Openings song: The walking dead of the Dropkick Murphy's.
I got a part of this written on the day I was working on my latest chapter. I wanted to leave an opening ending for a change, but I wanted to write on. I finally got in the mood of writing since a while and I wouldn't let it go.
This is also going to be with a few romantic scenes in which the girls begin to question the chase and their feelings for Ichika. I'm also letting the guys talk about it. This will be more a calm down chapter.
To crush your hopes and bets for some of you, I'm not going to do a Ichika X Charlotte. Okay, it would be nice to see, but I find the chemistry between those two not so good. Sorry, it's still my fanfic.
Well, I hope you guys like it.
Still growing and learning. Even in the same story.
Wow, this is my biggest ever done. Contain some scenes. For now, I have one in November. Bit of writing done.
I got Flemish in this one at the end. I promised you guys that I'd get something of my native language in this, so I did. I don't own the lyrics.
Kerlongsj was standing still outside with Anaton, sleeping like a log in his back and Chifuyu standing next to him. She crossed his arms when she heard her brother request. She didn't find it weird Ichika wanted to match Kerlongsj, but a real fight?
"You mean a sparring match. Like I do with Anaton or in training?" Kerlongsj proposed, hoping Ichika would change his mind to that kind of competition. Ichika learned the difference between match, sparring and fight. In a fight, a hacker is obliged to use his fullest power.
In Kerlongsj's case, the hacker council always made an exception. That was necessary, so Kerlongsj wouldn't kill anyone.
"No, a real fight. Like we did now against our enemies. Not that we kill each other at the end, but I want to face you one on one. With everything you have." Kerlongsj had an incredulously look in his eyes. Did he heard it right?
"Tizof." Asked Thazalof at a serious tone. "Could you pinch, not too hard, in my arm?" His brother didn't look away from their teacher, but he did the thing. "Okay, thank you." Tizof answered. "I'm not dreaming. Did Ichika asked Kerlongsj for a serious fight?"
"Ichika." Kerlongsj spoke at a very serious tone. It didn't suit him. The way he spoke now, was completely different from the way he normally did.
"First of all. I don't do fights like that against just to everyone. The second thing is that if I go all out, it's even hard for me to control all my energy and to control my emotions. I'm not even allowed to go all out, even in a real fight like this." Ichika looked surprised and his mouth fell open.
"If you think that I went all out now, not at all. This is not going all out. What I just did was showing off." Ichika was now shocked. "I can control it, but if I face one person, that doesn't end well." Kerlongsj took a breath. Convincing Ichika wasn't going to be easy. At all.
"Third point is that I only did 3 matches in my current state. Two when I went all out. A third one I was really serious. To my original gang members, that was when I got Devil's Code and used for it for the first time. That ended even and it was four-on-one. The only person who fought me in her own was your sister, using her Infinite Stratos." Kerlongsj turned to her as a shocked expression covered her face.
"You're the only person who took me on solely and you're the only one who still breathes. That's not a joke. You're really the only person who can defeat me." Chifuyu would blush at the compliment if her brother wasn't here
"There is someone else I fought with not everything I had, but more than usual. Anaton." It was Ichika's turn to be surprised, but he wasn't the only one. Chifuyu raised an eyebrow as well.
"Are you kidding me?" That didn't came from Ichika, but from Chifuyu. Kerlongsj smiled to her. "Remember the chat we had before the fight?" Chifuyu nodded.
"Before we go on it, it's going to take some time to get it all out. Lads." He looked to the hackers. "It's a long tale you all heard and I think most of you saw it. Go to the dorms. You earned it." The guys knew immediately about what Kerlongsj was talking. They got up. "Good night." They left to their houses. They would sleep for at least twelve hours if not twenty.
"I think that I own you an explanation, Chifuyu. Now more, because what I've done and to convince you to stop this fool's errand." He turned to Ichika.
Chifuyu put a hand on Kerlongsj's shoulder. "What you just did, you don't need to tell me. I know that what you do, I don't have to be surprised. What I do want to know is the story with Anaton."
"Well, I suppose we best sit somewhere, otherwise, he would wake up and that won't be nice. Besides, you may know that the little kid in my back, that he, was one of the few persons I took seriously, but not enough to kill him."
The four got in the academy and they went to the first benches they found. Kerlongsj laid his little brother down. He hoped Anaton wouldn't wake up, but he didn't have any sign doing so. Kerlongsj looked to Chifuyu and Ichika.
"Okay, I'll start with your question, Chifuyu. You best listen as well, Ichika. Because I hope that convinces you or thinks this over." Kerlongsj knew that Ichika took over the same stubbornness as the hackers, but none of them, asked him for a fight. Not even with the whole group.
"I'm listening. I remember what you told me. Anaton lacks the talent Tatenashi has." Chifuyu began to speak the conversation as soon the three sat down.
Kerlongsj nodded. "Actually, Anaton lacks a lot. He doesn't have talent, high compatibility, and because of his low chance level, growing is very difficult. What he does have, is the personality and the body to learn damn quick and finding solutions."
Kerlongsj grinned and he looked to his hands. "You once asked me. Why did I train a boy like him? Well, I finished Hell's Fire, but the core of it comes from Azalof, just like Devil's Code. By teaching him, his solutions work for me as well. His talent is to work with the thing. That's why I learn from his as well."
Kerlongsj sighed. "That's not why I asked." Chifuyu's tone was colder. "No, but you need to understand that information to get the whole picture."
"Go on."
"By letting Anaton work his way, that kid grew a lot stronger, he learnt way faster than any boy I've ever seen. It took for me, almost six years to perfect Alesia. A program used by a lot of hackers, made to be easy. He did four years to getting where he is now. That's not long. Especially if you consider I'm one of the best hackers and that I struggle with my program."
Kerlongsj knew that it was telling a lot of secrets to pilots, but he had to. Anaton had to be safe here. "Just like upgrades and Shifts with Infinite Stratos, hackers programs can get updates. Devil's Code and Hell's Fire work differently in this. To get stronger you need to open the nine different pieces till the core."
Chifuyu grinned. "The nine circles of Hell." She said at a calmer tone. Kerlongsj nodded. "Yeah, it was the humor Azalof had. But it was the right thing, it divided them in the right way. By accessing more circles, you can get more power from your program and your sync rate grows. The thing is that you need to control it. Opening all nine circles at once and you get the result I did. And I controlled it perfectly. Anaton is terrifying in it." They looked outside.
"But it can go wrong in so many ways. If you open a new circle, you need to control it and master it. With every circle, you get more energy. But Anaton went from the second to the fifth." Chifuyu became pale.
She picked a few things up from him and he told her of the power of the programs. What she saw just 30 minutes ago was also impressive.
"Your face tells me that it meant trouble." He laughed at her reaction. "Yeah, what happened wasn't good at all. Anaton's Nature allows him to control every nanite and use the energy so he can get a lot more than most hackers. He couldn't control it."
Kerlongsj slowly turned his head to the boy. With a painful grimace, he looked to the Orimura's "He had to vent the energy. So he and I fought. Three days and three nights. He wouldn't stop unless I faced him. I was the only one who could fight like him. Shutting him down wasn't a solution. It would kill the boy. So I had to fight until his energy ran dry. It did. Eventually."
