Just a quick note before I start the next chapter; Although I am a fan of many other Anime series, no aspects from them have been implemented into this story, only Infinite Stratos and my imagination have inspiration for this. And for the female characters in the story, obviously I've decided to keep their names, but their personalities have changed completely, please don't come into the story thinking they're EXACTLY like the Anime.

Also, I may keep some aspects of the Anime's story too, but other than that, I try to use my imagination. Oh and I know the story is called IS Elite, with very little sign of the Elite fights happening, don't worry, they'll be coming very soon, I just wanted to get a bit of story telling out the way!

One more thing, this is my first story so there are bound to be mistakes, whether it be plot holes in the story line, or spelling mistakes, I do read and re-read my stories before I post them, so if you have any ideas and/or criticisms, please just leave me a review and I'll do the best I can.

I'm so happy that people are actually taking the time out of their day to read my story, so thanks to you guys. So if anyone is still reading, please enjoy the next instalment! :)

Infinite Stratos Elite Chapter 4

"What do you mean 'you know'? There's nothing to know Miss Orim-" Kai said defensively before Chifuyu butt in.

"Don't give me that bullshit Kai, I know that you broke out of Future Genetics" taking another drag of her cigarette "does that name sound familiar?"

Kai's eye's widened, how did she know? He hadn't told anyone anything, how did she find out? He reached up and touched his tag contain his IS.

"Yes, that's right, this was the biggest give away" She sneered throwing Kai's other tag at his feet.

"When I first met you and I saw that tag, the FG in the corner looked familiar, that's why I confiscated it from you, we didn't just analyse your IS that night, I did a little research, about 20 years ago a small company by the name of Future Genetics proclaimed that they would 'revolutionise the world' and 'change the IS as we know it', you Kai, you are the revolution, you where made to change IS completely".

"No, no, no, NO, you don't know what it was like Chifuyu, you don't know what they did to me! You think I wanted this?! I just want to be normal, but this stupid fucking responsibility was forced upon me" Kai shouted, tears forming in his eyes.

"I came here thinking it would be safe, safe from them, but you're just like the rest, you're going to turn me in, aren't you? Why did you even let me in if you was just going to turn your back on me?!" he shouted once more, the tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Yes, you would be safe if it was anyone else Kai, but Future Genetics are known for their brutality, they would go through any means necessary to get their prized experiment back, you know that. I'd rather turn you in than risk the lives of my students here, you've got to understand" she said finishing her cigarette, keeping a cool head over the situation.

"Look, you're not the only one who's different here, Laura Bodewig, your room mate, haven't you noticed something strange about her?" she asked.

Kai tried thinking back to the times he was with her, she never seemed different, apart from the eye patch, he never saw her without that eye patch, and that time she got in the shower with him, she said 'back when I was being trained', trained for what? Kai didn't want to say anything, instead he just kept his focus to the floor, the tears starting to dry, but still couldn't face Chifuyu.

"Not in the talking mood now? Fine I guess I'll clue you up" She said searching her person for another cigarette, she never smoked this much but due to certain circumstances she's been put under a lot of stress.

"Laura was trained in an army camp, she never had the childhood that you complain that you never had, when she came top of everyone at the camp, she was put in for an experiment which turned out to be one of the worst nanomachine experiment failures, it sole purpose was take make Laura the best IS pilot, but it left her with as golden eye, she didn't even want" Chifuyu explained

"And guess who was commissioned to do the experiment?" She asked Kai.

By this time Kai had heard enough, his tears had started flowing again, leaving a small puddle on the ground, he just wanted this all to stop, but answered Chifuyu's question between sobs.

"Future Genetics".

"Exactly, so now you know you why I can't have you here, you're putting everyone in danger just by leaving that lab, I'm going to make a call, and have you transported back, I'm sorry I have to do this" as thick skinned as she was, Kai could detect a slight bit of sincerity in her voice.

Chifuyu started towards the door, when Kai turned and grabbed her arm.

"Wait, I want to make a deal, please" he was almost begging.

"You're in no position to barter with me Kai, my decision is made" she replied still looking forward towards the door.

