Important Author's Note!: This story has a new twist that the previous one did not. This time, while the odd numbered chapters will still be narrated by Sue, the even numbered chapters (like this one) WILL INSTEAD BE NARRATED BY KANPACHI. I'll write whose POV it is at the top of each chapter in case you forget.

Kanpachi's POV

I watched in amazement as Sue's brother was engulfed in that sphere of light. Jenka had to have truly incredible powers to completely transform a human into a mimiga so easily. I assumed this process was similar to what Sue had gone through when she was transformed.

A little pang of uneasiness still went off inside me when I thought about that, but I pushed it aside as always. Originally, I had felt incredibly abandoned and betrayed when I first learned that Sue hadn't always been a mimiga. But thanks to a series of life-threatening events concerning a giant fish, I came to realize that Sue really does like me as much as I like her. I can't explain it, but I can somehow tell; Sue is as much a mimiga as I am now, regardless of her past.

Anyway, soon the light from the spell cleared, leaving everyone to stare at the new Kazuma.

Most of us just gawked, but Sue burst out in giggles and I couldn't help but chuckle myself. Kazuma was now a mimiga, and he looked a little funny. His long white bangs hung in front of his eyes, much like his human hair had, only now to a greater extent. He was also still clad in his lab coat, which was now far too long and trailing for several feet behind him.

Kazuma looked a little baffled, and struggled to free himself from the lab coat, falling over in the process and causing more laughing on Sue's part. Once he finally freed himself, he put on the green t-shirt he had brought along. (Which, much like Sue's sweater, now reached to his feet.)

"Well, there you go," Jenka said. "Physically, you are now a mimiga. If you want to be restored to your original shape, just let me know and I'll reverse the effect."

"Thanks Jenka!" said Kazuma, still admiring his new body. "This will really help in my research! Now I can…"

Whatever Kazuma was planning to say, he never got to mention, because at that moment, a loud crash was heard elsewhere in the mimiga village.

"What was that?" I asked aloud.

"No idea," said Professor Booster. "We should probably investigate."

The group of us all headed toward the center of the village. Kazuma attempted to walk and promptly fell forward, causing Sue to roar with laughter again as she briefly explained the half-running-half-hopping gait common to us mimigas.

We reached the center of the village, and found the plaza deserted, and a large dent in the stones of the street, as if something massively heavy had just crashed down there. Yet, strangely, there was no such object in sight. As we walked forward to investigate the damaged pathway, a clear, female voice rang out above us.

"There they are! Take us down there!"

There was a cry of "HUZZAH!" and a gigantic, smiling… box…thing of some sort jumped from a nearby rooftop and crashed down once again in the dent he had made a few minutes earlier.

I hadn't met this strange creature before, but I did recognize the two human-like characters sitting on his head.

"Quote!" Sue cried in delight. "And Curly! I can't believe it's you!"

Curly and Quote were the two robots who had originally saved the island from the doctor, and then defeated the unholy wizard Ballos, freeing the island of its evil magic and negating the effects of the demon crown. I'm not the best one to tell that story though. The point is, Quote and Curly are heroes around here, so their sudden appearance for the first time since the aforementioned incidents shocked everybody.

"Hi Sue!" said Curly brightly. Then she frowned. "Why are you a mimiga again?"

"It's a long story," Sue answered. "The end result of which is that my family is now living here, and I'm a mimiga entirely be choice."

"Oh, alright!" answered Curly, her cheery attitude returning. "And hello to everyone else here as well!"

"Yeah, hi everybody!" added the box creature.

Quote just briefly raised a hand in greeting. He was never much of a talker.

Curly's eyes came to rest on Kazuma. "There's only one here I don't recognize," she said, pointing to him.

Kazuma looked confused for a second, before suddenly realizing that his form had drastically changed a few minutes ago.

"It's me," he said. "Kazuma. I got myself transformed for research purposes."

Quote raised an eyebrow, but Curly smiled. "You know," she said, "I suppose I would have figured it out if I'd looked a little longer."

"Alright, enough about us," said Sue, he usual abrupt nature apparent. "What brings you three back to the island?"

"Nothing much," said the box creature. "We just figured it was time for a visit. All three of us wanted to see you guys, as well as pay a visit to Misery."

It suddenly occurred to me who the box creature was. If he was looking for Misery, than he had to be Balrog, the other one of the Doctor's old henchmen. I had never met him, but obviously, it had to be the same guy. Now that I thought about it, I recalled Sue mentioning that Quote and Curly had gone off with Balrog to live somewhere in peace.

"Well, we'll track down Misery later," Sue said, dismissing the (admittedly unpleasant, in my opinion) idea for the time being. "Now, you guys should come back to Arthur's house!"

"Yes, please do," said Sue's mom. "I've got some breakfast left over for the three of you, and we can catch up on everything while we're at it."

"Great," said Curly. "Let's go!"

And that's just what we would have done if it wasn't for what happened next.

A dark shape shot in to the plaza, whipping by us so fast that everyone, save Balrog, was knocked over by the force. The speeding object came to an abrupt halt, and we all got a good look at it.

It was a mimiga, clad in a cape and wearing a small backpack and a belt that held a short, brutal-looking knife. His fur was jet black, a mimiga coloration I had never seen or even heard of.

He stared at us silently for a moment, and we all looked at him, too shocked to say anything. He seemed to be looking at all of us, as if trying to make a decision. Then suddenly, he leapt forward, pulling a sack out of his pack as he did so, and landed again, encasing Kazuma in the sack. Kazuma cried out from inside, but before anyone could reach him, the dark mimiga lifted the sack as if it were no effort at all, and sped off down the alleyways of mimiga village.

Kazuma had just been kidnapped!