IS: A Click Of Time

by NMXV

When you live for an eternity, you start coming to a slower and slower realization about life. Instead, you start thinking about death. How it probably would feel. I... Don't think about that stuff. Nope, as someone who's seen or heard it all, I think about when this FUCKING LINE OF TRAFFIC WILL MOVE! That, and of course getting into some deep shit with a Russian kid.

1. Welcome

A/N: The disclaimer: All references, brands, names and other content mentioned in the chapter is owned by their respectful owners. I do not own Infinite Stratos, the cover picture or any other referenced products and/or characters. Also, I've been tossing around lots of idea's for Harry Potter and the sorcerer's Peerage so don't lose hope on that! This story is just to make sure I haven't failed in writing yet. If you expected The other story then, don't worry it will be out in the near future. For now, here's a practice story for training myself. Please enjoy. Into the Void.

Chapter 1: Welcome

The Watchers. No, not the angels that began to lust for female human contact in the Book of Enoch, but a different type of watchers. They too, watch over all forms of life. Some are seen as normal civilians. Others are near heroes. Many are sent out to watch over all beings of life. However, there is one that has been lead astray from the rest. This Watcher had decided to stop being a Watcher and instead has spent his time in a world similar to earth. The only thing is, it's not as peaceful as earth.

The Infinite Stratos program or IS for short is the program in which female pilots from across the world come together in order to better educate themselves on the piloting and procedures of an IS. These large mechanical exoskeletal suits, piloted by females, has brought out a Noticeable shift in the use of the word Feminism.

Of course that is not all. The introduction of these machines have brought the world into a new state of distress. For the better of the world, powers from all over the world have sent out a treaty known as the "Alaska Treaty". This new treaty has declared that all nations were to divide the shipments of IS equally across the world. With this being said, there has been a new shift. A young boy named Ichika Orimura has broken this new shift. Being the only one of two MALE I.S. Pilots in the world. This is his story, and how he and a group of IS pilots along with the watcher and the other Male pilot had taken down one of the many future threats in his life.

The Watcher

Who would have guessed it. A Rogue IS piloted by none other than the same power that tried to stop it. It was only a matter of time before the IS would go rampant, yet no one knew it. Now he was being stopped by the only team of IS pilots that were friends to him. Nothing worked to slow them. And after his final attack which left him vulnerable, he was struck by a blade and killed on sight. Then he awoke.

"Damnit… turn off the lights…" The sleeping figure of the watcher said while trying to reach for his alarm clock.

"I said, Cut it out…!" The watcher yelled while throwing a kitchen knife at the clock, effectively cutting it in two.

"Why do I still have that clock? Oh forget it, I needed to wake up anyway…" He groaned slightly before getting off the bed and onto his feet.

He began to crack his joints while simultaneously making his way down the stairs of his home. It was nothing too fancy. It had two stories and a decent view over the sea. What he didn't like, was the fact that he had to be so close to a large academy a few miles away from his home. He lived alone in the house, so everywhere in his house had been echoing with the school bells throughout the day.

Paying no attention to the thoughts of the school, he continued on with his normal days on the planet. There were things he hated about humanity, such as crowded lines and having to shop for food along with several other pet peeves like neighbors using his trash bins and paying bills… mostly bills. Before living out his peaceful days, he remembered a time when there was no requirement to eat or wait in line. Be that as it may, he still did not hope to return to The Watchers.

Meanwhile...

"C'mon already! I don't have all day!" He yelled as he waited for the car in front of his to move. Being on earth meant that he had to work, yet another one of his personal annoyances.

He glanced at his radio's clock and sighed in annoyance as he was already ten minutes late for work. He decided that it would be a while before traffic started to move, so he got out of his car and walked the rest of the way. As he walked away, angry drivers began to yell and honk their horns at him for leaving his car in the middle of the road. Noting this, he pointed his palm to the car and grasped his hand shut. This made his car crumple into itself and began to slowly disappear from reality. The angry drivers from before stared on in terror and awe as He walked away.

"It was a rental anyway…" He mumbled before walking to his job.

