69: Situation

"I wasn't planning to see you here, not to mention that this is a clear invasion of my privacy" - said Cloud while looking at the beautiful blue-haired and red-eyed girl who was in his room after coming out of the bathroom with a towel covering his lower half.

"I just came to talk to you, although I wasn't expecting this show" - replied Tatenashi while shrugging her shoulders - "Although if you want, I can get myself undressed, so we'll both be equal."

"Ok" - nodded Cloud as he gave her a blank look.

"I was expecting a different kind of reaction" - Tatenashi muttered as she took off her clothes, remaining only in her underwear - "Is this enough?"

"I guess, you're the one who decides how many clothes to take off" - Cloud replied as he shook his head - "That aside, I guess this is a good time for you to speak up."

"As president of the student council, I have some privileges, among them access to the biometric sensors of the arena" - replied Tatenashi calmly - "And from what I could detect, is that your excitement level started to increase drastically while you were fighting, however, I don't know if this is something produced by the battle, or by an external factor, that's why I came to check it"

"And you do this by undressing?" - Cloud asked as he gave her a blank look - "Seriously, you're the only woman I know who walks into a guy's room with a high level of excitement and gets naked, it's like you want something to happen between us."

"Oh, I find you interesting, but not so much to offer you all of me" - said Tatenashi while she winked at him - "Joking aside, I'm curious about your situation, that's why I came to talk with you"

"It's simple, my body has an imbalance of hormones for reasons I don't want to talk about" - Cloud answered honestly - "That's why my pulse increased so much during this short battle"

"Oh, that's a bit worrisome" - mused Tatenashi as he nodded - "I guess you were preparing to go to Orimura sensei now"

"Exactly, I wanted to request access to the high level training rooms, so I could burn off excess energy" - Cloud said while folding his arms.

"Oh, that's an excellent idea" - smiled Tatenashi as her eyes twinkled slightly - "Although I'm surprised that as a guy, your first choice is to train, and not take advantage of you being extremely popular to get some sexy action."

"Yeah, I'm a guy with raging hormones, but I'm not so needy as to sleep with the first girl I see" - Cloud replied as he gave her a blank look - "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get dressed, so I'm asking you to leave"

"Ok, ok, you don't have to be so cold to me" - Tatenashi snorted as she got dressed and left the room, only to be surprised to see someone who she didn't expect - "Yamada sensei?"

"What are you doing inside Cloud-kun's room, Sarashiki-san?" - Maya asked as she raised an eyebrow.

"I came to talk to Cloud-kun about the problem with his biometric reader" - Tatenashi replied calmly - "Putting that aside, I'm surprised to see a teacher being so involved with a boy."

"I'm here on orders from the higher-ups" - replied Maya while frowning - "However, I feel you're being a bit rude, Sarashiki-san."

"Oh, I'm sorry" - said Tatenashi as she felt her eyebrow tremble slightly.

The two beautiful ladies looked at each other as they felt sparks shoot out of their eyes.

"What are they doing?" - Cloud asked in surprise as he saw how Tatenashi was still outside his door, though he quickly registered that she was arguing with Maya - "Maya-chan?"

"Oh, it's good to see you're in perfect condition, Cloud-kun" - Maya replied with a smile - "Anyway, I'd like to talk to you alone because I got orders from higher ups that I need to discuss with you."

Cloud raised an eyebrow before nodding and indicating the teacher to follow him.

Tatenashi frowned slightly as she thought about the possible orders from the academy's leadership, though no matter how hard she tried to come up with a hypothesis, it seemed to be evading her thanks to the lack of information - "I guess I'm going to have to ask my little minions to investigate..."

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"I see, it's a bit worrisome" - Maya said as she nodded after hearing the reason for the student council president's appearance. Cloud had explained everything to her, without leaving any detail out, which made Maya smile slightly because it was as if the young blonde trusted her completely.

"I know, that's why I wanted to go to Chifuyu Orimura's to ask her for a high-level training room to burn more energy" - Cloud answered while shaking his head.

"But that could be dangerous" - Maya said with a frown - "Isn't there another way to release tension?"

Cloud gave her a blank look as he noticed how the teacher started to blush.

"W-Well, if it's necessary... I could help you..." - Maya muttered with a completely red face.

"As seductive as that proposal is, I feel like there's something fishy about all this" - Cloud said while narrowing his eyes, although he quickly changed his plan of action. He appeared in front of Maya and grabbed her cheek as he cornered her against the wall, startling the teacher, who simply began to tremble in a mixture of excitement and terror.

"W-What are you doing, Cloud-kun!" - Maya exclaimed in embarrassment.

"Is there something you're hiding from me, Maya-chan ~?" - Cloud asked with a seductive tone, in the process making the green-haired teacher tremble slightly. She could feel her legs begin to lose their strength as her breathing quickened.

Maya looked like a deer being cornered by a dangerous predator, and in retrospect, this was exactly what was happening. The difference between the two was like heaven and earth, Cloud knew how to deal with women, however, Maya was completely pure in this section, she only knew about human reproduction through books and some "educational" videos.

Cloud slowly brought his lips close to the teacher's, who simply let her body take over, only to jump when he heard the door open abruptly - "Kya!"

"I knew something like this would happen" - sighed Chifuyu as she shook her head.

Cloud looked at Chifuyu as he shook his head - "I wanted to talk to you, Chifuyu-san."

"Yeah, I can see it" - replied Chifuyu sarcastically - "I heard it all, so you don't have to repeat yourself, so follow me"

"Ok" - Cloud replied as he gave a kiss on the cheek to Maya, who just seemed to lose all the strength in her legs because of how fast she fell to the ground.

"I-I need a change of underwear..." - Maya muttered with a red face.

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"This is my personal training room, it's fully equipped" - said Chifuyu as she folded her arms - "It has the latest training equipment, and it was modified by Tabane"

"Interesting" - nodded Cloud as he stroked his chin - "I guess you'll keep an eye on me?"

"That's the plan" - replied Chifuyu calmly.

"Will you also try to seduce me?" - Cloud asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Possibly" - replied Chifuyu as she let out a sigh - "I'm not surprised that you discovered our intentions, however, I have to admit that sending Yamada sensei wasn't the best of my ideas."

Cloud simply shrugged, he more or less understood what the higher ups at the academy were trying to do, after all, this wasn't the first time the governments used "honey trap" to try to retain some talent.

"Well, technically you weren't on the wrong track, I find Maya-chan attractive, otherwise I wouldn't flirt with her so much" - Cloud said calmly while shaking his head - "Leaving that aside, I thank you for the training room."

"Before you start, I'd like to ask you a favor" - said Chifuyu while gaining the young man's attention.

"You can speak freely, Chifuyu-san" - Cloud replied calmly.

"I want you to help me train Ichika, I'm sure you understand why" - Chifuyu said seriously.

"Oh, I can see it as clear as day" - Cloud replied while frowning - "Although what he needs is not simple training, but rather general conditioning, his mentality is also not the right one for an [IS] pilot."

Chifuyu nodded when she heard this, after all, this was normal. Ichika was a normal guy before he "accidentally" piloted an [IS] that had been used for testing.

"I can do it, though... let's just say he'll enter a world of pain" - Cloud replied with a huge, sadistic grin - "That aside, I'm going to start checking the equipment to see where I start, you can call Ichika to come over anytime"

"Understood, and good luck" - said Chifuyu calmly as she left the room - "Oh, and don't do anything weird, this room has dozens of cameras..."

"Don't worry" - Cloud said as he continued to check out the equipment - "Hmm, interesting, it even has simulation droids..."