A/N:Many chapters of Truth be told Resurgence are complete! well yes I decided to bulk up these chapters and release em all at once to actually give you guys something to read, before I head to go write five to six chapters of my High School Of The Dead harem fanfic.
I haven't even done chapter 206 yet and I know I will be drained but its all worth it at the end of it all, Oh! Train To Survive part 9 is done! it should be uploaded alongside these 4 chapters? well I hope you enjoy these chapters, I lost a decent proportion of some of the chapters. I lost motivation for a while.
This year, one of my goals with this fanfic, is to increase how many chapters I release, evidence to these bulk of chapters, as after I literally finish this A/N. Well you probably don't wanna hear about that.
Ok so... a while later, I have done 204, 205 and 206, and now I am waiting for them to be marked and checked over for any grammar errors.
Enjoy! oh and I have an IS discord with some writer's if you wanna join? check bottom of the page.
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With Charlotte Dunois
Thirteen Hours Later
It was no secret that certain students who attended IS Academy were clearly tired, their faces slightly discolored, their demeanor cold as ice and the bags under their eyes made it more noticeable that they lacked the regular amount of sleep. Students in the walls of the academy, looked on in fear as one particularly popular girl, known to all as Charlotte Dunois, strolled with a blank expression on her face.
Although unbeknownst to the blonde-haired girl, her expression to the students around her was something more to the many students, Charlotte's attitude and aura appeared to be frustrated, whereas Charlotte had been feeling consistently tired since waking up in the early hours of the morning. To the French girl, it was clear that she lacked sleep and she knew the feeling all too well. For now, she knew she had no choice but to get on with the school day.
"Woah, she looks angry..."
"We better not annoy her..."
"Agreed, let's try our best to stay out of her way..."
The whispers between students were very obvious for Charlotte to pick up on, after all, the blonde-haired girl knew the students from different years, made no real sort of attempt at hiding their conversations about her with other students. Letting out a sigh, Charlotte turned her attention towards her classroom which she wasn't far from.
'I really need to get a good night's rest one of these days, why did Laura have to keep me up to look into those cat costumes again?'
Charlotte internally sulked as she cursed her silver haired friends name in her mind, Charlotte made a mental note on not getting side-tracked with Laura late at night, their consistent fawning over cute cat clothes had become a consistent thing since they first began to do it, during their first years, the two had a run with Ichika.
Of course, Ichika being Ichika, he unloaded a bucket full of praise at the two girl's cuteness whilst they were dressed up in their attire. Laura wore a dark grey and Charlotte wore a pure white onesie whilst the two girls had their hoods up at the time, giving Ichika a perfect view of the cat ears.
Ever since then, the two would look into different cat costumes every now and then, although Charlotte noticed recently that it had become a daily thing, Charlotte wanted to put a stop to it, for now.
'I blame you Ichika, ever sinceyou complimented the both of us, Laura has been looking for more cute cat costumes to get.'
Thinking about the man she came to care for since her arrival in the academy, the mere thought of him reminded her of one of their 'moments' during the first year.
Letting out a sigh, Charlotte pulled the handle of the door in-front of her, behind the door lead into her classroom where she had spent most of her time in the academy, opening the door, Charlotte felt a few eyes on her as soon as she stepped into the classroom.
Although by the looks of it, Charlotte analysed that each of her fellow classmates in her class were engaged in their own conversation with their own friends. Thinking about it as Charlotte had walked past them, she knew she hadn't made a good effort to be friends with her other classmates.
Shaking that off as she approached her desk in her classroom, Charlotte pulled their chair back and sat in the chair, before forcing herself with little strength to tuck the chair under the desk with her sat on it.
"Hey Charlotte."
A masculine voice called out to the French girl as she looked around to see where the voice was coming from, the consistent talking from her classmates made it hard to identify which direction her name was being mentioned.
It didn't take Charlotte too long to find the face behind the voice as the person greeting her was obvious practically right in-front of her, staring at her with a wry smile as Charlotte took her time to realize it was him. Charlotte wore a surprised expression on her face as she didn't expect one of her good friends to be in the class earlier than her.
"Hello Ichika." Charlotte greeted back with a surprised expression on her face.
"You just arrived? Usually, you're usually much earlier than this." Ichika let out a yawn as it became apparent to Charlotte that he was tired.
'He's tire, I wonder what he did last night to make himself so exhausted. Did he not get much sleep last night? Was he thinking too much for him to rest? I know Ichika has the ability to do that from time to time.'
Charlotte analysed Ichika as she picked up on his tired expression and the bags under his eyes that became a primary suspect of concern, Charlotte had a feeling she knew why he was exhausted so early in the morning.
"hmmm... It's the usual time I arrive. Yes, seven thirty on the dot." Charlotte pushed the sleeve of her jacket back and showed Ichika the time as the young man came to a realization before nodding abruptly.
"Thank you, time has felt quicker as of late." Ichika said as he leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling above him.
"You seem more tired than me, did you get plenty of sleep? If so, did you get some coffee to help you throughout the day?" Charlotte's questions left Ichika which one he should answer first, looking down from the ceiling, Charlotte leaned over towards him and watched him as she waited for an answer from the Orimura.
"I didn't, didn't you hear about last night's events that occurred?" Ichika wore a curious expression as he waited patiently for the blonde-haired woman to respond, in the meantime, pulling up his holographic screen.
