You and Hyaku finally entered the boarding house after a long walk, all of the other members already preparing for bed. "Good night, (Y/N)"  Hyaku said before she disappeared into the right hallway towards the girl's quarters. That left you in the main lobby, in the dimmed lights. "(Y/N), over here." Hiro calls out to you, walking out from the left hallway on the second floor. "You'll show you to your room." He adds. "Oh, right." You said, acknowledging.

"Nana said you were going to be staying here for a while, so we settled you in our room." Hiro explains as he led you down the hall and towards your suspected room. After a moment, Hiro opened the door and allowed you into the room. "You'll be staying with me and Goro." Hiro says, entering the room with you trailing him. "Yo." Goro pops up, his hand raised to greet you. "Hello." You replied back.

"You'll be sleeping on the top bunk-" Hiro is cut off by Goro. "Hiro, He has a cast on his leg." He points out. "Oh right, Um." "I'll be fine. The my leg has nearly healed anyways." You replied. "What's the cast for then?" Hiro questioned, facing his body towards you. "It's just a safety precaution, so it'll be off in a few days." You explained, Hiro nodding in response. "See Goro? He'll be fine." Hiro says to his friend.

"Right." Goro replies. "Anyways, I hope you don't mind the mess we have in here." Hiro adds. You did noticed that it was a mess with bed curtains tied to the bed frame along with pieces of clothing neatly discarded under the bed. "Your suitcase is there as well." Hiro points at the end of the bunk bed. "You can unpack in the morning, but just get ready to sleep." Goro adds. "Alright, I'll be back then." You say, exiting the room and heading towards the bathroom.

After you had finished preparing for bed, you walked back towards the quarters. Opening the door, you entered the room. Hiro and Goro were sat on their beds, most likely talking with one another. "Ah, (Y/N), your back." Hiro says, looking away from his previous conversation. You made your way towards the ladder that led towards the top bunk.

"(Y/N), You sure you're good with the top bunk?" Goro worries as he stows his glasses away. "Yea, yea, don't worry. It's not like I'm gonna break it again." You assure, climbing up the ladder slowly. "You can turn off the lights Goro." Hiro says, the lights flickering off a few moments later. Silence engulfed the room as Hiro and Goro fell asleep a few minutes later, but you didn't. It was still as hard to sleep as before.

"I failed papa." You muttered. Every time you tried to close your eyes and sleep, those dreadful moments always filled the void. You didn't know how long it continued on as you rolled around in bed. Continuing to roll in bed and uttering the phrase, your eyes became heavy and they soon were forced closed.

X---------- Morning ----------X

As the sun rose into the sky, you were dead asleep. Your body was a mangled mess as you never slept still. A thin layer of sweat coated your skin as you slowly came to your senses. "Cmon (Y/N, don't oversleep." Hiro says, zipping up his shirt. "Breakfast is going to be in half an hour." Goro adds, opening the door. Sitting up, you sighed as your body ached, thanks to your sleeping habits.

"I'll be a bit late to breakfast because I need to shower and change out my bandages." You explained, slowly climbing down the ladders and onto the wooden floor. You strapped on the green rubber shoe onto the cast as the doctors wanted. "Alright, See you then." Hiro acknowledged as he walked out while following Goro. With you alone in the room, you took as little time to recollect your thoughts and moved out towards the bath.

Making your way towards the baths, you opened the sliding door and headed inside. Walking inside, you undressed and placed the dirty clothing in the laundry basket. You placed the extra pair of clothing you had brought with you in the locker while taking out a plastic bag, containing the material to help you waterproof your casts.

As the doctors instructed, you put on a waterproof arm protector and air sealed it. You next do the same for your leg cast. For your head dressing, you were forced to take it off while you placed a waterproof patch on your healing eye. To top it all off, you tied a towel to your waist so you weren't fully exposed. Turning to the right, you strolled over to the bath doors and opened it and entered the room. You also closed the door behind you so no one saw you shower.

You pulled up a small bath-seat to sit on and turned on the water. The cold water sprinkled onto you, making you flinch. Also, you checked if the sealants were working, which appeared so. The water soon turned warm and you began to bathe.

