After two months our protagonists had come back to the S.S' only dock area, back to the start.
"Man, I still can't believe they would do that... that's what reputation does to people... damn.." Tommy started, visibly tired, slouched a bit with his hands in his yellow hoodies pockets.
"Argh, this was a mission, not a touring opportunity, so why did you even want to get these new clothes?" Michael asked, wearing said new clothes, satchel on hand; most likely carrying his old jacket.
"What?, you said that we had enough funds to last an average life time from that one town... just a few clothes wouldn't hurt! And besides, your old jacket got ripped apart from wrestling that bear, right?" Tommy said, as the reason why he was slightly bent down was due to the sheer amount of clothes he'd gotten.
Michael just ignored that last line
But to make his day worse, Tommy just had to pick the clothes color as ALL yellow or some discount relative of the blasted color.
'Thank god he only got me this red shirt' Michael thought, while thanking what ever deity had saved his back from carrying the luggage AND clothes, unlike Tommy.
Then again, Tommy had volunteered, saying it was the least he could do for getting that bear on their tail in the first place.
"So... you wanna see what else I got?" Tommy asked suddenly.
Usually Michael would go all emo and stuff, but this was a rare moment-
"Alright, show me" Michael said with unwell kept curiosity.
Tommy rambled on and on and on about his souvenirs, a guitar he called the hueklululi or something funny like that, the documents to some S.E.D Foundation for their favourite professor at home and some kind of se-
"Wait, hold up, some documents on the S.E.D Foundation? Like foundation with a captial 'F'?" Michael asked, with a scowl, stopping Tommy to confirm.
"Well, yeah, what's with that look though? They tortured you or something?" He didn't know how much right or wrong he'd be to say that.
"I won't tell you that, it was traumatizing, but granny principal had said something along the lines of-"
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On the ship (15 hours later)
Michael was currently lazing qbout at the front of the ship, enjoying the sun, or 'tanning' as they called it, but he wasn't tanning.
He was letting the black goop/sludge absorb all the energy from his surroundings to help stockpile enough energy to heal from fatal wounds.
"Do you think Maria will like this ukilleleli?" Tommy suddenly said, while holding the 'ukulele'.
"Look, first of all, its ukulele, not ukilllelei or whatever you just said, and second of all; I think she'd even take the worst rock as a present from you without complaining" Michael said without opening his eyes, just laying about on the blue lounging chair.
"I know, but it's not like I should take advantage from that" Tommy said wisely, and even though Michael's eyes were shut; he knew Tommy was either grinning or smiling.
It was his default setting after all.
"You know, for a ninja, you're one honourable than me... and my moniker is literally as a knight" Michael said with a small smile.
"I know" Tommy said, in one of the rare instances where he'd agreed with Michael wholesome-ly.
"So do you think professor camero-"
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At the Continent of
Retere
Michael had just been dropped of from that damn ship, where Tommy wouldn't stop bragging about how many hot dogs he could eat, or how much he hated not having enough toilet paper, or complaining about the jets in the toilets.
He didnt even want to hear about the singing toilets Tommy had been talking about.
All in all, it was good to be home, the city of Retere [pronounced Re=ray, tere=tare] he still didn't know why everyone called it re tear.
"First stop's first, the academy" you know the drill.
"Yup.. I hope we don't cross paths with that bastards Kallen yet though" michael mumbled while walking towards the giant for story building easily seen from almost all sides of the city.
Funfact: Michael doesn't like walking.
"Isn't there any faster way to get there?" Even Tommy agreed with Michael on that one.
"Well, we could run to there.. last one there's a Ningungian!" Michael called out after jumping high up to run on the roof tops.
"Oh now you're on!" Tommy yelled out as he too followed Michael from the rooftops.
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A young child of around about the height of an average thirteen year old was sitting in the principals chair, doing paperwork, her grey-ish-white hair blowing a bit due to the wind from the near by window.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
"Come in" the child called out, her voice that of a normal young girls voice.
All of this would be fine and dandy..
"Oh its you two.. come on in! How was that mission of yours? And Tommy? Did you get me a souvenir or two?" The 'child' asked, almost exactly how a child would say it all.
If not for the fact that..
"Yup! Got you some papers on some S.E.D Foundation! That's Foundation with a capital 'F'!" Tommy said as he started to grab the papers.
"But first the mission, right Tommy?" She said, not asked.
This 'child'..
"Yup!, tell her Michael!" Tommy said to Michael, acting unlike his age of seventeen and a few months.
Was in fact..
"Alright, you old loli" at that she just yelled out a "hey!"
"We completed the mission not just is army's fedrora U.A.F free, but three other states that I don't want to talk about have the same status" Michael finished.
"And..." she asked
"Argh.. mission accomplished, Miss. Principal...granny" Michael said chuckling at the end.
That this girl was infact the principal!
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"Woah! So just by saying that you're you, they abandoned every town you went to?! That's so lowkey cool!" The silver/grey/white haired loli principal said in admiration, grinning while listening to Tommy's dramatic retelling of their adventures in ST. Marie.
"Yup, Michael here's got a scary reputation, doesn't he?" Tommy said grinning at Michael while said being just thought-
'Am I sure these two devils aren't related... no no.. ones an idiot, the others a super old idiot'
The principal stopped grining and took on a more serious demeanor, putting her hands together.
"You'll be rewarded properly after tommorow, and Michael?"
"Yes?" He replied, instantly serious aswell.
"The council has requested you be present at noon at their head quarters" she said while Michael just gulped.
