With Marika Hanania
Location: France
In battle...
Marika Hanania's IS stood long and tall with it's dark purple scorpion based IS, the IS looked familiar to another IS called [Arachne], an American IS used significantly due to it being stolen by the [Phantom Task] all that time ago.
The IS had a sinister look to it with its thick plated armour, which was designed to take a lot of damage before giving the damage it received, equally to all of its opponents, regardless of who it crosses. The helmet protected every part of the Arabian girl's face as the black and purple colour made look more dangerous than ever.
Although the helmet looked very similar to a scorpion face, with a thick violet coloured visor covering its eyes and to add to that a large scope in the middle of the visor.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Marika Hanania, the pilot of the infamous [Scorpion Queen], used one of her many weapons as she used it to take down the [Jackal] lingering in the air, from a distance.
A dark purple beam shooting out of her weapon she currently used, which was the [Queen's Judgement].
A weapon specifically designed for distanced combat as she shot beams towards the many [Jackal] that came towards her, the girl with tanned skin held nothing back as she continued to use her [Queen's Judgement] to take out as many as possible.
Marika and her IS made light work of every attack that the [Jackal] did as she glided through the air with ease.
To any outsider, it seemed like the [Jackal] were fighting someone significantly more stronger than anyone they were prepared to fight.
Although shot's did land on Marika and her IS, although the shots were not powerful enough to truly do any damage to her or her IS, however they did leave a noticeable mark as her IS did sustain slight damage from battle.
Although Marika kept in mind of their objective, which was to protect the Dunois and their company.
Moving slightly to avoid a beam hitting her, Marika fired back with her [Queen's Judgement] as she watched the head of the [Jackal] be destroyed, before falling to the ground in defeat.
FSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH!
Soaring throughout the air, Marika found herself enjoying the battle more than she anticipated.
The many [Jackal]'s below her used their [Razor Strahl] a firearm which was a industrial like laser as they set their targets and weapons onto the smaller girl as she narrowly dodged each relentless attack.
Marika set her eyes on the pale gold colour which was on the plated body of unmanned IS below her.
The haughty princess, quickly dodged the remaining laser's heading towards her as she quickly turned around and shot a few of her beams out of her [Queen's Judgement] getting a few of the [Jackal]'s eliminated in the process.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!
Falling to their knee's the unmanned IS were eliminated, decreasing the amount that attacked her as she looked over towards her own friends who were dealing with their own battles at the moment.
"I'll show you what this princess can do!"
Marika got into a better position with the remaining [Jackal]'s still recovering from her shot a moment ago.
Before the [Jackal] could begin to get back at [Scorpion Queen] with their own attacks using [Razor Strahl], Marika used her weapon to snipe the heads of the unmanned IS as they began firing back at her.
BAAAANG! BAAAANG!
Aiming for the head of one of the many [Jackal]'s below her, the beam coming from her [Queen's Judgement] quickly destroyed the head of the unmanned IS.
The Jackal below her continuously fired their industrial mining laser at Marika as she soared through the air using her thrusters.
Using any chance she could, Marika used a small window of opportunity to analyse her opponents below her, noticing that their weapons could be easily concealed under the [Jackal]'s wrists.
The girl knew that if used correctly that their weapon could be used effectively for assassinations.
'Hmph! this princess isn't going to be killed as easily with those stupid stupid snipers of yours's you mindless unmanned IS'!'
Becoming less airborne, the tanned girl quickly swapped her [Queen's judgment] out as she brought out her [Save The Queen] beam sabers.
Two weapons that were specifically designed for close combat.
[Damage Sustained:]
"Dammit!"
The many beams of industrial lasers were starting to catch up to her as she slowly but surely closed the distance.
Marika wanted to close the distance enough for the lasers to be rendered useless so she could maximize her time destroying the many [Jackal] to the side of her, all huddled up together like a wolf pack as they did the same thing.
The Arabian girl took the damage that was sustained and quickly seized her opportunity to get in within arms length of the many [Jackal] unmanned IS in-front of her.
Using her [Save The Queen] to quickly slice through the armour of the first unmanned IS.
Turning her attention to the second one to the side, the girl quickly used her saber breakthrough the armour on the centre of the second [Jackal]'s chest, stabbing a hole through it entirely.
In the corner of her eye, Marika spotted the third [Jackal] about to use its claws on her.
Turning the second [Jackal] to her side as she still had her [Save The Queen] lodged in its stomach, she used the unmanned IS as a shield.
Allowing the third [Jackal] to use it's claws on its hands to rip the second [Jackal] to shreds within a few seconds.
Hearing the system beginning to malfunction, Marika quickly pulled her weapon out of the chest area out of the second unmanned IS and pushed it towards the third [Jackal] as it began glowing red very quickly.
Shaking entirely, the second IS began to self destruct.
Turning her eye to the up and coming fourth [Jackal], alongside the fifth, Marika quickly grabbed the armoured arm of the Unmanned IS as it was about to activate [Razor Strahl], aiming it at the fifth and sixth [Jackal] IS that were coming towards her.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The second [Jackal] exploded and left a cloud of smoke as the third [Jackal] joined it in death.
