Chapter 11-In pursuit of Ideals and Truths

-Anthony's Perspective-

I walked along the corridors of the Genesis as it stayed above Driftveil city taking on supplies. I was no longer wearing my warrior armor but instead was wearing an officers uniform but instead of wearing it normally I had my grey military jacket draped over my shoulders like a cape revealing the black long-sleeved dress shirt underneath, and had the grey military pants tucked into the black leather boots I was wearing. My hair was now also tucked behind my ears to keep it out of my face. As I entered the bridge I heard the snap of boots as I was saluted with a shout of "Commanding Officer on deck," from one of the soldiers…I sighed to myself…yes I knew order was essential to maintaining any army but this blind adherence to regulations made our army disciplined but inflexible. I walked along a catwalk that was flanked on either side by two sunken areas referred to as pits…it was in these pits where the navigator, gunner, and other such people operated. I was heading towards three people arguing about what they should do next…the first one had his black hair tipped with red tied back into a tail and wore cyber-tech ninja armor like Haiko, the other was wearing blue samurai armor similar to my warrior armor and had his brown hair, while the last one was wearing pearl colored armor had her hair combed back but not braided or bound…they were Veku Fuma, Johnathan Heinz, and Najil Burken…three of my greatest allies…as I approached them the three turned towards me and I could see in their eyes that they'd been arguing about me.

"My lord I've been trying to tell them that you will want your partners left behind and will want to advance along the ground route but they don't believe me," Veku hissed folding his arms in front of him.

"Why would he want to advance slowly along the land route," Johnathan shot back, "We've more than enough firepower to fly after them and bring them down."

"We're not here to wage war," Najil countered, "besides we don't even know where they're heading…we should stay here and gather information."

"You three can never get along can you?" I chuckled to myself, "I believe you all have wonderful ideas."

"I'm sorry but what do you mean?" Johnathan stated confused.

"We're going to do all three," I stated smiling at their stunned faces, "I'll lead a ground force with the IFVs (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) to search for any leads on the ground…Veku will work with Haiko to look for information throughout Unova and Najil will take command of the Genesis to search the skies for any sign of them…I mean yes they haven't taken over any public buildings yet but they publicly protest a lot…that should make them easier to find."

We began to work out the kinks of my strategy and fully deciding what to do…Veku and Haiko would start their investigation in Driftveil City before Veku would take the western route and Haiko would take the eastern route once he backtracked to Nimbasa city. Najil would take command of the Genesis in my absence and check all of the locations of Team Plasma's know sightings for clues as to their current while I would proceed along the western route and the hopes of catching up with some Team Plasma stragglers who I would then interrogate for information…the final plan was for us all to meet back up at the Pokemon League with our accumulated information and then attempt to deduce where the enemy's main base was…simple enough I thought as my soldiers boarded their gunships…these had been modified to carry light vehicles into battle as well as foot soldiers but the gunships themselves had no attack capabilities. I knew about the mountain and would drop myself off with a five man squad to search for any stragglers in the passes and the rest would await my exit on the other side…just in case anyone tried to leave the caves. As my gunship touched down my soldiers and I leapt off and without even waiting for the gunship to take off again we entered the mountain which was well lit due to the fact that it was also a mine…I was once again armored in my warriors armor and had strapped at my side a katana and in my hands a semi-automatic mass driver rifle…this type of weapon was also known as a ripper due to its ability to pierce even the thickest armor and shields but most weapons of this type were much larger and often used like cannons…my soldiers were using standard issued laser assault rifles and their Imperial army armor. We were advancing slowly using repels to make sure that the wild pokemon ignored us…we didn't have time to drive off pokemon every few steps…and besides odds were against us that we'd find any stragglers even…I stopped…I could hear whispering ahead of us around the corner…I signaled my soldiers to hold their position and moved to the edge where I rolled a small camera around it…the camera was camouflaged like a rock…and activated it transmitting both sound and image to myself and my soldiers there was ten Team Plasma members just standing there…and they were arguing.

"King N would not want this," the first Plasma member stated.

"These order have come down from lord Ghestis himself," the second snarled, "and we will not disobey him."

"But to attack Soldiers of Ransei is suicide under normal conditions," a third whined, "Their armor is impervious to nearly every kind of ammunition except rippers…and we don't have any of those."

"Add to that the fact that their shogun is rumored to be down here as well," a fourth commented.

"You're all a bunch of wimps," a fifth snarled brandishing his rifle, "The Shadow Triad are here…how can we possibly lose."

"I'm not staying here to find out," the first man spoke as he turned to leave but he did not get far as the second drew his pistol and shot him in the back.
"Anyone else who dares flee will meet the same fate," the second snarled, "We've been ordered by Lord Ghestis to hold this position and we shall do so even if it cost us our liv~"

He didn't have time to finish that sentence but he didn't know how right he was…I had sent my soldiers into action to attack the enemy before they could regain unit cohesion…as laser bolts streaked through the air and struck the stunned Plasma soldiers who let their shock freeze them in place and allowed me to launch my attack with my oldest partner.

"Umbria," I shouted as an Umbreon raced ahead of me…I had holstered my gun and drawn my katana, "Incapacitate them with Shadow Ball!"

