The Misadventures of Hyperdimension Peashy

Episode 14

by Derald Snyder

*Peach's Apartment*

"Sega Saturn, shiro!" stated the judo master on the Neptube video.

"I can't believe you actually *enjoy* watching these silly old commercials," Peach sighed as she observed her boyfriend.

"Why, 'cause I'm a Leanbox native, and he's from Planeptune?" Adrian suggested.

"*No*, because Segata is way overrated, in my opinion!" the blonde shot back. "And I was born in Planeptune, remember?!"

Adrian turned to Peach incredulously. "You think he's overrated?!"

"Yeah!" Peach retorted defiantly. "I mean, I could easily handle a judo-flip from him, I could break out of his choke hold, and return the favor!"

"What about his judo throw that makes you explode on impact?" Adrian argued.

"Pffffft!" Peashy waved him off. "The other guy probably just hit a hidden landmine or something! And need I remind you, Segata is helpless against zombies!"

"And you wouldn't be?" her boyfriend raised an eyebrow.

"Well, I wouldn't try to fight an entire horde off," Peach conceded. "Even *I'm* not that stupid... but I could easily handle those three he was up against initially!" Something then occurred to her. "In fact... how do we know Segata wasn't turned by those zombies? They *were* swarming him at the end..."

Adrian blinked, before a smile came over him. "Peashy, I think you just gave me an idea..." Turning back to the computer, he began typing excitedly...

*A few days later...*

Peach sat down next to Adrian at the computer, opening a can of Nepsoda. "OK, I'm ready Adrian...Show me what you got."

"Alrighty then," the Leanbox soldier nodded, un-minimizing the video before hitting PLAY.

The title was 'Segata Zombie', as it showed the zombies from that particular commercial... however, the heads had been replaced by photo-edited Segata heads, which were colored green with bloody eyes. The video then focused on each individual zombie, as a slowed-down version of Segata's theme played in the background.

Peashy couldn't help but grin and chuckle. "That's pretty good, Adrian..."

"Thanks... it's already gone viral," her boyfriend grinned and nodded. Suddenly the buzzer sounded...

Peach hit the button. "Who is it?"

"Sega Saturn, SHIRO!" came the answer.

The blonde laughed aloud at that. "Nice try, buddy... wrong country!" She and Adrian then went to the window to see who it really was...

Segata Sanshiro himself glared up at them from below.

"Oh, SH-!"

"EEEEEEEK!"

The couple immediately beat feet out of the apartment, running up the stairs to the roof... As they exited, however, the door was shut by Segata himself.

"Wha-?!" gasped Peach.

"How did he...?" Adrian didn't bother to finish that thought as he and Peashy continued to run for their lives, nearly tripping over an upraised pipe in the process... However, as they approached the ladder to the ground, Segata was suddenly there, punching a fist into his hand.

"Aaaaaww...!" Adrian groaned at their seeming inability to escape, as the two turned and fled in another direction.

They now had no choice to try and jump from the roof to the next apartment building over... Peach leapt first, managing to grab onto the ledge... unfortunately, Adrian's jump fell short causing him to grab his girlfriend's legs, ending up pulling her down with him...

Fortunately, their fall was broken by a dumpster full of garbage, Peach not even spilling any of her Nepsoda. As they climbed out, though, they saw the judo master standing a short distance away, cracking his knuckles menacingly.

Peach and Adrian took off again, terrified beyond words by now. Reaching a tall wooden fence with a door, Adrian leapt and hurled himself over the fence, while Peashy took the door, not wanting to spill her soda, though she still had enough presence of mind to lock it behind her, for all the good it would do...

The two then ran for the door to the building as fast as they can, in near-panic as they wrenched it open...

Only to freeze in terror as Segata stood before them.

*click!* went the camera in his hands, before snatching the Nepsoda out of Peach's hand...

*Some time later...*

A new Neptube video had been posted, titled 'Segata's Revenge," featuring two mannequins with Adrian and Peach's terrified faces taped on the heads, as Segata punched, kicked, and judo-flipped the stuffing out of them.

Sitting in his chair, Segata nodded as he took a sip of Peach's Nepsoda, watching his video go viral.

"Sega Saturn, shiro!"

RESPECT THE SODA

TASTE THE SODA

NEPSODA!

*Peach's Apartment*

"I can't believe they turned that into a commercial!" Peach whined as she watched the television, sitting beside her boyfriend on the couch.

"Well hey, look on the bright side, Peashy," Adrian shrugged, "At least WE didn't get judo-flipped..."

*Episode 14- End*