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Spoiler for Chapter 1 Draft:

Beads of sweat formed on my head...
To my right, girls with sparkling curious eyes.
To my left, more girls with sparkling eyes of curiosity.
‘This is not what I expected....’
I thought in my head.

=

Many Years ago, the whole idea was treated as a joke but just years ago, it actually happened:

A full scaled Alien invasion.

Due to their tendency to kidnap people rather than down right killing them, we call them the Abductors.

Against a race with vastly superior technology (does help by the fact that they are machines), humanity stood little chance against the invader until one person came up with the unthinkable idea: to use experimental Space Exploration Suit, Infinite Stratos, which has been used as sport equipment for years, as a weapon.
It was a success as the capability of Infinite Stratos was proven to be a match. Humanity managed to push them back but not without a few loses....One of them includes my sister.

Nobody knows where they were taken or what happen to them, but many, including me, still hope that they are still alive.

With backstory aside, it is time to explain what I am doing here.

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It began one sunny afternoon and me, who just graduated from middle school with my best friend, Dan.

Both of us plan to become a military Officer but yet for different motive: I hoped to find my sister while Dan.....well..... In his own word:

“Chick digs Guys in uniform.”

We went to the place where the examination for officer candidate taken place. Since Dan was too busy flirting with the girl at the reception, I had to find the examination hall myself.

“Excuse me? Are you Orimura Fuyuki?”

I was stopped by a woman wearing suit.

“Your examination hall is that way.” The woman pointed at the opposite direction.
I was surprised, I was pretty sure that I am heading in the right direction but the woman seems rather insistent that I going in the wrong way. Being a gentleman, I followed her instruction and end up in a dark hall.

The Door behind me suddenly closed and locked.

*Flip*

The sound of light being switched on.

I turned around, what appeared to be a dark green suit of Samurai armor was placed in the spotlight.

There is absolutely no way any normal person would fail to recognize the armor.
That armor is none other than Infinite Stratos, the weapon that allow humanity to fight back against the Abductors.

As a normal sensible guy, my first instinct is to ignore it after all, Male can’t pilot an IS anyway.

I focus my attention on the locked door, pondering about how to open it.
I could pick lock it....

Then again, I do not have any pick-locking tool with me, neither am I equipped with the skill.
I sighed and looked at the only thing I could see in the darkness: The Dark Green IS.

For some reason it appeared to be closer.

Is it just me or did the IS just moved?

I pondered for a moment before deciding that it must be the light playing trick on me.

The way the IS being in the centre of attention felt like screaming “touch me”.

I resisted the urge, instead focusing my attention on the IS.

It is a Nishiki (MK 2), a Japanese mass production Military IS that replaced the
out-dated Uchigane. I heard that it is a complete overhaul of the original Uchigane’s design.

It has over 100 modifications on its physical design

But.... to be really honest, it looked almost exactly the same....

I think one need to be a trained Expert in IS to tell the differences.

=

The more I looked at the IS, the more curious I got.

How does it feel to wear an IS?

Would it be heavy?

I donned the armor.

Surprisingly it felt kind of light, not something totally expected considering the mass. I expect it to be a little heavier. It was then, I realized the differences between Nishiki and Uchigane: The arms of the IS is a little thicker and looked like it is wearing a gauntlet.

But my joy is short-lived as the alarms rang off.

People burst into the room and long story short:

I ended up here.

=

I heaved a sigh.

“Nohotoke..... Honne?”

‘Huh?’ I was caught completely off-guard by the appearance of the teacher.

She was not there few minutes ago.

Guess I kind of missed her while I am deep in my thought.

Judging on my current situation, it seems like everybody is doing a
self-introduction.

......

The girl in front of me has just completed her self-introduction...

The next one is me.

“Orimura...Fuyuki?”

I stood up and gave my brightest smile.

“I am Orimura Fuyuki, if any of you beautiful girls need help, please don’t hesitate to ask. As a gentleman, it is my duty...no, my obligation to help.”

“Be nice to girls”

My sister’s voice echoed in my head, I will never forget what she told me.
The Classroom exploded as girls screamed wildly.

Progress!

*Age go back to playing Samurai in his head*