4Okay, Hotblooded Author here.
This is my pet project currently (hopefully).
It's basically a over-the-top and 90's style mech fight oriented IS fic.
With a dash of crack. Okay, maybe not so much.
INFINITE STRATOS
-Another Story's Episode-
Disclaimer:
Infinite Stratos: Izuru Yumizuru & Okiura
Super Robot Wars : Terada Takanobu & Masumi Obari
And everyone else!
V1 Chapter 01: The Steel Cockpit
Extra-Over Technology Institute
Launchpad No.5
"Hello hello? Are you there, Dr Bian Zoldark? I-It's me, Nako. Are you sure that I'm ready to pilot this huge yellow IS thingy that you made?" A young male teenager with messy black hair and a pair of glasses asked on some kind of HUD.
"First, the Grungust Type 2 is NOT an Infinite Stratos. It's a Over Stratos, or simply "miniature Super Robot" if you want to get technical with it. Second, the only male human being who is capable of piloting IS and countless of cadet representatives are at the academy, so the Golem shouldn't be too much of a problem. But don't let down your guard, as Tabane is about as reliable as Dr. Shirakawa." An old man with blue hair and a impressive set of beard answered, which only assured the young man a little bit.
The teenager gulped "W-Well, the operating system on this thing seems...complicated. I think I should-"
"No. Do NOT revert it back to manual. Just let the AI do the work. The IFF on the Golem won't recognize the Grungust Type 2 as an ally if you turn off the AI. Remember, your mission is to introduce the Over Stratos to the world. The Tesla Leich Institute has already launched the Type 1 to respond to the attack over at Tokyo, and it's your job to "cover" the IS Academy."
"And if we succeed, the government will take your warning about alien threats more seriously?" The teen asked.
"If the nations of the world can set aside their conflicts, then maybe." The old professor answered, seemingly unsure in the last part. The teen was about to ask what the professor meant until-
* BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ*
"Come on kid, the launch pad's cleared!" an engineer said, interrupting the young teenager's train of thought. "Well, I'll better get going then... the things I do for peace..." The teen grumbled.
"Stupid child, you make me look bad!" The blue-haired man said in a joking, almost over the top tone.
"Reeeeeturn the mechs!" The teen said in a creepy, yet hilarious manner. The two both have a good laugh at that. "Ah, nostalgia, I love thee so. Enough that I can do this:
BGM: The Steel Cockpit
NAKOTO HIYAMA, GRUNGUST TYPE 2, LAUNCH!" The young man screamed, dashing off the launch pad with the help of a catapult.
"Jeez, that kid is loud as hell... maybe it's a inherent Vietnamese trait." The blue-haired scientists nearly gone deaf from the teen's screaming. He then preformed a series of commands on the HUD. A few seconds later, a screen appeared, an on the other side was...
"Hai hai, your favorite genius scientist Tabane Shinonono is here!" The bunny-eared genius shouted cheerfully. Bian sighed "Dr. Shinonono, is everything going according to plan?"
"Yes! Kind of...the Golem's IFF reader isn't registering the Grungust Type 2 as an ally, but it's nothing, rea-"
"THE INTERNATIONAL FRIEND-OR-FOE READER IS GOING HAYWIRE?! AS IN THE THING THAT TELLS IT WHO'S THE ENEMY OR FRIEND?! That's it, I'm going out in the Valsion!" Bian was interrupted by a purple haired man before he could get his mech.
"Don't worry, Zoldark-san. If he can't survive a mere drone, then he is useless to your plan, remember?" The purple haired man said, his expression unreadable.
"...Tch, you're right. Let's just hope he can survive..."
IS Academy
1 Hour later
"ICHIKA! IT'S STILL MOVING" shouted Huang Lingyin when the unmanned IS codenamed Golem raised it's arm, aiming it's particle cannon at Ichika Orimura. Drained from the last battle, Ichika wasn't capable of dodging the attack.
"Eh?" was all he can utter until...
