Ok, before we start the chapter proper, let me answer a few questions.
And by few, I mean one.
Question: Are you going to make some edits from the original fanfic or keep it like this? (Guest Account: Fl0res)
Answer: Yes, there will be some minor changes here and there, and while I am reluctant to continue it, I will hopefully try my best to capture the original idea that the author had. Oh btw, please make a proper account or else your comment wouldn't be seen.
Now, back to the show.
DISCLAIMER: Ya'll know what this means, so I don't need to mention it. Check Chapter 1 if you want.
Chapter 2: Two boys and one all girl school
**Hospital**
Dart Silver slowly fought his way out of his unconscious trance, awakening the sound of heart monitors, people talking and air pumps both close and far from him. He opened his eyes to the first sight of a white roof above him. He could also feel lying on a soft bed with a puffy pillow behind his head and something really cold on his nose. The bed was also reclined so Dart was leaning up rather than lying flat down.
Oh, that's right. The last thing he remembered was about to be squashed like a pancake by a girl in a strange mechanized suit lingering over him with smug overconfidence. Before she did that with spectators watching in both horror and nostalgia, she broke his nose with one punch and kicked him with the same foot that was about to crush him.
Judging by the sounds and sense of feel around him, he could clearly deduce that he was in a hospital. Could that woman in the mechanized suit be responsible for sending him to the hospital after she delivered more beatings after he fell unconscious? No. That couldn't have happened otherwise he could feel pain all over. His chest radiated less pain than before and his nose was feeling fine.
Dart gazed his head down to get a better view of his surroundings. There was a white bed table to his right with a pot of flowers on it, and he was surrounded with a white curtain giving him privacy.
He began to sit up, bringing his butt closer to the curve with the pain on his stomach absent. He looked about more as he brought his hands from under the covers to the top. He felt something tight wrapping around his right ring finger, like it was strangling him lightly. He brought his right hand up with the back of his palm facing him and he saw something that wasn't there before.
It was a black ring.
On this black ring was a very small ark purple 'V' that was the size of a baby pea. It was thin and shaped crooked like the horns of the Build Banshee in NT-D Mode. Speaking of Banshee, where on Earth is his Build Banshee?
"…me. Excuse me." A voice rang out to Dart. He stopped staring at the new black ring and lowered his hand, now looking at a make doctor 40 years of age looking at him with a clipboard in his hand. The doctor had entered through the curtain while Dart was focused on his ring.
"Oh, sorry. Yes?" Dart apologized in an honest way.
"My name is Doctor Yamato. How are you feeling?" The Doctor now revealed as Dr. Yamato said in a friendly manner as he introduced and asked concerned for the conscious lad.
"Better than I was before." Dart simply replied.
"Excellent. Now," the doctor looked down to his clipboard and scanned Dart's condition on some notes, "Your nose was broken but we were able to snap it back in its place. We left the ice pack on your nose for a while to help the recovery process. As for your stomach, there were no signs of internal damage, so all it is just bruises but they'll heal up."
"I can tell. The bruises aren't hurting as much so I'd wager the pain will go in a day or so. So how long have I been out for?"
The doctor brought up his watch on his right wrist to judge the time, "Roughly an hour and a half." He put his hand back down. "You'll also be able to go home today. That reminds me, I shouldn't keep your visitor waiting any longer." The doctor walked back through the curtains and left Dart alone in peace to ponder who would want to visit him. He was in a new world with no friends or anyone knowing his name.
"Visitor?" he thought to himself as he patiently waited for this 'visitor'
A moment passed with normal activity around the hospital when the curtains opened again and this time a new person, more specifically a woman dressed formally with a black dress, black pantyhose and black heels came through. Her attire was professional, however Dart couldn't say the same about her expression. Her face looked like one of those scary and serious types. A close resemblance would be Natarle Badgiruel from Gundam SEED. It was Dart's best interests not to annoy her.
"Hello, who are you?" Dart asked first in a respectable manner.
"My name is Orimura Chifuyu, a teacher at the IS Academy, a place that you will be going to right after your discharged. Since no one knows of your name, what is yours?" She used the Japanese custom to announce her last name first and first name last. Dart was familiar using this Japanese custom being in Japan for a few years prior to here, so he'd use it too.
