Last Time: Zora and Ichika arrive to IS academy, meeting new and old faces

This Time: They meet a certain British blonde Representative with a haughty attitude

(Opening Theme - Back on)

https://youtu.be/MFC0FKyEa1Y

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It was the end of the first day of school, leading to Zora walking to the dorms with Ichika. There was also a huge crowd of girls following them. Ichika looked worried for a bit as Zora took noticed of it.

"Penny for your thoughts, man?" The orange haired boy spoke, snapping his friend of his stupor,

"I don't know..." Ichika sighed, rubbing a hand through his hair. "If things are like this on the first day, I can't help but imagine what the future is like...."

Zora nodded in understanding. "Ah, got'cha. But hey! Look on the bright side, classes are over for today and we can finally go to our room and kick back."

Ichika smiled at that. "Yeah, you're right."

"Atta boy!" The orangette said, smacking the other boy's back. "Now, I'm pretty sure since we're the only two guys in this school, we're going to be roomates, right? What's your room number."

Ichika then showed Zora his paper that had his number and to their suprise, they weren't sharing the same room.

"....Well, fuck."

They continued walking down the hallway, until they reached Zora's dorm room.

"Well, best of luck to ya Ich. We both know you'll probably need it." Zora said, holding out a hand for the boy.

Ichika agreed as he shook Zora's hand. "Same to you. Hopefully, I get a normal roommater that won't try anything on me in my sleep."

After saying their farewells for the day, Ichika went toward his room while Zora walked into his own. Upon walking in, he saw just how nice looking it was. Two single beds, a bathroom, two computers, bookshelves, a small kitchen and lastly, a balcony.

"Holy crap! This place is bitchin! Like a five-star hotel room!" Zora exclaimed in awe.

He then sat his things down on the bed closest to the door and went over to the balcony, admiring the view. He then looked around the room and noticed no one else was inside

"Guess I don't have a roommate right now...oh well! Until then we have this room all to ourselves," Zora soon started to upack his belongings and arranged them to get a homely feeling of the room. He took a bath and came out of the bathroom and put on his sleep clothes which was a orange t-shirt and black shorts. He was about to lie on the bed when he heard chattering outside the door.

 "I wonder what's going on?" Zora went to open the door and look outside only to quickly shut it and walk back to the bed, with a bright blush.

"That's an image that won't leave my mind.." said Zora as he laid down and placed headphones in his ear, listening to music as he feel asleep.

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Meawhile in a hallway on campus, Chifuyu leaned against a wall as she peered down at her phone. The screen emitting a bright hue in the corridor, as On said screen was the contact info of someone Chifuyu considered important.

"....I shouldn't call him. It's already late. But he's the only one who can whip these kids into shape besides me." She told herself.

Suddenly, her phone rang, causing her to yelp in surprise.The caller ID....Was that of the person she was planning to call. Taking a deep breath, she prepared herself...before hitting the anwser button.

"Chifuyu, glad to hear from you."

"Yea, you too. Listen, I got a favor to ask..."

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The next morning, Zora had woken up and got himself ready for class then he left the dormitory. He went into the cafeteria where he had a two cheeseburgers then he saw Ichika sitting next to Houki although he noticed that she looked angry but decided not to ask about it and walked over to them.

"Yo!" Zora greeted.

"Oh hey Zora!" said Ichika with a wave.

Zora set his tray on the counter and proceeded to eat hs food when he heard a familiar voice.

"Hi Zora"

They turned to see Nohotoke who was wearing a pajama which looks like a yellow fox along with two others who seem to be her friends and they're all carrying trays of food.

"Hey Nohohon, right? What's up?" said Zora with a nod.

"Can my friends and I sit next to you?" asked Nohotoke.

"Uh, sure, go ahead," said Zora with a small grin, though he could hear some of the girls whining about not asking him or Ichika first.

"Wow, you and Ichika sure eat a lot," said one of the girls.

"I don't know about Ichika but I have a strong metabolism so I tend to burn energy rather quickly which results in me eating a lot," Zora told her.

"And I'm the type who eats little at night, so I have to eat a lot in the morning otherwise I won't make it. On the other hand, are you girls eating too little?" said Ichika.

Like he said, the food on their trays are quite small in amount and the girls were looking at each other nervously.

"Well that's because we eat a lot of snacks!" said Nohotoke cheerfully.

Then Houki stood up from here seat "I'm going now," she picked up her tray and walked off, leaving the others behind while Zora watched her leave with a small frown on his face.

"Geez, what's up her ass?" Zora asked Ichika.

"I don't know," Ichika told him. "I think she might still be mad about last night."

The orangette looked confused. "What do you mean?"  

"Well..."

One explanation later....

"... and that's what happened."

