Since I keep getting so much reception on American Idiot, I'll make it my priority story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Infinite Stratos.
It's the last day of summer vacation.
Ichika decides to round up the gang to go to the water park to celebrate.
However, what he doesn't realize that by doing so, he misled the girls into thinking he was asking each of them out on a date! Thomas decides to tag along, just to watch how the mishap unfolds.
But when he least expects it, Thomas may be in grave danger...
The night before...
The alarms went off.
"Intruder in Area 6-D! Intercept and capture!"
M strolled her way down the hall, without so much as a care to the world around her.
"M. Can you hear me?" Radioed her handler.
"Mhm." She replied.
"Good. I'll tell you now that we've outfitted your body with supervisory nanomachines. That way, you can carry out your mission there as ordered. You will complete the mission, or else."
"There she is!" Cried one guard, giving away his position.
"Oh great..." Groaned M as she engaged.
The guard opened fire, but M moved too fast for the guard to hit her. She jumped, rolled, and dashed all over the hallway, as though she was taunting the guards for their futile efforts in stopping her.
She then began to crush them underfoot.
M jumped into the air, and brought out twin heavy-caliber pistols. As she descended, she opened fire upon one of the guards, shooting him four time in the legs, making him fall to the floor in pain.
She'd struck a second guard in his hips and shoulders, causing him to drop unconscious.
She then advanced over to two more guards.
She shot the third in the feet, disarmed him, and promptly delivered a knockout.
"Can't kill me yet?" She sneered, "Pathetic!"
She sent a powerful kick to the last guard's neck, and sent him to the floor without so much as a struggle.
"Good girl, M." Cooed the handler, "Now, finish your task quickly, and don't do anything irrelevant to the mission."
M's pause gave time for several IS Pilots to converge on her position.
She simply stared, disinterested.
"Surrender!" Snapped a Pilot, "What're you after here?"
M gave the Pilot a twisted smile. She then raised her arms outwards, as twin lights burst from her palms.
"Don't try anything stupid!" Ordered a second Pilot.
M finally explained herself.
"There's an IS that's been in lockup in this facility..."
She looked her foes in the eye.
"...It's mine."
"Huh?"
"DEPLOY!"
M was enveloped in a massive, blinding light.
The light dissipated, and M was replaced with a very unique IS Unit.
"That's...That's Silent Zephyrus!"
M deployed the Silent Zephyrus's main weapon, and quickly scanned the situation.
"Could it be the Phantom Task?!" Cried a third Pilot.
M smiled, and opened fire.
The Pilots never stood a chance.
That morning...
Houki strolled down to the gate of the IS Academy's campus.
She was humming a little, with a spring in her step.
"I'm impressed." She said to herself, "Never thought Ichika would so bold in asking me out."
Houki smiled happily that she'd get a date with Ichika.
That is, until she'd reached the gate.
One by one, Houki began to see the other girls standing side-by-side.
They did not look happy.
Houki was starting to realize just what Ichika had invited her to.
Dammit, Ichika.
Then again, she really should've seen this coming.
"Hey!" Called the boy in question.
The group all turned sharply to see Ichika running up to greet them. Thomas was following at a moderate walking pace.
"Sorry we're late!"
The girls griped with anger, and began to shout at Ichika as Thomas gradually caught up.
"You absolute idiot!" Shouted Lingyin.
"I feel so stupid for coming here with such high hopes!" Cried Cecelia.
"How could you toy with the hearts of women so freely?!" Accused Charlotte.
"You failed as a bride!" Scolded Laura.
"Should've known...Should've known..." Muttered Houki.
The girls all turned away, and marched onward to the water park, as Thomas finally caught up in his stroll.
"I don't get it," Complained Ichika, "Why're they so upset all of the sudden?"
Thomas, who'd long since gotten bored of the run-on gag, consoled and admonished Ichika.
"If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You really wouldn't understand if I told you."
"You always say that!"
"And you never learn why that is."
With that, Ichika and Thomas jogged to catch up with the girls.
At the waterpark...
