Assassin Drones: The original saga
Sex on the beach Arc. De Arimasu!
By Alex Young
Somewhere within the more affluent Mitchells Plain neighborhood, South Africa, 11:20 am. October 23, 2002
The Diakage cell had just arrived some 4 days ago at an airport within a neighboring city and has since travelled into Cape Town on foot. Nagato was now behind the wheel of a 2001 Hummer H1 as he along with the rest of his cell was on the faux escort mission for Mukade assigned by the Don Viper. "Hello! Is this Hamura Mukade Musashi, A.K.A. 'The Centipede,' no?" Daikage queried rapping his left pointer knuckle on the door.
"That's my name, what do you want?" Mukade queried in reply. "Let's just say that you've been cordially invited to a very important meeting, by the prime minister of Japan himself to discuss the terms of your demands in secret." Diakage explained. "So the Prime Minister wants to talk, huh? Alright, lead me to him." Mukade answered as he stepped inside Nagato's Hummer to attend "the meeting."
Their journey to the aforementioned meeting, which is actually an ambush site within the impoverished Khayelitsha, where the three undertaker cells were awaiting orders. This included one based in Cape Town disguised as a bunch of private security employees, another based in São Paulo, disguised as gang bangers, and the third which is based in Compton, New Jersey, was also disguised as gang bangers.
The Don Viper's crazed plot to take over the terrorist organization Kamui was coming full circle; beginning with the very trap that he orchestrated for Mukade himself. As soon as the Hummer, along with two others on the front and back of where Mukade was, reached the secluded ambush zone within Khayelitsha, the EMP device went off within the Hummer, and the three cells attacked. "GET DOWN!" Daikage ordered as gunfire streaked past the roof of the Hummer.
The other two Hummers contained within them actual private security employees, who were gunned down one by one to eliminate any witnesses. Daikage and company locked the doors on Mukade as the exited, trapping him inside with a bomb set to detonate within its semtex laden trunk. "YOU DIRTY MOTHERFUCKERS! I'll get you for this!" Mukade screeched as he desperately tried to unlock the doors.
The semtex bomb itself is set to detonate as soon as at least one of the doors was unlocked. The moment that Mukade did succeed in unlocking the nearest door within an hour after all four undertaker cells left to collect their payment, BOOM! The Hummer exploded in a fiery, molten mass of metal, plastic, and leather. With Mukade now dead and gone, Kamui as a whole was about to undergo yet another, even bigger seismic shift in its balance of power.
The Yokohama docks, 1:11 am. October 24, 2002
Radon had just arrived on the periphery of Shintagu's new hideout. Apparently, Xiu Wong's Kurain warlords, along with the Rat pack have stormed the original Kurain mansion, slaughtering one warlord that was left behind as a placeholder for Shintagu. The reason being that Shintagu was tipped off about the raid by an informant within Xiu Wong's warlords, and thus evacuated himself, his own warlords, and all of his weapons immediately and efficiently before the raid could ever be launched.
The aforementioned warehouse, dubbed #4c, as where Shintagu and his warlords were all evacuated to by the time that Xiu Wong conducted his fruitless raid on the original compound. Radon was sneaking his way further into the compound clad in a black hooded trench coat, a pair of urban camo cargo pants, and a pair of brown combat boots. Radon slashed one guard's throat open with his survival knife while Gial decapitated another with a silken cutting wire held taut with both spiked clubs.
Gial was an advance scout, clearing a path for the other assassin drones that were with him to take. Those other assassin drones were Moaghen, Kuosinne, Fuhinga, Ghallig, Miezoen, and Gaedool. Among the remaining pure Kurain, Jishaku, Tanken's former bodyguard, was sitting by Shintagu's side, as he did with his late father. The warehouse itself was bristling with all sorts of defenses, from weapons to positions, martial arts to CCTV cameras, and the like.
Gial gave his companions the ok to slink into their respective positions on the roof, with the signal being that Xiu Wong launches another raid, this time at the warehouse itself. Kuosinne had noticed something else as she began to look around; Shintagu Kurain was using tarantula, gorilla, velociraptor, and oviraptor type sentinel drones to assist his human assets in the defense of his warehouse hideout.
Ironically, the assassin drones would aid in Shintagu's defense once Xiu Wong's forces, the Rat pack, and the Keroro/Garuru platoons began their joint assault, as would the Don Viper once things became really hairy. A King Hiss clone performed a special type of molecule morph into a boa constrictor type mechadrone. In fact, both the Rat pack and their Cat pack counterparts consisted entirely of mechadrones! It's just that they took up various body styles, so it's hard to tell at a glance.
