Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: IS STYLE

by immortal1145

Magic. Is a product of neither legends nor fairy tales, but instead has become a technology of reality since a time unknown to people! Magic is the only reality in this world, and this is the story of the man who's very magic defined his generation. This is the story of Orimura Ichika, and his little sister, Byakushiki Setsura.. All props go to fujin of shadows.

4. Chapter 4

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: I.S Style.

Disclaimer: I don't own IS: Infinite Stratos OR Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei but I own this fiction and my own plot and techniques. All props go to fujin of shadows for writing the original story.

Chapter 4:

As Ichika stood in front of the two hostiles that managed to kidnap the prime minister, he couldn't help but study them, the two were seemingly relaxed but he couldn't find a single weakness in their armor, nor could he find a single opening from which to strike them down. While that isn't abnormal for an ordinary person, Ichika prided himself in being capable of finding an opening in just about anyone, no one could be completely guarded all the time, even the most paranoid person will let his guard down when being in familiar territory, especially at home, that is the reason that most his assassinations were done in locations controled by his targets. Yet even if things have gone absolute to plan from what Ichika can tell, even if his opponents had the numerical advantage, neither let his guard down, in fact they seemed even more tense now than before, such reaction in a situation like this, could only mean...

"You two aren't together on this?" it was formulated like a question but all parties except N'mani knew it was a statement. The two kidnappers looked at each other before Kagetane laughed and said

"What gave it away? The non matching uniforms?" he stated sarcastically

"Nope, your reaction to our current situation, everything is going your way and the only person standing in your way is me alone yet you two are even more tense than before." said Ichika, his response caused the brazilian to state with obvious mirth in his voice

"But that could be because of your rep, you are one of the best fighters worldwide you know amigo."

"That could be the case if it was one on one, but two on one that is incredibly impossible even for me. I mean my opponents are Hiruko Kagetane of the Shin Jinrui Sōzō keikaku (New Human Creation Plan) and Samuel Rodrigues also known as Jetstream Sam" Ichika lied, if he used his second tier spells he could kill both of them instantly but he doubted he could keep the fact that he was an Orimura secret if he did and that was a secret that he was willing to take to the grave, not even N'mani's imminent death was enough for him to release his seal, not that he thought he would have enough time to do so even if he wanted to. Anyway, Ichika's answer caused Sam to start laughing

"Hahaha... Well aren't you the smart one, the fact that you could tell so much from just the lack of openings from me and mask over here is impressive... but you aren't the only one special here my friend, the fact that you are here proves that you believe that you can defeat us both even if we both gang up on you, seeing your body language I can feel frustration, not at the situation itself but at the fact that you can easily solve it of you were to fight at you best, and knowing your style and who you are it is probably true that you can do it" Sam looked almost smug before asking "So? What do you think?" Ichika's concentration moved to Sam instantly, it seemed to the young mercenary that the brazilian born was just as good as him in the mind games departement. Ichika clenched his fists and got ready for the fight of his life by flaring his psions and his aura. Samuel did the same by drawing his sword and taking his own stance, but before neither of them could start anything, N'mani woke and seeing what was happening said

"Sin don't care about me and stop them!" he said and his eyes showed the eyes of a man who had accepted his fate, Hiruko used his mounted gun blades to hurt the prime minister elliciting a grunt of pain, he then looked at Ichika and said

"Too little too late, hero... I won't be needing my human shield any longer." he then turned himself towards the prime minister and lifted from his neck while saying

"What about all the good things war has done for us? Why don't we ever hear speeches about that? Jobs, technology, a common purpose..." By that point Sam was yawning, N'mani looked at Ichika and said

"Sin... Forget me. Stop him." Kagetane dropped him before grabbing his head and saying

"You aren't listening..." using his gun blades, Hiruko cut the chains forcing the minister to his knees, seeing an opportunity, Ichika dashed to save N'mani but he was intercepted by Sam's high frequency red blade forcing him to dodge by cartwheeling backwards. The half brazilian simply said

"Mind if I cut in?"

"Really? A cutting joke? Did you lose your edge?" came Ichika's snarky reply, he isn't above using snarky comments in combat. At the same time Kagetane lifted N'mani with one hand before using his other to hold his pistol

"All we're sayin' is... GIVE WAR A CHANCE!" finishing his declaration The enhanced human shot the prime minister in the heart and throwed his body off the train

"No!" whispered Ichika, A military grade apachy came and Kagetane took off on it while saying

"He's all yours Sam!" At the same time Ichika was rushing towards the masked man while screaming

"Out of my way!" but he was intercepted by Samuel, another slash from the brazilian forced him backwards, the man grinning like a loon simply said "Let's go" while taking a stance, Ichika replied in kind.

Scene change :

In a heavily armed convoy, Hanzo Gendo, T'chaka and Maria were driving at top speed towards Ichika's GPS signature, the former executor was covered in bandages but she still had her mostly blank look

"How long until we reach Gabriel?" she asked with the same blank voice but if you knew her well enough you could detect urgency in her voice.

"ETA 12 minutes." the ripper nodded, she would have screamed in anger or in frustration or hurted someone, but she was a professional, trained by Gabriel to never let her emotions get in the way. T'chaka asked something that was on his mind for a while now

"How are Squall and Adan."

"Hurt but still kicking, mostly it was their egos that were harmed not their bodies." Both T'chaka and Maria nodded in understanding, when you are the best at what you do, you become prideful in that fact.

"How are their injuries?"

"Adan has a few broken bones and a mild concussion. Squall has been shot in the arm but nothing too serious, the two jokers will be up and running in a few hours, a day tops." Both Maria and T'chaka nodded before the wakandan said

"That's good, now the real threats are on the train, Hiruko Kagetane the 'aegis' and and Samuel 'Jetstream' Rodrigues." and the three mercenaries were counting the seconds until they reach their leader, hoping for him to be alright.

Scene change :

Hiruko Kagetane, mechanically enhanced human, expert marksman, psychopathic killer and all around insane person was currently converting with his imployer.

"Hai boss, Sin was just as good as they said he was."

"..."

"Hai, just as you have instructed, he is currently locked in combat with Samuel."

"..."

"N'mani has been neutralized as ordered, that would make it easier for us to destabilise the region."

"..."

"Of course sir, has the agreed upon payement been delivered?"

"..."

"I see, so there is no reason for me to stay here, correct?"

