Again one in normal format with nearly 9000 words. Better than last times.
I'm ecstatic. Two weeks ago, I looked on TV Tropes and I saw my name between the recommendations. I was over the moon. Haven't been so happy since I saw Dropkick Murphys on Pukkelpop. Thanks Lione and Magus.
Suprise update. Been writing for a while and I don't want to mix chapters up. Still. I finally got a holiday, I'm forced to learn for driver exam. Gotta make an effort and the last chapters on the computer. Going to suck.
I'm also toying with the idea of making a fanfic Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut. It's almost a copy paste of Infinite Stratos. (Not kidding.) But it's not worked out yet. Still toying, don't know. It isn't really original. It has its differences, but it's the same like Infinite Stratos.
Bit of romance in different situations. Not good with these things. Still, I hope you like it.
The coming ones will be breathers, but I need to figure out a few things. Allow me to have that time. From now on, I'm not sure if they all going to be so short after each other. School getting busier and Syndicate is coming out, I'm back hyped for AC genre. So, at least you guys get a monthly update. Have two other small projects where I work on. I worked on those, but I need to figure a few things out.
Check those out if you like.
For everyone of you, my English is good, but I'm Flemish, so it's not my first language.
Raton woke up early. The storm who raged over the city and the campus, had calmed down in the night. Like his feelings who sometimes stormed, they calmed down. Thanks to a blond girl in cat pajama's. He looked to Charlotte and smiled. She was the one who eased him. He looked outside and smiled.
It was really good weather and the guys were going out. He softly got loose from Charlotte. He took her arms who got around his neck in the last night and got them off him. He smiled, but now it was enough. He went to the bathroom. Silently washing, waking Kashal up and leaving was the order of things he had to do.
Chifuyu was scary if she got here. She knew they spent the night in Charlotte's Room, but still, it was a boy and a girl sleeping in the same bed. Actually, two boys and two girls. Kashal and Laura in one and Charlotte and he in the other. The young slender boy wanted to avoid that Charlotte and Laura got punished for their hospitality.
He heard a yawn next to him and he saw Charlotte in her pajama's. "Good morning, Raton."
"To you as well, Charlotte. Slept well?" She nodded. Raton looked away from her. In her pajama she had on, she was still cute. Charlotte was seriously hot, that was something he couldn't deny. But now, she was more cute than hot. What still was a factor for him took look away.
"Yeah, my fever gone down. Thank you for listening to the request of this selfish girl." Raton grinned. It wasn't a burden at all." He even liked it, sleeping in the bed of a hot girl like Charlotte. Although his reasons would be completely different from normal guys. Normal guys would brag around if they slept in the bed of a girl like Charlotte. Raton had a soft grin on his face. They taught him to be respectful towards women.
"It was my pleasure. I have never felt such a peace when I slept. I need to thank you for that." Raton took a towel after he wet his face. He meant those words. Since he became a hacker, he never knew such peace when he slept. "I wake up Kashal and we're off. See you Monday in the class."
She nodded, but when Raton passed her, her hand got around his wrist. Her small, soft fingers got around his scarfed and strong wrist. It couldn't be much more of a difference. He looked to her and he began to blush. The slender guy looked to the girl. She was a bit shorter than him, but they didn't have a big difference. The biggest difference was the fact he had scarfs signed over his body. Despite that, he wasn't bad looking.
There was a difference between Charlotten and him. They knew that, but it wasn't clear what. The reason why it was weird was the way Charlotte looked at him. Normal guys would faint if Charlotte looked at them with puppy eyes.
"You really are a good guy. I find it hard to believe that you're a hacker. I have a question." He looked to her in anticipation and with a grin on his face. "Do you have a girlfriend?" He shook his head, the grin got off his face and his eyes turned a bit bitter. It was a hard question. He knew in which situation she was and to who her heart was bounded. "No, never had one. You're the only girl who I can talk to and have the same age as me."
He ended with a blush that got up his face. He was uncomfortable. Not because he was around Charlotte, they slept in the same bed and it felt good for proper reasons. Raton was uncomfortable, because he didn't know how he should speak with a girl about that subject. "Why do you ask? You're in love with Ichika, not with me."
He had some regret as he spoke the words, but he didn't want to break Charlotte and Ichika apart. He crossed his arms and had a frown. "That's true, but I don't get it. My head is messed up. You and he, you're so different. Still, you do the same thing to me. You're like heroes. So I just want to make sure." Before she could go on, Raton closed the door. The look in his eyes were serious.
"Heroes don't exist in this word, Charlotte. If you think I'm a hero, forget it. What I've done. What I've said. You would hate me if you knew a tenth of it!" With a sigh, he went on. "I'm damaged once and I got repaired. I'm better than ever. Better than before. Heroes don't break and got repaired, humans do. We fail. Point. That's our nature. The thing is we get back. And I got back" He turned to her. Charlotte was shocked over what he just said.
"Look, I'm going to tell you something, but you need to promise me two things. One. You are not allowed to tell anyone of the girls. Not even Laura. Two. You're not going after Ichika." She nodded with her eyes questioning. Raton leant against the door. He wouldn't tell Houki, Rin or even Tatenashi. With Charlotte, he was safe. He hoped that at least. "Look, the reason why I'm going to tell is because you are the most mature one of the pilots close to Ichika. But don't get on him."
