The Irregular at Magic High School: The Black Dragons

Chapter 6: Enrollment VI

Outside the school buildings, the fight had turned into an absolute brawl. As Jonasan and Erika approached Leo and Kurisu, they saw that the two were getting surrounded. Just as Jonasan was about to pin them to the ground with shadow, Miyuki showed up and cast a spell which caused their attackers to go flying into the air before slamming back into the ground. Tatsuya was right behind her.

"Tatsuya! What the hell is…" Leo said.

"Leo!" Erika shouted.

"Hey Kurisu, catch!" Jonasan said and threw Dragon Knight at him.

As the gunblade spun end over end, Jonasan's face appeared on the blade, it then flashed to a dark shadowy figure with burning red eyes and a maniacal grin. The gunblade spun again and Kurisu's face appeared before he grabbed the weapon and fired a spell at the guy that was sneaking up behind Jonasan and Erika.

"Nice shot bro." Jonasan said after inspecting the guy.

"Hey…Looks like the cavalry has arrived." Erika said.

The group then retreated behind one of the buildings so that Tatsuya and the others could fill them in on what was happening.

"Terrorists?" Erika asked. "That means that we can kick their asses no questions asked right?"

"As long as they aren't students, there's no reason to hold back." Tatsuya said.

Kurisu cracked his knuckles. "Good."

"Kurisu, what CAD is that?" Tatsuya asked, eyeing Dragon Knight with distaste.

"This? This is Dragon Knight. A gunblade that is a part of the Dragon series by Shadow Technologies."

"Dragon series?"

"Right. Dragon Knight was designed to compete with your Silver Horn. It is a custom CAD personally made by Emile Shadows at Shadow Technologies."

Tatsuya twitched. "What is it with you guys and a preference for Shadow Technologies?"

Jonasan raised an eyebrow. "Have you seen the prices FLT charges for CADs? Outrageous."

"It's a matter of quality over quantity. FLT leads the magical community in terms of Activation Sequences and CAD creation."

"Yes, but Shadow Technologies specializes in Weaponized CADs, you know, the things that help defend the country from outside invasion."

"I do believe that sustainable energy creation is more viable for the future than the type of advanced warfare that we can wage." Tatsuya countered.

"Let us finish this conversation later."

"Very well. By the way, did you spot any other intruders?" Tatsuya asked.

"Their target is the library." A voice said.

Turning to face the voice, Jonasan discovered that the speaker was Ms. Ono, one of the councilors at the school. She was a woman with brown hair and large brown eyes.

"Ms. Ono?" Tatsuya said.

"Attacking you here was simply a diversion." She looked toward the library. "The main force has already gone in."

Both Jonasan and Kurisu growled. They needed to be dealt with and needed to be dealt with now.

"Ms. Mibu is there as well."

"Would you mind explaining all this later on?" Tatsuya asked.

"I decline. At least, that's what I'd like to say… But that probably won't fly."

"Your damn right it won't." Kurisu muttered.

"In return, would you do me one favor?"

"What is it?" Tatsuya asked, and Jonasan tilted his head.

Ms. Ono got a serious expression on her face. "I'm asking as Haruka Ono, councilor! I want you to give Ms. Mibu a chance. Since last year, she's been dealing with the gap between her accolades as a kendoist and her evaluation as a Course 2 student. I guess it was too tall of a task for me. She ended up playing right into those people's hands. So…"

Kurisu just looked at her and shook his head. "Sympathy will get you nowhere. Let's go Jonasan."

"Right." Jonasan said and the two began to walk off.

"That was a little harsh don't you think, Kurisu?" Leo asked.

Jonasan fixed Leo with a harsh stare. "Leo… sympathy gets you nothing in this world. She made her choice and how she has to pay for it. Sympathizing with someone will only get you hurt." The brothers then began to run toward the fight.

Miyuki looked at the two with concern.

"Hey! Jonasan!" Leo shouted before running after the two.

Miyuki was right behind him and so was Tatsuya.

"Miyuki…Tatsuya…Wait up!" Erika shouted and pursued them.

…

As the group ran into the melee, Jonasan saw that the attackers were using nightsticks or fists and anyone that used magic was quickly defeated.

"Kurisu, melee only."

"Right." Kurisu replied and flicked a switch on Dragon Knight.

The gun portion of the weapon shrunk, and the blade extended into a full-length black sword (the shift is the same as Brunhild from In Another World With My Smartphone). Jonasan drew Nightmare as he approached the first attacker. Leo then ran past the two brothers.

"Panzer!" he shouted, and his gauntlet CAD glowed red with a fortification spell, he then decked the nearest enemy.

"Voice-Activated? How rare is that?" Erika asked.

