Icarus 11
It was the first Saturday morning in June as Ichika was sitting next to Madoka on the couch in Dr. Maxwell's cabin.
Ichika yawns as he stretches his arms out and places his arms around Madoka's shoulders.
Madoka pinched Ichika's cheek and says "Don't get cocky, idiot."
From the kitchen, Kaitlynn and her brother ,Dante who was on a video call were watching the scene unfold.
Dante says "Honestly I think he did pretty good."
Kaitlynn asked "Exactly how getting punched in the face is pretty good."
Dante says "I got melted butter poured down my pants once. Plus it's hard to practice when the test model is his sister."
Ichika says "No one else could help and Wyatt would scratch me if I tried with Kaitlynn."
Dante says "I see, by the way where is he anyways. I thought he would be helping you out."
Ichika says "He left pretty early and left me a pair of clothes for the date."
Kaitlynn smirks and says "Don't worry he's fine. He's just handling some business."
At the same time in Charlottes and Laura's room, Wyatt was helping the former with her hair.
Wyatt hands the French girl a small mirror and says "How's about this look?"
Charlotte looked in the mirror to see her hair tied into a fishtail braid. She says "As always your skills in hair styling are amazing."
Wyatt says "I know but remember, you gotta keep this a secret. I got a tough guy rep to maintain and people aren't scared of hairstylists."
Laura says "That's pretty funny coming from the guy who has a bigger sweet tooth than me."
Charlotte adds "Or wears a fanny pack with a first aid kit whenever we go off campus."
Wyatt sighed "Well if that's the case, I guess you don't want the secret weapon that would complete the look then."
The girls immediately thought "And extremely moody as well."
Charlotte says "Fine you're a tough guy, so what is this secret weapon."
Wyatt pulls out a marigold hair pin from his pocket and clipped it onto Charlotte's hair. He says "And with that the look is complete."
Charlotte chuckles and says "Once again thanks for the help."
Wyatt smirks and says "We both made a promise to style each other's hair on our first date , so it's not a problem."
As the American started to pack up his brushes and combs, he adds "And remember if anyone asks, especially Ichika, you did all of that yourself."
Once he left the room, Charlotte asked Laura "So are you really okay about this?"
Laura says "I'm not really that much into fashion but it does look good."
Charlotte says "No I'm talking about the whole Ichika thing, after all you we're pretty gung-ho about making him your bride."
Laura says "Like I've already said, I'm happy for you."
To the German girl's surprise, Charlotte hugged her and said "It's alright to wear your emotions on your sleeves."
Laura breaks out of the hug and says "I'm not saying I'm completely fine with it but I do have a condition for you to date him."
Charlotte says "Sure I'll do anything if it will help get your blessing."
Immediately a knife was positioned right at Charlotte's throat as Laura says "Promise me you'll do everything to make each other happy. The second I see he's unhappy around you, I'll steal him for myself."
Charlotte laughed as she noticed the knife was still in its stealth "Don't worry, I'll do my best."
As tears begin to roll down Laura's uncovered eye, she says "That's all I ask for."
Later as Charlotte was walking towards the train station she thought "Okay the hair is good and the clothes." She stopped to look at a nearby glass window to look at her outfit that consisted of a white blouse under a light orange long sleeved jacket , blue jean shorts and blue shoes.
The girl smiles as she thinks "Perfect, now all I have to do is get to the meeting spot."
As the girl turns the corner, she sees Ichika sitting by the fountain. His outfit consisted of a white shirt with a black vest, a pair of khaki pants with a mahogany-brown belt with a gold buckle. He wore a pair of brown shoes and a black fedora.
Charlotte thought "Weird he's usually late for these types of things." She approached him and as the two saw one another they blushed a deep red.
The French girl says "Sorry, it seems I've made you wait."
Ichika says "Oh no, I just got here a couple minutes ago. So where do you want to go?"
Charlotte takes a moment to think as she says "How about we go swimsuit shopping. Summer is almost here."
Ichika smiles as he says "Sure whatever you wish."
As the two left the fountain, spying on the recent love birds from the corner was Airis and Ran.
Ran says "This is definitely not looking good. Those two are practically drooling over each other."
Airis says "Don't worry that's why we're here. Djbril told me the first date is key and if we ruin it , we'll ruin the relationship."
Ran asked "And how do you expect to do that?"
Airis responds "We'll join in on their date and ensure they can't get lovey dovey around each other."
