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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 41
After talking to some locals in the Baseball Kingdom, the Heart Foundation decided to split into two groups: King Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny and Kanade the Kane going to the west while Daffy Duck, Marigold and Terry Matthew McGee made their way to the east.
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It was a nice evening in Neo-City as we head towards the Dormitory Village and inside one dorm, we see Fusou, Yamashiro and Jibanyan in the living area with Jibanyan flirting on the two Battleships when Amy Rose arrives and whacks Jibanyan hard on the head with her hammer, knocking him out cold before dragging him out of the room while Fusou and Yamashiro watches them go in bewilderment.
The two Battleships then noticed Marcus "The Kane" McGee and Robin carrying an extremely drunk & messy-looking Darren Cross across the halls. Earlier today, everyone decided to hang out in the AniManga Cafe and Darren got extremely drunk and began to do some various embarrassing things which prompted Marcus and Robin to take him away.
"Thanks for helping me carry this nimrod back here in the dorms, Robin." Marcus said in gratitude.
"Think nothing of it." Robin reassured, "But I'm surprised that you're not drunk yourself." he admitted, "I mean... from what I heard you're pretty fond of drinking alcohol." he pointed out.
"I often avoid drinking alcohol in AniManga Cafe after some guys trolled me into drinking a 99% alcohol." Marcus replied with a blank look.
They then arrives in the second floor of the dorm and made their way towards the room where Darren shares with Karizza Stronghold, Chad Mordetzky and Maya Sparrow.
Marcus opens the door of the room and found no one inside, "Huh? Guess they're out at the moment." he concluded, "All right, Darren, get yourself some sleep and prepare yourself for a massive hangover in the next morning." he advised before tossing Darren inside the room and then closing it.
"You think Darren is gonna be fine?" Robin asked.
"He'll be fine." Marcus reassured, "Anyway... the night is still young." he pointed out, "Wanna hang out at the Rabbit Cafe and get some safe drinks?'' he suggested.
Robin nodded, "Sure I'm down with that." he accepted.
And with that, Marcus and Robin made their way to the Rabbit Cafe. Unbeknownst to them, Darren's drunken mishaps will bring some interesting events in the following day.
Bzzzttt...
The next day in Neo-City, we head towards the Vanguard Academy. In a small cramped room somewhere in the academy which is the main operation of the Vanguard Academy Radio Club, we see Duke Armstrong in front of a control panel behind a large glass and at the other side of the glass, we see Amelia Sainthearts sitting by a table with a microphone in front of her.
Duke gave her a thumbs-up and Amelia nodded in response before speaking through the microphone.
"Good morning, everyone! Amelia Sainthearts here!" Amelia greeted and then introducing herself which is heard all over the academy via intercom, "We'd like to inform that the Theater Club is still looking for new members and if you would like to join, please contact either Felipe Ignacio or Watermelody." she advised, "In other news, we'd like to remind everyone about the upcoming charity event that will take place at the central park this weekend and everyone are invited to join and listen to performers such as Muse, Franchouchou, After School Tea Time, New Day Jose, Sayaka & Koito, Trixie and the Illusions, PPP, Flash Drive, The Rainbooms, Marshmello, the Moon Goats and many more!" she announced in excitement.
The scene then changes in one of the library of the academy where we see Andres "Singko" Alvarez, Gertrud Barkhorn and Charlotte "Shirley" E. Yeager gathered at one table while listening to the broadcast.
"And now time for sport news..." Amelia begun, "Live from Magnum City, we have Kanji Tatsumi and Yosuke Hanamura giving us fresh news of the currently on-going Soccer Fever - Best of the Best where two teams from our academy are taking part of!" she announced.
Kanji's voice then took over, "Kanji Tatsumi here!" he announced himself, "Team Pro Evolution won 5:1 with the local soccer team in this city with Brent Dark and Bartlomiej Agbayani scoring the goals." he reported, "More information about this game and as well photos will be uploaded in the Vanguard Academy's Personagam's Profile Page once we manage to connect to them." he stated, "Apparently... the internet connection here is rather unstable." he explained.
