The dirty blonde was suddenly rousing from her nightly slumber, peering over at the alarm clock on the bedside table and annotingly groaning, "Aren't we supposed to be at the stadium right now?!"

Hiromi finally emerged from the bathroom to provide a response, "We have an off day before the next leg in the tournament."

"Really?" The young teen questions as she tilts her head in disbelief until the brunette follows up with an explanation, "It allows foreign bladers to explore and engage with the host's area."

"Plus, it's mandatory for the BBA to provide a day of relaxation to prevent built up stress from battles."

The door that connected their suites to their other teammates' room open up to reveal a fully dressed Wenling and Archimedes, who issued them a "Good Morning".

"So does anyone have any type of plans for today?" Audrey was enquiring while tossing the comforter off her legs and swinging them until her feet were touching the carpet.

A pair of ruby red eyes glanced around before a voice spoke up, "Not really, but I do need to stop by and see my parents."

'And maybe Takao and the others,' Her inner voice coyly chimes in as a pink color lightly dusks her cheeks until a voice breaks her out of her thoughts.

The dark brunette teen suddenly suggested, "Well since you don't have any plans this morning, could you be our tour guide?"

"Yeah, you should totally like escort us around." The dirty blonde was playfully faking a Valley girl accent after hopping to her and stretching out her body.

"Audrey," Wenling instantly snapped at the girl for being inconsiderate since Hiromi said she wanted to visit her parents.

Audrey visibly rolls her eyes at the girl, shrugs her shoulders and firmly states, "What? It's not like she can say no."

Instinctively sensing an argument about to brew between her teammates, Hiromi while speedily inserting herself in with, "It's fine."

"I've already figured that you all would really want to see the sights of Tokyo."

"The Tokyo Skytree," The talller of the two suddenly mentions her choice after she makes her way to the window and stares out at the scenery.

"I've always wanted to see The Imperial Palace." Wenling was discloses the place she really wants to see while she was in Tokyo.

The brunette was nodding her head after envisioning a map to both sites, which was earning a response of, "Those are pretty easy to do."

Her ruby red eyes eventually catch sight of a quiet raven haired teen, who had yet to reveal where she would like to go.

So she prompted her with, "Archimedes, is there anywhere you would like to go?"

The teen simply directs her empty gaze to the brunette before she honestly confesses, "I don't know much about Tokyo so I can't say for sure where I would like to go."

"If you see something that catches your attention, let me know." Hiromi was encouraging for her to make known if something along the way was sparking her interest.

"We'll leave in a few minutes."

Meanwhile…

"Has anyone heard from the girls?" Akane enquiringly queries about the present location of the girls once she enters inside of their room.

Meifeng was gently brushing her silver hair up in a ponytail while providing a response to the question, "The last time I checked, they were in their room."

"And how are you recovering from your little incident?" Lin deliberately probed to the rather mute woman, who currently sat in the corner of the room.

"Wait what?! Akane had an incident?!" Lanying was shockingly questioning as she was repeatedly directing her sights from the powdery white haired woman and then to Lin.

The purple haired woman hastily shook her head no before she expressed her disbelief in the statement, "I don't believe it!"

"Oh yes she did." The goldenrod female was adamantly declaring with a wag of her index finger.

She then followed up with a dramatic rendition of what she witnessed, "So as we got up from the table yesterday night, a chair unexpectedly caught the hem of her kimono and caused her to stumble right in the blonde male's lap."

"I think his name is…Romeo, something along that line." Lin attempted to recall the name of the man's lap that Akane fell in.

Meifeng was nodding her head a "no" before commenting with, "I think his name was…Romero. He's F Dynasty coach."

"And get this, she turned beat red in the face." The olive tone woman cheerily exclaims as she points to her face for further emphasis, which earns the retort, "Oh our little Akane is in love!"

The powdery white haired woman was ignoring the conversation topic and approaching the silver haired woman to disclose, "Meifeng, I plan to visit my family. I'll be back in the afternoon."

She merely nods her head to show she understands and wishes her well, "Enjoy your time and say hello to your family for me."

"And do you have any personal plans since this is your hometown." Lanying curiously directed to their de facto leader as they watched the rather mute Akane departed from within their presence.

Meifeng was gently tapping her index finger against her cheek as a means to think about her answer, "I have plans for this afternoon. But if you want, I can show you around Tokyo for the time being."