"My name is Silver Dart. Nice to meet you." He said as he reached out his hand for a handshake, which she kindly returned.
"Silver Dart? You speak fluent Japanese for a foreigner." Though that was a compliment, Chifuyu had a blank face.
"I did spend a good few years learning Japanese in my spare time. This is my first time visiting Japan to put my Japanese to the test." Dart rubbed the back of his head with praise in himself. While he had his left hand behind his head, Chifuyu gazed down to where he had his right hand lying on the sheet and saw the black ring, resembling an IS in standby form on his ring finger.
"You have a personal IS?" She asked with a void expression again.
"Uhh, yes I do." Dart replied. He had no idea what an IS was, but the closest guess he could take was the same thing that woman equipped on the streets. He would like to keep being an isekai-jin (other worlder) a secret from others, unless unnecessary. Lying for answers was risky, but a risk he had to take.
"Which country are you from, Silver?"
"Wales, ma'am."
"I see. When the hospital has discharged you from here you will be heading to the academy with me. It'll be safer for you there than whatever happened on the streets. When we arrive at the school I'll take care of your paperwork."
"Okay. Thank you," Dart nodded with appreciation.
Dart felt assured and lucky to have a place he could stay, otherwise he would be sleeping on the streets. But he wondered what the IS Academy would be like, if there will be girls arrogant like that female who broke his nose, or would they have more decorum? He would find out sooner than he thinks.
**1 Hour Later**
**Outside IS Academy**
A black sedan with black tinted windows, appearing like a mode of transport for VIPs such as Presidents pulled up near the semi-circle entrance way to the school. The car came to a halt with the left side of the car pointed towards the entrance to the IS Academy main building.
The front left passenger door and driver door opened to reveal two grown men with black suits and black sunglasses, the proper attire for an escort. The two men simultaneously closed their doors and walked to the back seats, opening the two back ones gentlemanly. Chifuyu came out the back left door while Dart came out the back right one, getting out of the car and looked over the car's roof to view the entrance.
It was like any futuristic corporation with stairs and a steel handlebar in the center splitting left and right. The stairs led to the double sided glass sliding door at the entrance, viewing a corridor inside. On both sides of the stairs were white cubic plant pots, growing green and healthy bushes.
"Whoa," Dart muttered with amazement. This place was organized and beautiful at the same time.
"What are you standing around for? Hurry up; we have to get you prepared before class begins!" Chifuyu spoke in an impatient tone obviously wanting to get his paperwork out of the way and get him into the academy.
"Sorry, ma'am." Dart apologized quickly rushing from behind the car to the other side catching up to Chifuyu who was walking up the stairs to the glass doorway.
A few minutes of walking through the building had past as Chifuyu led Dart through the white walled empty hallways and stopped in front of a room with _Teacher's Lounge_ on it. Chifuyu turned to Dart on her right, still expressing a blank look.
"You wait out here and I'll fill in the necessary paperwork to get you started." She then walked through the white sliding door to write up the paperwork as fast as she could. The door closed behind her and left Dart once again alone in the empty hallway.
Dart turned around and back himself up to the wall to the left of the door and leaned on it, left foot over his right one as he folded his arms. With his arms folded he stared down at the black ring on his right finger. It was one of the only things he could do to kill some time.
"I'm so glad we have the world's only male IS in our class."
"Me too! We can talk to him or even ask him out when we want!"
Two girls exchanged pleasantries walking with each other around the school campus, given it's the first day of the first semester at the IS Academy for them. It was a very lucky day too, to have the world's only male pilot in their class!
"I know! I kno-" when the two girls walked to the end of a T junction walkway and turned their heads to the left, they halted instantly, spotting a male leaning against the wall looking at his hand. And he was outside of the teachers' lounge too.
Not to be spotted by this boy, the two girls walked back as fast as they could and leaned against the end of the left wall and spied around the corner like a couple of stalkers.
"A male? What is one doing outside of the teacher's lounge? Could he be a son to one of the teachers?" One of the girls whispered with wonder.
