CHAPTER 1
"Onee-chan! Onee-chan!"
Keiko Hosokawa was only half dressed and was startled when the door to her room burst open and a sobbing child ran up to her and grabbed on to her.
"Ryan what's wrong?"
Through his tears the boy looked up at his beloved older sister. "Onee-chan don't go! I've heard about the attack and people have already died! I don't want you to die! Please don't go onee-chan!"
Keiko looked down at her little brother and her heart ached. The reports that had come in about the Eighth NOVA Incursion were extremely bad. She understood that
if she went her chances for survival were slim, but she was the strongest of the Pandoras and staying was not an option. A major city was under attack and millions of loves were at stake. She did not want to further upset him, but if these were her last words to her brother they would not be lies.
Kneeling down in front of him she took her little brother into her arms and hugged him. "I'm sorry Ryan but your sister has to go."
"But onee-chan! What if you die?"
She looked into her brother's eyes with her usual serious expression but still smiled as she gently wiped away his tears. "Ryan, I am a Pandora. That means I have a special power to protect others that very few people will ever have. That means I am one of the special few who can protect everyone from the NOVAs. I may die, but if I don't go many, many others will die. Do you understand? Do you see why onee-chan has to go?"
To Ryan's credit he did seriously consider the question and slowly nodded, though his tears continued to stream down his cheeks. "I don't want you to go one-chan but I understand," his little arms tightened around her. "I love you so much!"
"I love you too," she whispered and tried to fight back tears of her own.
"You are special just like I am otouto and I know one day you will protect others just as I do now. Always do your best to protect those who need your help and I will always be proud of you."
"I will onee-chan, I swear it!"
She nodded her head and placed a kiss on his forehead.
"I know you will, you need to go now Ryan and I need to finish dressing."
She wiped his tears one final time and stood up.
He stared up and was surprised to see his always serious sister crying.
"Goodbye."
That was the last time he ever saw her.
Four Years Later
The Interceptor's rotors slowed into a low idle speed shortly after touching down.
As the preferred mode of military transportation in the world the machine itself was a marvel.
Capable of vertical takeoffs and landings, speeds of 150 kmph, and boasting a wide array of weaponry it was easy to be impressed.
Its development came after the military needed the maneuverability of a helicopter, but still the armaments and speed similar to that of a jet.
Within a few years' time the snub nosed troop transport and fighter called the Interceptor was born.
The wheels below had touched down on the hard concrete of the landing pad just moments ago.
The co-pilot looked back nodding at the single passenger seated behind him.
The passenger, a young man who looked to be in his teens raised a hand in acknowledgement and reached out sliding the side door open.
Sunlight washed into the transport and he briefly shielded his eyes letting them adjust to the sudden light.
He grabbed his bag and stepped off the vehicle hearing its rotors spin back up preparing to leave.
Ryan? Ryan Hosokawa?" A girls voice called out from up ahead a short distance.
The man set his bag down as he approached two girls standing side by side.
The Interceptor lifted off and pulled away towards the facility he had just arrived at.
The sound of its engines growing faint with each passing moment.
"Yes ma'am, Ryan Hosokawa of Middleheim."
The man responded standing straight saluting the girls ahead of him.
He recognized the emblems on the right shoulder of each girl.
A purple circle with a black Aquila in the center accompanied by the words Genetics.
This was the emblem of those who attended West Genetics in the country of Asakura.
They were dressed identical in what he assumed was the facilities uniform.
A long sleeved deep purple top with white trim along the cuffs and neckline.
A skirt with the same color and trim fell to just above their knees.
Black flats and white stockings completed the uniform.
"No need to be so formal. Although a military facility first and foremost this is a school. A school that we all attend so please feel relaxed and comfortable above all else."
One of the girls answered smiling.
Ryan estimated that both the girls could be no older than 16 or 17 in age.
That would make him no the same age as them.
He lowered his hand from his salute and relaxed a bit.
That feeling of comfort, however, was difficult to maintain.
Both girls were without a doubt attractive.
Their bodies were slender and fit.
Underneath the smiles and posture, though, Ryan knew these were not simple teenage girls.
