Battle me Seriously!
A/N: So here it is, the 1st chapter of my first crossover, Battle Me Seriously, which is a crossover between Majikoi and my own version of IS or rather my story about IS, Truth Be Told.
Yes, I would like to stress this part first because of knowing how much people will ask me about my OCs that they'll see in this crossover (speaking only for those who aren't familiar with TbT and its concept).
Anyway, this story will also be very long and will have a wide range of characters, well because Majikoi and my IS story has lots of characters to begin with. But don't worry, I'm planning to prioritize the main cast which will of course get most of the screen but although I will also try to cycle the focus to all characters as much as I can.
They aren't going to be any IS in this story, so everyone is going to be martial artists. If I'm going to make some of the IS cast appear, expect them to be buffed in terms of fighting abilities. Well only for the canon characters and the normal OC in TbT, my Orimura is already buffed so much in fighting capability that they won't have a problem fighting the powerful people in Majikoi.
And of course I won't forget about the issue about the MCs, after debating with myself, I decided to put both Ichika and Yamato as the MC. Of course Yamato is the same from canon Majikoi though with a slight change in him later, Ichika is also the same from what he is in late TbT. Yes, Ichika is a proficient fighter in this story. Kinda like a combo between the two MCs. XD
Anyway that's it for now and enjoy the first chapter of my first crossover.
Disclaimer: I don't own Infinite Stratos (except my plot and OCs) or Majikoi, it belongs to Izuru Yumizuru and Minatosoft respectively.
Chapter 1: The Orimura comes to Kawakami
Kawakami Mountains.
11:00pm, in the darkness and tranquility of the mountains near Kawakami city, the world's strongest man and master of the Kawakami temple, Kawakami Tesshin with the Assistant Master Lu, waited inside a large hidden shrine in the mountains.
The two men in an empty room with only one large table and a single candle standing in the middle.
The two are waiting for very important guests to arrive, not the Kukis but one that are very important and dangerous.
"Representative… this may be a little embarrassing for me to say but I'm a little nervous about our guest."
Kawakami Tesshin turns an eye to the Assistant Master of the Kawakami who is oddly showing a nervous expression. Lu is a talented, powerful and an experienced fighter that has achieved the rank of Assistant Master, but right now like a frightened animal he is visibly shaking and sweating as an unknown aura of indescribable malice is approaching them.
"Lu, there is nothing to be embarrassed about this… especially if it's them that's involved. They nearly are non-human now with the way their powers have increased."
The old warrior calmly told Lu and then goes back to look forward into the empty darkness that surrounds them.
"It's still very suffocating representative, their unusually powerful aura isn't what humans are supposed to possess."
"Well maybe they really are non-humans." Tesshin laughs heartily, treating this as a joke.
But despite the seemingly uncaring exterior, Tesshin is also on-guard. He can feel the malice of their guest that hasn't even arrived yet even more than what Lu can.
(They grown way stronger than what I remember… they sure can break the limits of humans alright.)
Tesshin opens one eye as he looked in front of him and found no one there; he closes it again and waits.
The situation kept on like this for a few minutes, eerily quiet but suddenly came to a halt as the darkness around them quickly grew thicker, obscuring everything.
"Hm?"
Tesshin opens his eyes and this time sees two extremely beautiful women in front of him.
The one on the right is a tall beauty with hair that shone like the very sun itself, fair skin, deep blue eyes and wears an equally golden yukata with dragon ensembles paired by a crimson obi to cover her very curvaceous body. But there is a more unforgettable feature that she has and that is her overwhelming aura, dancing around her like a raging wild fire. It was so powerful everything was visibly vibrating, the walls, roof, floors and everything that was in the mountain.
She emits the presence of a benign goddess with a hidden agenda behind her smile.
The whole mountain Kawakami is visibly trembling by just being at the presence of the aura, proof of its godlike presence
That last bit is the only thing that Tesshin notices but it wasn't alone, there is one more aura of the same power and influence although it has one side that sets it apart from the other.
Malice unbelievable malice, opposite to the golden aura, this one far surpassed what all demons could muster. An aura of extreme evilness that it warped the skies about the mountain.
True to it, outside of the shrine that whole skies not just in the mountains but in the whole Kawakami city warped into swirling darkness.
All this aura is coming from the other woman standing beside the one with the golden hair.
Dark hair like the deepest night contrasted by her pale white skin and supplemented by her glowing red eyes and black yukata with white images of snowflakes all over and a pure white obi. Her beauty and pronounced bodily charms are very irresistible, but this is heavily shrouded by her evil presence.
