I do not own Infinite Stratos nor do I own Rurouni Kenshin. All rights respectively go to Izuru Yumizuru, the author who created Infinite Stratos, and Nobuhiro Watsuki, the author of Rurouni Kenshin.
A week has passed since the attack on the Academy during the anniversary festival. While the collateral damage was not too bad and no students were seriously hurt, the fact that the infamous criminal organization had attacked the IS Academy has already reached world news. Even the UN heard of the attack and every nation around the world was outraged. France, Germany, Britain, and China were affected the worst as their representative candidates were at the center of the attack. Though they did have other candidates, the fact that those particular ones were present during the attack had already sent the politicians into distress and fear.
But while the world was slowly starting to crumble into chaos, at the IS Academy, all was quiet. Ichika and Raiden were walking down a dark hallway at night, with only a map in hand detailing where to go. The map was crudely drawn and for some reason it was to direct them to a place they did not have access to as students.
"Let's see… is it this way?" asked Ichika as he takes a right.
Raiden follows but he felt unsure as he could sense that a camera was spying on them. And not just one.
"Not to sound Star Wars and all, but I have a bad feeling about this," Raiden noted.
"I didn't know we had a place like this," Ichika noted. "IS Academy sure is big."
"That it is," Raiden agreed. "Still, I think this is just part of the facility where students are not allowed in."
The security cameras meanwhile have picked up the boys' facial recognition and have sent decoded messages to a special party that they are headed to their intended destination right now.
"Uh… is this it?" asked Ichika as he stands before the door with the label M-38.
Raiden gets the door and opens it, with a deafening creaking sound. But as the boys enter, the room was pitch black.
"Yamada-sensei!" Ichika calls out to the dark. "I brought the materials you asked for."
But there was no answer.
"Ichika, did we get the wrong room?" Raiden asked worriedly.
The boys walk further in as Ichika checks the paper for the directions. But then…
*BAM*
The door behind them shuts on its own.
"Oro?" A surprised Raiden asked.
Suddenly, two unknown strangers grab behind the boys and try to tackle them to the ground. Raiden didn't even have time to pull out the Sakabatō and had to rely on grappling techniques to get the attacker off of him. Luckily though for the boys, they manage to get out of their grip and throw their ambushers out into the dark.
"Who are you?!" asked Ichika.
"Ichika, back to back!" Raiden said as they stand back to back. "We aren't alone here!"
A hand suddenly tries to grab Ichika but he moves out of its way. Then another reaches Raiden but he too misses it.
"Keep moving!" Raiden said. "We can't stay here, that we can't."
"Who the hell are these people?!" asked Ichika.
But before that question could be answered, the boys were surrounded by five strangers and were soon tackled and then…
*BONK*
*CLANG*
Knocked out on the side of their temples. Bags were then placed over Ichika and Raiden's heads and they were taken away.
OP song: Suara – Hikari (For reference, look up on YouTube Utawarerumono Futari no Hakuoro trailer)
Kimi e no omoi wasurenai you ni (The first scene begins with a pair of hands grasping a red and black ribbon divided by a white line adorned with a pair of gold and silver bells. The camera soon pans out to show the said person grasping that ribbon)
mune fukaku kizamikomu kara (The person holding the ribbon is revealed to be Houki, underwater and in her IS suit as she closes her eyes, keeping the ribbon, revealed to be Akatsubaki in its standby form, close to her heart before the bubbles cover the screen)
(Opening title is introduced as Infinite Stratos 2)
Arifureta hibi wo tobikoete yukeru (Chifuyu watches from the balcony of the IS Academy the sunrise before a gentle wind blows her hair.)
habataku yuuki wo motteru (The sun's ray hits her eyes before she adjusts her sight)
Mada minu sekai ni tobidashite yukeba (Tabane Shinonono travels via a carrot-shaped airplane, colored in orange with a green tip, as it travels across the skies and she heads towards the moon)
nanika ga kitto matteiru (The camera pans over to the moon before it shifts down to Houki in her IS Akatsubaki, facing forward as her hair is blown by the wind)
Tamerau hodo no kizu wo oottemo (A blue meteor-like object falls to the arena of the IS Academy, creating an explosion of water, before revealing Tatenashi Sarashiki in her IS, Mysterious Lady, as she twirls her spear as the lake water falls like rain)
akiramenaide subete ukeireyou (Kanzashi Sarashiki appears in a holographic world in her IS, Uchigane Nishiki, while holographic data surrounds her)
Kimi e no omoi wasurenai you ni (Camera zooms down to a battlefield just beginning between IS Golems and the gang. Laura is the first to attack as she descends and slices a Golem with her wrist blades before using her cables followed by her rail gun. Rin parries a Golem with her Souten Gagetsu before taking off its head in a spin)
mune no naka fukaku kizamitsukeru(Ichika appears to take out one Golem before he dodges an incoming attack and dismantles another. The next scene cuts to Charlotte and Cecilia prepping their sniper rifles to fire.)