Ichika and Thomas were the first to finish changing.
Thomas was currently still in the locker room, however.
"There's something I gotta get first," He said, "Don't mind me."
Ichika simply shrugged as he waited for the others.
"Oh, Ichika!" Called a familiar voice.
Ichika turned to see Cecelia in a two-piece swimsuit making a mad sprint up to him. Cecelia was breathing heavily, and glistening with sweat. The moment she reached Ichika, she nearly fell over from exhaustion.
"A-Are you okay?!"
"Oh yes! I'm lovely! Let's hurry and get over to the pool now, shall we?"
"What about everyone else?"
"Um...Don't worry about them! Everyone else has already gone ahead!" Cecelia said with a nervous giggle.
Thomas would've easily called her out for lying, but Ichika didn't know any better.
"So let's hurry over there at once!" Cecelia concluded, taking Ichika by his wrist.
"Guess they must've really wanted to get into the pool, huh?"
"Y-Yes! So it would seem!"
Little did Ichika know what the girls were really doing.
Houki breathed heavily.
"All...Done!" She proudly declared.
She'd just taken the painful process of inflating a dolphin floaty.
The girls were currently all inflating floaties that Cecelia had given to them as gifts for the occasion.
"Great!" Said Charlotte," Let's go!"
"Still can't believe Cecelia got one for everyone! That was so thoughtful of her!" Said Lingyin, with a banana floaty the same size as her tucked under her arm.
"Surprisingly so." Agreed Laura.
"Yeah, surprisingly..." Emphasized Houki.
"Wait!" Realized Charlotte, "Where is Cecelia?"
The foursome looked around the locker room, and Cecelia was nowhere in sight.
They then realized what Cecelia had done.
"That bitch!" Snapped the four in unison, in their respective languages to mask their cursing.
The girls raced outside to where they were supposed to meet up with Ichika and Thomas, only to find that no-one in their group was there.
"She set us up!" Roared Laura as she crushed her floaty in her hands and popped it to shreds.
"I call that we split up in pairs and hunt those two down!" Voted Lingyin.
The other three girls nodded, paired up, and headed off.
Minutes Later...
Thomas was pulling a very large, deflated float to where the group agreed to meet up...
...Only to find that no-one was there.
"Eh, shit." He muttered, "Knew something would happen."
Thomas then went on his way without waiting any longer, tugging the float to the poolside so he could inflate it there.
Thomas spied Ichika and Cecelia swimming around in the pool as he arrived. Well, it was more like Ichika swimming while pushing Cecelia around while she sat on a float. Ichika was oblivious to Cecelia's manipulative trick.
"There's nothing like spending a hot summer day at the pool, don't you think?" Asked Cecelia.
"Oh hey, Thomas just showed up!" Ichika called to him, "Hey Thomas!"
"Gimme a minute and I'll come over!" Replied Thomas, turning his attention to his float.
"Y'know..." Observed Ichika, "I haven't seen the other girls for a while...Are they even here anymore?"
Cecelia flinched.
"Um...Yes! Rather odd, isn't it?" Cecelia replied before making a fake laughter.
She yelped, and suddenly fell off the float and into the water, pulling Ichika under as well.
Thomas wasn't paying attention, and didn't notice.
Lingyin and Laura ran across the edge of the pool.
"I don't get it!" Snapped Lingyin, "Where did they go?!"
"I also did not locate zhem." Reported Laura.
The two noticed Thomas, and began to question him.
"Have you seen Ichika and Cecelia?"
"Well," Thomas answered, "They were here a minute ago. They must've left or something, I wasn't paying attention."
"Damn!" Said Lingyin, right before turning her attention to Thomas's float.
"Is that what I think it is?"
"Yup!" Answered Thomas, "Gonna ride the waves on the mofo!"
He then returned to his task.
"Let us know if you see 'em!"
"Gotcha."
Lingyin and Laura raced off in another direction.
Moments later, Thomas turned his head to see Ichika and Cecelia popping their heads out of the water.
