~Little Tokyo High~ : The Flaming Emerald Dance

[Blackcat]

*Jack was at home, cooking in the kitchen ... with some "surprise" guests...

"So... what are you all doing here again?" asked Jack looking at FG the fox girl, to a strange catgirl with horns in her head named Maya, and to that  grey catgirl, with white spots in her fur called Seia.

Maya: I want to know that Dash guy!

FG: I want you to help me know about Dash cause I love him!

Seia: I dont love Dash, am here because Maya is an idiot from "Another country", and the way she acts gets her in trouble.

Jack: And what the hell I have to do with all that?

FG: Well, I am also here cause I missed classes, so I am doing this dish with you to get better grades... (And because I know something you dont about this dish)

Jack: What was that last part?

GH: Eh... Dash is cute?

Maya: Oh I hope he is cute, an hero must be cute!

Seia: Told ya, she is an idiot!

Jack: I hate my life... -_-

[KyoZaber]

*** At Dash's house... ***

The front door opened...
Outside  it stood a young puppy girl, about 6, maybe 7 years old.
Her outfit was modest... and by modest we mean a regular kimono with wooden sandles, along with a "Hello Kitty" backpack.
On the left-side of the kimono was a name-tag.

"Hello, my name is...
Big Al"

?? : *In a sweet little voice.* Excuse me sir. Is this the residence of Mr. Dash St. Pierre the part-time pizza delivery boy?

*** Meanwhile... At Guido's Bachelor Pad / Romero's place... ***

Eyah : *Rummaging through a liquor cabinet that used to be locked, her voice slightly muffled.* So as I was saying Romero... Since we don't have the sake, we're just going to have to cook with whatever your older brother's got! I'm sure he won't mind. *She nudges a few bottles out... letting them roll around on the floor.*

[DashStPierre]

Dash saw the little girl and he knew it wasnt Big Al but he appreciated the attempt so he decided to play along.

Dash: Hey Big Al, thanks so much for getting this for me. And you dont have to worry, this stuff is purely for cooking. Grams would probably cut my arms off if I tried to have any of this stuff. Wont you come in and have some pizza before you head back to the palace?

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero pick the bottles back up as Eyah let them roll out onto the floor. he was watching as she dug around trying to find the right kind of saki. he leaned back on the kitchen counter and thought for a while until he finally though of something to say to eyah

Romero: That's fine and all Eyah, but...I wanted to ask you a question...Why did you try and frame me and Dash with principal Tio's motorcycle? I mean...what did i ever do to you? I mean I kinda like you and all...but i just want to know...why you did it. Dash said your only being nice to me because your using me to get to my brother...I ignored him cause I thought that maybe he was wrong, but now...you kinda got me wondering...

[KyoZaber]

*** At Dash's house... ***


The young girl walked inside, handing Dash her backpack. Her eyes began looking around the entrance... Slightly awestruck.

?? : *Follows Dash into the kitchen, forgetting to answer his first question.* Woah... Is this house all yours mister Dash sir?

She begins wandering around the kitchen, looking at the various decorations, and cooking condiments.

?? : *Giddy* This is all so neat! I'm actually in Mr. Dash's house! *Twirls around, hugging herself and smiling.*

*** Meanwhile... At Guido's Bachelor pad... ***


Eyah : *Standing at the counter, she begins mixing together ingredients.* Well Romero... I tried to do it to get you and Dash out of my hair. *She stops stirring, holding out a spatula, letting it drip into the bowl.* You see... It's hard to be an evil master mind such as myself & pull off nefarious plots in the school with such high profile students around.

She giggles a bit, then throws her arms out to her sides, and begins waving her arms up and down.

Eyah : You see, it'd have been a sinch to take over the school with you two in detention, don't you see!?

A resounding THUD echoed through the bachelor pad as the spatula flew through the air, and ingrained itself in the adjacent wall.
Eyah looked over at the wall... then at her hand... then back at the wall again...

