Chapter Thirty-Three: Off to Paris

Hey there readers, hope you're staying safe during these times. This week, I'm going to do something special, since this is the first chapter for the Titan Cup Internationals, I'll be doing a week-long update, but instead of uploading a chapter Monday thru Friday, I'll be doing it today thru Saturday, that means you're getting seven new chapters this week. Hope you enjoy it!

"That should do it," Leroy said as he laid down on his bed and smiled.

It was Saturday night, and he had finally completed his deck. After days of going to Card Shop Future with Joel and Andrea to train with Mark along with countless fights with Kristi and Anthony, tweaking his deck after every few fights, he had done it.

"Leroy," Kristi called as she entered his room. "Have you finished packing yet?"

"Yup," Leroy lazily replied as he pointed to a corner, as Kristi turned her head, she saw his orange suitcase.

"I see, so what time did Denton say he's coming here to pick you up?" she asked.

"Since I'm the first one he's picking up, he told me that he'll be here at 6 A.M sharp," he replied.

"Well then you need to get some sleep, goodnight," she said as she exited his room, closing the lights as she did so.

"Goodnight," he said back as he turned to his side and smiled. "This is it, the Titan Cup Internationals, we're going to face off against some of the best cardfighters from other countries, but we're going to win, to get our old decks back," he thought before closing his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

[Dream Sequence]

"What the, where am I?" Leroy asked himself as he walked through an unfamiliar place, the land was barren, with only a few spots having any sort of plants or vegetation.

"I must be dreaming, but I've never seen this place before," he said as he continued walking, but stopped as he heard the sound of a voice yelling in the air.

"This is it, everyone!" the voice shouted.

"That voice, is that...Ken?" Leroy began running to the source of the voice, and soon, he found it. About a mile away he saw six units, he recognized them as Sasha, Palandel, Astorias, and of course Ken, but the last two were cloaked, leaving their features undisclosed, they were all alone, but in front of them was a large army, and at the head of that army was a giant beast, one that Leroy had seen before.

"Roarian," he muttered as he began to back away. "Am I...on Cray?"

Suddenly, the six units charged at the army, managing to pick a considerable number of them off, and over time, the enemy numbers began to dwindle, soon, they were completely gone, leaving only the chosen units and Roarian.

"Wow, that was incredible," Leroy said before a huge gust of wind blew from the sky, as he looked up, he saw six large beings descend, he recognized four of them, but the last two were cloaked as well.

"It's the Azrith Titans, they're all coming together to defeat Roarian," Leroy thought with a tone of triumph and joy.

The units and the titans all charged toward Roarian, but the beast then opened its mouth, and released a terrifying blast of enormous size, a large cloud of dust soon covered the area, as the cloud dispersed, Leroy looked in disbelief as all of them were on the ground, a pool of blood around them.

"No way," Leroy muttered as he saw Ken slowly get back up, his robe was covered in blood, but that didn't stop him as he limped towards Roarian.

"Ken!" Leroy exclaimed as he began running toward his partner, but Ken merely extended his hand, forcing Leroy to stop. "What's going on, I can't move," he thought as he looked up to see Ken smiling at him.

"Don't fail, Leroy, you can't," the wizard said before Roarian released another blast right at him, Leroy watched as his partner dropped to the ground, this time, however, he was unmoving.

"No," he muttered as Roarian roared and flew into the sky, releasing blast after blast, destroying everything in sight, in seconds, the area was completely barren, fires were everywhere, smoke rose into the sky, the planet was in chaos.

"What the...this can't be happening...it just can't," Leroy said as he looked around, but as he turned around once more, Roarian was looking right at him, his monstrous eyes struck absolute fear into Leroy's soul, the teen was so scared that he couldn't even move.

"It's all over," Roarian spoke as he opened his mouth and released the blast right towards Leroy.

"No!" Leroy exclaimed as the blast quickly approached him.

