one target at a time, and is only effective at very close range. Laura's original purpose for coming to the IS Academy was to punish Ichika, whom she blamed for his sister withdrawing from the 2nd Mondo Grosso (unaware that Ichika was kidnapped at the time and Chifuyu withdrew in order to save him). She initially defeated Ling and Cecilia but struggled in the tournament against the pair of Ichika and Charlotte, as they had planned their attacks beforehand (unlike Laura, who does not excel with allies). After Charlotte beat her during the class tournament, the dormant VT-System within Laura's IS activated, causing her to go berserk. She was then stopped by Ichika, who also calmed and consoled her in the Inter-IS subspace. After consoling her in the subspace, she realizes what Chifuyu sees in him and falls in love with him. Upon learning Ichika's strength is his freedom to choose and helping those around him and Chifuyu's advice, Laura decides to become Ichika's bodyguard to protect him against the other girls by kissing him in front of his class and professes that he is her "bride", a misunderstanding of her knowledge of Japanese culture, and she will not accept any objections. Tatenashi is the Student Council President of the IS Academy, as well as the 17th leader of the Sarashiki Family and the IS Representative of Russia. The long history of her traditional family, it is actually a secret organization that's been protesting Phantom Task for over 50 years. She is the Academy's most powerful IS pilot (the position of Student Council President is only given to the strongest IS Academy student). She is assigned to protect Ichika after the Silver Gospel incident and used her position as president to become Ichika's roommate (much to Houki's jealousy). Tatenashi likes to flirt with Ichika, teasing him with her body and making him uncomfortable most of the time. She asked for his help in getting her younger sister Kanzashi's IS operational in time for the school competition. She is the pilot of the IS. At the end of Volume 8, she reveals her true name to Ichika for saving her from American soldiers, indicating some affection has grown between them. For the first time Tatenashi has developed sincere love and now feeling shaky around Ichika hoping to have him marry her someday. Kanzashi is Tatenashi's younger sister and the IS Representative