate will not solve this problem. We fear that it may lead to another gate opening up in Japan or another part of the world. Therefore, We have decided to consider the land, That we have dubbed, The special region, A part of japan. And we have also decided, That to learn what lies on the other side, As well as bring any forces there to the negotiation table, We have decided that it is vital to go through the gate. Even if it is dangerous. We will send the JSDF, As well as the chaos dragons to the other side of the gate to apprehend the ringleader of the Ginza incident" the prime minister spoke.
The group just listened.
"So we're going back home huh?" Tohru muttered bitterly.
"Well...on the bright side, We get to stay here in japan as citizens!" Elma cheered her up as she then hugged Makoto "Plus, We don't have to no longer hide our true abilities anymore! Isn't this great, Makoto?".
"It sure is" Makoto responded as he held Elma close to him. Elma blushed as she nuzzled her boyfriend. Kobayashi then sighed as she made a paper fan appear in her hand with her magic. "Well, That's good news for you guys" Kobayashi added "However...". Kobayashi then looked over at Sean who was still out cold.
"What are we going to do about Sean's condition?".
Everyone was then silently pondering that outcome, However that outcome was soon answered when they all heard a groan.
"Hmm...ughhh...my body..." Sean muttered out in a quiet breath.
"SEAN!".
The others gathered around him as Sean slowly leaned up, However he then looked at his former missing forearm, Now fully restored. Sean blinked in surprise as he then pulled the covers off of his new fully restored legs. Sean just kept looking at them in surprise still until Lucoa sat down on his bed.
"I gave you my blood" Lucoa said with a smile "You now have chaos dragons blood flowing through your veins like Kobayashi and Makoto. How do you feel?" Lucoa asked him.
Sean just looked at Lucoa before looking at his left hand for a bit before holding it outward away from his friends and siblings. Everyone minus Makoto and Fafnir were confused until a quick bright light shined over Sean's hand as a keyblade now appeared in his hand, It being the oathkeeper keyblade.
"Oh boy..." Kobayashi sighed.
"You...summoned...an odd looking sword?" Tohru pondered still in confusion until Makoto and Elma appeared on her sides as they looked in awe at the keyblade. "That's not just any odd looking sword!" Makoto and Elma shouted with excitement in their voices as they were in their otaku modes "That's the oathkeeper keyblade from the Kingdom hearts series! Look at that detail! That unique shape! That-".
They were both knocked down by Tohru in an instant as they raised their heads from the floor, Tohru glaring at them both. "You two are such a pain in the ass when you both act like that" Tohru made clear. That's when the door opened up as Jessica walked in. "Hey guys, Oh, Well look who's awake" Jessica expressed as she held up some papers. Kanna instantly ran over to her and hugged her legs.
"Mom!".
"Hey, Sweetie, I hope you weren't bored".
"No, I just watched the news with lady Tohru and the others".
Jessica then held up Kanna into her right arm as she held the papers in her left, "I see, So you all heard about that with the prime minster?" Jessica asked them as she got a nod.
"We'll be going with the JSDF to our home" Lucoa responded "The humans want to capture the emperor and bring him to justice for his attack on this world". Jessica sighed as she made her way over to the bed as she sat down, She then handed the papers to Shino. Shino took the papers as she looked over them.
"We're to be training for 3 months. The Lieutenant General, Koichiro Hazama spoke to me about the situation" Jessica informed them as she then remembered what Hazama had to speak with her about.
-flashback-
Jessica was watching the news about the JSDF as well as the dragons going with them to the other side of the gate. Jessica had just gotten her papers informing her that she was officially out of retirement, And would be going back into the field again. She didn't mind, She was Finally able to put her past behind her because of how she treated Kanna like her own daughter. Plus, She knew that the little dragon could take care of herself so she didn't have to worry.
"So I'm back into the frontlines again?" Jessica muttered.
"You don't sound too happy about it".
Jessica turned around to see her commander that would be running the show, Hazama just waved his hand at her. "You heading to see your dragon friends, Jessica?" Hazama asked her calmly. Jessica gave a sheepish smile at him.
"Y-yeah...hehe".
"As well as your super friends too?".
That part caught Jessica off guard.
"How did you-".
"Come on Jessica, You think I wouldn't figure that out. It's all over the internet that some people saw some humans wearing some cosplay, And fighting with the dragons to defeat the imperials. I mean, How else did you get your hands on a damn Gatling gun? I didn't see any gun store in Ginza. And I'm sure as Hell that nobody would be stupid to sell ya that. Let alone use one like you did" Hazama revealed.