Marika used her saber to slice the arm of the fourth [Jackal] off before aiming for it's armoured neck, intending to slice the head of the IS from it's body.
The fifth and sixth [Jackal] were taken out by Marika forcing the fourth [Jackal] to kill its comrades as it used its main weapon, [Razor Strahl].
The fifth and sixth quickly fell to the ground with the rest, defeated and destroyed.
With gaping holes in it's system.
Without much time on her hands, Marika quickly used her speed out of the way as she saw more [Jackal] in the corner her eye, the automated IS unit using their gauntlet weapons to lay their sights on her.
Using her thrusters, Marika quickly soared through the air as the newly arrived [Jackal] unmanned IS aimed their industrial lasers towards her.
The many lasers aimed at her as she seemingly dodged them to the best of her ability.
FSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH!
Marika endlessly dodged the lasers chasing her as she got a glimpse of a different variant of the [Jackal] she had been fighting.
'What the hell?'
Marika quickly slowed down as she easily dodged the lasers zooming past her, giving her an opportunity to use her [Fatal Slicer] as she put away her sabers.
A scorpion pincer that can be used to shoot beams at the end of it.
Aiming her weapon at the taller and more armoured version of [Jackal] that was surrounded by other unmanned IS,
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Many of the [Jackal]'s surrounding the [Jackal Alpha] were quickly sent backwards as they tumbled to the ground, allowing Marika to shoot more beams before activating her beam saber and quickly pushing forward.
Closing her opponents down by each passing moment, The unmanned IS quickly got to their feet as they searched for a untraceable Marika Hanania.
Her dark purple beam coming down towards the many [Jackal]'s in-front of her, the girl began to use her speed and power behind her attacks as an advantage over the Unmanned IS.
The speed of her IS combined with her saber was enough to tear through the torso's of the automated IS.
The translucent black gel quickly disappearing as the separate torso's and lower body's of the [Jackal] quickly fell apart with her attack.
SLAAAAAAAAAAAASH! SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
With the Lasers aimed at her from the remaining enemies left, Marika quickly dodged and weaved as she approached closer.
Using her saber to slice off the arm of one of the Unmanned IS before turning to the next one, using her long bladed legs to send a kick into the chest of the second [Jackal] before turning around.
The third automated IS quickly used its claws to attack Marika at close range as the girl was caught off guard by the attack.
The strength almost overbearing her, Marika looked around for anything she could use in that split few seconds she had before she would sustain more damage by the other [Jackal] IS'.
'This princess cannot be beaten so easily!'
Using her saber Marika took a chunk out of the unmanned IS' side as it began to yield its force of dominance.
The [Jackal Alpha] of the pack quickly charged at Marika as the girl seemingly used the third [Jackal] in-front of her as a shield, blocking the claws of the more armoured version of the IS she had been fighting over and over.
Of course using the automated IS that she had taken a chunk out of prior, allowed Marika to be protected from the ruthless attacks she was going to receive by the [Jackal Alpha].
Marika gritted her teeth as she saw the [Jackal] get ripped apart as she used it as shield.
Quickly unequipping her saber and using it to blast a beam into the unmanned IS, Marika watched as a dark purple beam began growing at the end of her Scorpion Pincer.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A hole blasted through the [Jackal] and [Jackal Alpha] as the two unmanned IS began to fall to the ground, lifeless and the other [Jackal]'s that were seemingly going to join the fight, fell to the ground, deactivated by something.
"Wha...?"
Marika looked around noticing the sudden increase in [Jackal]'s around her deactivating, one by one before seemingly collapsing to the ground with their IS system now not operating.
Wiping the surprised expression from her face, the tanned girl turned her attention else where.
The sound of her friends battling it out with their own enemies back apparent as she watched the likes of her friend Cecilia.
The pilot of [Silent Blue Tears] dancing through the air as she seamlessly battled those placed in-front of her without a problem occurring to her.
[Pzzzzzzzzzz...ttt! Hello?! am I getting through!? or is - not working again?!]
Marika's eyebrows raised as she heard the sound of Natasha Fairs, a teacher at the IS academy who she had become familiar with before.
"Miss Fairs?! what do you want with this princess?"
Marika kept an eye on her friends just in case they needed help as she communicated with the busty blonde over comns.
[Pzzzzz... ttt! good to hear - this effort wasn't for nothing! - anyway! - is the situation - in France?]
Although there was many words she couldn't hear properly, Marika had a decent idea what her teacher was trying to say, and that was on the subject that was occurring in France, in-front of the Dunois main headquarters.
Her eyes narrowed as she watched the golden haired British woman from a distance take out multiple enemies at once.
"It's hell here pretty much! I mean who would of thought this princess would have to go out of her way to fight enemies during an party where we are supposed to be showing off our prowess?!"
Marika spoke out with an annoyed tone as she talked to the blonde American.
[Well if we were - that this was going - happen then - event would not of occurred in the first place!]
Marika couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"Well I assume you did not get in touch with me for a leisurely talk, isn't that right?" Marika nodded her head disapprovingly as she knew how her teacher was going to respond.
