Davis was actually a little anxious. He's going to a whole new school, where it's also a boarding school far away from Odaiba, and he was told that he might be the only guy. He rode on a monorail over water and saw the academy was just in sight.

"There it is." Davis said as he looked at his new home. "So that's I.S. Academy. Sure hope the others don't miss me too much."

…

Flashback

"You're going to boarding school?" Ken said. Davis and his friends gathered together. He just told them the news and it was quite the shocker to all of them.

"Yeah. They made it sound like I don't really have a choice." Davis said. "They're sending me to a school known as the I.S. Academy where I can learn how to use one of those flight suits. On the bright side, I might be the only guy there and I'll be living on my own."

"Those poor girls." Yolei said.

"It might sound like that's a good thing, but I think you being the only guy at a school for girls is bound to have some problems." Cody said.

"Davis, are you sure this is what you want to do? Once you do, your whole life could be changed around." T.K. said.

"Do you at least promise you'll keep in contact?" Kari asked.

"Yeah." Davis said. "Don't worry about me guys. How hard can it really be?"

End of Flashback

…

"The only problem I have is the school uniforms. This isn't really my color." Davis said as he looked over the male uniform for the school as he reached his destination. Davis got off the monorail with his bags and headed straight towards his new school. Davis walked around the place and saw it looked awesome. It almost looked like something from the future. "Wow! This place looks awesome!"

"Look at that!"

"Isn't that a boy?"

"It is? What's a boy doing here?" Some of the students that were already there noticed Davis and all of them were curious as to why there was a guy here. Davis pulled out some a map to tell him where the dorms were.

"Okay. I've got some time before homeroom. So I'll just drop my stuff off there." Davis said and headed for where his new home was going to be.

…

The Dorms

The halls to the dorms seemed pretty empty at the moment. He searched around for where his room could be.

"If I'm reading this right, my room should be just around the corner." Davis said, but when he went around the corner, he accidently knocked into someone and she fell off her feet.

"Hey, watch it." Davis looked down to see who this girl was. She had long dark chestnut hair and wore the classic girl uniform with black go-go boots.

"Sorry about that." The girl took noticed of who it was exactly that bumped into him.

"Hang on. You're a boy. What are you doing here?" The girl asked.

"That's….a little hard to explain actually." Davis said as he held out his hand towards. The girl took it and helped her get back up. "My name is Davis Motomiya. Who might you be?"

"Lita. Lita Fangshin. Word of advice, don't try anything with me." Lita left it at that as she moved around him and went on her way.

"Try anything? Did she think I was going to flirt with her instantly?" Davis said. Davis continued onward and soon found his room. He went inside and liked the place as he placed his stuff down. "Not bad."

"Huh? Oh hey! You must be the new guy I heard about." Davis turned around and was surprised because standing across from his was another guy. "Nice to meet you. I'm Ichika, second year student."

"You're a guy!" Davis said.

"Uh….yeah. Last time I checked I was." Ichika said and held out his hand. "It's nice to meet you."

"Oh right. Hi." Davis said as he took his hands and shook it. "I'm Davis Motomiya. Nice to meet you. So you're the first guy to attend this school?"

"That's right. So you can imagine my relief to hear there's another guy that can go here." Ichika said. "It also looks like we're going to be roommates."

"We are?" Davis said.

"Yeah. This is my room too." Ichika said. "It's actually a big relief for me. I had to share a room with a few girls and it wasn't easy."

"Seriously? Dude, you're living in paradise!" Davis said.

"Paradise? What?" Ichika said.

"You and I are the only guys here. Do you know what that means?" Davis said.

"Yeah. There's no bathroom for boys only." Ichika said.

"That's not what I meant." Davis said.

"Look, I like to talk about this some more, but we better get to class or we're going to be late." Ichika said. "How about you come by the cafeteria at lunch. You can eat with me and my friends. Seeing as how we're the only guys here, we're going to need to watch each other's backs."

"Uh…okay." Davis agreed and they both left the room. When they were gone, one of Davis' bags was moving. It unzipped itself and DemiVeemon came out. When Davis was packing to leave, DemiVeemon snuck inside his bag and went with him.

"Davis needs to learn to wash his socks." DemiVeemon said. He had a look around the room and saw it was a nice place. "Nice room. Almost like a hotel. That will change with Davis' living style."

….

Class 1-1

"Here we go. This is my class." Davis said as he read the sign. He went right in and saw his new classmates. Upon his entering, all the girls noticed him. All of them were curious as to why there was a boy in the class. Just the fact that they were watching him made him smile. 'Nice. They can't keep their eyes off me. Look at all of these girls. They go from cute to smoking hot. I don't think there's a bad one in here.' He thought.

"Excuse me." One girl said as she tried to slip past him, but Davis noticed it was that Lita girl again.

"You!" Davis said.

