Ichika was late for class again and it's the day of the test and Ichika can already feel the sting of Chifuyu smacking a book to the back of his head, Ichika always had a fear of his older sister. Sure she can be mean at times especially at work, but she can be kind and caring, but unfortunately it's not one of those times and Chifuyu is going to kill him, the girls too because if he failed this test that would mean weeks of toturing was all for nothing. Ichika had barely made it to class before the test can even begin, he was bent down in the middle of the doorway trying to catch his breath and when he looked up Ichika noticed everyone in the room was staring at him.
His sister Chifuyu was standing next to a desk where Maya sat and she had a stern face, in the rows of desks Ichika saw Houki, Cecilia, Charlotte, and Laura looking at him with disapproval, he is never gonna hear the end of this.
As Ichika took his seat Chifuyu made an announcement "class before we begin testing, I would like to introduce to you all to a special new student today," everyone in the classroom started to murmur to each other upon hearing the news. One of the girl rose her hand, "Miss. Orimura-sensei, where is she from if I might ask?" Chifuyu turned to the student, "She is a He and he is from America," the voices in the rows started to grow into anticipation just after the word "He" was uttered.
There was another male IS pilot other than Ichika and this got him hopeful, sure being the only boy in an all girls academy is pretty awesome, but right now he's looking for some guy time, Ichika hopes he and this new male polite can be good friends. "Quite down everyone," Chifuyu ordered and the students heeded her call and silent their tongues, "you may come in now," Chifuyu called out to the door. The sounds of heavy footsteps can be heard out-side getting louder as it approached the door, the door slid open and there came walking in a tall brooding young man. He was at least a head and a half taller than Chifuyu, the shoes he wore were combat boots, he's broad at the shoulders, he had dark hair that was in a crew-cut style, a G.I's haircut as it's known as, skin was fair compared to Ichika's, his eyes were midnight blue. But the number one thing that stuck out was his uniform, it resembled that of a old western duster so his legs were covered, but most importantly the colors were inverted instead of it being white with red it was red with white.
The new student looked across the whole room studying everyone and everything, the girls were starting to feel a bit uneasy, it felt like a terminator was just about to pick out its next target, but the young man shot a small smile and it seemed to put some of the girls at ease. "Will you please introduce yourself young man," Chifuyu directed, he spoke in a deep soft tone, "my name is Brendan Shaw, I'm 18 years old, I'm from Detroit Michigan, U.S.A, and it's nice to meet you all," as he finished Shaw had bowed his head down, but not in Japanese tradition it was more like an actor bowing to an audience as a play ended.
Some of the girls giggled at the little act he did, and greeted back to him, "thank you Mr. Shaw-san please take your- BANG!" a loud deafening sound rang out into the classroom exactly when Chifuyu patted Shaw on the back, everyone was either covering their ears or hiding under their desks. "Empty out your pockets, NOW!" Chifuyu demanded, Shaw walked to Maya's desk and started to empty out his pockets and to what they contained widen everyone's eyes. He pulled out pistol after pistol, 1911s, p345s, and revolvers they were all piled up on top of Maya's desk, it was like watching a pirate disarming himself.
As everyone thought he was finished they will realize those pistols were just the icing on the cake as he reached down to the back of his pants and pulled out a small shotgun. The class was a bit surprised to see it, Shaw had gently placed the gun down on top of Maya's desk, "is that all the guns you have on you?" Chifuyu demanded sternly, "yes, that's all the guns I got on me ma'am," "thank you and it's Orimura-sensei, now take your seat we're about to begin testing," with that Shaw walked to his seat and Chifuyu put all the firearms away.
That was a odd introduction Ichika thought to himself, it start out normal but the last part was a little too much, he heard people from America loved guns, but this guy was armed to the teeth.
