Disclaimer: I do not know anything by IS: Infinite Stratos, and other referenced merchandise/items in the fanfiction. However, original characters all belong to me, Grayjedi-Productions...

A/N: If I put quotations over a persons name, they are clones... it will make more sense in context if you read.

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1735-IS Academy Stadium- Battlegrounds

(Main theme is Heaven's Divide from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker...Trust me, it'll make more sense as the fanfiction continues)

Kenneth flew out of the hanger and into position above the stadium. Scores of girls littered the stands, watching the Cecilia and him standoff. Some were holding posters of Cecilia's name, others of his name.

Talk about a fanbase. Though Kenneth, looking at the stands. A group of girls holding a "GO KENNY!" poster, starting waving at him.

"I'm giving you one last chance, Ken." Cecilia said, getting Kenneth's attention. "Admit I'm better, and I might go easy on you."

"Fat chance!"

Cecilia raised her particle rifle, taking aim and fired at Kenneth. Watching her muscle movement, Kenneth lifted his arms to cover his body from the blast. The particle beam zipped from the rifles barrel, only to be scattered away from Kenneth's SI armor.

"Impo...Impossible!" Cecilia screamed.

Kenneth slid down his arms, resting them in a combat-stance. "Come'on, love. You have to try better than that."

1737-IS Academy- Command Booth

Rapid images of the two machines squared off, flying from corner to corner of the stadium, in all directions. Cecilia had just released her combat drones to chase down Kenneth, but no matter how fast they were, he was always stayed three steps ahead.

"He's not even wielding a weapon...not even fighting back...What's he up to?" asked Yamada.

Houki and Ichika stood in silence, observing the Cecilia trying to get a lock on Kenneth.

"Ugh." Chifuyu said as she cupped her face with her palm.

"What is it sis...er... Orimura-sensei?" asked Ichika.

"He's not even trying...This is part of his training, 'Slow Ignition'."

"So wait, then what is he doing then?" Houki said, tilting her head.

"He's trying to enjoy the battle as much as possible. See his grin? He's about to half-shift."

1740-IS Academy- Battlegrounds

"Stop moving you eye-sore!" commanded Cecilia, as she moved her combat drones towards Kenneth.

"Fine." he grunted. Just then, Kenneth started descending to the ground level of the stadium.

"Ha! Cornered yourself!" A ball of blue energy blasted out of Cecilia's rifle, directly hitting him. Following up, Cecelia launched two missiles hitting the cloud where Kenneth was.

"Haha, the end of the match." giggled Cecilia at the sight of a black smoke cloud. But as the smoke cleared, Buyuu stood staring at Cecilia, with ice grey eyes.

"Alright partner..." Kenneth growled, a voice that wasn't his own. "Keep on Rollin' baby... You know time it is..."

Throwing out his arms, Kenneth emitted a bright orange light sphere around himself, his armor creating an impenetrable shield. A rock song started in the mist of the chaos, building up in intensity. Swirling rapidly in a sphere, machine pieces from Kenneth's armor created a piecing metal shriek.

Ladies and Gentlemen!

At the end of those words, the light withdrew. Cecelia stared in horror.

In front of her, stood an exact copy of herself in her Blue Tears IS. However, there was a morphed difference with it. Instead of four wings that housed the optical drones, there were six wings. Quad missiles pods sat proudly behind the armor. The color had become a darker shade of blue, completely removing any light color from it, as well as completely encasing the user.

In the middle stood a blonde-haired women with curls. A target locator over her right eye, she looked fierce. Except Cecelia had seen his person before. It was herself.

Chocolate Starfish!

Opening "her" eyes, the Cecelia clone pieced back at the original. Instead of Cecelia usual blue eyes, they were replaced with same ice grey eyes Kenneth had. Smirking, "she" materialized twin particle beam rifles in each hand, slapped them together and took aim.

Oh shit...

1741-IS Academy- Command Booth

Now I know ya'll be lovin' this SHIT RIGHT HERE!

"What the hell just happened?" yelled Ichika and Houki.

"Buyuu's main shift is 'Shadow Dancer', his IS becomes the opponent, mimicking everything. He takes the strengths of the enemy and pushes it to the extreme."

"Buyuu's IS is built for infiltration, quick takedowns during his time in the military. And this works even in long fights. But this... this is just cruel. He's deliberately missing his attacks."

Houki and Ichika watched as Cecelia was helplessly dodging Kenneth's assault, following the steps that Kenneth wanted her to follow, with drones and beams.

