A/N
I'm really happy that I made the decision to re-write El Tigre the New adventures season 1. I've been really happy about the outcomes of the new ideas I've cooked up; and I hope you all are enjoying it too! So, let's move on to the chapter
El Tigre the New adventures Season 1 Episode 9 – Arrival of the Contenders
"Umm Hey Manny," said Frida
"What's up?" Manny asked
"Have you noticed that Miracle city has been kind of Uhh…crowded lately?"
Manny looked around. All around the park they were hanging out at where people that looked like tourist, taking pictures of just about anything that looked fascinating to them. They wore shirts that had read GO TEAM FRANCE on it, and others wore GO TEAM GREEN. Go team green? Manny thought, he's never heard of a soccer team like that. Frida suggested to Manny that they should go ahead and leave due to the fact that the park was now getting fat too noisy and crowded. Manny agreed, and the two of them left. But once they left the park and head into town; they would see that the streets were filled with cars backed up in traffic, and people that looked to be from different countries. As the two walked by they hear people mention something about a tournament being held; one tourist said
"My bet is going to the guys in Russia, did you catch up with the heroes they have over there? They're vicious!"
"Oh you bet! They don't joke around! But I'm going for the guys from Scotland. Those Water guys are smart and crafty, and they hit if they want to!"
"It's Art of water! Not water guys!"
"Isn't it Hydrokinesis?"
"I call it art of water but that sounds pretty cool too!"
"There's a tournament being held hear?" Frida said to Manny
"I didn't know anything about it." Manny shrugged
So after having enough of trying to squeeze their way through people and bumping into random tourist; the two of them decide to head over to Manny's home. Once they arrived and walked through the door, Manny's eyes widened in surprise. Sitting on the couch was none other than Seven Samurai, and his son, Toshiro.
Seven Samurai, a famous hero from Japan know for his accomplishments of clearing all the crime that fell to Shogun City. Toshiro is the son of Seven Samurai, he fight's crime is Mech-powered sumo suit.
"Manny Rivera; it's been such a long time!" said Toshiro happily
"YOO TOSHIRO!" Manny said with a smile
Toshiro heads over to Manny and clasp both his hands around his; and shakes his hand. "It is so good to see you!" He said sincerely
"Same here Toshi!" said Manny
"Manny Rivera, are you going to be entering the tournament as well?" Toshiro asked excitedly
"Uhh, I don't know. I didn't even know about it." Manny responded
"OH RIGHT!" said Rodolfo, lightly smacking the top of his head. "I forgot to mention to you but we had to go on that mission."
"The international fighting tournament is a tournament where all heroes's, or maybe even villains can compete to challenge and test themselves in various different task; Mental task, physical task, and while doing those task you'll be going up against other competitors." Seven Samurai explained
"That's right! The Tournament is held in different parts of the country as well! This is the first time it's ever been held in Miracle city!" said Rodolfo, with a big smile across his face. "Hero's from Europe, Japan, China, Germany, France, Brazil, Canada, America, are all gathering to compete and prove their might!"
"So that explains why the park was so crowded." said Frida
"Yes a lot of people from around the world are gathering to watch this event. It has a really big following." said Seven Samurai
"OH MAN!" Manny said bouncing up and down "THIS TOURNAMENT SOUNDS SO COOL! YOU GOTTA LET ME JOIN DAD!"
"Of course I will Manny!" said Rodolfo with a nod
Both Manny and Frida's eyes widened a bit. They looked at each other and then looked at Rodolfo "Really?" the two said in unison
"Of course Manny; the age limit is fourteen and up, so of course you're allowed to join!"
"AWESOME!" shouted Manny, shooting his arms up into the air
"Yes! Very awesome indeed!" said Rodolfo cheerfully "I sighed up our team for the tournament! We'll be working along with other hero's here as well! So we'll be merged up!" Rodolfo then realized "Is Marcus also informed about the tournament?"
"Uhh I don't think so," said Manny, thinking "I'm not even sure where he is."
"Who's Marcus?" Seven Samurai asked
"Marcus is one of Manny and Frida's new friends who arrived in Miracle city a couple of weeks ago! He's a very skilled fighter, and he's also an art of fire user!" Rodolfo explained
"He's an art of fire user? That's very interesting…and here I thought that was a lost art." said Seven Samurai, astonished
"It is! Although he's rarely seen as much," said Rodolfo
"Yeah, the guy can be all over the place sometimes." said Frida, shrugging.
"I see. Well I'm glad he's not around now! I actually have a surprise for him when we do get to him!" said Rodolfo jubilantly
"Huh? What surprise?" Manny asked curiously
"I'm currently making him a hero costume!" said Rodolfo, enthusiastically
"You're making him a hero costume?!" Manny said stunned
"Oh this I gotta see!" said Frida, with a giggle
"Like I said, I'm in the middle of making it now! And Manny, you will help me with a design!"
"Wait what? I thought you said you already had one made up."
"Well…I did. But…I'm not sure if it'll suit Marcus's style or not." said Rodolfo, doubtingly
"Well what do you got so far? Maybe I can help too!" said Frida elated
Rodolfo quickly went upstairs. He then came back down, and he held the suit up. The outfit itself was white, with red flames around the waste-line, and a fire symbol on the chest.
"Uhh…" Manny stared at the suit
"Umm…" said Frida
"So what do you think?!" Rodolfo asked smiling.
