A/N Chapter 9 I'm almost caught up to my Lab Rats fan fiction. And I have to say I'm disappointed although I do appreciate and love the review s I do have I haven't gotten any recently. The last one was August 15 and its September 3. Anyways enough moping around let the Chapter begin.
Today is the all-wasabi international, it's where all the Bobby Wasabi Dojos come together and compete to see whose number one. Jerry, Milton, and I have all already gone while I did awesome Jerry and Milton didn't have the same luck so If Kim win's her match we'll be all tied up and it'll be up to Jack.
"Winner!" The referee called raising Kim's hand.
Rudy ran up to her "Kim you just won a match in the all-wasabi international, this must be the most amazing day of your life"
"Well, actually witnessing my sisters birth-"
"Boring!" Rudy cut her off. The two walked over Kim looking a little piqued, "it's all tied up if we win this match were the number 1 dojo in the Wasabi chain. Jack you're up, are you ready?"
"Well, yeah but I thought Bobby Wasabi was going to be here"
"People Bobby can show up whenever he wants."
The gong sounded and Bobby Came wheeling in on a electronic scooter "Or he's here now" I said sarcastically.
"Bobby Welcome!" Rudy welcomed him as he walked over.
"I'm sorry I was hoping to slip in unnoticed" Bobby said but I don't think he meant it. "So how much is is my Pittsburgh Dojo winning by?" Bobby asked taking the seat in the very unnessacary throne Rudy made us make.
I stood up and walked over to Bobby offended with the others in tow "FYI Mr. Wasabi were kicking butt"
He started laughing "Oh, that's rich almost as rich as my Labradoodle is going to be when I die" he continued to laugh until he realized I was serious. "What she isn't kidding you're- you're winning"
"If we win this last match" Rudy told him.
I gave him an I told you so smile and he just ignored me "Well let's do this"
Rudy pulled Jack aside "Jack you can do this you wanna know why there's a heat wave outside? Because you're on fire"
"fire!" Bobby jumped up "Celebrities first!"
Everyone started to run but Rudy stopped them "Wait, wait, wait, no fire just a little pep talk" he explained.
Bobby stood up "Before the match begins I have an announcement to make, this month there will be an article on the principles of the Wasabi Code. In 'Karate fancy' magazine, the winning dojo will receive a gift from me and the winning sensei will be on the cover with me"
Rudy turned to us "Do you know what this means? If I appear on the cover with Bobby Wasabi people will realize how great I am… and humble" he added when he saw the looks we were giving him.
"You're going to do great Jack" I told him before I kissed him.
"Hey Jack" Jerry called making us break the kiss "Quit macking on my sister and kick some Pittsburgh butt would ya"
I laughed as I sat back down on the edge of the bench next to Jerry, "ho hoo, this is going to be so exciting. Evan Sausage me" Bobby called.
Then an idea dawned on me "Evan sausage me too" I called.
Evan picked up a sausage and looked hesitant "Give the girl her sausage" Bobby told him. He shrugged and tossed a sausage in a bun to me. I happily ate it as I watched Jack kick some butt, and like every other time it was hot.
"Winner!" The referee called again and raised Jack's hand.
"We did it! We won!" Rudy shouted as Jack ran over and gave us all high fives, well everyone else high fives he gave me a hug. When Jack pulled away from the hug he faced the others but left his hand still around my waist.
"Come on Rudy on our shoulders once around the mall" Milton said as he and Jerry tried to lift him up.
"no, no, no no, no, no" Rudy stopped them "At no point should my head be higher than Bobby's"
"Seriously" I looked at him he acts like Bobby's royalty.
Bobby came over to us happy "ooh, I love shoulder rides. Now kids lift with the legs.
We looked at him for a second before we all bolted "Deuces Rudy" I called over my shoulder.
Right now I am at the Dojo with Jack and Jerry while Jack helps Jerry practice. I told them I was there for sisterly support but honestly I just didn't want to hang around Phil's with Kim and Milton. But that's when Rudy came in with a huge crate that looked about a foot or two taller than me.