[End Dream Sequence]

Leroy's alarm suddenly rang, drawing him out of his dream, he stood up in his bed and looked at his hands, and then to his alarm clock, it read that it was 5:20.

"What was that dream?" Leroy asked aloud as he got out of his bed and got ready, he then went downstairs with his suitcase where he saw Anthony and Kristi.

"Good morning," he said to them.

"Morning," they said back to him.

"Are you going to get any breakfast?" Kristi asked.

"No, Denton will be here soon, I don't have much time," Leroy replied.

"I thought you might not be able to, so I made you this," Anthony took out a paper bag. "I made you a sandwich, there's a granola bar in there as well,"

"Thanks, Dad," Leroy said bluntly as he took the bag.

"Is everything alright Leroy, you look worried?" Kristi asked.

Leroy flashed a smile. "Yeah, I'm just nervous," he lied.

"Oh, well don't worry, Kristi and I might not be able to go with you this time, but we know you'll do great," Anthony said.

"Thanks," Leroy said as he heard a honk outside. "Well, it seems that Denton is here, I'm off,"

"Good luck," they both said.

Leroy walked outside and saw the limo in his driveway, he walked over as the driver's window began to go down.

"Good morning Johnson, it's good to see-," Leroy began to say, expecting Johnson to be the one driving, but he was surprised to see that the driver wasn't Johnson, but in fact Joshua Flint.

"Oh, Joshua, I didn't know that you could drive a limo, what are you doing here?" Leroy asked with some surprise.

"Firstly, yes I can drive a limo, secondly, just like with the representatives, Denton and I will be doing commentary at the internationals, so I'll be coming too," Joshua replied. "You can put your stuff in the back,"

"Okay," Leroy said as he put his suitcase in the back and opened the door to see Denton. "Good morning Denton,"

"Good morning Leroy, good to see you ready on time," Denton said back as Leroy sat down.

"Alright, now that you're in, it's on to the next person," Joshua said as the limo exited the driveway and continued down the street.

"Okay, the day has finally come, the beginning of the internationals," Joel said with a smile as he rose from his bed, he then turned to his desk and grabbed his deck, looking at it intently.

"IgNoble, Palandel, I'm counting on you, let's win this," he said as he got up from his bed and got ready, he then took his duffle bag and made his way downstairs to where he saw Tommy.

"Morning Tommy," he greeted his brother as he sat down and got himself some cereal.

"Morning," Tommy plainly replied as he too got some cereal. "So, are you ready for today?"

"I am, even though the fights won't start until tomorrow, I'm still excited, this is my first time going to Europe," Joel replied.

"Try not to do anything dumb," Tommy said as Joel looked at him with a deadpan expression, Tommy then took another spoonful of cereal. "So, have you finished your deck yet, I didn't see you for all of yesterday, were you training with the others?"

"That's right, I was finally able to complete it, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet," he replied.

Tommy slightly nodded. "I see," he simply said.

Joel looked at his younger brother. "Hey...I'm proud of you,"

Tommy looked at him surprised. "You're...proud of me, what for?"

"You're trying to make conversation with me, usually, I would have to be the one to start and you wouldn't say too much, but not this time, it makes me happy," Joel explained with a smile at the end.

Tommy's cheeks slightly turned red. "I don't know what you're talking about, you just won't be around, so I wanted to make sure you were ready,"

"Alright then, I'll go along with that, if it makes you feel better," Joel grinned as Tommy looked at him annoyed.

"Whatever," he said as Joel finished his cereal.

"Well, now that I'm done with breakfast, I should be on my way," he said as he got up.

"Wait a minute," Tommy put his hand up and took out his phone. "It's 5:35, didn't you say that Denton would come to pick you up at 6:10?"

"Yeah, but I could just wait outside for him," Joel responded.

"You could, but there is something else you could do," Tommy said.

Joel raised a brow. "And that is?"

