Mahogany Agony

By Zoram Selrof

Chapter 1: Chillin' December

08:58 AM (Japan Time), Saturday December the 1st, 2206…

"… Zzzz… Hmmm… December already… The year's about to end…"

"AIE~H!"

"UWAH!"

"Mwah, hah, hah, hah! Gotcha, Subari~!"

"WAR ROCK!"

"Warus Rockus – samus!"

"I'm FED UP with that nickname!"

"Blame my imagination, Subari~!"

Hoshikawa Subaru, aged 14, had been sleeping on his room's bed and mumbling as he began to wake up: a scream rang out and he sprang to his feet from the fright until a familiar voice began to laugh so he groaned and got annoyed: it turned out War Rock, his Wizard, was the culprit of the ruckus and he was laughing as he flipped in the air above the lower floor of the room: Subaru got a twitch over his right eye.

"Amb my Invicibilus Modus!"

"What "invincible mode"! It's just your everyday trolling! 3 years! It'll soon have been 3 years! Almost 3 years bearing with your trolling!" Subaru exploded from built up exasperation and annoyance.

"3 years? Oho. I thought it'd been 666 days."

"1 year, 8 months, 6 days? Sheesh." Subaru grumbled.

"Mwah, hah, hah, hah. Moon Ace will Ace the Moon!"

"That pun's OLD!"

"DOL! Disaster of Original Laughter!"

"That's - LAME!"

"Lick my shiny claws!"

"This guy…! I only escaped the madness for 4 months in 2204 during "Operation: Independence"…! And those times when Boss has to lock you in the server and shut you down!"

"Bossy~ strikes back! Check it out! Brightus Manus' Revenge!"

"Bright Man? A "Darkloid"? One of the Zenay III lot?" He grumbled.

"Yessir! By the way: did ya send Misora a photo?"

"A photo? No. Why should I?"

"Ya never know! Queen Tia says she must use it for yoga!"

"Sheesh. Queen Tia – sensei and her icy moods…! Now she wants to play with irony and sarcasm? She'll never thaw out, will she? We bothered to chase that criminal a few weeks ago but despite that she doesn't seem to be satisfied…!"

"And I beat the punk!"

"Shinobi? We dunno where the guy is at, anyway."

"In the Abode of Fallen Noblemen!"

"Sure, sure. That of the nobleman was made up by Omega – san to cloud Hyde's perceptions and fuel his ego."

"As expected of Marsus Warriorus!"

"Quit it with the Latin corruptions!"

"LATIN! Long Announced Tyrannical Icon of Nothingness!"

"TOO LONG!" Subaru groaned.

"Mwah, hah, hah!"

"Oi! War Rock! Stirring up trouble this early in the morning?"

"Big Five came~!"

"Sheesh! My name's Daigo and it doesn't mean "Big Five"!"

Subaru's dad, Daigo, stepped into the room while looking annoyed: War Rock came up with a nickname that he didn't like.

"Akane! A Kane! A Money! A Bell!"

"What did you say?" Akane popped her head into the room and looked annoyed.

"Dunno~! Blame the Fallen Satellite~!"

"Luna – chan is unrelated! YOU are to blame!"

"Oops. Guess Doc Frank will drop by with the zappin' wires so I'm off to comin' up with a duet with Moonus Acesus! Ciao~!"

War Rock warped out of the room and the whole family fumed out of built up annoyance and exasperation.

"He needs another session in the server!" Daigo fumed.

"Indeed!" Akane agreed with it.

"Totally! I'll wait until Monday. If by then the guy doesn't behave then I tell Master to lock the guy up in the server."

"What a start to this year's December." Akane sighed.

"Let's hope there isn't a ruckus like last year." Daigo muttered.

"The "Operation: Cirrus" deal, yeah…"

"Let's go have breakfast."

"Alright."

The 3 of them headed downstairs into the living room: they began to prepare their respective breakfasts and sat around the table.

"Itadakimasu~!"

"Ah! Nothing like some water in the morning. Washes away the thirst!"

"Truly."

"Hum. 9 Celsius out there. It's going to be a cold December indeed: but a bit warmer than last year." Subaru looked at the digital thermometer set on a window.

"I'll go check things at WAXA but only the Satella Police will be working today, anyway."

PO-PE-PI-PU-PA~H!

"What was THAT?" Daigo groaned.

"My Hunter – VG. Another of Rock's lousy hacks."

