Hello everyone, Black Falcon 01 returns with a new chapter, as you know in the last chapter Kestrel was confirmed the winner, so in this chapter you should finaly get some information on Kestrel's IS. This chapter is peaceful but non the less has both Ichika and Kestrel experiance more of the IS schoolgirl's non-changing fuss. So, anyway... please read and enjoy...
Taming Kestrel Chapter 26
It was less than 10 seconds since the horn blew followed by Maya's voice announcing that the scar faced, Israeli child known as Kestrel had won his second IS battle. In the time that followed all that could be heard in the IS stadium was utter silence, suddenly a single IS schoolgirl jumped from her seat, a bright and overjoyed expression was on her face. The schoolgirl's long blonde hair flutters elegantly as she jumps in utter happiness. Only one phrase escapes the happy girl's mouth "HELL YEAH!", and with that... every other girl raises from their IS stadium seats with either an happy struck face or an awe stricken face in surprise. The sounds of clapping and cheering erupt in an ear piercing roar, from in the stands Kestrel's shotacon admirers Konoe, Rie and Yuno grab ahold of each other and scream with delight, tears of happiness roll down all three of the girl's faces. The screaming and cheering intensifies once Kestrel slowly and calmly hovers out of the billowing black smoke, his weapons deactivated and his IS angel wings spread wide open to show their beauty.
Kestrel's eyes regain their normal look as the pupils return, the child blinks in curiosity as his senses return. As little Kestrel looks around to see the many differant IS schoolgirls waving, clapping, cheering and whistling to him, the sight of the black smoke catches his attention. The smell of burning metal, wire, and earth is inhaled deeply up Kestrel's tiny nose, as Kestrel's nostrils get a full lung full of the smoke, the child's eyes widen a little, the sickening feeling the many differant things that have happened hit home like a bomb.
Kestrel looks up at the IS hangar across from him and above the IS stadium, he wastes no time and with a brief kneel, followed by the wide open spread of his angel wings, blasts up towards the IS hangar. The child's IS angel wings are open, just perfect for the child's calm and mild speed flight upwards untill reaching the IS hangar. As Kestrel flies into the IS hangar the sounds of female cheering does not die down and only begins to die down when medical teams run into the IS stadium towards the black smoke to pick up the wounded German female.
As the Medical team exit the smoke cloud carrying the German girl on a dark green stretcher, the sounds of gasping fill the stadium. Kestrel's IS didn't suffer a scratch in the battle, but its clear as day that the German girl's IS was completley destroyed in the final assault. Shards and fragmented pieces of IS metal scatter the ground as the smoke clears. A crater the size of a 3 floor building is embeded in the ground, small fires still crackle and sizzle on the scorched, blackened ground. Only a few schoolgirls stand to observe the IS remains in the stadium, while many rush out of the stadium in eagerness to find and congratulate Kestrel.
The good thing about the aftermath of the battle is that nobody is seriously injured, if there was... sirens would have sounded, followed by the onrushing of thousands of staff workers. The feeling of complete idots hit any IS girl's that felt that they were going to see blood and brains smeared or splattered around the IS stadium. However, the blonde braided German girl is in a terrible state, the girl is bleeding from the face, body, legs, arms and back. Both of the German's girl's arms are dislocated and a series of horrible bruises and burns cover the German girl's body.
The medics that rapidly rush into an emergency ground exit have the German girl strapped to the stretcher with braces holding the body, head and neck still as possible to ensure no internal or external damage occurs to the wounded blonde girl. From in the IS stadium, an all too familiar girl looks down at the sight, the Girl being Honne, holds a finger to her chin, the long sleeve rolls down her smooth and beautiful looking arm. Honne has a look of surprise and curiosity on her face and proves it by speaking in a low voice "I wonder if that German girl will be alright?".
- Scene change/ IS academy/ Chifuyu's office 10:30am -
2 hours had passed since news spread that Kestrel had won his second IS battle, for Maya and Chifuyu it came as no surprise, but were heavily concerned by the end ressults. Chifuyu only frowns as she sits cooly in her large, black office chair, legs crossed. Chifuyu held in her had a large clip board, harbouring 3 differant coloured papers. Across from Chifuyu in 3 seperate seats sat Maya, the academy nurse and Clarissa. Directly behind Clarissa, the nurse and Maya, stands the remaining 4 German females. In each and every one of the young German female's faces, the look of utter defeat and loss was held. One such German female with a brown ponytail stands with her eyes open, her face pale, looking down at the floor.
