Bishônen Warriors
The Origin
King Honey Bee scowled as his own guards threw him into the sugary
prison cell. "Why are you doing this?" he buzzed. "I order you to stop!"
The Cheerio Knights paid him no attention. A white rabbit stepped
forward out of the darkness. "Poor, poor Honey Bee," he said, "it's a shame
to see you thrown into prison like this."
"Why, Trix Rabbit? Why have you done this?"
"My reasons are very simple: I want Trix!"
"Then why don't you just ask for them?"
Trix Rabbit pulled on his ears in frustration. "I do ask, dammit!
Those stupid precocious brats never let me have them! They always make me
look like an ass and say 'Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.' Well I'm sick of
that! Trix will no longer be for kids once I'm in control! Trix are for me,
and only me! Bwa-hahaha!"
King Honey Bee quivered in fear. Trix Rabbit had obviously snapped,
and there was no telling what he would do once he controlled the Land of
Cereal...
***
"Lucky, Lucky!" Sugar Bear shouted as he ran into the leprechaun's
laboratory.
"What do ye want?" Lucky asked, perturbed because his experiment was
ruined thanks to Sugar Bear.
"Trix Rabbit has gone berserk, and he's overthrown King Honey Bee.
Everyone else from the General Mills Branch has been captured except for you,
and he's starting on Quaker and Post!"
"This isn't good. We'll have to move to the safety of Corn Pops
Valley until we can find a plan to stop that psycho rabbit."
***
Trix Rabbit pranced happily up and down the cell block where he'd imprisoned
the children, singing "Trix are for me, Trix are for me, listen stupid little
kids, Trix are for me, Trix are for me..."
"Hey Rabbit!" shouted Snap from his cell.
"We can help you if you let us out!" Crackled said.
"We'll be your loyal generals!" Pop added.
"No!" Snap and Crackle did their best to stifle their younger
brother. Trix Rabbit stopped for a moment and smiled.
"Hmm, that's not a bad idea," he mused.
"D'oh!" Snap and Crackle exclaimed, pounding their brother over the
head with large mallets.
Trix Rabbit put a paw to his chin. "If I have other servants under
my command, then I could amass an army large enough to invade the Land Beyond
Cereal! Bwa-hahaha!!! You, Tony the Tiger, bring me some Trix now!"
Tony bowed and ran off to find some of the aforementioned cereal.
Trix Rabbit started rubbing his hands together. "Yes, this will work out
perfectly. And all I must do now is capture Sugar Bear and Lucky the
Leprechaun," he said darkly. He whirled around and pointed a paw at the Rice
Crispies brothers. "You there, my new generals, send out the Cheerio Knights
and find Lucky!"
"Uh, you kinda gotta let us out before we can do anything," Snap
said.
"Oh, sorry." Trix Rabbit walked up and unlocked their cell door.
"Now go, and if you betray me, then I'll have your heads on a stick!"
"Yes sir!" the Rice Crispies brothers saluted as they ran off to get
armor, swords, and the dreaded Cheerio Knights.
***
Meanwhile, in Corn Pops Valley, Lucky and Sugar Bear had just finished
building their base of operations. "How do ye like it?" Lucky asked as they
surveyed their work. "I think it's splendid."
"It's groovy," Sugar Bear commented. "Now what should we call it?"
"How about... Lucky Fortress!"
"No way, man, I like Sugar Base."
Lucky fumed. "Why don't we just call it the Fortress of Cereals???"
Sugar Bear gave his approval with two thumbs up. "So what are we
gonna do now, Lucky? There's no way the two of us can hold off Trix Rabbit's
entire Cheerio Army. He's got four branches to send against us!"
"I know," Lucky said. "That's why I'm going to form a team of
skilled warriors to fight them."
"And where do you propose we get these warriors, hmm?" Sugar Bear
asked.
Lucky pointed up to the giant rectangular opening in the sky. "From
the Land Beyond Cereal."
***
Shinzô Tamashii yawned and stretched his arms as he walked into the kitchen.
"Well," he said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes, "it looks like I'm alone
again this morning." He sat down at the table and finished rubbing his eyes
before searching for something to eat. Shinzô reached into the cabinet and
pulled out a red box.
"Ah, Lucky Charms," he said with a smile, "is there any better
cereal?"
As he opened the box, Shinzô noticed a strange glow from inside.
