Shirage: chapter 8 here, oh my poor fingers. This one is a flashback about how Lime, Amelia met Add and Raven. enjoy

Chapter 8: Unexpected meeting

-Year 2036, 'Guardian' HQ-

"Listen up rookies! Today we are going on mission that is your graduate test to be specific. We were ordered to get rid of the bandits that have been running havoc in the Elf Forest for a while."—the commander of the group announced their mission objective. His name was Valak, one of the best Royal Knight of Velder Noble.

Today his role is to act as a guide and commander to the team full of rookies from Velder Military School. In the first line, stood 2 figures, one with silver hair and an eyepatch over his left eye, wearing a white jacket with cat like hood, the rest are mostly black with 6 needle shape objects floating around him. The other one wearing a black uniform adorned with white outline with a mechanical left arm. Those 2 are Add and Raven, one with the highest score in the field of technology and frontline combat, while Raven with the exceptional score in battle tactics. Those 2 was considered the Velder Military School best students along with Chung Seiker who also scored flawless grade in technology field.

"Ok, let move out rookies!"—commander Valak ordered, then the team begin to move to their destination.

After 30 minutes walking, the team had reached the outskirt of the Elf Forest. The forest is filled with giant trees, but the atmosphere that it gave off is not like the other forest, which is gloomy and dark. In the Elf Forest, even though the trees are gigantic, but it still filled with rays of sunlight with peaceful atmosphere.

"This forest is so beautiful…"—one of the soldiers confessed. "Sure is, there is no way I'm gonna forgive those pathetic bandits for running havoc and ruin this gorgeous sight."—Valak gritted his teeth. Then notice some footprints on the ground, some of them were erased by the thief to avoid being followed. So the commander ordered Add to track the location of the bandits. It only took him 3 minutes to use the footprints to find the bandits location. After another 15 minutes, the team reached a cave.

"You sure it this cave rookies?"—Valak asked to verify the information.

"Yes sir, the footprints may got erased, but their traces of smell and everything else don't. And I can see a lot of heat signature coming from inside the cave."—Add replied.

"Good job rookies. Now, we will divide into 2 groups. Add, Raven and 3 of you follow me inside the cave to confront them. 4 of you go and check if there is any other exit that the bandits might use for escape, secure that path and beat them down if they tried to escape."—the group of 10 then divided into 2 groups just like the commander ordered. First group moved inside the cave with caution not just because it the enemies territory, but also because of the lack of light.

Then they saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Inside seem to be a place that is used both as storage and hideout.

"Sir, I saw 6 men seem to be guarding the goods. No sign of other."—Raven said after scanning the area carefully.

"Good. We will have to deal with these guys fast, but in silent before they can alert the other."—Valak said then the group rushed at the bandits right when they turn their sight away from the entrance. The team immediately knock them down without a single sound.

"These are only the underlings. The big guy must be further inside."—Valak said when he saw another entrance. He ordered 3 rookies to stay and guard the goods, while he will go inside along with Add and Raven to find the boss. Another long and dark tunnel, but finally they have reached the end. The tunnel lead to another room, when they popped their head inside to investigate, a sudden earthquake caused the cave to tremble. A boulder fell down on top of their head, forced them to jump away from their hiding position, and the bandits spotted them.

"We got intruders!"—a bandit shouted to alert the other. Quickly, the 3 got surrounded.

"Heh, you are surrounded, surrender now and we may spare your filthy life."—a bandit humiliated.

"Kek, enough with the talking, all of you just come at once so I don't have to waste my time to beat down your sorry asses 1 at a time."—Add provoked. The provocation seemed to work immediately as the bandits rushed toward them.

"Nice try rookies, I'm trying to think of a plan and you just shortened the ti—"—but before Valak could finish his sentence, Add cut off. "Raven, commander, stay close to me if you don't want to get bury."—Add smirked then disappeared into thin air. Then above their head, a dimension portal open and millions of gravity sphere started to shower down on the bandits.