Charlotte looked up. "Ichika is not completely dense. True, he don't get your signals or why you angry at moments, but he understand that all of you want something more than just friends. The reason he keeps this off is because you all would kill him if he chose a girl. Don't lie." The last two words were harsher.
Charlotte nodded. "He has an idea, but he doesn't want to be killed and don't know how he should act with that. Now to shut you up." He kissed her softly on her lips. Her eyes went wide open and he removed himself. His grin was huge, but still, he had honest eyes.
"If you tell anyone about this, I'll tell that I kissed you. And I hope you get the answer you first asked. I don't have a girlfriend, but I have a crush on you. Maybe not that completely, but I like you a lot." Charlotte became red. How could he tell something like that. Raton just smiled. "I hope you can figure it out." He left. She went down on the ground.
Her feelings for Ichika, they got completely swept away after the last events. Raton woke Kashal. He looked up to his best friend. "Slept long enough man. Let's go home." He said to the young man. He got loose from Laura and he left. The silver haired girl didn't wake up. Charlotte came out the bathroom. "Raton, wait." He turned to Charlotte. "Yeah?"
"I, I, eh, I'd like to say thank you for helping me and staying here. But still, I." Raton sighed.
"Charlotte, you need to figure out your feelings. For as far I can tell, you have feelings for me, but still for Ichika. You need to figure those out yourself, but keep your chances in your head. I have no problem waiting, but not my entire life. Good luck. If you need my help, give me a call." He winked at the girl.
She nodded and the hacker followed his friend. The two guys chatted about last night and Raton told Kashal about the kiss. Kashal just smirked, but didn't make fun of Charlotte or Raton. As the best friend of Raton, he would shut his mouth. The boys wouldn't tell anyone else. It's more because both knew each other for a long time and both told each other rather embarrassing things. Kashal explained what happened on the hunt last night.
It seemed that Laura was chasing him, but that he caught her early. They just got on chatting and comparing their training. Only she fell asleep and he took her with her. Kashal knew that Charlotte and Raton wanted to spend some time.
They were stopped by Maya and Chifuyu. "Good morning, Orimura-sensei. Yamada-sensei." Raton spoke at a calm tone, with some humor. "Morning the two of you. I get a call from Kerlongsj. Supposedly, you spent the night at the room of the Representative candidates of France and Germany."
"Yeah, so?" She got from Kashal. "We're members of the hacker Representatives." He spoke at a cocky tone and a shit eating smrik. Raton sighed.
"Orimura-sensei and Yamada-sensei. On everything that's holy on me and Kashal. Neither I or Kashal have done anything to the candidates that you could call inappropriate or dangerous for the relationship between pilots and hackers." Maya sighed, but Chifuyu wasn't convinced. "Really?" She asked with a smile. Normally, you would be dead afraid, but Raton had seen scarier things than an angry Chifuyu. It's hard to imagine, but his own teacher was worse.
"If you want to know, per se. Charlotte asked me about the fact I got a girlfriend. I told I don't have one. I felt she had as well feelings for me as Ichika. So I gave her a kiss and told her to figure it out. I like her, you can be sure of that. And I don't think she hated it."
Chifuyu sighed. "Okay. If that's everything. I hope for you this isn't going to become a routine that you stay over. Raton, this is for you. If you and Dunois become close, you won't harass her."
"I don't plan to, ma'am. May we leave? Kerlongsj will asks us the same thing." She nodded and the two guys left. "Okay, but keep it bit down that you slept here. Besides from you, Kerlongsj and our gang, nobody knows. And Kerlongsj will shut our friends up." Kashal answered. Chifuyu leant to the wall while Maya looked after the two guys.
"Seems Orimura-kun got some competition, wouldn't you say?" Chifuyu smiled. "I think that these guys are rather helping him. And if these girls can hook up one of the hackers, well, I got one myself and I can't complain."
"So you're the one who leads the relationship, Orimura-sensei? I would suspect that of you." It earned her a hit. "Idiot." She said red headed. Kerlongsj wouldn't accept a feminist. She was stronger, but they were equal. She had to treat him that way. He had no problem that she would tell him off or that she even scold him, but she had to treat him as a man. Like it should be. Not like a rag of dirt. That's how most women treated their husband in Japan. Kerlongsj was from Europe.
The relationship between the two is unique, but those two were still figuring it out what was the best.
At the dorms. Raton and Kashal got questioned about last night by Kerlongsj and their friends. They got off with a lecture which still was better to receive from him than Chifuyu. Kerlongsj was not strict nor he gave a lot of lectures. But still, it wasn't good for them to anger him. Not that he was angry now. These guys couldn't help it, so he went rather easy on them. It was even him who proposed to stay there. They were glad they got him instead of Chifuyu. Chifuyu was scary when she was angry, but it didn't frighten the guys as much it did Ichika or any other girl.
Kerlongsj don't get angry easy, but when he did, the hackers were terrified. So that's the reason why the guys weren't afraid from Chifuyu or rather shrug her off. Kerlongsj was the real deal. They saw him once angry and prayed never to see him again like that. After the rest of Sunday, the guys hung around and they studied. After that, Monday, they got classes.
