Midnight Stars of Giving Wish

Note: I might not be able to finish my story of the Infinite Stratos: Into the Eternal Climate which is a shame, some storm passed by and now all the data files that I have keep have all been corrupted, sigh, what a waste, and I've been saving it for a long time, I hope this new story can be paid up for that, enjoy and... well, my sincere apologies for those who were eager to see what will transpire next in my other story, well, enjoy.

Chapter 1: The Enlightened Star

Up the stars in the sky stand billions of sparks, and it may indicate something like a meteorite or not at all, but one thing is certain... there is a superstitious belief that once you pray on a shooting star that enters Earth, you will be given one wish, but... perhaps it is not simply one star that gives wish, every star does, such as...

...At the Orimura Residence...

Ichika Orimura, the younger brother of the famous Chifuyu Orimura, the champion of the Mondo Grosso, the IS tournament, watches of how Chifuyu handle all sort of questions in the court, it's regarding his status in society as apparently... after one wrong direction at the examination hall at his school, he instead found an IS, the Byakushiki, the former IS of his older sister and supposedly, after she retired, it became unusable at that it's no longer battle oriented due to it not responding to anyone else other than its previous user and right now, there's no one using it... until... in the near future, it has been announced that Ichika will attend IS academy, an institution that is for IS users to learn the basics and fundamental steps in manuevering IS, there has also been indication that only females can operate IS, but evidently, it seems one male can operate it, Ichika. Why? For reasons unknown, some say Ichika could have been passed onto the blood of Chifuyu to which it may have enabled him to operate an IS and then the other reason is that Ichika might be refered to as a special blood to some degree, though both claims remain unproven and the only thing is certain is that things will different for the young man now. "Geez, don't they have anything else in mind?" On the screen, he sees his older sister giving answers to here and then about his status and how he will be living from now on, according to the Alaska treaty, things such as nations, companies and other agencies out there cannot set foot on IS academy and those who attend there must not have any affiliation with any of them, thus, it is regarded as a free institution with the Japanese government monitoring the condition and status of every students of where they are from and what will be their status for future times whether they will actually be using IS or simply know its basic functions and do something to improvise it to some degree. "Chifuyu-nee is working hard for me, sigh, I wish I could do something for her." It's not that she minds, Chifuyu that is, she intends on being the hardworker if it means getting her older brother to safety and be as he is as he is now the only family she has left, women cannot stay strong without someone to lean on, that much is true, those who tend to act tough like strength is all there is, those kind of people will eventually find that mere strength is never enough, why? Because as strength grows, so does the capacity and as capacity grows, it will become uncontrollable to the point it will eventually destroy itself as such those who embrace such line of thinking is either weakened or will not go far in their path at all, that is how this works, that is the nature of the world. As truth will forever be the almighty one and any falsehood will be dealt with. "Well then, what should I have for dinner?" It's just about 8 in the evening, tomorrow is when Ichika will leave the house and have it lock for about at least... well, three years? He'll be staying at IS academy for about that long and he can return here from time to time though only for a brief period, IS academy provides all sort of luxury for its students or that's what Chifuyu would put it, perhaps she's bluffing or not, either way, Ichika's fate is sealed though he doesn't mind as the well-being of others is more important to him, that has made him attractive to some females out there, and perhaps right now, he is regarded as the most popular man on Earth due to his ability to pilot IS. Ichika didn't turn off the t.v. as he head for the chicken. "Chifuyu-nee will probably be hungry once she gets back, I better prepared something, let's see, she likes onions with..." He's good at housework, as most guys have frankly been berated by a bunch of women for being the less dominant gender at this era, people have either been arrogant or ignorant to the fact that women may have dominated this era, it may in fact a day of reckoning if one can put it, as men have perhaps been arrogant about women, one wish may have inflicted a damage on them that things have become contradictory that women have eventually overpowered men for their low perspective of them of being just housewives or many other insulting point of view, and right now, women are the ones running the military, though of course, there are still the councilmen who are all males who decide all sort of decisions for everyone.

"To that end, my brother Orimura Ichika will be attending IS academy to facilitate in his growing ability to pilot an IS, that is all, dismiss." The press conference erupted in chaos as Chifuyu ended the question and answer live view on t.v., she doesn't like dealing with such people with many questions in which answer one question, then another one, it's never-ending and it will not go away soon.

"Sigh, Chifuyu-nee sure didn't wasted any time ending that session."

...Somewhere else...

In this rich and luxurious hall of a mansion, one girl tries to aim particularly on a bottle that she intends to use as target practice. "So this boy is...?" Cecilia Alcott, the representative candidate of England, asked her maid who is a childhood friend who goes by the name of Chelsea Blackett.

