Chapter 2: Fun with Learning? Trouble at Kite Academy!
It had been a day since Sora has discovered his power. He had managed to save Elina from a military robot that has recently gone "Maverick". A term for a malfunctioned mechaniloid or reploid. It's attack is what awakened Sora's powers and activated what's titled as MEGA RIDE. Still oblivious to its potential, Sora had decided to use this power to protect Elina.
It is the next day morning. Sora and Elina are currently walking to school. Sora seemed spaced out while following Elina. She faces him as they walk. "Hey, Sora. What's wrong? You've been like that since last night." Sora blinks as he realizes Elina talking to him. "Hunh? Oh, it's nothing. I'm just thinking about this bracelet.. I still can't figure out how I pulled that off.."
Elena replies, "Well, no need to think about it now. You should be more concerned of school. Today's your official introduction in our homeroom, afterall." Sora scratches his head. "Right. Yesterday I only got to look around the school. I wonder how class will be like.." Elina smiles while nudging Sora's shoulder with her elbow. "I'm sure you'll have fun. The classmates are really great." Sora shrugs and says, "If you say so…"
Soon after that, they arrive at school. They just got to class as the bell rang. Elina entered while Sora had to wait for the teacher to introduce him. He leans over the wall, waiting for the teacher. He thought. (Tsk… Why even have me wait? All I can do is just get in there and just talk with the others..) A female teacher walked towards Sora. She asked, "You must be the new student, Sora Trinity?" Sora nods. She then says, "Ah, splendid. I'm your homeroom teacher Kagami Akane. Pleased to meet you. I need a little bit to organize the students first, after that I'll call you to introduce yourself." Sora replies, "Got it."
The teacher enters the classroom as Sora waits. She then calls him like she said she would and he enters. The teacher then tells the students, "He's a new student coming to the Academy. Let's all welcome him generously." She then gestures with her hand to hint Sora to introduce himself. "U-Umm…. Name's Sora Trinity. Nice to meet you all.." The class then claps for him as he takes a seat at the back of the class.
The class takes place, Sora keeps trying to pay attention throughout the whole class. At one point he just holds his head while thinking, (Ughhh… My head hurts. How is THIS fun? Elina must be one of those workaholics if the term's right… Nah.) A while after, the class ends. Then some of the students gather around Sora, asking him all sorts of questions while he looked confused.
Elina looks at him from her desk, laughing lightly at the confused Sora. One of her friends walk up to her and asks, "Hey Elina. Is that the boy you were talking about yesterday?" Elina nods. The girl then holds her chin while staring at Sora. "… I don't know. He doesn't look that cool. He doesn't look that smart either." Elina then replies, "Looks can be deceiving you know." She then remembers Sora's first battle when he took the form of Megaman X.
As soon as the crowd cleared from Sora, he got up his desk and stretched out. "Finally, I can actually enjoy this in-between class breaks…" He looks to his right, noticing one of the male students looking at Elina with a binocular. He walks up to him. "Umm.. Yo. What are you doing?" The boy replies, " Shush! Not now. I'm looking at the school's Queen!" Sora tilts his head. "… Queen? Seriously?" The boy overreacts as he shouts at Sora, "Definitely! Are your eyes straight! Look at that beauty!" Sora then crosses his arms and thought, (.. Wow. I think they put him in the wrong place. Arkham Asylum's south, if I read the map right… Oh wait. That's from the Batman comics Elina had me read last night..) Sora looked at the boy with a bit of disgust as the boy drools. ".. Uhh.. You OK?" The boy replies, "Not now. Panties are enroute." Sora twitches as soon as he heard "Panties". "… Huh?"
"Panties, man! I'm about to see what kind are they." Sora's temper slowly starts raising at the boy's action. ".. You know, that's not the kind of things people would look forward to.." The boy faces Sora. "Are you kidding me? We as men have an obligation to see them! The three sizes too! It's an important step into Adulthoo-" Before he could finish his sentence, Sora sends a pound to the head with his fist. The boy falls face to desk with a large bump growing on his head as his eyes are spinning from the pound. "How's that for an important step, idiot?.." Sora said, in an irritated voice. Some of the class were looking at them.