"Or it could be another male IS pilot!"
"No way! We have to spread the word!" The two girls whispered excitedly overcome with joy.
_DING-DONG DANG_DONG_
The bell rang loudly. The two girls scattered away to get to class as fast as they could as Dart poked his head up and blinking once before turning his head to the right, feeling someone might have been there. When he found nothing he turned his head back to the front and shrugged his shoulders wiping away his suspicion.
**Class 1-1**
"Congratulations on getting accepted into the school," a female that looked like an early university student in dress, age and height said walking from the door of the classroom to the front. She stopped turned to the silent students, "I am the vice-homeroom teacher, Yamada Maya." The vice-teacher introduced herself with a cheerful smile on her face to brighten or excite the class, but not a single smile or comment was made. This non-present mood caused Yamada Maya to flinch, "Ah…ehh?"
She quickly recovered and went into further explanations to at least kill the awkward silence. "Starting today, everyone is a student of the IS Academy. This is a boarding school," an image of the full exterior and island of the IS Academy appeared on the blackboard. 'Even after classes, everyone will spend a lot of time with each other. Please get along with one another and enjoy spending the next three years together." She concluded and still, all she received was silence from the students. She sweat dropped with panic, "Uhh, now let's move on to the self-introductions. Erm…we're going according to numerical order on the attendance list."
When that time came, all the female student's eyes were set on one other student. Male to be exact. Front and center of the classroom was the only male in the world who could pilot an IS.
Orimura Ichika.
The stressed out teen looked left and right, feeling and seeing all eyes were on him. He gazed his eyes to the right to a female student by the window.
'Houki...' Ichika thought wanting some help, but the girl known as Houki turned her head away from Ichika and looked at the wall in rejection. Ichika turned his attention back to the front with even more panic being rejected by his childhood friend. 'Is this how you act towards your childhood friend, who you haven't seen in the past six year? Does she hate me…?'
"Orimura, Orimura Ichika." Yamada repeated trying to get the boy's attention.
"Y-yes?" Ichika subconsciously replied getting a few giggles from the girls around him. The giggles made Ichika a bit frustrated on the inside.
"Erm, I'm sorry for speaking too loud. But, having started from _A_ , we've moved on to _O._ Will you introduce yourself? Can you?" Yamada was apologetic all over the place from her gestures to tone of her voice.
"You don't need to apologize so much…" Ichika muttered dismissing her apologies. "Erm," Ichika mustered all his bravery slamming his hands on the table and standing up straight, facing the front rather than to the class. "My name is Orimura Ichika. Nice to meet you all." After his half-assed introduction he felt glares piercing the back of his head from the girls all around him. They were all thinking ' is he gunna add more than that?' and ' Is that all?' thoughts, begging for the male to talk more about himself.
'Oh no! I can't stay quiet like this or else I will sound like a total gloomy guy.' Ichika thought fearing before breathing out through his mouth and then in through his nose confidently. The girls gasped lightly about to think he was going to add more. "That is all!"
_Ker-plunk_
All the girls in the room dropped to the floor to hear the end of his half-assed introduction.
"Ehh, huh? That wasn't good enough?"
He asked around the classroom and the next second he got hammered on the head by someone hard like a brick, making him fall to his knees.
"It hurts…" Ichika said painfully as he turned his head back up and saw his sister standing above him. "Sis?!"
*Bonk (sound effect)*
"At school, it's Miss Orimura." Chifuyu corrected with her blank expression again.
"You're back! Does that mean what you've finished what you have to do?" Yamada asked with a smile on her face for once.
"Yes, that's right Miss Yamada. I'm sorry I made you welcome my class for me." Who knew Chifuyu actually could put a smile on her face? Chifuyu walked to the stand where Yamada was as she moved aside. Ichika quickly sat back in his seat before Chifuyu got really mad at him. "Listen up! I am Miss Orimura your teacher!" Her blank expression was back again. "It's my job to train you to stand on your feet in one year."
Numerous shrieks enveloped the entire room. On the outside Dart, now dressed in his IS Academy uniform had to plug his ears with his fingers because the shrieks were even getting to him outside. Which was loud enough to give someone a headache in a short second.
