Chapter 7:: Pre-Game Warm-ups!
Brad stood in the middle of the living room, staring out of the window the next morning. His face was blank, but he smiled bitterly at the sound of Karina shuffling into Erich's room.
"5…4…3…2…1…. Now." He timed and heard Karina shriek.
"Erich's gone!" She squealed.
"Duh… Like you thought he wouldn't be?" Brad yelled up the staircase a she ran down and stopped and glared at her brother.
"Sorry that I trust people!" She snapped.
"Karina… What's wrong?" Billy murmured as he walked in, still rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Erich's gone!" Karina whimpered.
"Damn." Bart snapped as he walked in. "I could'a used him for a punching bag…"
"Citan and everyone else already knows. They are already awake." Brad growled.
"Well… I guess it's just unfortunate…"Billy muttered and collapsed on the couch. He was dressed in faded blue jeans and a baggy sleeveless navy blue shirt. He leaned back and mumbled, "But we can get by without his little riddles and games. Besides, the way he's shown up lately, I wouldn't be surprised if we met up with him again."
Karina smiled. "That's true…I just wanted to know more...." She flinched.
Fei walked in slowly wearing a tank top and baggy sweatpants. "Ready to train, Bart." He muttered.
"Splendid…" Bart grinned. "Come long, my little Fei." He growled.
"Unnhh…" Fei whimpered and followed Bart, who had two huge heavy medicine balls and a gong. "Save me…"
Karina smiled mournfully and looked at Brad. "I slept in late… it's already 10:30…" She smiled weakly. "Lazy me."
"Lazy BLACK as well." Brad muttered and looked at Billy. "If you touched her, I'll kill you."
"I didn't DO anything, give it up, Brad." Billy snapped.
"You guys missed it. Sierra drug Sigurd, Citan, Jessie and Rico out to a shoe sale. She didn't have to drag Elly, Emeralda, Chu Chu and Maria of course… They said they'd be back around lunchtime." Brad muttered. "I think Ziggy went too."
"Of lord, what a crew." Billy said softly.
"…I'm gonna take a swim…" Karina said softly and went upstairs to change.
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"Ooh… Sigsipoo!!!" Sierra beamed. "I like THESE!" She giggled and shoved a pair of 3-inch boots in Sigurd's face. "Made from the finest leather in Aquvy!" She giggled. "Only… Hm.. That's a big number." She said slowly.
Rico stood in the middle of the department store with the girls pressing shirts, ribbons, bows and whatnot on him.
"I'm picturing myself in this, wouldn't I look cute?" Elly smiled.
"I think Rico looks cuter with the ribbons!" Maria laughed.
Rico just mumbled something.
Elly shouted suddenly, "LOOK! A Bath and Body Works! Let's go!" She squealed and ran off with the other girls. They had thrown their purses at Citan who was standing in the middle of the area of the mall they were in looking at the various cars put out for display.
Ziggy was in the Victoria's Secret across the hall looking at the various undergarments, the ads and whatnot, and laughing goofily.
Rico walked up to him. "It's too pink here. We have to go." He snapped.
Ziggy was staring at a huge poster of a woman in a practically see- through robe and laughing softly. "Huh… What Mon?" He giggled, then looked at Rico.
"LET"S GO!" Rico shouted, grabbed Ziggy, and Siggy for that matter, and pulled them out. "We have to go to a man's store. Come on Citan!" He barked from across the area.
Citan turned and smiled, still carrying the girl's purses. He was suddenly attacked by the girls and pulled into B&B Works to be used as a sort of 'Tester' for the various perfumes and lotions.
"We have to save him!!!" Ziggy cried.
"Nope, he's a goner." Jessie said. He had just joined them and was slurping a huge cherry Icee. He grinned and said, "Hyuga never was one to go to malls with girls."
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Karina leaned back in the cool pool water and sighed. She had her eyes shut; her mind deeply submerged in thought.
She tried to remember any details about when she was captured, but all she could remember was Zeke telling her of how they wanted her for her blood.
Karina leaned forward now, the cool water rushing back and surrounding her. She had to see the Erich boy again soon. She had a million questions to ask him still.
Karina sighed heavily, and was greeted by a spray of cool heavily chlorinated water in her face. She sputtered and spat out a little bit of water and opened her eyes. She saw Billy sitting on the edge of the pool, looking at her with an amused expression.
"Deep in thought, eh?" He asked quietly.
"Yeah…" Karina sighed and swam over to the edge and lifted herself out by pressing her palms to the hard cement wall and pushing down to lift herself up. She then sat down lightly on the rim next to Billy and took a towel from the bench behind her. She wiped off her face and looked back into the water.
"You're hair looks pretty like that." Billy said slowly, then afterwards a small blush crept up his face.
"What's so pretty about it?" Karina smiled wryly.
"It's just… um… erm… All down and wet like that it looked kinda… I dunno... It looks pretty, OK?" He sputtered.
Karina smiled again and nodded. "I'll take your word for it, Billy." She smiled and pat his head. "Your hair looks pretty too." She giggled. Billy just blushed and smiled weakly.
"So…" Billy began and a long pause followed. The sound of locusts buzzing filled the silent air.
Karina continued the conversation, "I'm really mad Erich didn't stay. It's at least common decency to stick around and at least say thank you." She snapped.
Billy laughed shortly. "Yeah, I guess."
"And another thing! He could've been more polite!" Karina fumed.
Billy stood up and stretched like a cat. "Mm hmm." He said softly.
Karina blinked, realizing how bored Billy was now. She stood up, went over to the table and pulled her shorts and tank top on over her bathing suit. She smiled at Billy as she slipped on her light blue flip flops and said sweetly, "Hey, Billy, wanna see my daddy's old gun cellar?" She asked.
Billy smiled a little, "Sure."
"OK! Let's go!"
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"Ba~art…. This hurts…" Fei whined as he walked down the road with two huge medicine balls tied to his hands.
"JOG, Fei!" Bart yelled as he zoomed by on a moped wearing flight goggles and a red scarf. He bit down on a doughnut and barked at Fei, doughnut pieces spattering his face. "FASTER!"
"Awww…" Fei whined and Brad walked up, moving at normal speed.
"What are dumb and dumber doing?" He said slowly, then looked at Bart. "I want a doughnut, Fatima." He yelled and Bart threw one, the large fried ring of sugar coated dough flying past Fei's eyes with heavenly music and a ring of light surrounding it.
"I-I-I want one!" Fei gasped.
