(Part 2)

"Indeed, that's why you all, no matter what have to win the world this time." Nidou added gazing outside the driving mirror.

Nagi grinned glancing at the middle schoolers, "We left this part for them. They'll be the one to decide whether we go out for the world or not."

Ryan squinted his gaze seriously beside Cassiel, Feng, Heber, Helios, and Adam.

"If that's the case…" Xavier smiled, "Then we'll gladly pave a path." he declared ardent, full of burning confidence.

"Yeah! We're gonna take down every single one of them!" Adam added raising his fist all pumped.

"Afterwards, before the world it would be you all next. We'll make sure to surpass every unbreakable wall raised our way…" Helios kept his hand under his chin, his eyes squinted cleverly, "Be prepared all of you. We'll leave no one!" Cassiel, Feng and Gabriel agreed.

The highschoolers all driven in thrill over their claim grinned. "We'll look forward to it but don't go back on your words." Elias stated.

"Rest assured on that." Feng replied.

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At the same time on the other coach the atmosphere felt heavy. Silence surrounded the boys as Azazel gulped beside Heber who tapped his finger on his arm seriously staring at the highschoolers settled before him.

"I should've gone with Feng and the rest…" Azazel cried in his thoughts.

Rauf settled beside Isa and Yusuf, read the progress files one after another.

Seraph sitting beside Kenzo frowned at Zach continuously bothered.

"Hehe…" Poseidon chuckled from the side, "Will you gobble him up?"

Seraph instantly blinked his eyes giving out a caring smile instead.

Noah turning around beamed at the boys, "So? Are you all ready?"

The middle schoolers nodded. "Of course." Kenzo rolled his eyes.

"Ready than ever. I just want to go and play a proper match already." Gabriel added looking out of the window.

"Yeah, it's been long." Ezekiel continued.

Rauf hearing them raised his brow.

"Haha, that's good then. Out there are many promising opponents your age who are aiming to reach heights of success. You'll surely enjoy the PSL." Noah beamed as Ren nodded.

Kazuna silently stared out of the window. Seraph, and Poseidon lightly nodded. "Will you all really not participate in the PSL?" Azazel asked concerned.

Rauf hearing him immediately shut his file. "Whether we participate or not that's none of your concern. You all better brace yourselves up." he replied grave.Orion glancing at them snickered.

Kenzo annoyed furrowed his gaze, "That's right. You all are none of our concern much less your names. We just have to climb to the top and crush you all alongside those opponents we might face in the future. Seriously, just thinking about that makes my blood boil in excitement!"

Hearing his haughty remark smeared with taunting mockery, Isa twitched his brow cross while Orion glared. 

Ezekiel grinned beside Poseidon and Heber who agreed. "Indeed. After all… we have a whole world before us to face. Adding fourteen more won't make much of a difference." Gabriel smirked.

Mir closing his eyes gave out a light grin while Rauf looked at the buoyant middleschoolers grimly beside Kazuna, Isa and Zach. Reaching the airport the boys came out of the suffocating coaches (Only middleschoolers thought of them that way...) uniting again. Going through simple documentation processes they loaded their luggage and belongings. Boarding the plane, they set out for Islamabad.

"Wah! It's my first time riding a plane so cool! We are over the clouds!" Adam exclaimed, his cheeks flushing red in joy, he looked down from the porthole window to find tiny islands and clouds disappearing and appearing by the passing second.

"Are you sitting on the plane for the first time too?" Adam turned to Ryan curiously. "I travelled before so it's not my first time." he replied. 

"Seriously! Planes are magical!" Azazel squealed elated staring outside with both his hands pressed on the window glass.

"Come on, keep your shoes down. You are ruining my clothes here!" Heber scolded pushing his shoes away which Azazel brazenly ignored.

"I think… planes aren't that magical." Cassiel debated pointing behind at Helios who sat grabbing his stomach, turning green.

"Looks like he can't take it. Is this his first time travelling by a plane?" Feng asked standing over the seat behind Helios and rubbing his back.

Ezekiel sitting beside him looked nervously. Poseidon shook his head clueless, "It is, since he never travelled before. However, I earnestly did not know about him being plane sick."

"Xavi, Xavi, did you ever sit in a plane?" Adam asked hanging over the seat before him.