Jessica was at a loss for words, Hazama had figured it out. Jessica sighed in defeat as Hazama just smiled at her. "Oh don't be like that, I have no intention of revealing that kind of information to anyone. It's just that when Lucoa admitted to the public that they had special blood that allowed me to put two and two together" Hazama spoke.
"So you want my friends to give the army superpowers?" Jessica bitterly asked her commander.
Hazama shook his head at her. "Absolutely not!" He admitted "That would only cause more harm than good. We'll keep this passing dragon blood to humans to a minimum, Last thing we need is for your friends to be hunted down by the other superpowers. So...I only ask is that if it's not too much trouble, For you to tell me the names of the people who have this blood within them so that way we can bring them with us to help out. Although, And I'm only doing his for you and your squad, That I ask you to make peace with the people in this other world! As for your dragon friends and your blood powered friends, They can do as they please".
-flashback end-
"So...I gave commander Hazama your names so that he would know who would be coming with us. But you guys are absolutely free to do whatever you want! As for Shino and I, We have to make sure to make peace and form a relationship with the people of this world. Even some enemies" Jessica stated.
Everyone else was quiet for a bit before Sean thought of something.
"So we have 3 months until we are to head to the other world?" Sean question to make sure. "Yes, That is correct" Jessica answered him. Sean closed his eyes for a bit before he then transformed his oathkeeper keyblade into the no name keyblade, He then slowly opened his eyes. His eyes now blue, With cat-like irises.
"Well then...I guess we better get started with our training..." Sean then began to slowly smirk making Shino and Nanami look at him with confusion. "Our training? What are you talking about, Sean?" Nanami asked her brother before Fafnir then spoke up.
"You want to get back at the person that defeated you because you were at such a low level?" Fafnir asked Sean. Sean then made his keyblade disappear as he then stretched his arms. "Correct" Sean admitted "I know his name! And I want to become extremely strong to get back at him!".
"Then you'll need some intense training then" Elma added in.
"Yeah!" Makoto also added "In fact, Elma, Fafnir and I will be your tutorials, That sound good with you, Sean?". Sean thought about it for a bit, He knew that Makoto and Elma would be caring about his training. But he knew how serious Fafnir would take this, And train him like a dog. But it was worth it.
"I'm in!" Sean answered.
Fafnir then showed a very hard to see smile across his lips as he then placed his hand onto his shoulder.
"That's the answer we wanted to hear" Fafnir muttered "We'll get a head start right now". That's when Fafnir then teleported the four of them from the hospital. Leaving a shocked Shino, Nanami, Kobayashi, And Jessica. Tohru then grabbed Kobayashi's arms, As well as Kanna's arm.
"Come on, Miss Kobayashi! Let's go train for the 3 months that we have together! You ready to train Miss Kobayashi, Kanna?" Tohru asked Kanna who just raised her hand in the air. "Yeah!" Kanna shouted happily before she looked at Jessica "You should train too, Mom" she added before Kobayashi could protest as they then teleported out of the room. This left only Lucoa, Shino, Nanami, And Jessica left. Lucoa just smiled like always at them as she took note of them sighing in defeat and worry at the outcome of their so called "Training" That would be going on for 3 months. Shino then facepalmed.
"Should we worry about this?" She asked the others. Jessica and Nanami looked at one another, Both biting their thumbs, Lucoa then spoke up.
"Oh relax, I'm sure that it'll be nothing to worry about. Cheer up" Lucoa gave her opinion of the matter. The three girls all looked at her.
"Let's hope your right".
-unknown area-
Fafnir, Makoto, Elma, Sean all appeared in an unknown area that consisted of nothing but a large land with large amounts of grass. Sean had trouble balancing himself since he was in the hospital for a few days, Fafnir then made a whiteboard appear when he snapped his fingers. He then pulled out a sharpie.
"Alright" Fafnir spoke up loud enough for everyone listen "Today we begin Sean's advanced training into a keyblade master. For two months we shall train you, Then on the last month we'll give you a task to complete for your graduation into a keyblade master. Understood?" Fafnir finished.
Sean was wobbling as he was trying to stand up straight, But he heard Fafnir well. "I understand..." Sean muttered until Elma helped him up with the use of her magic. Sean took a deep breath as he nodded at her.
"Thanks, Elma" Sean thanked her.
"No problem, Sean" Elma said as she then got into her otaku mode as did Makoto, As they both made sharpies appear. "Okay then!" Makoto yelled in his otaku voice as he then began to write "Operation ultima keyblade master is a go! We'll train you to be our ultimate weapon against the enemy!".
"The ultimate weapon?" Sean questioned.
