« Did you two at least use any protection ? » Chi-chan asked us out of the blue. Wait, isn't there normally a curve in the conversation which hast to be followed? But now that I think about it, did we? Cecilia and I looked at each other and started thinking. Let's see, she was angry, dragged me back to the room and started kissing me. Things escalated from there and we… forgot to use protection.

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"OH HOLY MONKEY SHITBALLS! HOW COULD WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT?!" I yelled frantically. Shit, and we did it seven fucking times! I don't need G to estimate the chances that she's pregnant, I'm pretty sure they're close to 120%! Damn, what am I gonna do, I'm too young and way too irresponsible to be a father! Cecilia was coming to the same conclusion judging by the pale look on her face. Still, what the flying fuck are we gonna do?!

"Calm the fuck down, there's no way that she's pregnant!" G yelled while hitting me on the head. Okay, I'm a bit calmer again thanks to her shock therapy.

"How do you know that I'm not pregnant?" Cecilia asked with a trembling voice.

"Simple, because I made sure that he will be shooting blanks until he's at least 20." G stated. Well that's a relief. Wait, shooting blanks mean that—

"You made me impotent until I'm an adult?" I asked her angrily.

"No, that would mean that you wouldn't get Junior awake. I just turned your shots into blanks so that you can have some fun without worrying about the consequences. You can thank me later by the way." She said obnoxiously.

"Are you serious? With what else have you tampered?" I asked kinda scared.

"Nothing much, the nano machines have strengthened your muscles and bones, meaning you should be able to much acrobatic stunts which would've ended in broken bones otherwise. And your eyesight and hearing have improved as well."

"You call that nothing much?" I asked with a sweatdrop. She makes it sound like it's the most normal thing on this planet while she turned me into a genetically enhanced human who can control whether he knocks a girl up or not.

"When you put it in those words you've gotta admit it's a pretty sweet deal." Psycho said in my head. Well, when you put it like that, it is.

"So? Do you want me to reverse the effects or do you forgive me and keep the perks?" G asked me with a mischievous smile. Damn they got me cornered. Since when do the two of them work together? Still I guess I'm gonna keep them, they might come in handy.

"Let everything as it is, but warn me the next time you decide to change my body in a way." I said in a tired voice.

"Since we're talking about changes anyway…" Psycho said cautiously while materializing.

"What the hell did you do this time?" I said with despair evident in my voice. Whenever he's up to something, it'll be painful and dangerous for me. if you don't believe me, check last time he 'helped' me with that coma.

"Nothing much, I just used that weird ass program you got from Laura to give me and that woman bodies to interact with our environment." Oh, if that's all then that's fi—

"YOU USED THE VALKYRIE TRACE PROGRAM TO BUILD YOURSELF A BODY?!" I shouted so loud that the academy shook. They used a fucking dangerous and ILLEGAL program just so that they could get bodies?! Are they fucking insane?!

"Hey relax, after the little slip up from this morning everything is 100% under control." He said while floating around our heads.

'Oh fuck me, I'll talk to you later dude, we've got some serious shit to talk about.'

"So, you used a program that could fuck everything up and you didn't even think that you had to warn me?" I asked him in a threatening voice.

"Well, since our original chances were around 75%,we thought that we shouldn't bother you with it." G said a bit nervous.

"And hey, it turned out all— DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT SHOOTING ME!" Psycho didn't get to finish his excuse as I whipped out my gun and started emptying my clip. After I heard the typical clicks when someone tried to shoot an empty gun, I calmed down. Judging by the bullet holes, I hit Psycho a few times. So they actually have bodies now, huh?

"Now that you've calmed down, can you please pull that crazy woman's book out of my head?" Psycho asked me. Well, would you look at that, he got hit by Chi-chan as well. Nice one!

"Garisaka, since you seem to have some problems with your AIs, do you mind if I straighten them out?" Chi-chan asked me with a menacing aura. G and Psycho noticed this as well and looked at me with the puppy eyes. Now what should I do? Forgive them or teach them to tell me those kind of things? Why am I even thinking about which one to choose, the answer is obvious!