This beauty exudes the presence of a ruler or rather a demonic tyrant.
This are the guests that Tesshin is expecting, they are the matriarchs of the Orimura clan, two of the four that leads perhaps the most powerful family.
Tesshin is affected with the two powerful auras that rival his combining in one place. But instead of any negative response, Tesshin merely laughs as a welcome to the two ladies that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Izanami, Shiori… it's been a long time since I last saw you two."
Tesshin traces his beard as he gave the two unearthly women the greeting.
"Kawakami Tesshin, you've aged gracefully. It is nice to see you as well."
The woman with the golden hair named Shiori, greeted Tesshin normally. But the woman beside her who goes by the name Izanami didn't even bother speaking and just glanced at the aged warrior with nothing but distaste.
"If we just came here for pleasantries then I'm leaving." Izanami scoffed with a displeased expression on her face.
"Now, now nee-san, we won't be long here. We're just here to deliver our reply to Tesshin's place right?"
Shiori smiled at her big sister, causing the latter to roll her eyes but still stowed her displeasure. Shiori then kept looking at Izanami.
This once again makes the pale beauty sigh.
"The family agrees with your plan Tesshin or rather Izanagi agreed with the plan. So our children will be sent here as students of the Kawakami Academy."
Tesshin breathes a sigh of relief when he heard the reply.
"I have to admit that while our method of raising our children did make them strong. Their behavior, attitude and personality became the sacrifice for said power. Izanagi recognizes this and therefore wants to do something to remedy that. So he agreed with this plan that you sent us." Still we a captivating smile Shiori says with profound excitement.
She looked forward into introducing a new environment for the prodigies is composed with the daughters of her and her big sisters.
"I'm glad that you agreed. My last visit in your territory I saw the marvelous power of the prodigies but I was saddened and concerned by their personality. It was a dangerous combination along with their tremendous power."
"Yes, we realized the same too but only too late… we were worse than them after all." A self-depreciating smile briefly crossed Shiori's face.
"What of it is so important. It would be unlikely for the prodigies to act like humans. Izanagi may agree with this but I still don't see the importance of this… I just agreed because my dear husband did." Izanami scoffed her face twisting evilly as she expressed her disagreement to the plan.
"Please nee-san remember than not just Izanagi but Ichika also agrees with this. He too shares the view of Tesshin; he wants his sisters to be saved from their own powers. Remember the lengths that he took just to realize that goal of his? Think about it nee-san if you agree with this plan then Ichika won't have to tire himself out in trying to control his big sisters."
"But come at a cost of him, being separated from me. If he doesn't come here then his big sisters won't come in this city as well. He'll be separated from me, his mother that loves him dearly."
Though Izanami is showing just how much she loves her son, her aura and expression failed to look the part due to them always dipping down into an evil territory.
(She looks like a demon…)
Tesshin and Lu both thought.
"Well I can't disagree with that statement but it is somehow rude."
The two flinches as Shiori accurately read their minds before she turns back her attention to her displeased big sister.
"Anyway nee-san, you already promised Ichika that you'll agree to this plan right? And also, he is pretty excited to see more of the outside world as he barely got time to do so. He'll be very happy nee-san."
Cleverly using Ichika as leverage to make Izanami finally, Shiori now successfully banishes her big sister unpleasant expression.
"Well if you put it like that… alright… I will stow whatever disagreements that I have… for Izanagi and Ichika's sake. So I guess I should send Ichika here a week from now… sigh… to be parted from him is too unbearable for me."
Despite again saying that slight disagreement, Izanami finally already agreed with the plan so it was a relief for Tesshin and Lu.
"So I guess this settles the matter. Now for the minor things, about the protection of the prodigies and Ichika whilst they are here in Kawakami."
"I will arrange it, I will make sure that Kawakami is safe from all sorts of danger. If needed I will inform the Kuki of this plan and get their help as well. It will be the first week that's the busiest because your son will arrive here first, during that time I will personally guard him myself."
"No need to do that much Tesshin, actually Ichika's attendants will be coming here to guard him. Their presence will only be revealed should Ichika be placed in danger. Ichika's protection is already ensured because his servants are all capable fighters. What I'm saying is that we want to ensure Ichika's comfort when he lives in this city, as you know Ichika is not used to whatever customs that are being done in the outside world, so guide him in all that he needs to know."
Shiori made pretty normal requests, totally killing the thought in Tesshin's mind about them asking extravagance in terms of security for the only son of their family.
