A/N: Hello you gorgeous readers! Welcome back! Yes, I'm not dead or this wouldn't be here right now. I didn't forget about it. I will never forget about it.

So where have I been? It's been almost a year since the last update. The real reason is not what you think it is. Okay yes, I have been busy at times, but I did have countless days and free time to do this.

I was worried that everything I wrote was terrible and that all of you would think that it's terrible. You have no idea how many times I scrapped this chapter because of that. I was also rushing it too much to have it out by a certain time instead of taking my time. It got to a point where I didn't know what to do and I felt like giving up.

Luckily it didn't come to that. I have had talks with my mother, who's a writer, who gave me encouragement to keep on going. I am very grateful for that. I will say the same thing for my buddy dragondude16 on Wattpad and Reddit. We have had a lot of good discussions which really helped me keep on going. Props to him as well.

So yeah, I have finally been able to write again, and I am really excited to get back to doing this. I'm sure you are all just as excited as well. With all of that said. Enjoy!


Ichika slowly turned around and was shocked by what he saw. It was a doppelgänger of himself with glowing red eyes, crossed arms, and a serious glare.

"W-What the…W-Who are you?!" Ichika stuttered in fear.

The clone didn't move or say anything. Just standing there, not breaking the serious glare. "You!" he suddenly said, venomously.

Ichika jumped at that venomous tone. "M-Me?"

"Your inner demon!" he said, still wearing his glare. "I am the darkness deep down. The embodiment of all the bad thoughts and feelings in you!"

While Ichika was still confused, he was actually more confused about this black void, the voices, and flashbacks.

Looking around. "What is all this?" he asked.

"The truth!" He fired out almost instantly.

Ichika jumped. Before he could ask another question, the clone suddenly vanished.

Ichika looked all around him, but the other Ichika was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, a wide mirror of some kind appeared before him.

Ichika saw his normal self looking back at him. After staring at himself for a moment, he slowly took a step forward and raised his right hand to touch the mirror.

"Look at yourself," a sudden voice said, causing Ichika to jump.

"Such an idiot. Such a coward. Such a weakling."

Ichika felt as if his heart had been hit with a spear, as that is all he ever felt like. Like a burden to others. Weak. And everyone at the academy viewed him as an idiot.

"Now…IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP!" Instantly the mirror exploded into millions of pieces.

"AHHH!" Ichika jumped back in terror, shielding his face from the glass, and landing on the water-like ground, causing a splash.

After a minute, Ichika slowly got back to his feet, still shaken by what just happened.

Nervously looking around him, he didn't see the clone anywhere, just the black void. He suddenly started to hear voices once again.

"I should punish you!"

"I hope a dog bites you to death!"

"Ichika you pervert!"

"I will make you my bride! No objections!"

"I hope a horse kicks you to death!"

"Goodness! What kind of response is that?"

"I told you, it's Ms. Orimura. When are you going to learn? If you won't learn, then die."

"Hmph. I could get married in a week if I didn't have to take care of my idiotic little brother."

It was the girls and Chifuyu's voices again, saying the same things as before. They were much louder this time. They only seemed to get louder. So loud that he covered his ears.

But he could still hear the voices very clearly, like they were playing through headphones. And they only got louder.

"AHHH!" he screamed as he started to dig his nails into the sides of his head.

Suddenly, the flashbacks he had seen earlier started flashing in his eyes. He shut his eyes, but he still saw them. They all seemed to happen at once and very fast.

"AHHHHH!" Ichika screamed again as everything got even louder and faster.

Suddenly, everything instantly stopped. The flashbacks and voices all stopped and disappeared. Ichika then collapsed to the ground. His breaths were stuttered and heavy.

The dark Ichika reappeared and looked down at Ichika on the ground.

"Face it! They don't care about you! Even your own sister! They are a bunch of violent, selfish, and inconsiderate psychopaths! You're nothing but a toy or a prize to them. And that is all you will ever be to them!"

"The I.S. straight-up corrupted women. Women don't see men as equals anymore, even your own family and friends just look down on you now. It's the same for every man on the planet!"

Ichika didn't move, he felt as if he was paralyzed. For the first time, he actually reflected on his life, his relationships, and everything.

"Why?" He muttered. "Why are they like this? Why has the world come to this?"

Tears threaten to break through his eyes again.

"This I.S. affected every woman on the planet." He muttered again in disbelief. "My friends, everyone, even my own sister. Women don't see men as equals anymore!"

