Chapter 9 the Tag Team Tournament
**\- Room 1052 –**
It was another blissful night of sleep for Cecilia in the embrace of the male she has affection for. Dart slept on his back while he had his left arm going underneath her neck and resting his hand on her upper back. Cecilia slept on her side with her arms wrapped around Dart's neck while she rested her head on his left shoulder.
"Mmmmmmm," Dart began to wake up with a moan stretching his legs and right arm upwards. For some reason he couldn't feel his left arm at all, and his neck was sore all around. He fully opened his eyes and gazed his attention to the female on his left. Cecilia peacefully slept. "Of course it would be her…" he muttered in bother. He quickly changed his expression to one of serenity. "But dang she's cute when she's sleeping. If being her boyfriend will give me this sight to wake up to every morning, I just might fall for her like she has to me."
"You say something, Dart?" Cecilia asked tiringly, waking up from her good night's sleep. Dart jumped to her sudden wake.
"No, no," he denied repetitively.
Cecilia unwrapped her arms from around his neck giving him some reprieve and lied up, looking down at him with half-awake eyes. Her light blue knighting gown was a bit of a mess with the left strap around her arm instead of over her shoulders. "You did say something." Her ears didn't lie. She did hear him mutter something.
"It's nothing," he continued to deny what he said.
She fully opened her eyes and gave a little pout. "What did you say?" Her voice was starting to become one of an interrogator. She moved her left hand and gave it a pinch, attempting to use a playful torture technique.
"Ha, fools on you. That arm is numb from your heavy head," he pulled out his tongue cheekily. But that was his undoing. Cecilia quickly seized the opportunity to move her pinch from his numb arm to his tongue clamping down on it and hard. "Ah! Thweese lul go. (Please let go)."
"Not until you repeat what you said, darling," she pressured. In a short second Dart caved in. His tongue was hurting and it felt uncomfortable having the tongue out in the air, drying quickly like the drought.
"Hohay (okay)," Cecilia released her clamp on his tongue as it quickly withdrew back into his mouth as if it was a snail retreating back into its shell. He rolled the tongue around to wear off the pain. "I said you looked cute while you slept is all.
"Ahh, thank you!" Cecilia was overcome with joy and flatter showing a blush on her face. She turned around so she sat on the side of the bed and stood up to go to the restroom.
"I'm starting to regret saying being your boyfriend would be good," he muttered even more silently to make sure his words didn't reach her ears this time. Using his right arm he pulled himself up and rested his lower back on the pillow and his back against the back bed frame. His left arm was stull numb from her head being on his shoulder all night long, but he started to feel it come back to him. He was going to wait until his arm came back to him before he would move out of bed.
"Oh Dart," Cecilia said walking back into the room and when she looked at Dart, she saw his exposed chest and looked embarrassed.
"Why are you still looking embarrassed when you see my chest? You've been sleeping next to it, even touched it for a few nights now." Dart pointed out tilting his head and arching an eyebrow.
"Ah, sorry. I'm not used to seeing men…you know half naked," she explained going back into the bathroom. "I thought you and I could do more training at lunch before the tournament tomorrow."
"I'm sorry, Cecilia. I'm going to be with Ichika and Charles for lunch. But I'll join you afterwards, okay?"
"I…understand that you need boy time with Charles and Ichika," Cecilia agreed but she sounded a bit saddened. Her blue mood was hard to detect, but it was there in her tone.
Dart felt his hand come completely back to him, but he decided to wait further in bed until Cecilia was done in the bathroom. "I'll make up the lost time, don't worry." He promised to treat Cecilia for their time apart today. Maybe asking Charles and Ichika at lunch what they think would be good to cheer a girl up.
**\- Lunch, Arena 3 –**
It hit lunch and Cecilia was in Arena 3 about to prepare for some practice, but someone else was in the same arena. It was Ling who was in her pink IS leotard standing in the center of the arena.
"I'll do this by myself"… Could it be that you heard the rumors…she said to the Englishwoman towards her, showing some dislike for her being here.
