LAST TIME ON FWX, "Mr. Sunshine" is finally free from that asylum. We finally landed him a job in the story other than playing the part of an asylum nutball that didn't seem that important, UNTIL NOW. (Or at least Chapters 11 and 12) But back to the actual plot. Things gotten quite out of hand when Benma faced the Black Daffodil duelist, whose name has yet to be revealed, and Kaede-sensei, who was under the control of the Dark Warriors. Eventually, Akai took it upon himself to ally with the student council and the Dark Warriors, and made it into one big happy and evil family. OR SO IT SEEMS. Then, faster than the RIAA can track an Internet mp3 pirate, Ijima encountered Seki, and thanks to Kotaro's help, she took the Rosewood Bride away, much to Seki's own displeasure. Poor Terebi seemed to be left out, knowing that there were three warriors at the meeting instead of two. What a shame. So he decided to go out and rescue the fair maiden like in any old movie. Seki encountered such dangers as Arijouya and a Cow Masked man we like to call, Minotaur Man. Finally, Seki had gotten a hold of a shard, which of course, was from the dreaded OTTOMAN THRONE OF EVERLASTING DARKNESS AND OTHER FLUFFY THINGS. After months after months (and possibly a year or two, or possibly three or four) of waiting from impatient authors, Seki's journey to find Vanity will now conclude, because continue is too catastrophic. ON WITH THE SHOW! --- The room on top of Hiroto High Tower was dark, save only for a light that shone on a young boy sitting on an upright rug that bore the four sigils of furniture style, rather than an egg, representing the world's shell. Not to far from the boy stood the man who was in an asylum two years ago. On his shoulder was a too familiar warbler, resurrected in all its glory. Once an economic disaster, now the lunatic's faithful pet. It squawked while it looked at the boy. "Pride, you foolish smudge on the nicely cleaned floor..." The madman smiled while he looked at a picture of himself and Vanity when they were kids. "You changed your name to fool those whom you dogged around, but now I see the truth. You are nothing more than a parody of my past life, long before I was handed in by the four families' war." He later closed the locket right before he stared at the boy again. "The question is, whether Pride himself will duel or be called a coward by a very superior audience. He can't hide himself from the world forever, because death will be knocking at his door, one way or another." --- FURNITURE WARRIORS X PLUS SIGMA TURBO THALLIUM BATTLE 2002 The Unofficial Sequel to Furniture Warriors, that has enough Utena references to inspire one to go out and officially buy the anime some of these jokes are based on, or puke. It's your call. Started by Brian Stricklin, once again continued by Ryunson, whom, after watching both bits of the Utena series and the Movie, he hopes to finally create a semi perfect Utena parody within this piece of work. Copyright STILL goes to Nihana-San and the original characters not created by Nihana go to their respected owners, obviously. If I were to claim these characters as my own, I'd probably be forced to decipher WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE SHADOW PLAY GIRLS TALKING ABOUT DURING THE UTENA SHOW!! In speaking of which, here it is! --- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Terms of a FWX Warrior! (We Think) OR Tortoise Shell Ladders! OR Eternal Varnish!! --- Yashiko stayed in her room reading Desk Girl comic books while she waited the return of her brother. She was dressed in PJs while she read the continuing adventures of her favorite idol battle the forces of the dreaded DDA! No one knows what the letters stand for, but they do bring DEATH, DESTRUCTION, AND APOCALYPSE! Yashiko hopes for her hero to get her butt in gear! "Now if only there was some way for my brother to notice me..." Yashiko continued looking at the comic book while searching the room for a suitable furniture piece that she can use to fight. She once fought with Kouto's coatrack while under the black daffodil's control, but even so, she wanted to impress her brother even further with her own style. Being indesicive, she went back to reading. "Unless I can get myself a duelist brooch, I'll never get in the arena!" Later, there was an open window. Yashiko got up out of bed to see what caused the open window in the first place. Yashiko later saw a man resembling Nakajima Kouto outside, leaping from the tree that was near her window. "Hey, come back!" She hollered with no avail. Eventually, she backed up and saw something below her feet. A note saying 'No hard feelings, Nakajima Kouto' was the thing being wrapped around a duelist brooch. "A duelist brooch? For me?" Yashiko was sort of amazed. She could finally fight in the game. Is it a gift, or an elaborate scheme to get back at Seki? Only time would tell. --- "Kaede-sensei?" Seki was deep within the basement of Kaede sensei's house in a laboratory of some sort. "Ah yes, you arrived." The wizened young man smiled while he greeted Seki as he entered the facility. "You called to have me examine a shard you got, right?" "Yes, and this isn't your usual run of the mill shard. Some hoodlums obviously want it for some reason, and I want to know what is special about it." "All right," Kaede sighed while he took the shard from Seki's hands. "I'll see what this is." As he took the microscope, he widened his eyes at what he saw from the shard. "Demonic writing, hellish DNA, blackness all over... I have never seen such wood before." "You don't suppose..." Kaede turned around as he spoke in a serious tone. "I believe this must be the shard of The Ottoman Throne that was destroyed two years ago. And if my hunch is correct, these villains are trying to resurrect the Ottoman Empire." Seki was shocked beyond belief. "Resurrect the Empire? That can't happen!" "I also got a call from Ikea and Harry to tell you that in order to stop these, Neo Ottomans from obtaining the shards they need to repair the throne, not to mention ending the duels, you must..." "NO! I REFUSE TO KILL VANITY!" Seki was struck by brief sadness and anger as he faced Kaede from where he was from. "Who said anything about killing Vanity other than your impulses?" Kaede glared at Seki while he adjusted his tie. "They say the prize for completing the game can be whatever you wanted, right?" Kaede scratched his chin for a bit while pondering. "Well maybe the prize can be removing the force that makes Vanity enslaved to the duels, and hopefully, set her free from the chains that bind her. Of course, I could be wrong..." "Thank you, Master Kaede, you are truly worthy to be a sage!" "Oh please, I'm not that worthy." Kaede blushed as he scratched his head. Then, he went back in a serious trance. "Also, here is a letter for you from Benma." "Benma?" Seki spoke while he accepted the letter from Kaede. "I wonder what he wants." As Seki opened the letter, he saw the same watermark of Hiroto High as the one he saw that told him to go to the Secret Underground Chamber and Electrical Closet. --- Dear Seki, I didn't think you would get this far. Your chivalry has served you well these past few days. Are you really ready to be put to the real test? Vanity is waiting for you within the halls of