A few days later...

Asaka: "Why did we have to miss that?"

Asaka and the others are back in school and have just wrapped up their day.

Edo "I don't know."

Zack: "I was stuck to the floor the whole fight."

Emily was on her phone, but has just put it away.

Emily: "Lucky..."

Cole: "What's up Emily?"

Everyone begins walking towards Zack's.

Emily: "An old friend of mine just moved into town and..."

Roy: "And?"

Emily: "... she and her brother just became members of Shining Star."

Everyone freezes simultaneously.

Tori: "Even I'll admit that's lucky!"

They slowly resume.

Serena: "Isn't that the group led by that..."

Serena's eyes glow with love.

Serena: "... William Faire?"

Zack: "Uh oh..."

One hour later...

Tori: "So what's going to be our plan?"

Everyone is lounging around in Zack's room.

Zack: "Our best strategy is to try and get Serena's Lv as high as possible."

Roy: "But he's not going to let us do that."

Cole: "He'll keep sending unknown bosses our way."

Asaka: "Then we'll just use them for EXP fodder."

Everyone nods in agreement.

Edo: "Then we're all going in tomorrow."

Serena: "Alright!"

Everyone pulls out textbooks from their bags.

Emily: "Because now we've got tests to study for."

They begin studying, diligently...