When he looked inside, a hand reached out and pulled him in. Shinzô didn't
have time to scream as he was dragged into another world.
***
When he came to, Shinzô found himself surrounded by some familiar people.
"What's going on?" he asked.
Ki Tsuki, one of Shinzô's closest friends, turned and looked at him.
"I think maybe Lucky should explain," he said, helping Shinzô up.
Shinzô looked at the people around him: Ki Tsuki, Hoshi Hikari,
Kurôbâ Kôun, Daiya Mondo, and Umakutsu Keru; these were his best friends from
school, and Shinzô wondered what they were all doing together. "Maybe I'm
dreaming," he told himself.
"No, this isn't a dream," said a little Irishman as he walked in,
"this is quite real, and serious."
"If it's so serious," Kurôbâ said, "then why are you dressed like
Lucky the Leprechaun?"
"Because I am Lucky the Leprechaun."
"Then what are we doing here?" Hoshi asked.
"I brought the six of you here to help the Land of Cereal. You are
to become the Bishônen Warriors of Lucky Charms."
At this, the six teens burst out laughing. "Bishônen Warriors?"
Daiya asked. "Of Lucky Charms? Man, someone ought to have you committed,
man."
Lucky fumed, and produced six bracers, each with a colored shape on
it. He handed the one with a pink heart to Shinzô, the one with a yellow
moon to Ki, the one with an orange star to Hoshi, the one with a green clover
to Kurôbâ, the one with a blue diamond to Daiya, and the one with a purple
horseshoe to Umakutsu.
"What are these for?" Shinzô asked.
"Put those one and say the color and name of your shape," Lucky
explained. "You will be turned into the Bishônen Warriors, fighters for
justice. I will be your guide, along with Sugar Bear."
"So you expect us to just believe it?" Umakutsu asked. "You pulled
us through cereal boxes to make us some armor-clad super heroes?"
Lucky nodded. "The fate of the Land of Cereal is in your hands now.
You can choose to disbelieve what I say and never return home, or you can
cooperate and eventually return to your world. It's your choice."
Sugar Bear rushed in and tried to catch his breath. "Lucky, Trix
Rabbit has turned Snap, Crackle and Pop against us. He's sent them out along
with his Cheerio Knights!"
"Which branch of Cheerio Knights?"
"The Honey Nut Cheerio Knights," Sugar Bear said gravely.
Lucky turned to the six teens. "So, what will it be?"
Shinzô looked down at the bracer in his hand. Despite the fact that
the pink heart made him look like a pansy, he put it on. "I'll help," he
said.
"Me too," Ki added, putting on his bracer.
"As will I," Hoshi said, doing the same.
Soon, all six teens agreed to help and had put on their bracers.
"You know what to do now," Lucky said with a nod.
"Bishônen Lucky Charms roll call!" Shinzô declared. "Pink Hearts!"
"Yellow Moons!" Ki shouted.
"Orange Stars!" Hoshi shouted.
"Green Clovers!" Kurôbâ shouted.
"Blue Diamonds!" Daiya shouted.
"Purple Horseshoes!" Umakutsu shouted.
There were six flashes of light, and when the brightness cleared, the
six teenagers were dressed in the armor of their particular color. The
outfit consisted of a colored chest plate with their respective shape on it,
two colored shoulder plates, and two colored bracers emblazoned with their
shape.
Everyone but Shinzô was happy with their armor. Shinzô merely looked
down at his pink armor with tears streaming down his face. "I-it's pink!" he
shouted.
"Is there a problem with that?" Lucky asked. "You are Pink Hearts
after all.
"It makes me look like a pansy!" Shinzô declared.
"Like you don't already," Daiya said with a wry smile.
"Heart Bow and Arrow!" Shinzô shouted.
A pink bow appeared in his hands, and had an arrow of pink energy
ready to fire. The arrowhead was shaped like a heart. Shinzô prepared to
fire when Lucky kicked him in the shins. "Boy, not now! Save it for the
Cheerio Knights!" Lucky declared.
"How'd he do that?" Hoshi asked.
"You each have your own weapon according to your shape. When the
time comes, you'll know how to call it for use. Now go an stop those
Cheerios!"
Shinzô's pink sugar bow disappeared, and he ran out with the rest of
the Bishônen Warriors. Sugar Bear watched them leave in despair. "Are you
sure it was right to use teenagers to stop Trix Rabbit?" he asked.