mezasu mirai wo yasashiku terashite (Raiden and Madoka, without their IS, engage in a close quarters weapon combat, Raiden using the Sakabatō and Madoka using the Mugenjin. After a couple of hits, Raiden is thrown high into the air from another hit from Madoka before he backflips and deploys his IS and fires his ion blasters at Madoka. Madoka, in turn, dodges while activating her IS, Black Knight, and flies up to Raiden to engage him again with her fusion cannon on her right arm deployed)
hikari hanatsu hoshi no you ni (Madoka and Raiden clash, creating a violent explosion before the next scene switches over to Luxembourg ten years ago, where Hitokiri Kingslayer stands by the steps to the destroyed Royal Palace, his back to the camera as Luxembourg is enshrouded in flames by Phantom Task, with a massive warship looming overhead as its IS pilots are deployed like a squad of fighters)
(Miriam Walker is shown in front of the CIA headquarters building in Washington DC as the camera moves upwards. Akane Fujimoto is shown on Omega, overlooking one of the poor districts from her apartment, with a cigarette in her mouth. Squall Meusel is shown in her bath robe sitting on the edge of her bed smirking at the camera, with Autumn sleeping naked in the background. Edea Crownsworth, the Archon of Phantom Task, sits upon her throne overlooking the world within a spaceship. Chifuyu is then shown in the deep recesses of the Academy, looking at the White Knight IS kept in storage and locked down, her hand on the glass)
(Raiden is shown next as he turns around with his Sakabatō before sheathing it before he is replaced with the title of Infinite Stratos 2.)
Spotlights turn on as the boys were shown to be bound to wooden chairs. Wherever they were at and whoever caught them, they were now held captive. But it didn't make sense. IS Academy was one of the safest places for students to be in, including them. So who in their right mind would do this?
"—chika, Ichika, Ichika!"
Ichika begins to wake up from the brightness where he soon finds Raiden next to him.
"Wh-Wha—Raiden?"
"Talk to me, Ichika," Raiden called out. "Are you alright, that you are?"
"Y-Yeah," Ichika said, only to find his wrists strapped on tight. "What's going on?"
"Ichika, listen to me," Raiden said. "I need you here right now. We're in the usual mess."
Soon they heard what sounded like a trumpet playing and then, in bright red letters was the phrase "Maiden battle. Start."
"I'll just say this again, that I will," Raiden said. "I have a very bad feeling about this."
"I concur," Ichika agreed.
Then a new voice spoke up.
"Welcome to the forbidden paradise, Orimura Ichika-kun and Hataru Raiden-san."
"Who are you?" Ichika demanded to know.
But he only got giggles as he heard the gong come next.
*GONG*
Soon the rest of the lights were turned on and what they found was surprising. What laid before them was a stage with red theater curtains. A series of small steps led up to it. The gong was at the left side along with the podium decorated in flowers.
More importantly, there stood their teacher Yamada-sensei. In a cow outfit?
Surprised the boys then saw the title of what this was: The Orimura Ichika and Hataru Raiden Service Competition.
"Now it's finally begun!" Yamada-sensei announced. "Welcome to the Orimura Ichika and Hataru Raiden Service Competition! I'll be your host, Yamada Maya!"
"Oro?" asked Raiden.
"Y-Yamada-sensei?" asked a stunned Ichika.
Yamada-sensei ignored the stunned expression of the boys. "Each contestant gets to choose what to do and whoever pleases the boys most wins! Now let's get this show on the road."
Ichika struggles. "W-Wait a minute! What the hell is going on?!"
"You heard our teacher, Ichika," Raiden reluctantly gave in to the defeat of their situation. "We got to get serviced."
"This is a… secret battle!" Yamada-sensei explained.
"Huh?" asked Ichika.
"Please give a warm welcome to our first contestant, Shinonono Houki, who will be servicing her master, Raiden!"
The straps on Raiden holding him to the chair soon come off and he was released. He stands up to adjusts his wrists as they hurt a bit from the tightness, but he had more important concerns at the moment.
The lights on stage light up to reveal some shoji panels, along with a Japanese outdoor theme that even came with a sōzu , a type of water fountain. Then the scene changes to that of Sakura blossoms on a Sakura tree, and then the rice fields within the sun. Though Raiden could not see it, his sense of hearing made him mesmerized by the sound of it. Soon the shoji panels opened up and standing before him was the lover of his life, with a bashful expression.
Houki Shinonono, wearing a rather revealing miko outfit. And… fox ears and a tail?
"Ororo?" Raiden was surprised. "Houki-dono?"
Houki heard her name called but she looks away embarrassingly. She even fidgets a bit. "You shouldn't stare at me like that."
"Well, uh… I can't see, that I can't," Raiden reminded. "But… this is surprisingly bold, that it is."
'Wow. She's cute in that outfit…suits her almost too well.'