They were Pandora.
Ryan's gaze was fixed on the girl who had spoken to him and it was her that made him the most uncomfortable.
Not once since he looked at her had her eye lids opened.
They had remained closed since stepping off the Interceptor, and yet he knew she stared back at him as intently as he to her.
"Chiffon Fairchild. Student body president of West Genetics. This is Ticy Phenyl, the vice president. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Welcome." Ticy said reaching her hand out.
Ryan reached out and shook her hand and then Chiffon's.
They motioned for him to follow and he grabbed his bag falling in line behind them.
Chiffon held a manila folder which she opened as they walked and rifled through some papers within.
"It says here you are 16 years old?" She asked continuing to walk.
"Yes ma'am that's correct 16." He answered.
"Please, call me Chiffon. It also says here you requested…no…demanded to be accepted here. Is this correct? You demanded to be allowed entry into West Genetics?"
"Yes ma'am I wanted to be a part of what you do, no matter the cost. I will do anything and everything to help." Ryan responded.
"Again, call me Chiffon. You realize that at 16 years of age you are the required age to become a Limiter?" Ryan stopped and it caused the girls to also stop and look back at him.
"I realize that yes. I didn't expect to become a Limiter or anything of the sort. I understand that what I can offer is next to nothing. However, I want to help. Even if that means dying so a Pandora can live even one second longer. I think I would be satisfied ma'am." He answered somberly.
Chiffon cocked her head slightly and sighed approaching him.
"I am the student body president here. It's important you follow directions and orders. Although a school our roots are deeply embedded in the military." She brought her face right up to his with their noses barely touching and Ryan sucked in his breath quickly.
"I understand." He quickly answered.
"Then for the last time…call me Chiffon." She said turning and walking back towards Ticy who giggled softly.
"Right…Ms. Chiffon." She stopped and turned her head towards him.
Again he knew that under those eyelids her gaze stared deep into his soul.
A feeling of dread or perhaps even fear washed over him.
"Um…I mean yes…Chiffon." She smiled instantly and began walking once more.
"We will take you to the freshman dorms where your room will be. For today you can get settled in and learn the lay of the land here. Tomorrow Sister Margaret will meet with you to finalize the details of your position here."
The other girl said. Chiffon had introduced her as Ticy Phenyl.
Whereas Chiffon's hair was blonde and came down to her shoulders neatly, Ticy's was long and black.
The sun seemed to reflect off her hair he noticed as she spoke.
As they walked the passed other students attending the academy.
All of which were of similar age grouping to Chiffon and Ticy.
There was certainly nobody as old as Ryan walking about.
No one seemed to notice or mind as they walked, but he knew that sooner rather than later questions would be asked about why he was here.
The entered a large building and after short trip up an elevator and down a hallway they stopped in front of a door with a card reader. Chiffon produced a small card and slid it through the reader causing it to glow green. An audible clicking noise was heard and she pushed the door open.
"Here is your room. This is your card that you can use to access your room and also any rooms authorized to you here. I will be here tomorrow morning at 6am to brief you on what exactly we do. Then you can truly decide if this is indeed what you want." Chiffon said handing him the card she has used to open the door.
"If you need anything please ask and we will help as much as we can." Ticy said following Chiffon out the door.
"Thank you both." He answered as they closed the door leaving him alone. He looked out the window in his room. He could see people below walking the facility as well as many of the buildings the academy housed. He leaned on the sill putting his face against the glass closing his eyes.
"I will avenge what those things did to you. Or I'll die trying." He said through gritted teeth and tears.
My older sister, Keiko Hosokawa, was one of them...She passed away at the end of a Fierce battle...
Bound by her dying wish, I enrolled in the Academy for Extradímensional Affairs, Genetics, to support the Pandoras in their cause.
It was there that I...met her... a girl who, from behind, looked strong yet lonesome just like my sister.
(West Genetics Japan, Second-Year Girls' Dorms, one week later)
"Eek! Holy crap, I'm late!"
