Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!

"Oh hey, its you two. Funny seeing you here but I suppose that is to be expected." Candy would say, flicking her hair to the side a bit. Elena would greet them as well, bowing slightly in respect.

Reiko giggled. "I heard you've met everyone already, but just in case, this is Candy Cane, the tall woman in the hot tub is Benikage, and you've already met Dixie. Welcome to the Aries Gang." Reiko introduced.

Elena would nod, "Oh yeah- thats the creepy ninja in the café." she would recall. "Thanks, glad to be part of the group." she smiled.

"What's the Aries Gang?" Sakura asked.

"Dixie's idea." Reiko replied with a sigh. "Since it's well-known I'm the Ram Gate of the Legion to the other Roses, this faction war brought out her creative side." Reiko explained.

"Oh." Sakura replied, somewhat sympathetic but mainly amused. "So, what do you say we all enjoy the pool?"

Reiko explained the term and after the explanation Elena would second Sakura's suggestions "Yeah, I'm totally down for a swim." she would say. Feeling a bit naughty, she would push Sakura inside and then dive in herself "Wooooo."

"Elena!" Sakura screamed indignantly after surfacing. Sakura glared at her giggling friend before splashing her. Reiko giggled at the pair's antics before diving in after them.

Elena would giggle before diving in herself, the two would end up splashing water at each other before Elena would splash some on Reiko too.

Reiko smiled devilishly. "Oh it is so on!" she declared, splashing both women before putting her arms up to defend herself as Sakura attacked. Everyone laughed as they continued to exchange watery blows, when Reiko found herself rising suddenly, someone grabbing her legs.

Dixie was swimming under and noticed the antics, she sought to join and grabbed Reiko's legs and pulled her up on her shoulders as she rose from under water. "Lift off!" she would say laughing.

"Dixie!" she gasped, surprised by the cowgirl's sudden appearance. "What are you doing?" Reiko demanded before realizing what position they were in. "Ooh, good idea." she grinned at the other two. "Sakura, Elena, care for a little chicken fight with us?"

Sakura looked over at Elena. "Sounds fun, what do you think?"

Elena blushed "Whaa?! Um okay, I'm game but uh, whose going up?" she asked.

Sakura thought it over. "You're lighter than me, and I guess I do have a better grip than you, so how about you go up?" Elena nodded and Sakura dove, rising with her best friend on her shoulders. She suddenly smirked and looked up. "Not the way I thought I'd get between your legs, but I'm not picky." she teased.

"Hey! s-stop that." she would blush at that innuendo. She would tap her friend's head but then turn her attention to Reiko, "Alright lets do this." she would say with determination.

Reiko giggled at the pair's antics before nodding to Dixie, the rivals moving toward their opponents. The little match caught everyone's attention as Reiko grappled with Elena, twisting and turning as she tried to throw the orangette off. It wasn't going as well as she hoped.

Elena and Reiko would grapple, she would push her as hard as she could while trying to stay on top. The rest were cheering for the fun activity. "Arghh come on!" Elena would say "S-stay still Hagiwara!" she would squeal.

"Since when do you call me by my last name?" Sakura muttered, trying to keep her footing on the pool floor as well as her grip on Elena's legs.

Reiko and Elena continued to grapple, Candy Cane taking bets as to who would win, when Reiko felt herself slipping. "Shit." she muttered, trying to get her balance back.

Sakura noticed the shift. "Elena, now's your chance!"

Elena noticed the slip and took advantage of that, giving Reiko a firm shove on the shoulder to knock her off Dixie's shoulder. "Aw darn!" Dixie would cry out.

Sakura let Elena down, resurfacing next to her with a cheer and a high-five. Reiko resurfaced a second later and smiled. "Good job, both of you." she congratulated.
"Well wasn't that entertaining." A familiar, and very unwelcome voice said. The group turned to see Anesthesia smiling at them with that condescending look.

The ladies were just having fun and even though this victory meant nothing, Elena was still secretly proud of it...until the evil nurse showed up. "Hey, what yer you doing ere?" Dixie would yell, the rest would simply stand in shock.

"Well I can enjoy the pool as well, can't I?" was the haughty reply. "Oh! And all our other friends are going to be joining shortly." she added. True to her word, Mistress Spencer came in, followed by The BBD. Reiko went to try to talk to her friend while Candy Cane nervously approached her teacher. Reiko was the first to speak. "Makoto, how are you?"

Makoto would stare back at Reiko, not responding at all. Elena would get creeped out by all this, "Whoa...what's going on?" she would say. Meanwhile, Candy Cane would walk up to Miss Spence and would nod towards her.

Spencer just snorted and turned away. Sakura looked between Reiko and Candy Cane and realized what was happening. "So a friend and, going of the obvious age difference," Sakura muttered, noticing the blonde woman's rather ample bust, almost as big as hers, "I'd say either teacher or mentor." Turning to her friend, she muttered, "Elena, get a read on them. What do your eyes see?"

