Davis' match against Kimi to get some answers was about to get underway. Word about this got around and some people were coming to see it. Ichika and his friends took their seat in the stands to see this fight. Davis was in the hangar with Lita and Serene and getting ready for a fight.

"You sure you want to go through with this?" Lita said.

"Are you doubting him? Davis is a real man that never backs down." Serene said. "Still, if you lose, you'll have to go on a date with his crazy lady."

"Don't worry. I'm not going to lose." Davis said. "Now how do I get Dragonic Heaven out here again?" Davis tried to figure out how to get Dragonic Heaven out, but he was able to do it. "There we go. I'm still trying to figure this thing out."

"Well…maybe you and I could work on it….just the two of us." Serene said. A girl had to try, but Lita bumped her elbow against Serene to get her to focus.

"Here's some of the data we managed to get on her I.S." Lita said and she showed Kimi's I.S. She wore a red training uniform with her I.S. a bright yellow. It had two small cannons on the wing extensions above her shoulders and had square pieces on her wrists. She also had a couple pieces connected around her like a harness and had a piece on her head with three points. "It's called Corona. It's got some real firepower…literally. The attacks this I.S. uses all utilize fire."

"Please be careful, Davis. I don't want your beautiful skin to burn." Serene said.

"Thanks, for the concern and the compliment." Davis said. "I better head out." He readied himself and headed out the hangar. He shot right out and flew in the air where Kimi was waiting for him.

"I'm warning you that I'm not going easy." Kimi said.

"That's fine with me. Since I.S. pilots are usually girls, I don't think I can afford to hold back if I want to win." Davis said.

"This will be interesting." Tatenashi said as she and her sister watched with Ichika and his friends. "Time to see what this Davis can really do."

"Just you wait. He can actually hold his own." Ichika said.

"He had a rough start against Serene, but let's see how he does now that he's learned a few tricks." Charlotte said. The buzzer went off and it was their signal to start.

"Here I come!" Davis shouted as he flew right Kimi with Sutapisa. He tried slashing at her, but Kimi was fast and staying out his reached. The cannons on her started to power up and she shot four fireballs at him. Davis acted fast and avoided each of the attacks.

"An I.S. that can actually use fire?!" Houki said.

"Wow! I like it." Rin said.

"Rin, you are rooting for Davis, aren't you? We want him to do well." Cecilia said.

"Of course I want that, but that Kimi person has got a few good moves." Rin said.

"This could be a problem. If Davis doesn't get in close, he can't really win." Tatenashi said.

"Sister, aren't you going to try and be supportive of him?" Kanzashi asked.

"Let's just see how he handle this." Tatenashi said with a sneaky smile. Kimi shot a few more fireballs, but they all missed. Davis flew right at her again. He tried slashing at her, but Kimi dodged that attack as well.

"Quit running." Davis said.

"You think I'm just going to let you hit me? Are you really that slow?" Kimi said. She shot a few more fireballs. Davis tried to dodge them, but he was too close and one got lucky and it hit with him heading down. "I'm not done yet!" Kimi released a few more and they all managed to hit and Davis crashed right into the ground.

"Okay. That hurt." Davis said and took a look at the shield energy. "Damn. Those things pack a punch. I lost a good amount of my shield."

"You want to keep this close? I'll make this fair and help you with that." Kimi said. She had blades grew right out of the accessories on her arms. Then, those blades ignited with fire around them. She flew right at Davis to attack close, but Davis was able to block her attack.

"Don't you know it's dangerous to play with fire? People think I'm irresponsible." Davis said.

"It's what you get for forgetting." Kimi said. She moved the blades out of the way and gave Davis a strong kick and pushed him back. "Now open wide." She was about to shoot at him again, but Davis flew straight into the air and avoided her attacks. "Get back here!" Kimi flew after him and the two of them continued to fight in the air.

"Gosh, he's not doing so well. He can't seem to get any good hits in." Tatenashi said. "If he doesn't do something, he's going to lose this match."

"But there's still so much not known about Dragonic Heaven." Houki said.

"Perhaps it would have been easier if Davis just asked what he was suppose to remember." Cecilia said.

"Come on, guys. Don't start doubting him. Davis can still turn this whole fight around." Ichika said.

"Ichika's right. Let's not lose faith in him yet." Charlotte said. Kimi kept chasing Davis around by shooting a few fireballs, but Davis wasn't sure what he was going to do. He just can't appear to get the upper hand against her.

"This is starting to get annoying." Davis said. Davis turned right back around and tried to attack her, but she crossed her blades and was able to block the attack. She pushed his sword out of the way again and gave him another strong kick and sent him being pushed back.

