20"Talking"
'Thinking'
IS Unit Name
[IS Equalizer]
[IS AI reports]
"Everyone's here, right? Then let's start the SHR (student homeroom meeting)~!"
Earnestly smiling at everyone, the vice-homeroom teacher Maya Yamada, having introduced herself beforehand stood in front of the blackboard. She had short green hair with matching colored eyes and wore glasses. While around average height, she had a rather voluptuous figure and very large breasts despite her petite stature. It didn't help that she was wearing a revealing yellow sundress with short sleeves and knee high boots- it made her seem childish or close to her students' age.
Ichika swept his eyes over everyone and met his younger twin- Madoka's eyes. He wasn't the only one who thought that Yamada-sensei looked childish.
"Then everyone, let's get along with each other over the next year~!"
Ichika and Madoka cringed internally at the awkward atmosphere as nobody reacted.
"Now, let's move on to self-introductions. Mm, we'll go by seating arrangements." Despite her rather cute panicking state, Ichika couldn't find himself to do something. How could he?
Ichika was the only male student in the class.
*Jiiiiiii~*
He could practically feel the gazes of all the girls- except Madoka who was trying her hardest not to laugh- in his class.
'Why was I placed right in the front middle row of the class?'
His extremely unmistakable upper body continued to be noticed even though he didn't want it to. He discreetly glared at his twin who only smirked at him.
Madoka then stood up and faced the entire class with her arms crossed behind her back, shoulders straight, chest puffed outwards and her chin slightly raised. "I am Madoka Orimura." Her voice boomed around the class like a drill sergeant and straightened everyone up. "I am Japan's Representative Candidate; however don't give me any kind of special treatment because of that. I too am a student here just like you. Thank you." She sat down and everyone clapped their hands.
Ichika internally approved of her introduction. 'This will likely help her become either the Class Representative or grant her a position in the Student Council.'
Madoka then mouthed to him: "Your turn."
Ichika glanced around the classroom and nodded at her as it didn't seem like a prank to him. He stood up and took a relaxed stance, though a select few like Madoka could tell that he was ready to leap into action should anything go wrong. "I am Ichika Orimura. Older twin of Madoka here. Other than being the only male IS pilot, I'm nothing special." He shrugged. "That's all."
Several girls collapsed on to the ground as he sat down as if expecting more.
"Oh yeah…" Ichika drawled perking the girls up and said, "…I'm a certified IS Engineer and designed my own Personal IS." Madoka looked satisfied.
"Ohhhh!"
"That is all." This time everyone clapped with the exception of a blonde who was glaring at him. It didn't go unnoticed by the twins but dismissed her from just one look.
The classroom door opened up and walked in an older and mature version of Madoka clad in black tight fitting skirt, tall and slim, the body line of someone who doesn't look muscular even after lots of training- a slender voluptuous body without any trace of fat and large breasts- and her sharp slim phoenix eyes remind everyone of wolves.
No doubt about it. She was Chifuyu Orimura, the elder sister of the Orimura twins and apparently the main homeroom teacher of Class 1-1.
Madoka petulantly crossed her arms and clicked her tongue grumbling about the world being unfair. She was petite and quite muscular for a girl her age.
"Looks like you two managed to do proper introductions." She said with crossed arms looking serious as ever.
"Ah, Orimura-sensei… is the meeting over?" Yamada-sensei meekly asked creeping closer to said person.
"Ah, Yamada-sensei. It's been tough on you, forcing you to make them introduce themselves."
Ichika and Madoka squinted their eyes at their sister who was talking in an unexpectedly gentle tone with her childlike assistant.
'Who the hell is this?' was the coordinated thought shared between the twins.
"No, it's nothing… as an assistant homeroom teacher if I can't even do that…" Yamada-sensei replied meekly shuffling her feet and tugging at her sundress while shortly glancing at Chifuyu.
'What are you? A kid asking her parents for permission to play?'
"Everyone, my name is Chifuyu Orimura, and my duty is that for this one year, I'll be training you in the operations and controls of IS. Everything I teach, you have to remember, and understand. To those who can't understand, I'll teach them till they can. My job is to thoroughly train you during your first year, from the age of 15 to 16. You can dislike my attitude, but you still have to do what I say. Understood?"
'Is she declaring war or what?'
Despite Chifuyu's harsh tone, no one seemed scared or intimidated. Instead, there were shrieks of joy with the exception of the Orimura twins (who facepalmed and groaned).
"Kyaa! It's Chifuyu-sama, it's the real Chifuyu-sama herself!"
"I've always been your fan!"
"I came to this school from North Kyuushuu because I admired you, onee-sama!"
"I came all the way from southern Hokkaido!"
"I'm so happy to be taught by Chifuyu-sama!"
"I'll gladly die for Chifuyu-sama!"
Chifuyu stared at the chattering girls with a disheartened expression. "...it's really quite a sight to see so many idiots gather here every year. What a surprise. Or is there a special reason? Are these fools only here to attend my class?" She really looked disappointed at them. "And they are supposed to be the future." Ichika and Madoka winced.
'Even with money it's impossible to buy popularity of this scale you know?'
"KYAA! ONEE-SAMA! SCOLD US MORE! CONTINUE TO SCOLD US MORE!"
"BUT BE GENTLE TO US FROM TIME TO TIME!"
"AND BE EXTREMELY ELEGANT AFTERWARDS~!"
"Eh...? Then, it means that Orimura-kun and Orimura-san is Chifuyu-sama's younger brother...?"
'You realized that now?!'
"Maybe that has something to do with Orimura-kun being the only guy in the world that can use the IS?"
"Ah~ Great. I really wanted to switch one of them over."
Ichika and Madoka groaned and slumped over their tables. 'Three years of hell…' They would've cried if not for Chifuyu slamming her clipboard on their heads. "OW! WHAT THE HELL NEE-SAN?!" Both of them yelled pressing a hand against the bumps on their heads. "You killed 5000 brain cells of mine! Give them back!" Ichika protested only to be hit again on the bump creating another smaller one. "There… goes an…othe…r 5000… argh!" Ichika sat down nursing the bumps.
"Call me Orimura-sensei you idiots!"
"Yeah yeah Orimura-sensei." Madoka waved her off… "OW!" …only to be hit again on the head.
"Behave." Chifuyu growled making the twins shrink in their seats. She scoffed and started the class.