"..."

"So can I stay? I think things will become more rowdy soon with 'their' plans in the Shin Sobieto renpō (The Federal Republics of Soviet)."

"..."

"Hai... Hai... I will be carefull."

"..."

"Glory to the Dai Ajia Rengou (The Great Union of Asia)."

Scene change :

Duck, slash, stab and slice. Those were the lyrics of the song that was being written right now by Ichika and Sam. How long have they been at it? One minute? Two? Five? Ten? Who knows all they knew was that the moment one of the slips out, the other will take it and the battle will be over. An overhead slash by Sam shatters Ichika's sword, disarmed Ichika grabs the brazilian's the wrist with his left and grabbed his arm by the elbow with his right. He pivoted his hip to turn and leaned Sam's weight on his back and shoulder.

"?!" the Jetstream was caught off guard.

"Shinono Ryu! Kawa Nage Gaeshi!(Shinono Style! River Throw Reversal!)" shouted Ichika as he performed a judo styled redirection shoulder throw on Sam whose eyes were widen as he lament himself for such foolish mistake…How could he forget that Japan is the home of Judo…No…Not Judo…Jujitsu…the Art of Grapple, Throw, and submission. Conjuring another sword, this one a kodachi, Ichika does a stabbing motion to his opponent's forehead only to have to dodge a foot to the face by jumping backwards, Sam takes advantage of that and rises to his feet. Smirking, the brazilian says

"Self thought style... based on the Orimura Ryu kenjutsu and the Shinono Ryu ninjutsu... Impressive, but there is something lacking..." he dodges a thrust by Ichika's kodachi and tries to counter attack, but true to its name, the kodachi (Shield sword) allows Ichika an easier time handling the offensive of his opponent by using the shorter reach of the blade for maximum manoeuverability. Dodging multiple slashes by the shorter weapon, Sam jumps backwards and continues

"Now I see. Your swords might no be real like mine, but you deny your weapons their purpose! They yearn to bath in the blood of your enemies... but you hold them back!" Ichika simply frowns but answers his opponent

"No... My sword is a tool of justice." Samuel sighed before stabbing the sword into the top of the train, and rushing his opponent while dragging his weapon, the friction caused by that action caused the blade to be set on fire, swinging his fire blade, Sam pushed Ichika back with brutal force and using the flames as a screen, Ichika was struck by a magically reinforced shoulder tackle that broke his kodachi, bruised his chest and caused him to be sent flying backwards. Landing on his feet, Ichika took a stance, formed a nodachi in his hand to replace the broken sword before he positioned it parallele to the ground, his sword aura was suffocating enough to cause any lesser man to be brought to his knees but Samuel Rodrigues was not a lesser man, recognising the threat level of the child, NO, man in front of him, he decided to use the technique that he perfected through many battlefields, a technique that allowed to survive many difficult opponents and saved his life more times than he would care to remember against monsters that he does his best to forget. He rushed his opponent while 'fusing' with his sword and to his opponent he became a white wraith like silhouette while his sword and his hand became one. The technique was called Shinto Gōrenzan (Heart and Blade Become One). This technique is the epitome of his philosophy that one must fight with their weapons as one. This technique cannot be learned through pure skill but the user must have an intimate bond with their sword and there must be trust between the sword and user. This technique could be considered the truth behind the man known as 'Samuel Rodrigues'. As he unleashes this kill blow the brazilian roared at his opponent

"This is what happens when you bring a tool to a sword fight!" as he drew closer to the masked mercenary, he expected many things, but none of them prepared him for what he saw...

Scene change : (Ichika POV).

I saw it…For a brief moment I saw it.

His body became a white wraith like silhouette. His arms… his sword…They fused? Is this magic? Did he somehow fused with his sword... Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Samuel Rodrigues, no, Rodrigues Samuel, for such a feat of swordsmanship can only be done by a true blooded japanese samurai, you are a man that deserves my respect, that technique that you just used was incredible... no... It was beyond incredible, this technique is without a doubt a technique that you honed your whole life, poured your life and soul into, as an answer I will use my own ultimate technique, one that will without a doubt bring you down. I breathed before stepping forward and swinging once from the right.

One slash.

I swung again from overhead leaving no chance to jump out of the way.

Two slashes.

I shifted my stance and swung for a final third time from his left.

Three slashes.

Left. Center. Right.

All three strikes occurred simultaneously instantly. All three arching over-lapping slashes that disregarded the concept of time and space, produced an attack that arrived from three different dimensions. It was such a technique that it transcended speed, dexterity, feints and many other elements. While he blocked the second one, two attacks hit. My sword hit him in the neck, and chest. But I felt him use reinforcement magic on himself and my current Geneiken (Illusion swords) at the limiter at level one were rather brittle so the sword shattered unable to handle the stress. So what normally was a fatal technique that would decapitate a person was lightened to grievous injury, I saw him stumble backwards and use his sword to stay standing before asking...

Scene change : (General POV).

'What was that technique? Not even my eyes could track it, all I saw was three different slashes occurring at the same time. That's impossible though. Was it a space-time technique? No… it was something more.' Thought Sam as he tried to keep himself standing, a task that was getting harder by the second since he was losing a lot of blood, but he had to stay awake for a few more minutes so that he could make his escape if he stayed alive though, so he asked a question to the victor of their little fight, since the victor was without a doubt already been declared by the last exchange

"What was that?" he asked

"Have you ever heard of the legendary swordsman Sasaki Kojirou?" At that question all Samuel could do was widden his eyes, which self respecting swordsman didn't know the name Sasaki Kojirou, the rival of Musashi, but then that would mean the technique was...

"Well he was a person with almost unrivaled skill with the blade. The technique is called Hiken: Tsubame-Gaeshi (Hiden Sword: Swallow Return). He had developed it on a whim to cut down a swallow in mid-flight. They say he found that swallows feel the shaking of the wind caused by the sword strike in order to avoid the blade. It was impossible to avoid disturbing the air, no matter how fast he struck, and a sword can only move in a straight line." Ichika gave an example by swinging the blade into the air. "You also have to remember that the bird can move horizontally or vertically to avoid it so a single strike is not enough to cut it down. This means that the bird's escape route must be blocked off, so after the first attack another is necessary to trap it."

