Openings song: The walking dead of the Dropkick Murphy's.
Author's note.
Inspired by the story of i'mherepresent. Truth to be told and a few elements taken from it.
Important. I decided to throw away the idea to write this as a harem fic and I decided to let a few girls (almost every girl) pair up with a few OC's.
Why you ask? That's easy explained. It's hard to imagine a harem ending in this Light Novel, more because we don't get anything from the original work and no fic I read has an ending of that.
It's also easier for chapters or a new story in the future. And I got male characters, so not using them is a bit stupid.
I want to do this on the long run, but that doesn't mean that I got ideas placed further away than this.
Don't worry, I won't let Ichika single, but it will take some time before I get there.
Something else, I'll try to update, but with Syndicate lurking around the corner, I can't make promises. I'll try to do prework and to give you guys your monthly update.
The reason why I split it up, was because it became a bit too big for me.
In this, both the pilots and the youngsters are figting, but Kerlongsj is showing off big time.
I'm also going to do answers on reviews, because I got two of them and normally, I answer them via PM, but someone didn't left his name, so I decided to do it via this. If you give me your name, I'll send back.
Answers on reviews.
Qweenashleyfox: Yeah, I know it wasn't my strongest one. I think you'll like this more. It was just a short prequel. Coming chapters will be more your taste, because I know you like romance a lot.
TheUnkown guest: Yeah, I plan to do a pairing with Madoka, but not with Kashal. I don't think that will mix. Don't even know where you got the idea from. I'm also going to do a Laura X Oc, but I need to think how I'm going to do that. For now, this is pure fighting.
Explosions was around the air and the guys heard screaming. The whole academy was red, like sun was setting. In reality, fire was spread. The guys were used to it, but they had now two months of peace. It was not that they were afraid. They just need a few minutes to get used to it.
As soon the hackers left, they were suprised by what they saw.
Some were pilots, but unlike those they guys faced, they were unmanned IS and others were humans. The hackers couldn't believe it. Kashal was the first one to notice. "Guys? Do you notice it too?"
"You mean, that these guys are also hackers?" Raton asked. "Yeah, but I can't identify their program."
Charlotte was buys firing at some of them. She was together with Laura, fighting together. One of the warriors had a sword in his hands and appeared at her back.
She turned around and she saw him, but too late to react. "Burn in hell." He shouted. She was frozen, but before the man could react, his head was blown off by Kashal. "Sorry, we're late." He said with a grin and he moved his hand up and down.
"Thank you." The French girl said. Laura used her daggers to keep off three warriors. Raton aimed his shotgun and killed the rest. He gave her a remark. "Started the party without us?"
"Just in time for round two." She answered. Laura learned to crack a joke more easily.
Tizof looked around. It was one utter chaos. He saw Cecilia, Kanzashi and Tatenashi at the battle ground, they were fighting, but a lot of girls were running around and hiding. Screams filled the place, it was an utter chaos.
Tatenashi saved three with a spear from an unmanned IS. "Quickly, get out of here." Cecilia fired at the men who ran from the beach. "You won't get past me." She had to look, but there were too much to fire on, she didn't know wich to choose. "Cecilia." She heard. "'Erzof."
"Cecilia, I'll give a signal okay?" She nodded. He used his canon as a mortar and the men who survived scattered. "Now." Cecilia had no problem firing on the rest. "That was awesome." Erzof shouted. "High Five." Cecilia asked. "Fist bump." He asked. If she swung her arm, it would cut his arm off. Cecilia nodded and she gave him one.
"Erzof." He heard from Tizof." I'm going to look for Kerlongsj together with Thaza. Could you hold it out till then?" Erzof nodded. "Hurry before there any left."
"Like I let you have all the fun." Tizof shouted back at a joking tone. The brothers left with a huge grin.
The two brothers left and Izolf saw a few men getting close to a few pilots. He took the two down. "Quickly. Get out of here and keep your head down."
They nodded and left. Kanzashi used his katana to get some others down who grouped behind him.
"Who are these guys?" She asked to him. "They're hackers just like us, but I don't know them."
Izolf looked around. Erzof was busy with Cecilia, Tatenashi could deal with the men alone. Kashal and Raton helped Laura and Charlotte out with the unmanned units.
He looked to Kanzashi. "Team up for now?" She nodded. They looked to a new group of enemies. "Give me cover."
"Got it."
He proceeded to the men and with one hook, he got in the gut of one man, he turned around and launched the other to the face of another. When he pulled one towards him, he ducked and tossed the man over his shoulder. He made a jump and turned around to give extra effect to one man and punched one man on the knees and he floored him. Kanzashi helped him to blow up the rest.
