Edoropolis Emporium

The sun cast a beautiful glow from the horizon as the day began in Little Tokyo...
At Little Tokyo High... a fine mist lay over the pool... the pool lights added an errie glow... making the pool look un-natural...
On one end of the pool... Chaud Gimura stared over the water... a blank look on his face...

Gimura: ...

His eyes look around... his gaze falls down at his feet...

Gimura: ... Heh... heh... *A grin appears across his face...* I see... *He looks over the water.* Yes... Sour cream and chives for all!

He begins laughing loud... his voice carries through the area... That is till it is silenced by the sound of a tuba falling from the roof top of the school.
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*Later that day... near the end of classes.*

Principal Tio: *Click's on the PA system.* Well students, it's been a fun year... not to mention very... interesting. In any case, report to your home room for the last meeting of the school year. Don't forget to finish your homework over summer break, and above all else... save some time to have some fun! ... I'm required by this proposal sent by the faculty to remind the faculty to have some fun as well... This goes especially for Coach Miniac.

Jack Daniel black, the small black cat with double or perhaps triple personality, also know by some as a failed “Beta” experiment, went to his home room for the last meeting of the school year.

Jack: Ah, it was hard to do all that homework in the hospital, and then take a lots of exams in one single day, but on the bright side, today is the last day, and.. .is going to be a Mrs Anari free summer!.

Zac Newton was just on his way to Mrs. Anarim his homeroom. Like any normal student, he couldn't wait for summer to start, and disliked the fact that there was just one more class to go until summer break.

The bald eagle adjusts the large flight goggles on his head.

Zac: Well, at least all the final exams are done, and besides...it's just one more class.

Kyo: *Sitting in his desk, scribbling down some last minute notes.* Let's see... gotta drop this off in that class... that off in this home room... Ugg... Too much junk before summer. T_T

** In the Teacher's Lounge... **

Ms.Anari: *Finishes getting materials together.* All right! Just 30 minutes of talking with my favorite little goobers, then it's nothing but cooking and video games!

*Ms.Berry looked over at Ms.Anari, and just let out a sigh.*

Ms.Berry: Anari... You're never going to get anything done this summer. You really should take the time to apply yourself and plan your classes around next semester.

Ms.Anari: *Looks back at Ms.Berry... a gleam seems to shine in her eyes... along with a creepy grin.* Who said I wasn't planning my classes for next semester~?

Ms.Berry: *Blinks a few times... sitting there... stareing at Anari... Puzzled.* ... What are you talking about!?

Ms.Anari: Oooo~ It's a well kept secret. <3 *She dreamilly twirls around, then waltzes out towards her class...*

Jack Daniel black, the small black cat took a catnap out of boredom. FG, also know as the Fox Girl, appeared out of a window and took a chair next to him.

"Mmmm, I wonder if I will see Dash today..." she thought

Sure enough, Dash came ripping across the school on his rollerblades and passed right under the window FG was sitting with Jack at.

"Man, this summer is going to be so great! I can't wait to get back to North America and see some of my old friends" he thought to himself. He looked up and saw FG and Jack and gave them a wave as he passed

Kyo: *Gets up from his desk, busily scribbling on paper.* Let's see... I've got to get down stairs and get a few things from the main office...

*Quickly Kyo walks out into the hallway, rushing down the stairs. In his rush, he has a mis-step.*

Kyo: Wha~ Woah! SON OF A~!

*Down the stairs he begins tumbling, tackling teachers & students, dragging them along with him down to the main floor.*

*For the sake of continuity, Jack and FG heard all the mess Kyo made and went to see, so they ended down in the main floor.

Dash skated by just after Kyo and the mass of people hit the bottom of the stairs. He stopped and reached into the mess and pulled Kyo out.

"You ok man? I was skating along and heard what sounded like a full scale riot coming from the stairs?"

Kyo: @_< Waffles... Err... *Shakes his head a bit.* Yeah, thanks Dash. ^^; Not sure what happened... I was just running down the stairs... going towards the office... then it was all a big blur...

*A bunch of students and some faculty moan and grumble as they slowly get out of the pile... Ms.Anari comes pranceing by.*

Ms.Anari: La~ La~ LA~lala! *Stops for a moment, looking at the scene.* ... *Continues on.* Laa~ Laa~ Laaa~la~LAAAaa~

Alright, hey class starts soon. see you in homeroom. (skates off)

*FG, The Fox Girl took note of Ms.Anari stranger than usual behavior...

FG: Ok, A) She got a date or B) We are in trouble...

Jack: She? Oh right, She is a she...

*Sometimes Jack thinks Mrs Anari is a he, but that is not important for now...

*Agent FG notes: For some reason  Ms.Anari is happy, and so far she seems to not have any connection with the evil conspiracy about making super ninjas...

-Hey, why are you taking notes? We aren’t in class!- asked Jack

-That’s my trouble Mr Jack- FG the fox girl said

Dash stopped at his locker and switched to his regular shoes, as he did he thought, "Hmm, seemed FG was doign something when I waved at them...I wonder what...I might want to check her out later and see if I can find out what is going down..." He grabbed his backpack and walked into homeroom and got set up for the first class.

After a few minutes have passed, everyone is in their assigned home-rooms... Except for Kyo.

Ms.Anari: *Looking out over her class... A smile on her face.* I'm glad to see you're all here! *Giggles* This is gonna be great! We don't have to see each other for weeks! ... Well... *She looks at a few select people in the room.* Most of you anyway...

*She slams her hand down on a pile of papers on her desk.*

Ms.Anari: Report Cards first! Then you all can go!

*Ms.Anari begins nameing off people & handing out cards.*

*Amazing as it seems, Jack got good grades, B,B,B,B,B,B,B and C!

Jack: Well, being stuck in a hospital doing homework was worth something after all...

*But FG the fox girl only got a lot of – C and a D!

FG:  Oh... darn!

Dash got his report card. Now he was a medoicre student in AMerica and Canada, and had only made honors once in his life. So he was not expecting much when he turned it over.

a,a,a,a,b+, b+, a-, b-

what really caught his attention was what it said at the bottom

"a honor roll"

Dash put the report card on his desk and asked to be excused...as soon as the door shut behind him, a loud whoop went through the halls of LTHS.

The young armadillo had the bitter coppery taste of blood in his mouth. Next came the dull ringing in his ears. He felt intense pain in his chest, most defiantly from a cracked rib. Slowly the colours faded back into his vision. Pain stabbed through his chest again as he coughed up dirt. He rolled onto his back to alleviate the pain. As his eyesight came into focus he could see he was lying on a dirt road and next to a low stone wall. The grass had grown heavily on this side of the road amongst a thick cluster of daisies. His hearing was still muffled, but didn’t block the sound of thunderous explosions in the distance.

Now he remembered he was fighting in a war. He had been touring with the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden for three days now. Today they had found the Germans garrisoned in a church across a field on the other side of the stone wall. The enemy had stationed a machine gunner in the bell-tower. His squad was going to take it out with a rocket when…

The boy sat up quickly. He found a crater only 12 meters away. He could recall exactly what had happened. Private Jack Daniel Black was in charge of the bazooka and the armadillo was to help him load it. They all had the element of surprise, but Jack persisted in yelling obscenities at the Germans as he ran out in the open with the rocket launcher. A near-by troop of German soldiers had overheard the commotion and tossed a grenade in their direction. The armadillo was knocked to the ground when the grenade went off. The shell on his back had protected the boy from the concussive blast. Unfortunately, Jack wasn’t so lucky; all that was left of the black animaloid cat was a mess of blood and circuitry.

Now the armadillo could hear the shouts of the German soldiers growing nearer. One soldier came out onto the road to look at the crater. He spotted the boy lying helpless on the ground and pulled out his combat knife. The armadillo started to panic and was too terrified to move. The German closed in on him fast. Just as the soldier was about to gut him like a pig, the boy quickly drew his U.S Colt semi-automatic pistol and fired three rounds into the soldier’s stomach. The man dropped the knife and fell to the ground. He was still alive but unable to sound any screams of pain. Nevertheless, the sound of the pistol going off was enough to alert the rest of the soldiers to the boy’s position. They quickly charged around the corner, rifles raised, and ready to shoot him dead. Before any of them could pull the trigger, automatic gun fire tore into the leading soldier’s chest. So focused on the boy on the ground, the Germans never noticed the young tiger holding the Thompson sub-machine gun. The tiger continued to spray bullets into the rest of the German soldiers until none of them moved.

“Dash!” the armadillo exclaimed. Dash offered the boy his hand and pulled him up off the ground. “Are you hurt?” The boy wiped his bleeding lip. “I thought I was gonna be a goner.” The top of the stone wall exploded as machinegun fire from across the field tore it apart. The Germans in the bell-tower defiantly had their attention drawn to the resent activity of the boy and the tiger. Dash turned to the armadillo. “Hey we’re not out of this battle yet. Come on. Get Jack’s bazooka; it’s time to put an end to that machine gun.” The boy crawled over to the crater and dragged out the long metal cylinder. “Do we have any rockets?”  Dash found Jack’s supply bag. “Only got one left. Make it count.” The two of them made their way to a position a little farther than where Jack had previously set himself up. The armadillo shouldered the bazooka and got down on one knee, while Dash loaded the rocket into the back of the tube. The tiger tapped him on the shoulder, signaling that he was clear to fire. The boy folded up the metal sight. He gritted his teeth as he took aim at the church’s bell-tower. Both he and Dash were vulnerable in this position; if he missed, they would have the machine-gunner’s attention, and be dead meat for sure. He pulled down on the trigger. For less than a split-second, nothing happened. The boy’s heart almost stopped in horror, but after an inconceivably short amount of time, the rocket ignited and blasted forward. The projectile arced high across the field and slammed into the base of the bell-tower’s opening. The kinetic energy of the rocket alone was only enough to shatter the bricks it had hit. Yet, it was the exploding shaped-charge warhead that annihilated everything that resided at the top of the tower.

With the churches main platform of defense obliterated, it was now much safer to storm the building. Dash loaded a new clip into his Thompson SMG and ran for the church while our armadillo boy primed a grenade, ready to toss it into the first window. While running past an old barn, the armadillo could hear faint cries of “Panzer!” An already present rumbling grew rapidly loader. At that moment, a giant treaded monstrous machine plowed trait through the front of the barn. Now Dash started yelling. “Panzer!”
The sheer size of the vehicle revealed to the armadillo that it was not the Panzer II model of tank he had expected to see. What he saw before him was instead the much feared Tiger Tank. Yet, Dash continued to stand frozen shouting “Panzer! Panzer! PANZER!” Our boy grew impatient. “Dash! Shut up d*mn it! I can see the tank! Just run! Get the heck out of here!”

“PANZER! WAKE UP!”

Panzer (Yes, that’s the name of our boy) opened his eyes to see Ms.Anari staring at him from the front of the room. Panzer lifted his head off the desk to meet her gaze. “Yes?”
Ms.Anari rolled her eyes. “Your report card. Come up and get it.” Panzer bolted up out of his seat “Oh! Sorry!” He walked to the side of her desk and grabbed the envelope from her hand. Her grip held firm to get his attention. “For crying out loud, Panzer, you’ll have all summer to sleep.” The rest of the class giggled. “Sorry miss.” Panzer sat back down at his desk, his face red with embarrassment.

Ms.Anari looked out over the class, everyone had their report cards except for 1 student...

Ms.Anari: Kyo Kensabre? ... *Looks out over the room, not seeing him.* Ugg... Whatever... I don't have time for this. Ok listen up! The following students will remain in here for a special meeting with me. Panzer Howell, Eyah Osaka, and ... *Grumbles* Kyo Kensabre... The rest of you... get outta here! School's out for the summer!

Panzer: *Grumbles*

(Who is  Eyah Osaka? You just made that up?)

Jack the cat boy and FG the fox girl: WEEEE!!!! NO MORE School!!!

*And so those two got out of the school, Jack went home, while the Fox girl returned to the scholl and hide to spy Ms.Anari

Dash: WOOO!!! Alright! I'll stick around for a little while and say goodbye to my teachers before I get home...USA here I come!

With that Dash headed out to his locker to get his stuff.

(Eyah Osaka is a character I'm just making for this RP. She may stay around, it just depends on what else I can use her for.)

Ms.Anari: *Pulls out a few papers, handing them to Panzer and Eyah.* Ok you two, here's the deal. Every tuesday and thursday I want you two... and Mr.Kensabre to show up here at the school.

Eyah: *Raises her hand.* Excuse me Ms.Anari, but why are we doin this?

Ms.Anari: Oh please~ Isn't it obvious? *Points to Eyah.* You need the extra credit for your grades... *Points to Panzer.* You sleep too much in my class... *Points to an empty seat.* And I owe him $5... *Looks back between Eyah and Panzer.* So... any questions?

** In the school's science lab... **

Kyo: *Carrying some heavy beakers full of fluids.* Mrs.Efields? I really need to get to home room! Can I please~

Mrs.Efields: *Muttering mathematic formulas to herself.* So if I add delta Z to pico 9... exponential growth could occur... *Looks up.* Oh? I'm sorry Mr.Kensabre. You'll just have to have whatever it is wait. Please, be a dear and get my vials of hydrogen peroxide and a compound known as vector L out of the freezer would you?

Kyo: *Groans* -=Helping out Mrs.Efields on the last day of school... what kind of crap is this? All I was supposed to do is get forms from the office... *Glances over at Mrs.Efields.* -=Not help her on one of her experiments....=- T_T *Sighs, and continues with his work.*

** Outside of the school. **

Students are all walking out... gabbing... clamoring... and talking...
Some about what they're going to do over the break... Others about the aggravating amount of homework assigned by teachers over the break...

Outside of the school grounds stood a young cat woman in a business suit...
She watched all of the students exiting... her eyes gazing over them all...

Business Woman: -=Hmm... I wonder which of these students will do...=-

Dash finally walked out of the school and strapped on his skates so he could go see his friends at the Pizza Cat and then head home.

