THE STORY THUS FAR... A young boy named Seki ventured into the high school courtesy of one Yashiko Shizuhara. Later, for reasons unknown, an enthusiastic Lumi-chan followed Seki to Japan, leaving behind her home. When Seki defeated the not too legendary Student Council and safeguarded Vanity the Rosewood Bride, a host of powerful villains began to invade the peace of the dueling. They are the Neo-Ottoman Empire, a group of dastardly warriors who once belonged to a nearly unstoppable Dark Warrior named Morticus Pallbearer, who tried to recruit the Student Council in the past with the help of another powerful bed wielding champion. Those who feared him called that warrior, The Lunatic. Thanks to a forgotten but faithful immortal known as Sun Futon splitting the Bed in half, the Dark Warriors were temporarily defeated and said champion was banished to the Asylum. Despite the warnings of Kotaro, Seki continued fighting the Student Council. It later came time to make sure these Dark Warriors never invaded the school again. Kouto confronted Morticus, but he failed the task of defeating him, and Morticus got away. It wasn't until a day later that a wannabe End of the Rug named Pride "Andy" Hiroto destroyed Kumayama-sensei (Whom he mistook for Morticus) and recreated the Black Daffodil Project, using Akai Nakajima as a vessel. Realizing Seki has failed to heed his warnings; Kotaro recruited Natsumi Terebi, a top-heavy Dark Warrior into the tournament, and allowed Morticus's former army to invade once again. Things have gotten from bad to worse when the Dark Warrior's champion escaped from his prison, and secretly plotted to have Pride "Andy" Hiroto eliminated from the tournament. While Seki fought Arijouya Ganbette (A Dark Warrior) and Akai (The Principal) to save Lumi and Vanity from captivity, The Asylum Warrior managed to snatch Vanity from under the Black Daffodil's nose, and led to Akai's defeat. Later that day, Akai was informed by Kouto that the Black Daffodil must be slain. Using new techniques bestowed by the asylum warrior, Kouto and Akai slew the backstabbing wretch of the school, and freed Hiroto High from the Black Daffodil's influence. A few days have passed, and everyone completely forgotten the Black Daffodil and Pride's mad schemes to corrupt the balance of the school. IN TODAYS EPISODE, HOWEVER... The duels were far from finished, as The Asylum Warrior took over as acting chairman of the school, and altered the rules slightly. The Student Council prepares for their final onslaught against Seki, as well as Morticus's former champions trying to bring back their former master... Oh wait, Arkhio, The Asylum Warrior, brought him back. Never mind. To everyone, a new battle is about to begin... --- Furniture Warriors X Episode 16: Splinters of Doom! OR What Engagement Rule? FWX started by Brian Stricklin, continued yet again by Ryunson, who would never have thought that this second season is the sequel, or the other way around. (Update, it isn't. It's really another part to FWX.) Furniutre Warriors is copyright of Nihana-san and the FW universe is copyrighted by their respected owners. If I would claim this as my own work, (WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVINIENCE. THE GAG TEAM IS FRESH OUT OF ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT JOKES. DON'T WORRY, WE WILL RESTOCK SOON.) --- The story took place on an open road, with various lamps on the sides of said road. On that road was a car that was a luxurious yellow, and almost limousine-like. On the hubcaps of the tires lies the symbol of the Dark Warriors, a coffin with a sun dominating the middle. On the license plate marked the words, SUNSHINE on it. The driver was a too familiar man. He looked like the old chairman, only his hair is more messed up, and he looked like he came out of the asylum... No wait, he was in an asylum. For nearly a year or so, Mr. Sunshine was the asylum lunatic everyone's talking about. He smiled while he looked at the open road. His hair blowing in the breeze, and his clothing of choice did the same. "All is according to plan." The prince spoke with glee. "The Black Daffodil is now faded, and its true proprietor is now a non existent form of a childish memory gone wrong. Now we will continue to bring the Student Council under our control, and show them who the REAL End of the Rug is, but first, I'll need a herald to lead them here." However, only one thing can hold him back now. As the lunatic stopped his car, something was completely wrong with this picture. "Aw, come on, I'm going to be late!" The Prince realized that such a trouble couldn't be a problem for the Akio Car from Utena fame, since there wasn't any traffic where Akio was going. Cars were backed up, one by one. "This could take a while." He shrugged while he proceeded to wait out the traffic jam. Eventually, whatever is causing such traffic jam would go away. --- The sun shone on an early day in Hiroto High Tower. There, Yashiko, Seki and Lumi stood outside of the tower, wondering why they were suddenly summoned to the tower, even though some parts are only accessible by student council members, who served the four families. "Yashiko," Seki questioned his sister while he stood outside of the door. "This is the chairman's office, right?" "It's got to be." Yashiko looked at her brother. "How'd that walking entertainment center found out about it is way beyond me." Lumi-Chan on the other hand, happily wondered about the chairman's office. "Ano, why are we seeing the chairman?" "I guess we're in big trouble." Seki lowered his head while he rang the door bell. Suddenly, the man who drove the car earlier appeared before them. "Hello." He was quite an exotic man dressed in a white tuxedo, just like a bleached aristocrat. "I was wondering when you'd show up." "Are you the chairman?" Lumi spoke while pointing your finger at him. "Why yes, well, acting chairman to be more presice. I'm Arkhio Hiroto, the acting chairman of the school, and I'm sure you reconize my sister, Vanity." "VANITY!!" Seki screamed as he later rushed in to see Vanity cleaning the floor with the vaccum cleaner. "Where have you been?" "Oh, I've been cleaning up the chairman's office." Vanity winked her eye. "Don't worry, I'm still under your servitude." "Thank the ancient furniture gods." Seki lowered his head in pride. "I didn't invite you here to check on my little sister." Arkhio frowned while he turned around. "I understand there were issues with the game." "Oh yes, it was horrible!" Seki pleaded while he faced the chairman. "Let's sit down." Arkhio proceeded to sit on one of the nearby couches. The rest of the cast followed suit. "Now, what is it you want to talk about?" Arkhio smiled while holding a glass of wine in one of his hands. "It's about this game that's been going on in Hiroto. I mean what is the whole purpose of the game? Entertainment?" Seki queered an eye. The chairman laughed. "Such humor. Don't worry, once you win the game, I'm sure that the true purpose of the game is revealed. Now that you have Vanity back, I think it's time for you to get to