The boy got up again. He tells Sora, "Come on man! This is serious!" Sora replies, "I have amnesia, and even I know it's stupid." The boy reacts in shock from Sora. "Amnesia! Things can't go like that!" He said while putting his arm over sora's neck. He then thrusts his fist in the air as he screams, "Do not fear! I, Torigaya Kiyoshi, shall teach you through every step to ADULTHO-" Sora grabs his arm and throws him over, then stomps him with his leg while screaming, "Like hell you will!" He then grabs him and grabs his arm, twisting it while on the floor. "OWW! I give! I give!" Kiyoshi says, while Sora's roughening him up.
The class all laugh at Kiyoshi and Sora. Sora then stops after realizing what was going on and stood up, brushing his hair while blushing from the embarrassment. Elina was laughing while she thought, (He's fitting in already.)
Later on, after few classes. It was Lunch time. Sora walks with Elina towards the dining hall. "Damn..That was embarrassing.." Elina laughs lightly. "You seemed to have fun." Sora replies, "Hmph! As if." Kiyoshi then comes from behind. "Yo! We're not done yet, I'll teach you everything I know!" Sora then raises a fist in front of Kiyoshi's face as Kiyoshi sweats and leans his head back away from the fist. "You want me to knock down a few of them teeth..?" Sora said, in an irritated tone again. Elina laughed at them both.
Soon after, they all got their lunch and sat on a table. Sora sat in the middle with Elina on one side and Kiyoshi at the other. Kiyoshi then started blabbering at Sora with random stuff. "So, when dating there're 3 things you need to ABSOLUTELY focus at. The waist, chest, and face." Sora then chuckles while holding his soda. "What's that got to do with anything?" He asked. He then drank his soda while Kiyoshi replies, "It's simple really. The chick's got to have a large chest, like the one Elina has. Those must be a G-cup." As soon as Kiyoshi finished his line, Elina blushed lightly while Sora spat his Soda in surprise. "Yeah! And the waist has to be skinny and nice! The face also needs to be really cute. That's the perfect combination!"
He faces Sora and suddenly freezes from fear. As he sees a mad Sora glaring at him. Sora squeezes his soda can as he asks Kiyoshi, "Do you wanna die so badly?.." Kiyoshi starts shaking and laughs nervously while Elina tries to calm Sora down. "N-Now now, as much as he deserves it.. It's not really worth it.. Ehehe…"
"Well, aren't you all lively?" A voice came from the front of the group. Sora faces his front to see Sky wearing the school uniform, holding a food tray. "Oh Sky. Hey." Elina said, greeting Sky. He sat on the same table as the group. "You're a student here? I thought you finished school already?" Sora asked. Sky replies, "I missed a year, so I'm currently just an 18 years old senior.."
Sky starts eating his food. Sora then decides to ask, "Hey Sky. Why IS your name.. Well, Sky? Shouldn't it be Sora, considering it has the same meaning?" Sky ignores Sora while eating. Elina replies in his place, "Sky, that's rude.. Anyway. The reason is because Sky was born in America while our parents were on business trip. So they decided to name him Sky with the English word instead of the Japanese word. Hence, Sky Tsugami."
Kiyoshi nods, indicating he understood that. "I see, I see. It's funny how these 2 have the same name." They both suddenly glare at him as he freezes for a second. Then they continued their meal. "Sheesh.. Same temper too."
The group continues eating on the table. Sora hears some of the student talking in the table behind him. "Hey, did you guys hear? Another Maverick broke loose yesterday." Another student replies, "Yeah, but they say it was destroyed before the Anti-Maverick forces arrived. Wonder who took care of it." The other student then says, "Oyyy.. I hope they don't increase. The last one was said to be the military robot, Golem. It'll be scary if more military robots break loose.."
Kiyoshi then says, "Mavericks.. I still wonder how they came to in the first place. The mechaniloids and reploids were said to be immune to viruses. But then the Maverick thing started." Sky then replies, "Whatever it is, as long as it doesn't attack us, it's no concern to me." Elina and Sora then look at each other for a short while.
After lunch, the group took their next few periods. Currently they have to attend P.E. Sora and Kiyoshi already got in their P.E. uniforms and they were warming up at the field. "Hoohoo!" Kiyoshi laughs. Sora looks at him in a careless manner, "What's with you?" Kiyoshi replies, "we're about to see the girls in their sport shorts. This is gonna be sweet!" Sora shrugs while slightly raising his shoulders. The teacher then whistles for the students to gather up.
