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Chapter One:

The Betrayal:

The same as chess every war ends with a checkmate, either a squad win or lose, there is no between. Battlegrounds are feasts prepared for death, where blood is its wine. Cries of battle could be heard from both sides as they get ready to clash, echoing over and over again toning a sorrowful song under the cadence of gunshots and blasting bombs.

Shielding by a mere tree that unexpectedly stood against a meadow of gun shots, May breathed heavily inhaling air filled with the odor of fresh blood, gun powder and soil then exhaling a hot one. She hugged her gun closer to her chest, allowing herself to be soaked in the warmth of the black weapon.

May peeked stealthily inspecting the battleground but saw nothing other than the smoke from the last explosion hovering in the space between the two armies and hindering her vision as well as theirs. One could be either stupid or brave to make a move in that foggy blinding atmosphere, a move could result in death or gaining more advantage.

She heard a couple of shots aiming blindly followed by utter silence then swung her face to both directions searching for her squad, once two of them entered her line of vision and locked eyes with her, she silently ordered them to move forward using known gestures. May didn't bother informing the rest of her team knowing that the two soldiers will pass them the message and without further delay, she took a deep breath instantly leaving her hiding spot.

Was she a fool or too courageous? The captain female honestly didn't know the answer, however, what she was certain of is that death never frightened her. Hell, she enlisted in army seeking it. Cutting her vein or shooting herself would have been quicker but she believes that taking her own life would surely be a pathetic end to her miserable existing, an end was foreseen by many and she didn't want to live and die to their expectations.

-"You'll live like a starry dog and die like one bitch,"- The hateful words barked into the oblivion of her mind, endlessly echoing and causing her to groan.

Yes, sooner or later she will die. Eventually, everyone will do.

But this way, fighting men among strong men for the sake of protecting her country, assuring the future of children, defending women, this way she won't die like a starry dog but as a proud fighter.

As for her companion's reasons, few had the pure conscience of defending their country out of national love. The rest their motives differ like some didn't find a better job or were under the pressure of financial problems, and the evilest were there to satisfy their blood-lust and they never tried to hide it but she couldn't bring herself to judge anyone since she herself was there out of a selfish reason.

May entered the fog first, her silver stormy eyes were futile and she could depend on nothing other than her ears as she carefully chose her steps, making sure the surprise element would be to her advantage.

She closed her eyes rooting in her spot for seconds, taking in the sounds around her and the trice she heard a branch cracks under someone's foot, May swiftly laid on the ground then grabbed a dagger from her pocket and waited.

One of the foe soldiers emerged, slowly moving while holding a rifle ready to attack. Unfortunately for him, he didn't cross his mind to scan the ground which was a common fault cost dabblers their lives. As soon as he walked past her by few inches, May rose cautiously then rapidly clasped her hand over his mouth and his muffled shout halted when the female's dagger sliced his jugular vein without a second thought. The man gasped twice in a failed attempt to breathe as hot blood poured out of his neck then collapsed, his full weight dropping into the hands of his killer. The female unapologetically placed his soulless body on the ground then carried on her watchful motion.

If the bags filled with sand, scattered here and there, were any indication then she was directly heading toward the territory of the enemy and then she spotted her second victim. The soldier was crouching on the ground and frantically searching in his sack, most likely for bullets or bombs.

May raised a delicate brow 'That's not a smart move,' she thought with a scowl tracing her feature, and then she approached the fool man. Once her form stood towering over him, she whistled.

The young man froze in his spot, his eyes wide-opened behind his rounded glasses. He slowly raised his head then gulped thickly as his mouth went dry and sweat started raining down his forehead, he knew he was done for but still turned around hoping it was only another sick joke of his friends just to be hit mercilessly by the back of a rifle to the crack of his neck which immediately dropped him unconscious.

May stared at the man's motionless body then shook her head disapprovingly, ignoring the fact that she uses each and every bullet wisely, he appeared like one of the people who got themselves forced in this shit so she spared his life though what's waiting for him in prison may possibly be worse than death itself but there is still a tiny chance he might live to tell a tale.

She wished him luck hopping over his falling body to continue her quest, however, her trip ended sooner than intended when she felt a cold metal pressing against the back of her head then a raspy voice broke the intense silence "My, my…What do we have here!" He said chewing on a tiny wooden stick without bothering to mask the apparent glee in his tone, he wasn't even a little bit concerned about his friend or angry for his sake.

