I was a little later than I wanted to be last chapter, but I don't care! This chapter debuts Tyrone Adamson, and he's quite the character everyone can relate to! While writing this, I noticed something quite interesting.
Disclaimer: I do not own Infinite Stratos.
The New Year has kicked off, and it's with the biggest bang!
The IS Academy meets its 4th male pilot!
Enter Tyrone Adamson, an African-American boy fluent in Japanese! An all-around charming young man, everyone's in uproar! Ichika, Thomas, and Elias are all doing their best to welcome Tyrone into the IS Academy and help him get used to his new life.
But something seems off about Tyrone.
And a trip to Tyrone's room exposes a dark secret...
Kanzashi was walking down the hall to Ichika and Thomas's room.
She opened the door...
...Only to find Ichika, Elias, and Thomas all wearing cloaks over their bodies as they turned to look at her.
At least, she assumed they were looking at her.
"Um..." She broke the tension, "What's going on?"
"We've just gotten word that there's a new pilot on his way to the Academy." Explained Ichika, pulling down the hood of his cloak, "I've gotten Tatenashi to let us know if there's any buzz on guy IS Pilots in advance, so we can properly introduce them into the IS Academy as fellow dude pilots. Word is that he's gonna arrive today."
"There's another male pilot coming?!" Cried Kanzashi, "Do we know anything about him?"
"Nope!" Said Thomas, pulling off his hood, "But he's probably gonna have some sorta big kink, we all do."
"K-Kink?!" Stuttered Elias, his face turning red.
"Y'know, like a quirk? Hobbies n' stuff."
"Oh..." Elias sighed, his face returning to normal.
"We're trying to think of the best way to ease the new guy into the IS Academy when he arrives." Said Ichika.
"I mean," Thomas criticized, "S'not like the rest of the student body's gonna be gentle with him."
"And you thought that wearing cultist apparel was going to help you come up with an idea?"
"No," Said Thomas, "We just wanted to see what happened when someone walked in on us."
"Ah. Well...Class is starting soon, so I'll be sure to keep and eye out for another boy."
"Thanks a bullion!" Called Thomas as Kanzashi left the room.
"Seriously," Said Ichika, "We should ditch these and get to class before Chifuyu thinks we started an actual cult on IS Academy grounds."
"Agreed." Piped up Elias.
The boys quickly took off the cloaks, and rushed to class.
Ichika and Thomas sat in Class 1, but the supposed new male pilot had not come.
Instead, Chifuyu gave an address on the matter.
"As you may have heard," She announced, "Today, we are receiving a new male IS Pilot-"
The class erupted in cheer.
Chifuyu silenced them with a glare.
"However," She continued, "He's to be allocated into Class 4. Please take extra measure not to drive him insane. Male pilots are a slowly-growing breed, and the IS Academy would like to encourage more and more male pilots, and NOT scare them off."
"Yes Ma'am!" The class boomed in acknowledgement.
Chifuyu sighed.
"They're gonna scare him shitless, aren't they?" Chifuyu thought to herself.
Thomas and Ichika looked to each other.
They had to make sure they'd reach Class 4 the very moment an opportunity presented itself.
"Now that we've addressed that," Said Chifuyu, "All First-Year Classes will be doing a joint-training this morning. Boys, get going."
"Yes Ma'am!"
Ichika and Thomas bolted out of the room, and rushed for the Arenas. The boys were joined by Elias, and the trio thundered down the halls in anticipation, wondering where the new boy was supposed to be.
Elias was in the lead...
...And ran into another student as he rushed past a corner.
Ichika and Thomas rushed over to help the pair up.
"Apologies." Grunted Elias, "I didn't see you there-?!"
"S'fine." Said the student.
Ichika, Thomas, and Elias all gawked as they laid eyes upon the student.
The student looked up and gawked right back.
The student was none other than an African-American. He was roughly around the same height as Ichika and Thomas, certainly still taller than Elias. He had long dreadlocks, yellow eyes, and a warm smile.
The boys all stared at each other for a minute.
"I take it you're new here?" Thomas inquired, breaking the silence.
"Y-Yeah," Stuttered the boy, "My name's Tyrone. Tyrone Adamson. Ohayo gozaimasu."
