Opopo and his friends were having a sound sleep. Each were dreaming about something. Lebeu and Shogo were having nightmares about those big guys. Everyone else was trying not to. Camyvar was surprisingly fast asleep, even though his bed was too small. Yep. It was a sound sleep untill 9:30, when there was a knock on the door. Because no one got up, the knocking started to get louder. Eventually, Opopo woke up and answered the door, and wouldn't you guess who it was? It was the jolly old King Krokus, of coarse. "Good morning," said the king. "The opening ceremony will start in one hour. Quickly get some breakfast in and report to the stage area." Then King Krokus left. Opopo, still tired, yawned once and then said to himself "Well, time to wake up the gang," in a very tired tone. After Opopo went up the stairs and said kindly, "HEY!! TIME TO WAKE UP!! THE OPENING CEREMONY IS IN ONE HOUR!! GET OUT OF BED!! RISE AN SHINE!! COME ON!!" Instantly everyone jumped. Camyvar ended up breaking his tiny bed out of excitement. Well at least he still has the Mattress, right? Then everyone headed downstairs. While downstairs, Buizikiel looked in the cabinet for something to eat. "Hey, you guys want pancakes?" he asked to everyone. Shogo was craving for pancakes, so he cheerfully said, "Oh yes! Pancakes would hit the spot." "Well too bad," Buizikiel said, "I used up the pancake mix for the pigs in a blanket yesterday." That made Shogo a bit sad. "We can still make French Toast if you want though," Buizikiel said in an attempt to cheer Shogo up. But Shogo was still a bit mad at Buizikiel for making that joke. "Buizikiel, you should really not make jokes like that." Buizikiel was a bit perplexed. He did not feal he had made a joke. But, Buizikiel apologized anyway. "Sorry, I didn't know you liked pancakes so much. Don't worry, maybe we will have pancakes tomorow. ... if we are supplied with more." Yes, how would they get more? "Anyway, don't worry, I'll make french toast."
After breakfast, they headed for the opening ceremony. While Opopo was unsure about where it was, Eggbert remembered where he saw it from the bus yesturday, and just took judgement from that. Eventually they found it easily enough. They saw a big stage and 64 stools, but only 8 of them were not already filled by an opponent, so they filled up the remaining seats. Then King Krokus took the stage with five of his merry men and women of the May the Best Team Win compotition. "Greetings. Welcome all to the first ever May the Best Team Win compotition. I am your delightful host, King Krokus." There was no reaction from the crowd, crickets stared to chirp, and Pips started to ask her group "Were we suposed to clap or something?" King Krokus was also silent, and then started talking again. "Thank you. And now let me introduce my family. Please welcome Queen Liz and Prince Gof." Right behind him were a female version of King Krokus who was not much shorter, but had less whiskers. Wait... why does she have whiskers at all? Also right behind him was the cutest little mini-me knock off you have ever seen. All of them had the same drop of snot hanging from their nose. The ladys found them very cute, and all showed their admiration by saying "awwwww," even Pips did it. The queen and prince started to take turns talking. The queen started first. "Thank you, king. Now, let me and my darling son explain our role." "We two take turns teling you how a game works." "We explain the rules to a game and what happens when you break them. Usually disqualification." "Right, mom. But since there are no games today, we will not have to explain anything for now." "That's correct, sweaty. Now, any questions before we move on?"
"Yeah, I have one," Buizikiel shot his hand into the air while asking. "How do we get more pancake mix?" The queen chuckled. "That was exactly what we were going to go over next. Now then, let me introduce our shop keeper, Pomfrey." Then up stood one of the ugliest Lhasa Apso you have ever seen. She had an fountain tail on here head and was basically a ball with short hands and legs. She then walked up to the queen to talk, and the queen and prince sat back down. "Hello, I am the shop keeper, Pomfrey. My shop has all type of things, including hot dogs, pancake mix, and even fast food dinners. But of coarse nothing in a shop is free except for going to the bathroom. So how will you pay for these things? Our king will tell you that." The king then stood back up and explained. "Okay, let me explain this nice and clear. You earn money after games. The higher you rank on a game, the more money you win. But don't worry, even if you get last place, you will still get money." The king then sat down, and Pomfrey went back to talking. "That's right. And remember our moto: Buy something and get out!" Then Pomfrey sat down and the king sat back up. "Alright. Now, I would like to introduce the solution to all your problems. Please welcome our medic, Runa." Then up stood a big walking mass of fat that looked like a large mole. "Of coarse there needs to be a medic in dangerous games like this. While we can't garuntee are games are 100 percent safe, we assure you that there will probably be no serious injury. However! If there is someone who is hurt, sick, or just plain wrong in the mind, I'm the one you call. Thank you." Then of coarse, the king got back up, and the medic sat back down. "And finally, I would like to introduce the mastermind behind every game we play. It's the one, the only, Cap Tain!" Then up to the stage comes a turtle who wears shades and has a giant cap as his shell. CAP tain. Get it? "Remember, I make the rules. I come up with the games. I will not rig games for one team to win, nor will I allow cheating. And I most certainly will not allow flying during a chalange where you must have your feat planted on the ground. All games must be played fairly, or ELSE!!" He said that pretty loud. Some monsters even fell of their chairs. ... and onto other monsters. "Thank you. Any more questions?" Everyone was just blank, and not because no one had questions. ... although they didn't. "Okay then. We are almost done, so the king will finish off here." Captain sat back down, and our delightful king sat back up. "I hope you all show your best tomorow during our first game, but for now, you are free to do whatever. Well, untill next time, see ya!"