"Who better? Especially Shinzô. If I know Snap, Crackle and Pop,
they'll laugh their asses off at his armor. Shinzô will get pissed, and use
his Heart Bow and Arrow to destroy them. This is the best idea I've had
yet!"
"Of course it's the best; that's because it's the only idea you've
ever had that's worked."
Lucky growled, and Sugar Bear immediately fled the room. He went to
his monitor and watched the progress of the Bishônen Warriors. "Don't get
yourselves killed," he said disgustedly.
***
Snap and Crackle trudged along angrily, while Pop happily marched alongside
the Cheerio Knights. "Stupid big mouth idiot," Snap muttered.
"Pop, this is all your fault," Crackle cursed. "We're going to
killed, and all because you offered to make all three of us his generals.
You are such an idiot!"
Crackle pulled out a mallet and slammed Pop over the head. After
regaining his senses, Pop defended himself. "Hey, it's this or rotting in
that prison like everyone else," he said.
"We'd prefer living longer in the prison cell!" Snap and Crackle
shouted together as they pounded him again with their mallets.
"Hey look," Pop said, "it's those people we were sent to kill."
Snap and Crackle peered into the distance. "Uh, how many people were
missing?" Snap asked.
"Two," Crackle replied.
"Then why are there six people coming toward us?"
"Uh… no idea."
"Attack!" Pop ordered.
"No, not yet!" Snap and Crackle yelled in unison, giving Pop yet
another set of lumps on his head. "We need to wait until we know who they
are!"
***
"Hey look, there they are," Yellow Moons said.
"Yep, that's gotta be them," Blue Diamonds agreed. "After all, who
in their right mind would dress up like Snap, Crackle and Pop?"
Green Clovers was about to answer when Purple Horseshoes interrupted,
"And the Cheerio Knights are right behind them."
"Well, we should get our weapons ready then," Pink Hearts said.
"Heart Bow and Arrow!"
"Moon Glaive!"
"Star Mace!"
"Clover Discus!"
"Diamond Cutter!"
"Horseshoe Magnet!"
The weapons appeared in the hands of the Bishônen Warriors, and they
charged forward.
***
"Oh look, here they come," Pop chimed in a weird voice. "Can we attack now?"
Snap raised his mallet and shot it forward. "Charge!" he ordered.
The Cheerio Knights readied their pikes and rushed at the Bishônen
Warriors. Pink Hearts raised his bow and fired. The pink arrow sailed
through the air, leaving a trail of sugar behind it. It struck one of the
Cheerio Knights and caused an explosion that took out five other knights.
"Wow, good shot," Orange Stars said.
Blue Diamonds held up his Diamond Cutter and started using the dagger
to slash at the enemies that had gathered around him. Suddenly, a green
object flew by and sliced through each Cheerio Knight. They fell to the
ground and exploded. Green Clovers retrieved his discus and prepared to
launch another attack.
Purple Horseshoes sidestepped a stabbing attack from one of the
knights, and he raised his magnet. The Cheerio Knight exploded as
electricity shot from the magnet. Purple Horseshoes turned and aimed at a
line of Cheerio Knights. He released the electric energy, and the Cheerio
Knights were destroyed in a burst of purple sugar.
"These Cheerio Knights are useless," Crackle said. "Cheerio Knights,
retreat! We'll show you how to really fight."
Orange Stars rushed Crackle and connected his mace with the mallet
held by the general. "So, you want to take us on by yourselves, huh?" Orange
Stars asked. "I'd like to see you try, elf-boy."
Crackle simply distracted Orange Stars while Snap utilized his
mallet. The orange-clad bishônen fell to the ground with a large lump
protruding from his orange-tinted hair. Snap laughed. "That was too easy,"
he said.
Streams of blue energy slammed into Snap from behind, and he fell to
the ground, unconscious. Blue Diamonds stood behind him, his dagger glowing
with blue sugar energy. "No, that was too easy!" he laughed.
Crackle fumed. "You think you're so smart!" he shouted. "Just who
the hell are you?"
The five remaining Bishônen Warriors grouped together. "We're the
Bishônen Warriors of Lucky Charms!" they said in unison.