"Not…as rare…as you think." Jonasan said as he was knocking down enemy after enemy.

"Brother, he is executing and building sequences…" Miyuki said.

"Right, he is executing his spells sequentially. A popular technique 10 years ago." Tatsuya said.

"That guy… so even his magic is anachronistic too." Erika said.

Leo then took a direct strike from a nightstick on his CAD.

"Jeez. How does that not break?"

"Fortification magic." Kurisu said as he cut down an enemy. "He cast fortification magic on himself and the CAD."

"So basically, no matter how much he bashes it about it won't break? It was magic that was made for him."

"Leo, Jonasan, Kurisu, we're going on ahead!" Tatsuya said.

"Sure, we got this." Leo said.

"Yeah, kick those guys asses for us!" Jonasan said as he bashed a guy in the face with the flat side of Nightmare.

Tatsuya, Miyuki, and Erika entered the library as the other three continued to attack the guys outside.

"Now that they are gone..." Jonasan muttered as he pushed up the sleeve on his jacket.

On his right arm, there was a silver bracelet with four lines on it. At first glance, the lines didn't mean anything, but in fact, they were powerful inscriptions that restrained his power.

"Removing tier-one limiter."

One of the lines then disappeared and Jonasan's eyes flashed red for a moment. Jonasan then blurred over to his next opponent and kicked him, causing him to fly back 10 feet and slam into the ground. He then blurred over to another person and elbowed him in the gut. He then continued on.

Kurisu was having a blast with Dragon Knight. This was one of the few times that he could go unrestrained while having the CAD in blade form. He already used fortification magic on it and was slashing at enemies left and right. Looking to his right, Kurisu saw Jonasan blurring from enemy to enemy with a feral grin on his face.

"Looks like he released the first limiter. He seems to be restraining himself well enough, so it shouldn't be an issue."

…

Along with the rest of the students they quickly overcame the invaders. The gates to the school were closed to prevent parents or other potential invaders from entering the school. The police soon showed up and captured the aggressors. Tatsumi and another student had apprehended Tsukasa as he tried to flee. Ms. Mibu was carried out of the library by Erika and taken to the nurse's office, which was where they were now.

Tatsuya, Miyuki, Erika, Leo, Mayumi, Mari, Jyumonji, and the Cosmos were all gathered around the bed in which Ms. Mibu was placed in. She had been treated for the broken bone Erika had given her trying to stop her from fleeing. She was explaining what happened to her and the other students.

"For over a year, Captain Tsukasa has been exhorting the kendo to bring about the end of the discrimination by magic. The captain once lured me into the Blanche branch office, as well. Apparently, his older brother is the head of the Japan Branch…" She tightened her fist. "Not long after I enrolled here, there was an incident where I was discriminated against as a Course 2 student… I think that was why I listened to what the captain said so intently."

"What incident was it?" Tatsuya asked.

Jonasan was rubbing his head as Miyuki forced him to sit in a chair as she placed her iced fingers to his temples. She looked at Kurisu in concern, but she waved her off. Releasing the seals also released him just a bit, and that had some… drawbacks. Mayumi was concerned about the brothers as well when she heard that they had gone against the invaders.

Mibu paused for a moment before she looked down.

"Um… The Kenjutsu team had caused a disturbance, recruiting… And I saw Ms. Watanabe's sword skills when she suppressed it, which took my breath away. So right away, I asked if she would take me on and advise me, but she just coldly brushed me off…"

"What's that?" Mari said, and Erika glared at her.

Jonasan sensed that the two had some type of rivalry between the two women. He also sensed that there was someone outside the window listening, it was Kirihara.

"Mibu, is that true?" Mari asked.

"You said, 'You're no match for me, so it would be a waste of time. Go pick out an opponent you're worthy of.' I thought it was probably because I was a Course 2 student. And the thought of that…"

"Hey…" Mari said and Mibu looked at her. "Hey, hold up. I remember what happened that day. Listen, I never brushed you off, all right?"

"Huh?"

"If I remember correctly, this is what I told you that day. 'With my skills, I could never hope to be a match for you. It would be better if you practiced with someone worthy of your skills.'. Am I wrong?"

"Um…"

"Wait, Mari." Mayumi said. "So, you said that you were declining to practice with Ms. Mibu because she was stronger than you?"

"Well, of course, if magic were involved, my skills might be superior… But Mibu has trained in pure swordsmanship – no way I can beat her with my sword." Mari said.

"Then… it was all… a misunderstanding… on my part?" Mibu said.

Jonasan felt Kirihara walk away at that. Miyuki took her hands of Jonasan's head and looked at him.

"Feeling better?" Miyuki asked.

