A/N: Well here goes chapter four. I will be putting five up around the same time since it has taken me uber long to update. But I hope you like. And be prepared for chapter five. It is super duper uber long. It is all crazy like Wahahaha. You know what I mean???? Well enjoy. From now on my author's notes will be written straight from the heart. If you have any questions or stuff like that put it in a review and I will answer it. Well enjoy now. Oh, anf did some freaky stuff witht he first part of my story.
Chapter 4: The Beginning of Disaster
"So you will tell us where all these skilled pilots are as long as we let you and a select few join us?" A deep menacing voice said.
"I tell you where they are and you can get rid of them. Yes, and I can give your organization so much. Me and the people I shall bring are good zoid pilots. And my family has vast amounts of money we can offer you. I have so much I could contribute to you. And these pilots have been ruining your plans for so long. And the have not even know what they were doing. The Core team does not stand a chance against them. But with me they will be killed almost immediately." Another man finished.
"Yes the Core team has proved that they cannot even take on those little welps. But I still need them infiltrating and spying on all the police actions for this city. They are doing a good enough job lying to the world right now. And when I choose I will unleash their full force upon this boring world. You have yet to see the true nature of the Core team. Especially when they are actually in their own zoids. So if I am already doing good why would I need new pilots and money. And who says that these new age punks can beat me, and avoid me forever?" The man asked.
"I never said you could not defeat them. But some of them being out of the way might help a little bit."
"Well who are these people?"
"Two of the pilots are the children of Steven Tauros. The rest are good friends who Tauros has helped. Their zoids are very unique and Tauros has been building them into warriors."
"And you think that this scares me!?" The man yelled. "Tauros can be dealt with later!"
"But there is still one more problem sir." The little man squeaked.
"And what would that be? And is it a big enough problem to stop my whole organization?" The man asked.
"Well Tauros has found the Liger 0. He has all the armors built and a very good pilot piloting the unique zoid.
"And who is this pilot?"
"His name is Bit Cloud. Son of the famous zoid scientist Josh Cloud. And now he is out for revenge."
"Well I guess all of this will add up to be a very big problem." The man stopped as if considering something for a minute. "You have a deal. You tell me where they will be after school. But I will not kill them. I have a better plan. You can join my organization and I will give you Leena Tauros."
"Ok. I will give you their location and then me and a few others can become part of your group?"
"Yes consider it done. Welcome to the Backdraft Group Mr. Champ." Harry Champ stood smiling and started to leave.
"I will find out where they will be and report back to you. Nice to join forces with you."
"Nice to have you join us." The man said as Harry left.
Bit had not stayed too long at the Tauros' the night before. Doc told him more about the armors and what he had done to improve them. The Liger 0 now stayed in the blue hover cargo because it had to change armors from there.
On his way home he had picked up the medicine for his uncle and gave it to him when he got home. His uncle took it and drifted off into a deep sleep. Bit fell asleep shortly after him and then woke up ready to go back to school. He packed all his stuff and told his uncle he would be home about an hour or two late from now on. His uncle said he did not care as long as he came home.
Bit noticed that his uncle was getting worse day by day. Bit had to do something. The medicine he was on was not helping. Maybe the others could help him out somehow. Maybe one of their parents was a doctor or something. He just decided he would talk to them about that later.
On his way to school he met up with Kouri, Ai, Rai and Katelyn.
"Hey guys. Do you usually walk this way?" Bit asked when he saw them.
"Yeah we live pretty close to each other so we just walk together in the morning. Then after school is when we meet up with everyone else." Katelyn said.
"Well how do they all get to school?" Bit asked.
"Well Kase just bought a brand new mustang convertible so everyday he picks up Ben, Brad and his girlfriend Julia." Kouri replied.
"Yeah and everyone else gets a ride from Rai's Mom. Well Leon drives Leena and Naomi to school." Ai said.
"Then why is Rai walking?" Bit asked.
"Maybe it is because I am generous and can live with a good walk. Or maybe it is because my mom hates me." Rai said as she let out a little laugh.
"I think it is because she hates you. And me." Kouri said.
"Don't say that!" Katelyn said as she smacked Kouri in his stomach. He doubled over in pain but he managed to keep walking. "Rai your mom does not hate you."
"You obviously do not know my mom." Rai said and they all laughed.
"We can just consider ourselves lucky we are not Kase." Kouri said, as an unreadable look appeared on his face.
"Why is that? He seems pretty happy." Bit said.
"I have talked to him before about personal stuff. He is hurt on the inside." Katelyn said. "He holds too much in. I feel real sorry for that guy."
"Kase!?!? He does not seem like the type to not show his emotions. He does not seem like a bottled up person. With all his friends and sports and all that I would think He would have a good life." Ai said.
"That guy is real tore up on the inside. His home life as well as his past is horrible. On the inside he is hurt and will not let anyone help him." Kouri said with a depressed look on his face.
"Thank God he has a good self control. Or he would have ripped quite a few people to shreds. God knows Kouri would not be alive. Along with most of the Champs. I do not know if I ever want to see him mad. That will be one day I regret." Rai said.
"He does let it all go every now and then. He has opened up to me a lot. We have a pretty deep friendship. He opened up to his last girlfriend Amber, but she didn't seem to understand. And when he was a freshman someone hit the wrong nerve and pissed him off. Remember guys, that was when he put that guy in the hospital. He tore him up real bad." Kouri said.
"If not for him people would have gotten hurt. People could have died. That was the day he had to drop his sister off so he came to visit us all at school. Because we were still in Middle School and he just moved on to High School. And someone broke into the school. He got caught in the lockdown in our room. Then that guy came in with a gun. He tried to use Kase as an example. But then he threatened the wrong people and said the wrong things and Kase snapped." Katelyn finished.
"How could we forget that!" Rai said. "Kase grabbed the gun and shot him in the knees. Then he beat the living crap out of him. And finally he pointed the gun right at the guy's head. Luckily you were there Kouri or he would have killed him."
"I would have never guessed anything like that about Kase." Bit said shocked.
"Just remember Bit, everyone wears a mask. No one has something they do not hide or do not want to show. Sometimes people will snap when least expected. Just be careful about what you say to people. And what you do." Ai said.
"If you do not mind me asking how did Kase snap?" Bit asked.
"Well the intruder took a few of us hostage. I guess the guy knew Kase. Or else Kase would not have cared what he said." Kouri said.
"Well what did this guy do?" Bit asked.
"Well as far as I know the intruder worked for Kase's father. He killed him and then was going to kill the rest of his family. And when he took us hostage he told Kase that. The intruder's plan was to draw Kase, his sister and his mother all to the same room and then kill them. The police instantly guarded his mother and went to school to find Kase but he was already at our school. When he came into the room he had a gun at Kouri's head. Along with Kouri was Kase's sister, Amber, Katelyn, a few others and myself." Rai said.
"Then he threatened to kill us all and rape the girls unless Kase sacrificed himself. So Kase walked up to the guy and told him 'Tomorrow will be he worst day of your life.' And when he asked why Kase told him he would be in hell. And then Kase just erupted and kicked his ass." Kouri said.
"How did he do that? Is that guy going to come back?" Ai asked.
"You did not know about this Ai?" Bit asked.
"No I just moved here last year. I have not known these guys forever. And I had heard about the incident but I did not know that it was Kase. No wonder he is so damaged on the inside." Ai replied.
"Yes that guy will be back for Kase. He escaped from jail and joined the Backdraft. Thus why Kase hates the Backdraft. But precautions have been taken. Like Kase is not his real name. But only a few people know about the name change. And we try not to bring this up around him. It is a real touchy subject." Rai said.
"And Ai that is not the reason he is messed up. He is real sick in the mind. He actually considered that to be fun. He is really unpredictable. But he is still a good friend and I will stay by his side forever." Kouri finished defiantly.
"As will the rest of us." Rai said and everyone else just nodded in agreement.
For the rest of the walk to school no one talked. The silence bothered Bit a little but he did not care. He did have to say though that what he learned about Kase today was a little shocking. He had never known someone to go through anything like that. But Kase seemed like a good guy to his friends. So Bit had no problem with him. But Bit kept thinking back to what Ai said about everyone wearing a mask. He decided that from now on he was going to watch what he said.
When they got to school the parking lot was full of buses of many different colors. Each had a flag with a schools name on it. Even though this was only Bit's second day at school, and the first time he was on time, Bit knew this was not normal.
"Hey guys, What is this all about?" Bit asked as Rai and Kouri walked off and talked to people they seemed to know.
"It is the High School Martial Arts tournament. We won most of the events last year so the tournament will be hosted here this year. There are two parts. Hand to hand and weapons. You can have teams for both events. Last year we won both hand to hand and weapon team matches. We won the hand to hand in the single tournament. But no one from our school entered the Singles weapons fight." Katelyn explained.
"Well who are the champions? Do you guys know them." Bit asked anxiously.
"Well the team hand to hand champions are Brad, Ben and Kase. Kase also won the solo hand to hand. The team weapons champions were Rai, Kouri and Kase. I think Kase likes fighting way to much." Ai said.
"So you are telling me our school is basically the god of Martial arts?" Bit said as Kouri walked back up to the group.
