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Chapter 214: A New Age Part 7

"You know, you're a little bit of a show off when you feel like it..."

"And you're not, cousin? I saw you in the corner of my eye, flaunting those dangerous skills of yours as you dismantled each of our enemies one at a time." A Chesire cat like grin appears on Yu Na's face as she turns toward her cousin.

"Of course I always fight at my best, unless when I fight against those that care" Tatenashi think a particular person in her mind, during one of their moments together was during a battle that causes him to apologize in the end.

"Oh? What's this about? Is this about anyone in particular?"

The questioning stare from Yu Na come at an odd time as they are currently searching Charlotte dunois in the dunois family building, however as the building being as big as a maze, they havent succeed yet.

"Of course not"

"Yeah sure~ you know you may be able to convince anyone else but me." Yu Na keeps pressing the matter even more as she looking for any evidence on Tatenashi's faltering expression.

Tatenashi look over at many deceased bodies that had been there for quite some time.

Other than the two lively souls that talked openly, everything else appear to be quiet and somber, their conversation was entirely created for them to avoid talking about the currently occurring tragedy.

For these two, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

"Trust me, I am not trying to convince you of anything, feel free to believe what you want to believe." Tatenashi take a peek through a slightly opened room door on her right, she see a glimpse of the room that has being slightly roughed up.

With a few signs of blood on the walls and few chairs been flipped over and a sword that laying on the ground.

The walls also have a few slashes on them proof that someone that was inside this room has been attacked.

'They really didn't hold back do they? I can only hope that her relatives were not badly hurt by this tragedy'

Although Tatenashi didn't mention her name, she refers to Charlotte Dunois, her close friend who currently in troubles that she, her friends and cousin currently assisting without even a slightest hesitation.

"I bet its Ichika-kun, isn't it?"

Tatenashi's expression change for a few seconds as she was caught off guard when Yu na mentions "his" name

While for Yu Na her suspicions has been confirmed.

"You can keep mentioning whoever names and do whatever you like but I need to focus on the task at hand and that was to help our dear friend dealing with this... catastrophe." Yu Na's expression quickly changes as she understands her cousin point.

"Oh right..."

Yu Na begins to fear for the worse as she considers herself currently being 'insensitive'.

"You know, I have to say whoever behind this incident is worse than being inhumane, it's something else entirely." Tatenashi know she has grown more serious the more she fight, it was something that she could no longer hide.

"I believe we already know who behind this, we just need to stop denying it." Yu Na's mind was consumed by the thought of the Orimura clan is the one behind the attack.

"Orimura clan isn't it? I already know what you are going to say but I may as well say that is what on my mind too" Tatenashi's face turn grim as she remember of the existence of those devils.

Yu Na vigorously nodded her head as she confirmed her suspicion; she is glad that they were on the same page.

"We both have seen what they could do previously; it was when Ichika face his sisters not long ago. I think it's obvious that we are currently dealing with Ichika's family who is trying to do something..."

Yu Na stays silent as she feels she was missing something.

"Yeah trying to hurt our friend's family, there is for no reason other than they clearly don't like us being friends with Ichika." Yu Na rolls her eyes as she think about Ichika's other sisters.

"Ichika's sisters seem to be the jealous sister type when it comes to Ichika."

"I thought that was obvious."

"Well considering that you are deaf, I want to make sure that you understand what I meant, cousin." Tatenashi didn't hold back her sarcasm that Yu Na couldn't help to roll her eyes.

"Ouch, cousin you really don't like me, do you?"

"Sometimes I do but not when you are being annoying just like right now."

"Like what?"

"That doesn't matter; we should focus on the stuff that currently in front of us, which are rather interesting..." Tatenashi narrow her eyes as she looks over to a beautiful blonde woman who resembles Charlotte and currently standing in front of them.

"?"

Yu Na turns her attention to whatever her cousin been looking in front of them.

"Charlotte-san? What are you doing here?"

"It's not her..."

Tatenashi put a hand on her cousin's shoulder and push her back slightly as the woman approach them while wearing a worried expression and yet before she say anything she bit her lip.

"I could make a joke but currently now it's not the time! You ladies already know who I am right? Where is my niece? Is she alright?!" Charlotte's aunt Claire grasps tatenashi's hand in panic as she almost begs for answers.

"Indeed, we do know who you are."

"Calm down Mrs. Claire, we promise we are going to find her, I guarantee that she will be fine."

"That..." Claire unable to say anything anymore as she has loss for words

Tatenashi place her hand on the older woman's shoulder for reassurance, wearing a warm and reassuring smile as she slightly shook Claire, causing the older woman to look directly to her eyes.

"I know you're worried about your niece that currently being in trouble but she is one of the strongest people I know, please have faith in her."

"Sigh"

"You right, she's more than capable to look after herself!"

"That's the spirit!" Yu Na joins lighting the mood to cheer up the panicked aunt.

"Anyway, how did you come here?" ask Tatenashi

"Well..."

(scene change)

...