"You say I'm putting everyone in danger, it's inevitable that they'll come for me... right? Well if they do, let me protect them, let me be someone, to have a purpose to live instead of just being a nobody who can pilot an IS he said quietly to her.

"I know about the IS Elite in the Academy Miss Orimura, my plan is to become number 1, and I won't stop until I reach my goal, not you, or Future Genetics will stop me".

These words hit Chifuyu quite hard, never before had she heard of such determination, it reminded her of a younger self, someone lost behind the thick skin and the emotional barrier she had erected in her inner self, she turned to him.. Wiping a tear from his cheek, and with a smile she simply whispered..

"I'm sorry".

Chifuyu pulled his had from her arm and walked down the stairs, leaving Kai alone on the roof with his thoughts, the slight breeze gently brushed against his skin, moving his hair away from his eyes leaving the sun to shine on his face, lighting up the tiny beads of water down his cheek and in his eyes.

"I thought this was it, I thought I could be safe to live a normal life, and to love for the first time, but I was wrong, why could I be so stupid?! Why would I leave my trust in a total stranger" he thought with the emotions piling up.

"WHY CAN'T I JUST BE FUCKING NORMAL? WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME?!" he screamed into the sky, throwing a punch at the wall, of course his strength outmatched even the strongest, so he nearly enough punched through the wall, his hand still covered in blood.

"Fuck" He thought, slightly smiling at his stupidity.

Some time had past since Houki and the others had seen Kai, when they approached Chifuyu about it she just shrugged it off, asking around yielded no results, no one had seen him in the whole lunch period.

"Fine, since none of you will help I'll find him myself" She thought angrily to herself, a vein popping out on her head, packing up her little bento box, she set off.

From the class rooms, to the outer campus, Houki couldn't find Kai anywhere. As she was walking back towards the school, something on top of the school caught her attention, someone or something was up there, then it hit her, of course, she's such an idiot, the roof!

She slowly ascended the stairs, kicking the rubble out of the way from Kai's earlier outrage, she reached the door and slowly clicked it open, looking around she couldn't see anyone, but something on the floor caught her eye, it looked like a small metal rectangle, picking it up for inspection.

"One of Kai's tags, what's that doing up he-" she cut off quite suddenly, looking to her left was a puddle of red, she tried not to think the worst, but after going over and inspecting, he fears where clarified. There seemed to be smaller drips heading behind the little concrete box of which the entrance sits.

Following it around, she was shocked to see Kai sat there, with a small pool of blood around his right hand, his pure white school uniform now a stained red, he looked up and smiled.

"Hey Houki, what's up?" with a slight dazed tone, he'd lost a lot of blood.

"Kai, what are? Why are you? What happened to your hand?" Houki couldn't formulate a sentence, to many questions were rushing around her mind.

Finally she snapped out of her little state of shock and leaned down next to him, taking his hand she used the cloth around the bento box to cover his wound.

Kai looked at what she was doing, and looked at her and said..

"Why are you helping me? What have I done to deserve help?"

"Don't talk to me like that, you're a friend, and friend's help each other, you idiot" she replied, that last remark under her breath.

"There, that should do you fine until you go to see the nurse, ok?"

"Yeah, thanks I guess" he replied looking to the floor.

"What's wrong with you today? Has someone upset you?" she asked sitting down next to him.

"No, it's nothing like that, I've just got some pretty bad news that's all" he tried looking at her with a smile.

"Oh, well I don't want to pry into your private life, oh by the way, I found your tag thingy!" she happily reached into her pocket and pulled out his other tag, the sight of it made Kai's blood boil, he snatched it from Houki's hands and crushed it with his remaining good hand, and threw it across the roof.

"How did you do that so easily?!" Houki asked, shocked to how easily he did that.

Kai sniggered and said "You wouldn't believe me if I told you".

"You can tell me anything you know, I wouldn't think any less of you, you know that" Placing her hand on his shoulder, he looked up and she had a

genuine look of concern on her face.

"Ah fuck it, what have I got to lose" He sighed.