Tesshin knew of the abnormal family dynamic of the Orimura although he really can't blame it on them entirely.
The old warriors entanglement with the family started back when he was still active, in one of the uprising in China were a group of rebels that were being led by powerful Kung Fu masters aiming to overthrow the Chinese government, Tesshin was called in to help the Chinese government from the tyrannical rebels.
Tesshin fights the rebels but then a lone girl drops in and kills all of the rebel masters including their powerful Kung Fu leaders. This girl turned out to be Izanami when she was still 12 years old, after dealing with the rebels Izanami attacks the younger Tesshin and surprisingly fights her to a stalemate while causing tremendous damage in most of China's territory due to their fight. The bout ended with Izanami suddenly losing interest in the fight and vanished.
Several years later after that incident in China, Tesshin receiving a mysterious message which ordered him to go to Northern Kyoto or in the mountains of Kyoto, there he meet the Orimura clan who in that time is now in the leadership of Izanami, the girl he fought during the Rebellion in China.
He was called there actually by the sick patriarch of the clan Orimura Izanagi, whom he was surprised to know to be a little brother and husband for the four matriarchs filled in the post of leading the clan in his absence. This developed into a friendship between Izanagi and Tesshin which lead to Izanagi asking him a favor to help train his daughters that he knew where starting to lose to their powers. Because he is sick, he cannot guide them and he admitted that his wives were unable to do that because of their equally twisted upbringing.
So this eventually leads to Tesshin forming up this plan to rehabilitate the children of the Orimura, for his friend Izanagi and for the world itself because he knew after watching the eight daughters of the Orimura and including the only son, they were existences that he considered as destroyers of balance.
(I didn't expect to see that Orimura would so easily agree with us. But I guess I have you and your son to thank for this. Your children are all valuable talents of this world, so I will do my best to realize your goal my friend… before they turn into the peril that will consume the world.)
Tesshin thinks of this in his head.
Izanami reads Tesshin's mind smirks, amused of the thoughts of the old warrior.
"Not that I care in the slightest, but why do you want to 'help' the children of our clan? As I reckon, you know of our families power and our aim right? So why help?"
"Hmmm… well… I did promise your husband that I would make a plan like this but maybe it was more that I want to prevent your daughters from losing themselves."
"Hate to break it to you but they are bound to become like that as they grow older. Making all this rather pointless."
Izanami grins evilly.
"Well that maybe so but if I remember it correctly; your son doesn't seem to accept that and always tries to find an alternative."
Tesshin brings that up, much to the slight amusement of Izanami.
"Well my son is not one to give up… that's a big point of his charm." Izanami smiles in agreement and Shiori nods likewise.
However as if forgetting something important Shiori suddenly puts her hands together like praying as she remembered it.
"Oh yes… about Ichika, I almost forgot to tell you that there are quite a lot of organizations that are after him."
Both Tesshin and Lu was caught off-guard of what they just heard.
"Hm… that slipped my mind… well that shows just how unimportant they are. Our family can easily kill them all without trouble. But since Ichika is going to be in this city… the need to double Ichika's guards seemed like a good idea. But maybe I should give this chance to you Tesshin, assure me that you will protect Ichika."
"Nee-san that's a bit…" Shiori was a little surprised at her big sister's decision, knowing how much she loves her son; Shiori didn't expect something like this to come out of her mouth.
"There are several powerful organization that somehow know and are after my son. You see he has this miraculous power in him and those bunches of cretin want it. While I am confident that he won't get captured, I'm more interested in testing this thing you call… camaraderie…"
Tesshin and Lu were surprised while Shiori merely sighs in response.
"Alright… the youth of this city will prove that."
Izanami and Tesshin exchanges smirks.
With the Izanami stood up and walked away without saying anything else and then just vanished into the darkness.
"Well I guess this is it; we can consider the deal between the Orimura and Kawakami sealed. We're hoping for favorable results with this plan. I too am convinced of Izanagi's wish, so I hope this plan works."
Shiori at least gives Tesshin a greeting before vanishing into the darkness around them.
But with the two sources of the overwhelming aura leaving it was surprising that the malice still remained in the atmosphere namely the odd veil of darkness that surrounded Tesshin and Lu.
Then from out of nowhere, a group of Oni mask emerged from the darkness they looked to be the legends of floating masks but in reality are just women with identical body, they are the soldiers of the Orimura. One stepped forward and stretched out its right hand that held a thick book, she placed the book in the table.
Upon doing that, they too vanished like smoke and the thick darkness vanished and everything returned to normal.