Ichika couldn't hold it in. He began to sob again, even harder this time. Not saying a word, The Dark Ichika just continued looking down at the sobbing Ichika.

After a couple of minutes of sobbing Ichika slowly managed to contain himself and to get himself to his knees, but didn't have the strength to stand up.

Ichika suddenly felt legs sinking down into the watery ground. "What! What's happening?!" He panicked as he started to slowly sink.

The dark Ichika still didn't move and just looked down at Ichika sinking into the ground. "No one cares about you! You and everyone else would be better off if you were gone!" He said venomously.

"N-NO! I can't…" Ichika was now up to his neck. "NO…" He yelled as he was finally pulled under.

Ichika rocketed up in bed with a waterfall of sweat falling down his face. Looking around quickly, he noticed he was in his dorm room.

After sighing in relief, he got up and went to the bathroom. He rinsed his face with cold water to cool himself down. Looking at himself in the mirror. He saw his cheeks all red as well as his eyes.

Exiting the bathroom, he looked over at the other bed and saw Tatenashi still sleeping soundly. Looking at the clock, it read 5:30am.

Ichika decided to go for a walk to get some fresh air, and clear his head. After pulling on a sweater and putting on some shoes, he silently makes his way out of the room to avoid waking up Tatenashi.

He quietly made his way through the dorm hallway to avoid waking up anyone else.

Finally getting to the door, he opened it and a breeze of cool air hit his face. "Ahh, that feels good," he said.

Ichika made his way down the path towards the park. It was also nice that no one was around to bother him.

While the cool air was nice, Ichika could not stop thinking about what he just dreamed about. His inner demon, the voices and flashbacks of his friends and Chifuyu, and that he almost drowned. It all felt so real, and it made him feel uneasy.

Ichika also remembered that today was the first day of the second year. His harem and Chifuyu were the first things to come to his mind. He just knew that something was bound to happen today.

He began to think about what to do. He couldn't really avoid them as they were all in his class, and Chifuyu was his teacher.

After a minute he decided to ignore and avoid them any chance he could get. "Just ignore them," he encouraged himself.

He knew doing this would make them mad or suspicious, but he didn't care, he just needed to be away from them.

After about thirty minutes of walking around, Ichika looked at the time and decided to begin to head back to the dorms to get ready for the day.

Returning to the room. "There you are, I was wondering where you were," Tatenahi teasingly greeted him, still dressed in her pajamas.

Ichika looked at her for a second. Tatenashi wasn't really like the other girls, but some of her actions were questionable. She set him up in that Cinderella play. She set him up with some balloons in the sky where the others tried to shoot him down after the sports fair, to which she punched him after he got back to the ground. And she and Kanzashi even joined the others' assault on him after he accidentally walked in on Cecilia in the girls' bath.

Ichika looked away from her, he didn't want to deal with her games. He was already in a bad mood. But reflecting on her actions over the last year made him feel worse.

He grabbed his uniform and headed to the bathroom.

Tatenashi noticed that Ichika wasn't paying attention and that he looked annoyed. "Ichika, is something up?" She tried to call out to him, but he ignored her and rushed into the bathroom.

After about ten minutes, Ichika emerged from the bathroom dressed in his uniform.

She saw that he was still looking angry. "Ichika, is something wrong?" She then smiled mischievously. "Because if there is, I can-"

"Not now, Tatenashi! I'm not in the mood for your games!" He then grabbed his bag and headed for the door.

Tatenashi jumped, dropping her teasing mood almost instantly at the tone of his voice. "I-Ichika?" She tried to call out to him again, but he had rushed out the door already.

Ichika began to make his way to the cafeteria. The cafeteria had just opened. Which is exactly what he wanted. He wanted to try and have breakfast before they got there in order to avoid them. He still had to be cautious and prepared as there is a chance that they were there already or show up while he was there.

Finally getting to the cafeteria, he opened the door and quickly observed the room from the entrance. None of the girls were anywhere to be seen.

After getting his food, he found one of the farthest, hidden tables and sat down. He wanted to take his time as he wanted to enjoy every moment he could without the girls bothering him, but they could show up at any given moment, so he tried to eat fairly quickly.

After he finished eating, he put his tray on a nearby rack, grabbed his bag and made his way out of the cafeteria.


*With the girls*

The harem were all sitting in a booth having breakfast. Except for one person. There was an empty space between Rin and Cecilia. Which is where Ichika should be.

