A horrible game, this game of whips is.
16) Whips
Rules
1.Everyone participating must have a whip or something that can act like a whip.
2. All whips or whip-like objects must weighted.
3. Snap whips only after the whistle is blown and only at designated objects.
4. No snapping whips at people and/or non designated objects.
4.5. Once you have chosen your whip, you cannot exchange it.
5. Any breaking of these rules results in death.
6. Whoever hits the most objects within thirty seconds wins.
7. The winner gets a T -shirt.
8. Those who lose pay Nakago sixteen chocolate geldt.
9. Nakago is exempt from role number eight, obviously.
"WHAT?!" Miaka screamed. "What kind of whacked out game is this? And how does this prove whether I'm guilty or not? This makes no sense."
Megan walked up to Miaka. "Good luck," she said. "You'll need it. Nuriko and Nakago are really good." She laughed and, catching Chichiri's attention, walked away.
"Miaka, get over here!" yelled Tiffany, who was now dressed in referee attire. "Get your whip!"
"Are you the referee?"
Tiffany grinned. "Yup. Here's your whip. It's weighted with five pounds."
Miaka looked at the handle. A five was stamped on it. She picked it up and almost dropped it on her feet.
"This is so heavy! This is only weighted five pounds?"
Tiffany nodded. "Yes. Oh yeah," she added, "the whips are originally fifty-five pounds."
Miaka's mouth dropped open. She knew she could not exchange it for a lighter one, though. That would be breaking the rules and, well...
Tiffany blew a whistle. "Places!" she yelled.
Miaka, Nakago, and Nuriko lined up. Each one of them held a whip. Wait. Each one had a whip. Nakago and Nuriko held theirs; Miaka's lay on the ground, too heavy for her. In front of them, about ten yards away were three round targets. They hung, suspended in air, from a three foot rope. This rope was attached to a wooden frame.
A group of spectators gathered on the sidelines. Megan stood by Koji, aiding him with his job of supporting Tasuki, who's footing was still unstable. Katey and Chichiri also stood by, watching. Chiriko had his eyes covered with his overly large sleeves. Lowering his hands slightly, he peeked out from behind his sleeves, ready to re-cover them if necessary. Hotohori and Nyan-nyan also stood watching. Taiitsukun floated.
Tiffany looked at the contestants. "Ready?"
Suboshi ran in, holding something in his hand. "Wait! I want to be in this round!" He stood next to Nuriko.
Tiffany nodded. "Late entry!" she called.
Amiboshi ran in carrying another target. He tied it to the wooden frame, then signaled to Tiffany.
Tiffany nodded, then turned to the contestants. "ON YOUR MARK!"
Nuriko and Nakago held the whip, ready to snap it. Suboshi raised his arm, ready to use his yo-yo. Miaka looked like she was having problems.
"GET SET!"
Suboshi, Nakago, and Nuriko braced themselves. Miaka braced herself and attempted to pull the whip from the ground. It refused to budge.
"GO!"
The timer began and Nuriko and Nakago snapped their whips. Suboshi threw his yo-yo at the target. The three's targets were hit, and points began flashing on a nearby scoreboard. Only Miaka's scoreboard remained empty. She was still trying to pick the whip handle up.
"Come on you stupid whip! Come on!" she yelled as she struggled to lift it off the ground. She raised it an inch, then dropped it again. "This is dumb!" Miaka said finally. "I'm not going to do this."
Tiffany blew her whistle. "STOP!"
The points were totaled. Tiffany walked towards the four holding a T-shirt that read "Hooked on phonics worked for me!"
"Sorry guys," she said, "we ran out of the good T-shirts. This is the only one we have left. I have to reorder." She looked at the shirt. "Though I don't know who ordered this," she mumbled to herself.
"The winner is..." Tiffany announced, "Suboshi and his yo-yo of death!"
"It's not a yo-yo!" Suboshi protested.
"Well it looks like one." Tiffany retorted. "Anyway, you won. Everyone else has to pay Nakago. Miaka is guilty." She threw the T -shirt at Suboshi and walked over to where Katey, Megan and everyone else was.
"Suboshi?" Nakago asked.
"SUBOSHI!" screamed Nuriko."Suboshi! Give me that yo-yo! Now! Give it to me!" Nuriko ran towards Suboshi and tackled him. "I'll show you and your fancy walk-the-dog moves!"
"NO! You can't have it!" Suboshi cried.
"Give it to me!"
"Face it, I'm just better than you!"
Nakago raised his hand and pointed it at Suboshi. Blue energy began forming around it.
"Oh no! Duck for cover! Nakago's got a spirit bomb!" Hotohori exclaimed.
Everyone dropped to the floor. Miaka, however, walked towards Megan and the others. Ignoring the warning, she walked right into the path of the spirit bomb.
Nakago grinned a really evil grin. "I still want my chocolate geldt from you, Suboshi," he said, and released the spirit bomb. It came hurtling towards Miaka.
Miaka, as all characters do when something horrible is going to happen but they can't stop it from happening in time, felt something horrible was about to happen and turned to look in Nakago's direction. She saw the blue energy coming at her.
Time slowed down so everyone could see just how horrible this situation was.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she cried in slow motion.
Right when it was about to hit her, someone tackled her and pushed her out of the way. Miaka fell to the ground, hitting her head on something hard.
