"I've gone and done it now" Darren said as he was walking Ito to the dorms "No chance of reconciling after that" Ito looked embarrassed, "I'm sorry" she said looking down at her feet, "Its not your fault, I'm sure this was inevitable after all." "Guy needs to learn to take a loss, he's going to be in your face now cause you beat him hands down, it was his own fault to he should of known better then to go back to the elevator" Darren stated dumbfounded. "I was just as surprised, here I thought he climbed above the elevator to hide since the hatch was open then when I'm about to come back down he's below me" Ito replied excitedly. Darren laughed "I left the hatch open when I came through, I also picked up the taser he dropped in the elevator, but I'm surprised you really are like another person when you get worked up" he said. Ito blushed bright red Darren laughed again, "I'm going this way, goodnight" Ito said back to her usual self, "Goodnight" Darren responded heading towards the men's side of the dorms.
Darren decided to unpack some more of his things before going to bed when he came across his two Katana's and started to laugh about what Anya had said, "That woman she just says whatever she wants" he thought to himself. He looked at the katana's more closely, he remembered being given them by someone important but he couldn't remember who, he remembered a Japanese style house, a room with tatami mats and an elderly mans voice. He suddenly got an intense headache that wouldn't let go, he crawled over to his bed and passed out.
Darren woke up confused, he hadn't remembered going to sleep, quickly taking in his surroundings nothing seemed amiss, he looked at the open box in the center of the room his katana laying on top of it. "Ah that's right, I was planning on hanging the katana I received as a gift from Dr. Vasaliev when I was accepted here, I couldn't figure out where to hang it so I went to bed" he thought to himself. The katana was fairly immaculate, it was no mere foil but a fully functional weapon, there was wiring worked into the metal that was highly conductive to electricity, while active even a scratch from the blade could prove fatal. Darren looked at the time, he had awoken fairly early this morning, it was just after five, "A run before breakfast might be nice," he got changed into a tracksuit and pulled on a pair of plain runners and left the dorm.
"Good morning" a soft voice called out to him, Darren turned around to find Ito exiting the girls side of the building, she was dressed in a tracksuit as well, "Looks like we had the same idea" Darren observed. "After yesterday I thought I should try to get my mind off things" Ito admitted sheepishly. The two began their morning run, they decided running the full length of the school should get their blood pumping and matched each others pace, "Not looking forward to today" Darren admitted. "Jon" Ito asked, "Yeah, after yesterday I'm concerned about what he might try next, you should stay on your toes as well" the two thought about it while they continued their exercise. "We could walk to and from school together" Ito suggested slightly embarrassed, "Well that could work, at least if we're together we won't have to worry about him getting the drop on us" Darren replied. Ito hid her face not wanting Darren to see her happy smile, "I was thinking about going to the training ground after school today though if you'd care to join me?" he asked nonchalantly. Ito considered the idea, "I was thinking of joining the gymnastics club today, I could meet you there after I'm done" she suggested "Agreed" he replied.
They bumped into Anya in the lobby of the dorm building. "You're up early" Darren noted, "I could say the same" Anya replied looking a little annoyed, "Not a morning person" he asked, "You look kind of grumpy" Ito noted, "I'm not!" Anya said hands on her hips. Anya quickly regained her composure and straightened her hair, "What were you two up to so early in the morning?" she asked "Nothing naughty I hope" she said a salacious smile on her face. Ito turned beet red "I..I have to go" she stammered rushing into the women's side of the building, Darren sighed "Anya, I can handle your lewd questions but Ito is shy try not to tease her to much." Anya laughed, "I'm off to the library you can join me if you want" she offered, she paused a moment and leaned over and sniffed the air, "Actually you can't, you stink! go take a shower" she said shooing him away.
After showering, eating, and making his lunch, Darren stopped to look at his katana again, finally deciding to put it in a bag and take it with him for the day, he would be doing training after school so it wouldn't hurt to brush up. He met up with Ito in the lobby and the two headed to class together, Darren had to stop at the faculty office and apply to use the basement training room so Ito went ahead. "It seems someone has the room scheduled for that period already" the secretary stated, as she was punching in Darren's information to look up a good alternate time, she had a look of shock on her face. "Oh never mind, it seems I checked the wrong time, they scheduled for the hour after you" she quickly corrected, "You're all set, pick out your equipment in the locker room and register it into the computer before you put on the virtual generation hardware or you'll be dropped in naked."
Darren got to class a little late that morning, "Finally decided to grace us with your presence Katagiri" Dmitri scolded, "Sorry had to register to use the training facility, the process took longer then I thought it would" Darren bowed his head in apology. "Well looks like we got one go getter in this class" Mr. Semenov said changing his tune, "Well now that everyone is here we can begin, ah that reminds me, Jon was injured yesterday after classes I've been informed he won't be coming to class for the rest of the week."
The day went by fairly quickly, they had a group exercise in the office building where Darren was selected to help out Jeanne, Anya, and Aleksi with planning out routes and strategizing on the fly, Ito was asked to help them with their combat abilities.
Darren, Aleksi, and Ito made little progress on the webpage they were meant to hack into for their weekly project, whereas Jeanne and Anya managed to hack in on their first attempt.
"Jeez how can you three be so bad at this?" Anya asked, "Its basic, beyond basic a child could do it," "I don't want to hear that from the girl who tripped walking up the stairs" Darren retorted. "They were uneven!" Anya whined, "Oh, then why were you the only one" Darren said smirking at her, Anya swung her bag at him, Darren quickly moved out of the way but bumped Ito. "Oh sorry," he apologized, "Its alright" Ito said smiling, "Bleh, get a room" Anya said annoyed, Ito looked away embarrassed, they arrived in the student council room and prepared for the meeting.
"Where were we?" Anya asked, "We decided yesterday that the budget for this month should go to the fencing club to replace their broken foils" Aleksi reported, "That's right, I spoke to the faculty yesterday after speaking with the clubs in question, the budget has been verified and there shouldn't be any problems going forward" Anya announced. "Nothing new on the list today, I've heard we may have an event the regular students are planning coming to us in a month or two however so be ready" she said.
The group had a pleasant chat over lunch till it came to Jon, "Anyone know what happened?" Aleksi asked, Ito turned away looking uncomfortable, "I saw him in the medical room" Jeanne stated, "It looked like he had been pretty badly beaten." Anya noticing Ito look away pressed her for information, "Know anything Ito" everyone looked towards her, she looked around appearing to be in distress. "Argh fine, it was me, the ass had Ito cornered when I ran into them after I left you two he said" motioning to Jeanne and Anya, "He was harassing her about the mock battle, when I asked him to stop things got ugly" Darren admitted. Anya and Jeanne exchanged concerned glances, "It was only a matter of time" Aleksi said sighing, "The guy is a complete zasranets," Anya started laughing "No argument here!" she said. "Thats an insult non?" Jeanne asked, "The translation would be something like shit ass" Anya replied "But it doesn't really capture the same meaning," "Well either way there's no turning back now" Darren admitted, "The guy is going to have it out for me and Ito from now on."