"Man, it is going to be so great to get back to the US for a few weeks...I want to hook back up with some of my friends there." So he skated along, and he passed the strange woman in teh business suit, "hmm...I wonder what she's up to..." he shrugged it off as he skated along the road.

*The woman in the suit watched Dash skate by... a smile slowly spread over her lips as she pulled up a cell phone from her side... pressing a few buttons... and pointing it's camera lens at him.*

Business Woman: Hmm~ You may do~ *Click click*

*She begins pressing some numbers, and begins talking on a hands-free ear piece.*

***Back in Ms.Anari's Homeroom...***

Ms.Anari: *Watching both Eyah and Panzer.* No questions? Good. *Turns around, and walks to the desk.* You both may go. Be here and meet me in the Home Ec room next week tuesday. Bring cottage cheese.

***Outside the School.***

*A loud explosion sounds, followed by the sound of breaking glass. The school's fire-alarm begins going off, and smoke can be seen coming out of one of the science room windows.*

*Jack Daniel black the small cat was on his way home, when he got kidnapped by pirates and forced to search for the biggest treasure ever: the One Piece!

*Meanwhile the fox girl stopped spying Mrs Anari and when to the science room when she got an emergency call, it seems a girl called Bo Beep or something had lost her sheep.

PS: I’m out of this, have fun!

Dash saw a flash from behind him and he stopped for a moment trying to find the source. He looked around and spotted the woman talking into the earpiece. He looked at her and said"what's her problem?" with that he shrugged his shoulders, turned around and skated on down the road, umbrella in hand. (even though there were no clouds in the sky)

*For anyone who hasn't read my previous RPs; Leon is an AI inside a computer bracllet on Panzer's arm*

Panzer charges out the front doors. "Panzer? Where are you going!?" Leon asks with surprise.
Playing dumb, Panzer replies, "Where else? School's over; I'm going home."
"Didn't you hear that explosion?" Leon asks almost rhetorically.
Picking up on Leon's subtle message, Panzer fires back "Don't you hear that emergency alarm? It means: get the heck out of the building!! And that's exactly what I'm doing!."
Leon persists, "But why are you going home? Aren't you concerned?"
"Leon! Enough! I'm not going back in! I'm not getting involved!"
"You don't even know..." Leon starts, but Panzer cuts him off, "Good! I hope to keep it that way! For once I would like to have an uneventful week, and summer break is the perfect chance for that. All I gotta do is walk away." Panzer continues in a chiding tone, “and YOU gotta help me figure out how to make cottage cheese."

"Sounds like fun," Leon adds sarcastically, "can't you just buy some at the store?"

Panzer pauses to think about it. Leon is right; if he just has to buy the cheese at the store, then there's nothing left to for him to do that whole week.

"Screw it!" Panzer turns around and heads back into the school, making his way to the science room.

And the treasure ended being "one piece" of gold, it was just one damn gold coin!

Jack: Dude, talking about a big whoop...

**In the hallway outside of the science classrooms...**

Kyo: *Dragging Mrs.Efields out into the hallway.* Can someone help me over here!? O_o

*Some faculty rush up and help Kyo get Mrs.Efields out, while the others look in near-by rooms for any other students or professors.*

Principal Tio: *Rushing up the stairs.* What the!? What's going on here!?

Kyo: *Following the faculty as they rush by Tio towards the up-stairs fire exit.* An explosion sir. It was a reaction of a Zinc catalyst combined with something she "whipped up."

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The rest of the school was cleared out as the fire department finally arrived on the scene. It was official... Summer had started off with a bang.
Meanwhile...

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***At the Samurai Pizza Cat...***

*People are coming and going as usual... although the place is extra-full due to school getting out. Students are all sitting around tables and booths digging in to pizza and guzzling down soda...*

Guido: *Glides over to a table full of highschool girls.* Here you are ladies~ 4 salads, a large cheese pizza, and of course... *Quickly, 4 roses seem to appear in the palms of his hands...* A pair of roses from me, to all of you~ *He hands them each the roses, takes a bow like an actor, and glides off back to the kitchen...*

Speedy: *Passes by Guido on his way to another table... gritting his teeth.* You show-off...

***Meanwhile some more... Coincidentally on the way to Panzer's home.***

Eyah: *Wandering around... just walking the streets... lost in her thoughts... and talking to herself.* Gee... I really wish Ms.Anari'd have told us what kind of cottage cheese to bring... There sure are many kinds of cottage cheese... There's apple cottage cheese... Peanut cottage cheese...

*From behind a garbage container... a small toy car begins following Eyah...*

*Panzer went home after the emergency workers had forced him to leave the school. Panzer now rode the elevator up to his condo apartment.*

Panzer: I hope Mrs. Efields will be alright; she got the worst of it. I'd hate to think what kind of fumes she must have breathed in from that Zinc and... whatever... gas.

Leon: She'll be fine.

Panzer: How do you know?

Leon: Trust me: I know. *Before they had left the school, Leon had accessed the PDA of one of the emergency workers. The file for Mrs. Efields said the toxins in her system were low and she would recover.*

*Panzer entered his apartment, dropped his bag at the door, and went strait for the kitchen. He found a note from his mother on the refrigerator door.*

Note: Sorry guys. Working late. You're on your own for dinner. Marcus: I put pasta in the cupboard if you wanna make that. Panzer: You can go out to eat. I left some money. ---->  *To the right of the note, his mother had stuck a fridge-magnet on top of some cash and a coupon for Pizza Cat.*

*On his way to the Pizza Cat, Panzer sees Eyah wandering around and mumbling about cottage cheese.*

Panzer: Hey, Eyah! So, you're still thinking about the cottage cheese dilemma? Don't worry, I got a solution. I'm heading down to Pizza Cat for dinner. I'll ask them what kind of cottage cheese they use. You can tag along if you want. I can pay for your dinner. What do you say?

Dash walks in and sees Guido trying to flirt with the high school girls.

Dash: Hey Guido...so you ever get that "rash" taken care of?

With that Guido turns a very bright shade of red. The girls roll their eyes and try to find another table. Dash chuckles to himself and heads for the counter.

Dash: Hey Francine, what's good today?
Francine: Well, somebody's got a little extra pep in their step today? You excited about summer?
Dash: Oh yeah...Im goin back to the US for 3 weeks to see some old friends of mine in California.

After the "ONe Piece" disaster, Jack got the usual "Kidnap the princess" treatment, only that he was playing the princess.

Jack the small black cat woke up, he was tied on a chair, this kind of thing where starting to get annoying, why they always tied him?.  His whole body hurt like heck, and his vision was blurry, but he could see a shadowy figure in from of him. and that he was on a abandoned warehouse, or something like that.

“Want to play the good news, bad news game?”  asked the shadow with a strong male voice, Jack could  swear he heard  that voice before.

“O-key...”

“The good news is that you are still alive...” said the shadow, Jack vision got a bit better, and noticed his captor had long ears, the bunny ninjas finally got him for real?.

“And the bad news?” asked Jack, where was his other personality with superpowers when he needed him?

“That wont last... we already got all we wanted from you, get it?” said the shadowy one with long ears, then something hit Jack on the head and knocked him out.

-Seia!, I wasn't done jet!- said the long ears one to a tall grey catgirl, that was wearing a sexy white Kimono with stamped flowers. and had a cub on her hands.

“You are too slow, I got bored, and we are going to kill him, I see no problem!”

“Fine, I hate the whole “explain the evil plan” part anyway, just remember to clean after you are done, or they will keep out deposit!” said the long ears one, a male Hare  that was dressed like a lawyer, wore glasses and was a bit taller than Speedy Ceviche. Yeah the place was rented, got any problem with that?

Jamie speed quickly along the corridor, to the Site of the Explosion.
"Figures. Not even the Last day of the Year can be Normal aroud this place" He murmered to himself. As he turned the Corner, he could see Kyo and the Rest of the Staff running up the stairs towards him. "HEY, Just what the Heck happened Here?! Is anyone hurt!?" Jamie Cried out

*As usual Jack Daniel Black apears out of nowhere

Jack: Hi Dash, whats up? Got any plans for the holidays?

*Meanwhile in another place, a rented abandoned warehouse to be precise

Seia: What the heck? I just looked down to pic a coin... and he is gone?

-You looked at that coin for more than fifteen minutes before picking it up!- said a male Hare dressed like a lawyer, that wore glasses and was a bit taller than Speedy Ceviche, than from now on we are going to call “The agent” because is a lot more shorter that saying all that whole chunk of text!.

-But… it was a CUTE coin!-

Dash jumped for a second at the sound of Jack's voice.

Dash: YIPE! Oh...hey Jack...you scared me good there. Im goin back to the US for a few weeks to visit some friends. Hey you wanna split a pizza? Half your faves half mine

Jack: Ok, I just hope you arent alegic to garlic or something...

Yes, Jack ordered the super garlic especial, useful for scaring away Vampires and anyone else with a good sense of smell!

Dash ordered the pizza, one half carnivore's delight, and one half super garlic.

Dash: Its no worry...(reaches into his pack) I happened to bring my extra powerful mouthwash with me because I stopped to brush my teeth on the way into school today. So what are your summer plans?

*** Inside the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Guido: *After taking a few more orders, delves back into the kitchen... looking for an instrument of REVENGE...* -=Normally... it's below my style to hold a grudge. However...=- *His eyes gleam as they lock onto 'it'.* -=Gotta give the little stinker a going-away gift...=-

Guido approaches 'it'... he reaches out... his fingers grazed 'it'-s tip...

"Hey! Get back to work!"

Hot cooking iron met with the top of his head with the force of a ton of bricks... followed by the sound of Guido slumping down to the floor... Polly standing behind him looking a little peeved.

*Meanwhile...*

The woman from outside of the school entered into the Samurai Pizza Cat followed by a group of people.
They were sharply dressed in professional suits, wore glasses with a dark tint in the lenses, and almost moved in sync.

Business Woman: *Her eyes lock onto Dash near the counter... A small grin appears on her lips... Under her breath, she whispers to her colleagues.* There... up by the counter...

Muttering and chatter ensue as the group shuffles to a large table, sit down, and continue taking glances at Dash...

***Back by Panzer's apartment...***

Eyah: *Looks blankly at Panzer for a moment... then blinks and smiles.* I suppose that'd be alright I guess. *Her smile quickly vanishes as they begin walking to the Pizza Cat.* What I hope the cottage cheese they use isn't a company secret... You don't suppose they'd try to kill us for asking about it do ya?

*The slight scent of french fries seems to be in the breeze tonight as they walk...*

Dash looks up from his half of the pizza he notices the group of business people looking at him. They quickly look the other way.

Dash: Huh...I saw that lady as I was skating away from school and now they are here...I might want to keep an eye on those folks.

As he said that, he slowly pulled his umbrella out. It had been charging in his locker all morning (he keeps a battery powered sun lamp in his locker)

Eyah and Panzer walked in silence until they arrived at the Pizza Cat. Walking up to the doors, Panzer's stomach began to growl. They both paused.

Panzer: Let's ask about the cheese after we get some food.

Eyah agreed, but was too tired from the walk to say anything, so she just nodded.

They stepped through the front doors and into the air-conditioned restaurant. It was filled with more than the usual crowd. Many other students had thought to make the Pizza Cat their first stop on summer break.

Panzer noticed one group of people that looked little out of place. Huddled around one table were business people in neatly pressed suits. Panzer thought it odd that they would choose the Pizza Cat for an evening hang-out, instead of many of the more formal restaurants in the down-town core.

Panzer could see them taking quick glances over to a table on the other side of the room.

Panzer: Hey Eyah! Look, it's Dash and Jack. Maybe they'll save a seat for us. Go over there and see if they want us to sit with them. I'll order the pizza. But, wait, what do want on your half?

Eyah: *Looks at Panzer... Then down at the floor... her hands each flutter and fiddle with her fingers.* Well... I think sausage and extra garlic would be mighty tasty... yet I don't know if everyone else'd like it... So maybe... if ya'd be so kind... a regular pepperoni pizza with some of their special tubo taco sauce would be very nice. *She lightly bows to Panzer.* Thank ya again for the meal~

Slowly she walks over towards Dash and Jack...

Eyah: *Quietly under her breath.* Get it together.... get it together... get it together...

***Back at the table with the Business folks...***

Guido: *Walks up with a bandage around his head.* Good evening and welcome to the Samurai Pizza Cat! Our specials for tonight are our deep dish onion pizza, with a side of spicy cheese sticks, and a 2 liter jug of Mountain Esper cola. Can I get any of you folks something to start off with?

Business Woman: Coffee with sugar and creme.

Guido: *Blinks for a moment...* -=Wow... this is a first...=- Ok then~ And the rest of you?

All but one orders coffee... The last one ended up ordering turnip juice...

Guido: *Blinks at the last request.* ... Umm... Sorry pal. We don't carry that stuff.

"Oh... Then I'll have a coffee too..."


As Guido nods, turns, and leaves, the woman pulls out a sheet of paper, and begins discussing with the others at the table...

Business Woman: So... This is my prep sheet I typed up on the way here... Thoughts?

Man 1: It's risky. Are you sure the subject is whom we're looking for?

Man 2: We understand your... apprehension... Perhaps we should not rush things along.

Man 3: I checked his sheets at the school using our contacts... The irregularities you've marked here do coincide with this section of the plan.

Man 4: A level 5 extraction huh? You really have your eyes set on him eh?

The business woman nodded... her head turned to the 5th and final business man at the table.

Business Woman: ... Well?

Man 5: I... have to go... excuse me! *He quickly scoots out from the table, and rushes towards the rest room.

Man 2: *Shakes his head.* I told him not to switch to that turnip juice diet... Should've stuck with potatoes.

Dash continued to watch the table of business people

Dash: I don't trust those folks...if they make a move for me Im transforming... (to Jack) Hey man. you think you could pick up our pizza?