In the morning, Ichika laid over his desk "I can't believe we have classes. I thought that Chifuyu-nee would call them off." He got a soft hit on his head. "Well, what would you think? They wouldn't allow it at all. Besides, the teachers are forced to. Sucks."
"Anaton." He gave the kid a fist bump. Anaton yawned. "I still can't believe it. We fought last Friday like soldier and now we have classes like normal students. Sucks."
"You don't have to tell me." Raton passed Charlotte and the two gave each other a nod. Those two called each other and they promised not to tell anyone. But still when Charlotte looked away, Raton blushed as well.
They kept it quiet for the rest of the girls and boys. Cecilia looked to Erzof who nod her as well. Kashal passed Laura and he told her good morning. She responded at the same tone. When Chifuyu entered the guys moved off.
"Well, I guess why some of you wonder why we have classes after such a long day. That's because we're going to use the information for our class. I'd like that the hackers explain how they fought against the Infinite Stratos agents that attacked them first. Before that, I'd like to know. How could you guys survive that?"
Anaton raised an eyebrow and looked to his friends. They shrugged and weren't sure what to tell the pilots. They fought them like they would have done with any other enemy. Hell, they were raised for it.
"Orimura-sensei." Anaton said raising his hands. "What do you mean by that?" She walked to him. "Don't play coy with me. I know that you were trained from young age, but how could you defeat three professional pilots? I highly doubt that most elite soldiers could win!" She said while glaring at the guys. Not that it worked. "I still don't get it. They attacked us. We teamed up. We fought together like we always do. We focused two on one. That's it."
Chifuyu was now really angry and scary. Everyone gulped, but Anaton remained unaffected by the aura spread by the teacher. "I mean. What is different between you and the most pilots? You're hackers and what I've seen, you're not as good as Kerlongsj." Anaton's head cleared up, like Chifuyu told him what he should tell. "Oh, you meant like that? Nothing too much. We're trained to work in group and we're damn good in it. The biggest difference we don't treat our powers like a gift. We're skilled in fighting and killing. That's it."
The pilots mouths except for one male and four certain females fell open. "You would kill them." Maya asked them. "Yeah, no big deal." Tizof said. "If we didn't get the order not to, they were dead." Izolf stood his friend by. "Well, I don't think we'd kill them that easily." Raton scratched his chin. "I mean, it would take a lot more to kill them." Kashal nodded very hard. "They were really strong."
Before they could go on, a book hit Anaton's table. "I haven't given you permission to talk. We recorded it. Now I'd like to explain how your tactics were different from normal pilots." Chifuyu said. "For starters, we use a strategy due to inferior armor and weapon strength. That's the first thing." Anaton began to talk. He had a smirk on his face when he explained to the pilots what the guys did.
After that, the pilots got battle training. Kerlongsj sat on the top and saw the girls and guys entering the arena. He jumped down and made a skateboard, floating down.
"Okay." He clapped his hands together. " I got the request of a lunatic to have a battle." Ichika blush of embarrassment betrayed him being the lunatic. "While I have no interest of beating a pilot or hacker in a bloody pulp, I'll let you now decide something. You got lessons from me as well from Orimura-sensei. Any hacker or pilot who wants to have a match is now allowed to ask. I'll hold back and all of you can learn something from it."
Charlotte raised her hand. "Dunois?"
"Eh, Sensei? What do you mean by that?" She asked a bit tense. Kerlongsj had a grin. "Well, I can face you, get you down and be done with it. But for having a more interesting match, instead of beating you down, I'll try to exploit the crap of your weak points. That's the main reason why the hackers won the fight between them and the professional pilots. It's thanks to that they won. Even if they don't think about that themselves. So if anyone would like to, I'd be happy. You can also team up. But then I want equal strength."
Kerlongsj crossed his arms. Ichika stood up and walked to him. "Okay, I'm your man. I'll get my match." He got a hit on his forehead. "I told you, facing me in a match or fight is a whole different thing." Kerlongsj said. He jumped down activating his hacker tech in the fall. "Showoff." Anaton thought. Ichika did the same. "Okay, Orimura. Bring it on."
Kerlongsj had a cocky grin on his face. He didn't activate a weapon and forced Ichika to go after him. Ichika had Byakushiki activated and tried to get closer to him. He activated the energy claw, but just before he could get close to Kerlongsj, the teacher narrowly avoided it by flying away. Ichika couldn't evade and made a crater.
Anaton was the only one who wasn't surprised. Kerlongsj told him that skateboards weren't as fast as the Infinite Stratos, but that they were a lot more maneuverable. Hackers just had to practice a lot, but it payed off. He now understood why. Kerlongsj haven't activated a weapon and Ichika was already down.
Ichika got after him, Yukihira in his hands. Kerlongsj just smirked when he saw Ichika going after him. He evaded the wild swipes not even bothering activating a weapon. Ichika tried to poke him, only causing the European man with his head to go left, then he got right. When Ichika swiped, he made a summersault which was easy with his skateboard.
Kerlongsj grinned as he flew up. Ichika used his canons, but the cannon balls were kicked off with his bare hands. At least that was what the students thought. Kashal smiled as Kerlongsj used his technique. Even Kerlongsj had to use nanites for wearing off bullets like he did. Ichika then switched to the assault rifles. Kerlongsj didn't give him the time as he deployed a huge crossbow on his back and he fired. "Gift from one of my gang members!" He looked to Ichika and fired them. It hit target and Ichika was thrown back. Kerlongsj got after him. He got both his hands at the male pilot.
