A/N: Took a while to do this chapter as i have a life out of COVID now! Yay... why can't i just be a neet and stay inside and write!
But in all seriousness these next chapters will display where the story is going whilst giving idea's on how its going to be taken so feel free to make your own theories lol. (Could go full British mode and be like 'innit bruv' but its to cringe...Yikes) Yes i am British... big yikes. (Crazycrumpets knows ;))
More chapters coming soon as i am more motivated than ever to write but i have so little time to do write at the moment lol barely got this out. my other stories are also overdue for chapters lol i got to get on top of this quick.
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"Hmm..."
Ichika enjoyed the feeling of the air against his face. It being so early on in the morning made It feel better for himself and he couldn't comprehend how. Ichika loved getting up early to train. There was just something peaceful about training on his own so early in the morning. For a while now, Ichika had been having a rhythm of getting up early to train whilst the other's rest in the academy. It was one of the only times of the day where Ichika felt at peace. Ichika ceased the moment as much as he could.
Ichika after finishing his training, was currently sitting on a small hill watching over one of the many arenas for the academy's IS users to train at. The teen didn't have much to look at when it came to the arena as it was completely empty, instead he chose to admire the surroundings around him and really take in the beautiful scenery around the academy. Ichika's sword lay next to him on the verdant grass as Ichika had placed it down next to him right after he finished training. Ichika's mind began to drift off onto other thoughts that had been clouding his mind for quite some time.
(I really need to establish a connection with aunt Shiori so I can contact our family already... Not to mention sort out my relationship with the girls... Things are complicated indeed...) Ichika let out a loud sigh when realizing the small problems were bothering him the most.
Ichika thought about establishing contact with his family. he felt it was necessary as a way of stopping his family causing him or his friends unneeded problems. It mostly made sense to him at some degree. Although he couldn't shake off the feeling of being a bad relative for establishing contact for that reason alone. Thinking about it in another way made Ichika feel terrible about himself as he never considered how his family felt. Ichika knew his sisters would love nothing more than to be around him right about now. Ichika smiled at the thought of spending time with his family.
(I wonder if it's possible yet... surely... Let's calm down here Ichika. We need to take this one step at a time...) Ichika talked to himself in his thoughts. Instead of staying lay down on the grass, Ichika sat up and took his surroundings in. Letting out a breath, Ichika put any thoughts into the back of his mind for now.
Ichika noticed the beautiful sky as the sun continued to rise. The myriad of different colors in the sky made Ichika speechless at such a view. Ichika knew he wasn't one to admire scenery, but he made exceptions for times like these. Reaching down, Ichika picked up his sword and continued to look at the sky.
Ichika held his breath for a few moments as he felt a cold breeze pass by him. It was enough to make his skin shiver at the feeling. The IS pilot's skin pricked up after the cold breeze touched any open skin that was being shown. Ichika's attire consisted of a t-shirt and black pair of shorts with some running shoes Ichika scratched the back of his head and made a small smile when he began to feel the presence of someone behind him. Ichika knew who it was already as the person stood behind him was that of someone important to him.
"Hello Ichika."
Ichika smiled brightly when the person he needed to talk to the most had come to him instead. Ichika couldn't help but wonder on whether or not it was a coincidence that she was here. Ichika let out a breath before turning around. Ichika met eye to eye with a blonde bombshell. The woman smiled back when she noticed Ichika's smile. The two remained like that for a few moments before Ichika decided to speak up.
"You know Shiori. You're just the person I needed to talk to actually." Ichika gave Shiori an amused smile. "It's almost like you know what I'm thinking and where to be at the right time." Ichika chuckled towards his aunt. Shiori raised her eyebrows and giggled.
"Isn't that a coincidence Ichika?" Shiori rhetorically asked as she stepped forward with a warm smile. "I was just about to check on you actually. I wanted to see your progress, but I believe I've seen enough to know about where you are already." Shiori held out a towel from her hands and towards her nephew. In response Ichika lent forward and took the towel out of her hand and began to wipe any sweat left off of his face.
"Yeah I believe I have improved somewhat from the training..." Ichika stopped wiping the sweat off of his head to look at his aunt. "Aunt Nobume suggested for me to look into making my own techniques that only I can use, however it never went too well for me, although I did create one particular technique actually." Ichika remembered one of the techniques he had created since he had started his training.
"Oh?" Shiori's curiosity began to get the best of her "Do tell Ichika."
"I never really continued to build on the technique..." Ichika responded to his aunt. "The name I gave it was something like... 'Endless Thorns'? The concept of the attack was supposed to slow down the enemy in their attacks. The attack didn't use that much energy or power, but the damage was so little when in combat which was its drawback... however, there was one benefit... if it was used against an opponent in a fight that lasted a long time. It would slowly break them down until they could no longer fight." Ichika finished explaining what the technique he created was.