"Hmmm? What happened last night? Me and Laura were up pretty late finding new ca- I mean reading!" Charlotte had to stop herself from telling Ichika what she and Laura were truly up to last night, Ichika nodded in response before his eyes meet Charlotte's own.
"It doesn't matter... oh! By the way, I was talking to Miss Orimura earli- I mean last night, and she wanted to hold a meeting about those events happening across the world." Ichika let Charlotte know they were needed after classes. Charlotte nodded in response and crossed her legs.
"Ah yes, I read about those events, the IS organization is hosting multiple events across the world with different representatives of the IS... If I am remembering correctly." Charlotte scratched her head as she tried to cast her mind back to when she first read about the event.
"Something like that... If I am being honest, I am not too sure what is happening with these events, I just know we have to attend them out of being representatives of the IS." Ichika chuckled wryly as he wore a small smile on his face. Charlotte let out a sigh as she expected the answer Ichika gave.
"... I see, well, we do not have to worry about this meeting for now, after all... our classes will take priority for now." Charlotte responded briefly; the French girl flashed Ichika a warm smile as she looked at the bags under his eyes.
'I hope he'll be alright... he looks like he's going to get more tired by the coming hours... oh well, I guess I'll have to keep an eye on him throughout the day.'
She stared at Ichika with worry lacing in her eyes, Ichika turned around and faced the front as he placed his left arm on his desk and held his head up by the palm of his hand. His aura compared to usual was much worse. His physique was slouched as his expression was neutral, the degree of his fatigue gave Charlotte the impression that he hadn't eaten or had a drink in a while. Nodding to herself, Charlotte made a note to herself within herself.
'Note to self, I need to get Ichika some food and water after class, maybe Miss Orimura will pick up on It and let him out early? I hope she can, he needs it...'
Charlotte stared at Ichika with a worried look in her eyes, she had the right view to worry about her friend, she would discuss it with the girls later on to get their opinion. She knew they would agree with her as it was plain as day that Ichika was not in peak condition.
"Hey Ichika?"
"Hmmm? What's up?"
"Why don't you go and rest. You clearly are tired, I can cover for you and get miss Orimura off your back, she will probably let you off anyway." Charlotte made a warm smile as she looked at Ichika, trying to convince him into going to get some rest instead, Ichika nodded vigorously as he chuckled at Charlotte.
"I am feeling better than I look actually, I look more tired than I actually feel. Although I do promise you that if I do feel tired throughout the day... then I will ask Chifuyu and the other teachers for an early day." Ichika's head dropped slightly as it gave Charlotte the perfect view of the bags under his eyes, her warm smile quickly turned into a loving one as she wanted to baby the man she cared for.
"But wouldn't it be bet-"
Before Charlotte could continue, Ichika leaned over and pressed his index finger on her lips and nodded, the look in Ichika's eyes told Charlotte everything she needed to know about her friend.
"I know what you were going to say, I promised Chifuyu that I would get ahead of the work she has been giving out to us lately, before I even consider resting, I need to finish that at least..." Ichika's own eyes met Charlotte's beautiful purple eyes as he felt himself get lost into them as he stopped what he was saying, Ichika almost found it funny as he remembered countless times that he felt he was under her spell
To put it simply, Ichika always found himself being captivated by the French beauty.
Unaware to the two, a certain blonde haired woman and a busty brown haired woman began to make their way over towards them, from the entrance of the class, the classmates that Ichika and Charlotte shared, were currently listening and watching the French girl and the only male IS user in their heat of the moment.
"Ichika..."
"Charlotte..."
The two ladies a few feet away from them came in with a roaring aura crowding their bodies, their expressions held a myriad of emotions on their faces, curiosity, annoyance, and tiredness. That was clear at the very least.
"Ichika-san! Care to explain why you are flirting with Charlotte-san when you have me!" The Cecila slammed her hand on Ichika's desk as she ruined the warm moment between Ichika and Charlotte.
"Oi! don't just say things that other people can interpret as you and Ichika being a couple!" Houki got herself distracted by Cecilia Alcott's words which caused a flame of jealousy to spark within the Shinonono. Charlotte let out a sigh as she was left feeling slightly disappointed by the interference caused by her friends.
Many of Ichika's classmates watched in shock as they could not believe their ears, from their point of view, Charlotte's, Houki's and Cecilia's jealousy was like a harem sitcom, a jealous friend, a tsundere childhood friend and the calm and collected girl. Many of their classmates already had suspicions on who Ichika was dating, hearing those words from Cecilia's mouth, made them wonder whether or not Ichika's relationship was more complicated than they had originally thought.
"Hey Houki and Cecilia, aren't you guys earlier than usual today? it sure feels like you are." Ichika scratched the back of his head awkwardly as he did not want to cause any more commotion in the classroom, the last thing the young lad wanted was the numerous rumors surfacing from his classmates.
Ichika had an image of himself being interrogated by the other ladies he had grown closer to.
"I got up extra early for training, I happened to bump into her on the way back, then we came to class early to get some work out of the way." Houki took a seat in-front of Ichika before turning her entire body to the side so she could face her childhood friend, her eyes briefly meeting his own before averting she averted and started looking the other way.