"Stardust Shower"—after the gravity spheres shower ended, Add reappeared from a portal. "Kehahaha! Now whose life are filthy huh you pathetic bastard?"—Add ginned crazily at the pile of bandits dead body. "And you steal all the spotlight again."—Raven just let out a sighed while Valak facepalmed. "So all the underlings are down, still no sign of the boss."—right when he finished his sentence, a small figure appeared. It body covered with armor, but it size is only equal to that of a little baby. The tiny figure then summoned 3 black holes under the 3 feet, and casted a black orb in the air. It tiny body then grew into a giant shadow figure.

"Tiny armor, dark manipulate, shadow figure….Spriggan? What the heck is the 'Tiny Disaster' doing here?"—Valak shouted after he managed to free himself from the black hole. Then the 3 get into their combat stance.

"So this is the 'Tiny Disaster' huh? Not so tiny from what I'm seeing."—Raven asked while his golden eyes are looking at Spriggan true form.

"Communicate device jammed, it dark aura must be the source of the jam. Kek, look like we will have to deal with it without reinforce."—Add said after trying to communicate with the outside. Then the 3 engage in battle with the 'Tiny Disaster'.

"Hellfire Gatling"

"Maximum Strike"

It been 1 hour since the unexpected battle started. Both sides are using their last bit of energy. Add dynamos started to malfunction from Spriggan dark aura, Raven arm has reached it overheat limit. But the one who received the worst injury is commander Valak, his left arm got ripped off in a moment of careless.

"Look like it have reached it limit."—Valak said under his breath while stabbing the sword to the ground to support himself. "We are not in better shape either. Tch, my dynamos will soon cease to function, any idea?"—Add asked while staring at his dynamos now is sparking.

"I have a plan, you 2 distract him for a bit, I'll give him the finishing blow."—Raven said then stood up, and with a nod, the 3 rushed toward the giant shadow. A dark energy pillar then erupted in front of the 3, but they managed to dodge it. Valak leaped right in front of the shadow face, land a powerful strike on it face, causing it to lose balance and fall down to the ground. "Kehahaha! You will have to try harder if you want to take me down! Void Field!"—a circle of distorted space appeared under Add feet, causing Spriggan to paralyze. "NOW RAVEN!"

"Giga Promince!"—Raven plowed his mechanical arm right into the shadow chest and released a massive fire attack, many flame geysers started to erupt from the black body. After the massive blow, Spriggan-the 'Tiny Disaster' body is now lying on the ground, immobilized. Raven dropped himself on the ground, trying to catch some air. Valak is now on one knee, trying to cover his wound. Suddenly, the floor began to collapse.

"The fight must have effected to the cave structure, we must get out of here before—"—not waiting for Valak to finish his sentence, the floor then collapsed. The cave where they were fighting seemed to be on the edge of the mountain. Add and Raven managed to grab on the edge of the falling floor, but Valak wasn't lucky enough.

"COMMANDER!"—Add screamed while seeing his commander falling down to the surface below with Srpiggan body. He tried to order his dynamos to go and catch him, but the 6 objects have ceased to function. Both Add and Raven body have also reached their limit, after their last effort trying to hold on the edge of the cave, their arms finally give up to gravity. Now they are falling, with nothing to hold on to slow down their fall.

"So this is my doom huh? Kek, how pathetic…No, there is no way I'm going to die like this! Not until I find 'him'!"—with that though in mind, Add tried to order his dynamos again, but still no response from the metal objects. "Tch! Just work you piece of scrap!"—he tried again and again, and fortunately, like a response to it master, the dynamos then come back to life and cushion Add and Raven fall. But only for a bit, the 6 object then started to spark and fail to function again so the 2 made a painful landing, but they managed to keep their life.

"Kuh, I'll have to upgrade these pieces of junk when I get back."—Add cursed the dynamos under his breath after coughed out some blood.

"If you do, add some function that doesn't cause a huge pain when landing ok?"—Raven mocked while trying to stand up.

