"Will you..." He started before slightly tightening his grasp of her hand as the next words that came out of his mouth left you both stunned. "...marry me?" He asked as you and Suletta were left stun locked.

There were a lot of people you expected to hear say those words, Darren to whoever he wanted to be with for the rest of his life, some of the grunts back on the Rewloola who had a special someone waiting back home for them, so many other people you thought you'd hear say those words. The one person you expected the least to hear that from was Guel Jeturk saying those special words to Suletta Mercury, one of the people who defeated him in battle and someone who was already in a marriage proposal with Miorine Rembran.

"What?" You and Suletta said with stunned smiles on your face.

"Huh?" Miorine muttered in confusion.

"WHAAATTT?!" The entirety of Earth House, where Nika, Martin, and Chuchu were watching, all said in shock.

"Ahahaha! Now this is entertaining." Shaddiq and Secelia let out humorous laughs from the absolute twist this duel was having at the end.

"What are you...?!" Guel's father was at a loss for words.

"Brother, what nonsense is this?" Lauda said in shock of his brother's strange actions.

"M-M-Marry you?" Suletta was stammering in confusion as Guel realized how strange and awkward that sounded.

"Ah! Wait, not like that!" Guel was about to explain what he meant while you were tiptoeing back to the Unicorn, slowly climbing onto the hand, but Suletta had finally lost it.

"NO WAY!!! UHWAAHHH!!" Suletta ran away screaming as she crashed into your back, making you both fall into the Unicorn's hand as it raised you back into the cockpit with the hatch closing behind you.

"S-S-S-S-SULETTA!! WAIT!! DON'T TOUCH THAT---!" Your voice echoed through the intercom and stream as Suletta was panicking to get away and pressed a wrong button.

In an instant, the thrusters kicked on and the Unicorn went flying as you both yelled when it flew towards one of the hills on the dueling site, and bounced off it before crashing and scraping against the ground. On the Rewloola, everyone watching was gettting a good laugh as the view in the cockpit was hilarious, you were upside down in the pilot seat while they watched the Unicorn that they had initially thought was incredible, now make a fool of itself as it bounced around along the ground in uncontrollable movements. While Guel watched clouds of dirt kick up in the distance, he heard a whirring noise above and looked to see a camera coming down to zoom in on him.

"Heat and substances hazardous to humans detected. Please evacuate." The H.A.R.O. that was piloting the camera instructed.

"TURN THAT CAMERA OFF!!!!" Guel's voice echoed through the stream as the grunts of the Rewloola who were watching laughed in amusement as Char took another sip of tea.

"Well, it seems Elnora and her daughter have managed to dodge a bullet for now." Char said as he put down his cup of tea.

"This is only the first of many though. The other companies are going to be moving in to either crush her or take the Aerial. Until we know what her plans are, we cannot let anyone take them." Iilya said before one of the men from communications walked up to her and stood at attention.

"Ma'am, there's a call for you from the academy. They'd like to speak right away." The communications officer said as Iilya knew this was coming and sighed.

"Goodness, the next time I see that boy, I swear..." Iilya exasperated as she got up from her seat and left as Char watched her leave.

"Another victory for the books. Congratulations, Y/N." Char said as he looked back to the screen as it displayed yours and Suletta's face as the winners of the duel.

After claiming victory over Guel and saving Suletta and the Aerial from being scrapped, you took the rest of the day to relax from the duel and prepared yourself whatever came next the following day. After making it through your mornine routine and heading out for class, you could instantly tell you were the talk of the academy. Whispers talked about how incredible your piloting skills were and how amazing your mobile suit was, and there were other talks amongst the girls of the academy about how cute you were and how some of them wanted to go out on a date with you. You weren't against all the attention, but at the same time it felt like you were being ostracized by everyone in a way you didn't want to be, almost feeling as if they're putting you on some high horse when you came to this academy with the intention of making friends for the rest of your life. Just as you were rounding a corner to try and escape the watchful eyes of everyone around you, someone accidentally walked into your path and the two of you bumped into each other before you looked up to see it was a teacher.

"Ah, my apologies, sir." You bowed apologetically.

"Don't worry, it was a corner after all. By the way, Y/N, you're heading to do your mobile suit exercise, right? I noticed you're not listed on any house." The teacher said as he showed you his teacher's planner and it displayed your 'House' as blank. "This exercise will require you to work with two other people, an engineer and a spotter. Seeing as you aren't in a house or have anyone that can help you at the moment, you'll have to forfeit the main exam, but don't worry, you can take the make-up exam as many times as you wish. I suggest that you look for a pair or join a house before you head off to do so. Also, you'll be using a mobile suit provided to you by the academy, standard procedure for this exercise." The teacher informed you as you bowed your head gratefully.

