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Chapter Five: Puppets Are Pretty, And Soap Is Cool
It was time for the BladeGoddesses first match. Kevin was sitting sideways in Max's lap, cuddled up to him. The purpose of this, no one (even him) really understood. Jin was sitting (looking a bit awkward, as she was half-an-inch shorter then Kevin, and his feet couldn't touch the ground) next to them, palms flat on the bench, looking around the stadium, midnight forest eyes gazing around, taking in anything and everything. Alyssa was sitting next to her, with one leg pulled up to her chest, and her chin resting on it, reading. Eve was on the other side of Kevin and Max, also reading.
A standard dish was being used for the first few matches of the tournament, for which Alyssa and Eve were extremely thankfull.
They were going up ageinst some team called the Puppeteers. They, as it seemed, incorperated different types of (guess what?) puppeteering into their battles.
Kevin opened his eyes for a moment, and exchanged a glance with Max and Jin. In that moment, they decided that he would go first. He looked at Max sulkily. The blonde rolled his eyes. Kevin pouted. The other boy smirked. The amythest-eyed one glared at him, then stood up.
As he approached the dish, his expression changed. His eyes shinedm, and a fairly disturbing smile crept over his rounded features. He giggled creepily, the sound sending chills down his opponent, Karen's, spine.
Karen, Kevin knew, had somehow incorporated marionettes into her style of Blading, so he wasn't worried. Marionettes, he had learned long ago, were very fragile, and extremely awkward creatures. If they could be called that.
He held up his launcher, and put his blade in. He fluttered his eyelashes innocently, and smiled sweetly at Karen, who was taken aback by his sudden shift from an extremely evil-looking, if utterly adorable elf/goblin creature, to very the epitome of sweetness and light.
"Three!" She was awakened by Jazzman beginning the countdown, and prepared for her launch. "Two! One! Let it ri-ip!"
The launched were successfull, and soon Kevin was in the middle of this dish, wobbleing rather obviously. Karen blinked at it, having never seen any blade do such a thing before. Kevin took full advantage of her momentary distraction, and took the opportunity to launch his Crazy Monkey Attack. His opponents blade was launched out of the dish, almost before she knew what had happened. The first match went to Kevin.
Jin and Max smiled.
"That was easy." he muttered, as he caught his blade. He then and spun on his heel, and skipped (yes, skipped) away from the dish.
Max stood up, before Kevin could pounce on him. The smaller boy scowl, but flung his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek, before dropping back to the ground, and going to sit beside Jin, who was gutting half a loaf of french bread.
She handed the other half to him, and they grinned at one-another.
Max approached the dish, looking quite happy. He pulled his blade and launcher out of the front of his over-alls, and grinned at his opponent, Rick. He had a sock puppet (it was dark blue with fabric about the same shade for the mouth, nose, and ears, and black buttons for eyes) that looked like it belonged in the pits of hell (ie: demonic) on his hand.
Rick notice where he was looking and said, "This is Mira. I made her myself." Max grinned at him. "Cool." he said.
They prepared to launched; Mira held the launcher in her mouth. Max was quite used to seeing puppets do such things, as Kevin had a yellow puppet named Jeri that looked quite a bit like Mira. And there was Jin's bizzare fascination with a certain 70's television show, but she always said that he wasn't a puppet........
"Let it ri-ip!!!"
And they did.
The battle went by so quickly, and so furiously, it was hard for the Moon Twins to tell what happened. Though it was, of course, hard to concentrate on a battle while trying to gut a loaf of French bread, argue over the exact placement of stars in the night sky, and gawk at the object of your affection at the same time. Okay, so Jin just stared raptly at some laminated pictures she'd somehow managed to find on internet.
All the two needed to know, they found out, and were happy about. Max launched Ricks blade into oblivion, and won. Then he grabbed his own blade, and with a quick grin at Rick, skipped back to his own team.
Then, of course, it was Jins turn. She crammed the last of the bread down her throat, glanced at Kevin with a grin, stuffed the pictures into one of her bags, and leapt to her feet. She launched herself through the air, and landed neatly beside the ring, before her opponent, Jack, even got there.
Jin grinned to herself as she noticed he was carrying a ventrioquist dummy. She heard a groan from behind her. Either Kevin and Max had decided to 'distract' her opponent (well, that was their excuse) by practically going at it on the bench, or Kevin was, once agein, reading her mind successfully. Yeah, it even freaked /them/ out from time to time.
She was guessing it was the former, considering Kevin had, after lovingly slipping his bread into its bag, tackled Max.