Panzer stood in the line to order. He kept a close eye on the business people. Something seemed out of place. He quietly asked Leon to look into their personal devices and cell-phones to see if he could find anything about them.

Panzer: Anything?

Leon did his best to whisper out of the small speaker on Panzer's arm device: I can't get through. It's all heavily encrypted, and I almost got caught by their tracking program. I don't think we should be messing around with those guys.

Panzer: Right. I guess we should just ignore them. But if anything happens, get crackin'.

Leon: Okay.

Panzer turned his attention back to the counter. He was next in line. He pulled out the cash in his pocket to make sure he had enough.

The red helmeted cat behind the counter called out to Panzer "Ready to take the next order over here” Panzer walked up her. "Hi, I've got a coupon here for a regular sized pizza." Polly took the coupon from him. "Sure." Panzer continued with the order. "One half will be pepperoni with turbo taco sauce. And the other half, pepperoni with..." Panzer had to think about what he wanted. "You got anything an Armadillo would like?" Polly pulled a menu pamphlet from behind the counter. "We've got a special menu for insectivores. We added fire-ants to the menu this month." Panzer was amazed. "Okay, I'll have that."

Jack returned with their pizza and Dash took a couple slices from his half, as  he continued to eye the table of businesspeople, keeping one hand close to his mini umbrella

*out of story*

I like where all this has led. All our characters are in the same place. And there's these shadey business people/agents. Can you smell it? Some bad-sh*t's about to go down. XD

I'm hoping for a John Woo style gun-fight in the Pizza Cat. ^_^

And I'm betting Francine's got a shotgun behind the counter, and she's gonna start blowing some heads off! *drools*

Oh yeah...we are gonna see some hardcore fights up in here...and a number of characters are gonna bust out specials probably

Jack: You know, I would get worried if those guys where ninja bunny girls in disguise, but they arent so...

*Eats more pizza

*The  “Agent”, a mysterious Male hare that is dressed like a lawyer and uses glasses enters the place and orders the carrot pizza especial

Jack: Uh...(I think I saw that guy before)

Dash: Ok, I don't know what's going on with you Jack...but I have a feeling Im gonna need some firepower and quick

Jack (Did you forget that the rule "You have to fix or pay anything you broke" also applies here?. I don’t want that red cat forcing us to repair the place after you do one of your fire attacks INSIDE. Even bad guys have to eat you know, lets just pretend they don’t exist, finish the food and drink fast, pay and go outside)

Sounds fair...but somethin tells me those guys are up to somethin, and I play a part in it...and besides, if we did break a bunch of stuff, they can dock my pay for the next 6 months like they did last time.

Jack: If you ask me, it will be some legal junk or something like that, after all, why would fighter type bad guys disguise as lawyers?

(Im just waitin for Kyo to jump in here and get this plot rolling)

Well I saw them at LTHS and they looked at me all funny while I skated past them, and then I saw thsi lady dressed like em outside as I skated down the road, and now the whole lot of em is in here. Something smells fishy about this...(grips mini umbrella tighter)

Guido: Here is your Tuna pizza sir!

*Dash looks at him

Jacks: Thanks!

Jack: (What? Im hungry!)

Just then, Flash-Kid DelGato walks in. He walks up to the menu thinking to himself.

"Hmm I wonder if I should order an extra-cheese personal pizza? Nah... the cheese always gets stuck in my whiskers. Hmm or maybe I should order a bacon? Oh yea I forgot... on my way home last time, these alley-cats jumped me and took all of the bacon! Oh screw it!" He then speaks: "I'll just have the french fries with extra cheese and bacon."

Dash: Dude...you must eat like a stinkin horse! Its a small wonder I don't see you eating much in the cafeteria.

Jack: Thats because school food is bad for you.  I tend to avoid eating there... that stops bullies stealing your lunch or lunch money...

Dash: ahh...yeah I see some funny things coming from the food in there...(grabs another slice of pizza while continuing to keep his eyes on the people with business suits)

(OOC: Hey Kyo, let's get this plot rolling man...this tension is seriously building)

(My apologies for the delay gentlemen ((and any ladies present)).)

The orders were placed, and everyone had taken their seats... everyone except for Eyah who had seemingly wandered off...

Eyah: *Down in the basement of the Samurai Pizza Cat... a pair of wire cutters rest in the palm of her hand...* What the heck? How'd I get down here!?

**Back upstairs...**

Guido: *Cracking his knuckles...* -=I'm not normally a violent cat... but someone's gotta give that little punk a going away present.=-

Speedy: *Blinks, having been watching Guido's sad attempts at revenge.* -=That's weird... usually I'm the one plotting and scheming revenge on Guido!=-  ... *Smiles* -=I must be having a good influence on him.=-

** At the business folks table...**

The business woman stands up...making sure her sunglasses are on straight, and her business dress is straightened out...

Business Woman: It's settled then... *Under her breath to the men...* Begin the extraction 120 seconds after I exit...

Before she left, the 5th man came back to the table wiping his brou...

Man 5: Ugg...

Man 2: We're going to begin the level 5 as soon as she's out... are you up for it?

Man 5: *Blinks a few times.* Yes. Yes I am. I had an unexpected run-in with a female contact... however I've taken care of her. In any case, she'll make the extraction run all the more smoothly...

The business woman nodded... took a crisp... sharp turn... and stepped outside the door...
All the men at the table looked down at their watches...

Their watches clicked away... Time slowly etched onward...
Finally...

Man 1: *Gets up... and takes careful steps over to the table where Dash and Jack are at....* Excuse me Mr.Dash St. Pierre of Little Tokyo High... *Adjusts his glasses.* I must ask you to come with my associates and I...

The  “Agent”, a mysterious Male hare that is dressed like a lawyer and uses glasses, had just finished his order, and looked at the Man, they alredy got Jack DNA samples, but they needed Dash ones too.

-YOu!- he gets up and said-. James! Long time no see! buddy!

*He runs and hugs the man, somehow Jack gets whats going on and tell Dash that they have to leave, and fast!

Dash got up. "Not yet..." With that he extended his umbrella.

BY THE POWER OF LIGHT!

Dash transformed into his battle armor (something he isn't able to do at school). "You ain't taking anybody without a fight!"

The other suits at the table stare eyes wide-open at the scene...

Man 5: ... *Stands up quickly, slamming his hand on the table.* NOW!!!

Almost immediately the lights in the Emporium went out, plunging the restaraunt into darkness...
Girls screamed... chairs shuffled all around as people began to panic.

In the midst of the confusion... A bucket full of some kind of goop is thumped over Dash's head, and a pair of hands grabbed his shoulders, trying to take him away.

??: *In the darkness.* Move! Move! I got 'em! Outta my way!

Francine: *Frantically flipping switches behind the counter.* Which one's the emergency lights!?!

Polly who normally is calm in situations like this was just that... calm... And growing noticeably more and more upset...
Her glare was beginning to pierce through the dark.

Dash fought the whole time he was being ushered about

Dash: Hey, what's going on here...lemme go! Dash tried a spin attack to get the people off his arms although he still had something on his head.

Everything happened so fast. Panzer anticipated that, what ever happened, he would be fully prepared to do something about it. But now, in the thick of the chaos, he had no idea what he should do. He wanted to help his friend, so he stumbled through the darkness toward the last place he was able to see Dash. Panzer called out his name, hoping his friend would answer back. Then, very close by, he could hear Dash's muffled voice amids a whole lot of shuffling. He heard a voice in the area saying, "Grab him!". Panzer immediately knew it was the agents trying to kidnap him. Panzer quickly forced his way in that direction.

Panzer: "I'm not gonna let you take him, YOU BASTARDS!"

But somebody (probably another agent) pushed him down from behind. He fell down amongst the shuffling of legs.
Still determined to fight, he grabbed one of the legs and started biting it.

Leon: "Panzer! You fool! That's Dash's leg!"

Panzer let go apologetically, and started gnawing on another leg.

Leon: "No! That's Dash's OTHER leg!"

Panzer let go and leaped onto another.

Leon: "That's the same leg you were gnawing on before!"

Panzer continued trying to find an agents leg to gnaw on.

Leon: "That's a table leg; close, but no cigar."

"OW! Someone bit me!"

-"...and that was Guido's leg"

....

*Jack had good eyesight in the dark, but since he knew he was useless without his "other side", and that his other side would probably destroy the whole place. He just hid under a table. His black fur and dark colored clothes helped him to be unnoticed  in the fight.

*The Agent took out his glasses, and his eyes turned red and shinned in the dark… then someone, probably Panzer, knocked him out smashing a chair on his head.

Dash continued to swing at whatever he could, hitting a few agents, hitting Guido a couple times, and of course he kicked Panzer, even after he stopped gnawing on his leg armor. Dash knew he could not use any of his special attacks inside the Pizza Cat. Finally he was able to work the bucket off of his head and though covered in some sort of gooey substance was able to shout,

Dash: CAN SOMEBODY TURN ON THE &*$# LIGHTS???

The whole place was in massive chaos...
That is... Until Polly finally lost it.

Polly: *With one well-placed punch turned the counter-top into dust... then with the loudest voice she could muster...* THAT'S IT! STOP RIGHT NOW ALL OF YOU OR I'LL BRING THIS WHOLE PLACE DOWN!

The entire free-for-all came to a hault...

*Click*

The lights in the emporium came on illuminating the whole scene...
Dash's head was covered in what appeared to be chunky taco sauce...
Guido's arms were clinging onto Dash's shoulders... His feet poised to drag Dash into the bathroom...
Panzer finally found someone's leg to knaw on... unfortunately he found himself starring up at a very peeved Polly Ester.
Jack lay on sprawled out on the floor... the remnants of a chair idly lay on his person.

Polly: *Her eyes glared over the scene... her knuckles crunching with anticipation... her eyes zero-in on Guido.* ... You...

Guido: *Uneasily chuckles.* Now Polly... I know what this looks like... Bu~

Within the blink of an eye Polly and Guido were both gone.
No one could be sure... but it almost sounded like somewhere... someone was screaming... ever so softly...

*** Outside the emporium... A block away in a parked limo... ***

Business Woman: *Sitting with her arms folded... the look in her eyes almost as deadly as Polly's.* Tell me... And please... do not leave out the details... What went wrong... and why?

Man 2: Well Ma'am... Number 1 it seems... was not fully in our fold. He appears to have been working for some other outfit... and completely blew our cover after the extraction had began.

Man 3: Things kept going down south from there Ma'am... We barely got out of there alive.

Man 4: It was almost as if everyone was protecting the subject.

Business Woman: Do I look like I care? DO I!?

Man 5: Ma'am... don't worry... I've still got my contact in there. She'll-

Business Woman: I honestly don't care who you know or what her specialty is. *Glares at Man 2.* Find me Number 1... I personally want his hide... *Glares at Man 3.* Press control. I don't want us linked to this at all. *Glares at Man 4.* Delve further into his records. Find out everything you can. Know where he eats, sleeps, goes, EVERYTHING!

As she turns to Man 5... his stomach lets out a loud rumble...

Business Woman: ... *Places her fingers to her temple.* Go to a doctor... get a tuneup... and find out what you can about all the subject's acquaintances... and get out of the car before you do something we'll all regret.

DAsh went to the back and washed the taco sauce off before he powered down his armor.

"Dude, what the heck was that all about? All I know is one minute Im standing there in my armor facing those businesspeople, the next its dark and I have a bucket on my head.

The  “Agent”, a mysterious Male HARE that WAS dressed like a lawyer and uses glasses wakes up in a alley. His head hurts like hell, and now he is dressed like a samurai, complete with green armor, two swords and all.

Usagi: OUhhh... my head...

*In from of him, there is a tall pink cat girl...

???: Sorry, but I couldn’t get you out of there faster, and yeah I changed your clothes, sorry again^_-. But is not like I haven’t saw you naked before…

*And back in the Emporium, Jack is still fainted…

Jack:…

A tall grey catgirl, that wore a sexy white Kimono with stamped flowers, entered the Emporium

Seia: Ummm, what happened here? Seia is curious!.

PS: Ok, just be happy that the place is not full of  metal ninja crows...

Dash finished cleaning off the sauce from his armor and returned to find Jack on the floor.

Dash: sigh...well that was a waste of perfectly good pizza...and I better wake Jack up too (pulls out a really smelly gym sock and holds breath) Id been saving this for a situation like this...more powerful than smelling salts...

With that he placed the gym sock on Jack's nose...

*Jack woke up and jumped away

Jack: AHHH WHO DIED SO YOU COULD STEAL HIS SOCKS?, youn could at least washed them first you know...

Dash: I got them from my grandfather before he died. I keep them sealed in an airtight container so I don't knock somebody out when I pass because of the smell.

-Anyway...I think I have a chance of getting my sense of smell back someday, so... any idea of who where those guys?- asked Jack the small Black cat-. Is not that I care of anything, but I am the usual "kidnapped princess", not you...

EDIT1

Dash: Frankly I don't know...I mean I was skating away from the school and saw that lady and she was all dressed up and she awas looking at me and then talking into something...lather, rinse and repeat. Whatever they were doing, I apparently had something to do with it.

Dash went to the cash register and ordered two large sausage and onion pizzas and when they were brought out he went outside to strap on his skates and head back to his Gram's house and get ready for his trip to the States.

Panzer was still folded up under his shell, cowering in fear at the base of the counter. He couldn't tell if Polly was still standing there; he was in no rush to find out.

*Jack found Panzer, and pulled his tail, that scared the heck out of the poor armadillo kid, who started to run around screaming like a madman, until his Ai calmed him down, and then Polly smiled at him. After all, not even her would hit a young kid that is scared to death, that what ninja crows are for.

Panzer: "I'm so sorry Ms. Esther, it won't happen again. There were these agent fellas who were trying to kidnap my friend. And I was trying to stop them. And I thought you were one of them. And your blue friend is innocent, he wasn't trying to harm Dash. You have to believe me!"  :-[

"oh... and I think you should take your friend to the vet; He has this weird fungal-infection on his leg. I can still taste it." ^_^!