"I can add to that, I was on my way to wake up Ichika-san but he wasn't there, when I began my searching for Ichika-san, I came across Houki-san and we came across a certain Dunois-san, flirting with Ichika-san when he has me." Cecilia leaned down and wrapped her arm around Ichika's left arm, leaving the boy with a surprised expression as he had no idea on how to react
Houki's face flushed red as she began to grow ever more annoyed, Charlotte pouted as her eyes landed on Ichika, as she made it known she was dissatisfied with the current situation. Cecilia mouthed the words 'I won!' to Houki and Charlotte, which annoyed the two ladies even more. Ichika on the other hand? blushed lightly as he knew that if he did not recognise the situation he was in, it would land him in trouble with the ladies around him.
Ichika also had to take his classmates seeing the said situation, into account.
"Hey ladies? Before you even begin thinking that I'm choosing Cecilia over one of you or vice versa, that's not my intention or ever will be. Besides I do not think I could do that." Ichika said before using his free arm to cover his mouth as he let out a yawn, anyone with eyes and ears could tell that the only male of the IS academy was indeed tired.
Any leverage that Cecilia Alcott thought she had over the other ladies currently, was now gone due to Ichika's reinforcing statement to them, it reminded the three ladies that it was almost impossible to get Ichika to themselves, Houki in particular, almost felt ashamed of herself for getting jealous as she remembered her previous comments to her friends about their relationships with Ichika. Charlotte on the other hand, understood and accepted it as she had a decent idea on how difficult it would be for Ichika Orimura to divide his attention to one girl in particular, not only that but without girls getting jealous of course.
"Ichika..."
"Ichika-san..."
"Ichika..."
Rather than Charlotte and Ichika being in a bubble of their own, Houki and Cecilia joined in as Ichika reassured them of any worries they currently had and lingering thoughts of the young man they all loved, being biased in any sort of way. Ichika was well aware that the ladies in-front of him had their own worries, he wanted to make sure those worries they had about him, were at a minimal.
The classmates that the four were now unaware of, listened intently with shocked expressions on their faces as the idea of Ichika Orimura having a harem, began to grow like a tree, within their minds.
The tiredness that Ichika Orimura snapped Ichika out of his moment with the ladies, being a person who was pretty much active all of the time, meant that Ichika was used to be active consistently, sitting in a classroom and not doing anything meant that Ichika felt the throes of tiredness. Closing his eyes and letting out a yawn, Charlotte worried whether or not Ichika would make it to the end of the day.
Ichika Orimura could only wonder what happens from here.
With Chifuyu Orimura and Tabane Shinonono
Location: IS Academy
Flashback to last night
The teacher and sister to Ichika Orimura and Madoka Orimura, currently resided in one of the many generator rooms that the IS Academy, reason being was due to problems she decided to take into her own hands, Chifuyu had talked about helping out with the process of getting the IS Academy back on the grid already, with the help of one smart rabbit woman, Chifuyu had no doubts that it was only a matter of time as she watched Tabane go to work on repairing the 'said' generator that the two stood nearby.
Although Tabane Shinonono was talkative a few minutes ago, being the busy woman she was, Tabane often worked in silence as it allowed her to work better, her mind was able to focus on the task at hand, Chifuyu had knew that of course. Chifuyu knew she had learned a few things from being Tabane Shinonono's friend for such a long time.
It came with its perks of course, but it also had its negatives here and there.
Currently, the purple haired woman sat with her legs crossed on top of a flight of stairs which led down towards one of the main generators, a childish smile plastered across her face as she quietly hummed to herself, Chifuyu on the other hand, leaned on a doorway a few feet in-front of the inventor of the IS, wearing a bored look, Chifuyu found herself almost being impatient with Tabane's progress.
Bags under her eyes, Tabane Shinonono looked like someone who had been given coffee late at night, her lively actions and her vibrant aura surrounding her, told Chifuyu Orimura that at the very least. However, it did not surprise the Chifuyu at all, she knew that the Inventor of the IS had been in the works to make a few other things, whether it be a new generation of IS, Tabane had to use her time efficiently as possible to accomplish the best results.
"How long do you think it will take? The other's need to rest already..."
"Hmmm! Luckily I have built protocol plans for a situation like this! give me ten minutes or so, Chi-chan and I will put this place back online~"
Tabane giggled wildly as she gave her prediction for when the power was going to be back online, the rabbits answer to her question kind of caught the Orimura sister off guard as she expected Tabane to be finished sooner, a few moments later, Chifuyu realised that Tabane was most likely using an 'outside' generator to keep the academy running this time, not only that but refining it whilst she was here.
"Good, those students of mine can no longer enter their rooms, luckily, most of the students are currently resting so that isn't a too concern, however how this generator ended up like this? needs to be addressed." Chifuyu Orimura crossed her arms and stared at the generator below her and Tabane, which appeared to be tattered and in ruins, Tabane had long picked up on it a while ago when she arrived.
"Hmmm! I was thinking the same thing Chi-chan! I have reason to believe that it wasn't a natural occurrence but a planned attack on this generator... maybe it was so the lights could go out and then whoever it was could take Ikkun?" Tabane's expression quickly changed as she began to think deeply about her theory that she pretty much made up on the spot, Chifuyu rolled her eyes, she knew she would know if there was intruder.
"Well I would like to see someone try, they would not get very far in their attempts, let's say that."
"So ruthless Chi-chan! but you should really be careful on who you think would break into this academy. What if it's those troublemaker's you call your sisters?" Tabane turned to Chifuyu who also looked at her, the two locked eyes for a few moments, Chifuyu could see the seriousness in Tabane's eyes for a few moments before it was replaced.
