@Blade17Exiting after her, Blade sees the three Yui siblings walking away from the store front. The three siblings all had straight black hair with the two boys having very short hair while Hanakos was long and tied up. “B-but that one guy was all alone!” One could be heard saying in plee.
“Basically easy pickings!” The other joined in their defense.
“I don't care what your excuses are!” She said as she turned around to face the two. “Thanks to you two we're gonna be in tro- Oh” Hanako paused, now seeing Blade in front of the store. She had almost passed him off as a complete stranger before she saw the Wing Zero in his hand.
Before she could say anything to him, her two siblings also turned around and made the revelation. “You!!” The two said in unison
“Here to rub it in our faces?”
“You already ruined the debut! What else do y-“ Was said before Hanako covered both of their mouths.
She whispers, “Shut the HELL up.” She said before moving them behind her. “Both of you. Leave. Now.” She said commandingly as she was now facing Blade. The two brothers nod before walking away, watching the two from afar. Hanako turns back to Blade. “So, YOU’RE the one behind the Wing Zero.” She said, looking him up and down. “I don’t have a lot of time, I need to make sure my brothers don’t get into trouble, so did you .. need something?” She asked, tilting her head, mentally ready to leave if he really was going to brag. Then again, he was pretty cordial during the fight and even offered a hand so she wasn’t too worried.
Still though, she really didn’t want to keep
her waiting too long.
@DoubleTakemori, having returned to the counter of the shop, was surprised to see Riku looking through the shelves above his head looking for something. Following Riku's eyes he finds it drawn to the Gundam Maxter sitting in the top row. “You interested in the Maxter kid? It’s definitely a fierce gunpla in close range, though you gotta have guts to shed your armor for more offensive strength.” He said, trying to dole out whatever wisdom he could to the young fighter.
Takemori grabbed the box from high up and handed it to the teen. “It’s obvious that you wanna buy this, so how bout you just take this and we can put it on your tab.” He offered discreetly. He’d feel bad if he took the kids' money right now of all times.
@ShiyonichiSeo watched the rest of the battle as he was seething in anger, watching Riku rack up point after point. Only feeling smug when he saw Rikus Metal Angel finally fall in its last ditch attack. When the match ended, the 5 of them stood to the side talking about the match. “The end of that fight was intense.” Kobayashi said, looking over the damages to his blue GN-X. “The Reaper, and the Shark. Without Seo did we really stand a chance?”
“Obviously not!” Seo answered swiftly. “However. If I hadn’t underestimated Riku I’d have gone to the next round as well.” He said in frustration. Before they could say anything else however, Kai walked up to them. As the other looked to eachother, wondering why he would approach them, Seo smile. “Ah Hello. You were the one who won the tournament yes? If your interested in joining sign ups ar-“
He was then interrupted by Kai walking directly past him, to Hachiyama. Kai put his fist into his palm before giving him a traditional martial arts bow. “I hope we can fight again.” The Reaper said before walking away.
Tanaka spoke first, “D-dude, you just got complimented by the Reaper!” He said, hachiyama for his part was still shocked silent.
Seo, still stunned by being ignored, recovered and tried again. “Anyways I think you’d make a great addition to our team and if you can come by Saturday I’m sure I can assess your skills properly.” He continued, but again was ignored. Before he could follow the boy he realized WHO he was walking towards. Naoki and Riku.
It had made sense now why he was being so disrespectful! ‘They had probably already formed a team and had come to work together, just like us!’ He thought incorrectly.
“C’mon boys! We’re leaving, but mark my words.” He said as he watched the group form at the other side of the room. “I’ll get you for this.” He said more to himself as he stomped out of the arcade. His allies in tow.
(Side Story)
@KenjuGuy“I got to say hi to the Shark! Did you see sis!” A young boy said as he and his sister walked home from the arcade.
Kishimodo laughed at her brother's energy. “Yes yes I saw, and he was much nicer than I thought.” She said, remembering how frustrated the boy looked after the battle. She honestly thought he was going to bite her brothers head off but was happy when he changed tunes. “By the way, I’m sorry for ruining your gunpla, and you were so excited to see me win.” She said handing him his gunpla back.
“Y-You were amazing out there big sis! There was just a lot of other strong guys. And you lost to the first place guy, so it’s not all bad.” He said as he held his damaged Victory Gundam in his hand. “And we had a fun time right?”
“Heh, yeah it was pretty fun. Who knows, I might get more into this myself.” She said as she looked down at her shopping bag, a new box kit sitting inside.
@Blade17@Double@Shiyonichi@KenjuGuyAs the teens began to finish their individual business and join the group, Naoki smiled as he examined the 4. An image of all 4 of them working in tandem flashed through his mind as he was already assigning roles to strategies in his head.
“So, I’m willing to hear ya out.” Kai said to Naoki. “So what do ya want?”
Jun chimed in at that, "Oh yeah, what's this all about? Hm, you're that weird Graze fighter from before. ...Oh I see, you all want to take me on at the same time as payback! That's fine by me, I'll fight even with a busted Gunpla!"
Naoki for his part was shocked by what felt like a sudden challenge, not that he’d reject a fight. Naoki's hand was already hovering above his gunpla case on his belt, but quickly stopped, remembering why he was here. “No no, at least not yet.” He said as he tried to calm down Jun. “The reason I gathered the 4 of you is because I’m forming a Gunpla Fighter Team, a team with the goal of reaching the world tournament together.” He said, trying and moderately succeeding to add confidence to his voice as he continued. “I already have everything we need for an official team, from a Haro bot to a financial sponsor. So we won’t have to worry about any extra sort of expenses. The only things I’m missing are teammates, so I came to today's tournament in hopes of finding potential candidates, and that's where you all come in.”
Naoki took a deep breath before bowing. “Please! Consider joining my team!!” He said in a bow to the 4.