"Please?" Lin and Lanying playfully begged with their hands clasped together in front of the silver haired woman, who promptly said, "It's not a problem."

0000

[SAINT SHIELDS]

Ozuma sensed some movement from the corner of his eyes, which prompted him to ask, "And just where do you all think you're going?"

"We aren't going to just sit around here and waste a day off Ozuma." Miriam was retorting with her arms tucking underneath her chest as she was facing her captain.

He merely releases a sigh before he concedes with, "Point made".

"Besides, you looked pretty cozy with that blonde chick from Yuan last night." Joseph teasingly alleges, which earns a nod from the other two members of the team.

A smirk materialized on to his face as he coyly remarked, "So that's what it looked like from the outside in? I have to admit she's very interesting."

"Interesting he says," Dunga opines in a tone of mockery at the use of his captain's word to describe the girl from the all-girls team.

Ozuma was directing his gaze to his three teammates before firmly declaring, "Matter of fact, I'll join."

0000

[PPB ALLSTARS and BLADEBREAKERS]

"I'm glad we were able to co-host this clinic together." Judy cordially comments to the young male that stands off to her left hand side.

Hiro quickly adjusted his sunglasses since it was about to fall of his face when he commented, "You know Mr. D always has something up his sleeves."

The older woman was nodding her head in agreement before resting one of her hands on her hip. "He's trying to create a comradery with the American youth through beyblading by placing us on the camp."

A "hmm" slips from the bluenette as they direct their gazes out onto their players, who actively interact with the camp goers in pairs.

"How did I get paired with the pampered boy child again?!" Rick was vocally contesting at the fact that he pairing up with his former captain.

"Just like how I'm paired with this muscle headed oaf!" Max immediately snaps back at his former teammate.

Their bey-station focused on "How to Effectively Defend the Dish".

Emily was gently pushing a launcher closer to the dish while explaining, "Tilt your launcher down at a 30° angle."

"It'll allow your blade to gather more speed for Attack power." She adds with a small smile on her face as a means to calm the child's nervousness.

"Always keep your arm parallel to the ground whenever you launch the blade." Kai was reprimanding the child in front of him.

Their bey-station focused on "How to Properly Launch a Blade".

"When you feel the blade VRROM that's when you want to go BAM!" Takao animatedly was describing with random noises and dramatic gestures of his hands in front of the sign "How to Maximize Your Attack Strength".

Michael exhaustingly releases a sigh at the lack of actual words that the blunette uses to describe a technique to the bladers.

He ultimately served as the translator for their group, "I think what Takao-san is trying to say…is when you gathered enough speed and momentum, strike."

"Your blade will react to your mood. Keep your focus at all times." Rei was firmly reminding the boy, who was appearing visibly frustrated during his battle.

Eddy was easily spinning a ball on his fingertip with the sign "How to Proficiently Focus on Balance" directly behind him.

He coolly advised, "The moment you lose concentration, your opponent has you in their sights."

A few hours later…

A "bang" from a golden gong captured everyone's attention when they noticed someone suddenly graced the stage to air, "We would like to announce the conclusion of the BBA clinic."

"Also, we would like to thank: our sponsors, the BBA, the Japanese reps and current champions the Bladebreakers, the American rep PPB All-Starz and other reps, who joined us this morning."

"We hope you enjoyed today's event! Lunch is also provided for you. And always remember to Let It Rip!" DJ Jazz cheerfully announces the conclusion of the clinic.

Max was stretching out the tense muscles in his body while happily exasperating, "I never thought I would be so happy to see 12 o'clock!"

"You never were much of an early riser Tate." Rick deliberately retorted while he casually folded his arms in front of his chest.

A pair of golden eyes curiously glance around at the PPB All-Starz and then his teammates' faces before he picks their brains, "So what's on everyone's agenda for the rest of the day?"

"We have one more event we have to attend to." The lone girl amongst the group disclosed her team's future obligations as she removed her glasses from in front of her face in order to clean them with a wipe.

Kai softly chews on a piece of green grass when he closes his eyes to reveal, "Our schedule is...free."

The bluenette was feeling a buzzing from his back pocket, removing a cell phone, checking the message and slidding it back in his jacket's pocket.

