A Paradise?

It had been several days since returning from Yuki-Onna the team was both mentally and physically exhausted. However, despite that, there were still few who strove to be stronger. Or, in the case of Ben, strove to be better prepared. Ben had skipped classes the last few days and even club, opting instead to work on his secret project. Ben's dorm was cluttered, most of his belongings were piled off in a corner so that he may have as much room as possible to work. Large wires and coils connected to the large box he was working on and went out his window where they connected to a large electrical box that helped power the school. "Oooooh...I hope they don't mind me siphoning power for the project." Ben groaned as he wiped sweat from his brow.

What's gotten into you? Dreamqueen asked appearing suddenly in physical form. The sudden materializing of the succubus nearly made Ben fall back. You haven't slept in days and you're working on...what? A stupid suit? What about my needs?

Ben rubbed his eyes, "It's not some stupid suit, it's a last resort." Ben coughed into his hand and had to wipe the blood off.

SEE! Look, this lack of sleep is affecting your health! Dreamqueen wrapped her arms around Ben and tried to put a charm on him to get him to sleep, but he shook her off.

"STOP! I have work to do." Ben shook his head as he went back to setting up the machine. "Once I get this done...then I can relax for a couple of days while it cultivates." Ben clicked at a pad for a couple of minutes before pressing a button. When he did so the lights in the dorms flickered a bit and, unbeknownst to him, power went off in some classrooms in the school. "There!" he laughed, "Finally I'm that much closer. If I can't get stronger than my opponents...then I'll just have to try and even the playing field." Ben looked over in the corner of his room at the other supplies he had brought with him, "That means I'll have to be doubly prepared, a backup FOR the backup." Ben lifted up an arm piece from the first Spider Armor, "And I think I know how I'll do it." he smirked. "But first, I should head out because this will take time and my room will get really, really hot."

Before Dreamqueen knew it Ben had taken a shower and left. Dummy. Does he not realize that exhaustion is what made him a target for people like my father. she groaned. Dreamqueen looked over to the large box that Ben was working on, Iron Spider Mk. II, huh? Inside the box seemed to be particles rotating around each other like a tornado or a dust devil.

Tsukune woke up in a place that seemed completely foreign to him. The water was a luscious green and the forest around him seemed like a jungle. More so there seemed to be what looked like a moon with rings around it like Saturn. Tsukune stood up and noticed the tall grassy area he was in. How the hell did I get here? Tsukune held his head in pain as he tried to think of what happened, Okay Tsukune...trace your steps. First I was walking to class this morning. I got really tired then...I woke up here. Tsukune sighed before nearly tearing his hair out in frustration, "THAT DOESN'T TELL ME ANYTHING! There is a planet...or moon, I'm not sure! There's giant bugs! And there's even..." Tsukune looked up at the sky and his shoulders dropped, "a GIANT FLYING WHALE!? Did I get stuck in a Hideo Kojima game!?" Tsukune rubbed his head. "Heeeeello!" he shouted, "Anybody there?"

Tsukune tried to move but found his right side to be heavier than usual. Looking down at his hand he saw a handcuff placed just above his locket. What the hell? he thought. Tsukune tried yanking his arm and heard a loud yelp behind him. "Please, don't pull so strongly!" Tsukune turned to the voice to see Ruby sitting in the grass with a chain wrapped all over her body and connected to Tsukune's handcuffs. "The chain..." she moaned, "This chain is...linked to my body!" she said with a smile.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?" Tsukune asked, "AND WHY ARE YOU WRAPPED LIKE THAT?!?"

Ruby blushed and smiled, "I'm so sorry, you just weren't waking up. So I decided to pass the time." Ruby seemed a little too happy to have a chain tightly coiled around her body.

"That makes no sense." Tsukune said, shaking his head trying not to get any weird ideas from the sight before his eyes.

"But it does!" Ruby interjected, "It's no different than twisting a phone coil around your finger!"

"PHONES DON'T HAVE COILS ANYMORE!" Tsukune argued, "Even modern home phones are wireless." Tsukune shook his head, "So...the others aren't here?" he asked, trying to change the subject, "Just what are you and me doing in a place like this?" Tsukune looked at Ruby and blushed at the sight of her, "Hold on, I can't take you seriously with that on, let me remove the chain quickly."