"Yeah basically. Last year we owned everyone. But now they have been undergoing more serious training. They have even been recruiting people. They are really out to get us this year. Too bad they still suck." Kouri laughed.
"Did you ever think you might be underestimating some of them a little bit?" Bit asked.
"Well they are facing me. How could they even hope to win?" Kouri laughed again.
"Don't try to talk Kouri out of anything. According to him he is the best. Him and Kase. Because he knows in certain areas he cannot beat Kase." Katelyn said.
"I just think he is an egotistical stubborn goat." Ai said.
"Come on guys. Is it my fault I am the best!" Kouri boasted.
"Well good luck." Bit said.
"Don't tell me that. Save it for my opponents." Kouri said as Rai walked back up to the group.
"Is he being arrogant again?" Rai asked.
"Yep." Ai and Katelyn answered in unison.
"Well Kouri you might want to stop. The Tatsuya School has gotten better. They said they would meet us in the championship. But they boast that they will beat us." Rai said.
"Poor Rai sounds a little worried." Kouri said as he reached up and started to pinch Rai's cheeks in a grandfatherly way. Until Rai smacked him onto the concrete.
"You idiot. They copied all of our styles and are planning to fight fire with fire. They even have someone that learned Tai Chi from the same master as Kase. They basically made an exact duplicate of Kase! Look over there one second!" Rai said as she pointed off towards one of the buses.
At one of the buses was someone who looked a lot like Kase. He was built and about the same height. He even had the long silver hair. He was going through a few forms and stances that everyone took to be Tai Chi. There were almost no differences between them.
"Are you sure that that is not Kase!?" Kouri asked.
"Yeah I am sure. One Kase would never be at school this early. And that guy has tattoos on his arms but they are slightly different from the ones Kase wears."
"Kase has tattoos?" Bit asked. Bit had not seen them the other day.
"Yeah he just usually wears long sleeves. Unless he is in a serious fight he will shed the long sleeve shirt and he wears a muscle shirt underneath. Kase has an Eagle with a Harley Davidson banner on his left arm. And on his right arm he has a Timber Wolf fighting a White Tiger. He claims to have a tattoo on his back but I have never seen it. That guy over there has a panther fighting a lion and on the other arm he has a hawk. I think they went overboard by making him almost exactly the same as Kase. I am worried that this guy might beat Kase though." Rai said with a worried look on her face.
"There is no way that guy will beat Kase. But who knows, Kase may not even make it to the tournament this year." Kouri said.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Katelyn said.
"Well you all know I am pretty close to he guy. When we first met all we did was spar. I learned a lot and I know how he fights. I know all his moves, stances, forms and attacks. So I made up a fighting style to compete against Tai Chi. I blended so many martial Arts together and I think I can fight him now." Kouri said. "So I am going to enter the tournament to try and become our school champion."
"Won't Kase be mad if you beat him? Even before the tournament? I would be pissed if I got beat in the preliminaries." Bit said.
"Well I came up with a theory about Kase." Kouri said.
"Oh yeah! This ought to be great!" Rai said sarcastically.
"No listen. I think I might have hit something here. He joins all the sports and martial arts teams so that he can compete with other people. But he blows everyone out of the water. I think that is how he takes his frustration out. And I think he is looking for someone to beat him. Or to be an equal to him. And I think he would e proud if I beat him because he helped teach me a lot. So maybe he can get rid of a lot of emotions by finding an equal. And I plan to beat him today. You will see." Kouri finished sincerely.
"Well it is a worthy goal but it will not happen. Neither you or Kase will make it past us this year." Someone said from behind the group. They all turned to see Harry and two of his goons. "But is was a heartwarming speech. It touched me deep down." Harry said rubbing his chest.
"Harry what the fuck do you want today?" Rai asked.
"Well I was actually out scouting for some cheerleaders. I think you and Katelyn would be a good choice. So how about it."
"If I cheer for anyone I cheer for Ben. Fuck off you Dickheads!" Katelyn screamed. "Look you made me cuss. Stupid bastards!"
"Well if you will not come willingly I will take you by force. Myles, Tyler, get Katelyn and Rai. I was looking for Leena but these two will do." Harry said. Harry's two goons ran at the two girls but one was met by Rai's fist. The other got to Katelyn and grabbed her. But he fell hard to the concrete. He got up to see that his attacker was Kouri.
While Harry's two goons were occupied Bit took his chance. He ran as fast as he cold towards Harry. Then he jumped up and kicked the unexpecting Harry in the chest. Harry's smile was wiped off his face immediately. Bit's attack was strong and sent them both to the ground. Harry recovered fast and pounced on top of Bit and punched him in the face. He drew his right arm back slowly for the next punch but Bit turned the tables. He flipped Harry onto his back and started to punch him as hard and fast as he could.
But then from behind Bit was snatched up into the air. He noticed that two men were holding him. He looked around and noticed some more of Harry's goons had come to the rescue. Three guys were holding Kouri and there was one guy to every girl.
"Look boss," The goon that was holding Katelyn said. "You can do whatever you want with them now. Watch this." He said as he dipped Katelyn down into a dramatic kiss that she tried to struggle free from. The big guy pulled away from the kiss and just looked at Katelyn. "What's wrong pretty? Oh, you don't like me. Hey Tyler why don't you try?" He yelled over to the guy holding Rai.
"Alright Rai. I will make your dreams come true." He said as he dipped Rai down for a kiss. But to his surprise Rai sunk her teeth into his lip. "Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Your dirty bitch!" He yelled and started to squeeze Rai harder and she started to scream.
"Harry stop this you prick!" Bit yelled. Harry had finally gotten to his feet and was facing Bit.
"Everyone keep a good hold on all these welps. And their wenches too. I will decide what to do with them after I deal with Mr. Cloud over here. And you Kouri, you will be hurt to bad to be in the tournament." Harry said and he started to punch Bit in the stomach. But all Bit could do was laugh.
"You punch like my sister would have if I had one. You are a pussy." Bit laughed.
"Well we will see how funny you think this is." Harry said and he punched Bit as hard as he could in Bit's private region. Bit doubled over and was dead weight in the guy's arms. "One of you two come and help me." One of the guys holding Bit went down and stood by Harry while the other guy just held Bit tighter. Harry started to punch him in he stomach again while the other guy let off slow, but powerful, punches to his face. Bit could feel the pain spread across his body until he felt like he could no longer move.
After a few minutes of that torture they dropped him onto the ground and were moving towards Kouri. But Bit looked out to the street and a car was coming very fast towards them. It was a streak of red and a blast of Heavy Metal Music. Everyone's attention was now on the car. For Bit's friends a look of joy crossed their Face. But for the Champs it was a look of fear. Most of them dropped whom they were holding and ran. But Kouri and Rai each tripped one. And three cocky ones stayed behind to fight the new arrivals.
"The cars brake screeched and out came Brad, Ben and Kase. With Rai and Kouri's help it was now a five on five match. One of the Champs managed to get away but the rest were pummeled into the ground. In a matter of seconds everyone was ok and there were four Champs on the ground moaning in pain. Everyone was fine, except for Bit. Another woman got out of the car and walked up to Bit. Bit looked at her and he was a looker. Nice long, curly dirty blonde hair. And the body was filled out to. Nice front and back. Despite the pain Bit could only wonder if she was single.
"Damn they got you good. Kase come here. I think he will need help getting to the nurse." She yelled and Kase and the rest ran over.
"What happened kid? Are you ok? Do you need help to get to the nurse's office?" Kase asked. "Oh wait. Bit this is my girlfriend Julia. Julia this is Bit. He is a new kid." Damn, she is not single, Bit thought.
"First of all, slow the hell down with the questions. And would you need help to the nurse if you got kicked in your nuts and did not know where the nurse's office was? Bit asked.
"Well do you need us to help you walk then?" Brad asked.
"Yep." Bit replied. Brad and Kase helped Bit up and put his arm around his shoulders.
"Kouri what happened?" Kase asked.
"Well we had a little run in with the Champs. They are going to enter the tournament this year. I think they were trying to take us out so that we could not compete. I think they were going to come after you next." Kouri finished.
"I would love the day when they got enough guts to jump me. So guys, what word do we have on the tournament?" Kase asked.
"Well the Tatsuya tournament looks like our biggest threat. They improved their team and they breed someone to fight you in the hand to hand. He looks like your freaking twin. And he learned Tai Chi from he same master as you. And for the team matches there is a new rule. You can have up to three more people than your opponent can.
"So we will be outnumbered all day then. Sounds like fun." Kase said as a grin split his face in two.
"But Kase, you have a new challenger today. You might get beat in the preliminaries." Katelyn said. Kouri tried to shy his face away from Kase so he could not make eye contact. Everyone was silent for a moment until Kase spoke.
"Kouri, I would be honored to fight you today. But you better make it worthwhile or it will be the worst day of your life. I will not go easy on you. And if you do beat me I will be proud of you. And I will support you all the way. But if you beat me and do not win the championship I will kick your ass. Understood?" Kase asked looking down at Kouri.
"No prob. I will meet you in the ring later then." Kouri said as he extended his hand. Kase reached out and grabbed Kouri's hand for a friendly handshake.
