Overdrive - Chapter 1: Beginnings

Chapter 1 – Beginnings
Date: March 15, 2004
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The lights came on in an arena packed full of people, the stage was set, a boxing ring, two men stood in front of each other. One wore traditional karate pants, and his hands and feet were wrapped in bandages, his body was chiseled, like a “mighty man of Atlas.” While the other person wore an orange sleeveless male cheongsam and a pair of rave jeans, his feet were wrapped up in white athletic gauze. The referee stood in front of the two fighters. “Are you ready? This will decide who the champion of the final Riot Battle Royale is.” said the referee. Both fighters looked at each other looking eager to fight one another. “Let’s fight!” said the referee, as the fight began. The first fighter began using all of his power to finish of the raver, but the ‘raver’ dodged the other fighter’s attack. Then the ‘raver’, moved down on the floor and moved his feet and began to kick the opponent, as the feet of the ‘raver’ hit the fighter in the face, the ‘raver’ rolled on the ground to not to get countered. The fighter moved his feet to kick the ‘raver’ who was in a ball. The ‘raver’ who dodged the attack of the fighter gets up and looks at the fighter. “You won’t win; I’m going all out on you, Metronome!” said the fighter, as his whole body engulfed in flames. The crowd was psyched up to see the fighter finish off the ‘raver’ as the fighter began to attack the ‘raver’, the ‘raver’ closed his eyes and went into a Hakkyokuken stance and his chi began to sway like water. “Now DIE!!” said the fighter as he charged at the ‘raver’, the ‘raver’ motioned his hands and began to let out a chi blast from his hands. “Kouzoku Mizugou!” said the ‘raver’ as a blast of water came from his hands and hit the fighter who in ten seconds, fainted and fell on the ground. Two minutes later, the referee looks at the fighter, the fighter is unconscious. “The winner of the Final R. I. O. T. Enterprises Battle Royale is contender number 36!” said the referee as he raised the hand of the ‘raver”. The whole arena got loud with cheers and jeers. “Ladies and gentlemen…I introduce the winner of the Final R. I. O. T. Battle Royale…Akira Metronome!!” said the announcer. Akira Metronome walked and stood up on top of a turnbuckle of the ring and smiled. The tournament was over, and the winner, the ‘raver’ was a half-American, half-Japanese fighter whose name was really Shannon Akira Metronome, his appearance was a bit strange for someone of his stature. His body was a medium sepia color, his hair was a bit shaggy, but nicely kept, his body was well toned, he doesn’t have any tattoos or any earrings. The crowds were cheering and chanting his name. As Shannon walked out of the ring, he saw his parents with a solemn look on their faces. “Mom, Dad, what’s wrong??” said Shannon. “Sen…sen…he’s dead!!” wailed Shannon’s mother, Etsuko Metronome as she ran to Shannon’s chest to cry on it. “WHAT! You got to be kidding me the master’s dead?” Shannon said to his parents. “The master is dead! He was killed two days ago, the funeral was today. Shiraki emailed us with the bad news” Said Rashoujin Metronome, Shannon’s father, whose name was also Shannon, but was called by his middle name, Rashoujin by Etsuko and their parents whom his father was African-American, and his mother was Japanese, and Etsuko’s parents were vice-versa (father-Japanese, mother British of African heritage). “Sensei is dead….no… Shiraki, is she okay?” said Shannon. “We don’t know, they want a representative from the Metronome family to listen to the last will.” Rashoujin said. “I’ll go, since I’m leaving for Tokyo in the first place to go back to Zaimoku High School.” Shannon said to his father. “Please leave immediately.” Rashoujin said to his eldest son. “I have to give my regards to the master, and show him…Kouzokuhouohsen.” As the awards ceremony closed, Shannon decides to pack up all of his clothing, and his laptop back at his apartment. “Shiraki…I hope you’re okay.” Shannon said as he looked at the night sky of his apartment. On the following day, as he sees the movers move his stuff from his apartment to the special