Almost every girl in the IS Academy has been talking about the new student. When they heard who it was, they couldn't stop talking about it.

"Is that…"

"It is!"

"But how?"

"Didn't you hear? Apparently, he made his own custom IS armor that he can use."

"Shut up! Really?"

"Yeah. And because of that, he was granted enrollment."

"How exciting! We're classmates with Tony Stark!"

The young genius, Tony Stark, was nervous. Not only was this his first day in a new school in a foreign country, but it was also at a school full of girls. It was a dream come true for him. All the girls in his homeroom class stared in awe at him as he tinkered with a mechanical device. At the same time, the assistant homeroom teacher entered the class.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Maya Yamada, and I see we have a new student. Would you mind introducing yourself to us?" She got no answer. "Uh, Mr. Stark?" Still no answer.

Suddenly, a fist hit the top of Tony's head with great force. He reacted the same way anyone would when punched. He looked up at his attacker and saw a new woman: Chifuyu Orimura.

"Pay attention, Mr. Stark!" she scolded.

"Right, sorry." Tony said. He put his mechanical parts away and sat up straight.

"Introduce yourself to the rest of the class." Chifuyu said.

"Right." Tony said standing up. "Hello, ladies. I'm Tony Stark. I'm the new, and first, guy on campus, and I hope we get along well." He sat back down.

"Thank you, Mr. Stark." Chifuyu said before turning to the entire class. "Listen up! Your syllabus for the next six months begins with memorizing all data concerning the IS. After that, practical training where you'll have two weeks to master the basic maneuvers. So, have you got that? Even if you don't, say 'yes, ma'am'."

"Yes, ma'am!" the whole class obeyed.

Maya Yamada smiled as she took the center of the front class. She picked up her pointer and presented a PowerPoint introduction.

"Now, as I'm sure all of you are already aware, IS actually stand for Infinite Stratos. It's a multi-form suit originally developed in Japan. When it was first conceived ten years ago, it was originally designed to use for outer space. However, those plans are currently on hold. Due to the Alaska Treaty, the IS is also prohibited from being used by the military. Therefore, it is used solely for competitions and sporting events. And our IS Academy is the only educational institution in the world established with the objective of training IS pilots. Students from all around the world come to this school where young people from a multitude of countries get to live, work, and study side by side every day as they hone and perfect their piloting skills. So staring today, let's all study hard over the next three years."

"Yes, ma'am." The female students agreed.

"Guess she forgot an important detail." Tony thought to himself. "Only girls could operate IS units. Because of that, our society took a matriarchal turn. And then, I made my own IS that I can use."

After class, recess began for the class. All the girls were talking (mostly about Tony) while he sketched on his notebook paper.

"Excuse me." An English voice said behind Tony. He looked and saw a blond English woman.

"Uh, hi." Tony said. "Can I help you?"

"I'd just like to acquaint myself to you. My name is Cecilia Alcott, the representative contender of England. I'm sure you know what that means."

"Yeah, it means your country chose you to represent them in this academy because you're one of the best." Tony said.

"Not just one of the best, Mr. Stark." Cecilia said. "I happen to be the only student to best an instructor in my entrance exam. I know, it's an honor to place yourself in the presence of the upper class."

"Sheesh, and people say I have a big head." Tony thought to himself. He then spoke. "Look, Cecilia, I hate to break it to you, but I also defeated an instructor."

"Wait, what?" Cecilia gasped in surprise. "You defeated an instructor?"

"My IS armor is pretty advanced." Tony explained as he ripped out one of his sketches. "Here, take a look."

Cecilia took a look at the design and scoffed. "This is supposed to be an IS? It looks nothing like it."

"It's close enough." Tony said.

"Unbelievable." Cecilia said as she stormed off.

"What's her problem?" Tony asked.

After the school hours have ended, Tony took his luggage and moved to his assigned room. It matched the number on his paper, 1025.

"Guess this is it." Tony said. He opened the door and stepped in. "Nice place."

"Hello." A girl's voice called out from the bathroom. Tony was both surprised and confused. "Is someone there? You must be my roommate." She got out with only her towel around her body. "My name is Houki Shinonono, and…" She stopped talking when she saw who was in the room with her. She expected many sorts of people it could be, but she didn't expect to be rooming with the only male student in the IS Academy.

"WHAT THE…" Houki screamed.

"Easy, easy!" Tony said. "Calm down!"

"Calm down?" Houki asked. "How can I calm down? What are you doing here?"

"Well, this happens to be my room." Tony said. "Like you said, it looks like we're roommates. Look, maybe it's not that bad. Just… how about you get changed, and we can talk about it?"

Houki breathed in and out deeply. She stood straight back up. "Fine." She returned to the bathroom and came out with clothes on five minutes later. "So… Tony Stark, huh?"

"That's me. And… Sorry, I didn't hear your name earlier."

"Houki Shinonono."

"Right. Hold on…" Tony stroked his thin beard. "Shinonono. Where have I heard that name before?"

"Well, I won the national kendo tournament about a year ago." Houki said. "Maybe that?"

