Well now it's time for chapter 2, already got 400 views and we're going to keep this going. Hope you guys are ready for this chapter because I know I am.

Tales Of The World

Tactics Union

Chapter 2: Nexus

The group of heroes stood in front of Konyu's house preparing to depart for the guild. "So these two boars carried us to your house?" Asbel asked. Konyu nodded "Yeah, I needed those two because it would have been hard to carry two people at one time." Konyu explained. Tear got down on one knee and started to pat Bonnie on the head "You said their names were Bonnie and Angus right? Well thank you Bonnie and Angus for bringing us to safety." Tear said.

Konyu smiled as he noticed that Bonnie and Angus were happy with the treatment Tear was giving them. "I think we should get going. Moon is probably waiting for us." Lloyd stated. Asbel nodded as he stood near Lloyd "I wonder if we'll get a mission today." He said. Konyu smiled and nodded "We most likely will, but you're right we should get going." He replied. Everybody looked at each other and nodded before setting out and heading for the guild.

Once they made it to the guild they walked inside to see Moon waiting for them. She didn't say a word; instead she escorted them to a meeting room. Once they were inside, she sat down in a chair and looked up at them "Alright seeing as you guys are official members of the Spiral Force guild, I'm going to have to tell you which classes you'll be assign too." She said.

Asbel raised an eyebrow after hearing her words "So we're going to be taking classes?" He asked. Blaine shook his head "No, she didn't mean you'll be taking classes or anything. She meant that she'll be putting you in divisions. It also helps with choosing jobs for you guys." Blaine explained. Moon nodded "This is just telling us what kind of fighting class you're in. Asbel you're in the swordman class just like me, because you battle with a sword." She explained.

"So then wouldn't Zelos and I be in that class as well?" Lloyd asked. Moon shook her head "No Lloyd, you're in the Dualist class along with Konyu because you're dual wielders. From what I gathered from Zelos yesterday he's able to use magic while using a sword so he's in the Magic Knights class." She replied.

"Okay it makes sense now and what about the girls?" Lloyd asked. Moon smiled "Well from what they told me Sheena's class is ninja, Presea's is warrior and Tear's is Priest." She said frankly. "I'm in the fighter class because I use gauntlets." Blaine said. Moon nodded and looked at the group "Now then I think it's time to assign you all to a mission." She said with a smile.

"Moon… Moon we've got trouble!"

Moon turned her head to see Mormo fly into the room with a terrified expression on his face. "What's wrong Mormo?" She asked. "It's Kanono! The Nexus captured her!" He exclaimed. Konyu's facial changed when hearing that "What! How did that happen?" He asked. Mormo turned to look at him "We were on our way here when Zira showed up. Kanono tried to fight her alone but she was no match for her alone. I told her we needed to run but we didn't get too far because they caught up and surrounded her. I followed them as they took her away so I can see where they were bringing her. They brought her to the Engelic Mine. Knowing that I couldn't do much I came back here to get help, it's not far… we can save her." He said.

Konyu didn't need to hear anything else as he ran out of the room and out of the building heading straight for the mine. "Konyu… Damn it why didn't he wait for me to plan something out." Moon said to herself. "I'll go with him." Asbel said which made Moon look at him. "Are you sure about this? You just joined the guild you don't need to risk your life so quickly. I could send someone else-" she started until Lloyd cut her off. "I'll be going too… Konyu's going to need some help and as a guild we have to help each other out right?" He asked. Moon let out a sigh.

"I'll be going as well." Sheena said. "I'll also offer my support." Presea added. Tear smiled and looked at Moon "I think it's safe to say that we'll all be going to help him out." She said. Zelos and Blaine nodded in agreement while Moon nodded once more. "Alright go, but you all better come back here alive." She ordered. They all nodded and headed out, chasing after Konyu.

"So, is this girl special to Konyu or something?" Asbel asked as they continued to run out of town and heading towards the mines. "Konyu and I are good friends with Kanono, she's like a little sister to us. Kanono has put in so much effort to help out the guild that you just can't help but respect her." Blaine stated. "I see." Asbel responded.

"Are we almost there?" Lloyd asked. Mormo nodded "Yes it's up ahead we should be there in five minutes." He stated. "Damn it Konyu, why couldn't you wait to plan something out." Blaine said to himself. Sheena smirked and looked at Lloyd "Sounds like someone else I know." She said which made Lloyd give her an annoyed look.

Meanwhile Konyu had finally reached the mines and saw that two people in red and grey armor were guarding it. Konyu dashed forward at blinding speed "Fang Slash!" He said as he quickly slashed both guards knocking them out. Konyu then walked into the mine with caution, making sure that every movement he made was safe.

