Disclaimer: I don't own Infinite Stratos.

A/N: This is a revamped chapter, I'm going to be doing the third part sometime soon.

"Excuse me, may I have a moment?"

Jaden and Ichika turned around to see a blonde girl.

Followed by her was another girl. It was the brunette one that was constantly staring at Ichika. She looked pissed but didn't give the exact temperament attitude.

She immediately grabbed Ichika by his arm, dragging him much to his surprise. "Hey! What are you doing, Houki?" He said. But she didn't listen.

Eventually, they left. Jaden was left there, confused. Her name is Houki? Why didn't he hear her name during introductions? Probably because he was spacing out, in a completely different world.

He turned back to see the blonde girl, standing there patiently.

"Oh. Sorry about that. My name is Jaden Smith." He then extended a hand towards her.

But, he didn't think this would happen. Suddenly, she smacked his hand away. His expression changed from calm and carefree, to a shocked-confused face. "What was that for? I was being nice."

But she didn't care about that. "How dare you! Speaking to me as if I was someone you know. Don't you have any sort of dignity!?"

Jaden blanked out. What...is happening? The way she spoke was full of a spoiled attitude. "I'm sorry, who are you?"

She gasped, slamming her hands down on his desk. "You don't know who I am?! I'm Cecilia Alcott, England's representative contender. The one who-"

"Hold on!"

Jaden said, cutting off Cecilia's ramble. "What are you rambling on about? And, second of all. Who do you think you are?!"

Silence. Nobody said a word.

Cecilia couldn't believe this. She was growling in frustration, practically fuming with rage. Everyone just stared in curiosity. They wanted to see how this will turn out. Jaden stood up and decided that this will lead to something dumb, so he was beginning to head towards the door.

"Don't walk away when I'm talking to you, peasant."

He stopped.

"Excuse you." He mumbled.

He turned around, his eyes were a different color, he felt his anger built up slowly. He walked straight up to Cecilia, staring her down with his height. She felt a hint of worry but shrugged it off.

"Would you mind repeating that? I didn't hear you clearly." He said in a dark tone.

She suddenly felt a shiver from his voice. She was now intimidated. She took a quick glance around the class. Everyone was having their eyes locked on them, waiting for what Jaden or Cecilia was about to do.

Before anything else happened, the bell rang. Sooner or later, Ichika arrived back in the class with his friend, Houki. They noticed the class was relatively silent. It's only the first day, so something might have happened before he got back.

He looked over to Jaden. His head was on his desk. Ichika figured it happened from him but decided not to talk about it now.

"Okay, so does anyone have any questions so far?" Maya spoke.

The class resumed a few minutes after the bell rang. Ichika was...confused on what Maya was even teaching, while Jaden was busy in his own thoughts. He wondered about his family back in the United States. Can you blame him? It's only been a day since he last saw them and already wants to go back.

"Do you have any questions Orimura?"

Ichika shot up from his daze. "Well...uh…" He stuttered.

"If you do please ask okay, I'm your teacher after all."

He thought for a moment before slightly raising his hand, shaking in the process.

"Um, Maya-sensei"

"Yes? Don't be shy"

Here we go.

"I don't understand any of it."

"What?! Not any of it? Is there anyone else that doesn't understand what we covered so far?" She said.

Jaden finally snapped out of it. Looking around the class, he wondered what was going on. He just raised his hand so people think he was listening, even though he had no idea what they were talking about.

"Anyone else?"

The woman, who Jaden grabbed earlier, walked closer to Her brother. "Orimura, Smith, Have you read the reference manual before school started?"

Wait a minute, reference manual? When did he need a reference manual? He never got it, nor read it. Now he kinda gets how he doesn't know anything this teacher is saying.

"Are you...talking about that big one?" Ichika nervously said.

"Yes. didn't it say, Required Reading?"

It was at this moment Ichika knew he wasn't going to get out of this without receiving one punch or attack from his older sister.

"Yeah… but, I accidentally threw it away."

As he said, he did receive some type of damage. But it wasn't a normal punch. It was with a clipboard! Who hits people with that!

Then she looked at Jaden. She was giving a stern glare at him. "Did you also read it?" She said in a rather coldish tone.

Jaden stared blankly. "What reference manual?"

Everygirl besides Houki, Ichika, and that blonde girl in the back started giggling. He looked blankly glances across the room and noticed the giggles. "I'm being serious." He said.

The woman sighed. "I'll get both of you a brand-new copy, and finish it within a week."

'Hold up, did she say a week!?'

"What! That big book! Within a week!?" Ichika said.

"What did I say?" Ichika's sister turned to him, giving him a menacing glare.