The new comer walked towards his seat making heavy stepping noises, just for a second Ichika saw how this man's boots easily dwarf the girl's shoes including his own, but as he walked passed Ichika noticed a round orange patch with a panther crushing a tank in its jaws on his right shoulder. As he sat down at his desk the chair started moan and creak from the weight, "we might need a stronger chair," Maya suggested thinking that the chair might break at any moment. The test sheets were given out and everyone got to work, every couldn't help but take quick glances at the American as he kept working, when finished he put the paper aside, and laid his head down. When the time was up Chifuyu gave everyone a few minutes of free time before they went to the training grounds.
Ichika had joined Houki, Cecilia, Charlotte, and Laura, and were discussing about the new student, "so, what do you think of this new male pilot Ichika?" Charlotte asked, "he seems like a nice guy, did you see that patch on his right shoulder?" "it's a tank destroyer battalion patch, they're a unite in the U.S army during world war two and as the name implies they destroy tanks," Laura informed the group.
"I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to go introduce myself," the English representative walked straight up to their new classmate, as she approached his desk, his head was still down. Cecilia stood right in front of him and cleared her throat to get his attention, for a moment he stir and rose his head, he had fallen asleep. ""Hello there I would like introduce myself, I am Cecilia Alcott and I'm a proud and noble representative of the country of Great Britain, I bet you feel pretty honored to meet England's finest, not everyone can get this close," Cecilia stated proudly and a bit snobby.
Shaw looked at the blonde with a raised brow and with one hand supporting his head, "okay good for you, but what the hell you want from me a medal, I know you said you're a representative, but who do you think you are, the Queen herself," Shaw shot back, apparently he wasn't too happy to be woken up from his nap. "WH-WH-WHAT! N-N-NO! I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE POLITE!" Cecilia stammered with a blushed face and frantically waving her arms, she was not prepared for the remark of the young man in front of her had said.
The four friends watched as their English friend helplessly try to let out an explanation, "well that was a bust," said Houki, just then Laura had finished a call and puts away her cell phone back into her pocket, "my sources don't have anything on him, Clarissa told me she had sent three spies to the States upon word of a new IS being made, but they never came back." Laura looked on to this new male pilot, something didn't sit right with her, "maybe we can get to know him better at lunch, he doesn't look like he's in a good mood right now," Ichika suggested.
After a while Chifuyu finally said it was time to head to the training grounds, "Ichika-san, Shaw-san please head to the changing rooms to get changed into your training suits, then head to the arena when you're done, understand," ordered Chifuyu, both of the boys stood up, "yes Orimura-sensei," both said in unison, well at least at the "yes" part because Shaw said "ma'am" instead for the second time. Everyone turned to the new guy thinking he must have a death wish, "it's Orimura-sensei young man, get it right next time or I'll take disciplinary actions on you," Chifuyu pointed at Shaw with disapproval. "Oh, I'm so scared," Shaw mocked not at all fazed by Chifuyu's threat, they locked sights with each other not daring to blink, "we should get going now," Ichika suggested trying to ease the tension in the room, "yeah, we should," Shaw answered and so they left the room.
Walking down the vacant hallway which only their footsteps filled the empty halls, nearing the changing room Ichika took the chance and asked Shaw a quick question, "so Shaw-san when did you discover you can pilot an IS?" Shaw took a moment to check in his head to remember, "when I was eight," Shaw answered bluntly, "that young" Ichika thought to himself, is that even possible?
After making into the changing room and suiting up into their training suits they head straight to the arena without question. Once again Shaw managed to stand out from the rest of the crowd, but not because of his height, it was because of his training suit. It had a tan color to his arms, legs, and ribs. It was also copper to the back, chest, groin, and collar, and the suit covered him completely, expect for his head and neck which were exposed, it kinda made him look like an engineer. The girls try to speculate what his IS might really be, "what kind of IS does he use? because I never seen a training suit like that," Charlotte whispered to her friends, "dosen't matter, he's gonna pay for talking to Orimura-sensei like that, I'm will show him how to be discipline," Laura spoke in anger not liking how the new pilot had spoken to the woman she idols.
hey guys after reading your reviews I found MOST of them helpful, so I redid the whole first chapter for ya. I hope you like it and thank you for your constructive criticism.