Chapter 383 - 383. Grouped Up

"Why do I have the feeling that we didn't get anything accomplished?" Jackson was laying on the ground catching his breath. He had been running from the small zaps that Louis had started to emit when he used his super power to bolster his speed. 

"Hey! We were able to nearly make Asher in to a rocket. Don't call that nothing." The group erupted in to a fit of laughter while Laura snacked on trail mix that no one had any idea where she had gotten it from. 

"I also got the feeling for how to make these things." Art had refined his skills in the last hour and showed off the working pair of handcuffs that they could use in the future. 

"Is that what you have been fiddling with? I thought you were trying to make more needles for Louis to carry around and direct his attacks?" Asher had noticed that Art was fiddling with something but wasn't sure what it was. 

"I think Louis will need more than needles. I think her should have wires running through his clothing that help him direct lighting through every part of him. Add some rubber in and he might have a more refined control over everything." The idea that Art had was simple but sounded like it would take a lot of testing to get it perfect. 

"Then you should come to the sewing and design class. There's a class just for designing clothes that work with peoples' super powers. I bet the teacher will take it on as a test for her advanced students." This had been something Jane heard about her teacher doing when an idea interested her. The students would have free control over materials and design while the school provided funds. In the end, the school would be able to pitch the idea as their student's outstanding merit, and the person that pitched the idea would get to keep the clothing or costume. 

"Isn't that the challenge that earned the arts an award of an extra hundred thousand dollars for further education last year?" Cara had read it in the school newspaper and even recalled having a few parents talking about it. 

"Huh, the more you know. I wonder if the other classes do it. Well, other than the modern technology class." Everyone was sure that the school had more programs that did the same but they were just not as knowledgeable about them as the others. 

"You know, I really didn't realize that you could control your running speed so well now Laura." Sammy had been staring off in to space for a moment. Se was running the combo training on loop on her mind and found herself impressed. Laura had managed to keep up with Asher and even slow down to perfectly match his pace. 

"I feel like I Am getting better at it the more I do it. I just tried to match the way Asher ran and how his feet landed. I have been trying to copy everyone. It's the same as when Art and Asher use everyone elses' moves in a fight." 

"Actually, why is that? You two always seem to use someone elses' move when you fight." Jackson had caught on to what Laura had just said. Every time he saw Asher and Art battle it out with someone they seemed to have someone elses' move adapted for them. Or they completely pull out a move that they had seen and practiced only a few times. 

"I don't really know. For me, it is just a feeling that works well. I don't try and force anything too much. I just want everything to flow well together." This was the expected reason from Asher since he didn't usually plan his moves out. His entire style was to go with the flow of a battle and if his friend's moves fit in to that flow then so be it. Even he would not know what moves would come in handy and he made a point to learn many of them whenever he could. 

"I don't know why everyone is looking at me. I just do the unexpected. Do you think someone with my body type looks like they can use a high kick like Jane? Now. Does it look like I can be flexible and use the lower stance that Asher's rag doll style has? No. It is all to catch someone off guard. And some of your moves look really cool." The last part that Art said was what caught everyone of guard. The simple fact that he would use a move because it looked cool was just too outrageous. 

"So, you bet your matches on the fact that a move might look cool? How are you even in high school now?" The tine that Jane took on was a little more mom like than anyone wanted. But they couldn't say that they weren't thinking the dame. 

"What? You aren't telling me that when we had the martial arts videos games that you didn't think some of the moves we learned were cool and tried harder to learn them? When I see everyone use a move perfectly it's cool. I want to be able to do the same so I work to learn it. It's not my fault that I find myself in a situation where I can use the move." The simple huff from Art made them all realize that it was a good driving tactic to memorize a move. 

"Can we focus for a few minutes?" Cara decided to draw everyone's attention. "We have a lot left to do before school starts. But if we really want to make it anywhere we need to find the next big thing that will put us ahead of everyone again." She was sure that if the group did not do this then they would slow their progress down. 

"We are already in an advanced class. What else could we do?" Part of Sammy felt that she had just asked a forbidden question. Cara had lit up and was clearly thinning of an idea already. 

"We sign up for the interschool competitions. All the hero and law enforcement students can sign up and potentially get selected to go and compete. The best students are chosen among the best of the other subjects. This is usually to get a university scholarship but for us, we could use the fame a little. Not to mention it would help us push for improvements." It did sound like a good idea. 

"Wouldn't that just be more individual battle experience?" The sound of Louis speaking to make them all realize that they didn't need to focus on their strengths which were individual battles at the moment. They needed group work to be able to focus as a better hero group in the future. 

"Well, if you let me finish you would know that this year there is a new grouping. The section that allowed students to form their own teams for combat and other taste is being unveiled. The specifics of how the teams will compete haven't been released but our school should be picking groups soon. Usually, the seniors take up all the individual spots but if there are group spots, well, we can take one." Cara had it all figured out. The school was most likely going to select them before the villains had attacked the city. Now it would be the first thing done when school resumed. 

"I'm sold. Let's do it!" Sammy jumped in to the air with a slight breeze. She was liking the idea that she would be able to show off their new combinations and potentially learning new ones. 

"I think it's a good idea. We all agreed we need to improve our teamwork and that is the test we need. We should start practicing with combinations and trying to match each others' foot work. We can cut out our night training by ourselves and meet here." Asher made the final call and everyone appeared to agree. It would mean they also trained during the fading light of the day which would challenge them. They would need to remain focused during the changing light. 

"That's means that Cara is signing us up in a day. But we need to remember, we also have to pick new classes." Jane didn't want everyone to forget that they were changing classes now that they were in an advanced class. 

"Good point. We should check out those pamphlets we were given at the start of the school year. I bet we have a ton of cool ones we can take now that we left one class in the dust." If they hadn't decided to jog back to their houses together, they would have lost Laura to the wind. 

The group made their way home and found their school starting packets and started to browse the pamphlet for their future classes. They were all going to select the ones that they thought would be the best.. The plan was to meet at the school in the morning to visit the office and hand in their decisions.