Polly was about to say something, when work caught her attention:

A tall grey cat girl, that wore a sexy white Kimono with stamped flowers was very angry waiting to be attended "AHHH SEIA HUNGRY, SEIA MAD!!!”

“And Seia smash? Sorry, we are still cleaning, you can have some drinks while you wait, but we are going to charge them of course ^_-” said Francine

"Sorry, work to do, talk later!" said Polly and Panzer just decided to leave before the girl changed her mind

"Ah.. ok, I want a lemonade" said the girl and caught Panzer before the guy could open the front door and run away "And what do you want, cutie?"

-Uh... poor Panzer...- said Jack the small black cat...

Dash came through the front door of his house. "Hey Gram...Sorry I took so long...things got a little interesting after school." So he hustled up to his room and started going through his stuff and getting ready for his trip to America. "I probably should call the Pizza Cat and make sure everything is ok." He thought to himself. So he pulled his cell phone out of his pack and dialed the number.

But Dash dialed the wrong numbers and got Jack phone instead

-Huh? my cell-phone is ringing? I have a cell-phone? Ah yes I got one yesterday!- said Jack and answered it

-Dash How the heck did you get my number? I just bought this thing yesterday!-


*Meanwhile  Panzer  was still in the claws of the cute girl... and just this time, it wasnt Princess Vi...

Dash: Oh sorry Jack, I was trying to get the number for the Pizza Cat...my mistake...(hangs up)

So he dug through his stuff and pulled out a piece of paper that he had with the Pizza Cat's number.

"I probably ought to get some pizza...Im sure Grams and the girls would not mind." So with that he dialed up the Pizza Cat.

With Seia's attitude, Panzer's first instinct was to run. But now that he was helpless in the clutches of the girl, his fear of her was quickly over-ridden by her incredible sexiness. It was so hard at first to answer her question. What he wanted, he dared not say. For his greatest desires at that moment were not for the food nor the beverages the Pizza Cat could provide.

But still he managed to force himself out of his paralyzing stupor. Pushing his tongue back into his mouth, he replied: "I'll just have a coke."

The phone rings and Francine picks up

Francine: Thank you for calling the Pizza Cat, where a comet could be barrelling down on Little Tokyo and we will still get you your pizza in 30 minutes or less or its free.

Dash: Hey Francine, its Dash.

Francine: Oh, hey Dash, when are you leaving for America?

Dash: Sunday actually, but I was wondering if you guys could deliver 4 pizzas to my house (we are a very hungry bunch), one all meat special, one with tomatoes, green peppers and onions and two of your special for the day. You can take it out of my next check.

Francine: You got it Dash, have fun in the US and take lots of pictures.

"You heard him" Seia said, it was like the tall grey cat girl had forgothen her mission. But in fact it was all part of a plan...but lets Panzer dream a bit more...


 =] Guido: Oh The US? Tell him to take lots of pics of tall people!

 :speedy: Speedy: I heard you!

 >:[ Polly: Now, this is not the time to fight, this is the time to keep working, ok?.

*Speedy and Guido heard Polly and went back to work, they knew this wasnt a good day to do their usual word fighting...

Francine: Anyway... as you know we had a whole mess here, so the orders are going to take like a little while, dont you mind? Great thank you!.

*Francine hanged the phone, and since everyone else was busy with the cleanning or making pizza, she had to deliver the drinks herlself.

“Here you have a lemonade and a coke for the young couple^_-” she said, Panzer was in his own dream world; Polly was making pizza, and Guido and Speedy where doing the cleaning. Seia almost forced Panzer to drink the coke, which woke up the young armadillo.

With the extra boost of caffeine from the coke, Panzer finally remembered why he had come to the Pizza Cat at first. He pulled out a large cartoon crow-bar and pried Seia off of him. Before Francine could turn away, he called for her attention: "Excuse me miss, I was hoping you could do me a huge favour by telling me what brand of cottage cheese you use."

Dash: that's right I forgot about that (and to think just a little while ago I was right in the middle of it). Yeah Fran, that's fine. Im sure we can manage a little while longer (shouts away from phone) I'll take care of teh garbage in just a second Grams, Im ordering pizza for everybody. No Im pretty sure that Amy doesnt have superpowers...why do you...WHAT??? (by this time Francine has hung up the phone) Ok so...huh, she hung up. Oh well, I better go get Amy off the ceiling again.

*While Dash is busy with his "SpiderGirl" sister, Panzer was giving Francine the "look" of "please, please tell me".

Francine: Sorry, that’s a secret^^

Seia: Don’t worry cutie, I’m gonna buy you all the Cheese you can eat!

*Seia had got Panzer again, and licked his face, like  cats do.

Guido: Hey this is a kids show! Cut it out!

Seia: This is a fan rpg, and it was only a lick, you cut it out with yout dirty fantasies!

Guido: Ok...

Panzer Howell is a perfectionist. The instant Ms. Anari had told him to bring cottage cheese, Panzer had committed himself to find the best cottage cheese possible. And the best cheese in all of Little Tokyo was served at The Pizza Cat. (The Biggest one can be found in the palace.  :D)

So, when Francine told him their brand of cottage cheese was a secret, it nearly shattered Panzer's world. His mind went into over-drive while Seia licked his face. Failure, he concluded, is not an option.

At that moment, Panzer thought up a wicked idea.

Panzer: "Saaaay... Seia. You feel like doing something bad?"

He leans in close to Seia to whisper in her ear. "The store-room in this restaurant is the only place the kids never get to see. If you help me break in, you can lick me all you want. With nobody watching, we can go PG-13... or higher.  ;-)"

Dash, having helped his grandmother finally remove his sister from the ceiling and restrained her in her room, went back to work on packing his things. He still could not get the thought of those strange people in business suits out of his head though

Dash: What the heck did those people want with me...I mean I know I have powers and what not...but I really dont think they would have had something up their sleeves...or did they...well, hopefully I won't have to deal with them in America. I need a vacation...badly...

***In the Pizza Cat Kitchen...***

Francine: *Watches the oven finish Dash's order.* Ahh... Here we go!

*As the order is packed up... the Pizza Cat's phone rings...*

Francine: Oh dear... *Picks up the receiver.* Samurai Pizza Cat! ... Yes? ... Well why didn't you get him while you were here? ... Fine fine... Don't worry I'll take care of him myself. Yes... He's a good boy... *Glances over at Polly, Guido, and Speedy.* No... He's had this coming to him for a long time... Sure... Here's his address... Let me go in first and prepare him... Then when he leasts expect it... you come in and get him! *Giggles with glee.* Ooo~ This is going to be so fun!

*Francine hangs up the phone, and smiles a devious smile.*

Francine: Oh guys? I'm going to go and take care of this order to Dash's place. Polly, you're in charge. ^_^

*The lights flicker as she dashes out the door with the pizza.*

Francine: Oh! And call an electrician to fix those lights! *Begins running to Dash's home.*

***In the Pizza Cat Basement...***

Eyah: *Lays on the floor... staring up at the ceiling...* I wonder why I'm down here... I can't remember a thing... *Thinks for a few moments.* Maybe I've been kidnapped by aliens again... *Blinks.* But then again... That was just a comic book I was readin...

*As she sits up... she notices a container labeled “Cottage Cheese.”*

Eyah: Wow! Ms.Anari would probably give me triple bonus points for alien cottage cheese! *Begins trying to open the box.*

*Jack Daniel Black the small Black cat apeared out of nowhere... well he really didnt, he was just busy in the bathroom for a few minutes.

Seia to Panzer: Wait... lets see...Ok^^!

Jack: Ah... look at the lovely couple!

Seia: Ah look at the retarted black cat!

Jack: Fine, if you dont like me, Im leaving!

*So, Jack leaves... to the play the Arcade videogames!

Meanwhile Dash is sitting in his room packing his bags for his trip to the US.

"Man this is going to be so great...I havent seen some of these folks since I was in middle school." Grams shouted from downstairs, "Dash...I think your sister has learned her lesson...you can got let her out of her room now..." "Alright Grams...I'll get it in a second." As he heads to his sister's room, he hears the doorbell ringing. "Oh sweet, the pizzas are here!" So he quickly let his sister loose, and then hustled to the door while he was fishing for his wallet.

*** Outside Dash's House... ***

Francine: *Huffing and puffing.* -=Now I know why I never do this myself... These things are heavy!=-

*From the nearby-shadows a figure emerges.*

Man 5: Been a while Frannie...

Francine: *Sighs* It hasn't been long enough... This'd better be worth my time... You and your goons nearly tore up my emporium...

Man 5: That wasn't our intention... had everything gone to plan~

*Francine shushes him.*

Francine: *A loud-ish whisper.* He's coming to the door! Quick! Hide!

Man 5: *He quickly looks to the left... then to the right... then dives behind a conveniently placed dumpster.*

Francine: *Smiles brightly as Dash opens the door.* Why hello there traveler extraordinare! I've come to take away some of your airline fare! ^_^

*** Back in the Pizza Cat... ***

*The lights continue to flicker in the main restaurant... *

Speedy: Hey Polly! What's taking that electrician so long?

Polly: *Sighs* I don't know... I called the usual company 15 minutes ago... but he still isn't here yet...

*At the Emporium...Seia got a phone call...

Seia: Yes...Mimm...that Aplha kid? ADN? No, Is going to take longer... bye!

*Panzer looks to Seia with a "What the heck was that?" look

*Meanwhile at the Arcade...

Blackcat: Take that Chung-Li!

Random student: Mortal Kombat? Thats like so 90s....

Blackcat: And who freaking cares? Go away!

Dash: Oh hey Francine, I didnt realize you did deliveries too. (Dash still kept his umbrella with him because he had let it charge in his window while he was packing) So how much do I owe you?

Francine : *Slowly walks in... Setting the pizzas down...* Oh don't you worry about it. Consider this a 'Happy Travel' gift along with a 'I'm Sorry' token from Guido. *Sighs* I swear... that cat... *Eyes Dash.* Although you did egg him on with that 'fungus' comment. You know as well as I do that his athlete's foot isn't to be talked about around customers.

*Francine quickly shakes her head.*

Francine: IN any case! Say... I have a few things I'd like to say to you...

*She starts walking towards him... an odd gleam beginning to shimmer in her eyes...*

Francine: Haven't you always said you wanted to add a little more to the Pizza Cat?

*She begins pushing him back... further and further... the odd gleam continues to grow in her eyes...*

Francine: You've always been such a hard worker... working... schooling... all of that's finally going to pay off for you very soon...

*The room seems to darken... yet Francine seems to be glowing with an eerie green glow... her eyes almost seem like they're on fire... burning with an intense passion...*

Francine: I have a friend who's been looking for you... and he's going to make you an offer you can't refuse! *Throws her hands in the air, laughing maniacally. Lightning seems to flash... and thunder seems to echo throughout the house.*

*** Back at the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Speedy: *Watching the lights flicker...* Still no electrician...

Guido: *In his room... applying athletes foot medicine.* This stuff'd better work... A cool guy like me can't be seen with these kind of feet. Girls don't dig guys with bad feet!

*** Down in the Pizza Cat's basement...***

Eyah: *Working hard at opening the box... She's pulled out every nail in the box... and it still won't open.* Phew! All this working's making me hungry... At least after I'm done opening it, I'll have plenty of cottage cheese to munch on. ^_^

Dash: Uhh Francine...(as she keeps glowing)...Francine...why are you glowing...(uh oh this could be bad...I better transform *pulls out umbrella*) well whatever the reason, youre not taking me down that easy. BY THE POWER OF LIGHT! (transforms into battle armor)

*Francine and Dash continued to stare each other down for what seemed like an eternity...*

Francine: -=Ugg... how much longer do I have to hold up this menacing look?=-

*From outside, the sound of an engine screaming through the neighborhood can be heard followed by the screeching of tires across the pavement.*

Francine: *Relaxes, her very scary demeanor vanishing as if someone had flipped a switch, she now looked as normal as ever.* Finally she's here. I was beginning to think she'd never show!

*Before Dash could ask any questions, the front door opened up, and at it's entrance stood the Business Woman... Her eyes piercing straight into Dash's from behind her tinted glasses...*

Business Woman: Mr. St.Pierre... We meet again... *Looks over at Francine.* Ms.Francine... Thank you for distracting him... Now... *Looks back again at Dash.* You and I have some... “Things”... we need to discuss young man... *She turns around heading back out the door.* Follow me...

*** At the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Speedy: *Playing a game of poker with Polly.* ... Hah! *Lays down his cards.* Three 9s! Beat that Polly!

Polly: *She looks over his hand... keeping a decent smile...* Ooo~ Oh dear... I think that beats whatever I got...

Speedy: Yeah! Now that's what I'm talkin about! *He reaches out to get back all of his tip money... when her hand quickly grasps his wrist.*

Polly: Wait a minute... *Innocently...* Can you tell me if I've got anything good first? *Slowly she lays down 2 cards.* I've got 2 of these red J's... *Slowly she then lays down her other 2 cards.* And I've got these 2 black J's... does that mean anything?

Speedy: *Blinks for a few moments...* ... Yeah yeah... Whatever... Quit rubbing it in Ester...

Polly: *Bursts out in laughter, taking all of the winnings.* Oh Speedy... You should know better than to think you can beat me at poker! *Holds her finger up.* Any good man knows that a good woman will always win at poker... It's a law of nature~ <3

Speedy: *Mumbles.* It's stupid law if ya ask me...

*The lights flicker.*

Speedy: *Grins.* Tell ya what... The next one to loose gets to go down stairs and fix the wiring since the electrician seems to be missin! And they have to go down stairs with... *Points at Panzer.* That guy!

Polly: *Her eyes grow mischievous... She quickly and swiftly begins shuffling the deck.* Your on...

Overhearing this made Panzer panic. If he didn't act now he would quickly lose his opportunity to find the cheese. If he waited for a safer time, he risked losing Seia's interest in him.

