FATAL FURY! WOO!
Yes, I have now finally put in the Fatal Fury team. I'm going to have some of this story involve more of them again. BECAUSE THEY ARE FATAL FURY.
I love Terry, like, oh em gee, talk about sweet Engrish. I love Engrish.
Anyhow, summary: Kasumi needs "advice" so she goes to Mai for her input. In the mean time, Joe is a dick, Terry is American and Andy gets the short end of the stick as usual.
Oh, and Athena continues to flirt with Kyo and Yuki gets mad. Yeah......pfft.
So on, this chapter is a shit ton of dialog.
Sometime during a KOF tourny that will take place. I think I'll get everyone who's worth having smashed get CRUNKKK....
Yeah, New Years was yesterday and I'm still like...ha. Kthxbai.
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Ch. 11
The last bell of the day rang and the usual swarm of students left their classes and headed home, taking some time to socialized outside the building. Kasumi dug through her purse that hung off her arm and pulled out her pale blue phone. She scrolled through the numbers until she found Athena's and sent her a text message asking her to meet Kasumi in the front courtyard. Kasumi held her phone in the hand until she reached near the front of the building when she felt her phone vibrate. She flipped the phone open to receive a reply from Athena agreeing to meet there. Kasumi made her way through the front doors and saw Yuki hanging on Kyo while he was trying to tell a joke to about six other students.
"Hey guys," Kasumi proceeded to join their the circle of students.
"Yo Todoh," Kyo said casually.
"Hey Ka-chan," Yuki followed. Kasumi stood with her arms crossed to keep warm.
"So, I suppose you guys heard about Athena Asamiya going to school here now," Kasumi said, starting the conversation.
"Yeah, I tried texting you a yesterday, but you didn't pick up," Yuki replied. Her expression changed into something more excited, "Can you believe it? A pop idol at our school? It's so exciting."
Kasumi nodded in agreement and Kyo finished his joke then chimed in the girl's gossip. "Ya, dude, I haven't seen her forever though. She wanna hang out with us?"
"She texted me just a minute ago, she should be meeting me here. She's really anxious to meet you, Kyo-kun." Kasumi added. Yuki pouted a little and Kyo smiled.
"Oh ya? Sounds sweet," he said, ignoring Yuki's jealous reaction.
"Kasumi Todoh!" a young voice yelled from a short distance. Athena approached the gang and bowed, her fluffy purple hair bouncing. "Hey guys. Oh my gosh, is that my Kyo-kun!" Athena sqeeled. Yuki's face became even more peeved as Kyo opened his arms to hug his old friend.
"Hey, so how was China?" Kyo asked, still ignoring his girlfriend's jealous rage.
Athena, clearly seeing Kyo's girlfriend, kept egging on the conversation. "Oh, it was okay, but not as fun as Japan!" Athena quickly changed the subject, "I have a new CD out, have you bought it yet?" Athena's big eyes glistened up towards Kyo's.
Kyo shook his head and laughed, "Naw, sorry, I'm not really into the pop radio stuff. I like rock myself, but I know Yuki got it the week it came out." That last sentence infuriated Yuki and she grabbed Kyo's and dragged him away from the group. Athena jumped from surprise and Kasumi hit her own forehead with her palm and shook her head. The boys laughed at Kyo.
"You'd think they were married," one joked.
Kasumi looked at Athena with a stern face. "Athena, I told you to take it easy."
"Oh Ka-chan, Kyo liked it. I can't deny Kyo's happiness," Athena paused for a moment. "Besides, Yuki seems to uptight, she should loosen up a bit." Kasumi sighed and shrugged.
"I guess there's not much I can do then. Hey, Athena, King's in town. We should meet up sometime this weekend at her restaurant and chat."
"Oh gosh, yes! That would be so good! Aw, so many old faces in Southtown, I love it here!" she exclaimed excitedly. "Call me, okay?"
'Ya, sure," Kasumi said back. Athena winked and proceeded to talk to the swooning boys crowding around her. Kasumi walked to the bike posts to retrieve her bike to ride home. She thought about Iori and how she hadn't seen him for a few hours. Seating herself on her bike, she tried not to worry about him and she continued to ride home.
Friday flew by and before most of the residents in Southtown knew it, the weekend welcomed its citizens with slightly warmer sunny weather. Kasumi was already wide-awake while speaking on her house phone in her room, flipping through her latest fashion magazine.
