A/N: Okay, everyone, here is the beloved Chapter 3. So far, this story is doing well and it has aggregated to over 159 views! That's incredible! Much thanks to Ice of Green for being such a loyal fan of my stories and even being the first to write a review on this story. Now, there are some things I would like to talk about in this chapter. So, you know about the unveilment of Honoka for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round? Well, I'm planning on putting her in this story. I was going to wait until Tecmo officially revealed her and since they did, I am going to give her a big debut in this story. Now, with Honoka, I have mixed perception of her. She seems fun by her personality and I really like her appearance, but she seems like the character that was just a mash-up. In other words, her fighting style consists of a mixture of other styles from the cast that she has named "Honoka Fu", which isn't impressive to me. I'm normally up for the powerful characters, but I'm not up for a character who cannot develop their own fighting style. It was almost as if Tecmo was running out of ideas on what fighting style to give this character or they were just aiming for something of a copycat. Honestly, I would prefer that her "Honoka Fu" would be something that she developed without inspiration from one of the cast's styles. Some may say different but this is my opinion of her. Other than that, she's okay in my book. Also, her issue in this story is that she has a zit. The rest of the females have the same problem, so don't expect anything new from that. Review!
Chapter 3
It seemed as if Nyotengu ranting was getting her nowhere. The water continued to run in the shower and all she heard was Tina's voice shattering her ears in retaliation. While she wasn't the one to give up or withdraw from battle, it seemed that Tina had won the battle of words and Nyotengu raised the white flag. However, she was still angry. Nyotengu was a definite example of impatience. While Tsubaki could at least try to be patient, Nyotengu had a hard time with the matter, especially dealing with procrastinators like Tina. She simply sighed and was watched by the other girls as she walked behind Mila and folded her arms.
As she turned her gaze downwards, she could see the others staring at her, rather shocked that she gave up. "What?!" She asked rather irritatingly. The following reactions were "no" and "nothing", along with some of them shaking their heads.
From behind came the violet kunoichi, Ayane. Everyone heard her footsteps and turned back to face her. The beautiful, ruby-eyed girl wasn't herself today. She had bags under her eyes, her teeth were stained with the feint color of yellow, and judging by her scowl, she was definitely cranky. But then again, her crankiness never came from lack of sleep. She wore what appeared to be lavender lingerie with a black bra to cover her breasts and black panties. She held a fuschia towel in her arms and her headband didn't sit right on her forehead as it was slanted to her right ear. When she came upon the line, she groaned in aggravation and crankiness, "Let me guess, Tina is in the bathroom once again?" Nobody answered, but the silence gave away that what she dreaded was true. "This is ridiculous! How long has she been in there?" She asked once again. Kokoro answered, "Going on two hours and twenty-five minutes."
The answer that Kokoro gave her caused Ayane's eyes to widen in shock and anger. "What?! What the hell is she doing in there?! Did she fall in the toilet or something?!" She yelled. From the bathroom, Tina could hear Ayane's smart remark and yelled back as a response, "No, bitch! I'm calling animal control because we got a purple rat!" Everyone let out their "oohs" in shock of the joke and all at once, they turned to face Ayane, whose skin was redder than her eyes. She dropped her towel and made her way to the bathroom door, with the murderous intent to strangle Tina. However, Kasumi, being the sweet older half-sister she was, pulled her back from doing anything that would send her to jail. "Ayane! Calm down!" While the others were expecting for Ayane to act different from what Kasumi was ordering her to do, they notice the kunoichi taking long deep breaths and her skin retaining its normal color. Eventually, Ayane was calmed, "Okay, Kasumi." Ayane released herself from Kasumi and began walking to the back of the line. Kasumi smiled when seeing how mature Ayane was starting to act.
Meanwhile, Marie Rose could barely hold it in. She was now on her knees, bent over and squeezing her legs as tight as she could. It wasn't easy holding in urine when your bladder has reached its maximum capacity. "Ooohhhh! I hope she hurries up! My bladder will explode!" She whined.