"Speak for yourself, Ling. What might be the reason for your private, personal self-training?" Cecilia countered.
"It seems like we're both aiming to be the best!" Ling assumed accurately. "Would you like to settle this issue before the tournament starts?" Ling and Cecilia needed to resolve their differences a few days ago when their failure to work as a team against Maya Yamada scored them a humiliating loss.
"My, my…what an interesting thought," Cecilia folded her arms getting interested. "Then, shall we find out who's the stronger one right here, right now."
Both females equipped their respective IS suits and were ready to brawl it out. However, before they could actually get to the duel they were interrupted by a blast from a shell that was fired between them, causing them to move back from each other. They turned their attention to the one who fired it.
"WH-What was that for?!"
"Who dares?! Why would you suddenly attack us…?"
Ling and Cecilia expressed their displeasure looking more closely at who fired it. Emitting smoke from the right shoulder cannon, was the same girl who tried to pick a fight with Ichika yesterday.
Laura Bodewig.
"Germany's Schwarz Regen…Laura Bodewig," Cecilia hissed.
"To lose to a mass-production model and you call yourselves Cadet Representatives…" Laura began with the intent to taunt the two girls before her. "I see nothing but incompetence from you two. It seems that it was only in the past that your countries had either merit or skill."
Her taunt wasn't welcome, but it was working in irritating the two girls.
"What?" Ling was pissed. "Did you come all the way from Germany just to get scrapped? Cecilia, let's flip a coin to see who goes first!"
"I don't mind either way."
"How about you two at once," Laura mocked gesturing her left hand with the "bring it" sign. "You can come at me as two bitch horses melting over two thorough-breeds, but you'll still lose."
That struck a nerve. Cecilia and Ling snapped and began to charge towards this silver-haired bitch that's going to get it.
**\- Hallway -**
"Hey Charles, Ichika," Dart said walking along his two male comrades of the school. "Cecilia asked me to go to IS training with her during lunch, but I turned her down. So I'd like to know what you two think would be a good way to make it up for her?"
"Uhh, let's see," Ichika rubbed the back of his head in thought. "Why don't you ask her on a date?"
"We're going this weekend on one, so a date is out of the question."
"Maybe you could perhaps spend some special time with her to make up for what was lost?" Charles suggested peeking her head forward as she walked to look at Dart on the right of the walking trio.
"Like what, Charles? We have dinner together and we sleep in the same room."
"You know, eh-"
Charles was stopped when a conversation between two girls got their attention. The three boys stopped to overhear.
"Hey, did you hear? There's three Cadet Reps duking it out right now in Arena 3!"
"Cadet Reps? Wonder who?" Ichika pondered.
"Let's take a look," Charles recommended.
"Three Class Reps? Two of them must be Cecilia and Ling, but who could be the third one?" Dart had a bad feeling about the third one in that brawl and he hoped it wasn't that girl."
**\- Arena 3 –**
The male trio rushed it to Arena 3 where they encountered Houki who had been watching the entire fight from the start from the safety of the stands. She heard their six footsteps behind her and looked behind.
"Ichika, why are you-?"
Ichika, Charles and Dart saw who was fighting from the stands and they became shrouded in horror. Dart's prediction was right. Two of the females were indeed Ling and Cecilia, but the third one was Laura. The fight so far had been a one-sided beating, nay, a one-sided brutal torture.
By Laura's IS suit's feet was Cecilia being strangled by some sort of wire and in the right hand, she held Ling by the throat. It was lucky that the shields saved them from severe harm.
"Cecilia! Ling!" Ichika yelled. "Just what are they doing?"
"From what I heard… It seems that this was from being taunted by Laura." Houki filled in on the details.
"Two on one? But it seems that…"
"That is…it seems to have a barrier that is stopping both Impact Cannons and live shot shots. And when it's her turn, Laura moves at an alarming rate. And it greatly restricts the two's movements."
"AIC…" Charles muttered knowing the technology that's making them have the disadvantage. AIC stood for Active Inertia Canceller, a system designated to negate the inertia of a moving mass completely like some freeze ray.