"Where is he?" Rin was the first to speak.

"Yeah, he would normally be here by now," Cecilia added.

"I'm sure he will be here," Charlotte reassured them, as well as herself.

As minutes passed they started to get more suspicious with Ichika's absence.

Kanzashi was also suspicious of Ichika's absence. That's not the only thing she was concerned about. She remembered Tatenashi saying that she wanted one of his massages. But she started to think maybe more could have happened.

"I hope he didn't do anything else to Tatenashi last night," she said.

The girl instantly drew their attention to Kanzashi after she said that.

"What do you mean by that?!" Houki asked her aggressively.

Kanzashi shook at that question. Saying that was probably a mistake, she thought to herself.

"S-She said that because we were tricked as well yesterday as punishment, he had to give her a massage," she said nervously.

This only made their suspicion grow more as well as their jealousy.

"My wife did such a thing to someone other than me?!" Laura fired out.

"I'm sure it was nothing that serious," Charlotte once again tried to reassure everyone. Though, she herself hoped that nothing else happened.

"Then we'll just ask him in class," Kanzashi said as she finished eating.

The rest of them nodded.


*Back with Ichika*

After having breakfast early, Ichika made his way to the new classroom. He felt tense as he knew he couldn't avoid the girls here, but he was just going to try his best to ignore them.

Entering the room, he saw the classroom full of girls all talking about their spring break. Ms. Yamada noticed and went to greet him at the door.

"Orimura, you will be seated here." She pointed to one of the front seats.

Looking where she was pointing at, he saw it was one of the front row seats, which is the worst as it drew most of the attention of all the girls. Especially some particular girls. This only made him more irritated.

"Right," Ichika said, trying to hide his irritation as he went to his seat and sat down.

Chifuyu then entered the room. Ichika frowned, he was not happy to see her as he knew what was going to happen as it happened almost every day. He just leaned on his right and looked down.

"Alright, quiet!" She fired out. Everyone instantly turned their attention to her.

"Welcome to your second year at I.S. academy. I'm sure you know the rules from last year!" Everyone gave a simple nod except for Ichika, who sat there leaning on his right arm, looking down.

"Do you understand, Orimura?"

"Hmm?" He looked up

Chifuyu frowned. "Do you understand?"

"Understand what?" He asked.

"I said, welcome to your second year. I'm sure you know the rules from last year!" She explained.

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention," This wasn't the right response as Chifuyu brought a book down on his head.

"OW!" he grabbed his head in pain.

"When will you ever pay attention?!" She barked

Ichika felt like he was going to blow up and lash out. Luckily, He managed to keep himself calm and regained his composure and listened to the lecture.

"Every Wednesday and Friday we have training in the arena. It's the only time that is available right now," Chifuyu explained.

Everyone seemed to be okay with it. Ichika actually had mixed feelings about it because there was less time than last year. He did have personal training with Tatenashi, and he will be training with her again, but that was guaranteed to cause more problems with his harem, which is what worried him the most.

Class went on like any other day at I.S. academy. Lectures about the I.S. and anything related to it, as well some more schedules. Ichika paid attention and took notes like everyone else to avoid more trouble.

Lunch hour finally came. Once the bell rang, Ichika quickly made his way out of the classroom, almost running. The girls tried to follow after him, but he was already gone.

Ichika quickly got to the cafeteria before any of them, and was one of the first ones in line. He asked for some to-go containers to put his food in as he wanted to have lunch in a different spot in order to avoid his harem.

After a couple of minutes, he made it to a secret spot in the park near where he walked this morning. A spot that none of the girls should think to look for him.

"Finally, some peace and quiet," he said, finally feeling relaxed.

Unlike breakfast, he took his time and didn't have to rush to eat quickly as he was properly hidden now, and didn't really have to worry about his harem bothering him.

After finishing eating, Ichika didn't leave just yet, he stayed in his spot. He wanted to stay as long as he could because it felt peaceful and it was rare for him to have moments like this.

Ichika knew avoiding them this much was going to cause problems, but just planned on ignoring and avoiding them as it was all that he could really do.

As the break was approaching its end, Ichika got up and made his way back to class. He tried to be the last one in, but not enough to be late. The first thing he received was glares from the girls. Ignoring them, he sat back down and class began again.

Class, for what felt like forever, finally came to an end for the day. This time Ichika literally ran as fast as he could to the door.