Yukihime Shura, the world's only Advanced Pandora, panicked as she fell out of her bed in a heap, swearing in the process, and made a beeline for her bathroom. She is 5'5", 17-year-old Japanese girl with long violet hair styled in a side ponytail, yellow eyes, fair skin, and a slender build that disguises her natural superhuman strength and E-cup breasts.
During her shower, she quickly cleaned her body and hair, the soap studs and water trickling down her curvy body and the Stigmata implanted on her back.
Stigmata, Stigma for singular, are special tissues created by reverse-engineering Nova cell cultures, which are implanted into the user's back gives superhuman powers to Pandora's and Limiters. They usually appear as small grey, hexagonal-shaped tablets with six trapezoids surrounding the inside and a small circle in the center. Due to the fact that Stigmata came from the Nova, there is a chance it can take over its user and turn them into a Nova as well, dubbing the Stigmata "double-edged swords".
However, this only applies to Chevalier-issued Stigmata.
Shura is actually one of the chosen beta-testers for the "refined Stigmata" manufactured by Spiral Corp. Refined Stigmata are Stigmata that take longer to create and process, but when equipped with normal Stigmata, they lowers the risk of a Pandora turning into a Nova by 75 percent. The project is kept secret from the Chevalier until the refined Stigmata are proven as advertised since the Chevalier don't believe in them.
The violette has three of these refined Stigmata implanted into her back, in addition to three special Stigmata known as Heroic Stigmata, Stigmata formerly owned by the late Aoi Kazuha, making the total of Stigmata equipped into Shura up to six.
It's the Heroic Stigmata that Shura values greatly than her own life for a reason known only to her, and woe be anyone who dare touches them.
After a light meal, the busty, yellow-eyed violette slipped into some casual clothes, grabbed her two swords that are actually her Volt Weapons, and dashed out of her dorm, running to the main school building of West Genetics Japan.
"Not that I care, but who knows what they'll do to me for being late to this year's Carnival. And did it have to rain?"
Slipping and swearing loudly, Shura managed to arrive in the locker room in five minutes and stuffed her bag into her locker. Then she quickly stripped out of her clothes and chanted,
"Volt Texture: Equip!"
Volt Texture are the main weapon developed for Pandora to fight the Nova and to utilize for personal usages. They are materialized by concentrating energy through Stigmata to recombine matter into a solid structure, and are composed of elemental combinations between solid, liquid and gas elements. With Volt Texture, Pandora's can form their Volt Weapons for battle and even clothing, like their Battle-Use Reinforcement Uniform that is easily removable and can regenerate on command. Pandora's with bad eyesight can also use the Volt Texture to adjust/enhance their natural eye sight, so they won't need to fight with glasses on.
Her six Stigmata glowing on her back, they materialized her personalized school uniform, similar to her best friend's and the late Hosokawa Keiko, except it has a miniskirt. The dress is open at the top, giving view to her shoulders and breasts. The sleeves have crowned shoulder guards that bear the Genetics emblem. For footwear, she wears feminine short-heeled winged combat boots made by Spiral Corp's clothing line. Next, she attached her sheathed swords onto her thighs. The problem with being an Advanced Pandora with refined Stigmatas is that her weapons are always materialized.
Looking at herself in the mirror, she smirked.
"Well then, time to kick some major ass, and show everyone why I'm the Nightmare Princess!"
With that, she ran out the door and into the battlegrounds, flipping several coins and setting them on the slot on her belt.
(Carnival Battle Grounds, nighttime)
After ten minutes of being soaked in the rain and avoiding other Pandoras, Shura managed to locate her best friend and rival Satellizer el Bridget a fellow second-year who's known as the Untouchable Queen. She's a 17-year old, 5'6" young British woman from the United Kingdom with long blonde hair that runs all the way down to her back with several bangs hanging over her forehead and a blue headband to keep it in place, blue eyes, a slender build with large, DD-cup breasts, and wearing a unique Genetics uniform, donning a long red dress that reaches to her ankles with gold accents. The dress is open at the top, giving view to her shoulders and breasts. The sleeves have crowned shoulder guards that bear the Genetics emblem. For footwear, she wears brown heeled, laced boots which reach up to her knees over long stockings with brown garter belts.