On his way to his job he felt a slight headache. This headache wasn't average, however. This slight headache turned into an unbearable migraine for the Watcher. He quickly jerked his head down while grasping it with his hands. Two glowing runes had appeared on his hands. One was red and the other, blue. These were owned by all the Watchers and only glowed when in a state of panic or chaos. They were called the runes of Karma. They could only be charged by interaction of others. The more honest and polite the Watcher is, the more power that the blue rune generates and Vice versa. Both of these runes had their own special powers. The red rune was used on his car just earlier. But enough of his oddities.

His migraine became violent and more unstable. It was the council. The council was calling him back, but he refused. Before he could be humiliated by the many people walking on the sidewalk, he choked the pain down and continued walking. Little did he know, he wasn't on a sidewalk anymore.

"I fucking hate you…" He grunted in a quiet tone to the Council.

The watcher wasn't planning on going back. Yet somehow he always wound up back there. It was pissing him off to say the least. Before he could even utter a phrase, the Council silenced him and began with their sentence.

"Watcher 47. You have evaded us for the last time. You've violated your Code of Silence And have purposely stopped all contact with us. This time, it will be different. You will return to the world you are in, but assigned with a task. Accepting is your only choice." The lead Council member stated before staring down at Watcher 47.

"I think there's a hidden option… It's called go fuck yourselves, I quit a long time ag-FUCK ME!" Watcher 47 angrily said before kneeling down in pain.

"Your time is nigh. The more you avoid us and your fellow Watchers, the more pain that is inflicted. We are giving you an assignment to help you."

As the pain faded, Watcher 47 quickly accepted the task in defeat, "OKAY! What do you need me to do…!?"

"Excellent. Welcome home watcher 47. Your assignment is as follows…"

Ichika Orimura

Ichika Orimura was a simple Male teen in school. Of course, there is always a catch. He is the only japanese male IS pilot in existence and just so happens to attend the only IS piloting school in the world. This was no ordinary school. Considering he was the only Japanese MALE pilot. The entire school was entirely filled with girls from all over the world.

Luckily, Ichika was fortunate enough to find another male. By what he has heard, the other guy was from russia, and could also understand and speak somewhat perfect english. Ichika was thankful for this as his own childhood friend would not even notice his distress.

"Hey... it is lucky how we were put in the same class, huh?" The other male student whispered as he glanced around the room really quick.

"Yeah, no kidding. I'm just glad I don't have to suffer through this alone." Ichika responded just as the assistant teacher walked in.

"Congratulations for making it to this school, I'm your first year sub-homeroom teacher Miss Maya Yamada." She said with a happy tone which then changed to a slightly unnerved expression before coming back to her original smile.

"Starting today, you are all now students of the IS Academy. As you know, this is a boarding school. Students are together during and after school hours. So I hope you'll get along and help each other. Making the next three years enjoyable!" She continued with the same expression change as before.

"A-ah. N-now, why don't we use self introductions. Um, let's go byyy numerical order on the class role." She hesitated as everyone in the class continued to stay deathly silent.

Ichika turned to his childhood friend, Houki, only to have her turn away from him in his time of distress. Just as he began to think of reasons why she would hate him he was jarred by the assistant homeroom teacher calling his name for a self introduction.

"Helloo! Ichika Orimura!" she said, leaning closer to get his attention.

"U-uh! Here!" Ichika fumbled while being brought back to reality.

"I do apologize for being SO loud just then, but we started out with the A's and now we've gotten all the way to the O's! So would you please introduce yourself now. Pretty Please?"

"U-uh. You really don't need to be so apologetic...Aah, Ichika. Orimura. Nice to meet you all." He said before looking to both of his side's only to be greeted by girls with stars in their eyes.

Ichika took one last ditch effort for help by looking towards Houki, only to be greeted with the back of her head. Ichika was in a panic. He had to say something, otherwise they would think he was depressing. As luck may have it, the russian male caught Ichika's panic and quickly got his attention and signaled for him to calm down before giving him a thumbs up and smiling at him.

Ichika looked back to the front. Gulped quickly and just at that moment, both the teacher and the females in the class stared on in awe as Ichika began to prepare something.

