Chapter-115 ( Battle Royal - II )

[Winners, Cloud Strife and Shinonono Houki]

The last match of the quarterfinals was over and now only the four strongest teams remained.

"It's time for us to kick off the event we've all been waiting for!" - exclaimed Tatenashi excitedly - "It's time for the Battle Royal! Let the participants pass!"

The four teams calmly walked towards the center of the Arena while looking at each other.

Ichika and Cecilia only looked seriously at Cloud and Houki's team because they were the only ones of the teams who had the information of the great improvement they had achieved.

Tina and Rin were looking at different teams, the girl from America was excitedly watching the blonde boy while Rin was looking at Ichika with a big smile.

For her part, Cecilia kept her eyes closed while Charlotte looked around her seriously.

"Very well participants, the rules are simple" - said Tatenashi and in the process, gaining the attention of those involved - "The rule is simple, you can use any method to fight against your opponents, be it tricks, brute force, alliances with others equipment, high-level weapons, as long as they don't have outside help or cause damage to the pilots... I'm clear?"

The participants nodded when they heard this.

"Ok, you can equip your IS"-said Tatenashi as Ichika and the girls invoked his IS, and to everyone's surprise, Houki was showing his [Akatsubaki] in all its splendor.

"Ok, I didn't expect that" - Laura said seriously. She had come in with the mindset that Cloud would be the team's problem but now that Houki had his own IS on him, the danger level increased dramatically.

"Where did that IS come from?" Charlotte asked as she frowned.

". . ." - Rin and Tina just looked at the girl from Japan in surprise as they felt the tension increase.

[I can answer that~]

From the screen of the Arena, the image of a smiling Tabane appeared, causing a furor in the place because they never thought they would see the inventor of the IS.

[That's my biggest creation and the gift for my cute little sister, Houki-chan~]

Houki's eyebrow started to tremble as she heard how her sister was starting to talk nonsense.

"Tabane..." - Cloud said seriously.

[Ahem! I'm sorry about that... what I really wanted to say, is that [Akatsubaki], is my greatest creation and the first IS of Fourth Generation]

"Impossible!" - exclaimed one of those present with surprise - "The different nations of the world can barely build a custom Third Generation IS!"

[Well, I'm not someone from those countries, nor am I a liar. [Akatsubaki], it's the first and only Fourth Generation IS in the world and it was specifically designed for my little sister. Her biological reader, as well as the integrated core, is designed to detect the pilot, so if someone tries something stupid, well, [Akatsubaki] has a powerful security system]

Those words were a clear warning to anyone who tried something stupid against her little sister.

"Things have gotten a lot more exciting!" - exclaimed Tatenashi, although inside she had a serious expression - "Today we will not only have the most exciting battle of the year, but we will also witness the first sighting of a Fourth Generation IS!"

"Ok, now things are dangerous..." Laura murmured seriously. If fighting a Third Generation IS was dangerous, then he didn't want to imagine the destructive power a Fourth Generation had.

"We have to stop Cloud and Houki-san..."-Charlotte said as she looked at her partner-"Or we won't have a chance"

The other teams were thinking the same thing because they all looked at each other while nodding.

"Wow, it seems that things have become dangerous for the favorite team" - said Tatenashi with a smile.

"You're wrong"-Cloud replied as he activated [Raiden] and his [Masamune]-"It just got more interesting...didn't it Houki?"

"Of course" -the girl from Japan agreed as her Is shone a beautiful crimson color and she summoned her two Katanas-"It's time for me to show what I'm really made of"

"It's not honorable... but it's the only option" - Ichika said while the others nodded. It was obvious that they would launch themselves at the blonde boy's team the moment they gave the start signal.

[Starting Combat in 3...]

The boys tensed when they heard the countdown.

[two...]

Houki tightened her grip on both of her Katanas as she looked at her enemies with a serious look.

[one...]

A big smile appeared on the blonde boy's face as he felt the thrill of a good fight well up inside him.

[Begin!]

At the same moment they gave the start signal, Laura launched herself directly at Cloud and Houki, as if she were a wolf while Charlotte prepared to support her whenever necessary.

