Chapter 2 guys! I'm going to try and have this story grounded somewhat in reality, physics wise. Also, I gave it some thought and decided to put my own "opening", to give this fanfic some flare I guess. Also, I plan on having Dane get with one of the main heroines, so I'll let you all decide who he gets with. Tell me what you all think. Review!
Begin The Fruit of Grisaia op 1:
[boku ni wa kikoeru yo]
Dane falls backwards through the air in his Wolf combat gear (what he wore in the flashback in chapter 1, the faces of his team and CO Grant flash before him.
[rakuen ni hirogaru uta ga]
Flashes of Ichika, Houki, Laura, Rin, Charlotte, and Cecilia, as they run towards Dane in his IS Academy uniform, his back turned to them.
With a blue sky above them they activate their ISs and fly toward the sun, the Strike behind them.
Infinite Stratos Receptum Infernum
[na mo naki tsumi ni]
"Team Ichika" walks through the halls of the Academy, socializing as usual.
[tsukerareta kizu de]
Laura says something and it irritates Houki, so they start arguing. Ichika is clueless, and the other girls laugh.
[kokoro tozashi muri o shite warau]
Jeagers 1,2 and 3 sit on some foldable chairs and clean a few M4A1 rifles.
[shiawase na hibi kimi wa dokoka ni sutete]
Lt Colonel Grant walks down a hallway, and in his office, he takes a seat in his chair, and proceeds too look out the window.
[shijin no you ni kodoku ai shiteta]
Chifuyu stands on the roof of the IS academy, taking in the surroundings.
[iro o ubawareta haiiro no machi]
Audrey runs down a sidewalk in tears, chasing after a mysterious marine in dress blues, only for him to disintegrate once she reaches him.
[boku ga]
A frag grenade hits the ground, primed.
[iru yo tokihanate tsubasa]
Zooming through a war torn field, Dane looks off in the distance, he looks back, with a fiery look in his eye.
[dakishimeru kara osorenaide]
Ichika and his friends jump off a cliff and activate their ISs, zooming over the surface of the ocean.
[kowareru made sakebu]
They fly off into the distance.
[kami o korosu kotoba sae]
The Strike flies into the air and fires its beam rifle. The area around it goes dark. It then deactivates, revealing Dane with a handgun, and he fires it, the brass flying through the air.
[koko ni wa aru kara]
A flag with a logo of a wolf head scratching through a circle waves, and bursts into flames.
[futari majiwari hitotsu ni natte]
Jaeger team stands on top of a hill with Lt Colonel Grant.
[hadashi no mama aruku]
Chifuyu in her tracksuit, and Maya Yamada in her IS outfit, stand in the arena as Maya waves.
[kabe o koeta sora no hate]
Ichika and his friends wave to a person outside the IS Academy building.
[kikoetekuru ai no uta ga]
Dante takes two steps forward and gazes at the school, ready to complete his mission as the others wave to him.
Two hands reach out to each other freezing before they can reach each other.
0530 hours. The next day.
78..79..80..
Dane continued doing his push ups. It was part of his usual every day training.
103..104..105..
He had just finished doing 25 pullups, and 80 crunches. Karter gave him the idea a couple years ago to stay in top shape.
137..138..139..140.
Standing up, he looks around his dorm room. He only moved in yesterday, but he had already settled in. It wasn't easy for him to get some of his equipment into the academy. The boy picks up a small notebook and goes over inventory.
One R5 RGP- suppressor, RDS, angled grip, 8 30rd magazines, 240 rounds of 5.56x45mm.One Benelli M4- 40 rounds of 12 gauge.One Glock 23- 8 13rd magazines, 120 rounds of .40 cal.Two kevlar vests.Two cell phones, one for standard use, one for work.One acoustic guitar.One box of condo-
Dane read that last word one more time.
Condoms??
He never put that with his gear. Then one person comes to mind, Audrey.
Dumbass.
She gave him shit about not getting any of the girls over here pregnant, and that a school with just girls will be stressful for a guy, especially as horny teenagers. Dane knew that the girls wouldn't do anything too extreme.
After going over his inventory, he leaves his dorm, and heads outside.
0541 hours.
Wearing a grey tracksuit, he runs down a path along with some trees on his left. Every morning, along with the rest of his workout routine, he did a 2 mile run.
After his first mile he looks to his right. Arena 3. About two weeks ago, a unmanned IS, called Golem, had attacked the arena. There were many questions that needed answers, but that wasn't Danes mission. Not long after, he makes it to the front door of the main building and stops his stopwatch. After taking a breather, he checks it.