"Oh..." He observed, caring little for Ichika's little "harem antics," he turned back to the float. So far, after what seemed like an eternity, Thomas had managed to inflate the float to ideal capacity, despite the fact that it was a very large float.
He really should've brought the bicycle pump.
"Ahoy, mates!" Declared Honnie, "I see Ori-Moo and Tommy-Teddy over there!"
Thomas turned to see Honnie and her friends, rowing on a banana float...raft?
Thomas was stunned such a thing was actually sold.
"Hey guys!" Called Ichika, "You actually made it!"
"A lot of girls from the IS Academy are here today, too!" Explained Honnie, right before looking into a pair of binoculars aimed at Cecelia.
"Captain!" She called.
"Hm?"
"I spy Cecelia wearing a raunchy swimsuit!"
"Really raunchy!"
"Super raunchy!"
The girls all then began to sing, "Cecelia's the raunchiest!"
"I am not the raunchiest!" Cecelia protested.
Suddenly, Thomas's float entered the water.
All that anyone in front of it saw was a big pirate ship.
The reason Thomas took so long in the locker room was not only because he was inflating the pirate ship float, but because he'd thrown together a costume for this very occasion, and decided to bring it along.
Currently, he was wearing an eyepatch, his jammers, baggy swim trunks, a longsleeve speedo swim shirt, and arm band floats.
He also took another step further.
He'd brought a waterproof bluetooth speaker.
Thomas balanced himself in the pirate ship, and pressed play on a very specific song in his "Meme Playlist."
(Song-He's a Pirate-Pirates of the Caribbean.)
Ichika and Cecelia stared with their jaws dropped.
"AVAST MOTHERFUCKERS!" He shouted at the top of his lungs.
Thomas threw his head back with insane laughter.
"What...What is he doing now?" Cecelia asked, simply dumbstruck at watching Thomas do something.
"I think he's just horsing around." Said Ichika.
"Oh no!" Cried Honnie with joy, "It's the Dreaded Pirate Thomas! He looks so manly!"
Suddenly, the group heard a blaring horn.
The floodgate behind them opened, and a massive maelstrom of oncoming flood headed right for them.
Thomas laughed, Ichika and Cecelia screamed.
The flood swept Ichika and Cecelia up as though they were specs of dust.
Thomas's float rode the waves as he stood through all of it, his laughter maintaining throughout.
"Bye bye Ori-Moo and Dreaded Pirate Thomas!"
By the time the splashing flash had stopped, Ichika was laid out on the shallow end of the pool, Cecelia was hung out to dry on a dolphin statue, And Thomas was sighing as he was satisfied with his antics.
Thomas had downloaded an extended version of "He's A Pirate," And the song was still going.
Ichika, still winded, slowly picked himself up.
"Cecelia?"
"There you are!" Announced Houki, who was currently standing before him.
Charlotte and Houki yanked Ichika to his feet.
"Now let's go have some fun!" Houki commanded.
"Wah-Wait! Where's Cecelia?"
"Oh...She'll turn up I guess."
None of them had noticed Cecelia hanging from the dolphin statue.
However, they did turn to the sound of Thomas playing songs.
Ichika stared.
"That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen." He marveled.
"So it would seem..." Deadpanned Charlotte.
The float became shaky, and Thomas finally fell off.
As his head returned to the surface, he chuckled.
However, a white-haired woman with sunglasses was sitting at a table far off, her phone recording Thomas, as she smiled.
It was her time.
Houki and Charlotte had guided Ichika over to the Couple's Water slide.
"That sounds like fun!" Said Ichika.
"I suppose I don't have a choice...I wouldn't object to doing it with you-!" Groaned Houki.
"Hey, no fair!" Protested Charlotte, "Let's decide with rock-paper-scissors!"
"Oh ho!" Sneered Houki, "On three, then!"
The girls presented their hands on the count of three.
Houki went with rock.
Charlotte used paper.
Charlotte giggled in triumph and Houki clenched her fist and turned away in shame.
Thomas, who'd just finished stowing away the float, arm bands, and the eye patch, witnessed this as he reached the trio.
