(Eshiko Sugata's Opening Monologue)

Hello again, everyone. Sugata Eshiko at your service.

There's SOMETHING that I forgot to mention: this fanfic is intended to be in English (as you've already read), but the original language is in Japanese.

Why am I telling you this? Because in the original Japanese version, Sohara, the ORIGINAL Sora, has a problem with English class, as demonstrated in episode 7 (and this upcoming chapter); however, in the English dub, Sora struggles with Spanish instead.

Just to keep consistency with the language you happen to be reading, Sora will ALSO have a hard time with Spanish.

(End of Opening Monologue)


Tomoko stepped out of her house with her school outfit on. "Alright, Icarus, I'm off to school." she said to her Angeloid, who swept the front walkway. "Oh, and do NOT follow me to school! Understand?"

"As you wish, Master."

And so, Tomoko left for her school, while the pink-haired Angeloid boy continued sweeping the—

"Hey, did you do the handout for Japanese that came out yesterday?" asked a student.

"Yep," said another student.

"Can I see?"

"Maybe, if you buy me sweets on the way home."

Icarus suddenly paused when he heard two students talking and heading to school. Noticing their outfits, he held up one of his cards…

*FLASH* *POP* *POP* *POP* *POP* *POP* *POP* *POP* *POP*


"Good afternoon, class," said the teacher. "Before we begin, I would like to introduce you all to a new exchange student…"

*SLIDE*

Carrying a watermelon in his arms, the exchange student stepped into the classroom, stunning the entire class; especially Tomoko and Sora (the former giving out chibitized eyes).

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Icarus."

"Icarus!" Poor Tomoko couldn't believe what was going on. "What the hell is HE doing here?!"

Icarus took his seat right behind his master.

"Oh, Icarus," said the teacher, "I don't know if you already know this, but your hoodie violates the school's dress code, so PLEASE take it off."

"NO!" screamed Tomoko.

"As you wish." As if hearing nothing her master said, Icarus took off his hoodie jacket, exposing his shrunken wings, which made the rest of the class gasp in awe. Tomoko, on the head, began pulling at her hear.

"Master, are you alright?" asked Icarus.

"Wait, he knows Sakurai?"

"They both seem like a cute couple."

"That boy even has wings."

"Is THAT the kind of guy Sakurai goes for?"

"Why's he carrying a watermelon?"

"Um, T-Tomo-chan?" asked the concerned Sora. "Are you alright?"

"Calm down!" Stressing out, Tomoko chibitized. "They have NO goddamn idea who Icarus is! And I don't think they wanna find out! Relax, Tomoko. Nothing but peace and quiet…nothing but peace and quiet…"


"AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Screaming, Tomoko yanked Icarus out of the classroom, chibitizing him, and hauled his wobbling body all the way to the New World Discovery Clubhouse, where they both eventually modernized. "*SNORT* *SNORT* DO YOU MIND TELLING ME JUST WHAT THE JACKSHIT YOU'RE DOING HERE?" Tomoko screamed; Sora caught up to them.

"Apologies, Master. I didn't know coming here would cause problem."

"IT'S NOT YOU BEING HERE THAT PISSES ME OFF! IT'S WHAT YOU MIGHT DO!"

"Chill out, homie," said Makoto. "I think it would be fun to teach yo slave somethin' new."

"I agree with Makoto," said Sugata. "This is a PERFECT opportunity to teach them some stimulating, everyday life.

"Are YOU kidding?!" yelled the perverted girl. "Stop acting like this isn't your problem!"

"But it's NOT."

"SAY WHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?!" Tomoko furiously chibitized.

"Whoa, awesome!" her chibitized childhood friend said as he admired the chibitized Angeloid's wings. "You've even got sleeves in the backs of your uniforms for your wings!"

"WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON, SORA!" Tomoko screamed as she and the other boys modernized. "How the hell did you even transfer anyways!" She turned her direction to Icarus.

"By hacking the teacher's memories," Icarus said as he held up his card.

"ARE YOU INSANE?! YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER!"

"Relax, Tomoko," Sugata said as she stood right next to the overreacting pervert. "I think it's a good idea to give him a chance to act in our society. Isn't that what you've been trying to do? Have him act like a normal human being?"

"I agree with Eshi-chan," said the yakuza gangsta.

"I know he constantly acts lifeless and can't seem to smile, so I think that THIS is the best logical solution."

"...Fine, I'll take your advice," Tomoko sighed. "But under NO circumstances are you to do ANYTHING without my consent! UNDERSTAND?!" she yelled at the Angeloid.

"As you wish, Master."

"Sweet!" said Sora. "In THAT case, I'd be happy to introduce to the life of school!"


(First Period; Social Studies)

"And so," explained the social studies teacher, "since Australia is SUCH a vast land, its climate varies drastically."