They finally manage to get their body to stand up, then it started to rain. The 2 sheltered themselves under a big rock, which used to be a piece of the cave above and tending their wounds with their first-aid kit. The rain is getting heavier after every single second. Silent then filled the air as both don't know any topic to say at the moment, and they are too tired to speak. "Wonder how the others are doing now? Hope they return to the HQ safely."—Raven decided to start a conversation. "Who know, who care…."—awkward silent then returned in the atmosphere. The 2 then soon to fall into sleep. The next morning, the rain had stopped, animals returned to their normal daily life. Add can hear the sound of the bird singing and someone is talking. "Wait…someone is talking?"—he then opened his eyes and forced himself to wake up. His surrounding is not the rock shelter, but instead a place that look like a medical room. He is lying on a bed, the one next to him is Raven still unconscious. The he heard someone walking in. It was 2 girls, one with short green hair and one with blonde tied hair. Nothing out of original, except for their pointy ears.

"Oh, you are awake. How are you feeling now?"—the short green hair one said.

"Where…."

"Oh, this is the Elf village. We brought you 2 back here this morning while we were collecting some fruits. You 2 were badly injured. My name is Lime, this is my friend, Amelia."—Lime introduced herself and her friend. Add then looked around the room to see if anyone else beside Raven is there. But Lime, Amelia, Raven and Add are the only 4 in the medical room. He let out a sigh with both relief and worry, as it mean that the other in his group have returned to base safely, but still no sign of the commander.

"Are you ok? You look pale."—Amelia asked while checking Add face to see if he is fine.

"It ok, I'm fine. My name is Add, the one over there is Raven."—Add introduced himself and his partner.

"Oh, so you 2 are the ones that took our request to clear the bandits that been running havoc in this forest. The elder wanted to see you once you have recovered."—Lime said while putting the tray of medical on the table near the bed.

"I've rest enough. Please lead me to your elder."—Add stood up from his bed, he wobbled a bit but managed to keep his balance. The elf duo then leaded him outside, through the hall to the elder room. "So you have awaked, how are you feeling young man."—the elf elder asked Add about his situation.

"I'm doing fine. Thank you for treating with our wounds. You must be the elder, correct?"

"Yes, so what bring you here to the elf forest?"—Add then explained about his team mission and their encounter with Spriggan. The elf elder nodded after hearing the report. "So that is why none of our troops have a clear report on the boss of the bandits. Add, I must thank you from the bottom of my heart and sorry for making you to get rid of our problem."—Add then nodded back and leave the room with Lime and Amelia. "Since you are here, let us show you around the village. Everyone is friendly and rarely seen any human beside those bandits, I'm sure they will like you, especially the kids."—the elf duo held Add hand and dragged him down the street "But I don't think the kids will like me…"-outside, the sun is shining and everyone is doing their daily things. Many greeted when they saw Lime and Amelia on the street. Then a bunch of little elves ran toward them.

"Big sis Lime! Big sis Amelia! Who is that person behind you?"—the kids asked while pointing at Add.

"This is Add, he and his friend are here to get rid of the bad guys."—Lime said with a smile on her lips.

"Wow! You are so awesome! How did you fight the bad guys?"—the kids then surrounded Add and tried to take his eyepatch."Wha….hey, no, not the eyepatch, stay back kids, I'm warning you, no, NOOO!"—the worst thing ever had happened. A kid got his eyepatch, but then they immediately dropped it on the ground and run hide behind Lime, shaking like they just saw something terrible. Add kneel down to pick his eyepatch and putted it back on. Then they heard an explosion and someone screaming. "MONSTER!"

"That scream….It coming from the tree of El!"—Amelia said, without a moment to think, Add zoomed toward the source of the sound. "Add! Wait! Lime, you get the kids back to their house, I'll go and see what happened."—then Amelia followed Add. While running, Add ran pass the building where the medical room is. He saw on the window on the second floor opened, and from the panel, Raven jumped down from it and came along with Add. "You recovered faster than I though."—Add mocked. "Was having a good dream, but the scream and explosion knocked me right out of it. Here, your dynamos." "Look like the self repair function is still working. Good, time to do some workout, that comfy bed made me rest for too long."

