Work work work. I should be taking a nap right now. OH WELL. Apologies again for it being late.
READ ON!
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Anna Lindhurst sat in silence. She wondered how the Rhombulans had orchestrated setting up such a large detention center quickly. She then learned that they had "borrowed" the prison from the town to place those who had broken the strict laws within. She sat close to Shizu, who was hugging Takuya to her chest.
Many others were sitting around the detention center, either sobbing quietly or hugging themselves in fear and sadness. They had gone without music for weeks, and many were feeling the horrible weight upon their shoulders. "I'd give anything… ANYTHING… for some music…" Moriyama Karizou muttered under his breath as he drummed his fingers against his knees, trying to think up a tune to it.
Iijima Eisaku paced back and forth, muttering nothings under his breath, "This is no way for a city to be run…!" the mayor groaned, "Nearly all of the residents are prisoners! Even the mayor's a prisoner! This is no way for a city to be run…!"
"I want to go hoooome…" Wakana sobbed, hugging Torao close to her.
Everyone groaned and shifted, and Anna sighed to herself. She felt something stir in the earth, in the air, and she looked up in thought. Something strange was going to happen today, she knew it. She suddenly smiled and turned to Shizu. "Shizu-san…! Can you feel it?"
"Hmmm…?" The woman looked up. "What are you talking about, Anna-san?"
"The people…" Anna trembled with excitement. "They're calling for help…"
Across the ocean, people were shouting for assistance. In China, people were screaming in rage. In Russia, they were refusing to assist the Rhombulans, and in America, people were roaring for help. They needed assistance. Everyone needed help! That was it; it was time to fight back! She smiled brightly. "We… We have to join them! We need to help!"
"That's it!" Shizu cried out, "If we all…"
"These aliens cannot be defeated if only one attacks them… but if we all work together…" Anna smiled. "We may just win this…"
Shizu nodded. "Right, we have to do something… we have to…"
Everything was right with the world in the next second. Something exploded in exuberant assurance that everything would be okay. Anna looked up, and three figures stood silently. They were silhouetted by the sun, and they stood in formation, raising their arms and proclaiming that they would take care of those who needed them. The one who led the charge prepared for his cheer. "OSU!"
"K…Kai-san…!" Anna murmured in amazed delight, "H…he came back…"
The Rhombulan guards glared at the offenders. Hajime, Hayato, and Kai glared back at them. "We'll be taking back our planet now, if you don't mind…" The director said.
"Don't even bother with a warning," The commanding officer growled, "I've seen these kind… they're nothing but trouble. Just shoot them down and…" The Rhombulans gave a fearful shout when their officer dropped to the floor. Anna, who had screeched into his ear in a perfect high pitch, shot a look at them that could kill a serial killer.
"If you touch one of them…" she hissed, "I swear to God I'll…"
"They came back!" Eisaku cried, "The Ouendan have returned!"
Tanaka Susumu looked up at his son. "So… this is the time…" The Rhombulans glared at the Ouendan as they dropped into the center, shouting another "OSU!" "This is the time we fight back."
"Ikuzee!" the Ouendan shouted, "San! Nii! Ichi! Sure!"
Anna had never heard the song that was filling the center before. It was nothing that the Yuuhi Town Ouendan had ever sung. She seriously doubted that it was used often by the newcomer, either, but the Ouendan were still singing to it. It was best to remain in harmony rather than go one's own way, after all. But where did this song come from? This song was… Anna turned around and stared off into the distance. Shizu looked over at the Cheer Girl as the entire detention center got up to dance, sing, and swing. "A…Anna-san…?"
"It's someone else's song…" Anna murmured, "From… Canada…? No… a little to the south… American…" She smiled. "So, we are to be saved from American Cheerers, hmmm…?"
The Cheer Girl turned back around, and prepared to join her friends in singing. "Let's go, Shizu-san. We mustn't let them win. If we lose now…"
"Right!" Shizu returned, shouldering Takuya, "Let's…!" The women were interrupted when something came out of the shadows, wrapping its hands around the women's mouths. Sayaka pulled them backwards and into the corner.
"Shhh! Don't shout, I need to speak with you, Anna-chan…" Sayaka murmured, pressing a finger to her lips, "It's been a while…"
"Where were you, Sayaka-san…?" Anna demanded of her superior, "Have you been hiding?"
"Of course not. The only reason I'm here is because I've been watching out for…" She pointed out Hajime, one of the Ouendan members working alongside Kai. "I said we had to look out for our protégé, didn't I?" She smiled. "But no, our cheering won't be here, Anna-chan…" The Cheer Leader winked lightly. "Ours will be at the park."
