IGPX. Unreal tourney.
by RavingRadicalPab
Chapter 1. IGPX 3.
"Unbelievable! Unbelievable, Team Satomi has just beat White Snow and won the IGPX!!"he could still remember the announcers voice as he slipped on his blue and yellow team Satomi jacket and combed his black hair.
"IGPX champions," Takeshi thought knowing it had been a year since the championship and today was the the start of the IGPX3. He was beyond excited, the speed, the euphoria, the intense combat, all the things he loved about the IGPX would begin again today. Not to mention he'd get to see his friend Amy again and rival Liz. Truth be told, he really missed them both, after the tournment they really had grown distant. Liz had gone back to Puerto Rico to celebrate with her family while Amy went back to Ireland. He himself stayed here so he could take the time to soak up the entire reality of the facts that he was a champion, a hero, children would cheer him when they spotted him. Opening the door he quickly jogged outside and started sprinting towards the IGPX tournemant building. After he won, he used his prize money to rent a apartment by the IGPX building so he could visit and watch videos of himself. Doing this he could figure out where he could improve.
As he jogged down he could spot several cars and taxis transporting old and new pilots. He new that with every new year, new pilots came. And after begging Satome, she caved and gave him a list of the new teams. There was a total of 9 teams now, he spotted their team near the bottom with the S's.
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Shink. Takeshi walked through the sliding doors along with the steady river of pilots of all shapes, colors, sizes, and genders. Looking around he suddenly spotted a holographic sign that said "Welcome Team Satome." Standing by it was the familiar faces of Satomi, Andrei, Mark, and Jesse. He frowned realising that his favorite person on the team, Amy wasnt here yet, after the last tournament and they had tried to keep in touch the entire year through. "Takeshi, good to see you again." Andrei gave a small smile as he sipped a cup of coffee.
"Wouldnt miss it for the world."Takeshi grinned before looking around "So is Amy here yet?"
"Worried about your girlfriend eh?"Mark teased
"She's not my girlfriend!"Takeshi said blushing slightly "Were just good friends."
"Whatever."he shrugged
"There's alot of tough pilots here."Takeshi said changing the subject looking at all the teams.
"Yeah, all of them look promising."Satome agreed looking at the groups of teams that sat in their chairs idoly.
"Strange, Liz and Amy are late."Andrei commented before spotting the tan, red haired female pilot stomping over. "Nevermind."
Takeshi noticed that Liz looked very irritated and was going to say something before he spotted Amy walking up from her.
"Amy, Liz your here!"Jesse smiled lightening Liz's mood slightly.
"Hi."Amy smiled
"Whats up."Liz asked quickly hiding her frustrated appearance.
"Nothing much, you look a little irritated Liz, what happened."Takeshi asked, not fooled
"Nothing."Liz huffed
"She got into a fight with the forward of the rookie team SonicBoom"Amy frowned explaining "Luckily the Mid-Fielder of Crescent MOON intervened before things got too serious."
"Who did he think he was, acting like we were children."Liz fumed thinking about the Mid-Fielder who stopped her from knocking that arrogent pilots lights out.
Flashback.
"Wow, this place hasn't changed abit."the Puerto Rican teenager thought aloud as she walked through the crowd while drinking her slushie. She had been looking forward to this day ever since they won last year. She had stopped by a chinese resteraunt this morning for breakfast and then got a slushie. So far her day was going pretty well, spotting Amy, the only person keeping her from unloading on the Takeshi 'occasionally' was standing in the crowd trying to find something familier, she decided to go greet her. That was if it hadnt been for someone who hadnt been watching where they were going ran into her. WHAM! Liz felt the unbearably cold slushie splash on her favorite blue tanktop and Satome vest staining it red as someone backed into her.
"Hey, watch where your going!"Liz vented onto the person behind her which was a girl about 14 with dark, long, red hair and hazel eyes.
"Hey fuck off bitch!"the girl yelled slinging profanity at her which made her gasp for a second at her dirty mouth.
"What!?"Liz repeated angrily and shocked that the girl spilled her drink and then had the gall to call her the bitch.
By now they had everyone's attention including Amy who was happy but also sad that her friend was in a fight.
"You heard me, or are you as dum as you are ugly?"the girl replied snidely.
Liz could feel her vein on her forhead bulge as she clenched her fist so she could knock this girl's teeth out. But just as she was about to unleash her wrath and send the loud mouth girl into last tuesday she felt a firm hand grasp her shoulder and saw another hand grab the girl's shoulder. Turning her head she stared into or looked up to a tall lanky boy with jet black hair, deep brown eyes and a slightly tan face. He had a black jacket with a crescent moon and white stripes, a white T-shirt underneath, a black fedora, brown boots, and denim jeans. She saw that beind him was two other teenage boys who looked irritated and embarressed.