"Y'know Houki," He offered, "If you wanna, we can pair up-!"
"Sorry," Rejected Houki, "But I'll just wait until they're done."
Thomas, despite knowing full well this outcome was the one he'd receive, was still a little hurt at the rejection of his offer. He played it off, and strolled elsewhere, to watch the others play around and have fun.
It wasn't very long before Charlotte and Ichika landed at the bottom of the slide.
Thomas could hear Charlotte calling Ichika a pervert, and it didn't take a detective to figure out why.
Thomas watched, and couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy for Ichika.
One by one, the girls all went down the water slide with Ichika.
And little by little, Thomas's envy grew bigger.
That is, until something unexpected popped up.
"Hi there!" A familiar voice piped up from behind Thomas.
Thomas turned, only to find Kana standing behind him with a big, innocent smile on her face.
Currently, Kana was wearing a two-piece black and white swimsuit, with a skirt.
"Remember me? We met on the train yesterday!"
"Oh yeah! Didn't expect you to be here, Kana."
"I could say the same to you! I guess it's only fate!"
"So...What've you been up to-?!"
"You're jealous of him, aren't you?"
"How'd you...?"
"I noticed you were staring at that guy...I guess you're lonely?"
"A little..."
"Ara ara!" Said Kana, "Well, if you want, we can be a couple for they day~!"
"Really?"
"I have no objections!"
"Um...A-Alright then..."
"C'mon! Let's go on the Couple's Slide!"
Kana wrapped her arm around Thomas's, and guided him to the summit of the mountainous slide. Thomas noticed he was actually taller than Kana, she appeared the same height as Chifuyu.
"Alright." Said the Lifeguard Woman managing the slide, "So, first, The guy gets in a spreads his legs wide."
Thomas did as he was told, albeit very uncomfortably.
"Next," Instructed the Lifeguard, "The girl gets in and sits in the guy's lap."
Kana did so, with a deep blush and a smile. However, she seemed a little too eager to do so.
"Okay," Continued the Lifeguard, "Now, guy; Hug the girl tightly from behind."
"Mhm." Thomas's voice cracked.
Thomas wrapped his arms tightly around Kana, making sure his hands held her at her sides, rather than in the front.
He didn't want to end up like Ichika.
"Okay then!" Concluded the Lifeguard, "Have fun!"
Without warning, she gave Thomas a push, and the two were sent sliding down to the bottom. The slide they went down was full of twists and turns, making the couple feel queasy. It certainly didn't help that it felt as though they were going faster with each passing second.
Kana and Thomas let go of each other as they landed in the pool at the bottom.
Thomas surfaced, only to find the rest of his group staring at him.
"What?" He asked.
"Thomas," Asked Ichika, "Who's your new friend?"
"Oh, she's-!"
"Hello!" Kana introduced herself, "My name's Kana! And I'm Tommy's girlfriend for the day!"
"What?!" Snapped Lingyin.
"Yeah...I met Kana on the way to the mall with Charlotte and Laura yesterday." Explained Thomas, "She came up to me while you all were on the Couple's Slide. So, we ended up being a couple just for today."
"Ara ara!" Cheered Kana, "It's nice to see Tommy has so many friends! However..."
Kana suddenly wrapped her arms around Thomas, and pouted.
"...Don't think for a second that you get to keep him to yourselves!"
Ichika chuckled.
"You act like such an anime girl!"
The girls scolded Ichika for his offhanded remark.
"You can't just say that to a girl!"
"Jah! How rude!"
"Most undignified of you, Ichika darling!"
"Are you an idiot?!"
"You're a pervert, Ichika!"
"Where'd that come from?!" Cried Ichika.
"It's fine!" Assured Kana.
Kana then wrapped her arms around Thomas's right, and ushered him off to their own activities.
"Meet you guys at the festival!" Called Thomas.
"Gotcha!" Ichika responded.
A few meters away...
Chifuyu suddenly noticed the group of students.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" She snapped, "They came here too?!"
"Excuse me, Miss Orimura," Suggested Miss Yamada, "Aren't going to go over and say hello to Ichika?"
