Disclaimers: I do not Infinite Stratos.
After much of school work, preparation for exams and hard to find internet connection, this chapter is finally posted. Since Ichika will not be a victim of perverted innuendos by the girls in the IS academy, Houki, Kanzashi and Byakushiki has fallen to canon Ichika's luck and there will be more girls possibly suffered the fate of canon Ichika as well.
Byakushiki's POV, evening, on the way to the dorm.
After witnessing Onii-chan's fight, I want to become strong as Onii-chan. Easier said than done though, where do I start? I ponder around as I trying to find my dorm room. My room number is 1024 and it will be just me alone in that room for security reasons.
I did not understand why my classmates would fall off their desk when I ask Yamada-sensei what is a bra, as a teacher she would answer it right? I should not talk about this any longer and decided to go to my room as I would think about this myself.
As I was on my way to my room, I met up with Houki-san and Kanzashi-san who are my next door roommate apparently.
"Houki-san, Kanzashi-san." I greet them, they were looking tired from the fight.
"Hey Byakushiki..." Houki-san and Kanzashi-san replied to me tiredly.
"Hey um...do you think I can be as strong as Onii-chan?" I asked them.
"Speaking of your brother, who is he actually?" Houki ask me.
To be honest, I actually do not know my Onii-chan that well. And all I have in my memory is basic human knowledge and sense. Should I tell them the truth?
"He's...my brother?"
"Yes, we know that, I mean that who he really is under that bunny helmet?" Houki ask again.
What I know about my brother is that he is the first IS that introduced into the world and has become the most powerful IS, no IS can outmatch Onii-chan in my opinion. But in terms of his identity, all I know that he was once a human and he was the brother of Chifuyu-nee.
"Well, all I know is that he is the younger brother of Chifuyu-nee." I told them.
Houki's eyes widened in surprise.
"Does that mean that he's...Byakushiki, what is his real name?"
"I don't know..." I honestly answered.
Houki's mood dampened at least that's what I see.
Houki's POV
Damn it Byakushiki, when were you born, yesterday? (Actually, yes) Sigh, I'm really exhausted after the match, That Cecilia is dancing on the battlefield and Byaku Usagi just handle that girl no problem. But what she just said, it might be him. But I just can't confirm it now, and Byakushiki isn't helping here.
I end the conversation with Byakushiki and went to our room with Kanzashi. There, we would discuss about today's battle, Byaku Usagi and Byakushiki.
"*sigh* That battle was exhausting to say the least, it's hard to dodge Cecilia's shots when fighting that guy." Kanzashi stretches and jumps into her bed.
"Hey Kanzashi, what do you think of Byakushiki?" I asked her.
"Hm?"
"About Byakushiki, is she Chifuyu-san's sister?"
"Hm..." Kanzashi seems to be thinking about it.
"By looks, she is one but I'm not really so sure since I don't know her that well yet."
"..."
"So what should we do Houki?"
"...We should know about her first."
"Starting tomorrow, we should know each other."
"Agreed..."
Silence fills the air.
"...Who's going to use the shower first?" Kanzashi asked. Both are considered dirty from the match and they need to wash up.
"...I'll go first." Houki started to undress and staring at Kanzashi for a moment.
"Oh..I should turn around am I?" Kanzashi turns away from her as Houki undress and proceed to the shower room.
'Maybe she's just worried about her insecurities or mine.' Kanzashi thought as she touched and hiding her bosoms.
The night went uneventful for the two of them, to say the least.
Cecilia's Room, night.
*Drip* *drip* *drip* *drip* *drip*...
The hot water continues to spurt out from the shower head. The water lands on the skin and flows down the curves of the body. A well-proportioned body that's rare among the white people and the beautiful streamlines, to Cecilia, is something to be really proud of. Those long legs are shiny, silky and beautiful, and they can not only compete with those of the idols, but it's likely that Cecilia's will come out victorious.
Though her breasts are a little smaller, compared to other white girls of the same age, it makes her body profile stand out even more. Thus, to her, it seems to stir a rather complicated feeling about this. However, that's just for white girls. If they're compared to a Japanese girl, they're more than enough, enough to even be called big.
Cecilia continues to let the water rush down her breasts as she ponders deep thoughts.
'This isn't the first time I felt this...'
She was feeling uneasy.
"Byaku Usagi(What the eastern parts called him), The White Rabbit (What the western parts called him)..."
She tried to shout his name out. Unbelievably, she could even feel her chest heat up.
Her heart was pounding without any restraint. Cecilia gently stroked her lips. Those pretty wet lips seemed like they were waiting for someone to touch them, as in her body, an unbelievable excitement stirred.
"..."
Warm and sweet, saddening yet delighting.
'What's with this feeling?'
Before she knew it, her chest was already overwhelmed with this feeling.
'I want to know.'
She wants to know its true identity, she wants to know what's behind this feeling.
'I want to know, I want to know more about Byaku Usagi.' She decided to use his eastern alias.