The warm taste of the coffee he had drunk didnt help to calm whatever nerves he currently feel, his mind consistently playing the events that still occurring nearby. Seeing the sight of his daughter flying around using her IS as she took down the enemies that currently knocking at his door make him think of everything he has done for his daughter and the things he made his daughter do, a neutral expression plastered across his face as he sit on his desk.

The majority his combat capable servants that have served the Dunois name for many years have been sent to dismantle the unmanned IS that trying to rip apart everything the Dunois family had built.

It annoy the businessman to no end to know that these unmanned IS dare to try to destroy everything that he and Dunois family had built all this time.

"Are you alright sir?"

Albert Dunois turns his attention to the only servant in the room.

"I am fine, I just in a very deep thought right now."

While gulping the man wipe the sweat on his face as to wipe away the stress that he may be showing on his face, although the servant quickly realize the stress he currently feel because he's not good at hiding his feelings.

"Sir I can tell you are very much stressed, and if you don't mind my assumption, it's must be about the occurring attacks that happens outside. Sir let me reinforce the fact; with the Dunois family massive resource security that we have hired is the best one."

The female servant stares at Albert with concern as she tries to keep the man calm.

"I am aware..."

With his knee jerking slightly, Albert continues to look towards the television across him, while also repeatedly looking down numerous times.

"Do not worry sir; no harm will come to you."

A reassuring smile from his female servant is to give Albert small confidence that linger in his heart, although the older man has been feeling an ominous premonition for a while and seemingly unable to shake it off.

It was like an evil presence lurking around Albert which terrifies him out of his skin.

"Thank you, somehow I needed that"

"No problem sir, feel free to tell me whatever worries you have." The servant wryly smiles while standing in front of the door.

Albert was closing his eyes for a few moments as he begins to think; when he still thinking several memories begins to cloud his mind. The Memories of His Daughter Charlotte as a child in the past, his late mistress Charline and their secret marriage, and several other things including other affairs he was involved before.

"Actually, there are few things I want to say."

"Please, go on sir."

Opening his eyes, Albert straighten himself up and taking and letting out few breaths, he allow himself to inhale the air around him as he let his female servant sit in the chair in front of him, the two of them are sitting in a dark room with the lamps above them and the television as the source of light.

"I've had these weird feelings, like something wasn't right..."

"..."

"It's feels like an evil presence that lurks in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to kill me, to take me by surprise and to ruin everything that I and the Dunois family have ever built."

"I see, sir maybe you are just feeling unwell?"

The servant offers her opinion as she watches Albert Dunois with a worried expression on her face.

"I also thought so, but all of these are not happening at random, none of it is..." Albert turns around and looks towards the windows that were protected by the energy shields.

"What do you mean sir?"

"Glowing red eyes, I keep seeing the glowing red eyes, its keep lurking around, with unrivalled evil aura. It was unlike anything we ever seen or dealt with before, it's a true demon."

Albert pause for few seconds, thinking about his choice of words as it seemingly explained everything perfectly.

"Sir Maybe you need some medical help after al-"

"I don't need help at all, I know what I've been seeing and what I have felt, and this is something much bigger than what you and I realize in the long run... I can still feel the aura that I was talking about earlier; and its keep on growing stronger by the minute..."

The servant continues to listen as her worries for the older man keep on increasing every time he speaks.

"You know my daughter; she's out there fighting those things that trying to destroy our family, I feel completely useless as I stay in here while my own daughter did the works that I supposed to do..."

Albert begins to feel difficult to speak, he has too much to say but he felt he has too little time to speak.

"I secretly met my daughter charlotte before; it was when my daughter was very young. She has always been fond of me and her mother, her mother was a happy and giddy woman who loves to come home to her daughter, I still remember numerous times when I found them cuddling next to each other while watching TV at her home."

Albert smile as he remembers the look on the younger Charlotte's face when she saw him come to visit her and her mother.

"That was very nice sir, if I allowed saying that I am jealous of you."

"At that time I was Happy and I felt complete, so when her mother pass away I know I could never get that feeling back. When charlotte came to dunois family she has already forgotten about me, and I can't treat a mistress daughter warmly otherwise the other family member will try to harm her, so admittedly over time the distance between us begin to grow bigger and into what it is today." Albert stops talking, while locking his eyes with his servant as she patiently waiting for him to continue speaking again.

"I have dedicated myself to serve you and this family. So I never have experience with those things."

"Yes, as now as we are getting closer to ruin I just wish that I have been more lenient, I wish I have been a better father for her, however I am aware that it is too late to change anything now." Albert let out a sigh as he stare the ceiling for few seconds while rubbing his beard.

"I understand sir."

"No you don't, because we all see the world differently, I just wish that she still alive so that I could see a better world, at how grand my life is." Albert opens a draw next to him and putting some of the documents on his desk into the drawer.

"Sir, you sound as if yo-"

*STAB!*

Without paying attention Albert keep on messily put every important documents to the decently sized drawer, stuffing it in there without any care about the document's state as it was left in.

"What did you just said?"

Sitting up straight, Albert's eyes widened as he see a sword pierce the torso of his female servant as she stared lifelessly at him, blood has flown from her chest before the sword being pulled out and his female servant fall to the ground slowly.