"How about in like, an hour? I have to finish some laundry and I should be on my way over. Cool?" she said to the person on the other end.
"Ya, ya, whenever is good, I'm not doing anything for a while. Later girly," the voice said through Kasumi's earpiece.
"Bye," Kasumi hung the phone up on her desk and proceeded to finish her chores. Forty-five minutes later, Kasumi kicked the stand off her bike and rode along a road in the outskirts of town. She rode into a newer neighborhood with larger houses in comparison to hers. She peddled up to a large house with white siding and large glass windows that hid the inside of the house behind large navy curtains. Kasumi dropped her bike in the yard and ran up to the door and rang the bell.
Shorty after two booming chimes, a set of feet came stomping to the door. A sweaty, tall and tan man wearing gym shorts and boxing gloves answered the door. His brown hair was spiked straight up with a hachimake band around his forehead.
"Yo, whaddya want?" The figure answered rudely. A female figure with long brown hair wrapped in the ponytail came bouncing to the door.
"Don't be an ass, Joe, let the girl in," she said to the kick boxer angrily.
"Jesus, first you pretend to live here, now your inviting guests over. Andy!" Joe's body leaned body into the house yelling. "Andy, get this chick outta here." Kasumi seemed confused and cocked her head to the side.
"Uh, Mai, is it okay I'm here?" she questioned. The young bouncy woman stomped her foot and hit Joe on the back of the head.
"How rude of you. Kasumi Todoh is as welcome here as I am," Mai said, lecturing. Joe cracked an evil grin.
"Sucks for you then, Todoh," he said devilishly. Mai gave an angry huff and grabbed Kasumi's hand to yank her into the house.
"Go away, Joe!" Mai yelled. Another figure entered the fourier by the main enterance. He was slightly paler than Joe and had long silky blond hair that fell down his back. He was wearing a pair of faded jeans and a white tee shirt.
"Oh Mai," he said sighing. "Can you two not argue for like five minutes, please?"
"Dude, when is your girlfriend gunna leave man, she's driving everyone crazy!" Joe said, complaining more.
"Oh you…" Mai's face pushed together and her eyebrows bent closer together. The tall blond figure sighed again and held his forehead on his palm.
"Hi Andy," Kasumi said, trying to break the argument up by changing the conversation. Andy turned to Kasumi and gave her a weak smile.
"Uh, yeah, hi. Sorry. Can I get you anything?" he tried to be a good host amongst the madness.
"It's okay, I'm just waiting for Mai to, ya know… Yeah…" Kasumi replied, feeling ever the more awkward. Another angry voice was heard from across the house.
"Shut up everyone! I'm watching the game! Jesus!" he yelled. Kasumi realized it must have been Terry in the living room watching American football.
"Alright, alright, okay, come on Kasumi," Mai finally gave in and pulled on Kasumi's wrists again leading her throughout the house. Kasumi could hear Andy trying to reason with Joe's aggravation towards Mai. Mai lead Kasumi into another room that contained two navy Lazy-e-Boys and a long chocolate colored sofa. Kasumi sat on the end of the brown couch and hugged a pillow that was placed on the side. Mai jumped into the recliner that was placed next to it.
Kasumi decided to speak first, "So how long have you and Andy been living together?" she asked.
Mai pushed her long bangs to the side and replied, "Oh, for a few months now. Terry doesn't mind, he's always been cool about us. Joe is just jealous; he could never get a girl. He's so immature." Mai complained a little bit more about Joe's behavior. Then she paused and her face lit up again. "There's five of us now, too!"
Kasumi's eyes widened as the first thing that came to her mind wasn't the happiest thought, "Oh my god, Mai, are you really?"
Mai looked at her confused and asked, "Uh, what do you mean?"
Kasumi hesitated then spoke, "You're not pregnant are you?"
Mai broke out into ferocious laughter. "Oh god no, Kasumi! You're hysterical!" Mai fell back into the chair and laughed harder. Kasumi let out a deep sigh and giggled a bit.
"Jeez, you really had me there for a second. But a fifth roommate? I suppose the house is big enough," Kasumi said.
"I share with Andy, so we still had an extra room."
"So, who is it," Kasumi asked again.
"Oh, yeah. It's Rock Howard." Kasumi's face looked shocked.