"Well I think the prelims will be the best matches of the day." Kase replied. The had finally reached the nurse and handed Bit off to her telling her that another school had jumped him. Everyone left and Kase stayed behind for a moment.
"Today we only have two periods and then the tournament starts. Do you want to come down to watch?" Kase asked.
"Hell yeah. I want to see you guys in action." Bit said as enthusiastically as he could.
"Well then I will send a few people to pick you up in like an hour. That way you can get some good seats." Kase said.
"Well I will see you guys then." Bit said.
"Oh and Bit."
"Yeah Kase."
"I saw the way you looked at Julia today. Try to keep that to a minimum." Kase said.
"Alright. I will do that." Bit said as they both laughed a little.
"Well Take care kid." Kase waved as he left.
"Don't worry she will give me some medicine and I will be out until someone comes for me." Bit said as Kase walked out of sight. And sure enough as he turned around the nurse had some medicine for him. He took it and drifted off into a dream filled street.
"Yeah boss I know where they will be after school. The High School Martial Arts tournament is being held at Twilight High School. Yeah I'm sure they will be here. I made sure of that this morning. Yep. Positive. Remember you get all of them except Leena Tauros. She is mine. Ok. I will make sure she will fight for you as well. So after today you will be unstoppable. I look forward to working with you. Yep. All right. Bye boss." Harry said. He put his phone in his pocket and walked out of the abandoned restroom that he had some of his men watch.
"Well boys, our dreams can all come true today. So what do you say we go watch everything happen?" Harry said and the group burst into quite laughs. Today was going to be the day of their dreams. That guy Bit will be out of the way and Leena will be mine once and for all. Those punks won't even see it coming. Today will be the best day of my life. Harry thought as he laughed silently to himself.
Bit had no clue what time it was but the nurse was shaking him awake. While Bit was asleep he had dreamed of the weirdest things. That medicine might have been to strong, Bit thought. He looked around the room and saw four people standing there looking at him. It was Jess, Katelyn, Leena and Jade.
"Damn man they kicked the shit out of you." Jess said as she laughed a little but then Katelyn smacked her arm.
"He was triple teamed. He had no chance. Stop messing with him. Are you ok?" Leena asked as she reached out and brushed his cheek. What a heavenly touch, Bit thought.
"Yeah I feel a little better now. Thanks for asking Leena." Bit said as he smiled up to Leena. Bit did not know why but it really warmed his heart when she smiled back at him. But laughing in the background ruined his perfect moment.
"Well, well, well. Is Leena going for the new guy? Jade said snickering.
"I think so Jade. What do you think Katelyn?" Jess asked.
"What are you talking about? I am ashamed that you ask me such a question. Jeez, I thought anyone could see the sparks coming from those two." Katelyn laughed. Both Bit and Leena blushed but Leena looked a little angry.
"Me go for the new kid? Never, how dare you all think that. I am ashamed to call you friends." Leena looked a Bit one more time and an unreadable look crossed her face. Maybe I was wrong. She was just faking the whole time. Maybe I should just stop looking at all the girls, Bit thought.
"Well come one Bit. We found some good seats. And everyone is waiting for us. The preliminaries probably already started." Jade said.
"Yeah come on. Let's go guys." Jess said. Bit got up off his bed and thanked the nurse. Then they practically ran the rest of the way.
"Where is this tournament at anyway?" Bit asked. "And how good are the seats?"
"Well it is being held out in the stadium where all the other sports are played. And since we were the champions last year Kouri and everyone reserved us the best seats. We are right up front so that we can see everything. We are directly across from the judges. And we get to sit by the special guest!" Katelyn said excited.
"Who is the special guest?" Bit asked.
"Grand Master Chung!" Jess squealed.
"And who s this guy?" Bit asked.
"You know that guy that is exactly like Kase. Well word got out about the possibility of the match so they brought in Grand Master Chung. He taught Kase and that guy from Tatsuya High. He is going to be the referee for that match. And I think that he is rooting for Kase." Jade said. "Now hurry up you slow poke. We are already missing some of the preliminaries!" She said. And from then on it was a flat out sprint to get to the stadium.
By the time they got there they had missed a lot. For the solo weapons Leon was representing their school. For the team tournament with weapons it was the team of Rai, Kouri and Kase. For the hand to hand team competition it would be Brad, Ben, Kouri and Kase.
"So they took Kouri in as well. I doubt they can be beaten now. Even with that new rule." Jess said as they sat down with the rest of that group. Waiting for them there was Jamie, Ai, Julia, Naomi, Brad, Ben and a few other people that had been mentioned once or twice. Bit remembered them to be Kyle, Richard and Geoff from their band.
"Hey guys." Bit said as he took his seat in-between Katelyn and Leena.
"Hey." Richard replied. Geoff had huge headphones and was listening to a band called Mudvayne. Kyle had on headphones as well and he was blasting some Puddle of Mudd.
"Richard is a little shy. And the other two cannot hear you right now. But look what we made it just in time for. Kase versus Kouri." Katelyn said and they all turned to watch the long awaited match. Everyone glued his or her eyes to the ring for the match that was about to begin. The referee walked up and talked to both of them real quick and then went and talked to the judge.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. You are here now to witness the preliminary match for Twilight High. The match is for the Solo Hand to Hand competition. The defending champion, Kaseijin Hoshikuro, will be facing off against the challenger, Kouri Noyami. Kaseijin uses a well-mastered form of Tai Chi, and Kouri uses a style made up by mixing street styles and various Martial Arts. The winner of this match will be promoted to the tournament as Champion of Twilight High School."
"So he plans to use a blend of techniques. A very smart child that Kouri. Not one style alone can beat Tai Chi. He might actually be able to do it." Said an old man dressed in black robes sitting next to Leena.
"Well Grand Master Chung, Kouri is the underdog for more than on reason. Kaseijin is Faster, Stronger and has had more time to perfect his Tai Chi. Kouri just came up with this style. How could he possibly win?" Leena asked.
"Well you see Tai Chi is a dance. You have to know your opponent's style and when he will make his move. It will be difficult for Kase to complete his dance with attacks if he does not know what is coming at him. Kouri may be the underdog but right now he has the upperhand. And Kase knows it. This will be a god match. Watch closely because one of theses two boys will be the champion." Grand Master Chung said.
"Well what about that other bot you taught?" Bit asked.
"Young Mr. Taiko? He does not have enough discipline to beat Kase. And If Kouri can beat Kase Taiko will be destroyed. Taiko craves power and he wants it fast. He is undisciplined and impatient. Kase knows this as well. I trained them both at the same time. Taiko always tried to beat Kase but never could. So he started to copy Kase at everything he did. He tried to make himself a clone of Kase. But he couldn't. He will stand no chance against either of these two. Now let's just watch these two."
An announcer had taken a seat by the judge and started to talk.
"Can anyone else feel the tension in here. Two friends that teamed with each other for both the team events now fighting against each other. And Kouri got some techniques from Kase. I guess you could say this is Master versus pupil. Well here it goes. The judge is up on the platform. Who will be the victor!?" The announcer said.
"Well it all comes down to this Kouri. Are you ready?" Kase asked.
"You bet. There is no way you are going to get off easy." Kouri replied.
"Well at least I know you will be a better challenge then the Chumps." Kase said and him and Kouri shared a laugh.
"Yeah we kicked their ass. I wonder how the nurse is going to feel about that when she gets them all up there."
"Yeah and Leon Kicked the Shit out of Harry. I almost feel sorry for him." Kase said.
"And then in the team weapons I think I broke someone's knees with my staff. Oh well, their loss." Kouri said.
"Well get serious. Here comes the ref." Kase said and they both looked to the ref. The ref walked up and stood in-between Kouri and Kase.
"You both know the rules this year, correct." Th ref asked looking back and forth between the two.
"Rules!? What rules?" Kase asked with a smirk on his face.
"Yeah I didn't hear about any stinkin rules." Kouri said half laughing.
"Very funny Mr. Hoshikuro and you too Mr. Noyami. The rules are: no weapons. And ring outs are a disqualification. There is a three-minute time limit. As long as it is some kind of Martial Arts, or it at least looks cool, I will let it slide. This is not wrestling or a bar room brawl. So let's keep everything fair. Now shake hands." Kouri and Kase extended their hands towards each other and wished each other good luck.
"Fighters take your stances." Th ref called out. Kase sat down on the ground Indian style with his arms out in front of him. Kouri dropped into a low stance with his right leg extended far in front of him. On hand was close and one was far away.
"You think you ca take me sitting down?" Kouri asked.
"You are good and I want to win. I am going to start out strong." Kase replied.
"Well you won't beat me like that." Kouri boasted.
"I would like to see you stop me." Kase said as he closed his eyes and let his smile light up his face.
"Fighters are you ready?" The ref asked. Kouri gave him a nod but Kase had to shed his shirt. Even the undershirt so that he was bare chested. He walked to the side of the ring and threw his shirts off to the side. Muscles rippled as he moved. And without a shirt he revealed to the crowd the tattoo that no one had seen. On his back was a scene of a forest. An eagle flew overhead the forest the wolf and tiger from his right arm fought on the ground. But the forest was on fire. It seemed each animal had a little bit of fire on them somewhere. Kouri caught a quick glimpse and stared in awe.
