Authors Notes: Got some pretty good reviews, which I am happy about, this authors notes will be answering a question I saw on the reviews along with some general info.
To answer your question; Yes, this is before they met Charlotte and Laura. The timeline of this is after the unmanned IS drone attack at the end of Ichika and Rin's match at episode 4 and will diverge from there.
I'm sorry if Chifuyu seems OOC in this chapter and the last, to be fair I have been trying to make most of her outbursts limited to her thoughts and making her actions as in character as possible. I also wasn't aware that Kanzashi was the representative candidate of japan (I thought that Ichika was made the representative when they found out he could pilot the IS, sorry)
I also saw how rare it is for Cecilia or Rin to get a serious romantic moment with Icihika compared to Charlotte and Houki so I'll try my best to balance all the harems moments with Ichika to make it so that it can seem like a true harem and not a love triangle.
I'll also be tweaking Charlottes and Laura's demeanors a bit in this story. Realistically speaking; Charlotte was both mentally and physically abused and Laura is a test tube baby child soldier but Charlotte seems to be fine and none the worse despite this and Laura, though acting like a crazy blood knight for her first appearance, defrosts way too quickly for someone who was born and bred to forgo emotion so they may seem darker in this fic.
This chapter will deal with more random humor along with Cecilia's date with Ichika, a little more of her past will also be shed in this chapter. The action and problems start at chapter 3 so I hope you enjoy this chapter.
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
(Side comments)
Bolded words are what Ichika perceive as English
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Location: Airport
POV: Ichika Orimura
'Ahh~ my legs are killing me, I can't believe I didn't notice that I could've just stood up while Chifuyu-nee was asleep' I thought as I cursed my stupidity.
"Orimura, quit slacking off and hurry up!" I heard a voice from the entrance yell at me.
"Yes Orimura-sensei" I say to myself in a dejected tone.
Deciding to go to the bathroom first, I quickly make my way there before Chifuyu-nee gets even madder.
'Got to go to the wash- hey what're they doing?'
In front of me I saw three guys and two girls standing in the hallway to the girls' washroom, it looks like the guys are talking to the girls.
"You girls are from that IS academy right? Wanna hang out with us for a while?" A beefy brunette said with a cocky smile.
'Are those guys hitting on the girls? It's kinda hard to tell since they're saying it in English.'
"Come on, why don't you ditch the snooze fest and come with us?" A blonde man with black sunglasses said as he leaned towards the girls.
"Yeah yeah, let's go have fun somewhere else!" Another guy said with a lecherous grin on his face.
'I guess they are. Well that's not really surprising nowadays, male social standing has hit the all time low with the IS' introduction to the world so being friends with someone can use the IS would be useful I guess.'
"W-We're really sorry but were on a field trip so we'll have to say no." A blue haired girl (she can speak English?) said while bowing in an apologetic manner.
'Since the IS was released schools specifically designed to train potential IS pilots have been popping up all over the world, males and females tend to be separated after elementary school since males can't pilot the IS and don't have to be trained (present company excluded). As a result girls tend to have no experience with guys and are either shy or overly proud, guess those guys are out of luck.'
"Huh, why not? A stupid field trip is nothing to some fun in the city." The blonde haired man said in a cocky voice.
"We'll just have to take your word for it sir, now please, we really have to-"
Before the girl could finish her sentence the beefy brunette had grabbed her hand and tried to pull her away.
"Hey! Let go of my friend!" The other girl who had stayed quiet so far suddenly screamed out.
"Come on, you'll have a good time with us, won't they boys?" The brunette "asked" the other two men present.
'That's going too far!'
Walking quickly towards them I grabbed the brunette man's arm before he could pull the frightened girl away.
"Ichika-san!" The girl said in a surprised tone.
"Get out of here, both of you; I'll deal with these guys"
"But-"
"Just go!"
Taking my advice the two girls immediately ran to the airport exit.
'Now, having said that, I have no idea what I'm going to do right now.'
"What the hell was that for? We were just gonna take those girls for a little tour." the man whose arm I was holding said in an angry tone.
"Hey, the girl said NO!"
Glaring at me, the man pulled his hand from my grip before he started talking again.
"What the hell did you say? Whatever it is, it sounds insulting."
'I forgot, they probably can't understand Japanese.'