Tommy pulled out his deck. "You could have a cardfight with me," he suggested. "You said your deck is complete, so I want to see how strong it is,"

"Alright then, you're on," Joel grinned as he and Tommy went to the living and sat on opposite sides of a small table, they then prepared their field and hand.

"Ready?" Joel asked.

"Yes," Tommy replied.

"Stand up my, Vanguard!" they called together.

Thirty minutes later, Jane and Malcolm walked downstairs and saw the two of them fighting, they smiled, seeing that despite the mistakes that were made between them in the past, Joel and Tommy were still getting along, even though at times Tommy refused to openly admit it.

"Bigbelly now attacks the vanguard," Tommy said.

"Complete guard," Joel said in response.

"Now, Graybelly attacks, boosted by Corebelly," Tommy then said.

"Generation guard, with the skill of Nimizu "Titan", send Graybelly to the hand,"

Tommy sighed. "I end my turn,"

"It's good to see you two enjoying yourselves," Jane said as the two brothers turned to her, each showing a small smile.

"My turn, generation-," Joel was about to say before Malcolm intervened.

"Um, Joel, you do know that it'll be 6:10 in about a minute right," his father said.

"Oh crap, you're right, we'll resume this after I get back," Joel gathered his cards, took his duffel bag, and went outside, the others joined him as the limo pulled up in his driveway.

"Okay then, I'm off, take care, mom, dad," Joel said as he and his parents shared a hug, once they released, he turned to Tommy. "Make sure not to give mom and dad a hard time,"

"I never do," he simply replied before Joel walked over to him and ruffled his hair.

"You take care," he said.

"Joel,"

The blond-haired teen turned to his brother, who gave him a thumbs-up. "Good luck, win and come back home a champion, but I'll get stronger and beat you though,"

"We'll see about that," Joel returned the thumbs-up as he walked to the limo.

The window came down, Joel was surprised to see Joshua instead of Joshua. "Just in case you wanted to know, I can drive a limo, and will be doing commentary in Paris," Joshua quickly explained as Joel nodded. "You can put your stuff in the back,"

"Okay," Joel did as he was told, he then opened the door to see Leroy and Denton.

"Morning," he said to them.

"Good morning," they replied.

"So Andrea is the last one?" Joel asked.

"That's right, once we pick her up, we can head over to the airport," Joshua said as he got out of the driveway and went down the road.

The alarm in Andrea's room sounded off, she then sat up on her bed and put on her glasses, she then grinned. "The day of the internationals has come,"

She got up from her bed and walked to her mirror, she looked at herself, she then began to think back, just less than two months ago, she was that girl that despite being popular in her class, never spoke to anyone, always keeping to herself, but that changed when she met Leroy and Joel, she became the member of a team, began to break out of her shell, and make things right with Susan.

"I've come a long way now that I think about it," she said before hearing a knock on her door.

"Hey Andrea, you up yet?" Kyle asked from the other side.

"Yeah, I'm up," she replied. "But what are you doing up?"

"Did you even have to ask, my sister is going to Paris, why wouldn't I be awake when she leaves," Kyle replied.

"Okay, you got me there," Andrea said as she grabbed her towel and opened the door, then headed to the bathroom.

Ten minutes later, she came out and went back into her room, another ten minutes passed by before she came out of her room with her suitcase and walked downstairs. In the living room, she saw her parents and Kyle.

"Good morning, mom, dad,"

"Good morning Andrea, have you packed everything, you aren't missing anything are you?" Troy asked.

"No Dad, I haven't forgotten anything," Andrea replied.

Suddenly, they all heard a knock at the door.

"Who could that be, it's 6:00, didn't Denton say that he would be here at 6:15?" Linda asked.

"That's right," Andrea replied.

"Well, let's see who it is then," Troy said as he walked to the door and opened, letting the person inside, Linda, Troy, and Kyle were unfamiliar with this person, but Andrea knew who she was.

"Susan, what are you doing here?" Andrea asked.