"Oh…Lee told me White Tiger X is doing a Tai Chi session in the park by the BBA building." The raven haired male informed the others once he recalled what his former team has on their schedule for today.

"Sounds fun," Max was excitingly pipping up at the idea of doing something relaxing for once instead of training or hosting events.

"Welp, that's our signal PPB." Michael verbalized once he spotted their coach flashed him a gesture before he ordered, "Let's go,"

"See you guys later," Eddy was cordially saying while the PPB All-Starz team were waving, except for Rick who was nodding his head, as they were departing from in front of them.

"Yeah, same to you too," Takao politely voices as he nods his head and jabs his hands inside of his jacket pockets.

He then directed his gaze on to their slate haired captain in order to pose the million dollar question of the day, "So Kai…do we have the day off?"

All eyes were now on the Russian teen, whose facial expression remain placid and unreadable until he replies, "Feel free to know that the workload doubles if you do take the day off."

"That's code for…we're scot free!" Max was happily exclaiming as he was powerfully jumping with his fist up in the air at his captain's decision.

Rei simply smirked with a visible canine tooth when he voiced, "I'll be at the park with WTX if you need me."

"Maxie oh boy…how'd you feel about going out on the town?" Takao suddenly suggests as he softly hooks one of his arms around his blonde teammate's shoulder.

His blue eyes were peering up at the sky with his index finger against his chin before claiming, "If there's any cute girls count me in!"

"So typical," Kai rendered about them as he quietly watched his three teammates left him to his own thoughts and actions.

'I'll get in a brief workout and probably walk around for some peace and quietness.' The slate haired male inwardly lays out his plan since it was rare for him to have time to himself.

"Pleasure doing business with you Judy Tate," Hiro was cordially stating to the older woman in the lab coat while resting his hands inside of his pants pocket.

"Same with you Kinoyama, Hiro," Judy returned the statement until she remembered something important to tell him, "Oh and one more thing,"

He provides a simple response of "hm," as he glaces over at the blonde's woman direction, who presently wears a smile on her face.

"You should definitely make your move. You're only young once." She was purposely hinting before taking her leave from the bluenette's presence.

0000

[Akane]

"It's about time for me to leave." Akane deemed once she read the time from the clock in the living room.

A little boy with white hair and red eyes quickly hops to his feet and grumbles, "But you just got here ane!"

"The last bullet train runs an hour from now." She unintentionally lied to him while she gently rubbed the crown of his head after she stood to her feet to leave.

"I promise I'll be back soon." The woman was solemnly making a promise her little brother as they were traveling toward the front portion of the house.

The child then casts his sights off to the side before he redirects them on to his older sister in order to remind her, "Okay. Make sure you tell haha bye too."

"I will." The older of the two firmly declared as she guided them to their mother's memorial, sent a quick pray and prepared herself to leave.

A hoarse masculine voice speaks up once he notices the girl about to descend down the flight of stone steps, "Akane, a second please."

"Yes chichi," The powdery white haired girl dutifully acknowledged her father with a slight bow at the waist.

He stifles a cough with one of his hands prior to his announcement, "I'm thinking about closing the dojo."

Her scarlet eyes grow wide at the news, 'He can't be serious? Can he?'

Until she listened to him explain the reason behind his decision, "Archery seems to be less of any use here nor a sought after practice anymore."

"Not unless you plan to take over," Her father coyly regarded while he briefly peeked over in the direction of the shrine then towards the dojo.

The young woman swiftly peers up at her father in order to question, "What about Akihito?"

"That boy's head is always somewhere in the clouds! Arashi is far too young for such a heavy responsibility." He was frustratingly asserting as he was pushing his body off of the wooden column and directly staring at his only daughter.

Her scarlet red eyes then peered in the direction of where she left her brother when she petitioned, "May I have some time to think about it?"

A heavy sigh emits from the older man in front of him when he advises, "Try not to dwell on it too long. If you choose not to then I'll hand it over to one of my top pupils."

"I will give you an answer once I figure it out." Akane solemnly vowed before she rotated to head back to the staircase only to hear her father wish her, "Safe travels then Akane,"

The sound of the train conductor's voice was abruptly surfacing her from her reflection. Her scarlet red eyes then take in the metropolitan scenery, which signals that she finally arrives back in Tokyo.

She quickly exited from the train, skillfully weaved through the crowd that patiently waited on the platform and departed form the train station.

