Chapter 21: The Play: A Traditional Act

"Don't intimidate me, you spiky warrior...! I will beat the crap outta you!" Garuda exclaims as he charges Rage with a wooden sword as he angrily replies.

"You're totally losing your head? I'm gonna knock some sense into you!"

Garuda goes for a sword slash which Rage dodges while doing the frogman as he knocks his grandfather on the face with one straight punch as he lands on the ground in a little distance.

"Wow... look at the warrior go?" one of the audience said as the other audience replies.

"He actually knock the shogun down with one punch..."

"Gosh, Rage... those lines that you said? It is not on the script...? Didn't you memorize all the scripts in the play?" Disco mumbled as he watches Garuda stand up as he saw Rage is doing street dancing with the help of his mp3 as the song "My Sweet Darlin'" has been played.

"That does it, warrior with an iron fist? It's not gonna affect me with yer strange dance moves of yours. You're goin' down!" Garuda as the shogun angrily yelled as he charges Rage with his wooden sword as he dodges during one of his dance moves as he goes for a powerful kick knocking him on the ground. Garuda as the shogun continues to charge and attack him with his wooden sword several times.

"For crying out loud, old man? Are you intentionally gonna hit me every sword slashes that you take me down for the count?" Rage said as he impulsively loses his temper. "Why don't you hit me if you want, you old fool?"

"Why you little street jackass?"

As Garuda continues to act as the shogun as he goes for a sword strike but missses as Rage blocks it as he knocks him with punch sending him in a little distance as most of the audience are having a round of applause after their act in the play as Schubert noticed something strange as he thought.

How impudent...? The leader of the young ingrate is one of the actors in the play... But how did he get here so fast? My men is supposed to deal with them as my diversions.

"Oh please... that's enough... you're hurting him too much." Alice as the princess said trying to stop Rage as he was shocked to see her.

Oh crap... it's Alice... so her role in the play is the princess and the shogun's daughter. You got to be kidding me...?

"Sorry about the old man, my dear lady. He's trying to attack me on purpose...?" Rage as the warrior said telling her. "By the time I came here... He's already trying to attempt to kill me."

"Oh father... you shouldn't do that on purpose. This warrior is not a killer that you think he is." Alice as the princess as Garuda stands up and replies.

"I'm gonna settle the score with him for now, my daughter... I'm not gonna stop until I died."

"..."

Afterwards the red curtains are finally close as most of the audience are having a round of applause making Rage became relieved until Garuda came to see him and punch him intensively to his head.

"Owww... what was that for, grandfather?" Rage said while clutching his head.

"What kind of man did ya spoke to me like that, ya jackass. It was not on the script." Garuda said scolding him as Rage angrily warns him.

"I just wanted to warn you about Reinrich and you didn't even listen to me. They are some men in black disguised as audience in the play."

"So Reinrich is already here, huh? Did ya beat most of the black ops in both sides." Garuda said as Rage replies.

"Yeah... especially at the back side of the auditorium."

"Hey Rage... don't forget us around here!?" Izam yelled while calling at both of them.

"We actually defeat most of them with my distractions." Spike said nicely.

"All right, now Reinrich won't sent them." Rage smiled excitedly as Garuda warns them.

"This ain't gonna be easy, you three. But we have to make sure if he tries to send his men, got that."

During the intermissions, Disco was waiting for Garuda knowing that he was delaying as Alice noticed his arrival along with his grandson.

"What took you so long? The fourth act is gonna play soon?" Alice said telling them.

"Uh... so what's the fourth play?" Rage asked.

"Rage, didn't you memorize your script all this time?" Disco said and becomes terrified. "We tries so hard to memorize then you didn't do it. You're not following the script."

"Uhm... sorry about being late. I've been busy in all kinds of stuff, hehe..." Rage said while pretending as he giggles as Garuda tells him.

"The fourth play is where the real culprit who poses as a warrior while you came and stop against the impostor. Then the shogun realizes the person he attacks him earlier was actually the real warrior who fights the imposter and the latter was supposed to be killed by him."

"Darn, I never thought you guys just memorize all the scripts in the play, ugh." Rage retorted in disappointment as Garuda replies.

"Don't worry about it, Reiji? The way you act earlier was natural for a young man to take things seriously. Despite it's not on the script, ya have to prove the audience how challengin' you are."

"So, who's the fake warrior...?"

