(MOVED!) Project: INFERNO

Chapter 11: Road Trip!

(After a few weeks passed, only nine days remain until the Intercontinental Elemental Tournament. Everyone who was fighting for Japan met up at the meeting point outside the academy and Sawano met with them a while later.)
"Sawano: Hey guys!"
"Konnor: Sawano!"
"Sawano: Sorry I'm late..!"
"Okisaki: Yeah.. sorry!"
"Velriot: Its fine guys, really."
"Crystalline: Don't worry a bit, we just got here a little bit after five minutes."
"Sawano: Oh, that's good.. wait, aren't we forgetting some people?"
"Velriot: Azumi said that she's on her way, but she has last-minute problems to take care of first."
"Sawano: Oh ok, that explains it."
(A few other people showed up later on.)
"Akira: Sawano!"
"Sawano: Akira?!"
"Akira: Man.. I'm sorry for not being around... We all was so caught up with what happened recently, we barely had any time to help you and the rest of the guys."
"Sumizaki: Y-yeah.. unfortunately."
"Sawano: Wait.. Crystalline? What happened to Frederick?"
"Crystalline: He's more of a worker, not a fighter. We placed him in the High Commission for his services in location."
"Sawano: So wait, he never fought before?"
"Crystalline: Never in his life."
"Sawano: Wow... and yet he has super speed."
(A zoom just passed by all of them which brought a heavy amount of wind then distracted everyone till Gaito was seen leaning on the gate of Saikan Academy.)

"Gaito: Yo."
(They all looked confused and stared down the street then back at Gaito to think how that was possible.)
"Sawano: How did you-"
"Gaito: Don't say a word. I'm not wasting my breath on you."
"Okisaki: Gaito come on..! What even is the problem?"
"Gaito: I don't want to talk about it nor do I want to explain it."
(Noah was sliding on his ice-made skateboard to the school gates as he was listening to rap music through his headphones.)
"Noah(Rapping): You can taste that kick, but cha' can't take a kitty's lick. Me and the boys be walking on thin ice, MAN! You got us laughing if you think you're thicker than white rice, let me and my brothers bust the doors down and take all that heat like we's gonna have us a goddamn feast, uh!"
(He'd skid down the stairway and sees the rest of the team at the gates then lands on the wheels and stops after pausing the song.)
"Sawano: Noah!"
"Noah: Hey guys. Where's the rest?"
"Velriot: Going to be a while for everyone else to get here but so far, we're the only ones."
"Noah: Ah! Alright."
(A while later, they all looked at a car which pulled up as Azumi was stepping out the car then closed the door and waved to her parents as they pulled off.)
"Crystalline: Azumi!!"
"Azumi: Greetings Crystalline! Hi Sawano and all!"
(They all smiled and greeted her back with smiles.)
"Velriot: Where was you at Azumi?"
"Azumi: It was an urgent family problem. Someone cut off my father's tail and he was really pissed off about it."
"Sawano: Whoa what..?"
(They all looked at her with worry as Sawano looked at his own tail and remembered when Ares came close to cutting it off.)

"Crystalline: Wow.. we're really sorry about your father..."
"Azumi: No. It is ok, I... have decided to let my family deal with the ones who took my father's tail from him and I believe they'll catch whoever did."
(Sawano started getting a weird vibe but a while later, Konnor, Lotus, Silvershot and Onara made it to the meeting point as they all walked into the academy and saw the other students going inside as well.)
"Student: Hey guys, good luck at the tournament!"
"Student #2: Go kick some butt and come back with the win!"
(Everyone else cheered them on as they walked towards Chimon's office and a moment later, they all gathered in the office with the prime minister as well.)
"Chimon: For years. Saikan Academy has been the top-ranked education industry that has been all about teaching the next generation the use of elemental power. But never, have we ever faced a challenge like this. There are freakishly stronger adversaries among other countries but do not let that stop you! We are the ones who will win for Japan and we shall prove ourselves as the strongest country!"
(They all bowed to the Chimon and the prime minister.)
"Baisho: From what I was told, the other countries finally have their teams set. Here are their top fighters so far."
(The windows were blinded as the entire room was darkened and a projector screen was descending from the ceiling and a slide shows a male with blonde hair and a school uniform.)
"This is the United Kingdom's top student at their academy, Leonard Moore. His elemental ability is Discharge. He's given the power to release toxic chemicals into the air or attack his opponents with them and his trump card has never been used. He always gets the top scores on their tests and is a combat strategic."
(Gaito didn't look pleased with him as the next slide shows Germany's top assassin.)