"Wait, are you talking about Geese's son. Those Howard's?" Kasumi asked awestruck.
Mai nodded and kept talking, "Ya, ya, Geese's son. Nothing like his dad though, thank god. He's sucha cutie too! And super nice. Well, not as cute as Andy, but he's totally good for you." Mai winked hinting at something Kasumi was unsure of.
"Yeah, okay Mai. I'll take your word for it," Kasumi said sarcastically. Mai leaned forward in her chair to talk to Kasumi.
"What you don't believe, Kasumi, I'm so hurt! Or are you seeing someone, and never told me! Oh how could you!" Mai exasperated. Kasumi rolled her eyes at Mai's dramatics and pressed on to explain herself.
"Well, I'm here aren't I now? That's why I wanted to come over and talk to you," she said, trying to relieve Mai. Mai's face quickly turned into a smile and she curled her knees up to her large chest.
"Oh, so there is someone? Okay, spill it, Todoh!" Mai said, jokingly trying to threat her guest. Kasumi shuffled her feet and pulled them under her so she was sitting on top of them.
"Well, it's complicated," she began.
Mai leaned in more with curiosity. "So…" she dragged on.
"Well, it's like, one minute he's ignoring me, and then the next it's like he can't wait to be with me. He's so mysterious." Mai couldn't contain her excitement.
"Ooo! Kasumi! Who is it? You have to tell me! I'll die if you don't!" Mai said continuing with the dramatics. Kasumi's face looked more uncomfortable.
"See, that's what I'm kind of afraid of. I don't think you'll like him very much," Kasumi said, trying to beat around the bush. Mai wasn't convinced and egged her friend on more.
"Tell me," she dragged again.
"It's… it's… really no one important," she said again to avoid giving an answer.
Mai, getting mad, said to Kasumi, "Tell me damnit!"
"We're not even going out yet."
"Kasumi!"
"Fine! It's Iori Yagami!" Kasumi finally belted out. Mai's face went blank and she acted like she didn't hear a thing.
"Who?" she questioned.
Kasumi sighed and said once more, but quieter, "Mai, it's Iori Yagami." Mai's face was still dumbfounded and she looked at Kasumi.
"How do you even know each other? You only fought once during the tournaments." Mai said in disbelief. She also added, "Isn't he like, a little too old?"
Kasumi went on to explain, "He sits next to me in homeroom. We at first hated each other. Then, some events happened and it just happened." She paused for a second, "Oh, he's like, only 18 or 19 I think. I'm 17 you know, that's not really bad."
Mai still floored by the news, pressed on, "Okay you're leaving out so many details. You've fried my brain, girly." Mai positioned her hand up and rolled it in circles signaling Kasumi to tell her all the details.
Kasumi veered her eyes away and begin to bargain with Mai. "Don't tell anyone, not even Andy, Mai. I know you like to spread rumors, so don't go telling everyone." Mai looked actually hurt and sympathized to her friend.
"I promise Kasumi. But you're choice has got me concerned, so you better speak up." Mai compromised.
Kasumi, believing Mai should know some of the truth, started to tell her story. "So, he came in the middle of the semester, right? And he sits next to me. I kind of remembered him, but didn't think much of it. I tried being nice, not realizing that he's not the most social of people on the planet."
"Yeah, he's kind of a dick to everyone," Mai blurted out.
"Ugh, Mai, no interruptions," Kasumi whined. Mai apologized and motioned with her hands like she was zipping her mouth shut.
"So, anyway, I'm trying to be nice to him. He gets all pissy and tells me to leave him alone. The next couple of days I do, but then like, he gets shot." Mai's jaw dropped.
"Oh my god, that's crazy!" she exclaimed.
Kasumi continued, "Ya I know. Kyo shows up with his girlfriend Yuki, you remember Kyo right?" Mai nodded. "Yeah, he goes to my school, too. But anyway, so they both show up at my door with this like, bloody guy and I realize it's Iori. I tried telling them to take him to a hospital, but they told me that he hates hospitals and like, he's escaped out of the last four or five he was admitted to. So, I'm like, 'Guh, okay,' because my mother's a nurse and she'd be cool with helping him. We get him in the house, and he's all bloody and stuff. My mom fixes him up. The next few days go by, and he's like, totally exhausted so he just slept in our guest room for about a week. Hey, Mai, what are you doing?" Kasumi interrupted her story.