"Representative… that was tense… even though nothing happened it was very tense."
"That was your first meeting of the Orimura clan Lu. Be proud that you lived." Tesshin stands up and takes the book that was left.
"Are they that powerful representative?"
"Well you can say that for now. But I'll wager that you'll have more to say when you see them in a battle… well we are done here Lu. Let's go back to the temple; everyone there must've been woken up by the massive aura of those two."
With that, Lu and Tesshin vanished from the hidden shrine itself, leaving the mountain to be at peace once again.
The next day: June 2, 8:00am.
It was the new semester, the students of the Kawakami academy is still doing their routine activity as students like heading to school.
One such special group of students is the Kazama family an eccentric group of students with defining qualities.
Kazama Shoichi the leader or known by his name as Capt, Naoe Yamato the wily one that is known among the group as the tactician, Kawakami Momoyo the one that stands out in the bunch because of her place as the God of War, Kawakami Kazuko little sister of Momoyo, Chris a German transfer student who's a daughter of a high ranking military official in Germany, Mayuzumi Yukie daughter of the country's renowned swordsman and heir of the Mayuzumi style, Shiina Miyako a renowned archer that attained the title as one of the Five Great Archers and lastly the duo Shimazu Gakuto muscle and Morooka Takuya the tech-geek of the group.
Each member of the Kazama family are unique in their own way, which gained them the fame as the most eccentric family in the Kawakami Academy.
This unique group is also talking a very unique topic that happened last night, actually the whole Kawakami experienced the oddly occurrence the suddenly happened near the hour of midnight.
"I barely got any sleep last night… (Yawn)… that sudden earthquake woke me up and also the terrible presence…"
After her 9th yawn, Momoyo complains with a rather serious face.
"I felt that too Momo-senpai… more than the earthquake… it was the strange malefic presence that kept me up whole night." Yukie or popularly known in the group as Mayucchi, also showed signs of a sleepless night but she failed to yawn like Momoyo.
She was still worried about the presence that suddenly scattered all over the city like a massive fog.
"I've never felt something like that before… it wasn't like the aura of a powerful person… more like… demon." Yukie shivered a little.
"Well if Mayucchi is scared, I can sleep in your room tonight with Maru-san included. Because she wasn't with me last night… so the three of us will be completely snug together." Chris says with an obvious façade on her face. She was acting tough.
"Critchi is trying to say that she wants to sleep with you tonight. She did after all scream last night." Matsukaze retorts and embarrasses Chris.
"Eh!? I-I did not… I did no such thing."
Everyone just looked at Chris who was putting on a very pitiful expression.
"Well… you can blame cri... that presence was enough to make me on-guard the whole night… it felt like there were blades being constantly pointed at me."
With a serious face, Momoyo spoke.
"Well Miyako and Wanko seem to be affected by it as well…"
She turns to the quiet Miyako and Kazuko/Wanko.
While the girls discussed about the event last night, the boys could only look. They too felt the two things that occurred last night, but they know they only felt the little part of it unlike the girls who are sensitive to those.
But their silence only lasts a few seconds before they tried on making conversations to snap the girls out of their funk.
"Men, I was glad I got back in time last night… I wouldn't want myself still out from the dorm."
"Where were you last night Capt?" Yamato asks their leader.
"Well I was returning from my trip to Nagoya, men it was scary. I mean I was in a train with lots of people but I still feel this strange presence around me. Everyone that was also in the train seemed to feel the same as well."
"Really? Well we can ask the principal if he knew of this." Yamato suggests, hoping that this will at least calm his friends down.
"We can do that later, but you know what you can do right now Yamato is play with your big sister." Momoyo suddenly clings on Yamato who is her underling and her appointed little brother.
"Nee-san… it's going to be really hard walking if you continue clinging on to me like this."
"Well bear with it, it is your duty after all."
In a way, Yamato knew this is Momoyo trying to lighten the mood so he plays along.
"Wanko, how about free snacks later."
"Eh!? Really? Then I'm in!" Kazuko suddenly lightens up in the mention of food.
"I can use some free love meal later Yamato." Miyako also makes a statement of her own.
"Let's stay friends."
"Muuu… well I'll keep on trying." Miyako retorts with the same stubborn phrase she always use.
"Mayucchi did you watch Yamatomaru last night?"
"Well we we're watching it together Chris-san."
Yukie and Chris began talking on their own.
"Oi Moro any new lewd comics today?"
"Well I have this the new To-Love Ru volume 10 today. Its new and I haven't read it last night."