Laura pulled Cecilia from the floor using the thread around her neck and kicked her away. She then turned her attention to Ling, who swiped her with her now spare right hand.
Dart and Ichika were feeling disgusted, and even more when Charles told them something else dreadfully.
"So cruel... Those attacks penetrate their shield energy!"
"Stop it, Laura! Stop it!" Ichika yelled begging her to stop. Laura heard his words and looked to him…and gave him a taunting grin.
"That fucking bitch!" Dart spat with absolute rage. Ichika was in agreement before the two activated there IS and barged through the protective barrier surrounding the seating area and went towards the silver-haired maniac at full speed.
Laura tossed Ling to the side and pointed her right hand forward and emitted a spherical psychic-like shield stopping Ichika who was faster than Dart by a bit in his tracks. Dart approached and threw a punch using his closed VN and pushed Laura back.
"Ichika, let's fucking kill her." Dart gritted filled solely with rage.
"No, we have to check on the girls." Ichika disagreed, hating to admit it but saving Ling and Cecilia was a priority.
"Then you do that and I deal with her," the Build Banshee rushed forward again but with a beam Tonfa in his left arm equipped. "RRAAAGGGHHH!"
Laura was prepared for him and shot her left arm forward again, emitting another AIC and caught the Build Banshee when it tried to slash from left to right.
"Interesting…Let me show you the difference between generations," Laura mocked.
"Never underestimate a Gundam, you bitch!"
"Here I come!" Laura held her right arm back with a beam Tonfa equipped and sliced down at the frozen Dart.
Laura's strike was stopped when surprisingly, Chifuyu appeared in front of her wielding an Uchigane's sword held sideways to have the sharp end block the attack.
"I...Instructor?!" Laura said stunned.
"This is why dealing with brats is so tiring." She said annoyed. Laura instantly stood down, but Dart partially did it because as soon as Chifuyu was gone he was going to continue attack Laura for what she did to Cecilia and Rin.
"Chifuyu," Ichika muttered kneeling down next to Ling.
"I don't mind mock battles…but I will not tolerate you kids violating rules in doing so. Why don't you just take this fight in the tournament?" She asked looking between Laura and Dart.
"…If that's what you say, Instructor."
"And what about you?" She asked Dart who grit his teeth at her.
"Fine," he moved his eyes back up to Laura still having her in his sights.
"Very well… Then, until the Intra-grade tournament, all of these types of engagements are prohibited! That's all!" She declared loudly and remained in the middle to stop any more fights.
Laura deactivated her IS and walked away in the opposite direction of Dart. He turned around and began to move towards where Ichika and the two girls were still in his IS. Chifuyu kept a closer eye on Dart, knowing he would disobey her and go after Laura with her back turned. He just flew further away from her for a few more seconds until he made his move.
Turning around quickly he charged towards as fast as he could towards Laura. He wasn't satisfied how she was left unpunished after she brutally injured two students without remorse like a psycho. He needed to make sure she got an eye for an eye, injury for injury.
"**SILVER**!" Chifuyu yelled with dare warning.
He ignored her and went after Laura.
When she turned around she was grabbed by the throat and held high in the air with his right hand. Laura began to gasp for air as Dart began to repetitively punch her in the gut with his VN. Everyone watching this was horrified by Dart's snap.
**POW, POW, POW, POW**
"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh." Laura moaned in pain after each hit.
After four blows to the chest, he held his now opened VN claws, revealing five teeth-like claws and was about to deal the final blow to her until Chifuyu stuck her sword between the claws and held them back. And she did not look happy.
"SILVER! You're banned from the tournament!"
"Banned?" Ichika overheard his sister and looked on with widened eyes and bewilderment.
Dart looked down to the teacher behind him to the left. "Release her immediately!" Dart was semi-satisfied with taking the law into his own hands. He released his hand grip from Laura as she hit the ground gasping for air. He then deactivated his IS to the immediate threaten of Chifuyu when she held her sword towards him. He held his hands up, motioning he had enough as he walked backwards to Ichika. "If you touch Laura, or another student violently again outside of a fight, you will be suspended indefinitely!"