"...Starting with..." Cecilia breathes in and...
"Who really are you Byaku Usagi!?" She shouted on the top of her lungs.
"Oi, could you keep it down!" The voice from next door can be heard.
Cecilia then recalled the moment Byaku Usagi summoned her IS [Blue Tears] hours ago. She wonders how did he transformed her IS into a human-like form and interact with her IS and can she do the same.
"[Blue Tears], can you hear me..." no response whatsoever.
Cecilia went silent, only the sound of water flowing echoed throughout the bathroom.
Ichika's dream
Ichika along with Ichiko was inside a maze, all around them is black and white. Ichika and his counterpart navigated through the maze and saw a huge door. The door opens itself as if the door congratulates Ichika for making it this far and gives a view on the other side. The other side reveals a metropolis in ruins, above the sky of the ruined metropolis was a huge figure. The figure described as a woman in a grand dame outfit but it's demonic-like appearance covers up her beauty and it looks like she's upside down.
Ichika noticed a small figure within the ruined city, a girl with long black hair, wears a uniform that doesn't look like a high-school uniform and wields a round shield. She was apparently fighting with the grand dame in the sky and she was losing.
Soon after, on the same door that Ichika went, a high-school girl with short pink hair tied in twin tails appeared in front of him and saw them.
"W-who are you?" The girl asked him.
"..." Ichika did not say a word.
"Him? He's Orimura Ichika and I'm Ichiko. You?" Ichiko introduced him to the girl.
"I'm Kaname Madoka,um...nice to meet you..." the girl named Madoka replied.
Madoka, that name strikes Ichika for some reason but he didn't show it.
"So, any idea what is this place?" Ichiko asked Madoka.
Madoka shook her head, "*sigh* No idea huh?" Ichiko was depressed then, a realization.
"Wait a minute, this is your dream Ichika, how come she's here and what's going on here?" Ichika discussed with her counterpart.
"Kaname Madoka..." The trio looks for the source of the voice and finds a white creature that most people considered cute, but Ichika senses something unusual about the creature. Madoka approaches the creature slowly. It's face never change not the slightest and hides the disturbance that Ichika sensed moments ago.
"Greetings Kaname Madoka, and the ones who have witnessed this event, Orimura Ichika and his shadow, Ichiko. I am Kyubey." The creature speaks without opening it's mouth.
"Uh is it me or did that creature just talk, and how does he know about us?!" Ichiko was surprised by it's statement.
"If you want to save the world, then form a contract with me and become a magical girl, Kaname Madoka." Kyubey gives Madoka an offer.
"Um..." Madoka was hesitant, but soon look at the giant figure in the sky, the girl with the shield and the man with his counterpart.
Before Madoka made her decision, Ichika deploys [Blue Star] and fires a high frequency laser from the Sniperlance at Kyubey's face. Kyubey's face left a mark, or rather a hole from the fire and fell into the abyss of the ruined city. Madoka was surprised by the sudden attack and looks at Ichika with a scared look.
"..." Ichika stood there, looking at Madoka with blank eyes.
"W-what did you do that for?" Madoka asked him frantically.
Before she gets his answer, the surrounding become a blur and everything went black.
The two of them are awakened from their slumber. Ichiko was breathing heavily and sweating from the dream so much that her clothes are partially drenched, Ichika was no different.
"Whoa dude, what the hell was that dream?" Ichiko looks at Ichika with confusion.
"..."
"OK...we may not discuss this again, good night Ichika." Ichiko yawned as she says good night at her counterpart.
Ichika puts on his poker face at Ichiko, went back to sleep and never had the previous dream again.
Meanwhile at the Kaname residence in another universe,
Madoka was awakened from what she would have called a bad dream. She was breathing heavily and sweating but not as much as Ichika and Ichiko.
"It was just a dream..." Madoka wondered for a while whether to talk to her friends about this or not. She checked the time and it was already morning. Better go to school for her and live in a normal life for her, at least that's what she thinks.
Tabane's secret laboratory, morning.
Tabane was still in her pajamas while Ichika and Ichiko was already showered and fully dressed for the occasion. Uchigane and Rafael follow soon after,
"Mornin' Bunny girl, Uchigane, Rafael." Ichika's counterpart greets them.
"Morning..." Tabane was still half-asleep.
"Morning, Onii-sama." "Morning Onii-san." Uchigane and Rafael greets them at the same time.
After the greeting was done, a meeting start.
"All right, let's discuss what are we going to do today..." Ichiko declared, Uchigane and Raphael nodded while Tabane was about to fall asleep.
Ichika gets up from the table, grabs a bucket, fill it with cold water and douse Tabane with it.
"Gah!" Tabane fell over the table all drenched and was pouting.
"Mou, why did you do that for Ikkun?!" Tabane was ranting with tears present on her eyes, manga style.
"Rise and shine pink bunny, this is an important meeting and you're involved in it." Ichiko countered.