For a whole hour, Houki and Kai stayed on the roof, skipping class just for Kai to tell her everything, the lab, Future Genetics, how he could pilot an IS, and that Chifuyu was going to send him back, to protect the students of IS Academy, even after he tried to make a deal with her.

Houki sat back, trying to take in what she had just heard, one half of her wanted to run, to stay as far away from him as possible, but the other half wanted to stay, to hug him and tell him it was all going to be ok, fighting against her better judgement she jumped forward and flung her arms around his neck.

"W-what are you doing Houki?" Kai asked astounded.

"Look Kai, I don't care if you where made, or if you came from Mars, you're my friend and I'm going to be here for you through thick or thin, ok? You helped me and it's the least I could do for you!" she said almost crying into his shoulder.

Kai didn't know how to respond, but he knew to comfort her, he slowly put his hands around her, ignoring the pain from his hand which he was sure was broken, just to hold her that little more tightly.

After sitting like it for a couple minutes, a loud rumble from Kai's belly broke the tension as Houki sat up and laughed a little.

Kai feeling slightly embarrassed said..

"Well, I did skip lunch and we have been up here all day"

Then Houki remembered the bento she brought with her.

"Here" She said taking off the lid "You can have this".

"It does look good, the rice, the fish, it looks amazing, but I can't use chopsticks with my left hand" He replied looking at his broken hand.

"Well looks like I'm going to have to feed you then" Houki replied with a slight blush.

"Wait what? Are you sure?" Kai replied hesitantly.

"Yeah, don't worry, it'll be like feeding a baby!" She replied with a smile, Kai was not amused.

Sitting on his lap, she said "Alright open up" holding the chopsticks full of rice, Kai complied as she placed the rice in his mouth.

Chewing away he asked "Man this is good, did you make this?" taking another mouth full from Houki.

"Yeah, I don't really like the cafeteria food, so I make everything I eat, I'm glad you like it" She said with a smile.

It wasn't long before they got through the full bento, Kai had worked up quite an appetite, after packing it all away, Houki sat back in his lap and rested her head against his chest, the sun was setting, leaving a opal orange light to spread across IS Academy, she asked quietly..

"Do you really have to go? I'd much prefer if you stayed"

"It's not up to me, Miss Orimura said she's going to send me back, I don't really have a choice" he replied in a small voice

Houki looked up at him and smiled.

"You've got a bit of rice on your face" she said

She sat up and gently placed her hand on his face, making him blush slightly, she removed the bit of the rice with her thumb, not removing her hand, they both looked into each others eyes, the sun made Houki's dark blue eyes light up, making them look like sapphires, leaving Kai mesmerised, she slowly pulled him close, with no resistance they got closer, Houki placed her other hand on his other cheek as their lips finally touched.

Never before had Kai felt like this, all his worries just washed away, his eyes closed as so he could just enjoy that moment in time. Houki was forceful, forcing her tongue into his mouth, she sat over him, pushing him closer and closer till her breasts where pushed right into him, but he wasn't going to give in that easily, he pulled her waist in closer, pushing her tongue back, and forcing

his tongue into her mouth.

Houki could feel the bulge getting harder in his pants, with a devious smile she slowly started grinding on his lap. His instincts took over as his hand slid up her school shirt and started squeezing her breast, he could feel her erect nipples through the bra, oh how he wished he could tear it off of her, he slight moans turning him more and more.

Kai had to come up for air, he wished the moment they where sharing could never end, but as he pulled away and opened his eyes, the sun had nearly gone down past the sea, how long have they been at it? He removed his hand from under her blazer and looked up at Houki, he could feel how wet she was from grinding on him, here face was red all over.

Kai was concerned, he looked her in the eye and asked..

"Are you sure you want this? I mean, after everything I told you, you know what I am, and the fact that I'm leaving tomorrow doesn't help"

He looked down at the floor, when Houki pulled his chin up, she had such a lovely smile it warmed his heart down to the core.

"Look, Kai, I told you I don't care about your past, I care about you now, ok?" she replied

"C'mon, it's getting late, everyone's going to wonder where we are" She said getting up, adjusting her underwear and skirt, she extended a hand to help him up.