Chifuyu's sunglasses slid into a crooked position on her face as she shivered at the idea.
"It's not that I don't want to," She said, straightening out her glasses, "It's just that having any involvement with that group...especially with the girls...would ruin my last day off-?!"
Chifuyu then saw a sight she never thought she'd see.
She saw Kana guiding Thomas around, in search of sights to see and activities to do.
"I-It can't be..." Chifuyu stuttered as her eyes widened behind her sunglasses, a chill went down her spine, and her skin went pale with terror.
"Is something wrong, ma'am?"
"After all these years..."
Miss Yamada noticed something unnatural.
Chifuyu was scared...
...And she was showing it.
"Who's that?" Miss Yamada asked, looking to where Chifuyu was, "She seems to be taking quite a shine on Scott...They look so cute together!"
Chifuyu said nothing, her visible horror lingering.
Suddenly, Chifuyu's phone rang.
As she picked it up, her hand was shaking and quivering.
However, her skin quickly regained color, the chill left, and Chifuyu put her normal appearance back on as she pressed the touchscreen to answer.
"Talk to me." She said.
The caller mentioned only a few words.
"Understood," Chifuyu said, "I'm on my way."
She hung up, and began to pack her things.
"Has something come up?" Asked Miss Yamada.
"Yeah." Chifuyu said plainly.
Miss Yamada packed up her belongings, and quickly followed.
The bulk of Thomas's day at the water park was surely one he'd remember.
He and Kana did a great deal of things together.
They rode several rides, and played a lot together in the pool.
Eventually, they met up with the others for a group-wide playtime in the pool.
Ichika and Thomas sat on the pirate ship float, and calmly sailed wherever the currents carried them.
That is, until their battle began.
"CAPTAIN!" Cried Ichika.
"Ye-Yeah?" Inquired Thomas.
"LOOK!" Ichika shouted as he pointed to Thomas's left.
Thomas looked to his left...
...Only to find an even bigger pirate ship float sailing right for them.
"OH FUCK! NONONONO!" Screamed Thomas, as he began to try and lean to orient their float out of harm's way.
"AAAAH! AAAAAAAAAH!" Ichika screamed in terror, absolutely dumbstruck.
"Ahoy there, mateys!" Announced Lingyin.
The boys looked, only to find that all of the girls were the ones in control of the other ship.
And they had super-soakers as well.
"Hey guys! Chill!" Pleaded Thomas.
"Take zhem down!" Boomed Laura, as the girls all began to take aim.
Time seemed to slow down for Thomas and Ichika.
They needed to think fast, or they'd get absolutely wrecked.
Thomas worked quickly, and splashed a lot of water at the girls. Seeing as the girls had super-soakers, and the boys did not, they were already at a serious disadvantage. However, Thomas had a special Batman costume piece he'd brought along so he could test it. Their only chance was to find cover...
...Or escape.
By the full second it took for the water that Thomas splashed around to settle, Ichika had ducked behind the back wall of the pirate ship...
...While Thomas had disappeared from the float completely.
The girls all blinked in confusion. Where could Thomas have possibly gone in the single moment they were distracted? Did he abandon ship? No, Thomas would never duck a fight like that!
So where had the boy gone?
The floats had stopped moving, and were parked right next to each other.
Lingyin, Charlotte, and Cecelia all moved onto the boys' ship, their soakers trained upon Ichika.
Ichika whimpered.
"Alright! We found the booty!" Cheered Lingyin, "You're our prisoner now, Ichika! Yar har har!"
Out of nowhere, Thomas's bluetooth speaker started playing the Batman 1989 theme song.
Kana, and Laura were at the edge of their ship closest to the boys' ship.
Houki was on the opposite end.
They were all looking at the other float, and didn't notice bubbles on the opposite side of the girls' float.
Suddenly, an arm shot out from the surface of the water, and hooked the inside of Houki's ankle.
The sudden action had caused the girl to trip, and in her efforts to regain balance, the arm had grabbed her ankle and pushed. The stealth attack had forced Houki to fall off the float, and under the water.
