Note: This story is a sequel to Natsuki and Shizuru: The Rise of Superheroes. Mai-Hime is an anime that was done by the studio Sunrise.
The two superheroes started running, but Ninja Lady replied, "You almost got badly shot and I'm not the best runner. How are we supposed to outrun a group of police officers?"
Super Sorceress said, "The Sheriff said he'd spare us, if we got rid of our superhero costumes." She grabbed the recorder, threw off her costume, and turned her hair back to purple. Ninja Lady followed her example. Natsuki and Shizuru wore tank tops and shorts underneath their costumes, so they didn't have to worry about searching the alley for new clothes.
Natsuki said, "The police won't recognize us, so we can easily get home."
Shizuru asked, "Are we really going to leave our superhero costumes in the alley? People will probably take them."
Natsuki said, "I had spare costumes made, so we don't have to worry about that."
Shizuru smiled and replied, "You think ahead."
Natsuki was still holding onto the recorder, while saying, "Let's go."
The Sheriff walked by, with his police officers, and said, "Hold on, ladies."
Natsuki was a little nervous, but she tried to remain calm. She hid the recorder, under an old dictionary, before saying, "Hi Sheriff. How can I help you?"
The Sheriff answered, "I'm looking for two women."
Shizuru had an offended look on her face, while asking, "Two women? You're only supposed to date one person, you jerk." Natsuki rolled her eyes.
The Sheriff replied, "I'm not trying to date two women. I'm trying to find two female superheroes, so I can arrest them."
Shizuru responded, "Sounds like something a jerk would do." Natsuki facepalmed.
A police officer walked up to the Sheriff and handed them Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady's superhero costumes. The officer said, "I found them next to the garbage can."
The Sheriff looked at them and replied, "I see. It seems like they got wise and retired."
The officer asked, "Should we still try to find them?"
The Sheriff shook his head and said, "No, they may still be around, but their superhero personas are done for. Take these costumes to Priceless Tony."
The officer replied, "Yes sir."
Shizuru looked at the Sheriff and said, "You interrupted our jog, so may we continue?"
The Sheriff replied, "Of course you can. I'm sorry for the interruption, but with the superheroes gone, I think there's going to be less to worry about." Natsuki quickly grabbed the recorder and she and Shizuru started jogging home.
Twenty minutes later, Natsuki and Shizuru arrived home. They went into the living room, while Shizuru said, "That was quite the adventure." She was tired from all of the chasing and jogging, so she relaxed on a chair.
Shizuru rested her head on Natsuki's shoulder, while asking, "Are you okay? Seeing you almost get shot was a little scary."
Natsuki replied, "I'm okay." She showed off the recorder, while saying, "I recorded evidence of how corrupt Priceless Tony is."
Shizuru asked, "What did you record?"
Natsuki said, "I recorded Tony's speech, the one where he talks about what his evil plan is and how much of a scoundrel he is."
Shizuru replied, "Very well done." She paused before saying, "The police interrupted us, before we got our big kiss."
Natsuki said, "We've kissed before."
Shizuru replied, "Yes, but every kiss I have with you is a big deal." Natsuki smiled and she and Shizuru kissed each other.
Natsuki said, "I love you."
Shizuru replied, "I love you too."
Natsuki said, "The spare superhero costumes are in my bedroom. I think I know what Priceless Tony's next scheme is, so tonight we'll suit up and go after him and his henchmen."
Shizuru replied, "Sounds good."
Meanwhile, the Sheriff and his police officers walked up to Priceless Tony. Tony was standing outside, because he was waiting for the shot window to get fixed. Tony looked at them and asked, "What's going on?"
One of the police officers handed him the superhero costumes and explained, "Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady's superhero costumes were found in an alley."
The Sheriff said, "It appears that they've given up their superhero lives."
Priceless Tony asked, "Do you know what this means?"
Marvin Tall walked and asked, "Does it mean that they had to wear barrels to cover themselves, on the way home?"
Priceless Tony shook his fist at Marvin and said, "It means we don't have to deal with them anymore." He faced the police and said, "Thank you for saving this country."
The Sheriff replied, "You deserve a majority of the credit. Your brilliance and persistence is what led to the end of Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady's superhero careers."
One of the police officers said, "Priceless Tony, you've made America safer than ever."
Priceless Tony bowed to the police officers. They clapped. Mr. Tall asked, "Should I bow too?"
Priceless Tony whispered, "If you want me to punch you." He faced the police and said, "You did an incredible job. In fact, you're going to be thrown a special party, tonight."
The Sheriff replied, "That's not needed."