"Superstes, make sure that they stay materialized until Chi-chan is finished with them." I said with an evil smile. That day, agonizing screams were heard throughout the whole academy. And I gained 50 Dark Side Points.

The two weeks after that day were quite calm. Let's see, what were the important only things that happened? Hm, Nee-san sent the materials I needed for my two projects in the usual fashion. Thank god that Laura stopped the Carrot Pod with her AIC before it crashed into the class. I took the Bunny Bots carrying everything to the Engineering Department and immediately started working. Chi-chan was kind enough to (reluctantly) let me repair my IS and build the weapons during classes thanks to my military perks, so hooray for those! While I was busy experimenting and building the Gunblades, Houki was kind enough to spar with Ichika while he got used to using two blades at the same time. When he wasn't getting trained Spartan style by Houki, Cecilia taught him how to shoot a gun. Laura might've been a better teacher but for some reason she hated Ichika's guts with a fiery passion. But aside from that nothing much really happened, Ichika and I spent the few last day before the match screwing arou— I mean training and each creating a personal style with our Gunblades. And before we realized it, the day of the match came. And I still haven't found a good name for my squad. well, i pushed those problems aside the day of Ichika's match. It's not like they're THAT important.

"How are the specs?" Ichika asked me over an private comm line. At the moment I, Cecilia, Houki, chi-chan and Yama-chi where in the com tower to observe Ichika's match and to act as his liaison to the control tower. A liaison is like the middle man between a person and the base to relay the stats of both stats to each other.

"You're all green. Have a safe takeoff and happy hunting." I responded while checking the floating screens in front of me. Let's see, Byaku-chan allows me to see things through Ichika's armor cam (Most IS have one for their liaison to base or control tower), the security cameras gave me a good footage as well and there're two screens with his stats and condition of his IS. Once again, thank you G for helping me with this.

'No problem Haru-chan, just keep the she-devil away from me.'

Sure, that's easily solved. Ichika floated until he was 40 feet away from Rin.

"Ichika, I know you like to act like a gentleman, but this is one of those rare moments you're allowed to be an ass." I said to him with a smirk. Cecilia just sighed and shook her head. She found out about it when we were talking to each other when we thought no one was near. I thought that Cecilia was still in the shower, but apparently we were wrong. Houki just looked at us with a confused look and where the hell is Laura?

"Nice to know." He said with a small smirk.

"Ichika, if you apologize now, I'll reduce the pain I'll inflict on you!" I heard Rin yell to Ichika. Ichika showed her a challenging smile and a condescending look which I've never seen before on his face.

"Oh please, you act like you can actually beat me." he said in a cocky voice and arms crossed . we were all silent for a second before I started laughing. This is going to be fun! And that surprised face of her, just pure golden! I think i like this Ichika already more than the nice one.

"W-what do you mean?! I already saw your match with Cecilia while you know nothing of my IS!" Rin stuttered out angrily. Hm, didn't she see mine and Ichika's match? Oh yeah its recordings are classified thanks to that 'accident'.

"Poor, poor Rin. You always missed the most important things." Ichika said in a pitying tone.

"The hell do you mean with that?!"

"Did you really think that the time I spent training with Haruka, Houki and Cecilia wouldn't help me improve and adapt to mid and long ranged fighters?" He asked her with a serious gaze. Rin's face paled at his implications.

"Not only that, but Haruka also spends a lot of time in the Engineering Department and is quite the decent Information Broker." He continued in a chilly voice. Time to lighten the mood a bit and to apply an extra burn.

"Aww, thanks for the praise. By the way, I'd appreciate it if you could make a small report with your opinion on the new tech after this fight." I asked him in a cheery tone on an open line. Rin looked REALLY nervous when she heard me.

"Wha-"

A screen with a countdown appeared on the giant broadcast screens. Ichika materialized his giant cleaver and got into a crouching stance with a smirk, ready to charge at any time. A horn went off, signaling the start of this amusing little skirmish. Ichika flew towards Rin with a speed boost and made a horizontal swing, forcing Rin to fly backwards. He used the momentum of his swing to spin around and delivered a much heavier vertical swing. Rin summoned her twin Daos and barely blocked the attack.

