LAST TIME ON FWX: After some squabbling, The Student Council has made a Furniture Emergency Plan if the families decide to abandon the duels. Because of the duels getting out of hand, the student council must use this plan in order to make sure the villains never take the prize for themselves. Elsewhere, Yashiko and Lumi learn the dark secret of Morticus Pallbearer, and challenged him to a duel. Meanwhile, Kaede-sensei is trapped in Pasedena with none other than former Ottoman Empire head, The Emperor! Otto's pretty harmless without the throne, so don't worry about him. Can our heroines defeat Morticus, and save Seki before it's too late? Or is there more to Seki than meets the eye? ON WITH THE SHOW! ---- FURNITURE WARRIORS X PLUS SIGMA TURBO THALLIUM BATTLE 2002 Started by Brian Stricklin, again. Continued by Ryunson, again. This is copyright of Nihana-san, obviously. We are still out of copyright infringiment jokes, so please, email the author your copyright joke to the following address for the.... COPYRIGHT INFRIGIMENT JOKE SWEEPSTAKES!! Several lucky winners will have their joke posted on the chapters written by Ryunson to come! Contest expires, when this fic is over. Email lordryansen@yahoo.com to get your joke in! Unless you are signing up for a part yourself! ----- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Old Grudges never sit down, Pt.2 OR Unlikely Allies vs. Old Enemies? OR Seki must die? ------ "So let me get this straight," Kaede was looking at the Ottoman Emperor with curious eyes. "Kumayama is trying to re-established the Ottoman Empire without your help?" YES. The Emperor mused. HE SAID I WAS A WEAK LEADER, ALLOWING MYSELF TO LOSE THE TOURNAMENT TO MY ONE OBJECT OF DESIRE. KUMAYAMA MADE A VOW THAT HE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE BIG TIBETIAN DOJO IS WIPED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND QUEEN RADIANCE IS DEAD ONCE AGAIN. "Why aren't you doing anything to stop this?" Kaede demanded. I FORCED MYSELF INTO RETIREMENT BECAUSE THE WORLD IS NOT WORTH CONQUERING IF I DON'T HAVE QUEEN RADIANCE BY MY SIDE. "You're over a thousand years old!" Kaede slapped the Emperor on his helmet. "It doesn't matter if you don't have Queen Radiance, there are other lovely ladies in the sea that are better than Queen Radiance." NAME ONE. The Emperor eyed Kaede. "Well there's...." Unfortunately, Kaede isn't as good as in history as Kumayama. Even though Kumayama was a tough teacher, he made up for his smarts in history, something Kaede truly lacked. SEE? The Emperor laughed. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE QUEEN RADIANCE, SO WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK TO YOUR LITTLE DOJO, AND STICK THAT PHILOSIPHY RIGHT UP YOUR... Before the Ottoman Emperor could finish, a familiar rug riding warrior with a rug beater hovered onto the scene. "Need a lift, decendant of an old friend?" Sun Futon smiled as Kaede beamed in happiness. Finally, he was going to be away from that has been emperor. ------ Kouto was walking along the pathway in Hiroto High trying to figure out all these recent attacks on Hiroto High School soil. What Kouto didn't expect was an over-developed woman walking down the same way. "Well well well, look who it is." Natsumi smiled as she watched Kouto walk. "Kouto of the Student Council. Still trying to settle your score with Lord Morticus?" "If you are wise as you say, you will stay out of my way this instant!" Kouto commanded. "Come on now, why make your job difficult?" Natsumi smiled. "Just do as I say, like the president before you did." "What do you mean, president before me?" Kouto demanded. "It's true that four families feuded, the Nakajimas, the Mitsumarus, the Tokodos and the Kobayashis." Terebi smiled. "What you are afraid to know is that the wealthy Hiroto family united the four, and founded a school, where the families continued their fighting. Nakajima won, and was rewarded with the title of being second in command to the school." "Don't you think I know that?" Kouto interrupted her. "It's clear to me now that the previous president of the school was in fact a Dark Warrior who summoned Dreamyos in the first place!" "Did you figure that one out yourself, or did you get your daddy to help you?" Terebi giggled. "Yes, there are four furniture styles, but what most people don't know is that there is a fifth one that brings the other four together." "Undivided." Kouto frowned. "And the previous president was master of all four styles. When he summoned Dreamyos, he was unbeatable, until Futon destroyed his weapon of choice, along with the Severed Time that happened at the same time." "You got it." Terebi winked her eye. "His name is, Gyoto Hiroto, the previous president of the Student Council. He was suspended for using such power, in which he joined the Dark Tournament." "That name!" Kouto realized something. "I won't let you control me like you did Gyoto!" Kouto raised his coatrack high and charged the amazon. "When will you learn that you are just a puppet in a cold society?" Terebi used some weird device that stopped Kouto in his tracks. Suddenly, some dark aura wrapped around Kouto and he clutched his head. "Don't think I forgotten about Corpsuto, or should I say, Wild Kouto?" "GUUUUUAAAAHHHH!!" Kouto tried to resist the mind control of Terebi while trying to face the amazon. "I implanted a program inside that amulet to make sure that you were completely under my control, just like the president before you." Terebi laughed as she managed to bring Kouto under her control. "You will tell the other student council members to forfeit your 'Furniture Emergency Plan' until we say to do so. Got that?" "GYAAAHHH!!" Kouto slowly regained control of his mind while Terebi giggled again. "Good. I'm glad we had this discussion." Terebi smiled while she walked away. As she did, her assets bounced along the way. ----- BATTLE 2: YASHIKO AND LUMI VS. MORTICUS AND ??????? ----- "For love and honor!" Yashiko bounced in. "This fight's your funeral." Morticus turned around. ---- FIGHT! ---- Yashiko made the opening move by rushing in to attack with her waffle iron. She slammed it against Morticus's coffin as he blocked