"I think it looks really nice!" said Toshiro, joyfully
"Yeah, I don't think that will fit Marcus's style at all…" said Manny, shaking his head no.
"Yeah it's definitely a no." said Frida, nodding an agreement. "I don't see him wearing that at all."
"Well that's a shame…" Rodolfo said sadly "How do you think I should make it?"
"Um…" Manny began to think. It was hard even thinking of something Marcus might like. He even stated before that he thought hero costumes were dumb. The chances of him even wearing one were extremely low, but he didn't want to hurt his father's feelings. "Maybe change the color to black? I mean it's what he usually wears anyway."
"Yeah, that'll probably make it look better!" said Frida
"Ah yes! That would!" said Rodolfo, staring at the old costume
"Well I see that you're a busy man White Pantera, me and Toshiro will be on our way. We'll see you in the tournament." said Seven Samurai
"Bye Manny Rivera!" said Toshiro waving
"See you later Toshi!" Manny waved back.
Once Seven Samurai and Toshiro had left; puma loco had appeared out of nowhere. Apparently he was disguised as sombrero plant. "Is he gone?" asked Puma loco cautiously
"Father; have you been there this whole time?!" Rodolfo asked shocked
"It seems as though my sombrero plant pot disguise worked like a charm!" Puma loco said proudly. But then his happy expression turned to an annoyed expression "All these hero's that's come from around the world in place is such a pain in the Nalgas! All super villains are pretty much in deep hiding thanks to this a cursed tournament!"
"YES! It's Wonderful isn't it?!" Rodolfo said pleasantly
"NO!" Puma loco growled "Didn't you hear a word I said?!"
"Anyway, come on kids; let us design a costume that would put a smile on Marcus's face!" Rodolfo said excitedly
Manny and Frida looked at each other and sighed, they then followed Rodolfo upstairs to begin working on designs.
…
"Jeez…" Marcus let out a frustrated groan "Why the heck is this city even more noisy than usual?" He said, as he strolled down the street bumping rudely into a couple of tourist who were passing by, scowling as he did so. "And what's with all these even weirder looking people hanging around town?" as Marcus strolled around town his head was beginning to throb. The sound of so many people talking, mixed along with the sounds of cars honking had finally just gotten to him "AHHHH! I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" Marcus didn't care what place it was as he just walks into the nearby bar. Inside the bar it was lightly dimmed, each table had its own little light. Although they had this light, each person in the bar had their faces hidden in behind the dark or under hoods. Marcus of course, didn't really pay too much attention to the people in the bar. He just went straight for the front desk and sat down on the stool. Sitting next to him is a man who had an extremely large upper body wearing a green coat.
The bartender walked over to where Marcus was sitting and asked "I'm going to need to see some I.D." He asked in a rough voice
"Yes I'm fifteen. I'm not here to drink. Just give me some water or something." Marcus asked annoyed
"I ain't here to sell no water, now beat it."
Marcus was about to snap at the bartender till the man that was sitting next to Marcus spoke up.
"He's not going anywhere man…NOT TILL I'M DONE WITH HIM!" said a familiar voice.
Marcus looked at the man. He gets up from his seat and takes off the green coat, revealing himself to be, El oso. He glared down at Marcus, fuming at the mouth.
Marcus just stared up at El Oso, staring at up at El oso raising a brow "Umm…do I know you?" He asked flatly.
"Are you kidding me man? How can you not remember me? You're the one who kicked my face to the grounds man! I couldn't feel it for weeks!" El oso ranted
Marcus blinked a couple of times "Doesn't ring a bell at all." He said blankly.
El Oso went red in the face. Then, the sounds of the legs of the chairs screeched against the floors as the customers rose up from the chairs. The sounds of heavy boots hitting the floor were made as one of the men stood a couple of feet from Marcus.
"So this is the little punk that's been taking all the dough from my boys huh?" said the thug boss taking off his cloak. "You picked the wrong bar to walk into you puny little runt."
Marcus gets up from his stool and turns around to face everyone. "Wow." He said staring at everyone "I've never seen so much shit piled up in one place…"
"You're going to be eating those words you little bastard!" The thug boss snarled
Suddenly the door to the bar opened up, the light from the outside lit up the dim bar room. "HOLD ON RIGHT THIS SECOND!" shouted a loud and very hyper boy.
Everyone turned around to face the boy. He had slick downward shinny hair, he wore white and black sash with a symbol written in Chinese on the upper right of the sash.
"IT IS WRONG TO FIGHT SOMEBODY WHEN IT'S ONE VS NINE!" screamed Leng, as he stepped into the bar glaring down the boss thug.
[Leng Bai Chao]
Age: 15
"Who the hell is this?" Marcus thought staring at Leng.
"What the-stay out of this you little runt, this has nothing to do with-" The thug boss didn't even get to finish his sentence when Leng uppercutted the boss thug so hard his jaw snapped and went dangling. He went soaring into the air crashing into the ceiling, his head going straight through and his body dangled from above.
Marcus froze. "When the hell did he move?" He thought, as his eyes were wide with shock.
As Marcus was about to lay his eyes on Leng, Leng was already on the left of Marcus, punching the bandit in the arm, completely snapping it in two, and then kicking him in the leg, shattering it's bone.
