It was about 5 PM when Tommy stepped out of her apartment holding a pitcher of her iced tea and two plastic cups. Turning the corner to the walkway leading to the lot, Tommy received a massive shock as she saw the twins' progress. Numerous black and blue trash bags were neatly piled on the walkway outside the lot. While the lot still had garbage, it wasn't nearly as bad as before.

"This is impossible," said a shocked Tommy

"oh, hello, Mrs. Cotter, so how do you like it so far?" said Billy as he and Jimmy came from around the tall pile shirtless

"like it? I love it! This lot hasn't looked this good in years; you even sorted out the recyclables,"

"Thanks, we would have gotten the rest, but we ran out of bags," explained Jimmy

"How did you boys do all this in just an hour and a half,"

"to be honest, compared to all the hard work our grandfather has us do, this was easy," joked Billy

"sounds like he's a pretty strict man, listen; why don't you boys call it a day you've done so much already, have some of my special iced tea,"

Agreeing, they each took a cup while Tommy poured them each; both were impressed by its taste upon drinking their tea.

"This is great, Mrs. Cotter," said Billy

"Thanks, and call me Tommy,"

"Just think, bro, if we sold this tea with your cooking, our restaurant would be popular in no time," joked Billy

"Sorry, boys, but Tommy's Tea is for special occasions only; it's my way of welcoming you to my building,"

"thank you, Tommy," said Jimmy

"you're welcome; anyway, I've got to make a quick trip; the bastards who constantly threaten to fined me called me wanting to see progress in the cleanup; once I show them how it looks, they'll finally get off my back,"

Taking out her phone, Tommy took two pictures, one of the large pile of trash bags and the other of the cleaner lot.

"I'm going down to that office right now and rub these pictures in their faces,"

Taking the finished cups and leaving for the moment, Tommy returned with a key to the apartment, giving it to Jimmy before leaving.

"well, since we're done with this for the day. I'm heading to the salvage yard; while you take the stuff, we're keeping to the apartment,"

"you only won because we ran out of bags," said Jimmy

"a win is a win, Jimmy. You and your new girlfriend can catch up after you're done,"

"she's not my girlfriend!" argued Jimmy blushing

"Sure she's not," teased billy

Ducking behind the trash pile, Billy activated his belt, creating a blue flash as he switched into his hero costume and leaped away.

"idiot!" grumbled Jimmy.

During their cleanup, they found several things they decided to keep and reuse again. Jimmy carried them to the apartment, from pieces of wood for shelves to two lockers and even a vintage TV, taking each piece bit by bit. Despite having super strength and could easily carry all of it at once. Jimmy wisely held back to ensure no one became suspicious of him if they were watching.

"there, all done, and Shit, I left my shirt in the walkway," thought Jimmy

Stepping out of the apartment, Jimmy decided to make a side trip and check on Kami before getting his shirt back. Heading to the second floor, Jimmy knocked on her door, and the door opened slightly with Kami peeking out.

"oh, Jimmy, are you guys done?"

"Yeah, for the time being, but listen, Billy already headed off ahead. I came to see if you were ready,"

"I'm just about, and why are you shirtless?" asked a confused Kami.

"I took it off while working, and I forgot it, so I'm going to get it back now,"

"Before you go, I need your opinion on something. Could you come in,"

"sure,"

With Kami opening the door, Jimmy walked in before closing it, locking it back. Then, turning around, Jimmy saw that Kami had dyed most of her hair blue like her necklace, leaving parts of her hair her natural color. However, that wasn't the only surprise Jimmy got as he saw Kami was only wearing a towel.

"how do you like my hair

"It's nice… but,"

"But what, did I do something wrong?" asked Kami moving in close

"no, it's just that you could have warned me that you were in just a towel," he said gruffly.

"oh, I didn't think you'd mind since earlier today," she said,

Jimmy grunted as he averted his eyes from looking at Kami or her cleavage. Seeing him blush and the embarrassed look upon mentioning what happened in the restaurant, Kami knew what was bothering Jimmy.

"Are you embarrassed about earlier?"

Letting out another grunt, Kami saw how hard Jimmy was trying to maintain his calm, but cracks in his armor showed as she could see beads of sweat, which made her giggle. Suddenly as if by magic, Kami's towel fell off, exposing her naked body to him. Jimmy was on the verge of a full-on freakout, but Kami wasn't fazed as she only giggled.