"Interesting and a different form of technique..." Shiori began to see the idea behind the type of technique. "I think the long term affects in battle would outweigh the negatives in battle per say... if I may request something. Have you thought about teaching a technique like that to your little sister?" Shiori put her hand on her chin and began to think more.
"That kind of technique would suit her..." The more Ichika thought about how Madoka fought her opponents, the more Ichika could imagine her using a similar technique. "I don't think I could teach her that type of technique... but I can imagine Madoka being the type of fighter to grind down her opponents throughout the battle... That I cannot unsee." Ichika continued.
"Yes, we both know what type your little sister is." Shiori's mind began to drift off onto other techniques that the Orimura clan was well known for. "I do believe you could teach Madoka it... besides... maybe she could really learn a thing or two by spending time with her beloved onii-chan." Shiori smiled as she finished her sentence. Ichika could understand where Shiori was coming from.
"I was thinking the same thing..." Ichika thought about how his little sister fought in battle. It was becoming increasingly clear on the type of fighter she was. "I was thinking... Madoka seems like the type as I mentioned earlier... plus she could add more to the attack if she wanted to... I'll propose the idea to her later actually." Ichika placed the back of his hand under his chin whilst thinking. Shiori found couldn't help but find her nephew cute when she saw his serious expression.
"My oh my... you are cute when you are serious Ichika." Shiori smiled passionately at her nephew. Ichika looked up from the ground and dropped his arms before letting out an expression an amused expression.
"I mean I suppose?" Ichika thought about what his aunt said. "I don't think I'm really the cute one but who am I to talk?" Ichika smiled at his aunt when he heard her giggle from his comment.
"I expected you to blush and try to explain why you weren't cute whilst going red Ichika... I suppose I should have realized that you have become a man now... I am quite disappointed in myself for not realizing it earlier." Shiori shrugged her shoulders and looked towards the clear sky that reigned over her and Ichika.
"When you are around girls that are constantly testing your limits... you begin to change bit by bit... you can decide whether or not it's for the better or for the worst." Ichika chuckled slightly. "Talking about change and Madoka actually... we had a wager that I regret... just a small amount."
"Oh?" Shiori looked down and towards her nephew with keen interest. "Please do tell. You got me very intrigued." Shiori waited for Ichika to continue.
"Well... Me and her had a wager on a game of shogi and it turns out I am not that good at the game after all..." Ichika chuckled nervously and scratched the back of her head. "The wager was to do anything with her for a day. I'm expecting that she will take advantage of that win one of these days and force me to do her bidding." Ichika finished explaining with a wry expression. Shiori let out a cute giggle from hearing her nephew's story.
"Oh Ichika... you never fail to disappoint." Before Ichika knew it, he was being hugged by his aunt tightly. Ichika enjoyed the embrace his aunt gave him. It was like no other feeling he had felt for a long time. Ichika allowed himself to enjoy the hug his aunt gave him by closing his eyes. "Oh... I just realized how tall you have gotten... how come I didn't realize before?" Shiori gently pulled back from the hug and admired her nephew's stature.
"Probably because your always doing other things and coming by whenever you choose." Ichika moved a few strands of hair out of his face. "Speaking of which... have you seen mom or my other aunt's recently?" Ichika questioned as the two finally broke their hug. Shiori stopped herself from responding for a second but then realized that Ichika already found most of the missing information out in Chi-tsuki.
"She's fine actually... Although I could tell that she misses you dearly..." Ichika nodded with a small smile and looked at the ground. "What about you? Do you miss your mother?" Shiori watched Ichika like a hawk. Ichika let out a breath before replying to Shiori's questions.
"Yes of course I do..." Ichika gulped before looking up towards the clear sky. "I often ask myself... 'wonder what mom is doing?' or 'how is mom feeling?'. Sometimes I wonder what she looks like? I can imagine how beautiful she must be but the image always escapes me..." Ichika closed his eyes as if he was letting it sync in. Shiori let herself process what Ichika told her for a few moments.
"Well... you have been gone for a long time Ichika..." Shiori let out a breath and made a sympathetic expression towards her nephew. "I'm sure that your return in the clan would send everyone into shock and anyone that knows the clan into shock as well." Ichika nodded at his aunt's comments. He understood what she was trying to say.
"I'm wanted that much by the clan huh?"
"You might not realize it yet Ichika, but you have so much in our family..." Shiori smiled sadly. "You have your mom... me... aunt Shizuka... aunt Minazuki... Your sisters... the maids... even some of the lower branch of our family love you Ichika..." Shiori explained to her nephew." Even though Ichika mentally didn't know what Shiori was talking about. Ichika felt as if he knew exactly what she meant by that. Ichika for the first time in a long time felt conflicted.