"Vhat zhe-?!" Started Laura.
"What was that?!" Cried Kana.
The two girls whipped around, and slowly made their way to the other side of the boat.
They stared into the water, trying to deduce where Houki was, or the culprit that had made her disappear.
Without warning, Houki's super-soaker popped out of the pool, and shot both Kana and Laura in the face. The girls each let one hand off their soakers to cover their faces, which was their biggest mistake.
Thomas shot out from the depths, and quickly disarmed the girls, and sent them both off the float and into the water.
Lingyin, Charlotte, and Cecelia all turned their attention to see what had happened.
What they saw, they'd never forget.
"I'm Batman!" Declared Thomas, in his best Batman voice.
The three girls opened fire upon Thomas, Who quickly ducked under cover with the wall of the float, and his own super-soaker.
The trio used their bombardment as a means of covering their approach on Thomas.
However, Thomas quickly returned fire from behind the wall.
The girls, despite Thomas making potshots, all covered themselves to reduce getting hit. They only took their eyes off of him for a moment.
Suddenly, Thomas's assault ceased, and refused to continue.
The girls all slowly moved in, only to find that once again, Thomas had vanished yet again.
They began to cover three sides of the float in search of Thomas's body in the water. Lingyin was watching over the boys' float, making sure Ichika remained where he was. Cecelia was overseeing the back and side of the float next to the other float. Charlotte was surveying the opposite side of the float, to make sure Thomas wouldn't try the same trick twice.
They left one big blind spot open, however.
Thomas suddenly burst up from the bow of the float, and shot Charlotte in the leg up to her face, quickly stunning her.
Thomas rolled onto the deck of the ship, and blinded Cecelia with water as he rolled onto his back. He quickly nudged Cecelia off the boat, the splash rippling and beginning to separate the two floats.
Charlotte recovered, and took aim at Thomas.
"I have you now!" She declared.
She fired a stream at Thomas, who negated the attack with his own.
Charlotte gasped in surprise.
"Impossible!" She cried.
"No." Corrected Thomas, "Thomas."
He then fired an onslaught of shots, striking a few of Charlotte pressure points and joints with cold water, giving Thomas the time window he needed to disarm Charlotte, and push her overboard.
"But," He taunted, "I can see why you'd get confused between the two."
Lingyin was too slow to notice Thomas's quick work of the entire team of girls, despite the odds stacked against him.
She tried to hit Thomas from range, shooting from the boys' float.
Thomas, for once, jumped into the water as Lingyin watched.
Lingyin panicked, and began to scan the water for any sign of Thomas. She looked carefully for bubbles, movement, and shapes that reveal Thomas's location.
However, out of the entire group, Thomas's underwater capabilities were simply unparalleled, even by Houki.
He held his breath, not letting a single bubble out. instead of swimming through the water, he trailed at the very bottom, to generate more water lag and reduce risk of being caught from the surface.
The float was designed with gaps at the bottom, to serve as seats for anyone riding the float. Lingyin was looking around at the edges of the float, not taking into account the bottom of it.
Thomas moved slowly as he began to silently swim towards the surface under the float. He briefly let the top of his head above the water for a quick and quiet breath of air, and to spot Lingyin's position.
Currently, he back was turned to him, as she stood right in front of him.
He ducked back under quietly, and stuck out the barrel of his soaker, and fired.
Lingyin felt a blast of cold water right on the middle of her back. She yelped and whipped around, discovering Thomas had fired from beneath the float. She then proceeded to unload her entire water tank into the gaps in the float.
She breathed in, and out.
She turned back to Ichika, only to see he was sitting under a super-soaker aimed right at her, being pointed from a gap in the float's wall to serve as a window.
Thomas then unloaded his entire water tank upon Lingyin, who fell backwards into the water as a result of the overwhelming assault.
Thomas climbed back onto the boys' float, victorious.
Houki, Kana, Laura, Cecelia, and Charlotte had been treading water ever since, too ashamed of their defeat at the hands of a single boy to get back into the fight.