"Throwing Japanese around?" Thomas chuckled, "No need, it's actually kinda chill around here."
"Hai." Nodded Tyrone, "Well, I mean, I studied Japanese for a while, it'd be a real shame to let it go to waste."
"Fair enough," Said Ichika, "Oh! Right! We gotta get going, come on!"
The trio began to trot down the hall.
"Matte-Where're we goin?" Said Tyrone, jogging after the boys.
"The Locker Room, we'll take you there!"
"Arigato!"
The foursome then took off for the Locker Room.
The boys all quickly got changed, and went to their groups in the Arena.
Tyrone wore a school IS Pilot Uniform, but his was royal blue in color. He wore a very odd-looking belt.
Ichika and Thomas puffed their cheeks as they held back their laughter. Thankfully, Ichika, Elias, and Thomas were all standing out of earshot of Tyrone.
"What?" Inquired Elias.
"He's..." Thomas chuckled, "He's a frickin' Kamen Rider! What, his IS is a fucking Megazord?!"
The boys broke into laughter.
"What's Kamen Rider?"
"It's Sentai."
"H-Hentai?!" Cried Elias, blushing.
Suddenly, Tyrone turned to look in the other boys' direction, as though he'd been attracted by something.
"No no," Explained Ichika, "Sentai is essentially super hero teams. Things like Power Rangers is a perfect example."
"Oh...Sentai...Not...That." Elias stuttered, embarrassed.
Tyrone looked away, disappointed.
Chifuyu marched into the Arena.
"Line up!"
The students all went to their groups, and stood at attention.
"Since we have a new student today," Chifuyu announced, "Scott! You will serve as the gauge for our newest male pilot! Adamson! Deploy your Unit and prepare to engage! Neither of you will show mercy, got it?"
"Yes Ma'am!" Thomas said, turning to look at Tyrone.
"Understood!" Tyrone said, locking eyes with Thomas.
Thomas jerked his head to the left, indicating Tyrone to follow.
The boys marched towards the open area of the Arena, and stopped as soon as they reached a veritable distance from everyone else. The boys turned their bodies towards each other.
The tension grew thick.
It was as though two gunslingers from a western movie were in a standoff.
"For the record," Said Tyrone, "The US gave me from experience with this!"
"Then you best hope the US is up to par!" Returned Thomas.
The boys locked eyes.
"Revive! Engage!"
"Deploy! Subwoofer!" Tyrone declared.
In the blink of an eye, the boys were now piloting their respected IS Units.
Tyrone's was royal blue, but had a golden chestplate. The IS itself had something of an imposing look. The arms had two bracers. Overall, it reminded Thomas of the Akatsubaki a bit. But such spoke volumes of what the IS could do.
And, the most telling, the IS Unit's name: Subwoofer.
Was it an IS that dealt with sound-based attack?
"Boys!" Declared Chifuyu, "Prepare to engage!"
Thomas and Tyrone stared each other down.
Suddenly, they both Rapid Switched.
Thomas now had his Hip-Mounted Particle Cannons, and held the Yukihira Nagata.
Tyrone had configured the Subwoofer's hands into Pulse Gloves, and had two Hip-Mounted Missile Pods.
"Let's break it down!" Said Tyrone, suddenly deploying an AV Helmet over his head.
"Okay," Thomas said, taking up a plow guard stance with the Yukihira.
"Let's dance!"
The boys rushed each other.
Tyrone opened fire with the Missile Pods.
Thomas quickly shot the missiles down, and then opened fire upon Tyrone. Tyrone jumped into the air, quickly negating any shot he couldn't dodge with the Pulse Gloves. Tyrone then put his hands together, and charged an attack with the Pulse Gloves.
"KAH...MEH...HAH...MEH..." Tyrone chanted.
The air swirled around Tyrone's Pulse Gloves. A ball of energy began to form in his hands. The air rippled with power as Tyrone suddenly thrust out his hands at Thomas, and fired away with massive energy beam.
"HAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Thomas quickly activated the Type 2 Yukihira Nagata, and activated the Reiraku Byakuya.