"That's. all!" As the words left his mouth, all of the students dropped to the ground in a synchronized mini earthquake while only the Russian student gave a facepalm.

"Gah..! What? Was that bad?! GAH!" Ichika asked just as he reacted to a sharp pain to his head.

Ichika cowered in fear slightly before turning around and looking up to see a familiar and 'friendly' face, "SIS?! AGH!" Ichika then received another blow to the head.

"You will call me Miss Orimura at school…!" His sister replied in a strict and commanding tone.

"Oh you're back! Does that mean the meetings over already?!" the sub homeroom teacher said in joy.

"That's right Miss Yamada. Hm. I'm sorry about having you welcome my class for me." Miss Orimura said, quickly switching over to her polite tone of voice.

Ichika was in a state of shock. He wondered why his older sister was here and why his older sister only came by once or twice a month without telling anyone what she does for a living.

"Alright class, I'm your homeroom teacher Miss Chifuyu Orimura! It's my job to train you well enough to stand on your feet in one year."

Immediately after, the entire class bursted out with fangirls screaming and other students yelling about how great she was. The russian student looked around in confusion while Ichika still tried to come up with answers for his own questions.

"Hey, the name is Ichika. Right?" The russian student said while tapping Ichika on the arm.

"Yeah?" Ichika said as he snapped out of his daze and turned to look at the other male student.

"THAT is your sister? She seems bitter and cold towards you. I have a feeling things will not be easy for the both of us, friend." The student said with a slight hint of worry.

"Yeah, you and me both. Let's just hope we don't stick out too much…" Ichika replied while the girls kept screaming.

"Heheh. you mean, more than now?" The russian kid replied with a slight chuckle.

Before Ichika could respond with something witty, his sister caught his attention. The russian also quickly snapped back into attention, in fear of being punished by Ichika's sister.

"So, have the instructions regarding addressing your instructor not taken yet…?" She asked while cracking her knuckles.

"w-Well Chifuyu, I uh-GUH!"

"That's Miss Orimura, RIGHT!" Chifuyu said while holding Ichika's head to the ground.

"Yes, Miss Orimura…" Ichika replied in pain.

"That's enough! Your Syllabus for the next six months begins with memorizing all data concerning the IS! After that, Practical Training, where you'll have two week to master the basic maneuvers! So? Have you got that!? Even if you don't, say 'Yes Ma'am!'" Chifuyu stated while ending a small chat between two other female students and giving out assignments at the same time.

The whole class replied after in response as Ichika began to recount his sister's past. After that entire ordeal was over, Miss Yamada began to speak.

"Now as I'm sure all of you are already aware. IS stands for Infinite Stratos. It's a multi-form suit originally developed in Japan. When it was first conceived ten years ago, it was originally designed to be used in outer space. However those plans are currently on hold. Due to the Alaska treaty, the IS is also prohibited from being used by the military. Therefore, It's used solely for competitions and sporting events. And our IS Academy is the only educational institution in the world established with the objective of training IS Pilots. Students from all around the world come to this school where young people from a multitude of countries come to this school to live, work and study side by side as they hone and perfect their piloting skills. So starting today, let's all study hard over the next three years!" Miss Yamada ended.

As soon as she ended, the whole class responded while Ichika sat in a depressed and panicked state of mind. Ichika was thinking about one thing and one thing only for that reason. Miss Yamada failed to mention that only females can operate an IS. Along with the fact that himself along with the russian student are the only male IS pilots in the entire world.

Kazimir soloviev

Time had passed after that, leaving Ichika and the Russian student alone to themselves while the rest of their class walked off to chat about them or stare through the open door and windows of the classroom. The russian student looked over to Ichika and noticed that he wasn't feeling any better. So he decided to talk to him and cheer him up.

"Hello, friend. I forgot to tell you my name. The name is Kazimir. I hope you don't mind if I chat with you for a while, considering that the entire school is only female? So, what is wrong with you? I know that face from anywhere." Kazimir asked as he leaned over to Ichika's panicked figure.