"How'd you pull all that off?!" Asked Ichika, absolutely stunned.
"That was like a Batman: Arkham game!" Declared Thomas, completely ignoring the question.
"I must admit," Confessed Cecelia, "I was rather surprised by your knack for stealth."
"It vas just like at zhe maid cafe yesterday!" Observed Laura.
"Oui!" Agreed Charlotte.
"Wait." Said Houki, "What's this about a maid cafe?"
"What happened yesterday?" Inquired Lingyin.
"Guys!" Snapped Thomas, "I thought we agreed that we wouldn't talk about it!"
"Oh...Sorry."
"Vell, ve should tell zhem now, since zhey have heard about it."
"Ugh," Groaned Thomas, "Fine."
One story later...
Laura, Thomas, and Charlotte all ushered the group to a dining area as they told the story.
"You took out four armed criminals on your own?!" Snapped Lingyin, "You could've gotten killed!"
"That's awesome! You'd be an awesome soldier! Heck, a spy!" Said Ichika.
"Is vas...Rather interesting to observe Thomas's strategical prowess, as vell as his tactical."
Suddenly, Kana wrapped her arms around Thomas, and pulled him face-first into her bosom.
"That was awful!" She sobbed, "You scared me with that story! You could've gotten hurt badly! Are you alright? Do you have any gunshot wounds?! How many?! Never mind, I don't wanna know!"
"Iff pine!" Muffled Thomas, still stuck in Kana's hold.
"He also disarmed a bomb just before it had the chance to go off!" Added Charlotte.
"There was a bomb?!" Shrieked Kana, who pulled Thomas in deeper.
"Oui. However, Thomas had managed to angle two gunshots to shoot through the detonators, and render them useless!"
"And the manager let me keep the butler uniform!" Said Thomas as he finally broke out of Kana's powerful hug.
This only made Kana pull him right back in.
"That was so terrifying!" Scolded Kana, "And you all just let him go through with it?!"
"Vell, He handled zhe situation, and did so without too much complication."
Thomas managed to get his face out off Kana's chest.
"Promise me guys," He croaked, "Nobody tells Chifuyu. If she finds out about this, kiss the punishment for the whole beach trip incident and the IS exploding goodbye-I'd be fucking assassinated!"
"Just what d'you mean by the Is exploding and the 'beach trip incident?'" Said Kana, her voice trembling.
"You don't wanna know." Thomas said, right before being pulled buried back into Kana's bosom.
Kana went to hysterics.
"Guess you really care about Thomas, huh?" Said Ichika.
"He's m-my boyfriend for the day! Of course I care so deeply for him!"
She slowly calmed down.
"I haven't had a relationship before...So...I want to make the most of this, even if it's only for the day."
"I see..." Said Houki.
"Now that that's over with," Said Thomas, "Let's enjoy the end of summer!"
That Evening...
The group went to the festival square, each one wearing a yukata they'd all rented for the occasion.
Ichika was teaching the girls how to play a few games, Thomas and Kana were window-shopping at the food stalls. Kana had purchased cotton candy, whereas Thomas had gotten a candied apple.
Thomas simply chewed right through it, despite the hard candy shell.
His ability to break through with his teeth alone scared the the rest of the group a little.
Eventually, the group decided to go to a shooting gallery.
There was a very large prize Laura was aiming for, but she alone was unable to win it. The others had all decided to pitch in, and give Laura support as they tried knocking the prize off the rack.
With their combined efforts, they'd won the prize.
The group had lots of fun as their last day of summer drew to a close.
They'd assembled in a quiet corner, and lit sparklers to commemorate their final hours of vacation.
"It's been fun." Said Thomas, "Some of the best times I've had in my life."
"That's what happens when you hang around your friends for too long." Said Lingyin.
"I do admit," Said Cecelia, "Although I didn't expect it, you were quite fun to be around, Thomas."
"Here's to a wonderful year in school." Said Houki.
One by one, their sparklers began to fizzle out.
"Here's to another wonderful summer, come and gone." Said Ichika.