Sora copied the notes on the board as accurately as possible. "Psst, Icarus," he whispered to his classmate that sat right next to him, "need some notes to help?" But when he looked at Icarus' notepad, he chibitized in shock; Icarus' notes were absolutely 100% accurate to what was on the board.


(Second Period; Home Economics)

"Alright, everyone," said home economics teacher Mr. Tadai, "divide into groups and we'll begin cooking."

"Alright!" thought Sora boastfully. "I LOVE Home Economics. So, teaching Icarus-kun will be a goddamn BREEZE."

"Excuse me, Tadai-sensei," asked a student, "where's Icarus-san? He's supposed to be a part of my group."

*CRASH* *CRASH* *CRASH* *CRASH* *CRASH* *CRASH* *CRASH*

The sound of windows breaking suddenly getting louder, much to the confusion of the class.

*BOOM*

Suddenly, the school door burst open, frightening the teacher as he fell to the ground. As the smoke cleared, Icarus stood there, holding a ginormous fish. "I apologize for being late."

Tomoko and Sora chibitized in shock and confusion as blue horizontal lines crossed their faces.

"A-Alright, class, let's get cooking," said the stunned teacher.

And so, Icarus made a delicious sushi meal.

"That's amazing, Icarus-san!"

"Wow, THAT looks delicious! He's a master!"

Sora became surprised at Icarus' superior cooking skills...compared to his puny curry meal.


(Third Period; Mathematics)

"YOU! ICARUS!" ordered mathematics teacher Takehara. "ANSWER THIS PROBLEM!" She pointed to the problem on the chalkboard.

Standing up, Icarus took a long glance at the problem he was given; he eyes turned red during the scanning. "Assume the circle of diameter 1 is inscribed inside a regular dodecagon," explained Icarus. "Assign 'x' as the length of one of the sides of the dodecagon. According to the law of cosines..."

"Whoa! That problem is almost impossible to answer, and yet HE can!" Sora whispered in discovery as the Angeloid continued solving the problem with ease.


(Fourth Period; Spanish)

"Señor Sora, please tell me the Spanish word for 'apple'," said the Spanish teacher.

"Uh...'jurar'?" answered Sora nervously.

"No, vuelve a intentarlo."

"Uh...'pálido'?"

"No, vuelve a intentarlo."

"Uh...'quemar'?"

"No, vuelve a intentarlo."

"Ugh..." Sora slowly chibitized as she sunk into his chair. "...I HATE SPANISH! PLEASE ASK SOMEONE ELSE!" He angrily began punching his notebook in frustration.

"Si. Señor Icarus, please tell me the Spanish word for 'apple'."

Icarus stood up out of his desk. "The Spanish word for 'apple' is...'manzara'..."

"SI, THAT WAS HERMOSA!"

Hearing Icarus' amazing Spanish, Sora could do nothing but lay his head sideways on his desk...as smoke grew out of his head.


"So, how did your classes go, Tomoko?" asked Sugata at lunch.

"It...was...a...NIGHTMARE!" Tomoko groaned. "I mean, Icarus is an AMAZING honor student."

"Maybe he's already gotten accustomed to our school, yo" said Makoto, who sat right next to Sugata.

"It appears that Icarus has himself a fan club." Sugata pointed to Icarus, who was eating his lunch at the seat right behind Tomoko.

Looking back, Tomoko witnessed a bunch of excited girls standing right behind—OR sitting next to—her Angeloid servant. "W-What's going on?"

"I guess alotta hoes have been attracted to your slave since he got here," suggested Makoto.

"'SLAVE'?! He's NOT my 'SLAVE'!" The perverted girl countered.

"Come to think of it, where's Mitsuki-san?"

Instead of answering Makoto's question, the female pervert merely pointed right behind him and Sugata at Sora, who was laying her head on the table in depression.

"Mitsuki, what wrong?" asked Sugata.

"Please go away," Sora groaned.

"Come on, you not JEALOUS of dat new kid, are ya?" joked Makoto.

*DING* *DONG* *DING* *DONG*

The school bell rang for their next class. "Oh, time for science," Tomoko said as she got up and headed to her next class.

"Science?" Overhearing his master, Icarus pulled out his card.


(Fifth Period; Science)

"Good afternoon, class," said the science teacher. "Today—"

Suddenly, the teacher froze in place as smoke(?) grew out his mouth.

"—I shall be taking a day off," the teacher continued in a strangely robotic voice, "so I have hired a substitute to teach you." As he walked out the door in a strange manner, the substitute walked in, carrying a watermelon in his arms. "Good afternoon, class. I will be your substitute teacher for this period. You may call me Icarus-sensei," the substitute said with a bow.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Tomoko chibitized with a shocked mouth full of fangs.

"Cool, man!" said Sora in joy. "I'm sure he'll make a much better teacher than a student."

"SHUT UP, SORA!" the black-haired girl screamed.