(I have so much there and so much here... I love my family so much... but I also found myself loving my friends and family here too...) Thinking about it even more made Ichika feel more conflicted as he thought about it. Ichika knew his family were the opposite of a normal family and fought against what he and his friends fought for now.
"Family is a big piece of why I was going to try to get in contact with you actually." Ichika pointed out. "I need to see mom and the others again... how am I supposed to stop our family from doing anything crazy when I don't even have a way to be able to talk to them when its needed?" Ichika explained to his aunt. Shiori thought about what Ichika said.
"I do not know whether you are ready yet..."
"It isn't about me being ready Shiori... we are living in a very strange time... if I'm not ready now. When am I going to be ready?" Ichika interrupted his aunt before she could continue. Shiori pushed a few strands of hair out of her face to look at her nephew properly. Ichika did the same and looked right back at her with a serious expression.
"I suppose you are right..."
"One last thing aunt Shiori..." Shiori nodded for Ichika to continue on. "I love the people I have at this academy and by no means will I be abandoning that but... we can't keep playing these 'you aren't ready' games... It's getting old. I'm no longer a child no more." Ichika said calmly. Shiori widened her eyes in response to Ichika.
(He's really grown up now... Nee-san...) Shiori admired her nephew with a proud smile.
"So how do you want to do this? I was thinking we go somewhere more private to discuss this in greater detail I suppose." Ichika pointed out.
"Good point..." Shiori felt lingering feelings about setting up connection between Ichika and the clan still. "Although I cannot help but feeling unsure still..." Shiori confessed to her nephew. Ichika nodded as he understood why.
"I understand but Shiori I hope you of all people understand my longing to see the family that raised me until..." Ichika stopped himself as he knew Shiori already got the answer.
"I know..." Shiori looked at the ground below her. "I just wanted to wait a bit longer and let you grow as a person-" Before Shiori could continue, Ichika cupped her chin and forced her to look up into his eyes as he wore a serious expression.
"I know you are worried... I do not blame you a certain bit but do not even consider anything bad coming from this... I know we haven't talked properly in quite a while, but I do not want to see you doubting yourself." Ichika said whilst he looked into his aunt's eyes. Shiori's eyes widened as she took the words of her nephew in.
"Ichika..." Shiori stared at her nephew with warm eyes as she began to see the man in him. Ichika pushed her gently into a hug and kissed the top of her head. Shiori smiled as her head nestled on his chest. "Your mother would so proud of how much you have grown..." Shiori closed her eyes. Ichika lifted his eyes from his aunt and looked out to the distance.
"I will admit I have grown but not as much as I want to." Ichika looked down to his aunt whom moved her head and looked up at Ichika. "You would be surprised at how much dad influenced me that day... It made me realize that I have to take control of the situation instead of having no authority or say in the matter whatsoever." Ichika made a wry smile as he looked into his aunt's eyes.
"Your dad huh..." Shiori looked out to the distance for a few moments before turning around. Ichika continued to watch his aunt. "Your mom had to take over all those years ago when your father became fatally Ill..." Shiori smiled sadly. Ichika nodded as he took it in.
"Don't worry." Ichika moved his hand to stroke a few strands of hair out of his aunt's face. "You can only beat a man so much before he rises from the ashes. I have a feeling that things are going to change now that I know about most of it."
Ichika moved his arms to his side. Shiori hummed and put her arms around her nephews' neck and brought him into a hug. Ichika responded by putting his arms around her waist and closing his eyes to enjoy it whilst it lasted. After a few moments of enjoying each other's company, the two reluctantly let each other go.
"If It makes you better, why don't you be by my side when we finally visit that crazy family of ours?" Ichika asked with an amused smile. Shiori nodded instantly.
"Of course!" Shiori smiled at her nephew. "Anyway... weren't we supposed to go into greater detail somewhere else?" Shiori giggled.
"Oh yeah..." Ichika chuckled awkwardly. "Shall we go? I'm kind of running on a schedule here as I got class today and then I got to talk to Chifuyu about a few things after words." Ichika explained before scratching the back of his head.
"Of course, Follow me." Shiori smiled at her nephew before turning around and walking away with her nephew in pursuit.
(Scene Change.)
"The world has surely changed since back then..." A man said out loud.
Currently the man stood next to the window watching the rain pour down onto the grass outside of his house. The room only had one source of light which came from the candle on his desk. Behind his desk stood Three separate bookshelves that were stacked to the brim with books. Each of them seemingly gathered their own dust from being there so long. The man did not bat an eye lid towards that. The man continued to stare out the window. It was almost as if the man was watching for something in particular.