With a powerful slash, Thomas split the energy beam and negated it, quickly switching back to the Type 1 Yukihira once the attack had ended. Tyrone steered closer to Thomas, switching from Pulse Gloves to a Katana as he brought the blade down upon Thomas.
Thomas blocked, and brushed Tyrone back.
"Not bad."
"That ain't nothing!"
"Come on!"
"Ikzou!"
The two began a clash of blades.
Thomas quickly found that Tyrone was quite skilled with his Katana, drawing out the mock-battle. As much as each boy tried to attack from range, the projectiles were met with a counter.
The boys clashed blades again.
"This was fun," Smirked Tyrone, "But it's time to breakdown!"
What happened next Thomas didn't expect.
Out of nowhere, Thomas was blasted right in the face with a concentrated sonic boom. He stumbled back, his ears ringing loud enough to drown out any other sound. Thomas was blindsided.
What just happened?
Thomas looked, and found two amps sitting on Tyrone's shoulders.
It didn't take a genius to know what they were for.
"What the-?!" Ichika gawked.
"Just as I suspected," Said Chifuyu, "The name was too obvious a giveaway. Subwoofer is an IS Unit that has a large amount of sound-based weaponry. Which is why I put Scott specifically in this fight."
"What?"
"Scott has incredible hearing. However, this also makes him far more vulnerable to things like repeated loud noises. Essentially...Subwoofer is Scott's worst match-up."
Tyrone poured on with blasts from his amps.
Thomas pressed his hands against his head so hard, it seemed as though he'd crush his own skull.
His eyes squeezed shut as he writhed in agony.
Thomas was at a dangerous position.
Tyrone could easily attack him. Although, Thomas could block an oncoming attack, he had to remove his hands to do so. And if he did, he'd only end up further damaging his own hearing.
But...
Thomas blindly opened fire with his Particle Cannons to try and keep Tyrone away.
Tyrone dodged, and with each dodge, he came just a little closer to Thomas.
"Muda muda!"
Tyrone brought up the Katana.
Thomas has a mere moment to react.
The boy fell onto his back, and raised the soles of his feet at Tyrone.
"N-Nani?!"
Suddenly, Thomas ignited the Revive's thrusters upon Tyrone at point-blank, knocking him over and ending his acoustic onslaught. Thomas slowly let go of his ears, only to realize he'd gone almost completely deaf.
Just before Tyrone got up, Thomas quickly pressed the Yukihira against Tyrone's neck.
"Bakana!" Cried Tyrone.
"What?" Thomas called.
"The match is concluded!" Declared Chifuyu, "The winner is Scott!"
Thomas couldn't hear Chifuyu, and didn't notice.
"Scott? The match is over!"
"You heard her!" Cried Tyrone, "Get off already!"
Thomas gaze Tyrone a confused look.
"What?!"
"Can't you hear?"
"What? You hafta speak up! I can't hear you!"
Chifuyu marched up to the boys.
"Scott!" She shouted, "You win!"
"I think he went deaf!" Cried Tyrone.
Thomas looked fed up.
"I'm done with trying to lip-read." He grumbled.
Chifuyu sighed, doing her best to signal Thomas to recall the Revive.
"Adamson, Dansforth, Orimura," Instructed Chifuyu, "When Scott finally gets out of his IS, escort him to the Infirmary."
She shot Tyrone a dirty look.
"You better pray Scott's hearing returns to normal." Chifuyu growled at Tyrone, her face stricken with anger.
"H-Hai, Orimura-Sensei." Squeaked Tyrone, wary of Chifuyu.
Thomas eventually recalled his Unit, and the boys all guided him to the Infirmary.
The boys sat in the Infirmary, waiting for Thomas to hear them.
"How does it feel?" Ichika scribbled down on a notepad.
"Feels like an obnoxious droning 'eee' in my ears."
"Souka." Observed Tyrone.
A nurse had come over.
"Thankfully," She declared, "Scott's hearing should fully recover by tomorrow."
"That's good news!" Ichika cheered.
"It'd be quite the hindrance if he stayed this way." Sighed Elias.
"This is on me, gomenasai." Apologized Tyrone.