"So, you entered the room and she came out of the shower. Then you tried to defend yourself after pissing her off even more with a shinai, on which her bra hung and you ran to this place in fear. Something like that right?" Zora summarized.

"Yes."

"..."

"..."

Zora blinked....and then started laughing. Honestly how can one person have so much misfortune in one night?

"Yeah, just keep on laughing while I have to deal with not getting killed." He said sarcastic.

Suddenly they heard clapping from behind and turned around to see Chifuyu in a white tracksuit.

"How long are you going to eat?! You've got to be fast when eating, be efficient! If you're late, then you'll be running ten laps around the field,"

Then the girls started eating as fast as they could, Zora leaned over and whispered into Ichika's ears.

"I said it before, and I'll say it again. Your sister's strict,"

Ichika nodded in affirmation "Trust me, I'm well aware."

Chifuyu then turned to the two, "You two should finish your meal fast, you won't want to miss the homeroom period." She told them, while Zora raised a brow as he felt that Chifuyu was trying to give him a hint about something; Ichika also appeared to have noticed it as well.

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A little while later in 1-1 class 

 "Everyone~" said Maya enthusiastically. "Before we start our class, I want to announce something. Today we are having a very special guest joining us today." She stood up and faced the door. "You can come in now." 

Just then, the door to the classroom opened, revealing an unfamiliar blonde man with a streak of red in his hair and a pair of glasses. Following behind him was Chifuyu with her arms crossed.

Please excuse me." The man said as he entered the classroom together with Chifuyu.

The students' eyes widened in shock and awe. 

"A man?!" 

"Don't tell me...A male teacher?!"

 "Wait a second! I recognise that guy! He's the White Gale!"

 "The White Gale?! You mean...!" 

 "Yeah! The first Male IS Pilot!" 

 "He represented America in the first and second IS Tournaments, and won the second one!" 

 "The White Gale~...He's so Handsome!~..." 

 The man known as the 'White Gale' blinked with a sweatdrop."Well now....I sure wasn't expecting such a warm welcome..." he said with with an awkward chuckle.

"You'll get used to it," Chifuyu told him, then turned to class. "Quiet! Let him speak."

The class fell slient as the man step forward and cleared his throat."Ahem. Since you lot seem to know who I am, I'll keep this brief. My name is Arthias. Arthias Yamato. I've come from the good Ol' USA at your homeroom teacher's request, so....Let's get along." 

 As soon as the man, now known as Arthias, was finished, most of the girls started cheering, much to Chifuyu's annoyance. 

 "Hmm....Now that I have a good look at you all, aren't there two of you missing?" Arthias said, having just noticed two empty seats in the classroom.

At that moment, two figures burst through the entrance and face planted on the ground, getting everyone's attention. "Owww...." Ichika groaned as he landed on Zora.

"Get off me!" Zora yelled, tossing the other boy to the side.

"Hmm? Wait a minute....You two are...." Arthias said, staring at the newcomers.

 "Late." Chifuyu growled with glare. "After I said don't be."

"Well, excuse for being got held up by girls trying to 'slide in our DMs." Zora told her, standing to his feet.

"Really you two? Late on the second day?" Arthias said, having recognised Zora and Ichika. He sighed and continued "Good grief. Reasons aside, I can see why Chifuyu called me here."

Arthias took an expression of faux hurt."That hurts kiddo. Have you been away so long you've forgotten about your cousin?" He said.

"WWWWWHHAAAAATTTTT!?" The class exclaimed in shock. "You're related to the White Gale!?"

"BIG BRO ARTH?!?!?!" Zora and Ichika exclaimed in shock.

"Yep!" Long time no see you two!" Arthias said with a grin.

"Well, I'll be damn!" Zora grinned before walking up to the guys and hitting his shoulder. "It's been a while."

"It has. But to think that you forgot me....This big bro of yours is gonna cry y'know?" Arthias said the last part with a fake sad face.

"Meh, you'll live," Zora waved him off. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"Chifuyu called, saying that she needed help whipping you brats into shape. So I came." Arthias replied, jerking a thumb in Chifuyu's direction.

"Well, we got a male teacher. So, that's cool" Ichika said, relived.

"Say that again after going one round of training with me. I wasn't joking about the whipping you into shape bit." Arthias said, causing Ichika to gulp.

 Chifuyu stepped forward and spoke up.

"Now we'll decide on who will be the class representative who will be competing in the inter-class tournament. Not only that but they will also attend student council meetings as well as committee meetings sort of like a class leader. Self-nominations or nominating of others, either of them is fine so are there any candidates?"

"I NOMINATE ICHI-, I MEAN ORIMURA!" Zora yells, raising his hand.

In turn, Ichika turns around and faced Zora with the 'what the fuck!?' face, whilst Zora sits there with a smug smile.

"I choose you Ukashi as the class leader!" One of the girls spoke up.