Kerlongsj blew on his hands. "I protected that kid for two years then. I had to fight him. Well, I didn't use anything deadly or dangerous, but still. At the fourth morning. He fell down. It was the one of the worst things I ever saw. He calmed down. He came back. His eyes were teared. He only said. 'I'm so sorry.' Before he collapsed."
Chifuyu swallowed and Ichika was uncomfortable. "It turned out rather well. He learnt the sixth circle in a few weeks. Now, he's at the seventh. Almost done. But if I look back. He got there fast, but he didn't get there nice. Learning to run a program is like high school. You want to make it a nice memory. That didn't happen with him. That's why I promised I never would allow forcefully train hackers."
Kerlongsj's finger tips touched each other. "He was and is a sleeping lion. He'll wake up, he'll get there, but I won't do it. He and I fought serious. And it wasn't always nice. But he told me he liked it, the fight. After he apologized. He told me he was glad that I finally began to take him serious. I've never treated him as a kid after that. So that's a true point."
Kerlongsj turned to Ichika. "Ichika, there are a few reasons I refuse the fight. Except for my four I just mentioned. You lack the experience and power Chifuyu has. You lack the resourcefulness Anaton has. You lack the talent the kid has with the program. Can you prove me you can face your sister? Can you defeat him? Besides that, Ichika. The second shift, yes, I helped you with that."
Chifuyu grinned at Ichika's reaction. He knew Kerlongsj did it, but he never spoke of it. "But you got at that point yourself. You have Byakushiki. That's one of the most powerful Infinite Stratos I saw. You also got a copy of Anaton's Hell's Fire. That are two programs you can combine, but those two are sleeping lions. If you and I fight, I'm afraid, you'll wake them up."
"I still don't get it." Ichika sat crossing his arms. Even before Chifuyu could react, Kerlongsj blocked her arm.
"I saved Anaton's life. But I'm afraid if I face you. I'll kill you. Even if I don't want to. Do you wonder why I refuse to have matches against Infinite Stratos Students? Sure I had a few sparing's, but I told Jack that he only could get 10% of my powers out. Still, that's more than enough. I used the 300% of Hell's Fire. It was necessary for what I just did, but in my normal fight, I use the combination of the two programs. That's why I'm so strong, even though I can't use Devil's Code to its fullest. I learn from Anaton in that matter. The reason why your sister sees me as her equal, is because I use the powers simultaneously."
Kerlongsj sighed. "Ichika, I told you a lot of reasons why I refuse a fight with you. Did you remember the time you were at the receiving end of Hell's Punch? I got a lot more power, a lot more weapons and a lot more experience in fighting than you or Anaton. I have no point you could exploit. If nothing what I told you change your mind. That's your problem, but I'm not going to have a fight."
Kerlongsj got up and took Anaton in his back. "And now, I want to sleep. Goodnight." He left. "Wait." He turned back to Chifuyu. "What are we going to do tomorrow?"
"Eh, like you said. We take the day off. Hear the students calmly out. In the midday, we're going to write a report. We'll see when. I think I'm not out my bed till 4pm."
Kerlongsj left the two alone. He yawned. "Eh, I need to train a bit more on this thing." He grunted. Ichika looked back to his sister.
"When did you two fight?" He asked his sister. "What are you saying?" Normally, Ichika would stand down if she spoke like that. He knew her well enough, but now, he wasn't going to stop. He wanted to know, even if it invoked her wrath.
"You know about our family and I think he knows it as well. Those are your secrets. You won't tell me. I have now no questions about them this time. I see you as my only family, Chifuyu-nee. But I want to know the things you know of him. You don't know everything of Kerlongsj. You two are lovers." Chifuyu got a red blush as soon she heard that.
How did her dense brother noticed when he got seven girls following him? "Look, Kerlongsj is a nice guy and maybe the only person that matches you somewhere. But I want to know. If he told me he would fight me, because he said you were stronger. I want to know when you fought."
Chifuyu sighed. He pushed her nerves, but he was right. Ichika had to get along with Kerlongsj. Besides, he and Anaton were practically best friends. She had no right to soil that. "Okay. You were lucky to shut up about family. You know Kerlongsj and I met each other a few times."
He nodded. "The fourth time I met him, I asked him a favor. We had to shut down an enemy base. You won't get any details about that. Before we did the mission, he and I trained. That's why we are so good in sync. We also had a match while I used Kurazakura and he used the two programs. Let me tell you, he still grew from that point and he is now much stronger. But it doesn't change the fact that he considers me the only one who can defeat him. But only if I use Kurazakura. Now, he sees it not as impossible, but he got a slight advantage. You need to see that our context."
Ichika looked back to his sister as he went to stand up. "So I'm weak? Is that it? Why did he get so strong? Why does he consider that kid as his equal, while I'm older, stronger and faster than Anaton? I outmatch him in everything."
Chifuyu stood up and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Ichika. You're not weak. You're strong, but you need to see the whole picture. Did you ever found someone who wanted to fight me? Hacker, pilot." Ichika shook his head. "No, nobody would so mad to face you."
Chifuyu smiled to her younger brother, getting out the depression. "Okay, than you need to know this. You think me of the strongest person in the world?" Ichika nodded. "Yeah, you're the First Brunhilde and my sister."
"You got that right." Chifuyu now had a softer tone. "Ichika, I only consider Kerlongsj to be my equal. What he just did, was incredible. He's the only man I see as strong. He fought Anaton over different reasons. And now, get to your room."
"Hai, Chifuyu-nee." It earned him a hit. "You need to call me Orimura-sensei."
He went up to his room. Tatenashi sat on it. She wore a very revealing pajama and sat on the bed. "Where have you been, Ichika-kun?" The way she spoke the last word, told Ichika to be on guard. "I asked Kerlongsj for a fight. He refused."
"Oh?" Tatenashi asked at a teasing tone. "So you want first to face him and after that me?" Her fan opened with the word. "Sucker." Ichika sighed. From the guys, he got a few tips to deal with a girl like her. "Would you be mad enough to face Orimura-sensei? If she would still have her Infinite Stratos?"
Tatenashi backed down. Ichika got at the bed after he was dressed. "No, you would be insane."
"They told me the same thing after I asked for that. Kerlongsj is strong. That's something we can't deny." He looked in front of him, trying to avoid Tatenashi. It was way too revealing. "So, you wanted to face me. You must be popular, asking that Sensei to face you. But I think you need my training for that."
Ichika shook his head and he grinned. "No, I think if I want to fight Kerlongsj, I need to be a better hacker. Maybe he'll consider me worthy than." He turned the light off. "He faced Anaton." Tatenashi grimace disappeared as soon he told her that. He looked away. "Ichika-kun." She crept in his bed. He changed so much since the hackers came here.
Normally, he would get a reaction of complete embracement or uneasiness. Now, he was softly shaking his head. "He's crying?" She put her arms around him, comforting him. The two had a distance and the Russian pilot wanted to fill that up.
Next day on the academy.