"Hey! He's wearing the same uniforms as those girls, he's that guy that was on the news a few months back." The one with the lecherous grin from earlier said in a surprised tone.
"You mean the one who can use an IS? He doesn't look so tough." The blonde guy remarked.
" Yeah, let's take him down then get back to those girls." The brunette (he seems to be the leader) said as he cracked his fists.
'This is bad! I can't take them at the same time, I need to even the odds a bit."
"INFINITE STRATOS! SUMMON!"
Acting on the spur of the moment, I yelled out in a "Super Sentai" like voice while doing a pose.
"BWAAH~ HE'S GONNA SUMMON HIS IS! I'M OUT OF HERE!" The blonde one said as he ran away in fear.
"YEAH MAN! THIS AINT WORTH IT! I'M OUT TOO!" The third man said as he also ran.
"HEY! HE JUST BULLSHITTING! COME BACK YOU IDIOTS!" The brunette yelled at the other two men.
Not believing or not hearing the brunette's cries, the other two men ran away and got lost in the crowd.
'Okay that worked way better than I expected, that's two down and one to go!'
Before I could think of another plan the angry brunette grabbed me by the throat and held me up like a rag doll.
"I guess its just you and me now IS boy, Come on! Let's see what you got."
Tightening his grip on my neck, I felt him trying to squeeze the air out of my lungs and myself losing breath.
'Not good, need to get out of this FAST!'
Forcing myself to stay conscious, I managed to raise my right fist and smack him in the face as hard as I can.
"You little bastard!"
Tightening his hold on my throat even more, I started seeing black and my vision fading.
'Damn it? Is there nothing I can do?'
"What's going on here!"
Hearing the loud voice behind him, the large man let go of me and immediately turned around.
Lying sprawled out on the floor, coughing, and barely aware of my surroundings. I almost missed the conversation going on right in front of me.
'Wait a minute…that voice?'
"What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy here?"
"I'd like to know what you're doing to that young man."
'CHIFUYU-NEE!'
"Just teaching him a lesson, why, what's it to you?"
"He happens to be one of my students, so I'll be taking him back now."
'Chifuyu-nee, get out of here!'
"I don't think so lady, this little punk pissed me off and he's gonna get what's coming to him."
"I'll make sure to punish him heavily for choosing to get involved with scum like you, you can be sure of that. Now I'll say it again, I'll be taking him back now."
'P-Punish!'
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!"
"Oh? Do I have to repeat myself?"
"YOU COCKY BITCH!"
With an angry roar, the beefy man charged at Chifuyu-nee like some kind of raging bull.
"Honestly, I wanted to solve this peacefully." She sighed.
Looking bored despite the situation. Chifuyu-nee lazily sidestepped the man's charge, grabbed his arm and held it behind his back in a locking position.
"Now do you understand what I'm saying?"
"Y-YES! I UNDERSTAND! NOW LET ME GO!"
It seems he's given up trying to beat me up.
"Not yet, you still have to do one thing."
"W-What's that?"
Turning him around by the arm she made him face towards me who's still lying on the floor coughing.
"Apologize to him"
"Why hell should I! He was the one wh- AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHH"
*Crack*
Twisting the man's arm in a painful manner, she spoke her next words in a slow, deliberate manner.
"It wasn't a request."
"ALRIGHT!ALRIGHT! IM SORRY KID!"
The screaming abruptly stopped as she let go of his arm and kicked him in the back towards the airport security (where did they come from?).
"That's all we need then, take him away officers."
Turning back towards me, she helped me stand up and patted me on the back until I stopped coughing. After feeling my voice come back I tried to thank her for her rescue.
"T-Thanks for the help Chif-"
*Smack*
"THAT, is for getting yourself in trouble AGAIN." she said in a quiet tone
*Smack*
"THAT, is for causing me to worry." she said in an even quieter tone.
'Ow! She's really merciless.'
"And THIS," She said as her voice became a barely audible whisper. Closing my eyes, I prepared myself for the third smack. "Is for being a brave young man."
'Huh?'
Opening my eyes I noticed that she put her arms around my neck and held me close to her.
'What's happening? Am I dreaming? Why is she hugging me?'
Unfortunately I couldn't find the answer to those questions as she quickly let me go and started leading me back to the entrance.
'W-Wait Chifuyu-nee, how did you know I was here?"
