Infinite Stratos: Dragons Roar Of Courage

by Rukotaro-kun

An infinite stratos rewrite. Orimura Ichika, who lost his humanity more than one way are going to spend his years in the IS academy as an Agumon. Will he learn anything at the academy while making new friends and reunite with some old friends? Now onto the coming of 'Season 2'. Phantom Task and Sarashiki Group later involved.

11. Red, blue and silver lines: MetalGreymon

Disclaimers: Infinite Stratos and Digimon do not belong to me.

Ichika

…...

…..

…

Ugh...

...Where am I...?

…..Is this a dream...?

I can tell I'm on a beach, but it's not the beach that I have been yesterday. It was peaceful, serene, there was no one there but me. I'm currently in my Greymon form and I went for a stroll for a while. There was no one here, no sign of other lifeforms...

"Orimura Ichika..."

….?

"Orimura Ichika..."

I heard someone called my name twice, and it was a woman's voice. I turned around to look for the voice, yet no one is here beside me or anywhere for that matter.

"Greymon..."

…..!

"Greymon..."

It was the same voice, this time she called my current form's name. I looked around again, and somehow appeared unexpectedly was a knight carrying a claymore, rather a female knight judging by the shape of the figure. She was far away from me and her silhouette is only half visible.

"Silver...Gospel..."

Silver Gospel, what does she mean by that? I approached her slowly, and she seemed to hold her position.

"The Silver Gospel...will come..."

What does she mean by that?

"Do your best to protect..."

Protect, who, what, why, how?

"Now, you must go...and protect.."

What is she talking about?

"Who are you!"

"..." No respond from her.

"I said who are you!"

"..."

Who is she?! How does she know about me? Is this a dream? Am I still dreaming? Is this knight in front of me is just a dream?

"Till we meet again..."

Huh, wait what?!

"Hey-!"

By the time she said her last word, she vanished. Who was that?

Slowly, the place starting to drift apart and the whole place went black...

"Ugh..."

I opened my eyes, and I'm back at the beach where I spent my training yesterday. So it was a dream...

But somehow, I can't dismiss it just a dream for some reason.

And somehow when I opened my eyes, it was already morning. Morning?! I must have overslept!

I got up and yawned as the morning sun in the beach hits my eyes, not directly of course.

"Mmmm..."

Hm, what was that?

"Mmmmm..ahhh~" That voice, Laura, but where is she? Her voice was very clear so where is she?

I look up and saw her waking up on my head. Looks like she's been sleeping on me, again.

"Mmmm...Good morning Ichika-sama..."

"U-uh, morning Laura."

Even though I have been overslept, looks like everyone is still sleeping. Maybe I'm just overreacting. On the side note, it's probably because the time here compare to the Ancient Dino Region goes fast.

There after a few minutes after I wake up, Chifuyu-nee came and she puts on her usual uniform where she had been used to train the IS practicals on the seaside.

"Morning Chifuyu-nee..."

"I'm teaching here, so call me Orimura-sensei."

"Yes, Orimura-sensei."

"Morning instructor.."

"I see you're up Bodewig, How's sleeping on his head feels like?"

"I felt like I'm right beside him.."

"..."

"..."

"How's your IS Bodewig?"

"Um..it suffered quite a lot of damage during training two days ago..."

"I see, I will check it's conditions then." Laura gives her IS to Chifuyu-nee so that she can inspect it.

"Good morning Orimura-sensei."

"Yamada-sensei just in time, I would like you to check the condition for [Schwarzer Regen]." Chifuyu-nee said as she gave her the IS to her.

"Hm, it is been taking a lot of hits...The report should be taking for a couple of minutes."

After some analysis, Yamada-sensei gives the report to Chifuyu-nee and she looks intently at the record.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Your IS suffered significant damage, and it will take hours to quick repair it. So you can't really participate in IS training for quite a while, at least for today..."

"Is that so instructor..."

"Orimura, this is the second day of the special trip and I would like you and your...friends to help me and the staff with the IS as soon as they get up."

"But, are you sure you want THEM to handle this, they don't know anything about the IS. Besides, me and them are going back there to resume our training today."

"Hmph, then you'll just help with carrying the IS just this time, then you can resume your training."

"Can I come with Ichika-sama?"

"Yes...If you can answer this question."

"...!"

"Explain the IS core network."

"O-Okay! The IS core network uses all sorts of signals to exchange data. It was originally designed to send the location information in vast space. Right now, it allows the pilots to communicate with each other through public and private channels. Also, through recent researches, the core attracts all sorts of signals through a 'sharing' method as fuel to evolve. As the creator Professor Shinonono viewed these as a part of evolution, she allowed them to develop continuously, so right now, they're still under development, resulting in an incomplete grasp of the whole picture."

"I see you haven't abandoned your studies, then again it's only been a day. Bodewig, you're allowed to trained with Orimura along with them."

"Thank you instructor."

"How many do you want them to help with the IS?"

"Only a few would suffice."

Just then, the other Digimons woke up and I immediately asked them about volunteering with some little manual work.