"Hai, isn't it interesting? After a long while, men suddenly becoming popular again."

"I don't care about that, if he gets in my way..." bhew, shatter! One weapon pod smashed the bottle into a lot of shards. "I'll blow him into smithereens."

"Whoa, that was... 1,000 worth." This kind of paying is not... well, to the Alcott family it's just like buying a 50 yen ice scream cone.

...Somewhere else...

"Hey, why can't I attend to IS academy?" A certain chinese girl who runs a restaurant with her mother complains about not taking test in order to get admitted to IS academy.

"You said some time earlier that you don't want to attend so I put if off."

"As you said." The uncle and an assistant said, the assistant only seems to be confirming things.

"Who cares about things that happen in the past! Anyway, I need to go there, I'll do anything, I promise!" She steps on the flashback of her shrugging the capability test from the face of her uncle. This test is intended for those who wish to attend IS academy, those who pass the test about manuevering IS get admitted, those who don't... well, it's safe to say that they won't be admitted but the worst part of it is... you'll be a disgrace for trying in the first place as if you have just mocked what it means to be an IS user, represantives know not to fail whenever they are battled or ask to battle another one, those who lose will still have honor, but those who forfeit will be like become a symbol of a deserter for all IS users out there, though of course... those can be applied for all normal women, but as for men...

...At the Orimura Residence...

"Huh? I won't have to take the application test?"

"Ah, you'll be immediately taken to the academy tonight, Yamada will greet you so don't worry." Chifuyu just came home, carrying some bags, not from the grocery stores around the neighborhood but... it's pack with cans that came from vending machines, or not. All of them are beer or... something alcoholic, she's been known to be a heavy drinker sometimes, in fact, there is a certain bar here where Chifuyu usually attends, the bartender knows her and she has sort of became fascinated to the brew that they do there. "Anyway, pack your things, we'll leave early tonight."

"Eh? T-Tonight? But..."

"Do you want to be endlessly barged with questions from reporters?"

"Uh..." Right, since that fateful day where he was supposed to take an examination, one instructor instructed him to go to a storage hall where he found an IS, the former IS of his older sister, the Byakushiki, is instored, it's been there for about... well, since Chifuyu herself retired after winning the championship at Mondo Grosso, though she forfeited that last match for good reasons, what good is there being champion without happiness anyway? Those who lack such things will probably have an hellish life ahead of them, happiness is truth, without such things, there can be no end. Well about that, ever since that fateful day, things have become much more busier for Chifuyu, not that she's complaining but she can't stand people who are so overobnoxious that they'll just ignore the visiting time, sort to speak, and ask various questions about Ichika of how he is able to pilot an IS, which they sometimes deduce that perhaps even men can pilot such equipments, if not being rude in how IS are supposed to be just tools in battle or whatever one prefer to use them by, though such deductions were later confirmed to be nontrue at all, only Ichika can pilot IS among men, which leads to various controversies about one's belief, the world is full of beliefs, even those that they consider absolute facts are also based on one's perspective. "...no."

"Good, then you best go outside, I'll grab the keys then we can move on, this house will likely be closed for a while, so don't forget your keys once you leave."

"Hai." He leaves with his IS uniform already intact, he's wearing it since frankly there is no time to waste in enrolling to IS academy, Chifuyu told him to meet someone named Yamada, must be an instructor or someone important in IS academy, which means they might be of the staff members in the faculty or something. "So, when will we..."

"Return? Hmph, you can return during breaks, though I would advise you to not leave the academy on occasions or else you might suffer expulsion for being tardy or not attending at all."

"Ah, okay..." This is getting more and more better, this institute must be very strict with its policy, as such it maybe because the japanese government is watching over the status of every students attending there, as such, no agencies, nations and other organizations or agencies out there can step foot in the grounds of the academy unless the Alaska treaty demands so, this treaty serves as the only agreement that keeps the world on a stable state, if it gets broken... well, world war might consume the world again. "Ja, I'll wait outside."

"Okay, ja, I'll be waiting."

"Ah, like I said, don't forget your key, I won't be here too for a long time."