"Oops, guess I didn't secure my towel as well as I thought," joked Kami.

"How can you be so calm!?"

"Why shouldn't I be?" Besides, as you said, I have nothing to be ashamed of,"

"I didn't mean you should show off your body like an exhibitionist to everyone,"

"But I'm not. I'm only showing it off to you, silly,"

Suddenly, Kami perks out her breasts at Jimmy and begins swaying them, much to her delight and his shock.

"Would you like to touch them again?"

Jimmy could no longer hide how flustered he was, which only made Kami giggle more. Kami stepped forward still offering her breasts, backing away, Jimmy wasn't paying attention; he tripped, falling on his back. Kami rushed to him but, due to her own clumsiness, tripped too, landing on top of him. The two laid there Jimmy was more tense than before feeling Kami's naked body.

"Jimmy, are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"You know this feels like a scene right out of one of my favorite otome games."

"This isn't a game." Said Jimmy, a little annoyed this situation was being compared to a Video game.

"I know. Silly… but let's just pretend it is."

Lifting her head up, Kami pressed her lips to Jimmy's. Despite the nervousness he felt, he started feeling himself calm down. Kami then took Jimmy's hands, placing them on her butt. Lost in the moment Jimmy began fondling Kami receiving happy moans, Kami then pushed her tongue into Jimmy's mouth.

"I can't stop; this feels, she feels so soft and warm,"

Kami had become wholly lost in the moment; she had been in this situation dozens of times due to playing many dating sims or otome. But doing it felt different and better, confirming Jimmy was starting to return her feelings. Due to the way he touched her butt being firm and gentle.

"See, Jimmy, there is no need to feel shy or embarrassed. We have nothing to be ashamed of,"

The two laid there holding each other; despite Jimmy's rational mind telling him to let go, his hands wouldn't listen as they kept squeezing her buttcheeks. At the same time, Kami pressed her breasts harder against his bare chest. Slowly the kiss broke, and Kami stared lovingly at Jimmy but then noticed something was wrong as Jimmy kept sniffling.

"Jimmy?"

"I think I'm getting a nosebleed."

"oh no! wait, right here. I'll get you some tissues," Kami said, breaking the embrace.

Getting to her feet Kami turn to look for some tissue as she turned away giving Jimmy a view of her naked rear, unfortunately she lost her footing again causing her to fall onto Jimmy's face.

…Later…

Stepping out of her apartment fully dressed, Kami saw that Jimmy was waiting for her holding her towel, having used it to get over his nosebleed.

"Jimmy, are you okay I didn't mean to fall on your face like that and give you such a close up of my-"

"let's just head to the salvage yard," he said, handing her the towel

Kami took the towel, not caring that it had Jimmy's blood on it, figuring she'd wash it later, but was surprised by the bloodstains as they were not red but golden.

"Jimmy, your blood is not red?"

"I'm sure Marian told you my family's origin, right?"

"yes…"

"well, my blood is mostly dragon blood, so it's golden,"

"mostly?"

"there's still some human blood in there. To be honest, my family's blood is sought after by a lot of people who know about its properties,"

"properties?"

"if a person were to get enough blood, they could superheat it before pouring it into casting molds, then once the blood has cooled and hardened, they become pure gold coins or use it to boost the effects of a potion,"

"wow, seems like it's precious,"

"it is, but there's a reason why we don't have to worry about people coming for it,"

"why?"

"The human blood mixed in renders it unusable,"

"unusable?"

"my human blood contaminates it; to use it effectively, it needs to be filtered out; otherwise, it's useless,"

"I'm guessing your family only knows how to do that?"

"bingo…"

Kami thought about how much she had changed from this morning; she felt confident in herself, her necklace was back, and she had fallen in love with someone; nothing could ruin her moment.

"well…well, look who I ran into, fatty," said a nasal voice.

Kami's mood lowered upon hearing that familiar voice, something Jimmy noticed as they both turned around, seeing Mandy holding shopping bags. Jimmy was confused about who this person was, but it was someone Kami didn't like from the expression on her face.

"so fatty, who's the hunk, and why is he hanging out with you?"