The man moved his eyes quickly when he saw lighting in the distance. The man analysed where it was and continued to watch the rain pour down on the window. The building which the man was currently residing in was nothing short of being abandoned. The building looked as if it could collapse any moment. There were several small holes in the roof that allowed rain to drip into the room. The sound of the rain dripping onto the second floor which the man was currently on was all could be heard in this quiet building.
(Things have certainly changed since then... For better or for worse... I guess we will find out eventually... I suppose...) The man thought to himself. Without batting an eyelid. The man turned around slowly and walked towards the desk and looked down and picked up a book that had picked up dust.
Wiping the dust from the book, the man opened the book to the first page and began to inspect any little information that he could. The handwriting he knew instantly was that of someone he knew very well from his earlier days. The man narrowed his eyes when a certain part of the first page caught his eye in particular.
'Miyuki wanted us to start developing good relationships with those outside of the clan. I do not support that idea in the slightest, but I have reason to believe this could be used to my advantage... Miyuki has seemingly forgotten the mantra of the clan. We do not forgive. We do not forget. We do not spare... We only slaughter. She will learn that after I put my plan into action... We will setup those who are stupid enough to believe we are willing to cooperate...Soon they will understand.'
"Oh? So, Tatsuya was already planning this in the first place before asking me..." The man put the book down and rubbed his face. "I shouldn't be surprised... after all the man is always ten steps ahead of everyone else..." The man let out a breath and picked up the book before feeling the ever-growing presence of someone else's aura get closer.
The man put the book and laughed internally when he realized who it was. The man could tell by the aura who she was. Even though the man hadn't been around in a very long time. It was hard to forget an aura like it. Although the man could tell the aura was much different than he expected it to be.
"Come in."
The man leaned against the desk as he waited for the door to open and reveal the person he was expecting. The big doors slowly began to open and reveal a woman similar to Izanami Orimura. Although just from looking at the woman. The man could tell that it was not his niece. The man wondered what who the woman was if she wasn't his niece.
"You aren't Izanami."
"That's correct." The woman walked past the desk and past the man. "I'm her clone. She sent me as she got word you were back in town." The woman appeared to be none other than Nobume Orimura. Nobume walked over towards the shelves of books that was in-front of her before picking out a single book in particular.
"I never saw my niece as the type to be cloning herself. I do admit." The man stood up straight from the sitting position on the desk. "So, if your Izanami's clone... Why are you here in the first place? Oh wait... Let me guess she doesn't trust me being around I suppose?" The man smirked as he realized why pretty quickly. Nobume wiped the dust that had gathered on the book and turned around to face the tall man.
"You could say that Tadao Orimura..." Nobume looked Tadao in the eye with a cold expression. "The least we need is you interrupting us when we are trying to bring back Ichika back to the clan... Either go back to what you were doing, or we will have to use force." Nobume threatened with violence. Tadao smirked at Nobume's threat. Instead treating it as a joke.
"Well when you go back, tell Izanami that my promise has now been fulfilled and I am now free to do anything I want in the world." Tadao hovered over Nobume with a serious expression. "You may as well tell Izanami to be careful on how she words her sentences... she doesn't want to make an enemy of me, does she?" Nobume began to feel Tadao's aura completely surrounding her. Nobume knew it wasn't long until her aura broke under such a pressure.
"Making such a bold statement like that will cost you your life if Izanagi found out wouldn't it?" Nobume asked with a serious expression on her face. Tadao's aura instantly stopped being as menacing as it was when he was serious. Instead it calmed down to tempo that Nobume could handle. "We both know that if my husband found out... You would be dead in the matter of days... Maybe less..." Nobume claimed with an evil smirk on her face.
"Speaking of Izanagi..." Tadao seemed to of stop resonating any malice aura towards Nobume and instead decided to keep it under wraps. "How is he? I haven't heard or seen him since he took over the leadership." Tadao took a few steps back and leaned on the desk whilst giving Nobume a curious look. Nobume took a few moments to think about how she should answer such a question before hand.
"Izanagi is fine. For now, me and the others have relieved him of his duties as leader so he may rest his tired body." Nobume lied. Tadao took a few moments to think back to the past between him and his nephew. "Izanagi began resting after Chi-tsuki occurred and he had to help his son defeat his daughters. "Nobume continued the lie even more. Tadao got more curious to hear that Izanagi had a son.
"It's about time he had a son." Tadao mind began to wonder at what Izanagi's son would look like. "Speaking of which one of you gave birth to his son? It doesn't matter who, but I assume that the boy will indeed be a force to be reckoned with." Tadao thought about the potential of the next heir to the Orimura clan.
"Izanami did."
"Izanami did? Well consider me surprised... I thought for sure that Shizuka or Shiori were the two that were going to give birth to the next son... Well when I settle in and return fully which I will... I will visit the heir and see what monster he could become." Tadao said with peaked interest into Ichika.
