First and foremost, I want to say this before you start reading. This is a "Crossover" between an Original Series I developed over a few years and still refining it. The Org. Series share similarities with others but that's to be expected nowadays. Anything from the Org. Series can be confusing and/or interesting and eventually will be explained in due time so just bare with it.

The Org. Series is mentioned in my other Fics, mainly the Freezing Fanfics, if you are familiar with them and read them, you have at least some basis regarding the Spiritual Realm's factions and terminology. It should also be added that I've expanded on the Org. Series since then so things may be different and inconsistent with what's there.

That's all I have to say, happy reading.

"My name is Yuki. I am a Commander of the Ghost Brotherhood Order and a Veteran of The Spiritual Realm's Second Great War. Those under my command call me "Burning Snow" when they think they're being funny, they're not. Before that, I was just a Regular following orders that were given to me. Before becoming a Ghost, I used to be the daughter of a Lord some time in the 9th Century; A princess, but beyond that I am nothing more, nothing less."

Some Context:

The Spirit Realm - The Spirit Realm, often referred to as "The Other Side" or "The Afterlife". Most individuals wind up here upon their deaths physically. The Spiritual Realm has existed for as long as the Living World has.

The Living World/IRL - The Physical World, as is referred to in the Spiritual Realm, is home to Humans whom are born there and eventually die there. Upon Death, Human spirits are sent to 1-of-3 plains of existences depending on their beliefs and actions.

The Guardians, The Assassins, The Brotherhood - The Main Three Factions of the Spiritual Realm. These three are considered the superpowers of the Spiritual Realm.

Mainlands - Mainlands are used to describe the large continents each main three faction are based off of. Despite having nations on said Mainlands, they are called a specific mainland based on the amount of influence and power a faction's control. An example being, The "Assassin" Mainland.

Contested Lands - The Contested Lands are disputed regions mainly referring to both the Guardian and Assassin Mainlands which the Brotherhood colonized long before the factions reached the regions, both factions have since grew in power and seized those regions for their own.

Ghost/Spirit - The individual essence of what is considered the Soul. The former Life of a living being that once inhabited the Physical World, now continues to reside in the Spiritual Realm for the reminder of his or her's life. Ghosts don't age accordingly to time but rather experiences, A ghost can essentially live on for thousands of years before passing on.

Spiritual Energy - Like one's "ghostly" essence, the energy pertains to the amount ghosts can have. Seeing how ghosts do not have a body, the "Ghost" Energy compares to a physical body in more ways than one. The more energy one has, the more capable they are. The Energy can also be weaponized and used to enhanced one's abilities much like harnessing the inner qi.

Capital City - Capital's are considered the walled Cities in the Spiritual Realm. Much similar to a Metropolis.

The Crown City - The Prime Metropolitan and Official Capital of a Nation and/or Faction. The Crown Cities are quite massive, spanning across several regions, it hosts hundreds, if not thousands, of districts.

The Ghost Brotherhood Order - The official governing system of the Brotherhood, the Order comprises of individuals whom harnessed their energies and use it to protect others, including the Living World. It was the primary army of the Brotherhood at one point in the Spiritual Realm's history. The Order is structured by Rank and amount of energy one has.

The Ghost Brotherhood Military - Since the rapid industrialization of the Spiritual Realm, The Brotherhood has created a modern military using ballistic weaponry. It's first soldiers of the military were once Order Dropouts and Ghosts that couldn't make the Order's Spiritual requirements. Essentially, They are inferior to the Order Members.

Brotherhood Order Rank: Lord - The Lord is the Supreme Leader of the Ghost Brotherhood Order, their authority is absolute. For one to become a Lord, there is a spiritual-level requirement and they must pass a Council's approval before they are elected to serve as The Leader of the Brotherhood.

Brotherhood Order Rank: General - The Generals are the leaders under the Lord. They are in charge of the politics and governing powers, they are the Council responsible for electing the Lord. Each General are also in charge of a division of their own, There are a total of 8 Divisions.

Brotherhood Order Rank: Colonel - The Colonels serve under their respective Generals within their divisions and act as regional power across the Spiritual Realm as well as the Living World. Each Colonel is responsible for a Section they command, the section is divided and have been placed throughout a region of their control.

Brotherhood Order Rank: Commander - The Commanders serve under the Colonels in a specific region and/or nation. Each Commander are in charge of their own Brigade and often times act as a median between the field and the command, they are responsible for safeguarding and overseeing a smaller part of a region and/or nation. Also, Each Commander are expected to serve in the field in times of combat alongside their Brigades.

Brotherhood Order Rank: Captain - Captains are the Commander's second-in-command and are often seen side-by-side with them. Each Captain are just as responsible as their Commanders and will sometimes take over for them, coincidently the Commanders usually dump all the paperwork on their unsuspecting Captains.

Brotherhood Order Rank: Regular - Regulars are the foot soldiers and back bone of the Order. Those that enlist are expected to met a spiritual requirement and if they don't, they are turned away. Those that do, are sent to train as Order Members for a period of 50 years. Shortly after training, the members become regulars and are put in the field. Their jobs can vary depending on the duties of their superiors, anything from frontline combat to overseeing and safeguarding points of interest.

