Disclaimer:

Please Teacher is not my property. I did not create any of the characters except Moshi and Melani.

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Chapter 10: Meet My Family


Moshi tilted his head.

"Well, just who are you?"

The woman chuckled a bit.

"It's odd for people to know that I'm not Mizuho."

She turned around. "I'm utterly imp..."

The woman ran her eyes over Moshi.

"Oh...You must be Moshi." she said, smiling.

Moshi nodded. "Yea, I am. Who are you?"

She began to walk towards him. "Mizuho told me you were helping her, but she never told me what a stud you were."

"I would like to think that she doesn't think of me that way, seeing as that she's already married." said Moshi.

The woman chuckled a bit.

"Now, who are you?" said Moshi.

The woman smiled. "I'm Hatsuho Kazami. I'm Mizuho's mother."

Moshi nodded. "All right. Do you know when the two of them are gonna be around?"

As Hatsuho was about to answer, Moshi ducked down just in time to avoid a blast coming from his side.

Moshi looked over and saw a little girl, her arms crossed and shooting a deathly cold glare at Moshi.

"Miruru, fire again!"

Moshi jumped out of the way of another blast and jumped out of the window.

"Maho, was that really necessary?"

Maho ran over to the window and looked down. "He's the one that started this whole mess! He should be shot!"

Moshi was no where to be seen. Maho pounded her fist on the railing."Ah! Where did he go?"


Moshi stood on the roof and looked over the edge, shaking his head at Maho.

"Why does everyone have an urge to shoot me?"

He concentrated for a second, listening to what was happening below him.

After a few seconds, he shrugged, slid down the roof and hopped through the window.

Hatsuho leaned against the bathroom door. Maho banged the door from the other side.

"Let me out, mom!"

Hatsuho shook her head. She looked over at Moshi.

"Now...where were we?"

Moshi swallowed a bit of a lump in his throat. "You know, I think it would be best if I..."

Too late.

Hatsuho grabbed a hold of Moshi's shirt and began to unbutton it.

"Umm...Hatsuho?"

She pulled off Moshi's shirt, revealing a black vest that looked like it held a bunch of training weights.

Hatsuho grinned as Moshi tried to pull away.

"That explains a few things."

She undid a few straps and the vest slid off and hit the ground. Moshi again tried to pull away, but Hatsuho blocked him again.

"Oh my god..."

Hatsuho's eyes widened in awe as she gazed at Moshi's exposed torso. He had a perfectly chiseled body, complete with perfect abs, that looked like it was made from polished marble.

"Incredible..."


"Well, that was pretty odd." said Kei.

Mizuho and Kei walked down the road near their house.

"What, the man in white?" said Mizuho.

Kei nodded. "It also seems pretty weird that he would give us something for Moshi. I wonder who he was..."

Mizuho shrugged a bit. They came into the view of their home.

"I wonder if mother's home." said Mizuho.

Seconds after she spoke, Moshi soared out of the window and skidded to a halt on the road.

He was topless and he was holding his pants up with one hand.

"You can have the shirt, Hatsuho!"

Moshi buttoned up his pants, and pulled another button-up shirt out of his pocket. Within a few seconds, Moshi had put a shirt identical to the one he usually wore.

He sighed as Hatsuho leaned from the balcony, just gazing at Moshi, his shirt in her hands.

Kei and Mizuho ran up to Moshi.

"Moshi, are you all right?" said Kei.

Moshi nodded. "Yea. I just ran into your mother-in-law."

He chuckled. "She seems really forward."

Kei and Mizuho hung their heads.

"Yes." they said in unison.

Mizuho looked back up in horror.

"Oh no! What did she do to you!"

Moshi shrugged. "She stole my shirt."

Kei looked up as well. "Really?"

Moshi laughed and nodded. "You'd be surprised as to how many times that's happened to me."

He looked towards the clouds and put his hands in his pockets. "But it's a rare occasion when I get shot at when something like that happens."

Mizuho sighed. "Maho..."

"That brings back some painful memories." said Kei.

"I'm sorry, Moshi." said Mizuho.

He shrugged. "Don't worry about it."

"But anyway," Moshi continued. "I've got some things to share with you two."


Moshi was leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets while Mizuho, Kei, Hatsuho, and Maho sat on the sofas.

"So, you got attacked by a robot?" said Mizuho.

Moshi nodded. "It had some sort of active camouflage. If someone hadn't come along, it would've turned ugly."

Hatsuho leaned back and stretched. "That sounds like Melani. I think I heard that the robot she has was given to her by her husband, or brother, or both, as a gift. She always hides it on her ship, so it never shows up on inventory reports. She'll use that for her dirty work and then take credit for actually doing it herself."

She turned to Mizuho. "Makes me wonder how she even got a license."

"Everyone knows she's dirty. But nobody has ever brought evidence to prove it." said Mizuho.

"She seems like the type that covers her tracks pretty well." said Moshi. "I mean, if she's been doing so many shady things all of these years, she's got to have a few tricks up her sleeves."

He smiled. "And we can use that against her."

"What do you mean by that?" said Kei.

"If we can corner Melani and get evidence that she really is dirty, we use that as insurance to make sure she never comes back again."

Maho frowned. "You're going to blackmail her?"

