Chapter 54: The End of Phantom Task and Epilogue

I don't own IS or any of the other references that I will use. All credit for them goes to their creators.

Welcome to Chapter 54 everybody and the final chapter of Ichika Stratos. It's been a long ride and I'm glad that everyone could make it this far. Last time the battles started getting really interesting as Ichika and Madoka fought hard and Ichika seemed to have the advantage, at least until Madoka's rage activated a second shift. Meanwhile on the train, a bomb was found in the car and with the train going as fast as possible there was a chance a disaster could be on the way. Now let's see what happens.

(Ichika vs Madoka)

As Madoka's IS finished its transformation; Ichika wondered how dangerous his cousin would be. When the light faded he finally got a look and Ichika was surprisingly disappointed at the new appearance. The butterfly look had stayed mostly the same but the wings had gained a small twinge of purple in the middle. "That's it? Here I thought you were going to get something dangerous." Ichika groaned. Then again this was made by Tabane so Ichika knew that there was more to the device then it appeared

"Hmph, let's just say that things got a little more interesting, brother." Madoka sneered before flapping the wings of her IS again. "Eat STUN SPORE!"

"This again? You tried it before" Ichika groaned in boredom. He already knew how to counter this attack. "CRY OF THE DRAGON!" Ichika shouted as the familiar sonic waves blew the spores away.

"I was hoping you'd do that." Madoka smirked as she used her IS to get around Ichika.

"Shit! She's fast." Ichika cursed. Stun spore was a distraction and he fell for it.

"Paybacks a bitch, big brother" Madoka sneered she pressed a button on her IS and a wire came from the top of her IS and attached to Ichika's side. "GIGA DRAIN!"

"FUCK!" Ichika cursed as Madoka began to drain energy from his IS and used it to power herself up.

"IT'S OVER!" Madoka yelled as the energy drain sapped Ichika dry.

"Not yet!" Ichika yelled as he grabbed White Knight and slashed the wire away before flying away. Unfortunately the Giga Drain left him with very little shield energy and completely exhausted.

"Ichika, you have to get away. One more attack and you're finished!" Mahiru yelled out in concern.

"Shut up, brat. You were discovered and you didn't say anything. If not for Tabane we would've been finished." Madoka yelled out angrily.

"Yare yare, with that temper you definitely are an Orimura. By the way I'm not done yet" Ichika teased. He was weakened for sure but he had a trump card or two left up his sleeve.

"Bring it on!" Madoka yelled.

"Very well." Ichika smirked. He had one last trump card and he was now ready to unleash it.

(Train)

Above the train Cecelia was flying in her Blue Tears knowing that Laura was moving towards the car in question to block the bomb. Her censors picked up the bomb and it was certainly a threat. "Ms Orimura, I don't know how long we can keep this up. The train is going too fast and the more we fly the more people are beginning to realize something is wrong." Cecelia said nervously. They were approaching their third station and sooner or later something would give.

"Yes, I know. The good news is that Kanzashi is using Ichika's tech to disable the bomb. I know we have ten minutes until the final stop so we have time."

"Instructor, I've made it to the car and I'm beginning the evacuation process. Luckily for us, it seems as though some people have already realized that something is wrong." Laura announced.

"That's good, it's time to execute the plan." Chifuyu said sternly. With everything as it is things were finally looking up and it was time to turn the screws on Phantom Task.

(Ichika)

"Sorry little sis, but big brother has one more trump card ready." Ichika said with a smile as he pressed a button on the side of his IS.

"What are you-" Madoka started to say until Ichika's IS begun to glow also. "What the hell did you do?" Madoka said angrily knowing that Ichika had yet another trap waiting and she was helpless to stop it/

After a few moments of waiting a new IS appeared and for Madoka this was a problem. The IS's dark blue frame had stayed it's streamline blue, but now each side had twin thrusters as wings and twin cannons right on the shoulders The two sword slots were gone but there was a single slot on the right side of the frame. "May I introduce you to the true second shift of Dragon's Ascent; I guess I'll call it Dragon Emperor." Ichika said with a smile.

"That's impossible, what happened to that dragon you showed me during our last battle?" Madoka cursed. She was in trouble and she knew it.