"Warning heard. I was just doing the job of punishing someone who physically harmed two students. Since a teacher won't do it," Dart turned around and walked away from the failure of a teacher.
**\- Infirmary -**
Cecilia and Ling lied under the covers of an infirmary bed each with the top of the bend bent upwards to allow them to rest with their back up. Cecilia had a bandage wrapped around her head and around her right arm from the shoulder to her hand while Ling had one around her forehead, all the way down her left arm and around her right wrist.
They were both healing and humiliated.
Charles and Ichika stood at the center of both beds while Dart lied against the window closest to Cecilia.
"You two didn't have to save us like that, you know." Ling said looking between Ichika and Dart with her eyes. She was only saying that to prove she wasn't weak and wasn't going to accept the loss.
"If we had continued, we would have won." Cecilia added in the same mood as Ling. The two were more than humiliated when they knew the boys they liked had watched them in such a poor performance. It was similar to seeing them in an embarrassing moment.
"Hey, be thankful you weren't injured any more than you are," Dart stepped in scolding the two.
"And what did you have to do that for, Dart?!" Cecilia returned with a scolding of her own to the lad. She stared at him disapprovingly. "Thanks to what you did you're banned from the tournament!"
"Protecting you and getting back at Laura for what she did can't out-weight the participation of a tournament." In short, he was more concerned for her than the tournament.
"How did you two end up in a fight with Laura in the first place," Charles inquired changing the subject. This was on the mind of Ichika and Dart as well, though Dart could think of a reason for why Cecilia fought her. Probably what he said last night during their dinner together got her riled up.
The two resting girls now looked shy from their tough fronts.
"Well…" Ling began.
"How should I put it? Because she insulted a woman's pride," Cecilia explained on behalf of herself and Ling.
"Oh did she speak badly of Ichika and-" Charles gathered.
"Shut up!" In the spur of the embarrassment Ling and Cecilia shouted at the same time to tell Charles to zip it. From what Dart and Ichika heard they could presume Laura spoke ill of those two which would explain the taunt.
But then a quake started to begin. It was light to begin with but got heavier as each second passed. The medicine bottles on the shelves rattled violently as the door was barged through by a stampede of Class 1-1 girls flooding into the room.
"Orimura!"
"Dunois!"
In a quick moment, the entire room was filled with energetic girls. The original five were surrounded.
"Wh-What's this?" Ichika looked around the room of girls.
"Please pair up with me!" They shouted at the same time. The boys had no idea what was going on. A girl explained that the tournament was going to be a tag-team one with two teams of two facing off against each other. The girls shouted and begged for the two boys who were able to be in the tournament to be paired up with them.
Rumors did spread fast about what happened. The spectators during that declaration of ban for Dart spread the word throughout Class 1-1.
"Sorry, but I'm going to be pairing up with Charles, so please stop it." Ichika politely declined all their offers with a clap of his hands apologetically.
"Ichika…" Charles was speechless.
"Well, of that's the case…"
"That does seem better than pairing up with any other girl…"
"A boys' pair sounds beautiful… Yes."
The girls said sadly as they began to march out of the room, some with their heads down.
"Seems they all got to the point," Ichika muttered to Charles.
"Y-Yeah."
"Hey!" Ling shouted. "I think as a childhood friend, I'm a better choice for you!"
"You can't," a voice denied walking into the room through a side door. "Your IS unit has sustained Level C damage. If we don't work on the comprehensive repairs right away, it might even further the damage to the units. Above it all, you won't get permission to participate, regardless of your IS unit's status. The same goes for you, Alcott."
The girls wanted to fight back against the teacher to allow them to fight, but they accepted their conditions in the end and sighed.
"Well, that was easy," Ichika commented.
"Well, you see as IS requires a great amount of power to start up, remember? But when the damage is critical and it's impossible to start up, at that time of critical damage the unit does into an energy bypass phase. This is to prevent further damage or corruption that may happen to the unit the next time it activated." Charles explained to Ichika.
"Oh I see. Kind of how people can't work well when they're not feeling good. Their movements and actions are also affected by that."
