5. The Royal Princess and the Mouse

This episode's Anime: Princess Resurrection


It is a lovely day as Mickey and Matt stroll through the city for some relaxing sightseeing. Out on the streets of the city, they are walking on the sidewalks as they passed by shopping buildings and restaurants.

"Gee Matthew, it's a great day." Mickey stated with a smile. "I wonder what kind of Animes I'll encounter?"

"I don't know," Matt replied and shrugged, "but I can say is that you're progressing well on making the Animes your best friend."

"Aw, gee…" Mickey said shyly.

While the two are walking, Mickey and Matt heard a small group of people talking to each other. Although it's none of their business, Mickey and Matt listened to the group's conversation.

"Didn't you hear?" said a male citizen, "Another person just got threatened by another attacker."

"Really!?" shouted a female shopkeeper. "That's the fourth one since last week."

"Calm down Miss," said an obese and male butcher, "let's not get the other people edgy here."

"Sorry…, it's just… I'm so frightened."

"I hear ya," said the male citizen, "but luckily, that guy wasn't the attacker's target."

"That's a relief…," said the butcher, "but still, the fourth attacker. How much longer are we going to be scared by these unexpected attackers that appear out of nowhere."

"Well, I can tell you this," the male citizen speaks, "I heard they are only focusing on one target which is why they kept asking and threatening us with questions."

"What's their target?" the shopkeeper asked in concern.

"All I heard from the attackers is something about a royal princess that grants immortality. That's it."

"Well, let's not dilly-dally here any longer…" the butcher said with a sigh, "Let's go back in and remain safe."

"Good point." the shopkeeper agreed, "But sometimes, I wish there was a hero who is brave enough to stop these attackers haunting us for good."

"If only that were true…" said the male citizen.

And the three people went inside a building. From a distance, Mickey and Matt heard every word from the three people and were a bit shocked to hear the news.

"Mick, did you hear that?" Matthew said.

"Gosh…, an attacker, huh?" Mickey said with concern. "I wouldn't want to be involved in that situation."

"Well…, we better stay alert for that attacker, especially if he's around in this area." Mickey agrees with Matt.

Just then…, "Whoa!" Mickey and Matt heard a young woman screaming and looked. There they see an Anime, a young woman in her early 20s in a maid outfit with long brown hair and blue eyes. She was on the ground with three paper bags with all the groceries fell out of the bags. Without hesitation, Mickey and Matt went up to the maid Anime.

"Hey ma'am, are you okay?" Mickey asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine." the maid Anime responded, "I just tripped over and fell, that's all."

"Oh man, look at all these groceries." Matt noticed and said, "They're everywhere."

"Here, Ma'am," Mickey speaks, "let us help you clean this up."

"Why thank you, guys." the maid Anime replied happily.

Soon enough, the three picked up every grocery item on the ground and put them into the bags. Once the groceries are inside in the bags, the maid Anime stood and bows to Mickey and Matt.

"Thank you very much for your kind deed." the maid Anime said with a grin. "My name is Sawawa Hiyorimi."

"Nice to meet you, ma'am," Matt said with grin. "I'm Matthew, but you can me Matt for short."

"And I'm Mickey at your service." Mickey Mouse said with a smile.

"It's nice to meet you two." But Sawawa paused a moment. She thought in her head, until… "Wait… Mickey…" She thinks very carefully, and when she opened her eyes again and see Mickey in front of her, she blinked in surprise. "(Gasp!) Are you saying… you're Disney's Mickey Mouse!?"

"(Giggle) That's me."

Sawawa smiled in great surprise. "Oh my gosh! I can't believe I'm talking to Disney's one and only Mickey Mouse." Sawawa never felt this excitement before in her life. She encountered something unique and rare that just happened on her day. "I heard so much about you, but I never thought I get to see you in person."

"Well, it's your lucky day." Matt noted, "Mickey and I were walking around here, and it was just coincidence to bump into you."

"It is my lucky day." Sawawa gladly responded, but then begins to turn a little sad. "But still…, I have to deliver these groceries to the huge house at the top of the hill. I know it is important, but…"

"But what's wrong?" Mickey asked.

"Well…, there's this new parfait I would love to try at this café I always go to, but the mistress of the house is in desperate need of these grocery foods." Sawawa sighed, "Oh, what to do…" Mickey and Matt feel a bit concern for Sawawa not knowing what the two gentlemen would do until Sawawa blinked and got an idea. "Say you guys, can you do me a favor?"

"Sure, uh… what is it?" Mickey asked.

"Would you be so kind as to do a lady's favor and take these groceries to the mistress? I know it seems that I'm slacking off, but I really wanted to try that new limited-edition parfait before it's too late. Is it possible to do this for me, or am I asking too much?"

Mickey Mouse and Matt turned towards each other, but Matt speaks to Mickey. "Sounds like a pain at first, but this is an opportunity for you to meet more Animes."

"Gosh, you might be right." Mickey replied. As Mickey and Matt both agreed to help Sawawa's favor, the two gentlemen turned to her and smiled. "Why sure Sawawa, we'll help your grocery deliveries, and you can get try that parfait you're eager to taste it."

"Really!?" Sawawa said in surprise and great happiness, "Oh! Thank you so much, you guys." Sawawa then gives all the groceries to Mickey and Matt. She also gave the two gentlemen a map to the direction of her mistress' home. "Just follow this road and up that huge hill, and there you will find a huge house on the top of it." Sawawa also pointed toward the big hill that overlooks the whole town to guide Mickey and Matt of where they need to go. "Thank you so much gentlemen, I'll catch you later." Sawawa then left and went to the café she usually visits and eats.

Once Sawawa is gone, Mickey and Matt turned to the hill and looked from a distance. "On that hill huh?" Matt said.

"I guess so," Mickey said as he is looking at the map Sawawa gave to them. "According to the map, that must be it."

"Well…, let's move."

"Okay, Matt."

Mickey and Matt walked down the road and headed for the top of the hill.


A half-hour passed, and Mickey and Matt are still carrying groceries and walking up the long uphill road. They are starting to get tired, but they kept going.

"How… much… further?" Mickey said as he breathes a lot to get some air.

