Okay, thankies to kingdomkey0703 again and to everyone who is reading the previous story Life in Radiant Garden. Now let's see what happens when the jocks of Radiant Garden are challenged by the…lesser class.
-miano53
Missing Donuts and Challenges
At the Pellegrino household…
Terra woke up to find Ven wearing his JROTC uniform. "Why are you wearing your uniform?" Terra asked.
"Captain Laguna got us doing a challenge against the jocks," Ven replied, going into the kitchen.
Terra, remembering his time as a jock (one of the innocent ones like Zidane), could only think of the worse. "Oh no," was all he could say.
"Aw, heck no!" Ven yelled.
Terra ran into the kitchen to see a fuming Ven. "What's wrong?" Terra asked.
"Dad ate my donuts!" Ven yelled.
Terra, knowing that Ven loved to put peanut butter on donuts, said nervously, "D-did he leave you an I.O.U.?"
Ven showed him the I.O.U. and Terra instantly saw that it was his handwriting. 'Oh, shoot. I knew I was gonna regret it later,' Terra thought (getting censored).
"I hate this!" Ven said, personality turning into 'Vanitas'.
"Y-you can get some more. I'll just take you to the donut shop near the school," Terra said, thinking that Ven was going to choke him to death.
"Alright, okay…" Ven said, calming down.
He then headed for the car and Terra muttered, "Oh, thank God!"
At the Fair household…
Zack, also in his uniform, headed for the kitchen to get a donut before going to school. Sadly, he saw no donut but an I.O.U. note from Angeal. "Dear Zack, I owe you one breakfast donut," the note read.
"Angeal! You fat bas…! Oh forget it! He's always one step ahead!" Zack said, getting a bowl of cereal.
"I wonder if anyone else is having a bad morning," Zack said, eating his favorite Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
At the host home of Firion El…
Firion , wearing the JROTC uniform, looked through the fridge of his host family for something to eat. He immediately spotted a donut that had a sign near it that said, "Do not eat. Lightning's donut."
"Eh, I'll get her another one," Firion said. He immediately took it and an alarm began blaring.
His host mother, a woman by the name of Claire Farron, came out of her room and rushed towards the kitchen. "Firion, didn't you read the sign?" she asked.
"Yeah, b-but…!" Firion said.
"What's going on, Claire?" Lightning's sister, Serah, asked, coming into the kitchen.
"Firion was about to eat my donut," Lightning told her.
"Claire, let Firion eat the donut. You can always get another one before you go to work," Serah said, getting ready for her classes at the nearby university.
Lightning mumbled and headed to her room to prepare for work. Firion immediately took the donut, ran out of the house and headed straight for school.
In the gym at Radiant Garden High School…
Loz, Kadaj and Yazoo sat in the gym, watching the JROTC set up the gym. Since everyone wanted to see the challenge, Principal Yen Sid cancelled classes for that day. Parents were invited and Terra, Aqua and Eraqus took time off to see the competition.
The KS group saw the Pellegrinos and immediately headed to where they were sitting. The Jenova Boys did the same and Yazoo said, "Um, according to my calculations, taking into consideration of mass versus height versus the scope of coverage and sheer body hair, the jocks surpass the JROTC in every category!"
"Oh no. They're screwed," Terra mumbled.
"Well, they still have a chance," Garnet said, taking out her camera for the paper.
Within moments, the JROTC were done and the teams entered the "Circle of Supremacy". One of the other JRTOC members who was the overseer, wearing their full military attire, stood on a box (as they were kind of short) and saluted the crowd as the flag of Radiant Garden was flying. The national anthem was sung and another JROTC member began playing a trumpet.
"Here ye! Here ye! You brave men are about to embark on a series of test, ordained by the Grand Master of the International ROTC! Make your way to the Circle of Supremacy. The contenders must not mumble, mutter or make any sounds of grief, crying or pain in order to earn the 'Jesus' Courage and Resilience on the Cross' badge!" the member said.
"The first test is…The Wax of Wailing!" one of the other JROTC members yelled.
The first one to go was Firion. Ven and Isa put wax on his legs and the leather strap to rip of whatever hair was on his legs. When Ven and Isa saw Firion's legs, each boy looked at them in horror as they were…hairy. 'And they call me 'Werewolf'…' Isa thought.