In a state of shock, Albert holds his breath as he watch the lifeless body of his female servant crumbles to the ground.

"So this is what Dunois family Headquarters looks like?"

Albert slowly looking up and see a woman in her twenties stand next to a woman with long ginger blonde hair. The blonde woman wearing a mask over her face, her identity was completely unknown to Albert as he keep staring with terrified and shocked expression written all over his face.

"Who..."

"'Who the hell are we?' well, first off all trash, you won't believe me if I told you. Second, the ones that you hired to protect your pathetic little company have been entirely wiped out, maybe next time you should hire stronger trashes"

The blue haired woman evilly smirked while an evil aura surrounded her body. Albert gulped as he knows he couldn't hope to defeat the woman in front of him, he could tell from just her gaze that compared to him she is something else entirely. He is so terrified that it made him want to cower into a corner and hope the woman would leave him alive in one piece.

While keeping his remaining composure to be somewhat intact under the woman's insanely strong aura, Albert's mind racked for question to the woman while she look around at everything in his office.

"W-What do you want?"

"Oh! What do I want? Well that is something that you or any person can give me... you should be asking why am I here for? And why I am here is to let her wipe a slate clean, in order to become new person."

The blue haired woman grinned wickedly before point her finger towards the blonde haired woman that wears a tightly fitted combat outfit with a mask to hide her identity.

"W-W-Who is she?"

"Enough with the questions already! All you need to know that she is going to kill you, so the next part of my family's plan can continue. Oh by the way... the name is Chisaya, and save your time for telling me your name, after all I never bother to remember name of trashes."

The woman sneer as she opens a cabinet, pick up a trophy award from the cabinet, and drop it down as it smashed to pieces to the ground.

"So that's why I have been feeling like this..."

"That's correct, you can say that was a courtesy from the Orimura clan, it's a gift of mine that we the Orimura's received at birth, to be able to infect the mind of weak with our aura's until they start losing their minds and go insane! ufufufufufu!"

Chisaya giggle frantically as her eyes went wide, Albert could tell that the girl in front of him was crazy.

"So you're an Orimura? Like that boy that my daughter close to? What's was his name? Ichika Orimura?" Albert with his current chaotic mind tries to remember the name of his daughter's closest friend; he knows him before and he has read a lot about the teenage boy before.

"That's correct, the love of my life if I may say? You know it has become quite annoying to see that your daughter hang around the man I love so much while she just a mere toy, maybe I should deal with her too."

Chisaya bent down to pick up a shard of the glass while her aura growing immensely.

"GUH!"

Albert feels his bones were beginning to snap as the pressure from the woman's aura grow too powerful for him to handle, the man gritted his teeth as a few tears began to fall from his eyes due to immense pain.

"Well, just know that you won't die in vain, your purpose went to a higher level as a pawn in the Orimura clan's plan and as a test for Charlotte Dunois, she lost her mother once, I wonder what would she would feel when she found out that her own mother has killed her father?"

Seemingly uninterested, Chisaya standing up and drop the piece of shattered glass to the ground once more, causing it to shatter it again.

"What... do you mean?"

"Just giving what your family deserves, as your family is just another shattered family that dares to stand in the way of our goal and my own goal." Chisaya walk away and pay no attention to the man as he try to reach out to her and end up falling from his chair to the ground.

While Near the exit the Chisaya Orimura turn around to face the lifeless woman she has brought alongside her to the main office of the Dunois family.

"Slaughter him already."

"..."

The eyes behind the masked woman glow blood red for few moments as her aura behind her activate. Albert beginning to grow scared as he starts to back away against the wall while the masked woman approach him with a bloodied sword in her hand.

"NO! WAIT PLEASE! I BE-"

Chisaya walk out of the room in silence as she think of her little brother.

'Consider me impressed Ichika, you and your little toys have performed as we expected to. I dare to say that you have grown much stronger than we have expected.'

A wicked grin appears on her face as she become elated over the thought of her brother become stronger than her, Chisaya thought begin to grow wilder as she imagine her little brother overpowe her in battle and it eventually leading to something else entirely.

"Ufufufufufu! I can't wait until we get to dance once again Ichika... as for now it would be fun to see how will your toys reacts!"

An eerie giggle linger in the air as the masked blonde woman murdered the man in cold blood, leaving his body lifeless with blood splattered on the window with a bloody handprint being the last thing the man made before his death.

the masked blonde woman combat attire was covered in blood with a bit of blood on her mask, her eyes look as lifeless as ever as she left the destroyed corpse to rot in the Dunois company bloodied office.

The masked woman soon follows Chisaya Orimura out of the building and together they left into the dark night.

...

...

Madoka Orimura battle was just like the rest of the girl's battles were coming to the end. She found that the amount of [Jackal] she has to deal with decreased to the minimum numbers, compared to before the numbers of [Jackal]'s that attack her start to decrease little by little.

Her IS unit [Hiiro Akatsuki] has become war torn from the damage it received during her battle.

However, as the youngest prodigy of the Orimura clan she possesses many useful skills which let her to excel in anything she did in combat, with her superior strength and ability to move fast when compared to the average IS user her enemies were quickly dismantled and destroyed

Her IS wings [Sky Guard] was activated as she take advantage of her superior air combat ability.