"I fucking hope this classroom won't be like this for the entire year." He muttered grievingly.
Back inside the classroom, some girls decided to show their admiration for the famous teacher in the only way they knew how.
"It's Chifuyu, the real Chifuyu!"
"I came all the way from Kitakyuushuu because I admired you!"
"I could die for you!"
Unfortunately Chifuyu was also getting a headache quickly, so as a teacher she had to shut them the hell up. "Zip it!' She yelled and in an instant, silence followed. It was rather impressive to command a group of rowdy girls like that. "We have a new transfer student joining our class from this day forth," Chifuyu turned to the door soon followed by the girls and only boy. "You can come in."
The door opened and the first second when the new transfer student walked into the classroom, the girls in the classroom except two widened their eyes and dropped their jaws. They were now looking at possibly the second male to pilot an IS who was going to join their class. He was cute with his dark brown hair and blue eyes. The male wearing the same IS Academy uniform as Ichika stopped before the class and looked in their direction, feeling somewhat nervous from all the stares.
With a confident tone, "Hello everyone, my name is Silver Dart, but you can all call me Dart if you wish. I came to Japan from a small town in Wales, and though this is my first time coming to Japan, I hope that you will treat me well." Dart concluded his introduction, bowing for a few seconds accompanied by silence When he rose back up he received one of the most loud and welcoming reaction, unlike the woman in the streets. For one blond female student with black frills on her custom made IS Academy outfit, gave Dart a frown.
"It's another male IS pilot!" girl 3 shouted followed by her friend.
"And he's in our class too!"
"That makes two of the world's only IS male pilots in our class!"
"We have a famous teacher and two male IS pilots on the first day! I don't want this day to end!"
"Alright, shut up!" Chifuyu ordered and impressively the class went silent in a quick second once more. Hopefully there wouldn't be any more screeching moments. Chifuyu pointed to an empty seat that was in the fourth row, fifth column. "There's an empty seat up there."
Dart then took a stroll between the third and fourth columns past three rows of students, with every female eye scanning his every movements as he took his seat by the window in the fourth row by the window.
"I'll have you people memorize the basics of IS within six months. After that, it's hands-on. You should let the basic maneuvers sink into your body within half a month. Got it? If you're okay with it, answer me. Even if you aren't still answer me."
"Yes!" All the girls replied at the same time.
After Chifuyu finished what she was about to say, she stepped down from the stand and Maya Yamada took her place and began the first lesson.
"As everyone already knows, the proper name for IS is Infinite Stratos. It's a multi-form suit developed in Japan." Yamada-sensei said as she placed two fingers on the blackboard while facing the students and wiped it across to the right to bring up an image of male scientists and engineers working on an astronaut suit with rocket thrusters attached to the back.
"When it was first developed 10 years ago, it was originally designed to be operational in outer space, however development in that field has been halted. Due to the Alaska Treaty, it's also prohibited to be used by the military. Now, it's solely used for competition and as a form of sport. And this IS Academy is the world's only educational institute of training IS pilots, since Japan created the IS and are responsible for supplying the training. Students come here from all over the world and they study in order to become pilots. Youths from various countries will work every day in order to improve their skills. With that, starting today, let's study hard during these next three years."
"Yes!" The girls complied simultaneously with a more comfortable pitched tone, unlike a loud and energetic response that they gave to Chifuyu.
"So my life starts anew here, huh?" Dart pondered to himself in a mutter, "Torn away from Gunpla Battles to study and compete in sports…"
_DING-DONG DANG-DONG_
The bell to sign the end of first period and begin a short break rung as Yamada and Chifuyu left the room to head off to the teacher's lounge to relax. The female students in the class went to different tables to converse with their friends while keeping an eye on the two boys remaining in their seats. They were purposely making groups so that one of the boys could walk over and join in the conversation.
An unobvious way to talk to them.
While on the outside, a mass of girls from other classes and grades collected and looked through the walls between the hallway and classroom, now turned into windows during breaks and gazed into the room to see if the rumors were true about a boy entering the IS Academy.