"Ohhh… let me see."
Moro and Gakuto also began their own conversation.
In no time the Kazama family is back in their usual calmness, they managed to beat back the unpleasantness of last night as they walked towards the Kawakami academy.
But not just the Kazama family, but the rest of Kawakami academy's groups are also affected by the same reason.
The Kuki group is one of those.
Instead of their usual walk-to-school, the clones Yoshitsune, Benkei, Yoichi and Seiso, including Hideo and Monshiro are now being escorted to school via car and guarded by several servants of the Kuki corp.
The weird events last night made the whole Kuki Corporation go in full alert for the whole night, so it was no surprise that it would be the same today.
The car in front contained Hideo, Mon with Claudio and Hume Hellsing, two of the high ranking butlers of the Kuki Corp and servants Azumi and Koi in the driver and front seat.
In the second car is the clones accompanied by Stacy and Lee.
They took this precaution in case last night was an indication of a powerful hostile force entering Kawakami.
"So Hume, Claudio, any news regarding about last night?" Hideo asked the two veteran butlers of the Kuki household.
"Nothing yet, Hideo-sama. Our information regarding about what happened last night is inconclusive. None of the possible reason seems to fit." With a respectful tone, Claudio answered.
"We think it was a powerful force entering Kawakami but nothing of the caliber was detected entering the city near the time when the event had transpired. The servant corp. is still investigating the matter and are widening are search radius." Hume added.
"Yet it is hard to believe though, that such powerful auras like those could suddenly enter the city and not be caught. They may be very powerful fighters." Interested Hume lets those words out his mouth.
"Hmmm yes, this is a bit interesting too. Maybe they're here to challenge the God of War or one of the clones." Claudio said with the same tone in his voice.
"Maybe we could recruit them to Kuki. They would make a fantastic addition to our manpower." Monshiro states with a positive smile on her face.
Although Hume moves in and corrects the young girl.
"Mon-sama… if I may say. A person who's aura isn't suited to society. Mostly the kind person whose power that are in that level are usually deadly in nature."
"He is right Mon-sama. Persons like that have already lost themselves to their power. It may be wise to steer clear of them."
Monshiro and Hideo didn't say anything after what Claudio and Hume said, they were trying their best to hide it but they are bothered. Merely because they think what the two said is right.
In the second car, the mood was the same but lighter compared to the first one.
Benkei was snoozing and leaned over to Yoshitsune, she spent the whole night on-guard after she too felt the overwhelming presence, Yoichi was yawn for the same reason and Yoshitsune is busy waking up Benkei.
Seiso however or rather at the moment, Haou was silently looking in the window. Wondering about the same thing everyone is worried about.
(Hmmm… Haou? What's the matter?)
Seiso, the alternate personality, asks her other half on why she was so serious.
(Nothing… just curious about the past night… never have I felt a presence that overpowering, enough that even I was forced to be on-guard… I am deeply curious to see the culprit they'll make a wonderful opponent.)
(I see well at least you're excited.)
Seiso laughs in Haou thoughts before quieting down.
Everyone continued on with their day but with varying thoughts in mind.
They went on for everyone and the excitement about the unusual event in the past night begin to die down as everyone focused on more important activities.
But it was different for the principal, Kawakami Tesshin.
In his office, he read the book that he was left to him by the guest last night. It turned out to be the profiles of the Orimura clan's children; nine of them are listed there.
Eight daughters and one son.
"Hmmm… all of them are going to be pretty hard to deal with. Especially one of the eldest… their personality has been heavily warped by their family's twisted ways. But it is shocking that all of them are in the same level as Momoyo in battle strength… two may even be above her in terms of strength and technique alone… they are truly like their parents. But it still escapes me why Izanami and her sisters didn't treat their talented daughters nicely? This is going to be harder than I expected. Well at least the only son isn't and he is also the target of his sisters' affections, enough that he can somehow temper them. Now it's clear why he is so valuable."
Tesshin places the book on the table, taking a short break.
"Hmmm… I may have overestimated my own plan… just looking at the behavior of the sisters alone, they are going to be in constant conflict with the other students… worse on Momoyo as well. I guess it is wise that Ichika is going here first to smooth things. This makes me feel young again, all this excitement."
Tesshin looks up to the ceiling with profound interest in his eyes.
Meanwhile in Kyoto…
In the northern border of Kyoto lies the territory of the family of powerful warriors that have hidden themselves in seclusion for a very long time.