"Thank you for letting me know, sir." You said as he walked off and you stood back up straight with an uneasy look on your face. "Join a House...huh?" You muttered as you walked down the path with a slump in your shoulders. 

Just as you were walking down by the grounds where the mobile suit exercises were being held, you heard a loud crash nearby and turned to see one of the mobile suits performing the exercise had collapsed, followed by a smoke explosion. After the noise of the explosion died down, a surprisingly angry voice followed.

"SCREW YOU ALL! WHO DID THIS, HUH?! I'LL TEAR THEM LIMB FROM LIMB!!!" You heard an angry female voice scream, followed by a thud of metal as you focused your sight and saw it was Chuchu who was screaming.

"She's friends with Nika..." You thought as she turned in your direction with a scary glare, making you tense up and walk away fast. "Best not get involved when she's like this." You thought as you rapidly made your escape from being a suspect on Chuchu's list.

Whilst you were wondering about how to approach people to try and figure out what house to join, you wandered into one of the nearby buildings and walked down one of the halls that was less populated by students. While you were heading down the hallway in silence with your head down in thought, the sound of multiple pattering footsteps became louder and louder ahead of you as you raised your head, and to your surprise, Nika was heading towards you with two other female students accompanying her, and Suletta was also with them in her new 'Holder' uniform.

"Eh? Y/N, what a coincidence!" Nika said with surprise as she walked up to you.

"Nika, it's good to see you. How are things?" You asked politely.

"Ah, things have been good. Were you just heading to class?" Nika asked as you shook your head.

"No, I actually need some help." You said as Nika put her finger to her chin.

"Wait, let me guess. You need help looking for a mechanic and spotter for the mobile suit exercise, right?" Nika asked as you were genuinely surprised.

"Eh? How did you know that? Could it be...You can read minds...?!" You said with a nervous tone as Nika giggled at your behavior.

"Ahaha, that's not it. It just so happens that Suletta needs help with the same thing. I was just going to introduce her to some people who could help. Would you like to come?" Nika asked with her hand extended as you smiled at the offer and gladly shook her hand.

"Yeah, I'd appreciate the help." You said as you were led off to hopefully find some help for the mobile suit exercise.

After accepting the offer to meet with some students that could possibly be of help to you for this exam, you were led off to the housing section of the academy where instead of entering the standard, large housing buildings, you were brought to a smaller, run down looking building that didn't look as modern or up to date as the other housing buildings. When you and Suletta entered, the first thing you were greeted by was a goat that 'bah'd' at you two.

"Uwah!" Suletta staggered back in surprise of the animal that was stood in its pen.

"Bad boy, Giko." One of the girls that was with Nika said while walking by as you leaned towards the goat with interest.

"Fascinating. To think you'd have quite the animal in your house." You said while gently petting it on its head.

"Ms. Nika, is this who you're introducing..." Suletta asked nervously while pointing to the goat as she walked by you.

"Sorry! Not that way. Over here." Nika said as you bid farewell to Giko before following after Nika, and Suletta nervously ran behind you, intimidated by the animals in their house.

After walking through their house a bit farther, you and Suletta entered a docking bay where there was one school issued mobile suit docked, and a few mechanic students were working on maitenencing the machine. 

"Everyone! Do you have a moment?" Nika called out to the classmates that were working on the mobile suit as the ones up on the scaffoldings peered over to look at you all on the ground below.

"Nika, what are they doing here?" You turned your head to see Martin walk over as he gestured towards you and Suletta.

"This is Ms. Sueltta Mercury. And I'm sure you remember Mr. Y/N L/N." Nika introduced and reintroduced you and Suletta as he turned his head to look at you both. "They're having trouble finding  staff for the exercise." Nika said as she looked at the two boys who were sat on the edge of the scaffolding looking down at you two. "Can't you help her?" Nika asked the two up above as they glanced at each other.

"You're okay with that, Nika?" One of the boys asked.

"Aren't they Spacians?" The other boy asked for confirmation.

"Ms. Suletta and Mr. Y/N aren't like the other Spacians. They don't look down on us!" Nika defended you two as you looked over at the two girls who were accompanying Nika, and saw them staring at you two with kind faces.

Just as you two were getting the chance to remember faces, a new one appeared in front of you two as you turned to see another boy arrive.

"If you need a spotter..." The boy spoke with a calm tone as Suletta instantly clammered her hands onto his.

"T-Thank you very much!" Suletta said as you were shocked.