military vans, he wore a pair of navy blue carpenter jeans, a ¾ sleeve two-tone shirt, and an orange buttoned-up baseball jersey, and a pair of navy converse One-Star All Stars. “So that’s that, sorry about not making it to the wedding, something very important happened that has to get my attention in Tokyo.” Shannon said to his close friends Madd Katt and Miko. “I hope everything goes all right.” Said Madd Katt. Shannon nodded as he saw his best friend and his fiancée leave, Shannon left to go to the airport. As he makes it to the airport, he wonders how Shiraki is doing, he wondered that as he showed the stewardess his ticket. He then walked into the plane, and took a seat. “Has it been three years already…” said Shannon as he closed his eyes and began to reminisce about the past. Shannon remembers a time where he and Shiraki were in the mountain range of Hokkaido. “Shiraki…are you sure…” asked a younger Shannon who was behind a younger Shiraki. “We’ll get caught!” “You worry too much, and if grandpa catches us, it really doesn’t matter to him. We are getting married right?” said a teenage Shiraki as she took her gi top off and placed a teenage Shannon’s hands on her large breasts. “Come on, your angelic heart, says no, but I know your demon instinct will take over and fuck me, come on Shannon Ishida, take my flower, it was yours before anyone else’s.” said the younger Shiraki as she turned around and began to kiss him. Shannon woke up at the part of the kiss and he was in London. “Oh man…that time, man she was feisty when she was younger, I couldn’t resist the kiss either.” Said Shannon as he got off the plane, it was midnight in London now. “The plane leaving for Tokyo will leave in four hours, so have a little fun here in the London nightlife!.” Said the announcement on the London International Airport intercom. “Wow, this should be fun.” Said Shannon. “I always wanted to visit London.” Shannon traveled around the city, and went into a few of the pubs there and had a late dinner. When Shannon returned back to the airport, he saw that his entire luggage was removed. “Nai? Nai? My luggage, it’s gone!” Said Shannon. Then a Japanese man, wearing a three piece suit and sunglasses, stood in front of Shannon, looking at him. “Look I don’t have time to deal with you right now!!” said Shannon. “You haven’t changed a bit, Master Metronome.” said the man bowing down to him. “Hey…you’re Ishizaki, sensei’s butler, what’s going on, is Shiraki okay?” said Shannon. “Madam Shiraki is fine, she will be so pleased to see you, now we must be going.” Said Ishizaki. Shannon followed Ishizaki to a beautiful private jet. “Your luggage is on board, we took care of it.” Said Ishizaki. “That’s good to hear, I was about to get hysterical.” Said Shannon as he got on the Ishida company private plane and it took off. Shannon sat on the private plane of the Ishida family and thought on people whom he were going to miss. “I hope the wedding goes off good, it’s too bad, I had to decline best man, and I hope Madd Katt and Miko aren’t too mad at me for leaving on such short notice. I wonder if the Toad is keeping up with his training, knowing with the Flyy, he won’t let up training.” thought Shannon. “But the question on my mind is…How Shiraki is doing after three years, I wonder if she got married, I would like to meet the man whom she married. Now that she is the head of Ishida Electronics, she has to have gotten a lot of suitors, and if she didn’t, why marry a math teacher like me?” thought Shannon. As he looked over the morning sky of Tokyo, awaiting landing of the jet, Shannon got off of the plane and walked out to see Ishizaki. “Shannon, this way to the limo, all of your belongings will be brought to the castle.” Said Ishizaki. Shannon walks into the limo and the moving men who packed his items earlier that day, with all of Shannon’s items packed them up in the moving vans and went off. “Everyone will be happy to see you again.” Said Ishizaki. “Yeah, especially, one guy I would like to get my hands on when I get there. I hope he is ready to get beaten again.” Said Shannon, the man Shannon was talking about was Gakuraku, Hiroya Ishida’s hired muscle, he couldn’t handle Shannon even when