"I'm sorry that you'll miss out on something so important, but I hope next time you shouldn't be so hasty." Yamada warned Ling and Cecilia.
"Y-Yes," they replied at the same time.
**\- Room 1052 –**
*Ker-Clunk*
Dart entered through the door to his room and flicked the lights on since it was getting dark outside. He walked further into the room with the only sound being made were his footsteps on the floor.
He never had this type of silence before. Usually when he walked into the room Cecilia would always be making a sound with some conversation with him.
"It's quiet…" he said to himself with a sigh. He walked over to the bottom of his bed, sat down and lied down on his back with his arms apart stretching out to the sides. He sighed once more but with more air. "So I'm banned from the tournament, huh? If Cecilia wasn't in her current condition she would have loved to be paired up with me." He raised his right hand in the air and slammed it down against the bed as hard as he could. He gritted his teeth, "Only if I had gone to training with her during lunch, I could have saved her and Ling." He then brought his right fist to in front of him. "At least I got my hands on her and got some payback. I still have to vent my remaining rage on her, but I can do that another time when I won't get into trouble by that prejudiced teacher."
**\- Room 1025 -**
"Ichika, thanks for helping me earlier today." Charles gratefully thanked as she sat on her bed on the left side staring at her partner for the tournament at the bottom of his bed.
"I should be thanking you. You were the one who helped me." Ichika shrugged off her thanks. He thought she meant something else but she meant back at the infirmary.
"No. that's not the case. I meant when you said you'd pair up with me."
"Pair, huh? It's only because I'm the only one who knows the truth about you, Charles. It's obvious that I should support you, right?"
"You didn't need to. It's because you're always there to help anyone in need." She placed her right hand on her chest happily, "It made me really happy."
"You know you don't need to keep talking like a man around me, okay?"
"Yeah, I thought so too but…since I've gone through some thorough conditioning going into the academy; it's not as easy as I thought. Maybe for me to act like a girl is a little strange…? But if it bugs you that much, I can work on it."
"No, it' bad if you try to force yourself, right? I don't think you're weird when you act like a girl. In fact, I think you look rather cute." Ichika said with a straight face.
"C-Cute…? Me?" She jumped with flatter. "Really? You're not lying?"
"I'm not, believe me," Ichika stood up from his and turned around so he could face the door. "You haven't changed right? I'll head into the bathroom until you're done."
"Okay," and so Charles began to strip as Ichika headed away to go into the bathroom and leave her some privacy. However a few seconds after the sound of stripping clothes was heard, a thump was heard next.
"Ow… My leg got caught," Charles fell onto the floor with her butt raised in the air. She still had the IS pants on so luckily her underwear wasn't in view.
"Charles, are you okay?" Ichika rushed over to his fallen roommate. Charles looked in the direction where she saw Ichika running towards her. She had a tear in her eye and was at the point she would scream.
Unfortunately when Ichika did come to Charles he accidentally tripped on the floor and in the process, pulled her pants down and revealed her butt.
"I'm sorr-!"
**POW**
Like a horse reacting to a sudden appearance behind it, she kicked Ichika in the face and knocked him out cold.
**\- Arena 3, Male Locker Room -**
The seats around the arena were fully taken by first year, second year and third year students alike talking to each other about how hyped they are to see the tag team battles.
Charles and Ichika got dressed in the male locker room into their respective IS uniforms. They had one objective and that was to win against Laura who he hoped to match against. However since it was a tag team battle, she would have a partner.
"This is pretty amazing," Ichika spoke rhetorically. He looked up at a TV screen on the corner of the room. It showed the outside and how full the arena was with spectators and people from other countries as well. In the central VIP seating area was eight adults who were at the IS Academy to scout out the third year students while others were there to evaluate the progress the others this past year.
"I wonder who Houki is going to team up with," he added. "They mentioned something about a lottery for people who couldn't find a partner.
"It looks like the match with Bodewig is the only thing on your mind, Ichika." Charles said coming out from the lockers and rejoining Ichika.