As she launched her attack five of the remaining nine enemies took cover behind rocks littering the ground and returned fire…the remaining four weren't so luck…they were either gunned down my soldiers or thrown aside from the explosion of the Shadow Ball…I leapt over one of the rocks a Plasma soldier was using for cover as he reloaded his rifle…he stood no chance as my blade cleaved straight through this armor…a second to my left rose to his feet a short sword held in his grip but he was struck down by a Dark Pulse launched by Umbria…this was how a warrior fights…side by side with his pokemon…nothing held in reserve…death before dishonor…a female Plasma soldier rose to her feet and attempted to flee only to be struck from behind by Masamune moving at speeds invisible to the naked eye…another Plasma raised his rifle to fire on Masamune but a crimson colored claw grabbed the gun and ripped it from its wielders grip before crushing it into two pieces…it was a Scizor.

"Zor…Night Slash," I ordered as his pincers glowed with dark energy before striking the now disarmed soldier.

There was only one left and as he turned to run I ran my hand along my katana which took on a green colored light as I transferred my aura to my weapon…I slashed the air and a beam of energy rushed towards the soldier before cutting him in two horizontally…I gazed at the bodies that littered the battlefield…none of them were my soldiers who had emerged unscathed due to their superior armor and training…but something didn't sit well with me…they weren't as unified or as fanatical as we were led to believe…after all a fanatic would never abandon their cause to save themselves…I began searching the bodies for intel on our enemy's movements but didn't find any…it hadn't been part of the plan to kill everyone but everything rarely went according to plan.

"Over here," a voice whispered weakly.

I looked over to see the Plasma soldier who had been shot in the back by his comrade leaning against the cave wall…he had lost a lot of blood in this short time…I approached him as my own soldiers aimed their weapons at him.

"I've information for you," the soldier stated coughing up blood, "You must save King N from his advisor."

"We aren't here to save anyone," I stated calmly.

"Listen please," the soldier begged, "King N has been manipulated by Lord Ghestis…Lord Ghestis plans on using the King to force everyone to release their pokemon…except for Lord Ghestis and his chosen…you can see how dangerous this is can't you?"

"He can't expect everyone to bow to him can he?" I hissed highly insulted by this man's arrogance, "and besides how could he convince an entire nation to fall in line with him?"

"He plans on having his majesty acquire the legendary pokemon Reshiram and become the hero of truth," the soldier stated the light beginning to fade from his eyes, "Hurry…to the Dragonspiral…tower stop…lord…Ghestis."

With that the soldier passed into the ethereal…and I closed his eyes…he had been betrayed by his allies for attempting to go to the aid of his lord…I stood up and marveled at the silence but I could hear something…it was faint…yet constant…I gazed upwards to see dozens of little red lights blinking on the high sealing.

"FALL BACK!" I yelled as an explosion rocked the tunnel and collapsed the ceiling.

I ran forward as the rest of my forces fell back along with my pokemon partners who I mentally forced to abandon me…I was smashed across the head by falling the rubble causing me to see stars but the helmet thankfully prevented more damage but it also was knocked off at this point…through skill, luck, and divine intervention I made it through for the most part unscathed…well except for a splitting headache…

"My lord are you alright?" one of my soldiers inquired through the comlink imbedded in my armor.

"I'm fine," I stated, "Continue through to the other side and I'll meet you there."

"Understood my lord," the soldier answered before the link went quiet.

I advanced about 100 yards further before I once again heard the beeping I whirled around to see dozens more of the explosives just before they detonated shredding my armor with the shrapnel…I landed on my back hard but still had enough of my mind left to at least attempt to get to my feet…but that was before a boot collided with my face forcing me back down.

"So I see you fell into our little trap," one of them commented smugly…I looked up to see it was one of the Shadow Triad, "It looks like me marred your face."

"Not enough in my opinion," a second one stated slashing the left side of my face giving me a horizontal cut above my eye that stretched to about the midway of my forehead to about and inch below the eye, "Their that's better."

"King N said we aren't supposed to harm the other one," the third snickered, "but you on the other hand are fair game…and so much more dangerous."

"Bastards," I hissed as they started laughing heartily.

"Dratini Dragon Rage!" a girls voice echoed throughout the cave.

Two of the three Triad members were struck by this attack and as I turned my gaze towards my savior I saw a young girl of 15 with the Dratini in front of her…I couldn't take much more in as I passed out…

I stood in a strange tower…Nobunaga stood in front of me his sword clutched in his hand before he embedded it into a pedestal and turned and walked out…the only door out of the room shut behind him and if you didn't know what you were looking for it would just like a normal segment of wall…no real difference…

My vision swam and I saw the young girl leaning over me mouthing something…I couldn't hear her as my vision swam again and I once again entered the darkness…the last thing I saw was her face…and it looked terrified.

Here ends Chapter 11...so to recap there are fractures within Team Plasma that Anthony plans on exploiting but before he can he is separated from his allies by the Shadow Triad just before the ambush him with explosives…and now he's been found by a teenage girl…but his condition is not well…will he survive…well you'll just have to wait until the next chapter to find out…

I forgot to mention in the last chapter that Past Ransei armies are based of the Warring States period of Japan while Unova armies are based off of Medieval European armies…also all of Anthony's pokemon have nicknames…any question feel free to Private Message me with them…and I'm still willing to include other's OC's…just remember the rules…

Thank you for reading and remember to Review…

-Shogun of Ransei

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Nidoking/Nido

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