Darkness, that's all he could see. He had no idea where he was or how much time had pass in this dark void. 'Drip,' 'Drop,' he could hear drops of water condensing on the ceiling. Listening to that sound was the only thing the middle school boy had to do, save speculating about why he was here, and if anyone else had noticed if he was gone yet. He wasn't sure how much time had passed.

Then all of a sudden a creaking noise accompanied by light with the sounds of metal folding. He looked up, the light which he hadn't seen for some time now felt harsh as it assaulted his eyes. It caused him to only be able to see the silhouette of the figure before him, but even then he could still tell it was his older sister in her IS machine, and the relief of knowing that bubbled up inside him as she reached out to him.

Then his sister suddenly stopped cold, as if she was unable to move the machine at all. He knew that he wasn't the sharpest person out their but even he knew something was very wrong. His growing sense of dread increased exponentially by what he heard next.

"How fortunate that we will be able to capitalize on this situation," a high pitched, condescending, and somewhat synthesized voice declared. "While we've been focused on the acquisition of technology more useful to or cause, we'd be fools to pass this up. Acquire the IS with haste, do not let the wellbeing of those inferior life forms slow you down."

The boy could make out the silhouette of something bulky floating off in the distance, and what looked like men in yellow hazmat suits, approaching with what looked like advance weapon, similar to what he had seen in anime and manga.

Then there was a loud angry shout, "GET AWAY FROM THEM." Out of the corner of his eye he saw specs of gold and red, before he lost track of everythingand everyonein the chaos of explosions and gunfire that followed.

"Gaah," the boy breathed/yelled out after an explosion happened too close to him for his comfort, and he felt a pain in his chest. He slipped in and out of consciousness. Next thing he knew he was cradled in one of the arms of his sister's IS, and wondering how blood had gotten on the front of his shirt which he had grasped with his left hand because his right was pinned against his sister. It could be argued that it was either horrifying or merciful that his mind was too shaken to comprehend how it came to be. Instead he focused briefly on his sister and her other arm holding a sword, then he followed the direction that it was pointing at. He saw a red and gold armored figure, completely armored from head to toe so that no flesh was visible.

He wondered, 'is that an IS?' Despite the fact that the armor was completely streamlined, more like a suit and it didn't have any wings. He then noticed the big glowing blue circle in its chest.

"Who are you, and why should I trust you," he heard his sister shout protectively in a cold and severe voice.

"I'm your real father," he could feel his sister tighten her grip in immediate response to that as he continued. "And if those wounds are what I fear they are I'm the only one with the technology you need to keep him alive."

_Line-Break_

In a medical bay in an undisclosed location, a boy woke up with a gasp as his eye snapped open. He breathed deeply and while still lying on his back he looked down to see that his left hand was on his chest like it was in the dream.

'The pain I felt in the dream was from my left arm in the real world slamming onto my chest, as a knee jerk reaction to the pain my mind was anticipating in the dream,' He mused. He sat up with his hand still on his chest to find him in a hospital bed, and when he looked up he saw a mirror on the other side of the room. He saw a teen who was about to enroll in high school with charcoal black hair, slightly tanned skin, and red eyes staring back at him. There were a few wires on his head and chest that extended to a machine at the side of his bed.

"Can't believe it has already been a few years since I got my second heart," he said out loud. As he removed his hand from his chest, as he did so it revealed a dim blue light at the center of his chest. It was shining beneath his shirt and through the material that covered it. He looked to the end of his bed to see the jacket he normally wore to conceal it when he didn't want to where a second shirt.

"Believe it kid, like that one ninja character did that everybody use to watch for some reason," a mustached man said coming from the doorway in a black ACDC shirt. He walked in with a swagger you expect from most narcissist and casually leaned on the part of the mirror Ichika had previously been looking at. The same glow could be seen coming from beneath the center of his shirt but it seemed, stronger, more intense like it had been tested again and again only to come out on top.

'One of many things you and Chifuyu have in common, even if she's too stubborn to admit she's anything like you,' Ichika mused. He laughed then said, "Was that an attempt to make yourself sound like you're as culturally aware as you should be."

"No," he immediately replied, "That show was licensed, and popular in America for a while, it's more of a stab at the ridiculous things kids and teenagers find popular." He had a smirk on his face right now.

Ichika continued to smile, he had gotten used to his dad's antics and humor, and they could be just as fun and endearing as they could be annoying. Unlike his sister, who seemed like she wanted only to treat their relationship like a professional one, he had gotten quite close to Tony Stark, despite how seldom they got to meet each other, or that they only knew for sure Chifuyu was his biological daughter. They had never tested for it, because they didn't need to. Ichika quite honestly didn't think he was biologically Tony's son, his intelligence came from being studious, and he wasn't anything close to a genius. It didn't matter to him though, Stark was 10 times more the parent then the two that had ran out on him and Chifuyu. Looking at them banter right now you could see how they truly felt like a father and son.

Then thing got bit serious as Ichika started to remember what happened before waking up there. "So, where am I and how did I get here," he asked

"The exact information regarding that is on a need to know basis," an African American with an eye patch, trench coat, and a serious face. His mood lighten up all of sudden, "but for your information, you are on a SHIELD Hellicarier, currently on standby in the Pacific near Japan." This gave off the impression that the previous statement was said because it was his job to do so. He then strode forward and put out his hand to shake Ichika's. As Ichika returned the gesture he introduced himself, "Nick Furry Director of SHIELD."

Ichika looked over to Tony Stark and commented, "Your right, he does look like a Samuel Jackson impersonator with an Eye Patch." Nick Fury's eyebrow narrowed before he looked over at Tony, who had obviously told Ichika his opinions of him an SHIELD. "We've been over this, he made his movie career impersonating me," Stated Fury. Stark just put his hands in a mock gesture of surrender.

