Rye woke up the next morning to the sight of Ryou already fully awake. He was dressed in today's 'appropriate' clothing. Rye got furious that Ryou didn't even bother to wake her up.

"Hey peanut brain… WHY DIDN'T YOU EVEN BOTHER TO WAKE ME UP?" Rye shouted, getting out of bed.

"Because…" Ryou said calmly. Rye was frustrated that Ryou wasn't at all affected by her sudden outburst. "It's only 6am." Rye calmed down. Six am? But that's like… she mentally counted how many hours left. Three hours earlier than we're supposed to wake up.

"Oh, then why are you awake so early then?" Rye asked awkwardly.

Ryou didn't answer. After minutes worth of silence and more day dreaming, Rye decided to get ready early as well. She took a shower and got dressed in today's outfit. It wasn't really that different from yesterday's, just as unfashionable as ever. She went back to their room and found Ryou lying in bed. She didn't know why, but she felt like she wanted to strangle Ryou or something. She decided to ease her anger by listening to her iPod. It seemed like hours. Rye kept on pressing shuffle, but she still ended up pressing next until she found the song she liked. She decided to go and check if Nina and Kaye were awake. It was already 7am anyway. Just as Rye made way for the door, Ryou sat up from his bed.
"Where are you going?" he asked.

Rye was getting irritated, Ryou was just being so nosy.

"None of your business, go crawl under a rock or something." Rye said as she closed the door behind her.

Ryou rolled his eyes and went back to playing his PSP. Girls… he thought.

Rye knocked on Nina and Kaye's door. To her surprise, someone answered her from the inside, they were already awake as well. I guess she and Ryou weren't the only ones who couldn't sleep well. She sat on the floor next to Nina and Kaye.

"Ryou is just so annoying." Rye said. She wanted to take out her anger on something.

"You know," Nina began. "Fine would kill for the position you're in right now."

Position? What you talking about? Rye thought. She didn't know what Nina meant, heck, she would kill to be in ANYONE'S position other than hers right now. Well, maybe not Fine's…

"What do you mean?" Rye asked as she gave up thinking about what Nina said. Her laziness to think straight overcame her.

Kaye rolled her eyes at Rye. Rye got the intense feeling to slap Kaye, but thought better of it, she wanted to know what these two were talking about. Nina and Kaye looked at each other for a second and smirked.

"He obviously likes you, Rye." They said in unison. Rye looked serious for a moment, then she began laughing so hard her stomach hurt.

"Nice—one guys." She said as she pounded her hands on the floor. Nina and Kaye looked at Rye pitifully. Rye stopped laughing and looked at both of them.

"You're not kidding, aren't you?" she asked, hoping for an answer she wouldn't get.

To her disappointment, Kaye and Nina shook their heads. Rye pursed her lips, stood up and stomped out of the room. She went into Fine's room, not even bothering to knock. She went up to Fine, so close Fine could feel Rye breathing.

"TAKE MY LIFE! Take it if you want to!" Rye said, exasperated.

"Huh?" Was all Fine could say. Rye sighed and left the room, leaving a terribly confused Fine behind. She entered their room without another word. Ryou said something as she entered, but Rye was too lost in her thoughts to pay attention to that peanut head. Rye lied back down on her bed, earphones where they're supposed to be, closed her eyes and imagined peanut head drowning in the lagoon. That soothed her down a lot, for when she opened her eyes, she realized it was already 8:53.

They went down to the dining hall together. Rye took note to kick Ryou in the knee as much as possible during brunch—which she did. Poor Ryou was left dumbfounded, he was randomly being kicked by his stubborn little—crush… Dumbledore had told them they would have practice 9:30 until 1 in the afternoon. They were already used to this kind of news, so they didn't bother to argue anymore. They walked back down to the arena, it took a longer time today, since they were all walking so slowly, they all only had about five hours of sleep. Aina and Darah took their positions at the stands, watching the five intently for any sign of improvement. An hour has passed an yet, nothing exciting had happened. Rye looked around the arena, Fine was leaning against the wall, her eyes closed, Kaye was resting her head on her hands, Peanut Brain being his usual peanut self and Nina—was teleporting? Rye watched intently, Nina moving from the entrance to the arena, and then suddenly appearing next to Fine, making the poor girl wake up and jump, shocked at the sudden appearance.

