A/N: Welcome to my 3rd fanfic. Lately I've been watching the anime series 'Infinite Stratos' and I've decided to right a fanfic on it. Welp, that's all I'm going to say for now, see you all again soon!
Disclaimer: I do not own Infinite Stratos or its characters; I only own my OC and his IS.
Play:Infinite Stratos OST 9 Joshikou Noritte Yatsu ka
It was a regular morning for a boy from America. He went by the name of Kain Leighton. He was of average height, with short dark red hair, but if looked at a certain angle, his hair will appear crimson. His golden eyes were busy looking off into the large city that was located in Japan. But he wasn't there for the sight-seeing, he was there to attend the world-known IS academy!
"Wow." He said as he stared at the large building as he stepped off of the train, with the rest of the students that attended the academy. He took a step and an easy-to-hear 'Clank' sound was emanated from his step. He looked down at his feet and remembered something, he had legs made from the material an IS was made out of. He then looked at his left hand, it looked more like an IS hand than anything else, it was dark red in color. He grasped the air with his left hand, making a 'Chink' before walking off towards the IS academy.
He was wearing the IS academy uniform, but he changed it to his liking, he had replaced the blazer with a long coat, the left sleeve torn to pieces because he had to get his mechanical arm through, his pants legs were also torn apart, but only slightly. Even though the feet of a regular IS were quite big, his legs were of regular human length. Under his long coat, he wore white and red shirt. On his head was a pair of clip-like objects, resting a little higher than his temples. These were white in color but the lines that were engraved on them were crimson.
Kain continued his walk towards the doors of the large building, a majority of the girls looking in the direction of Kain, staring at his mechanical arm. He looked at some of the girls that were staring at his arm, but their eyes darted away from looking at his arm to the conversations they were having beforehand.
"Geez, I know that they're staring. But do they really have to make it that obvious?" Kain said to himself as he walked through the sliding doors into the academy.
Kain stared at the interior of the academy and took a deep breath. He then looked at his IS hand and gripped it once more, making another chinking sound. He then looked around the large lobby and scratched the back of his head, as more of the IS academy girls stared at him.
"Is he a new student?"
"He probably is. He has the uniform."
"Is that hand real?"
Kain stared at the girls, who continued to stare at him. He then smiled lightly and raised his left arm, showing the girls his dark red arm.
"Better than a regular arm, I can assure you that much." Kain said, earning some confused stares from the girls around him. He then let his arm fall back to his side as he walked over to a chair and sat down to contemplate on how he got to Japan on the first place.
Play:Infinite Stratos OST 10 Kouki no Me
"Um, are you Kain by any chance?" A light voice asked, snapping Kain out of his thoughts and starling him slightly.
"Yeah?" Kain looked at who asked him the question. He looked up from his seat and noticed a woman with short green hair. She wore a pair of glasses and a yellow dress that revealed a very noticeable bust and knee high boots. Kain stood up from his seat and looked at the woman.
"Who wants to know?" Kain questioned as he looked intently into the woman's green eyes. The woman blushed lightly from how close his face was to hers and she stumbled back a few feet.
"I-I was sent to take you to your new dorm." She said as she examined Kain.
"Alright then, lead the way Ms…" Kain said as he walked up to her.
"Y-Y-Y-Yamada." She stuttered as she turned around and walked towards the elevator and pressed the button to open the door. The pair walked in and the elevator quickly shot up, after a few seconds, the elevator quickly stopped and the two rose into the air an inch and landed again on the floor of the elevator; Kain landing with a metallic thud, shaking the elevator slightly.
"What was that?" Ms. Yamada asked as she looked at Kain with a concerned look. Kain looked back at her and waved his right hand.
"It was nothing Ms. Yamada. It was just my legs." Kain reassured as she looked at him confused as they both stepped out of the elevator and walked down the hallways, towards Kain's dorm.
"So what's it like working here?" Kain said, breaking the awkward silence between the two.
"It's nice working here. You get to meet a lot of nice people here." Yamada replied as they both stopped in front of a dorm room door.
"This is your dorm. I'm sure your dorm roommate will like you." Yamada smiled as she knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" A feminine voice came from the door.
