Deus Ex Machina

Chapter 4

"Senior Machina! I will defeat you today! Oraaaaa!!" Aqua roared with fire spitting out from her mouth, her personality now differed greatly from now to earlier, she looked like a messed up Valkyrie who just woke up from her hangover.

Machina sighed 'Does she have a personality disorder or something? Machina started to wonder, or maybe, Charlotte brainwashed the kid again and made her fired up for the upcoming spar, anyway, undeniably, Aqua's talent is above everyone here.

Even Machina admits it himself as he has a cheat as his advantage but Aqua was pure talent, though, she was childish. But she is still talented nonetheless, "Okay, okay shut up now, its going to start"

"Okay" Aqua quieted down and entered her Training Mech.

Both sides faced each other as the referee of the match announced the start of the match, "First Round of Battle Class: Deus Machina against Starling Aqua, both sides, salute"

*Swooosh!

The two Mechs saluted at the same time, "Greet" the referee added, the Mech's took out their weapons and crossed it in front of them, "Battle" the two students said at the same time, the referee nodded, "May the best Mech wins, Start!"

*Boom!

Two Mech's moved at the same time, one was charging while the other was backing away, Aqua's Mech Weapon was a 4-meter long black scythe, while Machina took out his revolver the peacekeeper first.

Scythes were good at close range, maybe even better than a spear if put in the right hands, and Aqua was in this category, she was like the grim reaper who chased after Machina.

*Boom!

Machina shot Aqua in which she dodged but Machina followed up with another two fires, which halted Aqua on her chase as she spun her scythe at a very fast speed deflecting the bullets that came after her, but this was enough for Machina.

Machina stashed out his Peacekeeper and pulled out the big guy, Crusader, Machina then aimed towards Aqua who saw Machina took out the big gun and started moving in a zigzag way, she can't afford to get hit by the big guy as its attack power was stronger than the revolver.

Machina didn't fire immediately and kept his aim steady, Crusader only have 6 bullets, and reloading it takes time, and once he was out of bullets, Aqua won't let him reload anymore, Machina then smiled "What are you doing in front of an FPS Gamer? are you dancing?"

*Boom! *Bang!

Aqua's Mech shoulder was blasted by the gun losing her momentum and falling to the ground, but she immediately stood up after that, "He still hit me despite moving that way, as expected of the school top 1" Aqua stared at Machina who was a few meters away from her.

"But I'm not going to lose! Aqua Starling doesn't like to lose!" She roared and charged towards Machina, the back of her Mech opened showing jet thrusters that spewed out flames boosting her speed.

Machina didn't back away as he knew he won't be able to outrun Aqua's Mech that was boosted by Jet Thrusters but he was always prepared, Machina fired his Crusader in quick succession hitting some parts of Aqua but her speed did not decrease at all.

It only took a moment for her to finally reach Machina, Aqua then swung her Scythe towards Machina, but Machina threw his Crusader away and pulled out Peacekeeper then pointed it in the head of the Mech of Aqua.

It was done in a quick movement that Aqua wasn't able to react at all, "You are too inexperienced Aqua," Machina then pulled the trigger.

*Boom!

A headshot and Aqua's Mech fell to the ground, "I learned and mastered to rush before I learned to snipe, that is how fps gamers learn" Machina then picked up his Crusader, then he regained his senses 'Ahhhh, that was an embarrassing punchline, my chunibyo personality came out again' Machina was very embarrassed.

'Oh yeah, Aqua!" Machina came out from his Mech and ran after Aqua's Mech which was lying still on the ground, he opened the pod and saw Aqua staring dazedly in front of her, "Hey, Machina from earth to Aqua, are you okay?"

Aqua snapped out from her dazed state and looked at Machina, "Ahhh, I lose" she sighed but a smile on her face could be seen, "Haha, then that means you can still improve, now come up" Machina extended his hands.

"Losing means you still can improve huh?" Aqua smiled and took Machina's hands to help her come out from her Mech, "Sheesh, you are so light"

"Eh? I am not, look I'm so fat" Aqua showed her tummy, Machina rolled his eyes as he saw this, you call that fat? what are the ones on the boys then? Obesity?

[The Winner of the First Battle Class is Deus Machina, you have scored 100 points over 100 points while Aqua Sterling got 93 points over 100 points, good job you two, now for the next match, we have Sullivan Charlotte against Sirius Jeremy, the match will start in 10 minutes while the faculty clean up the training grounds]

Aqua was then brought to the clinic for a further check-up in case of some injuries appeared, and Machina got back to his Mech and brought it back to the Mech room since it doesn't really have any damage, as for Aqua's Mech, it was towed by the faculty members to repair it.

As Machina parked his Mech back, he noticed a person waiting for him below, it was a handsome guy with Red hair and blue eyes, Machina got out of the Mech and met up with him, "Jeremy, what's up" this man was Jeremy Sirius, a son of a duke.

He was a bully of Machina at the first year since he was at the top and this guy had a high pride but after beating him up, again and again, he mellowed down, though, he proclaimed Machina as his rival which is a pain in the ass.

