Soul Calibur belongs to Namco, yeah, I think we get it...
A\N: Chapter Six and still counting, even though sometimes I had refused to update. Well, I did, and you can start reading now... :)
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"A Hearty Party Is A Hardy"
Chapter Six
Conversation and Competition...
As the "mystery man" had approached the entryway, Raphael and Amy were at the doorstep, with Raphael conversing about his riches and expenses.
"Oh yes, the wonderful joy of owning such an expensive vehicle that everyone envy's as their own. The joy of having some of the most useful and useless features all mixed into a completely unaffordable package sure gets people talking, in which I sure am one of those," he started to speak, chuckling at the end of his speech, in which had only begun. "Our three-story house that we purchased recently has all the room for nothing more and then some, with a big three-car garage for our splendid little vehicle of ours. We also had taken our yacht up to the Yellow Sands Beach Bar recently, and I must say that the view couldn't be any bet-"
"I think we get it", Amy had raised her voice against Raphael's long speech in an attempt to end it, in which was successful. Raphael had glanced to the right, facing Amy, who had a face of exaggerated boredom. He then pulled off a cheesy smile at the two sisters, in whom were completely confused at the moment.
"Right. Well then, my 'daughter', come hither. Let's away to this extravagant party, shall we"? Raphael had finally said, ending his introduction and dismissing himself from the sisters' view. Amy soon followed in step of Raphael, who was far ahead of her already. Cassandra could hear Raphael speak to the guests as he went inside. "Hello all, as I am finally here."
"Geez, what a show-off," Cassandra blurted to her sister, gazing at Raphael from a distance with an agitated look.
"Oh, you need to go easy on him," Sophitia had replied. "Besides, the fact that he's rich will mean that he'll get bored of himself talking," she said, closing her eyes and smiling at Cassandra.
"True that, but I'm glad Amy had hushed him when she could," Cassandra replied back. As the idle party took place inside the confines of the building, the "mystery man" was closing in on the doorway. All of this time, 'he' was checking himself to ensure that 'he' was ready to enter the building. After another glance, the figure walked onward. 'He' approached the sisters and introduced himself, removing the straw hat that had shielded 'his' bald head from the sun.
"Greetings," he said, giving a good presentation of himself to the sisters.
"Oh, welcome!" Sophitia had said, surprised that the man had approached a little 'too quick' to the front door. "And you name please, dear gentleman?" she asked in a gentle tone.
The man had took a step back, placing his right hand behind his back and drawing a weapon, a pair of nunchaku. He swayed the weapon in all directions and whirled it side-to-side, up and down, and all around the air, putting on a little show for the two sisters. The nunchaku was being flung in all sorts of directions, and because the man was flinging the weapon so fast, they had produced a blurry trail that was clearly visible, giving the appeal that the nunchaku is also an excellent display of art. Finally, the man had ended his 'performance', tucking in the chain-link that connected the nunchaku in his armpit. He then took a bow, exchanging the nunchaku from his right hand to his left.
"Li Long," the man had said, introducing himself. He then stood up from his bow, coupling the nunchaku together and placing them behind his back, tucking them in a horizontal belt line in his pants.
"Oh, well nice to see that you could make it, Li Long," Sophitia had answered, with the same sweet tone she used. Li Long was a bit confused why she kept the tone, but nonetheless, it made him feel very welcome. Cassandra just gazed at him, saying not a thing until he had entered the building. Li Long bowed once more, the he stepped inside the house, being pecked on the cheek by Sophitia before his body was completely inside the house. This made him not only confused, but he blushed deeply, as he now started to walk at a brisk pace. Sophitia closed her eyes and smiled again, leaving Cassandra to think to herself.
"Uh, Sophitia? Why in the world did you-"
"Because he is a nice person, and I adore nice guests," Sophitia interrupted her sister, retaining her happy facial expression. Cassandra just shrugged to herself, leaving no reply.