Perhaps knowing what he was thinking, she then resolves herself and points at him and orders, "R-Raiden, come up on the stage! A-Allow me to serve you!"
With no other choice, Raiden complied with the command and allowed Houki to sit in front of him. They looked like a proper Japanese samurai couple, but with the wife dressed as a fox. And although Raiden did not wear the proper samurai attire, he nonetheless looked and sat like one with his sword laying by his side.
Raiden veers his head up and noticed something with the fox ears Houki had on. They looked soft and… they looked like they just moved. But the rest of Houki's outfit was also beautiful to behold. Even that tail. Despite the revealing of her cleavage, it was not too much for Raiden's taste. The sound of the sōzu breaking the silence made Raiden curious.
"You look stunning in that costume, that you do, Houki-dono," Raiden complimented.
A blushing Houki said, "Well, uh… I'm supposed to be a fox priestess."
*FWAP*
"Oro?" Raiden caught onto the notion. "Did those ears of yours just twitch?"
Houki looks away. "D-Don't stare at them too much."
"Sorry," Raiden apologizes.
"Would you like some tea?" Houki asked.
Raiden nods. "Sure."
Houki then took the teapot in her hands and poured him some tea gently. One would think that her mind is at ease but in reality, too many thoughts were whirling around her like a ship in the middle of a maelstrom.
Raiden takes the cup and has a small sip of it. The tea tasted well as the warmth of it relaxed the lion and made him feel relieved. He could sense from its color and texture that this was not pre-packaged green tea but something made entirely from scratch. He took a glance at Houki and gave a smile, realizing she made this herself.
"This is very well made, that it is," Raiden said. "The best green tea I ever had."
Houki blushed in joy, happy that he likes it. When she saw Raiden finish his first cup, she then asked, "Really? Then let me serve you another."
"Thank you," Raiden thanked.
Houki picks up the teapot in her hands and serves another. She then hands it over to Raiden but as soon as his hands touched hers, Houki realized that despite the nice mood in the air, two other people were watching. A bound Ichika in his chair and Yamada-sensei acting as host and judge.
Gasping, her hands stumble a bit and the tea splashes right onto the lion.
"Ah!" Raiden yelps as the tea splashes on his lap. "That's hot!"
"S-Sorry!" Houki apologizes as she sets the cup down and gets a cloth to wipe Raiden's lap. "Are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah," Raiden said. "No big deal, that it was."
"I'm sorry. I got too nervous. I've never dressed up like this before, so I'm sort of embarrassed. I hope you didn't get a burn."
Raiden was a little aghast before he then gave quite a chuckle. Unfortunately, this made him earn the pouty anger of the vixen on top of him.
"What's so funny?" asked Houki with her tail swinging back and forth in irritation.
"Sorry," Raiden apologized. "I was just thinking of how cute you looked, especially with the fox ears and all."
In that response with a red face, and her ears and tail puffed upwards, she gave a fox noise.
*KON-KON*
"Kon-Kon?" asked Raiden.
*GONG*
"Oro?!"
The sound of the gong signified that the event was now over. It made the two turn to see where it came from.
"All right, time's up!" Yamada-sensei announced.
Houki though was not happy. "Wh-What?! That was so short!"
"I'm sorry, but we have to give everyone else a shot too, along for Orimura-kun."
Houki's ears flop downwards as she looks at her beloved. "I-I'm sorry about that."
"Don't worry, I'm okay, that I am," Raiden reassured. "I didn't get a burn. Anyway… Houki-dono, you mind?"
"Huh?"
Without warning, Raiden's hands come over to touch Houki's ears. He goes swiftly from behind and begins to gently scratch them.
"Aruu~" Houki gives another cute fox noise. She was red in the face like she could feel her ears physically being caressed.
"That's soft, that it is," Raiden said.
Soon however, the lights go out.
"Oro?"
Then the sound of dangling bells was heard, and Raiden felt Houki slip away from his grasp.
"Just a little longer!" Houki panicked upon being taken away. "It's my chance to… Raiden, help me! Let me go!"
"Oro?"
Ichika then found himself on stage, on the floor. But this time it was with Cecilia, with a billiards table and wearing a rather exotic bunny suit. In the sort of outfit one would find in a gentleman's club. Now how on earth would a British noble dare to wear something this bold, we may never know from said noble.
"C-Cecilia?!" Ichika saw to his left.
"Ichika-san, prepare to be blown away by my exceptional service," Cecilia announced.
Ichika stands up and asks, "Hey, what exactly is going on?"
"I can't tell you just yet," Cecilia replied.
Houki was on the side with, forced to watch the rest of the events played out. While normally she doesn't mind seeing her childhood friend being serviced by Cecilia, the fact that Raiden was now out of her sight left her in a bit of a sour mood. She wanted to spend more time with him, but now he was nowhere to be found.
"Ichika-san, I want you to play billiards," Cecilia requested as she hands the billiards stick to him.
But Ichika had something rather embarrassing to say. "Billiards? I've never played before."
