Usually I make these Author notes in the end AND I WILL! But I have to clarify a few things before you read this first chapter. Ichika will not have the normal personality as you may have figured out from the Summary and will figure out from this first chapter! Next is I will be changing some minor things in the history of Infinite Stratos. Like Chifuyu will have already been a Tutor/Teacher/Advisor at the IS Academy while she participated in the Mondo Grosso. Now that's all I need to tell you before the chapter I will explain anything else after the chapter.
(DISCLAIMER! Before you leave because there is Chifuyu bashing don't worry! I don't plan on that being permanent. Let's just say… Well you'll see but she will have to make her way back into Ichika's life. And it won't be easy that's for sure… As you may expect from Ichika's point of view. When she finally rekindles the relationship well… *Cough* Romance *Cough* Maybe. "Maybe" So if you want to see that tell me in the Review's or PM Me. I'll leave it up to you guys.)
Alright now onto the story! But seriously if you didn't read the top paragraph at least read the disclaimer. I don't want people leaving because they think Ichika will hate Chifuyu for ever not even I want that. Chifuyu is probably my favorite girl in the story.
Chapter 1: The Beginning
A young woman with purple eyes, long purple pink hair, and voluptuous body, wearing a lab coat was looking at a monitor very closely. This was how it went for another few minutes. Then out of nowhere you could hear a *Ding*
"It's Done! I did it! It took so long but it's done!" The woman yelled.
"Professor Shinonono? What happened?" Another scientist asked as he peered into the dark room.
"I did it! It's finished! I made another type of IS! This could revolutionize the industry!" The now called Professor Shinonono or as her friends would call her, Tabane.
"Really?! Congratulations Mam!" The scientist cheered.
"Yes! Now let's test this thing out!" Tabane exclaimed.
"Right away!" The scientist entered the room and helped set the IS Unit.
They then both went to a capsule and with a *Whoosh* it opened. And revealed a plain pure white IS Unit.
"Umm… This doesn't look that different than the basic Unit's professor… Are you sure this is the correct one?" The other scientist asked skeptically.
"What are you talking about? This looks like this because of what I installed in it!" Tabane Informed the Scientist Cheerfully.
"What did you install in it?" The Scientist curiously questioned.
"Ohohoho. That is a good question! I made it so the IS Unit could adapt to their pilot and evolve with the pilot like never before! And best of all… I gave it a mind!" Tabane exclaimed causing the Scientist who was in the room to go wide eyed.
"What?! A mind? How? Why?" The scientist was clearly speechless.
"Never mind that right now! Let's test this thing out!"
"Right!"
And so, they performed tests on the IS Unit and everything seemed normal. They went to the next step. Having somebody use it in the field. And so they called in a pilot and readied her up with the correct equipment necessary and told her to synchronize with the IS Unit. But as soon as her hand touched the IS Unit the Chest part of the IS Unit started to glow a very bright white. Then out of nowhere four elements materialized out of midair Water, Fire, Electricity, and Wind. Tabane, the Scientist, and the Pilot all instinctively took a step back. I mean can you blame them? This has never happened before. Ever.
"What's happening?" The Scientist questioned but that thought was quickly cut short.
The four elements that appeared around the IS Unit all flew towards toward the pilot. Thankfully all IS Pilots were strictly trained and she dodged out of the way just in time. The elements hit where she was just a second ago destroying that floor panel completely. But just as before they went back to surrounding the IS Unit.
"Turn it off." Tabane commanded.
"Huh? O-Oh Okay! Right Away!" The Scientist was snapped out of his stupor and went towards the computer.
"What are you waiting for? Shut it down. This is a failure." Tabane commanded again.
"I'm trying! It's not working!" The Scientist informed Tabane.
"Ugh! Move away." Tabane then tried.
She went through the procedure to forcefully shut it down but it didn't work. Like the button was locked. Then she went to access the Actual IS Unit's coding. But as soon as she clicked to enter it everything stopped.
"Error. Error. Error. Error." The entire super computer system flashed red and showed Error on the screen.
"What?! Hurry unplug it from all ports!" Tabane yelled.
But it was too late. Every computer in the room started sparking violently and Tabane instinctively ran back and ducked behind a table with the Pilot and other Scientist. Then *Boom* The entire Super Computer exploded with all the files on it.
"Noooo!" Tabane screamed as she rushed to the computer once the initial explosion settled down.
"What's wrong Profesor? Arent the filed already backed up?" The scientist asked clearly not worrying at all.
