Well here it is the next chapter now i can get to the awkward relationship parts and how ichika will adapt to life on the land

Ichika POV

"It's still alive!" said one of my brothers on the other side of the I.S. Though it wasn't dead, it was damaged its right arm was blown off along with part of the wing and it was pretty badly scorched. The thing looked at me… this thing freaking hates me…in its left arm it had a saber you'd see with western military officers. It was glaring at me intently if machines could do that…yeah this thing hates me. I turned and ran the thing also ran after me. Wait ran? Looks like we damaged its lift system well that's an upside, the thing still runs pretty damn fast though, but not as fast as me. I ran into the exit area it was a wide open room with a lot of vantage points mainly being a circling bridge in the center.

"Ichika, you still alive?" said our current leader

"At the moment" I replied hearing the mechanical footsteps behind me "this thing really wants to kill me!"

"Any ideas on how to beat it?" he asked

"Hell if I know!" I replied "When I was in the outside world these things were designed to deactivate when the shields were gone" I thought a little longer "maybe it has something to do with it being automated."

"Well I have plan B" he said "get it to the center of the room and me and the other guys will unload on it with grenade launchers."

"Why do I have to be the bait" I asked

"Because you're the only one it wants to kill!" the leader replied "don't worry the medic managed to revive himself and take care of the rest of the team, so a few extra grenade launchers for an even bigger boom"

"Wait if you're going be shooting grenades at it…" let's see, me stalling a highly advanced albeit pretty damaged war machine while my brothers shoot grenades at it "how the hell I am I going to escape that!"

"Don't worry we'll give you a warning" he replied in a reassuring voice "Besides you survived worse" I thought back to all my near death experiences

"Can't really argue with that…" I thought out loud "alright screw it" I came to a sliding halt and pulled my machete that I keep for close quarter encounters. The IS charged at me swinging its saber I blocked with my blade. Goddamn this thing has strength but I held my ground. I parried the saber and swung at its midsection, it slid back a bit. So this thing is cautious of my blade huh. We met again parrying and striking fast my brief kendo exercises before I came here weren't really useful in actual combat. yeah apparently Houki's style is meant to focus on one opponent. Hm I wonder how she's doing or if she even remembers me, oh well. Lucky for me Nick trained me how to use a machete and how to hold my own against multiple opponents with a piece of sharp metal. The thin scratched my arm and darted back a bit

"Ichika we're in position!" yelled the leader from above us I immediately jumped out of the blast zone and then I heard the firing of lobsters, EZ-nades, and under slung grenade launchers (Brinks grenade launchers) you would think that the explosives will finish off the damn thing but no… it sent out a pulse wave prematurely detonated without causing damage to the I.S. and knocked down the resistance members up top. I was taking cover behind one of the random structures in the room the served not functionality what so ever. Still, good cover.

"God damn it this thing will not die" said a voice I turned and found the team medic, no one knows his name so we call him Doc "and the whole team just got incapacitated…again"

"Well I have one last idea" I said with a grim look on my face "you wouldn't happen to have an adrenaline boost on you" an adrenaline boost makes us not feel pain for a brief period by raising our adrenaline but when it wears off all that pain comes back into a you're nervous system at the same time. In other words, IT HURTS LIKE HELL.

"Yeah why?" he asked

"Well I have one heavy grenade left" I said at this point Doc seemed to be getting the plan "you inject me with the adrenaline and I'll run up and detonate this right in its face."

"What kind of plan is that?" he asked shocked, it seems like a good plan. Painful, but I'll get grenade within damaging range

"Look you either you give me the boost or not either way I shoving this grenade in its face!" I replied

"*sigh* You're not going to let me talk you out of this are you?"

"No." I replied with a determined look on my face

"Fine, I know how you get when you have that face, be careful…brother" he injected me with some adrenaline and a health boost too maybe this'll hurt a little less

Without a second thought I jumped around the corner with an armed grenade in my hand. The I.S. was apparently waiting for me as it had its saber ready. It happened in slow motion as it swung; I slid under the blade jumped and gave it an uppercut as the explosive detonated.

After the smoke cleared I was standing over the I.S. that was currently scattered over the ground in a dazed state "I finally got you, ya bastard" he laughed mentally exhausted from the ordeal "advance weapon is no match for improved explosives!"

"Ichika!" it was a woman's voice turns toward it and saw a woman. She had a nice figure looked healthy…Wait a minute it's Chifuyu-nee! Hey Chifuyu how have you been? Wait…what the hell am I thinking? I haven't seen her for three years. I tried to think of a greeting appropriate to the situation. But all that came out was "I know you…" and that's when the adrenaline; in the brief seconds before I blacked out I felt like I was getting hit by a thousand bullets and I could feel every single one.