"INDESTRUCTIBLE WINGS, SPIRAL ATTACK!" A gigantic blue and gold jet come smashing down through the virtual sky, ramming into the Golem at high speed, generating a gigantic shockwave that knocks Ichika off his feet. "ICHIKA!" Cecilia, Rin and Houki shouted as Ichika was struggling to stand up, his body spent after abusing the secret Uranus System installed in his IS that only activates when the pilot and the IS are damaged and exhausted. Even for the only male to be capable of piloting an IS, this was still an enemy that doesn't have the problem of bleeding out or exhaustion.
'So THIS is the system that powers Project SRX. What kind of people install a system that will drain the user AFTER the user and the mech has been damaged ?!' Ichika thought to himself. The Uranus System enhance the user's psychic abilities by a large percentage but also put a strain on their mind and body, and while Ichika was a psychic, he was nowhere near as potent as his sister, Chifuyu Orimura.
"Yare yare daze..." The girls and Ichika heard a voice coming from the impact crater. As the smoke cleared, they saw a male teenager with black messy hair and a mask-like object covering his face in some kind of IS-like armor, but much larger in proportion and the color scheme is rather cartoonish. The teen struggled to stand up, his armor obviously moving against his will.
"Tch, pesky AI system. Okay, so this thing should be-" The teen was interrupted by a barrage of beam fired from the drone's shoulders. The blast hit dead on, knocking him back. "W-What?! But this thing was suppose to-" the teen was interrupted by a voice coming through his intercom.
"Nako! Do you hear me? Be very cautious with the Golem! It does NOT recognize the Type 2 as an ally for some reason!" The voice of Dr. Bian blasted through his ears
The teen panicked "T-Then what do I do?! The Grungust Type 2 doesn't have any EOT weapons active at all! And the AI is set to passive mode!" Before he can get any answer, the Grungust drags him hard to the right, narrowly avoiding a beam shot from the Golem.
"Who is this guy?" Lingyin exclaimed "I don't know, but he look like he needs our help." Cecilia answered. The two girl nodded then jumped into the battle
As Nako struggle to gain control over the AI, Lingyin and Cecilia tried to bombard the Golem with their weapons, but since the Golem's movement pattern has been altered drastically to compensate for the lost arm, the girls can't get any hit at all. "Damn it! Hit already!" Lingyin cried out in frustration.
'Damn it! I was suppose to be helping the people here, and yet THEY are the ones who are helping me.' Nako thought to himself as he tries to deactivate the AI to no avail. 'I hate modern technology...' he sighed. The fact that Nako was never good with newer technology doesn't help either. "Too much automation, not enough control" he said.
"AGHH!" The drone finally nailed Nako in the face with one of it's beam cannon. "Guy! Are you okay?" Ichika shouted worriedly. But, Nako simply stands up, smirking like a maniac, even though his head gear was smashed up and his head was covered with blood.
BGM: BLOODY STREAM (Battle Tendency OST)
He then points toward Ichika "Your next line is: 'Why is this guy smirking when his head is a boody mess?' !"
"Why is this guy smirking when his head is a bloody mess?...!" before Ichika could ask how did he did it, Nako swatted aside a beam blast from the Golem.
"I'm fine because the blast did THIS!" He then dramatically points towards a screen that appeared near his face.
AI Deactivated
"Now, i can do THIS!" Nako declared as he punches the Golem in the stomach region. When the Golem tried to punch him back, he merely crouches down, dodging the attack "THOUSAND PUNCH, NISHIKI BAKURENDAN!" He then barrage the drone with countless punches , knocking the drone back. 'The drone have the spec of a low-end Super Robot, so if I keep on fighting it, I'll definately lose out from exhaustion' Nako then looks over at the group of Personal IS users.
"Orimura, I'll immobilize this thing, you and your girls start firing at the main processor in the head of this thing!" Before anyone could say anything, he fired up all of the Type 2's thrusters, charging at suicidal speed at the gigantic drone. He simply leaned to the left to avoid a punch from the Golem, and when he got close, he started barraging the drone with punches from both hands.
The moment the drone seems to flinch at his assault, he immediately pointed his right arm at the Golem's shoulder. "FIST OF PASSION! BOOSTED KNUCKLE!" The arm on his Grungust shoots out and nailed the drone's shoulder, blasting away the blaster mounted on it. Nako then grabbed the Golem and held it high in the air.
