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DISCLAIMER: No adult action in this one, though a few adult ideas somewhat in here, so just be advised if you are reading this. I'm going to try to really focus on character development from here on out, so hopefully you can all bear with me a bit while I try my best to make this story really work out over the next several chapters.

Thanks again to all the people on FA that let me use their characters. (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9626544/)

Hope you all enjoy! :)

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The rest of the night went by pretty smoothly. The seven of us bowled a couple more games as a group, and we all did pretty well in terms of our scores.

I had the highest score for every game up to that point, hitting 200+ easily almost every time, though Gantu did provide somewhat of a challenge, only falling as little as 7 pins behind me in our second to last game together. Emon was also doing well for himself after I taught him how to bowl properly, as he struck several times and actually made some key spares. Chowder, Kumi, and Junir were pretty much bowling casually as they were more about having fun with the rest of us compared to being competitive.

As for Dracon though, I really couldn't tell if he was bowling seriously or if he was being laid back. I definitely knew that every time he was up on the approach, Junir would be watching his every move while the Dragon would roll the ball down the lane.

It was now the final frame of our 6th game together, and I had 6 strikes in a row going into the 10th frame, having a possible 258 game if I struck out, which would've been my highest bowling score in quite some time in general. (I had an open frame in the first, followed by two spares in the 2nd and 3rd, with every frame after being a strike)

"Come on Mike, go get it!" Chowder insisted, as nearly everyone watched me as I picked up my bowling ball off the rack. I noticed that Gantu seemed to have a disgruntled look on his face again, though the rest of the guys definitely wanted to see me finish up the game with all strikes.

As I stood on the approach, I looked at the arrows, put my fingers in the bowling ball, and thought to myself:

"Ok, this is nothing, just roll it like usual, it's just practice, no big deal."

Even with the easy going thoughts in my head, my heart was pacing a bit. I began my approach, stepping foot by foot up towards the foul line, and released the ball.

*BANG*

".......OH SHIT!"

I held my hand against my face as I pulled the ball inside of where I was aiming.

...............

*BWONKLE*

"Agh! God dammit!"

I clearly made one of the worst shots of the night, as my ball went right through the head pin, and I left the 4-6-7-10, which was by far one of the hardest splits in the whole game.

"Awwwww...crap!" Junir mentioned.

"Well...at least you'll have a good score, right Mike?" Chowder then mentioned.

"...Y-yeah....but still, that was a TERRIBLE shot on my part. I have no idea what the hell I just did." I replied.

"Good, so he IS human, literally. Haha." Gantu then joked.

"Stop it Gantu, Mike really wanted that." Kumi nearly lashed back towards his mate.

"I know, I know. Sorry. Heh."

"That looks like a really tough spare to get Mike. Will you be able to pick it up?" Emon asked me as I quickly got back on the approach, and picked up one of the house balls that weighed a lot less than my own.

"Probably not. Only way I could do it is if I throw it really fast and get a pin to bounce out from behind.

*BANG*

I whipped the 11 pound blue house ball as fast as I could towards the 4-7, but no to prevail.

"Oh well....Still, that's my highest game tonight.....220." I mentioned sort of quietly. Nearly everyone gave me high fives as I walked off the lane, and everyone else went up to finish their games after I did.

*****

"What's taking so long? It's been over an hour!"

"Calm down Tony, I'm sure that Aquin will come through for us soon."

"I can't help it Michael....All these thoughts are going through me like crazy. I NEED to get out of here."

"Yeah, but Aquin clearly said to wait for him to pick us up, so what's the point of worrying about getting out of here right away if we're just going to be here until he gets here anyway?" Michael asked the big guy.

"You don't understand Michael....I don't want to be seen here, AT ALL. It just reminds me of the stuff I've done lately to get myself here....and I don't want to think about ANY of it."

"Well....yeah you ha-"

"Sir, your bail has been posted."

Out of nowhere at that moment, a cop came up to the cell to notify the two tigers that they were free to go.

"Thank the fucking lord....."

"Just sign a few things and then you're all set to go you two." The cop pointed out. With that said, Michael and Tony both did what they were instructed, and they eventually found themselves out of the dreaded jail cell that they were locked up in.

****

"James.....I'm worried." Ord mentioned as he sat next to Sully in their car during their long drive back to New York.

"Yeah, I know, I'm worried too about all of them. I think the worst of it is over though, I mean those two bears have been taken away for good, and I don't think Mike has to worry about Marco unless he gets shown constantly on TV or something."

"True.....we should make sure that we stay in touch with them every day over the next couple of weeks that we're away."

"Absolutely."

"Are Aquin and Quetzal still behind us? I can't tell."

"There's a lot of cars around us, but I think they'll be fine. Still can't believe Aquin's letting his car drive itself back so he can be closer to Quetzal." Sully mentioned as he kept looking in the rear view mirror to see if he could notice a certain car behind him.

"I guess people do crazy things....when they're in love. Hehe." Ord pointed out.

"Yep, and we can both relate to that." Sully replied, as the Dragon and the Monster held each other's hand while they continued to drive on the highway.

****

It was now roughly a few minutes before 10:00 at night. Dracon had just finished his final frame on the lane, and we were all finished with our 6th game.