Tatenashi used her spear to fight as well. Just like the pilots the hackers had to deal with, the men underestimated the young women. They were really fighting well. Good thing that the hackers told them they could use Infinite Stratos for human enemies.
"It's not right to use it, but in a fight you need to decide who you choose." Is what they told him.
Erzof saw something and he tapped Cecilia. "Cecilia. That truck." He pointed at her. "It's too fast for me. Could you shoot the driver?" He asked to her at a humble tone.
The British noble woman was shocked, but she nodded and she shot. The truck stopped and Erzof fired as soon it lowered speed. It blew up. The two nodded. "Excellent shot." He said. He wans't lying, Cecilia really impresed him.
Tatenashi joined Izolf and her sister. "You know these guys?" The Russian beauty asked. "Sorry. They're hackers just like us, but I don't know them."
"Izolf. Kanzashi-chan. Get down." She said. The two ducked and she used her spear to take a few men down with one swoop. He got back up and killed the remaining two. "Tatenashi-senpai" She heard. She looked to Charlotte and Raton who landed at the little group.
"Where are Laura and Kashal?" She asked. "They wanted to go alone." Raton answered. "Better let them do that. Charlotte noticed something." Tatenashi turned to the blond pilot.
"I saw some coming from the other direction. There is no end to them." She explained. Tatenashi gritted her teeth. "Charlotte." Izolf asked. "Where are they coming from? They must have used something to get here. If we can destroy their vessels, we can stop them." She nodded.
"Right. Charlotte, Raton. You go look for that. If you can do it, go ahead." The two looked at each other, but they nodded. "I have a question. Where's Anaton and the twins?"
"Anaton raising our numbers and the twins fetching the teachers. We're going to need them."
Tatenashi understood it. "Kaichou, could you take care of the pilots?" She nodded. "What're you going to do?" She asked Izolf with a distrust. "Me and Kanzashi going to clean up here. Good luck."
"For you as well."
In the academy.
Tizof and Thazalof kept quiet and sneaker around. The place was a mess. It was unbelievable. "Let's go stealth." Thazalof proposed. Tizof looked around. He agreed on it. Stealth was easier in this and they could move faster. They hid behind the rubble and went on quietly.
They had to get to the teachers room, but that was a few floors higher and easier said than done.
They found a few soldiers wandering around the place, talking loud enough. Sure that would easy win this fight. The guys didn't understood the language, but why would you know what they spoke if you kill them?
Tizof pointed a few out and after a nod from his brother, he sneaked nearby. Thazalof shot a few down, but before the men could notice what was going on, they were killed by his sword. Thazalof shot down a look out on the way. They crept on, killing most they found. Tizof picked up a blade he found. It was easier to use it then his swords.
They also met a lot of girls on the way. They rescued them and told them to keep their head down.
Tizof found the stairs and cut two soldiers down and they noticed something weird. On the lower floors, there were a lot of enemies, but as higher they got, their numbers decreased. On the last two, they didn't find anyone.
They were shocked as they saw Kerlongsj facing over forty enemies. What was more shocking that he didn't activate his hacker tech. Tizof wanted to charge in, but he was thrown back by Thazalof.
"What?" He asked his friend disbelieved and confused. "Anaton once told me that when Kerlongsj fights alone, you better not interfere." Tizof had a hard time believing it. Kerlongsj was good, but facing so many foes in your own without anything special. Could even he win that?
The men surrounded Kerlongsj as he looked around. One of the men grinned. "Well, what do we have here? The false and weak leader of the Legal Faction." He spoke at a joking and denigrating tone. "Well, at least, I got my personal honour. It's brave to fight soldiers, but to kill children? You're no soldiers, but bullies." Kerlongsj answered. The two boys grinned.
When Kerlongsj spoke like that, most of the time, he was going to kick asses and kill a lot of people. "We're doing what's right!" He got as answer.
"By killing young pilots and runners? You will never get the gratitude you think you'll get!" Kerlongsj spoke back.
"By those damned Infinite Stratos, women got the upper hand in society. You can't tell me you like it?"
"That's true." Kerlongsj answered. "I don't like it all. But by committing acts like these, you lower yourself to their level. By disobeying and ignoring the laws they placed, you get a lot more. Rebel without violence. Besides, my solution is a lot better."
"Surrendering to the pilots?"
"Making peace to them."
"You can't make peace to them. They'll still get the upper hand." Kerlongsj shook his head. "Yes, but if you can talk with them, you'll get along. I'm the first hacker who became friends with a pilot."
"Who would that be? What kind of pilot would be so low to talk to a traitor like you?" Kerlongsj grinned and pointed behind him. A woman stood behind him. He was shocked. How did she get there?
The man recognized the woman. "Chifuyu Orimura." He spoke his last words. She raised her sword and cut him down. She ran to Kerlongsj and the two stood back to back. "Ready?" She nodded.
