Kenta stood by the tunnel, waiting for Miyuki after he let Taaru head on his own to get his meal. His mind racing on what he should or would say to her, then his mind slipped back to what happened on the boat, bringing a smile to his face. Soon, he heard footsteps and turned to see Miyuki walking towards him in her dress.
"Miyuki, you were great." Kenta said drawing her attention towards him with a small smile on her face.
"Thanks a lot, you really think so?" she asked him rubbing her arm and locking eyes with him, making him gulp and rub his own arm.
"Y-yeah, but why didn't you tell me you were here?" he asked her smiling and she turned away form him with a sigh, hiding her frown.
"T-that's a personal reason," she said with her smile back from her moment of sadness and looked him over in his suit. "W-would you like to have a dinner with me?" she asked him and he smiled wider, looking at her and taking her hand to let her lead the way. She giggled wrapping her arms around him and walking with him. Kenta failed to notice that Miyuki placed a tracker on his sleeve.
The crowd all left the area to their suits while the fighters went to another hotel where they were catered to with the best of all things from food to spa, and even a hospital area with the best doctor that would keep their mouth shut from all the stuff that happened on the island. Vlad and Mergit were both still in critical condition with doctors looking at them all while a dentist was in the middle of fixing all of Adolfus's teeth. Among all the doctors of the group, a figure was watching them with a smile spread across his face.
"Sir, we need you to check on the patients." a nurse told him, the doctor turned toward her with his smile still shown on his face.
"Oh, sure." he said, his long black hair blowing in the wind and following the girl with his eyes on all of the injuried in the place. "Just taking in all the wonderful music."
In the dinning area, a crowd of crew and fighters looked in awe at a mountain of meat placed on a table with a single person seated at it as they watched him eating all he could while chugging at some water on the side next to him.
"There is no way he can eat all that" Nigel commented staring at Taaru with a look of shock and his own nose bandaged from the fight he had earlier in the day.
"I bet he will." Jose chimed in, watching Taaru eat a large steak and taking a sip of his beer in hand while he watched with the others.
"Yeah, I just wish he had some manners." Norris said looking at the man eating as he cut his own steak and downed it after with some wine. As they were watching Taaru enjoying his meal, Raj was in the middle of meditation and hearing them praise so much animal murder was slowly getting to him.
"Why must they turn such a thing into a spectacle?" he asked himself as he felt the annoyance slowly building up and was close to snapping when a hand was placed on his shoulder.
"Be calm, tune out the world." the voice said and Raj let out a light sigh, returning to his meditation and letting the others enjoy themselves for the night.
Gou sat in his suite, looking down at the others in the fighters hotel, sipping on his whisky and sighing from all of the stuff that has happened throughout the day.
"Father, you really should relax." Seto said standing behind, staring down at his father, a smile spread across his face. "All the preparations for our plan have been set in motion and we are well on the way to keep the president's power on our side."
"But Kenta is not with us and he might get hurt." Gou said sipping his whisky and looking back to his eldest son with a serious look on his face. "The power is not really worth it if Kenta is not here to enjoy it with us, we are a family."
"Relax father, do not worry." Seto said patting his shoulder and showing his still smiling face to keep his father calm. "I'm sure by the end of this tournament Kenta will be more than happy to join us to make our group an Hexagon." Gou returned his gaze to the window, his son's words helped him feel a little more at ease.
"Maaan, I just love pools." Alia said smiling as she relaxed on a lawn chair, wearing a bikini. Two supervisors watched her with a notebook while others looked at her smiling, her strong and attractive body on view for them all to see.
"You should really be careful around these animals." a voice called out and Alia turned to see a girl just a few years older than her, looking at her in her business suit and glasses.
"I ain't taking that from someone that has never hit a punching b- Oh!, aren't you Kenji's employer?" Alia asked as she turned to look at her with a smile, and she blushed, seeing the younger girl's body in full view while fixing her glasses.
"Y-yes i am, Asuka Kazamoto. You must be Alia Schmit. I have been looking for Kenji everywhere since he's fighting tomorrow." she said looking around and saw Kenji nowhere to be found. Alia thought it over really carefully on when she saw him last time.
"You know, I haven't seen him since the last match, he was acting weird." she said thinking it over drawing the woman's attention.
"W-what do you mean?" she asked her confused and Alia explained how he was acting while the final match happened and that he had vanished soon after, confusing the CEO and making her even more worried.
Kenta smiled, staring at Miyuki across the table where they had wine and steak as she was in the middle of her prime rib. Eating it slowly, Miyuki noticed him staring at her, making her giggle.
"What?" she asked him covering her mouth and turning away from him as Kenta simply smiled wider.
"Just enjoying a little more time with you." he said sipping his wine and she giggled, sipping her own while holding her glass up to him. Kenta smiled clanging his glass with hers and enjoying the evening he was having with her while a figure watched them from a few tables away.
After a long day of fighting and some of the night to relax from all the trouble with everything that has happened in the tournament, many of the fighters and crowd were already fast asleep in their rooms. Nathan was not one of them as he stood on the top of the roof with a smile on his face, letting the wind blow across his face when Kenji appeared behind him. A smile formed across the older man's face.
"I was wondering when you would join me up here kiddo." Nathan said, turning to look at the young man, who glared back at him with an annoyed look on his face.
"Why are you here old man?" Kenji asked, crossing his arms in front of him and staring daggers at Nathan, who took notice of the unusual hostility in his voice.
"What do you mean?, I was hired for a job." he said smiling and saw Kenji was not buying what he was saying. "I assure you that it's true, but there is another thing I needed to set up with you."
"Oh, and what would that be?" Kenji asked not letting his guard down. Nathan looked back at him slipping his hands into his pockets as he gave the young man a serious look.
"A marriage has been arranged for you and I was told to tell you while I was here." Nathan said, watching Kenji's eyes widen in shock and his mind racing on what he should do, Nathan turned back to look out at the night sky. "I'll talk to you tomorrow about the details after your match." Kenji was left stunned and gritted his teeth walking off the hotel roof, full of anger and bloodlust. Leaving Nathan alone to enjoy the wind when a sound suddenly drew his attention.
Kenta rested soundly laying on his bed with Miyuki laying next to him, their naked bodies twisted around with each other in an after- lovemaking cuddle sleep. The window opened from the outside and a figure slowly stepped in. Hidden by the darkness of the night, it walked towards the bed where the two were sleeping, looking at Kenta while standing over him. It slowly lifted it's hand and pointed towards the young man sleeping peacefully. A second hand wrapped around theirs and the figure was drawn out of focus by a looming figure.
"Now, now, let's not disturbe the happy couple." Nathan said pulling the figure out of the room through the window. Now, the two of them stood across from each other on the porch, inches from each other. "I know what you are planning, but I won't like to have to fight you." The figure looked him over and narrowed their eyes as they began a Stare Down.
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