[@FerriteFox] Alex comments: "I'd hope so too, if i'm not shot in the back.  I'm sure you'd also find a friend of mine named Rou a challenge too."

Alex sighs before saying: "I think i need to take a little walk.  I hope to see you soon again."  With that, he was off.

[u]                                                                                                                      [/u]

Later outside, Alex was walking out the front door.  He noticed the bus was about to depart, and at the window he saw Alexis, Dani, and Sakuya there.  Not sure if they saw him, he gave a slight wave to them, just before the bus took off.  Alex then commented: "I'd feel much better if any one of them were my partners, or my opponents."  After he saw them off, he headed to the path that was by the lake.

Back when he was in the tournament at the 12th Gunpla tournament, he was initially excited to try the blind team battle, but the team he got didn't have the same kind of view on teamwork he had.  His team nearly lost when one of his teammates, a big guy representing Germany, fired at him for claiming that Alex was holding the team back, though he got easily shot down.  Alex and his other teammate had to really push themselves to win.  The guy who was attacking him vowed to get him kicked out of the tournament for that, but failed to do so since Alex defeated him in a one on one battle later on.  If it wasn't for that event, or the fact how he felt many people thought about him, he'd still be excited for this blind battle.  He also wonder how others thought of this event, like fights in tournaments of past, and fighters of current.

Alex stops by the lake, the sunlight shimmering off it, making it look amazing.  He pulls out his partner, and looks at it, thinking about what Ball Guy said to him: "All I request is that you give it your all, with fellow builders and fighters who are doing the same, and you'll find your fun."

Alex sighs before commenting: "Fun... the one thing that keeps me from quitting Gunpla... but how long can that fun last?  Especially when people try to punish you for trying to have fun?"

From the corner of his eyes, he noticed he wasn't the only one by the lake.  A closer look and he noticed a girl on her knees, apparently in meditation.  It was Kasumi Arashi.  Alex thought: (Kasumi?  What's she doing?)

Alex places his Gunpla back in his vest pocket and decided to see what she was up to.  As he approaches her: "Hey, whatch-"

Before he could finish, like a blur, Kasumi (who thought someone was trying to sneak up on her) grabs Alex by his arm and flings him right into the lake.  Alex screams as he is flung into the lake until he hits the water.  Kasumi then see's who she had flung and gasps as Alex floats to the surface, dazed from the event.