the Hiroto Memorial Hall, can't be that far. You'll know it when you see it. Akai Nakajima Hiroto High Principal --- "It could be a trap." Kaede warned Seki about the dangers ahead. "If Vanity is there, then I must save her!" Seki bolted out of the door in order to do what he does best. Before he left, he turned around to say, "Kaede, where were you on that day after my battle with Natsumi?" "Oh, I was chasing Natsumi to prevent her from attacking you again. You've done me favors in the past, now I came to return the favor. Unfortunately, I was led into a trap. Then it was all a blur. Then I suddenly appeared right on a building next to Benma and an unfamiliar girl. You better get moving if you want to save Vanity." Kaede lowered his head as he faced Seki leaving. And Seki was gone. Kaede shrugged. "Seki, what have you gotten yourself into this time?" --- Meanwhile, at the Dark Warrior Palace, Natsumi Terebi was taking a long, relaxing shower. The shower spray enveloped her hyper curvacious figure while she stood in complete awe. As she relaxed, she could listen to the words Morticus told her when she recieved the Wrong Side of the Bed as a reward for winning his Dark Tournament just before the Hiroto High Duels began... (FLASHBACK) "The Wrong Side of the Bed is powerful, so far only the Right Side of the Bed can counter it. The other half resides in a high school known as Hiroto, in the hands of one of the four families. The four families are Nakajima, Mitsumaru, Kobayashi and one family I forgot to look up, but they should strike a bell to you. I will monitor your progress as a history teacher there. The rest, is up to you." Morticus spoke as he handed the Wrong of the Side of the Bed to Terebi. (FLASHBACK ENDING) Terebi later got out of the shower while she was wrapped in a towel. She walked outside the shower with said towel wrapped around her figure, and later brushed her hair. She later dressed herself in a real fancy bra that's quite the right size for the largeness of Terebi's chest. She later wrapped herself in a bathrobe, hoping that it would fit as well. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Natsumi rushed on over to get the door, and below her was a package. A package with a note attached. Natsumi picked up the note, and read it. It said, --- Dearest Natsumi, I know that you are very beautiful, but not quite as stunning as Ijima. The gift inside the package will make Ijima most envious of you, as you are a treasured relic from the Neo Ottoman Empire. Signed, A fan. --- Natsumi shrugged and opened the package. Inside the package was a very sterling cowbell. It had a strange logo on it, and it was covered in gold. Terebi Natsumi continued to look at the strange cowbell, and wonders, will it make her as beautiful as Ijima? Meanwhile, a shadowy figure chuckled quietly as it hid in some bushes. Everything is according to plan. Suddenly, he tripped. Natsumi briefly wondered what the noise was, then shrugged some more, and went back inside. --- Lumi-Chan was still chasing that butterfly for a while. It suddenly got her lost in a location she has never quite been before. Wait, could it be the same alleyway she fought Morticus. Either way, Lumi-chan was about to encounter the most damaging force in her career. "Oh, back again?" "Do I know you?" Lumi looked at the person who talked to her before. "I'm the person who told you to get a boyfriend, remember? Obviously, my advice has no effect on you." "No, but I do have the pretty lady!" "Oh, you want to go lesbianism eh?" The person just shrugged. "I tried to help you, but it seems you prefer women over men." The gears started to shift in Lumi's mind. However, those knowledge gears just aren't working like they used to. "Ano, what's lesbianism?" The person sweat dropped. "Well, it's kinda like a man loving a woman, except lesbianism pair a woman, with a woman!" Lumi couldn't decide if it was pleasant, or icky. Later, the somewhat helpful person told a tale of pure shock. "I heard you got several dates with the Hiroto High chairman. You are so lucky, how did you do it?" "Chairman?" "And he's one of the most handsome men around. You should know." "It's not true! Even though the pretty lady looks like a boy, she's still a pretty lady!" "Oh, and what does SHE look like?" "Well..." Lumi tried to answer the question, but her current mentality can only go so far without trying to get past the six-year old brain patterns. So Lumi came up with the most sincere answer she could think of. "She's pretty and a lady... That's about it." "Forget it kid, you're hopeless." The arrogant snob turned back inside. "Unless you can fully live in the world of intellectual adults, don't expect your peers to lecture you over and over again." So Lumi decided to turn around. She walked out of the alleyways to... Wait a second, isn't this where the mean coffin man appeared? Lumi-chan was always prepared for a rematch with Morticus. It's been a while since she fought another evil furniture warrior. Is Morticus even going to show up for a rematch, or did he finally wise up and left Lumi-Chan alone? She has yet to find out about him and his origins, and what made him so late. Lumi looked around for him. However, something else distracted her as well. Whatever it was, it threw a bench at her feet. Lumi looked up to see who it was. "UP AND ATEM, SLEEPY!" "Wah, who are you?" Lumi wondered who would make that noise. "Natsumi calls me Baseball Head, but I am Yakyuu Kashira! I'm going to hit a home run!" Yakyuu was a small girl about Lumi's stature, except she has roughed up dirt brown hair. She was dressed in a baseball uniform, with the Hiroto signia on the front. "I'm Lumi-chan." The other warrior nodded while she greeted the girl. "Oh, a little bench warmer, ready to face me, the great Yakyuu Kashira in a winner take all baseball game? Of course you are!" She got out a bench from furniture space and prepared to fight. "Come on, throw me a good fast ball, or a slow ball, I don't care what you throw at me, I will hit it, and run all the way home! Don't disappoint me!" Lumi got ready to fight as well. --- Seki finally made it to the Hiroto Memorial Hall. At the front lawn, he managed to enter the door. Through said door, there were arrows pointing to where Akai was hiding. At the basement, Seki saw something he never saw before in his life. It was a room filled with blackened daffodils, primarily adorning the walls of the basement. In the center, there was an arena where Akai stood. In the background was several containment units, the most powerful one held someone dear to Seki. No, not Ikea nor Kaede, but someone he vowed to protect while in Tokyo besides Yashiko and Lumi-chan. "VANITY!" Seki hurried down the stairs to the arena, but Akai stopped him. "So, you have the nerve to come here." He walked over to the young warrior. "I knew you'd try to protect Vanity from day one. Now that you lost her, the time has come for you to leave school, and never return." Seki just glared at him. "Isn't that what my son just said after you meddled in? You really are as gullible as anyone else in your dojo, are you not?" Seki continued the glaring game. "Silent are we? Shame. You managed to defeat my son TWICE, while you get all the girls that Kouto's proposed to. You make me and my own son both