*Guest – And I'll be making more mecha crossovers with Gundam Build Fighters based on Gundam Breaker 3. I am already rewriting my Saint Knight's Tale x Gundam Build Fighters story to be around Gundam Breaker 3. I also have Gundam SEED and Muv Luv Alternate Total Eclipse x GB3 in mind in the near future. Though this is not the first GB3 x story I've written. I have wrote a GB3 x IBO (Iron Blooded Orphans) before however I ended up deleting it. – OG Author*
Sorry for the delay, now on to the next chapter!
Disclaimer: See chapter 1 for disclaimer.
Chapter 3: Challengers! Are you ready?!
**Dusk**
**Class 1-1, After School**
The conclusion to the first day at the IS Academy went somewhat peace with the three duelists fighting for the right to be crowned the class representative separating from the class without a word shot at one another. Cecilia had left the class and returned to her dorm, whilst the two boys remained in the class without knowing what dorm they would be sleeping in.
Ichika and Dart sat alone at their respective tables, refusing to talk to each other. Ichika noticed not too long ago that there was a second male IS pilot in the academy and he had made an enemy out of him before the day reached lunch time. Wanting to set things right, he stood up and walked around, approaching the second male looking out of the window in his own thoughts.
Ichika halted at the front of his table, earning the loathing gaze from the Welsh lad.
"Erm, Dart. I just want to apologize if I offended you in anyway before." Ichika apologized with a genuine and sincere tone. "I was just frustrated when Alcott looked down at us, like a rich snob. I want to start fresh from the beginning and start off on the right track." He held out his hand towards Dart. "My name is Orimura Ichika, but you can call me Ichika." He finished with a strong and friendly smile. He really did want to start fresh and become friends, maybe best friends with Dart. "Nice to meet you."
Dart stood up keeping his eyes on Ichika, before he gave him the same expression. "Heh, I can't believe a girl got under our skin so fast. I'll let this bygone and bygone slide. Likewise, Ichika." Dart extended his hand forward and grasped Ichika's hand firmly. "As I said before. I'm Silver Dart, but Dart is more preferable."
The two now friendly boys stopped shaking hands and pulled their hands away.
"Guessing by we're both standing here in class, I take it we both don't have a place to stay." Dart joked to lighten the mood.
"Seems like it," Ichika giggled. "Hey, while it's near dinner time how about we head to the cafeteria?" He offered. The ears of Dart popped up high, like a dog's reaction to the mention of food.
"Sure! I'm starving…"
"You mean you didn't go to the cafeteria before because you didn't know they had one here?"
"Uhh…pretty much," Dart scratched the back of his head showing some embarrassment.
"Let's go," Ichika gestured Dart to follow him and the two walked out of the classroom and headed to the cafeteria. On their way through the hallways they did encounter some girls; however they kept to the walls and watched the two boys with long looks going past them.
The two boys finally entered the cafeteria which had the interior shape of a hook with circular bait. Before the two boys there was a large empty space that was commonly used to reform the queue into wavy lines to fit more students into them and prevent blockage. At the end before the curve on the right was the front counter where you could order and receive food. Since the IS Academy harbors students from various countries, the chefs were able to make food from different countries for everyone, be it religious matters or to interest students with their own country iconic dish.
After Dart and Ichika looked around the place admiring the structure of the interior, they proceeded to walk towards the front counter, greeted by an older woman with short brunette hair, probably in her mid-40 or 50 wearing the appropriate chef's gear. She was a tad shorter than Ichika and Dart. Her uniform consisted of a white apron what was tied at the back and a head net. Under her apron she wore a pink long sleeved shirt and black pants.
"Hello boys, what can I get for you?" She asked with a friendly customer greet. Her gentle smile pointed out that she was not one of the women who took this woman dominance seriously. In her eyes everyone is treated equal.
"Can I have miso soup please?" Ichika requested kindly.