"Don't tell me this is the best you can do." Kimi said. "I was expecting you to put up more of a challenge. Are you sure you're trying?" Davis was starting to get annoyed about this. He looked to his shield energy and saw he wasn't going to last much longer.

"If I don't find some way to turn this around, I'm going to lose." Davis said. "I may not mind the date, but I don't like losing. There's got to be something I can do or else I'm going to get burned here. Think. What can I do?" Davis tried to come up with a plan and that was when he remembered something Tatenashi told him.

"You can't just keep attacking. You need to find some form of an opening in your opponent's moves."

'That's it! I just need to find some opening.' Davis thought. 'She's got to have one somewhere. I just need to keep a close eye on her and watch how she attacks.'

"This has been fun, but I think it's time I put an end to this." Rini said and started shooing more of her fireballs at him. Davis dodged her attacks and that was when he realized it.

'There!' Davis thought. 'She always shoots four fireballs and leaves an opening after that. Those cannons must get overheated or something if she uses them more times than that. If I can dodge her attack, all I have to do is get close and get through those blades.'

"You're not getting away this time!" Kimi said as she did it again. She launched exactly four fireballs. Davis was able to avoid each one of them and charged right at her and it caught her off guard.

"I've got you!" Davis said as he swung his sword at her. Kimi tried to block it, but Davis was able to move them out of the way and land a clear strike against her and sent her flying down.

"Oh!" Tatenashi said as she saw what she did there and was most impressed. "It looks like he took my advice pretty well."

"Whoa! I can't believe that actually worked." Davis said.

"This fight isn't over yet!" Kimi said. She shot some fireballs again, but Davis did the same thing. He avoided all four of them and was heading right to her again.

"This fight IS over." Davis said as his weapon started to glow. "Seiza Surasshu!" Davis flew right at Kimi and unleashed a powerful slash. The force from the slash against Kimi's shield was a powerful impact and it drained much out of Kimi's shield and it soon depleted all the way to zero. Kimi nearly lost consciousness from the attack. The buzzer went off and signaled the end of the match.

"He got her!" Ichika said as they all were impressed with what he just did.

"It looks like he can handle himself pretty well. Don't you think, sis?" Kanzashi asked, but when she didn't hear anything, she saw that Tatenashi already left. "I hope she at least saw the match end." Both of them landed down and Kimi was upset that she lost.

"Aw! Damn it! I can't believe I lost when I was going to win big!" Kimi cried.

"Don't look so down. That was a good fight." Davis said. "I could tell you had a lot of burning passion in this fight. You're a great pilot."

"Uh….really?!" Kimi said as she blushed a bit from the compliment. There was one more who watched the whole fight. It was the strange girl that's been spying on Davis.

"Davis Motomiya…." She said with some interest in her voice.

…

Chifuyu

Chifuyu and Miss Yamada watched over the fight as well, but they were trying to gather more information on Dragonic Heaven.

"It seems he came through in the end after your little training session." Chifuyu said for Tatenashi was right behind her.

"Yeah. He's starting to get the hang of it really quickly." Tatenashi said. "He's surely something else. I can see why you wanted me to keep an eye on him. He might not be the smartest guy, but he does appear to have a strong fighting spirit and comes through when he needs it the most."

"It certainly seems that way, but Dragonic Heaven is surely still covered in mystery." Maya said. "Miss Orimura, how come you seem so invest in this particular I.S.? It seems to have passed inspection and it appears to be legal among the government."

"I know. That's the part that's bugging me." Chifuyu said.

"What do you mean?" Maya asked.

"There are over four-hundred cores for I.S. units." Chifuyu said for she already knew that something wasn't right. "As we know, Tabune Shinonono, who created the I.S., created each one of the cores. This I.S. is one she did not create."

…

Davis

Davis and Kimi entered the changing room with Lita and Serene. Now that Davis has won, it's time for him to get some answers with both of them sitting on a bench and both girls wanted to hear this for themselves.

"Okay, Kimi. A deal's a deal. Time you tell me how you know me." Davis said.

"I know." Kimi said. "Here's the thing. I said I was from Brazil, but the truth of the matter is….I was actually born here, in Japan."

"You were?" Lita questioned.

"Yeah. My family moved to Brazil about seven or eight years ago." Kimi said. "In fact, I use to live in the same town as you, Davis. I lived in Odaiba."

"You did?" Davis said as he tried to think about it.

"Did you and Davis use to be in the same class?" Lita asked.

"That would explain how she knows Davis, but it doesn't explain why Davis doesn't remember her." Serene said.

