Clash! The sound of steel on steel could be heard. The battlefield was filled with the harsh sounds of war. The stench of fear and helplessness on one side. The smell of victory on the other. The red clashed against the blue, pushing the blue back farther and farther. More bloodstained red armor lay everywhere than blue armor, but nonetheless, the massive surge of Red soldiers was too much for the Blue. Slowly, but surely, the Blue fell back, losing ground every second. A tall man equipped in blue armor, the same as all the other blue armored soldiers except for 8 stars on his armor, stood watching the disaster. A ninja dressed in blue appeared next to him.
“Sir, we are losing ground.”
“I can see that you dumbass” snapped the tall man.
A man dressed in blue armor as well, except with 6 stars only, walked up next to the tall man.
“Nova-sama, I think it’s best if we pull out. Do you want me to send out the retreat signal?” said the man
Nova Tiorer signaled the man that walked up. A second later, a loud bugle call sounded out. At the sound, the army of blue began running away.
“Damn it. Is this the limit of our army? The limit of our dreams? We have nowhere to run now? Pendragon is only five miles away. Are we powerless to protect our own capital? Was it useless to try and make a fairer world?” shouted Nova in despair.
“Lets go, Nova-sama” said the man with 6 stars.
“Johann… its enough. I cannot stand to see our fall. I will stay here, but there is no reason for you to die as well. You’ve been a good aide to me. Take what you have learned, and live on. Don’t forget our ideals, the ideals of the men slain, do not forget your comrades and go. Vice Captain of the First Squad, Johann Rommel, this my last order. Save as many people as you can.”
Johann looked at his captain hard.
“This is an order that I will have to disobey. With all due respect, there is nowhere for me to go either. Captain, I will not let you go down while I am still alive.”
Nova started to protest, but at the sight of the deep determination in his young Vice-Captain’s eyes, he couldn’t say anything.
“Then, its been fun, Johann.”
“Indeed it has been, captain.”
Nova stood staring at the Red army.
“So…this is the end of it all? My efforts…and yours….Tessa…”
As the army of Red came closing in, all Nova could do was sit down and close his eyes.
Whoosh
Thump
Thump
Thump
Whoosh
As Nova sat waiting, he heard unusual noises. Noticing that he wasn’t quite dead yet, he ventured a peek. An image of hell awaited him. In front of him stood a mountain of corpses. In front of the mountain was a demon. It was in the form of a small boy, but its cold chilling green eyes showed a coldness far beyond the capabilities of a human. It was cladded in green, but it wasn’t armor, rather a suit of sorts. In one hand was a whirling mass of green energy. It shaped itself into a large curved sword. A sheath with a sword hung from its waist. It turned and looked at Nova. The sound of the wind disappeared as time seemed to hang still. Slowly the thing moved closer. If a voice hadn’t sounded out, Nova didn’t know what would have happened.
“Stop! Zero, he is not an enemy!” a loud male voice came from nowhere.
Zero stopped in his tracks. Nova could only sigh in relief. Zero turned away from Nova and looked towards the owner of the voice. It was a boy, with spiky golden hair, and an aura of flame radiating from him. He wore two gloves with an unusual insignia on it. It sort of looked like wings crossbreeded with claws. The boy grasped Zero by the shoulders and dragged him away. Nova realized that there were a 2 other men besides the boy. The boy herded Zero to the two men, and then turned to Nova.
“Are you okay? It would not be a good thing if Zero hurt you, Rebellion army’s famous commander, Nova Tiorer. He would never forgive himself if he did. Ah, let me introduce myself. My name is Satsuna X.
At the name, Nova couldn’t help draw a surprised gasp.
“Satsuna X? Not the one known as the the Phoenix of Ingania?”
“Captain, who is that?”
Nova realized that his vice-captain was next to him.
“Whoops. Sorry, forgot about you, Johann. Err, I mean, I was just about to explain to you. The Phoenix of Ingania is one of the 3 greatest men of Ingania. You know Ingania, the smallest major country in the world but also the strongest. Yeah, Satsuna-san is the leader of the Three, whose rank are only outstripped by the Great King of Ingania himself. He is considered to be in the top 5 strongest men in the world. I had no idea that he was…a child?”
“Hahaha, if you are surprised by me, you’ll be shellshocked by the others. Well, this gloomy place is not where I intend to stay blabbering all day. Come with me, I’ll explain everything.”
“I know you saved us, sir, and I am in your debt, but I cannot do that. The army of the UCG closes ever so quickly on Pendragon. I must try to protect it with my life.”
“That is what I want to talk about. I cannot say that I can save you from this situation, but…what if I were to say that one of the territories we took from you was exactly for this purpose?”
“What do you mean?”
“Come. You’ll understand. He will explain it all.”
X extended his hand towards Nova. Nova hesitated, and then decided to take it. He had no other choice.