"Hey! No running, Orimura!" Chifuyu yelled out to him.

He ignored her as he dashed out of the classroom and through the halls. Several other instructors told him to stop as he dashed through the hallways, but he ignored each of them. He didn't care, if this is what it takes to avoid the girls, he will take it.

Making his way outside, he picked up his sprint as it was not as packed as the hallways. He had long legs so running was pretty easy for him, he continued to run his way to the dorms.

Getting to the dorms, he ran straight to his room. After getting inside, he slammed the door shut, and wedged a chair against the door handle as he knew they were coming as they were trying to follow him.

Ichika laid on his bed, exhausted from running and avoiding his harem all day. After about two minutes loud knocks and bangs were suddenly heard coming from the door.

"Ichika, open the door!" What sounded like six voices were on the other side as the knocks and bangs continued. Ichika just stayed there on the bed. There was no way in a million years he was opening that door. He knew what would happen if he did. The girls would interrogate him and it would possibly lead to him getting attacked.

After a couple of minutes the banging and knocking slowly stopped and he didn't hear any more voices. Ichika didn't bother opening the door to check if they were gone as there was a chance they were still out there trying to trick him.

A while later, it was time for dinner. Ichika cautiously opened the door, prepared in case any of the girls were out there. He looked around, none of them were in sight. He then made his way to the cafeteria.


*Short skip to the cafeteria*

Ichika was currently sitting alone in a booth eating dinner. None of the girls were anywhere to be seen. He avoided them pretty much all day and it looks like he beat them to it again.

Suddenly, the harem barged through the cafeteria doors. Ichika looked up and saw them. Judging by their faces, it was clear that they were looking for someone. They soon noticed Ichika sitting in a booth alone and they marched their way towards him.

Ichika turned his gaze away from them back down to his food and continued eating as they all crowded around the table.

"Ichika!" Rin was the first to speak.

Annoyed, Ichika looked up. "Yeah?"

"You have been avoiding us all day!" Cecilia said.

Knowing this was what they were going to say. "I wanted some alone time." Was what he was able to come up with.

Houki narrowed her eyes. "Don't you think you have had enough of that already?!"

Ichika really started to get annoyed. Did they not understand what he said yesterday? He wants alone time and he decided how long it would last.

"Who said I need enough of that?" he responded coldly to her.

"Are you trying to hide something?!" She said suspiciously.

Ichika glared at her. "No, I'm not!"

Kanzashi was about to say something when her sister Tatenashi showed up and walked over to the group surrounding Ichika.

"Just can't take your eyes off the prize for a day can't you," she said, teasingly.

Ichika suddenly felt weary. Knowing that whatever she could say could set the girls off.

"By the way, Ichika," she faced him. "I forgot to mention this morning, you were such an animal last night," she said teasingly.

"WHAT!" The girls all yelled.

Ichika felt anger start to rise inside him as he knew what was coming.

"What does she mean, Ichika!" Houki asked furiously.

"He was making all kinds of weird noises in his sleep." She then looked at Ichika again. "What were you dreaming about? Or who were you dreaming about?" She giggled.

With his anger continuing to rise within him. Ichika then decided to leave before things could go any further.

He got up from the booth. "I'm out of here."

Rin immediately grabbed his arm. "You're not going anywhere!" She then shoved him back into the corner of the booth.

"Ichika, you pervert!" Charlotte scoffed.

"What?! How?" Ichika asked.

"You're having those kinds of dreams about her, Ichika?!" Houki shot accusingly.

Ichika thought back and remembered the nightmare he had and it wasn't anything like that. His inner demon, the voices, the flashbacks, and that he was about to drown was what he dreamed about. Wondering if he should tell them what he really dreamed about to stop all this. He decided not to as it could possibly make them more angry.

Ichika got up and tried to leave again. Only he was stopped by Kanzashi.

"So that's it, huh, Ichika?" She said in a calm yet unsettling tone with shadows over her eyes.

"What are you talking about?!"

"That's how you see my sister?!" She said with her anger more apparent.

Before Ichika could respond, Houki quickly summoned her I.S. arm and punched Ichika on the side of the head.

"AHHH!" Ichika yelled out in pain, grabbing the side of his head as he fell to the ground.

"I knew you would try something like that, you creep!" Rin yelled.

"My wife should only be thinking of me. Now this is what you get for thinking such a thing!"

"I knew that from the first day that I couldn't trust you in that room with her!" Houki said angrily.

