Chapter 20: Even More Kid Craziness!

The only team not to sit down during the breather was Chloe and Lia. They had just gotten up, and were ready to start warming up. They practiced throwing blows at the other. Lia smirked and nodded to Chloe. "You remember the plan, right?"

"Why wouldn't I, five-last-name girl?"

"You never know," Lia growled. She turned around and yelled. "Hey, yo, Blake! Who we fightin'?"

"In Bout 4," Blake announced, "Chloe and Lia will fight Makoto and Penelope."

"Fuck yes! Let's go, bitches!" Lia yelled.

Makoto cracked his knuckles. "Time to be a badass."

"That's our job!" Chloe and Lia replied simultaneously. "Get ready to lose," Lia continued and smirked.

"We'll see about that, Canuck," Penelope scoffed.

"The Brit and the Badass are ready to fight!" Chloe shouted.

"Whatever-Our-Team-Is-Called is ready too!" Makoto responded.

The two teams met in the middle of the empty floor. Makoto bowed to his opponents and then got into a fighting stance. Lia quickly showed her opponents a kick and got back into battle stance to show them what she was capable of.

Blake sighed. He got back to his chair, sat down, rang the bell, and waited for crazy shit to happen.

He didn't have to wait long. Lia and Chloe had stood their ground, and Penelope followed Makoto as he charged toward them, giving Chloe a sturdy kick that had been blocked by Lia. Lia grabbed his leg and flipped him, leaving Chloe to deal with Penelope. Penelope ducked under Chloe's next punch and hit Chloe in the ribs. Chloe fell back with the blow, but quickly regained her center of balance. She then elbowed Penelope in the back of her neck. Penelope fell to the ground, seemingly unconscious.

Lia was currently losing to Makoto, but she was smirking the whole time. Lia wiped a small streak of blood off of her mouth and ducked under the Japanese boy's last punch. Chloe came behind Makoto and kicked at his right calf, making him lose balance. Lia, who was still crouched, gave Makoto a very powerful uppercut to the chin. Chloe then came in front of Makoto to finish him off with a kick to the chest. Makoto hit the floor head-first and couldn't get up to Blake's count.

"Yeah! We did it!" Lia cheered, high-fiving Chloe.

"One down, two to go!" Chloe remarked.

Blake then raised Chloe and Lia's arms and announced the pair as the victors in a 99-second fight, much to Makoto's chagrin. Makoto slightly limped over to the bench, where Alex provided him with a pack of ice.

"Sorry 'bout that, Makoto. Didn't mean to make you limp," Chloe sighed, patting the raven-haired boy on the back.

"I'm fine," Makoto sighed. "You guys blew me and Penelope away. Good luck in your next match." Makoto and Chloe fist-bumped before Chloe went off to stand with Lia to watch Alex and Sarah fight Heike and Mikayla.

Alex stared down his sibling with a snarl on his face. Heike did the same back. Sarah just laughed at Mikayla, thinking that the fight would be over soon enough. Mikayla readied herself next to Heike and Heike growled.

"Enough getting ready and shit," Blake ended up saying after about 45 seconds. "Let's get this going!" The bell sounded, and the combatants dashed toward each other.

Heike leapt at her brother and tackled him to the floor. Sarah swiftly dodged a punch thrown by Mikayla. Sarah reacted by kicking Mikayla behind the knees. Mikayla fell down face first on to the floor. Heike and Alex were at a standstill, being equally matched in strength and agility. Eventually, Alex's wit helped him get the upper hand, as he noticed Heike kept leaving a weak spot open. He headbutted her in said weak spot and she went flying off of him. Heike quickly got up and helped up Mikayla, who was lying on the floor, out of breath. Heike and Mikayla both were ready to fight, but suddenly, from behind, Sarah knocked them down from behind, signaling the end of the match. The bout took a mere two minutes and six seconds.

"Heh. I win, sis. Give it up." Alex laughed. He extended a hand out to his sister to help her get up.

"No way in hell." Heike said, struggling to stand up on her own. She eventually did, and she walked toward the wall with a slight limp.

"You're really stubborn," Blake said. "More so than I."

Heike sat down with her back to the wall. "Whatever. I'm not the one with huge-ass eyebrows and terrible food."

"Fick dich," Blake grumbled.

"When did you learn German?" Parker asked.

"When you learned to shut the fuck up," Blake sarcastically replied. "That's when."

"Hey, losers," Lia sighed, rubbing her temples. "Can we just start with our match, already?"