He turned around looking casual, "Yeah."
"Don't let your emotions affect you," she warned with care. "I think Bodewig is the strongest in the freshman class right now." The TV screen changed from the view of the VIPs and who was attending to the brackets for Year 1 Block A. "The matchups are out," she walked up to the screen with a stern look. When they looked at their place in A3, they became horrified to see who they were fighting in the A2 bracket in the first fight.
Laura Bodewig and Houki Shinonono.
**\- Infirmary –**
Since Cecilia and Ling spent the night in the infirmary beds to heal, they stayed in bed and watched the tournament through the plasma TV screen in the room. On a chair sitting to the left of Cecilia's bed was Dart. He looked at the brackets and he smiled. He knew Ichika and Charles were going to win.
"I'm surprised Bodewig's able to compete after that beating to her," he said rhetorically.
"Beat her, Ichika!" Ling shouted from her bed waving her fist. She itched for revenge against Laura and seeing her lose would be a good way to sate it, seeing her getting pushed off her high horse.
**\- Arena -**
The four pilots too center stage, aiming down at each other.
On one side was Ichika and Charles in there is, with Laura in her IS and Houki an Uchigane. Ichika and Laura were itching for the signal to sound so they could duke it out already.
"Who would've thought we would face each other in the first round?" Laura asked. "It spared the wait."
"I'm glad to hear that," replied Ichika. "The feeling's mutual."
*5*
*4*
*3*
*2*
*1*
"I'll beat you to a pulp!" Ichika and Laura cried at the same time.
*0*
**BEEP**
Without a second thought Ichika barged towards Laura with his sword pulled back ready to swing. She pushed her right hand forward and emitted her AIC, stopping Ichika in front of her and ceased his lunge.
In the infirmary Cecilia, Ling and Dart face palmed each other despite knowing the trait of her AIC from yesterday's outbreak.
"A rush attack, eh?" Laura mocked. "You're so predictable."
"Thank you," he said sarcastically with a smile. "I'm glad our thoughts are in sync. Charles now!" At his command Charles appeared behind him and flew up, aimed at Laura with her sniper rifle. She pressured Laura with fire, getting through the weakness of the AIC. While it did stop anything it was pointed towards, it sucked fending off multiple targets.
Laura brought down her AIC and began a retreat, sliding away. Charles took to the air, "You're not getting away!" She quickly changed her equipment to an assault rifle and an SMG and fired down on her.
Her shots missed until Houki came up to the front with her energy shield up. She quickly moved from defense to repelling her bullets with sword swings. She repelled about four as the last one hit back at Charles. This caused Charles to lose control, starting to spin backwards like a helicopter and landed back down near Ichika.
"I don't want you to forget about me." Houki informed taking a samurai stance. She rushed forwards to Charles who took to the air again and allowing Ichika to charge ahead and engage in in sword combat.
Houki struck downwards while Ichika was on the defense, blocking her sword. However Houki forgot about Charles who landed behind Ichika and took aim at the busy Houki. She fired once at Houki, but her teammate saved her by wrapping a wire around her IS leg and threw her back without a care in the world.
"What are you doing?!" Houki yelled as she flew backwards. Laura ignored her and charged towards the two boys and equipped her beam Tonfa's. The pulled back teammate slid back on her back, crying uncomfortably.
Laura engaged in a back-and-forth melee battle with Ichika using his sword. While the two were busy, Laura shot out two wires that went around Ichika and towards Charles who evaded them.
Houki got back up and charged again towards Ichika. However, she was fired upon by Charles spraying her with bullets.
"I'm sorry I'm not Ichika."
"Don't make a fool of me!" Houki yelled with her shield up to take the hits. So she charged forwards while blocking and struck down at Charles. She unequipped her rifle and changed to a knife, blocking the sword hit. With the HE gun Charles had in her left hand, she fired twice causing Houki to take a few steps back and become shrouded in dust.
Houki was okay but her IS wasn't. Through the metal sleeves steam rose up, deactivating the IS. A red prompt appeared on her HUD saying "Cannot Continue Fighting".
