Gregory, Kelsey, Mai and Saige are at King Jesse’s residence, just in front of the building. “Unfortunate that you couldn’t keep Gallus alive.”, says King Jesse. “Yeaah. And that birdman turned out stronger than we thought.”, says Saige. Gregory then cuts in, “At least we know now where Azrael is hiding, but that birdman...”, Gregory looks to the sky and continues, “...could be hiding out anywhere.”

  “Either way, I want to thank you for all you’ve done. Let me throw you a party.”, says King Jesse. “Okay!”, says Saige. “I guess we have enough time to celebrate one.”, says Gregory. Saige jumps in the air and shouts, “Yeah!”.

  It then shows them in a parade, with Saige on a float. “Yeaaah!!”, yells Saige. Suddenly, he hears Mai from the distance. “Saige.. Saaaigee... Wake up!”. Saige wakes up. To his surprise, he’s sleeping on the couch at Gregory’s quarters.

  “What, what happened to the parade? Don’t tell me it was all just a dream.”, asks Saige. “The parade??”, asks Mai. Saige nods. “We never had a parade, remember, we couldn’t party.”, says Mai. “What!?”, says Saige, kinda shocked. Mai continues, “Yeah Gregory said we couldn’t, cause we needed to go home quick to hunt Azrael. How did you think... well you did sleep most of the ride.”.

  In quick time, Saige heads over to Gregory’s room and bangs on the door. Gregory opens the door. “Huh, Saige.”, says Gregory. “You old bastard, how come you say we couldn’t stay for the parade!? I have half a mind to strangle you!”, says Saige. “Heh, I’d like to see you try, but it’s cause we need to look after Azrael, pronto. And we need to start training too.”, says Gregory.

  “More training!? Are you a mad man!?”, asks Saige. Gregory explains, “No, perhaps you’re the one who’s not mad enough. Remember back when we fought that birdman. He was much stronger than us. If we were to face him again, and even Azrael for that matter, we need to be stronger. As well as get a strong crew. So we’re going to travel to Diamante Kingdom next to fight Azrael, but first we’re training.”

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  “Right.”, says Saige, looking down while realizing the direness of the situation. “Looks like you got the point Saige.”, says Mai, whose suddenly come up behind him. “King Jesse also said he’d be willing to help us too. Once we find him.”, says Gregory. “Really? What a guy.”, says Saige. “Yeah, he even gave me a phone to contact him. But yeah, first thing is training.”, says Gregory.

  “So how are we going to train again? Spar against each other?”, asks Saige. “No. We’re travelling to another kingdom to learn martial arts.”, says Gregory. “What’s martial arts?”, asks Saige. “And what kingdom?”, asks Mai. Gregory answers, “Martial arts is partially what I know, trained to me from the war time. It’s a skill of using a special style of hand-to-hand combat in-order to defeat your enemy. We’ll be going to the Emerald Kingdom to learn it, which is just on the way to Diamante Kingdom. And General Richter already approved us doing so. We’re also, like I was saying earlier, grabbing more people to help us.”.

  “Is Jax and Roman joining us?”, asks Saige. “Yes, as well as others.”, Gregory confirms. “Oh okay, cool.”, says Saige. “In the meanwhile, you should check on Kelsey.”, says Gregory. “Why?”, asks Saige. “She’s beating herself up abit on what happened before.”, says Gregory. “I’ll check up on her.”, says Saige. “Me too.”, says Mai. “Alright. I’ll be resting if you need me.”, says Gregory. He then closes the door and goes to lay back down.

  Saige and Mai look around the base for Kelsey, but don’t seem to be able to find her. Eventually though, through searching outside Strife Village, they find her training on a tree. Kelsey kicks the tree numerous times and punches the tree. Saige talks to her, “You’re already starting on training. Greg said...”. Kelsey cuts him off, “I know. We train in Emerald Kingdom, but I was useless in that battle with the birdman. And when we almost died drowning in that tower. How can I be a reliable hero if I can’t provide any tips, or use my muscle or generally provide backup for my friends...” She tears up from under her helmet and continues. “...Gregory and you White Talon almost died.”

  Mai hugs Kelsey from behind. “It’s okay Kelsey, we will become strong, but it should be us becoming strong together.”, says Mai. Kelsay sniffles, then Mai continues, “In the meanwhile, maybe Kelsey’s right, we should train before going to the Emerald Kingdom. You especially, Saige, should learn how to activate your powers.”.

  “Me? I just get mad and they come out. Works so far.”, says Saige. “But that’s not reliable enough!”, says Mai. “Okay okay, we’ll train my powers too. Calm down.”, says Saige.