"You cannot see Ichika." Nobume stated with a serious expression. "Ichika is currently out there in the world in that IS academy with his sisters. He is not ready to be brought back into the clan yet. Which is why you must leave... You will ruin that if you step into the outside world." Nobume finished her statement before drawing to a close.
"At the IS academy? I thought the clan sent one of the lower branches Orimura males into the academy to kill them. I didn't expect the only male in there to be that of Izanami and Izanagi's child... What an odd turnout of events... I must say I didn't expect to hear that." Tadao was slightly shocked to hear all of this. Although Tadao didn't show it. It still felt surprising to hear.
"Yes... Ichika is currently piloting an IS and training all the time from what we can see..." Nobume stated with utter confidence in the ability of her son's training. "Ichika's still learning but he's getting there quicker than any of us expected..."
"I see..." Tadao got up and straightened himself properly before picking up the book from the desk. "I will be back soon to talk, to have a meeting with Izanagi, and meet the son soon enough... For now, I've got a goose chase to start... Miyuki and Tatsuya won't find themselves, so I need to catch up before they slip away."
Tadao stepped closer towards the window and opened it before turning around to face Nobume one last time. Nobume stared with a blank expression as she watched Tadao smirk at her for seemingly no reason.
"Now one more thing." Tadao pointed towards the bookshelves next to the desk. "If you want to find a few things about or family... I would try those books on the shelves... When Tatsuya abandoned this place, he left a fountain of knowledge behind." Tadao said before stepping onto the ledge of the window before disappearing into thin air.
Nobume continued to watch for a few seconds as she felt the terrifying aura of Tadao Orimura disappear alongside him as he got seemingly further away. Nobume watched the rain for a few moments before turning around and walking over to the bookshelves. Nobume noticed most of the books never had a title on the side. Picking out a random one.
Nobume wiped the dust with the sleeve of her Yukata and opened the book. The pages looked creased and damaged with some of paper missing from the pages. Nobume ignored the state of the book and began to read whatever the book was about.
'TEST SUBJECT: 0-' 'Day-0'
'My findings are obsolete, today I was demanded by the Lady of The Night. None other than the latest member leader of the Orimura clan. Whilst I would love to continue to talk about our mistress... She sent me the corpse of a lower branch Orimura female to run multiple tests with. We have yet to come to an agreement on what type of tests should be ran with this female. She suggested for me to run tests to see how the Orimura blood works. I suggested to take the blood and try to see the results of injecting a normal human with the Orimura blood. She had scoffed at such idea, but I believe that everything I've learnt about the Orimura blood so far... could suggest that we could see some rather 'interesting' results... Unfortunately, we have not come to a compromise quite yet, but I believe after showing the Lady of The Night the reasons behind me wanting experiment with the blood... she will understand and give me the green light on the studies... I will report back to this journal with any results I find in the future...'
-Orimura Tootso
Nobume stopped herself from reading anymore as she thought about saving the rest for later. Nobume recalled a previous memory from her past about the book.
(If memory serves me correctly. My master read this as a kid... How interesting, I think I will take a look at this book myself and look into it...)
Before Nobume thought anymore. Nobume stepped back from the mountains of books on the bookshelves and walked towards the open window a few meters away from her. Nobume for a few moments, watched the rain fall down from the sky onto the broken-down buildings that surrounded the old Orimura household. Nobume stopped herself from watching the endless rain pour down and turned around to look at the long-abandoned room one last time.
(Izanami-sama will not be happy to hear Tadao Orimura's response... Thing's might begin to escalate sooner than we are going to expect... I just hope that Tadao doesn't interfere with Ichika's training...)
Without giving it more of a thought. Nobume disappeared from room and into the night with speed that no normal person could ever hope to see. The building stood dark and empty like it had been for years since Tatsuya and Miyuki had abandoned it.
(Scene change)
""""...""""
The Atmosphere in the spacious room was very awkward and tense. The girls continued to look at each other as they looked at each other for answers. Every moment that passed made the atmosphere all the more awkward.
A soft breeze could be felt from the windows that were unseen by the girls due to one of them closing the curtains. No light came through the window and into the room as the sun had now gone down, leaving the academy in the shadow of the night. All classrooms had now been locked up and made sure to be secure. All students were sent back to their rooms to sleep the night away.
"Why did we all gather in Ichika-san's room again?" Cecilia questioned her friends with a confused expression plastered across her face.
Currently, Houki Shinonono, Cecilia Alcott, Charlotte Dunois, Laura Bodewig, Huang Linying, Tatenashi Sarashiki, Kanzashi Sarashiki and Yu Na had all gathered in Ichika's room.