I still personally felt really pissed off that I couldn't have a higher game for what I had just rolled, but I was still pretty glad that I stayed consistent throughout the night.

"So....are we done?" Junir asked.

"I know I'm done, that's the most I've bowled in quite some time!" Chowder mentioned with a bit of a smile on his face as he wiped a bit of sweat off of his eyebrows.

"I wouldn't mind bowling a couple more....but from the looks of it, I'm guessing you're closing up Dracon?" Gantu asked, as several parts of the bowling center looked to be shutting off their lights for the night.

"Well, I'll tell you what. Out of you six, which of you wants to keep bowling?" The dragon asked.

I nodded towards the Dragon and also raised my hand, as did Kumi, Gantu, and Junir. Chowder and Emon both seemed to be done for the night, and they were taking their bowling shoes off in the process as well.

"Well, how about this. Since I've been spending so much time with you guys, and since you all have been such good friends to be around, I'll let you guys stay as long as you want for the rest of the night, does that sound good?" Dracon asked all of us with a big smile.

"Awesome!" "Definitely!" A couple of us replied.

"Thanks for the offer Dracon....but I really need to head back home. I have a long day tomorrow, and I need to get some stuff done with the cleanup at the restaurant....it's going to be non-stop."

"Yeah, I'd definitely like to stay, but I'm getting pretty tired too." Emon then added.

"Well, just let me know if you guys ever wanna come and bowl again, I'll be happy to help you out."

"Thanks Dracon." "Yeah, thanks a lot, I really had fun tonight learning how to bowl." Both Chowder and Emon replied.

"So are you two leaving then?" Gantu asked the mage and the Tiger.

"Yeah, I'm gonna drive back to my place. Wait....Emon....what are you doing in terms of transportation??" Chowder then asked, which caused all of us to wonder the same thing.

"Oh, don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Emon replied....almost like he wasn't worried at all about getting back to where his place was.

"Uhhhh...you sure?" Kumi added.

"Yeah, trust me. Oh by the way, Mike, can you come over here really quick?" The mage asked me, which surprised me somewhat. I complied though, and walked away from the others so I could see what Emon wanted.

"What's up?"

"Look, I heard what Aquin told you, and I know that he's not fond of me. Whatever you want to do in terms of monitoring me, that's on you. I don't really care. But I also heard him say that he would give you a place to stay at his club, right?"

I was DEFINITELY thrown off with everything Emon just said right there, like I was in the middle of a conflict and didn't know how to get out of it.

"U-uh....Y-yeah...he gave me his card....it's buried in my pocket here somewhere." I replied, reaching in my pocket to pull it out.

"No need to show me....I know his club, cause I stay there."

"Wait....really??" I nearly exclaimed. It was then that I looked behind me, and noticed that a few of the other guys were wondering what we were talking about.

"Mhmm. If you decide to go there though, I'll be there if you need anything."

"A-alright. Isn't it back in New York City? I didn't look at the address."

"Uhhh....yeah I guess. It's in a very rural area of the city though. Either way, I know you've been through a lot Mike, so I don't know how you feel about going back to the city just yet."

"I honestly have no idea what I should do. I'll probably want to go back there eventually because of my work and my newspaper column...but with everything that's happened....I'll have to wait and see how everything plays out."

"I don't think you have to worry as much in terms of anything bad happening. You'd be much safer at Aquin's place."

"Good point. Thanks Emon."

"No problem. Well, I'm gonna head out, so if you do need me, you know where to find me. SEE YOU ALL LATER!" The Mage replied, and then exclaimed to everyone else as he started to head towards the front door.

Everyone waved back in return, though it was pretty obvious that everyone seemed confused as to how Emon would be able to get back to where he was going, myself included. As I walked back towards the others, it was pretty obvious that everyone definitely thought that Emon was one confusing guy to be around.

"That guy reminds me so much of Aquin." Junir pointed out.

"No shit, he's definitely not normal." Gantu then added.

"Well, I think I'm going to head out myself guys...." Chowder then mentioned to all of us.

*****

".....Hopefully they'll be alright without me for the n-......what the...."

"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....."

"Ugh.....I thought Aquin took care of this earlier.....oh well. Guess I have to finish the clean up."

*PSSSSHHHHHHH*

*WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHH*

".............good, all set. Perhaps I should stay a bit longer to make sure no more of these creatures wander around this area....."

****

"Huh?"

After Chowder mentioned that he was going to head out.....I could've sworn I had heard something outside. Nothing major, but it did make me look over to the entrance of the bowling alley.

"What is it Mike?" Dracon asked me.

"Did you guys just hear something outside? I know Emon just walked out there." I replied, though everyone looked at me as if I was the only one that heard anything, and everyone shook their heads.

"Well that guy has a lot of special abilities.... so I wouldn't worry about him. Anyway....I wish you could stay here longer Chowder. I hope you had a great time though, and like I said, if you wanna bowl here again I'll take good care of ya." Dracon happily replied.

"Thanks Dracon. By the way.....are you guys going to be ok in terms of driving back?" The Tiger then asked all of us.

"Yeah, I think we'll be fine with my truck." Gantu mentioned.

"And I live pretty close to here, so I'll be fine." Dracon added. Chowder nodded back at all of us, and sounded like he was ready to head out.

"Ok guys, I'm heading back home, so I'll see you all later!"