"It's me, Maya." Yamada said as Kain stared at her.
'Maya huh? I'll remember that.' Kain thought as he turned his attention back to the door.
"Give me a second!" The voice said as there was another silence for a minute or so.
Play:Infinite Stratos OST 6 Charles Dunoa
"Okay, you can come in!" The voice said as Maya opened the door and led Kain through. The inhabitant of the room was a girl with long blond hair, tied into a pony-tail; her purple eyes concentrating on Ms. Maya who was standing in front of Kain.
"Who's this?" The girl asked as she looked to Kain, who was looking around the room. He then looked at the girl and smiled.
"My name's Kain. Kain Leighton." He said as he held out his hand towards the girl.
"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Charlotte Dunois." She said as she shook Kain's hand.
Kain looked at Maya who looked at Kain with a blush, thinking to herself. Kain walked up to her and smiled.
"Thank you for your help Ms. Maya. " Kain said, getting a noticeable blush from Maya as she looked at Kain.
"It's no problem Kain. I was just doing what I was told." Maya replied as she walked out of the dorm, leaving the two students.
Kain turned around and walked to the window and stared out, looking at the city, his dark-red hair now turning crimson from the sunlight.
"So, I guess that you're the new transfer student?" Charlotte asked, looking at Kain.
"That I am." Kain replied as he turned around and set his bag on the bed closest to the window. Kain then went over to the desk that was across from him and sat down in the chair, and lifted his IS arm onto the table, with a loud clank.
"If I may ask, is that arm of your real?" Charlotte asked as she pulled up a chair close to Kain.
"Yes it is. It was given to me by the creator of the IS herself; as well as my legs." Kain said as he gestured to his legs, that were shining because of the sunlight.
"Tabane Shinonono gave those to you?!" She exclaimed as she ran over to him and looked at his metallic red legs.
"Yes she did. She felt sad for me, so she created these especially for me. But I got my legs 2 years back after an incident." Kain said as he lifted one of his legs so that Charlotte could get a better look at his robotic legs.
"Incident?" Charlotte gave a questioning gaze to Kain as she stood back up.
"A drone I.S. went haywire and went around swinging its sword, destroying some of the facility. I was caught in its little rampage and it sliced my legs off at the beginning of my knees." Kain explained as he lifted both of his pant legs up; revealing some of his bare skin, but quickly transitioning to a red color, where the robotic-parts began.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Charlotte said as she felt a bit guilty for asking a personal question.
"Why do you need to apologize? I don't mind talking about it from time to time." Kain said as he grabbed her hand in his normal hand and squeezed lightly. Charlotte looked at her hand and back to Kain's face, her face slowly turning red. Kain then pulled his hand away, realizing what he did to make the situation awkward.
"Sorry for doing that." Kain apologized as he rubbed the back of his head.
"It's okay." Charlotte said as she stared at Kain for a few seconds. Charlotte then realized something.
"Oh yeah! We have classes in few minutes." Charlotte said as she grabbed Kains hand and pulled him out of his chair.
"Ah, forgot that this place was an academy." Kain said with a light chuckle.
"So, how long do we have until classes start?" Kain asked as they walked towards the door.
"Well, depending on where our classes are, we'll have about 6 minutes to get to homeroom." Charlotte told Kain as he opened the door and they both walked out into the hallway, towards their assigned class. Kain and Charlotte were both walking down the hall, and some of the girls were staring at Kain as he walked by them.
"Well, here we are." Charlotte said as they stopped in front of an automatic sliding door. Charlotte was the first to walk through, followed by Kain. Some girls were already seen talking with each other, but when one girl stopped talking and stared at Kain, they all did the same.
"Why must they stare?" Kain whispered to Charlotte.
"Dunno, maybe because you're one of the two boys that could pilot an IS." Charlotte said. Kain stopped and said in astonishment.
"You're saying there's another IS pilot that's male?!" Kain asked as he smiled.
"Yeah, it was announced world-wide, didn't they announce it where you were?" Charlotte asked as she took a seat in her desk.
"No, from where I'm from, I had a hard life. But that was before I met Tabane." Kain said as he sat on the top of a nearby desk.