Xavier turning his head sideways smiled, "Hm. I did. Many times I travelled by a plane when my sister called."

"Really?!" Adam asked awed, "Then take me with you when she calls you next time okay? I love planes!" he gleamed.

Seraph shaking his head hopeless beside Xavier exhaled. Adam tracing his sight puffed his cheeks cross sitting back on his seat again.

Xavier smiled, "He isn't talking to you?"

Seraph shook his head, "Leave him be. He is a child. He'll be fine once he gets into trouble."

Xavier chuckled, "Hehe… since he'll only look for you then."

"Exactly." Seraph stated the obvious. 

Kenzo sitting at the last seat took a short rest. "And he even fell asleep here." Gabriel remarked, "Why do I have a feeling, he is a lot tired after returning from the mountains. It's like Ezekiel's laziness all came into him."

All middle schoolers turned around.

"He didn't sleep properly that's why." Cassiel informed, "He would tell every one of us to fall asleep early and take care of ourselves. As if, that was the least meant for him."

"Let him rest." Ryan turned around, "Afterwards, he won't even get time for this beauty sleep."

The highschoolers hearing their conversations ahead sat amused. Alan too smiled.

"But lucky aren't you? The northern mountains were a good place to get abducted 1to." Ren jested.

The middle schoolers looked ahead speechless. "A… good place?" Heber repeated.

"Hm." Noah nodded, "Because unlike you all we were abandoned on an island which didn't even existed on a map when we looked for it. Haha! We thought we discovered a new America or something."

Alan remembered shaking his head nostalgic.

"Yeah, we were surrounded by salty water all around while ships or vessels didn't even showed their glimpse. At first it was seriously hell. Scorching sun, no proper clothes with only coconuts to eat. You all can't even imagine how we survived." Aigou concurred.

"Are you kidding me…?" Feng gulped.

"Nope, they aren't." Seles stated. "They were really stranded on an island for two months training. Drinking water would be kept for them at night with basic necessities by base's helicopters and staff, while they were told to train on their own there."

Seraph and Xavier gasped stunned. "You were middleschoolers at that time right?" Ryan asked.

"Of course." Isa replied, "That was the most treacherous training we had to go through, in our entire base's stay. Many of us fainted due to heat. Many of us cried too. Many of us even tried to swim back to find another place or land. We were that sick of it. However…"

"All of us were together. Rauf, Haruf, Evan, Isa, Alan, Kazuna, Zach, Noah, Ren, Nagi, Orion, Aaron, Senri, Haris, Liam, Lee Minho and all the highschoolers now whom I haven't even named. We were all together. And just because of that reason, we passed those two months of hell." Elias added reminiscing.

Kazuna nodded beside Nagi.

Helios glanced at Poseidon and Gabriel wordless.

"Then… do all middle schoolers have to go through this training?" Azazel asked.

"Of course, all middleschoolers have to go through it. It's like an admission test you have to go through. In your case, all fourteen of you were sent but the rest of you Damian and Christopher with the rest of the boys were in the base facing us which made it equal." Nagi replied.

"So, where did the seniors before you go?" Adam asked curious.

"Our seniors?" Haruf repeated smiling, "They were sent in the desert for a whole month." 

Hearing him, all middle schoolers sat with their mouths a gape.

"Par-don?" Xavier asked bewildered.

"The desert." Evan repeated nonchalant.

"Though their complexion was a little tanned after they returned." Haruf beamed.

"A little tanned…?" Ezekiel repeated gulping. (For he knew a little tanned was not something to believe in so foolishly...)

"To think they would even be alive…?" Azazel shuddered.

"They were healthy and well. All ready to face the world too." Alan said his expression instantly sinking, "It was just fate... which wasn't on our side." he whispered.

Kazuna looked at him as the plane went silent for a while.

The little rabbit looking up from Alan's seat hopped down heading over to the middleschoolers settled behind.

"But it's all a struggle of the past." Isa said, "Everything has changed a lot since then." Zach glanced at him and the middleschoolers next.

Rauf too looked outside the porthole window with his expression hidden. "Good thing we weren't taken to a desert or an island. Or else we would have become Africans rather than Pakistanis right now." Heber murmured while Adam and Azazel agreed shrugging their shoulders.

Kenzo who had been hearing the entire story silent closed his eyes once again.