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Author's Notes: Well thanks to the couple reviews I did get, which were good, I decided to keep going with it. Also decided I needed to type more to a chapter, considering how short ch. 1 was.

As people ran into their homes as they were overcome by the feeling of dread as Nightmare approached, he slowly entered the village looking for some house to overcome for the night, when suddenly, the wind began to pick up and a paper blew in his face. "TREE REMAINS OF INSOLENCE, PREPARE TO MEET THY DEMISE!!!!!" as he then crumpled up the paper and threw to the ground. He then began the ritual stomping up and down on top of it, when the bearer of the Soul noticed something out of the corner of eye, the indistinct word 'Kilik'. Immediately his foot from the torn paper, he snatched it and began to skim the words upon the page. It was actually a flier for the band, 'K.M.X Connection', which just happened to be the band our trio is in. Speaking of our heroes. what are they up to?

"I can't believe how long we gotta work with that jerk!" yelled Kilik as he pounded his fist down onto the counter of the bar. The other two nodded in agreement and sighed with heavy hearts as they both downed what was left in their mugs. "I can't believe how strict he is too, we had ta' sneak out to get here." Maxi sluggishly announced with thin air. Xianghua kept quiet and put her head on the counter, when suddenly Heihachi burst through the door and grabbed the three by the collar dragging them out the door "Come now. Guys, you have papers to sign, deals to announce, and fans to dissapoi. err I mean cheer up!" he laughed as he let them go in the street. "Hey, common get up and let's go!" as the other three moaned and pathetically followed him.

"Yes, this is it, this is how I shall get my revenge!!!" Nightmare evilly laughed into the sky "I will form a 'and', and then I shall defeat these fools at their own game!" He then began to do a victory dance. "I'm gonna beat their sorry asses and those fools have nothing to about, stupid mortals, stupid mortals, na na na na!" as he then tripped and fell backwards. He then stood up," Someone.will.pay!"

Lounging in backstage, the trio was once again trying to find some peace away from the music world when suddenly Heihachi rushed in and unraveled a piece of paper, and handed it to Kilik, "Read this!" he stated with a nervous tone. "Tryouts for band to compete with. K.M.X. Connection!?!? What the hell is this"? Heihachi gave him a look, "Exactly what it says! If you don't keep your act up, this 'Seigfried' is going run you out!" Maxi whispered "And that's a bad thing?" Ignoring the comment Kilik gave a surprised look "Wait, did you say Seigfried, where have I heard that before?"

So Nightmare's formalized a plan to take on Kilik, Maxi, and Xianghua, and is going to hold tryouts! Who will be in the band? Will Kilik realize the truth? Why am I asking you these questions? See? That was two more questions. Anyways, the answer to these questions and more in the next chapter "Nightmare's Tryouts", and stay tuned to.

Soul Calibur 2: Battle of the Bands