Here it is! The nxt chapter of trouble in paradise! Apologies for the grammatical errors…
Trouble in Paradise
Chapter 3
Sagistar
His brows furrowed in concentration. Sweat was trickling down his forehead blinding him temporaily, but nothing could distract him from the task that laid ahead.
Patience...
The man moved swiftly.
Patience is the key...
Expert hands doing what they have been trained to do
Let the wolf come to you...
It was all up to the prey now.
Take the bait...
He didn't.
A shrill laughter echoed through the open space.
It was over.
The old man looked up into the avenging eyes of his nemesis.
"You sunk my battleship."
Gengfu was flabbergasted. How could this be? Loosing to the man who brought wine to the Alcoholic Anonymous Christmas party. The mere thought was simply preposterous! His aged eyes lingered on the figure sitting across from him.
Brad WongBrad smiled smugly at his opponent who held a vodka bottle in one hand hiccupped heartily.
Gengfu clenched his fist but restrained himself.
No, he told himself, let him have his glory. Let him believe in his power, for that will be his downfall.
Gengfu smiled. "Well done my child, it seems that you have blossomed into a beauteous flower, but the strength of your stems are perhaps not yet strong enough to support the bud."
Brad took another swig from his Vodka and pointed at Geng fu. "I beat you once old man, I can beat you again."
Gengfu stood up and bowed. "Very well, until we next meet on the battleground."
Oh yes, a battle was drawing near. A battle that throughout history has roused tears in some, incited fear in many, and brought out the worst in all. Yes, it was the battle of karaoke. Posters had littered the hotel completed so that one could not possibly ignore them. It read:
It is coming
The competition that stops the world
Karaoke contest
Will you be ready?
The entire hotel was in a buzz with excitement. Questions concerning song choices, teams and costumes were all that could be heard. However, there was one thing that was above the excitement. And that was the statement below the poster
Prize: trip to Vegas accompanied by mystery date
Of course, at first it was expected that the mystery date would be Zack. However, he had seemed so innocent upon confrontation and shocked at the accusations that the suspicions faded.
o.0.o
Ryu lied on his bed with his hair in a deep conditioning wrap and his face covered in a revitalizing mask with a chamomile teabag covering each eye. Some might call this act odd but Ryu would simply inform the person that chamomile teabags reduce puffiness and that cucumbers do nothing. Ryu removed the teabags took his hair out, rinsed his face and looked in the mirror. He sighed; it was going to take forever to replace the bounce in his skin and the shine in his hair after what the girls did to him. It was hard enough being the saving the world and looking after his appearance without having crazy girls attacking him with chemicals and whatnot. He smiled- at least he has Bobby. Ryu walked to the place where he had placed Bobby-but he wasn't there. Ryu's eye's widened. Bobby?
Ryu took a deep breath. Stay calm, don't panic. Ryu searched his entire room- all to no avail. There could only be one explanation. Ryu frowned
"Hayate"
He must have chair-napped poor Bobby when Ryu was testing the water for his chamomile teabags, after all, the temperature has to be just right.
"A cheap shot" Ryu spat.
A kaleidoscope of images raced through his mind. Oh the memories, a single tear trickled down his cheek. Ryu wiped the tear and stood up. It was time to settle this once and for all.
o.0.o
After deciding to give their little game a little break, the girls were in the pool waiting for Kasumi to find a ball for their volleyball game.
"I wonder what's taking her so long…" Hitomi asked to no one in particular
"Maybe she can't find one," supposed Lei
"Maybe she found some more chocolates," Tina suggested
"Maybe she got lost," Helena added
"Maybe she had an accident," Christie commented
"Maybe she died," Ayane said bluntly.
Meanwhile in a hallway that runs towards the pool…
"Achoo!" Kasumi sneezed.
Someone must be talking about me…she mused merrily.
o.0.o
"Please Jack, don't leave me. You'll be making the biggest mistake of your life."
"Claudia, you don't understand. I have to do this. If not for you then for my son."
"Your son? You have a son."