class." Seki frowned while standing up and turned around. "Let's go guys, we're almost late." The rest of Seki's party agreed as they left the area. "Come back soon!" The chairman smiled while he sipped his glass. Later, Arkhio went from his Sane guise to his Insane form. "Kazue, I have an important assignment for you." A familiar man stood in the distance. "Yes, master?" "Now's your chance at getting revenge for all the pain Seki's brought you, but don't kill him just yet. I want him alive in order for Shiro to take the final blow." "Master Shiro?" Kazue scratched his head while he stared at Arkhio. "I mean, yes sir!" And Kazue left the area. Arkhio then looked out the window. "It's almost time. If Shiro fails his task, then I'll have to round up those brats on the student council for one final hurrah. Then, who knows what happens after that." Arkhio laughed as he continued drinking his glass of wine. --- Outside the tower, Seki and company are now on their way to class. "Something reeks of evil in that tower." Seki frowned. "I can only wish I can figure out what it was." "Don't worry brother!" Yashiko hugged his arm. "Hiroto's just about the same when you first got here." "That is where you're wrong, suckup!" A familiar bully voice was overheard while he stepped into few. He was a large man, beaten and slightly bruised, but not knocked out. "Do you remember me, Seki, or shall I call you, SUCKY?" "I don't recall remembering your name, but what you did to Yashiko wasn't nice." Seki got out his chair. "My name is Kazue, and I learned your dorky chair manuvers. You have beaten me and my friends, but this time, it is I who will be victorious!" He later pulled out a mechanical arm attached to armor resembling a trash can. "Your lunch money is mine!" "I got news for ya, Kazue." Seki smiled while he got out his chair. "People like you never win." "We'll see about that!" Kazue later charged right into Seki's path. "TRASH TORPEDO!!" He charged like a torpedo on heavy speed. Luckly for Seki, he leapt out of the way of the charge, and yelled, "AIR CHAIR SLASH!!" The move itself is like Seki's Cross Chair slash, except for it is excecuted in the air, much like Kotaro's Moniter Spike and Terebi's TV Bomber. Kazue blocked the blow with his trash can gauntlets and countered with, "GARBAGE GUN FIRE!" Kazue fired a trash ball out of his cannon arm and it contacted with Seki. It exploded, sending Seki far from the opponent. "Like that?" Kazue smiled while he watched in pure triumph. "I modified my furniutre style to send your shitty chair style to the trash!" "Oh that is so lame!" Seki frowned. "So are you!" Kazue prepared another attack. "GARBAGE GUN FIRE!" Seki rolled out of the way, and countered with, "RISING CHAIR FIRE!" Kazue was sliced from the attack, not to mention a bit burned. "Oh, you think you're so hot, well you're going to get burned!" Kazue screamed out while preparing his special attack. "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, DUMPSTER DESTROYER!!" As he screamed such words, Kazue unleashed several shots of his garbage gun all over the arena, inflicting heavy wounds on Seki. Kazue marched on over and gloated. "Well bookworm, I guess your knight in shining armor isn't as strong as he was last time. You know what that means!" "Kazue, you're still a creep." Yashiko frowned. "And now, my prize!" Kazue laughed as he snatched up one of the most valued thing in Seki's life, and it wasn't his books or his lunch money. "MY CHAIR!" Seki screamed as he tried to get up with no avail, due to Kazue's foot being on him. "This chair marked my defeat last time, but not this time!" Kazue laughed. "I not only have finally defeated the man who humiliated me, but I have another stupid Desk Girl comic to borrow, plus I now have this nice chair to sit on!" Lumi however, was not one to diss Seki at the last moment. She later unleashed her lightbulbs at Kazue in the form of, "BEAUTIFUL LIGHTBULB ATTACK!" "What the?" Kazue screamed while he saw said lightbulbs attack him. "Oh, you wanna get butt kicked by me too?" Kazue cracked his knuckles. "No problem!" Kazue did a rhino charge while he screamed, "TRASH TORPEDO!!" "PRETTY LIGHTBULB SHIRUKEN!" Lumi later tossed her projectiles right into Kazue's armor, but unfortunately, she got rammed in by the torpedo, not to mention Kazue getting damaged by the shiruken. "LUMI!" Seki screamed as he saw Kazue ram Lumi to the ground. "HAH! That's two dweebs I defeated!" Kazue laughed. Yashiko was quite horrified at the results. Seki, defeated by a lowlife like Kazue? Lumi, sharing the same fate? She only had one option left. Using her knowledge of Furniture Fighting from her brother and all that Desk Girl manga, she managed to pull out a waffle iron from Furniture Space. It was the same kind of waffle iron that prepared a very esquisite form of breakfast. "You, a Furniture Warrior?" Kazue laughed even more. "What kind of weapon is that?" "I'll teach you not to mess with my friends!" Yashiko hollered while she swung the iron with the cords attached. She managed to clonk Kazue in the head. "Oh, you!" He readied another attack, and fired a garbage shot from his cannon. Yashiko dodged the attack, and countered with, "WAFFLE IRON EXTEND!" With that, the iron screamed at Kazue's head. The wielder of the waffle iron later pulled him towards her as she later used the iron to smack him upside the head. The impact was so severe that it knocked him out. "I'll take that!" Seki took his chair back from Kazue, and proceeded to gag the bully. "Now, why did you choose to attack me again?" "You don't know what it's like." Kazue lied down a bit. "After you defeated me on that faithful day, a person appeared, told me to work for the Neo-Ottoman Empire, said that I can defeat you with new attacks..." "Who recruited you?" Seki demanded. "Memory hazy..." And Kazue fell asleep right on the floor. "We have no time for this." Seki packed his chair. "We're almost late to class." And the heroes went along to class. Then, he turned around for a bit. "You know, this reminds me of the first time we met." "I was the victim that time." Yashiko happily bounced along. "We're even now." "Not unless I do...." Then, Seki went behind Yashiko and embraced her, pulling her into his chest. "This!" "I see you remembered my greeting. Very clever." Yashiko tried to breathe as the four heroes (Seki, Lumi, Yashiko and Vanity) went off to class. Kazue was on the ground seeing both stars, birds, and a very pissed off Shiro. "You failed me, Kazue." A voice was heard while the owner of that voice stood over the bully. "Master Shiro, please forgive me." Kazue spoke while he rolled into a begging position. "I'll forgive you this time, but fail me again..." Shiro was shown clenching his fist at Kazue. "And I will send you back to whatever gutter you crawled out of!" "Please, not that!" Kazue tried so hard to back away from the enraged former friend of Benma. "So, Yashiko now has the ability to use Furniture Space, interesting." Shiro scratched his head as those triplet men followed him. "I will see to it that they are both out of my way." Shiro