Priceless Tony said, "You made a special difference, so you deserve a special thanks. My best security guards will take of your usual police work, while you party."
After the police left, Priceless Tony faced Mr. Tall and said, "Start a marketing campaign about the two superheroes quitting. Make fun of those losers for quitting. Humorous t-shirts and other merchandise, at their expense, will make us rich." Marvin nodded and ran with excitement.
Priceless Tony walked into his building. He walked by his secretary and said, "Hire a group of men to rob Vincent Jay's company. He's my biggest competitor and the hardest to stop. However, Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady are no more and the police will be at a party, so nobody will stop me." He did an evil laugh.
Natsuki and Shizuru got on their superhero costumes and became Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady, once again. Super Sorceress correctly guessed that Priceless Tony's scheme was going to have Vincent Jay's company robbed. She and Ninja Lady planned on going to Mr. Jay's building and prevent the robbery.
Super Sorceress looked at Ninja Lady and said, "We'll have to get their fast."
Ninja Lady replied, "You're not suggesting trying to fly, are you?"
Super Sorceress said, "Flying there would be the quickest way to get there. I know the police stopped my previous flight, but I think I'll be able to fly."
Ninja Lady replied, "It would be too dangerous."
Super Sorceress had a surprised look on her face, while saying, "I'm used to me being the one who worries and you being the wild one."
Ninja Lady fiddled with Super Sorceress' hair, while saying, "I save my worrying for you."
Super Sorceress replied, "That's very sweet of you, but I'm going to be okay. I can't let anything stop me from saving the country." She went outside and tried to fly. She was able to get a few feet off the ground, but it wasn't enough. She sighed and said, "It appears you were right. I'm not ready to continue my flying. It seems like we'll have to jog there."
Ninja Lady smiled and responded, "Okay then."
Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady started jogging around the city. The police were at one of Priceless Tony's parties, so they weren't around. Because of that, the two superheroes didn't have to worry about the police chasing after them. While jogging through the city, they caught the attention of several people. The citizens were surprised to see two superheroes going for a run, because that wasn't exactly a common sight.
About fifteen minutes of jogging later, Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady started passing by some runners, who were in a race. One of the racers, named Burgess, saw them, so he nudged his friend, and said, "Those two are wearing the weirdest racing outfits I've ever seen."
His friend, named Frank, replied, "Maybe they get extra credit points for their outfits."
The two racer buddies looked at their plain shirts and shorts, so Burgess said, "We won't win in these outfits." He pointed to a nearby sign and said, "Let's run to that clothes store."
Frank replied, "Good idea." The two of them ran to a nearby clothes store.
Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady ran past the other racers. Super Sorceress looked around the area and said, "It appears we're on a racing track. Intruding on a race isn't the classiest thing to do, but it's the quickest way to get to Vincent Jay's building."
Ninja Lady asked, "Does Mr. Jay like to race?"
Super Sorceress answered, "Back in his day, he would outrace the other runners and win these contests. He had his company be close to this place. For him, it's a sentimental reminder of his childhood."
Ninja Lady had a confused look on her face, while asking, "How do you know that?"
Super Sorceress said, "I read an internet article about it."
Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady were the first ones to get to the end of the race track. The judge ran up to them and said, "Congratulations, you caped crusaders. You won the race."
Super Sorceress had an amused look on her face, while replying, "I appreciate the sentiment, but we're superheroes, not racers."
The judge responded, "But you got here faster than the other racers and did it while wearing those Halloween costumes." He put an award necklace on both of them and said, "You're the winners." The crowd clapped.
Super Sorceress said, "Oddly enough, this is kind of an honor."
Ninja Lady put her arm around her and replied, "It sure is."
Super Sorceress responded, "However, there's no time to waste on self-congratulating. We need to hurry." She and Ninja Lady continued jogging.
A few minutes after the other racers finished, Burgess and Frank finally got to the end of the race track. Burgess was wearing a detective costume and Frank was wearing a cat costume. Burgess asked, "Did we do a good job?"
The judge answered, "You came in last place."
Frank asked, "Do our costumes give us extra credit points?"
The judge said, "Not at all."
Burgess felt embarrassed, while saying, "That plan failed."
Frank replied, "We spent a few hundred dollars on these costumes and didn't get anything for it."
Burgess said, "We should find out where those women got their costumes from."
A few minutes later, Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady got to Vincent Jay's building. She saw several mysterious trucks in the parking lot and said, "It appears the goons have already arrived. We need to quickly jog in." She and Ninja Lady started jogging into the building.