Ichika was spinning the blade casually now slightly showing off. "But the second blow can't possibly be done in time to hit the swallow and suffice to say it is beyond human capabilities to attack multiple times in one single instant. So Sasaki Kojirou accepted that it was impossible, but he was a man that had nothing else to do, so he spent his entire life practicing the sword in order to reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship. After an untold amount of years, he perfected it and to his surprise it reached another state entirely. He created the ultimate killing technique by doing nothing but spending his life swinging his sword following a worthless idea on how to kill a simple swallow." now Sam was floored, his opponent managed to recreat the legendary technique of Sasaki Kojirou at the young age of eleven. He was tempted to run away but his pride was not letting him do that, luckily for him his little 'additions' were done patching him up as best as they could so he was ready to go for one last round.

Ichika seeing that his opponent was no longer bleeding like a faucet, got himself ready for one last clash, summoning one of his blades he got himself ready. Samuel did the same with his high frequency red blade, the brazilian said

"Let's end this Sin." as they were about to do just that, a hail of bullets was shot at Sam causing him to move backwards while dodging and batting away the bullets. Both swordsmen looked to their right and saw three armed vehicules each with a machine gun that were firing at Sam, on one of them was Gendo Manning one of the guns, seeing their fight interrupted, Sam quickly withdrew himself into the Apachy that just came to pick him up while saying

"Lucky devil... It seems our fight will have to wait Sin." and just like that he left. Gendo took an FIM-92 Stinger and fired a missile at the Apachy who easily countered it by firing flares. Since the FIM-92 Stinger is a man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) the flares were a good enough counter. It was developed in the United States of America and entered into service in 1981. It is classified as a Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS). Before Gendo and the others could fire again the plane disappeared in to the mountains.

Time skip one day:

Inside one of his many jets, Ichika and his comrades were sitting in a conference room, while the jet was small, not commercial class, it was quite roomy with six individual rooms, a conference room/ dining room, a toilet with showers included and most importantly a small kitchen where Ichika can work his magic.

The jet that they was on was one of his best creations, the best of all the jets that he ever made, and that included the ones he made for the military and his mother's personal fleet of fighter jets, he might be a patriot but like any inventer he keeps his best creations for himself. Designed for stealth and equip with the most sophisticated auto-pilot in existence, with weapons that utilizes his own magic as ammunition. The jet runs on his psion, and considering how high his psion count is, the jet could fly for a month straight at top speed.

They were currently having breakfast, a simple continental breakfast better than most hotels maybe but still simple, while discussing the major clusterfuck that happened less than 24 hours ago.

"These assholes came out of nowhere and took us by surprise Sin." started Adan causing the others to frown, Squall decided to add her two cents

"We have been healed by Ichika's [Regrowth] magic but we were banged up pretty bad, I still don't know who got me with his shot, just that it wasn't some nobody that did that, they had some serious skills, it shouldn't be hard finding an organisation with that kind of pull to have guys like those that jumped us..."

"Two organisations..." Interrupted Ichika causing the others to look at him, seeing that he had the individed attention of all the other people in the room, Ichika pressed a button on the table that caused a virtual display to appear where all the key people that were involved in the battle and started making a head count

"Hiruko Kagetane and Hiruko Kohina, father daughter combo that were once part of Wakanda's Shin Jinrui Sōzō keikaku (New Human Creation Plan) and also the ones that ended the damn thing, the father was given the nickname Aegis for his defense and the daughter was called Santa Theresa the praying mantis for her skills as well as he psychotic behavior. Terrorists, hired killers and mercenaries for many years until two years ago" as what they saw from the diagram theye were grouped together alongside the man that attacked Adan, Gendo had to ask

"Why are there three groups?"

"When I caught up to Kagetane and Sam, it wasn't a two on one situation, it was a mexican stand off, all three of us were looking at each other expecting an attack, highly unusual when dealing with a two on one sitution. As for Kohina she is Kagetane's only known associate."

"What about pretty boy?" asked Adan while pointing at the man who beat him black and blue. Ichika nodded and said

"According to Gendo's snooping around, his name is Yosef, a former member of HaMossad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyuḥadim (The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations) or Mossad for short, one of their top opperatives, a specialist intelligence gathering, torture and assassination, nicknamed the [lightning leopard] for his speed and his magic and the bone doctor for his torture skills, he was one of the best until he went MIA presumed KIA... Two years ago." At that both Adan and the rest nodded, in their line of work such coincidences don't happen often if ever. Ichika then pointed at the brazilian swordsman and said

"Samuel Rodrigues was descended from a long line of swordsmen, dating back to 16th century Japan. His father ran a Brazilian Kenjutsu dojo, and specifically taught the Uradachi technique, better known as Satsujin-ken or "the murdering sword," which dealt with violence as the end goal. Sam's father was eventually killed by one of his pupils, with one of the drug cartels being rumored to have been involved for reasons and methods unknown, although not before Sam personally inherited his Murasame blade from his father. He then left Brazil, presumably to train, and eventually returned to kill the pupil in question before leaving Brazil permanently." Ichika then paused and took a sip of his orange juice, putting the cup down he continued

"Afterwards, he travelled the world as a mercenary, and taking various odd jobs, including a job as a bodyguard and as a cleaner for the Mafia and the like. He also made a name for himself in the criminal underworld, especially within South and Central America, with one story being that he managed to take down a hit squad composed of 10 mob enforcers with automatic weapons and magic using only his sword during the late 2080s." the rest of the Crew nodded grimly at the intel, Ichika then pointed at a picture with a question mark on it and said

"This guy is the sniper that kept Squall distracted and unable to reach us, he is an unknown thus his allegeance is also an unknown, he could be with either sides for all we know." At this T'chaka had to ask

"Why just these two, he could be also a merc or some other organisation no?" At this both Ichika and Hanzo shook their heads in negative

"Not possible T'chaka." started The human cyborg "This is world stage level planning, such an undertaking requires completely loyal subordinates, such things will never be left to the hands of a simple mercenary, the theory that he is a member of another organisation is, while possible, not very likely but we will keep an ear to the ground and see what happens." after that Ichika asked the question that he had on his mind

"Did you analyse what I asked you?" At seeing Gendo's nod, Ichika proded him to speak his mind

"Well..." he started and put a USB stick to a special USB port on the table causing a virtual display to appear showing some weird mechanical gizmo that looked like insects that Ichika recognised as nanomachines "In the blood of the hostiles that attacked us, I found nanomachines that had several effects on their hosts: Numbing their emotions and physical pain, enhancing their physical prowess and healing, boosting their nervous system you name it as well as remote controlling it, the last function is destroying their bodies and themselves upon the death of the host. These nanomachines are at least two three decades ahead of their time" At that Ichika frowned, thinking of the many scientists that could do that, but before that he had something else on his mind

"And the UME?"