"Nah, I don't follow kendo news." Tony said. "Wait, I think I get it. By any chance, are you related to Tabane Shinonono, the creator of the IS?"

Houki sighed and looked away. "Yeah. She's my sister, but I don't like to talk about it."

"Distant family, huh?" Tony asked. "Yeah, I get it."

"Really?" Houki asked suddenly interested.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. It then opened revealing Chifuyu.

"Ms. Orimura." Houki said. "What brings you here?"

"Hello, Houki." Chifuyu said. "Actually, I'd like a word with Mr. Stark in the hallway."

"Uh, sure thing." Tony said following her.

Chifuyu shut the door before finally talking to the student. "How are you holding up, Tony?"

"Well, I'm a handsome, rich genius who invented an IS suit that I can pilot and I'm attending a school full of girls." Tony explained. "So to answer your question, I'm living every man's dream."

"You should take it more seriously, Tony." Chifuyu said. "When Tabane Shinonono first invented the IS, she became the target for several people who don't have people's best interests at heart. She had o go into hiding and her family had to be put in tight security because of it. And now that you have made an IS that anyone can use…"

"But not just anyone can use it." Tony interrupted. "Only I can. What makes my IS special is that it needs this." Tony tapped his finger at the glowing metal of blue light under his shirt. "It's a miniature arc reactor. There's a bigger one at Stark Industries, but no one but me has ever made one as small as this. My IS can only be operational when hooked up to this thing. Therefore, I'm the only one who can use it."

"Just watch yourself, Tony." Chifuyu said. "Your father trusted me with your care ever since… what happened, and as a friend to your family, I'd hate it if something happened."

"Yeah, I got it." Tony said frowning. "Is that it?"

"Just one more thing." Chifuyu said. "Stane called."

"Of course." Tony sighed. "Let me guess; it was about the suit. I keep telling Stane it can't be used as a weapon, especially since it was technically ruled as an IS."

"Just thought you should know." Chifuyu said before walking off. "Good day, Mr. Stark."

Tony sighed and returned to his room where Houki waited on her bed.

"How was it?" Houki asked.

"Just some Orimura charm, I'd say." Tony joked. "Tell me, is she always such a big teddy bear?"

"All right then." Houki said. "Since we're sharing this room, we'll have to establish some ground rules. We'll have to talk about a bathroom schedule."

"As long as you let me tinker in peace, I don't mind." Tony said. "Hey, would you like to see my suit?"

"As in your IS suit?" Houki asked. "In here?"

"Don't worry." Tony said. "It's perfectly fine. I'll show you."

Tony knelt down to his suitcase while Houki took a step back. He clicked it open and stood back. Suddenly, several pieces of metal shifted until they formed a standing suit of metal armor. It was the size of any human, but was mostly red and had a gold face. There was a spherical glass in the middle of the torso in the same position as Tony's arc reactor on his chest.

"That's your suit?" Houki asked.

"Yep." Tony said. "Behold, the Iron Man. Complete with repulsor blasts from its hands, repulsor rockets at its feet, a place to put my arc reactor, and…"

"Arc reactor?" Houki asked. "What's that?"

"Well, it's this." Tony tapped the light on his chest again. "It's kind of an energy source. I had an accident a while back and got really hurt. In a basic sense, this thing is the only thing keeping me alive."

"That sounds… awful."

"Yeah. It kinda was. But that's in the past now. The worst part of my life is behind me."

"Couldn't have said it better myself, Tony." A new voice called out. Houki nearly jumped when she saw where the voice was coming from: the armor.

"What was that?" Houki asked.

"Oh, I was about to get to that." Tony said. "It's my suit's AI."

"AI?" Houki asked.

"It's a thought I had a while back." Tony said. "An AI companion for IS armors. I'm not planning on using him for any contests yet, but if I can get the OK from the school staff, this guy is going places."

"Thank you, Tony." The voice said. "It's good to have expectations."

"It seems a little… smart for a program, don't you think?" Houki asked.

"I'm very good." Tony said. "Just promise me you won't say a word until they green light it. It would mean a lot to me."

"Well…" Houki thought for a moment. She then thought if she wanted to have a healthy relationship with Tony Stark, she had to support some of his ideas, and she thought this was one of them. "All right. As long as you promise not to use him until it's okay. It might be a bit unfair for the others."

"I got it." Tony said. "Understand, buddy?"

"Of course, Tony." The voice said. "It's only fair. Now, how about some introductions?"

"Right." Tony said. "This is my roommate, Houki. Houki… meet Ultron."

"Nice to meet you, Ultron." Houki said.

"Nice to meet you too, Miss Shinonono." Ultron returned. "I have a feeling we're going to get along so well."

Author's Note: This is a request by Dracus6. As you can see, I replace Ichika with Tony Stark. The main reason for that is Ichika would be annoying to write about. I have nothing against the guy, but his stupidity is very irritating. I think we can all agree that having Tony Stark would be more interesting. I've got big plans for this story and Ultron would make a good story. Hope you enjoy.