Eyah : Eh... heh heh.... ^^;

She went over to the wall, pulled the spatula out, and began to work once again.

Eyah : *Adding various other ingredients.* As for getting to your brother... That'd take more planning & plotting than a simple case of graffiti.


*** Meanwhile... Out in one of Little Tokyo's public parks... ***

Kyo : *Slumped on one of the benches... Unconscious...* Uggg.... *Slowly... he begins to get up... rubbing his head.* Wh... Where am I? ... *He begins to yawn, looking down at his watch.* What time ish it?

From an adjacent tree... Camma emerged... descending quickly towards Kyo.

Camma : I FOUND YOU!!!

Kyo : *His eyes flew wide open in surprise...* HOAKIE PETE!!!

Camma slammed into Kyo, tackling him. They both rolled backwards off of the bench & into the grass.

Camma : *On-top of Kyo, putting him into a sleeper hold.* You're not getting away from me this time!!!

Kyo : @_@ URK!!! GAK!!! *Passes out...*

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero looked at the wall now with a hole in it then back to Eyah.

Romero: *rubbing the back of his head*......I'm confused....*looks at the bowl now appering to be bubbling up and overflowing from the mixed ingredients* Um...Eyah....is....is it soppose to do that?

Romero puts his face closer towards the bowl eyeing it closely...

[DashStPierre]

Dash: *laughs* Oh no...I live here with my grandmother and two sisters. I couldnt use all this myself. My grandmother is an amazing cook. She can make almost anything you could think of. I think she was a chef before we ended up living with her after mom and dad died. I gotta get you on your way though because everybody is coming from downstairs so we can work on this big recipe project. Thanks for bringing that sake by. Feel free to stop by again.

With that Dash escorted his apparent "crush" to the street and went back inside to set to work on the project.

[KyoZaber]

*** Outside of Guido's Bachelor Pad... ***

A loud explosion shakes the neighborhood.
One of the neighbors begins barking... and a few Car alarms begin sounding off...
A window opens up, and a pair of figures stick their goopy heads out, gasping for breath & coughing.

*** Back inside... ***

Eyah : *COUGH, COUGH, SPUTTER.* Eyyyahhh~ *Cough Cough* ... Believe it or not Romero... *Wipes some of the dough off of her face, and his.* It is...

Eyah looked back into the kitchen... which looked like a disaster of dough-y proportions.
Thankfully, the bowl was still on the counter, and full of batter.
The kitchen table was devoid of everything... except a small vase with two flowers.

Eyah : *Smerks, pointing to the table.* Look! The flowers are still standing!

The sound of the front door opening echoed through the apartment, followed by a pair of foot steps.

Guido : Here... Let me help you with that~ *Takes off a young woman's light coat, and helps her keep balance as she takes her high-heels off.*

?? : *Giggles.* Thank you kind sir~ *Her eyes begin surveying the room.* So this is the apartment of a flying stunt man?

Guido : *Hangs her stuff up, stifling a grin & a smerk.* Yep! I did all the decorating myself.... But you know... as good as it is... It still needs a little something extra.

?? : *Begins walking around.* And what would that be?

Guido : *Dashes over, sweeping her off of her feet.* The touch of a beautiful flower... such as yourself of course...

?? : *A blush spreads over her face...* Guido... I...

Snickering could be heard coming from the kitchen...


*** Meanwhile... Back at Dash's house... ***


The young girl stood out in the street... dumbstruck by what happened...

?? : ... That wasn't supposed to happen... *Tears began welling up in her eyes as she clenched her fist.* How dare he push me out after I just got here. *She slings her back pack over her shoulder, and begins storming off.* I'll show him...

Meanwhile... Back inside...
Various students all gathered around in the kitchen and began working...
Grams of course sat back & supervised. She also held onto the Royal Import Sake bottle & controlled where it went.