"Don't worry!" Assured Ichika, "Heckuva power set you got there! Where'd you get "Kamehameha" from though? I mean, that's anime!"
"Oh-I-uh...I mean, it's a meme back in the States, and it just felt like a moment!"
"Makes sense." Ichika concurred.
"A-Anyway...I should get to my new room. Unpack and all that."
"We can help you move in." Elias offered.
"Oh-uh...No thanks, I can do it."
"You sure? It'll be easier if we all work together."
Thomas had no clue what was going on, and instead simply nodded like he did.
"Nah, s'fine guys." Tyrone said, "I got this, sayonara!"
"L-Later..." Ichika said, "What's his deal?"
Elias shrugged, and Thomas quickly copied Elias to make it seem like he'd been paying attention. Although losing hearing would make anyone panic, Thomas had already gotten over the initial shock, and did his best to remain calm.
Tyrone shuffled out of the room, panting.
"Too close." He muttered, quickly scurrying off to collect his belongings.
Tyrone pulled out his phone, and gazed intently at the wallpaper of his lock screen.
"Don't worry," He muttered, "They don't know about us. They don't even suspect a thing."
Tyrone put his phone away.
"They just won't accept me if they knew."
The Next Day...
Ichika, Thomas, and Elias gathered near the cafeteria.
"Hey guys!" Called Thomas, "I can hear you!"
"Really?!" Cried Ichika.
"...I can kinda hear you..." Grumbled Thomas, realizing he hadn't made a complete recovery.
"Eh." Ichika muttered.
"I wonder," Inquired Elias, "Where's Tyrone? Shouldn't we give him a tour of the Academy?"
"Probably going to get breakfast." Said Ichika.
"NIGERUNDAYO!" The boys heard Tyrone shout.
Suddenly, The boys heard an ensemble of thundering footsteps headed their way. Sure enough, a mob of girls was bustling down the hallway, with a panicked Tyrone running at the lead of the front.
"We...Shoulda told him." Ichika realized.
"I didn't think they be so rowdy so quickly!" Cried Elias.
Thomas simply bolted after the group, rushing to Tyrone's aid.
"You get used to it." Thomas greeted as he placed himself next to Tyrone.
"Does this happen to you guys every day?!"
"Well...More like a few times per week...I lost count."
Tyrone cried.
"I take it back! Going to the IS Academy was way more nerve-wracking than I thought!"
"That's a 'you' problem, the rest of the us didn't have any expectations going in!"
"What're we gonna do now?!"
"Try n' lose the crowd, like we always do!"
Ichika and Elias finally caught up.
"Are you okay?!" Cried Ichika.
"Our apologies for not warning you sooner!" Apologized Elias.
Tyrone screamed something incoherent, but the other boys knew that he was too freaked out by the hordes of girls behind them.
"Don't worry! Think of this as training!" Said Thomas, "Because everybody knows that the best way to learn is under intense, life-threatening pressure!"
"WHO LEARNS LIKE THAT?!" Cried Tyrone.
"Me." Said Ichika.
"Me." Said Elias.
"Me." Said Thomas.
Tyrone simply stopped talking.
"By the way," Said Ichika, "Did you get all of your luggage in? If not, we can help you unpack!"
"Let's discuss this somewhere stationary." Said Elias.
"Agreed."
The boys ran all the way back to Ichika and Thomas's dorm.
Once the boys were certain they were safe, they caught their breath and sat down in the dorm room.
"I thought you would've bunked with Elias." Said Ichika.
"Oddly enough, nah." Said Tyrone, "Gave me my own room, since they had spares."
"What floor is it on?"
"The next floor up. I think I have the room right above this one."
"Can we check it out?"
"N-No, I...Still gotta get situated n' everything." Tyrone quickly refused, "Still unpacking an' that."
"Ah. Like I said, we're all willing to help with that-"
"I can do it myself!" Tyrone quickly interrupted.
"O-Okay then..." Ichika muttered, "Anyway, Let's all have an icebreaker! I'm Ichika Orimura! I'm from Japan. I was trying to take a high-school entrance exam, but I got lost and ended up coming face-to-face with some random IS Unit. I got curious, and touched it, and-bam! Next thing I knew, the government got involved, and I ended up here. I was actually the first guy pilot to come here."