"Well," Matt speaks as he is also catching his breath, "according to the map… we should be at the huge house… right about now."

And no doubt about it, Mickey and Matt arrived at the front gates of a large two-story house. The two looked through the gates and observed the house from afar. The house is dark and looked spooky like ghosts might be living inside the creepy place. Mickey and Matt weren't sure if this is the house to deliver the groceries, but the address Sawawa told them says that the creepy house is the one.

"Gee…, is this really the place?" Mickey asked in little fright.

Matt looked at the address from Sawawa one more time to be sure. He then looked for the address number for the creepy house and found it. The number on the house's gates and from the letter from Sawawa are precisely matched. "Hate to say it, but… this is the one." Matt replied in little fright.

"(Gulp)…, I was afraid you'd say that."

Without stalling time, Matt immediately presses the button on a speaker box where it's next to the front gate, and it rings the doorbell. Ding-Dong! There is a speaker just underneath the doorbell button as a voice from the speaker spoke.

"Who is it?" said a womanly voice from the speaker box.

"Um…, sorry to intrude," Matt speaks with little nervousness, "but we brought some groceries for you."

"Groceries…? Yes, I did say I need groceries for tonight's dinner, but just who are you? You don't sound like my usual and simple-minded maid Sawawa."

"Well, the thing is that…, we just met your maid, Sawawa Hiyorimi, and there's a parfait she wanted to try at the café she goes. So she asked us if we can deliver your groceries for you."

"(Sigh)…, I figured as much." There was complete silence after the last words from the speaker box, until… "Okay, thanks for doing the favor for her and me. I'll send my trusting servant to let you in."

"Thanks Miss."

The conversation of Matt and the speaker box ended, and Mickey and Matt waited for a few seconds for someone to open the gates. It was then one the front doors of the big and dark house opened, and someone came out and headed towards the gates. It is a young teenage boy with short brown hair and appears to have a skinny body. He also wears a white-collar school uniform shirt, long black uniform pants, a brown belt around his waist, and blue sports shoes. He approaches the gate and sees Mickey and Matt standing on the other side of the gate.

"Hey Mister," the young boy said. "How are ya?"

"Doing great," Matt replied.

"I see you met my sister in downtown, huh?"

"Your sister?" Mickey questioned.

The young teenage boy sees Mickey as he is a little surprised to see Mickey talking. "Whoa, a talking mouse." the teenage boy said, "But I'm not too surprised, I mean I met a lot of weird creatures lately."

Mickey didn't quite understand what the young boy said, but he shook his head and speaks up. "Anyway, your sister, you said?"

"Oh yeah, my sister is Sawawa Hiyorimi. She loves going to that café a lot just to eat some delicious parfait and ice cream."

"I see," Matt said. "And who are you?"

"Oh yeah, I'm Hiro Hiyorimi." Hiro then opens the front gates to let Mickey and Matt inside. "Come on in, you guys."

"Thanks," Matt said as he and Mickey stepped inside, "My name is Matthew Oda, you can call me Matt for short."

"And I'm Mickey, so nice to meet ya. Ha-Ha."

"Nice to meet you too," Hiro said with a smile.

As the three slowly walk towards the front doors of the haunted-looking house, something clouded in Matt's mind. "Hiro Hiyorimi…" Matt thought, "Why is it I heard and seen this Anime character before?" Matt tries to remember the title of the Anime that Hiro came from, but his mind is foggy and can't recall the name.

The three guys arrived at the front doors. Hiro turned and looked at Mickey and Matt as he speaks with a concerned look on his face. "Before we go in, I just want to warn you that the residents in this house, including my master, are a bit… well… strange."

Mickey and Matt looked at each other wondering what Hiro meant. Mickey and Matt then looked back at Hiro as Mickey makes a question. "What do you mean by that?" he said.

"You'll see…" Hiro then opened the front doors, and the three stepped inside the house.

Once the three are inside the foyer of the house, Hiro closed the front doors. Mickey and Matt observed the whole interior of the room, and the decorations inside the room are antique. The wallpaper, the stair's rails, the floor's tiles, and the interior décor all look like antiques in an old mansion. Mickey and Matt got the fearful chill as if they are in a haunted mansion, not like the Disneyland version. Luckily for the two that it is still daylight time.

"Hime!" Hiro shouted. "I've brought them in!"

"Who's Hime?" Mickey wondered.

"She's is my master and the mistress of this house. She comes from a royal family from another kingdom and lives here in the human world."

"You mean…, she's a magical Anime?" Mickey's eyes almost widen.

"Well technically, she's more of the necromantic side. She casts immortality spells and knows a lot about paranormal stuff."

"Wow, you must be fortunate to have her as your master," Matt commented.

"Not really…" Hiro makes a worried expression on his face and rubs the back of his head. "Although she may be royalty, she can be sometimes cruel and cold to others, if you know what I mean."

"No, I don't know what you mean." Hiro flinched in fright when heard that familiar woman's voice. Mickey and Matt heard the voice too. The three turned to the source of the woman's voice. And in Hiro, Mickey, and Matt's view stood a young teen woman with her arms crossed. She wears a shoulderless black dress with a silver tiara on her head and black dress shoes. She has long blonde hair and red demonic eyes. Stood next to the woman is a little girl in a maid's outfit with a red bowtie. She has tan hair and a big bolt, looking like a hat, on her head.

Hime, the young teen woman, stared at Hiro with her demonic eyes. Hiro shivered in little fright. "H-H-Hime…," he said fearfully, "…w-w-what I meant to say is…"

"Hiro," Hime said calmly, "Are you telling me that I'm some sort of dark and ghastly being that likes to torment the weak for my satisfaction?"

Hime and her little maid approach to Hiro as Hime stared evilly at him. Hiro shook in deep fright while Mickey and Matt, unease, watched the scenario. Hiro kept on shaking, until… "I'm sorry Hime!" Hiro said in fright and bowed, "I didn't mean to give a bad example. I was just trying to let our visitors know a little bit about you. I was getting to the good part about you."