Inside the misty and dangerous crags of the mountains lay the vast territory of the said family, known as the Orimura clan. But its vastness doesn't seem to corresponding with the true size of the mountains territory, in truth this was made possible by a miraculous form of technology the expanded space drastic perfect in fitting all the extravagant mansions, huge gardens and especially the castle that is the main dwelling of the Orimura. It also functions as a flawless barrier that prevents all entrances and exits from the territory.
However the ridiculous large castle only houses the four matriarchs that lead the clan, the rest of the family lives in individual mansions of extravagant size that litter the territory, including the nine children of the family.
And in the mansion of the only son, Ichika Orimura, the boy happily prepared his things for his departure to Kawakami, days from now.
"So it's a week from now huh? I'm pretty excited, I'm glad mom and my aunts agreed with the Tesshin-ojisan's suggestion. Finally, this could be the chance for my sisters to experience something new. Maybe they'll make friends as well."
In his ridiculous large room, Ichika happily prepared everything that he might need for his departure.
Ichika in appearance is all in all, attractive.
Black raven hair, clear azure eyes, well-kept body and an appearance that was no less that the description attractive and his defining traits that sets him apart from the whole family, his unwavering kindness.
And this defining traits makes everyone flock to him, even his family that's has lost most of their own humanity, even the servants that have long since lost other thoughts besides loyalty to their masters.
"I'm really excited… I wish I could just go now."
Ichika wasn't alone in the room, he has some of his servants waiting for any orders he might give. While in standby the female servants were secretly ogling their young master, admiring every little detail in him.
(Young master is very happy… it brightens my day.)
A beautiful and refined looking servant with pink hair smiles as she looks at her young master.
(Nothing beats a hard day's work than seeing Ichika-sama smile like this.)
A charming servant with chin length blue hair with green fringe cracks the same smile.
(Ah! Ichika-sama… so adorable.)
A pretty servant with light brown hair makes an energetic smile.
(Ichika-sama… he sure knows how to make us his servants drooling over him.)
Lastly a girl sexy servant with long black hair seductively smiles.
"Sora, Umi, Kazan, Yama, have you prepared your things too? You'll be coming with me when I go to Kawakami right?"
"Yes, we will prepare our own things right away Ichika-sama." Sora the one with the pink hair nods in compliance.
Umi, the blue haired one, Kazan with the light brown and Yama the black one, all nodded as well.
"I can't wait to see the outside world; I've heard many things about it so I'm pretty excited to see them for myself."
Ichika flashes his four servants another smile, one that almost makes them fall to their knees in sheer happiness. They were in so much bliss that they forgot to reply.
"And the best part of that, my big sisters are going too. This will be good chance for us to…"
For a brief moment, Ichika's face saddened a sight that caused the same thing to happen for his four servants.
"Oh? You're really excited Ichika."
Suddenly a very beautiful woman enters Ichika's room.
A beautiful woman with an overpowering presence, it was his mother, Izanami Orimura.
Seeing her, Ichika immediately smiles and runs to her, giving her a tender embrace which she so joyously returned.
The four servants instinctively left the room to let the matriarch and their young master bond with each other.
"Mom, I'm happy to see you today. I really want to thank you for giving me this chance."
"Well of course dear… anything for my beloved son."
Izanami tenderly embraces her son.
"Your very excited in going? Do you really want to experience living in the outside?"
"Well there is that but the real reason is that I want my big sisters and my little sister to develop temperance by understanding others."
Izanami didn't really listen to her son because she was too focused on absorbing his charming appearance. So she merely responds with a rather vague smile and nuzzles her son's cheek.
"Well anything that makes you happy."
Dangerous as she maybe, she cannot help but be loving to Ichika if he is this happy and of course the latter couldn't do anything else but surrender to his mother's affections.
The two continued the sweet atmosphere for a few minutes before both broke off their hug.
"Oh? You're already preparing? But isn't this a little too early?"
"It got too excited."
"It's alright. In fact, I'll help you."
Ichika wordlessly accepts his mother's help, but while they did it, Ichika remembered something important and asked about his sisters whom he hasn't seen since last night.
But before Ichika could ask Izanami beats him by answering before he could ask.
"They are with your aunt Shiori. They are being prepared for their eventual trip to the Kawakami as well. As you know, your sisters didn't really agree with this initially but their reluctance was reduced when you said you'd go with them. But that still wasn't enough to make them fully agree. They are thinking that this will harm you."
"Yes, I know of that. They still didn't want to go and tried convincing me to change my decision. But I want this plan to happen, aside from the volatile relationship my sisters have with the others in my family, I want them to have good friends from outside. I believe it would help them develop their attitude."