[Correct. Pzzzzzzzzzz... ttt! How is the battle fairing?! we are planning on sending reinforcements - -!]
Marika laughed lightly as she watched her friends.
"No need, you'll find we are doing pretty well against our opponents, especially me!"
In the midst of the shadows of the attack happening on two of the most influential families out there, The three Matriarch's of the Orimura clan sat around a glass table on the balcony of one of their many buildings they used.
Shizuka Orimura wore a tired look as she layed back on the chair, barely paying attention to anything around her as she stared blankly into the air. Her messy green hair falling over her Yukata as she slouched in her chair, the bangs in-front of her face withered in the wind as a light breeze continued to pass back and forward.
Minazuki Orimura joined Shizuka as she sat with her legs crossed in her seat, staring out towards the sky that was quickly looming into darkness as each minute passed by. Her red hair tied up in a ponytail for once and her Yukata neatly worn as it gave off the aura that it was recently made, although the woman wore the same colours of her previous Yukata's that she had worn since the age of eighteen years old.
Izanami Orimura on the other hand, also sat similarly to Minazuki as she sat with her legs crossed and her back pressed against the chair she sat in, Her expression as cold as ice, her face unweathering as she stared coldly into the night sky, the moon looming over them as one of the only two light sources reigning down on the three sisters.
The teacup placed in-front of Izanami Orimura and the other two women, continued to give off steam as it sat on the table.
The warm liquid freshly made by one of the servants that works under the guise of the Orimura clan, However Izanami was the only one at the table with the teacup as her sister's had already drank their own tea before the eldest sister could start.
"..."
"..."
Izanami noticed how quiet the air was between her and her sisters, it became almost to uncomfortable for her to handle, Izanami knew her sister's were always talkative when together so hearing the atmosphere be pleasant somewhat was unsual.
"What is it now? are you annoyed that you did not get the last say?" Izanami's eyes landed on the two sister's as they also turned their attention towards her.
"What is it that you are trying to elude to? I have no idea what you are trying to ask..." Minazuki was left confused by her elder sister.
Shizuka stared with a dulled expression at her older sister as the green haired woman had no response. Her eyes wandering back and forward between Izanami and Minazuki who wore a slightly confused expression on her face.
"She thinks we are sitting in silence because we did not get our say in the plan..." Shizuka spoke out dryly as she let out a yawn.
"Oh is that so? no I couldn't careless, the only thing I would be annoyed about is not being able to see that adorable nephew of mine already, how long has it been since he willingly hugged me...?"
A thoughtful expression appeared on Minazuki's face as she wondered, Izanami nodded and blinked a few times.
"Who knows? wasn't the last time that I can recall when we hugged him whilst he was alone and asleep on a trip?" Shizuka asked with a sleepy expression, not expecting her sisters to answer in the slightest as the answer was obvious to them.
"That wasn't him willingly hugging me, that was the three of us unable to control our motherly urges and pampering him with all of the love in the world we could muster up at that time."
Minazuki responded whilst her arms were crossed and narrowing her eyes at Shizuka.
"Oh."
Shizuka nodded with a tired expression, barely being able to keep a conversation going with her other sisters, Shizuka felt herself nodding off to sleep as she tried to keep herself awake more.
"Have you seen that Madoka has finally caved into her [Jaaku Reiki]? I heard the servants who were watching the battle from afar talking about it, apparently she has sadistic tendencies like her mother and sisters! ufufufufu!" Minazuki giggled as her eyes landed on Izanami.
"What that garbage does isn't remotely deserving of her being compared to me, I just happen to birth her." Izanami's eyes turned blood red for a moment or so.
Minazuki and Shizuka looked at each other for a few seconds, noticing how their oldest sister was annoyed by Minazuki's comment.
"Hmmm..."
"Hmmmmm..."
Izanami's eyes narrowed at her two younger sister's as she detected something was up with their stares at her.
"What is it now? did I not state how much I dislike that garbage enough?"
"Yup, usually you rant a little about how much you dislike those daughter's' of yours, especially Madoka or 'garbage' as you call her of course." Minazuki's head tilted slightly as she stared at her older sister.
"You are definitely overreacting, I would not do such a thing."
"Yes you would, remember when Ichika was a kid and he scrapped his knee when he fell over and you brought the best Orimura medics to make sure he was fine?"
"That's different, I love my son to death."
"I guess you are what they call a... tsundere?" Minazuki asked rhetorically as she tried to think back on some books she had read.
"What the hell is a tsundere? is that one of those trashy garbage thing from the outside world?"
"I think so, although what's funny is that it describes you perfectly when it comes to you and your relationship with your daughters." Minazuki giggled as she watched her older sister's eyes light up with [Jaaku Reiki] behind her gaze.
"Watch your mouth."
"I cannot do that, only one person can shut me up..."
Minazuki made it pretty obvious on who she was talking about, her husband and brother Izanagi Orimura, the sick patriarch of the Orimura clan, her expression quickly changed as the neediness to see her husband began to creep up in her mind once more.
The desire to see him ran through her body like a shockwave.