1743-IS Academy- Stadium Battlegrounds

Hey Ladies, Hey Fellas

And the people that DON'T GIVE A FUCK!

Cecilia twisted and turned around the laser bolts, trying to fly away from the bolts.

I gotta fight back! Thought Cecilia. But to no avail. She just couldn't get a moment's rest. During the entire battle, the music played, as her clone moved along with the music. Suggestively at times.

Abandoning the rifles and drones, "Cecelia" charged at her counterpart, wielding an attachment blade on each arm. Swinging rapidly, Cecelia barely dodged blades.

Keeping Rollin', Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

Breathe in, now Breath out!

Backing off, "Cecelia" outstretched her arms, blades parallel to the ground. "She" suddenly started spinning and heading over in the primes' direction.

For fuck's sake! How is he doing this? thought Cecelia, boosting out of the way of the bladed wing of death.

Cecelia got a enough distance away from her clone. Quickly grabbing her particle rifle, she shot at the clone, creating a puff of black smoke as the music started to settle.

"Is it over?" Cecilia heavily gasped, finally resting.

"Nope, this is lights out!" said voice behind her. The Cecilia clone grabbed her by the shoulders, flipped her around and jabbed her with both blades...

Buyuu's Point of View

The terrain faded to black. The obscurities of reality, the noise, the people, faded to the background. What happened? I though. I noticed that I was out of my SI armor, only wearing my classic Scion Initiate Battle Dress. A soft cry echoed in the darkness.

Who's there? Listening to the cry, I ran towards the source. In front of me stood a young girl, crying in front of two corpses. She collapsed on them, crying her heart out as thousands of hands extended from the darkness, trying to grab her. I tried getting close to her, but an invisible barrier blocked me from getting close. From her blonde hair, I recognized her; it was a young Cecilia Alcott.

The background slowly morphed, showing a young Cecilia studying in a poorly-lit room, studying law and legality, next to her a script of her parents property. Several lawyers bickered with one another behind her. No wonder she's abit of a hardass...

Again, the scene changed, showing Cecilia being accepted into the IS Academy. Next to her was a representative of the Academy.

So does this mean that my parent's property will stay mine? she questioned. The rep smiled back.

Yes, until you graduate. Cecilia grabbed on to rep, squeezing her, never to left go...

Cecilia's Point of View

I closed my eyes in fear, the fire that I saw through Kenny's eyes could have sliced through metal. I waited for the hit to come, but it never did. A light breeze started to chill my skin.

Snow? I thought. The sky was a pure white, raining down little flakes of snow. I was no longer in my IS, but still floating. In the background, a broken down factory, with smoke coming out of it. Four people emerged from a door.

Move! Move! The lead one yelled. I saw his long hair extending out of his helmet. That must be Ken. I thought. The factory collapsed in a fiery explosion, scattering the factory's roof to the landscape.

We lost Ramirez, Freeman, Marcus and Strout. One of the soldiers said. Kenneth only stared back at the exploded factory. Sir, they're gone, we got the green evac smoke.

Pop it. Kenneth said. From the factory, a purple laser cut down two other soldiers, leaving Kenneth and another still alive. A large Russian IS emerged from the flames, landing on the dead soldiers.

Время, чтобы умереть. The pilot said, aiming her cannon at Buyuu. The second soldier transformed into an IS battle armor, fist-fighting the Russian IS. Both tried to grab for extra weapons, but the other smashed the weapon away, leaving the two ISs in a fist-fight. The Russian IS grabbed Kenneth by the left arm as he tried to crawl away, squeezing them as I heard the loud crunch of his bones, and his screams. The other pilot charged at the Russian, tossing Buyuu several yards away from them, landing in another soldiers spilled guts. As the girls continued to fight, Kenneth crawled through the fallen soldier, still gripping an SMAW, or at least I believe that's what it's called..

As hard as the American pilot fought, she was outmatched. The Russian extended a small blade from her hands, piecing through the shields and into chest of the American. She fell as the Russian retracted the blade, jumping on top of her, physically beating her up.

Я убью тебя с кулаками! The Russian pilot yelled. Buyuu grabbed the RPG and fired at the Russia, blasting her off his comrade, shattering the Russian chest chassis and wings. Buyuu stumbled to get up, wielding a small SMG. As he got in front of the Russian, Cecilia saw Buyuu's face, filled with tears, and blood.

