As Yuji, Kazuma and Kito were in Yuji's bed room, Kazuma seemed to be seated on the floor while Kito was sitted on the studying chair. Yuji looked at them with a face of boredom "Soooo? What do you want?", he asked. Kazuma explained to him "Well, you see, we've just been walking around all day without doing nothing. I mean, Kito and I did spar with each other...". Kito cut Kazuma off "Actually, Kazuma was the one who was blowing things up while I ran for my life...", Yuji muttered "Oh, I see.". Kazuma just sighed tiredly "You were the one who said you wanted me to attack you while you tested your speed and agility.", Yuji added "I can bet you almost took it too far.", Kito pointed at Kazuma in response to Yuji "He definitely took it too far.". Yuji just sighed "Typical Kazuma behaviour.", Kazuma turned to Yuji "Whatever, by the way, you wanna come to the boarding house today? Haven't seen you around in a while, so I thought it might be fun if you stuck around.". Yuji on hearing this stretched a bit and started to scratch his head "Sure, I have no problem with that. I've actually been inside all day. A little bit of walking outside and having fun with you guys doesn't sound like a bad idea.". Kazuma then smirked "So you did miss us.", Kito responded with a plain look on his face "No, that's not his point Kazuma.". Later that day, Kazuma, Kito and Yuji were at the boarding house, they sat on the floors and bed with serious looks on their face "I swear to God. The morning I woke up after the fireworks festival was unbelievable!", Kazuma stated with a serious look on his face. Kito also added "Me too. I woke up with Yuki sleeping beside me half naked. You don't want to know what else I found.", Yuji also explained with a straight but funny frown on his face "I on the other hand woke up with Regina hugging me around while fangirling my name around.". They all just sighed and said in unison "Suffering over success. HAAAAAH!", Volt walked in "Hey, what the hell do you guys think you're depressed over?". Yuji replied lazily "Nothing bud-", he immediately became stunned as he realized it was Volt he was talking too "Huh? Volt?! What's up? I haven't seen you in a while!". Volt waved to Yuji "Yo.", Kazuma and Kito looked at Volt as he walked towards them and sat on a bunk bed "Hey, Volt? You good?", Kito asked "Yeah, I'm good. I got lots of rest from the last two days.", Volt responded. Kazuma looked at Volt for a few seconds "Hey, Volt. What's up? You seem odd.", Volt looked at Kazuma "Odd? Where did you get that impression?". Volt said to Yuji "By the way, Yuji. I didn't see you in the gladiator rounds. You should have seen the fights in person, they were crazy!", Yuji replied with a tired smirk as he scratched his head "Yeah, well I was very tired from the elimination rounds, so I didn't want to come.". Yuji thought to himself "Something feels odd about Volt. His behaviour and presence, it's wierd. Not in a bad way, but in a different vibe.", Kito muttered to Kazuma "Hey, do you feel anything new about Volt?", Kazuma replied with a straight face "No, he seems just fine to me when I look at it. I mean, his behaviour seems more straighter now, so I guess there's that.". Volt noticed Kazuma and Kito's muttering "Huh? Is there a problem?", he asked. Kito replied "No, nothing really. By the way, how did you enjoy your fireworks festival?", Kito asked. Volt replied, a little stunned "Fireworks festival? Oh that. I spent it with a girl, her name was Celina. She was pretty nice, but a little shy.". Kazuma's tone changed with a little bit of disbelief "Huh?", Yuji's tone was also the same "Come again?", he asked. Volt then replied "Well, In simple terms, i think this girl actually likes me.". Both, Yuji, Kazuma and Kito stared at him with confusion "WHAT THE HELL?! YOU MEAN YOU'VE GOT A GIRL FRIEND AND DIDN'T TELL ME?", Kazuma exclaimed as he was shaking Volt by the shoulders. Yuji came in and tossed Kazuma aside in order to grab Volt by the shoulders "Volt, answer my question! Is she pretty? Do you like her? How was her behaviour?", Yuji asked. Volts replied "Um? She was pretty nice to be around with.". Kito also joined in the fray with a teasing smirk "Looks like someone's entered the path of maturity. I'm proud of you buddy.", Kazuma yelled with slightly annoyance "HEY! THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MY LINE!". Volt then took a sigh with a smirk "Hm, looks like we've all gone back to usual. I actually missed this vibe where we'd come together and just play around.", Kazuma then smiled softly with a head tilt, he asked Volt "So, have you and Rem patched things up?", Kito and Yuji were caught off guard by this question. Kito turned to Kazuma and whispered with a bit of annoyance and wary "Hey, Kazuma. We don't interfere with any of our family drama's. What the hell?", Volt replied "Yeah, we have." Both Kito and Yuji turned to Volt with looks of slight surprise. Volt explained "You see, after seeing Rem casually just cheering for someone else in the gladiator rounds rather than her own brother, what I did was simple. I made it obvious to her that we're still siblings and I'd protect her anyway I can, but I won't be as close as I used to be with her anymore.". Kito felt a bit stunned on hearing what Volt just said, Yuji also felt a bit shaken but not to the point he'd feel bad or anything like that. Volt took a calm sigh "I mean, we can have Interest and support whoever we want to. She decided to cheer for my opponent who she happened to like a lot while ignoring the fact that I'm her literal brother. Eventually it broke me mentally, and I crashed out on Roy.". Yuji jolted "Roy? You mean Blaze? Wow, how did it go?", Yuji asked. Volt replied "I don't know. It was okay I guess, I actually dislike his fighting style. He rage baited me a lot, and I almost struck a billion volts straight to his chest for that. Eventually I dropped my guard and he ended up grabbing me by the face and burning me.". Kazuma took a sigh "Well atleast you're better now. Right, Volt?", Volt replied with a mild smirk "Huh? You have no idea how chill I feel right now, I'm kinda enjoying myself. Its almost as if something's changed.". Kito thought to himself "No wonder his vibe seemed to have changed. Usually, Volt is the kind of person who is light hearted and doesn't appear to be much at all until he actually starts fighting. But now, it's like he's different. Now, he seems to be the kind of person who you'd know is dangerous just by him being himself. He's like a chill but dangerous guy rather than a typical kid who's lowkey a crazy person.". Kito didn't feel like it, but he just smiled with a scoff "You've really changed a lot buddy. I'm actually proud of you.", he muttered to himself.
END OF CHAPTER.