"In that case, I'll teach you," Cecilia offered as she chalks the tip of her stick.
After lifting up the triangle rack to set up the balls, which were all solid colors with the numbers one through eight, Cecilia shows off by spinning her stick before she makes the first move.
"First hold the cue like this," Cecilia instructed, even as Ichika could not help it seeing her butt and her cleavage, though that did seem to be the main attraction.
*BANG*
True to her name, Cecilia lines up the shot, hits the white ball, and strikes the other eight balls, scattering them across the table.
"The goal is to knock the balls into the pockets, starting with the smallest number on the table," Cecilia said as she sat on the edge of the table in a rather erotic way and lines up her stick to the ball in an acute angle position.
*BANG*
One hit of the stick to the white ball has it rolling before it hits the yellow and pushes it down into the hole.
*BANG*
Cecilia hits the white ball again, this time bouncing off the side and hitting the second ball, making it go into the hole. One by one, she manages to score all eight points as every ball goes into whatever hole it is rolled to.
"You're pretty good at this," Ichika complimented.
"I'm not that good," Cecilia was bashful.
*BANG*
"Oops!"
A nine ball with a yellow stripe just stops short of the edge into the hole. It was the last one on the board but whether that was intentional on Cecilia's part or not, one could only wonder.
"It's your turn, Ichika-san," Cecilia said.
Ichika tries to copy what Cecilia did the first time around. "S-So, I'm supposed to get that in the pocket, right?"
As Ichika attempts to line his shot and power, Cecilia out of nowhere comes from behind onto his back up close and personal.
"Ichika-san, you need to loosen up a little," Cecilia said with a red face. "Relax your shoulders and hold your arm like this."
Cecilia's breasts press further into Ichika's back as her hand goes up his arm.
A bashful Ichika said, "Cecilia… Th-They're touching me."
But Cecilia didn't care, apparently enjoying this moment. "Ichika-san, you need to focus."
Ichika on the other hand… "I-I can't focus."
Cecilia giggles. "Don't worry. Just do as I say."
Houki however was not happy seeing her childhood friend in such an uncomfortable state.
"Th-That's absurd!" She cried out.
"Shinonono-san, don't stand up there. It's dangerous!" Yamada-sensei tries to calm down.
*BANG*
With help from Cecilia, Ichika hits the white ball as it goes down the table and hits the yellow striped ball. And it heads towards the pocket, falling in.
Both of them cheered in excitement. But then…
*GONG*
There goes the gong.
"All right! Time's up!" Yamada-sensei announced.
But Cecilia was more than happy as she clings to Ichika's left arm. "Very impressive, Ichika-san!"
"It's all thanks to your lesson, Cecilia!" Ichika said. "Let's play again sometime!"
"Sure! Next time it'll be just the two of us!"
Lights turned off right afterwards. And just like before, Cecilia was gone, leaving Ichika alone in the dark before the lights turned on for the next contender to arrive. The stage set goes upwards to reveal something of a café set. And a French girl in a poodle outfit?
"Uwah?! It's too early for the lights!" Charlotte panicked while waving her arms.
"It was an elevator?" asked Ichika as he sat up.
As the elevator stops to reveal the next set, Ichika was surprised by what he had seen.
"What the?"
A bashful smiling Charlotte asks, "Ichika, are you having fun?"
"E-Even you're in this, Charl?" asked Ichika. "What are you supposed to be?"
"A French poodle," She replied, her ears flipping afterwards. Wait did they just move just now?
The rest of Charlotte's outfit was also very revealing, showing more skin than even Houki and Cecilia. Very bold of her as the only things covering her were her breasts, lower regions, wrists, ankles, and feet for heels. It even came with a poodle tail that somehow also moves on its own. And they say that the French are experts in romance and attraction.
"I baked some cookies for you," Charlotte said holding up a pink bag with a red ribbon.
"Oh, thanks!" Ichika thanked.
Cecilia and Houki were sitting by on the side, both of them in pouty moods. But each told a different story.
As the two sat down by the table, Charlotte undoes the ribbon to reveal heart-shaped cookies, coming in either vanilla or chocolate. And there were lots of them for one medium sized bag.
"Hey, they look great!" Ichika saw. "I was just starting to get hungry!"
Charlotte takes a vanilla cookie in hand. "Let me feed you, Ichika. Close your eyes and open wide!"
"What?" Ichika was confused but complied with instructions. "L-Like this?"
Without him seeing, Charlotte took the tip of the cookie into her mouth to hold onto it. And then, she leans forward to Ichika with it, intent to feed him that way. So this was her plan all along!
"AAAAAAGGGGHHHH!" Both Cecilia and Houki screamed at the sight of such indecency.
The cry was heard loud enough for Ichika to open his eyes and see Charlotte up close with the cookie in her mouth.
"Uwaaagh!" Ichika freaks out, his arms flailing where he accidentally knocks the cookie out of Charlotte's mouth.