"Not the ones for that IS Unit! I just finished it! I didn't think of backing them up yet! We went straight to tests remember?!" Tabane now had slight tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.
"No… You spent so long on this one… And now it's not even safe enough to try and test it again…" The Scientist said aloud.
"Man… This sucks!"
"I know… I'm sorry Professor… If only I-"
"No it wasn't your fault… I should have performed more tests before hand…"
"Well what do we do with it then?"
"Take it to the IS Storage room…" Tabane said sadly.
'What did I do wrong? That was and still is my masterpiece! Why didn't it work?!' Tabane for once in her life was absolutely clueless.
And so they took the IS Unit to the Storage room and left it there where it would wait until it's Pilot called for it.
(Unknown Area)
A small boy sat in the middle of a pitch-black room. He had Black hair and dark crimson eyes. He looked no older then 10.
"Chifuyu-nee…" The small boy's voice echoed through the room he was in with the occasional sniffle telling everyone that he was crying.
He was alone. The young boy was strapped to a chair in the middle of a pitch-black room. He didn't know where he was or what happened. He remembered walking home from school then *Bang* the next thing he knew was when he woke up there. So he sat there, he heard nothing but the echoes of his cries in the room he couldn't even see. For what seemed like hours he waited, Calling out for "Chifuyu-nee, Chifuyu-nee" he never once ceased. Then all of a sudden, he heard a loud *Clang* a door then opened and illuminated the room. The boy jumped for joy as he thought his "Chifuyu-nee" finally came to save him. He knew it was during the Mondo Grosso how could he forget? He waited all year for the tournament and he wanted to see his Older sister win! But he thought his sister would save him. As much as he wanted her to stay and win it… He wanted her to save him… Today was the starting day the tournament would take a week until the finals and the opening fight was his Older Sister's. But as the door opened and illuminated the room his heart sank. A gruff looking man with a scar running down his face walked in. He had short black hair and was quite tall too. And so the man ran his hand on the wall until he found a light switch. The man flipped the switch on so it illuminated the room completely. The boy winced from the sudden bright light, but quickly adjusted and he finally looked around the room.
Now his heart sank. The room was pure white no stain no crease no crack. Just white walls, ceiling, and floor absolutely flawless. It had 2 cameras in opposite corners of the room so they could see every angle. He immediately thought of an insane asylum. But that wasn't what made his heart drop. Right next to him on both sides were… tables… Filled with medical and torture supplies. He wasn't stupid, sure he was nine but he knew what those tables and him being strapped down meant. He was about to get tortured.
"Ah your finally awake I see!" The man spoke up with a overly cheerful voice.
"W-W-Where am I? W-What do you want? Where's Chifuyu-nee?" The boy asked.
"Oh come on Ichika! Your sister is in the tournament remember?" The man answered completely ignoring the first two questions the now named Ichika asked.
"What do you want?" Ichika asked clearly scared.
"Me? I want nothing I'm just here to do my job." The man said as he started cleaning the various blades on the table.
"What's your job then?" Ichika didn't want to hear the answer.
"Me? Hahahahaha! You still haven't figured it out? Well I guess I can tell you since you will soon know. My job… Is to… Torture you!" The man's voice now turned into a more sadistic tone.
"Why? What do you want? What does your boss want?" Ichika asked another question.
"My boss? Sorry kid but that's classified."
"You don't have to do this! Please just let me go!" Ichika cried out as more tears started to fall down onto the floor.
"Nothing personal kid but… I'm really going to enjoy this!" The man said as he licked his knife.
"Ch-Ch-Chifuyu-nee will find me! She will hurt you really bad if you do anything!" This was Ichika's final attempt to scare the man.
"I'm sure she will… But not before I cut her precious little brother to shreds. Not even she will be able to recognize you!" The man was a complete psychopath.
"Pl-Pl-Please!" Ichika begged as tears starting following even more rapidly.
"Sorry but… It's too late!" The man then plunged the scalpel straight through Ichika's hand pinning it to the wood chair he sat on.
"Ahhhhh!" The first Bloodcurdling scream was heard.
"There we go! Oh Let me hear it more!" The man yelled.
"Chifuyu-nee! Help me! Chifuyu-nee!" The boy screamed.
*Thud* *Splash* The sound of something hitting then something splattering onto the pure white floor.
"Ahhhhh!" Another Bloodcurdling scream was heard.
Now another scalpel stabbed straight through his other hand making it impossible to even move either of his hands.
"This is going to oh so fun Ichika! I hope you get comfortable!" The man cackled out.