The two flew at their enemies. Chifuyu used her kendo skills to kill the men. Tizof swallowed as he saw how the Brunhilde used her six swords. He couldn't believe she was so good. She was like a war goddess, cutting the men down. Her moves were calculated, she made stances and it was impossible to stop her. She was too fast to counter her movements. It was like she was at a nature.
She countered an enemy by turning down the sword and impaling him. She them made a circle movement killing the others. It was like the men couldn't touch her, so elegantly she moved through them. With her swords, she made circles and stances, cutting through the men.
She moved around, drove her sword through one enemy and slicing in another one. After that, she beheaded another one.
Kerlongsj killed equally efficiently, but at a completely different way. Unlike Chifuyu's elegance, stances and fighting like a goddess, Kerlongsj used brutal moves, high speed and relied on his instinct and reflexesd.
With his two knives, he fought a lot closer to his enemies. He picked one men out and used both his knives to pierce trough him. At another, he got through the men and he made a circle in his jump for more effect. Before the third men could react, he turned his right knife pivot, rammed in the neck and made a circle while impaling him in the hearth.
The fourth one received his right knife at the throat. Kerlongsj got through him. He took the man up from there and floored him. He then blocked another one by kicking on the knee. He used his pivot blade to pick him up by the head and he threw him off with the other one. With another one, he threw him against the wall and kicked him.
He flew up it and landed right on two others.
The remaining ones were no problem for Kerlongsj and Chifuyu as disposing of them took only twenty minutes.
The last one was alive, but it didn't took long. Kerlongsj looked to him and activated his knife. "Who sent you?"
"Fuck you." The man answered. "Wrong answer." Kerlongsj shrugged and with his right knife, he sliced the throat of the man.
He got up and moved his hand up and down, trying to get the blood off. "Still as brutal as ever, Kerlongsj." Chifuyu sheathed her weapons. Kerlongsj looked to her with the same sparkle in his eyes. "You are not the one to talk. I was faster."
"I was better."
"As always." Kerlongsj shrugged. "But thanks for the help, it would have been a massive pain in the ass to deal with all of them." Chifuyu grinned. "The rest of the teachers took too long. So I went ahead."
Kerlongsj sighed. "You really don't wanna use Kurazakura, do you?" Chifuyu shook her head. "That's private. Besides, do I need her to fight?" Kerlongsj looked around. "As long the situation don't call for it, you can leave her be, but as soon, you can't hold your own, I'll free her."
"Then I kill you." Chifuyu bluntly stated the fact.
"You think? Do you forget who I am?" Kerlongsj answered. "I'm not as strong as you, but that doesn't mean you'll get me."
With an explosion outside, they were back to the situation they were in. A door went open and immediately, the two reacted. Kerlongsj pulled his hood back on and Chifuyu took her katana.
The teachers guided by Yamada came in the room. "Little late for the party, Maya?" Chifuyu said in a calm tone. "Miss Orimura, don't tell me that you and Orlejov-sensei?" Both Tizof and Thazalof crept out of their hiding as they saw the battel was ended.
"Believe it, Yamada-sensei. They finished those forty soldiers off by their own. We saw it all. Orlejov-sensei? I got a question." Tizof turning to his teach. "Why did not activate your hack tech?" Kerlongsj shrugged with a grin on his face. Tizof found it hard to believe that Kerlongsj could fight like that.
He didn't use his hack tech to defeat them, but this was the first time he saw Kerlongsj fighting with only using conventional weapons. Well, not the first time actually fighting, he used it against normal soldiers, but these guys weren't normal.
"Well, it's nice to fight like that, but you need to preserve power and doing handwork every now and then isn't a bad thing. It keeps you sharp" He ended the conversation. The guys were surprised by the tone Kerlongsj used. A bit cool, but half joking.
"Something up, lads?" Kerlongsj asked to the guys. "Outside. Shit hitting the fan." Thazalof shorted the information. "Well, I suppose we're going to rock. This is going to be a long night. Not too tired, Chifuyu." Chifuyu smiled. "I'm just getting heat up. Yamada."
"Hai." The green haired woman reacted as a student. "You and the other teachers. Go help the students. You're way too late."
"Yes ma'am." They left in ten seconds, so the only ones remaining were Tizof, Thazalof, Chifuyu and Kerlongsj.
"Eh, Sensei? We haven't seen Houki, Rin or Ichika outside. Are they still here?" Chifuyu became extremely pale. Kerlongsj stayed calm, he knew that they wouldn't die so easily. "What about you lads?"
"We were attacked by pilots, but I don't think they are affiliated with these guys. Anaton went to fetch the rest of the guys. The two of us went to get you. The rest is fighting outside." Before Kerlongsj could speak about anything, they heard a voice and by a broken window, they saw Anaton with the rest. "Hell's Punch." He shouted. He broke an unmanned drone with one hit.