"Guys the gift that Bobby sent us for winning the tournament is finally here" Rudy told us.
"I'll get a crowbar" Jack said smiling and started to run to Rudy's office.
"Oh, no need" Rudy stopped him "Third degree black belt I'm always packing two" Rudy then proceeded to kiss both of his scrawny arms. He knocked twice before he hit it and it opened. It opened to reveal a life sized wax statue of a younger Bobby Wasabi, and the key to the nightmares I'll be having for the few weeks.
"It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen" Rudy said hugging the thing.
"It's the creepiest thing I've ever seen" I said taking a step back.
"Um, what is it?" Jack asked.
"It's a dude" Jerry said not very happy with it.
"It's not a dude" Rudy said finally letting go of it "it's a piece of film history. This is a statue of Bobby Wasabi from his classic 1974 movie "Dojo of wax'"
"Okay so it's a dude" Jerry said again.
"Made of wax. I don't get it Rudy how is that stupid thing supposed to show everyone we're the number one dojo in the Wasabi chain. I think we deserve a little more of that" I said to Rudy.
He jumped up and plugged the wax figures ears, like he could actually hear me. "Don't you dare talk in that tone! And when Bobby comes here for the picture tomorrow you'd better act grateful." Rudy warned us before he stomped off.
"Yo, this thing's kinda creeping me out" Jerry said walking to the other side.
"Jerry behind you" I warned.
"Its eyes are following me everywhere I go!" he said ignoring me and that was a mistake because he tripped and fell over the ledge.
So after figuring out that Bobby gave us a wax statue for our prize instead of some recognition I came up with a brilliant idea. I remembered seeing a sign at my uncle's junkyard a few weeks back when Jerry went on his usual dumpster dive. So I showed Jack and Jerry the old sign hat used to belong to the underpants store that Jerry shopped at. It said we are number one and Jack and Jerry loved it. They said that it would be the perfect way to show everyone we are number on. So right now we were hanging it up in the window.
"Guys, guys, I've told you a 100 times keep the door closed" Rudy said as he ran over and shut the door. "All right? I'm trying to keep the air conditioning in. The statue's made of wax; I need to keep it cool in here."
"Okay" we nodded.
"What's that" Rudy asked finally noticing the sign.
"Oh, it's a sign we got from my uncle's junkyard. It used to hang over the men's store downtown"
"We're number 1?" Rudy asked confused.
"We didn't take the part that said 'in men's underpants'" I explained to him.
"I never understood why that store closed down" Jerry thought out loud "they sold great underpants at a fair price"
"Okay, what's the sign doing here?"
"That dumb statue isn't going to show anyone we won the tournament" Jack explained.
"It's just our way of letting others know that we are number 1" I continued.
"Come on, at least let us turn it on, let's see what it looks like light up" Jerry offered.
"Okay, fine go ahead plug it in" Rudy gave in.
"Jerry and I ran to the other side and waited for Jack to plug it in, it glew red for a moment than sparked and shortened out along with the entire mall's electricity.
Jerry and I walked in "I think our cruddy sign blew the power out" Jerry said stating the obvious.
"Guys, it's not just is the power's out in the entire mall"" I informed them.
"What?" Rudy asked looking out the window. He had a look of realization then started to panic "Oh no. no, no, no! There's no air conditioning. It's already getting warmer in here. Oh no this isn't good" He exclaimed running over to the wax figurine.
"Exposure to temperatures above 74 degrees will cause statue to soften and result in permanent disfiguration" Jack read off the warning label on the wax statue's lag.
"Ooh, that's not good" I shook my head.
Rudy whimpered "that's it- my life is over. Bobby's going to be here in four hours for the photo shoot, and when he get's here he's going to meet blobby" Rudy freaked.
"Blobby Wasabi that's-"
"Shut it Jerry!" Rudy cut him off "I can just kiss goodbye my cover of 'karate fancy' magazine. This heat wave is going to kill Bobby Wasabi"
"Chill Rudy" I yelled at him.
