"Aaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooooooooooooo!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooooooooooo!!"

Howling called from inside Grimwood school, so loud it prompted the gargoyles on the front gate to cover their ears.

"Hee hee hee hee hee hee!!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!"

2 vultures on the top of the school were rocking their heads back & forth, when the noise coming from inside the school prompted them to pull out earmuffs & cover their ears with them to drown out the noise. Inside, Luigi & Toad were helping the girls to get in shape for the upcoming game against Calloway. They were all doing jumping jacks.

"That's it-s girls, you're doing great." He said as he, Toad, & the girls did their jumping jacks. "Scream-a 2 3 4."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" All the girls shrieked.

"Howl 2 3-a 4." Luigi shouted.

"Aaaaaaooooooooo!!" Winnie howled before continuing. Sybella was holding onto her hair as she did her jumping jacks, causing it to flap about.

"That's-a keeping your cape in shape-a, Sybella." Luigi called to her.

"Fangs a lot, Luigi." She said. Tanis was using her tape as a jumprope.

"& I'm keeping my tape in shape." She said.

"You certainly are, Tanice." Miss Grimwood said as she & her octopus were doing jumping jacks. "Scare-robics are meant for everyone." The disembodied hand was in the room too, moving its fingers around. Ilsa was doing a Frankenstein walk in place.

"That's it, Ilsa." Luigi said. "You keep those-a knees straight." Matches was also doing some excersize with Booigi. As Booigi attempted some jumping jacks, Matches was bouncing around on his tail, which was twisted into a coiled spring. Phantasma was floating around, laughing hysterically.

"Ahh heh heh, heh heh, heh heh, heh ha ha ha." She laughed, floating across the room, followed closely by Toad.

"Isn't exercise fun, Phanty?" Toad asked. Phantasma floated right through a wall, causing Toad to collide with it.

"Yeah." Phantasma said, poking her head back through the wall, looking down at Toad. "Yeah, it's really off the wall."

"More into the wall if you ask me." Toad mumbled as he lay on the ground. Luigi then stopped doing jumping jacks.

"Okay, everybody." He said. "It's time to start our-a deep breathing exercises." With that, he began breathing deeply.

"You mean deep shrieking, Luigi." Miss Grimwood corrected Luigi. She then turned to the girls. "Show him, girls." Tanice began breathing deeply. "In. " Miss Grimwood said. "Out." She said again. "In." She continued. "Out." She finished. Tanice then began to breathe more, & shrieked.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!" She shrieked.

"Sounds fangtastic, kid." Sybella said, complimenting Tanice. "You've got the fright stuff." She then turned into a bat & flew past Luigi, shrieking.

"Yipe." Luigi said, stepping back, & then falling backwards. When he looked up, he saw he tripped over Matches, who didn't look happy about it. "Uh oh." He said, looking as Matches growled, his body turning red. "N-n-n-nice-a Matches." Luigi said nervously. However, that didn't do anything to quell Matches temper. Matches roared, causing Luigi to jump up. "YIKE!" He shouted, then turned tail & ran with Matches chasing him. Toad now took over.

"Okay." He said. "In. Out. In. Out." Luigi then ran by, being chased by Matches. Toad noticed this & looked at the 2. "That's the spirit, Luigi." Toad said. "Now that's deep breathing." Matches breathed some fire on Luigi.

"YIE!! OWW!!" Luigi shouted as he got his butt roasted.

"& that's deep shrieking." Toad complimented.

"Come on, girls." Miss Grimwood said. "Let's hear it." She then raised her finger, & all the girls took a deep breath, letting out a celebratory shriek.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" They shrieked joyfully. This caused the buzzards from earlier to jump in fright.

"I hate all the screaming." The buzzard on the right said.

"Me.too." The buzzard on the left said. They then both started flapping their wings, picking up a pair of suitcases under them.

"I'm flying out." The buzzard on the left said, then the both of them took off. Meanwhile, at Calloway, the boys were training too. They were doing toe-touches in the courtyard when they heard screaming coming from Grimwood.

"Get a load of that racket coming from the Grimwood place." Tuck said.

"Whew." Jamal said. "& I thought Calloway was tough. That school sounds like torture." Grunt was nearby doing push-ups with sacks of weight on his back with Baxter standing next to him.

"Rrrgh." Grunt grunted. "Well, you know what they say. No pain, no gain." He then turned his head to Baxter. "More weight, Baxter."

"Aye aye, Grunt." Baxter said, lifting a bag off a stack & placing it on Grunt's back.

"More weight." Grunt said, not having much trouble lifting the weights on his back.

"Here comes the Colonel." Came Tuck's voice as Baxter picked up another sack of weight.

"Ten SHUN!" Baxter said, saluting, causing him to drop the bag on top of Grunt, crushing him into a hole in the ground. Grunt managed to get up enough to salut. Colonel Calloway then approached.

"At ease, men." He said, prompting the cadets to lower their arms & stop saluting, except Grunt. Colonel Calloway noticed this & leaned down, looking at him. "I said "at ease", Grunt." He said.