When the fourth act begins, the fake warrior emerges to meet with the shogun's daughter. The fake warrior is portrayed by Beechum who made a deal against the demon from hell.

"My dear princess... I came all the way just to see you. So that I can take you some place?"

"Oh... Really?"

"I simply forgot to tell you, I came here to save you from the shogun?" Beechum said trying to show his true motives as Rage is behind him.

"Don't even dare pretend to be me so that you can kidnap the princess...?"

"Waahhhh... you're the real warrior!" Beechum said scarily as Rage angrily replies.

"Of course... I'm the real warrior, you imposter. Cause I'm the one is gonna beat the crap outta you!?"

"Wow... look at the warrior he's pretty serious to beat the fake..."

At the side of the back stage, both Disco and Garuda watch Rage's act in the theater play which is not on his script.

"Garuda... it would worsen the play if Rage said these words...?" Disco said panicking as Garuda replies.

"Don't try to be panicked, Disco? He knows what to do. Despite all the trash talk he says, I'm sure all the audience would be pleased to his vocal talk."

However, Schubert keeps watching the theater play as he angrily clenches his fist knowing that it was a waste of time for them to watch.

"All right, now shoot him, right this instant?" Schubert orders one of his men as he replies that it was not responded. He realizes that Rage and the group manage to defeat all of his men in time as he gritted his teeth.

As Rage defeats Beechum in their act, Garuda as the shogun arrive and seeing his daughter is safe along with him is the enterpreneur.

"My oh my? This young fellow who convinces your daughter is nothing more but a fake."

"All right, now arrest this imposter right this instant!" Garuda as the shogun orders two guards to take the imposter away which is been incapacitated by Rage and Alice noticed this.

"Oh father and you too Mr. Enterpreneur, why are you here?"

"Well we came all the way just to make sure we can use the real warrior as a bait to get rid of the fake one."

"Oh...?"

"I convinced the shogun to do this and I let the real warrior to become innocent." Disco smiled happily as Garuda apologizes Rage as the iron fist warrior for his actions.

"I supposed my colleague was sayin' was true. You are indeed the real warrior. I apologize for my terrible behavior. But ya save my daughter who plans to take her to hell."

"I'm so glad that you became honest, old man. But I accept your apology. I never thought a shogun like you is a very serious and strict person. But I realize that you're a good man."

"Gahahahaha! I supposed but let's celebrate this once and for all!" Garuda smiled happily as both Alice and Disco knows.

Therefore, Schubert angrily stands up as the audience noticed him who gets angry towards them.

"I had enough of this freakin' act...! I know for sure you were just delaying my assassination attempts towards Disco, Garuda. Now let's end of this stupid act!" Schubert finally shoots his handgun in a warning shot making all the audience flee as Disco is behind Garuda in fright.

"What's going on? Why are the audience are running away?"

"Schubert! I know for sure that you came here to kill my friend and this is my trap to put an end of your grand plan!" Garuda yelled angrily.

"So... my men that I ordered in the main building even here as well. You disperse them with the young ingrates!"

"It seems that way, Schubert."

"You... you're that man that I refused to make amends?" Disco recognizes Schubert as one of the businessmen who makes amends to join him.

"What?! Disco you recognizes Reinrich?" Rage said raising his brow.

"Disco...?"

"I don't believe it... so it was you who makes money for blood. That's my reason why I rejected your offer?" Disco said as Schubert decides to kill him off by ordering his men.

"Now kill him!"

"Not so fast...? Grouch bag?!" Izam yelled as he quickly throws his boomerang to one of Schubert's men as Retsu also arrives while sliding through the stage as he kicked the other soldier to the face.

"Don't you dare hurting the true dance king, Reinrich? You're time is already up." Retsu said raising his brow.

"Why you, young ingrates!?"

"And your men is all down to their knees." Spike arrives the scene as they confront Schubert and Garuda decides to fight off against him.

"Damn you, Garuda you actually foil my plans. I'm going to kill Disco myself!"

"I already made up my mind, Schubert. I set this trap so that you will be here and yer men to be incapacitated. I already inform my grandson includin' his friends to deal with them as long as this theater play opens, yer attempts to kill my friend will be backfired." Garuda said as he readied his stance against Schubert.

"Uhhh... Garuda?" Disco said as Rage became worried to his grandfather.

"Grandfather..."

"Okay, Schubert... Let's end this!" Garuda angrily yells towards Schubert as their fight begins.