Hime didn't say a word for a moment, then she speaks. "At ease Hiro." she said and patted Hiro's head. Hiro stopped shivering in fright and looked up at Hime. He saw that Hime grinned a little at her servant. "You know that I'm merciful." Hiro sighed in relief. Hiro then stepped back as Hime came forth in front of Mickey and Matt. "Good day to you two. Thanks for the groceries."

"Our pleasure," Mickey said, "Miss… uh…"

"Just call me Hime. And what are your names?"

"I'm Matthew. You can call me Matt short."

"And my name is Mickey. So nice to meet ya."

"Mickey and Matthew…, interesting names." Hime puts her fingers on her chin. She then observes the two men carefully. "Judging by your appearance Matt, you look just like a regular human."

"Yeah…" Matt said in little awkwardness.

"But I can sense that you are a fine gentleman."

"Uh…thanks…, I think."

"But…," Hime then turns to Mickey who he cautiously watches Hime stare at him. "I never expected to see a talking mouse that can stand like a human."

"Gee uh…, is there a problem with that?" Mickey asked, "Because I stand, walk, run, eat, swim, jump, and move like a human for a long time."

"How long may I ask?"

"Why…, since 1928, of course."

Hime and Hiro blinked in surprise to hear Mickey's response. "What? 1928!?" Hiro said in shock, "That's about over five decades ago."

Hime makes a curious look. "Did someone in my family give you immortality?"

Mickey is confused, and he turns to Matt for a question. "Say uh Matt…, was it something I said, and what did Hime mean my immortality?"

"I don't know…," Matt said and shrugged, "but seeing Hime and Hiro are trying to bring a memory back that I've seen these Animes before."

"What is it?" Mickey questioned. Before Matt could reply…

"Hey! Is the food here?" The gang in the foyer heard another young teen girl's sound, more on the aggressive side. They all turned to the source, and coming out from the halls is another teen woman. She has short red hair, wears a black top shirt that's showing her abdomen, and long green cargo pants. The young teen girl sees the group and approaches Hiro from behind. "Man, I'm starving." she said, "I've been working out so much that I created myself a huge appetite." She then stares aggressively to Hiro which he makes a frightened look on his face. "So you little wimp, where's your sister and the food she's going to make?"

"Uh… about that…," Hiro said in little fright, "my sister went out to that same café again, but these two guys did the favor for her." Hiro pointed at the two guys.

The young teen girl looks up and sees Mickey and Matt holding the groceries. She kept her mean stare and sees at Mickey and Matt. "Oh great, visitors."

"Uh…, hi ma'am…?" Matt speaks cautiously.

"First of all, my name is Liza, not ma'am," she said in a firm tone of voice. "Second, what are a human and a rat doing here? Unless they have some issue of a paranormal problem."

"Uh, for your information Miss, I'm a mouse to be precise." Mickey corrected.

Liza blinked a little to see a talking mouse. "Gah, a mouse that can talk? What are you, from the land of rodents?"

"Easy there, Liza," Hime said trying to calm and halt Liza. "Let's not scare our visitors away. They did a princess's favor for me." Liza became calmed and stands down.

"My, my, what do we have here?" Another young teen girl spoke up as it got the group in the foyer flinched a little.

Mickey and Matt got their eyes widen, but what really got a chill on their spines is the voice coming right behind them. Anxious to know, yet the two feel regrettable, Mickey and Matt turned slowly and frightfully around to see who it was. And in their view is another young teen girl in a dark school uniform with a red scarf around her neck. She has long black hair and devilish red eyes with her canine teeth partially sticking out her mouth. With her evil look on her face, she stares at Mickey and Matt.

Matt screamed in fright for a moment as he threw two bags of groceries into the air with all the food and drinks spreading out from the bag.

"Ah! The food!" Hiro shouted.

"Whoa! I'll get it!" Mickey replied. Mickey put one of the grocery bags down, then he got into position. All the groceries came falling straight towards Mickey. As a famous cartoon character, Mickey swiftly caught every single grocery item, and he is now in a balanced position where all the groceries are stacked on his hands, left heel, and on his head. Mickey kept his balance without letting any single grocery item fall off from him. Stunned and surprised to see, the Animes saw how Mickey managed to recover every single grocery item in a silly matter.

"What the heck?" Liza said in shock. "How did he do that?"

"Sorry about that, Mick…" Matt said in concern.

"No…problem…" Mickey said as he struggles to keep his balance, "…now… can you help me?"

Matthew nodded in response, and he helped Mickey by getting all the groceries off Mickey and putting them into the bags again.

"My, my…, some energetic mouse he is." said the young teen girl with the black hair.

Matt turned to the schoolgirl Anime after he put all the groceries into the bags. "Don't scare me like that," Matt said in fright. "I don't like unexpected surprises. Who are you anyway?"

"The name's Reiri…, and you sure smell tasty."

"What does she mean by that?" Mickey asked.

Matt didn't reply, but a thought clouded his mind again. "Reiri… and Liza…" Matt thought. "Why is it that I know those names before?"

"Before we continue, Flandre, please take the groceries and put them safely in the kitchen," Hime ordered.

"Huga," Flandre replied. She walks over to Mickey and Matt as they handed the grocery bags to the little maid. Flandre then takes the bags into the kitchen.

As Flandre starts to walk away, Matt's mind starts to tick. "Flandre…" Matt thought, "Hime, Hiro, Liza, and Reiri…" Matt thought carefully until he blinked in realization. "Now I remember!" Matt said out loud, which almost got everyone flinched.

"What? What is it?" Mickey asked.

"These Anime characters are from the creepy story, Princess Resurrection."

"Oh, so you know about us?" Reiri said with an interesting look on her face.

Hime makes a small grin and says, "It seems we have an anime fan in my mansion." She then turns around, but she calmly talks back to Mickey and Matt. "You must be a little tired climbing up here to my mansion. Feel free to stay until you've recovered yourselves."

"Gee, is that okay?" Mickey pondered.

There was a moment of silence, but Hime speaks up again. "Of course." Only her head, Hime turns back to Mickey and Matt. "You know that I'm merciful." Hime turned her head forward again and walks down the hallways of her huge house.

As Hime disappears into the halls, Liza and Reiri turned to Mickey and Matt.

"Well you two, if you're gonna stay here for a bit, then don't you dare give us a stealth attack," Liza warned the two guys.