the rush. "You know my coffin's even stronger than that waffle iron!" Morticus laughed as he blocked every strike. "Now it's my turn to impress you! COFFIN KI BLAST!!" Morticus fired a projectile from his coffin, and damaged Yashiko. "See? I'm stronger than the rest of this entire campus!" "Lumi, take him out!" Yashiko tagged Lumi and the lightbulb warrior jumped in. "No problem!" Lumi squeaked as she fired her lightbulbs. "BEAUTIFUL LIGHTBULB ATTACK!!" "COFFIN KI ABSORB!!" Morticus smiled as he absorbed the projectiles with his coffin. "DAMN!" Yashiko swore. "I forgot he can do that!" "Now, COFFIN KI BLAST!!" Suddenly, all of Lumi's projectiles went back to her twice as strong. Parts of her clothing were sliced up, as well as her wounds opening up. "LIGHT TUBE STRIKE!!" She tossed a lightbulb projectile, which did damage Morticus abit. "Clever, but not clever enough!" Morticus countered with, "COFFIN CRUSHER!!" It deflected the light tube. "I'll destroy you if it's the last thing I do!" Lumi screamed as she leaped up into the air. "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, LIGHTBULB GERNADIER!!" She tossed several lightbulb gernades at Morticus, throwing him off guard. "Stupid girl!" Morticus dodged all of the lightbulbs in rapid sucession. "Do you think that projectiles can stop me?" He grinned while he suddenly clonked her in the head with the coffin. "My powers are beyond human, in fact, with this body Kumayama-sensei has, I can even withstand sunlight!!" "According to normal myths about vampires..." Yashiko peered in. "Exposure to sunlight can kill it." "But even though I'm not a normal vampire..." Morticus grinned as he strangled Lumi-Chan. "I can still fight like one! For instance, FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, LIFE DRAIN!" With that, green energy began to pour from Lumi-Chan to Morticus, healing him. He later threw Lumi-Chan. Lumi-Chan bled heavily from Morticus's assault against her. "Why Pallbearer-san? Why can't you leave it alone?" "I have just about had it with your pathetic mouth!" Morticus snarled. "I don't know why Pride-Baka loved you!" "The Pretty Lady... Cared for me... Do you know what happened?" Lumi tried to talk to the madman. "Long story short, Nakajima Kouto AND The Principal BOTH killed him!" Morticus smiled as he raised his hand to the sky. The hand eclipsed the moon, and blood ran down Morticus's fingers. "Although Kouto is a jerk at times, the man who he worked for was a bigger jerk, and a man who deserved to be burned at the stake, and his soul fed to the LIONS!" Morticus then looked at his hand. "I was given a second chance, whereas this, Pretty Lady, will never return! As for you, Lumi-Baka, you shall be slaughtered!" "Stop it!" Yashiko jumped in. "Lumi-chan did nothing wrong! Why did all those students have to die for your pleasure?" "Hiroto wanted the toughest teacher they can find." Morticus smiled. "So they hired the toughest Ottoman Warrior in all of the Ottoman Empire, ME!" Morticus gestured. "I got a huge reason why I didn't participate in the tournament, mainly because they feared my power, just like you will!" Lumi-chan got up, even though she was heavily bleeding from Morticus's attacks. "Let me tell you something, Pallbearer-san." Lumi was heavily bleeding, mainly because of Morticus's reflective attacks right back at her. "While you were gone, we celebrated your departure, and you want to know why we did so?" "I could use a good laugh." Morticus smiled. "Why?" "Cause you're a selfish sleazeball who's in this tournament for your own greedy reasons. You kill aspiring dreamers with your vampire powers, and take their energy. You were ruling by fear." "Oh yeah?" Morticus peered in. "Fear makes the world go round." "Sure your reputation as a tough teacher can go little ways, but when people of GOOD intensions appear, you are clearly no match for the power of friendship. Something you never had." Lumi smiled. Finally, her maturity was kicking in. "Way to go Lumi!" Yashiko leaped up, and gainaxed while fluttering. "It's about time someone showed that Morticus creep what it means to be a furniture warrior!" Morticus was somehow stricken with those comments. He suddenly turned angry to angrier, and mad to... You get the idea. "Laugh it up now, losers, cause once he is complete, Violent Seki will turn your good intensions to pulp!" "Violent Seki?" Yashiko screamed. "Is that what I think it is?" "I too peered into Seki's mind while trying to figure him out." Morticus continued to stand there. "He was once an evil warrior who cared only about destruction. He was resposible for Kotasu's death, as well as the near re-destruction of Queen Radiance." "Seki is.... A murderer?" Yashiko freaked out. "You got it!" Morticus smiled. Yashiko jumped in, and continued attacking Morticus with her waffle iron. "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, WEAPON SNATCHER!" "DAMN YOU!!" Morticus growled. "AND NOW, WEAPON REVERSAL!!" She clonked Morticus with his own coffin. "Give it up, Morticus!" Suddenly, the Bed of Pleasant Memories appeared right in Yashiko's hands, and allowed her to deliver the final blow. "Admit it, you lost!" Morticus laughed and laughed while he stood there. "I don't get it. What's the joke?" Yashiko peered in. "You are about to face the ultimate warrior. My own personal champion. The strongest warrior in all of the Neo Ottoman Empire." "Let me guess." Yashiko peered in. "Tere-bimbo, right?" "NO!" Morticus frowned. "I knew Terebi would build her own army behind my back, so I prepared a new champion, ready to take you apart!" Morticus showed his engagement partner. "BEHOLD! VIOLENT SEKI!! THE MOST POWERFUL EVIL WARRIOR ON CAMPUS!!" Violent Seki appeared right before her, ready to fight her. "Sister... It's my turn now. I've come to reclaim what is rightfully mine." "Brother Seki..." Yashiko was about to cry. "Why?" "I AM NOT BROTHER SEKI! No, not anymore." Seki looked at his hand. "I was a temporary Dark Warrior that took one of Kumayama's children to the abyss. I don't know my own life outside of the Big Tibetian Dojo and the Ottoman Empire anymore!" "That's not true!" Yashiko spoke while looking at Seki. "You