"I bet hat hurt a lot.
"Yep."
"Does it have any kind of meaning?" Kouri asked.
"Yep."
"What would that be?" Kouri asked.
"I will tell you one day but today is not the day. Today we shall fight. I am ready now." Kase said as he sat back down and went back into the same stance.
"When I say 'fight' the three minutes will start."
"Well here goes nothing." Kouri said.
"Fighters ready!" Kouri and Kase were now completely still and unmoving. Both thinking out what their first move would have to be.
"Fighters take your stances!" The ref yelled but that was pointless because they were already in their stances.
"Ready............Fight!" The ref yelled and he stepped out of he ring. For the first five seconds neither of them moved. But then Kouri rushed at Kase and sent a quick kick for his head. Kase blocked it effortlessly with his eyes closed.
"If you want to his me you will have to be lighter on your feet." Kase said. Kouri pulled back his kick and kicked with his other leg, again aiming for his head. Kase caught this one also but had a counter ready. Kase launched up out of his stance still holding Kouri's leg. His right palm slammed into Kouri's ribs and Kase used the rest of his momentum to flip Kouri onto his Back.
"Well now I am standing and my eyes are open. Stand up and fight me Kouri Noyami." Kase taunted. Kouri stood up and prepared his next attack. He couldn't believe Kase was toying with him. Anger swelled up in Kouri and blinded his thoughts. He rushed at Kase but instead of attacking first he let Kase throw the first fist. He dodged this and then stepped on his foot. Kouri elbowed Kase in the Face and then stepped off and kicked him n the stomach. Kouri's attack sent him flying to the edge of the ring.
"Shit! I needed you to fall out of the ring." Kouri said as he let out a few more curses.
"But that would be an easy win for you. Besides, I made you angry. So now you will be fighting your best. But now I am pissed off. You better hope I miss from now on." Kase said as he walked towards Kouri. Kouri rushed at him and sent an onslaught of attacks but Kase just danced around him. Then Kase went low for a trip and caught Kouri's legs. As Kouri was falling Kase's palm slammed into his ribs and sent him straight towards the ground. As Kouri was on the ground e was hit with another open palmed attack to the chest. Kase backed off and gave Kouri a chance to get up. When Kouri got up he ran and tried to jump kick Kase. But he danced around that too and then sent an open palm towards Kouri's face. It connected and sent Kouri back to the mat.
Kouri got up once again to see Kase walking to him. Kouri ran and tried to punch him but Kase used the momentum of the punch as he grabbed Kouri's arm and flipped him over his back. As soon as Kouri hit the mat a fist slammed into his left thigh. Kase walked back a few steps as Kouri staggered to his feet. Kouri knew he would have to knock Kase out of the ring or knock him unconscious. And there was about thirty seconds left on the clock.
Kouri charged once more and put all his power into a right-footed kick. But Kase ducked under that and then he hammered another one into his left thigh. Kouri started to fall but Kase hit him in his back and then twice in his right thigh.
"Time! And the winner is Kaseijin Hoshikuro!" From the stands there was a mix of cheering, booing and indifference. Kouri still lay on the ground. He was not hurt too much. Except for his face and ribs. Kase walked over and helped his friend up.
"You alright?" He asked.
"Yeah. But you did a number on my face. And my ribs for that matter. But why did you hit me in the legs.
"There are pressure points in the thigh. For up to an hour it will be extremely painful to walk. But after that you will be fine. I wanted to slow you down but not too much that you would be of no use later when we are on the same team."
"Well I guess I should thank you then. It is strange though. I knew I wasn't going full force. And I knew you weren't either. But I think at that level of performance we could beat anyone else in this tournament." Kouri said.
"I think you are right. Now that was the only match that I could have lost. Now it is time to go and own all these people. What say you Kouri Noyami?"
"I say give my legs an hour or two and I will be ready to even take on the Backdraft group." Kouri said smiling.
"Well for now we can just go sit with the others. We have a while before we have to fight."
"Sounds like a plan. Man, I am going to hear it from some of them." Kouri joked and they both walked out of the ring towards their companions.
"So Grand Master Chung, since Kase won you think he is going to win the tournament?" Leena asked.
"No. I know he will win Ms. Tauros."
"How can you be certain?" Leena asked.
"Well I will make you a deal. If he does not win I will pay you $500. Do we have a deal then?" Grand Master Chung asked.
"Heck yeah we have a deal. You better hope you are right."
"Um, Ms. Tauros. What do I get when he wins?" Grand Master Chung asked.
"Um, let's see. How about I help you at your dojo for a week?" Leena said.
"Ok. That sounds fair." He said.
"You better watch out Leena. Kase lives to fight." Rai said as she joined the group. "I hope Grand Master Chung has you doing hard work when you are at the dojo."
"Well we will have to wait and see how things happen." Leena said.
"Even though you know Kase is going to win. Sometimes you are really retarded." Jade said shaking her head. Kouri and Kase had just gotten back up to the group. Kase was once again fully clothed.
"Jeez Kouri, Kase whooped you good." Jess said.
"I told you this was suicide." Katelyn said.
"Taking in all the facts and statistics it should have been obvious to you that you would lose." Ai said.
"You were completely over matched." Jamie said.
"Hey guys leave him alone! He has more heart than most of you would. Would any of you have fought Kase?" Leon asked as he walked back up to the group. There was a silence filled with a few murmurs.
"I didn't think any of you would. Kase would have destroyed you all too." Brad said.
"Well I might be able to take him. Not in Martial Arts, maybe wrestling or street fighting." Ben said smiling.
"Maybe Ben. We will have to find out some day." Kase said. He walked over to Julia and gave her a hug and was about to kiss her when he heard people behind him.
"Just come on and kiss the girl. Lalalala." Kouri sang. A few more people joined in and sang the song from little mermaid with Kouri. Finally Kase just got tired of them and stooped down a little and led Julia with a long kiss. When they finally broke apart from each other more comments filled the air.
"Jeez, you think you took long enough. We do have plans for today." Brad said.
"Woah look at him go. Hey Julia when you are done send him over to my place." Katelyn teased.
"All right, all right. You all can shut up now." Kase said and everyone started to laugh. And Kase caught a glimpse of the special guest. "Grand Master Chung. I did not know you two were coming today." Kase said as he put his hands together and bowed to his Master.
"Well two of my students will face each other today. How could I afford to miss that." He said.
"Yes, I did hear that my old friend Mr. Taiko would be here today. That was another reason I could not let Kouri win. Taiko and I have a score to settle. And I plan to show him who is better once and for all." Kase said.
"Just make sure you stay calm. In your match with Kouri you lost you calm and were fighting wildly. If you are completely calm and in control of yourself you should never have to open your eyes to fight. Remember about your peace of mind also. Stay calm and you win," Grand Master Chung Finished.
"Please excuse this announcement." The announcer for the tournament called. The tournaments have been drawn out and the order of fights are ready. The tournament shall resume in two to three hours. Fighters go and prepare yourselves." All the different schools merged back into their groups and boarded their buses. The buses all pulled out leaving the school parking lot looking normal once again.
"Look at this. This is just great. Everyone else gets to leave while we are stuck here." Jade exclaimed.
"Well what are you supposed to be doing right now?" Grand Master Chung asked.
"Well we have lunch and then we have to finish out the rest of the day." Rai said.
"Well if you young kids don't rat me out I can take you all out to eat somewhere. But if you can pay for yourself you need to pay. But I will pay for at least Kouri and Kase." Grand Master Chung said. Jade walked up to The Grand Master and put an arm around his shoulder.
"Well Mr. Grand Master guy. I come from a poor family, and I won't eat a lot. I have a few bucks but I was wondering if you could help with the rest.
"Stop the act Jade. We all know that you have a real rich Father. Go get money from him!" Ai yelled.
"Here. I got an idea. Everyone in the tournament I will pay for. The rest of you have to come up with your own money. Now I will drive with Kase. I will meet you all there."
"Wait how will Rai, Ai, Katelyn and me get to where we are going?" Bit asked.
"Well Rai, call your mom and ask your dad to drive the other car." Katelyn said.
"If you have another car why do we have to walk!" Bit exclaimed.
"He is very sleepy. Give me a sec. Let me cal real quick." Rai walked off and called her house and was back in less than a minute. " Alright we all have rides. Kase since you are the victor of the day it should be your choice of the restaurant." Rai said.
"Hey! What about the runner up!?" Kouri said a little outraged. "I did good too." He said and everyone just laughed as they loaded into the cars.
"I am going to go to a pizza buffet. Just follow me everyone. Rai, when your mom gets here give me a call and I will tell you where we are. I think I might go to the new mall downtown. See you there." Kase said.
"Great. Now we have to wait for a ride while they go and steal all my food!" Jade said.
"Jade, shut up!" The remaining people shouted in unison.
"Mean people." Jade said as she watched Rai's parents pull into the parking lot. They all piled in and headed to the new mall.