The two soon look up as the cookie flies upwards before falling back down and landing. Charlotte misses the catch as it lands and rolls down her arm, onto her shoulder and lands… right into her cleavage.
And now everything just got a bit awkward. Ichika was just standing there bashful and shocked of what he was shown. Houki and Cecilia too saw the cookie land in the French poodle's cleavage and were equally dismayed.
Charlotte however had other ideas as she looks up bashfully while holding up her chest. "Ichika, by any chance… W-Would you prefer I feed you like this?"
*TWEEET*
The sound of a whistle coming from a rather disturbed and angered Yamada-sensei interrupted.
"That is too inappropriate!" Yamada-sensei announced while holding up a red card. "Dunois-san, you're out!"
"Whaaat?!" Charlotte was stunned.
In the changing room, Rin, dressed up as a skimpy cat, was angry. Very angry, actually.
*PUNCH*
She punches the screen that showed Charlotte's cleavage with the cookie on it.
"That idiot can't keep his eyes off their boobs!" Rin said referring to Ichika.
"Hey!" Laura called out, tapping Rin on the shoulder. Rin doesn't respond at first so Laura taps again.
"What?!" asked Rin.
"Can you zip this up for me?" Laura shows her backside, revealing her black bunny outfit which was not too different from Cecilia's. "I can't reach."
"Oh, sure," Rin accepts as she zips up the zipper in the back. "Hey, the ears are crooked, too." Rin too fixes the ears and nods. "There."
"All right, the equipment's all set!" Laura declared. "Moving out!"
Laura soon takes off as it was her turn next with Raiden. Rin was the last person to perform and thus was forced to wait. Sighing, she looks back to the scree that had Charlotte's cleavage and the cookie. Then she felt the same tapping again on the shoulder.
"What now?!" asked Rin as she turns around. But her face of annoyance was next replaced with a face of fear. "What?!"
LATER…
As revealed beforehand, Laura was up next. And it was Raiden's turn. Ichika was gladly given a break, yet he was kept separate from the girls. The setup was almost like a children's playhouse, including two dart boards. Balloons decorated all over the place.
With Houki, Cecilia, and Charlotte at the side with their turn now over, they now had to contend with Laura's turn with Raiden. Though neither of them felt like there was going to be any problem since Laura didn't exactly have ay fond feelings for the blind lion. Admiration and respect? Yes. But feelings of love? No.
Laura stood in front of what appears to be a giant version of a candy dispenser that are usually found in the malls, except this one was filled with balls. And she looked mighty proud of it.
"Let me show you what the Schwarzer Hase do best!" She announced to Raiden.
But Raiden somewhat didn't understand the setup. "What exactly are we looking at here, Laura-dono?"
Laura then brings up a set of darts. "Kingslayer, let's play some darts!"
"Darts, huh? Sounds good to me. My mentor did teach me to play."
As the two take their positions in front of the dart boards, Laura then said, "Guess what? You can win some great prizes! Everyone's a winner too."
Laura goes up first with her dart and throws it like a professional.
*PING*
And scores a bullseye right in the middle.
Suddenly, the lights on the dispenser suddenly glow pink, indicating a prize won. Because it sensed a bullseye, a prize was unlocked and one of the balls comes rolling out. A happy Laura breaks it open and folds out the prize, revealing what looked like a coupon racket.
"Coupons for a week's worth of lunch combos at the cafeteria!" Laura said.
Raiden was surprised. "That's a lot of free lunches, that is. How did you get permission from the cafeteria staff for this?"
Laura then answered, "Never underestimate the power of persuasion."
Raiden chuckles. That's probably 'nuff said.
He soon takes his turn at the post. "Alright, let's see what I can do."
Despite being blind, Raiden does have good accuracy. With his other senses so sensitive and sharp, he knows what to do in this game. He takes aim and throws his dart.
*PING*
And like Laura, he scores a bullseye.
And like before, because the dispenser sensed a bullseye, the lights glow pink and one of the balls containing a prize comes rolling out. Raiden takes it and opens it up. The prize appeared to be crumpled up at first, a piece of clothing at that.
But when it unfolds itself as Raiden holds it upwards, it was… a school swimsuit? With Laura's name on it?
"Oro? A school swimsuit?"
Laura gasps, realizing what it was and blushes red. "Th-That's… my swimsuit!" She then turns to Yamada-sensei and asks, "Wh-What's going on?"
"Due to budget constraints, some of the prizes are actually Bodewig-san's personal items," Yamada-sensei revealed.
"Oro?" Raiden was surprised. "Is that so? I'm sorry to hear that, Laura-dono."
Laura accepts, "N-No. It's not your fault, Kingslayer. I had no idea. Unless… you want to keep it?"
"Oro?"
Soon the lights go out. Again. And Laura was abducted, slipped out of the grasp of the lion.
"H-huh?" She was confused initially. "I should still have some time left!"