May huffed, crinkling her nose. The fact that this person behind her has just used his comrade as bait sickened her greatly. Sacrificing others to gain all the glory at the end is low, an act of cowards.

The sounds of multiple footsteps heading their way triggered adrenaline in her veins, she spans fast smacking the rifle away. The middle-aged man cursed pulling the trigger and shooting a bullet in emptiness, he crushed the stick with his teeth as he fought to keep his balance but the female didn't give him time. She stabbed him dead right into his chest, her stormy gray eyes locked with his wide-opened green ones as he gagged while blood leaked out of his mouth "Next time you catch an enemy kill him immediately," she reprimanded, then pulled out her dagger allowing his body to fall "Unfortunately there is no next time for you," she added in a matter-of-fact tone with a grimace marring her figure as she wiped her blood-stained hand on her uniform.

"DON'T MOVE!" Braked one of the three foe soldiers who emerged from behind her, they watched her wryly while aiming their guns at her.

May didn't nudge from her place like she was told and stifling a sigh, she grudgingly glared at the dead man in front of her 'See what you have done?' She mused though she knew her three opponent won't kill considering she was a captain, a valuable sourced of information and a good reason for a prize if they caught her alive.

"PUT YOUR GUN DOWN AND HO-…" The command was immediately cut off by a blade that came out flying from the opposite side and sank right into the throat of the speaking man dropping him dead. From the deed, May recognized the culprit as one of the blood seekers in her team "Idiot!" She hissed the word quietly.

The second soldier followed suit when a bullet pierced his head granting him a painless quick death, taking advantage of the third one's frightened state, she kicked the rifle out of his hands then forcefully arrowed her own at his stomach sending him to a temporary slumber.

"Why do you always spoil my fun?" A dark haired man grumbled with a touch of faked saddened soaking his tone. May intensely watched him as he sluggishly moved closer to the corpses, he whipped his blade out of the gullet of the dead solider then licked its tip, sincerely, it was the most grossing scene the female had witnessed today but she didn't let her stiff expression waver since she have a strong feeling that he did it purposely because she was observing him.

"Soldier Hades!" She yelled, her eyes instantly sharpening into one of her razor glares.

Completely ignoring her threatening gazes, he chuckled licking his lips "Seriously, there is no need to thank me for saving your life," he said playfully bowing humbly which earned him a couple of stifled giggles from his companions.

May leisurely walked to him, her steps come to a soundless halt when the distance between them reduced to nothing but inches "Move your ass or I will cut your balls off," she venomously spat the words while emphasizing each one. The bastard wanted to play with her nerves but she won't eat the bait, she meant every word she said and he himself knew or rather saw more than he could count what she was capable of.

A second of utter silence passed before he lynched his hands in surrendering gesture "Yes ma'am," he muttered with a lazy tone.

The survivor soldiers gathered up and reported what happened in their ends, May gave her orders that mainly consisted of collecting the hostages, finding the injuries and patrolling the area just in case.

The opposite army withdrew for the time being, but May was sure that that wasn't the end of this war…At least not yet.

Andria, the female who was in charge of communication with the base hurried toward May holding the radio on her back. Seriously, May always thought that they had to do something about the oversized radio boxes. It's true the thing has a mechanism to secure the conversations between them and the base that was beyond her understanding but holding phones would be comfortable than that huge thing.

The pal female handed the receiver to her captain with a horror struck expression, which means bad news and so May took it swiftly considering the issue's urgency "The eight squad's captain is speaking," she stated her post then waited until the screeching annoying sounds cleared and a male answered.

"Here is your next order from the minister himself, execute all the people in the northern castle…" May let the words sink in for a moment then a frown traced her feature as she glares at the receiver in her hand. Why would the minister give that order? Often it was the Admiral and wait! Just what the hell they mean by people? Wasn't 'foe army' or 'enemy' are a suitable nouns?

Though her answer for the unvoiced question didn't come from the worn out device she held but from a terrified hostage who was lead to the car heading to the base and picked up what have been said "You can't…they are civilians," he shouted, looking at her with pleading eyes.

His escort snapped kicking him to move "Shut the fuck up and move."

She emptily ogled the vulnerable soldier getting dragged while begging to spare the lives of whoever was in the castle then the device buzzed, the steady emotionless voice harshly pulled May to reality "…I repeat execute all the people in the northern castle NOW."