"You again? Don't tell me you're actually in this class." Lita said as they both took their seats at the front.

"I am. So I guess we're classmates." Davis said.

"Just don't get any ideas." Lita said.

"What's that suppose to mean? I didn't even do anything." Davis said, but Lita just ignored him. Davis took his seat and all of them saw a woman entered the class.

"Hello there. Welcome to the I.S. Academy. My name is Maya Yamada. I'm class one's assistant teacher. Before we all begin, how about we go around the room and introduce ourselves." As introductions were going around one by one, some of the girls kept their eyes on Davis and it was starting to make him feel uncomfortable.

'Okay. It felt nice at first, but all these eyes watching me is starting to make me feel uncomfortable.' Davis thought. 'Okay. Just stay calm. There's nothing to worry about.'

"Excuse me." Maya said and got Davis' attention. "We were going alphabetical order and we've already reached the M's. Do you mind introducing yourself?"

"Oh! I'm Davis Motomiya. Ladies, fill free to come up and talk to me." Davis said as he was starting to act a little vain, but that ended up with him getting hit in the head. "Ow! Who did that?!" He looked up and was met with another woman.

"This isn't some dating show. Keep that in mind."

"What's the big idea? Who the heck are you?" Davis said.

"I'm Chifuyu Orimura. I'm your homeroom teacher. You keep that in mind and speak with a little more respect."

"You're the teacher? What kind of teacher hits their students?" Davis said.

"The kind that needs to discipline their students." Chifuyu said. The girls were already starting to laugh at him. There goes some of Davis' chances. "Now, let's begin. Miss Yamada."

"Of course, ma'am." Maya said as she started by showing some slides. "Let me start by explaining the I.S. units which is the foundation of this academy. I.S. stands for Infinite Stratos. They were originally designed for space exploration, but they were proven to have much more potential and could be used for weaponry. It soon came to the point where the Alaska Treaty was signed so that countries couldn't use it for military purposes and was soon used for sports today. As we learn more about the I.S. units, you will gain some experience in using some. The I.S. will learn more about you and analyze your body while you grow accustom to it. Basically, it will be like a partner."

"A partner?" Davis questioned. "How can something like that become your partner?"

"Mr. Motomiya, didn't you look over the reference manual before coming here?" Chifuyu asked.

"No. This whole thing was sprung on me." Davis said. "Lady, you expect me to learn all this mechanized stuff? When do we get to the good stuff?" Chifuyu answered by slamming him against the desk.

"First, that's Miss Orimura to you." Chifuyu said. "I was told about this. Don't worry. I'll get you a copy for you to look over and it's vital that you do. You're going to have to memorize every last bit of the I.S. if you want to be an effective pilot and get to this "good stuff" as you say. Is that clear?"

"Yeah. Now get off my head." Davis said, but Chifuyu squeezed down even harder.

"Do you want to try that again?" Chifuyu said.

"Yes…Miss Orimura." Davis said. 'Isn't there a rule against teachers doing this sort of thing? Okay. Maybe there are some bad parts to being in paradise.' He thought. Lita took a look at the position he was in.

'He's got guts to talk back to Miss Orimura, I'll give him that.' Lita thought. As this was going on, there were two more keeping their eyes on Davis, but one seemed disapproving and the other seemed curious.

….

The Cafeteria

Lunch soon came and that was the part of the day that Davis actually enjoyed. He reached out for some ramen and rice and took it.

"Sweet. At least there's some good food here." Davis said. He went and tried to find a place to sit.

"Davis, there you are!" Davis looked across the room and spotted Ichika.

"Ichika! Hey." Davis said.

"Come on. I want to introduce you to some of my friends." Ichika said. Davis followed him and they soon reached a table where five other girls were gathered and enjoying their lunch.

"Ichika, there you are!"

"Hey, girls. I want to introduce you to my new roommate and the newest guy in the school." Ichika said as he pointed to Davis. "Davis, these are my friends. That's Laura, Charlotte, Cecilia, and my old childhood friends Rin and Houki."

"Hi, Davis. It's nice to meet you." Houki said.

"Hi, it's nice to meet all of you too." Davis said.

"I hope you don't mind that invited him to join us for lunch." Ichika said.

"Not at all if you're fine with it, Ichika." Cecilia said.

"Sure. Meeting another male who can operate an I.S. is pretty neat." Rin said.

"Hey. Where's Tatenashi and Kanzashi? Aren't they going to join us?" Ichika said.

"No. Tatenashi has some council work to do and Kanzashi wants to work on her I.S." Charlotte said. "Davis, why don't you sit down and join us."

"Great. I'll just grab a chair and we can all eat together." Davis said, but he walked right into Lita and spilled his food all over her. "Aw! Sorry!"

"Are you kidding me? You again." Lita complained.

"I said I was sorry. Though it is weird that we keep running into each other." Davis said. "Are you like following me or something?" That ended up with him getting hit in the face.