With Her ability to dodge the incoming attacks being second to none, Madoka quickly closes the distance and take out massive army of [Jackal] before moving to her next target, Madoka has found a simple way to defeat her enemies.

Her chocolate brown eyes darted to her side as she dodges the razor-sharp claws that try to scratch her stomach.

"..."

Without a second thought Madoka fight back with her own attack, quickly taking her last opponent's feet off of the ground.

She uses her blade to stab the chest of her opponent.

Her blade easily slicing through the translucent gel, then she jump and soar over her opponents

Her eyes focusing on her new enemies

Madoka Slice through multiple [Jackal] within few seconds while they remain standstill, Madoka's level is a whole different level compared to the attackers that dare to fight her.

Her [Jaaku Reiki] aura are beginning to crowd around her body like a thick layer on her outline.

The bodies of each [Jackal] start to fall to the ground without any resistance, each their torso were separated from their body.

ichika younger sister is standing still as she look around without slightest emotion on her face, her mind is focusing on entirely different matter, which was her brother deflating aura that she could feel from a distance.

'Big brother has finished his fight already? I'm impressed Ichika-nii!'

Madoka Run her fingers through her hair for few seconds then she turn around and she spot her brother from a distance before she turn her attention elsewhere. She looks over the unconscious body of her previous opponents that she has just beaten like a harmless lamb.

Daniel Cazr was lying on the ground, he was unconscious as neutral expression, and the look on his face never falters.

He lay on the slightly bloodied ground, Madoka has caused few damage on the boy that dared to confront her earlier and she gave him a beating to teach him a lesson, though the younger sister she admit she found it hard to hold back her killing urges against the cocky boy.

Slighly Shaking her head , Madoka deactivated her IS unit and begin to walk away, she turns her head and look over her brother who notice her, he knows that she also has finished her battle and make his way to her.

A small smile shows on her face as she saw the bright expression on Ichika's face which made unconsciously her feeling upbeat and joyful to be around her kind brother once again, though knowing her personality she would never admit it.

Madoka clear her throat as she makes a direct eye contact with her brother as they walk over to each other quickly.

"Madoka!"

"Onii-Chan?" a confused Madoka slightly tilted her head to the side as she notice his tone was slightly off.

"Are you alright? You didn't get hurt right?" Ichika touch for her cheek and brush off a speck of dirt from her cheek while checking her condition.

Ichika put his left hand on her shoulder and pat her head with his right hand after he made sure his adorable little sister was fine.

"I'm fine Ichika-nii." Madoka roll her eyes and move her brother's hand away from her shoulder.

"That's good, the worst thing I fear was that you could be hurt by those unmanned IS units, and it's good that you are alright!" Madoka and Ichika were inside their own little bubble while they talk to each other.

Ichika let out a sigh of relief to hear his sister isn't hurt at all.

"Onii-chan, what happened with your pink haired friend? Have the others already gone to deal with those problems?"

"She's fine; I think she went to the Tachibana clan main building." Ichika turn around and point toward a large mansion in the forest beside them.

Madoka's quickly remember the lifeless IS units she has fought earlier and the unconscious body of Daniel, one of her brother enemies.

"let us go and see if the others are doing fine in their battles! I'm sure they need our help!" Madoka put her arm around Ichika's arm and dragged him forward

"Hey, little sis! What..!"

Madoka trying to distract her brother and pull him along as she walk closer to the large mansion.

Madoka is holding Ichika's arm as she drags him and doesn't realize that her breasts is pressing against him, while her mind thinking about getting her brother away from his self-proclaimed rival.

'Her breasts are touching my arm! What the hell!?'

Ichika was slightly freak out by his little sister's forwardness as her breast push up against his arm, his eyes dart forward and back from her breasts to the lifeless field they currently on while they could see Rin fight the [Jackal]'s in the distance

His cheeks slightly flushed as he try to ignore the bouncy feeling of his little sister's breasts that currently pressing against his arm, the older brother use his hands to wipe the sweat from his face.

"Ichika?"

The familiar feminine voice was caught him off guard, he turn around as he recognize the voice.

"Houki...? Have you finished the rest of them off?"

"I have, but it seems like the others haven't yet..."

"..."

"..."

Houki and Madoka both look at Ichika, waiting for him to say anything.

The three of them couldn't help but look at each other while confusion plastered on each of their faces, they were looking at each other as they wonder what they should do next.

...

...

Shinobu remain active in her fight against the [Jackal]'s.

She slices through their armor as if it was butter as she fluidly moves from one enemy to the next one without stopping her attacks.

Her dark green hair flowing through the wind as she dance in the air

Her two katanas [Shippu] and [Reppu] were covered with the goo which was a leftover from her previous enemies that she has eliminated. A smirk plastered on her face as she slashes off the plated arm of another [Jackal].

A stronger and armored version of [Jackal] is standing In front of her, compared to the one she has been fighting; it was significantly more 'equipped' to deal with her.