sick and insane." Seki clenched his chair. "Well, now that you're here, Kumayama-sensei's got nothing to worry about, in terms of intolerance." "I will save Vanity." Seki muttered under his breathe. "Of course, now that you continue to exist, I now take Terebi's insults toward me as nothing more than mirthful jokes." "SO GET OUT OF MY WAY!!" Seki screamed as he raised his chair high and continued to glare as he faced the principal. "You really should be careful on who you scream to. Not only I am principal of Hiroto High, but I am also something you may never defeat." Akai smiled while he twirled around. "Because I know all of your secrets, your embarrassing photographs, and your sad excuses for motives." He got out his Black Mirror while he smirked. "For I am the Black Daffodil, and either you learn to beg for mercy, or feel what it's like to live a mind controlled death!" "Here goes nothing!" Seki screamed out his war cry just as he ran along the pathway leading up to Akai. --- "BEAUTIFUL LIGHTBULB ATTACK!" Lumi tossed her lightbulbs while trying to actually hit the running enemy. Unfortunately it also caused numerous property damage. "MY TURN!" Yakyuu readied her bench and looked at the projectiles heading towards her. Most of them missed her while the rest veered toward her. She later screamed out, "BASEBALL REFLECTOR!" and swung the bench at the oncoming lightbulb. Like any baseball player she's known, Baseball Head struck the lightbulb and sends it screaming back at Lumi. Even though Lumi took some damage from the shot, she countered with, "PRETTY LIGHTBULB SHIRIKEN!" Lumi hollered out while shooting her chinese stars at the wench. Yakyuu blocked the stars with her bench, and proceeded to run in a complete diamond as she screamed, "BASEBALL ASSAULT!" Lumi jumped out of the way as the baseballs came on by, and countered with, "PRETTY LIGHT TUBE STRIKE!" Yakyuu took damage from the attack, and proceeded to counter with, "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, FASTBALL SHOT!!" and launched not one, but three fastballs. They struck Lumi as she flipped on over. However, the lightbulb warrior refused to give up. "Lumi will not lose to you!" Lumi later tossed a few lightbulbs at Yakyuu while continuing her attack. --- Back at Hiroto Memorial Hall, Just as Seki he was about to take the first blow, Akai held his mirror in front of him. He screamed out as a swirling pattern emanated from the mirror itself, "MIRROR INJURY!!" As Seki whacked the mirror with his chair, the damage inflicted wasn't at Akai, but more like Seki's. "Is that it?" Akai showed his pearly whites while he looked at the flailed warrior. "I expected something better from the man who dare stood in my son's way of becoming a man among men." "So, you're the one who manipulated Yashiko and Ijima. Why?" "I see you recognized the mark on the mirror." Akai snarled while he prepared another attack. "All I wanted was to remain on top of the Four Families. It was because of my son's defeat that I have to resort to more drastic measures to get his favor back." "And you have to use that barbaric technique to make your point?" Seki rushed at the principal while he leapt in the air. "Precisely." "FALLING CHAIR FIRE OR SOMETHING!" "MIRROR REVERSAL!!" Akai grabbed Seki in the air, and slammed him on the ground. "Give up fool, you were unworthy for Vanity's hand, and I will show you why!" "I'll never lose to you!" Seki, juicing enough angst to face the principal, prepared another attack. Akai only grinned. "No matter what attack you charge me with, I will counteract it. That is why it was easy for me to win the duels, from Kotaro to Benma to Ijima's Families." "And you have to use the project to meet your own ends, you're sick!" Seki dodged like crazy against the blade of the mirror. "Just like Morticus." "Morticus." Seki glared even when he mentioned that name. Seki managed to flip up over Akai and whapped him slightly, just to throw him off balance. "What does that have to do with anything?" Akai turned around and prepared another attack while speaking. "You were a good student, now you're just like him, trying to accomplish something which couldn't be done." Akai charged his mirror while screaming. "Seki, you will know who you are! Look into your destiny!" "I will never give in to your evil! You may have manipulated my sister, but you will never control me!" "Your mind is weak! Give in now!" Akai snarled while he pulled the mirror closer to Seki. Suddenly, there was an explosion from the capsules holding Vanity. The principal turned around. "HOW?" Akai suddenly got distracted while looking at the Rosewood Bride. This gave Seki the chance to counter. "Give back our principal, demon!" Seki screamed while he did a charge. The principal was about to turn around. "What is this?" Akai screamed in anger while he prepared a counter attack. He obviously can't fight Seki while the explosions were distracting him. Suddenly, the experiment exploded and it was destroyed. Vanity was suddenly gone but thankfully not destroyed. "You lose, Black Daffodil!" Seki screamed as a man resembling the End of the Rug entering his body. Out of his back came forth the Bed, and had it scream forth the principal. "I'LL EXPELL YOU FOR THIS SEKI! YOU AND YOUR STUPID KAEDE-SENSEI, AND THAT ESPECIALLY STUPID LUMI-CHAN!!" Akai screamed in horror while he shot out his mirror. "MIRROR INJURY!!" At first it would reflect the attack back at Seki, but then Seki's Bed crashed right into Akai's mirror. The blackened mirror exploded into a million pieces while a swirl of darkness left the principal's body. "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Seki landed while his hair swished. He turned to face the defeated principal. "The Black Daffodil's reign is over. I don't know how or what got you into this mess, but I vow to save you from whatever's tormenting you so." "Seki, what are you doing here?" Akai spoke frantically while facing Seki. "What am I doing here?" Akai then scratched his head trying to figure what's going on. Seki looked at the principal. "You've been brainwashed by someone. I want to know is," He pointed his chair at the former Black Daffodil master. "Who did this to you?" "I used to work for a brilliant student that did bad things to the faculty." Akai smiled while glaring down Seki's eyes. "He is known as Pride, the real Black Daffodil. He is this pretty lady Lumi is talking about. I pretty much doubt you would stand a chance against him and his project, which was destroyed." "Who's he?" Seki inquired while he shot out his chair at the principal. "It took place before the Student Council was even formed." Akai spoke as a flash back suddenly appeared. --- When the flashback animation was ended, there was the same building, only it was on fire. "Over a hundred students were trained vigorously in that hall, hoping to one day surpass the four families and lead the school to a new prosperous age. Then he came." "Morticus." Seki said while there was a man with a skull mask. "Morticus was there when the fire was set. I'm not sure what he was doing there, but Pride stood there, with a candle in hand. I was there too, as principal of this school, I must know what happened." "What was Pride doing outside?" "Pride was on the verge to complete the gateway that could