"Hai." He closes the door behind him, on the road, stands a car, a black sedan to be precise, it belongs to Chifuyu, she has earned much fortune over the years due to her unique strength, agility, charisma and talent in manuevering IS, she's like the epitome of a woman who can discipline men who are barbaric and would complain about how women have become superior in gender and that men have all been put to naught in their superiority figure like men should be... nah, not worth discussing such egotistical conversations, there is also some group of criminals in this area where they said they are called the Wild Lucky Bunch, or at least that's the name of the boss decided to entitled the group for them being "lucky" as he put it, supposedly these guys are just a bunch of thugs causing trouble in society but recently, there has been some unrest regarding women being taken as hostage to be "hosts" for their entertainment, what that is is not discussed as the mere thought of what's happenning to the ladies in town are just... disturbing, one such as a chivalrous person is not probably standing to such insults but... there has been no one by such background, except... "Sigh, I guess I better wait here, the moon is crescent tonight, hm, I didn't noticed." Ichika lies at the side of the car, with his back resting on it, Chifuyu will grab a few stuff inside the house then step out as well, then they will be off to the isolated island of IS academy, though it's only isolated at just about... crossing a bridge sort to speak, a railing to be precise, you just take one monorail ride and there you go, IS academy, it's just a simple travel wherein you will enter the domain of... nah, there's no such thing like there's a field boundary that prevents men from taking foot inside the campus of that institute, if there are, there wouldn't be any men now... and that... would be chaos, well, not breaking the boundary of... nah, there's no such thing as that, reality is just plain invicinble for any delusions out there, no one can replace the harsh, cruel reality. "Sigh, IS academy huh... I wonder what kind of student's life that awaits me."

"Hehe, are you interested in knowing the future?" A sarcastic, as well as eccentric, voice asked.

"Huh?" Turning to the side, there's a weird guy with a mushroom hairstyle sitting near the house, he has a long nose which may seem to resemble that of a famous musician or something. "You are..."

"Hehe, it's a beautiful night, isn't it?"

"Uh, y-yeah, I guess so." There has been some weird individuals reported in the streets, this one... he's wearing the coat of a scientist and his expression seems to be striking as if he's a madman who has come up with something.

"So, do you wish to see the future?" He's holding a set of tarot cards and he's passing them through with each of his hands like similar in a gamble where the gambler shuffles the cards on his hands.

"Eh?"

"I will offer no payment for this mere fortune telling, but, do you believe in fortune telling?"

"Uh, a little?"

"Hm, just so, well then, please pick up four cards from this." He laid four cards on the ground, face down. It's up for Ichika to draw which first.

"Hm, this one..."

"It's up to you."

Ichika kneeled on the ground and observe the cards, these are of the tarrot cards like the Magician, the Priestess and many more that is of the Thoth deck of tarot cards. "Hm, how about... this one." He flips one card open, it's the Star, in the upright position.

"Oh, the Star in the upright position indicates the immediate future, it seems... haha, fortune and blessing is on your way."

"Eh?"

"Why don't you flip another, so we may proceed forward."

"A-Ah, okay." Flipping one card, this time it's... another star. "Eh?"

"Oh, another Star, in the upright position no less, hm... It seems the stars will smile on you this day." That seems to be obvious, two stars on the row, the next is... "Why don't you pick another?"

"A-Ah, okay." Flipping another... a star. "Uh." He feels rather awkward at this, what does this star means anyway? In the Thoth reading, the star represents enthuasm, bright future, positive outcome and many other more. "What does this mean... Huh?"

"Hehe, fufu, this is... haha, how marvelous, your future is very interesting. It seems you will encounter a turning point in your destiny, and a great adventure awaits you."

"Huh?"

"This adventure will lead you to many people, all of which you will form attachments with, and these attachments will be your source of strength, so, that being said... why don't you flip the last one?"

"Oh uh okay, but... don't you think..." It might be just another star so... Flipping it... "Huh?" The hanged man... in the downward position, what does this mean? In the Thoth reading, this represents unable to move on, or... unable to do anything, normally this is a bad sign, but in this case, three stars in a row may mean that this inability to move maybe that the person cannot change destiny itself, and in Ichika's case, this might means... he may be blessed... whether he likes it or not... or whether he will acknowledge it or not. "Uh, this is..."

"Oh, the hanged man, hehe, you might find yourself blessed with fortune... despite how you might see it as a curse or misfortune."

"Eh? Wha-" Just then Ichika finds himself surrounded by two people whose faces are covered in... clothing, which may seem look like they're a bunch of terrorists who are onto hiding. "Eh? Who-" They suddenly stand beside him.

"To that end, I think you will need this." The old man with long nose presents a long canister with... red substance on it. "Hehe, hold him."

"Hai." The two guys said, and..."

"Eh? W-Waah! H-Hey, what is the meaning of this!" Ichika got grabbed from both sides and he's struggling to break free, but these guys seem to be very relentless. Then another guy with his face covered in clothing comes with a... stretcher, for operation. Ichika is laid on it, with his arms and legs incapacitated by the other guys. "H-Hey, what is this? What is the meaning of this? Grr, grr, let me go! I said let me go!"

"Relax my boy, with this," The long nose old man presents the canister, "You shall be... the star the grants wishes to the appealment of women this day." A lightning struck as he said that with a striking expression.