"Brutal kid you've raised." Chifuyu answered to Kerlongsj. "Well, he's decent." They looked over the battle ground. The first years were joining in the fight, but they were told to get the pilots out who couldn't fight.
Kerlongsj looked up and saw Ran Gotanda fighting. She was a good pilot for a first year. She used her Light Green Jewel to provide support for Cecilia and Erzof. She was sneaked behind by one of the soldiers. "Damnit." She shouted, but before the man could strike, a bardiche pushed him off.
"Are you okay?" A rough voice asked her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Cirluk standing. "Thanks."
"Watch your back." He told her before he landed and went on.
Tizof turned to his teachers. "What now?" Kerlongsj crossed his arms. For now, he didn't know what he should do. "Chifuyu." He looked to her. Most of the time, she had a plan and he listened to her. He only did that, because she knew the rules better than he did. He couldn't use the runners as an army. He gave them the orders, but in this kind of situation, she was better suited for it.
"Kerlongsj, can you trace Ichika?" She asked almost reluctantly tone. Kerlongsj nodded. "That will take a few minutes, but no problem. Lads." He turned to the twins. "Go help your comrades. That's maybe better."
The two nodded. "Good luck, teach."
"For you as well, guys." The two flew off and Kerlongsj rolled up his sleeves and opened his computer. In two minutes, he found Ichika. "Got him. I don't know if Houki or Lingyin are with him." Chifuyu shook her head. "Let's go."
The two began to run through the hallways. Whoever did this, they were good prepared. A lot was destroyed. "Kerlongsj. I have a question." He turned to her and he understood that he better gave the good answer.
"What do you want to know?"
"What does the connection actually do between Ichika and Anaton?" Kerlongsj smiled. He hadn't figured it out, but what he knew was that Byakushiki was jam packed with nanites from both him and Anaton and that Ichika could use the a few techniques from Anaton. That's why he could trace him. If you trace the nanites to the creator, you got at Kerlongsj.
Of course, Ichika wasn't nearly as good as Anaton in using them. That's why Kerlongsj told him to use the nanites for modifying and making it easier to use Byakushiki.
Anaton's Hell Fire began to develop a Bracelet like Ichika. Basically, the two programs who were connected began to copy each other. But it was all theory. They didn't get a lot of useful things for now. Ichika could use a shield, but only if he wore the bracelet of Byakushiki. Still, he couldn't use the tech like Anaton.
It would take ages for Anaton before his 'Infinite Stratos' was ready. And then you had the question if he could pilot the damn thing.
"Don't know. For what I have seen, the programs are connected. That's why I could trace him. Thanks to the nanites. In theory, they can use the same weapons, but it would take ages before they are at the same level."
Chifuyu raised an eyebrow. Kerlongsj didn't ask for perfection from his students like her. He asked them to give their best shot and if that isn't enough, work on to get further. "What do you mean by that?"
"Ichika got a high chance level, that's true, but that's doesn't mean that you're a strong hacker." Chifuyu got interested. The only things she knew from the other technology is what Kerlongsj told her. Of course, she was interested. It gave her the only person who could match her.
"Go on."
"Ichika's change level is easily 80 percent. But that's doesn't mean that you can work with them. Change level isn't the same as sync level. Anaton's sync level is extremely high, he told you that. That's why I gave him Hell's Fire. But his change level was extremely low. I think not even 40 percent."
"I don't follow it." Chifuyu told him. She suddenly realized she gave him a weakness. "Well, simply said. A chance level is the level how your body will react and later on accept nanites. It also makes how your program will evolve. Sync level is the level how good you can work with them. In easy words said."
Chifuyu followed it. "Okay. I get that."
"Ichika high chance level isn't enough for him to fight with them. His piloting skills are decent, but not to say very good. The same thing with his hack skills. Ordering shields is easy, but to really fight like a hacker, you need to constantly move your nanites and give other codes to get good results. Anaton's low Control is a way how he could fight and give incredible results without using a lot of his power. Hell's Punch is the perfect example."
"You're saying Anaton is better than Ichika?" Chifuyu asked him. "No, actually. That depends how you see it and which context and which power. Anaton 's IS, if he gets on, will be useless for him if he could use it to begin with. He doesn't have the same level as me, but what he does have is potential and talent. Not talent like Tatenashi." He gave a direction where they should run to Chifuyu. "How do you mean?"
"Unlike Tatenashi who's good in fighting, Anaton's talent comes with another way. He is strong, but he fights in a unique way. Unlike Ichika who relies on close range and pure strength, Anaton isn't so strong. He tries to find weaknesses and exploit them. Basically, that isn't even needed, because he's meant to shut down enemies, heal his friends and making strategies."
