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LightDragonman · 2024-03-21, 03:44

Time to continue this part.

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"Shit!" Raizo swore as he fended off yet another group of armored soldiers using Unit 03. He, like Akira, had been inside his Valvrave when the massacre took place, remaining behind in the hanger just in case he needed to sortie. Now here he was, trying to prevent these new arrivals from destroying the whole hanger.

Granted, it wasn't so much of a problem, given that, even with their body armor, the still stood no chance against his Valvrave's Hand Rays, easily vaporizing them on direct contact. No, the real problem was the fact that ARUS soldiers were also involved, and despite his distrust of them, Raizo was not too keen on injuring people who weren't firing him, lest they truly see him as a monster.

For their part, the ARUS soldiers in the Valvrave hanger were trying their best to hold their own against the new threats. However, as to be expected, their small arms barely managed to even dent the heavily fortified troopers. As a result, some of them had taken to hiding behind Raizo's Valvrave, seeing as it was the only available cover aside from the main control deck.

On said deck, Yusuke Otamaya and several other students were holed up, alongside a few ARUS soldiers, with a couple being injured. The children were doing their best to patch them up, but being as they were merely kids, they couldn't do much.

"Is there no end to these buttholes?!" Raizo muttered. Indeed, it seemed like no matter how many he took down, more would come in to replace them.

By now, the hanger was filled with the floating corpses of the unfortunate students and ARUS troops that were unable to find cover. It was quite a grisly sight.

Just then, the console in front of his controls lit up. On the screen was the face of Takumi Kibukawa and Rion Nanami.

"Valvrave pilots, do you copy?" the former called out. "This module is done for. The united armies of Dorssia and these new ARUS soldiers will be here soon. Gather as many students as you can and get to the hanger."

"Affirmative!" Raizo responded. He quickly turned to Yusuke.

"Otamaya! Take everyone you can find to the hanger! That includes the ARUS bastards you're with in there!"

"Got it!" Yusuke replied. "But what about Units 01 and 05?"

"I'll stay here to provide cover for when Haruto and Inuzuka arrive!"

"Roger. Don't forget to bring weapons when you join us!"

With that, Yusuke and the other survivors raced to get to the hanger. Leaving Raizo to once again face off against the incoming swarm of soldiers.

"As for you ARUS lackies around my feet!" he called out, "I suggest you stay close to my armor unless you want to get killed! Once the others get here, we'll escort you out!"

"R-Roger that!" replied the rapidly dwindling Arus forces. Not that they themselves liked being in the care of what they still saw as an inhuman monster, but it was that or risk getting blown to pieces.

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It was at this point that Satomi's group had just managed to barely make it to the hanger. Several casualties were had, but the exhausted team reached it, gunfire still coming their way.

"Quick, get inside!" Rion instructed.

It was easier said than done, as floating towards them in Zero-G meant they couldn't escape at the speed required for them to exit in time. Indeed, one female student, a friend of Iori and another girl, took a bullet to her back just before she managed to enter.

"There are three ships, board them now!" Rion yelled.

Satomi and Takahi took a third of the group including several ARUS soldiers, to the first ship, much to the consternation of Iori.

"Wait, we're taking them with us too?!"

"Look, we're all on the same side here, like it or not" Satomi answered. "Besides, we may need them if we are to fight back in the future!"

The surviving ARUS soldiers are voiced their agreement. Iori gave out a frustrated protest, but she couldn't say anything more, as her attention was turned to her injured friend.

"Come on, we've got to get to that ship!" she said, trying her hardest to drag the unconcious body to the second ship with the other one. Only for another student to place his hand on her shoulder, shaking his head.

"Forget her, she's already dead." he said glumly, noting how she was no longer breathing.

"But I can't just leave her!" the female student protested. "We've been friends since junior high!"

"If anything, we should leave an ARUS troop behind to make room for her!" Iori added.

"Hey, at least we're still breathing unlike her!" one soldier protested.

The argument seemed to go on for a while, as the second group consisting of Yusuke and his posse finally arrived.

"We can deal with this later!" Yusuke added, now having joined in. "We've got to get to those ships now before-"

"RPG!" an ARUS soldier yelled.

Just then, an rocket came hurtling through the hanger, barely missing any of the students, yet they weren't what the projectile was aiming at, much to the soon-to-be horror of the hanger's occupants.

*KABOOM*

As the light and heat finally faded, the group looked in horror at the end result. The rocket had completely taken out the third ship. Meaning that there was now no way for them to get all of the surviving occupants out.

