Openings song: The walking dead of the Dropkick Murphy's.

Been a while and this is my first chapter in the new year. Well, I didn't think I would get something done. Which I did, but if it's decent, that's for you guys to decide. I apologize for the slight delay if that's the case.

This is also posted for another writer who writes for Infinite Stratos. His name is Black Falcon 01 and his story is Taming Kestrel. Check it out, it's really good.

I said at my last chapter I have closed something and I would make an arc. Well, you can say that's going to happen from now. The name for this is going to be the dark past arc. Every important hacker from now on is going to experience some events that happened in his past and how that effects till now. You'll find out soon enough who that all will be.

The reason I start with Kerlongsj, is because I got a certain interest from another writer who just begun on Infinite Stratos, Unicorn Gundam. He is also someone who's name will get a big meaning for me. He is going to do me a big favor, so that's why I'm listed him here.

Another things is that I want to get something decent. I also want to deepen him out a bit.

For what I've made of Kerlongsj, sometimes, it seems that he can't be hurt and that he has no problems fighting in the world and protecting everyone. Still, he has some past where he is unaware off, but it will give him problems till the very day he is teaching. While he has learned to live with it, it is not a thing he can hide. Kerlongsj will learn that his past and legacy from his ancestors aren't all good things to live with.

I hope you guys like it and that you stay tuned for this.

Oh something else. If you guys didn't realized yet, I got a bit too much inspired by imherepresent stories in the Infinite Stratos universe, so you can expect that some OC's of him are going to appear in this story. Maybe not now directly, but they'll get in. Some of his plot line as well. Let me make one thing clear.

I do not own his OC's or his ideas. Those credits go to him. It's just that I find his story is really good. That's all. If you read this, imherepresent, let me just tell you that I took your messages from a few months ago as a green light to me, so that's why I've introduced them. If you wish that I throw them off, please sent me a pm and I'll delete the chapters.

Can I ask a bit of chivalry of the rest of the readers who are reading this? I'm not going to steal his story or his ideas, it's just that I found his story and OC's inspiring and that I want to make my own twist in it.

Note that I won't focus too much on his OC's, because I'm going to use my OC's more for the coming ones and this will give my guys some depth. Oh, before I forget, for the first time in a long period, I had again fun writing in this story.

Besides that, we're in fanfiction and I'm not using them to boost my story. In my thinking, I just can fit them easier in.

Happy to greet you guys with my first chapter.


Chifuyu woke up early. It was now Saturday again, a week ago she was shot into the infirmary. For some reason and she was glad about it, this week has been quiet for the Brunhilde. She looked forward to the time she could leave the bed and go out training again and fighting the very things or whatever that threw her in the hospital. Still, Kerlongsj would forbade her doing anything rash that would cause damage for her body. She somewhat hated it that someone told her what to do, but for some reason could accept it.

It was weird for the Brunhilde and teacher on the Infinite Stratos academy who was said to be the example of the greatest women on earth to get told what she had to do by a male, but she understood that Kerlongsj was acting for her own good. She smiled at the words he told her. "Look, I'm not telling the usual shit for it being for your own good, but."
"I can't have you pass out. Besides being a good soldier, you're more than just that to others. Learn that. If you die, it would cripple us. Sounds stupid, but it would cripple me. Believe me."

Chifuyu smiled and looked at her scars. Kerlongsj had been busy healing them to make sure she would survive it. And they would fade away. He promised her. What a strange way of how the world is working now. He was a man, but what he could do, was incredible. Even she, the Strongest woman on the planet, had no idea how far Kerlongsj could push himself. Still, he has yet to show on how strong he was. And what he really could do.

The time in the prison, when they met for the very first time, she had to support him, but now, Kerlongsj was the one supporting her. His name, Supportive, was the right title for him. For what he is to her. Chifuyu shook her head after that. Where had that boy be her entire life? She hoped someone would help her with the problems she faced nowadays. But it was way worse than in her past.

Her brown eyes went open. She didn't tell Kerlongsj too much of her past. She had no idea on how far his knowledge reached regarding her previous life, but she had no idea how Kerlongsj would react on her history and her clan. She didn't want to live the life she had there, but there was no telling on how Kerlongsj would react to the atrocities her clan committed over the years. How he would think she was related to those persons.

Fear let her heart pound again. It had been in her heart a bit too much the latest times for being comfortable. She was afraid her clan would take Ichika back if she thought about it, but now she was more afraid on how Kerlongsj would react on her past. Of course, he agreed that saving Ichika was for the best and he would protect her for them, but how would he come to see her when he would know everything of her clan?

