[IC] Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

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She couldn't see very much from the camera since it looked like he dropped his 3ds onto the ground. After it landed she could see him standing onto the ground with a keyblade pointed at her. She dashed back as her cat ears reacted to it and lowered in pure innocence “WHO ARE YOU, WHY DO YOU KNOW MY NAME AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY GAME!?” She curled up into a ball with her back facing the screen to hide from the screaming "I-I-I don't know but please get me out of here" she turned one eye to the screen "I'm scared"

[Animelover_princess]

Alistair - forest

the un-calm man seemed to not trust him, but the other 2 did.
he was floating through when the woman told him to wait.
'you should speed up' he thought, but slowed anyway to allow them to catch up.
he looked over them again as they approached, this resort certainly attracted weird people, he'd have to go into his human form and talk to them later... well maybe just the woman.
he chuckled as they approached, it came out kind of like the sound a really small bell would make.
when they were close enough he started moving again, they really weren't that far from the resort, only a few more minutes and they would be there.

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Cyber
For once pity...

"I-I-I don't know but please get me out of here I'm scared" The girl said, he despawn the key blade and felt...pity for her...He didn't know who she is and yet the voice sounded familiar...very familiar but he had no one to place it as. He picked up his 3ds and inspected it a bit more, the girl with the white seemed to really have no idea what was happening. Cyber took a strong deep breath and asked something. "just tell me, why do you know my name?" But even before the girl could give an answer the guy he was with grabbed him and dragged him away. Luckily he was holding onto it.

"Onii-chan! Please slow down!" He shouted as the guy was still dragging him until reaching some stores. He did want to go here and it was actually very pretty. "Wah~ there is so many shops here~" He said gleefully, he instantly forgot about the girl in his 3ds and hugged the guy arm again. "Oh Onii chan you decided where to go first~" He giggled very bubbly like.

Zivon
Don't leave me!

He watched as the two and the wisp started to walk off, he of course didn't wanted to be left behind and ran towards them. "Do-n't leav-e me!" He spaz out as he followed them, he was a bit further away because he still can't trust the wisp thing but no way he wanted to be left behind in the forest.

[NaraK]

"...Medusa?" Ryuu blurted out, positively surprised by Andromeda's origin. "Whoa, I literally had no idea about that one coming, but then again, I'm a human being that survived two beastly attacks and..."

The otaku immediately remembered the CPR he was given. His face turning into a ripe tomato, Ryuu simply grumbled away, not finishing the last part of the sentence.

Then, Death the Kid came out of nowhere. He was also known as Darwin Indigo.

"UYSFGAWJKLRHFJKSDFH- DARWIN!" Ryuu exclaimed with extreme joy, his eyes shooting out fire like a magnificently dangerous demon king. "Man, you look freakin' fabulous as usual!"

Andromeda, however, did not seem to know who Darwin was. Looking back at Andromeda, then at Darwin, the otaku simply trailed off,

"Oh! Uh, this guy's a..."

Ryuu stared at Darwin hard before turning as he told Andromeda,

"This guy is Death the Kid, though if you want to call him something else, call him Darwin. He's my best friend."

The otaku did not like the fact that he was technically softening up to this person, but that was just his current intuition nagging him to go beat someone up. Fortunately, however, this was excessively overshadowed by his greater interest in farming. Then, Darwin asked him a really, really hard question....

"My new boxset of anime arrived the other day, it's gonna be awesome! Care to join me!"

Ryuu simply thought to himself,

Ryuu Yamauchi said Oh sh-t.

Now, the otaku always wanted to complete what he started. Right at the moment, he promised Andromeda, who claimed that she was a descendant of Medusa. Not only did that make him genuinely interested in her power, but he also needed to get her to Brako. At the same time, however, Sir Darwin "Awesome" Motherf&$%er just had to get a motherload of anime and mangas, which was undoubtedly one of the otaku's greatest weaknesses.

Ryuu Yamauchi said Farming or watching? Farming or watching?

The dark-haired student continued to ponder about this...

....for literally one entire minute.

After leaving his trance of stupidity, he nervously told Darwin, looking at Andromeda,

"Er, actually, I sorta need to... you know, teach her some stuff. Swimming stuff and, uh... sunglasses stuff? Death, can we just watch the anime somewhere around... let's say tonight?"

Ryuu hoped Darwin would give him some overtime before an imminent marathon of anime began. After all, it seemed like some competition was going to begin, from what he heard from the people around him. Not that he was extremely excited, though spectating battles between battle-hardened fruits did not sound like a bad idea.

Yup, he was totally a farmer. Old McDonald would be so proud of him.

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As the keyblade he was holding onto just vanished into thin air she stood back up. Her ears remained low as she was still scared what had all happend the past few minutes for her even tough it must have been at least a day since she got stuck. Cyber moved closer to the 3ds and started inspecting it, she didn't like the feeling of being looked at like that. She grabbed one side of her dress and moved it over her bare legs as she slightly moved her body away from the screen "Please stop looking" He started sighing as if he didn't know what to do anymore her head shot up in curiousity just like her ears as she let go of her dress "just tell me, why do you know my name?" Save didn't have any words for him anymore, Her soul floated of into the sky as if she had never excisted "We have been classmates for a few years and you still can't remember me" The camera moved in all kind of directions making it unable to see what was really happening "Please be gentle" It didn't matter what she said they wouldn't listen to her "Onii-chan! Please slow down! Wah~ there is so many shops here~ Oh Onii chan you decided where to go first~" Save could only see a part of what was happening, She could only see Cyber hugging the other guy. She jumped to see if the camera would move if she did so, All of the suddden she felt very light as her body floated in the sky a small gasp came out of her mouth as she flew in the sky. It was pretty easy to move around while flying she got the hang of it in a matter of seconds. She started laughing at how fun it was as she floated upside down through the digital world.

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Cyber
But I don't even know you...

At the edge he could hear something.... "We have been classmates for a few years and you still can't remember me" Wait what?! Classmates...He quietly thought about it, he never bother to much do,r his classmates after the whole video game taking over his life. He had a few few detail memories of some classmate like one time he was at the classroom and his senpai tried to ask him out, those details yet nothing with that girl came up much to his head. He whispered to the girl. "Sorry, I never really bother to care about my classmates...a bunch of them are just ruining my time...." He did have to admit it, he hated his classmates even though he never bother to care or notice them. His friends were in a gaming clubland yet he hated to play multiplayer too. "No offense but I really don't know who you are...can you give me something to jog my memory? Maybe a moment or a thing...I don't know...something I guess...."

[Sukui]

Dendus
Unsurprisingly, the whatever-the-name-of-the-person-he-is-accompanying left him to pick whatever store to choose while continuing to talk to the girl on his device. It was at that point where Dendus tried to move a step while still grabbing her towards the souvenir shop, and stopped as he let her and the 2D girl with a questionable existence take turns in conversing about what-the-hell-are-they-even-talking-about. Of course, he didn't comprehend it, entirely because Dendus shut off his brain from them at the moment and turned to wondering what he would do for the remainder of his days in Destiny Island. If there was a bookstore here, he'd go buy and read some books for the whole time, but he wasn't sure if there really was. If there isn't, then he'd spend some time in the water and at his home, or go hiking on the heights of the island while exploring around the forests.

[Animelover_princess]

"...Medusa? Whoa, I literally had no idea about that one coming, but then again, I'm a human being that survived two beastly attacks and..."
Andromeda saw him blush but didn't know why.

she watched the 2 guys interact, it was pretty funny. and it made her smile.
"This guy is Death the Kid, though if you want to call him something else, call him Darwin. He's my best friend." Ryuu said.
Andromeda blinked, she hadn't watched many animes, though these boys seemed liked that kind that had, she did recognize it though, it made her chuckle.
"hi Darwin, i'm andromeda, it's nice to meet you"

"My new boxset of anime arrived the other day, it's gonna be awesome! Care to join me!" Darwin said.
Andromeda pipes up "what anime?"

then Ryuu said "Er, actually, I sorta need to... you know, teach her some stuff. Swimming stuff and, uh... sunglasses stuff? Death, can we just watch the anime somewhere around... let's say tonight?" which made Andromeda smile, she also blushed a little.
"thanks" she said.

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"Sorry, I never really bother to care about my classmates...a bunch of them are just ruining my time..." Her mind needed to rest for a second as she slowly turned from upside down into a normal position. Wasn't she doing the same thing to her classmates did she even bother to know them "Sorry I can understand" she folded her legs while making a sitting position in mid air and leaning with one of her elbows onto her knee so that she could rest her head for a minute "No offense but I really don't know who you are...can you give me something to jog my memory? Maybe a moment or a thing...I don't know...something I guess...." She looked with heor tiny eyes at the huge boy "Hmm I was the mascot of our class sort of well they treated me that way since I would walk around in cosplay clothes all the time. And umm for the most part I would just sit alone at a table scribbling something on paper whatever came to mind or do something fun on my phone." She tried to see if the other person was still there, she could see his hand through the camera but it was enough to notice he was there "Boyfriend, are you by any chance a person who could get me out of here." She flipped her body to a lying position as she layed her hands under her head still looking at the boy.

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Cyber
Woah! Wait...boyfriend?!

"Sorry I can understand" The girl seemed like she didn't understood what he meant. He somewhat gave a small smile as the girl was sort of defying gravity in the game well it was possible and yet it looked so fun. Well most of his classmates would pick on him for wearing girls clothing and they even steal some of his stuff to mess with him. He sighed in small grief as remembered those thoughts, all in all he picked around a lot so he hated his classmates. He listened to what girl in the game said. The class mascot...cosplay...scribbling and yet even those words float around his head he can't remember her and yet there something about the cosplay thing.

'Didn't one of them....what is her name...Sa...Sani? Saxo? Sa...Sa something' He kept trying hard to rememeber. "Was it something with a Sa? I still have no idea really." He rubbed his neck, hoping the girl would understand.He had better things to do to remember his previous school life. "Boyfriend, are you by any chance a person who could get me out of here." The girl asked the guy he was hugging... 'BOYFRIEND?!? Woah! What a minute!?' He blushed immediately in a bright pink, okay he was not his boyfriend. He had a couple of 'boyfriends' before but no way now like that! "Woah! Wait...boyfriend!? Sorry but he is not my boyfriend" He quietly whispered to the girl hoping the guy wouldn't hear it.

[Scallop]

Darwin - Bros before Anime

Darwin's smile stuck as Ryuu introduced him to the woman that was with Ryuu. She seemed alright....nice pair of melons....but there was one thing wrong with her. She was way out if Ryuu's league. Well Darwin would help him out! He'd stuck around with them and totes save make Ryuu nab the girl.

"Thanks! That always the reaction I want from my amazing outfits!" He chuckled like a madman for a few seconds before turning to Andromeda with a crazed look. "Wait a second....you remind me of Clash of Titans....THATS IT!" He punched the air. "You're a medusa aren't you!? Oh and it's just a brilliant anime but I've been able to get it English dub. It's only.... Ai o no excorist...."

He grinned at Ryuu and announced. "I THINK ILL STIVK AROUND WITH YOU GUYS!!!" Darwin knew that he was the best person to taje on a date, thats what Everyone told him anyways...

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"Was it something with a Sa? I still have no idea really. Woah! Wait...boyfriend!? Sorry but he is not my boyfriend" He said while moving closer to the mic to whisper it she slightly turned her head to the right while floating on her knees with her hands between her legs as her ears jumped up for a moment "He isn't? you seem pretty close" She was somewhat relieved that he wasn't gay or anything, She looked at hik again 'well maybe slightly' She gave a small chuckle at her own mind and continued the conversation "Saoirse thats my name Save for short, It's a pleasure to finally get to talk to you. And a pleasure to meet you sir" she said as she turned her head towards Dendus which could only slightly bene seen through the camera.