Ichika just laid there on the ground. A hurricane of thoughts swarmed his mind. All the physical, emotional, and even psychological pain the girls and even his own sister had put him through over the past year. And even pain that he had suffered his whole life. He then heard a voice in his head. It sounded like his own.

"Look at yourself. Such an idiot. Such a coward. Such a weakling."

"Face it! They don't care about you! Even your own sister! They are a bunch of violent, selfish, and inconsiderate psychopaths! You are nothing but a toy or prize to them. They will never change!"

"The I.S. straight up corrupted women, even your own friends and family look down on you now. Like how women look down on men now!"

It was his inner darkness talking in a venomous tone. Everything that he said in his dream. As all these thoughts swarmed his mind, he tried to mentally tell himself to keep calm.

"Calm down, Ichika, just keep it cool! Don't lose it, don't lose it, don't lose it! Don't lose, don't lose! Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, DON'T!"

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" In the blink of an eye, Ichika rocketed to his feet. Before anyone could react there was suddenly a bright flash.

Ichika summoned his I.S. sword and aggressively swung it down on the booth table, completely cutting it in half and slamming into the floor.

The girls all jumped back in terror. Everyone in the cafeteria immediately turned their heads to see what was happening. They were all instantly focused on this scene of a booth table in two pieces with a cracked floor, and Ichika in between it all with his back turned, and breathing heavily.

The girls just stood there, frozen in shock by what just happened. None of them dared to move or say anything.

Charlotte was the first to move. She took a step towards Ichika with his back still turned, and heavily breathing.

"I-Ichika, are you-" she put her hand up as if to touch his arm.

Ichika whipped around and violently smacked her hand away. "DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME!" he shouted.

Charlotte jumped back, clutching her hand. The rest of them jumped at his sudden shout as well.

Ichika faced the rest of his harem. His face was red, veins were pulsing through on his head, and his eyes were full of rage and anger.

"I will say this right here and right now! You girls are CRAZY!" He shouted the last part. "Ever since the first day you have abused me! Insulted me! Forced me into things without my consent! And even tried to kill me on occasions!"

The harem and everyone in the cafeteria was shaken by how angry Ichika was. No one had ever seen him this angry before. None of them knew what to say or make of this.

"Houki!" Ichika then turned to her. "Ever since we reunited here, you have been nothing but a bitch to me since day one!"

Houki shuddered at the way he said that. Normally she would get mad and try to hit him. With how Ichika is acting right now, she didn't dare say a word.

"The first day we discover we're roommates, you come out in a towel and you try to pierce me with your bokken because you thought I set everything up!" Ichika started, he spoke with clear anger in his voice. "And then I accidentally touched your bra and you smacked me with your bokken and called me a pervert!"

"B-But you…" Houki tried to come up with something, but really didn't know what.

"No Buts!" He cut her off.

"From that day on, you were always frowning, always angry at me for some petty reason at all. And two girls on different occasions," he pointed his hand to Laura and Tatenashi for a second. "Who came into my room without my consent and you tried to kill me because I was doing something indecent!" He finished with his anger very clear.

Houki's face started to go red out of shame as he called her out for some of her actions towards him. She didn't know what else to say.

"And that wasn't even talking about my second so-called childhood friend!" He said as turned to face Rin.

"You are just as bad as Houki here!" He pointed at Houki for a second. "If not even worse! Always angry and yelling at me! Insulting me. Assaulting me, and even tried to kill me!"

Rin really didn't know what to say. "But, you-" She tried to come up with something.

"And if that wasn't enough!" He cut her off. "I forgot some stupid promise that we made years ago, you just told me that you hoped that I should die!"

"And even Houki!" He faced and pointed at her again. "You even told me the same thing, that I should die almost immediately afterwards!"

They both thought back to that day and remembered that they both told him that he should die because they were both angry with him. They didn't think it was that big of a deal, but now with the way Ichika was acting and how he said it, it's clear that was hurt by it.

"It's completely ironic that my so-called childhood friends have been the most hurtful to me!" He said. "Who not only told me I should die, but also tried to take my life on more than one occasion!"

Ichika turned to face Rin once again.

"And if that all wasn't wasn't bad enough, you tried to blast me with your impact cannons ALL BECAUSE CHARLOTTE REVEALED SHE WAS A GIRL!" His shout echoed throughout the cafeteria.

Rin started to feel just as much guilt as Houki, she didn't know what to say to any of that, but she knew he was right.

