Things started with John, nobody who really knew him dared to address him
by that name, they knew better. He was Giovanni, Don Giovanni, the man
behind the scenes, the secret powerhouse behind the entire Kurow fiasco,
and he sought to take revenge for the failure of his minions. But who would
have thought that this quiet natured, seemingly innocent young man was one
of, if not the most powerful component of the student body fighting force.
One person who thought so was Alec. He didn't know exactly how to prove it
yet, but he knew that somehow there must be a way to stop this man from
maintaining his vice-like hold over the public. But maybe we've gotten
ahead of ourselves just bit.
Let me introduce the scenario: Alec and Mark had infiltrated the lair of
John with help from the rather weak George, who was consequently punished
for his incompetence. Now the two of them sat face to face with a man they
only knew as Don Giovanni, he had an obviously unnatural power and had
threatened them to either join him or suffer a similar fate as George. So
what would they do? Mark took it from here,
"Hey, look, Mr. Giovanni-"
"Don Giovanni," interrupted a well-built blonde haired boy who had remained
in the shadows unnoticed until now, "His name is Don Giovanni." He
corrected while stepping forward.
"Right," Mark continued seemingly unfazed by the interruption, "See we must
have obviously not had the proper introduction or something." He paused and
glanced at Alec quickly, hoping he got the picture to follow his lead. "We
are by no means trying to challenge or oppose you." He paused again this
time looking for approval from the tall boy before him.
"Continue" Don Giovanni said as he nodded. Alec noticed how his very tone
of voice was so calm yet so direct.
"Well, me and my esteemed colleague Alec here were simply looking into a
matter for a friend of ours, that's who you really want to speak to about
any business. Now I understand you're a busy man and all, so we'll let you
get back to doing what you do and just send our friend over tomorrow. Okay?
Okay!" He began to get up when he felt the blonde boy's muscular arms
pushing him down forcefully. He glanced up over his shoulder at the stern
faced brute. He had a white headband that matched his white pants but
somehow didn't seem to fit with his deep red blazer. Still, his mean
demeanor and lip ring gave him the general look of a no nonsense enforcer
that Mark didn't want to mess with. He laughed nervously "Hehe, you must
think this is so crazy and all, us ending up in here like this and all.I
bet you think we were trying to track you down or something." Mark cursed
himself inwardly, his nervous laughter had given him away, there seemed to
be no peaceful exit through smooth talking and false trust.
"Giovanni has given you a choice gentlemen," Frank reminded, "Now will you
join our ranks or do you not?"
"Well", Alec said, "This is seriously a highly important decision with
numerous repercussions to consider obviously" he turned to Mark nodding
with an intent glare in his eye. Mark shifted his weight in his seat
readying himself for the next unexpected sequence of events. What was Alec
thinking? "I mean such a weighted decision, should obviously require some
time for us to think it over." continued Alec, still giving smooth talking
one final chance at getting them out.
Giovanni leaned over even further on the desk, his face inches away from
them "What is there to think over? You either live or die."
Alec sighed heavily and slumped his head down for a moment before looking
up at Giovanni then back at Mark winking indiscreetly. He arose quickly
while exclaiming "Hey, I sure as hell don't want to die, Its going to be a
pleasure working with you Mr. Giovanni." He outstretched his hand and Don
Giovanni shook it cautiously but firmly. Alec then turned towards the
blonde boy in the blazer, "As well as you too.?" His voice trailed off in a
questioning higher pitch.
"Frank" he said calmly as he took Alec's outstretched hand.
"Frank!" Alec said shaking vigorously, his voice high pitch and surprised
sounding. The prolonged shaking became a little awkward and Alec glared
down at the still seated Mark and said, "Isn't that a nice name?"
A little late with the cue, Mark finally got the hint and launched a
Touchdown Wave attack that smashed the table in front of Don Giovanni and
would have decimated him as well if he hadn't expertly dodged the attack as
well as the flying splinters. Alec took Frank's half second of diverted
attention to switch the handshake into a close throw hold and invert
Frank's body setting up for a powerful move. He jumped up high in the
office with his head nearly reaching the ceiling and he sailed down
spinning rapidly with great speed.