"No..." Rion said, sinking to her knees in despair.

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Raizo at that point had just managed to fend off the latest wave of incoming armored soldiers, with his posse of ARUS defectors still clinging to the back of his Valvrave, as their lives literally depended on it.

"How many more of you bastards do I have to deal with?!" Raizo growled as he saw the shadows of more arrivals just outside the entrance. He raised his weapons, ready to fire once more when..."

"DON'T SHOOT RAIZO! IT'S ME!"

Zooming in on the source of the voice, Raizo heart rose at seeing Inuzuka finally arrive, with more survivors in tow.

"Heh, what took you so long Inuzuka?" he said. "And again, it's Thunder!"

"Sorry, we had to deal with some trouble on the way here."

"See, this is why you should've stayed here rather than go off to do sponsorships all night!" Raizo said, trying his best to stay positive with all the carnage that had happened.

"Oh, like you didn't enjoy them as well!"

Sheridan looked at both Inuzuka and the giant yellow Valvrave whose occupant was currently engaged in a heated conversation with him with worry. "These are the supposed inhuman monsters who pilot these things?"

"Anyways, enough of this" Inuzuka said, getting back on track. "Is Unit 05 still in one piece?"

"Yes it is." Raizo confirmed. "Here, let me give you a hand."

Inuzuka jumped onto the hand of Unit 03, who then tossed him to Unit 05. Wasting no time at all, he entered the Valvrave, equipped his pilot suit that had been stashed inside, and activated it.

"Okay, now to part two" Inuzuka muttered. "Sheridan, you and your soldiers stay close to me. I'll escort you to the hanger where your ships are!"

"Go with him" Raizo said to the forces behind Unit 03. "I take it you'll know how to operate those far better."

"Understood." Sheridan called out. "You know, I'm glad that you at least aren't going to turn on us. I honestly thought you were going to leave us ARUS forces behind as soon as we escorted you here."

"Hey, I may not be human, but at least I'm not a monster" Inuzuka remarked.

"The rest of you students" Raizo said, turning to the other survivors. "Get to the hanger where the other three ships are currently-"

Just then, the console lit up once more, showing the faces of Kibukawa and Rion, this time more desperate, as gunfire could be seen wizzing past them.

"All Valvrave pilots, we need help! One of the ships has just been taken out, and we can't launch with all these bullets coming our way!"

"DAMN IT!" Inuzuka cursed, slamming his fist against his seat. "How are we supposed to get them out now with one ship down?!"

"I swear I'm going to tear these bastards limb from limb!" Raizo growled.

Having overheard the statements from the pilots, Sheridan decided to join in.

"Listen, we still have room on our space cruiser. If you can cover us, we'll get the other survivors to it in order to evacuate!"

A few of the students balked at the idea of heading out with ARUS forces, but Inuzuka, having helped them during this whole ordeal up to know, slowly nodded.

"Understood. Raizo, get to the hanger and deal with the incoming enemies so the remaining two ships can launch. After that, escort the ones left behind to the ARUS hanger!"

"Roger that!"

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The situation outside was quickly starting to deteriorate for poor Akira. Unit 06 was simply not equipped to deal with an overwhelming enemy force, and these armored soldiers were throwing everything they could at her.

For their part, the ARUS soldiers stationed outside tried to do their best to assist with their own armored vehicles, but they simply couldn't compete with the more advanced weaponry this new force had brought. By now, they were down to just two armored vehicles left, with the remaining soldiers almost all suffering some kind of injury.

Akira gritted her teeth as she was again brought down by another barrage of Thunderbolt projectiles. These, while not doing any significant damage to Unit 06, had the effect of temporarily disable its motor functions, turning it into a sitting duck. The only reason she hadn't sustained more damage from any other incoming missiles was because she was quick to use her Fan Talons to take out any enemy in front before they could fire.

But she knew she couldn't keep this up. And it was even more frustrating as she had received the message from Kibukawa and Rion that she was needed in the hanger. She couldn't do anything at the moment with all these troops bringing her down time and time again.

"Onii-chan" she thought, fearing for her brother's safety, as he was still in the hanger. "Hold on!"

As another group of armored units pulled up, Akira readied another Fan Talon. Just then however, she was greeted by a most welcome sight.

"Are you alright Akira?!" the voice of Inuzuka rang out, Valvrave Unit 05 bursting onto the scene, with Unit 03 right behind.

"YOSHA!" Raizo roared in triumph. "HERE COMES THE CAVALRY!”