It was quiet in the next room for Ichika. He didn't know where he was. And this time, he didn't hear the elevator for the stage play move. Blind in the darkness with no way to tell of his surroundings and with Raiden also nowhere to be seen, he was left alone.
"Ichika-kun~!" The voice of Tatenashi spoke up rather seductively. "Come over here!"
Suddenly, he was grabbed by the hand and dragged over against his will to a room where there was only pink lighting. Soon, he is flung onto the mat below him and is soon straddled by someone also wearing a costume.
And what it showed was Tatenashi, wearing the skimpy cat outfit that was similar to Rin's.
"Nya~" Tatenashi playfully teased while doing a cat pose. "Hi there."
She then licks her right hand, or paw if one could call it that. She really was a cat inside and outside.
"Y-You too, Tatenashi-san?" A shocked Ichika asked.
Tatenashi then snuggles onto him. "Hogging all the cute girls for yourself? You're one lucky guy, Ichika-kun~"
"Ahh, please stop it!" Ichika pushes Tatenashi back.
But having landed on all fours easily without a scratch, she perks her head back up like a cat while swishing around her tail.
"Hey, there's another girl I want to introduce you to next time."
"What?"
"She can be a little quiet," Tatenashi said while crawling over to him. "But she's very cute."
"Please just get off me," Ichika pleaded turning his head to the right.
But Tatenashi whispers in his ear, "Please, Ichika-kun. I'm being serious."
"Tatenashi-san?"
The tension mounts as Tatenashi closes her lips towards Ichika. Whether she had genuine feelings for him or just wanted to play the seductive cat was unknown. For Ichika, he didn't know what to do except brace himself for whatever was about to happen from the student council president.
Unfortunately, the lights turned back on, ending the session.
"What a drag!" Tatenashi pouts. "Things were going perfectly!"
Suddenly, a yell comes from out of nowhere.
"YAAAAAA!"
In the form of Lingyin Huang, who had only a sheet wrapped around herself. She flies through the air with one flying kick extended outwards. Tatenashi dodges back in time and like a proper cat, lands on her feet.
Turns out Tatenashi had stolen Rin's cat outfit. No wonder it looked so tight.
"Rin?!" Ichika was shocked.
"Ichika!" Raiden's voice was heard as he comes over. "You okay?"
"Y-Yeah, but Rin…"
Raiden then hears the commotion.
"Give me my costume back!" Rin demanded after landing. She then comes after Tatenashi with all manners of kicks like an angry tiger.
"Sorry, Rin-chan," Tatenashi apologizes while dodging. "After watching you guys, I wanted to get in on the fun. But I must say the chest area seems pretty tight, just as I feared!"
"Y-You…" An angered and bashful Rin shouted.
Ichika tries to defuse the situation. "J-Just calm down a bit, Rin."
"It's no use, Ichika, that it isn't," Raiden stopped him. "When a woman like her is mad, don't try to stop her."
"Shut up, you two," Rin said turning around. "I wouldn't have let my guard down in the first place if you weren't so fixated on everyone's boobs!"
"What are you talking about?" Ichika asked before Tatenashi comes over to link to his left side.
"Admit it, Ichika-kun," Tatenashi teased. "That's all you were looking at. And Dear Raiden as well. In fact, maybe I can show him my cleavage here and now."
"Oro?"
Suddenly, darts were thrown at the boys. Tatenashi jumps into the air, Ichika is pinned to the wall, and Raiden dodges them like he was in the Matrix by jumping into the air and spinning before landing.
But for who threw them, well… there were a lot of angry faces with red murderous auras behind Laura and the other girls who arrived and heard what Tatenashi had said.
"Sounds like you two want to be dartboards," Laura threatened.
"Whoa, wait! Let's talk it out!" Ichika panicked.
"I don't think that is possible, Ichika, that it is not," Raiden admitted. "They're already looking to kill us, that they are."
"Well, Ichika-kun, Dear Raiden, we'll talk more later!" Tatenashi waves goodbye while being carried up via a golden cage, still in her cat outfit and with her fan out covering her face.
Everyone's looks on their faces pretty much spelled out 'What on earth just happened?' But that question would have to remain unanswered.
*GONG*
Because the gong rang one last time.
"Everyone, please return to the stage," Yamada-sensei announced. "We still have one more segment left."
But that left everyone confused.
"Didn't each of us already have a turn?" asked Houki.
Once the group had gotten back, the two boys stood on stage awaiting their last contender. The girls were right behind them as the audience. Whoever this last contender was is a mystery. It certainly wasn't Tatenashi as she was the surprised guest. Or so one could label her to be.
*POP POP*
Confetti blasts off from the side and onto the stage. Then the lights shone off for a few seconds before the stage comes upwards to reveal something of a huge surprise. One so big that even shocked Ichika and Raiden.
It was Chifuyu Orimura. In a maid outfit and serving a parfait on a platter. And an alcoholic drink on the side, which was nothing more than rum and coke mixed together.