"What does that mean? Hey, let me go, hey, gr, urgh!" He tries to break free but those things are like... well, they're like equipments in a gym that Ichika finds lacking the strength to lift them, well, if they're not attached to the stretcher, he might be able to lift them, but the real problem is... something like an helmet is placed on Ichika's head, with many connectors on it, when they put it on him, all of the connectors are stuck on his head. "Eh? This is?" They are connected to his brain it seems, no, no, not like the brain organ in his head is stucked with a bunch of connectors but rather... there are motion waves that are causing his brain waves to be like... well, putting in a state where you feel like you're sleepy, similar to a surgery room wherein a couple of doctors has put the patient to sleep for the duration of the operation, but this one... Ichika's brain is being connected to something. "What are you..."

The old man sits beside him on a operation equipment that is provided by the men. "Well then, show me, show me... what the Hysteria Zero Syndrome will do to the human, ha ha, for the latest of my invention, something that trascends the logic of others, some say that the brain is the senses of all things... well then, let us see how far will this theory go, ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha ha!"

"Ahh! You're insane! Help, someone help-!" blurrgh, blurrgh, blurrgh! The Hysteria Zero Syndrome as the old man would put it, is installed into a something that is input on Ichika's connectors, then they all flew through him like a bunch of blood being poured out of his head, then...

"Urgh, wha..." Ichika feels like something inside him is about to boil, like his blood is boiling... the brainwaves... his brain... those connectors are providing a motion wave that is too... too... overwhelming! It's awakening the sixth sense, like... like... "Urgh, uaarrgh!" Ichika's eyes become sort of empty, but then they return lively again, the sixth sense is gain and then... ha ha... ha ha... ha ha... Ichika could see a bunch of girls laughing, some may say that he's hallucinating these things but... there are some things that are beyond human comprehension... this... is one of them. blurrgh, blurrgh! The brain waves still intact, started to show Ichika something like a bunch of boiling red substance that seems to have been input on his spinal cord, then into his brain and then finally, it kicks in, it becomes hot inside like his brain is being boiled, allowing the sixth sense to become active. "Ah, ah... ah." Ichika exclaims some air for a while, it's not really painful but it can certainly makes you feel nervous when you feel like you're diving into the unknown and then... all sort of images of people comes to Ichika's mind, almost all of it... no, it's not almos... all of them are girls, and then... even Chifuyu is included it seems... then the last is... a star... which sends... endless amount of possibilities. "Ah!" Ichika opens his eyes to see himself not lying on a stretcher or operation equipment but rather, he's lying on the ground near the sedan that is owned by his older sister. "What the... I... Ugh," touching his head, he still feels a little headache from that experience, it feels like he's been under a surgical operation wherein a new type of blood was input onto his well-being, those connectors around his head sort of affected the brain waves on his brain, but that's not the problem, the problem is... "Ugh, I... I feel like..." Trying to maintain his composure, he tries to stand up while shaking, he cannot seem to get himself straight from the trauma and something inside his head... seems to be boiling for some reason, he can feel some beats around his head, as if the brain is beating, well, not exactly the brain but... nah, he's not good at the bisecting lesson of biology, so nevermind about that. "Ah, the stars..." Staring up, he still hallucinating some things due to the experience but he can see clearly and his brain is functioning real well.

Keplunk. "Hey, sorry for the long wait, let's get going." Chifuyu emerges out of the house, oblivious of what just transpired... the strange part is, there is no trace of all the activities earlier, that strange, eccentric, long nose old man is not within the premises and that stretcher and other equipments seem to have been removed as well. "Hm? What's the matter? You look a little dizzy."

"Ah... Ah, yeah, I guess so..." He said trying to use the car as a balance so that he may not fall.

"...? What's wrong? Are you sick? Let me feel your head." Chifuyu touches his head, then toucher her own to see if there is any different in temperature, strangely, Ichika's head seems to be hot and hers is only... well, it's hot but not really in the same temperature of Ichika. "Hm, that's strange, do you have a flu?"

"Uh no, I... huh? Wah!" He didn't noticed it, but Chifuyu held his head around her chest to see if his neck is hot as well, then... without Chifuyu's notice, his head is now on her chest... which... "B-Black bra, C-Chifuyu-nee... you're..." He didn't dare go say it outloud, but... at this case... Chifuyu removes his head from her chest, to see if any other of his body parts are the same temperature around his head. "I..." blurrghha. "Huh?" Something boils in his head. "Ugh." This causes him to touch his head again as he is aching.

"What's the matter? Are you sick?"

"Augh, no, I... Guh." He falls on the ground. "Ugh, I... Gwah!" Black panties... pretty attractive. blurrgh, blurrgh. Blood boiling... too hot. "Ugh, dammit."