Ichika felt that Kerlongsj threw energy in him. He landed at the end of the arena. Kerlongsj looked to him. "Get up." He said. Then he got at the pilots. "Okay, who can tell where Orimura got wrong? Multiple answers possible." He crossed his arms as Ichika crawled out the arena.
"He sucks." Izolf tried. It caused the girls to look angry at him. "True, but where?" The pilots looked back to Kerlongsj who shrugged on the insult of Ichika. Anaton raised his hand. Not even waiting for permission, he began to talk. "He switched his strategy too soon." Kerlongsj nodded. "Good answer, Orlejov. Could you explain what exactly?"
"He first tried to go after you with a sword and after that with canons. Instead of trying with a sword again." Kerlongsj nodded. "Yep, Ichika tried to find a weak point by switching his weapons. That's not a good idea. You better take one strategy and stick with it. If Ichika would go after me with his sword, he had some points to hit. But he stayed back, instead of going after me." Kerlongsj grinned. "Infinite Stratos are faster than skateboards so using that is better to deal with foes who lack on speed. Okay next one."
The whole training Kerlongsj fought different foes. The pilots had no idea to deal with him. Even when Cecilia, Houki, Charlotte and Laura teamed up, Kerlongsj took them out very fast, not even holding back. They now had an idea what they did to Ichika every now and then.
Not that the other students did better. Most pilots didn't even want to fight, causing the hackers to get in. Anaton and his whole gang were the only ones to get a change. It took 20 minutes for Kerlongsj taking them down. What the guys had that they got so good was hard to tell. Anaton and he had a sole match and Anaton was glad to go all out. It ended with Kerlongsj and he right in front of each other. You could call that even.
After that, the students got off. They now understood that Kerlongsj was strong with weapons as well. In the class in the midday, they were rugged. Cecilia complained about her back. "That brute didn't hold back at all. Ichika, my back hurt." Before she could go on, she felt Erzof making a fist on her back. "You, you, you." She dreamt away. He did a good job. Anaton and the rest sat back, smirking at Erzof.
Cecilia relaxed. He was a good guy and he did a good job. Raton joined Charlotte, both grinning. Kashal joined the two and he and Raton began to talk. Tizof and Thazalof both shook their heads.
Houki sighed. "Well, I thought he wouldn't fight with so much power." Tizof got up. "He hold back. Believe me when I tell you that he did. He's really a lunatic at moments. And he held back for you being girls. But Ichika got what he wanted." Ichika laid defeated at his desk.
"And that wanted to face Kerlongsj in a real fight. If he lose from Kerlongsj when he hold back. Idiot." Anaton said. He smiled. His brother could take on any student on in the whole school. But even the young boy was tired. This was so much worse than a PE lesson. After teaching from Chifuyu, the day was finally over. Before they were done, Chifuyu had an announcement.
"In the last battle, some of the hackers teamed up with some pilots. Not that it is wrong, but it's only weird that you could fight like that. It's weird, because you didn't have a common ground to start from."
Before they could react, Kerlongsj got in. "The reason why it is weird, is because the only pilot and hacker working together were me and Chifuyu years ago. We're not saying that it's a bad thing. Only weird. So we have a proposition."
The hackers looked up. "If you girls agree, I'll let you train with my guys. If you agree the teaming up. This are the teams. Alcott and Erzof." The two nodded. "You're both long range fighter and Alcott, I think you can learn as teach Erzof quite a bit. Ageed?"
"Well, it's only natural that the elite should help the lowers." She got a hit. "I said. You can learn from him as he from you. Erzof has higher accuracy and fire rate, despite Monster being a lower machine. Erzof. You agree." The young man agreed. "Got it, Kerlongsj."
His teach walked to him and gave a soft punch on the forehead. Ichika blinked twice to it. "It's Orlejov-sensei. Got it?"
"Understood, sensei." He grinned as Kerlongsj took over antics from Chifuyu.
"Next team." Chifuyu said. "Bodewig and Kashal." The two looked at each other. "I'm fine with that." Kashal answered. "Me too."
"Well, that was easy. The two of you need to focus on the weak points. I'd also like to know why two went all out alone. Last team won't be a surprise."
Charlotte tensed up. "Dunois and Raton. You two team up. I think that you two will have a good point thanks to the gun interest. And I hope you'll focus on your training. Oh and something else. No sleepovers." Both the girl and the guy looked away. The most of the pilots looked to the two.
"Izolf and Thazalof." Kerlongsj said. "You're teaming up with the younger Sarashiki and Miss Huang from class 2-4 and class 2-2. Talk to them as soon you can." The two grinned at each other.
"Oh. This is for Shinonono, Orimura, Orlejov and Tizof. You're going to train under the older Sarashiki. It will focus on Orimura and Orlejov. Don't make a ruckus. Oh, before I forget. You're going to use the same arena. Arena 3. I reserved that one, but you need to discuss with the group who's using going to use it."
Kerlongsj smirked. What he was going to tell, would be causing something for the pilots. "You're also going to think over strategies when you don't have training or clubs. That's most of your part. I noticed that you girls got in the arena and start to think over an overused strategy. So, I'd like that you guys explain what your ideas are."