Even after the threat left, everyone who joined in the fight was dead tired. It remained silent in the academy until the midday. Everyone slept till morning and easily way past that. The teachers were relieved from their duties and most of the young pilots were still sleeping in their rooms or were lounging at the rooms.
Even Chifuyu toyed with the idea to take the coming days off till Wednesday. It was hard enough. Kerlongsj made sure no one would get in. He got all the info, but no one of the teachers wanted to go and bring information to the press.
She shook her head and fell back asleep. She didn't want to wake up. Cecilia, Houki, Charlotte, Rin, Laura, Kanzashi, Tatenashi and Ichika did the same thing. Normally, they would train or go to their clubs, but no one of the girls wanted to that. Despite that their units got some damage, their stamina ran dry and that was the most important reason they laid back. Only around three pm they gathered in the cafeteria where they usually met, but they were more sleeping then awake.
Still, they had a heated discussing going on. It considered boys, but not Ichika. Tatenashi was missing and that was for the best. The subject was noticed by Houki and Ichika was visiting his sister at that point. He had noticed something of that pilot and wanted to talk with her about it.
The subject considered the hackers. Or more specifically, the hackers who teamed up with them. Rin got help from Thazalof, but he also helped his brother, Tizof. Eventually, Houki and Tizof fought together, because Ichika and Anaton were facing the black pilot in the sky.
For Kanzashi, Izolf was the one they were confronting her with. He made sure she wasn't hurt, but to say that he would like her for it. He just helped her. Besides, he is nothing like the hero Ichika was for her. He was more an antihero.
Cecilia got help from Erzof. The two were long ranged and they made an excellent team together. She was accurate, he relied on destruction. Still it was nothing like a man she hoped. He was friendly, but he wouldn't bow for a woman. And that was a thing she would need for a man. Men were below woman. It has always been like that.
But when they turned to Charlotte and Laura, those two really began to sweat when they told them about Kashal and Raton.
At the hackers, it was silent in a peaceful way. That was very weird and rare for the young hackers. Most of the time, you would get noise in the early hours. The hackers got the day off and it was until 4 pm, Kerlongsj got down.
"Morning, Kerlongsj." He got from Tizof. The six guys were chatting quite loud. and it cause him to wake up. Luckily, it was four pm, so he didn't mind and the guys knew that. The young man put his head under the tap and let in his face. "Ah, I'm coming back in the land of the living."
The guys looked around. "Eh, Kerlongsj. Where's Anaton?" Erzof asked. Not that they were surprised with it, they knew that Kerlongsj took care or even spoiled Anaton at these moments. "Oh, Anaton is still sleeping. I decided to save myself from the problems of getting him in a room, so I just laid the boy down and fell asleep."
"You didn't even bother changing." Izolf remarked. "Okay, what were you lads talking about?" Kerlongsj asked when he took some coffee and yawned.
"Well, we were talking about the girls we teamed up yesterday." Kashal bluntly stated the fact. "I saw it. Well, you can say it was nostalgic, but then I'd be sounding old. It was nothing like the first time I teamed up with Chifuyu."
Tizof turned from the chair to him. He had a grin on his face. "We heard that story often enough. You were bickering with each other, but still survived the shit. And funny thing is. I didn't team up. Well, not with a pilot at least."
"Oh, come on, Tizof." He got a hit from Thazalof. "You didn't, but you would love to team up with Tatenashi. You were drooling over her. I thought you'd choose Houki." Thazalof remarked it on his brother. "Well, she is more in my taste, but her love for Ichika. It's something I don't want to mess with."
"What do you mean? They're all drooling over him." Kashal sat across him. "Unfortunately." He added to it with a dramatic tone. "Not completely, Kashal. I heard Anaton and Ichika talking about it. Almost every girl in the World Purge Hen got a dream Ichika. Except for the Sarashiki sisters. They see Ichika in another way. But I heard the details. You want to hear them?"
He asked at a way only boys could do in that situation. Teasing, daring, but still with respect for the women, but enough for the guys to be interested.
Five heads went up and down. "Well, I'm going to start with Rin. She thought back of Ichika in middle school. Things happened and he landed at top of her with only a towel around his waist. After that, the real Ichika had to put her underwear in the right place." If Kerlongsj wasn't mistaken, he saw Thazalof flinching by clenching his teeth. "I'm glad Houki helped me, because you were busy with Rin, Thazalof."
The guys turned to him.
"So that's your taste." Kashal laughed at him.
"I didn't knew you liked them flat." Izolf crossing his arms with a grin.
"She's a bit in the head." Raton tapped his one with his finger.
"She's cute. I gotta give you that." Erzof was the only one who calmed the boys. He liked it when the boys made fun of each other, but he would calm them down before it went too far.
"Hey, what were the other ones?" Kerlongsj asked. He took a chair and shoved on. "Chifuyu never told me what happened and I'm not mad enough to start digging."
"Well, this is what happened to Laura." Kashal swallowed. "She dreamt she was married to Ichika. For real this time." The last part got a louder tone. "She was free from work and he asked her to wear an apron and that only." The guys burst in laughing and Kerlongsj was no exception. "And the thing is." Tizof shouted above the disturbance. "That's her ideal Ichika. It was her idea to start with! Do you want with her, Kashal?"
"When the fuck did I say I like Laura?" Kashal was a bit more prepared, but still reacted in a shocked way. "So you use her first name or is that just a habit from home?" Kerlongsj asked. The young hackers always made fun that Chifuyu got in his head. So he wanted to pay them back. And his relationship with Chifuyu, okay. It was a bit of a dream that came true.
She has been in his head since the first time they met. His friends often teased him with it. Sometimes, it was even blackmailing. He sighed. If these guys would start something with the pilots, well.
Kerlongsj and Chifuyu were at least at equal terms. It was surprising for him that Chifuyu and he were on the same level. She didn't stand on him, he respected her as his equal. She did that always, but now. The two weren't dating yet or even lovers, but still they closer than friends.
You would normally be awkward in that situation, but considering that it were Chifuyu and Kerlongsj, it was for the best. You can say that they treated each other as very close friends (which is possible for a girl and a guy to be close), but if you looked to the psychical side of their relation, they were lovers.
"Oh, why did you want to fight alongside her? You asked Charlotte to leave you two alone." Raton looked to his friend.
"I did that so you could be with Charlotte. So you won't be disturbed." Kashal shot back.
"We're talking about you. Not about me." Raton shouted.
"Hey, so you took both ways out." Tizof yelled at the two.
"Nice to see you getting along. You're almost brothers." Thazalof chuckled at the two.
"Funny." Izolf said.
"You can't deny you got some effect, but Raton? What's about Charlotte?" Erzof asked him.
Raton ignored Erzof. "What happened to her in the World Purge?" He turned to Tizof. Both he and Tizof got along as well, more because like Tizof, Raton and he were the most levelheaded at these times.
"Well, she had the idea she was a maid. Charlotte was undressed by her Ichika and the real one got an eye-poke."
"That had to hurt." Raton said. "So you like Charlotte?" Tizof asked him. The guys were grinning, but Raton asked mature on that, so the guys didn't have a change making fun.
"Well, she is not the most psychotic one of the group and she is the most normal. The other ones are or not normal at all or overly aggressive and most of the time both." He got a blush.