However Minazuki wasn't the only one, the two sister's that sat by her thought of their husband from Minazuki's mere words, his kind nature and his smile was something they desired to see once more, their hearts wrenched at the thoughts of him resting up and not being able to visit him to cure their negative emotion they were beginning to feel.
Shizuka on the other hand was feeling the most positive out of the two right about now, the thoughts of her husbands playful nature as a child began to run through her head as she remembered creating several memories she cherished with him.
Izanami on the other hand, her eyes quickly changed back from to their usual demeanour as the mention of her husband was enough to put her in a trance of thinking about him, a part of Izanami wished her husband was able to watch the growth of her son with Izanagi as they proudly looked over him, however she knew that things would have to change before that.
Izanami knew her husband was not ready for the 'next' step yet.
"I miss Izanagi..."
"Me too...
Izanami understood her sister's pain as she felt sad, it dawned the matriarch of the Orimura clan that her son had never truly gotten to spend time with his father, more importantly than that, but had true memories of his father, even as a child.
"Wouldn't it be cute if Izanagi and Ichika got to spend some time together? as father and son."
"I think I would explode if that happened..." Minazuki held her cheeks as she began to blush, imagining her husband and her nephew spending time together as they bonded.
"Ichika... and Izanagi...?"
Shizuka's expression quickly changed from a tired and sleepy expression to a small smile as she thought similarly to Minazuki.
"However as much as I would love to gush over them, I believe we have a battle to keep tabs on."
"Fine..."
"..."
Shizuka Orimura quickly found herself being zapped out of her thoughts whilst her other sister's refrained themselves from thinking about Ichika and Izanagi any longer.
Izanami crossed her legs and reached for her teacup, taking a sip whilst staring off into the distance, Minazuki Orimura sat up straight and let out a breath before also watching the battle in Osaka from afar.
Their abilities of an Orimura helping them out with said battle watching.
With Cecilia Alcott
Location: France
In battle...
The pilot of [Silent Blue Tears] Cecilia Alcott zoomed through the air as she used her thrusters on the back of her IS to dodge the industrial lasers coming her way as they narrowly hit one of the many weapons Cecilia carried with her.
The [Jackal]'s below her aimed their weapons in unison towards her as she danced through the air.
Her [BITS] being deployed, Cecilia bided her time as she waited for the perfect opening to exploit and shoot down the unmanned IS below her as made a mental note to keep an eye on her friends every once in a while.
Her friends were also doing battle themselves as they had to deal with the issues that came with as well.
Her medium ranged rifle known as the [Blue Pierce] was the weapon that the busty blonde currently had equipped as she knew that her best way of fighting back was going to be from distance after all.
'How many of these are there anyway!? they better not keep me from helping out my friends!'
Cecilia came to a holt as she watched the laser moving past her, giving her opportunity of time to use her rifle to destroy a few.
BANG!
A small smirk plastered across her face as she shot her first towards the nearest [Jackal] within the group, the shot ripping through the translucent black gel that crowded the front of it's armour as it penetrated the core.
The black gel began to disappear from its body as the IS unit fell to the ground with relative ease as Cecilia turned her attention towards the second [Jackal], her shot firing instantly as the rifle cocked back.
BANG!
The shot began traveling at incredible speed towards the second [Jackal].
Although Cecilia Alcott wanted to admire her shooting ability, the British girl quickly turned her attention else where as she began firing once more, this time multiple shots into the third [Jackal] as they caught on to her quickly.
Soon multiple automated IS quickly fell to the ground with relative ease from the empowering shots coming from Cecilia and her [Silent Blue Tears].
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Many more bullets were fired from her rifle as Cecilia noticed out of the corner of her eye that more started appearing as they came closer towards her and the Tachibana clan's main base.
Her eyes were concentrated on the ones she was firing at as she destroyed the unmanned IS' from a distance away.
Firing at the remaining few, Cecilia quickly got moving in the air to avoid being hit by newly arrived [Jackal]'s that replaced the latter that were gunned down by Cecilia Alcott.
Each using the same weapons which were known as [Razor Strahl].
Cecilia noticed that they were unable to get airborne due to having no thrusters to propel them into the sky, a small smirk appeared on her face as she counted how many there were below her.
'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! eight of them! this should be relative easy if I must say!'
The four optical drones that gave were apart of her IS, quickly departed and began heading down towards the [Jackal].
Attacking them and giving Cecilia more time to quickly use her [Blue Pierce] to attack and get rid of all of the unmanned IS attacking the Tachibana clan.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Many of the [Jackal]'s began to use their claws on their hands to attack the drones as each bit became to elusive for the automated IS.
Allowing Cecilia to pick them off one by one as they focused on her secret weapon rather than her.
Although Cecilia couldn't help but find it odd.
'Why are all of them focusing on my distraction? I would of thought at least one or two of them would still have their weapons drawn at me?'
Cecilia was slightly baffled but continued to shoot her weapon as there was only a few remaining [Jackal] that she had to take out still, those remaining continued to go after her [BITS] of course.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Multiple shots to different IS units and different parts of the body, Cecilia watched the automated IS units quickly fall to the ground as they either had been shot in the head or in the chest, where the core lay.
Her attention quickly snatched up as she continuously fired more rounds into next [Jackal].
