Chapter 3: The Enterpreneur meets Afro Ken

Back at the enemy's base, Schubert became furious after seeing his men failed to kill Disco for the second time.

"So these young ingrates are done it again? Now they have another one in their company? You people are completely useless?" Schubert said furiously to his men.

"Sir...? We won't failed you again...? We're so sure of it?"

"Hmph...? I'm sure you won't fail this time." Schubert said as he turns around and orders them. "You need to kill Disco whenever he goes somewhere else. I will be furious to dispatch those who failed."

Everyone was afraid of his furious acts and Schubert looked down on them.

"Now go and do as I say? Don't make me angry?"

"Yes sir..." One of the men in black suits said as they leave. Schubert knows that those young men are able to dispatch his men.

"Those young ingrates...? They are dispatching my men as well as my snipers, Urgh...?" Schubert angrily gives in to his frustration after seeing his men are been taken down.

At EMTI, Garuda is watching the mini OVA series Afro Ken as Disco arrives to see him.

"Hey, Garuda... You look pretty laid-back today?" Disco greeted as Garuda replies.

"Just watchin' the TV, Disco. And that show is definitely popular."

Disco looked on and to see a dog with a rainbow afro and became excited to see it.

"Wow... my man, this dog looks very cute and has a rainbow afro." Disco said happily.

"That dog on TV was Afro Ken." Garuda said telling him.

"Afro Ken? Wow I've never seen an afro dog before." Disco smiled nicely and Garuda tells him.

"That dog is popular in the children show. But what I heard from today is. There's some merchandise of Afro Ken and his friends are on sale in different toy stores worldwide."

"This is interesting... I can't wait to get that afro dog as part of my collectibles." Disco smiled in a funky tone as Garuda sighs knowing that he was predictable.

Meanwhile at Burning Dome, Rage is seen dancing solely in the DDRMAX game with the song "CANDY" has been played. Most gamers were gone crazy over him as the leader of Team Burning as they watch him dancing. Retsu is seen playing a car racing game with Izam.

"I'm gonna beat Rage once he's done dancing in the dance game..." Izam said savagely.

"How can you dance if there's a crowd people are watching him?" Retsu said snobbishly.

"Oh come on, Retsu with that snobbish look of yours that makes Rage gets annoyed." Izam commented as Rage arrives behind them after he's done dancing in the dance game as he says.

"You keep on pestering about me, Izam?"

"Oh crap?!"

With that, Retsu manages to win the car racing game as Izam's car was busted and game is over making him get frustrated by him.

"Urgh...? This is all your fault, man. You make me lost with Retsu right here." Izam said angrily to Rage as he points Retsu with his index finger.

"You don't have to blame Reiji on your loss, Izam." Retsu said snobbishly. "It's because you were distracted whenever Reiji is in your prescence."

"..."

"Now that I'm pump it up. Let's go window shopping, guys. It will be fun."

"You became pumped when you dance." Retsu said as he snobbishly comments. "But still... you're just a guy with a bad temper who does not want to lose a match."

"Grr... Don't call me that, Retsu. You're far too snobbish?!" Rage angrily yelled as Izam laughs.

"Haha... he was indeed snobbish, Rage. Now let's go..."

"Hmph...?"

The trio walked on the city streets and they saw some kids and adults are inside the toy shop. They ended up noticed Afro Ken's opening video.

"Man... this song is for kids." Izam commented as he shakes his head.

"Seems like they are buying a stuff dog with a nice afro in it?" Retsu smiled as he watches. Rage lets out his sigh knowing of the cartoon show and it's popularity.

"That dog you mentioned was Afro Ken. It's the kids' popular show in Japan." Rage said telling them and sensing his grandfather's movements. "I think grandfather is still watching kiddie shows in his age. That would be bad for him."

"Say, Reiji... I heard you told me that you're gonna buy something for your cousin?"

"Uh... I would but... It's gonna take my allowance If I bought it." Rage said shyly towards both Izam and Retsu. "I don't know if Kari would like it."

"Do you know where Kari is?"

"..."