"It's that boy, the world's only male IS pilot."
"Wait! There's another male in there!"
"Where?!"
"Right by the window!"
"There's two boys now?!"
"M-maybe we should go try and talk with one of them."
"Maybe I should."
"Wait a minute, you're not leaving us behind, are you?"
Ichika stood up before Dart, making the girl who was about to enter the classroom stop in her tracks. 'Maybe I should introduce myself to Dart while I have the time. It'll be good to have a male here to talk to amidst all these girls in the academy.' As Ichika was about to turn around he was already approached by a girl from the front.
It is his childhood friend, Houki.
"Do you have a minute?" She asked turning her head away, aiming towards the door.
"Uhh, sure Houki." Ichika answered normally with a hint of distress. He really hoped to get to know Dart…but he won't go anywhere soon so he can introduce himself later. Ichika stood up and followed Houki out of the classroom.
Now all that left was Dart, sitting alone in his seat to investigate his black ring more and ponder questions about it. How did it get on his finger, what is it and why does the ornament on it look similar to the horns of the Banshee in NT-D Mode?
The girl from another class who walked into the room to hopefully talk to one of the males, continued her exploration into the class and changed her target from Ichika to Dart. She walked and fidgeted her fingers anxiously on her way to Dart, as her heartbeat was rapidly increasing.
'I-I can do it! I can do it!' The girl with long black hair with a brown headband thought to herself to increase her confidence, being tracked by girls outside and inside of the classroom.
The girls in the hallway watched on, covering their mouths shockingly that the brave girl was going to get a head start. They would go in without a sweat, but their shyness holds them back like a curse.
Female dominance is to blame for the girl's inexperience with talking to the opposite sex. Since females outweigh the boys in modern society, the boy and girls are placed into different schools, usually giving the girls more privileges and such. But now that the IS Academy has been established with two known males to pilot the IS, the girls could have a chance to interact with males, a chance society wouldn't give them.
The girl halted to the side of Dart, keeping at least one step away from the desk and out of his peripheral vision. She had a red blush in her face continuing to fidget with her fingers more and becoming more anxious. This was it. The moment she would converge with a boy!
"Erm, my name is Tomiko Ayane… It's nice to meet you!" She finished her introduction, much calmer now that she mustered the bravery to speak, but that was short-lived when the part with most worry is getting a response from Dart. It was a bet to judge if Dart was kind, or mean.
Dart gazed up from his ring and looked his head up to the girl standing over him, unable to keep up a straight face with a blush in embarrassment. In silent response, he gave her a strange look, as if he realized something.
'Eep!' The girl was taken aback from his strange stare. Was it something she said to make him look this way?
In all honesty, Dart wasn't offended at all by her greet. He was stunned to see the clear difference in manners between the girls here and the women outside.
Dart extended his left hand across his chest and to the girl in welcome, offering a handshake followed by a small kind smile. "Nice to meet you, Tomiko Ayane. I'm Silver Dart, but you can call me Dart." He replied with a small smile, surprising the girl and gratifying her even more.
Ayane held her hands against her chest bashfully, before she hesitantly brought her hand out, without at least a few shakes of excitement.
_DING-DONG DANG-DONG_
The bell had to be rung at the wrong time, disturbing the handshake.
"Aww!"
"We were hand-blocked by the bell."
"We should try next time!"
The girls collecting outside the door walked away in disappointment with their heads down. Ayane was frozen, taken with shock to being so close to shake a boy's hand before being interrupted by the bell and had to go back to class. Dart looked at her shocked expression and brought his out forward and took her hand, shaking it in her behalf.
Ayane jumped with fright, "See you next time, Tomiko Ayane."
"Y-yeah…" Ayane slowly released her grip on Dart, feeling extremely happy and walked out of the classroom and went back to hers.
Back from break everyone had taken their seats and resumed class, however before it would begin there is a certain matter that Chifuyu wants to address first.
"We will now decide on who will be the class representative that will compete in the Inter-Class tournament." Chifuyu informed addressing every class must do on their first day. "The class representative will not only compete in the tournament, but will also attend student council meetings and committee meetings as well. You can consider it like a class leader. You can either pick yourself or someone else. Any candidates?"