"Of course, didn't Sylvia already tell you?"
"Sylvia? I haven't spoken to her since the boating accident."
-Will Jack leave Claudia? What is the real reason Claudia doesn't want to Jack to go? And what exactly does Sylvia have in stored for out two star-crossed lovers? Find out in the next episode of Valley Hill.-
Bass sniffed and dabbed his eyes with a tissue. Lounging next to him were the burly figures of Jann Lee and Zack. Bass pulled out another piece of tissue.
"Here," he muttered and handed to Jann.
Jann, who seemed to be bawling uncontrollably, accepted it graciously.
Zack wasn't happy. The mere thought of Jack leaving Claudia for a witch like Sylvia infuriated him.
"This is crazy! If Steve didn't blackmail Claudia into performing for the New Year's Eve Party, none of this would have happened!" he screeched.
"No way!" Jann shot back, "How could Steve had known that Mike was still alive, and that the person that he killed was actually his long lost twin brother who was magically revived anyway because he floated onto a nearby island that is in shortage of food and water despite it possessing new age technology?"
Zack bit his lip. This guy was so wrong! WRONG! Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!
"Don't you go around dissing Steve!" He said, "It's not his fault that his billionaire father never approved of his marriage to his school sweetheart who was the daughter of the rival company. And after he found out about the secret of the attic, I would have probably would have done what he did too!"
"Now just you wait a second mister," Jann said, jabbing Zack in the chest as he did
"Hush," Bass said, in a trance like state whilst pointing to the T.V, "it speaks…"
-Do you want to be one of the first to see the new episodes of Valley Hill? We are screening the first 20 episodes for 1 lucky viewer and 2 of their closest friends. So how can you be apart of this amazing competition I hear you ask?-
"Yes," replied the three stooges in a monotonous unison.
-Simply dial the number on the screen and be in Vegas on October 21st for the drawing on the prize and the prize could be yours.-
"Vegas," Zack whispered, 'I've always wanted to go to Vegas…"
"Couldn't you just…" Bass fumbled, 'you know…rig the karaoke comp?"
Jann was shocked and appalled.
"That's an absurd suggestion! Have you no respect for your dignity?"
Bass hung his head.
"I'm sorry,"
Zack nodded
"And so you should be. No, we shall do that with and grace and poise."
"Like real men!" Jann added, pumping his fist into the air.
"Hear hear!" Bass roared.
o.0.o
Ryu took a deep breath before he knocked on Hayate's door.
"Come in," was the response
So he did. Ryu flinched at the sight. It was evident from the markings on the carpet that Hayate hadn't wasted a moment upon capturing Bob.
"I see you have been amusing yourself," Ryu said stiffly.
Hayate smiled smugly.
"Why yes, yes I have. But I don't suppose your visit here today was to hear me gloat about my recent possession was a certain swivel chair." He said whilst spinning tauntingly on Bobby.
"Indeed," Ryu replied, "I have a proposal for you. Let us settle this dispute once and for all. Like men."
"Oh? And what do you have in mind?"
"The karaoke competition."
Hayate smiled.
"So be it."
o.0.o
"Kaz! Finally!" Lei exclaimed as she saw the little redheaded shinobi approach the pool.
Kasumi smiled cheerfully and dived into the pool without so much as a splash. Ayane rolled her eyes muttering something along the lines of "show off."
"Sorry I took so long guys, I wanted to go and get some chocolates to make it up to you guys, but the waitress said that she just gave the last ten boxes to Leon. So I went to find Leon to see if he had a box left, but he was crying his eyes out! Apparently he had a fight with Bayman, so I decided to give him a balloon. I think it made him better."
Hitomi nodded thoughtfully, "I see, well, did you find a ball?"
Kasumi smiled sheepishly, "Well, actually no. But, I did find a balloon."
"Good enough," Said Christie as she snatched the ball, "let's get the game going."
So the match began with Christie serving. Helena gracefully blocked it but Tina spiked it back down.