Brad and Bart looked at him and said at the same time, doughnut pieces smacking his face, "No. Move faster."
"Wahhh!" Fei cried a-la I Love Lucy.
"Quickly Fei! Just three more miles, then we move onto the CHICKEN TEST!!!" Bart yelled. He sped ahead, his red scarf fluttering aimlessly in the wind.
"Chicken…. Test…?" Brad murmured and looked at Fei. "Haha. Good luck!" He said, slapping Fei's back.
"Ahh-ahh…." Fei panted.
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"Hehehehe…." Ziggy stood in front of a poster of some pop singer and laughed lightly. "She has big yahoos…"
Rico growled and spun around, "If you speak one more time I'll…" Rico began but Jessie cut him off.
"Where's Hyuga and Sigurd?" Jessie said slowly.
"Hehehehehehhehehe….." Ziggy continued to laugh.
Rico grabbed Ziggy and began to strangle him, "I don't know, they were here a minute ago."
"Hm…" Jessie hummed and looked at the floor and blinked. "Aha! A clue!"
"A 'roo?" Ziggy said, his voice slurred from Rico strangling him.
"Yeah… look, this is Citan's gay little ribbon he wears in his hair…" Jessie muttered.
"And look! Teeth and fingernail marks heading toward the girly shops like someone was drug there…" Ziggy added.
"Hm. This could only mean one thing." Rico mused.
Ziggy laughed goofily and added, "Yeah…. They were abducted by big- breasted half-naked horny amazons…" He laughed.
Rico then knocked Ziggy out.
"Nope, it means they were taken by some young ladies and one gorilla posing as a woman." Jessie snarled. "We must save them! They are fellow men! They may not be manly men, but hey, they're men…" Jessie yelled.
"Whatever." Rico snarled and hung Ziggy from a rack by his underwear.
"We must go!"
"Sure…" Rico said slowly then followed Jessie across the mall to the girly stores.
"No… No... GOD NO! PLEASE!" Sigurd screamed as Sierra leaned closer and giggled.
"Come on, Sigsipoo, I need to test this blush!"
"AHHH!!!!" Sigurd's voice resounded to where Citan was sitting on a chair peacefully.
"Ah. This is quite lovely, young ones." He said quietly. "But I can't decide whether I'm more of a Rouge or Scarlet Kisses…" He said slowly and looked at his fingernails, painted two shades of red.
"This is so your color, Citan…" Maria giggled and applied bright blue eye shadow.
"And this, this!" Emeralda said gleefully and added on bubblegum pink lipstick.
Elly turned around and gasped, trying to hold back a laugh.
"What is it, young one?" Citan asked slowly and put on his glasses.
Elly giggled weakly and handed Citan a mirror.
We will now move onto a peaceful scene of the outdoors. Birds are singing, peaceful music is playing and-
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Came Citan's blood curdling scream.
Oh my…
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"Here we are…" Karina coughed and opened the heavy cellar door. "Light light light light…" She muttered and looked about for a light switch.
Billy followed down the heavy wooden steps. He blinked a little, trying to adjust his eyes to the darkness.
"Aha! Here it is!" Said Karina as light filled the room at the small click of the light switch.
"Wow…" Billy goggled and looked about the dusty room. Racks upon racks of guns were bolted to the heavy cement walls. Three heavy steel gun cabinets were pushed up against the walls, locked shut. There was a heavy table in the corner with a brass tumbler, boxes of ammunition, large containers of black powder and smokeless powder, various gun cases, a huge box of primers, and a number of other things were set on it. There were two doors leading deeper in, probably stocked with guns, etc. as well.
Karina finished going down the steps and walked over to the desk. She then set her fingers on a dusty picture frame and ran her fingers along the smooth glass. She looked at the picture inside with a bittersweet look on her face for a moment, then set it back down on the table. She took a deep breath and looked back at Billy, "Do you like it?" She asked hopefully.
"Yeah…" Billy whispered and stepped further in and looked around. He walked up to Karina and said excitedly, "This is so cool!"
She laughed slightly and looked around for a moment. "I don't even remember coming in here much…"
"Really…?" Billy asked slowly. She didn't look back at him, but just nodded. Billy decided it was better to keep quiet, knowing perfectly well Karina was uncomfortable in here. His eyes landed on a medium sized black safe. "What's in here?" He asked, taking the lock between his fingers and looking over it. "Do you have the key for the lock?"
Karina walked up to him and took the safe in her hands and lifted it up. "I do… I've never opened it… but I'd rather not right now…" She said quietly. Karina set the safe back on the table and looked at Billy. "Maybe later."
"OK." Billy nodded then looked at the picture frame. He saw four people sitting on a gazebo. One was a very beautiful young woman with tied back deep azure hair. She had a set of pale cerulean highlights on the two sets of hair that ran down the sides of her face. Her pale sky blue eyes glittered, but there was a familiarity in the expression on her face and in her eyes. He then looked at the man next to her. He had wild deep violet hair and light silver eyes. His expression was light and gentle, and his arms around and little boy in his lap. The boy had pale wild blue hair and deep blue eyes and a happy look on his expressive face. Next to him was a tiny infant in the woman's arms. The child had short tufts of pale purple hair and wide, deep purple-blue eyes. Billy then looked up and recognized the pretty woman's face to be almost identical to Karina's young soft face. He then looked at her and muttered, "Karina… are these your parents...?"
"How did you guess?" Karina said jokingly and took the picture. "It was taken when I was two months old. Brad was five."
"Oh…" Billy sighed and looked back at Karina. "Your mother was very pretty…" He trailed off.
"Yes, she was…" Karina nodded and smiled.
"Like you." Billy smiled. "You two look so much alike."
"And how come you practically bit my head off when I said you looked like Jessie?" Karina giggled.
"That's different." Billy laughed slightly and looked down. "You look like your mother, which is a good thing… My looking like my father… well…" Billy trailed off and Karina smiled.
"You're handsome." She said reassuringly.
"Really…?" Billy said sarcastically. He looked at her and blushed a little.
"I think so." Karina said quietly.
"Karina…" Billy said slowly. "It hurts not having your parents… doesn't it…?"
Karina blinked and stepped back, now leaning against the wall. "It hurts not having ever known them, yes…"
He stepped forward and leaned up against the wall next to her and looked away. "I'm sorry."