Ichika then looked at Cecilia. "Cecilia, on that same first day, you insulted me for my gender, you are sexist! So sexist! And even for my nationality!" He started. "After our duel, I thought you changed. You even claimed to have grown respect for me, but after a couple of days you just went back to how you were!"

Cecilia thought back to that day. She remembered how arrogant, and self-centered she acted and that she insulted him for his gender and nationality. She felt guilty after it happened, but now that she was reminded of it, that guilt started coming back

She also remembered that she made him the class representative because she felt bad for the way she acted, but she never did properly apologize.

"Ichika dear, I'm-"

"Save it!" he shouted, cutting her off.

Charlotte stepped forward once again, desperately hoping she could get Ichika to calm down.

"Ichika, please!" She pleaded, hoping he would listen.

"Don't even say it!" He shot his hand up as he turned to her.

Charlotte stopped dead in her tracks.

"You know, when you first started coming here, I was not only relieved to have another guy here with me, even though you weren't really a guy," he started. "But some who actually showed proper care for me!"

"I-I do care-".

"Ichika, you pervert! Ichika, you pervert! Ichika, you pervert!" He mocked her with a french accent, cutting her off.

Charlotte's eyes widened at the way he mocked her.

"Always calling me a pervert! You ask me if I want to see or touch your body or even when you touch me!" He exclaimed.

Charlotte started to go red out of embarrassment when he said that.

"You even went into the bath with me. And yet you still called me a pervert!" He added.

Now her face was as red as a tomato when she was reminded of that. She really didn't know what to say at this point.

"I thought you were different! But no, you are just like the others. You always join them in their antics, rather than help me like a real friend!"

The feeling of regret started to rise within her.

"Actually there was that one time I was accidentally late that one time you used your rapid switch on me!"

Her eyes widened when she thought back to that. "But that was…"

"If you're going to say it was Chifuyu, yes she may have ordered you to do it!" He started. "But you still shot at me! You had no hesitation in doing so. And you didn't seem sorry about it."

That seemed to hit the final nail on the coffin. Charlotte really looked like she was starting to regret everything that happened.

"Ichika, please! I'm sor-"

"Too late!" he said, cutting her off.

"Laura!" He looked at her. "You slapped me because you thought that I was a weakness to my sister! Later you say that it was my fault for being kidnapped!" He spoke angrily at her.

"JUST WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" He added with a shout.

Laura shuddered at the way he shouted. "B-But I-"

"Also!" He cut her off. "It's called husband! When a man and woman get married the man is the husband and the woman is the wife! Just because you kissed me once doesn't mean that we are in a relationship! Seriously, whoever told you how it works is wrong!"

"I-It was my lieutenant- "

"I don't care where you got it from or who told you! It's wrong!"

Laura didn't know what else to say.

His glare suddenly shrunk a little. "That isn't even the worst part," he said with his voice, oddly calm compared to a couple of seconds ago.

Laura was confused by that last part. Before she could ask, the door suddenly swung open. Chifuyu and Ms. Yamada entered the cafeteria to see what all the composition was.

"What's going on?!" Said Chifuyu.

When Ichika saw her, he felt anger suddenly increase. She caused him just as much pain and suffering as his friends did. If not even worse at times. Or even being the reason for it all.

It didn't take her long to find a certain group of girls around a booth table that was in two pieces and a slightly cracked floor.

"What the hell happened?!" She barked.

"Oh my god!" Ms. Yamada gasped as she saw the damage.

She looked at the seven girls surrounding the damage. "Who did this?!" she said furiously.

She then saw Ichika at the center of it all, who was just glaring intensely at her.

"Did you do this, Orimura?!" She questioned, still furious.

Ichika didn't say a word, he just continued staring at her.

"Did you damage academy property?! Was it with your-"

"SHUT UP, BITCH!" He suddenly shouted.

Gasps filled the cafeteria when Ichika fired that insult at his sister. Even Chifuyu was shocked by the way he shouted at her.

"Excuse me!" She raised her fist to punch him.

Knowing this was likely to happen, Ichika violently caught her punch. "NOT THIS TIME!" He shoved her fist back aggressively.

Now Chifuyu was shaken, she had never seen Ichika act like this before. Ichika usually just takes any hit that comes to him, but not this time. She looked down at her fist and rubbed almost as if she didn't believe what had just happened. She then looked up at him again.

"You better explain what's going on?!" She ordered with her anger still apparent.