"Don't tell me to Chill Nikki, you chill" he shouted back.
I rolled my eyes and grabbed a couple of fans from my bag and passed them out.
"You keep fans in your bag" Jack asked.
"When you're related to him you keep them everywhere" I explained and Jerry smiled and nodded his head.
"Now calm down Rudy we've just got to figure this out okay?" I tried again.
"Didn't I just tell you not to tell me to calm down? Just keep fanning Bobby"
We did as we were told and started to fan it "Man, this is the worst heat wave this city's ever had" Jerry complained. "And because of us everyone's air conditioning's out"
"At least no one knows it's our fault" Jack sighed.
"I know it was your fault" Phil shouted running in.
"So much for that thought" I rolled my eyes.
"You karate people. You did this. Because of your fancy underpants sign, my meat is going bad and my goat is drinking out of the toilet bowl"
"Phil I tried calling in an electrician but they're all busy" Rudy told him.
Phil took in some deep breaths "Okay, you coming with me to the roof. If I don't get the power back on, my wife will go crazy and miss the latest episode of 'the real housewives of Hakmakistan'."
"Rudy what about the statue what should we do?" Jack asked stopping the two from leaving.
"Just take him someplace cold. Alright? If it melts, my dream of being on the cover of 'Karate fancy' melts with it" and with that the two left.
"No pressure Rudy" Jack shouted sarcastically.
"Guys what are we going to do?" Jerry asked.
I thought about it for a second "I may have an Idea. Let's go" we started t run but I remembered something. "We should probably bring Bobby with us"
Okay so maybe outing the statue in the freezer at a public store wasn't the best idea but it was all I could think of. A lady ended up finding him when she grabbed a pizza out of the freezer.
"It's okay, it's okay we put him there, he's not alive" Jerry assured the woman but that just scared her more and she beat him with the pizza.
"Another bright ideas" Jack asked me.
"I might have one but I don't think it's any better" I shrugged.
This time I bought the statue to the hockey rink penalty box and it was going great. But that all went downhill when a hockey player got put in the penalty box and Jerry decided to get mouthy.
"Hey, puck weed find another penalty box. This one's taken"
"Jerry I really think you shouldn't have done that" I said but it was too late.
The hockey player dropped his stick, took off his helmet and Jerry was once again beat up but I think this one's going to hurt worse.
"One more try" I told Jack getting one last idea but after this I don't know.
Tell me how is it that Jerry always ends up ruining my great ideas. The penguin's tank was cold and if Jerry would just not touch the penguin's food it would've been perfectly fine.
"I don't think you should be eating that fish, it's for the penguin's" Jack told him.
"Oh no, this little guys doesn't mind" Jerry assured us "see that's the thing about penguins, they're very generous"
"Uh, Jer, his mother doesn't look too happy" I tried this time seeing the charging penguin but Jerry wouldn't have it.
"No, no, no, no, Nikki, trust me penguin's ar e really-" Jerry was cut off by the penguin jumping on him and attacking him.
"That's it I'm fresh out of ideas" I told Jack.
We finally were able to bring back the Bobby Wasabi statue because Rudy enlightened us on the fact that the air conditioning has been on for the past hour. He told us he just 'forgot' to tell us. We met Kim and Milton on the way and we all entered the dojo together.
Rudy came in a few seconds after us "oh, bobby, you're back. I'm so happy I never thought I'd see you again"
Rudy sat down "Rudy, why are you limping: I asked.
"Oh nothing much. Just fixed the power, got blown off the roof, landed in front of the veterinarian hospital. Nice people, they patched me up and gave me a coupon for a free flea bath"
"Hey where's your shoes" Kim asked.
Rudy looked down at his feet then at us "I have no idea. What happened to him?" Rudy asked.
"Old lady, hockey player, angry penguin" Jack explained.
"The usual Saturday" I added.