"Alright, I might as well think of it as a warm up."

"Ooh, I wanna help."

"Count me in, I don't think it will be that bad."

After that manual labor work, with the volunteers aside from me, Master gives us an order,

"Students, we will depart back to our region in an hour so be prepared!"

"YES MASTER!" All of us Digimons replied.

After around half an hour, the IS training started. It was suppose to be testing out various IS equipment and data collection. The students are already in their IS suit, which somehow fits to the surrounding.

"Alright. Each class is to carry their stuff to begin the IS part testing. Those with personal suits are to test the personal parts. Everyone, move fast."

All the students say yes as they hear Chifuyu-nee's command and lined up in a straight line. And the IS is also assembled for the students to use, of course that doesn't really apply much for the personal IS. Me and Laura are not really participating this kind of training for obvious reasons. Mine is that I don't even pilot an IS, while Laura's IS is in the process of repairs.

"Ah, Shinonono, come over here."

"Yes."

Houki, who was using the [Uchigane] to carry something, heard Chifuyu-nee call her and walks towards her.

"From today onwards, you'll be pilo-"

Suddenly, I sense someone is coming and it's coming fast.

"CHHHHHIIIIIII~CHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN ~!"

*Zudodododododododo...!* As a cloud of sand and dust gathered, a figure came flying over at a very fast speed. Maybe she has an IS on her? Though the problem's that person-

"...Tabane."

That's how it is. That peerless genius Shinonono Tabane just ignored the restriction of the zone completely and came barging in just like that. Speaking of which, why am I along with the other Digimons still allowed here? Maybe they didn't expect us here.

"Yaa Yaa! I really missed you Chi-chan! Let's hug to show our love-fuheh!"

Chifuyu-nee held down Tabane-san who came flying over with one hand, grabbing onto her face too as the fingers sank mercilessly into the flesh. Chifuyu-nee really doesn't know how to show mercy.

"Shut up, Tabane."

"Mmmn...your iron claw's as merciless as ever."

Actually, she's amazing for being able to clamp down Tabane-san like that.

After shouting out lightly, Tabane-san now turns to Houki.

"Yaa!"

"...Hello." Houki seems unenthusiastic for some reason.

"Hehehe, long time no see. How long have we not met? A few years? Houki-chan's really grown up, especially the breasts~"

*GANK!*

"I'll beat you up!"

"You've already beaten me up...and with a Japanese sword sheath! That's too mean! Houki-chan's soo mean~!"

Pressing her head, Tabane-san looked teary eyed as she complained. Everyone present just looked at that exchange.

"Huh, well, well, people other than the ones involved are not-"

"Hmm? What you're saying is really weird. If you're talking about IS related personnel, I'm the

most most important person now."

"Huh, ah, so, yeah, so, I guess that's right..."

Yamada-sensei got shot down beautifully. Basically, there's nothing anyone can do as they just let her on a roll. Speaking of which aren't I am NOT an IS related personnel?

"Ichika-sama, is this person-"

"Shinonono Tabane, the most wanted human girl in this time of the world, she's known for her creation of the IS and also well known in our region!" Saberdramon interrupts.

"Yes Laura, this person here is THE Shinonono Tabane, one of the weirdest person I have ever met."

"I see, so this is Shinonono Tabane in person...interesting."

"Hey! Tabane! Introduce yourself, my students don't know what's going on."

"Huh-that's so troublesome...hello, I'm the genius Tabane-san! That's all from me!"

After saying that, she even made a spin around. At this moment, everyone present seem to finally realize that this is the genius scientist who developed the IS, and the girls started to chat.

"Haa...can't you even introduce yourself properly? Hey, first-years, why are you stopping? Ignore this person here and continue testing."

"That's too much, calling me 'this person'. Can't you call me 'my beloved Tabane'?"

"SHUT UP!"

While both of them are exchanging words, Yamada-sensei trembles as she interrupts them.

"Huh, erm, what should I do in this situation..."

"Ah, like I just said, you can ignore this person here. Yamada-sensei, please help assist the classes."

"I-I got it."

"Uu, Chi-chan's so kind...this Tabane-san really feels envious. She got fooled by this huge breasted monster, right~?"

After saying that, Tabane-san leaped onto Yamada-sensei as her hands quickly grabbed onto her ample breasts.

"KYAAAAHHH! WH-WHA-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

"Sigh, what's the problem, what's the problem~?"

Wa, the topic just changed within a few seconds...where in the world did her jealousy go to? Then again this is Tabane, the weirdest perseon I have met so far.

On a side note, Tabane-san's breasts are slightly bigger than Chifuyu-nee's and about the same size as Yamada-sensei. Actually, it's kind of an eye candy to see two huge-breasted women harrass each other. But never mind about that, if I would count all of us, some of us Digimons are actually having bigger uh...breasts than any of these women.

