Chapter 61 : Scissor Head

Tek launched some food at Duri, Duri slid under it, jumped, and smashed food in Tek's face.

"How ya like that?!"

Tek replied, "You talk too much."

Tek mushed some food in Duri's face, knocking him over the table.

Tek rushed at Duri, saying, "Your cooking is inferior to mine, brat."

Duri kicked the lunch table at Tek, but Tek spinned and jumped over it. But Duri slid under Tek's legs, flipped himself upward off the table, and slammed a carton of juice on the back of Tek's head.

The juice went down Tek's back, and Tek shook as it had a tingly weird feeling.

Tek said, "I..hate that feeling!"

Tek used his chains to grab a pile of peoples food from the table, and he threw it on Duri, sending him a few tables backwards.

Seven and Nine were enjoying themselves, slamming food on everyone they came across. Nine used her speed to get by, throwing food at everyone.

Nine exclaimed, "Yeee haw! Finally! Another action scene!"

Seven responded, "These rookies are no match for us, Nine. Imagine not being better than us."

"Damn right. Let's bury em'!"

Seven slammed someone's plate of food on two students, blasting them away.

Nine ran on the walls, launching meat at everyone.

"Take this! This! And this! And that! And that and this!"

Ren-Ren had a two boys and a girl on the floor covered in food, and Ren-Ren was holding up a block of cheese, threatening them, "Bow before me or suffer the consequences."

"Wh-what is wrong with you?!"

"Heh? Hehe..hehe…hehe..you will become my subordinates and worship me, fools. Now worship me like I'm a god!"

"Your crazy! Typical Psycho Ren-Ren!"

"Wrong..answer.."

Ren-Ren slammed the food on them, blasting them away.

Shiryu was lazily avoiding all the food being thrown at him. And he was drinking apple juice at the same time, not attacking anyone.

"This..is very..active. Don't mind me.."

Espen was looking around, seeing if anyone was hurt.

Espen was asking certain people, "Are you hurt? Or are you becoming anxious from this food fight?"

Then she would ask others, "Your eyes are a little hazy, are you feeling weird?"

Suddenly, and apple was flying towards the back of her head, and she caught it without looking.

Espen swished all the around, yelling, "I'm trying to help all of you!"

She threw the apple back, and it hit a student in the stomach, making him bash against the cafeteria wall.

Espen raced over there to him, and asked that student, "I'm very sorry, are you okay? Did I throw too hard? If so, you need medical attention. Sometimes I cannot control my own strength."

Kazuma had one plate of Duri's food in his hand, and he was eating it. He did this with a smile and red cheeks, and he was dodging all the foot rocketing his way. And as he ate Duri's dish, Kazuma would slam other foods on the other students, and would slingshot them across the cafeteria, smacking students far back.

Kazuma exclaimed, "Duri! Duri! If you can hear me, could you please make me some more of this when you get home?! Thanks!"

Jiyu was sitting at the lunch table still, too anxious to get up and throw food back. Usually, she wouldn't mind getting up and participating in this type of thing, but it was basically a free for all. She didn't want to have to go up against Seven, Duri, or Tek. 

Jiyu was then hiding under the lunch table, looking left and right, saying, "Find my happy place, find my happy place, find my happy place, find my happy place, find my happy p-place-."

The lunch table was removed from above Jiyu, and she was exposed to the food war.

One girl was standing over her, holding up a plate of fruit, looked at Jiyu, and laughed, "HAHAHAHA! DIE!"

Jiyu answered, "Die?"

Coming to the rescue, Tek jumped over that table, but Duri approached the girl, did a couple of mid air sideways flips over her, grabbed the girls face, and slammed it into a pile of mashed potatoes.

Then, Duri went back to taking Tek on.

Jiyu yelled to Duri, "Thanks, Duri!"

Duri threw more food at Tek, Tek dodged it, and slung an orange and a balled up piece of bread at Duri. 

Duri punched and kicked them away, and then Tek zipped to Duri's face and stuffed a small cake on his face, slamming him against the wall.

Tek said, "They love my food..you're trying to brainwash them with your poison dish."

Duri answered, "Poison?! Your food was literally disgusting! Tasted like ass!"