later slipped on the newly polished floor. Even though the three male triplets are stupid in nature, they were at least smart enough to avoid the polished floor. They clapped as Shiro screamed, "DAMN YOU NICELY POLISHED FLOOR!!" "Got you too, didn't it?" A familiar man stood over the bartered Shiro. "Hold thy tongue, Nakajima!" Shiro pointed at Kouto. "When I defeat Seki, I will be the holder of the light side of the bed, and I will crush that Tekkaman reject Terebi, and you in one fall swoop!" "Do what you wish." Kouto shrugged. "I'm almost late for a meeting." Shiro promptly did the same thing. --- Hiroto High has vastly changed. From the iron gates to the school buildings, they don't look like they've been changed much, but something in the school is very different. For example, the classroom might be a little different than before, but Yashiko managed to twiddle her thumbs in anticipation. The other students can only watch in suspicion to see what the hell was going on. "Don't worry, big brother!" Yashiko in can only smile as she waited. "I'm sure our teacher will be much better than last time!" Unfortunately for the class, Yashiko was the only happy person. She failed to hear the news about Kumayama-sensei returning from a long vacation. Just as the students feared, Kumayama-sensei returned. "Hello class." Kumayama-sensei smiled while he looked at his classroom. The rest of the class was thinking the end of the world was coming for them, while the main cast... Lumi was shocked to see the old teacher back, but remained motionless. This is the first time she was motionless, because she was mostly moving around in both Kumayama and Kaede's classes. Seki was just recovering from that rematch with Kazue. Yashiko happily jumped up from her seat and groped Kumayama-sensei in a loving 'I'm so glad to see you!' sort of way. She later rambled on with the following statements. "Oh, it was terrible! Since you were gone, this Kaede nut from the Big Tibetan Dojo showed up and took my darling Seki away! Then this weird organization, I forgot what it was, took control of me and used me to attack my brother! Then all other insane things start to happen, which led to me praying and praying for the day you came back, and my prayers were answered!" "Yes well, will you mind sitting down?" Yashiko obeyed. Nowadays she would rather have him than Kaede. "Now, before we begin, I would like to make an announcement. We have some new students, following by a returning student." He gestured while he looked at the new students. Three of them are completely identical to one another in terms of blue clothing, black hair, and very odd expressions. They followed Shiro everywhere. "Weeeeee" One of the triplets spoke. "Areeeee" Another triplet spoke. "Noyying" The third sung. "TRIPLETS!" All three of them spoke in unison while they later posed. "That's nice." Kumayama-sensei smiled while he later revealed the next student in line. "This is Ijima Kobayashi's little brother, Koneko." looked almost like his sister, except that his hair is yellow and looked very adorable. "Hello." Koneko bowed to the class. "My interests are yellow kittens!" "That's nice, again." Kumayama groaned while he introduced the next student ready to go. "This is Shiro, a returning student." Shiro later stepped into the area, and bowed. "It's a pleasure to meet you all here. Those who I reconize, I am glad you are all happy to see me once again on this day." Seki looked at Shiro very oddly. The students only greeted the new students with usual greetings. "Um, Kumayama-sensei?" Seki raised his hand. "How on earth did you..." "Survive?" The teacher smiled with such glee. "Let's just say that I took a long vacation, relieving some of my anger." --- The real scene happened earlier inside Kaede-sensei's house. Kaede-sensei was just plain shocked to see his predecessor step up to the plate. Kumayama-sensei just looked at Kaede with cold eyes as he spoke the words, "Face it, you're too stupid to be my replacement, let alone try to teach a class of raving lunatics." "Be quiet!" Kaede readied his desk. "I've heard things about you, why I was needed to replace you, and not because of the rowdy students." "The man who brought me back has given me a second chance to rebuild the Ottoman Empire. You on the other hand, are going to spend eternity in the Dark Dimension, where you shall never return." "And who revived you?" Kaede peered in while waiting for Kumayama-sensei to answer the question. "The warrior who called himself Mr. Sunshine." Kumayama-sensei got out the shard and blasted Kaede with it. "Not him!" Kaede-sensei raised his desk at Kumayama-sensei while the former teacher got out the throne shard and blasted Kaede with it. Dark energy crackled through the shard, and frayed Kaede-sensei with it. "Dark Gods of Furniture, send this insect to the Dark Dimension, where he will learn proper respect for the Neo-Ottoman Empire!" As Kumayama-sensei held the shard in hand, several shadows began to swallow Kaede sensei into a Dark Dimension, filled with furniture demons and the like. Kumayama-sensei only smiled as he held the shard in hand. "Ikea, let's see your precious Pride and Monkey Boy stop me now!" Kumayama-sensei laughed and laughed as he skipped on over to his class. --- When the class was over, Seki, Yashiko, Lumi and Vanity were walking along the pathway. "Yashiko, do you know anything about Shiro?" Seki spoke while turning his head toward his sister. "All I know is that Shiro mysteriously disappeared after the duels began." Yashiko walked along-side Seki while carrying her books. "Benma might know alot more about Shiro than I do." Yashiko stretched her arms. "I don't know." Seki said coldly. "After all I went through, I pretty much doubt Benma would warm up to me." "Well speak of the Devil," Yashiko froze while looking at the now appearing Benma. He was sitting near a tree while looking at a locket. "There he is! Hey Benma, Seki's got a few questions for you!" The giant turned around. He closed the locket as he looked coldly at Seki. "If it's a fight you want," Benma began while looking at the yak haired chair warrior. "It will have to wait." "Benma, I'm not here to fight you." Seki approached Benma calmly. "I want to know about Shiro, a friend of yours." "He's not my friend." Benma frowned at Seki. "He's a back-stabbing wretch who only thinks of himself." He later got up and faced Seki. "And it's none of your concern." "For some reason, it became my concern when Shiro somehow knew my secret, and trying to prove to the world that the Big Tibetan Dojo is nothing more than a whole circus act." Seki moved in front of Benma. "Please, tell me about Shiro." "So be it." Benma lowered his head. "It all started about four years ago, I trained with him and a girl I liked. It wasn't almost immediately before the tournament that Shiro stole the girl that I liked, and devestated my life." "So that's why you said that heroes don't exist." Seki lowered his head. "Not only that, but Shiro also seeked the Wrong side of the Bed, which was founded by Morticus when the Bed was split." Benma