Openings song: The walking dead of Dropkick Murphy's.
I first had to experience these guys myself before I could put it on paper. That's why it took so long. And believe me, these guys were amazing. Next time in Belgium, I'm there.
I know lyrics aren't allowed, but I've seen plenty writers who're doing it too.
I don't own Infinite Stratos nor the lyrics of the songs used in this fanfic. Please don't report it.
Parts for the concert were written on the Tuesday before the festival. Parts after are written after it.
Dropkick Murphy's were fucking amazing, a pitty they didn't play for one hour.
The day of the festival. It would take a few more hours before officials, politicians and other important people would arrive at the place. It also included parents and friends. But in the meantime, the festival was meant for the school girls and guys.
A hacker ship made his way to the place, it was slightly bigger than the ship of Anaton. Kerlongsj had made two surprises. The first one was only known by him and Anaton, the second one was known by all the hackers, Ichika included.
Ichika promised he would held his mouth shut towards all the girls. The maid café was ready and the stage was ready. The second year hackers decided to work together. Practicing was at their dorm houses and Kerlongsj made a circle, so the girls wouldn't notice it.
What the girls hoped to be a maid café, would transform very quickly in something very different.
Ichika was outside serving the girls. "Please go in, young miss." A lot of first years were drooling. "Orimura kun is so pretty." Ichika sighed, the hackers explained him a few things more about the girls feelings, but he told them about the realistic fact they would kill him if he choose one. He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Anaton and his gang standing.
All of them, except for Anaton himself, carried instruments. Tizof and Thazalof had two guitars, Kashal had a mandolin and acoustic guitar, Izolf carried a bagpipe and tin whistle, Raton had an accordion and bass guitar and Erzof carried two drumsticks.
Ichika immediately changed his attitude from serving masters in a maid café as a butler into a normal, bit rough boy chatting with his friends. "Yo. I suppose you guys really are going to do it." Anaton smiled. "Of course, we're going to do this. Do you really think we would agree with a maid café? We're going to blow this place up." Anaton smiled to Ichika.
"I hope you don't mind." Ichika shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not going to help you guys." Ichika replied. "Here." Anaton pressed his fist in Ichika's. The male pilot looked up. "Ear plugs?"
"You're going to need them." Ichika let his friends in and plugged his just received gifts.
When Anaton walked to the stage, they were blocked by Tatenashi. After Kerlongsj showed off a few weeks ago, she was the only girl that hasn't brought respect up for him or the other hackers. She was also pissed that the two other groups were helping Anaton. She couldn't get close to Anaton again. Cirluk and Jozalof had made sure that the next time she would do something to him, she catch a beating.
Jozalof also informed Kerlongsj about what happened. Despite he talked it out with Tatenashi, she was still pissed that the hackers had their own rules to live after and that they didn't had to .listen to her. Ichika spent also more times at the hackers and he even stayed over a few nights at the dorms houses.
Now, she looked to the group of hackers. Her carefree attitude was gone and now the arctic wind blew over the place. The girls looking to her gulped and almost shivered. The guys on the other hand weren't afraid, they were more annoyed.
"Something up, Sarashiki-senpai?" Anaton asked at a friendly tone. "What are you guys think you're doing?"
"Not a fucked up maid café." Izolf answered. "That's for sure." The hackers and pilot were both pissed off. The question was who would get something done. "I don't think that I allowed you guys to play music." She said. "So, you guys have to change in tuxedo's." She showed them. The boys cringed.
"There is no fucking way that I'm going to wear that shit." Erzof told her. "Besides, we don't need your permission. Kerlongsj gave us green light. He is a teacher, so his decision carries more weight than yours. So piss off." Thazalof crossed his arms. "If you have won the damn dual in the beginning of the semester, yeah, you had right to speak. But you lost. You, an excellent close range fighter lost the fight against me. One swoop and I was done for. But it isn't that way. So we're going to play or we're going kick you out."
