Opening song: The walking dead of Dropkick Murphy's.

Tizof and Thazalof recovered from their wounds after they got back at the place. "Sorry, Anaton, to ask this of you." Tizof said after Anaton had taken off his upper armor and he was naked. Anaton started healing the swordsman.

"Hey, I'm your supportive. It's my job. Besides, you did a pretty good job protecting your body. Just a few slashes and punches. And you're done." The two gave an high five and left. "I'm really glad that you made sure that you don't have too much wounds, you did a great job as a warrior, but your brother on the other hand."

Thazalof was more wounded and he could barely walk. "He overused his body a bit too much and he went to far with his power. Kerlongsj told him that he can't have Senus to long as a melee weapon. The moron will take a lot more time. He can wait, I wanna see the match of Erzof and Izolf."

Anaton walked up and just like the rest of the hackers they had a good view. Thazalof was still unconscious. He managed to get in the place as a dignified warrior, but as soon he got out of the sight, he collapsed. Anaton decided he had to rest, because he want to see the match.

"This is going to rock from bottom up." Raton said. "You can be sure of it, amigo. After that, our turn, right?" Kashal said. They turned around and saw the two men standing. "Anaton, Tizof. You're going to watch as well?"

"Do you think I want to miss this?" Tizof asked. "I fought and now, it's show time for me."
Kashal walked to Tizof and give him a soft punch on his arms. "You were fucking great. You really showed off."
"Thanks lad." Raton looked to Anaton. "You sure you can take both Orimura and Sarashiki on? I mean, I don't question your strength, but they're good." Anaton looked up. "Don't worry. I can take both of them, but first let's watch this match." He smiled and they watched to the arena.

Erzof and Izolf had a confident smirk on their faces and they looked to Rin and Cecilia who were less enthusiastic. "If you want, you can resign. We really don't mind. No hard feelings. If we started, don't ask. We're going to take you down." That triggered an effect on the two proud women.

"You, I don't think I back down. We'll win this fight." Cecilia shouted. "I'm China's best. No way I'll stop." Rin backed her friend up. "Well, we asked ya. Lucky for the queen, Cecilia. That she has a pisspot like you, Cecilia!" Izolf shouted. "I'm Welsh, but I'm happy that I got a Flemish ID. Because there, they weren't so kind to me."

Cecilia was furious. "How dare you insult our home and the greatest country of the European union?"
"What, I haven't insult my home and besides, the UK isn't in the EU. I'm Welsh, that's true. But I've come to think that Flanders is more my home." Erzof gave his friend a swipe on his head. "Don't anger her. You sure that you can take her on?"
"No problem. What about you?"
"Too late to resign. We're going to do this."

"If you are ready with chatting, could you guys begin?" Chifuyu shouted. "Ready when you are, miss Orimura." Erzof shouted.

"Begin." As soon Chifuyu shouted that, Tizof flew towards Cecilia, while he got cover from the heavy fire from Erzof. Cecilia had to focus on the canon fire and it prevented Rin for coming close. Tizof released his grappling hook and it flew towards to Cecilia. It pulled around her rifle and he pulled himself towards him. Cecilia flew up, but she got the boy with her. "Eat this." She shouted. She fired, but he evaded it with ease. "Your gun is nothing compared to Raton." He said before he pulled himself completely in front of the girl and slashed with his other hand. When she activated her drones, he cut her off. She aimed again and fired. Tizof just jumped up and turned his body around, so his head turned on the other end. "And your accuracy is laughable if I look at the way Thazalof shot his arrows at me."

"You filthy." She fired a few more rounds, but it only prevented Izolf for coming closer, not hurting him. "Agreed, your fire rate is higher, but in a fight, that doesn't hold on." He got to her and in a godlike speed, he pushed her rifle away before he impaled her with his hook blade. He was so kind to help her on the ground. "Cecilia Alcott loses." She couldn't believe the screen. She looked back to the Welsh young man. "You know. Better fire one arrow that hit his target than five strong bullets who all miss. I want to fight someone with result, not with a name." He said and he looked up. Erzof has also been busy taking Rin out.

Chifuyu was shocked that Cecilia lost so fast.

As soon, Cecilia was occupied with Izolf, she found a canon firing at her. "I'm your opponent. I hope you don't mind." Rin grinned with a savage look in her eyes. "You're stupid. Thinking to set a long range fighter against a close range like myself. It turns out you're nothing compared to Ichika." Erzof sighed. "Just begin."

She fired her canons at him. Erzof looked up in surprise. "She has far range attack weapons. That makes it different. She fired at a good rate and Erzof had to evade him. "But she isn't used to it. It has to help her, but it's her second weapon. In my case, it's my first weapon." He answered her with a few salvo's on his own. He aimed and fired fifty meters above her. "Hahaha, and you think you could win?" He pointed to her and she saw that the projectile flew back. "What?" She got the projectiles on her head and protected it with her shield.

"I don't use only canons. Monster is possible of shooting mortars as well. That sucks, right." He grinned. She fired back and they both answered each other attack. Rin had the advantage being a lot faster than Erzof. He on the other end was a more experienced fighter and a lot more used to fight with artillery. He didn't fire at much as her, because taking cover and evading her attempts took a lot more attention of him. He fired less shots, but his were much more accurate. He only got target on her shield, but with every shot, her shield points drained. Erzof didn't had to focus on that.

"Souten Gagetsu" Came out of her at one end. She flung the spear towards him and held on to it. She swung side wards hoping to get a lot of damage. When the dust cleared up, almost every mouth of the arena had hit the ground. Erzof had taken the spear in his hands. "Anaton." Chifuyu called him. "Yes, Miss Orimura."
"What's that with Erzof?"

