"Alright just stand right here with your Dite out." Harley told her.

Lyra nodded her head as she walked over to where Harley told her to stand. "Restoration," she mumbled and watched as her dite appeared. Harley then went on to connect a few wires, attaching two to her sword and one on her wrist. He then led the wires back to his computer, attaching them in certain sections.

"There now I need you to let a small stream of kei travel through your weapon," he ordered, as he started pressing buttons on the computer.

Lyra just nodded her head. She took a deep breath and then allowed her kei to flow into her weapon, causing a green glow to appear around the sword.

"Is this good?" she asked.

Harley stared at the monitor for a few seconds before replying. "A little more please," He asked.

Lyra nodded closing her eyes. With a deep breath, she increased the amount of kei. Lyra sighed. she could feel the flow increase and pas through her veins. It made the adrenaline kick in as well as now her eyes were wide in excitement, as she remembered what day it was.

Today was the day. It would be her first interstate platoon match. Lyra was excited. This was the day. It would prove that all her training really did pay off. With that thought in mind, she took a deep breath and let it out. Unfortunately, Lyra forgot where she was standing. The thought of the platoon match excited her so much that her kei flow increased more. It was too much because her sword started to brighten. The electricity was seen passing through her into the blade.

"Wah! Too much!" Harley called out.

Lyra blinked out of her thoughts and looked down at her dite. She instantly retracted the kei, lowering its energy level. "Sorry!" Lyra apologized. She concentrated on her dite to make sure the energy stayed stable

"Phew much better," he sighed. He bit his lips, watching the computer screen and then looking down to write down the readings. He kept nodding his head every now and then. Lyra just stood there stood there controlling her kei flow, as it flowed through her sword. She wasn't sure what he was looking at, but knew better than to ask. At the moment they didn't have much time.

Everyday for the past week, Nina had Lyra coming in to train. Lyra wasn't sure if the training was necessary or not, but she assumed it was so that the captain could understand her fighting style better. Unfortunately it was too much for Lyra's poor dite. Harley had warned her to use it carefully, as the dite did not have enough memory to handle her attacks. The dite now started to crack and was in need of repairs. Luckily Harley was working on it fast trying to fix it, but even he wasn't sure if there wasn't enough time.

Of course it had to happen the day of the match. This irritated Lyra, but Nina assured her that it would not be a big problem. She was planning on starting off with Lyra backing up Layfon who would be in the front lines it wasn't that concerning to Nina; however, Lyra still didn't like it. She wanted to be of help in this match, but because of her dite, she would have to stay back and guard it.

Lyra sighed, looking around.

Everyone except for Layfon and Nina were there and ready in their uniforms, which surprised Lyra. She expected that Nina would be on time, in fact early on this day. Especially since she had been nagging at Lyra about getting good rest and being there on time.

"It's probably because of work." Felli had explained in her monotone voice. Lyra nodded. Nina did tell her that the work there was hard. On top of that, discussing the option with Layfon, Lyra discovered that Layfon worked there as well and that both scheduled to work that day. With that being the case, Lyra assumed that the work would have been done quicker, but it seemed that they had been working late and slept in.

"They better hurry up." Sharnid sighed leaning back against the wall, "The match is in two hours."

"Two hours!" Harley jumped, hearing that, "Shit I need to hurry!" Harley exclaimed taking the Dite form Lyra. He quickly ran over to another table where he started working away at the Dite.

"Take you time Harley, you'll make it worse by rushing." Lyra called out to him. Harley just waved in response continuing to work. Lyra sighed as she leaned back against the wall, sliding down until she was sitting against it. Felli looked at her once and then stood up, saying she would be right back, leaving just her and Sharnid in the room with Harley towards the back.

Soon, time passed. Lyra then let out a huge yawn, stretching. The night before she was too excited to sleep.

"Well looks like someone didn't get their sleep." Sharnid remarked.

Lyra just finished another huge yawn shaking her head. Looking up at him, she saw that he had restored his dite and was cleaning it down. "I couldn't."

Sharnid chuckled. "Too nervous?"

Lyra shrugged, "I guess you could say that."

"Ah, yes. That's how it is for all first timers," he remarked.

Lyra just nodded her head and then slowly stood up, "Well…I'm going to get some coffee. Do you want some?" she asked looking at him.

Sharnid just shook his head, "Nah I'm good. Unlike you, I got a good night's sleep."

