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Team Sun wasted little time before travelling south to Southmarch aboard one of Declasia's Zeppelins. Nyru insisted on escorting them personally to a captain that he knew would get them east to Entei. Captain Alaric Fenmaw was a wise, middle-aged Therian who allowed the Team aboard 'His Majesty's Knell'. They later learned that the ship was named in honour of the Therian's deified, fallen king from generations ago. The ship was huge, made of a dark, grey wood that would appear black in the darkness, and foggy in the sun. Whilst the ship was carrying mostly cargo, there were some spare rooms for the Captain to take guests occasionally. Each of Team Sun were assigned their own private cabins, which was much better than sleeping with the crew. There were 5 cabins in total, and one of the other 2 spare rooms was occupied.

Being out at sea for a few days now meant they were half way across the South Sea. His Majesty's Knell certainly travelled quickly and smoothly, which Micha'el was surprised by. He expected the trip to be dreadfully slow. However he spent much of his spare time reading the Aria, then at night would often stare out into the night sky on the main deck like he was tonight. The stars above were shining bright, and the Milky Way could be seen stretching across the sky. But non of these trillions of stars were the one he was looking for, none quite the right colour, none shining quite the right light. "Hey, Micha'el" came Lottie's voice from behind him. She tapped him on the shoulder, smiling delicately as she tilted her head. "Me and Tsuna want to get a sparring session in!" she then twirled to gesture towards Tsuna, "there's a huge deck here... and... it will be just like our first week together on the way to Otherearth!"

Micha'el looked over to Tsuna, who looked sheepish, and made out like she would only like to spar if he did. He hadn't spoken to Tsuna too much since their previous disagreement. He wasn't mad at her, at least not now, and he had was glad to be heading east towards the star. Though he couldn't help but feel like trying to understand her completely was beyond him now. Every time he thought he knew her, she would surprise him. Lottie on the other hand was willing to make peace no matter what the cost. Micha'el had decided now not to dwell on whatever rift was between them. He had more pressing matters to worry about now - like researching the Aria. He looked between the girls again, feeling a weight in his chest as he idly investigated them, weighing his options. He didn't really want to spar, he couldn't understand the purpose of it other than wasting time. He was already agitated by not being about to do anything except wait around to dock somewhere near Entei. But he also didn't want to let his teammates down. He couldn't be mean or unreasonable, and so in the end he nodded and smiled. "Sure, let's pass some time" he said, sudenly stunned when he heard the small cheers from some nearby crew members who were excited to see a show between trained guardians of Occulas. The Team had told them on more than one occasion that they hadn't graduated yet - Tsuna didn't even seem to think she ever would - but they would also shrug this off, reassuring Team Sun that graduation meant nothing. He had to agree they had some merit.

Micha'el stepped forwards as the main deck was made clear by the crew, and then Micha'el summoned the Aria, and threw his hand out to the side flat - palm down. The Aria hovered above his other hand, at chest height. "By the divine power invested in me by the light of Aria, may no blood be shed within my reach. Within these walls may pain and fatigue by thy teacher." The Aria clapped shut. White magic then reached out and created a large circle around them, lighting up walls of light around them that turned invisible.

Lottie took her position before looking up at Captain Fenmaw, "count us down!" she shouted. The burly therian gave a small nod whilst maintaining a strong grip on the great ship's wheel. "3..." he said. Micha'el looked across at Lottie. "2..." he looked across now at Tsuna, concerned about her new werewolf abilities. Little did he know she might have even darker, newer tricks up her sleeve. "1..." Micha'el took in a deep breath, tossing the Aria behind him to levitate on it's own. Now would also be a good time to use his new magic. "Begin!" the Captain shouted. Lottie dashed to the side, moving quickly to disorientate her foes. Micha'el was momentarilly distracted, knowing she could be preparing a precise attack for either one of them. He decided leap up into the air with white, glowing wings of ethereal feathers... then he decided to attack Tsuna first with a volley of razor-sharp feathers.

Micha'el had expected Tsuna to deflect his attack, but instead she moved to dodge and - vanished. Adrenaline moved through him as his eyes caught something at his vision's edge. Tsuna was now on the other side of the deck. How did she move so fast? Micha'el turned and readied another attack. Lottie was also taken by surprised, not expecting to find Tsuna so close as she jumped to the side to gain some distanceand instinctually threw a spectral glaive at her location. But as she did, Tsuna moved quicker than she could see back to her initial spot. She then sensed danger from above, seeing Micha'els rain of razor feathers reflecting the light from above as they came soaring down on her. She summoned up all her glaives to create a shield above her, deflecting the attack. The two then focused on Tsuna, suddenly realising that her werewolf abilities must have heightened. Little did they know the truth of her actions behind the now flaming wall she summoned for a moment of reprieve.

In the middle of the space where Tsuna looked, the Prince of Crows appeared, arms crossed, eyes disinterested. He looked like a pale snake perturbed by her very existence. "It is you pecking at my ear, Little Mutt. Perhaps you should learn to control your gift, it is you and not I that command it." He then vanished, only to reappear immediately beside her shoulder as he quietly muttered "time to learn your new tricks, Little Mutt." He then vanished from existence, although a lingering presence could still be felt. Cold, barely touching the back of her spine.

Micha'el landed, giving up on his onslaught from above as he summoned a white sword and shield made from light. He then dashed forwards, charging through Tsuna's flames with his sword raised to strike. Lottie meanwhile decided to take advantage of the distraction and ran around to the side. Once she had vision on the two of them she commanded her glaives to encircle them from above - and launched them all down the moment that Micha'el would strike.