they first met. “Gakuraku is no longer with the Ishida family.” Said Ishizaki. “Mou?? That’s no fun, what happened?” asked Shannon. “Gakuraku had a heart attack, and died a year ago.” Said Ishizaki. “He had a heart attack, well at least I made my peace with him when I left Tokyo.” Said Shannon. “Shiraki will be thrilled to see you again.” Said Ishizaki. “What do you mean?” said Shannon. “Well, let’s say she’s been a bit…busted…” said Ishizaki to Shannon. “You don’t mean?” said Shannon looking very worried. Ishizaki’s sunglasses gleamed. As the limo arrives at the Ishida house, the chauffeur opened the door letting Shannon out and closed his eyes. It was 7 pm Tokyo Time, a day later in Tokyo, Shannon stands right in front of the Ishida Castle, he remembers the day when he went to America, “Sensei, I’m going home.” Said Shannon. “I understand, but when your return, show me your secret move.” Said Hiroya Ishida smiling, who was Shannon’s and his parents’ martial arts teacher in the past. Now, that he was dead Shannon has one more thing to make his peace with his master. As Shannon walked into the house, he takes his shoes off and then placing them by the door, he spots a person with short sable hair, wearing an Aikido uniform, their Hakama were black, and their keikogi was white. “Hey, I don’t know who you are, but I don’t think the woman of the house would like it wearing her clothes.” Shannon said, in a polite manner. “You ass, you eunuch, three years, and not even an “I’ve come to rape you.” Or a “Let me fuck you like a bunny”, or ripping my clothes off, you, you, BAKA!!!!” said the person dashing at Shannon throwing a dashing Aikido punch. “Holy crap…You’re a girl!!” said Shannon swaying the other way, as he spots a large pair of breasts under the keikogi and then he begins running for his life. “Hold on, are you nuts? I’m not being a pervert!” said Shannon dodging the punches of the woman. “You…how can you ditch such extremely ripe melons such as these, you jerk, you’re still mean to me!” said the girl in a very deep and low voice. Shannon fell down on his butt and looked at the woman on all fours. As she stood like a cat in front of Shannon, he looks at her, and there was the biggest set of breasts he has ever seen, she wasn’t wearing a shirt, there were big as day. “What did I do to you, lady?” said Shannon. “I don’t fight women, got that, but why are you so miffed about me.” “Aren’t you going to take advantage of me?” said the woman in a cat like stance. “I’m sorry, I don’t take advantage of women, even if they were willing.” Said Shannon down on the ground. “Not even Shiraki...” The girl was pissed and attempted to punch Shannon, “Feel my wrath, Shannon…Kouzoku-hato-sen!” she said as she about to give Shannon a deathblow. ”That’s it, I had it! I hate to humiliate a beautiful woman like yourself, but you give me no choice.” he said as he grabs her keikogi and rips it off of her, and the girl stood there, topless in all of her glory. “Now stop this or…oh no…AIIIEEE! This wasn’t supposed to happen!” Shannon said in shock trying not to get hit sky high feverishly blushing. “I think it worked well. What’s wrong, Shannon-chan? Aren’t you going to fuck me…future husband of Shiraki Ishida?” Shiraki said as she smiled wickedly towards as she winked and kissed at Shannon, who was shocked to hear that he was engaged. “Shi…Shi…SHIRAKI!!!” said Shannon as he held the keikogi still blushing feverishly. “Hi Shannon-chan!” said the topless Shiraki smiling so sly. “How are you?” she said as she gave a seductive wink and then walks to him and gives a kiss to Shannon on his lips and walks three feet from him. “Shiraki, how dare you, you kitsune, you neko, YOU USAGI!!!” Shannon yelled irked, because she made him worry. “Oh and what’s wrong marrying a usagi!!” said Shiraki topless with bunny ears on her head as she laughed vivaciously. “You haven’t changed a…hey…your corkscrew curls, where are they?” He said pointing at Shiraki’s hair. “Oh I cut them off, I wasn’t sexy enough for you so I cut my hair to this length, although grandfather was not thrilled to see that.” Said Shiraki. Shannon walks to an end of the sparring room and sat with his back leaning on a wall, Shiraki sat