"Oh, hey. At least I'm not alone here. It's fine, I need to take my mind off things anyway." Ichika said, calming down slightly.

"Let's just be glad that we were not in different rooms I barely managed to breath by being in here." Kazimir said with a calm and relaxed tone of voice.

Just before they could continue to chat, a girl walked up to Ichika and asked him to follow her which left Kazimir to his thoughts. Deciding against standing around, Kazimir began to walk out and explore the halls of the school… He soon realized that this was a horrible idea realizing that he was outnumbered in gender.

Ichika Orimura

After Both Houki and Ichika had arrived outside on the roof of the school, Ichika rubbed his neck while Houki stared off and leaned onto the railing. Ichika, not wanting the awkward silence to persist too long between them, began to speak.

"Soo, what's up?"

"Um…" Houki replied with a slight quietness to her voice.

"Well? It's been six years now. So is there something you wanted to say? Ichika asked after hearing the inaudible answer she gave.

Houki had turned to Ichika with a reply, but instead gave nothing but a sigh in return. Ichika had also breathed out after her and continued to rub his neck awkwardly, until he remembered something.

"Oh, that's right..!" Ichika exclaimed quickly before turning to Houki

"U-uh, what's right?" Houki asked with a nervous nature in her tone.

"I heard about you winning the national Kendo competition last year! Way to go!" Ichika answered with a bright smile to Houki.

"WHAT!? How did you find out about that?!" Houki asked with a sudden switch in emotions.

"What do you mean? It was in the newspaper." Ichika said, with confusion.

"And why were you looking at that newspaper?" Houki asked.

"Actually.." Ichika paused while looking away from Houki before she began to blush slightly, "You know it's been ages! But even after six years, I recognized you right away houki!"

At this, Houki began to blush slightly more before Ichika added to his sentence.

"You still have the same hairstyle!"

"uh, yeah. You don't forget a single thing do you?" She replied before looking away and twirling her hair.

"How could I forget about you? You're my childhood friend!" Ichika said, causing Houki to look at him in slight disappointment.

Both Houki and Ichika stood there in silence for a short while as the breeze blew by the pair in a calm like state. As the short while passed, the bell rang for all the students to head to class. Ichika began to walk to class before calling Houki for class.

"Well, I guess we should head back now." Ichika said before walking towards the doors that lead the the halls.

"Yeah, I guess we should…" Houki said in a defeated and depressed tone of voice while staring out into the distance.

Classroom Jumpcut

"O-kay! Does anyone have any questions so far?" Miss Yamada asked.

Ichika was in complete confusion. He didn't understand anything that just happened. He looked to his side to see that even Kazimir was completely dumbfounded. He looked back to his book and thought 'This active and whatever And that wide area contraption, what does that even mean!? Don't tell me I have to memorize all this stuff!?' before MIss Yamada brought him out of his train of thought.

"Do you have any questions Orimura?"

"Blgh! Well uh…!" Ichika panicked as his train of thought became derailed.

"Well, if you do have any questions just asked me, okay? I am your teacher after all!" She stated as Ichika raised his hand in defeat.

With a slight lump in his throat ichika asked, "Miss Yamada…?"

"Yes? Don't be shy!" She replied with a smile

"I don't understand any of this!" Ichika said while quietly despairing to himself.

"What...? Not any of it...? Is there anyone else here that doesn't understand what we've covered so far!?" Miss Yamada said with a saddened expression.

Immediately after that, Kazimir raised his hand, "My mind has drawn blanks… Just like a game of russian roulette!" Kazimir panicked along with Ichika.

"Orimura and Soloviev, did you two read the reference manuals before school started?" Chifuyu asked in her usual tone.

"Um, are you talking about that big one?" Ichika asked.

"That's right. Didn't it say required reading?" Chifuyu asked in a sarcastic tone of voice.

"Yeah, but I accidentally threw it away…! AGH-OH!" Ichika said after being struck with Chifuyu's notepad.

"And What about you Soloviev? Did you read your reference manual?" Chifuyu said as she approached Kazimir's desk.

Kazimir was so busy smirking at Ichika being hit that he forgot about himself in the process and so he simply replied.