"Thank you, sir." Grunt moaned, collapsing back into the whole. Colonel Calloway then faced his troops with a friendly smile.

"Just wanted to say that no matter what happens on the volleyball field… " He begun, then gained a very angry face that actually sported sharp teeth. "YOU'VE GOTTA WIN!!" He shouted, the intensity of his yell actually blowing the cadets back.

"Yes, sir!" The cadets said, staying upright, but leaning back from the intensity of the yell.

"Do you want this trophy to stay at Calloway Military School!?" He asked, holding up a silver trophy with a volleyball on it in front of a 1 on the cup.

"Affirmative, we won't let you down, sir." Tuck said. Colonel Calloway then looked at his watch.

"Ahem, 1400 hours approaches." He said, then turned back to the cadets. "Prepare to engage the enemy!" With that, Grunt leapt out of the hole.

"Aaaargh!!" Grunt growled, running to, & tackling the pile of sacks he was training with.

"Those Grimwood Girls won't know what hit 'em." He said, then laughed, before another sack landed on top of him. Meanwhile, back at Grimwood, Ilsa & Winnie were using a pair of wall-mounted chains like those wall-mounted coils.

"That's it-a, girls." Luigi said. "Let's hear those-a chains rattle." Tanice was using her wrappings in her chin-ups. Luigi walked over to her. "You keep that-a chin up, Tanice. I know your mummy would-a be proud." The octopus showed Miss Grimwood 1 of his watches.

"Oh my." She said. "It's a tentacle to 2. Those Calloway cadets will be arriving any minute."

"Well, that oughta give us enough time to loosen up the ol' neck muscles." Toad said as he & Luigi began doing neck stretches. Phantasma did some, & ended up twisting her head around in circles over & over again.

"Ahh ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha ha ha." Phanty laughed as she spun her head around. When she stopped, her head was backwards on her body. "Is this loose enough?" She asked. Luigi looked over at Phantasma & was shocked. He spun his head to try to look away from her so that he could recover, & ended up spinning his head so fast it caused his body to spin as well, causing him to go in circles. While spinning, he began to lose control of his equilibrium & spin towards an open window. He ended up falling out the window.

"YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Luigi screamed as he fell into the moat. Everybody looked out the window, down at Luigi, who rose his head, with his soaked hat on it, out of the water.

"Luigi, you sure this is such a good time to go for a swim?" Toad asked. "I mean, we DO have a big game coming up." Tanice turned her head to look at Toad.

"But Toad." Tanice said. "I hear swimming is great exercise." They then looked down & saw a pair of shark fins coming out of the water. Toad began to look frightened at the sight of this.

"Uh oh." He said. "From the looks of that, Luigi's about to get a whole lot of exercise." Luigi looked up at Toad, confused by what he was doing.

"What?" He asked. He then heard a splash & looked in the direction of the 2 shark fins. At that, 2 conjoined sharks emerged out of the water, headed straight for Luigi. Luigi jumped in fright.

"SHAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRKS!!" Luigi shrieked. He turned in the air & practically ran on the water to get away from the Siamese sharks. Toad looked down at Luigi in worry.

"Don't worry, Luigi!" He called down. "I'm a coming." Elsa stepped out on the next window over from where Toad & Tanice were looking down, getting ready to dive.

"Me first." She said. "I love swimmin'." With that, Elsa leapt off of the window, landing on top of the sharp, bouncing off them like a diving board into the water. Miss Grimwood was looking out the window, & saw what Elsa did.

"She'd be a much better diver if she learned to keep her feet together." She said. Elsa then rose outta the water.

"Come on in!" She called up to the others. "The water's fine!" Winnie was the first to dive in.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" She howled all the way down. Sybella giggled at this.

"Oh, Winnie." She said, then leapt into the air, holding her position in the air for a while. "You werewolves are such show-offs." She said before diving into the water. Both Winnie & Sybella both bounced off the Siamese sharks into the water near Luigi. Winniw raised her head out of the water & howled, spitting water over Luigi's head.

"Oh, this water's as warm as a bat-tub." Sybella said. Toad looked down at then, then back up & shrugged.

"Well, when in Rome." He said. He then closed his hands together in front of him, closed his eyes, & leapt out the window, diving into the water. Phantasma peered out the window after him.

"Aaahh ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha." Phantasma cackled. "Wait for us, coach!"

"My mummy taught me to swim." Tanice said. "I can do a nile & a half." She then jumped out of the window into the water. While they were falling, Toad looked at Tanice.

"Nile & a half?" He asked, then continued to look down at the water. "Heh, only in Egypt I guess." He, & Tanice then bounced off of the shark like a diving board. The 2 sharks then looked at each other, & dove back into the water.

"Alright-a, girls." Luigi said as he, Toad, & the Grimwood girls swam around in the lake. "A lap around-a the moat, & then it's out of-a the water."

"& onto the volleyall court." Toad said.

"Uh huh huh, right, coach." Elsa said.