"Sheesh."

Subaru checked it out and found a photo on-screen of a zombie that looked like it was going to jump outta it and eat you: Subaru was unimpressed and he simply deleted it.

"Nothing. A worthless troll."

"Guess that."

"That child…!" Akane sighed.

"I know, Akane, I know. I had to bear with the guy for 3 years aboard "Bonds", too!"

"His jokes became worse once he got used to Earth." Subaru sighed.

"Yeah. And Moon Disaster doesn't help, either."

"YO! YO! YO! Somebody rang up Moon Ace~? My 66 hours extravaganza will ace ya 'till ya reach the moon! No need for acid disasters!" Moon Disaster's voice rang out across the town.

"And now he hijacks the school's speakers. Lovely."

The family sighed again and cleansed up the dishes and utensils used to make the breakfast: Subaru climbed up to his room and opened a drawer to pick his usual clothes: his red shirt, his pants and his boots.

"Let's go for a stroll and see if the mood's cherry or defeatist."

He opened the bathroom's door and stepped in: he undressed and entered the shower: he turned it on and began to shower while humming a melody.

3 years…! A lot has happened indeed… The FM Invasion, the Mu Continent Crisis, Meteor G… "Operation: Independence"… The debut of those 2… Zenay III… The 1st Omicron Battle… The "Nomad Emissary"… Darkus Mors… "The Hand of Wisdom"… "Operation: Cirrus"… "The Shinaides Affair"… Wizard City… The incident with that Clock Man guy… "ASS"… And the "Phantom Chaos" a few weeks ago…

He applied shampoo to his head and resumed showering while he resumed his earlier humming.

And we're already at 2nd year of middle school… The class remains more or less unchanged… Tsukasa – kun came back slightly over a year ago and Kiboyama – kun joined the class… Gonta is still fat and slow-witted, Kizamaro is still short-heighted and sometimes he's got some go, and iinchou… Don't get me started in there. She's turned exasperating to the point of getting obsessed with the idea that I and Rock Man are two separate persons…! She drives her parents mad and they always end up climbing up the walls in exasperation…! When will she realize life isn't like soap operas portray it? Sheesh.

He applied shower gel over his body next and turned the shower on again to wash it up.

Jack has improved but can still have moments in which he wants to act alone and play strong… Misora – chan is as cherry as always despite the pressure Queen Tia – sensei had been placing on her… Akatsuki – san still loves to eat up "sweet candy" the whole time… Yoiri – hakase keeps up her habit of sticking "-chan" to people's names… Not much has changed.

He finished showering and dressed up before fixing up his bed: he picked a winter coat and headed for the door.

"I'm going for a walk!"

"Alright!"

"Later!"

He exited the home and shivered when he had his first contact with the chilly December air: the day was sunny and there were no clouds on sight: he walked towards the Big Wave store and spotted Ushijima Gonta coming out of it while looking puzzled or perplexed.

"Morning, Gonta."

"Oh! Subaru! Tell me: is Einstein a German burger?" Gonta suddenly asked in a hushed tone of voice.

"What? No! Einstein was a famed 20th century scientist." Subaru immediately replied, surprised.

"Nangoku – san says so but I had the feeling it was wrong." Gonta whispered next.

"Nangoku – san said that? How odd." He frowned.

"I know. But he said he heard a German say it one day in Jawaii." Gonta detailed next.

"I've got the feeling that German mister wasn't too sober." Subaru muttered with a hint of skepticism.

"Huh? Whaddya mean?" He frowned.

"He'd been drinking sake."

"Oh… I see…"

"Aha –hah! I thought as much! As foreseen by Kizamaro's 4th Law of Common Logic!"

"Kizamaro. Not again."

Saishouin Kizamaro rushed in while grinning and adjusting his glasses before closing his punches and placing them over his shirt as if feeling prideful: Gonta looked like he didn't understand a single word and Subaru groaned out of annoyance.

"What's up, Subaru – kun? Is my 4th Law of Common Logic too much for you to process?" He smirked.

"No." He drily replied with a dull glare.

Kizamaro gulped and his ego seemed to boil up on the spot because he began to shiver and sweat.

"Buruo~! What have ya started today, Gonta?"

"N… Nothing, Ox! It's Kizamaro's weird speeches!"

"More like his random ego."

"Pedia!"

