(Part 8)

"You the one with golden hairs." Pointed Noah at Xavier who turned around. "Me?" Xavier asked. "Yeah, you. Won't you go take a shower?" Noah asked. Xavier remembered, "Hm, I am leaving right now. I was waiting for the others."

Noah smiled. "A kind type. Hey, Ren, your highness, doesn't this boy gives out Kazuna's vibe?" he asked. Xavier blinked his eyes in wonder. "Hm… a little bit." Replied Nagi. Xavier looked at Helios and Poseidon. "I'll get going." he told walking towards the restroom.

"Hm… I wonder where I have seen him before…" wondered Noah as he tried to remember. "You sure do like that kid huh…" said Elias. "No, it's not like that… it's just that I can't remember him. Like! I remember him." Noah pointed his finger towards Helios who looked at him in turn, "He is the one with the best swingers. I saw him at the inter academy finals."

"And, I also remember him! His super-fast deliveries were top notch!" He continued pointing at Seraph. "Also the one with grey hairs who went inside. Known as the king of batting. The person who can counter all kinds of fast and spin deliveries. I remember every single one of them but that boy, I can't seem to remember him… It was as if for a moment his play was so mesmerizing that I seem to forget…" Noah ended scratching his hairs.

"Really now? Isn't he the one to uphold a Hetric of outs with Hugo Mir Garham? How can you seriously forget that, weren't you talking about it for weeks?" Senri recalled. Feng and Ryan looked at each other with Azazel and Heber. "Ah right! I remember it now! That was so cool! The whole outcome of the match changed because of that boy!" Noah commented.

"No wonder about that, even I was surprised." endorsed Aaron coming downstairs, "Even though Hugo was the baller, the way he caught two catches on the blind spot while claiming the third wicket in the next over, was just unbelievable. It was as if he had planned it all along."

"And, in the batting side. This little boy claimed his throne." Ren pointed at Ryan who looked back at him seriously. "Could it be that they are talking about the inter academy final's match of Eight Generation and Aitcheson academy?" asked Cassiel looking at Poseidon, Helios and Ezekiel.

"Seems like it." Seraph agreed. "After all, it was one of the classic matches of all times!" cheered Adam. Senri nodded, "You all looked like you were having a lot of fun." "Of course we were! And you guys still haven't left yet?" asked Kenzo drying his hairs. "Where do you want us to go?" questioned Elias confused. "Anywhere! Where you won't eat our brains." Kenzo pointed irritated. "Don't worry, after we are done with your lunch we'll leave. After all, we have to meet Alan." Aigou replied jumping on the couch.

"Don't do that!" Nagi scolded whacking his head. "Ouch~ it hurts!" Aigou cried. "Huh? Do you seriously believe he will come back?" asked Ezekiel curiously. Suddenly a voice barged in as Kazuna stepped down from the stairs. "Of course he will." he exclaimed. "Little Kazuna is also here. Come on, move let him sit." Ren said pushing Orion aside. "Don't push me. I am moving." Orion sneered back.

Ryan looked at Kazuna in wonder. "Here you go!" Isa called throwing a sports drink towards Kazuna who caught it back. Sitting beside Ren he took a deep breath. "What time is it?" he asked. "Hm… half past 2. Quarter an hour since we came back from the stadium." Replied Nagi while Cassiel nodded. "Sigh~ one hour fifteen minutes to go…" Kazuna whispered. Zach looking at the highschoolers gazed at Isa who smiled back.

"Don't worry, the food will be ready shortly. After our lunch we would immediately hurry back." He assured. The middle schoolers in the meantime looked at each other silent. Kenzo taking a deep breath sighed with his eyes closed. Xavier standing outside gazed at the sunflower plant below, his hairs dripping wet.

"Isn't he the one to uphold a Hetric of outs with Hugo Del Graham? Even though Hugo was the baller, the way he caught two catches on the blind spot while claiming the third wicket in the next over, was just unbelievable. It was as if he had planned it all along…" Xavier remembered taking a deep breath. A dismayed smile resting his lips he whispered, "It was all in the past…"

(International Cricket Training Camp of Pakistan WESTSIDE hill)

Alan rushed towards the top taking deep breaths. "Oh my… seems like… I have… been out of… practice since a long… time." he spoke, panting hard. "But I am almost at the top… and I still have plenty of time left as well…" he continued looking at his cellphone. Turning around he gazed at the wooden sledge he had made.

"Well, I am glad I made it since, 20 boxes are way too much even for me to handle." he smiled suddenly his expression changing into an annoyed one. "That old man! What does he even takes me for?!" he gritted. Taking the keys he rushed to open the cabin's door, eventually opening the wooden tile, he jumped down to grasp a look at the old tunnel filled with sports drinks.

"Wah!! This place is the same as ever! And here I thought it would be empty this time but it is still full to the mouth!" he claimed surprised. "Alright, now I would have to take these boxes out. And, since I am alone it will take me a hell lot of time to organize them." Alan planned.

Taking the boxes one by one he climbed in and out of the tunnel 20 times consecutively. Another half an hour later, he had finally taken all the boxes out and organized them neatly on the sledge. A sense of harsh fatigue had taken over him as he sat down panting hard. "That sly old man! Making me work so hard the moment I return…" he thought vexed.

Alan looked at the sky as sweat dripped his forehead like beads of raindrops. "I guess… I have become a lot weaker than I expected hun… I have to hurry… hurry before I really lose all my strength. I have to take over the world with brother and everyone… before I lose everything…" he whispered.

A dismayed smile escaping his lips, he stood up once more. "Now… I'll just have to push it!" he claimed. And, as soon as he pushed the sledge, due to the concave movement, it swayed down the hill with full force as Alan sat over the boxes. "Now, the only thing I'll have to do, is make sure that it doesn't hit a rock or a tree." he thought.

As calmly as one could come down, Alan sled through the hill for more than half an hour. Shortly, he noticed the surroundings quite unusual then how they once were. Alan looked right, and then he looked left moving his head once more to the right and again to the left.

"Huh? Where are the animals of this hill?" he asked himself looking over the trees and down on the ground. "My friend Winnie the bear, Roxy the peacock, Hank the bull, Mist the lion?! Where in the world are they?! Why haven't I seen them even once?!" he freaked out remembering.

"Even the traps added, are gone?! What in the mother world happened here?!" he shrieked baffled. Suddenly a thought hit his head, "Could it be… that father locked them all because of the middle schoolers… but then… what about the traps?" "Never mind, I will ask him once I go back. All of my friends are missing. How could he do that?" he asked himself in disbelief. Soon Alan could trace the sight of the training camp approaching as he stood over the boxes gazing at his cellphone.

"Heeh… looks like I'll really make it. Those brats! I wonder if they'll be astonished." he smirked sliding down with full speed. Suddenly, his hairs stuck onto a branch as they pulled him back. However, the force being too much broke the branch as it dangled in his hairs. "Ouch!" Alan hissed in pain. "What in the world!" he angered annoyed grasping a look at his hairs which had all unfastened creating a mess. "Ah… great…" he commented slamming forehead speechless.

"Maybe I should really ask Aaron to give me a haircut, my hairs have become a pain…" he complained however, abruptly halted amid his sentence as his expression became grim. "Ah, forget it! I'll ask someone to comb them back when I return." he corrected. Soon reaching the end of the hill.

The sledge crashed on the road as Alan counted the boxes one last time. "20 they are!" he claimed gazing at his cellphone. "And 20 minutes I have left. So here I go!!" he whispered pulling the sledge towards the gate of the training base