A/N: Well the next chapter there will be a lot of action. Hope you like it. Just keep reading and reviewing. Please no flamers. Especially from you Kouri. Just to let you know most of the characters are based on some of my friends. Some people have been changed though and are just original characters. Kaseijin Hoshikuro is now an original character because of what I did to his past. Well talk to you all later.
Kaze Holimion
Chapter 4: The Beginning of Disaster
"So you will tell us where all these skilled pilots are as long as we let you and a select few join us?" A deep menacing voice said.
"I tell you where they are and you can get rid of them. Yes, and I can give your organization so much. Me and the people I shall bring are good zoid pilots. And my family has vast amounts of money we can offer you. I have so much I could contribute to you. And these pilots have been ruining your plans for so long. And the have not even know what they were doing. The Core team does not stand a chance against them. But with me they will be killed almost immediately." Another man finished.
"Yes the Core team has proved that they cannot even take on those little welps. But I still need them infiltrating and spying on all the police actions for this city. They are doing a good enough job lying to the world right now. And when I choose I will unleash their full force upon this boring world. You have yet to see the true nature of the Core team. Especially when they are actually in their own zoids. So if I am already doing good why would I need new pilots and money. And who says that these new age punks can beat me, and avoid me forever?" The man asked.
"I never said you could not defeat them. But some of them being out of the way might help a little bit."
"Well who are these people?"
"Two of the pilots are the children of Steven Tauros. The rest are good friends who Tauros has helped. Their zoids are very unique and Tauros has been building them into warriors."
"And you think that this scares me!?" The man yelled. "Tauros can be dealt with later!"
"But there is still one more problem sir." The little man squeaked.
"And what would that be? And is it a big enough problem to stop my whole organization?" The man asked.
"Well Tauros has found the Liger 0. He has all the armors built and a very good pilot piloting the unique zoid.
"And who is this pilot?"
"His name is Bit Cloud. Son of the famous zoid scientist Josh Cloud. And now he is out for revenge."
"Well I guess all of this will add up to be a very big problem." The man stopped as if considering something for a minute. "You have a deal. You tell me where they will be after school. But I will not kill them. I have a better plan. You can join my organization and I will give you Leena Tauros."
"Ok. I will give you their location and then me and a few others can become part of your group?"
"Yes consider it done. Welcome to the Backdraft Group Mr. Champ." Harry Champ stood smiling and started to leave.
"I will find out where they will be and report back to you. Nice to join forces with you."
"Nice to have you join us." The man said as Harry left.
Bit had not stayed too long at the Tauros' the night before. Doc told him more about the armors and what he had done to improve them. The Liger 0 now stayed in the blue hover cargo because it had to change armors from there.
On his way home he had picked up the medicine for his uncle and gave it to him when he got home. His uncle took it and drifted off into a deep sleep. Bit fell asleep shortly after him and then woke up ready to go back to school. He packed all his stuff and told his uncle he would be home about an hour or two late from now on. His uncle said he did not care as long as he came home.
Bit noticed that his uncle was getting worse day by day. Bit had to do something. The medicine he was on was not helping. Maybe the others could help him out somehow. Maybe one of their parents was a doctor or something. He just decided he would talk to them about that later.
On his way to school he met up with Kouri, Ai, Rai and Katelyn.
"Hey guys. Do you usually walk this way?" Bit asked when he saw them.
"Yeah we live pretty close to each other so we just walk together in the morning. Then after school is when we meet up with everyone else." Katelyn said.
"Well how do they all get to school?" Bit asked.
"Well Kase just bought a brand new mustang convertible so everyday he picks up Ben, Brad and his girlfriend Julia." Kouri replied.
"Yeah and everyone else gets a ride from Rai's Mom. Well Leon drives Leena and Naomi to school." Ai said.
"Then why is Rai walking?" Bit asked.
"Maybe it is because I am generous and can live with a good walk. Or maybe it is because my mom hates me." Rai said as she let out a little laugh.
"I think it is because she hates you. And me." Kouri said.
"Don't say that!" Katelyn said as she smacked Kouri in his stomach. He doubled over in pain but he managed to keep walking. "Rai your mom does not hate you."
"You obviously do not know my mom." Rai said and they all laughed.
"We can just consider ourselves lucky we are not Kase." Kouri said, as an unreadable look appeared on his face.
"Why is that? He seems pretty happy." Bit said.
"I have talked to him before about personal stuff. He is hurt on the inside." Katelyn said. "He holds too much in. I feel real sorry for that guy."
"Kase!?!? He does not seem like the type to not show his emotions. He does not seem like a bottled up person. With all his friends and sports and all that I would think He would have a good life." Ai said.
"That guy is real tore up on the inside. His home life as well as his past is horrible. On the inside he is hurt and will not let anyone help him." Kouri said with a depressed look on his face.
"Thank God he has a good self control. Or he would have ripped quite a few people to shreds. God knows Kouri would not be alive. Along with most of the Champs. I do not know if I ever want to see him mad. That will be one day I regret." Rai said.
"He does let it all go every now and then. He has opened up to me a lot. We have a pretty deep friendship. He opened up to his last girlfriend Amber, but she didn't seem to understand. And when he was a freshman someone hit the wrong nerve and pissed him off. Remember guys, that was when he put that guy in the hospital. He tore him up real bad." Kouri said.
"If not for him people would have gotten hurt. People could have died. That was the day he had to drop his sister off so he came to visit us all at school. Because we were still in Middle School and he just moved on to High School. And someone broke into the school. He got caught in the lockdown in our room. Then that guy came in with a gun. He tried to use Kase as an example. But then he threatened the wrong people and said the wrong things and Kase snapped." Katelyn finished.
"How could we forget that!" Rai said. "Kase grabbed the gun and shot him in the knees. Then he beat the living crap out of him. And finally he pointed the gun right at the guy's head. Luckily you were there Kouri or he would have killed him."
"I would have never guessed anything like that about Kase." Bit said shocked.
"Just remember Bit, everyone wears a mask. No one has something they do not hide or do not want to show. Sometimes people will snap when least expected. Just be careful about what you say to people. And what you do." Ai said.
"If you do not mind me asking how did Kase snap?" Bit asked.
"Well the intruder took a few of us hostage. I guess the guy knew Kase. Or else Kase would not have cared what he said." Kouri said.
"Well what did this guy do?" Bit asked.
"Well as far as I know the intruder worked for Kase's father. He killed him and then was going to kill the rest of his family. And when he took us hostage he told Kase that. The intruder's plan was to draw Kase, his sister and his mother all to the same room and then kill them. The police instantly guarded his mother and went to school to find Kase but he was already at our school. When he came into the room he had a gun at Kouri's head. Along with Kouri was Kase's sister, Amber, Katelyn, a few others and myself." Rai said.
"Then he threatened to kill us all and rape the girls unless Kase sacrificed himself. So Kase walked up to the guy and told him 'Tomorrow will be he worst day of your life.' And when he asked why Kase told him he would be in hell. And then Kase just erupted and kicked his ass." Kouri said.
"How did he do that? Is that guy going to come back?" Ai asked.
"You did not know about this Ai?" Bit asked.
"No I just moved here last year. I have not known these guys forever. And I had heard about the incident but I did not know that it was Kase. No wonder he is so damaged on the inside." Ai replied.
"Yes that guy will be back for Kase. He escaped from jail and joined the Backdraft. Thus why Kase hates the Backdraft. But precautions have been taken. Like Kase is not his real name. But only a few people know about the name change. And we try not to bring this up around him. It is a real touchy subject." Rai said.
"And Ai that is not the reason he is messed up. He is real sick in the mind. He actually considered that to be fun. He is really unpredictable. But he is still a good friend and I will stay by his side forever." Kouri finished defiantly.
"As will the rest of us." Rai said and everyone else just nodded in agreement.
For the rest of the walk to school no one talked. The silence bothered Bit a little but he did not care. He did have to say though that what he learned about Kase today was a little shocking. He had never known someone to go through anything like that. But Kase seemed like a good guy to his friends. So Bit had no problem with him. But Bit kept thinking back to what Ai said about everyone wearing a mask. He decided that from now on he was going to watch what he said.
When they got to school the parking lot was full of buses of many different colors. Each had a flag with a schools name on it. Even though this was only Bit's second day at school, and the first time he was on time, Bit knew this was not normal.
"Hey guys, What is this all about?" Bit asked as Rai and Kouri walked off and talked to people they seemed to know.
"It is the High School Martial Arts tournament. We won most of the events last year so the tournament will be hosted here this year. There are two parts. Hand to hand and weapons. You can have teams for both events. Last year we won both hand to hand and weapon team matches. We won the hand to hand in the single tournament. But no one from our school entered the Singles weapons fight." Katelyn explained.
"Well who are the champions? Do you guys know them." Bit asked anxiously.
"Well the team hand to hand champions are Brad, Ben and Kase. Kase also won the solo hand to hand. The team weapons champions were Rai, Kouri and Kase. I think Kase likes fighting way to much." Ai said.
"So you are telling me our school is basically the god of Martial arts?" Bit said as Kouri walked back up to the group.
"Yeah basically. Last year we owned everyone. But now they have been undergoing more serious training. They have even been recruiting people. They are really out to get us this year. Too bad they still suck." Kouri laughed.