Tabane sits back at the breakfast table pouting while Ichika decided to put the bucket near him just in case Tabane falls back to sleep.
The group discussed on what Ichika and Ichiko will do in China, and the IS unit that the Chinese government had developed that they were suppose to test while eating their breakfast. After the following breakfast...
"...Can I go back to sleep?" Tabane said tiredly.
"What time did you sleep anyway Tabane?!" Ichiko asks her angrily, this is how Ichika expressed his worries when it comes to Tabane. He may not look like it, but he treated Tabane as his second big sister, well maybe little sister by the way she act and he would always worry about Tabane.
"Good thing you decided to stay here, huh Ichika?" Ichiko remarks.
IS academy, class 1-1, Byakushiki's POV
It was another lesson for me, I'm learning things about my self and my other sisters starting at the beginning. An IS like me should know this immediately but not me. I was introduced recently as a 3.5th generation IS according to Tabane-sama which means compared to my older sisters which obtained all of their recommended knowledge overtime, I just learned the basic human and IS knowledge in just a day ago.
But it's just enough to prevent me from being an alien. My classmates seems to talk about something regarding about yesterday, was that yesterday's question such a big deal? I should remind myself not to go through that again as Chifuyu-nee said. The reason I called her Chifuyu-nee is because she is Onii-chan's sister so it makes me her little sister.
As the class started, Chifuyu-nee approached me with her attendance book held high.
*PAM!* The sound of a painful impact echoes throughout. The attendance book remains as hard as ever! This isn't the first time I got hit by Chifuyu-nee's attendance book for the record.
"What was that for Chifuyu-nee?!"
*PAM!* There goes another hit.
"Call me Orimura-sensei, we're not related so don't refer me as your sister..." Chifuyu-nee then come close to me and whisper in my ear with a low voice,
"...until you are worthy enough that I'll allow you to." I felt a sensation that I'm not familiar with.
My classmates looks at me with strange looks, is there something wrong with me that I didn't noticed it?
"Whoa, Byakushiki-san is not really related to Chifuyu-sama?"
"Maybe there's more to this if Chifuyu-sama would whisper to Byakushiki-san like that."
"Ah, so romantic~"
"Whoa you think so? that will be big news!"
"Wah, I envy you Byakushiki."
Just as the gossiping continues, Chifuyu-nee ends it immediately to prevent the information from leaking out,
"If you have time for gossiping, then you have time for lessons!" All the students are silent and the class started off wonderfully, if Yamada-sensei did not flustered by the unexpected scene that just happened.
'Orimura-sensei doing that stuff with a student? No, there must be some explanation for all of this, y-yes, an explanation haha' She was expressing her thoughts loudly for all the students in class 1-1 including me and Chifuyu-nee to hear. She then realizes it and her face become red out of embarrassment. It will be big news if this would leak out.
"If this news leaks out, I will personally guaranteed that you will all see me in a 'special lesson', and that incudes you Yamada." Maya gulped by Chifuyu's threat and all the students of class 1-1 made an indirect swore to secrecy. I must keep my mouth shut about this too, because I have a feeling that I don't want to attend this 'special lesson' that Chifuyu-nee mentioned.
China, Ichiko's POV
Hah, here we are in China. It's no longer the traditional China from where I see in these parts. Right now we are in a IS building facility sponsored by the Chinese government and they approved us immediately to get access pass inside it. My bro Ichika is very famous to the world but only to the 'officially' important people because of his connection with Tabane, the public is out of question. As for me, I'm considered his 'secretary' if you like to call me that.
"Ah, Byaku Usagi and friend I presume?" A woman greeted us. Ichika nodded. Of course he is, he has that white bunny head on, which gives him that alias.
"I'm Lei Lei Yang, the supervisor of the pilot of [Shen Long] Huang Lingyin." She shake hands with Ichika.
"So, where's the pilot?" I ask her, I haven't seen anyone else but her.
"Oh, she's on her way now. Just give me a minute." She then move away from us to make a phone call that she won't share with us.
"Ling, where are you?! I have been waiting for you to come here and he's already here!" she was practically yelling on the phone that we won't even bother get close to hear it.
[Alright I'll be right there, you'll grow gray hairs even before you reach 30 if you keep yelling at me on the phone.]
Just few minutes later, the pilot arrives. She is a petite girl with brown long hair, tied into twin tails on the sides and it is much longer than the girl from the dream.
"Ling, where have you been? You're an important person so act like one, you're embarrassing me in front of Byaku Usagi." Lei scolded the pilot while pointing at Ichika.
"Alright, let's cut to the chase, you want us to test out what this [Shen Long] can do, and that's what were gong to do. Now let's do this!" I commanded.
"*sigh* Just don't do any mischief Ling. I'm going to left you with Byaku Usagi." and with that, Lei left with a sigh.
"So you're Byaku Usagi...I would have expected a playboy but not this. Anyways I'm Huang Lingyin, the pilot of the 3rd generation IS [Shen Long]." That cool talk doesn't suit her at all, she look familiar for some reason.
