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Tales Of The World

Tactics Union

Chapter 5: Friendship

Katsu and Rita made it to the church where everyone was waiting on them. Asbel looked at them and smiled "I'm glad you guys made it back in one piece." Asbel said. Katsu shook his head "We wouldn't be if it weren't for the help Moon and Yumin sent." he replied. Yuri raised an eyebrow "Yumin and Moon are here?" He asked.

"We sure are!"

Yumin's voice could be heard by the entrance doors of the church. She and Moon were standing by the door way with the same mysterious fighters that helped Rita and Katsu. "You're the ones that chased off that assassin." Rita announced as she pointed at the two.

"Yes Rita, they were sent by me. I recruited these two last night, but they were sent on a job shortly after so they weren't able to be introduced to you the next day." Moon explained. "So we have more recruits, that's great." Konyu stated.

Moon nodded as the two stood next to her "Let me introduce you all, the man standing next to me is Jude Mathis. He's a researcher from a world called Rieze Maxia." Moon introduced. Jude smiled "It's nice to meet you all." He said as he extended his hand out to Konyu. Konyu smiled and shook his hand "Like wise." He responded.

"The other is Milla Maxwell she's also from Jude's world and she's-" Moon started until Katsu cut her off. "Maxwell? You mean the Lord of Spirits Maxwell? Is it just a coincidence that she has that name as her last?" He asked.

Moon looked at him with an annoyed expression "I was getting to that until you interrupted me…yes Milla is the Maxwell, the lord of spirits in her world. Both she and Jude are in the same situation as Lloyd and the others." She explained.

Konyu smiled and looked at Milla "All I can say is, I'm glad to know you're on our side." He said. Katsu grinned at this statement "You saying she can whoop you?" Katsu asked. Konyu shook his head "I said no such thing, but if she's really the Lord of spirits then she shouldn't be taken lightly." Konyu replied.

Katsu just smirked at him and then looked at Yumin "So why are you guys here anyway?" He asked. Yumin smiled and scratched the back of her head "Well, me and Moon were worried about you guys, and wanted to see if you could really work together." Yumin stated as she turned her head to look at Moon who nodded. "When we were getting ready to leave Milla and Jude met us at the King Castle to report some news to me. I thought it would be a good idea to bring them along, just in case things got out of hand. We didn't know what to expect. But now we can see that you all can co-exist." She explained.

Jude stepped forward and nodded at the group "I'm glad we got here in time to help." He said. Katsu looked at Jude and smiled while extending his hand "I'm just as glad as you are. If you guys hadn't shown up, Rita and I might've been killed." Katsu stated.

Rita crossed her arms and gave him and annoyed look "How dare you. You have no idea what I would have done if they didn't show up, you can't just jump to the conclusion that we would have died." She replied. Katsu just rolled his eyes and looked away "Sure, sure." He responded. Rita did not like his response and glared at him "Katsu, I hope you didn't forget our little deal earlier." She said which made Katsu freeze up. "I mean, I could easily tell ever-" she started until he cut her off. "Okay, okay you win." He replied which made everyone raise an eyebrow.

"Deal?" Yuuto asked. Katsu looked at him "Don't worry about it, it's not important." He replied in annoyance. "Well besides all that, did you all gather some useful information on the situation at hand?" Moon asked. Yuri nodded "Well we know that the person who attacked this town is a part of Nexus. Soldiers barged in and started attacking." He explained as he noticed that Knights that worked for the King were dragging out the bodies of the Nexus soldiers.

"Is there anything else?" Yumin asked. Katsu nodded "Apparently the attacker is a masked assassin who wears fire resistance clothes and chain mail to prevent physical attacks. He also wields two swords as well." Katsu informed them. Moon sighed and looked at Yumin who nodded. "If it's who I think you're talking about, then you ran into Zeko, the swift assassin. He's a part of Nexus and is very dangerous." Moon explained.

Yumin nodded in agreement "I went head to head with him once. He's not someone you want to take on by yourself. The gear he wears makes him harder to beat." Yumin added. "He ran from Milla and Jude. He must not be that tough if he ran away." Katsu stated. Rita raised an eyebrow at him as she let out a doubtful laugh "This is coming from the same guy who was pinned to a wall by that very same assassin." Rita stated which made Katsu growl. "If you were being chased by a person who calls themselves 'The Lord Of Spirits' you'd run away. I'm pretty sure he doesn't know that exact information, but I'm sure he probably sensed that with Jude and Milla's arrival, it would be hard to defeat all four of you by himself." Yumin explained.