After a few minutes, girls started to flood the room and they started to take their seats. The only other person that stood out to Kain was a boy that had dark blue hair that parted at the middle and was wearing the regular IS academy male uniform; he took a seat in the front row. Kain walked over to an empty seat that was in the back of the room and sat there and typed away at the interface on the desk.
Two women walked into the room shortly after everyone took their seat. One of them was Ms. Maya, and the other one had long black hair that split at the middle, similar to the boy in the front had. She also wore a black business suit with a green tie and a black skirt, with black stockings and black high-heeled shoes.
Play: Infinite stratos OST 18: United Kingdom Yori Ai wo Komete
"Right when I walk in, I see someone that really stands out." The woman said. All of the people in the class turned their heads and tried to find what was standing out to them. They all soon looked to the back of the room, seeing Kain typing rapidly on the interface hologram projected in front of him. There were pictures of metallic arms and legs. He also had a small book in his right hand as he drew on the books pages the arms and legs.
The women then walked up to Kain's desk and slammed her hands onto his desk, making Kain jump slightly and look up from what he was doing. Kain lightly gulped from the stare he was getting from the teacher.
"Would you mind introducing yourself to the rest of the class?" She asked. Kain sighed and typed at the projection and it flew into his IS arm. He then stood up and looked at all of the people staring at him.
"My name is Kain Leighton, I'm the 2nd male to ever pilot an IS unit. I have my own private IS unit named Crimson Rain. As you can see, I'm also the first person ever to have IS prosthetic limbs. I hope that we can get along nicely." Kain bowed and sat down at his desk and created the projection from his arm again and proceeded to continue typing.
"Well, Mr. Leighton, you are to pay attention to the lessons that me and Yamada give, understood?" The women said as Kain looked back up to her.
"I understand Ms…" Kain said.
"You will refer to me and Maya as Orimura-sensei, and Yamada-sensei. Since you're from America, you'll have to grow accustomed to the way we say things." Orimura said as she walked back to the front of the class room, and faced the class.
"Today, we will be heading out to one of the arenas and practicing our aerial agility." She said as she walked out the class room, the students soon rising and following her. Kain was walking in the back of the group of girls that were swarming the other boy. Kain looked at his arm and gripped it, making a metallic clink again. He then moved the fingers, of his arm and they all made a variety of different mechanical noises. All of the girls were outside of an elevator that went down towards the arena.
"Oooh, this is gonna take forever." Complained one girl.
Kain only sighed and walked over to one of the windows and opened it. Everyone, including Orimura and Yamada sensei turned and saw Kain jumped out of the window. The teachers both ran towards the open window and saw Kain slowly rising in front of the window. Soon, he stopped in front of the window and was floating in front of everyone.
"How are you doing that Kain?" Questioned Orimura-sensei.
Kain rose higher so that his feet could be seen, and the answer was right there. At the bottom of his feet, were flames shooting out from his feet, giving him the ability to take to the air. Soon, Kain descended back in front of the girls.
"They aren't just for show." Kain said as the elevator opened. Most of the girls and the two teachers walked into the elevator. The elevator had windows on all of its sides, so that the passengers could see through the elevator to the outside. The girls stared in awe at how Kain was keeping up with the elevator. Kain was in front of the elevator and had his human hand in his pocket. He looked at the girls and smiled, and stopped his floating and plummeted towards the ground. When the elevator stopped at the ground floor, the girls got out and saw that he was standing where he landed, small cracks beneath his metallic feet.
"Is that other boy here by any chance?" Kain asked as he scanned the girls.
"You mean Ichika? He's right here." Said one of the girls as he was pushed to the front. Kain walked up to Ichika and held his hand out to him.
"It's a pleasure to meet another man that can pilot an IS." Kain said as Ichika smiled and shook his hand.
"Likewise, Kain." Ichika said as they both shook hands.
"Okay, now everyone go get changed, the elevator will be back in a few minutes, so hurry." Orimura-sensei commanded as all of the girls ran over to the girls changing rooms, and Ichika and Kain ran over to the boy's locker room.
Boy's Locker room.
"So, what's it like being in this academy?" Kain asked as he opened a locker door and took off his long coat and hung it in it.