"Yeah," Chloe agreed.

"Give us a break, we just fought," Alex replied. He seemed to be slightly panting. Blake nodded in agreement with Alex's statement.

"Fine. I'm gonna go get some drinks; anyone want something?" Chloe asked.

"You're too late," Blake replied as he motioned to the clump of drinks nearby. "Magic."

Parker walked over to the pile and grabbed a Coca-Cola.

"Grab me a soda pop too!" Vicky called to Parker. He did so. Rachelle and Sarah each had grape juice. Most others had a Sprite or Coke.

"Why the fuck don't you Brits have a fucking Coke Zero?" Lia complained.

"Now we have some," Chloe answered. A Coke Zero stood six inches in front of Lia. Chloe was already enjoying her own.

"Yeah!" Lia dove toward the Coke Zero. Though before she could grab it, it was gone. She looked up. Chloe was holding the can in his hand. Lia glared at the younger girl.

"Give it, Clarkland." Lia demanded.

"Nope. I want another," Chloe chuckled. "And it's Kirkland, excuse you."

Blake just snapped his fingers, as usual, and the Coke Zero was returned to Lia. "You've already got your own, Chloe. Have a bit of a filter."

"But Instagram doesn't. Hashtag 'nofilter'."

"You're not fucking Instagram," Lia growled. "Thank you, Blakey!" Blake nodded.

"You two should be a bit more mature," Blake sighed. He then held his left hand out, and a glass of root beer flew through the air and landed in his hand. "Call it maaaaaaaagic," Blake began to sing. "Call it truth…"

"Call it SHUT THE GODDAMN FUCK UP!" Parker yelled.

"I agree with the American bastard," Silvia sighed.

"That was lame…ugh…" Blake laughed to himself. "Whatever. Fifteen minutes until the next fight."

~15 minutes later~

Chloe shook Lia's shoulder. "Lia… Lia… Wake up…"

Lia snored in reply.

"How does this girl fall asleep, like that?" Chloe asked.

"No clue," everyone replied.

"Well, someone wake her up," Chloe sighed.

"I nominate Blake to do it!" Rachelle yelped.

"Why do you seem so scared of waking her up, Rachelle?" Mikayla asked.

"Let's just say it didn't end well for me when she had a little sleep the night before." Rachelle trembled.

"Fine. I'll do it," Blake sighed. He quickly sent this message to Lia's subconscious "The time has come for you to kick ass. Get up and take down the competition."

Lia growled. "Five more minutes, mom…" Blake just punched Lia's shoulder. The girl jumped with a start. "Who the fuck did that?" She yelled, clearly angry.

"Alex and Sarah," Chloe sighed. "Now let's go kick their asses."

"Let's go, fuckers!" Lia hissed at the pair.

"Get ready for an ass whooping!" Alex smirked. Blake rang the bell with a sigh.

Chloe attacked Sarah, leaving Alex to Lia. Lia quickly ran up to the German boy, giving him an uppercut to the stomach. Alex flew back onto the ground. "Owww….." he gasped with the little breath he had left.

"K.O.!" Lia cheered. She clapped her hands. "That's what you get for waking me up, you little shit!"

"It's not over," a familiar voice rang out. While Lia had been celebrating, Alex had gotten back up. "Plus, Blake did that."

"Wait… what?" Lia turned around. She quickly became very furious. "BLAKE FUCKING KIRKLAND, GET OVER HERE!" Lia began chasing the male Brit.

"The fight's not over, you know." Alex laughed and began to dash toward his cousin, shouting "The count wasn't at ten, dumbass!" through gritted teeth. Sarah had also recovered.

Chloe had called to Lia, "You can beat up my brother later! We have a fight to finish right now!" Lia quickly ran back over to her teammate and decided to focus on Sarah for the time being. Sarah ended up being an easy target, as her stamina had been drained by the previous knockdown. It only took Lia a matter of seconds to pin her again, at which point Blake called a TKO and dismissed Sarah from the fight. In Blake's own words, "Two knockdowns is bad enough, and three could cause serious damage."

This left Alex against his cousin, Lia, and his girlfriend, Chloe. Chloe was currently occupied dodging Alex's attacks, which she was doing quite well. Lia jumped in between the two and smirked for a split second before striking Alex in the face. Alex stumbled back, wiping some blood from his nose. Chloe stepped aside and let Lia do what she wanted, knowing the older girl had a plan in mind. Alex was panting and wiping his bloody nose every few seconds. Lia stood smirking, only slightly panting.