grant him and the four families' emmence power, strong enough to hold back the Ottoman Empire. Even so, Pride was eventually destroyed by Morticus." --- Seki looked at Akai. "If this Pride you speak of was killed by Morticus, then who killed Kumayama-sensei?" "When Pride was believed to be dead, he was later brought back by an unknown force. Scumco maybe, but I am not sure. He later vowed revenge on Morticus and those who would support him." "So Pride got his wish." "Well, for Morticus, but as for his minions, they now work for a man who was sent to Arkham two years ago during the Severed Time." Akai looked up at Seki. "We call him, The Lunatic." Seki remembers this time when all Furniture Space was nerfed up and useless. He even remembers Lumi being the one behind the whole thing. Is that why Andy wanted Lumi in the first place, because she was some sort of harbinger of destruction? "Who is this Lunatic?" "No one knows where he came from, but his access to furniture space is so great, that not even the greatest warriors were able to defeat him, until the Severed Time." "I see, so what does this have to do with Pride?" "Somehow, Pride is continuing his experiments with the help of Kouto and myself to counteract the Lunatic's power. However, thanks to you and Terebi, Pride's dream of vengeance will soon become a nightmare he won't ever awake from ever again. Now that the Lunatic's been free, I'm not sure what he has planned at this time. He's tricky, probably trickier than Pride himself." Akai turned his head on over to Seki. "Now enough cryptic discussion, your family is waiting for you." Seki frowned while he ran towards the exit. Akai staggered to get up while looking at the one person leaving him, then towards the capsule that Vanity was in. She was gone! This could be bad, very bad. "With Vanity gone, who knows what might happen..." --- Lightbulb explosions and several sports items littered the streets of Tokyo while Lumi and Yakyuu Kashira continued their fight while running alongside each other in a winner take all fight. "This is fun!" Yakyuu screamed in happiness as she complemented on her opponents fighting style. "I'm through being a bench warmer! My goal is to become the greatest baseball player in the world! You can't stop me!" "We'll see." Lumi smirked while more lightbulbs came forth from her hands. "PRETTY LIGHTTUBE STRIKE!" "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, BENCH SLAM!" Yakyuu screamed as she used her bench like a baseball bat to swat Lumi out of the ballpark, or at least the arena. Lumi tried her best backflip but almost no avail. "Oh yeah, Baseball passion wins again!" Yakyuu jumped around while she swung her bench in victory. However, Lumi recovered from the attack, and proceeded to yell out, "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, AMAZING LIGHTBULB GERNADIER!" She tossed several lightbulbs that exploded on contact, destroying both several cars and knocking Yakyuu down. "Three strikes, I'm out." Yakyuu spoke while she was knocked out unconcious. "Wai!" Lumi jumped around. "Lumi wins!" However, she accidentally jumped right into two huge and squishy flesh colored orbs in a black suit of armor. "What's this?" "Well, the infamous Lumi-Chan finally shows up, arriving only to be canceled by the bodaciously hot Terebi Natsumi!" A voice is heard while Lumi found out that she was in the voice owner's cleavage. "Wah, Terebi-san!" Lumi-Chan screamed out. She pulled herself out of Terebi's breasts and flipped into a battle stance. "You're that mean lady that tried to kill Seki!" Then she changed expression. "Wai! What a cool battle suit!" Terebi smiled. "You like it? But enough about that." She was decked out into her revealing Tekkaman like armor that showed her large assets and other parts of her body. "You may have gotten past my friends and former teacher, but this is where your legacy ends. You may have defeated our predicesors in the past, but I trained hard and viciously to one day rise up and defeat you! My master will be avenged by placing your head in my trophy room!" "Terebi, you cracker jack!" Yakyuu flipped up. "We want her alive, or have you forgotten about Mr. Nakajima's plan? Lumi's the Light Side's condut! Without her...." "Ah, my poor confused sports fan, Lumi is too dangerous to have around in any tournament. She must be canceled for humiliating the pride and soul of the Ottoman Empire! I will never forgive her for standing in our way for global conquest!" Terebi screamed as Lumi just glared at her. "I AM NOT CONFUSED YOU OLD WOMAN!" Yakyuu screamed as she shook her hands around. "DIDN'T YOU HEAR ANYTHING I JUST SAID?" "OLD WOMAN?" Terebi screamed. "I happen to be very young for my age, thank you very much! Besides, Lumi caused so much trouble in the last tournament, that she doesn't even deserve the title of Light Side conduit. Oh no, we have someone else more deserving of that title." "Lumi-Chan will defeat you!" Lumi screamed out. "And maybe brother Seki will pay attention to Lumi-Chan more!" Terebi smiled. "You don't know who you are dealing with. I defeated your clan brother, even though he cheated and summoned a monkey to the field, I fully defeated your class teacher, and I will destroy you, in the Neo Ottoman Empire's name! Prepare to be exiled out of TV Land!" She later leaped up into the sky and Lumi got into a battle position. --- As Seki left the memorial center, he stopped to catch his breath. "So, you defeated Principal Akai, did you not?" "Who's there?" Seki bellowed while he armed himself. The figure that appeared and introduced him while he bowed to Seki. "How do you do Seki?" "HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" Seki yelled even further while he faced his assailant. "I've heard stories about you, how you managed to crush Benma and the student council with flawless effort, unlike some people I can name. Ikea of the Big Tibetan Dojo, sure he was legendary to children, but I know the truth." There was a close up of the speakers face while he spoke the following words. "Ikea is nothing more than a coward, and Lumi might be the one who's the real heroine of the tournament, but still quite obnoxious." "If you talk trash about master Ikea and Lumi, I CAN'T FORGIVE YOU!!" Seki rushed at his opponent while dashing with his chair. "When will you ever learn?" The opponent later pulled out a rug from furniture space, and screamed out, " FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, RUG RESTRICT!" A rug later wrapped around Seki, holding him in place. "Oh, how rude of me, I haven't introduced myself." The figure was revealed to be the same man that was with Benma at the beginning of Chapter six of this fic, only four years older. "My name is Shiro Takezuma, a returning student. I'll be in your class next semester." "Ask me something," Seki demanded while he broke free of the rug. "I know you hate the student council as much as I do, but are you one of the Dark Warriors intent on restoring the Ottoman Empire?" "I would've been the strongest Dark Warrior in the entire Neo Ottoman Empire," Shiro shrugged off that comment. "But Terebi got the best of me, and now, I seek revenge for all that she's done." Seki looked at Shiro as he placed his chair back in his strap. "Enough games, where's Lumi and Vanity?" "I do