He immediately backed off. He knew this glare. This is the side of his sister that's the scariest. "Yes, ma'am." He said letting his head fall in respect.

Then she turned towards Jaden.

"Okay" Was all he said.

She didn't know much about this kid, but what she did know is that she admired his confidence towards her. Most people would stutter before answering her. She wondered something about him but now isn't the time.

She walked back to her corner near the door and class resumed once again.

'How long is this class? Back in the United States, I didn't have to deal with this.'

After what felt like 3 hours of nonstop reading, writing, and learning about the history of the IS, the class was finally over.

Jaden was at his desk, messing with his pen until he felt the need to talk with Ichika. Why? He noticed the glares were on them again. Plus he wants to get to know his new best friend since they're going to be spending the next 3 years together.

"Hey, Ichika! Are you leaving anytime soon?"

"Hm? Oh, hey Jaden. Well I would...but."

Ichika looked to his right, seeing several girls just staring at them.

"Yeah...that's not going to happen anytime soon," Jaden said.

They started chatting for about 3 minutes before a girl walked over to them. Jaden immediately recognized who it was and backed away. Ichika noticed that Jaden moved away. Why did he move? Did something happen between the two of them?

She stared down Ichika, feeling a mix of anger and confidence. Ichika was actually getting a bit nervous. Who even is this girl? Jaden seems to know her, but not in a good way. Maybe he should introduce himself first.

"Um, hello. My name's Ichika Orimura. Nice to meet you."

He then extended a hand towards her. Jaden felt a bit of sorrow for Ichika. He knew what she was going to do next, and Ichika isn't going to like it. Like what Jaden thought, she slapped Ichika's hand away.

"How dare you! You're just like him. Are all Japanese men all unknowledgeable in simple introductions towards a very respectful young lady?"

"I'm sorry. Who are you?" Ichika blankly said.

She flinched, staring back down at him, full of pure anger now. "This is unbelievable! How can you two be unbeknownst to my status and appearance?!"

"We don't care what your status is or your appearance looks like!" Jaden said.

"Well, I never! Don't you think you should behave in a more appropriate manner?!"

"My behavior was just fine before you talked to me."

"You sure have a lot of confidence for someone who just transferred to this school. As you know, I defeated an instructor during the entrance exam. So that makes me the elite amongst the elite."

"What instructor?"

Jaden blanked out. He still retained his anger, but he was also confused about what she said. Instructor? What does she even mean?

Ichika then remembered something. "Oh! You're talking about 'an' instructor?" He said.

Cecilia quickly looked at him with a smile of pride and confidence on her face. It was like all the anger she had just dissipated in a matter of seconds.

"I also defeated one too."

Cecilia froze. Did she hear him correctly?

"What!?"

Ichika then put his hand on his chin, almost as if he was remembering what happened next.

"Well...I wouldn't call it to defeat. The instructor charged at me and I dodged, then she hit a wall and I was declared the winner."

She couldn't believe it. Someone else who shared her kind of status. But he didn't even clearly win the fight. It was a fluke! A fluke!

Then the bell rang.

"We will continue this conversation later. Don't think you two have escaped from me, I'll be back to finish what we started." With that she left, stomping in pure anger.

"That girl has issues."

"Yeah, she does."

After the crowd around the door slowly started to disappear, Jaden and Ichika were confused about how they were going to find a dorm.

They were told to go to the teacher's lounge since Ichika's sister and their homeroom-sub teacher are also there. Probably relaxing or doing what normal teachers do on a good evening.

Ichika was curious and concerned about his new friend. He was hostile towards that girl, Cecilia. Best if he asks about it now rather than later.

"Hey. What happened back there? You seem to already know that girl, and you were quite hostile towards her."

Jaden sighed. He knew he had to get it out sooner or later, before starting to hold it all up and then going on a rampage afterward.

"When your friend, Houki, took you away, I was left there with that girl. I greeted myself like any other normal guy, then she did the same thing she did to you. Then she went on and on about how she's superior to me and stuff."

Ichika felt bad for Jaden now. He wasn't that experienced or knew that much about it, but the world has changed ever since the IS was introduced.

"Well, it isn't that new. Women are more superior to men now, so…"

Jaden felt a surge of anger come over him. "Like hell they are!"

They stopped.

"I'm sorry, I just...overreacted a bit. Look, we're here."

Jaden pointed to the door they were standing in front of. They walked in and to the shock of both of them. Teachers were flailing left and right, signing paperwork, grading papers. This was just the first day though. Why are they in such a hurry to do stuff?