later walked with the heroes while trying to approach the gym. "I thought such a story was ridiculous, but I sort of changed my mind about it when you used the Right side of the Bed against me. It changed my whole perspective on the Bed, and learning from my mistake, I will find out where this Wrong Side is, and maybe use it against you." "But the Wrong Side of the Bed is in Terebi's possession!" Seki remembered his fight with the TV amazon. "After the millinium tournament, Morticus founded an underground tournament reserved for his Dark Warriors only. The winner would not only get the honor of being Morticus's most powerful minion, but that person would also get the Wrong Side of the Bed." "And Terebi won that tournament." "The other finalist was none other than my former pal Shiro." Benma shifted on over to another direction. "Since Shiro lost that tournament to Terebi, he's been trying to seek the Right Side, which was in Kouto's possession. Now that you have defeated Kouto and claimed the Right Side of the Bed as your own, as well as Terebi having the Wrong Side, Shiro seeks to have you both eliminated, and once both sides of the Bed are in his possession, he will be unstoppable." "So what are you trying to say?" Seki peered in. "Stay away from Shiro if you want to live." Benma placed his hand on Seki's shoulder. "Shiro would do anything to get his hands on that side of the Bed, even if he has to cheat to get it." "I can't run from Shiro, I must set the Rosewood Bride free!" Seki snapped. "Don't be a fool!" Benma roared while standing in Seki's way. "I may have a few things against you, but rest assured, Shiro's not as forgiving as I am when it comes to furniture duels." "So did you participate in that tournament?" Seki asked the question. "No, I felt my services are needed in Hiroto High." Benma acknowleged the answer while ajusting his tie. "If you want to face Shiro, that's fine. He will try to kill you and Terebi, and take both sides for himself. That's all I'm going to tell you." And Benma was off to class. "Come on Yashiko." Seki spoke while looking at his sister. "Let's go to class." As the heroes left, Shiro and the Noyying Triplets were hiding out in a bush near them. Shiro snickered while he watched Seki go to his next class. "Perfect!" The snide little schemer smiled while he watched Seki go to his cooking class. "Now's the time to unleash my explosive curry! And when those fools try to mix it all up, KABOOM! They will only see elephants impeding on their parade and will be in no conditon to fight me or the Student Council!" "Curryyyyyy," One Noyying person began to sing. "Curryyyyyy," Another joined in. "Curryyyyyy," The third later followed. "CURRYYYYYY!" All three of them spoke in unison while they completed their song. "WILL YOU IDIOTS SHUT UP?" Shiro screamed at all three Noyying Triplets as he repeatedly kicked them. "I am trying to think of a really evil plan to dissuade Seki from ever dueling me and handing over the Right Side of the Bed like a gentleman! Understand?" The Noyying Triplets just agreed with him. "All I need now is the perfect moment." Shiro rubbed his hands together. --- Cooking class in Hiroto High is pretty big. Aside from trying to learn history and math, cooking is also a must learn, in case one must venture from the school yard to the real world, in survival needs. Seki just wondered how Yashiko managed to make those huge lunches that she always sends him. She later got out a large silver bowl and some mixing tools. Seki just sat there and watched while Yashiko got out several cooking utensils in order to create some curry. "Now where do we find some curry mix?" Yashiko pondered while she rubbed her head. Later, one of the Noyying Triplets handed Yashiko some special curry. "Thank you!" Yashiko smiled while she recieved the curry. The good news is that she recieved the mix she needed to make the curry. The bad news is, what she doesn't know is that the curry is the dreaded EXPLOSIVE CURRY! The Noyying person ran back to Shiro's side as he completed his mission. "Excellent work!" Shiro smiled while he watched the action from a pair of binocullars. "Now we stand back and watch the fun!" However, Vanity sensed the explosive curry right when Yashiko recieved it. As Yashiko began to mix in the curry, Vanity tossed it outside. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Yashiko flustered in anger while she waved her arms at Vanity. The Rosewood Bride can only point to the exact reason why she did so. Just their luck, Shiro and his goons have been affected by the explosive curry. KABOOM!! "Well well, thought you can ruin my big brothers cooking experience? Well TOO BAD!" Yashiko gainaxed while turning around. Shiro and his henchmen got out of the bushes while covered in smoke. "How did she know... HOW DID SHE KNOW?" Shiro screamed while the Noyying triplets later pointed behind Shiro. "What do you morons want now?" Just as Shiro turned around, he witnessed three large elephants. Shiro and his goons freaked out. Well, just Shiro. The minions are left blank. "ELEPHANTS!!" Shiro screamed as the elephants also freaked out, leaving Shiro and his goons running away from said elephants. The animals ran after them. Seki and the others didn't see any elephants, and continued to cook. --- Later that day, Shiro and his lackeys were still pursued by the elephants. "IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS?" Shiro continued to scream while he ran. The Noyying Triplets said nothing. "YOU GUYS ARE HOPELESS!" Shiro shouted while continuing to run alongside the triplets. "Maybe it will wear off hopefully by the beginning of next class." --- NEXT CLASS --- "DAMMIT!!" Shiro swore while he suddenly realized that the elephants are sitting right next to him. "Shiro, please be quiet, or you will recieve a detention for your efforts!" The local English teacher frowned at Shiro. --- Somewhere in Hiroto High, Nakajima Kouto walked alongside Kumayama-sensei while trying to figure out what is going on. "You have your vengance, now why are you still teaching here?" Kouto walked alongside the history teacher. Kumayama-sensei smirked. "I have some unfinished business with the prize. Your stupid End of the Rug wannabe thought he could kill me, but because of your heroship, you and your father both defeated him and restored the school to the way it was meant to be." "Isn't your television warrior damaging enough on your behalf?" Kouto looked at the teacher like a hawk. "Kouto, you know you need to focus on your training if you are going to defeat Seki. Terebi, on the other hand, may prove too much for you." Kumayama-sensei laughed while he continued walking. "Seki may have some friends, in which you need to deal with them to demoralize him, and weaken him so you would take the final blow." "A clever idea, one I should've thought before I faced Seki again. This time, he will face the full might of Nakajima Kouto, but Seki will be in no condition to face me, once I make with the demoralization plan." Kouto smiled as he continued to walk along side him, and discussed his plans. "And