Elena would look at Makoto carefully, "She...she's really strong! Almost inhumanely and she seems to be suffering from a heavy bloodlust conditions, as if she really wants to hurt someone." she would say. "These girls aren't joking around!" Elena would say, a bit worried.

Sakura tsked. "Just like what happened with Derek." she guessed. "Any chance of taking them out without Return Counter?"

Elena would shake her head, "No chance!" she would say.

Reiko rejoined the idols-turned-wrestlers and noticed them talking. "What're you two talking about?"

Elena would do a short hop before turning to Reiko. "Eck! Nothing..." she would say blushing.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Elena's Gift lets her get a read on peoples stats. She was scanning Anesthesia's faction to see what we were up against." she explained before turning back to Elena. "She's one of the Gates, King's handpicked. You think someone that high in the Legion doesn't know about powers like ours?" she asked dryly.

Elena would puff her cheeks "Hmph, I was going to keep my gift a secret...spoil sport." Elena would say with her tongue out.

Sakura giggled at the childish display. "It would make more sense to let our allies know about it." she replied, swimming to the edge of the pool and lifting herself out. "I'm gonna call Moe. I promised to let her know when we got settled in." she informed, heading back to her room before dialing the familiar number.

Elena would duck low, submerging half of her head into the water while speaking so that her voice was muffled. Sakura would go back to her room and give Moe a call.

RINGRING*

"Hey Sakura!" Moe would respond.

"Hey Moe. We just met with Reiko. Guess this tournament is more of a faction war." Sakura informed, explaining the rather tense situation. "And according to Elena, there's no way I'd be able to take them out without Return Counter in full effect." she finished. "How about you? GMW treating you alright?"

Moe was surprised to hear the report that Sakura had to give, she had her own thing to do but was still worried about her friend after hearing that. "Oh? that sounds kinda tough, this is way more serious than our last tournament huh? Myself and Malcom are doing well here, we met a duo by the names of Mint an Milk who are an interesting bunch." she would say.

"The Candy Pair huh? Not a bad duo to know." Sakura noted.

"Huh? You know them? Interesting."

Then the devilish smirk appeared. "So has Malcom asked you out yet?"

"WAAAHHHHH W-what?! I-it's not like that, we...we're just friends!" she said almost dropping her phone.

"Oh please, you two are almost always flirting when I see you two together. And I know you like him." Sakura pressed, holding back giggles.

"N-no we aren't. We're just friends! I mean...uh...I...I-I GOTTA GO!" she would say in a rush, hanging up.

Sakura giggled, absently wondering if Moe would remember to tell Malcom about her call, but it was really too easy to tease the high schooler. She heard a knock at the door and went to open it, expecting to see Elena still half-soaked. She knew from experience how hard it was to get hair that long dried.

...

Moe just hung up, and heard footsteps behind her. "Was that Retaliator?" Malcom's familiar voice asked. He was leaning against the door-frame, arms crossed over his chest.

Having just got off the phone with Sakura, Moe was still feeling a bit embarrassed about what Sakura mentioned to her. What was worse was Malcom's awful timing in all this. "Eck! M-malcom?! Didn't see you there champ. Ah, nothing...nothing, just speaking to Miss Sakura thats all." she said smiling brightly.

Malcom chuckled. "She teased you again? That figures. Anyway, what did she have to say about the tournament?" he asked, trying to keep his business face on.

"Sorta, yeah. She does that a lot." she would say, looking around nervously. He was always very direct, always straight to business- no time for small talk. "Um, well she said they have some pretty mean and tough opponents to deal with there but I think they'll be fine." she said. "Whatabout us?"

"Well, there doesn't seem to be anything amiss yet, but that can change at a moment's notice with my luck." Malcom replied.

"Right." she said sighing.

He hesitated for a second, took a deep breath, and pushed off of the door frame. "Hey, are you busy tomorrow afternoon?" he asked hesitantly. No going back now. he thought.

She would suddenly jump up in excitement, fixing her hair before nodding. Her face was blushing red "Y-yeah I mean no, I mean I'm free tomorrow. Not busy at all, whats up?" she asked.

"W-well. I heard about this café nearby from Tiger Mask...and I was wondering if you wanted to check it out with me? I completely understand if you don't it's just-" Malcom began speaking frantically, face red as a tomato.

Moe would nod and then walk towards him, placing her finger on his lips to stop him from speaking. "Shush. Yeah, I would love to go out for dinner with you." she said with a smile.

Malcom let out a sigh he didn't realize he had been holding. "Great. I have a match at three, we can head out after I'm done." he suggested.

Moe would smile and nod "Sure, that sounds great! I'll be at ringside with you."

"Sounds like a plan." Malcom replied, stepping back. "I'll talk to ya later, Speedster." he said, flicking her in the forehead before leaving the room.

Moe would blush and giggle at the gesture. She would wait for him to leave before jumping in joy at the fact she managed to score a date, she wanted this to be perfect.

So Sakura and Elena catch a glimpse of what's in store for them, and Moe scored a date with Malcom. Come on, no one didn't see that coming, right? Right? Anyway, leave a review telling what you thought and I'll see everyone next week.