Protectors of SOLDIER Honor. (Fate, Sonny, Closed)

[Angeal Hewley]

Angeal with this new lease on life finding no other outlets of anxiety spent most time sitting under a large well shaded tree. The Flugelian resting against his palm and his other hand waxing off the large blade, honor, valor, courage. All of these characteristics were what reflected in the image of the blade as it shone brightly with it's new wax job now done and causing the blade to appear almost as sharp as it was. A cool wafting breeze washed over Angeal and caused a slight bellow from the branches and leaves above him. SOLDIER, a name that held a particularly.... warm spot in his heart. The honor that he gained from going on missions and being known to the world as a ''hero'' stuck with him even today. The only problem with the young recruits and fighters today, is that they have no sense of skill, precision, or love for what they do.

Angeal rose to his feet dusting his pants and swinging the large sword over his back latching it into the harness that came set up with the blade itself. As the sword swung downward it created a small dust storm which floated upward and vanished. Honor, a word used to loosely among thieves and miscreants ironically. Perhaps Angeal's sense of honor was indeed what got him killed the first time, in telling Zack that he was in essence his living legacy. How anxious Angeal was to reinvent honor and change the entire face of those who looked down on SOLDIER as killers and such.

[Sonuske Asama]

Sonuske had just woken up from his nice long nap under a tree, feeling well rested and energized. He stood up, stretching his arms towards the skies and yawning. He scratched the back of his head, looking around. Where had Fate wandered off to? Oh well, he'd find him soon enough, right now he wanted to get a better layout of where he was exactly. He stretched his back, then standing back up straight he placed his hands into his pockets and started out on his way.

While he was walking, he saw the guy he had met in that bar not too long ago standing under a tree, holding a pretty large blade. For some reason he wasn't surprised the guy was a swordsman, he fit the bill perfectly. He didn't know why, but he felt compelled to talk to the guy, as if being guided by fate or some unknown divine intervention. "Hey, enjoying a relaxing day under the shade of a tree as well?" It wasn't much of a conversation starter, but it was the best he could come up with after just waking up.

[Fate Lingod]

Fate Lingod had been 'training' all day. Well, training was too strong off a word for what he was doing. He was laying down, staring upward, as he balanced his blades on each of his index fingers. It was something he did to waste the time. He had to say that this world wasn't near as beautiful as the one he was born in. It had more of a morbid feel to it and he had yet to seen any ocean or body of water. It made him wonder if the other worlds were just like this one. Hey, maybe this isn't a different world than ours... I'm listening... Maybe it's like a future of our world or like an alternate version... Ya know? I get what you're saying, but I don't think it's like that.

He figured he would go find Sonuske right about now. Fate knew he would be lost without him. Fate tossed his sword revolvers up and jumped to his feet just in time to snatch the blade by their hilts. He let his arms fall down to his side as he walked, dragging the blades' point against the ground. "Talking to strangers Sonny?" Fate laughed, "You aren't accepting any candy from him, are you?" Fate stopped beside Sonuske, looking the other guy up and down. It was the dude with the cool sideburns! That's a really big sword... Betcha he keeps his turtle necks in their. Betcha you won't shut the hell up!

"Hey, uh, you from the bar, right?" He asked, "...Train us sir!" Yeah, Fate just came out and said it. He was sure this guy had to be pretty strong. He was carrying around a huge sword and he was by himself. That screamed 'badass.'

[Angeal Hewley]

Angeal didn't spare the young man who had just come up a second glance. Instead he turned his head away as the thought of sharing his shade with someone else truly irked him to the core. "Yes, and until about two seconds ago I was enjoying the silence that came along with this tree", Angeal said hinting that he wanted Sonuske to shut up. Angeal spoke with a mellowed tone before getting up and stretching out his limbs. Then came a second voice, one that seemed to be in a joking mood, Angeal had never been much of a jokester, not even in his days as a second, or third class SOLDIER, which weren't many. Then he spoke of something that Angeal hadn't done since Zack. Training? Of course this would be his chance to instill his definition of Honor in a pair of what seemed to be warriors.


"Train you? And what quality of warrior are you two in the first place? You think that. large threatening sword makes your trainable?", Angeal asked them both as he began to smirk. "Why do you believe you deserve my guidance?", he asked, no matter how hard Angeal trained them, if they had no true reason for wanting to become strong then he was setting them on a path to self destruction and power lust. Angeal had seen too many of his SOLDIER comrades fall prey to their own hunger for more than they needed.
(I DID THIS POST FROM MY PHONE SON!!!!! )

[Sonuske Asama]

Sonuske raised an eyebrow at the guy. Apparently he had a pretty jacked up attitude. Looks like fate was wrong today, he wasn't supposed to talk to this guy. Without saying anything else, Sonuske turned to leave, only to be met by his partner in crime, Fate suddenly standing next to him. "Shut up, I was just leaving." He said once more turning to leave.