"Eh?! I didn't even get the chance to say anything to him! Jeez..." You sighed as the girl with black twin tails who scolded Giko before, tapped you on the shoulder.

"I could be your spotter." The girl offered as you just smiled and shook hands with her.

"I appreciate the offer, and hope we can get along together." You said as the two of you shared a smile.

"I'm Lilique Kadoka Lipati, first year." The other girl with auburn braided twin tails introduced herself as you and Suletta exchanged handshakes with her.

"My name's Martin Upmont. I'm the House leader." Martin introduced himself to Suletta as she shook hands with him as well.

"I'm Aliya." The girl who offered to be your spotter said her name before gesturing to the boy who offered to be Suletta's spotter. "This quiet guy is Till." Aliya introduced im as Till looked at her.

"I spoke just now." Till countered in his monotone voice as the two mechanic students came down from the scaffolding and came walking over to the group.

"Ojelo, Nuno. You guys too." Nika said for them to introduce themselves to you and Suletta.

"What?" Ojelo seemed like he didn't want to.

"But I..." Nuno was a bit hesitant also to speak with you both, but the sound of something flying through the air caught your attention as you turned and saw a wrench go flying before impaling itslef into a metal wall a few feet away from you all, surprising everyone.

"What the heck are Spacians doing here?!" You heard an angered voice speak up from the entrance of the hangar as you turned around to see Chuchu had arrived, and was pissed at you and Suletta being her while she held another wrench in her hand.

"Chuchu!" Martin gasped in shock and nervousness as the other wrench in Chuchu's hand was sent flying and landed in front of you and Suletta, making you both hug each other and scream in fear of Chuchu's wrath.

"This is Earth House! Get out! Let me go!" Chuchu yelled as Nika and Liliq were both struggling to hold her back from letting loose on you and Suletta. 

"I-I'm sorry! Ahh!" You and Suletta were apologizing for some reason as you both fell back on your rear ends in fear as Chuchu's glare looked as if it could kill. "Don't ever come in here again! You Spacian turds!" Chuchu yelled as you and Suletta were on the verge of tears.

"She's scary!!!" You and Suletta thought in unison as the two of you cowered in fear together.

After that chaotic encounter with Chuchu, you and Suletta were ushered out of the Earth house where Nika said she would help you two another time once she finished helping her juniors. Seeing that getting help from Earth house seemed less likely now after Chuchu's outburst, you parted ways with Suletta and walked the school grounds on your own as the time set in the academy was set for sunset, indicating the day cycle was ending. You wandered around until you found yourself at the exercise grounds where the exam would be held. You stared out in silence as the artificial wind of the academy blew through the grounds and made your hair blow with the breeze before it calmed down a few seconds later. 

"Join a House, huh? Easier said than done..." You muttered as you continued walking ahead and decided to head over to check out the mobile suit that you'd be using in the exercise, if you found a mechanic and spotter in time.

After making the walk to the mobile suit hangar that the Demi-trainers were docked in, you entered the dark hangar and walked over to stand in front of the large academy mobile suit. you weren't too fond about piloting another mobile suit, but this was a necessary exercise for someone who's aiming to be a mobile suit pilot, so you just had to suck it up and try your best to pass in this foreign mobile suit. Turning around, you were about to leave to get some sleep and prepare to try and take the exam on your own, but as you were heading out, there was a loud clanging noise of metal, followed by the sound of air releasing. You turned your head in surprise from the sudden noise and looked around to try and see where it came from, but the only thing you saw was a broken spray can of sorts on the ground. Walking over to it, you picked up the broken spray can that seemed to have leaked its contents everywhere from the impact, but what was strange to you was that there was no visible mess on the ground. You turned the can around and managed to make out what the label of it read.

"Slow-Acting Masking...Spray?" You muttered the name in confusion as you looked up to the scaffoldings above. 

With your suspicions raised, you scanned the railings and walkways above to try and see if anyone was up there, and unknown to you, there were a pair of girls who were hiding and covering each other's mouths to avoid being caught by you. These two girls had just finished applying a coating of that spray and were about to make their leave when they accidentally saw you and dropped the can in surprise. Just as you were about to make your way to the lift and see who was up there, the lights in the hangar came on and you heard a voice come from the side.

"Hey, what are you doing here? This hangar is closed off pass class hours." You turned your head to see an mechanics instructor walk in. "Hm? What's that in your hand?" He asked as you hid the can of masking spray behind you.

"Nothing, I just got lost on my way back to my housing dorm. I'll be on my way." You said as the girls peaked over the scaffolding a little to see you try and leave.