"No. I used the pages to create fire in homeland. I would've freezed without it. AH! You hit like my mother used to when I touched cookie jar!" Kazimir explained before being hit with both the notepad and nostalgia from him being young.

"I'll get you both a new copy then and I expect both of you to have the whole thing memorized within a week." Chifuyu stated before walking back to the board.

"Это невозможно!" Kazimir said in his native tongue before quickly realizing what he did and reverted back to english.

"WHAT!? That big book! Within a week!" Ichika said, not phased by his friend's sudden outburst.

"What did I say…!" Chifuyu replied with a glare in her eyes that caused both Kazimir and Ichika to lean back in their seats.

After a brief silence, both Kazimir and Ichika bowed their heads in defeat before replying with a 'yes ma'am' as Chifuyu walked to the other side of the class.

"Well then, let's continue with class, please turn to page twelve in your textbooks." Miss Yamada said in order to restore a sense of peace to the class.

After Class

Both Kazimir and Ichika sat in silence and a small frustration while they twiddled their pencils. Kazimir did not plan to memorize an entire book while Ichika was on the verge of dying from the situation he was in. Before either could speak to each other, another student walked up to both of them before turning to Ichika.

This student had blonde hair, blue eyes and a blue band over her head. She looked like the definition of upper class, something that Kazimir learned to hate.

"May I have a moment?" She asked humbly as she stood between the two.

Kazimir stared at her with a slight eyebrow raise and Ichika turned towards her with a mere 'eh?'

"Huh! What sort of a response is that? You should be honored that I'd be speaking to you in the first place. Don't you think you should behave in a more appropriate manner?" She said while switching her humble tone with a stuck up and self-appraised one.

"Look I'm sorry, but I don't even know who you are? Okay?" Ichika replied back.

"You don't know who I am!? I'm Cecilia Alcott! England's representative contender! The one wh-"

"Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! I have a question." Ichika interrupted before Cecilia could ramble on about herself.

"Well, it is the responsibility of nobles to answer inquiries from the lower classes, do go ahead." Cecilia said while acting posh.

Both Ichika and Kazimir stared with determination of what their question was about. Both Kazimir and Ichika looked at each other and then back at Cecilia before Ichika spoke.

"You're a representative contender. Got it. What's that mean?" Ichika asked while still holding his serious expression.

Immediately after, another earthquake from the class had resulted. This time, Kazimir wanted to know as well, so he didn't fall or facepalm as the entire class and Cecilia fell into a 'BRUH' moment. Ichika and Kazimir looked around the room to see that they were the only ones who didn't know what that meant and so all they could do was let out a slight mumbled.

"This is unbelievable! I can only hope that every japanese and russian man is not this utterly devoid of knowledge! I mean, it's nothing more than common sense. Honestly…" Cecilia complained.

"Are you gonna tell us what it is or don't you know either?!" Ichika said as Cecilia caught a gleam in her eye that Kazimir would soon regret to see.

"They are the chosen elites selected by their countries to represent them as IS Pilots! Surely, you should deduce that from the name alone…!" Cecilia said as a british flag gradually panned out with her explaining it.

"Oh when you put it that way it makes sense" Ichika commented.

"That's right! I am one of the elite! It's a true miracle and your good fortune to get to be in the same homeroom with someone like me! Oh, what an incredibly lucky boy you are! Did that get through that thick skull of yours, hm?!" Cecilia explained while putting her hands on her hips in an angry fashion.

"... Where did big flag and rose petals go…? Kazimir must be seeing things..." Kazimir asked before looking around the room and hitting his head a couple of times.

"we got it, I guess we're lucky." Ichika replied as Kazimir finished hitting his head.

"Wait, are you making fun of me now?" Cecilia asked in a suspicious tone.

"Hey, you're the one that just said how lucky we were" Ichika said.

"First of all, I'd like to know how the both of you entered this school without any knowledge of anything. I heard that you two are the only males that can control an IS, But you two have been such terrible disappointments." Cecilia said with frustration.

"Yeah, well expecting anything from us is a bad idea. No offense Kazimir." Ichika said mildly.