The IS Academy was, as its name suggested, an educational corporation meant to nurture IS operators. The Japanese government saw it as a principle duty to fund it and run it. However, the results of the research were revealed to the entire world due to the common agreement, and at the same time, Japan had no right to either remain silent or hide them. No matter what happened in this school, the Japanese government had to intervene fairly, and had the obligation of settling those matters under the premise that all the countries in the treaty have agreed upon. The school had opened its doors to foreign students without any conditions, and the Japanese government was to provide protection- as accorded to the contents of the IS treaty regarding IS pilot training agencies.
That was the school's code of discipline.
Basically, it was like- "Damned Japan, creating the IS and causing chaos in the world, the very least you could do build a school to train individuals in this area of expertise. And hand over your research and technology. Ah, and you will be bearing all the financing costs!"
"Oh my, SHR is over. Everyone, I'll have you memorize the basics of IS within the next 6 months. After that, it's practical, you must let the basic maneuvers sink in as a part of your body's instincts within half a month. Alright? If you understand, answer me. Whether acceptable or otherwise, respond to whatever I announce."
'A demon…'
Despite being personally trained by Chifuyu herself, this side of her was truly something new and unexpected for the twins.
Either way, Orimura Chifuyu was the first generation IS pilot that represented Japan, and was undefeated in an actual match. Before the revelation of Ichika being the first and only male IS pilot last year, she announced her retirement and focused completely on training the twins and taking the job of teaching at IS Academy. Not that she didn't train them before, she knew about Ichika's ability of piloting sometime after she returned from Germany with Madoka and that was more than two years ago.
Ichika and Madoka almost fell asleep during the first theory class of IS. Ichika knew everything about IS, being mentored by the Tabane Shinonono in IS Engineering had its perks. Madoka on the other hand had some knowledge on the IS, enough to get a perfect score on her first year's final exam. And so…
"Orimura!" The twins jerked and stared at their angry sister with wide eyes. "Ichika! Since you're an IS Engineer and know enough to be drowsy in my class, how about you take over?"
Ichika rapidly shook his head. "Nonononono! I'm sorry! I won't fall asleep!" Madoka nodded from beside him.
"START EXPLAINING THE ALASKA TREATY YOU FOOL!"
"YESSIR!"
"IT'S YES MA'AM!"
"YES MA'AM!"
...and thus Ichika had to teach the entire class in the first period.
The Alaska Treaty was the treaty that came into effect after the debut of the Infinite Stratos (IS), which effectively banned the usage of IS in the military.
Countries were essentially prohibited from employing IS in any kind of armed conflict. However, possession of IS as military-grade units were allowed since they are the only means of deterring and defending against possible armed aggression involving IS.
All information and technology related to IS must be disclosed to the world and shared openly. Any further R&D (beside the initial batch of technology information provided by Tabane Shinonono) was put under same restriction upon its actual field-testing, but if the field-testing of newly-acquired technology was done inside IS Academy, the researchers/developers were allowed to keep their technology confidential.
Exchange of IS cores was prohibited under any circumstance.
Japan and its government were responsible for creating an integrated IS pilot training facility which was required to accept any and all admittance of pilot candidates from any foreign countries, provided they were endorsed by a legitimate government body or foundation. The Japanese government would take appropriate action to ensure that the balance of IS pilots in the world was kept in check. Essentially, the Japanese government was forced to fund and maintain such a facility without any external support.
The treaty banned deployment of IS in armed conflicts, but as this so called 'treaty' tended to lose its effect during a war (especially for the losing side), every country ended up building up their own IS force inside its military, which functioned as an effective deterrence to prevent involvement of IS.
The treaty also specified all information and technology related to IS be made open to the world, so no one country would monopolize the technology. As a result, every country in the world- at least the wealthy ones- could study and commence Research-&-Development of IS.
The IS core is- in its essence- the IS itself, because the frame without the core was merely an inanimate object. The core was responsible for every function of IS, from power supply to operation of all abilities such as articulation of frame, barrier, sensor, and weapon.
Only Tabane Shinonono had the knowledge of core creation, and so far she has created 467 of them, but recently began to refuse the creation of additional cores and had gone into hiding. She was currently at the top of international wanted list. Scientists were also unwilling to risk taking apart the core, for fear of it irreversibly losing its function.
Trade of any kind involving IS core was prohibited under 'Alaska Treaty', and existing 467 cores were evenly distributed in a general sense throughout the world to maintain power balance.
The rest of world's scientists kept their R&D, and while they were still unable to recreate the core yet, they became able to 'process the core,' which means they could transplant existing cores into newer, more powerful frames they developed. As such, while the total number of cores remained unchanged 10 years into the IS's debut, the IS itself faced major development, undergoing several generation shifts.
"Scary…so scary…!" Ichika shivered in his seat while Madoka rubbed his back sympathetically. Once the first period ended and the break started, Chifuyu left the classroom with Yamada-sensei after shooting a glare at the twins that said: "It's not over yet!"
"Don't worry Ichi-nii… I'm pretty sure I'm next…" Madoka looked ready to cry.
"Uuuu…!"
Incidentally, while the IS institute was a profit-earning business, there was also education about IS, that made up the daily courses.
Apart from Ichika, everyone was a girl. Not only his class, but everyone in the school.
Incidentally, once the news that Ichika was the only male able to pilot an IS had also spread throughout the world, everyone knew about him, from the people of the school to the students.
Even though the IS Academy was the world's only specialized IS school, a lot of schools with the intention of stimulating their students, enter them in the IS study program, so they could take advanced studies.
And those types of schools were 100% all-female. However, in the end, the girls from such schools had almost no immunity against males, and as for the boys in a normal society, there was a dilemma about their status.
The number of IS pilots in a country had a very close relationship with its military force (a credible defense force). Only girls could be pilots, so all the countries involved in the 'Alaska Treaty' created a prioritized female protection program.
That's why, because the ideology that 'woman=great' was accepted, the last ten years women had become considered superior to men.
When suddenly an equal 'man' had appeared, it was obvious that there would be curiosity first.
Becoming the object of the entire country's girls' admiration, along with being titled Orimura Chifuyu's little brother seemed to make things very complicated for Ichika. Madoka- as sad as it sounds- got brushed off aside by the others because of him; but she didn't mind. She hated attention just like her siblings and it was also fun seeing her older twin suffer.