"But you ate all of it!"

"To get the full experience to give a full critique, dumbass!"

Duri grabbed Tek's arm, turned around, and slid Tek across the table, making him slide on tons of food.

Duri cracked his knuckles, and wiped food off of his face.

"Yeah, now I'm angry."

Duri took one step forward, and a Host stepped in front of him, putting their hands on his chest.

"Do not take another step."

Duri asked, "The hell? What's your deal? Don't touch me."

Then, there were a bunch of other Hosts with their hands on all the students' chests, and everything was quiet.

Minutes later, all the students in the cafeteria were sitting on the floor, with the school headmaster, Raijin, looking at them with a few teachers. Sensei Kei was up there with him too.

Raijin sighed, "Ya know, I'm mostly to blame for this. I thought you all could handle something like this. I'm disappointed. But..it looked fun."

The teachers looked at Raijin, saying, "What?!"

Raijin continued, "You all are kids, of course stuff like this is gonna happen. Even when I was your age, I started a food fight for a week straight, promising the teachers I'd never do it again. Man those were the times."

Tek asked Raijin, "So you're not mad at us?"

"Well, I mean, I wouldn't be as mad as I should be. Because Sensei Kei can clean anything dirty and fix anything broken with his ability."

Duri murmured, "I forgot he could do that."

Tek responded, "Me too."

Kei walked forward, and stuck his hand out. All of the students' clothes started to be cleansed, and the floors were being cleaned, dissolving the food in its place.

It took a few seconds for it to be cleaned, and then it was finished.

Some of the students were surprised, and some were unhappy. 

Seven said, "We're clean and all, but the smell..it's still in our outfits. We're gonna have to get a change of clothes."

Raijin said, "Since there's 30 minutes left until lunch is over, we'll call your parents and let them know. Everyone move to the main lobby in front of the school."

Tek thinks, 'I can get my own change of clothes.'

Everyone stood up and started walking out of the cafeteria.

Duri walked past the Host who touched him, and then he stopped.

Duri said to him, "Oi..if you touch me again..I'll end you."

Tek grabbed Duri by the ear, and started pulling him out of the gym.

Tek said to the Host, "He didn't mean that. He's taking medication."

Duri replied, "Hah?! No I'm not! Let me go! I'll end you too!"

"Quit whining. Are you about to turn 16, or 11?"

A few minutes later, the students sat in the lobby, talking with their parents, as they were handed a new school outfit to change into.

Marshy had brought Duri a new outfit, and she bonked him on the head slightly with her fists, asking, "You started it, didn't you?"

Duri answered, "Maybe. Maybe not. Tek tried to best me, people liked his food..maybe I got jealous."

"That's what rivals are for, Duri. Maybe one day you'll both be good friends."

"Yeah that's never happening."

"Hey, watch this."

"Hm?"

Marshy looked over at Seven, and Seven's parents were with her, Hinata and Zaiyen.

Zaiyen and Hinata gasped when they saw Marshy, and Marshy smirked with a cunning gesture and tone.

Zaiyen said, "Our rival..!"

Hinata added, "Honey, prepare the death gun."

"Yokai!"

Seven stopped them from brewing up their powers, "In front of everyone?! You're gonna try and fight in a school?"

Hinata smiled, "Why of course not, sweetums!"

Zaiyen adds, "Yes, of course not."

Seven sighs, "Creepy. Really creepy actually."

Marshy and Duri were walking over to them, and stopped when they got close.

Zaiyen and Hinata started inspecting Duri, lifting his arms up and looking at his birthmark and neck.

Duri asked, "Um…can I help you?"

Zaiyen replied, "Don't mind us."

Hinata added, "Making sure you aren't about to change into your little demonic form and hurt our baby."

Duri said, "I'm gonna-."

Marshy slapped Hinata and Zaiyen's hands away, grinning, "Aren't you two just a LITTLE bit overprotective?"

Seven replied, "Thank you! That's what I'm saying!"

Zaiyen said, "We don't even know what that word means. Therefore, it does not apply to us."

Duri asked, "What kind of logic is that?"

"Perfect logic."

"If you really don't know what that word means, you're just ignorant."

