The limo exited the Gate and the group inside looked out at the first sight of Japan. All except Leiei was amazed by it. Buildings made of glass and steel, streets paved with black stone and more. But it didn't escape their notice that the area around the gate had been sealed off from the rest of the city. A wall rose up from the ground with towers overlooking the entrance to the Gate and the Gate itself. The limo came to a stop and the door was opened. Pina raised an eyebrow at this.

"Any reason we are stopping?" she asked.

"Yeah," Itami answered with a sigh. "Technically you are now here illegally even if you are here on the invitation of the EDF. We need to get some documentation,"

Pina didn't fully understand but nodded and claimed out. As she did, she looked up into the sky at the towering buildings. They must have had master skilled builders in order for this to happen. She looked up in awe as did the others who climbed out.

"Amazing," she said. "How can they build such wonders?"

"Necessity," Leiei said. "As they expand and their population grows, they run out of land to hose people. So, they build upward instead of outward,"

"Makes sense," Boes admitted as she looked over to where Itami was talking to someone. "So, we are going to a museum first, right?" she asked no one in particular.

"From what I understand we are," Leiei said. "They want us to see what they have faced in the past,"

"It's a scare tactic then," Rory spoke as she smiled. "There's more than one to fight a war,"

Pina nodded as she then held her chin. "Makes sense," she muttered. "If they don't want to fight an all-out war, they would demonstight their power to force people into submission. If what we've seen is any indication the EDF have weapons capable of that but are afraid to use them,"

"Likely because that the weapons they have cause so much devastation that they cannot be used without good reason," Leiei suggested.

"That is a terrifying thought," Pina added before looking to the members of her retinue.

"Pr….Princess," Boes said pointing upward.

Everyone looked up and their eyes dropped. Sitting in the sky above them was a massive grey and blue ship that hovered of the city. It was rounded with several cylinders at the sides of it. Leiei, for once, also showed some emotion as her eyes nearly popped out of her head.

"What is that?" Hamilton asked.

"That," Kyon said as she walked up to the group. "Is the Avenger-class Sky fortress the Fujin. It's the EDF's main command and control centre for the continent of Asia,"

"Continent?" Boes asked. "Does that mean that there are more of these flying fortresses?"

"Including the Fujin, there are seven. Each one has a crew of 3000 people to keep it airborne. Not only can it fly it can also float on water if need be," the looks on the visitors faces was too much and Kyon couldn't help but laugh.

"Well, I have your passcards," Itami said as he walked up to each of them. "Try to keep them on you. We don't intend to be separated, but these documents will show that you don't need a passport to be in the country,"

"Ok thank you," Pina said as she and others took the small card.

Before they had left for Japan, she and the others had their picture taken and sent to the administration section of the EDF who then created the passcards. But the meaning behind them was still lost on the visitors.

"Ahh you must be the hero of Ginza," a voice then said making eyes turn to an elderly man dressed in a long brown coat.

The man stood smiling but he had an air of shiftiness about him. This man was not to be trusted in any form if you had any sense.

"I'm Bond, EDF intelligence," he said. "I've been instructed to escort you and your tour group,"

"You're with the Public Safety," Itami said with a non-questioning tone.

"So, you can tell?" the man said with a smile. "Well that's a hero with a sixth sense for you,"

"No, I just know someone who works in Intel," Itami said

"Ahh yes, I know," Bond said as he pulled out a file and began to read it. "You had the second lowest grades in your class during officer training, and only avoided last place due to an injury another cadet had. After graduation and deployment, you rated 'just barely passing'. Your CO got pissed with you and shipped you off to the Ranger Academy, which you somehow finished before deploying back to the field. Poor personal evaluations kept you at Second Lieutenant. But after the Ginza incident, you were promoted to First Lieutenant," he smiles never left his face as he looked up at Itami.

"Well, you did your homework," the Lieutenant admitted.

"Slacker, Otaku. Your reputation on your posts is horrible. So how the hell you ended up in Special Operations is a mystery," Bond laughed.

"What!" Kyon yelled like a siren making all eyes look to her, "No way, no way! That's impossible! There's no way this Otaku is Special forces!"

"Well, he is," Bond laughed. "Him being a slacker helped with that,"

"Is there a problem with Itami being 'Special Forcers'?" Leiei asked.

"The Special forces are the elite of the elite," Bond answered. "They have many names, but the one that seems to have stuck is 'Death's Legion'. Because even in death they still fight. I assume that Kyon told you about the success rate of the Rangers?" the young witch nodded. "Well for Special forces, out of 1000 Rangers no more than 5 qualify to join,"

Rory's eyes widened at that. She was also told about the Ranger selection, but this made her mind buzz. What forced the EDF to push for such extreme selection measures? She looked to the EDF soldiers and expanded her senses. Nothing, whatever happened they had learned to keep it in. Something like that could only be done by a war that affected everyone in such a way there was no choice but to close that part of their minds to it.

