Infinite Stratos: Digital Prototype
I stepped out of the vehicle that had transported me to the Academy from the airport and nodded to the driver before he drove off and I turned to look back at my new home. Heh, this is gonna be fun!
Five minutes later….
"Everyone! Today we have a couple new transfer students today…" I looked at the kid standing next to me, he looked back at me with a smile. "Hi, I'm Charles Dunois. What's your name?" He asked, holding out his hand. I looked at him again, then took his hand in a handshake, "Zeke Altec. Nice to meet you." I said, smirking. Charles just grinned again and we let each others hands go. I turned back to the classroom door as the teacher said, "If you'd come in please and introduce yourselves." I started forward, hearing Charles start walking a second later. As I crossed the threshold, I turned my head to take in the room. Lots of windows, too high to jump from, but wide open to sniper fire. One entrance, which means one exit. As my eyes swept the room, I noticed the other male here, Ichika. He seemed pretty dense. I grinned at the thought. I stopped a few steps from the teachers podium and turned on my heel to face the classroom head on. Charles stepped up next to me and took a step behind me. I took a breath and put on a small smile, "Hi, I'm Zeke Altec. Nice to meet you all." I then stepped back and watched as Charles went up and introduced himself. Hmmm, "Charles does seem very… girly. Probably just my head messing with me. I told myself, shaking my head to get off that train of thought. I nodded to the teacher as she pointed us to two seats near the back of the classroom. I sat down and looked around at the rest of the class. Most of the girls were looking at Charles and I like we were fresh meat. Which I guess, we are. I smirked, listening. "Charles seems so cute, makes me want to protect him…" "Zeke's so rigid, almost militaristic. He kinda scares me." I winked at the girls and saw the girl that said that blush and try to seem uninterested. Her friends giggled around her. "Everyone! We're having joint practical training with class 2. So everyone get changed and assemble at the second grounds. And Zeke…" At my name, I looked up to see our actual teacher. "Yes?" I asked. "Look after the other two." She said. "Yes ma'am" I replied and stood as Ichika did, we each grabbed one of Charles hands and made a dash out of the room. "Where to, Ichika?" I asked, not slowing down. "Arena locker rooms. We change there since we don't have actual facilities." I nodded and slid to a halt when a girl came careening around the corner. "I see the two new transfer students, and they're holding hands with Ichika!" Another joined her, followed by some from the other classes. I turned to see what our exit looked like to find it blocked by more girls. I noticed a hallway that went around the female blockade. I tugged on Charles hand and by extent, Ichika's. I let go and started running down the hall as fast as I could, quickly outdistancing Ichika, but Charles seemed to be keeping up. I let him catch up and we ran the rest of the way to the arena's locker rooms. I ducked around the corner and Charles followed right behind me. I listened as running footsteps could be heard coming closer. I waved Charles behind me and turned as the footsteps turned onto our hall. I braced myself against the wall nearest the door and grabbed the person coming through the door and rolled the two of us onto the floor. I looked to see Ichika looking up at me with wide eyes and I rolled mine and got off, helping him up off the ground. The three of us walked into the locker rooms and Ichika started to quickly change. I found my locker and opened it, checking to see if my uniform was there for afterwards. Yep, now to change out of my clothes and into the IS clothing. I looked at Ichika just as he shrugged off his shirt and I saw Charles basically turn so fast, I was almost worried for whiplash. What caught my attention though, was the fact that Charles seemed to be, blushing? Not to mention a bit shocked, a little horrified. I grinned, gotcha. She, yes she, turned to look at me and saw me grinning. I winked and gave a thumbs up, then walked back to my locker and quickly got changed. The one thought I had was, I knew it!
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