"SHUT IT YOU IDIOT! IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BREASTS, AREN'T YOURS BIG ENOUGH? IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MEASURING BREASTS, GO CHECK THEIRS, THEY PROBABLY HAD THE BIGGEST BREASTS IN THIS GROUP!" Chifuyu-nee points at the group of Digimons including me.

"Hehehe, Chi-chan's so lewd. And besides, they don't count."

"GO TO HELL! ORIMURA, INCINERATE HER WITH MEGA FLAME!"

"Ara ara Ikkun, you don't have to incinerate me, I don't even need to be incinerated, I'm just as sweet as I am now." OK that was very confusing.

"So what about the thing I requested from you...?"

Houki sounded somewhat hesitant as she asked that. On hearing that, Tabane-san's eyes lit up.

"Fufufu, I prepared that already. Here, behold the great sky!"

Tabane-san pointed up at the sky. On hearing her say that, Houki and the other students looked up at the sky.

*ZUUUNNN!*

"WAHHH!"

Suddenly, really suddenly, with the sound of an impact, an unidentified metallic object dropped onto the sand.

The silvery metal block looked like it's a wall for a moment as it's front part falls down. Then we see the contents inside. What's inside is-

-A brand new IS in a crimson red color.

"Ta daa~! This is Houki-chan's personal IS [Akatsubaki]! It's spec are superior to every IS in every way and was personally made from Tabane-san!"

Superior?

The red armor was reflecting the bright sunlight, probably because it's a new IS. It's really eyecatching. Huh?Did Tabane-san just mention something unbelievable? The specs are all superior to the current ISes. In other words, it's the newest and strongest frame!

"Here, Houki-chan, it's now time for the optimization! I'll help out from aside, so it'll end soon "

"...I'll leave it to you then."

"That's so rare~. We're blood siblings. You should talk to me in a more affectionate manner-"

"Hurry up and start."

Is this what they mean by 'playing alone'? Houki ignored Tabane-san completely and prompted her to move.

"Mn~ well, that's true. Let's get started then."

*Pi*-Tabane-san pressed the remote control, and [Akatsubaki] activated, opening the cockpit to allow the pilot to enter. It even kneeled down automatically to let the pilot enter it easily. Ohh,

that's rather amazing.

"I've input Houki-chan's data to a certain level. Now I just need to update the recent values! Then,

*pi, pa, pa *!"

Tabane-san opened a control panel and slided her fingers on it. She then summoned out 6 screens in mid-air to navigate through the huge amount of data on the screen, and typed out on the emulated keyboard in mid-air.

"It's a close-ranged suit that's adjusted to being an all-around type, so I guess you will get used to it soon! Not to mention there's automatic support equipment! Onee-chan prepared them all!"

"Oh, thanks."

Houki still sounded rather cold. Really, since you two are sisters, I think you should warm up to her more.

I'm not too sure of this myself, but Houki seems to hate Tabane-san because she had to transfer schools when Tabane-san introduced the IS.

But that was a long, long time ago. She should let go of it now, right?

"Mn~fu, fu, fufu~ Houki-chan's kendo skills are even more refined. I can tell from your trained muscles. Yaa Yaa, onee-chan's really proud of you."

"..."

"Hehe, I got ignored-okay, optimization is complete~ that was fast, as expected of me."

Spouting nonsense, Tabane-san never stopped typing. It resembles someone playing the piano more than typing a keyboard, fast and fluid, and she even went through all the pages that switched around.

"That IS is to be given to Shinonono-san...? Because they're family?"

"Yeah, it feels a bit unscrupulous."

Voices like these can be heard from the crowd. Unexpectedly, the one who quickly squashed all these reactions was actually Tabane-san.

"Oh my, haven't all of you read history? This world has never been fair."

The girls who were called out immediately went back to work. As for Tabane-san, she just left it that as she continued the adjustments, or rather, she never stopped typing even though she was talking. She's really a genius, of course in terms of IS.

Then, the adjustments were complete, and Tabane-san closed the screens.

"After that, it'll just be adjustments, and the personalization will be complete. Ah, Ii-kun, this Tabane-san's really enthustiastic. I want to study about you again!"

Tabane said as just like with [Akatsubaki], many screens appeared right in front of her just now and same with Akatsubaki some sort of data appeared, and it's all about me.

[Orimura Ichika]

[In-training: Koromon]

[Rookie: Agumon]

[Champion: Greymon, GeoGreymon]

[Ultimate: SkullGreymon]

All that status, in all of my currently learned form are in detail, and there's even diagrams of all of my forms, even SkullGreymon which is rather surprising.

"Ara ara, Ikkun you keep on growing, just like IS, you're gaining a lot after so many battles. This Tabane-san is impressed. Although, I'm quite worried about your Ultimate level."

I think she refers to SkullGreymon. Ever since that incident, I've been trained myself mentally to keep my rage from reaching too far and Dark Digivolving into SkullGreymon.

"Hmm, Should Tabane-san help you with your anger management?"

"Huh, what's with that all of a sudden?"

"Hm, Never mind, Ikkun will be fine."

Weird, why would Tabane asked me that? As she was about to continue studying me, a girl approached Tabane-san.