Anna blinked at Sayaka, and smiled brightly. "Shizu-san, will you accompany us?" she asked, "I promised I'd take care of you and Takuya…"
"Wherever you're going, Anna-san, I'll accompany you," she replied with a nod. The three women, their oath taken, nodded in silence at each other. The Americans' song was right. They weren't going down without a fight. When the women disappeared, the men continued their cheer. They wouldn't give up. This was just the beginning…
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The park was quieter than most of the other places. Since there were no people allowed in it before they let hell break loose, there were no singers and dancers. Also, all of the Rhombulans had been ordered to assist the uprising at the detention center. The park was completely devoid of all life until Anna stepped lightly on the cobblestones. Sayaka adjusted her hair slightly, and Shizu shuddered with child in tow. "W… What just happened…?" she murmured, "We were in one place one time… and then…"
"…Best not to think about it at the moment, Shizu-san…" Sayaka said with a smile, "Our first order of business. Where's Aoi-chan?"
The women looked like they were in thought. Anna snapped her fingers. "I remember seeing her before they hauled us off to their detention center. If I remember…" She turned around, and the women blinked at the statue three feet away from them. "Well… that was easy…"
Sayaka approached the ever-singing statue, and raised her pompoms high. "Go! Aoi-chan! You need to come back!"
"Sayaka-san?" Shizu murmured.
"Come on, everyone! Cheer!" Sayaka looked like she was concentrating hard, "We can't bring her back if we don't cheer! Just think, with all the Rhombulans distracted…"
"We can cheer everyone back…!" Anna said, "Oh, Sayaka-san, you're a genius!"
"Oh, you don't mean that~" Sayaka said in a tone that said, "Aren't I really?" And so, the Cheer Girls worked hard to bring their friend back. Even Shizu and Takuya assisted. Shizu begged Aoi to return, and Takuya clapped his hands happily. As the people worked, the stone cracked. Little pieces fell apart, and soon Aoi's hand broke free. The young Cheer Girl stretched happily and spat out a piece of stone that was stuck in her mouth.
It was then that she looked up at the people staring down at her expectantly, and she smiled. "Hi, girls!" she said. She then blinked and frowned lightly. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Aoi-chan!!" The Cheer Girls practically smothered their friend. "You're alright!"
"Of course I am!" she said, "But where's Haji-kun? Why isn't he here…?"
Sayaka was amazed Aoi didn't even realize what had happened. Truly, she was a first class airhead. Sayaka sighed, and started from the beginning, "Please listen well, Aoi-chan. We don't have much time for this…"
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"So the giant ships above us are aliens and Haji-kun is working with Kai-san and we're going to cheer to return Ryuuta-san, Ittetsu-san and Atsushi-san from their stony graves?" Aoi asked. Sayaka nodded as Anna fidgeted nervously. They didn't have time for all this talking! "Alright then! Let's go save Ryuuta-san and help Haji-kun out!"
The women looked at each other, and smiled brightly. Everyone around the world was working so hard to fight against the Rhombulans. They needed to help out as well. The Cheer Girls, who were prepared to give it their all, rushed off to find the graveyard of Yuuhi Town's incapacitated heroes. Shizu ran at their tail, and the women all stopped when they saw the mountain of statues. Sayaka turned to her subordinates, pompoms in hand. "Are you ready, girls?"
"Iku wa yo!" they shouted, raising their pompoms in return, "Tsurii, Tuu, Wan, Go!"
The girls cheered loudly as their blood pumped to the music. The unknown music was catchy, beautiful, forceful, and most of all, hot blooded. With such powerful music on their side, they were sure to save their friends and their townspeople!
Shizu looked on in fascination as the stone on the townspeople began to flake away. One by one, the people broke free of their mineral prison, stretching their limbs and looked around at each other. "We…" Kouji smiled, "We're free!"
Yasushi looked up at Neko. "Isn't that wonderful?" He asked his friend. Neko meowed appreciatively to the Cheer Girls.
"Shin-chan…!" Shizu cried happily, rushing into her husband's arms. Takuya giggled with delight as his father grappled the boy and twirled him about.
Sachiko tumbled from the array of now flesh people, and Tsuyoshi assisted in getting her bearings. Anna brushed past the two as Aoi and Sayaka tended to those who had trouble standing after weeks of inactivity. The woman smiled brightly. Ippongi Ryuuta was beginning to break away from his curse as well.