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Cyber
Okay? Still, what?

"He isn't? you seem pretty close. Saoirse thats my name Save for short, It's a pleasure to finally get to talk to you. And a pleasure to meet you sir" The girl said or Save for short. 'Save...what a weird name...' He smirk at that but then he remembered his name is sort of weird too. "Okay look, I only do that so I can get what I want, until else....I give no real emotion or feeling to this guy..."He whispered carefully, hoping the guy wouldn't hear. "Plus, He is not my type, I am more for the...bad ass fighter type of guy" Cyber whispered again, he look around the souvenir store, there some quite cute dolls he liked and little ice ream to buy at the side also. "Well Save, its...sort my pleasure to meet you too...I guess...okay I know who you know...I just am confused how you are in my game" Cyber pondered, hoping to find the answer for Save.

After a few moments someone unexplicitly touched his shoulder, he turned around to see some guys, still very tall from him and smiling. "Hi, what kind of girl like you is doing here?" The man said, Cyber immediately knew where this was going...he had enough experience of this to expect this to happen nearly everyday... "Excuse me but, sorry anything you say...I am not iinterested!" He made it clear to the guys who were flirting with...or trying to that he wasn't interested at all. Most of them gave a frown and look like they weren't going to give up easily. "Look~ Just spend some ti-" Before the guy could say anything else, Cyber side winded kicked the guy face really hard, enough to break the guy's nose. "I am not interested!" He shouted, as he prepared to use Cyber click, his eyes showed binary numbers and the thing he saw were changing quickly.

[Animelover_princess]

Alistair - edge of the forest

Alistair chuckled again as the 2nd man ran to catch up.
he then carefully picked his way through the forest, following the trails fairies leave for themselves to get out of the forest.
as he approached the less dense forest he slowed, hoping to not run into fairies, they still hadn't forgiven him, and probably wouldn't until these people were all dust in their odd burial boxes. he could see the edge of the forest from where he was, and as so slowed to halt a few feet from it and waited for the people following to catch up.
he looked longingly out at the beach, he couldn't go, the fairies might actually kill him.

Andromeda - beach

She enjoyed Darwin's enthusiasm. "Wait a second....you remind me of Clash of Titans....THATS IT! You're a medusa aren't you!?"
Andromeda laughed "technically we're called gorgans, Medusa as just a famous one, and yes i am" she brushed a snake that was staring at the boy, for no apparent reason, back into the rest of the snakes, thinking how odd of a person he was, but she had met only odd people since she came to the school.
Darwin continued with "Oh and it's just a brilliant anime but I've been able to get it English dub. It's only.... Ai o no excorist...."
Andromeda thought "I've never seen that one, i assume it's a pretty good show? i'll have to watch it some time, i don;t know if i can access any wifi here though, hope so, i ws trying to finish fairy tail before they sent us on this vacation"

"I THINK ILL STICK AROUND WITH YOU GUYS!!!" Andromeda blushed again, she kept doing that, she was entirely sure why.
"ummm ... i ... i guess" she looked at Ryuu "if Ryuu's alright with it"
'wow' she thought to herself 'couldn't just say no?'
she put arm across her chest and grabbed the other arm.

[Theobromine]

POST 1 of the MEGA COLLAB:

Mercy looked around at the small gathering of students, she drummed her fingers on the arm of the lifeguard chair. Ah sod it... “Alright! Lets get this show on the road people” Mercy announced standing up on the lifeguard chair her voice proving to be rather loud without the megaphone. “So for the first game we’ve got Waterballoon Dodgeball!” She continued. “We’re going to need two teams so how about we go for a traditional Guys Vs Girls” Mercy grinned deviously at the crowd. “I’m going to lay out the rules now listen up!" Mercy continued, pausing for a moment as Koop hovered over to her side. “Rule number 1: No powers! If you’re going to play this, you have to play it the old fashioned way. Rule number 2: No foul play, if you cheat you’re out no ifs no butts. Rule number 3: Keep it clean, lets not let this get out of hand any violence and you’re out of the games. Rivalry can be fun but don’t let it get the better of you” She told the students. “Now then, for the first event I want both teams to line up on either side of the court, once you’re in position and ready to go I’ll tell you how this game works” Mercy finished, handing the megaphone to Koop who opened his messenger bag and shoved it back inside. “Alright Koop, you’re my eyes in this, best start making your rounds” Mercy smiled fondly at the small creature, reaching up and rubbing the base of one of his ears before he dove into the gathering students.

Lily turned to look at Mercy talking about some sort of game. Her thoughts returned to the time back at the school. Why had she not remembered her? Her thought prompted her to get up and get closer, nevermind the game. She play along though, if only to see what was up with Mercy. The woman had been like a second mother to her, it was weird for her not to remember her. She steered her mind away from thinking about Bael, the thoughts too harsh to even think about. She wanted to believe and she felt she had to deep down but... She hated him as well. She'd seen past his fake mask. She saw, deep down, his lust for power. She'd seen this coming. Still, even with her body and mind back to the way it was before, why did she still want to believe him? She shook the thought away and walked up to the crowd forming.

"What's going on?" She asked, curious. Rules? No powers? She tilted her head again and smiled softly. She walked over to one side of the court and stood to wait, her bathing suit dripping wet water onto the hot sand.

Noticing the two that had just arrived at the beach, Ara was about to poke Carmen and point them out to her but stopped once another announcement was made. The whole no powers things suited him just fine. He didn't see how his ability would have helped out with the game anyway. B's maybe, but not his. With a devious smirk on his face, he walked over to where the two red-haired people (Crash & Kathy) were and held his hand out to the guy. "Looks like we're on the same team then. Remember me from the bar? I'm Ara."

Chris blinked as she stepped out of her personal home and noticed people standing on the beach next to hers. She tilted her head to the side and narrowed her eyes, eyeing the people at the beast. A few females and a few males. A frown formed on her face at the thought of females. Who were these people anyway? This was a relatively small island. Unless the old man decided to finally allow someone to buy the property... Wanting to at least know more, Chris decided to walk over to the group, her camera bouncing against her thigh as she walked. She had on tan knee length shorts and a t-shirt with a button up male shirt over top of it, her camera slung over her shoulder.

Darwin's head picked up when he heard the announcement. Water balloon dodgeball? Just what he needed! He hadn't dine it in a while though so his skills were a but rusty but he didn't need skills. He took a handful of skittles and quickly downed them. He walked up to the crowd with a giant amazing face plastered on. "Alright, I'm here to throw water balloons and eat skittles. And guess what I'm all outta skittles." He laughed a bit and hopped over to a new person. New people were always good fun, and look at that camera. He reckoned he could probably majestic it 20% more awesome. "Hey there!" He laughed running up to her. "Darwin, nice to meet ya',

Chris turned to see a rather... coloful idividual walk up to her. She chuckled at him and smiled brightly. "Nice to meet you Darwin. I'm Chris. I... uh... live here." She explained, grinning at him. "Do you know why all of you are here? I mean... You don't have to leave, I'm just curious." She asked, wanting to know more. This guy seemed like a pretty chill dude, she figured she could get along with him.

Vanessa gated the sun. Now she was forced to sit outside on the annoying sand while the torturous sun hit her like she loved it. She was in her black swimming suit sitting down watching the events unfold. She didn't want to get involved she must preferred to just watch. She sat there with her parasel and began thinking to herself abiyt everyone being eatwn by a giant shark that would come out if the ocean.

Darwin grinned a huge terrifying grin at the girl before him. She definetly dud not look or dress like any of the other girls around here, that was odd. But Darwinudnt dress like the bits because they had no dress sense, maybe that was her reason too. "Nice to meet you Chris! Well we're here for a pretty lax summer vacation at that beach house. It's a pretty cool place but right now where having a beach Olympics! Wanna join in? You could come with me and we could own at it! It's be awesome!" With that he delved his hands into his pockets before they re emerged with handfuls if skittles. "Skittle?"

Alex stood on the dock, the sound of the boat puttering away from the dock behind him. He took a deep breath, his nerves starting to get the better of him. He swallowed, and looked around, his eyes scanning the beach. Why he had to come here, he didn't know. He'd almost rather wait until the school opened back up again. But, the principal said that there would be classes he'd have to take here. Well, not have to take but... He sighed. He was already messing up even in his own thoughts.

Alex walked over to the people standing by the shore and looked around at them. He heard something about a team. Boys versus Girls? He looked over at the boys and then at the girls. He'd rather be on the girls side... The guys would just make fun of him...

Crash glanced up at Mercy as she announced how the teams would be split he exhaled a sigh, lifting a hand to his neck. He hated Boys Vs Girls...He glanced round at Kathy. "I think we're safe as long as he doesn't come over..." Crash murmured to her, though at that moment he noticed Ara begin to move in their direction. "Aww damn" He muttered, looking skyward for a brief moment someone up there really had it in for him. Crash forced himself to smile at Ara, taking the hand offered to him shaking it briefly as he processed what Ara had said. "I do remember you, I'm Crash" Crash introduced himself, failing to say it was 'Nice to meet him' there was a slight tenseness present in his shoulders

Chris raised a brow at the guy, a small chuckle escaping her lips. She took the skittle, her anger at her home being invaded gone. She was a pretty easy going person, after all. She nodded with a smile and began walking toward the court. Well, until she remembered the girls. She stopped mid-step and looked up, trying to decide. Should she? Really? She let out a long sigh and continued on, heading for the others.

Garden smiled as she hear the first even was waterballon dodgeball...what ever that is. Also it was boys vs girl which is aslo peeked her interest. 'Boy versus girls? that is a first.' She though, it was always a mixed group and she didn'nt know much about it...she looked around, maybe to talk to one of her teammates? She notced a girl with white hair (Oona) and maybe she thought she could talk to her. She looked back at Anedine and waved to her. " I will be right back!" She curtsied to her then walked towards the girl."Uh, Exucse me but do you mind if I ask something...what is water dodge ball?"

"Oh good. I was hoping you didn't forget." Ara replied, giving him a firm shake as Crash introduced himself. Catching how tense he was he added, "Hey now, relax. We haven't even started the games yet." He was clearly just playing dumb. He knew exactly why Crash was tense but it was more fun to pretend he had no idea what was going on and get another poke at him while his guard was done. However, glancing briefly at the girl (Kathy) who was behind him he couldn't resist another sly comment. "Don't go easy on the girls just because she'll be on that team, alright?"

Oona was excited by the announcement, she wasn't sure if turning into a giant squid to win was against the rules or not, but she'd find out pretty quickly. then she heard the 'no powers' rule,
'dang,' she thought, 'oh well, i know how to play,' she grinned and looked around again.
the girls against boys simply made her laugh, she quickly hid it but was actually quite excited for this.

Lily let out a tired sigh, already bored of standing there. Once again, she felt like she didn't belong. These people already all had friends and here she was. All of her friends were left behind... or left her. She glanced around at the people gathered and her heart sank. Her eyes rested on a rather colorful girl standing nearby, also looking around. She blinked and then with a small, rather forced smile, spoke. "Hey. I'm Lily. You are?" She asked, introducing herself to the girl.

Ryuu blinked.

Wait.

The otaku put up a hand by his chin, thinking to himself. Now that he thought about it, there was apparently some sort of "B-tch Olympics", though he was absolutely certain that "B-tch Olympics" was NOT the official title of the contest. In fact, it sounded more like "Beach Olympics" when he actually used his brain. With a thoughtful look, he stared down at the ground, as if he were thinking about destroying it.

So he destroyed the ground in front of him just to make his brain process faster. It worked.

Using his head to deliberately smash a sea shell in front of him, he got up, thinking again. He was very weak with sea shells, though if he actually told that to others, he would end up crying like a freaking baby. He did not want to show his stupid fears.