"Ex-Excuse me! I heard of Professor Shinonono before. If possible, could you please check my IS?"

It's Cecilia. Most likely, she felt excited about seeing the famous Tabane-san in front of her as her eyes are glowing exceptionally. However, I have a bad outcome after this-

"Ah? Who are you? I don't recognize some blond person. And right now, it's a touching reunion with Houki-chan, Chi-chan and Ii-kun after so many years. I don't know why are you interrupting me. Who are you anyway?"

Her tone suddenly got cold, the content, the eyes and even the tone got cold.

"Huh, that..."

"Shut up and move aside."

"Uu..."

After being rejected again, even Cecilia backed away while looking completely distraught. She got rejected without even having the chance to be shocked by the sudden change in Tabane-san's attitude as her eyes got teary. That's gotta hurt..

"Tabane-san..."

"Yes Ikkun~?"

Her cold attitude somehow changed back into that cheerful happy go lucky personality, and Cecilia continued to be surprised, for the third or was it the fourth time.

"You've improved."

"Aha, Tabane-san did, didn't I?"

"Um, Ichika-sama just what are you referring to here?"

"Oh, Tabane-san would just ignore people in the past as if they don't exist, and now she actually speaks with other people. Although Tabane-san did give a cold response towards Cecilia, she did respond to her, so that is consider an improvement."

"I see..."

"Hoo-weird blond hair. I hate the thick skin of the Japanese. Japanese are the best~ but I don't care about Japanese either way except for Houki-chan, Chi-chan and Ii-kun."

"I still count as a Japanese?"

"Of course Ikkun, you were born here."

"..."

"Ah-ahem."

Houki coughed twice to interrupt our conversation.

"Am I done here?"

"Mn, it's done. Oh, 3 minutes over. Ahh, I could have used the time to cook a cup of instant noodles. Too bad."

Hm, does instant noodles really take 3 minutes to prepare? On a side note, I never had instant noodles in all my life.

"Students, we are leaving!" Master ordered us all all the other prepares and ready to leave the seaside.

"Ah Chifuyu-nee, I'm leaving to continue our training."

"Hm, very well then."

"Eh, Is Ikkun going somewhere?"

"Yeah, I'm training along with the students there."

"Hey wait, what about Laura?" Charlotte speaks up.

"Oh, her IS is in no condition for this training so she will stay with Orimura for the time being."

The rest of the girls are feeling rather disappointed for some reason and it's not just the Personal IS pilots that I am sensing from.

'Laura Bodewig, you just got lucky twice..'

'I should have been his 'knight'.'

Hm, I can't really understand what are they thinking, but I would presume that they are not enjoying their training one bit.

Normal

After Ichika left with the group of Digimons, the IS training continues and somehow Tabane still here for some reason. Of course, this is only for the sake of [Akatsubaki].

"Uh, I thought Ikkun would stay for Akatsubaki's debut, but oh well."

"Then try taking it for a ride. Fly it a bit! It should follow Houki-chan's thoughts~"

"Okay, I'll try it."

*Phoosh phoosh!* With that sound, the cables linking to it were removed. After that, Houki closed her eyes, and [Akatsubaki] flew off at a really fast speed.

"WAH!"

The sudden acceleration caused shockwaves that made the sand dance about. Anyone who is very close to the proximity of the area, covers themselves as the sand blew towards them.

"How is it? Much more mobile than what Houki-chan expected?"

"Mn...yeah, sort of..."

Tabane communicated Houki through a public channel.

"Try swinging your swords. The right one is [Amatsuki], and the left one is [Karaware]. I'm going to send the special data of the weapons over!"

After saying that, Tabane-san danced her finger at the sky. Having received the weapon data, Houki drew both swords with a swoosh.

"Let's add on Tabane-onee-chan's explanation~ ! [Amatsuki]'s used to attack one person. The blade will create an energy blade attack when it attacks. It can turn an enemy into a beehive if it's used consecutively! It's a wonderful weapon~ the range is about as far as an assault rifle, no? It can't reach the range of a sniper rifle, but it's balanced out by the speed of [Akatsubaki]."

Houki swing the said blade. She raised her right hand to her left shoulder into the Shinonono-nitoryu kendo style the shield-sword style. That's a position that can easily turn defense into attack, using the force of the attack to counter.

As the blade got swung out, the surrounding space let out several red lasers, forming a ball shaped

thing. They then formed bullets of light and pierced out several holes in the clouds in the air.

"The next one's [Karaware]. It's a weapon used to deal with a group, and can launch a shaped attack with the slash! It can extend its range when it's swung, so it's super useful. Try hitting some of them here!"

After saying that, Tabane-san summoned a 16-missile pod firing machine. As the lights gathered and formed it, it shot out it's missiles at that instant.

Houki swung the [Karaware], that was tucked under her right armpit, one round. The red lasers extended out just like Tabane said, taking out all 16 missiles.

"Powerful..."

Gradually appearing from the smoke of the explosion, Houki and her red IS looked as imposing as ever.