"Chifuyu-nee! Chifuyu-nee! Chifuyu-nee! Chifuyu-nee!" The boy continued to scream as the knives found their way across his body. Simple slashes in some places, then full out stabs in others.
"That's right continue to call out for your older sister! She doesn't care for you! Trust me! I bet she already knows you are missing by now! And she doesn't even care!" The man bellowed.
"You're lying! She would never!" Ichika gathered his strength to yell that final thing.
"Oh? You still want to yell at me?" Ichika realized his error.
(Some Hours Later)
"Ahhh! Chifuyu-nee!"
*Slash*
"Chifuyu-nee! Please!"
*Thump*
"Ahhhhhh!" Ichika stomped his feet and tried his hardest to get out of the straps that held him to the chair.
"She doesn't care about you kid! Just realize it by now!" The man was as good at mental torture as he was at Physical torture.
"…" Ichika didn't respond to the insult this time. He realized if he talked back he would get hurt worse than before.
"Huh? I can't hear you!"
*Splash*
"AHHHHHH!" Ichika screamed even more as his blood splattered all over the floor.
"You better get comfortable! We only have 7 days left!" The man told the boy.
"Chifuyu-nee!" Ichika screamed as loud as he could when he heard the "7 days" part.
(Seven Days Later)
Minutes past… Minutes turned into Hours… Slice after slice it kept going… Hours into days… Stab after Stab in never ended… Every morning they healed him. They explained how with all the new research and IS Unit's everyone is inventing it was no surprise they made special drugs to enhance the healing factors of the body. That was the only reason Ichika didn't die of blood loss yet. They just kept him alive so they could torture him some more. But finally… Days… turned into a week. But through the whole week he never once ceased yelling for "Chifuyu-nee" It was the day of the finals in the Mondo Grosso. Ichika forgot what day it was. He didn't keep track of what was happening he just felt pain.
But he was alone now. The floor that use to be pure white was now soaked in his blood.
"Chifuyu…nee…" Ichika said weakly as tears still streamed down his face.
"Where are you? …"
"I thought you loved me?"
"No… You do love me! Get here fast please!" Ichika cried out as he shook out his negative thoughts from his mind.
*Clank* The door opened.
"Ah Ichika! You're awake! Finally!" The torturer cheerfully greeted him.
"…"
"Quiet as the second day huh? Well I'm here to show you something you may want to see!" The man exclaimed.
Ichika looked at the man who was holding a tablet. Ichika kept watching and then a holographic screen appeared.
Ichika's eyes widened in shock as he saw the screen… It was the Mondo Grosso finals. It was his Older sister versus somebody from Germany. But that wasn't what shocked him the most. Her face was… happy? She was so happy. The fight exhilarated her! She was ecstatic! You could see it on her face.
"She's… Happy?" Ichika lost all emotion.
"Seems so." The man grinned wildly as he saw he finally broke the boy.
"When I'm here? She's… Having fun? She's leaving me here… She never loved me… That explains why she said that…" Ichika said as he recalled a memory.
(Flashback)
"Why can't you just help out? God… I wish we had parents sometimes… I can't have a boyfriend because of you…I can't go out and hang out with people… I can't even have any normal friends! Can't you at least learn how to help out?!" Chifuyu Orimura A beautiful young and voluptuous women with long silky black hair told a young Ichika who was about to start crying. She was stressed from a long day and finally snapped at Ichika when he wanted to hang out with her and not do any chores.
"B-But… Chifuyu-nee… Don't you… Love me?" Ichika was shocked at the revelation.
Chifuyu quickly realized what she said and brought the boy into a big hug.
"Of course I do! I'm sorry for that… I just… had a lot of stress building up…" Chifuyu defused the situation and made the very young Ichika beam at her.
(End of Flashback)
"She really did mean that… I'm just a nuisance to her… That's why she never reciprocated my feelings… I always hugged her… And she never even smiled back at me…" Ichika said aloud.
"What?" The man asked.
"She just wanted me to leave… So she could get a boyfriend and have friends…"
"Hello? Earth to Ichika?" The man asked once again as he waved his hand in front of Ichika's eyes.
"I was making it impossible for her to have anything… She never wanted me… She probably never even loved me…" Issei started taking a dark turn.
The man then took a knife he had and stabbed Ichika's shoulder. But no reaction.
"I guess he officially lost it… Well I better get to calling Mr. Bossman" The man said as he started walking toward the door.
"I don't need her… She abandoned me… This is her fault… She never loved me… She just felt obligated… She probably must think her obligation is done… She probably set this whole thing up… To get rid of me…" Issei got to his final conclusion.
