I don't own Infinite stratos or any of it's character!
A/N: I have bad news and badder news along with a small bit of good news... Well bad news, my nose is bleeding nonstop and I went to the docters to get it check so they shoved these two cotton like things in my nose to stop it. Badder news is that MY WIRELESS IS NOT WORKING SO I HAVE TO CONNECT V.I.A WIRE!
Bit of good news is that I seem to have regained most of my memories and I think my siblings are just making stuff up about some of them especialy about how I confessed to my first childhood crush by telling her on the last of day school and running away to go back home...
Well then that's all btw I think I'm getting the hang of writing and man I've just found a very inspirational character NOAFUMI! Just look up his name, gotta love how he acts!
Now read the new chapter update.
He he he Hello readers this is SC1's older sibling. What I came here to do is point out that he did confess to his crush and run away back home. Also bug him about how he confessed to her, it's hilarious! Just like straight out of a manga/ anime!
Once hearing that two of her guards failed at apprehending the three, Chifumi couldn't help but smash the wall next to her creating a large deep dent which caused all those around her to flinch except for Ruri.
"I'm leaving" Ruri said cracking her knuckles.
"And what kill them on sight? You and I both know that they hold the key to finding Ichika" Chifumi said as her hand tightened on Ruri's shoulder.
Ruri turned towards Chifumi with a grin of excitement which Chifumi knew very well "Um excuse me but Chifumi I heard that your sword was also taken when they encountered your guards"
Chifumi turned to Samuel and immediately stepped towards him releasing her aura which began to suffocate him "Did you just say my sword taken?"
Samuel who has never been this close to Chifumi's face couldn't help but shake with anticipation of stealing a kiss from her but he was also shaking in fear.
Samuel nodded in response to her question.
"How dare they... HOW DARE THEY TAKE THAT FROM ME!?" Chifumi voice echoed throughout the station and once she finished venting she disappeared.
"This is going to be entertaining" Ruri then followed behind leaving Samuel with his people.
Scene change.
Now at the entrance to the escape pod, Shadow placed Ichika and Ichiko next to the door "I hope the power outage doesn't affect this"
Shadow felt the wall with his hands and searched for a secret he left behind and soon found it.
Once opened he pushed the power button and found it operable "Alright we still have power"
Shadow then pulled off his helmet, revealing short black hair along with a young looking face that has been scarred.
Shadow then looked at the panel allowing a light to scan his eye "Hand print needed"
With just one look the glove on Shadow's left hand retreated inwards down his arm showing his partly burnt hand.
"Scanning, please wait... ... ... Welcome I-"
*KA-BOOM!*
Hearing another explosion Shadow found his helmet floating up in the air "What happened this time?"
Now regaining consciousness Ichika watched with his blurred vision as Shadow placed his helmet back on.
As if seeing a familiar face Ichika muttered "Dad?"
Not hearing his mutter Shadow raised his hand up to his helmet and pushed another button 'What how did the artificial gravity get taken out?'
His answer soon came as another explosion erupted this time inside the station 'Don't tell me they are willing to destroy the station just because of these two?!'
"What's going on?" Ichika asked as he held onto Ichiko who was floating in mid air.
"Gravity control is out and it seems that they want to destroy this place with us in it" Shadow said as he looked back on the console.
Once typing in the key code the walls around the console shifted, the console now popped outwards while a door opened to the right of Shadow.
The other walls opened revealing the darkness of space "That sword doesn't belong to you"
Suddenly a malevolent presence was felt 'Why didn't I notice her?!'
Shadow pushed himself away from the floor and floated up towards the ceiling, where he then unsheathed the sword he borrowed.
Without a notice, his attacker launched herself upwards right where Shadow retreated too.
'Where did she-' Shadow again pushed off from the cieling but this time he turned around seeing a blade streaking towards his face.
*TING!*
Shadow luckily parried the sword avoiding the deadly blow but suddenly he came crashing down towards the floor "GAH!"
Once he floated off the floor Shadow felt another powerful stomp sending him down to the floor "ARG!"
"Oh how much have I waited until I could do this to you Shadow" Chifumi then pointed her sword toward Shadow's face causing him to stop his useless struggle of escaping.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Ichiko said as she activated her I.S deploying her I.S bow and fired off a arrow.
Chifumi who saw the arrow blocked it with her sword but was thrown back due to zero gravity, giving Shadow enough time to recover.
Once on his feet, Shadow stuck to the floor and stayed there ready to protect Ichika and Ichiko "This seems like a interesting fellow Chifumi, now let's see how long he can last"
"He's mine go Ruri! Go play with the siblings if you are that bored!" Chifumi commanded Ruri in which she sighed in disappointment.
