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"Alright I'll introduce you all to him....",she with a grin on her face and then thought for a moment. "What if Kiki wins....we...uh.....I don't know....???",she gave a small laugh and looked at Maura. "What are you thinking?????",she said almost nervously.
"Yes, Lero.",it said noticing that Maura meant no offense to him.

"Erik with his hair cut...." Bachi thought about that for a moment. She liked theidea, it was obviously something he didn't want to do. And for some reason, this pleased her. "Alright, if Kiki wins, Erik cuts his hair. This pleases me," she grined.

Kiki laughed at Erik's sudden speed, she was having a little to much fun with this. "Come on Erik, you can do better then that!" Kiki said. She pushed ever so softly onto the ground with her left foot. This slight change pushed her farther ahead, not passing Erik just yet, "Hey, you hungry, I sure am. Let's get this over with. time for me to get serious," she said, her eyes narrowed and she pushed again, this time with her right foot. She was at top speed now. Kiki couldn't be seen by the naked eye, she was mearly the wind in your hair now. But you could still hear her childish laughter all the way to central.

Kiki was there, sitting on the steps waiting for Erik and the others to get there. She was inhuman. And unbeatable. Erik never stood a chance. She wasn't even out of breath. she giggled, touching her knees lightly.

((Kiki wins!))

Erik hadn't used that technique in a long time, and forgot that even with a constant flow, it only lasts an short time, and in that short time, Kiki had efeated him. Road passed him as he slowed down. He still levitated off of the ground due to the string magnetic forces at work, but was in no shape to speed off like that again. He slow floated towards Kiki and Road, not in a very good mood. He'd lost. The fact that kiki was a girl made no difference. She was no longer human. He was, but with superhuman abilities that would only take him so far. Finally, he cut the flow of electricity and landed on the ground softly. Small arcs of residual energy popped in various places of his body and it'd be pretty cool if he'd won.

Maura was running to catch up and saw that he'd lost, even using his ace in the hole. Kiki really was faster! She didn't expect at all to lose this bet. It wasn't her that was really losing though. Erik would not be happy at all. This was just adding insult to injury.

((cheater!! XP))

As they walked, Maura was thinking of a way to be as subtle as possible when breaking the news to Erik. She played through various senarios in her head but none seemed to come out right. Well, she'd figure it out. They were only about another 100 feet from the building anyway.

"Well this was all a dirty trick! Forcing me into competition and beating me. To place I don't even want to go into no less! This sucks!" he said kicking a stone near his foot. "What could be worse?" he thought smoothing his hair back.

Erik looked up at her quickly. His ind raced frantically and he could see her up ahead. "Don't say stuff like that! You'll give her ideas! She's been wanting my hair cut for years and I'm not about to lose it!" he thought. Erik took the mentioning of a bet as just a hypothetical situation. He ran his fingers through his hair, letting it cascade over his eyes a little.

Maura and the others had caught up to them and she was feeling the guilt already. She knew he'd hate her, even with the defense of the other girls. "Congrats Kiki! Nice one!" she congratulated. She then looked at Erik and stared at him for a moment.

"What's wrong? Feeling sorry for me? Well don't be. It was just a stupid race. Nothing serious, right?" he said flatly.

"I'm so sorry Erik, please don't hate me!" she said hugging him. "I bet Road that if you lost you cut your hair!!" she shouted. She hugged him tighter and waited for his response.

Kiki held in a laugh, she didn't want to be rude. But Erik's face..it was to much, even for Kiki. "*cough* Well, I didn't expect this," she smiled.

Bachi looked at Erik, he looked so sad. "Does he really have to go through with it? I mean, your joking right Road?" Bachi asked, hopeful. But it didn't look good for Erik.

"Oh dear...this could be trouble," Kiki smiled. She'd wait to see what happens. She wouldn't butt in until she had too.

"Maura????",Road said quietly tugging on the older girl's shirt. "Can I cut his hair for him??? I won't mess it I promise!",she said staring up at the older girl with a sweetest and most innocent look on her face.

Kiki couldn't help but smile. She was so close to playing the piano now, it made her giddy. "Oh! I'm just so excited to play! I have this wonderful song stuck in my head, that I just can't get out!" Kiki said, almost gliding up the stairs.

Bachi smiled after her, pleased. 'Are you sure you'll be alright going in there Erik?' Bachi asked. "Does he really have to cut his hair? I mean, it is a bit unreasonable," Bachi pointed out.

"I think Erik will look cute with hid hair short," Kiki said, walking over to him and flipping his hair from his face with a smile. "See, now we can see your eyes," she said. "Tell ya what, sence Erik has to get his hair cut. I'll pin my hair out of my face from now on. 'k?" Kiki said, though the thought made her nervous "Or perhaps a hair cut myself? With what little hair I have I mean," she smiled.

The thought of Kiki showing off her face to others scared Bachi. That would mean other people would see how beautiful she was. She felt herself go pale. Kiki would become much more popullair with the man now.