"See ya!" "See ya soon Chowder!" A few of us replied. The big Tiger nodded back at us after giving his goodbye, and he left the bowling alley.

It was now only Dracon, Junir, Kumi, Gantu, and myself in the building. All of the staff had already left, and most of the lights were turned off inside the building. (Except for the lights that were around the pair of lanes we were on)

"Sooooo....do you want to start bowling again?" I asked the others.

"Yeah, let's do it." Gantu replied. With that said, we fixed up the scoreboard again, and started to bowl with just the five of us.

****

*BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING*

*BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING*

".......Hello?"

"Marco, it's me."

"Did you do what I asked Duco?"

"Of course. Marcus and Andre really had an explosive meal in their cell if you catch my drift."

"Good, good. Two less dumb fucks that I have to worry about."

"How's everything back there?"

"Steady. Getting shipments out and these guys aren't fucking around now that they know who's in charge."

"Good, good, I don't want my people getting rusty while I'm gone. I think I'll do a little more scoping around the city to try to expand our operation while you're handling them."

"Sounds like a plan. Just don't do anything stupid, you got me?"

"Of course not. Besides, I have ways to get out of trouble if I need to, you know that."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. It's just that with all this bullshit I've dealt with, knowing how stupid my men really proved to be, I don't want that to be carried over any further."

"Don't you worry, I'm all set. I'll talk to you later Marco."

"Ok Duco. Oh yeah, before you go, guess who called me earlier."

"Who?"

"Quantum."

"HAHAHAHA! Wow, I'm shocked he had the balls to call you after all that shit that he pulled awhile back. Why the fuck did he call anyway?"

"I have no fucking clue. Either way, I'm gonna pop a cap in him if I see him, unless he's willing to blow me to get on my good side. He sounded like a fucking pussy when he called."

"Yeah, I'd feel the same way. Ok, I gotta go, see ya later."

"Bye."

*CLICK*

******

Meanwhile, Aquin and Quetzal kept driving on the highway together, holding each other's hands as they sat next to each other in Quetzal's car.

"How's your vehicle doing behind us?" Quetzal asked the Gator.

"Looks fine to me. First time I've really used that autopilot feature."

"Y-yeah....hmmmm...."

"What? Is something wrong hun?" Aquin asked.

"Nah...it's nothing....I just....have this weird feeling...."

"Feeling? I don't feel anything odd....what are you sensing?"

"Forget it. I almost feel like someone is following my car, but that's probably just me thinking about your car constantly."

"Yeah, that's probably it. I'm sure Sully and Ord would feel the same way if they saw my car behind them on autopilot. Heh."

"Your car has a mind of its own, Niño. I just hope we don't fall too far be-....oh wait....I see their car now."

"Good, good. Once we get back to their area, I'll take my car and head to where Tony and Michael are. Shouldn't take too long."

"I'm just glad you were able to bail them out over the phone without any problems."

"Yeah...I just hope we get there before any news breaks out...."

****

After bowling 2 more games between the five of us, it was pretty clear that we were all worn out. I bowled terribly, and none of us broke 200 either.

Once again, Dracon was the last person to finish his frame, and after he was done, we all sat down around each other, panting a bit.

"S-so....are we done?" Kumi asked.

"I know I am....it's fucking hot in here!" Gantu replied.

"Yeah....the Air Conditioner is off now." Dracon explained.

"It's a pretty hot night even though we're still over a month away from the summer season." Junir then added, with all of us agreeing.

".....I still feel like I could bowl so much better...." I then mentioned myself.

"I wouldn't mind bowling another one....but Gantu's right....it's REALLY hot in here." Junir replied.

"Well....why don't you just take your shirt off then?"

"............"

"O_O"

"W-what?"

Dracon threw all of us off guard when he mentioned his idea, which was followed up by a smile on his face.

"You guys can take your clothes off if you want.....I mean, it is MY bowling alley, and no one else is here, hehe."

With that said, the red dragon stood up, and took off his own shirt that he was wearing, exposing his VERY muscular body to all of us.

"Ahhhh...much better."

Dracon smiled at us, though I found myself blushing a bit as I looked at his tall, muscular figure. He looked incredibly sexy, and before I knew it.....a certain body part of mine began to perk in my pants.

"I guess I'll take mine off too." Junir then told us afterward, as the Lion slowly took off the shirt that I had lent him from the day before.

"Well, if you guys want to have a bowling game of strip poker, be my guest. I'm gonna go out to my truck though to cool down and rest a bit before we have to drive back." Gantu then mentioned to us, which again, made me blush even though I hadn't taken off my shirt.

"I'll be outside too in the truck, it was fun though bowling together. Thanks again Dracon." Kumi added, which ultimately lead to Gantu thanking Dracon as well. The bear and whale eventually put on their regular shoes, and headed outside the bowling alley to their vehicle, which left only Junir, Dracon, and myself in the bowling alley.

"You going to take off your shirt Mike? I'm surprised you still have it on, you look like you're sweating a bit." Dracon asked me.

I was blushing as red as a tomato at this point, since the lion and dragon were standing near each other, looking at me with their muscular bodies. I wanted to take my shirt off, but at the same time, I felt like I had nothing to show compared to the other two when it came to my figure, especially since I had lost a lot of weight from everything that had happened previously.