Would he hate her? Would he be disgusted? She didn't know. She … didn't know for the first time. She had no idea what to expect. Tears filled the black haired teacher to the bed next to her. It was like a nightmare come true. She hoped to talk with Kerlongsj. She had to confess things, but

The bed was empty with only a note lying there. It was turned on the pillow so it made it all more suspicious.

Her hands were shaking like hell. Talking in her sleep was something she didn't, but it was Kerlongsj who slept next to her. She avoided the subject family. It had reasons to both of them, just different. Chifuyu's family was not like a family should be and how much she hated to say, she at least had one. Kerlongsj had lost about everything close that was family. He had no family left anymore, besides Anaton. Somewhat Chifuyu, Ichika and Madoka became his, but they didn't share his last name. Anaton did. But even so, family was a sore subject for both.

Something popped up in her head. Like he didn't know a lot of her past, Kerlongsj at least had something to fill the picture in, but she didn't knew anything of his past besides the few things he told her.

She knew that Azalof died and he was Kerlongsj mentor like he is now Anaton's mentor. But even with all that, she didn't knew why he got in the hacker order or what he did on a daily basis. Or what his bloodline is.

The times they met were something he spoke of, but besides the name Azalof, she had no idea who he was or where he came from. Screw that, his lineage was a really mystery. What she knew was that he shared the name Matthew Orlejov. Her eyes went wide open. That name, she heard it before. In horror stories told by her clan.

Kerlongsj also spoke of the name. Chifuyu's eyes went open wider as she realized who they were talking about. Matthew Orlejov was a name who stroke fear to the most dangerous and powerful families around the globe, particular in Asia. She was too young to witness the events, but she heard the stories told by their parents. There aren't that many people with those names and Chifuyu became more frightened when she realized Kerlongsj told her that he was adopted in the hacker order. But even so.

From what she learned, Azalof adopted him and both Azalof and Anaton were sons of Izof. But those were the second and third hacker leader. She face palmed herself when her thoughts caused her hearth beat to rise like hell. That man, Matthew, who gave her fear, was also most likely the first hacker leader. Fear crept up her hearth even more. If Kerlongsj wasn't blood family with Anaton or Azalof, most likely, Matthew was related to Kerlongsj.

Still, she refused to believe it. How could a man as cool and kind as Kerlongsj be somehow related to the bloodthirsty maniac that gave her family, the infamous Orimura clan, fear? He brought not only them down. From what she got told, Matthew killed a lot more people.

She always skipped the times her family told her about it, but she picked up some bits here and there. It was not just her clan. That man also fought the Sarashiki's in Russia and the Lee in China. Still, Kerlongsj had never spoke a lot of Matthew. He just told her some things, but not too much.

She got more and more afraid and shook her head again. Did Kerlongsj purposely left information behind of Matthew or did he just not knew of Matthew? Was he afraid of her idea of him when she would find out he was related to that butcher?

Chifuyu couldn't possibly think her mind to hate him. At least for a great amount. Sure, Kerlongsj was a human. He had some things she hated and couldn't stand. Like the fact, he treated the hackers too soft at moments or that he messed with her or teased her? But those were small things and she loved it as much to mess with him.

Still, could she hate him for what he was? Frist, they hated each other, but later they fell in love. Oh what a cliché. She smiled and looked back at it. Well, she didn't hate him a lot, she was just afraid and distrustful. By her harsh acting, she tried to hide it from him at the prison. Still, could she hate Kerlongsj for what he was and not for who he was? Was that maybe the reason he left a paper? That she figured out his past and didn't want to tell? That he used his nanites to find it out her past?

Chifuyu pinched her nose again in annoyance. Kerlongsj told her that he could use his nanites for that, but he never would do it on persons close to him, expect it was really necessary. He could it privacy and the basic respect people should have for each other. But it was Kerlongsj about she was thinking. There was literally nothing Kerlongsj could not do. She even thought of him of the only person who could face her family.

That thought gave Chifuyu another shock. When Ichika came over, he told her about the talk with Anaton. That Kerlongsj was stronger than most nanite hackers. That his strength was close to Matthew. For Chifuyu who's cool mind, that now worked, even with the fear inside of her. The amount of fear would drive most people mad, but she made the link with Matthew while holding her cool. From what her was told, he was strong enough to cut down entire armies of soldiers armed with the best weapons.