The two began to walk towards the unsuspected couple but before they could announce their presence, a tall mime walked in front of the girls.
As they attempted to walk past the mime, he kept on blocking their path.
Ran says "Excuse me but we have to get past."
The mime takes a deflated balloon and blows it up with air. In a matter of seconds he tied it into a crown and placed it on the Luxembourg princess's head.
With an intense scowl, Airis asked "Are you messing with me?"
The mime lightly tapped the girl's nose and ran off in the opposite direction of where Ichika and Charlotte were going.
An enraged Airis attempts to follow him as Ran says "Wait what about Ichika?"
The princess says "We'll catch up with them later , I have to execute this clown."
Ran reluctantly followed her friend until due to the crowd, the two first year girls lost track of the mime.
Airis says "He's good but I know we can get him if we search harder."
Ran sighed "Look there's no point in looking further. If we don't catch up with Ichika and Charlotte , the date will go off without a hitch."
Meanwhile in the mall's bathroom, Caleb and Harrison were watching Trent wash off the mime makeup for his clever disguise.
Harrison asked "So what made you choose a mime? I'm sure there were plenty of other disguises."
While washing his face , Trent responds "I needed something that could cover my face and not reveal our cover. Wyatt did give us a mission."
Caleb responds "That's right, Ichika worked up all his courage to ask out Miss Dunios. So we have to do whatever we can to make sure this date goes as planned."
Harrison says "True plus we do owe Ichika for helping us with our training."
Later as Ichika was waiting for Charlotte to get changed he thought "Okay Orimura , remember what Dante said "Always compliment the girl."
As Charlotte exited the changing room, Ichika saw the girl in an orange and yellow checkered two piece swimsuit."
Ichika looked down at the floor and said "Wow y-you look a-amazing."
Charlotte smirks and says "Thanks I really liked the pattern."
Still flustered, Ichika says "No problem, it looks nice on you."
Charlotte goes in closer and whispers into Ichika's ear "You're thinking of something pervy aren't you."
Ichika blushed as he responded "N-no I'm not thinking of anything of the-." He looks to see Charlotte was completely unconvinced at his lie. Orimura sighed as he said "Okay maybe a little."
Charlotte pats Ichika on the head and says "Honestly I'm kind of flattered about it."
As the rest of the day passed , the couple found themselves in front of a crepe truck.
Ichika says "Honestly it's been a while since I've had a crepe."
Charlotte asked "Really, who did you go with?"
Ichika responds "Me , Dan and Wyatt stopped by here at one point. Those two are practically controlled by their stomachs."
The two were handed a blueberry and strawberry crepe from the truck's owner. As they found a bench to sit on , Charlotte asked "So do you know about the legend about this place?"
Ichika takes a minute to think and says "No, all I remember from here is Wyatt eating one of each crepe."
Charlotte chuckles as she says "I could see that. But the legend is that when a couple eats mixed Berry crepes here, they will be together for life."
Ichika chuckles as he says "Yeah that does seem like a rumor around here, but why didn't we get the mixed Berry."
Charlotte says "Me and Laura came here and it turns out they don't serve mixed berries."
A smirk formed on Ichika's face as he said "I think I know how to solve that." He took a bite of Charlotte's strawberry crepe as he placed his blueberry crepe in front of the girl's mouth.
Once Charlotte took a bite, Ichika began to eat the blueberry crepe. The boy says "Now I think things are official."
To his surprise Charlotte was completely stunned as she asked "Um Ichika are you seeing what I see."
The girl points to the river as Ichika saw something he nor Charlotte could believe, Dr. Maxwell and Miss Yamada together on a rowboat.
Later before dinner , Wyatt and Kaitlynn were hanging out in the latter's room.
Wyatt asked "So how long do you think Madoka will be gone?"
Kaitlynn responds "She and Laura said they're going meet us at the cafeteria for lunch after training."
Wyatt smirks as he says "Then I guess we got some time to kill."
As the American placed his hand on the girl's thigh, Kaitlynn says "Well there's no time like the present."
Without warning the two heard banging on the door as the two groaned in disappointment.
Kaitlynn gets up and says "Let's see if we can get rid of them quickly."
She opens the door as Charlotte and Ichika come rushing into the room.
Wyatt asked "So how did the date go lovebirds?"
Ichika says "Great but there's something a lot more important than that. Guess who we saw on a date."