Once Ruri disappeared from view Shadow heard a whisper from Ruri as she passed by him "You better hurry or they'll die..."
Immediatly turning towards the siblings Shadow found Ruri standing behind the two "GET AWAY FROM THEM!"
Shadow threw his Katana but surprisingly his hand kept it's grip "You are a fool"
Chifumi decapitated him but the image of Shadows decapitated body disappeared as black dust floated in the air.
'An opening' Shadow said as he lunged forward ready to impale Chifumi.
"So predictable" She muttered in a insulting manner.
In an instant Chifumi appeared behind Shadow ready to give him the killing blow but was blocked by his reaction.
But when Shadow's blade collided with Chifumi's blade, he felt nothing 'What?! Where did she disa-'
At the last second Shadow saw the edge of her blade, just an inch apart from his mask.
*Crack!*
As the glass like helmet cracked Shadow lost his footing causing him to float in the air.
Chifumi spared no time for him and grabbed his foot, as she now had a grip Chifumi slammed him onto the floor mercilessly.
*CLINK!*
The sound of broken glass was heard and upon hearing that noise Chifumi released him.
Now ragdolling in the air Chifumi watched as Shadow's rag dolled body twist towards her direction revealing the damage she caused.
As Chifumi raised her sword above Shadow's chest, she hesitated as she saw his eye that now peered through the broken top left of his mask.
"Before I kill you I want to know, just who are you?" As she moved the blade away from his chest, Chifumi turned him upwards.
Appearing as if he was standing Shadow raised his head to see what Chifumi would do next and saw Chifumi placing her left hand underneeth his mask like helmet.
*Whistle*
Passing by her face Chifumi turned to her left spotting Ichiko who now loaded another arrow onto her bow 'Where is Ruri?'
Looking behind her Chifumi found Ichika locking blades with Ruri "HAHAHA, COME ON BOY IS THIS THE BEST YOU HAVE?!"
Taunting Ichika, Ruri couldn't help but smile in pleasure as she fought against Ichika who was showing a strong resistance at his age 'This boy...'
As Ichika pushed her away, he charged forward slashing towards her neck "TOO SLOW!"
Throwing a kick to his right, Ruri watched as he was sent towards the wall besides her 'Don't just end it here!'
As if hearing her thought Ichika rolled to his left in mid air and kicked himself off the wall, sending himself towards Ruri.
Ruri simply moved to the side avoiding his counter, but suddenly turned around blocking his next attack 'This kid... HE'S FULL OF SURPRISES!'
Getting some distance Ruri found that his speed was increasing exponentially, "I guess I should stop playing around!"
Suddenly the aura around Ruri darkened, and as she looked at Ichika she chuckled in amusement "FASTER... FASTER... YOU HAVE TO BE FASTER THEN THAT!"
With her provocation Ichika increased his speed surpassing that of the speed of sound.
Once he hit his limit Ichika launched himself towards Ruri confident that he would emerge victorious.
As the two individual blades collided with each other, the I.S blade that Ichika was using shattered.
'What... How did I not break her weapon?' Now finished with toying with Ichika Ruri grabbed Ichika from behind his head and slammed him towards the floor.
Once on the ground Ruri slammed her foot down on his back forcing him to stay down "Why aren't you affected, by the gravity?!"
Ruri could only chuckle as she answered his question "A stupid question but since you piqued my interest I guess I should answer"
She then continued to answer Ichika's question but to Ichika he didn't listen and instead focused on the battle between Ichiko and Chifumi.
"Little girl do you honestly think you can defeat me?" Chifumi said now looking at Ichiko with a annoyed face.
"You never know until you try!" Like Ichika, Ichiko used the zero gravity to her advantage and pounced from wall to wall getting away from Chifumi's range.
As she fired another arrow towards Chifumi, the arrow was deflected back towards Ichiko causing her to dodge instead of firing another arrow.
Seeing her chance Chifumi attacked as Ichiko tried to bounce off the ceiling "You lose"
Chifumi then thusted her blade into Ichiko but what happened upon contact surprised Chifumi.
The image of Ichiko began to disappear but a blade pierced through the now disappearing body revealing the user to be Ichiko "Almost had me fooled there"
Now grabbing hold of Ichiko's wrist Chifumi plunged her sword deeper into her body "Huh? It seems I missed your vitals, oh well I guess bad news for you"
Chifumi revealed a sadistic smile and upon seeing it, Ichiko pulled the sword out only by a few inches but those inches disappeared as Chifumi plunged it deeper through her.