"Two girls came running up to the entrance and started yelling something about you being in trouble."
"T-They did, huh?"
'Guess I got lucky then, didn't I?' I though as I sighed in relief.
"Be careful Ichika, I wouldn't relax just yet if I were you."
'Huh? How come?"
"I did say they were yelling, didn't I? I wasn't the only one who heard."
'Huh? What does that mea-"
"ICHIKA!"
"ICHIKA-SAN!"
Before I could react I felt myself being tackled painfully to the ground and being pinned by three bodies to the airport floor.
"Why did you do that? Are you an idiot!" an angry childlike voice said.
'Rin?'
"Honestly, this wouldn't have happened if you took your kendo training seriously." A voice dripping with disapproval remarked.
'Houki?'
"It's my fault, I should've kept a closer eye on you" a sad voice said softly.
'Cecilia-san'
Taking a few seconds to catch my breath, I notice Houki, Rin, and Cecilia-san all looking at me with worried expressions.
"D-Don't worry about me you three, Chifuyu-nee saved me and I didn't get hurt." I said trying to reassure them.
They all looked like they wanted to say something else but Chifuyu-nee made an announcement before they could start.
"Alright that's enough, we can continue this conversation at the bus, and we've wasted enough time here."
Time skip: 20 minutes later
Location: Bus
Me and Houki were seated together at the back of the bus, Cecilia and Rin got seated together towards the front (They didn't look too happy about it for some reason), it's been 20 minutes since the start of the bus ride and Houki hasn't said a word.
'Why's she being so quiet? Usually she'd be telling me about our next kendo session or something.'
"You're a bad liar Ichika." Houki suddenly remarked.
"What are you talking about Houki? "
"You really did get hurt didn't you?"
"Like I said, Chifuyu-nee saved me before anything could happen."
"There are bruises all over your neck you know" She said as she pointed towards my neck.
'What! There are?'
Putting my hands up to touch my neck, I flinched at the sore feeling around my throat area.
'How come I didn't notice earlier?'
"It's not a big deal, really, I'm used to getting hit you know"
"What do you mean you're used to getting hit!" Houki suddenly yelled in an outraged voice.
"W-Well, you do hit me a bunch of times when something awkward happens or when I have an accident or something" I said trying to stop her yelling.
…
Houki stopped talking and just looked down at the floor in front of her.
'M-Maybe that was the wrong thing to say.'
"…Did you really get hurt by those hits like you did today?"
"H-Hey Houki, I didn't mean it th-"
"U-Um, e-e-excuse me" A soft voice said before I could finish trying to apologize.
Looking to my right I noticed a girl standing nervously and fidgeting in place, she seemed to be trying to say something but I couldn't hear because her voice was really soft.
"Uh, yes, what is it?" I say in a slightly anxious tone as I stand up to talk to her.
"I-I-I j-just want to t-thank you for h-helping me and my f-friend earlier" She said in a nervous tone.
'Her and her friend? She must be the girl from earlier, funny I didn't notice that earlie.r'
"Oh it was nothing, Chifu- I mean Orimura-sensei was the one who did all the work, I just distracted them for a bit that's all."
"Y-You were still the o-o-one who saved us so I'd like to-AHHH!"
The bus suddenly hit a bump on the road and the girl, unfortunately, had not held onto anything and fell right towards me.
*Crash*
I'm on the floor again, and this time I have somebody on top of me (that sounded wrong).
'I'm spending a lot of time on the floor today aren't I? Hm? what's this soft feeling on my hands?'
*Squeeze*
"K-KYAAAAH!"
'I have a bad feeling about this'
"L-LET GO OF MY CHEST!"
I suddenly feel something hitting me painfully hard on the face before I see the girl running back to her seat.
"Hey! Did you see that?"
"Orimura-kun DOES have urges"
"WE HAVE A CHANCE!"
Girls suddenly started talking with each other while pointing at me who's still sprawled out on the floor.
'Why does do these things always happen to me?'
"Everybody quiet down now!" I heard a voice from the front of the bus yell.
"Yes Orimura-sensei" all the girls said
Chifuyu-nee suddenly appeared in front of me and helped me up from the floor.
"You never stop getting in trouble, do you Orimura? I'd advise you to be careful though."
"Why? Who was that girl?"