"He-He's so…quick!" Marcus thought
One of the bandits tried to jump on Leng, but Leng reversed it into an Arm bar. Without hesitation he snaps the arm into, a sickening bone breaking sound was made, followed by the screams of the bandit. Leng pops up from the ground and delivers a quick spin kick to the bandit behind him; completely breaking his jaw and sending him threw the wooden wall. There were four more bandits in the bar but as soon as Leng turned to face them they dropped what they had and fled. Leng took a deep breath, and then exhaled.
Leng turned to Marcus "Are you ok?" He asked worriedly
"I…uh," Marcus blinked a couple of times. He was still trying to process what just happened. "Y-yeah…I'm fine. Who the hell are you?"
"My Name is Leng Bai Cho! I'm here In Miracle city to enter the International fighting Tournament with my school!" said Leng, bowing to Marcus with his right fist into the palm of left hand.
"My name is Marcus; Marcus Dupree." Marcus replied
"HEY!" The bartender roared "WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS? I GOT A GUY HANGING FROM CEILING FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!"
"OH-OH MY GOSH!" panicked Leng, "I DIDN'T TAKE CONSIDERATION ON THE OWNER OF THE BAR; MY APOLOGIES SIR!" Leng bowed
Marcus walked over to one of the bandits and began picking his pockets. He pulled out at least five hundred dollars. "Yup, it never fails." He went to four more bandits and had over a total of one thousand two hundred dollars. "This should cover it right?" He asked bartender.
"Uhh…yeah…" The bartender said taking the money "T-thanks…"
Once that was done, both Marcus and Leng had left the bar. The bartender had called the cops and a couple of ambulances to retrieve the severally injured bandits. Marcus watched as they all got loaded into the ambulances.
"You sure don't hold back huh?" said Marcus, looking over at Leng.
Leng chuckled and rubs the back of his head "Hehe yeah, that's one of my flaws. I didn't mean to hurt them that badly. I'm sure you would've done better if I didn't show up. You being an art of fire user after all; are rare!"
Marcus paused for a moment "H-How did you know about that?" He asked
"I sensed it! It's what actually brought me to the bar!"
"You…wait are you talking about sensing Ki in general or…?"
"Well I can sense KI, but I can also describe the feel of it. EXAMPLE! You're Ki has a warm, gentle, but yet furious fire!" Leng explained
"That's…actually incredible senses." said Marcus, in a low voice. "Hell…I can sense someone but not like he can…not like I use to at least…" He thought.
"The same can be said with other art users! Like art of water, calm, gentle current, Wind! A gentle breeze that flows through our skin! And earth, tough, strong, and…and…I ran out of things to say about earth." Leng rubs his chin
"It's alright…I get the point." said Marcus
"And I can sense plenty of other art users here in Miracle city! It just makes me excited! I've never seen any art users where I'm from!" said Leng, grinning from ear to ear.
"I guess I could say the same. The only one I know is Ryumaru, he's a wind user." Marcus said "Seeing other users would be pretty interesting…"
"YES IT WOULD BE!" Leng shouted in excitement "I CANNOT WAIT TO FACE THEM ALL!"
Marcus held his ears "Jeez do you always half to yell?" He asked annoyed
"My father always told me that yelling the things that you're excited for is a great for your soul!" Leng stated
"Ugh…" Marcus groaned "Why did I always get stuck with annoying ones…" He thought
…
"You think that Marcus is going to like that design?" asked Frida, as she, and Manny strolled down the street from his home.
"Nope," replied Manny "I'm sure even if it looks cool he won't bother even trying it on."
The outside didn't seem to be getting any smaller. It seemed that more and more people began showing up from different parts of the world to see this tournament. Hotels were defiantly getting their money worth's with the tourist. The one thing that irritated them was that all their usual hang outs spots were either blocked off, or filled with random people. So, the two of them just decided that they'll just head to a local Pizza Parlor and just relax there for a moment. Or so they thought. As soon as they arrived they saw that the Pizza Parlor was packed with people. They would be waiting for hours just for one pizza.
"UGH! THIS IS REDICULOUS!" Frida shouted in frustration. "EVERYTHING IS EITHER FULL OR JUST FILLED WITH PEOPLE!"
"Man is there nowhere we can just relax?" said Manny with a sigh. "Well…I guess its back to our place then."
"I guess so." Manny agreed with a nod.
"Hey…what's with all the rumbling." said Frida, staring down at the ground.
With each passing second the ground below their feet began to shake harder, and harder. Everyone who was the streets were starting to panic, people were saying "is it an earthquake happening?" But then, a woman screamed and pointed up. The tourist turned to look up, seeing the giant robot know as Robot Sanchez, towering over all of the citizens and tourist.
"IT'S ROBOT SANCHEZ!" both Manny and Frida screamed.
"Looks like this is a job for—"But as soon as Manny was about to spin his, right behind, Manny, Frida and the large amounts of people around the area, a giant wave of water came shooting out of the ground and towering over everyone, even Robot Sanchez.
"Man, oh man…a giant robot? This city sure is full of surprises." said the Dylan Irving, standing on top of the wave of. His hair was sky blue, and it stood straight up on top of his head. He had piercings in his ears, wore a black chocker around his neck with plastic spikes sticking out, he had a sleeveless T-shirt with black pants and white sneakers.