"Well that's even more disturbing Ichika... That wasn't a UME... It was a cyborg..." Hanzo dropped a bomb

"A cyborg, you mean to tell me that..."

"Yeah... The bastards stuffed the brain of a kid inside the endlave and had it control the damned thing... Well not completely since the endlave moved due to a set of preset commands and directives but the body it self was being moved by the brain. When you disabled the cyborg the brain was fried." continued Hanzo Gendo

"Wait a minute nerd..." said the lesbian "you just said kid, how old are we talking here?"

"Judging by the size of the brain I would say nine to ten years old." Ichika froze at that, ten years old, the same age as Setsura his little sister, the very thought of something like that happening to her filled him with fury and rage, he said while trying, and failing magnificently at that, to hide his rage

"Anything else you managed to discover from the cyborg."

"Yeah some extremely cripted coding, if we work together at this we can have it done by two days Ichika." Ichika nodded and asked for the encryption, seeing it Ichika recognised the coding used and said

"Computer."

"[Hai Ichika-sama.]" came a robotique voice from one of the one of the many speakers all around the jet. The voice belonged to an AI that Ichika created a couple of years ago.

"Activate Trojan horse protocole. User Name: White Knight."

"[Understood]" and they saw as the coding started disappearing until a logo appeared, one that Ichika and the others were very familiar with

"Desperado Enforcement LLC." growled Adan, since he like most of those in the room hated child experimentation. Ichika simply said

"Computer, set course to location M.A.R.S. and use the back channels."

"[Understood Ichika-sama, ETA 7 hours 25 minutes.]" nodding Ichika sat down in his chair, seeing what just happened, Hanzo asked

"What just happened? How did you undo the whole encription." openings his tired eyes, Ichika sighed before answering

"You once told me that I must always keep a back door in any one of the softwares I design, I did just that and that was one of the only two encryption protected softwares that I created. One is in Japan, the other was given to a private company"

"Deperado?" asked Adan

"No someone else, we are going to visit that someone else right now."

"What are back chanels?" asked the emotioneless executor

"They are flight plans that are indetected by radars at certain altitudes and certain times, by going through them you are basically invisible to radar, by knowing all of them, and by studying the weather and the blind spots and the times of said blind spots I created an algorithm that allows me to go anywhere in the world undetected, pretty handy too even if the time is increased."

"Where are we going?" asked Squall

"Antartica answered Ichika."

Scene change : (Antartica).

Seven hours later, Ichika and his merry men arrived at their destination all of them dressed in winter clothing. When they where about to land instead of ice they found an asphalt runway that took them to a cave, where armed men took them to an elevator that took them to an underwater fortress. Squall seeing this and the calm look on Ichika's face had to ask thequestion that was on everyone's mind

"Who are we meeting here?" Ichika simply gave her a look and said

"James McCullen XXIV, the founder and CEO of M.A.R.S. Industries." that answer made the other mercenaries gape since even Maria, the one that was usually uninterrested in the mundane world, knew who he was.

If Orimura Ichika was the best weapon maker of Asia, then James McCullen XXIV was one of the best weapon makers world wide. Even their backgrounds were similar, both came from highly militaristic families but instead of being soldiers themselves they decided to pursue a carreer in weapon's manufacturing and selling, both were also self made men since James' family banished him and Ichika wasn't on the best side of his family other than his mother, elder sister and grandfather. Anyway, the fact that Ichika knew such a person wasn't why they were surprised, it was the location they were currently in.

"Sin, why the fuck are we in Antartica? My nuts are freezing man." Ichika looked at his philipino friend but before he could say anything he was beaten to the punch by the french gunslinger

"Adan, you numbskull, we are here because we can find intelligence about the fuckers who jumped us in Wakanda"

"Oh Yeah?" Started Adan "How is that you genius?"

"Well..." started The french lesbian before Ichika answered

"The inscription that was on the endlave cyborg was made by me, only two copies of said program exist, one is the one used by a japanese contracter that handles my accounts and my job requests." that was a lie since he handled both things. "The other was given as a gift to James McCullen XXIV as gift for his cooperation in making a gun for me." The songstress was made as a collaboration between Ichika and James, as a thank you Ichika updated his security system and fire wall. Seeing his answer, the others stopped talking as they waited.

Scene change :

When they reached their hosts office, they saw an office filled with many antic weapons used as decorations, from halberds to shields, from daggers to samurai swords. A mahagony desk stood in the middle of the room covered with papers and paperwork but it was the person that sat behind the desk that had all their attention. He was a tall individual, six feet six at least, with a swimmers build, dressed in a black three piece Armani suit. He had black hair with grey highlights a handsome face and grey eyes that shone with wisdome and intellect. Seeing Sin and his associates enter, James stood up and took an object from behind his desk, an Iron mask.

"During the french british war, my ancestor James McCullen I was caught selling weapons to both sides, he was condemned by the british to wear this iron mask for the rest of his life, they called him destro destroyer of nations." James then put the mask on his desk and continued with his rich Irish accent "Seeing this mask always makes me remember the first rule of selling weapons..." At that Squall continued sarcastically

"Not to sell to both sides?"

"No..." answered both Ichika and James before the british man continued "Not to be caught selling to both sides." Both the arms dealers shared a laugh, after that the Irish arms dealer sat down and motioned for the rest to sit down as well, when everyone was sitting down, McCullen started

"You know, when you said you were coming to discuss something important, I didn't think you were coming to talk about one of my rogue imployees."

"So you admit that the nanomachines technology were yours." said Ichika

"Yes I admit that the nanomachines were my company's, but they weren't supposed to be on the market for a few more years, there were some glitches that were still not adressed yet."