in front of Shannon with her back on his chest. “I wouldn’t be too surprised, need a shoulder massage?” said Shannon. “You know what kind of massage I like, like old times.” Said Shiraki. “I smell can I take a shower first?” said Shannon. “Okay we can do the massage in the springs, ‘kay.” Said Shiraki winking at Shannon. Shannon shook his head as he went into the spare room. The room was huge, almost the size of his living room and kitchen in his apartment back in America. “So this is where I’ll be sleeping?” said Shannon. “No, all your stuff goes here, you sleep with me.” Said Shiraki, who puts on a tank top, to cover her large breasts. “That’s not right!” said Shannon. “What if your husband, comes here?” “Shannon Akira Metronome, you are my husband, how many times I will tell you that.” Shiraki said a little angry. “You’re not giving up on that are you?” Said Shannon calmly. Shannon looks at Shiraki who has turned her head away from him as she walks off looking sad as if she was about to cry. Shannon then goes into the bathroom, “Maybe a shower is what I need.” Said Shannon as he begins to take a shower, he begins to go into a memory of the past. “The Kouzoku, is a powerful technique sensei, but what if you made your own move while in Kouzoku?” said a younger Shannon sitting by a fire. “It may be possible? What did you have in mind?” said Hiroya. “A move which has the force and firepower of one thousand phoenixes, is it possible?” said the young Shannon. “It is possible to do that, but one must be willing to do so.” Said Hiroya. Shannon opened his eyes, got out of the shower and dried his hair and body off, and walked out with a towel wrapped around him, he then sees that Shiraki is not at the springs. “Kouzokuhouohsen, the technique I’ve been mastering for seven years, has been forged into the mind and body.” Shannon continued talking, looking around for Shiraki, he wonders if he made her cry. “I wonder where she is, I hope I didn’t make her cry, she’ll catch cold.” said Shannon as he picked up a red motorcycle jacket belonging to Shiraki. “I belong to Akira Metronome…yep, it’s Shiraki’s all right, only she would get something like that written in kanji.” Shannon decided to get dressed, he put on a blue sports jacket, and a pair of black warm up pants, and his sneakers, and decided to walk outside with her jacket, and outside, Shannon hears a woman crying. Shannon walks towards to where he hears the crying, the crying…belonged to Shiraki. “Grandpa, he’s here, like you wanted, but he’s still mean to me, you trained him to train to be the strongest but, he never had the chance to show compassion to me, your own granddaughter. Why? I always wanted the nice, compassionate, sweet Shannon.” said Shiraki who is wearing a pair of shorts and her tank top. Shannon sees Shiraki crying, he sits down near a tree behind her and closes his eyes. “I’m…mean, all this time, she was trying to impress me, she was just trying to attract me to her. What have I done? I was only doing what’s right…when I was a teenager, I was taught to do what’s right, and I thought it was forbidden to look at a woman naked, now my betrothed may not want me as her husband.” Said Shannon with his head hung down. “I love her when she was sweet and meek, I should remember that the wild sexpot part of her is part of her too. I have to remember that element, is part of her too.” Said Shannon quietly as he got up and listen to Shiraki. “I’ll be fine grandfather, as for Shannon, I hope he will love me for who I am; for this is the way I am around him.” Said Shiraki to her grandfather’s grave. Shannon sat down and looked at Shiraki. “I promised to make you happy, and I will. I was always thinking about what happen if I was caught with you, but it was the exact opposite.” Shannon said in a low voice. “I never knew Shiraki was that sexy when she’s not thinking about sex, she looks almost…innocent, like I do want to marry her.” Shannon said. Shiraki overheard Shannon saw him. “Shannon, you were listening to me?” said Shiraki. “Were you listening to me? Shiraki, I’m sorry, I should done something, should have spent more “karei-kanou” time to you. I should have done more things with you.” said Shannon. “Like