When they came to the destination, they saw a man with full black armor from his neck to the feet. A mask on his face at where the eyes should be, 6 gleaming red dots staring at them, on his back are 2 demonic black wings, the thing that concerned the 2 most is his left arm. Even though his body clad in full armor, but that arm look nothing like a human arm in heavy armor, it look somewhat like Raven arm but with more devilish appearance. The armor stare at them for a while, then with an intense war cry, it charged forward them.

"Wild Charge!"—a powerful punch was sent toward them, but they dodged it. Raven then engaged in battle with the black figure. Their blade clashing with each other, every hit got encounter by the opposite side. Then the figure managed to catch Raven arm and tossed him aside. Add then rushed in, his dynamos are now charging up energy.

"EMP Shock!"—Add released an electromagnetic wave toward the dark figure. The wave stunned him for a while, enough time for Raven to get back in action. "Revolver Bullet—HE Bomb!"—Raven fired 6 explosive bullets toward the dark figure, knocking him back. When the smoke had faded, appeared around the figure is a dark steel sphere with multiple thorn outside. "Tch! That thing had blocked all the incoming bullet."—the sphere disappeared right after Lime and Amelia get to the place. "I've never seen anything like that before, and those wings….definitely a demon."—Lime said while staring at the wings on the figure back. "I'm not sure, but that thing sure is one annoying bastard. And that armor look very familiar, I think I've seen it somewhere before..."—Add thought to himself on the last part. "Anyway, let just beat this guy down before he does anymore damage."—Amelia advised then the 4 engaged in battle against the mysterious dark figure.

"Violent Attack!" / "Wild Charge!"

"Crazy Shot!" / "Guardian Strike!"

"This guy sure is tough, he countered every of our attacks!"—Amelia said while leaping backward to dodge the spikes from the dark figure claw. Suddenly, his attention switched to something else, the dark figure then rushed toward another direction, when Lime trying to figure out what he was aiming for, she saw many kids hiding behind a building. Without hesitation, she rushed toward the kids and shielded tem with her body, and embraced herself for the incoming blow. But nothing come, when she turned around, Add was there, blocking the evil fist with his nasod armor. "You pathetic scum….your opponent….IS ME! Void Impact!"—a crack of space then exploded in front of the dark figure, knocking him back. Raven then shoot another barrage of bullet toward the figure. Just as they expected, it had brought up the same black steel sphere, so in a blink of eye, raven change the ammunition mode on his arm. "Revolver Bullet-OP Bomb!"—this time, the bullets are the piercing type, 6 bullets completely pierced through the steel sphere, causing the dark figure to take some step backward. Right before it can recover, Add teleporedt in front of the dark figure, his dynamos started forming a big energy circle in front of him. "Go to hell you pathetic scum! Particle Accel!"—Add shot a strong wave of energy toward the dark figure, sent him flying. But it managed to gain back it conscious, opened it wings and flee away.

Now that the enemy had gone, Lime turned to the kids to scold them. "Why did you all come here? I told you to go back home!" "But we were worried about you big sis Lime!"—a kid said and burst out in tears. Lime then comforted the kid. Add walked toward Lime to ask if she is okay. The kids, for some reason are still being afraid of Add, but then a girl moved toward him and said. "Um…mister, we thank you for saving big sis Lime, and we sorry for trying to take your eyepatch."—the kid then embraced herself for Add scold, but what she received is just a pat in the head. "It ok, no one was hurt, that is all I wanted to hear."—then all the kids ran toward and surrounded him like what they did 2 hours ago, but this time, the expression on Add face is not a cold one, but a warm smile. That night, they partied for the whole night to celebrate for both getting rid of the bandits and the fearful mysterious enemy. But the party didn't last long as everyone soon fell asleep because of drinking too much, except for Lime and Amelia whose never goes drunk no matter how much they drink, both Add and Raven don't enjoy drinking. They sneaked out onto a branch of the tree of El while the others were having a drinking competition. "So why did the kids being so afraid of you back then?"—Lime asked while they all are staring at the full moon. "It because of my left eye. I'll show you but don't freak out."—Add then took off his eyepatch, revealing his left eye with a pink streak running down his cheek, his left eye was special, it sclera was black.