John "Johnny" Hurley arrives to see the trio and smiles gently like a ladiesman much to their annoyance.

"I heard you were talking about Kari, Rage." Johnny smiled happily. "Do you know exactly where she is?"

"Uhm... about that... Kari is not in the city. She was at home participating in her family traditions." Rage said calmly.

"Oh... that's too bad..." Johnny said became disappointed by this and noticed all the people are crazy on buying the Afro Ken stuff dog. "Wow... I ever seen crowded people are getting some stuff toys. Are you actually gonna buy that stuff dog, Rage?"

"..."

"I think it was a sale that is why a lot of people are buying for it." Retsu pointed out it was 70% sale.

"Why don't you buy it, Rage? It was very cheap to get it?" Izam said as he pushes Rage to the store.

"Fine... now don't push me...?"

Therefore, they saw both Garuda and Disco are also here and seeing that it was a sale.

"I ever seen a lot of people are crowded like this, Are ya sure yer gonna buy that stuff dog?" Garuda said while asking him as Disco replies while laughing.

"This is interesting... despite it was crowded, I would buy it, haha..."

"For cryin' out loud, ya even bought me a ticket to watch that ridiculous show. You're unpredictable sometimes..." Garuda said in disappointment.

After that, Rage successfully buys the stuff dog and it was wrapped in a gift box and mails it to the Ryonagi home. He hoped his cousin, Kari would like it and Retsu, Izam and Johnny are waiting for him.

"Are you done mailing?" Retsu asked.

"I'm done, so what's next...?" Rage answered nicely.

"I heard it's gonna have a show tonight." Johnny said telling them and knowing that true Afro Ken is a guest in the show. "The real Afro Ken from the show he appeared on TV is a guest."

"What?!"

"So that means... grandfather would be here too...?" Rage nodded and Retsu sensed this.

"I know sir Garuda is reluctant because Disco is his friend. But I can sense the enemy's presence before the tonight's show."

"So, who's gonna watch that freakin' show...?" Izam suggested.

"I think you're going to be a decoy, Izam." Rage said pointing at Izam with his index finger. "I know Johnny does not have someone to watch with."

"Urgh... why am I always being the decoy...?" Izam complained angrily as Johnny tells him.

"It's all right... I think both of them can handle it."

At the tonight's show, Disco and Garuda are watching as they waited before it start the show.

"I can't wait to see that dog with a rainbow afro. I'm sure of it." Disco smiled excitedly as Garuda scolds him.

"Just keep quiet, Disco...? You're makin' all the noise...?"

At the other side of the seat, Izam and Johnny are observing both Disco and Garuda who is scolding at him.

"Wow... I ever seen Rage's grandfather has the same temper as he is." Johnny said amazed on Garuda's temper as Izam shrugged.

"Well that's the old man's behavior... he does that whenever he scolds someone."

I don't know what Rage and Retsu were up to... they said they're going to the show too... This is ridiculous?

Outside the theater, Rage and Retsu discovers men in black suits are gather up as well as snipers knowing that they're assassinating Disco again.

"Damn it, not them again...?" Rage reacted angrily.

"Don't worry about them, Reiji." Retsu said telling him. "Once the show is started, we cannot make any noise."

"Now what are we going to do?"

"I might able to hack the electronic system with my mini computer so that I can control any lights in the theater by turning on and off as it pleases." Retsu stated and he is ready to take down Schubert's men. "If some people tries to stop me, I'm ready to take these guys down."

"You surely are ready, Retsu. Cause we're gonna take them out by force." Rage smirked happily as both pursued Schubert's men.

As the show had begun, the man who narrates their show is finally introduced himself as the narrator as well as he introduces Afro Ken as the happy dog sports a rainbow afro along with it's friends. Disco was amazed to see them as Garuda shrugged by this. Meanwhile, the snipers are ready to engage their target inside the theater but is disrupted by Rage and Retsu as they manage to knock them down one by one. Retsu then clicks the button on the right side of his mini-computer as he pulls the wire and managed to connect it in time.