"Hey, snap out of it, come on, let's get you to the academy before you started to pass out here, we can't affor to... huh?" Just then, a tank came passing by the neighborhood. "What the..."

"Huh?" Ichika turns to it and then he realizes it's... "Hey, that's..."

"Yeah, lucky! lucky! lucky!" Bang, bang, bang!

"Damn!"

"G-Guah!" Chifuyu took Ichika and he pulled... no, he got pulled by Chifuyu around the neck collar and they hide behind the sedan car, it's a terrorist attack.

"Stay down!" Chifuyu brought out a gun as gunfire erupted in the neighborhood.

"lucky! lucky! lucky!"

"Those are..." Ichika knows these guys, they're the Wild Lucky Bunch who are causing trouble around the area recently, most of the residents are having a hard time breathing at night due to their usual interference around here. They are reported on the news but it says the politicians do not have the manpower to manuever the problem right now, why? Because... well, due to the introduction of IS, terrorism, looting and other criminal activities have spread, evidently, some men who didn't like the idea of men being outstrip by women when it comes to the superior gender, it's a superiority complex in other words.

Bang, bang, bang! A gunshot broke out. Some police patrol cars arrived in the area. "Take cover!" Some squad forces with shield kneeled forward with shields as their cover, some police officers with guns came out of their cars and use the door as barricade and shield while they fire and the squad forces of the police with heavy artillery, mainly a.k.s and other heavyarmed guns, step forward while couching in a position that is aimed for the thugs.

"Lucky, lucky, lucky!" The guys who are "lucky" as they put it continue firing at the town.

"Mommy, what should..."

"Let's go dear!" Some civilians are present and they run for it at the sight of this battle, some battlefields out there involved men and women, those who said to have sided with women are a bunch of "girly" men who don't have guts to fight, though that is just egotistical thinking and very unreasonable, some men are like that, always prowling about how great men should be and how women are forever be housewives and nothing more, it's barbaric and egotistical, that is why, reason must reign in.

"Tch, bastards, why now?" Chifuyu tries to contact someone. "Yamada, we have a slight problem here, I'm going to need a detachment of IS force here immediately, some terrorists are raiding the neighborhood, we need IS deployment here, hurry!" She hangs up. "Tch, bastards!" Bang, bang, bang! She fires at them, she got two of them, they're not dead, only injured, there would be casualties if these guys would be dead so it's best to just humiliate or incapacitate them. If they would even do that however, if they do not, then they will... die... so...

"Ugh, urgh." Ichika is still feeling the effect of that boiling substance that is on his brain and that is coming from the spinal cord, it's too much, it sometime makes him hallucinate things that are not there but... sometimes... the sixth sense that is opened up to him, seems to suggest... that he mus do something, but first... "I... must..."

Bang, bang, bang! "Ichika, stay down!" Hit! "Gr," One tries to hit them, the bullet reflected on the sedan, reducing some of its beauty. "Those bastards, I spent a whole day cleaning this, they won't get away with this." Chifuyu bowed on that. "Hiya!" Bang, bang, bang!

"Ugh!"

"Ugh!"

"Augh!" Three are hit, and they unconcious on the ground, the bullets that Chifuyu is using is that of stun bullets, which they do not kill, but only incapacitated. One guy sneaks up from the side but...

Bang! "Guh!"

With a sharp sense, Chifuyu performed a rotating shot without looking and hit the guy on the abdomen, it's too risky to aim at the head part or the chest part, so the abdomen will have to do, the very chance that they will faint from there is very high.

"Everyone, we have an hostage!"

"No, make that three hostage, ha ha!" The boss of the Wild Lucky Bunch announced while standing over a tank that they stole.

"Waah! Help us!" Three girls, students it seems, are being held captive, all of whom are all from the same school it seems.

"Hm? That's..." Chifuyu recognized their uniforms to that of IS academy, that one of them is also a representative candidate of Japan, Sarashiki Kanzashi. She's the younger sister of the student council, and she's being held hostage along with some other women.

"Kyaah!"

"Ha ha, look how helpless these girls here, this is what girls should be, housewives, maids, servants, hosts, for us! Ha ha! Ha ha ha! ha ha!" The insane sicko who is the boss of this group exclaimed loudly over the microphone, mocking every women who is present here, some of the civilians are hiding behind cars to avoid the gunshots. "Now look, as I make myself comfortable at the presences of these babes!" The boss taking off his shirt.

"Kyaah!" Which frightened the girls.

"Yeah, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky!" With the henchmen laughing at the development.