Andromeda seemed to be worried about him, for she asked him if he was okay. The otaku turned to her, his eyes shut as tightly as he could, in order to prevent a nosebleed from recreating a scene from that one Noah's Ark movie.

"I am feelin' freakin' awesome! Hey, let's go to the Bi- er, Beach Olympics! I think it'll be fun. Fun stuff. Ha. Ha ha. Ha. Ha. Ha."

The sunglasses-wearing otaku simply stood still before turning away at an extreme speed. Steam flew out of his ears, but fortunately, no blood came out of him yet. He glanced at her with a nervous look, looking back at the direction to the Beach Olympics. With her presence literally infecting his mind with unwanted thoughts about the joys of being a farmer, the student stiffly began to head over to the Beach Olympics' location.

That was DAMN CLOSE! I nearly became a fully fledged farmer right there... I wanna be something like... an engineer, not a melon farmer.

Kathy couldn't help but let out a sigh in relief when she realized that Ara was not going to be on the same team as her. However... She glanced up at Crash, feeling slightly guilty. Unfortunately, the two of them would definitely be on the same team now. Trying to cheer him up she told him, "Well, you two aren't the only ones on the boys' team. And once the game starts I'm sure we'll all be too distracted to really even notice who's who." Glancing around, it was then that she noticed a blue-haired boy (Alex) that was looking around with a troubled expression.

"Hey." Leaving Crash's side (or rather, his back) for a moment, she went up to him (Alex) with a friendly smile. "You're participating in the Beach Olympics too right?" Because of how troubled he looked she decided to try to set him at ease for now. "I'm Kathy by the way. I'll be on the opposite team as you for this game, but I can introduce someone who'll be on your side if you'd like."

Andromeda stopped when the announcement was made, Ryuu seemed interested in it and he was the only person she really knew around here so she decided she'd stick with him, then she heard the boys versus girls thing and she cringed. Ryuu appeared to be concentrating hard on something, the ground in front of him was suddenly destroyed.
For some reason he then smashed a seashell with his head "Ryuu? are ... are you ok?"
He turned to her, saying he was 'awesome' and suggested they for to the olympics, that it would be fun.
"I don't know, but if you think so then i guess we can"
then he turned extremely fast, she couldn't see his eyes through the sunglasses but he seemed to have a weird look on his face, before turning and heading for the olympics.
Andromeda quickly followed, he seemed to be thinking intensly again, so she didn't think of anything.

Oona turned to the girl who spoke, she appeared to be a plant person who said "Uh, Exucse me but do you mind if I ask something...what is water dodge ball?"
Oona smiled "water dodge ball's actually a sport, not a thing. well more of a game really, you throw balls around at other people while trying not to get hit yourself," she looked the girl over again "does that make sense?"

Crash raised an eyebrow at Ara as he told him to relax, he had expected him to slide in another back hand comment and Crash was rather set on being a good shield. He relaxed a little as Ara seemed to be oblivious to his initial reaction. “I’m rather competitive so there’s little chance of that” He shrugged as if this was an acceptable answer, he wasn’t lying he could get rather competitive...although he already knew he was probably going to go easy on her or get hopelessly distracted, unless of course his clumsiness decided to intervene. He glanced round at Kathy as she spoke to him, a natural smile sweeping across his expression as he looked at her. “This is true” He grinned, almost completely agreeing with her. He watched her move away from him to talk to a blue haired individual, unsure whether he had the willpower to engage with Ara any further...

Lily sighed, watching the girl walked away. Yeah... She could feel that feeling of dread well up inside of her, tears threatening her resolve. She was only here to talk to Mercy yet she couldn't really find a good chance to. She sighed and walked over to a sit down on a lawn chair and wait for everything to begin.

Chris blinked, watching everyone and giggled. Without much thought, she walked over to the boy's side and stood to wait for the game. Most of them would think she was male anyway and she really didn't want to deal with females.

Alex looked up at a girl that had walked up to him. His eyes grew wide as he looked at her. He felt his skin crawl for some reason. He swallowed at looked up at her with big brown puppy dog eyes. A smile slowly spread it's way across his smile and it grew into a rather large, toothy grin.

"No! I wanna be on your team!" Alex told her, the personality switch like a flip switch. The nerves were gone, replaced only with this now rather excited boy. He didn't really care about anyone else at the moment. Just the girl in front of him. He grinned and shrunk his size and flew up to her shoulder to sit happily. As he sat, he hummed happily, content to sit on her shoulder. He'd only meet her a few seconds ago, but he felt like he'd know Kathy his entire life.

Garden listened to her carefully yet like with Anedine and oblley...ball it didn't make much sense nor didn't get the point of it. 'Throw balls at people?...eh?' She tried to wrap her head around that idea but it was still very much a miss to her. "Oh..okay I think...umm oh but thank you by the way for answering, my name is Garden nice to meet you." She curtsied to her and gave a gentle smile.

Oona smiled at the girl and did a little curtsey herself "it's very nice to meet you too Garden, I'm Oona" she chuckled "i can tell you don't quite understand, it's all pointless fun really, the balls are big and made of plastic so they're not that hard to dodge because you can see them coming, and they won't hurt too much when you get hit, it's all just a game to spend the time, and to get a little competitive, anyway" she laughed "are you liking Athalia?"

When Ryuu arrived, he had barely been able to hear what the rules were as he approached the group. Apparently, they were going to be playing "water dodgeball," which the otaku had no problems with. In fact, he wanted something that involved excessive physical movements. Since he had been sitting out of exercises and sports for so long, he needed to just have a "quick" stretch by utilizing the olympics.

Unfortunately, Andromeda claimed that she would be sitting out. The otaku pouted before realizing that if he were to fight her...

The image of watermelons being thrown to the sky by some martial artist came into his mind.

GOOD MOTHER OF GOD! Ryuu, control yourself!

He prevented himself from rolling around the ground due to his virginity manly hormones kicking in, instead simply assuring Andromeda with an extremely awkward grin,

"Heck yeah! If I win a lot, I might treat you and some of my friends to some good food! I'll be thankful if you do cheer me on, though."

The otaku waved at her, turning away to follow the instructions Mercy had given them all. His expression, however- now that Andromeda was not looking at him- looked extremely uneasy. There were way more women than he thought there would be. He initially thought that there would not be any games involving a "Boy VS. Girl" scenario, but then again...

Someone was cheering him on today! Actually, now that he thought about it, no one ever cheered him on in his entire freaking life. He suddenly remembered what Santa Claus told him one night...

A Short Moment in One of Ryuu's Christmas said "HOLY SH-T, IT'S SANTA!!!"

Santa Claus turned around, petrified by what appeared to be a boy with... a lightsaber?! Who the heck was this kid? Did he utilize the Force as well?

Thankfully enough, that did not seem to be the case, for the boy simply ran up to Santa, crouched, and immediately shouted courageously,

"TELL ME SANTA! Tell me about my problem!"

"...Uh, kid," Santa Claus, who was actually a robber dressed up as Santa Claus, "Sure, I can tell you one thing."

"TELL MEEEEEEEE!"

The robber sighed before putting up an extremely optimistic face. With a happy face, Santa Claus told the boy,

"When in doubt, just think of boobs."

...Wait, what's that got to do with people cheering me on?

The otaku gulped. Hopefully, he would not be in the frontlines. He preferred to avoid combat against women in swimsuits until most of them were fouled out...

Garden smiled at her for explaining a bit more on water ballon dodgeball yet...still sees no point. 'I should really try that out I guess...' She gave out a small sigh and nod at Lady Oona. "Thank you for explaining a bit more but...um nevermind I should try it anyway, oh thank you also for asking I am having a very nice time here, lots of good and nice people here and the school seems really cool. How about you Lady Oona, how is your liking at Athalia academy?"

Oona smiled wider as the girl did seem to grasp the concept now, though it still appeared to confuse her a little.
she nodded when the girl said she was having a good time "i'm glad, and i very much enjoy Athalia as well, it's much better then my home, and you don't have to call me Lady, i'm not nobility or anything, it was very nice of you though.

Andromeda went red when she heard 'water' and 'dodgeball' in the same sentance she cleared her throat towards Ryuu "i think i might sit this game out, i'll just ... um ... cheer you on?"
she let out a relieved breath when Ryuu was content to just have her sit by the sidelines and cheer him on, he waved and turned to leave, she waved back.

Garden looked at Lady Oon and sort of blushed. "Oh I am sorry, I have been used to call people and others like that...Lady or Sir, that how I have been raised in my life" She rubbed her head and gave an awkward smile

"That's good." Ara smiled. He was quite competitive himself but... He didn't know which he preferred at the moment: winning the Waterballoon Dodgeball or having some fun creating chaos within the team. There was no real point in consider that right now though. He would just go with the flow once the teams were all divided up and they started the actual games. Then again, he realized there was actually a way to do both at the same time. 'I can always just focus all the balloon hitting to that girl. It'll be in line with the objectives of the game, and it'll probably get under this guy's skin too.' Ara let out a small chuckle. This would be fun.

Little Feather laced her fingers through Lion's mane as they listened to Mercy's announcement. I can't join in can I? Lion grumbled up at her, his ears drooping as he did. "I'm going to hazard a guess and say no" She answered him with an apologetic smile. "How would you throw 'water balloons'?" She asked him spelling out Water balloons as she spoke. ...I don't know...I could be your noble steed? Rain death from the lion's back He purred up at her grinning as she laughed at the image.

Oona realized she was making the girl uncomfortable "you can call me that if you like but you don't have to" she smiled again "i think you'll enjoy dodgeball, as long as no one messes it up by being overly violent, but she did mention that in the rules so it should be fun" she chuckled and ran a hand through her hair.

Kathy was a little surprised when the boy (Alex) suddenly shrank down and got on her shoulder, but overall the situation was rather adorable and she couldn't help but laugh. "But it'll be hard for you to play like this don't you think? And Mercy just announced that you're not allowed to use your powers during this game." His face was rather close to hers but she didn't feel embarrassed looking at him as she talked. After all, he seemed like a child. Smiling warmly she continued, "There's someone really nice on the boys' team and I can introduce you to him. Can you please tell me what your name is?"

Garden nodded to her and took a quick second to look around. "I wonder when it will start, I am really excited for sand scuplting, I did sculpt alot back home but never with sand." SHe clapped her hands together, getting ready for the first event. "Oh I am so excited!" She said really happily as she around the beack for some ispiration for the sand scuplying event. "What should I make...."

Seven laughed a bit from listening that Mr.Lion wanted to join but how a big.. flabby cat like him able to do that? A noble steep? Seven couldn't stop laughing drom what Mr. Lion was saying but he remmebered somthing...water balloon dodgeball...water ballon....water.... Seven gave a loud hiss, making his back arch and fur stand at ends. He immedietly ran underneath Mr. lion and make sure he will not be affected by it. "No water...no water

Alex blinked, a visible frown forming on his face. "I don't have to play, do I? Can't I just sit on your shoulder?" He asked, looking down at his feet. He was sitting crosslegged on her shoulder, his shoulder hung low, pouting. He didn't want to go on the boys teams, even if there was a nice person over there. He wouldn't be with her and he'd hate it.

A small grin grew on Alex's face when she asked him his name. "Alex Fuller!" He shouted, being sure to not be so loud as to hurt her ears.

Mercy was back to drumming her fingers on the arm of her chair, the students weren't particulary good at getting organized...meh. "Ok lets get to it then! Each team line up on opposite sides of the court facing each other. There are water balloons in the buckets on the centre line, your objective is to get as many buckets as you can for your team at the starting signal. Once you've got the buckets its time to start throwing some water balloons! When a player is hit by a water balloon, that player is out of the game. The team with the most dry players when I blow the whistle again wins, you've got 10 minutes! I'll give you 2 minutes to get into your starting positions then this whistle will be blown!" She explained, holding her hand up as Koop resurfaced rooting through his bag he pulled out a silver whistle throwing it over to Mercy before saluting and disappearing again.