11:38. I can do better.
Heading back up to the dorm, Dane takes a shower. Changing into some black shorts, he sits on the side of his bed. He takes a bite from a protein bar that he brought along. From the Intel he's been able to gather on the school, he learned that the meals here were rather high in calories, he didn't want to lose his edge on the battlefield. Suddenly he hears a knock on his door. Not thinking much about it, he puts his breakfast on the bed side table. Before opening the door, Dane makes sure that his "contraband" was hidden. The teen opened the door, standing before him was Class 1-1s assistant teacher, Maya Yamada.
"Good morning Garisson! I hope the room was to your-?" She begins to say, but her face turns beet red. Dane is confused.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Sh-sh-sh-shirt."
Finally looking down, he realizes he has no shirt on, his muscles and scars showing. Maya shifts nervously. "I know… you're new and all….but if anyone sees this...I think they will get the wrong idea."
Dane decides to play along, anything further could cause too much trouble.
"Yes ma'am. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding." He humbly apologizes.
Stepping back into the room, he grabs a blue shirt and quickly puts it on. He comes out Maya motions towards the hallway. "This way. I'll give you the tour." She says happily. He follows her lead. Since he had already looked at the layout of the building and did his own reconnaissance, this tour is pretty much not useful to him.
After a long while, the time was 0730. Dane returned to his room and put on his uniform. Going to one of the desks, he opens one of the drawers, and pulls out his Glock 23, chambers a round, and slides it into a holster on the inside of his waistband. He checks his room one more time and locks the door behind him.
Class 1-1 had most of its students talking amongst themselves. All the girls turn to see Dane enter the class. Their faces light up and he is quickly surrounded.
"You were amazing yesterday Garisson!"
"How were you able to defeat Huang, Alcott, and Orimura at the same time?"
A hundred questions were asked, and not enough time to answer. By that time, Chifuyu walks in with Maya.
"Time for class, sit down and shut up!"
Everyone knew the drill and sat down without making a noise. You could hear a pin drop. Chifuyu looks at the new boy.
"Garisson, take a seat behind Shinonono."
Tabane Shinononos sister. He thinks to himself.
Dane moves to the desk, all the girls eyeing him with what feels like lustful looks.He looks towards the front of the class.
"Alright, let's begin." Chifuyu orders.
Around lunchtime, Dane begins to get out of his seat, but in the corner of his eye, Cecilia approaches him. She stops next to his desk, and extends her hand.
"Dane, I would like to apologize about my behavior before. I'm a representative contender, and that behavior is unacceptable."
The boy returns the gesture, and shakes her hand.
"It's no problem."
"Well it's good to see you too are on good terms." Says Ichika, who had just joined them along with Shinonono, and two others.
"Anyway, my name is Ichika Orimura. It's nice to finally formally meet." The boy says.
"I'm Houki Shinonono."
"And you know about I, Cecilia Alcott." The blonde says with pride.
"Hello, I'm Charlotte Dunois." The orange haired French girl says.
From behind, another girl appears, with platinum hair. Much to Danes lack of showing emotions, he was surprised by who this is.
"Laura Bodewig." The short girl says.
The two share a awkward silence.
"We'll juuusst go get some lunch now." Ichika says.
"Right." Houki agrees.
"Talk to you later Dane!" Cecilia says.
As the others leave, the two stay quiet until it's only the two of them.
"Funny, to find German special forces here." The boy says.
"The same for a member of Marine Recon. What are you doing here? Why?" Laura asks.
3 days before.
Dane, Lt Colonel Grant, and Tabane Shinonono stand in Grant's office. "In communication with other operators, Orimuras ID will be Jackknife." The teens CO say.
"Understood sir. Is there anything I should know about the civilians in the AO?"
"There is one thing.." Grant starts, catching Danes attention.
"A member of German special forces is studying at IS Academy, Laura Bodewig. Even though we have had joint ops with her, you cannot, repeat, CANNOT, reveal your mission. That would complicate international affairs." Grant orders.
"Roger that."
"My military file got leaked, and word about a second male IS pilot was spreading like wildfire."
"Did the US find out who was responsible?" Laura asks.
"No. As of now the investigation is still ongoing."
"I see."
Dane heads to the door.
"Sergeant."
He turns.
"It's good to meet again." She says.
"Same to you."
