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A/N: I am seriously extremely flattered! You guys make me blush! Wow, you guys help my writing a lot, you know that? Man, my little ego gauge is flashing in the red zone now. I can't stop giggling…hehe. You guys make me feel…loved. *sigh* It's like my own little internet family…*giggle*
*This chapter has won an Olympic gold metal for being the most confusing chapter I have ever, ever written. *shrug* it makes sense to me…*
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It Takes All Kinds
Chapter Three
After everyone got checked in, the screeching lady yelled for people to gather around so they could hear better.
"Okay, all of you, listen up because I'm only saying this once!" She hollered and everyone was silent. "Ok, I'll call out your cabin names in a moment. But first, rules! Number one, I know how you pathetic kids can be hormone controlled so girls and boys do not go into each other's cabins! Do I make myself clear?" No one answered but there where looks of disappointment on a few kid's face. "Number two, respect your elders! Three! No fighting unless told other wise! Ok, now for your groups!"
18, Chichi, and Bulma leaned up against an oak tree. Chichi kept stealing childish glances at Goku, and giggling every time he smiled back. The lady called out the girls first. About five groups when by before she mentioned Chichi's name.
"Cabin six! Chichi, Bulma, 18, and Lanai!" The three girls looked at each other. Who was Lanai?
There was eight girls cabins, then she moved on to the boy's.
"Cabin six!" she shouted again after naming them in numerical order, "Goku, Krillin, Vegeta, and Matt." 18 looked over at Krillin and Goku, who had just given each other a high five. Vegeta just smirked.
After the cabin calling, each camper went to their cabins along with their luggage. Bulma walked up to hers first.
It was a homely little wooden shack, with one window on the front next to the door. The window had no glass but only an ugly faded cloth hanging over.
She opened the screen door with a squeak, and walked in. "Ugh." There where three bunk beds, though only two of them would be used.
Bulma walked up to a bottom bunk and threw her suitcase on it just when Chichi and 18 walked in. "Man! This is one shit hole."
Bulma nodded and pointed to the other lower bunks. "Take a bottom bunk. It's a lot cooler."
The other two nodded and put a bag on a bunk. "Hey, I have an idea! Let's push the bunks together so we will be right next to each other!"
"Yeah!" 18 was on one side, while Bulma and Chichi where on the other. "One, two, three…push!" There was quite a lot of grunting from the double side, but in the end the beds met up.
"I'll have the middle," Bulma offered and Chichi and 18 nodded. Bulma grinned. "But if I have to get up in the middle of the night to pee or something…well, I'm going to apologize in advance."
Just then the fourth girl walked in. She was short and petite, and had white hair that flowed down her back. Her eyes where huge and green, and she walked with a certain grace.
"Hi. You all seem to know each other, no?"
Bulma nodded. "Yeah, we have been best friends for…a long time. You must be…Lanai, right?"
"Right. You are…"
"Bulma."
"18."
"Chichi. Nice to meet you."
The girl smiled. "Same here. I, uh, see you have everything situated?" She asked, strolling over to the beds in the middle of the room.
"Yeah, is this okay with you?"
Lanai smiled. "It's fine. More bed for me on the top."
"Well, let's fix this place up a little, how 'bout?" Bulma grinned mischievously.
18 raised an eyebrow. "Bulma…"
Bulma shrugged."Hey, I kinda figured this place would need a little something. So I brought some stuff…" She opened on of her bags and pulled out a long string of strawberry fabric. "First, lets fix up that window…"
After they where done, the cabin look noticeably better. The strawberry fabric covered the window nicely, and there was even some on the screen door. The floor was swept and moped, and the walls where hung with make up and lotion and clothes, but not before dusting.
"Well, I think that's about the best we are going to be able to do for now," Bulma sighed and she put her hands on her hips. There was a knock on the door. Chichi walked over to it, took something from the person, and walked back in.
"It's a schedule for each of us." She passed everyone's around, and they all scanned it over.
Dear Camper, it read.
