I do not own any of the Freezing or Infinite Stratos franchises. This cross-over story is merely fan fiction.


Chapter 1: Prologue/Memories of Friendship

Throughout the history,humanity has developed weapons of war as far as our ancestors could record,from simple stones and sticks,to swords and arrows, and to guns and gadgets . Weapons have been significant assets to human history, as they have been one of the deciding factors of conflicts ever since the dawn of man.

NOVAs, extra-terrestrial beings that appeared on Earth in the year 2012, had mankind pushed backed into its extinction by their overwhelming prowess. Modern weapons such as cannons and missiles were ineffective against these otherworldly beings, even dozens of military tanks and warships were singlehandedly destroyed by them in just one fell swoop. As everything seemed to be grim for humanity's future , a mysterious Individual known as Maria Lancelot descended to Earth and became mankind's last hope as she allied herself to humans and fought on their behalf against her own kin. Using Volt Weapons she fought the NOVAs singlehandedly up until her death in the 4th NOVA Clash. During these times the organization Chevalier was created to train soldiers and create weapons to counter the NOVAs per warnings of Maria Lancelot herself as these invasions would continue into the future. Despite her sacrifice the NOVA invasions continued, but her legacy would forever be remembered in history as the First Pandora.

After her death Gengo Aoi proposed two plans of countering NOVAs, the Valkyrie and Pandora project. Both projects aims to recreate Maria Lancelot's capabilities by copying her Stigmata, the source of her powers, and grafts them to soldier's bodies. The Valkyrie project uses a safer method, where a disposable type of injectable stigmatas but of lower quality than the original one would be implanted to common soldiers. On the other hand,the Pandora was rather a double - edged sword, where the mass - produced stigmatas of equal purity would be implanted on selected individuals who had high synchronity rates with stigmata and let them mature into their bodies over time. Despite the dangers of being succumbed by their stigmatas and turned into NOVAs themselves, the Pandora project would be chosen over the Valkyrie, as the current technology existed at that time could not support the latter and would consume a lot more of resources and time to develop its complete system. From there on Chevalier funded Genetics academies all over the world to recruit and train Pandoras to prepare for the NOVA clashes that would occur in the future.

Several years after the creation of Pandoras, a new revolutionary weapon system was conceptualized, in the form of a mechanical exoskeleton. This exoskeleton , better known as Infinite Stratos(IS), is presented to the world by the genius yet eccentric Shinonono Tabane. It had flight capabilities far exceed modern warplanes, shielding systems that would make tank armors pale in comparison, sensory systems that outclasses even EWAC equipped vehicles, and modular armaments that surpasses conventional weaponry. Despite its outstanding features however, the NOVA invasion continues to drag on and very few had paid attention to her creation as the world focused instead of further increasing their support towards Chevalier.

A month later after it's introduction a "mysterious hacker" hijacked every military facilities all over the world causing every single missile weapon systems to target all major cities in Japan. As everything seemed to be a lost cause for the Japanese people, a lone IS codenamed "White Knight" appeared out of nowhere and neutralized more than a thousand of these missiles with a mere sword and energy-based weaponry, catching every single country by surprise. It's faceless pilot claimed no allegiance to any nation or organization,and was attacked by several major powers trying to capture or destroy it. It fended off all of its attackers, destroying hundreds of fighter aircrafts, disabling several aircraft carriers and their naval escorts, and a few more weaponized military spy satellites. Even contemporary Chevalier Pandora cadets sent to stop it on its tracks were unable to destroy or capture the White Knight and were defeated by it instead. After the attacks the "White Knight" IS suddenly disapppeared from the face of the planet, and was never seen again and its pilot's identity remains a mystery to the general public.

The UN, finally acknowledged the overall capabilities of the machine, began reconsidering giving their support to the development of IS tech, but not violating the "Alaska Treaty", which stated that the IS would be used for military combat only in tandem with the Pandoras during NOVA clashes, and any existing IS and Pandora technology must be equally distributed to all nations, to prevent any one nation for dominating the others. Despite this however IS creator Tabane Shinonono had gone into hiding after she created the 467 IS cores that would be shared by every country, and Aoi Gengo refuses to share any hidden truths within the Pandora project which earned him the mistrust of several powerful nations, even high-ranking officials within Chevalier itself.

Soon after the funding of IS Academy, people around the world began to ask themselves "which is better, becoming a Pandora or an IS pilot?", and it's currently in debate whether one of them would be terminated or both programs would continue to operate into the future. Since then IS pilots and Pandora cadets were often in heated competition to prove that they were much more combat worthy than the other to gain more public trust.

Despite these weapons and devices became the world's most prominent deterrents, there is one particular element they had; They can be only fully utilized by women. Males can also be implanted with stigmata to become limiters, but they must be paired to a Pandora due to the nature of the stigmatas and still quite too vulnerable to fend for themselves. As for the IS units so far only women can be recognized as pilots by these highly advanced machines due to the configurations made into the IS themselves. Its creator stated that she did not deliberately configure it to be female-exclusive,rather it was a accidental side effect. While she did not consider this a major design flaw it however made a huge impact on the world, as the power balance between men and women were now tipped into the favor of the once heavily discriminated gender. The once called "Weaker sex" is now the driving force of the world...

-Seiran Junior High School-

End of School Hours...

"Kazuya!"

A young boy calls out to his friend, which he slightly resembles as both had bluish-black hair, brown eyes and almost of the same height.

"Ah,Ichika-Kun!"Kazuya happily replied. Ichika then joins him as they walk towards the main gate.

When these two seen together they are often mistaken as siblings, much to their embarrassment. The only noticeable difference between them is Ichika is slightly well built than Kazuya, due to his constant and strict Kendo training with his sister and a close childhood friend.