Zora turned in the direction of whomever nominated him with the same 'what the fuck face!?'.

"So, are there anyone else? If not, you're gonna have to vote between the two nominees." Chifuyu states.

"WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT! What if I don't want to do it?" Zora and Ichika, both yelling, speaking over each other, but were cut off by a glare from Chifuyu.

"Those who have been nominated cannot refuse. You'll have to be prepared beforehand." Chifuyu stated.Ichika slumped down in defeat, while Zora wondered who made up that stupid rule. Both boys hoped that the other got more votes than themselves, each with their own reasons.

Looking at the number of hands raised, it was clear that half of the class voted for either boy. Chifuyu counted and made the final decision.

"Since the class is evenly divided between the two, then a duel with IS will decide who will be the class representative."

"Yare yare daze(Good Grief)...." Arthias said with a shake of his head

"I object to this!" everyone turned to see that it was Cecilia who made that outburst "Do you expect me, Cecilia Alcott to bear the shame of having a man as our class representative for a whole year? I will not accept this! IN THE FIRST PLACE, LIVING IN A COUNTRY WITH SUCH AN UNDERDEVELOPED LEVEL OF CULTURE, IS UNBEARABLY PAINFUL FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF! OH HOLD THE AGONY!"

"WELL, YOUR COUNTRY DOESN'T HAVE MANY THINGS TO BRAG ABOUT EITHER! HOW OFTEN HAS ENGLAND WON THE WORLD'S WORST CUISINE AWARD EXACTLY?" Ichika snaps.

Cecilia gasps at Ichika's insult before finally speaking.

"WE, ENGLISH, HAVE MANY DELICIOUS DISHES AND I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE THE AUDACITY TO INSULT MY COUNTRY!"

"HE HAD THE AUDACITY TO INSULT YOUR COUNTRY! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! YOU INSULTED OUR COUNTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE! SO IT IS YOU WHO HAD THE AUDACITY TO INSULT OUR COUNTRY FIRST!" Zora snaps, highly offended at Cecilia's insult to his country.

"Well, it looks like America's Representative joins the fight." Cecilia says all high and mighty like a god.

"Indeed I have and I want a full apology from you to everybody in this class for what you said about Japan." Zora said boldly.

"Oh, your county?" Cecilia scoffed, still acting all high and mighty.

"Yeah! My country, as well as every Japanese here, that you offended!" Zora boldly claimed.

"Well, only a full blood Japanese can call Japan their own and you are only half Japanese which makes you a hafu." Cecilia pointed out, toying with Zora as if she was an orca playing with her food.

As Cecilia says that Zora' stays silent as his hair covered his eyes causing some of the girls in the class to "ooo" and then one girl in the class says "oooo she got him there." Cecilia was about to speak before Zora clenched his fists, looked at her with rageful eyes and pointed towards Cecilia and yelled.

"WHY YOU TEA SIPPING BITCH! HOW DARE YOU CLAIM I'M NOT FULLY JAPANESE AND THAT I CAN'T BE A JAPANESE BECAUSE I'M A JAPANESE AMERICAN?! I'M STILL A JAPANESE MAN AND JAPAN IS STILL MY HOME COUNTRY YOU IGNORANT TEAPOT! AND YOU KNOW WHAT?!....I DECLARE WAR ON YOU!" Zora yelled, jumping on top of his desk.

Cecilia, Houki, Ichika and the entire class sit there shocked to what Zora said before Ichika jumps in and yells

"SO DO I! I DECLARE WAR ON YOU, CECILE ALSCOTS!" Ichika roared purposely butchering Cecilia's name.

Cecilia stands there shocked before regaining control of herself and replying, "Fine! I declare war on you both and if you dare lose to me on purpose, I shall make you both my slaves!"

"Fine by me and if you lose to me, you must apologize to not only me, but the entire class, for being a racist tea-sipping slut!" Zora said angrily, still glaring at Cecilia right in the eye whilst she does the same to Zora. before Chifuyu interrupts the two.

 "It looks like it's settled then. The match will be a free for all and will take place in Arena 3, which I believe is available on Monday And I expect you, 3, to come fully prepared for combat."

"You damn right I will." Zora mumbled to himself, before turning away from Cecilia, sitting back down in his seat with Ichika and Cecilia following suit.

Ichika, being consumed by his emotions, glared at the blonde. Then as understanding dawned on him, he was immobilized in shock.

He was going to fight against both Cecilia and Zora, with his own friend angrier than an enraged tiger and an experienced IS pilot who was Britain's Representative Candidate. He dropped his head in utter despair, not liking his chances in the upcoming match.

At the very least, he was glad that despite his brother being part American, has fiercely defended both him and his home country. But on the other hand, he may just get a first-hand experience what happens when Zora gets really mad.