Both Shura and Satellizer promised that they would settle their friendly rivalry in this year's Carnival by taking out the other low level Pandoras until they were the last two standing to fight for the number one rank.
Speaking of low-level Pandoras, there were twenty-two surrounding the duo when they finally met up and stood back to back.
"Volt Weapon: Deploy!"
Sateliizer summoned her Volt Weapon, a single-edge sword with the blade running past the guard.
"It's time for battle, Nova Blood!"
Meanwhile, Shura flicked the special seals off her swords.
"Volt Weapons: Activate!"
Shura unsheathed her two okatanas, one black with red trims and the other white with blue trims, and whirled them around, leaving red and blue trails respectively.
"Let's go, Darkness Izanagi and Shining Izanami!"
Scared but determined, the twenty Pandora charged at Shura and Satellizer and attacked en masse.
But that proved to be a mistake, as the other two countered with cold and ruthless efficiently, with Shura using the whip-like properties of her swords to attack her opponents from afar while Satellizer got up close and personal with her Nova Blood blade. There was one point that Shura stopped Satellizer from attacking the last time due to wetting herself at the carnage, but when they turned their backs, the Pandora tried to strike, but both Shura and Satellizer tore her apart, eliminating her.
Barely fifteen seconds later, the sun broke out as the ground was littered with fallen Pandoras with Shura and Satellizer standing tall without a scratch and covered in blood, credited with 11 takedowns each.
Shura Yukihime, the Nightmare Princess, ranked number 2.
Satellizer el Bridget, the Untouchable Queen, ranked number 1.
The most feared duo in all of West Genetics, known as the Untouchable Nightmares.
(Carnival Observatory)
"Ranks 1 and 2 have eliminated all 22 opponents."
"The Untouchable Queen and the Nightmare Princess. That is the titles the students have given the both of them. Although you may know them as Satellizer el Bridget and Yukihime Shura."
"Yukihime Shura, the only Advanced Pandora in history who adapted to the Advanced Pandora system? It's no surprise at all, but Bridget? You don't mean that Bridget, do you?"
"None other."
"Nightmare Princess I understand, but Untouchable Queen is a rather odd nickname."
"I think it'll make sense soon enough."
"The fourth, fifth, and sixth ranking students are now en route to Block 3."
(Carnival Battle Grounds)
Three Pandoras are currently facing Shura and Satellizer.
American Pandora Trish McKenzie, the Twin Fang, ranked number 6. She has a significant bust size, light tan skin and medium-length orange hair that reaches to her waist and has a clip in her left side of her head. She uses a different version of the West Genetics uniform, hers has a short shirt with short sleeves, and tied under her bosom which leaves her midriff bare. She wears blue denim shorts instead of a skirt, and boots instead the school shoes and long stockings. She also wears leather gloves, and is taller than virtually all of the student body. Her Volt Weapons are a pair of broadswords called Arondight.
Japanese Pandora Takeuchi Aika, the Manipulator of Water, ranked number five. She has dark blue hair stripped in a ponytail that reaches past her neck, green eyes and a great bust- size, being comparable with the Satellizer's, and wears the standard female West Genetics uniform. Her Volt Weapons is a chained flail that she can separate into two pieces.
French Pandora Audrey Duval, the Slashing Maiden, ranked number four. She has pale skin and dark brown eyes. She has red hair that reaches past her neck, and has two long strands of it that reaches past her to her knees and, like the most number of female students, she has medium-sized breasts. Her Volt Weapon is a poleaxe called Bolt Axe.
Right now their clothes are torn and her bodies showing battle scars, while their two opponents had not even a scratch on them, as one of them, Shura, raised her hand and made a 'come get us' gesture.
"Here we go!"
Trish took the bait and threw one of her swords at the duo, but they easily dodged it by moving their heads aside.
"Got you now!" Trish yelled as she jumped and bought her sword down on the duo, who moved out of the way.
Shura then activated Darkness Inzanagi's special ability, her okatana now turning into a sword-whip (a/n: like Ivy's sword from the Soul Calibur series), and bounded Trish's wrists together, trapping her and allowing Satellizer to get in close and slash her neck with Nova Blood, causing blood to spurt out as she collapsed, choking.