"I heard you're going to IS academy, Ichika-san.", the young Aoi said.

"Yeah..." Ichika replied. "Chifuyu-nee insisted on enrolling me there...or rather she forced me to..." saying it with a slightly frightened look.

"Ahahaha..." Kazuya nervously laughed, as he knows how scary her older sister can be. Kazuya only saw her several times,but judging by her demeanor towards Ichika he can tell that she is obviously strict on disciplining him.

"Now that you mentioned it..." Ichika then asked, "What school were you planning to enroll at again?"

"West Genetics." Kazuya replied. "Gramps and Sis said they've already taken care of the paperwork for me, so I'm all settled to go there."

"I see..." Ichika sighed, "Guess we won't be seeing each other more often, huh?" saddened by the fact that he's not going to often hang around with one of the few male friends that he had.

Kazuya then followed with ,"Well, we can see each other during summer breaks,right? And during those annual friendly competitions..."

"Hmm,I guess you're right..." Ichika added,with a faint smile on his face.

"Hey,Why are you guys leaving me behind!? "Calling out to them is also a young lad who is the same age as them. His physical appearance is almost the same as Ichika and Kazuya ,but he had slightly longer dark brown hair,pure black pupils and a bit higher pitched voice.

"Oh,Kogure-kun!"

"Kogure-san!"

Both boys were surprised to see their energetic schoolmate running towards the two of them and catching up on their pace.

"What are you guys talking about, huh?" The cheerful little kid asked, "I bet you two were talking about wooing your sisters, weren't you?"

Both Kazuya and Ichika blushed at the same time the moment Kogure shamelessly asked how the two fantasized at their older sisters much to their chagrin.

Ichika quickly responds with, "K-Kogure-san, that's not it!" as he still had mixed reactions whenever her sister is inviting her to take a bath together every now and then.

"Wh-What are you talking about!? And aren't you a bit too young to talk about something like that!?" Kazuya denied his accusations with a flustered expression, as it was still fresh in his memory about that one time where he was caught watching porn by his sister and ends up being forced to do lecherous acts with her.

"Eh? No need to hide them to me, though. Everyone here in school were talking about it." Kogure continued. "Rumors has it that you guys were already dating your sisters in secret~"

"...What!? I've never heard those rumors before!" Ichika exclaimed, infuriated that such false rumors were spreading throughout the schoolgrounds without him noticing.

"We-We're not doing anything of the sort!" Kazuya further blushes more as he was already feeling the pressure of being interrogated about his relationship with his older sister.

"Suspicious , very suspicious..." said Kogure, with a very unconvinced look on his face.

"Give me a break..." as both Kazuya and Ichika simultaneously sighed in unison.

"Kazuya!" A sweet feminine voice coming from the main school gate was calling at Kazuya, whom he immediately recognizes. She has yellowish olive eyes, back-length black hair with the sides tied to her back that compliments her navy blue dress Genetics Uniform. The three boys then exited out the main gate and greeted Aoi Kazuha,Kazuya's older sister.

"Ah, Nee-san!" Kazuya happily greeted her, "Have you waited too long?"

"Not really." Kazuha answered, "I just got here a few minutes ago."

"Good afternoon,Kazuha-san." a warm greeting presented by Kogure and Ichika.

"Oh, good afternoon too Ichika-san,Kogure-san." responded Kazuha,after she gave a smile to the two.

"What are you doing,Ichika?Hurry up!" Calling to Ichika waiting at the roadside is tall woman in her 20's sitting on the hood of her black sports car. She had split long black hair much like Ichika's, wears a formal black business attire complete with stockings and high-heeled shoes.

"Chi-Chifuyu-nee!?" Surprised that his sister was waiting for him at the main gate, "Shouldn't you be in IS Academy right now?" Ichika asks.

Chifuyu then answered him with "You still haven't submitted your application form to the Registrar!And you haven't filed up that IS aptitude test sent to you by Kuromochi Industries!"

"Oh crap,I totally forgot about that!"Ichika exclaimed,as he scratches the back of his head.

"Seriously Ichika,you forgot things easily..." Kogure's comment to Ichika makes the Aoi siblings chuckle while Chifuyu face palmed out of embarrassment.

"I don't want to hear that from you!" Ichika retorted back at Kogure,who wanted to escape from this embarrassing moment.

"Ichika!"Yelled Chifuyu,who had her arms crossed while tapping her left bicep with her finger,"How long are you gonna make me wait!?"

"Y-Yes, I'm coming!" Before Ichika left his two friends he said, "Well,I'll see you guys around." After that he quickly goes to his sister and rides home.

"Yeah. until tomorrow then." Kazuya replied in a happy tone, before he goes on his way home while accompanied by Kazuha.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow!" Kogure is last to respond, as he sees the two of them off leaving him behind.

"A~Ah, it's really nice to have a beautiful older sister taking care of you, huh?"

He then walks away in an opposite direction, where his house is located downtown near the train station that connects to the West Genetics Academy.

Kogure Suguru,a cheerful and energetic twelve-year old boy is living in a rather lonely lifestyle. He's been in an orphanage as far as he can remember until he was adopted by the Suguru family when he turned five. However during his 7th birthday he had lost his foster parents in a car accident,with only him and his adopted sister as the sole survivor. His foster-sister, Miyu Suguru, died in the line of duty as a Pandora during the 8th NOVA clash when he was but ten years old. With him as the only resident in the once lively Suguru house a few Suguru relatives and family friends often visits him to ease the boy of his loneliness, but doesn't really stay for long due to their tight schedules. Some of them even persuaded him to come live with them as their adopted son, but he refuses every single offer as Kogure believes that house is the only place that he can call home.

Arriving in his house,he then opens the gate and faces the lifeless corridors and instinctively said...

"I'm home..."

End Chapter 1