"SHOOT IT! SHOOT IT NOW! JUST DO IT!" Nako's word was heed as a barrage of beams, impact rounds and a giant sword rained down upon the Grungust and the drone, with the blade going through the head of the Golem and right into the engine on the shoulder of the Grungust, causing it to explode. Nako yelped in suprise.
"Hawawawa, you scared me there..." "Sorry, but you DID said to aim for the head" Ichika replied, getting a small giggle from the strange teenager. "Sooo... Watch out for the self-destruct explosion." "WAIT WHA-"
*BOOM*
"Argh...Goddamn it. My shoulder hurts like hell...where am I?" Nako exclaimed as he gets up from a bed. He turns to his left to see a familiar figure walking in...
"W-Wynnda-san?! What are you doing on the surfac-ITA!" Nako yelped in pain as a notebook hit him on the head. "Oi, don't call me by that name. We're on the surface, so call me Orimura-sensei." The stern teacher reminded him. After an awkward moment of silence, Nako finally spoke up "So...You were on the surface all these years..."
"Yes... My brother is the only family I have left, and I can't even imagine living without him. So, I decided to leave La Gias to protect my brother. How's your family?"
"Dad still kicking strong in Vietnam, mom already left for America, me being a pathetic Masouki pilot that was dragged into a mad scientist's plan to prepare Earth for alien warfare. Seems fine, what 'bout Madoka?" Nako replied nonchalantly.
"Still nothing. She stole Kurogane during her escape, but she turned off the IFF and tracking chip, so it's impossible to track her... or even recognize her as an ally. The only way to detect it is for us to rely on Madoka activating the TK-D system or an outburst of telekinetic power from her, but she knows how to keep a low profile." Chifuyu answered, her tone seems...melancholic.
Nako just sighed. Madoka Orimura, student of famous United Colony Corps commander Elzam Von Branstein himself, was one of the most talented person in the Orimura family. Countless awards, world champion at the game "Burning IS" and defeated the world smartest chess computer in under 30 minutes. But most importantly, she's Chifuyu Orimura's dearest little sister, even if the stern woman never admits it.
"Uu..." a voice came from the other side of the curtain. Chifuyu walks over and pulled it to the side, revealing an awakened Ichika.
"You're awake?" Chifuyu asked. "Your body didn't get any fatal injuries, but there are bruises all over your body. I guess you'll feel like you're living in hell, so get used to it."
"Yes..." He replied weakly. His eyes naturally turn to look outside the window. The sky is gradually turning a deep red; it should be school dismissal time.
"You got hit by the largest blast of the self-destruct device and yet you turned off the IS's absolute defense? To think that you could survive."
Hearing Chifuyu description, Nako and Ichika still can't remember anything. 'Huh? thought the absolute defense isn't something that can be shut down?' they thought to themselves
"Anyway, good to see you are safe. I would be unable to go on with my everyday life with ease if another member of my family dies."
Right now, Chifuyu's expression is a lot more gentle than usual. As a family member who relies on Ichika, she can only reveal such a look, but still makes sure to keep her face away from Nako's sight.
"Chifuyu-nee." Ichika spoke
"Hm? What is it?"
"Nothing, well...sorry for making you worried."
Surprised by his words, Chifuyu smiles. "I'm not worried about you, as you wouldn't die that easily. Besides, you're my younger brother. Psychics don't die that easily, even if they are not powerful."
'That's a strange type of trust you have for your brother, Orimura-san' Nako thought to himself. However, Ichika know that this is Chifuyu's way of hiding her awkwardness, so he was not really bothered by it.
"Then, I got other things to settle. I'm going back to work. You can go back to your room once you finish resting." Chifuyu merely said this as she quickly walked out of the infirmary. She's really someone who's serious at work.
"Ah-ahem, ahem!" The one who deliberately coughed was Houki. She pulled the curtain aside with both hands. The half-opened curtain is now opened completely.
"Yo, Houki."Ichika greeted."Hm, nn." The childhood friend with a ponytail straightens herself as she snorts.
