Icarus 3
Later that day as Wyatt was in the teacher's office, Chifuyu asked "So you're saying Autumn just discussed why she hated Ichika to you."
Wyatt responds "Yeah, she also got plastic surgery and dyed her hair black. So she looks different from her mugshot now."
Chifuyu says "I see, so how are you handling all of this?"
Wyatt smirks and says "All good I kept my cool and managed to escape without a scratch."
Doubting his words , Chifuyu asked "Are you sure, you seemed pretty conflicted back when Ichika was sent into critical condition. So after not only getting kidnapped and seeing your main tormenter seems like it could bring back old memories."
Attempting to convince his teacher, Wyatt says "It's all good Ms. Orimura, I've gotten over it. Besides I'm just lucky the freshmen didn't get involved."
Chifuyu says "True, just remember you can always come to any of the teachers here."
Wyatt gets up from a chair and says "Alright, if you need me I'll be getting some rest."
As he began to leave the room, Chifuyu thought "That kid really keeps things close to the chest."
Once he made it into the hallway , The American thought "If I remember I think the cafeteria is serving mackerel or hamburger steak."
While in deep thought over his choice, Wyatt was tackled by Caleb and Trent as the two freshmen were blubbering.
Trent says "What the hell Wyatt why did you let us leave you alone."
Caleb adds "Yeah, we're supposed to be a team."
Wyatt pulled the guys off him as he says "You three don't have any combat experience, besides
Before Wyatt could leave he felt his sleeve getting tugged. He looked around to see a pissed off Kaitlynn fighting the urge to cry.
Seeing this caused Wyatt to say in a serious tone "Hey guys , can me and Kaitlynn have a minute."
As the two left the group, Madoka asked "So exactly what do you think they'll talk about?"
Laura responds "A lot but most importantly, for Wyatt to stop keeping secrets."
Later as Wyatt and Kaitlynn made it to the Italian girl's room, Wyatt says "Look I know you're upset."
Kaitlynn screamed "Upset, I'm pissed off. You practically push everyone who cares about you away."
She begins to list all the secrets Wyatt kept "Charlotte's gender, You're fight with Ichika, the Kyoto triple cross, Charlotte's dad and now this. Seriously what other things have you've been hiding?"
Wyatt sits down and says "I know but the reason I do this is because I don't want to see any of you guys hurt. Especially after seeing Ichika during the Akatsubaki incident.
Immediately Kaitlynn punched Wyatt to the ground and said "Look I think it's noble that you want to keep us safe, but don't forget we can handle ourselves better than you can in a fight."
As he was rubbing his cheek , Wyatt thought "Damn all these years later and her punches still hurt like hell."
Wyatt gets up and says "Okay I'll try to be more honest about these types of things. No more secrets, half truths or hidden agendas." Wyatt sat down on the bed and he looked at Kaitlynn with puppy dog eyes.
Reluctantly, Kaitlynn joined him and said "Look I'm only mad at you because I don't want you to sacrifice your own happiness for the happiness of others. You actually have a cute smile."
Wyatt says "True but it doesn't compare to the 32 pearls that you call teeth."
Kaitlynn blushes and says "Stop it, I'm supposed to be mad at you."
As a cocky grin formed on his face, Wyatt declared "Make me."
Kaitlynn pushed Wyatt onto his back and placed herself on top of him. In a flirty tone she says "With pleasure."
She leaned forward and pressed a kiss to his lips. She adds "So how are you going to make it up to me?"
Wyatt's smirk grew wider as he said "I think I've got an idea or two."
Before the two could go any further they heard a thud coming from the door.
Kaitlynn sighed and whispered "Seems like we'll have to put those plans on hold."
Wyatt says "I mean it's not like they could see us."
Kaitlynn gets up and said "Even so it would feel weird having them listen in."
Wyatt says "We can just play some music or turn on the news."
She silently walked towards the door to open it. This caused Charlotte, Laura, Cecilia,Rin, Kanazashi,Houki, Caleb and Trent to tumble into the room.
Wyatt counted the number of people and asked "So did Harrison and Ichika have something better to do?"
Charlotte chuckles and says "Sorry about that. We were just worried about you two."
Wyatt forced a smirk and said "I really appreciate the concern buddy. Especially with the timing."
The French girl pats him on the back and says "If we have to deal with our moments getting interrupted, so do you."
Slightly embarrassed Wyatt gets up and says "I'm just going to water the doc's plants."
Caleb asked "Do you need any help Wyatt?"
Wyatt responds "No I just need some me time after today."
On Monday morning as Ichika and Wyatt were heading to the cafeteria, the American yawned for the third time that morning.
Ichika asked "Let me guess another late night at the doctor's lab?"
After yawning again, Wyatt replies halfheartedly "Me and the doc might've finished the guys' unit but not their weapon systems. So I've been working on it, while he went off for a conference."