"Got it, Sir," she hurriedly answered shoving the thing into the hands of the woman in front of her then started moving to get information about their new mission.

She had and must trust her superiors no matter what since their orders is for the benefit of her country, May personally have no one waiting for her to return home, hell she have no home, to begin with but there were many families waiting for their victory.

The information she got about their mission were the location of the castle, its blueprint and the people who were assigned to go with her which was only her squad and then the constant insistence on their earlier command. 'Execute all the people' they said as if all of sudden the word 'Kill' refused to leave their heavenly throat so instead they used an elegant one 'Execute'.

And of course, under the shade of all of this, nothing helped May gets rid of her growing suspicion, in contrary, it got deeper. She saved her thought to herself since no one could be trusted there, not even her supposed 'friends' since almost all of them are psychopaths. May readied for the mission hoping to find enemies to kill and not civilians, the only way to clear her doubts was to see for herself.

They traveled the thick forest using a covered but wearisome unpaved road, despite the swelling irritation due to the wobbly movements of their cars and the damned insects biting them, no one complained. Their trip was done in complete silence if you didn't count the sound of the engines and the smacks when they attempt to kill the mosquitoes.

Hopefully, the tedious journey comes to a close when they reached their destination, a large white castle with brown roof and windows. It was quite simple but still somehow elegant, the black metallic entrance was guarded by two soldiers and from the fatigue, bored look on their faces, it was obvious they weren't expecting any visitors. May aimed her rifle and Hades did the same then they simultaneously fired ending the misery of the two then the female captain held her hand gesturing her companion to stand their ground, they waited for an alarm to turn on or for any sign that might mean this place was a trap but when nothing happened she beckoned to move.

The number of enemies they countered and killed was small, perhaps ten or twelve men which were odd and by the time they invaded the castle there was no more foe soldiers. The squad walked inside the residence while smiling broadly, spouting jokes in regard of their foe's foolishness or proudly talking about their easy win, except for May who was frowning. She led the group, her footsteps echoing in the idle residence 'Was it all for an empty castle?' as if answering her question an oblivious maid showed up with a tray in her hands which instantly fell when she the group reflexively aiming their guns at her.

The young female closed her watery eyes tight as her body trembled from fear, she wanted to beg for her life to be spared but what end up coming out of her quivering lips were only frail whimpers.

The team was waiting for the captain's orders and so May quietly signaled them to lower their guns, they traded baffled glances between themselves but then complied while shrugging since killing a maid wasn't the best of their interest.

Apart from Hades who licked his lips as he adjusts the aim of his rifle. Wave after wave of anger washed over May and she shoved the man's gun aside glaring daggers at him "Don't even think about it!" She hissed.

The soldier raised a brow overlooking her warning gazes. On top of ignoring her command, Hades dared to ask "Are you ignoring orders?"

Silver stormy eyes narrowed and a growl rumbled into the female captain's chest, she was reminded once again of her dark desire to sever this man's throat and make a barbecue out of him to the hungry dogs of the army, at least he would be of a noble use then. Though she pushed the tempting urge aside or maybe delayed it for now then confronted him, her orbs piercing his hollow hazel ones "Do you happen to know better than I do?" she inquired, he voice chillingly low.

The rest of the squad watched the two with distinct emotions that vary from amusement to indifference, some of them were impatiently waiting for the man to finally lose it and defy their female captain.

The silent intense fight was broke when Hades sighed lowering his gazes "I do not," he responded averting his eyes from the only female he willingly obeys, he find her interesting but she started annoying the shit out of him those days.

"Good!" She muttered, nodding with satisfaction writing all over her face then she shifted her attention to the others "Do not hurt the maids," She ordered with a stern expression that accepts no buts "take them hostages for the time been, got that?"

They all straightened, saluted shouting in unison "Yes Madam."

May divided her squad to five small groups so they could finish inspecting the house quickly, each duo began moving in the direction their captain ordered them to go and when everyone was gone "You…" she hastily grabbed Hades' ear "With me," she stated totally ignoring his peevish grumbles.

The pair wandered the hallways inspecting each room they came across, the silence was eerie but up until now not a single foe soldier showed up and so May's hunches about the whole situation were been verified.