"Souka." Said Tyrone.
"I'm Elias Dansforth," Greeted Elias, "I hail from England. I've...Had rather unpleasant experiences with the girls at my previous school. But...Anyway, my family's company was in financial struggle, and I just so happened to be home at the time. I grew curious, and touched one of the BT-Weapons prototypes. It reacted...And my parents quickly found out, and had me inducted to the IS Academy as their last chance to save the company."
"That's...That's deep." Said Tyrone, taking it all in.
"Thomas Scott," Introduced Thomas, "From America. I got lost in the halls, and found an IS Unit sitting in a back room. I...Started messing with it, and then it activated. Turns out, I got caught horsing around, and the US Government decided to lump me here to stake their figurehead into the male pilot-thing of the IS Community. I'll say this much: Fuck everyone who told me I couldn't pilot an IS."
"Kinda petty." Said Ichika.
"Says you." Returned Thomas.
"Seems legit." Said Tyrone.
"So," Ichika popped the question, "What's your deal?"
"I won a bet."
The other 3 boys were dumbstruck.
"Come again?"
"So..." Tyrone thought back, "My mom works at this IS Facility, and sometimes I come along because why not. So...Me and some friends were hanging out at the place, and it was totally chill. But...There was this IS just sitting there, in the parking lot-dunno how it got there. Anyway, me n' the guys all decided to take bets on who had the guts to actually sit in the cockpit, and I was up first."
"How much?"
"Fifty bucks."
Elias and Ichika gave Tyrone a look of disapproval.
"I can relate." Said Thomas.
"So...I got in...And it turned on. Everybody freaked out, and security came on the scene...And...Yeah."
"Say no more," Said Ichika, "We all know what came next."
"The government decided to send me to the IS Academy for research." The boys all recited in perfect unison.
The foursome all chuckled at their inside joke.
"Wanna exchange contact info?" Said Ichika.
"Sure!" Tyrone said, pulling out his phone.
Tyrone's finger slipped over his phone's power button.
Tyrone realized too late.
"Oh shi-!" Tyrone quickly turned the screen back off before Ichika or Elias saw.
Thomas, on the other hand, had seen the lock screen, and the image had been embedded within his memory.
Tyrone blushed.
"A-Actually," Tyrone chuckled nervously, "Write that stuff down for me? I...Gotta go call my parents. My mom's so overbearing-wants me to call her after I got settled in to tell her I got in smoothly."
Tyrone upped and left the room before anyone could ask.
"That was...Odd." Said Elias.
"He's acting suspicious." Ichika observed.
"Perhaps he's shy? It'd make sense, seeing as he's obviously not used to life at the IS Academy." Suggested Elias.
"He has an anime wallpaper." Thomas deadpanned.
"Huh?" The other two boys looked at Thomas.
"His lock screen is Zero Two in her white parasite suit from Darling in the FranXX."
"You saw?"
"Only for a second."
"So...Why'd he leave?"
"Must be embarrassed."
"Yeah..."
The boys sat in silence, all of them knowing what they wanted to do, but none of them willing to outright say it.
Thomas sighed.
"Okay," He finally broke the tension, "Anyone else wanna see what's in his room-"
Ichika and Elias raised their hands in agreement before Thomas finished.
"-Thought as much." Thomas concluded.
The boys quickly went out to the balcony.
"I get that we're trying to get to Tyrone's room," Said Elias, "But what are we doing out here?"
"Saves time picking the lock on the front door." Thomas said offhandedly.
Ichika and Elias simply stared at Thomas.
"You comin' or what?" Said Thomas, as he began to climb up to the balcony above.
Ichika and Elias looked to each other, and shrugged.
Thomas quickly scaled onto the balcony, Ichika did the same at a much slower pace, and Elias eventually had to request help since he couldn't find the strength to lift himself up while he looked down.
And it was then that the boys realized Tyrone's supposed room was right in front of them. However, Tyrone had drawn the curtain over the balcony, and the balcony door was locked. Though it seemed obvious why Tyrone would do such, the boys were a little frustrated.
"Yeah, no, we're kinda screwed." Said Thomas.