Her previous enemies were slaughtered quickly as Shinobu made light work of them.

[Jackal Alpha] possess a thrusters on its back; it has a fitting sleek grey colour. The unmanned IS unit that currently standing in front of her has its own weapon, it was something that she has not encountered in all of her fallen enemies.

Several [Jackal] are forming a circle around her.

Each of them activating their [Razor Strahl] claws to deal damage to Shinobu by any means necessary as they rush forward

They use "strength in numbers" tactic over the girl

However, Shinobu already used to deal with multiple opponents because of the previous training she has done before. The ability to sense the next attack which targeting her was her strongest strength.

Her [Shippu] stab through the chest of her attacker.

She Pull it out a mere second later and using [Reppu] to slice through the hand of the second attacker, and follow it up by slicing the neck of the unmanned IS using the stain coated [Shippu].

All of this was happened in just few seconds, shinobu then spin around and turn her attention somewhere else as the glowing red eyes of her enemies looking at her.

Shinobu's hair swaying in the wind as she use her two katanas to get some advantage

Her eyes narrowed while her expression remained neutral.

Shinobu move like a dancer, slicing through the plated translucent gel and stabbing straight to the stomach area of several unmanned IS units that surrounded her.

Then she quickly fly to the air, floating above her opponents as she aim her two katana as a golden colored energy which is different than usual green energy appear at the end of her green beam katanas and shooting a beam that moves in an electric like pattern destroying her enemies without giving them a chance to retaliate.

"Have a safe trip degozaru!"

A small smirk appears on her face as she point her beam katanas to the three remaining [Jackal] s.

Her enemies are forced to defend themselves in any way they could, however they failed miserably due to the insane power generated by shinobu.

BOOOOM! BOOOOOM! BOOOOOM!

"Hahahaha! Banzai!" Shinobu excitedly raising both her hands and grinning as she watches her remaining enemies being destroyed and there are no longer enemies left for her

She has destroyed all her enemies or that was she thought.

FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!

Shinobu was caught off guard as the remaining [Jackal Alpha] crash to her and sent her and her IS unit [Fujin] tumbling to the ground in a fair distance away.

"Guh!"

[Damaged Taken!:]

Shinobu grit her teeth as she uses both of her hands to push herself to stand on her feet.

Her head is slightly disoriented by the crash when she falls to the ground.

She is seeing two of everything as she look around, she see two of every tree that stood tall a few meters from her, and the rocks on the ground were multiplied in her eyes.

Her enemy that has dealt significant damage on her has beginning to crawl out from the hole that shinobu had created before in her previous attack.

Shinobu notice this and quickly grab her two beam katanas [Shippu] and [Reppu], she clutch the handle of her katana tightly as she become annoyed.

Several strands of her dark green hair has specs of dirt

"You Iron doggy! I'll teach you what'll happen when you messed with a Ninja!"

Shinobu's motivation to destroy the [Jackal Alpha] has rise to a new heights, something that she never thought before, who knows her motivation to destroy her enemy will reach that height.

Shinobu eyes stuck with her opponent's glowing eyes as she rush forward, she never breaking eye contact as she go all out, she hold nothing back as the [Jackal Alpha] also done the same with its claws.

Both of them are stretching their limbs to get the first hit on the other.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

SLAAAAAAAAAAAASH! SLIIIIIIIIIICE! SLAAAAAAAAAAASH! SLIIIIIIIIIIICE!

Shinobu and the [Jackal Alpha] collide with each other as they slash each other without mercy, with only one of them could walking away from the battle as the winner. The [Jackal Alpha] sharp claw has been sliced off at a terrifying speed.

The beam katana [Shippu] is slicing through the black translucent gel that protects the armor underneath it.

It was being followed up by [Reppu] as it was slashing its armor two times in the form of an 'X', and then it was aiming for her opponent neck and completely slicing it's off.

"..."

The [Jackal Alpha] fall to its knees.

The translucent gel begin to evaporate as the insides of the unmanned IS unit beginning to fall out.

Its head fall backward from its shoulders.

As it fall Shinobu starts to straighten her back up and watch her final enemy to fall to the ground with a small smile on her face, she feel relief wash over her body.

"I guess I was a little too late for the party huh? That was disappointing."

A familiar figure with brown hair and a short stature is entering the scene while she check over the damage that was caused by Shinobu fight with her enemies.

"Rin-dono!?"

"That's my name Shinobu, you took a bit longer than I expected..."

"Really!? Was I that slow..."

"No! I thought you would have stopped toying with your enemies' way earlier than this." Rin wave away Shinobu's loathing for herself.

Rin who still wearing her IS suit let out a light giggle, she already trying to change the direction of their conversation just in case she has offended her good friend with her words earlier, the one that she has just thrown without thinking too much.

Shinobu quickly deactivate her IS unit and join Rin with her own laughter, her lack of knowledge on how to act in an awkward situation begin to slightly make her shy her as she scratch the back of her head.

"Now that you are done with your battle, I think it's about time we pay visit to Ichika," Rin smirked.

When Rin bring up topic about Ichika, Shinobu start to think about her senpai as she was increasingly curious to see how his battle goes on, her curiosity it begin to appear on her facial expression.