"my name is not fatty,"

"whatever, hey handsome, the name is Mandy. I'm one of the fatty's neighbors, and you are?"

"The name's Jimmy Lee; I just moved into apartment A9. with my brother,"

"well, Jimmy Lee, how about you ditch top-heavy, and I'll show you my apartment." Flirted Mandy offered her bags to be held while leaning over to show off some cleavage.

Kami instantly felt her blood boil watching Mandy flirt with Jimmy while he gave Mandy an unamused look.

"why would I do that?" replied Jimmy.

Mandy was taken aback by Jimmy's rejection but quickly brushed it off as she began to laugh at him.

"Obviously, fatty didn't tell you about me, so I'll let you off the hook. Be lucky you're cute," Mandy flirted before walking into her apartment.

"BITCH!' mumbled Kami as she headed to the stairs that led to the roof.

"So, what's the story with her?"

"she's Mandy, another tenant in the building; she started living here 3 years back and has been a nightmare for everyone since,"

"she doesn't look like a threat,"

"it's not her. it's her brothers,"

"her brothers?"

"she has older brothers that are in a gang,

"anyone saw these guys,"

"Once, it was after she moved in and began antagonizing everyone, Tommy threatened to evict her, but they showed up threatening to burn the building to the ground. Since then, everyone keeps to themselves to avoid her and her brothers coming back,"

"is she one of the reasons you wanted to learn how to fight?"

"yeah, I thought if I could defend this place from her and her brothers, everyone else wouldn't be afraid anymore,"

"we'll deal with them later, but we should get to the salvage yard,"

Scooping Kami into his arms bridal style, Jimmy started leaping from rooftop to rooftop. Unlike the last time, Kami enjoyed the ride as Jimmy jumped and made sure he kept out of sight. Finally, they landed in the salvage yard; as they made their way to Power Corps HQ, Jimmy and Kami headed inside; both were confused at what they saw. The guys looked like they hadn't slept for the whole day, Billy was still confused, and Marian had an unamused look on her face. Everyone was surprised by Kami's new look, but Marian decided that it be better to focus on business.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, we can discuss this," said Marian

"I don't see the problem here. Better in our hands than them," argued Marc

"This has been going on since Marian got here," moaned Chop

"wait…stop," said Billy

"can someone take this from the top," said Jimmy

"Fine," said Marc

Marc began explaining how, after the fighters were dropped off at the hospital, they began working on the footage of the fight with Abobo. The guys decided to return to where the ferries had been secretly abandoned. Looking them over, the guys decided that there were things that they could use for the corps, so they spent the rest of the night stripping what they could and destroying the rest.

"so we took the tech and hid it in the salvage yard," finished Marc

"Okay, so what's the problem here?" asked Jimmy

"We shouldn't be stealing or stooping to their level," protested Marian

"hey, we needed the hardware to upgrade the computer and the base. Now we do," said Vortex

"We should be returning that stuff back to whatever store Abobo stole them from," argued Marian

"trust me, cuz, this stuff didn't come from any store around here,"

"Really?" asked Kami

"After we examined what we took, we realized none of this stuff could be found here; we even checked Guisman's Mall this morning just to make sure, but nothing like the stuff we took can be found there. This hardware is definitely from out of the city," explained Chop

"there's only one way something like this could find its way," said Marc

"Koga Shuko," replied everyone

"how do you guys know about him?" asked Marian

"When we went on training trips with Sensei. We heard stories of some underground smuggler who can get illegal items anywhere; that name always came up, you guys?"

"we've heard criminals talking about him, so we started investigating him; all we were able to find is that he's the reason there are oblivion and RPM users in other cities," explained Marian

"I think Guisman's company may have something to do with that," said Jimmy

"you think so, bro?"

"How else do those drugs that are manufactured in this city end up in other cities, at the very least, the ingredients needed to make it,"

"you have a point; Marian, does Guisman have ports in other cities besides Metro city?" asked Billy

"yes, he ships cargo not just here but to other cities too," answered Marian

"okay, and are they in the same cities where there are other users of oblivion and RPM," asked Jimmy

"Actually, yes,"

"Okay, so we established Shuko is using Guisman's company to move the shadow warrior's products out of the city," said Jimmy

"so now, how involved is Guisman in on this?"

