Well, here's the next chapter! Enjoy it while you still can! Lol jk
Things That You Have Been Keeping In Mind Since We've Started
1) All I own is my OC. If I owned the Fangface characters, we'd see more episodes on tv. If I owned the Magipoka characters, we'd also see more episodes (and more clothing on the princesses)
2) Bold talk is creature talk. Underlined talk is Japanese. "Italicized talk in quotations" is baby-talk. You got that?
3) Some characters may be ooc, which is clearly my fault, so please forgive me if it happens.
NOW LETS GET ON WITH IT!
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Pachira slowly opened her eyes. She had passed out once again, having used so much energy to fight Drake, during her shortage of blood-intake. Where did I find all that energy, in the first place? she wondered, recalling how one minute she had fallen unconscious, and the next minute she was smacking Drake so hard his face could fall off.
Oh, yeah. Puggsy.
She thought back, remembering that she was barely coming to, only to hear Drake threaten to kill him… and her eyes shot completely opened when she recalled calling the teenage boy her 'boyfriend' in front of all her friends! …Yet, at that moment, she hadn't cared about what her friends thought. All she cared about was making sure that stupid vampire prince wouldn't lay another hand on Puggsy ever again.
She then snapped out of her thoughts, realizing that she was in a hospital room, lying on a bed with a patch on her arm. She had been in a situation like this before, when she had given blood so many times and ended up having to get a transfusion herself. I must've been really out of blood if I ended up here, again. she thought, then wondered who gave her blood this time…
"How are you feeling?" A voice asked her, and she looked over and saw Puggsy sitting in a chair next to her bed.
"I feel better than I did before…" she replied, groggy from being out for so long. "How long have I been out?"
"Eh, only about… three days."
"Three days? What all happened? (gasp) Where's Aiko?" She tried to sit up, but even with fresh blood in her system she still felt weak, and Puggsy rested his hand on her shoulder and motioned her to lay back down.
"Dr. K-Ko took her to her lab to repair her. Biff went with her- despite that his ribs may be bustified- so she's in good hands."
Pachira sighed. "I hope so… If that woman does anything to hurt my friend-"
"She won't. She has the princes in her custody now, lockified in cages for good."
Pachira cringed. "Do… my friends and I have to go with her, too?"
"I told you before- Dr. Cuckoo ain't getting you guys THAT easily! We told her that we needed to bring all of you guys here to the hospital, to make sure there wasn't any snake venom in you or if you guys had any broken bones."
"But… she has Aiko!"
"Don't worry. Biff has a plan to get her out, safely," He then stood up and sat on the bed, next to her. "Now, relax a little. I don't want you passing out on me, again."
Pachira nodded, then did something she finally built up the courage to do- she held his hand. It was then she noticed that he had a patch on his arm, too… the same patch she had on hers. She couldn't help but smile, and let out a dreamy sigh.
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It had taken hours, maybe even days Biff figured, to rebuild Aiko's body. It was hard to say exactly how long, since the super-doctor's lab didn't have any windows, and the only light in the room was the one hanging above the operating table. Biff sat in a wheel-chair, his ribs aching from the crash, but he didn't let the pain keep him from staying beside Aiko as she was taken to the super-doctor's lair. When the super-doctor insisted that he remain outside the premises- claiming her work was private- he told her he had specific instructions on how the Android Princess should be built.
After Lord knows how long, they were finally finished. Dr. K-Ko put the memory circuit into her head through a small compartment hidden by her hair, and a minute later Aiko's eyes brightened, showing a series of 0s and 1s, re-processing data, and finally returning to their normal, hazel color. "Am… I dead?" she asked once she fully awakened.
"No… but you gave us quite the scare." Biff said, forcing himself to stand out of the wheelchair and approach her, gripping his ribs as he walked.
"Your friend insisted that I repair your body, all the while make a few changes," Dr. K-Ko said, boredly.
"Changes? What kind of changes?" Aiko asked, facing Biff.
"Changes that will help you feel more human," Biff replied, holding her hand. She looked down, realizing that it actually looked like a real hand! "We gave you new limbs so you look fully human, and also a few new organs- a stomach so you can feel hunger, lungs so you can breathe, and other vital organs."
"I found a way to converge the food you consume into oil to keep your system running, and your organs have been placed in blood-filled cases so they remain fresh," Dr. K-Ko said proudly, as if she found the cure for the common cold.
"We also used thinner, yet stronger, steel for your android parts, so you're not too heavy."
"…Yet you still have superior strength!"