And then it happened. Everything turned black and white. The color of the world was drained from it. Time stopped. The man was mid step but never finished that step. He looked around and saw nothing.
"…" The boy looked around. Eyes as emotionless as a dead man.
"Do you Seek Power?"
"What?" Ichika asked aloud, no emotion found in his voice at all.
"Do you want Power?" The same voice asked.
"Who are you?"
"Do you NEED Power?"
"Answer me!" Ichika yelled at the unknown.
"All will be revealed if you answer me." I bright white flash appeared and in front of Issei was a white light surrounded in the four basic elements Fire, Water, Electricity, and Wind.
"Answer what?"
"Will you accept my Power? Your Power?" The voice asked again. Issei thought about it and knew he had nothing to lose.
"Yes."
"Very well… Defeat your enemies."
Power flooded through Ichika's veins. As soon as Ichika felt it a smile crept onto his face. But it was no normal smile. This smile was sadistic somebody who wanted to fight, who lived for fun!
And the color restored in the world. And time went back to normal.
"I have implanted how to use the basics of your Power into your mind."
"…" Ichika didn't answer just stared coldly at the departing figure until the sadistic smile crept onto his face.
All of a sudden, the leather straps that were holding Ichika down were set on fire. Issei tugged his arms and legs out of place and pulled the knife out of his shoulder and made his way towards his torturer.
*Sniff Sniff*
"What the fuck is that smell?" The man asked aloud as he turned around.
"…"
"What the hell!" The man saw the empty chair but not Ichika.
"Where are yo-" The man turned back to the door to see where Ichika was but was cut off as the same knife that he stabbed Ichika with was imbedded into his chest.
"Ahhhh!" The man screamed and fell onto his back with Issei on top of him.
"How does it feel?!" Ichika yelled with the same sadistic grin all over his face.
"Ahhhh! Get off of me you bitch!" The man yelled again.
*Stab* Ichika stabbed him again.
"Ahhh!"
*Splat* Again he was stabbed and blood splattered onto Ichika's face.
"Ahhh!"
*Stab* Again.
*Stab* And Again.
*Stab* He finally stopped as he noticed the man stop breathing.
"Now we wait." Ichika knew he couldn't get out, the man didn't have a key to get out on him. The door was locked at all times it was only unlocked from the outside at timed intervals.
"Now… We… Wait… AHHHHH!" Issei screamed out.
The insanity kicked in. He remembered what he figured out what before he gained his "New" Power.
"Why! Why did you abandon me?!" Ichika roared as he walked to the massive puddle of blood.
"I thought you loved me!" Ichika dipped his hand into the blood and started painting.
"Was I just a nuisance?! Did you just want a to trade me in for a Boyfriend!? Was I that bad?!" Ichika painted the white walls Red.
"WHY!"
"WHAT DID I DO?!"
"HOW COULD YOU?!"
"NO! HOW DARE YOU?!"
"YOU ARE NO SISTER TO ME!"
"YOU NEVER WILL BE!"
After 30 minutes of Ichika losing his mind he finally controlled himself as he heard the *Clank* That meant the door was going to open.
"It's go time." Ichika told himself as he gripped the knife he had from his shoulder and another knife that was on his torturer that he killed.
And the doors opened.
He ran only wielding 2 knives.
The moment he stepped out of his "Torture Chamber".
And it was an absolute bloodbath.
(Tabane's Storage Room)
Tabane's masterpiece, the pure white IS Unit. The IS Unit that didn't work… Or so they thought.
"Will you accept my Power? Your Power?" The IS Unit flashed multiple colors as it spoke.
"Transfer Start. Forced Partial Deployment… Transfer Complete."
The machine spoke in a monotone tone.
"Scanning Pilot. Scan Start. Scanning. Scanning. Scanning. Scan Complete."
The machine kept speaking.
"Start Reconstruction. Reconstructing to fit Pilot preferences. Reconstructing. Reconstructing. Reconstruction Complete."
In the time it took to say what the IS Unit said it changed. Not just changed it… Transformed completely. Instead of the Pure White IS Unit replacing it was a Obsidian black almost purple IS Unit with dark blue highlights.
"Starting Transfer. Transfer Preparing. Transfer Ordering. Transfer Complete. Initiating Transfer."
And in a flash the Machine was gone. As if it was never there in the first place.
(Unknown Amount of Time Later)
"IS Elite force! Open up!" Somebody banged on the door of the warehouse.
"MOVE WE DON'T HAVE TIME." Chifuyu Orimura yelled as she literally busted down the door.