Izanami looks at her son while he spoke and finds his adorable as he spoke. Seeing his husband great resemblance in Ichika makes Izanami embrace Ichika again.
"Oh… just like your father… don't worry Ichika. I will support this plan, for you. I will do this for you Ichika."
"… Thanks mom…" Ichika returns the hug.
Meanwhile in the main castle.
Shiori talked with Ichika's sisters in a garden setting.
Chigusa, Chifuyu, Misaki, Yuuko, Chisaya, Saya, Chiasa and Madoka all sat in silence as they faced their aunt.
"Well, let me hear it for the last time; are you eight going to Kawakami?" Shiori asked again because the girls are still being quiet and wearing a bothered face.
"Come on… let me hear it."
Shiori pressed the question again.
There were a few minutes of silence between Shiori and the girls but thankfully it ended with Chisaya finally speaking for all her sisters.
"… We agree…"
Chisaya didn't need to get the permission of her sisters; she knew that they'll say the same thing she did.
Shiori smiles despite knowing that they will say something like this, they cannot after all resist with Ichika being included in the mix.
"So that settles it. You and your sisters will attend Kawakami academy 3 weeks after Ichika did. Although that may shorten depending on how things go as Ichika attends there."
The statement appeared to have surprised the young girls a little; they were expecting that they would get to attend with Ichika at the same time.
"Mom… may I ask why?" Chiasa raises her hand and weakly asks.
"Well because we want Ichika to smooth things in Kawakami before you, the… unpolished sisters of his, attitude wise to join in. Ichika is friendly and can easily get along with others so he'll definitely be able to establish friendships in that city and set the ground for you eight to enter. Although I would wish all of you would at least try to act friendly to the youth in that city."
The request immediately earned varying expressions of disgust and disagreement from the young girls.
"… And this is what I mean… well I do hope that you girls will finally see things in a new light through this plan. I'm speaking in behalf of my three sisters; we want you girls to get better. I'm sure you girls won't be bored in the place, there is the Kawakami temple there with its prized disciples and even Kawakami Momoyo the God of War as they call her, Kuki and the historical clones that they made. It's a really fun place for you girls, maybe you can show them your power too, so long as you girls don't kill anyone since it is forbidden… oh and another thing using most of your powers is forbidden, so those seals on your neck place for that very purpose."
Sincerity, that is what Shiori showed to the eight girls and the eight in response, turned away either in denial or otherwise doubting feelings.
But still despite this, the girls were somehow interested in seeing Kawakami city.
With varying smiles, the girls did show that they're up for the plan to go and try to fit in society.
(A week later)
Another sunny day in Kawakami.
The Kazama family is again walking in their usual road to school, leisurely while talking to each other.
"Ah! I'm bored… there isn't any new challenges today." While walking beside Yamato, Momoyo loudly voiced out.
"Well you beat them very quickly nee-san so it would be no surprise if they would suddenly stop challenging you." Yamato says with a bland face.
But then Momoyo puts him in head lock and begins teasing him.
"If that happens then I'm challenge you Yamato, every day in match of headlock."
"Then I'm also going to challenge Yamato in a battle of love every day."
Momoyo who is joined by Miyako, started flinging teasing at Yamato, much to the latter's embarrassment.
"Well I can't blame Momo-senpai, the past week was rather dull. Even in school we felt like things were rather normal than the usual Kawakami atmosphere." Chris turns to Yukie.
"Yes, but times like this rather important. A time to rest and recover is necessary for warriors."
"Well coming from Mayucchi, it should be true." Chris innocently agrees.
"Ah! But its times like this that I want to go on an adventure!" Shoichi screams out as well.
"Well Capt always likes to go on an adventure. But going on an adventure does sound fun, maybe I'll go with Capt next time."
The group continued with their pointless talk until they arrived in Kawakami academy. But something caught their eyes as they entered their school, walking towards them is the principal and Momoyo's grandfather, Kawakami Tesshin talking to a boy they never saw before.
He is wearing the boy's uniform of the Kawakami academy so the gang was pretty confused.
Also to add more mystery to the boy, a lot of the students both girls and boys were looking at the boy Tesshin is talking to.
"Who's that? Is he a celebrity?" Kazuko asks with 100% innocence.
"Is it just me or is he glowing?"
"Hm?"
Chris' weird statement caused Kazuko to turn to her with profound confusion.
"No, I don't mean it in a weird way… it's just that boy look like he is emanating a rather weird aura."
