To say that daily life at the genetics academy was boring was an understatement. Besides all the classes and tests that he had to go for to catch up what he missed as a first year, he was also forced to undergo multiple clinical tests to see if he was compatible to become a limiter. Thankfully he wasn't. He had no intention of even attempting to become a limiter after all he was here to provide additional support against the nova. He sat at the corner of his bed looking at his gauntlet and wondering about the current progress of his other armors. In the two weeks that had passed, the Amazing Exia had been completed and been redesignated the avalanche exia. It was now slightly bulkier but had a much more impressive load out with two additional blades which were mounted on its back. It also was significantly faster as the output of the gn drive was being better utilized. He was now awaiting the development of the second of his armors. Although for the most part the past two weeks had been extremely boring, there were still some parts that were good about it. He looked forward to every time he was given an opportunity to spar with the pandora, even though he could easily beat most of them with the exception of Chiffon who he had yet to go against. Though he still had yet to show off the completed form of the avalanche exia. He was still only using it in its base form. In addition to the sparring sessions, he had somehow gotten very close with Chiffon. In fact he was supposed to go out for dinner with her. The two were often seen together throughout the day. Many thought that Chiffon and Meijin were just the regular pandora limiter pair but that was obviously not the case.

Looking at the clock he saw that it was already 8pm and so he got dressed and left to go meet Chiffon at the fountain in the centre of the academy. He still wore the exact same outfit except now without the genetics emblem and still wore the same sunglasses. When he got there he was surprised to see Chiffon was already there. He had expected her to be late considering he had often heard of how girls were always late. She was wearing a red sundress with matching heels and a denim jacket. He thought she looked cute in her outfit.
"You look cute in that dress," he said making her blush slightly at his compliment.

"And you still wear the exact same thing..." She complained while making a pouting face to show her disapproval at his choice of attire.

He liked the outfit he wore and all of it was custom made for him after all. That was why he rarely felt like wearing anything else. They left for dinner in the nearby town at a steak restaurant. As they walked back to the academy, Chiffon asked Meijin, "Hey Kawaguchi-san why is it that you always wear sunglasses even at night?"

"It's because I don't want people to see my eyes. I don't think they are nice to look at. I could ask you the same thing why do you always have your eyes closed?" Meijin replied.

"Well you could say that it's because I don't want people to see my eyes too. But...," she replied as she opened her eyes, "I do show them to people I trust. And you are the second person to see my eyes. So can I see yours?"

He was mesmerized by the beauty of her eyes. They did not have regular but had an irregular line running through it. "Very well then." He obliged by taking off his sunglasses and showing her his eyes. She was shocked at what she saw. They had an orange glow to them and seemingly constant movement of orange lines within the iris. It was safe to say that she too was mesmerized by his eyes.

"Well now we know something about the other and know that we trust each other." she said as she leaned in for a kiss. He obliged and wrapped his arms around her waist. Their embrace lasted for a good minute before they parted and went to their separate dorms.

He met Chiffon the next day before they headed off for class. He was surprised to learn that news of their kiss just last night had already spread and was a hot topic of discussion for many of the students. He sighed to himself. Chiffon turned and said to him, "Well high school gossip does spread faster than any other news." He just frowned at her remark and carried on walking towards class. The classes were mostly boring to him as he already knew everything about the pandora and the nova. He was after all created to work alongside them. But after lunch with Chiffon he was quite pleased during physical training as he was to spar with Chiffon. He could finally use his new and improved exia against a worthy opponent. He had only used the upgraded exia recently in a spar against Arnett, although without the avalanche parts because he deemed them unnecessary. He also still only relied on the GN gun sword in most of his spars as he rarely needed more. He was interested to see how he would fare against Chiffon knowing that she was the strongest pandora in the world. And so the pair went down to the field to get ready for their friendly spar.

Chiffon deployed her volt weapon-Anti-Nova trial version. A large gauntlet with claw like fingers that replaced her normally petite right arm. Meijin Kawaguchi activated the switch and in a flash of blue light reappeared in his amazing exia armor. Only this time he had chosen to equip a few more extra weapons such as the GN blades which were mounted to his waist and also the GN beam sabers. Their fellow classmates were noticeably impressed by how strong he felt Chiffon was since he had to have more equipment on than usual. However unknown to them he still had not deployed the full equipment of the exia as he did not really want to reveal how strong the avalanche exia is.