"Gr," Chifuyu curses. She picks up her phone again. "Hey Yamada, what's taking so long? We need backup here, three... no... one of our students who is highly important is being held hostage along with other two students."

"What? But..." That someone in the phone sounds timid and nervous at the development.

"We need backup here, don't waste anymore time, we need you here, now!"

"H-Hai, be right there." She hung up.

"Tch, it may take some time before they arrive... dammit, they won't..." At this rate, those girls will be abused and they won't be pure anymore, sort to speak.

"Kyaah!"

"Kyaah!" One of the students, the one with blue hair, just got stripped of her outer uniform, now there is only the undershirt.

"Whoo! Lucky, lucky, lucky!" And those sickos begun cheering like wild animals.

"Tch,"

"Oh my."

"Those poor girls." Chifuyu and the other civilians are disgusted by the development. Then... one shooting star just passed by... and the girls wish is...

"Save us-!" They all yelled and...

"Huh?" Ichika, who has been feeling hot on his head for some time now, takes notice of the development. "What the..." He can see almost half-naked girls in sight, this proves to be... blurgh. "Ah." This time it doesn't feel unpleasant, but rather... "I..." blurrugh, blurrgh, blurrgh! All sort of information are flowing, almost... almost... unlimited! Flash! That sparked it, the... the... Zero... Hysteria Zero Syndrome! "...Ah." Ichika smiles... almost... wickedly.

"This isn't gonna be pretty, we better- hm?" Chifuyu notices that her younger brother is making himself a target practice by exposing himself. "Hey, I told you to stand down and- huh?" He suddenly grabs her hand with the gun.

"Daijobou, Chifuyu-nee." He is sort of smirking at her. "Ah, you'll be the princess who watches how this turns out."

"Huh?" Now that's odd, he's acting like... he's very confident of what will transpire and he's acting almost chivalrous... too chivalrous, almost too, too, very, very chivalrous as he just took Chifuyu into a bridal style carry and carries her to a bench nearby. "Wh-What's gotten into you? Ichika, you're..."

"Shh, be remain, I'll take care of things." He said that with a wink.

"Ah." She blushes because of that, what's gotten into him? As he gone crazy? Or... "H-Hey, get down, you're gonna get shot!"

"Daijobou, it's better that you stay safe right? Like a princess should leave things to her prince."

"Huh?" Shrugging off these nonsense words that are like of a chivalrous knight, "What's gotten into you? Did you suddenly hit your head a while ago?"

"No, I... As your older brother, I must repay your love with tender, Chifuyu-nee, chu." A blow kiss.

"Ah." She blushes because of that.

"Now then, I will borrow this." It's about the pistol. Then... a sword that is in its closed form for now, it's an IS equipment actually, Chifuyu can carry this like her strength is that of almost superhuman. Due to some strange occurrence, Ichika's reflex and enhanced physical strength seems to have drastically increased, almost like there's something in him that has awoken, it's a like a demon inside that is aiming to do... to do... to do... "Ha ha, des... truction to those who harm women." Ichika's eyes are glowing red in a slight degree that it's indicating the effect of the Hysteria Zero Syndrome or something that eccentric old guy implemented on him, he steps into the battleground.

"Hm? Hey, boss, we got another one here!"

"Hm?" The boss just took off his shirt for his so-called "entertainment" with the girls.

"Huh?"

"Hm?" The girls, Chifuyu, the Wild Lucky Bunch and the civilians all turn to Ichika who is walking slowly towards these guys.

"..." He's keeping a confident smirk on his face as the Syndrome compels him to.

"Hey, step back, our boss is keeping his luckiest moment here." All of the guys point their guns at Ichika.

"Huh, is that so." He said lowering his head then turning to them with a smile... sort the least. "Ja, why don't we all calm down and think about stuff and then let's all be gentlemen and forget about all this." A smile like an innocent kid... an angel... but...

"..."

"..."

"..." Everyone feels awkward, the girls, the civilians and Chifuyu are all wondering what he is trying to do, asking these guys to surrender the girls peacefully and repent for what they have done, how naive... how... foolish into the eyes of these guys but...

"Ha ha ha!"

"Ha ha! Hey, look who it is, someone trying to be a hero, ha ha!"

"Ha ha! Yeah, get lost sucker, ha ha!"

"Ha ha ha!" All of the Wild Bunch Lucky or Wild Lucky Bunch laughed hysterically at him.

...Speaking of Hysteria... At that laughter, it is apparent that they won't surrender so... the demon... has awaken... the angel has passed... now... there is only... "Ah, ha ha." Ichika slowly begins to form a wicked smile... replacing the angel smile earlier. "Ha ha, so, it's that your final answer?"

"Huh, if you want an answer, answer this!" Bang, bang, bang! All of them fired, creating a smoke screen.