"I wonder how Ichika-dono fights in the other end...?"

"Shall we go and find out? Let's go!"

Rin slightly giggle as she jogs ahead, while the kunoichi standing still for a few seconds as she thinking what she should say as a response.

"Ahh please wait for me Rin-dono, just like the bird! I flies, nin nin nin"

*Swisssshhh*

A Green blur is chasing after Rin small figure with incredible speed

...

...

Charlotte Dunois has moved through numerous rooms in the building, she has checked every room before moving to check the next rooms for any signs of survivors the battle that has occurred on the inside and outside of the building.

They have arrived a little too late, every single memory that she has with her family servants were playing in her mind whenever she saw their dead body lay on the ground. Their death were not peaceful at all and their corpses condition were horrible, some of their body parts were hanging out and their heads has been separated from their bodies with a glazed look on their face, some of them even had their intestines hanging out from their stomach.

Several bloodstains were covered the walls of her family main building.

As time went by, charlotte grow even more nervous, she feel that her heart sink as she hasn't seen any sign of her father anywhere she has went, although some part of her want to believe that he has escaped in time, small part of her told her he didn't make it.

Her worries are causing her to keep on searching relentlessly until she can find a relieving answer to ease her worry, or perhaps the only thing she could find is a worse answer...

"There is no one here!"

"Same! Each of the rooms seems to be empty or it was filled with your family servant's dead bodies Charlotte-san!" Ran shouted from across the corridor as she rushed.

Charlotte and Alys have done the same thing and they haven't found anything important yet.

"Goddamit!"

Charlotte grow even more stressed and irritated as she rummaged her hands through her hair in anger and sadness, her hopes keep on falling by the minute as the times seems to become slower for her.

"Calm down Charlotte-san..." Ran place a reassuring hand on charlotte shoulder and smile warmly.

She forcing Charlotte to turn around and look at her with a worried expression on her face, Ran could see the pain on her friend's face and she want to do anything she can to get rid the negative emotions that currently damaging charlotte mind and body.

"I know..."

Charlotte use one of her hand to cover her face as she wipes a few small tears from her eyes.

"I know you are worried, however Charlotte senpai losing control of your emotion will lead you to worse outcomes..." Alys who become slightly serious also put a hand on Charlotte shoulder.

Currently they are standing in the hallway while the lights from the lamp were flickering above them.

But the girls didn't notice that as their minds were entirely consumed with several thoughts, for Ran and Alys it were about how to help their friend and for charlotte it was about her dad.

"I was very worried about my niece, I heard about what happened and rush here to see my precious niece!" A mysterious feminine voice is heard from a distance near the maze of hallways that Charlotte shared with her friends.

Charlotte turns to the two girls and gestured them to be quiet.

As she know the voice too well, Charlotte wonder if it was really the person that she thought it was, she feel a lump appears in her throat.

"Auntie?"

"..."

"..."

Alys and Ran looked at each other for few seconds.

"Charlotte!?"

A loud feminine voice calling her out in one of the hallways, as she confirmed the feminine voice she heard earlier was indeed her aunt.

"What are you doing here!?"

Charlotte responds to her aunt voice in a distance, with her tone slightly changed.

"Charlotte!? Is that you?!"

"Charlotte! Where are you? This hallway is like a maze!?"

Other familiar voices that charlotte knows belonged to Tatenashi and Yu Na were being spoken out alongside her aunt's voice; small part of her is very relieved to hear her friends' voices.

"We are at..."

Charlotte checks the room beside her for any indication of their location.

She Open the door slightly, and Charlotte is seeing a sight that she didn't prepared to see, she saw a dead body of a man wearing a suit and tie laid on the ground. His face has been badly damaged to the point that Charlotte is not being able to know this person identity.

After taking few look Charlotte could tell that this room was a private office.

"We are at an office! Follow the sound of my voice!" Charlotte shout to her aunt, Yu Na, and Tatenashi.

Everything went quiet for few moments.

"Keep talking Charlotte!" Her aunt Claire shouts back.

"I will! Why are you here!? You haven't explained it yet!" Charlotte shouts back and as she turns back she see Alys and Ran have relieved expression on their faces.

"I know you will be here!"

Her aunt voice become closer, they were indeed nearby.

"You shouldn't have come! You could have gotten yourself hurt! Or worse..." Charlotte mutters the last few words as she looks down.

"I just couldn't let you get hurt!"

The voice has become even closer now, Charlotte turn her head in the direction of the voice, and she hear loud footsteps of her aunt, Yu Na, and Tatenashi as they approaches her, their pace getting significantly quicker as they pick up the pace.

Charlotte, Alys and Ran could see the shadow of Charlotte Aunt Claire and their friends' were as they approach the group quickly and come into their vision. a relieved smile appear on Charlotte's face as she rush forward.

Claire also doing the same thing while Tatenashi and Yu Na watches over with smiles on their faces.

Ran and Alys also do the same thing as they see the reunion of Aunt and Niece pair who cares for each other; it has left a warm feeling inside them.

"Auntie..."