She smiled and looked at him. "It's OK. I'm doing alright…"
"Karina…" Billy murmured and moved in front of her. She looked down, trying to avoid his piercing blue eyes, but he took her face in his gentle hands and made their eyes meet. Karina's eyes met Billy's and her gorgeous midnight eyes widened, as well as Billy's ice-blue eyes. Billy's breath hastened and he leaned forward. That very moment their lips pressed together and Billy tenderly pulled her closer to him.
After a moment or so they released each other and Billy looked at Karina's flushed face.
"Billy- Oh… Um…" Karina murmured and turned a darker shade of pink.
"Karina… I…" Billy began but something cut him off.
"BBBBWAAAAAAAAKKKK!!!" Came a loud screeching chicken scream.
"What the…?!" Karina blinked and pulled away.
"AHHHHH!!!" Came a wild scream.
"Uh…" Billy blinked and turned to look up the stairway. He saw a brown blur fly by with almost two dozen chickens following it. Another blur sped by on a moped shouting orders from a megaphone and blasting a blow horn. Brad walked by calmly, sipping a soda and whistling.
"Oh my god…" Karina muttered and slowly walked up the steps and joined her brother. Billy followed, shutting the cellar door.
"Hehehehe…." Brad chuckled.
"What is going on?" Billy asked gently, but was greeted by Brad snatching him and smashing him on the ground.
"You smell like my sis' perfume." Brad growled.
"Ah—what?!" Billy screeched.
"Brad, let go of him!" Karina yelled.
"Aw." Brad growled and got up and looked back at Bart. "Stupid bowl cut brat…"
"Real nice, Brad." Billy coughed.
"You're welcome, Black." Brad muttered.
"Why is Bart wearing flight clothes?" Billy murmured.
"Hey guys!" Bart screeched to a stop and pulled off his flight goggles.
"What's going on?" Karina said slowly, glancing at the chickens all pulling wrestling moves on Fei. "Where did you get those chickens??"
"Oh, those are the chickens I stole from Billy's house and kept them in the Yggdrasil's storeroom."
"So that's where they went…" Billy muttered. "Give them back, Bart!"
"All in good time, bowl boy."
"Stop referring to my hair in that way…" Billy glared at Brad and Bart.
"Whatever." Brad and Bart muttered and left to help Fei.
"I guess Brad and Bart are buddies…"
"Y-Young ones…" Came a weak voice.
"Citan?!" Karina gasped as she turned around and saw Citan gasping for air, Sigurd was already passed out on top of the sprinkler. "What happened to you?"
"Girls… makeup… malls… pain! So much PAIN!" Citan gasped and spat out a clump of grass.
"He's not normally the illiterate…" Billy murmured.
"He was attacked by the girls and they gave him a make over." Jessie said, walking up and laughing softly at Citan.
"I bought you that stupid poster, now shut up." Rico snapped as he and Ziggy walked up, Ziggy with a large poster in front of his face.
"Yahoo…" Ziggy muttered.
"Where are the girls…?" Karina asked softly.
"They stayed at the mall… I think they're gonna get more make up and junk like that…" Rico snapped and glared at Ziggy.
"Hehehehehehehe….." Ziggy laughed.
Rico then knocked Ziggy out.
Again.
"Woah…" Karina smiled. "Good job, Rico." She clapped.
The rest of the week went about the same… A few explosions, a lot of screams, mostly from Fei. Bart threw a few parties. Ziggy got knocked out a few more times. Rico knocked Ziggy out a few more times. All that good stuff, yada yada yada, let's move on.
Tis the day of the tournament.
"Let's sing!" Bart yelled and slipped a CD into Brad's CD player.
"DO NOT touch the hardware, Fatima." Brad snapped and handed a rule book to him. "It's in section A1."
"Brad, let them listen to their song." Karina smiled at Brad.
"Just as long as the drive is short." He snapped and started his car. "I still don't think we should've allowed Ziggy to take the girls in his car…"
"Then why was I invited in this car?" Karina asked softly.
"Did you read my rule book?" Brad asked. "Ziggy breaks rules 1 through 286 just by looking at you."
"Is one of them 'I shall not undress Karina with my mind?'" Billy asked.
"Yes." Brad snapped.
"Billy Breaks that rule all the time!!" Bart yelled.
"Shut up, Bart!" Billy yelled.
"Sh sh sh sh shoosh!" Bart shushed Billy. "My song about Fei is on. Billy, take it!"
"No…" Billy muttered.
"Come on." Bart grinned.
"Only if you leave me alone." Billy looked at him. "Do you promise?"
"I promise!"
"Fine…" Billy sighed.
"It's a song about me?" Fei smiled.
"Yeah!" Bart yelled as the music started.
"Bohemian Rhapsody?" Karina giggled.
"Is this the real life- Is this just fantasy- Caught in a landslide- No escape from reality-" Billy and Bart began slowly and Fei grinned. "Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see-" The continued, but then Billy took the lead.
"I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy-" Billy sang gently.
At that time Fei, Bart and Billy began to sing together. Rico growled and Sigurd shifted uncomfortably. Citan just smiled and Jessie whooped.
"Because I'm easy come, easy go, a little high, little low, " The boys continued and Billy took the lead again.
"Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me… To me." Billy continued. The music interlude came and he sat back in his seat waiting for the next verse.
"Good lord…" Brad rolled his eyes.
"Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead. Mama, life had just begun, but now I've gone and thrown it all away-- Mama ooo, didn't mean to make you cry, If I'm not back again this time tomorrow-- Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters…" Billy continued, then waited for another verse."
"Oh yeah." Bart grinned.
"He's good." Karina smiled.
"Too late, my time has come. Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time. Goodbye everybody-- I've got to go. Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth… Mama ooo…I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all--" Billy continued. "I see a little silhouetto of a man," Billy ended and Bart and Fei joined.
"Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the Fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning--very very frightening me." The three ended and Fei and Bart continued.
"Galileo," Bart sang.
"Galileo," Fei added in.
"Galileo," Bart continued.
"Galileo," Fei continued as well.
"Galileo figaro. Magnifico-" The two boys joined and Billy added in.
"But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me--" Billy murmured.
"He's just a poor boy from a poor family-" Bart and Fei yelled and pointed at Billy.
"That's enough!" Brad yelled and pulled the CD out and threw it at Bart. "No more!"
"Brad that was mean…" Karina smiled.
"Good job, Brad." Rico said gently.
"Bravo, young men." Citan clapped at Bart, Fei and Billy.
"Yes yes, bravo, boys." Jessie clapped and rolled his eyes.
"Here we are." Karina smiled and Brad parked the car.