Anaton cracked his fist. "Guys, get on the stage. I'll handle this." The guys passed him and they checked their instruments. It earned them a few weird looks from all the girls in the academy including Maya. Chifuyu was only curious about what the guys were going to play. Ichika went inside and looked to his friends.
"Your attitude piss me off. Not only me, but my gang, Cirluk and his friends, Jozalof and his gang members and Kerlongsj. You all piss us off. I'm fed up with your behaviour. You lost, we won. Learn to live with the fact. If you now excuse me, I have a few songs to play." He passed her and she was frightened. She never saw someone looking that fierce in her eyes.
Anaton was helped up the stage and a mic passed on to him.
"Welcome, everyone. To the first concert hold on the ISA. My friends and I are going to play a few songs we all like. Thanks to Ichika Orimura and our friends behind at the electronics, the lyrics will appear in Kanji on the screen so you all can understand what we're saying." He ended with a smirk and looked to the shocked faces of Ichika's harem (if you want to call them that).
"I hope you girls are prepared, because your so called purity will be destroyed after we're done. You hoped that a few idols were going to play here. Well, I think it's time that we introduce to a few more music genres. One of our friends will go alternative and electronic, another will go metal. We're in the middle. Celtic punk."
He smiled and looked to the girls. "We asked a certain teacher to cancel those idols and allowed us to play. We have permission from him, Chifuyu Orimura and the headmaster. Well, not her, but still we were allowed. So get used to it."
Ichika's fan club was shocked on the revelation. Kerlongsj went to stand next to Ichika who gave him an nod. Anaton put his mouth at the mic and he began to sing. With a guitar solo, the twins got lose. Together with Kashal and Raton who packed in their bagpipes and mandolin and both took their guitars and joined in the theme. Erzof began to drum and Anaton began to head bang.
Kerlongsj walked in the meantime up to the scene and he began to listen to Anaton who began to sing.
(Dropkick Murphy's Surrender)
With a voice that suited Anaton, he sang the lyrics. His voice wasn't as loud as the original singer who the guys saw last summer, but he gave everything he had and it suited him. The mix of the different guitars was a nice effect and Erzof drummed with everything he got. Anaton slightly head banged and Kerlongsj walked to the stage.
I was at my weakest state
And you kept me pushing on
You gave me something to believe in
And it keeps me standing strong
Yeah, these lessons that I've learned
These things I'll carry on
And when you're gone I'll honour you
Each day, however long
The mouths of the girls fell open. Except for Cecilia, Laura and Charlotte who all understood English, the lyrics were very helpful. They never thought that these guys were going to play something like that. The most weird part was that the girls had to figure out what the lyrics meant.
This glimmer of hope was never enough
To guide me through the darkness like a diamond
In the rough
I held out for and I received
A pain that never left with no reprieve
Like a toast at a table where resentments run free
There can't be any truth where there's no honesty
After these lyrics, Anaton grinned and bowed towards Kerlongsj. He offered his Old man the mic. Kerlongsj shrugged his shoulders and began to grin. He sang the lyrics. His voice was something else, a bit more rougher, what wouldn't be weird if you consider Kerlongsj age, but if the girls understood the lyrics, they could have guessed why Anaton offered Kerlongsj to sing.
The translation was literally, but the girls understood a bit more off the relationship between Kerlongsj and Anaton. The hackers grinned, because a lot of teachers would never allowed their students to do something like this.
Like an apple from the tree
You were lock jawed in your ways
A reminder of myself in those long forgotten days
Thought you'd stayed off my path
But I just couldn't see that the blood that's in your veins
Is the same that runs through me
Anaton went back to his friends. They went with their hands in the air. In the meantime, Anaton's gang joined in the song.
This glimmer of hope was never enough
To guide me through the darkness like a diamond
In the rough
I held out for and I received
A pain that never left with no reprieve
Like a toast at a table where resentments run free
There can't be any truth where there's no honesty
The rest of the hackers fist went in the air. Cirluk controlled the electronics, but the first year hackers went in front of the stage. They were super enthousiastic when they heard the guys play.
