Storyline 1
Volume 1
"BIG BROTHER! BIG BROTHER!" Kazuha quickly slammed open the door to Kazuya's room; inside was a completely naked Kazuya.
"Kazuya!" her brother exclaimed quietly as he covered his penis with his hands.
"Please don't go, big brother!" cried Kazuha. "I can't lose you!" She tearfully embraced her brother. "You might get killed! I don't wanna be alone!"
Kazuya gave a shocked face, but then knelt down right in front of his sister. "I won't die," he said as he gave a warm smile and placed his right hand on his sister's head. "Because I have something very special to protect me...and stronger than the Stigmata I carry on my back. It's the hope and dreams of all the people around the world, including yours. That's what helps us Pandora achieve the strength to defeat the Nova. And that's why...I promise...I will never die...ever...you believe me, right?"
Gaining the same courage, Kazuha wiped away her tears and closed her eyes and nodded with a warm smile. But when she opened her eyes, her courage quickly disappeared as she was standing on a ruined battlefield. Surrounding her were tons of dead bodies. Fear consumed her mind when suddenly, she could hear a masculine cry: "AAAAHHHHHH!"
Kazuya instantly recognized that cry. She turned around and saw a badly beaten Pandora struggling to get up; when Kazuha saw the weapon he was wielding, she recognized him and shouted, "BIG BROTHER! BIG BROTHER!"
But her cries were insufficient as Kazuya could not hear his sister over the loud noises. Just then, something appeared right in front of them; it was a Nova creature, and it was ginormous. Kazuya was shocked by this and was too weak to fight back. Kazuha continuously cried, "BIG BROTHER!" over and over and over again as the Nova creature prepared to land the finishing blow.
Just then, the entire world went dead silent...with the exception of a faint voice coming of Kazuya: "...K-Kazuha...I'm so s-sorry...for breaking my promise...I-I love you...please forgive m-me..."
Kazuha's eyes resumed crying as the Nova struck at Kazuya with the sound instantly coming back—
A teenage girl shot straight up and screamed, "BIG BROTHER!" She was sweating like crazy, breathing like a warthog, crying in devastation, and paranoid out of her mind. She looked around and saw that she was in her bed in her house. She immediately calmed down, but her tears didn't stop raining down, even when she tried to wipe them away with the back of her hand.
After sitting for about thirty seconds, the girl got up and began her daily routine:
1. She started by making her bed.
2. She took off her nightgown and took a shower.
3. After her shower, she put on her underwear before proceeding to put on her school uniform.
4. For breakfast, she had steamed rice, miso soup, and grilled fish (but didn't eat before saying "Itadakimasu").
5. After breakfast, she cleaned her dishes.
6. She returned to her bathroom to comb her back-length dark blue hair.
7. She tied the sides of her hair to the back of her head.
8. Finally, she brushed her teeth.
Once she was finished with #8, she looked at herself in the mirror one last time before heading downstairs. She picked up a bouquet of flowers, and then headed out the door.
Before she began heading to her brand-new school, she had to stop by town's graveyard. She walked up to a grave with an obituary that read:
Here lies Aoi Kazuya
Hero of the 8th Nova Clash
Born: XX/XX/2043
Died: XX/XX/2061
R.I.P.
Holding the bouquet of flowers in her hands, she stared at the grave for quite a while. Then she got onto her knees, placed the bouquet on the tombstone, closed her eyes, and placed her hands together (like any Japanese person would do to mourn their loved ones). "This is for you, big brother," she whispered.
At the monorail station, she stood at the edge of the tracks, awaiting the monorail that would take her to her new school. As soon as she heard a train whistle, she heard an announcer over the radio say, "Please step behind the yellow line as the train arrives." The girl took a few steps back as the train arrived and slowed down. Once the doors opened, she walked inside and took a seat.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said the conductor over the comm radio, "please remain seated or hold onto the safety bars as we make our way to West Japan." And so, the monorail began moving. As the monorail left the station, the girl looked out the window and sighed; most likely contemplating her life with her older brother Kazuya.
Okay, it's going to be a pretty long ride to this kid's new school, so I think now would be a good time for some exposition...
It all began in 2012: the year that the old world ended—and the new world began. Extra-dimensional aliens came to invade the planet of Earth with the intention of destroying mankind. The creatures were eventually given the name "Nova".