Year 2011, The Spiritual Realm

First Battle of the Second Great War, Assassin Mainland.

Sitting in the bay of an aircraft transport alongside her Brothers and Sisters, Yuki awaited for the inevitable. While the First Great War was fought with swords, the Second one was going to be fought with the Tools of Modern Warfare; Guns.

Just minutes after supreme leader of the Ghost Brotherhood, the Brotherhood Lord, ended her speech declaring war on both the Guardians and the Assassins; Two of the Three Spiritual Realm's main factions, Yuki received a phone call. Reaching into her Plate Carrier she pulled out her cell phone only to read "Shinko 3 BFF" across the caller ID.

A soldier from the front of the Aircraft walked over to Yuki. Unlike the rest of the solders whom all wore sci-fi looking helmets, this soldier wore a patrol cap signifying rank, "Take it." he told Yuki giving courtesy because this may as well be her last time to speak a normal conversation.

Yuki gave a simple nod before answering, "Hello?" she greeted.

"Hey, Yuki!" the girl answered cheerfully on the other end, "How's it going?" Shinko politely asked. Long story short, Shinko and Yuki used to go to a private academy as rivals but Shinko died and became a demon. Yuki and Shinko would meet again while dealing with an incident and their rivalry turned into friendship.

Delighted to hear her friends voice again, Yuki smiled, "Fantastic." she replied just as cheerful.

"That's great." Shinko acknowledged. After a brief pause Shinko spoke up, "Are you in an plane?" she curiously asked hearing the sounds of the engines.

"Yeah." Yuki answered, "We did it, Shinko." She added with a sense of pride within her tone of voice.

"Oh?"

"Remember what I said about the Contested Lands?" Yuki stated like she mentioned it before. After a brief pause Yuki spoke up again, "We're finally going to do something about it. We're going take it back." Now, Yuki's tone was now full of determination.

Shinko's response was a sound to that of someone thinking of something, "Hmm, How are you going to do that?" she asked wanting to know how such a feat would be accomplished.

Yuki dropped her smile and held a serious expression, "We're gonna kill every last one of them." she coldly told her friend, mainly referring to the ones attempting to forcefully take the Brotherhood colonies.

"That's...good." Delaying her words, Shinko wasn't sure how to respond.

"Yeah." Yuki acknowledged before smiling again, "Hey listen, I hope you do great in whatever lies ahead. I know I will." As a friend, she felt she needed to be supportive.

On the other end, Shinko smile, "Yeah. Take care of yourself." she said back.

Yuki exhaled a sigh of relief, "Always...Friend." she said before hanging up and putting her phone away. Yuki felt that Shinko always held a sense of good inside her, despite becoming a demon.

Yuki proceeded to wipe a single tear forming in her eyes, partly due to having some last words with her friend and partly due to her pride as a Ghost and off to "liberate" Brotherhood colonies.

Moments come to pass before the light beside back hatch of the transport turns on a bright red, "You're up Yuki." The field officer with the patrol cap calls her over.

"Right." Yuki nods before getting up and stands next to the officer. Being an Order Member has it's perks as oppose to being a Military Soldier, "Listen up, 'cuz I'm only gonna say this once! Do not give our enemies a chance to breath. No prisoners, no exceptions. They will pay for what they did to our brothers and sisters, they had this coming for a long time." Yuki explains with a strong and bold sense of pride. At this point, she may even be called an Ultranationalist, "Now, once we hit ground I wan-" Her sentence was cut short when the Transport hit something and blew one of it's engines spiraling it to the ground.

Just as the aircraft pummeled to the ground, Brotherhood forces already engaged could see the aircraft's sudden descent. The Area of Operation itself was on a peninsula, pockets were lit ablaze with fires and sounds of gunfire filled the air. Now that war had started, The Days and Nights were going to be longer.

3 Months Later, Assassin Capital, Mountain Ridge

Weeks into the Brotherhood landings on both Mainlands, It's military had made significant progress in liberating the Contested Lands. Engagement after engagement, the Brotherhood cut a swath against their enemies ravaging settlements belonging to the latter.

In one engagement, the Assassins launched a massive counter attack but ultimately failed when the Brotherhood's main and closest ally; Eisenreich, joined the War. Eisenreich was the Brotherhood's long standing ally since the founding of the Brotherhood Order and exported it's metal to the Brotherhood to which the nation is mainly known for. Since joining the War, Eisenreich made dozens of advancements in the field of warfare and ultimately developed a WMD long before the main three factions.

Standing alongside a ridge overlooking what once use to be a capital now a crater, Yuki just stared at the damage done.

A soldier with his helmet off casually walked up beside her, "Damn, Eisenreich beat us to it." he said. Embedded on his center of his chest plate had his rank; a corporal. He too looked on at the destruction left in the wake of the Eisenreich WMD.

"Yeah." Yuki acknowledged with nothing but a cold response. Oh how she hated that those fascists had taken her victory but it wasn't going to be over in the least, "But the war isn't over. What's the cliche? "It's just getting started"." She reassured herself before looking to the Corporal with a smile, her smile was all that was needed to say that she was ready for the next fight.