"Gasp! No we are not. You have asked for death. Bringing out the death gun."

Marshy said, "No bringing out the death gun. We just came over to say wassup."

Hinata says, "Oh? To say what's up? To us?"

"Yeah? Aren't we all buddies here?"

Hinata and Zaiyen looked at each other, and began laughing.

This went on for a while, and Hinata said to Marshy, "We didn't forget what you did to us years ago. The reason why we DESPISE you."

Duri answered, "What happened?"

Marshy said, "I beat them in everything. They never beat me in anything. And I always played painful pranks on them and when they tried to prank me back, it always failed. They got a little mad or whatever. I admit, I admit..I was a little cocky."

Hinata and Zaiyen said, "A little?!"

"..Alright. Shit. A lot. But ya know, let's put all of that aside, and let's be friends."

Hinata and Zaiyen looked at each other again, then looked at Marshy. 

They waited a few seconds, then they reached their hands out to shake Marshy's hand.

Seven and Duri think at the same time, 'That easy?!'

Marshy reached her hand out to Hinata and Zaiyen's hands, but she moved her hand out the way, and started laughing.

"HAHAHAHA! AS IF! Did you REALLY think we were gonna make up?! Hahahahaha!"

Hinata and Zaiyen gritted their teeth, and stretched their other arm out, yelling, "Bringing out the death gun!"

Their arms formed into red assault rifles, with dark purple glowing electric lines in them.

Marshy kept laughing, and she grabbed their arms, pointing the guns to the floor.

Marshy said to them, "Do you REALLY wanna do that?"

"Tch. Leave us be."

They made their gun arms go away, and they looked at Duri.

Hinata thinks, 'Duri..is much more collected in person. Perhaps..he could be worthy of fighting alongside my sweet daughter Seven.'

Hinata says to Duri, "Duri. If you wish to marry our daughter Seven, and fight alongside her in the power tournament you have to PROVE it and EARN our blessing. The tournaments mean ALOT to our daughter, we can't have you mess up our daughters reputation or search for more power. From what I'm seeing, you're nothing like your MOTHER."

Marshy said, "Duri has what it takes to fight alongside anyone. Don't underestimate him."

"Pfft."

Marshy smiled and stuck her tongue at Hinata and Zaiyen.

Seven said, "Whoa whoa whoa, who said anything about MARRYING?! DO YOU HEAR YOUR SELVES?"

Duri agreed, "E-exactly! What are you two on?!"

Zaiyen stepped up to Duri, and shook his hand.

Zaiyen thinks, 'I'll test him a little bit right here. If his hand snaps, then he is not worth Seven's time. No one has survived my claw grip.'

Duri and Zaiyen gripped each other's hands, and Duri looked Zaiyen in the eyes.

Zaiyen squeezed down hard, doing all of that without blinking.

Duri thinks, 'Is he..trying to break my hand? The look in his eyes, the firmness of his grip…is menacing.'

Zaiyen thinks, 'His hand should be snapping at any moment. I'm surprised he's held on this long-.'

Duri snapped Zaiyen's hand, and Zaiyen smiled.

Hinata said, "I-Impossible!"

Seven gasped, "Shit.."

Marshy grinned, "Uh oh."

Duri said, "Um…sorry? I guess?"

Zaiyen tapped his own snapped hand with his two fingers, then with one finger, and the snapped hand fixed itself.

Duri asked, "Did you just…heal yourself?"

Zaiyen responded, "I can't heal wounds, but I can repair broken bones to a certain extent. I used to be a Host."

Seven said to her parents, "Okayyy it's time for you two to GOOO. I'll see you at home."

"Okay, okay. We're going. And Duri.."

Duri looked at Seven's parents, and replied, "What?"

Hinata and Zaiyen got close to Duri, and said at the same time, "We don't trust you yet. BUT WE'LL BE WATCHING YOU. ALWAYS WATCHING."

"Stalking me now?"

Hinata and Zaiyen walked away.

As they walked, Hinata asked Zaiyen, "Did you let Duri break your hand?"

Zaiyen answered, "No. I used all of my strength. In terms of raw power, Duri is stronger than me. He's gained a little tiny 1% of respect from me."

