"Hey, guys." Davis wrote as he was typing an email to his friends back home. "It's been a crazy week here. I met one other guy named Ichika and he's my roommate too. Good thing I got another guy to turn to when I need to. You also wouldn't believe what happened, but you wouldn't if I told you. I also already made friends with this girl named Lita and some of Ichika's friends. Lita seems pretty cool when she offered to help me. So much to tell you, but not a lot of time. Hope to be home soon."

"Davis, let's go." Ichika said. "Let's go check out if they're done with analyzing Dragonic Heaven." Davis agreed to that as he sent an email and headed off with Ichika.

….

The Lab

Davis and Ichika headed to a lab where they were researching. When they got there, they saw a girl with blue hair working with Davis' I.S.

"Hey, Kanzashi!" Ichika said and she noticed the two of them.

"Oh! Hi, Ichika." Kanzashi said.

"Davis, meet Kanzashi. She's another good friend of mine who loves anime and is great with computers." Ichika said.

"Hey, there. So what are you doing with my I.S.?" Davis asked.

"I was running an analyzing it for Miss Orimura." Kanzashi said. "It's certainly fascinating. I'm not sure when it was manufactured or how it got in your possession. However, it appears to be ahead of its time. I say its fourth generation like Houki's Akatsubaki."

"Seriously?! Whoa! That's impressive." Ichika said. "The fourth generation has recently came out. Getting your hands on one is pretty good."

"On top of that, I checked it over and it already appears to be already registered within the government." Kanzashi said. "This is all very strange because I can't find any record of its history."

"So does that mean it's okay to use it?" Davis questioned.

"I guess so. Everything appears to be in order and I don't see any problems with it." Kanzashi said.

"Sweet." Davis said as he snatched it and placed the gauntlet on his right arm. "I can't wait to try this puppy out again." Davis doesn't know much about these units, but he can't contain his excitement to use it.

…..

Lunch

Lunch soon came around and Davis asked Lita to join him and Ichika's group. He and Ichika just told them about Dragonic Heaven and all of them seemed amazed.

"So it's the same generation as Houki's?" Rin said.

"That's right, but there's no record of it. Some stuff about it is still a mystery like how Davis got it in the first place." Ichika said.

"As long as I can still use it, I don't mind one bit." Davis said as he stuffed his face with some instant ramen. Davis noticed that Lita's hardly eaten some of her food. "Lita, is something wrong? Is your stomach bothering you?"

"No. It's not that." Lita said. 'When he asked me to join him for lunch, I thought it would just be the two of us.' She thought.

"Well, I'm curious to see more of what Dragonic Heaven can do." Charlotte said.

"Same here. How about we go try it out when we're available?" Houki said.

"Sounds good to me." Davis said.

"Uh….pardon me." All of them looked and noticed Serene joining them hold a lunch of her own.

"Oh! Serene! What are you doing here?" Davis asked.

"Well, Davis….I was wondering if I could join you for lunch." Serene said.

"Sure. I don't see why not." Davis said.

"Yeah. The more the merrier." Ichika said. The girls were a little on guard with her. Serene seemed real happy as she rushed over and sat right next to Davis.

"Thank you, Davis. Might I also add that in our match yesterday, you were simply amazing." Serene said. "I didn't know what hit me in the end."

"Thanks. You were pretty good yourself. That was actually the first time I've ever been in a match like that." Davis said.

"You mean I was your first?!" Serene said as she seemed thrilled about that. Houki and the others saw what she was doing and was relieved, but Lita was getting annoyed. "You know, if you like, I am more than willing to offer you my training."

"He's already got someone training him and that's me." Lita said.

"I think it would be more beneficial for him to train with someone with their own personal unit." Serene said. The two glared at each other and sparks were flying. Davis didn't quite get what was going on, but it all stopped when someone tapped him on the head.

"My goodness. Don't tell me this boy is quite the lady magnet like Ichika." Davis and the others looked behind him and saw another blue-hair girl who looked older than Kanzashi.

"Tatenashi?" Ichika said.

"Hi there. Nice to meet you." Tatenashi said.

"Uh…..hi. Who are you?" Davis asked.

"I'm Tatenashi Sarashiki. I happen to be the student council president here at the academy. I heard you just met my younger sister."

"Sister?" Davis questioned.

"She's talking about Kanzashi. The girl that just examined your I.S." Ichika said.

"Oh! So is there something I can help you with?" Davis said.

"Apparently, you're the talk of the academy. No one's gossip this much since Ichika first showed up." Tatenashi said. "I very much like to see what you can do outside this special I.S. of yours."

"Can't it wait until I'm done eating?" Davis said as he continued to stuff his face.

"Gee, I heard this guy is ready to rumble at any time, but perhaps I was wrong. Perhaps it was a fluke that you won that match." Tatenashi said and that got Davis' attention.