"What do they want with me?"
"They said something about the S.E.D, do come here after you meet up with them"
After that; the two young adults started walking out to leave.
"Oh yeah" Michael suddenly started.
"Can you clear out my name, you know, from the spy registry or what ever it is? I kind of got into trouble at camp Voldergarb at ST. Marie.." with that they'd left, not too late to hear the-
"God, you make my day too much troublesome"
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Michael used to have a crush on his blonde best friend, Maria.. it was heart breaking for him to realise that she had a crush on Tommy, his other best friend.
After a few years of living in denial he accepted it, before he was shipped off to ST. Marie, where he made his debut.
Ofcourse it was still somewhat sad for Michael to see how she acted in front of him, but he just kept it to himself.
Then they found her.
Long blonde hair, deep blue eyes, and a face that'd mame anyone infatuated with her and call her an angel at least.
Was what his previous description would have been, now, she was just his bestfriend.
"Oh.. h-hi T-Tommy!" She stuttered.. god that was annoying.. and to think even he used to be like that, Michael just shivered at the thought.
"Yo! Maria look what I got for you! A ukilleliue!" Tommy said, butchering the pronounciation even worse than last time.
"It's ukulele, not 'u kill me alot'" Michael said jokingly.
At least Maria didn't hit him like some pink haired-
'Don't even want to know where that came from'
"Can we please just hurry? I have an important meeting with the council at noon, and it's almost noon" Michael asked annoyed at having to look at her fawning over Tommy, stuttering and blushing all the way.
"Alright alright!, we'll hang out later kay?" Tommy said smoothly to Maria before leaving
While walking to the bunker site Tommy suddenly stopped.
"Look Michael, I know your feelings for her.. and I don't want to go for that whole 'rivals for love' bullcrap that most people go for, and to tell you the truth I'm-" Tommy started but was unable to finish.
"Can we have this talk later, he's here"
Michael cut him off to let him be aware of their silent watcher.
"Hn.. looks like you've gotten more aware of your surroundings, atleast more than Tommy" a young man about the size of Michael, if not, a bit bigger
appeared, proving to Tommy what Michael said.
"Kallen? So you're his escort or something right?" Tommy asked as he backed away.
Kallen just smiled at Tommy, and scowled at Michael.
"I've been looking for you, for the past thirty minites, you're late, you know."
"I know, I know, now lets get going, don't want those old bastards to die from jerking of to their fanfics of imprisoning me " Michael replied while walking along with Kallen, leaving behind Tommy to do what Tommy usually does.
"Hn.. if I were any other 'soldier' I'd report to you badmouthing the council.. but then again, I'm me and you're yourself.." kallen said, as Michael smiled.
Kallen, of the immortal dhornii jellyfish
And of course, he himself
Michael Ohara, of the Red Emperor Dragon.
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Once they had arrived at the chamber filled with the council's count less old people who run the show from here.
But a few people caught Michael's eyes
Biffrey C. Mendez, he still didn't know what the C. Stands for.. but it felt strangely familiar.
Kane, the enigmatic leader of NOD
And-
Wait
No, 'Kane', called Kane becuase he walks around with a cane despite his young age,
Otherwise known as Anton Petrov; the enigmatic and charismatic figurehead of the council, right hand man to Biffrey; the real leader of the S.S
And, this time without any interuption,
Miss. Cranbelle, some old schmuck that wants Michael dead or atleast rotting in a jailcell, controlled and prisoned.
All three of them scowled at Michael, so he did what was natural
He scowled back.
That got them off his figurative tail
"Subject: Michael Ohara, Beast holder of the Red Emperor Dragon, Cromson knight of ST. Marie, you have been presented here to discuss about what enhancements that you had undergone in the S.E.D Foundation lab you had reported to being missing in" the old witch stated.
Michael raised an eyebrow at this.
"What do you mean specifically by enhancements?" He asked
"As in, your infamous blue eyes mode that you have dubbed 'code:0" and the black goo that heals you, we wish to report them into R&D, and if be,see if we can take out your eyes-" she said greedily before Michael just said.
"Firstly, no, secondly, my code:0 isn't an enhancement by the S.E.D, it's been here with me since I can remember, and lastly, I will not be complicit with your demands"
Kallen meanwhile smirked, leaning against a wall, watching the whole ordeal.
"Why you! You'd netter watch who you're talking to in that manner, do you know who I AM?!" The old witch yelled out, which made kallen chuckle a bit.
"Yup, I know exactly who you are Miss. Cranbelle.. the question is.. do YOU know.. who I AM?" Michael mocked while red-ish bkack-ish armour pieces started appearing on his body
"You should watch who you order around, and especially not me, for if you all do not know-"
The next second he had his sword out, fliping it out like a butter knife, he pointed it at the three people that made his life miserable day by day.
The whole room was getting colder by the minute.
Some of the council members were calling for Michael's arrest.
They couldn't do anything since they asked for it though.
"I am Michael Ohara, holder of The Great R.E.D, Lalazhard, and if it may be, I can remind always you why it's said to topple all the others in power"
At that, he turned to leave, and to see Kallen grinning.
"Come back here Mi-" some tried to stop him but just his glare and next few words shut them all up.
"Might I remind you that I CAN at WILL destroy grander armies than you can possibly muster? And you wouldn't want your 'nuke' to be in the wrong hands or against you.. now would you?"
For he had just began to show he's not their lap dog, he's Michael Ohara
The son of Okami Ohara.