"Oh, yeah, that guy is a long range fighter, but he is a ground type like me. But in his case, he can access his second power. He has his hands free so he uses it on that way. Nice right?"
"I can't believe it. What kind of technique is that?" Anaton had a surprised tone. "That's no technique, miss Orimura. Old man believes that there a few persons in the world who can take on an Infinite Stratos with their own two hands. You, he and Erzof also makes it to that list. Not that he ever done it or will do, but for now, he relies on his brute strength as well."

Erzof was catching his breath. "Well, that was close, but now you angered me." He pulled the girl towards him at an enormous speed. Ling did everything to prevent coming closer, but even with the effort of her machine, she found it futile. She was pulled towards Erzof with an unhuman speed. When she was in his reach, he realesed the spear.

Too late for her to pull back, she literally flew in his arms. When she was in his reach, he took her down. He didn't make a fist, but had his hands open. He grabbed her petite body and pushed her down on the ground, together with her Infinite stratos. He burried her in the floor of the arena. Everyone was awestruck, even the hackers.

That man took down a top Infinite Stratos pilot down just with his own hands. He got up and it was quiet for a second. He looked to Izolf and the two gave each other a nod. They have taken down two pilots down who had an advantage. After a minute, the boys except for Ichika started to cheer. Erzof pulled his hand in the air and he fired a few bombs in the air. He looked to Izolf who just shrugged his shoulders.

He understood, Erzof won the fight as well, but what he did was more impressive. Erzof walked to his friend and pulled his hand in the air. The two looked to the stage and the hackers gave their two winners a deserved applauding. The two bowed towards the stage and left to Gate B. Cecilia and Rin got a few medics with them. When the two landed, Thazalof had crawled to Anaton who was healing the boy.

"You guys did a good job. I don't see a wound. Chapeau for taking down on of the most feared pilots down." Erzof shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry to say, but I mean, Lingyin Huang is a petite girl who is agile and with no doubt strong, but sorry, I'm a tall guy trice her side. I'm stronger than her."
Anaton looked to his friend. "That's true, Erzof. You're a cool, calm headed guy, but you're strong. Nobody in the world can deny that fact. And when they piss you off, you have no problem showing that. You're not eager to fight, but" He stared to laugh when he see Erzof's smirk. "I enjoyed. Every fucking second."

"What about you, Izolf? Cecilia is a good markswoman." Raton asked. He snorted. "If you were an IS pilot, you'd lose. No doubt about that, but to be honest. You're way better with a gun and Thazalof. You heard it. You're more accurate." Thazalof got up. "Thanks, lad." Raton winked to Kashal. "Come on, it's our turn." He said. Kashal nodded and the two left with their hands in their pockets.

Erzof grabbed Anaton and put him in his neck. "Better view now. You don't have to heal us, so enjoy the show. "
"Thanks, Erzof. I mean it."

The guys sat down. "It's 2-0 for us. If we win this fight, we've won everything." Tizof smiled towards the guys. "Yeah, but it will be way cooler if I win as well." Anaton said.

"Well, I think we all cursed on Kerlongsj and our mentors for their hard training." Izolf was surprisingly reasonable. "But to be honest, I'm glad about that. They can say about hackers what they want, but on this age, we have quite some distance." Erzof smiled. The twins nodded.

"Hey, we're on the second place of all hackers. What would they think?" Anaton shouted to the rest of his group. Charlotte and Laura activated their units and flew off to the middle of the arena. Kashal and Raton already landed there. On the screen, their names appeared and the points.

"2-0" Raton said. "You better win this if you want to make it even." Laura looked to the two. "We'll win. You can be sure of it."
"Well, first see and then believe said the blind one." Was Kashal's response. He cracked his fists. Raton was just as eager as his friend. "Your Infinite Stratos is an all-round gun type right?" He asked to Charlotte with a genuine tone of respect and curiosity. Charlotte was taken aback from the question and the tone he asked it. "Yes, but why do you ask?"
"Well, my program, Schrootverbouwer, literary translated Scrap Renovator, is something similar. I'll let you experience it." He said with a grin when he made a MG42 from his arms. Laura looked up.

"You recognize it. You have to, it's a German machine rifle. Not that you have a chance to experience it's power."

Chifuyu sighed. Two matches, four personal Infinite Stratos pilots versus four hackers of which three had a similar program. Kerlongsj told her that these guys were as tough as you could get and as skilled as most professional pilots, but that his words were so true, was hard to believe.

Houki and Tatenashi was a shock. She knew Houki as a child and now also a bit as a student and a friend. Losing a sword fight, that was nearly impossible. Tatenashi, losing the fight. She was the best and strongest student. Thazalof was probably determined to win.

Rin and Cecilia, well, they had a disadvantage. Still, even when they faced opponents who gave them the advantage, they still lost. Those two are going to get a lot of training. She hoped Charlotte and Laura had a chance to win. Charlotte was the best compatible with her IS and Laura was trained from birth. She looked to the hackers. Tizof and Thazalof were clearly very well prepared as warriors, Erzof and Izolf were experienced. Raton and Kashal, she saw them as the least trained for this. If Ichika could win the fight, she could face Kerlongsj.

The next fight is for chapter six. Don't have enough time to put in here. Sorry if I'm rushing, but I really want to put a few hackers against a few pilots. For my personal experience, the girls are good, but to say, they're strong. I don't think that. I mean, facing one pilot with five personal untis and still not winning. That's not weak, that's just sucking.

Greetings from Flanders. Kerlongsj.

Ending song. Alestorm, Captain Morgan's Revenge.