Majin Eve Heading Toward The Martial Arts Tournament From South City Near lunch time.
It was a beautiful day outside, birds were singing, flowers were blooming. And Majin Eve was running as fast as she could to get to the Martial Arts Tournament.
She had accidentally slept in, and now she was paying for it, she'd fly there to spare her legs from the burning sensation they were going to feel when she finally got there, but the simple reason behind that is the fact that she runs way faster than she can fly. So now she was speeding down the streets of South City, running between and over cars as she tried to beeline it towards her destination. In her haste, she didn't think of what running through traffic would do to the people who were in said traffic, and as she passed by chaos ensued. Cars got jammed in nearly every intersection she ran through, but she paid them no mind, she had something she thought more important to focus on.
'gotta go fast, I don't know how long it's open to people entering, but I'm not going to miss it!'
Eve thought to herself as she cleared another street, soon she could see the end of the city that led to the ocean, and beyond that the island where the martial arts tournament was taking place. Within seconds she reached the shore and came to a stop as she looked at the water.
"...."
Eve frowned as she looked across the water to the island, she didn't know how to swim, not that she really needed to because she couldn't drown, but she couldn't run underwater, not very fast at the least, and flying over the vast expanse of liquid would take her a while. Either way seemed like it would take too long and she didn't like that, it could risk her chance of getting to the tournament in time. Eve let out a frustrated sigh as she paced back and fourth down the beach with her arms lightly crossed in thought, then a smile came to her lips as she looked at the island before walked backwards from the water.
"if I can't fly over it, and cant swim through it"
"than I'll just run across it!"
Majin Eve exclaimed with determination as she took off running towards the water, as first she was going relatively slow, but that was the sands fault, the second she hit the water she began to run across it as if it was no different that land. She eventually managed to get to the island and made it to the tournament, though she had to wait a little to catch her breath before entering herself into the event. She then found a nice looking palm tree and climbed up into it, somehow completely avoiding being spotted as she made it to the top and laid down to rest in it.
Near the outside of South City, there's a long stretch of road that had been cleared for a race that was going to take place between group of hover-bikers. Along the stretch of road that had turns and bends, people had gathered from the start to the end, setting up what have they for the event. At the start of the road was the group of hover-bikers, some fine tuning their machines, other just standing or sitting on their bikes, talking about how they're going to win. Throughout the crowd there was a bit of an upset as a pink skinned girl made her way through the crowd. Some people just watched her, others poked fun about her with their friends, but that didn't matter, she didn't care what they said, not really since she came here to race.
"excuse me... pardon me... coming though"
The girl said meekly as she made her way towards the hover-bikers. When she managed to get into the clearing where the hover-bikers could easily been seen she smiled. Though she didn't know it, their were many eyes on her, had she taken notice, she might have felt nervous as she approached the hover-bikers. Two of the bikers took notice and spoke to each other.
"get a load of bubble gum here... what's she doing..."
"the heck should I know?..."
"what do you think she wants?"
"beats me..."
As the girl approached, she was met with a tall brute of a fellow who was wearing sunglasses with a less then pleasant look on his face.
"racers only, get back with the crowd..."
The girl chuckled nervously before she smiled, it was slightly off putting for the large man.
"oh well, I'm here to enter in the race"
"uh-huh, and I'm next in line to be king... Get Back With The Crowd"
The girl's smile faltered as she gulped, she didn't really know how to deal with someone like this.
"hey, ease up on pretty in pink Larry, let me hear what she has to say"
The now named Larry furrowed his brow before he stepped aside, letting a happy pink skinned girl walk towards the biker that called out to Larry. This got the girl many glares from most of the women in the crowd.
"so, what is it you want?"
The hover-biker asked in a charismatic tone with a smile alongside it. The girl smiled as answered him.
"I want to join the race!"
She said in an excited tone, the hover-bikers all grinned under their helmets, minus the one who didn't have one on, the one who was talking to the girl. Said hover-biker looked around for a moment then smiled.
"alright, I'll bite, where's your bike?"
"I don't have one"
The girl said with a smile, the hover-bikers laughed to themselves as their helmets looked down.
"so, did you expect to borrow one of ours? or for us to let you ride with one of us?"
He asked with a chuckle in his tone. The girl shook her head before she smiled again.
"neither, I'm going race you on my own, without a bike!"
She declared with a certain aura of Determination. The other hover-bikers broke out in laughter, as well as some of the crowd that happened to hear the girls declaration. The helmetless hover-biker smirked a little as he put his helmet on.
"listen, that was a good joke, now how bout you go back to the crowd huh?"
"I'm being serious!"
She exclaimed with a furrowed brow.
"I want to race!"
The hover-bikers now couldn't tell if the girl was joking, or actually being serious. Their eye's slowly widened when the girl pulled out a pouch from her Gi pocket.
"and I'll bet everything I have that I'll win! and if I lose, the winner gets it!"
The hover-bikers all stared at the girl, and they were weighing their options. It couldn't hurt, it was just a girl and strange one at that, and she was holding a rather stuffed pouch full of zeni.
".... alright fine, you can be in the race..."
The hover-bikers chuckle and looked at each other, now knowing there was more on the plate for the winner.