The Corporal smiled in return, "So what now?" he asked.

Yuki then turned back to the ruined city, "Rumor has it, The Guardians are putting up a helluva defense on their Mainland against our forces. My guess is once they hear we delivered a heavy blow to the Assassins, they'll have an opportunity to invade this Mainland as well with high hopes to take out their old and longest rival." She says giving her best bet on the most logical response.

"So it won't be long before we're having a Two-Front Engagement." The Corporal reaffirmed.

"Right." Yuki nodded. It was then she shifted her focus from the city to the mountain alps in the background. Those mountains bordered the Contested Lands dividing it from Assassin controlled Territory, crossing the alps themselves was a death wish but there were a couple of places to go around the alps. Yuki grinned knowing that the Contested Lands in the Assassin Mainland were now in Brotherhood control but she knew better that it wasn't going to be the end of it.

Another 3 Months Later, Jungles of Fjorn

The Brotherhood was successful in taking back the Contested Lands from the Guardians and the Assassins and halted their advance to recuperate their forces, but orders were to continue into the enemy territories. There were two ways through the Assassin Alps, a valley and a jungle. The Brotherhood already knew that the Assassins would have already fortified their positions at the valley making it nearly impossible to break through. The jungles was the only option despite taking longer to go around. Unfortunately for the Brotherhood, The Guardians had already invaded and had been there first.

The frontlines were nothing short if a hectic war zone, much like the trenches of World War 1. At the start of the War, both the Guardians and the Assassins were behind in technology, it made the Brotherhood's battles easy but now that they've caught up, it evened out the war. The Guardians began using energy-directed weapons while the Assassins used heavily modified rapid-firing crossbows to counter-act the ballistic weaponry of the Brotherhood.

Trails of wisps and bolts of energy crisscrossed as both sides exchanged fire. The Guardians had brought their "Conqueror" Tanks to make the effort that they were here to stay and also push back both the Assassins and the Brotherhood. The Assassins were fighting on the other side of the mountains from which the Brotherhood was and if the Guardians were defeated, the other two would continue their fight. The Guardians wore distinctive White Armor and were often called Storm and/or Clone Troopers however in this case they had camouflage pattern to blend with the jungle.

The Brotherhood couldn't seem to gain any ground, in fact they were losing ground as fast as they were losing soldiers. Despite this, some Brotherhood forces would maintain their positions before being overwhelmed by said Troopers.

Yuki found herself in a trench, she couldn't even poke out her head without being hailed with energy bolts. Sitting next to her, a fellow soldier with a radio strapped to his back was unlucky enough to get struck in the face. The impact blew sparks out the back of his helmet and before long he dropped face planting against the wall of the trench. Yuki reached for the radio and decided to call in a last resort. After a brief exchange of words, Yuki hung out the radio to inform her brothers and sisters.

Glancing over, Yuki sees a female soldier get up from cover and return fire. Almost immediately after emptying her clip, two bolts struck the soldier. The first bolt struck igniting sparks upon impact, the body armor having saved the soldier's life however when the second bolt hit, it sent sparks out the back effectively killing her.

Reaching for her own radio in her helmet, she was quick to inform what was going to happen, "This is Order Member Yuki to all Brotherhood Units; Scramble, Scramble, Scramble! The hammer is coming down, I repeat, The hammer is coming down! Fuckin' Scramble!" She shouted at the top of her lungs.

Upon hearing this, Brotherhood personal dropped their weapons and began looking for the tools used for digging the trenches. Some have already started digging into the ground while some others provided suppression fires to allow the diggers time. Those that aren't digging or providing cover fire, decided to flee far from the frontlines and some of those soldiers were picked off by sharpshooters. Even the Brotherhood Tanks that were well dug in, began pulling out.

Having believed the Brotherhood lines were broken, The Guardians began pushing their assault. They had called in air support to deal with the entrenched tanks but now that they we're on the run, the aircraft would assist in dealing with the fleeing enemy. Little did they know, they would be walking into an ultimatum.

Being an order member, Yuki had materialized her sword from it's spiritual sheath and used it to defend herself against oncoming Guardian Troopers. Order Members were far superior than just regulars, Yuki had her blade enhanced and cut through the Guardian Armor. After cutting down many Guardians, she realized she too needed to run and so she broke into a sprint away from the frontlines, "They think they've broken through our lines but the truth is far from the matter." she said to herself as she ran speeding past jungle bushes throwing her sword. Shortly after throwing her sword, it dispersed into energy wisps.

Once she cleared the jungle, she could see Brotherhood personal off in the distance as well as a few tanks. She thought she was in the clear until she heard shots rang out from behind, the Guardians broke through with Fast Scout Vehicles and attempted to blast fleeing soldiers escaping the jungles. Yuki didn't stop running because one of the scout vehicles began chasing her. Despite her enhanced speed, the Guardian vehicle kept pace with Yuki and it seemed it was going it's top speed. The personal in the enemy vehicle was so content with chasing Yuki, they ignored other Brotherhood personal it passed by.