"That's right!" Fafnir stated as he made a humongous amount of notes appear next to him "You will be trained to the bone! You'll learn every keyblade by name and summon it, Learn every characters move-set and fighting style, Understand every single magic spell, learn and create every item. You will memorize everything! And you will learn everything! 100% without fail! Once you understand everything, You are free to customize it as you see fit. But for now, You'll do as we say since we are the tutorials of your road to becoming the ultimate weapon aka ultimate keyblade master".
Sean gulped at how Fafnir was actually enjoying explaining that to Sean, Sean was about to rethink about this whole thing, That's when a video game box that had some text on it appeared in front of his face:
~will you accept the road to ultimate keyblade master ultra extreme tutorial quest?~ yes or no.
Sean carefully looked at the yes and no boxes, He could back out now, But then that would be a terrible thing to do since he already had told them that he wanted this. Sean then tightened his fists as he then hit yes.
The text box then wrote:
~you have chosen yes, You cannot back out of this tutorial until you complete it 100% PERFECTLY! This is your fate~.
Sean took one last deep gulp until a heartless appeared behind him and a text above him read the following:
~kill this heartless by activating your anti-form~
"Wait, What-Gah!" Sean was then picked up and thrown like a rag doll into the dirt. That's when another huge heartless came forth and proceeded to beat him into the earth. As Sean was getting his ass kicked, Fafnir then made a cup of coffee appear in his hand as he looked over the tutorial notes for Sean, All 987,687,7626,693,000 pages of it that reached all the way up to the sky. Fafnir was going to make damn sure that Sean knew absolutely everything on his notes, And he would make sure of that. Makoto and Elma just looked at the notes then at Fafnir with beads of sweat coming down their heads.
"Umm...Fafnir..." Makoto muttered to Fafnir as he glanced at his friend. "What is it?" Fafnir muttered as he sipped his coffee a bit. "You think it's wise for us to train Sean to the bone with this training? I mean, He just got out of the hospital" Makoto pointed out as Fafnir sipped his coffee again.
"Absolutely not!" Fafnir stated "He wants to be the best keyblade master that there is, So we have to train him like this until he absolutely gets it right! There are no shortcuts in this training, If he can't handle it, Then he should quit, Give up, And crawl back into that hospital bed and whine!" Fafnir truthfully admitted. However he said that harshly on purpose to, in his own way "help" Sean activate his anti-form. Thankfully Sean had heard him as there was then a huge massive explosion.
While Fafnir was unfazed by this, Makoto and Elma blinked in response as they saw the two large heartless destroyed, As a large humanoid creature was all that was left. It had the body of dark thorn, The head of dark hide and dark hides tail, Dark hides spikes from it's back, Massive orange mane on it's back, Glowing sky blue eyes, Long red claws, It also had phantoms long tattered white cloak that had flame-like sleeves, As well as twilight thorns four blue long tentacles that were wrapped around it's neck, Acting like a scarf, And a single large khopesh on it's back.
~mission complete~
Elma and Makoto literally had their mouths drop to the ground, Fafnir just nodded at this one accomplishment.
"That's one down, Time to continue the next set" Fafnir made clear.
-Kobayashi, Tohru and Kanna-
The three of them were at Kobayashi's apartment, All thinking about what to help Kobayashi with for the 3 months. Kobayashi was sitting in her bean bag chair as Tohru and Kanna were pondering hard for an idea.
Sadly, Nothing came to mind.
"Look, Guys. I appreciate your help with this" Kobayashi truthfully told them "But there really isn't any need to think too deep into this". Tohru broke out of her concentration as she gasped at Kobayashi, "There TOTALLY is a reason to think deep into this!" Tohru shouted "We have exactly 3 months to be super strong! Well...more so teach you to be super strong with your powers! We can't let Mr. Fafnir and stultus best us when their training Sean! We have to be the victors in this training!".
"Really? And tell me Tohru, Just how exactly do you plan to out best four otakus who have more knowledge and experience with the number of video games, Magna, And anime combined? Because I don't see the three of us out beating them anytime soon, Especially when they have Fafnir who'll no doubt train Sean to exhaustion with his method to training" Kobayashi pointed out to Tohru. Tohru tried to counter her argument.
"B-but...But we-".
"Sorry, Tohru. But your argument is invalid" Kobayashi joked as she smiled at the chaos draconians attempts at finding some weakness to this argument but completely failing. Kanna just tilted her head at the two of them until she felt hungry. "Mss Kobayashi, I'm hungry" Kanna spoke up.
"Oh I'm sorry, Kanna" Kobayashi said as she snapped her fingers, Giving Kanna an Ice cream cone. Kanna's eyes twinkled in awe at the sweet treat. "Ohhh, It's so pretty!" Kanna expressed with joy as she bit into it "It's cold, But yummy!".