X------After Bath------X

After finishing, you grabbed the towel you brought in and started to dry yourself off. "(Y/N?) You in here?" Hyaku voiced out. "Why are you here?" You half panicked. "Aren't you suppose to wait for me at the infirmary and do this." "Well, breakfast is about to start, so I came to get you out and affix your head dressing." Hyaku answers back. "Just finish up drying up and have that towel around your waist." She adds.

"Just please wait, I've got to be careful when drying." You replied as you finished drying your hair. After a few moments, you walked over to the changing area where a Hyaku was looking away, her back facing you. "Just get dressed." She muttered which you silently nodded. You took your fresh clothing and hid behind the lockers to make sure she wasn't doing anything funny while you redressed.

"I'm done, you don't have to keep staring at the wall." You state as you walked over, fully clothed. "Come here." She orders as she sits you down on the changing bench and taking out a small bag she had been carrying. "Couldn't you have done a bit better job with drying your hair?" She complains, grabbing a small towel. "It can't be wet when I apply the dressing again." "Just get on with it." You retorted.

"Fine then." You heard from Hyaku while a small devious smile formed on her face. "If you can't dry your hair, then I will!" She announces, rapidly drying your hair with the towel she held. While it was quickly getting the water out of your hair, it was uncomfortable to sit though. A minute had gone by with her drying your head. "You might be doing it a bit too- Ow!" You yelp out, causing her to stop immediately.

"W-What did I do?" She worries, dropping the towel and checking around your head. "I think you roughed up the injury." You answer, a bit of blood oozing out and onto your face. "Sorry! Let me get you fixed up." She stammers, grabbing the bag and digging though it to grab the materials required. She takes a roll of gauze, gauze pins, and some tape. "Right, stay still." She says as she affixes your head with the materials she bought out.

When she finished, she took a small napkin out and cleaned the blood off your face and stored it in the bag. "There we go!" She chirps, walking a bit back and helping you up on to your feet. "Thanks, but this could have been done in the-" "Cmon, It's the least I can do." She interrupts you. A relaxing expression forms on your face. "For the record, this might be one of the creepier things you've done." You remarked.

"Hey, Hey! What?!" She yelps out at you. "Lets go eat." You said, walking out of the bathroom. You last saw her a bit stunned with a slightly pissed of expression before the door closed completely. You walked over to the mess hall where you enjoyed breakfast, Hyaku coming in moments later. It's always funny and cute at times when she's mad.

X---------- Timeskip ----------X

Most of the day was spent at the library where you read, nearly uninterrupted until Ikuno came in and took out a book before leaving. You were just waiting for your wounds to heal and the mock sparring today. "Hey, (Y/N)!" A happy Zorome says, entering the room to your left. "Oh, Hello." You replied back while Zorome approached you. "Hey, I know this might be a bit sudden, but do you think you could help be out with the spar?" He covertly whispers to you, his eyes darting around to see if anyone was around.

"What do you mean?" You asked, a bit puzzled at his question. "Me and Miku are going up a bunch of losers, but I don't want any chance that they might win. So, I should turn to the most experienced, right?" He explains. "So what do you want me to do? Instruct you during the battle?" You joked, Zorome chuckling a bit. "As much as that would be cool, we can't do that. I was thinking of some tips you could give me!" He says.

"Well, it is a spar between 2 Stranded franxxs, correct?" You replied, fully putting aside the book you where read to the right. "Huh? Stranded? Well, ours is Argentea which these amazing claws!" He describes. "The other one is just a lame blue and white one with 2 of these spears at each arm." "That doesn't sound like the average Franxx, so I'm not really sure what tips to give you." You sadly reply, Zorome's face turning a bit down.

"Oh come on, don't get too downed. There are still some general tips I can give you." You chirped up. "Like?!" He somewhat yelps as he nearly pounces on you. "Well, for one, you have to trust your partner to your fullest." You gave, his eyes turning to confusion. "Why would I want to trust a hot head like Miku? She's just obnoxious." He dismisses, also waving his hand in a dismissive manner.

"Well, if one of you guys don't trust in one another, then the balance between you and your partner's connection is thrown out of wack which can lead to some problems." You said. "Ah, I see." Zorome quickly answers back. "Any others!?" He eagerly says, slamming his hands onto the table. "Well, always understand your surroundings as you could use it to your advantage or see something unexpected coming towards you." You replied in response to his question, which he meekly nodded to.