Yuki felt a strong pulse and everything went quiet for but a moment, it made the area uneasy until finally the ultimatum was delivered, "BOOM" The sky sounded before a loud and long whistle filled the air, It then became clear to the Guardians that they didn't break through the Brotherhood lines, they were fleeing from the blast radius. It was the Eisenreich WMD.

Eisenreich called their destructive creation "Mjolnir", appropriately named considering it use first used against an Assassin Capital City. It also should be added that Eisenreich began lacing their Warheads with mercury. Mercury was just as toxic to the Spiritual form as it is to the Physical body, anything ingested by the Spiritual Form would be added to maintain energy levels but if a toxin was to be added it would disrupt the levels throwing it out of proportion and potentially kill the individual.

Yuki turned around to check on the vehicle which was now little further away however just as she looked she was now staring at bright blinding sun rising on the horizon, only that it wasn't actually the Sun but the impact of a fusion reaction, Yuki couldn't avert her eyes. The fusion reaction acted like a Sun for a brief moment before going supernova releasing all it's energy at once.

The winds created by the detonation blew the Guardian Transport chasing Yuki away from ground zero and as it flew towards a blind Yuki, the main body slammed against her body, swiping Yuki off her feet and taking her along.

Hours come to pass and the Brotherhood had already began pushing through the crater of what use to be a beautiful lush jungle. The Jungles of Fjorn became a destitute wasteland. The Assassins having witnessed this bright light, decided to retreat and hit the Brotherhood elsewhere, after all they made quite the effort to push forward.

Brotherhood soldiers slowly made through way towards ground zero some already wearing filtration masks to keep from breathing the mercury that was laced inside the warhead and still lingered around the impact zone. A pair of Brotherhood soldiers noticed an arm sticking out of the ground and when one of them dug to look for a head, their spiritual sensors indicated the individual was still active, "Sir! Over here!" One of them shouted calling over a superior. The two then began digging out the rest of the body, only to find an Order Member on the brink of passing on.

What appeared to be another Order Member, quickly ran over to see what the fuss was about. This was no ordinary Order Member, he was an Officer of the Order; A Brigade Commander, "By the Great Divine..." The Commander said upon seeing the person in the state that she was in, "...Yuki? Yuki, Say something!" It took a minute to recognize the fellow ghost, realizing that it was one of his own subordinates he fell to his knee beside her and took her in his arms.

Yuki fell limp from the blast and became unresponsive, She was in a comatose state with a blank stare. The Guardian Vehicle took her for a short trip before being thrown off hitting the dirt with enough force to bury her there. Her survival was due to her training as an Order Member.

The Commander, still holding Yuki, began sobbing, "What the hell happened to you?" he questioned. At this point, one of the ground troops had ordered for an evac.

Another soldier, with a painted red cross clear on his helmet, back, and chest plates began examining Yuki for any signs of consciousness, "She's still here but I don't see any pupils." The medic stated flashing a light into Yuki's eyes checking for pupils, there were none. The medic took notice what color her irises are before looking at the crater ahead, "She must have looked at the blast directly." he concluded seeing Yuki's irises were blank and pale white, unlike her normal greenish color.

Obviously angry and sad, The Commander stood up carrying Yuki bridal style, "Lets get her out of here! She's clearly in critical condition." he told those around him and proceeded in the opposite direction of the Brotherhood forces.

"Evac is already on their way." The Medic responded staying with the Commander. The other soldiers had their orders and continued on with the rest of their unit. Needless to say, Yuki would never be the same.

12 Months Later, Brotherhood Mainland, Crown City of Haven

Yuki was treated in ICU care while she was in a coma for 9 months until she regained consciousness, however she was still under the effects the Mjolnir WMD; She was blind. While ghosts don't have physical bodies to maintain, the effects are quite different when it comes to injuries and illnesses.

Yuki spent 3 months wearing a blindfold and moved around in a wheelchair, much to her dismay, she likened the idea of being helped. Within those three months, she had been promoted to the Rank of Commander while being granted an audience with the Brotherhood Lord who presented Yuki and hailed her as a member to aspire to.

12 months after the surviving the WMD, Yuki was ready to take off the blindfold, her eye color wasn't the green color she once had, they were now white. She was placed in a dimly lit room almost to the point of darkness to which her eyes glimmered in the dark. The doctor had taken off the blindfold and had Yuki preform some eyes tests, "Commander?" The doctor called, "Commander, Commander Yuki, I need you to respond." He stated preparing to write in his clipboard.

Yuki was a little disoriented once the blindfold had come off due to a nearby lamp's light because she had become sensitive to light. Yuki didn't quite her the doctor's question, "I...I...uh what?" She questioned, looking a little confused.

"What do you see?" the doctor asked.

"Oh." Yuki acknowledged before looking to see what was in front of her. Sadly, she couldn't quite see the apple because the light shining down on it made it difficult to make out, however she did see what appeared to be a roundish red ball, "I see...uh...a-an apple?" She trailed before giving up and taking a blind swing.