"We can just smash it open," Suggested Elias, "We have IS Units."
Thomas looked at Elias.
"Think about it."
Elias began to think.
"I see...Never mind."
"There you go." Said Thomas.
The boys didn't want to bust open the door, since none of them wanted to clean up the mess they would make in doing so. However, it seemed that none of the boys had much of an alternative.
"What if we-no, that's stupid." Said Ichika.
"Why not try the front door?" Said Elias.
"Good luck getting down from here." Said Thomas.
"Why are all of my ideas so terrible?" Elias contemplated.
"Anyone have anything like a bobby pin?" Said Ichika, "Maybe we can pick the lock!"
The boys checked their pockets.
Ichika had spare change, keys, his wallet, and his phone.
Thomas had his wallet, keys, a coin pouch, spare change he forgot to put in the coin purse, a par of earbuds, his phone, and an expired gift card.
Elias had his phone, a wallet thicker than both Thomas and Ichika combined, keys, a pocketbook, a pocket watch, and items that Cecelia gave him and forgot by accident.
Thomas and Ichika both shot glares at Elias, mainly due to the wallet.
But none of the boys had a bobby pin.
"What the fuck do we do now?!" Grumbled Thomas.
"Um..." Ichika muttered.
"This wasn't really the smartest plan, was it?" Groaned Elias.
Thomas suddenly began to look at Elias's chest.
"What?" Inquired Elias.
Thomas suddenly pulled a bobby pin from Elias's collar.
"Huh?! Where'd that come from?!" Cried Ichika.
"When did that get there?" Inquired Elias.
Elias tried to think back.
"Never mind, we need to get the door open." Thomas said, pulling the bobby pin in two.
Thomas quickly went up to the door, and prepared to pick the lock. He then stuck both parts of the pin into the lock, and began to jerk and twist the two pieces in different directions, attempting to experiment.
"Be careful," Cautioned Ichika, "That's our only pin, break it and we won't get another chance."
Thomas twisted the pieces, moving slowly as he did his best to turn the lock.
The tension grew thicker and thicker as Thomas continued to get null results.
Ichika and Elias held their breath.
Thomas chuckled.
"Got you."
Suddenly, the lock turned and clicked, and the balcony door was unlocked. The boys slid open the door, and brushed away the curtain, stepping into the room. Bags and storage items littered the room.
Thankfully, they were right: This was indeed Tyrone's room.
"Hm." Said Ichika, "Checks out."
"I'm not so convinced." Said Thomas.
"We should get going," Elias said nervously, "I mean, we're invading Tyrone's privacy! Sure, the girls are one thing, but if we really want to be friends with Tyrone, we need to be respectful and mindful of him!"
"You say that after we pull a B&E." Said Thomas.
Elias blushed, humiliated at the reminder.
"He's not wrong," Said Ichika, "If we start rummaging through Tyrone's stuff, that'd be even worse! We shouldn't have done this..."
Thomas was about to retort, but suddenly spotted something in the open closet that caught his eye. Thomas went towards the box, and began to act upon his curiosity, much to the other boys' dismay.
"What're you doing?!" Cried Ichika.
"Thomas! this has gone far enough!" Elias pleaded.
However, Thomas didn't listen. Instead, he suddenly threw open the closet door all the way a hoodie. The boys gasped at first, stunned by Thomas's bold action in actually beginning to mess with Tyrone's belongings.
But what they saw next simply stupefied them.
Hanging from the coat rack was none other than an Ahegao Hoodie. Lewd faces of anime girls were printed all over the hoodie, and they were bold enough for all the boys to see everything.
Right next to the very obscene hoodie was a body pillow cover, with an image of Prinz Eugen from Azur Lane. She looked as though she were sitting on the bed, laying in a very sensual position.
Ichika blinked repeatedly to make what he was seeing was indeed real.
Elias blushed furiously, he face turning as red as a tomato as he covered his mouth with both hands.
Thomas simply stared, weighing the options of either taking one of the objects hanging on the coat rack.
Tyrone entered the room, only to find the boys staring into his closet.
The boy breathed in.
"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-"
After getting over the anger and shock of both the boys' discovery and Tyrone's discovery, the boys had settled down.