The powdery white haired woman releases a heavy sigh when she inwardly thinks, 'I apologize for lying to you Arashi about the train schedule but I just didn't want to stick around too long.'

The woman eventually hails a cab and discloses the location of where she needs to go to the driver.

'Nothing has changed. The neighborhood, the house and the dojo all still look the same.' Akane inwardly noted that it felt as if her home resided outside of the natural flow of time.

Her scarlet red eyes were watching as people was walking on the sidewalk while automobiles were flying pass them on the road.

'Nothing will ever change.'

'That's why chichi wants me to take over the dojo. Ani severely disappointed him because he purposely diverted from the way of Kyüdō.'

'But Arashi has grown quite handsome since you last saw him,' Her inner voice purposely diverts her somber thoughts to something a bit more positive.

"He'll be breaking girls' precious little hearts soon.' Akane predicted about her otouto's future with the ladies based off of his looks until she directed her sights on to the sky.

'If only haha were here, she would know what to do.'

"Here's your stop ma'am," The driver informs her as he patiently waits until she pays him and allows her to exit from his cab.

'They're probably not back yet.' The powdery white haired woman was presuming after estimating what time is based off of the sun's position in the sky.

'I guess I can walk around and see some sights.'

The young woman unknowingly strolls by a café where a blonde male instantly notices her unique hair color, expeditiously pays his tab and speedily dashes out of the building.

"Hey…uhm excuse me, mademoiselle," He politely greeted her while he casually approached her and softly tapped her right shoulder.

The woman was slowly rotating her head until glancing over her shoulder only to behold a slender tall man with wavy blonde hair in a low ponytail and two bangs framing the sides of his face.

"It really is you." The male breathlessly whispers more to himself once the woman fully faces his direction after he confirms that it was indeed her.

Her scarlet red eyes bore in on him while her brain gradually registered his identity, "You're the coach from…F Dynasty,"

"It's a pleasure to meet you again." He cheerfully remarks as he magically produces a red rose from out of nowhere.

'It was when that pop star name Ming Ming left the stage and the DJ began to play some music.'

'I had to use the restroom so I stood to leave only to have the hem of my kimono caught by a chair.'

'And I landed on top of his…' Her face mildly flushed red once she recalled exactly how she fell in his lap.

The powdery white haired woman was swiftly bowing at the waist while sincerely issuing an apology, "I'm sorry about the rather embarrassing incident that took place the other night at the dinner."

"Think nothing of it," The blonde genuinely claimed as he shuf his eyes, raised and shook his hands to demonstrate that it truly did not bother him since it was a genuine mistake.

She then straightens her posture, locks eyes on the man in front of her and colorlessly says, "Well then, I guess I shall be on my way."

Romero was instantly observing her turning back in the original direction she was heading in before promptly asking, "Are you by chance free at the moment?"

Her scarlet red eyes visibly showed distrust, confusion and what appeared as frustration until she heard him nervously stumbled, "It's just...I need a muse for a painting that I've been meaning to finish."

"I apologize if that sounded too forward or made you feel awkward around me." He abruptly adds in once he notes the hesitation present on her face.

Romero was repeatedly muttering "Stupid," under his breath while mentally smacking the palm of his hand against his forehead.

"Can it be in a public place?" Her voice broke him out of his actions and quickly faced her only to see seriousness present on her face.

"If that makes you feel comfortable, we can." The blonde was swiftly including as a means of keeping her interest in being his muse for his project.

He then watches her unintentionally divert her sights away from his face toward the street and back to his face.

"What's your name again?" Akane was dully inquiring about his name since she has a hard time remembering people's name.

A wide smile stretches across his face before he hands her the rose while he bows and excitingly replies with, "Romero,".

She politely accepted the flower, slightly bowed at her waist again and properly introduced herself, "It's nice to finally make your formal acquaintance, Romero."

"My name is Akane."

0000

[YUAN]

"The Imperial Palace was absolutely beautiful!" Wenling happily exasperated with an expression of awe on her face.

She was adding, "It reminded me so much of home."

"If we had extra time, I would've taken you to either the Meiji Shrine or Sensoji Temple but that's on the other side." Meifeng disclosed names of potential sights they could have visited since they greatly admired the Imperial Palace.