"That does not suit you Twin tail." I expressed her opinion.
"Wha? Why are you saying something like that?" Her true face was revealed.
"..." My bro just stood silently.
"Let's get this over with Twin tail." I started.
"It's Ling!" What an impatient one.
"Fine then, I'll just call you Rin, happy?"
"Close enough."
Rin puts on her suit and deployed her IS. The IS [Shen Long], it is used for close-range combat and it's weapon is focused on destroying IS armor. I also noticed that this unit has an Impact/Shock Cannon above each shoulders. Due to the nature of the projectile that it shoots and the IS itself, it is only effective at close range.
Ichika examines the [Shen Long] and proceeds to touch it, I know where this is going. A bright light consumes [Shen Long] and Rin was engulfed with it. After the light disappears, Rin was without her IS and a new figure appeared.
"Hey, where is my IS, and who the hell are you?!" Rin looks at the figure that appeared instantly.
"Ah, hello Nii-chan, Welcome to China and it's nice to meet you. As you know I'm [Shen Long] and I'm focused on destroying my opponents armor and equipped with a Impact Cannon to push my enemies aside if they got close to me." Shen Long introduced herself to me and Ichika, Rin was rather stunned.
"S-Shen Long?" Rin was almost speechless.
Shen Long looks like a mecha martial artist(Imagine Ranma-chan from Ranma ½) along with it's original color with it's double scimitar on its back and it's invisible Impact cannon on it's shoulders although me and Ichika still know it's there.
"Aiyah, How inconsiderate of me, my pilot. I only look like this because onii-chan is the only one who can transform any IS into a human-like form like the one you are seeing now." Shen Long responded to her pilot.
"How in the world did you do that?" Rin points at my counterpart.
"It's a secret..." I told her." Shen Long, "Let's get this party started!"
Shen Long holds into Rin and wait for Ichika to transform her back into an IS.
When [Shen Long] reverts back to the original form, the test run has begun. After the test match which lasted for hours, Ichika decided to take a break along with Ichiko, Rin and Shen Long somewhere on the hills.
"Ugh, that hurt like hell, Nii-chan. This is all your fault Rin-sama!" Shen Long complained and blames her pilot.
"My fault? you're the one that force me to get close to him!" She countered which is not enough to make an argument.
"Well I am a close-range IS, what do you expect?!" Shen Long replied.
Both the IS and the pilot laughed with each other, I love this kind of feeling.
"It seems that you two are getting along well..." I told them.
Both of them smiled earnestly.
"Hey Rin, do you have any plans this evening because we're planning to extend our stay until night time." I said to her.
"..." Rin's not answering.
"Rin?"
"...Uh yeah."
"Should I tell them about that Rin-sama?" Shen Long asks her pilot.
"What do you mean?" Rin was confused.
"Since you're my pilot, I know more about you including your past experience as we spend our time together."
"Tell us what?" I was curious, to say the least.
"No Shen Long, I'll tell them..." Rin has become gloomy, this is gonna be a sad story.
"It was a year ago when my parents got divorced, I stay with my mom while my dad continued the family business, which was a restaurant business and my mom get a job in the IS industry which makes me an IS pilot because of my mom's job..." Rin was in tears as she tells her story.
"So why tells us this?" I asked her.
"Because..." She looks at Ichika, I think I started to know why." He reminds me of the young man who saved me from some bullies three years ago..." So she's the twin tail girl that he saved three years ago.
"Him?" I decided to play along.
"Some years ago when my parents were still together, we move to Japan and I transferred there from fifth grade until my sophomore year in middle school. I did not make any friends during that time because of my race and everyone bullied me for that. And three years ago, as I was bullied by the boys at my schools in the streets, he came along. He was a high school student from what I remember, and he carries a training sword and spear with him. He use his training spear with brutality yet with grace to beat the hell out of those bullies, and gives me a passing glance before he left, I didn't had the chance to thank him."
I noticed that Rin was lowering her head, I can see tears of sadness in her eyes.
"But, shortly after that, he was involved in an incident where he tried to save a girl in a kidnapping and was severely injured in the process. I heard from the government that he survived, but he suddenly disappeared after the incident and never to be heard again..."
Rin has stopped talking and proceeds to cry all the way. We all sat in silence, not knowing what to do with her until she stopped crying.
"Feel better Rin?" I ask her.
"Yeah, I'm okay." at least she feels better.
As we went back to the facility, a disturbing news just came in. Rin's supervisor Lei rushed towards us and explained the news.
"Ah there you are, there has been an incident regarding- who are you?" She noticed Shen Long and ask her.
"I'm Shen Long, It's a long story..." She introduced herself.
"I bet it is, we'll talk about this later. But now there are what we believe as droned IS hacked by some genius hacker. There were three Uchiganes and two Golems running amok in the city and you'll going to help the other IS pilots that were already on the scene to stop those droned IS."