To combat these threats, the military began developing biogenetically engineered teenage boys who would be known as "Pandora". Pandora are implanted with Stigmata that give them the power to equip Volt Texture, battle suits, and Volt Weapons to combat the Nova threat. In addition to Volt Equipment, the Stigmata also give the Pandora increased agility and strength, as well as the ability to quickly heal severe wounds, even growing severed limbs like they were never off in the first place.
Supporting the Pandora are Limiters: teenage girls who pair up with Pandora in a process called "Baptism", in which the Limiters implant their Stigmata into their Pandora partners. Limiters have the ability who use special "Freezing" powers to limit their opponent's mobility—or even "freeze" them permanently.
The girl before you is one of those new Limiters; her name is Kazuha Aoi. Her older brother, Kazuya, was a legendary Pandora warrior, famous for his involvement in which he rescued mankind as well as all actively remaining Pandora...except his own.
Now, in 2065, Kazuha has just been accepted to enroll in West Genetics, one of many schools created to train the Pandora to combat the Nova, intending to carry on her brother's legacy in protecting mankind. And this is where our story begins...
Once the train reached its destination, Kazuha stepped off.
A few minutes later, Kazuha arrived at her new school: West Genetics. As she passed through the front gates, she noticed a sign that read:
WARNING!
Carnival in Progress
All of a sudden, Kazuha heard screams that sounded like...
"AH!"
"EEEEE!"
"EEERRRRR!"
Turning to her right, she noticed a bunch of wounded—yet still living—Pandora laying on the ground in agony and pain...with lots of their limb severed from their bodies.
Then she noticed a very peculiar boy among the bodies. This boy was very different from the Pandora at the school:
*Half of his head was shaved off, while the other was spiked-up blonde hair.
*On his right arm was a tattoo of a bleeding spinal cord white most bones being.
*He had a ring in his left ear.
*He wore a yellow jacket with a black skull on the back and with the right sleeve torn off.
*Underneath his jacket was a sleeveless black shirt with a green radioactive symbol on the front (unfortunately, Kazuha couldn't see the front of the boy since his back was turned to him).
*He wore fingerless gloves, torn-up blue jeans with a chain attached to it on his left, and black unlaced sneakers.
*He had a spiked wrist cuff around his left arm.
*He had a gold earring in his right ear.
*He held a single-edged sword with the blade running past the length of the guard.
There was no doubt about it, this Pandora kid was a rebellious punk.
But that's not necessarily what our heroine saw, for when Kazuha looked at the back of the boy, something flashed into her mind; this boy apparently looked like her...
"Big brother?!" Kazuha whispered as she held her hands over her mouth and nose and began shedding warm tears. The blond punk was walking away, so it was highly doubtful that he heard her.
But then Kazuha screamed, "BIG BROTHER!" in tearful joy. Now the boy heard her and, in confusion, turned around and—
*BAM*
Kazuha suddenly hugged the boy, causing the latter to fall onto his ass, making his bulges bounce a little.
Some of the Pandora who were still active looked at what was going on and they all became terrified.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing?!" cried one of the Pandora.
"That's the Untouchable King!" cried another.
"Lady! He's gonna fucking rape you if you don't run away right now!" called out another to Kazuha.
But much to their surprise, the punk sat there in uncomfortable confusion as he looked down at the blue-haired girl.
"Wait a sec! Why's he just sitting there?" asked one of the confused Pandora. "Shouldn't he be assaulting her by now?"
"Big brother Kazuya!" the blue-haired Limiter cried.
"'Big brother...Kazuya'?" questioned the boy. "I have no idea who you're talking about! Let me go, you bloody twat!" Soon the punk began blushing; pretty odd for a punk, isn't it? "C-come on! Let me go! Please!"
But Kazhua would not move at all. And then, with a *KERCHINK*...something unusual happened: a hexagon like field dispersed under them both, and the Pandora punk couldn't move a muscle (with the exception of his head). "What the...what's going on? I can't move! Did she just cast a Freezing Field?"
"You're wide open!"
Suddenly, the punk then noticed another Pandora with red hair leapt into the air and launched chain flails that were attached to his back at the punk. "Die, Satellite L. Bridget!"
The punk's eyes widened. "Oh shit! I can't fucking move! I'M FINISHED!"
*SPLAT*
End
Cast:
Kazuha Aoi: Mao Ichimichi (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English)
Satellite L. Bridget: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese); Yuri Lowenthal (English)