The van seemed practically empty as it bounced along the road toward the Heighton View Gym. Only Ele, Wufei, Mateo, and Blue sat in the seats- the other bishonen had willingly returned to their balls to avoid the situation of overcrowding and fights over who got to sit where. Blue wanted to return home one last time to take her Kaizer and whichever other bishie or shoujo was up to the task.
"Can you put that damn thing out?" Wufei hissed to Mateo as the blond flicked his cigarette in to an ashtray that was permanently mounted on the back of the driver's seat.
"Non." Mateo whispered as he placed the cigarette back in his mouth, glaring at the former dragon prince.
"Mateo, put the cigarette out or just stay outside. You don't want to upset Wufei." Blue put the van in park, then stepped out of the van, gazing at her gym.
"Love what you've done to the place." Ele smirked as she walked up beside Blue. "Was there a sale on office buildings the day you went shopping for a gym?"
"It's only five years old Ele. They don't make gyms like they used to." Blue laughed as she walked inside. PB, who was at her receptionist's desk jumped up and ran over to Blue, hugging the blond just as she barely made it through the door.
"Oh thank God you're back! Now maybe Nick and Taichi will stop whining about how sad and lonely they are!"
Ele laughed as she saw the short haired brunette hugging her boss. She had met PB once before at an IBL conference, and she was just amazed that Blue would keep someone so genki around her gym.
"Actually, we're just passing through." Blue laughed as she pushed her friend away. "I need to grab a few more bishies, and then I thought we'd all have some lunch before I leave again."
"But you just got back Doll." Blue turned around and smiled. Nick, who looked like he had just left the training center, had somehow made his way to the lobby.
"What are you doing training?" Blue smiled as she walked over and hugged him. "And why aren't you wearing your contacts today?"
Nick lowered his gaze. He had simply forgotten to put them in, so his eyes were their natural brown.
"Sweat and contacts don't mix." Blue laughed at his comment, then pointed at Ele, who was obviously annoyed by the excessive pda between her friend and the bishie. "And that's my friend Ele and her Wufei. We're going to be leaving again."
"I'm going with you." Nick turned and walked out of the lobby towards the residence area of the gym.
"That was just, odd." Ele commented as she watched her friend stand in silence, watching the blond musician walk away from her.
Spinning on her heels, Blue turned to face Ele, Wufei, and Mateo. "Go on down to the dining hall. I need to get Kaizer and Daisuke and change into something a little more fitting. I'll be down in a minute."

***

"So what's up?" Blue questioned as she walked in to her room, while Nick was in the middle of getting dressed. He quickly threw the grey t-shirt on and smiled at her.
"Well, I don't want you going on some quest without me." He walked over to her and kissed her forehead. "I can't let you have all the fun."
Blue just laughed as she walked over to her closet and pulled out a black skirt and black sleeveless, yet still highcollared, sweater. "When did you learn how to battle? And don't tell me you'll just use sing on everyone."
Nick walked over to his dresser and opened the top drawer. As Blue continued to get dressed- the sweater was also shorter than he thought- he could see her navel with the new tattoo she recieved- AJ had convinced her that she needed one just like his the last time he visited, and the "sideways crest of friendship" as she now called it- she couldn't let the young trainers know what it was really supposed to be- was her second tattoo. The first was one to match Nick's- on her left arm, she had a barbed wire design. He looked over at Blue, then pulled a gold amulet from the drawer. Placing it around his neck, Nick sighed as he let the transformation take place. He was no longer the normal-class Nick Carter, but he was instead the fighting class Ninja (if you've ever read that cheesy story the Backstreet Project, you'll know where this comes from) that only the highest evolutions could become.
"So how are you-" Blue gasped as she turned around. "When did this happen!?!"
"I've always been like this." Nick whispered as he walked over to her.
"And why didn't you tell me?"
"I couldn't let you force me to battle."
Blue nodded. She knew all too well what she would have done to him if she would have known he could battle in Ninja form. "Fine. Just don't let the other guys know you can do this. And I only want you in this form if no one else can fight, got that?"
"Understood." Nick smiled as he touched the amulet, turning back in to his original self. "You didn't think that I couldn't become the Ninja knowing that AJ can become the marksman."
Blue didn't answer. She actually did think that Nick was a normal class bishie.
"Let's just go to lunch."