"...Thus, the basic operations of IS have to be guided by the country. If no permission is granted, we have to pursue criminal responsibilities..." Yamada-sensei continued with her lesson eloquently. Luckily, Madoka wasn't called to carry out the lecture as it seemed that Yamada-sensei had somehow managed to cool Chifuyu down. "Whether it's in terms of mobility, firepower or suppressing ability, the IS far surpasses all the older weapons in that aspect. If you don't understand this weapon 'thoroughly' before operating it, accidents will occur. We teach you basic knowledge and train you to prevent such accidents from occurring. Even if you can't understand, memorize it, and remain strong and steady. These are the rules and regulations." She finished just in time for the bell to ring and signify the start of the break between two periods.
"Excuse me, may I have a moment?" The girl who asked had light blue eyes and long, light blonde hair that formed drill-like curls at the ends, along with a royal blue headband that held her hair up. She was beautiful, and had large breasts and a voluptuous figure. Her uniform was slightly modified, as it had a long skirt instead of a short one, and there were black frills at the end of the skirt and sleeves.
Ichika and Madoka both looked at the girl standing between them. Ichika raised an eyebrow and said, "Yes you can." Madoka snorted at the angry frown on the girl's face.
"What are you saying?!" She deliberately increased her volume gaining the attention of their classmates. "Just with me talking to you should be enough to make you feel greatly honored. Shouldn't you have a better attitude towards me?"
"It should be the opposite."
"Let's see you improve that attitude!"
Madoka's retort was ignored.
Ichika sighed. This was the type of people he hated to interact with. A stereotypical arrogant snob. He turned away from her and literally waved her off. "Shoo shoo. I have no interest in talking to spoiled brats." The whole class snorted and laughed at the gobsmacked face of the girl.
"How dare you speak to me to me like that?!" She exclaimed furiously. "You don't know who I am?!" She didn't realize that Ichika had tuned her out facing forward with a bored expression much to everyone's amusement. The girl placed a hand on her chest and continued, "I am Cecilia Alcott. The Representative Candidate of Britain and the top scorer in the entrance exam!" She then noticed that Ichika wasn't paying any attention to her and turned red in anger. It was even worse that her classmates were snickering in the background. "Are you even listening to me?!" She was ignored. "And you!" She rounded on Madoka who was snickering right behind her. "Stop laughing!"
Before she could continue, the bell rang snapping Ichika back to attention and the teachers returned to the classroom. Cecilia made a noise in the back of her throat and stomped back to her seat.
"For the remaining time, we'll mainly be describing all sorts of equipment that can be used in actual combat, and their characteristics."
Chifuyu replaced Yamada-sensei, who taught the second period lesson, as she stood at the front. It seemed important, as even Yamada-sensei took out a notebook.
"Ah, but before that, we have to decide on the class representative who'll take part in the inter-class tournament." She paused and noted everyone paying rapt attention to her- even her annoying (read: adorable) younger siblings. "The class representative is as its name indicates. The class representative will not only compete in the tournament, but will also attend student council meetings and committee meetings as well. Well, you can consider it like a class leader. On a side note, the inter-class battles are meant to gauge each enrolled class' ability. Though there isn't much difference right now, competition will encourage further improvement."
"Sensei!" The twins raised their hands and pointed at each other. "I recommend Ichika/Madoka!" They then glared at each other.
"Yes! I recommend Orimura-kun!"
"Me too! I feel like it's a good idea."
"Orimura-san can also be a good representative!"
"Both of them has Personal IS, and Orimura-kun designed his one himself!"
"Then the candidates will be Ichika Orimura and Madoka Orimura. Is there anyone else? You can either nominate yourself or another person, both are fine." The class remained silent. "Alright. Then we'll vote between the two of them. The one with the highest votes will be elected as the Class Representative."
"Wait a second! I don't want this!" The twins exclaimed standing up.
"Sit down! You're a troublesome sight! I said that no matter whether you nominated yourself or someone 'else' nominated you, the one nominated doesn't have the right to refuse. The one nominated should be prepared already."
"Hold on a minute! I can't accept this outcome!" Cecilia slammed her hands against the table as she got up. She pointed at the twins and continued, "I can understand Madoka Orimura being nominated as she is Japan's Representative Candidate, but I can't accept him! Having a man as our class representative is totally disgraceful! Do you expect me, Cecilia Alcott to endure this embarrassment for a whole year?"
Chifuyu and Madoka twitched.
"In terms of ability, it's obvious that Madoka Orimura or I should be the class representative. It'll be troubling if some rare far-east monkey is to be chosen because he is a rare breed! I came to this island country to polish up my IS skills, and I have no interest in joining a circus!"
Chifuyu and Madoka twitched again.
"Isn't that right!? Only the most talented can be the class representative, and Madoka Orimura or I am the most suitable one!" She was getting excited, and her choices of words were getting cruder and more anger-driven. "In the first place, living in such a country with an underdeveloped level of culture is excruciatingly painful for me-"
"Even if Britain's a great country, you're far too arrogant on your part, aren't you? How many times has it been now that you've won the world's worst cuisine award?" Ichika retorted glaring at Cecilia. "And besides, IS was created in this country. Moreover I designed and sold the blueprints of Blue Tears and Silent Zephyrs to your country for 12 million pounds. Blue Tears costed a meager two million and Silent Zephyrs for ten million." Gasps of awe resounded in the whole class while Cecilia gaped in astonishment. Ichika's crimson eyes glinted maliciously filling Cecilia's body with a cold sensation of dread. "Didn't your country get raided recently and lose Silent Zephyrs to a group of terrorists?"
Cecilia's eyes widened to their outmost limit and she stumbled in shock. 'How did he know?!'
"How do you know that information Orimura? That's classified." Chifuyu asked with a frown.
"Taba-nee." Ichika deadpanned at her like it was the most obvious subject.
Chifuyu rolled her eyes and grumbled. "Of course it would be her."
The class on the other hand broke into harsh whispers occasionally pointing at Cecilia.
Said person gained her composure back and seethed. "Are you insulting my country?!"
Madoka rolled her eyes. "No shit Sherlock!" The class laughed at the jab at Cecilia's country further enraging the girl.
"THAT'S IT!" Cecilia slammed her hands on the table silently wincing as her palms stung. "It's a duel! I'll show you who's best!"
Madoka outright laughed at the girl. "Just how stupid are you girl? Didn't you hear what he said? He designed your sad excuse of an IS and sold it to your country." She sneered. "Do you have shit for brains?" Cue Chifuyu's clipboard hitting Madoka's head. "Ack!"
"Language!" Chifuyu then looked at Ichika and asked, "Do you accept the duel?"