After a while of the fruitless scan, they reached a large mahogany double door that screamed for attention. May and Hades traded a skeptical look before the blood lover hurled his hand to open the wooden obstacle. The female rolled her eyes since he was supposed to wait for her to act first or to order him, even so, she didn't stop him because of her forming headache and exhaust which was all thanks to him.

The instant the door opened, a female leaped on them like a caged leopard with a vase on her hands. She launched herself at the first person who comes in sight and that was Hades, however, her attack was futile seeing as the man easily dodged it and smacked her with the back of his rifle to the back of her head causing what was a battle cry to turn into moan of pain as the brunette clasped a hand to her bloody head.

"HEY!" May who watched the scene fold in front of her screamed furiously at her companion while glaring at him.

"The fuck?" Hades shouted a heatedly as she did with a frown tracing his feature when the captain didn't back up he gritted his teeth "I was defending myself!" He spat explaining himself while trying hard to look innocent but who was he kidding, they both knew that was a total lie and before they started another round of arguing a tender angelic voice cut them off.

"Mama," a small boy whimpered dashing to the embrace of the woman sitting on the ground. The kid has big blue eyes, the ocean within them pouring out in form of crystal-like droplets of tears and his white snowy skin harmonized with his blond curly hair.

"Why did you come out? Didn't I tell you to hide till they live?" Using her homeland language, the brunette chided her child with a terrified expression, a language that May happened to understand.

Hades scoffed clankingly moving his gun and attraction the brunette's attention "Well, well! If it wasn't for Ms. Pavilu…" he said with amusement and dark desire plainly showing on his face "Oh! And is that first prince?" He smirked when the mentioned woman tightly hugged her son as if burying him into her chest would be enough to protect him.

What Hades said rang bells in the head of his captain clarifying many things and unfortunately proving what she feared, the boy was the first and the last prince of the foe country which mean they will send a deathful blow if they were to 'Execute' him.

"What are you doing here?" May found herself dully asking with a deep scowl lacing her eyebrows. She seemed so calm but inside, he head was in turmoil.

The brunette turned toward the female soldier with a dizzying speed, her blue eyes were wide opened "You speak our language?" She inquired dumbly then her shock was replaced with comprehension and hope as she pleaded with watery orbs "Please help us…No! Just my son you can do whatever you like with me," upon hearing her words, the boy fidgets in her clutch protesting.

"I said what are you doing here?" May repeated pressing to get more information, she couldn't decide on her next move. Kill them with cold blood like she always does at battlefields or helps them while defying her superiors' orders and betraying her country?

The woman dropped her head answering "It's our hideout till my husband guards come for us, they were supposed to arrive long ago but they never shows up," and that explains the source of information May's superiors had fetched.

"Let's finish this quickly!" Hades get annoyed since he didn't understand a word had been said, he held up his gun aiming at the brunette then added with a husky tone licking his lower lips "It won't hurt I promise."

The sentence shook May awake from her stupor and she shivered at the image of killing a mother in front of her son. Yes, they were this kind of people. The orders of their superiors are finals and they are supposed to follow them without questioning them as the good pawns they are, what is expected of them was to not use their brains or hearts. Folks like Hades have merely found a way to actually enjoy it.

The sound of a gunshot echoed through the walls of the castle, announcing the news of a wasted bullet and soul.

The brunette bit her lower lips while embracing her son tightly and shoving his tiny trembling form against her so he wouldn't witness what have just happened.

Things occurred in a wink, May couldn't tell when she grabbed her pocket gun or when she shouted Hades but she did and now she was standing with her weapon raised toward the corpse of her companion.

Her breath was heavy as if she has run a mile, true May always threatened to kill the lout but still, it wasn't as pleasant as she deemed to be.

She took a deep breath in an attempt to regulate her quick heartbeats then turned to the pair in front her "Let's move before the others come!" She ordered already making up her mind.

The mother nodded her face up and down then picked up her son trailing May who all but dashed out of the room, running away from what she has done and moving before her squad comes.

"Miss, a jet would be waiting for us on the bridge, please come with us," The mother uttered with quivering lips and what met her words was a firm silent nod, she felt guilty for what the female was forced to do thanks to her and her son but no apology descended her throat since that man deserved what he got and she had feelings that May wouldn't like to hear a halfhearted words as well.

The female captain heard a couple of footsteps rushing in their way then she placed her index over her mouth signaling the mother to stay quiet and wait for her, the brunette stiffly nodded.