"Two more Valvraves spotted! Fall back!" the head of the armored unit yelled.

All too late for them though, as the remaining enemies were quickly disposed off as Inuzuka fired his Bolt Phalanxes at them, destroying them instantaneously.

"Man" Sheridan thought, looking at the destruction while signaling the remaining surviving ARUS forces to follow him. "I'm starting to be thankful we didn't follow through on the President's orders"

"We got you covered!" Inuzuka told Akira. "Go with Raizo to the hanger, and escort the remaining ships out!"

"R-right!"

With that Raizo flew back inside towards the hanger, with Akira right behind. Just before she entered though, she messaged Inuzuka one last time.

"Find Shouko and Haruto!"

Inuzuka nodded, himself worried sick for the two mentioned.

"Where are you two? Please still be alive!"

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"HERE COMES THE CAVALRY, ROUND TWO!" Raizo yelled as he and Akira made it to the hanger. With just a few shots from both Valvrave's hand rays, the remaining enemies were dealt with quickly, to the cheers of the survivors still inside.

Satomi, still inside the first ship with Takahi, quickly messaged his sister.

"Akira-chan, are you alright?!"

"Still here onii-chan!" Akira replied, earning a sigh of relief from her brother.

"Listen" Raizo said to the survivors. "The ARUS forces have another ship that they are going to use to evacuate us. All of you who can't make it on the remaining two ships follow Akira to to the hanger!"

"And we're supposed to trust them?!" Iori yelled in response. "They're probably planning to leave us behind!"

"Look, it's either that or risk death when more troops arrive!" Raizo replied. "Besides, if they were going to do that, they would've just killed you already instead."

"He's right" Satomi added. "We don't have time for distrust right now. Iori, you and the others go with Akira."

".....Very well." Iori agreed reluctantly.

With that, the survivors headed on out under the watchful eyes of Unit 06.

"Akira-chan" Satomi added just before she headed back out. "......Stay safe"

Akira didn't respond, but she did give a nod with her Valvrave before setting on out.

"We're clear!" Kibukawa announced. "Ships, take off and head for the Mass Driver! It's our only hope to escape. Raizo, cover us as we embark."

"Roger. And again, it's Thunder!"

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Yep, soon we'll finally reunite with Haruto and Shouko, and with it, the bitter truth about the former gets revealed to the latter.