Ichika says "I can see, this is the first time you've been awake early enough to get breakfast."
Sheepishly Wyatt says "Yeah, it's been a tough couple of days but I should be finished by the-."
Before finishing his meal and sentence, Wyatt passed out on the table.
Ichika sighed as he picked his roommate's head off the table and then banged it back on the surface.
The impact woke Wyatt up as he said "Thanks for that buddy."
Ichika says "How's about you fix your sleep schedule or at the very least drink some coffee."
In a disgusted tone , Wyatt asked "Why would I ever drink that crap."
Confused, Ichika says "What do you mean by that, I've seen you drink coffee before."
Wyatt asked "But do you remember who served me each of those times."
Orimura thought back to each time he saw Wyatt drink coffee and remembered that each time the American was served by Kaitlynn and her alone.
Ichika asked, "So if you hate coffee, why do you drink it when Kaitlynn serves it?"
Wyatt smirks and says "Trust me, a relationship is all about doing things together."
As Ichika shrugged his shoulders he says "I really don't get this relationship stuff."
Wyatt says "When the time comes you'll understand like the rest of us."
As Class 2-1 were going over their lesson plan, Miss Yamada says "And right before lunch, we'll be having a joint practice with class 2-2."
Laura whispered "From what I've heard, Class 2-2 also got a transfer student."
Wyatt whispered "I see, so what is this transfer girl like."
He winced as Kaitlynn hit his ear with a rubber band and gave the American a scary look.
Wyatt rubbed his ear and explained "I meant about her fighting capability and if she has a personal unit."
Charlotte whispers "From what Kanazashi said her name is Rorentsuine Laurent di Fillney and she's from Holland."
Jokingly Wyatt says "That's definitely a mouthful, I'd probably bite my tongue if I had to say the whole thing."
Madoka adds "Doesn't matter, I'll take her down in a duel."
Sternly Miss Yamada says "Bodwig, Joseph , Dunios and Orimura M , I hope my lesson isn't distracting your conversation."
The four lowered their heads and apologized "Sorry about that ma'am."
Once it was time for everyone to suit up for the joint practice, Wyatt and Ichika made their way to their changing area.
While Wyatt was taking out his new training suit , Ichika asked "So exactly where did you get the new suit?"
The American explains "It was developed by Al's company, after all he did co-fund the predator series."
Shocked Ichika says "Seriously, I didn't know Dr. Maxwell teamed up with Charlotte's dad."
Wyatt says "We needed a big financial backer plus me and Al have gotten pretty chummy with one another. So he was a clear choice."
As he placed the suit on, Wyatt adds "Not only does it allow for extra protection but it even increases the speed of electrical signals by 8%."
Ichika says "Wow, that seems like it will really help in combat."
Wyatt says "Don't worry , you and the other guys will be getting your own in the foreseeable future."
Ichika looked at the clock as he said "Well we got to go if we want to be on time for training."
As the two made it to Arena 6, Chifuyu says "Seems you two still need to learn punctuality."
Slightly out of breath , Ichika says "It's not like we try to be late."
Chifuyu says "It doesn't matter, since you two are late, you two will participate in the first mock battle."
The two guys smirk as Ichika asked "So Joseph , ready for round 3?"
Wyatt tightened his fist and raised it to the air, he says "Yes the tiebreaker to end all tiebreakers. Our battle shall be legendary!"
Chifuyu says "Easy there hotshots, you'll be working as a tag team against another opponent."
The two looked around and saw that Miss Yamada wasn't dressed for combat.
Ichika asked "So who's going to be our opponent?"
Chifuyu smirks and says "You two will be facing me."
Jokingly Wyatt says "Me? That seems like a pretty weird name , but bring her out."
This caused the class to laugh as Ichika said "No Wyatt , I think she means she'll be facing us."
A smile formed on the American's face as he said "I thought you were retired after coming back from Germany."
Chifuyu stretches and says "Well my unit took a lot of damage in a battle. But since it's been fixed I'm coming out of retirement. After all how am I going to win the third Mondo Grosso."
Everyone was shocked by this announcement as the two boys were taken aback.
After taking a deep breath to calm down , Wyatt shouts "Hell yeah, a chance to defeat the best in the world. This is the chance of the lifetime."
He immediately deployed the Gamma Sobek and its spear as he was ready for battle.
As Wyatt taps his spear against his shoulders, he said "Come on show me what you got, show me the power that conquered the world."
Chifuyu smirks as a bright light enveloped her. Wyatt looked in awe as for the first time he gets to see the legendary Kuresakura.
Ichika says "So how do you want to go about this. We don't have too much experience working as a duo."
Wyatt whispered "I'll go in and try to make an opening for you. When you see you're chance, take it."
Chifuyu materialized a katana that was in a rifle shaped sheath and says "Let the battle begin."