They looked around the room and found the people they were looking for. Ichika's sister and Maya. Ichika's sister was sitting down, drinking a cup of coffee, while Maya was helping other teachers grade some papers.

They walked over to them. Maya noticed them and Ichika's sister.

Maya went to go and greet them.

"Orimura, Smith. What are you doing here?"

Ichika spoke first. "Um, sorry for interrupting. But, we don't know our room numbers, nor the keys."

Maya then remembered something she forgot. "Wait here." She said. Walking into a backroom, it took nearly 5 seconds for her to come back out, holding a piece of paper and two keycards.

"Here you go. This piece of paper should show you the way to your dorms, and here are your keycards."

Handing them their keycards, she smiled gleefully. They both eyed their new keycards, happy that they don't have to share a room with a girl. That would be a nightmare! If then don't try anything.

They were about to leave when Ichika's sister stopped them. "Boys, don't try anything funny with those girls, alright?"

'Yes, ma'am." Ichika responded.

"Okay."

With that, they left for their dorm.

It took nearly 10 minutes for them to arrive at their new dorm. Jaden was the one to open the door first and he froze.

"Woah! The rooms here look amazing. I wonder if all the rooms are like this." Jaden gawked.

"I think so."

"They put a lot of detail into these rooms, so I'm sure it cost a fortune just to make a dozen or more."

They started to explore their new room. Jaden checked out the bathroom. It was a decent size room. It had a shower, but no...toilet?! What kind of…

"Hey, Ichika!" Jaden called for his friend.

Ichika walked over, wondering what Jaden was so worried about. "What's wrong? Did you find something weird, cool?"

"No! There's no toilet!"

"Huh?!"

"Yeah, there's no toilet."

"You're joking right?"

"Look for yourself."

Ichika moved past Jaden and saw for himself. Jaden was right. There's no toilet! What kind of place is this!? A school full of girls, that doesn't have a toilet in separate rooms!?

An hour had passed and it was going normal for the boys. Jaden was feeling a lot of stress, so he took a shower to calm himself down. Ichika was doing some exercises. Pushups, situps, etc.

Jaden arrived out of the shower, feeling like a brand-new man. He saw Ichika in the middle of doing some sit-ups, then he got an idea. "Hey, wanna do some exercises?" Ichika stopped.

"Hm, sure. What kind of exercises do you do?"

"Well, I don't work out that much. So, we can just do your daily routine until I can come up with one later on in the future."

"Well, alright. My daily workout is about 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, and when I'm feeling a little bit more pumped a mile jog."

"Are you Saitama?! That's his training method. How do you still have hair then?"

"Who's...Saitama"

"You never watched One-Punch man? He's the bald one. Now, let's get to work."

Both of them got on their stomachs, in a push-up position. "I'll count down. 3, 2, 1, Go!"

Going at a fast pace, it seems that Jaden was in the lead, but Ichika was catching up rather quickly. Jaden didn't expect this. Usually, he's the first one to be done, but Ichika was somehow matching Jaden's speed.

He was impressed. When he first met him, he didn't seem like the kind of guy to workout every night. Now that he knows, he found a valuable friend and a training partner.

"Alright, I see you're not inexperienced. Time for my true strength."

They were so busy, they didn't even know nor see the girls peeking in on them working out, blushing madly.

Took them nearly 30-40 minutes to finally complete their training. Shouldn't have taken that long, but Jaden persuaded Ichika to add more to their workout. By the time they were done, Ichika nearly passed out from exhaustion, while Jaden was panting heavily.

"I...never...did...that much...in...my...entire...life," Ichika said between breaths.

"Sorry man. I tried to see if you can handle the pressure."

The morning looked normal for Jaden. He woke up feeling hungry. He saw a fridge in the mini kitchen next to the door. He didn't think nothing was in it so he ignored it. The first thing he did was take a shower.

After the shower, he decided to wake Ichika up. Would be bad if he's sister caught him on the second day sleeping in. Throwing a pillow on him, he immediately woke up.

"Wha! What happened?!" Ichika said.

"Time to get up, I usually do this when my friend, Tyler, sleeps in," Jaden said.

"Who's Tyler?"

"My only best friend, I'll talk about him later on. It's best if you get dressed."

"Huh? Why?"

Ichika looked at the monitor at the desk. It read 7:12. Then, why is Jaden waking him up?

"I don't know what time school starts in Japan, but I do know that back in the United States, breakfast is served in the cafeteria. Plus, I don't want to eat alone in a place full of girls."

Ichika understood. Getting up, he headed straight for his side of the closet, grabbing his uniform and heading straight for the bathroom.

Meanwhile Jaden had to do something to pass the time. He looked over at where the computers were. Funny he didn't notice them last night. But something told him not to do it.