Panzer quickly downed the rest pf his coke. He faked looking at his wrist with no watch on it. "Hey, look at the time. Gotta get going. Thanks for the Pizza!" He bolted out the front entrance of the Pizza Cat with Seia in tow. Surprisingly Seia didn't resist him or ask any questions, but followed him obediently behind the restaurant. Then again, he did promise to snog her in the store-room. What  made him wonder was why a beautiful sexy feline like Seia would choose to do this with a nerd like him.

They both found a small window up high on the back of the restaurant. Panzer stood directly under the window. Come on I'll hoist you up. Seia stood up on his shoulders.

Panzer: "Can you open the window?"

Seia: "Yep!"

Seia pulled out a small device that disabled the alarm system Panzer failed to check for. Then with a precise cutting device, she cut around the window frame. Being under her, Panzer couldn't see Seia pull out these devices, and simply assumed she was just having minor troubles getting the window open. But sure enough, he felt her weight leave his shoulders as she pulled herself up through the window. She then reached down to pull Panzer up with her. He landed inside the darkened room. After his eyes adjusted he began scanning the boxes for anything that looked like cheese. But Seia pounced on him from behind, tackling him to the floor, and resumed licking his face. Okay, Panzer thought to himself, the cheese can wait.

Dash powered down his battle armor.

Dash: Ok...I dont know what kind of "things" you could be talking about. I mean I know I got in some trouble back in the US but it wasnt anything overly serious. Just a little elementary and middle schoool mischief. Anyway, I'll follow you this time, but I dont want no guys grabbing me.

So Dash put his umbrella in his pocket and followed the business woman out to her car

*Seia was having fun with Panzer, she quickly cleaned all of Panzer face with her tongue, then she suddenly stood up. Like she has changed her mind.

Panzer:  What?

Seia: Oh please, don’t expect me to go far beyond that in the first date!.

Panzer:  Ah damn!

Meanwhile , Jack has wasted all his money in the Arcade and was just walking lazily on the street...

*** Inside the stretched limo... Outside of Dash's house... ***

Everyone climbed into the limo... Dash sat on one end... while the woman sat on the other...
Francine & Men 4 & 5 sat on either side... and Francine sat beside the 5th man...

Business Woman: *Her hands grasp a folder handed to her by the 4th man...* Now Mr. St Pierre... I must say our meetings thus far have been... Unfortunate... and quite... disruptive. Now... I expect  nothing more than a civil discourse with you along with honest answers...

*She closes the folder after eying through it... Then opens up a notebook... out of nowhere a pen appears in her fingers... she begins twirling it around in her fingers...*

Business Woman: How do you see yourself? Daring? Or Dashing? If you see your self as daring, how well do you believe you could pull that off? If you see yourself as dashing, how well could you pull that off?

Business Woman: *Keeps her eyes focused on Dash's.* If everything depended on one look from you... could you make that look come true?

*** Back at the Pizza Cat... ***

Speedy: *Walking down the stairs into the Pizza Cat's basement... Grumbling...* ... Ugg... Why do girls always win at poker?

*As he neared the bottom of the stairs... and opened up the basement door... a stench of stinky proportions washed over his senses.*

Speedy: WOAH! What the!?

*As quickly as the door opened... it shut... And Speedy was nowhere to be seen... as the lights began to flicker again...*

Dash thought for a moment about the woman's answer. He never really considered a question like that before.

Dash: Hmm...well I guess you could say I see myself more as daring. I mean Im not exactly the kind of guy that makes the girls swoon or anything but Ive always been sort of a risk taker. I think that I could pull it off pretty well. I mean not exactly Oscar or Emmy quality but pretty well.

*** Still Inside the Limo... ***

Business Woman : *Writing down a few notes...* -= I see... confident... well built... School student... He may be perfect... =- Mr. St. Pierre... What would you see yourself more as... a Secret Agent... a Super Hero... or... *Squints at the paper.* ... A golf caddy named “Philip” who collects anime figurines and lives in a 4th level basement with his uncle's friend's grandmother...

*The limo hushes for a moment as the Business Woman's knuckles turn white... A dangerous aura seems to permeate from her... she shows no other external sign of anger... yet the air in the vehicle is filled with it...*

Business Woman: Pardon me for a moment... *Swiftly she plucks out a cell phone from her dress-suit... presses a few buttons... then places it to her ear.* Mr.Hijemoto? You're fired. *Claps her cell phone shut.* My apologies Mr. St Pierre... Please disregard the last option and choose from the first 2 and tell me why...

*** Back in the Samurai Pizza Cat... In the kitchen... ***

Guido: *Cleaning up the kitchen...* All things considered... things didn't go too bad today eh Polly?

Polly: *Shrugs, locking the front doors.* Whatever... *Looks back at him.* Go make sure the storage in back isn't messed up... I may have tripped over some stuff in there when the power flickered earlier this afternoon.

*** In the basement of the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Speedy: *Bound and gagged....* MMMPHHH!!!! *Hops up and down lightly...*

??: *Slyly smiles... Pulling out a makeup pouch... approaching Speedy...* So... widdle kitty likes clowning around...? Then... Widdle kitty will enjoy what I have in store for you...

Dash stifled a chuckle at the last option, but regained his composure quickly.

Dash: I guess you could say I see myself as more of a super hero. I never really thought a whole lot about why, but I guess the best reason to explain it is my desire to help people."

*** In the Limo... ***

Business Woman : I see... *Pulls out a thick batch of papers...* Well then Mr. St. Pierre... *Begins scribbling on different parts of the paper...* I've learned what I need...

*She swiftly twirls the batch of papers around, places the papers onto a clipboard, clicks a pen onto the board, and hands it to Dash.*

Business Woman : I am Sumi Kyoko. I am the head of Kyoko Ltd, we produce many different products ranging from the cloths on your back to the sugar in your tea. What you hold in your hand is a contract to become our latest model in our latest product line... *Nods to man 2.*

Man 2 : *Pulls out a poster, unrolling it.* It's a series of health and living products. More to the point, protein bars, sports drinks, workout books, workout diet books, ect...

Business Woman : The type of work this would require you to do is use our products, work out every morning at a prototype health club, and agree to photo shoots and TV Advertisements after you have used our products for 3 months. For allowing us to use you, you will get the following...

Man 5 : *Begins reading off the benefits from a notepad...* 962,370.00  yen at the end of the 3 months provided you follow the contract, .02 % of sales resulting from your ad campaign for the next year, and of course, the results of your workout which... well... you know...

Francine: *Smiles brightly.* And if you sign it, we'll be a reseller for the products Dash! We'll be making healthy pizzas from their cook books, and we'll get the pleasure of having a celebrity like yourself working at the emporium! Ahh~ *Grows bright-eyed thinking of all the cash coming in....*

Business Woman : *Folds her hands... and watches Dash intently... her glasses gleaming slightly in the vehicle...* So Mr. St. Pierre... are you interested?

*** Back at the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Polly: *Down at the door to the basement.* I swear... *Begins pounding on the door...* Hey! Speedy! What're you doin in there!? *Turns the nob and walks inside...* Speedy! Come on where are ya?

*Giggling can be heard from the far corner...*

Polly: Ok... What're you doing?

*She walks over to the corner... Speedy is facing the wall... his back turned to her... Still giggleing.*

Polly: Speedy? *Puts her arm on his shoulder.*

*As she turns him around, a extremely puzzled look falls over her face.*

Polly: What the!?

Speedy: SURPRISE!

*With that, he squeezes his nose which is the size & shape of a potato, it gives off a loud “HONK HONK!”, then he mashes a potato into Polly's puzzled face.*

Polly: MMMPH!?!

*** Up stairs... ***

Guido: *Un-locks the door to the back storage room.* Ok... let's see here... *Clicks on the light.* Gotta get some dry ice from the freezer... *Stops in his tracks... looking at both Panzer and Seia...* ... Huh... *Folds his arms.* You know kids... this is probably the last place you'd both want to have a make out session...

Dash: Huh...I could certainly use the money. My Grams takes care of me and my younger sisters and I think this would really help us make ends meet and then some. Now I know this seems silly but this isnt going to turn out to be one of those things where I sign and I basically sell my soul to some evil organization plotting world domination is it? Because I do have a friend back in America that Im visiting and he is an attorney and I could at the very least talk to him about it and get back to you. I hope that isnt a problem because like I said, I certainly could use the money...I have his number and I could call him right now.

Panzer: Oh no! Sir, this isn't what it looks like! You see we're um...

Panzer had his arms folded behind his back. So when Leon spoke up, only Panzer could hear him.

Leon: I don't think telling this guy why you're REALLY in here is a good idea.

Panzer: Wait! No! It's EXACTLY what it looks like. We're in here, just making out... ...and nothing else.  ;-)

Panzer could see Guido was still not impressed.

Panzer: Come on, can't you sympathize with me? *puts his arm around Guido* You know how hard it is for guys like you and me, right? Do you really want to shatter the dreams of a young kid like me? Look deep into your heart. Think. What would Hogan the Wonder Cat do?

*** In the Limo... ***

Man 5: You can read over the contract all you like, it's as honest as can be. We're throwing no punches at you Mr.St. Pierre...

Sumi Kyoko : *Still watching Dash intently.* We're not an organization about controlling people's lives Mr. St. Pierre... I ask for no-one's soul... Only for their loyalty under the contracts I have them sign. There is no signing in blood, and should you defect from the guidelines I have set for you, then you will loose all of the advertising, cash benefits, and any un-opened product we have given you up to that point.

*Ms Kyoko sat back... professionally crossing her legs.*

Sumi Kyoko : Of course any muscular gain you will have gained during the time will remain... However I must warn you that breaking a contract this big will come back to haunt you... This isn't meant as a threat, only a warning in of karma catching up with an individual.

Man 4 : If it would make you feel better sir... there is a fax machine on your left-hand side. We won't charge you... call your friend, send him the contract, and have him look it over.

Sumi Kyoko : I must tell you though... My offer will not last forever. My scouting deadline is tomorrow morning. I need to know within the next hour who I will have. If it is not you...

Francine : Then she has decided to go with Guido as a backup.

*A cell phone rings in the car...*

Man 2 : Pardon me... *Picks it up.* Yes? ... *Nods* I'm on my way. *Bows to Sumi Kyoko.* Pardon me Ma'am... I must tend to the task you have given me...

*She nods, he exits, then all attention in the car returns to Dash...*


*** In the Samurai Pizza Cat Storage Room... ***

Guido : *Smirks.* Yeah... It is tough for guys like us... *Frowns* However I'm sure that “Hogan the Wonder Cat” would be wondering where you got the bright idea that breaking & entering... then making out in the place you broke in and entered was a good idea. I mean... Kid... There's kinky... and then there's wrong... *Shakes his head.* And this is just wrong.

*The lights then cut out in the emporium...*

Guido : What the!?

Panzer: You make great pizza, but the lighting in your restaurant sucks.

Dash: Alright. I'll call him now. (pulls out cell phone and dials his friend's number) Hello? Yeah its been a while. Hey, Im lookin forward to seein ya when I get to San Diego! Hppefully we can catch a couple Padres games while Im there. Anyway, I need you to look something over for me. Youre a pretty fast reader right? Ok Im faxing a contract over for you to look at. How soon can you give me advice on it? Wow...that soon? ok, well Ive only got about an hour...(starts speaking French for a few minutes, then reverts to English) Ok, Im gonna pop it in the fax machine and have it over to you lickety split. (puts contract in fax machine and dials number) Alright you should get it in a couple minutes. Call me back as soon as youre done reading it. Thanks man, see ya in a couple days! Bye. (hangs up) Sorry bout that...I really would like to do this becuase like I said, my family needs the money. (Phone rings) wow, that didnt take long...(picks up) Hello? oh hey...uh huh...ok...uh huh...so I should give it a shot? Ok. Did you read it all? mmhmm, but you found out what you needed to know...ok...alright thanks bro...hey I will see you Monday afternoon...bye (hangs up) Well, he looked it over and I think Im gonna do it.

*** In the Limo... ***

Sumi Kyoko : *Gives a light nod... her hands clasped as she continues to watch Dash.* Thank you Mr. St. Pierre...

*** Back at the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Guido: What in the world is going on down there... *Reaches for the wall, un-clasping a emergency flashlight, clicking it on...* Ok you two... You're comin with me to see what the heck is going on down in the basement. *Begins walking, keeping them both in front.* As soon as we get this figured out, you both get to deal with Polly while I call your parents.

Panzer had accepted that he had been caught. That his plans for finding out the Pizza Cat's special brand of cheese had failed. He was ready to face the consequences. He felt that everyone (not just himself) was in trouble. So he forced himself to forget everything involving the cheese and Seia, and focused on what had been happening all day. (The explosion at school, the agents, the attempted kidnapping of Dash) There was one piece of the puzzle he knew he was missing. Something that had been there before but was gone now.

Eyah.

Where did Eyah go?

With this realization, he stopped momentarily.

Guido: "Hey, move it kid!"

Panzer: "No, wait!" *Panzer turned to Guido* " I came here with a friend. A girl. Her name was Eyah. I think... I think she might be in trouble. We have to get to the basement! Fast!"

So Dash signed the contract and handed it back to the business woman.

Dash: Well I am glad to be of help to you ma'am...Im kinda curious though why you were being so secretive earlier though...kinda had me feelin suspicious.

*** In the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Guido: Eh? *Blinks a few times.* Ok... Look dude... I'm all for free love and stuff... but you've got to have limits. Stop experimenting with whatever junk you're experimenting with...


*Walks down the stairs with the two still in front of him.*

Guido: See? We're down stairs like I told you we were going to be!

*Guido's hand reaches out to open the door... when a sound is heard faintly from the door...*

                                 honk~ honk~

Guido: *His hand stops...* ... Did... either of you hear that? *His heart begins beating a little faster.... he lets out a little chuckle...* Heh heh... that's weird... For a second there... I thought I heard a clown...