Breaking through the translucent gel that it used to protect itself as some form of armour, her bullet covered in a light blue aura as it roared throughout the air.
The busty blonde used the speed of her IS to do multiple things at once as she dodged any on coming attacks.
Her eye light blue eyes glistening as she used her rifle to fire multiple rounds into the automated IS that dared to oppose her, one after another without fail as they were no match for Cecilia Alcott and her [Silent Blue Tears].
Her [BITS] doing all of the work below as they distracted and made it hard for the IS units to split their attention.
Instead they all seamlessly worked on taking out her [BITS] without focusing on Cecilia.
Metres into the air, Cecilia had very few remaining left to deal with, it was light work for her as the unmanned IS were struck down within the matter of seconds.
BANG!
One down and a few more to go.
the smoke at the end of her rifle cleared at the end of her rifle as she turned her sight onto the next target.
Her one eye closing as a beam began to glow at the front of her weapon.
BANG!
The beam travelled at the sound of speed and went through the thick layer of armour as it pierced the helmet of the [Jackal].
The armoured IS unit quickly dropped to the ground.
Cecilia Alcott made no attempts to wait around to take out the final remaining [Jackal] as she turned her attention elsewhere, readying her weapon for one final shot.
One moment felt like forever as the only remaining [Jackal] quickly turned around and activated it's claws on its feet and hands.
Running towards her with lighting speed.
BAAANG!
A gaping hole appeared through the remaining IS unit's head as it stood still, unable to move or function.
Smoke began appearing at the end of her rifle as signs of the shot being more powerful than the other ones she had shot before.
In the back ground, Cecilia heard the sound of thumping as she looked over to see her friends.
Fighting their own battle against IS units.
Her [BITS] returning to her as they connected to her once more.
Each girl making their best efforts to protect the Dunois headquarters whilst the family were quickly moved to other locations so that they were more than safe, Cecilia felt proud of herself as the daunting feeling of helping her friend and her family out.
The idea of being able to use all of the skills she had acquired since joining the IS academy had made her extremely proud of herself and other's that stood by and fought beside her.
Whilst the building behind her was damaged, Cecilia knew with Ran, Alys, Tatenashi and Yu Na that everyone within the Dunois name was more than safely guarded as they dealt with those on foot rather than the IS units.
Brushing a strand of loose gold hair behind her ear, s small smirk appeared on her face.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
[Damage Sustained:]
"Guh!"
Cecilia quickly was sent tumbling to the ground as more of the [Jackal]'s began appearing as they seamlessly came from behind the hill they fought next to.
Her rifle dropping to the ground next to her, the girl quickly dodged another on coming attack using their lasers.
Picking up her rifle, the girl quickly became airborne.
Gritting her teeth in response to being damaged when off-guard.
"Hey you twat! I will show you that damaging a leisurely lady such as myself will have massive implications!" Cecilia did not hold back as she used the thrusters on her back to navigate the air with freedom.
Her façade of being a womanly woman quickly disappeared as she wore an annoyed expression.
The many [Jackal]'s below her was surrounded by what seemed to be a more armoured and powerful version below her, on it's back was a dark grey thruster pack as it used it's gauntlet weapon to fire alongside the other unmanned IS.
Cecilia noticed a gap in their attack pattern.
Their shot's with their laser's seemingly followed each other's as a way of being connected to some sort.
Cecilia Alcott couldn't help but wonder whether or not they were mentally connected together, hence why she took a significant amount of damage to her.
'I really should avoid using such vulgar language whilst doing combat with the enemy, if Chelsea were here I surely would get a scolding by her by now, I hate to think what that would be like...'
Snapping back to reality, Cecilia dodged the lasers aimed at her and fired her rifle without aiming, hoping to hit one of the unmanned IS below her.
BANG! BANG!
Her shot's were aimed at the more armoured version of the [Jackal] that began to use it's thrusters on it's back, creating some distance in the air as it became an airborne battle whilst Cecilia had to deal with those below.
Using her quick speed, Cecilia got another shot off onto the weaker [Jackal] below.
The bullet piercing the armoured arm of the IS unit as sparks flew out without stopping, causing it to malfunction on the spot.
Cecilia wasted no time to back off from her attacker and create space to take down the rest of the [Jackal]'s around her, the girl with blonde hair knew she was running on limited time when it came to destroying those who opposed her.
Her [BITS] came out to play as she used her rifle to fire at the different [Jackal]'s below her.
Multiple shot's were fired from her rifle within a few seconds of her using her weapon against the unmanned IS' below her, Cecilia being experienced in distant battles like this made her more than well equipped to deal with any threat.
The claws of the many [Jackal]'s below her came out to play as they began attacking the [BITS] allowing Cecilia to be able to fire her weapon freely without any of the lasers being aimed at her.
The sharp claws on the feet and hands of the automated IS were struggling to breakthrough the heavily plated armour of Cecilia's [BITS].
The light blue colour of the beam coming out of her rifle came out once more as she prepared to fire a powerful shot.
Waiting patiently for the power and speed behind her shot to grow...
Letting it grow, Cecilia let the shot fire as it moved at electric speed between the many [Jackal]'s attacking her [BITS].