"When I created that Dragon, I simply altered the programming. All I needed to do was restore the original program, not that hard really." Ichika said with a smile.

"DAMN YOU!" Madoka cursed as she tried to charge Ichika but was forced to dodge when a powerful beam was sent at her.

"Damn! I didn't think Rising Dragon would be this powerful and fast." Ichika smirked as the new blade was out. It was a broadsword with red at the bottom and white at the top.

"Well fuck!" Madoka cursed realizing that Ichika was about to make things very interesting for her.

(Laura)

Laura had just finished evacuating the people to the other sections of the monorail. With everyone out of the way the time had finally come to complete the plan to save all of the people. All things considered it was far too easy. "Instructor, I'm finished and we can finally save everybody." Laura said with confidence into the earphone.

"Excellent Boedwig, get on your IS and leave." Chifuyu ordered.

"Yes, Instructor." Laura replied.

(Honne)

"Damn, she was tough." Honne panted having finally finished off Autumn. It was infuriating to know that she had so much trouble with an opponent she already beat. She would definitely have to start her training over from scratch "Tat-chan, I've finished off Autumn, send people to come arrest her." Honne said calmly.

"Hey Nohohon, head towards Ichika. He may need your help." Tatenashi replied.

"Got it!" Honne replied before heading towards Ichika. With the situation on the train and this taken care of everything seemed to be finally in our favor.

(Ichika)

Thanks to his new power up Ichika was back in the fight and this time he was ready to go. "Come on little sister, it's time to go OVERBOOST FANG!" Ichika shouted as he swung the new blade.

"Crap! Gotta block it!" Madoka cursed as she had to activate her shield.

"That won't work, Madoka." Ichika smirked as the attack neared. Unfortunately for Madoka the shield breaking power of White Knight had come to the new blade. Therefore Madoka's shield was quickly broken through and she was hammered with the force of Ichika's new attack

"Damn you!" Madoka growled as she took more damage. She was finished and she knew it. At that time an explosion occurred and both parties turned towards the attack. "HAHA it worked!"

"What worked, little sister?" Ichika said with a slight amusement.

"We set a bomb on that train you guys were on. That explosion was probably the train hitting the edge and all of your friends dying." Madoka said with a scowl.

"And that's where you're wrong, Madoka." Ichika said with a smile. The fact that Honne appeared beside him further emphasized that point. Knowing that there was an opening Ichika returned to the ground to prepare his final attack.

"Wait a minute; you were the one that Autumn wanted to beat. What the hell happened?" Madoka said angrily. Unfortunately she didn't notice Ichika preparing to launch an attack

"Yep. Our friends just finished taking out the bomb and everyone's safe and Autumn's been defeated. That means you're finished."

"I'm not going out without a fight!" Madoka cursed as she prepared one last strike.

"Well you're pretty much done then." Ichika smiled from below.

"Shit!" Madoka cursed knowing what was coming.

"Goodbye, little sis. RISING DRAGON!" Ichika yelled as he flew up and slashed his sisters IS finishing her off. As the IS was cut apart Madoka Orimura fell to the ground unconscious.

"Mahiru, grab her!" Ichika shouted out knowing that his sister would die if she fell from that height.

"Got it, Ichika!" Mahiru shouted and activated her own IS that she brought just in case. The young woman caught the unconscious pilot and with that the battle was over.

"I won and Madoka has been captured." Ichika informed his sister through a private chat.

"Good, why don't you guys meet us at the station? I'm sure the girls will all want to tell you how worried they were."

Over with Tatenashi, the leader of Phantom Task, Squall, was furious that she failed. "Well a deal is a deal." The woman said with a scowl.

"Yep, this is the end of Phantom Task and of course it comes from the person who may have cursed them the most." Tatenashi said with a smile. With Phantom Task's defeat this was the end of the rogue organization.

(Scene Skip)

"Goodbye Ichika." Mahiru said as she was reluctantly led away by police. With her identity as a Phantom Task agent revealed, she had no choice but to leave. The rest of the girls and Ichika were there to watch him go.

"Goodbye Mahiru, you were a shitty spy, but you were an excellent student." Ichika said with a smirk.

"Thank you, Ichika. I have only one regret from my time at IS academy."

