(Destination: Paris)

*October 4th, 1920*

*6:00pm*

*Lubin Poland*

Three days had passed since Anastasia and the others departed for Paris as everyone stood in front of the hotel which had a victorian like style to it.

"It's getting quite late so it's best if we stay inside of the hotel for the rest of the night. Is that okay with everyone?" Kazumi spoke to everyone as he looked at the map while looking back up towards everyone at the last part of the sentence.

"You're quite right, It's best to spend the rest of the night here and it doesn't look too bad as well" Tatiana spoke to Kazumi as she observed the hotel in which looked similar to a palace but still was somewhat wasn't anything of royalty.

"Luckily we have some money that Akito gave us for our trip to France so that's a pretty good sign and he also taught us to spend and count money as well since everything was pretty much handed to us when we was little" Olga chimed in as she chuckled while having a smile on her face.

"It's best to get our money ready because it seems that someone could be behind us" Bartok spoke to everyone as he saw a young woman approaching them from behind.

"You can go first if you want. We're simply gathering our money right now" Olga spoke to the woman with a smile on her face as this seemed to make the woman blush with awestruck.

"S-She's so beautiful! Just like a roman statue! Those eyes. It has that fierce determination in them…" the young woman who was 5 '4 and was wearing glasses and who had a rather fancy style of clothing on her thought to herself.

"Is anything okay? You seem quite flustered?" Tatiana spoke to the girl as this made her snap back into reality.

"O-Oh no! I'm doing good! Just a little tired that's all!" the young woman answered back with a smile as she went in front of the gang as she entered the hotel as everyone watched her doing so.

"I wonder who she was? She seemed quite interested in Olga" Anastasia spoke to everyone in hopes of finding an answer.

"I don't know honestly but she didn't seem to be all that bad so we shouldn't have to worry about her but let's enter this hotel so we can get some rest for the night" Tatiana answered back as everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"So, how should we process the room sharing? I think we should take care of that issue first beforehand" Maria advised as everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"You're right Mashka, I think me, you, and Tatiana should have one room while Anastasia and Yelena share the other rooms and lastly Alexei will stay with Bartok and Kazumi so does that sound clear?" Olga answered back as she looked at everyone as the gang nodded their heads in agreement.

"I don't mind sharing a room with Anastasia and she is very sweet and quite fun!" Yelena wrote in her notebook as she showed everyone her thoughts.

"Awwwww! Thank you very much! I will make sure you sleep soundly tonight!" Anastasia thanked Yelena as she had a smile on her face.

"You don't mind spending the night with us right?" Kazumi spoke to Alexei with a smile on his face as he gently patted him on the back.

"I don't mind at all. You are Kaede's cousin after all and we knew each other for two years so I fully trust you" Alexei answered back with a warm smile on his face.

"I wonder how Kaede has been holding up? I hope she's doing good" Bartok said to himself as he and everyone else walked into the hotel to check themselves in.

"Good evening, how could I help everyone today" the Hotel Clerk spoke to everyone in a very polite tone of voice.

"Good evening to you as well, May we check in this hotel please for 8 people including myself please" Olga spoke to the clerk as she handed them a rather large sum of money while a rather familiar face watched them from afar.

"T-That's the same people who from two years ago! I wonder if I can get some money out of them but those two guys right there seem to be an issue! Micheal! Charles!" The Gambler spoke to his bodyguards as he now had a black suit and appeared to have grown some facial hair in the process.

"What seems to be the issue? Are these guys bothering you?" Micheal who appeared to be a large bald man with muscle mass said to The Gambler as he pointed at the gang who were paying for their rooms.

"I think they are! Maybe We need to teach them a lesson or two!" Charles who appeared to be slim and had long hair spoke to Micheal with a smile on his face as he looked back at him.

"Correct! I want you to beat these two gentlemen up and steal that money! I won't allow myself to be embarrassed like this!" The Gambler commanded the pair with a smile on his face.

"Sure thing boss! We'll show them the raw power of Micheal and Charles!" Micheal said to The Gambler as he and Charles walked over towards where the group was.