not know the current whereabouts of Vanity, but as for Lumi, if you don't hurry," He lowered himself and made another gesture. "Your friend Lumi's going to get her ass trashed by two female Dark Warriors, Terebi Natsumi and Yakyuu Kashira." Shiro pointed in the direction of the battle. "LUMI! NO!!" Seki sped off faster than Shiro waving goodbye. "Good luck, see you in class!" Shiro smiled while he later pondered to himself, 'Once everything is in place, the power of The Bed will belong to me! I'll make sure I'm number one in this school, and not that idiot Seki! He makes a pud look acceptable in comparrison!' He later turned around, and saw three identical men, dressed in the same clothing bouncing around. One lackey of shiro was tall, wearing a blue version of the school uniform, and has jet black hair. He even has huge glasses covering his extremely pale face. All three of them were identical, no one can tell the difference, other than the fact that they are VERY STUPID. "Hellooooo..." One member spoke up. "Hellooooo..." The second one sung. "Hellooooo..." The third one showed up. "HELLOOOOOO!!!" All three spoke in unison while posing in different positions. "WILL YOU IDIOTS SHUT UP?" Shiro waved his hands. "I'm trying to think of an evil plan to weaken Seki's spirits so that he won't ever fight me!" "Whaaats..." "Theeee..." "Plaaaan..." "BOSS!!" All three identical triplets jumped up while posing again. "Okay, here's the plan..." Shiro snickered while rubbing his hands together in an evil sort of way. "Sending the cowbell to Natsumi's house worked like a charm! Once Natsumi wears the cowbell, in a few hours, she will turn into a cow herself!" Shiro giggled evily. "But that's nothing compared to what I plan to do to Seki! Pay attention fellas and write this down, I'm only going to say this once. Or twice, or... DOES IT MATTER? JUST WRITE IT DOWN!" --- Back at Hiroto Memorial Hall, Akai was without the Rosewood Bride. Has Andy got some hidden motives for Akai, or was it all just a big scam to exterminate the four families one by one? "Lost the Rosewood Bride, I see?" A familiar voice spoke to Akai from behind while he turned around. "Kouto?" Akai widened his eyes to see what was set before him. "In the flesh, I'm fully restored to my handsome and healthy state." "Kouto, my son..." Akai lowered his head as Kouto looked at him. "I'm sorry, I turned your own friends against Seki without your knowing, but the credit is not mine." "I know it isn't, the former teacher told me everything while I was in a coma." Kouto smiled while he looked at the principal. "How can you commune with the spirits of the..." "It's not how I communed with the spirits," Kouto smiled while he fastened the coatrack. "Its how I was informed that the current chairman is responsible for the deaths of those students, while he used both Kumayama and yourself as vessels. It comes all together now, Seki's arrival, the death of Kumayama-sensei, the Tibetan teachers moving in, I'm sure it was this Ikea that's behind the whole thing. He's trying to take over the planet we vowed to protect!" "I know something was protecting Terebi from the Black Daffodil Mirror, but what?" "Probably both the mirror and Morticus are at the same influenza. Right now we have a score to settle with the true mastermind of the Black Daffodil Project!" "Yes," Akai nodded while he looked at the surrounding area. "Do you hear that?" "Of course." Kouto agreed while he got into a battle postion. "Get ready, The so called End of the Rug could be here at any minute!" "So Akai, you dare to bite the hand that fed you!" A familiar voice echoed while the figure appeared on a white sofa. "Even the other three families wouldn't sink so low to actually betray me." "There you are!" Akai smiled while he went into a battle position also. "That hand I bit was also used to murder people for your pleasure!" "Is that it?" Andy turned around while he looked at the progress of the project. He got out his weapon of choice. "I see Kouto recovered from the hospital." "Morticus was mine to defeat, and mine alone!" Kouto screamed while he faced Andy. "Why did you kill him?" "I needed his energy to continue this experiment. Also, it was he who ruined our chance to win the two thousand millennium tournament!" The opponent charged up his weapon of choice while he got into a stance. "I guess the principal job isn't for you after all Akai, you might as well consider yourself to be," He shot out a flash of light at the two warriors. "FIRED!!" "SO YOU BURNED DOWN THE MEMORIAL HALL!!" Akai screamed while he prepared to block the projectile. "You burned the entire hall down, so Morticus was unable to use these duelists for rebuilding the Ottoman Empire!! You make Kumayama likable in comparison!" --- A few flashes more, and the Memorial Center was burning away. A smiling Dr. Pride was standing over the remains of the burning school. He spoke with a clear dialet, "Ancient creatures sacrificed themselves to make the fuels we need for an energy based civilization. You are all I need now, Morticus, for the final step in my plan to prevent the Ottoman Empire from being reborn, and bringing forth a new breed of evil." Morticus laughed even more while he wallowed his cape. "You had to burn a hundred students in order to make your point? How pathetic can you get, and trying to add me to the mix, you are the worst furniture warrior in all of campus!" "But I will defeat you, and claim your powers to fuel all the duelists that I chose!" Pride smiled even further. "Ah, but you are too late!" Morticus smiled while he swished out his cape. "I have all the warriors I need to add more into the mix!" "What do you mean... URK!!" Pride was later kicked by Morticus. "Even if you could kill me, you will never live to see your dream! I will one day come back and haunt you! That is my promise!" "Tell that to all the young duelists you killed." Morticus later slammed his coffin, impaling the young man. He left the area with these words, "Somebody put out that fire before it spreads to the main Hiroto campus." Akai stood there, watching the whole thing. He later turned around, and asked Morticus, "That was quite the show, but you didn't have to kill him." "I did it for all the people he murdered in that fire." Morticus later nodded while he spoke, "We will meet again, Principal." And he was gone from the area. "Soon Kumayama," Akai later turned around, "You will get yours in time. Until then, I have some renovation to do." --- "BEAUTIFUL LIGHTBULB ASSAULT!" Lumi screamed as she flailed Terebi with a few lightbulbs. However, the amazon suddenly teleported. "Whah, where did she go?" Terebi later appeared behind Lumi, and screamed out, "TV UPPERCUT!" and bashed Lumi right in the head. "Learned the teleport move from Kotaro. Like it?" Lumi later flipped up, and screamed out, "PRETTY LIGHTBULB SHIRUKEN!" Lumi continued her attack, while Terebi teleported out of the way and suddenly plopped her huge breasts on Lumi's head. "Too heavy!" Lumi screamed as she tried to lift those breasts but of no avail. "Loser, I knew you would use those dweeby lightbulb projectiles, I even saw you while you dueled Morticus and Baseball Head!" Terebi laughed as she placed Lumi in a headlock. "Now you will know that I use more than just projectile and physical