"Oh sorry, hangnail. Yuck," she answered. "Okay, so keep going, he's in your house half dead and…"
"Okay, well, and whenever he was awake, I guess I just visited him. We talked a little bit. Nothing too personal. But he was pretty nice. We really just talked about me. He at least seemed kinda interested. Then two more days roll by, and he escaped my house! Just gone!"
Mai still listening, responded, "Oh my god, no way! Just gone?"
Kasumi nodded and said, "Yeah, no note or anything, just gone! So anyway, I knew he wasn't healed up all the way. I guess I snuck out of my house, my dad wouldn't care, but my mom is crazy, but I snuck out to try to find him." Kasumi steered clear of the incident that happened the night before, to avoid giving Mai another reason to dislike him. "I went into the downtown area, and I got really lucky because I found him outside Division Street."
Mai blurted out again, "Oh my god, Kasumi, that's a bad area, you shouldn't be hanging out over there."
"I know, but I figured that's were he would've been, ya know?" Kasumi said, agreeing with her friend.
"Yeah, that's true, anyway, keep going," she said allowing Kasumi to proceed.
"So, I bump into him outside of Mr. Big's dingy music hall. I guess Iori works there or something now, but he's looking at me, like, 'holy crap, why are you here?'" Kasumi paused to catch her breath. She had been telling this story for a while and began to wear her voice out. "I told him I wanted to help fix his last set of bandages and he's all trying to be tough and whatever, but he gave in and we walked to his apartment. It's a really sad little place, I feel bad for him. We talked for a little bit and then we decided to finish fixing the wounds."
Kasumi held her breath for a second, remembering the battle scars he had all over his body from fighting. She remembered how deeply moved she was and the emotional surge she had. Mai waited patiently for Kasumi to keep talking.
"Sorry Mai. It was really sad." Kasumi finally said.
"What was?" Mai said curiously.
Kasumi took a breath and talked some more. "All his wounds. He has so many scars. Some seemed much older than just tournament fighting. Makes me really realize the reason for the way he is. Well, I started getting all emotional because it was late and I was tired and, then, he just like, stopped everything. He pulled me to him and he kissed me."
Mai's face reached a new level of shock. "Oh. My. God," was her first reaction. Kasumi sat blushing hoping her friend wouldn't curse at her for kissing a guy. "So, like, he's not just using you, right?" Kasumi didn't really think of his intentions, she just asummed they were innocent enough.
"I think so, Mai. I mean, that's all we did," was Kasumi's response. "He seemed so alone in that moment too. Like, he really longed for someone else. I really think he never had anyone, and all of sudden, I just forced myself in his life. It must be so foreign to him."
Mai seemed pleased with Kasumi's answer. "Well, if I hear he's using you or hurts you in any way, he'll have to deal with Team Fatal Fury!" Mai's fist rose to the air. Kasumi giggled and assured her friend that nothing Mai disapproved of would happen.
"Just take it slow, okay? He seems really iffy, but I've known you never to be a liar either. Be careful, for me at least?" Mai pleaded Kasumi.
"Ya of course, Mai," Kasumi said, agreeing. Kasumi could see Mai was lost in a thought because her big brown eyes were shifted up to the ceiling and then she looked back down to Kasumi and gave a mischievous grin.
"You know, he is a pretty sexy guy. Ever see what he wears in the tournaments? You can totally get a view of his pecks through his shirt," she said, making light of the conversation.
Kasumi's cheeks flushed to an even brighter pink as she tried waving her friend down. "Mai, Mai, please…" she paused then decided to play along, "Well, I did get to see him without his shirt on…"
"But you said you guys only kissed!" Mai wailed.
Kasumi giggled, "He got shot in the shoulder. I had to get to his wound somehow, right?" Mai smirked and sighed in relief.
"Okay, you got me. So, what's this I hear of Athena coming to town, too? I feel like such a hermit!" Mai complained. Kasumi gossiped some more with Mai for hours about the happenings in each other's lives. Kasumi felt relieved that she could go to Mai without her lecturing about how Kasumi should live her life. Sometimes, Kasumi enjoyed King's company, but she had much more forceful opinions, where Mai was more open to let other people control their lives. Of course, not to say whatever Andy does is always Mai's business. She at least let her friend's live with freedoms.
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