A/N: Hey, guys!

I'm back from Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and ready to get rollin' again!

Gingka: -muttering- Unfortunately.

Me: I heard that.

This chapter is mostly based on their training, and there's also a little surprise at the end!

Enjoy, people!

Ellie was half-right.

The trainees trained hard every day, and a few times they made it through the obstacle course without falling in, loosing their grip, or almost drowning.

As the days of the week went by, the trainers began to feel proud of what the trainees were doing. They hardly ever had to rescue Kenta out of the water anymore, or break up a fight Ava and Eli were having.

Unfortunately, Taki got more and more annoyed by Gingka's constant chatter every, single, day.

"-grunts- Yes! I made it!... Watch out, Kenta!... Nice job, Yuki!... You can do it, Madoka! Yeah, woo hoo!"

Finally, after five days of endless chatter, Taki cracked.

She dragged Gingka out of the pool, and put three layers of duct tape over his mouth. Then she pushed him back in.

"For the love of God," she said. "SHUT UP!"

Gingka climbed out of the pool, and tried to say something. But he obviously couldn't through all the duct tape. He began to shout at Taki, but was muffled. Good thing too, because then he wouldn't be able to call Taki a bad word. Finally, Gingka got the message and stayed quiet.

Ava and Eli laughed from where they were on the monkey bars.

"Hurry up, Hagane!" Luna shouted from off to the side. She tapped a black watch impatiently. "You're on the clock!"

They had begun to time their attempts at the obstacle course. None of them beat the five-minute challenge, but Tsubasa held the record of closest with six minutes and twenty-eight seconds.

Taki, Ellie, and Luna also started to train them in sparring. Luna was the best out of the three of them, so she was the one who usually taught their sparring lessons.

Out of all of them, Ava and Eli liked sparring the best. They were perfectly matched when it came to sparring, but they still got a kick out of fighting each other physically instead of fighting using words.

Finally, after one week of intense training, they could all go through the obstacle course like nobody's business. Taki and Ellie applauded when they all finished.

Yuki and Kenta proved to be good sparers and they were usually found either sparring each other or the Jackson twins. Ava and Eli had some trouble whenever they sparred Kenta (since they were both like two heads taller than him), but they eventually managed to do so. Kenta usually sparred the hardest since he was the shortest one in the group.

Hikaru and Madoka usually ran through the course in a pair, so they could help each other along the way. Of course, Taki and Ellie and Luna made them go through the course separately so they would be able to do it themselves.

Tsubasa held up pretty good on his own, and didn't need help from anyone at all to get through the obstacle course. He did however, have some trouble when he sparred with Luna. He could dodge almost every single move she made, which was good, but he had trouble with the offense moves more than the defense moves. Which is why Luna made him work the hardest at sparring than anyone else.

Gingka had stayed quiet after Taki put duct tape over his mouth, and spoke only if he was talking to someone before or after training sessions. He was fairly good at everything, and had more energy than anyone else.

The three agents were happy with everyone and their progress (Luna didn't show it, but she was), except for two thorns they could never get out of their sides.

Kyoya and Benkei.

Kyoya never listened at all whenever they lectured them on something new they were going to do, he took the longest out of everyone to do the obstacle course and once made them late for lunch, and refused to spar with Luna every single time. Benkei had the potential to do the stuff, if he didn't worship Kyoya as much as he did.

Finally, Ellie got fed up with them, and went to the assistant director. Luna accompanied her because they would have a better chance if she was there.

The two girls (mostly Ellie) told Mr. Moon everything about the two that was a negative, and how they both thought that they see doing this stuff deliberately.

Mr. Moon listened quietly, then he rose, and said that he would tell the director about their complaints.

"What's going to happen?" Ellie asked Luna as they walked back to the training room.

Luna shrugged.

"I dunno. But I hope the director throws them out."

"Yeah," Ellie agreed. "The agency can do well without them."

The Next Day

The group was in the middle of a morning training session when Mr. Moon came in.

It was clear where Luna had gotten her features from. Mr. Moon had white blond hair, dark brown eyes, and pale skin. He wore a black pinstriped suit, with a blood-red tie, and black business shoes. Luna looked over from the bench.

"Hey, Dad," she said. "What's up?"

"Can you girls stop training for a second?" Mr. Moon asked.

Taki nodded, and reached for the air horn they used to stop training. She pressed the button, making the sound ring out.

Everyone stopped what they were doing.

Mr. Moon cleared his throat.

"Kyoya Tategami and Benkei Hanwana," he said aloud.

"Over here," Kyoya said from where he was walking under the monkey bars. Benkei waved, and hit his hand on the bars.

"I received complaints about you two yesterday," Mr. Moon began, "from two agents who prefer to be nameless. I have told the director about you two, and he has come toa decision."

"What's the decision, Mr. Moon?" Gingka asked curiously from the rock wall.

"You two boys are to be released from the TSA. Go pack up your things, and be ready to return to Japan by 10:00."

It was 9:45 right then. Benkei pointed this out.

"No exceptions," Mr. Moon said, making everyone discover where Luna had gotten her cold and threatening tone she had used a couple weeks ago.

"Go pack up your things right now. That's an order."

There was silence. Then Kyoya snorted, and swaggered out the door.

But he made the mistake of muttering, "Whatever, old man," as he passed Mr. Moon.

Mr. Moon's eyes flashed. He grabbed the back of Kyoya's shirt, brought him eye-level to him, and hissed, "You will mind your attitude in front of the assistant director."

Then he let him loose. Kyoya walked out the door, a bit faster than before. Mr. Moon turned to Benkei, who immediately scurried after him.

Mr. Moon turned to the others, said to Luna, "I'll see you at lunch, dear," and walked out the door.

A/N: Okay, maybe not my best work, but I just got back from a fine arts camp so cut me some slack!

Anyway, I want you guys to vote on a story idea in your reviews. Here are the two ideas:

1: A teenage girl assassin comes to Metal Bey City a couple months after Shogun Steel trying to assassinate Gingka.

OR

2: A girl from Koma Village that used to be Gingka's friend with a pretty bad past comes to Metal Bey City, wanting revenge.

Make your choices! If no one votes, I'm just going to pick one myself.

Hope you enjoyed this!