"She's Saranshiki Kanzashi, the little sister of the student council president, and she's very protective of her, so you better go to sleep with one night open from now on." she said with genuine concern in her voice.
'I hate my life.'
Time skip: 2 hours later
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Hotel lobby
"Alright class, listen up. We'll be staying here for a duration of 4 days and 3 nights, we start the registration for the conference meeting tomorrow at noon so make sure to wake up and prepare before then, that is all, now go to your rooms. Chifuyu-nee announced to the class.
Following her advice I made my way to the elevator and hit the button for the 19th floor.
'Room 1907 huh, I wonder who my roommate is? They said I had to partner with a girl but what are the chances it's someone I know'
Stepping out of the elevator, I made my way for the room designated in my card.
'You just slide the card in, and it opens the door automatically right? Well, here goes nothing.'
Reaching into my pocket, I pull out my keycard, place it on the card reader, and make my way inside.
POV: Chifuyu Orimura
Looking up from the bed I'm resting on, I notice my brother entering the room, he suddenly stopped and stared at me.
'Seems surprised to see me, he was probably expecting someone else.'
"Chifuyu-nee! You're my roommate?"
"Well, what did you expect? That they'd let you room with another girl after what happened at the dorms? It was either me or Yamada-sensei.'
"Well, at least now it won't be awkward." he said as he went to the second bed and collapsed into it.
Standing up I make my way for the door.
"Huh? Chifuyu-nee, where are you going?'
"I'm going to the lounge and go drinking with Yamada-kun. I'll be back later tonight, will you be alright by yourself?"
"Yeah, Cecilia-san will be here later and help me with something for the demo, don't worry it'll be just the two of us."
'That's exactly what I'm worried about, I wonder if it's too much to hope that nothing will happen tonight?'
"Alright then, I'll see you later Ichika."
Location: Hotel Bar
"Ahh~ what a tiring day…"
"Are you alright Orimura-sensei?"
"I'm fine Yamada-kun, I just have some jetlag, that's all."
"Alright then, be careful though, you can't be too drunk because we have to wake up before noon."
"I'll keep that in mind, thanks."
Contrary to my words, I kept drinking more of the alcohol that was placed in front of me.
"Is Orimura-kun ready for his demo?"
"He's practicing for it right now, he told me that Alcott's helping him with it."
"Y-You mean they're alone in your room right now!" She suddenly yelled out.
"Yeah? What's your point?"
"A-A-Aren't you worried about what could happen! A b-boy and a g-girl, all alone in a r-room?"
"You really need to stop reading those ero manga you confiscate from the girls."
"E-Ero Manga! I don't read those!"
'Yeah right.'
"Besides, she won't try anything if she knows what's good for her." I said as I took another shot of alcohol.
'At least I hope so…'
POV: Ichika Orimura
Location: Hotel Room
"You have to try HARDER Ichika-san"
"I-I know that, but this is my first time doing this kind of thing you know?"
"What? But everyone in school has done it at least once, myself included!"
"It's harder than I thought it would be alright!"
"You can't give up Ichika-san, I'm sure Dunoa's representative has done something as simple as this multiple times as well, you cant lose to him!"
'I didn't think this was a competition, might as well try my best either way.'
"Maybe I should call Rin, I do see her doing this a lot."
"Why? Am I not enough Ichika-san?"
"No! I'm not saying you're a bad teacher or anything, I just see her doing it a lot more than you do, that's all."
"Honestly Ichika-san, it isn't that hard, you just have to know when to flex your fingers. You're a beginner so you can thrust your arms up and down if you want."
After three minutes of thrusting my arms up and down nothing had changed...
"Argh! This is so annoying, it really won't come out no matter what I do." I yell out
"Calm down Ichika-san, just imagine something white and it'll be out before you know it."
"Yeah, I guess your right Cecilia-san." I said as I try to calm down and focus again.
Thrusting my arms up and down yet again, I imagine a white empty space and before I knew it I felt something make contact with my hand.
"I DID IT!"
"See, I knew you could do it Ichika-san. Now try practicing without moving your hands, remember, flex your fingers."
Alright then, here goes!
*knock* *knock* *knock*
Ichika! Open the door!" a voice from outside the door yelled.
'Rin? What's she doing here? Better open the door before she gets mad though.'