Kai reached up with his right hand and got up, he removed the make-shift bandage and tucked it in his back pocket.

"Kai, your hand, it's... that's amazing!" she said inspecting the now fully repaired hand.

"Yeah, along with everything else, my body heals at an accelerated rate, it's cool I guess" he replied

"You're amazing, you know that?" she said excitedly.

This made Kai blush, and smile harder than anything, never has he been actually complimented on his genetic adjustments, it made him feel... wanted.

"Let's get back then shall we?" he said with a smile, taking Houki's hand.

She didn't resist, red faced and smiling, she followed along next to him, keeping his hand in tight grip. It was lucky they decided to go when they did, everyone had just gone back to their rooms for lights out, so they had clear hallways to stroll down, they didn't talk, but to be in each others company was enough.

"Well, look's like we're here" Kai said outside his door, room 703.

"Yeah, look's like we are" Houki replied

Neither of them wanted to say goodbye, they couldn't find the courage to do it.

"Kai-"

"Look Houki-"

They both spoke at the same time, having a little laugh Houki squeezed Kai's hand and said...

"You go first".

Kai was nervous, this is the first time he's asked something like this.

"Uh, well... I was wondering if... you'd like to spend the night in my room? I mean I know Laura's in there an-"

"Yes, I would love too" she said looking him in the eye, breaking into his trail of thought.

Kai smile, as he opened the door they silently stepped in the room, they both undressed by Kai's bed, Kai just wearing his usual pair of shorts to bed, but Houki slept in her underwear, he couldn't help but take a look as she was getting undressed, she was wearing a white lacy underwear, but the way the moonlight shone on her body, hugging every curve as she slowly removed her blazer and t-shirt, and the way her breasts slightly shook with every movement, made Kai blush, but he couldn't turn away.

They both got into his bed, Laura lightly snoring on the other side of the room.

They met each other's embrace holding each each other close, both as happy as ever.

"I'm going to miss you Kai" Houki said in a sad tone.

"I promise I'll come back, don't worry, we'll see each other again, ok?" he reassured her.

"Ok, if you promise" she said cutely, she lent up and kissed him on the cheek.

Kai held her tightly, staring up at the ceiling, he was confronted with new emotions, yeah he knew how to feel about a friend, but this? Was it love? He couldn't tell, never feeling emotions before, he was so confused. Kai played with Houki's hair until he felt her fall asleep, her breathing was soothing, for once he felt at peace with everything, like nothing could go wrong.

Kai opened his eyes and looked over to his clock, 7:30am.

Houki was still clung tight to his chest, doing this would hurt him more than any experiment ever could, but if Chifuyu was right, he's just putting her life in danger being around her. He slid out of bed and out of her arms, she looked so cute when she was asleep. Kai put on his old jeans and t-shirt, as he assumed the Academy would want their uniform back, he folded up his school uniform's and placed them on the desk at the side of the room, he also left the cloth that Houki used to cover his hand with on the night stand next to his bed.

He looked down on her and tears formed in his eyes..

"I'm going to miss you" He whispered, not being able to hold back the tears, letting them flow freely.

He kissed her on the forehead and walked to the door, an envelope contain his tram ticket and a note was inside, the note said;

"Dear Kai,

You know it was hard for me to make this decision, but you and I both know it's for the best, and Houki.

I've arranged for a friend to meet you at the station to meet & escort you back to Future Genetics.

I'm sorry, Chifuyu Orimura."

Kai scrunched up the paper and threw it to the ground.

"If it was so hard for you, you should have kept your nose out, and things would be fine" he thought, he exited the room and made for the exit to IS Academy.

Houki awoke not that long after he left, turning she saw the cloth on the night stand, her eyes widened as she jumped out of bed and got dressed sloppily, and ran out of the room, looking out the hallway window, she could see Kai walking towards the exit, floods of tears started pouring down her cheeks, that was it, he's gone.

It wasn't long before Kai was riding the tram back to the mainland, he was the only one on board for the morning ride, he sat in his spot, emotionless and cold.

