Zero and Arden reach the classroom and see Vero reading a novel.
"Hey Vero, what are you reading?" Zero asked
"Oh I'm reading the next part of that movie, Melody bought me all of them." Vero responded.
Melody looked at Vero and smiled and waved. Vero started blushing and hid his face in the book. Zero sat down and looked over at Sierrna who looked back and smiled. Isha then appeared in front of Zero. She smiled and looked at him and sat down. The teacher then came in and started the test. After the test Rykar went up to Zero.
"Heyo Zero want to hangout at the park today? Me and Val are heading there." Rykar asked Just as he asked Isha showed up
"Yeah, let's go to the park with them." Isha said.
The group grabs their things and heads towards the local park. They arrive and see some swing sets they all get on one and start to swing. Isha swinging next to Zero looks at him
"Do you know why I love you so much Zero?" Isha asked?
"Not really I mean we just met a little while ago so it's kinda of confusing for me." Zero stated while looking at her.
"It's because you're the only one who is special to me, your charm, your strength and you have done the impossible from time to time and always exceed expectations. You're perfect to me no matter what I'll always be by your side." Isha said while looking up with a smile.
Zero looked up with her and smiled. Rykar and Val sat together at a table.
"Hey Rykar?" Val asked.
"Yeah Val what's up?" Rykar responded while looking at her.
"Um." she said looking nervous
"Do you have someone special Rykar, like a girlfriend?" She asked while blushing a lot. Rykar looked at her and smiled
"No I don't." Val looked really happy at hearing that, she then grabbed Rykar's hand.
"Would you like me as a girlfriend?" Val asked while looking into Rykars eyes. Her heart was pounding. Rykars face turned pure red as he looked at her.
"Yes, I would love that Val." Rykar said while hugging Val.
Zero and Isha show up and congratulate the two. The group leaves the park and heads for the store. At the store a man is selling something called Soulbound rings. Val looks interested and approaches the man.
"Sir what are these?" Val asked.
"Glad you asked, young lady, it's a soulbound ring using some of your blood. It'll tell someone if you're alive or not by displaying your main manipulation so in other words it'll work and display as long as the person whose blood in the ring is still alive. Would you like to purchase a set young lady?" The merchant said.
"Let's all get one so we will always know if something happens." Val said.
"Sounds good." Rykar said.
The merchant grabs everyone's hand and pricks them till blood comes out and pours it into the ring, one ring shows a raging fire. He gives it to Val. He gives a ring that shows a poison cloud to Rykar. He then gives a ring with a dimension like structure to Isha. He then gives a final ring to Zero with Fire fighting water and lighting striking it. The Merchant thanks them and they leave while looking at their rings. They part ways with Val, Rykar gives her a hug and leaves with Zero and Isha as they return home, they eat and go to bed ready for the next day. The next day Zero heads to the school and Goes to class where he sees Vero on what looks like volume 3 of the light novel series Melody bought him. Zero sits down.
"Hey, I see you're really into that series now." Zero said.
"Yeah it's been great. I love that she got me these, hey Zero where'd you get the ring?" Vero asked.
"I got it from a merchant in the shopping district. He said, It's supposed to tell you if the person whose blood is in the ring is still alive." Zero said. Melody overhearing this comes over.
"Let's go get some Vero after school." Melody implied.
Vero looked and smiled and nodded his head. The teacher then came in and announced that the students will be having a strength test with a special guest and to head to the gym. All the students head down to the gym and when they get there the Dynosians recognize who it is. It's Viltro. He waves at them as they all enter the gym, next to him is another teacher.
"Hello students my name is Viltro Dynosion and today i'll be testing your strength and training you guys in close corner combat. So for today your goal is to hit me as hard as you can and will see who's the toughest of the bunch." Viltro said while smiling and laughing.
The kids formed a line and started punching Viltro. All the kids kept failing and then it was Isha's turn. She winded her fist up and hit viltro sending him flying back. The teacher built a rock wall to stop him from going back further. Viltro, not shocked, prepares for the next waves of students to come up. It was Rykar, he punched Viltro sending him back to the same spot as Isha did. He again gave him a passing grade and waved the next one. It was Sierrna She punched Viltro sending him through the stone wall and straight to the back wall of the gymnasiums. He got up and shook off the rocks and dust. He gave Sierrna a passing grade and waved to the next person. Zero approached him and swung his right arm at Viltro, Viltro was sent flying back, broke through the walls of the gym and sent flying through two more walls. Viltro got up shocked at how far he went, when he got back he gave Zero a passing grade. The final student was Rhyunous. Viltro, getting tired of being hit, was going to dodge the punch. As Viltro went to the side to avoid a front punch to his surprise Rhyunous swung left and he hit him, sending him flying into the wall of the side of the gym. Viltro, shocked, came up to Rhyunous.
"Why did you change the direction of your swing?"
"You were gonna dodge if I kept it straight."
"How'd you know that?"
"I saw you dodge before you did"
Viltro, hearing that, was even more surprised but shrugged it off and gave Rhyunous a passing grade. A couple hours went by. Everyone was done and only nine people passed the strength test, after the test everyone got in pairs and began hand to hand combat training. The training was finished and everyone was sore and tired and headed home. The next day Vero and Zero raced to class and tied again. During class they learn about manipulations and weaknesses.
"So in turn if you have a fire manipulation you can still be hurt by fire and vice versa with all other manipulations. Fire manipulations are usually weak to strong water manipulations and wind would just increase your fire as it would hinder water. There are so many combinations that can be used against or with manipulations the possibilities are endless. So keep in mind the basics, will be having a test next week and this will be on it Vero."
Ms.Barir said and flicked a marker at Vero who was reading volume seven of the series.
Ding dong,
"Zero Dynosian please report to the principal's office."
"You can go Zero."
Zero got up and left the room and headed out while hearing everyone wondering what he got called for. Zero headed to the office and knocked on the door.