Leifang was trying to deal with her unruly hair by simply brushing it. However, each stroke she took resulted in a struggle to pull it back out. Her naps laid visible at the back of her head and one final stroke caused her brush to get stuck in her hair. "Oh shit! My brush is stuck!" She began pulling the brush out as everyone watched, except for Marie Rose, who was practically in agony by holding in her urine. As Leifang pulled, the effort was starting to become null. She pushed her back against the wall and practically used the force and weight of her hand and foot to release the brush from her hair. Though she could care less, Christie noticed Leifang's struggle and couldn't bear to watch it anymore. With a sigh escaping from her lips, she walked closer to Leifang to assist the Chinese girl in her fierce bout with her brush and hair. "Okay, hang on." Christie firmly placed both hands on the handle of the brush as Leifang put her foot down. Immediately, she began pulling. As she pulled and pulled, the brush would not loosen away from Leifang's hair. "My God! It's like your hair doesn't want it to be free!" She exclaimed in struggle.
As Leifang and Christie were struggling, Lisa began to appear. The young African-American scientist/event planner/luchadora/agent was also not herself. Her hair was messy and pillow marks were left on the side of her face. She wore a black lace bra with red jogging pants and was carrying a white towel with a pink Dial soap bar in her hands. Normally, Lisa would start the day by talking to anyone on the island and displaying a pleasant amount of friendship to anyone she crossed paths with. However, Lisa couldn't say a thing as she was getting closer. She rubbed her left eye and yawned and could barely see anything with her blurry vision, given her vision problem that she had since a child. Normally, Lisa would have her contacts to help her see but she accidentally flushed them down the toilet last night and had to wear her glasses. But there was another problem... she left her glasses in the bathroom.
Lisa stopped right behind of Ayane and with her blurry vision, she could identify the long line. "Remind me to cuss Tina out when she gets out of the bathroom." It's amazing how Tina's procrastination in the bathrooms could be idenitified without asking.
"While you're cussing her out, can I kick her ass?" Asked Helena. Lisa nodded and answered, "With pleasure." As Lisa yawned once more, Nyotengu took the time to notice something different about her eyes. She kept her squinting her eyes in concentration and each squint she took seemed to ache as she would blink within seconds, probably as a way to ease her eyes. "Lisa? Did you forget your glasses?" She asked. Just as she thought, that was Lisa's problem, "Yeah. I left them in the bathroom before I went to bed last night. Worse of all, I flushed my contacts by accident, so I can't see much of anything right now. But thanks for your concern, Kokoro." That statement sent in a wave of confusion for the others. Lisa's vision must've been really off course for her to confuse Nyotengu with Kokoro. However, neither of them put in the effort to correct Lisa, since it wasn't going to help for any future mistakes. "No problem." Nyotengu answered.
After another hour had passed (seriously?! Who stays that long in the bathroom?!), the girls were jolted by a horrendous odor that fumed in the air. The must of the stench was repulsive and though all of them had strong stomachs, they felt their stomachs weakening by the scent. By then, a green cloud of stench had came to view and everyone moaned and some screamed in disgust. Immediately, everyone caught onto their noses and Mila most definitely achieved the effort since the stench jolted her awake but didn't relieve her from exhaustion. The smell seemed to be combined with the foul odors of garbage, sewage, cut grass, and fish.
"Oh Jesus!" Hitomi exclaimed. "That odor... it's so foul!" Kokoro exclaimed as well. "Ugh! What the hell is that smell?! Stink?!" Tsubaki also exclaimed. The odor was getting closer and closer and everybody felt weak. By now, Helena was tapping on the wall, indicating that she was tapping out in defeat. Marie Rose still had her legs crossed since she needed to urinate but also put in the effort to close her nostrils. Humourously, Nyotengu closed her nose but began fanning away the cloud for the stench to begone. As the odor came closer, everyone turned around and saw Momiji, but she was DEFINITELY not herself.
The Shrine Maiden's appearance bore the resemblance of a filthy hobo. Her clothes and skin were tattered with mud and trash, her hair was messy and unkempt, and a green line of smoke began emitting from her. She wore a red shirt with white shorts and sported pink socks. Interestingly enough, she had her hair down, which was unusual for the kunoichi to do. Everyone backed away from Momiji and collided into one another. This didn't faze Momiji, obviously because she knew that she had stunk, so it wasn't surprising for the other girls to react this way. "Good morning." She said in a somewhat happy tone of voice. Everyone responded, "Good morning."
