Cherri was rummaging in her room of the fight club, kicking her feet while searching in a box. "C'mon.. c'mon where is it!.." she shouted slightly.. Suddenly, alarmed from the noises, Bluberri took a step inside the room. "..Cherri?" Bluberri said. They were a little confused to see Cherri so hasty to find something. And when Cherri didn't respond to them, they spoke again. They never knew about this, so of course they wondered. "Are you looking for something important?" Bluberri murmured, approaching Cherri some more
"Ohh! Hey, Blue!" Cherri's stem bobbed slightly each time she kicked her feet. "I'm just-" She grunted while searching, "-Looking for one of those magazines that Mel was featured in!" She said, still rummaging through a box in her room. "The.. the fighting one?" Bluberri asked, their eyes narrowing slightly. "Yeah! Duh!" Cherri clumsily, yet playfully responded. "And aha!" She pulled out the magazine, her eyes sparkling with enthusiasm. "Hehehe!" Cherri hopped away from the box. Why do you need it anyways?" Bluberri asked, curiously still trying to see a reason why Cherri needed it. "Well, my blue friend…" Cherri said, her curly stem bobbing slightly. "It's because Mel, the greatest boxer in the WHOLE UNIVERSE, is coming to review the fight club!" Cherri grinned happily, bouncing up and down. "And I just wanted her to sign it." She smiled. And added "It'd really be an honor…" She'd happily say while looking towards the clouds outside the window. her eyes sparkling from the glistening cotton clouds.
Bluberri managed a smile, despite them not understanding what was so good about Mel. "Oh, that's good, I hope she enjoys all our hard work on the club so far.." Blu's voice was as soft as a whisper, compared to Cherri's "You really think so?" Cherri asked, blushing slightly, in response Bluberri nodded and Cherri burst into happiness, the tip of her stem lighting up slightly. "Oh my apple, thank you so much!" Cherri happily bounced around not even noticing her stem was about to light. "Hey-hey-Cherri-!" Bluberri tried to get her attention. "Whuh- huh?" Cherri looked up, noticing her stem almost caught on fire. "OH-! That!-" Cherri tucked her stem, holding it.
"Sorry that I nearly set everything here on fire- heh!" Cherri scrambled to try and cool down her stem, darting towards a window and opening it, letting all the cool Spring air in. "Thanks for warning me there!" Cherri grinned. "Now, cmon. We gotta tell everyone else!" She said gleefully, darting out the room. Bluberri watched, slightly disheveled… They were woken up by the noises Cherri made while storming around her bedroom like a tornado. Just to find some silly magazine! Bluberri didn't even wanna question Cherri's interests though, after all, they had been friends since they were seeds. Bluberri followed after Cherri, to provide moral support for her announcement.When Cherri and Bluberri arrived to the main room, there were already a few fruit and berry people in the area. talking and training for the next brawls.
Cherri hopped up and grabbed a speaker with cutesy bomb, fire, and skull charms attached to it. "Good morning, fighter fruits!" She'd gleefully say as an introduction to the exciting announcement.
"Recently, you guys have probably found out that Melly M. is gonna make a trip to this very town to visit OUR fight club! Cool right?" Cherri said, her smile wide. "Well, you are very correct! But, we have to make an amazing impression, for her." Cherri said. Bluberri watched the small group of fruits who were watching her speak, while a few others were focused on their own projects.
"Also, I will prepare snacks for her arrival. So, don't you dare steal any!" Cherri spoke. "I'm looking at you, Pita." She'd cast a glare at Pitaia, who was too busy kicking Banni'sâ€" I mean, 'fighting' Banni to even listen to Cherri's scorn.
Speaking of Banni and Pitaia:
"OH MY APPLES WAIT-!" Banni managed to shout out, before dodging a green fire ball hurdling towards him. "L-look, Pita, I'm sorry I called your fighting style sloppy! Can we just please stop?!" Banni tried negotiating. "Where did all that confidence go?!" Pitaia shouted back, their wings flapping. "SHOW ME WHAT YOUR KINGDOM'S WARRIORS WERE KNOWN FOR, POTASSIUM CREATURE!" Pitaia hopped up, darting towards Banni, in response he squealed and rolled out of the way.