"Besides, she is cute and she is strong. Normal pilots couldn't even take my weapons. Which remind, I have to visit her." He got of his chair, but was blocked by Kerlongsj. "What're you going to do?"
"Well, I gave her some of my weapons. She can accept them, but I'd like out the risks and now it is quiet. Tagging along Kashal?" He nodded. "What have you actually done with Laura?" Raton asked to Kashal. "Just fought. I need to ask her something as well."
The two left. "So we have Houki's and Cecilia's fantasy. And what about the Sarashiki sisters?"
"Tatenashi wanted that Ichika did the same lewd things to her." A voice sat that went in part speaking and yawning. "Anaton. Good morning." Tizof spoke. "Morning, kid." Erzof looking to the kid. "Good morning, little one." "Morning, boy." Izolf said. "Finally up?" Thazalof asked.
"Slept well, kiddo?" Kerlongsj asked. "Like a log." He went to sit on his place. "Talking about your favorite girl?" He asked to the boys. "Well, we got Thazalof got the hots for Rin, Tizof crushing on Tatenashi, Kashal liking Laura, Izolf found an interest in Kanzashi and Raton openly admitting he likes Charlotte. Don't you have a girl?"
"If I had, she wouldn't be here. They're too old for me." Anaton asked. "So the only one who is left is Erzof and Cecilia. And I thought you would aim for Houki." He raised an eyebrow at Tizof. "Well, she is better suited for Ichika. And Cecilia's fantasy. She thought Ichika as a servant, but he ended washing her body. Her Ichika was taking measurements if you get the idea." Erzof looked outside, trying to ignore the red on his cheeks. "And Ichika told her she was pretty, before she wanted to fry him."
Anaton finished it. Tizof nodded. "Yeah, I wish I could have seen that. I wish I could have seen all of them." The six guys were grinning. "And why're you saying that Houki is better suited for Ichika, Tizof?" Kerlongsj asked him. He wouldn't mind if these guys were getting with a few girls. Not at all, if these girls were quite some important pilots. He sighed. He had to wait. Cecilia, Tatenashi, Rin, these girls were aggressive.
Laura and Charlotte, well. Kashal was a good lad, but just like Laura, not socially accepted and used to a normal life. He had to wait. For now, this was good enough. The girls and guys searched contact and made some kind of uneasy peace. He and Chifuyu began also like that. He shook his head.
He couldn't compare his relation with Chifuyu and the way the guys acted around the girls. He got from the table. "Kerlongsj." Anaton asked. "I'm going to visit Cirluk. I noticed something last night and I want to check it out." Anaton gulped the last bit of milk and flowed his brother. "Wait." He walked with Kerlongsj. "What's up?"
Kerlongsj closed his shoes. "I noticed something." Kerlongsj looked back to the kid. "What?"
"The pilots we faced first, weren't related to the attack on the academy. They were something else. And the other pilot, the black one. I noticed immediately it was a sibling to Orimura-sensei. Don't know how it is to the rest. But Cirluk, I found something weird in him. Kerlongsj?"
The hacker leader looked to the boy. Anaton would normally never call him by his name. When he referred to Kerlongsj, he did that, but when he was nearby he always called Kerlongsj Old man or brother. Anaton only did when he was serious. "Does Orimura-sensei have relatives you know off? And don't lie."
Kerlongsj took a breath. Anaton was right. "Yes. I'll tell you, but you have to promise me you won't tell anyone about it. Got that?" Anaton nodded. Kerlongsj sighed. "For as far I know, Chifuyu and Ichika come from an old, ninja clan. I don't know anyone of them, but I think the pilots you faced, were related to the clan. Chapeau for surviving. There is a sister I know off. Madoka. I met her, before coming here. I think she is the one you guys saw."
Anaton nodded. "Okay, my lips are sealed. Something else? We defeated them. Not survived and thanks for sharing. Sir." Anaton had a huge grin on his face and he made a mock salute. Kerlongsj rushed through the hair of the boy. "Good job, kid. See you later."
He walked out and went to visit Cirluk. He would eventually talk to Jozalof.
In the academy.
"You two fought with a hacker, right?" Houki asked Charlotte and Laura.
"Raton even gave you weapons, Charlotte-san." Cecilia turned to Charlotte. The poor girl got a huge blush.
"You two got out alone." Rin stated to Laura. Charlotte wanted to speak back, but she had no idea how. Luckily for her, she got a tap on her shoulder. "Morning." The six girls heard. They saw Raton leaning and Kashal standing a bit shy away from the girls. "What was that about me and Kashal?" He asked at a serious tone. The girls gulped a bit. In class, Raton was the last one to react, but still, he could fight back.
"Eh, eh, he." That was the only thing the girls could say. Cecilia looked away like Houki and Rin. Kanzashi was focused on her phone. Now, you would think they had experience talking to boys, because they seized Ichika most of the time. Still, those guys were a lot different from them. So they found a new kind of guys in the hackers.
Charlotte was the poor girl to react. "Eh, just talking about yesterday?" She answered, praying he would understand that. "Okay." Raton answered. "That's the reason I came to visit. Charlotte, where is your IS?" She tensed up after hearing that. "What do you want from it?" Came out an afraid tone.
Raton grinned. "Well, I downloaded quite some nanites in it. I wanted to make sure that you won't get anything of problems. So that's why. Also, I wanted to get out the dorms." He looked to her. "It's in the maintenance room. Should I tag along?" Charlotte answered.
"Well, if you want to. I have no idea where that is and I think you best stay nearby." Charlotte nodded and she got up. "Sorry, girls. Are you coming with me, Laura?" She asked to her best friend. "No, I want to wait for my wife." She answered at a loud tone.
"Do you mean Kashal?" Raton asked jokingly. "Are you making a joke?" Two voices shouted. Kashal stood next to his friend and was furious. "Forget it, Raton, I'm leaving." And he stormed off. Laura had a huge blush on her face and was fuming. Raton started to laugh before he got a hit.
"Not funny." Charlotte was angry. "Okay, I admit I went too far. Are we going to stand the whole day?" She shook her head and the two left. "Do you think he would use it as an excuse to be alone with Charlotte?" Kanzashi wondered. "What do you mean?" Laura asked.
"Well, I mean. They now get along, but as he get a change, he would do something dangerous or stupid to Charlotte." She explained. "Charlotte can defend herself." Houki answered. "Besides, Ichika will be nearby."
"That's why I'm afraid. If Ichika defends her, she would get closer." Before she could go on, she heard the sound of knuckles cracking. They turned to Kashal and he wasn't too pleased by what he heard.
"Look, you girls don't know a lot of us. But I know them well enough that these guys got the minimum respect that they wouldn't take advantage of women. Besides, Raton is a good kid." He told them.
Kanzashi gulped. "Besides, let them. They found an interest. No right to interfere, right?" He asked the girls. They saw them leaving. "Kashal, it's rare to see you here. Good morning everyone" They heard. The girls and one guy turned to Ichika. "Yo."
"Yo." He got a fist bump. "What are you doing here?"
"Hanging out. Bored at the place. Kerlongsj thinking calling of next week." Kashal put his hands in his pockets.