"You did tell me yesterday that you were leaving at 6:15, so I wanted to come to see you off," Susan replied.

"Um, Andrea...who is this?" Kyle asked.

"Oh yeah, you've never met, everyone, this is my friend, Susan Duva," Andrea said. "Susan, these are my parents, Troy and Linda, and there's my little brother, Kyle,"

"Oh, I'm so glad to see that Andrea has another friend, she hasn't had anyone over since that time Joel came over," Linda said happily. "Say, Andrea, how are you and Joel doing, you haven't gotten into fights with him have you?"

"Um...no, we haven't," Andrea replied with a confused tone.

Linda smiled. "Good, because couples shouldn't argue,"

"Mom, not this again," the teen groaned.

"Don't be like that Andrea," Susan said to her. "She just cares about your future, we are teenagers, remember,"

"Please, don't encourage her," Andrea bluntly stated as the other laughed.

"Let's change the subject," Kyle said as everyone looked at him. "Andrea, you told me yesterday that you were able to complete your new deck, right?"

"Yes, it took a lot of test fights, but I was able to do it, Susan really helped me out," Andrea replied.

"You're welcome, I don't mind helping my friend, you're going to have to be as ready as possible if you're going to take the world," Susan added as a honk was heard outside.

"It's 6:15, well, it's time for me to go, bye everyone," Andrea said as she walked outside.

"Good luck Andrea, do your best," the other called.

The window came down, and Andrea was surprised to see Joshua. "Oh, hello Joshua, are you doing commentary at the internationals as well?" she asked.

Joshua looked surprised that she figured it out before he had to explain. "Yes, I am, you can put your stuff in the back,"

"Okay," she said as she did so, then went to the door and opened it.

"Hey there Andrea," Joel greeted.

"Good morning Joel, and good morning to you too, Leroy, Denton," Andrea greeted back as Leroy and Denton nodded.

"Good, now that everyone is here, it's off to the airport, and if you don't mind, I'll be playing some music to help keep me awake, so I'll close the inner window so that it won't bother you," Joshua said as he did so, then the limo exited the driveway and drove off.

"Hey Denton, if you don't mind me asking, where's Johnson?" Joel asked.

"Because I'm going to Paris with you, I've had Johnson stay to take care of things for me while I'm gone," Denton replied. "So, are all of you ready for the internationals, I take it you've built new decks with the cards you've obtained?"

"Yes, those cards we got along with the ones you gave us are pretty strong," Andrea said.

"She's right, and most of the new cards we got from you use a new mechanic that we weren't used to at first, but now, we can see how powerful they can be," Joel added. "Right, Leroy?"

Leroy stared at the sky, ignoring Joel's question, this got the attention of the other three, when they looked at the dark-haired teen, they could see a look of distress in his eyes, it was obvious that something was bothering him.

"Leroy...is there something on your mind?" Andrea gently asked as she patted Leroy's shoulder.

Leroy took notice of it and turned to face the others, he could see the worry on Joel and Andrea's faces, Denton however, kept his facial expression the same. "Yes?" Leroy asked.

"I asked if there was something on your mind," Andrea replied.

"Something on my mind...yes there is, I had a dream," Leroy said.

"A dream, what happened?" Joel asked.

"In my dream, I was on Cray, the guardian units were fighting Roarian and his army, they were able to defeat his army, just then, the Azrith Titans appeared, I thought that they were going to defeat Roarian, but then Roarian released some blast and then...they were all dead, all except for Ken, I ran to him, but he stopped me and told me not to fail, before Roarian...killed him too, Roarian then destroyed everything, before noticing me, he told me it was all over before blasting me, and that's when I woke up," Leroy finished his explaining his dream, everyone looked at him with surprise and some horror.

"No way, so they all died, Sasha and everyone else?" Andrea asked.

"Yes," Leroy sadly replied.