"I get somewhere." Chifuyu agreeing. "Anaton is strong. No mistake. But that's a tale for another day. We're close to Ichika." Ending the chat. Chifuyu found it interesting to learn about it. Even she didn't know everything from Kerlongsj. There had to be a reason why he gave teachings to his class the way he did.
He gave them questions to think about, work it out and test them. She gave the theory and they had to figure it out. He did the same, but supported them at times of need.
The two walked on and they saw the three students fighting in the beginning of the hallway. They saw Ichika who held his own against two units. He tried to fence them off with Yukihira.
Rin and Houki did the same for one themselves. "Reckon you can take down two of them?" He asked Chifuyu. "No problem." She answered. She flew to the two. "Orimura. Hold one at one place for me." She shouted at her younger brother. He did so. She jumped and cut the two down.
She was even too fast for them to notice. Kerlongsj passed her. A small grin covered his face. "Still the best." He thought. He saw the two girls fighting. Houki used her two katana to keep one off and Rin shot at the other.
"Shinonono, Huang, fall back." He yelled at the two. He cracked his fists and touched the floor. "Gallic Fury." From out the floor, two energy lines flew to the units. They got hold of the two units. Kerlongsj stood up and smashed his arms down. It caused the two units to blow up. Both Rin as Houki were shocked.
"I know he's strong, but it always surprise me." Houki told herself. Rin nodded, agreeing with the kendo champ. "Sorry if I took your fun, but outside is more than plenty." Kerlongsj told the two girls who landed next to him.
"Unbelievable, Orlejov-sensei." Kerlongsj looked surprised, began to laugh and crossed his arms. "This was nothing. That is unbelievable." He pointed with his thumb behind them. They saw Chifuyu lecturing her younger brother. "Chifuyu defeated those two after Ichika without using a weapon."
Both Houki and Rin turned pale and looked back to Kerlongsj. "What's going on?" The two girls asked. Chifuyu turned to him as well and Ichika got up.
"Okay, I own you an explanation. The ones attacking us are unmanned units. I don't know where they come from. The twins told me of real pilots, but I think that those are from another enemy. The men who you see are hackers, like me and Anaton."
Chifuyu crossed her arms. "Aren't you leader of them?" Before she could get angry, Kerlongsj turned to her, calming her down. "I'm leader of the Legals. You got two other factions. The Rogues and the bad guys, the Extremes. These are the guys who're attacking us. What I find weird is that they attack alongside Infinite Stratos. They normally would never do that."
"Well, we can figure that out later. Right now, we have bigger worries." Kerlongsj told the three. They looked outside and the battle began to turn in their favour, but it wasn't won yet. "Shinonono, Huang. Go help your friends."
"Hai, sensei." The two left. Kerlongsj activated his skateboard again and he offered a hand to Chifuyu. "You still don't have a way to fly?" He asked with a teasing tone to Chifuyu. She played along the joke. "Better hurry." She answered.
Kerlongsj took her up and the two left. He had to balance with her in his arms, but he had no problem. A few girls saw them and despite the situation, they fainted. The two warriors didn't see them and that was for the best.
When he was two meters from the ground, he dropped her. "You can handle yourself." He asked her. "No problem." She saw a few soldiers running to the girls and she drew her blades.
Kerlongsj cracked his knuckles. "Time to end this." He thought in himself. He landed at the middle of the battlefield. He looked around and closed his eyes.
"I'll show them what the power of the Flemish Devil really is. Devil's Code." He closed his eyes and he began to speak. "9 cirkels van hel. Unieke code. Reusachtige cirkel van energie." (9 circles of hell. Unique code. Huge circle of energy).
Energy began to rotate around him, slowly, but steady.
It would take some time before he was done. Rin was busy fighting the unmanned drones before an arrow took down a unit who sneaked behind her. She and Houki looked up and they saw Tizof charging at them while Thazalof gave them cover. He used his dual swords to take out a unit
"Nice to see you're here." He said to the two childhood friends of Ichika. Houki and he went to stand together. "Let's see if you're better."
"Competition. Bring it on." The two left. Rin looked to Thazalof. The petite girl sighed and the long, brown-haired kid shrugged. He knew his brother well, enough. "We teaming up." He asked the Chinese girl. She nodded. "Good idea." Thazalof began to fire, which gave Rin the opportunity to charge at a few enemies.
These guys weren't the only ones.
Ichika was flying towards a few pilots, before he heard his name "Ichika." Was shouted over the battle ground. Ichika saw Anaton, running to him. "Stay there for a sec."
He stopped and Anaton activated his arm and swung it to him. "Give me a lift." The young kid asked while he got at the back of Ichika. "No problem."