Dart gazed across the meal board and through the Japanese writing, he translated each one. "Miso soup… Lasagna…. Beef Stroganoff…" he muttered calling out each one individually to see which dish would shove in his face. He continued a little further until he got to a Westernized dish - Steak with pepper sauce.
"I'll have the steak with pepper sauce please," Dart wished staring down from the meal board.
"Sure thing. It'll be ready in 20 minutes," the female head chef walked away from the counter and got the chefs together to make the miso soup and steak. Dart and Ichika stood around the counter for ten minutes until the entrance opened and Maya Yamada came in, huffing and puffing.
"There you two are!" Yamada said in a relieved manner walking up to the boys as she huffed and puffed more.
"Miss Yamada, what are you talking about?" Dart inquired tilting his head puzzled.
"Your living accommodations have been sorted out. Can you come with me please?" She asked politely. Dart and Ichika were in a bind. Go and see where their rooms are now, or wait for their dinner which would be ready soon.
"I'm sorry, Yamada. But you've caught us at a wrong time. Ichika and I are starving and our dinner will be ready shortly." Dart apologized.
The head chef who overheard the conversation came up to the front desk. "Don't worry dears; we'll hold your dinner until you get back." The chef informed with a selfless act.
"Oh, thank you very much." Ichika and Dart were grateful to the head chef, as they walked out of the cafeteria being led by Yamada. They were finally going to have a place to sleep.
** Line Break! **
**Hallway, Outside Room 1025**
The three now stood outside of a door labeled as Room 1025 above the door in a hallway with creamy painted walls. Yamada was on the left side of the door looking at the boys standing on the other side, staring at her.
"Here is your room," Yamada gestured to the door.
"Thank you. I wonder what it's like inside," Dart thanked as he was about to head to the door and was about to place his hand on the handle, keen to knowing how the inside of the room looked like.
"Erm," Yamada said with a hint of bad news in her tone. "Sorry, Dart. But this isn't your room." Dart who was in the middle of opening the door, he stared at Yamada with a confused look.
"Aren't Ichika and I sharing a room together?" He asked.
"Umm, no. You see, we can't just evict a roommate at the last second. There has to be time to allow the evicted person to gather their things and head to their new room. I'm sorry."
"So this is my room?" Ichika assumed correctly.
"Yes, you're sharing with a girl…but only temporarily! When we get things organized the two of you will be in the same room. So please hold on until you two share the same room."
"So if Ichika is in here, where am I?"
"It's not too far from here actually, so if you can follow me again please."
"Uh sure, I just hope I can tolerate my new roommate," Dart looked back to Ichika. "I'll see you back at the cafeteria, yeah?"
"Okay," Ichika nodded with a smile. "We'll meet up near the counter for the other."
Yamada and Dart then walked off so Yamada could show Dart to his room. He was really stressed and worried who he might be picked to stay with. It could either be a loathsome girl or be really nice company. A low possibility it would be Ayane he met today.
Now with Yamada and Dart away, Ichika turned back to the door and knocked on the door twice. He didn't hear a voice so that means he was going to be alone for a while until his roommate came back. Ichika made his way through the door and closed it behind him, walking through the small corridor with a closed door to his right and small kitchen to hi right. Past the small corridor was a room fit for two beds on the left side of the wall and desks on the right, with a window overviewing the IS Academy and the bright lights in the city in the distance.
"This is so cool," he muttered walking through the corridor amazed at the room's interior. A few seconds after he heard a female voice in the closed room behind him, and he got panicked.
"Is anyone there?" The female voice said in a room that seemed to muffle her voice. Like she was in a…bathroom… "Ahh, are you my new roommate? Please take care of me from this year on." The door opened, which really got Ichika panicked. "I'm sorry I look like this. I just got out of the-" the female stopped when she had come out wearing a pink towel over herself and realized who had entered the room.
Ichika slowly turned his head around to confirm that this girl was the girl who he recognized. Yep. It was Houki Shinonono without her bow holding up her ponytails.