"I have the power to control time and space, but in exchange for this massive power, I am no longer a human with this eye….Now you probably think I'm scary right? Go on, I've already got used to it."—but in contrary to his expectation, Lime, Amelia and Raven responses were different.

"The only specie that the elf had ever fought with special eyes like your are the demons. But demon is a bloodlust race, but you are not, it was proved by how you acted back then to protect me and the kids."—Lime said with a smile.

"Demons eye gave off a cold glare with only murderous intention, but when I looked into your eyes, it felt really warm."—Amelia added on.

"You are my comrade, there is no way I'm doubting those that fought by my side after what I have seen about them on the battlefield."—Raven finished.

"You all….are just so ridiculous."—even thought Add said it with a monotone, but the other knew that he is smiling inside.

3 days later, the duo had fully recovered. So they said goodbye with the Elf village and return to the 'Guardian' HQ. The only thing that still bugging their mind is the where about of their commander Valak. During the Great war, the elf used to fight along side the human against the demons, but they have never form an official alliance. When they know that Add got recruited for the 9th Sky Division, they come to the 'Guardian' HQ to form an alliance, but not with the 'Guardian', rather with the 9th Sky Division only. Because of how he performed in the mission and the official alliance between human and elf, Add immediately got promoted into a Colonel, then 3 months later when Raven join with him after he got his arm fixed and upgraded, he is already a general.

"And that is how I meet your General and Vice Commander. The end."—Lime put an end to her story.

"So those 2 have been close friends since then huh? I'm kinda jealous."—Rena pouted.

"But back then you 2 haven't join the 'Guardian', is it because of our general and Vice Commander that make you 2 join?"—Aisha teased the elf duo. "Yes and no. I didn't join because of Raven, but because of Add. "—Lime confessed, then she heard the other 4 wolf whistled at her. "But it not that kind of feeling. I join because he reminded me a lot of my little brother. He too, also had white hair, seem cold outside but had a very kind heart, now he is currently doing work somewhere far from here. But the main reason why I joined is because I feel I'm not strong enough to protect the forest, so to become stronger, I joined the 'Guardian', to protect both the forest and other people in need."—Lime instantly clear the misunderstanding. Ara suddenly let out a small sigh of relief after hearing that, then all the 6 girls attention switched to her. "What is it Ara? You seemed kinda happy when Lime said general only reminded her of her little brother. What is it that you are hiding? Spit it out"—Rena teased the girl with a seductive voice. "No, I'm not hiding anything." "Lying is bad Ara, and the punishment for lying is…"(the rest of the sentence, let your imagination run wild.)-Eve said with a mono tone and poker face like usual, but other can tell that she is smiling internally. Then Elesis joined the group

"Did someone said 'punishment'?"

Both sides have done with their bath time. They all now changed to a special clothe provided by the resort name "Elkata". Now they are moving back to their room for it already sleep time. When walking upstairs, Add heard Ara keep mumbling "I can't marry anymore…I can't marry anymore…" .Each took one mattress from the big drawer, putted it on the floor for the bed.

"Good night everyone! Have a nice dream!"—Ariel said then turned off all the lights, everyone soon fall into their sleep, except for Add group, something still bugging them and prevent them from sleeping. Add ordered his dynamos to barricade the door while he doesn't even know what was that for . But for some reason, after that, everyone in the group then immediately fall asleep.

Shiraga: when i write the part when Lime said how she met with Add and Raven, i just felt like "Kids, that is how i met your father." (and to those shippers, NO, my ship will always be AddxAra and AddxElesis.)

and yes, the special clothes is yukata, a type of clothes that japanese people wear at hot spring