"You can do it, Retsu..." Rage cheers Retsu by hacking off the electrical systems as he successfully do it with just a mere second to connect to his mini computer.

"All right, Reiji... you know what to do. I'll switch off the lights so that the enemy will be distracted by a black out then you'll ambush them once I turn on the other lights that they were standing."

"Got it, Retsu... you are indeed the Great Hacker as I thought." Rage smiled nicely to his best friend as he cracks his knuckles. "All right, now let's beat these guys with my kicks."

Rage then leaves as Retsu is ready to press on and off as it pleases as he hacks the electrical systems.

When everyone in the theater watches the show, some snipers are preparing to shoot Disco in the head with their sniper rifles. As the lights were all off making a black out the whole theater.

"What's going on? Can you please turn on the lights?" Disco reacted in a loud voice as Garuda angrily tells him to be quiet.

"Now just be quiet and calm down, we need to sit back and wait until the light is on."

"Damn I can't hit my mark and it is too dark...?" one of the snipers said as Rage nudges him and the lights are on that he was standing as he manages to dispatch one of the snipers with a punch to the face.

"This is weird... if it's a black out...? How come the air conditioner is still on? We're only just watching the movie cinema?" Johnny said became suspicious of what is going on as Izam noticed their plan.

Wait a sec...? Is that Retsu's doing? He hacks the electrical systems from the main theater? So that's why the air conditioners are still on. Now I know he does that because the enemy is here somewhere in this theater. Damn it... I hate if I become a decoy?

With that Rage manages to dispatch the snipers one by one with his spinning kicks as well as punches knocking them down. Once it's done, the lights in the main theater are finally on and the show finally continued as it ends the show and takes the round of applause.

"Phew... now that should take care of?" Rage said as he cleans up the sweat on his face as he goes back to Retsu.

Disco is seen taking pictures with Afro Ken as well as the reluctant Garuda. Garuda is seen picturing with the narrator and Afro Ken to keep this picture on his tower. After that, they finally went out of the theater after the show is finally ended and Disco is seen carrying the original Afro Ken stuff dog that he bought earlier.

"Ya manage to buy that, Disco?"

"Yeah... I even saw Rage is here too. He told me that he bought this stuff dog for his cousin." Disco said nicely.

"How very nice of him, Disco?" Garuda said gently. "He's very close to his friends or his relatives."

As the two leave the theater, Johnny and Izam watches them from afar until both Rage and Retsu arrive to see them.

"Hey, you two...? What took you so long? You never showed up inside the theater?" Izam said scolding on both of them.

"Well, Izam... we're just dealing some Reinrich's men on the house." Rage said telling them. "Retsu already knows they were here..."

"What?! So they're here all along?" Izam said shockingly and Johnny was oblivious by their actions.

"That's weird... there's no one at the back side of the theater."

"There's no way, Reinrich's men are inside of this theater...?" Izam said as they noticed that both Rage and Retsu left as he angrily mad at both of them. "Urgh... I can't believe this...? Why are they leaving me behind?"

On their way home, both Rage and Retsu walk back in the city streets as Rage remembers his cousin Kari who texted him from his cellphone. It flashes back to the Ryonagi home as Kari receives the gift box comes from her cousin as she opens it was a pink Afro Ken stuff dog and she was surprised by this and she finally accepts his cousin's gift.

"Say Reiji, what did Kari said to you in her text message?" Retsu asked.

"She says that she likes it... I never knew she was a big fan of Afro Ken." Rage answered smiling.

"Guess we had our reason that we're not watching that show?"

"It would be childish if we watch that..." Rage stated as he happily laughs. "Dancing is better than watching children shows, haha..."

Trivia:

*Disco appears to love Afro Ken and it was his reason to collect the stuff dog

*Garuda also shares the same horrible temper as his grandson, Rage when he scolds Disco to keep quiet as Johnny mentioned.

*Johnny makes his appearance in this chapter.

A/N: Seems like Disco is still safe yet again but Schubert is still persistant to kill him. In the next chapter where they are travel to Germany where Disco is taking a solo vacation. Happy ready everybody...?