"H-Houki?!" Ichika was respectable and turned his back around instantly, removing his eyes from Houki who was not dressed appropriately.
"I-Ichika?! Why are you here?!" She asked surprisingly covering her breasts with her arms that were not covered by the towel, though Ichika had his back to her and had no intention of looking around.
"Well, this also happens to my room as well. S-so that makes us roommates…"
"W-what?!" Houki was stunned to the max. Her childhood friend was going to be her roommate for the entire year.
"B-but don't worry," Ichika kept his back to Houki, "We won't be roommates for much longer! Living arrangements are being changed so that Dart and I are living in the same room. So please…tolerate us being roommates a little longer!"
It seemed Houki had calmed down a little from her sudden shock of Ichika as a roommate. "C-can you go outside for a bit until I have changed?"
"Yeah…" Ichika now had to go outside to allow Houki her privacy to get changed, so when he turned around he closed his eyes with one hand covering his eyes and using the other hand a feel sensor to help guide him out. Since his vision was nothing but black, he had to trust his front right hand to guide him out.
Houki stepped to the side without a word, showing a slightly worried face as she watched Ichika without him noticing her expression. When Ichika thought he had pasted Houki, he tried to hold into the walls and go straight out, however he didn't realize he had swayed to the right a little and got close to Houki.
The first thing Ichika felt on the right side of the wall on his way out was…bouncy… "Bouncy?" Ichika muttered with question, before he realized the only bouncy thing in the room he knew of was…Houki's breasts. "Eek!" Ichika quickly withdrew his hand away from Houki.
"Y-you…pervert!" Houki became enraged with a wildly blushed face. Her hand came across Ichika's left cheek with a hard slap.
* SLAP*
"Ow, Houki what the hell!" Ichika exclaimed as he held his stinging red cheek with his right hand as he looked at a blushing Houki in the eyes… Who held a wooden practice sword in her hand. "YOU IDIOT!" then proceeded to chase Ichika while narrowly dodging her strikes.
Meanwhile, Dart and Maya had approached the room that Dart was going to be sleeping in, as he was very anxious to meet his female roommate. Above the door it read Room 1052.
"And here's your room, Dart." Yamada said with a smile on her face.
Dart turned from the teacher to the door, gulping once and knocking on the door twice. One second after he got a response. Not the best one to be heard from.
"I'm coming," the female voice said.
"Oh please don't tell me it's her" Dart pleaded in a mutter. The voice belonged to the only sexist in the school. The door opened backwards and it revealed the girl Cecilia Alcott, in a light blue knighting gown.
When Cecilia looked at Dart she placed a smug look on her face, trying to prove that she is above this feeble boy. "It's you." She began with an arrogant voice. "Have you come already to forfeit the Class Representative match and swear fealty to me?"
If it weren't for assaulting laws, Dart would already be punching Cecilia's teeth down her arrogant and spoilt princess throat right now. Scratch that. He would be doing that in class.
"Alcott, Silver will be your temporary roommate until we can organize Orimura's and Silver's living arrangements." Yamada informed the girl who dropped her supreme confidence to an insulted one.
"You mean Cecilia Alcott has to live with this weak boy?!" she rudely said as she referred to herself in third person and point at said boy.
"Shut it," Dart spat back. "I hate this arrangement more than you do so suck it up, drop your spoilt princess attitude and live with it, Your 'Drama Queen' Majesty."
"H-h-h-h-h-how dare you speak to a Candidate Representative like that! I refuse to coexist with this uneducated brat!"
"I'm sorry, but you have to live with each other until we have the rooms planned out." Yamada tried to calm both students down who are more than ready to go at each other's throats right now.
"How about we skip the IS duel and fight it out right now? I'm sure a _superior girl_ can fight without having to rely on a machine to do her battles for her," Dart said taking a step towards the girl to show he wasn't going to back down if Cecilia was of the same mind as him.