"Glitches?" asked Gendo

"Yes, the emotional suppressors, were just that, suppressors after a while the emotions came floating to the surface and the person simply cracked under them, severe case of PTSD for soldiers that saw the type of extreme combat that PMCs see, not ideal for business, and the remote manipulation part, didn't exist in our version of that I can assure you." At that Ichika nodded before asking

"Who is your lead scientist on this." At that James simply sighed before pressing a button on the table showing a holografic image of short man with a round face, a small nose, a balding head, green eyes behind round glasses and saying

"Doctor Yuri Petrovich was our lead specialist on the nanomachines project, his work was years ahead of anyone else and the fact that we allowed living test subjects, all criminals and murderers, was a bonus for him alongside the financial support, but when we refused to allow him to put the current nanomachines on the market he simply disappeared with all his research, it has been more than three months since then and I was hoping you can find him and bring him back but now seeing what the man is involved in I think it's better for the good doctor Petrovich to just... disappear." Ichika nodded before asking

"Consider it done, and my special order?" McCullen took a special black two meters tall case withthe M.A.R.S industries logo on it before giving it to Ichika alongside a USB stick.

"I will have you know that it wasn't easy to get it done to your specs in time but not impossible. Inside the USB is all our information on Petrovich and a small mission that you might want to take." after that James bidon them farewell and the mercenaries left the secret base.

Scene change :

Inside the jet, each of the mercenaries were passing the time differently, Ichika and Gendo were sitting down and reading the file on Yuri Petrovich, Adan and T'chaka were playing video games. Squall was clearing her guns and Maria was sharpening her blades. All of them seemed immersed in their activities but they were all thinking about the last mission and they all wanted the same thing, revenge on the people who beat them. After a while Adan asked

"Ichika, how are we going to find this Petrovich fellow?" At that both Ichika and Danzo were about to answer him when Computer's voice came from one of the many speakers on the plane

"[Ichika-sama, you have a call.]

"Who is it?"

"[The caller is the one with the caller ID 'the Rabbit Bitch Queen' Ichika-sama]" At that Ichika's face became more focused before he answered

"I'll take the call in my room."

"[Understood Ichika-sama.]"

Scene change :

When Ichika closed the door to his room, a display appeared shadowing the caller's ID. Ichika simply sat down on his bed and said

"The line is secure your highness."

"Hello Ichika-kun. I read about Wakanda, very dangerous business that I sincerelly hope you are okay."

"Thank you for your concern your highness but nothing happened to me."

"Good... Good, if something happened to you I don't know what Setsura-chan would do without you."

"Again thank you for your concern, but excuse me for being blunt but I suppose asking about my health isn't the only reason why you are trying to get in contact with me." At that a quiet chuckle came from the other line before the empress spoke again

"Straight to the point just like your mother I like that, the reason why I called was because I wanted to ask you if the current state of Wakanda will be a threat to our investements in the region...especially our recent energy investement." Ichika simply nodded before saying

"Not at all, all the villages in the way of the new power line that is going to be constructed have been handled."

"Oh... And how have they been handled?" Ichika simply said

"All five villages have been wiped out from the map, it seemed easier that way."

"Well that's unfortunate..."

"Please don't play games with me your highness, you gave me this mission expecting me to do just that since we both know that the villagers weren't going to leave so please stop pretending to care!" while inwardly his mind he was saying something along the lines of 'Go rot in hell you damned bitch!' It also seemed that the empress didn't care about his little outburst since she simply continued on

"From what you have told so far and from what I managed to gather on my own it seems that you are going after a certain doctor Petrovich."

"I don't know how you managed to figure that out." came Ichika's answer, Usagi simply chuckled before saying

"I am quite familiar with doctor Petrovich's work he was also one of the lead scientist on the genesys program." At that Ichika stiffened, not knowing why the empress was bothering with such intel...unless

"I want you to kill Petrovich and his latest innovation number 90, I also want you to kill any person related to the genesys program Ichika-kun, the information is in the file I sent you" after that Ichika opened the file immediately and saw his targets, that was Usagi's modus operundi, giving him his targets and their complete profiles, not that Ichika didn't double check everything by himself, and telling him to kill them, the first was Yuri Petrovich, the second was a beautiful young woman with red hair and green eyes, the final one was...

"Are you out of you freaking mind! That's Antoine Leclerc, CEO of the bank internationale, the biggest bank on the planet, the man is unkilleable, I know because fourteen people tried and died to kill him." At that Usagi simply said

"I believe that where the others failed you will succeed, I have full trust in your capabilities."

"Is this about that time in Madrid where I destroyed the disk instead of bringing it back? I already apologised for that."

"I don't know what you are talking about but since that time the country's assets were still secured so I didn't mind. Anyway, the other reason I called is that Setsura-chan is having a recital and I thought you should know" At that the communication ended and Ichika left his room

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When Ichika returned to his friends he simply sat down and said

"Adan, as for your question the answer is simple." he said while showing the file on Petrovich "In this file is the entire life of Yuri Petrovich and with it me and Gendo will be able to find our man and kill the man in a very violent manner." At that Adan and the rest nodded Ichika also decided to say something else

"We will meet in Roanapur in three days understood?" At that the rest nodded since they knew that Ichika was unlike them, a person with other responsabilities and a public life other than the life of sin. And that his responsabilities sometimes made so that he had to take a leave from certain cases or jobs.

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A loud clapping sound echoed in the large music hall as another performer bowed in front of the captivated crowd before leaving the stage.

"She's next," Ichika commented excitedly as he adjusted his tuxedo that he bought for the event. It took Ichika some time to get from the airport to the venue of the event; he also broke several laws because he used his car to get to the venue, but it would be worth it just to see her perform. He was going to see her at her moment of triumph and that's what matters the most.

"Next, from seirin elementary school, Byakushiki Setsura, playing Alkan's Scherzo Diabolico." There was a collective gasp from the audience as the musical piece was announced.

"Alkan! The composer whose works make pianists cry!"

"Even for a pro, playing that song takes all the skill a pianist has!"

"Someone like her shouldn't be able to play Alkan, she's an amateur!"

Ichika could not help but shook his head as he glared at those who said those words. She'll prove them wrong, he is sure of that.

They didn't know her, they didn't know his Setsura.

Setsura can do anything, she is that amazing.

A young girl wearing an elegant, silver dress that didn't show much skin yet highlighted her modeste curves, stepped in front of the crowd before bowing before them. The audience of music enthusiast, those who had seen her for the first time, could not help but be captivated and dazzled by the woman's appearance. For those who had seen her for the first time, they cannot help but looked at her like she was the epitome of beauty, and she probably is.

