When the others arrived at Akari's house, they saw that the store was still lit. Kazuki whispered, "There's already inside. We should hurry."

Amarao said, "We'll stay out here, just in case. You go tell your friends that I will be arriving with Lieutenant."

Lily said, "Right. But I should warn you… Akari's mother is a bit of stickler in meeting new people."

Kazuki said, "We'll do the talking here. You two stay here."

Johnny nodded, "Right. I'll stay with Kitsuki, for company."

Kazuki tugged his ear, "Like hell you will! You're coming with us!"

Johnny groaned, as he was pulled in, "Whyyyyyyyy…"

Tengge smiled, "We'll be back."

They stepped inside, as Kitsurubami said, "Weird sort of people."

Amarao sighed, "I know…"

Upstairs, Kazuki sighed, "Thank god that it'll almost be over soon."

Tengge called, "Hey, Akari? We're not alone~!"

Kazuki gagged, "Wha-? What are you saying?"

Lily huffed, "Quit being juvenile, Tengge… Anyways, Akari already knows we're here. We ju-."

She gasped, as she saw a view of Cy's hand, from the doorway. She whispered, "Cy, no…"

She dashed inside, as does the others, and saw everyone lying on the ground, unconscious. Zina, Cy, Ricka, and Myu… they were lying out cold. Kazuki gasped, "What-? What happened here?"

Zina was coming to, as Lily kneeled to her, "Zina? What happened?"

She moaned, "Ungh… My head…"

Kazuki was reviving Myu, but Cy was still out. He said, "Uh-oh… Cy? She's passed out? Oh, no… Cy!"

Zina moaned, "She's broken…"

They gasped, as Tengge asked Zina, "How did it happen?"

Zina looked away and said, "First, I need repairs for Cy… and then…"

Kazuki yelled, "NO! What just happened to the-?"

He then turned to the open window, and whispered, "No… Makie's doing?"

Myu sobbed, "No… Akari-senpai's doing!"

They gasped, "WHAT?"

Myu yelled, "Akari-senpai used her singing voice, after a phone call! She… She's…"

Fuu said, "Myu-Myu said it best. Akari's become one with the chip. She's a slave now!"

Zina asked, "How did I not miss it? She knocked me out, and then…"

Lily roared, "Calm down, Zina! What did you remember, last time?"

Zina said, "Well, after Akari was turned, Mari came to rescue her, and pin her down… and then… She sang out her atrocious tones, and I passed out!"

He narrated, "Her Song Cannon! Of course, why didn't I see that coming? Her bad singing becomes a weapon of power, when she belts out at her enemies. But her mom… She…"

He looked around, as he asked, "Wait… Where did Akari's Mom go?"

Ricka and Myu were worried, as Zina growled, "No… She didn't…"

Tengge was shocked, "Akari… took her?"

Lily growled, "Those witches from hell!"

He narrated, as he was furious, "Oh, Mistress Makie, you have gone too far! Kidnapping Yamabuki and Enju is one thing, but brainwashing Akari and forcing her to kidnap her own mother? Now I'm mad!"

He seethed, as Lily said, "I know you're mad, but we have to tell Zina about this…"

Zina said, "I understand. You have answers?"

Kazuki said, "Only this notepad we found that tells all about Dr. Kajou's evil deeds. Commander Amarao and Kitsurubami are outside, waiting."

Zina said, "Send them in. Give me a couple minutes, while I repair Cy. And then, I will discuss what to do about this Dr. Kajou and her evil ways."

Kazuki said, "Try Makie Sasaki. Commander Amarao will explain everything. And you're not going to like this."

Zina picked up a motionless Cy and said, "Understood. Get them to this room, at once."

He approached the open window and called, "Hey! Zina said you can come in!"

Amarao nodded, and then said, "Where do you meet?"

Kazuki called out, "Akari's room! Myu will show you the way!"

Myu gasped, "Hau? ME?!"

Kazuki said, "It'd be rude if I let Johnny escort them."

Johnny bawled, "Come on, man!"

Myu sighed, "Alright, fine…" and then left to get Amarao and Kitsurubami.

Kazuki looked out at the night sky and said, "Damn them… Makie… Kajou… What have you done to Akari?"

Meanwhile, at the new lab, Ayame was in the presence of Mari Hanao, who was sitting in a chair, motionless and immovable. Akari was standing by her side and said, "Loyal AIAME, this… is my mother. I planted the O.B. Chip into her, after I immobilized them all. Good enough to have her in our collective."

Ayame drooled, "Oh, my god… Your mom? Wow…"

She grasped her huge left breast and shuddered in arousal, "Soft and firm, like a marshmallow… Wow… So hot…"

She smirked, "Amazing… What a catch for Master's harem… A MILF! That's a mother that I like to fu-!"