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The ground below the many IS units began to sink as the pressure ramped up, causing the translucent gel that protected the [Jackal]'s armour underneath.
Many moment's later the armour behind the translucent gel had showed cracks.
Causing the many [Jackal]'s to malfunction.
"And for now! the final touch!" Cecilia smirked as she closed her one eye, firing shots towards the [Jackal]'s.
BAAAAAANG! BAAAAAAANG! BAAAAAAANG! BAAAAAAAANG! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!
Smoke appeared at the end of the rifle that Cecilia Alcott was using, her eyes solely focused on her opponents below her, holes through their chests and head.
For many moment's, those who were her enemy stood completely still, making no movements.
Cecilia knew she had dealt with the last of them now, her [BITS] came back towards her and joined her armour once more as she waited patiently.
"Serves you right!"
BAAAAAAAANG!
Cecilia watched with a satisfied smirk on her face, watching the IS units collapse to the ground without any fight back.
Battles like this reminded Cecilia how much more powerful she had become since the beginning of her days at the IS academy, the smirk on her face represented her acknowledgement on the simpler things that had made her the woman she was today.
Her eyes continuously stared at the [Jackal]'s below her, destroyed and defeated by Cecilia.
Not long after, Cecilia snapped back to reality as she looked for her friends, looking each direction as she spotted them fighting their own battles against the [Jackal]'s that had attacked the home of Charlotte's families company.
Her mind wandered about the mental state of her friend Charlotte.
Although Cecilia would never truly admit it, she worried for Charlotte as she couldn't imagine the overwhelming feeling of the [Jackal]'s attacking those who she considered family.
"I just hope that we are helping you and your family out Charlotte-san..."
Shaking her head, Cecilia let herself come closer towards the ground, standing on the soil beneath her that had been destroyed by her.
With everything happening around the woman she tried to remain as calm as she could, her anger stifled by every attack coming towards her home, it annoyed the head of the Tachibana clan to heights she previously wouldn't of known before.
Remaining as calm as she could, using her hands to support the heavy weight of her head as she closed her eyes, Sakuya Tachibana a woman of many qualities sat in her room in a chair.
Thinking as she could hear the spoils of war happening outside of her building.
Her last view of the outside world before being rushed into safety by those who sworn to protect her and the clan was the sight of her daughter Sakura fighting the battles she should of fought.
In many ways she was envious of her daughter, her illness since her battle with Shizuka Orimura had gotten to her over time, it was an injury Sakuya wished so desperately to get rid of.
Looking at it in a positive way, Sakuya was proud of her daughter Sakura for stepping up to the plate, to fight those IS units that dared to hurt everything the Tachibana clan had built ever since it's existence.
Since the families existence, Tachibana had grown stronger than anyone would of imagined.
The thought of the Orimura Clan attacking her home or them simply being the reason was enough to make the woman grit her teeth, her blood boiled as she sat in her chair.
Listening and analysing everything happening around the clan.
"..."
Sitting in silence was about the only thing she knew she could do as her family did her work for her.
"Excuse me? Miss Tachibana?"
Opening her eyes, Sakuya Tachibana stared at the door in-front of her where the voice was coming from, her eyes laced with a cold look as her eyebrows furrowed.
"Yes? What is it that you want?"
The door that led into the room she was sat in was opened as a woman with light blonde hair popped her head around the door.
"We have been told that there have been precautions for you to begin to relocate somewhere else while all of this is blowing over, you are set to leave the premises of this building within the hour predictably." The woman bowed towards Sakuya Tachibana and stepped into the room more.
Sakuya let out a breath.
"I will not leave my daughters here to face my own problems that I should be dealing with right now."
Her servant whom stood in-front of the large door closed the door behind her, her hand clasped together as she walked closer to Sakuya Tachibana's desk, the matriarch hardly paying attention to the woman.
Her mind completely devoid of any thoughts as she let herself stare blankly.
"You know Miss Tachibana, your daughters are wonderful young girls that possess your prowess and skills in many things that I and many other's have never seen about you, especially Miss Sakura, I assume like you as a young girl, she has many things going for her that she must learn in battles like this and many other things in life... I believe no matter how much you want to help your family and everything happening, you must allow other's to show their passion."
Sakuya looked up towards her servant, one of the many that looked after her clan.
"..."
"Maybe it's time to let others show you what they are willing to do, especially your daughter Sakura, you know yourself how far she has come in that IS academy, she has become a big figure since being around Ichika Orimura."
Sakuya knew her servant wasn't entirely wrong, the matriarch found herself annoyed that she was was unable to be able to do anything. Especially with her illness that had gotten to her over the years since it's occurrence.
Since that battle, Sakuya always had her limitations, it annoyed her greatly.
"Have the other clans been attacked? knowing the Orimura clan and their idiotic movements they will try to hurt the other clans like Sarashiki clan and the Lee clan." Sakuya placed her head in the palm of her hands and wiped the stress from showing on her face.
"Not as of yet, we have remained in contact with those who are the clans allies and they wish to speak to you once this is all over, or maybe even before all of that from the sound of their tone."