"NO, YOU CAN'T!" Ruby shouted, "This chain is very important, it links you and I together. Removal of said chain is absolutely forbidden, because from here on out I will be your 'lifeline'." she explained. Ruby adjusted her clothes as Tsukune rubbed the back of his head with a questioning expression.

"Ummm...'lifeline'?" he asked.

Ruby sighed then smirked, "I'll explain, but I need you to hold this in your left hand please." Ruby handed Tsukune a whip that had thorns all over it. Tsukune examined the weapon, it FELT like it had been through some shit. The type of battles this has experienced. Tsukune thought, I can practically sense it. "That whip," Ruby explained, "was used once by a great Vampire Slayer. The Headmaster calls it...The Belmont."

Tsukune snorted at the name, "'Blemont' that's hilarious."

Ruby cocked an eyebrow, "I don't understand why it's funny. It's just a name." Ruby shook her head, "Anyways, it is a special weapon that acts as a 'Magic Canceller'." Ruby looked as if she'd explain more but she shrugged instead, "I suppose the fastest way to explain is to have you test it. Go on, give it a good crack." Tsukune gave the whip a slight crack and he felt a large surge of energy leave his body. The energy then made it's way through the handcuff attached to Tsukune and through the chain connected to Ruby. The jolt in energy resulted in Ruby getting electrocuted. "KYAAAAH!" Ruby shouted.

"RUBY!" Tsukune shouted as he rushed to his friend who had collapsed to the ground.

Ruby grunted as she struggled to sit upright, "Do you understand now? You can feel yokai power in your body can't you?" Tsukune looked at his arm and saw the lock glowing from his power, "Even though you're human, because of Moka injecting her blood in you, your body now has vampiric blood in it." Tsukune reached for his neck and touched where Moka usually drinks from. "However, as I'm sure you know, the power from that blood is sealed because of the Holy Lock. But, since that whip is a magic canceller, it acts as a sort of key to remove the seal that you have.

Tsukune gulped, "So, in other words, as long as I have this whip I can make use of my vampire powers?"

Ruby smirked, "That is the simplest way of putting it, yes. However, if you receive too much of the vampiric energy at once, you'll become a ghoul. Last time that happened, Ben had to stop you from harming your friends as well as protect you from Moka. Because we don't want that to happen, any extra energy will course through the chain acting like a release valve." Ruby explained, "Right now I'm taking the excess energy instead of the Holy Lock."

Tsukune cocked his brow in confusion, "Wait, so you mean when I expel a lot of yokai power you get shocked like just now?"

"THAT'S RIGHT!" Ruby said, a little to enthusiastically.

"Wait...so what's the reason you're doing this for?"

"Is it not obvious?" Ruby scoffed before gaining a serious expression, "This is training for you to remember how to use your yokai power." Tsukune gulped, mostly due to the fact that he didn't really have a good grasp on his powers the year before. "It's important that you gain control over your power so that you can draw upon it in one intensive burst. If you aren't able to control it then I'll end up getting shocked. Easy to understand, right?" Ruby smirked, "By the way, to answer your previous question, this place is a spatial dimension created by the headmaster. However violent we are in here won't be a problem. It's the perfect place for training."

"So...you mean the reason you and I are here is to train?" Tsukune asked.

Ruby nodded, "I'm glad you understand. Now, better start working hard. You and I will be living here for a while."

Back at the school, Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, and Mizore met back in the courtyard after searching for Tsukune for hours on end. "Moka, did you find him?" Kurumu asked.

"It's no good." Moka replied, "What about you guys?"

Before the others could respond they were surprised to see a very sleep deprived Ben approaching. "Yo, what is up, fellow yokai?" Ben asked as he stumbled over to the teens.

"What?" Mizore asked.

Ben let out a slight chuckle, the bags under his eyes becoming more apparent as he leaned onto Mizore's shoulder, "I'm VERY tired right now. Mentally, I'm drained. I've been doing calculations for the last 48 hours." Ben wrapped his arm around Mizore and shivered a little, "Oh, cold. Soooo...What're you guys doing? Scavenger hunt?"

"TSUKUNE'S MISSING!" all the girls shouted at once.

Ben blinked a few times, "Oh shit..." he groaned, "It's a...good thing I'm always prepared I guess?" Ben began taking off his clothes causing the girls to cover their eyes thinking he was stripping, "What? I'm just changing into my costume." the girls breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Ben had his costume underneath his clothing.

