Infinite Stratos: Truth Be Told

A/N: New chapter! Yes! Episode 4 had a very good IS battle! Really big inspiration for me since I'm now writing a battle scene in my fic! Yes!

Squall has a really sexy voice, I mean really sexy, whew! Talk about being bad and beautiful. Madoka stuck to her LN character she really is a psychopath to the core and a really formidable pilot too, she just handled both Rin and Cecilia and nearly turned Ichika into swiss cheese. But what I most hate in this episode when it once again showed how weak Ichika is, what the hell! Ichika become stronger and destroy all your enemies! Come on men! Come on!

Ahem! Sorry for the rant. Anyway, I'm now writing the battle scenes from this chapter and also for the next chapters. The episode 4 really got me going and my hand in burning with intent to write and write and write. The battles will be furious and bloody especially in the finale.

That will be it for now!

Disclaimer: I don't own Infinite Stratos (except for my OCs), it belongs to Izuru Yumizuru.

Chapter 51:

Phantom Task HQ.

Peace once again settled on the island base of [Phantom Task] when Izanami and the five prodigies quieted down and returned to their quarters. Sora, who was the one tasked for arranging the repairs for the ruined part of the base is now making some preparations. Right now, Sora is in the main control room where she is surrounded by a ton of computers and busy female analyst and hackers of the [Phantom Task].

"I want the repairs of the central gardens underway by tomorrow or else all of us will become paint in the walls of this base." Sora hurriedly gave her orders to the ones in-charge of the repairs of the base.

"But we can't start it at such a short time." One of the in-charge of the repair division spoke up. But Sora just sighed and looked at her quite pityingly.

"Izanami-sama is not the type to person who would wait, if she goes there and finds the central gardens not finished yet, I'm sure she will throw a very bloody tantrum." Sora's words made all those who heard it flinch in extremely fear, all of those who serve under [Phantom Task] know one thing clear and that is to not anger their leader, ever. The last time when Izanami threw her last tantrum was still fresh in their minds.

"""""I-It will be done!"""""

All of the leaders of the Repairs district hurriedly agreed to the near impossible task of repairing the central gardens by tomorrow. As they hurried to start their work, Sora was left alone on her desk sighing deeply.

"I guess it was still fresh in their minds, Izanami-sama sure is famous, in a horrifying way." Sora took the bottle of water in the desk and drank it.

(Ichika-sama….. how are you?)

Sora suddenly remembered her former master, her young master.

(Ichika-sama I hope you and Chifuyu-sama are doing well.)

Sora was once the head caretaker of Ichika when the only son of the Orimura clan is still young. She led 200 fully trained assasins and all of them are the attendants and bodyguards of the only heir of the family.

Sora started to remember her memories of her young master when the family still hasn't collapsed.

(Sora-nee! Hurry, hurry!)

(Ichika-sama please wait! Don't go wandering off on your own.)

(Ehehehehe! Sora-nee can't catch me!)

Remembering those little memories caused the battle-hardened commander of [Phantom Task] to crack a small smile. But Sora's reminiscence of her old memories was interrupted when one of the analysts suddenly walked in screaming.

"Commander! I have urgent news!" The analyst was really anxious and nervous as she approached Sora.

"What is it?" Sora looked a little surprised but the surprise that would come from the analyst is far greater.

"Commander the IS academy has vanished from our radars!" The unexpected news stunned Sora. It took her a few more seconds to recover and give orders.

"H-How did that happen!?" Sora screamed in shock.

"A very unusual mist formation is blanketing nearly half of Japan that stretches out to the mid-pacific and the concentration of the mist is in the location where the academy should be." The report shocked Sora even more.

"Take me to the bridge!" Sora hurriedly ran out of the meeting room and went to the bridge.

Minutes later…

"Izanami-sama."

Sora slowly entered the quarters of the leader of their organization. Sora is really eager to deliver the message she got from the main control center, but acting frantically in front of Izanami will merit the unlucky fool a brutal dismembering.

"Hmmmmm? What is it?" Izanami's cold and terrifying voice echoed in the dark room. Sora flinched when she felt a massive amount of dread suddenly grip her entire being, Sora was sure that Izanami already knows.

"What is it Sora? Is there something you want to say?" Izanami's silhouette slowly came to view out of the darkness. Then and there Sora knew that Izanami already knows, evidently because of the sinister smile on Izanami's face.

