Girls with Guns, Chapter 16: Brevity and Red Shirts by Delfina ***** The world stood still. A dozen nightingales burst into song as lovers walked hand in hand along a moonlit beach. This was a perfect night for romance. "AIYYAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" And that peaceful facade was shattered as screams rang out from near the British Embassy. Aika and Becky were not near the Embassy however. They had moved to a safe area very far away. Or at least on the other side of Tokyo. From their vantage point, the smoking remains of what used to be the British Embassy was visible. "Becky! What were you thinking?" Becky turned to Aika, her BA-3 mentality now firmly in control. "It was for our own good. While the British Embassy is not American, they are friendly to us. The Orochi is most fully Japanese and therefore must be destroyed." Aika sweatdropped. "Oh.okay." They both looked towards the Embassy and spotted - from a distance - the Orochi's figure slowly stand up and brush himself off. "There's something different about him, isn't there?" "He's.smaller." Becky said. The two watched in fascination as a small figure started to leave, limping slightly and weaving drunkenly. It was also a very kawaii figure. "I can't put my finger on it." "He's got a limp." "That's not it." Aika pondered. "And that blast did tear his suit a bit." "That's still not it." Becky's face screwed into an intense look of concentration. "And - you know, he should have been hurt a lot more than that." "A lot more." Becky agreed. "Yeah. Oh, and he's been chibified." "THAT'S IT!" Becky exulted, taking out a printout and waving it around. "MAGICAL GIRL DO-GOODERS Data File Entry #667-Lemuria: The Orochi, it says that his weakness is to be chibified!" "Oh, yippee. So now what?" Becky grinned. "Let's take him out." ***** Mr. Sunshine looked at the lovely face of his dear Becky-chan. "Becky-chan!" Ms. Moonshine was not pleased. She had just been shot at with some weird device and now felt very strange. This was not in her job description. "Would you stop drooling at that picture and get up?" Mr. Sunshine looked slightly annoyed. "Do you know who this is? This is my Becky-chan!" "Yeah, yeah. Look, you're coming in with me. We've been watching, and we know all about you, my love." Ms. Moonshine paused, a stricken look upon her face, and decided that she didn't really say that, since there was no way she would say something like that to that disgusting example of humankind. "Why, madam, I did not know you harbored such feelings for me!" Mr. Sunshine exclaimed, beaming happily. "I would be delighted to go with you." "What?! No, that's not it at all! I'm an enforcement officer of the FDA and I really just wish to be with you forever." Clapping her hands over her mouth, Ms. Moonshine fled the room in a state of shock. After checking to make sure his Chu-Chu costume was still in place, and taking a quick look in a mirror, Mr. Sunshine ran after her. "Don't rush, my sweet! We have all the time in the world!" Ms. Moonshine only screamed as she ran down the streets. ***** Fuki looked at her watch. The Orochi should have gotten the two by now. What was taking him? Minions 45, 78, and 3 looked quite nervous as Fuki's irritated glance swept over them as she waited. When Fuki started tapping her foot impatiently, the minions grew more concerned about their well-being. Minion 78 started to note that Fuki was more annoyed and possibly lethal, but dismissed it as something out of his overactive imagination. He fondly remembered Yuki, and wondered what had caused this drastic change. Minion 45 noticed Fuki as well, but since Minion 78 was ignoring it, he decided to as well. Minion 3 was playing with his Pokemon cards. Fuki continued to fume, and started to absently play with a ball of yarn she had picked up from somewhere. "I want them. I want them to be brutally murdered. Especially that one who stepped on me." She smiled, her small fangs showing. Minions 78 and 45, being very observant, noticed this and moved quietly out of her possible line of sight. Minion 3 tugged at his red shirt and continued to play with his Pokemon cards. Thus he didn't notice when Fuki started creeping particularly close to him. RANDOM DATA FILE #871: Fuki (all statistics are rated from 1 to 10) Intelligence: 7 Favorite Food: Human Flesh, Cauliflower Reflexes: 9 Hobbies: Killing Sprees, tearing down Technical: 2 buildings, Watching Star Wars: Body: 5 The Phantom Menace Looks: 1 Weapons: Claws, Teeth, Hairball of Doom Charisma: 1 Luck: 9 Psi: 5 Age: 12 Armor: 1 Background: The Daemon Kitty - after being fed cauliflower - combined with Yuki, causing her to change into Fuki. When she merged with the Daemon Kitty, she gained some more powers. She now has a very potent defense system - a Somebody Else's Problem Field. Basically, those intent on destroying this cute girl morphed with Daemon Kitty, take a look at her, and say to themselves, "that's Somebody Else's Problem", and go out for a cup of Java. She smiled, a small piece of red material poking out of the side of her mouth. "Now to find the Orochi." Minions 45 and 78 shivered uncontrollably and stayed very close to one another as they watched Fuki leave the room in search of the Orochi. ***** "Will these do?" "Probably." "They should be good enough to judge the sexiness competition." Anniki indicated a group of young male otaku who were currently drooling at the possibilities of judging this sort of event. Heck, being in the same room as the three women present was enough for most of them, never mind the fact that one of them was still unconscious. Sakura sweatdropped. "Oh, sure." "Very well then, shall we begin?" Anniki casually took off her robe and let it drop to the floor. "Let's wait for the boys to regain consciousness first." Sakura said, indicating the fallen men. Wiping an invisible fleck of dust off of her bikini, Anniki giggled. "I wonder what they'll do when they have to judge some of the actual events?" "Whatever they do, it's sure to be amusing. Let's get them some tissues to clean up those nosebleeds." ***** Author's Note - Thank you Sir Tificate. ^_^ Admin's side note - format format format!!!