In this case, the Don Viper sent in some more aerial drones known as "reavers" to provide air support for Shintagu's defense force. "Yo, Rip! How's it been?" Nightslayer askes of Rip Rat midway into his supportive flyover. "Hey, Night Sight! You don't mind ripping these fucks a new asshole for me, do you?" Rip Rat replied molecule morphing into a tank shooting at several gorilla and pistol shrimp type mechadrones. "Sure, why not?" Nightslayer answered.
With that, Nightslayer picked up a tarantula type mechadrone tank and ripped it to pieces upon pulling his "rabid descent shredder" move. Gial charged Rip Rat head on, jumping over some mechadrone wreckage. A cargo container piece fell down behind Gial upon getting cut off by a laser lancer from an oviraptor type mechadrone.
Rip Rat deployed his urban warfare battle kit with a pair of grenade launchers on one side, and a set of three grappling electro claws on the other. The grappler launch weapon itself had one thick claw hinged at the bottom, and two thinner claws hinged at the top. Rip Rat launched his grappler claws at Gial, who had swiftly woven a defensive cocoon around his own body in response.
Amazingly enough, the claw itself clamped hard onto Gial's cocoon without really breaking it. Rip Rat, then jumped up as part of another molecule morph, this time in ring out mode, and flailed the shit out of Gial around like a motherfucker. Rip Rat did not let go even as the still encased Gial ripped into a tower crane collapsing it in the process.
Radon on the other hand, took full advantage of the chaos to try and sneak into the warehouse. A Xiu Wong commando met their end at Radon's Macedonian twins, along with several others. All the while the rest of them remain unaware that Radon is among them in a quieter area. Alas, the quiet would not remain for long, for Rip Rat violently catapulted Gial's cocoon straight into the generator, causing a power outage.
This new development exhorted of Radon to hurry up and get the job done. Shintagu had already locked himself into a makeshift panic room as Gial emerged from his cocoon. Gial then motioned to break in from the top and chase Shintagu out, herding him straight into Radon's path. Radon took this golden opportunity, and stabbed Shintagu through his skull, thereby killing him in the chaos. All that had served well to facilitate the Don Viper's take over of the Kurain organized crime syndicate, as well as Kamui within little over a day of each other.
In short, the shrewd Don Viper had just killed two birds with one stone. Radon was ambushed by a katydid type mechadrone from the side, which he barely escaped from it with his life. The ambushing katydid android was shredded by a transforming kinetic kill vehicle mechadrone from the Brigandine's railgun blade as it made a flyby over Radon's head. Radon, deciding that the deed was done and that he needed to get out of dodge, and called up his shapeshifting supercar to evacuate the boy hitman.
The Don Viper's headquarters, 8:00 am
"Just when we all thought that the violence was dying down before, it just came to a head late last night with the assassination of Shintagu Kurain. In related news, Mukade was killed with a car bomb about a day or so ago. Thus, the violence incited by both people should begin to die down along with them." *Kzziw* The Don Viper turned off his television set satisfied with the results of his actions.
"Now, for the payments." The Don Viper mused making sure to pay the undertakers as well as Radon electronically on a secure wifi network. The Don Viper should begin to take over Kurain, but install one of his henchmen into Kamui, and when things get rough, absorb them in as well. Monopoly was the name of the game, and securing it meant either eliminating, or absorbing potential competitors into the Don Viper's gang.
The Hinata residence, 8:00 am. Halloween day, 2002
Fuyuki had just put on his denim shirt, white dress pants, white belt, and white dress shoes, which meant that he was to break a new necktie in. In this case, it was a lighter olive tie with white stripes running diagonally down the right side. He tied it, had his picture taken, and retired to his room where he swapped for his more casual clothes.
We all know that the Hinatas reside within this comfortable family home, but did you know that there was someone else who also lives here invisible to the naked eye? Now, what would Fuyuki have anything to do with answering the previous question? The audience would find out as soon as the door to another room within the lower floor was opened. A ghostly moan resonated throughout the room as Fuyuki ventured further into it.
Legend has it that a young girl was trapped in a prison during the feudal era, upon which the Hinata family home was coincidentally built. Her ghost had manifested itself spiritually right before Fuyuki's eyes. She goes by a name though, and that name is Omiyo. She wore a pink kimono, bule obi, red obi age, and white obi jime. Fuyuki's eyes lit up with excitement at this. "Mom! There's a ghost in the basement!" He cheered trying to let the rest of the family know of his discovery.
"A ghost!? W-W-W-Where!?" Natsumi exclaimed terrified of the prospect of living in a haunted house. "Don't be silly! She's not out to hurt us. Come on, don't be shy." Fuyuki called as Omiyo took on what was a physical manifestation this time around. Omiyo reatined her ghostly complexion as she exited the basement walking up to Fuyuki's side and kneeled down.
