SUMMARY CHAPTER: How the story started…

I have decided to catch my readers up on what has been happening so far in the story since I know there has been much going on for the past couple of chapters. In addition, I myself have to sort out the storyline. I am taking a short break from the story and when I get a chance I shall continue writing. For now, I have decided to intervene and add a summary chapter. Please note that this will contain some spoilers if you have not read the previous chapters. Also, this summary will not contain all the scenes but just the major, plot- needed scenes.

All right, from the beginning… -flashbacks-

Part 1:

The story starts with Zero and Hiead battling each other. After the battle trials, Azuma is not very happy with the candidate and repairer performance so he makes the candidates learn how to be repairers so that they can better understand what their repairer is going through and perhaps, repairer and candidate will become closer and will function more like a unit, rather than two separate people. Unfortunately for Hiead, he walks out angrily and ends up getting a week's worth of punishment from Azuma. A little later, Zero and Kizna are the only ones left in the repairing room and as they walk back to their respective rooms, the lights go off and Zero and Kizna had a couple of embarrassing moments that make them more aware of their feelings towards one another.

Another battle takes place the next day, this time, Zero and Clay against Roose and Yamagi. Zero is the last one standing, but Azuma leaves abruptly because he has some other matters to take care of. Meanwhile, Saki and the rest of the group besides Zero, Kizna and Hiead, get a strange idea that Zero and Kizna would make a cute couple and decide to place them together. Little do they know it would cause more trouble than they intended.

With their plans in action, the "Bring- Zero- and- Kizna- together gang" tries to seat the two together. When that plan fails, they tried leaving them alone together in the mess hall. Zero and Kizna leave for the recreation room and soon, after talking to each other for a bit, partner to partner, they realize they have feelings that go further than friendship for each other. Kizna falls asleep and Zero's hormones start to take over him and he leans in to kiss her. Little does he know that the "gang" is watching them from outside the room. Kizna wakes up and gives Zero a run for his money, as she mentions that she senses someone watching them. Zero apologizes but Kizna hears none of it. She says she will meet him later that night at the same spot and will explain then.

However, before that time, Zero has another practice battle with Yamagi and Roose. The battle ends up as a tie and Dr. Rill patches up the three candidates. Once back in his room, Zero meets up with Hiead and finds out that he is done with his week's worth of punishment in just a day and half. Zero and Hiead throw some verbal comments back and forth at each other and it soon turns into a battle of the fists. Azuma stomps in and luckily; Clay covers up for the two of them. Later that night, Zero and Kizna meet back up in the rec. room, ready to talk. They finally reveal their feelings towards one another and stay the rest of the night in the room side by side. They decide not to tell the "gang" about this new development and decide to get back at them for trying to set them up in the first place.

While the "gang" plans frantically, Hiead is having a couple of problems of his own. Zero, during lunch, goes out to meet him and they have a fistfight, since that is the only way Zero can get through to Hiead. Kizna gets a weird feeling and goes to check how Zero is doing. She finds Zero on the floor and yells at Hiead for what he has done to Zero and Ikhny. Hiead finally realizes what he has been doing and takes some time off to think. The "gang" along with Zero and Kizna head out to repair the pro-ings once again since they have another battle the next morning, with Azuma monitoring. They take a break and during that time, Saki pushes Zero and Kizna into a nearby closet and Clay locks the keypad in such a way that it will only open by an official on GOA or right before dinner time. Zero and Kizna take their time and enjoy themselves while the others frantically hope that their plan is working. Unfortunately, as the gang returns to open the door, on their way, a group of victim attack GOA and Kizna ends up injuring her arm. Zero breaks the door down with inhuman power and rushes Kizna to the medical ward with the gang right behind them.

Kizna ends up having to lay off her arm for a month and during that time, Zero learns how to repair his pro-ing very efficiently. Every now and then, Zero and Kizna sneak out to see each other in the middle of the night. Once Kizna's arm is better, Azuma sets up a battle with Zero and Hiead on the same team, against the other three candidates. Zero and Hiead win and Hiead walks out of the control room in anger. Ikhny tries to bring him back but he ends up yelling at her. She dissolves in a fit of tears and that is how Zero and Kizna find her, crouched in a fetal position against the wall. However, before Hiead leaves, he mutters that he is sorry. Ikhny tries to figure out what he means by that but the others come out at that time.