The doctor wrote down in his notes, he also picked up in the questionable tone of voice, "Good. Now, I want you to tell me which side the light is flashing." He said before changing the tests. Shutting off the lamp aimed at the apple, the. turning on a contraption with blinking lights. Each light were on opposite sides of the room.

Noticing a flashing light on her left, she kept seeing flashbacks to her time in the Fjorn Jungles, "L-le-left side. Incoming, left side." She stammered hesitantly. PTSD wasn't a thing in the Spiritual Realm but experiences and memories can be carried over, much like how an individual carries a burden.

Yuki and the doctor continued the tests for at least a couple of hours. One test involved shining a flashlight into her eyes to check the pupil but of course Yuki smacked the flashlight out of the doctor's hand and covered her eyes for a brief minute or two.

After the tests the were done, the doctor went into the other room, "How's she doing?" Asked a man standing against the wall looking at Yuki through a one-way window. This man's name was Hyuka, he is a Colonel in the Brotherhood Order. The Colonels were in charge of the Commanders and their Brigades, This comprised of a Section.

The doctor didn't bother to look at the Colonel but stared at his clipboard on his way towards his desk, "As it stands now; she's unfit for combat." The doctor answered, "She's still recovering."

The Colonel merely scoffed at his response, his expression was sour with distaste because Hyuka had taken it upon himself to mentor Yuki personally from a very young age, seeing her in this state gave him a mixed array of emotions.

Seating himself on a desk and ticking a few boxes, he turned to the Colonel one he was done, "I'm assuming you that's why you had Yuki promoted to a desk job as opposed to field work." he stated. At face value, Yuki was being promoted because of her actions but being under Hyuka's command, only he was able to give such a promotion and given that he had mentored her it was no surprise. The Colonel simply glared at the doctor, it became quite obvious, Hyuka was much like a father to Yuki.

In the end, Yuki was given special prescription sunglasses as well as some medication to help regulate her Spiritual Energy.

Present, August of 20XX

Quite some time have passed since Yuki had taken off her blindfold and she's finding it rather difficult to get by day to day, especially regarding her eye sight. Having to wear a pair of shades everywhere she went wasn't bad all by itself, however her tales of surviving a WMD made her a legend and earned her a title. They called her "Burning Snow", a nickname which was a play on her personality and her given name. Those who've worked with Yuki have said that she has a fire in her soul, burning with passion. Either that or Yuki has a reputation for being hot-headed, it burns just standing next to her. Let's not forget to mention her eyes since they were now white and every look she gave, it was a cold stare. Yuki also had to retake training to make sure she was capable should the need arise. Her training included: Combat Forms, Sparring, Conditioning, Spiritual Techniques and Regulations. When she was done she immediately started her Duties as a Brigade Commander.

Sitting in an office like room with no windows, due to her condition, Yuki was seated at a desk writing in reports. To her right were the finished copies which stacked higher than her head, "Man~..." Yuki groaned and sighed as she finished the last of the reports, "...This is such a drag." she commented relieved of her duties.

After a brief moment she looked at the Living World Date before pulling out a two capsule cases, One filled with glowing blue crystals and the other glowing green crystals. One was supposed to regular her energy level because the WMD threw them out of whack, the other crystal is suppose to help with her eyesight. She popped one of each crystal into her mouth and chewed, *Crunch, Crunch* the crystals dissolved in her mouth.

She never bothered not taking them because she didn't want to find out if she didn't take those meds, all she knew was to take the blue one once every month or so and the green one she had to take every morning. After feeling the crystals turn to energy, she took to a glass of water then proceeded to leave.

Yuki left her office and headed outside but before she opened the door leading outdoors, she put on her shades. She had a variety set but today she wore ones that were similar to sport shades.

Upon exited the building, Yuki was greeted by an Order Member, "Morning, Commander." he acknowledged. The Member wore something between casual and formal added with a Shoulder Strap spanning the his left side shoulder blade to the left collar bone, Yuki on the other hand had both straps on her right and left.

Yuki immediately yawn in response, "Morning, Captain." she mumbled clearly having spent the night writing the reports. Captains are often side-by-side with Commanders because the Captains acted as second-in-command, "What's the latest news?" She asked glancing over to her second-in-command.

The Captain sighed before looking towards the rising sun, "We are to report to Haven for an Officer's meeting." Her Captain told her. Clearly he didn't like where this was going based on his reaction, "Something happened IRL." he admitted looking to Yuki with a serious expression.

"Oh?" Yuki wondered. The Brotherhood was very large in scale to world governments and for any type news to travel between the Order, it must be serious for every Officer to have to hear about it.

Yuki and her Captain made their way to Haven Tower. It was a base, it was the HQ, it was their Parliament, it was everything to the Brotherhood. Haven Tower is a massive building reaching into the clouds that could be seen from the Crown City Walls which was a significant distance away. To give comparison in size, The Crown City of Haven was equivalent to the American State of Texas and yet despite this, Haven was still consider small compared to the Guardian and Assassin Crown Cities.

Coming into the massive Tower, they managed to find the Parliament Section of the Tower and proceeded to the Meeting Chambers. Both of them eventually approached a massive door reading "1st", this was the chamber of the Brotherhood's 1st Division. The Brotherhood's 1st Division comprised of Sections stationed around the Pacific Rim; From East Russia to Australia, Alaska to Chile, as well as hundreds of regions within the Spiritual Realm.