"Chill." He got as answer. "Hey, we deserved it."
"Ichika" He got from the girls. "What did you asked last night to Orlejov-sensei?" Before Ichika could react, he got the question of Kashal. "Did you really challenged Kerlongsj?" The girls were shocked and it resulted in bickering between them and Kashal.
In the meantime.
Raton and Charlotte were walking next to each other. "What a night this has been." He said while he stretched. "I'm still tired." Charlotte nodded. "Yeah, it was really something, but did you guys really defeat three pilots? I heard the rumors" She asked them.
The guy nodded. "Yeah, we did. Not easy, I'll tell you. These women were good. No offense." He hastily said the last part. "None taken. What do you mean by that?"
"These girls were older. Near Orimura-sensei or Kerlongsj. We won by our damn tactics. We worked together, two on one."
"A bit like we did in our fight." Charlotte looked to the guy. "Eh, somewhere yes." The two were smiling. "But I can say that the two us were working at another way than I normally fight with Kashal."
"What do you mean?" Charlotte had an interest in the boy after he and his partner defeated her and Laura who were seen as the best pilots of their year.
"Well, in a fight like we normal have, Kashal focusses on damaging our enemy and I give him support. Or he acts as a decoy and I fire, finishing the job." Raton told her. "Something wrong?" He asked her. "No, it's just. Last night. You told me that my guns weren't strong. What do you mean?" Raton saw her frowning. Immediately, he talked her out that.
"Your Infinite Stratos and you, might you know, aren't weak at all. Your guns are only tuned down if I compare them with my own guns. That's more because your Infinite Stratos is meant for sports." Charlotte saw him crossing his arms. "Mine are made to kill. Before you ask." He turned to her. "Yes, I have killed people. Lots of them. Not that I'm proud of it. At all, but that's the price I pay for this life."
Charlotte gulped. "It must been hard." He shook his head. "You need to find a way. I learned to deal with it this way. I make a choice and I'm good in what I do. Every hacker on this school is. We're killers, Charlotte. That's the only difference between you and me. But don't be afraid." He saw Charlotte backing away. "I'm a soldier. Not a psychopath. I don't kill people needlessly." Charlotte took a breath of relief.
"But back to our previous subject, I gave you mine guns, because otherwise, we would still been fighting. But I wouldn't have done that just with any pilot." She cleared up from the explanation. Charlotte and he were taking an elevator.
"What do you mean? I don't get it." She asked. "Well, you won't say, but you're strong. If a normal pilot would take those guns, well, I don't want to know how that worked out." Raton ended with his arms in his pockets. "Are you serious? Did you put me in danger?"
"Oh, not at all. You were safe. I made sure that I made your guns strong enough, but so, that you would be safe. If I didn't, well, I wouldn't be at the ISA to begin with. But I want to make sure that you are safe. Better do it now."
"Why?"
"Well, nanites are little fuckers. If you let them too long in somewhere interesting, they attach to it and that won't be pretty. So I want to take them out." They ended at the place. "Do your magic." He asked to Charlotte. She got in and they saw all the personal units.
He whistled. "Impressive to say the least." When he looked around.
"Jealous?" He heard from Charlotte. "No, it only take a lot of space, money and everything else. Normal people can even afford a hacker program. If you know the technique, you can show off." He stood in front of the Rafale Revive Custom II. He grinned.
"Hey, as a gun user, what do you think of it?"
"Impressive to say the least, but compared to Schrootverbouwer, this thing, well, it's more. Eh how to say, better explained."
"What do you mean? " Charlotte asked taking a stair. "Oh, it's just that I was serious about my program. I have a lot of guns, ranging from normal ones to a few specials. Fire breather is my favorite."
Raton got up and he began to hack. Charlotte stood next to him. "It seems to be working fine." She said while she used the mechanics of the unit. "I can't see anything of problems. I didn't feel it." Raton smirked. "Yep, your unit is fine and the capsule you got from your brother seemed to have taken my nanites over. So, it's not a problem."
Charlotte turned quiet. "Did I said something wrong, Charlotte?" He asked calmly. Family was a touchy subject in the academy. "No, it's just that it's weird that I have a family."
"From you have nothing to fear of. I mean, your father." Raton clenched his teeth and looked away. "Did you know him? You said something to Ichika about a group."
"Yeah, your father kidnapped every now and then hackers and forced to them to pilot Infinite Stratos or control them with nanites. That resulted always in a death. I really hated that man. No offense to you." She shook her head. "For me, he wasn't a father. But there is something I wondering at."
"You can ask me. At least, when it's not my dignity or money." The two began to laugh. "No, it's just that. When I was living with my mother on the country side, I used to play with a boy outside. Where did you live before?"
Raton looked up. He couldn't remember a lot from his past. "Well, I" but he got a call. "Sorry, Charlotte. Kerlongsj." He took the phone. "Eh, sorry to disturb your date with Dunois, but you need to come home. The suppportives are checking the programs and I want to do it all at once. So get your ass over here. You can visit her in the evening. You get 30 minutes."
"Got it, captain. Sorry, Charlotte. I need to visit Kerlongsj. Do we meet in the evening?" He asked her. "No problem. My room number is 1050. See you there." He nodded. "Take your time getting back, but I gotta run. See you later, Charlotte."
He began to run and took the stairs to get to Kashal. He and Laura were discussing strategies. "You haven't missed me." Raton said while he hit his friend head. He looked like he enjoyed himself. "What?"
"Kerlongsj wants us back at the dorms. Charlotte invited me to come in the evening. Do you want that I take this one with me?"
"You don't have to ask. I'll come with you. See you later, Laura."
The two left and used their skateboards. "Gotta make haste." They saw the door opening. "Haven't I told you not to use your skateboards inside?" An angry Chifuyu asked. The guys passed her. "Sorry. You being angry is less scary then Kerlongsj being angry." The two left the place.
In the evening.
The rest of the day, most spent my sleeping or chatting. Charlotte was overtaken by the questions she got from the others about Raton. Well, she got along with him, but still, the boy who held her heart was Ichika.
Meanwhile, Laura and Charlotte were dressing themselves in the cat pajamas. It was a relaxing day, but everyone in the fight was still beaten. It would take a week before everyone would be at back to normal. It has been a long day and it was quite a weird one.
Despite the fact those pajamas were really cute, the girls were embarrassed when Ichika saw them like that. Still, the reason why the girls wear those pajamas was easy to explain. No guy was at the dorms except for Ichika. If other guy saw them, it would be very embarrassing for the girls, even more with the dense idiot. Still, the girls had another boy at the back of their head when Ichika was replaced.
"Laura, it's still so cute you wear those." Charlotte told her roommate. "Hmph, it's only because my wife told me that they're cute." Charlotte had Laura saw meow when she wear them the first time. Charlotte and she both sat down on their own bed.
They heard a knock at the door. They looked up. Normally, they wouldn't have guests as this hour. Laura went to open the door. "Laura?" was the surprised voice of a boy, but that wasn't Ichika. One Charlotte recognized in the second she heard and who's been in her head and dream after the last two days. Even more after what happened today.