"Hold on a minute!" Yamada nervously stepped in-between the two students and hope to disarm the potential brawl, placing her hands on Dart and Cecilia's stomachs. "Settle this fight in the duel!" She yelled seriously.
"And so it shall be," Dart spoke backing down and agreeing not to start a fight. Without another word, he walked off back to the cafeteria. He knew for a fact he wasn't going back to that room with that girl in it. He would rather sleep in a pile of crap than with her, that's how bad she is.
**Cafeteria, 15 Minutes Later**
Ichika walked back into the cafeteria and he spotted Dart standing alone, looking frustrated with his arms crossed. He deducted that he had fallen out with his new roommate, whoever it is. He approached Dart with his right hand up waving.
"Hey Dart," he re-greeted first coming to halt next to him. "Shall we eat?"
"We should, hopefully without any interruptions." Dart spoke in a neutral way.
The two picked trays holding their miso soup and a plate with steak with pepper sauce on it as they walked around the corner, following the hallway and found tables that were empty. On the side there were corner stalls like in any restaurant, with square tables in the middle of the room. Ichika and Dart chose to pick one of the corner stalls close to them on the left and sat down, one on each side.
Before Ichika dug into his meal, he had to get the question out of the way. "I'm roommates with Houki Shinonono, my childhood friend. Who did you get roomed up with?"
Dart stopped cutting his steak covered with pepper sauce and looked up at Ichika in an ill manner.
"I don't have a room." He blankly answered resuming cutting his steak in half with a knife. "I got roomed with little Miss Arrogance, so I decided not return to it. I'm better off sleeping someplace else." He explained expressing his hatred for the girl.
Ichika felt sorry for his new friend, so the best he could do was offer his room to sleep in, although he might have to sleep on the floor.
"How about sleeping in my room until they have us organized? You might have to sleep on the floor though…"
"I appreciate the offer, Ichika. But I think I will sleep here for tonight." Dart cut the steak in half, moving one half to the side of the plate and focusing on the other half, cutting that in half too more and more until small pieces of steak was cut. Dart dug his fork into a small slice of the steak and placed it in his mouth chewing on it and readying for the next piece.
"Are you sure you want to sleep here? I mean, I can understand sleeping away from Alcott, but this place is not a best place to have a night's sleep." Ichika tried to convince Dart.
"I'm sure, Ichika."
Ichika and Dart went to eat their dinners without another conversation and a few minutes after both had finished. Ichika realized it was time for bed so he stood up, picking his tray also. He confirmed if Dart was okay to sleep here rather than in an actual room. Dart confirmed he was okay sleeping here and so Ichika left Dart alone, bidding each other good night.
**The Next Day, Class 1-1**
Day two of the IS Academy arrived with the first lesson teaching about the fundamentals of understanding an IS. However before the class could begin, Chifuyu had to address two matters, both of which were regarding both boys.
"Orimura, it's about your IS." Chifuyu announced. "The preparations are going to take some time."
"Eh?"
"There aren't any spare machines, so it seems as though the school is going to prepare a personal machine for you." She told with the girls in the class muttering about how Ichika is being granted a personal IS.
"Personal machine? This soon in the freshman year?" girl A said
"Does that mean the government is backing him up?" followed by girl B
"That's awesome! I want to have a personal machine too!" ended by girl C
Judging by the comments from the class, Ichika and Dart thought it must be really special to own a personal IS.
"Is it that amazing to have your own personal machine?" He asked himself, however his question was answered by someone. Appearing in front of his desk was Cecilia.
"I'm glad you hear that." She condescendingly spoke. She pointed her finger at him, "The duel for the title of Class Representative. Although I know who the winner of the match will be," she folded her arms. "It wouldn't be fair for me to use a personal machine while you two boys are using a training machine."
"You own a personal machine too?" Ichika asked.