Welcome Camp Difference, or more commonly know as Camp D. You have come here in order to learn and improve your strange talents you were born with, as well as some recreational time away from home. Tonight there will be a try out session and all of you who do not make it will be sent home. My best hopes to everyone.
Sincerely,
Linda Mackentire Camp Executive
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For the arriving night of Friday, June 5th
4:00 pm to 6:00- unpacking and social time
6:10 to 10:00- Try out session
10:00 to 11:00- snack shop and general store, free time
11:10- lights out
"Hm, I wonder about that group activity thing. I wonder if I'll get to be with Goku?" Bulma snorted and Chichi blushed lightly.
She glanced at her watch. "Well, it's six o'clock so we better get going." The other's nodded and left the cabin.
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"I want to welcome you all to…" The microphone let off that high pitched squeal when it gets too close to the speakers. After a second, it stopped and 18 shook her head to get the ringing out of her ears. The man up in the front coughed into his sleeve. "Sorry," he apologized, "as I was saying, I want to welcome you all to Camp Difference, or more commonly known as Camp D. My name is Jesse. I trust you all have received your schedules and in the note above them told you about how in the next two hours, you will all be given a series of tests to approve your entrance to Camp D. The tests will be a combination of controlling your mind as well as your body, all in one. Some will be with strength, some looks, some intelligence. What ever they may be, you will be scored on what your species is and that alone. Is their any questions?" A girl in the back raised her hand. "Yes?"
"How many people will be allowed to stay at camp?"
"Ah, good question. Well, right now there are 200 of your sitting in this auditorium. On Monday, there will only be 100. So about half of you will be cut. Any others?"
Another hand.
"Will this sort of be like school?"
"Yes and no. It will be much more fun and for once you will be with people who are different, like you. If any of you were ever teased at your school, I hope there will be none here. Any more? No? Let's move on then. Here's what will happen. I will divide all of you into 20 groups of 10. And with those groups, we will all compete in a Kazeah tournament." A murmur went through the crowd as they asked each other questions. Jesse held up a hand for silence. "I am completely aware that none of you know what a Kazeah tournament is. After I divide you into groups, I will explain." Everyone looked up at him expectantly. "Ok, group number one! Boys cabin six! Girls cabin six! And Mindi and Rae from cabin nine, and Carlos and Lee from cabin nine! Groups number two…" When he announced that cabin six girls would be with cabin six boys, Chichi squealed, 18 grinned, and Bulma groaned.
"Great," she mumbled to herself. "Just what I needed. I hope that freak gets cut."
Chichi giggled. "This is great!" she said in a totally different tone then Bulma. "C'mon Bulma. Don't let that" she giggled and winked at 18, "hunk ruin your…"
"Wait just one damn minute!" Bulma interrupted angrily. "I see what your trying to do now. You and 18 are trying to set me up with him, aren't you?" 18 bit her lower lip to keep from smiling and Chichi looked at the ceiling and shrugged. Bulma growled. "Well, let me tell you, it will NOT work…"
"Hey Chichi!"
Chichi smiled at Goku. "Hi. Looks like you guys are in our group, hey? With this combination, we are sure to win!"
"You spoke too soon, Chi," 18 whispered as she nudged Bulma in the side. They both turned around and saw a very large and stout boy waddle up to them.
He smiled and his countless layers of skin jiggled. "Hi, I'm Carlos. Nice to meet you."
"We have him-" Bulma smiled at the boy and kicked Vegeta in the shins at the same time.
"I'm Bulma. This here is Vegeta," she said through clenched teeth as he glared at her.
"I need no introduction, woman."
"I don't give a damn," Bulma spat back. She turned to Carlos and smiled again. "This is Goku, Krillin, 18, and Chichi." She pointed to each person and they all smiled, except for Vegeta, of course. Three other people walked up. "You must be Mindi, Rae, and Lee, right?" They all nodded and after brief intros, they sat down in a row of the auditorium.
When the other groups where settled, Jesse went back up stage.
