Chapter 17: Cosplayer's Follies

At Burning Dome, Rage finally decides to relax due to his injured left arm as his dark red jacket was loose to cover both of his shoulders as Retsu is with him.

"Looks like you decided to relax in the dome today, huh." Retsu said nicely and Rage calmly replies.

"Yeah... grandfather told me to rest my left arm so that it won't be swollen. At least it's slinging on my neck."

Therefore, Ecks came to see both of them and to see Rage who is injured.

"Rage... thank goodness that you're here and I thought that you were with Emi?"

"Hi Ecks... Emi is not here today. She's having a vacation with her family. She will be back in week." Rage smiled and Ecks noticed his injury.

"What happened to your left arm, Rage? Did something happened to you?"

"Actually, I got sprained when I practice some break dance moves." Rage answered while pretending as he thought.

I hate to tell him that I was injured by that bald guy last night after he takes me down with a grappling move. I need to keep this to him.

"I guess you need a break for a while. It's gonna swollen your arm if you keep on dancing again." Ecks said worried to his friend and Rage smirks.

"Don't worry, Ecks. My arm will be fine once I recovered."

Retsu then noticed a girl cosplays as Comet which happens to be Kaoru and became dismayed to see him.

"Reiji, looks like Kaoru is here?"

"Ah, that cosplayer girl." Ecks said pointing out on Kaoru and realizing both were dismayed by his appearance. "What with your horrible look on your faces?"

"I hate to tell you this, Ecks. That girl is a man...?" Rage said telling him.

"Huh? WHATTTT!?" Ecks yells to his words as Kaoru noticed both Rage and Retsu and went off to see them.

"Well if isn't the two idiots who ends up beaten by my girls. What brings you here in this dome?"

"I was also asking the same question to you? Why are you here in Burning Dome?" Rage angrily asked.

"It's because of my prowess as a cosplayer. I was competing in the cosplaying competition and I'm trying to find the real female cosplayer." Kaoru said telling them. "They say that she was here in this dome."

"You're weird, Kaoru. You actually attracted a girl despite you gave up being a man." Retsu said snobbishly.

"He's right... you're still a weak man who acts like a woman." Rage said smirking as Kaoru yells furiously to them.

"Now you two stop making a fuss about ME?!"

"How would a man like you would made love to a girl without "that"? You might able to break someone's heart if you do it." Retsu said and Kaoru was frighten to his words.

"Eeekkkk... you're totally serious, am I right?"

"He's telling the truth, Kaoru. It's not good if you gave up for being a man." Rage said as he closes his eyes. "How would you feel without "that" if you keep on wanted to become a girl?"

"Uhh... please... I wanted to know how to be attracted to that girl." Kaoru said as he begs for both of them.

At the food court, both are trying to think how Kaoru will attract to a female cosplayer while Ecks is with them.

"Is he really serious to find a girl even he wears the female cosplay get up?" Rage said in an angry manner as Retsu replies.

"Well Kaoru would wear a male cosplay get up if he wants to? He's the popular cosplayer in Japan, remember."

"So Ecks...who's that another cosplayer that Kaoru was looking for?" Rage asked and Ecks answers.

"Oh that woman he mentioned. Her name is Yurika she's here to promote for the cosplay competition."

"Yurika... Her name is nice, isn't it?" Rage smiled gladly as Retsu still listens to Ecks.

"However, she maybe a nice cosplayer. She also has a horrible temper like you, Rage." Ecks said telling them and Rage became shock.

"What? She acts like me...?!"

"Maybe if you irritate or mocking her that results her in a fury." Retsu said in a serious tone.

"I think that would be a trick. We're gonna convince her about it. It will be our retaliation for what Kaoru did to us back there." Rage said smiling to his best friend.

"Yeah you're right... It's best we should tell her that before the competition I think." Retsu said smirking.

When Yurika is sipping her tea, both men came to see her and knowing that Kaoru is searching for a girl and Yurika seems impressed by this and decides to help them. Later on, Retsu asks Kaoru to dress up like a man as he agrees since he's known to cosplay male characters. Both were hiding to see Kaoru is here for Yurika.

"Hey, Yurika... you actually competes in a cosplay competition. I think dating with you would be a good idea."

"Sure... I can date with you if you want." Yurika said happily.

By the time they were dating both Rage and Retsu are watching the turn of the events and seeing the two were together. However, when they were cornered by some gangsters in the street. She becomes short tempered and immediately beats them up and Kaoru sees this.

"Hey why are you beat these guys up? There's no way to act like a real lady?"

After that Yurika eventually turns back into her sweet and usual self making Kaoru feel distressed.

"...You are not the person I was searching?!" Kaoru said scarily as he run off and Yurika chases after him.

"Oh come back here, Mr. Cute guy... Our date hasn't been started yet...?"

As the two chase, both Rage and Retsu are laughing in the turn of the events as they stated.

"Now this tastes Kaoru of his own medicine..."

"Yeah... for beating us down for the count."

Later during the cosplay competition, both are watching the finals and knowingly that Kaoru is not present in the competition making Yurika wins.

"Seems like Yurika wins the competition, don't you think?" Ecks asks both of them.

"I prefer Kaoru would win but I realized that he was still weak as a man." Rage said telling him.

"Yeah... I hate if I get beaten up by someone like him." Retsu said showing his distastes for Kaoru.

"You know what, dance competition looks better than this one. I guess we can hang out in the mall after this." Rage smiled happily to both of them and Retsu replies.

"I guess going to the mall is my specialty. I just love to go window shopping."

Both Rage and Retsu decide to leave the cosplay competition. Eck noticed they left him behind and he states.

"Come on, you two...? Don't ever leave me again...?"

With that Ecks followed both of them to the mall.