"There's money to be made, so you can stay with us or leave your money behind," Hwoarang says before wiping the sweat from his head.
The ventilation in the school's basement is bad, but waiting for Steve Fox to decide on whether on staying or leaving was worse. He can see in Steve's pale blue eyes that he'd rather be in their usual paid fight on the soccer field. Hwoarang feels the same, but getting busted by the teachers last week stopped all scheduled fights for remaining school year.
Hwoarang playfully sings the Derby Ram, one of many English favorite drinking songs he picked up when sneaking into local bars with Steve.
Steve says, "Alright stop, I'll stay. Just stop singing." Steve sits back down at his mahjong table."
Hwoarang stops singing and pats Steve on his broad back. Then he sits back down on his own table with only Jin Kazama sitting across him. Jin is smugly counting his recent winnings.
"Here's where my comeback begins Jin."
Hwoarang hides his anger with a smile as Jin simply replies, "I'd like to see that."
Hwoarang finds it funny that Jin has become his rival in not only fighting, but in all things. Which is fine with Hwoarang, he likes the attention.
Before they can start a new game, a group of teachers barge in with flashlights yelling and screaming with school security behind them. They tackle as many students as they can before they can scatter and flee, charging them for skipping classes.
Hwoarang yells, "It's the teachers! Run out the back!"
Hwoarang gets up and leads a group of students out the back the door, through a humid hallway, up a few stone steps, and escapes through the open metal cellar doors. As they run out in different directions, they cover their eyes from the sunlight until their eyes adjust to the natural sunlight.
Hwoarang stops and looks back, Jin and Steve running towards him. "Where's Forest," he yells at them, stopping them in their tracks.
He sees Forest Law running towards them. "Waataaw," Forest playfully yells before flipping over them with ease and grace. When he lands and runs past them, he asks, "What are you guys standing around for?"
Hwoarang and the rest of them run after him and catch up to Forest. As they continue to run towards the fields, Hwoarang yells, "Glad to see you made it Forest!"
"Of course! But what do we do with our time now?"
Hwoarang says as they approach a volleyball field, "I think I have an idea."