"Dude." Bart gasped and looked out the window. "Lookit that!" He yelled and pointed at the stadium.
Fei's little front wards ponytail thing drooped and he muttered weakly.
"Don't worry Fei, you'll be fine." Karina smiled. "You're the best fighter here."
"Just cuz Kajumei is off visiting her granny…" Brad laughed.
"Brad… Kajumei doesn't have a granny…" Karina whispered.
"Yeah, sure Karina." He rolled his eyes. "Kajumei would never lie to me."
"Sure she wouldn't…" Karina muttered, looking away from Brad.
"All out!" Brad barked and Bart kicked Fei out of the car.
"You heard the man, Fei." Bart grinned and shrugged.
"Mmmm……mmmmm…." Fei whimpered.
"FEI!! FEI!!" Elly yelled, running up to him. "What did Bart do to you, sweetie?" She gasped.
"Wahhh…." Fei whined.
"Poor baby…" Elly whispered and stroked his hair. She glared at Bart.
"Get off, Ziggy!" Sierra yelled and a huge explosion was heard.
"I'll kill him." Sigurd growled.
"Getting overprotective of the gorilla, eh?" Jessie muttered.
"No… No of course not!" Sigurd blushed.
Emeralda, Maria and Sierra walked up, Sierra dusting her hands off slightly. "He tried to grab my butt." She snapped.
"Good job, Sierra." Rico nodded.
"Thank you, Rico." She grinned.
A voice over the intercom rang out: "Would all participants in the Tournament please report to the locker rooms at this time to be assigned their first opponents. Thank you."
"Good luck, Fei!" Karina smiled.
"OK, Fei, I'll escort ya, buddy." Bart grinned and slapped him on the back.
"Mmm…" Fei whimpered.
"Yeah, good luck." Billy smiled.
Everyone else said their various good luck shouts and then looked at the stadium.
"Well, I guess we have to go get our tickets." Brad said slowly.
"I want food…" Sierra muttered.
"OK, who's gonna get the food?" Brad asked slowly.
Everyone looked at Billy.
"What?" He asked gently.
"Billy-chan…" Karina whispered and clung onto him. "It would be ever so sweet if your would get our food for us, dear…" She whispered.
Billy blushed and looked away, as if to hide something.
"Billy's nose is bleeding!" Sierra laughed. "A little turned on, Black?"
"Shut up…" Billy whispered.
"Grr…" Brad growled. "Let's just go get our tickets." He snapped and stomped off to the ticket booth.
A little while later they were seated in the arena and Billy was off getting the food. The announcer's voice came in again:
"The tournament is about to begin. Round One: Fei Fong Wong vs. Iron Kallen, four minutes."
"I hope Fei does well…" Karina said gently and Elly nodded.
"Hehehe…" Bart laughed softly.
"What's so funny?" Brad snapped.
"His name." Bart giggled. "Fei Fong Wong… Hahahaha…"
Billy staggered up with a huge pile of food. He gasped slightly, "OK, I got one nacho extra cheese hold the peppers, one nacho little cheese extra peppers, one bottled water and veggie hot dog…"
"Oh! Oh the bottled water and hot dog! Those are mine!" Karina laughed.
Billy threw the food to her and continued, "Three chili dogs, one with more chili, one with less chili, one with regular chili, two sloppy Joe's, one with extra sloppy less Joe, one with more Joe and less sloppy, a foot long hot dog with everything known to man on it and a Big gulp, twenty beers…" He snapped and glared at a grinning Sierra and Jessie then continued, "Two large popcorns and three cokes…. Is that all?" Billy gasped and dropped the food on whoever ordered its lap.
"What about my candy corn and peanuts, Black?!" Bart yelled.
"Ugh…" Billy sighed and walked off.
"Poor Billy." Karina sighed and shrugged.
The intercom came again in a wild roar: "Let the tournament beeeeeee~ginnn!" It yelled and a dozen flashy lights began.
"WHOO! GO FEI!" Bart yelled and pulled out o foam finger that read, 'Kick ass, Fei!!!'.
"Fei looks ready." Karina smiled and watched Fei and Iron begin to fight. In a matter of seconds, Fei had tossed him to the side and won the first round.
"Did I miss any-" Billy began, but slipped on a piece of candy on the ground and slipped to the ground and landed at Karina's feet.
"Hi, Billy." Karina smiled.
"Ouch." He muttered.
The next eight rounds continued the same way with Fei pummeling every opponent the place threw at him.
"GO FEI!" Bart yelled again.
The intercom came over again: "The finals are next. The underdog Fei Fong Wong is going up against the Scarlet Flame."
The crowd roared and Karina blinked.
"The Scarlet Flame…" She trailed off. "Oh god…" She whimpered and looked at Brad.
A loud reverberating stomping sound filled the room and a loud song filled it as well.
"Hey, they're playing We Will Rock You!" Bart grinned.
Brad laughed dryly. "Kajumei would be so pissed if she knew they were using her theme music." He laughed softly.
"Yeah… ha… ha… haa…" Karina whimpered and made a motion to the others to scoot away from Brad.
A large chariot entered threw the huge doors. It was drawn by a group of very hot, very muscular men.
"And they're using her chariot boys…. Hahaa…" Brad giggled a little more doubtfully.
Karina whistled a little and made the scoot away signal a little more frantic.
"And… her cheerleaders…" Brad trailed off. A group of peppy cheerleaders entered bouncing around chanting.
"And… her outfit…" Brad continued as a young woman in long black pants, scarlet shoes, a red top tied back with two belt and a tight scarlet sleeveless jacket jumped off the chariot. She looked back and grinned, her red curly hair bouncing lightly.
"And… KAJUMEI!!!" He screamed and his fists tightened around the hot dog and big gulp with a crunch. The soda spilled over his had and hit the floor.
"Scoot for god's sake SCOOT!" Karina yelled and everyone slid away from Brad who was mad cowing.
"YOU LIED TO ME!!!" He screamed.
"Huh…?" Kajumei blinked and looked up in the risers. "Oh, hi sweetie!" She giggled and saw Brad, who was making strange face contortions and yelled various things. She couldn't hear him over the roar. "Oh, hi, Karina!" She yelled and waved at Karina. "Talk to ya later, girl!"
"Eeeepp…" Fei whimpered.
Bart's jaw went slack. "OH MY GOD WE'RE DOOMED!!!"
Brad was just screaming in a voice not unlike Godzilla.
The announcer came over the intercom again and yelled: "Leeeeeeeeeeeee~eeeeettt'sss get ready to rumble!"
