Disclaimer: Galaxy Angel belongs to Madhouse Studios, Broccoli, and Bandai. I own Denim, Princess Lemon, and all minor characters. I also do not own the opening and ending theme songs.
"This mission should
be easy enough for the three of you."
Inside the spaceship, Ranpha Framboise, Forte
Stollen, and Milfeulle Sakuraba nodded at the screen.
"Don't take too long,
though. Someone new is coming tomorrow, so we will all need our sleep."
The image of Mint Blancmange smiled at them.
"Well, good luck!" she
said cheerfully before signing off.
"Finally," Ranpha sighed,
"a simple mercenary mission!"
"For once," Forte agreed,
"our abilities aren't being wasted on something completely stupid."
"But…"
Ranpha looked at her pink-haired co-worker.
"But what, Milfeulle?"
The girl gave out a little whimper, her back
turned to Ranpha and Forte.
"Milfeulle, what's the
matter?" Forte asked.
Milfeulle turned to face them, her eyes big and
filled with tears, and her lips quivering.
"I…I don't wanna kill
anyone!" she wailed.
Ranpha and Forte groaned with a facefault.
-Galaxy Angel-
Nande? Do-shite? PINCHI!
(Why? Why is it? Oh no!)
Share ni nannai doki doki (This isn't funny!
Thump! Thump!)
TORABURU kousen Buru Buru uchuu wa oosawagi
atafuta (A beam of trouble…buzz! Buzz! All of space is in a tizzy! Hurry-scurry!)
Okke- MUCHA shittatte heiki (Okay! Even
if we get reckless, no problem.)
YAMUCHA shicatte tsui tsui (Even with dimsun,
can't help it.)
Omatsuri kibun de ato wa kamisama ni inorimashou
(Be in a festive mood and pray to God for everything else.)
Pan pan (Clap! Clap!)
Ingaouhou! (Or there's retribution.)
Mainichi ga ADOBENCHAA (Every day is an adventure.)
Maku ga aitara (When the curtain opens.)
Deta toko shoubu (The challenge begins.)
TANE mo SHIKAKE mo mahou mo nai (No secrets,
no tricks, no magic.)
ICHI ga BACHI ka no I.N.G (We'll just have
to give it our all! I.N.G.)
Okiraku KAANIBARU (A carefree carnival.)
Yume to kibou no MASHIN GAN (A machine
gun of dreams and hopes.)
Hoshii mono ni nerai o sadamete Bang! Bang!
(Go after what you really want. Bang! Bang!)
Odoro- asobo- BURABO- (Dance, play…Bravo!)
Tokimeki ROKETTO ni notte (Ride the rocket
of dreams.)
Tenka muteki no SAKUSESU SUTOORII hajimeyou
(Let's embark on our invincible success story!)
Today's Menu: Uncle and Nephew Split Pea Soup
Milfeulle, Ranpha, and
Forte stood in a worn, run-down warehouse, across from an old bearded man.
"So, you are the Angel
Brigade? I must admit, I expected some people who looked a bit more…professional."
Milfeulle looked down at her bright pink skirt
and up at the big flowers in her hair with a confused expression. Forte
twitched slightly.
"Well, Mr. Beaureguarde,
for a man who has enough money to hire the Angel Brigade, I must admit
I expected you to live in a nicer house."
Mr. Beaureguarde sighed.
"Sadly, that is why
I hired you. I do have a lot of money…a fortune. My house is five times
this size and much roomier. The problem is…everyone thinks I'm dead."
Milfeulle gasped.
"Dead? But-but you aren't,
are you?"
"Of course he isn't,
Milfeulle!" Ranpha said, cutting her eyes at her.
Mr. Beaureguarde sat back in his chair.
"My nephew, Lawson,
is the only living heir to my family fortune. He is a very greedy boy and
only cares about money, which he did not have much of."
Forte nodded.
"So he decided to kill
you."
Beaureguarde nodded.
"Yes."
"That's so terrible,"
Milfeulle said, her voice overflowing with genuine sympathy.
"As you can see, he
did not succeed, but I had caught on at once to his scheme. He knew this,
and so he locked me in the dark basement of my very own mansion. Fortunately,
I was able to escape.
"But now, everyone who
knows me believes I am dead, for that is what Lawson told them. So I hired
you to get rid of my nephew, so I can reclaim my fortune."
Forte and Ranpha saluted him.
"We'll get right on
it."
Milfeulle looked at them and whimpered again.
The three knelt in the
bushes surrounding the large Beaureguarde estate.
"Here it is," Forte
whispered.
Ranpha looked at the long line of fancy cars
that were pulling up into the driveway.
"Wow. Looks like some
party is going on here tonight."
"A party!" Milfeulle
exclaimed. "I love parties!"
Forte smirked.
"Oh, he'll be having
a party, all right."
The three girls looked at the front door where
a tall blonde man stepped outside with a butler to greet the guests.
"That must be him,"
Forte said.
Ranpha grinned, her eyes sparkling.
"Ohh, he's handsome!
And rich! And…"
"And mean!"
Milfeulle interjected. "He tried to kill his uncle!"
Forte turned to the two of them.
"All right, I have a
plan. Ranpha, you go inside to the party and get Lawson to come out here.
Then we'll take care of him."
Ranpha nodded eagerly.
"I like that plan!"
Forte frowned slightly, but neither Ranpha nor
Milfeulle noticed.
Ranpha walked through
the crowded ballroom, looking for Lawson. She lit up when she saw him and
walked up to him, her hips swaying enticingly.
"Lawson Beaureguarde?"
He looked at her.
"Yes?"