The brunette happily sighs before she gushes, "This is more than enough. I'll just have to come back later as a tourist."

"Oh, I think I see it…the Tokyo Skytree!" Audrey gleefully shouted while she pointed at the metallic red and white spire that stood above the city's skyline.

"Wow, it's a big pointy stick." Archimedes was sharply lipping at the dirty blonde for her excitement over what was looking like a buoy with a needle at the top of it.

Her green eyes visibly rolls at the raven haired girl's sarcastic comment about the tower and huffs a "whatever" from her mouth.

"So it's just an Observatory Deck?" Lanying inquisitively needled since she could make out two white circular shapes that were large enough to be the decks.

The silver haired woman was drawing a circle with a figure while describing, "It gives a 360 degree view of Tokyo."

"Doesn't it do anything else?" Lin hastily wonders if there was something else to the Skytree than just for people to look out of it.

"It's an active communication and radio tower." Hiromi enlightened the goldenrod blonde with green tips about the other purposes that the tower served.

"Japan is so fascinating!" Wenling was eagerly asserting as her sights were narrowing in on the tower appearing to grow in height the closer that they were getting to it.

The group finally arrived at their stop, signaled to exit to the driver and emerged from within the bus.

"Make sure everyone stick together. We'll meet back up here in a half an hour." Meifeng dutifully orders while she points to a tree with a ribbon around the trunk and a bike rack off to the side of it.

"Yes, ma'am." The girls were unanimously agreeing right before spilting from the older women.

"Let's go!" Audrey impatiently demanded as she promptly led the group inside of the entry way to the tower.

0000

[WHITE TIGER X]

A pink haired teen leisurely stepped up on to the metallic platform that served as the stage when she noted the amount of people present for their event.

"Whoa!" Mao was delightedly shouting while facing her teammates to point out, "Look at the turn out!"

A pair of golden eyes tediously counts the number of people present before he judges, "It's smaller than when we are at home but I guess this can do."

"All that matters is that we have some show of support." Master Tao was promptly reminding Lee about the real reason why they were holding the session in the first place.

"Speaking of support…" Kevin murmured after he found a familiar face in the crowd that quickly approached the stage.

"Yo!" A raven haired male was pleasantly greeting them with his close as he was lifting one of his hands in a friendly gesture.

Mao's eyes widen at the sight of their former captain, which led her to question, "Rei?! What are you doing here?"

"I finished up with my obligation early so I decided to swing by and do a little Tai Chi." Rei admits once he receives the signal to join his former team up on the stage.

A "humph" was voicing from the current raven haired captain, who was folding his arms and grumbling something under his breath as Gary, Kevin and Mao were excitingly flocking around Rei.

"Once a tiger, always a tiger." Master Tao defiantly recited before he signaled for them to take their positions in order to start the session.

With Yuan coaches…

A pair of emerald green eyes lazily observe people walk to and fro their destination when she ponders out loud, "So where did Akane say she was going again?"

"To visit her family," Meifeng answered her question as she settled against the metallic wire chair with a cup of ice cold lemonade in her hand.

The silver haired woman then sips from the straw before she adds, "She's a dedicated child to her family beliefs."

"Of course you would, if you're the only child." Lin was annoyingly rebuttaling while placing an order for a cup of lemonade.

"She has two brothers." Meifeng simply dispelled the false idea that Akane has only child syndrome.

"What?!" Lin and Lanying was astonishingly screeching at the fact that their "emotionless" friend could even have siblings.

Her gray eyes casually roam away from the two women while she proceeds to make public about Akane's family, "She never told me their names but she does have a picture of them."

"She's truly an enigma." The purple haired woman with silver bangs honestly regarded about the usually mute powdery white haired woman.

A "tsk" from Lin's mouth was heard as she grumbled, "I guess you can say that" before she locked her lips around the straw.

"Achoo," was unexpectedly releasing from Akane's nose all while maintaining the rigid pose that the painter was specifically placing her in.

A "salud" can be heard from behind the easel as the blonde male maintained a critically observant eye on his muse's body features.

'It's probably that Amazonian brute talking about me.' She easily surmises the source behind her sudden sneeze.

With the girls…

Audrey was rapidly dashing toward the first level deck, plastering her face against one of the glass panels and yelling against the Plexiglass, "Just look at this view!"