For Chifuyu, it was now for sure that Kerlongsj was a descendant of Matthew. It brought her back to her former ideas. Why didn't Kerlongsj told her he was related to Matthew? Did he really hold it back for her? Did he lie to her?

It couldn't be. Kerlongsj was a leader of a cause. It was not uncommon for them to withhold information for the better of his men and his organization. Was he just like all those other shit bags? Not wanting to share to make it easier on him. Chifuyu eyes began to tear. Did that man, the best thing that happened to her, besides Ichika, hurt her by lying and doing wrong? No, it couldn't be that case. If Kerlongsj didn't spoke of it, it meant that he just didn't know of his legacy?

With all even that, where was he? Chifuyu now finally mustered enough courage. On her bare feet, she got out the bed. Leaving the comfortable sheets, the room was somewhat cold. She went to take the paper. She prepared for the worst, but could only sigh in relief when she read it.

"I'm off for the weekend. Ask Anaton. He'll tell you. Difficult time for me. Returns every year"

Chifuyu was glad it had nothing to do with her family or anything like that. She went to sit back in bed and read it again. She printed it in her head and thought of the voice Kerlongsj would use. Still, somewhat she was surprised. He had been here for a while and he helped her.

Now her fear over their bloodlines, but it was replaced with guilt. He had helped her through her problems, but besides that, she didn't help him to overcome his problems of his past. She even felt selfish for making him using a favor he repaid her by helping her on the mission to destroy the Phantom Task base. Chifuyu sighed again and called Anaton. He had to give her more info.

With it being ten am, the students should be awake by now. She made a call to Anaton with her mobile phone. It didn't take long before she got the voice of the youngest person of the school on her ears. "Good morning? Who's this?"
"Good morning, Anaton. How's Ichika?" Chifuyu spoke to him. Anaton knew she was the moment Ichika came to subject.

"Ah, it's you, Orimura-sensei? Fine, fine, he's growing, but it will take a while. Learns fast I have to say. What's on your mind to call me?" Chifuyu smiled at the kid's response. "Well, I'm sitting here on my room, but Kerlongsj is gone. He left a letter to call you." Anaton sighed.

"Oh, damn it. Is it already this time of year? Time flies, but it does not heal all wounds." His answer caused Chifuyu's hearth to drown even more in guilt. "Sorry, I'll come over. Ichika can use this day to catch up all his damn homework." Chifuyu closed the call and waited for Anaton.

It was stupid that that little boy knew more of Kerlongsj, but she couldn't say it was wrong. After all, Ichika and Madoka knew more her than Kerlongsj did, so she wasn't the one to speak about that. Chifuyu was pondering about the fact with Anaton. Could she ask him about Kerlongsj? He was just twelve, so she could misuse his age.

He was being so good in fighting and not someone she could underestimate. It was hard to think he was just a twelve year old punk at moments. She never forgot his power and skill he has shown. Just like the other hackers, he wasn't afraid to kill and he had no qualms about it. That was something she found also surprising. The hackers weren't so good in show fighting like Kerlongsj called the fights between pilots. He meant the normal matches held between pilots.

Hackers were guys meant to take down or kill Infinite Stratos pilots in the best way for them. End of the line.

So she was surprised these guys had no problem killing pilots, but at the same time, they were so friendly towards the pilots of the academy. They even respected her. Kerlongsj warned her for the things that could happen, but even so, the hackers were not a bunch of bloodthirsty monsters just meant to kill pilots. They showed a decent amount of skill in the beginning of the year, but even with all that, she didn't take that those guys had no trauma's running deep.

She felt someone softly knocking on her head. Her eyes went wide open, but calmed down when Anaton stood next to her. For some reason, this young boy gave her something calming. How could a boy like him be so … reminding of a normal life? She smiled back to him. "You wanted to see me?" He asked in a soft tone. Chifuyu nodded. "Yeah, it seems Kerlongsj is gone and I only found this letter that referred to you. What is going on?" Anaton took a sigh and went to take a chair.

He went to sit in reverse style and looked to the bed. "Well, at this day, the seventh of May, it is six years ago that Kerlongsj time began as leader of the Legals." Chifuyu looked surprised on Anaton's response. "Over two days by now." He stopped to make a breath. "It's been six years since I crawled in his neck to sit for the first time." Anaton sighed. "I suppose you want to know more?" Chifuyu nodded again, but was surprised on the way Anaton could find out about her. "Well, you know a lot of Kerlongsj, more than me, I suppose?"