"I-I didn't mean anything I said about your kingdom, I was just having a-a bad day! I swearâ€"!" He managed to spit out those words before getting slashed by Pitaia. "HOLY MOLE-! OW!" He'd mumble, holding his cheek which was scratched deeply. "Beg me for my mercy, for I am… PITIA!" Pitia roared before charging another death ray of pure green fire.
Banni squealed again, throwing a pen at Pita, but that didn't stop them. While this fight was happening, Plumi and Mangi were watching. Mangi was jotting down notes and Plumi.. was just staring at the fight. "..go Banni." He'd mumble nonchalantly. "…He's gonna die out there." Plumi's voice was but a whisper against the loud screaming and roaring from the battle field. His eyes were half lidded with boredom. He almost seemed like HE wanted to fight like Pita did, as for Mangi, he had.. similar goals.
"Pita's swift… but dodging one thing often causes him to ignore another.." Mangi mumbled, jotting down notes. "Meaning he could easily be vulnerable to multiple projectiles, added with a strong melee attack…" Mangi mumbled, kicking his feet slightly.
Plumi silently stared into the battle, studying every frantic movement in his mind, while Mangi mumbled to himself. "..uh, hey Plumi?" Mangi said, looking up from his book. "What do you want?" Plumi said, glancing at Mangi nonchalantly. "..We should fight some time, y'know.. maybe we could get better together?" Mangi grinned awkwardly, giggling slightly. "..ok." Plumi mumbled.
As soon as Plumi's eyes turned back towards the battle field again, Banni was on the ground, burnt to a crisp but somehow still breathing. "Helllpp.." Banni managed, breathing between words. "He's freaking killing me-" Plumi still watched, not even batting an eye to how damaged Banni was. "Oh- oh wow.. uhm.. don't worry, Banni! You'll be ok! Especially with the immortality spell cast on the battle field. You'll be healed up as soon as you leave the fight." Mangi said enthusiastically.
"IMMORTALITY?!" Banni whimpered, and as this happened, Pitaia laughed maniacally. "I can just make you wanna beg even MORE!" Pita flew up, darting towards Banni's helpless body. "How's it going in heâ€" OH-!" Cara squealed as she walked in, "Pita stop-!" She'd attempted to break up the battle by getting in front of Banni, and using her star shield.
Pita jumped off of it, causing a small crack in the magic shield.. but the crack was immediately healed. "Keep it chill, you don't need to set the place on fire because Banni said you were a bit 'sloppy' 2 hours ago." Cara would make the star shield disappear as she said that. "..ngh.. fine." Pita grumbled, floating back to Banni and kicking him out of the arena angrily. As soon as Banni flew out the battle field, Followed by him squealing in the air, his wounds sealed back up and he was no longer burnt. Banni quivered on the ground, curling up into a ball. "So, do you take it back now, Potassium creature?" Pita growled lowly, and in response Banni whimpered softly and nodded. "Y-yes- yes I do!â€"" Banni said.
After that, Cara and Pita walked away, probably to go talk about what just happened. "..That was intense. Right, Plumi?" Mangi said, sweating slightly while looking back at Plumi. "Correct." Plumi mumbled back. "I wasn't expecting Cara to drag Banni away from Pita's fury like that." He added. "Uhh- I'd really like to fight Pita at his full strength some time. Cause he gets so strong and cool!" Mangi said, kicking his feet and blushing. "I know you do." Plumi responded, completely relaxed despite what just happened. "I'll make sure to help you avoid getting your back blown out." Plumi said. And just like that, Mangi was slightly frightened. "..uhm…" He'd mumble. A bit startled. "Thanks..?" He said quietly.
Mangi than sat up, holding his note book close. "Uhhh.. I should.." Mangi said, stammering and struggling to speak. "I better get going. Now. Cherri's having a speech.. or something," Mangi then darted up and ran off.. not towards the small group of fruits who were listening to Cherri talk about how Mel was gonna come, which at this point she was just fan-girling about the event so far. Plumi just stared at Mangi, his eyes deep and emotionless, he'd just wave goodbye nonchalantly.