Everyone present looked stunned and mesmerized by the overwhelming outcome in front of them, unable to say anything. Tabane seemed satisfied as she viewed the scene in front of her, nodding away.

"..."

However, only one person's staring at Tabane sternly.

That person is-

Orimura Chifuyu. As if there was something bad is going to happen...and it did.

"O-ORIMURA-SENSEI!"

Yamada Maya looked frantic than usual and seemed to be worried about something.

"What's wrong?"

"Pl-Plea-Please look at this."

On seeing the visual image Maya passed over, Chifuyu's face darkened.

"Class A special mission, and a request to deal with it immediately..."

"Th-That's...located at the Hawaiian research-"

"Shh! Don't leak confidential information. The students will hear it."

"So-Sorry..."

"The pilot of the personal IS?"

"One-One's missing. The rest are present."

"I-I'll contact the other teachers then."

"Got it-EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION!"

After Maya ran away, Chifuyu clapped twice to gain everyone's attention.

"The IS Academy teachers are now going to carry out a special mission, so today's testing will be over. Every class is to keep the ISes and return back to the resort. You are to remain in your own rooms. That's all!"

"Huh...?"

"End? Why? The special mission is..."

"I don't understand at all..."

The unexpected situation caused the girls to chatter away.

But Chifuyu roared,

"EVERYONE IS TO HURRY UP AND HEAD BACK! WHOEVER'S OUT WITHOUT PERMISSION WILL BE LOCKED UP! AM I CLEAR!?"

"""YE-YES!"""

Everyone started moving frantically, removing the equipment on their bodies, shutting down the activated ISes and putting them on the vehicles. It seems that they got scared by Chifuyu's roar.

"Personal IS pilots are to gather! Alcott, Dunois, Huang, and...Shinonono!"

"Yes!"

Kachihana Room

"Now, let me explain the situation."

The room full of teachers and personal IS pilots, as we all gathered inside the deepest banquet hall of the resort which is the Kachihana Room. The room with the lights still off has a large screen floating in mid-air.

"There's news that 2 hours ago, the [Silver Gospel], a 3rd generation military use IS that was developed by both America and Israel, went out of control in the test facility in Hawaii and left the surveillance facility."

"…"

"After that, through satellite tracking, we found that the [Gospel] will enter our air space, 2 km from here. That will happen in approximately 50 minutes from now. Thus, according to the Academy's higher-ups jurisdiction, we have to deal with this situation."

"All staff members, please use the Academy's training suits to seal off the air space and sea. The main operation will be done using personal ISes."

"Next, we'll be beginning the planning of the battle. Anyone with doubts, please raise your hand."

"Yes."

Cecilia immediately raised her hand,

"Please explain the specs and data of the target IS."

"I understand. But these are the highest military secrets of those two countries, so it definitely can't be revealed. Once the data's revealed, the parties involved will be court-martialed, and they have to take at least 2 years of probation."

"I understand."

"It's a unique long ranged type that's designed to clear the area...it seems that it can launch a full-scale attack like my IS."

"It's frame has enhanced attack and mobility. That's tough. And the specs are better than my [Shenlong], so the opponent has a slight advantage..."

"This unique armor seems to be tough to handle. My country sent a few [Revive] defensive equipment over, but I do feel that it's tough to defend against them consecutively."

Cecilia, Rin and Charlotte are all seriously exchanging views.

"Can't be helped. This machine's still moving at a supersonic speed. The maximum velocity it has is over 2450km/hr, so there's only one chance."

"Only one chance...that means, we can only launch a suit with a sure-kill attack, right?"

Maya's words reached the room, but there was no such thing as a sure-kill attack against an IS.

"A sure-kill attack, do we have any suggestion on that part?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"U-um Orimura-sensei, I think we have a solution but..."

"What do you mean Yamada-sensei?"

"Remember that incident that happened recently?"

"...!"

As they recall what incident Maya was referring, few seconds later, one word came on their minds of that room.

SkullGreymon.

"SkullGreymon...He destroyed the arena barrier with a single shot, so to an IS, Orimura's [Dark Shot] will disintegrate an IS instantly. But he is uncontrollable and he is currently in training in who knows where. No, it will be too risky, we cannot afford to repeat that incident!"

"Even if you suggested against that Orimura-sensei, how do we one-hit kill the [Silver Gospel]?"

"..."

"Now, let's discuss the battle plan. Amongst you pilots, who has the fastest speed."

"My [Blue Tears]. It just so happened that the [Strike Gunner] England sent over had a high capability sensor equipped with it as well."

"Alcott, how long have you been training under supersonic mode?"

"20 hours."

"U...that's indeed suitable—"

"HOLD ON, HOLD ON! STOP WITH THAT STRATEGY~!"

An energetic voice came and interrupt the planning. Tabane appeared from the ceiling and proceed to do a back flip and lands on the floor perfectly.

"Chi-chan Chi-chan, my brain's now printing an even more brilliant plan!"

"...Get out."