"How dare you? I was his opponent and he did great." Serene said.

"Yeah. Where do you get off saying stuff like that?" Lita said.

"I'm just saying. Just because he can control an I.S. and has a special one, doesn't make him strong or anything." Tatenashi said as she unfolded a fan that said "weak" on it. Davis got annoyed and stood right up to face her.

"Okay, you're on!" Davis said.

"He walked right into that." Ichika said as he and the others were aware of what's going to await him.

"He still has a lot to learn." Houki said.

…..

The Dojo

Instead of a match, Davis and Tatenashi took it to the dojo. Davis was ready to rumble with the others watching while Tatenashi was keeping her cool.

"Here's the deal, we'll keep going until you can't anymore or if you can knock me down just once." Tatenashi said.

"That's it?" Davis said as he stretched out his legs. "If that's how you want it."

"Come on, Davis. Knock this cocky weirdo flat." Lita said as she and Serene supported him, but Ichika and the others knew what he was getting into.

"Ready or not, here I come!" Davis said as he charged right at her. Tatenashi stayed right where she was with confidence. Davis reached out to her, but she grabbed his arm and tossed him right over her shoulder like he was an empty bag and he landed right on his back.

"Oh dear! Davis, are you all right?" Serene asked.

"No. She just kung-fu my butt." Davis said.

"There's something you should know." Tatenashi said. "My title is not one to be taken lightly. A person who takes that position must have certain standards, but as a result, it leads to one thing. It's where someone ends up being the strongest fighter in the academy."

"You think that matters to me?!" Davis said as he got right back up and went to strike her again, but he ended up with the same result.

"I must go. I have other responsibilities to attend." Laura said.

"Same here. This could go for a while, but it's going to end up being the same." Rin said as the two of them left. Davis kept trying and trying and it has been going on for nearly an hour. The same result kept happening.

"Sheesh. You're a glutton for punishment." Tatenashi said. "You can't just keep attacking. You need to find some form of an opening in your opponent's moves. Attacking without a plan of some sort is pretty reckless….unless of course being reckless is your plan."

"Davis surely doesn't know when to quit." Lita said.

"You can say that again." Houki said. "He's like a bull that keeps trying to charge at the red cape of a matador."

"Only a bull doesn't hit his head as much." Lita said. The two looked at each other and shared a laugh. Davis put himself through a lot as he was taking deep breaths and kept hitting the floor hard.

"You want some more?" Tatenashi asked.

"No. Anyone got a white flag?" Davis said.

"Okay. Sorry about the teasing. I just wanted to get a read on how tough you are." Tatenashi said. "Welcome to the academy." She walked past him as Lita and Serene helped him up. Davis could tell he's got a long way to go.

…

The Next Day

"Aw!" Davis moaned as he took his seat on the desk. "Does part of being in this school means you're going to be sore all the time?"

"Probably." Lita said.

"I guess she isn't the student council president for nothing. Are you going to be okay?" Serene asked.

"Yeah. I'm an athlete back home. I'll be fine." Davis said.

"An athlete?! I bet that means you're strong." Serene said. "How about I give you a massage to help with your sore muscles?" She was about to reach for him, but Lita smacked her hands away.

"He'll be fine. He doesn't need your help." Lita said. The two of them couldn't stop glaring at each other and Davis didn't understand what was going on with them.

"You always did like overdoing it, didn't you?" All of them looked to see one more was joining in. This girl had red hair with bangs and it was in a braid in the back. She wore a sleeveless uniform, but had black bands around her forearms. She also had socks that went to the middle of her calves and wore a sun-shaped earing on her right ear.

"Who are you?" Serene asked.

"I think I've seen her around. I think she goes to room three." Lita asked.

"That's right. I'm actually the country representative from Brazil." She said as she walked over to Davis. "It's been a long time, hasn't it?" Davis looked at her and the girls found it strange. How could this girl actually know Davis?

"Davis, who is she?" Lita asked.

"Yes. Do you know her?" Serene asked. The mysterious girl assumed he was going to say yes.

"Nope." Davis said. Everyone nearly fell out of balance upon his answer. "Do I know you?"

"Of course you do. Don't you remember?" The girl asked.

"Sorry. No." Davis said. The girl gritted her teeth in anger from his response. She grabbed Davis by the collar and lifted him up.

"You really don't remember me? Don't you know it's rude to forget a girl, you jerk. I'm Kimi. Kimi Neekoso."

"Kimi Neekoso?" Davis said as he was trying to remember that name, but he wasn't having any luck. "Nope. Sorry. That name isn't really ringing any bells." Kimi was getting angry with him not remembering who she was.

"Maybe this will help you remember." Kimi said. She held out one of her arms and an I.S. arm emerged around it.

