Hello! Lost within the Darkness here posting the first chapter of my second new story I had completed. To people who haven't read my other story Corpse Party: Bloody Memories I have to say that I'm only 16 currently and that I'm still a bit of of a amateur so there may be some mistakes and I may need to take a while to finish a chapter. Anyway, my story contains elements of Metal Gear Rising since my OC is an cyborg, some other quotes and references to some other anime/manga or games. Lastly, I had gotten my information from the wikipedia for Infinite Stratos.

Infinite Stratos: Zero Justice

Prologue
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Ten years ago a powerful weapon that had changed the world was released. Infinite Stratos, powerful exoskeletons that were designed by Tabane Shinonono. These exoskeletons were originally meant for out space exploration, they possess technology and combat capabilities far more advanced than any other weapon system in the world, thus it had threatened to destabilize the world at that time. Destabilize the world it did.

In fact when the IS was first proposed it was scoffed at and few people paid it any attention. I bet that Tabane wasn't that happy after all her hard work, and I wouldn't blame her for it. A month later, a 'Mysterious' hacker hacked military bases and ships all over the world launching 2431 ballistic and cruise missiles towards all major cities in Japan. Crazy thing is that none of them had reaches their destination. The world's first and only IS engaged and neutralized 1221 of the missiles with a sword alone and the rest were shot down by energy weapons AKA lasers! Yeah you heard me LASERS, like the ones shot by the blasters in Star Wars, not the Death Star laser though. This IS was later code named White Knight, and it was attacked by several major world powers seeking to capture or destroy it. They all failed miserably. The WK had fended off its attackers, destroying 207 next-gen fighter aircrafts, disabling 7 aircraft carriers and its naval escorts, in addition 8 weaponized military spy satellites were also destroyed. Yeah, they were all owned that badly.

Soon after that tragedy, the nations of the world enacted the Alaska Treaty, which stated that IS can never be used for military combat and that existing IS technology must be 'equally' distributed to all nations to prevent any one nation from dominating the others.

There was one major flaw within the IS design however, and it was that it can only be operated by women. Because of that, the power balance between men and women was broken, with women now able to dominate society over men.

Many families were destroyed due to this, wives leaving husbands, mother's leaving their children, and even a few families abandoned their sons. The order that many men and women lost their lives for was shattered.

How do I know about that? Well my own family had been destroyed because of it. When I was seven years old, two years after the release of IS, my bitch of a mother had left me and my father as well as taking my older sister with her. I (thankfully) haven't seen her since then, but I still don't know how I feel about my sister though. Anyways, after she left us my father had threw himself further into his research he started to work on sometime after the release of IS. Back then none of us had any clue of what he was doing. If he was still alive today, just maybe his research could save our fallen world from its current path. Even with all of his work and research he still made time to be with me, and I loved every minute of it. Sadly those days came to an end when the day that had completely changed my life came.

When I was 12, we were attacked by a 50 year old organization known as Phantom Task. Somehow that found out about my father's star piece of research and what it was suppose to do. They launch an assault on home and they had critically injured me. Somehow my dad manage to fend them off with one of his prototype projects. The High-Frequency Blade or HF Blade for short. From what I read in my dad's original notes on them is that these blades are reinforced by a powerful alternating current and resonates at extremely high frequencies. This oscillation weakens the molecular bonds of anything it cuts, thereby increasing its current cutting ability. I believe my dad would agree with me on this next statement, they were so fuckin hard to create.

Getting back on track here, my father however didn't get away un-scratch. He was poison by one of their attacks before he had escaped them. The poison had killed him three months later, but he had just enough time form one last action. He saved my life by putting the heart of his previous research into me to revive me. And when I mean the 'heart' I mean a fuckin IS core into me. Yeah somehow during my surgery the IS core fuckin COMBINE with my heart giving he some kind of IS heart or something. The result? Well I became the world's first and only cyborg, half-man half-machine. Was I mad? Not really, just a little freight out. When I mean little, I mean the exact opposite.

