Disclaimer: I don't own the character in this story.
(A/N) This is my first ssx tricky story I have written and would honestly like to know what you think. So please review! Thanks.
~*~Airport~*~
"4:30, another 2 hours of sitting here. Waiting for God knows what kind of trouble to start." Razel was staring out the large window over looking the landing strip. He was becoming more restless the longer he sat in the uncomfortable plastic chairs.
He wondered how he always got stuck with being in charge of meeting all the boarders at the airport. Then after waiting for hours upon hours, he was forced to calmly deliver them back to the hotel. In the past 3 years of this he had not once had a calm or uneventful ride to the hotel. He shuddered just thinking about what chaos he went through last year.
Lucky for him Brodi was the first time to arrive. Brodi left to eat at a small café inside the airport and he hadn't seen him in over twenty minutes. He couldn't imagine having to sit and listen to Kaori again. Last year she was the first one to arrive. This resulted in a two-hour account of all her new stuffed animals that she had gotten over the summer.
Razel closed his eyes and leaned back into the seat. 'Maybe if I fall asleep I'll wake up everyone will be here. Ha! Yeah they would be here. Hell, they would be here, there, and everywhere but where they suppose to meet. The last thing he needed was to loose someone or get called over the intercom for a lost boarder.
~*~Flash Back~*~
"Ok Kaori you know what to do, right?" Eddie said to the youngest boarder
"Hai, Eddie but don't you think Razel-san will be upset with me when he finds out." She hesitantly.
"Of course not. Besides, he likes you and will believe you." Eddie assured her
"I believe in you girl. Come on show of some of your great acting skills!" Seeiyah coached her on from behind a large afro.
Luther pushed to the front of the group and said "Don't chicken out chump, you can do it."
"Well Ok you guys, but your sure I wont get in trouble?" she trying not to sound to childish.
"YES!" The whole group said together and pushed her forward.
(Meanwhile on the other side of the airport) " PSYMON! Please leave those people alone!" Razel yelled at the crazed boarder who was hassling the innocent citizens.
Razel through his arms up in the air and said "What did I do to deserve this? I feel more like a babysitter than a.. PSYMON I SAID LEAVE THEM ALONE! he took off chasing Psymon through the crowded airport stores.
(Back to the group) "Everyone know what they are doing?" Elise asked the group in front of her.
They all nodded in reply. Then they heard a few shouts and yells coming from behind them. People were moving left and right to get out of the way of the maniac and the ranting man following him.
"Ok I guess Psymon has done his part, lets go." Elise said and all the other went their separate ways.
The intercom turned on and a voice said "Razel please report to the front desk. We have found your lost boarder, please come and collect her. Hey! Hey, stop that's mine put that down." Then another voice came on it sounded like a young girl. "Razel-san, It's me Kaori I was lost. Then I found this place and they said they would locate you and well will you come and get me." She giggled, then the intercom shut off.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me! I better get paid over time after this ordeal!" Yelled Razel, who then headed to the office to get Kaori.
This was the only chance the boarders had to get all the banned items they were not suppose to have on the tour. Jp and Luther went to see of they could get some beer for later, while Psymon went to get a packet of cigarettes. The rest found this a perfect opportunity to place their yearly bets on how quickly the new boarder would quit. Of last year Razel was not happy to find out that the boarders had placed bets on how quickly the new boarder would drop out. He then made sure betting was forbidden, that was why they had set up their little plan to get rid of him. But they figured what he didn't know couldn't hurt him.
~*~*~End Flash Back~*~*~
Razel had awoken to find he had somehow fallen asleep on the extremely uncomfortable airport chair. He looked up to find a small Japanese girl looking over him.
"Konichiwa Razel-san, how are you doing?" cried the overly excited Kaori
Razel mumbled and said "Im just fine Kaori, thanks for asking." He stood up stretched and rubbed his eyes. He looked around and saw that it was now almost dark outside.
"What time is it?" he groggily asked
"Hehe! Its 6:00, silly!" she said almost jumping up and down.
"Is everyone here yet?" He asked hoping she would reply with a 'yes' so he could leave as soon as possible.
"Um no. We are still for Elise and Psymon's plane. They should be here shortly."