"N-nah....I'm....I'm good." I stuttered a bit.

"Oh ok. Well, I think I'm only going to bowl one more game and then close up the place anyway, I'm getting a bit tired here." Dracon replied.

"Same here, I'm pretty tired myself." Junir added. So with the three of us now near the lanes again, we started bowling our final game together for the night while Gantu and Kumi waited outside in their vehicle.

****

"And that's pretty much everything that happened at school today."

"Yeah. By the way.....do you think Mike is doing ok? I'm surprised he hasn't called or anything."

"He'll be fine Ralph....I think Will is taking it a bit hard knowing everything that Mike has gone through....but luckily he has a lot of friends with him."

"That's true. Hey....look!"

"Thank you Tom, there's still a police force behind me right now, as the police are still trying to figure out who held a gun shop at gun point in this army general store near us. The security cameras didn't show much, but it seems like the person that stole the artillery made a quick getaway in his car. A few witnesses have described the person as a tall, blue snake like figure, though there have been no official reports as to who did this. Reporting live from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, I'm John Spates, for Channel Five news."

"Mike was in Portsmouth today!"

"Yeah....but we would've heard something from him if anything did happen, so I wouldn't worry."

"Well...let me know if he calls....I'm heading to bed."

"Ok, Good night."

*****

*KWLASH*

"Nice shot Jun!" "Wow, you seemed to save everything for the last game!" Both Dracon and I exclaimed to the Lion as he walked off the approach. After the first four frames, I was perfect in terms of striking, while Junir and Dracon also had a couple of strikes themselves.

"Y-you're up Dracon." I said to the tall dragon that was standing next to me. It definitely felt a bit intimidating standing next to such a tall and muscular dragon, but at the same time, he was in a really good mood so I also smiled whenever I looked at him.

Dracon got on the lane, picked up his bright blue bowling ball...and let out a bit of a sigh.

"I REALLY need to get my own bowling ball fixed. These house balls don't fit my finger very well."

I could tell that Dracon did have a bit of trouble holding the bowling ball, but he seemed to grip it tight enough to get a good armswing as he started his approach.

*BANG*

*................KWALASHHHHHHH*

"Was there a problem? I don't think so! Haha!" I joked as Dracon struck in his 5th frame.

"Haha, yeah. Your turn, Mike."

"O-ok."

I quickly got up on the lane again, grabbed my ball, started my approach, and threw the ball down.

*KWLASH!*

"Yes!" I softly whispered, clinching my fist as the ten pins went down again, making the streak continue as I now had the first five strikes in a row. Between the potential perfect game and standing near two muscular anthros near me, my heart rate kept shooting up higher and higher.

****

"Alright, see you guys later!"

"See ya Darius!" "Take care!" "See ya tomorrow!"

*BANG*

"Whew....that was a long day....let's see what's happening online..." The muscular red haired dragon thought to himself as he put his stuff away and quickly got onto his laptop to check out what was happening on the internet.

After watching a few Youtube videos and checking his email, Darius knew he wanted to do something that he hadn't done in a few days.

"Gotta get myself warmed up here...oops....wait....huh?"

Before he could go to his favorite website though, the Dragon accidentally clicked on the news tab of the Google homepage, which ended up showing several local news stories. It was one story though that he ended up noticing...that caught his attention more than anything.

"TWO BEAR BROTHERS KILLED IN JAIL IN NEW YORK STATE PRISON, CAUSE UNDETERMINED"

"Wait a sec....two bear brothers.....where did I hear about those guys before.....?"

"........................"

*CLICK*

"Questions were raised at the Rikers Island prison complex in New York City, after a loud noise erupted inside a single jail cell. Security guards arrived at the scene to notice two bear brothers lying motionless with a pool of blood around their bodies. The victims, 29 year old Andre Klodia, along with his twin brother, 29 year old Marcus Klodia, were the two victims that have been confirmed dead because of this incident.

The two bears were responsible for a notorious attack that caused havoc inside a local café two days earlier in Newburyport, Massachusetts, as both brothers took over the restaurant in a hostage situation and withheld the restaurant at gunpoint for several hours, as seen in the footage below.

****insert imaginary youtube link here ;)*****

The cause of death has not been determined at this time, though there will be an autopsy report in the upcoming week."

After clicking on the actual video of the news report, the dragon's eyes widened....as he noticed a particular person that he knew he had seen before.

"...................Holy crap! I knew it! I knew I saw that human on TV for that restaurant shooting! That poor guy....I need to text this to Lowrey...."

The dragon pulled out his phone and quickly sent a message to his friend, stating who the human was that they had confronted earlier that night at the bowling alley. After all that was said and done, the dragon couldn't help but have many different thoughts scatter through his head.

****

*KWLACKLE*

"THAT'S RIGHT!"

I found myself shouting very loudly as all of a sudden, I now had the front eight in a row, only being four strikes away from perfection. It was now at the point where Junir and Dracon were both trying to finish up their turns quickly just so that I could keep my groove going when it was time for me to bowl again.

"Keep it going Mike!" Junir exclaimed as he stood next to me and gave me a pat on the back. I blushed quite heavily again, and my heart felt like it was running a marathon non-stop.