The Russian pilot laid prone on the ground, coughing up blood. I saw a blood red eye color radiate from her iris. She spat blood at Buyuu's face. Ha, you lose. She said defiantly. Buyuu without a hint of remorse, unloading his entire clip at the Russian. Turning his attention, he ran stumbled back to his friend, cradling her up.

Angel, you lost alot of blood. He said. I got a got a med-pack with me, stay awake

No, Kenny, I lost too much, use it for yourself. she said.

Come'on, baby we made it this far, don't go dying on me!

Kenny, it's not your fault. Don't blame anyone else. The true culprits are out there, not these young women. She was indoctrinated, you could see that in her eyes...Please...stay human...show them that the IS and SI are not just...

Angel? Darling? He cried into her chest, openly sobbing on the snow covered fields.

I SWEAR, ANY IS THAT COMES BEFORE ME WILL FEEL MY PAIN!

A short transition showed Buyuu, holding the dog-tags of his squad, in front on a wall, littered with pins of a shield, crossed with two swords in the back. From Buyuu's face, a tear rolled down his cheek.

Wait...why do I feel like I'm falling?

Standard Point of View-1754 Hours

The blades pieced Cecilia's shields, and deactivated her IS armor, causing her to freefall.

That was an out of body experience. Buyuu thought, as his head regained clarity, and his eyes resetting to a brown. He watched Cecilia's body start falling to the stadium.

"OH SHIT! CECILIA!" Buyuu powered his back thrusters, forcibly overriding the "Shadow Dancer" shift, diving to catch up with Cecilia. Just before Cecilia was 7 feet from the ground, Buyuu grabbed her, resting her in between his arms.

Ichika, Houki, Maya and Chifuyu ran towards them on the field. "Is she ok?" all but the latter yelled in unison.

Buyuu ran a quick diagnostic with his left arm. A pop-up screen appeared before his eyes. "She's fine, just knocked out."

Kenneth looked directly at Chifuyu. "Ma'am, I wish to transport her to her room." he said.

Cecilia Alcott's Room- 1910 hours

Cecilia woke with a start. Quickly looking around, she was in her bed, clothed in her best night gown. Next to the bed, a chair with Kenneth sitting on it, head slouched over, as if he was patiently waiting in prayer.

"I'm glad to see that you're awake." he said, without lifting his head.

"Wha...what happened?"

"My attack knocked you out cold, I carried you back to your room." Buyuu seemed abit distracted.

"I see...Before I was knocked out, I saw what happened in your past."

Buyuu was startled back, but quickly gain his composure. "You... you did?"

"You couldn't do anything to save your squad. No one could have saw that Russian."

So she knows of Operation Zulu... My true death place...Buyuu's eyes started tearing up. "If only I had acted sooner."

Cecelia, though in pain, reached over to him. "You lost someone that close to your heart that day didn't you?"

"Angel Adrian." he whispered. "I would have been dating her for 3 years if it wasn't for that Russian." His eyes started shifting to a dull grey.

"We both have lost people dear to us."

Buyuu waved his hand in hand, brushing off Cecelia's hand. "At least you can protect whatever you have left. There's only 5 other people like me left from a class of 100 for my year. But what has that reduced me to? I'm a little prick with a large attitude problem."

Buyuu sighed for a moment. "But I also saw your past too. Both your parents...I'm sorry."

Cecilia laid back on her bed. "I know. But we both fight, through thick and rough... and that is what drives us both. A purpose."

Silence hung between the two as a nearby clock ticked away time.

"Buyu...Kenny? Can you teach me how to maximize the power of the Blue Tears?"

Kenneth looked away, as if he was trying to push her away. "I could, why do you want that?"

"To become stronger, to overcome what has happened in the past, and hope for the future."

Kenneth thought over it for a moment. As long as I report back to Chifuyu about Cecelia knowing about Operation Zulu, I should be fine.

Kenneth remembered Captain Brian's words before he left the base on Coronado Island. Just try to live by with emotion Kenneth. He started. Even if some information gets by, it's not like they know what do with it. Make some people understand what you've been through.

I don't need a psychiatrist Sir. said Kenneth, in an inflection of defiance. I'm not mental.

I know, but please...for Angel...

...Angel...

"Kenneth?" asked Cecelia, trying to get his attention back.

He sighed and got up, "Very well, I will help you." Turning away to leave, he said "Once the match between you and Ichika is done."

Cecelia nodded happily. "Thank you..."

"No problem...Cece." Kenneth walked out of the dorm room, as Cecelia rested her head against the pillows on bed.