have friends and family who love you!" "I....HAVE....NO....FRIENDS!!!" Seki proceeded to charge at Yashiko and Lumi with his chair. "I HAVE NO FAMILY EITHER!!" This was Seki no longer. For now, he is the dreaded Violent Seki, the most powerful Dark Warrior in Kumayama's arsenal. ----- BATTLE 2 YASHIKO AND LUMI VS. MORTICUS (DEFEATED) AND VIOLENT SEKI ---- "Big brother, please reconsider!" Yashiko pleaded with mercy. "I was a Big Tibetian Fool." Violent Seki growled. ---- FIGHT!! ---- "This battle goes against everything I stand for." Yashiko wept. "I.... Cannot fight." "I take your unwilling to fight me as a forfeit." Violent Seki smiled as he glanced his eyes on Lumi-Chan. "How about it, pip squeak?!" Violent Seki grinned at Lumi. "LUMI-CHAN WILL DEFEAT YOU!!" Lumi-Chan screamed as she attacked the new and improved Seki. "BEAUTIFUL LIGTHTBULB ATTACK!" Violent Seki dodged those lightbulbs with pin point accuracy, and countered with, "BLOODY CHAIR FIRE!!" Lumi was sliced up pretty badly from the attack as she flipped up, and countered with, "PRETTY LIGHTTUBE STRIKE!!" Violent Seki countered with, "BLOODY CHAIR REFLECTOR!!" The madman swated the tube right back at Lumi. "Why Seki?" Lumi screamed. "Why are you fighting us?" Violent Seki pointed out to Lumi. "IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT I AM LIKE THIS!!" Violent Seki screamed. "IT'S ALL THE PAIN YOU BROUGHT ME, ALL THE COUNTLESS TIMES YOU BETRAYED ME, NOW IT IS TIME FOR ME TO BETRAY YOU BACK FOR BACKSTABBING YOUR OWN DOJO!" With that, Violent Seki shot out a projectile even deadlier than the Cross Chair Slash. "BLOODY CHAIR HELLSLASH!!" Lumi-chan was electrocuted by the attack. "Now you understand how I felt when I am inflicted with all sorts of mortal pains when I am with you!" Violent Seki leaped up in the air, and screamed out, "BLOODY AIR SLASH!!" A green projectile was launched, and continued to attack Lumi. "At last, all of the pain I endured while I was training with you will now be gone, and the world... WILL BE MINE AND MORTICUS!!" "I don't see what your problem with us is." Lumi demanded. "What do you hope to accomplish by helping the enemy?" "Morticus promised me Kaede-sensei's freedom if I help Morticus take over the world." Seki growled. "Besides, Yashiko has forfeited the duel because she can't fight her precious big brother!" "Yashiko-neechan was brainwashed when she fought you!" Lumi spoke while jumping up and down. "Now you remember?" Violent Seki growled. "I thought you were more dimwitted than this." "Yashiko-neechan forfeited this match because she loves you very much! Well, like a brother and a sister." Lumi peered in. "That doesn't excuse the fact that I nearly killed your sister in law!" V.Seki growled even more. "Maybe Terebi's right. I am sexually frustrated. I wanted a woman like... Queen Radiance. Is that too much to ask for?" "What are you doing?" Morticus got up. "Lumi's the one who caused you eternal pain while you were with her! Don't you want revenge?" "Well I..." V.Seki was now conflicting with himself. "The reason why Queen Radiance didn't like you is because you were secretly jealous of Ikea getting the prettiest girl in the Dojo, and you wanted someone just like her!" Morticus added in the info. "Is that right?" Yashiko looked in. "Oh yes." Morticus laughed. "The nosebleeds, the gawking at Terebi, the entire perversion scam, it's all coming together. The entire exchange program was just a hoax to cloud the real fate of Seki. He wasn't exchanged at all." "Well then, Mr. Seki expert, what happened to him?" Yashiko peered in to listen to what Morticus has to say. "Let me tell you." There was a close up of Morticus's face just as he explained the words. "THEY BANISHED HIM!!" Yashiko opened her eyes. "Banished?" "Absolutely!" Morticus smiled. "And they banished Lumi-Chan as well, just so she can be happier here than at the dojo, where the ice cream man never comes! Everyone there wanted to kill her, except her family members. That's why they sent her here, to be killed by the exile, Seki." "STOP IT!! STOP IT!!" Yashiko jumped in. "YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR, MORTICUS, AND I WASN'T FORFEITING AT ALL!!" She faced V.Seki like she meant it. "I don't know where's Ryo in all of this, but I change my mind about fighting you!" Yashiko launched herself towards Morticus, but Violent Seki appeared right in front of Morticus to protect him. He swatted Yashiko aside with his chair. "Ryo's just fine. He's just a temporary student there. I don't know when he's coming back, but do you want him to wake up to an age of darkness?" Violent Seki laughed and laughed. "Come on Lumi-Baka! Come and face me!" "I can take him! Let me in there!" Lumi jumped up and down. "Stop it Lumi, he's obviously too powerful for us." Yashiko frowned at the idea. "What would Ikea say if he saw you helping an Ottoman Warrior conquer the world?" "Well he..." Violent Seki was again conflicting with himself. "Both Ikea and Radiance already hate you and want you away from the dojo so they can have some alone time!" Morticus yelled. "Finish this match so you can have your revenge!" "Don't listen to him!" Yashiko screamed. "Maybe it was just a misunderstanding!" "VIOLENT SEKI!" Morticus was getting extra pissed now. "IF YOU DON'T DESTROY THESE BASTARDS AND HELP ME RULE THE WORLD, YOU'LL NEVER SEE KAEDE-SENSEI AGAIN!! YOU'LL BE FORCED TO LISTEN TO LUMI-CHAN'S AWFUL SINGING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!" Then it struck him. "You're right Morticus." Seki turned around and faced his new master. "I'll do everything you say. You and I are alike in everyway. How may I serve you... Master?" "I don't believe this!!" Yashiko screamed. "YOU SOLD US OUT!!" "Indeed." Violent Seki smiled. "Ikea wanted me to uphold his pathetic dojo, well I have my own destiny. I will lead Morticus Pallbearer to his own destiny. To make him emperor of this world, and no one is going to stop me!" "We've beaten your master." Yashiko frowned. "Why fight for such a lost cause?" "Fighting for the Big Tibetian Dojo is a lost cause!" Violent Seki growled. "BLOODY CHAIR HELLSLASH!" "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, AMAZING