Their Wizards, Ox and Pedia, came into the square: Ox looked like he suspected Gonta of having started up a mess but he quickly defended himself while Pedia sighed.

"Alright! You buffoons! What's this scandal? HUH?"

"YIKES! I – IINCHOU!"

"Oh great. The last thing I needed."

"Subaru – kun! You better…!"

"I know the rest, iinchou!"

"Don't cut me, you buffoon!"

"When did I become that, anyway?"

"LUNA!"

"YIKES! MOM!"

"Starting up trouble on Saturday morning? You never learn!"

Shirogane Luna had shown up while looking like she believed herself to be a noble and the others to be mere buffoons: both Gonta and Kizamaro gasped in surprise and Subaru groaned: when she began to order something he cut her and she replied in an arrogant manner.

"Mode! You whistleblower!"

"You were skipping homework, Luna – chan."

"And what if!"

"Ahem, ahem!"

"Yikes!"

"DON'T IGNORE ME, LUNA!"

Her mom (Shirogane Yuriko) rushed there and began to scold her: she lashed out at the Wizard Mode but Ms. Shirogane raised her voice to make her focus: Luna gasped.

"BACK HOME! NOW! Ah! Naruo – san! Do something about this rebellious child! If you want to be the heiress of the company you must prove your worth! By studying and earning high marks! And earning the necessary knowledge!" She reminded her.

Ironies of life… She reminds of me of that girl Blood told me about, that girl from that town… Subaru inwardly sighed.

"Yes, Mom…" She hung her head down.

"Move it!"

Luna dragged her feet back home followed by her mother: Subaru fumed and pocketed his hands on the pockets.

"Lovely. Saturday. Morning." He fumed.

"Whoa. What a ruckus."

"By the way, Nangoku – san… Was that German mister really sober or he'd been having some cups?"

"Well… Dunno… Maybe…"

Nangoku Ken, the owner of the "BIG WAVE" store, came out, surprised, and Subaru used the chance to ask of him about the earlier topic: he scratched the back of his head and frowned.

"BRAINSSSS…"

"UWA~H!"

"UWO~H!"

"UWE~H!"

A sinister voice rang out behind them and Nangoku, Kizamaro and Gonta ran away like they were gonna be slaughtered alive: Subaru merely stepped into the store and found Moon Disaster laughing there while being grumbled at by Nangoku's Wizard.

"You made me lose 2 customers!"

"YO! YO! YO! They need some heat!" He laughed.

"Moon Disaster. It had to be you. And War Rock." Subaru grumbled.

"Yo! Rock Man! What's up, man? Did ya hear my announcement a while ago?"

"Terrific."

"Where's the bunshin sent by the punk?"

"Huh? Akatsuki – san? You got trolled by that guy there."

"YO! YO! YO! Acid Disaster, my comrade in arms!"

"SHEESH! How many times do I have to tell ya? I'm not in the same league as you or War Rock! End of the tale!"

"So we got fooled."

"More like trolled, Acid!"

"Shidou… If you don't cool it down then our Denpa – Henkan will be cancelled…"

"I knew that, Mr. Speaker!"

"I am not – a speaker."

"Now, now…!"

Acid Ace suddenly ran into the store while aiming his gun forward only to groan in exasperation and slap his forehead in defeat: Moon Disaster began to dance and flip while Acid made one of his usual automated and dry comments: Akatsuki Shidou growled back, Acid warned him, Akatsuki got exasperated and Acid began to get exasperated too: Subaru tried to calm them down.

"Today is December Super Bargain Day, right? What are the…? Oh by all the… Don't tell me that…"

"Sadly enough, Tsukasa – kun…"

Futaba Tsukasa came in, animated, only to groan in disappointment upon seeing the scene: Subaru sighed in defeat, too.

"What happened? The discount is meager or…? Shit."

"Welcome to the club, Kiboyama – kun."

"By all the… War Rock AGAIN?"

"And me! Moon Ace! YO! YO! YO! Gino Il Napolitano~!"

"I'M JAPANESE, NOT ITALIAN! I'M FED UP WITH THE MAFIA JOKE WHICH ISN'T HALF-FUNNY TO BEGIN WITH!"

A guy about the same age as Subaru and Tsukasa came in, firstly sounding surprised, then realizing, groaning and, finally, yelling out of built up annoyance and exasperation at the nickname.