"This dream can very well be a vision," Denton said, getting the other's attention. "A vision of what could happen if we fail to stop Roarian's seal from being undone,"

"That just puts a lot more pressure on us chosen ones," Joel sighed.

"Perhaps, but no one said that this was going to be easy," Denton told him. "That only makes it more important that we find the remaining two chosen ones in the internationals...well, if they are in the internationals,"

"They most likely are, but I wonder if they've obtained their Azrith Titans yet, that would make it easier to find them," Andrea said.

"We'll just have to see," Leroy stated.

The drive to the airport was then silent, everybody had something on their minds now, either thinking about the internationals, or the dream that Leroy had explained to them and the gruesome fate that would befall Cray and its inhabitants. An hour passed before they all arrived at the airport, instead of exiting the limo and going into the main entrance, Joshua made a turn and continued driving.

"Um Joshua, where are we going?" Leroy asked as he knocked on the inner window.

The inner window came down and Joshua smiled. "You'll see," was all he said in response as he continued.

The limo continued driving onto an open area, the three teens looked in amazement as they saw a large plane in the distance, on the plane in large purple letters was the word 'Lesters'.

"We'll be flying in my private plane, once we get close enough, we'll get off and Joshua will put the limo in the cargo space and join us," Denton explained.

"What, you have a private plane, and it has a big enough cargo space to fit a limousine, well I shouldn't be surprised, you are rich after all," Joel said as the limo arrived near the plane, they all then got out and made their way into the plane, Joshua then drove the limo into the plane's cargo area.

"Wow, this plane looks incredible," Andrea said as she and the other two looked in awe at the interior beauty of the plane, and there was a multitude of seats, all lined up in groups of three, Joshua then came into the plane as well, the same look was on his face.

"You can sit wherever you want, no one else is going to be here," Denton told them as they all sat down, fifteen minutes passed before the plane took off.

"So Denton, how long until we reach Paris?" Leroy asked as he relaxed in his seat.

"A bit under eight hours," Denton plainly replied as Leroy looked at him with a deadpan expression.

The plane continued to fly, to pass the time, the teens did a variety of things, they listened to music, had conversations with each other and Joshua, and even had cardfights with each other using the built-in tables, though it felt like a long time, those eight hours did eventually pass, and the plane landed.

"Well, we're here everyone, Joshua, you can get the limo," Denton instructed as they all got off, Joshua then came over with the limo and they got in.

"So, where are we off to now?" Leroy asked.

"We have to go check into the hotel," Denton said as they drove past an open street, but as they did, a small smile appeared on his face. "Hey Joshua, stop the limo,"

Joshua then stopped the limo and Denton turned to the teens. "Joshua and I can go check into the hotel, why don't you three go and see the sights, I'll call you when we get there and send you the address, it's not too far from here," he told them.

"Okay," they got off as the limo drove off.

"So, why do you think Denton wanted us to go and see the sights now, we could do it later?" Joel asked.

"I don't know, but...wow, look over there," Leroy was about to reply before turning around and gasping. "It's the Eiffel Tower,"

Joel and Andrea turned around and had the same looks of amazement on their faces as they looked at the historic and iconic monument of Paris.

"I've only ever seen it online, but never in real life," Joel said.

"I know, it's beautiful," Andrea added.

"It is, but not as beautiful as you," a voice then said, the teens turned to see a man approaching them, he looked to be just over twenty and was quite handsome, he had short brown hair, and he wore a blue shirt and khaki pants. He walked over to Andrea and kneeled.

"Are you...talking about me?" she asked.

"Of course, I have been captivated by your beauty, may I ask for your name," the man said.

Andrea's cheeks turned slightly red. "Oh, how kind of you to say so, I'm Andrea,"

"Andrea, what a beautiful name," the man said once more.

Joel moved towards Leroy. "No fair, she's never done that when I talk to her, what does he have that I don't?" he asked.

Leroy chuckled. "I didn't think that you would be jealous, especially of a guy neither of us has met,"

"I'm not jealous, just...curious," Joel said in defense.

