Infinite Stratos: Avatar of Will

There are some changes I will list:

1) Ichika's and his sister's events and timing in regards to the "Mondo Grosso " and the kidnapping.

2) Ichika's interaction with the Byakushiki.

3) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of each I.S. Medium (Light Novel, Manga, and Anime) with some changes here and there AS NECESSARY.

4) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of Green Lantern (Comic and animation) AS NECESSARY, mostly focusing on Ichika's power.

5) This is the Dialogue layout: "Regular Dialogue"- "Ring Dialogue" - "Ion's Dialogue"- (Thought Dialogue)

6) Most importantly: I DO NOT own Green lantern as it is a property of DC Comics and all it subsidiaries and I DO NOT own Infinite Stratos/ISインフィニット・ストラ as it is a property of Izuru Yumizuru, Media factory, various other companies.

(Read it like the "A*row" intro.)

My name: is Orimura Ichika and I am the avatar of Will.

Once, I was just the younger brother of an ace I.S. pilot, until a plot against her put me in harms way, but in finding the strength to overcome my fear and protect my family, a powerful force chose me. Now, I am the "Beacon of Light" in the darkness, where those in fear of evil may go to. I AM: THE GREEN LANTERN!

Chapter 1: A Hint of the Green.

A young man was walking up the pathway towards a large building. He wore a uniform comprised of a white blazer with long trousers and a blue necktie. He carrying a green duffle bag with black lines. As he made his way up the hill to his destination, he began to contemplate how he got into this situation.

"Hard to believe how things turn out. First, I was normal kid just going to cheer for my sister in the Mondo Grosso, then I wind up a Green Lantern, and now I'm going to a school that trains the next generation I.S. Pilots around the world. Sigh... The more I say it, the more it sounds nuts...!?" He said to himself before noticing the readers. "Ah! Sorry! I'm getting ahead of myself." He cleared his throat before he bowed.

"Hello, Reader-sans. My name is Orimura Ichika and this is the story of how this all started...?" He then went into confusion. "Now that I think about it, where DO I start?... Ah, I know. Hrrrmf!"

"To know about me and this world, you'd have to know about I.S. or Infinite Stratos as they are formally called." He then pulled down a large picture of a young woman with purple eyes, long purple pink hair that extended to her hips. She had a curvaceous figure with large breasts, wearing a pair of robotic rabbit ears, a frilly maid-like blue and white dress, with a lab-coat over it. She was making a peace sign.

"Shinonono Tabane: A, for a lack of a better term, "eccentric" scientist. She engineered a powered exoskeleton called "Infinite Stratos" (I.S.). Since it has the power to make any if not all weapons look like water pistols, it made quite a few countries brown out their underwear. Faced with such an overpowered weapon, the nations of the world enacted the "Alaska Treaty", which in a nutshell states that I.S. shall never be used for militant combat, and that existing IS technology must be equally distributed to all nations, so NO ONE COUNTRY had all the cards. But at the same time, it pretty much put Japan in a tough spot."

He then pulled down a picture of a group of seated men and women of different backgrounds, hidden in the dark, pointing at an Asian man.

"Basically, it's like 'You damned Japan, creating that I.S. and causing chaos in the world, at least you should build a school to train people in this field of discipline. Hand over your research and technology. Ah, you'll bear all the financing costs'. You know, like a scape-goat for their problems."

He then pulled another picture down showing a group of young women in I.S. armors, flying in the sky.

"Now here's a surprising little tidbit: The I.S. did have a unique condition in order to use it, which in turn, had a major effect on society:

I.S. can ONLY be operated by women.

Whether it was a design flaw or if was Tabane-san was being funny, no one's really sure. But, because of this, a shift in the power balance between men and women occurred and women now dominate society over men. Well, at least until I got to use it... Cough! Anyway, that is the explanation about this world."

He then pulled the pictures and they rolled back up. He then pulled out a remote as the background darkened.

"Now then, as for why I'm called the Green Lantern, well this is going to take a bit so you better get some canned coffee. Go ahead, I'll wait.

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You back? OK, then! Lets go back a year and a half ago..."

Date: 7/6/2XXX

It was the second annual I.S. Tournament "Mondo Grosso". The Mondo Grosso is an Infinite Stratos International Fighting Tournament that is held every three years. (Just think of it as the World Cup for IS.) and tomorrow, I was going to cheer for my sister and defending Champ, Orimura Chifuyu who was going to the finals. I was on the cross walk, noting only one or two people on the street (No surprise, what with the tournament match up drawing going on.) when I noticed a kid in an alleyway suddenly fall from sight.

I dashed over there and saw a little girl, her age was no older then nine or ten, crying and hanging from a pipe sticking out from the wall. I noticed someone else was crying beside me, a boy, a little younger then the girl, not too far from me. Focusing my attention on the girl, I tried to reach out to her and her to me, but we were just a foot too far from each other. I tried calling for help, but no one heard me. (The phone!...Damn! The one time I forgot it at home!) I looked around to see if there was anything to reach her with but nothing comes to view and I didn't want to leave her to go get help or they might get hysterical-Wait!

"Hey, Kid!" the boy kept still crying. "HEY!" He stopped.

"Okay, what are your names?" I asked quickly.

"..." He looked scared. (I need to calm down. They're just little kids.)