"My concerns do not lie with those sisters of mine; my mother would most likely forbid them from seeing Ichika for now.. unless something like chi-tsuki happens once more..."
"It is a possibility Chi-chan, every encounter or every story I have been told by you and Shi-chan hasn't been a good story."
"Of course, you know and have seen what the Orimura Clan is like, our slogan is literally 'Show those no mercy, reap what you sow and destroy all of those who oppose us'." Chifuyu finished as she let out a sigh, she hoped her family hadn't settled for such small attacks on the IS academy, those 'small attacks' were things such as destroying the generator they were having to fix.
"That's exactly why you don't want Ikkun returning to your family right? The idea of Ikkun's kindness being tainted into something that is a shell of his former self or rather, the man he is currently." Tabane felt like she hit the hammer on the head with her response.
"That's only a part of it, my little brother has always been a bright child, the following few months prior to 'the collapse', I witnessed my little brother's transformation as he almost ascended into the darkness that I and the others have already fell into, now I fear my brother will answer our families 'calling'... "
"I'm sorry Chi-chan, I'm not too sure what you mean by that?"
"My brother has desired to find out who our family was and is, I call it a calling for one simple reason... if the Orimura clan get a good grip on my brother, I feel the process that I and others have been stopping for years, will begin once more."
Chifuyu's expression turned more serious as her thoughts went deeper into her brother and her family, Tabane Shinonono stopped typing for a few moments as she found herself almost disagreeing with what her friend was saying, Tabane could almost see the benefits of Ichika knowing his family more clearly than she had previously thought about.
"Chi-chan I think you are looking at one dimensionally, whether we want to keep Ikkun as far away from his sisters and his family, it will do more damage than good to the person he is now, besides Ikkun is the one who goes out of his way to find out everything about his family."
"I am well aware that my thinking also tends to be one dimensional, I just want what's best for Ichika in the long run."
"I do too! However Chi-chan, never forget, not only Ikkun but all of us must experience hardships that life throws at us, Ikkun is no different, the odds are put against Ikkun but I am sure if you asked him, he would fancy his chances." Tabane giggled as she thought about Chifuyu's little brother and the man who took her virginity not long ago.
"I am willing to do anything for Ichika or accept anything that I may have to get used to, whether it's those sisters of mine being Ichika's other lovers, or these students of mine, eventually falling to Ichika's charms." Chifuyu rolled her eyes as she said what was on her mind, Tabane giggled before she also spoke out.
"Me too, Chi-chan!"
Silence between the two lingered in the air as the two friends took what each other took into account, a platonic face registered across Chifuyu's face as she realised what she had just said and what Tabane had agreed with her on. Tabane also did the same thing as she panicked internally about the sister of Ichika Orimura, finding out about their sexual exchange, not too long ago.
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
Tabane giggled awkwardly as she continued to type faster than ever on her holographic screen, she knew she was coming towards the end of her maintenance work on connecting a new generator to the IS academy. Chifuyu's mouth opened slightly as she tried to find words that refused to escape her mouth.
"I may be wrong but are you in love with Ichika?"
*knock* *knock* *knock* *knock*
"Chifuyu? Tabane? you both in there? I heard that you're currently fixing whatever caused this problem."'
Tabane and Chifuyu turned towards the door which was on top of the flight of stairs behind them, the door began to open slowly as they already recognised the voice behind the door, it was none other than Ichika Orimura, the little brother and lover to Chifuyu Orimura, and the little brother of her childhood friend. Tabane blushed lightly as her mind wandered back to the memory of her and Ichika going back at it a few days ago.
Chifuyu's expression quickly changed from a surprised one to a neutral one as she watched her lover, who stood at the top of the stairs, the room that the three were stood in, had its own source of light which shined above them, although it was still damp and dark, it was enough for the three to be able to see each other.
Ichika Orimura, the little brother and lover to Chifuyu, currently wore his usual IS attire as he stood at the door with a neutral expression plastered across his face, the look that Ichika had was enough to tell Chifuyu that he already knew where she was.
"Tell me later Tabane, we can discuss this in a due time."
"Hai! Hai! Chi-chan!"
Chifuyu turned to her friend Tabane and gave her a look before turning her full attention towards her brother who began to walk down the steps just next to the genius scientist, after a few moments, Ichika could no longer walk past due to Tabane being in the way, Ichika decided not to bother the rabbit woman and instead sat on steps alongside her.
"How's this progress going? are you anywhere near fixing it? Oh, and I heard you were going to get help by the others by the way, before you were going to ask, Chifuyu." Ichika had the feeling his sister was going to try to get him to tell her who let him know what she was up to, so in advance, Ichika said it to stop his sister's curiosity from building up.
"We are close you can say Ichika, although it has not been the easiest thing in the world to fix, I am not too sure when as Tabane here, knows when it will be complete." Chifuyu turned to Tabane for a few moments as she could see the Shinonono typing away with eccentric speed, it reminded both Orimura's that the genius often zoned out whilst she was working.
That was exactly what Tabane Shinonono was currently doing.
"Yeah she's a pretty hard worker when it comes to doing the thing she loves; it also appears to be that she is in full concentration mode." Ichika reached out with his right hand and gently stroked Tabane Shinonono on top of her head as the woman seemed to marvel under his touch, a small purr could be heard as Chifuyu watched on.
"You and Tabane seem to be closer than ever, or am I reading it wrong?"