Razel looked around and saw most of the boarders sitting in a circle on the floor and chairs a couple of feet away from him. They were either talking or sleeping. This was very good for him, the last thing he wanted was to have a repeat of last year.
He stumbled over to the group with Kaori right behind him. He counted to make sure how many boarders were already here. ..7.8.9. "Nine! Who's missing?"
"Ten!" Kaori giggled from behind him. "Your so funny when your tired Razel."
"Yeah thanks, I was thinking about taking up a career in comedy." He said sarcastically.
"Woah there! Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today!" laughed Mac.
"Bed, ha! I saw him passed out drooling on the chairs over there," Jp pointed over to the group of chairs where Razel was previously sleeping. "Good thing that they are plastic. If they weren't they would have to replace all those chair, all the fabric would be completely soaked in saliva."
The other smirked or laughed at seeing how mad Razel got when he was made fun of. This was what they lived for. It was just another benefit to being a SSX Tricky boarder.
Razel got over their criticism and continued. "Well do you think you would be in a good mood if you were in my position? Putting up with you..you.."
"Bakas" Kaori interjected
"Yes, bakas" he finished. He looked at her when realized when he had no clue what that meant. But figured it was Kaori, so it couldn't be too bad. "God knows what you have planned for me this year."
"Oh that hurts. Why would you think that we would do something to our best buddy." Seeiyah said in fake sincerity.
They all looked up at him with innocently with big smiles on their faces. Even if they weren't up to anything, they wouldn't let him find that out. It was good to keep him on his toes. It made it a lot more fun when he let down his guard, and then they pulled a prank. For weeks he would keep looking over his shoulder expecting them to trick him.
Razel rolled his eyes and said "Yeah your best buddy that you almost got fired on more than several occasions. You know if they ever replace me they might not get someone as lenient as I am."
Mac walked up and put his arm around Razel's shoulder like he was his best friend. "Oh don't say that my man, they could never replace you. We wouldn't let them."
Razel was stunned 'would they actually stand up for me in front of all those corporate guys if they were going to fire me? Wow I honestly thought they wouldn't care.'
"Then who would we tease?" Mac finished
"Very funny. I should have seen that coming." He growled
He was just about to continue his little speech when he heard extremely loud singing. Well if you consider yelling to a horrible tune, singing. People were starting to flee from two people walking toward the group. One female, the other the loud singing male. Most of the group laughed at Psymon's antics, there were those few who just refused to laugh at anything he did, no matter how hard he tried.
Psymon was singing and scaring off all the people in a 35-foot radius of him. Next to him Elise was pretending she didn't know him.
"There is no need to fear, because Psymon is here. The one hot one with the board, the one all the women adored. He has but one mission, to wipe out the competition."
Moby laughed "Ha you call that a song! My cat can sing better than that."
Psymon got in real close to Moby's face and said "What are you jealous that my song is better than your 'Moby Jones, Its Moby Jones' song."
Moby was about to reply to his comment, but Razel saw that this could be yet another fight between the boarders and decided to speak up. "Ok so everyone is here am I correct."
No one answered they just looked around at each other.
Realizing he wasn't going to get an answer he said, "Okay, I will take that as a yes."
"Now I know that you guys are not going to like this, but there are only three cars to take us to the hotel so you will have to share. It might be a little tight but I'm sure that we can work this out." Razel said this with fake confidence because he knew this was not going to be pretty. Last year they had five cars and that was difficult.
"Ok how about Jp, Luther, Brodi, Eddie and Mac in one car. Marisol, Seeiyah, Kaori, Elise in another. And lastly Zoe, Moby, Psymon and I will be in the last car." Razel was proud of himself, he figured they shouldn't have any complaints.
"I will not ride with Marisol in her nasty ass, tight clothing." Yelled Elise
"Yeah an I don't want to sit next to that Model wannabe, Elise and her horrible choice in make up. Marisol spat back.
"Can't we just sit where we want?" Brodi commented, but no one paid any attention.
While the two were yelling at each other, Razel decided to make a few adjustments to the seating arrangements. "Ok how about we switch Elise with Mac."
"Yeah Mac you are in my car now Mac." Kaori yelled and hugged Mac. This caused Mac to blush.