"Ready, Battle Start!" Kim Yumi the instructor in charge of physical classes shouted as the two were ordered to begin their spar.

As soon as she said that the two of them immediately charged at each other and Meijin was surprised to find that Chiffon was able to block all of the beam shots using her gauntlet. He deployed his sword as they got closer and the two weapons clashed as the two fighters were stuck in a deadlock with their two weapons struggling for dominance. They then disengaged and created some distance between themselves.

"Not bad Chiffon you truly are deserving of your title as the unmatched smiling monster. I could not even manage to dent your volt weapon." Meijin said, praising her prowess.

"Why thank you. I am surprised you are still standing after that attack. I was not even holding back." Chiffon replied still with a smile on her face. Upon hearing this everyone else was clearly shocked. The pair then stood motionless for a whole minute staring at each other in their battle stances.

"Why did they stop fighting?" Arnett asked.
"They did not stop they are playing out the battle in their minds. It's so thrilling that its giving me goosebumps." Elizabeth replied.

"I guess I'd better get serious then." Chiffon stated as she materialized another gauntlet that was exactly the same as the one that was on her right arm. She then activated her accel and rapidly closed the distance between her and the exia. However despite how fast she was moving she never once managed to land a direct hit as the exia always managed to evade of parry using the sword. Though it was being pushed back. Just as she thought that she could land the finishing strike, the exia discarded it's sword and drew out its two GN Blades. The GN Blades were unique weapons they had a different look to the sword as they were noticeably pointier and had a white core with a green edge as compared to the grey core of the sword. One of the blades was longer than the other. Chiffon was shocked as now the exia not only met each of her strikes but also managed to force her back as well.

Chiffon retreated backwards impressed with how powerful her opponent was. "Wow I still have not been able to put a scratch into you volt weapon. That's impressive considering the GN Bladeswere designed to be able to cut through Type-S nova with ease in close range." Meijin spoke immensly impressed with how strong his opponent and love was.

"I am honored by your compliment but I think it's time we both got serious." Chiffon replied with slight embarrassment at the praise she was receiving from Meijin. She used her tempest turn to try and beat Meijin but it did her no good as only the added speed was useful. Meijin could see easily which one was the real one thanks to the ZERO system installed onboard the exia. The two combatants were now evenly matched again.

Both of them were getting noticeably more frustrated at their inability to cut into the other's defenses. Chiffon decided that it was time to go full on and used her illusion turn to try and beat the exia. Meijin was only able to counter it due to the fact that the zero system could see where she was and where she was going to be. He decided that the blades were useless and decided to use the last two weapons available to him currently. His beam sabers. The crowd of onlookers were shocked when the exia suddenly abandoned its blades in favor of two white handles that it had just pulled out from its shoulders. The crowd went silent wondering at what Meijin Kawaguchi was trying to do. Suddenly as Chiffon came in for another flurry of attacks, she was shocked at the appearance of two long thin beams from the handles that he was holding. She backed away again. This time there were scratches in her Volt Weapon. Feeling that the match had gone on long enough, Meijin Kawaguchi activated his armor's full capability in its current state. The amount of green particles radiating from the exia increased exponentially and it was now moving much faster than before. It immediately began its attack and sent Chiffon crashing into a nearby wall, knocking her out.

"Battle Over, Winner Meijin Kawaguchi!" Kim Yumi announced. She and the rest of the spectators were shocked at the outcome of the battle, they did not think that anyone could best the unmatched smiling monster. But what shocked them even more was what happened after. Meijin Kawaguchi who had taken off his armor was now carrying Chiffon bridal style to the infirmary. Everyone just stood there staring at the two of them as they walked off.

After dropping her off at the infirmary, Meijin sat down next to her bed. When Chiffon woke up she was surprised to find that Meijin Kawaguchi was asleep in the chair next to her bed. She blushed thinking about what had happened and how this man had cared for her. She felt odd whenever she was around him. She gave a light cough to stir him from his nap.
"Huh, oh hi Chiffon glad to see that your awake. Sorry I hit you so hard. I wanted to end the battle quickly." Meijin said to her.