"What do you mean by that Chifuyu? I'm not too sure what you mean by that exactly?"
"I meant what I said, it appears you two are closer than ever, almost like,"
Tabane Shinonono stopped typing as she could detect a hint of jealousy lacing in her friend's voice, Chifuyu on the other hand, wore a neutral expression as she felt the feeling of both anger and jealousy build up within her. Ichika's expression quickly changed as he know understood the true meaning behind his sister's words, a part of the young man felt horrible for making his sister feel such a way but another part of him found it cute.
"I know what you're thinking Chifuyu, remember what I said during 'that' time and on the plane? nothing has changed..."
Ichika's own eyes met Chifuyu's for a few moments before the elder sister looked down in shame, Chifuyu couldn't help but feel slightly jealous as she wished her little brother would give her the same treatment as Tabane Shinonono, although she knew she had to keep up appearances.
How long could Chifuyu keep appearances like this without anyone truly realising?
"I know, but you remember what I also said right? I cannot help but... you know." Ichika nodded in response as he understood what Chifuyu was referring to, Tabane Shinonono on the other hand, went back to typing as her thoughts tried to avoid the lewd idea's between Ichika and Chifuyu.
"Of course, Chifuyu, we can discuss this at a later date, for now? we need to focus on getting this power before anything." Ichika sent a warm smile before he stared into Chifuyu's eyes for a few moments, a light blush appeared on the older sister as she tried to avoid meeting eye contact with her little brother.
'I wonder whether Chi-chan and Ikkun have gotten to do the, unthinkable yet!? Grrr, I really want to know!'
Tabane felt slightly annoyed as she wished she added camera's into Ichika's room, previously she had denied any lingering feelings to do that before now, and currently, she was regretting it. Although Tabane refused to allow it to show to the other two. The purple haired rabbit's thoughts treaded into uncharted territories that she had never explored before, besides 'her first time' with Ichika.
Although for Tabane Shinonono, a penny seemed to drop within her thoughts, it made the twenty four year old woman stop writing for a few moments as she thought about her and Ichika Orimura's relationship. Tabane couldn't figure out what they were supposed to be, were they friends? Lovers even? Or perhaps they were simply two people that seemingly use each other for pleasure?
Tabane Shinonono did not want the latter, thinking about it made her realise that she cared for Ichika more than she ever realised.
"Oi Tabane, have you finished it yet? You said you were near finishing just a few minutes ago." Chifuyu's expression changed back to her usual stern expression as she leaned back onto the door beside her as she waited for an answer from her friend.
"Hai, Hai! I've finished it, Just putting a few final touches onto it and I should have it running any moment." Tabane said as she shook her head before beginning to type once more, Ichika noticed the slight change in attitude from Tabane which made the young man curious to find out.
'I wonder what's running through Tabane's head? she's changed suddenly, I hope she's alright...'
Ichika averted his eyes from Tabane and back to his sister as he caught his sister's eyes for a few moments, Ichika gestured for them to leave through the exit, Chifuyu got the hint and nodded in response before letting out a sigh and standing up straight.
Uncrossing her arms, the busty teacher stretched for a few moments before walking past Tabane and up the stairs with the little space she had to get up, Tabane finished the final touches as she activated the generators as she got the backups running.
"Coming Tabane? Even though the power is on now, I highly doubt the night is ending anytime soon."
Tabane's expression brightened up more as she stood up with quick space and made her way up the stairs, just after Chifuyu had reached the top a few moments before hand.
As the three approached the exit, Ichika used the palm of his right hand to wipe the sudden tiredness from his eyes as his eyes ached for rest, instead, Ichika chose to march on and continue to stay up whilst it was night.
'I may as well be a bat, considering they are nocturnal and all.'
With Ichika and the girls
Location: IS Academy meeting room
Present time
After countless hours of being up, Ichika had pretty much gotten used to the feeling of being awake, unlike his friends that he was around daily, Ichika had been up all night and all day due to last night's events that occurred, the power going out was also a big factor for it, not only that but the teenager found it hard to sleep when he had slept a bit before that event had occurred, Ichika narrowed his eyes on his elder sister as he tried to not give away any signs of him being even remotely close to being tired.
Although the older sister and the now lover to Ichika Orimura, had gotten the wrong idea as she stared at Ichika with concern lacing in her eyes, the older onee-san couldn't help but be worried as she thought her brother was giving her death glares.
Chifuyu Orimura was clueless on what she had done wrong in the first place.
Her arms crossed and her attention sometimes being drawn to the other ladies who also had picked up on Ichika giving his sister 'death glares', in reality it was Ichika Orimura's way of staying awake, as his eyes burned for rest.
"Ichika, did I do something wrong?"
Chifuyu asked with worry lacing in her tone, any fears she had suppressed had floated into her mind as she feared the worst possible scenario. Ichika shook his head as he let his elder sister know that she hadn't done anything to annoy him.
"No, I'm just prone to space out today, not too sure why but it must be one of those days..."
Ichika said vaguely, the miserable teenager didn't want to talk much as his throat had gone dry and his morale was nowhere near his usual demeanor, Ichika feared internally that he could lash out at one of his friends or sisters. Chifuyu noticed the bags under Ichika's eyes and made a mental note of it, it all made sense to the big sister now.
"I see, say Ichika, why don't you go get some rest after this meeting, we will begin shortly." The fears were suppressed in Chifuyu's heart for now, instead, worry laced within her mind as her little brother barely looked functional.