"Jerk." Lita said and stormed off.

"Are you okay?" Charolotte asked. Davis held his face and tried to keep his nose from bleeding.

"I never knew a girl could hit so hard. What is with her?" Davis said. After getting himself and the mess fixed up, Davis was enjoying his lunch with Ichika and his friends.

"That was certainly strange." Cecilia said.

"He probably just did something to her." Laura said so bluntly.

"I did not! I don't even know her." Davis shouted. "This isn't turning out the way that I thought. I just got hit and I've got this crazy strict teacher. That Orimura lady can be harsh."

"Oh. You got my sister as your homeroom teacher, did you?" Ichika said. When Davis heard that, he was really surprised.

"What?! That lady is your older sister?!" Davis said.

"Yeah." Houki said. "Don't let her tough exterior fool you. Miss Orimura might seem tough, but she's actually a good person."

"She did lookout for me growing up. She's always been there to help me." Ichika said. "I guess that's part of the reason I go here. I want to become stronger so I can help her like she's always helped me."

"Ichika, you're so noble and I say you're plenty strong already." Cecilia said with admiration in her eyes.

"Hey! Stop looking at him like that!" Rin said as she pushed Cecilia's face away.

"What's with that?" Davis said.

"Sometimes they all act weird and I don't know why." Ichika said.

"What, are they all in lov…." Davis didn't get to finish that as he felt Laura pulled his shirt and held him down as she held her battle knife to him.

"You silence your tongue. Be careful of what you say exactly." Laura said and Davis was actually getting nervous. The girls might agree with her, but they wouldn't go that far.

'This girl is obviously a psycho. The eyepatch should have been a giveaway. Can this get any worse?' Davis thought. He should know never to ask that.

…

The Classroom

Davis was still as bored as he was in any other class he had back home. He just sat at his desk and bored out of his mind.

"Excuse me. Do you have a moment?" Davis looked up and noticed another beautiful girl. She had long shiny blonde hair. Her school attire was different with her wearing a much longer dress that went past her knees and wore black leggings with her having a sky blue ring on her left finger.

"Who are you?" Davis asked.

"My name is Serene Saincloud. I am a country representative from Greece. People believe I'm actually related to the goddess of beauty."

"Country representative? Am I suppose to know that that means?" Davis said and she took that with some offense.

"If you must know, we are among the elite." Serene said. "We have proven to be top pilots in our countries and with the utmost honor, we have been given our own personal I.S. units. I wish to know how you even managed to make in this school." 'It certainly is strange. There must be some reason only females can operate units, but he appears to be making a mockery of it. There must be some mistake.'

"What do you mean?" Davis asked.

"How did you pass the entrance exams?" Serene asked.

"Pass? I didn't pass anything. All some government agents said was that it was probably for the best that I go here." Davis said.

"What?! This must be some sort of joke." Serene said.

"Silence!" Chifuyu called out as she came back in. "What's all the noise about?"

"Miss Orimura, Mr. Motomiya said that he never took the entrance exams." Serene said. "This is unfair. All of us had to be tested to come here. I demand that he does be tested. I'll even be his opponent."

"I suppose you do have a point." Chifuyu said.

'Perfect. I'll expose him for the fraud he is and he'll be out of here.' Serene thought.

"Hang on. You mean I can cut right to the fun stuff." Davis said as he shot straight up. "I am so in. If you want a fight, you got one."

"You really are an idiot, aren't you?" Lita said. "You would be at a huge disadvantage. She has her own personal I.S. and you obviously don't know what you're doing."

"Yeah, but I never back down from a challenge." Davis said.

"It seems like this is something you both want." Chifuyu said. "Very well. It will be good practice. We'll reserve an arena and it will take place in one week." Davis may not know what he's doing, but it's too late for him to back out. Class soon ended and everyone was on their way.

"Hang on." Davis turned around and saw Lita catching up to him.

"Lita? What is it?" Davis said.

"You're really crazy, you know that?" Lita said. "You're taking on someone who is clearly out of your league."

"Yeah, but like I said. I don't back down." Davis said. Lita could tell Davis wasn't that smart, but he does have something going for him.

"You're brave, I'll give you that." Lita said. "You obviously don't know what you're doing and you're going to need some help. If you wish to stand a chance in that fight, you'll need some help."

"Are you actually offering to help me?" Davis said.

"I am. We might want to get started." Lita said and walked past him. Davis stared at Lita and thought she was one heck of a girl, but at least he's getting some help. What a first day.

…

Davis: Oops. Sorry I'm late. Anyway, my first fight in a new school. Most would probably see that as a bad thing. Especially since I'm going against a girl. All this I.S. stuff is complicated. How does anyone really get use to it? I don't know what I'm doing, but that's never stopped me before.

Next time: Dragonic Heaven

I'm going to be shining like a star.