"I'm just gonna skip my turn here...." Dracon mentioned as he quickly hit the buttons on the computer screen in front of him to make Junir go next.

"Skip me too Drac', Mike needs to stay in his groove." Junir then added.

"Got it. Don't blink now Mike, knock em all down!" The dragon happily insisted as I slowly nodded and got onto the approach again. My chest felt like it weighed ten times heavier than usual as I slowly picked my ball up. Before I could even think about making a good shot though, I already found myself walking up to the foul line with my fingers already in the ball, and before I knew it, the ball was released from my fingers.

*BANG*

"..........................."

"............................"

*KWLACKLE....*

"TRIP IT!"

.....

*.....CLUNK*

"YES!"

I hit the pocket a bit high with the amount of curve my ball had, which caused the 4 pin to stand for a moment. However, a pin came out of NOWHERE and rolled across the deck to take it out, and I had my 9th strike in a row.

"YEAH!" "HOLY SHIT!"

Both the Lion and the Dragon were now ecstatic over my score, as I was now THREE strikes away from perfection. It also actually helped a bit knowing that I was really being cheered on by people that I knew, though it didn't take away the fact that my chest still felt like it was about to explode.

"Skip my turn again, would you Dracon?" Junir asked.

"I was just about to do that, as well as myself." The red dragon replied.

"Ok Mike, you can do this, there's no pressure, it's all you, knock them all down!" The Lion exclaimed with a lot of confidence in his voice. It was really the first time that I heard him speak like that, and while it made me blush a bit, I was much more focused on my ultimate goal.

I got on the approach again, grabbed my bowling ball, and started my same routine.

All of a sudden....it just felt....silent.

"................"

The ball already left my hand....but I felt like I couldn't hear anything as it approached the pins.

"................"

"..........................."

"....................................."

*KWLACKLE*

"YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH MIKE!!!! 2 MORE NOW!"

I just simply clinched my fist, and walked back to the ball return while Junir and Dracon were still watching, twiddling their fingers and looking like they were EXTREMELY anxious over the whole situation.

I took a deep breath, but at this point I wanted to just finish the game without thinking about it. It was easy to tell though that nearly my entire body was shaking with all the excitement that was happening.

I grabbed the bowling ball from the ball return, took my stance, started my approach....and it was out of my hand before I knew it as my foot slid towards the foul line....

*BANG*

.............................

....................................

............................................

.....................................................

*CONKLE...............BONK*

"ONE MORE! YEAH!"

"Whew.....ok....here we go...."

I let out a deep sigh of relief as my ball hit light, but just barely made the head pin knock over the two pin to make everything crumble down for my 11th strike.

Now it felt like time had stopped.

As I waited next to the ball return for my ball to come back....every second was more like a minute. And every minute now felt like it took an hour to pass.

I kept waiting for my ball to come back, and as I was doing so, I noticed Junir coming up to the ball return.

"I'm just going to take this bowling ball and put it back, don't want you to get too excited and pick up the wrong ball for this last shot Mike. Just don't think about it, ok?"

"Y-yeah." I stuttered, as I finally saw my Orange ball coming back up the ball return.

Now just wanting to pick up the ball felt like it was going to take forever. As I put my fingers in the ball and lifted it off the ball rack, the ball itself easily felt like it was now 30 pounds instead of 15. I was shaking so badly now that I felt like my legs were going to collapse underneath me. It was no doubt the most nervous I had ever been in my whole life right then and there, even more than my fallout with Tony only a few days earlier.

I took my stance....but I felt like I just couldn't throw the ball. I wanted to take my time and make a good shot...but I felt like I wouldn't be able to even make my approach with my ball in hand.

It was at that moment though....

"Just relax.....take your time....and don't pull your shot. I know you can do it Mike."

"........................."

I felt pretty speechless at that moment...as Dracon came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me from the back, as he was definitely trying to ease up the tension I was under. At that moment though...I don't know what it was, but I felt my mind easing off of all the thoughts that were going through me as far as throwing that final shot. I found myself blushing heavily with the muscular dragon hovering behind me, but in a way, it was definitely a good thing to have it happen.

******

".......hmmmm?"

*.....Is Dracon....doing what I think he's doing?"*

******

"You go knock those pins down Mike, let's see it!"

The Dragon fiercely exclaimed his remarks to me as I took my final stance on the approach. I wasn't thinking about the shot as much now that my mind was pretty much all over the place.

And next thing you know....I started my final approach...

*GIP.....GIP.....GIP.....GIP.....BANG*

*WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA*

It was completely silent as I could only watch.

*WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA*

The ball started off at the right part of the lane.....and started slowing making its curve....

*WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA*

".......COME ON!!!"

"...........................HIT IT!!!!"

"............................................."

"............................................."

".............................................."

*KWLASH*

"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"YEAH MIKEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

I ran halfway across the center after I saw the pins go down, and my eyes were as wide open as they possibly could be. I just shot a 300 game!!!!! Did that really just happen?!?!?!?

"THANK YOU......" I then shouted as I saw Junir and Dracon running towards me, each smiling very widely. I got on my knees and just put my head down, feeling great knowing that it was all over, and just let everything unfold as my emotions were getting the best of me.

*****

"Good....he got it and this place is safe....now I can go back to the club."