Ichika shrugged. "Might as well show a worm its place." Steam poured out of Cecilia's ears. "How much of a handicap do you want shit-for-brains?" He ducked dodging the clipboard that hit the girl behind him. "Sorry." He winced apologizing to the girl.
The girl gave him a lopsided grin and a shaky thumbs up. "D-Don't worry Orimura-kun! It's an honor being hit by Chifuyu-onee-sama."
Ichika sweat-dropped. 'What's with these people?'
"You talk big. Since you deliberately asked for defeat, I'll accept you as a servant- no, a slave!"
"Don't look down on me. This is a serious showdown, don't try and do it halfheartedly."
"Is that so? Perfect timing, this will be the perfect opportunity for me, Britain's candidate, Cecilia Alcott to display her ability."
"Again, how much of a handicap do you want?"
"Oh my, asking for a favor so soon?"
"No, I'm asking how much of a handicap I should give you."
Normally the class would've burst into laughter, but it seemed even they knew instinctively that Cecilia would lose. After all, a creator knows the weakness of their creation better than anyone else.
"Then I won't give you a handicap." Ichika said after receiving no reply from the girl.
"Yes, that should be the case. More accurately, it bothers me that I don't have to give you a handicap. Hmm hmm, saying that men are stronger than women, Japanese males really have quite a sense of humor." The excitement of hers died down, though her expression was one of contempt.
"You can still back out whatever-your-name-is, you know?" Madoka asked pitifully looking at Cecilia.
"Are you looking down on me?! A Representative Candidate?!" Cecilia indignantly asked. "And it's Cecilia Alcott!"
Madoka rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah whatever-your-name-is."
"Then, we have a common understanding. The battle will take place next Monday in the 3rd arena. Orimura and Alcott, make sure you are well prepared. Now, let's get back to the lesson."
Chifuyu clapped her hands to end the conversation.
It could be said that Ichika was in a living hell. He went to the cafeteria, and all the girls were following behind him- much to Madoka's amusement. And when he went to the canteen, the situation was like Moses splitting the sea, and he ended up in a blank slate situation.
'Am I some mystical animal who only just arrived at Japan for the first time?' Ichika thought as he trudged behind Madoka towards their shared dorm room. Luckily he and his twin was in the same room instead of different rooms with different roommates.
The IS Academy was a boarding school, and the school required all students to live on the campus. Most likely, this was to protect the IS pilots who had unlimited potential. Those individuals were integral to the future defense of countries. Ever since this school started, there had been a few countries who have tried to tempt them, which wasn't uncommon at all.
Chifuyu was the first year's dorm supervisor.
Once Madoka opened the door he entered the room behind her and dropped his bag on the side of the bed close to the window and leapt on it. "Omph!"
"I guess they really kept their part of the deal huh Ichi-nii?" Madoka commented. Their room was larger than those of other students. As in, it had its own toilet, a larger kitchen with fridge in it and laundry room with washing and drying machine. "Mind if I use the shower first?"
Ichika waved his hand. "Go ahead. And if possible, bring dinner for me here would you?"
Madoka shrugged. "No problem."
"Love you Madoka…" Ichika mumbled falling asleep.
Madoka softly smiled. "Love you too, Ichi-nii. Love you too." She decided to let Ichika sleep for now. She would wake him up after bringing his dinner from the canteen to their room.
They decided earlier that Madoka would cook breakfast and Ichika would cook dinner. For lunch, they would alternate between each other everyday, as in one day Ichika would prepare the lunch, the next day Madoka would. The two of them decided not to eat in the cafeteria as it would garner too much attention.
Wearing a cream color sleeveless sweater and blue shorts that revealed her powerful limbs and her IS' standby mode in the form of a sleek white bracelet on her right arm, Madoka entered the cafeteria and came upon Tabane's sister Houki Shinonono.
"Heya Houki! It's been a while!" Madoka called out making said person jump in surprise.
"Madoka?!" Houki gasped. "What are you doing here?"
Madoka rolled her eyes. "To eat dinner of course."
"Oh." Houki trotted alongside Madoka into the canteen and grabbed their respective dinner. "Where's Ichika?"
Madoka raised an eyebrow. "And what makes you think Ichika would be here at IS Academy?" She asked in a 'are you an idiot?' tone.
Houki scowled. "There are rumors flying around about him fighting against the Britain Representative Candidate."
Madoka scowled sitting down on an empty seat. "Fucking rumor mill."
"Language!"
Madoka rolled her eyes and indulged into her dinner. "Ichi-nii is sleeping. Today took quite a lot out of him." She said after a few moments.
"Why's that?" Houki frowned. As far as she knew Ichika, he was always strong and had greater endurance than her back when they were kids. 'Is he slacking off?'
"No he's not slacking off." Madoka pointed out flustering Houki. "Due to Ichi-nii being a certified and famous IS Engineer, nee-san had him give the first period lesson."
Houki grimaced.
"That followed by nee-san's glare on the two of us and that British bitch's whorish whining tired him out."
Houki winced. Even she could tell how pissed Madoka was at the moment, so she kept her mouth shut.
"Houki." Said person straightened up in attention at the serious tone of Madoka. "What brought you here? You've always hated the IS and yet you're here." Houki scowled. "Let me guess, it was the government?" Houki's hiss was all the answer she needed. "At least tell me you have a Personal IS." Madoka sighed and shook her head as Houki scoffed negatively. 'She really needs to grow up.'
"What's this about Ichika being an IS Engineer?"
"Hmm? He's been personally tutored and mentored by your sister. He rarely came home ever since he started learning about IS under her." It was true. In fact he barely attended middle school, only submitting the weekly assignments and giving the tests. Tabane took it upon herself to teach him everything, IS or not and Madoka could understand why.
Houki hated Tabane for childish reasons and denied every time someone associated her with Tabane. Thus Tabane couldn't shower Houki with her sisterly love.
Ichika on the other hand treated her just like he treated Madoka and Chifuyu- like his own sister. He admired her and Chifuyu but he didn't give them special treatment like the others did. He treated them like they were humans.
Chifuyu was against this at first as she didn't want Ichika to be that involved with the IS world but eventually gave in to his adorable puppy dog eyes- she was a bro-con, give her a break. It also helped that Tabane kept her craziness down around him and treated him like he was her own brother. Besides, Tabane did prevent Phantom Task from kidnapping the twins from their home, and if there was anywhere Chifuyu wouldn't be worried about them, then it was with Tabane and her hideout- wherever it was.