"What is it? Is it about the attack that is happening in the academy right now?" Izanami grinned and her malicious aura started to seep out of her frame, ominously surrounding her like a thick coat of death.

"Izanami-sama knew already, I guess it was redundant for me to tell you." Sora tried her hardest to act as if she is not affected by Izanami's aura, but she cannot stop herself from sweating and shivering in fright.

"Ufufufufufu! Don't be ridiculous, I just knew because of my intuition but I still need to know the exact situation." Izanami walked closer until she finally stopped right in front of Sora, where the latter can see her red burning eyes.

"!"

Sora felt as if there is a strong hand choking her, but she knew well that this was just the effects of Izanami's presence.

"Well my dear, tell me." Izanami smiled at Sora but the only served to intensify the already suffocating aura of Izanami.

"…..The IS academy has vanished, a thick mist that has massive signal disruption capabilities is surrounding most of the pacific and reaching the east and south eastern nations. The center is on the skies right above where the academy should be." Sora shakily said. Izanami grinned even more when she heard the news.

"Moreover, our operative inside the city can't be contacted so we have no idea of what is happening." Sora reported with a grim face. But Izanami just giggled at the portentous report.

"Don't worry about those little things, the main event of this amazing phenomenon will start at any moment….. and my son will play the major role."

Izanami said in a glee. Sora knew she would act like this; everything that involves her son always seems to trigger the happy side of Izanami.

"This will be very interesting, isn't that right my prodigies." Izanami turned to the door. Sora also turned around and saw the five prodigies standing there with really evil smiles on their faces.

"….."

"….."

"….."

"….."

"….."

Chigusa, Chisaya, Yuuko, Saya and Misaki grinned as they nodded in unison.

"My son will finally fight with all his strength….. ahahahahahahahahaha!"

Izanami laughed in delight, anticipating the coming battles with great excitement.

(Scene Change)

Cecilia fought her mirror image above the garden of their home.

(BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM)

Cecilia evaded the beams from the fake [Blue tears].

"She is much more accurate in her attacks." Cecilia was really hard-pressed in evading that she can't even muster a decent counterattack.

"Guh!"

Cecilia dashed side to side to avoid the beams of the [Starlight Mk. III] of the fake Cecilia from hitting her.

Thick blue beams rained down on Cecilia. Cecilia turned around to face her mirror image and fired her own BT rifle while flying backwards.

(ZIWWWWWWWW) (ZIWWWWWWWW) (ZIWWWWWWWW)

However, Cecilia's shots just missed their target by a large margin and Cecilia's opponent is slowly gaining more and more accuracy by the second.

(ZIWWWWWWWW) (ZIWWWWWWWW) (ZIWWWWWWWW)

Three beams just grazed Cecilia's left arm, Cecilia flew erratically to lessen her chances of getting hit but…

(BOOM)

Cecilia took a hit from behind and then another followed from below then the left and the right, Cecilia is being showered by beams in all directions.

"Guh!" Cecilia swooped down and tried to lose the [BITS] of the fake [Blue tears] in the thick mist. But she was surprised that even there she was still being pursued by the near 100% accurate shots of the fake Cecilia.

"How cowardly! Unable to take a few hits? HA!" The fake Cecilia suddenly appeared from behind the real Cecilia and fired at the latter in point blank range.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

"AAAAAAAAAH!" Cecilia was sent down and now nearing fainting.

(Uuuuuuuh, I can't be defeat in such a pathetic way.)

Cecilia forced herself to wake up but she once again received another direct blast right to her face.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOM)

"AAAAAAAAAAAH!" Luckily because of the [Absolute Defense], Cecilia was saved from the nasty injuries that hit would've caused but the pain of their impact is still felt by the British pilot.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

Cecilia slammed on the ground hard, creating a large crater in its wake.

"A perfect example of weakness, I commend your worthless performance orphan!" The fake Cecilia taunted as she hovered above the weakened Cecilia who is groveling on the ground.

(ZOOOOOOOOOOOW)

The fake Cecilia landed right in front of the groveling Cecilia, the fake one watched as the real one tried her best to stand up.

"Heh!" The fake Cecilia kicked the real Cecilia right on the face. Cecilia was thrown for a short distance and the fake one walked towards the former. The [BITS] of the fake [Blue tears] appeared around the real Cecilia who is now lying weakly on the ground.