2024-03-21, 03:44	Link #30
LightDragonman Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013	Time to continue this part. _____ "Shit!" Raizo swore as he fended off yet another group of armored soldiers using Unit 03. He, like Akira, had been inside his Valvrave when the massacre took place, remaining behind in the hanger just in case he needed to sortie. Now here he was, trying to prevent these new arrivals from destroying the whole hanger. Granted, it wasn't so much of a problem, given that, even with their body armor, the still stood no chance against his Valvrave's Hand Rays, easily vaporizing them on direct contact. No, the real problem was the fact that ARUS soldiers were also involved, and despite his distrust of them, Raizo was not too keen on injuring people who weren't firing him, lest they truly see him as a monster. For their part, the ARUS soldiers in the Valvrave hanger were trying their best to hold their own against the new threats. However, as to be expected, their small arms barely managed to even dent the heavily fortified troopers. As a result, some of them had taken to hiding behind Raizo's Valvrave, seeing as it was the only available cover aside from the main control deck. On said deck, Yusuke Otamaya and several other students were holed up, alongside a few ARUS soldiers, with a couple being injured. The children were doing their best to patch them up, but being as they were merely kids, they couldn't do much. "Is there no end to these buttholes?!" Raizo muttered. Indeed, it seemed like no matter how many he took down, more would come in to replace them. By now, the hanger was filled with the floating corpses of the unfortunate students and ARUS troops that were unable to find cover. It was quite a grisly sight. Just then, the console in front of his controls lit up. On the screen was the face of Takumi Kibukawa and Rion Nanami. "Valvrave pilots, do you copy?" the former called out. "This module is done for. The united armies of Dorssia and these new ARUS soldiers will be here soon. Gather as many students as you can and get to the hanger." "Affirmative!" Raizo responded. He quickly turned to Yusuke. "Otamaya! Take everyone you can find to the hanger! That includes the ARUS bastards you're with in there!" "Got it!" Yusuke replied. "But what about Units 01 and 05?" "I'll stay here to provide cover for when Haruto and Inuzuka arrive!" "Roger. Don't forget to bring weapons when you join us!" With that, Yusuke and the other survivors raced to get to the hanger. Leaving Raizo to once again face off against the incoming swarm of soldiers. "As for you ARUS lackies around my feet!" he called out, "I suggest you stay close to my armor unless you want to get killed! Once the others get here, we'll escort you out!" "R-Roger that!" replied the rapidly dwindling Arus forces. Not that they themselves liked being in the care of what they still saw as an inhuman monster, but it was that or risk getting blown to pieces. _____ It was at this point that Satomi's group had just managed to barely make it to the hanger. Several casualties were had, but the exhausted team reached it, gunfire still coming their way. "Quick, get inside!" Rion instructed. It was easier said than done, as floating towards them in Zero-G meant they couldn't escape at the speed required for them to exit in time. Indeed, one female student, a friend of Iori and another girl, took a bullet to her back just before she managed to enter. "There are three ships, board them now!" Rion yelled. Satomi and Takahi took a third of the group including several ARUS soldiers, to the first ship, much to the consternation of Iori. "Wait, we're taking them with us too?!" "Look, we're all on the same side here, like it or not" Satomi answered. "Besides, we may need them if we are to fight back in the future!" The surviving ARUS soldiers are voiced their agreement. Iori gave out a frustrated protest, but she couldn't say anything more, as her attention was turned to her injured friend. "Come on, we've got to get to that ship!" she said, trying her hardest to drag the unconcious body to the second ship with the other one. Only for another student to place his hand on her shoulder, shaking his head. "Forget her, she's already dead." he said glumly, noting how she was no longer breathing. "But I can't just leave her!" the female student protested. "We've been friends since junior high!" "If anything, we should leave an ARUS troop behind to make room for her!" Iori added. "Hey, at least we're still breathing unlike her!" one soldier protested. The argument seemed to go on for a while, as the second group consisting of Yusuke and his posse finally arrived. "We can deal with this later!" Yusuke added, now having joined in. "We've got to get to those ships now before-" "RPG!" an ARUS soldier yelled. Just then, an rocket came hurtling through the hanger, barely missing any of the students, yet they weren't what the projectile was aiming at, much to the soon-to-be horror of the hanger's occupants. KABOOM As the light and heat finally faded, the group looked in horror at the end result. The rocket had completely taken out the third ship. Meaning that there was now no way for them to get all of the surviving occupants out. "No..." Rion said, sinking to her knees in despair. _____ Raizo at that point had just managed to fend off the latest wave of incoming armored soldiers, with his posse of ARUS defectors still clinging to the back of his Valvrave, as their lives literally depended on it. "How many more of you bastards do I have to deal with?!" Raizo growled as he saw the shadows of more arrivals just outside the entrance. He raised his weapons, ready to fire once more when..." "DON'T SHOOT RAIZO! IT'S ME!" Zooming in on the source of the voice, Raizo heart rose at seeing Inuzuka finally arrive, with more survivors in tow. "Heh, what took you so long Inuzuka?" he said. "And again, it's Thunder!" "Sorry, we had to deal with some trouble on the way here." "See, this is why you should've stayed here rather than go off to do sponsorships all night!" Raizo said, trying his best to stay positive with all the carnage that had happened. "Oh, like you didn't enjoy them as well!" Sheridan looked at both Inuzuka and the giant yellow Valvrave whose occupant was currently engaged in a heated