[Dylan Irving]
Age: 14
Height: 5,1
Ability: Art of Water
Comes from: Scotland
"You actually remind me of those robot toys's I use to play with when I was little!" said Dylan with slight chuckle. He held out his hands, and as he did so the water he was standing mimicked what he did, and extended its waves apart. He shoved his arms forward, and the large waves of water dashed at Robot Sanchez and wrapped around him. The water waves began squeezing Robot Sanchez tightly; bolts and parts began shooting out of Robot Sanchez's body, then, the waves of water began sliding inside him, filling him up to the brim, then, BOOM! The waves erupted and completely destroyed Robot Sanchez.
"WHOA!" Manny and Frida said Astonished.
Dylan floated back down to the ground on his wave of water. He was greeted by all the civilians and tourist that was in the area at the time.
"HEY! THAT'S DYLAN IRVING!" One Tourist shouted "HE'S THE SON OF THE ART OF WATER MASTER WALTER IRVING!"
Dylan was grinning from ear to ear and rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment "Oh come on now, you all are making me blush!" He said chuckling.
"DUDE YOU'RE SO COOL!" Shouted Manny
Dylan turned around seeing Manny and Frida rush over to him. "DUDE THE WAY YOU CONTROLLED THAT WATER WAS SO SMOOTH!" Frida said hopping up and down.
"ART OF WATER CONTROL HAS TO BE THE COOLEST ART!" Manny said excited
"Hahaha yes it is!" Dylan said proudly. Then, Dylan realized "Hey, wait a second…" He got closer to Manny and stared at him closely. "You're…El Tigre right?"
Manny's smile grew wider. He backed up, spun his belt and let out a fierce roar "THAT'S RIGHT, THE MOST MACHO SUPER HERO IN MIRACLE CITY!" He said just as proud as Dylan was.
"Is that so?" said Dylan, rubbing his chin. "The most macho super hero is that right? If you're so macho then why is Miracle city such a shit hole?"
Everyone gasped. Frida stood their shocked, and Manny, taken off guard didn't know what to say but "W-what?" he stuttered.
"Out of all the places that the international fighting tournament had to be held, they decided to hold it here in the worst city filled with none stop crime…Here…"
"HEY! WATCH WHAT YOU SAY!" Manny growled glaring at Dylan "MIRACLE CITY MAYBE A CRIME FILLED, BUT I WON'T STAND HERE AND LET YOU INSULT MY HOME!"
"Jeez I feel bad for you. It must be killing you inside that you have to stick up from this sorry excuse of a city." Dylan spat
"Hey what's your deal?! Why are you being such a jerk? If it wasn't for heroes people would be seriously hurt or worse!" Frida stated
"Yeah because constantly being in danger is a lot better!" Dylan just laughed and cackled.
Manny was beginning to shake with anger. He was glaring a hole through Dylan. Manny extends his claws and growls. Dylan saw this, and he glares back but his grin didn't disappear, the water from the ground started to swirl around his body. People began to back up. Things were going to get ugly.
"What the hell is going on here?" said Marcus, pushing and shoving his way through the crowd followed by Leng.
Marcus looked at Frida, then at Manny, and then finally at Dylan. Leng's eyes widened and he extends his arm pointing at Dylan.
"THAT'S DYLAN IRVING, SON OF THE ART OF WATER MASTER WALTER IRVING!" Leng shouted excited
"So he's a water boy huh? Sure looks like it." Marcus said staring down Dylan.
"And who the heck are you supposed to be?" Dylan asked smugly
"Somebody who's going to knock your teeth out of your mouth If you don't back off," said Marcus, the serious he's even sounded.
"Oh?" Dylan said raising a brow.
"Somebody who comes around talking out of their ass really get's on my nerves. Especially if they don't have the nerve to back it up." said Marcus, with plenty of aggression behind his voice.
"Not when you have the nerve to back it up." Dylan replied with just as much aggression behind his voice as Marcus.
Marcus clenched his fist, fire surged around his arm. Once Marcus did this, people gasped. Dylan, who had kept a pretty calm posture, was also shocked by this. Like Ryumaru had stated before, there hasn't been an art of fire user in decades. Dylan's shocked expression soon turned into excitement.
"Fire VS water, I like the sounds of that." Dylan said with a chuckle.
"I'll turn you into ash…" Marcus threatened
"THEN TRY IT!"
The two of them charged forward, and they both threw right hooks with their arms covered in their elements. Suddenly Leng appeared in the middle, catching both of their element covered hands in the palm of his own. Leng clenched down on Marcus's hands and his fire was slowly dying off, and the water around Dylan's hand just dropped to the ground as Leng clenched on it.
"What the heck; when did he move?" Dylan thought
"This guy again…" Marcus thought.
"Please." Leng began "Brawling before the tournament is not a good strategy. That, and fighting in the middle of these people will danger them." Leng let's go of both of their hands.
"Whoa…who is that kid?" Frida whispered
"No idea but..." Manny whispered back.
"Tch…whatever…" Dylan said rubbing his hand.
Dylan was suddenly smacked right in the head by a tall man with wild blue hair, sporting black GI with a water symbol on front left side, his skin was milky white skin with a bit tan around it.
"WHAT A WORLD ARE YOU DOING CAUSING TROUBLE OUT HERE BOY?!" bellowed Walter Irving.
[Walter Irving]
Age: 47
Height: 6,2
Art of Water Master
"DARN IT DAD THAT HURT!" Dylan cried
"SHUT UP!" Walter roared. "YOU'RE ALWAYS GIVING US ART OF WATER USERS A BAD NAME!"