You continued on with tips, such as always adapt to the situation and have good communication with your team with Zorome taking mental notes to it. "Well, Thanks (Y/N)!" Zorome said after your long explanation. "It's just a spar, don't get too worked up if you either win or lose." You assure, offering the boy a smile. "Besides, it's better to prove yourself in a real battle between klaxosuars where the scale is larger and communication is ever more important." You added.

"Hey, I remembered that you only said you were in small fights. How do you know so much?" Zorome questions. "Well, 2 years of fighting and studying can teach you something." You meekly replied, Zorome nodding. "Ah ah, Right! Of course! Thank you for helping me out! I won't fail you!" Zorome adds, scratching the back of his head. "You mean don't fail Papa?" You replied. "Papa too!" Zorome says, rushing out and leaving the library.

With that done, you looked to the clock on the wall which read '3:43 PM'. I should finish up this book before the dinner and the sparring. You said to yourself, reaching out for the book and flipped back to the page you were on and continued to read. The book wasn't really too interesting, but with your eye read the book and taking in no information, the same thoughts from before started to fill in the blanks.

You heard the beeping of life support machines around you, wires attach to your face while a breathing mask was applied to your face. Your left eye only opened slightly, drawing no one's attention. People dotted the sidelines around your bed, you guessed that they were doctors.

"With his condition, he's suffered physical injuries that would hinder his ability to pilot for years." One of the medical doctors stated. Dr. Franxx looked at your semi-sleeping face. Nearly your whole body was wrapped tightly in bandages with casts and splints everywhere. "If I may also add, his right eye has the lowest chance of 34% of a full recovery."

"Administer the Experimental Elixir Injection. It should help raise his decreased yellow blood cell count and speed up his recovery." Dr. Franxx orders. "If his right eye does not recover, so be it."

"With all due respect, but Experimental Elixir Injection has not been tested thoroughly enough to guarantee-" "Administer the Experimental Elixir Injection. These parasites are replaceable, so consider this a test to add to the records." Dr. Franxx cuts off the Doctor. The Doctor Silently nods and turns to the assistants. "Prepare to Administer the Experimental Elixir into code 054. Use vile tube #4EXI for usage." The doctor ordered, the assistants nodding and scurrying to their work stations.

Dr. Franxx still didn't notice that your awake while he came closer to you. "You'll survive. I have no doubt in your abilities." He utters before leaving the room. You still felt drowsy, so your eyes shut closed.

X---------- Timeskip ----------X

Once the clock reached 6 PM, you had just finished reading the last chapter. "Well, I finished reading it just in time for dinner." You said aloud to yourself. You placed the book down and started to walk to the mess hall. On the way, you met Zorome with Futoshi. "Hey (Y/N)!" Zorome calls out to you, waving his hand. "Oh, Hey (Y/N)" Futoshi also greets while his face was half stuffed with some snacks.

"Hey guys." You replied back, stopping next to them. "How are you holding up?" Futoshi asks, finishing his snacking. "Well, my leg cast should be off by either tomorrow or the next day." You explained. "That's great! Celebrate that with this!" Futoshi cheers while handing you one of his snacks. "Just mind you, I don't really give out some snacks, but I think you should have some after what you've been though!" Futoshi explains. "Really? Thanks Futoshi!" You thanked him while popping the snack into your mouth.

"No problem!" He replies back. "Eh, He's just making an excuse to eat a bit less. Isn't that right, Fatty?" Zorome teases. "Zorome! Stop calling me that!" Futoshi retorts back, shoving his snacks back into his pockets. "Cmon! Lets get more of that food into you!" Zorome says to Futoshi which he nods to. Can't blame him, the food during dinner is amazing. You thought to yourself as you followed them.

A sharp pain to your chest and throat forms, making you stop and wheeze for air. You also started to have a coughing fit. "Hey, (Y/N)? You alright?" Futoshi wonders as he stops, Zorome also stopped a moment later. "Hang on." You wheezed out as you dug for your inhaler. Finding it, you put it to your mouth and breathed in. "Ah." You relaxed and stood firm, putting the inhaler back. "What- What was that? Was that an asthma attack like Hyaku said before?" Futoshi worries as he comes over to you. "Yea, It's a pain to deal with but, I have to deal with it." You responded.