That night, Zero and Kizna are in the recreation room, having some alone time when Hiead walks in. Zero does not want Hiead to tell the others so he makes a deal with Hiead. Hiead will be able to ask anything of Zero as long as he keeps his end of the deal. Hiead says he needs time to think about what he wants and leaves. Hiead soon finds that the image of Ikhny will not leave his head and wonders what is wrong with him. As Zero and Clay head out that morning for classes, Clay's attention is diverted and Zero spots Kizna down the hallway. He catches up to her, pulls her into an abandoned classroom, and kisses her silly. Hiead finally realizes he has other feelings towards Ikhny but isn't quite sure what to do about them, so he decides that Zero can help and grudgingly, he asks Zero for his help.

Kizna and Ikhny have a girl chat and Kizna finds out what is on the other girls mind. A while later, Hiead and Zero have a one-on-one battle and Zero wins. Hiead ends up going to the hospital wing for treatment and Ikhny comes to visit him. The gang tries to give their plans another go as they lock Zero and Kizna in a bedroom this time around. Of course none of the gang members know their plans are working and enter onto a disappointing scene as they all head out for dinner. Kizna talks with Zero sometime that day and together the candidate- repairer team plans to bring Hiead and Ikhny together.

The next day, Azuma gives the class of ten a lecture on the goddesses, how they work and their pilots. Hiead starts acting weird around Zero but none of them catches on. Kizna and Zero train on his anti- gravity sickness and Kizna finds a way to cure his problems. Zero and Hiead have another go at the pro-ings and Hiead ends up being pummeled. He is a little warmer towards Kizna and Zero as he talks in more friendly tones, not being too sore about loosing. The rest of the "gang" ends up walking in on Zero and Kizna in middle of their "victory- kiss" and the proverbial cat jumps out of the bag, but the gang keeps it a secret from Azuma. Hiead meets up with Ikhny a while later and he confesses his feelings to her. She is a little startled at first, but accepts his feelings and returns them.

Part 2:

We see Teela walking down a darkened hallway and entering a room. She has a talk with a man, who is not reveled, and he says he needs another month to find a person who will take Teela's place in the white goddess. Back in her room, Erts reveals to the blue haired girl that Zero and Kizna are a couple. She throws a fit and demands that Erts talk to the two children about the consequences of the people at the top finding out. The next day, Kizna goes to the recreation room to set her thoughts straight and overhears two people talking about the victim and the white goddess and a boy named Rei. She wonders what they are talking about when Hiead comes out from behind her and asks what she makes of the conversation.

Later that day, the candidates, mainly Zero and Hiead, have a battle, this time it is against the top of the top candidates; against Force, Aracd, while Erts and Gareas watch from the side lines. The battle ends up as a tie between Force and Zero.

Kizna gets this idea that Erts can train her in fencing so that she can better help Zero on the field. She will know what he is going through and perhaps be able to help him. Teela, meanwhile, runs into Dr. Kuro and they have a little chat about Zero and which goddess may choose him. A little while later, a battle between the victim and goddess take place and the goddess soon find out that they need back up. So the pro-ings are dispatched. During the battle, Hiead's arm is injured but he handles it well. Hiead walks to the recreation room with Ikhny following him and he shows her a secret door located in the rec. room. They both go in together and have a long chat about their pasts, their futures, etc., and then find out that Zero and Kizna also enter the room a while later.

We find out about Ikhny's past and how her father treated her. Meanwhile, Zero and Kizna catch up with each other. Erts meets up with Zero and Kizna and explains to them that they have to lie low for a while because "people at the top" cannot find out about them being together. After their chat, Kizna gets hungry so the three of them sneak into the storage room, where GOA keeps it's fresh foods and Erts, Zero and Kizna grab a handful of items to take back.

Now this is where we currently are. If the story prolongs to another 15 chapters, I shall do another summary of the story then. Until then, Enjoy!

Please note, I shall put the next chapter up in a short while. It will take me some time to complete.