"Whoa…It's Walter Irving." Whispered a citizen in the crowd
"Man he's tall as hell…"
"On behalf of Aqua clan I apologize for any trouble my son has caused." said Walter sincerely. He then glared down at his son. "COME ON!" He grabbed him by his earlobe and began dragging him off.
"OW OW OW DAD OW!" and just like that, they were gone. Once Dylan and his father left, the crowd that huddled around them began to spread out and walk off, leaving only, Manny, Frida, Marcus and Leng by themselves.
"Well, seeing that definitely made me feel better!" said Manny, grinning ear to ear as he reverts back to his normal clothing.
"Ouch, getting dragged by the ear. I know that doesn't feel good from experience." said Frida.
"Seeing Walter Irving up front was in interesting experience." said Leng in awe.
"I guess…" Marcus said, still sounding upset.
"So Uhh…who are you?" Frida asked looking over at Leng.
"OH, MY APOLOGIES!" Leng said loudly. "My name is Leng Bai Cho! It's nice to meet you both!" he said with bow.
"Haha it's nice to meet you too." Manny said with a chuckle. Already Manny was getting Toshiro vibes from Leng.
"So how did you run into hot head over here?" Frida said pointing her thumb at Marcus.
"Oh! A bunch very rude people were trying to attack Marcus eight to one! So I stepped in and assisted him!" Leng stated
"Yeah…assisted…" said Marcus. Marcus didn't even get a punch in, Leng pretty much cleared house.
Coming from behind the group, were the sounds of shrieks and horns being blown repeatedly. They turned around, and saw a large, oversized doom buggy riding over the cars that were parked on the side of the road.
"MY GOD GIRL, DON'T DRIVE ON TOP OF PEOPLE'S CARS!"
"I'M SORRY MOM I'M NOT TRYING TOO!"
"What the heck?" said Manny baffled
"Uhh…I think we should move." said Frida, cautiously.
The oversized doom buggy hit a car causing it to the air, the front bumper smacked Marcus in the face knocking him to the ground and landing right in front of them. Smoke was coming from the visible engine in front of the doom buggy.
"The Engine's smoking!" screamed the girl with a large light brown afro on her head, wearing white sleeveless shirt with bright red pants and red and white converse shoes. "IT'S GOING TO BLOW!" screamed Carmen.
[Carmen]
Age: 14
Height: 4,9
"The Engine's not going to blow Carmen stop overreacting little girl." said Mariana, Carmen's mom. She was a well built, tall, muscle around the arms and round and pudgy around the waist. Her hair seemed to be short, but covered up by the blue hat she was wearing.
[Mariana]
Age: 48
Height: 5,8
"Well, I have to say usually we end up flipped over on the ground. But you actually stuck the landing on this one! Good job Carmen!" Mariana said ruffling her daughters round hair. The two of them looked forward, staring at Marcus while he lays flat on his back. "Oooh…that's what we hit."
"OH MY GOD!" Carmen rushed out of the doom buggy and ran straight over to Marcus. "I'M SO SORRY I'M SO SORRY!" She repeated
"Oooow…" Marcus said rubbing his face
"A-Are you ok?" Carmen asked timidly
"How about giving me a kiss to make it all better?" asked Marcus, staring up at Carmen
Frida suddenly steps on his face "He's fine!" she said smiling down at Carmen.
"THAT DOOM BUGGY IS AWESOME!" Manny said running over to it.
"Hahaha you mean old Betty? Yeah she's a beauty isn't she?" Mariana said patting the doom buggy. "First one I ever built!"
"I NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE!" said Frida, her eyes transfixed on the dumb buggy.
"That's exactly what I said!" Carmen giggled "When I first saw this I had to have one! Of course, my mom wouldn't give up Betty."
"Nope," Mariana said shaking her head.
"So that's why I'm building my own!" Carmen said proudly.
"YOU ARE?!" Both Manny and Frida said
"Mhm! With the help of my mom of course," Carmen said patting her mom's arm.
"She's good with all of that but she's still wet behind the ears!" Mariana said patting her daughters head.
"I'm Manny Rivera by the way!" Manny said with a big smile.
"And I'm Frida Suarez!" Frida said waving at Carmen, smiling as well "Mr. Tall dark and gritty over there is Marcus,"
Marcus, who just got to his feet and rubbing his face groaned and looked away.
"I'm Leng Bai Chao; it's a pleasure to meet you both!" Leng said bowing.
"It's nice to meet you all!" Carmen said happily.
"You know what! In celebration of meeting new friends! How about we all go get some ice cream! It's all on me!" said Mariana with a big smile on her face.
"YEAH!" shouted Manny, Frida, Carmen and Leng.
"Ugh…my head…" groaned Marcus.
[Elsewhere]
While the group had met a new friend and are celebrating with delicious ice cream. All the way on the other side of Miracle city; things had seem to have taken a very…strange turn to the nature. This was being investigated by Cosmic Cleopatra. He jaw hung open slightly as walked, stepping on the once concrete ground that was now covered in bright green healthy grass. The buildings around the area were the same as well, covered in grass and vines that had flowers of all sorts blooming out of them.
"What in the world happened?" gasped Cosmic Cleopatra.
"HELP!" said a faint voice on the left
"What?"
"HELP WE'RE TRAPPED!"
Cosmic Cleopatra turned to the left, seeing a big green bush. Suddenly that bush made a loud honking noise. It wasn't a bush, it was a car.