"Don't let my small problems ruin the mood, lets go get a good meal in us before you spar." You chirped up. "Especially you Zorome! Gotta win." You cheered, giving the boy confidence. "Don't need to remind me!" He proudly states. "You guys coming?" Goro says, walking down the stairs. "We are." You replied, following Goro towards the mess hall with Zorome and Futoshi.

Dinner was pleasant with discussion of Franxxs in the air, which led to yours. "Hey, (Y/N), what Franxx do you pilot?" Hiro asks, putting his knife and fork down. "Well, I am the stamen of Clyepum." You answered. "Clyepum? That's an interesting name." Goro adds. "What does Clyepum look like?" Zorome questions next. "Well.. It's kinda hard to describe. I think it's just best to see yourself once they've finished repairing and replacing some parts." You again answered.

"Replaced?" Futoshi wonders aloud. "Repairs?" Hiro adds on. "Well, again, during me and Hyaku first large scale mission, we were damaged after hours of fighting." You said, a bit less sorrowful that last time. "Damage from what?" Mitsuru unexpectedly asks. "A Gutenberg Class." You replied to which he looks away with a small nod.

"Jeez, enters a conversation then leaves the moment he enters." Zorome comments. "Also Zorome," You started, the light brown haired boy perks over to you. "I didn't forgot about you wanting to Spar with me and Hyaku. Hachi said after I've completely healed, we can spar with each other." You explain. "Really? Well, I, Zorome the great, will gladly face another ace in combat!" He boasts, the other parasites and even those from the girl's table groan and mumble.

The discussion ends as dinner time was closing and everyone started to refocus on eating than talking. A few comments and small talk was done, but it become pretty quiet afterward. After dinner was finished, you all made your way out of the front door and on the dirt path towards the elevator.

X-----Sparring Grounds-----X

The flood light turned on, illuminating the 2 massive franxxs in the designated battle ground. To the left was a pink and white one with a nearly no armor expect for it's chest plate and strangely had a pair of twin tails. The one to the right was a blue and white color scheme, this time with a large helmet with some razor pinkish red hair covering it's right eye.

All of the extra members were present, including Zero Two who had a smile on her face and a lollipop in her mouth. "Alright, Wuss! Time to settle the score once and for all!" You heard Zorome from the external speakers. "Seeing who your partner is, I think this is my chance to beat you this time, Great Leader." Miku jokes. "Feel free." Ichigo dryly replies. "This isn't about winning or losing anyways, so don't get too worked up over it."

"Seems like Miku's totally up for it, too." Futoshi comments while munching on his snack. "Begin the mock battle." Hachi orders and the pink and white franxx, which Nana informed you was Argentea, springs to life nearly instantly. "We're good to go!" Zorome announces.

The one on the right, Delphinium, was taking much longer to activate but after half a minute, it did. Argentea's mouth slightly dropped as Delphinium was fully activated. "Are you for.. real?" Zorome questions, a bit of fear in his voice. Delphinium raised her arms in fascination, most likely from Hiro. "Way to go Hiro!" Goro cheers next to you. A few more members also cheer in awe and support.

"This is where things become real." Nana announces as Delphinium started to move forward. "Let's do this, Hiro!" Ichigo encourages, a warm smile forming on the face plate. "Yeah!" Hiro agrees, fastening the pace the Franxx was walking and activating the training baton. Delphinium's right arm fell back, readying to attack and angling her torso as well.

"Bring it on!" Zorome shouts before Argentea's baton dropped on the other franxx. However, it never hit it's mark as the blue and white Franxx fell to its knee and used the combat baton to support itself. You heard a small huff and chuckle to your right, so you turned to see what that was. It was Zero two with a even larger smile on her face.

"Eh? What's going on with them?" Zorome wonders. "Take a guess, Genius, they stopped." Miku retorted. "Why now..?" Was Delphinium's last words before fully shutting down. "Time out! Three minutes!" Ichigo announced over the radio before it fell quiet. "What!?" Zorome and Argentea yelled at in confusion.