"What do you mean?" Matt questioned.

"Lately, a lot of hunters want Hime's life," Reiri explained. "We recently had three hunters that invaded here, but we are lucky to defeat and chase them away."

"Gosh, that sounds awful," Mickey said in concern.

"Anyway, I'll show you to the kitchen." Liza said, "You guys look like you need a drink and some snacks."

"Ha ha…Gosh, thanks, Liza." Mickey said and smiled. "You sure are a nice girl."

Liza quickly turned and faced Mickey up close, nose to nose, as she glared at him. "Don't get too comfortable with me," She said in a grueling tone. "I'm on to you and your human friend if you're hunters and do anything to Hime..."

Mickey became a little scared, but he smiled a little.


In the kitchen, many drawers are hanging on the walls and below the counters. There's even a counter in the middle of the room. There are two kitchen sinks and a big refrigerator as well. Mickey and Matt have glass cups of cola offered by Liza.

"Hey Liza…," Matt speaks up.

"What is it?" Liza said in a firm tone as she also got a soda for a drink.

"What do you mean by hunters going after Hime's life?"

"Yeah," Mickey speaks up too, "what's that all about?"

Liza took one good look at the two guys analyzing that they are confused and not making poker faces. She then speaks, "Well, it seems you guys don't know what's going on here, so I'll tell you." Mickey and Matt listened. "Like I said, lately we've been getting hunters that appear here and try to kill Hime."

"Kill Hime?" Matt said in stun.

"But… why?" Mickey asked.

Liza continues to speak, "One good reason: Hime comes from a special and royal family. And it said that any of the family's descendants have the opportunity to inherit the throne. But to achieve that, the descendants, or siblings, must battle each other to the end of death, eliminating all the other heirs until the only one soul is left. That only descendant can claim the throne by default. Hime decline the inheritance by her own choice; however the higher monarchs see great potential in her. They think she is meant to inherit the throne. And because of that, most of her siblings are going after her as their number one target. Hime is one tough princess, so the other siblings decided to hire the strongest assassins to destroy Hime for good."

"Like bounty hunters?" Matt suggested.

"Exactly."

"Gosh, that's a scary thing to do," Mickey said in little fright.

"Don't sweat it," Liza said on the contrary. "The last hunters didn't stand a chance against us, especially a wolfgirl like me."

"A wolfgirl?" Mickey questioned.

"Yeah Mick," Matt responds. "She's actually half werewolf. Show him, Liza."

"I guess there's no hiding since you're just bystanders," Liza speaks. She then puts her cola can down and then puts her forearms in front of her. In an instant, her wolf ears popped out from the top of her head, and her forearms became hairy and big with huge paws.

While Matt remained calms, since he knows Liza as Anime character, Mickey jumped in shock.

"Don't worry, she's not going to bite." Mickey and Matt heard and turned to Reiri who appears before the gentlemen. She speaks, "As long you don't make her a mad dog, you'll be fine."

"Shut up, you!" Liza shouted in irk.

"And just let you know dearies, I'm a vampire as well."

"A-A-A… A vampire?" Mickey said in surprise again.

Reiri replies with a nod, and to show proof, she pulls her mouth back revealing her sharp vampire fang. Mickey takes a gulp. "Don't worry, little mouse. I have no taste for rodents like you." Mickey felt relieved as feel wipes the little sweat off his head and says "phew."

"So, how long have these hunters appeared?" Matt speaks and questions.

"Last week," Liza stated. But when Matt heard Liza's answer, Matt blinked in shock. Liza noticed Matt's horrified reaction. "What's wrong? It looked like you saw a ghost."

"Sorry, but this is no coincidence. The fact is that we overheard a small group of people talking about the hunters back in the town. They said they were just threatened and questioned by the hunters last week, exactly what you said."

"Oh my Gosh!" Mickey said in surprise. "You're right."

"Girls tell me: How many hunters attacked here since last week?"

Reiri replies, "So far, only three. We scared and beaten the last one yesterday."

"Then, this is not good," Matt noted with a fearful look on his face.

"Why? What's wrong?" Liza questioned with concern.

"Your princess might be in trouble." Mickey stated with great unease, "The people said a fourth hunter appeared and made a threat to them. And we heard exactly what they said."

"What is it?" Reiri asked.

"That fourth hunter is after the royal princess, which is Hime." Matt stated, "And it just might be here right now."

Hearing that information, Mickey, Liza, and Reiri became shocked.


Ding! Dong! Meanwhile, a doorbell rang. "I'm coming!" Hiro shouted as he heads for the front doors.

Once he got there and opens the doors, appearing before Hiro is a little girl with blonde hair wrapped in a curled ponytail style, and she wears a child-like gothic dress. Next to the girl is a maid wearing glasses and has two big heads of screws, one on each side of her head. And lastly behind the woman is a big panda standing on two feet.

"Sherwood, Francesca, Ryu Ryu." said Hiro, "Good to see you. But what are you doing here?"

"We just happened to be in the neighborhood." Sherwood answered with elegance, "So we thought we just drop by and say hello."

"Well, come on in. Hime will be pleased to see you again."

"Why thank you, servant of Hime."

The three then stepped inside the house. But suddenly, Hiro, Sherwood, and the rest heard running footsteps. They looked up and spotted Liza and Reiri, along with Mickey and Matt, rushing out of the halls and heading up the stairs. Once they reached the second level of the house, the running gang headed down the second level hallways.

"Whoa, what's going on?" Hiro wondered.

"Something's up," Sherwood noted.


Hime, in a luxurious lounge room, sits peacefully drinking her cup of tea. Her faithful maid Flandre is preparing snacks for Hime. As Hime is about to take another sip of her tea, she hears footsteps coming from the halls. The doors to the lounge quickly opened. Hime then sees Liza, Reiri, Mickey, and Matt huffing and puffing.

"Goodness, what's wrong you guys?" Hime asked in little surprise.

"Hime, are you alright?" Liza asked.

"Well of course I am. It looked like you thought I was in some sort of danger."

"Sorry to intrude, but we thought another hunter appeared and attacked you," Matt said in concern.

"I'm in no harm right now," Hime stated as she takes a sip from her tea.