The servant with long black hair spoke out as she readjusted the hems of her skirt.
"I will speak to them about this sooner rather than later, I must discuss a few private things with them including our greatest foe that continue to linger within the darkness of the world. This battle outside is clearly nothing more than a test for my family." Sakuya said everything on her mind as she was in deep thought, staring at the door in-front of her as she listened to the spoils of war outside.
"I will make sure that other's are made aware not to spoil your conversation with the other ladies, excuse my intrusion Miss Tachibana." The nameless servant bowed for a few moments, standing up straight and turned towards the door.
Sakuya Tachibana leaned and grabbed the handle of a drawer to her lower right, pulling it open, the matriarch to the Tachibana clan pulled out a device that was going to allow her to talk to her friends in combat.
Pulling open the door, the servant saw herself out as she closed the door behind her.
"..."
'I hope those idiotic friends of mine remember our special way of communicating in special circumstances, especially when it has something to do with the Orimura Clan and sending their minions to attack my family...'
Picking up the device, the woman who looked so much like Sakura Tachibana, stared at the button in the middle for a few seconds.
"Screw it."
Pressing the button in the middle of the device, the light inside went red for a few seconds, staying red until it flashed green a few seconds later on, allowing Sakuya Tachibana to place the device on the desk as a holographic screen appeared.
'Now we wait...'
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"I still believe that the best option is to help our friends in the Tachibana clan out! they are being attacked by those things piloting the IS', surely as someone who knows what it's like to be attacked that you would want to land aid to your friend?"
"Do not speak such nonsense, Sakuya Tachibana and the Tachibana clan is a growing clan that is very rich in talent and wealth, ask her yourself, she will not want any type of assistance as she already knows she has it in control."
The mother of both Tatenashi and Kanzashi sat at a table surrounded by many of those who wanted to assist the Tachibana clan.
"Have you not seen the news?! this is insane! even the Dunois family, one of the most richest and most influential families are being attacked! this isn't a matter we can ignore! they are massive powerhouses like us in the world! to walk away without assisting is simply inhumane..."
One of the many members in the Sarashiki clan stood up in protest of the matriarch's decision.
"For that idiotic comment you will put through hell... no one speaks back towards me, oh and for next time, make sure you know those around you as you will find the Tachibana clan is being assisted by those from the IS academy, same with the Dunois family who is being led by the daughter of Albert Dunois, Charlotte Dunois, the friend of my daughters."
Tsukiko's eyes glowed for a few seconds as her aura surrounded everyone in the room, choking them to death, asserting her dominance once more as the matriarch of the Sarashiki clan.
The man opposing Tsukiko quickly sat down in fear, his expression only showered fear rather than the anger that was there a few moments ago.
"You, deal with this idiot at once, I am growing tired at hearing his unnecessary comments towards my clan and our support for the others." Tsukiko let out a deep breath and closed her eyes, regaining her composure.
"Wait!"
Before the man could say anything, he was quickly gagged and dragged out of the room by servants of Tsukiko.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Tsukiko reopened her eyes and looked at those remaining in the chairs at the meeting, her eyes landing on each individual as she was more than familiar with each one, analysing and waiting for another to speak out of line.
Moments passed by...
Silence.
"Now that it's been dealt with, as a matter of fact, we are on standby but from seeing the growth of the Tachibana clan myself, I know that they are a force to be reckoned with so if our help is requested I have already put plans into motion."
"Have you talked to Miss Tachibana? has she asked you for any assistance?" Another member of her clan spoke out as she asked the matriarch a question.
"The head's of Tachibana clan, Lee clan and many other clans including myself are holding a meeting to discuss where the attacks are coming from, or whether or not it was simply a planned attack by those who do not like us being in power."
Tsukiko explained briefly as her mind wandered elsewhere.
"Are you suggesting that we could potentially be attacked alongside the Tachibana clan?" A second member of Sarashiki asked the matriarch.
"It's not something that is likely to happen although I would never rule it out due to the enemy we face, well the enemy is something bigger than everyone around this table realises." Tsukiko crossed her arms watching the myriad expressions from everyone in the meeting.
Beeep! Beeeeeep! Beeeeep!
Tsukiko's eyes wandered towards her pockets that vibrated in her Yukata, pulling out the device that beeped consistently in her pockets.
Recognising the device the war diva's used to contact each other in case of an emergency meeting that the Sarashiki was already trying to bring to fruition, the older woman nodded to herself and let out a breath.
"Well that concludes this meeting, I must leave for some important meetings with other's just in case of an attack on our clan."
Tsukiko leaned back and pressed the button on the device, confirming she got the message from the other war diva's, crossing her legs she watched other's in her family bloodline slowly get up and part ways, walking around the table and towards the exit in-front of Tsukiko.
Many seconds past by...
Seconds that felt like an eternity as Tsukiko waited patiently for other to leave.
"Miss Sarashiki shall I prepare meetings with the other leaders of the other clans that we are allies with?" A servant of the Sarashiki asked the matriach as she stood by.
"No that will not be necessary, I will request you at once If I need you." Smiling slightly, Tsukiko gestured for the servant to leave before turning her chair around towards the window nearby.