I know who you will seduce in order to make Seki weak." Kumayama sensei smiled while he flashed his pearly whites. "Something Pride has never done." Kouto smiled while he focused on his plan to make Seki's life a living Hell. "Give Lumi-chan a chance to fight in the game. We will prove once and for all that Ikea is a fraud, and show the world that Lumi-chan is the real hero of the tournament!" Kotaro was secretly paying attention to the entire conversation, and teleported away. --- "If the rug is not broken into, it will curl up." Benma spoke as the student council entered the elevator. "You're not doing it right." Ijima smiled as she brushed her hair. "Come on, give the guy some slack!" Kotaro appeared out of thin air as he watched the other two members. "I finally managed to find out where Kouto is." "It's about time someone redeemed himself for letting Natsumi into the arena. Spill it!" Ijima peered in. Kotaro later talked, "I saw him with Kumayama-sensei, who is also known as the vampiric Furniutre Warrior, Morticus Pallbearer." "What? Morticus is alive?" Benma was startled. "That isn't possible! I thought End of the Rug took care of him!" "It's not that simple." Kotaro looked at the others while he played with his game lackey advance. "It would seem End of the Rug has brought him back as well. It's not like him to bring back those he willingly killed." "Unless the End of the Rug that killed Morticus... Wasn't the End of the Rug at all, more like a cheap copy." Ijima looked outside to see the entire campus. "And the one who brought him back is indeed the Real End of the Rug." "Let's not jump to conclusions here!" Benma looked at the other two. "That lunatic has returned, and he has become too powerful for even all four members now! Not to mention Shiro is here too!" "Oh yes, your former best friend." Ijima smiled. "Don't you want to defeat him for all he's done?" "Normally I would, but I think I should let Seki handle this one. He doesn't deserve even one fight with me!" Benma smashed his hands together forming a sonic wave. "Now now, calm yourself, we don't want another broken piece of furniutre in here." Ijima shook her hands. "Whatever the situation is, we have to keep on guard if we are going to survive the rest of the dueling period. We can't get careless in a time like this." Kotaro spoke as the rest of the council smiled. --- Meanwhile, Shiro managed to escape the elephants. He gasped and wheezed at the thought of ever facing those elephants again. "Damn, I almost got a detention because of those stupid elephants! No, I'm stronger than Benma, I'm smarter than Seki, Hell, no one has ever beaten Shiro! NOBODY!" Shiro proudfully speaks such line as another familiar figure stood behind him and pushed him with very giant breasts. Shiro has suddenly fallen into the ground. "Hey, watch it you putz!" Shiro pouted to see who it was. It was indeed Terebi Natsumi. She was wearing that blasted cowbell she got in the mail. She was even wearing a gym uniform. "Oh, it's you." She moaned while looking at Shiro. Shiro got up and pointed at the amazon. "Thought I'd never run into you again, but I'll make a deal. You surrender the Wrong Side of the Bed to me, and I'll forgive you for pushing me." Then, he looked at the cowbell. "Is that a cowbell?" "You like it?" Natsumi smiled as she rang the cowbell. "It's a designer cowbell, garunteed to make Ijima not as pretty!" "A cowbell is for a..." Shiro spoke as he was reminded with cows mooing on the pasture. "Isn't it?" "You're just jealous!" Natsumi stomped her foot and her breasts bounced all over. The cowbell jingled too. "But that's not important. If you're planning to participate in the duels, you need to prove yourself worthy by challenging a student council member for a brooch. Kouto and Benma are out of the question because they'll destroy you in no time at all, and Kotaro's not as forgiving as when he faced me. Try Ijima. She broke into my house without permission and burned off my clothing." "Okay, I'll consider finding Ijima. Thank you." Shiro bowed while Terebi walked away. He snickered. "Perfect! My Cowbell Prank is working like a charm! Now for my dueling career, all I got to do is get Ijima's attention, but how?" Later, opportunity knocked when Ijima's little brother Koneko walked up to him. "Excuse me," The little brother spoke while looking at Shiro. "But could you show a fellow new student like me around campus? I heard you were a returning student." Koneko smiled in the most innocent manner possible. Shiro grinned evily. His chance to get Ijima's attention worked like a charm. --- The last class came to a close, and Seki and his friends were leaving the Hiroto gates when all the sudden, there was screaming. Seki stopped for a moment to hear such screaming. "Big brother, what's wrong?" Yashiko peered in while trying to figure out what was on Seki's mind. "Trouble." Seki responded. "Let it go, it is of no concern to you!" "I can't little sister," Seki turned around. "As a student of the..." "Big Tibetan Dojo, yeah yeah, I don't want you to get hurt again!" Yashiko wailed while she struggled to get a hold of Seki. Seki walked away while Yashiko followed him. "Seki, wait!" The trouble pointed to the three Noyying triplets harrasing poor Koneko Kobayashi. The three started yelling in his ears while the others just danced around like idiots. Behind this chaos was none other than Shiro, who happened to be waiting impatiently. "Come on, what's taking that spotlight weilding bitch so long?" Shiro stamped his foot while waiting. "Shiro! Leave Koneko alone!" Suddenly, it wasn't the sound of one booming voice, but two. One is Seki's and the other, belonging to a very infamous Student Council Member. "Ijima!" Seki looked at the person who spoke along with him. "Seki!" Ijima also looked at him. "Stay out of this!" Both of them pointed to one another as Shiro was for a brief second confused. "Well well, the infamous Ijima finally decides to show her face!" Shiro smiled while he pulled out a rug from furniture space. "I maybe weaker than Benma, but I am a sure lots faster! Ready?" Ijima turned around and smiled. "You will regret facing me and bullying members of my family!" She charged out with a spotlight in her hand and screamed out, "LENS FLARE!" Shiro immediately countered with, "RUG ABSORBING WALL!" And it absorbed the flare just like that. Almost like a Morticus Coffin Ki Absorb except Shiro can't exactly fire it back twice as powerful, but giving Shiro a little power boost. He later rolled up his rug, and held it like a bazooka. "RUG BAZOOKA!" He fired the blast right back at Ijima as she rolled out of the way. "Better give up toots, you better hand over that brooch of yours or things will be messy!" "I was hoping you'd say that." Ijima later tossed Shiro a brooch. "There's a new engagement rule at the arena stating that you need a partner to attend, and I suggest my brother." "Your brother?" Shiro laughed heartedly while he smiled. "It doesn't matter what partner I use, he will help me crush you, Seki, Terebi, and all the student council in one fall swoop! I challenge the current champion of the games to a duel!" "How about Seki?" Ijima pointed at him while she cackled. "I accept." Seki answered. "Good man." Shiro later skipped along with Koneko. "You know where and when, don't be late!" Before Seki followed, Ijima calmly spoke to Seki, "Don't worry, even though we've been enemies in the past, that doesn't mean I won't help you out." "What do you mean?" Seki peered in. "There's an elevator within the entrance that may help you get up to the arena faster. I just want you to kick Shiro's ass for what he did to us." Ijima pointed to an elevator not far from the arena. "I'll do that." Seki agreed. "See ya!" Ijima winked her eye at him. "Did she just wink at you?" Yashiko pouted while looking at Seki. "She wished me luck." Seki nodded his head. "GET BACK HERE, BITCH! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL AS WELL!" Yashiko flustered her arms while she screamed. "Let it go, I have a duel to attend to." Seki calmed his sister down while he walked toward the arena. "Hey, where's Lumi?" Yashiko wondered while Seki left. Koneko was finally free from the Noyying Triplets screams of irrational pain. --- Lumi-chan was wondering off, trying to figure out where Seki has went to, thanks to an all new semester. She even tried to figure out where her new classes were. "Lost? I understand." A familiar voice spoke calmly while Lumi wondered where she was. "Here, allow me to assist you." "Wah, Kouto?" Lumi remembered the man who gave her that first kiss. She readied her lightbulbs, when all the sudden... "Lumi, I'm not here to fight you." Kouto waved his hands while walking cautiously toward Lumi. "In fact, I'm here to inform you that the Pretty Lady left to go somewhere else." "She did?" Lumi suddenly felt teary eyed as she looked at Kouto. "But don't worry, I'll give you something that the Pretty Lady never even dreamed about, a chance to play in the game." He later handed Lumi a brooch as well. "This brooch will lead you back to me, as long as you don't lose your nobility, and cuteness, yes cuteness!" And Kouto ran away. Lumi just stood there in confusion. "There you are!" Yashiko spotted Lumi from far off. She ran on over to Lumi while continuing to gainax. "Come on, Seki's waiting for you!" "Okay!" Lumi jumped up and ran with Yashiko. --- Seki approached the arena while holding his brooch he got from Kouto in hand. Using said brooch, he was able to place it on a switch activating the elevator Ijima was talking about. As the elevator decended down, the doors opened up, and Seki entered. The elevator suddenly closed the door, and went up and up. Vanity was inside the elevator as well. Suddenly, there were blossoms and blossoms of lamps growing out of nowhere, rather than roses. The elevator came to a stop at the top of the arena, and at Seki's opposite, awaited Shiro and Koneko. "Well well, look who it is, Seki of the Big Tibetan Dojo." Shiro sneered while looking at Seki. "You maybe legendary now, but once I defeat you and claim the Rosewood Bride as my own, I will not only prove to the world that Ikea is nothing but a big faker, but I will use the Right Side against Terebi, take the Wrong Side of the bed, unite it and become UNSTOPPABLE!" "First, explain this engagement rule that's been going on." Seki glared at him. "Okay!" Shiro smiled as he explained the rules. "According to Rug's End, one must have an engagement partner before fighting. Both must have duelist brooches provided by the student council, and if both members of the tag team are defeated, then the remaining members of the tag battle are qualified to go into the next round. The losers, well... Better luck next time!" He later introduced his engagment partner. "I have Koneko, if that is his real name, as my engagement parter. Do you have yours?" "Seki!" Lumi ran over to Seki. "Look, some mystery person gave me a brooch! I can participate in the game!" "I wouldn't be Kouto, would it?" Seki looked at Lumi's brooch. "Um, I don't know." Lumi continued looking at her brooch. "I KNEW IT! KOUTO'S STILL ALIVE!!" Seki bawled at such a bad memory. "Oh boo-hoo!" Shiro sarcastically cried while trying to taunt Seki. "Anyway, I choose Lu...." Seki glared at Shiro while getting out his chair. Just when he was about to finish his sentence, Yashiko stepped in while her bosom heaved. "I'll go!" Seki fell down while Yashiko spoke the following line. "Why Yashiko?" Seki looked at Yashiko while she stepped in. "I had just about enough of anyone trying to take my big brother away! I know that you aren't really my brother, and the real one's in Tibet, but I am just too happy to see someone as strong and handsome as my big brother to notice that Ryo's really in Tibet!" "And you are fighting in order to protect me?" Seki looked at Yashiko with utmost curiousity. "Well, until Ryo gets back from Tibet." Yashiko smiled. "What will happen to me if Ryo gets back to reclaim his sister?" Seki continued to look at Yashiko. "We'll cross that path when we get there." Yashiko smiled while she winked her eye. "Until then, we gotta beat Shiro and Koneko!" Lumi just bawled in the corner while she looked at Seki. Shiro screamed as he got out his rug. "Are you serious? Do you realize that you are fighting one of Morticus Pallbearer's two top henchmen? You don't stand a chance!" --- BATTLE 1: SEKI AND YASHIKO VS. SHIRO AND KONEKO --- "The Way shall not be abused!" Seki turned to face his opponent. "I will dominate over all!" Shiro laughed as he turned around with his rug. --- FIGHT! --- Seki made the first move by screaming out, "CROSS CHAIR SLASH!" He shot out his projectile at Shiro while the opponent smiled. Shiro countered by using his rug and shouting, "RUG ABSORBING WALL!" Just like that, Shiro absorbed the attack, and later held his rug like a bazooka. "RUG BAZOOKA!" He fired the shot right back at Seki while his opponent rolled away. Seki leaped up to the air and yelled out, "FALLING CHAIR FIRE OR SOMETHING!" Shiro immediately countered with "RUG ROLLING ROCK!!" He dove out of the way while Seki continued to attack. 