"We're ready for those Calloway Cadets." Sybella said.

"Aoooooo!" Winnie howled. "Go, Grimwood! Aooooooooo!"

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!" Phantasma cackled as she swam through the water like an eel.

"I'm gonna bring a trophy home to my mummy." Tanice said. However, what none of the Grimwood Girls, Luigi, or Toad knew was that a Venus Spytrap was watching them.

"Are you keeping an close eye on those girl ghouls, creeper?" Revolta asked.

"Yes, Revolta." The Creeper replied. "As you commanded, I won't let them out of my sight."

"Excellent." Revolta said, closing her 2 top hands together. Luigi was fiddling with the hose of his Poltergust 3000, then hit reverse on it, sending a spray of water out of the nozzle, which sprayed into the Venus Spytrap's eye, soaking Revolta & the Creeper.

"Hmm." Luigi said to himself. "Nothing appears-a to be wrong."

"Fool!" A soaked revolta said, angrily crossing her arms & looking down at the Creeper. "Next time, don't plant your Spytraps by the moat!"

"Sorry, Revolta." The Creeper said as Revolta went to towel off from what had just happened. Meanwhile, the Calloway cadets had shown up for the game.

"Ha ha!" Tuck laughed. "Look, guys. Those Grimwood Girls are all washed up before we even play them."

"Matches, I think the girls could use a quick blow-dry." Miss Grimwood said to Matches.

"Yeah." Matches growled as he nodded. He then turned to the girls, took in a deep breath, turning the lower half of his body red, & breathed hot air on them, drying them all off, & causing all their hair to fluff up.

"Oh, I hope this isn't a permanent wave." Sybella said, looking up at her own hair. Winnie's fur was fluffed up, making her look like a poodle. She hsook it all back down, glaring at the Calloway cadets.

"Aooo, those cadets make my hair stand on end." Winnie growled. Luigi was helping Tanice out with her wrappings by shaking her.

"Your mummy ought to-a dress you in non-shrink-a wrapping next time, Tanice." He said, setting a now comfortable Tanice on the ground. Tanice looked up at him gratrefully.

"Thanks, Luigi." She said before bouncing off.

"If you girls are through playing around, we've got a game to win." Miguelle said, plugging his fingers in his ears.

"Then let the game begin!" Miss Grimwood said, walking up to Colonel Calloway, who looked at her.

"Negative, Miss Grimwood." He said. "This volleyball court is a disaster area. You don't even have a net."

"Not yet." Miss Grimwood said. She then turned her head to another direction & whistled. "Legs!" She called. A large black spider then scuttled over to the volleyball court, which consisted of 2 pink poles with a dragon head on the top, & shot a thread between them. It then crawled along the thread, leaving behind the pattern of a volleyball net.

"You were saying, Colonel?" Luigi asked. The Colonel was taken aback by what had just happened.

"Ub, uh, I was saying this court doesn't have any boundary lines." The Colonel then stuttered.

"Coming right up." Miss Grimwood replied. She then lifted up a gong & hit it with a stick. The octopus butler then came along with a ground painter, painting the boundary lines on the court.

"Any other complaints, Colonel?" Toad asked, walking onto the field with Mario & Prof. E. Gadd.

"Well." The Colonel then said. "We need a referee."

"No problem." Toad replied. He then walked over to the referee chair & climbed into it. "I'll be the referee for this volleyball game."

"Lets flip to see who serves first." Said Tuck.

"No problem." Winnie replied, then ran over to the net. "Aaaaooooooooooooo!!" She howled as she did a flip over the net. The Calloway cadets were bewildered by what they just saw.

"That girl's flipped." Grunt said. "We're supposed to flip a coin."

"Affirmative." Jamal replied. Luigi then began to route through his pockets.

"Oh, well then." Luigi said. "Who has-a got a coin?" The disembodied hand then showed up with a quarter in its fingers. Luigi noticed this & smiled at the hand.

"Oh, thanks." He said. The hand then flipped the coin into the air. "Call it." He said. "Heads!"

"Looks more like hands." A Calloway Cadet commented.

"Heads." Luigi said, then looked over at the Colonel. "Looks like we go-a first, Colonel Calloway." The hand brought the coin over to Colonel Calloway, allowing him to get a good view of the coin.

"Affirmative." He said. "Grimwood serves first."

(A/N:This first bit is a question. Earlier in the chapter, I described the wall-mounted exercise apparatus as wall-mounted coils. I call them that because I don't know their real names. If anybody knows what they're really called, tell me.

This second note's for Neros Urameshi. I wanted to say it sooner, but I kept forgetting. Anyway, here is what I tried to say. I read your review on how you plan to, in All-Stars, have the Grimwood Girls try fresh foods. I think I know why that might not work. You know how spoiled rotton foods make humans sick, right? I think fresh ripe foods have the same effect on monsters. Eating ripe fresh foods makes monsters sick. That's why I'd discourage trying to put the Grimwood Girls on fresh foods. You can TRY it, but chances are it would make the girls sick.)