Chapter 2-The Orre Crisis (Phase 1)
He looked just like any other thirteen year old boy. He wore baggie blue cargo pants with a white t-shirt. He had brown curly hair, and blue gray eyes. He was of average height and weight, not much of a challenge the group thought. This kid should be easy prey for them but they didn't see the cloaked figures that seemed to be dogging the boys trail. The group figured that the boy was a rookie but they were wrong.
"Hey, you there stop," the leader of the gang shouted at the boy who turned to see the speaker. "How about a battle with me and my associates."
The boy thought for a moment, this could be a great opportunity to hone my skills, the more I train the closer I'll be to his level.
"Fine," the boy agreed "I'll play what are the rules."
"The rules are a three on one handicap," the man laughed, "If me and my associates win we'll take your pokemon"
"What if I win?" the boy inquired.
"Well if you win we'll make you a very wealthy young man" the laughed at his own brilliance, even if they somehow loss this boy was all alone and they could just take his pokemon by force.
"Fine then," the boy answered confident in his abilities and the fighting spirit of his pokemon.
His three opponents gathered before him and sent out their pokemon Metagross, Staraptor, and a Luxray. The boy thought for a moment which of his pokemon would be best suited for this battle for a few moments before sending out his pokemon.
"Go Espeon," the boy yelled and out of the shrubbery near the ravine wall came the pokemon.
They got ready for their battle the three men so sure of themselves, that this little boy would be so easily defeated.
"Espeon, Psychic" the young man ordered.
The Espeon's attack hit with such force and ferocity that the Metagross was flung across the battlefield into a tree, when it hit the ground it was knocked out.
"What the hell just happened!" the Metagross trainer screamed.
"You underestimated me like the fools you are," the young boy stated all merriment leaving his voice.
"Well you just caught us off guard, that's it," the Luxray trainer told him.
"Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that," the young man said coldly, "You thought I would be an easy target because I'm a kid right, well your wrong I am trained to fight against even the worse odds and emerge victorious."
"Well you maybe a skilled trainer but we still outnumber you and we're done playing this little game with you, we'll take what we want from you by force," the Staraptor trainer stated lunging at the young trainer with his pokemon flying alongside him, right beside him was the Luxray trainer with his partner. As they rushed the young man they did not notice the two men in dark robes who had stepped out from the shadows of the ravine and began moving with extreme speed to cut off the two attackers, behind them could be seen to canine pokemon.
"Arcanine use flamethrower!" roared one of the robed men, "Target the Luxray trainer."
"Mightyena use Hyperbeam," the second robed man shouted, "Target the Staraptor trainer."
The attacks hit their respective targets with tremendous effect the two opposing trainers were brought down screaming in terrible pain by the two attacks their pokemon panicking at this sudden development and fleeing, leaving their trainers to the wraith of these two newcomers. The boy looked completely heartbroken at this development.
"Ahhh, you two ruined my fun," the boy grumbled.
"My lord you should know better than to wander off on your own," the man partnered with the Arcanine barked ignoring the groaning from the man who had just been burned by his pokemon.
"Really now I'm thirteen, my older brother was off leading assaults on bandit dens when he was my age," the boy whined.
"Lord Colton your brother is a special case," the man with the Mightyena partner retorted calmly as he closed his cellphone
"Did you get a hold of the forward base?" the first man asked the first man curtly.
"Yeah I did and they'll be here in about five minutes," the second man answered.
All this time as they discussed the bandits the Metagross trainer was sneaking away after he returned his pokemon to its ball, all three of the Warriors had their backs him, and all three were deeply into their conversation. The man thought he was going to make it away scot free until something very strange happened.
"Espeon use Confusion on the coward," Colton ordered his Espeon without even looking at the bandit.
His Espeon launched its attack with pinpoint accuracy, throwing the man into the side of the rock face where he fell unconscious.
"My lord you have come a long way from the little boy who would cry when your brother would leave," the Mightyena warrior told him.
"What's the point of crying when you know he's still going to go," Colton told them, "He loves going to the unknown regions and besides he always bring back the coolest stories when he comes back."
"That's very mature of you my lord," the Arcanine warrior told him.
"God don't tell me that, you make me sound so old," whined Colton.
"Yeah, and we wouldn't want our lord to feel like he's old enough to get out of being punished," snickered the Mightyena warrior.