"Them!" He said instantly as he pointed his fingers at the girls. "I've had enough of these bitches and their damn antics!"

He looked back at her again. "Even my own sister! You have been just as bad as them, maybe even worse!" he said angrily.

"You hit me! Yelling at me! And you don't even care that these five have hurt and almost killed me on some occasions!"

He pointed over at Rin for a second. "Huang here once nearly blasted me with her canons which could've ended my life and you didn't give a shit!"

"Th-That was…" She didn't know what to say. Though, thinking about it now, she realized that he could've actually died and that thought scared her.

"Then you have Charlotte here," he pointed at her for a second. "Shoot me just because I was accidentally a little late! And just didn't give a fuck!"

Chifuyu was at a loss for words. But it was true. She knew about the treatment Ichika got from the girls. She didn't think it was as bad as a real threat. With how Ichika is acting now, it really made her think back, and realize that she should have done something about it.

"Why? Why have you done all of this?!" Though, Ichika does remember Tatenashi telling him why she technically does what she does. He wanted a legitimate answer from Chifuyu herself.

Chifuyu didn't respond but glanced over at Tatenashi for a second. She wondered if she had ever told Ichika about why she does what she does.

Tatenashi noticed Chifuyu's glance. While she didn't say anything, she could tell that Chifuyu was silently questioning if she had ever talked to him about her.

Chifuyu looked back at Ichika. "I-I thought being hard on you would push you to become stronger." Was all she was able to say.

He let that process for a second. He now confirmed that's why she did all this. However, it actually made him more mad.

"Stronger?! That assaulting me, insulting me, and even almost having me killed on occasions is going to make me stronger?!" He questioned aggressively.

He then remembered what she said to him before his duel with Cecilia. "Before my duel with Cecilia you told me to die if I didn't learn to address you properly!"

Gasps once again filled the cafeteria. Chifuyu thought back to that day. She thought it would encourage him to try harder. She didn't think it hurt him that much.

"And if that wasn't enough, you said you could get married in one week if you didn't have to take care of your idiotic little brother," he added.

Chifuyu remembered saying that right after the first part. It only made her feel even worse as she thought that Ichika had the impression that she didn't care for him.

Ichika faced down with his expression looking not angry, but rather sad and hurt. "You know what? You were right, I was an idiot," he looked up with his glare slowly returning and tears forming in his eyes. "To think you actually loved me!"

That hit her like a train. She really started to get desperate.

"I-Ichika, please, I do love you!" She pleaded. "I saved you back then."

That was true. She did save him, but she left him to go teach in Germany for a whole year and didn't contact him once. Not only that but she never showed how much she truly cared about him.

"Yeah you may have saved me back then, but you left me for a whole year, never contacting me! And you never once showed how much you truly cared about me!"

Chifuyu didn't know what else to say. And it only hurt her more. Unfortunately, Ichika apparently had one more trick up his sleeve.

"I actually feel like you replaced me," he said.

Chifuyu actually looked concerned when he said that.

"W-What do you mean replaced?" She asked with concern present in her voice.

He pointed at Laura. "When I came across you and Laura talking that one time. You were WAY kinder and softer with her. You were never like that with me."

His glare grew hard again. "It feels like when you were in Germany for that year, you forgot about me, met Laura and replaced me with her!"

Chifyuy's eyes widened at this, she never knew Ichika felt like this. There was no way that Chifuyu could replace her only family. Never.

"What?! You think I…No! You think she or anybody else is a replacement for you! Never!"

Laura was just as shocked as Chifuyu. She may have held a grudge against Ichika at the start and didn't accept him as her instructor's brother. Over time she changed and developed feelings for him. Hearing that Ichika had the impression that he was replaced with her, especially with how he has been going off on how he really feels, she felt just as hurt as Chifuyu.

"I-Ichika, I could never…" Laura tried to speak up.

"SAVE IT! He yelled. "Everything that I have seen and heard says otherwise!"

Ichika looked down for a second before looking up at her yet again.

"I'm not your brother," he said. In a surprisingly calm voice that was hinted with anger. "You are not my sister." He added.

Chifuyu felt like a sledgehammer hit her heart.

Ichika's eyes then looked dead. He stared at her for a moment. "You're dead to me!" He said.

That added a cherry on top. Chifuyu's heart shattered like a plate.

He looked over to Houki and Rin again. "As well as the two of you!"

Just like Chifuyu, both felt their hearts shatter.