"I will see myself out as the last."
Closing the door behind her, Tsukiko heard the sound of silence for the first time in a while.
Laura Bodewig, the pilot of the IS unit [Schwarzer Haze] flew through the soft air using her thruster's on her back as she took in her surroundings, realizing that the enemies she faced were not able to be airborne like herself.
Because of that of course, it left Laura at a bigger advantage as the trained IS pilot was able dodge every attack that was thrown towards her and her IS' way.
The girl with silver hair watched as the lasers from the [Jackal]'s below her was always a step or so too slow for her IS' speed, although the girl was not as stupid to downplay that her enemies could be more lethal at a closer range.
It left Laura Bodewig in a pickle on how she should go about defeating her enemies, there were several ways to approach the situation at hand, Laura could only wonder what would work best for her.
'So many options with so little time to deal with these idiotic IS units...'
For now Laura decided to play with her prey, let them get closer to hitting her and then eventually evading their attack and throwing them off completely once more before beginning their little game once more.
FSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH!
Laura Bodewig deployed her beam sabers as she lowered herself near the ground, dodging and weaving the oncoming bright lasers heading directly her way and speeding up as she sliced through the first [Jackal].
Tearing through the thick translucent gel that was protecting the core of the IS unit.
For a moment as Laura continued to elude the attackers around her, the IS unit she had slashed through stood still before the upper torso separated from the bottom half of it's body.
Laura by then had already moved on as she threw a barrage of punches into her next opponent.
Her weapon falling gracefully towards the ground.
Stunning her opponent quickly with her powerful and fast punches, Laura grabbed her weapon stepped forward.
Slicing through her opponents armour and leaving the IS unit she had stunned and now destroyed to fall to the ground whilst she remained in battle with the other enemies that launched their way towards her.
The only eye in the helmet of the IS unit quickly began to blinker before shutting of entirely.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Laura launched her weapon forward into one of the [Jackal]'s heading her way, turning her attention to the two unmanned IS unit's in-front of her.
Both had their claws on their feet and hands activated.
"..."
Laura refused to say a word as she charged forward to make the gap smaller between her and the two IS units.
Slaaaaaaaaash! Slaaaaaaaaaaaaaash!
Dodging the first two attacks from the [Jackal] before following up with her own move as she grabbed the arm of one of her opponents.
Pushing it into the second opponent and beginning to firing a ton of punches in the matter of a few seconds.
Each punch that was delivered destroyed a handful of the translucent gel that protected the IS unit, each punch had power behind the hit's as it stunned both opponent's in-front of her.
"Tut!"
Backing off a little, Laura became airborne as the two rail cannons' on her shoulder began firing.
Multiple shot's were fired as the colour of the missiles appeared to have a pinkish red beam like to it's colour, it quickly came bruising past and into the faces of the two [Jackal]'s as they struggled to get out of the way.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The grass below the two enemies that Laura faced off had been blown up due to the immense power behind her attack.
The debris of the attack had fell onto the two [Jackal]'s if they remained even the slightest bit alive.
Leaving any chance of survival to be the bare minimal, Smoke reigned free around her.
The dirt that remained in the hole she had created a few metres away from her had been significantly deeper than she had previously expected the hole to be.
The red colour on her rail cannon's began to go dark once more, with no signs of shot's being fired from the two weapons in the matter of seconds.
However with the sound of more unmanned IS' heading towards her, her battles were far from over of course.
FSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH!
One of the IS unit's in particular caught her attention, the [Jackal]'s she had taken out earlier had other's taking over for their battle against herself of course, the German representative expected that at the very least.
Similar looking to the ones she had fought against mere minutes ago, a different enemy seemingly had appeared in between the [Jackal]'s.
To Laura Bodewig, it's padded armour that protected it and it's thruster made it look like a more advanced version of the IS unit's she had been fighting since joining in protecting the Tachibana clan with her friends.
Some would describe the IS in-front of her as an 'Alpha' version of the [Jackal]'s she had been fighting.
With a raised eyebrow, Laura felt the urge to take her battling prowess up a notch once more, to prove and show those who oppose her what she was truly capable of.
With multiple [Jackal]'s running towards her with quick speed and their claws out, Laura quickly used [Ignition Boost] to get into the air.
One thing the silver haired girl had learnt was that they could not fly due to no thrusters.
This time a different type of cannon had been switched out from the rail cannon, instead the girl went for a different approach.
[Energy Distribution: Maximum]
[Double-Barrel R-
SLAAAAAAAASH!
[Damage Sustained:]
A surprised Laura Bodewig quickly dodged another oncoming attack as she was forced to defend herself every few attempts.
Her heart pounded as she was caught off-guard by one of the [Jackal]'s.
One of the IS unit's were able to use it's dark grey thruster's on it's back to close the distance between Laura and it, getting it's claws into Laura and her [Schwarzer Haze] before the girl could react.
Although due to her training, Laura quickly bounced back as she used her weapon to deflect the claws away from her face.
Instead cutting the claws on it's hand's clean off.
Laura quickly turned around and sliced through the translucent gel and barged the IS unit forward before throwing a knee.