"I'm so glad I found you..."

Although they were not in the best situation, the two ladies were more than relieved to see each other were doing well.

"You sound troubled, my niece; can you tell me what could it be?" Claire asking Charlotte a question as she releases her hugs to see her niece face while they talk

Ran and Alys' eyes locked with Tatenashi and Yu Na eyes as they give each other knowing looks.

"I was looking for my father, have you guys seen him? There were no signs of his whereabouts yet and I hope he got out safely..." Charlotte cannot disguise the worry in her voice.

"I haven't heard anything about him getting away safely from the elders..."

The elders of the Dunois family were always getting the first news way before other family members could due to their vast connections, with the exception of Albert Dunois of course as Charlotte's father was a very powerful man.

Claire slowly become silent as she remember a few hushed conversation between Dunois family old men that she has seen outside dunois family building, from their worried tone and their ghastly expression, she knows that the content of their conversation is not a pleasant news.

As she fear the worst has happened to Charlotte's Father, she pull charlotte back in a tight hug as she could see that her niece's faith for her father safety are crumbling in an instant, leaving her with a worried thought as she look around to see other girls expression turn grim

"...No"

Charlotte's sounded so weak while a single tear roll down her cheek.

Tatenashi try to speak but she found no word to comfort Charlotte, leaving her to watch her friend cry while she stays silent and feel extremely bitter inside. Tatenashi has known charlotte for over a year and watching her strong junior break down in tears make her feel horrible

Yu Na felt the same way as her cousin, she is holding her breath as she feels guilty for not being able to help her friend, she always been a proud girl but this time she feel like a failure, this horrible feeling force her to look down in shame

Ran put her hand over her opened mouth, she want to speak so badly but she has been unable to mutter any words. She could only watch while tears begin to gather on her eyes

Alys remain quiet just like the other girls; she was rendered speechless as her expression turn dark while she leans against the wall.

"UWWWWWWWWWWAH!"

For the first time in a long time...

Charlotte Dunois releases all of the emotions that have plagued her

One of the IS academy strongest

Crying her heart out in Sadness

In this moment Charlotte is just a normal girl

A heartbroken Girl

...

...

Emelia Moretti has fought quickly.

Her IS unit [Principessa Sirena] has taken some damage after fighting several enemies.

Several unmanned IS units has been either destroyed or remained intact until Emelia and her IS finished them off.

The platinum and light blue IS unit shine under the dark night.

Emelia use a high speed movement and agile attacks as her battle tactic and using her [Ocean Divider] to attack her enemies ruthlessly. Her [Ocean Divider] is a three-pronged spear/trident, it's left and right spikes are significantly bigger than the middle spike.

Her eyes flicker back and forward, she spot several [Jackals] that she hasn't dealt yet

Her light brown hair glistening in the dark sky as the night has begun to loom over France

Emelia quickly struck her spear to the chest of the [Jackal] in front of her, she wedge her weapon forward and use her thrusters to send her enemy flying forward and crash to the other unmanned IS units.

Her movements are fluid as she seamlessly danced in the air as her battle continue

Emelia use of her [Ocean Divider]'s sound ability to create empty space for her to then she shoot several light blue beam from a distance to destroy several [Jackal]s and at the same time preventing her enemies to get close to her

"HAAAAAA!"

Using her thruster to boost her speed she dash forward and stab her the three-headed spear straight through the upper torso of another [Jackal]

She Lift it to the air then she use her thrusters to move quickly to her next opponents, using the previously destroyed enemy's torso to block any attack that come to her.

FWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!

She starts to slow down and decreasing her speed a little causing the now broken torso to fall from the spear, allowing Emelia to spin her freed spear around.

"Who's next?!"

The gentle breeze that caresses her skin made her become more immersed in the relentless battle she currently in.

In the corner of her eye, Emelia see another unmanned IS unit reaching out its claw to stab her.

"!"

In the nick of time, Emelia manage to move her body and dodge the sharp claws.

"Holy molly!"

Emelia's eyes widen in panic before she fire back her counter attack with her spear.

As the spear press up against the [Jackal], Emelia begin to use more physical force to deal more damage, eventually she use her legs to trip the unmanned IS unit down.

Emelia herself almost fall down until she uses her other leg as pivot to push her forward like a spring.

Tightly gripping her spear she quickly stab the unmanned IS unit stomach and send it to its death.

Sweat falling down her forehead as she let out a heavy breath, she begin to feel of relief crawling through her spine as she watch the bright crimson red eye of the [Jackal] starting to slowly shut off .

Huff! Huff! Huff!

Taking a deep breath and steadying her pose she continues her fight against another [Jackal].

Emelia move quickly while her opponent did the same

She send a devastating blow to the head of [Jackal] with her fist, knocking it back slight before it bounced back.

The [Jackal] is attempting to land multiple attacks on the world famous singer herself.

Keyword being 'Attempt', as the empty attacks were left volatile and worthless by Emelia spear

Each attempt is being countered by Emelia own attacks, using her [Ocean Divider] she slowly break through the plated armor that lay underneath the remains of the translucent gel.

