CHAPTER GAIDEN
Rock Howard was training himself again at the abandoned field. The fact was, he was still unsatisfied with his decision not to enter KOF XI, and also not to team up with Terry.
"Burning Knuckles!" he hit the poll nearby, and it crushed into two. Rock stood there for a moment, exhausted.
"Damn it. I still feel this is unfair." He looked up for a while. "I wonder how Terry is doing now. Has he got a team? He should've told me by now."
"You don't have to worry bout him." Said a voice. Rock was taken by surprise.
"Who the hell…"
"Me." Jenet came out of her hiding.
"What's up, Jenet?"
"Nah, just to tell ya. Terry's got a team already, so don't ya worry."
"Oh. With who?"
"With Kim and Duck King."
"What? Master Kim and that punky? You gotta be kidding me!"
"Hey, it's the truth. I got the info from Terry himself."
"Hey, but why are you telling me all this?"
"Well, I see you looked upset. Just trying to cheer ya up. Since you're okay now, I gotta go. Gato and Tizoc ought to know how great we are as a team." She leaped away.
"Dang her." Rock rubbed his forehead.
"Yeah, to think that Master Kim teams up with Terry is really a pain in the ass."
"Huh, who the…"
Someone smacked his head from behind. Chae Lim came forward after that.
"Hey, what was that for!?" he rubbed his head.
"Well, just showing my dissatisfaction. I couldn't believe Master would want to team up with someone else instead of bringing me into the team. And I heard his sons were big enough to enter KOF as well." She lagged around for the while.
"How long have you been eavesdropping here?" he looked straight at her.
"Not long."
"And what those words meant to you?" he was a little annoyed by now.
"You can't enter KOF, right?"
"Right."
"Well, so do I. Master said I'm not ready for one yet. Yeah, great. This is fucking nuts. I just wanna give him a hand in KOF. What's the big deal anyway?" she became mad.
"Yeah, I think you're right." Rock patted her back.
"Glad to hear that anyway. Thanks Rock, I feel much better now." She let out a sigh.
"……"
"Well, gotta go. I still need to train anyway. And I was thinking if we can from a supporters team to cheer for them. Gave me your answers later, together with other recruits."
"Huh? Hoi, wait…"
But Chae was already that far away when he tried to stop her.
"Lag. A supporter's team? A cheerleading team?" he thought for a while. And then…
"Bingo! Hotaru's also having the same luck as us right now. Let's bring her in. And at the same time, I'll try to end her feud with Chae." He took out his phone and called her.
"Hey, Hotaru-chan. I know how you feel right now, but at least we should play our part as supporters too. Let's team up together and cheer for our fighters. I'm cheering for Terry, and you can cheer for your onii-chan. How about that?"
"Are you sure, Rock? But just the two of us…"
"Don't worry, I'll go get some more members. What do you think?"
"Mmmm….."
"Well?"
"Ohhh, okay then. I'll try and bring more of my friends as well to cheer them on."
"Very well then." He ended the call, kept his phone and walked away. As he walked down the street, he giggled to himself.
"We'll see how it's gonna work next, Hotaru and Chae." He tried to hold back his laughter as he continued walking down the street.
"Better go tell Terry about this, and get a sweet answer to cure my bitterness for the time being."