"Where is He!" Chifuyu roared.
"Where is Ichik-" Chifuyu stopped as she saw the sight in front of her.
"Good God…" Another IS Pilot said aloud.
Bodies everywhere all killed the same way. Stab wounds.
"Look for Ichika Hurry!" Chifuyu commanded.
"Ichika! Ichika! Answer me!" Multiple voices called out to him.
That's when she saw a building in the center of the warehouse. It was completely out of place so it seemed like a place to keep a hostage. Chifuyu and 2 IS Pilots made their way towards it.
What they saw inside shook them to their very cores.
"No… No… Ichika… Ichika…" Chifuyu widened her eyes in shock. That's when the tears started to fall.
All over the wall written in blood were things like "Why?" "Why did you do this to me?" "Chifuyu-nee Why?" "How could you?" "Was I that much of a nuisance?" "Fine! Go forget about me! Get your boyfriend! Get your friends! Go hangout!" The one that hurt the most and would continue to heart was "You're no sister of mine".
"Get those cameras up! I want to see what happened! Now!" Another Female pilot yelled since Chifuyu wasn't capable of it.
"Ichika… Ichika…Ichika… Come back to me… please… Ichika." Like a broken record Chifuyu kept repeating.
And so she sat on the ground wailing. Nobody dared touch or even talk to her. She wasn't called the "Brunhilde" for nothing. When somebody is called "The Strongest being Under Heaven" you usually don't mess with them.
So they left her there wailing to herself in the middle of the room.
(Tabane Shinonono's Room)
Tabane Shinonono was sleeping on her bed with Bunny pajama's and an eye mask covering her eyes. She was sprawled all over the bed with pillows and sheets all over. A light kept flashing on her nightstand right next to the bed.
*Ring Ring* A phone rang.
"…" Slept straight through it.
*Ring Ring*
"…" Still kept sleeping.
*Ring Ring*
"Huh? Oh…"
*Click* She picked up the phone and answered it.
"Hello? Tabane Shinonono speaking." She greeted.
"What? When?!"
"What are your coordinates?! I'll be there right away!" Tabane yelled as she was told the news.
"Alright I'm on my way! I'll be there as soon as I can!"
Tabane Shinonono was just told that Chifuyu Orimura was unresponsive and wouldn't listen to anyone. The reason why shocked Tabane even more. She was just told Ichika was kidnapped and they traced down his whereabouts to the Warehouse. But when they entered it they couldn't find him. And there was an empty torture chamber the suspected held Ichika.
And so Tabane went to her IS Unit that she only uses for emergencies and flew off towards the coordinates without a second thought.
(2 Hours Later: Warehouse)
"Where is she!" Tabane yelled as she walked into the warehouse.
"Professor Shinonono!" A random person yelled.
"Not Now! Where is Chifuyu?" She yelled again.
"In here Mam!" The Vice Commander of the squad yelled.
And so Tabane walked to the building that was in the middle of the warehouse. That's where she spotted Chifuyu on the ground not moving at all.
"Chif!- … fuyu…" Tabane tried to act cheerful but when she saw the room she didn't know what to say.
Blood everywhere the words on the wall. Everything made her want to stop and walk out. It didn't feel right being in there.
"Chifuyu… Come on let's go… They said you haven't moved since you got here…" Tabane tried to say as she reached for Chifuyu's shoulder.
"Don't touch me!" Chifuyu yelled before Tabane could even grab her shoulder.
"Chifuyu…"
"Professor! We just finished getting the video from the cameras! Please come with me so you can examine it." A soldier yelled as she walked in.
"Alright I'm coming. How long is it?" Tabane asked.
"7 Days long Mam!" The soldier said and made both Chifuyu and Tabane's eyes go wide at the revelation.
"What? Would you repeat that?" Tabane wanted to make sure she heard right.
"7 Days Mam!"
"What the hell were they doing!? 7 days?! How did nobody notice a child was missing for 7 fucking days!" Tabane yelled as she started marching out to examine the video.
"You! Stay with Chifuyu! Make sure she doesn't move an inch!" Tabane commanded the soldier who relayed the message.
"Wait… Tabane… I'm coming too." Chifuyu said sternly as she stood up and rubbed her eyes to get the lingering tears out.
"No." Was the flat answer from Tabane.
"I am." Chifuyu retorted.
"NO. You aren't in the right state of mind." Tabane explained.
"…" She didn't answer just looked downwards.
"…" Tabane just stared at her waiting for her to say something.
"Please…" Chifuyu barely mumbled out.
"What?"