*****

"THAT WAS AMAZING MIKE!" Junir shouted as he came up to me, lifting my body off the ground and hugging me as hard as he could. I couldn't even make any reactions to his hug when Dracon also joined in as well. I was being hugged by two people that I had feelings for....though I didn't show any of my affection right then and there as I was still trying to take in everything that just occurred.

"Finally....I'm glad it's over with...." I stuttered a bit, putting my hand against my head and just taking a couple of deep breaths after Junir and Dracon stopped hugging me.

"It's too bad that Gantu and Kumi and everyone else missed out on what you just did!" Junir exclaimed.

"Y-yeah...though I don't think Gantu would care too much. Haha!" I laughed back, as did Junir and Dracon.

"I'm definitely printing this score out for you though, Mike, I'm sure you'll want a copy of it to frame on your wall." Dracon insisted, walking over to his front desk and quickly making sure that our scoresheet would be there for me to have.

"I'm still shaking over this whole thing! Just look Jun!" I told the Lion.

Junir looked at my twitching arm and nodded as we started to put our bowling balls away as well as our shoes, as we were finally ready to head out for the night.

"Hey Mike...quick question...."

Junir started speaking softly to me while Dracon was still working on his computer as we both finished putting our regular shoes on, and while Junir put his shirt back on.

"Yeah?"

"Mike....I think Dracon is finally starting to show.....-"

"Yeah, I know....I noticed. He's definitely starting to act as if he wants both you and me, heh."

"I think he doesn't know how we feel in return....but....I think we should talk about this later." I mentioned, especially since Dracon was heading back towards us with the score sheet in hand.

"Good point."

"You guys all set?" The red dragon asked both of us.

"Yep, good to go!" I replied with my bowling ball bag in one hand, and my Wolf's Rain bag around my other shoulder.

"Here you go Mike, just for you."

The red dragon handed me the scoresheet of my perfect 300 game, which was also dated and signed by Dracon himself almost like a stamp of approval.

"T-thanks Dracon, I still can't believe I did it." I replied. With that said, the three of us headed towards the exit, and Dracon finished shutting off the rest of the lights in the bowling alley, and finally set the alarm as he locked the doors to the center.

"I can't wait to tell everyone else about this!" I nearly exclaimed, as I was still estatic over my accomplishment.

"I think Gantu won't want to hear much though Mike." Junir added.

"Well, I'm going to tell him anyway! Heh." I replied as the three of us walked up to Gantu and Kumi's truck. Before we knew it, Kumi rolled down his window on the passenger's seat, with loud rock music playing as the bear started to talk.

"So, how was it?" Kumi asked the three of us. Gantu looked like he was slouching back, almost like he was taking a nap while waiting for us.

"I think Mike should show you, don't you agree Junir?" Dracon said back. The lion nodded and had a little grin on his face, while I blushed a bit by the dragon's statement.

"Y-yeah....I don't know if we should show Gantu though, heh."

"I don't know what happened to Gantu here....one moment he was enjoying the music and talking....next thing you know, he just passed out. Guess the bowling really got to him. Anyway, let's see it!" The bear replied.

I handed my scoresheet to Kumi, and the bear took one glance at it, and his eyes widened quite a bit.

"H-HOLY SHIT MIKE!"

".....W-wha? Huh?"

Kumi's reaction caused Gantu to wake up from his supposed nap, wondering what all the commotion was.

"Gantu, look at what Mike did!!!"

"Hmmm?"

"......................."

".........................."

*O_O*

".....WHAT?!?!"

Kumi handed the scoresheet to Gantu, and it was pretty clear that neither the bear nor the whale were expecting to see what they saw. A perfect 300 from Mike.

"Did...you seriously...hit a fucking 300?!?!?!?!" Gantu almost lashed out in a bit of a frustrated way.

"Y-yeah....though I still can't believe it..." I replied with a bit of a stutter.

At that moment....I don't know what happened....but I think everything was just let loose.

"You can keep it, I don't want to see this."

*CRUNCH*

"HEY, What are you doing?!?!?!" Dracon yelled out at the whale. My eyes were widening as I saw the whale literally crumple up my own scoresheet and throw it back at me!

"We're leaving Kumi."

*VROOM*

"What?? I don't wanna le-"

"WE'RE LEAVING."

"Wait, hang on! Hang on just a sec!" Junir tried to yell out towards Gantu & Kumi, though the whale was paying no attention as he started to put up the windows on both sides of his truck.

"What the hell, are you pissed just because Mike hit a perfect game?" Kumi asked.

"Mike can have his moment, he's fine now and Junir is fine. I'm heading home."

*VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

"WAIT!" "WHAT THE FUCK??"

"........................"

In less than a minute, everything went from being joyful & ecstatic over my perfect game....to the three of us being left with no vehicle in the parking lot of Dracon's bowling alley, as Gantu & Kumi drove off without hesitating.

"...................."

"........W-w-what j-just.....h-happene-d?" I stuttered, as all of the magic from what I did in the center was completely gone now. I felt like...I had just ruined my relationship with two people that I really liked....over an accomplishment that I worked so hard to get.

*****

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING?!?! THEY HAVE NO RIDE BACK TO THEIR HOMES!"

Kumi was furious with what Gantu was doing, and he wasn't holding back at what he had to say to his mate.