A moment after they launched their blades, Jack decided it was time to try to get Jin riled, though he went about it the wrong way, as he would soon see.
"I hope you don't think I'll be as easily defeated at my teammates." Jack said. "I shall restore honor to my team."
"You ain't much." Jin said, casting a freindly smile at the boy. "We've already won, ya know. Besides, the only ventriloquist in the world who possesses my respect, as well as my heart, is a character from an old TV called Soap. D'you ever see it?"
Jack shook his head, wondering when this had turned from him intimidating her, to her interrogating him on his TV scedual.
"Blasphemy." she answered. "It's great. It come on every Friday and Saturday at midnight, on TV Land. But you have to be carefull, becouse I've miss half of two marathons becouse I didn't pay attention."
He stared at her. She continued talking.
"Anyway," Jin said. "It's about these two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell, and their familys. The Tate's are pretty well-off, but the Campbells are pretty average- if you don't county the fact that Danny, one of their sons, had mob ties. He was going to kill his step-father Burt, who killed Marys first husband.
"However something- I'm still not quite sure what, just cause` I haven't seen all the episodes- happened, and he didn't kill Burt, and ended up marrying this gangsters daughter Elaine. At first he hated her, but they ended up falling in love, and being the perfect couple, antill Elaine was kidnapped, and then got shot, and died."
Jin continued along that vein for a while, talking about how quickly every in Soap changed. She timed it perfectly, so just as she finished talking about the 'affair' Burt had with his secretary, Sally, her Beyblade launched Jacks out of the ring, and landed it neatly at his feet.
"Aw, man." hse said, pretending to be disappointed. "I didn't even get to /start/ one Peters murder, and Corrines pregnancy."
Jack blinked at her, and, too shocked, and confused to be angry about his defeat, watched as she caught her Blade, and walked back to her team. He decided he should start watching Soap.
To Be Continued........
AN: Isn't this great? Jins entire strategy is based on talking endlessly about her favorite TV shows antill her opponent begins thinking she's tottally insane. The next chapter will be about the BladeBreakers finding Max and Kevin in a mall bathroom, and Jin breaking the mouse on her computer. Also, we'll (sort of) find out why Max left the BladeBreakers in the first place. Doesn't that sound fun?
Chapter Five: Puppets Are Pretty, And Soap Is Cool
It was time for the BladeGoddesses first match. Kevin was sitting sideways in Max's lap, cuddled up to him. The purpose of this, no one (even him) really understood. Jin was sitting (looking a bit awkward, as she was half-an-inch shorter then Kevin, and his feet couldn't touch the ground) next to them, palms flat on the bench, looking around the stadium, midnight forest eyes gazing around, taking in anything and everything. Alyssa was sitting next to her, with one leg pulled up to her chest, and her chin resting on it, reading. Eve was on the other side of Kevin and Max, also reading.
A standard dish was being used for the first few matches of the tournament, for which Alyssa and Eve were extremely thankfull.
They were going up ageinst some team called the Puppeteers. They, as it seemed, incorperated different types of (guess what?) puppeteering into their battles.
Kevin opened his eyes for a moment, and exchanged a glance with Max and Jin. In that moment, they decided that he would go first. He looked at Max sulkily. The blonde rolled his eyes. Kevin pouted. The other boy smirked. The amythest-eyed one glared at him, then stood up.
As he approached the dish, his expression changed. His eyes shinedm, and a fairly disturbing smile crept over his rounded features. He giggled creepily, the sound sending chills down his opponent, Karen's, spine.
Karen, Kevin knew, had somehow incorporated marionettes into her style of Blading, so he wasn't worried. Marionettes, he had learned long ago, were very fragile, and extremely awkward creatures. If they could be called that.
He held up his launcher, and put his blade in. He fluttered his eyelashes innocently, and smiled sweetly at Karen, who was taken aback by his sudden shift from an extremely evil-looking, if utterly adorable elf/goblin creature, to very the epitome of sweetness and light.
"Three!" She was awakened by Jazzman beginning the countdown, and prepared for her launch. "Two! One! Let it ri-ip!"
The launched were successfull, and soon Kevin was in the middle of this dish, wobbleing rather obviously. Karen blinked at it, having never seen any blade do such a thing before. Kevin took full advantage of her momentary distraction, and took the opportunity to launch his Crazy Monkey Attack. His opponents blade was launched out of the dish, almost before she knew what had happened. The first match went to Kevin.
Jin and Max smiled.