Standing up from the bed, I open the door and Rin stumbles into the room clumsily before glaring at Cecilia.
"What are you doing here!"
"I'm helping Ichika-san do some training, is there a problem?"
"What were you doing here Ichika?" she said suddenly glaring at me
"Huh? Like Cecilia-san said, she was helping me train."
"Liar! I could hear you from outside, y-y-you were talking about flexing your f-f-fingers and th-th-thrusting your arms up and down" she said as she looked down on the floor"
"Yeah, Cecilia-san was teaching me about Partial deployment and she said flexing my fingers and moving my arm up and down would help with it."
"P-P-Partial deployment?"
"Yes, Partial deployment, what did you think we were doing Lingyin-san?" Cecilia-san asked with a smirk on her face. (why's she so happy?)
"N-Nevermind that! Why didn't you ask me for help instead Ichika?" Rin said suddenly looking back at me.
"You're the class representative of B-class aren't you? I thought you'd be busy helping your teacher with the trip."
'I couldn't help out earlier cause Chifuye-nee did all the work.'
"No excuses! I'm gonna help you right now!"
"A-Alright then, thanks for the help Rin." I say in a somewhat nervous tone.
'Better be careful, I don't wanna make her mad again.'
Sitting at a circle on the floor we started discussing the training.
"So, what have you managed to do so far?"
"Ichika-san's managed to summon Byakushiki's arm, but he can't seem to do it without moving his arms." Cecilia-san said before I could answer.
"Oh! I have an idea then!"
"What is it Rin?"
"Take off your clothes Ichika."
"HUH!"
"Your clothes are probably getting in the way, since your not wearing your pilot suit, taking your uniform should be enough."
'That's CRAZY! Tell her Cecilia-san!"
"…No…I think she's right Ichika-san." she said in a soft voice.
"What! You're both crazy!"
I tried to stand up but both of them tackled me to the ground before I could even move.
'This is my FOURTH time on the floor and it's only been one day, this is getting ridiculous.'
"Ichika, just take your clothes off and try it out at least" Rin said as she grabbed the buttons on my uniform.
"Sh-She's right Ichika-san, It wont hurt to try" Cecilia-san stuttered as she tried to take off my pants.
'Wait! Why is she taking off my pants too? I have a really bad feeling about this'
*Click*
"Wh-What's going on h-here" a stuttering voice yelled out.
All three of us froze and just stared in shock at the green haired teacher.
'Yamada-sensei?'
"O-Orimura-kun, I knew something like this would happen!"
"What do you mean you were expecting this!"
"Hey, Yamada, what's going on over there." we heard a slurred voice say from outside the door.
'Uh-oh, I have a bad feeling about this…'
Chifuyu-nee suddenly stumbled into the room and had spotted the three of us lying on the floor.
…
…
…
"I must've had too much to drink, cause I suddenly feel like killing two representative candidates." She said breaking the silence.
"AHHHH!"
With a synchronized scream, Rin and Cecilia-san ran out of the room like their life depended on it (it probably did) with Chifuyu-nee giving chase.
…
"Um…Orimura-kun?"
"Yes Yamada-sensei?"
"I'm sorry for interrupting your private time."
"No, you didn't rea-"
"So" she began before I could finish explaining "I-If you want, then sensei could make up for it, though I might be a bit older than you but this is also my first time with a boy."
With shaking hands, she started to slide down the sleeves of her dress.
"W-W-Wait, Yamada-sensei, I don't know what's going on but you probably had too much to drink."
I quickly stopped her hands and made to push her out the order.
"Please go back to your room and tomorrow I hope you'll be back to normal!"
"B-But I didn't dri-"
Closing the door before she could complete her sentence (I was way too tired) I made my way for the bed and lied down to get some sleep.
'To think this is just the first day, what's next? A terrorist attack or something? Nah, too farfetched.'
Time skip: 12 noon the next day.
The excitement from last night left Chifuyu-nee with a headache when she woke up, fortunately she didn't seem to remember anything about finding the three of us on the floor and registration went pretty smoothly. We were told that we had free time for the rest of the day and I was wondering what to do.
'Now that registrations over what am I gonna do for the rest of the day? Houki hasn't talked to me since the ride in the bus, maybe I should find her and apologize.'
"Um, Ichika-san?"