LIGHTBULB GRENADIER!!" Lumi countered with this attack as she flung lightbulbs all over the area. Violent Seki dodged the attack, and countered with, "BLOODY CHAIR HELLFIRE!!" Lumi screamed as an open wound gave way. She was heavily bleeding on the ground. "Your pain is music to my ears." Violent Seki smiled as he raised his chair. "Your sorrow, a happy lullaby, and the fact that you can't stop me, makes it all worthwhile." "Lumi-Chan...Will....Not...LOOOOSSSSEEE!!!" Suddenly, an array of light appeared right above Lumi's head. "FURNITURE EXCEED ATTACK, RADIANCE HELP ME!!!" Suddenly, a woman resembling Queen Radiance appeared right before Lumi-Chan. "I didn't want to use this, but if this doesn't stop you... HYPER BEAM!!" Suddenly, a huge laser beam shot right out of 'Radiance' and Lumi-chan. Violent Seki blocked the attack, and he barely stood there while his own wounds start to open. "Is that your best attack?" Violent Seki laughed maniacally while he prepared his own attack. "Now it is my turn to kill you!" Suddenly, he called forth the powers of Hell, and shouted out, "FURNITURE EXCEED ATTACK...." He teleported right towards Lumi-chan, and before she can dodge, the attack made it. "INSTANT CHAIR MASSACARE!" With grabbing her, there are numerous slashes and firestorms so great, that the great Lumi-chan fell to the ground. "WHAAAH! LUMI-CHAN LOST!!" Lumi fell down to the ground. "Come on, get up!" Yashiko tried to wake Lumi with no avail. "It's useless." Violent Seki laughed even more maniacally than usual. "It's never too late to bow before master Morticus." Yashiko grew angrier and angrier by the second. "What happened to the brother who promised he would protect me?" "After that little stunt you pulled with Shiro, I pretty much doubt you would need any protection. Now prepare yourself, Yashiko!!" Violent Seki later charged Yashiko. "Forgive me brother!" Yashiko counter attacked with tears in her eyes. "WAFFLE IRON EXTEND!!" Violent Seki countered with, "BLOODY AIR SLASH!!" Yashiko dodged the attack, and screamed out, "WAFFLE IRON ROASTER!" It shot out a projectile similar to a typical hadouken, except the attack is red with fire. "BLOODY CHAIR REFLECTOR!!" Violent Seki countered to block the projectile. "HAH! Do you think I would falter to that pathetic style?" Yashiko grew even angrier as the projectile knocked her back. Violent Seki laughed and laughed. "Give it up. We all know who the master is, and it isn't Ikea." "What do you have against Ikea?" Yashiko demanded. "Ikea was a fool. Ikea was a weakling. He had the whole tournament within his grasp, and he let it all slip away!" Violent Seki continued attacking Yashiko with his chair. "Same goes for the Ottoman Emperor, who LET Queen Radiance finish him off without his throne. The bastard didn't even stand a chance, in more ecchi ways than one!" "That doesn't excuse the fact that you treaded this path of darkness!" Yashiko demanded even more. "I grow sick and tired of these pretenders to greatness." Violent Seki growled as demonic energy entered his bloodstream. "Once I defeat you, Morticus and I will be masters of this world!!" "Time to knock some sense into you, Seki." Yashiko later charged the Bed of Pleasant Memories, and it entered right into Yashiko's hands. She charged with full strength as it somehow collided with Violent Seki. The opponent is obviously too insane to even block. The energies within Seki began to expell from the body, and returned Seki to normal. The Big Tibetian warrior fell over as Yashiko bounced on over to catch him. "Seki!" Yashiko yelled. "Are you allright? Please say that you are allright!!" "Where am I?" Seki looked all around him, seeing Yashiko look at him. "Last thing I remember, I was fighting Shiro and...." He got up, and dusted himself off. "Seki! You're back!" Yashiko glomped him with her chest being mashed into Seki's back, while Morticus decided to run away. "Not so fast, you big meanie! BEAUTIFUL LIGHTBULB ASSAULT!" The projectiles suddenly clipped Morticus's balance, and caused him to trip. Yashiko ran up to Morticus, and shook him. "Why did you brainwash my big brother?" She demanded. "Answer me Kumayama...." While she was saying this, she managed to unmask the villain. Normally she would find Kumayama under that mask, but in this case, it was..... "TATSUYA?! What are you doing here?!" Tatsuya was just as frightened as ever. "Kumayama-sensei, he'd promised me he won't kill me if I pose as Morticus for him! Please, don't let him kill me!!" Seki stepped up to Tatsuya, and bellowed out, "Where is he?!" Seki demanded. "The Dark Warrior Palace.... He's planning a big invasion of the Big Tibetian Dojo... I don't know why...." Tatsuya then passed out. "That's all I needed to know." Seki pushed Tatsuya onto the ground, and walked up to Yashiko's side. "You did well Yashiko. You clothed me, bathed me, even gave me shelter. But I have to leave now." "Seki!" Yashiko demanded. "You can't leave now! You still got another year ahead of you! I can't afford to lose you like I lost Ryo!!" "For the last time, Ryo's in Tibet, studying the noble ways of furniture!!" Seki declared the obvious. "I know." Yashiko lowered her head. "What do you mean you know?!" Seki still demanded. "The truth is, I am actually a Light Warrior stationed here in Japan. My father is an expert in Sofa-Justu while mother is an expert in the Kitchen-Fu style. My parents sent Ryo to the big Tibetian Dojo in order to master a style himself in case their only daughter, me, failed to master a style. They did so in order to motivate me. Then you came into my life through that exchange program. Queen Radiance told me to keep it a secret until you are ready." Yashiko revealed the truth about her. "Well Ryo's return will have to wait." Seki picked up his chair and walked toward the exit. "I'm going to find out the truth about my past, and why Kumayama would put so much venom into me ONCE AND FOR ALL!!" "Let me come with you!" Yashiko begged for mercy. "Lumi wants to help too!" Lumi-chan bounced. "Forget it!" Seki struck back. "This is personal business. This is something I should've done a while ago. He was right about one thing, I did