*As Guido slowly opened the door... a flurry of un-cooked french fries began being thrown at them.*

Guido: Hey! GAK! *Begins spitting the un-cooked spuds out of his mouth.* What's the big deal!?

*** Back in the Limo... ***

Sumi Kyoko: Well Mr. St. Pierre... When dealing with a new product line, we have to keep a certain level of anonymity. The reason for all of the cloak and dagger work is meant to protect not only ourselves, but you, and the product as well.

Man 4: While most agencies hold public talent expositions and other events, we prefer to keep everything under wraps until the last moment. This way we surprise our competitors, and keep you out of sight till it is too late.

Sumi Kyoko: You could say that agencies always keep things quiet until the last minute, and this is true. However we do our best to keep everything so quiet that you could hear a pin drop in a room full of millions of people.

*Sumi takes a deep breath... and lets out a slow sigh... Looking tired....*

Sumi Kyoko: *Takes off her glasses... rubbing her temples.* Also... so we are clear... we had nothing to do with the loss of power at your pizza emporium... nor do we know what the original individual we sent over to your table was truly after. Originally you were going to be pulled aside and a meeting was going to be arranged after business hours at your emporium or home.

Dash: Ok I get what youre saying now ma'am. You think I can go home now? My Grams is probably wondering where I went and with the crazy stuff Francine was doing earlier she looked a bit freaked out. Not to mention Ive been planning this trip to America for a while and Id like to get home and finish getting ready to go.

When Seia saw the un-cooked french fries she panicked and ran away like the wind, knocking out Guido and everyone else in her way, shouting -The French!, We are being invaded by the French!-

Meanwhile Jack had been walking for about an hour or so, happy that he seemed to be mostly ignored in the story of this episode… when she saw Seia ruining and screaming

“The French!, We are being invaded by the French!”

-What? The French? Oh jolly god of thunder! We better get lots of soap!- said Jack, thinking this was some kind of joke..

-You know! That’s a good idea!- Seia said, and went to buy lots of soap bars

-Ah, and here I was thinking the weirdness would stop on holidays...-

Seia got lots of soap bars, some buckets and paid all with money she stole from Panzer pockets, or she should have, but Panzer had no cash, so she got the money Guido was saving to get a tuxedo and impress the girls. And then she got water, lots of water and mixed the water with the soap in the buckets.

-You will see stinky French!, You are going to be defeated by the power of cleaning!- said Seia after dressing herself with a maid costume.

-No you are not!- said Jack the small Black cat and knocked Seia out with punch in her stomach

 “When you wake up, you are going to answer some questions about ninja bunnies and why I used to get kidnapped a lot” Jack thought.He was tired of being the victim, and was starting to get a more active role, Maybe those “Months” he stayed with the pirates had toughened him up?.

*A few meters near him, a Fox female figure was hiding; FG the fox girl was spying Jack, dressed up as a Nurse.

-Subject Beta has improved, no he is not ready yet, Yes, I will get the Ice-cream, you get the sodas, ok?- she said talking on a cell-phone

*** In the Limo... ***

Sumi Kyoko : *Laying back... gently breathing... her eyes closed...* ......

Man 5 : *Nods at the other men in the car, then gestures for Fran and Dash to follow.*

*Dash, Francine, and the 5th Man exit the car, gently shutting the door behind them. The car then starts up, and slowly drives off...*

Man 5 : My apologies Mr. St.Pierre. Ms.Kyoko normally is able to stay awake till the end of a meeting... however the past few days have been more strenuous than usual. She usually works so hard that at the end of a business day she's completely drained...

*He extends his hand with a business card.*

Man 5 : This is how you'll contact us once you're done with your trip. We would like to begin at the very least in 2 weeks. However if we must wait a little longer for your return, we shall. Try not to take too long. Once your school schedule begins, it will make things that much more difficult on you.Remember, this contract means a strict regimen for 3 months.

*Turns, then bows to them both.*

Man 5 : If you'll excuse me, I must be going. Have a safe trip sir. *Walks off down the street...*



*** In the basement of the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Guido : *Slowly re-awakening after being KO'd and robbed by Seia...* Ugg.... What hit me?

*Out of no-where Polly shot into view... blasted a horn in Guido's face... then splashed him with water.*

Polly : Yuk yuk!

Guido: Hey! *Coughs and sputters.* Why you!

*Guido lunges at Polly... but is restrained by colored ribbons... Laughter comes from a dark corner...*

?? : What's wrong Mr? Can't take a ... *Giggles...* Joke? Well... what about this gag then?

*The figure pointed over to Panzer... who was tied up in ribbons as well... Speedy held him over his head... With a sick... twisted smile... he threw Panzer to the other side of the room.*

Guido: *His eyes open wide...* Speedy!? You! *He begins to shake... the color draining from his eyes and his face...* You!.... You're a!!!!

*Speedy's face was painted with a variety of colors... his nose was huge... as big as a large potato... and colored as such.*

Polly : *Caught Panzer, then threw him back... then added a few cases of cottage cheese... basically... she and Speedy were juggling Panzer and cheese.*

*Polly looked just as painted up as Speedy did... except she also appeared to be wearing what would be considered a tu-tu.*

?? : That's right... He's a clown! She's also a clown! My own clowns!!! *Evilly begins to cackle.*

Dash: Well that's something! Wait til Grams hears about this!

So Dash quickly went back into the house and told his grandmother the news.

Grams: Well, its great that you have this job...do youre very best to manage your time so that you can keep this up for the summer.

Dash: You got it Grams. I wont disappoint you. Im sure mom and dad would have been happy too...

Grams: Dash, your mom and dad were ALWAYS proud of you and what you did. Now come on, I saved you some pizza and its getting cold.

So Dash and Grams went inside and shared in their bounty and celebrated Dash's newfound employment.

Meanwhile, in an apartment floor a few blocks away, the “Agent”, a mysterious Male hare that was dressed like a lawyer and used glasses, was sleeping. His name is Usagi, not Usagi Yojimbo, but he has a samurai disguise somewhere.

As I Said he was sleeping; with only his underwear on,  and was very conformable in his double size bed, then...

-Hey Usagi! - said a voice, it was a ninja bunny girl, the one know as Hikari

Usagi ignored the voice and continued sleeping…

-Wake up! - said the girl angrily

- ... Uh? - said Usagi who was still half asleep

-You must go to work!-

-No I won’t go…- he said and continued sleeping

-Wake up and go or you won’t get paid!-

-Ok… - said Usagi, left the bed, and have an angry look to the girl, but she kissed him. That took the male bunny by surprise.

PS: I know it doesn’t have anything to do with those evil clowns, but I’m letting Kyo take care of that, instead on screwing everything like I usually do. This is related to the rpg, but is too long, so Im posting it in parts so I can adjust it to what Kyo will do, ok?

As Panzer was being juggled by these Potato Clowns, he tried to view the labels on the boxes of cheese that were tossed around with him. But the constant jarring motion of being juggled overcame him. He curled into his shell and slipped out of consciousness.

(I'm preparing for a move near the end of the week folks. I'll type up another post tomorrow when I have some spare time. My apologies for the delay.  ;) )

*Guido watched in hilarious horror as Polly and Speedy juggled an unconscious Panzer and several containers of cottage cheese...*

Guido : Stop that you two! Can't you see you've scared the poor kid to sleep!?

?? : Yes, yes... put the scared tubs of cottage cheese down... Then hit him with a cream pie!

*Speedy and Polly obeyed... Right down to the very last letter... Each splattering Panzer with a cream pie.*

Guido: *Straining his chains...* Stop that! I ain't foolin around! I hate it when clowns pick on people!

?? : Oh really?

Guido: Yeah really!

??: Well then...

*The figure slowly emerges from the shadows... as the light casts down on her... it is dramatically revealed that Eyah Osaka was the evil cackling figure!*

Eyah Osaka: Yes! It is I! The ditz formerly known as Eyah Osaka! *Poses dramatically while Polly and Speedy clap for her.*

Guido: *Blinks a few times.* For crying out loud! What is it with you kids today and having these teen escapades in a Pizza Emporium!?

The ditz formerly known as Eyah Osaka: *Dramatically points at Guido.* Silence fool!

*Polly stuffs a potato into Guido's mouth.*

Guido: GACK!

The ditz formerly known as Eyah Osaka: You see you fool... I am not planning escapades in your emporium... I am plotting passing Ms.Anari's class! *Cackles evilly.* You see... This is my plan!

*An hour passes by... Some kind of weird rant about walnut fudge, evil bricks from mars, and a weird bald fat man with little glasses and elixir all amounted to either a genius evil plan... an explanation for all the madness... or the loss of an hour they'll never get back.*

Guido: *Long since having spat out the potato.* Please! Stop talking! I get it! Just stop talking! I can't take it any more!!! *Looks over at Panzer.* Kid! Wake up! Get help! Use your cell phone! Call the army! The marines! The boredom police! Anyone!!!

Darkness at this point had fallen over Little Tokyo while all of this was going on at the Pizza Cat. Dash had gotten more than his fill of pizza, and he was ready to fly across the Pacific Ocean and see his friends in the US for a few weeks of fun and reminiscence. Suddenly, he sat bolt upright in bed.

Dash: I don't know why, but I gotta go back to the Pizza Cat!

No, Dash did not have a craving for the meat lovers special again, he felt like something seriously was not right and he needed to go back there. He knew that he couldnt wake Grams up because she obviously would have him for sure (she said that even if he did get in trouble he had put a lot into his trip to America so she wasnt going to deprive him of that...that and she'd have a hard time getting the ticket cancelled, but that didnt mean she wasnt going to put him through the wringer beforehand). Grams' room was a couple doors down from Dash's on the second floor so he had to get the window open, get down to the ground, and transform into his battle armor without waking her up. So Dash, quietly slipped out of bad, grabbed his umbrella from under his sun lamp, and quietly crept to the window. He began to open it when a little voice interrupted.

Amy St Pierre: What's going on?

Dash whirled around.

Dash: Shh...Amy come here...

His little sister bounded over to Dash by the window. Dash put his forefinger on her lips and whispered...

Dash: Amy, I am going to help some friends of mine that are in trouble. You can't tell Grams about it. She would PT me right up until time for me to go to the airport if she catches me sneaking out. That AND she hates being awakened from her sleep. Can you do that for me?

Amy thought for a second, then put out her right hand. Dash sighed, pulled out his wallet and dropped a few yen bills in her hand. She smiled and then bounded back to her room. Dash then slipped out the window, adn very stealthily dropped to the ground, went around to the front of the house, quietly opened the gate, and raced down the road to the Pizza Cat. After getting far enough from his house that he would not worry about waking his grandmother, he pulled out his umbrella...


BY THE POWER OF LIGHT!

Dash quickly changed to his battle armor and then jetted the rest of the way to the Pizza Cat.

*** Back at the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

The ditz formerly known as Eyah Osaka picked up a container of Cottage Cheese... looking it over intently... She continued walking... Standing right beside Panzer's passed-out and cream pie'd form...

Eyah : Amazing isn't it? Something as trivial as cottage cheese would re-awaken me. *Shrugs* Oh well... *Mysteriously pulls out two fish from nowhere, an evil gleam in her eyes.* Who wants trout!?

Guido : Trout!?

Eyah : Yes! The salmon wasn't fresh! *She leaps over Panzer, and begins slapping Guido around with not one, but two trout.*

Guido: Ack! Hey! Boff! Sto~ Eee! I mea~ Gak!

*** Upstairs... ***

Francine : *Finishes cleaning up... cracking her knuckles...* Those three had better have a good excuse for leaving me all of this work!

*Faintly... what sounds like evil laughter can be heard...*

Francine : Hey... Where's that evil laughter coming from?! *Peaks her head out the door... looking over at the neighbors.* Hey! Keep it down over there will ya!?

Dash arrived at the Pizza Cat just as Francine was pulling her head back in.

Francine: Dash??? What the heck are you doing here? Do you know what...

Dash quickly grabbed Francine, pulled her with him under the counter where the cash register was, and covered her mouth.

Dash: Look, I felt like something was up over here while I was sleeping tonight, so I snuck out and came over to check it out. *He hears evil laughter* Hmm...looks like I came at a good time... Im gonna go check out where that is coming from. *releases hand from Francine's mouth* You can pound me over the head for that later, by the way.

Dash crept out from behind the counter and slowly made his way toward the evil laughter. As he walked along, it got louder and louder, until he heard it coming from the basement. He crept down the stairs until he saw Eyah, Guido (who was still in chains),  Panzer (who was unconscious) and the two clowns.

Dash: Well, I hope they dont get too mad at me for this...*Dash powered up his hands* FLASH BEAM!

Suddenly an extremely bright flash emanated from Dash's hands and filled the entire room.

*Dash light attack went out of control and filled everything, and by everything I mean the whole city!. Dash closed his eyes,but he had no need to, since he had automatic protection of bright light in his visor. After a few minutes the light was gone, and Dash discovered that the clowns had sunglasses on!.

Eyah Osaka: Hahaha! Oh please, like we didn’t saw that trick on dragon ball!.

Edit14: I hate you DashStPierre!

The first half of that made sense...the second part...well...let's go with this...

After the light cleared, Dash found himself in the middle of the room, and the clowns had SUNGLASSES on!!! "Darnit..." Dash thought to himself.

Dash: Alright you, I dont even know who you are but one thing is for sure, your sense of humor is totally wacked.

Eyah: My sense of humor works just fine thank you...

With that Speedy and Polly started juggling something...Dash could not get a read on what it was...until one of them came flying at his head!

Dash: What the...BAM!

Dash was hit in the head by a very heavy club. Dash stumbled around for a few seconds, and while he was doing that, Polly tripped him up and Dash fell on his face, right into a cream pie! While all this was going on Francine came down into the room.

Francine: Holy McGillicuddy! What the heck is going on in here???

