A/N: Another chapter for Truth Be Told Resurgence, well... this is a new chapter for new age arc which is an arc set up for leading different pathways for the future, I repeat this arc is for the future and world-building and many other things which will be revealed in time.
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With Tatenashi and Yu Na
Location: Dunois Territory
Before Battle...
There was a calmness to Tatenashi and Yu Na as they slowly walked deeper into one of the many Dunois buildings that were being attacked by those unmanned IS' outside, the glass on the windows being shattered left the shards on the floor as they slowly walked deeper into the building.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!
The explosions from the battles happening outside did not help the girls be at ease within the building, their friends who were on the outside and partaking in the battle to push back the many [Jackal]'s that threatened to destroy the lives of everyone in a distance of them.
Letting out a sigh, Tatenashi noticed how darkly lit the corridor was due to the power going out.
"I cannot help but want to join the other's in battle outside."
The feeling of wanting to help her friends continued to bubble up within Tatenashi Sarashiki as her and Yu Na cautiously walked down the corridor, looking for signs of life within the building, the Korean girl was known as Yu Na, turned to her cousin with a raised eyebrow.
"You know that's surprising coming from you."
"How is it exactly?"
"I never pictured you to be the type to worry about others, ufufufufu!" Yu Na giggled at her cousin as they continued on.
"Do you not want to help the other's too?"
Tatenashi turned the spotlight onto Yu Na instead of it being on her, Yu Na gave it a thought before turning to her cousin with a slightly serious expression on her face.
"Good point, of course I want to help them out but getting innocent people away should be our main priority shouldn't it? besides have confidence in our friends as they can clearly handle whatever is placed in-front of them."
Yu Na decided to place her full faith in her friends battling outside.
"They are powerful enough to deal with them, I'm just beginning to feel useless..." Tatenashi let out another sigh before rubbing her face slightly, the disappointment in herself coming to fruition.
Yu Na snorted as she watched Tatenashi, she was used to a different type of Tatenashi so seeing her in the state she is in made her concerned for her older cousin slightly.
BAAAAANG!
The door at the end of the hallway was suddenly kicked through as multiple enemies dispatched throughout the door wearing dark black combat armour with masks over there head, covering their identity entirely.
It was a group of six enemies that dared to face Tatenashi and Yu Na, two of them wielded katana's as they stood in a fighting position, waiting for the two IS academy students to make the first move.
Tatenashi noticed that the leader of the group of six had a scar over her left eye, Tatenashi noticed that the only noticeable features were the eyes and nose through the mask.
Yu Na let out a breath as she prepared herself to fight.
"You know how you were saying you felt useless at the moment? well maybe take out your anger and frustration on these masked individuals?" Yu Na gestured for the blue haired girl to go first.
"Sounds fun."
Without holding back, Tatenashi quickly charged at the first attacker with no intention of holding back on any of them, the first attacker quickly swung her sword towards Tatenashi causing her to have to evade the oncoming attack, dodging it fluently before landing a fatal blow to the stomach.
The first attacker quickly dropped sword as she clutched her stomach, Tatenashi seized this opportunity to send her knee into the woman's face before using her as a shield from oncoming attacks about to attack her.
STAB!
The blade of the second attacker quickly went through the first attacker's stomach and grazed Tatenashi as the girl pushed forward, causing the first and second attacker to stumble onto the ground.
No time to recover, the girl with blue hair quickly leaned back as she dodged the shuriken's coming from her right side, instead landing in the wall next to her, the third attacker quickly sent a barrage of kicks towards Tatenashi with power behind each of her attempts to hit the heir of the Sarashiki clan.
Tatenashi seamlessly dismissed each attack launching towards her as she bided her time, waiting for the first opportunity to get back onto the counter attack as the remaining attackers joined in attacking Tatenashi.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
Every time Tatenashi had to dodge one attack, she knew she no time to launch an attack of her own as she was swarmed by multiple attacks that she had to evade one after another.
Growing more frustrated, the girl with blue hair quickly disarmed the third attacker before using the handle of his katana to knock her out.
Ducking quickly, Tatenashi drove the katana she held in her hand into the fourth attacker before pulling it out and swiping the katana to the side, the blood from the fourth attacker landing on the walls of the building they stood in.
Dropping the katana, Tatenashi turned to her second last attacker with anger in her eyes as she launched herself forward, grabbing the woman by the throat quicker than the fifth attacker could anticipate.
Slamming her into the ground and knocking the fifth attacker unconscious.
"You want this last one?"
Tatenashi turned to her cousin with a relieved look as she allowed Yu Na the opportunity to deal with the sixth and final attacker in-front of them.
"Of course."
Before the sixth attacker could react, the Korean girl launched herself forward with a killing intent, causing the sixth attacker to quickly be on the defensive as she barely evaded Yu Na's attacks.
