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KoF: A New Fight- Chapter Four.
"Oi! Todoh!" Shingyoji Todoh stopped and turned, hearing his name, only to see a young man about his age, whom he didn't know, running towards him.
"Do I… know you?" He asked, looking over his fellow's rumpled and ripped orange gi.
"No, don't think so. Did you know there's a girl with the same first name as your mom? For a moment, my dad actually thought it was your mom." He said quickly.
"Oh!" Shingyoji, not the brightest bulb in the shed, finally caught on. "You must be…"
"Kaoru, yes." Kaoru finished for him.
"So, there's a girl in a hakama named Kasumi?" He asked.
"Yeah, you can't miss her. She's witht hat Aiki Jujitsu student most of the time." Kaoru name Setsuna's style like it was poison.
"Kunisaki? Oh, yeah, I know her."
"Yeah, everyone does. Her and that bad tempered boy-friend of hers."
"Kyo's not her boyfriend." Shingyoji said quickly.
"Oh? Huh, their business, then. See ya around." And Kaoru was gone as quickly as he had arrived.
"That was weird…" Shingyoji commented, before resuming his walk.
Upstairs, still in the hotel.
"Mom?" Iris asked, hesitantly knocking on the door marked 'Britain'.
"Iris?" Both Vice and Mature responded.
"Yes…"
"Come in." Iris supposed it was Vice inviting her in, because she was the more motherly of the two. She opened the door, surprised to see two men with bright red hair.
"Oh! I didn't know you had guests. Forgive me, Mature." Iris said slowly.
"It's no problem. You know Shinya, and this is his father, Iori."
"Iris." Shinya gave her a curt nod.
"Shinya, good to see you again." She lied, wishing she was still no the balcony with Toshiya and Jeff. A pissed off Toshiya was better than a calm Shinya, because, at the very least, Toshiya talked.
"Indeed." He was lying in return, for the sake of pleasing his father. He'd rather be with Garnet, because he didn't feel pressured to talk around her… In fact, he wanted to talk around her, just to hear her voice, and see the way her lips moved. He shook his head, placing it in his hands.
"Iris. I'm pleased to meet you." Iris turned her hazel gaze to Iori, nothing they looked exactly like each other, father and son, except for the eyes, and style of the hair.
"Likewise." Iori grunted. He felt like killing Vice and Mature again, but he had nothing better to do, than to 'catch up' with them.
But, it seemed neither of the Yagami men liked to talk much.
"I… was just going to say goodnight, actually." Iris said lamely, looking for an excuse to get out. She went to hug Vice.
"How rude." Mature muttered.
"Goodnight, Mother. Goodnight, Mature." She hugged Mature briefly, before fleeing to find Garnet.
Now she knew why she always called Vice 'Mom', and never, not once, Mature.
Someplace else in the hotel.
"Woah, sorry!" Joe Higashi, jr apologized briefly, as he bumped into Mei… Yi-Che, upon closer inspection.
"It's no problem. I was in your way." She replied, tucking one glossy black braid back. Her aunt Xiangfei was right. There was really no way to tell Joe and Joe, jr, apart, beside the grays that the senior was starting to get.
"Really? Okay." He agreed, happy to let her take the blame.
"Uh… You're Joe Higashi, right?" She stammered, looking down at her hands.
"Yeah, Yi-Che." He said, hoping she was that Chinese girl, and not the older one, Mei.
"Yeah, I think our parents know each other."
"My dad doesn't really like Xiangfei." He blurted out. "Oh, sorry…"
"No, don't be. It's my fault." She responded, almost automatically, as if she'd been trained to say it.
"Well…" He was finding her awkward to be around, too shy. "I've gotta find Kaoru. See ya later."
"He went that way." She pointed down a hall.
"Okay, thanks."
"It was nothing."
The next morning, the opening matches were posted. Every team, though they all knew it was unhealthy, rushed through breakfast, to see who was first. They were as follows:
Team Germany vs. Italy.
Team Japan vs. China
Team France vs. Korea
Team America vs. Britain.
Shouts of "Oh, man! We're last!" and "I can't believe that!" rose up.