"Don't you know?! Fine. I'll offer to enlighten a comer like you two." With her holier-than-thou attitude being constantly shoved in Ichika's and Dart's faces, they both wanted to shut her up. Cecilia placed her hand on her chest, creating a bigger ego. "I, Cecilia Alcott the representative candidate of England. In other words, I already own a personal machine. Amongst the six billion people in the world, there are only 467 IS. Only the elite of the elites possess a personal machine."
"467? That's it?" Ichika asked thinking there might have been more IS in the world.
Another girl came up to Ichika, however she was a lot more tolerable. "The technology used to create the core of the IS has never been revealed. Currently, all 467 cores of the IS were manufactured solely by Doctor Shinonono Tabane."
"This Tabane was the one who split the world in two?" Dart thought as he gave a slight glance to Houki who was sporting a frown on her face.
"The core of the IS is a black box. No one other that Dr. Shinonono can create one." The same girl explained. "She also refuses to create any additional cores exceeding the set amount. At the moment, countries, companies and organizations have no choice but to use their assigned cores to conduct research, development and training."
"Normally, the ones with a personal IS are representatives of countries and high-class corporations." Chifuyu took over the explanation of personal IS. "But in your case, since the situation calls for it, a personal machine has been prepared for you in order to collect data. Do you understand?"
"Kind of…" Ichika replied as he nervously scratched the back of his head.
"Hey, teacher," the same student who explained the background of the black box and the reason why they are so limited raised her hand up. "Is Shinonono related to Dr. Shinonono?"
"Yes, Shinonono is the doctor's younger sister." Chifuyu answered and the class was engulfed with surprising gasps, asking if that really is true, how amazing it is and one question inquired if Shinonono knew the location of her sister, since companies and countries are searching for her.
"She has nothing to do with me." Shinonono backfired with honest rejection, silencing the class. "I'm not her. There isn't anything I can tell you about her." She stared at the window, upset about her past with her.
With that out of the way, it was time to address the elephant in the room. Chifuyu turned to Dart at the back with an unimpressed expression. "Dart, out in the hallway now," she ordered as she walked to the door. Dart silently stood up and walked out of the room to the sound of questioning murmurs. With both doors closed, Chifuyu walked up to Dart.
"What happened last night?!" She asked in an angered tone. "Yamada told me you were about to have a scrap with Alcott in the dorm. Care to explain?" Her face looked scary and threatening, like a mother who had found something despicable what their child had done.
"I was forced to be Alcott's roommate, that's what." Dart argued. "This wouldn't have happened if I was placed into another room that didn't have my enemy for the Class Representative match."
"No one forced you to be Alcott's roommate! In fact you were supposed to be roommates with Chelsea Alcott from Class 1-4."
Dart flinched, being taken aback. "If I was supposed to be her roommate, why did Miss Yamada lead me to Alcott's room?"
Chifuyu face palmed herself. She knew Yamada was this type of klutz and she should have led Silver to his room herself instead of relying on her to do it.
"Never mind then, but be warned." Chifuyu uncovered her face showing a threatening stare. "If you harm Alcott before or after the Class Representative match, there will be severe consequences. Am I clear?'
"Yes."
"Good, now get back in class." Chifuyu stoically walked back to the front door while Dart went back through the back door and walked back to his desk.
"The IS, or Infinite Stratos, envelops the pilot's entire body in a barrier composed of energy." Yamada began the lesson with a motion picture of an IS in a blue spikey ball, labeled as 'Barrier and Infinite Stratos' "It has something similar to a will of its own. And through communications with its pilot," the image changed from the structure of an IS standing next to a human being. "The IS and its pilot will share a mutual understanding. Not only that, but the longer the IS is piloted, it will also start to be more knowledgeable of the pilot's characteristics. Don't view the IS as a tool, but a partner. Does anyone have any questions so far?"
"Yes," the female to the right of Ichika raised her hand. "When you say partner, do you mean like a boyfriend or girlfriend?" then the rest of the females began to blush and shriek, as the thought of having a boyfriend got them excited.