"just don't cry when you lose"
"I wont lose"
The girl said with Determination as she put the pouch back into her Gi's pocket before she took an empty space at the beginning line. The crowd cried out, some at how unbelievable it was, others at how funny it was. The hover-bikers pride had taken a small hit, but the girl was smiling as she began to stretch her legs. It was time, the hover-bikers got on their bikes and turned them on, revving their engines intimidatingly when the girl took a position that looked like one who was about to go on a full sprint.
"on your marks!... get set!"
A girl had walked out tot he center of the road with a flare gun and aimed it at the sky, then she fired it.
"GO!"
The hover-bikes engines roared as they blasted off from their starting point, blowing up a cloud of dust. The crowd had expected to see the girl running out of the cloud, but she didn't, was she coughing on the dust?, or was she blown back by the hover-bikes engines blasting?. Much to everyone surprise, when the dust settled, the girl was nowhere to be seen.
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As the bikers sped down the road they generally stayed close to each other.
"hey, you think she's hacking up the dust we left her in?"
"don't know don't care, that bonus money she added to the winnings is as good as mine!"
As the bikers continued down the road, the biker in last seen something in his mirror and looked at it, his eyes then widened considerably.
"... holyshi-look in your mirrors!"
When this was said, the most of the bikers did so, then the rest followed suit.
"what the F*ck?!"
"I'm seeing things right?!"
"t-that's impossible!"
Nearly half a dozen meters from last place was the girl, running so fast her legs and arms were nearly a blur as she sprinted after them, a fierce look of concentration on her as she slowly closed in on them. More so to the crowds surprise, they couldn't help but watch in awe as the racers sped by, catching a glimpse of the girl in last.
"at the rate she's going.... no way, No F*cking way! that money is mine!"
The person in first said before he floored the gas on his bike, making the engine screech as it sped ahead of the rest. The racers came to a turn in the road, and that's where the girl sped past them, while they slowed down to take the turn, she kept going full speed. The other racers cursed to themselves as they pushed their vehicles to their limits to try and catch up, this led to more then a few engine failures on the racers parts. The girl panted as sweat rolled down the side of her face, her legs burned like they were dipped in fire, but she wouldn't let that stop her, with a short cry of perseverance she grit her teeth as she pushed herself to go faster, slowly but surely she began to catch up to the hover-biker in first place.
The first place biker glanced in his mirror with a smug grin, thinking he had out sped the competition. His teeth grit in frustration when he seen the freak of a girl catching up to him.
"you're not going to beat me, not if I have anything to say about it..."
As the girl caught up to the biker she gave him a small side glace with a smile as she slowly started to pull ahead. The biker let out a yell as he turned his steering wheel to the right, causing his bike to nearly run into the girl, who had slowed down in surprise to avoid being hit, this angered her a little before she got her momentum back. The biker grinned as he sped around a slight turn in the road, when he came out of the turn he noticed something.
"Ha!"
A shadow quickly passed over the biker and the girl jumped over him and landed before slowly pulling ahead, unfortunately for the biker he reactively slammed on him air brakes and brought his bike to a halt. The girl looked back for a moment before letting out a short giggle while speeding towards the end of the race. The biker yelled out all manner of curses as he tried to get his bike going again, but before it could go five meters the engine died from over exertion from the speed the biker had the bike going at, which only caused the biker to continue on the list of profanity as what remained of the other racers passed him. At the end of the road where the race ended, the girl had slowed down and came to a normal walking pace, her breathing laboured as she near the little streamer that signified the finish line, a smile on her as she got to it.
The crowd watched with suspense as the others racers began closing in, the girl smiled as she grabbed hold of the ribbon, and lifted it over her head as she walked under it, before letting it go. Smiling to herself an she knelt down on he ground catching her breath. She knew full well what it meant, she technically didn't finish the race since she didn't break the ribbon like one was suppose to, but she wasn't trying to set world records, and she didn't need awards for doing such, she was trying to surpass her limits and become faster, though she doubted she'd be racing like this again to do such, but it was a great exercise. The crowd was silent, trying to make heads or tales of what happened, then the other races passed the finish line, and the crowd went wild.
After the celebrating had mostly died down, the winner had walked up to the girl who was sitting under a nearby tree, a pleasant smile on her as she watched the clouds go by.
"hey..."
The girl looked to the hover-biker, it was the one who had spoken to her at the beginning of the race, it turned out he was the one who won.
"oh, I guess you're here for my promise..."
The girl said with a smile as she reached into her pocket, she was then surprised when a somewhat larger pouch of zeni than her own landed in front of her. She then looked up to the biker with a confused look.
"but.. you won..."
The biker grinned and held up a pouch nearly as large as the one he just gave to her.
"don't kid yourself, you and me both now who won that race..."
He said wit a smile as he began walking away, waving at her as he did so.
"see you around princess pink"
"Eve"
"huh?..."
"my name's... Majin Eve"
Eve said with a smile towards the biker, which he returned as he began walking away again.
"well, see you around... Majin Eve..."
Majin Eve smiled as she took the pouch of zeni given to her and added her own to it before she somehow managed to stuff it into her one of her Gi's pockets. After that she gently took to the sky before flying towards South City, wondering what to spend all this zeni on.