Kerlongsj got out. "Oh and lads. You also need to look after problems with the Infinite Stratos. Think out the box. Empty your heads. Come find me when you're ready." Kerlongsj left with his hands buried in his pocket. "That's it for now. You all can leave."
Izolf and Thazalof left to their partners. "That's going to give sparks. Right, Houki?" Tizof asked to her. "Why would Kerlongsj pair them up like that?" Tizof shrugged. "Hey, don't nag. You're going to training Ichik." He was a bit jealous in the inside of his head. Those guys would train with a few cute girls. Tatenashi was nice to hang around, but not more than that. She was a bit too teasing at moments.
Tizof sighed. What kind of girl would he like? He never thought about that. Houki was a bit too proud at moments. He had to think that over. "Something wrong?" Houki asked. "No, let's fetch Sarashiki and get to the arena. Everyone else would now be busy." Houki and Tizof left. Anaton swung his bag on his back and walked to Ichika. "Well, that was unexpected. I wouldn't think that Old Man would do that" Ichika looked up. He had a dumb look in his eyes. "What do you mean?"
"Moron. Let's get out."
Cecilia looked to Erzof. He got to her. He hoped she'd listen to him. She was nice for team-up. Last fight proved that. "Look, it's not perfect, I know. But arguing won't get us anywhere. So let's along or try to respect each other. Ok?" Cecilia sighed. "Well, I can teach a lot." He looked cocky with his arms crossed.
"You're better aiming, but I got more results."
Kashal and Laura looked to each other. Laura had an unbelieved look in her eye when she looked to Erzof. Kashal stood next to her as he gave her a tap on the shoulder. He grinned as he thought over the groups Kerlongsj made. None of them was really matching. Laura was shorter than him and not as sturdy built. Erzof was one head taller than Cecilia and 50% bigger.
Thazalof was a tall guy. If he had to train with Rin, that wouldn't work. More because of the personality. Thazalof was a calm one, while Rin was hyper active. But still, they could match.
Kanzashi and Izolf. That would be hilarious. Izolf never took a word from anyone, except Kerlongsj. If a woman insulted him, she ended up dead. He wasn't shy in no subject. This wasn't going to go well.
The only pair that would actually work was with both Kashal and Laura best friend. Raton walked to Charlotte and tapped her shoulder. "What's up, Charlotte? You've been quiet since Kerlongsj told with who're going to train. Or don't you like it?"
Charlotte shook her head. "No, but I don't think we can train."
"Got club today." Charlotte shook her head. "No, that's tomorrow." Raton grinned. "Well, we can compare guns in that case. It's what he told us. Let's give our best shot." She nodded and the two left.
"Hey, did you girls noticed something?" a few girls chatted. "Yeah, those hackers. They really get along with those pilots."
"Yeah, it's weird. It all changed after the fight.
"Do you think they would abandon Orimura-kun?"
"WE WOULDN'T" Was shouted by a few girls. Charlotte and Raton were already gone and luckily, they didn't hear it. Charlotte followed Raton and both were very happy for a reason.
In the teachers' lounge.
Kerlongsj was working on his desk, before he saw Chifuyu standing. She walked to his desk. Whispers filled the room. With a glare, she shut the rest of the teachers up, including Yamada. The sole male teacher looked to her. "Yo, Chifu." She got as a simple greet. She smiled on him. Most teachers would have condemned someone, but they knew Kerlongsj could pull that stuff. As only person in the world.
He was the only one who could do that. In fact, if you even looked at the students and teachers, Kerlongsj was the most powerful one. He was the sole leader of a cause, big enough to take on all Infinite Stratos in the world. And the thing he did, just a few days was still lingering.
She sighed. "Wouldn't we wait this plan?" Chifuyu and he talked about it. The guys and girls would get along eventually, but now, it was a lot faster than suspected. Kerlongsj sighed. "I heard the guys talking to each other. I suspect, the pilots did the same. Teaming them up isn't a bad way to get along. Besides, they could protest. They didn't."
Chifuyu sighed. That were valid points. "That's true. But why team up like that? Except for Dunois and Raton, the most of pairings you made differ from each other like day and night." Kerlongsj smirked and got up. His face was close to Chifuyu's. "So? It didn't stop us to become close. We became close by fighting. I hope it's the same for the guys. Besides, their differences aren't way as big as ours. And we got along."
Chifuyu smiled. "How do you mean? We differ from each other."
"True. The way of teaching, the way we behave, the way we deal with others, the way we fight. As example. You stand at the back of the class teaching and the girls treat you like an idol. I sit on my desk and we chat an entire hour over tactics. For these guys, I'm a normal teacher. Do I need to tell more?"
Chifuyu smiled. "And why did I fell in love with you?" Kerlongsj grinned at her question. "That's another reason. Not in our differences, but in what we're similar. We're both strong without an equal, except the other one. It's we match what made us friends. Not in what we differ. Understand?"
Chifuyu sighed. "Look, Ichika and Anaton became friends and their meeting was more rocky than ours. By the fight, the girls understood that those guys aren't friends, but they aren't enemies. The same thing with us. These guys are good lads. They got the minimal respect for women. Besides, Kashal heard you saying you were glad with me?"