"What's that?" Ichika wondered.

"That I never got to have sex with you myself." Mahiru blushed.

"How disgusting." Madoka spat at Mahiru's love confession.

"I agree." Houki groaned. For her to say that after everything she did was revolting.

"She doesn't deserve Ichi." Tatenashi groaned.

"Considering how things started between us, Tatenashi, you don't have any room to talk." Ichika retorted causing Tatenashi to wince. "In any event do your time and we'll see what happens." Ichika said with a smile.

"Okay!" Mahiru said as she was led away. Once the police left Ichika turned to the girls and smirked. "We have a vacation to finish."

"Yes!" The girls replied as they continued the vacation. With Phantom Task beaten and things finally calming down Ichika had a chance to relax for once in his life.

(ICHIKA STRATOS END)

(EPILOGUE 5 YEARS LATER)

"Today's the big day huh?" Dan said with a smile as he stood by Ichika's side as he prepared to start the next part of his life. Today was the day Ichika was marrying Houki and they were having the ceremony at IS academy. A perfect way for Ichika to start the rest of his life.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Ichika said with a smile as he stood in his tuxedo preparing to get married to Houki. He graduated from IS academy with full honors and the other girls did the same.

Ichika and Houki stayed in Japan as Ichika started his own tech firm, with help from the money he saved up from selling some of the tech he developed while at school. His new company helped to make what was now the tenth generation of IS. His secretary in his new firm was Honne, who was just as talented as an assistant as her sister but was lazy and still occasionally slacked off. The other girls followed their own dreams after graduating. Houki returned to the Shinonono School, and taught swordplay and thanks to her success as a pilot had plenty of students wanting to learn. Cecelia returned to England and took over as the head of the Alcott Corporation. Once Charlotte graduated her father's secret was revealed and her father made her head of the corporation. Because of that, the Dunois Corporation was one of Ichika's biggest sponsors outside of Japan. Laura returned to Germany and became the new head of the military, and it was rumored that she would only get technology from Ichika's company, yet another tribute to their connection. Tatenashi naturally was the head of the Sarashiki family and before she graduated told Ichika her true name, Katana, which made him smile. The crazy bluenette worked heavily with Ichika and the rest of the girls and was rumored to be working on a special gift for the wedding.

"So any word if the others are going to come?" Dan said with a smile.

Ichika smiled as he recalled hearing from the other girls. "Yep, all of them are showing up." Ichika said with a smile.

"Well let's go." Dan said as he left the man to relax.

"Congrats little brother." Chifuyu said as she walked into the room.

"Thanks big sis." Ichika smiled. Of course his sister was dressed up in her suit from the academy. She had retired from teaching but came back to the academy as a guest teacher.

"I should warn you things are gonna be crazy out there." Chifuyu said with a smile. It seemed like she knew something Ichika didn't but he figured it out.

"Sounds like fun." Ichika smirked as he got up. Naturally his sister walked him down the aisle since their family had long since left.

(Scene Skip)

With the music playing in the middle of the battlefield where Ichika had fought so many battles over the years he walked out to a rather impressive surprise. "What in the world's going on?" Ichika said shocked as not only was Houki at the altar in her white dress, but Charlotte, Cecelia, Laura, and Tatenashi were also in wedding dresses next to her.

"Well….you see….." Houki said with a groan.

"We all decided to marry Ichi. Thanks to my influence you're able to do it!" Tatenashi said with a happily smile.

"So that was your present, Katana?" Ichika smirked.

"Yep, and each girl has a matching ring with Houki."

"Isn't the guy supposed to buy the rings?" Ichika said with a wry smile.

"You can pay me back later." Tatenashi said with a smile.

"Good grief." Ichika smiled as he went along with it.

"Yay MASSIVE wedding!" Honne said as she Kanzashi and Dan's little sister came out as flower girls.

"Well, let's do it." Ichika smiled as he walked out to the girls knowing that for the girls to do this would have made perfect sense.

That's it for Chapter 54 and the end of Ichika Stratos. I was planning to save the mass wedding for an epilogue chapter, but honestly I've grown tired of the story. Thanks to everybody who's been by me this whole time. I hope you guys continue to read my stories and review.