Chương 26: Food Fight

When Lilo opened his eyes, the attention of the entire mess hall was on him. Dust from the hole in the ceiling rained down on him and small pebbles fell at his feet.

When the dust settled, he saw Lemon before him where the table was, breathing heavily and shaking from shock.

It seemed she had rolled off the table before it got launched.

'Oh shit... I think I went too far. I look like a total asshole right now don't I?'

Lilo slowly turned around to examine what everyone else's reaction to him was.

"Nahhh I think you'll be okay. You're the youngest one here. Looking like a twelve year old will come in clutch for acting like one." Soda reassured Lilo.

Everyone's eyes reflected back looks of disgust and discomfort in Lilo's presence. It was not fear. It was not awe. It wasn't even hate.

It was simply disappointment and apprehension.

Nobody thought he was cool for losing his temper. Nothing good came of his out burst.

Everyone was embarrassed for him. It was utterly pitiful and humiliating.

"Seriously?" Lemon shook off her nerves and slowly stood up.

Her full height towered over Lilo's petite frame. She was about a head taller than he was, and toned enough to beat his ass if she decided to abuse her size advantage on him.

Everyone witnessed his match with Pop and however much of a laughing stock Pop was to all the shepherds; Lilo made a grown man cry and broke their ankle with a terrifying relentless resolve to defeat his enemy.

This made Lemon question her potential to face Lilo, but only briefly. Her self confidence and pride overruled the desire to back down immediately; and her body tensed in a combative flex.

"You wanna go bitch?" Her legs widened into a solid base for a fighting stance and a devious crooked grin marked her face as she dusted her self off.

She had always looked rough around the edges compared to her princess like older sister. Her face more chiseled, her frame larger, and her slanted hunter eyes reflecting her fiery soul.

Like the biting punch of a sour fruit, Lemon was nothing if not haughty.

'Oh shit... Now I've done it. Quick, Soda, how do I fix this?!'

Soda simply shrugged and disappeared from view, fading away with a peace sign in hand.

Lilo took an involuntary step back, slipping on his own tray and launching a tomato straight at Lemon's face.

Everyone in the mess hall held their breath, their attention fully captivated by the fight occurring in the corner of the large room.

Pieces of the tomato splattered everywhere and ooze dripped off of Lemon's pissed off face. If someone drew this moment to capture the aura radiating from Lemon, they would include steam puffing out of Lemon's ears like a loony toons character.

She was utterly and thoroughly ready to beat Lilo's tiny ass.

With one hand she wiped off her face of the tomato juice and with the other she picked up her jar of honey.

The audience of students stopped eating and continued watching in anticipation. Complete deafening silence permeating the atmosphere.

In one smooth swoop, Lemon hurled the jar of honey towards Lilo who watched in horror as the bomb of sticky sweet fluids came close to his face.

He closed his eyes, concentrated on the faint lines of glowing magic and found the one attached to the jar.

In a split second he flicked the taught bow string of magic just as he had done before; causing the jar mid flight towards Lilo's head to get launching straight up into the ceiling.

He held his breath and opened his eyes. A single drop of sticky honey dripped down from the ceiling and landed on his nose. His tongue flicked up wards and wiped it off.

"Mmm, this world's honey tastes exquisite." Lilo accidentally made that genuine comment out loud, making it seem like a comment of mockery to Lemon for missing.

This boiled her fumes of anger even more, and she picked up his tray in haste, hurdling that too towards him.

This time Lilo had time to anticipate, and he rolled to his side; causing his almond milk and salad to scatter on the groud, barely missing him.

"Food fight!" Someone yelled in the mess hall.

And all havoc broke lose.

It was utter chaos. Tomatoes splattering all over, puddles of milk littering the ground. Kids screaming. Crying. Their shirts covered in bloodlike stains and the acetic smell of the culmination of all those foods was potent in the air.

Lilo was busy ducking and dodging Lemon's assaults'. She continued to chase him throughout the chaos of the mess hall breaking out in all out food war.

He did not bother confront and face her. He already did enough. He just wanted to stop fucking things up.

'For fuck sake, why can't I just have a normal day in this gods forsaken place.'

"I don't know man. Fate seems to really want to screw you over at every turn. Maybe you should try praying. The temples here are-" Soda began rambling.

'Shut the hell up. I'm already in disarray dodging all these... wait... why am I dodging these? It's literally just food. It's harmless.'

Soda chuckled at Lilo's new profound revelation.

Lemon was still hot on his tale, doing impressive acrobatics between the launching foods in the air and the tables that were propped up as trench shields.

Lilo abruptly stopped running and stood his ground, firmly facing Lemon; fully prepared to take the onslaught of tomato, cucumber and milk.

Lemon also stopped, confused from Lilo's decision to stop running.

Lilo held up his hands and closed his eyes.

"Don't you dare think about using magic again!" Lemon warned.

Lilo opened his eyes and T posed to show his disinterest in being a problem.

"I'm not going to fight you." He proclaimed amidst the chaos that was between them.

She was only a few steps away, with a tomato in one hand and a whole cucumber in another.

"What? You don't have a choice!" Lemon said as she slowly approached him.

With each step Lilo flinched, but he still remained planted and still.

"No Lemon. I do have a choice, and I choose not to fight. You can have it your way. Hit me with your best shot." Truthfully Lilo was not scared of being hit with some vegetables. It was harmless after all... right?

"What!? You think you're being the good guy here? Ever since you came here, shit went side ways. I don't tolerate incompetent dumbasses kid, and I will gladly oblige with your offer to beat the living daylights out of you." With those menacing words, Lemon pounced on Lilo's petite frame.