"Wait right there." The instructor said as he grabbed hold of your wrist and held it out to reveal the masking spray. "This is Slow-Acting Masking Spray. Just what were you thinking of doing with this?" He asked as you knew how this situation was painting you in the light.

"I know this may look bad, but I had found this on the ground when I had gotten here." You tried to make a defense for yourself, but the instructor was still skeptical.

"Sadly I don't think I can just take your word for it. And what's even more unfortunate for you is that we can't view the security footage with how late it is now. You'll be sleeping in a detention housing unit until we can confirm what happened." The instructor said as he took the spray can from your hand and gestured you towards the door.

"...Understood." You said with a look of slight irritation as you turned your head back to the scaffolding, and caught a glimpse of the girls who instantly hid back behind the scaffolding. 

You were escorted out of the hangar and left for the night as you were taken to a less comfortable housing unit, and spent the night trying to go over what to do for the exam. Once the next day came, it wasn't until the make-up exams had already began that you were let out after being proven innocent thanks to the security footage in the hangar. Unfortunately, they were not able to obtain footage from earlier than your arrival, meaning that they couldn't catch the two girls that you figured entered the hangar to tamper with a few of the demi-trainers. While making your way towards the exam site, an alarm blared as you stopped in your tracks behind the area where the mechanics were stationed for the exam, and a voice over the intercom spoke out.

"Time's up. Suletta Mercury, fail." The voice called out as you looked out to the field and saw a lone demi-trainer sadly walk back towards the docking station.

"Suletta..." You knew that was her in the demi-trainer and saw that her optical sensor for the main sight was covered in a black substance, impairing the machine. "That's..." You were about realize what it was, but your thoughts were interrupted by a pair of laughter as you turned to see two girls sat on the steps ahead of you. "They're the ones who were at the hangar last night..." You were about to say something to them, but your gaze caught something interesting in the distance as you slowly made your way to the pair of girls who were laughing at Suletta's struggles.

"Some Holder she is!" One of the girls said as she stared through binoculars.

"Country bumpkins should rot away at home..." The other girl couldn't finish what she was saying as she turned her head to only see the sight of Chuchu's face before the pink-haired girl's fist smashed right into her, making her pass out.

"You're not carrying anyone else's hopes and dreams..." Chuchu spat in anger towards the girls as she glared at the other one with murderous intent. "IT'S CHEAP OF YOU TO INTERFERE!!!!!!!" She screamed as she was ready to throw down with the other bully.

Just as she was about to smash her fist into the face of the other bully, a hand caught her by the arm and held her back as she turned around in confusion and was shocked when you showed up and stopped her.

"I believe knocking one out was enough. Knocking the other out would get you into more trouble..." You said as she glared at you.

"Let me go, bastard!" Chuchu said as she pulled her arm away and swung at you, making you dodge. "Are you a part of their spineless prank?! I'll smash your face in!" Chuchu yelled as she expected you to dodge another hit.

Once she sent her fist forward, Chuchu could only stare in surprise when you just suddenly stood still and allowed the punch to land, striking you across the face. You staggered back a few steps as she didn't expect to hit you at all, but what was more surprising was how you just spat out some blood before turning back towards her. At that same moment, Suletta had managed to make her way over and ran towards you with worry.

"Y/N! Are you okay?" Suletta called out before stopping when you raised your hand towards her while still looking at Chuchu.

"I actually have some business to settle with that girl for getting me into trouble last night. If you'd let me, I think I could deliver a much more savory victory for the both of us." You said as you walked pass Chuchu who stood there confused of what you meant and saw Nuno arrive on his scooter.

"Chuchu!" Nuno called out as he ran over and stood next to the pink-haired Earthian as they watched you walk pass them to stand in front of the bully who was checking on her unconscious friend.

"W-What do you want?" The female bully asked as you crouched down to her level.

"Admit what you did and turn yourself and your friend over to the teachers. Then apologize to Suletta." You said to her as she glared at you in irritation.

"Huh? Why the hell would we do that?" The bully said in confusion.

"Because if you don't, then I'll challenge you to a duel and demand an apology from you to both Suletta and Chuchu." You said as this surprised Chuchu, and made the bully extremely nervous. "Of course, I'd allow you both to take me on at the same time in a duel, but seeing how your previous Holder fared against me, is that something you really want to take a chance on? A loss against a student who joined the academy late, it can't paint a good picture for the House that you two are in." You gave an alarmingly calm threat to the bully as she remembered how you and your machine made ease of Guel and his skills. "I'll give you three minutes. That's what I guess is the time it takes for the teachers to get here from the observation control room and grab all of us for a scolding." You said as you walked away from her and left the bully in a pinch.