Chifuyu pressed against her head.

"Listen to me, listen to me! This is de~fin~ite~ly the time for [Akatsubaki]'s debut!"

"What?"

"Look at [Akatsubaki]'s specs! It can fly at supersonic speeds even without additional packets."

As if responding to Tabane's words, screens appear around Chifuyu.

"Adjusting [Akatsubaki]'s [Fold-Out Armor]...change change change! See? The speed will be great now!"

"Let me explain. Here it comes~this so-called [Fold-Out Armor] will be the 4th Generation frame's equipment that this genius developed for the 4th generation IS!"

In general, the newly introduced 4th generation IS is a state of the art of an IS. All the countries in the world are stuck with 3rd generation IS while Tabane skipped to 4th. The 4th generation IS frame the [Fold -Out Armor] allows the IS to change modes from attack, defense or mobility, making a certain ability doubled than normal.

"Speaking of which, about that rampant incident, it reminds me of that [White Knight] Incident ten years ago!"

On a different topic, the current incident is somehow similar to an incident that changed the whole world ten years ago.

The [White Knight] incident.

It is said that a hacker fired 2341 missiles from around the world to Japan. Before a single missile even land on Japan, a armor clad female appeared on the sky. And in her hand was a claymore, which she destroyed almost all of the missile, and uses a large charge particle gun to destroy the rest. And after that the [White Knight] simply vanished, never to be seen again.

"So because of that, my beloved IS became famous! I don't care about the fact that women got special treatment, but I could be kidnapped or assassinated if I'm careless. That really felt like some other country. Ufufu ."

Describing it really happily, Tabane seemed to be gloating like a mother whose son just performed on stage for the first time.

"Even so, I don't know~ufufu, who was the [White Knight]? Who was it? What do you think, Chi-chan?"

"I don't know."

"Hm, I guess her bust size is about 88cm—"

*GONG!* A blunt sound could be heard. It was Chifuyu hitting Tabane on the head out of rage with an info terminal.

"That, that's too much, Chi-chan. This Tabane-san's brain got split into half, you know!?"

"Really? That's good. You can take turns thinking with your left brain and your right brain."

"Ohh! I see! You're so smart, Chi-chan~"

"..."

"Chi-chan was really active in that incident."

"Yup, the [White Knight] was really active."

"Speaking of which...Tabane, how long does it take to adjust [Akatsubaki]?"

"O-ORIMURA-SENSEI?"

Cecilia shouted out in shock. It seemed that she felt that she was the only one amongst all of the group who had a hi-powered booster and could take part in the battle. Or it would been..

"If-If it's me and [Blue Tears], we'll definitely succeed!"

"Has that packet been installed?"

"We-Well...not yet..."

Cecilia's voice immediately softened as if her foot got stepped on, stuttering at the same time. In contrast, Tabane revealed an innocent smile as she said,

"Let me add on, it'll take just 7 minutes to adjust [Akatsubaki] !"

"Okay, then this mission will be carried out by Shinonono. You're to track the target to take it down. 30 minutes later, get ready to act. Everyone's to get ready in 30 minutes from now."

*PAN!* Chifuyu clapped her hands, and the teachers got ready to prepare the necessary machinery.

"Those with nothing to do are to help move the equipment or do anything else they can help with. The main front lines are to adjust their ISes. Don't be sloppy."

The preparation for the battle against the [Silver Gospel] has begun.

Ichika

…...

…...

….

"Orimura Ichika.."

…..? That voice, it's that voice again.

"Orimura Ichika.."

That voice is calling me again, and judging from the others, only I'm the one able to hear her voice.

"That is correct Orimura Ichika, you only can hear me."

Although I can hear her, I can't see her let alone where she is right now as we're on our way to the Ancient Dino Region.

As soon as we arrived at the Ancient Dino Region, we juniors ended up taking a brief rest then start our training later on.

"Orimura Ichika, your friends are in trouble..."

Is this a dream? Because I'm not in the Ancient Dino Region. And there I saw a little girl in white in a distant. And right now, I'm on an isolated area, which is serene, just like in my previous dream.

The little girl doesn't move from her current position yet looks into my direction.

"It's flying..."

But I don't see anything in the sky. It was only clear blue sky.

Then when I look for the girl, she disappeared. And I was left alone.

It was then that the place slowly changed into the beach from my previous dream.

The sunset was beautiful in the area. It was like, a nostalgic feeling.

There in the sun, a female knight with a great sword in hand stands into my view of the sun.

She looked at me intensely, as if she was sizing me up.

"Orimura Ichika.." That voice again, it must be belong to her.

I approached the female knight into the sunset.

"Orimura Ichika, do you know who am I?"

She asked me, somehow I know her but I'm not sure.

"I am the [White Knight]."

The [White Knight], she's THE White Knight, the first IS to be operated in history!

"W-Why are you here?!"

"I'm giving you a warning, about your friend's danger."

"Why are you here?"

"I already told you, now it's my turn to ask.."

"...!"

"Do you desire power?"

"..."

"Do you desire power?"

