GUYS! THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY LONG CHAPTER ;) JUST A WARNING! But this is certainly NOT the last one…yet ;P
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Love and Ninjas
Chapter 18
Pucca's hand shook as she applied eyeliner to her eyelid. Ching's expressions showed that she couldn't care less about what was going to happen out on that arena. Ching caught Pucca's nervousness. "Pucca, you made a mess with the eye liner! Here, let me help you." With that, Ching wiped away the shaky line and replaced with an alluring cat's eye. After they were through with makeup, they stepped out to meet up with the boys. Garu and Abyo's eyes popped wide open. Ching and Pucca both looked amazing in their ninja outfits! Their makeup topped it all off. Because they wore masks, they only wore eye makeup. The girls had a green-to-black gradients eye shadow going on with a solid line of liner. They applied fake lashes and used a green eye pencil to create green strands. Pucca's hair was in her usual buns, but they looked power and almighty. Ching's hair was tightly braided and fell down her back. The boys, however, looked as good as the girls. They had freshened up and they looked broad and solid. The group had a quick pep talk, and it was out on stage they go.
The Ninja Octagon, the arena they competed in, was very large in size and seated forty thousand people. Pucca looked at all the cheering fans and her knees suddenly felt like jelly. Garu took hold of her hand and brought it to his lips. He gently kissed it and held her hand. "It's okay, we'll do great. Besides, how can we not do great when we have you as our leader?" encouraged Garu. Pucca smiled weakly and held tightly onto Garu's hand. She prayed that he didn't notice her sweaty palm.
The group had taken their seats in the "Challenger's Box" and prepared themselves for three hours of ninjas. The announcer had come on stage. "Hello, hello, HELLO! And welcome to the Ninja Octagon! Today, we are battling out for the ULTIMATE VICTORY! We have our three squads! Introducing, the two time champions and swordsmen…THE SLASHING DRAGONS!" The whole arena cheered and applauded as the spotlight shone over to a group of tough looking teens in red and silver suits. "AND OVER HERE, WE HAVE…THE ALL TIME CHAMPIONS…THE ONES WHO PUT THE PAIN IN PAINFULL…GIVE IT UP, FOR…THE X HEAAAAAADS!" shouted the announcer. The whole arena practically exploded in cheers and boos. The sound was deafening and Pucca was beginning to worry. Sweat started to trickle down her neck. "And over here, we have a couple of newcomers! Put your hands together, for Target Zero!" The arena cheered, but not as loud as they did for the other two teams.
"First up, we have The Slashing Dragons, with their fearless leader, Tiger Lee-Yun! Three burly looking men stepped on stage and four girls in red leggings and silver jackets followed. They started off in a group stance. The girls down on the floor and the guys back to back to back. Then, it began. There were lots of martial arts yells and the not so occasional CHING! Of the swords clashing together. In the end, the girls did flips and kicks and they landed in the same stance as they did in the beginning. The crowd erupted in cheers and hollers. The announcer came up again, "THAT WAS SOME GREAT STUFF! NOW LET'S GIVE IT UP. FOR. THE X HEAAADS!
The X Heads are lead by the one, the only, TOBE!" The arena exploded in cheers again as the light faded. When a spotlight flashed on the ring, Tobe and his crew stood in the tiger stance and then erupted in a series of synchronized flips and martial arts. There were fight scenes between the teammates for the extra effect and human pyramids. The X Heads ended their spectacular performance with a human formation of the letter X. The froze in place. The crowd cheered as loud as they could and the sound had raised hairs on the back of Target Zero's necks. "HOLY GUACAMOLE! THAT WAS THEIR MOST AMAZING PERFORMANCE YET! HOW CAN ANY OF THE TEAMS COMPETE WITH THAT?" screamed the announcer, "Anyways, next up, we have Target Zero! Get up here you guys!" The crowd howled and clapped. Pucca spotted Dada and her kitchen crew sitting in the front row cheering their heads off. The squad had huddled up and had a very snappy pep talk, then got into position.
Their routine went as planned. "ARE YOU READY!" hollered Pucca into the crowd. The arena cheered. "HUH!" The squad yelled. Garu and Abyo were in the front doing a face off as Pucca and Sosso were behind them, squatting. Ching was somewhere else, waiting for her cue. Garu and Abyo presented ninjitsus and put on an excellent performance. Then, they leapt into the air and back flipped behind Pucca and Sosso. The crowd shouted and encouraged them. Pucca rocketed into the air and falcon kicked a clay dish that Garu had thrown to her. As she plummeted down, she read out ninjitsus and duplicated herself. She did all kinds of neat tricks with her double. Like, back flips and sword fighting. The crowd went crazy this time! When Pucca had deleted her clone, Sosso came in and twirled his staff. He and Pucca stood back to back and they moved with the exact same motions. It was like the crazy glued their backs to each other! The performance was amazing! Then, when they had disappeared behind Garu and abyo, Ching had appeared—center stage. The skin chilling scraping sound of her swords brought amusement to everyone. She did her sword routine and had everybody sittin gin the arena mesmerised! When she had doen her routine, the whole squad came together, hand in hand. They froze intheir position, and then quickly shifted into their team stance. They call it, "The Target". Once they finished, the whole arena erupted in cheers, howls, applause and even whistles!
Pucca's chest heaved up and down and her face was set in a smile. They took off their masks and bowed before exiting the stage. Well done.