A few days ago in the Human Continent, It was night, when two men rode fast towards the Ballack Kingdom, both of them wearing complete silver armor
" Let us in! " One of them yelled before they arrived at the big gates of the kingdom. The Knights inside pushed the doors opening them
The Knights on the horses passed without stopping, the knights that open the big doors just saw them for a second before closing the big doors again
The Knights on the horses kept riding until they arrived at the entrance of the castle, then they jumped from the horses to began to run to the castle, no one of the knights guarding the castle saw them with surprise, they even opened the doors before they arrived
The knights ran until they arrived at the throne room, there the king was sitting on the throne with a young man standing on his right side, that young man was Akira one of the 3 Heroes of the Ballack Kingdom
The King and Akira saw them with calm faces until the two knights kneeled in front of the throne
" Your Majesty! the Zypher Empire and the Locknar Empire have summoned their Heroes! they demand the presence of our Heroes in the Locknar Empire where the 6 Heroes are! " The knights spoke to the king when they kneeled
The King scratches his chin and says " Hmm... I knew this is gonna happen "
Akira interrupts him by saying resolutely " I will go, your Majesty but I think that Kaori... " but he makes a sad face when he mentions Kaori
The King sees him with a serious face and says " I know she hasn't come out from her room, she must have lived a traumatic experience in the hands of that freak "
Akira clenches his fist with frustration and says " I will go alone, I will say a lie about Kaori's situation "
The King nods and turns to see the knights " You two can leave, you did a great job "
" Thanks! your Majesty " The Knights stand up and bowed before they left
The King turns to see Akira and says " Remember to hide to them everything about the rebel Heroine too "
Akira makes an angered face as he says " That b*tch, I will kill her before she tells them who she is, I'm sure that she is still with him I hope that he kills her already "
The King shakes his head a little and then he says " Young Hero, you can go to rest, tomorrow the Captain will go with you to the Locknar Empire "
Akira bows his head to then says with a smile" Yes, thanks for everything you did for Kaori, despite our failure "
The King smiles a little and says " You were too weak to fight that monster and you still are, but with the help of the other Heroes, I'm sure that you can kill that monster, now go to rest "
Akira smiled before he left the throne room, he walked to a door and that door goes to a huge garden with a fountain, there it was a young blond man in a wheelchair and an elegant blond middle-aged man, they are Wallace and the Duke Brendan
Akira clenches his fists and walks towards them, Duke Brendan turns to see him and smiles " Hero Akira, is a surprise to see you awake at this time "
Wallace turns to see Akira with a smile and says " Sir Akira, good to see you again, I haven't seen you since you started your training with the Captain "
Akira nods and says " How do you feel Wallace? "
Wallace makes a sad smile as he touches his legs and says " What can I say, I'm unable to walk after my father hired the best Light Mages of the Continent to heal me, it seems that the damage in one of my intervertebral discs is too much to be healed... I think I will pass the rest of my life like this "
Duke Brendan clenches his fists with frustration hearing his son, Akira frowns too then makes a little smile " Wallace, that's not true, you won't stay like that for your entire life "
Wallace makes a surprised face but Duke Brendan smiled at him, then Wallace asks with Doubt " What do you mean? "
Akira smiles and says " I will cure, you when I turned into a Heavenly Magic Swordsman, for the moment, I'm just an Amateur Earth Magic Swordsman but soon I will be that powerful "
Wallace was still in doubt and before he asked how he will cure him with that Duke Brendan responded to him with a smile " Son when he reached that level he will be able to use Supreme Light Healing a Magic able to cure complex injuries "
Wallace makes a big smile and then Akira says " You just need to wait, so don't be so depressed, right friend? and just call me Akira "
Wallace nods with a smile and says " I will be waiting, Akira "
Duke Brendan smiles and says " Well, Son, let's leave, I'm sure that Sir Akira will be busy tomorrow and you, need to rest "
" Yes father, see you later " Wallace smiled at his father before saying farewell to Akira
Akira nods with a smile and watches them leave the garden until they left then he keeps walking until he arrived at a door where they were 2 maids on both sides of the door
The maids saw him and they acted very nervous, one of them even turned red
" S-Sir A-Akira you came to see Lady Kaori again? " The maid with the red face spoke with a timid voice
Akira smiles at them and said " Yes, she came out from her room? "
The other maid makes a serious face and says " She still didn't come out, but at least she is eating more than before, I'm sure that she will be okay soon "