Makie barged in and shouted, "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?"

Ayame saluted, "Two more collected. Hanao – mother-daughter packaged deal of new slaves."

Makie asked, "Mother?"

Ayame fondled Mari's breasts and said, "Yeah… Hot young mother, looking 27 and sexy… And they look-alike."

Akari smiled, "Does it not entice you, Master? I picked her, since she is my mother, and she is of ninja blood, as I am."

Makie roared, "YOU IDIOTS! A MIDDLE-AGED MOTHER? HER?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?"

Akari saluted, "Master, I had disabled the android, and then subdued all the ninjas present, including-."

Makie slapped her and shouted, "CURSE YOU! YOU BUNGLED THE JOB! I WANT THEM DEAD, NOT IMMOBILIZED! Now that ninja brat is going to come look for us! And god knows what he and his Boob Party will do to us, if he finds us!"

Akari bowed, "I am sorry. I am no good."

Makie sighed, "That is alright. At least you didn't leave anything that may track us. Mari, however, I will deal wi-."

Ayame fondled and caressed Mari's breasts, as Makie hollered, "AIAME, WILL YOU STOP THAT?"

Ayame bowed, as she let go, "Yes, master. I am sorry. I could not help myself. AIAME needs lust, to power-up."

Makie whined, "Well, stop it! It's disgusting!"

Ayame sighed, "Negative. Disgusting to you, but enjoyable to me."

Makie said, "You have the Hanao girl. But the elder Hanao…"

She slit her throat, in a hand-gesture, and said, "Kill her."

She complained, "How can I have a wholesome army, for my revenge, with an old lady in this group?"

She sighed, as she walked off, "Akari, come with me. I want you to meet with Obuki and Enju."

Akari followed, "Yes, master."

Makie called to Ayame, "YOU! Do you job, and get rid of her! Or else!"

She left, as Ayame nodded, "Un-understood. Mari Hanao: not slave material; erotic material, nonetheless."

She held up a syringe and said, "Mari Hanao. Activate. Time to begin your new role."

Mari flashed her eyes and said, "Hello. I am Mari Hanao."

Ayame called, "Strip down."

Mari removed her clothes and was down to her white bra and panties. Ayame then stuck the syringe into her neck, and said, "Perfect. Sit down."

Mari said, as she sat down, not moving an inch, "Kajou. I am starting to feel numb. What did. You do. To me. Kajou?"

Ayame said, "Changing your molecular DNA structure. Your human skin and body will now be made of plastic, rubber, and silicone. You are NOT Master's quality slave, but you are MINE. You are a FILP – Female that I like to play with."

Mari started to stiffen, as she moaned, "Master… Why are you-? Oh… Ohhh… Ohhh…"

Her mouth slowly opened, as her skin and body started to convert. Her body remained the same, as her entire skin changed from warm-blooded skin to lifelike soft rubber. Mari stopped moving and speaking, as Ayame stretched her face a bit. She said, "Done. Metamorphosis complete. Life signs – depleted. Mari Hanao: now property of AIAME, as plaything."

She removed her bra and said, "Better this way."

Makie called from the PA, "AIAME, to my office, if you please."

Ayame said, "Yes, my master."

She called, "Enju, come this way!"

Enju appeared in a latex nurse's outfit, and said, "Do you call, Master?"

Ayame said, "Take her apart. She will be examined by me, after I begin meeting with my Mistress. Make sure she is still fixable and infallible."

She walked off, as Enju bowed, "Understood."

She carried the near naked Mari in her arms and carried her away to another room.

Back in Akari's house, Amarao told everything about Makie to Zina, including the Staff of Vritra, which gave Mistress Makie power.

Zina said, "So, she held the staff, even in death?"

Amarao said, "That's exactly right… and I was a fool for believing in Makie Sasaki, no… Mistress Makie…"

Zina stated, "Say no more. Cy told me much, but not the whole story. Plus, this journal of Dr. Ayame Kajou, the AI Auto-Mecha Erotica, told a lot about what she did, and her curiosity triggered this meeting together."

Amarao replied, "I recommend that we fight this demonic woman, and her lackey, and rescue this kid's friends… and the Hanao girl's mother."

Zina closed her eyes and nodded, "So be it."

Kazuki explained, "Amarao and Zina agreed that they are to find Dr. Kajou's new lab, and plan to destroy it in the process. However, the girls that she held hostage, only to cure their transformations, will be rescued, and taken to a different location. As for Makie…"

Amarao said, "You are aware that she is the reincarnated Viper Queen of old."

Zina replied, "Indeed I am aware of it. Such inane deviltry. She dares mimic my technology, only to have replicate my own work?"

He asked, "And what is this work you did?"

