ROUND 3.5: THE NEW GANG OF MAXIM
"Luise."
"Hi, Alba."
"Oh, so this is the wait and see thing." joked Soiree.
"This is not a joke, okay?" Lien seemed to be mad with him.
Alba still refused to say a single word for that moment. Everyone became quiet unexpectedly after that. None of them dared to say a single word. Not even Soiree. Luise walked forward to Alba and looked around him. Alba looked on, before he finally opened his mouth.
"So, what's your plan today? You're the one who called us all here, right?"
"Alba, you should've expected why I wanted you all to gather here. I know you just came in here and you're still new to this school. But… you know that you deserved to form your very own gang here." Luise combed her hair again.
"What do you mean by that? You know I hate violence."
"It's not that I wanted you to fight all the time, but your strength, your skills, they are good enough for you to form your own gang and help settle the fights around here."
"Go straight to the point."
Luise didn't immediately answer. She walked to one of the tables and sat down on a chair. She crossed her legs and pushed hair aside.
"You know, there have been a few heavy fights happening in this school recently. They're all caused by the rivalry between the other fractions around here; I mean the other gangs had been fighting for supremacy in this school, without caring the lives of those who couldn't fight. You know especially involving Kyo, Iori and Ash."
"You're telling me that we can stop them by having our own group?" Soiree bugged in.
"I don't say it's 100 that you guys can beat them. But you guys can help make the rivalry to a lower level. And… just say I'm asking you for a favor, my dear." She pointed at Alba. The rest of them glanced at him too.
"Hmmm….." Alba rubbed his head for a moment.
"I'm here to support you, Alba." said Lien at that very moment.
"Yeah. We'll be in your group too!" the other guys agreed. "At least you got a few members already."
"Well, bro?" Soiree looked at him.
"Fine then. This gang shall be called…"
"You can name the group later, there's plenty of time. By the way, can we go out for a drink together again?" Luise changed the topic.
"Ho ho ho! We got our own gang! Now we don't have to be afraid of Ash and Iori anymore!" they cheered.
"But to think of it, Kyo's been a little arrogant lately." said another one.
"Ha ha ha, then we'll just bust all of them." another one replied.
Alba rubbed his head upon hearing those. Of course, he was not interested in finding fault these days, but they just couldn't bother looking from one corner. After all, Luise and Lien were there to support him as well.
"Okay, let's go for one after school today." he finally replied.
"Ok."
"Boom!!!!"
Just then there was a loud explosion not far from there. They were surprised by that. Soiree went to the window to have a look.
"My, an explosion just occurred at the Rock and Roll Club."
"R&R? That must be Iori again." said Luise.
"Well, wanna take a look?" Alba asked unexpectedly.
"Not a waste if we go and look." Lien replied.
"Let's go!" Soire dashed out of the door. The rest of them followed from behind. It looked like a new battle had just begun.
NEXT ROUND: IORI VS YASHIRO