"You aren't doing any training?" The group of teens looked up into a tree to see a very smug Kokoa looking down on them, "You must be tired of being strong...or perhaps you're all hung up on Tsukune? Geez, since you lost to Kahlua shouldn't you all be a bit ashamed?" Kokoa frowned, "I mean, I'm ashamed...I'm pissed!" she said as she jumped down from the tree. Kokoa then folded her arms and blushed, "So...I want to be stronger too. And you guys want to be stronger together right? So I was thinking we could...train together."

The girls blinked a few times before turning back to each other, "I wonder what other places Tsukune could've gone to?" Kurumu asked, completely ignoring Kokoa.

"HEY, WHAT THE HELL!?" Kokoa shouted out.

Ben walked up to Kokoa and patted her shoulder, "Don't worry Coco Puffs, I'll train with you. You haven't beaten me yet after all." Ben said smugly, causing Kokoa to tense up, "But, one thing at a time. Tsukune first, me kicking your ass 'till dawn later."

"God, not you too!" Kokoa complained as she stomped her feet in frustration, "I can expect those plebs to thirst over that loser, but not you too!"

"What's this?" a mysterious voice called out from behind the group, "Are you all searching for Tsukune?" the students turned around and to their surprise found the Headmaster approaching them. "Do not worry, Tsukune is safe." he assured, "He is under my care. Starting from today he has been allowed to train in a special place."

Kurumu and the others widened their eyes in surprise, "Train!? He's really training!?" Kurumu asked.

"YEAAAAH!" Ben shouted out while clapping, "Oh man, when I said we needed to be better prepared for next time, I did not think Tsukune would be the first to take it seriously. YEAH! Way to go, kick some ass!"

"Dude, are you okay?" Kurumu asked.

"Again...really tired, I'm just trying to stay awake."

"So...got in a fight with Fairy Tail, riiiight?" Ben looked at the Headmaster's shoulder and groaned in annoyance at the sight of the Sprite Lilith. If you don't recall, she was the one who carried the mirror that made monsters reveal their true forms. "I'd be careful if I were you," she warned, "Fairy Tail is a force from the human world and a powerful one at that. They are quite the dangerous organization. You could say they are the opposite of this school, in that they don't try to reach for a peaceful coexistence with the humans. That's why, if they are starting to make a move on the academy, we need to be prepared."

The Headmaster nodded in agreement, "Now in order to make preparations for the unlikely event of a battle, we want many more people capable of fighting. You are no exception." The Headmaster sighed, "Well, I'd like to say that to you too Mr. Reilly, but..."

"But what?" Ben asked in a slightly irritated tone.

"But I am afraid that there will come a time when your opponents will become too strong for you to deal with." The Headmaster glared at the human, "You cut it close last year. You struggled to even fight Moka in a weakened state, and even with the training you did you couldn't lay a scratch on Kahlua, yes?" Ben clenched his fists, "All I mean is that there may be a time where you are a liability. After all...I never anticipated you to return."

Back with Tsukune and Ruby, he was still trying to control his yokai energy by whipping fake crows that Ruby would summon. He had been at the training with what felt like hours and even still he could control how much energy released, so with each crack of the whip he would send an electric shock to Ruby. Ruby collapsed to the ground from the last attack Tsukune did and he quickly rushed to her side, "Ruby! Are you hurt? Was that too much for you?" He lifted Ruby up and cradled her head in his arm.

Ruby turned her head and gave him a goofy grin, "I'm fiiiiine." Tsukune rolled his eyes and dropped her immediately. Ruby rubbed her head and sat up, "No need to be that way, Tsukune. In order to practice your power and get strong you must crack the whip and shock me."

"It's just useless!" Tsukune yelled as he kicked some dust in the air.

"Ehh? Are you saying my training isn't good enough!?" Ruby cried.

Tsukune sighed, "No...it's just bad that I can't seem to get any better at controlling my abilities. Sorry..." Tsukune frowned, "I was in a rush...Kuyou, Hokuto, Miyabi and Kahlua. Wherever I go, and whatever I do I seem to run into powerful opponents. Their skills are far beyond mine...that's why I couldn't protect anyone I care for, not Mizore or even Moka." Tsukune looked up, his eyes now changed to their vampiric form, a long slitted pupil and red iris. "But like Ben said, we have to be prepared. So I'll do what I can to get stronger." Ruby smiled at Tsukune's determination, "That's why I was happy that Ruby let me train, but I'm also sorry at the pain it is causing you."