"Cecilia-san!" Ichika exclaimed as he gave his teammate a look before flying off towards Houki.

"I know!" The girl replied as her gaze narrowed. They had already planned a strategy by the time it was their turn to fight Cloud and Houki. Ichika would be the bait that would try to get as many openings as possible for Cecilia to land an accurate and lethal blow.

"Tina... I'm going to join the party, I want you to try to increase as much speed as possible before you enter the fight" - Rin said seriously.

"I know…" Tina nodded firmly as she began to vibrate her IS. That was the secret of [Starlight], she used the vibrational power to be able to create a large amount of kinetic energy "and thus accumulate it so that she could use it later.

"Ichika! I'll give you a hand!" Rin exclaimed as she flew towards the dark brown haired girl.

Houki just carefully looked at the situation. She was receiving the attack from Ichika and Rin while Cloud was being attacked by Laura - "I'm flattered that there are two who come against me"

"Let's see if you're still so condescending when we finish kicking your fat ass" - Rin snorted with clear jealousy, after all, she along with Laura were the least developed of the group, although Laura had an advantage that she didn't, and that was her cute porcelain doll appearance while she had the aura of a little cat.

Houki frowned in annoyance when she heard the girl's words, after all, no woman likes to be called fat.

"It's time to reveal a bit of [Akatsubaki's] power"-said Houki as she focused energy on her right katana.

"Back off, Rin!" Ichika exclaimed.

"Hey?" -Rin was surprised by the words of the boy she liked but she quickly understood the reason. She had been careless, extremely careless, after all, she didn't know anything about Houki's IS.

"[Amatsuki]!" Houki exclaimed as a large amount of red lasers shot out from his weapon.

"Ack!" -Rin could only see with surprise how her Shield was reduced at high speed by her enemy's attack, especially since those shots seemed to come from a machine gun with how quickly she was hit.

"Rin!" Ichika exclaimed as he concentrated hid shield and thrusters to increase his speed to get in front of the girl from China and help her dodge some shots "Why did you do that stupid thing?!"

"I agree" - said Houki as he stopped his attack, after all, it would only be a waste of time and energy now that Ichika was deflecting all his shots - "It was something so stupid that even Ichika, the most idiotic person who acts before think, he scolded you"

Ichika blushed with embarrassment at his friend's cruel words but he still decided to let it go. Rin was much more important - "Are you okay?"

"Y-Yes... it's just that my shield went down to 50%..." - the girl murmured sadly. She never thought that she would take so much damage from a single mistake.

"Don't lose sight of your opponent when you're in the middle of a battle... it was one of the first things Cloud taught me when I started my training" - Houki said as she appeared in front of her two enemies and prepared to attack with a cold expression, only to recoil when she heard the sound of a gunshot - ". . ."

"What are you doing, you idiots?!" Cecilia roared as she looked at Houki. She was not only much stronger, but she was also much faster than she had thought - "If it wasn't for me giving you support, you guys would be out by now!"

"I forgot about you, Cecilia-san...a mistake I don't plan to make a second time"-said Houki as she focused energy on her second katana-"[Karaware]!"

Houki quickly swung her weapon twice, once horizontally and once vertically to create two energy slashes that quickly took the shape of a cross. But her attack didn't end there, she knew that her opponents would dodge the attack easily, so she stood still waiting for the right moment to make an attack.

"Ichika-san! Move quickly!" Cecilia yelled as she moved to a safe distance.

"Okay!" -exclaimed the boy as he grabbed Rin and prepared to dodge, but his back began to sweat when he saw how a shadow appeared above him-"Huh?"

"You're not the only one who can use [Ignition Boost], Ichika"- Houki said as she focused energy back into her [Amatsuki's], creating a large amount of laser shots-"This won't knock you out, but it will crit you. .."

"Argh!" The boy shouted as he was hit by dozens of shots.

"Ichika-san!" Cecilia exclaimed when she saw how her teammate had been damaged so easily. She slowly looked up and noticed how Houki was casually looking at her in silence- "Is this the power of a fourth generation IS?"

"No...this is the power of my feelings and my conviction"-Houki said seriously as he blushed-"This is the power of my love!"

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