All the male students gathered together. Kiyoshi kept staring at the girls group. "Hohoho! Check it out Sora. There's Elina. You'd like to see her, eh?" Sora replies while facing the girls group, "Boy, I'd like to see you squirm for your life when I… I…" Sora looks at surprise from how Elina looked in her P.E. uniform. He stares shortly at her chest as she is running while slightly blushing. Moments later blood shoots out from his nose as he's holding it. "Haha! I knew that'd happen!" Kiyoshi said. The teacher than screams at them, "Trinity! Torigaya! We're gonna start 10 laps!" Both of them then said, "Shit… Roger!"
Half-the-period later, the male students were all sitting on the ground, panting from the running. Most of them were staring at the girls during their Volleyball session while resting. "Man is our class the luckiest or what!" Sora attempts to reply, "I'm gonna go with or wha-…..!" He suddenly spaces out while his eyes start shining for a split second. Kiyoshi looks at him in confusion, "Hey dude. You OK?" Sora then shakes his head and holds it, "I just… Had a weird feeling.." He notices Sky running towards the P.E. Teacher while holding a metal baseball bat. They both seemed to talk about something out of earshot. Sky then runs towards the school while the teacher whistles for all the students. "Alright! Apparently there's some matters going on at school. So we're staying here for the next period!" All the students reacted negatively from the announcement. A student said, "Man, I am drenching in sweat.. I want to change.." Another would say, "Oh come on. What's up with that?"
Kiyoshi sighs and says, "Great.. Well, want me to teach you more about manhood?" Sora remains silent for a second. " … Hey Kiyoshi. Do me a favor, keep an eye on Elina. I'm gonna check this out." Kiyoshi then replies, "Whoa, man. Bad idea. You could get in trouble." Sora says, "I just can't shake the feeling that I need to go there." Sora attempts to stand up, but the teacher got in front of him. "Sorry, Trinity. You need to sit tight for now." Sora clinches his teeth lightly, trying to think of what to do. Elina looks at him for while and then yells, "Sensei! I need to go the toilet!" The teacher replies, "Can't you hold it in?" Elina replies in an embarrassed matter, "N-No.. Really sorry but I have to go."
The teacher thinks for a few seconds. "Fine. Take someone with you." She runs up to Sora and pulls him up. "Come on, let's go." Sora nods as they run. In the school hallways, Elina asks Sora, "What's wrong? You seem worried." Sora replies, "I sense danger going on inside the school.. I just have to go." Sora and Elina were a few feet away from the main hallway.
Sora suddenly stops, reaching out his arm for Elina to stop. ".. It's close." Sora puts his arm around Elina to cover her while walking around cautiously. She looked at his hand while lightly blushing. "U-Um.. Sora.." "Shh!"
Minutes later, the wall in front of them explodes. Sora covers Elina to protect her while she screams from the sudden event. After the dust and smoke clears, a man sized reploid with heavy silver armor plating and giant silver cannons seemed to hover slightly above the ground, facing them.
"I AM OYNX TANK! MY ORDERS ARE TO SEARCH AND DESTROY! PREPARE FOR ANNIHALATION!" Elina starts shaking behind Sora. Sky then jumps in front of them, holding the baseball bat. "That idiot! I told him to keep the students at the field!" Sky screams. Elina screams at him, "Sky! What are you doing!" Sky replies, "What does it look like! Run! I'll stall him!" Elina screams at him, "D-Don't! You can't fight him!"
"Idiot! I just need to stall him! Run away!" Before Elina could reply to Sky, the maverick prepares another cannon shot. Sora grabs her and jumps to the side of the hall. Sky jumps the other side as the cannon shot flies through the hall, destroying the end.
Sora stood up and ran in front of Sky and Elina. "Sora!" Elina screams. Sky then screams with anger, "You idiot! What do you think you're doing?" Sora remains silent. " ….."
"S-Sky! Let's go. Sora can handle it!" Elina get over to Sky. He pushes her hand away. "Him! How can he-" Sora's bracelet starts shining, Sky looks in surprise. "Hunh!"
Sora then pulls out a card from his card holder that he had on his belt. He slots in the card into the bracelet as a voice comes out.
MEGA RIDE… MEGAMAN ZERO
This time, a red light engulfs Sora's body. A red armor with Black limbs form around him. With gold linings and 2 red edges reach out the helmet with a blue crystal in the middle. White side protection generate on the helmet. His eyes shine blue this time. He then pulls out what seems to be a white handle.