"Y/N..." Suletta muttered in surprise as you walked over placed your hand on her shoulder supportively.

"We have to watch out for each other, as one pilot to another." You said as you were referring to the type of pilots you two were, even if Suletta didn't know herself, Gundam Pilots. "It would seem you've already made your decision, correct?" You spoke up as you knew without turning around that the bully who was still conscious, walked up to you as you turned around to face her. "Well then, your answer?" You asked as she tightened her fists and seemed hesitant to answer as you decided to push her even farther. "Understood. I'll inform you and your accomplice of the date and time for our duel." You said as you were about to walk away.

"W-Wait!" The bully called out as you stopped in your tracks and turned around as she turned to Suletta. "I-I'm sorr--!" She was about to apologize, but you spoke up.

"On your hands and knees." You said as this shocked her. "With your forehead to the ground." You said as she ground her teeth in frustration before ultimately assuming the position, getting on her hands and knees and bowing her head to the floor in front of Suletta.

"I'm sorry...for sabotaging you..." The bully said as Suletta was surprised by this.

"To Ms. Chuatury Panlunch, as well." You said as this was the ultimate embarrassment for this girl as she shuffled on the ground and rotated to face Chuchu in the same position.

"I'm sorry for sabotaging you...!" The bully said in frustration as Chuchu was in awe of how you got this girl to do something so embarrassing, and she stared at you in wonder of how a Spacian could do that for an Earthian.

"Hey! You all! Don't move!" You all turned to see a group of teachers heading towards you, with security following them.

"Well, it looks like we'll have to take our make-up exams another time." You said as you were all briefly escorted to receive disciplinary action.

After getting taken by the teachers and security to discuss what happened during the exercise, the two students who sabotaged Suletta and Chuchu were kept longer to discuss their punishment moving forward, while Chuchu got off with a warning after the teachers learned the truth of what happened. Waiting outside the disciplinary building were Miorine, Nika, and Nuno as you, Chuchu, and Suletta walked out together, and you sported a bandage on your face thanks to Chuchu's nice slug that she threw you.

"And? What were the results?" Miorine asked as you looked to Suletta who was poking her index fingers together embarrassingly while Chuchu had an irritated look on her face.

"Oh, well..." Suletta wasn't sure how to explain what happened as Chuchu spoke up for the three of you.

"Another makeup exam. But how come I have to do it too?" Chuchu scoffed as she got in Suletta and yours faces. "This is both your faults, you know." She complained as Suletta backed into you with a guilty frown on her face as you laughed nervously.

"W-We're sorry." You both apologized to Chuchu as Nika stretched herself out due to exhaustion.

"Nnnngh! Still, that felt pretty good!" Nika said with a hint of pride.

"What?" Nuno looked at her in confusion as Nika was staring at you and Suletta.

"Hey, Ms. Suletta! Mr. Y/N! Would you like to join Earth House?" Nika proposed a very big question to you two.

"Huh?" You and Suletta were both stunned by this proposal as Chuchu and Nuno were both shocked.

"Nika!" Nuno looked at her to see if she was serious about this question, which she was.

"Nika, that's...!" Chuchu also had some gripes with this proposal.

"B-B-But..." Suletta was stammering trying to figure out what to say when hers and Chuchu's eyes met.

"What?!" Chuchu suddenly screamed, startling the timid Suletta as the pink haired girl turned back to see Nika smiling with all her seriousness, ultimately making her give up any protest to this decision as she glared at you both for a moment before averting her gaze. "Well, I may be a first-year student. But in House terms, I'll be your senior." Chuchu said before walking off as you let a smile out and Suletta also let one free from her lips.

"R-Right. Um..." Suletta agreed to those terms, but briefly forgot what to call her as Nika came over.

"Her name's Chuchu." Nika explained to Suletta as the Mercurian Holder stood straight and looked frigid. 

"I-I look forward to getting to know you, Ms. Chuchu." Suletta stammered as the pink haired girl turned back around with a calmer expression, but still looked fierce.

"Speak up." Chuchu said to the Mercurian girl as you waved your hand to her.

"I also look forward to getting along with you, Chuchu!" You said with excitement as she seemed irked by your enthusiasm.

"You talk too loud! And that's Ms. Chuchu to you!" Chuchu returned to her fierce manner.

"Eh? I thought things would be good now that we're in the same House...I guess we're not that close yet..." You thought to yourself as you were frozen with a nervous smile after finally getting into the House that you thought was just right for you.