Yamada flinched with a slight blush, "That is, how should I put this?" She asked herself. "Since I have no experience with these things, I can't say." She placed her hands on her cheeks wondering off, swinging her body side to side and imagining what things would be like if she had a boyfriend. "I wonder what it's like…" She wondered to the giggled and comments from the girls, saying how cute Yamada is.
Meanwhile the two boys inside the room looked at each other a sighed deeply, as the both of them knew that this would be a daily occurrence in their school.
** Line Break! **
'DING-DONG DANG-DONG'
The bell for lunch rang as the two teachers headed out of the door for the one hour break, as the female students converged together again in hopes to catch the eyes of the two boys. Ichika walked up to Dart's chair.
"How about we fetch some lunch together?" He asked energetically, "I'll be offering lunch to my childhood friend too so you two can meet."
"As long as Shinonono isn't like Alcott, I'm good," Dart agreed standing up from his chair and following Ichika down three rows of chairs to the front, standing in front of Houki's chair.
"Houki…" Ichika said in a happy tone leaning himself down to meet the grumpy face of Shinonono. "Shinonono," Ichika called out using her last name. "Let's grab a bite with Dart."
"I'm fine," she emotionlessly replied keeping her eyes to the window and bringing down the mood.
"Don't say that, come on stand up. Stand up!" Ichika grabbed the wrist that was used to hold Houki's head up.
"Hey! I said I'm not going…" She refused without a loud voice.
"Nonsense," Ichika released Houki's wrist and held her hand, "Let's go eat." Ichika pulled Houki away from her desk, but she wasn't going to complain. The only thing stopping her from refusing more is that she is holding hands with Ichika, the boy who she has a crush with.
The trio made their way to the cafeteria, received their ordered food in the form of a slice of fish, bowl of rice, bowl of soup and some wasabi for Ichika and Houki while Dart tried a burger with beer battered chips. They then found an empty corner stall not too far from where Dart and Ichika sat and had dinner last night.
Houki and Ichika sat on the left side of the table together while Dart sat on the other side opposite the two Japanese classmates.
"Dart," Ichika began gesturing to Houki to his left, "This is Shinonono Houki, my childhood friend."
"It's nice to meet you Shinonono-san." Dart nodded slightly.
"Yeah…you too Dart." Shinonono greeted back in a blank expression and voice as she dug into her lunch.
"So Dart, what did my sister have to say to you before class?" Ichika asked. He had no idea why she would want to speak with Dart.
"It's because of the living arrangements last night. I said I was roomed up with Alcott and ended up threatening her to fight me; however Miss Yamada got it wrong. I was supposed to actually be roommates with Chelsea Alcott from Class 1-4. So I got let off with a warning and that was it."
"I see. That's a relief," Ichika chuckled. Speaking of Alcott… "Hey, Houki," he turned to his childhood friend. "Can you teach me about IS? At this rate, I won't be able to do anything, and I'll lose to Cecilia." He would turn to Dart for help, but he was an enemy in the match and he wouldn't simply teach someone how to control a machine that can defeat him.
"That's because you went along with those senseless provocations and allowed Alcott to aggravate you." Shinonono answered feeling disappointed for Ichika being a dimwit.
"Please, Houki….?" Ichika begged, even clapping his hands together aimed at Houki and bowed slightly. His plead was ignored and Houki went back to her lunch.
"Hey, aren't you those rumored boys?" A new voice called out from the front of the table. Ichika, Houki and Dart turned their attentions to the female with short light brown hair. She had a red tie on her outfit so that means she's a third year student. "I heard you two challenged a representative candidate. But you're both amateurs, right?" She walked closer to the table, sat on it revealing her kegs for both boys to see as she looked seductive, turning from one both to the other numerous times. "It it's about IS, do you want me to teach you?"
"No thank you. Since I will be teaching Ichika." Houki claimed.
"You're a freshman too, right?" The girl tugged her red ribbon twice showing off she is more experienced in IS functions. "I'm a senior. I think I'd be a better tutor."