And what about Panzer? Well he was still unconscious, not that it would change anything if he woke up, he would just be even more bullied…

-I wont tell my evil plan again!- said Eyah Osaka to Francine

-I don’t care about your evil plan, I just want Speedy, Guido and Polly to go back to work!- said Francine

-Polly and Speedy work for me know, and Guido, he is just comic relief- Said Eyah Osaka and threw a mustard pie into the poor BLIND Guido face, you see he had sunglasses to look cool, but is a bit hard to put sunglasses on, when you are all TIED UP!

Guido: Argg, first that LIGHT and now this, Now I can see even less than before!

Francine took out a piece of paper

-See this, is their contract!, they cant work for you because this says they work for me, and before you try to destroy it, is just a copy!-

Eyah Osaka: Fine, can’t I “rent” them?

*Francine eyes flashed with the yen symbol in them

Francine: No, I'm sorry, they cant be hired for evil....

(Gentlemen, I've been busy since last Friday. I've just moved to a new apartment, and Internet was just hooked up today. As per usual, I'll post something up tomorrow. Nice work from you two by the way. I especially like the club & pie.)

Dash finally got his senses back and realized what had happened.

Dash: Alright you...this ends now...

but before Dash could do anything, the lights went out!

Dash: DANGIT! Hey somebody...CRASH...OW...WHAT THE...(flips lights on)

When the lights came back on, Speedy, Polly, Guido and Eyah were gone...only Francine, Panzer and Dash were left in the basement.

Dash: Hey Panzer...Panzer...sigh...I hoped I wouldnt need to use this again...Francine, here put this on (hands her a gas mask)

Francine: What do I need this for?

Dash: Trust me...you'll need it...

So Francine put the gas mask on as Dash pulled a container out. He put his own gas mask on, and then opened the container and pulled out a very foul smelling object

Francine: Holy moley..what is that?

Dash: Oh its one of my grandfather's old sweat socks...more powerful than any smelling salts...these things could wake the dead...(I think he actually tried that once...)..Panzer old buddy, Im sorry to do this to ya...*places smelly sweat sock over Panzers shell opening*

*** In a secret location... ***

Guido: *Gritting his teeth...* I don't know what just happened... I do know that I don't like it one bit.

Eyah: *Sighs, working on a rubber balloon animal.* Soon you will... after I figure out how to deal with your friends... *Points the rubber poodle at Guido.* You will laugh... and when you do... nothing will stop me...

A smile spreads over her lips as the poodle comes to life, hops out of her hand, and begins licking Guido's face.

Guido: *Remains stone-faced... his right-eye slightly twitches.* -=She has no idea what's coming her way...=-

*** Back in the basement of the Pizza Cat... ***

Francine: *Holding the mask over her face.*-=Of all the nerve... Trying to buy my own cats from me! What a clown...=- *Her eyes open wide... she lets out a combination of a gasp and a hickup.* Oh no! *She removes the mask from her face as she begins to run towards the stairs.* Quick Dash! We've gotta find Guido an~ ... *Her eyes go crossed...Out of a kind of reflex she shouts...* Ohhh~ GUIDO~! *She slowly falls to the ground from the stink of Grandpa Dash's old sweat socks.*

Dash went over and dragged Francine out of the basement (still wearing his gas mask)...

Dash: well I better leave Panzer for now and get Francine some fresh air. The smell of those socks is enough to make a dead man rise up and dance like he's in a Michael Jackson video. And we gotta save Guido (and restore his sight too)...Im gonna have to hope I can use my battle armor because I think breaking this spell may mean I have to use my hyper mode...and the last time I did that I was unconscious for a few days afterwards.

Soon Francine started to come to while she lay outside...

The putrid fumes from the sock took some time to percolate into the confines of Panzer's shell. The effect was immediate; his nostrils were violated by a burning aroma of sulfurous intensity. His limbs involuntarily spasmed into action. Within a second, Panzer was unfolded out of his shell and up on his feet. The smell was so potent, he could taste it in the air. This caused him to throw up whatever was left of his cheese and fire-ant pizza all over the sock.

Leon: "Well that should add some flavour to it."

About this time Dash had returned to the basement still wearing his gas mask and saw that Panzer had thrown up on his Grandfather's old smelly sock.

Dash: Whoa...I knew they were powerful...but not THAT powerful.

Dash picked it up, carefully wiped off as much of it as possible and then put it back in the container and sealed it before any stench could get out.

Dash: well Im glad it worked...hopefulyl I wont have to use it again...I think your throwing up will make teh smell even more powerful for next time. Anyway, Francine is outside getting better. She tried to run out and the smell overcame her. Anyway we need to find that Eyah and break the spell she has on Polly and Speedy and rescue Guido...but we need clues as to where to look...

*** Still in a secret location... ***

As Dash and Panzer tried to figure out where Guido, Eyah, Speedy, and Polly had ended up... Guido was steadily being subjected to clown torture.

His toe-nails had been painted red...
His eyes had been painted over...
A rubber chicken and a banjo had been taped to his hands...
A pair huge shoes had been placed on his feet...

... And yet he still had not fallen under Eyah's evil clown influence...
If anything...

Guido: *Growling.* Hey! Get this stuff off of me right now!!! I ain't kiddin!

Eyah: *Sitting in a group huddle with Speedy and Polly... Completely confused...* Why isn't he laughing!? He should've caved easily by now! *Points at Polly.* You! Why hasn't he laughed yet?!

Polly: *Toots a horn.*

Eyah: I see... *Whirls around... and marches towards Guido.* I have not gone this far with anyone in centuries... Now I see you leave me no choice...

Guido: *Narrows his eyes...* You wouldn't dare...

Eyah: *Places her hands on his helmet, removing it.* Oh yes... yes I would...

***Back in the basement of the Pizza Cat...***

The ground beneath Dash and Panzer began shaking...
The lights began to flicker...
A loud roar resounded through the hallways... The neighborhood... and most of Little Tokyo...

??: CLOWNS!!!!

Mother and junior where in the street as usual and where forced by contract to try making a joke…

Junior: Momma, the city is full of clowns!

Mother: I know junior, the congress must have a day out!

*Seia appeared in the middle of the street, with two water guns, soap bars, some buckets filled with soapy water and so on. Jack was behind her, and just had the biggest water gun the world has ever know, the WATER FILLER BAZOOZA 4000!!!. Declared illegal in the USA and Canada, but this was Little Tokyo, so we don’t care!-

-French Stinkies!, You are going to be defeated by the power of the cleaning ladies!- said Seia, still dressed in the maid costume.

-"We will punish you in the name of moon soap!, now in four different flavors: Soap, Critic, Canada and Military Intelligence- said Jack, wearing a mask and a maid costume.

PS: I know, but my head hurts-_-

Dash and Panzer came out of the Pizza Cat and saw the thousands of clowns and Seia and the watergun toting maid costume and mask wearing citizens of Little Tokyo battling it out.

Dash: Hey, Panzer, you think Francine would know if they have some way of tracking Guido, Polly and Speedy? Maybe we can tap into that and find where they all are.

Panzer: So, Leon can you help us?

Leon: Of course. It just so happens that I found an employee tracking system inside the Pizza Cat. But I just can't access it. It's protected by some very heavy encryption; I'm talk'n real hardcore quality, like for government security. Pretty over-the-top for a pizza joint, if you ask me. Anyways, I need to talk to Francine and get her permission to use it.

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Out of Story: (I don't know about the other characters here, but Panzer and Leon are new to the Lil' Tokyo scene, and haven't figured out that the Pizza Cats are super heroes)

 ?:|


Dash looked at Panzer with some confusion on his face.

Dash: Dude, who is that youre talking to? I mean Ive heard of voices in people's heads but this goes defeinitely beyond that...you can explain it to me while we got get Francine. She should have come to by now.

It was a sight to behold...
It was a time to ... laugh...
It was like a bad 80's movie had been somehow thrust upon an old / modern samurai movie...

*A group of people flee in the streets from a squad of clown cars as potatoes are hurled at them.*

As much as there were folks who fought back... nothing seemed to phase these clowns...
The citizens needed a hero...
Nah... Make that a group of heroes...

*** Back at the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Unfortunately all they had were 2 school kids, and a business manager...

Francine: *Finished catching her breath.* Oh me... oh my... I thought I was going to fly! *Wipes her eyes...*

Dash and Panzer were looking at her intently...

Francine: *Looks back at the both of them...* ... What?

A clown on a unicycle squeaks by... honking a horn...

Francine: *Gasps* Oh no... *Dashes back into the Pizza Cat.* Quick you two! We have to find Guido!

She leads them back into the kitchen, and begins typing madly at the controls...

Francine: I hope I'm not too late... *She looks behind herself at Dash & Panzer, her fingers still swiftly gliding over the controls.* Dash, below the sink is a polka-dot colored box... The combination is 5923... Bring it over here... quickly!

A beeping sound comes from the monitor...

Francine: Ah! *A smile spreads across her face.* It's found Guido!

Her smile quickly fades as a few words quickly flash across the screen...

Francine: It's happened... *She begins to read the detail on his location when the screen goes blank.* ... Stupid hunk of junk! *Kicks the system.*

The screen flickers briefly... then cracks... and fritzes out...

Francine: Gah! *Her hands go to her head, she looks like she's getting a headache.* How am I supposed to read the location information now! If only my business laptop wasn't at the repair shop I could upload the tracking program to that!

Dash was bringing the polka dot colored box over as Francine asked just as she was fretting over the computer.

Dash: Hey Panzer, you think that voice I was hearing earlier could help us out? We gotta find Guido and fast. I dont know a thing about government-level supercomputers otherwise Id see if I could fix it. The most Ive done is fix Grams' laptop when she got a virus a couple months ago

*FG, the fox girl, appeared, in her school uniform...

-So, I heard you need help with a super computer so you can beat the clowns, right?- the fox girl said

-Ah!!! You are the one that gave me a virus that turned me into a crazy girl!- said Leon the artificial intelligence

FG: Eh... do you want my help, or do you want to talk about makeup?-

Francine: Anyway, the point is that you can help us, right?

FG: Yes, just load the AI in the Computer and I will do the rest!

Francine: So, that guy, the one Panzer talks to all the time, isn’t just using a phone or something?

Dash took a moment and tried to figure out just where FG had come from (because she sure as heck wasn't anywhere he had recalled and he had no idea how she got into the Pizza Cat)

Dash: yeah we could certainly use your help, I mean we are looking for our friends and this weird girl that turned all sorts of people into these crazy clowns with potatoes for noses. We had a bead on the one that hadnt turned yet but the computer wacked out before we could get any information.

Leon: Yes, I already said I'd help all of you. Just don't let that fox-girl near me! Panzer, would you kindly remove my core processing chip and hand it over to Francine. I'm certain she knows a thing or two about her own computer systems.

Panzer rolled up his sleeve, pulled the chip out of his arm, and tossed it over to Francine.

Dash, upon seeing Panzer pop the chip out of his arm, rolled his eyes back into his head and passed out.

Panzer just kind of looked at Dash on the ground, and then looked at Francine and FG, rolled his eyes and put his sleeve back down. Francine opened up a panel at the bottom of the supercomputer so FG could patch Leon in.

(OOC: Just trying to get the action going again)

(I'll be posting something up tomorrow. Sorry for the delay folks. ^^; )

(I'm hoping Kyo will handle what Leon does next. What he does on the computer is an important part of the story, and this is Kyo's story)

That's cool Kyo (PS Dibs on starting the next RP!)

Francine: *Smiled at the fox girl.* Thanks for trying to help, but I should be able to handle it from here.

Francine pulled out a maintenance interface to the emporium's system.
She pressed a few commands into a small keypad, then inserted “Leon” into a port.
Within a few moments, 3 resounding beeps came over the loud-speakers of the Emporium.

Francine: Ok! He's inside my PC.

A slight chuckle resounded through the emporium speakers.

Leon: You call this a PC Miss? I've seen...

Francine: Hey! Watch what files you're looking at buster!

Leon: -=PC... What is this lady trying to pull... I've been in top-rated government systems. They have LESS power than this emporium's system!!!=- Err... my apologies. What am I looking for exactly?

*A few moments of techno-babble and computer commands ensue...*

Leon: Ok... If your system is reporting correctly... Mr. Anchovy is located...

*A large explosion resounds through the emporium... followed by a loud scream.*

Leon: Right up stairs in what appears to be his room.

*A loud roar resounds through the emporium.*

Francine: ... *Quickly opens up the box. Inside of it is a dart gun, and what appears to be a wrapped manga marked “Dirty Magazine.”* We have to use these on Guido quickly! Guido + Clowns do not mix! They make him~

*A loud explosion shook the emporium.*

Francine: ... *Sighs* ... Unstable...

Leon: Well... It looks like Mr. Anchovy is on the move.

(I know what it looks like. And don't worry. We're getting close to the end. I'm not in any way trying to drag this out. ^^; Thank you folks for your patience.)

((And Dash staring in the next RP? Now why would we want to do that? It's not like he's signed up for any TV commercials, muscle building tests, or anything. ;) ))

Panzer went over to Dash. he pulled out his canister with his grandfather's smelly socks.... He took the gas mask off of Dash, and put it on.

Panzer: Everybody, if you dont have a gas mask, you better find some way to cover your nose...one of these things cold kill a horse.

With that, Francine put on her gas mask, and FG covered her face as best she could and put her hands over it. Panzer took out one of the socks and placed it over Dash's face. Within seconds, Dash's eyes jolted open. He shot straight to his feet and cried, "Oh MY  GOSH! THAT HAS TO BE THE WORST SMELL EVER! (and that's saying something since I LIVED with the guy for most of my life!)

Francine: Ok good, now that youre awake, we need to get to Guido...and fast before he destroys everything!

With that, FG and Francine disconnected Leon and gave the chip back to Panzer who reinsterted it into his arm, and Dash took his grandfather's sock and put it back in the canister and put it back in his bag. Dash said to Panzer as they raced up the stairs to find Guido, "Dude, we are gonna have to have a REAL long talk later...my house sound cool? Grams makes amazing pasta. She almost went into the restaurant business before my Grandpa died and I got his smelly socks (and some money too)

Panzer considered Dash's proposition as he ran up the stairs with him. "Sounds good to me."