Once witnessing the blade deepen, Ichika began to struggle underneath Ruri's foot which she found amusing.
"Oh what's the matter, can't stand watching someone close to you die?" Ruri taunted Ichika.
'Get up'
A small voice commanded Ichika, but he ignored it as he continued to struggle beneath Ruri 'Baka, listen to me'
Now squating down in front of Ichika, a white haired person stared down upon him "Is this all you are going to do?"
Without notice the surrounding changed, the corridor he lay in now replaced with a blank space "Is this really all you can do?"
Ichika who still laid on the ground could still feel Ruri's weight on his back "SHUT UP!"
Again he tried to stand but failed to as the weight on his back increased "Even if we are the same I can't believe how weak you are"
"I SAID SHUT UP THEY ARE JUST TOO STRONG!" Ichika yelled in anger as he knew that Ichiko was about to die in a painful way.
"I see giving up are we?" Takao said as he stood next to Mamoru Ichika's counter part.
Once seeing Takao, Ichika began to remember a certain dream that he dreaded "Are you giving up now Ichika?"
Calmly Ichika replied "No..."
"Then stand back up" Takao said as if it was simple.
"It's not that easy! Those two who are fighting us are just too strong! I can't even comprehend their strength!" Ichika said now losing hope.
Annoyed by how Ichika is acting Mamoru just chuckled "Ahahaha, Ichika Sato losing hope... And here I thought he would change, I guess we will all have to witness Ichiko die"
'Ichiko die?' Hearing those last words caused something in Ichika to snap.
"Shut up... Don't you dare say that again" Takao smiled proudly as Ichika began to emit a sense of anger.
"Oh what Ichiko dying? Ha ha if memory serves me right you promise you would protect her wouldn't you?" Making fun of his promise Mamuro walked over to Ichika and lifted his finger pointing at Ichika.
"I guess you just break promises Ichika no matter how much you try to keep them you end up breaking those promises" As Mamuro showed a live image of Ichiko being held up by Chifumi he clearly saw the blood dripping off of her feet.
Takao who also saw the image remembered something he didn't want to "Now let's watch her die together Ichika, oh wait let me make sure they stay in memory too! AHAHAHA"
"Shut up..." ichika said as he lowered his gaze.
"Oh no, you will watch this Ichika no matter what!" As Mamuro pulled his gaze upwards, Ichiko looked at Ichika.
"Ichi... Ka... Ni... Ai..." Hearing her last words Chifumi also looked towards Ichika and saw him staring at Ichiko.
"Aish... Iteru..." Now seeing the life inside of her eyes disappear Ichika watched as she closed her eyes.
"Stop it... Ichiko..." Takao who now saw his chance moved Mamuro aside and sat down in front of Ichika.
Ichika who was now on the verge of breaking whispered to him "Do you desire power?"
As if hearing the same tone Ichika looked up and saw Takao's face, but what really caught his attention was how Takao eyes were glowing blue.
Without an answer from Ichika, Takao placed his hand over Ichika's very own eyes and said.
"If you truly desire strength then be warned the strength that I will give you will either corrupt or save you" Once removing his hand Ichika stared at Takao.
"That time... It was you?" As Ichika asked his question, memory's of Takao's love with Mizuki began flow through his head and as it did he felt power surging through his body.
"Don't let history repeat itself Ichika... Save Ichiko, don't lose her like me" As Takao disappeared Mamoru moved towards Ichika and also sat down in front of him right where Takao use to sit at.
"So is this all you can do?" Again Mamuro asked the same question from earlier.
This time Ichika answered "No, I can do more then this!"
Seeing as Ichika was now up on his feet Mamoru appeared behind Ichika mirroring him "If you can do more, then save Ichiko"
Mamuro then disappeared along with the blank space he was in and now Ichika found himself gripping onto a soft slender neck which belonged to Chifumi.
'What? What was I doing?!' Just as he was about to release his grip Shadow punched Ichika in his gut knocking the air out of him.
Now floating and stunned by his punch, Shadow grabbed Ichika's I.S suit and threw him into the escape pod that now had Ichiko waiting inside ready to receive him.
"OH NO YOUR DON'T!" Chifumi shouted in anger and threw Shadow to the side and chased after Ichika.
"I should be saying the same thing!" Before he was out of reach Shadow grabbed her ankle and pulled her back to him.
Once they were face to face Shadow held onto Chifumi's wrist and began to restrain her, but found it difficult.
"ICHIKO TAKE ICHIKA AND LEAVE!" As she began to close the door Ichika stopped her but was instead punched in the gut right where Shadow hit him before hand.