The four [BITS] charged and then fired relentlessly at Cecilia, battering the already unconscious Cecilia with more attacks.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The screams of pain of the real one caused a sinister smile to appear on the face of the fake, enjoying the suffering she is causing.

"Had enough?" The fake one finally stopped her merciless attacks and walked up to the severely weakened Cecilia.

"No….." A small but determined statement of stubbornness came from the real Cecilia. But the fake one just smirked and swung the barrel of her BT rifle right at Cecilia and then fired the rifle at Cecilia again.

(BOOOOOOOOM)

This time Cecilia was thrown for a few meters and slammed on a greenhouse. The crashing sounds reverberated loudly in the lonely atmosphere filled with mist.

"Guh!" Cecilia tried her best to get up but the pain coursing in her body was too strong that she couldn't even get up even just for a second.

"Heh!"

The fake Cecilia sudden appeared and pulled Cecilia up by pulling her hair.

"Poor thing…" The fake Cecilia made a cruel smile as she looked at the lifeless face of the real Cecilia.

"Guh….." The real Cecilia is nothing more but a weak and lifeless body hanging as she got dragged up by the hair.

"I thought you would at least put up a good fight but I guess it is wrong for me to expect a challenge from the pathetic orphan." The provocative words of the fake Cecilia slowly made its way to the ears of the real one, slowly feeding the real Cecilia's anger bit by bit.

"Oh? Awake already?" The fake punched Cecilia on the face again causing the latter to bounce off the greenhouse.

"Guh…." Cecilia slowly got to her feet. The fake Cecilia hovered above the ground and slowly closed the distance between her and the real Cecilia.

(ZING)

The fake pulled out one of her [Interceptor] knives and traced the edge of the CQC blade, aiming to stab the blade right into Cecilia.

(I just need to pull this off perfectly.)

The real Cecilia thought of a plan as she staggered on her feet.

"Farewell to you now!" The fake dashed on the ground towards Cecilia aiming the [Interceptor] blade right at Cecilia's chest. But when the fake Cecilia came within hands reach, the real Cecilia activated her missile pods and fired off two at point blank range.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

The smoke of the explosion allowed Cecilia to dash away from the fake, escaping certain death….. but only for a minute.

(ZIWWWWWWW)

A beam exploded on Cecilia's shoulders caused her to lose balance and crashed on the ground again.

"AAAAAAAAH!" Cecilia grimaced as she crashed on the ground.

The [BITS] of the fake Cecilia rained down on the real Cecilia on the ground. Explosions erupted as the [BITS] fired relentlessly. But a beam suddenly sprang forth from the smoke of the bombardment.

"Not yet!"

The real Cecilia glided on the ground while firing her BT rifle at her doppelganger. The fake waltzed around Cecilia's shots with ease and counters with really accurate shots.

(BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM)

Cecilia flew off and deployed her [BITS], engaging her opponent in a furious exchange of ranged attacks.

"Not bad for an orphan!" The fake Cecilia sneered at the real one as she fired relentlessly. The [BITS] of the fake circled around Cecilia and tirelessly showered the latter with blue beams.

"Don't get too cocky!" Cecilia utilized the [Deviation Shoot] ability or the [Flexible BT] that she learned and shot bending beams at her opponent.

But despite the unusual and unpredictable trajectory of Cecilia's beams her opponent just eluded them with ease.

"Heh!" The fake Cecilia grinned evilly. The fake flew upward, distancing herself from Cecilia and also used [Deviation Shoot].

"What?" Cecilia was stunned that her opponents copied the ability she tried her hardest to learn. Arching beams was near to grazing the armor of Cecilia's [Blue Tears]. Cecilia is now a helpless butterfly slowly getting herself entangled in the webs of her own mirror image.

"Guh!" Cecilia refused to fall without fighting back; she laid suppressive fire at her opponent with her [BITS] and hoped that it might buy her enough time to escape but the attacks of her opponent just thickened even more.

(BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM) (BOOM)

Cecilia was hit five times and once again was sent reeling to the ground.

"Ha! How pathetic, this is not even a challenge for me." The fake one fired off six missiles to the real one who crashed in the earth. The missiles from the fake hounded Cecilia who is once again lying on the ground.

"!"

Cecilia woke up and deployed her [BITS] and shot down four, but there are still two heading her way.

"Kuh!" Cecilia flew away from the two missiles but she tirelessly pursued by the two. Cecilia flew erratically and was able to make the two missiles collided with each other.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

The explosion of the two missiles lit up in the air but soon another explosion happened when four arching beams hit Cecilia's back.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

"AAAAAAAAAH!" Cecilia felt the pain of the attacks and started to lose her strength.