Pulling out some Shuriken's, the woman threw them towards Yu Na before aiming her sword at the chest of Yu Na.
Yu Na ducked quickly as she drove her fist home towards the woman's stomach, causing her body to hurt painfully as she began to cough up blood, leaving her on her knee's.
Yu Na nodded in disappointment before finishing off the remaining attacker as sent a roundhouse kick towards her.
The final attack's face was planted on the ground as she was knocked unconscious by the powerful heir to the Lee clan, her hair began blowing in the wind slightly as the breeze came from the windows to her side.
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
Turning towards the very large door, Yu Na and Tatenashi realized that their own battles are far from over as many enemies appeared in-front of them and rushing towards them without hesitation.
Reaching for the shuriken on the wall, Yu Na quickly threw as many as she could, including her own.
Tatenashi quickly threw a round house kick towards the attacker before disarming her and spinning around and taking the katana out of her hand, putting pressure on the attackers wrist, Tatenashi snapped her wrist without hesitation.
Kicking her seconder attacker away before dodging the third attacker, Tatenashi threw the katana towards Yu Na as she quickly swept the fourth attacker off of her feet.
The fifth attacker threw a kick towards before throwing a barrage of punches, forcing the Korean girl to back off slightly.
The sixth attacker quickly grabbed Yu Na from behind and held the girl as she allowed the fifth attacker to get a few punches in. Yu Na quickly used the handle of her katana to knock the sixth attacker off of her.
Yu Na in a gritted her teeth as she felt her cheek become bruised, the girl quickly dropped her katana as she aimed her eyes on the sixth target in front of her as she threw a barrages of punches towards her ribcage.
Yu Na refused to stop as the ribs began to crack the more relentless punches she threw.
Tatenashi grabbed the arm of her third attacker and elbowed the man in the face before turning around and headbutting the enemy.
Craaaaaaaaaaaaack!
Blood oozed from the the nose of the third attacker as she fell to the ground.
"You know they must really want to destroy everything the Dunois family has ever built..." Letting out a breath of relief, Yu Na turned to Tatenashi with a serious expression.
"No kidding, there's bound to be more of them..."
Tatenashi gestured for them to continue past the door as they walked into a large room with a large table that was used to for meetings.
The room was a mess with paper all over the floor with holographic screen's left on and chairs flipped over, Tatenashi and Yu Na came to the conclusion that whoever was participating in a meeting must of left quickly after the attack.
"Say, do we know much about the Dunois family? they must be rich considering they have a luxurious building like this..."
Tatenashi sarcastically said as she knew the room was a mess.
"We know the basics, my mother tried to make contact with the Dunois family when she was our age all those years ago, If I remember correctly my mother was preparing for some sort of alliance?"
Yu Na shook her head as she walked closer to the table, picking up the paper the Korean girl noticed a few pie charts on the tables.
"Anything interesting...?"
Tatenashi leaned against the door as she consistently looked over her shoulder.
"Nothing much, just some stuff on the companies profits, sales and different sources of income into the Dunois family."
Yu Na sighed as she noticed a grey cup with coffee left on the desk, reaching over for the cup, Yu Na brought it closer as Tatenashi Sarashiki watched with a confused expression plastered across her face.
"What are you doing?"
Dipping her finger into the liquid in the cup, Yu Na noticed the liquid was completely cold.
"It's cold, they have been gone for a while, did Charlotte mention anything about where they could possibly go?"
Yu Na wiped the liquid off of her finger using her combat pants.
"No, if that's the case then we have no idea where her father is held up, we may need to act fast just in case of what could happen to him if we do not know his whereabouts." Tatenashi let out a sigh and rubbed her forehead slightly.
Yu Na thought for a few moments, thinking about everything that led up to this moment in France.
"Are we certain that he hasn't gotten away and is safe with those who he hired to protect him?" Yu Na suggested as she picked up a few more documents to look through, trying to find evidence on Charlotte's father's whereabouts.
"It's always a possibility but I really about to risk our friends father on a game of chance?"
"..."
"I thought so too."
Taking a look over the room, Tatenashi's mind began to scramble for a plan as her mind ran quickly with idea's on how to go about all of this.
[Pzzz...ttt! Hello?- can you hear - me? This - - - working!]
Tatenashi and Yu Na were caught slightly off guard by the sound of their teacher, Natasha Fairs talking over the communication system as she raged about something that they were not able to make out what exactly.
Tapping her ear, Tatenashi allowed herself to speak as her eyes glanced at her cousin for a few short seconds.
"Miss Fairs? Is everything alright? I can barely hear whatever you were trying to say a few moments ago." Tatenashi spoke out as she placed her hands on her hips.
[Yes! - It does not matter! what matter's is that I am finally able to talk! Pzz...ttt! - Bad news! very very bad news! apparently a student named - Casey has been working under [Phantom Task]! - - area, please proceed with caution if she proceeds to attack you or the other girls!]
