Al was half asleep, his head lay against the glass window of the bus that was made cool by morning air outside. In one ear he could hear one of the many power ballads from the previous decades, the best kind of music, blasting out from his headphones. He barely noticed the vehicle slowing down and eventually stopping.

"Here's your stop kid."

The gruff voice of the driver caused Al to lift his head and rub his eyes, how long had he been traveling now? A few hours on the plane, another hour messing around and waiting for his luggage and then what felt like a lifetime staring blankly out at the landscape passing by. He slowly stood up from his seat and offered the driver a slight smile as he adjusted the straps of his backpack and took his case from under his seat. Making his way off the bus the boy stood and stared at the luxury cruise liner before him, a butler swiftly approached him and gave a polite bow.

"Would you happen to be Gant-sama?"

"Indeed I am! Though Alvin's fine, or just Al." The boy replied in an equally polite tone. "It's ok, I've got it." He said, taking the suitcase as the butler leant over to take it. "As you wish so." The gentleman replied with a nod. "Please follow me." Al was grateful for his gift, it made traveling abroad so easy and he had quickly been able to pick up the language in his short time preparing for the journey to the academy.

As he was lead onto the boat he deposited his case so it would be moved to his dorms later but kept his back pack, soon he made his way into the conference room and raised a hand in greeting to the students already gathered. "Hi there!" He said in Japanese, assuming that was the language they spoke. "My names Alvin Gant but you can just call me Al. Yes I'm a foreigner, in fact I'm from England but I can speak a fair few languages pretty well and should be able to understand each of you so no need to worry about that." After saying his piece he took a seat and placed his hands on his lap, his ever present smile not faltering.