"I'll tell you where you should drop me."
He cracked his knuckles and looked to several groups or better said couples fighting.
"Ichika. That spot." He saw more soldiers coming. "There is no end to them." Ichika had no idea what to do. "There has to. We just haven't reached the end yet." Anaton jumped off. "Anaton!"
"Hell's Punch." He shouted. With an enormous impact, the group was wiped out. He saw Anaton standing. "I really need to show off. These guys are good in what they're doing."
Kashal hitted the two ears of an enemy and when he was down, he swung his right fist at such power. "Laura" He looked to the short soldier who used her energy rifle to cause an opening at the soldiers. Kashal didn't hesitate and he jumped. "Lightening Fists." He landed at the opening, causing an electric shockwave.
He gave the girl a salute and she responded.
Their original partners kept themselves busy with the units. "Charlotte. You still have that program your brother gave you?" Raton asked while he used a hacker model of an IWI ACE 53. Unlike his shotguns or pistols who, just like Charlotte, were attached on his arms, he bended his energy and made replicas of the guns and used them like most soldiers. It was a side effect of the program.
Also more, because normally hackers who use guns were a lot sturdier and strong built than the slender and young man. He used his rifle to blow the head off a unit.
"Yeah. Why do you ask?" Charlotte flew underneath him. "If that's the case. Allow me to join you." He flew away from them, after he threw a hand grenade to them. He shot down the assault rifle and used a grenade launcher to buy him some distance. When he joined Charlotte, the two were flying, trying to distract the units.
"Do you have a plan?" She asked him disbelieved. Raton nodded. "Yeah, but you need to trust me. Charlotte, I can download my guns to your program, giving you a huge boost. My agility is nothing, compared to the speed of the units. So I'll give the programs and you need to fire. D'accord?"
"Oui. Go ahead." In a full flight, he got at the back of the French candidate. "This is going to give a spark. Grit your teeth." She did. Raton took a breath. This was going to be awkward to say the least. He put his hands at her back and he got a contact with her capsule. "Charlotte. I got a connection with your program. Downloading now."
"Okay." Was the only thing he heard. "Done." Was the response Charlotte got after a minute.
She was dazzled. "Wow." Raton was startled. "Something wrong."
"I can't believe you got so many guns. Yours outmatch the guns of most Infinite Stratos." Raton couldn't believe he got a compliment. For some reason, he got a blush on his cheeks.
"Thanks. Do you want a recommendation?" Charlotte nodded. "Yeah. What's your idea?"
"I recommend a machine gun. The MG3 is the best solution." Charlotte looked to him. "I thought you hated Germans." She said to him with a serious tone.
"Wrong. The hackers have nothing against the Germans. And like me, a lot love their conventional weapons. We just have a dislike for the arrogant pilots." He answered a bit teasingly and a bit denying.
She smiled. "Raton. Could you be so kind to activate the weapon?"
"No problem. MG3 being loaded now. Go ahead." Charlotte felt how her rifles were replaced and how the gun was formed.
"I downloaded the gun at your arms. You can use it on both arms. If I get off you, I'll take my programs with you." He said her. "Okay. Time to start rocking." Charlotte aimed and she shred a group of units to pieces.
Her mouth fell open. "Wow. This fire power is incredible."
"That's because Infinite Stratos are meant for sports." She looked to Raton. He got off her and stood next to her. "Hacker technology is meant to kill." She looked to him. "Time to burn this down." He made a special gun. "What's that?"
"My special creation." He aimed at the group. "Fire breather." He pulled the trigger and a huge flam came from it.
Charlotte looked in awe to the young guy. "A fantasy I had since I was a kid. Based on the gift I got from Erzof."
Charlotte looked to him after he was done firing. "After this, you and I going to have a match."
"Deal."
Kanzashi and Izolf were busy helping each other out. Just like Kashal and Laura, the two focused on the ground soldiers. "Kanzashi. Fire whenever you can." Izolf looked to the Uchigane pilot. "No problem." She fired the rockets. "Mountain Storm." Izolf had no problem picking out the remaining. He put a thumb up to the young, blue-haired girl.
Cecilia and Erzof stopped focusing on the soldiers and got at the units. "Erzof-san. I see several coming from the other direction." Cecilia and he were higher than most pilots. He turned to her direction. "Give me some coordinates." He asked her at a polite tone. "At twelve a clock, twelve meters."
"Thanks." He got at her and he fired his canon. The group fell out their formation and he looked to her. "Now, Cecilia." She aimed her rifle. "Bull's Eye." Erzof shouted as she took out the rest of the pilots.
"What did you expect from Britain's top pilot?" Erzof shrugged. "Could you drop the san? I'm Flemish." The two nodded, but in a second, Erzof pulled the girl towards him. "Erzof? Why, what are you?"
