A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long, but i had a lot of things to do.
The description of this chapter is much better than the last two, and I fixed a lot of the grammar.
Enjoy.
Chapter 3: A Hidden Surprise
"Come on Chris. You're gonna have to move faster than that!!" Zeke said to Chris as he chased him around the track with a flaming broom in his hand.
"What do you think I'm doing, trying to burn myself?" Chris said trying to stay ahead of Zeke so that his ass wouldn't be burned off. "Besides, where did you even get that broom anyways?" he asked.
"Questions will not save your ass from being burned. MOVE IT!" Zeke responded as he picked up his speed.
By this point Chris was moving at full speed around the track, but just as he rounded the turn, Zeke disappeared from behind him and reappeared in front of him. "Don't you even think about it," Chris yelled to Zeke.
Zeke grinned as he held the broom with both hands around the base, wined it up like a baseball bat and said, "Already did." He then swung forward; putting everything he had in it and said, "DODGE!"
"Oh crap," Chris thought to himself as he saw the broom flying at him with great speed. Just like a major league fast ball, Zeke nailed Chris out of the park, sending him flying into the bleachers. Chris slammed into the bleachers, breaking and shattering many on impact.
"Ouch, that had to hurt." Zeke said as he made his way over to where Chris was lying. Zeke looked at Chris and said, "You just never learn do you? When I say 'dodge' you dodge, not take a broom to the face."
Chris looked up at Zeke, gave him the finger and said, "If only common sense was a super power."
Zeke looked down at Chris, a bit confused and said, "Really. I always thought it was."
"Are you serious? Wait, why am I even asking that? You never are." Chris responded as he made that annoyed look on his face, the one that many people have when someone says something completely stupid. As Chris stood up, and wiped off the wood debris that he had on him he said to Zeke, "You still haven't answered my question- about the mysterious broom?"
"As I recall, I did answer your question with another question and then you got nailed by the broom," Zeke respond as a laughed.
"That wasn't the answer I was looking for," Chris said to Zeke. "I want to know the 'real' answer to my question."
"Well I guess telling you the answer wouldn't be that bad," Zeke responded. "The truth is that I had the broom in my back pant-pocket this entire time."
"Really, how did you manage to do that?" Chris asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Chris, I managed because of the 'Rules of Anime'," Zeke said. "One of the rules state that any anime character can carry around almost anything in their back pant-pocket, thanks to a dimension portal."
Chris looked even more puzzled. "Does that mean I have one too?" he asked Zeke.
"You didn't know about it?" Zeke asked.
"No…." Chris responded a bit embarrassed.
All of a sudden Zeke dropped to the ground in laughter. "Wow! Don't you feel stupid?" Zeke said to Chris.
Chris had the most annoyed look on his face. Just then Chris swung his foot back, and then swung it forward with all his might, connecting with Zeke's stomach, sending him flying into the sky. Disappearing just like Team Rocket does in every episode of Pokemon. "Guess I won't be seeing him for a while," he said to himself as he made his way back inside the school to finish what classes he had left.
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"I see. So, it looks like Zeke is training Chris," said a mysterious voice from a window inside the school. "I wonder what power, if any, Chris really possesses."
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Later on after school, Chris was making his way to his locker when he saw Myra getting her stuff from her locker. He decided to go and talk to her.
"Hey, how's it going?" Chris asked her as he leaned up beside her locker.
"Oh, hey," she said with a smile on her face. "I'm doing good. What about you?"
"I'm doing good as well, just hurting a bit from earlier," he responded as he turned his face, showing the bruise he had on his cheek.
"Oh my, how did you get that? Please tell me it wasn't from when we ran into each other earlier?" she asked in a state of concern as she inspected the bruise.
"No, no. It wasn't from 'our' little run earlier," Chris replied with a little grin on his face, as he tried to calm her down.
"Then what was it from then?" Myra asked.
"Four letters, Z.E.K.E." Chris replied. "Being an idiot as usual."
"Do you want me to go and give him a piece of my mind?" she asked Chris with a bit of sarcasm.