The shock of suffering a crushing defeat twice at the hands of a small ten year old Israeli boy stung, and stung very, VERY hard. Chifuyu sighs as she places the clipboard down calmly on her desk, for the mighty ice queen the news and reports of Kestrel's exploits are causing a large amount of concern, luckily not many IS academy students have seen it. Its clear as day that Kestrel's IS is very powerful, and only now after such a hard struggle has any information been obtained, but at the end of the day, the main concern is the saftey of the students. Chifuyu makes that factor clear by relaxing her self in her chair, leaning back, looking the nurse in the face with a very serious face and speaking in her cold and strict tone. "So... the German girl, she is going to be okay?". As Chifuyu finishes her question the nurse places her hands on her lap and sits up straight, a small smile is placed on the medical woman's face. "Yes, Yes of course... she will unfortunatley be in intensive care for a few days but thankfully she is not in critical condition". Chifuyu smiles, closes her eyes for a few seconds before looking at the nurse and replying in a cool manner "Very good, I find it an astounding miracle that she even managed to survive an IS explosion, but... I think we have Kestrel's IS to thank for that". Chifuyu finishes while frowning at the numbers of females in the room, for the nurse, all this talk of IS is very confusing, all she has ever learned to do is patch up a seriously wounded human being.
Maya sweats but keeps a cool and serious face, she keeps her eyes focused on Chifuyu, not blinking for a single second. Clarissa sits with her legs crossed, her face has the look of serious and high concern. Since the end of the IS battle, Clarissa has been as silent as the grave, which obviously comes as no surprise due to the sight that played in the IS stadium earlier on. Taking in a deep breath and letting out a loud sigh, Chifuyu rises out of her chair with a small, black remote control in her hand.
As the mighty office woman raises her hand and presses a thick red button, the darkened room suddenly glows bright red with a holographic T.V like screen appearing from 2 emitters, one in the floor and one in the ceiling - each emitter enlined in verticaly As Chifuyu returns to her seat she lifts the remote again and presses down on another button, as quickly as she lowers the remote, a red, 3D, Holographic model of Kestrel's Black Phoenix appears presented to Maya, Clarissa and the remaining 5 females in the darkened room. Clarissa sits up straight, the German girls behind the sat down women stand at military 'At ease' position, yet they all stare at the 3D Holographic model with intent, the looks of bewillderment are placed all over the German girls' faces.
Chifuyu straightens her posture and speaks in her authority tone "Okay... as you are all aware, Kestrel has won 2 IS battles with the IS presented before you, and as you are also all aware of... no data was aqquired on this IS, untill now". As Chifuyu ends her phrase, the Holographic presentation of Kestrel's IS suddenly becomes joined by a series of lines, words, numbers and arrows all pointing to differant high lighted areas on the black IS. Clarissa looks sternly at the Holographic image and is quick to ask a question, as she speaks, Clarissa's voice is full of concern and sterness. "Instructor Orimura, the data readout on the main body and chest armor states a differant material to those of other IS ever built, do you happen to know what it is?". As Clarissa finishes her question, the Holographic image of the black IS suddenly zooms in on the chest and body. As Clarissa blinks with her one, solitary eye, three white transparent boxes appear with various differant information.
Chifuyu replies in a serious, yet concerned tone "According to the data here, the material this IS is made off is made of a newly created metal substance that reads as... Diamonium, and according to data readout, this new form of material has a form of atom that self repairs any cracks or deformaties that the IS suffers during battle. It even has a resistance to acidic substances, making it nearly impossible to suffer chorosion, the body and chest is also the main power house that harbours a life support system that... according to our data here, can heal the pilot and regenerate any lost and damaged flesh or bone if any serious or mortal wounds are suffered during battle. In regards to its defensive capeabilities, the IS is eqquiped with self recharging and regenerating shields, if a laser hits the shield, the shield sort of adapts to the attack, so the next shot has less effect".
Clarissa stares in amazement, looks over towards Maya, whom merely keeps her gaze focused on the many differant holographic boxes and information being played before her eyes. As Clarissa looks at the Holographic model she quickly speaks a phrase that everyone is asking to themselves, "What else does it say?". Chifuyu stands, sticks out her chest, takes a breath and speaks as the 3D Holographic image returns to showing the entire IS model. "Well... according to the data, the IS is a generation six". As Chifuyu finishes her answer, Clarissa nearly jumps out of her seat in alarm, but thankfully remains seated.