"Damn! I can't believe I fell for their shit; Giovanni's sure going to
roast me for slipping up like this. I had better make up for it as soon as
this punk finished his move." Frank thought to himself, and the finish of
the move came soon with a huge rumbling impact that sent the pictures on
the wall off tilt as Alec nearly implanted Frank's body into the ground. As
he stepped back from the impact zone, he was feeling quite confident in
himself and his abilities until he looked over and saw how quickly Frank
rose and how angered he seemed to be. Alec immediately launched a barrage
of punches and seemed to sway Frank back as they impacted, but Frank
charged forward slamming his fist down in an overhead smash that trailed
fire. Alec's hits were seemingly futile as Frank's Counter thrust attack
connected hard sending the boy falling back. Alec flipped back up on one
hand expertly, convinced that he would still be victorious yet, however,
when he was back on his feet he found Frank inches away from him midway
into throwing a shoulder, yet Alec was still able to block and prepared to
counter but Frank ducked at the last second. Getting ready to launch his
own series of attacks Alec held his arms back preparing to strike a guts
bullet attack, but to his dismay Frank shot up a double fisted club-like
swing from his crouched position sending him soaring into the air. Frank
leapt up expertly and wailed a punch, punch, kick combo on the helpless
Alec then unleashed his Super Skull Aura Burning Vigor attack; a rather
large wave of purple energy shot out from his palm. Alec was devastated by
the impact and went rocketing down to the ground by the window where he
skidded to a stop.
Mark looked on slack jawed at the entire fight sequence, for someone of
such size Frank was indeed fast and good with his hands, yet his strength
was definitely not sacrificed for speed. He was almost too caught up in the
moment to see another person enter the scene behind Giovanni who now stood
to the side of the desk debris and facing Alec. But Mark did notice her,
she was wearing a pinkish white skirt and a red blazer exactly the same as
Frank's except with a girls figure intended. She said not a word but bowed
for a second charging up energy then shot it forward from her hands in a
wave identical to Kyosuke's cross cutter attack. As the energy sailed past
Giovanni and towards the slowly rising Alec, Mark was quick to react,
gliding down into a duck and roll that sent him over to Alec just in the
nick of time. He grabbed his friend quickly while still in motion and used
their combined momentum to break through the window and escape outside. The
escape wasn't too grand, however, they fell a good ten feet before they hit
the gravel below with a considerably painful impact. But they were alive at
least, but that was just for the moment. Mark got on his feet first and
helped Alec up, through his dusty shades he could make out Thelma headed
their way at full speed, and directly behind her the same girl that threw
the cross cutter. "Damn, how fast are these people?!" He wondered aloud.
"No time for that, let's go Alec!" he yelled, and the two of them took off
for his parked car. Alec glanced back and saw their assailants gaining on
them rapidly, at this rate they may not make it to the car; maybe he could
stop and make a stand he thought momentarily. But then his aching side
reminded him of the last stand he had made when he was still inside
fighting Frank; he couldn't believe how incredibly talented and strong he
was, they were clearly outmatched in this case. They both reached the car
in the nick of time; no sooner than they had closed the doors was Thelma's
foot slamming down on the windshield sending spider web cracks along its
surface. Mark revved the engine and hit the gas taking off with a
screeching roar and left behind the smell of burning rubber. It was only
until they were a good 5 blocks away from Pacific High that they let out a
sigh of relief.
Kurow entered the room and bowed slightly before the boy in the red school
uniform. "They.have escaped, sir"
Giovanni replied "Very well then, they don't know anything of our
endeavors; they pose no threat. But if they should reappear, be sure that
you have them eliminated"
"That I will do without hesitation, sir." Assured Kurow and then turned and
walked out the room. He smiled in anticipation of malice; he liked to hurt
things, especially people and John let him do that. John is what everyone
on the outside called him, its what his alias was, but Kurow knew better
than to call him that to his face. He resented having to work for him at
times, he hated the very idea of anyone being more powerful than he,
nothing would stop him from someday ruling Japan, not even his own sister
whose mind he had controlled for so long. Yet his powers could not seal
Giovanni's mind, it lead Kurow to wonder, did he possess the same insane
power of Hyo? Or was there some uncanny telepathic ability that he kept
secret? Whatever it was, Kurow wasn't able to penetrate his mind and seeing
his demeanor he couldn't help but wonder at times if the boy was even
human.
Halfway across town similar thoughts haunted Alec's mind as he sat in
Mark's passenger side seat. "I can't believe that mess!" the flustered Alec
exclaimed. "How in the hell did that guy get so strong and so fast?! I mean
I threw some of my best punched at him and he went through with his attack
as if it were nothing!"
"The Touchdown Wave is my fastest attack, how did Giovanni dodge that as
well as the flying shards of wood that were sent at him.I've never seen
anyone move like that, and I've seen some fights in my day." Mark added.
"Yah," Alec chimed in, "I can't imagine guys like this exist in our schools
aside from Batsu and Kyosuke and the rest, but somehow there has been a
significant development of unknown warriors, we're definitely going to have
to step this up and get some help.
"Yeah, I definitely want to find out how the hell this guy goes to my
school and I've never even heard of him." Mark decided. "But first I got to
fix up my car, you just tend to your wounds and I'll be in touch." With
that Alec left and went inside his house.