Grams : Now kids... by my count there's enough in here for 4, maybe 5 emeralds if we're careful. You all go ahead and mix your own bowls, and when you're ready let me know. *She smiles, lightly chuckling.* Oh~ ho ho~ this'll be exciting! I've always wanted to make this dish, just never had the time to do it!

All the students began mixing & stirring... Everything remained calm until...

Student : Ma'am? *Tries clicking on the oven.* The oven don't work...

Grams : *Surprised.* Hmm? *Walks over, looking over the oven.* Let's see here... *Flicks some switches, turns some knobs, and smacks it a few times with the back of her hand.* ... Stupid electrical piece of junk! ... I'll take a wooden stove any day...

[DashStPierre]

Dash was working in teh kitchen and he felt bad for rushing that little girl off like he did. Grams could see it while he was working...

Grams: You know you could have let that girl stay and help you know...
Dash: yeah...and I kinda know where youre going with that...
Grams: *nods*

So Dash left the kitchen while Grams set right to what he was working on while he strapped on his skates and helmet and raced down the street hoping to catch the girl. He came upon her about two miles down the road.

Dash: HEY! HEY! WAIT UP!

the girl looked up and turned around and saw Dash coming. She turned around and pretended she didnt see him
Dash: Look, Im sorry for what I did back at my house. you obviously are really interested in what was going on and asking me a lot of questions so I wondered if you could forgive me and would like to come back and help us work in the kitchen. Im sure Grams would love to have an extra set of hands around as it is...

[KyoZaber]

The young girl looked up at Dash, most of her anger melting away.

?? : *Her eyes twinkle as a smile spreads over her lips.* -=Ohh~ That's so sweet of him~!=- *She ponders a moment.* Well... I appreciate you coming back out here to get me... But... I really should be going. *She gestures back towards the castle.* I kinda locked my uncle in a room over there and kinda have to let him out. *She lightly bows to him, and begins skipping off.* Oh! Before I forget! *She turns around, winking at Dash.* I'm Lil' Ellen! *Continues skipping off.*


*** Meanwhile... Back at Dash's house... ***


Grams : *Standing next to the fuse box, shouting up into the kitchen from the basement.* Is the stove turning on yet!?

Student : *Clicks some dials...* ... NO~ MA'AM!

*As the student clicks another dial, the house plunges into darkness.*

Grams : *Cursing electricity under her breath.* ... ALRIGHT! THAT TEARS IT! KIDS! *Clears her throat.* Kids... We're cooking outside in the back yard tonight. *Walks up stairs, and begins going out back.* We ain't licked yet!!!


*** Meanwhile... in a cheap bar downtown... ***


Mr. Fromage : *Takes a swig of a drink with one hand, while holding a frozen pizza on his forehead with his other.* Ugggg....

The PTA Vice-President walks into the bar, taking a seat across from Fromage.

PTA Vice-President : I've got to hand it to you Buck.... You sure picked one heck of a class to mess with.

Mr. Fromage : *Groans.* Yeah.... well the joke's on them. *He puts the pizza down, looking at her.* So... Did ya manage to get them ta do it?

PTA Vice-President : *Sighs, nodding.* Yes... yes... Everything is in place and taking place... Well... Except for a few outliers.

Mr. Fromage : ... Whadya mean?

PTA Vice-President : Look Buck, messing with the electrical appliances of an old woman's house is easy. We're having problems finding the Anchovey residence. All that's listed on his form is a post office box. And guess what... IT'S OVERFLOWING!

Mr. Fromage : Cherry! I can't let one of those farts bring in the dish! Everything's at stake!!! I mean... Heck, I was countin on the curse of the dish to take those kids out, but that's failing big time!!!

PTA Vice-President : *Her eyebrows raise up... her inquisitive stare pierces towards Mr. Fromage.* Are you sure about that? All the other famous chefs who've attempted the dish have either went mad, disappeared, or became insurance salesmen.