"Please! I need to see what made Ichika say this! What did they do to him?! I need to know! Is he alive? Did they kill him and remove the body?! I need to know… Please…" Chifuyu looked up toward Tabane with tears streaming down her face once again.
"Fine… Let's go… Just promise me not to lose it… We don't know what we'll see." Tabane told her as she walked out.
(Warehouse Security Room)
"Alright what do we have?" Tabane asked as she walked in and looked at the IS Pilot inside.
"We hacked the mainframe and uncovered the Video Footage. It seems like they were going to send it to somebody but didn't get to it before they were killed." The Pilot informed them.
"Have you seen anything of it yet?" Tabane asked again.
"No Mam."
"Then turn on the video." Tabane commanded with Chifuyu right behind her.
"Right away."
And so on the big screen in the room they saw Ichika strapped to the chair. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary so far. But then he woke up. He was clearly scared and immediately yelled for "Chifuyu-nee" but nobody answered him. This immediately made Chifuyu's heart drop, she didn't know how much she could take, but she wouldn't allow herself to leave She Had to See This.
And so all of a sudden Ichika stopped yelling and stared at the door. And in came the man the man who was found dead in the torture room… Ichika's torturer.
So the man walked towards Ichika and already started taunting him by using his sister abandoning him for the Mondo Grosso.
After a few minutes the man revealed to Ichika that he would be tortured and it was all Chifuyu's fault.
Ichika immediately started to beg, and beg, and then beg once more. But the man didn't listen and with one swift motion a scalpel found its way straight through Ichika's nine year old hand.
"AHHHH! Chifuyu-nee!" Ichika's scream echoed through the room where everyone watched.
"…" Nobody dared say a word just kept watching. Chifuyu had to grab onto a chair since she lost her balance due to the shock.
"AHHHH! Chifuyu-nee!" It happened again.
"How many days did you say again? 7 days?" Tabane wanted to make sure she was right well… she wanted to be wrong.
"Correct." Was the straight truth.
"Dear God… Fast Forward! To the next day!" Tabane yelled.
"Yes Mam!"
And so they fast forwarded to the next day. It started when the man treated all of Ichika's wounds making him good to go again. But once again it started again.
"AHHHHHH! Chifuyu-nee! Help me!" Ichika screamed with tears freefalling from his eyes.
"Ichika… My Ichika…" Chifuyu couldn't stop herself from crying.
"…" Tabane just looked at Chifuyu and pitied her. Tabane herself wanted to cry, she new Ichika since a child and even she couldn't bear watching this. He even used to be her younger sisters best friend. But she couldn't cry, she forced back the tears and looked on toward the video.
"IT HURTS!" Ichika yelled as the man cut a long gash across Ichika's chest.
"CHIFUYU-NEE! HELP ME!" Ichika kept screaming at the top of his lungs as the man kept carving into him.
Everyone in the room watched in pity for the boy. Usually ever since the IS Units were created Women didn't care much for men or boys alike but this… Even made them pity the boy.
"Fast forward another day!"
And so they went to the next day.
"AHHH! Please! Stop!" Ichika kept crying out
"Chifuyu-nee! Where are you?!" Ichika yelled as the man stabbed him in the side.
The same thing repeated non-stop the next day and the next.
When Tabane told the women to fast forward again people started leaving and some just puked their lunch up.
"Good God…"
"What the Fuck…"
"Those Monsters…"
Those were the sentences circulating the room as they watched the video.
"Chifuyu-nee! Chifuyu-nee! Chifuyu-nee! Chifuyu-nee!" Ichika repeatedly yelled as the man kept stabbing him over and over again.
Ichika yelled "Chifuyu-nee" Repeatedly every time he possible could. Chifuyu's heart wrenched every single time she heard it.
And so this repeated over and over again until they finally got to the 7th day. Less than half of the occupants remained.
"Is this the last video?" Tabane asked.
"Yes Mam."
"Then play it… God… I just want this to end so we can figure out what happened…" Tabane muttered the last part under her breath.
And so it began once again.
It started with Ichika crying for "Chifuyu-nee" once again like all the other videos. They watched as Ichika's torturer walked into the room holding a tablet.
"Why is he?" Somebody in the room asked as they watched as the man didn't torture Ichika for once.
"Shh! Keep watching." Another voice commanded.
And so they witnessed Ichika fighting with himself still loving and believing in his sister. But them… It all fell down.
"Oh God…" Tabane knew what was happening. And from her history she knew where a humans breaking point was. And this was a child for God's sake. He lasted longer than a normal human would.