Oona quite enjoyed Garden's enthusiasm, "i like making sand castles, i'm not very good at it but i still like doing, i can't wait to see what you make" Garden had started to move away, looking for inspiration. she followed her slowly but keeping her distace as she also needed to come up with an idea of her own. She looked over as Chris called out "Garden they're starting the game" and she started to head towards where she assumed the game would take place.

[FaithsRose]

Post 2 of the MEGA COLLAB: Preparations, Maria Cross and many 'Hilly Balboa's'

Garden

Garden while look for some inspiration heard Lady Oona speaking. "Garden they're starting the game" She turned back to see lady Oona heading towards the event, she nodded and immediately to Lady Oona. "Oh cool, so excited but I do wonder why boys versus girls...kind of weird for me though but I guess it wouldn't change the game that much." She smiled as she skipped lightly to the event. Oddly enough an idea pop in her head, she could create a gigantic sand rose! She once again with enthusiasm clapped her hand together and giggled. "Got it!" Now she positioned herself ready for the water balloon dodgeball fight. "Oh, Lady Oona if maybe in the sand sculpting event we can work together."

Maria Cross

Suddenly, the wind around the students picked up and a heli flew down from the sky. On the side, Maria Cross stood, leaning off the side, a wide grin on her face. She jumped from the chopper and waved it away. It flew off in the distance, headed to some unknown location. Maria stood with a large grin on her face, her arms crossed over her electric yellow bikini top. Her feet were bare and she had nothing with her. Suddenly, a towel began to float down from the sky and landed rather... neatly on one of the nearby lawn chairs.

"Well? Are we ready to play?" She asked, a smirk on her face. Her eyes glanced over at Ryuu. Good... He's okay.

Crash
Crash gave Ara a quick nod before he quickly shot over to Kathy and her shoulder companion, reaching out he touched her unoccupied shoulder to coax her attention away from the blue haired boy. "You're playing right?" He grinned at her, offering the blue haired boy a warm smile as well. "Hey, I'm Crash" He introduced himself to the small chibi politely giving the boy a few moments to reply.

Kathy
Turning around at the slight tap on the shoulder, Kathy smiled as she looked at Crash. "Of course. No holding back, alright?" Then looking between Crash and Alex she added, "Perfect timing. This is the one I wanted to introduce you to. Crash is really nice, I'm sure you'll have more fun playing together on his team don't you think?" She would've introduced the two of them to each other, but she wanted to give Alex a chance to talk to Crash himself.

Alex
Alex blinked when Kathy turned away from him. His eyes travel to the hand still linger on her shoulder and then he followed it to the owner as the hand was brought back. His eyes narrowed as he looked at the redheaded male. He jumped and flew up and over to her other shoulder, as if trying to keep the boy away. Alex glared at the boy as he introduced himself. Crash, eh? What a stupid name... Alex's line of sight drifted over to the side, away from Crash.

"I'm Alex." He said, his voice soft and held just a hint of malice. His head turned sharply at Kathy's words, as if he was physically stuck. "But..." He began, his brows furrowed as small tears began to form in his eyes. "I want to be near you..." He continued, his voice only loud enough that she could hear. He didn't want to be seperated from her and he wouldn't allow it. No matter how nice this guy was, he knew none of those guys really liked him. They all gave him fake smiles and made snide remarks behind his back. No. Girls were much nicer to him and... He sighed and looked up at Kathy. He wanted to ask her to be his... Mother. But right now would be an awkward time, wouldn't it? She didn't really know him... Alex shook his head and put a wide grin on his face.

"Why can't I stay with you Kathy? I won't get in the way, I promise!" He told her, smiling brightly.

Oona & Garden
Oona shrugged "i'm not entirely sure why they're having us do boys vs girls, but it'll certainly be interesting"
she got into position as Garden seemed to come to a conclusion and clapped with Joy again, it made Oona smile without realizing it.
then Garden suggested they work together in the sand-sculpting contest Oona was delighted "i like that idea Garden! Thank You!"

Garden gave an another sweet smile and waited patiently for the event to start. "No problem, its better to work with a team then being alone" Garden giggled very lightly.

Kathy
"Hmm..." Kathy didn't know why Alex didn't seem all that enthusiastic to go along with Crash, but it wasn't fair to force him to do anything he didn't want to. Moreover, she didn't want him to feel like she was trying to push him away. Returning his smile she answered, "Of course you can. We'll just have to try extra hard to make sure none of those balloons hit us then." She didn't really want to think what would happen if one of the balloons hit the small boy on her shoulder directly. Even if the projectiles were soft, she wasn't exactly a short girl herself and the fall could've been dangerous. At least no one was allowed to use their abilities. It would've been one thing if she was facing everyone and their unique powers, but if they were playing by the rules of ordinary people then she was quite confident in her own physical abilities.

Crash
Crash was a little confused by Alex's reaction to him he frowned as Alex glared at him whilst he introduced himself, he had to think back over what he'd said. If he'd made the little guy uncomfortable he'd feel guilty... "Well its really nice to meet you Alex" He decided on saying to the blue haired boy, again accompanying the words with a warm smile one that reached his eyes. There was no way he'd been mean that time right? Oh wait, he frowned as Alex looked to be on the verge of tears for a moment he could of sworn he whispered something to Kathy but he couldn't make out the words apparently his ears were no longer sensitive...He watched the exchange between Alex and Kathy his mouth unintentionally curving up into a soft affectionate smile. Alex was acting as if he were a young child though Crash wasn't sure if he actually was or not he could only assume he was seeing him like this, but the way Kathy was with him was rather cute...he shook his head, composing himself as he lifted his hand to the back of his neck briefly. "Great as if I wasn't at enough of a disadvantage" He jested, grinning at the pair. "Right, well I'll wish you good luck all the same...Don't hold back on me" He aimed his last comment at Kathy accompanying it with a quick wink as he grinnned mischievously. Moving over to the guys starting line he quickly pulled his shirt off throwing it onto the sand by the side of the court, Crash was rather well toned apparently though he didn't look it when fully covered up. The only blemish on his torso was a long jagged scar stretching across his left pectoral muscle, it was visible from a distance and seemed to pull peoples attention, imperfections had a tendency of doing that.

Alex
Alex ignored Crash, preferring to pretend he didn't exist. He sighed. Maybe he'd been rude but... He touched Kathy... Alex couldn't explain why he liked Kathy so much... She was... kind? He looked up at her face, still sitting on her shoulder, his hands held neatly in his lap. She was the first one to really take notice of him and she was so kind. He smiled as they went to the female side of the team. He leaned over and laid down, his head resting against Kathy's neck, his feet hanging ever so slightly off her shoulder. He grinned up at her, his eyes watching her look around.

"Nothing bad will happen." He told her, trying to reassure her. "If anyone tries to hurt you, Alex will protect you!" He said, giggling at his own little joke. Honestly, he would protect her but she probably thought he couldn't do anything. Which... was true. In all honesty, he was pretty useless. Pixie weren't good for much beside support magic. He let out a small sigh as he watched the clouds. He could make a flower out of snow for her... but that was about it.

Little Feather & Lion
Little Feather looked over at Seven when she noticed the bakeneko was rolling around on the floor laughing as well, probably at the mental image of Lion charging about the sand valiantly dodging water balloons whilst she held on for dear life...either that or the 'valiant steed' bit got him. She lifted her hand running her fingers through her fringe she'd lost sight of Dani by now. Lion grinned at Seven, blinking as he shot underneath his large mass he lowered his head so it was leant on the floor and looked at Seven You hate water this much? He grumbled lightly at the bakeneko.

Ryuu - Otaku extraordinaire & Maria Cross -
Ryuu felt taken aback at how some random woman managed to pop out of nowhere and enter the court. There was also the fact that this random woman was the principal of the academy. The otaku gulped: she seemed like a nice person, but just what was she weari-

He blinked.

Wait, was he genuinely staring at someone with awe? That could not be! He was always in charge of his body. Of course nothing would-

Oh, it's because of her... her... Hilly Balboas. Yeah. Hilly Balboa.

The otaku did not want to admit that every single woman around here was making him panic... with joy. That alone felt extremely weird, but he quickly reminded himself that the principal was the very same person that saved his life.

Ryuu simply turned away from the woman, rubbing his cheek, annoyed by the fact that he was making a fool out of himself. He needed to focus... in all of these patches of fresh fruits, he needed to keep himself under control.

Maria raised a brow at Ryuu and a wicked smile grew on her lips. It'd been awhile since she'd teased anyone... She tried her best to hide the smile on her face and walked over to the net.

"Oh, Ryuuuuu!" She called in a sing song voice, a small smile on her face. Her eyes were bright with merry, enjoying herself. "Won't you come over here and talk to me? I'm so lonely over here!" She continued, trying her best to contain her grin. She didn't want to give it all away from the get go.

The otaku froze.

Was the principal calling him out? No, more importantly, what the hell was up with her tone?! His face resembling the color of his red plasma, he barely managed to turn his head around as if it were a piece of some clockwork.

Ryuu quietly walked over to the principal, though he looked humorously nervous. His heart was racing. He could feel it! This tension! This excitement! This very feeling of adrenaline was only felt whenever he was-

EXPELLED?!?!?!

The otaku stopped in his tracks.

...

...

...

...Nah, she's probably got some other kind of business with me. But...

Ryuu felt his eye wander around dangerously.

He mentally smacked himself in the head, telling himself,

Dammit! Why is EVERY SINGLE WOMAN IN HERE SO HOT?!?! It's like I'm in... I dunno, The World Only God Knows or something!?

Soon enough- actually, it took him a whole minute- Ryuu managed to inch his way toward the woman. He quietly stood in front of the net, glancing at her nervously. He felt his virginity manly hormones kicking his body systems up a notch again.

Maria suppressed her giggles as the boy made his way toward her.

"I've got something to tell you, Ryuu. Step into my office." She told him humorously.

With a grin on her face she motioned him to follow her as she squatted down, her elbows resting on her knees. She leaned in close when he got down with her and motioned for him to get closer.

The otaku gulped. With a great amount of reluctance, he leaned closer, though he looked visibly nervous at this point. He wondered just what she was going to do...

A large toothy grin appeared on the woman's face. She leaned in closer to his ear, close enough that he'd be able to feel the heat of her skin on his cheek. Her lips pursed and she sucked up a bit of air and then... released. Blowing a strong stream of slightly... maybe sort of... electrically charged air into his ear.

Ryuu shivered when she took a small breath next to him. It tickled him, but the feeling he felt from the air certainly was not as large-scaled as when she blowed a fresh stream of charged electrons into his ear.

The otaku froze.

He suddenly leapt into the air, actually managing to crash into something way up there, before falling to the ground like a wrecking ball. He quickly scrambled away from the principal, his eyes wide in surprise as his face turned beet red out of humiliation... and innocent embarrassment as well. The otaku pointed at the woman as he nervously exclaimed, "That was NOT f-funny!!!"

Maria simply stayed where she was. Not really moving much as she watched the boy fly into the air and then scramble away. He wasn't until he shouted at her that she moved. Her lips shook as laughter erupted from her stomach. She doubled over, falling on her back as she pointed her finger at the poor boy. "You fell for that so well!" She explained through the laughter.

After a few moments, she gathered herself again and sat up in the sad. She wiped the tears from her eyes and grinned up at Ryuu. "Thanks kid. I needed a laugh today." She told him. Her eyes suggested sadness yet her lips were curved into a smile.

---

Earlier that day...

Maria sat at her desk, filling out paper work as the sounds of drilling and hammers resounded around her. Slowly but surely, the school was being rebuilt. The white haired woman filled out paperwork on after another, not even noticing someone enter her office.