"If that is the case then why are you asking if I have a Personal IS?" Houki growled.
"Did you become dumber over the years Houki?" Madoka retorted as the two of them headed towards the former's room with Ichika's dinner in tow. "I said Ichika was personally tutored and mentored by your sister, not me. I don't know half the stuff they do even if she gave me my Personal IS. Now be quiet, bro might be sleeping." She unlocked the door and silently walked in.
"Pardon the intrusion." Houki mumbled trotting behind her. Once she properly entered the room she gasped. "Why is your room twice larger than mine?!" She harshly whispered. Madoka merely pointed at Ichika.
"He bargained with the government." She replied before gently shaking Ichika. "Ichi… Ichi…! Wake up! I brought your dinner!"
Ichika groaned and slowly sat up. "Dinner…?"
"Yup. And Houki's here too!"
"Hey there Ichika… it's been a while…" Houki shyly greeted with a blush making Madoka internally groan.
'How could I forget about her obvious crush?'
"Huh?" Ichika squinted his eyes then rubbed them. "Missus Scowl?" Madoka snorted as Houki scowled. "Oh it's you." Ichika deadpanned now fully awake. Before Houki could reply he continued, "It has been a while I guess." He yawned and stretched before standing up. He opened his bag and pulled out a knee length blue cotton pant and a yellow T-Shirt. "Sorry for troubling you Madoka."
"Meh, don't worry. It's what siblings do."
"Thanks." Ichika nodded and looked at the silently fuming Houki. He raised a hand pausing Houki from saying something and said, "Let me shower first. Then screech all you want." Without waiting for a reply he walked past her and entered the shower room.
Five minutes later Ichika came out of the shower ruffling his hair with a towel before letting it dry in the balcony under the Spring air. He then sat beside Madoka on his bed and took the plate of food she arranged for him. "Congratulations on winning the National Kendo Championship last year." He said startling Houki.
"How do you know that?" She asked defensively making the twins raise one of their eyebrows.
"I was there with Taba-nee."
"Why was she there?" Houki growled making Ichika pause mid bite.
Ichika narrowed his eyes at her and drawled out, "Unlike you, she actually cares for you even though you don't deserve it." Houki flinched knowing what he said was true but said nothing. Ichika then finished his dinner and deposited the disposable plate into the trash can before cleaning up.
"Why did you stop coming to the dojo?" Houki suddenly asked.
"Had better things to do." Ichika replied knowing that it will tick her off the wrong way.
"Like hanging out with her?!" Houki snarled and Ichika's eyes flashed.
"It's not hanging out if I'm learning about IS from her. She did create it." Ichika pointed out. "Besides, she's family to me."
"And I'm not?"
"No." Ichika replied without hesitation jolting her like she was slapped. "If you were then you would've kept contact with me. You didn't." Madoka winced at her brother's harshness.
Houki looked down at the floor with tears brimming the edges of her eyes. 'He's right. I had his number yet I never contacted him.'
"You didn't either." Houki said looking at him.
Ichika raised an eyebrow. "My schedule was packed to its fullest. I hardly slept for more than four hours. School, homework, IS Engineering, Chifuyu-nee's training and training with my IS…" he raised his left arm and showed the gold wristband. "Of course I would've made time for you if you called, but you didn't. You had what? School, Kendo and homework?" Houki flinched as she couldn't refute his claims. Ichika sighed. "Which class are you in?"
"1-3."
"I guess you know that we're in 1-1?" Ichika asked getting a nod. He looked at his IS' standby form and the wristband glowed showing time to be close to nine. "You should return to your room Houki. It's gonna be past curfew."
Houki nodded and silently left the room.
After a few moments of silence Madoka asked, "Weren't you a bit too harsh on her?"
Ichika looked at Madoka and she saw the sorrow in his eyes. "You should've seen Taba-nee's face every time Houki hang up on her 30 seconds into their call. Not to mention that Taba-nee is always the one to initiate the call." He still remembered how sad Tabane was and how she cried in despair regretting creating the IS. Ichika took a shuddering breath and said, "Let's sleep now. We have class tomorrow."
Madoka nodded and lied down on her own bed. "Good night nii-chan."
"Good night Madoka."
"In other words, the IS was originally created for space work, so the pilot is covered in a special armor. Also, the armor has the ability to increase body functions and keep the pilots in a stable state. This increases the heart rate, pulse, lung capacity, amount of sweat lost, endorphins-"
"Sensei, is that really alright? It's kind of scary when the body is manipulated like that."
One of the girl interrupted Yamada-sensei with an uncertain look on her face.
"It's not really that complicated. Oh yeah, for example, everyone's wearing a bra, right? If one has that kind of support, there's no reason that it will cause any adverse effects on humans. Of course, if it's not by your own measurements but out of shape, then-"
Coincidentally, Ichika's eyes and Yamada-sensei's eyes met, and she just stood there, dumbfounded. Several seconds later, she blushed.
"Well… that… no… that's… Ori-Orimura-kun, you have no need to understand that. I-I don't know. This example. Ah… ah ha… ah… hahaha..."
Yamada-sensei only laughed blankly, unknowingly creating a subtle atmosphere throughout the classroom. Madoka was holding her stomach as she loudly laughed, Chifuyu and a red faced Ichika facepalmed.
It took the other girls except Madoka- she passed out laughing- some time to realize the situation and immediately covered their chests as much as they could with their arms.
The awkward atmosphere ceased to exist after 20 seconds by a blank faced Chifuyu.
"Ahem, Yamada-sensei, please continue with the lesson."
"Ah, okay."
Under Chifuyu's prompt, Yamada-sensei returned back to topic even though it looked like she was about to bury herself in the book.
"And Orimura…" Ichika raised his head and met his older sister's eyes. "…take your twin to the infirmary."
"But I don't know where it is!" Ichika weakly complained already picking his smiling unconscious twin in a princess carry.
"Just keep searching for it!"
"Right!"
"…what's with her?" An uncomfortable Houki asked Ichika pointing at a giggling Madoka.
"Don't ask." Ichika mumbled red in the face. Houki had joined the twins on the rooftop during lunch break having cooked her own lunch.
Houki jumped when a laughing Madoka grabbed her by the shoulder. "Hahaha! Yamada-sensei was talking about us girls wearing bras right in front of Ichi-nii! Haha! You should've seen her face when she realized her mistake!" Houki paled in horror. "And then she herself started laughing! Hahaha!"