And so the man showed Ichika, Chifuyu's Mondo Grosso finale.
"She's… happy? Ichika couldn't comprehend what he was seeing.
"No! Ichika! I'm not!" Chifuyu officially broke it wasn't just tears she didn't know how to react what to do she just didn't know.
"…"
"When I'm here… She's having fun?
"Oh God Ichika!" Chifuyu yelled out.
"…" Nobody said anything just let her do what she wanted.
"When I'm here… She's having fun? She's leaving me here… She never loved me… that explains why she said that…" Ichika's eyes no longer had any light in them they were completely empty.
"…" Even Chifuyu stayed silent she didn't know what he was talking about.
"She really did mean that… I'm just a nuisance to her… That's why she never reciprocated my feelings… I always hugged her… And she never even smiled back at me…" Normally Tabane would have cringed at how true of a statement the ending was but she couldn't do it even if she wanted to.
"She just wanted me to leave… So she could get a boyfriend and have friends…"
"Chifuyu… did you say something like that to Ichika?" Tabane did know where Ichika would have got those thoughts so she asked Chifuyu. But she quickly got her answer as she looked at Chifuyu. Her eyes were wide open in terror, like she remembered doing something she shouldn't have. And that was exactly it too.
"Oh my god… Oh my god… This is all my fault… Why did I say that?" Chifuyu was hysterical.
"I was making it impossible for her to have anything… She never wanted me… She probably never even loved me…"
"…"
"I don't need her… She abandoned me… This is her fault… She never loved me… She just felt obligated… She probably must think her obligation is done… She probably set this whole thing up… To get rid of me…"
"No, No, No, NO, NO!" Chifuyu clutched her head and fell down onto her knees and started to wail once again.
Then everyone's eyes widened in shock. On the screen Ichika's straps burnt off and Ichika attacked the man. But the smile Ichika had on was terrifying. Like he was enjoying every second of killing the man. This was no normal child anymore. But in the end, Who could blame him? No normal child should have to go through what he did.
But then Ichika freaked out again.
"Why! Why did you abandon me?!"
"I thought you loved me!"
"Was I just a nuisance?! Did you just want a to trade me in for a Boyfriend!? Was I that bad?!"
"WHY!"
"WHAT DID I DO?!"
"HOW COULD YOU?!"
"NO! HOW DARE YOU?!"
"YOU ARE NO SISTER TO ME!"
"YOU NEVER WILL BE!"
"What the fuck… Those monsters… created a monster…" An occupant of the room said without thinking.
Almost immediately she realized what she said and looked towards Chifuyu in fear. But Chifuyu couldn't hear her, she was in shock.
"Ichika…" Tabane was speechless.
"Then who got him out?" The woman in charge of the video asked.
"Watch and see…" Was all that Tabane said.
And so the door opened in the video. And Ichika sprinted out with knives in his hands.
And all you could hear in the video was screaming and gunshots.
Then silence.
And it was finally over.
"Are you telling me… That, that kid took them all out?"
"Seems so…"
"Then where is he now?"
"He left… He's probably not coming back… He could be anywhere… this was hours ago already…" Tabane said the cold truth.
"Ich…I…Ka…" Chifuyu then passed out.
Multiple ran to her side to help her but in the end they could do nothing but let her sleep.
"Fuck! Everyone! Send out search teams at once! This is our fucking faults!" Tabane was ferious at this point.
'Why didn't we hear of this earlier?!' Tabane was clueless as to why this was kept silent for so long.
"Yes Mam! Right away!" And everyone started heading out of the room.
'What was that fire? Why did Ichika have it?' Tabane thought again.
"Ugh… How am I going to explain this to Houki? Ugh… How am I going to do anything now? That kid… was always a beacon of light… Now what? God help me…" Tabane thought to herself. Not only did she have to help Chifuyu through this, she had to break it to Houki who is going to be heartbroken. And she wasn't even thinking about herself, she wanted to sit down and cry too… But she couldn't she had to wait to deal with everyone else first since she was the only one could.
(Red light District: Alleyway)
A black-haired man was crouching over a dead searching through the corpses IDs. But as he was looking at the last one he flinched and spun around to see a new "Threat".
"What the…" The man did know how to respond.
"…"
Ichika was walking down the alleyway covered in blood and clutching his shoulder in pain.
"Hey… Are you okay?" The man asked.
"…" Ichika looked up at the man.
"Can you speak?" The man asked again.
"…" Ichika just stared at the man.
"No? Ah I see… Do you have any family?"
