Gradual streams of people filed out of the Venerable Ancient Duelist's Arena and Squash Court leaving bottles, cans, bags of popcorn, and one angry janitor. Meanwhile the female member of the student council was kneeling on the court trying to revive the prone form of Kouto. "He's out cold..." the female member of the council said with a hint of concern in her voice. "...and I don't think arms are supposed to bend this way," she said with even more alarm as she lifted his arm and part of it dangled like a pendulum. In the arena two women were dragging the winner of the fight to the nearest bleacher. "Just remember that Seki is mine and we will not have any problems." Yashiko held the left arm as she defended her territory from Lumi. "Lumi-chan doesn't understand Yahsiko-san." Lumi was holding the right arm. "How can Lumi-chan have a person?" "...Nevermind, This Queen Radiance wants you to stay with us for a while?" "Yes, I wanted to visit Tokyo so Radiance-oneechan sent me here to stay with Brother Seki. Is it all right for me to stay with you and Brother Seki?" "I think it's all right as long as my parents agree." "Waii! Then you are 'Big Sister Yashiko' to me," said Lumi-chan, happy that the confusion was resolved and she had a place to stay. "... Just call me Yashiko, okay?" she replied, her face turning red. The giant member of the student council and a woman approached Yashiko and Lumi, interupting their conversation. "Kouto has lost the match," the giant, Benma, announced while pointing at the KO'd Seki. "The Rosewood Bride is his." Looking to the sky he paused then spoke to Vanity. "He can not protect you from them, you would be safer with us." Benma abruptly turned around and headed back to the other side of the court without a reply to his statement. "I object! Hey, you! Come back here, and take this... bimbo with you!" Yashiko shouted, flailing her right arm in the direction of Benma. When she realized he wasn't listening she changed targets, getting in Vanity's face. "I can understand why Seki would want to save you from Kouto. So you're free; now get lost!" "I cannot," Vanity replied, looking away. "Tradition decrees that he is my master, and he must protect me." Seki was starting to get heavy and the mucles in Yashiko's arms were burning. "... I can heal him; I just need a flat surface for him to rest on," Vanity said sensing Yashiko's discomfort. "This happens all the time at home," Lumi chimed in as they reached the bleachers. "All right.. on three, everybody lift and turn. onetwothree OUUUFFFF!!!" With a kerthump Seki was unceremoniously dropped on the bleacher face up. "So..what's this healing technique?" asked Yashiko supiciously. "Lumi-chan wants to see the healing technique too!" "Then stand back," Vanity bent over and inspected Seki. She raised Seki's hand into the air and let go. his's hand dropped to the ground. "I've seen worse."...She then turned her attention to Seki's head. She put her ear to Seki's mouth then turn her head AND Kissed him on the lips! A bright green aura appeared around Vanity then enveloped Seki. Yashiko was too shocked to move... Her mouth is wide open Yashiko thought appalled... She must be using her tounge! After what seemed like a eternity to Yashiko Seki sat up. For a moment Seki's eyes were twice their normal size.. and a small trail of blood ran from his right nostril. Except for the blood he quickly resumed usual look of mild confusion. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Next Day -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "We are the wheels; The world is the office chair." chanted the shadowy figures in a bored monotone. "Without wheels the office chair has no direction." Nakajima Kouto (in a full body cast) guided his wheelchair into the illuminated ring in the middle of the student council chambers. The shadowy figures outside the ring stood up. Their dark robes tended to obscure their identities. "I have lost The Rosewood Bride to an outsider... Our clubs bylaws state that I'm not your leader anymore, but whoever retrieves The Rosewood Bride has the right to claim leadership." Kouto paused. "At least until I get better; then I will reclaim my title and my Bride." "Interesting," stated the giant figure off to Kouto's left side "So will you be the first to challenge the outsider Benma? I thought you would lack the testicular fortitude to be so brash. Oohoho hoho!!" Everyone winced, Ijima's lack of self-controll had always been a problem. Even after two years that laugh was still awfull. The giant robed figure glared at Ijima "I'm much stronger now... perhaps stronger than you." "Is that a challenge, tiny?" Ijima retorted, her aura of superiority/confidence at full power. "Your training in the Ottoman Empire doesn't seem to have helped you very much." "Save the Tables, Rugs, and Beds. Kompaqqu Ryu would be the most logical style use if you want to win," Kotaro said flatly, barely taking his eyes off "Dirby's Ordeal in Nightmare land". "YOU want to go first?!" Benma crossed his huge arms. "His chair style against... your computer equipment?" Ijima asked amused. "I've done some VR research and now I need a real world situation to test my new furniture space powers." Kotaro pulled out a device from furniture space and turned it on. The large crystal on top of the device projected a diagram in the air. "Theoreticaly, this means that you can access any part of furniture space!" Ijima stated amused "This will be a good chance to assess the outsiders style." said Benma "....I guess it's unanimous, Kotaro will get the first challenge. Meeting adjourned." Nakajima Kouto presed a button on the right side of his wheelchair which activated the automatic gavel. The gavel banged twice and the meeting of the student council ended.... Then the floor caved in. In his notebook Kotaro recorded the time: fifteen minutes a new record. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FURNITURE WARRIORS X Begun by the great Brian Strickln. This chapter was writen by someone who has the e-mail wjs0807@mail.ecu.edu (The Furniture Warriors concept is the copyright of Nihana-san, There is a playstation game and a anime ..... But no plushies of The Ottoman Emperor ) Chapter III: Isujitsu Vs. Kompaqqu Ryu?... or Lumi-zilla Takes on Tokyo. or Lumi-chan gets a job? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A wail of infinite sadness came from Itchiro & Kochiro's Ice Cream Parlor in Akihabara. Two hours ago Lumi found the Happy Hour All You Can Eat Ice Cream Special for 800 yen. "It was horrible, She grabbed a gallon of vanilla ice cream, tore the cardboard container off, and somehow swallowed the whole gallon of ice cream!" Itchiro told his brother. "You mean that little girl ate 12 gallons of ice cream?!" asked Kochiro shocked. "She would of eaten more but she left to deliver some letter." Itchiro said "That's the final straw," Kochiro stated decisively. "No more Happy Hour specials." -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- All was quiet in Yashiko's house... too quiet. Yashiko's father looked at his glass of beer. A small shockwave rippled through his drink. A moment later several shockwaves. After another moment his glass looked like the ocean. Nothing else around the house was vibrating; clearly this disturbance had a large frequency but little magnitude. "SEKI!!! Get the door!" Yashiko's father yelled from the other room. "Lumi.." Seki said, his meditation broken. Seki jumped up from his meditation position, dashed for the door, and opened it in the span of 0.683452 seconds. A red blur whooshed by sending semi-gale force winds into the foyer. It was headed up the stairs for his room. As Seki took the first step towards his room the red blur came back and slowed down revealing the form of Lumi. "Brother Seki! I just remembered Radiance-oneechan gave me this letter, she said it was very improtant!" she said this while shaking the battered envelope in front of him. Seki read the document, a lot of the ink was worn away. From what Seki could read It seemed that Queen Radiance wanted Lumi-chan to attend school in Japan. Right next to Shijuno Station was Shabby-chan's Fun Time Cram School, which is the only place Seki could think of where Lumi could take her high school entrance exam on a Saturday. Upon arriving at the cram school, a silver bell with a sign saying 'ring for service' caught Seki's eye. Right before he rang the bell a girl appeared from below the counter. "May I help you?" the cheerful, yet sinister secretary asked. "I talked with you on the phone. We are here for Lumi's placement exam" "I remember, please wait here while I start the test." The secretary and Lumi went into the computer room next door. Inside the room two cubicles were against each wall, with a computer in each cubicle. Lumi looked at the new toys with awe and excitement. "Please sit at this computer." The Secretary pointed at the computer nearest to the door. With her index finger Lumi prodded the new toy. "So this is a computer? Do you have any games on them?" "Actually we have every educational game ever made on these computers. Even 'Telling Time with Tickingclock'," Said the secretary with pride. "You have 60 miniutes. The computer will ask you questions. Put the answers to the questions in the blanks provided. Have fun." After the secretary left Lumi got in the seat and tapped the keyboard experimentally a few times then answered the question on the screen. "Enter Name: emhchi im lumichan" "Enter Age... uh 15 i think" A small square appeared on the screen, displaying the words Please wait while the program loads..... and nothing happened. "...The little bar ain't moving." lumi tapped the monitor with her index finger... The screen gots dark and fuzzy. Lumi squinteds her eyes, she could still make out the characters at least. "Please... wait... while, It still wants me to wait." Impatiently Lumi started typing keys on the keyboard. 10 minutes later: Finally the screen changed. "It's so hard to see the screen!" Lumi complained. "I know!" After looking in her bag for a moment she pulled out a 1200 watt florecent overhead light bulb. She moved it towards the monitor, but it still didn't help illuminate the monochrome letters. So she moved the bulb a few millimeters from the screen. "ZAP!" 1200 watts electricity jumped from the bulb into the computer. The screen was finaly illuminated. Another text box appeared, saying "Thank you for taking the Ishuma District placement test. Your results are now being printed." The quiet of the room was now filled with the noise of a bubble-jet printer printing. The secretary came into the room. "Oh, you're done already!" "...I guess so" Lumi answered bewildered The secretary read the test printout. "You got a 89% Lumi-chan! That means the nearest school you can go to is...." The Secretary paused as she looks at her clipboard. "Hiroto High School." "Wai! Brother Seki goes to that school!" "On monday give this document to the principal of Hiroto High School." The Secratary put the printout and some other papers into a large manilla envelope and handed the envelope to Lumi. Lumi grabbed the envelope and ran into the other room. "Did you hear that Brother Seki I'm going to the same school you are!" "...WHAT!?" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The most common joke about "The Honorable Kumayama-sensei's" homeroom class is that he will give students homework during homeroom. Technically he does; since history is the first class of the day, he will start class early. Naturally many people try to avoid geting this homeroom and he gets all the mid-semester transfers. For instance Lumi and Vanity who were standing at the front of the class. "Alright class before we start we have two new students. Lumi, Vanity introduce yourselves." After speaking Kumayama promptly went back to his desk showing more interest in his morning coffee than the two new students. "Hi! I'm Lumi-chan! I like Ice cream and this city is SO much fun to live in." Lumi said. "That's nice. Now sit in the empty seat near Shizuhara-kun." Kumayama-sensei said. "OH! Brother Seki is Shizuhara-kun, right?" "Yes, so take your seat." "Okay Vanity, your turn." " ....um, hello. My name is Vanity." Vanity never liked public speaking. Already she could feel the butterflies in her stomach. Then the class room seemed to spin around her. She could hear some giggles as she tried with all her might to keep her footing. "I'm soo tired all of a sudden," Vanity thought as she tried to stop the spining. "...must rest." Vanity mumbled as her legs gave out and she fell to the ground. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The last class of the day was over Lumi, Seki, Yashiko, and Vanity left through the iron gate at the front of the school and walked home. A few steps outside the gate Seki stopped suddenly and jumped back, almost knocking over Yashiko. A monitor fell to the ground and exploded near the spot Seki was. From the general spot in the air where the monitor came from The youngest member of the student council Kotaro, appeared. "Very Impressive. You noticed the rift in furniture space I came out of. Now that I've got your attention." Kotaro paused to clear his throut "I am here to issue a challenge to Seki Shizuhara for the Rosewood bride!" "I am Seki! The rose wood bride is not my property to wager. She is free to live as she wishes. ...And my last name is not Shizuhara." "Doesn't matter! Tomorrow Be at the Venerable Ancient Duelist's Arena to answer my challenge to honorable combat! If I win I will take the Rosewood Bride back. If you win she remains free." With that said Kotaro took three steps backwards fading into furniture space. "...Seki, You said if I was a good girl today you would buy me ice cream!" Said Lumi almost jumping up and down. "Waiii!" "When did I say that?!" Seki asked suprised. "This morning when I woke you up at 4:00am you said that you would buy me ice cream if I behaved today!" Lumi said, slightly annoyed at the prospect of not geting ice cream for all her hard work. "Okay, but just this once. You have to behave at school everyday or you'll get detention." "Yaaay! Ice Cream! Waiii!" Lumi said really loudly. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Start up for Yun's chapter In a small padded cell in Arkaham's home of the socialy unadjusted the cheerfull sounds of life echoed in the austier, white room. In the far corner a dark figure hears the sounds. "waii... hehehehMuhahahahahahha!" The dark figure laughed as he busted the leather straps that restricted his movement. His arms free he grabs the middle bar in the window pulls. The bar is removed rather easly. He starts work on removing the next bar. Just one more day and I'll be free the figure thinks. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In the next exciting chapter of... FURNITURE WARRIORS X : WHAT will Seki do now that he has freed Vanity? WHAT are Kouto's plans? WHY does Vanity need protection? From who/what does Vanity need protecting? WILL Tokyo survive Lumi-chan's ice crean raids and the collateral damage her style of fighting causes? Find out next time in Chapter Four: Pass the Guacmole of Doom to Seki, or something. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AUTHOR'S NOTES Thank you Brian Stricklin for helping me finish my first impro part. I've done what I can with the time I have. There are probaly a lot of gramitical errors still in this chapter.... Deal with it. I've done the best I could with the time and writing skills I have. Critisim is welcome, but all the non-constructive e-mails I get will be deleted. So the members of the student council are: Kotaro Is rational, logical, plays video games, uses heavy computer accessories, and can teleport. Ijima Except for the laugh is a blank character. Benma A giant trained in the high impact furniture arts of the Ottoman Empire. Kouto already covered Remember this is an anime setting So Kouto could be out of his body cast and walking around in a week if you want to use him. Sorry to Yun for dropping this Isujitsu Vs. Kompaqqu Ryu fight on him. I just don't have time to write a fight scene.