"I will after we finish this meeting and I get that work of yours done." Ichika replied hoarsely as he noticed all of the eyes on him.
Many of the teachers he had grown close to had given him looks of worry, Ichika knew they were deeply disturbed by his sudden change in behavior, what made it worse for Ichika was his closest friends were giving him the same look too, their stares of worry and fear resonated with Ichika as it made him feel slightly guilty for not keeping up his usual behavior. Even the first years who he had grown closer to since they began their days as IS students, the looks of worry he received from the likes of Emelia and Sakura, put the nail in coffin for the teenager.
Although Ichika had to admit, it felt good for once as the teenager was able to be in peace without the girls wanting to attack each other. For once, harmony between the ladies was all that was about.
"I agree with Chifuyu, Ichika, you should rest and recover any lost sleep you haven't gained, it's obvious that you are not feeling too great today." Satella crossed her arms as she stared at Ichika with narrowed eyes, Ichika made eye contact with the brown haired woman before looking at the copious different women that agreed with her.
"You ladies are worrying too much, I feel better than I thought I would be, I feel perfectly fine and to some degree, much better than usual." Ichika let out a sigh as he knew the girls were not going to stop pestering him, it left him feeling annoyed that they would continuously ask him the same thing.
"I don't mean to be rude Ichika but it's clear to see you could fall asleep any moment, so if you are feeling 'perfectly fine', would you be able to dodge one of my attacks with relative ease, still?" Iris asked Ichika a question that made the teenager chuckle, Ichika almost felt the desire to stand up and accept the challenge, although he knew he wouldn't be as good as he usually is.
"Probably not Iris, but that isn't the point, if you want to make me angry, feel free to attack me but I am able to function aren't I? I can still do things as usual, even if it means a slower pace." Ichika gritted his teeth as the girls were surprised by his reply, none more so than Iris Calling, she almost detected a hint of cockiness behind his words.
"Your eyes tell us you are mentally and physically exhausted."
"Of course, I'm exhausted, I have never denied that at any point."
"She's right Ichika-san, you should rest."
Ichika felt a slightly irritated by the ladies that surrounded him, Ichika let out a sigh looked at the ground below him for a few moments before rubbing his eyes of any tiredness that threatened to show even more. Ichika knew ultimately that the girls were right in the end, but he still did not want to give in.
"I'll make you a deal, once this meeting is over, I will head to bed, will that help stop your worrying?" Ichika almost felt a headache coming on as he bargained with the ladies around him.
Satisfied at the very least, the girl all nodded vigorously as they accepted it instantly.
"I will push back your work's due date for two weeks, after all, you will be heading to Osaka to attend an event as an IS representative." Chifuyu turned around and summoned a holographic screen which showed a picture of the building that Ichika was supposed to be going to.
"What are you doing?"
Ichika peered over his shoulder as Cecilia Alcott had pushed a chair behind him as Houki gently pushed him down onto the chair, Chifuyu turned and noticed what the girls were doing as well. Ichika felt the soft and delicate hands his second childhood friend Rin, pressing down on his shoulders as she gave him a massage.
"I'll allow it, only because you are fatigued, and we need you to sleep straight away."
Chifuyu decided to let the ladies off as she agreed with their methods for once, although it didn't stop the lover of Ichika Orimura, from wanting to massage him herself, however, she knew she had to keep up appearances during the IS academy.
"Right, what were you saying about the event I got to attend to? I heard what you said a few moments ago but I am not too sure I was aware of this before today." Ichika used his free hand to scratch the back of his head in confusion, the feeling of Rin pressing down and massaging his shoulders made him feel relaxed as the meeting continued.
"Orimura-kun, you and the other students here will be split up into separate groups and attend two separate events, one stationed in Osaka and the other in France, we will give you the extra detail once you arrive. Not only will the representatives of the IS be there, but some of the most infamous clans spread across the entire planet, we picked all of you because of what you bring to the table in terms of your IS's."
Maya Yamada explained to the best of her ability as she looked at each woman that stood in the room, she avoided the teachers due to them not attending the event in their separate countries. Ichika let out a breath before nodding in response, he understood what the busty green haired teacher of his was talking about, although it did make him question who would also be attending alongside himself.
"You can use this opportunity to show those other influences in this world, what it means to be an IS pilot, I'm sure you feel that there's a point to be proven with students that use the IS right?" Satella narrowed her eyes specifically at the likes of Houki Shinonono and Cecilia Alcott, she knew these two will be fired up by her rhetorical question.
"I have to ask, considering it hasn't been mentioned yet but, how come we are not going with our students? surely we need to supervise them?" Iris Calling spoke out as her curiosity got the best of her. Crossing her arms, the teacher waited for an answer.
"We will discuss that between us teachers, then you will truly understand, we cannot reveal all of the information in-front of our students." Natasha replied as she narrowed her eyes at her colleague and friend. Iris Calling nodded in response and suppressed her curiosity for now.
"Is there anything else we need to know? how are we supposed to attend both events? Are they on separate days?" Ichika's limbs felt numb as he felt he had gotten too comfortable with Rin's and now, Cecilia's massages as they tried to relax him.
"They will be on the same night, meaning there will be two separate groups to attend each, Ichika you will attend the one in Osaka, with Houki, Laura, Rin, Sakura, Aila, Madoka and Shinobu, I, Chifuyu Orimura and Tabane Shinonono will be on standby for any problems that may occur in Osaka, some of the ladies will arrive later than usual."
