A/N: Chapter 10 of Resonance Drive. Enjoy!

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Chapter 10

The next morning...

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Urgh!" I fell off the side of the futon in alarm as a cry pierced the would be silent morning. The others had sat up as well, roused by the sudden noise. "What's going on?! Who's hurt?! Why the hell am I up so early...I'm so sleepy...And I fell on the floor...oh hell..."

"Yeoul believes someone's crying." Yeoul rubbed the sleep from her eyes before releasing a huge yawn. Her metabolism must be really low...that or she's just lazy when there's nothing interesting going on. "That or it's a bad siren. But now it's hard to fall back asleep if the noise doesn't cease."

"It definitely sounds like Minimi. What if she's in trouble? We need to go!" Throwing the covers off we all dressed and rushed out. We were greeted by the giant herself and she definitely grew a lot.

"You know they say sleep brings up a child well but this is too much." Mei Fong noted as we looked up at the poor girl. She couldn't help but laugh at what she said. "Who knew it was actually true!"

"Mei Fong, we should be more concerned for her condition." Mamori said with worry. "We can't let her keep growing like this because at this rate, we'd have no idea how to revert her back to normal size."

"I...I..." Minimi peeked at us from between her fingers, tears dripping down her face. "I'm going to keep getting bigger! And..." She went on to tell us about getting attacked by the government, bombarded by the airplanes and the tanks. A string of whimpers escaped her lips as she continued to worry about it. "I'll never be able to see Noe again."

"Well...apart from how that imagination may not happen..." I sweat-dropped in response, scratching the back of my head with a hand. "You growing at an exponential rate is quite...well abnormal. If you keep growing than you'll be a really huge giant!"

"Nimi, you idiot! If you want to see her so much, you should go see her!" Mamori snapped at her. It was uncharacteristic for someone as nice as Mamori to snap. "You gotta summon all your courage!"

"But I've gotten so big...I don't know what to say..."

"You can think about that when you see her! Think about that when you're on the run too!" Mamori told her with confidence. "Noe is on this island with you. Just go and see her! Let it out and tell her how you feel!"

"Go...and let it out?" We all nodded our heads and she rose to her full height, the fire blazing within her eyes. "I understand! I can't keep running away! I'm going to go see Noe and I'll tell her exactly what I want to tell her!"

"Go for it!" Mamori shouted up to her. Turning on her heels and getting used to her new size Minimi ran off, cutting through the jungle and headed towards Walter.

"Umm...This might be a little late but...do you think it was right to send her back to the castle?" I spoke up as we watched Minimi run off. "Cause you know...Minimi being a giant and all...and naked on top of that. I mean if I saw a giant naked thing running at me like that..."

"Oh no, you're right! Come back, Nimi!" Mamori yelled after her. "Shoot, I don't think she can hear me!"

"Of course not! Hop on, we'll catch her by car!" Mei Fong shouted as she got the engine running. What am I doing?! I can't go back to the castle!

"Yeoul!" I hopped onto her back as she took a position much like how a runner does at the starting blocks, holding on tight to her shoulder. "Can you catch up to her?"

"No problem." The red-head spoke, her sleeping mask laying on top so her eyes could see.

"Then we'll see you guys there."

"Wait, take these." Torino held out some ear plugs, a worried look on her face. "They may come in handy."

"Thank you, Miss Torino!" I said, placing a pair in my ears before giving the other pair to Yeoul who placed hers in as well. "Then we're going!" Tapping my partner on the shoulder we took off. The jungle was a blur before we came across Minimi.

"Here we go." Bunching her legs Yeoul jumped and held onto the left leg, digging her fingers into the calf. Beginning to climb up the leg was hell but as we looked up, we couldn't see past the butt cheeks which were enormous now that we were up close and personal. Slowly making our way up it wasn't until we were halfway up her back when she felt something crawl up her body.

"Kyaa~ What is that? A bug?" She came to a stop and frowned, one hand held and ready to smack the offending critter. "Eww! Get off get off!"

"Hand incoming!" I screamed and Yeoul grabbed onto the appendage as it came close. Once it started to move, her eyes narrowed as she held on so we wouldn't plummet to our deaths. "Hrrrrgh! Hold on tight!"

"Oh it's just you two!" Minimi held her hand up so we were at eye level. "Are you accompanying me?"