Milla stepped forward and put her right hand on her hip "So what's the plan now?" She asked, as she looked at Moon. Moon closed her eyes and crossed her arms "Well king Geysar said that he is going to have knights patrolling this area twenty four seven. We're heading back home to figure out our next move." She stated.

Everyone nodded in agreement to her statement, knowing that it was the best thing to do. "If you want to come with us you can." Yumin stated as she looked at the pope. The pope shook his head "I could never abandon my people. I will stay with them until the end." The pope replied. Asbel smiled at the pop "That's an honorable thing to do, but are you sure about this?" He asked. The pope nodded and smiled "I'll never leave my people." He stated again to make sure Asbel knew he was serious.

Moon nodded and looked at the group "Well then, I think we should get going." She said. Everyone nodded and began to head out. Konyu stepped forward and held his hand up "Wait before we go, there's one thing I want to report." He stated as he walked over to one of the Nexus soldiers body. "Okay, what's the report?" Moon asked.

Konyu stopped at the soldier's body and grabbed its helmet, pulling it off to reveal its stone skull head. Moon and the others eyes went wide, "It seems as though we don't have to worry about killing them or not because they're not human." Konyu informed them.

"What is that?" Yuuto asked. The stone skeleton did not move a muscle, Rita walked over and examined it "It looks to be made out of stone. I wonder how it was created." She said to herself. Katsu crossed his arms and closed his eyes "Some kind of Arte most likely, but when they attack, they always come in packs. There were a lot of them here." Katsu said.

"Well I guess now we don't have to worry about holding back." Yumin stated. Moon nodded "It makes things much easier now. Before I felt like it was us or them but now that we know they're not human, we can take them down without hesitation. Good work you two." Moon praised as she looked at Konyu and Sheena. Konyu and Sheena smiled at one another, happy that they reported something useful for Moon and the others.

"Also, Konyu I need to ask a favor of you." Moon stated which caught his attention. "What is it?" He asked. Moon looked at Milla and Jude and then looked back at him "These don't have a place to stay… so I was thinking maybe-" She stated until he cut her off.

"You were thinking they could stay at my place, right?" He asked. Moon gave him a small smile and nodded. Konyu couldn't help but smile at her and nodded "How could I say no, sure I have room for them." He replied which put a smile on her face. Jude stepped forward and looked at him "Thank you Konyu." Jude said. Konyu turned to him and smiled "Hey, it's not problem at all. I'm happy to help." He responded with a smile.

(Earlier that day)

Blaine and his group were headed for Heckeor, where they would complete their job request. The group had been walking for hours slaying any monster that dared to step in front of them. They were closing in on their destination and prepared themselves for anything. "I wonder what kind of monster we're going to see when we get there." Kanono said. Zelos looked at her and gave her a smile "Don't worry my little Kanono, the great Zelos will keep you safe." He stated with his usual confident and conceded tone.

Blaine just laughed and shook his head "This guy is something else." He stated. Tear just closed her eyes and nodded in agreement. Kanono smiled and giggled "Thank you Zelos." She replied in a cheerful voice. Presea turned her attention to Blaine, noticing that he was holding his stomach "What's wrong? Are you hungry?" She asked.

Blaine looked at her and gave her a shy chuckle "Yeah, I'm sorry, I didn't really eat this morning." He replied. Kanono turned to him and wagged her finger at him like a mother while walking backwards "Blaine you know better than that." She scolded.

"It's not good to go into battle with an empty stomach." Presea said in her usual calm and subdued tone. Blaine scratched his head nervously, not knowing how to reply to the two girls that were lecturing him. Kanono sighed and put her hands on her hips as she stopped walking which made everyone else stop. "Well we can't have you walking into the battle like that. There's a monster involved in this so we'll definitely be going into battle." Kanono stated.

"I'm fine, really I am." He said trying to prove to her he was fine. "I still think you should eat something though. Maybe we should stop here and eat." Kanono stated. "We're almost there so stopping here to eat won't make any sense." He replied. Blaine was right about that, as the town they were headed for could be seen straight ahead. Presea looked at him, "Then do you agree to eat as soon as we get to the town?" She asked. Blaine looked at Presea who was staring deep into his eyes, awaiting an answer. Blaine sighed and nodded "Yes, I swear I'll eat when we arrive there." He responded.

Tear showed a small smile as she lowered her head a little "You know they're going to make sure you keep your word." Tear assured him. Blaine nodded at her statement "Yeah, but its fine. It's my own fault for not eating. I overslept, and when I got dressed it was already time to go." He explained.

Before they could start walking again the ground started to shake slowly. It felt as though something had hit the ground incredibly hard. "What in the world was that?" Tear asked. Kanono pointed into the direction of the town, they couldn't see well but they saw something huge which looked to be a monster.

