Everyone from class was now in the arena to begin their training, they were all eager to see what this new male pilot had in store, they all wanted to see his IS, "alright everyone it's time to begin our training, we will start with a one-on-one match," Chifuyu instructed. She looked to the crowd in front her trying to pick the first two contenders, "Ichika-san and Shaw-san, you'll be going first," she addressed, Ichika felt a little anxious, he doesn't have a good feeling about all this.
They walked onto the field and squared up to each other from a good distances away from one another, "SO HIM NO MERCY ICHIKA-SAN!" Laura yelled out, Ichika activated his IS and took a fighting stance. Shaw didn't even flinched or was impressed, "is that it?" he questioned as if he were expecting more to happen, "what?" ichika shot back not really sure what he meant by that. "I'm saying is that all? nothing else?" Shaw continued, Ichika shook his head in reply, "oh, because it looked little bigger on T.V, but what ever let's just get this show on the road," Shaw oddly added which just confused Ichika.
Shaw got ready, but before he did he shouted to Ichika, "I'm guessing you wanna know what my IS is?" Ichika nodded his head in replie, "well here you go, but don't take it personal when I beat your ass down," Shaw mocked then next he activated his IS.
The IS covered him head to toe with armor, the suit was hulking, it had dark copper colored armor that covered his waist, chest shoulder, shines, back, and thighs, there was also a neck guard, the hands were big made for pummeling, the tip of the feet were clawed to get better traction and so were the fingers. And there was the helmet, it too was a dark copper color it resembled that of a skull, but in less detail like the hole were the nose should be was gone and there was no mouth, but the most noticeable was its eyes, they were just round dotted eyes that were burning red. But what stuck it as odd was that it limbs weren't as extended as an IS would normally have, it also had no wings of any kind meaning it couldn't fly.
"I know it doesn't seem much but hear me out," said Shaw, "let me introduce to you all the new "Anti IS Destroyer", A.K.A "The Ironclad," everyone on the sidelines started to talk amongst themselves debating if what there hearing is true. "He's bluffing, right?" Houki commented, "I don't think so with that tone he's using," Cecilia noted getting a bit worried for Ichika.
Chifuyu had yelled out to start the brawl and immediately Ichika had taken off in the air out of Shaw's reach, he had planed to stick to the skies and suppress Shaw with gun fire, hopefully that would wear him down. took aim with his rifle and started firing, shot after shot Ichika hit his mark the rounds hit the chest, shoulders, and the head, but some of the shots struck the ground kicking up dirt into the air along with the smoke that struck Shaw. Soon Shaw was engulfed in a cloud of dirt and smoke, no longer visible. Ichika had ceased firing after seeing no signs of movement after pulverizing Shaw with a hail of bullets, and assumed that the fight was over.
"That was anticlimactic," Charlotte commented seeing how short the fight had lasted, "I should probably go check on him to see he's alright, I hope he won't be that mad," Ichika was about to descend, but out of nowhere Ichika was blasted in the face with a smoke grenade. The girls were taken off guard by what they just saw happen so quickly.
Ichika was coughing and trying to fan away the smoke but right at that split second Ichika saw it, the burning red eyes of Shaw's IS Destroyer, the Ironclad might not fly, but man can it jump. the Destroyer was in the air rocketing straight towards him, Ichika tried to swat Shaw away with his sword, but it was too late Shaw was waaaay too FUCKING close and managed to grab a hold of him. Ichika tried desperately to pry off Shaw who was just clawing away at his IS, but it all went bad to worse because Shaw had managed to get on Ichika's back.
Shaw was now ripping the back of the Byakushiki apart and tearing the wings to shreds. Everyone were in shock to what they're seeing, Ichika was now losing control, flying around in circles with streams of smoke following him until finally Ichika crashed down to the earth, Shaw had let go of Ichika before hitting the dirt. Ichika got back up as quick as he can, then pulls out his rifle, and starts firing, but to his surprise the rounds bounced off.
Every shot Ichika made hit dead on Shaw's chest or head, but to no avail for each shot just kept pinging off him, Shaw had gradually marched towards Ichika like a psychotic murderer from a slasher movie. Seeing now that Shaw was now closing the distance Ichika put away his rifle and pulled out his sword to get ready to put up a fight.
As Shaw was about to get close enough, the part of his helmet where the mouth should be opened up and what came next gave him chills deep into his skin. The helmet gave Ichika the uneasy smile that a skulls naturally have and then screeched at him like an animal, Ichika smacked Shaw on the side of the face with his sword, but the attack didn't seem to faze him one bit. Ichika tried to lance Shaw but he took a step back and parried it with dual axes. Ichika slashed to his right, but was parried so Ichika tried to strike Shaw by swinging his sword down on him, but that turned out to be a huge mistake for Shaw caught the arm that gripped the sword stopping the blow, next Shaw hits Ichika in the face with the bottom of the axe making him daze, then the unthinkable happened. Shaw had pulled Ichika's IS arm in then chops it right off, sparks, wires, and bits of metal flew everywhere.