"Rin-sama, I think I still have some shield energy left, let's go!" Rin nodded as Shen Long said to her.
Shen Long embraces Rin just like in the test match and Ichika transformed her back into an IS, it seems that during her mecha musume form that she recovers some of her shield energy.
"Okay, that might explained how she become like that in the first place." Lei was sweat dropped after seeing the transformation and proceeds to follow them with her own IS.
AS they arrived at the scene, the other IS pilots are trying to stop the two Golems.
"Ah you there, help us by stopping those Uchiganes on a rampage." The other IS pilot commanded. But what am I suppose to do? I don't have an IS with me. I'm just Ichika's other conscious, feelings and thoughts.
Ichika immediately detects no pilot in all of three Uchiganes and the two Golems, which means he can transformed them into mecha musumes to hear what they have to say.
"Must...go...to...the...IS academy..." They are like zombies and seems to have no self-control. I do feel bad about knocking some senses of these Uchiganes, but Ichika has to do it since the city will be in grave danger if he don't.
Ichika managed to stopped the three Uchigane thanks to Chifuyu-nee's skill inherited inside him, Although time is a wasting as the Golem units gives much difficulties to other pilots due to its constant dodging against their attacks. Golem, unlike other IS doesn't require a human pilot to operate itself which unables it to undergo 'second shift' due to it requires a human pilot to do so, but that's not important right now.
"GOLEM MUST GO TO IS ACADEMY!" One of the unmanned unit said.
Rin upon hearing from Golem stopped her with her invisible cannon just enough to let other pilots pinned her down. Golem was struggling until Ichika knocked her down by using [White Knight Lance] to reduce her shield to zero which caused her to fall unconscious. All is settled down until something is wrong here, one of the Golem is missing. And from what the other Golem said,
"Hey, call the IS academy, tell them that Golem is on her way!"
The other pilots nodded and contacted the IS academy. Afterwards, we searched for any survivors during the chaos and reporters are swarming at Ichika, squeezing me with it. This is gonna take a long time to explain everything to them. Ichika's ability of transforming IS and lancing skills have been hidden from the public for a while, and It never crossed my mind when he trying to help the pilots just a few minutes ago. As soon as they're awake, they'll gonna explain what is the meaning of this. What is their purpose of going to the IS academy in the first place? Who is responsible for the hacking? She should be on her way on the IS academy by now, but I'm sure the teachers would handle this, they're not IS instructors for nothing. Just hope that Byakushiki does not involved in any danger right now.
"Yo Rin, you're alright?"
"Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks to the other pilots' help. What are you two going to do after this?"
"Oh, just staying here to ask them as soon as they're awake."
"Oh you mean those four IS units?"
"Yep, now where's your house? Sorry for being rude but we need some time to spend some time until they're awake, and getting away from the reporters."
I saw Ichika literally drag four unconscious units waiting for a proper location.
"I don't think my house will fit for those four..." Rin has a reason for saying that, Golem and the three Uchiganes are larger than Ichika just by looking at it. "let's go to dad's restaurant, I think it's big enough for the four of them."
As we went to the restaurant, Rin suddenly become depressed at the front of the entrance.
We went inside, an easy-going man was running the restaurant greeted us. "Ah, welcome. You must be the one who transformed those IS and stopped them." He took a glimpse at the four unconscious IS that Ichika dragged all the way here and looks at Rin.
"..." Rin was silent for a few seconds.
"It's okay Ling, I'm okay with the way things are now..." He looks at Ichika for a while.
"What you'll be having today sir?"
"He doesn't talk much so I'll be the one ordering for him. But I don't know what is the best you have around here so give me whatever you recommend."
After the meal, which Ichika remained to use that bunny head DURING the meal, I have to admit it, Tabane-nee is very crafty when it comes to making that head that Ichika doesn't have to remove it while eating, the IS units finally awakened from their unintended slumber. It was time to ask them about the rampage, and Rin was still here along with Shen Long who Ichika transformed during the meal.
"So..what happened?" I asked the IS units.
"I do not know, we were at stand-by mode and the next thing happened was we were activated and some message forces us to act unnaturally and make us gone berserk." The Uchigane recalled,
"GOLEM DOES NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT UNTIL WE CAME TO OUR SENSES." and Golem supported them.
After hearing their story, I conclude it must be either some terrorist activity with an unknown motive, or is it Tabane-nee's way of payback from morning.
After we left the restaurant, it was already night time and Shen Long seems to pulling Ichika's sleeve for getting his attention.
"Wait, before you leave, here's a little gift for you." Shen Long seems to produce something from her hands.
[Dragon Halberd received]
"And a little something extra from me."
[Jade Dragon Ring received]
Ichika transformed her back into an IS in standby mode.
"Good luck...and be nice to Byakushiki if you meet her when you transferred to the IS academy" I said to Rin as we left.
This is gonna be big news tomorrow...