"Lemme get this straight," Said Thomas, "You were so nervous that we'd despise you because you're a weeb?!"
Tyrone nodded shamefully.
"Fuckin' weeb..." Thomas muttered under his breath.
"I'm...Sorry. It's..." Tyrone did his best to talk, "I just love anime. But...My mom doesn't like how I love anime, and that I don't have any girls I'm close enough to to be in a relationship with."
"Story of weeb-hood." Commented Thomas.
"See?" Pointed Tyrone, "This guy gets it!"
Elias was silent, as he was blushing at the thought of how much more lewd anime things Tyrone potentially brought with him.
"It's okay if you like anime," Said Ichika, "I'm okay with it."
"Really?" Said Tyrone.
"As long as you're not actually gonna wear that Ahegao stuff, It's fine by me!"
"...Thanks."
"What about your friends in the states?" Inquired Thomas, "They like anime too?"
"Yeah yeah!" Said Tyrone, "Anime's the thing that brought us together!"
"Heh, nice."
Thomas then noticed yet another object.
He made a squeal.
"What?" Said Ichika.
"IT'S SOPMOD JR!" Thomas cried joyously, picking up a Sopmod II Jr Plushie.
"I KNOW!" Tyrone cried, "IT'S JUST SO CUTE!"
The pair made a collective "HNNNNG!" With happiness.
"Looks like all's well that ends well." Ichika sighed in relief.
The boys were grateful that Tyrone turned out to be this way, rather than something far worse.
"I mean," Tyrone added, "My other mom's totally chill with it!"
The group stopped.
"Did you say 'other mom?'" Ichika stared.
"Oh yeah," Tyrone realized, "I forgot to mention: I have...Two moms."
The other boys stared at Tyrone in disbelief.
"To each their own, I say." Responded Thomas.
"Interesting..." Elias blushed even deeper, deeper than ever before.
"Hey! You did it!" Said Ichika.
"Did what?" Asked Tyrone.
"You got Elias to turn a new shade of red!"
Everyone other than Elias laughed. Elias was far too deep in processing this new information and imagining all sorts of naughty things to respond. The mere thought of Tyrone's two moms was simply too much for Elias to handle.
"I-I-Uh-I don't object to...That." Elias stuttered.
The boys all began to open up more with each other, completely forgetting about anything else.
Tyrone never felt happier.
The IS Academy was simply full of surprises to the young boy.
The other boys accepted him for who has was, he had the chance to get a girlfriend, and he got to act like an anime character at times. Tyrone's life had changed, for both better and worse.
There'd be struggle, triumph, pain, and healing.
What more could he ask for?
A/N: And done! I love Tyrone as a character, he's just so relatable!
Furthermore, the release date of this chapter is Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, oddly enough. I only noticed there was a huge coincidence a few days back, and so I decided to release on MLK Day just for kicks!
Hope you enjoyed!
But now, let's get into Tyrone's IS Unit, Subwoofer.
Subwoofer is a 3rd Generation IS Unit from the United States. Originally, it was designed as an Unfolding Armor Prototype. However, the purpose was to expand upon the arsenal without having to take up data space. In doing so, Subwoofer could store hidden weaponry without detection. This was voted as a breach in the Alaskan Treaty. Due to such promising data and results, Subwoofer's extra weaponry had been removed, and the Unfolding Armor had been locked. The Unit was further remade at the request of Tyrone to match his tastes.
However, a second version of the Subwoofer IS Unit, made to replicate the original model's first design was made in secret to further acquire data for the Unfolding Armor.
Subwoofer's arsenal includes 2x Pulse Blasters in the palms, 2x Shoulder-mounted AMP Cannons, A Sonic Cannon, 2x Hip-Mounted Rocket Pods, Bass Gloves, and an HF Katana.
The Unit also features an Audio/Visual Helmet, mainly designed to protect the pilot from the Unit's own sound-based attacks.
Subwoofer's designed was inspired by Soundwave from the Unicron Trilogy Transformers: Cybertron. The Sonic Cannon was inspired by Jimi Stringer's Mega-Decibel Sound Blaster from Hero Factory: Breakout.
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