"Lei it's yours!" Helena yelled
"Yup I got it!"
Apparently not.
It slipped from Lei grasp and landed floating on the water.
"What happened Lei? I thought you had it?" Helena asked, trying to keep her temper. She didn't like loosing to Christie.
"I don't know!" Lei answered as she swam to retrieve the ball. "It just slipped!"
"Let me see that," Helena said she took the balloon. She scrunched her nose. "Why is it so oily?" Helena turned to Kasumi. "Where exactly did you find this ballon?"
"Well," Kasumi began brightly, "when I was comforting Leon, I was looking for a tissue when I found a box that contained little silver packets. I've never seen one before so I opened it. It was quite oddly shaped but it had an opening so I blew it up and gave it to Leon. He laughed when he saw it and only one thing can make people that happy; balloons!"
The girls looked at each other.
"Did the box have anything written on it?" Hitomi ventured
Kasumi thought for a second, "Yeah it did, I think it said…condoms!"
"ARGH!" She girls shrieked and leaped out of the pool, attempting to get as far away for the 'balloon' as possible.
After a long long lllllllloooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggg shower. The girls decided it was safer to just sit around and talk, and of course the conversation turned to the karaoke competition.
"So who do you guys think is the mystery date?" Lei asked.
"I bet you anything its Zack. I don't care how genuine he seemed, I don't trust that conniving little rat!" Tina said furiously, clenching her fist.
"I wonder if its one of the ninjas…" Hitomi said, almost to her self.
Ayane and Kasumi sighed dreamily, "Ryu…"
The two sisters turned to each other, both red-faced.
Ayane narrowed her eyes andsmirked, "Lets find out,"
Just at that moment, Hayate could be seen walking past casually past.
"Wow," Lei mused, "that was convenient, it's as if we're in some sort of crazy fanfiction…"
Ayane stood up and walked up to Hayate who was amusing himself with an X-men comic.
"Having fun there?" Ayane said as she flipped herself onto a near by stool.
"Plenty," was the distracted response.
"So… who do you think is the mystery date for the competition?" Ayane question, trying to sound as casual as possible.
"I don't know..." Hayate replied, who only gave that answer because he could be stuffed actually thinking of a proper response.
"Do you think its Ryu?" she probed.
Hayate paused for a second and contemplated on the thought. He imagined swiveling around on Bobby while Ryu ground his teeth at the sight. He laughed to myself.
"That would be fun."
Ayane raised an eyebrow.
Oh dear…
"Fun as in carefree and cheerful fun?"
Hayate grinned evilly.
"There shall be sin."
Now Ayane was disturbed.
"I see, well I better be off now!" She cried before running back to the other girls.
Hayate looked puzzled.
"Was it something I said?"
well, there you have it. The long awaited edition of Trouble in Paradise. Now its going to be another million years before I upd8 agn .
Shout outs!
Sushi-girl: I swear you're like some kind of crazy stalker! I like that lol thnx for reading!
SugoiByoshin: I wonder if Ryu can click his heels? Hmm…now there's a thought! I've glad you liked my story
Wolf: you're so mean! Argh! Maybe I should shove a grenade down YOUR throat! Lol nah I luv u! spare hayate as well!
Dynamic tenshi: awwww thnk u sooo much! Your review made me so happy! Lol Ryu and Hayate are based on people I know also..wot a coincidence…
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Ninjagirly: thnx! YOU'RE super cute
Hitomilover: I'm sry it took me so long to up8…I have been lazy
Axenblade: poor leon..u shall find out soon mwahaha I hope u dun use that pick-up line urself!
Arco Iris: viviviviviviviv! Thnx
The Desperado: I would have loved to make over Ryu ahaha..all the wonderful things I can do…thnx!
Ifylapeach: I have continued! Though I has taken forever to upd8…sry!
Amy: well, it wasn't soon...but I have upd8ed! Thnx 4 reading
AmayaWhiteWolf: lol I'm glad u liked it! I wud love to hear bayman sing…he wud have a strong tenor no doubt!