ATTENTION ATTENTION I KNOW I KNOW 2 CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY ARE YOU AN IDIOT. WELL I HAVE BEEN TESTED AND NO I HAVE AN AVERAGE IQ. AGAIN INFINITE STRATOS IS NOT MINE IT BELONGS TO Izuru Yumizuru. SO UNTIL I BUY IT IT IS HIS. READ AND ENJOY.
Ivan's POV
It has been seven days since I had asked Houki to teach me about the IS. And every day she came at me like a wild animal. We had been doing kendo and nothing else not even a single minute of operation time.
"Didn't you agree to teach me about the IS," I asked her.
"Because all we have been doing is kendo for my 'reflexes'."
She looked a little embarrassed but then she nodded her head,
"When there is no IS usable by you it limits the things we can do," she said reassuring herself.
"Well theory is always good," I shot back.
Before she could reply Yamada-sensei came running,
"Wallen-san, Wallen-san, Wallen-san!"
There's no need to call my name three times. The vice homeroom teacher that I'm so familiar with, Yamada-sensei came running to the A-block seating area of the 3rd arena.
She stumbled as she came close to me and I caught her before she could hurt herself, unfortunately I pulled her into my chest on reflex. Her face went red and Houki glared at me or Miss Yamada I don't know.
"Are you calm? Take a few deep breaths," I instructed playfully.
After she took a few breaths she pulled out of my arms and Houki looked a little less angry.
"It's here. Ivan-san, your personal IS." Her voice regained is joy.
After that we took off to the hanger and inside of it was Orimura-sensei standing there next to a container that wasn't open yet.
As it opened I saw the glint of metal shiny slightly. It was gray all over and had green accents. Its inactive form was kneeling before me like a loyal knight to his King. After a second or so I walked forward as if in a trance and touched it's wing. Immediately I felt a rush of information, but it was different then the last time.
"It's name is-."
"Bellator," I interrupted Miss Orimura.
At their questioning looks I answered their unanswered question,
"She told me." I said gesturing to the kneeling IS.
"Anyway get suited up. We don't have time to customize the setting for you yet so you will have to do it in the battle," Orimura-sensei said calmly.
"Trust your entire self to it and relax."
"The data for Miss Alcott's unit has been loaded into your mainframe," Yamada-sensei smiled.
Nodding, I quickly changed into my piloting suit. Then I stepped into the legs after the locks were removed. The legs closed around my calves and knees, then the arms slid up my arms and tighten when they reached my shoulders. A simple circle of gray metal went around my head and then the IS system activated full and I noticed that Houki's heart rate was slight off,
"Don't worry Houki-san I will win this."
Looking at Cecilia's data I saw that her IS was a long range type that was named Blue Tears, it's main weapon of an two meter laser sniper, Starlight MkIII. It was dark blue with black and white accents. It had a metal skirt that made it look like a noble knight that truly represented England. Walking up to the pad that would launch me I locked in place my feet. Bending forward slightly I heard the command and I rocketed forward. As I launched into the light I hovered/flew slightly across the arena.
"So you didn't run away," her annoying voice was the first I heard as I started to hover.
"If you want to surrender now I promise that I'll only make you my servant."
As she continued to monologue I checked my inventory for weapons. All I saw was a proton spear and an electron shield. Those were the only things that I had for gear and it was kind of a let down. Looking around at the arena I saw the stands were full of students and Bellator told me that the arena was two hundred meters in diameter.
"If you are going to talk all day then you might as just surrender now," I said breaking her out of her monologue.
Her face quickly went from smug to enraged and she pulled her sniper into her shoulder
"I gave you your chance now dance to the waltz that Cecilia Alcott and Blue Tears are playing."
{Match Start}
[Warning enemy has entered firing position]
[Warning enemy has released safeties and currently locked on]
After getting these warnings I heard her shout,
"First I'll take your left leg!"
Moron, why would you announce your attack?
She shot at my left leg (idiot) and it scraped said limb and a display appeared,
[Defensive armor was pierced. Damage: 46. Shield Energy remaining: 554. Actual damage: Low.]
I remember reading that the battle was over when one of the pilots' shield energy reached zero. She seemed to be pleased with herself.
I dodged the next shot, it seemed that Bellator had a faster reaction time then me so I'll trust her. Not dodging the next shot I materialized the electron shield on my left arm and it absorbed most of the impact. I was pushed a few inches back and only lost a few energy points. Good to see that the shield was still intact with only a crack near the edge.
Moving to the side as I decided to dodge the next barrage of lasers I saw that pieces of her fins broke off and started flying towards me firing lasers right and left. Dodging one only to get hit by two more I started to notice a pattern. She hadn't fired a single shot with her sniper, so she must be controlling them via her thoughts. I noticed that her pattern was getting repetitive, possible from frustration. That gave me an idea,
"Whenever you want to start the battle I'm waiting."
