Beach Day

Chapter 3: You Can’t Be Serious

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Kazuya looked at the volleyball court in dismay. It was a marked out patch of burning hot sand with a ratty net between the two sectors…and a large crowd was already gathering around the outside. Suddenly, he was glad he was practically unrecognisable; he had his raven hair hanging loose about his neck and shoulders – no gel – and he looked as if he were only in his late twenties, thanks to G-Corporation messing around with him again…that, and he was in ‘mufti’.

“You’re kidding…right?”

Nina shot him a glare. “Of course not! This is the volleyball court, and you, mister, are going to play like your life depends on it! Don’t force me to make your life depend on it…”

Kazuya rolled his eyes behind the reflective shades. “I could take on your stupid sister and her shmoo-sisters single-handedly…”

Hwoarang interrupted. “Yeah yeah sure sure whatEVer…”

Jin gave him a firm elbow in the ribs. “Shut up Red, he’ll kick your ass…”

“Suuuuure he will…if he doesn’t break a hip!”

“Remember how I beat you up at the last tournament? Of course you do. I’d make a note that he did the same thing to me in half the time…”

Hwoarang shut up.

Eddy and Lei noticed the sudden silence, and paused their conversation about the Mishimas and their lawfulness at question – since both of them don’t particularly like either of the Mishima boys – only to see a team of women approaching the opposite side of the volleyball court.

“Hey look, they’re here!”

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The crowd began to get a little more excited, especially as Lee arrived with the swarm of five women around him; Anna clinging to him around the elbow with both arms. The silver haired Devil glanced quickly over at the other team, and swallowed the lump that suddenly rose in his throat; what had he gotten himself into?! There was Eddy…he was bound to be good at this stuff. And Jin…that boy was sure as hell strong, and Hwoarang was always too quick for him. Lei shouldn’t be too much trouble…Nina he knew would be there. And then there was that handsome creature he didn’t seem to recognise. Reminded him of someone he once knew…

Anna found herself gawking at the competition…typical Nina, the slut, had picked out all the hot guys from the tournament…and one random sex bomb she’d never seen before. She should have thought of that…these girls might not be so good at volleyball…though Lee might save them.

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Jin wandered casually over to the firm white ball that bounced into the middle of the court and lay there in the sand, and picked it up with one slender hand. He glanced over at the opposition again; oh no, not those two. Julia and Xiaoyu…those two little teenyboppers never knew when to leave him alone…and now that he’d noticed them, they’d looked quickly away, blushing, as if caught staring. Oh well, he’d just have to polish them up nicely with this game, and hope they’ll fall in love with someone else. After all, a choice between a psychopathic native-Indian (wannabe) and a hyperactive immature Chinese girl isn’t one every guy would want to make.

After collecting the ball, Jin headed to the back of the court, standing in the centre; Eddy wandered over to his left, and his father stood to his right. In front of him was Hwoarang – waving his ass at him rudely, mind you – with Nina to his left and Lei to his right. On the far end of the court, Anna took up the rear right position; Julia stood next to her, and Xiaoyu stood on the far left. In front of her, Michelle stood, with Lee in the front centre, and Christie undecided as to where she was meant to stand.

Jin tossed the ball to Kazuya, since he was in the serving position. Kazuya caught it, and held it casually in one hand…after a second, his attention was broken by a loud rising of excited screams and cheers…a moment after that, a bright red bikini top landed over the arm the ball was in. Needless to say, his eyebrows shot up and his eyes widened substantially; this bikini top was not small! Everyone on both teams stared in the direction the bikini was shot from…all the men couldn’t help but gawk. They exchanged glances as the lifeguards dragged the woman off for ‘indecent exposure’, allowing a slight bit of order to return to the playing field.

Blushing heavily, Kazuya shook the bra top off his arm and kicked it aside, and prepared to serve.

Just as he lowered his arm, ready to throw the ball up, Anna shrieked in rebellion.

“How dare you assume that you can serve first! We have to settle who serves first or it’s not fair!”

Nina glared at her sister in dismay. “Oh WHAT?!”

She had to be joking. They weren’t that immature…!