The stench was unbearable as they all moved further and further away from her. "Momiji! What the hell happened to you?! You smell like ass!" Leifang exclaimed, "Forget ass, you just smell like something that I could never forget!" Lisa exclaimed as well. Breathing out a sigh, Momiji explained her story, "Okay. You see, I was in a hurry because I thought that Tina was going to beat me to the bathroom again. Along the way, I had to run through the forest since my cabin was close to it and as I ran, I tripped over a root and fell into a pile of mud that was mixed with bird feces. Then, as I ran once more, a sewage pipe busted on the way and sprayed all over me. To add insult to injury, I stepped on a skunk's tail by accident and it retaliated by spraying me with its stink. So now, I need to take a shower and get this stink off of me!" When Momiji finished, she too acknowledged the line and sighed, "And Tina beat me. Damn!"
Rather irritated that she was unable to beat Tina to the bathroom, she stood in her place and began waiting. The girls reformed their line, in order as it was before, again but were still inches away from Momiji. Well, she did stink. As everyone waited, Rachel had come from behind and everyone turned to face her. The Fiend hybrid woman didn't look too well. She clenched her stomach with her fingers and was breathing constantly. She wore nothing more than a black lace bra and black panties with her hair still tied in her trademark ponytail. As she came closer, the foul stench emanating from Momiji had penetrated her nostrils and she used her entire arm to blockade the odor from her nose. "Ugh! That smell!" She said. Before Rachel could open her mouth to ask where the stench was coming from, Momiji had already began to respond, "Long story, so to shorten it, I just stink today." A brief explanation that seemed enough for the huntress to understand. But more to the point, everyone was wondering as to why she was clenching onto her stomach the way she was, but something that caught Rachel's attention, which failed to go unnoticed by the other females of the island, was the long line. An annoyed look swam over the blond's face, "I'm not even going to ask." She said with an irritated tone of voice. "What's wrong with you?" Ayane asked.
A hint of shamelessness caressed her voice as she answered the violet kunoichi. "I need to sh**." Shock swam all over the hallway by the boldness of the huntress. How was she able to say this to the girls with such a bold look on her face? Most of the other girls didn't have the courage to admit when their bowels were moving, but it didn't seem to bother Rachel one bit. Everyone shrugged it off and resumed to waiting for another countless amount of time for Tina to leave the lavatory.
As time passed, the stench of Momiji's odor began to die down, but she was still in dire need of showering. Helena's crow's feet seemed to be getting worse as she waited and Marie Rose could feel her bladder getting ready to purge into explosion. One last visit came from a new fighter of the franchise who had entered the tournaments not too long ago. She was a familiar Japanese schoolgirl with hot pink hair, ruby red eyes and held the largest bust size out of all the other girls, even Tina. She wore nothing more but a sleeping gown similar to Helena's and her hair tied in a ponytail. Everyone turned to face her as she approached. Before they could greet her, their eyes met with an abnormally large pimple that sat at her glabella.
"Good morning, everyone. Who's in the bathroom?" Confusion ran across everyone until they realized that Honoka hasn't been on the island and in the tournaments long enough to know about Tina's bathroom habits. One by one, they told her how they waited for hours on end for Tina to get out of the bathroom and the message they had to deliver did not sit well with Honoka. "Oh great. And on the same day I wake up with this huge pimple on my face!"
Tsubaki turned back to Kokoro, "Yo Kokoro, how long has it been since Tina was in the bathroom?" "Three hours and forty-five minutes." Groans carried out in echoes throughout the hallway. "This is getting ridiculous! How much time does one woman need in the bathroom?!" Hitomi complained while grabbing both ends of her hair. "Seriously! My hair needs to be tended to!" Leifang complained also. Eventually, their constant complaining proved to be null as the door to the bathroom had not opened yet. The girls had just reached their boundaries of tolerance with the Texas blonde. However, seeing that bitching and griping wouldn't help, the girls took an alternative and decided to change the subject.
Lisa went first, "So Tsubaki, how are you?" Tsubaki didn't answer, rather she simply turned away from the scientist with a face of defiance. Lisa felt hopeless but wasn't giving in, "Are you still mad at me, Tsubaki? I told you before that it was mandatory. I didn't have a choice!" With that said, Tsubaki turned back to the scientist with an angry look on her face. Kokoro read from it that it wasn't going to be good. "Really? My father's life wasn't a choice? It just had to be done?! You're so full of it!"