Houki looked at Ichika who nodded embarrassedly. "And she passed out laughing. Nee-san had me skip class by telling me to take this nutjob to the infirmary without telling me where it is." On the hindsight it was a good thing Chifuyu sent him out. The classroom atmosphere would've really been awkward.
"Your class is full of loonies…" Houki breathed out in a daze.
"Don't we know that!" Madoka laughed.
"Hey Ichika?"
"Hmm?"
"You said something about training with Chifuyu-san. What was it about?"
"Hmm… it was mainly physical conditioning, hand to hand combat, sparring with Madoka, using a sniper rifle without scope singlehandedly, a minigun too, fighting her with eyes and ears closed-" Houki dropped her jaw in shock. "-, free style counterattacking sword fighting in a three-way battle and fighting with a spear."
"You're crazy." Houki shook her head.
"It worked out though." Ichika said waving a hand over his body. He was well built, slightly bulky but mostly lean in musculature. He was tall standing at 5'10" and lost all the fat in his body including the baby fat on his face making him look older than is peers.
He started learning about the IS when Chifuyu and Madoka went to Germany for a year. That was when he was close to 11 years old. He found out his ability of piloting an IS a year later when he was 12. It was mainly a theory made by Tabane that he should be capable of piloting an IS considering whose brother he was. Tabane was proved right when he touched Shirokishi or White Knight and got 'eaten' by it.
Tabane had looked downright gleeful and suggested to modify the Shirokishi to his needs. It was then that he asked- rather meekly fearful of rejection- if she wouldn't mind creating a new core for him to use for his own custom designed IS. She was so surprised that she acted like a gold fish for several seconds nearly scaring Ichika of rejection. He was proven wrong when Tabane hugged him (read: shoved him into her cleavage) and readily agreed to create one when he becomes a full-fledged IS Engineer under her and designed his own custom IS.
Her agreement was all he needed to be motivated into learning IS Engineering.
Tabane had a good laugh at seeing Chifuyu's face when they revealed the truth about Ichika being capable of piloting an IS but ended up beaten black and blue courtesy off 'Chi-chan'. She returned back to full health the very next day much to Chifuyu's annoyance and the twins' wonder.
Chifuyu agreed to let him study IS Engineering under Tabane with the condition that he must get high grades in school. Tabane took it upon herself to teach him both IS and non-IS related subjects from then on. He never got less than 100 in any subject in school despite his absence.
When he hit 13, Chifuyu personally started training him and Madoka. By the time he became 14, he was already a billionaire having sold IS designs all over the world. That was also when Tabane completed making his IS and let him get used to it. He and Madoka both received there IS' at the same time. Gigantis Dragon for him and Byakushiki- Shirokishi's upgraded form- for Madoka, 3rd and 3.5th generation IS respectively.
By the time high school entrance examinations came, both had achieved Second Shift much to Chifuyu's shock and Tabane's glee. Golden Dragon Monarch and Byakushiki Setsura. Both 4th generation IS, with the latter being the first and former being the second. Tabane later on banned them from sparring in her place when they destroyed the specially made training room the fifth time.
Chifuyu's retirement and Ichika's revelation both were announced by Chifuyu herself. Ichika was requested by the government to go to IS Academy- to gather data on him- which he accepted under several conditions.
"Mind sparring with me today at the Kendo Club dojo then?" Houki's question snapped him out of his reminiscing.
"Sure, why not?" He then grinned. "I get to defeat the National Champion that way."
Houki scoffed. "As if!"
Later on at the end of the day, Houki had to be sent to the infirmary while Chifuyu scolded his very soul out.
Orimura Fan Club was created the next day and surprisingly, the teachers except Chifuyu allowed it to be created.
Ichika regretted coming to IS Academy.
"So? What do you think I should use against shit-for-brains?" Ichika asked as he swiped through the list of equalizers on the holographic screen coming out from his IS standby mode in the form of a golden wristband.
"Hmm… on one hand, you can defeat her in her own game by using [Fafnir] and on the other hand, you can defeat her using [Yamata-no-Orochi]." Madoka replied as she eyed two out of four equalizers.
"Using [Yamata-no-Orochi] will prove that sword and CQC in general is better than guns and long range weapons, but…" Houki replied as she read the specifications of Blue Tears on another holographic screen. "…considering how her character is… defeating her in her own game should teach her a lesson and humiliate her." She frowned. "Just use [Fafnir] and finish her quickly."
"Yep. Do that." Madoka nodded. "But don't bother using your One Off Abilities."
"That would be overkill." Ichika grunted.
"One Off Ability?" Houki asked in confusion.
"It's an ability unique to an IS normally gained in the Second Shift. Ichika had one immediately from the First Shift and gained another in Second Shift. I have only one." Madoka explained.
The three of them were currently in the hangar waiting for the match to start. Just as they were done discussing, they heard footsteps and looked in the direction to see Yamada-sensei and Chifuyu coming towards them.
"Oh? You came here to support me?" Ichika asked in a DIO like manner only to duck as Chifuyu's clipboard flew over his head. "Woman, are you trying to make me lose or what?!"
"Shut up. Five minutes are left until the match starts. Deploy your IS." Chifuyu grouched.
Yamada-sensei on the other hand looked at Ichika with anticipation clearly showing in her eyes.
'She wants to see my/his IS…' Ichika and Madoka thought before the former walked away from them to deploy his IS.
"Rule over the skies… Golden Dragon Monarch!" In a flash of gold Ichika was inside his IS standing at a height shorter than an average IS.
Chifuyu nodded and Madoka grinned, pride visible in their eyes. No matter how many times they saw the IS, every time felt like first time; the IS was that beautiful and aesthetic.
Houki and Yamada-sensei had similar reactions. Their eyes were wide and ready to pop out while their lower jaw rested in a small crater on the ground. Yamada-sensei's glasses were tilted and on the verge of falling down.
Standing before them in all their glory was Ichika and his IS. Just as the name sounded, the primary color was gold and the frame heavily resembled that of a dragon. Ichika's whole body was covered in sapphire blue and silver draconic scale mail. His head lacked a helmet but instead had a silver metal headband that dipped down into a V in front of his forehead with a blue visor covering his eyes. His ears were covered by two headphones that were connected to the headband slightly behind the two hornlike protrusions on the sides of the headband. His lower jaw was framed with a mouth guard of sorts with two canines beside his lips.