"Do you think he is worthy to fight alongside our precious daughter?"

"For now. But people change, especially teenagers. We'll see how his attitude holds up in the long run."

"Agreed."

Seven apologized to Marshy, "Sorry about them, Host Marshy."

Marshy chuckled, "It's fine, Seven. Me and your parents have been back and forth for years, even before you were born. Don't sweat it."

"Sweet. I gotta change now."

Seven looked at Duri, "See you in class, nerd."

Seven jogged away, and Marshy slightly shoved Duri.

Marshy implied, "Oh yeah she likes you."

Duri yanked Marshy's arm multiple times, "Shush! Shush! Shush!"

(15 minutes passed)

Duri was walking outside the school campus with his hands in his pockets, whistling. A few feet away, reporters Jin and Mara, "The blue haired twins", were following him cameras.

Mara was recording Jin, and Jin was saying into the camera, whispering, "We have gained access inside of the school, we're only doing this because the people desperately needed a Duri interview! But we don't want to startle him, he might attack us."

Jin and Mara were getting closer, and Mara kept thinking, 'Money! Money! Money! Money! Money!'

They continued to follow Duri throughout the school, and Duri came to a stop in the middle of the sidewalk.

Jin and Mara hid, thinking, 'He stopped?!'

Duri looked left and right, and then he sneezed.

Duri kept walking, and Jin and Mara stealthily followed.

On the roof, Xenon was smoking a cigarette, looking down at them.

'For starters, they didn't sneak in here. I gave them permission. I went to school with them, they mean no harm. They don't even have combat based abilities. They have the ability to hide their presence almost better than anyone. I'm gonna be training Duri soon, I wanna see how he handles the press. Especially reporters like Jin and Mara.'

Jin and Mara kept on following Duri, walking and walking, until Duri walked to the left into an open space.

Jin and Mara turned that same corner, and saw that it was a dead end. Nothing but a wall was there, and not Duri. He was nowhere to be seen.

Jin said, "A dead end?"

Mara asked, "Where did he go..?"

Duri was standing behind the two of them with a straight face, and tapped them on the shoulder.

Jin and Mara screamed like girls, and they turned around to Duri.

But Duri wasn't there either. Duri was leaning against the wall on the other side of them.

Duri asked, "So. Why were you following me?"

Jin asked, "Did you..sense us? I could've sworn we hid our presence from being noticed."

Duri answered, "I could hear your heartbeats and pulse. Seems like you two were nervous. I'm gonna ask again, why were you two nerds following? Talk or die."

Jin jumped in fear, saying, "Um, um, we just wanted an interview. W-were gonna post it in our Bloggerz account and it's going to be on TV."

"Pay me."

"P-pay you?"

"100,000 yen."

Jin and Mara exclaimed, "ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND YEN?!"

[100K yen is about 772 dollars.]

Duri said, "Cough it up. No money, no interview."

"F-fine! You take checks?"

"Cash."

Minutes later, Duri, Jin, and Mara were outside of an ATM, and Jin was withdrawing 772 dollars from his account.

Duri was smiling the entire time, and when Jin handed him the money, Duri took it, smelled it, then said, "Alright. It's real. You can ask me a few questions, because I have to go back in 8 minutes. But don't ask me anything about the exams. Deal?"

Jin and Mara smiled, "Deal!"

A few blocks away, Duri was eating a large burger and fries, sitting at an outside bench, with Jin and Mara sitting across from him.

Mara was recording, and Jin asked duri, "Favorite food?"

Duri answered, "Pizza."

"Favorite color?"

"Red. Because it's the same color as blood."

"Tall women or short women?"

"Women shorter than me but not too short."

"Hot or cold?"

"Hot."

"Soda or juice?"

"Juice."

"Video games or TV shows?"

"Watching the tournaments."

"Boxing or wrestling?"

"Boxing."

"Lions or tigers?"

"Tigers."

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"The strongest being to ever live. I made a promise, so I have to."

Mara looked at the live view count, and she saw they had over 130k viewers.

Mara thinks, 'This interview is getting a bunch of publicity! 130k viewers! Money! Money! Money! Money!'