"Hey Lucas!" another voice exclaimed, they all turned to see two young women walking to them, one of them had medium-sized blond hair, she wore a yellow shirt and a jean skirt, the other one was a bit shorter, she had long black hair, wore a red casual dress with black leggings.

"What are you doing, Lucas?" the black-haired girl asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry, it was a bit of a reflex," the man named Lucas said as he stood up and walked to the two females.

The blond-haired woman bowed to the three teens. "Sorry about him, he has always take the gentleman thing a bit too far,"

"Don't worry, I didn't mind," Andrea said back.

"No way, I don't believe it," Leroy began as he looked at the blond-haired woman. "You're Cassandra Pierre, the champion of the tournament in France two years ago, as well as the Europe vs North America tournament of last year,"

The woman named Cassandra giggled. "It's nice to meet a fan,"

"Now that you mention it, that is her, she did cut her hair, however," Joel said. "In the final match of the Europe vs North America tournament, you were France's representative, playing off against Jack Exume, Haiti's representative, that victory was what launched your career,"

"So, what are you doing here? I know that your french, but you don't live in Paris," Andrea asked.

"We're here for the Titan Cup Internationals," Cassandra replied.

"The Titan Cup?" they asked together.

"That's right, we're the team representing France, Team Floral Knights, these are my teammates," she turned to the black-haired girl beside her. "This is my little sister, Sophie, and you already met our gentlemen, Lucas Armel, and you're Leroy, Joel, and Andrea, of Team Trinovol,"

"Wait a minute, you know who we are?" Leroy asked.

"Of course, you three are the team from America who all use new clans, a lot of players in France have heard of you," Sophie replied.

"Are you sure?" Joel asked.

"No way, Team Trinovol!" a voice exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure," Sophie replied.

The six of them turned to see a boy running to them, he had short black hair with streaks of purple, he wore a lavender shirt and blue jeans, and there was a look of childish excitement on his face as he got to them.

"You guys are the people from America with the new clans, I can't believe it," the boy said cheerfully.

"Um, thanks, and who are?" Andrea asked.

"Oh, where are my manners, my name is Hayato Tenji," the boy introduced himself.

"That name, I hope you don't mind me asking, but are you Japanese?" Leroy asked.

"That's right, I'm here for the same reason you are, for the Titan Cup Internationals, I'm the leader of the team representing Japan, Team Taiyo-Tsuki,"

"Taiyo-Tsuki?" Joel said, confused.

"In Japanese, that would mean sun and moon," Hayato explained as they all nodded.

"Hayato!" a voice exclaimed, Hayato's facial expression changed from one of cheerfulness to one of panic, they all looked to see two people walking to them, the one who yelled was a girl, she had a cyan shirt that was over a pink long-sleeved shirt and a blue skirt, she had blond hair tied up in a ponytail with streaks of cyan, the other person was a boy, he had short green hair, he wore a navy green shirt with black pants, and a red glasses.

"Oh crap," Hayato whispered as the girl planted her hand on his head.

"C'mon Hayato, you're 18 years old, you can't just run off from us whenever you want to," she said before turning to the group, then bowing. "I apologize, I hope that Hayato hasn't caused you any trouble,"

"Don't worry, he did nothing of the sort," Leroy said. "I take it you're his teammates?"

The girl nodded. "Correct, I'm Natsuna Kobayashi, this handful's cousin," she replied before turning to the other boy. "C'mon Masato, introduce yourself,"

The boy named Masato looked at Natsuna before his cheeks turned red and he turned his face from the group. "Sorry, I can't," he quietly said.

"Sorry about him, that's Masato Tenma, our childhood friend, he has always been a shy person with people he's not familiar with, but he's a strong cardfighter," Natsuna said.

"A person who isn't socially skilled, sort of reminds me of how I used to be," Andrea mumbled to herself.

