Varrick was over the moon. He had made a new business partner with the head of Future Industries and had a great time on his rocket boat. Now it was time to really have some fun at the Glacier Spirit Festival. He and Zhu li were walking through the festival with a skip in there step and light in their eyes.

"Zhu li, this has been a great day. Now let's see if we can make it even better! I'm going to make it my goal to play every game in this festival. Now where to we start?" Varrick said while rubbing his hands together. Before Zhu li could answer him he was already running over to the nearest stand. She followed behind him diligently.

She agreed it had been a good day. Sure Varrick was a little 'eccentric'. Okay he was very eccentric to the point of near lunacy. But he was brilliant overall. Most people thought it was odd whenever he would stare into somebody's eyes before making a deal, but she knew he was sizing them up. Luckily Miss Sato had stood her ground or else Varrick would have demanded she leave in shame. He showed his movers to select business people and it was an incredible success. At this rate all they had to find was a good story to attract a crowd. With Varrick it should not be too hard. He was constantly coming up with amazing, crowd pleasing ideas.

She finally caught up with Varrick where he was struggling with a large mallet, as a brawny man smirked at him. Apparently Varrick had found himself a game to test strength. Now Varrick was not a weak man but he was clearly unaware that he was not going to be able to do this. These games are almost always rigged. He could use every ounce of strength he had and just barely get it past half way.

Varrick finally got the mallet behind him and ready to go over his head to hit the target. With a determined look and all his strength, the mallet soared over his head and on to the target with a loud thump. The marker went a quarter of the way up the pole. Zhu li, even though she knew that these games were rigged, she still thought that maybe Varrick could gain a little more muscle mass. Or maybe this is a very rigged game.

With a grumpy look Varrick slammed more money into the man running the game's hand and turned to Zhu li, "Zhu li, do the thing."

Zhu li nodded and took the mallet from him. With a little struggle she put the mallet behind her. With all her strength, for she would give nothing less for her boss, she swung the mallet over her head and hit the target. The marker went two thirds of the way up the pole. Yup definitely rigged. She turned to her boss and apologized.

"Even you, Zhu li! You are one of the strongest people I know!" Varrick said flabbergasted. Zhu li was flattered by the complement but chose to say nothing.

Varrick then slammed double the money in the man's hand. The man gave him an odd look. Varrick then turned to Zhu li, "With both our strength we could probably get it to the top. We would have to use every bit of our strength though. Mathematically we would only get about ninety percent of the way up with our past results. But I still think it's worth a shot."

The man running the game then interjected, "I'm sorry but that's against the rules," with that he tried to give Varrick back the money he had just given him.

Varrick just shook his head and positioned himself behind Zhu li with the mallet in hand. "Keep the money, this is about pride."

Zhu li then took a portion of the mallet's handle in her hands. She knew that when Varrick put his mind into something like this he wouldn't stop until he completed his goal. She knew that she couldn't hold anything back because he surely wouldn't. The man just shrugged his shoulders and let them continue.

"Now we do this on three, understood?" Varrick said

"Understood, Sir."

As Varrick began to count, seriousness washed over them. This was something that at first was just a fun game, but now it was a goal that neither of them were going to give up on until it they had conquered it. This was now a battle that they were going to conquer together.

As Varrick said three, they both swung the mallet. Varrick even made a noise similar to a battle cry. When the mallet hit the target the marker shot up and hit the bell. Varrick cheered and Zhu li gave a smirk. That was until Varrick picked her up and swung her around. She gave a small noise of surprise. She knew this was a big accomplishment but she did not expect this.

Varrick then put her down and turned to the man who ran the game who was handing them their prize. The man shook his head, "I hope this was worth it."

Varrick then looked at Zhu li through the corner of his eye, "Yeah, it was."

The man just smiled and nodded his head knowingly.

Varrick then turned to Zhu li, "So what should we play next?" Before she could answer he had already run off to the nearest game. Zhu li shook her head then followed him loyally.

The man running that day thought that they were the neatest couple he had seen during the whole festival.