"Oro?" asked a stunned Raiden.
"WHAT?!" The girls were also stunned.
"Ch-Chifuyu-nee…" Ichika was surprised.
"Don't say a word," Chifuyu warned sternly with a look. "If you do, I'll kill you."
Ichika stood down, and regained his composure. "Okay."
"Open your mouth."
That startles Ichika as his sister reluctantly steps forward with the parfait. And also reluctantly takes a spoon and serves him. And without warning, she shoves the spoon down his throat.
Soon, the sign changed to "Birthday Party for Orimura Ichika", and the lights shine all over like the party was just getting started.
Ichika was stunned. "Now that I think about, today is…"
LATER…
*POP POP*
More confetti goes off. But this time, everyone was in the cafeteria.
"Happy Birthday, Ichika!" All the girls congratulated.
"You know you didn't really need to do all that just for my birthday," Ichika said.
But Houki, being his first childhood friend, reminded him, "You forget about your birthday every year."
"So we decided to surprise you!" Rin exclaimed.
"We wanted to make it a birthday to remember!" Cecilia said.
"You shouldn't take birthdays lightly," Charlotte reminded. "They're very important!"
"Raiden, did you know about this?" Ichika asked, turning to his fellow male.
Raiden shakes his head. "No, that I did not. You did not tell me it was your birthday either."
"I see," Ichika smiled. "Thank you, everyone."
Raiden was curious as he soon asks Laura, "So what made you wear a bunny suit?"
"That outfit was my idea," Laura said. "A certain German executive officer told me this is first-class treatment."
Raiden could only smile sheepishly, knowing who it might be. "I-I think your officer needs a reality check, that she does."
He then turns over to Houki who compliments, "That was a rather bold call with the costume, Houki-dono."
Houki bashfully looks away. "W-Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it."
"It was a little embarrassing, wearing our costumes and all, but I guess it wasn't all that bad!" Charlotte said as she looks to the other three.
Laura, Rin, and Charlotte could only give sighs of relief, happy that it all worked out.
"I agree," Yamada-sensei said before turning to her fellow teacher. "You were stunning, Orimura-sensei."
Chifuyu, drinking coffee, glares back.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Yamada-sensei apologizes.
Yamada-sensei, thanks for everything today," Ichika thanked. "You too, Chifuyu-nee."
Chifuyu could only grunt and look away in response, most likely cause of the maid outfit.
"I still can't believe you actually dressed up like that," Ichika said. "It's been so long since the last time I spent my birthday with you. Which was when I was a little kid, I think?"
A rather embarrassed and stubborn Chifuyu confirmed quietly, "Well, yes, it's been a while."
Ichika didn't catch that. "What? What did you just say?"
"N-Nothing!" Chifuyu reaffirmed, but that made Yamada-sensei chuckle.
"By the way, Orimura-kun, who would you say won today?" asked Yamada-sensei.
"What?" He asked, which catches the girls' attention as they look to him. He gives some time to consider before he gives his answer. One that they did not expect. "Well… uh… I'd say Chifuyu-nee!"
And that's when the mood was killed. All the girls' responses were dejected, and they had dark clouds over their heads. Yamada-sensei and Chifuyu were also disappointed of that answer.
Even Raiden himself could not help but be jaw dropped and disappointed. "Oro…"
Ichika was confused. "Huh? What?"
Chifuyu could only pinch the bridge of her nose. "Ichika, how dense can you be?"
"Ichika!" The girls screamed and soon the beating commences.
*POW*
*BAM*
*BOOM*
And the dense boy named Ichika Orimura gets pestered and splattered by all girls present. For Houki and Rin though, it was mostly because of the answer he gave.
And while the girls pommeled over Ichika's answer, Raiden comes over to his teacher, already curious about something. Even if that question meant he would have to endure the wrath of the Brunhilde.
"So uh… how did it come to this?" Raiden admitted honestly as he takes his drink. "You in the maid costume, that is?"
"I was forced to wear it," Chifuyu said. "By a certain dark blue-haired bitch you know of."
"Ohoo, you kiss your mother with that mouth, Chi?" asked a familiar voice from the side.
Everyone turns their heads to the side. And there, leaning into the wall with a smirk on her face and her arms crossed over was Akane Fujimoto.
"Akane?" A surprised Raiden learned as he meets up with his former mentor. When the two got close, Akane grips his arms and takes a good long look of how messed up Raiden looks from battles past.
"Damn," Akane saw. "You look like hell, Raiden."
"You looked in the mirror lately?" jested Raiden, noticing she has a small yet nasty bullet hole scar on her left shoulder after feeling it.
Now normally for Akane, she'd bring a hand up to slap Raiden's head from behind as she had done in the past as one of her forms of tough love. And she almost did but held back and not just because they were in front of IS Academy teachers and students.
"I swear, if you hadn't been injured during that attack at the festival…" Akane grumbled, denied the opportunity. Soon the two take back to their seats where Akane nonchalantly feasts herself to some of the snacks laid out on the table, along with bringing her own alcohol for the adults to have.