He noticed that another guard had his back turned towards him which made this easy for Konyu. He quickly snuck up behind the guard and chopped him quickly in the neck knocking him out and preceding on.

Once he got deeper into the mines he heard a voice which sounded very familiar. "Kanono." He said as he slowly hid behind a wall and peeked over to see Kanono on her knees with her arms tied behind her back. Konyu gritted his teeth as he then noticed Zira walking over to Kanono. Zira was a young beautiful girl with long black hair and red eyes. She wore a red and black sleeveless half-shirt that stopped at her chest almost like a bra. She wore reveal black and red pants covered in cuts that revealed panties of the same color. She also wore red arm armor with black gloves and black shoes. Zira put her fingers on Kanono's chin and lifted her head up gently so she could see her eyes "Was attacking my men worth all this?" Zira asked. "They were harming innocent people; I will not stand for that." Kanono responded.

"Poor little girl, you just don't understand. When people are given orders and they do not follow them, then they are punished for their actions." Zira said as she removed her fingers from Kanono's chin and placed her hands on her hips. "Who are you to be giving orders to innocent people? The people in this world do not have to listen to you or the Nexus. You guys have no authority or power over us." Kanono said.

"Oh, we do have the power, we just haven't showed it yet, but soon these people will find out first hand. But before that, maybe I should make an example out of you and show these people that crossing Nexus is a mistake you'll soon regret." Zira said as a smirk crept across her face. Kanono gritted her teeth preparing for the worst from Zira.

"Demon Fang!"

Before Zira could turn around she was hit by a wave of blue energy and sent flying. Konyu quickly ran over to Kanono and freed her from the ropes that were wrapped around her arms and wrists. "Konyu!" Kanono exclaimed. Konyu smiled as she stood up "I'm glad I made it in time." He stated.

"Konyu, Kanono."

Konyu and Kanono turned to see Blaine and the others running over to them. "Are you okay?" Mormo asked. Kanono nodded with a smile on her face "Yeah, I'm fine, Konyu got here just in time." She stated.

"Now that wasn't very nice. You should never attack a lady you know."

Everyone turned to see Zira standing up and taking a few steps forward. "I swear you men can be so brutal. Just look at what you did to my shirt. I hope you know you'll be getting more another." She said as she pointed to her shirt that had dirt marks on it.

"Keep dreaming." Konyu responded. "I think you should be a good little girl and head on home now." Zelos said as he stepped forward with his trademark smirk. Zira laughed and looked at him "Well aren't you quite the handsome one. May I ask you what your name is?" She asked. "Why I'm the great Zelos Wilder my gorgeous honey. How about we drop all this drama and go on a romantic stroll under the night sky?" He said.

Blaine's eyes widened as he heard this and looked at Presea "Is he serious?" He asked. Presea nodded as she kept her eyes on Zira "He's a pervert." She said bluntly. "A lady killer…" Lloyd added as he sighed. "… A flirtatious idiot." Sheena also added. "Well I know now to keep my guard up around him." Tear stated. "To think someone would actually flirt with the enemy." Asbel said. "I've never seen someone who acted like that before." Mormo said.

Zira giggled and smiled "I think a romantic stroll with you would make me happy, but I'll only agree to it if you join me in the Nexus." She stated. Zelos smiled "Sorry beautiful but I can't do that to my friends." He stated which got him some respect from the group. "Aw that's too bad; I would have loved to see how our relationship would have gone. Oh well can't win them all, right? Now if you excuse me I think I'll take my leave." She said as she snapped her fingers.

As if on cue footsteps could be heard in the mines, they were coming from each pathway in the mines. Thirty Nexus soldiers surrounded the group preparing themselves for battle. A portal opened up behind Zira which made her smile at them "I'll let my men take care of you all. I have some business to attend to so I won't be able to play with you myself." She said as she stepped inside the portal and closed it.

"Damn it, there's a lot of them." Blaine said. Konyu smirked "This shouldn't be too hard." He stated. "Let's finish this quickly and get out of here." Kanono said as she unsheathed her sword and prepared herself. The soldiers charged in heading straight for the group, Lloyd stepped forward swung his sword "Demon Fang!" He exclaimed as a wave of blue energy came crashing into the soldiers taking out 4 of them. He then blocked one attack from one of the soldiers with his blade before thrusting his sword once more "Beast!" He said as he slammed the soldier with extreme force, creating a blast of energy in the image of a lion's head.

Zelos slashed away at three soldiers before stopping and putting his hand into the air "Ready for this!" He said as a ball of fire appeared above his hand and launched into three separate fire balls at the soldiers in front of him.