"Teleportation, Nina." Aina said. Nina looked proud of herself.

Why does she get all the cool powers? Rye asked herself.

More and more minutes passed. Rye wasn't really thinking that hard anymore, Nina was still teleporting here and there, trying to perfect her new power.

"You're about to find out a new power, Rye." Kaye shouted. "And you plan on using it on Ryou once you figure it out…" Kaye shouted from the other side of the arena.

Okay, now Rye was getting frustrated. Kaye can tell the future, huh? Great, another great power I don't have. Just then, she felt her mind turn into a peanut. She was thinking intently of herself. WHY? She was thinking about video games, she hated video games.

Then all the others were staring at Ryou—he looked blank, he was just staring into space. "Told you, you were gonna use it on him." Kaye said. Then Rye felt the peanut lift from her brain.

"WHY were you thinking of video games? We're supposed to be training!" Rye didn't want to bring up the Ryou was also thinking of her…

"Then if we were supposed to be training, why were you thinking so much of how you hate video games?" Ryou asked.

"That is mind link, Rye. I think I need to further explain this." Aina said. "Let's say Kaye is a future seer." She said, looking at Kaye. "And then you use mind link on Kaye while she's using her power, you can see the future as well, as long as you continue to do the mind link." She said in a matter of fact tone. Rye liked this power, she could invade other people's minds! But she took note not to use it on peanut brain. Rye seemed to be calmer, she didn't know why. She looked around the arena, peanut brain was missing. She looked harder, still, she couldn't find him. Then suddenly, he appeared right infront of Rye, about 1 foot away from her.

"Looking for me?" He asked with a smug look on his face.

"Don't-ever-do-that-again!" Rye shouted at his face. Ryou just smirked and walked away. Aina didn't explain this power any further, it was invisibility. They used the remaining hours to try to master the powers they've learned so far. They all learned that when Nina's about to use her Fractal Shard Burst, it's better to hide behind a boulder. Luckily, Ryou was getting bored of using his Telepathic Suggestion, so nobody ended up dancing their hearts out this morning. Kaye discovered that she had Telekinesis, she could move things with her mind without touching them, she nearly made Rye fall on Ryou. Rye was practicing her Necro Vision on the practice targets Aina had put out. Fine also found another amusing power. She had the ability to exist as a soul and enter other people's bodies. Aina called this Soul Absorption. Fine had a lot of fun with this, she invaded Rye's body, causing Rye to kiss Ryou directly on the lips. Rye nearly used her Fire element on Fine for this. But she got her revenge when Fine got scolded by Darah. She said powers were to be used to help people, not make romance.

They ate lunch at 1pm. Even though they were starving, they didn't eat like hungry cheetahs anymore, they were too tired to eat. But that didn't keep them from devouring every single slice of pizza they could reach. They finished eating at around 2pm already. Dumbledore told them they could rest until 3pm before they head for the library. They decided instead of heading back to their rooms, they could hang out in the sitting room instead. Rye, Nina and Kaye sat on the floor surrounding the television, arguing whether they should watch Glee or 10 Things I hate About You on Velvet. They eventually went with Glee.

Fine was sitting on the sofa, trying her best to glue herself to Ryou. Ryou, on the other hand, took sudden interest in the humungous dictionary on the table, trying his best to ignore Fine. Three pm came and Dumbledore entered the sitting room.

"Come with me, children." He said, they all stood up and walked towards Dumbledore. "We shall do some research in the library today."

"Wait," Rye interrupted, "we're supposed to be saving the world, and you want us to do school work?"

Dumbledore chuckled.

"Ah, yes, the world indeed needs your saving, but you need all the knowledge you can get," he paused, "for example, do you even know where Sasha is located?" They didn't answer. Dumbledore got them there. "Do you know how to get there?" Still, no answer.

"All right, all right we get it, let's just head to the library or something." Rye said, irritated now that Dumbledore was practically rubbing in their faces that they didn't have a lead on where Sasha was.