Lyra smirked, "Sure… you were probably up all night bar hopping." She guessed.

"You'd only know if you were out last night," Sharnid winked.

Lyra shook her head as she walked off to get the coffee. That was the type of person that she saw Sharnid as: Skipper, Careless, Laid-back. He was unlike the others. There was Nina, who constantly worked; Harley, who was maintaining their dites; Layfon who always worked for others, and Felli— Lyra wasn't sure about Felli. She really didn't see Felli that often. Only at training, but she didn't have time to talk then.

Lyra quickly got her cup of coffee and then headed back to where Sharnid was. Entering, she saw that Layfon and Nina were finally there. Both of them looked half asleep, the craters under their eyes showing.

"What happened to you guys?" Lyra asked amused.

"We lost track of time…" Nina mumbled saying something else that Lyra didn't catch.

"Well you two better hurry up. We need to be out there in an hour and a half." Lyra told them.

"What?! Half an hour?! We need to get ready!" Both of them were running towards the locker rooms to change.

Lyra smiled, shaking her head in amusement. She then looked towards where Harley was working on her dite and walked over.

"Hey Harley, are you by any chance done?" Lyra asked.

Harley was finishing up, screwing in the last bolt. He then looked at her, taking off his goggles and then back at the dite, picking it up, "It's the best I can do for now. It should hold through the match, but you'll have to be careful."

Lyra nodded her head, taking the dite from her, "Alrighty then. That works. Thanks!" She placed the Dite in her belt and they both headed back to where Nina was going over the plan. Lyra already knew the plan. Nina told her that she was suppose to go after the flag with Layfon covering her. Nina was insisting that she would act as a decoy, which Lyra was against. She insisted that Nina let her act as a decoy. It would work since they would be focused on learning her fighting style. That gave her the perfect opportunity to be out in the open. After much convincing Lyra managed to get Nina to see it and then decided to stay back and guard the flag with Sharnid covering her and Felli scouting around.

"Alright it's time," Nina decided getting up.

Lyra felt her stomach flip as Nina gave the order for them to head out to the opening.

Entering the arena, Lyra looked around. She could hear the students of the school cheer for them.

Lyra stood with her team, looking around.

"Get ready…" Nina's voice came.

Soon the bell sounded and the match had begun.

Lyra grunted as she jumped over a log, and continued to run. So far, everything was going as planned. A little behind her was Layfon. Both were hidden, dodging all of the traps thanks to Felli who was scouting away.

"Just a little more and then you will be arriving to the checkpoint," Felli's voice echoed around her. Lyra glanced at the pink petals and nodded.

"Got it. Thanks Felli."

With that, Lyra slowed her footsteps. At the checkpoint, she and Layfon would be running into two of the enemies. They're jobs were to attack and defeat them and then continue on to head for the flag, except Lyra would increase her kei so that she would be noticed. Layfon on the other hand would continue to stay hidden and sneak up on the flag.

Lyra pushed past the trees and saw the opening coming into view. She was about to run forwards, but suddenly Felli's pink petals appeared in front of her.

"Wait," Her voice echoed.

Lyra then skidded to a stop, "what is it?" she asked.

"Something's not right. Stay right here," she ordered. Lyra just nodded her head.

Behind her Layfon suddenly appeared. "What's going on? Why did you stop?"

"Felli says some thing's wrong," Lyra explained.

The pink petal then appeared again, "Scouting the area, there is no one here."

Lyra narrowed her eyes, "That's not good is it?"

"No. When I first checked, there were two enemies in this area, but now I can't sense them," she explained.

"They probably hid their kei," Layfon explained.

"No. At the speed they were traveling, we should have ran into them by now. They've moved."

Lyra's eyes widened, as she realized what was going on, "They baited us didn't they?"

Layfon frowned, "it appears so. How quick do you think you can get back?" he asked, looking at Lyra.

"You want me to go back?" she questioned.

Layfon nodded, "if they did bait us that means Nina was their main target. They're going to be arriving any minute. Even if it isn't I'll be able to handle them."

Lyra smirked, "Don't get too cocky now."

"You need to hurry. I've detected two heading Nina's way." Felli warned.

Lyra nodded, "Right. I'm heading back then."

"Okay hurry." Layfon ordered and with that, both headed in opposite directions with Felli guiding Lyra.

"Where do the enemy stand now?" Lyra asked.