Natasha Fairs spoke out over the communication system in their ear as they just about understood what she was saying.
"Wait are you talking about Daryl Casey? how has this happened!?"
[We do not know! - - she has been working - - Meusel, we got Tabane Shinonono to do a background check - - Rain Meusel!]
Tatenashi and Yu Na looked at each with shock clouding their faces, the two had met Daryl Casey a few times and they could not believe what they had just been told, letting out a breath, Yu Na gritted her teeth.
Pressing the button in her ear to allow her to talk, her mind raked for words to be said.
"If that is the case then you may need to do a background check on all of her friends within the academy, make sure they are who they say they are, the last thing we need is more students in the academy betraying us for [Phantom Task]."
Tatenashi nodded as she agreed with Yu Na for once.
"I agree, although keep up us updated, she was always a tricky girl to deal with so if she get's involved then she will suffer the consequences."
[Pzzzz... ttt! We are already on it! - - are monitoring the situation in France, - proceed with caution as this seems to be - - type of attack this time around!]
Not understanding what their teacher had said truly, the two were left guess in their minds as they used words to fit the bill of what she could of said.
"Got it!"
"We understand, we are dealing with a situation of our own."
[Godspeed ladies, we are sending Miss Sylvia to the other girls location to provide support as they take out tho-]
Before Natasha Fairs could finish talking the communications between her and Tatenashi and Yu Na were severed once more, leaving the teacher in fit of frustration as she wasn't finished what she was saying.
"Goddamit!"
With Madoka Orimura
Location: Osaka
Before Battle...
Madoka narrowed her eyes as she grew slightly annoyed, the teenager known as Daniel Cazr who stood in-front of her was trying to start a fight with her big brother, Madoka watched him as he looked incredibly angry.
The two circled each other as they payed no attention to Ichika fighting the [Shadow Dancer] unmanned IS behind them, instead Madoka's attention was solely focused on Daniel, the teenager staring back at her with a small aura crowding around him as he grew more impatient.
Madoka knew full well who Daniel was, the self proclaimed 'rival' of Ichika Orimura.
Madoka found it laughable that he would even consider himself on the same level as her older brother, although Madoka knew full well what her brother was capable of, she knew his level was much higher than Daniel Cazr.
"So the little sister has stepped in for the older brother huh?"
Daniel laughed cheaply as he nodded his head disapprovingly, Madoka let out a sigh as she pointed towards the battle happening a distance away from them.
"You must be blind, my nii-san is dealing with his own battles and does not need the likes of you intervening and making him annoyed at your very presence." Madoka twirled her sword in her hand.
Her patience began to run short as she wanted to entertain Daniel Cazr's last few moments.
"Oh I get it now, so little sister is on clean up duty is she? you know for someone who I have heard about being very strong, to be working as an underling to your brother almost, is quite embarrassing if you are as strong as they say."
Daniels attempts to rile Madoka Orimura up did not work in the slightest, instead the girl with brown eyes stared blankly at the older boy.
"Is this your pathetic attempt to make me angry enough to fight you without no strategy so you can overpower me? If so try a lot harder as our powers are like night and day, I could kill insects like you in the matter of seconds if I went all out, true all out that is."
Madoka stopped talking, the girl began to get tempted to go all out on the young man that was related to Sylvia.
'This trash is painfully idiotic, it's like stepping on a mine, watch what you are saying Daniel Cazr.'
"Spare the idiotic little sister talk, your older brother is the one I want to hurt, badly..." Daniel gritted his teeth as he readjusted his combat attire and pulled his sword from his back.
"Oh please insect, Ichika goes up ten levels and you go up one, my brother would barely have to use even a percentage of his true power to send you begging into the hills." Madoka let out another sigh, she knew the man in-front of her was not getting the message.
"Screw you!"
CLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!
Madoka's own sword collided with Daniel's own as the two battled for dominance, Madoka's expression unlike Daniel's was unchanging as she dealt with his power and speed like it was nothing to her.
Madoka of course had been experience against other Orimura's that were hundred times the amount of anything Daniel had to muster up.
"Is this it? if so, the mere idea of you going against my brother is an insult to him and everything he stands for!"
Without saying anymore, Madoka reigned her [Jaaku Reiki] as it began to crowd around her like a thick layer coat, her blood red aura much weaker than her sisters but still very powerful compared to the likes of Daniel and many normal people.
The tip of her sword began to glow a blood red colour as the chrome like colour of the sword began to heat up and change to a dark red, her eyes filling complete red as she glared daggers into Daniel's soul.
Daniel's eyes and stature began to soften in a terrified motion as he was sent flying backwards.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
"Guh!"
His back hit the ground as he created a large hole in the ground, smoke covering everything around him as the boy struggled to get up due to the pain he was already beginning to feel throughout his whole body.
