Muv Luv Enlightenment

by lonetundrawolf

Shirogane braved the unknown and mastered war. Shirogane braved the unknown, saw tragedy first hand and mastered his cause, but is that really the end? What happens when Shirogane masters his art of war, his TSF, his cause, and death itself. What happens when he tastes victory only to be beat down again. This is the story of Shirogane Takeru s enlightenment. T-Gore and Violence

6. Chapter 3 - Shiro-show-off

Dear Honorable readers,

I wish to apologize for the relatively short chapter with such a long wait time. It was originally going to be easily three times this length but due to setbacks and my wanting to follow through with the deadline I gave myself before, I split the chapter up. The second part of this day will be out shortly and I will be replying to all reviews that I got in the mean time. The feedback was absolutely amazing and made me push myself to get out the chapter. I have been itching to get out of cannon so I can introduce Mana and the three idiots. I can guarantee a nice surprise come the later chapters especially with the royal family and its guards. I`m going to be making a poll with the heroines to see which one you guys want to see developed because as of now I can do any of them (note: Sumika is going to be the main indefinitely as Shirogane loves her and is connected to her throughout Muv Luv… but all people like a little drama right?). I wish that you guys keep reading as I write and have a great day/night.

-Tundra

P.S. I do not own any of the Muv Luv franchise. The only things I did change are the personality of the characters; and, I threw in some OCs. Also some influences from other Fan-fiction works will be present so I give all credit to the appropriate authors for their amazing works that inspired me.

(Direct Thoughts)

Shouting

"Talking"

"Under the Breath Talking"

Chapter 3 – Shiro-showoff

(October 24th, 2001 – Wednesday)(Shirogane Takeru)

*Haaaaa*

As I finish my morning workout in my room, I glance upon my clock that rests on my dresser by my bed. The time is currently 6:07 so I managed to finish the workout at the perfect time. I am given a good 25 minutes to get dressed in my dress uniform and to go down to the supply officer to grab my Type-99 Fortified suit. I take a mere 10 minutes to go down to the simulator building, 6th training room, and use the spare time to think about my life now.

(Morning used to be so hard for me so long ago. It truly is a miracle that I can get up so early on a daily basis.)

Long ago, when I was just starting out, I had the habits of any other lazy high school teen and that particular habit was the hardest to break. This habit took 5 loops to be destroyed and I automatically get up at 4:30 starting on my 7th loop. Even with hundreds of thousands of years of warfare and stress under my belt, I still find sleeping in to be very enjoyable as there very few times that I can do this over the years. In fact, this weekend shoul-

"Yourrrr Laattteeee!"

"…" *Gigigigi* *Rub*

"Oh did that hurt your ears? I thought you were some type of superman?"

"Vice-Commander-"

"Call me Yuuko. Formalities are a nuisances and I do not want my new dog- I mean assistant to be so distant."

"…Right, then call me Takeru, anyways I was 9 minutes early from the meeting time so please do refrain from testing my abilities under such a brutish method. No one can train their ears to not be responsive to loud noises."

"Hmmm then why didn't you cover your ears then, you do come from the future right?"

"Yes I do but there are also times when you do the exact opposite of yelling to meet those goals and more minute the details, the more fluctuant the end result. For example, the major battles in an unhampered universe will always be consistent but the small decisions that the soldiers on the battlefield can differ slightly. The difference NEVER changes the outcome but the experiences of the soldiers and the deaths can change slightly. So your choice for testing me is unable to be predicted with 100% accuracy. Though I can guess it, not reacting does opens up a chance to explain my abilities to you since you will be my partner in saving humanity."

"…That is very interesting. If you can really prove that you are from the future and a result of my theory I hope you don't mind being my case study since you could improve my theory by bounds."

"Should we win this war, then I don't mind aiding your theory just never treat me like an experiment gone wrong. I will get enough as it is…Well I do need to change so I will meet you at simulator II."

"…okayyy see you!"

I walk into the locker rooms carrying the fortified suit and start to redress into the suit with fluent motions.

(October 24th, 2001 – Wednesday)(Kouzuki Yuuko)

"…okayyy see you!"