Brako stood at the entrance watching Maria. "Maria. You need to get out. Go out to the beach with the kids and have some fun. I can finish this up." He spoke softly.

Slowly, Maria raised her head and lower her pen. Her brows were furrowed as she looked up at Brako.

"You didn't even notice me come in, did you?" Brako asked, letting out a worried sigh. He walked over and at down in one of the chairs in front of her desk.

"Sorry..." Maria responded, mentally hitting herself for getting this way. It was that stupid man's fault...

"You can't do this to yourself every year. You've got to let it go." He told her, watching her with wise old eyes.

"That's easy for you to say Brako. He wasn't your husband." She responded, her voice sharp and pointed. She turned in her chair and stood. "But I see your point. It's not healthy for me to sit in here all day. I need to get my mind off of it. Still... My husband is none of your business, Brako. I'll mourn him as long as I wish." She continued. She walked out of the room and upstairs. Well, what were left of the stairs. The workers were still trying to reconstruct them. They had it well enough in place for her to go up them. As she reached the top, she walked over to her heli pad where her driver waited already. Brako was at her back, keeping his mouth closed.

"See you when I get back." She told him and stepped on to the heli. Inside, she changed and made her way for the beach.

---

"Alright. Now that I've had my fun. Ready to get wet?" She asked Ryuu, a sly smile on her face.

Ryuu blinked. For a second, he actually felt a little worried about the principal.

He concluded that she was just trolling him in a hardcore fashion. With a determined face, the otaku grinned devilishly, clenching one of his hands, as he shamelessly shouted,

"I'm gonna make you SO freakin' wet, you're gonna be amazed by my skills in dodgeball!"

Another roar of laughter erupted from Maria. "I look forward to it, Ryuu!" She replied, sending him a wink. She chuckled as she got up and made way to take her place on the team. She waved to the other girls and to Alex, a gentle smile on her face. For now. Once a Cross, always a Cross.

[NaraK]

Outside of Destiny Island - The Subway

A lonely figure took a walk in a park.

Well, the figure was not exactly in a park. In fact, he was in a subway. An abandoned subway. The figure within the subway stared at a wall painted with blood, most of the red liquid smudging the words of an advertisement. Burnt corpses and ashes loitered around the area, most of them reacting to the trains that screeched by once in a while. An ominous glow emitted from the figure's left eye, but if one were to look closely, the realization of the fact that the glow was not actually a lifeless entity would frighten many others.

The tall man who stood in the location of a demon's battleground simply stood still, attempting to take in what he was seeing. A long trenchcoat that was strangely designed to cover nearly all of his torso and lower body's left side blew along with the fierce wind, and his jet black hair floated like that of a ghost's. A wretched-looking anchor-blade sat quietly behind his back, but the strangest feature he had was his left arm.

The left shoulder was protected by the skull of a horned wyvern, his own intestines covering his arm. Well, no one was able to tell whether it was actually intestines or not, but it certainly looked disgusting. Acid threatened his own arm, attempting to burst out of it and cover the world with lethal bile.

The man breathed in

and out

and in again

and out.

Blood stained the entire subway. That certainly meant that someone fought here.

A sniffle caught his attention. With a violent jerk, the man's head twisted and turned to the sound. The gritty light, which seemed to growl at the sound's presence. He silently shifted over to the source of the sound, which came underneath the train tracks.

Suddenly, the light coming out of the man's left eye suddenly took a shape of a crudely-shaped head. The head looked like it came out of a children's storybook, except how it looked would certainly be inappropriate for a children's storybook. Its mouth reached its forehead, his eyes were dementedly large, and a third eye constantly, and slowly, bleeding blood trickled down to its mouth, feeding itself with its own blood. It grinned before suddenly charging out of the lone figure's eye. Within a second, the thing flew straight into a gap right underneath the train tracks.

A high-pitched scream would have come out had it not silenced her immediately.

The man simply stood, waiting for his little minion to return. Then, it slowly emerged out of the subway's tracks. Much to his surprise, it carried what appeared to be a girl: her arms protectively close to her body, her eyes staring directly at the man's right eye in fear... Letting out a frighteningly deep chuckle, the demented head sticking out of the figure's empty eye socket tossed the angel next to its owner. It then suddenly slid back into its owner's eye socket, turning into a gritty light yet again. The man simply stared at the shivering fallen angel, who silently cried over and over for help.

Without any hesitation, the ghost-like figure reached out for the girl with his iron claw, his pale, empty eye staring deep into her. She shrinked underneath his grasp.

The man clutched her head.

He lifted her up, observing the terror within her eyes. Curiosity entered his shining eye, then a look of disgust crossed over his pale eye.

The stranger released her, letting her shrivel before him once more. He reached out for her again, only this time, he did so more carefully. The man took out what appeared to be a sleeping shot. Without wasting any time, he injected some of the chemicals into her arm. The fallen angel gasped, struggling to stay awake, before falling asleep.

Suddenly, before he was able to pick her up, something was thrown towards the man's neck.

In a frighteningly fast speed, the mysterious figure suddenly caught what appeared to be a spear with a rope attached to it.

The man shattered the spear by simply putting a tighter grip to it. Turning around, he found someone he had seen several times.

Thane said


"What are you doing here?" Thane, Lucifer's hired assassin immediately asked ferociously. "By Lucifer's command, no one is to enter the location to one of our inter-dimensional gates."

The cloaked man croaked something out.

He croaked again.

Suddenly, he finally managed to let out with an eerily rusty voice,

???? said
"??? ?? ?? ??? ?? ???????...."

Thane loaded up another spear, his eyes set squarely on the man. He took out what appeared to be two regular katanas attached to his waist. Pointing one of them at the wretched being, the ninja bluntly pointed out,

Thane said


"By the order of Lord Dyaus, you, the Madministrator, have been absolutely forbidden from staying in our property."

The Madministrator, whose shining eye morphed into the disfigured head again, simply asked Hell's assassin,

The Madministrator said


"? ???? ?? ?????? ???? ???????........"

Thane squinted his eyes, dangerously glaring at the Madministrator. Clutching his blades even tighter, the warrior warned the unknown being,

Thane said


"And those mortals that can kill 'God' can kill you. We are clearly superior, and my deed in sparing your life is a miracle by itself."

The Madministrator suddenly appeared in front of Thane, leaning to him, as he whispered,

The Madministrator said


"??? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ??????? ??..."

With that said, the Madminstrator vanished into nothingness, leaving behind a frozen Thane. His voice echoed across the subway with a dangerously powerful voice,

The Madministrator said


"???? ???? ?? ????... ???? ? ???? ??? ???????????? ??????? ???? ??? ??????... ????????? ??? ????? ??????... Ha... Ha..."

Thane remained frozen, stiffened by the sudden amount of power the Madministrator had displayed.

The angel had also vanished from Thane's sight.

[Driving Park]

MEGA COLLAB: III EDITION - "The Ultimate Crucible"

Summary: Some people throw some balloons and some people get hit by said balloons.

Seven looked up to Mr. Lion as he asked he hated water very much, he gave a nod and sort of a pathetic mewl. "Yes...its like awful and cruel...I alwaya hated water,plus I can't swim so might not survive..." Seven grumbled out as he watched the waves of the ocea splash down on the shore. "I can't trust it, I can't trust alot of things...but I can trust you guys!" Seven luaghed a bit but stayed underneath Mr. lion until the water ballon fight ends soon. he licked his paw and scratch his ear until the time comes...

Laughing, Kathy replied to Crash, “Don’t worry. We’ll be the ones to win this game.” With Alex on her shoulder, she began to move to join the other girls on their side of the court. Even though they were on opposite sides, it was very easy to spot Crash with his red hair and bright swimming trunks. Her face turned red when she saw him suddenly toss his shirt aside. ‘Was that really necessary..?’ She wondered. It should’ve been quite… Normal though. There were already plenty of other guys around that already had their shirts off because they had been enjoying their time at the beach before the event already started. ‘Ugh… Normal, everything’s normal.’ She chanted inside her head as she shook her head, hoping to clear away the redness on her face. Though she had been trying not to look, her eyes were drawn towards the scar she could see. She frowned a bit, but decided to put it out of her mind for now.

Luckily, Alex was helping her with that. Listening to him, she smiled warmly and replied, “Alright! I’ll be relying on you then Alex.” Actually, Kathy planned on protecting him from any of the incoming water balloons but she could at least appreciate the sweet gesture. Besides, it was quite adorable to have a small ‘knight’ on her shoulder.

"Yes!" Alex shouted, sitting up and soluting in a mock gesture. He giggled at himself and then turned to watch the action.

Meanwhile, Ara was waiting impatiently on the men's side of the court. He briefly checked to see where the red-haired girl (Kathy) was, though he probably had to search for her again when all the chaos started. Crash seemed quite a bit further down the line than he was. Well, he wasn't too worried about that. No one could possibly be too dense to notice that someone was deliberately aiming all the balloons they had at the girl (Kathy) even if there were closer and easier targets around.

... And why not. He'd try to shoot a few at Carmen too. What better way to celebrate a new friendly acquaintance than to start chucking water balloons at her?

Chris stood, a sour expression on her face. She glanced around, looking at the other guys around her. She walked over to the red head(Crash) and waved with a smile. "'Sup! Name's Chris." She said, holding out her hand to shake his.

Lily sat on one of the lawnchairs, watching everything. Even the principal messing with that one kid. She had to admit, it suprised her how relaxed the woman was. Then again, at her old school there were no teachers nor higher uppers. Just the students for some reason. She sighed and shook her head. When she noticed more people getting ready for the game, she stood up and walked over, making her way over to Kathy. She blinked when she noticed the small boy on her shoulder. A pixie? That was what his energy told her but... It was muddled. She shrugged and stood next to the girl. After a few moments of silence, she looked over and smiled at the girl.

"Hey... I'm Lily." She began. Hopefully she wouldn't be ignored... Again.

Andromeda flashed Ryuu a smile, as she took up a position on the sidelines to basically be his cheerleader.
Oona looked around at the competition, there were a few large men over there, but size wasn't everything, she was rather sure her team could win, they were actually quite a few people on both sides, they appeared to have a reasonably even chance of winning.

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Waterballoon Dodgeball. The ultimate crucible of competition.

At least, that’s how Carmen’s mind saw it. She had a fierce competitive streak that she had completely forgotten about until just now (the martini from earlier certainly didn’t help) and for her it was like the beginning of an internationally televised and dramatized sporting event. Winners would be exalted. Losers shamed. But, of course, even her competitiveness couldn’t trump her need to look fashionable at all times. Luckily her gigantic sun hat came with a neck strap, which she presently tightened as she looked down at her dress.

Yeah, this will work fine, she thought. It’s a beach dress, after all. What’s a little water? …and besides, I don’t plan on getting hit anyway, she thought, smiling. She was stood in the middle of her team which was generally milling about (as well as the other team) and not noticing her, in the middle of the “court”. Like a scene from a sports movie, she slowly brought her head up to face the other team as the lady she didn’t recognize announced that the game was about to begin. With her game face on, she picked targets, but truthfully they all were wonderful targets, and she certainly didn’t want to be picky.

Mercy waited for a moment longer as she watched with the exchange between Maria Cross and Ryuu, an amused smile apparent on her face as she chuckled at the pair. Without further ado however she felt it was time to get this blood bath...water bath going. “Alright everyone, on your marks” She called out, as Koop came up next to her pulling an egg timer out of his messenger bag he twisted it and waited for a moment. “Ready...set...” Mercy started leaving a small pause as she was sure they were all pretty tense, coiled up like springs. She placed the whistle between her lips before blowing it sharply, allowing the sharp sound to pierce the air. At the same time Koop released the timer...let the game begin!

Chris wasted no time, she rushed to the line, grabbing as much as should could and booked it back to the back of their little area. She yelled at her team mates, telling them to get the move on as she went back for more.