"I am Tabane Shinonono's younger sister." Houki fired back, making the girl flinch with jealously. "So there's no need for your assistance."
"Well…" she might not be able to catch Ichika in her web of getting closer to him, she still has the other boy, Dart, to ask. "How about you?" She asked turning her head to the lad enjoying his burger. "Can I help you with IS?"
Dart swallowed a bit of his burger, "If it's a senior offering assistance, I would really like to take you up on that offer." He replied.
'Yes!' The girl mentally cheered with joy. "Okay great! Meet me at Arena 2 after school. I'll try to get two IS practice units ready for our practice."
"Just one will do. I have a personal IS." Dart informed backing the girl, Ichika and Houki be taken aback.
"Okay then!" She learned towards Dart and rubbed his chin softly with a sign of affection. "I'll see you in Arena 2 after school." She jumped off the table and took her leave with a joyful smile on her face from the boy who she'll get one-on-one time with.
"Dart! I didn't know you have a personal IS!" Ichika wildly shouted in surprise.
"I was kind of hoping to keep it a surprise from you and Alcott before we fought in the Class Representative match. I guess it's out there now, huh?" He sighed, not sure if he even has a personal IS at all and he's getting himself into a big lie. There's only one way to find out and that's to attend the training with whoever that girl was.
**After School, Arena 2**
Dart Silver waited patiently in the middle of Arena 2, a circular field with stands all over the place and VIP booths on two ends of the arena. He was told to wait here after school, but the girl isn't showing up. He should have asked for the time because 'after school' isn't time specific. While Ichika was being trained with Houki in the arts of kendo, something not related to IS, Dart was doing nothing and wasting time.
"Maybe I should just head off and figure out how to pilot an IS by myself" Dart told himself as he was about to head back to the cafeteria so he should have a snack before he is greeted by his actual real roommate.
"Sorry I'm late!" A female voice shouted out from the entrance way to the field behind Dart. He turned around and spotted that it was the same girl who offered to help, except this time she was in a dark blue leotard like a Japanese swimsuit, walking in an IS.
The IS name was Uchigane; a standard practicing IS easy to be used for beginners and is used for melee combat training. It was shaped after an armored samurai, with steel samurai-like levitating shoulders on both sides. The IS was twice the size of a school student.
The girl walked towards the center and met up with Dart. "It was a hassle trying to get a training IS."
"Before we start the training, can we get introductions out of the way?" Dart asked staring up at the girl who blinked, realizing her rude manners at the cafeteria before.
"I'm sorry!" She apologized genuinely. "I'm Katane Mira, third year student." She introduced herself with a handshake.
"I'm Silver Dart, first year student." He replied and gave her a handshake as well.
"It's nice to meet you," she nodded cheerfully. "Now we have introductions out of the way, how about we start the training with summoning your personal IS?"
"Uhh, this might sound awkward…but how do I summon it?" Dart awkwardly asked.
"Ehh?" Mira said with a shocked look on her face
"I was given a personal IS, but I never had the chance to use it so I'm in a bind…" He explained while scratching the back of his head.
Mira sighed, "Okay. To summon your IS, you have to think of your IS. Call its name like you are desperate for its help."
Dart had no idea what his IS name called, so he went by the appearance of the black ring with the horns on it and assumed it would be the Build Banshee. It was the best shot he had. He closed his eyes and looked down, blocking off all sounds and only concentrating on the IS name.
'Rage on…Build Banshee!'
After he mentally prayed, the black ring on his right ring finger lighted up in answer to his plea, as was enveloped in a white light and the next moment when the light died down, he was higher off the ground, and he felt connected to something, both mentally and physically.
"Whoa! A full black IS!" Mira commented with awe, amazement and excitement taking a look at the IS Dart summoned.