'Damn, his moves are like Benmas!' Seki thought as Shiro continued his rampage. Shiro later attacked with, "RUG WHIP!" He later used the rug to whip Seki's chair out of his hand. Seki frantically raced for his chair as Shiro continued attacking Seki with his moves. "Is that all? Is that what I expect from the man who bested Benma in combat? YOU'RE NOTHING!" "We'll just see about that, Shiro!" Seki got his chair back and continued to attack Shiro. "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, HYPER RISING CHAIR FIRE!!" "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, HYPER RUG BAZOOKA!" Shiro countered while he countered with not one, but three strong blasts from his attack. "Face it, my style of furniture is made to crush yours, and just to be sure, FURNITURE ENGAGEMENT ATTACK, NEKO RUG SCRATCH!!" Unlike the regular furniture special attack, this special engagement attack was made to combine two special attacks, with various effects. Shiro called on Koneko to scratch up the rug that Shiro placed on Seki. Shiro laughed while he faced his opponent. "Nya ha ha ha ha! With this engaged power, I will crush you and your partner in one fall swoop!" "Vanity shall never succumb to your perverse acts!" With that, Seki powered himself up with a green aura. "Is that what I think it is?" Shiro looked at Seki oddly while the Tibetan unleashed the power of the Bed on him. "Feel the fury of the Bed, Shiro!" As Seki charged with the Bed in tow, Shiro blocked it with all his fury. Suddenly, unlike other battles, the Bed suddenly disappeared before it even connected. "WHAT?" The entire student council was shocked at this discovery as well. --- "This is interesting, The Bed of Dreamyos vanished in midair." Kumayama-sensei smiled while he watched the entire duel. "Seki's going to get what's coming to him at last." "Don't be fooled." The man who called himself Mr. Sunshine smiled while he later sipped a glass of wine. "Either Seki's got something under his belt, or this is the chance we've been waiting for. It seems that fool Pride won't help him this time." "I hope you are right." Kumayama-sensei looked at the lunatic while focusing back to the duel in progress. --- Shiro was amazed at this discovery. The Bed suddenly disappeared when Seki needed it the most, this was the chance to charge forward with extreme prejudice. "HAH! Your bed has disappeared when you needed it the most! Now you will fall at the hands of Shiro, one of the two finalists of the Dark Tournament!" He later rushed at Seki with his attack. "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, RUG RUSH OF FURY!!" He made multiple slashes with his rug and sliced Seki up. Seki was flown back. "I would've expected better than the man who defeated all four members of the student council, but deep down, YOU'RE A BIG FAKE!!" "FAKE? FAKE?!" Yashiko jumped in while her breasts bounced and her hair went aflutter. "I'll have you know my brother's the top of his class!" Even though that wasn't completely true, Yashiko believes Seki's top form no matter what people say. "Be quiet girl, less you want to be the test subject of my unification of the Bed!" Shiro pointed menacingly at Yashiko. "VANITY WILL NEVER BE YOURS, SHIRO!!" Seki screamed while trying to recover from the attacks of Shiro. "Face it loser!" Shiro laughed while he gloated at Seki. "Your style is virtually pathetic in comparasion to my own! You are up against one of Morticus Pallbearer's top students! I used to be the best until Terebi handed me my first loss! Now that you are on the ground, kneeling before me, I will claim the Rosewood Bride as my own, then I will be the strongest Dark Warrior in the Neo Ottoman Empire!" "Yashiko... Avenge me..." Seki looked at her as he reeled on over. "SHUT UP SHIRO, I CAN'T TAKE IT!!" Yashiko screamed as she pulled out a waffle iron from furniture space as she glared down Shiro. "You may have defeated my brother, but you will never sever the love that I have for him!" "Really?" Shiro sarcastically smiled while he fastened his rug. "No matter what move you use, I will counter it!" "I maybe an amatur furniture warrior, but even if he wasn't my big brother, I will always love him for the kind and gentle soul that he is! There is one thing you can't absorb with your Rug Absorbing Wall!" Yashiko yelled as she proceeded to attack Shiro while flailing her waffle iron about. "And what's that?" Shiro sneered as he fastened his rug. "I'll show you!" Yashiko leaped up and flailed her waffle iron around while she wrapped her iron around the rug as she yelled, "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, WEAPON SNATCHER!" "How dare you!" Shiro began to critisize Yashiko's manuvers. Seki can only wonder where Yashiko learned those new moves. She later pulled Shiro's rug and yanked it right out of his hands and Yashiko later added the rug's power to her waffle iron. "And now, WEAPON REVERSAL!" Yashiko later charged at Shiro with his own rug attached to the waffle iron. She made numerous attacks, and Shiro was just beaten to a pulp. "I don't know where you're getting all these attacks, but I will not be defeated by a cheerleader like you!" Shiro later pulled out a flamethrower from under his belt. He later fired it at Yashiko, but she later rolled out of harms way. "NO FAIR USING REAL WEAPONS!" Yashiko cowled while she faced her opponent. "If your brother can use cheap tricks to beat the student council, SO CAN I!" Shiro only smiled while he continued using his flamethrower. "But that's against the rules!" Yashiko screamed as she bent over. Shiro later screamed out, "Fine fine." He puts away the flame thrower and gets something else. A bucket of yellow paint. He splashed the paint onto Yashiko and called out, "Koneko, it's your turn!" Koneko later bounced into the arena, and pulled out a scratching post from furniture space. He later screamed out, "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK...." Then he was hypnotized by the yellow paint, and screamed out, "Wai! The color yellow!" He leaped onto Yashiko and hugged and nuzzled her. Yashiko can only freak out while she was clutched by Koneko. "You idiot!" Shiro screamed out, "I want you to destroy her, not hug and nuzzle her like she was some stuffed animal!" "I can't help it Shiro!" Koneko screamed. "I love the color yellow and cute little kittens!" Yashiko kept swatting him away while Koneko continued to leap up and treat Yashiko like a stuffed animal. Shiro gloated as he watched Yashiko struggle with Koneko. "I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to test out my Furniture Exceed Attack. You want to know what that is?" "Humor me." Yashiko spoke as her chest heaved. "When a fighters energy is low, and at the right moment, the Furniture Exceed Attack can be executed. But it is so powerful, that each warrior can only have one Exceed Attack." Shiro smiled as he later screamed out, "FURNITURE EXCEED ATTACK," Then the area swirled with destructive energy surrounding Shiro. Then he shot out and screamed, "RAGING RUG VORTEX!!" He then captured Yashiko in the column and just when she was about to absorb the pain inflicted, Seki leaped out to rescue her. "WATCH OUT YASHIKO!!" Seki yelled as he entered the raging vortex. As the destrcutive energies electrocuted him, Yashiko can only watch in horror as Seki fell to the ground. "BROTHER SEKI!!" Yashiko ran over to Seki's side, as the Tibetan gasped while reaching towards Yashiko's hand. "Whatever you do, don't let Vanity fall into evil warrior hands... PROMISE ME!!" Then Seki passed out. "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Yashiko yelled at the top of her lungs while Shiro laughed and laughed. "What did I tell you?" Shiro smiled. "Your power of friendship pales in comparrison to my own powers of destruction! Face it Yashiko, you are probably the most terrible furniture warrior in the world, yet you managed to defeat my henchman Kazue." 'Damn,' Yashiko thought to herself. 