attacks. Like this Special Attack for example!" "A special attack?" Lumi screamed as she continued to struggle in Terebi's enormous chest. "It's called," Terebi later clutched her further as she screamed, "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, TV SPLASH!" Terebi later did a massive pile drive on Lumi's behalf as Terebi's weight managed to crush Lumi-Chan. Terebi later got up as her boobs bounced yet again. "Hah! You may have a great offense, but your defence is pathetic! You really ought to cut down on the ice cream and exercise more." However, she almost failed to notice that Seki was about to attack her. Seki rushed on over, and screamed out, "FALLING CHAIR FIRE OR SOMETHING!" He was about to attack Terebi head on with a nosebleed in tow, but she disappeared. "Huh? Where did she go?" "Brother Seki, look out!" Lumi got up with barely any strength left and warned him of the attack. But it was too late. Terebi already smacked him with a, "TV CAMERA FILMING KICK!" Terebi screamed as she later did something way too similar to Chun Li's rapid kick move. Seki was later thrusted to the floor with that attack. "Be patient, I'll deal with you in the Venerable Duelist Arena and Squash Court! In the meantime, I'll deal with the l ittle twerp who caused so much trouble in the last tournament! I'll destroy her quickly!" "It won't work!" Seki yelled out. "The only person who can defeat Lumi is Lumi herself! You don't stand a chance!" "She's the Light Side's conduit you big breasted idiot!" Yakyuu shook her hands. "She is SO not any Light Side conduit! She's a walking disaster area!" Terebi growled. "So are you!" Yakyuu stuck her tounge out. "As for you Seki, I suggest you stick to protecting your little Rosewood Bride a little longer, because this little runt is going to be history, and the so called pretty lady isn't going to protect her anymore, because in a few moments, he will be obliterated!" Terebi laughed as she later used a sick ability from her arsenal. "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, REMOTE CONTROL!!" "Remote control?" Seki and Yakyuu screamed in unison. Terebi later pulled out a remote control from her cleavage. As she did, her boobs bounced yet again. She pointed the controller at Lumi-chan, and imputed several commands. "This attack allows me to reverse the controls of my opponent for a short while. In addition, I can have Lumi-chan attack herself with her own special attacks if I want to!" "Since the only person that's ever defeated Lumi-chan is herself... That means...!" Seki opened his eyes at the horror of the attack. "Yes!" Terebi smiled. "Lumi-chan will now blow herself up with the Special Attack, Amazing Lightbulb Gernadier!" "Lumi-Chan! Noooooooo!!" Seki screamed as Lumi-chan, suddenly under the power of Terebi's Remote Control attack, forces Lumi to fling several lightbulbs in the air, and as the move suggested, the lightbulbs fell right on top of her, exploding. "WHAAAAAAHH! Lumi-Chan lost!" Lumi screamed as she suddenly fell down. Terebi laughed as her bosom heaved up and down again. Seki quite stared at those bouncing breasts, but later shook his head to get his eyes off of them. "What a baby! How can a pathetic dog like you ever stand up to a beautiful babe like me?" "Stop this right now, Terebi!" Seki pointed his chair at Terebi. "Hey, fella, over here!" Yakyuu spoke. Seki peered in as he listened to what the baseball themed Dark Warrior has to say. "Just between you and me, all she ever has going for her is that big chest of hers! Just look at those oversized basketballs!" "I heard that!" Terebi screamed. "You ought to treat me with respect, I defeated Lumi-chan fair and square, whereas the rest of you failed, I succeeded!" She posed while her chest bounced again. "Enough!" Seki demanded. "Lumi is not a pathetic dog or a big baby, she's a mature young woman!" "Are you sure?" Terebi spoke as she bent on over again. "She is far from mature, believe me! She cries like a baby, and she deserves the title of being a pathetic dog, and she will remain that the rest of her days! I hope to see you again at the Duelist Arena! As for the Rosewood Bride, she's in good hands. She's in our new masters hands." Terebi laughed as she later looked at Yakyuu. "Come on, Baseball Head. We have some reinovation to do." "It's Yakyuu Kashira!" Yakyuu spoke as she later twirled around to see Seki. "Hope to see you at the big game!" She smiled as both Terebi and Yakyuu left. "Get back here Terebi! I will never forgive you for treating Lumi like garbage!" Then he runs on over to Lumi. "Lumi, are you alright?" Seki moved on over to Lumi as he tried to wake her up. Lumi wakes up with the following. "That Terebi-san, where did she go?" She looked around. "She's gone. She defeated you in single combat." Seki lowered his head as he stared to the sky. "I'm sorry I couldn't help you out." "What?" Lumi screamed out. "This can't be! Lumi-Chan always wins!" "Not this time. You can't win them all, unless something big was on the line. As for me, I failed in my chance to save Vanity and I failed to protect you from harm." Seki lowered his head in shame. "I am nothing but a failure." "Don't worry about it!" Lumi smiled. "I am mature enough to know that losing doesn't mean the end of the world. If we should work together, we will bring Terebi-san down, and any other villain that dares stand in our way!" "You're right." Seki smiled. "Let's go home." Lumi agreed. --- "ANCIENT COATRACK SLASH!" Akai screamed as he created a blue arc with his weapon. The bolt launched right into the enemy projectile. "Surely you can do better than that." "So that's how you want to play huh?" Akai snorted. "DOUBLE ANCIENT COATRACK SLASH!" Instead of one arcs, there were two in an X shape, kind of like Seki's, but more deadly. The blue arc was deflected by the adversary's hand. "My turn!" Kouto screamed out, "EXTENDING COATRACK LINE!" While he shot out the coatrack in an extending form, grappling the adversary from afar, and suddenly slamming him into the ground. The opponent was startled by a discovery. "You want to die too, Kouto? Fine, I'll kill you both!" Andy shot out a white projectile at Kouto while he smiled. "LEAVE MY SON ALONE, WRETCH!" Akai screamed while he leaped out in front. He had his coatrack block Pride's shot, while he hollered out, "ANCIENT COATRACK LIGHTNING!" He shot out his weapon, and electricity canceled out the white shot. "Had enough, traitor to the school?" Akai smiled while he witnessed the so called End of the Rug on the ground. "How can you mortals actually hurt me?" Pride screamed in anger while he slowly got up. Later, he realized something. "You let Vanity fall into Dark Warrior hands, didn't you?" "Roughly put, yes." Akai pointed his coatrack at Pride while he gloated. "You should've never killed Kumayama-sensei or send your own men to be slaughtered at the hands of his warriors, that's when I secretly became aware of you. I continued serving you until the right moment, when I would avenge all the people you've killed in order to date Lumi-chan." "You're the one to talk." Pride swore under his breath. "Kouto, why do you care about these idiotic Dark Warriors?" "A Dark Warrior named Yakyuu Kashira, Japanese for Baseball Head, humiliated me at the swimming pool." Kouto smiled while he