Kobayashi kept her smile on her until she then pulled out her cellphone and began to open up her app of Valkyrie connect. 'Pretty, Huh?' Kobayashi thought as she was messing with her app game 'Heh, Pretty, Just like my assassin maids...wait...pretty, Assassin? Assassin, Stealth...hang on a minute...'.
"That's it!" Kobayashi yelled startling Tohru and Kanna a bit. Tohru didn't understand what Kobayashi was going on about, "Miss Kobayashi? What's it?" Tohru asked her until Kobayashi snapped her fingers again, This time her maid outfit that she wore in the fight in Ginza appeared.
"Tohru, Kanna" Kobayashi explained her idea "We could create maid assassins!".
-meanwhile-
Jessica and Shino were at a small camp as they also were training for the 3 months before they were to head out onto the other side of the gate, Shino and Jessica were talking as they were jogging.
"I can't believe that we're going to the other side of the gate" Shino pondered out-loud.
"I can!" Jessica commented back "After what the imperials did to your brother and those civilians! We have to get back at them. We can't just let them be!".
Shino thought about that for bit, Jessica did make sense in that, She couldn't let them be after what they had done. However an extra pair of footsteps were heard behind them. "Hey, Hey! If it isn't the heroes of Ginza!" It was Takeo as he made his way up to them.
"Hey! Takeo, You're going as well I take it?" Jessica asked him as she then got a nod from him, "Sure am!" Takeo happily remarked "I saw that you guys got medals, As well as your friends. I didn't know that Fafnir was from the enemies world! Not a dragon! Oh man! Just think of the cute and sexy cat-girls that could be there! Ohhh! I just can't wait!" Takeo expressed his excitement for when they got to go through the gate. The girls just giggled at him.
"Well, Just be sure to not forget, We're here for peaceful negotiations. Okay, Takeo?" Shino reminded him. Takeo nodded at her. "Right! I haven't forgotten" Takeo remarked.
-mess hall-
After training, The three were in the cafeteria eating as Jessica and Shino were explaining to Takeo on what his friends and the other dragons were doing in the meantime of the 3 months. Takeo took in everything that they were telling him.
"So they got superpowers from their blood and are learning to control their new powers huh?" Takeo repeated to himself as he leaned back in his chair "Man...let's hope that they'll be okay".
"You don't have to worry" Jessica spoke as she sipped her soup "Fafnir is Training Sean, As well as Elma and Makoto. Tohru and my daughter, Kanna are training Kobayashi. And Lucoa I'm not sure what she's going to do. However, I was informed that they are free to do whatever they want" Jessica finished.
Shino was listening to Jessica as she then crossed her arms under her breasts. "They'll be free to do what they want" Shino repeated "The dragons I understand, But...does that apply to our friends?".
Takeo quickly answered that question.
"Perhaps" he answered "I mean, After all it wouldn't be fair if only the dragons would be given the access to that kind of freedom, Now would it?".
Shino and Jessica looked at each other, As they were going on about Takeo's theory, Someone came over. She had beautiful flowing with a blue ribbon, And had a very tall stature of around 190cm. "Excuse me, But is this seat taken?" The young woman asked them. Jessica was quick to get out of her seat to greet the woman. "No! No!" Jessica stammered in her voice "Please, Sit with us. And...maybe next to me, Perhaps-".
"I'm not into women, Sorry. No offense" the woman countered as Jessica fell to her knees and yelled at the celling dramatically. "WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME, GOD!?" She yelled in a dramatic tone. As Takeo and Shino were enjoying Jessica's failed attempt at romance, Another person was watching them after he had heard Jessica's dramatic outburst.
"Oh? Looks like their having fun" the young man said to himself. As he watched the new girl introduce herself to the three soldiers, "My name is Mari Kurokawa, I apologize for interrupting your conversation" Mari apologized.
The three waved her off "Nah, You're good, Mari" Shino responded.
-3 days latter-
The time that the four otakus were spending was interesting to say the least, Sean had finished over only 2,474,728 of the tutorial with Fafnir. He could now summon his personal keyblades: Oblivion and Oathkeeper, As well as his personal favorite; the No Name keyblade. He also had a backup keyblade too, That being the way to the dawn keyblade. Sean was now wearing Vanitas helmet as well as a custom made black coat. He informed the three that this would be his signature outfit from now on, The Black coat had the symbols of the unversed on the shoulders, And a key on the back as it was Sean's way of showing that he was a keyblade wielder. Fafnir said that it would change to the symbol of the keyblade master once his training tutorial was fully complete, As well as his final task.
Fafnir was sitting at a campfire as Makoto and Elma were training themselves and with Sean.