Disoriented and in pain were the two main things the boy felt as his eyes were allowing him to see double of everything around him.
"Pathetic, you are so weak that it's not even funny, you dare think you can hurt my brother?"
Daniel sat up slightly as he saw two of the same person in-front of him, approaching him slowly but surely through the clouded smoke.
Cough! Cough! Cough!
Daniel got to his knee's as he repeatedly coughed, making himself aware that Madoka Orimura was still approaching to fight him once more, gripping his sword handle, the young lad began to stand up more as he heard the sound of heels making their way forward behind him.
Madoka was approaching with a powerful aura crowding her.
"You think because you got one good hit in that you can easily defeat me!?"
"I don't think trash, I know so, as I told you we are on completely different levels, night and day you could say..." Madoka dismissed any threat Daniel tried to throw at her as he recovered his breath.
"FUCK YOU!"
CLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!
Daniel's own aura came out as he used his own power that he had been gifted with, the aura crowding around him as the colour of his eyes changed to a dark blue for a few seconds, Madoka stared at Daniel with a annoyed expression as her eyes remained blood red.
Watching Daniel 'go up a level' Madoka knew what was going to occur next.
"I told you! I will destroy your brother when we fight! I've barely gotten started!" Daniel's eyes glowed as his aura roared as it battled Madoka's for dominance.
"I'm ending this fight already, it's time to show you what a true Orimura is like..."
Madoka used extra willpower and strength to put all of her energy into overpowering Daniel Cazr as quick as possible.
Her sword quickly dominating his as she pushed him back.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Daniel found himself colliding with the ground once more, this time Madoka Orimura's aura had grown significantly stronger as she began to walk closer to Daniel once more.
"GUH!"
Daniel spat out blood as he felt internal pain coming from his body, he knew he had definitely broken a few bones.
His hand shaking as he got onto his knee's.
Picking up his sword, Daniel forced himself to his feet using his weapon as he used his weapon as a defence mechanism.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!?"
"Your worst nightmare... speaking of which, I wonder what it is?"
"What!? I'll kill you!"
Wiping a bit of blood from his mouth, Daniel was prepared to do anything to win the battle against the little sister of Ichika Orimura.
"Forbidden Art: Zetsubō Ni Yami (Despair In Darkness)"
A bright red light began rushing over Daniel Cazr as he tried to use his sword to counter and destroy the attack coming towards him, although the teenager had no luck as he was quickly sent to the ground with Madoka's [Jaaku Reiki] quickly infecting everything around him and in the blast radius of her attack.
The floor below him began to crumble as the hole below him got significantly deeper.
The air around Daniel began to become more dangerous as he could feel himself submitting into whatever hell Madoka was sending him into.
His eyes closing slowly but surely as the large aura crowding around him, making him dizzy and tired as he began to close his eyes, Madoka standing over him as the blood red aura swirled around her and him.
Her eyes glowed bright red as she spoke out loud, Daniel felt too tired to begin reading her lips as he found his hearing had gone completely.
His eyes closed more as he found himself fading away...
...
...
"GUH!"
Daniel's head felt like it was going to explode, memories that were not his own began running through his head, it felt like it was his but a warped version of his own memories to torment him.
His eyes reopened in agony as his pupils glowed a venomous red, his body ached for rest as it felt like something was pulsating throughout his veins.
The feeling he was going through was unlike anything he had ever felt before, for once he never felt like he was controlling his body, to Daniel Cazr, he felt like a passenger to his own body as he watched and felt the pain he was put through.
The anger building up in his body felt like it was building up, every little time he had gotten anger but refused to use it, was now coming back to bite him. His ears dripped with blood and his veins temporarily went red for a few seconds.
A faint aura glowed around him as he felt like his life was being absorbed.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME!?"
Daniel's eyes turned to Madoka Orimura who stood by, watching the suffering of Daniel as he stared at her, with lifeless eyes, mixed in with pain and anger.
It was something she had seen in other's before, the myriad of emotions someone feels as their life slowly comes to an end, if this was anyone else, Madoka would consider herself slightly concerned, however due to Daniel's constant interference into her brother's life
Laughing off Daniel's attempt at trying to talk to her, Madoka gave him a death stare.
"Not much, just placed your worst nightmare in your mind whilst [Jaaku Reiki] invades your body and burns you from the inside, do you feel that burn inside you? that's what normal human's feel when they die slowly with [Jaaku Reiki] coursing through their bodies."
Madoka started to laugh, at first it was platonically and then it turned into a wicked laugh, a wide and evil grin began to appear on her face.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Everything in Daniel's body hurt like hell, he felt like he was going through the worst version of hell he had ever imagined, the pain was eating him from the inside and he knew he could do nothing about it as Madoka was in control.