Crackle saw Shinzô's armor and hair for the first time, and started
laughing. He fell to the ground, holding his gut and trying to control his
laughing. Pink Hearts fumed. "What's so funny?" he demanded.
"You're a boy, right? Then why the heck are you wearing pink armor?
And why is your hair pink? You look like a freaking pansy!" Crackle said
between belly laughs.
Pink Hearts fumed and aimed his Heart Bow and fired the pink sugar
arrow. Crackle was consumed by the pink energy, and his body was thrown to
the horizon. Despite the pain he was in, he continued laughing. Pop decided
to not take his chances and ran away with the Cheerio Knights. Snap got up
and followed suit. Orange Stars got to his feet and rubbed his head.
"Man, those mallets hurt!" he exclaimed.
"Ha, we won!" Blue Diamonds gloated.
"Let's power down," Pink Hearts said.
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Green Clovers demanded.
Pink Hearts clacked his bracers together, and he reverted into Shinzô
Tamashii.. The others decided to do the same, and they reverted into their
regular identities. The six bishônens stood there. Daiya scratched his
head. Ki looked around. "So, uh, what do we do now?" Kurôbâ asked.
"Do you think we can go home yet?" Umakutsu asked. "I'm getting kind
of hungry."
"Let's go ask Lucky," Hoshi suggested.
***
"Nope, you can't go home until you kill Trix Rabbit," Lucky said.
"What, what, what!?" Ki exclaimed. "That sucks!"
"Yes, well, I brought you here to fight his evil, and you aren't
leaving until he's dead. If you don't like it, tough."
Shinzô's shoulders drooped. "This blows," he muttered.
"Excuse me?"
"I said...uh... I hope it snows."
"And why did you say that?"
Shinzô smiled and pulled a sled from nowhere. "Because I like snow,
you stupid green freak!"
He slammed Lucky over the head with the sled, knocking the leprechaun
out for the count. The five other bishônens clapped in merriment, and Shinzô
just kept smiling. Sugar Bear walked in and saw Lucky out cold on the floor.
"Heh, good job guys," he said in his stoner voice. "I think I'll like
having you around."
"Well," Umakutsu said, "if we get to do stuff like that every day, it
might be worth staying here for a while after all!"
And just to make it a cliché ending of every other
super-powered-colored-costume-wearing-teenager-super-team show, everyone
started laughing happily.
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Disclaimer: All cereals and cereal personalities belong to their respective
companies. I am merely using them for entertainment purposes and without
permission. Don't sue, I have no money, and I'm just a high school student.
Trix Rabbit and Trix belong to General Mills, as do Honey Bee, all forms of
Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky the Leprechaun, and Lucky Charms
themselves. Sugar Bear and Golden Crisp are property of Post Cereals. Corn
Pops, Snap, Crackle, Pop, Rice Crispies, and Tony the Tiger belong to
Kellogg's. Pioneer belongs to itself, and they don't own the Dreamstation or
the games for it, I do. I've included disclaimers for the small things that
appear in certain episodes. Otherwise, everything else belongs to Bishônen
Flash © 1999-2001.
The Origin
King Honey Bee scowled as his own guards threw him into the sugary
prison cell. "Why are you doing this?" he buzzed. "I order you to stop!"
The Cheerio Knights paid him no attention. A white rabbit stepped
forward out of the darkness. "Poor, poor Honey Bee," he said, "it's a shame
to see you thrown into prison like this."
"Why, Trix Rabbit? Why have you done this?"
"My reasons are very simple: I want Trix!"
"Then why don't you just ask for them?"
Trix Rabbit pulled on his ears in frustration. "I do ask, dammit!
Those stupid precocious brats never let me have them! They always make me
look like an ass and say 'Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.' Well I'm sick of
that! Trix will no longer be for kids once I'm in control! Trix are for me,
and only me! Bwa-hahaha!"
King Honey Bee quivered in fear. Trix Rabbit had obviously snapped,
and there was no telling what he would do once he controlled the Land of
Cereal...
***
"Lucky, Lucky!" Sugar Bear shouted as he ran into the leprechaun's
laboratory.
"What do ye want?" Lucky asked, perturbed because his experiment was
ruined thanks to Sugar Bear.
"Trix Rabbit has gone berserk, and he's overthrown King Honey Bee.
Everyone else from the General Mills Branch has been captured except for you,
and he's starting on Quaker and Post!"