Chifuyu explained before she let out a breath and changed the screen on her holographic screen to show little avatars of each member on the team, Ichika nodded in response before meeting eyes with the girls he will be going to Osaka with.
"That means the rest of you ladies will be attending the one in France, Charlotte, Kanzashi, Tatenashi, Cecilia, Emelia, Marika, Alys and Ran. I will be overseeing your group and I also will be on standby, alongside Satella here, to make sure that you have no issues whilst you are in France, during the plane ride, I will discuss more about the various influential people that will be attending also."
Natasha Fairs explained as she eyed each of the students she was in charge of whilst they were in France, Charlotte couldn't help but be slightly excited as she thought about visiting her family whilst in France.
"Oh, this sounds good to me, finally I can take a break from all this work."
"I cannot wait!"
"Same here! I may visit my family depending on how much free time we have."
"I've never been to an event in France before, Charlotte-san you will have to show us around!"
"I'm sure senpai will use that time to flaunt his prowess."
"Can Houki be put on the other team? she might try to flaunt those melons of hers to get Ichika's attention."
"Hey! I will not!"
Ichika let out a sigh as he heard his two childhood friends go back and forward with word exchanges, the teacher's rolled their eyes at Rin as her big breast complex came back out, once more. For once, Ichika Orimura chose not to react to his friends talking about Houki's breasts, usually he knew he would have tried to argue about his interests in big breasts, although Ichika felt too tired to even argue in his own case.
Ichika left their spout between those two ladies.
His body ached for rest, his eyes begged to be shut, however it was not the primary thing Ichika was focusing on, Ichika had picked up on the different type of look he was getting by his younger sister, Madoka Orimura. Whenever Ichika made direct eye contact, his little sister would often turn away and avoid looking at him, Ichika figured there was something going on with the devious sister of his.
'I'll figure out what Madoka wants in the morning, but for now I assume this meeting is finished...'
"I assume this meeting has come to an end? if so, I'll head to go and rest then." Ichika used any strength he could muster to push himself onto his feet as he met eyes with Chifuyu.
"One more thing, everyone, you are going to set off tomorrow."
""""HUHHH!?""""
"I understand miss Orimura, I assume this concludes everything needed to be discussed today?" Ichika barely listened to his older sister speak as his mind focused the relaxing feeling of falling asleep, which Ichika will do soon enough.
"Correct, everyone is dismissed."
With Izanami Orimura
Location: Unknown
Currently, the matriarch of the Orimura clan, stood in the walls of the main phantom task base, a place that held the body of one specific woman, that woman? was none other than the woman that birthed Charlotte Dunois, Charline. For a long time now, the Dunois family thought that the mother of Charlotte had long died, however, due to the Orimura clan, Izanami Orimura was able to bring the woman back to life. Although the Charline that her daughter knew and her family, was not the same woman that was 'reborn'.
Izanami Orimura stood in-front of a gigantic tube that housed the body of the mother of Charlotte Dunois, her body resting within the liquid of the tube as she waited for her day to return to the normal world once more. A smirk plastered across Izanami's Orimura's face; her eyes glowed red as she couldn't wait to rain hell on those clans she hated so much.
Daniela, one of the higher profiles in the phantom task, stood on standby as she watched the matriarch and her terrifying smirk turned into a grin as she stared at the lifeless body within the tube. Her heart rated fastened as the matriarch's presence caused a great distress on the poor woman.
'She never gets any less scary, she's the true face of what the devil should look like.'
Daniela let out a breath as she mentally prepared herself to go and talk to the matriarch as she stood on her own, Izanami Orimura had been around for a while now, which was unlike the matriarch as she often got side-tracked or bored. Although Daniela chalked it up to being something that the matriarch was up to, however, the woman had no idea what the matriarch was doing standing in-front of the tube which housed Charline.
Without wanting to make any more excuses for herself, Daniela began walking closer towards the matriarch.
"There you are, I know you were watching me, you were starting to annoy me with how much you were making me wait." Izanami Orimura spoke out as Daniela slowly approached the matriarch, Izanami did not turn around and face the woman as she stood behind her.
"I apologize for making you wait; your power is so out of this world that I have to take a few moments to compose myself, so I do make mistakes in your presence." Daniela explained before bowing sincerely, Izanami Orimura smirked evilly as she was satisfied with Daniela's reasonings.
"Of course it is, there is nothing like my [Jaaku Reiki] after all, well that doesn't matter for now, ufufufufu!"
"Well if you don't mind me asking Izanami-sama, how come you are here today? I figured you wouldn't be here for another day or so?" Daniela raised her eyebrow as she had been wanting to ask that question since they began talking.
"Well today is the day after all, those weaklings who dare oppose us will suffer through other means..."
"Oh, we are beginning already. I thought you would wait until tomorrow to free Charline from her captivity." Daniela wore a surprised expression as she began to see the reigning dark red aura of Izanami Orimura.
"Well we need her to adjust to being back into reality, having her being awaken now rather than tomorrow means that she can be ready for the big day, coming up." Izanami grinned wickedly; everything was falling into place quicker than she predicted.
"I understand Izanami-sama, shall we release her now? we can do that, if that is what you request, after all." Daniela waited for the matriarch to give the command to open up the tube that Charline was being kept inside of.