"Hey idiot, never heard of a fair fight?" Rin yelled angrily. I sighed at the poor taunt that came out of her mouth.

"I can't help it if you aren't prepared." Ichika said before kicking Rin in the side. She gasped for air and flew away a few feet. But that was all he needed. The Yukihira disappeared and in his hands came two new weapons. Its hilt looked like that of a scimitar with the trigger and hammer from a pistol. Right behind the guard of the sword was the same loading chamber of a .44 magnum. The shiny white blade was four feet long and a few inches thick like a rapier and on it a barrel that was connected to the chamber. In his other hand was an identical twin sword. Since the two swords were a pair we came up with a simple name for them.

"Time for your first real fight, Shiro Kyodais (1)." Ichika said with a gentle voice. Rin got out of her daze and started firing with her Dragon Cannons. Ichika barely dodged most of the invisible projectiles and flew in circular patterns around Rin.

"It's no use! These cannons have a 360 degrees reach! Your new toys won't be able to help you!" Rin boasted, thinking that she had the advantage. Sadly enough for her, she's wrong.

"Oh really? Then try to hit me in their blind spot!" Ichika yelled before he flew in a high speed towards the cannon's only unreachable point… right under the pilot herself. Which is also a great vantage point for Ichika. When he passed under Rin, he started firing quick shots the with Shiro Kyodais, dealing some damage. Rin realized quickly that her ranged advantage was gone, so she took out her twin Daos again and charged towards Ichika.

"You're not the only one who can fight with two swords!" she roared angrily. Yare, yare this is turning into an anime-style battle. And the only stereotypical answer left is—

"There's a difference between fighting with two swords and Nitōryū (2)." Ichika stated while calmly floating there. Oh hell no, he just said it! Still, I'm glad that we didn't develop a Santoryu, a certain pirate would be very pissed off then.

"What is he going to do now?" Chi-chan asked me.

"Most likely, he's going to do THAT." I said with a small shudder. I've been on the receiving end of that attack and it wasn't very pretty. Chi-chan raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. Rin was quickly closing the gap while Ichika stood there calmly. G, give me an adrenalin boost for three seconds, I don't want to miss any detail.

"Me neither, that was a pretty sick move." Psycho complimented Ichika. Time slowed down like I wanted, so I looked in anticipation at the new technique. Rin moved closer and closer, her Daos ready in a striking position. Ichika's wings started to glow and he charged as well, so that he could us it.

There was only around fifteen feet between them left. Now!

""Hikari no Odori (3)."" Ichika and I said unconsciously at the same time. He evaded Rin's horizontal slash and slashed at her right arm, making a cut in the armor and destroying the Dao. Ignoring her surprised look, he said one thing softly before he started his deadly dance of light.

"You lose."

What everyone saw was a flash of light swirling around Rin for a few seconds before Ichika stood a little distance away from Rin and her battered Shenlong, holding the Yukihira again in his hands. But what really happened, was nothing short of awesomeness and grace combined in a single technique. The Hikari no Odori is a technique where Byaku-chan and Ichika divert energy to their wings, allowing them to move at much higher speed for a few seconds. During those seconds, Ichika almost dances around his opponent, cutting with the enemy numerous times with blinding speed and efficiency. To finish it off, he uses the Yukihira with its Reiraku Byakuya and Barrier Void Attack to finish the enemy off. It sounds like an awesome overkill move, but it has a double edge. It uses two third of his Shield Points to compensate the energy used to use this attack, so he can only use it when he really is sure of his victory, like right now.

A screen appeared in the middle of the Arena, declaring Ichika the victor in a humble 4 minutes and 26 seconds.

"Not bad Ichika, but I think you could've won without your little lightshow." I (kinda) chastised him.

"Hey, you said that I had to report about the new tech, so that means having to use everything." He remarked in a cocky voice.

"Whatever, come back for damage assessment ,maintenance and the praise and hails of my genius engineering skills."

"Yes sir, at once sir and you're a great engineer sir." Ichika said jokingly while calmly flying towards the hangars. Let's see, there's some small damage and energy leaks in the system, but nothing major that won't be able to be fixed quickly. And I can use the data to further improve Byaku-chan and my own IS, so we all win! Except for Rin, she lost horribly.