The IS armor covered his arms slightly above the elbows and legs slightly above the knees. The armored arms and legs were draconic with sharp scales covering the back of the forearms and, the shins. The fingers were sharp and clawed, while the toes of the boots had three talons instead of being sharply pointed.
The unit's primary color was gold with the secondary color being sapphire blue and tertiary being silver.
Behind Ichika was a hemisphere. Two wings originated from the upper corners of the hemisphere divided into four segments. Each segments had a portion of their top colored silver with two blue stripes on the sides. The wings were two meters in length. A long tail originated from the center bottom of the hemisphere.
Floating behind Ichika were seven hexagon shaped blue energy shields forming a large hexagon.
"Behold…" Madoka said with a grin snapping Houki and Yamada-sensei out of their daze. "…the second 4th generation Custom IS, the Golden Dragon Monarch!"
Yamada-sensei and Houki gasped. "4th generation?! The world recently released 3rd generation prototypes!" Yamada-sensei said in astonishment.
"The second?"
"Who do you think I am?" Ichika scoffed. "I am the apprentice of Tabane Shinonono and the brother of Chifuyu Orimura! I am an IS Engineer with knowledge directly drilled into my brain by the former. So obviously I'll make an advanced IS!"
Yamada-sensei gaped at him and Houki scowled at the part where her sister was mentioned.
"My Byakushiki Setsura was the first one. Both of our IS became 4th gen in their Second Shift." Madoka answered Houki.
"Two 4th generation IS… and both of them has undergone Second Shift…? Uuuu…"
*Thud!*
Chifuyu sighed and picked the unconscious Yamada-sensei up. "Get going! Your match is about to start!" She yelled at Ichika before glaring at Madoka and Houki. "You two! Either go to the stands or come with me to the control room!"
"Right!" The three youngsters replied at once.
"Ichika! Win this!" Houki said as Ichika leaned forward getting a nod from him.
"Make this match yours Ichi-nii!"
With another nod Ichika flew out of the arena and met Cecilia in her IS Blue Tears.
"Oh? So you didn't run away?" Cecilia said with her sniper pointed to the side and a hand on her hip radiating princess vibes. "I'll give you one last chance." Cecilia moved the hand that was on her hip and pointed her index finger at Ichika as she said that.
"Chance?"
"It's obvious that I'll be winning no matter what. Thus, if you don't want to end up being seen in a battered and pathetic state, I may as well forgive you if you apologize now."
Ichika snorted. "As if that's happening." He raised his arm towards her and in a flash, a sapphire blue futuristic sniper rifle with triangular barrel and nuzzle appeared attached to his right arm and shoulder. It was lacking a scope and since the match had already started, he immediately pointed at Cecilia and fired.
Cecilia's IS warned her about the incoming danger and she responded by trying to dodge the attack. Keyword being 'tried' as before she could even move, the fin like armors that held her BITs on her left were blasted to pieces throwing her off balance.
[Barrier Penetrated: 93 points. Shield Energy remaining: 557. Damage to frame: low to moderate. Warning: Do not move at high speeds.] Cecilia's IS reported as she righted herself. [Scanning enemy IS.] When her IS reported its scan, all color seemed to be drained out of her face. [IS Unit: Golden Dragon Monarch (Second Shift), 4th Generation, All-Rounder Type IS. Armaments: Fafnir- a long range plasma sniper rifle mixed with a rail gun. Other armaments unable to be found.]
'What?! A 4th generation?! I'm using a 3rd generation prototype and he's using a 4th generation All-Rounder type IS?! A Second Shift at that! Is this a joke?!' Her lack of attention on her opponent costed her as the sniper rifle in her right arm exploded not only cracking the armor but half-numbing her right arm itself in the process. "OW!"
[Barrier Penetrated: 123. Shield Energy remaining: 434. Damage to frame: moderate to high. Warning: Do not stress the right arm.]
"EYES ON YOUR OPPONENT SHIT-FOR-BRAINS!" Ichika yelled this time charging up a powerful shot.
Cecilia seeing this swiped her good left arm and sent out her remaining two BITs and created a makeshift shield in front of her blocking both side's views of each other. Her 'skirt' lifted up and two missile pods came out, missiles ready to be fired.
"NO USE!" Ichika yelled using both arms to aim [Fafnir] and fired. A thunder crack was heard as the bullet left the gun piercing straight through the BIT shield and hit the energy shield of Blue Tears creating a massive explosion that ate up all of the remaining shield energy of Blue Tears activating Absolute Defense Barrier and granting victory to Ichika.
A buzzer sounded ending the match. "Match concluded. Winner: Ichika Orimura. Match duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds."
'What…?' Cecilia blankly thought as she felt numb. She didn't even notice Ichika carrying her to the ground to prevent her from crashing on to it. 'I… lost…?' She couldn't even aim at him in the entire match. Her BITs and sniper rifle were destroyed like they were nothing. 'I, Cecilia Alcott, lost to a man…?' Those were are last thoughts before she passed out from the shock and shame of having her pride reduced to bits.
"Haha! Well done Ichi-nii!" Madoka cheered once Ichika returned to the hangar. "You showed whatever-her-name-is her place! You didn't even let her take aim!" She looked ecstatic.
"Hmph! It was obvious Orimura would win. A third rate pilot like Alcott was never a match for him." Chifuyu commented.
Houki winced. If a Representative Candidate like Alcott got called a third rate pilot then what did that make her?
"That was so amazing Orimura-kun!" Yamada-sensei cheered with eyes shining like stars. "You finished the fight so quickly without getting hit even once! That's magnificent!" She clapped making Ichika blush and stutter.
"Uh… y-yeah… t-thanks Yamada-sensei… ahem."
"You're welcome!" Yamada-sensei glowed making Ichika cover his eyes and blush deeper.
Seeing Ichika's reaction to Yamada-sensei made Madoka and Chifuyu adorn deadpan expressions. 'Ugh… I'm gonna puke…' the sisters thought simultaneously. Yamada-sensei just happened to fall in their brother's strike zone. Innocent, shy, under 30/older than him, cute, beautiful and mature. Even worse, the woman wasn't even trying to be any of those.
"You said something about his IS being custom. What did you mean by that?" Houki asked Madoka ignoring how Ichika and Yamada-sensei looked to be in their own world.
"It's exactly as it sounds. Only two IS in the entire world are custom made, as in the creator of IS made the IS specifically for that one pilot. No other pilot will be able to use that. Nee-san's Kurazakura and Ichi-nii's Gigantis Dragon now Golden Dragon Monarch are the only custom made IS' in existence."