Brad stood in the middle of the living room, staring out of the window the next morning. His face was blank, but he smiled bitterly at the sound of Karina shuffling into Erich's room.
"5…4…3…2…1…. Now." He timed and heard Karina shriek.
"Erich's gone!" She squealed.
"Duh… Like you thought he wouldn't be?" Brad yelled up the staircase a she ran down and stopped and glared at her brother.
"Sorry that I trust people!" She snapped.
"Karina… What's wrong?" Billy murmured as he walked in, still rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Erich's gone!" Karina whimpered.
"Damn." Bart snapped as he walked in. "I could'a used him for a punching bag…"
"Citan and everyone else already knows. They are already awake." Brad growled.
"Well… I guess it's just unfortunate…"Billy muttered and collapsed on the couch. He was dressed in faded blue jeans and a baggy sleeveless navy blue shirt. He leaned back and mumbled, "But we can get by without his little riddles and games. Besides, the way he's shown up lately, I wouldn't be surprised if we met up with him again."
Karina smiled. "That's true…I just wanted to know more...." She flinched.
Fei walked in slowly wearing a tank top and baggy sweatpants. "Ready to train, Bart." He muttered.
"Splendid…" Bart grinned. "Come long, my little Fei." He growled.
"Unnhh…" Fei whimpered and followed Bart, who had two huge heavy medicine balls and a gong. "Save me…"
Karina smiled mournfully and looked at Brad. "I slept in late… it's already 10:30…" She smiled weakly. "Lazy me."
"Lazy BLACK as well." Brad muttered and looked at Billy. "If you touched her, I'll kill you."
"I didn't DO anything, give it up, Brad." Billy snapped.
"You guys missed it. Sierra drug Sigurd, Citan, Jessie and Rico out to a shoe sale. She didn't have to drag Elly, Emeralda, Chu Chu and Maria of course… They said they'd be back around lunchtime." Brad muttered. "I think Ziggy went too."
"Of lord, what a crew." Billy said softly.
"…I'm gonna take a swim…" Karina said softly and went upstairs to change.
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"Ooh… Sigsipoo!!!" Sierra beamed. "I like THESE!" She giggled and shoved a pair of 3-inch boots in Sigurd's face. "Made from the finest leather in Aquvy!" She giggled. "Only… Hm.. That's a big number." She said slowly.
Rico stood in the middle of the department store with the girls pressing shirts, ribbons, bows and whatnot on him.
"I'm picturing myself in this, wouldn't I look cute?" Elly smiled.
"I think Rico looks cuter with the ribbons!" Maria laughed.
Rico just mumbled something.
Elly shouted suddenly, "LOOK! A Bath and Body Works! Let's go!" She squealed and ran off with the other girls. They had thrown their purses at Citan who was standing in the middle of the area of the mall they were in looking at the various cars put out for display.
Ziggy was in the Victoria's Secret across the hall looking at the various undergarments, the ads and whatnot, and laughing goofily.
Rico walked up to him. "It's too pink here. We have to go." He snapped.
Ziggy was staring at a huge poster of a woman in a practically see- through robe and laughing softly. "Huh… What Mon?" He giggled, then looked at Rico.
"LET"S GO!" Rico shouted, grabbed Ziggy, and Siggy for that matter, and pulled them out. "We have to go to a man's store. Come on Citan!" He barked from across the area.
Citan turned and smiled, still carrying the girl's purses. He was suddenly attacked by the girls and pulled into B&B Works to be used as a sort of 'Tester' for the various perfumes and lotions.
"We have to save him!!!" Ziggy cried.
"Nope, he's a goner." Jessie said. He had just joined them and was slurping a huge cherry Icee. He grinned and said, "Hyuga never was one to go to malls with girls."
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Karina leaned back in the cool pool water and sighed. She had her eyes shut; her mind deeply submerged in thought.
She tried to remember any details about when she was captured, but all she could remember was Zeke telling her of how they wanted her for her blood.
Karina leaned forward now, the cool water rushing back and surrounding her. She had to see the Erich boy again soon. She had a million questions to ask him still.
Karina sighed heavily, and was greeted by a spray of cool heavily chlorinated water in her face. She sputtered and spat out a little bit of water and opened her eyes. She saw Billy sitting on the edge of the pool, looking at her with an amused expression.
"Deep in thought, eh?" He asked quietly.
"Yeah…" Karina sighed and swam over to the edge and lifted herself out by pressing her palms to the hard cement wall and pushing down to lift herself up. She then sat down lightly on the rim next to Billy and took a towel from the bench behind her. She wiped off her face and looked back into the water.
"You're hair looks pretty like that." Billy said slowly, then afterwards a small blush crept up his face.
"What's so pretty about it?" Karina smiled wryly.
"It's just… um… erm… All down and wet like that it looked kinda… I dunno... It looks pretty, OK?" He sputtered.
Karina smiled again and nodded. "I'll take your word for it, Billy." She smiled and pat his head. "Your hair looks pretty too." She giggled. Billy just blushed and smiled weakly.
"So…" Billy began and a long pause followed. The sound of locusts buzzing filled the silent air.
Karina continued the conversation, "I'm really mad Erich didn't stay. It's at least common decency to stick around and at least say thank you." She snapped.
Billy laughed shortly. "Yeah, I guess."
"And another thing! He could've been more polite!" Karina fumed.
Billy stood up and stretched like a cat. "Mm hmm." He said softly.
Karina blinked, realizing how bored Billy was now. She stood up, went over to the table and pulled her shorts and tank top on over her bathing suit. She smiled at Billy as she slipped on her light blue flip flops and said sweetly, "Hey, Billy, wanna see my daddy's old gun cellar?" She asked.
Billy smiled a little, "Sure."
"OK! Let's go!"
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"Ba~art…. This hurts…" Fei whined as he walked down the road with two huge medicine balls tied to his hands.
"JOG, Fei!" Bart yelled as he zoomed by on a moped wearing flight goggles and a red scarf. He bit down on a doughnut and barked at Fei, doughnut pieces spattering his face. "FASTER!"
"Awww…" Fei whined and Brad walked up, moving at normal speed.
"What are dumb and dumber doing?" He said slowly, then looked at Bart. "I want a doughnut, Fatima." He yelled and Bart threw one, the large fried ring of sugar coated dough flying past Fei's eyes with heavenly music and a ring of light surrounding it.
"I-I-I want one!" Fei gasped.