Once the gang got their breath, they all feel relaxed. "I guess that means Hime is safe… for now." Reiri said.

"Safe? What do you mean?"

"Hey, what's going on?" Just then, Sherwood, along with Hiro, Francesca, and Ryu Ryu, appeared into the room. Sherwood spoke the question.

"Ah, Sherwood, my little sister, good to see you."

"And good to see you too, Sis." Sherwood greeted her royal big sister. But then she noticed Mickey and Matthew's appearance. "Who are you guys?"

"Oh, these guys?" Hiro speaks, "They're visitors that did a princess a favor. This is Matthew and Mickey." Mickey and Matt greeted Sherwood.

"Matthew and Mickey, huh? Well, it's a pleasure to meet you two. I'm Princess Sherwood of the royal family, this is my maid Francesca, and this is my panda servant Ryu Ryu."

"Nice to meet ya, Princess Sherwood." Mickey said, "you said you're from the royal family. Are you related to Princess Hime?"

"Yes, Mickey. Hime and I are sisters."

Hime puts her cup of tea down, and speaks, "Now then, what's this about that I'm being attacked?"

"Well…," Matt speaks, and he explained every single detail of the next hunter coming after Hime's life.

"I see… So another hunter is after me to eliminate me from the royal family competition. It sounds like one of my siblings is doing this."

"Wait, your siblings?" Mickey ponders.

"Yeah," Sherwood responds, "this always happens. One of our siblings pays and sends a bounty hunter or hired assassin to kill Hime."

"Right, Liza mentioned that," Matt noted.

"We must be high alert, everyone." Reiri warned the gang, "That next hunter can be here at any minute." Everyone took caution and are wary for the incoming hunter.

Hiro swifts his eyes side to side, keeping a lookout for the hunter. Suddenly, Hiro's body became immobilized for moment. "What the…?" Hiro thought, "I can't move…" Hiro is right, he can't move at all as if something's stopping Hiro. Just then in a few seconds, Hiro's body slowly moved as he grabbed a fireplace poker. He then wields it like holding onto a sword. Hiro is confused about his uncontrollable body as he walks closer to Hime's back. Everyone else kept surveillance the room for the attacker. Hiro gets closer to Hime's back. "What the…!? I can't control my body."

"Keep your eyes peeled everybody," Liza warned. And everyone did as Liza ordered.

But when Hiro is close enough behind Hime's back, Hiro pulls back on the fireplace poker, and… "HIME! LOOK OUT!" Swoosh!

Hime quickly reacted and got out of her seat to avoid the pierce attack. The poker stabbed through the chair creating a hole.

Everyone heard and turned towards Hiro and Hime as the royal princess stepped away from her loyal servant.

"Hiro," Hime speaks in little irk, "What are you thinking attacking your master like that?"

"It's not me!" Hiro shouted as he removes the poker from the chair, "I can't control my body!" Hiro then thrusts the poker to Hime as the princess avoided the attacks.

Everyone on the side witness this shocking scene.

"Hiro! Have you gone mad!?" Sherwood yelled in anger.

"What's the matter!?" Matt asked in a panic.

"I-I-I can't stop myself!" Hiro replied in fright while thrusting the poker, "My body has a mind of its own."

"A mind of its own?" Mickey wonders.

Hiro uncontrollably thrusts the poker to Hime one more time. But the princess missed, and the poker is stuck into a wall. Hiro tries to pull the poker out of the wall, but it was no use. Just then, Hiro collapsed to the floor.

"Hiro, why'd you did such a thing?" Liza scolded as she appeared next to Hime and Hiro.

"It wasn't me." Hiro said in a panic, "Like I said, something controlled my body."

"Controlled?" Just then, Liza felt something freezing in her tracks. She becomes stiff until she lifts her arms up, and they turned into big hairy wolf arms and paws. Liza then immediately attacks Hime as the princess kept dodging.

"Liza, what are you doing?" Hime asked as she calmly avoids Liza's attacks.

"It's not me! I can't control my body!"

Matt, Mickey, and the others watched Hime and Liza in horror. "We've got to do something!" Matt ordered.

Sherwood reacted and commanded, "Francesca! Flandre! Stop Liza!"

The two maids nodded in response and went after Liza. In no time flat, the two maids captured Liza immobilized.

"My, my…," Reiri speaks in sarcasm as she appears in front of the frozen Liza, "how could a mad dog like you attack our princess like that?"

"Shut up you!" Liza said in anger, "It wasn't my fault! Something got me controlling my body, and I couldn't stop it."

"You too Liza?" Hiro questioned in a little shock.

While everyone is confused about what's going on, Matt noticed something. He got a glimpse of Liza, Francesca, and Flandre's shadows. While Matt observes their shadows, in a blink moment, a shadowy blob came out of Liza's and into Flandre's shadow. Matt gasped of what he saw.

All of a sudden, Flandre becomes confused as she let's go of Liza and grabbed the fireplace shovel. She then charges and attacks her master. Hime reacted and avoids the attack.

"What the…!? Flandre too!?" Hiro said in great surprise.

"What the heck is going on?" Liza said in confusion.

"Flandre! How dare you attack your master!" Hime shouted in scold.

"Huga!? Huga!" Flandre said in concern.

"What? You can't control yourself?"

Flandre kept attacking Hime until Francesca manages to stop Flandre and whisks the shovel away from the little maid and throws it to the other end of the room. Flandre then comes to a complete stop.

"Flandre, are you okay?" Hime asks. The little maid replied with a nod and said, "Huga."

"Just what in the world is going on here?" Sherwood asks.

"I'm really not sure…" Reiri replies in concern.

"I think I know," Matt spoke up and got everyone's attention.

"What is it Matt?" Mickey asked.

"I saw something for a moment, and I think that's what's controlling all of you guys."

"What is that?" Hime asks the young man.

"It was…" Before Matt is about to answer, he looked up and gasped. There he sees the weird-looking shadow blob moving out of Flandre's own shadow. Matt quickly reacts and points. "There! LOOK OUT!"

Everyone turned where Matt pointed and spotted the unusual shadow. The shadow makes a flinching surprise as Flandre and Francesca got away from it.

"What is that thing?" Hiro asked.