Moshi shrugged. "If you want to put it that way..."

"I like the idea." said Hatsuho. "Melani will get a taste of her own medicine."

"All right. But what do we use to do that?" said Mizuho.

Kei smiled. "Why not grab a piece of her robot?"

All eyes were on Kei.

"You guys said it yourselves. If it wasn't included in any reports, wouldn't it be illegal?"

Hatusho smiled. "That's our Kei."

Moshi looked towards the ceiling. "Part of the robot, huh?"

He looked back at everyone. "Leave it all to me."

"Oh, and I had something else." said Moshi. He reached over and pulled up the disc. He handed to Mizuho.

"This is the diversion I was talking about."

Mizuho looked at the disc, as did everyone else.

"Moshi, this is what Melani's been looking for." said Kei.

Moshi shook his head. "Flip it over."

Mizuho flipped the disc over and saw the word "SEWER" barely legible.

"What did..." said Hatsuho.

"I switched part of a sewer cap and switched it with the disc. What you're holding is actually part of the manhole cover I picked."

Kei looked at Moshi. "So part of the sewer lid is actually the disc?"

Moshi nodded. "That's the plan. I used plaster to blend it in to the cover, so you couldn't tell which is which."

"Where did you hide the disc?" said Mizuho.

"It's in the city square, smack dab in the middle." said Moshi.

He smiled. "That ought to keep her busy."

"But, now the fun starts. I'm gonna keep hold of this disc. That way, we can keep her off your backs."

He pushed off the wall and stood straight. Mizuho gave him the disc.

"In the meantime, you guys oughta find a place to hole up for a while. With things getting hectic like this, it would be best if you guys hid out somewhere until things calm down, or at least until I get the robot taken care of."

"What makes you think that you can take down a robot with your bare hands?" said Maho.

Moshi just smiled. "Don't worry about it."

He turned and went over the balcony. "Anyway, get underground quick. My opponent awaits."

He looked over at Kei. "Hey, Kei, come here for a second."

"Sure." Kei said. He got up and walked over to Moshi. Mizuho, Hatsuho, and Maho got up and began to prepare things. Moshi slide something into Kei's hands.

Kei looked down. It was Melani's energy baton.

"If something goes wrong..." said Moshi, looking at Kei.

Kei just nodded.

"Oh, Moshi," said Mizuho. She walked up with the letter in her hand. "This is for you."

Moshi took the letter and held it. He chuckled a bit and slid it into his pocket. "Thanks."

"See you guys soon."

Moshi leapt from the balcony and into the night.

Kei walked over to the bedroom and hugged Mizuho from behind.

"It looks like things are finally turning around for us."

Mizuho smiled. "Yes. We figured out a way to get out of this, and with Moshi's help, it looks like we can do it."

She turned around and embraced Kei. "I'm so glad that we got through this, Kei."

Kei nodded. The two were about to lean in for a kiss when Kei's ears perked up.

Mizuho tilted her head. "Are you all right?"

"I don't know...I thought I heard something..."

Kei and Mizuho walked back to the living room and onto the balcony. They peered over the edge.

After a few seconds, Kei shrugged. "I don't know, maybe it was my imagination."

Mizuho smiled.

Then, a look of horror swept over Kei's face. Before Mizuho had a chance to act, a wire shot through the air and wrapped around Kei's torso.

Mizuho gasped and reached for the wire, but Kei was pulled off of the balcony and into the trees.

"Kei! No!" Mizuho yelled, leaning over the balcony.

"What happened!" said Hatsuho as Mizuho ran back in the house.

"Kei was taken! Melani's taken him!" Mizuho yelled back. She ran towards the door.

"Go somewhere safe, and find Moshi and tell him what's happened!" said Mizuho.

Maho stamped her foot. "Where are you going!"

Mizuho looked back. "I'm going to get him back."

Without another word, Mizuho jerked the door open and bolted down the stairs.

Hatusho closed the door, and locked it. Then, she walked over to Maho.

"Miruru, lock on our location and bring us to the bridge."

Maho and Hatsuho became enveloped in a bright light. After a few seconds, they were gone.


Moshi leaned against a lamp post, fidgeting with his backpack.

He slid the disc back into his backpack and swung it over his shoulder, then slid his hands into his pockets.

Odd.

Moshi pushed off of the post and looked up and down the streets, watching and listening intently.

About this time, I'd be getting attack by something, but...

He looked back down the street leading to Kei and Mizuho's house.

"Hmmmmm..."

He dug deeper into his pocket and pulled out the envelope.

While I'm waiting...

Moshi opened the envelope and pulled out two pieces of paper. After a few minutes of reading, he lowered the paper and nodded.

As soon as I'm done here, huh?

Moshi looked up and down the streets again.

"Something's wrong."

"You're right." Moshi turned around and saw Hatsuho in her jumpsuit.

Moshi raised an eyebrow. "What happened?"

"Kei was abducted by Melani."

"Really?"

Hatsuho nodded. "Mizuho went after her, but it might've been just an opportunity to lure her out. I'm really worried about her."

Moshi nodded. "I'll make sure nothing happens to them."

With that, Moshi dashed down the street.

Hatsuho was enveloped in light again, and disappeared a few seconds later.