"Something's wrong, the system's acting up." G said anxiously. Dammit, that can't end well. Contact Laura and tell her to come here in case of an assault. We can't afford any slip ups here, it's a possibility that people are here to kidnap Ichika or something worse.

"Auto lock-down protocol is in effect, hangar doors are going to close in 30 seconds! Unidentified flying object inbound, detecting an IS Core!" G yelled.

"Fuck! Ichika, Grab Rin and fly full speed to the closest hangar! You have only 25 seconds!" I yelled through the comm line. Ichika nodded before speeding off, grabbing Rin bridal style without slowing down and landed in the hangar across the field. Houki looked surprised at my sudden mood swing. Chifuyu's eyes narrowed, expecting the worst as well.

"16 seconds left!"

Good, that should be enough time. G, open a channel to Laura so that she hears this as well.

"Chifuyu, take Houki and try to get two Uchigane to Ichika for an EET. If you encounter any closed doors, we'll try to get them open ASAP. Yamada-sensei, we, Cecilia and Laura are going to help the other teachers with evacuating, the spectators before engaging the Tango. Cecilia, you take the West block, Laura take East Block and Yamada-sensei you'll take the South Block here. I'll go help North Block myself. G, keep me updated and give me a sitrep with each major change! If possible, try to keep the systems online and under control. If that fails, do whatever needs to be done! Rendez-vous Point is the North Hangar where Ichika and Rin are located. From this moment on, this will be conducted as a military operation and treated as such! Oscar Mike in ten seconds people!" I ordered everyone while quickly thinking of a plan. Everyone nodded and did as I instructed them. I myself ran towards the North Block, helping out the teachers who heard everything over an open comm line. Thanks for that G.

"Tango has landed and hasn't moved yet!"

Let's pray that it'll stay like that long enough.

When the evacuation was finished, I met up with the others in the North Hangar and immediately started an EET, my fingers darting quickly over the screens and steering the process.

"What're you doing?" Rin asked me suspiciously.

"An EET in case we need support with assaulting the tango." I explained to her. She just nodded and watched me work.

"What's an EET?" Ichika asked me. Oh yeah, he barely knows any military terms.

"Emergency Energy Transfer. It's more commonly used to charge the remaining energy of an broken IS to a functioning one, but we can use the Uchigane as well to replenish your energy and Shield Points." Chi-chan explained while I finished up the transfer. And now that that's done, I can quickly close a few leaks.

"G, do you have any intel yet on our tango?" I asked her. She was materialized at the moment and screens were floating around her.

"Negative, target has kept up a smoke and debris field to maintain invisible. However, thermal and energy readings already gave me a rough sketch of what it looks like." G said while showing us a picture that was made with a thermal camera. It looked huge and bulky, easily three feet taller than Byaku-chan with massive arms. The most heated areas were the chest and the arms, so that's where we will have to pay attention to. I still wonder what those bumps on its arms are, a lot of heat is based there.

"What do you think Laura?" I asked her professional opinion.

"Well, as you probably guessed already Lieutenant, the areas of the Tango we should pay most attention to are its arms. Judging by the bumps and thermal readings, a lot of its power goes there meaning that its most powerful equipment is installed in them. As for the heat spike in the chest, that is most likely where its Core is. I recommend a pincer assault by utilizing the capable pilots present here." Laura finished her own idea of the situation.

"Good call. Every Representative Candidate and IS pilots with personal units present and capable to fight are to help in the assault. If you have any objections, voice them now."

"I have some objections, 'Lieutenant'." Of course Chi-chan had to respond.

"And those are?" I asked her impatiently.

"First of all, the teachers are standing by right now to engage the unknown enemy so I don't see why you should go in with the Is pilots with a personal unit. Second of all, what if there are any persons who don't feel like fighting or are simply scared?" She lectured me in a teacher mode.

Damn, she may have a point but I will not be put down by her!