Kiboyama Gino had bluish eyes and brownish hair: he seemed to be one or two inches taller than Tsukasa.

"YO! YO! YO! See ya 'round the 'rounding 'round of 'rounds!"

Moon Disaster warped out of the store and everyone groaned.

"By all the… I'm gonna tell that lion rascal one or two things!" Acid Ace growled.

"Go ahead, sir, go ahead…" Subaru sighed.

"Delighted!"

Acid Ace ran off while two Wizards floated into the store while sighing and sounding rather defeated.

"So, Tsukasa… The rascal did it again?"

"Sure did! Storm!"

Storm looked reminiscent of Gemini, the FM who'd picked Tsukasa as a host about three years ago.

His main body was shaped like a spheroid and colored in a patch of green identical to Tsukasa's hair.

His head was round and perfectly shaped: a white-like helmet protected it and included a pair of purple-colored thick shades: his skin was normal-colored and his face looked young.

Two sharp needle-like tools emerged from his armored and purple-colored forearms and replaced his normal hands.

The rest of the arms were painted with the black and yellow striping to signal "danger" as if hinting at the usage of the appendixes.

Like most modern Wizards, he had a hover device built into the inferior part of his body instead of legs which had been colored in the same black and yellow stripes combination.

"So, Gino…?"

"You know the tale, Miles. We got hooked."

"Sheesh. That guy will never know when to stay put?"

Mile's main body was more "humanoid" in shape and colored in a brownish color similar to sand: some patterns had been drawn over the body to form plates of armor.

His helmet had been painted sea blue and black shades hid his eyes yet it looked strong and resistant.

His arms were colored in a reddish color with white color stripes running up and down their length.

The forearms had extra armor on them and his hands' "skin" was black.

He carried a round golden shield with a silver edge and center on his left hand which was large enough to protect half of his body.

Like a Roman Legionary, he wielded a large lance with a brown body and silver spear set atop it: the weapon looked easy to maneuver and powerful at the same time.

He also had a hover engine built onto the lower part of his body which allowed him to remain air-bone.

"D-did the zombies flee?" Nangoku asked as he nervously checked the insides of the store.

"There never were!" The Wizard fumed.

"It was a troll!"

"BURUO~! My flames are burnin'! I'm gonna beat up the rascal! Just you wait, you rascal!"

"The only thing the guy manages to do is to ANNOY people. A lot. What a lousy jerk." Subaru fumed.

"It defies Kizamaro's 5th Law of Common Logic!"

"Will you quit with that idiocy?" Jack growled at Kizamaro.

"W-whoa!"

"What happened today?"

"Too much to describe. Really." Subaru growled.

"Lovely. And neechan now says we're but mice who dance to her flute's tune: we bother to find out that criminal who'd humiliated her and arrest them only for neechan to turn further cold and hostile…! A queen needn't be so cold and distant! Else it becomes a tyrant instead!"

"Let's hope she doesn't become a new "Ice Queen"!" Subaru fumed.

"The last thing we'd need!" Tsukasa grumbled.

"What's an "Ice Queen"? Ice – cream?" Gonta asked.

"No! A criminal!" Kizamaro corrected.

"A bad guy?"

"More like evil megalomaniac crazy and mad woman." Subaru listed in a rush.

"Oh yeah. When Vadous – san gets fits of anger he sometimes let out that string…" Tsukasa recalled.

"Mega-what?"

"Megalomaniac! Someone who dreams on about having power they really don't have or being far more important than they really are." Kiboyama described.

"So the "Nice Queen" wasn't a real queen?"

"ICE! NOT NICE!" Jack snapped.

"Whoa!"

"Go, Detective Riser!"

"So you showed up, HUH?"

War Rock suddenly showed up and Subaru directed an annoyed glare at the guy combined with that of all others there: War Rock didn't flinch and his grin merely grew wider.

"Jackie~! The square's waiting for ya~!"

"… Shut up." Jack growled.

"Fatman! Man a Fat!"

"E~H?"

"Kizamaro! Kiro zama! Take kilos, you!"

"E~H?"

"Tsukasa~! Su Casa~!"

"Will you quit it with the "Their Home" joke?"

"Kyoudai~… Die~…" He made up a lame pun.

"How original. Why do I feel like Sigma – san told you?"

"Fox…! DIE~…! … Won't!" He made a dramatic pause between "die" and "won't" as if to signal something.

"What, whoever it was didn't really die?" Subaru grumbled.