"Beautiful!" Wenling reckoned as she stood next to her teammate, except a few inches back from the glass, and silently admired the view.

The dirty blonde eventually removes her face from against the glass while she eagerly exclaims, "Look at all the buildings!"

"You can see everything from here. See look over there…" Hiromi remarked while she physically pointed out some familiar buildings to them.

Her ruby red eyes were frequently glancing around them only to notice an empty binoculars stand.

She then suggested to the dirty blonde, "You should use the binoculars. It makes you feel like you're a spy trying to find your target."

"Count me in. Secret Agent Audrey on the move." The dirty blonde solemnly whispers to the brunette, who giggles at her serious reaction to her suggestion.

Audrey was hastily running over to an empty binocular set, resting her eyes against the peep holes only to realize that it was requiring Yen before the blinders mysteriously opening to reveal the city.

"Thank…what are you doing here?!" She annoyingly challenged at the sight of a blonde with blue eyes clad in hideously bright colors of orange, green, yellow, blue and white.

The teen male then confidently bats an eye at her while he cheerfully chats her up, "Ah, we meet again my fair Juliet."

"Hiromi!" The teen crankily called out for the brunette to head over in her direction since it was extremely odd that Max knew exactly where they were.

"Now is that anyway to thank someone for a random act of kindness?" He was teasingly jawing as he was playing hurt at the fact that she did not want him around her.

Her green eyes unexpectedly spot another teenage boy with a blue, red, and yellow hat with matching Bubble jacket, which lead her to guess, 'That must be Takao?'

"I haven't been up here in years. Look there's the dojo!" He whistled in amazement after he leaned away from the window and drew near the blondes.

"And just what are you two doing here?" Audrey irritably needles again while she folds her arms in front of her chest.

"We're here to…" The bluenette was about to reveal the reason why they were currently in the Skytree when they overheard a shout, "Takao and Max!"

"Hiromi," Max cordially hails the brunette by her first name while on the other hand Takao specifically greets her as, "Romi!"

A pair of green eyes were clearly displaying visible frustration at the sight of the two when facing Hiromi to demand, "Did you invite them?"

"Uhm yeah, Takao knows the cuisine like the back of his hand and Max…" She unintentionally stammers over a viable reason to have the blonde tag along before she conjures up, "knows the social scene for teens."

A tense silence developed between the two teammates as Audrey occasionally exchanged silent glances between her teammate and the pair.

"And here I thought he was just some bumbling blonde. Sure proved me wrong." She was sincerely concluding about Max being capable of something other than being annoying.

A smile materializes on the brunette's face before she remarks, "We only have ten more minutes up here so you two have pretty good timing."

"Oh, just great! My peaceful vacay has come to a screeching halt." The dirty blonde was dramatically exclaiming after realizing dawning on her that the two were joining their group.

The quad then headed over in the direction of where the other members of Yuan patiently waited for them to reassemble.

After brief yet polite introductions, Audrey breaks out in to what appears to be a potty dance that earns the query of, "What's wrong?"

"The little girl's room," She inaudibly whispered to the brunette in order to avoid a moment of embarrassment among their guests.

Hiromi was nodding her head and was about to lead her to the restroom only to be stop by the dirty blonde, who was assuredly affirming, "I'll go by myself."

"Just remember to meet us in the designated spot, okay?" The brunette was reminding her out of concern since Audrey's lack comprehension of the Japanese language.

Her green eyes rolled at her teammate's open display of unease in front of strangers before she lipped, "Yeah, I remember mom."

0000

[BLITZKREIG BOYS]

"It's our day off and what do we have to do…training." Ian sassed at the fact that the members of the Blitzkrieg Boys currently jogged on a designated route set by their coach.

"We all know Boris doesn't really believe in off days." Spencer comments about the purple haired male's skepticism about off let alone rest days.

The ever quiet giant, Bryan was breaking his silence with, "Did anyone of you see the training schedule for today though?"

"It's fairly light compared to our usual high octane strenuous pace." Tala was judging while maintaining a proper running position and focusing on his breathing techniques.

"You don't think something is distracting Boris?" The shortest of the four boys hinted at the possiblity that someone or something has alter their coach's mental behavior.

The silver haired teen releases a "pft" when he sternly refutes, "The mighty Boris being distracted sounds a bit improbable."