"That's why." He said as he pointed a few more pilots.
"There is no end to them." Kanzashi backed down.
"There has to be. What, tired yet?" Izolf asked at a tone you could say, a mix of teasing, surprise and annoyance. It got a reaction on the otherwise shy Kanzashi. "I'm not tired yet. I'll show you."
"I'm eager to see."
After Ichika dropped Anaton off at the place, Anaton nodded to Ichika to pick him up. Anaton got a lift from up. "Can't you fly yourself?"
"Yeah, but my skateboard is useless in my situation. Besides, you need me." Anaton responded with a slightly teasing tone and humour.
"Can't deny that. But don't your friends need you?"
"Well, they have another way" Anaton shot back to Ichika.
Ichika looked around and he understood what he meant. The group of Cirluk fought in small groups and tried to save first years and get them somewhere safe. Jozalof's gang fought a bit like Anaton's gang. He protected the academy entrance.
Ichika smiled to the guys. "They work well, your friends." Ichika found a bit of jealousy in his hearth. The girls would never fight like that. They could, but they couldn't stick like that.
"My guys would do the same if they weren't so busy showing off."
Before Ichika had the idea what he meant, a huge blast of energy was shot at the two. "Ichika, look out." Ichika had no time, but lucky for him, Anaton's Auto defence worked like it was supposed to.
"Where the hell did that came from?" Ichika hadn't notice it all. "From her, I suppose." Anaton said a tone that contained some fear.
Ichika turned and subconsciously, he had to gulp. In front of the two guys was the opposite of Shirokishi and the equivalent of Byakushiki. Ichika knew who piloted the suit, he couldn't place it all.
Kurokishi had appeared and she was alone. "I thought you were dead." The pilot, who Ichika believed was his sister, said to him in a cold tone.
"It would take a lot more than that to kill me." He shot back at a rough tone and the pilot raised an eyebrow. Not that the guys could see that. He changed.
He was not the same kid that she shot down. What could change him so much that he spoke like that?
Anaton got off Ichika and activated a skateboard. "That isn't an unmanned unit, right?" He turned to Ichika who nodded.
"Yeah, Kurokishi." Anaton turned his head to the left. "Wait, didn't she shot you down and gave Old man you the shift?"
Ichika nodded. "Yeah, that's correct."
"I didn't suspect you to survive." Causing the guys turn back to her. "Thanks to Kerlongsj." Ichika took out Yukihira and Anaton activated Hell's Punch. "You're too late. We already defeated most of your army and the other pilots fled. Bad timing."
Madoka if she would be that, pointed her sword to Anaton. "What other pilots?"
"Wait, you don't know them? My guys and I defeated them." She looked over the battle ground.
It was far from over, but staying longer was dangerous. Those who fought, were pushing back and she noticed something of Kerlongsj. He would end the fight. "Well, I make it quick them."
She flew at Ichika. "Oh, no you don't." Anaton yelled. The young kid got at her, but was pushed away by Madoka. "Anaton!"
"You should focus on your enemies." The girl raised her sword and slashed it.
"ICHIKA" shouted the girls down. He braced himself, but it was stopped. "Man, you're a pain in the ass." A voice said who was clearly irritated. He looked up and saw that Cirluk protected him from the sword. "Sucks for you, we were done down."
The Palestinian runner had completely blocked her attack. "Not going to work." He said while he kicked her in the gut. Ichika was frightened. Cirluk had a completely different energy than the other hackers he trained with. He realized something.
"Anaton." He saw Jozalof who caught him. "Thanks, lad. I own you."
"That's alright." He said. Madoka backed down. "Damnit." She thought. She finally was allowed to go out, but now, her chance to kill Ichika was ruined. He alone would be a problem, but the three boys were bigger problems.
The guys were tired, but they were still good enough to take her on. Cirluk looked to her. He had a strange feeling in his gut around the pilot. He shook it off him. Anaton noticed, but he decided to wait. There were bigger problems to worry about.
But he was tired. It had been a few long hours, but suddenly energy began to flow they all turned to Kerlongsj.
"Done activating the ninth circle. Circle of energy. Orlejov's unique. Restoring energy" After that, it began. The energy began to leave his body, but it began to make circles around him. It grew taller and taller. Ichika's mouth fell open.
"I better leave." Madoka thought. She was gone in a second. "Wait you." Ichika felt a hand on his shoulder. Cirluk shook his head. "No, Ichika, we almost fought the entire night. I had enough." Ichika clenched his teeth. Cirluk spoke the truth.
The four went down to the ground.
"What's Kerlongsj going to do?" He asked. "He's going to end this. You remember his move, Land of Saeftinghe. That's the compact version of this. He only used it once as far as I go." The energy began to swirl and now Kerlongsj energy flung out over the entire battlefield.