I yell to the young man that swiftly moves into the locker rooms on the east side of the building with a Type-99 fortified suit folded in his hand. This young man has proven yet again that he may just have been from future. I set up two tests to confirm the future capabilities of this 'Time Traveler' and he purposely flunked the first one so that I would listen to him then, just in case I was skeptical, passed the second test perfectly. The first test was the yelling as it would test his hearing and reaction, which were strange. Takeru`s reaction was calm as still water even though he was being yelled right next to his ear. Takeru did not jump but there was still surprise in his eyes which was what was strange. His ability to find threats was great enough that he knew that my prank was not dangerous and thus did not need a reaction but he still was surprised for half a second before he deadpanned. The second test was if he would know to grab a fortified suit. Fortified suits are for training and combat situations only so, for training, they are issued from the simulation supply officer the day after a cadet graduated from basic training and left in the locker room and squadron situation room. I had placed a fortified suit set at the barracks supply officer secretly to see if Takeru would go out of his way to grab it. This was a test that Takeru would not have even known he failed if he had come empty handed but he had passed perfectly. This young man used my secret tests against me to further prove that his credibility and to keep me informed. It really is astonishing that I could be played like this twice in three days but that last statement of his really held a lot of weight. Like he is willing to watch his close friends and family question his humanity. That sounds an awful lot like me…

"Haaaa"

"Vice-commander, A-01st 9th squadron reporting"

"Ah yes commander there is something I would like to test so if you would, please go into stand by at simulators III through XIV(14). If you want you can do a few duels to pass the time till I need you."

"Yes Ma`m"

"Hayase-Senpai! Please let me duel with you!"

"Haha of course I accept Akane."

"Hmm so you swing both ways too. Hayase you are just too much."

"MU-NA-KA-TA!"

I watch as the 12 Valkyries that just got out of the west locker room move to the designated simulators as they were told with some messing around in between. They all board simulator pods and boot up the systems as I walk over to the simulator pod II. Just as I turn around to look at the door that separates the lobby and locker rooms from the simulator floor, the door swings open. In walks in a very muscular and sharp eyed young man in an UN officer fortified suit. Without so much as a glance toward the other pods, his eyes lock onto mine as he glides over to where I am at.

"Took you long enough, did stage fright set in?"

"No not at all, in fact, I was waiting for my stage to set."

"Hmmm well I finished the OS that you gave me and had it installed in this simulator. I hope you do not mind taking the final course for the veteran skill evaluation with this 'XM3'."

"Really that's it? I could have sworn that you would make it harder like perhaps modifying the 5 wave survival mission that is the final course to something like a point defense mission with 7 waves with only TSF battalions."

"…Your insight is very annoying, you know that."

"Haha that is a response that never changes."

"Oh really well get in and luck to you"

"Thanks, I`ll be sure to impress."

"Punk…"

I talk while booting up the system and making sure there was not any major bugs in the system given that there is a foreign OS installed. When the sweep turns up clean and the real time display is working within reasonable boundaries, I make a gesture for Takeru to get in. He obeys easily and mounts up while the course is being loaded up. I turn on my heels and walk up the staircase in the corner of the room that leads to the control room where I am greeted by an auburn haired female in a UN officer uniform.

"Welcome Vice-commander."

"Yo"

"…May I ask why first lieutenant Shirogane is also attending this practice when he should be on his assignment?"

"Hmm I almost forgot that I told Isumi about Takeru`s schedule…well will you like to see why he is here?"

"Takeru?...Here, as in, this morning or here on base Ma`m?"

"Both so what`s your answer?"

"…I am curious but it would be rude to intrude on the Lieutenant's work without permission."

"Perfect answer! But it is part of his mission for you to watch so please link Takeru`s monitor as well as his map onto all simulators III through XIV."

"Yes Ma`m? Why do we have to watch?"

"You will have to see, well anyways I have to start him up so give me a minute…" *Beep Beep* "Helllooo!? This thing on?"

"Fenrir reporting."

"Ok Fenrir. This is your mission; the FOB you are stationed at has just been ambushed by the spearhead of a hostile invasion force. Your unit was cut off from the rest of the rear guard as the base personnel retreated. Alone behind enemy lines; your unit`s strength dwindles till you are all that is left at the center of the base. As you wait for the next wave of hostiles to eliminate you; you get a signal from the nearby base`s commander, stating that a top secret weapon was being tested at your base and was left behind in the retreat. Given you are the last of the defense on base; you are have to hold the secret weapon`s storage hangar long enough for the energy system for the weapon to overheat and explode. This takes 4 hours to do and there will be 7 waves of TSF attack teams charging your position the entire time. The hostile units will start out as standard TSF units like the Eagle, Aligatori, and Kagerou but will progress to the elite units like the Raptor, Berkut, and Takemikazuchi as they get desperate. Are you ready? Repeat your mission."

"Fenrir Copies, My mission is to defend the HVT for 4 hours while 7 waves of progressively difficult enemies charge my position ma`m!"

"Good, you may start your boot up procedures and will operate without any satellite or operator help as you are behind enemy lines. Good luck."

"Affirmative!"