what?” said Shiraki as Shannon grabbed her breasts from behind. “Like that!” He said devilishly. “That’s good for starters, why don’t you pinch my nipples.” “You haven’t change Mrs. Shannon, but I came to do something. So, here I go!” said Shannon as he took his hands off of Shiraki’s bust, he gets up and walks away from Shiraki, and then he began to do a tai-chi routine. “Now…Speak with the wood, Stand with the metal, Run with the fire, Dance with the water, Sit with the earth, and Fight with the wind!!” Shannon chanted, as he finished, his chi began to explode around Shannon, and his hair changed color to white. “Shan, Shannon, SHANNON!” screamed Shiraki as she looked at Shannon. “What is going on? Please this isn’t you!!” Shiraki looked at Shannon whose hair changed color, for a while she began to get scared. “Now I know how to stop you from acting that way, but…Master Hiroya, I promised you when I left I will show you a move that will destroy even Yamikagesatsu Akuma, here it is!” said Shannon with his hands bursting into flames. “Shannon, is it really, that move Kouzokuhouohsen??” said Shiraki still scared. “Yes…a new version!” said Shannon as jumped in the air seventy feet in the air. “KOUZOKUHOUOHSEN SEIGI!!” yelled Shannon as he slammed the ground and a column of fire spat out around, unfortunately the aftershock of the flames instantly burned Shiraki’s tank top and shorts completely. As the fire dissipated, Shannon aimed his fist at Hiroya Ishida’s gravestone. “That is the move sensei, is known as Kouzokuhouohsen Seigi, the attack has the force of one thousand phoenix flames, now this version comes from the air like a phoenix in flight!” said Shannon as his chi powered down and his hair changed from white to black again. “I know you are proud of me in heaven, Hiroya-ojii” said Shannon, and then he looks at Shiraki. “Oops, sorry Shiraki-hime heh heh heh...” He said with a look of embarrassment on his face. “If you wanted me to strip Shannon-koishii, all you had to do was ask.” Shiraki said, still a bit shaken. “Doka, if you did, you’d burn, but knowing you your learned Kouzoku too.” Said Shannon. “How did you guess?” said Shiraki. “I sensed that you are a lot stronger! By the way you weren’t wearing panties, that’s a penalty! Now, lets get you that massage ne?” said Shannon. “Yay!” said Shiraki with bunny ears on her head. As Shannon and Shiraki sit in the hot spring, Shannon began his breast massage. “Shannon, do you have any friends, you only had a few growing up.” Said Shiraki. Shannon closed his eyes as he remembers the picture of his friends Hayato, Goujou-hakase, Natsume, Jin, himself, Shiraki, and Dejiko all on one picture. “A few, they want to meet you someday.” Said Shannon. “Tell me, were you really coming back here if grandfather was still alive?” said Shiraki, with her eyes closed enjoying her massage. “Of course, but I have to live at my old house.” Said Shannon. “I’ll begin teaching Advanced Math at Zaimoku, in April.” Said Shannon. “For the time being, I’ll be here cleaning up and setting up my office space.” “Can I ask you a question?” asked Shiraki. “What is it?” said Shannon. “Are you engaged??” said Shiraki sadly. “N…not r…really, I told a lot of girls, that I’m engaged.” Said Shannon flustered. “You lied to them?” said Shiraki. “You, the future wife of Shannon Ishida know better than that!” Said Shannon. “You mean, I…am your wife!!” said Shiraki. “Of course you are, you did say I was the future husband of Shiraki Ishida right.” Said Shannon. “Oh Shannon!!” said Shiraki as she kissed Shannon as a full moon shines into the night. An hour later, Shannon and Shiraki were in their bedroom. “So when’s the date?” said Shannon. “I want it on your birthday.” Said Shiraki. “Tanabata, it’s perfect on that day!” said Shannon to Shiraki, as he laid down in the bed. “I like it too, it will be nice to have our child on Tanabata, then I’ll three bundles of joy on Tanabata.” Shiraki said, as she lay down in the bed and nuzzles Shannon. “Has anyone tell you, you do the best nuzzle Shiraki.” Said Shannon, as he crept down into Shiraki’s shorts. “Take yours off first!” said Shiraki. “You take them off!” said Shannon as he turned off the light in the bedroom.