For the German girls standing with their backs to the wall, everything is becoming overwhelming... its like looking at the hand of god, the power that the IS possesess, clearly surpasses any other IS on earth. Most IS built are generation four, and the fifth generation has only just came out, so for a sixth generation to come out, it is like killing two birds with one stone. Another factor is that Israel clearly has some very tallented scientists and all answers must lie with them, because its painfully obvious... that the data being showed is only a small amount, and not all of it is going to be detected with the gear that the IS academy has.
Chifuyu makes this painfully clear as she sighs, soon speaking the words "The only other remaining information we've aqquired is that the IS also uses a very small amout of engery in its attacks, and that the armor and surrounding shields somehow neutralise any other attack if faced head on. It somehow feeds off the energy in enemy attacks and equalises it in a form of energy restoration, also the IS is considered to have a very low mass readout, which makes the IS very, very light in terms of weight, yet the armor allows it to be super resistant to enemy attacks".
For Clarissa, Chifuyu's words are like a death sentance, but still... the discovery made is utterly breath taking and has to be savored. As Chifuyu blinks in silence, Clarissa then switches to a question that everyone wants to hear, Clarissa's words are like a curious child, matched by her pale, anxious face. "What about the IS weapons? Any data on them? And what about its speed and maneuvers?" Chifuyu folds her arms, closes her eyes and with the look of hopelessness on her face merely presses the red button on her remote and solemnly speaks the words, "Why don't you see for yourself!?". As Chifuyu presses the button, a series of data readouts appear, the holographic images of Kestrel's red 'light saber' like sword appear along with the 'Gundam - Tallgeese' like rifle. The Holographic images enlarge, vast series of data is presented to every female in clear white letters, Kestrel's rifle is the first to be presented, the presented data reads the words..
'Primary weapon number 2: 'PROMETHEUS'
Weapon type: Rifle/Cannon
Weapon muntion: Ultra, highly charged Plasma
Weapon attack form: Semi fire, Charged beam
Plasma colour: Light Blue
.Charged beam attack:
- Particle charged, focused beam of massive plasmatic charged particle energy, sub-sonic high velocity, unable to be deflected by current known IS shields, easily capeable of tearing through any currently made reinforced armor or buildings, beam requires 3 minutes to fully charge to full destructive level. Once fired the PROMETHEUS needs to recover from firing via deployment of 'Coolant unit'. Recovery takes between 5 to 10 minutes untill PROMETHEUS is capeable of firing either charged or semi attack.
.Semi fire attack:
- Simple one shot fire at a time of simple charged plasma, PROMETHEUS is capeable of firing 150 before having to recharge. If a single shot is fired 3 seconds apart, recharge is not required.
' Primary weapon number 1: 'NOSFERATU'
Weapon type: Sword
Blade colour: Red
Blade energy: Plasmatic
- Self repair, self recharge blade, capeable of piercing all current known forms of armor or shielding. Sword relies on handling of its operator as blade is unable to cut through other IS swords, except in cases of hard, sharp swings.
EMERGENCY IS BOOST SPEED: MACH 20
IS CRUISE SPEED: MACH 8
STANDARD SPEED: MACH 4
ADDITIONAL WEAPONS: - ACCESS DENIED - CLASSIFIED UNDER ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE PROTACOL
ADDITIONAL: SPACE TRAVEL CAPEABLE FOR 200 HOURS.
As the data is read out, Clarissa and the German girls look with pale faces, each and every female in the room, except for Chifuyu, looks very nervous and worried. Clarissa very nearly stubbles back in alarm. What Kestrel has in his possession, is a super weapon that can only be described as 'The Death Star'. The fact makes Maya sweat heavily and tremble, the German girls go cold with fear, their mouths open and stare in shock. Clarissa is the worst affected, it is clear that if all data on the 'Black Phoenix' is not all gathered, then the IS is highly dangerous, and for a child like Kestrel to be able to weild that weapon or even be in possession of it, can be only considered as suicide or a death wish. Clarissa points the fact out by frowning at looking Chifuyu in the face. Clarissa speaks in a very strict tone "Instructor Orimura, you've got to remove that IS from the Israeli boy". Chifuyu sighs, looks down in defeat and with a low tone, speaks the words "I'm aware of that, but unfortuneatly... we can't, if you want a proper explination, ask the nurse here". Chifuyu motions with her hand for Clarissa to look at the nurse, as Clarissa turns her head to face the academy nurse, the nurse motions with her hand for Clarissa to sit back down. Clarissa wastes no time and calmly reseats herself, what Clarissa instantly notices is that the academy nurse has a pained and sympethic look on her face.