"Sorry Ichika-ni but we have to leave" Ichiko then went back to the console and began to prep the pod for ejection.
Hearing the door close shut Shadow looked towards the pod and sighed in relief, but that moment of relief was too soon.
Artificial Gravity: Online
The two fell down to the floor and without a moment of rest Chifumi lashed towards Shadow with her sword but missed by mere millimeters.
'Weapon gotta find a weapon!' Shadow thought to himself and saw a Katana just laying on the ground.
*Whispers*
As if calling to him Shadow quickly rolled towards the sword and picked it up, and not a moment too soon.
Right when he moved Chifumi stabbed the ground but pulled it out of the floor with ease and tried to kill him in one stroke but failed.
As their blades grinded with each other, Ichika who finally recovered went to the entrance of the pod and was about to help Shadow but the onl thing he helped with was being a cushion.
"Heavy..." Ichika said as he looked at Shadow's broken mask and upon seeing it, he made eye contact with Shadow.
Once seeing his eyes, Ichika was shocked, as he knew who it was behind the mask "Shadow look out!"
Hearing Ichiko warn him, he stood back up and rushed out the pod towards Chifumi, who was already charging towards them.
"TEI!" She shouted as she swung with all her strength down on Shadow.
Shadow blocked the attack with his sword but was forced down to his knee's.
*CLINK*
As he heard the blade creak, Shadow punched Chifumi around her stomach region knocking the air out of her 'This bastard!'
With her stance broken, Shadow pushed her out of the escape pod along with himself, but before leaving he smashed the emergency button forcing the door to close behind him.
Now on the ground Shadow and Chifumi rolled around trying to get the better of the other but ended up at a tie, but the two somehow got up on their feet.
"Chifumi-san... Can you overlook this incident?" Shadow asked in a robotic tone.
"Your voice is different I wonder did I damage your voice box?" snickering Chifumi looked at him.
"No but Chifumi-san please overlook this incident" Annoyed Chifumi narrowed her eyes and replied.
"Do you think I'll overlook this? You make me laugh, why don't you try to kill me to keep me silent" She said and held her sword up to her eye level.
"Then I guess there is no other choice" Shadow also raised his sword and as he did he looked behind him and saw Ichika who was behind the small glass on the pod door.
Ichika who saw his gaze saw Shadow wink at him "No... What are you doing?"
'Haaaa... I really don't have much time left...' Shadow smiled behind his broken mask and glared towards Chifumi.
"Chifumi-san... Only one of us will survive this confontation..." As Shadow said this Chifumi grinned.
"Of course, this is a battle to the death now hurry up!" Chifumi shouted as she now unleashed her blood thirst.
"Then let me make it one that you will remember" Shadow pointed his sword behind him diagonally towards the ground as if holding a great sword.
'Shadow...' Shadow said in his mind as he began to remember one specific technique from his past.
"STRIKE!" Just as he lifted his foot off the ground he disappeared along with Chifumi.
Ichika, nor did Ichiko see what was going on "Sparks?"
Ichiko muttered as sparks appeared randomly in the corridor. but sparks were just the beginning.
Soon cuts and dents on the flooring, walls, and cieling appeared.
Suddenly Chifumi and Shadow appeared this time both covered in minor cuts, but the one thing that seemed fatal was the cut above Shadow's right eye.
The small cut created a small stream of blood causing Shadow to close his eye, putting him at a disadvantage "You seem tired"
Chifumi said taunting Shadow, causing him to chuckle lightly "It appears I am... Chifumi-san... Thank you for this duel"
As soon as he finished his sentence Shadow disappeared and appeared in front of Chifumi, meeting her head on "You really do want to die don't you!?"
She excitedly shouted and quickly countered his attack and went in for a killing slash but instead that slash hit his braking mask 'What? I could have sworn his body was right there!'
The Shadow in front of her then disappeared and reappeared behind her this time with his mask completely broken 'What? He gave up on a frontal assault? Fine but this won't make a difference!'
Shadow thrust his blade towards Chifumi but immediately fell backwards due to Chifumi giving him a round house kick.
As soon as he struck the wall behind him Chifumi rushed in for the kill seeing as Shadow wasn't fast to recuperate "THIS ENDS NOW SHADOW!"
Miraculously Shadow recovered and stood back up wielding his sword and thrust it towards Chifumi aiming for her heart.
'A trade off is it? THEN SO BE IT!' Chifumi.
*PINK!*
*SHUNK!*
Only one will survive this confrontation... To be continued