".. Go. I'll handle it." Sora tells Sky and Elina. Sky kept looking in shock, "How in the… What are you?" The handle's tip suddenly open, generating a green beam. It was what he called.. "Z-Saber!" He then dashes at high speed towards the maverick. He slashes at the torso 3 times. While it left some burns, it made minimum damage. The maverick attempts to punch with its right fist as a thruster boosts its speed. Sora jumps back, though it hit his shoulder. He hit the wall but got back up quickly. "Tsk… It's too strong" Sora brings out a gun from his back, shooting away at the Maverick. But not much effect. The maverick fires the cannon, but Sora managed to quickly jump away from where they hit.
Sky grunts while Elina tries to help him move. "Come on.. Sora's giving us a chance. Let's run" Sky and Elina stood up. Sky then yells at Sora. "Hey!" Sora faces Sky as he got the chance.
"Its weakspot is its cannons! That's where I made an impact before while stalling!" Sora aims at a cannon and shoots a charged shot. It hit, but the cannon was still intact. However, it seemed more loose that it used to be. Sora grins as he pulls out his Z-saber. "Thanks! Get back, I'm ending this!" The handle of the Z-saber seemed to open some kind of slit to pass through cards. Sora pulls out a card and slides it through the saber.
MAXIMUM ATTACK RIDE… MEGAMAN ZERO
The blue crystal starts to shine as well as Sora's eyes. In his mind, 3 words came to his head. "Dark Hold", "Z-Saber+", and "Emergency Boost System" He then dashes at the maverick and jumps behind it. It attempts to turn around using it's thruster. "Dark Hold!" Sora screams. Time suddenly freezes around him. He starts flying using his dash ability from his boots while his saber grew larger. "This'll end it!" HE dashes through the Maverick. Time then returned to its normal course. Moments later, the cannons fall apart, revealing an important part of the Maverick's systems. Sora jumps above it and charges his buster.
He shoots the buster at the circuits and successfully hits, melting them and deactivating the Maverick. He then lands as he returns to normal. He looks behind him, looking at a surprised Sky and a relieved Elina.
"Thank goodness! You did a great job!" Elina said as Sora walks towards them. He faces Sky and then said, "I'll explain to you everything I know back at home. I promise." Sky remained silent. "… Hmph." Sora then shrugs. (What's his problem?)
Sky then stands up properly and dusts himself. "You two get back to class. Don't talk with anyone about what happened, and if asked, you don't know a thing." Elina and Sora nodded. "But Sky, what about you?" Sky holds Elina's shoulder. "I'll be fine. Get back to class." Elina remains silent for a bit, she then nods and walks with Sora back to the field.
The Teacher walks up to them. "What took you so long? I told you to be quick!" Elina then apologizes to him. "So Sorry! I lost Sora halfway there, so I kept looking around for him." The Teacher then shrugs and says, "Well, you can take a seat ." Elina goes to sit. Sora attempts to follow her, but the teacher stops him, "Not you. You're taking 20 laps." Sora yells in surprise, "What! Why?" The Teacher replies, "Because you were late. Get started or they'll be 40." Sora walks towards the field mumbling. "Sonuva*Beeep* of *Beeep* and…" Elina then thought. (Poor Sora. Even though he worked so hard earlier, fighting that Maverick.)
Later after school day ended. Sora and Elina walked home. "Ow! Cramped muscles…" "Sorry, Sora. I should've ran with you." Elina said. "Nah, I can handle it. It's just a bit troublesome." Sora replied. "But still…" Elina lowered her head.
"It's OK. I'm made of tougher material! I'm completely fine!" Sora said, lifting his arm up. "Well… Did you enjoy school?" Sora remained silent for a short while. (I knew it.. He hated it..) Sora replied, "It was pretty fun." "Huh?" Elina lifts her head in surprise.
"Sure, it was crazy. But the classmates were fun, and… Well, I got to be with you through the day. Better than sitting home and doing nothing." Elina started to smile, glad that Sora enjoyed his time.
"Well, in that case, I'll be making a feast back home as a celebration of your first day at school." Elina says. "Sweet!" Sora replies in excitement. Then Elina laughs and says, "Just kidding! C'mon let's go." She winks while walking ahead of Sora. He laughs nervously and then asked, "Ehehe…. You're still making a feast right?" Elina said, "Maybe~." She giggles while running. Sora runs after her. "It's not funny! I'm starving!"
And they both ran back home, concluding another day from Sora's journey.