Setsura possessed a beauty that only appears once in every generation. She possess modest curves that suit her perfectly, her pale, Caucasian-like skin was as white as snow, her emerald eyes seemed to illuminate the dark hall, and her long diamond white hair that reaches all the way down to her lower back area, with a small portion braided on the right side of her face and neatly tucked behind her ear, was glimmering like a beautiful gem. She has a calm and soothing expression on her face that gave her a fragile appeal that would make anyone hesitate to touch her in fear of her shattering and it would make anyone want to protect her. Her smile was incredibly pretty that most men in the audience were breathless.

Setsura sat down in front of the piano. She visibly took a calming breath before her delicate fingers touch the keys of the piano and with a flicker of her fingers; she started playing the difficult musical piece.

In the next five minutes or so, the audience was treated with a very unique and beautiful sound; the sound was so amazing that some of those who were listening to Setsura's playing for the first time questioned whether or not she was a pro pianist.

What sensual playing…What rich expression for such a difficult song…She played the piece with such technical precision that it was hard to imagine that she was an amateur, and the emotions that she was emitting with every sound that she was producing was simply awe inspiring.

The crowd of music enthusiast was stunned still as they were treated with the best performance of the night but all of them pale in comparison at the bliss of one person in the crowd, whom was enjoying her performance to the fullest. Ichika was looking at Setsura with barely concealed fondness and joy as he enjoyed her recital to the fullest of his ability. He loves classical music a lot but he enjoys her playing the piano, knowing that it soothes her and it is something that she enjoys doing. Watching her do the things she likes was already enough for him.

After five minutes or so, the performance ended and the crowd was silence before a loud cheer that threatens to blow the roof off the music hall erupted. Everybody showed their appreciation to the beautiful musical piece that Setsura performed in front of them. An amateur pianist playing a composition of Alkan with that kind of level deserves the highest praise possible.

As the crowd applauded loudly, Ichika, who appreciated Setsura's performance the most, stood up from where he was sitting and walked away discretely from the crowd. He will not show his appreciation towards Setsura by just a simple applause, no, she deserves more, much, much more.

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"Beautifully played as always, Setsura-chan." The music instructor of Seirin elementary school commented with a proud smile on her face.

"It was nothing, Aoi-sensei." Setsura replied with a small smile as she glanced at the trophy given to her as the winner of the competition. It was a cup made out of glass and it was beautifully crafted. "I just did what you taught me to do." Setsura said casually as she gave her music instructor a smile. Setsura's voice was so gentle like the piano that she plays in her free time.

"Nonsense Setsura-chan, nonsense. I can't play any composition of Alkan that well; I doubt anyone could play Alkan as well as you do." Aoi, the music instructor, commented with a chuckle. "Are you sure you don't want to be a pro pianist? You could do so well in the music industry." Aoi urged her student but Setsura merely shook her head.

"As tempting as that sound, sensei, the path that I choose does not involve music." Setsura declined politely. "If I earn money by playing the piano, it removes any form of passion that I put in my performances." Setsura reasoned, astonishing the middle age music instructor.

"You are a rare musician, Setsura." Aoi-sensei stated with admiration. "Usually, people with your kind of talent would not hesitate to sell their talents for a quick buck." Aoi-sensei said with disdain. "But still, you not going to be a professional pianist is such a waste of talent."

"Sorry, sensei." Setsura apologies with a laugh as the two stopped in front of a door with Setsura's initials written on the door frame.

"Hurry up and change, Setsura-chan, I'll drive you home." The instructor prompted Setsura with a light shove. "Having a beautiful girl like you out in the streets at night alone isn't advisable." Aoi-sensei commented, much to Setsura's frustration.

"Sensei, I'm not that beautiful." Setsura said in frustration.

"Your right, you are way more beautiful than that." Setsura suddenly stopped walking as a familiar voice echoed in the corridor. She and her music instructor shifted their head to the source of the voice, only to see a man holding a bouquet of flowers in his hands. The said man was wearing a coat with a hood covering his face. "You were amazing back there, Setsura-chan." The figure commented, pride evident in his voice as he threw the bouquet of flowers towards her.

Aio wondered who the man was and what his relationship with her favorite student is, but she didn't ponder on it for long as Setsura caught the bouquet of flowers. She inhaled the scent of the Ayame flowers before dropping it to the ground and dashing towards that man and threw herself in his arms. "ONIISAMA," Setsura shouted happily as she wrapped her arms around his frame. "Were you watching, Oniisama?" Setsura asked curiously as Ichika wrapped one arm around her waist.

"Of course I was watching. I wouldn't miss watching your recital for the world." Ichika stated with a cheerful tone.

"But you said you had an important thing today!"

"I finish my assignement early…" Ichika told her before breaking her embrace and patting her on the head. "…and as much as I love keeping a perfect professional score with my clients, I love hearing you play the piano more. You make classical music even more breathtaking." Ichika complimented earning him a soft laugh from Setsura.

Aoi cough loudly as her face took a shade of pink. She was feeling like a bystander and feeling a bit bewildered at how the siblings in front of her interact with each other. I mean come on; they were holding each other like they would their lover. 'This explains why Shiba-chan never dated anyone.' Aoi thought as the siblings looked at her. She flinched a bit at the sight of her student glaring at her like she wanted her to implode.

"You must be her music instructor." Ichika said as he walked towards her but not before giving tucking another flower behind her left her. "Here you go, Setsura-chan, your favorite." Setsura smiled vibrantly as she took the Ayame flower that her brother gave her and inhaled its scent.

"They are very lovely, Oniisama." Setsura said as she enjoyed the fragrance of her favorite flower.

"Just like you." Ichika whispered to her, making her blush.

'Okay, Shiba-chan has a brother complex. Who would have guessed?' Aoi thought as the urge to run off suddenly grew.

"Hello, my name is Tatsuya, Byakushiki Tatsuya." Ichika greeted, using the name that he always use whenever he introduce himself as Setsura's big brother. "And you must be Aoi Shiho, I heard so much about you from Setsura-chan, all of them good." Ichika said while extending his hand for a handshake.

Aoi shook his hand before looking at him intently. So you must be the big brother that Setsura talk very highly about. It's pleasure to finally meet you…"

"The pleasure is all mine. I would like to give you my thanks for taking care of her in school. It is sad to say that I cannot take care of her full time because my school is far away from hers." Ichika gave her a bow to show how grateful he is.