"How weak!" The fake Cecilia came from above and fired off a shot from her [Starlight Mk. III] at the real one in close range.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

Cecilia was sent down for the third time and crashed badly on the ground.

"Guh!" Cecilia is now in serious pain, after crashing repeatedly from a high distance certainly impoverished Cecilia of her strength and morale. Although she wanted to stand back up and fight back, her body isn't obeying her orders now. Cecilia remained lying on the ground, powerless to do anything right now.

(ZOOOOOOOOOOOOON)

The fake Cecilia dashed down and landed right on top of the real Cecilia, standing on top of the real one.

"Well I guess this is it then, the prideful, arrogant and naïve daughter of the Alcott family is finally laid low on the mud of defeat." The fake proceeded with her monologue regarding her imminent victory. The real Cecilia could only quietly rage in anger as her body cannot muster any strength for a single counter and was forced to take the insults and taunting of her mirror image who is now standing right on top of her.

"What's the matter can't speak?" The fake one deployed her [BITS] again and flew off of the real Cecilia, the fake then rained down beams at the helpless Cecilia. The real Cecilia could only cover herself up with her hands as the barrage against her went on.

(This can't go on!)

Cecilia finally was able to summon a minimal amount of her strength enough to allow her to dashed away from the rain of beams.

"….." Cecilia started to feel her large disadvantage in this battle, she and her opponent are the same in appearance and IS, the only difference is the skills, Cecilia mirror-image are very skilled compared to her.

(ZOWWWWWWWWWWWW)

The fake Cecilia pursued the real Cecilia as she simultaneously fired her [BITS] and her BT rifle, barraging Cecilia with beams.

"…."

Cecilia turned around and returned fire and flew backwards in the same time.

The two [Blue Tears]' furiously threw their attacks at each other while flying in blinding speeds.

"Take this!" Cecilia fired off four missiles at her opponent. The fake Cecilia destroyed the missiles with her [Deviation Shoot] that fired off flexible beams the eliminated the missiles before they could come close.

"Such crude way of fighting!" The fake smiled cruelly and fired off several arching beams at Cecilia. The bending beams made evasion a though challenge for Cecilia. Soon two made their landings on Cecilia's shoulders.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

"AAAAAAAAH!" Cecilia plummeted down. But this time the fake swooped down and planted one of her [Interceptor] blades on Cecilia's left shoulder. The blade pierced through the armor of Cecilia's [Blue Tears] and stabbed through her flesh.

"AAAAAAAAAH!" Cecilia felt the piercing pain as the CQC blade of her opponent stabbed deep into her shoulder. The fake Cecilia grinned evilly and kicked the real one down.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

The ground was cratered when Cecilia crashed down for the fourth time. Cecilia crash-landed on the flower beds of the garden, destroying the beautifully arranged flowers planted in there.

"Uuuuuuh!" Cecilia carefully pulled out the blade that got stuck deeply on her left shoulder.

(TWHACK)

Cecilia pulled off the CQC blade off of her shoulder and threw it on the ground; she then held her injured shoulder.

(I can't hold her rifle if I'm like this.)

Cecilia's grim thoughts plagued her mind. Her situation just gone from bad to worse, with her left shoulder injured this would cause a severe drawback in her using the [Starlight Mk. III] she is left at a disadvantageous position, the only things she can rely on now is her [BITS].

"How unsatisfactory this is." The fake made a disappointed smile as she hovered near and looked down on the heavily panting Cecilia.

(Ichika-san….)

Cecilia started to feel fear, the fear of never seeing Ichika again if she loses this fight.

(Scene Change)

Rin and her mirror opponent clashed on the skies in a furious joust of swings of shots, just above her home in Japan.

"Go down already!" The real Rin rapidly fired off her impact cannons against the fake version of her. The explosions colored the skies as Rin shots missed her opponents.

"Throwing random shots? How pitiful!" The fake Rin returned fire. The attacks of the fake Rin were much more accurate than the real one as the missed distance was just a small deviation.

(She's really good! But I can't lose here!)

Rin swooped up and dived down towards her opponent after she summoned her [Souten Gagetsu].

"HAAAAAAA!" Rin swung down but the fake also summoned her own [Souten Gagetsu] and blocked the overhead slash.