Blood came spurting out of his nose and onto the ground, as Daniel began coughing vigorously.
"Every time I see you, every time you are annoying my older nii-san, getting in his way and trying to bring out the darker side of him, I regret to inform you being the garbage you are is not even worthy of seeing what my older brother has to offer."
Madoka stepped forward, allowing her roaring red [Jaaku Reiki] to grow in power even more.
Not only that but it put more pressure on Daniel's body as Madoka's very own aura invaded his body, causing him to begin throwing up blood.
Madoka shook her head in a disproving manner, seeing the pathetic state of Daniel made her question why she never had done it before, for Madoka she was beginning to feel a rush of torturing her victims.
For once, Madoka Orimura felt like a true Orimura that other's wanted her to be so desperately.
"SCREW YOU WHORE!"
Daniel threw insults at Madoka, however the little sister to Ichika seemed to not care in the slightest as she brushed it off and put more pressure behind her [Jaaku Reiki], effectively snapping a few bones of Daniel's in the process as his body was slammed back to the ground.
Madoka nodded her head disapprovingly as she snuck a glance over towards her brother who was in battle, for a few moment's, the little sister's eyes were in a trance due to the magnificent aura of her brothers.
Just like her sisters, Madoka couldn't help but find herself admiring her brother whenever she could, turning her head to Daniel, she walked closer towards the boy before crouching down and grabbing him by the hair and forcing him too look at her.
"You see that? he is why you are garbage, why should someone like you who is equivalent to human waste in a toilet be allowed to work the earth when he exists?"
Madoka stared at him with red eyes, a myriad of emotions fixated in her, lust, love, anger and happiness.
"Y-Y-YOUR C-CRAZY!"
Daniel spoke out with fear lacing in his throat, Madoka smirked as she knew he was right, for once she felt like she was able to express her true self for the first time in a very long time. Letting go of his head, she allowed him to sink into the dirt below.
Laughing like a maniac, Madoka looked up towards the night sky.
"I cannot believe it's taken you this long to figure that out, you must really be garbage at thinking too."
Stamping on his head, Daniel was forced to feel Madoka's dirty boot's touching with his lips as he struggled to breathe, his eyes just about see the vicious smirk on her face.
"Tell you what... if you lick my boot, I'll spare you and your pathetic life..."
Everything in Daniel's aching body told him not to give in, however the desire to give in and finally be free from the pain was almost too tempting for him to simply ignore and stay in the position he was in.
Daniel only had two choices to choose from, Die under the pressure of Madoka Orimura or give in and lick her boot to survive but have his pride ruined.
Daniel did not want to simply give in her to her desires.
"Screw you..."
With Forte Sapphire
Location: IS Academy
Days before battle...
The IS academy stood tall as it usually did, the expensive buildings that were connected to each other boomed with life during the day as many IS students wandered the hallways of the IS academy, some heading back to their rooms for the meantime and some lingering outside the classrooms as they spoke to their friends.
Student's were everywhere, the arena's were filled up whilst on break.
Forte Sapphire however made her her way towards the the lunch hall where she was planning on eating her lunch before break had even ended, although the girl with dark blue hair knew she had plenty of time after that to research and do some of her work given by her teacher.
Forte adjusted her frilly skirt as she walked down another set of corridors littered with students heading past and in her direction, her small frame and stature made her look like a first year.
However those that truly knew Forte knew that she was indeed a second year.
'I wonder where she could of gone? perhaps she is busy with some of the other's today, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if I am being honest with myself...'
Forte thought to herself as she found herself becoming more curious on what her friend was up to, since the start of the day the girl with short dark blue hair had noticed her best friend acting weird.
Her desire to find out why was almost absolute.
However her mission on the pursuit of her friend was going to be put on hold for now, Forte's mind was quickly wandered elsewhere as she imagined the different lunch options on the menu in the lunch hall, for a girl her size, many were always surprised to find out that Forte always loved to eat food in a a large portion due to her appetite that she had possessed since the beginning of her days as a teenager.
Forte's eyes wandered to those around her, different students that were in the same academy as her.
Considering it was only lunch time, Forte kept the idea of time in the back of her mind as she made a mental note not to turn up late to her classroom, it was one of the last things she wanted to do due to her teacher, Natasha Fairs, a woman who never liked it when her students turned up late to her classroom, although with the rotation of teachers that each year went through sometimes it made it easier depending on the teacher.
For the girl with dark blue hair, Miss Fairs was not someone she or many other students in the classroom liked annoying, Forte had always held admiration for Natasha with all of that aside.
Forte had been the type of girl to be always paying attention to what was happening around her, especially with the likes of Ichika Orimura, whom was also in the second year, the same as her.
"Forte? is that you?"
"What is it?"
Without realising who it is calling out to her, Forte instinctively turned around and faced the person calling her name and requesting her attention, her eyes lit up as she saw a familiar figure wearing the IS academy uniform.
