The Alarm bell rang, today was officially the first day of King Of Fightgers XIV. Mature woke up, stretched out and started her morning ritual before even coffee. She stood up and held out her hands with fingers stretched out and admired her long nails, there was nothing in the world that gave her more pleasure. She stared as the light passed through her nails that perfectly oval shaped nails that came a bit over an inch in length, they were 2 inches before but he had to shorten them for more practicality in the tournament. This year she was in team Yagami with Iori and her best friend Vice so she went to get ready to fight, she dressed up well did her hair and make up then came the finishing touch, the nail polish. Normally she would have a cupboard full of nail polishes but there was one that she wanted, Glorious Orange and when she saw it missing she almost fainted.

"Vice. Vice" Mature screamed out unable to find her polish as she huffed and puffed then Vice came in and said "Mature honey what's wrong". After her heavy breathing subsided Mature said "I can't find my orange nail polish, someone must've stolen it". Vice put a comforting arm around her best friend and said "We've done this time and time again, I know you have your pre fight rituals but why not just this once, you go to fight bare nails". Mature stared back at Vice silently and said "It's as if you don't know me. I won't go out into the arena without my nail polish, I can't let my opponents see me like that". Vice exhaled and said "There's no reasoning with you I see. Look we got a few hours to fight so why don't you ask around maybe one of the other girls has seen it". Mature jumped up and exclaimed "Great idea. see you in a few hours and ran out".

First stop was the womens fighting team, Mature knocked on the door and King answered "Mature, can we help you"? Mature said "yes ladies, I've lost my orange nail polish and I'm here to see if any of you stole it". The women all looked at each other and laughed, King was first to speak up and said "Nail polish, how disgusting. I would never do anything so girly" then Vanessa said "What's next, you gonna ask if we stole your lipstick? You won't see me in make up". Mature walked over to Mai who was laughing and said "You, Shiranui. You love make up, I bet you're hiding my nail polish under your boobs" Mai slid her hand under and pulled out her fans and replied "Sorry Mature, nothing here. And when you got these assets who needs nail polish".

The next stop was Ikari team headquarters, Mature knocked on their door and leaned against the wall waiting for someone to open. Eventually Clark opened the door, both paused a moment and Mature clicked her nails and said "Hi Clark" and the big soldier let out a high pitched scream and ran back trippng over a chair then hiding behind a bed. Leona and Clark came to comfort him and Ralf yelled out "Go away Mature, can't you see he's still traumatised after the A Lesson In Wrestling". "But I'm looking for my..." Mature couldn't finish the sentence as Leona threw a spoon at her and screamed "Out" and Mature ran off.

She did the rounds but couldn't find her orange nail polish anywhere. Angel didn't wear any because it was bad for her wrestling moves, Kula had her frosty blue painted nails, Athena had her pink and Yuri only hung out with boys, she probably never painted her nails in her life. As she walked over to her final stop she saw Choi walking past with this clawed gloves, they made eye contact and Choi jumped onto a table and hissed at her waving his claws at her. Mature in response held up her hands showing off her still impressive nails and said "You really think you can scare me". Choi pulled an apple out of his pocket and threw it in the air then slashed it to bits as it came down and let out a creepy laugh. Mature took his hat then threw it in the air and slashed it to bits and walked off as Choi stood confused. As she walked off she dragged her nails across the wall leving a trail and sparks flying while admiring her prized nails.

Mature finally stopped at the Kim Team door and was greeting by Luong who stared her in the eye and said "May I help you". Mature responded "Someone's stolen my orange nail polish. I thought I'd check if you might have it". Luong paused and stuck out her hand and said "Sorry I only do purple polish. And you know, I wish I could grow my nails as long as yours, they're so beautiful". Mature looked down at her nails and said "Thank you I love my long nails, I just love them even more when they're painted" then looked back up at Luong and said "Thanks for the compliment. I gotta say, I really love your legs and your bust". Luong replied "Thanks, but you got some good ones yourself. Why do you cover yourself up so much, I even herd you wore a suit last tournament". Mature sighed and said "I know, I used to wear a dress with open sides. Maybe we should have a word with SNK and why they decided to ruin my outfit".

Some time passed and Mature was sitting in the arena with Iori and Vice waiting for their match, Vice put a comforting hand around Mature and said "Come on don't be upset, you can still use you anils for fighting". Mature responded "I know but I really wanted my orange polish today" and pulled out a nail file which broke against her nails that were hard and sharp as steel. Acrosss the room their opponents walked in - Team Ikari who stood opposite team Yagami. Both teams exchanged glances and Mature locked eyes with Clark through his sunglasses and she held up her hands waving her fingers and said "Remember these" and the big commando let out a nervous squeal and jumped into Ralph's arms who nearly buckled under the weight of cradling the big man. Leon rolled her eyes at her teammates and said "Enough of this sillyness. Mature, you and me right now let's go".