"It's not that bad. Once you get passed all of the girls bombarding you with questions." Ichika said as he was putting on a black tank top that revealed his middle and black shorts.
"I see." Kain said as he was he took off his pants, and shown a pair of blood-red shorts, with black outlines. His metallic legs shown in the sunlight, some of its reflection hitting Ichika in the eye.
"Do you have something metal on you-" Ichika turned his head and saw Kains legs and arm, in full view. Kain had no shirt on, and in the center of his chest, was a red gem.
"What's that?" Ichika pointed to the gem in Kain's chest.
"That's my core. It activates my IS if I touch it, and is what keeps me alive." Kain answered as he closed the locker door.
"Wait! Aren't you going to put on a shirt?" Ichika asked as he closed his locker and followed Kain, who was walking towards the door.
"I would if I could. Do you think it's easy to put on a shirt with an arm like this by your side?" Kain said as he waved his left arm in the air.
"Point taken." Ichika sighed as they walked out into the field, where all of the girls were standing at attention.
"Took you boys long enough!" Orimura-sensei yelled as she stared at Ichika and then Kain, her eyes widening at seeing him without a shirt.
"Why aren't you wearing a shirt?" Orimura-sensei asked, putting a hand to her face.
"It's not easy putting a shirt on with an arm like this. And if you're wondering what's in my chest, it's my IS' core. It's also my lifeline." Kain pointed to the red gem in his chest.
"Sigh, just get in the group and stand at attention." Orimura-sensei commanded as Ichika and Kain ran into the group of girls and stood at attention. Ichika looked at Kain, who was staying completely still, his face void of any emotion.
"Alright, all of those with a personal IS, step forward!" Orimura-sensei yelled as 6 people walked forward including Kain.
"Now, get into your IS units now." Orimura-sensei said. Ichika hovered his hand over his white metallic bracelet and was then in his white IS. A girl with long blonde hair was in her IS also. Her IS had was a 3rd generation IS, the color of blue, she also had wings with 6 parts attached to them, 3 on each part. A girl silver hair called her IS also, a 3rd generation IS, but was colored black. It had 2 large barrels on her shoulders, and a large cannon on her right shoulder, the muzzle pointing upwards.
Charlotte was already in her IS. It was a revive model that was colored orange and had 4 wings, two on each side. Another girl called forth her IS, it was colored pink and was a 3rd generation model also. It had 2 large cannons on her shoulders and 2 scimitars sheathed on her back.
All of the girls and Ichika now stared at Kain, who was sweating nervously at their IS'.
"What's the matter Kain? You said that you have a personal IS don't you?" charlotte asked from her IS.
Play: Infinite stratos OST 29: Bousou
"I do have one it's just that, to activate it, it comes at a price." Kain said as he kicked some of the dust and flicked his metallic arm.
"Whatever the price, you have to learn to take risks Kain! Show us your IS, now!" Orimura sensei yelled at Kain. Kains eyes widened as he rolled his right hand into a fist and looked at the girls staring intently, awaiting his transformation.
Kain slammed his fist onto the core and was enveloped in a red light. The clips on his hair started to grow and bent backwards, into horns. Kains right arm was enveloped in red armor like his left arm and his legs got covered in more armor. 2 pairs of wings emerged from nowhere and floated behind Kain, two wings on each side. His left eye was then covered by a piece of red metal and a part of it started to glow black.
Play: Infinite stratos OST 18: United Kingdom Yori Ai wo Komete
Kain landed onto the ground and stared at the girls and the teachers who stared in surprise at Kains IS.
"So this is your personal IS Crimson Rain." Orimura-sensei looked at his IS.
"Impressive, alright now let's get to-"
"Wait! Orimura-sensei, if I would have the honor, could I please test out Leighton's IS combat capabilities?" Asked the girl with blond hair.
"If it's okay with Kain." Orimura-sensei looked at Kain, who just shrugged his shoulders.
"Fine with me, but I warn you, I was able to take a teacher down in less than 4 minutes." Kain said as he began to fly into the sky. The girl's eyes widened at how fast Kain was able to take down a teacher.