"Maybe you should save this fight for later, or better yet never, you guys dont want to get kicked out."the boy said calmly with friendly smile.
"What's it to you, dipshit?"the girl asked angrily turning her cocky attitude away from Liz and onto him. But her face went from angry to confused when she saw that he didnt flinch or get angry, he simply stared at her with a look of dissapointment. His deep brown pools locked with her hazel eyes. Liz spotted what looked like a bead of sweat form on her brow as the boy conitinued to frown and stare at her, not blinking once. It was a look that Liz recoginized as the look a father sends his child when he's dissapointed and heartbroken. Quickly breaking the gaze, the girl regained her angry outlook and slapped his hand away before stomping off muttering something untelligable under her breath. Sighing the boy turned to Liz letting go of her and saying "That ones got quite a mouth."he said handing her a napkin.
"Whatever."Liz said not making eye contact as she turned towards Amy and walked away. She was irritated that the girl got away and she hated the fact that the boy had stopped the fight and she wasnt able to say a word in retaliation. Now that girl probably thinks that she is a wimp or something. Amy looked at her friend frowning as she watched the boy sigh despondatly and stuff his hands in his pockets before taking a seat again.
"Oh, well that's too bad."Satome said before a moniotor at all the teams booth flickered on.
"Shh, it's time!"Takeshi hushed them excitedly as he took a seat.
"Welcome IGPX pilots, thank you all for coming to this orientation for the newest IGPX!" a voice said as a slidescreen of different races appeared. Everyone on Team Satome welled with pride when they saw a picture of the three pilots getting ready to take on White Snow after they transformed. I can't tell you how excited I am that so many teams showed up."
"Too many, if you ask me."Liz grunted
"Shh!"Takeshi silenced her which made her scowl.
This year since we have so many varieties of teams, we decided to make this tournament World Wide!" the voice announced as a virtual globe appeared and showed several spots where IGPX tracks were located. Several voices gasped in the room while many murmered about this change. 'There will be other susprises that you all will enjoy or hate.'
We'd also like to take a little of time to welcome back the veterans and the newcomers.'
TEAM SLEDGE MAMMA!!
Team Satome scowled at the team as the pilots arrogently stood up and bowed.
TEAM BLACK EGG!!
The defensive team simply nodded.
TEAM WHITE SNOW!!
Team Satomi noticed how intensly that perticular team was staring at them.
TEAM EDGERAID!!
TEAM HESHTIEN!!
AND LAST YEARS CHAMPIONS TEAM SATOMI!!
Liz, Amy, and Takeshi all stood up as everyone except Team White Snow, SONICBOOM and SLEDGE Mamma cheered.
And now we will announce the newcomers!
TEAM SONICBOOM
"Fuck yeah!"Liz glared recognizing the forward curse as she and two other boys stood up.
TEAM WHITE LOTUS!!
Three boys bowed respectfully before sitting down.
TEAM CRESCENT MOON!!
The boy from earlier stood up with the others and smiled.
These teams will compete for a chance to be champs, champions of the Immortal Grand Prix!!
Thank you all for coming, the first game will be October 6th, it's team Sonic Boom versus Team Crescent MOON!!
"Hell Yeah, time for some sweet revenge baby!"the girl thought smirking
"This could be...interesting."the boy smiled relaxing
"Oh, I'm gonna watch that!"Liz said excitedly
Later.
"So, what have you all been up to?"Jessie asked breaking the silence as they all ate dinner which Satome provided.
"Well, I have been practicing my Kung Fu alot, and I got my black belt during my vacation."Liz explained "Other then that, I have been mainly relaxing back with my family."
"Well, after I went back to Ireland, I graduated from high school and me and boyfriend...
"Boyfriend!?" Takeshi literally choked on his food in terror at the news.
"Have been spending a lot of time togethor."she finished as Takeshi managed to swallow the dumpling.
"I, uh didn't know you had a boyfriend."Takeshi said suprised.
"Yeah, I met him a couple months after the IGPX, he's very sweet."she smiled
"Yeah..."he frowned going back to his meal.
"Speaking of love lifes, what have you two been doing."Mark asked knowing it would irritate Liz and Takeshi.
"Me and Fantine broke up."Takeshi reported as he fiddled around with a stray noodle on his plate making Mark feel guilty. Amy frowned at her fellow pilot who looked very out of character and it was clear something was bothering him.
"Well, dating really isn't my thing you know, I like to go single."Liz announced confidently
"Basically, you scare away all the boys after the first date."Takeshi tried whispering but Liz still heard him.
CRACK!
Takeshi lifted his head up after Liz promptly slammed it into his plate shattering it but doing no apparent damage to him other then he was in a daze.
"What was that?"Liz asked in a sarcasticlly sweet voice which made everyone shudder.
"Nothing..."he said rubbing his bump.