Irritated yet hurt, Lisa walked up to Tsubaki, the only two ebony beauties exchanging glares of anger. "What else was I supposed to do?! He would've gave away that information and DOATEC would've been in serious damage if your father continued with it!" Lisa exclaimed. "So you needed to shut him up to vent out the experiments you were performing humans?! Do you hear yourself right now?! My father's life was that much of a threat that you needed to shut him up?!" Tsubaki snarled as she menacing glared at Lisa, "I hope you burn in Hell!" The final statement put Lisa on edge and as a resort, she fiercely slapped her across her face. Everyone gasped in shock. Rubbing the skin that she had assaulted, Tsubaki twisted her body around and delivered a devastating roundhouse kick to Lisa's gut, causing her to hit the wall. "This isn't good." Momiji added. With tempers flaring, the two engaged in combat.
As the two fought, Ayane made it her attempt to attack Kasumi while she was distracted. After all, there were still some issues that the violet kunoichi had with her half-sister. Taking out a kunai, Ayane snuck behind Kasumi and with an instinct of prowess, attempted to strike the sakura kunoichi with her kunai. However, Kasumi whipped out her wakizashi that she kept inside her sleeping clothes, apparently aware of Ayane's vengeance and quickly deflected the oncoming attack with precision. "You still cannot let things go, huh, Ayane?" She asked. Eyes filled with anger and revenge, Ayane pushed the kunai forward to build pressure to Kasumi's wakizashi so it would be hard for her to balance her weight. However, the training the sakura kunoichi underwent helped her to withstand the pressure as she pushed her blade forward. With nothing but rage to surround her aura, Ayane snarled, "It's the least I can do for our village, Kasumi! Sister or not, I will kill you and this island shall be your grave!" The two also engaged in combat.
During the mayhem, Christie had snuck up on Helena and whispered in her ear, "You know, Helena, we could have some fun too. After all, you're mother must be worried about her daughter." Those words snapped Helena and she quickly circled her arms to strike Christie, who used her serpent reflexes and instincts to evade the blow. Helena got into her Pi Gua Quan stance, preparing herself and filled with anger, "You will not say my mother's name, bitch!" The two also engaged in a fight.
So long story short, everyone except for Kokoro got into a fight over one thing and the other. Marie Rose was still upset that Honoka made that "size" joke, Hitomi had found out that it was Leifang who stole her cabbage (didn't they fight about this earlier?), Momiji and Rachel began bickering about who Ryu loved the most (even though it was obviously Kasuimi) and got into a huge fight and Nyotengu got excited by all the fighting and challenged Mila to a fight. As the girls quarreled, Kokoro turned to her left by the sound of creaking wood. Before her, she saw Tina, who was wearing a different swimsuit, step out of the bathroom and stretching her body to soften her joints and muscles. She turned to Kokoro and then turned to see the huge dust cloud with the girls fighting each other as well.
"Did I miss something?" Tina asked. "Only that everyone got mad at one another and began fighting." Kokoro answered. "Hmm. Well, anyway, I'm done. Sorry to keep ya'll waiting so long. That bathroom is too beautiful!" She said with excitement, "But I seriously need to stop, I see it's working everyone's nerves." She responded with more sincerity. Kokoro nodded and stepped to the bathroom, catching Tina's attention to the dust cloud, "Umm, aren't you going to tell the others?" She shook her head, "That's okay. I normally don't take long in the bathroom and they seem to be preoccupied." With a reasonable look on her face, Tina walked away, catching everyone's attention but not enough as Kokoro closed the door and began using the bathroom. From inside, she said, "Sorry, but you guys seemed busy. I won't take long."
Suddenly losing the motive of their brawl, the ladies all sighed and decided to wait for Kokoro as they reformed their line.
After Kokoro got out, everyone tended to their business in the bathroom. Helena took care of her crow's feet, Hitomi brushed her teeth and took a cold shower to shake off the hangover, Mila also took a cold shower to rejuvenate her vitality, Marie Rose finally peed, Ayane and Momiji took their showers, Leifang fixed her hair situation (sort of), Lisa found her glasses, Rachel "relieved" herself and Honoka dealt with that gnarly pimple.
A/N: Hey! I am so sorry that I was late for the update! A lot of things have been happening with signing up for college and scholarships that I've been neglecting my duties. Thankfully, this is the last chapter and I hope you all enjoyed this story! Also, as for the confrontation with Tsubaki and Lisa, that was meant to reveal some major plot points in a future Dead or Alive story, where Tsubaki will play an important/lead role. I don't know if I stated her fighting style, but Tsubaki practices Eskrima and does use some elements of Sikaran as well, which are Filipino fighting styles. As for the story, Kokoro didn't take long and one by one, everybody used the bathroom to clear their issues. Thank you for reading and leave a review!