"GANTU!! WE NEED TO GO BA-"

"THEY WILL BE FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THEM!"

"G-gantu.....what is going on?!?!"

"Mike can have his spotlight, I just think it's better if we stay apart from them, we don't need them. I'm getting our things and we're heading back home."

*VROOOOOM*

The truck sped down the highway, as it headed back towards Salisbury.

****

"W-what did I do???" I murmured to myself. I felt like I was going to tear up in my eyes now.

"Hey Mike....don't worry about that, I think Gantu is just fed up with everything. Don't let his attitude ruin your night!" Dracon said to me as he put his hand on my shoulder to comfort me. Still, I couldn't hold back my emotions and a couple of tears started rolling down my face.

"W-why....why does this all have to happen???" I asked.

"Come on Mike....you've overcome a lot, don't let this bring you down, this is YOUR night. Gantu is just going to have to suck it up!" Junir insisted.

"Yeah Mike, you're one of the best bowlers I've seen. I think you need to get some rest though, it's been a long night in general for all of us."

"Y-yeah it h-has...." I stuttered again, wiping away a couple of tears from my face. Dracon did make a good point though, we all did quite a bit together as a group, and it finally came to a close.

"Well...what am I going to do to get back home now t-though?" I then mentioned.

"If you want to Mike, you can either crash at my place, or I can easily get you back to your house the same way I brought you here earlier." Dracon replied.

"I think it might be best if I head back home....I'm kinda shocked my parents haven't called me yet but I think it'll be better just to head back." I replied.

"That's fine. How about you Junir?"

"It might be best if I do crash at your place, mainly because Chowder has a long day ahead of him and I don't want to disturb him at all by staying there another night." The lion replied.

"Well, my house isn't too far away, it's roughly a few blocks if you wanna walk towards it."

"M-might as well come see what your house looks like before we head back to my home." I curiously replied.

"Here Mike, let me carry your bowling ball for you."

The dragon easily grabbed my bowling bag and put it around his shoulders as we started walking away from the bowling alley while the stars gazed above us.

****

It was pretty easy to tell that Tony was eager to have Aquin pick him up, though Michael could only help and stare at Tony pacing back and forth near the entrance of the police station that they were at.

"Tony....I think I need to mention something to you...."

"What?"

"Listen...I've been thinking. I told you earlier that we should probably lay low, right?"

"Yeah...I know......what are you saying?"

"Think about it. Even if we lay low, any news reports about us means that they WILL find us one way or another. Marco is smart. He knows how to play his cards and he doesn't hold back."

"You got that right....I still can't believe how ruthless he has become...and just thinking about it pisses me off...."

"Here's what I'm thinking. Marco doesn't know that you are with me, right?"

"Actually...you're right....he doesn't know..."

"So here's my suggestion....how about you stay at my place for a while, and that way we can keep you out of the spotlight by all means necessary. That way Marco won't know where you are or what you are doing, and you can catch him off guard if you do perhaps find out where he is."

".....I actually think that's a good idea....I mean, I could stay at Aquin's club....but there's A LOT of people that stay there."

"Yeah....well, it might be better to stay at my place....cause I haven't had any altercations whatsoever with any of Marco's henchmen....so I can guarantee you that we'll be safe there."

"Once Aquin gets here let's have him drive us back to your house then, Michael."

"Got it."

****

"Man....what a long day....I need some rest...."

"Huh...? Oh...hey Emon....I didn't see you get back here....then again...I never do."

"Yeah. It's my specialty. How's things with Akashi?"

"Surprisingly....I think he's coming around and controlling himself more....it's almost like the demon that is controlling him inside is asleep for now."

"Well that's good. I took care of a couple of things tonight when I was out."

".....Emon...I think I should mention something to you about that...."

"What?"

"Well....I was tracking you when you were out and sensed the fight you had not too long ago."

"....Uh....ok...what about it? I killed off a demon.....no big deal....."

"....Well....I don't think you killed it completely...."

"W-what??"

"The energy I sensed from what you fought dissolved very quickly after you supposedly took care of it....but I think a fraction of it remained...and I even think it took over someone's body."

"WHAT?!"

"It's not serious from what I could sense.....but....hey.........Emon?"

*FWISH*

"EMON!"

".................."

"Ugh...there he goes again, why can't he just listen to everything I have to say for once?

****

As we kept walking along one of the main roads while we were now a couple of blocks away from the bowling alley, Dracon pointed out a street that we were coming up to.

"I live on this road, it's only about a couple hundred yards down from the start of it here."

The three of us came up to a road that was coincidentally named "Dragon Point Lane" and started to walk past a few houses that were located on the street itself.

The houses were somewhat big, though they were clearly not as big as the houses near the areas that Tony, Sully, and Ord lived at.

"And here we are, this is my house."

After walking for a few minutes past the other houses, we finally arrived at the Dragon's house. It was a pretty decent sized two story house, and it also had a dark red convertible parked in the front part of the driveway.

"Nice house!" I mentioned.

"Damn, you have a pretty sweet car here." Junir mentioned.

"Oh...yeah...well I never use it since I mainly fly all the time. Heh." The dragon sort of laughed back, scratching the back of his head. He then added "Do you guys want to come in?"

"Yeah, we've made it this far, I don't see why not." I mentioned in a sort of joking manner.