"Of course!" I smiled with certainty as we sat in the middle of her palm. We were so high in the air that I didn't want to look down to see exactly how far. "We won't let you go in alone!"

Within the castle...

BEEP~ BEEP~ BEEP~

"Hmm? Kasumi here." The commander pulled up a screen when she got a notification. She was on her daily patrol so it surprised to her to get a call. "What's wrong?"

"C-C-Commander!" The operator wailed with panic. "A giant! A giant is heading our way!"

"Huh?" She blinked before the sounds of girls screaming caught her attention. Jumping over the railings she hopped into a vehicle and drove her way to the entrance. Once she passed through she could see Minimi running towards her.

"Eh? Isn't that the commander?" I asked when I spotted the little vehicle parked near the entrance. "I wonder what she plans to do..."

She's bigger than she was yesterday! Kasumi looked shocked at the approaching threat. This is bad, if she charges into the castle like that...

"Yeoul thinks there's one way and it isn't pretty."

"I'm sorry, Miss Minimi!" Flooring the gas, the vehicle roared to life and went towards the giant. Driving off course the commander tumbled out and the vehicle collided with Minimi's right shin. It exploded upon impact but that little maneuver caused her to lose balance.

"Waaah!" She cried out, her body glowing pink for a split second and her body grew a little more.

"She got bigger! Brace for impact!" I held on tight as Minimi flew across the walls and threw up a cloud of smoke when she landed.

"What on earth is going on?!" Charlotte ordered as she ran outside, unable to see through the smoke. When it cleared she was greeted by what looked like a nipple. Unsure of what to say she reached out and poked it with a finger.

"Kyaa~" A voice responded but in return the pink-haired girl got smacked in the face by the breast. "That tickled!"

"WAAAAAAAH!" Charlotte screamed when she came face to face with Minimi's teary eyes. Never in her life would she laid eyes on a giant. "What the-?! How'd you-?!"

"Umm...Uhh..."

"I don't know how you're doing it but I understand that you're going through a lot of trouble to get back at me!" Charlotte's personal guards rushed out, their guns trained on the threat.

"Wow, you couldn't have been anymore wrong!" I laughed, perched on Minimi's left shoulder while Yeoul occupied the right. "Your guessing is as worse as your wedding matching skills! Which by the way home many were successful since the last time we've been here? Zero right?"

"You...You!" Charlotte trembled with rage as she pointed a finger at me. "You damn monkey! How dare you show yourself back on my turf!"

"Nyah~ Nyah~" I turned around, my backside facing her and spanked my own rear tauntingly. "What's up matchmaker? You're uglier than the last time we've met! Ha!"

"I will crush you personally!" Snapping her fingers she began to make out with a numerous amount of her female guards. With yells of pleasure a pink light enveloped her, revealing a new set of Arms. The smirking woman grinned at us. "I hope you're ready."

"Umm..this isn't going well..." Minimi whispered to me. "I was hoping we didn't have to fight but..."

"Just do what you do best!" I grinned, holding my thumbs up with confidence. "You big crybaby!"

"B-But..."

"Yeoul came prepared, you have nothing to worry about." Yeoul pointed to her ears, indicating the earplugs that were in. "Akane has them too."

"So throw a huge tantrum!" I hopped off and prepared to fight Charlotte. "You came here to find Noe and so you should let her know! Meanwhile, Yeoul and I will clean up things here!"

"O-O-Okay!" She took a deep breath and hollered at the top of her lungs. "NOE!"

In a jail cell...

"NOE!"

"Nimi?" A girl looked up with a confused look when she heard her name being called. She had been sitting on the cot with no idea of how much time had passed but the vibrations of the wall alerted her to the sound of fighting that was happening above her head. "What's going on? Ugh, all these noises are messing with my head."

"Miss Noe!"

"Huh? Now someone else is calling me?"

"Is there a Noe here? A friend of Nimi perhaps?"

"I'm Noe!" The girl immediately banged her fists against the bars as Mamori and Mirei walked through the halls. "What's going on up there?! Please tell me, I've been imprisoned for awhile now! None of the guards come down here to tell me anything!"

"Nimi is in trouble!" Mamori told her, just as a crash erupted through the air. "You have to come with us!"

"But I'm trapped here...with no way out!"