"Okay, Now begin practice battle!" Elma shouted.
Sean and Makoto Both rushed at each other, Makoto and Elma had worked on what class that Makoto should try, He was already getting used to his dragoon class, But Sean was far more on the advantage this time. As they closed in, Sean then used the strike raid skill at Makoto, Who used his level 2 ice spell on it, Freezing the oblivion keyblade. Sean then teleported behind him as he tried to strike, But Makoto quickly used his jump skill to dodge his quick attack. Sean then just stood there as he then held his Oathkeeper keyblade in both of his hands as he performed a "dueling" stance. Makoto knew that this was Sean's Zantetsuken sword skill, So he then proceeded to throw his sword at him as it was within Sean's line of sight. Sean didn't fall for it as he did the last 5 times.
"Good job, Sean!" Makoto yelled below him as he then landed on the ground, However as soon as his second foot touched the grass, He felt the wind rush past him as Sean was now in front of him with his back turned. Makoto knew that Sean had struck him with his technique as he looked at his dragoon armors left gauntlet as it broke off and fell.
Makoto then clapped his hands "Nice work man!" Makoto congratulated "Looks like your idea to charge up the Zantetsuken was a great idea, Elma".
Elma blushed at Makoto's praise to her "Oh thank you, Hun" Elma expressed as she then looked over at Sean who used his magic to make his helmet come off as he then pulled down his hood to now show off his long brown hair, As it now touched his upper back. Also, The lower part of his hair was also white.
Sean considered this new look his "Rebirth", Stating that he wasn't the weak man that he was before when he fought Corthal. Fafnir then made his way over to him. "Looks like you're improving" Fafnir stated "I'd say that you're around level 22 at this point".
Sean snorted "It's not enough! I'm going back to training" and with that, Sean teleported away with the notes that Fafnir had near the drawing board. Fafnir then looked over at his friend, "I would suggest something that it's suitable for both magic and combat. To give you a balance" Fafnir suggested "I noticed how Sean was much faster than you as well".
"That's because it was your idea that he learn hyper speed" Makoto remarked "But what did you have in mind to help balance Makoto out, Fafnir?" Elma questioned.
"Simple" Fafnir muttered "Try the mystic knight class, The mystic knight class will help you with mastering both magic and swordsmanship. Also, You'll be completely immune to magic as a whole, As well as he able to enchant your weapon with spellblade too" Fafnir advised. Makoto and Elma just looked at him. "Wow, I that's a great idea, Fafnir!" Makoto expressed "I'll go try it right now! Maybe I should also wear light clothing like the adventures attire too for easy moment!".
"Good idea, Also, Be sure to have at least one powerful spell. But chose one! We can't afford to have two more ultimate weapons, Even though you're the strongest human of the three because of your many different classes, Weapons, And magic and such" Fafnir advised "Also, I would suggest that you should be in your otaku mode if you want to survive. Only exit out of it if the situation demands it, Oh, And have mystic knight as a second job class available too just in case dragoon can't get the job done".
"You got it, Buddy!".
Makoto then also teleported leaving Elma alone with Fafnir. Elma just looked at Fafnir with confusion. "Say...Fafnir" Elma asked him as Fafnir walked back to the campfire as he stopped to turn to Elma.
"What is it?".
"I noticed, Your view on humans has changed. Because if I remember correctly, That you used to absolutely despise humans. What has brought upon this change?" She questioned him. Fafnir was silently gathering his thoughts before he answered. "Humans are either hits or misses" Fafnir answered "The misses make themselves known quickly, But it takes time to know when you've found a hit".
Elma listened as Fafnir continued.
"Spending time trying to figure out who's a hit would be absolutely aggravating to do, Even for me. And yet...I've found 6 hits so far, 7 when you count Takeo. Maybe I'll find some more hits when we join the SDF when our training is up".
Elma just looked at Fafnir for a bit before smiling at him "I'm glad, That you finally found your hit. Fafnir" Elma told him, Fafnir just looked away from her gaze.
"Same here" he responded until he sensed something. "Looks like Makoto just changed classes, He also pulled off the spell blade as well. Good, That will be useful for his survival. I suggest you and him should be party members, Support one another in your quest".
Elma placed her hand over her heart. "Don't worry, I shall always support him" she expressed happily.
-meanwhile with Kobayashi-
"Maybe it would be better in red?" Tohru suggested.
"Nah! Too classy" Kobayashi argued "I say something elegant, Maybe gold and black?".
"I think pink" Kanna suggested.
"Too lewd of a color, Kanna..." Tohru and Kobayashi spoke out in unison. They were both thinking of the maid assassin idea that Kobayashi had, It was a great idea, But they were stuck. That's when Lucoa came into the apartment.