Brad and Bart looked at him and said at the same time, doughnut pieces smacking his face, "No. Move faster."
"Wahhh!" Fei cried a-la I Love Lucy.
"Quickly Fei! Just three more miles, then we move onto the CHICKEN TEST!!!" Bart yelled. He sped ahead, his red scarf fluttering aimlessly in the wind.
"Chicken…. Test…?" Brad murmured and looked at Fei. "Haha. Good luck!" He said, slapping Fei's back.
"Ahh-ahh…." Fei panted.
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"Hehehehe…." Ziggy stood in front of a poster of some pop singer and laughed lightly. "She has big yahoos…"
Rico growled and spun around, "If you speak one more time I'll…" Rico began but Jessie cut him off.
"Where's Hyuga and Sigurd?" Jessie said slowly.
"Hehehehehehhehehe….." Ziggy continued to laugh.
Rico grabbed Ziggy and began to strangle him, "I don't know, they were here a minute ago."
"Hm…" Jessie hummed and looked at the floor and blinked. "Aha! A clue!"
"A 'roo?" Ziggy said, his voice slurred from Rico strangling him.
"Yeah… look, this is Citan's gay little ribbon he wears in his hair…" Jessie muttered.
"And look! Teeth and fingernail marks heading toward the girly shops like someone was drug there…" Ziggy added.
"Hm. This could only mean one thing." Rico mused.
Ziggy laughed goofily and added, "Yeah…. They were abducted by big- breasted half-naked horny amazons…" He laughed.
Rico then knocked Ziggy out.
"Nope, it means they were taken by some young ladies and one gorilla posing as a woman." Jessie snarled. "We must save them! They are fellow men! They may not be manly men, but hey, they're men…" Jessie yelled.
"Whatever." Rico snarled and hung Ziggy from a rack by his underwear.
"We must go!"
"Sure…" Rico said slowly then followed Jessie across the mall to the girly stores.
"No… No... GOD NO! PLEASE!" Sigurd screamed as Sierra leaned closer and giggled.
"Come on, Sigsipoo, I need to test this blush!"
"AHHH!!!!" Sigurd's voice resounded to where Citan was sitting on a chair peacefully.
"Ah. This is quite lovely, young ones." He said quietly. "But I can't decide whether I'm more of a Rouge or Scarlet Kisses…" He said slowly and looked at his fingernails, painted two shades of red.
"This is so your color, Citan…" Maria giggled and applied bright blue eye shadow.
"And this, this!" Emeralda said gleefully and added on bubblegum pink lipstick.
Elly turned around and gasped, trying to hold back a laugh.
"What is it, young one?" Citan asked slowly and put on his glasses.
Elly giggled weakly and handed Citan a mirror.
We will now move onto a peaceful scene of the outdoors. Birds are singing, peaceful music is playing and-
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Came Citan's blood curdling scream.
Oh my…
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"Here we are…" Karina coughed and opened the heavy cellar door. "Light light light light…" She muttered and looked about for a light switch.
Billy followed down the heavy wooden steps. He blinked a little, trying to adjust his eyes to the darkness.
"Aha! Here it is!" Said Karina as light filled the room at the small click of the light switch.
"Wow…" Billy goggled and looked about the dusty room. Racks upon racks of guns were bolted to the heavy cement walls. Three heavy steel gun cabinets were pushed up against the walls, locked shut. There was a heavy table in the corner with a brass tumbler, boxes of ammunition, large containers of black powder and smokeless powder, various gun cases, a huge box of primers, and a number of other things were set on it. There were two doors leading deeper in, probably stocked with guns, etc. as well.
Karina finished going down the steps and walked over to the desk. She then set her fingers on a dusty picture frame and ran her fingers along the smooth glass. She looked at the picture inside with a bittersweet look on her face for a moment, then set it back down on the table. She took a deep breath and looked back at Billy, "Do you like it?" She asked hopefully.
"Yeah…" Billy whispered and stepped further in and looked around. He walked up to Karina and said excitedly, "This is so cool!"
She laughed slightly and looked around for a moment. "I don't even remember coming in here much…"
"Really…?" Billy asked slowly. She didn't look back at him, but just nodded. Billy decided it was better to keep quiet, knowing perfectly well Karina was uncomfortable in here. His eyes landed on a medium sized black safe. "What's in here?" He asked, taking the lock between his fingers and looking over it. "Do you have the key for the lock?"
Karina walked up to him and took the safe in her hands and lifted it up. "I do… I've never opened it… but I'd rather not right now…" She said quietly. Karina set the safe back on the table and looked at Billy. "Maybe later."
"OK." Billy nodded then looked at the picture frame. He saw four people sitting on a gazebo. One was a very beautiful young woman with tied back deep azure hair. She had a set of pale cerulean highlights on the two sets of hair that ran down the sides of her face. Her pale sky blue eyes glittered, but there was a familiarity in the expression on her face and in her eyes. He then looked at the man next to her. He had wild deep violet hair and light silver eyes. His expression was light and gentle, and his arms around and little boy in his lap. The boy had pale wild blue hair and deep blue eyes and a happy look on his expressive face. Next to him was a tiny infant in the woman's arms. The child had short tufts of pale purple hair and wide, deep purple-blue eyes. Billy then looked up and recognized the pretty woman's face to be almost identical to Karina's young soft face. He then looked at her and muttered, "Karina… are these your parents...?"
"How did you guess?" Karina said jokingly and took the picture. "It was taken when I was two months old. Brad was five."
"Oh…" Billy sighed and looked back at Karina. "Your mother was very pretty…" He trailed off.
"Yes, she was…" Karina nodded and smiled.
"Like you." Billy smiled. "You two look so much alike."
"And how come you practically bit my head off when I said you looked like Jessie?" Karina giggled.
"That's different." Billy laughed slightly and looked down. "You look like your mother, which is a good thing… My looking like my father… well…" Billy trailed off and Karina smiled.
"You're handsome." She said reassuringly.
"Really…?" Billy said sarcastically. He looked at her and blushed a little.
"I think so." Karina said quietly.
"Karina…" Billy said slowly. "It hurts not having your parents… doesn't it…?"
Karina blinked and stepped back, now leaning against the wall. "It hurts not having ever known them, yes…"
He stepped forward and leaned up against the wall next to her and looked away. "I'm sorry."
