Chapter 18: Beginning of the Japan Day Festival

One week later, Garuda made an impromptu speech for the opening ceremony of the Japan Day Festival with Staff Employees while Disco is with him as most of the students are gathered for the ceremony.

"Attention everyone, This Japan Day Festival is officially opened!" Garuda said finally announces the opening of the festival.

Among the EMTI students, both Rage and Retsu are listening for the announcement as everyone are getting excited for the festival.

"Seems like Sir Garuda is already announced the opening of the festival." Retsu said as Rage replies while having his arm crossed.

"That's grandfather, Retsu. He's very serious on any events. They say that it's not going to held a 6th Competition but a theater play instead."

"Really?"

"Hmph... he already asks me to take on a theater play. But I told him that I'll take care of this myself." Rage sighed as he closes his eyes while being worried to his recovered left arm. "At least, my arm is going to recover soon."

"Since everyone became excited about the announcement? Here's the intermission of the popular girl group, The A-Team!"

Everyone gives a round of applause as it shows the girl group the A-Team consist of Alice and the Otts Siblings, Helen and Sarah. The trio dance with the song "Look to the Sky". All the students are surprised to see the popular girl group as Rage remarks.

"Alice was indeed amazing when she dance."

"It's just like the same as she competes you and Emi in the 5th Competition, Reiji." Retsu smiled nicely. "That is before she ambushes by Krueger and his men."

"At least Izam didn't saw us competing in the 5th Competition." Rage smiles happily to him as both continues to watch the girl group's dance.

After the intermission and everyone is happy to take on every stalls of the festival. Alice wanted to meet up with Rage, Retsu and Beechum as she watched the Otts Siblings are having fun in the every stall in the festival.

"Rage... I'm so glad to see to you. Did you watch our dance performance?" Alice asked shyly.

"Your dance moves are fine, Alice. I never thought that you and the girls are performing here in EMTI." Rage smiled as Retsu replies.

"I heard that you're going to the theater play with Sir Garuda."

"Yes, your grandfather is a very optimistic person." Alice smiled happily and she looked on Rage's left arm. "What just happened to your arm, Rage? Emi would be so worried if she found out about your injury."

"It's a long story, Alice. For Emi, she told me in her message from my phone that she will be back in two days." Rage said calmly.

"Wow... that's amazing... I'm sure Yuni, Emi and I were usually hanging out together. I kinda missed her." Alice said excitedly and Garuda arrives to see them.

"Tomorrow, this institute during the festival will require to wear any traditional Japanese wardrobes. For now, everyone feels good to wear casuals."

"So grandfather, how long we could discuss about Reinrich? After all, you made your own opening speech." Rage said while raising your brow.

"We'll discuss about it in my underground laboratory." Garuda said telling him. "Listen, Reiji... I need ya in the theater play for tomorrow. Yer role in the play would be the iron fist warrior."

"All right, I'll take that role." Rage smirks happily while clenching his fists. "But I need to find a nice wardrobe for that."

"You can find yer costume as ya want." Garuda suggested. "Come on, let's go to my underground laboratory."

At the underground facility, Garuda finally discusses to Rage and Retsu about Schubert's next movement knowing that they're not gonna stop until they kill Disco.

"I finally discovered what Schubert is up to, he's goin' to EMTI so that they can assassinate Disco. This must be his grand plan."

"Are you kidding, you mean Disco is also in the theater play too?" Rage reacted angrily to his grandfather.

"Don't get too agitated, Reiji? Disco's role in the theater play is an traditional enterpreneur who is loyal to the shogun." Garuda said in disappointment. "Once Schubert watch the whole theater play, We're gonna make things a trap for his men. With that, you with Retsu, Izam and Spike are going to deal with them once the light closes. I know for sure these snipers are typical to target him easily."

"Looks like I detected my mini-computer earlier. It looks like they gonna cover most of the black ops in the main building and it's auditorium. Guess that we're going to deal these guys in one fell swoop?"

"Looks like It's going to be diversion to his group. I won't let them kill my friend even it means riskin' my life." Garuda said telling them. "You have to discuss to Izam and Spike about this today. It's going to be a final fight with them."

Back at Burning Dome, both discusses about what their adversaries' next move after Garuda tells them about this final mission.

"So, we have to deal most of his flunkies in EMTI?" Izam reacted angrily as he shrugged. "Looks like those guys are not giving up to kill the disco king."

"That's why we have to be alert, Izam." Rage said as he angrily tells him. "However, tomorrow we're gonna wear traditional Japanese clothes once we enter in EMTI."

"Oh yeah, you have a play with the old man, Rage." Izam nodded as he smiles . "I can't wait to go to that festival. This is my first time going there."

"Hey, Retsu... are you gonna wear the same costume as in the Japanese School Festival?" Spike asked as Retsu replies.

"I don't think if I wear the previous costume, Spike. My costume is would be different than this one now."

"All right, now we can find our costumes for tommorow. Let's do it." Rage smiles excitedly as both Retsu and Spike agree while Izam remains reluctant to his rival due to his strong hatred with him.

At Schubert's base, Schubert had already made his grand plan is to kill Disco from EMTI as he sets his plan in motion as Rupert is with him.