Ruby approached Tsukune and hugged him, "Thank you for your concern. You know...this place was made as a 'paradise' as the Headmaster saw it. When I'm here with you...I start to think the same thing." Tsukune was about to say something when he felt what seemed to be a bowl of a sticky watery substance drop on his head. When he looked up his whole face went white.

"D-D-D-DRAAAAGOOOOON!!!" Tsukune shouted as he and Ruby began running away from the creature, "WHAT THE HELL!?! WHY IS A DRAGON HERE!?"

"A 'Monster Paradise'?" Moka asked the Headmaster. He had taken the students deep into the school to a special room that had a door resting in the middle of said it. It didn't look as if it went anywhere, but when the Headmaster opened it, it seemed to lead to a completely new world.

"Yes. It's a special dimension where I place all sorts of ferocious or nearly extinct magical beasts in order to protect them." the Headmaster explained, "Since it's such a dangerous place I figured it was the perfect place for him to train. He needs to become stronger, and although the area may be dangerous, because it is a different dimension, their concept of time is different. He could be in there for months and maybe hours will pass out here."

"Wait..." Ben interrupted, "Are you telling me you sent Tsukune to this 'Monster Paradise,' which is just some hyperbolic dimension where he could spend tons of time to train?"

"That's correct." the Headmaster nodded.

"And because it isn't guaranteed how quickly he'll progress in his training he and Ruby could likely spend the most their lives in there?"

"I suppose so."

"So you're telling me that TSUKUNE COULD SPEND MOST HIS LIFE, LIVING IN A MONSTER'S PARADISE!?!" Ben snorted when he realized he couldn't keep a straight face.

"Hm. Yes." the Headmaster nodded, ignoring Ben's humor. "It'll be dangerous once you all enter...so what shall you do?"

"RUUUUN!" Tsukune shouted as he and Ruby tried to avoid the wyvern chasing after them. Tsukune had to train on the fly, so he had whip massive bug-like creatures out of the air as they moved. Each crack of the whip caused an jolt to go to Ruby, but she seemed to handle it pretty well. The two eventually ran into very large praymantis looking creatures. Tsukune cracked his whip again, but this caused a large than usual dose of energy to flow through him and shock Ruby causing her to collapse to the ground in...pleasure. "Dammit, Ruby this really isn't the time too--" Tsukune gasped as the wyvern was right next to them. He cocked his hand back ready to attack when a sudden red blur came out of nowhere and one punched the monster into unconsciousness.

"YEEEEEES!" Ben shouted out as he began performing the Crash Bandicoot victory dance, "Did you see that? Did. You. See. THAT!"

"Holy shit, Ben?" Tsukune asked.

"TSUKUNE!" Tsukune turned to see the rest of his friends running towards him.

"Guys?" he asked.

Ben continued beating his chest and stomping around the dragon in victory, "I am the Spider Knight! Hero of Camelot! Protector of the beautiful Maiden! DRAGON SLAYER!" he then took a deep breath before continuing, "VICTORY SCREEEECH!! OOO-LOO-LOO-LOO-LOO-LOO!!!"

Tsukune blinked his eyes a few times in confusion, "I'm sorry, did I miss something?"

"Yeah, apparently he gets like this when he's mentally exhausted." Mizore explained. Tsukune quickly dispersed from the group to continue his training, a sign that told Ben to back off from the other creatures. Not just because Tsukune would need as much training as possible, but even with Spider Sense, he didn't want to take the chance of Tsukune activating his full power and hitting him across the weird world.

"Awful lot of bugs for a place that is supposed to be for endangered beasts." Ben mentioned as he made it back with the group. The teens watched in awe as Tsukune took creatures down one after another.

"Ah," Ruby gasped, "I hadn't realized until right now...but excess power isn't flowing into me. That means...Tsukune's getting the hang of this. He's actually able to focus his power without overexerting himself."

"Oh fun, now he's scary." Ben joked.

As Tsukune battle the creatures he tried to relax his breathing. Focus. he thought, Focus the yokai energy into the whip, don't overdo it. Let the power flow from the right side of my body to my left. Soon the power built up in Tsukune's hand and was nearly visible.

"What? No, this is too fast." Ruby said, "I just started teaching Tsukune today, how could he come so far in such a short amount of time." In one fail swoop Tsukune released another crack of the whip and the resulting power knocked down all the creatures in the area. Tsukune laughed as he took long deep breaths before collapsing from exhaustion.