Akira nods with a sad smile " I hope you are right, can you let me try to speak with her, alone? "
" As you wish, we will come back when you finish " The two maids nodded before they left the place
Akira waited until the two maids left, then he knocks on the door a few times, but he doesn't hear any response he tried a few times more before trying to open the door but the door was locked
Akira bowed his head and " *SIGH* " He began to speak to the door " Kaori, I know that you are scared, but don't worry, you don't have to do anything, you can stay here until I will accomplish our purpose, tomorrow I will go to the Locknar Empire to meet with the new Heroes, they will help me to kill that bastard..... well that's all I wanted to tell you, goodnight... Kaori "
Akira left and the maids come back, he entered the room next to Kaori's room, he went to the big bed there to sleep
The next morning, he was at the entrance of the castle with the Captain of the knights, ready to leave the kingdom. The Captain still wears his shiny light blue complete armor with a helmet, he was preparing the horses until Akira arrived near him
The Captain turns to see him with a smile and says " You are ready Sir Akira? only the two of us will go to the Locknar Empire "
Akira nods with a smile " Yes, let's leave now "
When they were about to ride their horses, a woman yelled to them " Wait!! " Akira and the Captain turn to see the woman who yelled and Akira's face brightens with happiness
" Kaori-san!! " Akira runs to hug Kaori and then kisses her, after a few seconds they separate
Kaori hides her face in Akira's chest and says in a soft voice " I'm sorry, Akira-Kun, I was scared but knowing that you were doing your best for me, I can't let you go alone "
Akira hugs Kaori tightly and he says with a big smile" Thank you, Kaori-san then let's go to meet the New Heroes "
Kaori sees him with a big smile as she says " Yes! " then they ride Akira's horse together
The Captain smiles at Kaori and says " Good to have you back Lady Kaori! " Kaori nods with a smile and they get up to the horses, Kaori sat behind Akira hugging him tightly
They left the castle to then leave the kingdom, and after a couple of days of traveling, they finally arrived at the Locknar Empire. The Locknar Empire is huge, it has a long stone wall with various watchtowers made with stone, each of the watchtowers has a couple of persons with bows, in the entrance, various carriages entering and leaving, and the entrance has a metallic gate and a wooden gate hanging above the entrance, 6 Knights are guarding the entrance, some are talking with the carriages that are leaving and entering the Empire
Kaori sees the long wall with amazement then she says " This place is bigger than the Ballack Kingdom! "
The Captain smiled at her saying " Of course it is, my lady, after all, is an Empire and not a Kingdom "
" Let's go, Captain, let's not waste time " Akira said with a smile and they rode their horses to the entrance where they were stopped by the knights, the captain showed them a piece of paper with the signature of the Emperor and they let them enter immediately
They rode with a knight escorting them to the castle, there is a lot of people on the street, various carriages, and buildings but the most impressive thing was the castle that doubles the size of the castle of Ballack, from the distance they saw a few Wyverns flying around the castle, Kaori and Akira have very surprised looks seeing the castle, the Captain saw them and he makes a wry smile, after 15 minutes they arrived at the castle
The castle was surrounded by a tall concrete wall, the castle only has one entrance that is a wide metallic gate, two men were wearing golden armor without helmets, one is a middle-aged man with blond hair and green eyes, he makes a smile when he saw them arrive, the other one is a young man with short black hair and golden eyes he is quite handsome but he has a fierce expression
The captain gets down from his horse and he walked to the entrance, with Akira and Kaori following him from behind
The Captain bows a little and says " Nice to meet you, I'm Roderick Pierce, Captain of the Knights of the Ballack Kingdom "
The blond middle-aged man bows too and says with a smile " Hello, I'm Kendall Malart, Commander of the knights of the Locknar Empire " Then he points at the young man with a fierce expression " This is Allen Garnett, the best warrior of the Locknar Empire, he is in charge of the Heroes training " The young man named Allen nods and Kendall sees behind the captain with a smile " I suppose, that they are the Heroes "
Akira walked beside the Captain and says " Hello, I'm Akira and she is Kaori " He points at Kaori who was a little behind him
Kaori nods with red cheeks seeing Allen but Akira didn't notice that. Allen speaks with a calm face " Where is the third Hero? don't tell me that the Ballack kingdom failed to summon a third Heroe? "
The Captain, Akira, and Kaori tensed when they hear him, Kaori even went pale remembering what happened after Maya betray
Akira smiled wryly and said, " She was seriously injured, so she can't fight anymore."