The dragon unlocked his front door, and the three of us walked into the house.

"Excuse me for this mess, I haven't cleaned up much over the last couple of weeks."

There was a bit of clutter around the main part of the house, but the house itself wasn't too much different compared to Chowder's house. It was VERY spacious, as all the doorways were built for a very tall person. The kitchen was directly in front of us, while there was a stairway that lead to the upper part of the house right next to it. As we started to walk around and look inside the house some more, Dracon started to put his own belongings away, and turned on a good portion of the lights inside the house.

"So as you can see, the dining room is on the right, kitchen is in front of you guys, my little office is on the left here, the bedrooms are up the stairs here, and my living room is past the kitchen on the left.

"Yeah, this is a pretty nice house!" I mentioned.

"Awww stop it Mike, you've been too kind to me, heh." The dragon joked back.

"Heh. Mind if I get a drink really quick?"

"Not at all. Grab whatever you want and then if you want to head back, I can either fly you home or drive ya."

"Alrighty, thanks."

I walked in to the kitchen, which was actually one of the biggest rooms in the house from the looks of it. Then again, when I looked to my left, I noticed that the living room had a HUGE television next to one of the windows, as well as a full home theatre system hooked up to it.

"It seems like everyone I know has everything all covered when it comes to watching TV it seems, haha!" I laughed as I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge.

"Heh, well I don't actually watch too much TV, to be honest I barely spend any time around my house in general since I'm either at the gym, or running the bowling alley."

"Either way Drac', it's still a really nice place you have. I'm pretty tired from everything we did today though, do you know where I could crash for the night?" Junir asked.

"Oh, well I have a couple of bedrooms upstairs that are guest rooms, or you could sleep on the living room couch, whatever suits you best."

"Well...I have no change of clothes again since I'm still wearing your clothes Mike. Guess all that excitement around the mall made me forget to buy clothes for myself. Thanks again for these clothes though, heh."

"No prob, just don't wear it out, I like that shirt!" I joked back.

"Alright Mike, get some rest, you've been through a lot tonight." The lion mentioned as he came up to me when I walked back towards him as well as Dracon.

*gulp* "Yeah, we all have. Are you going to be here tomorrow?" I asked while I started drinking the bottle of water.

"I guess I have nowhere else to go until further notice. I'm still not 100% ready to train again for my wrestling business, though I'm sure the organization I work for has probably blown up my phone at my house....and of course, I haven't set up my voicemail yet on my new phone here....so I'm sure I've had plenty of phones calls that I haven't been able to take...

"Jun....I think both of us need a break from everything....I'd like to go back to the Daily News myself back in the big city....but I really just need a break from it all before I can go back. Let's just clear our minds and try to make it through the next few days not worrying about it."

"You're right....it just sucks that these certain events have happened in the last few days, you know....with Tony, Chowder's restaurant, the hospital, Sully and Ord leaving, and....well, Gantu just acting like something took over him."

"What was up with that? I still don't get what happened with him...that just didn't seem like something he would do if you ask me...." Dracon added.

"Exactly! I think Kumi was a bit shocked over the whole thing....something just didn't seem right looking back at it now." I replied.

"I think we all need to just get some rest. You ready to head back home Mike?" Dracon asked.

"Yeah, let's go."

"Mike....before you go...."

Junir came up to me, putting his hand on my shoulder while Dracon opened the door and began to walk outside.

"I don't want you to feel bad over any of this stuff that has happened to you. You've been through too much, but now you've also made a huge accomplishment with your perfect game. You should build on that and start out fresh. Block out the negative."

"T-thanks Jun....I will. Maybe I can try to bowl a perfect game again tomorrow! Haha."

"You deserved every bit of it. Anyway, be safe, and I'll see you tomorrow."

With that said, the Lion and I exchanged a lengthy hug, which Dracon took notice to as he was standing outside of the doorway, texting on his phone while we finished talking. The lion gave me one final goodbye and then headed up the staircase of Dracon's house to crash for the night.

"Ready to go?" The tall red dragon asked me.

"Sure am."

"I think it might just be better if we drive, all of that bowling even made my wings tired."

"Heh, yeah that's fine. Not to mention there's a lot of extra weight with my bowling ball bag and my regular bag." I replied.

The two of us got into the large convertible that was parked in the driveway, and the dragon fired up the engine in the vehicle.

"You don't mind if I keep the hood down, do you? My horns tend to push up against the top and they can damage the covering if I'm not careful."

"Yeah that's no problem." I replied.

With that said, Dracon pulled out of his driveway, and we were finally on our way back to Salisbury.

****

*VRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

"G-Gantu....are you o-ok? You d-don't seem..."

"What? I don't seem....normal?"

".....Please slow down! You're going almost 95!!!"

"I can't help it....I love the thrill of being...in control....HAHAHA!!"

*VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

....*Oh my god!....This isn't the Gantu I know!!!!*

*****

"FUCK! No traces of it! It's probably gone already...I just hope....oh no...."

The Mage looked all around the bowling alley parking lot, though he didn't have any luck searching for the remains of the creature that he thought he took care of earlier in the night....

"SHIT! If that creature took over....any of them......dammit....I promised myself I wouldn't do this.....but I guess I have to now....."

*TO BE CONTINUED*