"Hey girls, How's everyone doing?" Lucoa asked them. The three girls then turned to Lucoa slowly, Showing that they hadn't been sleeping for 3 days, Well, More so Kobayashi had shown signs of that since chaos draconians don't need sleep.
"Been hard at work with your abilities I see" Lucoa responded.
"Try having to think of an outfit and weapons for the idea!" Kobayashi added "We haven't even gone past what color! We have a design, But that's it".
"What about defense weapons?" Lucoa questioned.
"Besides Miss Kobayashi's spiked frying pan, That's it!" Tohru shouted as she held her hands up into the air.
"Can you help?" Kanna asked Lucoa.
Lucoa smiled as she nodded in agreement. Kobayashi and the others sighed in relief as Kobayashi made the maid outfit appear in the air. She then made a pen and notebook appear in her hand.
"Let's get started!".
-back at camp-
Jessica, Takeo, Shino, And Mari were trying on their uniforms that were given to them, They were a good fit, But for Jessica it was tight in the chest area.
"Ugh...don't we have anything bigger and more stretched out for me!? This is seriously too tight!" Jessica complained. The person who gave them their outfits, Known as Akira Tomita only gave a sigh of apology. "My apologies, Lieutenant, But these were the only ones available for us" Akira stated.
Jessica only groaned in annoyance as another person came over to them "Hey now! Cheer up! You got those dragons as your friends! I'm sure that one of them could fix it for you" the person, Known as Wataru Katsumoto cheered happily. Jessica just then smirked at him.
"Thanks, Man" Jessica responded.
"No problem, The names Wataru".
"And I am, Akira" Akira made himself known "It's good to meet all of you".
"The feelings the same, Akira" Takeo spoke with a smile until their drill Sargent called for them.
"Okay! Let's cut the chatter and get to weapon training! On the double you slackers!" The man Known as Soichiro Kuwahara aka the drill Sargent from hell.
"Yes sir!" Everyone responded quickly as they ran to the weapon training area.
-2 months latter-
"Agh!" Makoto and Elma were testing out the mystic knight job class and were doing perfectly with it. Makoto had his list of magic down, And he would make the brave blade his mystic knight main weapon, And for his dragoon job, The legendary lance, Gungnir. He was trying out his spell blade with the limited magic that he mastered: level 1 stop, Level 2 thunder, Level 3 bio, Level 3 Fire, Water, Level 1 Ice, Level 1 aero, And finally, Meteor.
Makoto was cutting down several targets with his fire covered blade, As he was also killing summoned monsters too, Making his brave blade strong for the trip to the other world. He finished his training as he then summoned a giant, As he prepared to fight it with Elma as his support.
"Okay Elma! Let's burn it's knees, Then I'll switch to dragoon and just the jump attack!" Makoto ordered in his otaku mode as Elma was in her otaku mode as well, As she decided to stay in it permanently as well.
"Got it! Engaging!" Elma called out as she held the caladbolg that Makoto let her have tightly in her hands as she then enchanted it with fire and dashed at the giant and slashed it's legs. The giant groaned in pain as it fell to It's knees as Makoto then switched jobs as he then used the jump ability as he instantly charged it and jumped high into the air, Stabbing the giant in the skull with such force that it was an overkill. The giant faded as the victory fanfare played above them.
"Our party leveled up!" Elma cheered as she jumped up and down making her breasts bounce as Makoto drooled at then before Fafnir shook him out of it. "Enough! Focus on your training! Elma's breasts aren't part of said training!" Fafnir reminded his friend.
"I know, I know. But come on, Relax Fafnir. We have to have some fun once in awhile" Makoto countered. Fafnir snorted as Sean came from his corridor of darkness with a bag full of potions, Hi-potions, Elixirs, Mega-elixirs and such, He placed the bag in front of them.
"Elma! Makoto! I did the potion synthesis method training like you said..." Sean expressed with a clam sigh "I'm going on to the final-".
Makoto and Elma then placed their hands on his shoulders.
"Rest, Sean. You're almost done. Don't push yourself to the point that you become absolutely cold" Elma reminded him "In Kari's words; Don't ever change. Just be the same old nerd that we know".
Sean looked at her before he placed his hands into the pockets of his black coat, Elma was right, He had been acting very serious and cold with his training, And hadn't bothered to relax with it. He smirked as he then smiled at her.
"You're right, Elma. Thank you, For reminding me of that" Sean thanked her as he then turned to Fafnir "Say Fafnir, You said that their were other types in your world, Right?".