"What about yours?"
"Mine? My one is the Shirokishi rebuilt in Byakushiki now Byakushiki Setsura."
"I see…" Houki muttered before walking away seemingly contemplating something. "Congratulations Ichika." She absentmindedly told Ichika before heading towards her dorm room.
No one cared enough to stop Houki and ask what was wrong.
The hot water continued to spurt out from the shower head. The water landed on her skin and flowed down the curves of her body. Her voluptuous body that was rare among Caucasians and her beautiful streamlines, to Cecilia, were something to be really proud of. Those long legs were shiny, silky and beautiful, and they could not only compete with those of an idols, but would most likely even beat them in beauty.
Cecilia continued to let the water rush down her breasts as she pondered deep in thought.
'…Ichika Orimura…' She still remembered the guy with those strong-willed eyes unlike her father. '…Daddy would always go according to mommy's whims...'
Having married into a wealthy family, her father must have felt extremely inferior to her mother. And having such a father during her growth, Cecilia inadvertently thought, 'I don't want to marry such a useless man.'
And after the IS was rolled out, her father's attitude got increasingly sulkier. Her mother must have felt that such a man was a disappointment, so she didn't want to talk to him.
Her mother was already an impressive woman. Before the society became a women-strong-men-weak society, she had already managed numerous companies, and was an accomplished person. Though she was extremely strict, Cecilia had always respected her a lot.
Her parents died in an accident 3 years ago.
Her parents- who had been working separately- were together on that particular day, up till now, she still didn't know the reason.
Though there were once rumors of some conspiracies, the scenario of that accident removed that possibility. It was a cross-border railway accident with more than a hundred causalities.
Just like that, her parents became people who won't ever come back.
After that, time flew.
Cecilia had a vast inheritance, and in order to protect the money from those who wanted to laud it, she studied hard to learn everything, and during an IS suitability test that was part of her learning curriculum, she got an A+ grade. Hoping that she would maintain her nationality, the government came up with all sorts of generous conditions; and in order to protect her parents' inheritance, she immediately agreed. Cecilia was chosen to be the first test pilot of the 3rd generation armament Blue Tears. In order to obtain operation information and battle experience, she came to Japan, and then she met Ichika Orimura; she met the ideal man who had such firm looking eyes.
Ichika Orimura, brother of the two times Mondo Grosso champion, 'Brunhilde' Chifuyu Orimura and also of the current Representative Candidate of Japan, Madoka Orimura.
He was strong and powerful, that was undeniable. He had dominated the match. In 3 minutes 19 seconds- the first minute was wasted necessarily with her talking arrogantly-, he defeated her without a scratch. He wasn't useless either. Her sponsor confirmed the fact that Blue Tears indeed was Ichika Orimura's design. He was a certified and famous IS Engineer directly mentored by the Tabane Shinonono. He was also ruthless. He never gave her the window to make a move against him. In three solid shots, she was defeated. He was also a genius if he not only designed his own IS but make it a freaking 4th gen.
"Ichika Orimura…!"
She tried to shout his name out. Unbelievably, she could even feel her chest heat up. Her heart was pounding without any restraint. Cecilia gently stroked her lips. Those pretty, wet lips stirred an unbelievable excitement like they desired to be touched. Warm and sweet, saddening yet delighting.
'What's with this feeling?' Before she knew it, her chest was already overwhelmed with this feeling.
'I want to know.' She wants to know its true identity, she wants to know what's behind this feeling. '…I want to know. I want to know… about Ichika…'
Only the sound of water flowing echoed throughout the bathroom.
"Ichika-san…" Ichika and Madoka both blinked hearing Cecilia call out to him before the SHR using his first name of all things. Both of them turned their heads in eerie synchronization towards her.
"Yes…?" Since the Brit was showing signs of respect, he might as well do the same no?
"I… I wish to apologize to you." She bowed to him. The class had gone silent after that. "Yesterday… I've reflected upon my actions and realized that I was being childish, arrogant and condescending to you simply because of a past grudge and misunderstanding. Which is why I'm apologizing to you for treating you wrongly during class and battle."
There was stunned silence for a while before Ichika stood up and looked her in the eyes.
"I must apologize too Alcott-san." The class gasped and Madoka nodded in understanding. "I also shouldn't have let your taunts get to me and call you names. Which is why…" he bowed flustering her. "…I'm sorry."
"Yeah, me too." Madoka said following Ichika. "I also shouldn't have acted like that. It was rather unbecoming of the Brunhilde's siblings. So yeah, I'm sorry Alcott-san."
"Ah… no no… please don't bow… it's okay!" Cecilia awkwardly said. "Apologies accepted."
The twins straightened up and smiled. "Water under the bridge, then?"
"Water under the bridge."
The three smiled and shook their hands starting a new friendship…
*TWHACK! THWACK! THWACK!*
"SIT DOWN YOU IDIOTS!"
…only to be simultaneously get scolded by their homeroom teacher.
I hate Byakushiki. Don't look at me like that! I have my reasons! As Chifuyu said, "IS is defective." Byakushiki more so than the others is the very manifestation of the word 'defective'. A full on assault type with low shield points and a fucked up One Off Ability is just plain bullshit. Imbalanced! I hate imbalance. That's why I'm giving this shit to Madoka and creating a far better BALANCED OP IS for Ichika.
The IS frame of Golden Dragon Monarch is the same as that of Divine Drag-Ride Bahamut from Unlimited Bahamut Chronicles (UBC); except that the color scheme is different- Gold, Sapphire Blue and Silver instead of Back and Red- the visor, mouth guard, claws and talons, and draconic scale mail armor are new. The frame of its First Shift: Gigantis Dragon is up to your imagination.
'Fafnir' is the Freezing Canon of Divine Drag-Ride Fafnir from UBC. 'Yamata-no-Orochi' will be a sword but I haven't decided which kind of sword I should use.
And please do NOT ask me to add Houki into a harem I'm not even sure I'd be making. Cecilia and Rin are a big NO. If I make this a harem story then the candidates are: Maya Yamada (highly likely), Charlotte Dunois, Laura Bodewig, Tatenashi Sarashiki and Kanzashi Sarashiki (low probability).
I don't do Incest.
Who can guess the other two weapons other than Fafnir and Yamata-no-Orochi? Hint: One is from UBC and the other is from Celtic myths.
The One Off Abilities will also be from UBC. Guess them.