Chifuyu blushed. "You're cute at moments." Kerlongsj responded and he got back at the computer. Chifuyu passed him and slowly massaged his neck. Kerlongsj closed his eyes and opened his mouth, but no sound came from it. He liked it, she slowly pushing in his neck. She got to his ears.
"If you want to out where I'm sensitive, do that somewhere else?" Chifuyu smiled and she left. The teachers were all somewhat jealous on her. She had the only male pilot as family and the only male teacher. Kerlongsj got back on his work and he sent the report to his friends.
In the hangar.
Cecilia and Erzof were missing, just like Laura and Kashal. Most likely, they were at clubs or discussing tactics. The only ones were Charlotte and Raton chatting with each other, looking at Charlotte's Raphael. When Raton heard it was a second generation machine, he got even more respect for the pilot. He wouldn't suspect it. It was clear that Charlotte was a better pilot then the other girls. But he doubted she could win against him if he went serious.
"Okay, the machine's flying system is okay, it's maneuverable and fast, the problem are your guns. You switch too slow, due to the slightly inferior system. So you need to power up your guns." Raton said looking to Charlotte. The girl blushed. "Why are you so good with them?"
"What do you mean?" He didn't understand the question. She asked him why he was good. That was something he understood. Okay, in which part. "I mean, in using guns. You have more guns on your list and more designs than almost every Infinite Stratos."
Raton shrugged and he jumped down from the machine. Charlotte was maintaining it. "Well, I need only to focus on guns. Not speed or anything else. I only got mid-range to long range. Kashal watch my ass in close range and Anaton uses shields. So I only need to fight. But I'm only good in that when I have someone to team up. But we're talking about your problem. Your strength is higher, but you suck at using it."
"Can't you lend me yours?" She asked him. "Sorry, Charlotte. First of all. That's cheating with the other pilots. Second. My trainer wouldn't forgive me. Third. I got here thanks to a few designs I made myself. The reason why I gave my weapons in fighting is, because we needed to win. And sorry, Charlotte. Infinite Stratos are 'sports.' His sarcastic tone was very well understood. "My guns are made to kill."
She protested. "But that isn't true. I fought before."
"Yeah, but I only noticed it, because I compared your guns with mine. That's when I noticed. Your Raphael and my Schrootverbouwer. They're really similar. In comparison with the mass produced ones, yes, yours is stronger. Compare with mine, yours is weaker. And we need to find a way. Maybe driving up the fire rate." Charlotte nodded. "Okay, how do you want to do that?"
Charlotte and he spent the entire evening chatting at the place.
In the meantime, Kanzashi was at her own unit. She refused it. Why was her sister allowed to train with Ichika and why was she stuck up with Izolf? Unlike Charlotte and Laura who were somewhere happy to have someone similar to train with, she was angry like Rin.
Cecilia took peace with it. Okay, Ichika would be nicer, but Erzof was surprisingly reasonable for a runner. She had to give him a point. Byakushiki was a close range model, so Houki, Tatenashi and Anaton were better for training Ichika. Erzof Monster was like her long range. She couldn't deny that without him, she would be killed. He saved more than once.
Kanzashi heard the door opening. "Most people would have told someone where they were going." A clearly irritated and angry voice said. "It wasn't mine decision, Sarashiki." She turned around and saw Izolf standing. He had his arms crossed and he was furious. She gulped. "I can help with that."
"I don't need it."
"You do. You were damn afraid to fight." She got as hard response. "What do you mean? I fought as well." She got back of her seat and walked to him. After her glasses, her eyes were furious for a change.
"Sorry, let me rephrase it. You were damn afraid to kill someone. I heard you helped Ichika taking down an unmanned unit. But only after your sister got down. She was seriously injured. That was your trigger. But I'm not going to wait until that trigger is pulled. So I'm going to help you. Like it or not."
Kanzashi wanted to slap him, but her wrist was caught by him and he proceeded to punch her. "Stop right there." A voice said and Izolf turned to Tatenashi. "Weren't you training Ichika?" Izolf asked. "Well, he and Anaton-chan are chatting, so I left them. Does his hack tech really work?" Izolf shrugged. "Don't know. You have to ask Kerlongsj or Anaton for that. Don't know, don't really care."
He released her sister and walked to Kanzashi. Tatenashi opened her flyer in which was written 'psycho'. "I'm not a psychopath." Tatenashi looked up just like Kanzashi. "You can read kanji?" Kanzashi asked disbelieved. None of the hackers could do that, she thought. "An unfortunate reminder of my previous life. I was raised by Japanese pilots who lived in Wales. I escaped years after. But I still can read Kanji."
Tatenashi looked to Izolf. "Why did your teacher teamed you up with Kanzashi-chan?" Izolf shook his head. "Don't know, because I saved her arse in a fight."
"I'd like that you mind your language." Izolf closed his right eye. "Make me."
"What?" Tatenashi asked. "If you want that I speak polite, make me. You need to break me."
Tatenashi opened her fan. On it was 'Academy's strongest.' Izolf only smirked. "Not true. You were defeated by Thaza and without Tizof and Houki, I doubt you survived the fight."
"Well, cocky are we?" Izolf activated his hooks above his hands. "You're not the one to talk. You were shot down and if Kerlongsj didn't heal you up, you would have drowned. And Cirluk defeated you! I'm not as strong as him, but strong enough!" Tatenashi made a spear and flung at Izolf. He bended through his knees and he jumped up. Then he reached after her leg and he swung her with his chain away. She landed at the wall.