"Yes, I recommend Orimura." One female nominated.
"I nominate Dart."
"I pick Orimura."
"If anyone deserves to be class representative it should be Dart."
The girls casted their votes on the two boys in the room, and it seemed no other girl nominated themselves or another girl. It seemed as the girls were bribed to vote for the two boys.
"M-me?" Ichika asked looking at the girls.
"Why are they only voting for Ichika and myself? Are they doing it out of pity?" Dart muttered to himself with a bold proclamation, assuming being voted by the girls was an act of sympathy.
"Are there any votes except for Dart and Orimura?" Chifuyu asked around the class dumbstruck hearing votes for the two men.
"W-wait a second! I won't do that-" Ichika tried to protest against his sister, however a loud and egotistical voice was heard behind Ichika and to the right of Dart.
"I can't acknowledge that!" The girl argued. This girl got the attention of the entire class, being stared at from every direction. It was the blond girl who had an ego of a spoilt princess – Cecilia Alcott. "This type of selection is unacceptable! Having a man as our class representative is disgraceful!"
"Disgraceful?" Dart asked with an increasing hatred to this girl. Not all good women are in this academy after all.
"Do you ask me, Cecilia Alcott, England's Candidate Representative, to bear with that shame for a whole year? In the first place, living in such a country with an underdeveloped level of culture like this is such an unbearable pain to me."
"England has so few things to pride itself with. How many times have you won the World's Worst Cuisine award?" Ichika shot back with an insult which not only angered Cecilia, but Dart too to some degree.
"Bad move, dude." Dart interjected with a slow and annoyed tone taking a stand up from his seat. "I can understand standing up to this sexist and racist…"
"H-h-how dare you call me those!"
"But shooting at my neighboring county's pride is something I can't take lying down. Wales and England might be different countries with their own unique dish, but nothing says we have to take shit talk from a hypocrite. As old traditions of the United Kingdom go, I hereby challenge you both to a duel."
"Old traditions of the United Kingdom you say? Are you going to uphold the traditions of chivalry too and let me beat you senseless?" Cecilia inquired with a smug look.
"The IS nailed the final nail in chivalry's coffin. Now there is no tradition to hold me back." Dart retorted
"Fine by me. It's way better than debating." Ichika added.
"If any of you lose to me on purpose, I will make you become my servants. No, worse, my slaves!" Cecilia laid down the winners conditions for herself.
"How much of a handicap do you want?" Ichika directly asked Cecilia.
"Huh? Oh, are you already asking for a favor?" Cecilia was taken aback by his begging. At least she said that in a softer tone and not in a loud and annoying one.
"No, I wasn't sure of a handicap I should be giving you." Ichika replied back and his response was Cecilia's mouth drop and a symphony of girls laughing their butts off. The laughter was mocking to a T.
"Orimura, are you serious?"
"Sure, men used to be stronger than woman, but that was before the IS was invented."
"People say that if men and women were to have a war, it wouldn't even last three days."
The girls pointed out the obvious to Ichika. The IS was so powerful and lethal it could destroy infantry platoons, tanks, air craft and even a few small battleships with ease. That would be true, but if Dart had his Build Banshee in its normal form then the tables would be turned around.
"Perhaps I should be the one to give you a handicap. I didn't know that Japanese and Welsh men had a sense of humor." Cecilia included Dart too to mock him more on purpose.
"Orimura, it's not too late to change your mind. Take up the handicap." One girl nearby Ichika offered with the outside feeling of concern, but on the inside she was still laughing.
"A man will never go back on his word. I'll pass." Ichika replied keeping his eyes to Dart and Cecilia.
"Then it's settled. The battle will take place next Monday. It will take place at the 3rd Arena. Dart, Alcott and Orimura, make sure you prepare well."
**So seeing as that I will be resuming the story, I will make a major change. I really hated that every tournament between IS would involve being cancelled due to an unknown IS, so I will be scrapping that cliché and actually have a tournament having a winner. **
**Until next chapter! **