She smiled and looked at him. "It's OK. I'm doing alright…"
"Karina…" Billy murmured and moved in front of her. She looked down, trying to avoid his piercing blue eyes, but he took her face in his gentle hands and made their eyes meet. Karina's eyes met Billy's and her gorgeous midnight eyes widened, as well as Billy's ice-blue eyes. Billy's breath hastened and he leaned forward. That very moment their lips pressed together and Billy tenderly pulled her closer to him.
After a moment or so they released each other and Billy looked at Karina's flushed face.
"Billy- Oh… Um…" Karina murmured and turned a darker shade of pink.
"Karina… I…" Billy began but something cut him off.
"BBBBWAAAAAAAAKKKK!!!" Came a loud screeching chicken scream.
"What the…?!" Karina blinked and pulled away.
"AHHHHH!!!" Came a wild scream.
"Uh…" Billy blinked and turned to look up the stairway. He saw a brown blur fly by with almost two dozen chickens following it. Another blur sped by on a moped shouting orders from a megaphone and blasting a blow horn. Brad walked by calmly, sipping a soda and whistling.
"Oh my god…" Karina muttered and slowly walked up the steps and joined her brother. Billy followed, shutting the cellar door.
"Hehehehe…." Brad chuckled.
"What is going on?" Billy asked gently, but was greeted by Brad snatching him and smashing him on the ground.
"You smell like my sis' perfume." Brad growled.
"Ah—what?!" Billy screeched.
"Brad, let go of him!" Karina yelled.
"Aw." Brad growled and got up and looked back at Bart. "Stupid bowl cut brat…"
"Real nice, Brad." Billy coughed.
"You're welcome, Black." Brad muttered.
"Why is Bart wearing flight clothes?" Billy murmured.
"Hey guys!" Bart screeched to a stop and pulled off his flight goggles.
"What's going on?" Karina said slowly, glancing at the chickens all pulling wrestling moves on Fei. "Where did you get those chickens??"
"Oh, those are the chickens I stole from Billy's house and kept them in the Yggdrasil's storeroom."
"So that's where they went…" Billy muttered. "Give them back, Bart!"
"All in good time, bowl boy."
"Stop referring to my hair in that way…" Billy glared at Brad and Bart.
"Whatever." Brad and Bart muttered and left to help Fei.
"I guess Brad and Bart are buddies…"
"Y-Young ones…" Came a weak voice.
"Citan?!" Karina gasped as she turned around and saw Citan gasping for air, Sigurd was already passed out on top of the sprinkler. "What happened to you?"
"Girls… makeup… malls… pain! So much PAIN!" Citan gasped and spat out a clump of grass.
"He's not normally the illiterate…" Billy murmured.
"He was attacked by the girls and they gave him a make over." Jessie said, walking up and laughing softly at Citan.
"I bought you that stupid poster, now shut up." Rico snapped as he and Ziggy walked up, Ziggy with a large poster in front of his face.
"Yahoo…" Ziggy muttered.
"Where are the girls…?" Karina asked softly.
"They stayed at the mall… I think they're gonna get more make up and junk like that…" Rico snapped and glared at Ziggy.
"Hehehehehehehe….." Ziggy laughed.
Rico then knocked Ziggy out.
Again.
"Woah…" Karina smiled. "Good job, Rico." She clapped.
The rest of the week went about the same… A few explosions, a lot of screams, mostly from Fei. Bart threw a few parties. Ziggy got knocked out a few more times. Rico knocked Ziggy out a few more times. All that good stuff, yada yada yada, let's move on.
Tis the day of the tournament.
"Let's sing!" Bart yelled and slipped a CD into Brad's CD player.
"DO NOT touch the hardware, Fatima." Brad snapped and handed a rule book to him. "It's in section A1."
"Brad, let them listen to their song." Karina smiled at Brad.
"Just as long as the drive is short." He snapped and started his car. "I still don't think we should've allowed Ziggy to take the girls in his car…"
"Then why was I invited in this car?" Karina asked softly.
"Did you read my rule book?" Brad asked. "Ziggy breaks rules 1 through 286 just by looking at you."
"Is one of them 'I shall not undress Karina with my mind?'" Billy asked.
"Yes." Brad snapped.
"Billy Breaks that rule all the time!!" Bart yelled.
"Shut up, Bart!" Billy yelled.
"Sh sh sh sh shoosh!" Bart shushed Billy. "My song about Fei is on. Billy, take it!"
"No…" Billy muttered.
"Come on." Bart grinned.
"Only if you leave me alone." Billy looked at him. "Do you promise?"
"I promise!"
"Fine…" Billy sighed.
"It's a song about me?" Fei smiled.
"Yeah!" Bart yelled as the music started.
"Bohemian Rhapsody?" Karina giggled.
"Is this the real life- Is this just fantasy- Caught in a landslide- No escape from reality-" Billy and Bart began slowly and Fei grinned. "Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see-" The continued, but then Billy took the lead.
"I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy-" Billy sang gently.
At that time Fei, Bart and Billy began to sing together. Rico growled and Sigurd shifted uncomfortably. Citan just smiled and Jessie whooped.
"Because I'm easy come, easy go, a little high, little low, " The boys continued and Billy took the lead again.
"Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me… To me." Billy continued. The music interlude came and he sat back in his seat waiting for the next verse.
"Good lord…" Brad rolled his eyes.
"Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead. Mama, life had just begun, but now I've gone and thrown it all away-- Mama ooo, didn't mean to make you cry, If I'm not back again this time tomorrow-- Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters…" Billy continued, then waited for another verse."
"Oh yeah." Bart grinned.
"He's good." Karina smiled.
"Too late, my time has come. Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time. Goodbye everybody-- I've got to go. Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth… Mama ooo…I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all--" Billy continued. "I see a little silhouetto of a man," Billy ended and Bart and Fei joined.
"Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the Fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning--very very frightening me." The three ended and Fei and Bart continued.
"Galileo," Bart sang.
"Galileo," Fei added in.
"Galileo," Bart continued.
"Galileo," Fei continued as well.
"Galileo figaro. Magnifico-" The two boys joined and Billy added in.
"But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me--" Billy murmured.
"He's just a poor boy from a poor family-" Bart and Fei yelled and pointed at Billy.
"That's enough!" Brad yelled and pulled the CD out and threw it at Bart. "No more!"
"Brad that was mean…" Karina smiled.
"Good job, Brad." Rico said gently.
"Bravo, young men." Citan clapped at Bart, Fei and Billy.
"Yes yes, bravo, boys." Jessie clapped and rolled his eyes.
"Here we are." Karina smiled and Brad parked the car.
"Dude." Bart gasped and looked out the window. "Lookit that!" He yelled and pointed at the stadium.