Jin asked Duri, "Last question. Where do you see yourself in the next five months?"

"...I don't even know. Probably..at war."

[School]

[8 minutes later]

[Sensei Kei's class]

Sensei Kei said to the class, "Now that everyone is back from an EVENTFUL lunch, I have information about your upcoming class presentation about the explorer skits. You are allowed to make costumes for your skit too, and if you do that, you will automatically pass the next 3 pop quizzes I hand out."

The class said:

"Seriously? You're kidding!"

"That's big!"

"I'm definitely doing it!"

"Count me in!"

"I love this teacher!"

Duri said, "Costumes? What a joke."

Seven said, "We're doing it. I can sew and knit pretty well. I just need you and Tek's cooperation."

Tek comments, "Count me out. I'm not a wuss. I don't create outfits."

Seven said, "Oh you're going too. I'll use my Spirit of Wrath on you."

"You wouldn't dare."

"I would."

Duri says, "Automatically passing pop quizzes does sound great.."

Tek replied, "It is tempting."

Seven grinned, "Yes! It's a done deal then. You're both gonna help me make the outfits for our skit! We won't lose to no one. I already have an idea on what to make our costumes with! I just have to sort some things out so we can go get them."

Duri asked, "So you're saying it's up to us to design these costumes..?"

"Precisely."

Tek said, "Whatever. If this is happening…I'll make a better costume than Duri."

Duri responds, "You're on, chain boy."

Kazuma says, "Yes! Leave it to me, I can make great costumes!"

Nine said, "Make it brutal and bloody. That'll catch everyone's attention."

Ren-Ren said, "I want our costumes to be villain-like. With capes and all."

Jiyu implies, "I'm-I'm good at m-making things…I'll see w-what I-I can come up with."

Shiryu said, "Can someone make an outfit…out of graham crackers..so I'll have something to snack on after…we embarrass ourselves..?"

Espen says, "Leave it to me."

Back at Duri's desk, Tek asked Duri, "Do you..have a tournament tonight?"

Duri answered, "Yes. Are you joining so I can kick your ass again?"

"No. I have other things to handle. I'm still searching for the one I hate."

"Your uncle, right?"

"..."

"Don't die you bastard. I'm the only one who is allowed to kill you."

"..Tch. Same goes for you.'

Kazuma and the others overheard them, and they said:

"Good luck in your matches, Duri and Seven! We'll definitely be there watching!"

"Make sure you win. This is your first power tournament. And yes, we're all going."

"You're both strong, it'll be an easy win.'

[After school]

[Nighttime]

All over the television, billboards, phones, Bloggerz, and radios and newspapers, the tournament was being hyped up everywhere. With millions upon millions of fans tuning in. Most of them wanted to see Duri and Seven in action.

Reporters Jin and Mara were outside the arena, and loud epic electronic music was playing in the background, which came from the arena. There were multiple powerful contestants entering the arena, ready to fight. The entire tournament was going to start in 40 minutes.

Jin said into the camera, "Welcome, to the Hazmat tournament! This tournament is going to be big, so you're all in for a treat and a ride! Making their debut for their first power tournament, is Duri and Seven! Now we all remember seeing how strong they are? Well, hopefully they can display that same strength here tonight!"

There were pictures of Duri and Seven standing back to back with their fists closed, those pictures showed up on everyone's screens. 

[Duri and Marshy's house]

Duri was wearing a black tank top, blue sweatpants, and black shoes with black socks and black hand wraps over his knuckles.

Marshy was taking multiple pictures of Duri from all angles with a smile, and Duri said, "Are you done yet?"

"Just a few more. Annnnnd…boom! Got enough! So is Seven meeting you at the arena?"

"Yeah, she'll be there."

"Aww. My son is growing up so fast! Let's hurry!"

"Finally! Fuck!"

Marshy and Duri got into the car, and they drove off super fast.

They made it to the arena, and Duri jumped out. 

Marshy said to Duri, "I'll be RIGHT back, I'm gonna go buy some energy drinks and snacks for you and Seven."

"Okay, I'll wait out here for Seven."

Marshy drove off, and Duri waited and waited. 

20 minutes went by, and Seven still wasn't there.