He stopped in his tracks when he heard Fate's request. Not to mention the fact that he said 'us' instead of 'him'. He always had to rope him in when he did stupid stuff! He turned back around at the guy's questionairre. He didn't really have an answer for any of those questions. Probably because he wasn't trying to answer the questions. He turned to Fate to let him answer, since this was his idea, he'd have the honor of playing 20 questions.

[Fate Lingod]

Well, Fate didn't like the fact that this guy had caught an attitude with his buddy. No one could do that except Fate and that was rare. So there was no reason for Fate to answer the man's question. "Forget it. We were just leaving." If Sonuske didn't like him then Fate didn't like him. Simple as that. He did his signature two finger salute to the guy and walked off.

"I heard they have a cool gaming like place in this world," Fate said to Sonuske, "Uh... Gold Sauce or something like that. Weird name, right?" Hey, they might as well explored this world while they were here, right.

[Angeal Hewley]

Angeal really had to work on his people skills, those were his two chances of rebuilding the definition of Honor. ''Hey, I apologize for my angered retort to you young one'', he said, this statement directed towards Sonuske. ''As for the questions, those were meant to be as rude and as harsh as possible'', he said folding his arms and raising to his feet and motioning them to come back. ''Then again you can never expect an enemy to be kind and respectful can you'', he said grabbing his blade and swinging it over his shoulder and latching it to his back. ''Training isn't gonna be a walk in the park'', he finished.

''You must understand, one such as myself isn't too proned to having people sneaking up on him, you should be lucky your friend's neck isn't in pieces by now'', he said chuckling to himself and softly beginning to whistle.

[Sonuske Asama]

Sonuske looked at Fate as he followed him, bringing a smile to his face. He could always count on Fate, no matter what it was he knew that Lingod had his back. That fact was actually pretty reassuring, although Fate had his stupid moments. "Gold Sauce? How you find these places?" He asked stifling a laugh.

He stopped as he heard the man apologize. He turned back around and approached him once more. He crossed his arms over his chest, he seemed sincere enough. And the fact that he even went so far to explain his reasoning behind everything, he must've been waiting for pupils to show up so he could train them. He glanced at Fate, remembering how excited he looked when he first asked the man to train them. If Fate really wanted to, Sonuske would endure the hard work known as training. "Alright. We're ready to train then. The sooner the better." He stated simply with a disinterested expression on his face.

[Fate Lingod]

"The same way I found you," He laughed, "Gave you one candy bar and you mistaken that as friendship." But they were bros so they had to have each other. That was like bro code number one. As the guy with the wicked sideburn apologize Fate waited to see what Sonuske was gonna say. So this the part where we do that wax on, wax off stuff? Uh, sure. Anything to shut you up.


"Alright! Training! Do we get to stand on rocks in a waterfall?" Fate said jokingly, "Fight our inner demons?" All jokes aside, Fate wanted to get stronger. He had to be if he wanted to be remembered for something. He knew he had the potential, he just needed the proper training.

[Angeal Hewley]

Angeal looked at the young one who approached him, he was sort of small, and fragile looking, but wasn't Zack when he began. ''Alright, what's your name young one?'', he asked turning his head looking around Sonuske's back checking for a sword or any type of weapon that Angeal could teach him to be more proficient with, but as he finished his sweep over Sonuske, he found nothing. ''Where the hell is your weapon? I can't teach you to use something you don't have young one'', he said. Maybe this kid was a martial artist, which was fine, because Angeal himself was proficient in the hand to hand skills as well. Angeal chuckled as he realized how far this kid had to come to be able to do whatever it was he wanted to do with this training.

''So, you never answered my question. What are you planning to use this training for? Revenge, to become stronger just like every other smuck around here who asks me to train them'', he jumped back to the beginning of their conversation. ''Waterfalls? Uh, Sure if you call running for you lives a waterfall'', Angeal said and in the blink of an eye, he was behind Fate and had his arms folded. ''First off, did you feel me in my movement just then? Did you see me?'', Angeal asked closing his eyes and waiting for a response.

[Sonuske Asama]

"Funny, I seem to recall you hitting me in the face with a basketball, me telling you to get lost, and you took it as an invitation to start a conversation." Sonuske corrected with a chuckle. Though at the time he found Fate annoying, and he still did at times, he was kinda glad he had that annoying tendecy. Otherwise, they probably wouldn't be friends.

He turned to Angeal again. "I'm Sonuske Asama, and I don't own a blade. I do have a pair of nunchaku, but I don't use 'em that often. I fight using the shadows." He explained, placing his hands in his pockets. He figured that this would need further explanation, but he'd wait till he was asked about it before demonstrating his skills. "I'm not out for revenge, or to grow stronger fo powers sake. I want to further my abilities so I can better protect myself and others." He answered truthfully.