The jocks did the same to Braig's legs and the trumpet blew to start. Ven and Isa ripped the strap off and immediately looked at the strap in horror. The reason being was that the majority of Firion's leg hair was on the straps. Much to everyone's disgust, the hair on Firion's legs began growing again.
"Ew," the crowd muttered.
Much to the jocks' surprise, Firion said nothing. The only thing that happened was that his eye started twitching. The crowd looked at the jocks and saw that Braig was in tears, but he didn't mutter a sound.
"Oh! He who's mouth is louder than my grandpa's shorts. You ready to cry," Isa said, mocking him and receiving big laughs from the crowd.
The next test was called…the Bumping of the Bone of Funny. Zack, Isa, Ven, Firion and Captain Laguna were tied to swivel chairs that had a hockey stick taped to the back and the chairs were in front of file cabinets that had one open. Braig, Coach Dilan and the jocks were in the same predicament. The members of the JROTC climbed the file cabinets and grabbed the tops of the sticks to turn the chairs.
"Gather your fortitude, soldiers," Captain Laguna said to the JROTC.
The overseer played the trumpet and the JROTC turned the chairs to the point where everyone in the chairs' funny bone was hit. After getting hit five times, Isa yelled at the soldier who turned his chair, "Don't make me come up there, Wood Boy! Turn it faster! Faster I say!"
The "Wood Boy", named Johnny, began turning Isa's chair faster, causing for Isa's funny bone to get hit harder.
Ven, in pain but still mad due to not having breakfast, yelled and screamed, "You call that hitting my funny bone? Go faster, you dolt! Faster or else I'll kill ya!"
That scared the poor JRTOC member and she began turning the chair at near lightning speeds.
On the other side of the ring, Coach Dilan looked up and said, "You wanna run 1,000 laps around the football field during gym? I can barely feel it! Go faster or else!"
That poor JRTOC member stared at Coach Dilan and looked over at Ven. She began turning the chair at the speed of sound and the crowd at the look of "What the fudge? Is he crazy?" on their faces. Nurse Rosa looked horrified while her husband, Prof. Cecil, stared at the contenders in shock.
After five minutes of nonstop funny bone bumping, the JROTC members who turned the chairs were exhausted. The contenders' arms were in extreme pain and KS group stared at them in shock.
"For goodness sake, someone should concede," Yazoo said.
"Knowing them, they won't," Lea said, still looking around in shock.
The third test was…The Pool of Perpetual Freezing (they couldn't think of a better name). The contenders were wearing their swimsuit and the goal was to swim in the pool of 20 degree water (with ice in it) without screaming in pain due to the cold or drowning. "We gotta swim in that?" Braig yelled, not happy about the cold water.
"Enough! The maiden of frozen water awaits!" Captain Laguna said, readying himself for the challenge.
The overseer blew his trumpet and Captain Laguna was the first to jump into the water. Ven and the others jumped in and began swimming. Braig had trouble as the water was too cold and he was tired. After about 30 seconds of swimming, Braig arrived and saw that the majority of the jocks and all the members of the JROTC were already on land and had their clothes changed.
"Huh? What the…?" Braig said, getting out of the water.
"What happened to ya? We thought you drowned," one of the football players said.
"How long was I down there?" Braig asked.
"Um, about two minutes," an archer told him.
"Heh, heh, heh…The greatest test is yet to be realized," Captain Laguna said proudly and left with his troops.
The fourth test (back in the gym) was called…The Pendulum of Protest. The reason for the name was that the JROTC and the jocks were connected to two separate indoor swing sets. Large, oversized red dodge balls filled with water were also connected to the swing set, making both look like large pendulums people put on their office desks. Braig and the jocks taunted the JROTC and Captain Laguna said to his now scared troops, "Don't worry. They'll be unconscious soon."
"Well, as it said in this country, 'Let it rock'!" Firion yelled, receiving weird stares from the crowd and JROTC.
The JROTC lifted one of the giant dodge balls and sadly Ven, who was near the end, was the first to get hit by one. Coach Dilan on the jocks' swing set was also hit.
Each member was hit by the dodge balls and the hit felt like they were getting hit by a car repeatedly. After a minute of getting hit, the crowd saw that the jocks were nearly unconscious while the JRTOC were still going strong.