"Hm? He doesn't have Ki but… there is this weird aura about him that I can't understand." Yukie comes forward with a rather serious which prompted the rest of the Kazama family to look at the boy, especially Momoyo.
"Mayumayu is right… that boy looks like he is hiding something."
Momoyo smiles in way that suggests she was ready to throw out a challenge.
"Oh Naoe-kun and the rest, good morning."
Yoshitsune with Benkei and Yoichi arrived and greeted the Kazama family but got no reply.
"Hm? What is everyone looking at?"
"Yoshitsune…"
Benkei turned Yoshitsune towards the boy that was talking to the principal.
"It seems there is another interesting addition to the school." Benkei says with a serious looking face.
"…" Yoichi was looking too; he could after all feel as well the weird presence in the boy they are looking at.
And even Yoshitsune herself begins to notice the same detail that caused everyone around her to get enamored in looking at the boy.
(That boy… what is this presence that he is exuding?)
The boys of the Kazama family however were treating this as more of a normal atmosphere when a handsome transfer student appears.
"Keh! Another pretty guy." Gakuto had an unpleasant look on his face.
"We should get used to it by now." Moro sighed.
"He looks interesting, maybe he is a prince of some powerful family." Capt comments casually.
However to Yamato, he felt different.
Looking at the boy, Yamato knew he wasn't a normal one. Though he can't perceive Ki, still he can feel a strange and rather overwhelming presence about the newcomer.
(Another clone? Probably not… but I can bet a lot that he is not normal.)
Yamato turns to Momoyo, as he noticed his big sister was the one that exhibits a rather dangerous air as she stared.
"Nee-san–"
"I'm going to test him."
Momoyo cuts off Yamato with that statement, shocking the latter and everyone that heard her. Before any words could be said, Momoyo runs towards the boy and charges her fist with her Ki.
"Kawakami-ryu Musou Seikenzuki!"
Momoyo closes the distance between her and the boy and throws in one of her signature techniques, Musou Seikenzuki, a simple straight punch with a power of battleship cannon.
It caught Tesshin by surprise and also the boy next to him who is Momoyo's target but…
""""Wha?""""
Everyone was a little late in their reaction, but when they did notice it they were shocked. Even the clones and the samurais girls of the Kazama family was surprised at what they have seen.
But probably the most who was surprised is Momoyo.
"!"
Momoyo's fist was caught by the boy before it hit him. The speed of Momoyo's punch was so fast no one could've caught it, but the boy had uncanny reaction that he managed to catch Momoyo's punch without getting blown away.
But even than that, when the boy caught Momoyo's punch, a powerful wave of Ki ripples everywhere causing a slight tremor to persist for a few minutes, surprising everyone even more at how someone can so easily block the God of War's powerful attack.
"Momoyo!"
"Ow!"
Momoyo has hit out of nowhere by Tesshin.
"Why did you do that Ji-ji!"
"You idiot… you know you cannot attack someone without a challenge and especially not a transfer like him who still isn't familiar of Kawakami academy's traditions."
"Transfer student?"
Momoyo looks at the boy that caught her fist. The boy released Momoyo's hand and gives her a bright smile.
"So you are Kawakami Momoyo, I'm honored to meet you. My name is Orimura Ichika, I'm from Kyoto."
"Uh… yeah… nice to meet you."
Still confused, Momoyo greets Ichika with a confused expression.
"At least you greeted him normally Momo, but you attacking him out of nowhere is truly wrong."
Tesshin hits Momoyo again which caused the latter to wince in pain.
"Ow, alright already I'm sorry."
The rest of the Kazama ran towards the scene and approaches Momoyo who is nursing her head that got hit.
"Momo-senpai…"
The girls crowded around Momoyo, checking if he was okay.
"He blocked Momo-senpai punch and didn't get blown away… that's awesome."
Capt however looks at Ichika and praised him.
Soon the rest of the Kazama family glanced at the boy.
Yamato, Miyako, Chris, Kazuko, Yukie, Gakuto and Moro were slightly awed when they saw the boy up close. Ichika however just smiled at them.
"Good morning, I'm the new transfer student from Kyoto that will enter class 1-S, my name Orimura Ichika. It's an honor to meet you all."
No one managed to speak; they merely nodded at Ichika and responded in unison. While the rest of the spectators gawked in awe.
""""""Nice to meet you…""""""
Though a little bit awkward, the fact cannot be denied.
That this event is the start of the most interesting and chaotic time that Kawakami city will ever experience.