"None taken comrade!" Kazmir responded with as much friendliness as he could muster.

"Hmph. In any case, since I'm so remarkable I can still find it in my heart to be considerate towards people such as yourselves. So if you do have questions, I wouldn't mind answering them for you if you would plead with tears in your eyes. Afterall, I did defeat an instructor during the entrance exam which means that I am an elite amongst the elites." Cecilia explained...again.

"Um, I defeated an instructor too.."

"What!?" Cecilia said with shock

"Maybe it wasn't really a defeat, but when the instructor charged at me I dodged, she smashed into the wall an, Kaboom..!" Ichika said while fetching his book from off the floor.

"B-b-but! I thought I was the only one!" Cecilia said, still in shock.

"Ha! You make them sound like the toughest things in the world! I defeated them too. All I did was stare at them and then boom! They gave up." Kazimir explained while laughing.

"No, that's not possible! I thought I was the only one…!" Cecilia repeated.

"They might have meant you were the only female…" Ichika said calmly.

"WAIT! Are you telling me, you both also defeated the instructors!?" Cecilia exclaimed.

"H-hey now, just calm down!" Ichika said while raising his hands in surrender.

"CALM!? HOW CAN I BE CALM WITH THIS INSULT!" Cecilia shouted just as the bell rang, freeing both Kazimir and Ichika from Cecilia's rage.

"We will be continuing this conversation later! Do you understand?" Cecilia then walked away while Kazimir sighed in relief.

Kazimir Soloviev

Both Kazimir and Ichika had begun to walk to their individual dorms together, Just as the sun began to set. However, they weren't alone. A large group of students were right behind both of them.

"If things are like this on the first day, I'm worried about the future…" Ichika said while the two walked alongside each other.

"Well, I think our lives will get pretty interesting friend. It is just a matter of time. So, are you really going to memorize that book? I know for sure that I will not. I don't have time for reading such a big book." Kazimir said while waving the large manual around.

"Are you sure? You might need it." Ichika asked before giving him a somewhat curious glance.

"Do not worry friend, Kazimir has not failed and never will!" Kazimir said while giving Ichika a triumphant shout and smile.

"Whatever you say dude. But I'm actually curious, how'd you become a pilot for an IS anyway?" Ichika asked while looking at Kazimir with a curious glance.

"Ha! The story is simple but death-defying!" Kazimir yelled just as they reached the dorm rooms, "Looks like story will have to wait for now. Farewell Comrade!"

"Yeah, see ya later bud! You gotta tell me that story sometime though!" Ichika yelled back as the two separated from each other to their own dorms.

Just as Kazimir was out of sight from Ichika, he planned on throwing the book out and heading over to his dorm before being pulled off to a secluded room. The doors had locked themselves while Kazimir looked around for his attacker.

"Touch Kazimir again and I break every bone in body! Starting with neck!" Kazimir readied himself in a defensive stance and prepared for the worse just as a man walked out.

"Unless you want to piss me off, drop the hands and listen." The figure said with disgust.

"What is it that you want? Why did you lock Kazimir in here?" Kazimir said, letting out his russian side a small bit.

"I got a job to do, but I don't feel like doing it. That's why you're in here. It's simple too. you do something for me, then you can leave. Capiche?" The figure said as he leaned on a nearby wall.

"And if Kazimir refuses?" Kazimir stood as he didn't like the unknown man's tone.

"Well, death. Since you've seen me, I'd have to eliminate you. Luckily, I won't have to if you do what I tell you and not tell anyone. Deal?" The man approached and stuck his hand out for a shake of agreement.

"Deal…" Kazimir then grabbed the man's hand and shook it before being informed on what he needs to do for the man.

"Get ready, 'cause it's probably the simplest instructions you've ever heard." 47 said.

Ichika Orimura

Ichika held out his paper to the door of his room as he looked to see if they were correct. After leaving Kazimir to finding his dorm, Ichika was slightly relaxed having his own room. It gave him some peace and quiet so that he could escape life's problems for a short while.

"Well, this must be it." Ichika noted to himself before opening the door, setting his suitcase down and looking around in amazement.