He watched as Angeal basically teleported behind Fate, his eyes widening in shock. 'Whoa... He's fast...' He thought silently. Maybe this guy would be able to help them get stronger. Getting faster was a definite though.

[Fate Lingod]

"I clearly remember you asking me to take you to some dance," Fate shrugged, "I said no. But since i'm a nice guy I took you in as a friend." He turned his attention back to Angeal as he spoke. "Fate Lingod," He answered, "Mother was a saint sir." The last part was a joke. Fate laughed as Angeal got onto Sonuske for not having his weapon with him.

Daniel-San got in trouble.... Daniel-San? What do you be talking about? I.... Don't know. I just say random stuff that's on our mind.

At Angeal's next question, which he asked earlier, Fate just froze. Sonuske had a great answer. He rubbed the back of his head, nevously. Of course Fate wanted to get stronger for the same reasons Sonuske had said, but there was much more. He was afraid that his reason was stupid, maybe even selfish. "I--I want people to be able to count on me. I don't want to be remembered as that idiot who did stupid things to draw away from the fact that he's weak. I don't want to live with this fear anymore."

He placed his hands behind his head, knowing that he was going to hear it now. He wasn't as shocked as Sonuske when Angeal seemed to had disappeared and reappeared behind him. He turned around and folded his arms across his chest. "Fast, but being fast could also be a weakness depending on your opponent," Fate said.

[Angeal Hewley]

''You miss the point of me doing that, speed against ANY enemy kills, not only speed in action, but speed in mind'', he said as he did not turn to Fate but felt it necessary to explain. ''If you do meet one of those opponents that speed isn't effective against, then how fast can you think of a way to defeat them'', he said finally turning to them. He had to shed these two of any one dimensional thinking they might've been in possession of. ''Everything, every word spoken, every thought processed, and every breathe taken is natural to you , yes? I want you to think outside of the box just as naturally'', he said walking over to the shade of a nearby tree and directing the two to do the same with two other trees with the same amount of shade or greater.

Angeal formulated a sufficient way to make these two get creative in their own individual fields of combat. ''Knock those two trees down without using your weapons, any tools, your hands or your feet'', he commanded but the hardest part had not been disclosed to them yet. ''And do it in under 10 minutes or you will do the rest of these trees in the area'', he said sitting down Indian style.

He chuckled as he looked to the horizon and saw the sun going down, this meant the task would be harder because monsters that called this area home at night would not appreciate the trees being knocked down. ''Hurry before the critters come out Hahaha'', he said laughing and clapping his hands together to make them move it.

[Sonuske Asama]

Sonuske listened to Angeal speak, starting to grow uninterested in what he was saying. This sounded like the usual crap a sensei would say to his students. It reminded him of his last mentor, Shizuma. Which was somewhat of a good thing, atleast right now it was. He walked over to the tree as instructed, feeling at ease within the shadows it's branches provided.

At first he thought Angeal's request was absurd, but didn't voice his opinion. He instead quickly thought of a way to do what was asked while staying inside his constraints, for the most part anyway. He formed his hands into a sign, his left hand completely covering his extended right index and middle finger. He shadow stretched over to Fate's and conjoined the two. "Sorry buddy, I need to use your body for a minute." He said with a grin.

He reached back, grabbing the hilt of an invisible sword, making Fate grab his actual sword and brandishing it. He ran to the left, making Fate run after him. After bringing Fate to the spot Sonuske was in moments before, he swung his empty hands, making Fate use one of his sword revolvers to chop the tree in half. He then released his technique, freeing Fate, and looked over to Angeal. "How's that? I didn't use a weapon, he did."

[Fate Lingod]

Speed in mind? What the hell was that suppose to mean? Yeah, Fate understood that he had to think quick in combat. It was obvious. This was something you needed against highly ranked opponents. "Basically think fast and smart?" Besides this, Fate had recieved training other than this. He was proficient in swordmanship and martial arts. Now, he wouldn't say he was the best, but he wasn't a push over. But that's why he had his partner.

What Fate lacked Sonuske made up for. Apart they were unbelievable, but together they were unstoppable (Yeah, I went there ^_^). But this was about them each getting stronger. They may be a time where the other isn't around to provide help. "You want us to knock down a tree... Without any tools... Weapons... or our hands..." Fate looked at Angeal, ".... 'Kay. That doesn't seem to hard..." Well, this was going to be a walk in the park. Fate's eyes turned from purple to crimson as he was getting ready to take don't his tree, but then Sonuske said something. Something that Fate hated. "Chill out man! Use Mr. Angeal or something."

But it was too late. Sonuske had already used him. He gave Sonuske a blank stare before place his blade back in its sheath. "... Remind me to beat the hell out of you later..." He kept staring at Sonuske with that evil look as he held his hand up at one of the tree. A crimson lightning bolt jumped from his hand and too the tree, causing it to explode. The pieces from the tree catching fire. "Too much?"