twirled his coatrack around. "I was so close to bringing this upstart down for good, but I didn't realize I run into Morticus, temporary leader of the Dark Warriors." "You bastards," Pride swore under his breath while he staggered to get up to continue the fight. "Don't thank us. Now Kouto, let's finish this guy off!" "With pleasure," The student president laughed while he rushed at his opponent while coatrack clashed with rug. "You were a fool to oppose my research, Kouto." Pride snarled while he swung his rug around. "We could've destroyed the Ottoman Empire forever, but you had to betray me!" "You were never the End of the Rug as I hoped." Kouto smiled while he twirled his coatrack at the adversary. "How dare you have the gall to impersonate Rug's End when we were fighting in your name?" "I thought I could gain your help in restoring the projects I started several years ago. With your training, we have defeated the Ottoman Lunatic, and sent him to that asylum!" "Oh please." Kouto smiled while he backed away. "We only won because of the severed time." He later charged with a blazing coatrack while he ran towards his opponent. "Now that he is free and the power of Furniture Space is back, let's just say he's much more powerful than you'll ever be." "LIAR!" Pride countered with an arc of his rug. "MY POWER IS LIMITLESS! THERE IS NO WAY THAT SOMEONE IS STRONGER THAN ME!" "There will always be a bigger fish in the sea of life, Pride." Kouto smiled while he charged toward the weakened Pride. "You ruined my school, my father, my friends, me, and now, I'M GONNA RUIN YOU!!" Kouto made a dramatic leap toward the Rug Villain while the opponent was about to block. --- Meanwhile, in the chairman's office, Mr. Sunshine used his cell phone, and called a certain somebody. The office itself was a luxurious one, with several sofas alligned, and a huge telescope. "Well well Pride, looks like I managed to get a hold of you right before your immediate departure from this school." It was sunny outside where the sun shone on him. "You might have not have known this, but it was I who handed you that brooch when we first met. You had potential to compete, but you relied too much on someone else to do your dirty work. Then came a time where you set fire to that memorial hall. Morticus defeated you for a reason, not only to avenge the students of this academy, but there were also misdeeds outside of the dueling arena." --- Halfway through Mr Sunshine's dialouge, Kouto's attack was deflected by Pride's rug, and the student president flipped back over and made it back with his father. "Dad, let's try out the Furniture Engagement Attack!" "The what?" Akai looked in confusion while trying to dodge Pride's attacks. "The Furniture Engagement Attack, a move that requires two people to pull off. If we can succeed, we can hold the rest of the time we have until we have a champion of the duels." Kouto later charged up his coatrack while Akai did the same thing. "What is this?" Pride, a soon to be dead man in a few seconds, freaked out at what he saw. "FURNITURE ENGAGEMENT ATTACK, FATHER AND SON ENTANGLER BEAM!!" Akai and Kouto screamed in unison as the two warriors clasped their coatracks together, and formed a very powerful beam, just as powerful, if not more powerful, than any of Pride's attacks. The Rug Villain tried to block such power, but as the old Rival School rules go, if the attack connects, the effect is unblockable. The beam later consumed him as the Former End of the rug let out a deathly scream. --- "First you took Kumayama's life, then you sacrifice your own children for your replacement, Seki. I thought I could use your fantasies to my advantage, but, that's all over now. The path you must take, has not been prepared for you. It's time to graduate, Andy... Or should I say, Pride?" The Asylum Lunatic then hung up the phone, while Vanity stood near the window. --- When the smoke cleared, the dead body of the former mastermind behind the school is now on the floor. He was slowly dying as he was heavily bleeding. However, he said a final statement, "I will not stop, until Seki is mine." And he disintegrated shortly after that. The headlines are now going to be shown. Chairman disappears, cause unknown. Kouto looked at the amulet Terebi slipped him, and spoke the following words, "Kumayama-sensei's grudge has ended, and the man we once served is now completely dead." Kouto lowered his head over the remains of the former mastermind behind the school. "However, we of the student council must never give up the fight to defeat Seki and safeguard Vanity in order for us to transcend into a new age of enlightenment." "How will you do that?" Akai widened his eyes while looking at his son. "Our first and second attempts at obtaining Vanity have ended in nothing but failure and disaster. Now that Pride's gone, he won't be helping Seki anymore with his portion of the Bed. As for the four families, we really need to get back on our feet." "If you're the brilliant son I raised, what do you suggest?" Akai pondered this for a moment while he walked with his son. "I heard an old friend of Benmas is coming to Hiroto in the next semester." Kouto smiled as he walked outside the crumbling building with his father. "While we of the student council get our act together, he will have the honor of challenging Seki first. However," There was a close up of Kouto's face. "I will go last this time, like a true leader should." "Careful Kouto," Akai looked back at the still crumbling building. "Shiro's not to be trusted. I heard stories about him being jealous of Benma's work, and he especially hates the Neo Ottoman Empire and Ikea's Dojo." He walked even further from it while glancing to the sky. "Question is, will he even defeat Seki?" "Who knows?" Kouto shrugged while behind him, the Hiroto building is now nothing than a pile of rubble. "Maybe he'll surprise us." --- As Seki and Lumi went on home, they both find a strange man in the alleyway within the city. "Heh heh heh heh... still looking for the Rosewood Bride?" Although Seki doesn't know it yet, the man featured in the alley was the insane asylum lunatic. The man snickered while Seki glared at him. "Where is she?" Seki raised his chair at the man while the person waved his hands around quickly. "When the next day rolls around, she will be waiting for you at Hiroto Tower. Duels outside the arena do not count as duels for the Rosewood Brides hand, therefore, she's still yours." The man lectured in a sense that he knows what he is doing. "How do you know all of this?" Seki's anger continued to grow. "Just who are you anyway?" "One of your fans." And the man was gone. Seki turned to Lumi and spoke the following words. "Yashiko is worried about us, she might turn into a very possessive fangirl and try to find us." Seki turned around as Lumi cheerfully followed. --- Outside the now destroyed Hiroto Memorial Center, Benma, Ijima and Kotaro stood there, watching over the remains. "Have we seen this building before?" Benma pondered while he looked at the structure set before him. Kotaro answered, "I'm not sure if we have, but there was a fire here." Kotaro looked at the remains even further. "No one was hurt, but it happened a long time ago, long before the student council even existed." He later turned his head