"We attempted to seperate that Black Phoenix IS from Kestrel by using simple methods, but when they failed we tried... other... methods". The nurse trails off for a moment before continuing to look at the Clarissa. Clarissa remains silent, her face is full of seriousness yet curiosity. As the nurse looks at the eye patched German woman, a brief change in tone is caught, the Nurse sounds like a woman whom has just lost a child, the look on her face matches the nervous, yet saddened tone in her voice. The nurse makes a brief sigh before calmly speaking the words "We... did a check on Kestrel while he was asleep and we found that the IS... its... well... rooted itself to Kestrel. It sort of, well... its acting like a second heart, and by the looks of it was intended to be there for pilots that are fighting wars. If Kestrel was in his late twenties then it would be possilbe to easily remove the IS core from Kestrel, but as a child, the IS core is implanted into Kestrel's bodily systems. If we remove that IS core from Kestrel, his heart and body organs will slowly or rapidly begin to shut down, like a cancer... so... even if we manage to remove the IS core, we'll only end up murdering an innocent child".
Clarissa's blood almost freezes as she looks with a pale face at the academy nurse. Maya looks down at the floor, guilt overwhelming the teacher, Chifuyu takes her seat and with a final click of her remote turns off the holographic presentation of Kestrel's IS. The red glowing room suddenly lights up to bright normality again. Although Chifuyu does not show it, she is the worst whom is effected by the news. As a head teacher she is expected to look after her students and ensure their safety, even more so now that she has a ten year old child under her supervision. To make the mighty Chifuyu feel worse, the painful knowledge of knowing that Kestrel has suffered a hell'ish past makes the problem even more difficult to cope with.
The German girls can only look at each other with shocked faces, not one knowing what to do or think. The nurse looks as though she is about to burst into tears, the woman looking like she is about to hammer the last nail into little Kestrel's coffin. Clarissa can't breathe, but at least manages to find a voice, even though it is full of fear and resentment, the German woman asks a question that is only becoming harder to answer "So what can we do? Are we just going to sit here doing nothing!?". Amazingly Chifuyu straitens herself up and looks over at the bunch of emotional stricken females and places a very brave face on, the mighty Chifuyu - belive it or not, is always first to notice something, and although the plan is filled with hope, its the only form of salvation that the IS staff members have to hold on to. "Look, I'm not the type that gives up hope, nor am I going to sit back and let one of my students come to harm... so for that matter, I think I have a solution". Upon hearing those words, Maya, Clarissa, the nurse and the remaining women look over at Chifuyu with eager and amazed faces. Chifuyu slumps forward from her sat down posture and places both elbows on her large desk, her hands interlock fingers as the office woman rests her chin on top of her hands.
As Chifuyu puts on a serious face, she speaks in a very calm and collected voice, the sudden realisation that hope is still around almost brings Chifuyu to tears of happiness. "I know its a dangerous situation we have here, but in the end I suppose we look at our IS pilot for once and not the IS. From what I've seen Kestrel only likes flying in IS, and tends to only fight when pressured into doing so, when he fights outside the IS stadium, he never summons his IS, no matter how bad the situation looks, the child is traumatised, he's trying to forget his past, and as long as he finds peace and decompression his mind remains stable. I would say we aren't in any real danger, that child has only just came into this world and is mature for his age, he knows right from wrong and tends to like keeping himself to himself, and... not only that... he likes my younger brother".
Upon saying those words, Chifuyu's mouth raises into a proud smile. For Chifuyu, she is now in yet another moment of feeling proud for her younger brother, one thing is for sure, if Ichika was in the room with Chifuyu, the said office woman would have to be held down from wanting to jump and smother her little brother to death with praise, kisses and cuddles. Maya merely blinks in confusion amazingly not getting the point. "Ah... I'm sorry but I fail to see how that is supposed to help us". Chifuyu rolls her eyes, shakes her head and sighs.