Jokingly Kaitlynn asked "You two when you looked in a mirror?"
Charlotte says "No it was Dr. Maxwell and Miss Yamada, we saw them at the park."
To the two's surprise, Wyatt and Kaitlynn were completely unfazed by the news as Wyatt says "Yeah we know."
In unison, Charlotte and Ichika said "What do you mean you knew."
Kaitlynn says "And it seems they're in sync as well."
Charlotte says "That's not important how do you know those two were dating."
Wyatt answered "One it's pretty obvious , two I'm his assistant and three we saw them kissing at Cecilia's party."
Ichika says "Wait, that was back in December, they've been dating for almost half a year."
Slightly agitated Wyatt says "Yeah that's basic math, Shittymura."
Confused Charlotte asked "So what's up with grumpy pants."
Wyatt says "Maybe it's because unlike you two, our fun got interrupted by friends telling us about news we already knew." He pointed towards their purple colored tongues.
The two looked shocked at Wyatt's observations as the American says "You're not the only two who kissed after drinking raspberry and blueberry slushies."
Ichika admits "It was actually strawberry and blueberry crepes."
Wyatt says "Same differences." He gets up and attempts to push the two out of the room as he adds "Now how's about you two get something to eat."
Ichika whispered to his roommate "Did we ruin the mood?"
Wyatt sighed and responded "Greatly old friend, greatly."
The next evening as the guys were relaxing in the men's hot springs after a good training session , Trent groaned as he said "Hey guys have you noticed things have gotten more insane these past couple of days."
Harrison says "Yeah it's almost like some upset the balance of the island."
Ichika says "Come on, can't I be able to find happiness in a relationship."
Caleb says "We're not saying that, but ever since your relationship with Miss Dunios has been made public , it's almost like every girl on the island wants a piece of us."
Harrison groans as he says "Exactly, it's like I can't do anything without an entourage."
Trent says "Honestly I wished things were different and we weren't the only 5 boys on this island."
A smirk forms on Wyatt's face as he says "Well the thing is we're not the only guys on the island."
The other four boys looked at Wyatt in shock as they asked "What do you mean by that?"
Wyatt says "It's better if you see it yourselves, but it would mean we would have to skip class tomorrow."
Trent says "If it means a break from having girls breathing down my neck, I'll do anything."
Caleb says "Plus we're pretty ahead of our lessons due to your tutoring."
Harrison says "Honestly I'm just bored , so I'm up for anything."
Wyatt grins as he says "Alright, with that all set, we'll sneak out our rooms before the sun rises."
After getting a decent night's sleep and waking up before the crack of dawn, Wyatt led the group to the west point of the island near the bridge going to the harbor .
To the other four's surprise, they saw a simple two story building with 7 doors on each floor and outside stairs going up to the second floor. From the side of the dorm was an annex that held the kitchen and dining room.
Ichika says "I've been here for more than a year and I've never seen this place before."
Wyatt says "It's because academy students don't go towards the docks, we left a bit earlier than expected but you'll soon witness a whole other side to the academy."
From one of the rooms Takuya came out wearing a green mechanic jumpsuit with black boots and says "Well look at this , the young princes decided to grace us commoners with our presence."
Ichika was in complete shock at the person's appearance as he said "Wait Takuya?"
Harrison asked "Wait you know this guy, but you said you never been to this part of the island before?"
Ichika says "Yeah but I met Takuya through Wyatt , but he never mentioned he also was at the island."
Takuya says "That's because I only just started going here in April. But Wyatt was too busy to properly share the news."
Wyatt chuckles as he says "Sorry , but better late than never."
Caleb says "I'm still confused, exactly what is this place?"
Wyatt responds "This is the dormitory for the annex to the IS academy , The Stratos Engineering and Development school, or SED for short."
Takuya "So I talked to Hoshi sensei and he told me you guys can join today's lesson on one condition. Lose the uniform."
Wyatt says "Okay never knew he felt that way. Come on boys single file and try not to look into each other's eyes. I heard that's how you switch souls."
Takuya says "No not like that, you gotta wear our uniforms. If you're going to learn like a SED student, you gotta dress like one."
After releasing a sigh of relief , Wyatt says "Oh good, I thought things were about to get weird."
The five were passed the same uniforms that Takuya was wearing and got changed in the bathroom in the back of the building.
Takuya smirks as he says "Nice now you're really looking like SED students."