"well, we can't jump the gun yet; we'll have to observe and see if there's anything illegal going on before we make any more moves," said Vortex

"well, Jimmy and I are heading there tonight, so we can look over the place; maybe if there are some security holes, that would allow the shadow warriors to make their move.

Agreed," said everyone

"in the meantime, I'll be figuring out plans to integrate the hardware we took into our system,"

"then I'll work on new programs; I can do the initial work on my home computer and finish them here," informed Kami

"Well, gang, I know this meeting was not our most productive, but I think we've at least have plans on what to do next. I say we discuss what to do about Metro Park, then call it a day; we can meet tomorrow after school to discuss what Billy and Jimmy learned.

"agreed,"

Later

After the Power Corps ended their meeting around 8:30 PM, everyone left to return home before dark. Billy and Jimmy dropped Kami off on the roof before heading out to patrol the city before their task that night. Kami watched as they went off, deciding to start work on a few programs she had in mind and catch up on her games. As Kami headed to her apartment, to her annoyance, Mandy came out of hers, eager to greet her.

"oh, good fatty, you're back,"

"what do you want!?"

"where's jammy? I went to his apartment, but no one was home,"

"his name is Jimmy, and he's out,"

"past curfew? I am impressed but listen, fatty, I don't want you and him hanging out,"

"excuse me?"

"a hunk like him shouldn't be wasting his time with you,"

"I suppose he should be with you instead?"

"Naturally, a hunk like him needs a woman, not some fatty little girl," she boasted,

"arrogant BITCH!" thought Kami

Kami's blood started to boil as she thought about using one of the moves Jimmy taught her, but then remembered how Jimmy said not to let others get to her. So instead, she took a deep breath before entering her apartment, slamming the door in Mandy's face and angering her.

"you hear me, fatty, I see you with him again; my brothers are gonna raise hell!"

Ignoring Mandy, Kami went inside to spend the rest of the night working on projects for the corps and playing some of her games. Going to her bathroom, Kami stripped down to her bare body, taking a moment. Kami looked into the whole body mirror on the back of her door. Swaying her breasts at her reflection before turning around and shaking her butt, Kami no longer felt ashamed of herself; she embraced her sexiness. She did something she had never done before and admired herself. After her shower, Kami changed into her sleepwear before sitting at her desk, looking forward to a night of programming and gaming.

Later Elsewhere

After spending hours patrolling the city, Billy and Jimmy headed to the drayage port dressed in formal wear.

"This is ridiculous; we look like waiters Billy,"

"I know; let's just confirm the orders and see what we can find out,"

Both twins noticed that the drayage port was a large area split into two sections, although one section seemed to be the only active area. As the two headed towards the active section, they were soon surrounded by 10 men dressed in blue Jumpsuits, blue baseball caps, black boots, black gloves, and one in a red beret. As all men drew their weapons, ready to shoot, Billy and Jimmy were just about to go into fight mode when a voice demanded the men to stand down. A woman dressed in business attire was Stepping in, holding a clipboard as she approached the twins.

"Welcome to section A; state your business,"

"my name is James Lee, and this is my brother William Lee," responded Jimmy

"we're here to confirm our grandfather's order for his restaurant "Dojo Delivery,"" finished Billy

The woman checked the notes on her board before giving the nod, causing all men to put away their weapons and leave.

"my apologies, but our security team is extra alert at night; follow me," she said, leading them

As billy and Jimmy walked, they paid close attention to their surroundings. Trying to see if there was any lapse in security or if anyone acting shady. But the area was primarily automated.

"your orders are on the way; container 1 should be here in a few moments,"

"moments I thought I was already here?" asked Billy

"I apologize; this is your first time. Let me explain that our company's ships are too large to dock here, so they are stationed at sea. We employ smaller vessels to sail out and collect each container one by one; they are transported here to look over the order by the customer. Once done, the container is then transported to our warehouse there, where it will be loaded onto one of our trucks to be transported that morning,"

"fascinating, and what's that area for?" asked Billy

"oh, Area B is for outgoing deliveries; once all deliveries are done, we store empty containers there to use for shipping out products," explained the woman. " However, Area B is only active at the end of the month; if you have items that need to be shipped, then tomorrow would be the best time to fill out the steps to have it picked up and screened the day before,"

"screened?" they asked,

"before any item is loaded, it is checked by our staff to ensure no illegal substances make it onto our vessels."