Charlotte stood up and walked to the entrance only to see she was right. Raton stood with a weird look at the entrance. The young man was blushing which was excellent to see thanks to his light brown hair and his light yellow eyes.
Normal guys would have died of cuteness, seeing the blushing Laura in a cat pajama, but for Raton, it was different thanks to his upbringing. He had a mix of liking it and finding it weird when he looked to the German candidate. He looked further on and saw Charlotte standing. "Charlotte?"
It caused both the French girl as the Flemish boy to get a huge blush. She and Raton got along now, even more after what happened last day. He found it extremely cute. Charlotte was cute, not to mention attractive, but she was also mature most of the times. Which was a part both had in their group.
They were both levelheaded figures and both watched over a member who wasn't socially acceptable. Well, Raton was lucky with Kashal. His brother understood most principles, but it was hard at moments. Kashal could aggressive at moments, but Laura was worse than him.
They used the same weapons and after allowing Charlotte to use his weapons, she got a liking as well respect for the boy.
"Raton? Why are you here?" Charlotte was completely surprised that the hacker came to see them, but was even more embarrassed for a boy, which wasn't Ichika to see her like that. Still, she found it embarrassing, but it wasn't a bad thing. Still considering it was Raton.
"Eh, you asked me to come over, right? You wanted me to chat further before my guys called me." Charlotte thought back. Raton had some info and she asked her to give it. "I forgot that completely. Sorry."
"I and Kashal didn't." He answered at a nervous tone. "But now he has forgotten everything." Charlotte passed Laura who ran back to the room and she saw Kashal sitting on his knees, turned away. "Cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cattie." He said to himself. It was like a fume came off.
"What's wrong?"
"Eh, we knock at the door and we see a girl. Excuse me, two girls, in pajama's we find extremely adorable." Kashal looked to Laura and the first thing she did was chasing him. "Come back. I'm going to erase their minds. Only my wife can see me like this."
Kashal got up and he began to run. "I'm not going to wait here. See at the dorms." He began to run with Laura after him. "Eh?" Charlotte leant at the door and Raton looked after the two. "Her wife? She still means Ichika?" He looked back to her. Charlotte nodded which gave Raton a heartbeat. "What's wrong with me?"
"Why do you ask? I thought you knew that." He leant his head to the left. "Oh, just making sure. But does she considers that running through the dorms while shouting will cause that a lot of people will see her?" Charlotte began to laugh. "What?"
"Nothing. Just how you say it. It's funny."
"Eh, thanks. I guess. But do you want to stay here or go in before they see you? I'd like to be here when she brings Kashal back. May I?" Charlotte was crushed between a rock and a hard place.
This boy did something with her like Ichika did. So letting him stay, may give her up on Ichika which she felt as betraying him. But then again, Ichika had so many girls chasing him. As far she thought, Raton didn't have a girlfriend or girls chasing him.
Even between all that, Laura was her best friend and Kashal was his. If Laura would do something, it could cause that Raton would distance him from Charlotte. And besides that, he was a pleasant companion. She didn't want to lose that.
"Come in." She said. Like it was getting a boy in her bedroom. Which was the case. But it wasn't the first one. "Sorry for interrupting." He said. He walked on and whistled. "Wow, this is nothing like our room." He said looking around. "Oh, what do you mean?"
"Well, it's a lot more basic. Bed, desk, chair. That's about it. You shared a room with Ichika, right?" She nodded, but realized that runners made sometimes dirty jokes about that. She didn't want to put Ichika or her in a bad spot. "Wasn't that awkward?"
He asked her with a concerned voice. "I mean, I know both you and Ichika. You wouldn't do anything indecent, but it would be awkward for a girl and a boy to share a room?" He went to sit on one of the chairs in a reversed style. She nodded. It was nice with Ichika, but Laura was better to have as a roommate. "Yeah, but I'm more, not happy,"
"I think you wouldn't be happy. More comfortable with Laura?" She nodded as she closed her eyes. "Yeah, that's the word. Did you shared a room with a girl?" He turned the chair to her to face her. "No, well. Actually yes."
Charlotte tensed up. Did he already slept in the same room as a girl? Would he be experienced already? "My little sister room was too cold, so she slept at my room a long time ago." Charlotte was relieved. A little sister that was normal, but now she had to turn the situation somewhere. "Oh, is Kashal your roommate?" Raton nodded. "Yeah, it's nice to share a room with a best friend. He and I are friends for a long time."
Charlotte grinned. "It's weird. You and he are so different and still you get so well along."
"I can say the same thing about you. You and Laura are best friends as well, but you differ a lot." Raton shot back. "But still, it wasn't always like this."
"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Charlotte crossed her legs and listened to the boy with an interest. "Long tale. You wanna hear?"
She nodded. "Well, because I have to wait until Kashal gets back, we're going to chat. I'm not born as hacker. When I was six, I got in the order. My father was an Infinite Stratos researcher. It may be rude to say, but the design of your Raphael most likely came from him. My father was a damn good in his work. Unfortunately, it got unwanted attention." Raton took a breath. "When he refused a task, he was killed. Alongside with my mother and sister."
Charlotte eyes went all open. "Before he was killed, he sent me to an old friend. Kashal's father with the wish and request to train me. You see, he noticed that I had a high change rate. So before he was killed, he sent me to them. I only learnt later. I was angry that he didn't told me. But then I was already in groups. Sorry, I don't want to ruin the mood."
Charlotte shook her head. "I'm sorry. For your parents." Raton sighed. "It's the price we pay for this life. Alright, when he sent me there, I got in that huge family. Kashal's family, it's one of the oldest hacker families existing. He's the youngest of the children, he has six brother and two sister." Charlotte eyes went open wide. "So many children. That's must be boisterous."
"To say the least. After I got there, his father introduced me. All of them gave me a warm welcome. Expect him. He was rather distant. But still, we got at the same school."
"School?" Charlotte asked at a surprised tone. "Yeah. Before we learn our tech, we go to elementary schools to learn a normal life. After that, our middle school is replaced by groups. After that, we got a passer. But it wasn't my nicest time of my life."
"Oh, why?" Raton cracked his knuckles. "We got an elementary school filled with girls. Well, the thing with hackers is, we're not so known. Of course, people know what we are, but at that point, we weren't allowed to tell anyone we were. For their safety." Raton sighed. "I had no problem with the fact women stood above me. But Kashal didn't. The only women I saw him answering to were his mother and sisters. Those are still the only ones. He got in problems."
Unconsciously, the two got a bit closer. "He got bullied. Day in, day out, he fought. I saw it once. I was shocked he fought like that. He was outnumbered and wounded. But still, he fought. But he got down and the girls kicked him. I prayed they wouldn't kill him. Only after that, they left and I picked him up. He pushed me against the wall. Forcing me to promise I wouldn't tell his parents or siblings. If they found it, he was bullied."
Charlotte mouths fell open. "It's must be hard for him." Raton nodded. "That's the least to say."
"Luckily, he changed. But he was so angry that time, so full of rage. I'm not as strong as my friends. Now, I'm somewhere, but that time, I wasn't so strong. He and I would remain like that. Pretending not knowing each other, but it all changed at the summer of our third schoolyear."