Zina said, "Sir, you may not know this, but these guys do. I once formed a ronin ninja group, The Crow, a group of superpowered ronin ninjas, capable of attacking the ninja world. They were formed, only to stop The Tycoon, Naganobu Saion-Ji, from enacting his plans of eradicating the ninja world, using a weapon powered by the Nine-Tailed Fox."

"A Nine-Tailed Fox weapon?"

"Yes. But that weapon is destroyed, and the Tycoon fell. And when Tycoon fell, so did Obnubi."

"I heard… From what I gathered from two of the female ninjas, that was an organization that disbanded, not long ago, from this Tycoon fellow. Was he chief?"

"You could say that. He was the founder and head of Obnubi. His granddaughter, Enju, was one of his star ninjas, alongside Lily and Tengge. Unfortunately, when they disbanded, everyone in Obnubi parted ways, including a friend of mine… who knew about Dr. Kajou, before they disbanded."

He replied, "I see… And your friend knew that Dr. Kajou was an android, and this Brane person tried to destroy her… but almost did. I may have my men look up this Brane, but… You, however, you have Dr. Kajou in your radar, along with that viper."

She said, "I am aware of my duties for these kids. Not just Akari, Enju, and Yamabuki, but Mari, as well. They will do what they can to save the others, and foil this woman's evil plans."

As they were talking, Lily called to Kazuki, as he went to her, "You have a minute? We should leave them alone."

They went outside, as he said, "Yeah… Hey, listen, I'm sorry this is going on, and we're now forced to fight our way through who was deemed trustworthy, only-."

Tengge smiled, "Just say that she was used, like a puppet. It's no doubt."

She stated in a serious glare, "Just know this. I'd rather be dead, than work for a piece of tin and plastic, like Dr. Kajou and a slimy serpent like Mistress Makie."

She winked, "Though, the name seemed creative, but also arousing."

Myu replied, "She's right. If we want to save everyone else, they have to be stopped…"

Kazuki said, "I see… Only you guys agree with me, but… What about Ricka?"

Ricka said, "Hmm… Thought it was ghost… not snake human…"

He explained, "No, she's fully-human, no robot, no snake, no ghost. She was a reincarnation of the deadly and evil Viper Queen, from another universe. However, she died of an accident, when being pursued, and Dr. Kajou resurrected her."

Ricka nodded, "Oh… Okay. No ghost."

He narrated, "While Amarao and Zina were talking about a plan to stop Makie and Kajou, Cy was in another room, resting up, after her accident, while the rest of us think of a way of how to stop this evil duo. Johnny and Kitsurubami already left, just for alone time, and Nanao and the Hag are already in the secret room."

XXXXX

Back in the secret room, nothing has changed. Nanao was still limp and lifeless, and Kikuko was still crushed.
"Failed at Kikuko… Failed at me…"

XXXXX

Kazuki narrated, "The hag and Nanao are useless. Cy's useful, but she took a lot of damage, after Akari attacked everyone and kidnapped her mother. Yamabuki, Enju, Akari, her mother… Who knows what could be next for all of us?"

At a park, Johnny and Kitsurubami were walking together, having a private time. He said, "Hey, Kitsuki… you fell all better?"

She replied, "I'd appreciate it if you didn't call me Kitsuki, anymore. My name is Kitsurubami."

He stated, "That's too long. It's like a last name, like Kokunobi, Tokukashi, Kokonohi, Otomegawa, Hanabuyashi… or even-."

"OKAY! I get it! I get the point! Fine… Kitsuki, it is, then."

She then said to Johnny, "I'm really sorry that you had to go through this mess. I didn't mean to make this happen. How it happened was fate. You and I, no. You, me, the Commander, and your friends. Whatever happens, I will take responsibility for my actions…"

She sniffled, as she was upset, "I have failed at myself… failed my duties… and I let most of my squadron perish, because of her! Not that HaruHaru girl, but Makie Sasaki! I hate her! She's no worse than HaruHaru!"

She trembled, as her knees dropped. She was bawling, "It's a nightmare… Why? WHY?"

She started to cry, as Johnny whispered, "No, Kitsuki… Don't cry. It's not your fault. My friends got this. Whatever happens, we'll make sure that everything is back to normal. I almost lost you, and I won't lose you again… I'm going to be a hero, just for my bro and his harem."

She wiped her tears, and then smiled, "You think so? I'm sorry, but… That was luck, after you fought the commander, despite that it was bound to happen… You would've died, if those eyebrows didn't fly off… Only… Just, promise me, do not be a hero, for once, in this battle! Do it for me! I know you're desperate to fight with your friends… but…"

She shouted, "If you fight Mistress Makie, you'll die! She doesn't want you as her slave!"

Johnny was stricken, as he bawled, "NOOOOOOOOO!"