Second period, Houki's POV, Few hours before the Golem arrives.
The lesson went on as usual, Cecilia seems to have changed after the match and Byakushiki seems want to become stronger, and I have this weird feeling towards Byaku Usagi. There seems to be no more classes this afternoon so it will be the perfect time for me and Kanzashi to spend time with her and know more about her.
After the second period ended, Cecilia started to approach at Byakushiki's desk and started to talk to her. I overheard that Byakushiki want to practice and honing her skill and Cecilia wanted to know the connection between Byakushiki and Byaku Usagi. Kanzashi stood up and approaching towards Byakushiki and I followed.
"Excuse me Byakushiki, but I seem to wonder that is it true that you're related to Byaku Usagi?" Cecilia started to ask first.
"Um..yeah. I was actually thinking of having practice at the arena and if you mind coming along with me?"
"Well, since you've ask, I Cecilia Alcott will be your practice partner-" Cecilia's declaration interrupted by my argument.
"It's okay, I'll be her practice partner, we don't want you to be overbooked if you're busy with the student council."
"Oh silly me, it seems that you're right. I have to attend the student council meeting today since I'm the class representative here. We will talk about this some other time Byakushiki, see you later." And just like that Cecilia left not without the ojou-sama pose, are English people like that?
Nonetheless I have Byakushiki on my hands here along with Kanzashi, and I will practice with her later.
"Byakushiki, what unit you'll be using later?"
"Well, I'll be using myself." sometimes I do not understand what she's saying or what she means at all. I sighed and just go with the flow.
Arena 1, After school, few minutes before the arrival of Golem
We arrived in the arena with our training suits Uchigane while Byakushiki is using what I think is a personal suit. It's gray in color and it's a new type of IS from what I see it. Unlike us she didn't use the training suits that we students would regularly wear under our uniform.
"Byakushiki, do you have any weapon?" Kanzashi asks.
"Well.. I have this." Byakushiki deployed her close-range sword, It's rather a curved longsword actually.
"Have you had any experience in sword fighting?" I asked her.
"Only the basics." She replied.
"Well then let's begin!" just as we started practicing, Chifuyu-san sends an anouncement,
"Attention all teachers, a call has been received about an unmanned drone IS Golem is approaching the IS academy. Please prepare your IS to battle and all students must stay away from the battlefield!"
Just then an explosion occurred and something entered into the arena. As the smoke cleared, I saw an rather large IS, it must be the unmanned IS that Chifuyu-san announced earlier.
"ME GOLEM, MUST DESTROY!" said the IS. It's not possible for IS to talk unless Byaku Usagi transformed 'it' into 'her' just like the last battle with Cecilia's [Blue Tears].
"Golem-nee-chan, what are you doing?" Byakushiki asked the IS.
"You know her Byakushiki?" Kanzashi asked.
"Yes, she's the IS Golem and she's acting weird." Byakushiki said while approaching Golem.
"""Byakushiki, What do you think you're doing?!""" I heard Chifuyu-san informed Byakushiki along with me and Kanzashi.
"GOLEM SMASH!" Golem punched Byakushiki as she went close and sends her to the wall of the arena.
Golem then stare at us,
"What do you two think you're doing, get out of there. The teachers will be on the way." Chifuyu-san said to us.
"But without any distraction, she'll destroy the rest of the school since the arena barrier is destroyed." Kanzashi argued.
"Golem-nee-chan is out of control, we must stop her!" Byakushiki went closer and try to attack the Golem with her longsword, Kanzashi and I would soon follow with our katanas.
Golem dodged almost of our attacks even with the angle that considered impossible to dodge and retaliates all the way.
"Kanzashi, how's your shield energy?"
"About 254. your's?"
"Around 239."
"Mine's 197." Byakushiki replied.
Then I noticed Golem had stopped attacking and listen to our conversation. It seems that she'll only attacks If we make a move, but if she doesn't attack us, she'll destroy the academy with her rage. We need to destroy her before she cause any more damage.
What is the teachers taking so long and I realized that the school is crowded by the evacuated students that was nearby the arena and they can't seem to open the gate to the arena. This is bad...
Just as Golem fires her laser from her fist at me, Byakushiki come closer to me and used herself as a shiedl.
BOOM!
"Byakushiki!" I yelled at her. The smoke makes it hard to see if Byakushiki survive the hit. And when the smoke clears, Byakushiki's suit have changed from gray colored to a pure white color and the shaped has changed also.
"This...is the first shift." Byakushiki said. "Yukihara Nigata.."
As she said her weapons name, I realize something. The longsword she was holding was once belonged to Chifuyu-san during her career as as IS pilot, how did she have that?
"GRAHH?" Golem sees Byakushiki's new form. And from behind her was Cecilia firing at Golem when she's distracted.
"Sorry for the delay, I have to get through the evacuated students just to get here. Hm, first shift? I didn't expect that from you Byakushiki." Cecilia seems to noticed Byakushiki's new form.