After a while, Mangi arrived and sat next to a battered, bruised and distraught Banni. Banni looked towards Mangi, immediately trying to spring back to life, "OH- hey".. Mangi was it?" Banni stammered, "I think you were the one watching the fight at the arena with Plumi." Banni said, adjusting his glasses. "Uhhh.. yea?.." Mangi said, a little confused on why Banni was asking this. Banni placed his hands on his lap, slightly disappointed.
"Uhh.. don't tell anyone that Pita almost killed me back there." Banni mumbled, looking down, Mangi responded with slight confusion, but soon asked why and Banni responded. "Well, mainly cause of those legends that the dragon army was 'no match' for the lucky bananas." Banni explained, "I guess I wasn't very lucky with this fight." He chuckled quietly, looking away out of embarrassment
Cherri was hopping up and down, slightly. She was so excited her stem almost ignited again, luckily Bluberri was keeping an eye on her, gently pinching it to prevent any fire. "And so, I want you ALL to be on your best behavior. I believe in you guys!" Cherri happily said hopping away.. Bluberri looked down at the crowd who went back to chattering. Staring in menacing silence… They then followed her.
Bluberri and Cherri arrived in the kitchen, "Oh, Hi Blu! Don't worry I don't need any help with snacks, go hang out with everyone else or at least keep an eye on them." Cherri said with a smile before skipping over to a drawer and searching for a bowl. Bluberri sighed. "Okay, Don't burn yourself." They'd say before exiting the kitchen. Their eyes narrowed, scavenging the crowd for anything interesting. "What am I even doing anymore?" They'd grumble, stepping up to the group, suddenly Tangy appeared.
"Hi Blu!" Tangy said, their cheeks wide from how they grinned. Bluberri sweat slightly, feeling a little caught of guard from Tangy's sudden approach and alarming smile. "OH! uhm.. greetings, Tangy." Bluberri said clearing their throat slightly. Tangy wrapped an arm around Bluberri. "I just saw you seemed a little bored… I wanted to ask if you wanted to have a little fun." Tangy asked, Bluberri flinched slightly due to being terrified of how weird Tangy acted all the time.
"Ehem.. that will not be necessary. I uhm.. I'll manage on my own." Bluberri said pushing away and stepping back. Tangy grinned wider, "No problem, we can play another time!" Tangy said putting their hands behind their back. Bluberri nodded and just ran off to their room. Tangy went silent, a sinister aura surrounding them before walking away. Pinabble and Catseie watched from afar. Catseie's tail swayed from side to side in confusion. "… What's up with Tangy lately?" Pinabble asked, tilting to the side slightly. Catseie would just shrug. "Mrreow don't know." He'd notice a small spotlight and ran over to it, rolling around. Pinabbles eye narrowed towards Catseie, slightly confused.
"Uh, Catseie?" She'd ask, "Hehe- what are you doing you silly kitty?" She'd approach Catseie, watching him roll in delight. Catseie responded with purring. Catseie purred, kicking their feet under the harsh sunlight from outside, meanwhile Pinabble, still worrying about their old pal, Bluberri, had an idea to make sure that he's alright without disturbing him. "…Hey, Catseie, could you do me a favor?" Catseie's ear flicked as he glanced towards Pinabble "hm??-" He took a moment to sit up, still in the sun, and so: Pinabble elaborated. "Could you check up on Bluberri for me? I'm kinda worried about him." She'd say with a soft sigh. "Sure, they weren't the best emotionally but they're still our friend." Pinabble seemed genuinely concerned for Bluberri, knowing how Tangy can scare someone out of their socks if he pops up on them out of nowhere. Catseie nodded in understanding, their tail swaying as they stood up and began trotting towards Bluberri's room.
meanwhile…
Cherri was baking cookies. "Okay… now I add.. a lil bit of sugar." She'd mumble, grabbing a bag of sugar and pouring a BUNCH of it in. Cherri was reading the instructions and not even looking at the concoction she was creating. She'd look at the bowl, her eyes widening. "Oh my apples this is…" She'd gasp, completely stunned… "The best batter ever! Now I finally need to put it in the oven," Cherri said carefully picking up the batch of unbaked cookies despite how shaky her hands were.