The group of heroes looked at one another before nodding "Let's go!" Blaine exclaimed as they began to run towards Heckeor. Once they got off Ereno Highroad and entered Heckeor, they saw a huge monster standing in front of them. The monster was a large, bipedal wyvern with powerful armor plating covering much of its body. Its most noteworthy feature is its pair of massive, solid horns above its eyes. The monster also possesses a pair of tusk-like fangs and a large, spiny neck frill. Its tail ends with a heavy, studded club that can be used to ward off attackers. A bulky wyvern, the monster stands on a pair of stocky, wide-set legs and possesses a broad upper body complete with thick, muscular wings.

"That thing is huge!" Kanono stated. "This must be the monster we heard about." Tear added. Blaine clenched his fist tight and three long sharp razors came out of his gauntlets. A second later he jumped into action and dashed at the monster. "Divine Slash!" He exclaimed as he released a powerful slash of energy that launched at the monster and collided with its face.

The people of the town were running and trying to hide from the monster. The monster closed its eyes and started to shake its head, trying to relieve its self from the pain. While it was doing that Presea and Kanono ran over to the monster and prepared themselves, "Now Presea!" Kanono exclaimed. "Right." Presea responded quickly.

The two began to spin in a complete circle before releasing a powerful blue energy lions head from their swords "Beast!' They exclaimed in unison. The attack blasted the monster in the face which made the monster fall on its back. The impact of the monster hitting the ground made the town shake which made it hard for people to keep their balance.

"Those people are fighting the monster!"

"The monster's down!"

"Who are those people?"

The people of the town were shocked by this sight and watched in awe. As the monster started to move again Tear was about to cast an arte until she realized that one person was not participating in the battle.

"Honey don't worry I'll keep you safe."

"Really? Thank you!"

Tear looked aggravated as she turned to see Zelos flirting with a woman. "Um, hello? We have a battle going on here, or did you forget?" She asked with an annoyed tone. Zelos sighed and smiled "I'll be back." He said to the woman.

Tear got fed up with him and looked back at the monster, she started to channel her energy and focused her attention on the monster "Judgement!" She exclaimed. Upon activation, the spell created several pillars of light that would strike randomly across the full battle field. The light would crash down on the monster, stunning it and making nit unable to move.

"Thunder Blade!"

Tear turned her head to see Zelos summoning a large sword of lightning in the sky, which pierced into the ground to create an electric shock that affects a circular area around the impact point where the monster was standing. The Monster tried to shake it off and let out a huge roar, indicating that it was beyond angry. "This thing isn't budging, but maybe if I…" Kanono said to herself before stopping in mid sentence.

Kanono used this time to catch the monster off guard as it roared again "Unchained note!" She exclaimed. A large seal of light formed on the ground around Kanono as she drew divine energy from her surroundings, Kanono rose into the air to manifest the collected energy around her through the glyph, creating a large and extended blast of pink light.

The monster was caught within the glyph and lifted into the air with immense force until the seal was dispelled "Presea, Blaine!" Kanono called out. Blaine nodded and prepared himself 'This thing is huge, so it's no wonder why she would resort to using her strongest attack.' He thought to himself. He then his hands up and with no hesitation started to slash the air causing energy waves to appear from each slash.

The yellow energy waves would hit the monster who was still in the air. Blaine then held his hands back as he charged energy into his gauntlets "You're dead! Desolation Claw!" He exclaimed as a huge yellow energy blast came out from his claw gauntlets as he slashed the air once more.

As the attack hit the monster it caused a huge explosion. People were taking cover as smoke started to fill the town. As the smoke started to clear Presea slammed her axe against the ground where the monster was now laying and caused an explosion similar to Infernal Ruin, she followed it up with a leap into the air. Charging her axe with power, she flipped back down toward the ground and slammed her weapon onto the monster again, causing it to be consumed in a second, longer-lasting explosion. "Crimson Devastation!" She exclaimed.

The monster let out one final roar before the attack ended its life. Tear smiled at the teamwork she just saw and then looked at Zelos and gave him a small glare. Once everything had settled down, people started to cheer as they noticed that the monster had been defeated.

As Kanono was about to say something the monster blew up into small lights and spread out a yard wide. The lights soon began to fade away which left everyone confused. "Was that suppose to happen?" Zelos asked. Kanono shrugged her shoulders "I've never seen anything like that before." She stated. Blaine held his stomach and sat on the ground "Well whatever just happened to it, it helped us deal with the problem of moving it out of the town." Blaine said. A lady walked over to the group and bowed in respect "You don't know how grateful we are to you." She said.

