" Deanna sent me the directions to the field. Maybe we can stop for lunch some place later. " Carly said as she looked at the shops on the street.

"Sure," Max replied as she watched her friend window shop. "It's been so long that you've done this, that I almost forgot you liked window shopping," she added with a small giggle.

" I almost forgot too. " Carly said." We turn right here and the field should be right up ahead." Carly said. It was glad to finally be herself again after so long.

Max shook her head before following the directions from Carly. 'It's nice to see Carly not having to look over her shoulder every five seconds because of me,' she thought.

"Should we start with sparing?" I know that we need to work on our combat skills in that area." Carly said as they walked. She wanted to be a good fighter when they all went to look for her mom.

"I was actually hoping you would say that," Max replied. She knew that she, too, had to work on her close quarter combat skills. Even if she was a decent fighter, she could still always improve.

Tracy looked at the clock on her desk and smiled. Soon she would be meeting with Alex and learn more about the battle that he had been a part of in the recent weeks. She got up and went to the front entrance to meet her good friend.

Alex, Eve and Salem made their way over to the gym, both having appointments with Tracy and Deanna respectively.

" Hi guys ! " Deanna said once everyone was close enough to here. She was glad to get the chance to meet Eve.

Eve grinned when she saw Deanna again, hoping that she was willing to help her and her boyfriend out. Smiling at her enthusiasm, she waved back, noticing that Alex was doing the same thing.

" Good to see you guys. Hope you slept well. I do have good news Daniel will be here at dinner time , since he wants to meet people who took down the School. " Tracy said. She knew Daniel had nightmares now that he was human again, but he had agreed to get some help once he returned.

"It's nice to see you as well Tracy, and we slept well, thank you," Alex replied. He was glad that Daniel was going to be there as well. "Speaking of which...I heard you had a battle of your own against the Scientists," he added.

" We did. Thanks to Greg and other gym leaders we did quite well. I even met leaders from towns that I didn't know existed. One lived in a mountain town and had a bird type Bishie. She said that there were a lot of Pokemon Bishies that resided in her district. " Tracy said.

"Interesting to hear. On behalf of Neko-hime, I want to thank you for taking care of them," Alex said. "Now then...I believe you wanted to hear about the battle against the School?" He asked.

"Tracy, can you tell me where Deanna is?" Eve asked, seeing as she didn't see her at the secretary desk earlier.

" Deanna is in the staff room. She was at lunch but is probably done by now. " Tracy said and saw Deanna and her Bishies coming toward them.

" Sorry about being late Eve. " Deanna said feeling embarrassed.

"It's no problem Deanna," Eve said as she was glad to see Carly's sister. She just hoped her boyfriend knew what he was getting into.

" Salem, I have some forms you need to fill out as a part of the registration process." Deanna said and handed Salem the packet. She was use to handing these out to new trainers on a daily basis.

"Alright," Salem said as he took the packet from Deanna. Since he helped Eve with the packet before, he knew what to expect and started filling it out as well as reading it.

" Eve, what would you like to start with? " Deanna asked not sure what Eve wanted help with.

"I'm not sure, to be honest..." Eve admitted.

" How are you and Kirito on team work? Me and Thalia are getting better at it, but I haven't had the chance to try it with Sakura. Maybe we could spar a little to see how our teams do." Deanna suggested.

"I haven't been able to fight much in battles or against the School, seeing as they were trying to capture me for the Scientists," Eve admitted. "Kirito has had a few fights, but nothing major."

" Same with me. We could practice together." Deanna suggested. She wanted to help Eve and it seemed they both needed help with the same things.

"That sounds like a good idea, though does Sakura have a sword?" Eve asked.

"I think so. Do you Sakura?" Deanna asked the card keeper.