"You are the only one who has survive this long against Blue Tears be honored," she said trying to remain smug.
"Yeah because everybody else fell asleep before this point from boredom," her expression went murderous.
"Fine then my period of mercy is over," her voice held nothing but malice.
The lasers came faster then ever but they still held a pattern that I could easily read, I finally equipped my unit's one weapon. A large spear about two meters appeared in my right hand, it was grey and basic looking.
"Ha, challenging a long range unit with a spear," good she underestimated me again.
Putting on a burst of speed I rocketed up and waited for not even a second. I saw the two BITs that I wanted to destroy enter my sphere of attack. Throwing the shield at one and the slice through the other with my spear, I performed a barrel roll to dodge the last two. I rocketed toward her and that blue annoyance, then I saw her expression change from shock back to smug. The skirt-shaped armor spread from Cecilia's abdomen, and those parts that suddenly rose up started to move.
"I'm sorry, but there're six Tears!"
I can't dodge them in time! And they're not those laser shooting BITs. These are 'auto-tracking' missile types.
*BOOM*
The smoke stopped all my vision and I saw red.
Houki's POV
I watched the match with baited breath in the central control room. Only Orimura-sensei and Maya-sensei were in here with me. While Maya-sensei was just as worried if not more so then me Orimura-sensei looked unconcerned.
"Wow, is this really his first time. Ivan-kun looks really cool."
Why are you blushing when you say that Maya-sensei?
"Idiot is probably going to make a mistake soon he can be rash sometimes," at that I grew confused, did Orimura-sensei know him from the past?
As we watched him dodge and then finally started his counter I felt my heart race faster, he did look cool dodging and swinging his spear.
When I saw him get hit by two missiles I felt my heart drop to my stomach.
"That idiot, his machine saved him," Orimura-sensei spoke with exasperation.
Wait did she say saved then he was ok. When the smoke cleared I gasped at the sight in front on me on the screen, Red.
Ivan's POV
As the smoke cleared from my vision I felt different almost like I wasn't me anymore. I looked down at my body that was still in a defensive position, and I straightened it.
My body was now completely covered in armor that was smooth and my wings were more streamline and spread. My armor was completely red and had gray accents. Atop my head was a helmet and visor that had a slight mohawk that I could see because it was on the new display window in my vision.
[System Restriction Unlocked. Spartan: Ares, Ready for Combat]
[Confirm Y/N]
I wonder what that meant clicking yes anyway. Oh well maybe later I have a fight to win.
"First Shift," the princess said is shock.
"You mean that this whole time you have been fighting me on the factory settings," her shock turned to anger.
Ignoring her I checked my systems and saw that I only had 101 shield points left and I had minor damage all over my armor. Next, I checked my inventory, instead of an electron shield and a proton spear I saw Aegis and Yukihira Type 3. And I knew enough mythology to know that Aegis was my shield, so I materialized Yukihira Sanigata. Appearing in my hand was a double sided straight two meter spear. It wasn't red but a dark gray and it had red veins. I then remembered why the name was so familiar to me, Chifuyu Orimura's weapon in both Mondo Grossos was a sword named Yukihira as well.
"I really do have the best teacher in the world," I said smirking.
"What was that," Cecilia questioned.
"Now I've got to man up and show that I'm deserving of this," I said getting into a basic thrusting stance with the spear.
Seeing her smirk come back I tighten my muscles and the armor clinked together ever so slightly. Shooting forward at speeds I wasn't capable of before I noticed that the spear head split down the middle and a blue energy blade extended a foot past the spear. I sliced the missiles right in half and they exploded behind me as I continued forward. I swatted her sniper away and thrust forward ready to end it. I pieced her shield and drained it faster then I thought possible. Her face turned panicked as her shield points drained away, but she couldn't move away from my spear.
{Match Over Winner: Ivan Wallen}
I checked my screen one last time before I flew back to the hangar. I was a moderate damage in several areas and only had seven shield energy left.
Landing in the hangar I noticed that I was alone and I didn't know what to do.
"So you did win," Orimura-sensei spoke with slight amusement.
"I'm slightly offended that you thought I wouldn't sensei," I said still feeling the adrenaline pumping through my veins.
"Don't get cocky idiot," she replied without breaking stride.
"Now because this is the first time you have had to de-materialize the unit I will tell you what to do," she continued.
"First step, picture your unit. Next, see an open empty space. Then you put your unit into that space and will it to disappear," her explanation was simple and to the point.
Doing as she said I felt a weight disappear form my body. I opened my eyes and saw that the IS had left me standing in my skin tight two piece pilot suit. Now I had an bracelet that had red veins running through it. It looked very sinister and badass.
"Now what was that last move. I was around 100 then I dropped down into single digits?" I questioned.