"No. We weren't classmates or anything." Kimi said. "Davis and I didn't meet until the last day before I moved away. I was so upset about leaving. I went to the park and was practically there the whole day and that's how I met Davis."

"At the park?" Davis said as he tried to think about it and it was all starting to come to him.

….

Flashback

All those years ago, Kimi was on a swing and was so upset moving away. She just wanted to stay on that swing and hoped that her parents would change their mind so they can stay. Kimi saw a soccer ball rolled near her and saw a little kid running towards her. That little kid was Davis.

"Hi. Wanna play?" Davis asked.

"Go away." Kimi said as she didn't want anything to do with anyone.

"What's the matter?" Davis asked.

"None of your business." Kimi said.

"Come on. You're clearly sad about something. Maybe I can help." Davis said.

"No you can't. Not unless you can convince my parents to stay. We're moving away." Kimi said.

"You're moving? Maybe that's not so bad." Davis said.

"Yes it is. I'm leaving my home and all my friends." Kimi said.

"It might seem like bad, but you'll get to see a new place and you'll be able to make a whole lot of new friends." Davis said, but Kimi still seems pretty upset about the whole thing. Davis moved behind her and gave her a push with the swing moving. "Hey! What are you doing? I didn't want to be pushed."

"You're not thinking about moving now, are you?" Davis said and Kimi could see what he was doing. "If it's your last day, let's make it a fun one." He said and kept pushing her and Kimi was actually getting happy. She started laughing with enjoyment with Davis getting enjoyed himself. Davis and Kimi played in the park the whole day. They played soccer. They went to the playground. They also went by the fountain and watched the water flowed. Davis even grabbed her hand as they ran through the park. Kimi stared down at them holding hands and felt so much joy from it. They spent the whole day in the park and were having a lot of fun. The sun was going and the two had so much fun.

"This was actually a lot of fun." Kimi said.

"See. Moving won't be so bad." Davis said with a big smile. "Look at today. We had a lot of fun together and we don't really know each other."

"Yeah. I guess we did." Kimi said as she was having a lot of fun and she was feeling a lot better about moving. She also saw that big smile on his face that she would never forget it.

"Kimi!" Kimi saw her mother looking for her and was coming their way.

"There's my mom." Kimi said and they just noticed the sky. "The sun is already going down?"

"Uh oh. I better get home myself." Davis said as he got on his feet and ran off, but Kimi hated seeing him go.

"Wait. My name is Kimi Neekoso. What's your name?" Kimi asked.

"I'm Davis. Davis Motomiya." He called out as he continued to run off. This was the day that Kimi never forgot.

End of Flashback

….

"We played through the whole day and I never forgot it." Kimi said. "You made me feel a lot better about moving away and whenever I was upset about it, I just kept thinking about that day. In fact, I haven't stopped thinking about you since." She said that last part with her face turning red.

"Now I remember!" Davis said. "You were that girl with the red hair. I didn't remember because we only knew each other for that one day."

"Yeah! When I heard you were attending this academy, I just had to see you again." Kimi said, but changed her look to a glare. "Though, I thought you would have remembered."

"Oh! Sorry." Davis said as he was getting nervous about that look.

"So they spent a whole day together? How nice. Not that I care." Lita said as she tried to look like she really didn't.

"Well….you're not actual childhood friends since you knew each other for only one day, but at least that clears things up." Serene said, but a little jealous herself.

"Well, I got to say that you look great after all these years." Davis said.

"Really? Thanks." Kimi said as she felt flattered.

"Sorry I didn't remember sooner, Kimi." Davis said.

"It's fine. It all worked out in the end." Kimi said. "Well, I guess I'll see you around." Kimi grabbed her stuff and was on her way out, but Davis didn't feel comfortable letting her go like that.

"Kimi, wait." Davis said and got her attention. "How about you hang out with us?" He offered as he held out his hand with Lita and Serene getting shocked that he would asked that. Kimi was glad to hear him offer that. He gave off that smile that was burned into her memory and she just couldn't turn away.

"Yeah." Kimi said as she took his hand and it felt like they were kids all over again, but this time they weren't going to be separated.

…

Davis: This place seemed like paradise, but not so much anymore. It's getting weird. First, Serene and Lita acted like they didn't like me and then they did. Then, Kimi shows up and nearly attacks because I forgot who she was for a while. Now there's this mysterious girl that keeps following me around. Who the hell is she? I say enough is enough. Time to get some answers.

Next time: Follow the Follower

Whoever she is, I'm going to get answers and uncover what it is she's hiding.