Three weeks has passed and the beginning of a new school year, Shannon changed his last name to Ishida to fool off a few people, to stop confusing himself to his father, and to show the world a new style of fighting. As the beginning of the school year began, Shannon was in the halls of Zaimoku High School, he decided to wear his old school uniform jacket under a white dress shirt, his Zaimoku Koukou teacher’s tie, black dress pants and black casual shoes. The dress code there at which changed to a brand new design of uniform, after he and Shiraki graduated. “To come back here is like to being a student once more.” He said as he continued to walk. Although it felt something was wrong, as a young woman crashes into Shannon and he falls down. “What’s the rush, young lady?” said Shannon down on the ground. Then a group of delinquent boys ran towards Shannon and the female student. “Okay, this isn’t good.” Said Shannon, as he got into his fighting stance and moved his hands like before, and said “Mizugou!” Said Shannon. In an instant, he sent the group of boys was on the ground. Shannon walked to the boys, and spoke to them. “If you’re here to cause trouble, then you are mistaken! I will watch you like a hawk and you will learn that justice prevails over evil, so says “Overdrive” Metronome! Shannon said sternly to the delinquent male students. Students ran outside to see the champion standing in full glory, wondering what he is doing here in Zaimoku Senior High School. “Wow, the great Shannon Metronome, here at Zaimoku Senior High, what is he doing back here?” said one female student. “I don’t know, but it looks like those Dark Council freaks have some competition!” said a male student. “Wow, I heard he’s marrying that bodacious babe, who’s head of Ishida Industries.” Another male student said as he saw the gang of troublemakers running away from Shannon. “He is one of our greatest alumni, one of our new advanced math teachers, and our faculty head of the Enforcement Student Agency here at Zaimoku Academy.” Said an middle-aged Japanese man around the surrounding students and faculty, Shannon looked around and smiled at the man. “Goujou-hakase, you’re the new principal?” Shannon said as he saluted the principal. “It was I who sent you here from America, Shannon Metronome.” Raizou Goujou said to Shannon. “Let me guess, Kojiro and the Shadow Council has been giving the students trouble again.” said Shannon. “I have nothing to say to you.” Principal Goujou said to Shannon. “You already know why you’re here.” “Kojiro is making a bad mistake, just like nine years ago.” Said Shannon. “I wonder why he would start his plan again now.” “He’s been wreaking havoc for two years, Shiraki and Hiroya Ishida have protecting the students, but now…Hiroya is dead, and Shiraki has to watch the company, that’s why she picked you.” Principal Goujou said to Shannon. “Makes perfect sense, sensei was sending me here anyway.” Shannon replied. “So Shiraki sent me, but all in all, I wanted to come back, to take Shiraki’s hand in marriage, I am her betrothed.” He continued. “Did I ever tell you that you and Shiraki make a wonderful couple?” said Principal Goujou. “Every time I come to visit Zaimoku High School, it never fails Goujou-hakase.” Said Shannon. “So the legendary “Overdrive” Metronome dares to show his face, after leaving a lost cause.” Said a woman with a dark blue hair and round lens glasses, she wore a revealing red dress, that almost reached up to her knees, a pair of stiletto heels, and a lab coat. “You don’t know when to quit do you, Dejiko Matsui, you always had the “hots” for me!” Shannon said turned around to look at Dejiko. “That’s right, your physique is enticing to my body and I want you, by the way what are you doing here? Shiraki needed her pimp to take care of her battles.” Dejiko said as she moved closer to Shannon as she coaxed him. “I teach advanced math, and the new teacher representative of the ESA, just