Chapter 5: Perseverance!

Lil DeVille continued to fight Yuurikage's ninjas with her karate skills. She managed to knock down many of the ninjas, but the other ninjas successfully attacked her when she wasn't looking. She panted heavilly, tired from fighting. Yuurikage saw her opportunity and charged at Lil, the ninjas getting out of Yuurikage's way. Yuurikage went towards Lil and, with all her strength, punched Lil so hard in the gut, she collapsed to the floor, writhing in pain.

Meanwhile, Phil DeVille tried to push Yousuke out of the ring in another sumo match. Surprisingly, Yousuke grabbed Phil by his mawashi and be lifted him with all his strength. Then, Yousuke threw him on his back, winning the match. Yousuke grinned.

"I can do more than just push people." Yousuke said, giving a wide smile.

Phil was shocked at this. "I demand a rematch." he said.

"Okay." Yousuke shrugged.

Meanwhile, Susie Carmichael was using her sword attacks against the undead samurai, resulting in their melting. Soyami watched in surprise.

"I don't believe this." Soyami thought to himself. "She's actually winning."

"If you think she's got this, then you obviously haven't seen what my army is made of." A familiar voice said from behind him.

Soyami was stunned at the voice he heard. He slowly turned around and saw his former comrade and friend, Akiyama Tokugawa, behind him.

"It's been a while, my friend." Akiyama said calmly.

"AKIYAMA!" Soyami shouted as he unsheathed his sword and tried to attack Akiyama.

"No you don't!" Anthony Collins shouted as he used his sword to block Soyami's attack.

Susie looked upward a few steps and gasped when she saw Akiyama and Anthony. But she couldn't do anything about it, since there were so many of Akiyama's samurai surrounding her.

Tommy Pickles and Yui Nakano arrived to see Susie fighting many of Akiyama's undead samurai.

"Susie!" Tommy cried.

Susie looked up to see Tommy.

"Tommy!" Susie cried.

"Hello, Tommy." Akiyama said to Tommy.

Tommy looked at Akiyama and scowled at him.

"Where. is. DILLY?" Tommy asked, yelling out the last part.

Akiyama smiled. "In the room where all my samurai are being controlled."

"HEY! ANTHONY!" Chuckie's angry voice was heard.

Anthony and Soyami looked to the right and broked their sword lock to see Chuckie, Hanamaru, and Tsuruhime standing in between two trees.

"What are you doing here, Finster?" Anthony asked.

Chuckie balled his fists and walked towards Anthony.

"I think it's time you undid what you did to Angelica." Chuckie hissed.

Anthony laughed. "How do you expect me to do that to a tormentor like her?"

"Don't play dumb with us!" Hanamaru snapped. "We know you have a cure for Angelica's poisoning."

Anthony's smile faded. "What makes you think I have a cure."

"Hikarimaru told us about it." Tsuruhime said. "He overheard you and Josh talking about it."

Anthony growled. "He eavesdropped on me!? I oughta teach him a lesson."

"WHERE'S THE CURE?" Chuckie yelled.

"Like I'd tell you." Anthony snapped. "Surely you agree you would be better off without that pigtailed creep bossing you around and hurting you."

"I'M NOT BETTER OFF WITHOUT THE PIGTAILED CREEP WHO SAVED MY LIFE."

Chuckie screamed.

Tommy and Susie gasped at what they heard Chuckie say.

Anthony laughed. "If you are talking about the time Angelica saved you from a kid riding a tricycle, remember that she made you be her slave for that." Anthony pointed out

Chuckie panted in fury. Then he looked at Anthony with tears in his eyes.

"Although Angelica did save me that time, that's not what I'm talking about." Chuckie hissed. "There was another time Angelica saved me. And before you ask, no. She did not make me work for her."

"What happened, then?" Anthony asked.

Chuckie took a deep breath and slowly let it out, calming himself.

"It began a long time ago." Chuckie said. "Back when I was one year old."

Meanwhile, Lil DeVille was lying on the ground in pain. Yuurikage was obviously feeling guilty about hurting her like that. Nevertheless, this was part of Lil's martial arts training and Yuurikage knew that going easy on Lil wouldn't make her stronger, even if she was an infant. However, it looked like Lil couldn't take anymore.

Lil had tears flowing from her eyes. "I can't do this." Lil thought sadly. "I can't fight people like that. I'm not cut out to be a fighter. I should just give up."

"Lil." Yuurikage said with guilt in her voice. "I don't want to hurt you anymore. This might be a bit too much for you. I suggest you give up now, while you still can."

Lil considered it. She might not even be cut out to save the people she loved, like Phil, Jimmy, or Benny.

Lil gasped. "Benny!" she thought.

Lil suddenly remembered the fun and games she and her brother, Phil had with their pet toad, Benny, a week ago, during their training, and during the entire trip to Japan. She was happy being there for her pet. And Phil... She and her brother may argue a lot, but she loves him and he is family. And Jimmy... He has cared a lot about her and Phil after they were born. As for the rest of her friends, she had tons of adventures with them, from finding Reptar Jr. in the basement, to stopping Angelica in their 'Mega Diaper Babies' adventure, to having heroic adventures as the Adventure Squad. Those were the best times of her life.

And now, She was in the Chihiro Daycare Center, having tried to prepare herself for the coming battles against Mudana and her army. This was when Lil realized her friends' very lives were in her hands.

Lil, focusing back to the present, looked up at Yuurikage, who was looking at her, grimly.

"I think it's time for you to quit this match." Yuurikage said, extending her hand towards Lil.

Jimmy DeVille and Sanyo Torameiyo looked in shock at this.

"Well, it looks like your cousin isn't good enough to face ninjas as good as Yuurikage and her ninjas." Sanyo said.

Jimmy had tears flowing from his eyes.

"Maybe this match was a bad idea." Jimmy said sadly. "I hope cousin Lil is okay. If she had been hurt worse, I would be mad at myself for not protecting her."

Lil slowly moved her hands towards Yuurikage's.

"Good girl." Yuurikage said, smiling, relieved to know that Lil might be safe. "I knew that you quitting this match was a good idea."

Lil almost touched Yuurikage's hands, when suddenly...

"Quitting!?" Lil whispered.

"Hmmm!?" Yuurikage hummed in surprise.

Lil instantly grabbed Yuurikage's wrist instead of her hand, got up, grabbed her arm, and judo threw her onto the floor.

All the ninjas, as well as Jimmy and Sanyo, watched with their mouths hanging open. Yuurikage hopped up and looked at Lil, stunned at what she did.

"What was that for?" Yuurikage asked.

Lil stomped on the ground. "I'm no quitter." She cried in might, getting into a horse stance. "I'll never give up as long there are friends and family of mine I want to protect. So you can continue this match, because I'm not stopping until I win."

"YOU GO, GIRL!" Jimmy cheered.

Yuurikage was surprised at first. Then, she slowly smiled. "So you want to continue this match, eh?" Yuurikage asked. "Fine. Don't whine if I hurt you."

Lil smirked. "It doesn't matter if you hurt me, because I will know all your moves by the time I'm done with you." she said.

All the ninjas got ready to attack Lil.