"Ichika!" Chifuyu exclaimed, she's still on the bench where Ichika carried her and told her to watch like a princess.

"Ah." The civilians are in awe.

"Hm?" As well as the police.

"Ha ha, some hero he was. Huh?" Just as the smoke screen fades, the Wild Lucky Bunch find that...

"Ha," Ichika has deployed a large katana and he seems to have blocked all the shots of these guys.

"Wha..."

"What the?"

"Hm?" The boos who has just took off his pants turn to the commotion.

"Why are you...?"

"Huh?" The girls, who are hostages, also turn to Ichika.

"Why are you...?"

"Ichika." Chifuyu and the others are expecting something that will happen and...

"Ha," With a wicked smirk, Ichika raises his head as one card, the hanged man, is left with a lot of holes on it as it falls to the ground, while reflecting on Ichika. That card seems to be a keepsake for him from that eccentric old guy. "You know there is a saying that bad men tell no tales, and you know what they say about the bad men... they all..." Turning around... with he deployed katana in hand... turning around again. "Die." Slaarrgh, slaarrgh, bang, bang, bang!

"Guah!"

"Guaargh!"

"Uraggh!"

"Arrgh!" A lot of the men received a hit on the neck by the side of the katana while the rest got deafened on their ears by the shot that Ichika performed rapidly. "Arrgh!" All of them fainted as a result.

"Wha...?" The boss is all that is left.

"Huh?" The girls turn to Ichika.

"M-My luck, it's..."

"Teme!" One guy remains but... Bang! "Guah!" One of the police shot him from behind with a stun gun.

"Gather around, protect the civilians!" The lieutenant exclaimed.

"Hai, yes sir!" The police squad froces split up.

"You dare interrupt with my luck?" The boss got all aggressive. Whoosh! "Huh?" Then Ichika stepped forward to challenge him from the sides. "Geh, you, you're responsible for this!" Bang!

Whoosh! Ichika moves his leg to the left to avoid contact with the bullet that he just shot, he can see he bullet slowly due to some reflexes, or rather, his reflexes are too fast at his state that he can participate in dodging something before it comes before his eyes.

"Hiyaa!" Bang, bang, bang!

Block, block, block! Ichika used the katana deployed to deflect all the bullets. Then he held it in a striking way like he's challenging the boss to a contest. "Hm,"

"Guah!" The boss is at a disadvantage.

"Ah." The girls are rather in awe in all this development.

"You're rather rude, treating women like this, you know there is only one solution for something like his, sa, I challenge you, I will make you a bet that if you lose, you will be disgraced as a man for treating women like this and if you... haha, honestly, I can only see you lose." He said that with fury in his eyes.

"Shut up you indoctrinated man! I won't let you ruin my luck!" The boss untied the rope for the girls, freeing them but,

"Guah!"

"S-Sarashiki-san!"

"Huh, I'll be taking this girl with me, we'll be having fun!"

"Gyaah!"

"Sarashiki-san!"

"Hmph, bastard." Blood boils on Ichika, he steps foot on the tank where the guy is standing.

"Don't come any closer, or this girl dies!" He points a pistol on the girl's temple.

"Wah!" Everyone is worried.

"Yabe, we're at a disadvantage." The police can't do anything.

"We can't let her be dragged."

"But we can't let them get away as well."

"Shut up!" Bang! The man fired above, alarming the citizens. "I want you all to be quiet if you don't wish to be put a hole in this girl's head!" He points at the girl's temple again.

"U... U," She's on a verge of tears.

"Ja, what are you terms?" Ichika step forward.

"Don't come, don't come any closer, step another foot and I'll shoot her."

"Hmph, ja, what are you terms? We're at your disposal."

"..." The police cannot do anything so the police just lay their faith on Ichika for the best outcome to this.

"Ichika." Even Chifuyu and the rest of the civilians who are watching this.

"Sa, I want you to drop your sword and slowly lay your gun on the middle."

"Hmph," Ichika abides to the demands of the boss and throwed the sword to the side, then he begun to walk forward to lay the weapon as agreed but...

"Haha, that's it, come closer, come closer..."

...tap... tap... tap... He's now on the middle and then, laying his gun there, he's about to stand up again, only to... Bang! "Ugh." He got shot on the forehead.

"Haha, you fell for it, men's weakness are women, that is why you're weak, ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha!"

"Ah."

"Ah."

"Ah."

"Ichika!" Everyone is in awe again.

"No, I..." The girl who is the hostage begun to shed tears, and these tears... will be granted a wish upon the star... and that is... "Someone... someone... someone saved us!"

Tct. A wish is granted. Ichika stood straight. "Hm?" The boss noticed that. "What the...?"