'If I lose this one, not only will I lose the Rosewood Bride, but my brother and I will be out of the tournament while Shiro goes to the next round!' Suddenly, Yashiko was approached by Vanity. "What do you want?" She rudely asked Vanity. "Would you like a muffin?" Vanity smiled as she handed out one of her delicious muffins to Yashiko. "Why would I need a muffin at a time like this?" Yashiko growled. "Because my muffins are special. They heal up a person's heart and fighting energy. It's either that, or the healing kiss." Vanity lowered her head. Realizing Yashiko's saving her lips for someone special, she has this to say.... "Give me that muffin!" Yashiko swiped the muffin away. She later ate the muffin, and she suddenly felt re-energized. "WHOA! Is this the power of Vanity's muffins?" She screamed. Suddenly, a huge white bed surfaced before Yashiko's hands. It is like the pink and fluffy bed of before, only this one is white, and on the covers, lie the pleasant memories of Seki, Lumi, Kaede-sensei, and Yashiko. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Shiro screamed while he widened his eyes. "This is the bed of Pleasant Memories, Shiro!" Yashiko smiled while holding the new bed in front of her. "You will pay for hurting my big brother!" She later charged at him with full force. "HOW CAN THIS BE? NOOOOOOOO!!!!" Shiro screamed as the Bed of Pleasant Memories consumed him. He lay flat on the floor, rolling in anguish and pain. He later got up, and looked at Seki. He pointed at the Tibetan while screaming, "Koneko, get her!" However, Koneko was knocked out by Yashiko because of numerous attacks. "Sorry to do that, but it was for your own good." Yashiko gainaxed while facing Koneko. "I'm sorry...." Koneko lowered his head. "I can't help thinking about yellow and kittens!" "That's all right." Yashiko smiled. "We can still be friends." "Really?" Koneko smiled. "Really." Yashiko beamed in happiness. "YAY!" Koneko jumped up and down. "I made a new friend! I made a new friend today!" Shiro just smacked himself. "Don't think that you are confident now that you have defeated me! The entire school is now under Dark Warrior control! Better yet, Seki is in no condition to stop us this time! My plan to disuade Seki from ever fighting worked like a charm!" Shiro danced while the Noyying triplets joined in. "What are you talking about?" Yashiko looked at Shiro. "Seki sacrificed himself to protect me from your Raging Vortex Attack!" "Cry me a river, why don't ya!" Shiro mocked Yashiko as he skipped along. "The next time we battle, I won't be so forgiving!" And he left the arena. Yashiko glared at him just when Shiro was leaving. "Let it go." A familiar voice clutched Yashiko's shoulder. "Lumi-chan? What are you..." "Just Lumi. I outgrew chan." Lumi stood behind Yashiko while trying to calm her down. "Seki is badly injured. What can we do?" "Perhaps I can help." A dashing young man in a white uniform appeared, making a grand entrance from the balcony. He flipped across the audience chambers, and even though he landed on his back in the last landing, his entrance was superb. "The chairman!" Both Yashiko and Lumi screamed as they saw him in all of his glory. "Perhaps under my care, I can heal him using the same methods I used to bring Kouto back from the hospital." The chairman allowed himself a smile. "Oh no..." Yashiko interrupted him while she shook her fist. "If you think you can kiss my brother the same way Vanity does to him....." "No, not that way...." Arkhio shook his head. "So far, I'm the only real friend Seki's ever had. I did return the Rosewood Bride to him, did I not?" "Actually, you have a point there." Yashiko lowered her fist. "Then it's settled." The chairman smiled. "I'll return Seki before the duels are over. Until then, try not to get distracted." And the chairman took Seki, and vanished. "We gotta work harder if we are going to survive this final battle against the student council." Yashiko readied her waffle iron as Lumi did the same with her lightbulbs. "Who knows? Seki might praise us for helping him set the Rosewood Bride free!" --- "So, Yashiko has survived the first test against the engagement rules." Kumayama-sensei smiled while he watched Arkhio took the battered Seki into his office. "The question is, will she survive against the student council in their perfect form, with their own set of brides?" "That would depend on if the members still believe." Arkhio placed Seki on the couch of the chairman's office. "I'll probably let Benma go first against Yashiko, all because of Shiro's defeat at her hands. If all four of the council members fall before Yashiko's might, who knows what may happen?" "I'll be able to claim what is rightfully mine!" Kumayama-sensei laughed and laughed. "And Seki won't stop me this time!" "Now don't get any ideas, Kumayama-sensei." Arkhio frowned. "Seki is one of our brightest students, I don't want you to kill him further, understand?" "Whatever." Kumayama-sensei frowned. "Now if you excuse me, I have a meeting with the other three families. I'll see you later." Arkhio smiled as he left the building. Kumayama-sensei frowned even further as he looked at the body of Seki. "So, you may have humiliated me on your first day here, and you maybe the cause of the old chairman taking my life, but I will not kill you. Instead, I will make you the most violent, bloodthirsty and destructive warrior the campus has ever seen! And to make it more interesting, the student killings won't be traced to me. It will be traced to you, Seki!! Best of all, Violent Seki will be under my control!" Then Kumayama-sensei laughed and laughed. --- Elsewhere, a feminine young man heard the entire conversation from the door. He pondered at the thought of Seki becoming a ruthless Ottoman Warrior. "Violent Seki? An Ottoman Warrior?" Kouto continued to ponder while he paced around. "No, what a silly idea. It would never work. On the other hand...." Then, Kouto realized something. "I got to warn Benma before the Asylum Warrior gets there first!" With that, Nakajima Kouto left the scene before he was noticed. --- NEXT TIME ON FWX: Project Engagement, (Or FWX, if it's still going on in the world of impro...) Will Yashiko defeat Benma in his perfect form? Will Sun Futon journey to the Dark Dimension to save his friend? Will Benma warm up to Yashiko after defeating Shiro? Will there be more fanservice? What does Natsumi's Cowbell do other than cause her to strut it? Can Kouto reach Benma in time? What is Kumayama-sensei's plan for Seki? Find out in the next episode, Episode 2 (Or was that FWX 17?): Revenge of the Student Council, Pt 1! Or Natsumi's Cowbell? --- Authors notes: So you take some Rival Schools: Project Justice, mix in some Utena: Akio Saga, lather it in some tag battle fighting games, and what do you get? This. Here it is, the long awaited #16 to FWX. Here's hoping that there aren't a few more skips just to end this thing rather abruptly... Also, there might be a few new things that might be expected of this story... Minimum fifteen parts, maximum fifteen parts, (Or at least ten) unless otherwise noted. After that, the fics over, unless otherwise stated. Also, don't be afraid to sign up to write what happens to our heroes! Ryunson (lordryansen@yahoo.com)