"That's okay! We'll handle it!" Mamori said with confidence before turning to her partner next to her. Her heart was thudding against her chest but she didn't hesitate any longer. "Mirei!"

"Hmm?" The blonde turned, allowing the red-head to pull her into a kiss of her own free will. Closing her eyes and accepting the kiss, a brilliant flash of light illuminated the cell walls until she stood proudly with a sword in hand.

"You two can do that as well?!" Noe exclaimed, backing up so she wouldn't get cut. With a yell Mirei sliced a large enough hole for Noe to step through. Giving her savior a nod of gratitude the two of them rushed outside, the sword flashed once and Mirei was soon carrying Mamori in her arms.

"Charlotte I order you to stop!" Kasumi shouted as she stood between us and the one who wanted nothing more than to whip us into submission. We managed to do some damage right before the commander made herself known. "This is unlike you and not how a Walter should act!"

"You're in my way, Miss Kasumi." Charlotte growled with annoyance and rushed forward to attack. "Step aside!"

"I said that's enough Charlotte!" Kasumi yelled however they were stopped by the Governor's Arm.

"Wow, and I thought we'd find ourselves enjoying a good fight for ourselves." I whined, standing off to the side when Kasumi appeared. "Very disappointed."

"Tackling everything with force is not smart at all, don't you think?" The Governor questioned as he sat not too far away, watching us with a calm expression. "There are ways to fix a problem without violence."

"Nimi!"

"Huh?" The giant turned to see Noe standing in the nearby building alongside Mirei and Mamori. Her face turned into one of happiness when she spotted her partner. "Noe!"

"Nimi, why?!"

"Why? I don't know, but I started getting bigger, and..."

"That's not what I'm asking!" Noe snapped as she continued to yell down, her fingers curling into trembling fists. "Why did you leave without telling me?! No matter what happens, we'll get through it together! We promised that when we came to this island. But you left me all alone..."

"That's...I'm sorry Noe!"

"Nimi, you idiot!"

"Noe..."

"Nimi, you're the only one who can catch my full-force pitch." Grinning, the girl stood tall on the railings despite the gasp that escaped Mamori's lips. "You're the only one who can catch my body and soul!" With a yell she jumped, putting her entire trust in Minimi.

"Noe!" Summoning her courage and wiping away her tears Minimi held her breasts with both hands. "I got you!"

"You know somehow I wanted to face plant into something soft like that." I commented before getting whacked in the head. "Ow! I'm just saying!"

"Take a look." Yeoul pointed as Minimi glowed in a pink light and shrunk down to regular human size. Noe was unhurt and the two girls were currently embracing each other. "They're back together again."

"Seems like everything is solved." The governor spoke as he approached, a smile on his face. "Charlotte, you decided too early that her abilities would not activate."

"Ha! What did I say? Her skills as a matchmaker is the lowest of low!" I laughed, getting a glare from Charlotte. "I'm just stating the truth!"

"I hate you, you damn monkey!"

"Quit calling me a monkey!"

"But what do you mean Governor?" Charlotte asked, promptly ignoring me. "How am I wrong?"

"Her ability is giant growth as you know." The red-haired governor explained. "Because she needs to grow bigger there seems to be a lag in the activation. Seeing everything she's done, I would say her abilities are high enough. Don't you agree?"

"O-Of course!" The pink haired agreed, looking off to the side with a disgruntle huff. The governor's word is finale so there's no way she could ever disobey him.

"Then we'll just let ourselves out! It's been real Walter guys, perhaps we'll play again!" I announced and jumped over the railing with Yeoul right beside me. "Mamori! Are you ready to go now?!"

"Yes Akane! We'll be right down!" She replied from where she stood on the balcony. I held up my thumb and walked with Yeoul back to the entrance where Mei Fong was waiting. She stayed true to her word and didn't step a food inside the castle. "I'm so glad everything worked out in the end for Nimi and Noe."

"Yes." Mirei smiled as well before noticing a sad expression on Mamori's face. Walking up so she stood beside her partner she placed a hand over hers. "Miss Mamori, don't feel sad. We'll see them again. But now it's time for us to go."

"Yes!" Mamori said happily, feeling her partner squeeze her hand. It sent warmth flowing through her body. "Let's go back to Miss Torino's place."