Carmen immediately bolted to the line like a runner after the gun was fired. Quickly grabbing several balloons, she ran backwards back to the rest of her team who were also prepared for the initial onslaught. Picking out targets, she quickly fired some of the balloons she had at basically everyone she could see, not even looking to see if they hit as she reached down to grab some more of her initial ammunition.

Breaking off into an instant sprint, Kathy ran to the starting line and managed to grab a few water balloons before she quickly jumped back, hoping no one could take aim at her that quickly. She glanced over at Alex on her shoulder momentarily, hoping that he wouldn't fall. She quickly took aim and launched a few water balloons at anyone she saw near the center line.

Alex held on for dear life.

Ryuu began to run-

WHEN SUDDENLY....

A bunch of Hilly Balboas began to fly and entered bullet-time, letting Ryuu see every single watermelon being thrown into the air by a bunch of farmers.

Ryuu Yamauchi said "Dear Mom; today, I stand before so many watermelons."

"OH MY GOD," Ryuu screamed, instantly having two spiralling waterfalls of blood shooting out of his nose. Much to his surprise, the women were extremely fast, but he had been expecting this. With a mighty lunge, the otaku quickly snatched several water balloons off of the ground before backing off with surprisingly far-jumping back flips. He eventually stopped, landing on his feet, as he put down three balloons, carrying one with two hands. He failed to get a bucket, but he sure as heck got some ammunition.

Maria ran up to the line, eyeing Ryuu with curious eyes. "Prepare yourselves." She said, aiming her words at the boys. She took a bucket in her hands and ran back with the other girls.

As soon as the whistle went Crash propelled himself forward practically diving for the nearest bucket , whether that was because he tripped over his own feet was questionable as he lurched into the bucket pulling the bucket back with him, balloons already flying he barely missed one as it soared over his head another landed harmlessly in his bucket strike! He managed to backpeddle at an impressive speed and without incident! Once it was safely back he scooped a balloon out of the bucket , now he was ready! Crash tossed the balloon to his over hand before pulling his arm back and sending the balloon into the sky spinning as one would a football, it made a perfect arc and headed towards the back portion of the girls court by now he'd already scooped up two more balloons.

Using a few nearby guys as meat shields, surprisingly enough Ara actually took his time to get to the center line. Whistling to himself, he hid behind his teammates as they got hit by the first splashes of water, keeping himself safely dry for the moment. Noticing that Crash had actually managed to bring a bucket safely back away from the area of chaos, he decided to back track as he continued to weave around behind his teammates.

"Thank you." Chuckling, he took an armful of balloons out of the bucket after giving Crash just a brief bit of appreciation for his efforts. Looking for his pre-determined target, he quickly launched one balloon after another at the girl (Kathy).

Chris felt a water balloon hit her back and she looked back to see one single redheaded female standing as if ready to throw. Chris' eyes narrowed and she grabbed a balloon with a smirk. She pulled her arm back and sent the balloon headed straight for the girl's face.

Lily blinked. Yeah, ignored. Though, not really her fault. She stood as balloons whizzed by her, her arms folded. Why was she even here? She sighed and walked over to a nearby bucket her team had gotten and haphazardly threw it over at the boys. This was... boring.

Launching the last of her initial plunder, Carmen looked up to see balloons coming at her team from the other side...many balloons. Running to avoid them, she managed to survive the opening onslaught. However, she was out of balloons, and her teammates seemed to be totally occupied with theirs, so she initiated a suicide run to attempt to grab a bucket for the team to use as ammunition. Running up to the line from the side of the court and then running across ducking to grab the bucket, she had to jump a few times to avoid some thrown at her feet. Meraculously, she survived the front line and brought the bucket full of balloons back to her teammates alive. "HEY! I grabbed more ammo for us!" she yelled at her teammates, already grabbing a couple to lob at the other team. Her luck with avoiding everything would surely run out eventually...

Ryuu eyed the other side of the court...

...But he just could not look at it for long amounts of times. He was thankful to have sunglasses partially censoring the women's "imported goods."

And all of a sudden, a man appeared on the other side of the court.

"DAFUQ?!" Ryuu shouted silently. "Why the hell is there a man over there?!"

But Andromeda is watching me. And I frickin' TOLD her to cheer for me, so I need to at least survive...

Determined to stay in the game, Ryuu held a water balloon up in the air. He heard the woman supporting him cheer for him, which made him take the game more seriously. His hands briefly crackled plasma energy and, with a mighty swing, he jumped and flung his body around in the air a dozen times before throwing the balloon at a particular woman. She admittedly looked pretty, but he still needed to do something, right?

The balloon charged toward the target (Kathy) with an incredibly fast speed. At this point, Alex had moved away.

"H-Huh?!!" Kathy had expected balloons to come flying at her, but the sheer number of them was very unexpected.

Crash noted where Kathy was almost instantly among the chaos but he deliberately steered clear of her instead he aimed a balloon at a rather bored looking girl (Lily) lobbing it at her before darting away again, hit and run! Momentarily distracted as he noticed Alex grew to adult size, he skidded to a halt watching in a half amused half perplexed manner leaving himself vulnerable to aerial attacks. He clocked where most of the projectile's were coming from, he narrowed his eyes briefly at Ara before swooping back to the bucket, moving over to Ara he couldn't help but be drawn to Carmen'S 'Larger than life' hat unable to resist he sent multiple balloons in her direction before grabbing more, the bucket was going to run out soon...

Alex blinked as balloons came flying at Kathy. It was too many. He glanced around quickly and noticed none of the girls were being hit with such fervour. Without much thought, Alex jumped down from Kathy's shoulder and landed in front of her, growing to his adult size. With swift hands, he knocked balloons out of the way, as they came towards Kathy. However, one manged to hit him on the shoulder. He glanced down at his now soaked shoulder and with a blank expression looked up at where the balloons had been coming from. His eyes narrowed as he sent a glare at the boy (Ara).

He turned back around with a bright smile and aimed it at Kathy. He was still being pelted with balloons but he didn't care. "See!" He told her, a toothy grin on his face. His voice was much deeper now and he was much taller than her, nearly towering over her.

Kathy had expected to be hit by at least one of the rain of balloons coming down on her, but to her surprise... Alex suddenly became even taller than she was and shielded her from all of it. "A-Alex?" Apparently he had not been joking about protecting her.

Blinking up at him in surprise, her mouth hung open for a moment. But a second later she quickly snapped out of her daze and began, "I... Um... Thank you but..." Kathy looked up at him, feeling apologetic. "I think... That probably counts as breaking the rules Alex. And... You can't stay here shielding me like this, you've already lost and I don't want to cheat..."

Everything went so fast, it was just like a bullet that was just shot. Garden was at dazed, everything happened so fast, she ran trying to get a water balloon yet she was a bit to slow and couldn't quite understand what was happening. Luckily enough Garden was able to grabbed one water balloon and pathetically threw it, but she closed her eyes so without knowing were she threw the balloon. Soon enough she began to dodge again, ducking a bit from the up coming flying water balloons. but she tripped and landed on the sand were she could be easily hit.

Andromeda clapped "you can do it Ryuu!"

Oona had been weaving in and out of the way of balloons for awhile, being unable to get one until she finally got one and aimed straight at the biggest guy on the other team.

After throwing the two balloons that she had picked up from the bucket, she noticed an abnormally large amount of balloons coming from one location all converging on...her hat? I wonder if hitting my hat counts as hitting me, she thought. Before she could think anything else she had to avoid the onslaught of hat-bound balloons and basically jumped onto the ground into a prone position to let the balloons sail over her. It worked...but now she was a sitting duck until she could get back up.

Koop timed his entrance perfectly, flying over to Kathy and Alex blowing a whistle at the pair. "Power usage prohibited! Kupo-po!" The little Moogle commented. "First warning...also you're on the side...kupo" The creature pointed out, he looked a little apologetic as he glanced at Kathy. "Rules, Koop didn't mean to be mean...Kupo-po" He murmured to her, the little creature was also rather fond of her but then again if anyone was nice he was fond of them. He quickly dipped away avoiding balloons as he whizzed across the field.

Crash ducked avoising another balloon watching Carmen hit the floor, a grin spread across his face as he jumped towards the line skidding to a stop he sent two more balloons at her before scrabbling his way back onto his feet laughing as he dove behind another team mate avoising a balloon and nabbing one from his team mates hand, his eyes travelling to rest on Ara he shifted before lobbing his balloon accidently at the back of his head...

Alex looked up at the... thing blowing a whistle at him. "Yeah. Then tell that guy to stop pelting her with balloons. She'll get hurt." He growled, his eyes narrowed. He stole a glance at the guy (Ara) before walking off and sitting down on the sidelines. His eyes never left the guy (Ara), piercing holes in the guy's skull.

Catching sight of Carmen as probably the easiest target now of the lot, he was about the launch a balloon at her when he felt something suddenly hit his head. Feeling water suddenly soak into his hair and fall down to his shoulders, he glanced around with an icy look. He didn't have to look very far. In the first place, he had already had a prime suspect from the fact he had been attacked from the back instead of the front where the enemy team was.

Well. Screw the game and winning now. Taking the last two balloons he had in his hands, Ara hurled one directly at Crash and threw the next one after a slight time lag a little more to the side in the case he tried to dodge.

"It's fine. Both of you." Glancing from Koop to Alex for a moment, she quickly waved off their concerns. Especially Alex's. The whole point of the game was to aim at each other so of course there would be balloons coming at her. Although... For some reason a lot of them seemed to be aimed at her more than anyone else. And speaking of which, another one was coming at her already. "?!!" Out of reflex, she held her hand out in front of her to try to catch the object. And she did, though it still exploded on impact and the water spread out on her arms. If it had been any normal game of dodgeball she would've gotten the other person out, but that's obviously not how this one worked.

Carmen's eyes widened as she saw two more balloons volleyed at her by the redhead from the bar earlier. Desperate, she did the equivalent of a barrel roll on the ground, quickly rolling to the left multiple times in a desperate attempt to avoid it. Luck was on her side again as she narrowly avoided them. However...she was now covered in sand and realized that if she wanted to compete with this guy, she'd have to do the unthinkable.

So she took off her hat and put it on the sideline (:O), revealing her long fiery blonde hair that was, admittedly, hidden by the hat. It was her only regret, but now the island would get to see her hair, which was no problem. It was now an all out brawl: Carmen vs. Crash. She needed to pay him back for making her take off her EXTREMELY FASHIONABLE gigantic sun hat. And with that, she picked up four balloons from the bucket and hurled them at Crash as he jumped and flipped around the court.

Crash lifted his hands apologetically at Ara. "Sorry dude, slippery little buggers" He smirked at Ara, jumping to the side avoiding the first balloon as he had expected it the second however exploded against his hip drenching the right side of his shorts. He jumped forward doing a rather fancy flip over the balloon bucket hand diving in and grabbing another balloon which he lobbed at Ara as he landed, momentarily dsitracted by Carmen barrel rolling across the court he barely stopped himself from laughing as he armed himself with more balloons. Now aware he had an enemy on his own side...He gulped as he saw Carmen take her hat off something told him he was in trouble now! He yelped as she threw the first few balloons at him, abadoning half of his own bar one the young shapeshifter decided free running was possible on this sand it just involved a dive through this team mates legs, a flash of guilt as Carmen's balloon belted him in the stomach as he got back up he felt another balloon collide with his shoulder spraying water over him as he took a flying leap knowing the next to balloons would hit him he randomly lobbed his last balloon...straight at Kathy as it seemed to completely miss Carmen, he hit the ground and rolled to his feet hand in another bucket as he tried to locate both Carmen and Ara quickly at the same time noticing where his projectile was headed...oops

Garden stood up from the sand, she dusted a bit of the sand off eventhough it was like a war zone. "Wah!" She tried to dodge yet she wasn't really that graceful with dodging more of dancing. Soon enough she ended up bumping with one of her team mates (Carmen) a lady with blonde hair and who had a sun hat but removed it. "S-Sorry!" She said as she tried to avoid everything but pretty badly.