"Oho! Beware! It's the evil, blessed and repellent brigadier! Grave Joker's ghost strikes back!"

"Not Grave Joker again… I hated the bastard." Jack fumed.

"Let's leave the guy to troll at the mail-boxes."

The whole group left (save Nangoku since it was his store) so War Rock shrugged and warped out: the group gathered in the square.

"What do we do?" Jack asked.

"Ignore the guy! Tomorrow I'll have Master lock the guy in the server until the New Year comes! Has it coming!"

"Alright." Tsukasa nodded in agreement.

"Of course!" Kiboyama agreed as well.

"Guess that… And Moon Disasta too?"

"Disaster!"

"Sorry! Moon Disaster, there!"

"Fine. Let's scatter: it'll help improve the mood."

"OK. I'm going to WAXA and get up to date. We still don't know where those two ran off to, right?"

"We suspect the undersea behemoth but they could've gone overseas as well for all we know…"

"Let's begin the interrogation investigation!" War Rock laughed.

"Sheesh. You've been seeing "Totally Not Dangerous Detective Forever" again, huh?"

"Beware! Evilus Fangsus will bite ya! See ya!"

"Evil Fangs? Sheesh."

"Let's go to Dream Island. It'll help improve the mood." Tsukasa suggested to Subaru and Kiboyama.

"Ok. Lead the way."

"Let's go."

"I better finish the homework somehow or iinchou will get mad at me and force me to eat vegetables for a week…"

"I don't want to be commanded to perform extra P. E. time so I better finish it too."

"You could've done it yesterday evening." Pedia sighed.

"Sheesh."

The group parted ways but they didn't spot a Voltic Eye Virus looking from inside of some bushes: it quickly jumped into the Wave Road and ran away while pushing a Denpa – kun out of its way.

"HEY! How rude! Watch out, you road-hog!"

Nobody else noticed that save for Ox Fire, who ran past it across the Wave Road while chasing War Rock.

"Toro, toro, toro~!"

"BURUO~! I ain't a bull and I'm gonna prove it here and now!" Ox growled back.

"Heh, heh, heh! Catch me, by Saxby!"

"Ignore them. Let's go." Subaru told the others as they climbed into the Wave Liner.

"Sheesh. What a morning!"

11:05 AM (Japan Time)…

"… Oh my. Shidou – chan, Acid – chan… You look so sour… Did you try out Everlasting Finite?"

"Hakase~… What's that supposed to be?"

"If memory serves…"

"… Sheesh. Acid. Look it up."

"Roger. Match found. Popular night-time cocktail which saw its peak of popularity in the 2170s… Very strong… Can easily cause insomnia… Fell out of popularity after it was found out that the recipe had been copied off a Thailand brand…"

"Oh my. I could've sworn it was jazz music."

"Sheesh. Hakase~…"

Akatsuki had made it back to the WAXA Japan Branch while looking tired and defeated: Dr. Yoiri met him in the lobby and suggested something: Akatsuki seemingly knew the pattern so he rolled his eyes: Dr. Yoiri stopped to try to recall and Acid listed the details: Dr. Yoiri was surprised since she seemingly was convinced it was something else.

"Akatsuki – kun! There's a "Horocrux" in the vending machine!"

"And what the heck is that, Utagai – san?"

"I don't know either. He got an email signed "A. S." a while ago and he's been yelling that to everyone he stumbles upon."

"The punk sent that? Why do I feel like it was War Rock again and his lousy jokes inspired by Sigma?"

Utagai Shinsuke rushed over there while looking pale: Cygnus, his Wizard, explained what was going on so Akatsuki sighed.

"Utagai – kun! It's but an empty soda can! So come back up already and let's get back to work!"

"Is t-that so, Amachi – san?"

Amachi Mamoru walked over to him while carrying an empty soda can having the word "HOROCRUX" carved on its label using a claw: Akatsuki rolled his eyes.

"See? Told ya…"

"YIKES!"

"What happened, Ryuusuke? The mouse-trap again?"

"Yeah! In my drawer!" A Satella Police Commando complained.

"Sheesh. What a mad morning. What next?"

"Bertie~…"

"Saxby~…"

"Come to my side~…"

"Not that joke again… I already heard it 2 years ago. I never saw the point to it, anyway. Go tuna." Akatsuki sighed after he heard some voices ring out through the speakers.