***

The younger Yamatos and Miyakos carried the plates of food out to each of the humans and bishonen seated at the master table in the dining hall. Ele's bishonen, except for Wufei, all started devouring the meals set in front of them. Wufei just stared at Kaizer.
Kaizer just stared back at Wufei.
Noticing the obvious tension between the two, Blue walked over to Kaizer and whispered something in his ear. Nodding, the spiky purple haired bishonen stood up and allowed Blue to recall him in to his ball.
"Kai said he'd gladly stay in his ball so you don't get upset Wufei." Blue whispered as she walked back to her seat.
"Baka onna..." Wufei muttered as he poked at the food. Blue had to control her temper as the arrogant former dragon prince continued to mutter insults at her and her Kaizer.
"What are you so angry about?" A chibiKen that had been playing in the room asked Wufei as he tugged on his pant leg.
Growling, Wufei kicked the chibi away.
Blue's eyes flashed a neon color, but a quick touch on her shoulders from both Mateo and Nick stopped her from going any further with her own psychic attack.
"So anyway," She sighed as she calmed back down. "I swore to myself I'd never go back to Genesis. So here's the plan- we blow them all to hell."
Ele just stared at her friend. "It's not going to be that simple Blue. You were one of the first they created. They've made actual bishies now, and they're much stronger than you."
"That's why we're bringing the guys." Blue said through a mouthful of her cheeseburger. "I don't think we can lose."
"Back this thing up!" PB stated as she looked over at Blue. "What in the hell are you talking about!?! I've heard of Genesis and their experiments, but you're not a bishoujo Blue! You're a psychic, but that's just because your parents could control psychic type bishies!"
"Nope." Blue said as she motioned for Takado, one of the newer Digital-class bishonen, to bring her a drink, which he immediately did. Taking the schnapps, she swirled the contents of the glass before taking a small sip of the alcohol. "Twenty-three years ago, my parents started working for the new Genesis foundation. They had decided that there had to be a way to create a more powerful bishonen through cloning and other techniques. They also had this idea that a bishonen could become more powerful if it was crossed with a human.
"Well, bishoujo were a new discovery at the time as well, and my parents were on a quest to find the legendary Miyamato. She was a psychic type in the poke-class, and all they had found were the remains of one. But they decided that instead of making a full clone of her, which would be impossible, they decided to start the concept of they hybrid.
"Yes, they succeeded in taking the DNA from the remains of the Miyamato and combining them with the DNA from my human mother. But there was a problem in the early days. Bishonen and Bishoujo have five extra chromosomes that humans do not have. So instead of duplicating the actual Miyamoto's genetic codes for those extra genes, they decided that the child should have a little extra agility, a little extra finesse... so they used a jaguar's genetic code to finish off the extra five chromosomes-"
"Hence Miyamato Myuu, the cutest little fuzz ball to come from Genesis"
"Thank you so much Ele." Blue glared at her friend. "I'm not supposed to be connected with Miya anymore. The IBL will kill me."
"Blue, you don't even look like a catgirl." PB laughed as she poked at her salad. "Where's your ears and tail."
"Oh, she had them." Ele laughed, thinking back to her childhood friend's former blue hair, ears, and tail.
"Yes, I was created to have all of the features of a catgirl. Thankfully, my activities between competing in the IBL and becoming a gym leader was enough to give me the corrective surgery to get rid of those features. They couldn't fix my eyes, teeth and nails though." Blue sighed as she pushed her lunch away from her. "Are you all ready?"
Daisuke was the first to stand up and walk over to his trainer. "I'll fight with you until the end."
Mateo pulled another cigarette from his shirt pocket then silently lit it. "Oui Madame, I'll be just like the damn Yamato that almost killed himself for this gym five years ago."
Blue whimpered. Mattie... dear God... not now.... "Thank you Mateo. That would mean the world to me."
"I'll help that Yamato." Ele's Angel of War smiled as he stared at Mateo, the former Yamato he almost killed to help his trainer win the AC Gym. "Besides," He said as sparks flew between his fingertips. "They're holding my Hotura captive. I'll kill every one of those bastards."
"Let's go guys." Ele swallowed hard as she recalled all of her bishies, except for Wufei. "There's no time to lose."
Blue nodded, then recalled Daisuke, opting to leave Mateo out of his ball, and she didn't have one for Nick anyway. "Take care of the place PB." Blue whispered as she pulled her Heighton View jacket on and followed Ele outside.

***

The passengers were silent, besides the minor arguing between Mateo and Nick, who were sharing the first row of back seat. Ele was driving, while Wufei was playing the role of navigator.
Blue sat alone in the last back seat.
"What's wrong with her?" Nick whispered to Mateo as Ele turned the van from the highway on to the road where the Genesis corporation was located.
"She's meditating Carter. Psychic-types must do that before going in to battle."
Nick just stared at the back of Wufei's head as he tried to contemplate what Mateo just said. "Isn't she a human?"
Muttering a few French profanities, Mateo then set his cigarette in the ash tray in front of him, then grabbed Nick's arm. "She's just like us. She can battle." Slapping Nick's cheek, Mateo then picked his cigarette out of the ash tray and placed it back in his lips. "Didn't you listen to a word of what she said at lunch?"
"Well, yeah, but I didn't understand it." Nick wanted to cry, but that wasn't something he should do. He couldn't show his emotions, other than anger. He just didn't fit in with the Heighton View group. Maybe he'd go back to his group, or just out on his own. If Blue was part bishoujo and could train bishonen, perhaps a bishonen could train either bishonen or bishoujo.
"I don't even know why she keeps you around, especially when she had someone before you came."
Blue's eyes snapped open at Mateo's words. "I thought you told me to go to hell."
Ele turned the radio up to avoid the upcoming argument. She knew Blue all too well, and that if Mateo was now going to admit that he still loved her... that would just be too much for the three blonds in the backseat.
Blue's train of though was cut short though. She screamed as the blinding pain shot through her head as the van pulled near the Genesis building.
Slamming on the brakes, Ele quickly unhooked her seatbelt then ran around to the back, so she could get to Blue quickly.
"What's wrong!?!" Ele screamed, slapping her semi conscious friend's cheek in a vain attempt to revive her.
"It's.... They've... got... anti-psychic... barrier..."
"Blue!" Mateo screamed as he pushed Nick and Ele out of the way and knelt beside his trainer. "Quatre! Get him out and have him do some healing attack!"
Ele quickly opened the Angel of Light's bishie ball, and the angel ran over to the semiconscious trainer. He quickly tried a purify and a revive, but neither worked. Blue was still laying on the backseat slipping in and out of consciousness.
"Go on without me." Mateo stated as he stared at the other trainer and bishonen. He reached on to Blue's belt and pulled Kaizer's and Daisuke's bishie balls off, opening them and letting the two out. "I'll stay here with Blue to make sure she's all right."
"Did... you just call her Blue?" Ele gasped at Mateo's words. He never called his trainer anything but Madame.
"Just go on guys. I'll make sure she's fine."
Ele nodded to Mateo, then made a motion for the other bishonen to follow her.
"Good luck." He whispered as he picked Blue up and carried her away from the Genesis building.