"..."

"Answer me!"

"Yes...and in my view everyone does for their own reason."

"And what is your reason?"

"I..."

I felt that someone is behind me, and when I turn around I saw my ultimate form SkullGreymon.

SkullGreymon growled as if he was ready for a fight.

"What is your reason?"

I turned back at the White Knight, and tried to answer her my reasons.

"Mine's are either protecting my friends, protecting my friends from certain danger. Or destroy everything that is in my path, to destroy and conquer everything that is in my path!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"An answer I expected from you Orimura Ichika. Honestly, I don't care what is your reasons and your alignment. It is your reasons, not mine. But you will desire power regardless."

"..."

"Your darkside...it is a part of you Orimura Ichika, do not fear your own darkness." The White Knight said as I looked at my Ultimate form SkullGreymon.

"You must accept your own darkness, one day your darkness will help you in your time of need, remember that."

I should accept my darkness?

"I can tell you do not understand, but you will eventually."

"..." The whole place changed from the seashore where the White Knight and SkullGreymon stands to the last place that I have been, back at the serene isolated area.

There the girl in white appeared again and this time, she was right in front of me looking at me directly.

"Do you want to fly?"

"..."

"You can fly. Fly like a bird, Greymon."

I don't really understand.

"Now go, the [Silver Gospel] awaits."

"..."

"They are waiting for you, Greymon."

The world slowly disappeared, and everything went black.

I somehow back in the Ancient Dino Region, and the training has yet started. Laura noticed me with a worried look.

"Is there something wrong Ichika-sama?"

"..."

"As a 'knight', it is my duty to listen to my 'master's' problems."

"I need to go back to the seashore. Master, I need to go back to the seaside, someone awaits me!"

I called my master, he looks at me and heard my call.

"..."

"..."

"Come back when you're done, I can tell someone is calling you to go back to that seaside. Now go!"

"Yes Master!"

"Ichika-sama, let me come with you!"

"Alright Laura..."

I left the Ancient Dino Region with Laura and went back to the seaside.

As I went back to the seaside using the alternate exit, and when I get there it was already bright. I can tell it is still morning, and I can guess that it is around 11 AM.

And there I saw Houki piloting [Akatsubaki] right next to the beach and I see no one else beside her. The beach was very quiet for some reason, but I sensed something in the distant blue sky.

An angel who have fallen from the heavens. The [Silver Gospel] is an angel who had been corrupted by an unknown force. The [Silver Gospel] awaits for me at the sky, waiting for my arrival.

"Houki!" I called out her name.

"Ichika, I thought you have training?"

"The [Silver Gospel], she's calling me..."

"H-How'd you know about that?!"

"A white knight told me..."

"Ichika-sama, you seemed to be aware about this situation. Houki, what is going on, and how does this [Silver Gospel] related?"

"Well, an unmanned IS named [Silver Gospel] appeared, and I have to stop it."

"I see...let me help you."

"No Ichika, the enemy is in the sky, and you can't fly."

"Shinonono, start the operation!"

I can heard Chifuyu-nee's voice from the IS public channel from [Akatsubaki].

…...!

As Houki started to fly, an IS appeared from the sky and descend into the sea, where it is quite far from here, but I can see it.

The wings on it's head, it must be the [Silver Gospel]. The Silver Gospel is getting closer and it's heading to our direction.

"Enemy detected: 2, Target 1: IS enemy 1, Target 2: unknown. Proceeding to attack enemy IS."

"Shinonono, the Silver Gospel is heading your way! Orimura, Bodewig, why are you here?! And how do you know about this?" I can hear Chifuyu-nee's voice again from the public channel.

The Silver Gospel is now near us but it takes up into the sky at the last second and the wings on it's head expands.

When the wings expanded, I can see cannons from the wings and energy balls formed from the cannons.

The firing rate is ridiculously fast and those energy balls hit a lot in an area and the energy balls exploded in contact.

We took cover and when the smoke clears due to the energy balls hit near us, the Silver Gospel was nowhere to be found.

"Warning!: Enemy IS approaching from behind!"

Akatsubaki let out a warning, and when we turned around the Gospel slammed into Houki and Houki somehow counterattacked the Gospel's attack and both were in the air, turning into an aerial battle.

Houki attacks the Gospel by using one of her katanas but the Gospel's flexible moves and twists with the use of the PIC make it hard for Houki to land a hit.

I can't do anything right now from the ground because if I attack using my Mega Flame, the Gospel will most likely to dodge it and I might hit Houki instead.

The Gospel let out another barrage of energy balls and most of it lands into the sea. And I found something in the sea, a trawler.

A trawler in the battle between the Gospel and Houki will cause danger to the trawler, and might possibly be destroyed.

The Gospel kicks Houki to gain distance to make another fire and this time, it is directly at Houki. Although Houki was able to dodge that, the Gospel seems to be in the upper hand as the Gospel keep firing at Houki.

"Shinonono, retreat. Your shield energy is at critical level!"