(CLANG)

The sparks of the struggle for dominance of the two Rins scattered around the air like snow.

"Just who are you?" Rin growled as she asked her doppelganger.

Meanwhile, the fake Rin just smiled sadistically at the angry remark of the original and pushed her away.

"HAAAAA!" The fake Rin combined the two scimitars in her hand to make the double-bladed form and then threw a series of slash at the real Rin.

"Hiii!" Rin blocked the strikes but she was slowly getting pushed back as the strength of her mirror image is far more superior to hers.

"Ha!"

The fake once again overpowered Rin and pushed her away and rained down a ton shots on the real Rin.

Rin twirled around and side dashed the impact shots and returned her own attacks. The fake dashed and eluded the attacks as she quickly closed the distance between her and the real Rin.

"Prepare to die!" The fake Rin spun above the real Rin and threw down an overhead, but it was thwarted by Rin.

(TRRRRRRRRRRRRRSH)

Rin pushed off the attack of the fake and performed a turning cut from the left.

"Heh!" The fake also made a quick turning cut from the left.

(TRRRRRRRRRRRRRSH)

The two blade collided and sparks flew, but the advantage later shifted to the fake Rin and pushed the real one back as she went into a slashing frenzy.

Rin was starting to get pressure by the slashes of her mirror image.

"Enough!" Rin broke the stalemate by firing he [Ryuhou] cannons at close range.

The fake one just leaned to avoid the shots and delivered a turning kick to Rin's stomach after she got close while evading Rin close shots.

"Guh!" Felt the crushing kick dig into her stomach soon a blast from the fake Rin's [Ryuhou] followed.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

At a very close range, the effects of the impact cannons were at full so the real Rin who took the attack plummeted down to the ground.

"Not yet!" Rin fired of another barrage of impact shots at her mirror image.

The fake dashed around the shots.

(PIWWWWWWWW)

The fake Rin charged her [Ryuhou]s as she closed the distance between her and the real Rin.

"Ahahahahaha!" The fake fired off a full-charged shot at Rin from a very close range.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

Although Rin was able to block the attack with her massive blade the explosion was so strong that she was flung down to the ground.

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Rin crashed down but luckily she was able to recover and landed safely on her feet instead of crashing on the ground with her back.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The fake came down and smashed down her blade at Rin. The blade however strike the ground when Rin dashed back to evade it, Rin then lunged back at her opponent.

"Heh!"

The real Rin and the fake Rin engaged each other in a duel. Rin threw alternating turning cuts from both sides but the fake Rin blocked off the strikes and spun up to plant down the blade on the ground creating a shockwave, Rin dashed and threw an upward swipe with her [Souten Gagetsu] but the fake merely leaned back to evade the attack and thrust her blade forward.

(TRRRRRRRRRRRRRSH)

Rin blocked off the strike with her blade.

(TING)

The fake broke off its combined blade and started assaulting Rin with powerful inward cuts.

(CLASH) (CLASH) (CLASH) (CLASH)

Rin could only block as they attack of the fake Rin grew fiercer.

(TING)

Rin separated her blade into two and jumped up to perform a spinning slash but all her fast-paced attacks were blocked by the fake and knocked Rin away with a high kick that crashed on her stomach again.

"Guah!" Rin skidded on the ground a few times before she got back to her feet again. But the fake came in and followed up with a punch to the face, resulting to knocking Rin to a pile of houses.

The impact shots of the fake Rin quickly trailed after the real Rin.

"AH!" Rin flew up to avoid getting hit by those impact shots. The fake also jumped up and hounded Rin.

(She just won't quit!)

She growled as she now found herself being overwhelmed by her own mirror image, she barraged the fake Rin with impact shots.

"Ha!" The fake fired off her own barrage at Rin and utilizing the distraction to engage Rin again in a close combat.

"HAAAAAA!" The fake spun as she combined her blades to form the double blade [Souten Gagetsu].

(CLANG)

The fake spun like a top and repeatedly rained down spinning slashes at Rin and finishing off the assault with a powerful downward swipe that sent Rin down.

"NOT YET!" Rin started losing her cool now and dashed back up and combined her blades once again.

(CLANG)

Rin threw a rising slash but the fake blocked it and countered with a counter slash that threw Rin off. The fake flung her [Souten Gagetsu] at Rin.

"Kuh!" Rin fired her [Ryuhou] at the blade that spun towards her like a flying boomerang but the fake came in speeding toward Rin and smashed a knee on her chest.