At that moment, the rest of the SED class started to walk out of their rooms as some of them greeted the male pilots.
While the group was led to the building's dining room, they saw their meal consisted of sardines , rice , miso soup and bread.
Trent says "Wow this is definitely different from the academy."
While he was stuffing his face ,Wyatt says "The funding isn't exactly split 50/50 but the food is definitely awesome."
A 5'10" man with short brown hair with some gray areas with brown eyes came from behind Wyatt and says "Thanks it's my mother's recipe, the secret is olive oil."
Takuya says "Guys this is Professor Daisuke Hoshi , the head teacher of SED."
Hoshi sensei says "Glad to see you decided to give us a shot Joseph . Remember there's always a spot for one of Maxwell's disciples."
Ichika says "It makes sense that you know Dr. Maxwell but why would there always be a spot for Wyatt."
Wyatt responds "It's because Dr. Hoshi was another member of the development group for the first IS and was Dr. Maxwell's mentor."
Hoshi smirks as he says "Ah the good old days, he and Tabane were like cats and dogs almost every step of the way. It's a shame that Tabane's hubris got the better of her."
Ichika thought "Wow, guess there's more to the creation of the IS than what's known to the public."
After they finished eating , the group of students went across the bridge to the doc into a makeshift classroom in one of the warehouses.
The male pilots were completely in awe of Professor Hoshi's lecture on advanced mechanical engineering and the quality of parts used for the IS's thruster systems. To their surprise, it was suddenly noon yet it only felt like 30 minutes passed.
During their lunch break as Wyatt was discussing with Dr. Hoshi , Caleb asked Takuya "So how did you and Wyatt meet?"
Takuya smirks as he responds "It was probably a year ago when we bumped into each other. I just thought he was some fancy prep student and wanted to beat the shit out of him."
Hearing this shocked the freshmen as Ichika says "Yeah these two idiots really like getting into street brawls."
Takuya adds "And to my surprise he was actually pretty strong, then after talking over burgers we both realized we had a few things in common especially a knack for mechanically engineering."
Caleb asked "So that's how you ended up joining the school?"
Takuya responds "He dared me into taking the exam , at first I thought it was a joke but then I realized Wyatt actually believed I could be something."
As the freshmen looked at Wyatt across the room, Trent says "Yeah he has that effect on people."
The rest of the day passed as the class worked on assembling and disassembling prop machinery.
While Trent was using a nearby bathroom, Caleb says "Oh yeah Wyatt we need your help with something."
Without hesitation, Wyatt says "I'm up for anything , just tell me what to do."
Harrison says "Trent wants to team up with a first year on the volleyball team for the tag team tournament."
Ichika takes a second to think as he says "We need some rope."
Meanwhile in the gymnasium, Kaitlynn was teaching several of the freshmen of the volleyball club how to do a jump serve.
Kaitlynn asked "Alright if you have any questions, now is the time."
One of the freshmen cried out in anguish "How do you get one of the Five Kings to go out with you?"
With that question, the rest of the girls began begging for the answer as a confused Kaitlynn asked "What exactly is a five king?"
Yuzu, another second year of the team says "You do know you're dating one of them right?"
Kaitlynn realized what they meant as she said "Oh you mean the guys, still what's with the weird name."
Freshman A says "After their appearance in Infinite Stripes and battles around Japan, they've been deemed to be the greatest men of our generation."
Freshmen B mentions "The group are led by the ultimate duo of the First Samurai and the Lightning Daredevil."
Kaitlynn snickers at the two's nicknames as she says "Wow those are some really good names."
Freshmen A says "But now that they're taken we need to get one of the others. Like the Ocean Prince, The Cyclops Hammer or the Pegasus Knight."
Kaitlynn smirks as she says "Well if that's the case just talk to them."
Freshman C says "Seriously if you think it was that easy, we wouldn't be asking you."
Kaitlynn says "Sometimes the best option is the most obvious one. Now come on , let's get back to pract-."
Suddenly to the club's surprise, Trent stumbled into the gymnasium with his limbs tied up. He shouts "Damn it, I played into their hands."
Before the rest of the guys entered the room, they took off their boots as Wyatt says "I told you, all we need to do was walk and he would hop right on in."
As the rest of the girls were in awe at the guy's appearance, Kaitlynn says "Seems you decided to drop by for practice."
Wyatt grins as he says "Yeah it seems so, how was class today."