Anaton sighed. "I guess he still didn't tell you." Chifuyu looked from the blankets to him. "Anaton?"
"When I say, he is six years leader of the cause, it has been six years since Azalof, my older real brother, took the eternal nap." Chifuyu felt first very guilty and then very stupid. How could she not make the link that he became leader when Azalof died?

She had been so stupid. She heard the name before, but had no idea on what the two were for each other. How Kerlongsj saw Azalof. What the man was. She buried her hands in her long black hair, finally understanding. The way Kerlongsj acted with Anaton. It had to be the way Azalof would have treated him and what that man meant for Kerlongsj. Now, she understood why Kerlongsj was gone. He wanted to honor Azalof. He had been his father.

She could imagine the pain he would have gone through losing his father figure. That must be the reason Kerlongsj was gone. "God, I'm so stupid. I could have made the link. Why, why didn't I see it?" Tears began to flow again, until she felt a small hand squeezing her shoulder. "Orimura-sensei. I don't think he wants that you made the link. Kengi has always been like this. He wants to think about it himself. I've tried once, but he ended up even more hurt. I hate it, but it's just the damn way he works. On this subject"

Chifuyu looked to the young boy looking back to the bed. "Listen, Kerlongsj means a lot for both of us, but he never allowed me to help him. Maybe he would allow you, but I don't know. With the note, I judge." He looked to the bed. "He doesn't want to you to do so." Chifuyu sighed and looked back to Anaton. "Anaton, what do you know of Kerlongsj history before the hackers?" Anaton first looked surprised, but after that, he shook his head. "You want to know about his past?"

Again, it was scary on how a twelve year old could find that out. "Well, I'm not going to tell you." Before she could even open her mouth to speak back or even apologize, Anaton's eyes shut her up. "Because I can't. Not because I don't want to tell you, but just because I can't. Orimura-sensei, I have no idea what Kerlongsj did before he got in the hackers. The life he got before he picked me up or Azalof picked him up, a mystery. I heard of the Devil's Brigand, but they only know his life in the cause. His life before is a mystery to them. And they are his friends for ten years."

Chifuyu sighed again. "Anaton? You said Azalof was your real brother?" Anaton's index finger hit his chin, crabbing it. "Well, half-brother. Izof was my father, but we had another mother. I learnt that only later. Mom hid that fact to protect me and my brothers. Not that it worked in the end." Chifuyu reminded herself of what Anaton went through. "But Kerlongsj is not related to them. That much is certain. Just like I'm not related to him. In blood if you want to know" Chifuyu was thinking back.

Would she misuse the boy or find out more? Would he tell her later? When biting her thumb, Anaton looked surprised.

"There is something else you want to ask. Is something bothering you?" Chifuyu smiled at the boy. "Well, Anaton. The first hacker leader of the Legals, that was Matthew Orlejov, right?" Anaton nodded. "Eh, correct. He was the first, but we called him Matthijs. That's his Flemish name." Chifuyu smiled. "What do you know of him?" Anaton's eyes went open. "Only that he united the several, small groups of independent hacker groups under one banner, that he was very strong and he was our first leader. But the rest is shrouded in mystery and legends." Chifuyu looked surprised. "Do tell."

"Well, the first thing is that we're not sure if Matthijs is dead or not?" Chifuyu felt a chill on her spine. "We don't know what he did. Besides his name and his stories, the man is a mystery. Almost every hacker from his time is dead by now and what we have is only what we have been told by legends. About his life, his powers, we can't find anything back. The hackers only say Kerlongsj is close to him, but I don't know. I can't imagine anyone being as strong as Old Man. Besides you of course." He hastily added it, before Chifuyu could react.

"Anaton, do you think it's possible for Kerlongsj to be a descendant of Matthew?" Chifuyu had no idea on how to explain his expression. Surprised or shocked. "Well, I don't know. I think maybe, but I really don't know. Why do you ask?" Chifuyu shook her head. "Never mind about that. So where do you think Kerlongsj is going?" Anaton shrugged about it and the young boy's smile got off. "I don't know. He never told me and took me with him. Even his gang members, who are his closest friends don't know. My guess he's going to lay flowers on Azalof's grave back home."

Chifuyu had to remind herself Kerlongsj was Flemish and that burning their dead like they did in Japan, was not the way he would say goodbye to their dead. "Anaton? Do you know when Matthew became leader?" Anaton shook his head. "I really don't know. I have asked Kerlongsj about it and he only told me what I told you. But you want to know something." Chifuyu looked surprised. It was like Anaton spoke hesitant. She never heard that from him. It was surprising to hear the young boy like that. "What is it?"
"I don't want to believe Kerlongsj is a descendant of Matthijs." Chifuyu looked surprised.