Walking through the doors, a massive chamber with rows of individual desks neatly organize into columns. The chamber looked no different than the main UN Summit. Closer to the front were much nicer desks, these were where the Colonels and their second-in-command would sit and behind them would be their Commanders and their second-in-command, Each column separated the Sections each Colonel was in charge of.

Yuki and her Captain went to seat themselves at their desk labeled in english, or rather rōmaji in this case, "Haruna" on the face of the desk, this would indicate that Yuki is the Commander of the Brigade of Haruna. Like the UN, there were plates in front to identify each individual officer. The meet and greet eventually died down, with everyone at their supposed desk it was only a matter of time before the meeting started. Looking around, Yuki could see that few Commanders couldn't make it, they were there in spirit quite literally, The missing officers were in ethereal form projecting themselves as if they were there. The Ethereal Projection was a form of long distance communication often used by Ghosts.

Whispers filled the chambers as everyone wondered what was going on and before long, two individuals entered the room down by the main podium. It was the Brotherhood General, Zol, whom was in charge of the entire Division, along with his second-in-command and brother, Gol. Upon entering the chambers, the whispers stopped and awaited for the General to approach the podium and speak.

General Zol himself appeared a very mature well aged old man, the fullness in his cheeks nearly concave but surprisingly few wrinkles. The man wasn't General of the Brotherhood's 1st Division based on his appearance, he is a talented tactician and nearly unmatched in combat, it's also no surprise to any Brotherhood Member that the General himself was there at the foundation of the Ghost Brotherhood and it's Order serving as the very First Brotherhood Lord. A man with a service record like that should know that he is not to be truffled with. General Zol began clearing this throat, "Brothers and Sisters of the Ghost Brotherhood Order, I bring devastating news." he told the audience, clearly displease with the information he was going to give, "That's been an attack."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the chamber began looking to each other, some confused and others looking for confirmation and very few remaining calm. What kind of attack, they all wondered.

"Before you speak, this wasn't an IRL nation attacking another or an attack on the Brotherhood. This was another world attacking the Living World." General Zol continued pausing at that last statement to let the words sink in.

Hearing this, all the officers expressed their disbelief in unison, save for a few Colonels. It wasn't long for the the Commanders to start talking with on another and discuss ideas.

The General rose his hand for everyone to silence themselves, to which the did, "The humans are calling it; The GATE." Zol added, "The entire world IRL is talking about it. Details are scrambled and it looks like the world's nations are looking in the direction of the incident."

The General's second-in-command took a step forward to speak on behalf of his brother, "The attack happened in Ginza, Japan, which means the GATE falls under 1st Division's jurisdiction. Our members within the IRL Governments are attempting to limit the intervention as well as Japan's need for an immediate response." Gol explained. The Brotherhood wasn't beyond having it's members integrated in the governments of the Living World, this was make was sure the humans weren't too ambitious spiritually. Gol then turned to the Colonel's row down in front, "Colonel Hyuka, if you would."

Colonel Hyuka stood up and approached the center of the stage. Yuki took notice how he was wearing a suit and tie much like a bureaucrat would, "As is stands now, is it inevitable for Japan to send the Self-Defense Force through the Gate in retaliation." He states to the audience. Having know this information before hand, it became clear Colonel Hyuka was one of the members that seeded into the world's government, "We're aiming to delay that for minimum of 8-10 months but the likely hood is at least a 3-6 of months, give or take."

Upon finishing saying what Hyuka wanted, another Colonel spoke up, "Be that as it may, I think we too should send our forces through the GATE." She says with utmost confidence. This Colonel's section was in charge of safekeeping Western Canada.

Hyuka scoffed at the suggestion, "Colonel Kolt, you know very well that we shouldn't interfere with the Living World. This is their quarrel." He reminded her. Many of the Commanders nodded and agreed.

"Colonel Hyuka's right, We should not interfere. If the world ends in nuclear fire, So be it. If the world in invaded by extra-terrestrials, so be it. If Rapture happens, so be it. We cannot interfere with the affairs of the Living World." General Zol reaffirmed, while it was a bit hypocritical to have Brotherhood members in Governments and say not to take any action.

Colonel Kolt already saw that the Brotherhood interfered enough as is, "Are you in the least bit interested in what's on the other side?" She asked standing up from her seat, "I've finished reading the reports and I'm talking about Dragons, Goblins, Orcs. Most of all, Humans. It's a whole new world." she explains turning around to the Commanders. Some of them agreed, other leaned back to think a out it.

"I second that." Yet another Colonel spoke up, Fyrah. Colonel Fyrah's section was in charge of overseeing Australia and the Polynesian, "A new world means new opportunities for the Brotherhood." She agrees with a smile but then realizes something, "Furthermore, If we're talking about this and know about it, then it's likely that both the Guardians and Assassins are doing the same. We need to get there before they do."