"I should've known." Hime said in concern, "It's a Shadoo."

"A Shadoo?" Reiri asked.

"A very rare paranormal creature. It is said that Shadoos can take over any shadow, whether a living being or inanimate object and control them by their own volition."

"Very good, your majesty. Surprising you know about us." A mysterious male and cheeky voice spoke out, getting everyone edgy. It came from the mysterious Shadoo as it turned into abnormal human-shape body. While the Shadoo reveals his humanoid body, his mouth is only visible to the gang. "Not many creatures and paranormal beings know so much about our kind." The Shadoo said.

"Wait!" Liza called out, "Let me get this straight. You mean our hunter we're dealing with is a shadow?"

"Bingo, you hairy dog. And I thought you're the slow one."

Liza didn't like the Shadoo's insult. She turns her human fist into a giant wolf paw and tries to land a punch on the Shadoo. But the Shadoo avoided the attack, and Liza ended up hitting the wall. Liza blinked in shock. "What the…? Where'd he go?" Liza ponders. As she kept looking for the Shadoo…,

"Oh no! Liza!" Hiro shouted.

Liza heard Hiro, but unknown to her is that the Shadoo takes control of Liza's shadow. In a flash, the Shadoo uses one of Liza's big paws and… POW! knocks Liza right on her cheek. The wolf girl is then recoiled backed to a wall.

"Ow!" Liza cried.

"Liza!" Hime shouted.

The Shadoo got out of Liza's shadow and wipes his hands. "And sit there and a be a good little doggy, while I'll take over your Princess's shadow and make her commit her own suicide." The Shadoo then swoops in on Hime's shadow.

"Hime! Look out!" Reiri shouted.

Hime dodged and protected her shadow from Shadoo's attack. "Quick! Run!" Hime ordered. Everyone did and rushed out of the room and into the halls. But the Shadoo turns into a ghostly form and chases after Hime and the gang.

Hime, Hiro, Mickey, Matt, and everyone else ran as fast as they could to escape from the Shadoo.

"That creepy shadow is like the ones from The Princess and The Frog." Mickey Mouse stated in fright.

"You can say that again," Matt replied.

"Quick everyone!" Hime shouted, "Get outside. From there, we'll have more area to escape and to take cover from the Shadoo." Everyone nodded in Hime's command.

The gang made it into the foyer and headed for the front doors of the mansion. But as soon as the team got to the doors, The Shadoo got in front of them as it blocks the doors. "Ah, Ah, Aaah… You're not going anywhere," the Shadoo mocked.

"Not good." Sherwood said in disappointment, "We can't get out."

"And that's our only way out of this mansion," Hime noted.

"What!?" Matt said in shock. "You guys don't have a back door?"

"A lot of things happen in this house, so we have to pay for the damages and repairs," Liza stated in an aggressive tone. "We didn't have the time to install another way out."

"Now what do we do?" Hiro said in great concern.

"Oohh… too bad for you, your majesty, but I'm afraid I can't let you guys escape." the Shadoo mocked. "Now, I'm going to make sure your princess will never see the light of day again."

The Shadoo then goes after Francesca's shadow. Once the evil shadow possesses Francesca's, he takes control of the maid as Francesca tries to fight it. "Francesca! Don't let him control you!" Sherwood shouted in panic. Francesca tries to resist, but the Shadoo is strong for her. Francesca then went after Hime and immobilizes the royal princess's body. Once that happened, the Shadoo then takes over Hime's shadow, and now he has control over Hime.

"No! Hime!" Hiro yelled in fear.

"It's got Hime!" Mickey shouted.

Although the Shadoo has control over Hime's body, the royal princess has the strength to resist the Shadoo's manipulative powers.

"My princess, you're stronger than I thought." the Shadoo commented, "But still, you're no match for me." Hime kept resisting, but controlled by the Shadoo, Hime grabs her own throat choking herself to death. Hime fights hard to resist the Shadoo manipulative power.

"Hold on Hime!" Hiro cried in great fright.

"Hiro! Get back! I can take it." Hime shouted.

Hime is being choked even more, and everyone around begins to panic.

"We've gotta do something!" Liza shouted.

"But what?" Reiri replies, "Got any ideas doggy?" Liza didn't like Reiri's tease.

"Hime is going to suffocate!" Mickey panicked as his hands are on his head.

But then, Matt reacted. "I've got it!" Matt shouted. Mickey heard his neighbor. Matt quickly searches his backpack and pulls out a hand-size LED flashlight. He aims at Hime's shadow, and… Click! FLASH! The light from the flashlight shined on Hime's shadow, making it disappear and revealing Shadoo's humanoid appearance.

"Ah! Curses!" the Shadoo screamed in grief.

With Hime's shadow disappeared, Shadoo has no control over Hime, and the princess is free from the shadowy manipulator.

"Hime?" Hiro asked in concern.

"Nice going… young man." Hime complemented to Matt as she catches her breath.

"Matt, how'd ya know?" Mickey asked.

Matt replies, "I just thought that since that Shadoo controls shadows whatever it possesses, it can't control any shadows if light makes them disappear."

"Wow! Smart thinking Matt."

"Thanks Matt," Hime speaks up to him, "now, keep my shadow hidden while I get rid of this black puppeteer."

"Ha!" the Shadoo mocked, "Even if I can't possess you right now, you cannot defeat me." Hime turns firm and grabs a sword nearby to attack the Shadoo. But once the blade makes contact on the Shadoo, nothing happens to it. "Nothing you can do can hurt me because I'm a shadow. And shadows are nothing but bodiless beings that can't be hurt." Hime kept trying to stab the Shadoo, but so far nothing happens to it.

Liza gets into the action as she uses her wolf paws to land a punch on the Shadoo. Liza makes a crack on the wall, but no damage to the evil shadow. Reiri brings out wooden stakes and flings them at the Shadoo. When the stakes make contact on the Shadoo, nothing happens again. "Ha! Is that the best you got? Pathetic!" Liza and Reiri didn't like the Shadoo's insult.

It seems there is no way to stop the Shadoo as if he's totally invincible. Mickey and Matt watched in concern, not knowing what to do.