"I would love to see you do that, but I already took care of him," Chris responded with a bit of laughter.
Then Myra began to laugh as well. "Alright Chris, I got to get going," she said as she closed up her locker.
"Wait before you go, I was wondering if you wanted to go catch a movie some time?" Chris asked.
Myra was a bit surprised at first, but then she smiled, reached into her bag and grab out a marker. "Ok," she said as she grabbed Chris's hand and wrote something on it. She then looked at Chris and said, "How does this Friday sound? Maybe around 7 o'clock."
"7 it is then," he responded.
"Alright, I got to go. Bye," she said as she picked up her bag and began to walk away.
"Bye," Chris replied as he looked down to see what she wrote on his hand. On his hand were her name and her number underneath it. He looked up and watched her walk away. He smiled and then made his way to his locker. Score 1 for Chris- Cha-ching! As he arrived at his locker, he heard something coming from inside. He opened it up to see Zeke crammed in there.
"You know, they have to start making bigger lockers," Zeke said as he started to climb out.
"How the hell did you manage to get yourself in there? Didn't I kick you sky high?" Chris asked Zeke, confused as to the mystery of how anyone of Zeke's stature could fit in there.
"Yes, you did kick me sky high and by the way that was a very good kick," Zeke replied. "Your kick and my mysterious appearance in your locker are the result in the 'Rules of Anime'."
"Oh not this 'Rules of Anime' stuff again," Chris said. "Besides it's not like I need to know them now. I have more important things to worry about."
Zeke turned to Chris and said, "Like your date with that blue hair chick, with glasses, about 5'5'. Oh what was her name again? Myra?"
Chris looked at Zeke even more confused than he was before. "Yes, but how do you know about her? Were you spying on us that entire time?" he asked.
"As I made my way to your locker, without you knowing, I managed to get a glimpse of her as you two were talking." Zeke replied.
"Alright, but that doesn't explain how you know her name?" Chris asked.
Zeke pointed down to Chris's hand and said, "That's how I know."
"Zeke you never seize to amaze me," Chris said. "So now that's that out of the way why don't we get some more training done?"
"I would love too, but I have another important meeting I must be attending," Zeke replied. "I would recommend though that you get your strength saved up for tomorrow because you're going to need it."
"Alright, I'll be 100% for you tomorrow then. Later Zeke," Chris said as he walked down the hallway and out the door.
"See yah Chris," Zeke replied as he made his way down the opposite side of the hallway, out the doors and towards one of the walls along the school where a female student was standing. Zeke looked around to make sure no one else was there before talking to this person. "So, I never expect find a former member of Tool Toul To, to be at this school."
"You never expect a whole lot anyways. What did you want to talk about?" she asked.
"I need you to do me a favour," Zeke said. "As you probably know by now, I'm training Chris and I was wondering if you could help me out."
"If your training him, then why do you need me to help out?" she asked.
"Because I know that both of us want to see what powers lay dormant in him," he replied.
"That's true. Alright, I'll help," she said.
The next day rolled around, and Chris felt 100% and ready for anything that Zeke could and possibly throw at him. When he arrived at school and walked into class, he noticed that Zeke wasn't there and that there was another note on his desk. He opened the note and read,
Chris,
Meet me after class again, but this time I'll be over in the old parking lot, behind the school. Don't forget you're A.T's.
~ Zeke
"Why does it always have to be after this class? Why not after lunch or something?" Chris thought to himself as he sat down. After bearing an hour and a bit of complete boredom, class finally ended. Chris made his way to his locker expecting to see Myra at her locker, but she wasn't there. "Alright, looks like she isn't here today," Chris thought to himself as he shrugged his shoulders and continued to his locker. He grabbed his A.T's and headed over to the parking lot, to see Zeke standing in the middle of it.
"Hey Chris, got your strength back?" Zeke asked as Chris rolled over to him.
"Oh yah, I'm ready for anything you throw at me," Chris replied.
"Are you sure?" Zeke asked as turned and pointed towards the entrance of the parking lot.