conversation with him with worry. "These are the supposed inhuman monsters who pilot these things?" "Anyways, enough of this" Inuzuka said, getting back on track. "Is Unit 05 still in one piece?" "Yes it is." Raizo confirmed. "Here, let me give you a hand." Inuzuka jumped onto the hand of Unit 03, who then tossed him to Unit 05. Wasting no time at all, he entered the Valvrave, equipped his pilot suit that had been stashed inside, and activated it. "Okay, now to part two" Inuzuka muttered. "Sheridan, you and your soldiers stay close to me. I'll escort you to the hanger where your ships are!" "Go with him" Raizo said to the forces behind Unit 03. "I take it you'll know how to operate those far better." "Understood." Sheridan called out. "You know, I'm glad that you at least aren't going to turn on us. I honestly thought you were going to leave us ARUS forces behind as soon as we escorted you here." "Hey, I may not be human, but at least I'm not a monster" Inuzuka remarked. "The rest of you students" Raizo said, turning to the other survivors. "Get to the hanger where the other three ships are currently-" Just then, the console lit up once more, showing the faces of Kibukawa and Rion, this time more desperate, as gunfire could be seen wizzing past them. "All Valvrave pilots, we need help! One of the ships has just been taken out, and we can't launch with all these bullets coming our way!" "DAMN IT!" Inuzuka cursed, slamming his fist against his seat. "How are we supposed to get them out now with one ship down?!" "I swear I'm going to tear these bastards limb from limb!" Raizo growled. Having overheard the statements from the pilots, Sheridan decided to join in. "Listen, we still have room on our space cruiser. If you can cover us, we'll get the other survivors to it in order to evacuate!" A few of the students balked at the idea of heading out with ARUS forces, but Inuzuka, having helped them during this whole ordeal up to know, slowly nodded. "Understood. Raizo, get to the hanger and deal with the incoming enemies so the remaining two ships can launch. After that, escort the ones left behind to the ARUS hanger!" "Roger that!" _______ The situation outside was quickly starting to deteriorate for poor Akira. Unit 06 was simply not equipped to deal with an overwhelming enemy force, and these armored soldiers were throwing everything they could at her. For their part, the ARUS soldiers stationed outside tried to do their best to assist with their own armored vehicles, but they simply couldn't compete with the more advanced weaponry this new force had brought. By now, they were down to just two armored vehicles left, with the remaining soldiers almost all suffering some kind of injury. Akira gritted her teeth as she was again brought down by another barrage of Thunderbolt projectiles. These, while not doing any significant damage to Unit 06, had the effect of temporarily disable its motor functions, turning it into a sitting duck. The only reason she hadn't sustained more damage from any other incoming missiles was because she was quick to use her Fan Talons to take out any enemy in front before they could fire. But she knew she couldn't keep this up. And it was even more frustrating as she had received the message from Kibukawa and Rion that she was needed in the hanger. She couldn't do anything at the moment with all these troops bringing her down time and time again. "Onii-chan" she thought, fearing for her brother's safety, as he was still in the hanger. "Hold on!" As another group of armored units pulled up, Akira readied another Fan Talon. Just then however, she was greeted by a most welcome sight. "Are you alright Akira?!" the voice of Inuzuka rang out, Valvrave Unit 05 bursting onto the scene, with Unit 03 right behind. "YOSHA!" Raizo roared in triumph. "HERE COMES THE CAVALRY!” "Two more Valvraves spotted! Fall back!" the head of the armored unit yelled. All too late for them though, as the remaining enemies were quickly disposed off as Inuzuka fired his Bolt Phalanxes at them, destroying them instantaneously. "Man" Sheridan thought, looking at the destruction while signaling the remaining surviving ARUS forces to follow him. "I'm starting to be thankful we didn't follow through on the President's orders" "We got you covered!" Inuzuka told Akira. "Go with Raizo to the hanger, and escort the remaining ships out!" "R-right!" With that Raizo flew back inside towards the hanger, with Akira right behind. Just before she entered though, she messaged Inuzuka one last time. "Find Shouko and Haruto!" Inuzuka nodded, himself worried sick for the two mentioned. "Where are you two? Please still be alive!" ______ "HERE COMES THE CAVALRY, ROUND TWO!" Raizo yelled as he and Akira made it to the hanger. With just a few shots from both Valvrave's hand rays, the remaining enemies were dealt with quickly, to the cheers of the survivors still inside. Satomi, still inside the first ship with Takahi, quickly messaged his sister. "Akira-chan, are you alright?!" "Still here onii-chan!" Akira replied, earning a sigh of relief from her brother. "Listen" Raizo said to the survivors. "The ARUS forces have another ship that they are going to use to evacuate us. All of you who can't make it on the remaining two ships follow Akira to to the hanger!" "And we're supposed to trust them?!" Iori yelled in response. "They're probably planning to leave us behind!" "Look, it's either that or risk death when more troops arrive!" Raizo replied. "Besides, if they were going to do that, they would've just killed you already instead." "He's right" Satomi added. "We don't have time for distrust right now. Iori, you and the others go with Akira." ".....Very well." Iori agreed reluctantly. With that, the survivors headed on out under the watchful eyes of Unit 06. "Akira-chan" Satomi added just before she headed back out. "......Stay safe" Akira didn't respond, but she did give a nod with her Valvrave before setting on out. "We're clear!" Kibukawa announced. "Ships, take off and head for the Mass Driver! It's our only hope to escape. Raizo, cover us as we embark." "Roger. And again, it's Thunder!" _____ Yep, soon we'll finally reunite with Haruto and Shouko, and with it, the bitter truth about the former gets revealed to the latter. Last edited by LightDragonman; 2024-04-24 at 04:51.