"And mackerel!"

"Show your hide, Rock."

"I'll show ya my non-hide!"

"How original!"

War Rock was the culprit yet again and he grinned while Akatsuki directed a bored and dull glare at the guy: War Rock warped out and Akatsuki sighed in defeat again.

"What a lousy and lame guy…"

"Like you, Akatsuki?" A voice rang out of his Hunter – VG.

"Sheesh. Queen Tia. Stop hacking into my Hunter – VG!"

"It is useful to figure out if you have committed sins."

"Sins? You're now telling me you don't want to see me with another girl?"

"Hmpf."

"You spoke too much. So now we're back to old – times' jealousy. It's better than all the other stuff you've been doing insofar."

"Don't tell me." She drily replied.

"Queen Tia… When will you stop being so cold and distant? A real Queen doesn't behave like that. You're behaving like a tyrant instead."

"I don't care. I must prove I'm above these plebeians."

"Sheesh. Neechan! That's one of dad's bad influences."

Jack walked in and had seemingly heard the chat so he cut in.

"What do you mean?"

"I've got a vague memory that our dad could arrogant from time to time: even though most royalties nowadays interact with citizens in events and such… My dad tended to feel like he was a medieval King. I'm afraid neechan's behavior is influenced by dad's behavior." Jack explained with a sigh.

"Ah. So you remembered."

"Of course! Mom was always annoyed whenever she heard that and always told me to get out of the room while they discussed that. I remember that pretty well since I couldn't understand what was going on back then. I was about 5 or 6 years old."

"Hmpf. Father said so and such… So I have done."

"Sheesh. Get back to Earth, Queen Tia!"

"What would a drill man like you know?"

"D-drill man?"

"Oh come on."

"What now?"

"That was mine but I said "drill woman" instead to... iinchou, see."

"Well. You weren't very sociable at the start so…"

"I know."

"I know that you must be struggling."

"You're not gonna tell me you're encouraging Rock and Moon Disaster to burn us out every day, will you?"

"Who knows, Detective Riser?"

"Sheesh."

"Hit a vibe? You do have countless weaknesses, Akatsuki."

"Leave me alone, man! I'm just another plebeian, anyway!"

"Hmpf. True. It'd seem that having to co-exist with you in Dealer set some odd ideas in my head. I will need to work to focus on my duties." She wasn't surprised.

"And by duties you mean the stuff you do that at that yuri dominatrix club you're at, huh?"

"Who knows, Detective Forever?"

"Stop bringing those police dramas!"

"And if I don't want to?"

"Sheesh."

"You are in no position to order me, Akatsuki. Try proving you are worth of being a King… If Mr. King allows you to, but of course."

"Oh come on. That guy's not a king and you know it. He just picked that name after the Trumps "king"!"

"Hmpf."

"Come on, neechan… Be reasonable already and don't try to pretend I don't exist." Jack called out.

"Live your life, Jack. I shall live mine. Farewell."

"O-oi! Oh man! She cut me."

"What a stubborn gal…"

"My, my. What a complicated child."

"I know the gal's about to turn 20 and be a legal adult but nevertheless I won't cease to keep an eye on her! Maybe she will not let go of her "prey" so easily." Akatsuki growled.

"I cannot process such behavior." Acid dully commented.

"Simply say this gal drives ya mad!"

"So it'd seem."

They didn't spot a Voltic Eye Virus that had been hovering in the Wave Road some meters higher up: it slowly hovered to another spot yet a Battle Wizard was eyeing it with mistrust: the Voltic Eye slowly spun around and seemingly detected it was being monitored so it began to bounce up and down like basket – ball: the Battle Wizard frowned but then the Voltic Eye shot forward, rammed into him, pushing him out of the Wave Road, and ran off: the Battle Wizard hit the floor.

"Whoa! What happened?"

"A suspicious Voltic Eye, sir… It fled after ramming into me, sir."

"Someone was monitoring us. King once suggested using those as monitoring devices." Jack warned them.

"Hyde and the punk, obviously enough! We'll have to be on the watch-out for more of these." Akatsuki grumbled.

"Acknowledged. I shall warn all of the Police Wizards."

"Hmmm… Somehow I feel there's more to this…" Jack muttered.

"You're over-thinking, man. OK! Guys! Let's get on the move!"

"Roger!"

I've got the hunch trouble is about to drop by… BIG TROUBLE…!