Laura had gone to join Ichika, and Dane headed to the roof. It had some grass growing on top, to give it a natural look, and had a rail going around the perimeter. Pulling out his burn phone and a pair of wired earbuds. He selects a contact, Jager 3, Audry.
"Jaeger 4 reporting in."
"Good to hear you, Jeager 4. Status?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary. Jackknife has had no major major interactions with hostile activity since my arrival. My cover is still intact."
"I'm not talking about Jackknife, how is school life treating you?"
"Only a duel between the representatives of Britain and China, and the target."
"Aww. I wish I was there."
"Speaking of, where are you?"
"Look towards the city."
Switching sides on the roof, Dane looks at the city. A couple of flashes are seen, probably a reflection of glass. Judging from the building, that was safe house Bravo.
"So I'm guessing the mission went well?"
"Hell yeah! To think those guys were one of the heavy hitters of terrorist cells in the Pacific. Anyway, about your duel with the representatives, were they cute?"
"Is this relative to the mission?"
"Not at all. Just making sure they didn't steal your heart yet. I want to meet them first."
"What about you? Did you find someone one else to cling to?"
"Fair point……. I gotta go, Jeager 1 and 2 are arguing about who gets which Rack. Next status report will happen in 48 hours. Don't forget to use that present I left you."
She hangs up and Dane sighs.
Dumb ass.
Hearing students approach, the boy quickly puts away the device. The students were none other than Ichika, Houki, Charlotte, Laura, Rin, and Cecilia.
"Oh! Hello Dane!" Cecilia says happily. Dane walks over to them. Suddenly, Rin passes them straight to the new boy.
"Hey! You're the one who was piloting that IS yesterday, right!?"
"Yes, my name is Dane Garisson. It's nice to meet you, Lingyin Huang." He says extending his hand.
"Don't try to be nice, since you beat me! How are you that good!?" She spat.
"Plenty of training."
"That doesn't explain anything!"
Dane thought for a moment, he should come up with a logical explanation or it would raise too many questions. He remembered the times Karter and Jake had trained him, going through boot camp, and Ranger school. So he went with the best option.
"I have friends who know multiple fighting styles. They were nice enough to train me in the past. And I just winged the rest."
Rin was dumbfounded, she almost had no idea how to respond.
"Winged!?!? What the hell does that even mean!?"
"I got lucky."
"Come on! There had to be more than luck to beat three IS pilots at once!"
"Beats me."
"What are you, an idiot?" Rin shouted.
The Chinese girl continued to ramble, Dane stayed silent. The other boy and girls were amazed. Everyone that Rin got angry with, either argued back, or backed down. But here was this boy, dealing with it like an adult. Unbeknownst to the others, Dane had a card up his sleeve.
"So, are you playing as a tsundere or something?" He asks calmly.
The brunette goes quiet with surprise, and everyone's jaws drop.
"What?!"
"You're doing a tsundere act to attract the attention of males, correct?"
Rin has no idea how to react. She stands there, absolutely baffled. Dane turns to the others, who are still surprised.
"What's wrong?" He asks.
"Nothing, we're just surprised…." Says Houki.
"Where did you learn about that?" Asks Ichika.
To Dane, a fellow Wolf member named Ryan James, who had been reassigned to the CIA, was an otaku type, and learned from him about stuff in Japan.
"I had a friend who knows a little about Japanese culture. He talked about this stuff all the time."
Rin huffed. "Well he's an idiot as well for believing that's what things are like in the Eastern side of the world!"
Dane brought his attention back to the short teen. "Tsunderes must have it rough."
Rin grits her teeth.
"Are you going to join us for lunch?" Asks Laura.
"Not today, I have some stuff to take care of."
"I see. Well don't be a stranger, come have lunch with us one day." Ichika offers.
With that, Dane leaves.
"Wow, that guy is the mysterious kind isn't he?" Asks Charlotte.
"Well, he is new, and he probably hasn't been to an all girls school with nobody he knows. I mean I was lucky to have Houki in the beginning to talk to." Ichika states. This makes Houki blush. She has had feelings for him since they were kids, and hearing this made her happy. Usually this would make the other girls mad, but listening to his words, they knew he was right. Knowing this, they would try their best to help Dane feel welcome.
Arena 1. 1600 hours.
