(Part 3)

(PAKISTAN)= (International Cricket Training Camp of Pakistan for Juvenile Central Headquarters)

"Pft!" Evan chortled out of the blue. "My, my. Just who is this Mr. lucky to go that made you smile like that?" teased Evandor standing beside him. "No one." Rauf responded with that usual stoic expression of his. "HAHA! You know Rauf you can't hide anything from me so stop lying." Evan replied. Rauf sighed gazing at the dark, velvet night sky.

"He can't wait to come back. His stubbornness has reached his limits." Rauf told. After guessing for a while Evandor asked, "You mean, Alan. Right?" "Yeah… who else could it be rather than that Mr. lucky to go? Seven hours of wait feels to him like seven years." Rauf turned around resting his back against the grill. "Hmph… I also can't wait for him to return. I wonder how he would be right now?" whispered Evandor.

Rauf smirked, "How do you think a pirate king's sword could be? He will be stronger than before and I'm sure he would point that bat of his towards my face and say, Hey, brother. Care for an over or two until I beat you?" Evandor smiled. "You tell me Evan, how was Australia? How much progress did you think they all made there?" Rauf probed. "Say Rauf … if monsters become stronger what will they turn into?" Evandor questioned instead. Rauf eyed him seriously as a smile escaped his lips, "Demons…"

"Isa, Orion, Zachariah, Noah, Ren, Elias, Nagi, Aigou and Aaron have already become one. The rest have grown stronger and wittier. Senri has crossed limits of being a professional batsmen. To test their individual strength you have to make them play against each other to know that." "However, Rauf… Kazuna has changed. Not just changed… he has completely evolved onto a whole other level. I am afraid to say, he can stand alongside you and me now." He told.

Rauf sneered mocking, "So beating him that day wasn't a mistake after all. Huh?" Evan eyed him speechless. "It wasn't mistake Rauf, however, it wasn't right as well." he told seriously. "So he will come back to me for revenge hun?" Rauf asked. "I don't know. I could never grasp what he's thinking at all. So we should better prepare ourselves. It's not only those monsters. We have found new ones as well." Evandor replied. "Hm… then bring it on. You freaks!" Rauf whispered with a mischievous grin, "I'll make sure, I'll take you all on!"

(PAKISTAN)= (International Cricket Training Camp of Pakistan for Juveniles [Stadium 1])

As dark as the black velvet sky, the surroundings of the stadium were dark. Illuminated by fluorescent white street lights placed around within 3 feet's gap from one another. The night was dark while the waning moon shone bright. Amid the vast green ground, familiar thirteen figures stood. "I am tired…" cried Ezekiel, standing with his head laid over Poseidon's shoulder. "I agree, never in my life have I felt fatigued like this…" whispered Azazel whose eyes were constantly blinking again and again from sleep deprivation.

"Yawn~ what can we do about it? A punishment is a punishment. Moreover, the moment we got ahead of ourselves practicing we fell straight into our own graves and right into those coaches traps." Cassiel yawned. "I am tired… what should I do? My eyes…" Heber complained, about to fall as Seraph caught him. "Easy, you'll hurt yourself like this." he warned dabbing his back.

"This is hell! I am fed up! Why do we only have to stand? Some kind movement must've also been fine but stand?!!" angered Feng frustrated. Xavier eyeing him smiled. "Say, what time is it now?" he asked. "It's 2: 10 Am." replied Cassiel. "Oh my god!! I might just die!!" shrieked Adam wobbling around.

"Shut up! Just where did you get the energy to be so loud? Don't you feel exhausted? I can't believe a king like me is suffering like this… damn that Rauf! I'll kill him!" Kenzo enraged adjusting himself and standing again. "I don't believe this as well. If we stay like this all night how in the world are we supposed to climb the hill again?" Helios questioned grabbing Adam who was falling right and left. "I am dying… Ryan. I want to sleep~ give me my pillow!! And my blanket!!" Adam cried with his eyes closed.

"Like hell I can do that…" replied Ryan drowsily. "Get ahold of yourself, we won't be able to go to the nationals like this…" uttered Gabriel drowsy himself. "Look who's speaking…" murmured Adam in disbelief. "What a noisy little bunch…"Xavier commented. Kenzo and the others gazed at him astonished. "Hey, where did you get all that energy to put up that smile?" Kenzo asked. "Don't ask him that. It's natural." Seraph told. "I wonder about that myself…" Xavier beamed once more.

"Hey, you don't even know how envious I am of you!" pointed Ezekiel who looked like a half dead mummy. Xavier grasping Ryan's sight who wobbled left and right with his eyes closed gently pulled him closer, "Be careful. Or else, you might get hurt." Ryan blinked at him nodding. "It's not like I was about to fall asleep…" he whispered slightly embarrassed.

Helios and Kenzo shared a glance. "I suggest we become each other's support for now. Only in that way can we ease each other's fatigue." advised Cassiel. "Let's do it, captain… or else I might go up rather than the nationals." whispered Azazel hopelessly. Soon, turning around the boys stood with their backs against each other while the one's standing on the side closed their distances.

Adam backing Ryan, Poseidon backing Ezekiel, Azazel backing Heber, Gabriel backing Feng, Seraph backing Cassiel while Kenzo backed Helios. "Feeling better?" questioned Xavier walking towards them. "Hey, you sure you don't want to join?" Azazel asked him puzzled behind Heber. Xavier nodded, "I am fine." "Brother Xavier…" called Ryan. Xavier looked at him. "Come here…" he called pulling him in between him and Helios.

"Good work, little prince or else he wouldn't have come, even in the face of death." pointed Helios backing a little further giving Xavier space. "Really, you know if you smile like that all the time this king will only get more bothered. Show different expressions on that unchanging face of yours. After all, I have to answer Hugo in the end." Kenzo stared at the sky.

Upon hearing his words Xavier smiled gazing at the ground below, "I'll… make sure you won't need to answer anyone. Don't worry." Feng and Adam eyed him worried. "Hey, hey, Xavi, Xavi… what really happened between you and Hugo that day?" Adam asked.

Suddenly the surroundings went silent as Seraph eyed Adam slightly cross making him gulp. "Ah! Don't worry. He was just fooling around don't worry about It." Heber assured. Xavier however responded, "Nothing… nothing at all." Adam, Helios and Kenzo eyed him worriedly.