Cherri happily skipped to the oven before hearing a loud DING DING at the door; Mel was finally here! Cherri's face lit up as she hastily slid the cookies in the oven and smacked a few buttons, she didn't even close up the oven. She'd dart towards the door and looked back at every other fruit; who were minding their own business. "OK, Fruits! Meloni is finally here! Keep your composure and make an extraordinarily good impression!" Cherri hesitated but looked back at the door, this is really happening. She'd count to three and then opened the door, to see Mel waiting there. "…Hi. "Mel said, smiling slightly. Cherri hopped up and down in excitement and joy.
"WOW WOW WOW!- Hii!!" Cherri said, her voice high and overjoyed. She was completely enthusiastic while Cherri grinned wildly and bounced away from the door. "Hehe!- Welcome to the UNDERGROUND BERRYS AND FRUITS FIGHT CLUB!!!" Cherri said her eyes were sparkly and wide, and her stem had a small pink fire on it, but that faded once she took a deep breath. "Ahem!.. Uhhh- My name is Cherri, and I am the owner of this super cool club!" While Cherri was bouncing off the walls enthusiastically, Mel was looking around, intrigued by all the different fruits chatting and doing their own thing. "C'mon, I gotta give you a tour!" Cherri started bouncing away, but stopped in place "Wait, where's Blu?" Cherri darted around for a minute before dashing upstairs and calling out for her friend, "Bluberri, where are you?! Mel is here!"
Meloni, a little overwhelmed by Cherri's excitement, and slightly thrilled to get to explore the fight club. She wanted to understand and get to know more by this time. "Interesting..". As Meloni looked away, she looked back and saw Tangy right in front of her. His manic grin slightly disturbed her, "Hello, Miss Meloni!" Tangy said. "Cherri has said a lot about you," Tangy's presence made Mel slightly on edge, but she kept her cool. "Oh, has she? That's interesting." She said, her voice calm. "Mhm! She admires you deeply." Tangy grinned wider. "How charming!" Mel said, trying to be as polite as possible.
While the two spoke Mangi watched from the side lines with Banni, "Woahâ€" holy apples, that's actually her!" He'd say, his feet kicking slightly. "S-should we go say 'hi' or something?" He'd ask excitedly. And in response, Banni sighed "Well, you can go say hi to her, I think I still need time to rest." He said, and in response Mangi hopped up and spoke "O-okay! See you soon, Banni." He said as he began walking towards Mel.
Banni sat there, staring into the nearby window. Suddenly, Mangy ran back and sat next to him, shivering slightly. "Back so soon?" Banni asked, slightly confused as to why Mangi came back already. "..I can't do it" He'd mumble, blushing out of embarrassment. "I have no clue how to talk to someone as well known around the world as her! It's just too scary.." Mangi curled up into a ball, tearing up slightly while still blushing. "Mangi, shes nothing! Just imagine that shes naked." Banni responded, trying to comfort him. "But she IS naked!" Mangi whimpered. Banni's eyes narrowed in response.
Meanwhile, Catseie was in the same room as Bluberri, but they hadn't noticed him yet. Bluberri looked down as they'd mumble to themself. As Catseie watched from afar, he hopped down with a few meows escaping their lips to try and get Bluberri's attention. Bluberri glared at Catseie, slightly surprised by his arrival. "Oh, uhm… hey Catseie." Bluberri said, approaching the small berry and rubbing his head gently. In response Catseie unwillingly purred, but nuzzled his head against Bluberri's hand. Bluberri smiled lightly, gently picking up Catseie "What brings you here?" They asked. Catseie responded by pointing at the door. Of course, Bluberri mistakes Catseie's pointing for how Meloni was here. "OH! Meloni, I forgot all about her!" Bluberri hopped up, "Thanks for telling me!" Blu said as he opened the door and dashed out. Catseie sighed and followed them.
When Blu exited, he bumped into Cherri "OOF!" Cherri yelled,