The girls were all doing their own retrospective things, Kanzashi was currently watching anime on her device. Houki was engaged in a conversation with Charlotte about the first years in the IS academy. Tatenashi chose to open her schematics for her IS to mess about with. Yu Na leered over Tatenashi's shoulder, trying to talk to her cousin and see what she was doing. Tatenashi continued to ignore her.
Rin sat on Ichika's bed lying down as she continued to read a book. Although Rin had a tinge of red on her cheeks as she realized that Ichika's pillows smelled good. Luckily for Rin, none of the other girls had noticed. Laura did nothing except analyze her friends and listen in on any conversations that were being taken place. Cecilia sat on the end of the bed as she began to grow impatient. Cecilia looked like she was waiting for someone to arrive.
"I don't believe they gave us an exact reason..." Laura let out a cute yawn. "I could sleep right about now... let's get this over with already..." Laura stretched her arms above her head before letting out another yawn.
"My thoughts exactly..." Cecilia sat straight up. "Although considering we are in Ichika-san's room... I wonder if we could do it again..." Cecilia mumbled the last bit quietly. Laura did not catch the last part and looked at her friend with a confused expression.
"What did you say?" Laura's interest began to grow bigger. "I didn't hear what you said..." Laura looked at Cecilia for answers. In return Cecilia blushed and waved it off.
"N-nothing!" Cecilia tried to convince her friend. Laura analyzed her friend for a few moments before waving it herself off.
"Well it doesn't matter anyway." Laura replied to her friend. "I wonder what is taking my wife so long. Shouldn't he be here? Usually he'd be here by now but he's not." Laura pointed out. Cecilia thought about it for a few moments.
(Doesn't sound like Ichika-san to come to his room this late... usually he'd be back by now.)
"Well I suppose you are right." Cecilia pushed a few strands of her golden hair behind her ear. "It does seem odd that Ichika-san hasn't return yet... Usually Ichika-san returns an hour or two ago but today he's taking unusually long..." Cecilia mind began to wonder on the different things Ichika could be doing.
"..?" Laura looked at her friend with a suspicious stare. Cecilia noticed out of the corner of her that her friend was looking at her weird.
"What is it?"
"You don't happen to stalk Ichika do you?"
"EHHHHHHH!?" Cecilia exclaimed loud enough to get the other girl's attention. Especially Rin whom jumped out of her skin when she heard her friend exclaim so loud.
"You do, don't you?" Laura smirked at her friend when she noticed Cecilia going slightly red. The other girls looked curious on what Laura and Cecilia was talking about.
"I DO NOT!" Cecilia tried to sway Laura's mind from thinking she was a stalker. Cecilia let out a few coughs to regain her composure before she continued. "A maiden like me would never result to something as low as 'stalking' someone..." Cecilia turned her head and stared at the wall with an annoyed expression.
"Hang on girls..." Tatenashi managed to stop Laura replying in time. "Who is stalking who?" Tatenashi asked with a slight evil smirk on her face. The other girls listened in with leering looks.
"Cecilia here has been stalking my wife!" Laura explained what her and Cecilia's conversation was about.
"I do not..." Cecilia almost wanted to give up with trying to convince not only Laura but everyone else. "Ichika-san happened to get back to his room when I normally do." Cecilia hoped that saying that was enough to convince her friends.
"I see..." Tatenashi grinned like a Cheshire cat. "Although I have to admit, I wouldn't call it stalking but I do my own research on our Ichika-kun..." Tatenashi admitted to her friends. The girls thought about what Tatenashi said for a few moments.
"We all have our own way of watching over Ichika." Houki spoke out before the other girls could say anything. "Whether that be as something as extreme as watching over him... but I believe in many ways it can be justified." Houki let out a cough before saying the last part. The other girls seemed to agree with her.
"Ichika is a very high profiled person these days." Charlotte pointed out. "If we don't at least keep an eye on him then who knows what could happen between now and the future." Charlotte explained to her friends.
"You can also add the fact that Ichika seems to chase every big boobed sherlock..." Rin's breast complex came out to play.
"Or Ichika being the only male to ever pilot an IS." Kanzashi added.
"Or the fact that Ichika's family is some weird powered crazy family that for some reason attack the place where Ichika resides in?" Yu Na pointed out. The girls gave Yu Na a blank stare.
"What?" Yu Na made a confused expression. It took a few moments for Yu Na to realize why they were staring at her like that. "Too soon?"
"""" Not Really."""" All the girls replied in unison to Yu Na's question.
"I think it's about time we actually talk about Ichika's sisters." Tatenashi initiated the conversation to the other girls. "I think we have been avoiding the matter of the subject for too long..."