"We've all been there" Rudy said seriously.
"Guys, bobby's going to be here in one hour for the photo shoot" Milton reminded us.
"He's right" Rudy jumped up "Everyone put on your Gis I want you all sparing when Bobby get's here" we all left to do as told.
A while later Jerry came in from the flea bath Rudy sent him to take and screamed. We ran over to see what happened and found Blobby Wasabi.
"How could this happen" Jack asked no one in particular as Rudy ran over.
"Oh, oh, Bobby. It's not so bad you're legs just go t a little soft that's all. Well just go call the doc he'll fix you up. He'll fix you up real good" Rudy told the statue. "I can't tell if I'm talking to his face or his butt"
I studied it for a second "I think it's a little bit of both" I told him.
"I don't get it it's cool in here" Kim pointed out, "the air conditioning is back on"
Jack looked out the window "that reflector on the beach is shooting a beam of sun in here"
"There's nothing left but a melted mound of man, it should've been me. It should've been-" Rudy stopped as soon as Bobby walked in and changed his tone entirely. "Bobby you're early." Rudy ran over to Bobby and the five of us tried to block Blobby.
"How's my number one dojo?" Bobby shouted a little too loud. "Rudy are you ready for our picture?" He said in a quieter tone. He started to walk forward and noticed something behind us he made a motion for us to move and we did so. Bobby gasped "is that the statue I gave you? I honor this dojo with a gift and this- this is how you repay me? I thought you turned this dojo around, but I was wrong. There will be no cover of 'Karate fancy' for you." Bobby flipped his hair and started o leave.
"Wait!" Jack stopped him "it wasn't Rudy. It was me, I put up a we're number one sign because I wanted everyone to know we won the tournament. And it caused a blackout"
"It was me too" I stepped forward "I thought you weren't giving us enough recognition for the title 'best in the Wasabi chain' so I went got a sign from the dump and got these two to help" I explained pointing to Jack and Jerry.
"It was me too, too" Jerry stepped forward "Rudy told us that true champions don't brag" he paused "Especially with a second hand underpants sign"
"It was my fault" Milton said pushing forward "I was angry at Kim, so I threw down the sun reflector which melted the statue. I love science but she can be a cruel mistress."
"No Milton" Kim stepped forward "I'm to blame. I was so obsessed with getting my phone turned back on that I went all psycho boss on you. I'm sorry"
"I'm confused who is responsible for melting me?!'
"I am" All 6 of us said together.
Rudy turned to us and smiled "Guys, thanks, but this is my dojo and I'm responsible for what happens here."
"Bobby just so you know Rudy is the best sensei I have ever known" I said in a soft voice before I spoke louder. "Oh well we melted your creepy statue cry me a river"
"Well, maybe your right little cute terrifying girl but what I just saw here is what the Wasabi Code is all about- honor… friendship… and loyalty. I'm not quite sure how the underpants fit in or why that one had a dog bow in his hair. But what I do know is this dojo is number 1. And you're right Jack. Everyone should see that" Bobby turned and plugged in the sign.
"Bobby don't-" I tried to warn but like usual he ignored me, people need to start listening to me more often and things like this won't happen.
The power went out again and Bobby stood up "looks like your cruddy sign blew out the power" Bobby said before he ran out.
We were all sitting in a booth at Falafel Phil's and Rudy walked up dragging a chair with him.
"Hey guys"
"Hey how was the photo shoot for 'Karate Fancy'" Kim asked.
"Only the highlight of my life"
"I don't get it the powers out in the rest of the mall but Phil has power" Jerry pointed out.
Phil opened a door that led to the kitchen and held up a carrot on a string "okay Tootsie, time to turn on the blender. Get on your treadmill and run baby, run like the wind" the lights flickered and we could hear the blender go off. "Yeah you like your new shoes huh?"
"My shoes!" Rudy yelled before he ran into the kitchen.
"What I don't get is why we still hang out here even though it is the most unsanitary place ever"
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