"Good."she smirked
"Nothing has changed a bit."Andrei sweatdropped at his team.
"So Ms. Satome, do you have those reports on the teams."Takeshi asked
"Yes, they're right here, so you can look them over."she said handing them a thick folder.
Curiously Amy edged forward causing Takeshi to blush at how close she was and Liz moved over causing him to sweat.
"Let me have the ones on Sonic Boom and Crescent MOON."Liz said as Takeshi began pulling out files on different teams.
Liz took the files and began to look them over as Amy and Takashi looked over his. First they looked over the veterans, their stats hadnt changed since the last championship so they werent worried. They quickly flipped to White Lotus.
White Lotus.
Forward:Takomi Sakura.
Race:Japanese
Age:16
Takomi who is the son of a rich entrepaneur grew up in a sophisticated home with his Mother and brother. Very cool-headed and never shows signs of emotion.
Defender:Cho Zhong
Race:Chinese
Age:15
He grew up in a suburban home that was very old fashioned. Very strong,trains in the art of Judo.
Mid-Fielder:Mako Trad
Race:Korean
Age:19
Adopted by a rich family as a baby, he learned how to do business. A accomplished business man and helps the team with the budget.
Team Lotus is known in the IGPX2 as the strategy team, they always come up with plans and rely on cunning wit and speed over defense and power. Very formal and polite, these teams made it into the IGP1 after a tough battle with Team Skylark.
"Team Lotus looks tough."Amy commented as she stole a glance at the team across the room which were also reading files.
"Well if you think they're bad, look at these guys."Liz announced tossing them the folder.
As they began to read the file, Liz remembered what it read.
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Flashback.
TEAM Sonic Boom
Forward:Sam River
"So that's the brats name."Liz thought
Race:American
Age:14
"Great, I got told off by a little kid."she growled
Grew up in the New-York ghetto, was accepted into the IGPX after sneaking into Team Sonic Boom's training facility and racing. Would of been thrown in jail if she hadnt broke their forwards record. Violent, proud, and is known to be the biggest cusser on the IGPX circle.
Defender:Jak Samen
Race:Native American
Age:17
Son of a Casino owner in several areas in America, a accomplished gambler, likes to take risks and live on the edge. This want to live on the egde is what pushed him to be a IGPX racer.
Mid-Fielder:Jack Samuel
Race:English
Age:16
Not much is known about Jack Samuel's past except that wherever he grew up it turned him into a cold man.
Team Sonic Boom is earned it's title as the new Sledge Mamma for many reasons. They attack viciously, using moves meant to destroy mechs and injure pilots. Using defensive plates on their mechs, they can get as rough as they want on a track and never be injured. They are also known as the Anti-Thesis of Team Lotus, brutal, rude, and love to use Brawn and Defense over Speed.
"Great, as if one Team Sledge Mamma wasnt enough."Liz sighed turning to the next one.
Team Crescent MOON.
Forward:Taylor Eagle
Race:American
Age:14
Grew up in a suberban home in California along with Chavez Rosa and Johnathen. Outgoing, friendly and is known to be a bit of a show off.
'Sounds a bit like Takeshi."Liz thought
Defender:Chavez Rosa
Race:Mexican
Age:18
Grown up in California, was neighbors with Johnathen, both entered the IGPX togethor. Strong, confident, and follows his coaches orders to the letter.
Mid-Fielder:Johnathen Benard
Race:Poland
Age:17
Grown up in a easy surberban home, his father was killed in a cross fire between gangs. Many know him as a dedicated pacifist who dislikes any fighting outside of pure sport. But he likes fighting when it's sport, accomplished champion of the Wrestling Team in his High School and is a black belt in Judo as well. Was convinced to join the IGPX by his friend and partner Chavez. His pacifist philosiphy often clashes with his new coaches motto of "Take no prisoners."
"Well, that explains his actions."Liz thought amazed that anyone would go out of their way just to stop of fight between people he didn't even know.
Team Crescent MOON is a well-balanced team with a diversity of team mates. They had a pretty steady losing streak in the IG2 but they soon replaced their coach and quickly climbed back to the top. They use teamwork as a way to make up for the fact that their strengths are so widely spread out. Long time rivalry with Team White Lotus after Crescent MOON trounced them on the way to the top.
"They all look impressive, I cant wait to race them!"Takeshi grinned as he finished reading the report.
"Im not to worried about White Lotus, but we shouldn't underestimate them."Satome commented looking from the different pilots.
"I'm not scared, they'll be a piece of cake."Takeshi said cooly
"Yeah, as long as we work togethor I'm sure we'll win again."Amy smiled
"Okay, ready."Satome said as everyone put their hands in a group.
"1...2...3...TEAM SATOME!!"everyone yelled breaking the group hand shake. And the IGPX began.
First chapter, sweet.
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