She barked, "NO! That's not what I meant! Only young girls would be in her harem… NO boys. Makie Sasaki, before she died, was a student in an all-girls' school, and she was hardly around any boys… with the exception of some male teachers. So, it's likely that she's going to use that, in her advantage."

He said, "Oh, okay. But still, why would Makie want Akari's Mom?"

She replied, "You know… I have no answer for that. I never met her."

"Oh, but she's wicked hot. She looks like an older Akari."

"I see… I'm gonna need a photo for that… or ask this Lady Zina about Akari's Mom, Mari Hanao. Don't worry… I had her profile from Akari's profile. Anyways…"

Johnny held her shoulders and whispered, "We'll be fine. I don't like this either, but I won't let them take anyone else… including you. LET Makie take another ninja girl. Because if she does, it's war! I say it's time to make a stand!"

He then frowned, "Also, if Makie takes one more from Kazuki's harem, he's screwed. She has three ninjas, and from my standards, we're outclassed and outmatched."

Kitsurubami agreed, "Heck, yeah. From what I read, Hanao, Saion-Ji, and Suou are all strong ninjas. Machiyuki's the only ninja strong enough. The others, not so much… and I'm sorry to hear about the android."

Johnny smiled, "That's alright. Kazuki has Lily, Tengge, Myu, & Ricka. I'm just wondering whatever happened to Nanao?"

Kitsurubami then asked, "Yeah… Where is she? She's the ninj-, uh, girl that saved my life, back then."

She had no idea.

He smiled, "Well, what do you say we return? It's getting late."

Kitsurubami giggled, as she hugged him. They walked out of the park, and returned to Akari's house.

At the lab, meanwhile, Enju removed Mari's hair, like it was a wig, and then proceeded to remove her face, as if it was made of soft rubber. She carefully peeled it off, showing her face, with her eyeballs round and plastic, her cranium made of white metal. She remained lifeless, as she was being removed of her facial features.

Enju responded, as she looked at Mari's face, "She's no longer a worthy slave. Master and Dr. Kajou wishes to make her like this. Sickening, but clever."

She then placed the face down, and placed Mari in a seated position. She then said, "Mari, activate!"

She thought, as Mari's eyes started to move a bit, "Curious of what happens, since she's still with the O.B. Chip… and that she's become a doll made of rubber and cloth."

NOTE: Mari is a sex doll, created by Ayame Kajou; and THIS IS Ayame Kajou we're talking about. Kajou JUST couldn't help herself, when she wants something so lewd and over-the-top.

Mari stood up, as her jaw started to move, "Did you awaken me, Enju?"

She was standing straight, nearly naked, and without her hair or face. Enju said, "So, she's still alive, after she is turned this way. The O.B. Chip still holds herself inside… but as a rubber doll for Dr. Kajou's enjoyment. Indeed, Mari Hanao."

She felt her exposed face and said, "You remember who you are?"

Mari said, "No. I am Mari Hanao. I do not know who I am."

Enju replied, "Master wants you destroyed. I shall make it so. Mari, deactivate."

Mari plopped back down to her seat and returned to being a lifeless sex doll. Enju reattached her face and said, "Well, it was fun to see someone without a face, but it is a bit morbid, to talk to a rejected slave, without facial skin."

She then finished, but did not return her hair. She held her up and said, "Done. I believe that you are worthy of Kajou's harem, rather than my master."

Ayame returned, as she said to Enju, "Are you finished?"

Enju said, "Almost."

Ayame said, "No, leave her like that. She needed a new wig, since she's mine now. Set her up, as how I please, and place her in my quarters."

Enju asked, "How may I ask of you to dress her in?"

Ayame winked, "You know what… Hint-hint. Master wants me, since she's busy doing stretches. I was waiting for her, but was losing track of time. Make sure you bring Mari to me… I'll be back soon."

Enju nodded, "Yes, Ayame."

She turned to Mari and said, "Well, let's get you some new hair, and place you in Kajou's office."

She held Mari's arms, and then Ayame snickered, "Enju, deactivate!"

Enju's eyes went blank, and placed Mari down. She bowed forward, landing her face onto Mari's bare cleavage. Ayame snickered wildly, "Oh, priceless… I've always wanted to do that. Hee-hee-hee…"

She went to Makie's office, leaving Mari and Enju motionless.

When Ayame arrived, Makie said, "It's about time. Sorry I took too long."

Ayame shut the door, as she said, "I understand, Master. I apologize if Akari Hanao picked the wrong slave."

Makie replied, "Yeah… But that's not why I am here to speak to you. My problem isn't Amarao… or that ninja fool… or this Brane person."

She glared at Ayame and said, "My problem… … … …is YOU!"

Ayame stood in attention, as she was nervous. Makie's eyes turned cat-like and demonic, as she hissed in a serpent's hiss.