Fei's little front wards ponytail thing drooped and he muttered weakly.
"Don't worry Fei, you'll be fine." Karina smiled. "You're the best fighter here."
"Just cuz Kajumei is off visiting her granny…" Brad laughed.
"Brad… Kajumei doesn't have a granny…" Karina whispered.
"Yeah, sure Karina." He rolled his eyes. "Kajumei would never lie to me."
"Sure she wouldn't…" Karina muttered, looking away from Brad.
"All out!" Brad barked and Bart kicked Fei out of the car.
"You heard the man, Fei." Bart grinned and shrugged.
"Mmmm……mmmmm…." Fei whimpered.
"FEI!! FEI!!" Elly yelled, running up to him. "What did Bart do to you, sweetie?" She gasped.
"Wahhh…." Fei whined.
"Poor baby…" Elly whispered and stroked his hair. She glared at Bart.
"Get off, Ziggy!" Sierra yelled and a huge explosion was heard.
"I'll kill him." Sigurd growled.
"Getting overprotective of the gorilla, eh?" Jessie muttered.
"No… No of course not!" Sigurd blushed.
Emeralda, Maria and Sierra walked up, Sierra dusting her hands off slightly. "He tried to grab my butt." She snapped.
"Good job, Sierra." Rico nodded.
"Thank you, Rico." She grinned.
A voice over the intercom rang out: "Would all participants in the Tournament please report to the locker rooms at this time to be assigned their first opponents. Thank you."
"Good luck, Fei!" Karina smiled.
"OK, Fei, I'll escort ya, buddy." Bart grinned and slapped him on the back.
"Mmm…" Fei whimpered.
"Yeah, good luck." Billy smiled.
Everyone else said their various good luck shouts and then looked at the stadium.
"Well, I guess we have to go get our tickets." Brad said slowly.
"I want food…" Sierra muttered.
"OK, who's gonna get the food?" Brad asked slowly.
Everyone looked at Billy.
"What?" He asked gently.
"Billy-chan…" Karina whispered and clung onto him. "It would be ever so sweet if your would get our food for us, dear…" She whispered.
Billy blushed and looked away, as if to hide something.
"Billy's nose is bleeding!" Sierra laughed. "A little turned on, Black?"
"Shut up…" Billy whispered.
"Grr…" Brad growled. "Let's just go get our tickets." He snapped and stomped off to the ticket booth.
A little while later they were seated in the arena and Billy was off getting the food. The announcer's voice came in again:
"The tournament is about to begin. Round One: Fei Fong Wong vs. Iron Kallen, four minutes."
"I hope Fei does well…" Karina said gently and Elly nodded.
"Hehehe…" Bart laughed softly.
"What's so funny?" Brad snapped.
"His name." Bart giggled. "Fei Fong Wong… Hahahaha…"
Billy staggered up with a huge pile of food. He gasped slightly, "OK, I got one nacho extra cheese hold the peppers, one nacho little cheese extra peppers, one bottled water and veggie hot dog…"
"Oh! Oh the bottled water and hot dog! Those are mine!" Karina laughed.
Billy threw the food to her and continued, "Three chili dogs, one with more chili, one with less chili, one with regular chili, two sloppy Joe's, one with extra sloppy less Joe, one with more Joe and less sloppy, a foot long hot dog with everything known to man on it and a Big gulp, twenty beers…" He snapped and glared at a grinning Sierra and Jessie then continued, "Two large popcorns and three cokes…. Is that all?" Billy gasped and dropped the food on whoever ordered its lap.
"What about my candy corn and peanuts, Black?!" Bart yelled.
"Ugh…" Billy sighed and walked off.
"Poor Billy." Karina sighed and shrugged.
The intercom came again in a wild roar: "Let the tournament beeeeeee~ginnn!" It yelled and a dozen flashy lights began.
"WHOO! GO FEI!" Bart yelled and pulled out o foam finger that read, 'Kick ass, Fei!!!'.
"Fei looks ready." Karina smiled and watched Fei and Iron begin to fight. In a matter of seconds, Fei had tossed him to the side and won the first round.
"Did I miss any-" Billy began, but slipped on a piece of candy on the ground and slipped to the ground and landed at Karina's feet.
"Hi, Billy." Karina smiled.
"Ouch." He muttered.
The next eight rounds continued the same way with Fei pummeling every opponent the place threw at him.
"GO FEI!" Bart yelled again.
The intercom came over again: "The finals are next. The underdog Fei Fong Wong is going up against the Scarlet Flame."
The crowd roared and Karina blinked.
"The Scarlet Flame…" She trailed off. "Oh god…" She whimpered and looked at Brad.
A loud reverberating stomping sound filled the room and a loud song filled it as well.
"Hey, they're playing We Will Rock You!" Bart grinned.
Brad laughed dryly. "Kajumei would be so pissed if she knew they were using her theme music." He laughed softly.
"Yeah… ha… ha… haa…" Karina whimpered and made a motion to the others to scoot away from Brad.
A large chariot entered threw the huge doors. It was drawn by a group of very hot, very muscular men.
"And they're using her chariot boys…. Hahaa…" Brad giggled a little more doubtfully.
Karina whistled a little and made the scoot away signal a little more frantic.
"And… her cheerleaders…" Brad trailed off. A group of peppy cheerleaders entered bouncing around chanting.
"And… her outfit…" Brad continued as a young woman in long black pants, scarlet shoes, a red top tied back with two belt and a tight scarlet sleeveless jacket jumped off the chariot. She looked back and grinned, her red curly hair bouncing lightly.
"And… KAJUMEI!!!" He screamed and his fists tightened around the hot dog and big gulp with a crunch. The soda spilled over his had and hit the floor.
"Scoot for god's sake SCOOT!" Karina yelled and everyone slid away from Brad who was mad cowing.
"YOU LIED TO ME!!!" He screamed.
"Huh…?" Kajumei blinked and looked up in the risers. "Oh, hi sweetie!" She giggled and saw Brad, who was making strange face contortions and yelled various things. She couldn't hear him over the roar. "Oh, hi, Karina!" She yelled and waved at Karina. "Talk to ya later, girl!"
"Eeeepp…" Fei whimpered.
Bart's jaw went slack. "OH MY GOD WE'RE DOOMED!!!"
Brad was just screaming in a voice not unlike Godzilla.
The announcer came over the intercom again and yelled: "Leeeeeeeeeeeee~eeeeettt'sss get ready to rumble!"