He smiled, what caused Charlotte to look up. "He was surrounded by almost thirty schoolgirls. He stood there with his fists. Ready to fight until he couldn't. One of the bigger girls wanted to attack him from behind. But a stone found a target at her head. They all turned to me. I was fed up with it."
Raton began to speak harsher. "Not only with the bullying, but with Kashal. I couldn't stand how he wanted to fight alone. How he wanted constantly prove himself. To fight alone. I was the first one to speak. I remember the fight very well."
[Time change]
The sun was blazing at the playing grounds. Kashal breathed heavy. "Fuck you." He said. Looking to the thirty girls. "Let's strip him and hang him up."
"Let's play with him."
One of the bigger girls got behind him. "You need to pay respect to your betters." She shouted and went to punch him at the back of his head. A stone flew to her and it floored her. They turned to where it came from and saw a young boy standing with a slingshot. He had brown hair and light yellow eyes. "Like it or not, Kashal. I'm going to help you. Come here."
The boy aimed again and three shots later from his slingshot, Kashal had an opening and he began to run. He stood to Raton. "What now?" He asked. '"You should have left me alone."
"I'm going to help you, like it or not." Raton shot back at a loud tone. The girls came to them. "You got a plan. I hope?"
"Yeah, you're going to fight them like me. You just fight like normal and I'm providing cover." Kashal nodded and he began to fight. It would have been much harder without Raton, he had to admit. He blocked a girl's attack and punched her in the face. She fell back. He looked to two girls attacking him again. One girl got a shot and fell down. The other one was floored by him.
It took ten minutes for the boys to finish off. Kashal stood in the middle and Raton sheathed his slingshot. "How did I know where I was?" Kashal asked, heavily breathing. "I know that. I know where you always fight."
"Why did you help me? It has nothing to do with you." Raton walked to him, proceeding to punch him, but he changed his thoughts and gripped him by the collar. "For Fuck's sake, Kashal. It has something to do with me. It's you, you idiot. We're living together, you and I are in the same class. We're one of the few boys. Just like you, I hate those girls."
Raton released him. "You forbad me to tell your parents. But they knew it all this time. They knew you wouldn't ask for help. But I'm sick of them waiting. If you refuse my help, too bad. I will help you. You're strong, but even you have to stop somewhere and ask help."
Kashal looked to Raton. "What's that thing?" He pointed to the weapon. "Oh, this." He showed it to Kashal. "A slingshot. It's something I got from my father. I'm very good with it."
"I've seen it. It was supercool. Hey, sorry. Thanks for the help." Kashal gave it back to Raton. "It's just. Every one of my family, they all have cool weapons in the hacker tech. I don't want something like that. I wanna be a hacker, but I want to fight with something easy. My fists are the easiest thing." He showed them to Raton.
"I got an idea. If you want. If we become hackers, schoolers, wanna be brothers? We're already good. I want to use guns." Kashal nodded. "That would be cool. Deal?" He offered his fists for a fist bump. Raton took his sling shot and punched Kashal's fist with it. "Deal."
[Back to the ISA]
Charlotte continued to smile. Both she and Laura had a rocky start.
"And that's when we became best friends. The last three years were cool. We made a name for ourselves. They were afraid. They asked to fight, but we won every time. We took down the whole student body at the day of graduation. His parents and brothers were super proud."
Raton sighed. "After that, we trained to get so strong. That's why I and Kashal are best friends." Charlotte looked up. "What do you mean?"
"That's a bit embarrassing. In our middle school, we got trained at a camp. We lived there. The thing with brothers is that you two fulfill a role. With the twins, they're both levelheaded and they just, well, they were both mature for their age. Erzof and Izolf a bit rougher. His parents asked me to look after him. Which I did. I did nothing else. So that's."
But before he could go on, the door opened and both got a shock. Raton stood up. They saw Kashal carrying Laura. "Man, what the hell? You lost conscious, because you were seen in your pj's." Charlotte and Raton looked at a disturbing way to the two. It was cute, but the fact that Kashal looked like a delinquent at moments spoiled it a bit.
The most girls didn't look at him like that. In this case and some others was very clear. 'Don't judge a book by his cover.' Still, Kashal was touchy and he even fought with real delinquents outside the school.
"Man, I had to sneeze constantly. Do I reckon I catch a cold?" Raton looked even back. Charlotte sat still on her bed. "Well, it took three hours. Nice for a game of hide and seek. Let's go." He turned to Charlotte. "Sorry for the problems." She shook her head. "No problem at all. It's nice knowing something of you." Her smile caused Raton to blush.
"Oh, okay." He looked to Kashal, but his phone went off. "Is that yours?" Kashal asked when he laid Laura on her bed. Raton nodded and he opened it. "It's from Kerlongsj. Yes?"
"Raton? You would be staying an hour at most at the dorms. It has been three. Not that I don't trust you, but still."
"Eh, sorry. Kerlongsj. A lot happened." It was silent at the phone. "Nothing indecent, I hope." Raton blush got even bigger. "What do you take me for?!"
"Sorry, sorry. I couldn't resist. I know you well enough, but eh? Where are you now?"
"Charlotte Dunois's room. Why do you ask?"
Kerlongsj sighed and went to stand for the window. "Look outside." Raton did and a huge storm was raging over the place. "Oh, shit." He said. "Lad. I looked up the weather reports. Nothing dangerous, but it's way too bad weather to go outside unless you have to. You're safe inside, but outside." The silence was enough for Raton.
He heard a sigh. "Look, if you got a place to stay. Let me know. I think it's better to stay there. If you got something, I let Chifuyu know." Raton shuddered. "Eh, I think I have a place. Thanks for permission."
"One last thing. No stupid things. Got it?" He gulped. "Yeah. Got it, Kerlongsj. See you tomorrow."
"Good night, lad."
He called Chifuyu and explained it. From the lessons, she knew she could trust the two, but in the room, there were other problems.
"What's wrong?" Charlotte asked. Kashal sat on the bed. "Well, it's too dangerous to go back to our dorms, so Kerlongsj asked me to stay here. Eh, I know it's a lot to ask, but can we stay here?" Charlotte got crushed again. Letting them stay. Her feelings for Raton would grow bigger than those for Ichika. Then again, the other girls.
She nodded. "No problem. You can stay." Her blush was almost at its peak. "Thanks. We'll sleep on the couch or something like that." He took the chair and sat down. "Sorry for the problems." Charlotte shook her head. They looked up and saw Kashal who just fell down and was sleeping next to Laura on the bed. "Moron." Was Raton's only remark. He walked to his brother and covered the two with a blanket. "Lucky bastard." Crossed his mind, but for good measures, he didn't speak it all out. He turned back to Charlotte.
"Charlotte." The blond haired girl fell down. Just before hitting the earth, she was caught by him. She looked up. "It's really different with him and Ichika." She thought before drifting off.
Raton put his hand on her forehead. "You're burning up." He shouted. Well, it's easier to think that Charlotte got overheated. She just spent a few hours with a boy she had feelings for. Now, seeing him caring for someone, it was too much for her.