'Hohoho, he must be one of those rare men in today's society. What a polite person.' Aoi thought, impress at the attitude of her favorite student's brother. "No thanks needed, Shiba-chan is such a wonderful person after all."

"I know, that's why I always worry about her." Ichika muttered under his breath as he looked at his little sister before turning his attention back to the music instructor. "If you pardon me, I will take my sister home now. We have a lot of catching up to do."

"I don't mind, Shiba-san, but please do be careful." Aoi said worriedly. "Your sister tends to attract attention."

"I am well aware of that but do not worry, she can take care of herself and I will send those who try to touch her to an early grave." The voice that Ichika used was so threatening that Aoi wanted to hide under a rock.

"Can I have my brother now?" Setsura asked with an impatient tone, startling Aio. She had never heard her student speaking in a tone like that. Setsura walked towards her and shoved the trophy to her music instructor's hands, startling Aoi again. "Here, give this to the principal, I don't have space to put it in display anyway." Setsura said before grabbing her brother's arm and wrapping herself in it.

Ichika shook his head at this as he tightened his hold on her little sister's delicate frame. "I'll cook you dinner, what do you say?"

"You'll cook my favorite, right?" Setsura requested with a cute expression and her eyes set on her best puppy dog eyes, making Ichika submit without even him knowing it.

"For you, of course," Ichika said before planting a kiss on Setsura's head, much to her delight. "Come, let's fly home." The two then walked pass the stun music instructor and entered Setsura's private waiting room.

Aoi turned around and was still kind off disturbed at the fact that Setsura's brother has his arms around her sister's shoulder in affectionate way. It didn't help that Setsura, who was a head shorter than her brother, has her head resting on his chest and she was smiling a smile that made her beauty more divine.

The two of them, instead of looking like siblings, looked like lovers.

"Okay, I need a roll of tissue and a DVD of incest related porn." Aoi muttered, having the urge to watch some R-rated movie after the thing that she had witness. "But it's such a shame; I didn't get to see Tatsuya-san's (Ichika) face. He must look like a prince considering how pretty Setsura is."

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After spending time with Setsura, Ichika decided to take her to her favourite restaurant, the golden fleece in the new Tokyo tower. Unlike the old one the new Tokyo tower was very similar to the eifel tower in Paris. After that he took her home and they spent the night the whole night simply chilling while he baked for her her favourite cake. After they had the cake, the siblings simply decided to hit the hay and Setsura using her [Koi Inu no Me Maho (Puppy Dog Eyes Magic)] forced Ichika to let her sleep with him. When the next day came, Ichika bid his sister farewell while promessing her that he will finish his current mission post-haste. Ichika decided that he had another important delivery to make.

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"Hello Ichika-kun how are you doing on this fine day" said a woman that is twenty-two years old, and can be describe as the perfect beauty, with red eyes and long black hair tied into a half up and with a slender yet athletic looking body. She was wearing a white top with a black fur jacket along with navy short shorts and thigh-high stiletto boots with kneepads. Her name is Reiraku Misaya, and the number of monickers that this godess in human flesh had was astonishing, though the only one that both she and Ichika cared about was the second coming of Isane the devil. Yes, I said had because six years ago she was injured and crippled from the waist down. Ichika simply sat down and said

"Hello Misaya-nee, I just came to ask about how your new 'legs' are treating you. Are they to your liking? Have you properly adjusted yet?" Misaya just smiled at his show of concern before answering

"My legs are quite fine. As for my adjustment, I have regained at least 73% of my original mobility, by ends week, I will have regained 100% of my original mobility." after that she turned in her chair, gaving Ichika her back and stated with a beautiful smile that was hidden from him

"By month's end, I would be the same sword that your mother wielded." Ichika smiled at that before saying

"That is wonderfull to hear Misaya-nee. I am glad for you, I really I am." At that Misaya smiled and remembered how everything changed after her injury.

None of her friends came to visit her after the crippling injury she had, her family stayed with her during those troubling times but she decided to stay away from them leaving Yokohama where her clan was based to come to live in Tokyo, her fiancee left her, apparently, he did not want to be engage or to have anything to do with a cripple. The single thought of the white prince of the country was enough to fille with wrath, but that anger left her when she remembered that she was in the presence of Ichika... Ah Ichika he and his mother, her old teacher, were the only ones that were and still are there for her, when she was injured Isane took time from her schedule to visit her and she found her a job as a military consultant that was very high paying, Ichika left her handle his accounts and he visited her at least thrice a month sometimes just to chat with her. And more importantly He found a way to give her back her old life, the life of a soldier that she missed and for that she would be eternally grateful.

After a little chat, Ichika cooked dinner for both of them and bid Misaya farewell.

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There are many words to describe Orimura Isane, formerly Ayanami Isane.

Most of them were very colorful.

Orimura Isane was the most hated woman of Asia, and with good reasons too.

Orimura Isane was the most sadistic and ruthless soldier in japanese history, but she was also the most efficient. If there was a word to describe Isane as a soldier, perfection would be it.

Efficient, calculative, cunning, skillful, powerful, a natural born leader, she was everything a soldier and a magician should be and should strive to be.

As a soldier and a magician, Orimura Isane is the ideal model, and that's one of the many reason why her squadron would follow her from hell and back willingly with no hesitation whatsoever.

Orimura Isane was also an excellent instructor. She can bring out the best out of anyone, and that was evident considering that her squadron, her immediate subordinates, every single one of them were killing machines with skills that would frightened anyone.

With her leadership, she and her squadron had many victories during the Asian war. They were undefeated actually.

As a human being on the other hand, Orimura Isane is at the level of Adolf Hitler. Actually, to be honest, she is worse than the German Fuehrer had ever been.

Orimura Isane is a person that does not give a damn just as long as she fulfills the mission given to her, and she will always leaned towards the method that will finish the mission the quickest and the most efficient way, which means that she will do anything and will stoop to any lows just to finish her mission.

Her tactics range from ordinary military tactics, performed as perfectly and as flawlessly as humanly possible, to immoral tactics that would make anyone feel disgusted.

Orimura Isane would kill children, would plunder and decimate an entire city, would defile graves without remorse, would perform inhumane torture, and would allow women and children to be rape right in front of her as long as the mission is a success.

As a human being, Orimura Isane lacks a moral compass, compassion, love, and any other positive emotion that makes a person a human being.