"I can't ignore your barbaric intent any longer." Tossing another gun into midair, Ichika seems to have saw the bullet that was aimed for his forehead so... he made it look like he was hit so he hanged his head high to pretend that the boss got him, dropping him off guard, in his state with fast reflexes he can see approaching bullets with ease, then with two guns in hand, one of which is something he grabbed from the unconcious guys below.

Tap, tap. "Hm, hmph." Ichika tosses a bullet to the side, he seems to have caught the bullet that was intended for his head. "So... TIme to finish you off."

"Gee!" He said that demonic words and... Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang! A bunch of holes are made through the wooden plane behind the boss, making a symbol out of him from there.

Then Ichika charged forward with a stern face, the boss is still holding a gun so the girl is still in danger... but... "Hm!"

"Gyaah!" The boss relies on his last ditch of survival and that is pointing a gun on the girl who is the hostage then... Bang! "Gyah!"

Ichika put his finger on the jammer trigger, preventing the bullet from going through the hole, so it was like a blank shot which the girl is safe. "Ah." The girl turns to the boss, then to Ichika. "You..."

"Your wish is granted, ojou-san."

"Eh?" She blushes at that.

"Sa te, about your punishment big guy..." Thud, thud!

"Gyoww!"

"Hiya!" Thud!

"Guaargh! Wh-Who are you?"

"The question is... who the hell are you!" Thud, thud! "Why don't you shout? Come on, I dare you to shout, didn't you want to spoil women? Huh? Was that it your intention? Did you think that messing with women was the best idea? Huh?" Thud, thud, thud, thud! As Ichika continued to land continuous punches, he continued to mock this man of his barbaric scheme with the girl watching. "I will protect her from you, from these scum and most importantly, I'll gladly give my life for her, got it!"

"Ah." She blushes at that, this is like a shining star that gives wish swearing to protect someone, like a guardian angel. "You..."

"Understand now? Well? Do you? Huh?"

"Cough, cough. Yes, I... understand. Ah." He fainted.

"Good." Ichika lets him down.

...Later...

The police arrested the thugs and everyone present saw Ichika as the hero of the day. "Congratulations young man, you saved the women."

"Yeah!" A lot of crowd are gathered here for that reason.

"Uh..." Ichika could recall what has transpired here tonight, but he's having a hard time believing it, well, not like he's in a state of nihilism but, back there, something inside him triggered and almost like his inner desire surfaces and then he beat the crap out of those thugs and acted like a gentleman in front of many and then, there was this, congratulating for one's deed. "Yeah... Uh... T-Thank you."

"Nah, we are in your debt, please take this as reward, thank you for your cooperation and have a good day." The police left with the criminal.

"Ah." Tonight is one of the nights that Ichika wouldn't forget, something triggered alright, like even though he sort of thought of him having no chance of rescuing those women earlier, something like a syndrome affected his mentality and he then becomes somewhat of a hero, or at least in the eyes of others, and then he would just go about doing something heroic, whatever the situation is, even Chifuyu was treated like a princess, and now he finds himself here as the center of attention.

"That boy is the one who..."

"Huh?" Some women are whispering.

"Step aside, Ichika, let's go." Chifuyu said coming through the crowd.

"Huh? Ah-Ah, okay."

"We have delayed here enough, we best go."

"A-Ah, okay. Hm?"

Something is coming, bunch of IS, it seems to be the IS force. "Orimura-sensei!"

"About time you got here Yamada, what took you so long?"

"Sorry, something about the Byakushiki was..."

"..." Ichika stood by watching and...

"Um, hey." Someone calls out.

"Hm? Oh, yes?" Ichika remembers these girls, they're the ones he saved there earlier.

"T-Thank you for... rescuing us... and..."

"Thank you." The other two bowed.

"Oh uh it's... it's nothing, I would have done anyone would have done there, ha ha."

"Still, we owe you our lives, thank you." Then all three of them bow.

"Uh..."

"A-And, about what you said earlier... about... um, about how you will protect me with my... um..."

"Ah." Ichika does remember saying that, as for how... he never knew, he never knew that he could spill that out in front of many like he has no fear in saying it but... "Uh..."

"W-Well, I... uh... I hope we meet again!" The girl runs off.

"Ah, Sarashiki-san!" The other two followed after the third gives a bow to Ichika then ran off.

"Uh..."

"Ichika, let's go, we'll be going to the academy now."

"H-Hai." 'What just happened... that thing that I felled... what... what... what happened?' As the stars continue to emanate above, all the wishes of the pure can be granted and the boy who is the star that gives wish to women will finally make his mark on the world, we will see upon the stars... again.

End of Chapter 1