"Oh my god…" Cosmic Cleopatra panicked. Her hands glowed purple and she held them out at the car. But then vines sprouted up from ground and tangled themselves around her hands binding them together. "What in the world!"
"Please don't do that, the flowers on that vehicle is very delicate." said a soft, young and dreamy voice.
Cosmic Cleopatra looked forward. Coming out from the ground wrapped in vines revealed a girl, bright orange hair, freckles around her cheeks, green eyes, she wore a cotton pink sweater and grey sweat pants. In her hands she carried a cherry blossom in her hands. "Isn't this place so much better? So full of life…" said Lilly
[Lilly Rover]
Age: 14
Height: 4,6
Ability's: Plant Manipulation
"I don't know who you are but you have these people trapped in these cars! This is a city! Not a jungle!" Cosmic Cleopatra shouted.
Lilly sighed "No appreciation at all…how sad." Her happy face then turned into a frown. "This city was suffering, killing itself. I decided to try and brighten it up but…doesn't it look better?"
"NO! For one it's annoying, and two, people are going to be stuck in here if you don't let them go!" Cosmic Cleopatra roared
"Annoying? That's such a mean thing to call nature." Lilly said, placing his hand on her heart. "That's horrible and evil of you!"
"Lilly what in the world are you doing?!"
Lilly's eyes widen and she looked past Cosmic Cleopatra. Standing there was a woman with blond hair, freckles on her face, wearing a brown pink tank top with a sparkled design symbol on the front.
"I knew you were going to do this when we got here! You take things too far Lily!" said Barbara
[Barbra]
Age: 45
Ability's: Plant manipulation
"Oh mother!" Lily said happily "I was wondering where you were!"
Barbra sighed and rubbed the corner of her eyes "Lily, take down all of this right now! And let that hero go!" She demanded
"But mother…this place is so disgusting. I made it full of life!" said Lily, sounding shocked that her mother told her take away all the nature that's around the area.
"They're people who are trapped in cars and have to walk by! TAKE IT DOWN!"
Lily sighed. The grass, vines and all sorts of other nature that engulfed the whole area was going away and sinking back underground. Once the nature was gone, everyone quickly hurried out of their cars to see what had happened.
"Oh man…I thought the world was ending…" One man said.
Although everything was fixed and the nature was gone, there was some serious damage done to the roads from all the grass and plants that sprung from below.
"Look at all the damage that you caused Lilly! You go overboard too much!" Barbra
"I don't think I went far enough honestly…" Lilly murmured under her breath while petting her plant.
Barbra turns to Cosmic Cleopatra "I'm so sorry…she gets like this when we got to cities. Oh my goodness you wouldn't believe how it was when we went to New York."
Cosmic Cleopatra sighed and chuckled "No worry's…at all. I'm just glad everyone is ok."
"Looks like the streets are a little out of wacky, allow me!"
Cleopatra and Barbra turned around to see a large muscular man wearing a black tank top with the kanji that read EARTH on it; walked past them and stood in front of the now broken road.
"Move out of the way missy, I got a road to fix." said Vosper
[Vosper Moroak]
Age: 38
Ability: Art of Earth.
Lily did as he said and stepped back. Vosper jammed his hands into the ground and the area began to shake. The large gap that was in the ground now quickly placed itself back together. All the other cracks that were in the ground were now fixed as well, the road looked brand new.
"Done and done!" said Vosper dusting his hands off.
"An art of earth user; that was definitely a treat to see," said Cosmic Cleopatra in awe.
"HAHAHA, you'll be seeing a lot more when me and my Art of Earth Clan Dominate the tournament!" Vosper said clutching his fist.
"Oh is that right?" said Barbra, raising a brow "Like how you dominated the art of water users last year?"
Vosper bats his eyes at Barbra "You watch what you say little women!" he growled.
Barbra smirked. "Come on Lilly, your father's been worried sick about you!" she called out to her.
Lilly walked past Cosmic Cleopatra and began following her mother. "Sorry for the trouble again!" said Barbra, as the two then walked off.
"Tch…Lousy plant users…" Vosper walked off as well.
Cosmic Cleopatra just stood there for a moment. She scratched the back of her head,
"Man…Miracle city is a big place but it already feels so crowded…"
[Elsewhere]
Things seemed to have begun to slow down. Less and less people were on the streets. Tourist found hotels to stay in, and some even made friends with citizens in miracle city, which made it easier for some to find places to stay. Carmen's mom went to go try and find a place to stay, while Manny and Frida were already made best friends with Carmen and Leng, but Marcus seemed to still seem to act sour at times for no apparent reason.
"MARCUS! I WOULD REALLY LIKE IT IF YOU DEMENSTRATED YOUR ART OF FIRE ABILITY'S!" Leng shouted.
"IS THERE NO VOULME ON YOUR VOICE?!" Marcus shouted back.
"MY APOLOGIES, I GET LIKE THIS WHEN I'M EXCITED!"
"UGH!" Marcus groaned.
Well…except for that reason.
Manny, Frida and Carmen couldn't help but laugh. The group then decided they were going to try the ice cream parlor again, which, Manny and Frida hoped was still open and not out of ice cream.
"It looks like things are finally starting to calm down around here." said Frida looking around.