"So...I collapse and Ben can keep going, huh?" Tsukune chuckled, "Say what you want, his mental fortitude and stamina is on par with any monster here." Tsukune turned to his friends as they approached him, "Ruby...thank you for putting your life on the line." The other girls began to pout as they started to cling to Tsukune.

"Forget about her Tsukune, train with me!" Kurumu whined.

"I'd be a better pick for you, ice makes it difficult to move so this could test your stamina." Mizore added.

"You can dodge my magic!" Yukari threw in.

Ben walked over to Kokoa who was fuming that nobody was interested in training with her, but they're all over wanting to train with Tsukune, "Don't worry Coco. You and I can train together."

Moka began to walk over to Tsukune an noticed the whip on the ground. Upon picking it up her body transformed and she gave a slight chuckle of interesting, "So, a magical item that cancels out the power of the seal, huh?" Inner Moka stated as she gripped the whip in her right hand.

"What? The Inner Moka!?" Tsukune questioned, "But how? Me or Ben didn't remove the Rosario."

Ben glanced to Tsukune and removed his mask to show his friends how disappointed he was, "She just explained it, moron. 'A magical item that cancels out the power of the seal'. It doesn't get more self explanatory than that." Ben scoffed before putting his mask back on.

Moka chuckled, "So...you truly insist on getting stronger? Then this benefits me greatly." she gave a quick crack of the whip for fun, "What say you be my opponent. I've been itching for a good fight." she glanced at Ben slightly a motion that he didn't miss, especially when she smiled at Tsukune accepting the offer.

On the outside, Ben was unnaturally silent, but on the inside he was louder than ever. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!? Is she trying to test me? Is she purposely trying to get a rise out of me?! What the hell? What was that all about! Ben mentally took some deep breaths before squinting his lenses, You know what? I think this may be the start of my super villain origin story.

Back in Ben's Dorm...

So you're jealous. Dreamqueen said as she ate chocolate chip cookies Ben kept in his freezer.

"I'M NOT FUCKING JEALOUS!" Ben blushed in embarrassment at his outburst, "I'm just...upset that she turned me down for him."

A-HA! You said 'turned me down.' You're treating this as an answer to your confession and you don't like what you heard.

"What? No...maybe. I don't know." Ben gripped his hair and groaned before sitting on his bed and hanging his head, "Why am I like this?"

Dreamqueen smiled and hugged Ben from his side, It's not you specifically. It's just how love works sometimes. Jealousy is a common sign of love of someone or something...but too much jealousy can be overpowering, and you may end up burning bridges. she warned as she gripped Ben's face with her thumb and index finger, You hear me? Control. Your. Jealousy. Sometimes it's best to watch things play out. I'm not saying back off, just don't lash out. Ben nodded and Dreamqueen smiled, Now, what is it you want to see in your dreams today? she snapped her fingers and the room turned into a blank canvas.

"Actually...if it's okay with you, I just want to sit and talk some more."

A smile crept on Dreamqueen's face, Of course.

Meanwhile, in the dorm next door, Tsukune tossed and turned in his dream. In his dream he was about to train with the Inner Moka, when all of a sudden they ended up in a bed. To Tsukune's surprise, Moka wasn't wearing any clothing and soon he wouldn't be either. The two got closer together as if something was about to happen until something in Tsukune told him to get up and he ended up kicking himself awake.

"No!" he yelled covering his mouth quickly hoping nobody heard him. "No, no, no, no, no, no. Not cool. Not cool." he moved quietly out of his dorm and ended up in front of Ben's room and began knocking on his door. "No, no, no, no, no." he continued whispering to himself. Soon the locks on the door were removed and the door opened to show a very tired looking Ben, shirtless and his hair a mess.

"Whaaaat?" Ben groaned as he rubbed his eyes.

"BEN!" Tsukune covered his mouth again before gripping Ben by his shoulders, "Ben, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, so, so, so sorry!"

"...What the fuck are you talking about?"

"I had this dream, where me and Moka were together in bed, except it wasn't Moka, but Inner Moka. And we both were together in a bed, and I didn't have clothes and SHE didn't have clothes and we were up against each other. And I just had to tell you and apologize because I know how you feel about her and I don't want to--" Tsukune was interrupted after getting flicked in the balls. "I...I deserved that." he groaned as he leaned against the door for support.