I had it all but lost my faith
And then you lead me to it
Today I'll carry on
I had it all but lost my faith
And now I've renewed it
These things I'll carry on
After a guitar solo from the twins and Erzof joined in the drums, Anaton sang the last lines. They had a huge grin on their faces, more likely, because now a lot of teachers, the principal and the rest of the student council joined the hackers.
This glimmer of hope was never enough
To guide me through the darkness like a diamond
In the rough
I held out for and I received
A pain that never left with no reprieve
Like a toast at a table where resentments run free
There can't be any truth where there's no honesty
After that, the guys bowed for the completely silent room. Kerlongsj grinned and turned around with his arms crossed. Every girl in the school looked to them. The principal was the first to react. She walked to Kerlongsj who emptied his drink and threw his can in the litter bin.
"Are you proud of yourself? You did quite a job ruining this school festival." She said with a disdain in her voice.
Kerlongsj only burped when she was done, causing the guys to grin. "First of all, we didn't fuck it up. We only gave it our touch. Second, these guys had every fucking right to play these songs. Third, you can kiss my arse, because we're going to play along. You can't fire me, unless you want to turn the world upside down." Kerlongsj ended and he walked to her.
"You better learn a bit more of the world, because for us, Japan isn't the centre of the world. There is a lot of other things you won't find in Japan. I allowed these guys to play. Better get used to it." Kerlongsj ended with it. Chifuyu couldn't believe that Kerlongsj would speak up like that and in that tone. It was cold, harsh, blunt. The respect and warmth Kerlongsj normally would have when he talked to her and Maya disappeared.
Now, he talked like a father wanting to protect his kids. The principal looked back from Kerlongsj to Anaton. She looked disapproved, but sighed. "You speak the truth, I can't fire you." She changed her tone. Kerlongsj nodded, letting her understand that he agreed at that fact, "You can let your guys play. I only hope that the music isn't denigrating towards women."
"That depends on how you see it." Kerlongsj stated. His voice was a lot more cooler, but also calmer at the time. "But I don't think you'll see it that way." Kerlongsj turned to his boys.
"Yo, Anaton. If you guys have a few songs that are doubtful, mind changing them. That's also for the rest of you lads." Kerlongsj shouted.
The guys sheered at it and the principal took a breath. "I'm going back. I have to greet the first guests. Orlejov."
"Yeah?" She turned around and Kerlongsj could see the flickering in her eyes. "Could you order your guys to play Broken Hymns if I get back?" Kerlongsj was shocked, but smiled.
The principal walked away and gave Chifuyu a nod. Cirluk, Jozalof and their friends shouted while Erzof began to drum.
However, before the guys could continue, a thundering voice stopped them.
"CHARLOTTE DUNOIS" A huge, balding man with a beard shouted. shouted. Charlotte slowly turned around and looked in the man she most feared. The hackers raised a few eyebrows. Raton walked off the stage getting in front of the man. Charlotte and he got quite along, but because he knew she was in love with Ichika, he didn't make advances at her.
The man looked with a certain distaste in his eyes to the young guy. "Get out of my way, filth. I have no interest of dealing with you." Kerlongsj looked for Mireau who he gave a nod. Mireau returned the message. He knew the plan Kerlongsj set up.
"Get the fuck out of our school." Raton said. "You son of a whore." He clicked his finger and two hitmen appeared. They walked to Raton, but they were taken out by two veterans.
Kerlongsj and Chifuyu jumped in, kicking the two down. "Who are you?"
"My name is Pierre Dunois. I'm the CEO of the Dunois company. I'm here to take Charlotte with me." Chifuyu was shocked, but Kerlongsj only crossed his arms.
"Never gonna happen."
And with this I'm back. Don't want to write a lot, because I'm beaten. Don't even know if I'm going to give you guys something new before the first of September. Thanks for the messages I got last days.
Pukkelpop was kick ass, but I'm never going to visit a festival ever again.
Greetings Kerlongsj.