"Nina has engaged with the first one. Sharnid is scouting for the second one as we speak." She explained.

Lyra nodded. She was praying she would make it there in time. If the captain fell then the match would be over. It wasn't that she didn't have confidence in Nina. Lyra was positive that Nina would be able to handle herself; however, with the way Lyra had seen Nina fight, she was worried that Nina would over exert herself and then tire out before the match was over. After all, aside from the two that Lyra and Layfon were supposed to run into, there would already have been a member or two sneaking towards their flag.

"You're almost there now, Lyra." The pink petal came floating next to her.

Lyra nodded as she continued to run. She soon arrived to the opening where their flag was being guarded. Luckily there were traps set around it and no one had managed to make it up there yet.

A grunt from the captain brought Lyra's attention to the fight where she was now fighting both of them. Nina had just gone stumbling back and was about to be struck.

"Captain!" Lyra called out, causing the two to pause in the strike. Lyra then took that opportunity to swipe her sword down and send a strip of kei at towards them, forcing them to move back. Lyra then hurried over to where Nina was standing straight again. Her eyes narrowed as she saw Lyra come over next to her.

"Why are you here?" she demanded.

"Felli realized that they were baiting us away from you so that they could attack so Layfon told me to come back to help," she explained. By now the two had gotten up again and now stood in front of the two.

Nina nodded her head, "Alright you take the one on the right then," she ordered as she ran forwards. Lyra blinked, wanting to protest that they should probably stick together and attack at the same time, but Nina was already off.

With a sigh, Lyra hurried forwards to deal with the other one. The man was in the process of turning to help attack Nina.

"Big mistake," Lyra smirked. She increased the amount of kei in her legs and ran forwards, thrusting the sword towards the man. The man noticed this and his eyes widened as he quickly brought his sword up, barely having time to block it. He grunted as he tried to push back, but Lyra kept pushing forwards. That's when she felt a shifting in her dite. Looking down, Lyra noticed the crack was opening up.

"Shit," she cursed as she weakened her push and jumped back before the man could react. Lyra frowned as she examined her dite. This was good.

Lyra looked up at the man and noticed her was smirking, "Is the seventeenth platoon that desperate that their going to assign their own member a broken dite? How pathetic can you get?" he laughed.

Lyra frowned at that comment, but couldn't retort to it. The man then laughed again. Lyra could feel him increasing his kei. He then roared as he attacked her again.

Lyra prepared herself. The man then started to slice at her from the right, then the left, repetitively. Lyra grunted as she blocked it. Every time she felt her dite give more and more away.

"The third one has appeared," Felli's voice came.

Lyra's eyes widened as she glanced to her right where she saw the third one heading towards the flag. "No!" Glancing towards her captain, she saw Nina had the upper hand in the fight.

"Oi! Pay attention!" The voice in Lyra's radio cracked. Lyra looked to see the man about to strike her. Lyra brought her dite up in time to block it, but then her dite gave out, breaking.

"Oh wonderful," Lyra frowned. She glanced to see that the third was now starting to climb. Looking over, she saw Nina looked as if her fight was almost finished.

The man laughed, "Now you're done for." Lyra looked to see him striking again. She prepared to jump, but suddenly she heard a bullet shot and felt something graze past her head, causing her hair to fly forwards with it. The bullet hit the man in the chest and he went stumbling back, falling.

"Bulls-eye," she heard Sharnid smirk. Lyra blinked. She had completely forgotten about the sniper. So he was somewhat useful.

"The flag!" Felli's voice came again.

Lyra cursed and hurried towards it where Nina was fighting. She was about to join her, but then realized the condition of her sword. Lyra cursed again. Hand-to-hand combat it was.

"Don't bother. Layfon is almost to the flag… just hold out a little more." Felli reported to her.

"He better hurry up…" Lyra muttered, watching the fight. Lyra narrowed her eyes. Sharnid could easily take him out if Nina would only move a little. She should have understood that by now.

Nina finally did move and the bullet shot was heard. The man grunted as he was hit in the back. As he fell, the bell rang. Looking up at the screen, Lyra saw Layfon holding the flag, panting.

"Phew… good timing Lay-chan…" she muttered pulling her hair back.

In the locker room, the air was actually calm. Nina came in, with a strict face. Everyone paused as they looked at her.