From Chifuyu-nee's voice alone, it is already obvious that Houki's in danger. If I want to help her, I must soar into the sky...

…..!

The Gospel removes it's wings by itself and the wings fall off to the sea. And a new pair of angel wings made of energy appear on its head.

"Second shift complete. Proceeding to destroy enemy IS 1." The Gospel spoke as it undergoes second shift.

Wait, a second shift?! If Houki doesn't retreat by now, it will be over for her.

"Do you desire power now?"

It's the White Knight's voice calling me. At this time of need, I needed power to soar up into the sky.

"I do..."

"Then I will grant you this."

Suddenly my body glows in an unearthly light...

It's the same feeling as I dark Digivolved into SkullGreymon before, but this is different somehow.

"Ichika..."

"Ichika-sama..."

Kachihana Room, Normal

Everyone in that room saw it through the screen, Ichika's body glows in an unearthly light and all of them are familiar with this.

"Is he going to...?"

"Oh no, not this again!"

"Wait, it's different somehow."

Chifuyu, Maya, Cecilia, Rin and Charlotte and the rest are anxious to see what happens next.

"Greymon Super Digivolve!"

Ichika body has become larger, his helmet has been reinforced into a metal cybernetic-like helmet, his left arm has turned a mechanical arm, most of his body has been mechanized, and the most prominent change was that Ichika has gained three pair of wings.

"MetalGreymon!"

"Ichika-san is..."

"Different from last time..."

"MetalGreymon?"

A message appeared.

"Read it." Chifuyu commanded.

MetalGreymon

-Ultimate

-Vaccine

-A completely digivolved Greymon, this android Digimon's mechanized body surpasses all of Greymon's abilities. It boasts power and toughness.

"This is...Orimura's true 'second shift'."

"Hm, Ichika-san's left arm is glowing in light blue."

"...?!"

"Hey, you're right!"

Ichika

This place, I'm back at the place where I met the White Knight.

Unlike last time, I'm in here as MetalGreymon, and the White Knight appeared right in front of me with a sword in her hand and the girl in white from the other place appeared next to the White Knight. The sword that the White Knight is carrying is different from the last one.

"Orimura Ichika...Do you know about this sword?"

That sword, it is a arched longsword, much like a katana. And that sword is-

-Yukihira, the sword that Chifuyu-nee used during her career as an IS pilot.

"Yes, this sword used to defeat a lot of it's opponents with ease. Because of one certain ability, do you know what ability this sword possess?"

"...Reiraku Byakuya."

"Correct."

"Now Orimura Ichika, are you prepared to face the Silver Gospel?"

"I am..."

"No you're not!"

…..!

"In order to win this battle, you must use this sword. But since you cannot use it, I will entrust this sword in a different way."

The Yukihira floats in the air and disappears in a form of a ball of light. The ball of light reached to my mechanized left arm, and my left arm glows as the ball of light enters into it.

I can feel Yukihira's power surging into my body.

"You are now blessed with the power of the Yukihira. And you have the 'Reiraku Byakuya' effect."

"Reiraku Byakuya effect?"

"Think of it like this, it's like you were using the Yukihira, at the same time you're not." It was the girl in white's turn to speak.

"Basically, you possess the ability of Yukihira itself. And 'Reiraku Byakuya' is your passive skill, you don't use 'Reiraku Byakuya' directly."

"..."

"You will understand later on. Now go forth, MetalGreymon!"

A flash of light blinded me and the next thing I know, I'm back to the seaside.

I saw the Gospel right in the sky, and it's gaining the upper hand as Houki was struggling to keep up.

I approached the sea and made a leap and the next thing was I took into the sky. I approached the Gospel and deployed my left hand.

Time to see what is meant by the 'Reiraku Byakuya' effect.

"Trident Arm!" My left arm shoots out like a ball and chain combined with a cannon. The Gospel actually dodges it but my trident arm managed to damage the Gospel as soon as the Gospel dodges it as my Trident arm also works like Laura's cable wires for binding the enemy like a whip.

"Damage sustained moderate, proceed to change target, Target 2: Unknown confirmed. Initiate counterattack!"

"Houki, get back, your IS is in danger!"

"Shinonono, retreat now. Orimura will take your place!"

"Tch...!" Houki seems reluctant.

"I suppose it can't be helped."

Houki descent back to the seaside, and back to the resort she goes.

Me and the Silver Gospel exchange looks for a few seconds until the Gospel approached me.

"Ichika-sama, now!"

I approached the Gospel and readied my trident arm.

"Prepare yourself [Silver Gospel]!"

Alright, the battle between MetalGreymon(Orimura Ichika) and Silver Gospel(Natasha Fairs) is underway.

The rest might come to aid him at some point in the next chapter.

Anyways, the 'ending' may change from the original, and I'm going to decide on the 'ending' for the next chapter.

Or I would do an 'ending' request, which is where you readers suggest me the 'ending' in the next chapter. Simply post a review of your desired 'ending' and I might consider it.

Have an enjoyable read and I'll update my other fanfics as much as I can.