"What do you mean?" Anaton shifted uncomfortably in his chair, looking for his words and gulping a lot. "Well, it's also said that Matthijs was one of the most ruthless and cold man ever to walk to earth. He gave death orders, let his men fight to dead. You know why we treat the pilots so well as prisoners." Chifuyu's eyes went wide open. "You're not going to tell me?" Anaton nodded. "I don't want to say it. I have killed. A lot. And I'll kill a whole lot more. But I would never." Chifuyu hugged the boy when his tears fell down.

"Chifuyu. I don't want to believe it." He said shaky and teared. "Kerlongsj is one of the best and kindest guy I met in my life. The hackers, they're all good men. I like it there. I don't to believe that a monster like Matthijs is Kerlongsj's ancestor." Chifuyu hugged the boy. "Believe me. Me neither." She hold the boy tight, hoping she was wrong about Kerlongsj. Anaton had to cry out for a few minutes. "Chifuyu, why do you ask all this?"

She sighed. "Well, it's a long story, but I don't want to tell you." Anaton looked up to her, back with is fierce gaze. "Why not, I've told you." But he stopped as he saw Chifuyu's gaze. "Listen Anaton, the thing is that the name Matthew Orlejov strikes fear in the heart of a lot of people. You want to know? My great parents used stories of his name to scare us. When I heard you talking about Matthew, it fitted in the pictures I had of him." Anaton blinked more than once. Chifuyu was almost on the verge of crying. Her fear got back. Was Kerlongsj really related to Matthew?

"Anaton. I'm not going to tell you what I was told. You would never close your eyes again in your sleep. Just like you, I don't want to believe that Kerlongsj is related to Matthew." She hoped that. She thought her clan was the worst of humans to walk the earth. But even her older sisters and how hard she saw, her mother and aunts were terrified of what their grandparents told them.

What her clan did over the last centuries didn't even come close at the way Matthew fought them. He didn't not just kill, he slaughtered them and gave them the most horrible deaths you could imagine. Her grandfather even survived one of his attacks, but his arm was never able to return to normal. Matthew just let him alive to spread the word.

She stayed with her arms wrapped around Anaton, until she saw him nodding and let him go. "Anaton, do you think Kerlongsj considers him to be a descendant of Matthew?" Anaton's eyes went open, like Chifuyu had told him a stupid joke and gulped. "I don't know, Chifuyu and I don't want to. At the end of his reign or even now, Matthew is hated by most hackers. We respect for what the man could do, but what he did. It's aesthetic, and believe me, if the hackers would even find out that he is a descendant, our cause would be destroyed." Chifuyu looked surprised on what Anaton told him.

"The only reason Kerlongsj can work with his men like this is because how much Matthew is hated, it's how much Kerlongsj is loved by his men. The way he rules the cause so everyone has the right purpose, he thinks of us as his men, not as replacements, he treats us well. That's why his generals if you want to give his council and his old gang a name work like this. If they even think he would related to Matthew, what would happen you think?" Chifuyu was dumbfounded on how Anaton thought about it.

"It would cause anarchy?" Anaton nodded again. "Yes. The thing is that we would start to hate Kerlongsj for what he is. Chifuyu, I don't want to." Chifuyu held him a tight embrace. She would start doing it as well. She would treat Kerlongsj like a monster for just what his heritage was. She felt herself hypocritical. She wasn't even sure of his heritage.

And he knew of hers. Her heritage was something she couldn't deny. Kerlongsj told some things, but clearly, Kerlongsj had no bright picture of her clan and how they were. She would start to hate him for being the descendant of one man, but in his case, it was one man. Despite the thing Matthew did, it was somewhat in the good of more people. Her clan had slaughtered for centuries and they did that for themselves.

Chifuyu had no idea what to do for now. She laid back in her bed. "Do you think it's best I leave?" Chifuyu looked to Anaton. She silently nodded. The young boy smiled and left. "Chifuyu." She turned to hear Anaton speaking. "I've heard some things of Kerlongsj of your heritage. And I don't think Kerlongsj would hate for what your clan or whatever they were did. He told me." Anaton turned back at the end of the door.

"I don't think I would hate him for being a son or a grandson or whatever his to Matthijs. But if I find out, you start hating him for a thing like that. Or you hate him for the thought that may not be true" He made a vertical swipe over his throat and his face was serious. "I will never forgive for that." Chifuyu was shocked on how Anaton thought of it. The boy smiled again.
"I'm going to do my homework. I suppose you want to keep this quiet. Give me a call when his back" Chifuyu nodded and looked to the ceiling.