His brown eyes stood out to her as he wore a warm smile.
"I didn't think I would see you hanging around here, are you still waiting for your friend or are you just passing by on your own?" Ichika Orimura walked by her side as he started talking.
Many of students turned their attention to Ichika and forte as they watched with a myriad of emotions between them, some were annoyed at Ichika and Forte, some were surprised that Ichika was talking to the girl with dark blue hair, and some wondered whether or not Forte was another love rival to the girls that Ichika had always been paired with.
"I'm just heading to the lunch hall to get some lunch, I haven't felt this hungry in what feels like a long time..."
"Well do you mind if I join you? I haven't exactly got much to do today and the other girls are either practising in one of the arena's or catching up with some of the work my elder sister set out for us."
Ichika scratched the back of his head as he made a wry smile.
"You want to hang out with me? I must say I am quite surprised as we have barely interacted with each other, I thought your harem would be doing every little thing to keep people like me away from hanging out with you just in case I accidently fell in love with you."
Forte looked up to the taller boy a smirk plastered across her face as she walked with her hands behind her back.
"Harem? I don't think that I would describe my relationship with them, besides I don't think something like that could ever happen, well for reasons that you of course do not know about." Ichika let out a sigh as he imagined the women around him fighting over him.
"Oh please Ichika, how are you supposed to sort those girls and teachers being in love with you? I have confirmed that it would be the only viable option, besides there would tons of benefits for you and your partners should it happen."
Forte enjoyed watching Ichika Orimura's expression changing quickly as they talked away.
"I suppose your right, it could have its benefits bu- hold on!? I am not sure what you are talking about as I don't think they are all in love with me! not that I know anyway..." Ichika whispered the last part as he began to think back on any subtle signs he might of missed in the past.
"I mean from what I have analysed from a distance, they seem to be smitten with you, think about it, one of them gets closer to you and they explode in jealousy and anger, even some of the teachers show subliminal messages that they are jealous."
Forte laughed at Ichika not figuring it out earlier, the boy wore a blank expression on his face as he stared at her.
"...Really?"
"Yeah, I don't mean to be rude Ichika but you must be dumber than a bag of rocks to notice notice how Miss Fairs seethes over you whenever she is around and one of the girls is all clingy with you, its the same with pretty much most of the ladies around you." Forte watched as Ichika facepalmed.
His face showed both stress and annoyance as he let the information sink in.
"You might be right, I'm still a little bit dense, I need to be more aware of those around me..."
"It's not something you can get over quickly Ichika, how about this? If you need lady help as your a natural born lady killer, how about come to my dorm room? my room is 206, on the opposite side of the academy, if it helps my room is next to Daryl's and Sakura Tachibana's."
Forte offered Ichika some help on the girls around him, it took him a few moments to ponder and consider her help.
"Thanks Forte, I'll definitely take you up on that offer, I am aware of my flaws and that is something that I do need help with..." Patting her head ever so gently, Ichika smiled down at her.
"Uhhhh..."
Forte began to go red from the gentle head patting, although it felt nice, the girl with dark blue hair was not used to this sensation.
"There you are Ichika!"
"Why weren't you coming to watch us practice!?"
"Come on Ichika! we didn't prepare ourselves for nothing!"
Before Forte and Ichika could realise it, three different girls quickly approached Ichika Orimura with annoyed expressions as they protested their anger towards the only male IS student. Leaving Forte's expression to resemble that of a shocked person.
"Hey- what are you doing!? OW!"
"COME ON ICHIKA!"
"Sorry forte, this idiot clearly doesn't get the message!"
Forte watched as Ichika was dragged away by Houki and Rin, with Charlotte being the voice of compassion, the boy wore a shocked expression as he looked back at Forte, his eyes desperately begging for her help.
'Sorry Ichika, you are going to have to deal with this one on your own buckaroo.'
Forte came to a standstill as she watched on as Ichika was dragged towards the end of the hallway, before his friends dragged him off and towards his unknown demise which was to watch them fight in the arena.
"Well then."
BAAAAAANG!
Before Forte could continue, the girl was quickly pulled into a room at quick speed as the door was slammed behind her, placed onto a wall as the other students in the hallway could only watch in confusion.
"Eh?"
"Forte, sorry for that but I need to talk to you about something..."
Her good friend Daryl Casey wore a serious expression as Forte herself wore a shocked expression, not knowing how to react left her in a state.
With Sakura Tachibana and ?
Present Day
Location: Osaka
"You!"
Sakura recognised the girl in-front of her, being an older student of in the IS academy, or rather to put it simply, she was a third year.
Her messy blonde hair fell in-front of her face, covering her eyes entirely except for the the grin that began to appear on her face, her head was down as blood dripped from her mouth.