The blades on Shura's Darkness Izanagi then broken and scattered as the owner and her best friend turned their attention to a quivering Aika. Shura sent the blades to Aika, slicing her up as Satellizer slowly walked toward Aika and bought Nova Blood down, breaking her weapon and cutting her in the middle. Aika fell, unmoving.
A battle cry sounded off from above as the two top ranked Pandora looked up to see Audrey coming from above. Shura used a Guard Impact with Shining Izanami, knocking her back as Satellizer rushed forward and deadlocked her weapon with Audrey's, pushing the French girl against the wall of debris.
Audrey tried to reach out to grab Satellizer in retaliation, but the blond grabbed her wrist in a death grip.
"Stay back…I won't let you or anyone else touch my body." Satellizer stated, squeezing Audrey's wrist until it broke, making her scream out in pain until Shura stabbed her with the extending properties of Shining Izanami and Satellizer cut her across the throat.
(Carnival Observatory)
"Three of the top ranking student struck down in an instant!"
"They barely stood a chance."
"No one could lay a finger on them."
"It's just like you said, Sister Margaret."
(Carnival Battle Grounds)
"The Untouchable… Queen. The Nightmare… Princess. I had my doubts, but together you really are the Untouchable Nightmares, aren't you?" Audrey muttered before passing out.
Satellizer and Shura just looked down at her with cold expressions, as a medical helicopter appeared overhead.
"Three down…"
"And one to go…"
(Unknown Location at West Genetics)
"So those girls are the famous Untouchable Nightmares we've been hearing about."
(Carnival Battle Grounds)
"Shura Yukihime! Satellizer el Bridget!"
Both looked over their shoulders to see the hotheaded and prideful third-ranked Pandora in their year, Ganessa Roland, the Angel of Confinement, hailing from the United Kingdom. She has Burgundy red colored hair, which dons two large pigtails, curled at the tips and tied off at the top with blue ribbons, eye's that have a dark purplish tint, medium C-cup breasts, and wears the standard Pandora outfit.
"Oh no, not you." Shura muttered, originally hoping that someone had taken her out in the Carinval so that she and Satellizer wouldn't have to face this idiot.
"I'd expect nothing less of the two highest ranked students in our grade. However, your reigns are coming to an end today. Today will be the day I make you both taste the bitter humiliation of defeat, and who will be the one to serve it to you? Why me, third-ranked Ganessa Roland of course!"
Both girls looked at her, then at each other.
"She did spare us the trouble of finding her, but…" Shura sweatdropped at Ganessa's loud mouth.
"Let's just move somewhere else and fight." Satellizer suggested quietly.
"Good idea. If we're lucky, her mouth would be her own undoing." Shura added while yawning.
Both nodding in agreement, they walked away to the outrage the loudmouth, who charged at them.
"Hey, did you hear me?! Come back here right now! Chains of Binding!" she yelled, summoning four chained flails to attack Satellizer and Shura, who turned sharply to counterattack.
(West Genetic Japan, Main Lobby)
Meanwhile, Chiffon and Ticy were giving Ryanthe tour of the school.
"The training area up ahead to where the Carnival is underway…"
Chiffon was interrupted by the glass ceiling breaking in front of them as Ganessa, her cloths torn and breasts showing, landed on the nearby stairs, panting as she got up.
"Damn it, no fair. What's the point of getting stronger if those two are gonna get stronger too? Huh?"
She looked to see the two new students, Rosa and Ryan, the latter blinking at her and the former just facepalmed at her appearance.
"Eek! What are you staring at you creep?!" she shrieked, covering herself
"It's nothing, sorry." he mumbled as Rosa shook her head.
"You could always use your stigmata to fix your clothing you know." Rosa suggested, making Ganessa sputter, "That's what the Volt Texture is for right?"
Just then, Shura and Satellizer landed in front of Ganessa, to her displeasure.
"The audience better get back!" Shura shouted, twirling her swords around, "If you don't, you're gonna get hurt!"
Rosa was all too happy to do that, as she didn't want to lose a limb just yet, but a certain someone didn't get the violette's memo.