Ichika had escaped his fate of the clan and with Kerlongsj, she could do the same as well. It was so weird, but Kerlongsj let her feel of a girl who she was. He saw the person, but even so, she was who she was. And what she was. She wanted to close her eyes, before she heard an irritating ring tone of her mobile phone. There was only one person with that ringtone on her phone. Chifuyu had no interest of dealing with her, but for now, she could use her hyper active, delusional friend. She just hoped that her friend wouldn't cause problems. "Hey, Chi-chan." A childish and energetic voice said. With a sigh and two finger on her nose bridge, she answered it.

"What's wrong, Tabane?" Chifuyu asked back to her sharp tone. "Ah, Chi-chan. How can you be so cold? I just called to make sure you're safe. I noticed Ikkun's Byakushiki changed. What happened?" Chifuyu sighed on the way Tabane spied on them and it was impossible to hide something. "Do I have to tell you or do you know?" Tabane smiled. "He became a hacker. I understand. Is there something bothering you?" Chifuyu was now glad Tabane was her friend. "Tabane, I want you to look something up for me."
"Anything for you, Chi-chan." Chifuyu sighed. "Does the name Matthew Orlejov ring a bell?"

It remained quiet for a while and that was weird considering it was Tabane Chifuyu was talking to. "Chi-chan. Please, I don't want to. Looking for someone like him, is not a good idea. I heard a few things of him. Besides that, there is someone here to talk to you." Chifuyu was surprised, until she heard the person speaking on the phone. "It has been a while, Chifuyu." Her eyes went wide open as she heard the voice of someone she never expected to hear again.

Meanwhile somewhere above the Asian continent.

Kerlongsj was flying around on his skateboard, flying over several countries at a huge speed. It was impossible for someone who lived in Japan to fly to Flanders in one day and return the evening. For Kerlongsj, it was not impossible, but it was a damn pain. Still, he wanted it that way. He had to do it. And the rest of the world could get on his back.

Something really important might have even considered him not to go back to his home, but there was nothing to stay. He would waste his entire weekend and would be complete wreck when he got back. Not to speak of the incredible pain in the ass it would cause if someone find out. He was not going to ask. He didn't want to. Besides, nobody should ask for permission on something like this.

If even the Sarashiki and Lee family wanted to stop him, he would have rushed through them. This was something he owned someone. He found Jack looking at him and picking at his ear. Jack didn't agree with his way, but he understood. The small, black bird knew that this was something he should do.

After flying over Greece, he made his haste to get in one line to Flanders. He travelled to the other end of the world and landed in Flanders. "Eindelijk thuis (finally home)." Kerlongsj won't even tell his friends he was back. The reason why he came was now to be alone.

Sure they might have found out why he came back. But that reason was big enough for the Council NOT to call him back. They could figure where he was and they let him. He began to walk and visions of his past returned. He walked at the shore, ignoring the people who might recognized him. He remembered the lane from years ago. It was filled with people. A tear and smile got over his face and he gulped. He smiled to the flat he and Chifuyu went to when she came to see him last summer.

Kerlongsj speeded his paste and walked to the graveyard he wanted to visit. He got in and plucked a few flowers and walked to the place. He got in the place. Countless and countless of gravestones all over the place. Kerlongsj knew where he had to go. He picked the place himself. He stopped at one gravestone.

When he stopped, the guy placed the flowers and made a salute. "How're you doing, Azalof?" He said to the gravestone where his old man laid buried. Kerlongsj smiled at the stone. He knew Azalof died like he wanted. Azalof death was horrific, but the man did so many good things. He died and smiled when he was passing. Still, Kerlongsj missed the man.

He was a boy at the point. He missed Azalof, he still needed him at that point. "I hope you have rest now. And that you're at peace. Still, I want something to ask. Who am I? What am I? Why did you recruit me? What is my bloodline? I miss you. As much as my real parents." Kerlongsj looked at the grave. No one was going to answer it. He tensed up and thought it was his imagination when someone squeezed his right shoulder.

He did not turn his head to the place, hoping he wasn't mistaken. He looked up to the sky with a smile plastered over his face. "I know you're having fun up there." Kerlongsj pulled his hoodie down and made a salute for the grave. "I did a stupid thing. I flew to Japan to give you these flowers, but if I do not, how can I forgive myself. I miss you, but staying at that point won't help anyone. I'll honor you until I can lay beside you. When that time comes, I hope I can bother again." Kerlongsj left.