Despite Maya's failing to notice where Chifuyu is going, the nurse however opens her mouth into a small smile and lets a loose tear roll down her face. As the nurse sniffles and wipes the tear away, the nurse speaks in a tone that can only relate to a person sick with sudden happiness and joy. "Ofcourse, Ofcourse!" The nurse quickly speaks out, nodding her head. Chifuyu looks at the nurse and smiles with pride. The German girls that remain standing 'at ease' only look at each other and raise eyebrows at each other. Chifuyu leans back in her seat, smiling with a smug victory like face, as she crosses her legs, the almighty and beautiful Chifuyu speaks with her normal cool tone "Thats right, Ichika is someone that Kestrel trusts, someone that Kestrel has any form of happiness and comfort at being around. It might not look like it, but you can tell by the way those two walk around together, Kestrel is happy and at ease being around Ichika. In regards of education, Kestrel is wise beyond his years... I suppose we have the sick bastards that tortured him to thank for that!". Chifuyu frowns in anger upon bringing up the subject of Kestrel's tormentors, but in order to make the bright and hopeful side more clear to Maya and Clarissa, Chifuyu has no option but to bring up Kestrel's past. Never the less, doing just that pays off and Maya finally gets the picture. As the Green haired teacher smiles, Chifuyu smiles back, closes her eyes and makes a single, slow nod. For Maya, the situation now is unspeakable, the feeling of hope and joy cuts into the Green haired teacher, making her nearly jump and scream with joy.
"I see easily what Chifuyu Orimura is getting at, Kestrel is a child that is only just beginning to know what its like to be loved, we've aided him when he's suffered psychological turns, we've fed him, washed him, treated his wounds, comforted him when he was emotionaly in distress and now the students here are beginning to accept Kestrel for whom he is. Its not to late to aid little Kestrel on his road to recovery and the pace we've already set is a perfect start. As long as we continue to observe him and help guide the child down the right path he is going to be a child that we hardly know we have. Ichika is already accepted Kestrel with open arms because of him being such a kind and good mannered young man, and is also the first male that Kestrel has any firm relationship with, and already fills the role of a perfect older brother, so I would say the only problems we face is what girls may try to attack Kestrel, because from what I've seen... Kestrel ONLY reacts on a defensive manner, if nobody attacks him... the child is harmless". - The Nurse explains with a happy and excited face, the tone of her voice is clearly filled with joy.
"Couldn't have worded it better myself!" - Chifuyu replies with a pleased face. As Chifuyu stands with her hands on her hips, Clarissa looks down at the floor, rolling her eyes. For Clarissa it takes longer for the bright idea to sink in, and even when it does, the German woman is not fully conviced. "Instructor Orimura, forgive me if I seem to be offending, but I hardly think that relying on relations is going to help us in our current situation". Upon hearing Clarissa's statment, Chifuyu sends over a slightly angered look, making the German woman flinch in surprise. As Chifuyu takes in a breath, before calmly speaking the words "Clarissa, let me put it this way... That child is clearly a soul in distress, he's found salvation and happiness here, I know that a simple thing like friendship and good relations is hardly any promise for any good ressults, but its the ONLY thing that we have to rely on for the time being". Clarissa blinks, and looks at Chifuyu with a face of caution. The Office woman continues to look at Clarissa with a stern expression, untill Maya speaks out with a hopeful tone and puts on a pleasant face, "Look, Chifuyu is planning on heading to Israel to speak to the minister of defence and the people that built the Black Phoenix, so untill we obtain information from them, all we can do for the moment is maintain stable relations with Kestrel untill we can come up with a more reasuring plan of action. From what I've seen Kestrel is not a problem child and seems to not want any trouble, so I think we have nothing to fear".
Clarissa holds up both hands, closes her eye for a moment, before speaking in a defeated sigh "Okay... okay, I'll trust everyone's judgement, but i still feel unsure about the situation". As Clarissa rests her hands on her chair arms, Maya and Chifuyu look at each other one final time, both women are thinking the same thing ( "None of us feel comfortable about the situation, but for the time being, its the only hope we have, not only for our sake... but for the child's also".
Okay, thats chapter 26, I hope the info on Kestrel's IS is understandable and satisfying, for those of you have been able to keep up so far, then don't go away... the adventure is far from over, there's still a lot of drama, comedy and action to cover, so... for those of you whom like this fanfic, Stick around!
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