"Magnum City sucks!" Yosuke's voice is heard.
"As for our other team, Team FIFA played on their own pitch against Team Mendez." Kanji announced.
"They suck as well." Yosuke added.
"Shut it!" Kanji quipped, "Apparently, Hunter Isaac Rey got sent off in the first half of the game after tackling down his fellow teammate Kafuu of what has been described by the eyewitnesses as 'attempted murder'." he stated, "Despite that, Team FIFA defeated Team Mendez with a score of 10:4." he explained.
"Team Mendez really suck!" Yosuke quipped.
"Would you please shut up, Yosuke!" Kanji exclaimed, "Anyway... Rainbow Dash from Team FIFA scored a hat-trick and thus becoming the top-scorer of the game." he revealed, "Tsubasa Oozora and Kyosuke Kanou scored two goals each but the first goal of the day belonged to Lynn Loud Jr." he added.
"Okay, enough about the soccer game!" Yosuke exclaimed, "Can we talk about dibs? Because the other teams didn't even really have dibs." he stated.
"For photos of the members of Team Mendez, go ask in Salvador University, assuming they'll let you in." Kanji finished before being followed by the sound of a steel chair hitting someone on the head.
"Looks like our teams are doing well in the Soccer Fever - Best of the Best.'' Shirley concluded, "But what's with Hunter attacking Kafuu?" she asked in disbelief.
"Hunter is probably still salty at Kafuu for pranking him and getting himself banned for three missions." Singko explained.
Gertrud scoffed, "I understand that Hunter is mad at Kafuu but he could just set his anger aside during the game." she stated.
Erica Hartmann then appears before them, "Hey guys." she greeted.
"Hey, Hartmann." Shirley greeted back, "Do you need something?'' she asked.
Erica shook her head, "Nothing much." she answered, "But there's someone who wants to see Trudy." she revealed, much to Gertrud's confusion.
Then a girl appears behind Erica and from Singko's perspective, he could have mistaken the girl for Yoshika Miyafuji if it weren't for some difference. The girl is pretty small and has a petite frame, she has a short-boyish brown hair and has light-brown eyes. She wears a blue sundress over a white long-sleeved shirt, white socks and brown shoes. This is Chris Barkhorn, Gertrud's younger sister.
Karslander
Chris Barkhorn
"Oneechan, long time, no see!" Chris greeted with a smile.
Gertrud stares at her for a few minutes when realization finally hits her, "EEEEEEEEEH?!" she wailed in shock which earned her a number of shush from the other occupants of the library. Gertrud cringed in response, "My apologies." she apologized before turning to Chris, "Chris? What are you doing here?" she questioned.
"I'm a new trainee in the Training Camp." Chris replied with a smile.
Gertrud stares at her sister as if she grown another head, "What? What? Where? How? What? Eh? Eh?" she squawked in confusion while her mind is getting overload in shock.
"Oneechan, what's wrong?" Chris asked in concern.
Erica chuckled, "I think the revelation that you're now part of the Heroes Coalitions broke her." she mused while Shirley chuckled.
"Gee... ya think?" Andres questioned with a blank look.
Meanwhile in a streets somewhere in Neo-City, we see Darren Cross walking at the sidewalks with a very humiliated look on his face because from left and right, he sees people laughing at him.
Why?
Well... it turns out that some guy named Sean Paul uploaded a video all over the internet of his drunken mishaps from last night at AniManga Cafe. And amongst the embarrassing things he did last night is dancing while slowly taking off his pants, vomiting on Prince of Wales' feet, flirting over guys with long hair, singing 'My Way' rather horribly and taking piss at the bar.
And all of that is caught in camera and is currently being witnessed by everyone all over the city.
And while embarrassed, Darren is pissed off at the same time. Sure it's his fault for getting drunk and all of the embarrassing things are of his doing but he is mad because someone decided to humiliate him further by taking a video of him and then showing it to everyone. Darren has already been a laughing stock ever since he was labeled a pervert for accidentally groping Stella Vermillion and he doesn't need any more reasons to get laugh at.