"I see you are all in your groups. Ok, so now we come to the explanation of Kazeah. Ok, it's sort of like an obstacle course. You all have ten players, so there are nine sections, one section will be with two people. Every game each person will be assigned to a section by luck of the draw. Each team gets a colored ball they must bring through their section. The nine sections include: 1. Water 2, Earth 3. Ice 4. Fire 5. Air 6. Knowledge 7. Voice 8. Ground and the hardest of them all 9. Fear. This will be the double person. Because people can hyperventilate under such circumstances, we will choose one person to have their fear faced. That person will be surrounded by their deepest, darkest fear. Only the strongest ones and the best teams will make it through that one. Each person must brave their section and get to the door on the other end. Understood?" Everyone nodded. "Good. So, if each team will come up when I call your names. You will receive your ball, tell us your team name, and be told where to go."
Chichi, Bulma, and 18 gave each other nervous glances. "Man, that last one sounds harsh. I wonder how hard each section is? Oh well, it sounds fun…" Everyone in the group whispered to each other.
"What should we be called?" Bulma asked aloud.
Everyone looked at her.
"The Freaks." The brown haired boy, Lee, called out. There was nodding of the heads and a few people said yes.
"That sounds good. We all agree?"
"Yeah!"
"Alright, we are now known as the Freaks. Sweet."
Up in front Jesse caught their attention.
"Lee, Mindi, Carlos, Rae, Vegeta, Bulma, Krillin, Goku, 18, and Chichi!" They all ran up to the stage, Vegeta lingering behind a little. "Okay, kids. What's your team name?"
"The Freaks." Carlos said.
Jesse smiled. "Original. Your ball is blue," he said, holding out a blue rubber ball the size of a basketball. "Every time you're done playing, there will be a designated place to hand it in. Now for your sections." He made them get in a line and draw a slip of paper out from a basket.
First was 18.
"Fire," she said, holding up the slip. A girl behind Jesse wrote it down. Chichi got Voice, Goku got Earth, Krillin got Ice, Bulma received Water, Lee got Ground, Carlos had Knowledge, Vegeta got Air, and Mindi and Rae got Fear. The two girls smiled weakly at each other.
Chichi ran up to Bulma and 18. "You guys, I hope Voice doesn't mean singing because I am horrible at that!"
18 shrugged. "I don't know what it is. We'll just have to see. Voice is the 7th section. We may not even get to it!"
Jesse coughed and they all turned to him. "Ok, but you have to get an injection first. It stops you from telling anyone what that section is or else it wouldn't be fun, would it?"
Goku's eyes widened, but he swallowed and stepped forward. "I'll go first…" After the shot was injected to stop them from spilling, they were lead outside next to a huge building with nine doors by the girl who wrote down their sections.
"Each of you are going to go to your section. It says on the door which one it is. Water, Ice, Air, Voice, and Fear will stand on this side. The others will stand on the other side. When Water goes in, they will come out the other side and give the ball to Earth. Sort of like a zigzag pattern. Any questions? No? Alright then. Go to your door." The other people walked around to their sides. She looked at Bulma, who had the first section, Water. Bulma nervously tapped her fingers on the ball. "Ok, ready, set…go!"
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I know this doesn't help at all. I know you are all utterly confused, but please hang in there with me, ok? If you really want to know everything, email me and I'll be happy to answer any questions. I hope I didn't confuse you too badly…and all of you who thought I was going to put Vegeta and Bulma in the last section, Fear, I will, just not now, ok? The story has to develop more. If you have any questions at all please, please email me! And if you would also like to be on my mailing list, tell me in the review. If you leave your questions in the review, I probably won't answer them. I hope I explain the Kazeah tournament well enough. Ok, well, I hope you have a great day and review…pretty please?
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p.s. after the tournament, I will explain everything about Bulma's wings and what kind of fairy she is, and how Chichi and 18 can fly and all of that, alright? I promise. Cross my heart and hope to die…wait a second…