"That small building is the Training Room. That's where Mr. Kaplan will teach you about performing captures. Ms. Claire is also there. She teaches about clearing targets. That big clearing over there is where we practice doing target clears. That reminds me…do you know about clearing targets?"

Lianna nodded and spoke quietly.

"Yeah, my big sister taught me before I came here."

"Really? Well, that saves us some time. However, I still think you should be properly introduced to Mr. Kaplan and Ms. Claire."

The shy girl nodded and followed Rhythmi. When they got to the door, the heard a woman who sounded very worried.

"Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! Help, someone! Anyone! Catch the Bidoof for me!"

They both turned and saw Janice looked around worried. Bidoof were running all around the yard.

"J-Janice?! She's having trouble with the Bidoof! Lianna! Capture the Bidoof and get them to settle down!"

Lianna nodded and grabbed her Styler. Just as she was about to capture a Bidoof, she heard something by the door.

"Heh, I was wondering what the ruckus was all about. Looks like a good time that's up for grabs!"

Lianna looked to the door of the school and saw Keith standing there with a smirk on his face.

"Keith! Don't just stand there! You help with the captures, too!" Rhythmi yelled.

"It won't be much fun if I just help. Hey, new kid! I forgot your name, but I challenge you! We'll have a capture race, you and me! We'll see who can capture the most Bidoof, all right?"

"Can't you make the effort to learn our classmate's name? You can be so annoying, Keith! Go ahead and have your silly race or whatever, but hurry up!"

Keith's smirk grew and he looked at Lianna. She blushed slightly and looked away.

"Well, you wanna do this race or not, new kid?"

Deciding to be louder than she ever head in her life, Lianna yelled her answer at him.

"You're on, Keith!"

Keith's eyes widened momentarily at the volume of Lianna's voice, but he didn't let it faze him.

"Okay, let's get on with it! Three! Two! One! Start!"

The two wannabe Rangers ran around and captured as many Bidoof as they could. Once all were captured, they went to the center of the yard to see who won.

"That's all the Bidoof." Janice told them.

"I caught five! That means you caught…"

Keith seemed stuck on the math for a moment, which made Lianna roll her eyes. When he still didn't get it after 30 seconds, Lianna growled.

"I caught four!"

Keith blinked at her volume once more, but he grinned at the same time.

"You're starting to come out of your shell, aren't you? Wait, you said you caught four? That means victory is mine!"

Janice smiled at Keith's enthusiasm.

"You looked good at it Keith! Of course, I also need to thank our new friend and Rhythmi, too. Thank you all for this. This is a big relief for me. And to the leader Bidoof…I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean to tread on your tail. I'll make it up to you with tastier treats than usual. Come along, everyone."

Janice left the yard with all the Bidoof following her. Keith turned to Lianna with a smirk on his face.

"I'd rate your captures around 65 out of 100."

Lianna growled at him once more.

"Hey, but you know… I'll be honest: I was pretty surprised by how you did. You might be decent for someone who just learned about this."

"I didn't just learn about it. My big sister taught me."

Keith ignored her statement and kept talking.

"You said your name was Lianna, right?"

Lianna nodded as Rhythmi sighed.

"Oh, you, Keith! You knew our friend's name all along! For goodness' sake… Oh! That's right! There's somewhere I haven't shown you yet!"

Keith blinked at the hyper girl and then jerked a thumb over his shoulder.

"What, you mean Ascension Square?"

"Yes!"

"Then I'll go, too."

"Oh, all right. I guess we'll let you come with us. Come on, Lianna!"

Lianna followed Rhythmi to Ascension Square. Keith stayed by Lianna's side the whole time, making the shy girl blush.

"This is Ascension Square. Next month, there's going to be a special class here. It's the Outdoor Class. That monument there is called the Pledge Stone."

Lianna walked over to it, remembering her sister telling her about it. She jumped when she heard Rhythmi's voice right by her head.

"If you make a firm pledge to each other with your friends here, it will surely come true… That's what Principal Lamont told me."

"Yeah, my sister told me the same thing. She loves this place. She says she met all of her closest friends here."

"What's your sister's name?" Rhythmi asked.

"Elita."

"WOAH! Elita's your sister?!" Keith shouted.

"Yeah, why?"

"She's famous in the Fiore Region! The Ranger Leader of Wintown! She's one of the best Leaders in Fiore!"

Lianna blushed, knowing her sister would never react that way to simple compliments.

"And there you have it! That concludes Rhythmi's School Tour of Wonder and Excitement!"

"Rhythmi's School Tour of Boredom and Tears…" Keith muttered.

Lianna giggled, causing Keith to turn his attention to her. To him, at that moment, she looked absolutely gorgeous. He shook his head and erased the thought from his mind. Rhythmi lightly smacked him on the head and went to stand in front of Lianna.

"Lianna! I'm glad to have met you! I hope we can be friends for a long time!"

Keith moved and slid in front of Rhythmi.

"Hey, hold it now! Don't worry about Rhythmi. Be friends with me, okay?"

Lianna giggled once more and a wide smile grew on her face.

"I can be friends with both of you, you know."

Her voice was still quiet with shyness, but Rhythmi could tell it had gotten slightly louder from when they had first met. The bell rang and the three turned their heads to the school.

"Oh, there goes the bell. We'd better get back to class."

Lianna led the way, leaving Keith and Rhythmi time to talk. She lightly bumped his arm and grinned at him.

"Wow, Keith. I never thought I'd see the day when you couldn't take your eyes off of a girl."

"I can totally take my eyes off her."

Rhythmi took notice that even while he said that, his eyes never strayed from Lianna.