Fafnir raised an eyebrow as he was trying to understand what Sean was getting at. "I did, Why does it matter?" Fafnir asked back.
"I'm an elf lover".
"I already know that".
"So...are there...".
"Yes, But we can talk about gaining relationship points as well as reputation points latter! Just finish up your training so you can gain your final task to becoming a keyblade master".
Sean nodded at Fafnir as he crossed his arms.
"Got it!" Sean responded back with a smirk.
-meanwhile with Kobayashi-
Kobayashi, Tohru, Kanna, And Lucoa were getting ideas down for the maid assassins project. They used Lucoa as the model as they were throwing back ideas.
"Okay! The color is black, With a bit of gold! And red" Kobayashi asked Tohru as Tohru was checking the list.
"Check!" Tohru called out.
"Hidden blades in heels?".
"Check!".
"Dagger tail whip in gloves?".
"Check!".
"Poison dart ring?".
"Check!".
"Handgun heels?".
"Check!".
"Custom umbrella?".
"Che-Wait! What?".
Kobayashi then facepalmed at Tohru, "Come on! The custom umbrella that we had planned?! It was on the list! We were going to add it as a bonus to capture attention from people that would hire these maids! Let me see that list!" Kobayashi grabbed the list from Tohru as she looked at it carefully. "Good, Good, Good, Wait!...". Kobayashi then showed Tohru the last part of the list.
"Tohru...why is there a drawing of me and you having sex?! And why do I have a dick!?".
Tohru scratched the back of her head as she blushed. "Ah, W-well Miss Kobayashi, You s-see I-".
"DAMMIT! TOHRU!" Kobayashi yelled at the top of her lungs.
Kanna sighed at Tohru "There's something wrong with you..." said truthfully. As the three were going at it, Lucoa, Who was still in the custom outfit took it off with her magic and breathed.
"Ahhh, Now, Now. I'm sure that we can add that last part, Kobayashi" Lucoa suggested as she picked up the list "Now...what was it that your umbrella needed?". The three stopped as they looked at Lucoa, Kobayashi adjusted her glasses as a smirk came across her lips.
"It's simple, Lucoa" Kobayashi began "The umbrella is the assassin maids ace in the hole, Her weapon of choice for when things are going to get, Chaotic. The umbrella is as follows: the tip shoots small ammunition that's coated in a poison called ricin, The rib turns into a Fuma shuriken, The tip cup has a wakizashi, And the crook handle has a tanto blade" Kobayashi finished.
Lucoa understood all of that as she then made it appear in her hands, Kobayashi then held it gently as she examined it carefully. "The detail, The flow and design is superior, It's perfect! Thank you, Lucoa!".
"Hey, It's no problem" Lucoa smiled "Glad I could help out". However Tohru was glaring at her, "Oh yeah! Well I can make an even better weapon!" Tohru confidently announced as she then created a crazy looking weapon as she held it to Kobayashi.
"What do you think?! Pretty impressive, Huh? Kobayashi?" Tohru proudly declared as Kobayashi just looked at it as she felt a sweat mark come down the back of her head.
"I think jealousy is your main weakness!" Kobayashi truthfully said.
-the final month-
The final month had approached, All SDF Soldiers were present at the gate. There had been scouts that had went into the gate, But hadn't provided any information because they hadn't returned back. Everyone was present for this day, Including the dragons and humans, Minus Sean who had been on his final task to becoming a keyblade master.
Makoto and Kobayashi were ready, They had everything set and written down in their notebooks that they were bringing with them. Fafnir said that he would give everyone an assignment once Sean had returned, Sean's final mission was to escape the realm of darkness, And defeat both warriors of light and darkness in the keyblade war in another dimension. He had mastered everything on his training, But he took what Elma said to heart and kept his same old personality, Not letting his heart self succumb to becoming absolutely cold-hearted by vengeance.
Jessica and Shino were also ready for the trip, They had both been informed that they would be getting a small unit because the dragons would be coming with them.
As they waited, The new prime minister spoke to them:
"Everyone! It has been 3 months since the incident, The mission that you have upon you is the utmost importance in this!" He spoke before Hazama cake forward to the soldiers.
"I am Hazama! Your commander!" Hazama stated to them "We have been training for over 3 months now! And we have had sent scouts to the other side of the gate. But we still don't know what lies on the other side, But we will have the chaos dragons with us in this fight! So we shouldn't worry!" Hazama finished.
The group: Jessica, Shino, Makoto, Kobayashi, Fafnir, Tohru, Lucoa, Kanna, And Elma were all together for this. Jessica was allowed to bring her Gatling gun with her on this mission, Fafnir explained that everyone should have a partner for this operation. Which everyone agreed to, Even though they were prepared, They, The humans, Still felt uneasy and nervous about going through the gate.