As Darren turns at one corner, he came across a group of four guys gathered next to a lamppost while watching a video on one guy's phone.
The first guy is an African-American with a muscular frame. He has a balding head, black eyes and a small facial hair, he wears a blue track jacket with light-blue highlights over a white t-shirt, blue track pants and white shoes. He wears a silver-colored necklace around his collar. This is Baby Chris.
Rapper/Fighter
Baby Chris
The second guy is a Canadian with a muscular frame. He has a short crew cut black hair and eyes, he wears a gray hoodie jacket with a silver-colored dog tags dangling around his neck, blue baggy pants and brown shoes. This is Bless.
Rapper/Fighter
Bless
The third guy is a slim male from Puerto Rico. He has a short crew cut black hair and eyes, he wears a white turtlenecked zipped up jacket with blue & red designs, white baggy track pants with red & blue linings and white rubber shoes. This is Crazy Legs.
Dancer/Fighter
Crazy Legs
The fourth guy is an African-American with a slim yet muscular frame. He has a balding head and has black eyes, he wears a white t-shirt, grayish-blue baggy pants and black & gray creamed shoes. He wears a black scarf and a silver-colored necklace with a cross penchant dangling around his neck. This is Havoc.
Rapper/Fighter
Havoc
Baby Chris, Bless, Crazy Legs and Havoc are watching Darren's embarrassing drunken video on Bless' phones and all guys are laughing rather evilly at Darren's misfortune.
"Haha! What a loser!" Baby Chris exclaimed in glee.
"I get drunk but I never embarrassed myself unlike this bloke!" Bless mused.
"And he's a trainee from Heroes Coalitions right?" Crazy Legs pointed out, "I think he's gonna fail as a hero because of this!" he assumed.
"I think this loser is a failure from the start." Havoc declared before sharing an evil laughter with the guys.
The moment the words 'failure' escaped from their mouths, Darren is immediately consumed in anger. Being called a pervert and a loser is one thing but being called a failure is something he does not ignore.
Darren marches towards the four guys with a terrifying glare on his face and before he could so something a hand grabs his shoulder.
"I won't start any trouble if I were you." a voice advised with Darren turning around to see two men standing next to him.
The man has a tanned skin tone and a muscular frame. He has a brown hair styled in a messy dreadlocks and has blue eyes, and sports two black marks on his cheekbones. He wears a blue over-sized shirt with torn-off sleeves and a Japanese words written on his chest, black baggy pants with a brown scarf with various designs wrapped on his left leg and black & gray rubber shoes. He wears an orange bandanna wrapped around his forehead, a white band and baller wrapped on his right arm & wrist, and white bandages on his left wrist. This is Snowman.
Clothing Store Owner/Fighter
Snowman
The second man is a slim, African-American with a black crew cut hair, black eyes and facial hair, and a white bandage on his left cheekbone. He wears a dirty yellow hooded jacket over a white top, green baggy pants and white rubber shoes. He wears an empty top cap and various white bandages on both hands. This is Pockets.
Bodyguard/Fighter
Pockets
Darren glares at them, "Buzz off!" he demanded, "No one is gonna stop me from teaching those blokes a lesson for making fun of me!" he declared.
"I understand that you're angry." Snowman pointed out, "You've already suffered enough humiliation from getting drunk and getting recorded in a video with people laughing at your misfortune definitely sets you off." he stated, "But I don't think you should take your anger out on this guys." he advised.
"Yeah! They're not worth your time." Pockets added.
"Instead... take your anger out at the very person who recorded that video of you." Snowman declared.
Darren then thought about the person who recorded the video of his drunk mishaps, "Sean Paul..." he growled in anger.
Snowman nodded, "Indeed." he confirmed.
"You should challenge him in a fight." Pockets suggested, "Sean Paul may be a rapper but he is a pretty formidable fighter in this city." he stated, "If you managed to beat him in a fight, you'll be sending a message to everyone that you're not someone to be messed with." he explained.
Darren thought about it for a minute before nodding, "All right." he complied, "How are we gonna do this?" he asked.
Snowman grinned, "Challenge him in a street fight." he replied.
A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.