"Woah…" Ichika marveled at the new room for only a few seconds before hearing an all too familiar voice.

"Hello?! Is someone out there?!" A feminine voice called out, turning off the faucet to the shower in the bathroom.

"Ah..! Girl…!" Ichika panicked while looking for an escape route or a place to hide before the voice found him.

"Oh hey. You must be my roommate. I look forward to having your company this year." The female voice said before stepping out of the foggy bathroom completely, "Sorry for meeting you like this, but I just got out of the shower. My name is Houki Shinonono..."

The figure was not at all too familiar to Ichika, yet given the circumstance. It surprised everyone. Ichika backed away as the voice became manlier.

"You thought this was the same ecchi scene but it was me, Dio!" A man in a white shirt with gold trimmings and blonde hair had appeared before Ichika… CUT!

Intermission…

I the narrator am terribly sorry for what just occurred in the moment, it was a golden opportunity that I could not pass by. And it was worth it. Without further delay, please enjoy the rest of the chapter.

Scene Jumpcut:

Ichika Orimura

Both Ichika and Houki stared at each other in awkward silence before Houki finally spoke out. Being in awkward silence was worse enough, but being in a towel only as a childhood friend of the opposite gender stares at you is even worse.

"I-I-Ichika…!" Houki nervously and panickedly said as Ichika stood still and stared in the same awkward behavior.

"Uh..ah." Ichika mumbled out incoherently.

"Ah! Don't look!" Houki said, quickly covering her chest while Ichika looked the opposite direction.

"Wah! Sorry!" Ichika replied, panicked.

"What the hell are you doing in here!?" Houki angrily yelled at Ichika before receiving a reply.

"Well… This happens to be my room and- HANG ON! THIS MEANS YOU AND I ARE SHARING THE SAME ROOM!" Ichika blurted

After hearing this, Houki immediately dashed for her kendo stick from her bag and lunged at Ichika with the tip pointing directly at him. Reacting as fast as he could, Ichika ran for the door and shut it behind him. This left him outside of the room and out of harms' way… or so he thought. Immediately after Ichika thought that it was safe the kendo stick smashed through the door, creating a small hole next to Ichika's head. After that, Ichika began to dodge stab after stab through the door. Luckily, he dodged every single one. Before falling forward after losing balance. The torment was not over yet as a group of girls began to crowd around Ichika and began talking amongst themselves.

"ARE YOU HONESTLY TRYING TO KILL ME!? I WOULD'VE BEEN DEAD IF I HADN'T DODGED THAT ONE!" Ichika yelled out as he pointed to the doorway while still on the ground.

"Look that's Orimura!" One girl shouted out.

"Hey. This is his room. That's a good thing to know, isn't it girls?" another girl spoke up.

Ichika, having looked at the girl's chest and the other girls around him scrambled up to the door and pleaded with Houki. This was degrading on a few levels. One for being a man and begging to be let into a room while a group of girls stood right next to him. Two for being chased around by a girl with a kendo stick. And the list is endless. After a few short minutes of apologies and pleading, Ichika was finally let back into the room.

"Um, actually. I.. wanted to have the bed in that corner…" Ichika commented as he looked towards a now fully dressed Houki.

"SO, now it turns out you're my roommate." Houki stated, ignoring Ichika's early comment.

"It. looks that way." Ichika replied, nervously.

"Just what are you up to?" Houki demanded.

"Ehh!?" Ichika said, confused.

"I asked you, what are you up to!? Don't you know mixing genders, past age seven. Is just… wrong!" Houki said once more.

"Sounds like pretty old fashion thinking to me, but actually I suppose there could be a few issues with it. You know with a fifteen year old guy and girl living toge- I mean sharing the same room.." Ichika said aloud as he thought it out.

"You…! You… you…" Houki began to tense up before Ichika answered.

"You requested this room didn't you..! You asked them to put us in here together..!" Houki came to a false realization as Ichika stared in shock

"You're KIDDING me!" Ichika replied in disbelief before Houki grabbed her Kendo stick once more and arced down on Ichika.

