Chapter 18: Schemes and More Monster Hunting!
The party were at the inn, where they're about to explain to their newest members about what just happened.
"Where to begin…" Houki closed her eyes for about 50 seconds till she opened them and turned to Zoey. "Zoey, I think you will do the explaining on what happen so far." Zoey gulped. 'Oh man… stage fright! Get a grip on yourself, Hanson! You can do this!' Zoey nodded and cleared her throat.
"Well, those two kids who attacked us are magical girls, girls who have special powers." Zoey stated. Naruto butted in. "Then magical girls are evil! They attacked us!" Naruto shouted, Sakura whacked him in the head.
"Quiet noddle brains, let Ms. Hanson finish." She scolded. "Go on, Ms. Hanson." Sakura smiled. "Please, call me Zoey. As I was saying, magical girls are protectors of a world called Earth. There are other Earths, but the one we came from have magical girls."
"That's great. Even girls must save the world sometimes." Lee gave Zoey a thumbs up. "Thanks, uh… Lee, right? Well, according to my friend, Bridget, famous magical girls from our world disappeared a few days ago. We're magical girls too called the Mew Mews and we're somewhat famous, but not as famous as the Sailor Scouts." Zoey stated.
"Cool." Kiba gasped in awe. Akamaru barked in agreement. "Then, one day, when we were about to celebrate the third anniversary of the place we work at, Café Mew Mew. The Sailor Scouts attacked us." Corina continued for Zoey.
"W-Why were they attacking you? Isn't it a magical girl's job to protect people?" Hinata asked nervously. "They were brainwashed…" Renee finished coolly.
"Brainwashed? By who?" Shikamaru asked. "Someone called the Mistress…" IF frowned.
"Yeah! She wears clothes only a sexy female Goth will wear and she has this way over dramatic laugh!" Neptune fist fight in the air, most of the Ninjas sweat dropped.
"Zoey and Nep-Nep is right. The Mistress is a bad evil witch who wants Zoey and her friends' Ultimate Magic!" Compa nodded. "What is this Ultimate Magic anyway?" Tenten asked.
"The Ultimate Magic is considered the most powerful magic in the entire universe." Renee folded her arms. "According to IF, only a select few can wield it. And we are the ones who hold it." Bridget stated.
"And you were lucky to hold it, right?" Miroku asked, sipping his tea. "That's right. With it, we were able to beat the brainwashed Sailor Scouts. But then, the Mistress appeared and we were still worn from our fight with the Scouts that she was about to kill us and take the Mews' Ultimate Magic." Ryoko frowned. She is still upset that she couldn't do anything to save the Sailor Scouts from the Mistress.
"That's where Historie saved us by teleporting us to Gaminidustri!" Kikki beamed. "Historie?" Chouji asked confusedly, eating his chips. "Histy! She's the one who needs rescuing! And we need to get four items called Key Fragments to save her!" Neptune said excitedly.
Sasuke looked at the heroes with a cold glare. "…I'm starting to think you're making this up." Yahiko ran up in Sasuke's face and shouted "They're telling the truth! How could you not trust them?" He demanded.
Sasuke looked at Yahiko with a cold glare and simply stated "For one, this Histy person may be this Mistress person you mentioned and maybe she wants the Ultimate Magic for herself…" "We are so not making this up! Histy holds the answers to who this Mistress person is and she can tell us to free the magical girls under the Mistress' spell!" Neptune frowned.
"That's enough, everyone." Kuruma stated. "Neptune's students, believe them or not, they are telling the truth and this Histy person may hold the answers to our questions. Our top proitiy is to focus on our mission to find the Key Fragments and help the people of each landmass in Gaminidustri." He stated. Bridget smiled at him. "Thanks, Kuruma." She thanked him. "Anytime. I believe it's getting late. Let us rest up for tomorrow." Everyone nodded in agreement and went to sleep.
Later that night… at the Basilicom…
A 16 year old girl with black hair tied in two blue ribbons, wore black and white clothes with removable sleeves and black shoes was meeting with someone, it was Ganache. And the girl he is talking to is none other than Lady Black Heart.
"Hello. I never expected to meet with Lady Black Heart alone." Ganache commented as he took a seat. "I'm glad you feel that way about me, despite being from a different land. Still, I had no time to waste chatting." Black Heart stated. "Let's get started. Neptune is stronger than I anticpated, and of course, she'll continue to grow in strength. Plus, the Ultimate Magic is real and those five half animal girls are the ones who hold it." Black Heart frowned.
"So we should deal with them immeditantly? If it's for you, I'd collect every weapon possible and face them tomorrow. But realistically, I doubt I can do that so quickly. We shouldn't rush into this." Ganache scratched his chin in thought.
"I'm not telling you to or anything, but… Whaddya think? Will your plan truly succeed?" Black Heart asked. "I've been observing the little Neptune and her friends for awhile. I'm sure it'll go as expected. Just sit back and wait for us to take Neptune done and take the Ultimate Magic. I'll stake the Guild's pride on it." Ganache smirked evilly.
"…What of the represtivtive? I can't understand what he's thinking. Is he fine with this or anything?" Black Heart asked. Ganache frowned. "I don't think he likes me all that much, but it's irrelevant. He's got his own way of dealing with things." He simply stated.
The next day… our heroes receive another job from Avenir and went to the location of the job where they find a familiar face.
It was the Moderator and he doesn't seen too happy to see our heroes.
"You're the ones Avenir hired to fight monsters? What the hell's that company thinking?" The Moderator growled. "Heeey, you're the meaniepoo who kicked us out when we first went to the Basilicom! What are you doin' here?" Neptune countered.
"I'm substituting for a Avenir employee. They asked me to explain the job to you. You are to defeat as many monsters per their specications as you can and deliver their bodies, dead or alive." The Moderator.
"Why the hell do they want the monsters? Are you sure that's what they said?" Laura frowned. "Maybe they need their hides. But over-predation will drive a monster species to extinction!" Compa frowned.
"Who trades monster hides anyway? Monsters should become extinct. If you have questions, ask the damn employee later." The Moderator growled as the party entered the factory.
"Man, what a jerk! He's downright rude!" Naruto grumbled. "That's enough, Naruto. They may be our enemies, but we have to take jobs in order to find out their motives." IF scolded.
1 hour later after killing the boss, they were outside the factory with Nep-Nep in her HDD state.
An Avenir employee walked up to them. "Greetings. Excellent work. I've come to collect the defeated monsters." He smiled. "Work is work, but I'm not thrilled to help our evil nemesis, Avenir." Neptune frowned. The employee was skeptic.
"…Nemesis? Um, this is…?" "Don't worry about her. We gave it our all and covered everything in that area." Miyabi stated. "Thank you very much. You've done exceedingly well. Here is your reward. Please, take it." He gave our heroes 1000 Credits.
"I have one question…" Kiba began. "What are you planning to do with those monsters? Depending on your answer…." "P-Please, there's no need to get tense. I know it sounds odd. This creature's nervous tissue acts as a conductor in the hardware Avenir is developing. The monster will die as soon as the nervous tissue is removed, so that's why we didn't specify dead or alive." The employee stated.
"That's barbaric!" Sango growled. "Hmm…" IF folded her arms. "Basically, the monster has whatever you need to make some kind of machine." IF stated. "I'm relieved you understand. We'll definitely call on you if something normal humans cannot handle arises." The employee smiled. Neptune frowned. "…That's hardly flattering." Neptune remarked. Zoey was in thought.
'What is Avenir up to…?' Zoey thought to herself.
Indeed, what is Avenir plotting?
To be continued…
Next time: The Black Shadow's Third Strike!