After a minute of the group sitting down and slowly succumbing to exhaustion, Kana's phone rang.
She pulled it out to check.
"Oh man!" She whined, "My mom's calling me. Guess it's time I start for home."
"We may have only been a couple for a day," Said Thomas, "But-?!"
Kana gave Thomas a great, big hug.
"I'm so glad I finally got to meet you." She whispered.
With that, and her hug lingering, Kana reluctantly let go, and began to head for home.
The IS students all began to stretch and yawn.
"Looks like it's time we went home, too." Said Thomas.
"Let's hurry, before the last train." Said Ichika.
The group all changed back into their street clothes, and ran for the train. They'd made it just in time, quickly getting tickets and boarding the last train mere moments before it left.
On the Train...
The girls had all fallen asleep. Cecelia and Houki were leaning on each other, and the other three girls leaned on them.
"They look tuckered out." Observed Thomas.
"Let's hope they wake up at the end of the line," Said Ichika, "There's no way we'll be able to carry them all back."
"Heh heh..." Muttered Thomas.
"What?"
"Gimme a sec."
Thomas pulled out his speaker, and connected to his phone.
There was still enough power for him to play one last song.
There was no-one else but the girls and the boys on the train, meaning Thomas could play some music quietly.
He pulled up his Jojo Playlist, and played the one song he knew was right for the occasion.
(Song-Last Train Home-Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.)
Ichika chuckled.
"Well," He admitted, "You're right. It does fit with this setup so well..."
"Y'know..."
"Hm?"
"Kana actually reminds me of what I think my mom looks like."
"Really?"
"It's too much to be a coincidence...But I still have my doubts. There are differences."
"I see..."
The boys sat in exhausted silence as they listened to the song play out, and the train moved ever closer to their stop.
"I wasn't lying when I said I had a lot of fun with the whole gang, y'know." Said Thomas.
"That's wonderful to hear."
"Yeah..." Thomas trailed off with a smile.
As the song drew to a close, the train reached the end of the line.
It seemed as though it were timed so perfectly.
Thomas and Ichika woke the girls up, and they all trudged back to their rooms.
They'd be ready for whatever schoolwork awaited them the next morning.
Thomas slept with a smile on his face.
His life had just made a change for the better.
Kana had also gotten on the last train to her area.
She was walking on a hillside walkway when she'd finally answered her phone.
"Mama? You won't believe what happened today!"
"Kana! It's nearly 11, what have you been up to sweetie?"
"I can explain, Mama!"
"Well? I can't wait to hear about it!"
"I...I finally got to spend time with Tommy!"
"Really?! He was at the water park too?!"
"Yeah! He doesn't know the truth yet, so we ended up being a couple for the day!"
"Aw...That's so sweet! Although, I wish he knew the truth about you..."
"It's fine! As long as I get to spend time with Tommy, I won't complain!"
"That's all well and good, Kana. But, it's way past bedtime, so would you hurry along home? M's just returned from her mission. And, we have another mission coming up soon, and I want to fill you in on the briefing, since I think you'll enjoy this mission..."
"Okay then, Mama. See you soon!"
Kana hung up her phone, her bright smile had yet to go away.
It wouldn't be long before the family could meet Thomas...
...Her mother would meet him next.
A/N: Done! I may have revealed a bit too much this chapter, but I wanted to hint as much as possible.
So far, I've found a way to introduce Yin as Thomas's missing mother. I feel like I revealed it a bit too early, seeing as I felt like I was trying to pull a Lisa Lisa with Yin.
However, I wanted to take this time to introduce another male OC I was creating.
Adrian Irving. He's a Representative Candidate for Russia.
His IS Unit is the Ressureckt. It was the attempt at making a superior model to the Rafale-Revive II, with a bigger data storage, it can hold a lot more data than it's predecessor.
I wanted to serve as Thomas's rival when Adrian is introduced. he reason being is that because their IS Units are so similar, both Adrian and Thomas want to see just who is the better pilot.
Sounds like a cool concept, huh? Let me know what you think!
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