"Um do I have to be in the girls car?" He quietly said to Razel
Elise stopped yelling at Marisol and said, "Yeah, I don't want to be in the guys car."
"Fine, Fine, Fine, I will change it again." Razel sat down and changed everyone's spots over and over again. It seemed if someone always had a problem with who they were with. Twenty minutes later Razel finished.
"I think I've got it! Psymon, Moby, Zoe, and I in car 1. Brodi, Luther, Jp, Mac and Eddie, in car 2. Marisol, Seeiyah, Kaori, and Zoe in car 3" Razel stuck out his chest proudly thinking he and finally figured out a combination that worked.
"I didn't get are car. You said Zoe twice but forgot me." Elise pointed out.
Razel frowned and then got an idea, "Ok then take Zoë's place in car 3."
"Um I'm not sure but I think that was the way we were originally." Jp stated
"YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU SIT! CHOOSE YOUR OWN SEATS, OR WALK TO THE HOTEL! I DON'T CARE EIHER WAY!" Razel yelled at the top of his lungs.
"That's what I said in the beginning." Brodi said to himself.
Razel heard him and just glared at Brodi and then stormed out of the airport. Everyone silently watched him leave with blank stares on their faces .
"Jeez, we could have walked to the hotel by now. It would have been faster than fighting this whole time." Laughed Eddie. Everyone knew this was quite true but didn't reply. Everyone picked up there bags and walked to the exit together.
The group got to the parking lot and two men approached them and told the group that they would be driving them to the hotel. They were also had to explain that an enraged Razel had taken one of the cars, and so everyone had to squeeze into the two cars.
"You would think we would be famous enough to get a limo, but noooo. We have to smash ourselves into this little car like a bunch of circus clowns." groaned Eddie. That sentence earned him a slap in the back of the head for Elise, who just pushed him into the front seat of the car.
Everyone decided to put their petty problems aside and just get into one of the cars.
Looking around at everyone's faces you could tell that they knew it was back to the usual winter schedule. They had only been together for a little while but knew, this was going to be one hell of a season. The question was would Razel make it the whole way and still be sane in the end.
Ok That's the end of Chapter 1 what do you think.
(A/N) This is my first ssx tricky story I have written and would honestly like to know what you think. So please review! Thanks.
~*~Airport~*~
"4:30, another 2 hours of sitting here. Waiting for God knows what kind of trouble to start." Razel was staring out the large window over looking the landing strip. He was becoming more restless the longer he sat in the uncomfortable plastic chairs.
He wondered how he always got stuck with being in charge of meeting all the boarders at the airport. Then after waiting for hours upon hours, he was forced to calmly deliver them back to the hotel. In the past 3 years of this he had not once had a calm or uneventful ride to the hotel. He shuddered just thinking about what chaos he went through last year.
Lucky for him Brodi was the first time to arrive. Brodi left to eat at a small café inside the airport and he hadn't seen him in over twenty minutes. He couldn't imagine having to sit and listen to Kaori again. Last year she was the first one to arrive. This resulted in a two-hour account of all her new stuffed animals that she had gotten over the summer.
Razel closed his eyes and leaned back into the seat. 'Maybe if I fall asleep I'll wake up everyone will be here. Ha! Yeah they would be here. Hell, they would be here, there, and everywhere but where they suppose to meet. The last thing he needed was to loose someone or get called over the intercom for a lost boarder.
~*~Flash Back~*~
"Ok Kaori you know what to do, right?" Eddie said to the youngest boarder
"Hai, Eddie but don't you think Razel-san will be upset with me when he finds out." She hesitantly.
"Of course not. Besides, he likes you and will believe you." Eddie assured her
"I believe in you girl. Come on show of some of your great acting skills!" Seeiyah coached her on from behind a large afro.
Luther pushed to the front of the group and said "Don't chicken out chump, you can do it."
"Well Ok you guys, but your sure I wont get in trouble?" she trying not to sound to childish.
"YES!" The whole group said together and pushed her forward.
(Meanwhile on the other side of the airport) " PSYMON! Please leave those people alone!" Razel yelled at the crazed boarder who was hassling the innocent citizens.