"True..." Houki thought back to the previous encounters with Ichika's sisters. "They are very different to how I thought they would be..." Houki thought about Ichika's sisters she knew quite well. Such as Chifuyu and Madoka.
"Yes, they are definitely different..." Tatenashi specifically looked at her sister and saw her eyes go cold. Tatenashi grew curious and instead waited for her sister to continue. "Especially when his eldest sister decided to kiss Ichika-kun in-front of us..."
Different auras began to grow around each individual girl. Each of the aura's held malice intentions behind their aura's but what lay in their eyes were worse. The girl's eyes went hollow at the reminder of Ichika kissing another girl. Some would say the girls were going yandere.
"It's the classic case of Ichika going for an older woman with big breasts again...I could kill Ichika right about now..." Rin reigned her yandere aura back when she realized something. "Although it wasn't his fault. It was an unexpected and I assume it was more or less the same for Ichika as well." Rin calmed down mostly. Once the girls took what Rin said into account, they followed in pursuit and did the same.
"I suppose you are right. After all, Ichika-san would never cheat on me with another woman!" Cecilia proclaimed as she gushed about her and Ichika's moments together.
"Huuuh!? Why are you pretending that you and Ichika are dating all of a sudden!?" Rin arched her eyebrows as she looked at Cecilia with an angry expression.
"Well you wouldn't understand Rin-san..." Cecilia smirked with evil intention towards her friend. "After all, me and Ichika-san have tasted each other..." Cecilia announced with an evil expression as if she had won the 'race'.
"""" HAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!?""""
All the girls exclaimed in a shock, with the exception of Houki and Rin.
"WHAT!?" Laura exclaimed with shock lacing in her tone and in her expression.
"Oh my..." Tatenashi said before covering her face with a fan from her sleeve that had the word 'surprised' written on the fan.
"..." Yu Na watched on and eagerly waited for Cecilia to continue on at one point.
"WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!" Charlotte also exclaimed with shocked expression.
"..." Unlike Yu Na, Kanzashi refused to say anything. Instead her malicious aura began to grow around her as she felt rising anger.
"Um..." Houki intervened before any of the girls can say anything else. All eyes turned to Houki as they waited for her to continue. "Cecilia isn't the only one... I also did it with Ichika too..." Houki said as she turned to Cecilia to look at her 'rival'.
"Errrr..." Rin turned her head to the side with a slight blush going across her face as she did so. The other girls turned to Rin in suspicion. Rin glanced over towards the girls for a split second and knew she had to come clean also. "Me and Ichika did it as well..."
"I see..." Charlotte's eyebrow started twitching in anger. "I didn't know Ichika was such a pervert..." Charlotte's lip also began to twitch as she wanted to let out a fit of rage.
"Was it good?"
All of the girls turned to Tatenashi whom was the one asking the question. Houki, Cecilia and Rin went slightly red when confronted with the question. The other girls awaited the responses from the three girls.
"Yes...It was very good..." Houki out of the three spoke out for them.
"I see..." Tatenashi let out a sigh with a complicated expression. "I shouldn't be surprised... I suspected Ichika-kun to gifted in that area..." Houki and the other two looked at Tatenashi with a confused expression.
"You aren't mad at us for that?" Rin asked with confusion in her tone.
"Not really." Tatenashi let out a small smile. "I figured it was going to happen sooner or later and to be honest I'm surprised it didn't happen earlier." Tatenashi put her fan back into her sleeve for another day.
"And you aren't mad because?" Charlotte spat out with slight anger in her tone. Tatenashi took a few moments to think about why.
"I have no reason to be because Ichika-kun is a different type of man." Tatenashi pointed out before continuing. "Ichika-kun is the only male IS pilot... he's got more about him that's special... that draws girls in. What I'm saying is that I am not mad at those three because they aren't our enemies... our enemies are those who dare test us. Not those three." Tatenashi explained to her best ability.
"Do you even love Ichika?" Charlotte said with a serious expression as she waited for her to respond. The other girls also watched Tatenashi like a hawk. Tatenashi let out a slight giggle when Charlotte challenged her love for Ichika.
"I used to ask myself, do I love Ichika Orimura?" Tatenashi replied before thinking about her question. "If you would have asked me months prior maybe not but Ichika-kun has done a lot for me and what should be being asked... is how didn't I fall for him sooner? To answer your question yes I do..." Tatenashi's expression became serious as she averted her eyes Charlotte.
"Yet you allow those three to sleep with person you love?" Laura also turned to serious as she questioned Tatenashi as well.
"What a stupid question to again ask me." Tatenashi replied with annoyed tone lacing in her throat. "Do you really think Ichika-kun could make himself pick one of us when he knows it would break the other hearts?" Tatenashi narrowed her eyes at the others.
""""..."""" The girls stayed silent as they thought about what Tatenashi said.