"That's good. Man things were really getting out of hand." said Manny
"I was actually pretty surprised that they came here to Miracle city. They usually have it held in places like New York, California and Japan." Carmen explained. "I guess they wanted to reach out more."
Manny grinned "Well that's good! I can't wait to show off to everyone just how awesome I can be!"
"You'll get laid out by the water user in seconds." said Marcus flatly.
"WHAT? No way! It's the other way around!" Manny said turning around to face Marcus. "If anyone would get laid out it would be you!"
"Makes sense," said Frida "Water beats fire soooo…"
"Oh for the love of god…" Marcus rolled his eyes.
"Aren't you entering Marcus?" Carmen asked
"Tch, yeah right, I have no reason to take part in that crap." Marcus spat
"WHAT?" Leng gasped. He suddenly grabs Marcus by the shoulders "YOU HAVE TOO! I WOULD LOVE TO FACE YOU-TWO GREAT FIGHTERS BATTLING IT OUT IN MATROMONEY!"
Marcus blinked a couple of times "What the hell are you talking about? GET OFF!"
"Umm…actually Marcus—" Manny was cut off by the sounds of someone busting through a brick wall and crashing into the next building.
Everyone turned around to the direction of where the person crashed. Manny, Frida and Marcus looked on in shock, as lying in pile of broken bricks, was Volt, the werewolf who was trying to attack Manny's father.
"Hey, isn't that the werewolf guy?" Marcus asked pointing at him.
"Y-YEAH IT IS! When did he escape?" Frida asked shocked.
"You really thought I wasn't going to find you volt? You sorry sack of crap." said a deep, threatening voice. Stepping through the hole in the wall was a tall, built man with wild long black hair going down his back, his eyes were yellow and he wore no shirt, but long black pants. "To think you'd be hiding here of all places…" said Roz,
[Roz]
Age: 45
Height: 6,7
Volt growled and slowly got to his feet. Volt was already transformed into his werewolf form, his glowing purple eyes glared at Roz. He opened his mouth and fired off a purple energy ball. But Roz just simply smacked it away, sending it straight into the air.
"YOU DIRTY-PURE BLOODED WOLF!" Volt roared in irritation
"Just by that, you're down. FINISH HIM OKAMI!" Roz called out.
Hoping off from the roof where Roz was standing next to was a young boy with short wild bushy hair, wearing a green buttoned up shirt with long blue jeans; flipped in the air and landed on volts shoulders.
"GOT YOU-YOU DIRTY DARKBEAST!" roared Okami, grinning while bearing his fangs.
"UGH! GET OFF ME!" Volt cried jolting around trying to shake Okami off.
"I'LL GET OFF WHEN I FACE PLANT YOUR HEAD TO THE GROUND!" said Okami; he grabs Volt by the hair on his, hops off his shoulders while his hand was still around Volt's head; forcing his face to collide with the concrete with a sickening thud. "TAKE THAT YOU PUNK!"
[Okami]
Age: 14
"That's my boy." said Roz, proudly as he walked over to his son.
"Yeah yeah…you could've let me ACTUALLY fight him instead of giving me to him after you kicked his butt."Okami scowled.
Roz let out a loud laugh and pats his sons head roughly "Oh trust me he would have tore you apart. But your day is going to come soon when you train hard enough, only THEN will I let you start off a battle!"
"Yeah yeah…" Okami said looking away.
Roz turned around to see the group just standing there dumfounded. Roz chuckled nervously "Uhh hey! Sorry if we startled you!" he said sincerely
"Wow…and to think you two struggled a bit…" Frida said to Manny and Marcus.
"Wait you kids are the ones that put this fool away?" Roz said pointing his thumb down at Volt.
"Yeah he was trying to attack my dad. Then I stepped in an—"
"You mean I stepped in and loosened him up for you." Marcus said butting in.
"GRR YOU CAME IN AND LAST SECOND!" Manny snapped
"Hey," Frida said to Okami "I heard you shouting something; you called him a darkbeast?"
"Yeah that's what he is." Okami "It's a more…evil version of a werewolf I guess you could say."
"Darkbeast," Roz began "Are werewolves that were tainted by dark magic. Everything about them changes. Their bloodlust grows and they can't control themselves like they use as a normal werewolf."
"A normal werewolf and an evil dark one, that's something new to learn about." said Manny
Okami walked over to Manny and looked at him closely. Okami began sniffing him, and Manny just stood there stiffly.
"You smell just like a tiger does…" Okami whispered.
"Uhh…thanks?" Manny said awkwardly.
"Well he is part tiger when he transforms into El Tigre!" Frida added in.
"El Tigre? I think I heard that name around somewhere I think, I just don't really remember. Well! We'll get going now! Come on Okami; let's get this guy out of here!" Roz said walking over to Volt, picking up and tossing him over his shoulder. "We'll see you kids later!"
With that, Roz and his son Okami had left.
"OH MY GOD!" Leng screamed.
A vein popped up on Marcus's head "What are you yelling about now?!" he snapped at Leng.
"I FORGOT I HAD TO MEET UP WITH MY FATHER! I GOT CAUGHT UP IN ALL OF THIS EXCITEMENT IT CROSSED MY MIND!" Leng panicked "I'M SORRY TO LEAVE! BUT I MUST GO NOW!" And just like that, he was gone.
"Wow…he's really fast." said Manny impressed.