Using the back of her hand to wipe the remaining bits left.
"Sakura Tachibana, the outcasted heir of the Tachibana clan who wanted to be an IS pilot right?" Her head tilted to the side slightly as she stared down Sakura.
"So you are one of them? I never fi-"
"Cut the crap little girl, I'm not here to talk your pretty little head off regardless of whether or not you want to talk or not."
"Casey-senpai huh? From everything I know about you, this isn't something you would do, what is your motive to attempting to hurt my family? This is no longer something I can just forgive you for." Sakura bit back on her tongue as she did not want to let her anger come through.
"Blah Blah! Blah! I do not need to hear your sob stories Sakura."
"Fine, have it your way."
"Happily you whore." Daryl lunged forward and began to attack Sakura with a series of kicks and punches.
Sakura could see and feel the accuracy of each hit, Daryl Casey had been trained to deal the most damage in the most precise area's to weaken her opponents.
However Sakura was no longer weak herself, instead she found herself being able to read her moves.
Disarming her punches before blocking the numerous amounts of kicks each time, it was more obvious that Daryl had prefered to fight with her feet instead of an all out brawl with her fists.
Although Sakura understood why.
BAAAAM! BAAAAAAAAAAM! BAAAAAAAAAAAM!
Daryl Casey had a lot going for in terms of fighting prowess, her skills and ability to fight toe to toe with the strongest in [Phantom Task] was well known to those who were in the organisation.
However Sakura picked up on Daryl fighting with her emotions rather than being calculated.
Not only that but considering she was shorter than Sakura, Daryl used her long legs to keep Sakura at bay instead of allowing her to close down the space and take advantage of it.
Sakura parried many punches that were aiming for her face before catching the grip of Daryl.
"Uh!"
Sakura held nothing back as she used her right hand to dislocate the left arm of Daryl Casey.
"AAAAAAAAAH!"
Spinning around, the [Phantom Task] member was in too much pain to realize she had the back of Sakura's elbow to worry about.
Craaaaaaaaack!
The third year student with bright blonde hair quickly fell to the ground.
Unconcious and her eyes closing as a bruise began to form on her right eye. Leaving Sakura to stand over her opponent with cold eyes for once, contrast to her usual demeanour, it seemed to bring out the darkness in Sakura Tachibana.
Taking a moment to look away from Daryl, the chaos that ensured previous times had caught her eye.
The many bodies of those who were apart of her big clan were either unconcious or deceased, blood pools surrounding many of the bodies that were in the large room she was in.
Outside the door was also many bodies that she had passed by.
The scars from the battles those who were related to her had faced, it was day which this attackers weakened the clan.
It was also a day she could never forget.
A day which she would of never predicted, the many members of her clan and family had been taken from from the land of the living due to an agenda against her family.
Sakura Tachibana could only wonder what the outcome could of possibly been if she had gotten to her clan's territory much earlier.
"..."
'What am I supposed to do with Casey-senpai now? I can't just leave her here...'
Sakura pondered to herself as she went back and forward with things she could do with the girl that had become an issue for the girl with pink hair, Sakura wasn't stupid enough to bank on leaving Daryl unconcious and left alone, she knew she could escape with ease.
Nodding her head, she knew what had to happen.
"I guess I have no choice..."
Reaching for her arm first and then her legs, Sakura picked up the smaller yet older girl on her shoulders.
Turning her attention elsewhere as her mind became increasingly more clear with the situation finally sinking in, stepping over the bodies she had fought and saw prior.
Stepping over the dead and unconcious with a looming thought.
'How many have they truly hurt? Hundreds? Thousands maybe? Or maybe more...'
...
...
Aila Argyros had been battling for a while.
How long she had been battling? The girl with blue hair did not know currently, her relentless attacks were continous.
The pilot of the IS unit [Athena] took down many IS units known as [Jackal]'s.
Her heavy blue armour had taken some slight damage from the consistent battles she had been going at, wave after wave, Aila found herself battling and pressing forward against the [Jackal]'s that continously came.
Dodging and weaving the attacks in-front of her.
Aila swarmed the IS unit in-front of her, using her spear to drive home into the gel that protected the armoured torso underneath.
Coming out at the otherside, Aila quickly spun around and used the last two ends of the spear to drive down into the eye socket of the [Jackal].
Using her [Ignition Boost] to rush the enemies behind the unmanned IS that used their own weapons at her.
Blocking their attacks from hurting her.
Using the fallen enemy to take the brunt of the damage instead of herself and her IS unit [Athena], using the head of the three headed spear to speed up the moving process as she could see holes begin to form.
"!"
Aila quickly became airborne, getting in the air using her IS and rushing forward with her spinning three headed spear.
Her spear driving down in translucent gel that protected the outer shell of the armour.
However the girl with dark blue hair quickly sprang into action with her next two opponents as they activated the claws on their fingers and feet.