"Nee-san? You were alive?" Ryan suddenly asked, taking a step toward Satellizer, who looked back at him for a moment before turning her attention back to Ganessa.
"Huh? What are you talking about- Oi!" Rosa shouted at Ryan, who ran at the two battling Pandora, "There's still a fight going on!"
"You're Keiko nee-san right?"
Shura frowned and turned around to find a young man running up to her friend Satellizer, the appearance of the kid shocking her, making her freeze.
"No, no, no, no! It can't be him! What the hell is he doing here?!" she screamed in her mind, as Kazuya ran into Satellizer and hugged her from behind making her drop her weapon in shock.
Girls in the area: o.O ?
"What. The. Fuck." Shura blinked as she watch her friend get pin to a wall, both of them falling to the floor in a very compromising position.
"That idiot! He does that to the Untouchable Queen, of all people?!" Chiffon squeaked, putting her hand to her mouth as Ticy looked scared.
"S-She's gonna kill him!"
"Baka!" Rosa shrieked as she ran over, "What the hell are you doing?"
"Why is this happen now of all times?!" Shura muttered as she ran over to Satellizer and the kid.
"He- Hey!" Ganessa shouted in indignation as everyone just seemed to ignore her now.
Meanwhile, Ryan was not letting go of Satellizer, who was reacting in a… feminine-like way with a frightened look on her face as she tried to bring her dress down so her panties and garter belt won't show.
"Hey wait, why is she acting all shy and cutsy all of a sudden?" Chiffon wondered, confused.
"Weird isn't it?" Ticy agreed.
"I missed you so much! Don't leave me ever again!" Ryan cried, rubbing his face into her covered breasts.
"You… Let go of me! Let go- Ah! Please!" Satellizer wailed, trying her hardest not to moan, as her breasts are her weak point.
"Huh? Wait a minute! Satella? Is that you?" a shocked Rosa asked, as Shura grabbed the back of Ryan's uniform to pull him off of her friend, but a grid-like pattern spread itself on the ground from Ryan, rendering her, Satellizer, and Rosa unable to move.
"What the? I can't move!" Rosa cried, "Why is there a Freezing field here?!"
"What kind of Freezing is this?" Shura growled, "It's too powerful!"
"An enhanced Freezing?" Satellizer thought, panicking, "What's the meaning of this? My body can't-"
"Watch out!" Rosa screamed, looking at an attacking Ganessa.
"Wide open!" Ganessa shouted in glory as she bought her chains down for the kill, "This is my victory!"
"Oh crap!"
"I can't move!"
One second later, the scene was covered in red.
"Who knows…" Rias shrugged, as the bell sounded, and the students of West Genetics Japan moved to their next respective classes, just as the PA system sounded off.
"Breaking news! The Queen and Princess has met their first defeat! One loss each recorded at the second-year student Carnival. The Untouchable Queen and the Nightmare Princess has both met a stinging lost at this year's Carnival battle!"
Everyone in the school and on the grounds stopped in shock of this news, as the nearby TV's turned on, showing the winner of the Carnival, with Naruto looking on in interest.
"Satellizer el Bridget and Shura Yukihime has both finally been dethroned from their first and second rank respectively. What happened?"
"Of all things," a student on the TV being interviewed said, "It's seems an intruder suddenly appeared in the middle of the battle and grabbed the Untouchable Queen out of nowhere during the battle. Whoever it was must've been out of his mind!"
The reporter nodded and said, "The outcome, the one who defeated the two top second year Pandoras at the same time claimed victory in this round's Carnival is Ganessa Roland, the Angel of Confinement!"
A new first rank second-year Pandora was all good, but there's just one question on everyone's minds right now.
"What moron would be stupid enough to interfere with the Untouchable Nightmares' match? Who the hell would want to die that badly?!"
Meanwhile, Rias was surprised to hear the name of the two former top-ranked Pandora.
"Well, I'll be damned. Satella-chan's here, so is her. Yukihime Shura? Don't blame her for hiding under that name after what happened. Can't wait to see you two again after all this time. Looks like things are gonna get interesting!"
END OF CHAPTER ONE