Ryuu blinked when he saw a man splash away another dude.
He blinked again when he realized he actually got someone.

"...But... that's nice and all, but..."

...

...

...

...

...

...WHY WOULD YOU DO THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?

As two of his teammates began to fight each other, however, a woman just took off a hat. The otaku actually recognized her just by her looks, but he remembered her even more now that she took off that "EXTREMELY FASHIONABLE gigantic sun hat."

She was beautiful.

And deadly.

The woman aimed at Crash, a particular student Ryuu did not get to know much about. This guy, however, was the same dude being attacked by his own teammate. Rolling his eyes at the spectacle before him, the otaku focused extremely hard, so much to the point where his eyes blanked out. After selecting two targets, the physically powerful student chucked another of his balloon off of the ground. He spun around wildly before flinging one of his balloons at a balloon Crash completely failed to aim at Carmen. The angle he threw the balloon at caused Crash's balloon to suddenly head straight towards Carmen, while Ryuu's balloon headed to Kathy yet again.

Ryuu's other balloon was thrown at Ara with a power intentionally high enough to cause a hit target to become dizzy.

Knowing where the enemy was now, Ara didn't have much trouble dodging the next balloon Crash fired at him. Not all the concerned about the other side now, he grabbed more balloons out of another bucket and chucked them at Crash. A few of them ended up hitting some other guys that were unfortunate enough to be close by, but about 2 more were still headed in the right course.

Having made a blunder, Kathy quickly shook herself out of it. She was still a lot more dry than most since the water only hit her on the arms. It wasn't even that obvious since her clothes had managed to remain dry. Another balloon was lobbed at her, but this one wasn't very quick and she jumped out of the way as it hit the ground. Surprisingly enough, it didn't pop. Seeing her chance, Kathy grabbed the balloon and aimed it at a guy with dark hair (Ryuu) that seemed oddly distracted on the other side with something.

Having seen the balloon coming her way because she had been looking in that direction, she ducked out of the way... Only to be hit by a different stray balloon on the shoulder. It was really difficult to keep track of everything with so many people around.

The whole game couldn't go by without Carmen raising one eyebrow, could it? Of course not. And it happened when she looked over to see Ara, the guy she had chatted with up until this point, throwing balloons at his teammates. Well...that's something... she thought to herself. She noticed a potential problem when she saw a menacing looking guy take note of her existence. Uh oh, she thought. I can handle just the redhead, but two guys? Uhhh... She ran over to the bucket once again, rapid firing another volley of balloons to the other side - two aimed at the tall guy, and two aimed at the redhead. Feeling the collision with Garden, Carmen smiled at her apology. "It's fine!" she said quickly as she ran to pick up more balloons. She barely picked some up when she suddenly noticed a balloon coming straight towards her.

She was able to avoid all of the balloons so far, but a sudden change in trajectory at the last second would not be avoidable in the slightest by a normal person, and so it was that Carmen was hit with a balloon.

But it wasn't any old hit. The entire world went in slow motion as Ryuu's/Crash's balloon hit Carmen square in the sternum, right above one of Ryuu's melon farms. It was a violent hit, one fraught with a massive balloon explosion, causing Carmen to nearly fall down. And before she could compose herself, the redhead's second balloon came screaming in, hitting her in the same place and causing her to completely fall on her back, vanquished.

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Post 4 of megapost:

Crash
Crash noticed his wayward balloon had in fact missed Kathy after a very brief moment of contemplation he reached into the bucket grabbing another balloon he launched it at her, eager to prove he wasn't taking it easy on her. Crash's attention was pulled away from Kathy before he could see whether he got her or not as he saw movement at the edge of his peripheral vision he dropped backwards matrix style onto the ground, both balloons flying past him and into whoever was stood close to the centre line on the girls side of the court though now sprawled on his back he quickly rolled backwards onto his feet scooting forward he grabbed for the bucket, pulling a few more balloons from it he quickly located Carmen again aiming one mrore at her for good measure he popped up searching for Ara he jumped forward dodging betwen the team he quickly sent two more balloons at Ara positioning them slightly off to each side the last balloon aimed directly at him, each slightly behind the other he wasn't enough of a genius to throw them all at once.. and with that he felt a balloon collide with his back the other glancing his shoulder, he twisted mid air casting a glance behind him to see who had hit him, noticing Carmen nearly take a tumble as she was finally hit with a balloon...and another almost instantly He pinged forward as she fell back onto her back. "A-are you ok?" He panted, leaning across the line, clearly concerned and leaving himself open to attack.

Oona and Andromeda
Oona's balloon missed and she just barely dodged a balloon that had been sent at her. she had to drop to the ground and saw that a few of the boys were actually throwing balloons at each other. she was confused but managed to get her hands on another Balloon that she waited to throw until she could pick out a viable target.

Andromeda called "You can win Ryuu! why are you fighting with your own team?" she was very confused.

Ryuu
Ryuu stopped spinning, shrugging at Andromeda with a curious look on his face.

He wanted to know just why Ara was aiming at Crash. He also wanted to know why there were a bunch of balloons suddenly sent towards him.

"HOLY FFFFFFFFARMACY! PHARMACY!" Ryuu screamed, not wanting to cuss like a madman in the public. He ducked, dodging the two balloons sent towards him... barely. Gritting his teeth, the otaku stood up from the ground.

When suddenly, he felt water pouring on his feet...?!

What the?! How did they get m-

Ryuu simply stared at the tiny kitten peeing on his feet.

"...Why."

The gruff student quickly snatched the kitten up, cradling it carefully. If he let it go, then there was the possbility of the kitten getting hit by a water balloon. And these guys had some crazy power.

Ara
At this point, Ara was getting pelted at left and right with balloons. Did he care? Er... Not particularly. One of them hurt quite a bit, but it had hit him on chest instead of the head. In fact, at this point he didn't even bother to try to dodge anymore. Yeah, he wasn't exactly contributing to helping the guys win anymore but revenge was a far more important motive for him. With an evil smirk on his face, he just walked with a dignified look about him and picked up a few stray balloons along the way.

Not dodging the balloons anymore, he had plenty of leisure to carefully take aim and hurl his balloons at Crash and the other guy (Ryuu) that had dared to friendly-fire as well.

Kathy
Other than the stray balloon that had hit her on the shoulder, Kathy was doing a fairly good job of keeping dry. At least, a lot better then a lot of the boys who seemed to be caught up in an internal battle of their own. 'What are they doing?' She thought. But that was their own issue, for the moment it was not an opening she was willing to overlook as an opponent.

She found a bucket left in the sand with 5 water balloons still inside. There was the option of taking them all out and shooting them one by one but... Instead, she dashed to the center line and just launched the contents of the entire bucket towards Crash. After all, she did promise not to hold back on him. Getting rid of the bucket safely to the side, she quickly ran away to the other side of the court.

Carmen
Carmen slowly got up from the ground, still in slow motion. This entire game was like an action movie for her. As she came to her senses she noticed the redhead asking her if she was ok. "It's just water!" she yelled. "I'm fine!" But to prove the point she picked up the four balloons she had grabbed before being knocked out and hurled them - all of them - in rapid succession at the redhead. Time for revenge! she thought to herself, enjoying the competition. With the redhead presumably about to be dispatched, she picked up the last four balloons in the bucket and threw them, also in rapid succession, at the tall bruiser guy, who for some reason no longer had a shirt on. Dodge that, she thought. Fortunately her hair had been untouched by the water explosions that had occurred and the sand had all fallen off, so she was still TOTALLY FASHIONABLE. Right? Yeah.

Crash
Crash barely had time to react as four balloons hurled at him, the first one hit him square in the face as he reeled another exploding against his chest before he fell back avoiding the other and skittered away, Crash had also noticed how daring Ara had suddenly got as he practically had to sacrifice teammates left right and center to avoid his relentless attack, getting caught on the ankle as he danced back out of the way. "Ha you call that throwing!" He barked at Ara, apparently he was taking this far too seriously what he had forgotten was that the enemy was also behind him oh no the cocky little...shapeshifter was bombarded by not one but 5 water balloons all at once, he landed his jump now absolutely sopping wet, he turned his gaze to the girls side wide eyes as he tried to find the person responsible for it he lifted his hands smoothing his hair back off his face before wiping the water from his face. "You can run but you can't hide!" He called after Kathy, deciding she was guilty because she was running away in a last resort Crash jogged forward recahing into a bucket getting the last water balloon he sprinted across the line in pursuit of Kathy, he'd broken so many rules already he could see Koop whirling towards him as he slid between two of the girls highly tempted to throw his balloon at Carmen as he passed but...she had definately won their duel hands down. However, Crash was very much determined to catch Kathy water balloon in hand sand kicking up behind him he took chase.

Garden
She realized it was Lady Carmen, she bowed to her to her and watched go all cool like and fourght agaisn't the guys who were...attacking each other also? 'Is that part of the game?' But without realizing what is happening she ended up dodging a bit more, she notice Lady Oona getting owned with so many water balloons, garden shivered...she doesn't what to experince that. She ran a bit, going some what like in circles trying to find a way to get a water balloon and try to hit a person...maybe not her team mate like what are the guys doing. Soon enough she tripped and tumbled a bit mopre, she had no idea what the hell was going on. She was tired scared and confused...most defiently confused... Garden then accidentaly went passed the court from her tripping and being dazed and landed on a guy with sun glasses. Her face smacked on the guy's chest and she oddly with no idea she did it wrapped her arms around the guy.

Oona, Andromeda, and Alistair
Oona got hit multiple times and cursed in the selkie language.
Andromeda winced as many people went down.
Alistair was watching the ruckus from the edge of the forest, he was very confused, frankly.

Ryuu
Ryuu gulped when he saw Ara throw several balloons at him. Then again, the balloon meant to knock him out went to Carmen for some reason. The kitten in his hands meowed.

"DO I LOOK LIKE I CAN SURVIVE WITH YOU IN MY HANDS? AND WHY IS THAT MOOGLE NOT DISQUALIFYING THIS TEAM-KILLING BOZO?!"

The otaku rolled over to the side, feeling some water splash against the ground near him, he felt a fair amount of drops falling on his simply t-shirt.

...

...Why was he still wearing his uniform?

Ryuu suddenly put down the gray kitten, ignoring its constant purring. Sitting down quickly, the student simply reached for his clothes...

...Before tearing them apart with brute force.

Yes, he was that lazy to use the zipper.
(Andromeda blinked and went really really ... really red)
With that said, he only wore jeans right at the moment. Standing back up, Ryuu scrunched his body to a fairly defensive stance, holding the kitten within his arms. His fair share of muscles was finally shown to the public, much to his disappointment. He cracked his neck, giving an extremely dangerous death glare at Ara. The student looked like he wanted to tear him apart, which he technically did do before to a hyena on a field trip.

Actually, that was a toy hyena. But still, he still boasted extreme strength, along with the missing presence of a doofus.

Suddenly, Ara grew taller. And taller.

And all of a sudden, Ara grew so damn tall, Ryuu was unable to find him in his sights anymore.

Then, the otaku realized that someone actually pushed him down.

"Huh...?"

Ryuu stared at what appeared to be a girl.

A girl who seemed to have SOME expertise in farming.

The otaku blinked, then he smiled calmly, as if he finally understood the meaning of life. Taking a deep breath, Ryuu screamed like a little girl, attempting to get the girl off of him.

Who is she? What's going on? How did she wander off from THERE to HERE?! Why is there a kitten in the freaking dodgeball contest?! No, more importantly, WHY DID IT TAKE A P-SS ON MY FOOT?!