Razel through his arms up in the air and said "What did I do to deserve this? I feel more like a babysitter than a.. PSYMON I SAID LEAVE THEM ALONE! he took off chasing Psymon through the crowded airport stores.
(Back to the group) "Everyone know what they are doing?" Elise asked the group in front of her.
They all nodded in reply. Then they heard a few shouts and yells coming from behind them. People were moving left and right to get out of the way of the maniac and the ranting man following him.
"Ok I guess Psymon has done his part, lets go." Elise said and all the other went their separate ways.
The intercom turned on and a voice said "Razel please report to the front desk. We have found your lost boarder, please come and collect her. Hey! Hey, stop that's mine put that down." Then another voice came on it sounded like a young girl. "Razel-san, It's me Kaori I was lost. Then I found this place and they said they would locate you and well will you come and get me." She giggled, then the intercom shut off.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me! I better get paid over time after this ordeal!" Yelled Razel, who then headed to the office to get Kaori.
This was the only chance the boarders had to get all the banned items they were not suppose to have on the tour. Jp and Luther went to see of they could get some beer for later, while Psymon went to get a packet of cigarettes. The rest found this a perfect opportunity to place their yearly bets on how quickly the new boarder would quit. Of last year Razel was not happy to find out that the boarders had placed bets on how quickly the new boarder would drop out. He then made sure betting was forbidden, that was why they had set up their little plan to get rid of him. But they figured what he didn't know couldn't hurt him.
~*~*~End Flash Back~*~*~
Razel had awoken to find he had somehow fallen asleep on the extremely uncomfortable airport chair. He looked up to find a small Japanese girl looking over him.
"Konichiwa Razel-san, how are you doing?" cried the overly excited Kaori
Razel mumbled and said "Im just fine Kaori, thanks for asking." He stood up stretched and rubbed his eyes. He looked around and saw that it was now almost dark outside.
"What time is it?" he groggily asked
"Hehe! Its 6:00, silly!" she said almost jumping up and down.
"Is everyone here yet?" He asked hoping she would reply with a 'yes' so he could leave as soon as possible.
"Um no. We are still for Elise and Psymon's plane. They should be here shortly."
Razel looked around and saw most of the boarders sitting in a circle on the floor and chairs a couple of feet away from him. They were either talking or sleeping. This was very good for him, the last thing he wanted was to have a repeat of last year.
He stumbled over to the group with Kaori right behind him. He counted to make sure how many boarders were already here. ..7.8.9. "Nine! Who's missing?"
"Ten!" Kaori giggled from behind him. "Your so funny when your tired Razel."
"Yeah thanks, I was thinking about taking up a career in comedy." He said sarcastically.
"Woah there! Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today!" laughed Mac.
"Bed, ha! I saw him passed out drooling on the chairs over there," Jp pointed over to the group of chairs where Razel was previously sleeping. "Good thing that they are plastic. If they weren't they would have to replace all those chair, all the fabric would be completely soaked in saliva."
The other smirked or laughed at seeing how mad Razel got when he was made fun of. This was what they lived for. It was just another benefit to being a SSX Tricky boarder.
Razel got over their criticism and continued. "Well do you think you would be in a good mood if you were in my position? Putting up with you..you.."
"Bakas" Kaori interjected
"Yes, bakas" he finished. He looked at her when realized when he had no clue what that meant. But figured it was Kaori, so it couldn't be too bad. "God knows what you have planned for me this year."
"Oh that hurts. Why would you think that we would do something to our best buddy." Seeiyah said in fake sincerity.
They all looked up at him with innocently with big smiles on their faces. Even if they weren't up to anything, they wouldn't let him find that out. It was good to keep him on his toes. It made it a lot more fun when he let down his guard, and then they pulled a prank. For weeks he would keep looking over his shoulder expecting them to trick him.
Razel rolled his eyes and said "Yeah your best buddy that you almost got fired on more than several occasions. You know if they ever replace me they might not get someone as lenient as I am."
Mac walked up and put his arm around Razel's shoulder like he was his best friend. "Oh don't say that my man, they could never replace you. We wouldn't let them."
Razel was stunned 'would they actually stand up for me in front of all those corporate guys if they were going to fire me? Wow I honestly thought they wouldn't care.'