"Did you ever think you might be underestimating some of them a little bit?" Bit asked.
"Well they are facing me. How could they even hope to win?" Kouri laughed again.
"Don't try to talk Kouri out of anything. According to him he is the best. Him and Kase. Because he knows in certain areas he cannot beat Kase." Katelyn said.
"I just think he is an egotistical stubborn goat." Ai said.
"Come on guys. Is it my fault I am the best!" Kouri boasted.
"Well good luck." Bit said.
"Don't tell me that. Save it for my opponents." Kouri said as Rai walked back up to the group.
"Is he being arrogant again?" Rai asked.
"Yep." Ai and Katelyn answered in unison.
"Well Kouri you might want to stop. The Tatsuya School has gotten better. They said they would meet us in the championship. But they boast that they will beat us." Rai said.
"Poor Rai sounds a little worried." Kouri said as he reached up and started to pinch Rai's cheeks in a grandfatherly way. Until Rai smacked him onto the concrete.
"You idiot. They copied all of our styles and are planning to fight fire with fire. They even have someone that learned Tai Chi from the same master as Kase. They basically made an exact duplicate of Kase! Look over there one second!" Rai said as she pointed off towards one of the buses.
At one of the buses was someone who looked a lot like Kase. He was built and about the same height. He even had the long silver hair. He was going through a few forms and stances that everyone took to be Tai Chi. There were almost no differences between them.
"Are you sure that that is not Kase!?" Kouri asked.
"Yeah I am sure. One Kase would never be at school this early. And that guy has tattoos on his arms but they are slightly different from the ones Kase wears."
"Kase has tattoos?" Bit asked. Bit had not seen them the other day.
"Yeah he just usually wears long sleeves. Unless he is in a serious fight he will shed the long sleeve shirt and he wears a muscle shirt underneath. Kase has an Eagle with a Harley Davidson banner on his left arm. And on his right arm he has a Timber Wolf fighting a White Tiger. He claims to have a tattoo on his back but I have never seen it. That guy over there has a panther fighting a lion and on the other arm he has a hawk. I think they went overboard by making him almost exactly the same as Kase. I am worried that this guy might beat Kase though." Rai said with a worried look on her face.
"There is no way that guy will beat Kase. But who knows, Kase may not even make it to the tournament this year." Kouri said.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Katelyn said.
"Well you all know I am pretty close to he guy. When we first met all we did was spar. I learned a lot and I know how he fights. I know all his moves, stances, forms and attacks. So I made up a fighting style to compete against Tai Chi. I blended so many martial Arts together and I think I can fight him now." Kouri said. "So I am going to enter the tournament to try and become our school champion."
"Won't Kase be mad if you beat him? Even before the tournament? I would be pissed if I got beat in the preliminaries." Bit said.
"Well I came up with a theory about Kase." Kouri said.
"Oh yeah! This ought to be great!" Rai said sarcastically.
"No listen. I think I might have hit something here. He joins all the sports and martial arts teams so that he can compete with other people. But he blows everyone out of the water. I think that is how he takes his frustration out. And I think he is looking for someone to beat him. Or to be an equal to him. And I think he would e proud if I beat him because he helped teach me a lot. So maybe he can get rid of a lot of emotions by finding an equal. And I plan to beat him today. You will see." Kouri finished sincerely.
"Well it is a worthy goal but it will not happen. Neither you or Kase will make it past us this year." Someone said from behind the group. They all turned to see Harry and two of his goons. "But is was a heartwarming speech. It touched me deep down." Harry said rubbing his chest.
"Harry what the fuck do you want today?" Rai asked.
"Well I was actually out scouting for some cheerleaders. I think you and Katelyn would be a good choice. So how about it."
"If I cheer for anyone I cheer for Ben. Fuck off you Dickheads!" Katelyn screamed. "Look you made me cuss. Stupid bastards!"
"Well if you will not come willingly I will take you by force. Myles, Tyler, get Katelyn and Rai. I was looking for Leena but these two will do." Harry said. Harry's two goons ran at the two girls but one was met by Rai's fist. The other got to Katelyn and grabbed her. But he fell hard to the concrete. He got up to see that his attacker was Kouri.
While Harry's two goons were occupied Bit took his chance. He ran as fast as he cold towards Harry. Then he jumped up and kicked the unexpecting Harry in the chest. Harry's smile was wiped off his face immediately. Bit's attack was strong and sent them both to the ground. Harry recovered fast and pounced on top of Bit and punched him in the face. He drew his right arm back slowly for the next punch but Bit turned the tables. He flipped Harry onto his back and started to punch him as hard and fast as he could.
But then from behind Bit was snatched up into the air. He noticed that two men were holding him. He looked around and noticed some more of Harry's goons had come to the rescue. Three guys were holding Kouri and there was one guy to every girl.
"Look boss," The goon that was holding Katelyn said. "You can do whatever you want with them now. Watch this." He said as he dipped Katelyn down into a dramatic kiss that she tried to struggle free from. The big guy pulled away from the kiss and just looked at Katelyn. "What's wrong pretty? Oh, you don't like me. Hey Tyler why don't you try?" He yelled over to the guy holding Rai.
"Alright Rai. I will make your dreams come true." He said as he dipped Rai down for a kiss. But to his surprise Rai sunk her teeth into his lip. "Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Your dirty bitch!" He yelled and started to squeeze Rai harder and she started to scream.
"Harry stop this you prick!" Bit yelled. Harry had finally gotten to his feet and was facing Bit.
"Everyone keep a good hold on all these welps. And their wenches too. I will decide what to do with them after I deal with Mr. Cloud over here. And you Kouri, you will be hurt to bad to be in the tournament." Harry said and he started to punch Bit in the stomach. But all Bit could do was laugh.
"You punch like my sister would have if I had one. You are a pussy." Bit laughed.
"Well we will see how funny you think this is." Harry said and he punched Bit as hard as he could in Bit's private region. Bit doubled over and was dead weight in the guy's arms. "One of you two come and help me." One of the guys holding Bit went down and stood by Harry while the other guy just held Bit tighter. Harry started to punch him in he stomach again while the other guy let off slow, but powerful, punches to his face. Bit could feel the pain spread across his body until he felt like he could no longer move.
After a few minutes of that torture they dropped him onto the ground and were moving towards Kouri. But Bit looked out to the street and a car was coming very fast towards them. It was a streak of red and a blast of Heavy Metal Music. Everyone's attention was now on the car. For Bit's friends a look of joy crossed their Face. But for the Champs it was a look of fear. Most of them dropped whom they were holding and ran. But Kouri and Rai each tripped one. And three cocky ones stayed behind to fight the new arrivals.
"The cars brake screeched and out came Brad, Ben and Kase. With Rai and Kouri's help it was now a five on five match. One of the Champs managed to get away but the rest were pummeled into the ground. In a matter of seconds everyone was ok and there were four Champs on the ground moaning in pain. Everyone was fine, except for Bit. Another woman got out of the car and walked up to Bit. Bit looked at her and he was a looker. Nice long, curly dirty blonde hair. And the body was filled out to. Nice front and back. Despite the pain Bit could only wonder if she was single.
"Damn they got you good. Kase come here. I think he will need help getting to the nurse." She yelled and Kase and the rest ran over.
"What happened kid? Are you ok? Do you need help to get to the nurse's office?" Kase asked. "Oh wait. Bit this is my girlfriend Julia. Julia this is Bit. He is a new kid." Damn, she is not single, Bit thought.
"First of all, slow the hell down with the questions. And would you need help to the nurse if you got kicked in your nuts and did not know where the nurse's office was? Bit asked.
"Well do you need us to help you walk then?" Brad asked.
"Yep." Bit replied. Brad and Kase helped Bit up and put his arm around his shoulders.
"Kouri what happened?" Kase asked.
"Well we had a little run in with the Champs. They are going to enter the tournament this year. I think they were trying to take us out so that we could not compete. I think they were going to come after you next." Kouri finished.
"I would love the day when they got enough guts to jump me. So guys, what word do we have on the tournament?" Kase asked.
"Well the Tatsuya tournament looks like our biggest threat. They improved their team and they breed someone to fight you in the hand to hand. He looks like your freaking twin. And he learned Tai Chi from he same master as you. And for the team matches there is a new rule. You can have up to three more people than your opponent can.
"So we will be outnumbered all day then. Sounds like fun." Kase said as a grin split his face in two.
"But Kase, you have a new challenger today. You might get beat in the preliminaries." Katelyn said. Kouri tried to shy his face away from Kase so he could not make eye contact. Everyone was silent for a moment until Kase spoke.
"Kouri, I would be honored to fight you today. But you better make it worthwhile or it will be the worst day of your life. I will not go easy on you. And if you do beat me I will be proud of you. And I will support you all the way. But if you beat me and do not win the championship I will kick your ass. Understood?" Kase asked looking down at Kouri.
"No prob. I will meet you in the ring later then." Kouri said as he extended his hand. Kase reached out and grabbed Kouri's hand for a friendly handshake.
"Well I think the prelims will be the best matches of the day." Kase replied. The had finally reached the nurse and handed Bit off to her telling her that another school had jumped him. Everyone left and Kase stayed behind for a moment.