"That was a great match by the way, as expected of you my rival" Jeremy proudly said as if it was his own achievement, "Haha, thanks for the praise, good luck with your match too, Charlotte seems to be pissed earlier"

"Hah, I saw, but I'm still going to try and beat her"

"Oh, by the way, I heard some news earlier from my servant, someone bought the Junk City from a hefty price, it seems like a big shot bought it, the Avaran Kingdom and the surrounding ones didn't dare to stop the ones from buying it and just gave it to them, aren't you living in the Junk City?" Jeremy was a chatty one.

"Y-yeah" Machina was surprised by the news he had heard, if what Jeremy said was correct then they have to leave Junk City, Machina could not help but have a headache, he also planned to buy it in the future but to think someone would interest it.

"Well, I heard that they were going to gift to someone but I don't really know" Jermey added.

"Well, yeah, thank you for telling me Jeremy" Machina nodded.

"No problem as my rival, we are as close as brothers, if you need help just reach me out" Jeremy flashed a big smile before leaving.

"Yeah" Machina nodded and sighed, he decided to think about it later and talk with Grandpa Jack and Granny May, the match of Charlotte against Jeremy started soon.

Expectedly Jeremy lost against Charlotte on their spar, his Mech was in a miserable state, Charlotte's fighting style is machine gun type, while Jeremy was a flying missile type before Jeremy even got to fly to the air, he was immediately rained down with tons of bullets.

"He is not using his head at all" Machina shook his head from disappointment, Jeremy is not using his head at all! Jeremy only like to show off but not really win, before the match even started, Charlotte already had her weapon locked unto Jeremy's mech but instead of dodging it, the guy actually tried to open up his thrusters which takes 2.5 seconds, it was enough for him to be rained down by bullets.

With the anti-climatic match, Jeremy was sent to the infirmary while Charlotte sat beside Machina who was waiting for the next match, she seemed to have gotten confident from defeating Jeremy, "I will defeat you next"

"Oh really? Then I will get serious in our spar then" Machina replied with an amused tone.

"No, I'm just joking please don't destroy my baby" Charlotte immediately bowed her head, she calls her Mech baby, it showed how much she loves Mech, she is even more fanatic than Machina.

"Na uh, you started it" Machina smirked.

"Grrrr, then I will surrender1" she gritted her teeth from frustration, if there is someone she didn't want to fight at all, it will be Machina, this guy was a walking book, she still remembers when she first fought Machina and she wasn't able to hit him at all before she dropped to the ground with 2 shots of his revolver.

She shuddered thinking about that but when she turned around, she saw Machina seemed to be dazed which is unusual, there may be guys who suddenly space out but Machina is different from her perspective, this guy seemed to have a lot on his mind that he was always occupied, this was the first time she saw him like this.

"H-hey Machina, what is your dream?" Charlotte suddenly asked, which she herself was surprised by what she said but thinking about it, she was curious about Machina's dream, what keeps him going this much.

Machina woke up and looked at Charlotte, he also started thinking about her question, his dream, to be honest, he really have no dream, but tons of to-do lists, he wanted to survive in this world, he wanted to become strong, he wanted to make a good place for Granny May and grandpa Jack, he wanted to venture out to space, there are so many things that Machina had no time to think about his dream.

But thinking about it, he also had done plenty enough, maybe it's time to create a dream goal of mine, something that he will chase after, something that will become his motivation, 'What do you think Deus Ex Machina?'

Machina could not help but ask his cheat, maybe, it will give him satisfying answers that can make his dream.

[Sovereign]

To Machina's surprise, that was what the Deus Ex Machina answered, a 'sovereign huh?' Machina then shook his head, it sounds impossible, in this place, gods, and many fantasy races exist, Machina couldn't even count how many powerful beings were out there, it sounds very unrealistic, Machina then replied to Charlotte, "I don't know yet, but I will look for it"

Charlotte nodded as she got her answer, Machina already knew her dream of creating the most powerful Mech in the entire world, something that she will be proud of, but she will not be the one who will pilot this Mech, but the man she trusts wholeheartedly, someone she loves so much.

Charlotte could not help but gaze at Machina with loving eyes, yes, it was Machina, the only man qualified to pilot her dream Mech, they both sat there together waiting for the school to end, and just like Charlotte said earlier, she lost her match against Machina and finally, the class ended.

"Want me to bring you home?" Charlotte asked as she had a car of her own.

"Sure" Machina nodded, he needed to go home today and talk with Granny May and Grandpa Jack, the two went into the parking lot, a black-colored car its appearance was the same as the Ferarri in Machina's past life but this one was more high tech.

Charlotte passed the keys to Machina, "You drive" she said with a smile, "Gladly" Machia nodded, who doesn't like to drive a sick car like this? it's not his first time driving it though, they both hopped into the car and Machina started the engine.

*Vrooom!

The sound of the engine resounded in their ears, the car lit up and the stripe around it glowed in light blue color, and the wheels also glowed in bright color, Machina stomped on the pedal, and in just a moment, the car disappeared leaving nothing but a trail of light behind it.(A/N: Referenced after Tron Legacy bikes, it was also the same for Grandpa Jack's Bike)