'Huh?'
Turning around I saw that Cecilia was standing behind me.
"What is it Cecilia-san?"
"Well, I thought that I'd show you around London today since you don't know the area"
'I guess that could work, I'll be able to see the city and I'll have a better chance of seeing Houki when we get back to the hotel anyway.'
"Alright then Cecilia-san, where should we go first?"
"Well…I was planning to go to my house first so I could get a change of clothes, I could get some for you too, and we don't want to attract any attention by wearing our uniforms around the city too much"
"Alright then, how do we get there?"
"We'll have to take a taxi, so please follow me."
Time skip: 30 minutes later
Location: Alcott Mansion
"Well, here we are Ichika-san"
…
I was speechless.
"Hm, what's wrong Ichika-san?"
'This isn't a house, it's a CASTLE!'
There, right in front of me, was one of the largest buildings I'd seen in my life. It was made of red brick and surrounded by a vast garden on all sides; I could even see butlers and maids working all over the garden.
'I know she said she was an elite but this is ridiculous!'
"Ichika-san, are you alright?"
"O-Oh yeah, I'm fine, just spaced out for a bit, sorry."
"Alright then, let's go."
Making our way to the front door, I suddenly felt even more out of place when I heard the greeting of the servants once we entered the "house".
"Welcome back Milady~" a wave of servants greeted Cecilia-san at the door.
"Hello everyone, It's good to see you all again."
"Should we prepare the guest room for our Mistresses guest?"
"No, we shall simply be getting a change of clothes, I trust you have prepared them?"
"Yes Mistress!"
"Good, do you know where Chelsea is?"
"She said she would be on her way to Milady's room."
"Thank you, that will be all."
"Please follow me Ichika-san, and be careful, you don't want to get lost here."
"Hey Cecilia-san, why don't we hold hands?"
"H-Hold hands?"
"Yeah, I don't want to get lost so holding our hands together should make sure we don't split up."
"A-A-Alright then, Ichika-san, if you would?" she said raising her hand
With a nod I clasp onto her hand and we make our way through the huge structure.
'Her hands are shaking, maybe she's feeling cold since Japan is usually hotter this time of year?'
Making our way through the many hallways I notice there seemed to be a lot of paintings of a woman with long blonde hair along with a younger girl with a happy expression.
'Her family before the accident?'
I couldn't dwell anymore on the subject because before I realized it we had reached our destination.
"This is my room Ichika-san, please wait here for a moment and I'll go get your clothes." she said before she left for another room.
Cecilia's room wasn't at all what I expected it to be, compared to the rest of the building the room itself was bare in comparison. Despite the large appearance all that was there was a table at the center of the room filled with papers and a bed off to the side which was what she probably used for sleep.
'This room wasn't anything like I'd imagine it to be, wonder why it's so barren?'
Deciding to explore the room I checked the papers that were on the table.
'Bank accounts, investment notes, agreements with the Government? Why does she have all these things?'
"What are you doing?" a voice from behind me asked.
Turning around I saw a girl with dark red hair wearing a maid uniform with a huge belt around her waist.
"Just tidying the place up, that's all."
"Ah! Are you Orimura Ichika-san?"
"Um, yes I am, is there something you need miss…."
"Chelsea. My name is Chelsea, anyway, I'm just looking for Miss Cecilia."
"Oh! She went into another room to get us a change of clothes."
"Alright, I'll just wait here then." she said as she leaned back towards the wall.
…
…
…
'What's with this awkward silence? Maybe I should talk about something.'
"So…why does this room look so different?"
"What do you mean Orimura-san?"
'I just didn't expect Cecilia-san's room to be so bare, it looks more like an office than a room and there are those weird papers too."
"You mean you don't know?"
"Know what?" 'What's she talking about?'
"You do know what happened to Miss Cecilia's parents right?"
"Yes, she told me they died in a train accident."
"Do you know what happened after that?"
"No. She didn't say anything after that, she said it wasn't important"
…
"Did something bad happen to her?"
"Well, are you sure you want to hear it Ichika-san? There must have been a reason she didn't tell you."
"Please tell me, if something happened to her then maybe I can help."
*sigh* "Alright then, Let's start from the beginning; When her parents died in that crash who do you think would inherit their assets?"
"Cecilia-san of course, she is their daughter right?"