"Its fine. Although I was surprised at how strong you were. By the way what were those pink beam swords that you were using against me? It's the first time anyone's ever managed to actually damage my Anti Nova." she asked with her typical smile on her face. He explained to her what the GN beam sabers were and how they were his strongest weapons but he did not like using them because the balance of the weapon made it difficult to handle. He recalled injuring himself many times when he first started learning how to use the weapon.

He then left to inform the medical officer that Chiffon was now awake. After giving her a quick check Elize said that she was safe to be discharged. Meijin helped her off the bed and they walked together hand in hand back to her dorm. Ticy was shocked by the presence of knocking at this hour. It was already 9pm and she wondered who that could be. She was surprised when she discovered that it was her roommate together with Meijin Kawaguchi. She then recalled that Meijin had brought Chiffon to the infirmary after knocking her out during their friendly sparring match. She was nonetheless surprised to see her roommate together with him. Before Meijin left Chiffon gave him a kiss and walked into her room closing the door on him behind her.

"Wow it looks like someone has found love," her roommate Ticy teased her about her relationship status with Meijin Kawaguchi. It was almost common knowledge now that the two were together although the two of them always denied it.

"Ticy we are so not a couple. I was just thanking him for taking care of me that's all." Chiffon responded flustered at her roommate's teasing. Ticy was obviously delighting in this role reversal as Chiffon was the one who often teased her. After Chiffon replied her roommate she threw herself on the bed and decided to go to sleep all the while thinking about Meijin Kawaguchi.

Meijin Kawaguchi spent his lunch time staring at the clouds. Although he would usually spend most of his lunches with Chiffon, today was different he needed to get away from everything. He had a lot to think about. He was now on the rooftop of the mess hall staring into the sky as he recalled the events that happened the day before...

Just as Meijin returned to his room after seeing Chiffon off, he received a call from Tachibana through his gauntlet. He wondered why Tachibana was calling him. he had nothing to report and the next check was not due for some time. He picked the call and began feeling worried at the seriousness that Tachibana was displaying. Despite wearing a mask in order to enable him to work easily in space aboard the Mega Bus support ship, Meijin could always tell when he was serious and this was one of those times.

"I have troubling news. I recently analyzed the battle data from that nova you destroyed during the 9th nova clash. Apparently the nova was amassing a large amount of energy for some sort of attack before you came and destroyed. I speculated that it was just trying to self destruct but when I looked at the readings again I realized that it was trying to fire some sort of energy beam." Tachibana said through the comm.

"An energy beam huh. So the nova really are adapting. Do you think we need to speed up development of 'that' unit now?" Meijin replied.

"If you're talking about the key then I am afraid it won't be necessary nor will it be ready in time. We are still having problem here just trying to get it to start up." Tachibana continued.

The Meijin lifted one of his eyebrows up, although this action could not be seen by Tachibana then he asked, "Oh then what do you suggest we do about this problem?"

"Don't worry. Unit two's production has been sped up and is now undergoing final assembly. By the way how is the upgrades to the exia?"

"They are all great. Have not had the chance to try out the avalanche parts yet though. Haven't found them necessary although the GN blades have come in handy more than once during sparring sessions. Although I did have to resort to using beam sabers against Chiffon Fairchild. That girl really is something although she is still no match for the burst system. When will the final systems for the exia be ready?" Meijin continued.

"Heh not surprising she is one of 'them' after all. The trans-am system is currently being tested out here on one of the spare GN Drives it looks promising and should be ready within the next few weeks." Tachibana replied before cutting the call.

Suddenly Meijin was brought back to reality by the presence of a girl with shoulder length auburn hair and a smile on her face. "Kawaguchi-san there you are, I've been looking all over for you." The girl spoke getting the undivided attention of Meijin.

"Yeah, I just needed some peace and quiet for a while. Anyways why were you looking for me Chiffon?" He asked as he got up.

"Sister Margaret wants to see you, she said she wanted to speak to you regarding your participation in the upcoming carnival." Meijin recalled Sister Margaret saying that she wouldlike to speak to him with regards to his participation in the carnival and upon his acknowledgement at the request he was dragged by Chiffon to the headmistress' office.