The sisters decided to stay inside for a while, since a considerable amount of guests were now inside the building. They closed the entryway door behind them and started to walk into the house. Inside, idle but busy activity was taking place. Hwang, Seong-Mina, Talim, and Yun-Seong were talking amongst each other. Raphael was pointing out objects of interest, most of them which were expensive, leaving Amy to watch him. Xianghua, Kilik, Maxi, and now Li Long, were talking amongst each other as well. Suddenly, Maxi and Li Long drew their nunchaku and centered themselves in the house. Surely, something interesting was about to go down...
Apparently, Maxi and Li Long had challenged each other to a nunchaku competition, to see who can perform the best acts with their weapon. They both faced each other, staring at the opposing weapon and then moving their eyes up to their faces. First to perform was Maxi, who whirled his nunchaku at an incredible speed in all directions, and then finished his act with a high air-time backflip, successfully landing on the ground and then stretching his nunchaku, grunting.
"Beat that," Maxi silently grunted at Li Long, in whom was preparing himself for his act. The gathering of people had clapped, congratulating Maxi on his performance. Xianghua and Kilik were talking amongst each other:
"I wonder how his performance will be," Xianghua talked to herself. Kilik curiously listened to Xianghua, who was now staring at the other contender in the competition.
Well, Xianghua," Kilik started to speak to her. "Looks like you got the hots for someone else, eh?"
"Hey! That wasn't funny! Stop kidding around, Kilik!" she replied back.
"Maybe you need to do the same thing," Kilik had replied, chuckling slightly at the thought.
It was now Li Long's turn to perform. He took his nunchaku and started to fling it in random directions, but then he decided to mix things up a bit. He started to dance around with the nunchaku, in which he twirled, spanned, and twisted the nunchaku to a beat that he had playing back in his mind as he danced around. Xianghua was amazed at his performance, dropping her lower lip, with Kilik glancing at Xianghua for a brief moment. Li Long was performing all sorts of random acts, from rotating the nunchaku around his neck, to making a nunchaku tornado by spinning the weapon at an incredible speed using his foot. While the nunchaku was moving very fast, Li Long ended his act by catching the nunchaku in mid-flight, stopping the weapon and stretching it, finally taking a bow. The crowd congratulated him for his outstanding performance, with even louder claps than before. Li Long took another bow, but in the direction of Xianghua and Kilik. Maxi was disgusted.
"Hmmph! Some show!" he mustered to himself. "The next time he steals my spotlight from the girls I may just have to knock him out. But, he's an old man! How was he better than me!" Maxi felt enraged by the attention that Li Long had received, and walked away in disgust, with Kilik noticing. Kilik walked to meet up with Maxi to see what was wrong, but Xianghua continued to stare at the man of 'her' hour.
"Wow. He was so amazing with his nunchaku," she thought to himself. Before the crowd dismissed from the area, Li Long winked at Xianghua before he departed to relax, leaving thoughts racing around Xianghua's mind. She couldn't believe that he noticed! As he left, Xianghua had stared at him for as long as he was in her sight.
"Wow! He noticed me watching him! Uh, what will he think though?" she thought to herself, looking at the distance in front of her. As the event wrapped up, Sophitia and Cassandra were discussing what had happened recently.
"Well, that was so sudden," Cassandra said.
"It was a good show, I must admit," Sophitia replied. "Who knows what will come next."
"I think the other guy was a bit upset about it though," Cassandra had answered back, looking a bit concerned as she looked in the direction of Maxi and Kilik, in whom were talking.
"You mean, Maxi? I think he just wants to supersede above all" Sophitia replied. "Besides, we'll just have to wait it out and see what other exciting things happen!" The scene grew quiet, as the party became idle once more.
End A\N: Nothing much to say, except that this was a pretty long chapter, which I hope you enjoyed. As usual, don't forget to review and keep your eyes peeled for the next chapter.