"Legend has it that a young girl was captured, thrown in prison, and tortured to death. She is that girl sitting right next to me." Fuyuki stated. "Hello there. I was watching you all ever since you moved in here, seeing as how I'm a ghost and all. My name's Omiyo, by the way." Omiyo introduced feeling rather happy for Fuyuki and Momoka as a couple. The initial uproar died down as the rest of the family went on with whatever they were doing before.
The Tendo residence, 1:00 pm
"Well according to legend, whew, whoever is in possession of the large bell Maomolin is destined to be with the smaller recipient necklace bell for the rest of their lives, Saotome." Soun heaved as he lowered the larger bell onto the living room floor. "Ranma, my boy! There's something that I as your father want to present to you!" Genma commanded in a rather out of character sing song voice of Ranma.
"Hey pops, this had better not be some dogshit concoction to get me into marrying that uncute and unsexy tomboy, Akane again!" Ranma spat out distrustful of his father's plea as he approached the larger bell. Genma handed the big bell over to Ranma, who had no less trouble than Soun in lugging the damned thing around. "That dirty mother, hrrmph!" *Kthud.* Ranma spat as he dragged the bell into his room laying it down withg a thud to contemplate the purpose of its existence.
Near a deep, abandoned well within a public park, 9:50 pm
Fuyuki was out on a night time outing holding hands with Momoka. Fuyuki had just put his denim shirt, his new tie, his white dress pants, white belt, and white dress shoes back on after having taken a bath. Momoka was wearing a tan komon kimono with brown, thin striped running down its length. The obi jime was brown, with the obi and obi age both white.
In fact, she was only required to wear a white obi whenever Fuyuki wore a white tie, white pants, or both without a black shirt during the night. Raikoume and Kamikase popped up from the well undetected to watch the Kissho Junior high class couple's night time ritual, as they had been doing on every night once a month.
"So those two were what activated the young love ritual back on the 5th of June. Mmhmmm." Raikoume pondered with her younger sister riding her back with head on top trying to get in on the action. "Will you cut that out?" Raikoume hissed in displeasure as she tried to wiggle Kamikase off of her back.
"Will you quit you gripng, already? I'm trying to get a better view of the action." Kamikase hissed back biting on her older sister's tail. Raikoume retaliated by swiping her six clawed left hand at Kamikase's throat. Kamikase dodged knocking her and Raikoume off balance sending the snarling, biting, clawing, hissing, and kicking mass deeper into the well.
If anything, the well amplified their infighting, making it sound as though a terrible beast lurked inside it. "I'm scared!" Momoka quivered. "Don't worry, I'll be there for you." Fuyuki replied as he and the kimono clad Momoka closed in with the latter standing on her toes. They closed the gap ever so slowly, and they kissed once more, only to part ways until the next time.
Once all the inhabitants turned themselves in back at the Tendo residence, a legend of the bell contrary to what Soun had offered came alive all its own. Ranma, having realized that Maomolin was a ghostly cat upon waking up, decided to take the little bell as far away from there as possible. Ranma eventually found a telephone pole, and tied the necklace string to one of the steps at the side, making himself scarce shortly thereafter.
Back at the well, Raikoume and kamikase were still into their usual infighting when their noises scared the local populace so much that one, Space Deputy Kogoro riding his V-twin motorcycle and friends answered the call. Aside from his sidekick for a sister Lavie in the side car, those friends were Tatewaki Kuno, Ryoga Hibiki, and Mousse.
Raikoume and Kamikase popped up from the well, with the latter being first to lash out at them, with Ryoga as her target. Another personality trait is that they will lash out at anyone together who tries to break up their infighting. All except for their older brother, Kuroga, and the grumpy old geezer, Trokyushe, both of which would shut the sisters up right away.
Kamikase clamped hard on Ryoga's fist making him scream in agony as he struggled to shake her off. Ryoga then held Kamikase up high over his head with Mousse launching his grappler meat hook attack to bind her in place. Kamikase let go of Ryoga's fist going after Mousse this time. Kamikase swiped her tail into Mousse's face mid air.
Raikoume went after Kuno and Kogoro, who both performed their collaborative beat down blade attack, and missed because of her lights speed escape. "HaaaaaaaaaaaAAAA SAY YOUR PRAYERS! LIGHT SPEED DIVE BOMB ATTACK!" Raikoume screeched as she rammed into Kuno and Kogoro as a kinetic kill vehicle producing kinetic energy converted into torsional energy upon impact.
Raikoume landed safely upon spreading her body out and landing on her legs and feet. Kamikase rejoined her sister with Ryoga and Mousse hotly pursuing the former. Lavie's side car motorcycle set up transformed into one raptor mecha with a laser cannon on the left, and a missile battery on the right. Lavie piloted the mecha into position as the wheel talons deployed on both velociraptor sisters.