She extended her hand.
"Hi. My name is Ranpha
Framboise."
Milfeulle and Forte waited
outside the mansion. Forte's blue eyes were glued to the window, watching
Ranpha and Lawson talk and laugh and drink, while Milfeulle busied herself
with something in a corner.
"Why is she taking so
long?" Forte muttered to herself.
"Forte, look!"
"Hm?"
Forte turned her head. Milfeulle smiled cutely
and held out a plate of colorful sugarcoated cookies.
"I made cookies!"
Forte sweatdropped and looked away again.
"Don't you want to try
one?"
"No thank you, Milfeulle."
"Oh…" said Milfeulle
sadly.
She looked back down at the plate, smiled brightly
and took a big bite out of a pink cookie.
Ranpha was beginning
to feel a little tipsy. She wanted to stall for more time with Lawson.
It was so much fun.
"Miss Framboise," Lawson
said, "would you like to dance?"
"Actually…"
She moved closer to him.
"I'd kinda like to go
somewhere a bit more private. I hope you don't think I'm being too forward…"
"Not at all," Lawson
said, offering his arm.
Ranpha smiled and hooked her arm with his, looking
quickly out the window. She could see Forte there, motioning for her to
come on. Ranpha smirked and stuck her tongue out at her before following
Lawson upstairs.
Outside, Forte clenched
her teeth.
"What does she think
she's doing?"
Milfeulle blinked and yawned cutely.
Not long after Lawson
took Ranpha took his room, he had gotten her completely drunk. She laughed
loudly, leaning her head onto Lawson's shoulder.
"What's so funny?" he
asked, chuckling himself.
"You know what I'm supposed
to do tonight?"
"What?"
"I'm supposed to kill
you!" she exclaimed, howling with laughter.
Lawson raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really?"
"Yeah," she giggled.
"Two of my friends are waiting outside to kill you!"
"Hm, how interesting."
A few minutes later, Ranpha passed out. He lay
her down on his bed and smirked.
"Forte, I'm so sleepy,"
Milfeulle said.
Forte was glancing around.
"Quiet, Milfeulle…I
think I hear…"
"Stand up with your
hands raised."
Forte and Milfeulle whirled around. Lawson stood
there, a bazooka cocked and aimed at them. Milfeulle gulped and Forte frowned
as they stood with their arms in the air.
Lawson led Forte and
Milfeulle through the back door and into the basement. He used one hand
to aim the gun at Milfeulle while he chained Forte up with the other. Milfeulle
trembled, looking around the dark and dreary place.
"I don't like it down
here," she whispered to herself.
Lawson gripped her wrist and pushed her to the
wall.
"Ow!" she cried out.
"That hurt!"
He ignored her and chained her up quickly.
"Now, you two stay down
here and don't make any noise, or your friend, Miss Framboise, will suffer
the consequences," he said with a smirk, then turned to leave.
Forte turned her head slightly to look at Milfeulle.
"Let's hope your luck
can get us out of this one."
Milfeulle made a small, fearful whimper. Lawson
went up to the door and reached a hand out to open it…when…
BAM!
The door flew open, slamming against him and
knocking him to the wall.
"Ranpha to the rescue!"
the blonde woman cheered, coming down the stairs to her friends.
"Yay!" Milfeulle cheered
as Ranpha unchained them.
Forte crossed her arms.
"Smooth strategy, Framboise.
Don't ever do it again."
Ranpha smiled sheepishly, and then frowned.
"Trust me, I won't.
All those drinks gave me such a headache!"
Milfeulle pulled out her plate of cookies and
offered it to Ranpha.
"Want a cookie?"
Ranpha sweatdropped. They all turned around as
the door swung closed again and Lawson came staggering down the stairs.
Ranpha and Forte exchanged smirks and grabbed him, pushing him to the wall
and chaining him up.
"Hey! You girls let
me out of here!"
Ranpha took the plate from Milfeulle.
"Here, have some cookies!"
she said, stuffing the sugar cookies into his mouth, much to Milfeulle's
dismay. But she brightened after a second.
"At least we didn't
have to kill him!"
Milfeulle, Forte, and
Ranpha exited through the back door and started walking out of the estate.
Milfeulle looked at the mansion and smiled.
"Look! There's Mr. Beaureguarde!"
The girls stopped and looked in the window. A
smiling Mr. Beaureguarde was inside, surrounded by his surprised and delighted
friends.
"Isn't that nice?"
Forte nodded.
"Yeah, it's real nice.
Now come on. We need to get ready for that new member tomorrow."
The three girls left the estate, happy with the
thought that at last they were getting good old reliable mercenary missions.
Not that it would very long, though.
Next Menu: Strawberry Shortcake For the New
Member
Manten no SUTAA DASUTO (The stardust sparkles
so high in the sky)
BIIZU no BOTORU o chirikashita mitai (It seems
to have burst forth from a bottle of beads)
Mikkazuki no HANMOKKU de (Lying in a hammock
under a crescent moon)
Yume o mite itara KIMI ni ai taku natta
(I felt as though I wanted to see you again)
Mimi o sumaseba hora ne (If you listen carefully…see?)
Kikoete kuru desho? (Can you hear it?)
Tokimeki no ANTENNA nemuresenaide (Don't let
your antenna of wonder ever fall asleep)
No! No!
Otomeza no watashi kara yagiza no KIMI e C.Q.
C.Q. (From me, the Virgo, to you, the Capricorn, C.Q. C.Q.)
PEGASASU no tsubasa de mukae ni yuku yo (Riding
on the wings of a Pegasus, I will come to see you)
Darling, Darling You!