Garnet looked at her twin, Elijah, slyly. "Are you ready?"
He smiled at her. "But, of course."
"Hey, Hiro! We're second!" Setsuna gushed, grabbing his hands.
He looked down at her. Wasn't she a little bit excited to be fighting? "Calm down… I'm sure we'll all do well." He assured her.
She made a face at him. "You sound just like Uncle Akira." She was only 15, after all.
"So… that's Team Japan?" Mei looked to Ashley, her pigtails waving.
"Yeah… I guess…" The Jeet Kune Do fighter replied, pulling her medium length blond hair back into a ponytail, a habbit picked up from her older sister Sarah. Then she straightened her jacket… A habit picked up from her older brother, Jacky.
"The girl's pretty enough." Ryu-Maru commented, before tying his mask over his mouth and nose.
"My sister Pai always said you were what Kage-Maru was not." The Chinese member noted. "Let's hope that doesn't apply in the ring."
And all Ryu could do was glare.
"Who's Team Germany?" Leo asked, looking at the list.
"Sorry, I don't know." Yi-Che answered inadequately.
"Nah, that's okay." He stopped, seeing two boys and a very much older woman walking towards the list. She looked old enough to be their mother. And if the shape of their noses was anything to go by, she probably was. All were dressed in dark green and other earth shades… It was like a military style.
"We're Team Germany." The blue haired woman announced.
"Leona Heidern?" Leo heard a member of Team France speak; he wasn't sure which one it was.
"Yes, that's right. You're Kyo's boy, eh?" She asked, raising a brow.
"Yeah. I figured you'd know my dad." Toshiya replied.
"I know all your parents…" Her eyes roved over all the other teams, stopping only on China and Japan. "Except yours, I think."
"You wouldn't. We were sent to the wrong tournament." Kyo answered haughtily, before his teammates could stop him.
"Oh, really?" She laughed slightly. "That's funny. Good luck, then."
"Thank you, Ms. Heidern." Hiro said smoothly, before Kyo could open his mouth again, and let whoknows what slip.
"You'll need it."
"You're facing us." Leo said promptly.
"You'll all need it…" That said, eon and her sons turned to walk back to the stands.
"God, I hope she loses." Garnet Howard muttered under her breath, glaring daggers at the blue haired woman's retreating back.
"Yeah, kick her fucking ass, Leo!" Sakura Bogard added.
"SA-KU-RA!" Unbeknowest to her daughter, Mai Shiranui-Bogard had been there just as long as Leona Heidern. Jeff Bogard snickered.
"Shit." The brunette hopped over a railing, making a mad dash for the next room.
"Sakura! Don't make me get your father!" Mai yelled to her daughter, snapping open the fan. Both Joe and Jeff burst out laughing, and soon, the male Howard twin joined them.
"Howard… That's not cool." His twin said hotly.
"Wait. You even call your brother by his last name?" Kyo and Ashley asked, simultaneously.
"Yes."
"You're so weird." Ashley said, unconsciously being rude.
"Stupid bitch…" Garnet mumbled, turning to go find Sakura.
Shinya grabbed her wrist to stop her. "Garnet…"
She looked up at him, a flaxen brow raised under the old cap. "Yeah, Yagami?"
He brought her hand to his lips, brushing a kiss across her knuckles. "Good luck."
A light blush crossed her cheeks, and she didn't pull the lip of the cap down to hide it quickly enough. "Thanks. You too, Yagami." And then she ran off to find Sakura.
Both Toshiya Kusanagi and Elijah Howard were sending Shinya Yagami glares, mirrored expression of the one Garnet herself had sent at Leona Heidern.
Authors Note: Okay, fighting will definetly be next chapter. No question about it, I just didn't want to delve into the first fight and then end the chapter. So, the beginning of the next chapter, chapter FIVE, will be Team Germany vs Team Italy!
Leona bashing. I hate her. You've been warned. Oh, and I forgot to ask. Did anyone think that Garnet was going to go with Jeff? I'm sorry if you did. You should know by now that she's not. (And if you have to ask me who she is going with, I will hit you.) Review!