Chapter 19: The Night Festival Ambush

At Ni-Na's flower shop, Ni-Na is shown watering the flowers in her shop as other customers are buying flowers. Therefore, Izam was watching Jibaku-kun's eighteenth episode which he tries to find an outfit that he wears for the Japan Day Festival as he thought.

This spiky dude got this traditional outfit he seems like a messenger shogun on that get up, Hmmm...

Ni-Na notices her fiance quickly rush to go to the fashion outlets and she asks.

"Hey, Izam where are you going?"

"Just going to the fashion district where the designers are making costumes, Ni-Na. Gotta go..." Izam smiled as he continues to run quickly making Ni-Na shrugged.

At the apartment, Rage was searching to find a costume as an iron fist warrior and none of his clothes are not matched on his closet and he gives up as he lay on his bed in disappointment as he thought.

Dang, I can't find that costume for this... I have worked to do in my dad's sake shop.

Suddenly, his phone rings as he receives his call from his grandfather who is ready for the theater play.

"Hey, grandfather... what's up?"

"Hey Reiji, did ya find yer costume right now?" Garuda asked.

"How can I find a costume if it's not in my closet?" Rage angrily reacted as Garuda tells him.

"Didn't ya remember that karate gi that you wore in the Japanese festival at night? Ya know you wore a funny snake mask, Gahahaha..."

"Oh... I forgot about that...?"

"I reckon' ya might wearin' that, Reiji. But ya have to be ready for tonight. I know the four of ya will notice Schubert would be here." Garuda said telling him.

"Oh, okay then..." Rage said as he hung his phone and he looked on his karate gi which he previously wore during the Japanese festival in EMTI and he finally smirks as he has to wear it for tonight.

At Club London, Spikes tells his manager to take a time off for the night knowing that he loves to enjoy the festival as Retsu arrive to see him.

"Retsu, did you find your costume for tonight?" Spike asked smiling and Retsu replies.

"Yeah I already have one... I just played the second Bloody Roar game and this young kid seems pretty aggresive with his ninjutsu techniques."

"Really? You have a costume right now...?"

"Yes it is...? I met with Izam along the way and he's making a costume for himself." Retsu said calmly. "He seems pretty stingy at the moment he wants to go to the festival."

"It's kinda weird why he always have conflicts with Rage?" Spike wondered.

"..."

At the tonight's theater play during the Japan Day festival in the Director's office in EMTI, Garuda is seen wearing a traditional Japanese attire resembles a shogun as his hair is tied in a high ponytail in a traditional Japanese ribbon as his role as being the father of the princess. He knows that Schubert is coming here as he thought.

I know for sure Schubert will be here... This is my only chance... I can't let my friend to be killed by them.

"Garuda... hey... what took you so long we have a theater play to catch on?" Disco said while wearing a different shades of green traditional kimono as his jacket is dark green with olive green lines and knowing his role as being the shogun's enterpreneur as Garuda replies.

"I'm comin' Disco... just fixin' myself for the theater play."

"You look worried, Garuda? But anyway... I'll wait for you at the backstage." Disco smiled as he leaves and Garuda was troubled in his situation knowing that their enemies are coming to see them as he thought.

This is bad, I have to protect myself too. Just in case if I get shot by any firearms.

Garuda then saw a bulletproof vest which is kept in his office cabinet and finally made up his mind by wearing this vest underneath his costume.

That night at the gate of EMTI where other visitors and students are now wearing fashionable kimonos. Spike is seen wearing the same light blue jacket with bandages and white shorts who is waiting for Rage, Retsu and Izam.

"Oh dear... where are they?" Spike wondered as Izam arrives wearing the same costume as the spiky man on TV as his hat is zebra colored.

"Hey, Spike you're gonna wear that outfit. Just like the same elf man wears that outfit?"

"Uh... wow Izam you're just like a ronin in the street." Spike smiled as Retsu arrives in his ninja wardrobe.

"Guess that you were waiting for us here?"

"Wow, Retsu... you look gorgeous on that ninja wardrobe." Izam complimented.

"You look amazing on that get up, Retsu." Spike smiled happily.

"Hah, you're much better than Rage." Izam said as he smiles. "He never wears this kind of outfit all the time..."

"You always keep on pestering about me again, Izam?"