Hearing those words, Wyatt charged at his opponent ready to strike her with a spear lunge.
But before he could get into striking distance, Chifuyu's blade shot out of the scabbard hilt first and knocked into Wyatt's forehead.
The attack knocked the American off balance and while he was still reeling from the attack, Chifuyu grabbed the now shinning sword by the hilt and struck Wyatt with a diagonally slash.
As Wyatt was knocked to the ground, he noticed his shield energy was reduced to zero and thought "Wait the hell just happened."
Chifuyu decides to sheath her blade while Ichika came in ready to finish the fight with the Reiraku Byakuya.
But the woman managed to avoid the attack and counter with a quick draw slash.
Ichika was in shock as he was sent tumbling into the ground after his shield energy was reduced to zero.
While she returned her blade to its sheath, Chifuyu snarks "For all your tough talk you two still got a lot to learn."
The two groaned as they got up after their humiliating defeat. Ichika says "That was an experience."
Chifuyu says "Well it's my job as a teacher to help you learn, so that's a job well done for me."
Miss Yamada adds " There should be 11 pilots here with personal units, so everyone try to separate into groups of 4-5."
Wyatt groans "Great, guess I've got to waste my time."
Chifyu glared at Wyatt as the American says "Which is something I enjoy."
After finishing their training session and getting changed the girls were waiting for Ichika and Wyatt for lunch. But for some reason they didn't come up to the roof.
Houki says "Strange, those two were the first to leave the arena."
Cecilia says "Maybe they decided just to eat in their room for lunch."
Kaitlynn says "I doubt it, Wyatt's the one who suggested all of us to hang out."
Madoka gets up and says "I'll go check if those two are still in the changing room."
As she left to go find the guys a girl with short white hair and brown eyes. As Cecilia noticed the girl she said "Seems you've decided to join us Rolan."
The girl smirks as she takes a look at Kaitlynn. She says "You're Kaitlynn Belladonna right, from what I've heard you and Wyatt Joseph are an item."
Slightly defensive Kaitlynn says "That's me , why do you ask?"
Rolan replies "Good can you please break up with him for me."
Pissed off by this comment, Kaitlynn says "Why would I ever hand Wyatt over to someone like you?"
The girl chuckles and says "Oh sorry you're mistaken, I don't want him, I want you."
Hearing this confused the group as the Holland girl took Kaitlynn's hand and kissed it.
Breaking the silence was the sound of Wyatt stabbing his spear into the ground next to Rolan.
With a very forced smile , Wyatt says "You must be new here, so let me give you a warning. Try anything like that again, I'll beat you down."
Rolan smirks and says "As I expected, you seem to be just like every other guy. Quick to angry, boarish and weak."
To everyone's surprise, Wyatt picked his weapon back up as Ichika and Madoka tried to stop him from attacking again.
Ichika says "Calm down Wyatt, don't let her rile you up."
As Wyatt was struggling to escape, Laura used her A.I.C to freeze the American in his track.
Laura says "He's right , she just trying to get inside your head. Try to think rationally."
Wyatt took a deep breath and dematerialized his weapon. The American says "You're right, I have to do this the correct way."
He points to the Holland girl and exclaimed "Let's settle this with a sing off."
Ichika lightly taps his friend on the head and says "He means an IS battle, sorry my friend is..., well he's an idiot."
Wyatt sighed and says "Fine, I guess we can do a boring old IS battle. I wanted to mix things up."
Kaitlynn says "Hold up, I'm not just going to stand by and let you two fight over me like some trophy."
Rolan says "You heard the lady so just give up and her over to me."
Kaitlynn says "You misunderstood, I'm going to be the one who takes you down. After all I can't just sit by as someone insults my boyfriend."
Wyatt says "I appreciate the sentiment Kaitlynn but this is something I have to do. I can't call myself a man if I let someone insult me in front of not only you, but my best friend."
Ichika says "Wyatt I appreciate the sentiment but you don't need to go that far."
The American responds "Correction , you, my best friend and my roommate."
Confused Ichika asked "Wait then who's you're-." He paused and says "It's Charlotte isn't it."
Ichika looked to see Wyatt and Charlotte fist bump as Rolan says "It doesn't matter who I'll face, I'll win either way."
Houki says "If that's the case why can't the three of you fight in a battle royale."
Wyatt looks at Houki in amazement and says "Seems you're not a complete idiot after all Shinonono. On Saturday at high noon let's have a 1v1v1."
As Kaitlynn and Rolan agreed to these terms , Wyatt adds "With that settled , Ichika go take care of the paperwork."
Ichika asked "Wait but I thought as the General Affairs Manager that was your job?"
The American responds "Normally yes but I can't approve of my own personal battles so it goes to the Vice President."
As Ichika sighed he thought "So that's why he was so insistent on fighting."