Suddenly from a distance, a boat started carrying a container on its back, moving into position; everyone watched as an automated crane activated. Reaching down, lifting the container off the boat and placing it on a platform before the ship left.

"Okay, you have 30 minutes to look over your items to confirm all items are present; here are the lists for containers 1 and 2; once you are done, I will return to confirm your tasks are done," said the lady handing them two sheets of paper before leaving,

"Okay, I got the list for container 1, so I'll check it out," said Billy.

Going inside to check, Jimmy stood outside waiting, his mind not only focused on what going on but on someone else… Kami. She had gone from a shy girl to a flirtatious exhibitionist who was in love with him. He couldn't stop thinking about how good she felt; her soft, jiggly yet still firm body felt when they were close, it was as if she was a force pulling him to her.

"I've pushed my body to its limit, and beyond a thousand times, I've stared death in the face with all my training; why does it feel like that girl will is more dangerous than all that combined," he thought with a blush,

Billy was just about done when he peaked out to tell Jimmy but saw him lost thought, his face blushing hard.

"Hey, bro… you okay?"

"huh? Yeah, I'm fine; are you almost done?"

"just about give me a sec,"

Moments later, Billy walked out; despite being distracted a little due to thinking about Kami, Jimmy finished checking off everything that was supposed to be there. Everything was checked off and accounted for; seconds after rejoining Jimmy, the platform moved to ride along the tracks to the warehouse, leaving them waiting for the next container. Moments later, the boat returned just as the platform did and the process repeated. Like before, the platform moved the second container to the warehouse; just as the woman returned holding another piece of paper.

"Okay, gentlemen, now that your task is done, please bring this to your grandfather," she said, handing them the piece of paper,

To their surprise, the paper was a bill for all the expensive fees. As they gave a hard stare at the woman, she seemed unfazed.

"my apologies, these are the stipulations to your grandfather's membership; now on to returning you home, I can arrange for some of our security to escort you, but that will cost,"

"don't bother; we'll walk, lady," said an annoyed Jimmy walking off

"but the gangs,"

"at this point, these fees will get us before they do," said Billy, following Jimmy

As the two walked back, they began discussing what they had learned from their trip tonight.

"so, any idea Jimmy?"

"hard to say seem legit, but there are a few things we need to focus on,"

"We should probably stakeout the area when Area B is active,"

"Good idea, billy; also, their ship is out of sight, and there's a 30-minute gap between seeing the transport seem like a good window to get illegal crap off and on the vessel without anyone knowing,"

"Good point, so what's the move?"

"I think it breasts…best," said Jimmy correcting himself

"dude, did you just say,"

"I said BEST, Billy,"

"okay fine,"

"now ass, I was saying we should talk with the others and observe those areas,"

"fine, but are you okay?"

Before Jimmy could say something, they both heard sounds coming from all around them,

"thank god," thought Jimmy

Suddenly, a group of men came out of hiding, wielding weapons as they surrounded the twins.

"well…well, judging from those fancy outfits, you loser must have some fancy shit on you, so why don't you hand it over, and we'll leave you with just your lives," threatened one of the men

Billy and Jimmy only smiled as they moved back to back and told the man and the rest of his gang.

"come and take it, assholes," they said as the men charged them

Later

After beating their would-be muggers, Billy and Jimmy finally made it back to the restaurant, knowing Sensei was waiting in the Dojo. As they activated the scanner, they noticed that it was gone.

"How are we supposed to get to the Dojo?" said Billy

"like this?" said Sensei

Suddenly, a wall of green fire burst below Billy and Jimmy, surrounding them; the fire disappeared, to their shock. They were no longer in the kitchen but standing in front of the door that led into the Dojo. As the door opened up, they were greeted by Sensei, who invited them in,

"hope you boys enjoyed the trip,"

"How did you do that?" asked Jimmy

"I will explain later now come we have much to discuss,"

As the three sat together in a triangle formation, Billy and Jimmy explained everything from their battle with Abobo to their mission earlier.