"Wait what about punishment?" Colton questioned.
"Well my lord you snuck out of the encampment, disobeyed orders given to us by your elder brother, and you engaged people you clearly knew were outlaws," The Arcanine trainer stated gruffly moving to sit on a rock next to the ravine wall.
"Great my brother finds out and I'm in the dog house again," Groaned Colton.
"Well it could be worse," The Mightyena trainer stated.
"How could it be worse Gustav?" Colton questioned
"Well you could have to report to Lady Najil for one," Gustav chuckled, "Don't you agree Sven."
"Yea," Sven stated, "She'd have you running laps around the perimeter of the city."
"Please don't even say stuff like that," Colton said looking slightly pale.
"Why just because that's what she normally does to soldiers who disobey the shogun," Laughed Gustav.
They went back and forth like this all of them laughing and joking about supposed punishments they had received from either their shogun or lady Najil. The captured outlaws had already been picked up but they still sat talking about their experiences. Though Colton had seemed angry he had counted on Gustav and Sven following him, they were his personal bodyguards, and had been chosen by his older brother to protect him. His older brother was the only person he trusted completely in the world. While others would try anything to curry favor with the world's government, his elder brother would not let anyone or anything compromise his personality. It was this that won people to his cause he was blunt and would always state things as he saw them not as what other's wanted him to say.
"Your brother is a brave man," Sven said a serious look entering his eyes, "He has threatened to something that has never been thought of before."
"Yes I know after all it takes a brave man to become the Emperor," I commented lightly.
"He plans on doing something that is very dangerous," Gustav whispered quietly, "He plans to reshape the empire to his Ideals."
"What do you mean by that?" Colton questioned them both, but they said no more about what his older brother had planned.
"We should start heading back to the camp don't you think?" Gustav inquired to Sven.
"Yeah, we should get back before dark," Sven stated getting up from the rock he had been using as a chair.
"Wait what about my brother!?" the Colton yelled to them.
Without turning around or slowing his pace Sven answered, "He is preparing to throw open the gates of hell and step through to the abyss on the other side."
With these cryptic words Sven had disappeared around the bend leaving Colton standing their perplexed and Gustav grinning.
"What the hell was that about Gustav?" Colton questioned his other bodyguard.
"You wanted him to tell you what your brother had planned but you did not state you wanted it to be anything but cryptic," Gustav answered turning to follow Sven around the bend.
Now Colton was left alone to ponder his thoughts and wonder what his brother was planning. He hoped and prayed it was nothing reckless as his brother was known for doing when he became desperate.
"Nobunaga please protect my brother from whatever danger he's walking into," Colton prayed to his ancestor, "Allow him to continue his work as shogun with pride and honor and allow him to eventually take his rightful place as the emperor."
He did not know whether his ancestor would answer his prayers but still he prayed for his brother's safety, his brother was the shogun, the future emperor and the light that had brought Ransei into its current age of prosperity. Many compared him to the Hero of Ransei another of their ancestors but his brother considered himself closer to Nobunaga the man who had nearly conquered all of Ransei believing that the end justified the means. Colton looked up at the sky to see the first stars twinkling in the sky. How long had it been since he and his brother had sat as children on the walls of the citadel looking at the stars? He missed him; he would not deny that it had been about five years since he had had a decent conversation with his brother. His brother had given him his first pokemon an Eevee, which he had then helped train and evolve into an Espeon. He had been a tough instructor but it had made Colton into the skilled and powerful trainer he was today. Colton turned and walked away smiling knowing that no matter what happened his brother would continue to fight as he always had and for the same dream. His brother would see Ransei returned to his former glory.
"Good luck brother," Colton whispered catching up to Gustav and Sven, "and stay safe."
Here ends Chapter 2-The Orre Crisis (Phase 1). I'm sorry if I seemed a little snobby during the character stage but this is my first story and I'm trying very hard to get it 100% correct. For those of you who skipped the character page Anthony is the shogun, his little brother is Colton, and Najil is the captain of the royal guard. I'm sorry that I did not explain that this story is taking place in modern times. I will not be able to post often due to my lack of a decent internet source that is easily accessible, but I do hope people will continue to check in even if they don't comment because I'm having more fun than I thought I would. Have a good day.