Duri tried calling her over and over, but she wasn't answering.

'The hell is going on with her?'

Duri's phone rang, and he looked at it. It was from an unknown number.

Duri quickly answered, "Who the hell is this?"

It was Seven.

She said, "Duri, my phone. I left it at school. If I don't get it, then my parents are going to trip out and I don't want them embarrassing me. Could you meet me at the school and help me find it? Nine is coming too, and I ran into Kazuma on the way there."

Kazuma said into the phone, "Hey Duri!!"

Duri said, "Okay, okay. We got time. I'm on the way."

[11 minutes later]

[The High school]

Duri showed up at the school, and he saw Seven, Nine, and Kazuma upstairs in their classroom, looking through everything.

Duri said, "Can't believe this shit is happening."

Duri ran forward, and he jumped high into the air, rolling through the window of the classroom.

Kazuma said, "Duri!"

Nine went, "About time."

Seven said to Duri, "I didn't wanna come alone, I heard this place is haunted at night."

Duri was looking through things too, and he replied, "Haunted? That's some creepypasta shit, Seven."

"I-Im not scared of ghosts if that's what you're thinking!"

Duri asked Kazuma, "What were you doing around here?"

"Oh! I was looking for bad guys to beat up! Cool, right?!"

"That doesn't really suit you to be honest. But whatever."

They kept looking and looking, until they heard laughing in the walls.

Seven's eyes got big, "What the fuck was that?"

Kazuma says, "It came from the wall.."

Nine instantly said, "A ghost!"

Duri rolled his eyes, and he said, "It's not a ghost. The laugh is coming from the wall, right? It's probably just the creaks. This school is old."

Duri walked to Sensei Kei's board at the front of the room, and took it off the wall. There was a painting behind the wall, and Duri took that off too without hesitation.

Seven, Kazuma, and Nine think, 'How can he do this without pausing once?'

It was a large hole in the wall, and it was dark.

Seven's phone was floating in there.

Duri said, "See look? There's your phone, and no ghosts."

Duri reached for the phone, but red and black eyes opened in the dark, and the force pushed Duri, Seven, Kazuma, and Nine back far, making them crash through the back of the classroom wall, and they fell on the floor inside of another classroom.

Duri asked, "What the hell was that?!"

Seven replied, "Don't ask us! We're just as confused as you!"

Kazuma said nervously, "Uh guys..you might wanna take a look."

Coming from the hole in the wall, was a man, and his name was Ghoul, and he was naked but he private parts were not there, and he had no buttocks. 

He was fairly muscular and ripped, with red spots all around his body. Ghoul had shoulder length black hair, bones for a mouth, black circles around its red eyes, and no ears.

Ghoul pointed at Duri and the group, saying, "You children..disturbing me while I'm trying to have fun. I'm trying to talk to my friends without being noticed…and I finally have a phone."

Seven scoffed, "That's my damn phone! Give it back!"

Ghoul stretched his arms out, and the staplers, the scissors, and the TV started to come to life.

A grey muscular and ripped naked body without private parts with dark purple spots on them grew from under the staplers, scissors, and TV. Those objects had come to life, with muscular arms and legs, and those objects were enlarged as heads for those bodies.

They were literally objects with bodies on them, and those objects were the heads.

Ghoul said, "These are my friends. I was made fun of at this school years ago..I was lonely..outcasted because of the way I look...but when I found out I could make any object come to life, I felt like I didn't have to be lonely anymore. But now, since you all disproved my secret, I can't let you leave…..this cruel world might take my power away. I did bad things..to my bullies..making my object friends deal with them..and hid here. I'm glad..I have this phone, so me and my friends can play together on it. I just want to spend the rest of my days with my created object friends in peace..is that too much to ask? You disturbed us!"

Duri said, "Fuck that! You're going down!"

Kazuma says, "Men with object heads.."

Nine says, "This is crazy!"

Seven said, "I'm getting my phone back! I don't care what happened to you, dude! Me and Duri…are not about to be late for our first tournament!"

Ghoul ordered his object men with object heads to attack them.

Duri got beside Seven, and Duri was in his shadow form: Shadow form ONE.

Seven was in her Spirit of Wrath form.