by animeninjaNIPPON
I was devastated. It was bad enough that I had to resume that horrid pseudonym, but now everyone in America would know me by that name. Ryu, Ren, and I tried to reason with the suits, to no avail.
"Please!" Ryu cried. "Please let us keep our names!"
Ren was too proud to beg, but he found another way to get the point across.
"Now see here," he yelled, "I'll only answer to Tao Ren, or possibly Tao Len. None of this 'Lenny' crap." He pointed his weapon at the exec in warning, and in turn was forcibly calmed by two heavily-muscled suits. He managed to struggle out of their grasp, but kept silent after that.
I glanced over at Faust, who was unusually quiet considering the scenario. Then again, he didn't have to suffer a name change. Yoh stood to his right, as calm as ever. Next to him were Ponchi and Conchi, and I could hear Ponchi muttering about how he'd better be on a card if he was to endure the neutering.
"It'd better be a really powerful card, too," he continued. Suddenly, an ominous shadow loomed over him. I glanced up and nearly panicked, for there stood Hao Asakura.
"Zeke," said one exec casually. "Glad you could make it." Hao just stood there as his spirit ally, the Spirit of Fire, loomed over everyone.
"Zeke, are you ready?" another exec asked. "We're going alphabetically, and it's your turn for the photo shoot." Hao still wouldn't respond.
Hao turned around and glared at them. If looks could kill, those suits would have died twice. "You know how to address me," he replied menacingly.
Before either suit could utter so much as the predictable "Master Zeke," Hao rose to attack. Not wishing to witness such a horrible manslaughter, yet not wanting to risk my life in what was most likely a vain attempt to stop the inevitable, I turned away and dove for cover. I could feel heat against my back, and I knew I'd be hearing screams soon. But after 15 minutes, the flames died down, and the execs stood tall (although badly singed).
"Yes, Master Hao!" they sang in unity, then scrambled away.
"And that takes care of business," Hao said, then turned away with SoF.
"What was that?" Ryu asked.
"What happened?" Tokagero asked.
"Why aren't they dead?" Ren inquired.
The conversation went on like that all day. Most of us had come to the conclusion that Hao had a private meeting with the two suits. But no one knew exactly what was said.
End of part ten