"What is today's subject, Icarus-sensei?" asked Sugata.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"

"Excuse me, Sensei," asked Makoto, "will we be havin' physical exams today?"

"YOU TOO, PREZ?! AND QUIT THINKING OF WAYS TO USE OTHERS AS YOUR TOYS!"

Icarus wrote down the subject on the chalkboard. "Today's lesson is: 'How to Fly'." The teacher opened up a door. "To begin, we need a volunteer to step forward."

*ZOOM*

Realizing too late, Tomoko, who had now modernized, noticed all the other students have moved back, leaving Tomoko as the "volunteer".

"Thank you, Master," said Icarus.

"Oh, HELL no!" Chibitizing again, Tomoko fled for the door, but Sugata and Makoto, who merely came along to observe all the "fun", stopped her and threw her in front of the substitute. "NO! NEVER!" she panicked. "I REFUSE! PLEASE! DON'T MAKE ME—"

"Don't panic," said the teacher. "Nobody can see them, but EVERYBODY has wings on their backs." Icarus' wings blossomed behind his back. "And YOU may not believe it, but YOUR wings are larger than you imagine. I don't know how, but I can tell…" After helping his master up, Icarus dropped to his knees, placing his hands and head on her hand. "'The Sky' is waiting for you."

Within a few seconds…

"Sakurai!" the class cheered over and over again. "Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai! Sakurai!"

"Alright!" And so, Tomoko equipped herself with wings and a helmet as she stood at the edge of the window. "To everyone who believes in methank youthank you everything! Thank to your efforts, I will indeedfly!" And so…Tomoko, chibitized, leapt to a sky in determination…

*THUD*


Later that evening, Tomoko, modernized once again, laid in her futon with her underwear on and bandages around her body; Icarus watched over her in regret. "Master, I'm terribly sorry about what happened. I will NEVER go to school again."

"…Y-You know what? You CAN go tomorrow," said Tomoko reluctantly. "In fact…I would LIKE it if you came tomorrow. Okay?"

"…As you wish, Master."


And from that day forward, the U.M.A. continued going to school, shattering the last of Tomoko's peaceful life. That being said, no other incidents arose during the classes, much to Tomoko's surprise…or, at least, her beliefs. Icarus began gaining many friends and admirers. And yet, he was STILL unable to smile. And then…


(Two Weeks Later)

Icarus opened up his locker to—

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A ton of letters suddenly fell out of his lockers; Tomoko and Sora, who's lockers were next to his, also noticed. "Holy SHIT is that a lot!" thought the latter.

"Master, what are these?" the Angeloid asked.

"Oh, those are love letters," answered her master. "They must be from all your admirers."


(New World Discovery Club)

"Are you serious?" asked Sugata.

"Yeah, there was a huge pile of love letters in his locker," explained Tomoko.

"But do you really believe he'll comprehend love with love letters?"

"No idea, we just sent her to the library to read them," said Sora.

"Yo, dat's awesome," said Makoto.

"Hey, Tomo-chan," asked Sora, "do you…do you think he's…hot?"

"…'Hot'?! Yeah right! Don't be so dense."

*CHOP*

Sora didn't take that lightly and chopped her chibitized childhood-friend to the ground. "Seriously! Don't you LIKE him?"

"'L-Like him'? NO!" Tomoko screamed as she modernized and got up.

"Right…" sighed Sugata.

"SURE, you do," said the yakuza gangsta.

"NO, I DON'T! But…in all seriousness…I…I don't know if I'm comfortable with him living like an actual boy…unless he KNOWS how to…and maybe even smile."


In the library, Icarus was reading each and every love letter he received; each letter pretty much read, "I Love You!"

"Love…why…why do I have a hard time understanding that?"


Meanwhile, in a sky-like city, a group of winged people with white robes were eating at a table at the top of the stairs.

"Nymph, I'm VERY disappointed," said a woman with blonde hair that concealed her eyes. "Not only have you failed to bring back the Uranus King, but you've also AWAKENED him."

At the bottom of the steps was a boy with light blue hair. "My sincere apologies, Master Minos."

"What's say we scrap Beta?" suggested a winged person.

"After all these millennia, the Downers haven't located Synapse," said another

"I don't think we should use an electronic warfare type anymore."

"No! PLEASE!" begged Nymph. "I'll get him next time! I PROMISE!"

"And HOW? You already awakened him, so HOW do you intend to bring him back?"

"Just a sec," said the blond-haired woman. "I have an idea." She pulled out a card.

*FLASH*

A black aura attached onto Nymph's chain.

"W-What are you—"

*ZAP*

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The blue haired Angeloid was suddenly torturously electrocuted.

"I feel terribly bored," said Minos coldly. "Do something to entertain me."

"A-A-As you wish, M-Master…"

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*

End


Cast:

Minos: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English)

Tadai: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English)

Takehara: Rie Kugiyama (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)