'What?! You can deploy only part of your I.S.?!' Davis thought, but seemed unaware that he was about to get hit.

"Stop that at once and get your hands off him!" Serene demanded.

"Yeah. He doesn't remember you, but this is uncalled for." Lita said. Kimi thought about she was doing and was getting embarrassed about it.

"Sorry." Kimi said as she put it away and let go of Davis. "Sorry about that. Sometimes I get a little short tempered. Still, how could you not remember me?"

"I think you might have the wrong person." Lita said.

"No, I don't. That is Davis Motomiya, isn't it?" Kimi said.

"I am, but I don't remember you. Do I?" Davis said as he was trying to think about it.

"Come on! We had so much fun together when we were kids." Kimi said. Davis kept drawing a blank. "You must remember. It was when…." Before Kimi could say anymore, someone hit her in the back of her head. "Hey! What's the big idea?!" She shouted as she turned to the person, but she got instantly scared when she saw it was Chifuyu and she was giving off a menacing aura.

"The big idea is that class is about to begin and you don't belong here." Chifuyu said. "I don't know what's going on here, but settle it on your own time. You should get right back to class."

"Yes, ma'am." Kimi said out of fear and hurried out, but she looked back at Davis. "This isn't over, Davis. I'll come back about this." She ran out, but Davis was still confused as to who she was.

…

Davis

Once class ended, Davis was strolling through the area. That encounter with the strange girl kept going on in his head. Kimi Neekoso? Just who is this mysterious girl?

"Hey!" Davis turned around and saw her catching up to him.

"Hey." Davis said.

"Sorry again about that whole thing in the classroom." Kimi said. "It's just that I thought for sure you were going to remember me when you saw me."

"Well, I just don't." Davis said. "So how about you tell me who you are and how I'm suppose to know you?" Kimi didn't really have a problem that, but she felt embarrassed to say anything.

"Davis!" Davis saw Serene and Lita catching up to him.

"Come on." Lita said as they both grabbed him by his arms. "We got some training to do."

"Hold on. Let him train with me." Serene said. "I would be a much more effective trainer than you would."

"Is that so?" Lita said as she pulled Davis towards her.

"It is." Serene said as she pulled him back. As the two of them kept going at that, Kimi got frustrated from seeing this.

"Both of you stop it!" Kimi shouted. "Did you two not see that I was talking about him? How about this, Davis? Since you two think he needs some training, he and I have a match. Davis, if you win, I'll tell you what you want to know."

"Huh? Sure." Davis said. It seemed weird she couldn't just tell him, but she was really saying the first thing that came to her mind.

"However, if I win…..you have to go on a date with me!" Kimi declared. Lita and Serene couldn't believe she actually had the nerve to say something like that. Davis was just as surprised as they were. Whoever this Kimi is, she's got some guts.

…

Ichika

"So you really have no idea who she is?" Ichika questioned. Davis met up with Ichika in their room and he told him what happened with Kimi.

"I really don't remember and she's upset about it." Davis said.

"Wouldn't you if you forgot who someone was?" Ichika said.

"Yeah. I guess you have a point." Davis said. "Still, I've got to go through with this match. I have to figure out who she is and how she knows me." Ichika was in agreement to that.

"You just better be careful. I know you like to try out Dragonic Heaven, but if this girl is a representative, she must have her own I.S. as well." Ichika said.

"I say bring it on." Davis said. "I'm not going to go down so easily. Well, I'm going to get a soda. I think I saw a vending machine close by."

"Yeah. Okay." Ichika said and Davis was on his way out. As Davis left his room, he almost ran into the strange brunette from before.

"Hey. It's you." Davis said as he recognized her from when he was training with Lita. "Who are you? I seem to be running into you a lot." The girl didn't really answer. She just looked nervous and ran away from him. "Talk about strange girls that I don't know. Who is that girl?"

…..

Kimi

Kimi was in her room and was doing some thinking about her match to come against Davis. She also thought about the time they met.

"That idiot. I can't believe he actually forgot." Kimi said. "The last time we saw each other really meant a lot to me." As Kimi thought about it, it caused her face to blush. "Aw! How could he forget who I am?!" She shouted as she deployed the arm of her I.S. and punched a hole right in the hall. She realized what she just did and was embarrassed again and scared she was going to be in so much trouble. "Aw man!" Whoever this girl is, she's shown she's going to give Davis one heck of a fight.

…

Davis: Kimi Neekoso? Kimi Neekoso? I just can't seem to remember. Who is this girl? How does she even know me? I do feel bad that I can't remember who she is, but is that really a good enough reason for her to do what she's doing. It's just a mere accident that it happened. That's no reason to burn me!

Next time: Corona: The Burning Pilot

I better do something or else this girl is just going to keep attacking me until I'm dead.