Mr. Fromage : *Running his hands through his hair... thinking...* Ok... Ok... I know what I'm gonna do... It ain't gonna be easy... but I've got just the thing to make sure that flamin dance never makes it to my desk.

[DashStPierre]

Dash came up to a dark house and heard bustling going around back...when he walked to the backyard all his friends were hard at work on the back patio and in the yard working on the dish, many on picnic tables.

Dash: Grams...what happened?
Grams: the power went out. thankfully you left your cell phone here so I called the power company and they are on their way to get the lights turned back on but the kids are still hard at work making this emerald dance thing...some of them mentioned some curse but I told them that no curse ever got the better of a St Pierre.

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero: *laughing as he saw his bro walk his date into the room* heh...hasn't he dated all the women in Little Tokyo yet?

[KyoZaber]

*** At Dash's home... ***

As soon as the power came back on at Dash's place, they were all ready to cook.
Most had their ingredients mixed, and each lined up at the stove taking their respective turns trying to get it to cook.
... When that failed, they turned to Grams who had been preparing for just such an event out in the back yard.
A modest fire pit was set up around the clock cooking each Flaming Emerald Dance the students produced.
The night passed for the students like most do.
Before they each knew it, the hour was late, and they each needed to leave.
Each student respectively walking off with their project...

*** Meanwhile... At Guido's bachelor pad. ***

Eyah : *Finishes mopping up the rest of the goop.* ... There... >_< It's all cleaned up... *Turns to Guido.* Please Mr. Anchovey... Please may I go home!

Guido : *Arms folded, his eyes give the kitchen a once over...* ... Alright...  I suppose you can go...

Eyah : *Looks over towards Romero's room.* ... What about Romero?

Guido : *Glances over towards Romero's room as well... smirking.* Oh... You don't want to have to do what he's doing. ... I'm feelin somewhat generous tonight.


*** Early the next morning... a few minutes before the second student began going to school... ***

Eyah had began slowly walking to school... Stopping outside of Guido's apartment... Awaiting Romero to come out.

Eyah : *Stifles a yawn... bags showing under her eyes.* Uggg... It took the rest of the night... *Holds up a plastic container with a feint green glow inside.* ... But I got it done... *Actually lets out a yawn.* I hope Romero isn't too long... I need him to hold this before I dro~ ... Zzzzzzzz.....

Eyah falls asleep standing up... the container falling out of her hand, clattering onto the ground... thankfully not spilling it's contents.

[DashStPierre]

Dash walked out of his house, container in hand, glowing its telltale green...

Dash: thanks a million Grams...I'll make it up to you somehow.
Grams: Oh son, its nothing...I simply wanted to help you with this project. I'll have your favorite ready when you get home
Dash: thanks Grams!

So he raced off with visions of jambalaya in his head

[Blackcat]

*Meanwhile at Jack house...

Jack: Great... we just finished.... I couldnt sleep all night...

FG the fox girl: Relax, we just have to take the container to Little Tokyo High and everything will be fine!

Jack: Besides the fact you tied that catgirl with horns so it doesnt go to the school?

Seia: Relax old buddy, I will take care of her...

Jack: Cant you take her to your home at least?

FG :All tied up? Yeah sure no one would notice!

Jack: Anyway... lets get over with this...

[KyoZaber]

*** At Guido's bachelor pad. ***

As Eyah stood there sleeping... a man walked by.
He wore a cheap suit, along with a pair of sunglasses... And reeked of cheap cologne.

Man : *Stopped, looking over at Eyah.* ... Wait a minute... Isn't that... *He pulls out a small computer, and taps on it a few times.* Well it is! *His eyes immediately survey the scene, spotting the Tupperware sitting on the ground.* Heh heh... Now if this ain't easy... *He reaches down, picks up the container, and sticks it in a pocket inside his suit jacket. Then proceeds to begin running down the street.*

*** Meanwhile... ***

As Dash headed to school, a female cyclist rode up along side of him, slightly out of breath.