The two remaining IS units aiming their sights at her as they got closer and closer towards her, the two IS unit's eyes began to glow bright red as they sprang towards her.
FSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH!
Aila used her speed to dodge the oncoming attack of her attacker before turning her attention to an her second attacker.
Instead of dodging or fleeing, Aila made her mind up to challenge the attacker, rushing forward with her own intention to go all out in attack instead.
Of course the first year student had the upper advantage.
Having a weapon that could be used at long range had rendered the second attacker's attempts at clawing her face off was now impossible with the trident lodged in its system.
Unable to move except leaning forward and trying to use its last bit of life to finish Aila.
The spear being the only thing holding the IS unit within the air as they were hovering above the ground ever so slightly.
Aila pulled her weapon out relentlessly and without a care in the world, watching some of the odd looking liquid fall out of the holes that she had created with her three headed.
"..."
Aila wasted no time as she heard the footsteps of the IS unit remaining behind her.
Dodging and spinning trident around her fingers as she ripped the plated armoured arm of the IS unit as it launched itself to her.
Ducking the over head attempt of it using its remaining arms to claw her head from her neck.
Parrying with her spear as she pressed against the attacker.
Her eye looking below as she found an opening.
'Perfect.'
A woman of very few words may as well of be Aila's motto, her leg quickly sprang into action as her foot pressed down and towards the kneecap of the IS unit.
causing it to buckle and fall to its knees due to the pressure being put on it.
Aila quickly spun around in a circle and used her quick speed to slice through the head of her attacker multiple times.
SLAAAAAAAAAAAAASH! SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH! SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
The head had been cut into three separate pieces as it fell to the ground, leaving the rest of the body to eventually stop working and fall to the ground below her.
It reminded Aila of those films she watched where a servant bowed to a king.
However with every single enemy defeated that she could see, Aila allowed herself to take a breath in and close her eyes.
"This isn't over is it..."
Aila Argyros had the right to think that the battle was far from over, everything she had known about her enemies so far as their ability to keep coming back and fighting back.
For once, Aila admired her surroundings.
The torn corpses of the IS units she had been fighting for quite some time, different ways of executions which Aila herself had performed.
For now, Aila turned her focus elsewhere as she noticed her battle may have been over...
Something she hadn't expected...
"Haaaaaaaaah!"
'Huh?'
Aila turned her attention to the only male IS who was her friend, her eyes lighting up as she saw his fluid movement and his attacking prowess to take the fight to the opponent placed in front of him.
His [Yukihira] clashing against his opponent's own weapon.
The fight was much different from her own, it was a test for her friend, his bright white aura crowding his figure as he stood menacingly.
A part of her was in awe of him, he was different and unique, his eyes glowed with determination and calm like a look sparkling in his eyes, her mind flashing back to the many moments she spent around the young man.
"..."
Her eyes widened.
"You know Aila, for a calm and collected girl, you sure are smart and powerful, I admire that from you." Her eyes locked with Ichika's own as they sat opposite each other in the lunch hall.
"You think so?"
Although Aila Argyros was caught off guard slightly, her expression remained unwavering as she looked emotionless as ever.
"I know so, I don't know what it is about you but you have this thing about you that makes you oddly unique? I'm not too sure how to explain it but I have been noticing it for a while now."
"..."
Aila lips twitched as she found herself unable to talk.
"Ever since I could begin to remember, I was always taught to learn from your mistakes and grow from them, although that isn't me, I think it would suit you, maybe not now but I think like all of us, you are on your own path." Ichika reached for his cup of water and took a sip.
"...Really?"
The one-word question was all about what she could manage to muster up as she stared continuously.
"Take a look at Rin and Houki, two women that have made their fair share of mistakes and ever since have grown from them in ways that even I... Well, I could never fathom no matter what."
"..."
"..."
"Why are you telling me this?" Aila remained neutral as possible.
"Because I noticed that you seem too perfect, I'd go as far to say that you almost too careful with every situation you are in, if you don't fail, you don't learn, if you don't learn-"
Before Ichika Orimura could continue, two familiar ladies turned up at the table.
"Hey you two, where are the others?"
"Ichika-san~ Want to try some of my new sandwiches I made last night? They are quite delicious!"
"I'm good thank you!"
"..."
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!
All of a sudden, Aila was brought back to reality by a loud explosion, the girl could only continue to watch as she was stuck in a trance.
'What did he mean by that...?'
The yearning desire scratching at her heart made her want to know what her friend meant by that.
For now, she knew she had to focus on something new entirely.
And that was to know where to go from here, whether she would help Ichika in his conquest to battle or to help out in other areas where she may be needed more, it was up to her and her thoughts to decide as battle drawn close to an end.
"..."
Making her mind up within a split few seconds, Aila took one last glimpse at Ichika Orimura.