"Today we only have two periods and then the tournament starts. Do you want to come down to watch?" Kase asked.
"Hell yeah. I want to see you guys in action." Bit said as enthusiastically as he could.
"Well then I will send a few people to pick you up in like an hour. That way you can get some good seats." Kase said.
"Well I will see you guys then." Bit said.
"Oh and Bit."
"Yeah Kase."
"I saw the way you looked at Julia today. Try to keep that to a minimum." Kase said.
"Alright. I will do that." Bit said as they both laughed a little.
"Well Take care kid." Kase waved as he left.
"Don't worry she will give me some medicine and I will be out until someone comes for me." Bit said as Kase walked out of sight. And sure enough as he turned around the nurse had some medicine for him. He took it and drifted off into a dream filled street.
"Yeah boss I know where they will be after school. The High School Martial Arts tournament is being held at Twilight High School. Yeah I'm sure they will be here. I made sure of that this morning. Yep. Positive. Remember you get all of them except Leena Tauros. She is mine. Ok. I will make sure she will fight for you as well. So after today you will be unstoppable. I look forward to working with you. Yep. All right. Bye boss." Harry said. He put his phone in his pocket and walked out of the abandoned restroom that he had some of his men watch.
"Well boys, our dreams can all come true today. So what do you say we go watch everything happen?" Harry said and the group burst into quite laughs. Today was going to be the day of their dreams. That guy Bit will be out of the way and Leena will be mine once and for all. Those punks won't even see it coming. Today will be the best day of my life. Harry thought as he laughed silently to himself.
Bit had no clue what time it was but the nurse was shaking him awake. While Bit was asleep he had dreamed of the weirdest things. That medicine might have been to strong, Bit thought. He looked around the room and saw four people standing there looking at him. It was Jess, Katelyn, Leena and Jade.
"Damn man they kicked the shit out of you." Jess said as she laughed a little but then Katelyn smacked her arm.
"He was triple teamed. He had no chance. Stop messing with him. Are you ok?" Leena asked as she reached out and brushed his cheek. What a heavenly touch, Bit thought.
"Yeah I feel a little better now. Thanks for asking Leena." Bit said as he smiled up to Leena. Bit did not know why but it really warmed his heart when she smiled back at him. But laughing in the background ruined his perfect moment.
"Well, well, well. Is Leena going for the new guy? Jade said snickering.
"I think so Jade. What do you think Katelyn?" Jess asked.
"What are you talking about? I am ashamed that you ask me such a question. Jeez, I thought anyone could see the sparks coming from those two." Katelyn laughed. Both Bit and Leena blushed but Leena looked a little angry.
"Me go for the new kid? Never, how dare you all think that. I am ashamed to call you friends." Leena looked a Bit one more time and an unreadable look crossed her face. Maybe I was wrong. She was just faking the whole time. Maybe I should just stop looking at all the girls, Bit thought.
"Well come one Bit. We found some good seats. And everyone is waiting for us. The preliminaries probably already started." Jade said.
"Yeah come on. Let's go guys." Jess said. Bit got up off his bed and thanked the nurse. Then they practically ran the rest of the way.
"Where is this tournament at anyway?" Bit asked. "And how good are the seats?"
"Well it is being held out in the stadium where all the other sports are played. And since we were the champions last year Kouri and everyone reserved us the best seats. We are right up front so that we can see everything. We are directly across from the judges. And we get to sit by the special guest!" Katelyn said excited.
"Who is the special guest?" Bit asked.
"Grand Master Chung!" Jess squealed.
"And who s this guy?" Bit asked.
"You know that guy that is exactly like Kase. Well word got out about the possibility of the match so they brought in Grand Master Chung. He taught Kase and that guy from Tatsuya High. He is going to be the referee for that match. And I think that he is rooting for Kase." Jade said. "Now hurry up you slow poke. We are already missing some of the preliminaries!" She said. And from then on it was a flat out sprint to get to the stadium.
By the time they got there they had missed a lot. For the solo weapons Leon was representing their school. For the team tournament with weapons it was the team of Rai, Kouri and Kase. For the hand to hand team competition it would be Brad, Ben, Kouri and Kase.
"So they took Kouri in as well. I doubt they can be beaten now. Even with that new rule." Jess said as they sat down with the rest of that group. Waiting for them there was Jamie, Ai, Julia, Naomi, Brad, Ben and a few other people that had been mentioned once or twice. Bit remembered them to be Kyle, Richard and Geoff from their band.
"Hey guys." Bit said as he took his seat in-between Katelyn and Leena.
"Hey." Richard replied. Geoff had huge headphones and was listening to a band called Mudvayne. Kyle had on headphones as well and he was blasting some Puddle of Mudd.
"Richard is a little shy. And the other two cannot hear you right now. But look what we made it just in time for. Kase versus Kouri." Katelyn said and they all turned to watch the long awaited match. Everyone glued his or her eyes to the ring for the match that was about to begin. The referee walked up and talked to both of them real quick and then went and talked to the judge.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. You are here now to witness the preliminary match for Twilight High. The match is for the Solo Hand to Hand competition. The defending champion, Kaseijin Hoshikuro, will be facing off against the challenger, Kouri Noyami. Kaseijin uses a well-mastered form of Tai Chi, and Kouri uses a style made up by mixing street styles and various Martial Arts. The winner of this match will be promoted to the tournament as Champion of Twilight High School."
"So he plans to use a blend of techniques. A very smart child that Kouri. Not one style alone can beat Tai Chi. He might actually be able to do it." Said an old man dressed in black robes sitting next to Leena.
"Well Grand Master Chung, Kouri is the underdog for more than on reason. Kaseijin is Faster, Stronger and has had more time to perfect his Tai Chi. Kouri just came up with this style. How could he possibly win?" Leena asked.
"Well you see Tai Chi is a dance. You have to know your opponent's style and when he will make his move. It will be difficult for Kase to complete his dance with attacks if he does not know what is coming at him. Kouri may be the underdog but right now he has the upperhand. And Kase knows it. This will be a god match. Watch closely because one of theses two boys will be the champion." Grand Master Chung said.
"Well what about that other bot you taught?" Bit asked.
"Young Mr. Taiko? He does not have enough discipline to beat Kase. And If Kouri can beat Kase Taiko will be destroyed. Taiko craves power and he wants it fast. He is undisciplined and impatient. Kase knows this as well. I trained them both at the same time. Taiko always tried to beat Kase but never could. So he started to copy Kase at everything he did. He tried to make himself a clone of Kase. But he couldn't. He will stand no chance against either of these two. Now let's just watch these two."
An announcer had taken a seat by the judge and started to talk.
"Can anyone else feel the tension in here. Two friends that teamed with each other for both the team events now fighting against each other. And Kouri got some techniques from Kase. I guess you could say this is Master versus pupil. Well here it goes. The judge is up on the platform. Who will be the victor!?" The announcer said.
"Well it all comes down to this Kouri. Are you ready?" Kase asked.
"You bet. There is no way you are going to get off easy." Kouri replied.
"Well at least I know you will be a better challenge then the Chumps." Kase said and him and Kouri shared a laugh.
"Yeah we kicked their ass. I wonder how the nurse is going to feel about that when she gets them all up there."
"Yeah and Leon Kicked the Shit out of Harry. I almost feel sorry for him." Kase said.
"And then in the team weapons I think I broke someone's knees with my staff. Oh well, their loss." Kouri said.
"Well get serious. Here comes the ref." Kase said and they both looked to the ref. The ref walked up and stood in-between Kouri and Kase.
"You both know the rules this year, correct." Th ref asked looking back and forth between the two.
"Rules!? What rules?" Kase asked with a smirk on his face.
"Yeah I didn't hear about any stinkin rules." Kouri said half laughing.
"Very funny Mr. Hoshikuro and you too Mr. Noyami. The rules are: no weapons. And ring outs are a disqualification. There is a three-minute time limit. As long as it is some kind of Martial Arts, or it at least looks cool, I will let it slide. This is not wrestling or a bar room brawl. So let's keep everything fair. Now shake hands." Kouri and Kase extended their hands towards each other and wished each other good luck.
"Fighters take your stances." Th ref called out. Kase sat down on the ground Indian style with his arms out in front of him. Kouri dropped into a low stance with his right leg extended far in front of him. On hand was close and one was far away.
"You think you ca take me sitting down?" Kouri asked.
"You are good and I want to win. I am going to start out strong." Kase replied.
"Well you won't beat me like that." Kouri boasted.
"I would like to see you stop me." Kase said as he closed his eyes and let his smile light up his face.
"Fighters are you ready?" The ref asked. Kouri gave him a nod but Kase had to shed his shirt. Even the undershirt so that he was bare chested. He walked to the side of the ring and threw his shirts off to the side. Muscles rippled as he moved. And without a shirt he revealed to the crowd the tattoo that no one had seen. On his back was a scene of a forest. An eagle flew overhead the forest the wolf and tiger from his right arm fought on the ground. But the forest was on fire. It seemed each animal had a little bit of fire on them somewhere. Kouri caught a quick glimpse and stared in awe.
"I bet hat hurt a lot.
"Yep."
"Does it have any kind of meaning?" Kouri asked.