Over the next year I had to get use to my new cybernetic enhanced body, and do some upgrades while I was at it. Made it look WAY more human than my dad did. I could then walk into town without freighting everyone out...or get chase by crazy IS pilots. I had also found my dad's journey that explains about how he created the HF Blades, and I manage to recreated them with a few various of them.

During the course of the next two years I spend most of my time destroying facilities that belonged to Phantom Hand under the codename Zero. One survivor of one of my assaults told the core members within the organization about me, and I had gotten the title The Ripper from it. I may or may not like it a bit much.

Oh! Hey, do you want to hear something funny? Well just over a year ago I visited my ruined childhood home and guess what I found? A secret room right below my house! I wondered why dad never told me about that. Know what I found within the room? (This was just as big as my house by the way.) A half-finished IS unit. The creator of it turned out to be my father, Rick Andrew. The IS had collected a lot of dust on it, even more than two year would allow it too. I believe he was making this for my mother. My hatred for her had increased at that point. He must of seriously loved that woman.

Oh, for some reason I decided to finishes my dad's work...again. It seem like it was becoming a bit of a hobby for me at that point. Most of his work on my cybernetic body, HF blades, and the IS wasn't fully completed. It was almost like he wanted me to find them and finished them... Na!

After I was finish working on the IS, I found out that the IS was missing its core. It seemed like my IS core heart originated from this IS. Still had no clue how he manage to get one since there is only a limited supply of cores. Though I was totally pissed at that moment and kick the exoskeleton since it was useless without the core to power it. When my foot connected with the IS, a bright light had blinded my enhanced vision (IT FUCKIN BURNED), and the next thing I knew I was operating the suit. Know what I did next. My brain decided it needed sleepy time, so I took a nap right on the spot. (And no! I did not faint!)

I had decided to not tell the world because then I would bring to much attention to myself, and I don't know what they could do if they found about what I had become. So before today I did what I normally do, hunt down Phantom Hand, work on either the HF Blades or my IS, watch some anime, or I just kick back and relax. That or mixed random shit together and somehow get it to explode… Good times.

But it seem like some-kind of divine being just wants to mess with my life a bit and someone else's. You see just a few days ago the Japanese government announce that they have the male IS operator and that they are sending him to IS Academy AKA a academy filled with only girls, who are equip with weapons of mass destruction. Ichika Orimura or Orimura Ichika as they say in Japan is the reported first male who is able to pilot an IS. I have to say that I had seen enough anime to known how things could possibly go horribly wrong. The anime School Days is a good example of what could go wrong.

Deciding that I won't leave a fellow male IS operator, so I decided to finally revival myself...with a bang. I bet the people at Phantom Hand were pissed and shocked at finding out whom I am. It was a good thing that I had learned to speak and read Japanese while I was younger, mostly due to my heritage on my mother's side. Oh, by the way, I'm Half-Japanese and Half-American.

Currently in this plane which is leading me to my new life in Japan, I finally made a decision for my future. I'm going to finish my father's final wish, but first I need to track down the main points of his project that is currently in the hands of Phantom Hand. I also couldn't keep the grin off my face due to that the fact I'm still going to a school with only two guys in. Still terrify a bit though… Why do I feel like I'm got myself into some kind of harem anime?

Oh, don't know who am I? Well I am the son of Rick Andrew and Naomi Shinozaki, younger brother to Sakura Shinozaki. Half man, half machine. The first and last cyborg, and the true first male IS pilot. I am Zero, the operator of the IS unit Justice. My name is Jack Andrews, and I will be the one who will destroy the world of Infinite Stratos!

I shall destroy this world and create a new.

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Note to self: Lay off the anime.

Another note to self: Ignore previous note.

Alright the prologue is finish and I hope you are interest in what I could do in the future with this story.

Like always, please review what you thought of this.

Lost within the Darkness signing off.