"That shadow is unstoppable!" Mickey said in fright. "Not Hime or her cohorts are damaging it. We need to do something."

"I know Mickey," Matt replies, "but what can we do? This Shadoo can control any shadow it possesses. Hime will be in deep trouble, unless if there's only some way we can control the Shadoo."

Suddenly, Mickey Mouse blinked in surprise and makes a shocking face when he heard Matt said "control." Mickey then makes an "Ah-ha!" face. An idea came into Mickey's crafty mind. "That's it! Matt, you're a genius."

"I am…?"

Hime kept battling and avoiding the Shadoo, but she starts to lose her stamina. Just then, Hime felt something grabbing her hand. She looked and sees Mickey's glove. Hime looked up and sees Mickey with a firm look on his face.

"Quick Hime! Come with me." Mickey commanded.

Hime doesn't know why, but Mickey pulled Hime and took her into the hallways. The Shadoo noticed Hime's escape and quickly reacts. "Hey! Come back here!" The Shadoo chased Hime and Mickey down into the halls.

Matt, Hiro, and the others see Hime, Mickey, and the Shadoo in pursuit.

"Hime!" Hiro shouted.

"Mickey!" Matt yelled.

Mickey and Hime kept running away from the Shadoo as it is right behind them. They turned around each corner of the hallways to lose the evil shadow. Then Mickey and Hime entered a room to hide, but the Shadoo slips into the room through the door's spacing crevice. However, Mickey and Hime quickly exited the room and escapes into the hallways again. The Shadoo came out of the room and chases after the two escapees again. Unfortunately, the Shadoo lost track of Mickey and Hime. The evil shadowy manipulator looked everywhere until it spotted Hime's shadow from afar.

"There you are Princess." the Shadoo said with an evil grinning mood. The evil shadow then rushes towards Hime's shadow. It came out of the hallways and possesses Hime's shadow. "HAHA! I gotcha! Now you're—" (Squeeze!) (Stretch!) (Squeeze!) "Hey! What the–!? What's happening to me!?" All of a sudden, Hime's shadow starts to become deformed. In a few seconds, Hime's shadow turns into a dog. "Woof! Woof! Wait! Why am I barking!?"

"How interesting…" The Shadoo heard Hime's voice and turns to her only to discover she's standing and enjoying the scene and not being controlled. "Too bad that you picked the wrong shadow to possess," Hime said in a teasing mood.

"What? What do you mean– Gah!" Just then, the dog shadow the Shadoo possess now turns into… "Meow! What the–!? Why am I…!?"

"Ha! Ha! Good one Mickey!" Matt shouted with excitement. The Shadoo heard, and it turned to Matt.

The evil shadow sees Matt holding a flashlight while Mickey is doing poses with his fingers. Matt uses the flashlight to shine on mickey's hands. It turns out, the Shadoo possessed one of a famous cartoon character's tricks: Shadow Puppeting. Mickey, being creative with his hands and a shadow puppeteer, has control of the Shadoo.

"Hey Mickey," Matt speaks up, "Can you make a rooster?"

"One rooster, coming up." Mickey happily replies.

"Wait, what!?" the Shadoo panicked. Then immediately, the evil shadow feels being manipulated by Mickey's hands as his hands and fingers posed and form together to create a rooster shadow. By moving Mickey's hands, he controlled the Shadoo calling out, "Cock-a-doodle-DOO! Hey! Cut that out!"

But that's not the end of it. Mickey kept performing his shadow puppet skills while he is controlling the Shadoo. He turned the evil shadow manipulator into a pig, a pigeon, a duck, a donkey, a monkey, and a chicken. To makes things funnier for Mickey and Matt, Mickey turned the Shadoo into a hammer pounding an anvil, a screw and a ball, bells that ring, a cuckoo clock, a shaky jackhammer, and even a string figure shaped like Mickey Mouse. Mickey and Matt enjoyed this silly game on the Shadoo.

While Hime also likes Mickey and Matt's trickery, Hiro and the others are dumbfounded by Mickey's stunt.

"How in the world does he do that?" Liza said in shock.

"Don't look at me, Dog." Reiri responds, "I'm just as befuddled as you are."

"Um Hiro," Sherwood speaks, "What kind of rodent is he?"

"Don't ask me, Sherwood." Hiro replies, "He just dropped by and visit us."

Mickey did one last shadow as his hands posed a golf club and a golf ball. Mickey pulls the club and yelled, "FORE!" WHACK! Mickey's golf club shadow hit the golf ball shadow. The golf ball shadow is the Shadoo, and it got of Matt's flashlight spot and ricochet all around the walls in the foyer. The Shadoo golf ball headed straight for potted plant and… CRASH! Everyone flinched by the crashing impact.

One moment later, the Shadoo came out from the potted plant rubble in great pain with opening scratch marks on his shadow body. "STOP! STOP! Stop it already!" the Shadoo cried, "No more! I can't take this humiliation and agony anymore!"

"So then…" Hime speaks up and comes forth to the Shadoo, "You're giving up? Then promise me one thing."

"Anything, Princess. ANYTHING!"

"You stay away from me and my loyal servants, including this place, as long as you live. Or else…"

"Or else… what…?"

"I can have Mickey put on another satisfying shadow puppet show again."

"NO! Okay! Okay! I'll leave you alone! Just keep that crazy rat away from me!"

"Technically, I'm a mouse." Mickey corrected.

Hime then makes a scolding look on her face and says, "Now then…, get out." And with that, the injured Shadoo exited out of the mansion and scurried deep into the woods and steep hills never to be seen again.

"Welp, we'll never see him again," Matt noted.

"Good riddance," Liza said in relief, "man, that shadow was tough."

"I'm still a little awed about Mickey's stunt though," Sherwood said in little confusion.

Mickey and Matt faced each other as Matt says, "Nice job, Mickey." Both the guys gave a high-five.

Hime then appeared in front of the two gentlemen and gently speaks. "A courageous and noble deed you did, Mickey." she said with a smirk, "I could use a crafty and skillful warrior like you as my loyal servant."

"Servant?" Mickey ponders.

"Uh, sorry Hime," Matt speaks, "I understand what you mean, but Mickey's got his own life and job working back at our home. We're just guys passing by and fulfilled someone's favor."