In Raton's case, it wasn't density that took over like Ichika, but logical thinking. He had no experience women, so he thought at the most logical choice what could have happened. He had no idea what he should do, but he decided to whip the sweat off. He laid Charlotte back on the bed and whipped the sweat off.
After a while, she was back awake. "Charlotte. Hey." She looked up and saw that her pajamas were opened. But that was not the most surprising thing. She had spent the last hour lying on Raton's lap. "Sorry for reversing the normal positions, but you were busy catching a serious fever." She covered herself with her arms. "What, what, what?"
She thought of him as a good guy and now, he undressed her. "I'm sorry, Charlotte. You were burning up, so I whipped off. Glad you had underwear on." Immediately, Charlotte zipped her pajama closed. "You ecchi."
"I'm sorry, Charlotte, but it was the only way. Besides, I couldn't ask Laura or Kashal. Could I?" Charlotte shook her head. Thinking that neither of the two would react in the right way. "No, that's true. I'm sorry."
"You reacted like you should. I'm the one who's sorry." Raton sat back. "If you don't mind. I'm going to sleep." He went back on the chair, but was stopped.
"Do you want something to eat?" She shook her head. "No, it's. When I was ill as a child, my mother slept in the same bed. If you don't mind."
Raton got his blush. Obeying Kerlongsj would me more difficult, but refusing was impossible. He sighed. "Okay. If you insist." He laid down and closed his eyes. He soon felt Charlotte snuggling up to him. She smiled. He began to sing, hoping he would fall asleep and she would do the same thing.
Gun me de tijd te reflectere, le bilan, zen ik blij waar dak nu staan int leve?
Twijfels..
'n vraag stelle en blijve lere, foute goe make en het tij probere kere
Want ik heb gekwetst, beloge, vals bespeeld
Ik moest nog veel lere over vrouwen en respect
Ik kon het steke op mijn omgeving, allemaal piranhas
Mor uiteindelijk heb ik gedaan wa 'k ik gedaan heb
Paljas..
Liefde, abstract begrip toen zeker en,
voor te houden van moete genoeg moed hebbe,
Schat, vergeef me..
Ge hebt mij geleerd wa 'k wete moest, 't leven is te precieus om te zegge
Je m'en fous
Kan alleen mor geve, wa 'k te biede hem
Kan alleen mor zegge, 't weinige da 'k weet
Ik heb zitte marchandere
Opportunist
Mor met de liefde onderhandelde ni
With a breath, he went on.
Stilte alstu, ik pluk wa aan mijn memoires
Ik denk aan alleman die zich in mijn borstkas ophoudt
Ik zie men vriendschap nog altij eve levendig
Mor ik blaas hier en daar ook stof van verkleurd papier
tja, zo gaat da..
Vriende kome en gaan en we ontgroeiden ook de levensstijl das normaal
Ik ging zowel om met de zotste als de beste legionaire
Jeugd van de stad, verhalen van de wijken
'k hem nooit gezegd hoe van belang da ze voor mij ware
Mor ze hebbe mij mede gevormd tot wie 'k nu ben
Ik volg de wijsheid, luister nor zen woorde
keuzes make, zake, die bij het leve hore
Kan alleen mor geve, wa 'k te biede hem
Kan alleen mor zegge, 't weinige da 'k weet
Ik heb zitte marchandere
Opportunist
Met de liefde onderhandelde ni
Op zoek nor stilte, mor krijg ze ni te pakke
Gemoedsrust verstopt zich achter verwarring
Ach, hoe oud zen ik nu, en ik weet nog altij ni veel meer
De nonchalance die ik probeer te late, zit er nog altij in
Ik maak steeds fouten, paradeur da 'k zen
Ik hoop da 'k de mensen rondom mij toch ook iet goe te biede hem
De waardevoller da 'k word, de meer waarde da 'k kan dele
En mag da toch just het ware geluk weze
Kan alleen mor geve, wa 'k te biede hem
Kan alleen mor zegge, 't weinige da 'k weet
Ik heb zitte marchandere
Opportunist
Met de liefde onderhandelde ni
Kan alleen mor geve, wa 'k te biede hem
Kan alleen mor zegge, 't weinige da 'k weet
Ik heb zitte marchandere
Opportunist
Met de liefde onderhandelde ni
He had to say, he liked it, the young girl wrapping her arms around his neck, but when Charlotte crawled on his chest, he didn't feel any kind of excitement or indecent feelings, but a weird peace eased his heart and soon he fell asleep. He thought back to her question, before he drifted off. He met a girl on the country side years ago in Ardêche, but she couldn't be the same.
And with this, I'm done. Bit of prewriting, but not too much before I hit my writers block again. That's no fun. It's also annoying that some guys aren't updating and I'm really hoping for some stories. This is once again a larger one. But with this, I'm safe for the coming month. I also get some time to think for January.
Currently, I have to think for a while. Got a prewrite, but now, I have to think.
Early update thanks to Flanders hours. I have seen that I got a few likes of this story. This story is my most seen by far. I'm glad for that.
Reviews are nice to get and you guys don't have to be afraid to ask requests. Someone asked and I got a few chapters with nearly five thousands words.
So you might ask and I get something done.
The song would be somewhere else, but by rethinking the chapter, I decided to take this. I was borred yesterday. Homework done, all games I have are played out and I couldn't go anywhere.
The song is written in a dialect of Flemish. The song is called Koning Liefde. The band is Tourist LEMC. Even I don't understand everything and I reckon you guys won't get it neither. But do me a favour and listen to it and tell me what you find of it.
I don't own the lyrics of this song.
This is the English translation or a part of it. Hope that you guys like it.
I'm not a fan of this kind of music, but it's fitting and I like this song.
Allow me to reflect the time, the balance sheet, am I glad now on where I'm standing in life?
Doubts ..
asking one question and keep learning, solve mistakes and trying to turn the tide
Because I hurted, lied, false-played
I had a lot to learn about women and respect
I could blame my surroundings, all piranhas
But at the end I did what I did
Bastard..
Love, abstract concept then and you'll need courage to love
Honey, forgive me ..
You learned me what I had to know, life is to precious to say
I don't care
I can only give what I can offer
I can only tell the little things I know
I kept selling
opportunist
But you don't bargain with love
Silence please, I pick some things out of my history
I'm thinking about every person who roams in my chest
I see my friendships still growing
But sometimes I dust the colored papers
well, thats how it goes
Friends come and they go and we grew out of lifestyle, thats normal
I hanged with even the craziest and best people
Youth of the city, stories from the neighborhoods
I never told you how important they were for me
but they helped me making the person I am now
I follow the wisdom, listen to his words
making choices, bussiness, things that belong to life
I can only give what I can offer
I can only tell the little things I know
I kept selling
opportunist
But you don't bargain with love
searching for silence, but I can't find it
The peace of mind is hiding behind confusion
ah, how old am I now, and I still don't know alot
The indolence that I try to hide, is still here
I always make mistakes, rebel that I am
I hope that I can still do good things for people around me
The more valuable that I become, the more value that I can give
And that might be true luck
I can only give what I can offer
I can only tell the little things I know
I kept selling
opportunist
But you don't bargain with love
I can only give what I can offer
I can only tell the little things I know
I kept selling
opportunist
But you don't bargain with love