Ichika noted that she's not angry, but she's definitely not in a good mood. When Ichika turned over to Nako to ask for help, the other teen merely pulls up his sheet and pretends to go to sleep.
"Th-That, well, as for the battle today..." Houki manages to stuttered out.
"Hm? Speaking of which, how was the match? It didn't count, right?"
"Ah, ahhh, that's to be expected, since a lot of things happened."
"..."
"Wh-What were you thinking!?" Houki scolded
"Huh?"
"I told you to win...but you could have left it to the teachers, right? Haven't you heard of 'overconfidence will lead to self-destruction'?"
"Ah, so I won?" Ichika asked nonchalantly.
"Stop talking about winning!" Houki's panting as her shoulders continue to tremble. Ichika didn't know why, but then-
"Were you worried about me?"
"Of-of course not! Who would be worried about you?" Houki furiously denied. "An-anyway! You're grateful for the training you had, right!? We will continue with it, you got it!?"
"Ah-okay, okay, I got it."
"Good that you know...I'm heading back to the room." Houki said as she prepare to walk out. "...Ichika."
"Hm?"
"That, during the battle...you were, were, were...Cool...no-nothing!"
Ichika couldn't hear the front part clearly, but since she said that it's nothing, it should be nothing, right? He'll just treat it as nothing!
"Okay then." Houki briskly walked out of the room as if she was escaping.
"Hooo...I really want to sleep...Dick move, bro." Ichika complained. Nako simply pulled down and turns towards Ichika "She's your girlfriend, and if CLANNAD shows me anything, I... will probably stay away, in case of tears."
"She's just my childhood friend, okay? She may seem like a generic tsundere character-"
"-Which she is, by the way-" Nako interrupted
"-but deep down, she just doesn't know how to express her feelings, that's all."
Nako sighed "You know, you are... pretty damn dense. She obviously have a crush on you. I read enough romance novel to know when a girl is-"
Ichika was fast asleep, most likely due to exhaustion. "OI! ORIMURA! ARE YOU CUTTING ME OUT?! AH MOU!" Nako screamed out in frustration. He then hear the noise of door opening behind him.
Walking through the door was a man with purple hair, with bangs covering his right eye almost all of the time. His purple eye was sharp and keen, indicating years of experience. This man was Gilliam Yeager, the man who designed the very first Personal Trooper- the Zaku of the world when compare to the IS, which are DEFINITELY the EVAs of the world.- itself, the Gespent.
"So...Bian sent you..."
"Sooner or later, you'd have figured it out. What are you going to do to me?" Nako sighed, preparing for his fate.
"Even if I want to, I can do nothing. There isn't enough prove to even suggest that this is a setup. If it were, the drone wouldn't have attacked you."
'Well, there goes the "introduce badass weaponry and warn people about threats by staging the attack" plan. Sorry, Bian-sama...' Nako thought to himself.
"The council of the Academy and most of Japan's government believed that this might be the work of Tabane herself, as the unit does possesses a barrier and the core seems to resemble that f an IS core, instead of the core that was found in your unit." Gilliam then showed and image comparing the differences between the core of his Grungust Type 2 and a IS core.
'Thank god...' Nako exhaled, glad that the worst have pass. But he was greeted with the scariest thing he has ever seen:
a school enrollment form... for the IS Academy.
"But you are piloting a unit with IS-like control, much like a Personal Trooper, but you obviously lack the skill to properly use it. If you want to keep your unit or avoid arrest, you are going to go through the IS Academy training." Gilliam then grinned when he saw Nako's expression:
An over-the-top WTF expression.
"WHAT?! ARE YOU SERIOOOUUSSS?!" Nako was screaming in English. Ham-infected English, but still English.
"Yes. Do you understand?" Gilliam replied, all in english.
"OOOHHH MYYYY GOOOOODDDDD!" Nako preformed his best Joseph Joestar impression.
A/N: Thanks for reading my fanfic. I really appreciates it. It so cold... and lonely in here.
And no, Nako is NOT going to be a Joseph Joestar expy. He just a big nerd, that's all
Anyway, thanks so much for reading, check out my other stuffs in my author page.
And as always, I will see YOU...
...In the next chapter. Bye bye!