While thinking about what to do, he dazed off. He thought about his brother, his friend Tyler. He wondered what they were doing right now. Probably morning over his absence. Took nearly 10 minutes for Ichika to get out of the bathroom.

"You ready?" Jaden asked.

"Yeah, I'm ready."

They headed out the door, much to every girl's shock. They were walking so close to each other, which almost all the girls started thinking dirty. Jaden noticed the intense stares and sweatdropped. "Hey, Ichika. Don't you think we're a little too close?" He asked.

"Huh? What do you mean? We're not that close."

"I mean as in distance. The girls are staring at us."

Then Ichika caught on. While walking, he noticed the distance between the two of them. They were inches away from each other, and he didn't even notice anything wrong with it, until now.

He made some distance between them, but it didn't help the glares they were still getting. Eventually, they arrived at the cafeteria, and Jaden immediately regretted it.

'This place is packed with girls! Damn it! I'm starting to feel like Yamcha in this situation'

Jaden couldn't even move. The glares were so unbearable! He saw that Ichika was gone. "That bastard" He muttered under his breath. He looked around and found Ichika, talking to the Houki girl. "Could have told me you were going to talk to your girlfriend" Again, he muttered under his breath.

While Ichika was chatting with Houki, Jaden got in line for his food. He kept glancing at Ichika, hoping that he would notice him staring at him. While he was in line, he felt a particular glare in the back of his head.

All those years of watching Dragon ball have paid off. He could only guess who it was. Well, only one person came to mind. The person he had a bad day with, on his first day of school.

Finally, he got to the counter. "Hi, what can I get for you?" A cafeteria worker asked him. He looked at the menu and gawked. There isn't anything he is familiar with. 'Almost forgot I'm in Japan. Wonder if they have any pancakes."

He looked at the menu again. He did see what he was looking for, but there was no picture. He's used to seeing a picture of what he's about to eat, but here, nope.

"May I have the…fluffy Japanese-style pancakes, with the Tama...goyaki?"

"You said it correctly."

"Oh, thank god. Can I also have some chopped sausages, spicy please."

"We don't have any spicy sausages on us right now, but we have Wasabi."

Jaden didn't know what that was. He never has even had the taste of it. But it didn't hurt to try new things. Plus, he is in Japan. He's going to have to get used to eating Japanese food for quite a while.

"Okay, I'll have 3 of them," Jaden said.

The worker sweatdropped. 'What's her problem? Is Wasabi that good?'

"Will that be all?"

He checked one more time on the menu. One particular thing caught his eye. "One more thing, can I have the...Tan Tan Ramen, that will be all."

"Okay, I'll be right back with your food."

Time went by and now they were eating. Ichika stares with a face of complete shock, worry, and confusion. Jaden on the other hand was downright shocked. First of all, this was the weirdest combination of breakfast he has ever ordered in his life.

Second of all, Ichika is giving him this "Are you serious" face. He looked like the devil stole his soul from his very eyes right about now.

And the most final question, Ichika's friend, Houki. She was just eating her food, silently. Not even an ounce of compassion in her actions. But, he did catch her staring at him.

"Um, Jaden. Did you know what you were ordering up there? Because it seems like you had some trouble." Ichika said.

Jaden couldn't deny it. Half of the stuff on the menu he didn't even know. He's from America. He wasn't born in Japan, like Ichika. He was used to eating chicken, pizza, burgers, etc. Sure, they probably did have those things, but there was no picture on what it looked like.

"Naw, I didn't have any trouble." He lied.

"Okay then."

They started eating. Jaden was trying out the pancakes he ordered. "Not bad." He muttered. Then he went to try the Tamagoyaki. It tasted like a normal egg, but with a lot of spices covering his mouth at the same time.

He wanted to say something, but Ichika was watching him closely. He is trying his country's dishes. He doesn't want to be rude in front of him. He felt a cough from the spices coming on but suppressed it for now.

"Delicious" Jaden excitedly said. Ichika will remember that.

Now it was time for the ramen and wasabi. He didn't know if it was spicy or not, since he never tried Japanese food. He was provided a fork since he doesn't know how to use chopsticks. Sticking his fork into his ramen and taking a bite, his eyes widened.

It tasted amazing! This is way better than the noodles you get at the store. He started eating vigorously, much to Ichika. Houki eyed Jaden eating. She had a feeling that this was his first time trying Japanese food. Glad he likes it.

Suddenly, two claps were heard throughout the whole cafeteria. It was Ichika's sister. "Less talking, more chewing, pilots have to eat quickly and efficiently." Nearly made Jaden choke on his food. She could have made a soft announcement, but no, she's a strict person.