Izolf walked to her and pulled his hook back. He came dangerously close to her face. "You really need to learn NOT to underestimate your opponents." Izolf was looking at her. She was rumored to be the strongest. He had no problem taking her down.
Before he could continue, he felt a sharp metal in his neck. A bit of blood came out. He looked to Kanzashi who stood with her katana ready to attack him. "Leave her alone." The shy girl was dead serious, so he did. Izolf got up. "So you fight only for the reason that she's hurt." Izolf asked. "What do you mean?"
"You only attacked me when she was down. You didn't help her in the fight. Why?"
"What do you mean?" Izolf sighed. "Sarashiki. You need to fight and protect. Waiting until your sister is down. That isn't the way. You need to prevent that. If you need power to fight, you have to imagine your sister don't get up. You need to fight for yourself. You don't have to prove yourself all the time."
Tatenashi got up. "Izolf." She looked to him. "I'm the same as you. Like you, I have a partner who's better in everything. I don't like it, but he told he sees me as fit. The reason why Erzof and I are brothers is, because Erzof freaked every other boy out. Not me. I wasn't afraid. I talked to him and that was the beginning of our friendship." Izolf looked to the girl.
"Like your Uchigane Nishiki is inferior to Mysterious Lady, so is my program compared to Monster. Still, I can fight for myself. Erzof is confident with me. So is your sister. Erzof finds I do a good job. I make sure he's safe, he takes it down. So, are we going to find a way you can fight yourself or are we going to sit here all day?" Kanzashi deactivated her Infinite Stratos and Izolf's hooks got back on him. He started to look in what they could improve the weapons.
Tatenashi got up. 'He was right. Kanzashi is my precious sister. She's strong. That guy is fit out for her. Anaton was right. If he could Kanzashi-chan angry on him by hurting me, he could reason to her. He really cares for his members.' She left, leaving the two.
After that, hours passed and eventually everyone parted ways. Raton and Kashal met each other when Raton dropped Charlotte off at the dorms. The two got back together as well. Erzof got back as well. He and Cecilia have been talking over tactics. They got back at the dorms. Izolf joined his friends. He was beaten by Kanzashi idea's.
The four got home around the same time, catching each other up in the forest. In the home, they saw Tizof and Anaton healing Thazalof. Well, healing, Anaton did that. Tizof sat next to Thazalof and he was clapping at the hand. He looked like he saw a lot of problems. Which was the case. Rin chased after him and because he didn't want to hurt her, he suffered the consequences. The guys were genuinely concerned about him.
"He's completely destroyed. I feel sorry for Ichika." Anaton said. "How was your training?"
Raton grinned. "We didn't have it, because you were training. I was figuring out how we should upgrade Charlotte's machine. After that just chitchat about normal things. How was your training?"
"Rough." Tizof answered. "Houki was a serious partner, but Tatenashi, that was shit eating. I never thought she would get strong that fast. Both me as Ichika were broken. Anaton healed us up. Bitch."
"Can't deny that. Her sister isn't better." Izolf remarked. "I mean, she was constantly stating she couldn't do anything. Eventually, she allowed me to help. But if she goes on, I quit. I'm not Ichika."
Erzof nodded. "I hope Cecilia is going to be more reasonable. Eventually, we talked about a few things. Still, Kerlongsj was right. She agreed that if I helped her, we both got profit from it. Not so much with Ichika. I suppose you two were the only two lucky ones?"
Kashal nodded. "Better talk with Kerlongsj about that. Can't complain with Laura. Had a few hand matches. That worked. Strong girl. Didn't back down. Got back up her feet. But am I and Raton the only ones who's partner was fun to hang around?"
The guys nodded. "Hey, does Kerlongsj come home?" Anaton shook his head. "No, I think he won't get home. He and Chifuyu would stay at the place. They still had work to do. It's promising."
"But still, it was fun to fight Ichika." Tizof said when he got up. "I wasn't bored by Rin. She just need to grow accustom to me." Thazalof got a punch from his brother. "You really like her."
"Shut the fuck up." He said, moving to his room.
"Cecilia, it was interesting. Want to face her." Erzof said. Izolf shrugged. "Kanzashi need to grow a bit. Need to learn the real way things happen." Izolf and he got up.
"I can't complain with Laura." Kashal said. "She's strong and doesn't back down. Nice to see." Raton didn't think about it. He and Charlotte got along better than most pilots. "Good night, kid."
"Good night, lads." Anaton sat down and walked away. He wouldn't have to wait for his brother. He sighed. Since Kerlongsj and he got up here, the two didn't spend a lot of time. He wanted that his brother and he got somewhere. Spending time. Every now and then, he just took Anaton in his neck and flew to Antwerp to spend the day there.
He missed those times.
Tizof laid on his bunkbed as Thazalof got in. The swordsman had his hands behind his head and sighed. "I want a girlfriend or at least a crush, but I don't have a girl that really appeals to me. I just want a girl who's opposite of me. I want a girl that knows what normal is. Bit childish is okay."
He woke up from his thoughts when he got a hit from his brother. "What's on your mind?"