Several holes appears and remain in IS unit remaining armor as it beginning to slow down.

Its movements become sluggish.

Emelia twirl her three-headed spear around her fingers and knocked the IS unit down with its bottom end

She smashes the [Jackal] to the ground before it tries to fight back with all of its power that it could muster in its mechanical body.

"..."

Emelia standing tall as her mind having a flashback to several moments that brought her to her current predicament.

Her clear blue eyes flash like a diamond as she stare her enemy down without slightest bit of mercy.

Emelia raise her spear with the three-headed spear pointed at the [Jackal], the unmanned IS unit slowly push itself back to stand on its feet.

"!"

BLLLLLLLLLLLRT!

Emelia struck her three-headed spear to the back of the unmanned IS unit, causing it to malfunction and eventually turning off.

Her spear that has pierced the [Jackal] hold the unmanned IS up from falling flat to the ground.

'Is it over? Have we finished them all?'

Emelia release a breath and look towards the destruction that was caused by the battle, several trees were broken in half, and the ground below her has become slightly submerged and destroyed by her own destructive attacks.

As she calms her breathing, Emelia allow the gentle breeze to touch her face.

"Finally, are you done? I have expected you to finish your fight much quicker; don't tell me you were holding back?"

Emelia smiled as she recognized the childish voice.

"And you certainly didn't hold back at all, do you? It's feels surprisingly pleasant to hear your voice again." Emelia turned around while the moon shines on her.

Emelia turn around and faced the petite girl.

"Marika-chan"

Emelia greet her classmate as she deactivate her IS unit [Principessa Sirena] and she is left in her IS suit.

"Hey Emelia"

The tanned girl who significantly shorter than Emelia returns her greeting and smile back, they both shows a mutual smile that convey their relief to each other, that they are glad their friend are safe and sound after their respective battles

Marika notice several movements from the corner of her eye and then look back to Emelia as her expression quickly change to a neutral look, she just saw a the familiar woman with blonde locks in her hair starting to approached them, her expression look very smug due to her has successfully won her battle all by herself, some would say she just finished the test of her abilities with flying colors.

As she Move her golden locks, Marika roll her eyes.

"Marika-san and Emelia-san, it's good to see you two win your battles without being hurt at all." Her voice sound as genuine as it could be.

"Cecilia Senpai" Emelia greet the blonde girl

"Hmph but of course! This princess disposed of her enemies easily! Cecilia-san, you should be focusing on your own battles! I can handle mine on my own." Marika turn her face around while pouting. The pout on her face look so cute that it quickly turns Cecilia's smug expression into a full blooming smile.

Emelia let out a smile of relief; it feels good to see her friends being as close as ever, the familiar feelings allow her to relax.

"that is cute in all girls but I think we already need to get going, I want to see if Charlotte Senpai is alright, she looked very disturbed earlier..." Emelia gesture them to move forward to the large mansion on the hill.

Their path looks much more now after several trees have been knocked down.

Marika being Marika did not like being told what to do, however, she willingly followed Emelia as they quickly walk forward to a slightly destroyed pathway that led up to the large and tall building.

After the battle it's feeling as if there is an odd aura surrounding the building and the vast empty lands that were originally had a several trees around it.

It almost feels like several lost souls that have died during this incident still linger there.

These eerie feelings left a chill going up the three ladies' spine, as they notice the gloomy aura surrounding the building it made them feel quite anxious, a place and the situation like these were unlike anything they had ever felt or experienced before.

'Charlotte senpai, please be safe'

Emelia's cold hands clasped together as she pray for Charlotte safety, she closed her eyes when they got closer to the building

Pzzzzzt! Pzzzzzzzzt!

"?"

"?"

"?"

Marika and Cecilia's eyebrow slightly rise as they hear Marika's phone begin to beep continuously, while Emelia immediately open her eyes.

Without looking her friends, the tanned girl reach for her phone from a pocket strap at the side of her IS suit, she pushes it out from the tight pocket before she check the screen.

"Who is it?" Cecilia ask Marika an obvious question

"...Kanzashi-san." Marika spoke vaguely then she push answer button on the phone screen

Cliiiick!

["Thank god I was able to get in touch with you!"] Cecilia and Emelia's eyes widening in surprise as they recognize the voice.

"What is it kanzashi-san? And where are you? This princess has yet to see you around here!" Marika exclaim as she hold her mobile phone out in front of her, she is pressing a few buttons and make the holographic screen appears in front of her.

A feed of Kanzashi Sarashiki open up as she stand with dark sky with several stars as her background

["Listen closely! I will be with you shortly! I have been watching others and I can confirm Charlotte is in the main building with the onee-chan and the other girls, how about the unmanned IS units, have you guys defeated them all?"]

"They have been defeated Kanzashi-san, we have dealt with them earlier." Cecilia responded shortly.

["That is good to hear girls, I will be heading towards the building where Charlotte and the others in shortly, I need you girls to be there as well, and Miss Fairs has instructed me to gather all of us in the same place together."]

Marika, Emelia, and Cecilia look over each other for a few seconds.

"Got it."


Fatigue is a real thing, make sure you get your sleep.

-kano.