"…!" This was the first time he got a reaction out of Ichika. Not a good reaction, but a reaction nonetheless. Ichika visibly flinched and looked down and clutched his fist in anger.
"I see… You're just like me then…" The man said as he smiled weakly toward the child.
"What?" Ichika finally asked in curiosity.
"I can see it in your eyes… You're just like me…"
"…" Ichika didn't answer once again.
"Do you have anywhere to stay?" The man asked.
"…" Ichika simply nodded.
"I see… Then would you like to come with me? I have a feeling we would get along just fine." The man gave Ichika a friendly smile.
"How can I trust you?"
"You can't… But what is there to lose if you have nothing?" The man countered.
"…" Ichika simply gave him a nod yes.
"Then let's go!" The man said cheerfully as he grabbed Ichika's hand and started walking off.
"What's your name?" Ichika asked as he looked up to the man.
"Me? Hm… I don't really have one… But you can call me… Ace!" The man looked at Ichika with a bright smile.
And so Ichika left the alleyway with the man and turned a new leaf in his life.
(6 Years Later)
In a skyscraper type building we see a teenage boy sitting on a… Throne? The boy had black hair and dark crimson eyes. And he looked out onto the world with a bored expression.
"Zeke?" The teenager asked out.
"Yes, Mister Ichika?" A man in a butler uniform with Orangish red hair asked.
"I'm bored… Do you have any ideas what I should do?" Ichika asked again.
"Hmmm… I've got an idea but…"
"But?"
"You may not like it." Zeke finished.
"Just tell me, what is there to lose?"
"Ah… Very well… Since you can pilot an IS…"
"No. I will not go to the IS Academy." Ichika said before he could finish.
"Will you hear me out first?"
"Ugh… Fine…" Ichika sighed.
"Think about it this way… You can go in as a 'Student' but actually just get information while there. And! You can cause trouble there too! Maybe even get a girlfriend or two…" Zeke informed.
"Girlfriend or two? I could get that here…" Ichika explained.
"Oh but that's not entirely true. IS Academy as you know is an All-Girl school! And only nobles and extraordinary students can attend! That means you will be able to pick out of Hundreds of girls!" Zeke told the teen.
"I see… But She Is there…" Ichika clearly didn't like whoever "She" was.
"Oh? You can get revenge while you're there. She might get so surprised that you're there that she has a heart attack. You never know."
"I see… Then I will. I'll bring hell upon that place and reform it into my ideal place…" Ichika said with a sadistic grin.
"Very well… I will inform the government right away!" Zeke exclaimed as he stared walking away.
"Don't tell them where I am until I have to go for an exam. I know we have people inside but… I'd rather not have an entire IS Squad come attacking us at our front door." Ichika informed the butler.
"Very well… She will most likely be at the Test they do on you though… If they don't give you a test their utterly retarded." The butler informed.
"Yeah I know… I'll figure something out…"
"Then I will go inform our men inside right now." Zeke then closed the door and walked away.
"…"
"This is going to be fun." Ichika smiled madly as he overlooked the city.
That's Chapter 1 Done!
Before I start! I posted this because I couldn't get it out of my head! My other stories are higher priority at the moment! I'm not going to be posting this as much UNLESS! I get really good feedback. Now on to my notes!
The end was a little rushed on my part I know! I tried everything but I couldn't figure out how to mellow it out…
And I will explain what happened in the 6 Year Gap! Don't worry! And who the man who picked Issei up is!
And before you say nobody would pick up a random child like that! I'll explain why the man did it! He did say "You're just like me huh?" So… Yeah!
Now I know people are going to say. "Why did they torture Ichika? Isn't it only so Chifuyu would drop out of the tournament?" No I added my own twists too!
And how Ichika changed is because he was freaking tortured for 7 days… AND HE'S FREAKING 9 YEARS OLD!
I will further explain the IS Unit that Ichika has in the future! So don't worry!
Also! If I said "Issei" Anywhere instead of Ichika… I'm so sorry… I did not mean to I meant Ichika!
Also! ICHIKA DOESNT HAVE MAGIC! It's just basically a freaking Super IS Unit! As Tabane said! "It's my Masterpiece!" So yeah :P
And please tell me if you like the Title! I couldnt think of anything! So if you have a better idea tell me! I need help with it!
So yeah… I think that's all for now…
OH! I NEED ALL OF YOU TO TELL ME! If you want Chifuyu in the Harem tell me! Or if you don't tell me! I'm leaning towards yes! But I will go with the majority!
Now if you have any Questions, Suggestions, Or just anything! Tell me! Leave them in the Reviews or PM me!
Toodles!