participate in that Dark Tournament, but what he failed to count on, was that I'm a spy from the big Tibetian Dojo intent on shutting this Dark Tournament down!" "Then how did Terebi gain that Wrong Side of the Bed, hmm?" Yashiko stated the obvious. "I was disqualified, and the Dark Tournament continued." Seki continued to walk away. Vanity walked up beside Seki, and said, "Do you need my help as well?" She smiled. "It's too risky." Seki turned to Vanity. "I can't afford to lose you again! Stay with Yashiko. She will continue the fight against the Student Council, and this Rug's End I keep hearing about." "SEKI!!" Lumi screamed as she clutched Yashiko. "It's for Seki's own good. It's his fight now." Yashiko lowered her head as Seki left the Venerable Arena. ----- "So, Seki's headed straight for your old pal Kumayama-sensei." Benma was watching the whole thing as he explained what is going on to Kouto. "No!" Kouto slammed his hand to the ground. Even though it swelled up in the process, he did not scream. "Kumayama is mine to defeat, and mine alone!" "We all hate Kumayama as much as the next student or teacher, but why turn it into a mad obsession?" Benma continued to smile. "Isn't it obvious?" Kouto interjected while looking at the giant student council member. "Baseball Head threw me off guard, Terebi manipulated me, and what's worse, Gyoto allowed them into the school! Worst of all, Kumayama is behind everything! That mad teacher has gone too far!" "I know that Shiro is part of their organization, but even I wouldn't sink so low to seek out their leader and destroy him. I would strike at only Shiro." Benma stated the obvious. "Shiro's not the one I'm worried about." Kouto left the arena. "If Seki is throwing his life away to defeat Kumayama, there has to be someone to finish him off!" "Well good luck in gaining any trust from Seki, I'm pretty much doubt he'll warm up to you after taking Lumi's first kiss." Benma continued to stare out the window. ---- Seki walked towards the gates of Hiroto High School, only to run into a feminine young man. "Kouto." Seki frowned. "What the hell do you want?" Kouto took a deep breath, and said the following words, "I know you've been a thorn in my side since the first time we met, but this is different. I learned many things from you, and I feel inspired to help you bring Kumayama-sensei down for good." "I don't need your help, Kouto-baka!" Seki swatted Kouto aside as he continued towards the gates. "Besides, haven't you done enough damage to my existance as it is?" "I only did so to make you stay out of this game!" Kouto countered. "Now both of our lives are at stake, and unless we do something about it, Kumayama will have both our heads!" Seki calmed down for a bit. Then he said the following words.... "What do you have in mind?" "I know where their base of operations is. Kumayama is there watching the downfall of the Big Tibetian Dojo as we speak. Of course, I can't do it alone." Kouto lent out his hand. Seki took Kouto's hand. "All right, you got yourself a temporary partnership." Suddenly, they ran right smack into a wall on the side of the gate. They fell down for a brief second, then got back up and ran towards the outside of the school. ---- Shiro and Terebi were walking out of the duelist arena as they saw Seki and Kouto leave the school grounds. They were wondering if their alliance is going to last. As Terebi walked, her enormous, natural bosom bounced and wobbled up and down. "So." Shiro looked at Terebi. He tried to look in her eyes, but his sight were near her breasts more than anything else. "Those insolent twerps Seki and Kouto are headed straight for our master. They placed a death warrant on his head Terebi. Are you going to stand by and let this happen?" "Our master has faced worse." Terebi smiled as she continued walking. "Funny, I thought you were his favorite student." Her butt bounced with every step as she walked. "We're his favorite students." Shiro countered back. "The reason why he didn't go after us is because we are in good graces with him. We try to be on his good side as much as we can. Besides, you are friends with one of his children, aren't you?" Terebi smiled. "Oh yes. She called me a big sister. Shows to me that there are those who still care about me despite my questionable methods." "I hope you are right Terebi, I hope you are right." Shiro continued walking towards the gate. "But before we end this conversation..." He was later distracted by Terebi's gigantic bouncing bosom. "Are you wearing a bra under that shirt?" Shiro later slams into a wall near the gate as he strayed too far from the gate itself. "That is none of your concern." Terebi countered. "And yes, they are as natural as spring water." The Noyying Triplets repeatedly say the word "Poink!" at the comedic overture. "SHUT UP!!" Shiro and Terebi yelled. ---- After some negotiations, Kouto and Seki entered the Dark Warrior palace. At the far end, Kumayama-sensei was sitting on his blackened throne, smiling. "Seki and Kouto, welcome to my humble abode. Usually I serve beverages and snacks to humble guests, but in this case, I'll make an exception." "Kumayama-sensei!" Seki raised his chair. "Face us!" "Yes." Kouto looked at the teacher. "Or have you no honor opposing your title?" "Ah yes, the exile and the president, what an unlikely pair." Kumayama got up from his throne. "I understand that you both wanted to KILL me! What do you hope to accomplish by doing that?!" "Revenge, Kumayama-sensei." Kouto answered. "All those students you killed, some of them were my only friends!" "Funny." Kumayama pondered this for a moment. "I thought they'd be wrapped up in bandages. If they were injured, they'd be fine now." "That doesn't excuse the fact that you poisoned my mind with all these lies!" Seki glared at the teacher. "Ah yes, the Violent Seki and Corpsuto fiasco." Kumayama continued talking. "I do apologize for that, but it was nessesary. Pride was jealous of my brilliance, which lead him to 'KILL' me, and utterly destroy my body!" "I thought it was an illusion." Kouto responded. "IT FELT SO REAL!" Kumayama countered. "Never have I felt so much hatred toward such individuals that