Vincent Jay looked around and saw a bunch of goons. Mr. Jay said, "You guys look like punks and punks are banned from this place. This is a fancy, eloquent type of building, not a place for goonish hipsters."
One of the goons replied, "You should lighten up."
Mr. Jay responded, "I'll have my secretary throw lightbulbs at you guys, if you don't run out. That would lighten things up."
The goon replied, "We're here to take your cash. If you don't give it to us, we're going to darken up your life."
Mr. Jay got out a gun and said, "Get out of here."
One of the goons whispered, "This guy's more intense than Priceless Tony's other business rivals."
The goons ran up to Mr. Jay and started punching him. He tried to shoot them, but they take his gun away. One of the goons pointed the gun at Mr. Jay and said, "We'll shoot you, unless you show us the safe."
A different gun slapped him and replied, "If we shot him, we wouldn't be able to find the safe."
Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady ran up to the goons. Super Sorceress said, "You punks better surrender."
Mr. Jay replied, "That's for sure. These guys are worse than punks. They were trying to take my money away, my most important thing."
Ninja Lady asked, "Most important thing? Money's not as essential as people."
Mr. Jay said, "Eh, that's debatable."
Super Sorceress ran up the goons and started blasting them. They tried to shoot her, but she blasted their guns. She said, "You goons don't have powers, so you better give up."
One of the goons replied, "We have what's needed to win."
Ninja Lady responded, "Yeah right."
One of the goons tried to shoot Super Sorceress. Thankfully, she managed to dodge it. However, she just barely escaped the wrath of the shot. If she had been a few seconds off, she would of faced a lot of pain. One of the goons was about to shot Ninja Lady. Thankfully, Super Sorceress saw that, so she carried Ninja Lady away from where the shot was heading. Super Sorceress started blasting five goons, at a time. Ninja Lady had fought two goons at a time, during her previous battles, but this time, she managed to fight four goons, at a time.
Super Sorceress noticed Ninja Lady's improved fighting skills and said, "Nicely done."
Ninja Lady replied, "Thank you."
Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady blasted the remaining goons. The goons passed out. Mr. Jay walked up to the superheroes and asked, "Aren't you going to eliminate them?"
Super Sorceress shook her head and answered, "No, that's not what heroes do."
Mr. Jay thought about what she and replied, "You're probably right about that. I'm ashamed of myself, for trying to shoot them."
Super Sorceress patted his shoulder and responded, "It's okay. Nobody got destroyed and that's what most important."
Mr. Jay looked out the window, while saying, "I had my company be here, so I can remember my gentler days. I sure failed at being a gentleman. I became so obsessed with business, that I started thinking money was more important than anything else."
Super Sorceress smiled and replied, "I believe a jog could help you."
Mr. Jay smiled back and responded, "Good idea."
A few minutes later, the police came by, along with Priceless Tony. Priceless Tony said, "We had to end the party early, because of this intrusion." He patted Mr. Jay's shoulder, while saying, "I hope that nothing bad has happened to your company. However, if it has, I could take over the company."
Mr. Jay replied, "Things are better than before."
Priceless Tony angrily said, "Excuse me?"
Mr. Jay pointed to the two superheroes, while replying, "These two saved my company, as well as reminded me that some things are more important than cash."
A few minutes later, Mr. Jay went for a jog around the race track, for the first time in years. The racing area was the quickest way home, so Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady jogged with him. After they finished their job, Mr. Jay said, "Ah, that was a nice time, very nostalgic."
Burgess and Frank ran up to the two superheroes. Burgess asked them, "Where did you get those stylish jogging outfits?"
Super Sorceress said, "These are superhero costumes."
Frank asked, "Where can we buy them?"
Super Sorceress said, "I'm sorry, but you can't." The two superheroes jogged away.
Burgess sighed and said, "We're jogging failures."
Mr. Jay overheard them and replied, "Then I'll show you how it's done." He started jogging around the racing track. Even though he was older than most of the other racers, he was the fastest male racer Burgess Frank had ever seen.
A short time later, Natsuki and Shizuru arrived home. They turned on the TV and started watching the news. The news reporter said, "It appears our country's hero might not so be so perfect." Jeannie smirked, while the reporter kept talking. She said, "Priceless Tony was caught saying some morally questionable things. It's been verified that it was really him speaking and it appears his goals might not be as moral as we thought. We haven't give up on him yet, but he will be under heavy investigation. It also appears that the superheroes, known as Super Sorceress and Ninja Lady, deserve more credit than we thought. This afternoon, they saved Vincent Price's company. It appears the business world is as greedy as ever and female empowerment is on the rise."