The Elite 5 and the rest of the the classes were in the arena doing their morning warm-ups before IS practice, but Houki just sat on the bench, quiet and to herself.

Lin approached her as she was not happy;

"Where were you last night?! I stayed up all night waiting for you to get in, I was worried why didn't you call me at least?!" she shouted

Cecilia and Charlotte ran over to intervene with the one sided argument;

"What's going on? What's with all the shouting?" Charlotte asked

"Well, it's this idiot! She didn't come back to our room last night and she didn't even let me know where she was! I was worried sick!" Lin started shouting in Charlotte's direction.

"Hm, Cecilia you take Lin back over to warm up's, I'll talk to Houki, kay?" She asked with a smile.

Cecilia nodded as she pushed the annoyed and shouting Lin back over to the warm up track, as Charlotte took a seat next to Houki.

"So what's up? Why are you down all of a sudden?" asked Charlotte

Houki couldn't hold them back anymore, her tears started running as she collapsed onto her friends shoulder, inbetween sobs she managed;

"It's Kai, I think... I think I love him, but he's gone, Chifuyu sent him away and he's not coming back".

Charlotte looked up, now she mentioned it, Kai should've been at warm up by now, and he's usually the centre of attention, but he's not here today.

Their moment was cut short by a loud announcement over the speakers.

"ATTENTION, ALL STUDENT'S EVACUATE THE AREA, AN UNKNOWN IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT HAS BEEN SCANNED FALLING TO IS ACADEMY, ATTENTION ALL STU-"

The speaker cut out, everyone looked up, it could be seen, 3, maybe 4 miles up, what looked like a meteor hurtling towards the Arena, all the girls scrambled in a panic when Chifuyu ran onto the arena, she gathered up 4 of the IS Elite, as number 1 doesn't usually attend lesson, they'd have have to do this without her.

"Look girls, I'm not going to bullshit you" Chifuyu started "We think that's an IS coming down right now, and we need you to fight it, ok? Houki, you don't have your own IS yet, and the Modified practice IS you've been using isn't strong enough, I want you to head back to your room where it's safe" she instructed.

"Ok, girls, go and intercept it now!" she commanded.

"We're trying, but something is stopping our IS's from working!" Shouted Cecilia.

"It's probably an Electro Magnetic Pulse, it's jamming all electrics" Said Charlotte.

"Then, there's nothing we can do, we have to retreat and wait for the military!" shouted Chifuyu.

They all started running for the door out of the arena, when a loud robotic voice seemed to speak out of nowhere.

"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE".

With that said, all the doors around the arena slammed shut, leaving them stranded helplessly inside.

Kai sighed, maybe it was for the best? Maybe being away from Houki would mean things would be easier on her.

Then the noise came, so high pitch that it broke the windows on the tram, Kai was screaming and writhing on the floor out of pain, he looked out of the window and his jaw dropped, a massive capsule like thing fell straight into the IS arena, creating a shock wave that shook the tram violently.

Kai's first thought was Houki, was she safe? He needed to get there and help.

He pried open the door to the now stopped Tram, and jumped out, deploying his IS, in mid air, he made way towards the Academy once more, his thrusters working at maximum capacity, then he saw it, he didn't know what it was, but it made him stop right in his tracks.

A colossal robot stood up from out of the Arena, it stood easily 500ft tall, maybe more. Kai's eyes and mouth where wide open, then he noticed the FG on the tops of its shoulders, would they really go this far to get him back?

The robot turned and the loud voice appeared again.

"TARGET IDENTIFIED, SUBJECT 117 K.A.I. BOOTING, READY, ACTION".

"No, not today, not ever" Kai started "If you wanted me, you should've come for me, but now you've put the lives of my friends in danger, and now you're going to pay the price!".

Kai's armour bulked up, his IS shining, the 3 wings that served as his thrusters all split into 2, 6 wings on each side now protrude from his armour, the black peeled away into a white and gold colour.

Kai shouted once more as he powered towards the colossal being

"LETS DO THIS YOU UGLY SON OF A BITCH, DOUBLE EDGE, BURST MODE ENGAGE!".