"No not yet, I am waiting for my other sisters to turn up so the final changes can be made, that and they can tell me where my son is, apparently that boy of mine is on the move as we speak." Izanami quickly changed from the terrifying matriarch to a loving mother as she became no longer interested in the release of Charline.
"You must care about your son so much Izanami-sama, I'm envious."
"Of course, I do, everything I have ever done since his birth has been for his best interests at heart, even if he doesn't realize it now, he will learn to appreciate the things I did for him when we reunite once more." Izanami Orimura's thoughts became consumed of nothing but her son, the mother imagined what her son was up to, at times like this, the lonely matriarch wished she could be around her son.
"Who are you talking about?"
A voice called out to Izanami Orimura from a distance, the matriarch recognised her sister's voice from anywhere as the loud footsteps were coming closer, Daniela on the other hand, had no idea where the other matriarchs were coming from as the echo disillusioned her.
"Oh? good, you two have finally arrived..."
"Yes, we have, I was getting a certain sleepy sister of ours to wake up so we can begin this already."
"I see, if you would have made me wait any longer, I may would have done the procedures myself, we know how that would have gone after all!" Izanami Orimura's blood red eyes brightened as she grinned evilly at her younger sisters.
"That reminds me, you never told me who you were talking about, before me and Shizuka here, arrived."
"It's very obvious what I was talking about it isn't it? After all, you have been watching for a while, although if you make me wait again. Well, you already know what can happen when you make me wait…" Izanami stared at her young sisters as she made her displeasure known, the two sisters of Izanami rolled their eyes in response as they weren't the least bit afraid of facing the wrath of their older sister.
"Of course, we know what you are talking about, we just want to hear it come from you instead of listening in nee-san, all jokes aside though, I cannot wait until we can get our hands on our little Ichika once more. God I miss my nephew so much!" Minazuki complained about not having Ichika Orimura around, the other two sisters agreed as they wanted nothing more than spend a few moments with the heir.
"Of course, but as much as I could spend the rest of existence talking about my precious son, it's about time we move onto what we came here for, and that's for the mother of one of Ichika's pets of course." Izanami turned around and stared at the lifeless soul that was Charline once more, Shizuka and Minazuki also did the same as they nodded vigorously.
"Yes, I agree, we are only a few days from destroying those fools, right?"
"Yes, We will send all forces that we have been meaning to use to destroy those insects, but before all of that, we will mess with the minds of the Tachibana clan, for starters, oh and how could I forget? Our forces will be making an appearance in France as well, ufufufufu!"
"Nee-san, aren't those insects you speak of the 'friends' of, our husband?" With bags under her eyes, Shizuka asked her elder sister a question with a drained tone that told Izanami and Minazuki that their green haired sister was barely able to string a sentence together.
"Those insects are not fit to be our husbands friends, don't forget Shizuka, Izanagi is levels above what they could ever to be comparing the insects on the outside of the Orimura clan, to Izanagi is like comparing an insect to a god, no, it's more than that." Izanami thought for a few moments before letting out a manic giggle that echoed in Daniela's spine as the woman felt even more terrified.
The three matriarchs once again became distracted by their own accord as they originally were supposed to be in the phantom task quarters, Daniela was being put through a rollercoaster of emotions as she stood by the matriarchs of the Orimura clan. Daniela knew best not to interrupt the three sisters as they could converse back and forward with each other about the things they loved.
Although Daniela had learned one thing about the matriarchs as they continued to talk about their husband and son, that was that the matriarchs were surprisingly loving women when it came to the things they valued most. Looking back retrospectively, Daniela had always thought of the matriarchs on being the type of women who refused to let things like love and comfort, nest in their heart.
For Daniela, it was almost a lesson to be learnt as she learned that no matter how cold hearted someone was, everyone and anyone deserved to feel the feeling of being loved and giving love. Although, Daniela couldn't help but wonder what type of person the matriarch's husband was like.
She imagined the man to be significantly worse than the matriarchs that appeared before her.
"We've waited for what feels like a long time to go through with all of this, however this is only the beginning of our plans, you could say this lays out the pathway to the future that we want so badly…" Izanami looked over her shoulders and looked at her sisters who seemed to agree with her, Izanami knew they had more up their sleeves if it calls for it.
"Also remember, we do this with Izanagi's and Ichika's mind at hand also, whether they see it as being right yet, they will thank us in the long run of events after all…" Minazuki spoke out amongst the two sisters as she brought more reasons to the table that made them truly convinced that they were doing the right thing, for them that was of course.
The three matriarchs alongside Daniela began to prepare to release the mother of Charlotte Dunois, Charline. Their intentions with the woman were more devious and eviler than any phantom task member could ever predict, although those who knew the three matriarchs knew full well that their root of causing trouble did not stop there.
Nor could it simply stop there, after all, there was always something else lurking within the shadows for the matriarchs to use.
Hey guys! I wanted to thank for those who have left me messages on their own ideas for my stories (specifically TBTR, of course). I appreciate it and it has given me a insight I once had as someone who read Imherepresents Truth be Told, Being a writer compared to a reader, means that I tend to forget why I decided to pick this story up in the first place.
You tend to get so invested into a story you write that you forget why you write it in the first place.
Well if you are reading this and you like my stories, on my discord server I will be releasing 1/3 of some Truth Be Told Resurgence Ideas that never made it or will never make it.
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