"You can't just call timeout!" Argentea says, still a bit dazed from the looks of it. "Isn't this a happy little accident, right Shi?" Zero Two smugly remarks. "What?" You replied back, puzzled. "Darling is the only one who can ride with me. This just proves my point even further." She explains, her eyes still trained on the two franxxs. "You knew this would happen?" You questioned, answered by her small and quick nod.

Minutes pass by slowly with some members making small chat. "(Y/N), remember when our first connection and spar?" Hyaku speaks up to you. "I remember that, we took a massive beating in our first match." You joked, earning a small chuckle from your partner. "Yea, these guys are taking their first steps now." She adds. Argentea's face turns to face you and Hyaku, her face-plate having a questioning look.

"Don't worry, first sparring matches aren't really a deciding factor of your skills." You assure, now a smug look overtook her previous expression. "Ah, we aren't like the rest you've seen. After all, I am the ace of this squad!" Zorome boasts. "Uh huh." Miku half halfheartedly agrees. Argentea takes a seat afterwards on the dirt, clearly not want to wait standing up.

1 minute, 2 minute, 3 minute and you've already stopped counting because time should have been up. "Hey, hasn't it been three minutes already?" Argentea  asks, the question up in the air. "Yeah, I don't see why we gotta wait anymore." He answers. "Let's be fair, in a real fight, there won't be any breaks or timeouts." You added. "Sorry, but we're taking you out. It's boring to wait." Zorome stated as Argentea stood up and closed the distance to Delphinium, kicking the machine down onto the earth.

"This is laughable easy." Zorome comments, Argentea slowly walking to Delphinium. "You see? I am really the best. This just proves it." Zorome states aloud. "I think I'd be even better If I was piloting with a teen code!"

"Excuse me?" Argentea says, her face confused and shocked . "How many girls are you gonna hit on? Cut it out already!" Miku said as Argentea raised her baton and plunged it towards Delphinium.

"Huh?" Kokoro wondered as Argentea's baton never hit the disabled franxx below her, her arms stopped meters away, shaking. "The trust between partners has a direct influence on the handling." Hachi opens out. Should it be thrown out of whack". Argentea started to tremble and tip. "Hey! Miku? What's going on?" Zorome panicked a bit as Argentea fully fell on top of Delphinium. Nana took out her contaminator and reached out to Ichigo. "Status report, Ichigo." She demanded.

"Get up Zorome!" Miku whined. "Shut up, I'm trying!" Zorome retorted. Delphinium started to move up, despite of the other franxx on top of her. "Ichigo!" Hyaku cried out. "Don't pilot it alone!" "Hyaku is correct, piloting a Franxx without a stamen is dangerous!" Delphinium's arms wrap around the pink Franxx's waist and fired it's boosters. "Damn it all!" Ichigo screamed while a terrified Argentea was brought along with her.

Both franxxs collided with the  plantation walls, Argentea letting out a yelp of pain. Shortly after, the two machines fell to the earth, creating a dust cloud around that surrounded them and the other parasites. "Of all the reckless stunts." Nana sighed while a panicking Futoshi tried to clear the dust off his snack. Hachi cleared his throat. "Since both Franxxs have been rendered inoperable, this mock battle is finished." He announces.

"Well, an interesting show that certainly was." You remarked, leaving the area and towards the hanger. As both of the Franxxs were recovered, you watched both pairs leave their cockpits. Ichigo and Hiro didn't even face each other and walked off towards the changing area. However, Zorome and Miku were arguing with one another. You weren't able to make it out what they were saying, but you understood it was nothing good. "Jeez, I thought me and Hyaku had it bad at the start." You commented as you continued though the hanger then towards the Mistilteinn's elevator.

Holy crap. 109 Views? That's 105 more views that I thought I would get. Not sure where that logic came from but meh. I've put the artwork for both (Y/N) and Hyaku, along with Clyepum. It added on 3 extra days to this chapter, but I think it was worth it. I'll post them here as well in the Information chapter at the start. Thank you guys so much, I'll see you guys soon with another one! Sorry if the chapters aren't long, I made this one a bit short because of the artwork.

( P.S, I drew it all by myself because I don't have any friends who knows how to draw, so that would be nobody. :| )