"Hey, you're Cassandra Pierre, aren't you?" Hayato asked as he released himself from Natsuna's hand.

"That's right, it's nice to meet you Hayato," Cassandra politely replied.

"I saw your fight against Jack Exume last year, it was awesome, the fight was a complete landslide," Hayato said as he used his hands to illustrate a downwards sliding movement.

"I wouldn't say that, I bet that all Jack needed was another turn to change everything, then he could've won," a voice then said in response, everybody looked behind them to see a boy approaching them, he had dark skin, and really short black hair, he wore a black shirt and a sleeveless green jacket over it with blue shorts.

Not too far from him were two other people, one was a boy, he had the same skin tone and hair as the other boy, but he wore a red shirt with a flag on it and black shorts, the other one was a girl, her skin tone was a bit lighter, but she had long and dark braided hair, she wore a pink shirt with jean shorts.

"What, I didn't think you would be here too," Cassandra said as she looked at the green jacket-clad teen. "It's good to see you, Jack,"

"The same to you, Cassandra, I see you've cut your hair, it looks nice," Jack said back.

"How nice of you to notice, I haven't seen you since the tournament last year, what are you doing here?" Cassandra asked.

"I'm here for the Titan Cup Internationals of course, did you really think that I wouldn't make it? You're looking at the leader of the team representing Haiti, Team Unity Force. And I'm guessing that you're the leader of your nation's team?" he asked.

"That's right," Cassandra replied.

"So you're Jack Exume, the runner up from last year," Joel said.

"Yes, that's me, and these are my teammates," he turned to the other two. "The girl over there is Naomie Cadeus, and the boy beside her is my best friend, Jude Desinoir,"

"Hey, aren't you Team Trinovol?" Naomie asked as she walked up to Jack.

"That's right, I guess everyone really does know who we are," Andrea replied.

"If all of you are participating in the tournament, I take it you're here to see the island?" Jude asked.

"Island?" Team Trinovol and Taiyo-Tsuki asked in unison.

"Follow me, I'll show you what he's talking about," Cassandra said as she led the others to an area by the water, the American and Japanese teens looked with amazement, only a few miles away, was a small island that had many trees, and at the center of the island was a stadium.

"What is that place?" Hayato asked.

"That is Titan Island," Lucas replied. "Despite the trees, the island is completely man-made, it was made solely for the Internationals, when the day comes tomorrow for the players to get there, a large boat will take us to and from the island,"

"Wow, that only gets me more excited for tomorrow," Leroy said before his phone began beeping, he pulled it out and opened it. "It's from Denton, he and Joshua have checked into the hotel, and he's sending us the address, it seems we'll be heading to the Hotel la Bourdonnais,"

Everyone else's faces lit up. "That's the hotel where we're staying," they all said in unison.

"If I'm not mistaken, from where we are, we should be able to make it there by foot in about thirty minutes," Sophie recalled.

"Then what are we waiting for, let's get a move on, the sooner the better," Masato said, everyone looked at him with surprise, seeing that it was the first time they heard him speak.

Thirty minutes passed as they all began walking to the hotel, engaging in conversation with each other to pass the time, eventually, they arrived at the entrance and walked inside.

"Well, we're off to our rooms, see you all tomorrow," Cassandra said as she and her team left, Hayato and Jack's teams did the same, leaving only Team Trinovol in the lobby.

"Hey," they turned to see Denton.

"Where's Joshua?" Andrea asked.

"He's already in his room," Denton replied. "So, did you see the island?"

"So that's why you wanted us to see the sights," Joel realized.

Denton grinned. "Perhaps,"

"Well, we did, as well as meeting a few of the other teams," Leroy said.

"That's nice, well, let's head upstairs, you three are sharing a room," Denton said. "Your stuff is in there as well,"

"Okay," the three of them said as they followed Denton to their room, and in their minds, they were excited, for the incredible fights that tomorrow had in store for them.