Chapter 13: The Psyqualia Effect
"Hmm, so that's Team Royal Think Tanks huh. They don't stand a chance against us." A man in the shadows muttered. "Damn right boss!" A shorter and slight wider man beside him exclaimed. The taller man hit the shorter man on the head and scolded, "How many times have I told you to only speak when I give the permission, Wideload." Numbskull raised his hand and the taller man nodded, "Sorry boss." "Damn right you are! Now shut up and stop offering your worthless opinions!" the taller man hollered.
"So we're up against 'Team Shadow Beast' huh? Says they proceeded to the next round by a walkover. Strange." Aichi wondered out loud. "How could their opponents not have heard the call to the play area?" mused Misaki. "Who cares, let's just get ready for our next match!" Kourin cheered exceptionally cheerily. "Yeah Kourin's right. No point in wondering why their opponents didn't show up for the match even though they already signed up." Misaki agreed and Aichi's eyes flared a bright pink before he said, "They don't stand a chance anyway." Misaki and Kourin glanced quizzically at Aichi but both said nothing.
Kamui, Emi and Kamui's spectacle wearing friend walked up to Aichi, Misaki and Kourin. "Congrats bro! Good win!" Kamui exclaimed and raised his hand up for a high-five. Aichi slapped his hand and returned the congratulations. "Me and Emi won the first two matches so Kamui didn't actually play the first match." Kamui's spectacle wearing friend spoke up and everyone chuckled. "H-hey, I just wanted to give Emi a chance to play, I was expecting you to lose man." Kamui blurted defensively. "Hey! Have some faith man!" Kamui's friend retorted with a scowl. "Calm down guys. We are a team after all." Emi calmly intervened. "Eh yeah, you're right Emi. I'm sorry dude." Kamui offered apologetically. Kamui's friend nodded and apologized as well.
"There's still some time before the next match and they're breaking up. Wideload, you take the yellow haired girl. Numbskull, you take the pink haired girl. And I'l take the blue haired kid." The taller man ordered and his two henchmen-cum-teammates moved out. Wideload decided to use the method he used just now, grab her and throw her into something. As Wideload approached Kourin, she sensed something and immediately altered her course. Guess the toilet's gonna have to wait then, Kourin thought to herself as she quickened her pace and turned into a clothes shop. "Damn it, she's trying to make this harder for me!" Wideload turned into the clothes shop as well…
Numbskull decided to just scare the girl shitless and leave her trembling in fear and stuff. As Numbskull neared Misaki, who was going to the bookstore once again, she sensed someone following her an brisk walked into the bookstore. "Damn it. Stupid girl's gonna make this difficult-er for me! Curse her." Numbskull paced into bookstore only to lose sight of her. "Damn it! Now it's even more difficult-er to get her. Stupid girl." Numbskull ranted and looked high and low for Misaki...
The Boss (let's just call him that) tailed Aichi all around the F&B section of the mall. "Hungry eh, my knuckle sandwich will fill you right up." The Boss chuckled to himself. "Hey, care to join me for a drink?" Aichi called out as he purchased his soda. The Boss blinked and before he could react, Aichi took a big gulp from his bottle of soda and tossed it to The Boss. He caught the bottle and fumbled with it. Aichi's eyes flared bright pink and he picked his 'Blaster Blade' card from his deck and flicked it at The Boss. The card hit him in between the yes and gave him a cut. He backed up a few steps and dropped the bottle. Aichi dived for the bottle and caught it but inevitably flew into The Boss sending him falling to the ground. He lapsed into unconsciousness as his head smashed against the floor and Aichi allowed him self a grin before heading to the clothes shop with his bottle of soda. Patrons who witnessed Aichi take down The Boss simply stood rooted to the ground, some too shocked to move, others too amazed.
"Hmm, this guy's gonna be easy." Aichi smirked to himself, eyes flaring bright pink. Entering the clothes store, he shouted out, "Hey Kourin, could you come out here?" Aichi sidestepped and crouched behind a display rack of clothing. Kourin walked by the that particular display rack and Aichi stepped out. "H-hey!" Wideload exclaimed as Aichi suddenly stepped in front of him. "You shouldn't stalk nor hold ill intentions towards a girl y'know." Aichi reprimanded and swung his soda bottle straight into Wideload's face. "Argh…" Wideload groaned before he fell on to the ground. Once again, patrons too there without so much a twitch. Kourin gazed dreamily at Aichi and was about give him a 'thank you kiss' when he said, "The last one's not gonna be too easy, but I like a challenge." And with that statement, he brisk walked to the bookstore. Upon passing a rubbish bin, he casually tossed his empty soda bottle into it. Kourin just followed Aichi silently, unsure of what to say.
"Dang it girl, come out already." Numbskull ranted for the countless time as he peered over and around bookshelves. "Hey, this book seems like a book you'd read." Aichi called out and Numbskull turned around to face Aichi. "Hey aren't you…" Numbskull started but was cut off as Aichi over the book he was holding. Numbskull glanced at the book he caught. It was titled: 'Dummy's Guide To Not Being A Dummy'. As Numbskull flipped open the first page, Aichi sighed, "You still wanna read that even though I'm standing right here?" Aichi grabbed a hard spine book from a shelf a bashed him over the head with it. "Easier than I thought." Aichi mused as the pink flare died down. Misaki came out from behind a bookshelf and Kourin finally caught up to Aichi. Both girls were unsure what had gotten into Aichi but he had just saved the two of them. "Eh, I say we have more time before the finals start. I'm going to go back to the tournament area and rest." Aichi said mildly exhausted. Misaki volunteered to help Aichi back while Kourin pouted her lips and stalked closely behind.
A/N: This is the long chapter as promised. Hopefully this is a good enough length for future chapters. :D Anyway the next chapter most probably won't be coming out too soon since I rushed out two chapters in a week. :P And once again thanks for all the support guys!