"Yep."
"What would that be?" Kouri asked.
"I will tell you one day but today is not the day. Today we shall fight. I am ready now." Kase said as he sat back down and went back into the same stance.
"When I say 'fight' the three minutes will start."
"Well here goes nothing." Kouri said.
"Fighters ready!" Kouri and Kase were now completely still and unmoving. Both thinking out what their first move would have to be.
"Fighters take your stances!" The ref yelled but that was pointless because they were already in their stances.
"Ready............Fight!" The ref yelled and he stepped out of he ring. For the first five seconds neither of them moved. But then Kouri rushed at Kase and sent a quick kick for his head. Kase blocked it effortlessly with his eyes closed.
"If you want to his me you will have to be lighter on your feet." Kase said. Kouri pulled back his kick and kicked with his other leg, again aiming for his head. Kase caught this one also but had a counter ready. Kase launched up out of his stance still holding Kouri's leg. His right palm slammed into Kouri's ribs and Kase used the rest of his momentum to flip Kouri onto his Back.
"Well now I am standing and my eyes are open. Stand up and fight me Kouri Noyami." Kase taunted. Kouri stood up and prepared his next attack. He couldn't believe Kase was toying with him. Anger swelled up in Kouri and blinded his thoughts. He rushed at Kase but instead of attacking first he let Kase throw the first fist. He dodged this and then stepped on his foot. Kouri elbowed Kase in the Face and then stepped off and kicked him n the stomach. Kouri's attack sent him flying to the edge of the ring.
"Shit! I needed you to fall out of the ring." Kouri said as he let out a few more curses.
"But that would be an easy win for you. Besides, I made you angry. So now you will be fighting your best. But now I am pissed off. You better hope I miss from now on." Kase said as he walked towards Kouri. Kouri rushed at him and sent an onslaught of attacks but Kase just danced around him. Then Kase went low for a trip and caught Kouri's legs. As Kouri was falling Kase's palm slammed into his ribs and sent him straight towards the ground. As Kouri was on the ground e was hit with another open palmed attack to the chest. Kase backed off and gave Kouri a chance to get up. When Kouri got up he ran and tried to jump kick Kase. But he danced around that too and then sent an open palm towards Kouri's face. It connected and sent Kouri back to the mat.
Kouri got up once again to see Kase walking to him. Kouri ran and tried to punch him but Kase used the momentum of the punch as he grabbed Kouri's arm and flipped him over his back. As soon as Kouri hit the mat a fist slammed into his left thigh. Kase walked back a few steps as Kouri staggered to his feet. Kouri knew he would have to knock Kase out of the ring or knock him unconscious. And there was about thirty seconds left on the clock.
Kouri charged once more and put all his power into a right-footed kick. But Kase ducked under that and then he hammered another one into his left thigh. Kouri started to fall but Kase hit him in his back and then twice in his right thigh.
"Time! And the winner is Kaseijin Hoshikuro!" From the stands there was a mix of cheering, booing and indifference. Kouri still lay on the ground. He was not hurt too much. Except for his face and ribs. Kase walked over and helped his friend up.
"You alright?" He asked.
"Yeah. But you did a number on my face. And my ribs for that matter. But why did you hit me in the legs.
"There are pressure points in the thigh. For up to an hour it will be extremely painful to walk. But after that you will be fine. I wanted to slow you down but not too much that you would be of no use later when we are on the same team."
"Well I guess I should thank you then. It is strange though. I knew I wasn't going full force. And I knew you weren't either. But I think at that level of performance we could beat anyone else in this tournament." Kouri said.
"I think you are right. Now that was the only match that I could have lost. Now it is time to go and own all these people. What say you Kouri Noyami?"
"I say give my legs an hour or two and I will be ready to even take on the Backdraft group." Kouri said smiling.
"Well for now we can just go sit with the others. We have a while before we have to fight."
"Sounds like a plan. Man, I am going to hear it from some of them." Kouri joked and they both walked out of the ring towards their companions.
"So Grand Master Chung, since Kase won you think he is going to win the tournament?" Leena asked.
"No. I know he will win Ms. Tauros."
"How can you be certain?" Leena asked.
"Well I will make you a deal. If he does not win I will pay you $500. Do we have a deal then?" Grand Master Chung asked.
"Heck yeah we have a deal. You better hope you are right."
"Um, Ms. Tauros. What do I get when he wins?" Grand Master Chung asked.
"Um, let's see. How about I help you at your dojo for a week?" Leena said.
"Ok. That sounds fair." He said.
"You better watch out Leena. Kase lives to fight." Rai said as she joined the group. "I hope Grand Master Chung has you doing hard work when you are at the dojo."
"Well we will have to wait and see how things happen." Leena said.
"Even though you know Kase is going to win. Sometimes you are really retarded." Jade said shaking her head. Kouri and Kase had just gotten back up to the group. Kase was once again fully clothed.
"Jeez Kouri, Kase whooped you good." Jess said.
"I told you this was suicide." Katelyn said.
"Taking in all the facts and statistics it should have been obvious to you that you would lose." Ai said.
"You were completely over matched." Jamie said.
"Hey guys leave him alone! He has more heart than most of you would. Would any of you have fought Kase?" Leon asked as he walked back up to the group. There was a silence filled with a few murmurs.
"I didn't think any of you would. Kase would have destroyed you all too." Brad said.
"Well I might be able to take him. Not in Martial Arts, maybe wrestling or street fighting." Ben said smiling.
"Maybe Ben. We will have to find out some day." Kase said. He walked over to Julia and gave her a hug and was about to kiss her when he heard people behind him.
"Just come on and kiss the girl. Lalalala." Kouri sang. A few more people joined in and sang the song from little mermaid with Kouri. Finally Kase just got tired of them and stooped down a little and led Julia with a long kiss. When they finally broke apart from each other more comments filled the air.
"Jeez, you think you took long enough. We do have plans for today." Brad said.
"Woah look at him go. Hey Julia when you are done send him over to my place." Katelyn teased.
"All right, all right. You all can shut up now." Kase said and everyone started to laugh. And Kase caught a glimpse of the special guest. "Grand Master Chung. I did not know you two were coming today." Kase said as he put his hands together and bowed to his Master.
"Well two of my students will face each other today. How could I afford to miss that." He said.
"Yes, I did hear that my old friend Mr. Taiko would be here today. That was another reason I could not let Kouri win. Taiko and I have a score to settle. And I plan to show him who is better once and for all." Kase said.
"Just make sure you stay calm. In your match with Kouri you lost you calm and were fighting wildly. If you are completely calm and in control of yourself you should never have to open your eyes to fight. Remember about your peace of mind also. Stay calm and you win," Grand Master Chung Finished.
"Please excuse this announcement." The announcer for the tournament called. The tournaments have been drawn out and the order of fights are ready. The tournament shall resume in two to three hours. Fighters go and prepare yourselves." All the different schools merged back into their groups and boarded their buses. The buses all pulled out leaving the school parking lot looking normal once again.
"Look at this. This is just great. Everyone else gets to leave while we are stuck here." Jade exclaimed.
"Well what are you supposed to be doing right now?" Grand Master Chung asked.
"Well we have lunch and then we have to finish out the rest of the day." Rai said.
"Well if you young kids don't rat me out I can take you all out to eat somewhere. But if you can pay for yourself you need to pay. But I will pay for at least Kouri and Kase." Grand Master Chung said. Jade walked up to The Grand Master and put an arm around his shoulder.
"Well Mr. Grand Master guy. I come from a poor family, and I won't eat a lot. I have a few bucks but I was wondering if you could help with the rest.
"Stop the act Jade. We all know that you have a real rich Father. Go get money from him!" Ai yelled.
"Here. I got an idea. Everyone in the tournament I will pay for. The rest of you have to come up with your own money. Now I will drive with Kase. I will meet you all there."
"Wait how will Rai, Ai, Katelyn and me get to where we are going?" Bit asked.
"Well Rai, call your mom and ask your dad to drive the other car." Katelyn said.
"If you have another car why do we have to walk!" Bit exclaimed.
"He is very sleepy. Give me a sec. Let me cal real quick." Rai walked off and called her house and was back in less than a minute. " Alright we all have rides. Kase since you are the victor of the day it should be your choice of the restaurant." Rai said.
"Hey! What about the runner up!?" Kouri said a little outraged. "I did good too." He said and everyone just laughed as they loaded into the cars.
"I am going to go to a pizza buffet. Just follow me everyone. Rai, when your mom gets here give me a call and I will tell you where we are. I think I might go to the new mall downtown. See you there." Kase said.
"Great. Now we have to wait for a ride while they go and steal all my food!" Jade said.
"Jade, shut up!" The remaining people shouted in unison.
"Mean people." Jade said as she watched Rai's parents pull into the parking lot. They all piled in and headed to the new mall.
A/N: Well the next chapter there will be a lot of action. Hope you like it. Just keep reading and reviewing. Please no flamers. Especially from you Kouri. Just to let you know most of the characters are based on some of my friends. Some people have been changed though and are just original characters. Kaseijin Hoshikuro is now an original character because of what I did to his past. Well talk to you all later.
Kaze Holimion
