School days

Chap 17

Clap Clap…!

Everyone in the arena cheered and clapped their hands to my victory.

I just lifted my right hand as I made my way to Cecilia who was currently in the middle of a dust cloud.

Leaving my IS and running to her I eventually saw her unconscious in the middle of a small crater. She was unharmed. Sometimes I still marvel at how good these shields are.

Picking her up and carrying her in a princess-like hold, I made my way to the infirmary.

All the girls in the arena made "kya!" sounds as they saw me carrying her. Really now, it's not that big of a deal.

Along the way, I saw Ichika giving me a thumbs up only for him to get punched in the head by someone.

What I didn't notice was the fact that the girl in my arms actually woke up and looked at me for a moment before closing her eyes again.

At the infirmary, I left her with the doctor before going back to the hangar to meet with the others.

In the hangar, I saw Ichika sitting on the bench with Houki screaming at him for something.

-I need a bath. Yo boy me said.

-Seiichi! Help me…

Bonk! He was hit in the head again

No wonder he is an idiot, with all these strong women hitting him on the head.

-Good work Miyoshi. Said Chifuyu in a rare praising tone.

-Good work Miyoshi-san, you are a natural at this! Said Maya

-I can't lie, that was indeed impressive. Said Houki

-Where did you learn those moves, Seiichi?

-Thank you all. As for you Ichika, I watched many IS matches as I grew up, and I didn't really spend the week lazing around.

-So. I guess I am the class president now, for my first order I name Ichika as the new class president since I am retiring now.

Chifuyu then came and "slashed" her book in my direction but I evaded of course.

-You should stick with your responsibilities and not just throw them to someone else. Now go in and take a shower, we will take care of things over here.

-See you all around. If you need me I will be in my room, I need some sleep.

I then went to the bathroom, but I didn't take a shower. I am not dumb, to take a shower in an all-girls school… Only Ichika would do something like that.

-Ahhh… Home sweet home. I said as I entered my room.

-The bath is ready. Said clone A

-Thanks for the help.

{You just talked with yourself you know}

Naruto did that a lot too.

{He was a kid that didn't have many friends, if any at all in his childhood.}

You are just ruining my fun, you know.

…

The water was just perfect. haaaaa… this is living.

{Don't you think you forgot something?}

…

Shiiit…

{You remembered, I don't even know how you forgot about that even after using your powers multiple times.}

… I will meet her later.

Sometime later in another shower.

-... Why do I feel like this… Even though I lost?... Miyoshi Seiichi… Said Cecilia

-Atchoo! Did I catch a fever or something? Well, with these skinny clothes it's not impossible.

{... How can you even catch a fever with your body?}

-Who knows? Sigh... Let's just finish these things and go to sleep.

On the next day, first-year class 1 was assembled in a large open field.

-... As I was saying, from now on we will practice some basic maneuvers with the IS. Orimura. Alcott, and Miyoshi. Go do a flying demonstration. Said Chifuyu

-Don't even say it, Miyoshi. Your IS should be arriving shortly… just as she said that the ground split and an IS appeared on an elevator. Few actually know, but the underground of the academy is even bigger than the surface.

-Understood! Said Cecilia as her earrings started to shine and a second later she was on her IS ready to fly.

People who have exclusive IS`s can have the IS go into the so-called closed-form where the machine will take the shape of a small object be it an earring or ring to even a gauntlet, the form may change depending on gender but there aren't many examples of that considering there was only one male in the original.

Ichika seemed to struggle to call out his IS though.

-Go faster. A trained pilot would take less than a second to call out his IS. Said Chifuyu.

-... Concentration… Come, Byakushiki! Ichika said out loud as he transformed.

-Do you need to scream?

-You too. We don't have all day.

Damn girl. I am already running to it.

-... Ok, all systems ready. I said

-Good. Now. FLY!

Me and Cecilia went fast into the sky while Ichika was left behind trying to stabilize himself.

While we flew, neither too fast nor too slow so that the students could see us, I saw Ichika being left behind.

-Hey dude. You need to imagine. The IS are mainly controlled by our thoughts kinda like you don't even think when you move your arm, you just do it. You need to think of your IS as an extension of yourself. I said

-Most people will never reach this level though. That's why most will always start by creating an image on their head since it can make it easier to operate the IS. Said Cecilia, approaching.

-I don't really understand, I haven't really gotten used to this yet.

-Why don't you ask for Houki`s help? She might not have an IS, but her overall knowledge is top-notch. If you still don't understand, just send me a message that I will help you if I have the time.

-All of you, execute a sudden descent end it with a perfect landing

-Understood X2 Ichika was still confused.

Sudden descent is very simple. Change your direction to the ground but you stop at the right time while activating your bottom thrusters to create a very smooth landing. Too much speed in the landing, lack of control, bad timing can all lead to you eating dirt.

Both me and Cecilia landed easily.

-Good work Alcott-San. I would like to apologize for our past interactions, I know that I… Wasn't exactly pleasant

-Ohh... No… I-I was the one at fault Seiichi-San. In fact, I would…

As Cecilia tried to say something, everyone heard Ichika scream as he fell to the ground like a comet.

-Ichika! Said Houki

-Orimura-kun! Said Maya

-Sigh…

On a crater, there he was, on all fours, with his head buried in the ground.

-Arg… I thought I was going to die.

-You idiot. How could you open a hole on the ground? Said Chifuyu

Later that day in the canteen.

/Commemorative party for the class representative, Miyoshi Seiichi!!/

/Confetti burst sounds.../

Congratulations Miyoshi san for becoming the class representative! X Everyone

-Excuse me. I am from the journalist club. Can I take a picture of you two?

OF US?!X2 Thought both Houki and Cecilia as they looked at each other in tacit understanding.

-You both have exclusive units so a simple handshake would suffice.

Ichika then went with Cecilia to take a photo, but in the middle everyone just suddenly got in the photo`s way. Differently from the original, Cecilia didn't seem to care.

Cecilia then whispered something to the girl with the camera.

-ONLY YOU TWO!? Said a girl who heard what she said.

-N-No- wait…

-How about everyone goes and takes a photo with their favorite guy?!

-Yeah! X Everyone.

And so all of the girls got in a row to take a photo.

Surprisingly, my row of girls was 4 times bigger than Ichika`s, but there were still many girls who took a photo with both of us.

It was finally Cecilia`s turn. I am tired…

{You brought this into yourself.}

-So Seiichi-san if you excuse me…

She grabbed my arm and got really close to me.

{What a bold girl, if only a certain someone had half of her courage then we would already be in the third world by this point}

OH YEAH?!

Then I went and grabbed her waist and gave the camera a big smile.

Cecilia had a red face but her smile was genuine.

All of the girls looked with a red face, even Houki, who looked at Ichika with a wronged face.

-What did I do? Said Ichika

-Humph!

-Come on now…

Bang!

Let's ignore the idiot and go back to the cool guy.

After the event, I went to my room to relax.

-Tomorrow I will go and talk with Kona, she must be very angry at this point… Perhaps I shouldn't see her…

{Unless you want a "Bad end"}

Since when have I been following her route?

… Sigh, you are right. She is family at the end of the day and I can't see myself going to the next world without fixing her parents.

{So you better look for a way to do that else we are going to use the few units of energy we have left}

As I closed my eyes, the dreamland where I have no responsibilities, consumed my mind.

{...I am going to give him a nightmare today. Heh heh...}