Ven (who had two black eyes) stopped the "boulders" with his hands and looked up. Zack (who had a few bruises and cuts) looked up weakly and saw that the KS group looked at them in horror. 'Ow,' he thought.
Firion and Isa (who had bruises on their faces) moved the "boulders" out of the way and many students thought that Isa was a "boss". Captain Laguna and Coach Dilan glared at each other, despite both having black eyes.
"You all have done well. This last test shall determine which group will receive the badge. Gentlemen, I give you…The Tour of Tears. Just determine who will go through the test," the overseer said.
The group was given a five minute break and the KS group and Pellegrinos rushed over to the JROTC. Nurse Rosa headed over to them and quickly began tending to the soldiers wounds. "I'm too tired. I'll probably pass out," Zack said.
"Yeah and my arms practically broken," Zack said, while Nurse Rosa put his arm in a sling.
"Then I'll do it!" Ven said proudly.
"Ven no!" Aqua yelled.
"I'm gonna do it! And you can't stop me! Pride's on the line!" Ven yelled.
"But Ven!" Aqua retorted.
Ven left and Braig was chosen to be the representative for the jocks. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Tiger," Braig (who had just bruises) said.
"It's Ven!" Ven yelled.
The overseer came back and led the two to the Tour of Tears. The "Tour" was a course that started high up on the rooftop of the school. There were two dive platforms that were on the edge of the roof. What waited at the bottom was a pool of icy cold water that had several ice flows in it. At the bottom of the pool was a giant slingshot that was to shoot both Ven and Braig towards a large rescue trampoline. The JROTC hoped that both Ven and Braig hit the trampoline and bounce off of it safely. The fire department and the ambulances were on standby around the course, just in case either of the two missed the trampoline.
Ven stood at the edge of the dive platform in fearlessness while Braig shook like a baby's rattle. The crowd on the roof stared in fear while the crowd at the bottom waited to see if something was going to happen. The overseer blew his trumpet and Ven jumped in the air and off the platform. Braig fell off and the two landed in the pool with a loud splash.
The slingshot caught them and was mechanically raised. In a dazed due to hitting the water too hard, Braig laughed and said, "Did I win yet?"
"No…" was all Ven could say.
The slingshot was then released, sending the two flying 50 feet in the air. "Catch ya later, Ven!" Loz yelled happily.
Ven and Braig sailed through the air and surprisingly, neither screamed. Much to the fire department, Nurse Rosa and the ambulance team's relief, Ven and Braig landed on the trampoline. Sadly, the two were shot 100 feet into the air again and they landed through the roof of a nearby house…
Later…
Braig woke up in a hospital bed with many of the jocks surrounding him. His leg, right leg and neck were broken. "Aw, can I play with him, Coach Dilan?" one of the football players said.
"No. Don't touch," Coach Dilan said.
"Did we…win?" Braig asked weakly.
"Um…well, you passed out…ten seconds before Ven did. So, the JROTC won by default," one of the archers told him.
"Ten lousy seconds?" Braig screamed.
"We will pay them back in full…after we all get rest and you heal up," Coach Dilan said.
In Ven's room…
Ven, who had a broken neck, two broken ribs, his left leg, right wrist, left arm and five broken toes that added to his list of injuries, looked up and saw the KS group, the JROTC, the Journalism club and his family surrounding his bed. "Did we win?" Ven asked, holding the pump for his morphine medicine.
"Yes! You won the badge for everyone. Good job, soldier!" Captain Laguna said proudly.
"So, he had to do all that for pride?" Aqua asked.
"Yup. That's what the JROTC does," Terra said, looking at his little brother in pity.
"But that bounce off the trampoline wasn't planned," Zack said.
"Ya think?" Isa said, annoyed.
Captain Laguna and his team was awarded the Jesus' Courage and Resilience on the Cross badge (which was a badge in the shape of a heart on a golden cross) and the Journalism club began talking pictures. "Dude, you're not gonna wear that to school, are you?" Zidane asked, pointing at the badge.
"Grr! Do not touch the badge, street urchins!" Ven yelled, turning into "Vanitas".
"Okay…" everyone muttered.
After that, the challenge was forbidden by all schools in Radiant Garden. Nope, the whole world…
Silly, but short. Okay, review!