A day has passed since the battle between Seth and Paul, and it's officially time to travel to the Moro zone. On the far left side of Grava City is a completely silver train station with an advanced train that uses the float system created by the same person who created the Grava Academy battlegrounds. At this train station, Wayne, with Lex on his shoulder and a big backpack on his back, is sitting in wait for Kage and Unknown.
"The train leaves in twelve minutes; do you think they'll be here in time, Lex?"
"Grrr!!"
"Yeah, you're right. I'm sure they'll be here."
"Wayne!!"
"Speaking of them, there's Unknown right there."
Unknown with a small bag on his back, runs to where Wayne is sitting.
"Hi Unknown where's Kage?"
"Since we're going to the Moro zone on a train, Kage can't bring his motorcycle, so it might take him a while to get here. Thankfully, I woke up early to get here on time."
Lex scratches itself.
"Grrr!!"
"Lex is saying Kage is going to be late, guaranteed."
"Wait a minute, can you actually understand what that beast is saying?"
"No humans can't understand beast; it's just that we've been together so long that I can just guess what he's saying, and most of the time I'm right."
"Wow, That's cool! I heard that beasts are pretty much impossible to understand. The fact you can even guess what he's saying is impressive."
Wayne blushes and remarks.
"Hehe, no, it's really not that impressive. I'm sure you could do the same with enough experience."
As Wayne and Unknown have their conversation, the train conductor comes out of the train and shouts.
"All aboard!!!"
"Damn it Where is that idiot?"
"Sorry, Unknown if Kage doesn't make it, we will have to leave him. I'm not missing my pop's birthday."
"I understand, but he told me last night he would be here on time."
"Well, he'll probably get an earful from Mr.Mink. Come on, Lex, let's go."
Wayne, with Lex on his shoulder, and Unknown walk onto the train.
"Last call, all aboard!"
"Damn, I guess Kage isn't coming."
No, trust me, I know Kage best; he will be here. He'll be cutting it close, but I guarantee he will be here."
The train doors start closing.
"But the doors are about to close; there's no way he ma—"
Hey, wait for me!"
Unknown and Wayne look out the window in the direction of Where the scream came from and see Kage with a small backpack on his back running into the train station.
"Ok, at least he's here, but how is he going to get through the doors before they close?"
As Kage is running, his legs start to glow.
"Accelerate!!!"
Kage starts to run even faster. With barely any room between the closing doors, Kage speeds between the doors and successfully makes it on the train.
"I made it damn it!"
Kage falls to the ground in exhaustion. As he lies on the train floor, Unknown walks over to him and says:
"You told me on the phone last night that you would be here on time. What the hell happened?"
"Hehe, I might have overslept."
"Well, you're lucky you made it, or Mr.Mink would have had your head on a platter."
"Yeah, yeah, I know, but Wayne, I have a question for you."
"???"
"You know we have planes, right? Why are we using a train to get to the Moro zone?"
Before Wayne could answer his question, Unknown answers it first.
"Do you know how much plane tickets cost? We would take a plane if our school passes covered it, but they don't."
Oh, ok, we are taking the train because we can use our school passes to cover the expenses. We're going to be on this train forever!"
"Don't worry, Kage, they just upgraded the trains, so it will only take two days and a half to get to our destination."
Both Kage's and Unknown's mouths dropped at Wayne's statement. As they look at Wayne in shock, they say:
"Two days and a half!"
Kage gets up off the ground and remarks:
"Well, I guess I'll be watching anime for two days and a half."
The three walk to the back of the train and take their seats around a round table. Kage pulls out his phone and then looks at Wayne.
Aye, Wayne, what happened to Lex? Wasn't he just with you?"
"Yeah, you're right. Where is Lex?"
"Oh Lex, don't worry about him; he's still here; he just shrank so small that we can't see him."
Kage and unknown eyes start to sparkle.
"Wow, that's so cool that he can shrink, so that means he's here right now."