May peeked from a corner and saw that the first pair to arrive consisted of Andria and Brain. She heaved a sigh then approached them with her signature scowl, Brain opened his mouth most likely to ask about Hades but May gave him no time to be surprised let alone speak. The moment she reached the duo, she swiftly pulled her rifle and hit Brain dropping him unconscious.

She stood panting with Andria's gun aimed at her head and a heavy silence weighting the air.

"I have killed Hades," May spoke shattering the awkward calm, she gazed sideway at her favorite subordinate to see that she wasn't surprised by the news at all and apparently guessed something like that would happen sooner or later "I'm currently helping those two," she calmly said indicating at the woman and her son with a jerk of her head and now that Andria recognized the two that her mouth fell agape and she slightly lowered her gun "After 15 minutes, notify the base of what happened," it was her last order or rather her first request of Andria "I just need 15 minutes, so please."

May was aiding Andria whenever she was bullied, of course, she wasn't expecting anything in return however she also didn't wish to hurt her.

Andria shifted her orbs from her respectful captain to the woman behind her then slowly nodded while lowering her gun, the mother whispered words of thanks then they resumed their course leaving the female responsible for communication standing rooted in her spot. She mustered her courage then shouted after her captain "I-I'm proud I worked under your command captain May!"

"Stay well," May mumbled under her breath as a small smile graced her lips then almost instantly vanished.

The runway toward the car that she and her squad used to get there was safely done, and on her way to the bridge, she heard the new commands on the radio attached there.

The commands to find her and bring her back dead or alive, she was now being hunted by her country and the foe. May end up a wanted, a criminal and would be considered spy, what shame could be bigger than this…her train of dark thought halted at the sight of a jet on the bridge, she hit the brakes then turned to her two passengers "Go!" She ordered.

"Won't you come with us sister?" The small boy asked with an angelic innocence that May, despite her tough situation, couldn't help smile at and the look at. She shook her head.

"We'll secure your safety and…" The brunette hastily spoke but was cut off immediately by the female captain.

"I can't commit anymore betrayal. Sure I would be a hero in your country but how about mine?" The question hung in the air without a spoken answer, May knew it and didn't want to hear it she commanded the woman once again "Go!"

The brunette did as she was told with heavy heart, but before she reaches the jet she turned to face her female savior "Thank you so much! I-I'll work hard to stop this war I promise."

May get off the vehicle then nodded, her mouth instinctively outstretched into a board smile when the boy waved his goodbye at her with his small hands.

Just as the jet flew, May's mind registered that it was her end.

In no time she was surrounded by numerous soldiers, her ears detected the clanking sounds of preparing guns and the repeated command to put her guns down and surrender. Little they knew that she grew fond of her black weapon, it was her sworn ally when everyone turned their backs on her.

She only laughed humorlessly and hysterically at how the stupidest of her dreams wasn't going to be fulfilled and then without warning she dashed toward the edge of the bridge, not like May thought she would make it out of this shit alive but at least she would prevent them from having her body. In reflex of her sudden movement, the soldiers that once were her ally fired their guns then electric sensations run through May's body followed by the warmth of her hot blood coating her skin.

She threw her herself off the bridge with a soft smile still glued on her feature thinking of the promise the woman made to her, that maybe she would be able to stop the war, maybe she could save what can be saved. Sure she would make changes, but how much far can she go? She could not remove hate, greed, and egoism from people's hearts, she could not free the world from racism nor hypocrisy and she absolutely incapable of erasing the physical and mental borders between people.

Those can only be done when people as a whole reach for each other and not by a single person who is desperately trying to stitch what was severely torn.

-"You'll live like a starry dog and die like one bitch,"-

The words of her stepmother rang in her ears as she splashed on water, she'll die like that woman predicted because she helped an innocent child. The last thing she thought of was how great it would be if no borders were between each country and how free people would be, then the darkness stripped her of conscience.

Hey, guys! Thank you for reading this chapter.

I know my choice of OCs is kind of peculiar I just can't help it -_-' However, I really think that borders are what makes divided, not just only the physical ones but also the mental...Gurr! I just really hate wars, I mean there is land and sun enough for everyone

*Ahem'* back to the story! May will join Whitebeard.P in their adventures, next chapter will be their meeting.

I wish you enjoyed this chapter and I really want to hear what you thought about it so feel free to review.