"Think about how Ichika feels for once. Ichika is probably tormented at the thought of picking just one of us. He might not show it but why would he?" Tatenashi rhetorically asked the girls. The more thought they put into what Tatenashi was saying, the more they realized how right she was. "We put our hearts on the line and expect Ichika to pick us. Don't forget there is most likely other women that love Ichika just as much as us..." Tatenashi explained with a slightly more relaxed expression on her face.
"Are you saying that we should share him?" Yu Na stepped forward with an intrigued expression whilst the other's waited to hear her response.
"I'm not too sure myself..." Tatenashi let out with a sigh. "What I do know is that I would rather it be one of us having our moments with Ichika than some whore who wants Ichika for everything he has." Tatenashi replied before making a sincere expression on her face.
"You are right."
The other girls turned to Charlotte who agreed with Tatenashi. Charlotte stared at the ground for a few moments before looking up with a newfound resolve.
"I think in many ways we let our love for Ichika divide us..." Charlotte confessed. "We all got caught up in our own desires of Ichika picking one of us specific that we unintentionally all became enemies for Ichika's love. Look where that almost lead us... if it wasn't for Tatenashi here I think our relationship with each other would have been divided because of something we can't control." Charlotte stated. Slowly but surely the girls began to see what Charlotte was trying to say.
"Although I'm not too sure I agree completely with the two of them but..." Houki paused to think for a few moments to think. "I think we have been to pretend that we live in some sort of fantasy world where Ichika will pick one of us with precautions... besides... I don't want what we all have going to be ruined from something that was bound to happen." Houki moved to the other side of the room alongside Tatenashi. Charlotte followed as well.
"Well... I would rather any of us than any whore that would be with Ichika that doesn't love him for him..." Kanzashi reluctantly followed behind Houki and Charlotte a few moments later.
"Well?" Tatenashi looked at the other girls.
"I'm not too sure myself but I'm willing to understand what you girls are trying to say." Yu Na replied before walking over to the rest of the girls leaving Cecilia, Rin and Laura.
"Well I suppose it is better than some floozy being with Ichika without loving him." Cecilia pushed a few strands of her hair behind her ear. "The mere thought angers me severely... I must say..." Cecilia said before walking to the sides of the girls.
"Wife is definitely unique... Whilst it pains me to admit this... you are right..." Laura followed her friends' other side as she left Rin on her own.
"Rin?" Houki asked getting her attention.
"Hmph!" Rin blushed for a few moments before walking to the side of her friends without saying a single word.
"I half expected you to pick a fight with us like some sort of outlaw Rin." Tatenashi said with a smirk as she teased her friend.
".." Rin turned her head to the side with a blush becoming more and more see able. "Don't get the wrong idea! I'm doing this for Ichika!" Rin stated with a blush going across her face. The other girls smiled at Rin's poor attempt at trying to convince Tatenashi otherwise.
"I just realized..." Tatenashi cupped her own chin as she came to a realize something. "This is the first thing we have agreed on in a long time." Tatenashi made a surprised expression. The other girls nodded as they also agreed with her.
"Well its ha-" Before Cecilia could continue, the sound of the door to Ichika's room began to unlock.
"I'm finally alone..." A voice said behind the door as the door began to open and close behind the person. The mysterious person hadn't realized the girls were in the room. The person turned around and noticed the girls stood next to each other near the curtains. "Or not..." Ichika stared at the girls with a blank expression. The girls also did the same.
"Ummmm... Hi?" Ichika greeted the girls with a confused expression breaking onto his face. "Is there some sort of party in my room that I didn't know about?" Ichika tried to break the awkward atmosphere between him and the girls with a joke.
"Welcome home honey!" Tatenashi exclaimed before lunging at him and hugging him. "Would you like dinner first? Or maybe a bath? Or... maybe... Me?" Tatenashi lured Ichika by pressing herself against him.
"Onee-sama!" Kanzashi rushed forward and grabbed her sister's arm to try to pry her off.
"Wife! You are finally back!" Laura quickly hugged Ichika with her arms wrapping around his chest.
"Ichika-san!" Cecilia also came forward and pressed her breasts in between Ichika's right arm.
"Ichika-kun you are finally back." Yu Na quickly hugged Ichika from behind.
"hahahaha..." Charlotte giggled awkwardly as she watched the girls all hug Ichika alongside Houki and Rin.
"HEY! Let Ichika go!" Rin exclaimed as she tried to pull Laura off of Ichika.
"Why didn't I expect this..." Houki facepalmed.
(CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?) Ichika exclaimed in his own mind as he had no idea what was taking place.
The end
Also would anyone like to see Ichika being British and being like "Houki you looking kinda fire today innit?" yes im British btw lol