"What are you gonna do, Hammy?" Lia scoffed.

Alex didn't do much but make eye contact. Lia took that as a challenge and leapt at the boy yet again. Lia attempted to strike the boy again, but he swiftly dodged it. Alex flipped Lia over, but she landed on her feet. Lia then nodded to Chloe. The Londoner put her plan into action. She had swiped down Alex's feet from behind.

"Dame cinco!" Lia smirked, high-fiving Chloe. Alex had gotten back up. Lia saw the fight and spirit in his eyes. She let Alex attack her. She dodged attacks her and there. She was quickly becoming tired and began to slow down. No worries, she thought. Chloe just has to finish Hammy.

And that was exactly what Chloe was about to do. With only about forty seconds remaining in the fight, Alex was showing signs of fatigue. Chloe just shook her head in disapproval. "I was expecting more from you, Alex. I will hate myself for doing this, but…"

"FINISH HIM!" Lia cried out. Chloe ran toward Alex, jumped up, did a 360, and kicked Alex squarely in the chest. Alex fell to the floor, crying out in pain. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Eventually, he submitted, and muttered, "Fatality…" obviously understanding Lia's reference seconds before the attack.

"You okay, hun?" Chloe asked helping up the beaten boy.

Alex wiped his still bloody nose. "Yeah. Just a little beaten around the edges." He gave a small smile. Lia stuck out her hand.

"Nice fighting, kid. Sorry for blaming you for waking me up. Miss London over here lied to me," Lia said as she rubbed the back of her head. "Do you forgive me?"

"It was a scheduled fight," Alex laughed. "Of course I forgive you. You too, miss," he continued, pointing to Chloe. "Nice flamboyancy."

"We Brits specialize in flamboyance," Chloe replied. "Lemme fix you up a bit. You're so beat up." Alex used Chloe as a crutch as he walked over to a bench and sat down.

"Now, Blake Kirkland," Lia said calmly. "Get ready to die!" She growled the last part.

"Oh no," Blake mockingly chuckled. "My niece wants to kill me. Heavens, what shall I do?"

"That's where I fucking draw the line, Kirkland!" Lia attempted to tackle Blake, but Blake dodged and pinned her. They both fell to the ground.

"What was that, little one?" Blake smirked.

"Fuck you," Lia grumbled, looking away as not to make eye contact and hiding a blush. Blake freed Lia from his grasp and summoned Parker to his side. Lia and Chloe collected themselves before standing on the opposite side of the floor.

"I got Kirkland, Kirkland." Lia said. She smiled grimly while adjusting her bandages. The three other fighters fiddled with their gloves..

"Fine. That American is going down," Chloe stated and nodded.

Alex laughed as he went to what was, up until a couple of minutes before, Blake's officiating chair. He checked both sides before saying, "This match has no time limit. Give it your all. …Three! Two! One! KILL EACH OTHER!"

Parker and Lia focused on each other from the get-go. Lia immediately began with a right hook that grazed Parker's shoulder as he sidestepped away, but Parker came right back with a hook of his own. More contact was made on his, and Lia stepped backward, but the distance was perfect for her to deliver a well-timed kick to the gut. Parker staggered backwards,almost going to the wall before getting back to the business at hand.

On the other side of the room, Blake and Chloe were each trying to put each other against the wall and strike an early finishing blow. Both were unsuccessful, as each Kirkland drove the other further outward. Chloe almost attempted to throw Blake over her, but Blake ducked and tried the move for himself, which was a minor success. However, Chloe quickly got up and connected her right fist with his left shoulder. Blake rubbed the injured area, but quickly recovered and continued with the fight.

"Chloe! Switch!" Lia called. She barrel-rolled toward Blake while Chloe sprinted over to Parker. "Ready to die, Blake?"

Blake quickly hit Lia in the right side of her face. "You forgot to press Z or R twice!" Similar physical contact occurred on the other side of the floor, but Chloe was the one who hit Parker.

The match raged on. The spectating children backed up near the door, so as to avoid as much damage as possible while enjoying the spectacle in front of them. Makoto and Alex were the ones who got the most enjoyment out of the fight. They were laughing at the aggressiveness and contact they were witnessing.

Blake and Lia were at a standstill, as Lia had headlocked Blake and was attempting to push him to the wall. Blake somehow got himself out of the headlock and went to Lia's other side, causing her to be closer to the wall. Parker and Chloe were still near the middle, and Chloe was gaining the upper hand. Quite literally, actually, as she was punching Parker relentlessly.