Luckily, Ichika was quick enough to catch it before it got too close to him. It didn't help too much though as his strength began to quiver under Houki's anger and rage… This might not be the time in the story, but… Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn.

"O-kay..! This is scary..!" Ichika replied in his oddly bent angle.

"Kidding am I..! I'll show you kidding..! I get it..! I GET IT...!" Houki chanted to herself as she pushed the kendo stick down with more force.

"Scary face..! Scary face..!" Ichika remarked as Houki gained more strength.

Luckily, a savior had come just before Ichika could suffer even more than before. The door was suddenly slammed open as an all too familiar russian walked in.

"Ichika? Is everything alright? I heard loud noises coming from inside room..!" Kazimir walked in just as Houki and Ichika came to a wavering stand still and as girls from before began to peek inside.

"No no. This is private affair ladies. Let two friends hug it out first…" Kazimir said as he pushed the girls out and slammed the door with himself inside the room.

"Aw, just when it was getting good..." Kazimir heard one of the girls say as they walked off.

"Now then, Can one of you explain?" Kazimir said before looking at both of them.

The two stared at each other and then at Kazimir before replying in unison, "They started it."

"And Kazimir is ending it. Both of you calm down and sort things out…" Kazimir said before giving off a glare similar to that of a mother to a bad child.

The two calmed themselves before Houki turned to Ichika with a less angry state of mind and began to speak.

"As long as you and I are sharing the same room… I think that… You and I are going to need to establish some ground rules. First, regarding shower usage hours. I'll use it between seven and eight PM and you can use it from eight to nine." Houki explained.

"Ugh, but I wanted to use it earlier than that." Ichika responded with disappointment.

"Are you asking me not to shower after my club activities?" Houki said.

"You mean activities like Kendo? I thought that they have showers in the club facilities for that." Ichika responded.

"I really don't feel relaxed unless I shower in my own room..!" Houki replied stubbornly.

"And I'd like to use the toilet in my own place rather than using the ones in , hold on. There are no toilets in the rooms here are there..?" Ichika retorted before realizing the truth.

"That's right, they only have restrooms at the end of each hallway.." Houki agreed.

"You'd think that someone would remember that this place is all girls. Buut, worse case scenario...AGh!" Ichika thought to himself before receiving a Kendo stick to the face.

"I see you've become quite a pervert during the years I haven't seen you, I'm VERY disappointed..!"

"What's that supposed to mean..?" Ichika replied with his face being squished by the wooden stick...what? It's tiring saying 'Kendo stick' a lot…

"You wanna go into the girls restroom! What else would you call that besides perverted! Augh! I should punish you right now!"

"Oh no you don't!" Ichika retaliated as he grabbed the other Kendo sword from the Houki's bag with a white bra attached to the end.

"Oh no…" Kazimir said in the background as Houki grabbed the Bra from Ichika's grasp.

"It would seem… that you would wear a bra now, huh? AGH!" Ichika's answer was blunt force trauma to the head. In the form of a Kendo Stick.

"YOU! You didn't see anything! You hear!?" Houki demanded before grabbing the same kendo stick and turning around to scold Kazimir. Instead, she was met with a cartoon smoke cloud in the shape of Kazimir's figure before dissipating.

Instead of asking the obvious question of 'Where'd he go?' she directed her attention back on Ichika before sighing heavily. She could tell that her days in school were only going to get more distressing.

Odd But Very Late Timeskip…

In the darkened shade of a tree near the dorms, a man stood shaking in uncontrollable… laughter? While he stood, a pocket watch slipped from his hand and onto the grass which revealed an ordinary design, only the watch ticked backwards.

The figure finished there burst of laughter and picked up the pocketwatch from the floor before dusting it off. He looked from the pocket watch to the window of a dorm that still had its light on with two figures inside. After a few minutes, the lights were flicked off and all noise from the room that was present before had stopped. The figure clicked the covering of the Pocket Watch back into place before placing it in his coat pocket.

Before the figure walked off, he looked back to the dorm and then back to his hands before saying one thing.

"Who the hell says that when they're holding a girl's bra…? jesus."