as I was here as a student as the head of the ESA.” Said Shannon. “Truth be told, and I bet you never fucked a woman, ‘cause Shiraki doesn’t count!” said Dejiko. “I wouldn’t be too sure…wait a minute was that supposed to be a joke!” said Shannon pointing at Dejiko. “Only makes sense that a closet nymphet butch like her, would marry you!” said Dejiko. “I did you, so that doesn’t count either.” Shannon said silently. Dejiko sneezed. “Shiraki is talking about me, that nympho!” Dejiko said to herself. Just then in the CEO’s office of Ishida Industries, Shiraki…sneezed. “Dejiko, that slut…she’s talking about me to Shannon.” Shiraki said. “How’s our double agent doing? Why is Kojiro doing this Dejiko? Surely you have a reason.” Shannon told her as he was leaving for his class. “One more thing, you can tell Kojiro, I’ll be ready for him.” He continued. Dejiko looked down at Shannon as she left a bit hurt. “Don’t get too comfortable as the new teacher, and you tell Shiraki that I will have you. And then, as for Kojiro, there will be nothing left of him.” Dejiko said as she walked away from Shannon and the principal. “Sorry about that, I had to let off some steam there. Shannon said to Goujou, as he stopped to bow deeply to the principal. “Don’t worry about it, we all have to let out some steam once in a while…” said Principal Goujou. “By the way you have two minutes to get to class.” He said to Shannon. “Oh no!!!” said Shannon as he ran to his classroom. As Shannon ran into his classroom, he sees students all over the class room. “Okay everyone; take a seat, because whatever desk you sit down in, you will stay there from this day to the end of the semester.” Shannon said to his students. As Shannon called roll and wrote their last names, he looked on the roll and called out Daidouji and Matsui. Two students stood up, and then Shannon looked at them. “My name is Kensuke Daidouji, please to meet you, Mr. Shannon.” Said Kensuke. “I wonder why you are nice to me, you’re Kensuke Daidouji, Kojiro’s younger brother.” Said Shannon. “Because, I sense a spirit of comfort and justice, coming from your body, for that I salute you.” Said Kensuke. “Thank you.” said Shannon. “Matsui, hey you’re Shogo, Hayato and Dejiko’s younger brother, aren’t you, you’ve grown to be one lady-killer!” Shannon said to Shogo. “Shannon, it’s been a while, Hayato is in America, he went to play baseball.” Shogo said to Shannon. “I know I went to a game, one of my friends from America has fallen in love with him.” Shannon replied. “I see, so what are we going to see from the genius fighter this year?” Shogo asked Shannon. “Academic wise, prepare for the worst, fighting wise, that is something that you will have to see yourself.” Shannon said to the students of class 2-A. In a meeting room, a man with black hair was sitting in a chair is getting a manicure. “I see, so Shannon Metronome has returned to Tokyo. This should be interesting, now that he can’t harm the students, I will rule Japan…and then crush all those who oppose me.” Said the man as he gets his nails cleaned. “Kojiro, who is this Shannon Metronome I’ve been hearing about, a weak link to your plan of the domination of Japan?” The woman said to Kojiro, as she finished cleaning his nails. “More like the mongoose to my cobra. He is my immortal enemy of all time Isis. His fighting spirit may be that of a phoenix, but I have some new attacks I’ve been waiting to use, and then…I will finish Shannon Metronome. “You know the board has now lifted that rule now, since you returned to Zaimoku, my lord.” Said Isis. “I see, now it seems it will be a bit difficult than usual.” Kojiro said to her. “If the return of Shannon Metronome was not hard enough, the board wants me out of here.” Kojiro Daidouji always had been the arch-nemesis of Shannon Metronome-Ishida ever since Shannon and Kojiro were students Zaimoku High School. Shannon was a threat to Kojiro’s plan of total domination of Japan.