Rage arrives to see them as he wears the karate gear from the previous festival which they noticed him wearing a white karate gi top, black pants and slippers.

"Gee, Rage still wears the previous festival outfit from the Japanese festival." Spike commented and Retsu closes his eyes while having his arm crossed.

"Oh well... just like he pays the customers for the wrestling match."

"What's with that get up, Rage? You're like a strange idiot who's looking for a street fight." Izam commented. "And you're not like those heroic guys in the video games that Retsu plays..."

"Can't you shut your mouth, Izam?" Rage said angrily to his comments as he tells them. "Are you guys ready to enter in EMTI? I have a play to catch..."

As they enter in EMTI campus, everyone are having stalls as other visitors and students are wearing traditional kimonos for the Japan Day Festival. Spike was amazed to see people are in kimonos.

"Wow... all other people are having their good time for the festival." Spike said smiling.

"Yeah... this is different than the previous festival and now have lots of stalls in them too." Retsu wondered as Izam challenges Rage as he looked on the DDRMAX game.

"Say Rage... I think challenging you in the dance contest would be good on this..."

"We don't have time to compete each other, Izam. I have to play to catch up." Rage refuses his challenge as he angrily tells him. "We're gonna do that once we stop Reinrich here in EMTI."

As they arrived at the main building in EMTI, Retsu detects their enemies are guarding outside the main building as they take their ambush. Izam knocks them with his boomerang at the back of their heads. Spike makes a distraction as two black ops noticed as both Rage and Retsu knocks them single handedly with one punch. Altogether, they manage to defeat most black ops inside the main building.

"Okay... this building is clear." Rage smirked as Retsu detects the enemies in the back side of the main auditorium.

"There's not much time left, Reiji. We have to deal most of the black ops at the back of the auditorium."

"We gotta hurry?" Izam yelled as the group leave.

Before the play had started, Rage and the group finally dispatch most of the black ops who were guarding the auditorium until they were confronted by Rupert.

"So we meet again, spiky man? This time I'm gonna break your face with my own two fists." Rupert said as Rage gritted angrily.

"Not you again...! I thought I beat the crap outta you like the last time...!"

"This bald guy is huge." Spike said shockingly.

"He's the same tall as Akira...?" Izam commented about Rupert as Akira's height as Retsu scolds him.

"Don't mock him, Izam...? He would angrily glare at you if you spoke that way."

"Oops... My bad...?"

"Retsu, you go with Izam and Spike. I'll take it from here..." Rage said telling them.

"Reiji..." Retsu said worried as Rage tells them.

"I maybe injured like the last time. I'm not gonna hurt myself anymore. Just go..."

"Rage, you're still confident like in the dance competition. Good luck with that...!" Izam said as he, Retsu and Spike proceed to deal most of the black ops as he and Rupert face off.

"It seems that you will be finished, spiky man." Rupert said became confident. "I assure that my vengeance of defeating me previously is to take it back from you."

"Yeah... I think a man like you needs for the beating. Let's do this, bald guy..." Rage said as both he and Rupert begin to fight.

Trivia:

*Izam and Spike's festival outfit is based on Bucky and Kai's traditional Japanese outfits during Episode 18 of Bucky: The Incredible Kid/Jibaku-kun it's TV series is briefly seen in this chapter where Izam decides to make his own festival costume.

*Retsu's festival outfit is based on Kenji Ogami/Bakuryu the Mole II in his debut appearance of Bloody Roar 2. He also refers to Spike about Kenji Ogami in the game.

*Rage's color scheme of his Karate festival outfit is based off Videl's outfit in her debut of Dragon Ball Z's the Great Saiyaman saga.

*Afro wears his Japanese Kimono in the 5thMIX gallery and his appearance in the background music "stoic (For EXTREME)".

*Garuda's Shogun costume resembles Gouki's Japanese fortune teller disguise from the game Pocket Fighter.

*Izam makes comments about Akira being too tall towards Rupert as Retsu scolds him from his comments is a reference to DJ Luna's fanfic "The Mystery" where Izam comments about Akira being too tall and cannot fit in the window which makes the latter angrily glare at him from his comments before being victimized by him.

A/N: It seems that this fight will be deadly for the characters. This next chapter is the battle between Rage and Rupert in a much traditional Tekken style, Good luck reading... :D