Asbel dashed forward and began slashing away at the soldiers. Left and right he was taking them out easily, ten soldiers had fell to the ground as he used his speed to maneuver around them and slash them at the same time.

"That which would take revenge, carve through the holy seal Éclair de Larmes!" Tear chanted as a light would appear around five soldiers before erupting and blowing them away.

Presea dashed forward dodging one of the soldiers who swung his blade at her before spinning and cutting open the soldiers armor "Dual Punishment!" She exclaimed. Another Soldier came running behind her but was quickly taken down as Blaine slashed the soldiers back with his Gauntlets. Presea looked at him "Thank you." She said. Blaine shook his head "Don't worry about it; we're a team after all so we should look out for one another." He stated. Presea nodded at his words before putting herself back to back with Blaine "let's finish them." She said. Blaine nodded "Alright." He replied.

Konyu was holding his own against 5 of the soldiers as they all tried to attack him. He slashed two across the chest before rapidly piercing the third soldier several times, followed by a final strike that knocked the soldier back. The last two jumped at him from behind but was soon knocked to the ground by two swift kicks from Sheena. She turned back and smiled at him which made him return the smile with his own "Why thank you." He said in a teasing but kind tone. "Don't mention it." She said in the same exact tone.

"Tiger blade!" Kanono exclaimed as she slashed a soldier in an upward motion sending him into the air before slashing him back down to the ground. Once the soldiers were all down, the group put away their weapons and gathered around each other. "I think we should get out of her before more come." Lloyd said. Konyu nodded "He's right; we can talk after we leave this place and get back to the guild." Konyu stated. Everyone nodded and ran for the exit. Running as fast as they could they made their way out and headed down the road towards Yullenshire.

Once they made it back to the guild Moon was waiting for their arrival. "It seems like your rescue mission was success." Moon said. Blaine nodded as Kanono sat down in a chair catching her breath "So what happened Kanono?" Moon asked. Kanono looked up at her "Well I had just completed the job you gave me. I brought the nice lady all the herbs she needed. But when I gave her the herbs and was about to leave, I saw soldiers from the Nexus tormenting a store salesman saying he needed to give them whatever they wanted for free. They were about to attack him so I stopped and attacked them which made them run away." Kanono explained.

"After that we left and were on our way back here when they ambushed us with Zira and captured Kanono." Mormo added. Kanono nodded "But Konyu made it there before she could do anything to me." She said.

Konyu nodded "When I got there I overheard Zira say that they have the Nexus have the power to make people obey them, we just haven't seen it yet." He stated. Moon put her finger to her chin "I wonder what kind of power she could be talking about." Moon said. Kanono closed her eyes and shook her head "She didn't explain it." She answered. Kanono then turned her head to see Lloyd and the others standing near Konyu "So did we get new recruits?" She asked. Moon, Blaine and Konyu sighed knowing they were going to have to explain.

Minutes later they had finished telling Kanono about the situation and who Lloyd and the others were. "Legendary heroes! That sounds so cool, well welcome to the guild; My name is Pasca Kanono, but everyone here just calls me Kanono, if you have any question or need any help feel free to come to me." Kanono said with a big smile on her face. "Thank you Kanono." Tear said with a smile on her face. Kanono smiled "No problem." She replied.

"Well seeing as you guys rescued Kanono today, I'll give you guys' payment myself." Moon said as she walked to a draw. Lloyd, Asbel and Konyu looked at each other and then at Moon "That won't be necessary Moon." Konyu called out which made her turn to look at him. "You shouldn't pay us for saving a comrade." Lloyd stated. "We have to help each other out." Asbel added.

Moon looked at her guild members and sighed before smiling which Konyu, Blaine and Kanono rarely see. "Well if that's how you guys feel about it then okay." Zelos smiled and walked over to Moon "You could always reward me with date." He said with a smirk. This earned him a hard slap across the face from Moon which sending him flying across the room and into a wall.

Sighs could be heard from the group while Mormo and Kanono ran over to him and checked on him "Are you okay?" She asked. Sheena nodded her head "The pervert will be fine." Sheena said. "Poor guy." Mormo said as she looked at Kanono who smiled.

"Konyu how about you and the others take Kanono home? I'll set you all up with jobs tomorrow." Moon said. "Where does she live?" Asbel asked. Blaine smiled and closed his eyes "Mormo and Kanono live with me and Konyu." Blaine said. Kanono smiled and nodded "Well then, I'll see you all tomorrow." Moon said as she walked out of the room.