"I'm not an Orimura anymore! I'm Ichika, nobody. I'm just…Ichika," he said in a pained voice.

Ichika looked around the cafeteria and then back to his now ex friend's and ex sister "You all disgust me! I'm done! We're done!"

He then grabbed his bag. "I'm going home! I've had enough of this fucking place!" He then started toward the exit.

Tatenashi followed him. "No! You can't leave!"

Ichika turned around to face her. "Oh, and why the hell not?!"

"It's too dangerous, the Phantom Task or world governments or anybody will be after you. You will only be safe here." The others all agreed.

"No! This place isn't safe! Not with them here!" He then pointed towards his now ex-friends and ex-sister.

"But, but…" Tatenashi stuttered.

"I don't care, I'm leaving! The way I'm feeling right now no terrorist or government will dare mess with me!"

Ichika then faced his harem once more. "Don't any of you try to follow me! I swear to god it will end badly for you!" He said while raising his arm with his I.S. on it.

Tatenashi looked at him. She clearly wanted to say something. Ichika looked at her. "Oh, yes I will," he said as if he had read her mind.

Her eyes widened. She was about to question if he would really pull his I.S. on any of them. The way he said it made it clear.

"I'M OUT OF HERE! I'M DONE!" He yelled one last time before exiting the cafeteria.

*SLAM*

The wall and floor shook a little from the door slamming. Everyone in the cafeteria was shaken by the way Ichika acted. Including the main five who caused it all and his former sister. Other girls who witnessed it started gossiping and talking about what had just happened.

Getting back to his dorm room and packing a couple of things, Ichika made his way to the train station.

After a couple of minutes, the train finally arrived and Ichika got on. A couple of girls from the academy were there as well, but he didn't even spare a glance at them.

As he watched the train get further from the Island, he began to think about what Tatenashi said about the Phantom Task or anyone who could be after him. She was right, but he didn't care, he just wanted to be away from the academy no matter the consequences.

His stop eventually came and he got off and made his way home. It was a dark and cool walk, which actually felt kind of refreshing.

Ichika had finally reached home. After getting inside and locking the door behind him, he took a deep breath.

"Ahhh, finally some peace," he said as he made his way upstairs to his room.

Getting to his room he dropped his bag on the floor and flopped onto his bed. He took another sigh of relief.

After a couple of minutes, Ichika then was about to change when something else came to his mind.

He had destroyed that table and a little bit of the floor. He then realized that he was going to be in trouble for causing that damage.

Ichika started to worry, but then he realized that he wasn't at the I.S. academy right now and that he was home, so it's not like they can get to him. He actually felt more safer than he ever felt at the academy right now.

"Don't worry, Ichika. You're safe here," he reassured himself.

Not saying anything else, he went to the bathroom, brushed his teeth and headed back for his room. Changing into his sleepwear, he got into bed before turning off the light. Feeling relieved, he fell asleep after a couple of minutes, not even bothering to think about what the next day would bring.


So how was that? Leave a review to let me know what you think, or even any ideas that you might have for this story. I read every review, so I'm open to anything.

I want to thank my mother like I mentioned earlier who not only gave me encouragement, but also helped me with editing (despite not knowing anything about this series) and gave me tips on how to be a better writer. So special thanks to her for all of that.

As well as my buddy dragondude16 for our discussions that kept me going. That part with what Ichika said about Laura was his idea that I thought would work well with this story. So again special thanks to him again.

A couple of reminders and updates.

I am still trying to learn to write. That's why I joined fanfiction in the first place. So I apologize if this story is not perfect. If there is anything I can do to improve as a writer. Please let me know!

I apologize for how long this took. And you all have been pretty patient, but please do not ask me to update it or when the next chapter will come. I have a life outside of writing. That includes work, home, and family. I don't know when the next chapter is going to be ready, but I want to take my time as it will come out better that way.

Before you go I have another update regarding the future of my writing. I have other ideas for Infinite Stratos related content. I originally wasn't going to produce any of those ideas until I finished this story. But I don't know when the end of this is going to be. There are not really fleshed out stories, mostly just one-shots. To get to it, I'm not just working on this story alone any more. I'm still doing it, I will also be producing other ideas as well.

You may or may not have noticed the one-shot I posted yesterday. The Boy Who Cried Yandere is what it's called. Please give that a read when you have a chance.

So yeah, I'm glad to be back and I will see you gorgeous readers next time! Peace!