"If they're talking about this then it's quite likely that they are too." One of the other Colonels stated adding much emphases on they as if referring to a fourth party other than the Main Three. His response garnered agreeing responses throughout the chamber.

"Then we should destroy the GATE before ANYONE gets any ideas!"

"Not going to happen, Japan's Government wants to know what's on the other side. The GATE is a two way street." Hyuka reassured the other Colonels but to no avail.

Like any other Congress or Parliament, the room became hectic with arguments flying back an forth, shouting was apparent on all sides. Commanders and their Captains took sides on what to do with the GATE while the Colonels acted more civilized and discussed with each other.

The General merely sighed upon seeing the Chamber in complete disarray which was uncommon but people were entitled to their own opinions. General Zol used his spiritual energy to materialize a Kanata with it's sheath and began pounding the floor much like a judge would. Everyone stopped bickering and turned to he General, "As 1st Division, we'll begin to set up stationaries and sentries throughout Ginza, when the time comes we'll be sending a few members through disguised as Japanese personal." He explained to the audience to quell their squabbling to which no one objected, The General's authority was absolute, "Now, onto different matters..." He continued and put the former to rest.

The meeting continued on as normal. The Colonels talked about reports and recruitments, discussed opinions in spiritual matters, etc. By the time the meeting was adjourned, It would seem most of the Commanders went back to talking about the GATE and once again picked sides but discussed what they would've have done differently. Colonel Hyuka's Section was in charge of Mainland Japan, that would mean Yuki's and her fellow Commanders would oversee the GATE and potentially go through it.

Yuki tapped her second-in-command's shoulder letting him know they'll be leaving. Just as they exited into halls, Yuki was stopped by a blonde female.

"H-hey." The blonde greeted nervously.

"Oh, Hi." Yuki greeted back stoically. Yuki wasn't a people person so her stoicism was a given.

The blonde leaned in forward to get a closer look at Yuki, "Are you Burning Snow?" She kindly asked staring into Yuki's snow colored eyes.

Feeling awkward, Yuki pulled back in response, "And if I am?" She questioned.

"I'm Commander Lea, I'm based out of Australia." The blonde introduced. After briefly considering what Yuki said, Lea scanned Yuki from head-to-toe inadvertently checking her out, "If you are Burning Snow, I just want to meet you and thank you for your service."

That's was this was about, "No thanks needed." Yuki chuckled in relief, "It really isn't a big deal-" ; "it IS a big deal! You single handedly stopped a Guardian advance at the Fjorn Jungles in the Assassin Mainland." Before Yuki could finish, Lea interrupted her. Of course, Surviving the WMD is what made Yuki a legend, funny how stories tend to get exaggerated.

"Oh...yeah." Yuki trailed clearly not liking being reminded of her time in combat, especially after her incident. Yuki then turned to advert her gaze and noticed another legend down the hall chatting up fellow Commanders, "Just so you know, Harbinger is over there." she said pointing in that direction.

Harbinger, The Brotherhood's Pride and Final Ultimatum. It's been said that Harbinger was the catalyst that started the Second Great War. The Assassins tried to instigate a disaster, it was he that prevented their goal making him a legend as well. The title was also much more than simply just, but that's a story for another time.

"I don't care about Harbinger. Sure, he's a legend but that's on THAT side of the Pacific Rim." Lea defended indicating she's only been stationed in the physical world, "The legend of Burning Snow is quite known on THIS side."

Surprised, Yuki was stumped, "Oh? Are you sure there aren't any other "legends"?" she asked obviously wanting out of the conversation.

"Nope!" Lea replied cheerfully. Yuki felt defeated and crushed, all

she wanted to do was go back to her office and sleep, "Say, how'd you like if we met the rest of my section? We've been dying to meet you." Lea offered wrapping an arm around Yuki's neck as if they were besties.

Yuki thought about her options, maybe perhaps meeting people wasn't so bad after all, "Sure. I don't see the harm in that." she answered with a soft smile. Heck, she might even get offered coffee, or a lunch. Maybe she was beginning to see the perks of being a Legend.

Deeply humbled, Lea grinned with excitment, "Great!" she exclaimed and began leading Yuki to meet her comrades and her superior.

Days later, Western Highlands, Neutra Mainland

Neutra Mainland was the largest unclaimed landmass in the Spiritual Realm located several dozen kilometers off the Guardian Mainland. Following the Second Great War, it fell under Brotherhood control and since then, the Guardians sought to claim it which led to a few skirmishes on the shores and the coastline. The Brotherhood presence on the mainland was strong but not abundant, it does host a Base the Brotherhood uses before sending forces to fight in the Guardian Mainland.

The highlands themselves held a combination of plains and hills alike, however there were a few spots which held caves and within one of these caves held a large makeshift camp spanning dozens of tents and at the end of this cave stood a large structure made of stone, a GATE. Outside the large cave there was a large encampment, it was crude and rather primitive but still an encampment nonetheless. The encampment itself wasn't fortified to it's fullest extent, it wasn't there very long but long enough to set up a base of sorts. Within this encampment stood a much larger tent, this was the command tent.

In this command tent, were the leaders of this contingent, "New land, ripe for our conquest." One of these leaders stated. A Conquest in the name of their Empire.