Panzer was feeling nervous about having to confront Guido upstairs. "Say, Dash, if we have to get rough on this Guido guy, I've got a real hard shell; I can roll up into a ball and... well, have you ever gone bowling?"

Dash thought about it for a moment. "Well," he said with some reservation, "I havent done any bowling since I left the US but I could certainly give it a shot. Course if I had to toss you at him itd be more like when I played kickball in grade school."

*Francine stood in front the door... the dart gun at ready...*

Francine: *Hands the “Dirty Magazine” to Panzer.* Ok... It's your job to make sure that's the first thing Guido sees. While you distract him... I'll hit him with my superb marksmanship abilities.

*Dash and Panzer shared an uneasy glance...*

Francine: Oh don't worry. The last thing Guido will attack is a dirty book! ... Ok! On the count of 3...

*She began counting... First was 1... she armed the gun... Then was 2... their mouths tasted of glue...*

Francine: ... *Takes a deep breath...* THREE!!!


*Dash twisted the knob and swung the door open.
Panzer was gently “Shoved” inside by Francine... He ran blindly forward... the dirty magazine held out in front of him... and subsequently tripped over someone who was sprawled on the ground.*

Francine: *Rushed inside and fired blindly.* AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

*The darts bounced around the room... pinging off of Panzer's shell... and embedding themselves into an upside down Speedy Cerviche who was hanging from the ceiling in what appeared to be an atomic wedgie. There was a gaping hole where a window once was... Eyah and Guido were nowhere to be seen.*

Dash walked in and checked out the scene...

Dash: man...looks like a bad hockey fight took place in here...

He walked over and pulled the darts out of Speedy, then he walked over and looked at the one sprawled on the floor. On further examination, it turned out to be Polly. Dash turned to the others.

Dash: Im worried...based on what Fran said earlier, who KNOWS where Guido went and what destruction he could cause...and then of course there is Eyah who needs to be stopped anyway. Hey Fran, you think you Panzer and FG could get a bead on Guido and then get me to him?

Francine: *Looks out the window.* Oh that part's easy. He's right out there on top of that building.*Points.*

Sure enough... Guido was outside on top of another building a few leaps away. In his hands he held tightly onto Eyah... who appeared not to be smiling her devilish smile any more.

Eyah: *Struggling* Someone! Anyone! Help! A defenseless clown girl needs help! I'm being oppressed! Help!

Dash thought to himself, "you weren't so defenseless about an hour ago..." Then he turned to Fran, FG and Panzer. "You got any more of those darts Fran? Im gonna take Panzer and go after Guido before he hurts that girl...even as evil as she is..."

*From the sky, in a yellow balloon, the music started to play; it was a song about a dirty old man that lived up in a mountain

*It was Guru Lou rap!

*FG the fox girl was amazed, Guru Lou was drunk and singing rap, hanging from a yellow balloon!

Francine: Oh my god! He only has his underwear on! (covers her eyes)

*FG covers her eyes too!

FG: So... this is the part where someone does something, right? (FG Eyes are still covered)

*Jack Daniel Black the small black cat appears, still in a maid costume…

Jack: You! You may have turned my partner into a clown but you can´t…

*FG knocks him out with a crowbar, despite the fact she has her eyes covered…

FG: Sorry, we have enough hero characters for this part, thank you!

Dash( Are all the girls here crazy?)

PS: I know, I know, just go on...

Dash rolled his eyes at FG and Jack, who was now lying on the ground. Then he went over to Francine and whispered,

Dash: Look, is there any way you can get me and Panzer to Guido? I think the cannon is too much based on where he is at and I dont want to risk hurting Eyah or Guido with my hyper mode. I know that she is pretty evil and is gonna be dealt with once this is over but we gotta get Guido back to normal before he hurts her like he did Speedy and Polly. Maybe FG can go back to the Pizza Cat and see about getting them back to normal along with Lou (after helping him sober up and get some proper clothes on of course)

Francine: Ok, but you get Lou down...

(OOC: I ma looking forward to what KZ comes up with on his next appearance)

Dash: alright.

So he walked over to Mama-san and Junior.

Dash: Hey Junior, you got a slingshot?
Junior: well I do, but I don't use it much because Id get in trouble with my mom (that and the writers never put in a situaiton for me to use it)
Dash: Well...(to Mama-San) You mind if he shoot down that guy in the balloon? We need him to help out with some stuff.
Mama-San: GO ahead Junior...this is about as involved as we have gotten in a story in a while.


So Junior pulled out his slingshot and put a marble in it and lined up a shot at Guru Lou's balloon...

(OOC: I guess Im gonna have to resolve this before anyone else is gonna post)

Junior fired the marble and it was a direct hit. Guru Lou slammed into the ground with a loud THUD.

Francine: Alright! (to Dash) You and Panzer follow Guido. here are a couple more darts to help him chill out, and Panzer, you still have htat magazine? (He nods) Excellent. Take that along too. I'll go with FG and get Lou sobered up so we can take care of Speedy and Polly

Dash transformed into his battle armor again and he and Panzer went after Guido.

(Do`h! Brawl has been occupying my time. ... That and writers block. Mark my words, I'll break it tomorrow... The writers block I mean. Not Brawl. )

And thus the chase was on.

Guido: *Looking straight into Eyah's eyes... His own eyes burned with fury...* You clowns think you're hot stuff don't ya? So hot that it's cool to scare an innocent bus-load of football players eh?

Eyah: *Nodding her head up and down.* Of course us clowns are that cool! When one plans to rule the world~

Guido: *Shakes her lightly.* I screamed like a girl in front of a group of hot cheerleaders that night! Your kind ruined the rest of my senior year! Well... Now I'm going to ruin you... *He pulls his arm back... his fist clenched tight...*

A dart grazed his wrist...

Guido: *Glanced over... watching Dash and Panzer advancing on him.* More of your clown friends!? *Looks back at Eyah.* Has your evil no boundaries!?!

Panzer: *Looks at Dash as they get closer to Guido.* Do we really look like clowns?

Before Dash had a moment to respond, Guido leaped off of the rooftop, and began running through the streets.

Dash: *Sighs* This is going to be a busy night...

The chase ensued through alleyways... around corners... and straight through angry mobs of clowns...
Dash and Panzer followed Guido through it all... Running faster... and faster... pushing themselves to the limit.

Guido kept running faster... and faster... And Eyah was having a fun time just being dragged along.
It seemed like this was going to go on forever...

Dash: Alright... I'm really getting tired of this! *Takes careful aim...*

Panzer: *Taking very deep breaths.* Ugg... Yeah... Look... he'll probably turn at that corner up ahead... lead him, and let him have it!

Guido: -=Almost there... once I'm in my old High School gym... We'll be on my turf!=-

Guido's feet dug into the ground... Dash's finger pulled on the trigger...
The dart flew through the air... It's target was right where it needed to be...
...
That is... until...

Guido: *Quickly taking the turn... Eyah swinging around in his arm...* Home~FrEEEH!?

As Eyah was being swung around... Guido took a step back... His arm swung around... however his hand did not hold onto Eyah... and she went sailing through the air... slamming head-first into an open dumpster.
The dart missed Guido by the hair under his nose... And ricochet into the dumpster...

Eyah: YEAOWCH!

Guido then disappeared on the other side of the corner...

Panzer:What the!?

Dash: No! Guido!!!

Both skid to a halt... to witness a master at work.
Guido's arm was propped up against a building... his leg was crossed behind his other... and he was gazing sweetly at a beautiful and ravishing young female raccoon...

Guido: Soo my sweet... Ya see since there are evil clowns taking over the town... You look like you could use a good boy friend like me to keep an eye on you and keep you safe~ So how about we talk more about it over dinner? Say... for you and I? At Ze~Miste~?

Raccoon: *Tenderly smiles, and bows.* Thank you for your kind offer... but I'm afraid that I must decline. I am already betrothed to a wonderful foreigner whom I will be going to meet tomorrow... Thank you for your kind words, and stay safe kind sir!

A blush was on her face as she moved inside, closed the door, and locked it tight.

Guido: ...*Sighs, turning around, walking towards Dash and Panzer.* They always have some kind of foreign guy... Man... When will a cat ever catch a break?!

He plucks the magazine from Panzer's hands... then walks over to the dumpster.

Guido: *Looks back at the guys.* Say... You two want to know the secret to defeating evil clowns? Watch this...

Guido looked down into the dumpster... reached in... and hauled up Eyah... who looked dazed... confused... and was slightly foaming at the mouth due to the tranquilizer...

Guido: *Clears his throat.* So... 3 ducks walk into a bar. One of them named George... the other named Greg... and the last one named Fred. The bar tender looks at all 3 of them and says... “Stop eating my shoe!” To which they all answer by dividing by 0.

He lets her fall back into the dumpster... and holds up his fingers... 1... 2....
On 3... she shoots up out of the dumpster... an angered look on her face.

Eyah: What kind of crappy joke was that!? That... That... That... That is the worst thing I've ever heard! It's not funny! It's... IT'S....

Leon: *Pipes up.* Anti-Funy?

Eyah: Yeah! ... *Gasps* Wait! I mean! ... *She begins shrieking.* NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Guido: *Smerks, turns around, and begins walking back to the Emporium.* And with that... all her evil clown powers are gone... and with any luck, all the people in Little Tokyo are turning back to normal. My work here is done... and now... *Yawns* Time for bed! It's almost dawn!

Panzer & Dash: Almost Dawn!?!

Leon: Well... that night certainly went by quick.

Eyah: *Grumbling in the dumpster.* Hey! Are any of you boys going to help a power-deprived evil genius out of a dumpster or what!?

-- The End --

:: Epilogue ::
(I don't have anything at the moment, but you gentlemen feel free to tie-up any loose ends from the story. I'd ask that we avoid putting Eyah in jail though... Just because I'm sure we can do better with what she gets for trying to take over the town with clowns.  ;) )

Panzer walks over to the dumpster and reaches in for Eyah's hand. He pulls her half-way out. He looks at her face and smiles, "So, you we're in the Pizza Cat's store-room right? Did you manage to see what cheese they use?"

Eyah looked at him in puzzlement, "Cripes, man, you just had a feud with me and the clowns, and you're still thinking about the cheese!?"

Panzer: "Look, did you see the cheese or not!!?"

Eyah: "Hey Einstein! Get a clue! The cheese wasn't my top priority! So, no! I didn't see it!"

Panzer: "No? Well then..."

Panzer let go of Eyah's hand and let her fall back down into the dumpster, then slammed the lid on top.

He turned back to Dash. "I guess it's too late to have that talk at your place. We'll save that for another time though. I gotta go" He smiled and patted his hand on Dash's shoulder. He looked up and spotted Ginger Tower in the distance. That tower was on the same city block as his apartment, so headed down the road in that direction.

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Panzer rode the elevator up with guilt; he somehow managed to stay out longer than his mother, who was working late that night.

The elevator came to a stop at his floor, and he walked out down the hallway toward his front door. (aside Leon: Quoth the raven, nevermore! :P)

As Panzer fumbled to put his key in the lock, Leon spoke up. "Don't worry kid; your parents are very trusting of you. Besides, both of them have gotten into more trouble than this in University."

Panzer stepped into his apartment, and set his bag upon the floor. (aside Leon: "Don't forget to mention Lenore!" Mechadon: "Quiet, you! I'm writting this story!!! >:()

He moved over to the kitchen table and noticed a plate of cookies, and a glass of milk waiting for him along with a note from his mother. Panzer smiled and picked up the note.

"Hey Panzerkins! Glad your back from your nighttime adventures. Have some cookies. We'll talk in the morning."

Panzer: "What!?"

Leon: "Panzer, there's a message on the answering machine."

The blood drained out of Panzer's face. "Oh no!"

He moved toward the red flashing light in the darkened kitchen and pressed the "Replay" button.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Howell, this is Guido Anchovy. I'm a regular employee at your local Pizza Cat restaurant. I'm calling in regard to your son and the sexual escapades he's been having in the back-room of our parlour..."

The End.

Mechadon: Good night everybody!!!  ;-)

Dash powered down his battle armor and walked back to his house, beginning to show the effects of the chase through the city. "Man what a night...I just hope that Grams didn't find out that I...GRAMS!"

Dash's grandmother was stading on the front porch with the newspaper rolled up in her right hand.

"Dash, I love you and your sisters like you're my own children, but Im going to have to teach you a lesson about sneaking out. I'll try to be through in time for your flight to the United States though..."

With that she whacked him on the head a few times with the newspaper, grabbed his ear, dragged him inside, whacking him even more all the way...

Dash: Grams, Im sorry, but I was...OWW...I was trying to...OWW...oh man not the ear...OWW OWW OWW!!!!!

Seia woke up in a roof top, all dressed up like a clown, and FG was just in front of her, smiling…

FG: So, I think we need to talk…

Seia: Mmm, you saidwhathowabout?

FG: Ookeeey, I guess I will take you home and we can talk tomorrow…

*And so, while FG took Seia to her home, Jack Daniel Black woke up tied in the Emporium, wearing a maid costume…

Jack: AHHH!!!, what the heck I’m doing here?

Francine: You signed to work here for life, remember?

Jack: I didn’t do that!

Francine: Then I guess you want your parents to know why you are dressed up like a girl, I took pics you know…

Jack: Show my dad the pics if you want, I tend to do lots of weird stuff anyway…

Francine: Ok… (Unties Jack) I’m supposed to be one of the heroes after all…

Jack: Thanks, do you have a backdoor or something?

Francine:  (lies) No

Jack: Darn!

*The end

*The credits roll, we see Seia being forced to work out in a gym by FG, Jack working in a shop dressed in the maid costume and Kyo in the hospital for burning his eyes playing videogames. Francine is having a date with Bucky and Guido/Fran pairing fans cry.

PS: Hehehe, Ok, you got me, I’m a Guido fan, and a Fran fan, but I don’t see them together…