caused me so much trouble! I thought I could use you two for my plans, but all good things must come to an end." "What do you mean, all good things must come to an end?" Seki demanded as he raised his chair. "If you kill me within a certain time limit, then I won't be able to bother you again." Kumayama smiled. "We managed to figure out how to win," Kouto interjected. "But how do we lose?" "Two ways." Kumayama smiled. "One, if I have any vitality left, and two, if you both run out of vitality. Look on the bright side, you two will have the honor of being the first students I actually killed! However, if you do have any vitality left, then you will become my servants, FOREVER!!" "It's too risky." Kouto looked at Seki. "If we do kill him, we will not only be considered heroes, but murderers as well." "If we don't kill him, either we will be the first people Kumayama killed, or we will revoke our hero license and become eternal Dark Warriors under his control." Seki responded. "So what's it going to be?" Kumayama grinned as he faced the two warriors that are about to attack him. "You could save me the trouble by submitting to my rule." "I'll never give in to your rule!" Kouto growled as he drew his coatrack from Furniture Space. "I'll destroy you, rip your toungue out, and pull that worthless pimple from your neck!" Seki suddenly grew angrier and angrier while he got out his own chair. Kumayama frowned at the comment, but he pulled out his coffin. "It's useless. You are nowhere near as strong enough to defeat me. You're too stupid to uphold the Big Tibetian Dojo, and you don't have the strength to even counter my true self!" Suddenly, demonic runes began to illuminate from Kumayama's skin. His shirt exploding to reveal more runes on his chest, and wreathed around in a green flame. "The tag team partnership will STILL apply to you two. Let the Countdown to Extinction begin!" ----- WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! ----- BOSS FIGHT 1: SEKI AND KOUTO VS. KUMAYAMA-SENSEI ---- "You will regret messing with my head!" Seki walked out toward the arena with Kouto. "My wife's power flows through me." Commanded True Kumayama. ---- FIGHT! ---- Seki made the first attack with the usual, "CROSS CHAIR SLASH!" True Kumayama, on the other hand, attacked with an upgraded version of, "TRUE COFFIN KI ABSORB!!" The attack completly swallowed Seki's projectile, and knocks Seki back. "Too obvious." True Kumayama bellowed in a very mechanical and demonic tone. Kouto rushed in with, "CHARGING SHAFT THUNDER!!" However, True Kumayama had other plans for that one. He completely withstood the attack, and even though it costed him some of his vitality, the sadistic teacher laughed as he shot out, "TRUE COFFIN KI BLAST!!" Seki looked at the attacks given. "Yashiko was right. You are Morticus." "Perhaps you do not wish to win if you are going to drag out this fight in conversation." True Kumayama assaulted with "TORTURE CHAIR CUT!!" He takes a chair used in trials out of furniture space as she slices the opponent with it. "That's not one of Morticus's moves!" Kouto stated the obvious. "And no fair having access to TWO furniture styles!" "Really?" True Kumayama laughed. "The torture devices come from the pain that you delinquents brought me! Once the both of you are gone, there will be a celebration so great, that it makes my disappearance look like a minor party." "RISING CHAIR FIRE!!" Seki shouted as he thrusts his chair at the opponent.... Unfortunately for Seki, Kumayama dodged out of the way, and countered with, "NEEDLE GETAWAY!!" Kumayama teleported out of the way while a trail of lines followed. Anyone caught in those lines will be introduced to a barrage of needles. Seki screamed as the needles punctured his flesh, but only for a few seconds. "Seki!" Kouto rushed up to Seki while tending his wounds. "Kumayama is alot craftier in his true form than as Morticus. Plus, he's borrowed moves from Pallbearer-san in order to completely throw us off guard. I wonder if that is how he puts the students in their place." Seki wondered while he is slowly getting up. "You're right on the ball." Kumayama smiled while he walked towards Seki. "You didn't realize that your entire movelist was posted in Terebi's databank. It allowed the more experienced warriors in our group to defeat both the chair AND the lightbulb style!" Then Kumayama looked at his watch. "You're wasting time just by looking at me." "My turn!" Kouto rushed in with, "TWISTING DOWEL STRIKE!" While Kumayama countered with, "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, HYPER NEEDLE GETAWAY!!" With that, several more needles puncture Kouto for a while, then he was released from the hold. "It's no good." Kouto looked at the situation. "No matter what we throw at him, he will always find a way to counter everything!" Kumayama laughed and laughed. "You got that right. Worst of all," Kumayama pointed to the timer on the middle of the arena. "You're running out of time!" Seki growled. If only Ikea had sent him out to the millinium tournamnent, he would've destroyed any Ottoman Warrior in an instant! Well, he would show the fools at the Big Tibetian Dojo that has doubted him that HE will lead the forces of light, and not some has been coward who has been nursing on Queen Radiance in order to prove that he CAN lead the Big Tibetian Dojo to a new age of enlightenment.... "Seki, what are you doing?" Kouto demanded. "Can't you see that time is running out?" "SHUT UP KOUTO-BAKA!!" Seki yelled at Kouto. "I'm trying to figure out a way to destroy him!" "Even if you do managed to defeat me..." Kumayama smiled. "My warriors will carry on my work, even better..." There was a close up of his face. "Gyoto Hiroto will return to Hiroto High School as your replacement, Kouto!" "Just who are you anyways?" Kouto demanded as he charged the mad teacher. His coatrack collided with Kumyama's coffin, and the insane teacher smiled while he sort of introduced himself. "I am Ryusei Kumayama, the half brother of one of the most famous members of the Pallbearer Counts." The sensei laughed as he said the exact origin of one of his weapon styles. His history is vast, like the class he