Chris turned and saw someone standing there with A.T's on and wondered who it was. As the person rolled closer, the description of that person became clearer. "Myra?" Chris said with a shocked look on his face. "What are you doing here?" he asked.
Myra approached him and said "I'm here because Zeke asked me to come."
"Why are you wearing A.T's though?" Chris asked.
"So I can fight you, that's why," she replied with the most serious look on her face.
Chris was just stunned at the answer given to him. It was like someone had made his hearing clearer just for that moment. Chris turned and looked at Zeke.
"You said you were ready for anything to be thrown at you," Zeke said as he stared right back. "Now I would suggest you get your head straight because its fight time."
Chris turned back and looked at Myra, as she got prepared to fight him.
"Chris, don't worry. This isn't anything personal, we're still going to the movies on Friday," she said to him, trying to get him back in the 'zone'. "I'm just doing this because Zeke and I want to see what could possibly be hidden within you."
Chris was relieved to hear that, but that still didn't change the fact that he had to fight her. "Alright, at least it won't be as bad as I thought."
Just then Myra turned to Zeke and asked, "How hard should I go on him?"
"Umm, if you want to go full out you can. It's not like it's going to kill him," Zeke replied with a smirk on his face.
"Oh great, those are the exact words I wanted to hear," Chris thought to himself, sarcastically.
"Oh and what is that suppose to mean," she said as furious as ever.
"It just means you won't be able to kill him," Zeke said.
"Oh so you're saying I'm weak," she replied, getting ready to punch Zeke in the face.
"In a way," Zeke said.
By this point Zeke had gotten Myra so angry, she looked ready to kill someone.
"Ok, honestly that's enough Zeke," Chris said.
"Well I guess I can stop now, since you're the one who has to fight her," Zeke said, disappointed at the fact he couldn't come up with more jokes.
Myra turned to Chris and asked, "Are you ready to do this?"
Chris turned to her and said, "As ready as I could possibly be. Are you?"
Myra closed her eyes and gave a little smile. Then she reached down to her A.T's and said, "Activate." As soon as she said that, her A.T's changed into the one's she used in Tool Toul To. When they finished transforming, she looked up at Chris and said, "Now, I'm ready." Then, like a flash, she disappeared.
Chris was surprised at what he just saw and then out of the corner of his eye, he saw Myra appear. As she appeared, her leg was already swinging forward, aiming at his head. Before Chris could even react to that, her A.T connected with his face, sending him flying across the pavement.
She looked at Chris and said, "Oops, I didn't mean to kick you that hard. I guess I was still a little angry at Zeke."
As Chris stood up and wiped some blood from his mouth, he looked up at her, with a smirk on his face and said, "You didn't kick hard enough."
Myra was stunned at what he just said. "I just thought that…"
Before she could finish her sentence, Chris interrupted her and said, "I know you can kick harder. Now don't be cautious, actually kick me."
"What is he thinking?" Zeke asked himself.
"Alright, whatever you say," she told Chris and then disappeared once again. She then re-appeared behind him and kicked him in the back, sending him flying forward. "How's that?" she asked.
As Chris began to get up he replied, "Still not good enough."
"Oh really," she said as she disappeared. She re-appeared in front of him and kicked him in the stomach, making him drop to the ground.
Zeke was really stunned with Chris's actions. "What is he doing and why is he making Myra kick him harder?" he thought to himself.
Chris picked himself up off the ground and looked Myra straight in the eyes and asked, "Do I really have to teach you how to kick?" He then lifted his leg back and swung it upward towards Myra's stomach with everything he had. Before he connected with her, she disappeared. "Just as I thought," he said to himself, expecting her to attack him from the top. Just then Chris felt a sharp pain on his lower back. He turned his head to see that Myra's kick, hit in him the nerve on his lower back, making him drop to his knees. "But I thought…"
"You thought wrong," she said as she stood behind him. "To be targeted in the same spot twice is one thing any A.T Rider should expect."
"That is true, but there is another thing that any A.T Rider should know," he said.