As Ichika tried to gather his bearings Shaw had used his own sword to slice off his leg, now unbalanced Shaw smacked Ichika across the face with the severed IS arm, knocking him down to the ground, out of desperation Ichika pulled out a S.M.G and started firing at him in the face. But the bullets didn't seem to scratch the paint, Shaw stomped his way to Ichika screeching at him, along with the burning red eyes, it was like a predator was closing in for the kill. Shaw plants his foot on top of Ichika's chest, then rips the gun out of his hand, he grabs Ichika by the collar then headbutts him, and starts pummeling him to a pulp.
The girls looked on as Ichika was beaten down to the ground, this new IS had ripped Ichika's IS apart piece by piece in the matter of a few minutes without suffering any sort of damage what so ever. Chifuyu pretty much had enough of the scrimmage and was about to call off Shaw, but luckily Shaw had ended his assault on Ichika on his own. Stepping back from Ichika and then held a hand out to him, after removing the remaining mechanical limbs, Shaw hoisted Ichika up to his feet, surprisingly even though Ichika can start to feel the pain coming in he only had a couple of bumps and bursies, Shaw was pulling his punches.
"Hey man, I know I completely whipped you ass, but you still put up a good fight," Shaw sorts complemented patting Ichika on the back, "you're lucky Mr. Shaw-san isn't your enemy little brother," Chifuyu stated walking towards the only two boys in the academy, "if he was, Mr. Shaw-san probably would've tore you limb from limb."
"C'mon, I'm a solider, not a monster," Shaw remarked after deactivating his IS, "Ichika-san! are you alright?" Houki ran up towards Ichika in concern along with the others in tow. Laura marched towards Shaw with increasing speed and when she came close enough Laura leaped into the air to kick Shaw in the chest, payback for hurting the person she loves.
It all happened within a matter of seconds, Laura was flying in the air towards Shaw with impressive speed, but Shaw stepped to the side and right when Laura was about to fly passed him, Shaw grabbed Laura on the back of her collar and dangled her in the air.
Laura flailed her arms and legs towards Shaw trying to hit him, Shaw laughed at her actions making her frustrated, "HAHAHAHA! man calm down shorty," "PUT ME DOWN! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY YOU PIG-," Laura threaten, "aww, what's wrong, are you mad, why you mad," Shaw taunted. Tired of the antics Chifuyu stepped in by smacking Shaw in the back of his head hard, "hey! what did I do?" Shaw questioned while rubbing his head still holding Laura in the air. It seems the attempt to make Shaw drop Laura didn't work as she thought it would, but Chifuyu still held her stern expression, "put Ms. Bodewing-san down please," Chifuyu ordered, "hey, she came at me first," Shaw retorted, "I said put her down, NOW," Chifuyu added more firmly, Shaw sets Laura down on her feet, but still kept his eyes on her just in case.
Charlotte walked up to Shaw not very happy herself, "you brute, how dare you use such savagery on our poor Ichika," "calm the fuck down "Charles," Shaw qouted which seem to surprise Charlotte. "What? like no heard of a little rich French girl that pose as a boy to spy on this numskull by her dad," Shaw stated, pointing at Ichika and continues, "I don't get why you would do it, your dad is a piece of shit that never really appreciated you." Charlotte was a bit dumbfounded on Shaw's choice of words, they were very straight forward, and went deep, "I-I don't know what to say, that was very... Direct," Charlotte deadpanned. "Well let me give some advise, when you build up the courage to stand up to your old man, tell him he can take all of his money, his CEO career, the mansions, his company, and shove it up his ass because that doesn't give him the right to treat you like you don't matter, believe me kid, it hurts, especially when it's coming from your parents." The words remained with Charlotte's head, but for not what Shaw said, but how he said it like he spoke from experience.
But then Shaw turned back to Laura, "but you, you little "lab rat", talk shit, get hit, don't think I haven't delt with your types before," Shaw began to walk away, but Laura's anger began to grow, "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE! I CHALLEGE YOU TO A DUEL PIG!" Shaw stopped dead in his tracks and turned to Laura once more. "Will meet back in this arena in one week and we'll see who's the superior pilot," Laura announced, "why wait, let's do this right now," Shaw shot back, Laura activated his IS and Shaw his. "Great, come on girls back inside we have another duel," Chifuyu grunted and every proceeded back inside, "I have a feeling this isn't going to end well," Ichika said in concern.