"Yes. Thank you, Miyuki." Jonasan said.

"Anytime."

"I don't believe this…" Mibu said suppressing sobs. "I'm such an idiot…" she was starting to cry.

"Just assuming… Misunderstanding you like that… Putting myself down… Wasting a whole year, resenting your kindness…"

"Memory manipulation." Jonasan and Kurisu thought at the same time.

"I don't think it was a waste." Tatsuya said causing Mibu to look up.

"Shiba?"

"This is what Erika had to say after observing your moves. You became so powerful, like a different person compared to when you were in junior high. That's undeniably the result of the swordsmanship skills you polished with your own two hands. Instead of wallowing in resentment, or drowning in sorrow, you kept on improving and polishing yourself – no way can that year be called a waste."

"Shiba…" Mibu said and lowered her head. "There's just one thing I'd like you to do for me…"

"What is it?"

"Please don't move for a second…"

Mibu then grabbed his shirt and began to sob into it. Jonasan and Kurisu winced. Despite having ice-cold hearts, even they were unable to sit through a woman crying has hard as she was without some measure of sympathy. Miyuki looked away.

…

After Mibu had calmed down they decided what they wanted to do next.

"Now, then…" Tatsuya said. "The question is, where are the people from Blanche at this moment?"

Everyone aside from the Cosmos looked at him in shock.

"Tatsuya, don't tell me you're planning to take them on in battle?" Mayumi asked.

"That's not an appropriate choice of words." Tatsuya said.

"We are going to fucking obliterate them." Jonasan said with a growl.

"That's dangerous! You'd be overstepping your boundaries as a student!" Mari said.

"I'm against it, too. We should leave non-school-related issues to the police. You two especially," Mayumi said, looking at the Cosmos. "you two have hurt yourselves enough."

"While we appreciate the concern, it's not an option." Kurisu said.

"So… Will you be sending Ms. Mibu to Family Court for attempted robbery?" Tatsuya said.

"I see." Jyumonji said. "Police intervention would be undesirable. That said, we can't just let this go. Still, Shiba, Cosmos… We're up against terrorists. Neither I, nor Saegusa, nor Watanabe would ask the students here to risk their lives."

"Should I tell them that they are in the presence of two terrorist leaders... Probably not." Jonasan thought.

"Of course, you wouldn't. From the start, I never intended to turn to the Student Council or the Extracurricular Activities Federation for help. Nor you two." Tatsuya said looking at the Cosmos.

"Are you planning to go on your own?" Jyumonji asked.

"Normally, that's what I'd prefer to do. But…"

"Not an option." Kurisu and Jonasan said at the same time.

"I'm going with you!" Miyuki said.

"I'll go, too." Erika said stepping forward.

"Me, too!" Leo said.

Mibu looked at everyone in shock before turning to Tatsuya.

"Shiba, if you 're doing this for me, I'm begging you to please stop. I'll be fine. I know I should be punished for what I did. But if something were to happen to you all because of me…"

Tatsuya refused to look at her. "I'm not doing this for your sake, Ms. Mibu."

"Huh?"

"The zone in which I live has been targeted by terrorists. If anyone tries to ruin my daily life, and Miyuki's, I will eradicate them all. For me, that is my highest priority." Tatsuya said with a menacing look on his face.

Everyone looked at him with shock on their faces except for Jonasan and Kurisu as they sported the same expression but for different reasons. Blanche dared to try and attack their school. Dared to assault the two most powerful crime syndicate leaders in Japan, even if it was unintentional. Such actions cannot and would not go unpunished.

"But, Brother. How are we going to locate Blanche's headquarters?" Miyuki asked.

"Well, we know where it's at thanks to a rather…forthcoming member of Blanche. He was quick to speak when he started being eaten alive by his own shadow." Kurisu thought.

"If there's something you don't know, just ask someone who does." Tatsuya said with a hand on Miyuki's shoulder.

Tatsuya walked over to the door and opened it, revealing Ms. Ono behind it, listening in.

"Ms. Ono?" Mayumi said.

"Um…" she then looked at Tatsuya and sighed. "Thinking I could hide from a disciple of Master Kokonoe… I guess that was naïve of me…" She said rubbing the back of her head.

Ms. Ono had everyone back away from Mibu as the two privately talked. She then gave Tatsuya some coordinates and left. Tatsuya entered the coordinates on a collapsible tablet that he had. It came up with a picture of an abandoned factory.

"An abandoned factory?" Tatsuya asked.

"It would be better to go by car." Jonasan said, studying the picture.

"Are we going to break in head-on?" Miyuki asked.

"Yes."

"I'll get that car for us." Jyumonji said.