"Hey Carmen, do you still want to hang out?" Frida asked
"Actually I should bounce too. I want to go ahead and meet up with my mom; she did say she had something for me when I get back to her. So I want to go head and see what it is. I'll catch you guys later!" Carmen said waving and then walking off.
"They're pretty cool don't you think?" said Frida, looking over at Manny and Marcus.
"Oh defiantly, I really hope one day Carmen could build like a El Tigre mobile! And Leng can teach me some of his martial arts stuff!" Manny said hopping up and down.
"Well if everyone's heading home I'm going to do the same." Marcus said turning around and walking off.
Manny, then suddenly remembered "WAIT MARCUS!" he called out to him.
"Oh my god what is it?" Marcus asked frustrated
"Can you actually come over to my place? My dad has something for you."
"What? What is it?"
"Dude it's a surprise. We're going to just tell you." said Frida.
"Ugh…fine…but it better be good…"
And so Manny and Frida had taken Marcus to his home. Marcus stared up at the large apartment complex in awe.
"You see, we live at the VERY top!" Manny said pointing up.
"Huh…this is one odd Apartment complex." said Marcus.
They wall went inside, and Manny and Frida takes Marcus to Manny's apartment door. Manny unlocks the door and they all went in. Sitting on the couch watching TV was Manny's super villain grandfather Puma loco. "Ah finally you're home Hijo!" He said happily.
"Hey Grandpapi, this is Marcus!" Manny introduced.
"Oooh so this is the kid that Rodolfo told me about." said Puma loco, hopping off the couch and walking over to him. He looked at him up and down with his finger and thumb on his chin.
"Umm…hey," Marcus said waving "Nice hat."
"Thank you, I got away with a lot of bank robberies with this." Puma loco said proudly as he pat's his Sombrero of chaos.
"Wait what?" said Marcus, confused.
"Oh right, my grandfather is super villain, and he's also my dad's dad!" said Manny "Forgot to mention that sorry, haha!"
"Speaking of super villains," said Puma loco "You look like you'd make a really good one!"
"Umm…thanks…" said Marcus "I appreciate the compliment…I guess?"
"AH MARCUS THERE YOU ARE!" Rodolfo said excitedly as he walked down the stairs carrying some black suit over his arm. "I have something that I made especially for you!"
Marcus looked at what was around Rodolfo's arm. His eyes widen slightly "Wait…what's that?" He asked hesitantly while pointing at the suit.
"This…" Rodolfo said doing a dramatic pause and then fully showing Marcus the suit that he had made. It was a long pitch black suit with red patterns going down from the upper body and down to the lower area. Marcus's Devil's eyes symbol was even placed on chest area. "I EVEN MADE YOU A MASK!" Rodolfo had pulled out the mask. Marcus's jaw dropped when he saw it. It had long ears like a bunny, and red lens around where the eyes are. "SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?!"
Marcus had blinked more than once as he stared at his hero costume. He could not believe what he was looking at.
"You're so happy that you can't even speak! HE LOVES IT!" Rodolfo said happily.
"Wait…what exactly is this for?" Marcus asked confused.
"It's your outfit for the tournament! I thought you would need to look as flashy as possible!"
"There's no way…that I am—" Marcus paused, he looked over at Manny who was giving him a frustrated look of annoyance. He sighed "That I am NOT going to the tournament without that awesome outfit you made me Mr. Rivera…" He said giving him a fake smile.
"EEE! I'M SO HAPPY! I WORKED SO HARD ON IT! I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU LOVE IT!" Rodolfo said cheerfully.
"Yeah…it sure looks like you worked on it REALLY hard…" Marcus said through his teeth while smiling. Manny and Frida knew that he had A LOT of sarcasm in his voice, but of course said nothing.
Puma loco pats Marcus on the bat comfortingly
"Welcome to the Rivera home boy."
Marcus let out long and depressing sigh
"Why thank you…" He said with MUCH sarcasm in voice.
…
"So…they're holding that tournament here in Miracle city huh?" said Sartana of the dead, sitting on her throne and staring down at pretty much nothing.
"It seems so nana…" Django replied "It honestly sounds pretty fun. I wouldn't mind joining."
Sartana of the dead and her grandson Django of the dead had returned to the world of the living. They had already built a whole new layer that was hidden in Miracle city.
"Is that so Django?" Sartana said as she began strumming her guitar.
"Yes Nana…" Django then chuckled "But I doubt that I would even be allowed in…"
Then, the sounds of footsteps could be heard in the distance. Sartana stopped strumming her guitar, and she, and Django looked forward.
"Of course you're allowed." said Nelson Wilson, the announcer and co-instructor of the international fighting tournament.
"And who are you?" Sartana asked in an aggressive tone of voice.
"Just someone who is coming to inform you that you can enter if you want, it doesn't matter that you're a super villain, you can come and have all the fun in the world!" Nelson said excitedly
"What's the catch?!" Django asked suspiciously "Is this some way of trying to eliminate us? It sounds too easy for us to just walk in and enter; in a tournament full of NOTHING but super heroes!"
Nelson grinned "There's no catch. But…I do want you to help me with something…"
"Oh? And what might that be?" Sartana asked
Nelson's grinned grew wider
"Something…really really fun…"
To be continued
A/N as you can see, they're a bunch of new characters that will be coming to the international fighting tournament. I was going to fit more into this chapter but I had to cut some scenes short because the chapter was already long as it is. More characters will be appearing next chapter! So, stay tuned!