Lia was currently face-deep in the wall and struggling against Blake's pushing. "Giving up yet?" Blake cockily asked.

Lia replied with a snort and "When I die." She tried to break free, but wasn't doing too well. On the other side of the room, Chloe was beating up on Parker, having driven him about a half-yard away from the wall, the closest he had been during the entire fight. Just under eight minutes had elapsed.

And the clock was at 8:00 precisely when the door to the usually quiet basement opened. Arthur Kirkland had heard some noises coming from the room and decided to investigate. Everyone stopped and froze. The room was a disaster. Chloe and Parker were on the floor, trying to free themselves. Blake and Lia were against the wall, with Lia squirming in discomfort and throwing back her elbows to escape. The rest were looking on in utter shock, both of the fight and of the presence of an adult.

"What is this?" England calmly asked. "Were you all in a tandem fighting tournament?"

Blake nodded. "Yes. This was the final. We can stop, though."

Lia squirmed against Blake's hold, finally freeing herself. She punched the boy in the gut. "Fuck you, Kirkland." She panted, not seeing Arthur's presence. Blake had to point his father out to Lia before she realized what was going on. "Yes, let's stop."

Chloe and Parker each gave a thumbs-up in agreement before all four combatants got up and ran toward England.

England began his short monologue. "First off, I wanted to say that your idea was genius and that you didn't have to stop. Secondly, no, I will not talk about this with anyone else. I would like to add that it's a good time to be doing that type of training, considering the 2ps could attack at any time. We believe that an attack will occur in a few weeks." England paused, waiting for a response, but when none came, he simply finished with, "That's all. Some of your parents were wondering where you were, so that's why I came down here." He then got up and walked back to the first floor.

"Did he notice Alex had a bloody nose?" Heike asked.

"Yes, I did," Arthur's voice yelled from above. "But no problem. I expected something like that."

The room fell silent for a couple minutes while everyone panted and recovered. Blake was the first to do anything, getting up and going to the main room of the gym to train more. Most of the others followed him, although some decided to simply return to the first floor of the house. They were tired and wanted to just relax. But of course, Blake, the rest of the tsunderes, and a couple others were never like that.

Lia was still lying on the floor of the basement, panting heavily. "Blaaaaaaakkkkkkeeeee," she called. "Oh…he's probably in the main training room." After a few minutes, she got up and went to the main room, where she found both the Kirklands, both the Beilschmidts, Parker, and Makoto. "Oh…Uh…Hi…? What are y'all doing here?"

"Training," Blake quickly answered. He was using the elliptical. "Don't know when they'll attack."

"Might even be this minute," Makoto, who was bench-pressing, added.

"Exactly," Chloe finished. "That's unpredictability for ya." She was on the treadmill and running at an extremely high speed.

"How- Why- What-" Only question-starting words came out of Lia's mouth. "Wait a second. What are you non-tsunderes doing here?" she inquired, motioning toward Makoto and Parker.

"What do you think we're doing?" Parker rhetorically replied.

"You're all crazy either way," Lia sighed as she went off to the handgun room. Blake soon followed.

"I can see what's happening…" Chloe began.

"Shut the fuck up!" Blake and Lia yelled simultaneously. Blake continued, saying, "Why can't they just leave us alone…" His voice then faded off into the distance as he closed the door between the main room and the handgun room.

A/N:

Blake: Another chapter! Holy shit!

Lilac: And today, the day I'm posting this chapter, is our favorite co-author's birthday! Happy Birthday, Blakey!

Blake: Thanks, Lilac. I didn't expect you to say that, but thanks anyway. HOLY CRAP I'M 14 I'M SO OLD.

Lilac: Don't complain. I'm older than you by three months, ye little shit. You're an adorable little baby.

Blake: I feel old, anyway. I'm just shocked. We've been working on this for five and a half months already.

Lilac: Yeah… I know… Our little baby is growing up so fast… Oh well, I have no life so it doesn't matter at all! Just another day gone by.

Blake: Btw, "Dame cinco!" is "Gimme five!" in Spanish.
Chapter 21 will probably have more training stuff. Look forward to that!

Lilac: So, yeah. Just leave questions, reviews, like, and follow, and be sure to check in next time!

Peace, love, and Pasta~

-Lilac the Kitsune and Blake "Brows" Kirkland