*Click*

"Vice-commande-"

*Beep Beep*

"One sec Lieutenant…" *Beep* "Captain."

"Vice-commander what is the meaning of this?"

"This? You will have to be more descriptive Captain."

"This suicide mission that you are sending the lieutenant on is what I'm talking about. There is absolutely no way that he can survive one wave, hell, most of the Valkyries would perish on the first wave and the survivors on the second. There is an entire wing of regular on the first wave alone; this task is mindlessly taxing and could affect Shirogane`s health."

"True this would be taxing for any normal soldier and that's why I am doing this. Anyways captain, this task is of most importance for my research and only he is capable of finishing it. He may not look it captain but he is very capable."

"Being capable!? Haaaa well if you say so Vice-commander…"

"Thank you for understanding, the rest of your unit is going to be tuned into the exercise as well so inform of the Lieutenant`s objective for me" *Smile*

"…Yes Ma`m."

"Anyways what were you going to say lieutenant?"

"…Nothing…"

(October 24th, 2001 – Wednesday)(Isumi Michiru)

"…Yes Ma`m"

Really this woman sometimes. Haaaa we get a fresh soldier that isn`t a rookie and the Vice-commander decides to throw him through the ringer. That being said this kid is so strange and this situation really doesn`t help. If Shirogane can complete this then I will have to think that he is some superhuman made from the Vice-commander. How the Vice-commander treats him as a test dummy for her research and made it so he is a solo fighter in the most dangerous unit in the Far East is too strange. I did a background check after I first met him and not only was his profile require high credentials to see but even I, with my special status as the A-01st captain, could not see his profile. Shirogane is a male which is rare already but he was also young and unknown. Throw in the way he walks, as if there is constantly danger, and the cold glints in his eyes, plenty of red flags were thrown in my head. Despite that the Vice-commander never took the time to discuss his circumstances, I could only watch and hope that he is not dangerous enough to stall Alternative IV.

*Beep Beep*

"Squadron Attention!"

""Roger!""

"Hey Capt`n what`s this all about?"

"Shirogane is going to be performing a 7 wave defense mission without operator guidance and with a blackout. We are to observe the mission until otherwise ordered."

"Haaaaaaa so we have to sit here and watch the rookie get beat up?"

"That's not very supportive Hayase-san"

"Well of course Kazama I get bored easily and they want me to watch thi-"

*Beep Beep Beeeeeeep*

With that sound the monitor that was only a small box in the corner of my screen instantly expanded to cover my entire screen. What I was looking at before was a simple runway were the girls were taking time doing duels around but after the monitor expanded; all that I could see was ruin. Tracers shot across the sky on the horizon and the rumble of TSF was all around. Any person that could hear can tell that this situation was suicide even from the beginning as the constant rumbling means countless TSF were incoming. Even without being directly in the situation, I was disheartened and knew that the kid would barely last 2 minutes. I expected that when I looked at the face of the young man in the screen to my left, it would be a face of strain or terror but was meet will relaxed grin. The minute I saw his face, he rocketed his Type-94 strike vanguard down to the objective that he has to defend. As he made his turn around the ruins of an office building; a Type-89 greets him. The type-89 looked like he had just turned around from his previous course leading the objective when the Eishi heard the roar of a TSF. Just as the two Japanese giants glanced upon each other, the sound of a single shell going off and the grinding of metal as the 120mm sabot round tears through the cockpit metal can be heard. Unlike what we all expected was a swift defeat of the rookie ended in the chillingly precise elimination of the Type-89. That was not even the most chilling part; the scary part was that Shirogane did not spare the dead 89 a second glance before continuing down the path to the objective while the fallen giant is left desecrated on the floor. As he raced in a circle around the perimeter of the objective, that quick death followed every single Eishi that Shirogane saw. No matter if it was an entire squadron moving together or a lone unit, the enemy never got to fire one shot before having fatal damage. Shirogane displayed excellent marksmanship in close quarters while moving at high speeds as well as superb martial skills as he throws and cuts down many of the enemy.

"…Wow."

"…"

"…Amazing."

"Hmph Hayase could do better easily."

"This course? Have you ever seen this before?"

"Now that you say it, there was a similar one but this one is wayyy more intense than that one."

"Yea and did you see that inverse boost jump kick flip over that 89? There is no way that his auto balance would not react to that and his joints are much more flexible than before."

"Yeah I was just thinking that…I wonder…"

"Wonder what?"

"How that guy got to be so good at fighting. Well I mean we are amazing ourselves but he has been fighting for who knows how long and I was just wondering what type of bloody battles he had to go through to get like this since he did say he has even fought in Russia."

"Hmmm that's pretty deep Takahara."