"Please, what are your names?"

"R-Randamu Shonen" the boy said while staring at his sister.

"And you?" I made sure her eyes were on me as looking down was not a good thing to see.

"O-O-On'nanoko, Randamu On'nanoko" The girl said holding on to dear life.

(Okay. Siblings. I can work with this.) I thought as I quickly drew up a plan. I turned to the boy. "OK, Shonen-kun, I'm Orimura Ichika and we are going to make it, so here's what I need you to do: Head back out the ally I came from and go get help!"

"But what about Nano-nee-chan!?" Exclaimed Shonen-kun, with tears welling up again.

"Don't Cry!" I yelled. He froze. "Your sister needs you in order to survive this." Then switching to a calm and clear voice. "And when someone is in danger, especially family, you do what you need to, to save them. It's a Heroes duty. No crying. OK?"

"Like Justa-Man?" The boy asked as he wiped his tears away.

(Justa-who!?) "Y-yeah! Just like Justa-man!" I replied, confused by who that is. (Must be a new anime.)

"O-OK! I'll be back, Nee-chan!" He said as he ran off to get someone.

"JUST BE QUICK!" His sister screamed.

Shonen-kun was gone in an instant and I focused my attention on the girl. "OK, Nano-chan. I'm going to try again to reach you. You do your best to do the same." "O-OK!" As I leaned on to the ledge as much as I could, I stretched my body as much a humanly possible to see if I could close the distance a little more. Nano-chan was shifting herself to get a better reach angle and then she reached out, but as we got closer; all of a sudden she screamed. "AH! HOT!" Hot Water was coming out of the pipe! (Why now!?) The shock of it made her let go and, without thinking, I jumped in after her. (Probably should have thought this one out!)

When I came to, Nano-chan was over me, crying.

"OooH!" As I tried to get up and felt some thing... wet. (Please don't let it be blood... or piss) I looked to my hand and it was water. (OTG!)

"Nii-san!" Nano-chan was happy as a lamb seeing that I was still alive and began hugging me real tight. (Ouch, I think I hurt myself.) She then explained that when we fell, I grabbed her and pulled her into my arms, taking some of the bumps and thumps on the way down, while keeping her safe. I was pretty thankful I didn't break my neck doing that, but I was even more thankful she was safe. I asked her how long was I out and she replied.

"Nii-san was sleeping for an hour, I think?" (AN HOUR! The Mondo Grosso match drawing had already ended! My sister is going to kill me…)

"Aww, Man!" I let slip. Seeing me freak out, she asked what was wrong. I told her that I was on the way to see my Onee-san when this happened. She teared up a little as she apologized.

"I'm so sorry!" She was about to cry.

"No-No-No-No-No!" I frantically told her. "It's not your fault!"

"But Shonan and I were playing hide and seek near the ally, our parents told not to go to and I wanted to prove I wasn't scared so I went in and hid there and Shonan found me, but as I tried to run I slipped and... and... WAAAHH!"

"It's OK, It's OK" I said as I held her trying to calm the kid down and her face turn redder. (Ah! I must be squeezing her too tightly!)

"Now look at me." She stared right at me. "In the words of a great man:

"Courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

"A great leader named Nelbon Guydela from South Africa said that in the old era and it's still something that I believe in."

"But what does that mean?" She said confused by the quote.

"It means, at least to me that, you don't have to prove your brave to anyone but yourself."

"U-un!" She nodded.

"But I gotta tell ya, there's a difference in being brave and being reckless, so promise me you won't do that again. After all you're the big sister; your little brother needs a good example to follow." I said smiling while thinking about my own sis.

"Yes, Ichika-nii-san." She said smiling back.

"Heh, good!" I gave her a pat on the head, before turning to our current issue. "Now we need to-!"

"Oiiiii! Is anyone there?!" We turned around and saw a green glowing light but then it turned into a yellow one and then tunnel workers came into view. (Were Saved!)

"Hey! You guy's alright!?" Said one of the workers running to us.

"Heck, Yeah!" then turning to Nano-chan. "Looks like Shonan-kun did it!" She only smiled in a way that my old friend Dan Gotanda called a Kool-aid smile.

"Huh? Who?" Said the worker out of confusion.

We were all quiet.

"Um... Didn't a kid tell anyone about us being up there hanging on a pole?" I asked.

"Nope. We saw a green glow in one of the tunnels and we went to investigate. When we heard voices, the glow disappeared, and then we found you." He explained.

Later, after we got out of the tunnel, Nano-chan and Shonan-kun were with their parents, who where steamed, but just happy they were safe. Chifuyu-nee came and was upset that this happened, but happy in her own way that I was OK. As the kids where about to go I walked up to them and their parents thanked me. I wanted to leave some parting words.

"Bravery never goes out of fashion. Wear it with pride and you'll always look good."

"Arigato, Ichika-nii!" They said in unison.

"Just Ichika is fine. Take care." The car hovered off as we waved at each out.

Truth be told, I had hoped that this would be over, but I can't get the thought of what that tunnel worker said about a green glow and how it lead them to us...

Next Chapter: In the Face of Fear!

While on his way to pick up his friends for the tournament, Ichika gets into some real trouble.
Will he be able to get away or will this story end before it even began?

Okay folks, this is my first Cross-Fic so please be kind and patient with me.