"Not unless it was a woman that caught his eye," Ian conveys a potential scenario where Boris bleak dreary ideals could potentially shift to more of a positive viewpoint.

Spencer was loudly chuckling at the idea that a woman was positively effecting on their coach when rebuttaling, "As if! Boris isn't even concerned about what a woman let alone his own mother thinks of him."

"Actually…it's not that far-fetched if you think about." Tala honestly implied when his mind envisioned a teenage girl with curly raven hair and obsidian eyes.

0000

[Tokyo Skytree]

"Oh sweet baby Jesus, I needed that…" Audrey comes out with as she exits from the restroom and tosses her paper towel in the receptacle.

'I guess this must be their rush hour time.' She noted that it was fairly crowded compared to when her team was there earlier.

The dirty blonde carefully maneuvers through the crowd until her green eyes spot a familiar teen amongst the crowd.

'Is that who I think it is?'

"Are you following me?" Audrey was teasingly contesting the individual that was leisurely standing in front of the binocular set with their eyes on the Tokyo scenery.

A smile materialized on his face when he counterclaimed, "My team decided to visit this tower."

"Way to spoil the game Ozuma." The dirty blonde gloomily expresses about his aloofness at being a participant in her game.

"The better question for me to ask is…are you following me?" The teen was verbalizing while glancing over at her in order to witness her initial reaction .

Audrey giggles at his assumption before she adamantly denies his claim, "As if. My team came up here for a visit."

"If they did, where are they?" Ozuma gave the girl the third degree as he fully faced her and casually leaned against the metallic post.

"Fine. You win." She defiantly huffed out out since her team probably waited for her in the spot Meifeng assigned as their meet up location.

"Are we interrupting the lover's quarrel?" Mariam was curiously catechizinh the pair after the other members of Saint Shields were discovering their captain chatting with the blonde from Yuan.

His green eyes narrowed at the trio when he provided a simple clarification, "We were merely saying how it was a coincidence that we met each other here."

"Are you sure you two didn't plan to meet up?" Joesph coyly challenges his captain as he continuously raises his eyebrows at the two.

"I think it was a part of their plan no doubt!" Dunga brazenly asserted with his arms across his now puff out chest.

"Sheesh, you sure have some chatty teammates." Audrey was openly criticizing about his teammates, which he was surprisingly agreeing with her, "Tell me about it."

"So are you going to tell us your name? I thought that the Japanese is big on politeness." The blue haired girl needles for the name of the dirty blonde that avidly chats up their captain.

She honed her green eyes in on the lone girl in the group until she boldly aired, "The name's Audrey and I'm 100⁒ American."

Ozuma visibly smirks at the dirty blonde's reaction to Mariam when he comes out with, "Maybe we will run into each other again, the American name Audrey."

0000

[F DYNASTY]

"Have you heard from Romero?" Julia questioned her twin once she emerged from a crowd of circus performers fully clothed in her performance attire.

"Nope," Raul was voicing while adjusting the spandex fabric of his outfit so that it would not look as if he was enduring a permanent wedgie.

Her green eyes then closely scan the faces of those that walk by them when she opines, "He's usually the first person here lecturing us about being late and how unprofessional that is."

"Maybe he's stuck in traffic," He offers up a reason as to why their coach was presently absent at the moment.

"Julia and Raul," Romero's voice eventually broke through to them as they peered up to see their coach dashed up toward them.

"And just where have you been Romero?" The orange top twin was grilling at the sight of the out of breathe blonde male.

He exhaustingly holds up an index finger while he desperately attempts to catch his breath in order to reveal the reason why he was late.

"I was shot by Cupid's arrow as I entertained Carmen in a seductive tango that artistically expressed my romantic interest in her."

"We don't want to hear about your escapades!" The red top twin quickly shoots down any further explanation from the older male with his hands over his ears.

A circus hand was obediently strolling around to each station and dressing room to announce, "It's almost show time!"

"By the way, the ringleader was looking for you a few seconds ago. He said it was about our contract for this special appearance." Julia made known that the ringleader sought out a meeting with their manager/coach.

This time a wide smile stretches across his face as he deeply inhales the scent of a red rose. He then elucidates, "Don't worry your little precious heads off about that, Romero has already confirmed the fee."

"Are you sure he was here the entire time?" Raul poses to his twin, who merely shrugs her shoulders before they follow behind the other entertainers.