Kanono shook her head "There's no need to bow ma'am, we're happy that we arrived her in time." She replied. The old lady smiled and looked at her "We need to repay you somehow besides the money, anything you want we'll give it to you." She insisted.

Kanono gave the woman a smile "We couldn't possibly do that. You're safety is all that matters to us." She responded. Tear nodded "Well said Kanono." She praised.

An old man soon walked up towards the old lady "Please allow us to offer something along the money. That monster has been terrorizing this town for so long and now it finally gone." He stated. A stomach growl could be heard after the man's statement. Presea knew where that sound came from and grabbed Blaine's arm so he could stand up. She then walked him over to the old lady and man "Would letting us use your kitchen count as a reward?" She asked.

The old lady nodded with a smile "Certainly, use anything you would like. Your friend's stomach sounds hungry. She said. "I'm fine Presea." He responded. Presea turned to him with a blank expression and shook her head "You might think so. But your stomach doesn't agree." She said bluntly. She grabbed his arm and started to walk away with the old lady and man, dragging Blaine along.

Blaine sighed knowing he wasn't going to win this battle "Fine, fine, you win, I'll eat something." He replied. "It's not like you had a choice in the matter!" Kanono exclaimed as she watched him being dragged off by Presea.

Later that day

Kanono and Presea had just finished cooking the meal that was about to be served to everyone. "With this much, Blaine will be able to have seconds. I'm still a little upset that he left the house without eating this morning. He can be such an idiot sometimes." She said as she gave off an annoyed look. Presea smiled at her "You sound like an older sister." She stated.

Kanono smiled "Well Blaine and Konyu are like brothers to me, so it's natural to feel that way. I'm always scolding them when they do something wrong." She stated as she and Presea began bringing out the food and heading towards the table.

When they set the pot down they noticed that only the man, the lady and Tear were at the table. "Where is Zelos and Blaine ?" Kanono asked. The old lady looked at her "The young man with yellow hair is outside in front of the house. As for the man with Red hair, he wandered off somewhere." She explained. Tear sighed "Probably ran off flirting with the girls of this town." She said. Presea looked at the front door and walked towards it which put a smile on Kanono's face when she noticed it.

Blaine was sitting outside of the house that the old lady and old man were living at. The moon light shined down on him as he looked up at it. He had a smile on his face while remembering his past.

"Something wrong?"

He turned to see Presea standing behind him with her usual facial expression. Blaine shook his head "No I'm alright, just thinking about a few things." He responded. Presea looked at him as he looked back at the moon "Can I sit with you?" She asked rather bluntly. Blaine looked back and nodded "Sure." He responded.

Presea sat down next to him and looked at him "Tell me what's on your mind." She said. Blaine looked at her "What makes you think there's something on my mind?" He asked. Presea looked at the moon "My sister use to go off somewhere alone and glance up at the sky when she had something on her mind. So I thought you were doing the same." She responded.

Blaine sighed and smiled "I was just thinking about my parents. I guess looking up at the moon makes me miss them a lot." He informed her.

"Are they dead?" She asked bluntly. Blaine looked at her with a surprised look on his face "How did you know that?" He asked. Presea looked at him "I didn't, I just figured that's what you meant, because if they were alive and you missed them you could easily go see them. When they're dead, there's no way for you to do that. I know that all too well." She said as she looked down at her legs.

"Did someone close to you pass away?" He asked. Presea stayed silent for a moment before speaking "My sister died a few years ago…" She said. Blaine looked down when he heard this "I'm sorry to hear that Presea. I didn't mean to bring up bad memories." He responded.

Presea shook her head "No, it's alright. I was just saying that I know how you feel. I lost my mother, my father and my sister so I understand what you're going through." She explained.

Blaine smiled and closed his eyes "When I was young I use to sit outside with my parents and my brother. We would stare at the moon and have a good time with one another. I miss those moments, but at least I have those moments to remember. I rather have that then nothing at all." He stated.

Presea smiled at him "That's a good way to look at it. You're strong Blaine, and I'm not just saying that because of the arte you pulled off today." She praised. Blaine smiled at her "Thanks Presea, that means a lot. You're a good friend." He said as he gave her a warm smile. "So we're friends?" She asked. Blained nodded which made her smile. Presea and Blaine smiled at one another for a moment letting the wind blow through their hair as they looked at one another.

Presea then stood up and looked at him "Are you ready to come in and eat now? The food will get cold if you take too long." She stated. Blaine nodded and stood up "Yeah I'm ready." He responded. The two began to walk towards the house where everyone except Zelos was waiting for them.

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