"Now this is the perfect time for us to find Disco in that school. This is our final strike for killing them. I know these young ingrates would be here too."

"Sir, I don't think you would do this for that school. That's where the old man resides in there." Rupert said as Schubert berates him.

"Just be quiet, Rupert. You actually been outsmarted by that young ingrate. If you want a retribution against him then you can come with me."

"If we go to that school then..."

"Not to worry, I'm sure Garuda would not know this." Schubert said as he reveals to Rupert. "I have preparations to deal with the young ingrates as diversions. So that we can enter EMTI as we disguise ourselves as Japanese people here. Then we can kill Disco by shooting him in his head."

"Hmph... it would be my opportunity to deal that spiky man, boss." Rupert said being loyal to his boss. "I'm looking forward for it."

At Garuda's laptop, Garuda is watching their movements knowing that targeting in EMTI would be a worst case as he expected as he thought.

Worst as I thought, so this is Schubert's grand plan. I have to warn Reiji about this. But tomorrow night will be a theater play for the Japan Day festival.

At the coffee shop near in Ni-Na's flower shop, Rage, Izam and Spike are looking at Retsu's mini computer and Retsu senses that their enemies are coming to get them.

"Geez... Retsu, do you mean these cronies are trying to find the disco king there?" Izam asked.

"I think these guys are not to go after him but it's us." Retsu said sensing the enemy's presence.

"Huh? But why us Retsu... we haven't taken our advantage yet?" Spike replied shockingly and Rage is ready to face them as he clenches his fists.

"Looks like it's time for us to deal with them. That Reinrich needs to get his ass kicked."

Rage and the group manage to avoid the enemy's attack as they break the coffee table in half. The group are now cornered by Schubert's black ops who were expert in unarmed combat.

"Dang, why these guys are trying to corner us in a place like this? On the road...?" Rage sighed angrily.

"Get ready, these guys' movements are just like the way Akira take me down." Retsu said seriously to them as Rage remarks.

"Oh man, I hate if my arm would injure again."

"Okay then, Spike and I will distract and hit then you guys beat these numbskulls by crushing them in a skull." Izam said as both agree as the fight ensues and Ni-Na noticed a brawl in front of the coffee shop that they were staying.

"Oh my god, why are they fighting so late?" Ni-Na said shockingly as her fiance Izam beats the black ops with self defensive moves and throw his boomerang to the other black ops head.

Spike distracts them as he was chased by black ops until both Rage and Retsu knocks them with their fighting moves. After beating most black ops, Rage became exhausted as well as Izam, Retsu and Spike and Ni-Na came to see them.

"Izam, are you all right?" Nina said worried to her fiance as one of the black ops tries to attack her from behind as Izam manages to throw his frisbee disk on the black ops' head knocking them down as he scolds her.

"Ni-Na, next time don't get too close if that idiot would attack you?"

"Sorry..."

Therefore, Rage's communicator is lighted up and seeing their opportunity he picks his communicator from his right pocket on his blue gray camoflauge capris as he clicks the button of his communicator as his grandfather's image can be seen.

"Hey grandfather, why did you call us out so late?" Rage said raising his brow as Garuda replies.

"We have a bigger problem, Reiji."

"How do you say it was a bigger problem, grandfather? You always informing us about Reinrich's cronies." Rage reacted angrily as he seriously replies.

"Don't raise that tone on me, you jackass? I call ya here because Schubert's grand plan is already set in motion. He send his men to get rid of ya as it means of their diversion."

"You mean these guys who ambush us is just the diversion, you got to be kidding me, old man?" Izam reacted.

"You need to be alert especially for the Japan Day festival too. Schubert's plan is where he and his men are comin' to EMTI for the theater play. This is why I already made preparations for my own against them."

"What preparation you have made grandfather?" Rage wondered.

"I know the theater play is good for the audience to watch for fun. Since Schubert is coming here, we're gonna make traps for him and his men do. He's goin' to send his men to scatter around the main building as well as the back side of the auditorium. So that his opportunity to kill Disco with his snipers at the back." Garuda explained "Reiji, yer goin' to prepare too? This play would be a bigger hit for all the students to watch."

"I will, grandfather..." Rage said as he hungs his communicator.

"So what's going to happen to you, guys?" Ni-Na wondered as Rage became serious by this.

"Now that Reinrich is trying to make diversion for us? This guy really begs to get his ass kicked."

"Tomorrow, we can end his assassination attempts. So that the true dance king would be all right." Spike said calmly as Rage watches at the night sky as he thought.

If he and I we faced one another for the dance battle? I will beat him no matter what? Since he's been targeted by Reinrich, I have to save him from being assassinated. With my friends who helped me save him, This is our chance.

After that, Rage and the group finally decided to stop Schubert grand plans once and for all and to protect the true dance king.

Trivia:

*The Otts siblings, Helen and Sarah are making their appearance in this chapter as well as their casual appearance.

*The fight scene in this chapter is based on Tekken 5 opening.

*Garuda's opening speech resembles to Mr. Satan's speech in Dragon Ball GT.

A/N: Now the fight becomes mind versus mind. Rage and the group has to brace themselves cause the next chapter will be a force battle mode, Good luck reading :DDDD.