"Kerlongsj." Chifuyu shouted. What was going on with him? She ran to him, but she was stopped by Tizof. He landed together with Houki, Rin and Thazalof. "Don't interfere, sensei. He's going to end this. Trust him. That's all we can do."
Laura looked to him. One of the fallen soldiers aimed at her. Kashal stood next to him. "Better stay dead." He rammed the man in the ground.
Charlotte landed, carried by Raton. "Charlotte." The girls turned to her as soon he landed. "She's okay. Just tired. She isn't used to my fire power. Sorry." Raton laid the girl down. "One of Kerlongsj's final move, right lads?"
The guys nodded. Izolf and Kanzashi also came down.
Cecilia and Erzof were still in the sky.
"How much power does that man have?" Cecilia wondered. Erzof took off his hood. "What the hell?"
Than the energy expanded and it got over the whole battleground. It went over everyone, but they didn't experience the same thing. It took down every enemy. Ichika didn't feel anything, but his fatigue fading. Erzof protected Cecilia from the shockwave.
"Do you all feel the same energy?" He asked. Anaton's wounds were healing, the shield power went back, and Charlotte regained conscious. "You're back." Raton said. He kneeled to her. "Sorry, my weapons were a bit too much." He helped her up. "Just in time for the final show." They looked to it and after that, it was done.
They never felt better, the damage was restored and the terrains were cleaned up.
They looked to Kerlongsj who was done. He shook his head so his neck made a few cracks. He grunted. He also moved his shoulders. "Well, that should do it."
"Kerlongsj." He turned to Chifuyu. "What have you done?"
"Oh, you mean this. It is called energy restore. It takes down every enemy and every ally regains energy. It takes some time to prepare."
"Couldn't you just fight like the rest of us?"
"If I went all out, it wouldn't end well. You know that. Better than I do myself." Chifuyu had to consider that true.
"Look, I loved to fight, but with this, everyone got energy, it's cleaned up and we don't have damage. I'm still a supportive type." Anaton walked to his Old man.
He and Chifuyu were the only ones who approached him. The rest of the students, including the hackers, were stupefied.
"Kerlongsj."
"Anaton." He went through his knees so they faced each other. "Glad this is over. I know who you are, but you never let me down to impress me."
Kerlongsj shrugged. "Hey, it's just the same power of an Infinite Stratos, but I work different." Kerlongsj grinned and Anaton reacted in a way he only knew. He crawled in the back of his Old man. "I'm dead tired." He fell asleep.
Kerlongsj looked to him and back to Chifuyu. She smiled the same way as he grinned. "You can't blame him. It's early in the morning. We fought through the night." Chifuyu shrugged and closed her eyes.
"Okay, everyone. Orlejov-sensei told me that your rooms are good. I'd love to know what really happened, but I think you all prefer a bed. Tomorrow is a day off. For everyone." Kerlongsj nodded. Even these students, it was a long night. They all left. The hackers sat down and were glad it was over.
They waited to get with Kerlongsj to the dorms. He would ask them a few things that even Chifuyu wasn't allowed.
"Something wrong, Ichika?" Tatenashi asked. "Eh, nothing. I just have to ask something."
"Okay, see you in the room."
"See you tomorrow, Ichika." The six other girls said. They left to their rooms.
Ichika walked to Kerlongsj. He and Chifuyu noticed something. He wouldn't take a no for answer.
"What's wrong, Orimura?" Chifuyu asked to him. "I have a few questions for you, nee-san, but I have a request for Orlejov-sensei." Kerlongsj raised an eyebrow and the hackers thought they were already asleep.
They knew Ichika began to take some characters over from them, but even they would think twice to speak to Chifuyu like that.
"What's wrong, Ichika?"
"I want to have a fight with you." He answered. Kerlongsj didn't mistake the tone Ichika used. A no wasn't an answer.
Because I got out my writers block and having a two more chapters done, I could give this a run and place it as a story with still an update next week. I got some time for the rest of the story, but I need to think what and how to write. Still, I got some time.
Taking some steam off this. Best solution.
Now, I have school, I think it's best to do monthly updates. Every 22 of the month I'll try to get a new chapter. If I get more, I'll give you more, but please allow to me to take some breathing from this. Hitting a writers block sucks.
This was also my last chapter I update when I'm nine teen. Next will be when I'm twenty.
Exception in the holidays were I'm going to write more chapter, but then they'll be shorter.
Kerlongsj Evert Orlejov.
Oh, I've seen that my story is read in different countries. Nice for a guy who lives in the middle of nowhere. I can't believe that someone from the Middle East of Iceland read this. Go on, I want to say. I really find it funny.
Please review this.
Saluut.