She had been eliminated, so that meant Laura was the only target.
Charles switched targets to Laura and fired two explosive rounds at her and separated the two fighters. With Laura back, Charles rejoined Ichika.
"You saved me, thanks. Where's Houki?"
'She's taking a little tie out."
"Good job. Then I'll finish her with this one."
Ichika's IS powered up, making it emit a golden aura around his Byakushiki. He charged ahead and so did Charles who swapped her gun to a submachine gun. She fired as she advanced on her but as soon as she got in range she was stopped by the AIC. Coming from Laura's left; Ichika approached and swung his sword. Laura stopped her AIC and flew back and evaded Ichika's strike.
Unfortunately that strike used up the majority of the energy of Ichika's IS and stopped flowing gold.
But Ichika was ruthless with his charges and charged once more, not caring his IS lost its ability to deplete her shields with one strike. Yet his movement was froze with the use of the AIC and Laura aimed her cannon down at Ichika.
"Have you forgotten? There are two of us," behind Ichika was Charles aiming her guns at Laura. Her shots make her shoulder cannon explode and made it inoperable, blowing off smoke.
Ichika charged again with his sword, but was stopped by the AIC. However Charles equipped her Shield Peirce, which took the form of a nail, and rushed towards Laura and hit her stomach, severely depleted her shield energy.
She was launched back and crashed into the wall and hit to the floor. She stood up again and watched as Charles approached her still armed with the Shied Peirce and continued to hit her with it a few more times until there was a yellow glow under Laura's left eye patch.
"I…won't…lose…!" Laura cried at the top of her lungs and emitted electric sparks around her body. Charles pulled away from Laura and stayed on guard. Suddenly, Laura shot out a blue light that pushed Charles down to the ground with a heavy gust.
Strangely, Laura's IS melted into a chrome-like slime and began to swallow her hole, morphing into something. Everyone was scared and confused at what was happening.
"Announce a Level D alert" Chifuyu said to Yamada in the control room.
[An emergency situation was arisen. All matches have been cancelled. Level D situation. Teachers will be sent to suppress the situation. All guests and students, evacuate at once.]
A female over the comms informed as the seating area were closed off by a metal shield to prevent anyone from being hurt.
The chrome slime merged into one being which looked like something that Ichika would know. It was like a woman in an Uchigane.
'The appearance…and the Yukihira?' He thought knowing this shape as like Chifuyu's IS wielding the same sword. With swift movement, the new enemy moved towards Ichika and struck down, sending him down on the ground breaking off his left shoulder armor in the process.
"Gwhaaaa!" He cried.
"Ichika!" Charles yelled in panic.
Ichika managed to sit back up rubbing some dirt from his chin, 'That sword technique. There's no mistake. That's the technique Chifuyu taught me!'
He stood back up holding his gut. Houki ran up to him and held his left shoulder, "Ichika! What are you doing?! Do you want to die?!" Ichika pushed his shoulder forward to get away from her hand. "What are you trying to do?! The Byakushiki doesn't have energy…! Even if you do nothing, I'm sure the instructors will…"
"That thing copied Chifuyu's data. That technique was Chifuyu's. It's not because I have to do it, but because I want to do it. Either way, I can't rest until this trash can is gone for good!" He looked to Charles, "Charles, I have a bit of energy left."
"Right," she nodded. "I'll give you the Revive's remaining energy. In return, promise you won't lose."
"I don't plan to."
Charles deactivated her IS and sent all of her remaining IS energy over to Ichika, though it was only enough to deploy a left hand and the sword.
"All done. I've given you all of my energy. Sorry I can send you more."
"It's okay. It's all I needed." He turned his attention to the idle threat. "Reiryaku Byakuya!" His beam blade extended with power. He charged for the last time with his sword ready to strike. The idle monster raised its samurai sword in the air and held it there to slam down.
Ichika was the faster one and swung his sword to the left and then to the right to cut the monster in the middle, and once more with a double slice. A cut appeared in the middle of the figure as it started to melt and released Laura from the center and into the hands of Ichika who saved her.
The threat was defeated.