Ara
At this point there was probably nowhere Ara hadn't been hit. He was dripping wet from head to toe from the friendly-fire and girls that were actually still playing the game properly from the other side of the court. Now he really didn't need to dodge anymore, it was impossible to get him any more soaked than he already was. Ha.

Taking more balloons into his hand, he was going to aim them at Crash when... The guy decided to disregard all rules and suddenly cross over into the girl's side of the court. "Okay..." Raising a brow, he decided to switch targets. Seeing that the dark-haired guy (Ryuu) from before was pretty much a sitting duck with a girl (Garden) over him, he walked right over to them and just threw the balloons at them as he hovered over them.

Kathy
Laughing, Kathy continued to run as Crash chased behind her with a water balloon. "Hey!" She called out behind her without turning around. "You're completely breaking the rules here Crash!" Despite her words though, she seemed to be having fun. A little distracted, she didn't notice the end of the court until she as right in front of it. Not risking a sudden turn and falling, she skidded to a complete halt instead.

Garden
Garden then look back up to hear the guy she accidentaly landed on scream like a little girl. She looked back up yo the guy and wonder why he was like that. She meaned that she just accidentaly bumped into him...nothing wrong with that. "Oh sorry..." She apologived but she realized that the guy she landed on had no shirt...She blushed brightly like a ripe tomato. And her arms are wrapped around him..."Ah! I am sorry! I am really sorry!"

Mercy
Mine! Mercy grinned as the egg timer screeched at her, she lifted her whistle to her lips blowing it sharply. "Game over! Put your balloons down!" She called out over the students looking rather smug that she was still bone dry. "Well...due to foul play and friendly fire and disregarding the rules...not to mention the visual evidence I'm proud to announce-" Mercy started up. "Girls win!" She shouted probably a bit too happy at the results, yet again she was completely biased on that thus why Koop had been patrolling although she refereed to him as her little guy he wasn't attached to either sex rules were rules. "Aww, better luck next time guys...who knows maybe you'll do better at the other games?" She grinned at them. "Alright while we get another game set up, we've got the sand sculpting event running or you can have a small break to recover from that last battle" Mercy announced to the rest of the students before climbing down from the tower she had been perched on, she should probably socialize a bit more right?

Crash
Crash didn't let up he continued his chase. "I broke them ages ago" He commented back quickly, he was distratced by the whislte as Mercy ended the game he had at least slowed up a bit thinking he could get when she let her guard down, of course as he shifted his gaze back to her he felt his heart all but fly upo his throat as he realised she had stopped running! His stopping skills were really poor as well, in a desperate attempt to avoid colliding with her threw himself to the floor even as his back connected with the soft sand he continued to skid forward probably wiping her legs out in the process finally stopping just over the line, he still had the water balloon held out to the side safely at this point. "Ah! I'm s-sorry are you ok?" His revenge momentarily forgotten.

Ryuu
Ryuu turned to face an onslaught of four balloons coming from a certain woman named Carmen, then at the girl whose arms had been wrapped around him.

Much to his own surprise, Ryuu stood up without being affected by the timid girl. In fact, he actually felt like a bad-ss now. With a woman by his side, and a woman by the sidelines cheering for him... he felt... he felt like...

...Snoop Dogg.

Actually, no, I can't be Snoop Dogg. I don't do weed everyday.

The otaku whispered to the girl who had her arms wrapped around his exposed body, "Alright, so I'm gonna try getting you to the other side of the court again. And once I do that, you can just sit out if you need t-"

Ryuu sidestepped out of the way from one balloon, letting some water splash on his legs. Then another one fell down, landing next to his other leg. Then another one appeared in front of him.

The last balloon flew straight towards Garden's face.

The otaku's eyes widened: a balloon was headed straight towards his enemy, who latched onto him like a leech! But he did not exactly want to hurt this person, for she seemed like she could not exactly participate in the game without collapsing. Ryuu felt some sweat trickle down his neck as time fell into slow-motion.

What should he do?

Ryuu answered by ducking, one hand on Garden's waist and the other on the kitten's body. Letting go of the kitten, Ryuu twisted his body around, catching the balloon as carefully as he could. Much to his own surprise, it worked. The otaku wildly flung it toward the other side of the court.

The balloon simply smashed itself into the ground. (lol)

Much to his chagrin, however, Garden was still hit by a water balloon. The otaku had completely forgotten that Ara threw several balloons at him. In fact, he still was doing so. Clutching one of the water balloons he originally carried earlier, Ryuu violently charged towards Ara. The student had done enough. Someone managed to royally p-ss him off by ignoring the entire concept of team competition. With that said, the otaku stormed over toward Ara, a water balloon in his hand.

With a mighty lunge, the sunglasses-wearing otaku swung an open palm with a water balloon flat on it, straight towards Ara's face. Should it connect, it would, at the very least, produce a knockback effect, though Ryuu was still technically using water balloons correctly.

Garden
The water balloon unexpectedly hit her face causing some small pain, numb yet still very she could still feel the pain. She tried to wipe away the water on her face but she felt a hand on her waist. she kind of felt a little embarrased and blushed with the guy's hand on her waist. "uumm...ex-cuse...me..." She tried to ask to the guy to remove his hand on her waist yet he seemed to be a bit busy...She smiled happily when Lady mercy annouced that the girl won! ...even though she didn't do anything good...She watched as the guy with sunglasses threw a water balloon at a probably his team mate, oddly enough she gave a light girly giggle because she thought it was sort of funny how its already over yet the guy is still going.

Carmen
Carmen stood and watched the aftermath of her volley hitting the redhead, satisfied in balloon-laden revenge. Her face quickly changed, however, when not a single one of her four balloons sent at the shirtless guy met their mark, only splashing a little water on his legs. She stood there with a face that almost looked like it was pouting, but wasn't quite there because she was still happy about how the duel had played out. As the time ended and the girls were announced the winners, she picked up her hat and carefully put it on, slightly brooding but slightly gloating at the same time. t the very least, she had had fun in the heat of competition, and had a great duel with the redhead guy. Hopefully he had forgotten about their escapades in the bar earlier...

Ara
What the guy (Ryuu) did next was quite unexpected. Letting his guard down as the whistle was blown, Ara hadn't expected to suddenly be pelted in the face with a water balloon, and by one that actually stung quite a bit. "... Face." He used his 'Karmic Voice' to return the stinging to the one that had attacked him. Of course it had no effect on things like the water that had hit him, but he didn't feel like dealing with the pain of the water ballon that had pretty much been whipped right into his face. The game was already over anyway. It was his choice whether or not he wanted to use his ability.

Kathy
"Woah!" Yelping out in surprise as Crash's legs pushed into hers, Kathy teetered back and forth for a moment before she finally fell forward into the sand. "Yeah, don't worry." She was glad she had decided to wear a swim top. It would've been pretty gross to feel wet sand on a regular shirt. Brushing some of the sand off, though some of it was clinging to her wet skin, she sat up on the ground and looked back at Crash. "What about you? Are you alright?"

Ryuu
Ryuu did not exactly expect to feel pain as well when he hit Ara, but then again, he had been tossed around by a freaking demo-

Okay, he needed to stop using that excuse.

The otaku sighed. After the game, he and the student known as "Ara" silently departed in their own ways. Yet again, his anger took the better of him. The women managed to completely dominate the match eventually. Sure, he made some good shots, but still, giving into his own habits felt pretty terrible. The contributions he made to his team seemed to be overshadowed by how he simply smashed the water balloon on Ara for no justified reason. He basically gave into his own selfishness. Something he wanted to avoid from doing.

Ryuu realized that there was more to changing one's self from a terrible personality. He needed to keep in mind that simply talking would not change him, but rather, face situations that would normally anger him and overcome his own problems. Today, he failed. The man shook his head, cursing at no one in particular.

He then turned to the kitten sitting on his crossed arms. It purred before attempting to jump up to his right shoulder, only to fall off in the process. The sunglasses-wearing student effortlessly caught the small animal, putting it on his shoulder. He would find an owner for the kitten as soon as possible. While cats did seem to enjoy Ryuu's presence, he had a cat allergy. The student had grown to become used to this particular restriction.

With that said, he leaned on a random wall as the girls were congratulated for winning. His eyes, however, were set on Carmen.

He fully remembered that he used something pretty darn powerful against a woman who did not even suspect his presence. While it was not as bad as him suddenly attacking Ara, he still did feel bad for the woman. She seemed fine now, though. Ryuu still did want to have a chat with her, however. She caught his interest after exhibiting a great sense of competition... something he did not expect to see from a woman known to play with trumpets.

Then again, that woman who played with trumpets managed to bring down the monsters that tossed him around before.

Ryuu shivered.

He sneezed.

"Ugh, that's just nasty," Ryuu grumbled, his cat allergy kicking in. "You're making me feel like I should fight a bear or something..."

The kitten meowed again. Ryuu rolled his eyes, simply staring at the ground, wondering just what he should do now that he had no one else to be with. Having a drink did not sound that bad. Or maybe sleeping in a quiet, serene place would ease his mind and prepare him for another chance to improve himself.

Still, in the end, the otaku suddenly turned, making sure that he placed the kitten on the ground, before he smashed his head against the wall he leaned against, humorously screaming,

"THOSE FREAKING BALBOAS THOUGH ARGHAGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! IF ONLY THE HILLY BALBOAS AND THE WATERMELON PATCHES WERE NOT RIPE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR...!!!"

Ryuu was not aware of Garden's presence right at the moment. His tired state pretty much made him forget about so many important things.

Crash
Mine! Crash breathed a sigh of relief as Kathy fell forward though he felt guilty she had, she'd done a pretty good job of staying upright for so long. He audibly sighed in relief when she confirmed...well she hadn't completely confirmed she was ok but he was content with her answer he flopped back on the sand. "No I'm not, I was doing great until you bombarded me with not one balloon but 5!" He grinned at her propping himself up on his elbows his crimson eyes sliding to rest on the balloon in his hand quick as a snap he sat upright. "Ah look, this'll get rid of that sand" He said with a cheeky grin bringing the balloon above her head and squeezing it hard enough it exploded and water cascaded over her head at least not painfully. "Ow! son of a muffin" Crash exclaimed as the elastic painfully pinged against his fingers, he shook his hand grimacing momentarily before grinning at Kathy sheepishly.

Darwin
Hehehe Darwin was the king at not getting hit by water balloons, the trick was to make a hole under a towel and jump into the hole covered by the towel. He sat in the hole bored out of his mind reading some manga....hopefully it was over. he poked his head out of the sand and looked around. "Is it over!" He shouted noticing his hole had been filled up by sand and the only visible part if his body was his head. "Ha! Guess that means I win!" he laughe. And started to look around. Yup he was the best....around.

As Darwin appeared from his very safe hiding place Mercy dropped a water balloon on his head. "Hi Darwin!"

Darwin's triumph was short loved....like most of his skittle collections. Suddenly his sandy purple hair was bombed by a water balloon. His face was then stuck in permanent shocked smile mode for a while. "Oh hey Mercy! Wonderful weather, right?"

Kathy
"Doing great? You guys were barely even a part of the real battle after a while." Kathy laughed. Hearing Crash's words and the balloon in his hand, she saw what was coming but didn't try to dodge it. Instead, she just closed her eyes and let the water fall down onto her. Wiping the water out of her eyes, she looked up at him and let out another laugh. "Ha ha, hey now, don't hurt yourself right after the game ends."

Getting up, Kathy held her hand out to Crash to help him stand as well. "I'm going to sit and sunbathe myself dry while the sandcastle building's going on. You?"

Ara
Walking away from the court, Ara walked over to one of the lawn chairs set up around the beach. He didn't have much interest in events that didn't involve much moving around. He would just sit back and watch them build the sandcastles for now.