"Hey cut it out!" Raikoume snarled. "Yeah, do you mind? were in the middle of some infighting, here!" Kamikase growled as they both lifted the mecha tossing it at their opponents. They then let loose a collaborative technique that they have just perfected some 8 years ago today. "DUAL LIGHT SPEED SLASH BOMB DASH!" The twins screeched in unison as they ripped the moto side car mecha open.
The residual energy from their plasma blades had created a huge explosion behind their backs. "HA HAA! THAT'LL TEACH YA!" Raikoume called out. "Yeah! That was fun!" Kamikase squealed as she and her sister reunited once more. Strangely enough, after they fight together for a long enough period of time, they stop their infighting and resume whatever it was they were doing before.
Raikoume had found the video camera still rolling and stopped recording any additional footage. The twins rewound the camera until they found the moment where Momoka and Fuyuki were kissing each other during the infighting. with their mission complete, the twins head back to the Rapier, submitting the footage for Aoryuzen's review.
Out on that same street at that same telephone pole, 8:18 am. November 2, 2002
A young man was walking down the street clad in a brown turtleneck sweater, a white scarf, and a pair of formal khakis chanced a look at the bell for himself. His name was Mikado Sanzenin, and he deluded himself into thinking that the bell was a gift from a beautigul maiden awaiting him at some far away land.
A young girl who was accompanying Mikado, one by the name of Azusa Shiratori, simply wanted the bell for herself. "I'll get you out of there, Sylvia." She called out in so doing. Not only that, but the telephone pole that it was tied to as well. Damn! Talk about brute strength as Azusa effortlessly lifted the telephone pole up from out of the ground.
When the big Maomolin bell found the little bell dangling from the step, Azusa let go of the telephone pole before it came crashing into a neighboring house, and reached for the big bell with the little bell still in hand. "This huge bell! It's so cute!" Azusa squealed in delight as she attemped to drag the big bell home with her. "Mmmme-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-w-w-w-w-w!" The ghost cat Maomolin caterwauled as he emerged from the bell itself!
"A big, furry, ghost cat! You're even cuter! Azusa's gonna take you home!" Azusa squealed again squeezing Maomolin as hard as she could. "Wow! I think she's in love with me!" Maomolin cried much to Mikado's jealousy. After Azusa sped her way home with Maomolin in toe, Mikado pulled out an FGM-148 Javelin missile launcher, and pulled the trigger launching the missile into top-attack mode, all the way into the fleeing Azusa with explosive results.
Azusa, of course, survived the blast without a single scratch, and so did Maomolin, who was nobody's clay pigeon. Maomolin charged at Mikado before picking up the telepone pole that Azusa dropped to use as a weapon. Mikado fought back applying his skills in martial arts figure skating into the realm of roller blading.
"Azusa's me-y fiancee, and there's nyo way you can object!" Maomolin challenged swinging the telephone pole wildly about the street. Even with a pair of inline roller blades instead of ice skate blades, Mikado still managed to cut the telephone pole to pieces with a few swift sweep kicks.
Maomolin simply chickened out at that making himself scarce afterwards. "Wow, I'm impressed at the sheer skill of this person." Moaghen groused hiding with his companion Kuroga on an adjacent roof. "Remember, our mission here is to gather data on any other potential threats to our invasion." Kuroga reminded of Moaghen.
"I can't help it! I hafta get into this guy's brain!" Moaghen carped. "Don't split hairs with me! We'll wait for the signal from Gial." Kuroga snapped when Gial gave the go ahead for Moaghen to launch the mind control strike on Mikado, which he did. This presented another opportunity for Moaghen to have a little fun upon Kuroga having completely scanned all the mind data.
Moaghen shifted his silk tendrils on Mikado's body to approach Azusa. Mikado, with eyes glowed blood red with no pupils, lashed out on his golden pair partner with teeth bared like vampire fangs, and grabbed onto her. Moaghen's silk connections were immediately cut loose by Kuroga. "This is no time for cheap theatrics, Moaghen." Kuroga reprimanded sternly.
"Hey, come on, a mind master has to have fun, too you know." Moaghen replied before he was dragged by his silk lines towards Azusa by Azusa. "Oh wow, You're so cute, Dylan!" Azusa squealed referring to Moaghen as "Dylan" in glomping the giant water bug type assassin drone.
"H-Hey! I'm not 'Dylan,' OKAY!?" Moaghen screeched with Kuroga sniggering to himself in the background. Moaghen then slipped his mind eraser tendrils into Azusa's and Mikado's brains so as to make them forget ever running into him. Moaghen dropped the golden pair temporarily unconscious giving him and Kuroga just enough time to get away from the scene.