"Surely the gods smile down upon us." Another one commented.

"Indeed." Acknowledged the officer identified as the Legate, "Have our scouts returned?" he asked. Upon arrival through the GATE, The Legate had ordered his made to make camp and send scouts through this unknown region.

The leader all looked to each other in response, "Afraid not, All the scouts we have sent never returned." one of them finally answered.

The Legate, deep in thought pondered, "How strange, They should have returned by now." he said to himself. Just what sort of land did they come across he wondered.

At this point one of the leaders stood forward, "We began sending patrols nonetheless." he told the Legate. Apparently he saw no meed to sit and wait for scouts so he decide to go ahead and sent out patrols in this foreign land.

The Legate clearly wasn't pleased with this information and just as he was going to speak up, an eruption of shouts sounded outside the tent. When everyone had looked to the door, a legionary came through and knelt down.

"Legate, One of out scouts have returned." He informed the leaders.

The leaders got up from their seats, grabbed their helmets, and followed the informer to this scout. They found themselves at the entrance of the camp outside the cave and the scout that just arrived was on the ground bent forward face planted. He seemed to be muttering prayers to their gods.

The Legate approached this man at his head, "Speak." he ordered.

The Scout flinched and slowly looked up to his superior, clearly shaken to what he had witnessed, "I have seen sorcery unlike any other." he answered. He expression was based out of someone who was frightened. grabbing the Legate's legs he climbed up to his knees, "Boom Sticks, Iron Rods that shoot lightning, Magic Exploding Stones, Self-moving iron carriages!"

The Legate frowned and shoved him off his legs, "Have you gone mad?!" he demanded. Surely a sane person wouldn't speak such blasphemy.

"Knights in Green Armor, Eyes like insects, Speaking in the tongue of demons!" The scout continued, "We must run, we must flee!" He said crawling to the other legionaries around him but to which they responded by stepping back.

The Legate was unimpressed with the scout, this man was supposed to be an Empire Legionary, he should not be insane, "Get this filth from my sight." The Legate ordered.

Two Legionaries then apprehended the man and dragged him off into the cave, "Heheheh, We are all going to die." The scout laughed as he was carried off. He had lost his mind in the span of a few days and The Legate was beginning to question the region he was in.

The Legate turned to the region beyond his encampment, the land couldn't be anymore harsher than the land back in the Empire but to drive a man to insanity was beyond him. Just what exactly is this new world they stumbled upon.

Unbeknownst to the Legate and the entire encampment, the Scout was followed. Far off in the distance was a hill with bushes scattered across it, hiding in one of these bushes stood a Green Knight the scout had mentioned. His armor had a leafy pattern to blend in with the bushes, his eyes were as if they were an insects, however the "Knight" had a symbol on his Pauldron; a Spades, along with a tab reading "RANGER".

Peering through a strange device, the "Knight" then lowered it before pushing a button on his helmet, "Private First-Class Mintah to Base, I found where the Legionary scout fled to. Be advised, I'm overlooking a large encampment with hundreds of foot mobiles. How copy?" the "Knight" said. After a brief pause, the individual answered, "Roger that, Maintain overwatch. Mintah out."

Things you may have missed:

Division - The Main "Army" of the Brotherhood Order. In times past, before the foundation of the Brotherhood Order, each Division was once an individual nation. The Divisions are herded by a General and as mentioned earlier, there are a total of 8.

Section - These Sections are what make up a Division and the number of each Sections differ between Divisions. Each Section is commanded by a Colonel.

Brigade - Brigades are divided from Sections. The number of Brigades can also vary depending on the regions a Section is responsible for. The Brigades are lead by Commanders.

Das Bundesreich von Eisen - Eisenreich, This nation is rich in metal and has existed long before the foundation of the Brotherhood Order and maintained it's stability thanks to it's exported metal. The Reich is governed by a Fuhrer and a Court of Kaisers who act as Regional Governors. Through it's exports to the Brotherhood, it has made them into an ally to the point that Eisenreich wishes to join the Brotherhood as it's 9th Division.

Mjolnir - The Eisenreich WMD. The Mjolnir is a large installation which is a massive Howitzer that uses Electromagnets to fire it's warheads. Due to it being a Railgun, the energy output is greatly reduced to allow the Warhead to fly then drop to it's intended target.

Ethereal Projection - This technique is often used as a form of long distance communication, as the saying goes "Here in spirit" is taken quite literally. The user's original position is seen as meditating and/or sleeping depending on what they are doing. The Ethereal Form cannot be harmed or interact with the world, however the form can be interrupted if disturbed which can abruptly end communication.

The Second Great War - Following an incident involving the Assassins, the Brotherhood wasn't going to stand idly by and let the actions go unpunished. The Incident instigated the Guardians into preparing for War against the Assassins, and vice versa, however the Brotherhood was going to prevent that by starting one of their own. The Second Great War started when the Brotherhood invaded the Mainlands of both the Guardians and Assassins catching them off guard.

A/N:

That wasn't so bad now as it? Unfortunately I don't have much to say at this time so, be seeing you next chapter. (~)