Opopo's team huddled up to decide where they would be going first, but it looks like the first team they would visit came to them, as a small panda in a large sweater came up to Opopo. Opopo turned around to greet the newcomer. "Hi, I'm Gara, what's your name?" he asked Opopo. Opopo, fealling a bit shy, said in a light tone, "My name is Opopo. I am part of the Hipicups team." Gara was pleased. "I'm part of the TapyTapy team. It's nice to meet other teams that are kind and generous." Opopo fealt good about the compliment. "So, you wanna go back to our hut?" Gara asked Opopo. "Well, I..." Opopo started, but before he could finish, Pips jumped in and said "We would love to see what your house looks like. By the way, my name's Pips." Gara was happy, but at the same time fealt that Pips was being kind of rude. "Great then, it's all settled. Follow me." And so they did.
Opopo and his friends followed Gara to a house that was, ironically, the closest house to the Hipicup house. So they went in to see that the other seven members of TapyTapy were already there, but six of them were aparrently upstairs. How could you tell? Well, actually that was kind of a guess. Opopo and his friends then walked up to the second member of Tapy Tapy. A large blob with a spikey head and the most adorable set of eyes you have ever seen. ... Well... if you like big, solid black eyes, then yes. It seemed to have been wolfing down a plate of spagetti. "Hi. (Munch, munch.) I'm Megumi. (Munch, munch.) Pleased to meet you." Megumi should learn not to talk with her mouth full. Opopo was wondering how to talk to here. "Hi, I'm..." But before he could finish, he was rudely interupted again, but this time, by Camyvar. "Hi, I'm Camyvar. Part of the Hipicups team. This is my friend, Opopo. It's nice to meet someone who enjoys eating as much as I do." It was obvious Camyvar liked Megumi, even though they just met. "Pleased to meet you, Camyvar," said Megumi, while still scarfing down his plate of spagetti. Camyvar was watching every second of her scarfing down her food. "You're pretty cute," Camyvar said to Megumi. Wow, one minute, and he's already flirting with her. "Th... thank you," she said, fealing quite embarrassed at that comment. "I... I gotta go upstairs for a few seconds." Megumi then walked up the stairs to the bedroom. Once upstairs, the rest of the members of TapyTapy came down. Two cats came down, and so did a butterfly and a moth-like monster, and also a small newt and a dolphin-like narwhal. The two cats stepped forward first. One had light hair, the other had dark hair. The one with light hair made the introduction. "Hello, I am Ashley, and this is my sister, Racheal." "And we are the Kitikat twins," finished Racheal. Pips went up to them to introduce herself as the only girl in the group. "Pleased to meet you two. You can refer to me as Pips. I just happen to be the only girl on the team." The Kitikat Twins were then looking at everyone else on the Hipicups team. Then Ashley started to say, "Man, I just noticed how many cute guys you have on your team." Everyone looked at them, even Gara and the remaining four TapyTapy members were looking at them. Then Ashley went up to Opopo's friends. She started with Shogo and went down the list. "You, with your cute little face and your adorable snot drip. You, the big fat dragon with a cute giggle. You, the big chicken who looks ready for anything. You, the pot bellied pig with the energetic personality. You... you aren't that cute. Sorry, egghead. But you, the little alienoid blob who's short, but sweet. And you, a friendly, cheerful, happy little salamander." Shogo, Camyvar, Chuu, Buizikiel, Lebeu, and Opopo were all embarrassed. Racheal then pulled Ashley away from them and pretty much forced her upstairs. Ashley was looking at them the whole time. And before you knew it, they were both out of sight. Then the narwhal went up to them to introduce himself. "Hiyah! My name is Blowba GoodFellow. People just call me Blowfella for short, though. I wonder why? I guess it's just easier that way." Then she pointed to the newt right next to her, standing on all fours. "This is my friend, Squishey." Then Squishey started talking. "Hi there. We are the teams best swimmers. Basically, our team is quite balanced. We got swimmers, speeders, strong guys, and all around players. And we all work well as a team. I would like to think we have a shot at winning the compotition." Then the two Moths went up to talk. One was like a face with butterfly wings, the other was a worm with rounded wings. The first one introduced himself. "Hey hey, I'm Flaffy Silk." Then the other one introduced himself. "And I am Sulku Silk." Then they took turns talking. "We are the Silk brothers." "While we are no good for strength oriented chalanges..." "We are very fast flyers, so we are best for speed chalanges." "Though if there is a little strength involved..." "We usually just carry stuff with our mouth." "Although only if it has a rope attached to it." Then they both chuckled like they were embarrassed at their lack of strength.