'Such misfortune.' The poor boy muttered, bemoaning his fate. Just what did he do to deserve this?

Chifuyu cleared her throat to get the chattering girls under control, then she approached the two boys.

"Orimura, I'm afraid it'll be a while before your IS will be ready."

"What?" Ichika muttered in confusion.

"On the plus side, due to certain 'issues', the school will provide you with a Personal IS." Chifuyu continued before looking over at Zora. "Ukashi, I've recieved word that your personal IS is being sent over as we speak."

"Hell yeah!" Zora cheered.

The class broke out in chatter, each commenting about a first year getting an IS.

"Ukashi already has his own IS?" said one of the girls from the back

"Wow, I kinda wish for my own," said another

"Is having your own IS really that major of a deal?" Ichika wondered.

"Are you kidding? A Personal IS can be considered the holy grail of IS. The one's that we both piloted during our 'debut' was a Mass-produced unit, but Personal IS are leagues above them." Zora explained to him.

"I'm actually rather relieved to hear that!" Cecilia suddenly appeared in front of Ichika, "After all, even though the victor of the match between the three of us has been decided, it wouldn't be fair for you to use a Training unit." She tossed her hair over her shoulder.

'When this is all said and done, you would have one wish: That you had asked for a handicap before asking for a duel.' Zora groused.

But Ichika was still not understanding what the fuss was about. "But what's so special about having a Personal IS?"

Fortunately, Arthias came to his aid. "I can explain that. You seem the number of cores available worldwide is 467, thus countries were forced to share the cores among them. A certain number of cores are handed out to research organizations for research purposes while the remaining number are relegated to military use. These cores made Personal IS possess far above average performance and unique abilities as compared to the standard Mass-Produced models such as the Japanese Uchigane and the French Raphael Revive series." 

"Only 467!? That few?" He remarked incredulously.

A girl with short hair and glasses piped up, "That's because the core is a black box, and each one is personally made by Dr Tabane Shinonono. Therefore, countries and organizations are forced to conduct research, development and training with the limited number of cores."

'Tabane-nee? Isn't that Houki's sister?' Ichika wondered, before looking over at Ceceilia. "Wait, you have one too?"

"That's right! I, Cecilia Alcott, Representative Contender for the glorious nation of Great Britain, am currently in possession of my own-"

"You just love the sound of your own voice, don't you?" Zora interrupted.

She gasped. "I can't believe you said that!"

"Yeah, well, I'm not one to hold back when it comes to speaking my mind."

Chifuyu coughed, so I turned back to the front of the class. Cecilia, still standing beside Ichika's desk, turned too.

"To complete our little history lesson, Personal IS were originally intended for individuals sponsored by governments or certain organizations, but since your circumstances are special, the school will provide you with an IS for data collection purposes. Is that clear?"

"I guess so." Ichika scratched his head.

A student raised her hand "Ms. Orimura, is there any chance Shinonono in our class is related to Dr Tabane?"

"Your classmate is her sister." Chifuyu simply remarked.

The class exploded in outrage, and the girls simply asked Houki question concerning her sister. This continued until she exploded, "SHE'S HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!"

The girl recomposed herself, then spoke with a quieter tone. "I'm sorry, I'm not my sister, and I don't know where she is, so I can't tell you anything." She turned away, facing the window.

'Sounds like bad blood between the Rabbit and Houki-Poki." Zora noted.

"Yamada, the class please." Chifuyu broke the silence.

"Alright then, please open your textbook everyone, we will continue where we left off. The IS or Infinite Stratos deploys an energy barrier that serves as protection for its pilot. The core of the IS has something that resembles a consciousness, so with sheer dialogue and time spent together, you will get to know each other. Depending on how much time the pilot spent with there is, the unit itself will start to understand it's user characteristics."

"Sensei, when you mention of partner, do you mean as in girlfriend or boyfriend?" A student asked.

Maya looked shocked "Actually, I wouldn't know as I never experienced anything like that. But I wonder..." She put her hands on her cheeks, daydreaming.

The girls giggled, some remarking about Yamada-sensei being cute.

Seeing this, Zora stood up sharply and threw his arms up. "That's it! I give up! I surrender! I do as the French do! Someone just end it, please!"

"Ukashi, act your age!" Chifuyu snapped from the desk.

"Gak!" He shouted, clasping my hands over my heart, "Now, I die!"

*Whack!*

Seriously, there had to be some sort of rule- nay, law against hitting students over the head with steel attendance clipboards.

Arthias merely sweatdropped at the sight.

(Ending Theme - Fly Away)

https://youtu.be/l0W8aAoVjME

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Well, that's end of another chapter for Solar Akatsuki! Next chapter comes the threeway match, so look forward to that. Let me know what you all thought of the chapter by PM or leaving a review. 

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