"Nothing. Just thinking. All of you guys are crushing over a girl, but I don't have one. Leaves me out." Thazalof grinned. "Don't. It sucks. Besides, wasn't Tatenashi someone?" Tizof clenched his teeth.
"No, I mean, she's pretty, but I don't like her. She's annoying. And Houki, well, we both use swords, but she isn't really matching me."
"Well, me and Rin aren't as well." Tizof got up. "Yeah, but you differ at points. You're calm and cool, why Rin is hyper active. Some of the pilots are matching or differing at points. Things that just don't happen with me and Houki and she's more interested in Ichika." Thazalof had to agree. "Well, most of the girls are. Don't want to break them up. But what are actually looking for in a girl, bro?"
Tizof sighed. "I'll tell, but if you spread this, I'll kill you." Thazalof sat up. " A girl who's actually normal. Bit innocent, doesn't know a lot from the world I live in, bit childish. That kind of girl."
"Pikachu-chan?"
Tizof grinned. "We're talking about girls right?" Thazalof shook his head. "That's her nickname. You mean a girl like Nohotoke Honne is something you like. Or at least, she has your matching points."
Tizof shrugged. "Maybe. Something else. I miss the fact we can't ask teach opinion." Thazalof nodded. "Yeah and I think Anaton misses his. I miss the old place and our life there." Tizof laid down. "At least, life was simple there. Good night."
"Good night."
At the academy.
It was long past bed time, but Chifuyu, Yamada and Kerlongsj were working on what was left of the attack. "The unmanned drones have the same logo as the ones who attacked the students in the mall. That was on the day Kerlongsj got here." Chifuyu sighed. Kerlongsj at least fulfilled his promise. He protected her. Speaking of him, he walked out of the room.
"And?" Kerlongsj nodded. "Yeah, the hackers were extremes. They're a splinter faction from the Rogues, joined by Legals. Normally, the Allegiance of Antwerpen would prevent that. I'm afraid that we're having another war on our hands. May I call the Old place to drive up defenses?" Chifuyu nodded. "You saved us."
Kerlongsj only smiled. "I did my part. Like everyone did. You, the teachers, the youngsters, the pilots. We all did our part. If they want to have a war, let them." He cracked his knuckles. "I'm ready for it."
"That's it for today. Let's go to bed." Maya proposed. The green haired left with only the two teachers. Chifuyu looked to him. "You really are something. But was it a good idea to let the pilots team up with the hackers?" Kerlongsj's smile got bigger. "Well, I'm hoping that it turns out well. For now, I have nothing to fear. Dunois and Raton is one thing. I hope that they get better along with each other."
Chifuyu got back on his neck. Like a dog, Kerlongsj closed his eyes as he enjoyed it. "Do you hope for the same things that happened with us?"
"Would be interesting. These guys are old fashioned. The first choice has to be right." Chifuyu smiled as her arms were around his neck and shoulders. Those were trained and existed of muscle. She softly touched them.
Kerlongsj smiled at her. "Are you glad with your choice?"
"Why wouldn't I be?" He shot back at a teasing tone. "Better do this somewhere else." He stopped her with his finger. The two left for her bedroom. The two were glad they lived together, but the last days, they didn't have much of a chance of being alone. Chifuyu threw Kerlongsj at her bed.
"I'm going to tease you. I think I know where you're sensitive." Kerlongsj was still surprised she was a girl at moments. She was now in charge.
"If you can find my parts." Kerlongsj shot back.
The two began to close up and Kerlongsj just hoped he could close his eyes that night.
Still suggestive, not lemon. If you want, just ask or read my last story. If you read the parings I've done, I'm going to keep it like this. No requests anymore.
Something else I noticed in writing.
I'm going to think how I should work this out. Raton and Charlotte were easy, just like Laura and Kashal thanks to the matching points and because the personalities of the two girls aren't aggressive or better said, they don't have strong ones like Rin and Ceilia. I need to figure those out. The good thing is that both Thazalof and Erzof are calm ones.
But Kanzashi will be a real bother. She's gloomy, so matching her with Izolf won't be easy at all. For those who guessed, yeah, I'm going to do an Ichika x Houki fic, but before you're going to see that, some time will have passed. I want to change Ichika, so he is more like a hacker, a bit OOC. It will be a rough, strong, bit aggressive Ichika.
About Tizof, I don't think he'll actually match Tatenashi, so I took Honne. She's more a kid, so I'm going to need a normal situation or something like that. Well, where I putting myself through?
With Tatenashi, I'm toying with an idea, but I need to think it over and think it out. And I got multiple requests of Madoka, well, I have found something on that, but give me some time. It will be done.
Last thing. The coming ones will be breathers. Romance, normal school life, action will be for later.
One funny thing I noticed. It's easier to write romance scenes between Kerlongsj and Chifuyu. True, Chifuyu is considered as a harem candidate, but not in this one. I worked with her character before and my main one, it's easier to write it out and their relationship is somewhere settled.
It's still experimenting, but I can get somewhere.
Well, for now, I got enough ideas that I can work out before I get to a big chapter. If you guys this the date I suspect you'll get the 22/11, that means I got myself in a writer's block again and because I got Syndicate tomorrow, you really are going to have monthly updates.
I got the idea of making a wikia, but I buried it really fast.
Schoenmaker, blijf bij je leest.
Saluut.