"And ANOTHER THING!" Ryuuta roared, still yelling at the aliens that had trapped him previously, "The next time you ever think you…" The Ouendan Leader stopped shouting and looked around. "…Huh…?"
"It would appear that we were rescued…" Ittetsu said, "By the Cheer Girls, no less."
"Oh, how can we ever thank you?" The townspeople cried, pushing in to crowd around the women. Ryuuta looked slightly put upon. Sure, he was the one that needed rescuing, but at least he led the charge! It almost didn't seem fair…
"Oh, oh, there's no need to thank us," Sayaka said. Aoi giggled lightly as the Cheer Leader got an idea, "Although, Ryuuta-kun…~"
"What now…?" The Ouendan Leader asked, trying not to gulp.
"For scaring Anna-chan by running off and getting yourself killed, I think you deserve to take her out for steak!"
"Steak!?" Ryuuta shouted, "I'm not MADE of money, you know!"
"Forget it, Sayaka-san," Anna said, walking away from Ryuuta and towards the townspeople, "Right now, we have to do what we can to defeat the Rhombulans. Already, the cheer is almost complete."
The Ouendan could hear it. The unfamiliar but heart racing music was nearing its finale. Just one bridge and a chorus remained until it would finish. The Rhombulans would be defeated with the end of the song.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?" Ryuuta asked, thrusting his fist in the air, "OSU! We'll finish off these aliens and…!"
Across the ocean, there was a huge purple flash, and a chill ran down everyone's spines. Ryuuta whirled around and stared intently as the music immediately stopped with the death of those who started the cheer. They had been turned into stone straight away.
"Oh God…" Anna murmured as Aoi clutched her cheeks in fear. It couldn't be TRUE, could it?
"Dammit, NO!" Ryuuta roared, "Whoever was leading the charge! How could you…!?"
"They're gone…" Sayaka murmured, "And with them, all our hope has disappeared as well…"
The Ouendan suddenly realized that they were royally screwed. Atsushi stared silently into the distance and the people of Yuuhi Town prepared to head for the hills. They had lost once again, and they seriously doubted they could continue to fight after such a powerful force was defeated.
Sayaka took a deep breath, lowered her head, and gave up. The other Ouendan members stared at where the flash had come from, numbly letting the people pass by them in an attempt to run from the aliens, and the Cheer Girl shook her head. "So… that's it then…"
"Sayaka-chan…" Aoi murmured.
"I should have known," Saitou muttered, a smile of utter disgust on his face, "There's always someone better than us. It appears we finally met our match…" He frowned. "It would be different, it would be different if only Yoshi-sama were here…!"
"But he's not," Ryuuta said suddenly. The others looked up as their leader turned to face them, and he hotbloodedly cheered them all on. "We can't continue to rely on Yoshi-sama's memory to do everything around here. Everyone, listen to me." He struck the manliest and most awesome pose that he could, and Sayaka wiped away the tears that were forming at the edge of her eyes. "We can do this, we have to do this!"
"Ryuuta-kun," Anna said, turning to the leader, "Hajime-kun and Kai-san are in danger. They were fighting in the detention center. At this rate…"
"They'll meet the fate we obtained," Ittetsu finished the thought, "Ryuuta-san, we cannot allow that to happen."
"Right." Ryuuta turned around to face the rest of the Ouendan members. "Sayaka-san, are you with me?"
Sayaka wiped away the last bit of moisture from her eyes, and she nodded at Ryuuta. "Of course. The Cheer Girls have your back."
"Alright! Let's go save our friends! It's the least we can do!" Ryuuta shouted, "And THEN we'll decide what to do from there. That is, if we live and all."
Anna sighed lightly. "R…right. Let's go." The Ouendan looked at each other, and in a moment, they were gone. Shizu and Shin, holding their son, were the only two who remained in the park. They looked far across the ocean, and then at each other. If those people were really turned to stone… then perhaps…
"If… if we try hard enough…" Shizu murmured, "It brought you and the others back…"
Shin nodded and brought his wife close to him. He smiled and said, "It's the least WE can do."
The small family looked off across the ocean, and prayed with the rest of the world.
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I don't know what to say, other than I love Eisaku. He was such an adorable guy running for mayor. I always wondered why he didn't appear in OTO2, seeing as how he's Yuuhi's freaking MAYOR but then again I guess mayors really don't need all that much help from male cheerleaders. OH WELL.
So uhm. Yeah. Review?
