Taiho walks inside the classroom, he notices it's empty,
'Huh, where did they go…?' He thinks confused,
"NOW!" Tanya yells,
Hazu lunges at Taiho from the roof behind him,
His sharpened senses catch the subtle shift in Taiho's movements. He knows he will subconsciously dodge, not block.
"Gotcha!"
As soon as Taiho jumps out of the way, Ari bursts from a nearby school closet, fist loaded up,
"Scorpio Style: Viper Pulse!"
Taiho turns around, eyes wide in shock,
'Crap! He's fast! I'm still in the air from dodging Hazu's attack! I can't dodge this one!'
Taiho puts his fists up to dodge, ready to tank the hit, but then,
"Metal Style: Prison Chains!"
From out of nowhere, Tanya enters the scene and traps Taiho's body in place with chains,
'Crap! Tanya! No… wait, Ari is still-' Taiho's thoughts get cut short as Ari finally connects his punch after initially being a distraction,
Taiho gets sent flying out of the classroom, coughing blood,
"Round two!" Tanya yells, pulling her chains back with Taiho still tied up,
"You're up, Tlen!"
Tlen puts his hand on Ari's shoulder calmly,
"Some space, please."
Ari backs off, "Floor is yours,"
'These chains! I can't break free!' Taiho struggles midair, flying back,
"Let's go, Huracán." Tlen's entire left side turns skeletal as he charges up his tackle,
'So that's what he hit me with that day…' Ari remembers,
Tlen lunges and tackles Taiho, sending him flying out with immense force once again, Tanya releases her hold on the chainsat impact,
"Monita…" He says nonchalantly, cueing Monita's turn to strike.
Monita leaps down from the roof, Taiho opens his blurry eyes slowly while falling midair,
"Voodoo Style: Nail Corpse."
She whispers, a nail the size of a bus gets summoned, falls down at incredible speed,
Taiho sees the size of the nail, he laughs in shock
"These kids…"
The rest of the crew walk to the big hole in the middle of the classroom,
"Hazu, now!" Tanya yells,
Hazu lunges out and tackles Taiho out of the way before the Nail can impale him, they land just outside the Sangre De Reyes entrance.
"How was that, Mr. Taiho?" Hazu smiles brightly as he dusts himself off, the chains that held Taiho finally disperse,
"You're really asking me that?" Taiho says with a laugh, Hazu helps him up while the crew joins them,
"Good job everyone! I'm so proud!" Tanya says excitedly while she bounces around,
"Hey… good job." Ari says to Hazu,
Hazu puts his hands in his pockets and pouts,
"I could've been more useful." He starts walking away,
Ari turns to Tlen, then to Monita, who's already distractedly playing with Dori Dori,
'These guys are the real deal…' Ari thinks,
…
Elsewhere, Jane wakes up in her bed in a panic,
"Saint?" She looks around her room, she quickly walks out to the warehouse, where Mari, Zodiak, Skai and Mela are eating breakfast,
"Morning…" Mari says casually,
Jane shakes her head,
"M-morning?" She replies confused, she takes her seat and looks around with a frown,
'Was it a dream? Did Saint leave last night?'
Jane replays everything from that night, losing herself in her thoughts, she gets interrupted by Mari serving her breakfast plate, Jane looks up at her,
"Thanks…" She says quietly,
"Man! I've been playing that game we stole from the auction, it's such a blast! I didn't know they made those types of games still." Skai says, in a good mood,
"Dumbass. That game is old, really old." Mela replies,
Mari laughs, Jane sits in silence, barely touching her food, she finally speaks up,
"Um… where is Saint?"
The three of them look at her in silence, Mari takes the lead,
"He left…" She says, avoiding eye contact and continuing to eat,
Jane's eyebrows twitch, "Left? What do you mean 'left'?"
"Jane, calm down." Skai tries to calm her down,
"No! How could you let him leave! He's one of us, and you're gonna let himself get killed!"
She shoots up out of her seat, "Give me an explanation! Please, Mari!" She pleads,
"We have other things to worry about, Jane. Saint can handle himself." Mari replies,
"Like what?" Jane retorts,
"Following Jovi's orders. That's what we do, don't insult the boss, Jane. We can't have you acting like this, rule number one is to not get too attached."
Jane tries not to cry, she calmly sits herself back down,
"Yes."
…
Elsewhere In the country of Entoria, Saint, Viola and Shinsei are sitting at a hotel bar, Shinsei slides Saint a small picture,
"This is her, boss, the girl I was talking to you about, she's checked into this hotel."
Saint grabs the picture and inspects it, "I see…"
"Do you want me to forcefully search every room?" Shinsei asks,
"No… we want to stay away from unwanted attention." Saint replies calmly, putting the picture in his pocket,
"I understand." Shinsei bows slightly,
"Shinsei, hang about in this area, I'm gonna get some rest, if you see her, keep your distance and call me at once." Saint commands,
"What should I do, Saint?" Viola asks, pointing at herself with wide eyes, Shinsei clenches his jaw,
'She's really calling the boss by his first name!?'
"If you want, I can come up with you…" She says, hugging Saint's arm,
"That won't be necessary, assist Shinsei if you can. Anyway, I'm counting on you." Saint makes his way to the elevator,
…