"What is it?" she asked.
Chris leaned forward, pushed back with his arms and extended his legs. "Be expected of the unexpected," he said. As he shot himself backwards, expecting to kick to her square in the stomach, Myra lifted her arms and blocked it.
"Just as I expected from a noob," she said.
"Damn. I really thought that would have worked too," he thought to himself. "Oh crap," he said as Myra tried to kick him again. Chris dodged by rolling to the side, but just barely.
"Looks like someone finally dodged my kicks," she said as she looked at him and gave him a little smile.
"Give me a break, I'm still learning as I go along," he said as a looked back at her.
"Well I hope you learn to dodge these then because this is going to hurt," she said as she disappeared. She then reappeared, kick him then disappeared, repeating this fury of kicks over and over.
Chris just stood there taking kick after kick, knowing that he couldn't do anything. "Damn this does hurt, but I don't want this fight to end this way. I…want to…WIN!" All of a sudden darkness appeared out of Chris's A.T's, sending out a huge gust of wind, making Myra fly backwards.
"This is it," Zeke said.
As the darkness grew, it encircled Chris's A.T's. He then looked up at Myra with a facial expression that only expressed the darkness within him and said, "You wanted to see it, you got it." Just like Myra, Chris disappeared.
"Where the hell did he go?" she said.
Just then, Chris appeared out of the corner of her eyes and when she looked down, his leg was already swinging forward, aiming at her stomach. Before she could even react to the speed of his kick, it connected with her, sending her flying into the air. He then disappeared and reappeared beside her, then whispered in her ear, "This is going to hurt." Chris turned himself around and kicked her in the same spot that she had kicked him, right in the lower nerve, sending her flying towards Zeke.
"This isn't what I expected," Zeke said as he saw what just happened. "I got to stop this before this gets out of hand." As she flew towards him, he caught her and placed her on the ground. "I'll be right back," he said to her as he dashed forward towards Chris.
"Bring it on," Chris said as he brought his leg back and swung forward at Zeke.
Before his kick connected with Zeke's face, Zeke dodged it and kicked Chris in the face. This sent Chris flying across the pavement, as he stopped he looked up to see that Zeke appeared above him and said, "Now this is how you kick someone." As he came down, he lifted his leg and swung it downwards into Chris stomach, causing a gigantic crater in the ground beneath him. As the dust cleared, the darkness around Chris's A.T's slowly faded.
Myra rolled over to where they were, looked at Zeke and asked, "Did you really have to kick him that hard?"
"No, but he can take it. Heck, he got hit the face by a flaming broom before, so he'll be fine," he said as he looked down at Chris, who had that knocked out expression like any Pokemon does after they are knocked out.
As Chris began to regain himself, he looked up to see Myra and Zeke staring at him. "How the hell did I get down here?" he asked.
"You don't remember," Myra replied.
"The only thing I remember is you kicking and then thinking to myself that I didn't want to lose like this, I wanted to win," he said.
"That's interesting," Zeke said. "Usually when an A.T Rider uses that hidden power the first time, they remember. In your case though, you didn't. I must talk to Spitfire about this right away."
"You go do that Zeke," Myra said. "I'll stay here and help Chris out."
"Alright then, I'll see you two later then," he replied as he took off.
Myra then looked back at Chris, lifted him up to where he could sit and asked, "So you really don't remember do you?"
"Not really," he replied. He then looked at her and said, "I lied about your kicks. They actually hurt, especially the fury of kicks."
"Awe thanks Chris," she said as she looked away, blushing a bit.
"No problem, but there is one thing I want to ask you though," he said.
"Oh and what is that?" she asked as she redirected her attention to him.
"I am going to put a team together and I was wondering if you would like to be in it," he replied.
"I would love too," she said as she got up and helped Chris get to his feet.
"Alright then, let's go," he said as they both made there way back to the school to get their things.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter, chapter 4 should be up next week since I have the whole March Break to work on it. Please Review and if you have any suggestions on how I can improve my story, please let me know.