Dart opened his eyes, noticing he as higher from the ground and that he was covered in black armor with dark purple pads, emitting little dark purple stars from his knees, elbows and the parts on his armored body. His face and neck were the only spots left exposed and were not covered in black armor. The IS had two long upside down kite-shaped levitating shields on the back. His helmet was black and had a dark purple horn When Dart looked at his arms, the AA VN and AA VS were gone, as if he exchanged them for Banshee Norn arms with two beam saber ports aimed at the front that could emit a beam saber to act as a Tonfa.
"The…Build Banshee… It's been on me the entire time?" Dart muttered with wonder and amazement, yet at the same time with disappointment. His 1/144 scale Build Banshee was now turned into an IS suit. On the other hand, he was able to pilot it in real life.
After he had summoned the IS, he could mentally see a HUD displaying the weapons available, the 1k shields it possessed and a charge gauge for NT-D Mode.
"Okay, now that you've summoned an IS, shall we get to the basics?" Mira asked prepared to start the private lesson with Dart.
"Whenever you are."
**Next Monday, Class Representative Match**
**Arena 3**
The girls in the class sat in the seats in one section of Arena 3, preparing themselves to witness a triple threat battle between three potential class representatives to lead them to victory in the Inter-Class Tournament. Opinions were split between who would win. There was Ichika, freshly given a personal IS, Cecilia who was the Candidate Representative of England and much experienced, and then Dart who is yet to reveal what he is truly capable of.
One of the contenders for the title of Class Representative had already taken the stage, floating in the air with her personal IS, Blue Tears. It was a long range machine mainly built for ranged combat with a trench knife as a backup weapon, like a British Longbow man. She had equipped her Starlight Mk. III medium range and powerful sniper rifle. On her sides were 4 optical bits, sort of funnels like the Strike Freedom has. On her hips was a target seeking missile pod, one on each side.
The second contender, Ichika had launched from one of the four launch bays on a corner of the arena, appearing in his personal IS given to him by the government the Byakushiki. He flew up closer to the Blue Tears, but kept his distance.
"I'm glad you didn't run away with your tail between your legs," Cecilia mocked. "It seems the other dog cowered away like an unprivileged being he is."
"He'll show up. Don't you worry," Ichika backed up the absent friend.
"Regardless, I will give you a chance to apologize and I might just forgive you."
"You really think you can call that a chance?" Ichika mocked back. At that moment the students in the crowd spoke up in a chant of confusion.
"Look! Dart is using an Uchigane!"
"Is Dart crazy, or just wanting to lose on purpose?"
"There's no way he can win against two personal IS."
Dart flew up into the air and met up with the two personal IS, to the utter shock of Cecilia and Ichika. More of the shock came from Ichika who thought that Dart would be using a personal IS for the battle. Either he wants to keep his personal IS a secret or if he lied about that part.
"What? Using an Uchigane in a personal IS battle? Are you mocking me?!"Cecilia felt offended and belittled by this display of disgrace. But she couldn't care more, knowing her victory is more assured and easy so she can make him her slave. And is she going to make him beg and squeal for mercy.
"Are you going to keep talking or are we going to get this duel started?" Dart placed his hands out and summoned a katana in a sheath held sideways. Dart moved his right hand out and brought out the katana into the open, blade shining in the sunlight.
'Time to fall, Cecilia Alcott!'
**I know you're probably ranting why Dart isn't using the Build Banshee IS. You'll figure out in the next chapter why. As you already guessed, I've altered Ichika's personality so he's more human than dense. He will be paired up with Houki, so if Ichika is paired with Houki, who should Dart be paired up with? I will not pair him up with Rin or Laura. The choices are (I'm excluding Charlotte here to give other characters a chance who are rarely paired up in other Infinite Stratos fics):**
**Dart x Cecilia**
**Dart x Ayane Tomiko (Girl who introduced herself to Dart on his first day)**
**Dart x Mira Katane (The third-year student who taught Dart how to pilot an IS) **
**Dart x Class 1-1 Student (Honne Nohotoke, Kiyoka Aikawa, Unnamed classmate) **