Megumi decided to come back down stairs after becoming embarrassed by Camyvar's "cute" comment. When she came down, she took her plate and got more spagetti from the pot. I guess there was alot of spagetti, there's still alot left. Did everyone have some? I guess it doesn't matter. After Megumi got another plate, she sat down and said to Camyvar "Thank you," again. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Gara went over to the door, cracked it slightly, and said "Welco..." but was instantly smashed into the wall with the door pressing him like a pancake. Behind the door revealed a big character who looked alot like Megumi, but was bigger and no where near as cute. Behind him were, apparently, two of his friends, who were both very ugly round wolves with short arms and legs. They certainly looked the part of bullies. The big guy then went up to Megumi. Megumi was kind of scared, but still managed a "Hello," out of her mouth. But this guy was apparently not here to make friends. He then grabbed some of Megumi's spagetti and ate it. I mean, how rude. Then he took Megumi's plate and shoved it in her face. What a jerk. Then he starts laughing like a jacka... nevermind. Then, everyone he looked at backed away. "Heheharhar! I seem to have gotten famous, already," he said, while still staring all around himself. The two wolves were sniggering at Megumi, being mostly useless to the big guy. "Allow me to introduce myself and my friends over there. I am Buboa, head of the Wanswago House, and over there are my, err... somewhat faithfull right and left hand monsters, Busu and Basa." Busu and Basa were still sniggering at Megumi. I wonder if they do anything else. Buboa then started monologing. "Anyway, I just came her to make sure you know who the winner of this compotition is going to be. That's right. Me. Heheharhar!" Opopo could not stand by to see this jerk terrorize people. So he decided to stand up to him. "Hey man, what makes you think you can just barge in here and commit wrong doing in someone elses house? And just for the record, you aren't going to win." Bad move. Just then, Buboa picked Opopo up by the skin on his chest. "Oh, how cute," he said." You are a pathetic little weakling who thinks he's tough. But you're not. You are weak, scrawny, pitiful, and poor." Then Buboa threw him against the wall. "You don't understand how powerful we are, do you." Opopo was starting to get quite angry. His friends Camyvar and Chuu noticed and then went up to Buboa to give them a piece of their mind. "Hey, man, that's not funny," said Camyvar while trying to be tough. "You're messing with the wrong team bucko," Chuu added. Then Buboa turned to them. Buboa was not much bigger than Camyvar or chuu, but he still thought he was top dog. "Oh, well isn't that sweet. Two dummies who want to get their buts kicked. Oh well, I'll start with you, the stupid round chicken. Heheharhar!" Buboa then got ready a shot a swift punch at Chuu. ... However, he underestimated Chuu, who just caught the fist with his wings. "Ha, nice try, macho man! But punching me won't get you anywhere." Then Camyvar decided to stand up to the bully. " You think you can just push others around and proclaim a made up superiority? You should be ashamed of yourself." Then Camyvar decided to give Buboa a nice smack upside the head. Unfortunately from Camyvar, he only has fins, so he can't punch. However, he was still strong enough to produce a smack that sent Buboa to the floor. Buboa was very angry after he got up. "You guys are strong. I'll be sure to keep my eye on you two." Then he went torwards the door. "Come on, you two. Let's go. These guys are wasting my time." Buboa and his right and left hand monster left, leaving everyone to look at Chuu and Camyvar. Gara had just recovered from being slammed into the wall, and had went up to the two heroes. "Thank you for driving away the bully. Say... is there anyway I can thank you... I mean we can thank you?" Camyvar and Chuu were very happy, but there really wasn't anything they wanted. "Well, no thanks. Just a thank you is enough," replied Chuu. Chuu may not sound like the type, being a round chicken with stubby wings and no legs., but he's tough. He doesn't ask for much, though. Opopo had also recovered from getting slammed to the wall. He had just gotten up and went over to Chuu and Camyvar. Wow, alot of people are going over to them. "Well, nice work guys, but I think we should get out of here and go meet the other teams," Opopo said to the two. Then he signaled for the rest of his team to follow him. They all said their farewells and left the TapyTapy house.
The rest of the day was uneventful. The Hipicups team met the other teams, except for the big guys, who went by the name of Grangara Team. Nope, no one was allowed to enter their house. Other than that, the remaining teams were pretty nice. But it was still uneventful, so it pretty much goes without saying. But one thing's for sure. The real game starts tomorow.
Next time on May The Best Team Win. Yoho, Yoho! On the misty sea we go. Opopo and Camyvar take an adventure on the sea to battle ghosts. But it's no mear adventure, but a race. How will they fare? Who will be the biggest compotition? And what will be their mode of transportation on Lake Compotition? All this and more next time on May The Best Team Win.