He saw an old man seeing on a bench a distance passed at the end of the wall. Kerlongsj could count the graves. They began a new line when the year passed. Since Kerlongsj and Azalof came in power, there was a bit difference between their reign and the others.

Kerlongsj was intrigued by the man sitting on the bench. The man was clearly over his fifties. He had a hood over his head with clearly some long grey hair. Some came from beneath the hood he wore. He wore a long grey jacket matching the hair and had a black trouser. His outfit looked a bit like Kerlongsj's own, despite the differences. The older one looked up to the young guy. Kerlongsj was a bit surprised to see someone sitting here at this time, but he didn't mind.

It was more weird to see an young guy like Kerlongsj to visit this than someone who lived some more years. The man waved at Kerlongsj. Kerlongsj had no idea, but something told him that the man was safe.

The younger guy looked to him and walked to the man. "What are you doing here, old man?" Kerlongsj asked politely, but with a smile on his face. "I can ask you the same kid." The man had a friendly grin on his face and a rough voice. Kerlongsj found it strangely familiar, but he couldn't place it where he has seen it before. "I came to lay flowers on a grave." Kerlongsj saw no reason to lie. Besides, why else should someone come to the place?

Still, it was a hacker grave yard. It was weird for someone to come her if you weren't in the order. Kerlongsj was sure he never saw the man.

"Ah, so who was the person?" The older man gestured to Kerlongsj to sit next to him. "A man called Azalof. He was something like a father to me." The old man looked interested to the boy. "What do you mean with something like?" Kerlongsj sighed, but looked to the man. He could see the face. The man had seen horrors in war. Most people wouldn't be able to see it, but Kerlongsj could read it like a book. Besides that, the man was better at hiding it.

He had friendly black eyes with something of a sparkle, some scars on his face, but Kerlongsj was not going to pry in the privacy to look better. The mouth had all teeth, the ears were still intact and there was no loss of skin on the face.

"He was not my real father, but he took care after me after my parents died."
"That's hard to hear. My sympathies." Kerlongsj couldn't explain why, but this man. He brought something calming, something soothing, something like a family. Kerlongsj smiled at him. "Well, I guess that's how life works. If the life like I suggest we do." The older man nodded. "Yeah, I've seen friends falling around me. I suppose life is harsh for us. Say, I have a question." The man told Kerlongsj. "Do you have strength points somewhere else? Persons who can give you strength. Who will help you." Kerlongsj nodded on it when he thought. Anaton, Chifuyu, Denzel, Thomas, Wannes, Sander. His lover, his son, his gang members.

"Yeah, quit some people. but the thing is, that I'm a bit too young to fight alone. I have friends, but having someone like a mentor would be nice to have. That was Azalof for me."

The older man smiled. "You're from here right? You're a hacker? Kerlongsj nodded. "Yeah, my name is Kerlongsj. Kerlongsj Evert Orlejov." The older man stood up. "Listen, Kerlongsj. I have something to ask you." Kerlongsj turned his attention to the older man. His interest was now peaked.

More so because, he wanted to know how the man could get in his feelings. Kerlongsj was a warrior, raised on a battle ground. He grew up there. For some reason, being on a fight gave his something. His blood stared to run adrenaline made his mind automatically calculating solutions. He enjoyed to fight alongside his comrades.

So most of his times, his hear never felt calm. Surely, Chifuyu's attention helped at some degree, but just like him, she was a warrior.

She even faced worse things that him. When the two were together, enjoying their time, it calmed their hearts. But at some times, Kerlongsj had nothing left that could guide him. He was strong, but just like Chifuyu, he was human. And he hated it, but he was just twenty. Some people would be young at this time of their age, but he wasn't. He sat down.

"Now, Kerlongsj. The point is that you have people standing next you. Persons who can rely on you, but you can rely on them. You better ask them for that than handling it alone for yourself. You need to accept that. Staying human is our only hope at moments." Kerlongsj listened. "If you don't accept that, things can get worse. You will lose who you are and it only remains what you are. Kerlongsj turned to the older man. "So you're saying that if I lose who am I, I'll become only what I am?"

The man nodded again. "I've done that. Some people have lost their humanity for just becoming stronger. But by doing so, the people around you will lose that as a person. It's a price not worth paying." Kerlongsj looked up. "I suggest that's the reason you went on a rampage against those families? You lost who you are? Right? And only what left was what you are." Kerlongsj looked with a fearless look to the older man.