To be honest, Orimura Isane had abandoned her humanity long ago to be the best soldier that she could possibly be.

And she was hated by every soldier, with the exception of her personal squadron, and noble in the country because of it. She was even hated by her own children, and she did not give a damn.

As a mother, Orimura Isane is the poster girl for the worst mother in the world. She doesn't have a single iota of maternal instincts. For her, her children, with the exception of her son, are nothing but nuisance, and that sentiment was shared by her daughters.

Her daughters hated her as much as she hated her daughters, and that is saying something.

Still, regardless of her many faults as a human being, there were two people that admired her very dearly, and those two are Ichika.

Ichika, being her son, absolutely adored her, and he always does his to make her proud.

And she was always proud of her son.

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Orimura Isane was in a foul mood, the reason for that was the annoying meeting that she just had with the other generals. Today was her birthday and her she is, in the middle of nowhere, with morons that knew next to nothing about war and that reached their current positions in the japanese military simply by kissing the ass of their superiors. And the worst part was that they thought that they could tell her what to do, HER, who had been fighting before they were even born, fighting while she was still a child herself, since she was five years old actually. How depressing, what she wouldn't do for some of her Ichika's cooking. When she entered her personal tent after greeting her subordinates, an amazing aroma hit her nostrils, not believing her nose she entered and saw a five star meal put on a table in the middle of the room, she would recognize the cooking anywhere, being her sons cooking. As she sat down she opened the menu and saw

Hors d'Oeuvre: Red Wine-Braised Baby Octopus with Black Olives. (red wine 35 year old vintage)

Soup: Creamy Mushroom Soup.

Fish Dish: Tuna Carpaccio.

Meat Dish: Beef Wellington.

Main Course: Red wine risoto with black trufles (red wine 35 year old vintage).

Dessert: Triple Chocolate Layer Cake.

Drink: Summer Whiskey (The alcohol content is said to be 83%, roughly the same as Pure Grain Alcohol. 30 years old vintage.)

Bon appétit.

Dear mother,

Well today is your birthday so I thought that since you can't come home for me to cook for you then I shall bring my cooking all the way to you wherever you are, you know me I am not that good at making letters I prefer to speak directly with people after all but all I have to say is...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

After finishing reading the menu and the note, she smiled before sitting down and started her dinner, tomorrow she was going to punish the guards, even if it was her son giving her her birthday dinner someone still managed to sneak past them and for her men that is simply unacceptable.

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An anassuming yacht, that would be the assumption of anyone looking at the boat that was floating a few miles from Abkhazia, a disputed territory, located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. On the boat were two individuals that were famous or infamous in their own ways: Hanzo Gendo and T'chaka, the two mercenaries were sitting in front of many moniters and studying the schematics of their new assignement.

"Is everyone online?" started Gendo.

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The MQ-133C was a stealth aircraft resembling a flying wing. It was utilized during the late 2040's to drop personel secretely in enemy territories, of course this model was much better than the ones on the market since Ichika and Gendo personnaly worked over it and they were thye best in their fields of mechanical engeneering and programing. Anyway this baby was being used by Ichika to reach his own drop point.

"Sin is in position, everything is opperational."

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The SEAL Delivery Vehicle or (SDV) is a manned submersible and a type of Swimmer Delivery Vehicle or diver propulsion vehicle used to deliver United States Navy SEALs and their equipment for special operations missions and is also operated by the Royal Navy's Special Boat Service who operates 3 SDV's.

The SDV is used primarily for covert or clandestine missions to denied access areas (either held by hostile forces or where military activity would draw notice and objection). This one was a two man special delivery system that was being used by both Squall and Maria as they were being transported to their drop point.

"Bullet and Jack are in position."

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On an island three miles from the coast of Abkhazia, on a small outpost of twenty men stood Adan having killed everyone on the outpost before they even knew what hit them, the man maybe huge but he was used to operate covertly since he joined Ichika and his crew, he was sitting in front of a computer that controled the laser submarine defense grid and the aerial missile defense system, he inserted a USB key to the computer and let the program that the nerd had created do its magic.

"This is Psycho, the oupost is ours and we are in... I repeat, the oupost is ours and we are in."

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"Sin is in position, everything is opperational."

"Bullet and Jack are in position."

"This is Psycho, the oupost is ours and we are in... I repeat, the oupost is ours and we are in."

"All right how is it nerd?" asked T'chaka abord the boat since he was in front of the command.

"Everything is green good to go... Brat" Answered the human cyborg causing the Wakandan born mercenary to grumble before saying

"Allright all systems are go Sin, Bullet, Jack... Let's recap the mission objectives shall we."

"I know you miss me T'chaka, but we've been all over the materials." said Adan, the others simply sighed before T'chaka simply answered

"That's what you said before Montenegro..."

"And Monte Real..." quipped Squall

"And Chicago..." said Ichika

"And..." started Hanzo before Adan stopped saying

"Allright Allright I get it okay get on with the briefing"

"Objectives of course are enter Abkhazia, neutralize all the terrorists, and restore the rightful governement... what's left of it anyway. The president and most of the cabinet have been killed, and a military junta's been established. The terrorists brain-jacked all the high ranking officers, and their cyborgs scattered the rank and file. The few leaders who have survived have no way of openly opposing the new regime. That's why they called us." finished T'chaka.

"Andrey Dolzaev," started Danzo "leader of the occupation forces. An extremist, linked to both the St Pettersburg massacre of 2085 and last years terror spree in Georgia, and his arm supplier. None other than Desperado Enforcement LLC."

"N'Mani's killers."

"If we don't stop them here" said T'Chaka "they could destabilize the entire region. Stopping that is your mission Sin and be a distraction for our other objective."

"Roger that."

"Your mission, Bullet and Jack is even more important, on the north east of your drop zone, the only M.A.R.S. industries facility in this part of Europe has been taken over by the terrorists a couple days ago, you two are to go to that facility and retrieve all the data there before waiting for Psycho and blowing the damn thing sky high."

"Roger that." Said Squall.

"Roger that." Said Maria.

"Roger that." Said Adan.

"Very well since everyone knows their roles all I can say is operation take back Abkhazia and screw Desperado is a go. Good luck and good hunting everyone." and just like that an opperation that would decide not only the fate of a nation but that of the entire continent of Europe was started.