"GRAHHH!" Golem is now on a rampage.
Cecilia continues her fire but she miss most of the shots, "Now!"
Me and Kanzashi slashed and lands a direct hit at Golem. She was growing on pain.
"GWOOOHHH!'
I noticed that Byakushiki started to glow, I sense tremendous power around her.
"Don't worry Golem-nee-chan..." Byakushiki let out a battle cry and approaches the Golem at high speed while Golem aimed at Byakushiki firing her laser.
"Reiraku Byakura!"
Her longsword changed into a beam saber and cuts through the laser and cuts through the Golem's armor and managed to knocked her down. Both of their armors are destroyed, half-conscious on the ground and their nude body is everyone to see. It was a beautiful scene- What am I saying?! Why am I thinking these perverted thoughts?! Snap out of it Houki, you're better than that.
"UGH, GOLEM BACK TO NORMAL..."
"What..happened..Golem-nee-chan...?"
"SOMEONE HACK ME AND MADE GOLEM ACT CRAZY. GOLEM GLAD EVERYTHING IS OKAY THANKS TO YOU AND NII-SAN..."
"Onii-chan...?"
"THE REST BESIDE ME ARE SAFE WITH NII-SAN BACK AT CHINA..."
"...I'm...glad." Both Byakushiki and Golem lose consciousness as I went near the two of them.
The teachers sent Byakushiki to the infirmary while Golem is sent to some basement in the IS academy.
Infirmary, Chifuyu's POV, evening
Feels like dejavu here, Byakushiki reminds me of Ichika during his stay at the hospital. At least she's okay, If she was not, I could never explain it to him. Her sleeping gentle face reminded me of...me, back in high-school. I do not know why, but she has attracted a lot of attention in just a few days in the IS academy. And she just happened to activate her 'first shift' during that battle.
She doesn't have a purpose to become stronger yet, but I have a feeling that she'll soon have her purpose. She maybe created by my brother, doesn't mean she's officially my little sister...at least for now. My brother's latest gift, Byakushiki, ever since he moved in with Tabane, I felt left alone at home. I barely see Ichika in a week, it feels like I'm separating from my brother, thanks to his 466 types of newly found sister. Tabane...you better not make things worse after this.
I come closer towards Byakushiki's sleeping face.
"C-Chifuyu-nee..." Muttering my name under your sleep? Geez, I'm not your sister yet, not until I accept you as my sister.
"Don't worry Byakushiki, I'll take care of you just like I take care of my brother." I told her, she's still in deep slumber, good.
As I kissed her on the lips, I sense someone who spied on me.
"Shinonono, Sarashiki, Alcott, I know you're in there." My three students come out of their hiding place and I threatened them,
"You'll keep this to yourselves you hear me, If you ever tell anyone else, I swear you'll never see the sun light."
They all nodded in fear, such good students.
"Now if you excuse me..." I left the infirmary as I look upon my students who is speechless beyond doubt.
Normal POV
The three girls are speechless and blushing at what they saw for a few seconds,
"What in the world is that?!" Cecilia was the first to speak.
"Shhhh, not so loud!" kanzashi tried to whisper as loud but not too loud. "Uh Houki, your nose..."
Houki then inspect her nose and finds blood on her hands which she use to inspect her nose.
"I-It's not what you think, it was from the Golem battle!"
"Oh Houki, I didn't know you're into that~" Kanzashi teased still blushing.
"I'm not, how about you Kanzashi, you're blushing the whole way during checking out Byakushiki!"
"..." No response from Kanzashi.
"Let's just keep it to ourselves as Orimura-sensei said so we don't have to suffer Orimura-sensei's wrath." Cecilia speaks.
Both Houki and kanzashi nodded, and they never mentioned the event to anyone.
Tabane's secret laboratory, night
"Hm, yes yes yes, Byakushiki's battle data has been analyzed. But it needs half more data to complete for [Akatsubaki]." Tabane types something at high speed on her holographic super computer.
"But, Is it really necessary to hack into my fellow sisters and turn them into berserk zombies Tabane-sama?" Uchigane is behind her.
"I don't see the problem about that." Tabane cheerfully said.
"'Don't see the problem', but Tabane-sama, your hacking attempt just destroyed part of the city and almost killed all the people in there." Raphael pointed out.
"And if Onii-sama finds out about this, he'll punish you." Uchigane added.
"Oh, but you two will be punished too because I'll say that you allowed me to do it. So that's a fair game.~" Tabane replied while sticking her tongue out.
Both Uchigane and Rafael froze in fear imagining the worst case scenario if their brother does finds out.
"Tabane-sama, that's dirty!" Uchigane uttered.
"How dare you take us to hell with you!" Raphael added.
"We're home!" Ichiko answered.
Tabane, Uchigane and Rafael are now considered doom if he would see the evidence, so they decided to clear out the evidence before Ichika reached to the room that they are currently in.