teaches. With a miraculous effort, Kouto swatted the coffin away, and delivered a completely different combo. "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, HYPER TWISTING DOWEL STRIKE!!" With that, Kouto delivered several strikes down at Kumayama while the opponent staggered. "Here's the stratagy! Deliver enough special attacks and we will be rid of this nightmare once and for all!" "Here goes!" Seki charged while he attacked with, "FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, HYPER RISING CHAIR FIRE!!" Kumayama was completely toppled by the attacks, but the teacher stood there, falling to the ground. "That should put you in your place!" Seki smiled while he hoistened his chair. "Don't look now, but Kumayama's still standing." Kouto looked at the form of Kumayama get up from the attacks. Indeed he did. Kumayama-sensei laughed and laughed as he held his coffin tight. "Is that all? I expected you to use your Exceed against me." "We got enough attacks to put you back in the cemetery!" Kouto smiled. "It's over... You have less vitality than us. According to various fighting games as told by Yashiko, the person who has less vitality than the opponent loses." Seki looked at the teacher. "Bad news for you, your time is up!" Ryusei Kumayama smiled as he pointed to the clock. "You lost!" ---- WINNER: RYUSEI KUMAYAMA!! ---- "That's impossible!" Kouto interjected. "Whatever Seki just said, you should've keeled over!" "Your objective was to take out all my vitality within a time limit while my objective was simply not to die. That is victory enough for me." Kumayama laughed as he raised his coffin high. "The Pallbearer Counts will be happy to see that their half brother succeeded whereas the old Ottoman Empire failed!" "No..." Kouto lowered his head. "I failed Yashiko, I failed The Student Council.... Worst of all, I failed myself." He later bowed before Kumayama-sensei. "How can you say that?" Seki walked up to Kouto. "We can still beat him!" "It's too late." Kouto looked at Seki. "He's won. We are now official Dark Warriors under his control. The student council are now his playthings. The Student Council in the past tried to avoid giving in Gyoto's rule as president of the student council, even with Dreamyos at his side, but even though we won the battle, Ryusei did not give up the fight to bring us under his control. This time, he managed to succeed." Suddenly, Seki started to get angrier and angrier. Darkened green energy leaked forth from Seki as he entered a state of complete rage. His teeth sharpened, and his eyes, a demon red. He took his chair, and said the following words, "I don't care about a stupid time limit! I'm here to destroy you, and destroy you I shall!" "So you want to die, huh?" Kumayama got back into a stance. "Certainly." "STOP!" A voice boomed as Seki and Kumayama faced each other. "Who dares interrupt?!" Seki demanded. It was Arkhio. He showed up while spinning out of the car, but before he slipped and slightly injured himself. He got up and dusted himself off while looking at the two combatants. "I know this fight is anticlimatic, but this little mad obsession must stop. A little runt like you should know better." "I thought we were friends, partners if you will." Kumyama sternly asked. "Not you." Arkhio later pointed in another direction. "I'm talking about Seki here!" "I'm a good student, you can't rat me out!" Seki demanded while he faced the chairman. "What did I ever do to you?" Arkhio smiled. "First, you disrupt Kumayama's tournament for a chance to shut us down, then you got a perfect score on Kumayama's exam, a test you didn't even study for! Then you ruined the good reputation of Kouto and his family by interfering in a contest in which you are not allowed! That's just page one of your ten page resume!" "You bastard." Seki growled. "At least Kouto knows his place." Arkhio smiled as he walked on over. "I'm not sure when Gyoto is coming back, but when he does, he will lead the Student Council and the Dark Warriors to victory!" "And if he doesn't come back?" Kumayama walked over to Arkhio's side. "We'll see." Arkhio turned his head. Seki wasn't one with a lot of impulse control. "I'LL KILL YOU KUMAYAMA!! YOU AND YOUR STUPID CHILDREN!!" Just when Seki charged at Kumayama, he was suddenly stopped by Arkhio's... "DREAM HOLD!" Arkhio shot out a projectile at Seki, and it connected, holding Seki in place like the move suggested. "I won't let you destroy yourself, Seki." Arkhio smiled. "Are you... Rug's End?" Seki declared while he faced the chairman. Arkhio blasted Seki away from the chairman. "Yes, I am." Arkhio later did a maniacal laugh as he shot another projectile. "NIGHTMARE SHOT!" Arkhio launched a dark projectile as Seki was about to counter with, "CHAIR REFLECTOR!!" Then, Kumyama jumped in, and yelled out, "COFFIN KI ABSORB!!" And his coffin swallowed the projectile. "You can't defeat both of us, Seki. You are destined just to die." "What are you talking about?" Seki demanded. "Don't you see?" Kumayama walked on over to Seki. "The entire exchange program is based upon you switching places with Ryo so we can destroy him as well as you! He caused us so much trouble in the past, that he almost stopped the game completely!" "But he didn't." Arkhio laughed. "Now that Yashiko's embraced her true heritage, we won't need you anymore." "Bastards." Seki growled. "That is, unless you are worthy to live longer than you should." Arkhio smiled. "Kumayama, take your friends and enroll them in Hiroto High School. I'll deal with Seki." "Whatever you say." Kumayama smiled while he walked away. "Now then, did you ever hear about the story of how Pride managed to send Kumayama to a far away place?" Arkhio smiled while Seki said absolutely nothing. "Nothing to say? Too bad, I'm about to show you what happened!" Kouto is so far the only witness to an otherwise unexplainable crime that's about to take place. ---- Yashiko was infuriated at the various girls who gloated at her now that Seki's gone. It was in the middle of the school yard when she's finished with all but one class left. Who knows who has challenged her next? Shiro, in particular (He's not a girl!) looked at Yashiko