"You're going, too, Jyumonji?" Mayumi asked, looking at him.

"As a member of one of the Ten Master Clans, it's obviously my duty. But more than that, as someone who's also a student at First High School, I can't ignore this situation."

"Then…"

"Saegusa, you can't go."

"Why?" she pouted.

"It wouldn't do for the Student Council president to be away at a time like this."

"Understood." Mayumi sighed. "But if that's the case, Mari, you can't go, either." She pointed at Mari and Jonasan and Kurisu spotted a small impish grin on her face. "After all, there still might be some remnants hiding on campus. Not having the Disciplinary Committee chairwoman around would be problematic." Her smile grew larger as she looked at her out of the corner of her eye.

Mari sighed as she had to concede the point. As everyone began to file out of the room Jonasan handed Mayumi a tablet.

"What's this for?"

"It's so that, you two can know what happened and not have to rely on second-hand accounts." Kurisu said.

"Plus, you will be able to keep an eye on your boyfriend, Mayumi." Jonasan teased.

Mayumi puffed out her cheeks as Mari tried to restrain her laugher. "He's not my boyfriend!"

"Yet." Came Jonasan's reply as they walked out the door.

…

Jyumonji was inspecting the Jeep that they were going to use to break into Blanche HQ when he heard someone approach him.

"Chairman!"

Jyumonji turned around and saw Kirihara come running up to him.

"Please take me with you, too."

"Why should I, Kirihara?"

Kirihara tightened his grip on his sword. "As a student at First High School, I can't let such lawlessness go!"

Jyumonji sighed and closed his eyes. His reasoning was weak.

"No good. I can't take you with me."

"Chairman?"

"Not for a reason like that. It's too flimsy to risk lives on. Let me ask you one more time." Jyumonji tightened his eyes. "Why?"

Kirihara looked away for a moment. "Chairman, in junior high, I admired Mibu's sword skills. Unlike my own sword skills, which were meant to kill, hers were meant for pure competition… I thought it was beautiful to see. But…" Kirihara tightened his grip on his sword so hard that it was trembling. "Somewhere along the line, her sword became clouded. And I didn't like that."

"Is that why you pulled a stunt like that brawl?"

"It's not as if I was trying to make her see the error of her ways. I just lost my temper and picked a fight with her, that's all."

"You're calling it an error, but wasn't it Mibu's intent?"

"No, it wasn't! Mibu's will… her sword is nothing like that! Someone changed her sword – someone corrupted it… Some bastard must have used Mibu in today's incident, I just know it!" Kirihara closed his eyes and looked away for a moment. "This isn't even for Mibu's sake… it's just me venting my anger."

Kirihara then bowed low to Jyumonji. "I'm begging you! Please take me with you, Chairman!"

He held the position for about a minute before Jyumonji spoke. "Fine."

Kirihara looked up in shock. "Chairman?"

"That's a good enough reason to risk your manhood on." Jyumonji said with a small smile.

Kirihara smiled for a moment before bowing to him again. "Thank you very much!"

Kirihara then stood and walked away. Jyumonji then turned back toward the Jeep and thought about the Cosmos brothers.

"Those two are familiar to me, I just can't figure out how. I have a very faint memory of the two but it's so clouded that the only thing I can recall is their faces." Jyumonji thought.

He would have to ask his father about this. He might be able to recall where he had seen the two brothers. He had to wonder though, at what the brother's grudge was against Blanche as they were already set to go even before Shiba decided to go. For himself it was obvious, the government had failed to deal with the issue and it had led to them attacking the school and attempting to seal the country's cutting-edge research. So, on behalf of the Ten Master Clans, he would step in and deal with the problem.

Those two, however, had no real reason to go after Blanche. They came from a magic family, sure, but the Cosmos weren't one of the Hundred Families, and although the cause of their parent's car crash was a bit suspicious, an accident on a bright sunny day with no signs of another car hitting them although it was clearly a car accident, it had no ties to Blanche. Their parents worked for the Magic Association and had no known enemies.

He would have to keep an eye on those two. Although he doubted they would get out of hand, they both had a way about them when it came to Blanche that just screamed violence.

A/N: I apologize for the long wait. Between a project course for college, my other main story, then COVID coming out of nowhere and making me an essential worker, I didn't realize that such a long gap had occurred between updates. Thank you to the reader who reminded me that, hey I have another story to keep up with. I do have all of the chapters for the first arc written out I just need to look over them again with fresh eyes and double-check my research before posting them. Also, season 2 of Irregular At Magic High School is coming out soon. Yay! Black Dragons might undergo a brief Hiatus when the season releases so I can make sense of it and possibly go back and do some rewriting.