"Yeah...but not for what you're thinking." Ben said as he rubbed his eyes, "You deserved it because you woke up, came over here, woke me up and apologized over a dream--which is a figment of your subconscious--AT THREE IN THE MORNING!" Ben groaned, "Besides...even if that did happen, what can I do? I don't own Moka. She can do whatever the fuck she wants. It's not like we're an item or something."

Tsukune blinked a few times before nodding, "Soooo...not angry?"

"No, but I will be if you wake me up at 3 AM again and it isn't an emergency." Ben said sternly before slamming the door in Tsukune's face. Ben walked back over to his bed and laid down and tried to go back to sleep with only one problem, "...Son of a bitch." he couldn't fall back asleep.

Morning...

So what's your plan? Dreamqueen asked Ben as he wrote on a piece of paper, making a sort of shopping list.

"I'm going to grab supplies that I need and then I'm going to start my prototype Mk. III Spider Armor." Ben grinned, "I've been drawing up blueprints, and I think I've figured it out how it'll work."

Dreamqueen tapped her chin and nodded, Wait...don't you mean Mk. II? Iron Spider?

"No, Spider Armor and Iron Spider are two COMPLETELY different project's." Ben nodded as he grabbed his bag and cash, "I'm off!"

While Ben was out shopping for his supplies his Spider Sense felt more on edge than usual. While he was in a part of the school bazaar where he could get scrap metal (specific metals had to be 'special ordered' from the back room) he reached for what looked to be a whole silver ingot, which he figured would have been sold out. However when he removed it he saw a face staring back at him. "JESUS, YUKARI!?" Ben shouted in surprise almost throwing the ingot across the room. "What are you doing?" Yukari simply held her finger up to her mouth and pointed out into the middle of the walkway between different stores and stalls.

Ben squinted his eyes and tried looking at what Yukari was pointing at and to his surprise he found Tsukune, not training with Inner Moka, but ON A DATE. At least, that's clearly what it looked like to anyone who just took a glance at them. To make it worse for Ben, Tsukune was wearing a tracksuit while Moka wore a beautiful long red, spaghetti strap dress with a white sleeve-only coat. Not jealous. Ben told himself, I. Am not...jealous. He groaned as he quickly got his supplies and booked it for the Metalwork club.

Once at the Metalwork club Ben began furiously hammering away at his scrap metal and molding it into the shapes he wants for his armor. The club members of Metalworks were definitely confused at the outsider, "That dude is in the Newspaper club right?" one of the members asked. The other nodded in agreement, both equally confused.

"Excuse me?" Ben looked up to see an older boy, definitely a senior, with rounded glassed medium length messy hair. "Sorry to bother you, you seem awfully into whatever you're doing--OH! Sorry, I'm Takahashi Andersen." he held out his hand and Ben cocked an eyebrow, "Haha, I have as much viking in me as I do samurai warrior." he laughed, "I'm the president of the club and I couldn't help but notice...you're kinda out of place. So...what brings you here?"

Ben looked around the room before noticing an old flyer from the year before about a costume contest, "Uhhhh...cosplay?"

Takahashi blinked, "OH! Getting a leg up for Halloween season, huh? What's it gonna be, like a suit of armor for a Templar Knight?"

"Y-Yeah...something like that."

"Terrific! I can't wait to see how it turns out." he gave a smile that seemed too sincere before leaving Ben be.

Guy was weird. Ben thought as he went back to his work. Ben worked for as long as he could until it got late. In terms of progress...he got maybe half an arm done. I may have to start pulling double shifts. He then groaned in realization, Triple because it'll go club, training, this.

The next day, like everyone else and because Kokoa got angry he didn't show up the day before, Ben joined the group for training inside the paradise. Ben met up with Kokoa who seemed awfully fired up to get started. Ben looked off to the side to see Moka and Tsukune had already started their training and he clenched his teeth without realizing it. "HEY!" Kokoa called out, bringing Ben back to reality, "You weren't here yesterday so you have to train extra hard with me! It's only fair, you got that!?"

Ben chuckled at Kokoa's tenacity, "Yeah. Bring it on." Fine. I'll show you how strong I am too.

To be continued...

A/N: New Chapter, not much to say. What else is new? MLB started up again so that's kinda cool. Um...New Logic album "No Pressure" is actually fire so...give it a shot. Halo Infinite got shown off. It looks pretty good, but the shading looks pretty wack. I hope they fix it by release time.

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