Hime heard and understands. She then says, "Of course, I should've remembered that. But still, I can't leave you two without a reward from a royal princess. I know, how about spending dinner with us. It's getting late, and I think you deserve a treat after climbing up here and getting rid of that hunter."

Mickey and Matt blinked in surprise. "Gee, is that okay?" Mickey asked.

"Of course, I am merciful."

Mickey and Matt faced each other again and smiled.

"Hey guys!" Just then everyone heard a young female voice and turned to the source. Appearing and entering from the front doors is Sawawa, Hiro's sister. "I'm back," she said.

"Ah, perfect timing Sawawa," Hime noted. "We've decided to have dinner right away including our guests."

"Really?" Sawawa then sees Mickey and Matt in her sight. Sawawa smiles and speaks, "Well, what do you know. It's Mickey and Matt that I met earlier today."

"Hey Sawawa," Matt greeted. "We delivered the groceries like you said."

"Thank you guys."

"So, how's that parfait you tasted?" Mickey asked.

Sawawa approaches Mickey and pats his head. "It was delicious," the maid Anime replies. "And how is Disney's favorite and lovable mouse doing?"

"Ha ha, Great!"

But Hime, Hiro, and the others blinked in puzzlement of what Sawawa said to Mickey.

"Wait…, Disney's mouse?" Hiro pondered.

"What are you talking about, Sawawa?" Hime asked.

Sawawa stood up and replies, "You don't know who this is? You sillies, this is the most famous mouse of all time. He's Disney's Mickey Mouse." When they heard that name…

(GASP!)

"No way! You're Mickey Mouse!?" Hiro shouted in great astonishment.

"No lie!" Sherwood yelled with a smirk, "It is Mickey Mouse."

"Hu-ga." Francesca said with little shock.

Ryu Ryu becomes amazed as well to see Mickey Mouse.

"Well I'll be doggone!" Liza said in amazement.

"You sure are." Reiri agrees with a grin, "And so am I."

"Wow, what a great coincidence." Hiro said with glee, "We never thought that we invited and were greeted by Disney's Mickey Mouse. I such a fan of you."

"Aw gosh…" Mickey said shyly.

"That explains how Mickey Mouse defeated that evil shadow with ease." Sherwood stated, "Considering he is a world-famous cartoon character."

Mickey feels bashful of all the Animes recognizes Mickey's fame. Matt Oda is pleased and happy to see Mickey Mouse being acknowledge by the Japanese animated characters. Then Hime appeared before Mickey and Matt.

"I gotta admit, this place is full of surprises." Hime stated, "But you Mickey Mouse, you're the biggest surprise to us all. You have my deepest gratitude."

"Aw gosh…" Mickey said shyly.

"Alright then," Sawawa speaks up, "I'll get the oven started."

"Please do have dinner with us," Hime said with a calm grin. "I really like to get to know you more, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse."

"Huga!" Flandre agrees with her master Hime.

"Me too." Liza followed with a wink and grin.

"I like to get involve with Mickey too." Reiri happily speaks.

"Can I get an autograph from you Mickey?" Hiro asked with a big smile.

"Can I too?" Sherwood followed.

Mickey and Matt looked at each other and smiled.


Later that clear night, everyone is outside in the front yard as Mickey and Matt are about to leave and head home to Burbank.

"That was a delicious dinner." Matt complimented with a smile.

"Mmm-Mm! You said it." Mickey followed.

"Glad you two enjoyed it," Hiro said with a grin.

"It's a shame you got to go." Sherwood said in little disappointment, "but it was nice knowing you guys for the moment. We learned a lot from the greatest Disney character of all time."

"Ha ha, and I learned a lot from you Animes, especially Hime's immortality spell," Mickey stated. "You're lucky to have Hime at your side, Hiro."

"You think?" Hiro wondered, "Well…, thanks Mickey Mouse."

"Please Mickey, call me Lillianne." Hime gently said.

Hiro and the other Animes blinked of what Hime said. "But Hime," Hiro speaks, "nobody lets you call your real name."

"Nobody… except for Mickey Mouse and his gentleman friend, of course."

"Why them?" Reiri asked.

"Because I'm not just merciful, but we are good friends."

"You mean it?" Mickey asked in little awe.

"Absolutely, and feel free to stop by at my home whenever you feel like it."

"Oh boy! Thanks Lillianne."

"Well, we got to get going now." Matt stated, "Burbank is waiting for us."

"Take care of yourself Mickey Mouse," Hime said with a grin. "And you too Matt Oda."

"Thanks Lillianne." Matt replies with a smile, "Goodnight, and see you next time."

"Goodbye Animes," Mickey said, "See ya real soon."

The two gentlemen start to walk away and head to the front gates. Hime, Hiro, and everyone else waves goodbye to Mickey and Matt.

"See ya later, you guys," Hiro said.

"Take care, Sweeties," Sawawa said with a grin. "And thanks for the favor."

"Thanks for stopping by," Sherwood called out to the two gentlemen.

"Take care Dears." Reiri said with a calm grin.

"And thanks for everything," Liza shouted with a big smile.

Flandre, Francesca, and Ryu Ryu also waved goodbye to Mickey and Matt.

Mickey and Matt exited through the front gates and headed down the street.


Mickey Mouse and Matt Oda continue walking down the street on the long steep hill.

"Wow, some crazy day this was," Mickey noted.

"You said it, Mickey." Matt agrees.

Mickey then makes a thought. "I wonder… If I receive Lillianne's immortality, will I become invincible?"

"Don't need to."

Mickey blinked at Matt's response. "Why not?"

"Because Mickey Mouse, as a Disney and Mickey Mouse fan, no matter how you're getting crushed, sliced, chopped, or pummeled, you can never die. You're a famous cartoon character that's not created to die. The only reason you're here and still exists is that you're famous and unforgettable all around the world. And that has much greater power than immortality."

After hearing Matt's answer and statement, Mickey thought carefully. He then agrees with his neighbor friend. "Hot Dog! You're right Matt. I completely agree with you. Well said Matt. Well said."

Mickey and Matt continued walking down the hill and head back to Burbank under the clear and starry night.