Kaitlynn says "You know the regular but what was odd was that my boyfriend and his roommate played hooky."
Ichika says "Seriously , I'm his best friend."
Simultaneously Wyatt and Kaitlynn say " It's obvious my/his best friend is Charlotte."
Kaitlynn asked "So care to explain what made you decide to ditch class, dress up like that and drop in with Trent tied up?"
The guys began to smirk as they remembered how fun their day was as Ichika says "Well we decided to go on a field trip and bought matching jumpsuits."
Kaitlynn says "That still doesn't explain why you hogtied Trent."
Harrison says "He needs to talk to one of the members of the team. But he needs some help to get here."
Trent says "You jumped me and chased me throughout campus."
Wyatt says "I'm mentoring you, teaching you the importance of carp denim."
Harrison corrects his upperclassman and says "It's carpe diem."
Wyatt says "Does it matter because if you're worrying about the spelling, you're not carpin' the diems."
Trent sighed as he used his nose to point to the girl he wanted to talk to. She was a 5'7" tall with short light brown hair with and brown eyes.
Wyatt nods his head and says "I see, Harry untie the big lug."
As Harrison starts to untie his classmate, Trent says "Honestly Harry, these knots are pretty secure."
Harrison says "My family comes from a line of sailors, we learn to tie a knot from the age of 5."
Once the Australian got up and rubbed his wrist, he said "So Yasmine, do you have a partner for the tag match coming up."
Yasmine responds "Haven't really thought too much about it. Without a personal unit I don't expect to make it too far."
Trent nervously says "Well I don't have a partner and since we already know each other I thought we could team up."
Yasmine quickly responds "Sure… I mean since I don't have a choice and like you said it's an obvious choice I can team up with you."
Trent smirks as he says "That's great, so I guess I'll see you after practice."
Right before the guy's could leave, Kaitlynn says "Hold it, since you're already here, how about you help the team with practice."
Wyatt takes a moment to think as he says "Sure, we could use the exercise. Plus it might get the prez off my back for skipping student council duties."
Caleb says "I don't know, I kind of just want to get to our usual training."
Ichika says "Relax Caleb, plus it's good to have a more relaxed day."
Wyatt says "Yeah, so if you help out with the club, I'll treat you guys to some ramen this weekend"
The three freshmen smirk at the idea of a free meal as Harrison says "If that's the case, let's play."
Later that night in the high security faculty Tabane was currently imprisoned in, she was getting wheeled into the dining room by a guard with another one following armed with a taser.
Right as she entered the dining room, she sniffed the air around her and thought "Let me guess, the others are getting hamburgers, while I get whatever mystery meats you put into that blender."
The guard says "We've been informed about your abilities, so to ensure you can't escape we won't even let you use a plastic spoon without a gun to your head."
Suddenly something crashed through the building's walls as the security alert rang throughout the halls.
Tabane saw that it was a black Rafale Revive but what shocked her was the pilot was a male.
Before any of the guards could act, the mysterious pilot knocked them across the room and stared at Tabane.
Agent 001 grabbed the imprisoned inventor and flew off into the sky. To the his surprise, Tabane didn't struggle.
Smirking from ear to ear, Tabane says "You must be from Phantom Task, guess they finally decided to break me out."
Agent 001 says "Yes and no, this is about something else entirely."
After about 5 minutes of flying, the pilot landed next to a van parked on the side of the road.
Xander got out of the van as the male deactivated his IS unit. The ex- revolutionary says "Seems things went as planned."
Surprised ,Tabane says "Wait, I thought you died a couple years ago?"
Xander says "A lot of people did but that's not important. Since we've liberated you, you owe us a favor or two."
With a weirdly cheerful expression, Tabane asked "And why should I help you two?"
Xander points to her restraints and says "We can still leave you here and the police will find you. Besides, we've got a project for you."
The woman sighed as she said "What's the project, have me make cores for you guys. Sorry but without a supply of time crystals you're shit out of luck. Also who's the kid?"
Xander responds "This is Agent 001, but I call him Ace and we aren't looking for you to make a core. We just want to things from you, to do a core to heart."
Tabane takes a few seconds to think things over and says "Sure but this transplant better be worth my efforts."
As Ace was wheeling the woman into the vehicle, Xander says "Believe me, it's worth more than you know."
Okay I'm like 2 days late but a Valentine's special can still count if it's on the same week , right?