"You're quick figuring out who I am despite not even knowing how you look. You're good at this, young pup." The older man sounded almost amused by the younger one. Kerlongsj had the same grin on his face. The man took off his hood, revealing long grey hair. The thickness resembled Kerlongsj own dark blond hair.

"You can say that your biological code resembled mine own. And I had no relatives living. Now you're my grandfather. And your name is Matthijs Orlejov or am I wrong?" Kerlongsj looked to the most dangerous man on the planet, responsible for killing almost eighty percent of the Sarashiki's, Lee and Orimura family. He united the hackers, but even they would have cowered in fear when they would look at the man. The hackers legends who were told about him, it always left Kerlongsj wondering of how much was true.

The older man stood up and looked at Kerlongsj. By what Kerlongsj heard, he had an idea on how strong this man would be and what Kerlongsj had to lose, the hacker leader of the present would face one of the most toughest challenges of his life. He would face the man that was said to be the very first hacker.

And the best hacker till this day. Kerlongsj was not fearful when he stood up and looked at the man. "I've heard a lot of you. Of what you are, what you did. But not who you are, Matthijs. And this talk made me more curious." The man smiled and threw his coat away. The sweater he wore, it was the same one Kerlongsj had. It was only fourthly years older.

"Well, I'm not going to tell you. But still, it appears you take it rather well. You're a descendant of me. I was said to be one of the most cruel man ever to live. And yet, you show no fear, no anger. Only genuine respect. But with an eager to fight and see what I can do."

Kerlongsj smiled at him and he shrugged when he looked back at the man. "You said it yourself. What you are and who you are don't always mean the same. The talk you had with me, I've never wondered more how you were. It makes it interesting. But if you want a fight, I'll give you one." Matthew looked to Kerlongsj and pulled out a hidden blade on the left hand. "Well, bring it on. Kerlongsj Orlejov. I've heard lots of you, but I don't really believe till I see, Flemish Devil."

Kerlongsj took out his blades and turned his right one pivot. "Well, we'll see how good you are. I've only heard legends. See if they match up my rumors, Western Satan." The two of them pulled up their hoodies up. Wind blew over the battle grounds, like doom was coming close.


Quick update this time. I would have posted this more early, but I decided to throw this on the site. You guys get an update normally next week, but because of circumstances, I want to give you this already.

I want to focus solely and only on the fight. And I don't know if I'll reach the usual then thousand words with the next one ,but we'll find out.

Reminder of the note above and we'll see you guys over a week. Please give me a review and if you guys have an idea sent a pm.

I should stop making promises if they're on the long run, but with the dark arc past, I only have that filled in with Kerlongsj, Anaton, Raton, Kashal and Izolf. I don't have an idea for the other two and it might take till the summer for me getting the chapters done of Kerlongsj and Anaton.

The point I have maybe something worth calling a phantom for the other ones, but a suggestion is more than welcome. Another note, if you give a suggestion about Tizof or Thazalof, you have to put the two together.


My last note for you guys is that Matthew Orlejov is an OC, but I'm not going to reveal everything here right now. You'll find out soon enough. Those who know, I hope you won't be a spoiler. The reason I put his note up has something to do with my rewrite. The graduated Student.

My OC there, Mattheus Adjzof is NOT Matthew Orlejov. He is not even related to the hackers and in that kind of universe, I have no idea if I'll get the hackers in or not. For now, the safest thing to say is that it's both in the Infinite Stratos fandom, yes and with the same canon characters, but they are two different story lines.
Something I just wanted to say before I get it flying back at me.

This is something I like to post in. Like some might know, I'm living in Flanders. This is a news article that piqued my interest. Maybe you guys heard of it, but for the ones who don't and I guess that are my readers from over the Atlantic or in Asia.

Not so long a Dutch sniper is arrested for putting in a bullet in the head of several members of a certain organization called the Islamic state. Now, he also trained a few soldiers to fight against those idiots. Now, he is back and arrested for war crimes. I don't know how you guys think about it, but I think they're pretty fucked up.

My dear, stupid, younger sister said it's wrong to shoot people in the head. I don't think you can label that scum as human. The thing I get most worked up about is that we're accepting refugees and those idiots who got back and we treat so soft as we can. At least politicians order us to do. While a man that did what they didn't dare fought against those morons and he got arrested. Man what a bunch of hypocritical fuckers I got as politicians.

Just something I found on the internet and worth sharing my opinion. First update of 2016. The last one was just on 2015. Hope I can get the same job as last year.

Saluut.