And it's not just Max that's getting the worst of being pranked.

Chapter 2: Pranked

At the Jade Palace, the masters and the Hazards were setting up the Halloween party and mostly everyone was getting into it and felt the Halloween spirit in them and Kiba was easily excited for the whole she-bang and he said, "I love Halloween so much that I wish it could be every day of the year."

"Well, you've got the mask for it." Ryo stated, putting out the streamers.

Kiba laughs at this and he said to Ryo, "So...what are you gonna be for Halloween?"

"I don't know, Kiba." Ryo answered.

Faith, Layla, Ligress and Skyler brought out more Halloween stuff to add to the festivities and Takami asked, "Wonder what's taking Tigress so long to get the pumpkins?"

"You know how busy she is. She's probably kicking some croc bandits' butts or something in case someone tries to snatch a pumpkin." Layla answered.

Ryo sighed at that assumption and he said, "Why would those stupid crocs steal a pumpkin?"

"You got a good point there." Layla replied.

"Hey, Takami...you wanna know what I'm gonna go as for Halloween?" asked Kiba.

"No, what?" asked Takami.

Then, Kiba shows Takami this killer clown costume and it disgusted Takami a little bit and Kiba said, "What do you think?"

"What happened to your vampire costume?" asked Takami.

"Well...I've done enough vampires already and Faith was getting kinda fed up with the vampire stuff, so I thought about being a clown for Halloween, kinda make it different." Kiba answered.

"Yeah, it does look different...but you do know me and Tigress don't like clowns, right?" asked Takami.

"Whaaaaat? How can you hate clowns, dude?" asked Kiba, a little surprised.

Takami rolled his eyes at that and he said, "Don't get it twisted. Tigress hates clowns. I just have a dislike about them. I had a bad experience with one once when I was a kid."

"Well...what happened?" asked Layla.

Takami sighed at that part and he turned to Layla and replied, "I think it's best if I don't mention it."

Just then, Tigress comes in with the pumpkins and Takami noticed some claw marks on her face and he asked, "Hey, what happened to you?"

"What happened to me? You wanna know what happened to me? This little...tiger brat clawed my face off!" Tigress shouted, in outrage.

Most of the Hazards were a little confused about this tiger brat, but Kiba suddenly realized what she meant by that and he asked, "You mean, Max?"

"Yes, Max! I was only there to see if they have pumpkins and out of nowhere, he just clawed my face!" Tigress exclaimed.

Takami rose his eyebrow at that and didn't really think he could do something like that and he asked, "Master...are you sure it was Max's doing? I don't think he could've done it."

"Yeah, how could little Max do that?" asked Layla, in disbelief.

"Maybe you might've scared him." Kiba assumed.

Tigress turned to Kiba with a huge scowl in her face and asked, "How could I scare him?!"

Kiba then rose his paws to ensure peace and not to be beaten to pulp by Tigress and she noticed that he's holding a clown costume and she asked, "Is that a clown?"

"Yeah." Kiba replied.

"I hate clowns." Tigress said, gritting her teeth.

Kiba couldn't quite understand the reason behind it and he asked, "Why does everyone not like clowns? Is this some sort of 'hate the clown' club or something?"

Not long afterwards, Takami saw Max, Logan and Samurai come in the palace and he said, "What's up?"

"Max came over here to find Tigress and say he's sorry for clawing her, beating her in the face and pulling her head out." Samurai answered.

Takami widened his eyes at those incidents and it definitely confirmed that it's all real and Max comes over to him, a little nervous about what she has to say after the apology and he said to her, "I'm sorry for clawing your face, beating you up, pulling your head off...and bitten you."

"Apology not accepted." Tigress growled.

That was getting a little difficult for him to have his apology rejected by her and Samurai said, "Look, he said he's sorry. He thought you were Sage in a mask, pulling a prank on him again."

"Why would I pull a foolish stunt like that?" asked Tigress, raising his eyebrow.

"Max has nightmares about you." Logan spat out.

Max grunts at that part and that made Tigress more angrier than ever and she said, "Nightmares? Are you calling me a monster?"

"No...I didn't even think about that at all." Max said, whimpering.

Not long afterwards, Sage and his crew snuck in the palace and pelted most of the Hazards plus Tigress and Max with random fruits and splattered them all over parts of the Palace and they continued to throw some at Max and at Ryo, Faith and Hope.

"Boo-yah, baby!" Sage bellowed.

Faith looks over and sees Sage and his crew come out swinging and he said, "Hope you enjoy your fruits, kiddies."

Faith releases an angry growl at them and she said, "When do you guys not trick us?"

"When are you gonna be my girlfriend?" asked Sage, clicking his tongue.

Then, Faith kicks him straight in the groin and grabbed his face and replied, "Never...ever would I be your girlfriend. I would much rather have my head melted in lava than be your girlfriend. Hope's my boyfriend and still is!"

"And how much more can we put up with your tricks?" asked Skyler.

Banzai chuckled at that and he cooly replied, "Until the beginning of November. We still got seven more days of trickery in us."

"And don't worry...we'll crash this party on Halloween night." Yow-Ni added, chuckling.

As the gang left, Logan and Samurai were completely frustrated by the fact that they can never stop their reckless stupidity and Samurai said, "Someone needs a taste of their own medicine."

Just then, Max turns back to Tigress and he said, "Like I said, I'm sorry."

"Okay, I accept your apology." Tigress said, not looking at him.

"So...am I off the hook now?" asked Max, a little hopeful.

"Yes, you're off the hook...for now." Tigress answered.

The Hazards are the next ones to be pranked by Sage and his crew on the next chapter! BTW, the Hazards are owned by SpiritualLoneWolfXIII!