Jessica and Shino were informed about Sean's absence, And that only made Shino constantly paranoid about her brother, She was biting her thumb until Lucoa calmed her down. "Relax, He'll be okay" Lucca assured her positivity.
Shino sighed as she smiled slightly "I know...but I can't help but worry about him..." Shino admitted. Hazama then called out to the soldiers "Alright! When you're all ready! We'll be putting in groups of 8 into the type 96 armored personnel carriers, Then we'll send each one on the other side!".
"Sir!".
Everyone had then headed over to the type 96 carriers as they got in each one in groups of 8. They were also going to send the Mitsubishi type 90 and 10 battle tanks as well to support them. The group of nerds got into the last one, As Kanna sat on Jessica's lap as they closed the door. The soldiers then opened the doors of the dome that held the gate inside, As they were then given the go ahead to head on through. The first group of armored carriers had the group in them as they then drove into the gate.
Everyone was a little nervous, But the dragons assured them that they would be alright. Takeo was with them, As well as Mari. Takeo then looked over at his friends, Fafnir and Makoto.
"Hey guys" Takeo asked them getting their attention. "What is it, Takeo?" Makoto responded.
"Will there be cat-girls on the other side?".
Makoto then looked over at Fafnir who was wearing Vergil's outfit from Devil May cry 3, And wielding the Yamato katana. He said that he found Vergil very interesting, And liked his personality as it was sort of similar to his. Fafnir then gave Takeo a narrow glare.
"Of course" Fafnir muttered "If you're interested we can let you listen in on our guilds conversation once Sean comes back".
Takeo was now interested in this as he started to smile happily. Mari then looked over at Lucoa. "It's Since to meet you" she greeted, Lucoa smiled as she greeted the female soldier "Same here" Lucoa said as Mari then wanted to get what was off her chest.
"So...your friend said that you have a guild? What's the name of it?" Mari asked her. Lucoa then pondered as she then began to remember what Fafnir had mentioned to her and the rest of them what the guild name was. That's when it came to her.
"The shuffle alliance!" Lucoa proudly stated until a voice on the radio was heard.
"We've made it on the other side! Hostels sighted!".
The armored vehicles stopped as they were now on Alnus hill, Everyone then got out of the armored vehicles as they got into positions. The dragons could see the small orange lights from afar.
"The empire?" Kanna asked.
"Mostly likely" Tohru assumed.
Kobayashi held her frying pan on her shoulder as she then glanced over at Fafnir "So? Should we help out or not?". The others looked at Fafnir who had declared himself guild leader three days ago, Fafnir pondered as he gave his answer. "No, Let the SDF handle this, We'll set up base until then" Fafnir spoke up.
"Got it, Fafnir!".
As the guild members scattered to make a base, And the SDF were getting into fighting positions, The imperial army was on the far side in battle positions. They were deployed two days before the arrival of the invaders of the other world after they spotted the armies scouts. An elderly imperial from the senate and the imperial general were present as well. The general then proceeded to move forward to the army of goblins and soldiers.
The general then pulled out his sword.
"Forward! Advance!".
The goblins, Orges, And imperials on horses and dragons all hen charged at them, However they were in for a rude awakening when they were going to get halfway to the hill. Jessica was among the soldiers, Her portable Gatling gun now fully customized by Kanna as it now had a scope, Instant quick fire, And unlimited ammunition, Same as last time, But now with custom drill bullets.
Mari and Shino were on standby as well getting cover by a few rock patches, Takeo and Akira were together as well. Wataru came over to Jessica.
"Think we should fire?" He asked her.
"Not...yet" Jessica quickly muttered as she was too focused on the enemy as they then came halfway, "Fire!" Hazama shouted over the radio as all of the SDF soldiers fired at the enemy. Many of the imperial and non-human enemies didn't stand a change against the storms of bullets that rained on them. The elderly imperial and the general were in utter shock at how they took down their forces in such short time.
"Impossible!" The General stammered.
"What sorcery..." the elderly imperial gasped.
The general gritted his teeth as he made his way back to the remaining units that he had with him, "Damn! No matter, We'll defeat them tomorrow! This stain shall not go unoticed!" The general swore.
A/n: hmmm, Something doesn't feel right with this one. Well, Next chapter will be a second skirmish and the base will be done. As well as the neighboring countries fighting against the SDF, Oh, And Sean will make his appearance when the first wave of the neighboring countries try to fight them.
Also, I apologize for the last month being a rush, I just really wanted to get to the crossing of the gate. I'll look over my notes after I come back from church tonight, Comment and pm whenever.