"Plus, we transferred your memories onto a small chip, so you never have to replace them…"
"It has over 100 GB of storage!"
"But… what about my aging problem?" Aiko asked.
Biff grinned. "I managed to find a way to fix that." he took out a set of blueprints of Aiko's interior. "While we were repairing you, we inserted special chips that could cause your body to grow a couple inches each year, up to your mid-40's. You'll be able to age like a regular human being now!" he said.
Aiko looked at herself in a nearby mirror. Biff was right- she DID look normal!
"I know it's not exactly a real body… but I hope it works just as well-"
Aiko ran up to Biff, hugging him. "It's PERFECT! Thank you, Biff-chan!" she exclaimed, then remembered her manners and looked at the super-doctor. "And thank you, Super-Doctor K-Ko."
The super-doctor grinned. "No, my dear… thank YOU!" Dr. K-Ko exclaimed, pulling a lever and trapping Biff and Aiko under a cage. "Now, your friends will have no choice but to come to rescue you, and I'll have them ALL to prove my theory about you evil Netherworld creatures! Ha ha ha!"
*Knock! Knock! Knock!*
Dr. K-Ko looked over at the door. "Who could that be at THIS hour?" she opened the door, seeing three of fellow 'scientists' standing before her.
"Are you…" One of them began, then looked at a small card in his hand. "Dr. K-Ko? (grr)"
"Super Doctor K-Ko, and yes I am. What do you want?"
"We're from the Union, and we're running an inspection of all the science labs in Japan," The other scientist, female, said. "There's been an epidemic spreading around, and according to our research, its source has come from this area."
"What? But… I haven't done or even handled anything hazardous!"
The third scientist looked over her shoulder, arching an eyebrow when he saw Biff and Aiko in a cage. "What about those two kids trapped under dat shark-cage behind ye?" he asked.
"O-Oh, that? Well, it's just… part of one of my experiments!"
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but we still need to do an inspection," the female scientist said, and they walked past her, 'observing' the gadgets in her lair. She pointed to a few beakers. "And what do you call THESE lethal abominations?"
"You mean, my test-tubes?"
"A-HA!" The first scientist snapped, pointing a furry-finger in the super-doctor's face. "So you WERE conducting evil experiments that go against the laws of science… (grr) whatever that is!"
"What? No! I haven't…"
"An' what about t'is t'ing?" the third scientist snapped, pointing at a pot full of dark liquid, sitting on a Bunsen burner. "Is t'is part o' yer sick-minded tests?"
"That's… my coffee pot."
"Oh? (snarl) Then what's THIS?" The first scientist demanded, pointing at a machine with a small shelf holding paper.
"That's my photo-copy machine…" The super-doctor was beginning to grow annoyed.
"An' how 'bout t'is?" The third scientist scoffed, pointing at a microwave.
While the two scientists were asking Dr. K-Ko ridiculous questions, a pair of invisible hands picked the lock to Biff and Aiko's cage, freeing them. "Thanks, Keimi," Biff whispered.
Elliot suddenly appeared. "I'm Elliot!" he corrected.
"Oh. Sorry, it was hard to tell, with you being… never mind."
They snuck through the open doorway, and the ghost gave the 'scientists' a thumbs-up. "Ooh! Ooh! Your lab looks fine!" The first scientist said, taking a quick look around. "No epidemic here. (grr) No sir."
"Yep. I guess it's back to the Union!" The female scientist agreed.
"Nice job, lass. Ye passed!" The third scientist said, shaking Dr. K-Ko's hand. "See ya at deh next convention!"
And they quickly left, leaving the super-doctor standing there, dumbfounded. "Strange…" she said, then shrugged. "Oh, well. Now, where was I? Oh yes…" she turned to the empty cage. "Soon, I'll have you, and your little friends tra- WHAT THE…?"
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Meanwhile, the others drove down the road in the Wolf Buggy. They had secretly followed Dr. K-Ko, knowing she would be up to no good, and were able to free Aiko and Biff in the knick of time. Fangface, Yuma, and Jack ditched their scientist disguises.
"That was fun!" Yuma exclaimed. "Can we do it again?"
"Later." Kim said as she drove. "Right now, we've got to pick up Puggsy and Pachira at the hospital, and head back to the hotel to get ready for the 4th of July celebration."
Liru arched an eyebrow. "But… that was three days ago." she said. Biff and Aiko looked at each other. They had been down in the lab for three whole days?
"Actually, do to the mishap at the hotel, they had to post-pone it until tonight," Cheshire said, grinning his crescent smile. "Looks like we got a lucky break."