"That was easy." he muttered, as he caught his blade. He then and spun on his heel, and skipped (yes, skipped) away from the dish.
Max stood up, before Kevin could pounce on him. The smaller boy scowl, but flung his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek, before dropping back to the ground, and going to sit beside Jin, who was gutting half a loaf of french bread.
She handed the other half to him, and they grinned at one-another.
Max approached the dish, looking quite happy. He pulled his blade and launcher out of the front of his over-alls, and grinned at his opponent, Rick. He had a sock puppet (it was dark blue with fabric about the same shade for the mouth, nose, and ears, and black buttons for eyes) that looked like it belonged in the pits of hell (ie: demonic) on his hand.
Rick notice where he was looking and said, "This is Mira. I made her myself." Max grinned at him. "Cool." he said.
They prepared to launched; Mira held the launcher in her mouth. Max was quite used to seeing puppets do such things, as Kevin had a yellow puppet named Jeri that looked quite a bit like Mira. And there was Jin's bizzare fascination with a certain 70's television show, but she always said that he wasn't a puppet........
"Let it ri-ip!!!"
And they did.
The battle went by so quickly, and so furiously, it was hard for the Moon Twins to tell what happened. Though it was, of course, hard to concentrate on a battle while trying to gut a loaf of French bread, argue over the exact placement of stars in the night sky, and gawk at the object of your affection at the same time. Okay, so Jin just stared raptly at some laminated pictures she'd somehow managed to find on internet.
All the two needed to know, they found out, and were happy about. Max launched Ricks blade into oblivion, and won. Then he grabbed his own blade, and with a quick grin at Rick, skipped back to his own team.
Then, of course, it was Jins turn. She crammed the last of the bread down her throat, glanced at Kevin with a grin, stuffed the pictures into one of her bags, and leapt to her feet. She launched herself through the air, and landed neatly beside the ring, before her opponent, Jack, even got there.
Jin grinned to herself as she noticed he was carrying a ventrioquist dummy. She heard a groan from behind her. Either Kevin and Max had decided to 'distract' her opponent (well, that was their excuse) by practically going at it on the bench, or Kevin was, once agein, reading her mind successfully. Yeah, it even freaked /them/ out from time to time.
She was guessing it was the former, considering Kevin had, after lovingly slipping his bread into its bag, tackled Max.
A moment after they launched their blades, Jack decided it was time to try to get Jin riled, though he went about it the wrong way, as he would soon see.
"I hope you don't think I'll be as easily defeated at my teammates." Jack said. "I shall restore honor to my team."
"You ain't much." Jin said, casting a freindly smile at the boy. "We've already won, ya know. Besides, the only ventriloquist in the world who possesses my respect, as well as my heart, is a character from an old TV called Soap. D'you ever see it?"
Jack shook his head, wondering when this had turned from him intimidating her, to her interrogating him on his TV scedual.
"Blasphemy." she answered. "It's great. It come on every Friday and Saturday at midnight, on TV Land. But you have to be carefull, becouse I've miss half of two marathons becouse I didn't pay attention."
He stared at her. She continued talking.
"Anyway," Jin said. "It's about these two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell, and their familys. The Tate's are pretty well-off, but the Campbells are pretty average- if you don't county the fact that Danny, one of their sons, had mob ties. He was going to kill his step-father Burt, who killed Marys first husband.
"However something- I'm still not quite sure what, just cause` I haven't seen all the episodes- happened, and he didn't kill Burt, and ended up marrying this gangsters daughter Elaine. At first he hated her, but they ended up falling in love, and being the perfect couple, antill Elaine was kidnapped, and then got shot, and died."
Jin continued along that vein for a while, talking about how quickly every in Soap changed. She timed it perfectly, so just as she finished talking about the 'affair' Burt had with his secretary, Sally, her Beyblade launched Jacks out of the ring, and landed it neatly at his feet.
"Aw, man." hse said, pretending to be disappointed. "I didn't even get to /start/ one Peters murder, and Corrines pregnancy."
Jack blinked at her, and, too shocked, and confused to be angry about his defeat, watched as she caught her Blade, and walked back to her team. He decided he should start watching Soap.
To Be Continued........
AN: Isn't this great? Jins entire strategy is based on talking endlessly about her favorite TV shows antill her opponent begins thinking she's tottally insane. The next chapter will be about the BladeBreakers finding Max and Kevin in a mall bathroom, and Jin breaking the mouse on her computer. Also, we'll (sort of) find out why Max left the BladeBreakers in the first place. Doesn't that sound fun?