Allen narrows his eyes but then he says with a nonchalant face " That's a shame, I really would like to see the 9 Heroes together "
Kendall makes a disappointed face as he says " Me too, maybe we can send a powerful Light Mage to cure her "
Akira shakes his head as he says " T-That won't be necessary, she lost all her will to fight after she was wounded "
Kendall raises his eyebrows with surprise then he smiles " Hmm... then we will do this with 8 Heroes "
" Yes, please let us meet the rest of the Heroes " The Captain responded in a hurried voice
Kendall smiled widely and he says " Come with me, the Emperors are with them right now, Allen has been training them for a couple of days and I can say that their progress is outstanding "
" I see " Akira makes a curious smile and they entered the castle grounds then Allen guides them to the left side of the castle, there was a training ground where two old men were watching 3 young women and 3 young men fighting against each other. The old men resemble each other with a few differences here and there, one is a little taller than the other one, and the small one has a short white beard with short white hair he looks a little more skinny than the tall one. The tall one has a strong build he is bald but he has a long white beard. Both of them wear complete golden armor with the difference that the tall old man's armor has a few touches of red on her shoulders and chest and the small old man has blue ones
Allen bows a little and says with a humble voice " My lords, the Heroes of Ballack are here "
The two old men turn to see them and the small old man says with a smile" Oh! Finally, but why are only two? " he asked with doubt
Kendall bowed and responds " My lord, it seems that the last one lost her will to fight, so she didn't come"
The tall old man makes an angered face and says " Hmph, what a pathetic Hero she is "
The small old man sees him with a smile and says " Don't be like that Gunnar, they are chosen by God, maybe she can fight again someday "
The old man named Gunnar nods as he says " Hmm, that's true, I apologize about my previous behavior "
Akira shakes his head as he says " You don't have to do that Emperor! We are ashamed of her behavior too " He can't hide the coldness in his voice
Allen saw Akira from the corner of his eye and he frowns just like before
Kendall smiles and says " You can go meet the other Heroes, and explain to them what they can expect from the enemy of God "
Akira nods and walks to the training grounds with Kaori behind him, the other Heroes already stopped fighting and they saw them with curious looks
Akira approaches them first and says with a smile " Hello, I'm Akira Takishima and she is Kaori Saeki we are the Heroes of the Ballack Kingdom " He points at Kaori behind him, who is smiling
A young man walks in front of the other 5 Heroes. He has a very heroic look, he has short black spiky hair and black eyes, he has a very strong body and wears a thin white armor that protects his knees arms, and chest, and he has a silver long sword on his left hand. He smiled at Akira and says " My name is Sorai Murata, I'm a Hero of the Zypher Empire, as you two can see, those two came from the same Empire as I came, these three ladies are from this Empire " He points behind him
Then, a tall handsome young man with a calm face walked next to Sorai, he had short black hair with some bangs of hair that reach his glasses that he accommodating with his right hand, he has dark blue eyes and he wears black armor with the same style than Sorai but he has a long red spear on his left hand " Hello, I'm Rai Tanimoto, Sorai-san forgot to say that he, Daisuke-san and I came from the same school, we arrived here when we are walking to the school, we are classmates "
" Haha, yes, he forgets a few things now and then, by the way, I'm Daisuke Nishikawa " A small young man with a girlish face, short brown hair, and brown eyes, he wears white leather armor with white Hood. All that he wears is white, even the longbow he has on his right arm
A tall tanned girl approaches them making a pout " Where are your manners boys, geez " She has an athletic body with black hair in a pixy cut, she has dark blue eyes and wears black armor that fits her very well, she has a black sword on her left hand. She turned to see Akira and Kaori with a wide smile " I'm Rieko Yuhara "
Behind Rieko the other two young women came and the tallest said with a beautiful smile " Hello I'm Remi Osaki " She is an attractive girl with short brown hair tied in a ponytail, she has golden eyes and white skin, she wears black leather armor with a white staff on her right hand, the staff has a small jewel on the tip that changes its color with the sunlight. Remi points at the small girl beside her as she says " She is Enri Kazetani she doesn't speak too much "