Woman : *Panting, sweating slightly.* Phew~ Nice day out isn't it kid?

They both stopped at a stoplight, awaiting the green light & crosswalk signal to flicker on. The woman looked over at Dash, slightly adjusting the sunglasses covering her eyes.

Woman : So... What've you got there? Is that a science experiment or lunch? *Her stomach growls.* -=Ugg... Not having breakfast was a mistake.=-

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero noticing that the door must have been left open for strange people to come in closed it

Romero: ugh...my bro sometimes...always running out for a date he forgets to close the door....*yarwns and walks back into the kitchen* I wonder if there's anything left to eat that wasn't put into that project......

[DashStPierre]

*** At Guido's bachelor pad. ***

As Eyah stood there sleeping... a man walked by.
He wore a cheap suit, along with a pair of sunglasses... And reeked of cheap cologne.

Man : *Stopped, looking over at Eyah.* ... Wait a minute... Isn't that... *He pulls out a small computer, and taps on it a few times.* Well it is! *His eyes immediately survey the scene, spotting the Tupperware sitting on the ground.* Heh heh... Now if this ain't easy... *He reaches down, picks up the container, and sticks it in a pocket inside his suit jacket. Then proceeds to begin running down the street.*

*** Meanwhile... ***

As Dash headed to school, a female cyclist rode up along side of him, slightly out of breath.

Woman : *Panting, sweating slightly.* Phew~ Nice day out isn't it kid?

They both stopped at a stoplight, awaiting the green light & crosswalk signal to flicker on. The woman looked over at Dash, slightly adjusting the sunglasses covering her eyes.

Woman : So... What've you got there? Is that a science experiment or lunch? *Her stomach growls.* -=Ugg... Not having breakfast was a mistake.=-

Its a project for school...I worked all night with my grandmother on it... (hears stomach growling)...sorry that youre hungry. (Deftly turns backpack around and opens the zippered pouch with one hand, puts the container inside as he takes out another...this is something that you might like...its some of my grandmother's leftover tuna casserole...(hey you know cats and fish) take it...I got some money and I cna get something at school

With that, Dash skated off down a side street, wondering if that woman was up to something.

[KyoZaber]

The woman looked at the tupper-ware container, shaking it slightly.

Woman : I don't usually take food from school kids... *Pops open the container, and pulls out a pair of chop-sticks.* However I could go for some breakfast!

She takes a big whiff of the leftovers... and with that her eyes go crossed.

Woman : *Holding back tears.* ... Oh my...

*** Further ahead... as Dash continues on his way. ***

A rather large man, an ex sumo wrestler, was pushing a cart through the street. At the moment, he's facing away from Dash, and slowly walking.

Big Man : BREAKFAST CART HERE... I'LL SAY, BREAKFAST CART HERE... *He picks up two bowls, one filled with rice cereal, the other with cold ramen.* YOU CAN'T GO TO WORK OR SCHOOL ON AN EMPTY STOMACH!

As Dash gets closer, the man pivots around, now facing Dash... and in his way.

Big Man : GET YOUR~ Uh~ Oh! *He closes his eyes, awaiting the impact.*


*** Meanwhile... Inside Guido's bachelor pad... ***

As Romero had finished finding something to munch on... Eyah burst into the apartment, and began looking through the fridge.

Eyah : *Eyes wide open, moving everything around.* Maybe I put it in here... Yes! That's it! I sleep-walked into the kitchen, put it in here, then left! It has to be in here!!!

[DashStPierre]

Dash sees the breakfast cart and weighs his options

Dash: Well can't go under it, cant go around it and surely cant go through it so...

With that he crouched down and jumped as high as he could, just barely clearing over the  of the man's head and landing back on his wheels and skidding to a stop

Dash: Wow...I thought that only worked in movies...(shouts to the man) Sorry sir!

With that he skated on his way, and the man passed out after narrowly averting disaster.