Classes had finished up, and Dane decided to practice with his Strike, with permission from Chifuyu. Using the Aile Strike, he flies straight up and quickly switches to the Sword Strike, going into free fall. 20 hexagonal targets appear below him. As he goes down he uses the sword to take out six of the targets and manages to hit another four with his Igelstellung guns. He hits the ground in a kneeling position. Seeing the last ten in the same general direction, he quickly switches to the Launcher Strike and aims his Agni 105 mm gun, and his shoulder mounted Vulcan gun and missiles to the sky. The big gun takes out seven of the targets, and the rest were taken out by his shouldered weapons.
Alright, time to try that thing out.
The weapons disappear and Dane stands with his hands out to his side.
"Perfect Strike."
His IS glows, and all his striker packs equip, his sword and his shoulder mounted guns on his right, and the Agni cannon, the boomerang, and his grappling hook on his left. It started well, until warning signs showed up on his HUD. He quickly shuts off the power.
That was close. If I had let it sit longer, it would've fried the system. Or in an extreme situation, explode.
The goggles and the vented mask open up as the head section folds back. As the chest, legs, and arms open up, Dane steps out and looks at his machine. Due to its small size and the amount of power each pack had, there is too much energy for it to be used at once. Opening a laptop, the teen plugs it into the Strikes arm, and sits on the ground.
I already changed its operating system to reroute energy to the mobility of the joints, what else can I try?
As he thinks this, a certain blonde student in her IS outfit, enters the arena.
"Hello again, Dane."
"Miss Alcott."
She looks over his shoulder to see what he's doing.
"Interesting. You're trying to use all of your weapons at once?"
"Yes. My IS has a lot of power running through it, so I have to reroute power to certain parts of it so it doesn't explode." He explains.
She takes a seat next to him.
"Can I take a look?" The girl asks.
Wearily, Dane hands it over to her. Overlooking the current operating system, Cecilia adds a few things to the code and runs it through a small simulation. The girl smiles happily.
"I had a similar problem with Blue Tears. Even though it's not as complex as your IS, this should work." She says as she hands back the laptop.
"Thank you miss Alcott."
"No worries. Are you still going to practice in the arena?"
"No, I'm all finished up. It's all yours."
He deactivates the Strike and begins to walk away as it disappears.
"Dane!"
The boy turns to face her.
"Call me Cecilia, would you?" Cecilia demands slightly. Dane looks at her with the same blank expression as before.
"Roger, Cecilia."
As he leaves, the British representative activates Blue Tears.
"What an interesting guy."
Danes Dorm. 2110 hours.
As he goes through his small handbook he usually keeps, Danes burn phone buzzes on the nightstand. Grabbing it, he turns it on and reads a text. It's from Jaeger 1.
"150 miles east of Sendai, Japan. Small complex run by a local yakuza gang. Stolen ISs and other heavy equipment. Get into position in the mountains north of the complex at 0140 hours. A sniper team will be waiting for you."
Putting on a black hoodie, cargo pants, and combat boots, he opens up his dorm window, and jumps.
At the same time.
Rin had just gotten out of the shower and her roommate was taking her turn. She is still pissed at Dane for calling her a tsundere.
Idiot, I'm not a tsundere!
With a towel around her, she steps towards the window and sighs. All of a sudden, she turns her head and sees something. A small looking boat zooms down the shore to her right, and disappears behind the trees.
"What the-?" She whispers.
150 miles east of Sendai. 0145 hours.
Dane lays in a prone position on the edge of a crevasse. He was 1200 meters from the small complex. It was nothing simple, a single building with two floors, three feet thick concrete walls in the shape of a square, with towers on each corner. Looking through the scope of the Barrett m107 sniper, he sees a team of at least ten guys take out the watchmen in the towers.
"This is Jaeger 2, I'm in position."
"Jaeger 3, is in position outside the AOs perimeter."
"Jaeger 1, in position. Jaeger 4, you take the first shot then we move in."
Dane sees Jake's team place a breaching charge on the metal doors to the complex. Looking inside the complex were 15 men carrying sub machine guns, and three more wearing suits. In the north west corner, the ISs were placed in giant shipping containers, and, unfortunate for the gang, stacked next to the stolen ordinance.
Idiots.
"This is Jaeger 4, is there any team near the north west corner?"
"That's a negative, Jaeger 4."
"Cover your ears, this is gonna be loud."
"Copy that."
With the ordinance was an open crate of fragmentation grenades. Putting one of the more exposed ones in his sights, he takes a breath. As he exhales, he pulls the trigger.
Well that's it for now! Review! And put best girl in the reviews.