"Guhhh!" Blood started seep out of Rin's mouth as the attack dug deep.

"HA!" The fake fired her impact cannons at full blast.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

Rin is sent crashing to the ground. She landed right in her house creating a gaping hole right on top.

"UUUUUH!" Rin slowly got to her feet, all the frenzy caused by this battle made Rin ignored that she is in the house where she used to live when her parents are still together. But when her eyes caught glimpse of the family picture hanging on the wall, she was snapped out of her battle mode.

"This is….." Rin looked longing at the portrait that contained her with both her parents beside her.

(EEEEEEING)

Rin heard the sound of an impact shot crashing from above.

"!"

She wasn't able to react fast enough to evade so the projectile impacted her and caused an explosion that destroyed the house entirely.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

Rin flew out from the smoke, IS now took damage. [Shen Long]'s armor is now visibly charred and scarred and Rin is now also visibly injured.

"….."

Rin panted heavily as her wounds started to take its toll on her.

More shots came down from above, Rin flew away to avoid taking another damaging hit, her shield energy won't be able to make it if she keeps on taking all this punishment.

"HAAAAAAA!"

The fake Rin came out of the mist in front of Rin and smashed her blade at her.

(CLANG)

The real Rin however was able to block the strike but she is slowly being overpowered by the fake Rin.

(TRRRRRRSH)

The struggle was surprisingly long as Rin withstood the strength of her opponent, but the fake Rin fired off her [Ryuhou] at full blast and the real Rin took it all.

(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM)

Rin came crashing down like a meteor.

(CRAAAAAAAAAAASH)

A large crater appeared when the [Shen Long] crashed on the ground. The fake hovered above the now unconscious Rin.

"What rip-off." The fake mumbled with a smug face.

The unconscious Rin lifelessly laid on the ground but minutes later she slowly came to and staggered as she tried to stand up with her tattered body.

"Ichika…." Rin mumbled as tears slowly rolled down her cheeks.

(Scene Change)

(BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMB AMBAM)

(BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMB AMBAM)

Chrarlotte and her opponent engaged each other in a furious shoot above Charlotte's hometown in France.

"….." Charlotte fired off relentless at her mirror image with her SMGs. The fake Charlotte used one of her physical shields to protect herself from the rain of bullets and countered with shotgun blast. Bullets and explosion colored the skies as the two [Revive]s in the air relentlessly showered each other with ammunitions.

"…" Charlotte swapped her [Desert Fox] SMG with her shotguns and showered the fake with bullets. The fake swapped her shotgun with a [Vent] assault rifle on the left and a [Desert Fox] on the right.

(BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMB AMBAM)

The two IS' above rained bullets at each other. The two flew in neck-breaking speeds while they shower each other with bullets.

"…."

"…"

The two entered a heavily misty region of the skies and their visibility drop very low on each other. Charlotte switched on the Hyper-sensor; the Hyper-sensor cannot perform well because it is being jammed by a strong interference.

(What is this?)

Charlotte saw that her Hyper-sensor is being disabled.

(ZOOOOOOOOOOOON)

Charlotte turned around just in time to block a slash from her opponent.

(TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSH)

Charlotte blocked the [Bread Slicer] CQC of the fake Charlotte with her own CQC blade.

"Hmph!" Charlotte aimed her shotgun at her opponent while they are busy on their stalemate but she was surprised when her opponent had the same idea.

(BAM) (BAM)

(BAM) (BAM)

Loud gunshots rang in the air.

(FLASH)

(FLASH)

The two Charlottes sprang away from each other and engaged each other in a sniping contest. The shots scattered in the air as the two circled each other while firing at the same time. The two swapped weapons again from their semi-automatic assault rifle to rapid-fire SMGs.

(BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMB AMBAM)

(BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMB AMBAM)

"Heh!" The fake Charlotte grinned evilly as she performed [Ignition Boost] closed in on Charlotte to deliver a close barrage of bullets.

(BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMB AMBAM)

Charlotte flew away and countered with a thick rain of shotgun blasts. The fake danced around the attacks and countered with precise strike that slowly chipped away Charlotte's shield energy.

"Guh!"

Charlotte flew up to get a break from the massive rain of bullets from her opponent.

"Hehehehe!" The fake grinned evilly and used [Ignition Boost] to get ahead of Charlotte.