She continued. "I'm the freshman-dorm supervisor, anyone late to class, will do 10 laps around the school." Jaden looked in awe. It's the second day! Calm down.

Well, now he has to eat fast. Now what's left is the wasabi. It looked to be the inside of an avocado. He glanced around for a brief nanosecond. Everyone was eating quickly, including Ichika.

By how everyone acts towards Ichika's sister, they are afraid of her. He quickly shoved all 3 of the wasabis in his mouth. Immediately regret it. What kind of food is this!? His entire body is sweating now, his face felt like it was on fire, his mouth was screaming at him for some water.

'No way in hell! I'm trying that again.'

Complete silence…

Everyone was in the classroom. Maya wasn't there for some reason, but there was someone else there. "I'm sure, I haven't properly introduced myself. I'm your homeroom teacher, Orimura-sensei."

No one said anything. They expected her to introduce herself yesterday, but a certain someone...discouraged her from doing so. Ichika paled out. His sister is his homeroom teacher?! He thought Maya was. But clearly it's not. Why didn't he learn this yesterday?

Jaden could already tell by the way she acts around Ichika. Plus, yesterday, he basically called her his sister in front of everyone. So it's really not that big of a surprise.

"At this time, I will explain the fundamentals of an IS. But, before that, we need to vote for a class representative for the class exhibition match that takes place in 2 weeks." Chifuyu said.

The class looked on in interest. They knew who they were going to vote for, and two particular people aren't going to like it.

"The student will have to attend student council meetings. Basically, it's your class leader, okay? I will now take nominations, any suggestions?"

Jaden started sweating. For a brief nanosecond, he could see the girls staring straight at him and Ichika. This wasn't going to end up good.

"I'll like to nominate Orimura-Kun!"

"Dude, that's a great idea."

Ichika froze. He was done for.

Jaden seized his opportunity. "I'll also like to vote Ichika."

Ichika glared at Jaden with a displeased face. Then Ichika got an idea. "I vote for Jaden!"

Ichika stared back at him with a pleased face. Jaden didn't think his plan would backfire on him like that. "You son of a-"

"I will not approve of this!"

Everyone turned back to see the person who Jaden didn't like. Cecilia Alcott… giving off the angriest glare she could manage.

"This type of selection is utterly unacceptable! It would be shameful to have a boy as our classroom's representative. You can't possibly believe that I, Cecilia Alcott, would have to put up with this for an entire year! In the first place, living in such a country with undeveloped culture is visibly painful for me, oh the agony." Cecilia ranted on.

Ichika couldn't just sit by and allow this to happen. "Your country doesn't have anything to brag about either. How often has Britain won the worlds' worst cuisine award?"

Cecilia gasped. "How dare you! We England have many delicious dishes. I can't believe you would have the audacity to insult my country."

Jaden could tell the tension in the air was thick. "What do you think?" He turned around to face where the voice came from. It was from Ichika. He had a serious expression on his face. Ready to deal some damage.

Jaden clasped his hands together, taking a deep breath. "I'm going to be completely honest here. Forgive me for what I'm about to say, but it needs to come out."

Jaden took one more deep breath, this time holding it for his big counter-attack. Everyone looked at him, waiting for his answer. "She is the saddest sack of shit, I've ever fucking seen in my entire fucking life. And that's a fact."

Everyone had their mouths gaped. He really didn't just go there, did he? Chifuyu didn't have anything to say as of right now. Matter of fact, she enjoyed this. Cecilia lost all her anger as of right now. Her face was covered in shock.

Ichika's eyes widened. He didn't expect anything like this from Jaden. He took a quick look at his sister. She now had a smile on her face. What is funny right now?! A few seconds went by and no one said anything.

Then, a few giggles were heard, until it became a circus in there. The Girls were now full-blown laughing. Some of them couldn't take it and fell out of their chairs. Houki now has a smile on her face, but looking at her desk, making sure no one saw that.

Chifuyu decided now its time to take action. "How would you like to settle this matter, Orimura, Smith, Alcott?"

Jaden thought for a moment. This is the Is academy. So, shouldn't they have an IS fight? "I would like to settle this over a duel. Don't you agree, Ichika?"

"Yeah, sounds like a fair play."

Chifuyu smirked. "Then it's settled then. The competition will take place in area 3, which I believe it's available Monday. Orimura, Smith, Alcott, I expect you 3 to come fully prepared."

Jaden and Ichika stared down the staggering Cecila, ready for their match.

'This is going to be good. Hope you're ready, Cecilia. Jaden Smith is coming for you.'