Extra Life

Chapter 1: Tokyo a Go-Go

Jin awakens to the feeling of turbulence, rattling throughout the private plane. He turns his attention to Shen, who was in the middle of a League of Lore game against bots.

"Yo, Hamada, how close are we to our location?" He yawns, completely oblivious to the headphones on Shen's head.

"We're approximately another seven hours away from our location. You were asleep for only six hours you know." Shen replies, picking up the glass of orange juice in his cup holder.

"Where's Vivi? Wasn't she sleeping?" Jin asks.

"For the man who has the ability to predict everything, you are completely dense when it comes to your friends." Vivi sighs, entering the suite.

"I mean, you guys are unpredictable. That's why you're my friends." Jin laughs, opening his bag and taking out his laptop.

Vivi takes the seat in front of Jin and smiles at him.

"So where are we going?" She asks, reaching for a bottle of water.

"Home." Shen responds, staring intensely at his monitor.

"Not our home, his." Jin adds, typing on a keyboard.

"Why would we be going to Shen's house? Isn't that back in New York?" Vivi questions, opening the bag of peanuts she got from the bar near the back.

"That was his team's house. You know Shen never mentioned where he lived to us because he was always changing teams." Jin opens the bag of peanuts that were at his side.

"Well, nothing good ever came from just one team," Shen adds, "It was always win this, or throw that. I end up winning anyways, so who really cares?"

"I would kill for that," Vivi responds, "On my teams, it was always "Oooooh a girl... I wonder if I have a chance."

"They never even saw your face. You always had that stupid black cat mask." Jin says, his mouth full of snacks.

"Oh yeah? Well you were chased down by the cops and always wore your stupid Blue Hood mask." Vivi counters.

"HEY! Don't diss on Blue Hood! He's the best Anti-hero in the Criminal Comics Universe!" Jin retaliates.

"Children, children, can we please quiet down as I finish this game?" Shen adds.

"SHUT UP MIRROR FACE!" Vivi and Jin quickly yell.

Suddenly, as if on cue, the captain makes an announcement to the suite.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you would be so kind as to take your seats and fasten your seatbelts. We will be experiencing a bit of turbulence on this flight and I would hate for you to fall out of the plane."

"Shut up William." Vivi says, "We are the only ones on the plane, so if you would please stop acting like there is more people, that would be greatly appreciated."

The ding of an incoming announcement could be heard, with an additional,

"I'm sorry ma'am..."

"Well, it seems as though we have six hours to kill. How about a game?" Jin asks, pressing a button on his seat. 

The chair turns 90 degrees and from a hidden compartment on the roof of the plane opens to reveal an 85'' Plasma Screen TV. Shen and Vivi take out their controllers.

"Is today the day you two will finally beat me in Super Smush Sisters?" Jin raises his eyebrow.

"We'll definitely be able to take a game from you." Shen responds.

"You are so totally going down." Vivi adds.

Jin shrugs his shoulders.

"Bet!"