The blonde then eagerly whispered his hopeful wishes in to the afternoon breeze, "We shall meet again soon my beautiful Carmen or should I say Akane."

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[YUAN]

Audrey finally emerged from within the spire only to receive the third degree from an extremely fretful Hiromi, "What took so long?"

"Maybe she got lost?" Wenling was guessing one of the reasons why the dirty blonde was late for meeting them at the tree.

A pair of obsidian eyes glare in her direction only to retort, "She should've stayed wherever she was."

"Cool it ice cube," Audrey reprimanded the raven haired teen as she pointed her index finger in her direction for extra emphasis.

She then folds her arms underneath her chest before she mysteriously alludes, "Anyway, I was making new friends or whatever."

'I wonder why Takao-kun is here? Or was it because Hiromi invited him?' Meifeng mentally contemplated.

She easily notices the blunette teen and his teammate intermix amongst the girls.

"Ladies, we have some guests. Shall we introduce ourselves?" The woman was instructing the other two as her gray eyes were locking in on the two members of the Bladebreakers.

"Lin," The goldenrod blonde with green tips introduced herself while she naturally flexed her muscles once she placed her fists against her hips.

"Lanying," The purple haired woman with gray bangs was timidly revealing her name to the younger boys as her bangs were covering her eyes.

"Meifeng," The silver haired woman slightly bows at the waist after she greets them with a small smile on her face.

Takao's eyes hone in on the last woman before he came out with, "You're the one that knows my brother."

'So maybe he does remember me.' She happily ruminates while she sincerely divulges to him, "I know your ojiisan fairly well too."

"He told me about you and Hiro." The bluenette responded back with how he knew who she is.

"Meifeng-san, you like Hiro?" Hiromi was shockingly accusing her sensei of having romantic feelings for Takao's older brother.

Her gray eyes narrow in on the teen when she spiels about their connection with each other, "He was my seriously irresponsible junior, who I had the unfortunate task to tutor him."

"It sounds like he hardly told you a thing about me. He's such a jerk!"

Her ruby red eyes display awe at the six degrees of separation, which comes in the form of stumbles, "I didn't even know you knew Hiro."

"Yep," She was simply confirming with a nod of her head.

"I just remembered something my sofu told me," Takao implied that he suddenly recalled something that his grandfather told him to relay to her.

"He said feel free to stop by the dojo at anytime." The blunette eventually delivered the message to its intended receiver.

A smile materializes on her face as she chuckles and makes known, "I think I'll take him up on that offer."

"So do you think Meifeng likes this Hiro character?" Lin was hastily petitioning for Lanying's opinion on the situation at hand.

She then casts her charcoal grey eyes over at their friend before she recalls, "She didn't really confirm nor deny Hiromi's question about whether or not she likes him."

Takao physically shrugged his shoulders right before he ultimately dropped the mother of all bombs when he put forth, "All I was told is that my grandfather wanted Hiro to marry her."

A "What?!" was piercingly shrieking from all of the members of the Yuan team, even the two coaches were emitting the loud noise.

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[BARTHEZ BATTALION]

"Oh! Look at that over there, Aaron and Miguel!" Mathilda was eagerly shouting after climbing on to a platform in order to get a better look at the view.

"Cool," Aaron murmured in agreement at the bright green scenery with his hands tuck inside of his pants pockets.

Miguel directed his sights away from the beautiful garden when he noticed exactly where his teammate climbed up on and advised her, "Make sure you are careful up there, it looks pretty dangerous."

"If she falls, it's because of her own neglect to safety precautions clearly posted all around us." Claude was expressing as he was watching the pink haired girl openly defying the warning signs of "Dangerous" or "Slippery when wet".

Mathilda carefully scaled back down on to the ground level, stuck her tongue out at the light blue haired male and folded her arms as a show of defiance.

"Stop being such a wet blanket, Claude,"

"That'll be on your consciousness if we are one member down." He then lectures the other two about their negligence for her when he harshly opines, "And no, I will not pick up her slack if she does hurt herself."

"Can we just please enjoy this tour?" Aaron suggests as a means to broker a peace deal as a means to quell a potential argument between the two.

It was at that very moment did something enormous captures Mathilda's eyes before she points out, "Is that a big top over there?"

"Let's go there!"

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