Chifuyu POV

We just docked at the visitor center. Me and a heavily armed resistance squad all ran off the ramp, and were about to go inside when we heard an explosion. I ran inside and saw a boy he looked worse for wear and his arm was bleeding, then it hit me this boy was Ichika my brother; but what really shocked me was what he was standing over it looked like a blown apart I.S.! Ichika seemed to be taunting the wreckage with a triumphant smirk on his face. My god, the crazy moron went against a third generation I.S. and won!

"Ichika!" I called out to him he turned to me he seemed to be a little out of it. Can't really blame him. Then an expression of realization came over his face.

"I know you…" was all he said and blood literally exploded from his arm

"Ichika!" yelled his name again in concern this time and ran over to his now unconscious body.

"A great what did this crazy bastard do now" said a man's voice I turned and saw a man in raggy clothes not that all the other men in resistance weren't. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, his face was partly covered by a bandana with a stitched grin, and he also had baggy pants.

"Who are you" I asked, a little angry that he insulted my brother like that. I'm the only one who can do that.

"My name is Nick Range" he said and sighed "I'm the guy who originally pulled his ass out of the ocean, and trained him how to survive here, not that it did much. He's always reckless, though his actions have saved very many people, but still this kid has nearly died a number of occasions"

I looked at him in a shocked expression "What has gone through here?" was the only thing I could say

"In short" he replied "I would say the closest thing to hell while living" another man came around the corner this one wore a tank top baggy pants though of different style than Nicks "What happened Doc?"

Than man who was now identified as doc began looking over Ichika "well a little while after we got back that thing" he gesture to the remains "blew through the wall and attacked us incapacitating about half of the group the rest including Ichika fell back to the old safehouse section, and set up a trap in the lower levels Ichika than came back up here an lure it down there next I felt a huge explosion. they kept it distracted long enough for me to revive myself and the rest of the group and rejoin the others for an ambush that failed so he asked for an adrenaline boost and went an punched that thing in the face with a live grenade"

I put my hands to my mouth to cover a gasp as tears came to my eyes, Ichika you idiot, making me worry like this. Nick looked at me with sympathy in his eyes

"You're his sister aren't you" I nodded "you should feel proud. This guy through all the pain and suffering he endured here you were the one thing that kept him going. All his rash actions were so he could see you again." The squad I came with rushed in Doc began directing them to his comrades which were apparently injured right above us, as their medics rushed to the second floor I look at Ichika one more time. He had a peaceful look on his face even though his arm was badly injured.

One week Later, Ichika POV

I woke up in an extremely white room and heard a rhythmic beeping to my side. It was little painful because my eyes were adjusting to the brightness. I look to the side and saw Chifuyu sitting next to my bed…cot…thing whatever they call it. Anyways she seemed sad, her face was down so I couldn't exactly tell. Hey Chifuyu-nee I'm awake now, don't be sad I'm okay… wait why am I thinking this I need to use my mouth dumbass! "Chifuyu-nee…" she perked up at my voice, which sounded gravely must be thirsty

"Ichika" that was the only word she said before she pulled me into a hug "where have you been you idiot" tears were coming down her eyes. Wait! Chifuyu-nee is crying? When the hell does that happen? "Do you know how worried I was, I thought you were dead for all those years?" she thought I was dead! Well kind of makes sense "then I find you after three years risking your life doing these things!"

"Chifuyu I'm all right now" I said calmly, wow I seemed to have grown some balls while I was on the ARK, otherwise I'd be cowering in fear at this point. She looked at me in shock probably at how I can say that since I looked like I got caught in a fan blade. If you're wondering about that I got into knife fight about month after arrival well more like I got a makeshift 8-inch piece of steel and the other guy had well maintained katana and…he knew how to use it. Well I won anyways got cut up pretty bad though. You know what I'll go into detail later probably going have to explain this to some people.

"Well the doctors say you can leave the day after you regain conscious" said Chifuyu getting a hold of herself, going back to her usual stoic self. At least some things didn't change. I though Chifuyu-nee became emotional while I was gone! That would have been weird to come back to

"oh yeah your squad sent you a letter" she put an envelope on my bed and I opened it. What was inside made me smile. Remember that picture we took right when the I.S. attacked well this was before we ducked and covered and we were all smiling in the picture, on the back was a note in English. 'Ichika, thanks for pulling our ass out the fire… multiple times, by jumping into it… multiple times' – your Resistance Brothers.

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