"What do you guys want?" Kazumi spoke to the two men as he and everyone else turned around.

"Could we help you? If not please leave us alone okay?" Olga said to the two men with a serious glare on her eyes.

"Enough talk! We're going outside! We were sent by this fine gentleman right here to take everyone's money!" Charles spoke as he pointed at The Gambler who had a sly smile on his face as this seemed to catch everyone by surprise.

"That guy? He is still moping about how he lost? He needs to get a life! And same for you two weirdos!" Anastasia spoke to the two men in a rather annoyed tone of voice.

"Seeking revenge over anything is not gonna solve anything so please walk away or as I warned your boss two years ago. We will use force and I don't want to use that method" Tatiana warned the men as she stood fearless against them.

"S-Shut Up!" Micheal cried out as he attempted to punch Tatiana in the face however Bartok caught the punch with quick succession.

"W-What!" Micheal cried out in shock and annoyance.

"Outside. NOW!" Bartok commanded in a rather serious tone of voice as this seemed to catch Micheal by surprise.

"Oh? Fine! Let's go outside! So I can crush you into a pulp!" Micheal spoke back in a rather annoyed tone of voice.

"It seems I'm taking you then! You shouldn't have picked a fight with us" Kazumi spoke to Charles with a serious look on his face.

"Oh? Well Let's take it outside if you wanna talk like some big guy!" Charles commanded Kazumi as eventually everyone went outside to watch the battle.

"I gotta watch this one!" The Gambler said to himself as he quickly walked outside to see the battle.

"Time to see if all that training was actually something!" Kazumi thought to himself as he was faced with Charles.

"Come at me!" Charles cried out as he blitzed towards Kazumi with great speed while Kazumi quickly dodged him.

"Like I said! You messed with the wrong people!" Kazumi cried out as he quickly stepped on the outside parts of the hotel.

"TSURUGI!" Kazumi cried out as he blitzed towards Charles as he spinned quite fast as this made Charles dizzy.

"W-What the!" Charles cried out in confusion as Kazumi's sword hitted him in his stomach area as it felt like he had been punched 10 times.

"W-What the…" Charles uttered as he collapsed to the floor.

"W-WHAT! I-Impossible!" The Gambler cried out in defeat as he had an angered look on his face as he turned his direction towards Bartok and Micheal.

"What's wrong? Give up?! My grandmother can punch harder than this! I'm not even joking!" Micheal spoke in hopes of provoking Bartok however he remained calm as he continued to trade blows with him as their fists collided with the other fist.

"Want me to go harder? I'm not even tired yet but if you say so" Bartok said with a smile as with the last punch it made them step back a little bit due to the impact.

"Stop joking around you little shit!" Micheal cried out as he attempted to land a blow on Bartok however Bartok managed to dodged the attack and managed to elbow him in the stomach area.

"I-Impossi…" Micheal uttered as he held his stomach in pain and collapsed to the ground as many cheer roared from the crowd including the main group.

"You guys did quite wonderful!" Maria coagulated the duo as she tightly hugged Bartok and Kazumi as the pair hugged her back.

"Do you guys feel tired?" Olga asked Bartok and Kazumi as she walked over to them in hopes of getting an answer.

"Not at all! It's like we never even fought! That two year training must have really helped us!" Bartok answered Olga as the pair shared a smile together.

"I'm glad those meanies got dealt with!" Yelena wrote in her notebook as she showed everyone her thoughts.

"Anyways, Where is that Gambler guy? I want him to give him a piece of our mind?" Kazumi asked everyone as he looked around in hopes of finding him.

"It's best not to provoke this issue any further okay? I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson today or so I hope but let's get back into the hotel since it's getting late as it is" Tatiana advised Kazumi.

"I guess you're right but if he tries any more tricks than I will be finding him!" Kazumi spoke back to Tatiana as he and everyone else shared a good laugh together as they made their way back into the hotel.

"Wow. They are so amazing…" The same woman as before thought to herself as she blushed at Olga's sheer beauty

"D-Damn it! D-Damn it to hell!" The Gambler cried out in defeat as he could do nothing but wallow in his own self pity.