Later that night Sheena was preparing dinner for the house while Presea and Kanono sat in the kitchen. "So, do you guys feel like you're fitting in?" Kanono asked. Sheena smiled as she turned off the stove indicating that the food was finished. "It's kind of similar to our world minus the guilds. So far I like it here. I've met some nice people so I can't complain." Sheena said as she gave Kanono a warm smile.

"Something smells good!"

The girls turned to see Blaine, Asbel, Lloyd, Zelos, Tear and Mormo who was in Tear's arms. "Foods done, are you guys ready to eat?" Sheena asked. Everyone nodded while Lloyd scanned the kitchen "Where's Konyu?" he asked. "I think he's at the lake." Mormo said. Kanono nodded "That's where he always goes when he needs to clear his mind." She said. "Is he okay?" Asbel asked.

"Konyu will be fine. Seeing one of the Nexus members today probably set him off. He's probably just cooling himself down." Blaine explained. Lloyd and Asbel looked at one another and didn't say anything. They just listened to his words. "We'll set up the table, how about you go check up on him and let him know dinner is ready." Sheena said as she patted Lloyd's shoulder with a smile on her face. They both nodded and walked out of the kitchen and headed for the door.

Konyu sat near the lake looking at the sky 'So they have the power to make us follow orders huh?' Konyu thought to himself. "Well then… if they have that type of power then I'll just have to fight with everything I got to stop them." He said.

"Konyu?"

Konyu turned around to see Lloyd and Asbel walking towards him. "You okay?" Lloyd asked. Konyu closed his eyes and nodded "Yeah, I'm just thinking." He responded. "About Nexus?" Asbel asked. Konyu nodded again "They're doing unforgivable things to people and I won't stand for it… Nexus killed..." He started but shook his head. "They took Kanono and tried to keep her hostage I can't allow that." He said.

"The Nexus will get theirs soon, until then we just have to think things through and find out what we're going to do." Asbel stated. "He's right, and to top it off we don't even know where they are." Lloyd added.

"I guess you guys are right. We'll get them sooner or later. I just want to protect the people of this world, they don't deserve to die for nothing." Konyu said. Lloyd and Asbel sat down near Konyu and looked at the lake. "I know how you feel… back in my world there was this group called the Desians, they were experimenting on people and turning them into monsters. They experimented on my mother after I was born and my dad had to kill her. I swore that I would take them down and get my revenge and eventually I did, it just takes time." Lloyd said.

Asbel looked at him "I'm sorry that you lost your mother. I lost my father when I was attending Knight Academy. My father and I always had disagreements, so it hurts to know that I'll never get to sit down and talk about what I've learned and what I want to achieve." Asbel stated.

Konyu looked at the two heroes and then set his sights back on the lake. "My mother and father were killed… by the Nexus." He said in a shaky tone. Asbel and Lloyd looked at him in shock, no words would come out the could only stare. "Kanono's parents were killed by Nexus too, that's why she's staying with Blaine and I." He explained.

"I'm sorry for your loss." Asbel said as he looked down to the ground, knowing what it's like to lose a parent. Konyu nodded at him and then looked back at the lake "You know… this world was once peaceful, we still had the monsters but that wasn't a big deal. Everything seemed normal until the Nexus showed up. It's been a year since they showed up; we've been able to fight the soldiers off whenever they try to invade our town, but it's getting harder and harder each day, especially when we don't know what their goals are." Konyu explained.

Lloyd put a hand on Konyu's shoulder and gave him a serious expression "We'll get them; we'll find a way to make them pay before 6 months is up. I want to help you protect this world and put a stop to Nexus's plans." Lloyd said. Asbel stood up and clenched his fist "I want to protect this world too. I wouldn't feel right just leaving, knowing that innocent people are being hurt by the Nexus." Asbel added.

Konyu and Lloyd smiled at him as they both stood up as well "We'll take them down, with the three of us working together, Nexus doesn't stand a chance." Konyu said. Asbel nodded and put his hand out in front of them "Right, let's do this together." He said. Konyu and Lloyd nodded and put their hands on top of Asbels agreeing with his statement.

Lloyd then removed his hands and started walking forward "Let's head back, Sheena finished dinner and I'm starving." He said as she rubbed his stomach. Konyu and Asbel nodded and followed him "So Lloyd is she a good cook?" He asked. Lloyd nodded with a smile "Better than me that's for sure but she's good." He said. The three continued their conversation as they made their way back to Konyu's house, getting as much rest as possible and preparing for the next day.

Well here's chapter 2 and hoped you guys liked it. I'm going to try to post a chapter every Wednesday if possible.