They then climbed back into the limo with Kyon still crying and laughing at the same time. But the others just ignored her as they looked out at the Tokyo marvelling and the wonders of the city. Soon they came to a stop and Boze's eyes caught an advert with Kyon on it. The hologram danced around with singing. She looked over to Kyon with wide eyes.

"Are you royalty?" she said pointing out at the hologram.

Kyon laughed and smiled. "Nah, I'm just a singer and actor," that earned her some stared from the other. "Don't look at me like that, even soldiers have to do something outside combat,"

"She's part of an idol group called the Jet Angels. For lack of a better term, they are an EDF propaganda tool," Bond said with a smile as he looked to Kyon who just gave him a disapproving look. "Which is an open secret,"

No one said anything after that but soon the limo stopped outside a white building. Everyone claimed out and the visitors looked up at the grand building. It was rounded and large. It was almost like the senate building in the empire. Three sets of stairs rose up to the entrance with an obsidian stone along the sides. On top of them were hundreds of different flags that waved in the wind and along the floor was an uncountable number of flowers and gifts. Even the visitors knew the significance of those flowers and gifts. At the top of the stairs before the entrance stood a statue of several soldiers standing in front of a black EDF banner. Not the normal blue and white.

Rory was the first to walk up to the black stone and looked at the names on it. Each one was small to account the vast number of people who had died, but their names were still recorded. She reached out to touch the stone. As she did a wave of emotion it her making her drop her knees and dropped her scythe. As he did the others came running but she stopped them before they got closer.

"I'm ok, I'm ok," she said before standing. "But so many…" she then looked to the EDF who had taken their hats off. "How many?"

"Over a billion soldiers and close to 5 billion civilians," Bond answered.

"That's nearly 6 billion dead!" Pina yelled in surprise. "How could a war be like that?"

"That is what you are going to find inside," Davies said.

The group then walked up the stairs towards some glass doors. But as they readied to go in Chuka noticed something.

"You aren't coming?" the elf asked.

"No, what's inside there is…." Itami tried to find the right words.

"It wouldn't be right for us to walk inside," Bond said with his smile gone. "Inside there brings back too many painful memories. Those that do are braver than we are,"

Pina was about say something but Rory held her back. "We understand,"

With that Hamilton opened the doors and they all walked. "Why did you say that?" Leiei asked.

"Because I felt the pain of the war that they speak of," Rory said ending the conversation.

As they walked in a glowing blue woman appeared before them with a sweet smile.

"Greetings, and welcome to the Aggressor War memorial museum Asia. My name is Avina, I will be your guide through out the tour," she said.

The group looked to each other before asking the one question they were all wondering. "What was the Aggressor war?"

"The aggressor war was a series of two wars that lasted for a combined total of 9 years," the hologram said. "The first war lasted for two years with casualties both civilian and military reaching close to 500 million. But the first war was considered to be a total victory for the EDF. The second war is considered to be a pyrrhic victory as casualties for both military and exceeded 6 billion. The second war was considered to be humanity's final stand against the aggressors as we were on the brink of extinction,"

"Brink of extinction?" Panache with eyes wide. "Just who the hell are these aggressors?"

"The aggressors are an alien race of unknown origin," the hologram answered. "The weapons they used, the EDF had no defence against. We do not know their true intentions, why they invaded or if they are coming back. But when they do the EDF will be ready,"

As she said this Chuka moved to the main door and opened it. After the glass door and the hologram, there was another wall, a cream blue coloured wall with four doors. Each one was noticeable and unassuming. The reason was to show, nothing can prepare you for what you are about to witness. Chuka opened the door and what she saw made her scream and fall back. The others ran up to her and helped her back up.

"What happened?" Pina asked with concern.

"Monsters…." Chuka said. "They fought monsters,"

With that Rory opened the door and her eyes widened at the sight of a giant ant. A few of the others screamed but Rory, Leiei and Pina didn't. They just walked in without a second thought and looked at the enemy before them.

"Is this an aggressor?" Rory asked.

Avina appeared before them. "The giant ant was the standard unit of the aggressor army making up 65% of their main forces,"

"Of their main forces?" Pina asked as she looked at the statue of the ant before she realised and looked around.

Inside the museum were statutes of what the EDF fought. Machines twice the size of buildings, monsters from hell itself, weapons that could destroy an entire planet. The group wondered though the museum learning about the two aggressor wars. The enemies, the operations, the lives lost. It soon dawned on Rory what this was. This wasn't a show of force or an intimidation tactic, this was a show of resolve. If attacked the EDF would stop at nothing to end their attackers.