"That was supposed to be the case, Miss Cecilia however was only 10 at the time and her relatives kept squabbling with each other and they just seemed to forget about her."
"So they left her alone after her parents just DIED!"
"I'm afraid so, she locked herself in her room for days after that. Then one day she suddenly comes out and says "she won't let anyone take what her mother worked so hard for" and started spending all her time trying to stop her relatives from getting their greedy hands on the Alcott fortune."
"So all those papers…"
"That's right, she's been making deals and agreements with various people all to try and keep what was supposed to be hers in the first place."
"…"
"She changed after all that, she started believing that she didn't need to rely on anyone else and that all that mattered was keeping the fortune safe."
"Then why did she become a representative candidate if that was all she cared about?"
"The government offered her a deal: If she became the representative candidate then they'd keep anyone from taking the Alcott fortune."
'So that's why she was so proud of her IS when I first met her.'
"But…I can tell she's changed again."
"Huh, how so?"
"For the first time in 5 years Miss Cecilia has shown a true genuine smile once again, I believe we have you to thank for that Orimura-san."
"But I didn't do anything!"
"Just please, Orimura-san, keep being friends with Miss Cecilia, she seems to be happiest when she's with you."
"What do you mean?"
Before she could reply to my question Cecilia had walked in the room "Ah! There you are Chelsea, what were you talking about with Ichika-san?"
"Oh, it was nothing, I was just introducing myself."
"Oh, well then I guess we should go then Ichika-san, hurry and change into these clothes then we can go."
Time skip: 4 Hours later
Cecilia-san had showed me all the different sights and landmarks of London during the last 4 hours, Unfortunately I couldn't really focus on that since I had kept thinking about what Chelsea-san had told me. Right now we were resting at a bench in the park near the hotel.
"Is something wrong Ichika-san? You've been awfully quiet."
"Oh, its nothing really, just thinking about things."
"Well, if you have any problems then please don't hesitate to rely on me, I'll try to help as best as I can."
Chelsea's words repeated in my head:
"She changed after all that, she started believing that she didn't need to rely on anyone else and that all that mattered was keeping the fortune safe."
"I mean, we're friends, aren't we Ichika-san?"
"Just please, Orimura-san, keep being friends with Miss Cecilia, she seems to be happiest when she's with you."
"That's right Cecilia-san, we are friends."
Standing up from the bench I turn to face towards her
"So from now on call me Ichika, friends don't need to be so formal, right Cecilia?"
"I-I-If you say so Ichika-sa… I mean Ichika." she said in a surprised tone.
"Don't forget that you can also rely on me, friendship works both ways you know."
"T-Then, can I ask you to keep this for a while?"
Putting he hands into the pockets of her pants, she fished out a necklace and handed it to me.
"Huh, I'd be glad to, but what's it for?"
I studied the necklace and saw that it was simply made with a key like ornament at the end.
"Just promise me you can keep it and that you'll return it before we go back to school."
"Alright then, I promise"
"Thank you Ichika" she said with a radiant smile on her face.
"I guess we should go back before since it's almost, come on Cecilia."
"Okay, Ichika."
As we were walking back I suddenly remembered something.
"Hey Cecilia"
"Hmm?"
"Since we changed our clothes and your maids took our uniforms, how do we get them back?"
…
"Ehehehe, I'm wondering as well now that I remember."
'We are so dead.'
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Sorry for the corny chapter. I know it's clichéd and they may seem OOC but I'm trying my best to make each and every harem member more likable than canon portrayals show them.
Next chapter will be the demo, the introduction of Charlotte and the two male OC's and the first conflict of the story.
Beta Note: EthernalRain here. I'm pretty interested in this fic, also Sacred Twins by ZeroXSEED, and the slowly growing amount of fics that starred various unique non-IS using characters that appeared a bit after my fic was posted. I don't really like the clichéd, Gary Stu IS pilots, and I really like it when someone makes a unique character that I can enjoy reading about, and simply understand him or her. Kind of like how I intentionally make flawed characters since no one likes a Gary Stu or Mary Sue.
Now I'm just ranting, and vendetta543's probably mad at me for stealing a bit at the end of his page. So all I have to say to you is keep an eye on this fic, it will be worth your time! (Even if it takes a bit of mine when I do the editing and grammar checks.)