Fury then turned back to Ichika and explained. "As I'm sure you remember a bunch of men in black suits came to your house and said 'we'll protect you' and attempted to take you somewhere while leaving a notification note. They were sent by the Japanese Government to safely bring you to IS academy. However the amateurs either rushed or were sloppy, because they clearly didn't think that a kid that had already been abducted before wouldn't be nervous and suspicious of them. When they just ignored your question of who they were, and where you would be taken, that's when things started to get out of hand. You pressed the emergency red button on the Quantum Communicator Mr. Stark had given you to stay in touch with, then proceeded to use personal self-defense repulsors (The one's tony used in Iron Man 3 without his suit on) on the agents that were closets to you and ran out the back door. Luckily Stark had some of his people in your neighborhood in case you ever needed help. Once they told you who they worked for, you trusted them to escort you somewhere safe. Unfortunately AIM sent some of their forces to procure you the moment they heard there was a male who could pilot an IS."

Ichika narrowed his eyes at this remembering that AIM was the organization that showed up as Chifuyu was rescuing him all those years ago. Fury continued despite noticing the look Ichika had in his eyes. "When they eventually found where you and the agents were laying low while waiting for your dad, they bombarded the area with concussive rounds to knock you and everyone else out. There's more to be gained studying you alive then dead after all." That sent a shiver down Ichika's spine.

That's when his dad decided to sum up the story, "Luckily, I heroically showed up just in time, saved the day, sent AIM home with their tales between their legs, then brought you back here for medical attention." Ichika looked a little worried at that. So Stark dropped the bravado and in a caring tone said, "relax it was more of precaution than anything else."

"And the people who helped me?" Ichika asked.

"They're just fine," Furry Stated. "We just have you isolated as precautionary measure, we give to all VIPs."

Ichika nodded then asked, "So what happens now?"

Fury shared a look with Stark. "Thanks to your Father's influence you have a few choices," Fury began. "Without that your only choices would be to be forcibly enrolled in IS academy or to radically alter your appearance, and run away under a new name, all because you somehow stumbled upon an IS at the entrance exams and it responded to you." Ichika became pale at this. Fury continued, "While SHIELD was originally, and for some part still is, an US special forces Division, it is also a highly respected international organization and is empowered by the UN to combat highly dangerous terrorist groups like Hydra and AIM. With AIMs attempt to capture you we can place you into our protective custody. While I can promise you'll be able to see your Father and Sister, I'd be lying if I said you wouldn't be partially isolated from society at the very least."

Stark picked it up from there, "While I would feel better about you being officially under SHIELDS protection, given that I have some control and influence in the organization, I think your best chance to still have something resembling a normal child hood is to go to the IS Academy, albeit we'll make sure SHIELD can pull you out anytime you want. That gives you some leverage, as the school will take measures to make you want to stay, if they don't try to outright bribe you."

Ichika sat there for a bit thinking it over, but in the end, he simply didn't want to abandon his sister like their supposed parents had abandoned them. So he sighed and said the only thing he really could.

"So when does class start."

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AN: Yeah this was a story I was writing long ago in college and even made my fanfiction account for as I thought it was an original idea and wanted to see what I could do as a writer and to see how people would respond to it. I dropped uploading it after seeing a movie that derailed what I had planned further down the line. I betting it was winter soldier. Recently I earned my bachelor's degree and I'm going to have some downtime before I find a job, and I've read another author's work that, after reading through it I caught inspiration, and want to do a crossover based on his interpretation of the series and a popular web series. I kind of want to ask for permission to borrow ideas from him even though I would want my story to heavily diverge at some point, simply because he made a main character hated by the community in canon into a character that all of his reviews said they surprising found likable. If enough people actual, subscribe or review and ask for more I'll try to continue this fic. Otherwise I'll just leave this as one shot challenge to inspire others to try and cross Infinite Stratus with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Seriously Infinite Stratus is just one of those series where I can't help but feel down when I think there was a whole lot more that can be done with it. For example, I stayed away from High school DxD at first due to initial concept, but after I heard they did a lot with said concept and it surprisingly had plot, I watched and read the light novels when I was pleasantly surprised it lived up to its unofficial reputation as the "Ecchi Dragonball," as a few people call it.

I hope you enjoy this story. While there are some IS (Infinite Stratus) fics with iron man inspired OCs on this site, that last time I looked there actual crossovers with Iron Man. I also didn't find Iron Man under the movies section and figured it was regarded as part of the avengers, which got me thinking about how to incorporate the avenger's initiative into the background of this fic.

For those of you who haven't heard of Infinite Stratus (IS) the next chapter will provide you with the information about that world, or at least what is known by the world at large in this fic.

I'll admit I'm primarily being very liberal with the Avenger's Timeline. Thor's movie is pretty much happening between this and the next chapter, while the While Tony Stark's abduction and creation of Iron Man happened some time before Tabene Shinonono unveiled the IS. The main difference is that SHIELD did a better job at hiding the information regarding Iron Man and has carefully controlled how much info about Iron Man has been leaked to the public. Tony's experience with Obadiah also made him think more realistically about how to safeguard his technology, that and in real life a company can only back out of its contracts when it no longer has the means to make good on them(like when it goes bankrupt). So when Nick Fury said he wanted to work together after informing him that there was of evidence of aliens having visited Earth before (" you've just become part of a much bigger universe") he decided to play ball but to do it his own way. By promising to supply SHIELD with the continued production of STARK technology and weapons (though he keeps the really advance stuff for himself) he was able to get a fairly good position with influence some influence in shield. This gives him quite a bit of freedom regarding shield but it's not unlimited. While he doesn't play ball in the Movie's he does work with the government in his comic book roots, when it's convenient for him, and as little as possible.