"Let's do this." The girl said as she pulled out a blue rifle and prepared to fire.
"Stop, before we begin, what's your name?" Kain asked, getting a facepalm from Orimura-sensei and a giggle from Yamada-sensei.
"My name is Cecilia Alcott, now let's not waste any more time!" Cecilia yelled as she shot a blue laser at Kain.
Play: Infinite Stratos OST 14: Shiko Shiki.
Kain easily dodged her shots and created a rifle in his right hand. He kept flying around Cecilia, trying to find a way to counter her, but she just kept firing. Soon, her wings spilt into 6 drones and flew at Kain, they surrounded him in a short span of time and began shooting at him. Kain spun around and his 4 wings opened and shot multiple red laser beams and destroyed her drones.
"My drones!" Cecilia yelled as she raced around Kain and continued shooting him. Kain was looking at her and flew down straight towards the ground.
"What's he doing?" The girl in the pink IS asked.
Kain sped towards the ground at an alarming pace. Cecilia kept shooting at him, but he was faster than her shots and they always missed. His IS by this point was being covered by a white bubble, but it soon exploded and created a loud boom, indicating that he broke the sound barrier. Everyone down below covered their ears and Kain was soon reaching the ground. Before Kain hit the ground, he shot his left hand forward and planted it into the ground; he then pushed off of the ground and spotted Cecilia. He smirked and shot his left hand the direction of Cecilia and shot multiple missiles from a hole in his hand.
"Missiles?!" Cecilia said as she tried her best to dodge some of the missiles, but got hit by some of them.
"Let's do this now." Kain said as he flew into the air and opened two of his wings. Thousands of rockets came flying out of his wings and towards Cecilia. Cecilia managed to dodge the rockets by flying around them, but that wasn't the end. Kain held his left hand at Cecilia and the hole in his hand opened again.
"Get some." Kain said as a large blast of fire came flying out of his hand. Cecilia got enveloped in the fire and Kain smirked. He stopped the fire a little while after and waved his left hand to the ground. He then created a rocket launcher and shot two rockets at her, even though Cecilia tried her best to avoid the rockets, they were heat-seeking. Kain flew at speeds others couldn't imagine and appeared in front of Cecilia. When he appeared in front of her, he grabbed her leg with his left arm and threw her towards the missiles.
"Game, set, match." Kain smiled as Cecilia was enveloped by and explosion and fell towards the ground.
"Cecilia!" Ichika yelled as he flew up to catch her. Kain descended towards the ground and looked at the astonished group of girls who stared at him.
"Woah." The girl in the pink IS said.
"Well, that's it for me." Kai said as his IS dematerialized and the light flew back into his core.
"A flamethrower?" The girl in the black IS said.
"Yep, if I'm in a problem, and I can't use my IS, I upgraded my arm to fit the situation." Kain said as he walked forwards but fell to his knees, trying his best to regain focus.
"Kain, you're looking a bit pale." Yamada-sensei said as she looked at his face.
"I just need to rest…" Kain faded out as he fell to the ground.
"Kain!" Charlotte yelled as she returned her IS back into a necklace and ran to him.
"He had a low blood, level. Get him to the infirmary, he needs to rest." Orimura-sensei commanded.
With that said, Yamada-sensei and Charlotte carried Kain to the infirmary to rest.
Location: Infirmary
Kain stirred in his sleep, and his eyes opened slowly. His eyes were blurry but managed to regain focus and look around the room he was in. He was in a hospital bed and Charlotte, Ichika, Yamada-sensei, and all of the girls that had their personal IS' were there.
"Sup." Kain said as he sat up and looked at the groups faces.
"What was that all about? With you passing out?" Ichika asked.
"That's an easy question to answer. You see, my IS is a very special model, the reason for that is because it runs off of my own blood." Kain said. Everyone's eyes widening at his answer.
A/N: I'm gonna have to leave it on here. I hope you guys have enjoyed the chapter, and I look forward to writing more in the future. Make sure to leave a review, telling me if you want to see anything, whether it being Kain getting a harem, what you want to know about Kain or his IS, or just what you liked.
Reviews are highly encouraged, and I hope you all of enjoyed this chapter. Bye-Bye!