*NODS* " ... " Enri is a small cute girl with black hair in a bob cut, she has brown eyes and pale skin, she wears the same armor as Daisuke and has the same white longbow on her back
Akira nods with a smile " Nice to meet you all " Then he makes a very serious face and says " I want to go to the point, all of you know why are you here? "
Sorai grins and nods " Something about killing a dangerous man in this world, right? "
Rai turns to see him with a calm face saying " I think the term they used was the enemy of God "
Akira nods and says " So all of you are informed, then, I will tell you that I know who exactly is but maybe you won't believe me if I tell you "
Rieko makes a wry smile " Why? Is he some kind of freak? "
Akira shakes his head and says with a serious face " No, he is Sasuke Uchiha "
" What!? " The six of them made surprised faces and
" Ha..ha...hahaha! Are you crazy?! He is a fictional character, that's impossible " Daisuke began to laugh mockingly
" IT'S TRUE!! " Kaori yelled with anger surprising the 6 Heroes
" Okay, calm down, Do you have any proof at least? " Rai spoke with a very calm face
Akira bows his head and shakes his head " No, but we fought against him, he used his Chidori, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo against us, Kaori-san here, was attacked by his Tsukuyomi "
Sorai makes a serious face and says " Let's say what are you telling is true, tell me what type of Sasuke are we fighting "
" What do you mean? " Akira makes a face of doubt
Rieko grins and says " He is saying if he is the little Sasuke or he is the Sasuke with the Rinne-Sharingan "
Daisuke makes a surprised face " Wow, I'm surprised that a girl like you know him "
Remi makes a sweet smile as she says " Well, he is one of the hottest guys in anime, how can she not know him? "
*NODs* " ....he is handsome " Enri made a few nods with a little smile
Kaori bows her head in shame then Akira interrupts them with an annoyed voice " He is the Sasuke that was with Akatsuki "
Rai puts his right hand on his chin as he says " So he has the basic Mangekyou Sharingan, I see, then... you said that he used his Tsukuyomi and Susanoo, he must have damaged his eyes when he did that "
Sorai makes a concerned face " Yes, but that damage isn't enough to use it against him "
Rai nods to then says " We need to make a different approach, Sir Allen mentioned a unique technique for Heroes, but for that, we need more power "
Daisuke makes smile and says " Then we will use that, but I have been thinking... " Then he sees Akira and Kaori with doubt " Where is the other Hero, Akira-san? I suppose that you are three, right?
Akira and Kaori tensed a bit and Akira says " Well, she is... "
The Captain arrived near them interrupting the conversation and says " Have you done with your presentations? come with us the Emperor of the Zypher Empire wants to eat with you "
" Thanks for telling us Sir Roderick, then let's go " Akira nodded with a smile and they walked with the other Heroes with the Emperor of the Zypher Empire towards the castle leaving the Emperor of the Locknar Empire and Knight Allen behind
" Why isn't Sir Allen coming with us? " Asked Kaori looking behind her
Kendall sees her with a smile and says " He went to talk with Emperor Frederick, he will join us later " and they entered the castle
In the training grounds, Knight Allen and Emperor Frederick were talking alone
" So you suspect that they are lying? " Emperor Frederick said with a serious face
Allen nods and says " Yes my lord, the form that girl acted when Kendall mentioned the other Hero, told me that they are not telling us something "
Emperor Frederick makes a face of doubt " Why are they hiding that Hero? Heroes are the proof of the love of God towards us, is meaningless to do something like that "
Allen makes a serious face and says " My lord, I can investigate that, the Heroine showed some affection towards me, I can use that to know what they are hiding "
Emperor Frederick makes an angered face saying " What are you saying! is the same as spit in God's face, so you can forget that " Then he makes a small smile " Listen, if she showed affection towards you, you have to accept her, having a Heroine as a couple will make your father even more proud than he is now "
Allen bows his head and rolls his eyes with annoyance but he says " ...As you wish my lord "
Emperor Frederick nods with a smile " Now let's go with them " and they went to the castle
I'm sorry for the delay but my job doesn't let me write very often