As the mighty Sun rises from the East and shines on the house of Kazama, the brothers get ready for their goals. When asked, Toji said that his goal is to see people smile every time and never ever some one eradicate this happiness from them.
While this bond strengthens, Kageyama forgets about the danger Menos holds to all humanity.
Kageyama drops his brothers off at school. Abel with his old-looking face enters the classroom and clears his throat to speak-
"Good morning, students. I would like to tell you all that tomorrow is the day to prove your worth in front of our leader. He, the mightiest, will decide who will represent Indo among you and I may tell you that in the history of Indo, not more than 7 students in a year have passed till now."
Priya raises her hand and her loose yellow clothes, where white embedded flowers glow, come down a little on her smooth hand.
"Sir, what will happen to those who fail ?" She asks
"Well, they again prepare in the very same school, in the basement, with Jack Howdy as their master," Abel tells.
"Shall we train, sir, now ?" Toji asks with his sweet voice.
"Well, I was about to say the same," says Sasori, resting his head on his right hand upon the table.
At the training ground, Abel now wants to see his students' other skills which are highly beneficial to them during a real battle.
He announces, "My loving students, I hope you all are bored with the regular duels. Now, instead of them, you have to finish this race filled with the obstacles and traps that totally won't allow you to complete it. The race would be in a pair and I see that only six students out of twenty are present today, so there would be three races held today."
The track starts from the dueling area, runs straight where no obstacle is seen and at last a huge tree, they say is made of Earth susano.
"Well, climbing on the tree would be hard for them as they can't cross the dangers it holds. Also, there is a rope tied to one of its branches which leads to their final place." That's what Yama said when he created the Susan race for students.
"And the first race would be held against Priya and Alesia".
Both stand at their initial positions, and Alesia, maintaining her beautiful white hair, seems confident to win this race.
"On your marks, get set, and go!" Abel uses Athma: bullet, the mixture of Vayu and Agni to create a fast bullet-type ball that rushes in the direction with a huge sound. Also, he recently mastered Athma and got promoted to B rank.
Priya and Alesia seemed equal in position when the race started.
"There's no obstacle, Abel," says Alesia while she runs and smiles.
The audience gets astonished as the white-haired girl flies in the air for a vayu attack came from the clear path out of nowhere.
Abel laughs and says, "This won't be that easy my students. This is the test not only to test your mobility but also your reaction time. You must not be happy, as you have seen one obstacle in the path. As the upcoming participant, you don't know the true magic of Susano, for the obstacles are random. This is its beauty."
Kamui says to Priya, "I knew you would win."
Toji replies, "Well I guess she looked for traps there."
Priya says, "No, not exactly. If I had been in her position, I would have definitely been charged up in the sky."
Abel announces, "And the next race is against Toji and Anukul."
Both warm up at their initial positions, and Anukul gives Toji a smile that truly mirrors a friend who wants his opponent to lose. In response, Toji gives him a smile so real that it is often never seen in teenagers.
"On your marks, get set, and go!"
Priya tells Kamui, "You know, among us, after Sasori, Anukul is the fastest. They say if Sasori is a Cheetah, then Anukul is a Panther."
Here, Anukul runs truly like a Panther, and with his same smile, he turns his head to see the losing opponent, but suddenly the smile fades as the opponent has vanished from behind.
Abel's jaw is dropping like there is no end to gravity. Yama who was just checking some files, also gapes as he just glances at Toji.
Toji has avoided all the obstacles like a clever soldier, always trained for this, and now, when the elders couldn't have thought of a child to cross the path this early, he climbs the huge tree.
Anukul accepts his defeat and stops there, stands idle, just staring at the muscular boy like the others. The files held by Yama get dropped as Toji, within four seconds, has climbed the twenty-five-foot tree full of well-hidden obstacles and traps.
He holds the rope attached, enjoys the beautiful ride of it, and stands in the final position. All students gape and Sasori seems flabbergasted, so do Abel and Yama. It was so shocking that Abel couldn't announce the winner.
"Wow, Toji! You did excellent, you were truly like a lion ruling his jungle." Priya praises him.
"I knew my brother was also like me." Says Kamui.
"Hey Toji!" Calls the jealous Sasori, "How did you do that ?".
Toji smiles and says, "I was well-trained for this back in my village. So, it was easy for me."
"The next race is against Kamui and Sasori".
This distracted the rivals from their chit-chat among the audience. The boys first see each other, smile, and thank the unknown God as finally they have been given the first chance to prove who is better.
"On your marks, get set, and go!"
Both run so fast and drain their energy like their life depends on this race. They both look dead serious. Sometimes, Sasori gets ahead, and sometimes Kamui, the only common goal is to not let their rival reach the final point before them.
Kamui steps on a stone which triggers the small explosion trap, but Kamui jumps as he sees his rival jump on his track, and hence avoids it.
"Why are you copying me huh ?" Kamui asks Sasori while both were running.
"You idiot you are copying me!" Sasori yells and slows down, starting to faint.
Kamui is in the lead now and says, "You should not shout, otherwise you will lose," and takes out his tongue to taunt him, but he gets slammed on the hard trunk.
Sasori starts climbing the tree by giving out one word from his mouth for the dumb opponent, "Idiot !".
Kamui stands quickly and starts climbing by shouting,
"I will not lose you !"
"You shouldn't yell", says Sasori now.
Kamui taps on a trigger, and from a branch of the tree comes a wooden hammer, hitting his left hand. Kamui groans in pain but does not let go off the grip.
Priya and Toji lost hope, but the participant didn't. He again yells,
"I will never lose !"
He still climbs like a snail with his red hands. Sasori doesn't stop, he has reached the top and holds the rope, looks back at his opponent who has just put his hand on the top.
He leaves the tree by riding the rope, holding it tightly, like a tarzan discovering a forest. The groaning opponent now stands on top and jumps recklessly on Sasori, showing his strong will.
"You idiot !" Sasori screams.
Both the rivals, one holding the other's waist tightly, come sliding down the rope to the final position simultaneously.
Abel gets shocked as well as impressed and says, "And the winner is Kamui and Sasori".
Both the rivals reach back to their friends, all praise them, especially Kamui for his will.
"You were amazing !" Toji exlaims.
"And reckless too" adds Priya.
The bell rings shouting departure for the students in the late afternoon.
Kamui approaches Sasori, smiles like a friend, and sees his black eyes.
Sasori sighs.
"What just a sigh ?" Kamui asks.
Sasori turns towards the road and starts walking but suddenly turns back smiling,
"You know what Kamui. Not bad at all"
Kamui smiles as if in his life he was waiting for this moment,
"You too" he replies.
"Actually, I was joking," Sasori says.
"What ?" Kamui reacts.
While Kamui and Sasori fight, Priya and Toji laugh; a man with a pony enters the leader's room. He wears a black robe with a white cloak upon it, where in bold and black was written - "1"
"You called me sir ?" He says to Yama wearing his usual white robe and a white cloak upon where in bold and black was shining - "Indo".
"Let the commanders' meeting be held tomorrow."
"For sure, sir," he replies like a very disciplined commander.
"There is a very heavy matter to discuss the next day" Yama speaks in a voice so dense and heavy that the team 1 commander could feel the seriousness.