"Huh? Yeah I guess but when I saw you guys training I thought the same thing too. But this, this absolutely polished killing ability is just not normal. Those kills he has just had all have a vibe that only someone who has seen hell could give off."

"Yea I felt it from you guys before too but his is on a new level. Must be a rookie thing to be able to sense this stuff haha."

"No Asakura I feel it as well. Haaaaa I really want to fight him now."

"Ok pipe down the Vanguard for this wave was just wiped out. Two squads of Russian MiG-27s and one squad of F-15Cs are inbound."

"Serious…"

"That's pretty hardcore; I thought that one squad was the entire first wave."

"Y-yeah I thought so too."

As we spoke the impressive battle raged on. The absolutely impossible mission was being achieved by an equally insane Eishi. His entire TSF is a weapon whether he is using its foot to move an enemy assault cannon barrel to another enemy TSF or throwing loose metal shards into the main camera sets in the head units before he cleaves the TSF in half. The boosters are used extensively to allow extreme mobility and are, even, used as weapons should the situation call for it. Shirogane blazes through the first two waves without as much as a single round hitting the objective. As he stands over the countless Type-89s, Mig-27s, and F-15Cs, the image of a true death god is transmitted to all that saw him. In this small moment of time, this single frame, a true god was born in the hearts of all the Valkyries. Not a god that is loving and caring, but the god of absolute calamity and cruelness. Shivers run down all of our spines as the god slowly rises from his mountain of carnage where he took a moment to gaze upon his work. The giant turns his head as more hostiles race into the ruined town, which was in perfect condition 10 minutes ago only to become the rubble that buries the death god's enemies.

Frightening, that's all I can say about this man. The image of a polite boy that I meet on the basketball courts with the sun setting in the backround…was completely gone. Vanished, vanquished, smashed, crushed, and then left in the afternoon breeze so it may never see me again. The sight of the world`s best TSF being helplessly massacred and their remains becoming a mat for the boy`s TSF to wipe his foot on. Takemikazuchis, Berkuts, Raptors, Vermilion Swords, Strike eagles, Eagles, Aligatoris, and Kagerous all were mere insects to Shirogane. His insane maneuvers, spectacular swordsmanship, precise marksmanship, and complete resourcefulness made it so that after 7 waves of 368 TSFs in total, the only major damage was the loss of his TSF`s left arm. The limb was lost only after an entire squadron of F-22s attacked the objective while the Russians and Japanese ace TSF distracted Shirogane. He fended them all off and even shot down the bullets that were going to the objective midair. Though with all that the fire from behind couldn't be avoided and the rounds shredded the arm of Shirogane`s giant. The happy talking was overwhelmed by silence after the first wave. The only sounds throughout the entire demonstration were gasps when Shirogane narrowly sidesteps a downward chop or him letting missiles get close to him before he moves letting the missiles hit the enemies behind him.

"Impressive right captain? I honestly would have been satisfied if he survived the 3rd wave but this is a pleasant surprise."

"…"

"So I would like you to approve of his solo missions should I commission them to him as it is annoying to have to hard arm you in a stressful situation. Also he had given me a prototype OS which is currently on his simulator but sadly there are still many bugs and hick ups so I will be having him testing this for a while."

"…Vice-commander, are you telling me that a new OS with bugs was capable of allowing a single TSF destroy an entire TSF army? And he was the one to make it!?"

"Ah you misunderstand, the OS will make the TSF more flexible and responsive so that pilots will be able to fight like the TSF is a second skin. The ability to destroy an army by himself is only Takeru Shirogane`s."

"… Then who is he really commander? No amount of training can produce such a monster, for a lack of a better work… uhhh…is he by chance-"

"No he isn't and I don't think he will take kindly to being called that captain"

"S-sorry"

"And Shirogane Takeru gained his abilities through the fires of war. Any of the battles he was a part of was hell. Takeru was young when he was first deployed and has not had a single easy battle since."

"…"

"Well not that matters, all that matters is that he is my right hand and is capable. He will be spending a majority of his training time with this XM3 on board and will be doing a lot of programming so that it will be ready for the valkyries to test it as well."

"…yes Ma`m"

"Well I want you to disembark and discuss his training position before you have a hive infiltration scenario run. I wish to see your results before lunch."

"Affirmative."

I deactivate my machine while telling the others that I will be back in a second. I walk a little unsteadily over to simulator II. With a hiss, the cockpit door for simulator II opens and for the first time I see the Shirogane in an entirely new light…

FOB-Forward Operating Base

HVT-High Value Target

Blackout-When there isn`t any footage and all connection to the world is cut off so that the mission is contained