"Then who would we tease?" Mac finished
"Very funny. I should have seen that coming." He growled
He was just about to continue his little speech when he heard extremely loud singing. Well if you consider yelling to a horrible tune, singing. People were starting to flee from two people walking toward the group. One female, the other the loud singing male. Most of the group laughed at Psymon's antics, there were those few who just refused to laugh at anything he did, no matter how hard he tried.
Psymon was singing and scaring off all the people in a 35-foot radius of him. Next to him Elise was pretending she didn't know him.
"There is no need to fear, because Psymon is here. The one hot one with the board, the one all the women adored. He has but one mission, to wipe out the competition."
Moby laughed "Ha you call that a song! My cat can sing better than that."
Psymon got in real close to Moby's face and said "What are you jealous that my song is better than your 'Moby Jones, Its Moby Jones' song."
Moby was about to reply to his comment, but Razel saw that this could be yet another fight between the boarders and decided to speak up. "Ok so everyone is here am I correct."
No one answered they just looked around at each other.
Realizing he wasn't going to get an answer he said, "Okay, I will take that as a yes."
"Now I know that you guys are not going to like this, but there are only three cars to take us to the hotel so you will have to share. It might be a little tight but I'm sure that we can work this out." Razel said this with fake confidence because he knew this was not going to be pretty. Last year they had five cars and that was difficult.
"Ok how about Jp, Luther, Brodi, Eddie and Mac in one car. Marisol, Seeiyah, Kaori, Elise in another. And lastly Zoe, Moby, Psymon and I will be in the last car." Razel was proud of himself, he figured they shouldn't have any complaints.
"I will not ride with Marisol in her nasty ass, tight clothing." Yelled Elise
"Yeah an I don't want to sit next to that Model wannabe, Elise and her horrible choice in make up. Marisol spat back.
"Can't we just sit where we want?" Brodi commented, but no one paid any attention.
While the two were yelling at each other, Razel decided to make a few adjustments to the seating arrangements. "Ok how about we switch Elise with Mac."
"Yeah Mac you are in my car now Mac." Kaori yelled and hugged Mac. This caused Mac to blush.
"Um do I have to be in the girls car?" He quietly said to Razel
Elise stopped yelling at Marisol and said, "Yeah, I don't want to be in the guys car."
"Fine, Fine, Fine, I will change it again." Razel sat down and changed everyone's spots over and over again. It seemed if someone always had a problem with who they were with. Twenty minutes later Razel finished.
"I think I've got it! Psymon, Moby, Zoe, and I in car 1. Brodi, Luther, Jp, Mac and Eddie, in car 2. Marisol, Seeiyah, Kaori, and Zoe in car 3" Razel stuck out his chest proudly thinking he and finally figured out a combination that worked.
"I didn't get are car. You said Zoe twice but forgot me." Elise pointed out.
Razel frowned and then got an idea, "Ok then take Zoë's place in car 3."
"Um I'm not sure but I think that was the way we were originally." Jp stated
"YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU SIT! CHOOSE YOUR OWN SEATS, OR WALK TO THE HOTEL! I DON'T CARE EIHER WAY!" Razel yelled at the top of his lungs.
"That's what I said in the beginning." Brodi said to himself.
Razel heard him and just glared at Brodi and then stormed out of the airport. Everyone silently watched him leave with blank stares on their faces .
"Jeez, we could have walked to the hotel by now. It would have been faster than fighting this whole time." Laughed Eddie. Everyone knew this was quite true but didn't reply. Everyone picked up there bags and walked to the exit together.
The group got to the parking lot and two men approached them and told the group that they would be driving them to the hotel. They were also had to explain that an enraged Razel had taken one of the cars, and so everyone had to squeeze into the two cars.
"You would think we would be famous enough to get a limo, but noooo. We have to smash ourselves into this little car like a bunch of circus clowns." groaned Eddie. That sentence earned him a slap in the back of the head for Elise, who just pushed him into the front seat of the car.
Everyone decided to put their petty problems aside and just get into one of the cars.
Looking around at everyone's faces you could tell that they knew it was back to the usual winter schedule. They had only been together for a little while but knew, this was going to be one hell of a season. The question was would Razel make it the whole way and still be sane in the end.
Ok That's the end of Chapter 1 what do you think.