The end of the school day was over and Shannon was busily grading pre-tests, as Dejiko slams her hand on Shannon’s hand with his class ring was on. “What are you doing, that hurts!” Shannon told her as he shook his hand with the class ring on it. “You traitor, how could you marry someone so rough and such…a tough personality, you were supposed to be my husband.” Dejiko yammered to Shannon. “Because she proposed to me first…and second of all you hit me on my class ring, we’re not married yet.” Shannon said to Dejiko as he got up from his desk. “Besides which Dejiko, Shiraki would have asked why would a hellcat would want to marry me!!” He said wily. “Because I want you Shannon Metronome, don’t you see that?” She said wickedly as she pushed Shannon to a wall. “Let’s do it here now!” “I got martial arts class to teach, I don’t want to be late.” Shannon said as he left leaving Dejiko very miffed. “Akira-chan, I will have one more exciting night before you’re taken away from me forever.” Said Dejiko.

As martial arts class went on in the Ishida household. Shogo Matsui, who was in a normal white karate uniform, began his attack on Shannon who was wearing his “shi-jo” uniform; which is a black sleeveless kung-fu jacket, black Hakama, white socks, Tatami sandals, a pair of circle lens glasses, and his signature 10 foot black scarf on his head. Shogo began his attack; a charging forward kick and Shannon caught his foot, and tossed him down on the ground. “Don’t try to attack with so much power. As Shannon picks up Shogo, a student runs into the Ishida Dojo. “Shannon-sensei, Shiraki-okami, you have to come quick.” Said the student. “What is going on, is something wrong?” said Shiraki. “There’s a group of very mean looking students outside.” Said the student. “There is this evil looking woman with them too.” “Are the students girls, then we’re not ready.” Said Shannon. “They’re all tough delinquents male and female.” The student continued. “I’m thinking; someone knows that I’m back.” Said Shannon. Shannon walked out of the dojo, outside looking at the group of delinquents. “Seems a bit unfair…don’t you think?” said Shiraki as she walked outside with Shannon. Kensuke and Shogo followed Shiraki, looking at the students with their school uniforms on. “This is unnecessary, why don’t you all go home.” Said Kensuke. “You’re one to talk little brother, you shouldn’t accompany losers like these.” Kojiro said, walking through the group of delinquents. Kojiro wore a black body suit, a black motorcycle jacket, black leather pants, and black motorcycle boots. “Shannon Metronome, so the school board sent their trump card back home.” Said Kojiro. “You have not changed on bit. Still as evil, cold, and despicable as ever, I see.” Shannon said to Kojiro. “You’re one to talk, taking advantage of the Ishida fortune…” said Kojiro. “If you’re talking about Shiraki, I can squander her as I please…got that.” Said Shannon. “Did you just call me the Ishida fortune?” said Shiraki. “You’re more valuable than any kind of monetary value.” Shannon said to Shiraki. “Once this is over, you’ll find out what I mean when I said “squander the Ishida fortune” okay Shiraki. He continued as he winked at Shiraki, with a mind set like Shiraki she knew what he meant. “You make jokes of everything…but now, I am back, you defeated a group of my followers. I don’t like those who attack and defeat my followers.” Said Kojiro. “So you really want to fight me here and now?” said Shannon. “I would like to…but it’s late…knowing you if I ambushed either you or Shiraki, the two of you would finish off my followers in no time flat.” Said Kojiro. “You’re just like Musashi.” “So why are you here?” said Shannon looking at Kojiro with the same eyes that he fought with eight years ago. “I should ask you the same reason, never thought I see you…5-time champion Shannon Metronome back in the land where he grew up.” Said Kojiro.

Continued…