"The teachers are only using mass produced second gen models, so it is easy to find their weak spots and to exploit them. I do not doubt that they're excellent pilots and have experience but we have Representative Candidates and people with experience in the field with better machines and tech. I didn't mean to act like I didn't need the teachers help, I merely wanted to go out with Laura to collect data on the enemy while the others prepared their equipment and were coming up with a strategy to counter him. We are talking about an UNIDENTIFIED vessel, so initiative recon is important in this situation and we may need every bit of help we can get. As for the volunteering part…"

I turned around and looked the others in their eyes one by one

"Anyone not feeling up to it? This is a pretty scary situation after all, so if you're not completely sure of yourself, back out now." I said with a serious face.

"Are you fucking kidding me? If Ichika didn't trash my IS like this, I'd be itching to fight that thing." Rin said with a smile.

"I may not be a soldier, but I'll have your back out there." Ichika looked at me with a cocky grin.

"I'll follow you on any mission Lieutenant." Laura said while saluting. I turned and looked at Cecilia.

"What about you, mon ange? Are your pretty eyes sharp enough for this fight?" I asked her with a teasing grin. She walked toward me and kissed me.

"That you even have to ask, you idiot." She said with a pouting face. I just laughed softly and looked at Chi-chan.

"Happy now?" I asked her cockily. She just sighed before she looked at G.

"I'll be expecting you to keep everyone up to date, got it?" she barked at her. G nodded a bit scared before a flashing screen demanded her attention again.

"SHIT, THEY CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" G yelled surprised. We all looked in surprise and nervousness at her. She never curses like that, so that means we're really in deep shit.

"Give me a sitrep, I wanna know what's going on." I told her.

"The Cores of the teachers' ISes are acting strangely and dematerialized the Uchigane and Revive. And worst of all…" this time she really looked scared.

"There's a second Tango incoming. Scanners indicate that it's another suit like the one already here."

Oh, fuck me sideways.

Shiro Kyodais: literally means 'white borthers'

Nitoryu: dual wielding or two sword style. Santoryu is three sword style, but some of you may already know that

Hikari no Odori: literally stranslates to 'Dance of Light'. i thought that it kinda fitted with Ichika's new finishing move.

Tango: military term for enemy.

Oscar Mike: a term that replaces 'we leave in'. so if someone says 'Oscar Mike in five minutes.' that means they're gonna leave in five minutes

I AM BACK FROM THE MOTHAFUCKING DEAD PEOPLE! First of all, I'd like to apologize for the very late update. My time was filled with a part time job in a day care and my brother kept dragging me around, giving me not so much time to write. But when things calmed down I had a much bigger problem… the dreaded writer's block! But let's not waste any more time with my nagging, on to answering the reviews! I still wonder where that exploding dictionary came from though…

Katosuki: if you still wanna beta for me, give me a pm and maybe we can work things out.

Skullcandy198: well, it seemed like an interesting book series. If I ever find it, I'll be sure to give it a shot.

Sieben Nightwing: Well, I'm sorry about this cliffhanger mate but there won't be one in the next chapter, promise! And as for the striking bunny *evil glare*

Tabane: What?

*THUD*

DON'T JUST GO AND SHOOT PODS INTO FILLED PUBLIC BUILDINGS! YOU WERE LUCKY THAT LAURA WAS THERE!

AnimeL0ver00: Laura? A Sith lord? Hmm, maybe if she'll wear tight, revealing cosplay clothing instead of the male loose robes… Hmm, not bad at *BANG*

Haruka: Shit Laura, why did you shoot him?! Also, what's up with that blush?

Laura: Shaddup and go do the reviews!

LeafeonLover: So you were the one who threw that dictionary in his face? Nice one!

MaRv3n054: he tries to write as quick as possible, but with the combination of brain damage and school, it can take a little while.

Noble1998: again, we're trying to update as soon as possible.

Angel Azreal: I'll try to take over from him, after I found a way to avoid the rabid fangirls he uses to keep me in check *small shudder*

Freshrice01: I don't know how the story will continue, only xtenchix knows that. And he just got shot in the head, so, uhm…

Zero612: I know that pain. At least you have wi-fi in your school.

rm928: well here's the update. Enjoy!

Well, those were all the reviews, until next time!