to Ijima. "Why have we come here?" Ijima responded, "I thought I saw Kouto leave that building, healed and ready for a fight. It might have been my imagination." "It doesn't matter now, does it?" Benma stomped his foot while he looked at the remains. "When we find Kouto, he will have a lot of explaining to do." "I suggest we split up, and when we find Kouto, we will find out the connection between him and the Dark Warriors." Ijima smirked while trying to adjust her tie. "And maybe find out what he has in store for us." Kotaro spoke while trying his best to straighten himself up. And so, all three student council members decide to split up, and the search for Nakajima Kouto began. --- "A perfect ending to a disastrous semester." The lunatic went back to his desk while he watched the records of events happening in Hiroto while he was in that asylum. "Luckily Kumayama-sensei will be back to shape things up a bit." "Don't worry brother Arkhio, the students in that memorial fire, actually survived, and made it to different schools before heading back to this one." Vanity handed him reports of several new students. "I'm sure with these new students; we will make this second semester better than the first one." "They better." The lunatic, now known temporarly as Arkhio, later walked on over to the window. He smiled while turning back to Vanity. "I think this semester will hold new promise, don't you?" Vanity just smiled. Back with her real brother, and not some teacher killer that created the Black Daffodil project is more pleasant than before. "But what were those memories of me and Pride?" "That man doesn't go to this school anymore, in fact, he never even existed at all." Arkhio smiled while he looked out the window. "He was a phantom, just like Kumayama's death." Vanity smiled while she turned around. "Don't make a bad impression of yourself during dark times like this." "You're right." Arkhio calmed down while he tried to get a hold of himself. "I really need to control myself. I can't let the insane half of me out yet. He must be controlled at any cost, otherwise, who knows what may happen to our school." Later, the lunatic smiled while clutching his hand. "Now that Pride has been eliminated from the tournament, the Student Council is under my control! I have to thank Terebi and Morticus for helping me with such a task, but now is the time to unleash," There was a closeup of the man's face while he spoke the following words, "PROJECT ENGAGEMENT." --- NEXT TIME ON FWX: Will there be authors signing up for the last 10-15 episodes? (Hopefully so!) Will Yashiko finally become a duelist? What will happen to the school now that Pride "Andy" Hiroto's destroyed? Will one of the student council members find Kouto to see what the hell is going on? Will Lumi-Chan finally mature into the adult she is ready to be? What of the Student Council? Is there a much easier way to get to the Duelists Arena than the long way up stairs? Who are the new students? Will Seki survive his meeting with Arkhio? What is Shiro's (Benma's former friend, not Kaede) plan? What is Project Engagement? Just what is Natsumi planning to do with that cowbell? All this and more on the next exciting adventure, Episode 16: Wrapped in the Sheets of Retrogression! OR Splinters of Doom! --- Author's notes: Yes, it's going to be slightly long because there might be questionable material that needs some explaining to do. Making Shiro of Benma's relationship factor a possible bad guy has its own reasons for being there. Shiro's modeled after Shiori, a friend when she wants to be, but deep down, she's pure evil with jealousy. And I know it's been months and three years since we had signups, which is why I wrote this huge part ending the Student Council, Black Daffodil and Hiroto arcs, and beginning the Shiro, Arkhio and Apocalypse arcs. Oh, and if you are probably wondering why I killed off Pride "Andy" Hiroto is simply because he's just another pebble off the old rock of burden. We have events leading up to the Asylum Warrior (Or whomever) being the big boss of evil in this series, not Pride, like many people believe. Rug boy's debut caught on a little too early, and he killed somebody for crying out loud! Just how many teachers did he kill in order to maintain his position anyway? Thought Morticus was a cliché? Look at End of the Rug and see how ORIGINAL he is. He isn't. The only original thing about him is his name! That's just an opinion of mine. He's sadly not the Akio parody we're looking for. Hopefully, The Lunatic will make up for it. Plus, the man who "killed" Kumayama feels more like a take off of Mikage and his sidekick put together. As for the Black Daffodil, he's done. Don't worry Akai fans, he's back to being good old principal Akai, and through this method, I hopefully given authors a chance to describe his character outside of the now destroyed Black Daffodil project. All I was trying to do is mirror the End of the Black Rose saga, and transcend into a whole new arc, filled with new characters, surprises, and more. Yakyuu Kashira: A new fighter who uses a bench for deflecting shots, and wanting to be the worlds best baseball player, rather than helping her fellow Dark Warriors take over the world. She is so far the Lunatic's favorite Dark Warrior because she's as crazy as he is. She also humiliated Kouto at the Swimming Pool. In ep.1, there is a talk about Kouto fighting the entire swim team, as well as in ep.5, he had connections with the Dark Warriors somehow. And Yakyuu was that connection. She helped out the swim team beat up Kouto, and was probably the reason why he's been out of it and now seeking revenge. For the rest of the series, or if there is a sequel taking place after this one, here are a few things about the upcoming sequel that are of great importance. 1. Seki has defeated Akai, but is still looking for Vanity. Little does he know, that she's with the asylum warrior. 2. The asylum lunatic is now the new master plotter. He awaited the right moment to dispose of the fake master plotter and rise up to take his place. How he will decide the game's fate, is up to future authors. Think Akio saga for starters, which is where I got the name for the lunatic. Arkham-Akio, they become Arkhio, the lunatic's fake name. His real name is a mystery. 3. The four members of the student council has one final chance to defeat Seki. If all four fail, then they are out of the tournament. Make them more powerful for the final duels! 4. Origins. Student Council, Dark Warriors, anyone, just don't make them into gun fodder for Seki and Arkhio! And that's all, for now. As for the new students, they can either replace old minor characters, or add on to the story. It doesn't matter who is involved in what! Use your imaginations! I can see the rumor that when the next sweeps start, this story might be shifted over to the incomplete fics section. If this is true, then this might be the last episode of FWX1. Hopefully, there will be the continuation during the sweeps or the one after that... As for whatever's left, feel free to mess with it, but not too much so it would lead to another pointless death. This is supposed to be a happy story filled with light/dark humor, much like the first one, and the episodes before Prides debut. Ryunson (lordryansen@yahoo.com)