(FLASH)

Charlotte made an emergency stop when her opponent suddenly appeared right in front of her. But it was too late when the fake Charlotte deployed her [Grey Scale] Shield Piercer.

(CLANG) Luckily Charlotte prevented a direct hit and using her physical shield to block the powerful strike.

"Keh!"

The fake Charlotte sneered and activated the [Grey Scale], the powerful shield piercer exerted tremendous amount of force that Charlotte was thrown down to the ground.

(CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH)

Charlotte landed on the nearby river; she stood up in an instant when bullets came raining down on her again. Charlotte threw away her ruined physical shield and glided on the ground while returning fire to her opponent in the skies.

(BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMB AMBAM)

(BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMB AMBAM)

The fake Charlotte swooped down and also pursued Charlotte on the ground. The fake swapped to her SMG and laid suppressive fire at the real Charlotte.

"Guh!"

Charlotte switched to her shotgun and flew off and rained down ammunitions to her pursuer.

"You're not getting away." The fake Charlotte mumbled as she summoned a Gatling cannon.

(BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT)

The Gatling cannon roared and spat out thousands of bullets per second at Charlotte. Charlotte erected her energy shield and deflected the bullets away, but in spite of her not getting hit her shield energy is still reducing because of the power of the Gatling cannon is strong.

"Don't underestimate me!" Charlotte let out a roar and deployed her own Gatling cannon and opened fire.

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Two Gatling cannon spat out relentless rain of bullets.

"…."

"…."

The two suddenly stopped their barrage and lunged at each other with their CQC blades.

(CLANG) (CLANG)

(CLANG) (CLANG)

Fast swipes came from both. Charlotte spun upward and threw her CQC blade at the fake but it swatted by the fake Charlotte's shield.

"Heh!" The fake lunged towards Charlotte and aimed to stab both the blade at her but Charlotte quickly deployed her shotgun and blocked the swing with the barrel of her shotgun.

"Take this!" Charlotte used her [Rapid-Switch] to quickly summon another shotgun to her free hand, but her opponent also used [Rapid-Switch] to quickly deployed four Gatling cannon, two above shoulder and two on her waist and aimed it all at Charlotte.

"[Quad Phalanx]"

The fake Charlotte said with an evil expression.

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The deafening roar of the Gatling cannon filled the air.

(CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH)

The next sound that echoed is the sound of Charlotte crashing badly on the flower plantation.

(Ichika…..)

The only thought that is still present in Charlotte's mind right now is the smiling face of Ichika. It was the only thing that is clear in her mind that is now plagued with agony.

"Hahahahaha! Do you think that you have a chance to be happy?"

The mocking voice of her mirror image echoed in the air as she slowly came into view from the misty skies.

"You are just an orphaned wretch, don't dream so high.

The fake Charlotte aimed four of her Gatling cannons at the real Charlotte.

"!"

Charlotte forced herself to stand up and sped away before the fake Charlotte could fire her Gatling cannons.

"Heh!"

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The roar of the Gatling cannon filled the air once more.

(Scene Change)

Ichika was alone walking in the empty hallway, the boy felt like he is walking in this eerie hallway for a long time, this seemed endless to him.

"Where the hell am I?"

Ichika frantically looked around trying to figure out the situation he is in. But a strange breeze came from behind, the boy slowly looked back and saw a strange door, it wasn't the type like the academy's because it looked more like a door made a crystal.

(WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH)

The door suddenly opened and a strange force suddenly pulled him in.

"WOAH!" Ichika was sucked into the strange crystal door.

"UMFFF!" Ichika landed face first as he was forcibly made to enter the mysterious door. Ichika got up and was really stunned when he noticed where he is standing.

"..."

Ichika found himself in the middle of a snowy mountain.

"Where am-" Ichika was shocked when he looked up and saw seven gigantic in circles floating in the air that showed his friends Houki, Cecilia, Rin, Charlotte, Laura, Tatenashi and Kanzashi battling against opponents that looked exactly like them.

"What the!?" Ichika was stunned is at this situation.

"Welcome."

Ichika suddenly turned around when he heard a feminine voice from behind. A woman with long white hair and pale white skin appeared. She is dressed in a long sapphire robe that conjures a silhouette of sparkling dusts. Ichika was rather entranced by this but the feeling of fear he is feeling is stronger than his admiration.

"Ufufufufufu!"

Sensing his anxiety and fear, the woman smiled.

"Welcome Ichika Orimura, welcome to the game of survival."