"interesting you say this person not only saved you but treated your wound,"

"Yeah, not a lot of people know how to treat wrought iron wounds except us,"

"we will have to keep an eye out for this "ally." But for the time being, it seems these shadow warriors are stronger than I anticipated; I believe now is the best time to begin the next phase of your training,"

"yes, Sensei,"

Walking over to the shrine statue Sensei activated it, causing it to open up and reveal a scroll with their family symbol on it. Placing the scroll in the center before moving back to his position, all three went into a meditative position. Suddenly the scroll began to glow before opening up. All three began glowing with red, blue, and black auras before said auras were absorbed into the scroll, leaving Billy, Jimmy, and Sensei's bodies frozen.

Elsewhere

In the shadow master throne room, the Moblin is kneeling before the demonic face of the black flame, pleading his case.

"as you see, shadow master, my territory was taken, my men were beaten, and the truce has been broken after hours. Now would be the time to rally the other gangs and seek retribution against this city,"

The shadow master was silent but then began laughing, confusing the Moblin as the face disappeared and the shadow master stepped through the black flames.

"shadow master?"

Suddenly the shadow master grabbed him by the throat with his metal hand lifting him in the air while he struggled to breathe.

"why?" struggled the Moblin

"do you really think I would waste my time for you and your pathetic gang,"

"but,"

"SILENCE, you are an embarrassment to me. I would have killed you long ago, but you were not worth my time; now that you are here, I know the perfect place to send you to,"

"NO, NOT THAT!" begged the Moblin

Dragging him to the wall before activating the shadow mural, as the faces screamed in agony, the Moblin was tossed to them, screaming in horror as they grabbed him.

"MASTER, PLEASE, I'LL DO ANYTHING!"

"you're already doing something; your eternal will make sufficient power to fuel my black flames." Said the shadow master. As he watched the Moblin disappear into the mural.

Suddenly the black flames began surging with power like a furnace which the Shadow master absorbed, feeling a little stronger.

"better but not enough. I need MORE!" thought the shadow master as Duke entered the throne room; however, he was not alone.

Entering with him was a short and stumpy man. He has long, gray hair on the sides of his head but is bald on top. He has hugely long-pointy ears, narrow eyes, and an upturned nose. He has a sloping, wrinkled forehead with pronounced cheekbones high upon his face and a prominent cleft chin. He is dressed like a typical scientist; this man was only known as The Doctor, the creator of oblivion and RPM.

"Duke report,"

"yes, master, your orders will arrive soon also,"

"good once they arrive, have them shipped to one of our safehouses, then inform that fool, Willy, to pick it up and begin his work, and what do you have to report, Doctor,"

"master, I am pleased to inform you that thanks to my brilliance, not only have I discovered the secret behind Abobo's transformation, but I have also created a way to replicate it," said the doctor pulling out a vial filled with red dust,"

"What is that?" asked Duke

"my research has discovered an anomaly within Abobo; this is an artificial recreation of a said anomaly; I call it red sand,"

"I sense there is more you are not telling," said Duke

"perceptive as ever, Duke, red sand's effects are triggered by RPM but are more unstable than Abobo, which there is a chance whoever uses my formula may not gain the same abilities as him,"

"The results may vary,"

"yes, also that there is a chance for lethal side effects,"

"you came to inform me that you've failed," said the shadow master

"Actually, no, my minor setbacks have paved the way for my greatest achievement yet; by combining my red sand and RPM, I have discovered a new compound that will trigger an instant transformation that will last for hours; unfortunately, previous versions were too unstable, and my assistants did not survive which is why I am here,"

"what do you want," asked Duke

"I humbly request a sample of the black flame. I believe its power can be the perfect catalyst successfully merge red sand and RPM, and stabilize it; if this work, I say it might even be able to help you, master,"

Duke was about to say something but was stopped by the shadow master, who reached out to the black flame with his metal hand. Suddenly, a tiny flame sample came to his hand before being encased in a black bubble. As he handed it to the doctor, he warned him.

"don't disappoint me,"

"I will not fail. I require more volunteers," he said before leaving

"master?"

"Duke, contact Lash; tell her and her men to gather up what's left of the Goblin gang from the hospital and have them brought to the doctor,"

"yes, master," said Duke leaving.

Stepping back through the black flame, the shadow master sat back down on his throne as he thought to himself,

"soon, I will be whole again; then I will personally end Shaolin's lineage,"

End of Ch. 15