"Today's battle was a close one. Felli, good job in figuring out their plan, though you still need to be quicker. Nice shot Sharnid. Good timing with the flag, Layfon. And Lyra, good job in helping hold them off." She started complimenting them. Lyra just nodded her head and looked at the others. From how they were reacting, she knew this wasn't a common thing to be.

Sharnid confirmed it as he spoke up with a hand raised, "Well now, that's barely ever said. As a result of that, let's all go out and get something to eat." he announced.

Lyra's face brightened at the thought of food. It had been half a day and she had barely eaten anything for breakfast. That and the fact that the entire platoon would be eating together, was exciting. It would give her a chance to learn everyone as a group.

"Of course Lyra will be paying." Sharnid added as he noticed Lyra's brightening face.

"Yeah right! I'll barely be able to afford food for myself!" Lyra protested.

"Haha I'm just playing with you…" he laughed as he got up, "Well I gotta go shower and then get ready for my date tonight. See you all later," he waved as he started to walk off towards the shower room. As he past Lyra, he laughed again, ruffling her hair.

"Hey!" Lyra protested as he left. Around her the others started to pack up as well. Lyra sighed as she glanced down at her dite. Before she went to change she needed to see Harley.

"Is something wrong Lyra?" Layfon asked.

Lyra looked up to see him standing there, looking at her, concerned. Lyra just smiled.

"I'm fine. Though my really dite isn't it," she explained, showing him the broken pieces.

She watched as Layfon's eyes widened, "What did you do to it?" he asked as he reached for it.

Lyra just scratched the back of her head, "Yeah… It didn't have enough memory and I over used it during training. Harley only managed to repair it a little before we had to go out to fight and the other platoon caught on to it quickly and attacked pretty harshly." She explained.

Layfon chuckled lightly, "Well don't worry about it too much. Harley will be able to fix it up for you," he remarked.

Lyra's face brightened, as she was now smiling, "Yeah you're right! And once I get it fixed then I'll fight you."

Layfon smiled, nodding his head, but he suddenly tensed, hearing the last part. "Wait, what?"

Lyra nodded, "Yup, I still have to beat you, you know?" she reminded him.

Layfon smirked. Back in Grendan Lyra was always challenging Layfon to a match. He could tell that it was going to be the same here; however, Layfon was curious to see just how well she had gotten since training with Savaris. He then nodded his head.

"Better get Harley working on that then," he remarked.

Lyra's face brightened as she nodded and then jumped up from the bench, "Right. I should go find him now. Later!" she called as she headed off.

Layfon let out a sigh, shaking his head, "Looks like some things are meant to be…" he muttered and then noticed Felli a little off. Layfon smiled, waving to her before heading off to change.

Lyra hummed as she walked down the halls to the room where they had been briefed. She was hoping that Harley would still be there. Arriving there, Lyra found Harley in the room, cleaning is computer. He looked up hearing someone enter and smiled, seeing it was Lyra.

"Hey there Lyra, how was the— wah! What did you do?" he suddenly exclaimed, as Lyra pulled out the broken dite from behind her.

Lyra gave a nervous laugh, "Well you see… I ended up being on the defensive side a lot," she explained.

Harley frowned, as he walked over to look at it, "You over worked this way too much."

"Well the guy wouldn't stop attacking me," Lyra protested.

Harley just shook his head.

"You can fix it right?" Lyra asked.

Harley nodded his head, "I'm going to take a look at the memory stored in here and then I'll be making a lot of adjustments," he explained.

Lyra's face brightened, "Super! Thank you so much. And… sorry about breaking it," she apologized.

"Hey don't worry about it, it's my job so it's cool. Seeing that Nina and the others never have issues, it makes me bored." Harley assured her, "Now I gotta go get working on this."

Lyra nodded her head, "Alright them. See you later," she waved and headed back to the shower room. By now the others had left, leaving Lyra the only one. She didn't take long to shower. However she did spend more time packing up her bag. The entire time she was thinking, my first platoon match and we won!

Lyra knew she could have done more to help, but she was happy that she didn't cause any screw-ups. Lyra grinned. If she continued to work like this, there was no doubt in her mind that she would be able to accomplish her goal while here.

"Ahem."

A cough was heard. Lyra turned around to see that it was the same woman who had taken her to meet the president the first day. Lyra frowned, "Let me guess."

The woman nodded, "he's waiting."

Lyra let out a sigh through her nose, "fine… lead the way."