Chapter V: Tamahome's Challenge

Suboshi stood up looking down on Yui and Miaka as they sat casually drinking tea and eating small crackers. Even at this Nakago was beginning to take Suboshi as if he were trying to be serious.

Suboshi…. Nakago spoke

What are you doing? He asked

Suboshi kept a straight glare at Yui and didn't even look back at Nakago or even show he was even listening to what he was saying. He just stood there looking at Yui who was trying to pretend she didn't notice.

"Yui" said Suboshi

She looked at him and asked "what?"

"Do you love me or not?"

"I told you fifty times NO I don't love you Suboshi!" Yui screamed.

" But, why not?" he asked

" because I love Nakago, I always have you moron!" she screamed back

Nakago smiled and thought, moron are you hard on hearing? She loves me.

Suboshi turned and looked up, "why, I'm younger and I have to two cutest balls you'll ever see and…." Yui placed her hands up and said "I'm sorry Suboshi but I don't love you and I never will." his face was closed in heartbroken, Suboshi didn't need anymore insultment to him, but of course Tamahome comes out and makes it worse.

" Hey guys I found twenty dollars in Miaka's purse, who wants more beer?" he said in a happy tone.

(everybody) NO ONE TAMAHOME!

Tamahome (of course out of the lope) "what's wrong with everybody?" he thinks whatever. "Miaka I'm going okay?" he says "Kay Tamahome". she answers.

Tamahome heads for the front door and sticking his beer belly out first turns to close the door.

" oh, fuck I forgot we live upstairs" he says.
two hours later

He makes it down stairs, walking out of the apartment complex Tamahome looks up at the long hill he had to climb to get to his favorite little quickie mart because they gave you ½ off on Wednesday's, on any beer product. Of course, Tamahome thought I wouldn't have to walk if Miaka had bought a car instead of paying off that house morgue that she owed.

" Women, can't live with them, can't live without them." said Tamahome. But at the time Tamahome couldn't live without beer so he started up the hill that always tired him out by the fourth step.

" what the hell? Can't they put stairs out here or something?" he says.

Finally Tamahome makes it up the hill, as if it where shining in bright yellow sun rays, around Koku's quickie mart. His eyes wept in joy as he charged toward the store. As Tamahome walked in he saw all the other men who were gaping for some beer as was he, another man following Tamahome walked in, Tamahome and this man filched and turned to him and gave his "glare" and started walking to his frozen goodies, but as he did he notice that the man followed, like he was an assassin from Koto.
Tamahome turned back to his objective, "to get beer" the other man smiled and began to pick up speed toward the beer aisle. Tamahome couldn't let this go on, it was a challenge and Tamahome wasn't going to ran away.

" so you think you can beat me?" the man asked.

" of course I can, I'm a man and I must destroy you!" Tamahome snaps back.

" well let's see what your made of old man!" he answers.

OLD MAN!

Tamahome had forgotten that he didn't have his seventeen year old body anymore, and that not only had he not been taking care of it, he had develop a beer belly and a second chin. As Tamahome looked back at his opponent he saw that this man was young and very well built, he had a nice small waist that Tamahome could never get even when he was seventeen. But after all of the odds against Tamahome he wasn't going to back away.
Tamahome turned back and kept his eyes on the prize, getting to the beer first. As he was picking up speed himself Tamahome notice that the boy was beginning to lack and Tamahome thought that it was pretty much his, but as he returned his head forward that's when he saw the old women, she as most old people was going 2 miles an hour which was putting a damper on Tamahome's quest. So Tamahome took to the air and jumped over the woman, even the other man his very own opponent was shocked to see what he was capable of, unfortunately the old women was thinking differently. Tamahome was almost there but his pants snagged on her bonnet that was tied around her head. Looking back all the man could remember hearing was the loud screams of Tamahome and the old women. Tamahome knew he was defeated.

"No, how wha… why could I lose?" he said aloud.

The younger man looked back with a bit of pitty and walked over to help Tamahome up. He looked down at Tamahome and extended his hand with a cheery smile on his face.

"Please, I believe in good sportsmanship, please take my hand." he said.

Tamahome looked up and couldn't believe that for the first time he was the one being helped up off the loser plate, but he wasn't done yet. Tamahome took the man's hand and pulled his ass towards the ground, Tamahome's true color's had been shown to the man as he laid still on top of the poor old lady, Tamahome was now looking down on him with a crazed face and childish said.

"Sucker!"

Tamahome walked over proudly to his prize picking it up he looked over at the boy thinking moron, never trust your opponent. He thought, by now the boy was crying in shame. But all Tamahome was doing was getting in the line. He was happy of his sneaky victory and would go as far as to say that even Tasuki would be proud of him.