Getting a hit in the head for my tone,
"It's because you didn't consider the special characteristics of the weapon before you used it. Now you have experienced it for yourself already, right? From tomorrow onwards, start working hard. Activate the IS when you have time, got it?
"...Yes."
I nodded. Guess I could only do that...who asked me to win despite acting so inexperienced.
"Well, the IS is in standby mode now, but if Wallen-kun calls it, it'll deploy right away. However, there're rules to this, so please study it closely. Here, this is it."
Thud. It made a 'thud' just now. What's this in front of me? Though it has IS activation information on it, it's actually a 'World Dictionary', right? It's not just a thick book, but the pages are so thin. How many pages are there anyway?
"Anyway, that's it for today. Head back and rest." Orimura-sensei said roughly.
This order doesn't consider anyone's feelings at all. I really hope that she can learn from gentle medicine and painkillers. Speaking of which, do I really need to prove myself to this person...?
"Let's go."
Oh, she appeared; another person who lacks gentleness. Her name is Houki, and she's my roommate/friend.
"Yeah, after the evening I had I would like the shower first," I joked trying to lighten the mood.
We had an agreement where she got the showers first and I got it after her. I was ok with it I mean I wasn't to sweaty from the day and Houki did have kendo after school. After walking towards the dorms for about five minutes she finally spoke,
"Aren't you ashamed that you almost lost to a girl," she questioned.
"I won didn't I, besides a warriors gender doesn't matter in the long run."
"But if you had taken one more hit earlier then you would have lost for sure," she continued.
"Yes but I didn't so it is in the past," I reasoned (attempted).
"It doesn't matter, now that you have your unit your training can truly begin," holy shit this woman was training, training, and more training.
"Sure whatever you say," I tried to change the conversation.
"So back to the topic of me using the shower first-" I got a hit in the shoulderin response, that stung a little.
Cecelia's POV
*Drip* *drip* *drip* *drip* *drip*
The hot water continued to spurt out from the shower head. The water landed on her skin and flowed down the curves of her body. Her well-proportioned body that was rare among Caucasians and her beautiful streamlines, to Cecilia, were something to be really proud of. Those long legs were shiny, silky and beautiful, and they could not only compete with those of an idols, but would most likely even beat them in beauty.
Though her breasts were a little smaller, compared to other white girls of the same age, it made her body profile stand out even more. Thus, she had some rather complicated feelings because of them. However, that was just for white girls. If they were compared to a Japanese girls', they were more than enough, enough to even be called big.
Cecilia continued to let the water rush down her breasts as she pondered deep in thought.
*Drip* *drip* *drip* *drip* *drip*
Today's match.
Even now, she didn't understand why Ivan's shield energy dropped so low for no reason. However, when he had struck her with that last hit, it was unknown what had happened.
To Cecilia, who had always believed that she would win, and would constantly strive for it, this bewilderment made her unable to calm down. I definitely lost.
But she wasn't satisifed by it at all, it made her feel unease. Ivan Wallenstein.
She still remembered the guy with those strong-willed eyes.
That not-giving-up look often reminded Cecilia of her own father. Daddy would always go according to mommy's whims. Having married into a wealthy family, her dad must have felt extremely inferior to her mother. And having such a father during her growth, Cecilia inadvertently thought 'I don't want to marry such a useless man'. And after the IS was rolled out, her dad's attitude got increasingly sulkier. Her mom must have felt that such a man was a disappointment, so she didn't want to talk to him.
Her mom was already an impressive woman. Before the society became a women-strong-men-weak society, she had already managed numerous companies, and was an accomplished person. Though she was extremely strict, Cecilia had always respected her a , 'had'. Her parents are no longer alive. They died in an accident 3 years ago. It was a cross-border railway accident with more than a hundred causalities.
Just like that, her parents became people who won't ever come back. After that, time flew.
Cecilia had a vast inheritance, and in order to protect the money from those who wanted to laud it, she studied hard to learn everything, and during an IS suitability test that was part of her learning curriculum, she got an A+ grade. Hoping that she would maintain her nationality, the government came up with all sorts of generous conditions; and in order to protect her parents' inheritance, she immediately agreed. Cecilia was chosen to be the first test pilot of the 3rd generation armament 'Blue Tears'. In order to obtain operation informations and battle experience, she came to Japan, and then-
She met Ivan Wallen; she met the ideal man who was true to his convictions. 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 stirred an unbelievable excitement like they desired to be touched. 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, about Ivan. Only the sound of water flowing echoed throughout the bathroom.
I AM READING THE LIGHTNOVELS AND TAKING THE PLOT DIRECTLY FROM THAT WITH VARIATIONS OF MY OWN DESIGN. BUT NEVER FEAR I WILL NOT BE GOING OVER BOARD. UNTIL I CAN POST A NEW CHAPTER, ENJOY. OH YEAH I ALMOST FORGOT, I CANNOT UPDATE WEEKLY BUT ILL DO IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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