"H-Hi, Ikkun, Icchan~" Tabane greets them in not her usual cheerful manner, while Uchigane and Rafael frantically greets her big brother.
"W-Welcome Onii-sama.""W-welcome Onii-san."
"I see that you're cleaning up you two." Ichiko points out and noticed the screen on Tabane's holographic computer have surveillance on the town that Ichika went this afternoon.
"So it was you who made those IS gone berserk this afternoon!" Ichiko was mad right now and sighed. "And I suppose you two allowed her to do it."
""Sorry...""
"Now as punishment for the three of you, Tabane-nee no snacks until I say so." Tabane was about to cry.
"And you two...are you ready for a shock treatment?" Uchigane and Rafael turned pale.
"IIYYAAHHH!"
The Next Day, morning
Chifuyu was on her desk when she decided to read today's newspaper and she finds an article that attracted her attention. Her brother's picture was there in the article and the signature bunny head was there.
'Figures if he would wear that.'
The Mysterious White Rabbit
This has been the greatest discovery since the introduction of the IS, a young man who can deploy a weapon as powerful as the IS itself has appeared in public. It seems that this young man, known as Byaku Usagi has been hidden in public apparently saved the day during his trip in China which revealed himself in public and the Japanese government had to give their known information about Byaku Usagi to the world. And what is the most promising about this man is that he can transform IS into their human-like form. Researchers are now investigating this matter regarding how he could accomplish such thing.
"Hm, it seems that the secrets out, this is gonna be interesting, the news will last for a while..." Chifuyu sighed as she continues to read the newspaper.
First period, Byakushiki's POV
Rumors were heard about a certain transfer student suddenly transferred in here. I'm still healing but it should be fine for me to attend class.
"A transfer student? At this time of year?"
"That's right. I heard that it's a transfer student from China!"
"Woah, is that so?"
China, that's where Onii-chan went yesterday. I wonder how's he been doing in there.
"Hey, you won't believe this one, Byaku Usagi just went public."
"No way what happened?"
"There was an incident yesterday in China that made him reveal himself and his abilities."
"You mean that IS transformation?"
"Yes. That one."
Onii-chan has been revealed huh? I wonder if they know I'm an IS by now?
"Hey, are you Byakushiki?" I look for the source of the voice and it was a petite twin tail girl. Everyone was looking at her.
"Um, yeah. Are you-?"
"That's right, I'm the one who Byaku Usagi met yesterday in China, Huang Lingyin but you can call me Rin."
"How did you-?"
"Know? she mentioned about you." She? Must be Ichiko-nee. "Let's be friends Byakushiki!"
I have a new friend that Onii-chan met just yesterday, and I don't know what should I react to this.
Then a hit from Chifuyu-nee to my new friend, Rin.
"Ow,what in the world? Oh Chifuyu-san-"
"It's Orimura-sensei, now get to your class."
"Okay okay, see ya later Byakushiki."
"Uhhh..."
I noticed that the characters are sort of OOC and I'm not sure how to say about this. But regardless I hope you enjoy this chapter. Next chapter will be either Laura Bodewig: the lost Valkyrie or The crisis of the Dunois Industry since I have a hard time deciding who Ichika will visit first, and who will transferred to the IS academy first.
Review if you like or if you would like to decide...
Status
Name: Huang Lingyin
Sex: Female
Age:15
Titles/Nicknames: Twin tail, Ironing board, Rin
Weapon Type: Scimitars (Heavy)
IS:Shen Long
Battle Type: Attacker
Weapon: Twin Guandao
Ability: Excel at close-range and can unleashed armor crushing attacks towards opponent IS.
Battle Ability: ?
Description: A petite girl with lots of energy, she has a cheerful personality hiding the sorrow that had been occurred to her, but cheered up after an encounter with Ichika.
Weapons
Name: Dragon Guandao
Owner: Huang Lingyin
Power: 288
Type: Heavy Scimitar
Attack Type: Strike
Description: Two heavy blades which uses crushing force from it's weight rather than a sharp edge. Can be combined into a double bladed weapon.
Name: Dragon Halberd
Owner: Orimura Ichika, given by Shen Long
Power: 230
Type: Halberd
Attack Type: Strike
Description: A heavy halberd that was given to Shen Long. It's weight makes it slower but more powerful than the White Knight Lance and it's blunt edge gives it the blunt force. There is an invisible Impact cannon on the tip of the halberd.
Item
Name: Jade Dragon Ring
Type: Ring
Description: A ring that shaped like a dragon, It's mouth carries the jade. A masterpiece that most jade fans considered.
Possession: Orimura Ichika, given by Shen Long
In terms of IS personalities/attitudes
Uchigane: Loyal
Rafael including Charlotte's: Charming
Blue Tears: Noble
Shen Long: Carefree
Schwarzer Reign: Knight
Golem: Beast
Silver Gospel: Serious
Akatsubaki: Tsundere
*Note: May not be accurate since the same type of IS do not share the same personalities/attitudes.