"So what brings you here?" asked Raiden to his mentor.
"Came to see the fruits of my labor a.k.a. seeing Chi here in a maid outfit," Akane pointed.
Raiden was surprised. "What do you have to do with all this?"
"Your SCP told me what was going on, said she needed more audience. And I thought I should have at least some part in it. After all, I did want to see Chi over there loosen up a bit."
"Oh shut up!" Chifuyu snapped. "It's all because you threatened me in a game of poker!"
"You know the rules," Akane smirked. "The loser has to dress up as a maid for Ichika and serve him his dessert."
"Poker?" asked Raiden to Chifuyu. "I didn't know you gambled, that I did not know."
"I don't," Chifuyu said. "But I was forced into it lest Akane starts spreading rumors of Orimura."
"Come on now, Chi," Akane said as she eats a snack. "It was only fair you had to play lest you wanted everyone in the school to know that your kid baby brother is a sis-con."
That made Chifuyu snap as she stands up. Akane, expecting this, also does the same and soon the two women get up close and personal like they were MMA fighters at a conference.
"You really want to do this, Akane?" Chifuyu asked.
"Do you?" She asked in return. "Let's do it then. A drinking challenge, you and I. Loser has to start pole dancing in front of these kids."
That sent a shock to everyone, including the boys. "WHAT!?"
And so between Ichika Orimura's older sister and Raiden Hataru's mentor, a drinking challenge between the two commenced with bottles of sake. Who won the challenge? Nobody could say and perhaps nobody will.
Later that night, Ichika decided to take a walk just to cool his mind off of things. It was late. The stars were already out, and the lights were turned on to pave the road back to the dorms.
Ichika just had enough of what was going on for a lifetime. He still couldn't understand how Raiden handles it so easily.
"That hurt…" He groaned holding the right side of his face. "Why did they get so mad? But it sure was fun."
But as Ichika walked, he couldn't help but feel that he wasn't alone. He heard rustling in the bushes behind him.
He then turned around and saw a shadowy figure behind the light.
"Who's there?" He asked.
As the person walked up into the light to reveal herself, she was dressed in black clothing, clearly showing she was not friendly. In fact, she bore no emotion except with a smile, a smile with the intent to kill. On the other hand, it's definitely not someone Ichika knows too.
Thinking like that, when she took two steps forward, the silhouette also came forward a step. Furthermore, it was a face that Ichika recognized. Then again, it's not something that can be said by a face that he recognized.
A girl around 15 to 16 years old stands at a good distance to Ichika. But that face abnormally resembled Chifuyu.
"Chi-Chifuyu-nee...?" He asked.
"No," The girl opened her mouth. A faint smile surfaced on that face, and that expression doesn't resemble Chifuyu even a little bit. "I am you, Orimura Ichika."
"Wh-what...?"
"Were it not for the Kingslayer, I would've gladly had the opportunity to kill you when you tried to approach me," She said.
Ichika gasps, realizing who this was. "Are you the one who was piloting Silent Zephyrus?! Who defeated Raiden?!"
"That's right," The girl responded. "My name is Orimura Madoka."
Orimura...Madoka? Ichika had never heard that name before, but why does she have the same surname as him? No, rather than that. Why does she resemble Chifuyu that much!?
With a wicked smile of glee seeing Ichika's stunned expression, she says, "In order for me to be myself, and to have my revenge on the one who robbed me for so long...I must take your life!"
Madoka then pulls out of her cloak a handgun, which looked like a M1911A1, and pointed it directly at the bewildered Ichika.
*BANG*
A dry gunshot sound reverberated across the courtyard.
After a two month break from the story, I finally get this chapter out. Took a while because I had to rewatch the episode since I mostly forgot how it all plays out. Also I needed to figure out just how Raiden fits into all of this which was not easy to do. But for the most part, the chapter plays out exactly as it did in the episode.
To be honest, this was perhaps my least favorite chapter to write as it did put a divide into the harem to determine which girl gets to be with which guy. But again, for Rin and Laura, they do NOT do this because they have feelings for Raiden or Ichika. They just see them as good friends. True Rin never got her part due to Tatenashi but at least the blue cat was able to foreshadow her little sister. But for the most part, Raiden liked Houki's fox ears and tail, which were soft to the touch. And Laura's bunny outfit was also cute along with that game she made.
And we also see Akane again, but this time with a proper reason for being at the Academy. And the chance to see her rival in a maid outfit. All because she lost to a game of poker. Either it was the maid outfit or false rumors spreading throughout the school. One thing is for certain though: Chifuyu will want payback on her old rival from school.
And now it ends with the infamous attempted assassination that occurred at the end of episode 5 and begins at episode 6. And don't worry, we all know how it plays out.
Next chapter is the episode where it focuses on Charlotte and her missing panties. Along with some additional scenes made of my own making.
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