Several days later. . .

Mesagi and Neo, the latter being in a disguise, was walking around parts of Vale.

Why they were doing it? It was out of boredom. Mesagi looked up onto the sky, while Neo was just skipping happily alongside Mesagi, her umbrella clutched tightly.

Suddenly, out of instinct, Mesagi grabbed Neo's arm and pulled her towards him.

This caused genuine confusion to Neo, but then they saw it. A bullet hole at the wall where Neo used to stand on.

"What the. . ." Mesagi trailed off, before he carried Neo, bridal style, which made Neo blush, before Mesagi began running.

Suddenly, bullets fly all over the area, as people around them began running everywhere in panic.

Mesagi then stopped upon seeing a teen with pink hair, around his age, hands in her pockets, and the shooting also stopped.

When the teen looked at them with pink coloured irises, Neo especially, she took his hands out of his pockets, revealing a pair of gauntlets around his wrists, both being pink as well.

Mesagi initially took out his katanas, ready for any conflict, as the teen in front of him flicked her wrists.

Nearly instantly, two pairs of claw-like blades appear at the sides of the gauntlets.

"Neo. . ." Mesagi muttered, before instinctively looking up, and saw another teen, brown haired, jumping towards them.

Mesagi pushed Neo out of the way before cartwheeling backwards, as the brunette punched the ground, creating a massive crater.

Mesagi then focused on the brunette, as he suddenly launched himself towards him.

Neo then deflected his punch with her umbrella, while Mesagi continued deflecting the blades of the pinkette's continuous assault.

Mesagi then kicked the pinkette away, while Neo had simultaneously kicked the brunette as well.

Mesagi looked at Neo, who also looked at him and both nodded, having a plan which each other knew.

The ran towards the enemy in front of them, Mesagi with the pinkette and Neo with the brunette.

Mesagi dodged a potentially fatal bladed uppercut, before grabbing onto the girl's arm and threw straight towards Neo.

Neo had already twisted the brunette's arm, causing the brunette to grunt in pain before she threw towards the pinkette.

As a result, both the brunette and the pinkette flew towards each other, and soon collided, the impact enough to temporarily send them to the other side.

. . . . . . . .

"Why did you two attack us?" Mesagi asked, tying their legs and hands together.

"We thought you have a lead to White Fang," the brunette replid to Mesagi.

"So you just attacked us, like that? You could've asked for help, and we'd accept, right Neo?" Mesagi asked.

Neo nodded at this. "See? What have I told you, Tankou? They're willing to help," the brunette said.

"Urgh. Fine. You're right. You're always right," the pinkette grumbled out.

"I'm not always correct, Tankou," the brunette replied, before Mesagi cut their binds.

"Mind if we know your names?" Mesagi asked. "Liao Xiura," the brunette introduced himself.

"Tankou Shoku," the pinkette said. "You don't have to introduce yourselves. We know who you are," Liao said.

"Alright. Is it okay if the four of us are a team?" Mesagi suggested to them.

Liao was about to say something, before Tankou said happily, "sure! The more the merrier!!"

"Alright! M, N, T, L. What's a good team name?" Mesagi asked the three of them.

"MLTN?" Neo suggested. "You mean like, molten? Hell, naw," Tankou replied.

"MNTL it is then!!" Mesagi said, pronouncing it as mantle. Neo nodded and Liao shrugged, as if he was okay with it.