and pointed at her. "Without your darling big brother to fight for you, you are powerless against me!" "I don't know what happened, but Lumi-chan and I will defeat you and the student council!" Yashiko raised her voice as the Noyying triplets suddenly bounced around her and Lumi-chan. She turned around. "Oh yeah, and this Rug's End fellow we keep hearing about." "Are you sure?" Shiro peered in. "That strange bed was merely coincedence, appearing in and out of place while protecting your sorry hide!" "You're just jealous that I beat you fair and square!" Yashiko powerposed while her hair and breasts bounced. "And that goes double for that massive mammary nightmare Terebi!" "What about me?" Terebi giggled while she managed to plop her giant breasts on Yashiko's head. "Are you sad because Seki left you to try and kill Kumayama-sensei, or are you upset the girls now mock your very presence?" Yashiko got out from under those enormous flesh mountains, and screamed out, "That is none of your concern!" "Well if you don't want to hear that Kouto's with him, then I strongly suggest you keep walking to your last class of the day before someone challenges you to a duel." Then, Terebi was about to walk away, all in the while slapping her own behind. It jiggled while it did so. She was about to leave the area when all of the sudden.... Yashiko grabbed Terebi by the uniform, and demanded this from her. "What do you know about Kouto's involvement with Seki and Kumayama?" "All we know is that they don't have a prayer against him." Terebi tried to explain everything about the situation. "Now please let go of me." Yashiko lets go of Terebi's blouse, and looked to the other side of Lumi's shoulder. "We gotta get to class." Lumi can only agree. She IS growing into a mature woman, isn't she? ---- Seki was heavily wounded in his fight against Arkhio. Kouto can do nothing while he watched the real End of the Rug tear Seki limb from limb. "Is this the best that infernal Big Tibetian Dojo can send? You're too weak!" Arkhio laughed as he watched Seki crawl like an inchworm. "Enough!" Kouto demanded. "If anyone is going to defeat Seki and reclaim the Rosewood Bride, it's going to be me!" "Really now Kouto?" Arkhio grinned while he shot a few more bolts of lightning in both Seki and Kouto's direction. "Did you forget that the Rosewood Bride is now in Yashiko's possession? With the Right Side of the Bed flowing through her now, it's only a matter of time before she can unlock the door to eternity, and claim what her heart desires most. That is, unless you want to stop her." "I... I can't fight her..." Kouto lowered his head. "And why not?" Arkhio countered. "Is it that you love her the same way you love your mother, before someone from the Big Tibetian Dojo killed her?" "That is none of your concern!" Kouto raised his coatrack against Arkhio, but the rugbearer blocked it with one of his hands. Arkhio used the other hand to electrocute Seki. "I seen the visions, Kouto!" Arkhio pushed both Seki and Kouto away from him as he teleported, and rose up to the sky. "Now, witness the Furniture Special Attack, DISCO BALL LASER SHOW!!" With that, Arkhio summoned a glass disco ball from furniture space, and called forth a bunch of lasers that show out from the ball. Everyone in the room, except for Arkhio, were zapped by the lasers. Kouto did his best trying to block the lasers in order to protect himself and Seki, but the effect was almost too much. "And now, the finisher! FURNITURE SPECIAL ATTACK, RAGING RUG VORTEX!!" It was like Shiro's version of the attack, except for this had a wider reach, and it is more deadly. Seki and Kouto were electrocuted by the attack. Not very inventive, but at least Arkhio had more tricks than ever. "All right Arkhio." Kouto lowered his head. "You win." "Kouto!" Seki was shocked to see Kouto sell out his would've been friend. "I see that Kouto has finally accepted the truth." Arkhio smiled. "Seki on the other hand..." With that, Arkhio placed Seki in stasis until he can figure out what to do with him. "I would kill him now, but he would be so useful in the future." "I'll see you later, Arkhio." With that, Kouto left the area. Then, Arkhio looked over his work. Seki, trapped in stasis. Lord knows when he's going to come out. "You caused alot of problems for me, but there will be a time when I will let you out. By then, you will be the source of Ikea's undoing." Then, he looked to the sky as he said the following words, "I'm counting on you, Natsumi Terebi..." He later walked up to his car, and flipped right into hood in a nearly compromising position. "They don't make flips like they used to." The car suddenly took off. Seki, in the meanwhile, looked at Arkhio leave, and words burned into his brain. "Revenge..." Thought Seki. ---- NEXT TIME, ON FWX: Will Yashiko take on Ijima and her Engagement Partner? Will Seki find his way out of stasis? Will Kouto cooroperate with Arkhio's plan? What IS Arkhio's plan? Can Kaede-sensei fight Kumayama-sensei? Will the Noyying Triplets get a role? Will there be fanservice between the FWX girls? All this and more on FWX #19, Lights Out for Ijima! OR Lampshades of your Heart Two! OR Can we get on with the Arkhio Saga Already Please? ---- Author's notes. Another long chapter, courtesy of me. The reason why I put Seki in stasis is, well, he's obviously not that important anymore now that Yashiko has taken the spotlight of main character. I gotta give her more than just a fanservice role from here on out. If you want Seki removed from stasis in order to carry out his final tasks, that's fine too. just make sure you don't go overboard. And what I said in the forums? I'm sorry I said that FWX will be moderated, but even though David's first chapter is so "Critically acclaimed," there are a few inconsisties that needed to be removed. I know it's been several months and a year, but the state of impro isn't going to last any longer. With that, I leave the Ijima battle to Tuxedo Jack, or someone who cares about Ijima despite people not reading it. I guess that's about all I can do in this edition. See you guys later, until I can crank out another FWX part. Ryunson (lordryansen@yahoo.com)