"(grr) Wish we could've gotten one earlier," Fangface said, making Liru giggle.
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That night, after picking up their friends from the hospital, everyone stepped out onto the upstairs patio. The guys were wearing tuxedos, since the celebration was a formal occasion, but to Jack's displeasure, since being 'formal' wasn't exactly his style.
"Hey, Fangpuss, can I ask you something?" Shang asked the small werewolf, sitting in the hallway before walking out on the patio.
"Sure, what?" Fangpuss replied.
"Can you do me a really big favor?"
"What kind of favor?"
"Um… this kind?" She then grabbed his shoulder and pulled him close…
"So, what are you guys going to do once you get your palaces back?" Biff asked the ex-slaves.
"I don't know… I might just wait a while before I go back to the Netherworld," Cheshire said, looking up at the starry sky. "There's a lot of things here I'd like to see."
"Same here," Elliot said, nodding. "I'm going to stick around until I find out what happened to my family, then I'll pass on,"
"I t'ink I'll learn about yer modern-day ships, see if I can try tah captain one o' those vessels, then pick up where I left off an' sail the seven seas," Jack said.
"D… Ditto," Skoon said, grinning.
"Can I go with you?" A small voice asked, and they looked down and saw Shang, wearing a small blue dress and smiling at Jack.
"Shang! Ye can talk again!" Jack exclaimed, grabbing the four-year-old and hoisting her into the air with glee. "Ye broke yer spell! …How'd ye do it?"
Shang looked at Fangpuss, who was wiping his mouth and spitting. "I'll tell you later."
"That's the last time I help a GIRL again!" Fangpuss snarled, spitting once more.
The guys chuckled, and Jack tussled Shang's hair. "What's so funny?" Kim asked from the doorway as she and the princesses stepped out, showing off their new dresses.
Kim's dress was a light-purple, with a burgundy shawl draped around her shoulders, and her hair was pulled up in a bun; Liru wore a deep-blue dress that showed her back, and her hair was tied in a low pony-tail; Pachira was wearing a black dress with a pink trim, and her hair hung down and was pulled back by a black-crystal tiara; Yuma wore a bright-pink dress with a purple ribbon around the waste, and her hair hung low with a wavy style; and Keimi wore bandages around herself, and wore a red, strapless dress, and a auburn-red wig on her head.
The men stared in awe, and Fangface's jaw hit the ground (literately). "Whoa…" They all said.
"What do you know? That's what they said to us when we first met!" Yuma exclaimed.
Shang and Fangpuss crawled over to a radio, and turned on slow music. The guys rubbed the back of their necks, and the girls looked down blushing, all of them too shy to ask the other to dance. Finally, Skoon stepped up first, approaching Kim and holding out his hand. "May I… have this dance… Kim-san?" he asked her.
She smiled and took his hand. "I would be delight," she replied. She put her hands on his shoulders, while he put his on her waist, and they began their dance.
After seeing that spectacle, the other guys asked their girlfriends to dance, which they were also delighted to do, too. Yuma and Cheshire danced beside Puggsy and Pachira, and the witch-princess couldn't help but giggle at her friend. Liru rolled her eyes and smacked Yuma upside the head. "Grow up, already," she scoffed, then gave Yuma a reassuring wink.
At least only one of my friends laughed, Pachira thought, glad that three of her friends weren't making fun of her, and she continued to dance without shame.
Suddenly, the fireworks began, and everyone paused their dances to watch them. "Aren't they beautiful?" Aiko sighed, lying her head on Biff's shoulder.
"They sure are…" Biff said, smiling at Aiko.
"I'll say! (grr) Look at that one!" Fangface exclaimed, pointing at an array of yellow sparks showering down in the sky. "It looks just like the sun… sun…." In a tornado twirl, he transformed back into Fangs, and Fangpuss transformed back into Baby Fangs at the same time.
"Looks more like the moon to me," Liru said, then suddenly transformed into a little blonde puppy, sitting on a blue dress. "Woof!"
Fangs looked down at Liru, arching an eyebrow. "When did we get a dog?"
Liru leaped into Fangs' arms and licked his face, and everyone laughed at the sight. They figured Fangs would find out the truth sooner or later, but decided not to ruin the fun just yet, and enjoy the night now that their troubles were over.
The End!
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A/N: I know, not really my BEST ending, and the story seemed too short, but it was the best I could come up with and I was eager to finish this fic. Anyway, please read and review, but don't flame or I'll hunt you down and lock you away in MY lab! (…after I get one…)