"Hehe, yeah, he is. Go ahead and show him, Lex."
Kage and Unknown look around in anticipation.
Kage, out of nowhere, gets bopped on the nose, making his head fly back and hit the wall. Kage starts to look all over the place with an angry expression on his face.
"What the Hell was that Lex?"
"Hahaha, Lex loves to mess with people who can't see him."
Hahaha, Lex made you look like a fucking idiot."
"Shut the hell up, Unknown. Why didn't he hit you?"
"How about you take a chill pill and drink some water? Now, Wayne, I have a question about Lex."
"Yeah, what up?"
"How is Lex that strong at that Size?"
"Oh, it's just one of Lex's many powers. You see, Lex is a Gumalo. A race of beasts that can turn as small as an atom or as big as the biggest beast, and they can still keep their strength no matter how big they are. To make him even cooler, he can breathe fire through his mouth and his six tails, which are snakes that are also alive and have minds of their own."
Kage puts on his headphones and says:
That's pretty cool, but I didn't know that beasts have different races just like us."
"Of course, they have different races; we have to differentiate them somehow."
Hahaha, don't worry, Wayne Kage has a habit of asking dumb questions."
Oh, really, Unknown? I think you're forgetting that I'm stronger than you."
Kage grabs Unknown and starts using his fist to aggressively rub Unknown's head.
"Ow damn it, ok, I'll show you."
Unknown opens his mouth wide and Bites Kage's arm.
Ow, weirdo, you call that a bite? I'll show you a bite."
Before Kage could bite Unknown he paused as Wayne laughed hysterically.
"Haha, You two are the perfect duo."
Kage and Unknown look at each other and start laughing hysterically.
While Kage Unknown and Wayne take a train to the Moro zone, back at Grava Academy, class continues. With the three gone, Mr.Mink is teaching a class of three.
Ok, class, since Kage Unknown and Wayne are gone, we won't be doing much, but I do need to get something out of the way. Do you mind helping me, Selena?"
"Of course, Mr.Mink."
"Great, Paul, you are free to go."
"..."
Paul gets up with a blank expression on his face and walks out of the classroom. As Paul walks out of the classroom, Akira tries to follow. With an angry expression, Mr.Mink shouts.
Akira, sit down!"
Akira jumps in fear and rushes back to her seat.
"Yes, Mr. Mink, is there a problem?"
"Is there a problem? Yes, there is a problem, and we're going to take care of it right now."
"Oh, really, what could you possibly have in mind to take care of it?"
"Since you decided to play a battle royale instead of doing my project, you're going to do this."
Mr.Mink drops a big stack of paper on Akira's desk.
"Have all these papers done by tomorrow, and to make sure you get these papers done, I told Selena here to watch you do them one by one. After you finish those papers, you will practice your OGI control, then you will do multiple level-one technique exercises till it looks like you're a master!"
"Umm, don't you think this is much, Mr. Mink? All I did was miss one project."
"You didn't miss it; you just decided not to do it. If you missed it, I would let you make it up, but since you skipped out on the project, everything I just told you I want to be done today Selena, please watch her. I have a lot to do today. I'll be here tomorrow, hopefully getting good news."
"Ok, Mr.Mink I'll make sure Akira gets everything done."
"Thank you, Selena; you're the best."
Akira's face turns to fear as she looks through her work.
"Well, I guess I'm fucked."
As Akira takes on her punishment, Kage Unknown and Wayne edge closer to the Moro zone. Kage has fallen asleep with his music blasting in his ears. With Kage sleeping, Unknown asks Wayne a serious question.
"Hey Wayne this is something that has been eating at me ever since you finished your presentation, but please tell me why you come to a school for OGI users when you have no OGI of your own. Sorry if it seems rude, but it just doesn't add up to me."
Wayne looks at Unknown and smiles. Four seats away from where the three are sitting, a person wearing a giant cloak start to giggle at Unknown and Wayne's conversation.
"Hehe"
Chapter 17 end