"This isn't good. We'll have to move to the safety of Corn Pops
Valley until we can find a plan to stop that psycho rabbit."
***
Trix Rabbit pranced happily up and down the cell block where he'd imprisoned
the children, singing "Trix are for me, Trix are for me, listen stupid little
kids, Trix are for me, Trix are for me..."
"Hey Rabbit!" shouted Snap from his cell.
"We can help you if you let us out!" Crackled said.
"We'll be your loyal generals!" Pop added.
"No!" Snap and Crackle did their best to stifle their younger
brother. Trix Rabbit stopped for a moment and smiled.
"Hmm, that's not a bad idea," he mused.
"D'oh!" Snap and Crackle exclaimed, pounding their brother over the
head with large mallets.
Trix Rabbit put a paw to his chin. "If I have other servants under
my command, then I could amass an army large enough to invade the Land Beyond
Cereal! Bwa-hahaha!!! You, Tony the Tiger, bring me some Trix now!"
Tony bowed and ran off to find some of the aforementioned cereal.
Trix Rabbit started rubbing his hands together. "Yes, this will work out
perfectly. And all I must do now is capture Sugar Bear and Lucky the
Leprechaun," he said darkly. He whirled around and pointed a paw at the Rice
Crispies brothers. "You there, my new generals, send out the Cheerio Knights
and find Lucky!"
"Uh, you kinda gotta let us out before we can do anything," Snap
said.
"Oh, sorry." Trix Rabbit walked up and unlocked their cell door.
"Now go, and if you betray me, then I'll have your heads on a stick!"
"Yes sir!" the Rice Crispies brothers saluted as they ran off to get
armor, swords, and the dreaded Cheerio Knights.
***
Meanwhile, in Corn Pops Valley, Lucky and Sugar Bear had just finished
building their base of operations. "How do ye like it?" Lucky asked as they
surveyed their work. "I think it's splendid."
"It's groovy," Sugar Bear commented. "Now what should we call it?"
"How about... Lucky Fortress!"
"No way, man, I like Sugar Base."
Lucky fumed. "Why don't we just call it the Fortress of Cereals???"
Sugar Bear gave his approval with two thumbs up. "So what are we
gonna do now, Lucky? There's no way the two of us can hold off Trix Rabbit's
entire Cheerio Army. He's got four branches to send against us!"
"I know," Lucky said. "That's why I'm going to form a team of
skilled warriors to fight them."
"And where do you propose we get these warriors, hmm?" Sugar Bear
asked.
Lucky pointed up to the giant rectangular opening in the sky. "From
the Land Beyond Cereal."
***
Shinzô Tamashii yawned and stretched his arms as he walked into the kitchen.
"Well," he said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes, "it looks like I'm alone
again this morning." He sat down at the table and finished rubbing his eyes
before searching for something to eat. Shinzô reached into the cabinet and
pulled out a red box.
"Ah, Lucky Charms," he said with a smile, "is there any better
cereal?"
As he opened the box, Shinzô noticed a strange glow from inside.
When he looked inside, a hand reached out and pulled him in. Shinzô didn't
have time to scream as he was dragged into another world.
***
When he came to, Shinzô found himself surrounded by some familiar people.
"What's going on?" he asked.
Ki Tsuki, one of Shinzô's closest friends, turned and looked at him.
"I think maybe Lucky should explain," he said, helping Shinzô up.
Shinzô looked at the people around him: Ki Tsuki, Hoshi Hikari,
Kurôbâ Kôun, Daiya Mondo, and Umakutsu Keru; these were his best friends from
school, and Shinzô wondered what they were all doing together. "Maybe I'm
dreaming," he told himself.
"No, this isn't a dream," said a little Irishman as he walked in,
"this is quite real, and serious."
"If it's so serious," Kurôbâ said, "then why are you dressed like
Lucky the Leprechaun?"
"Because I am Lucky the Leprechaun."
"Then what are we doing here?" Hoshi asked.
"I brought the six of you here to help the Land of Cereal. You are
to become the Bishônen Warriors of Lucky Charms."
At this, the six teens burst out laughing. "Bishônen Warriors?"
Daiya asked. "Of Lucky Charms? Man, someone ought to have you committed,
man."
Lucky fumed, and produced six bracers, each with a colored shape on
it. He handed the one with a pink heart to Shinzô, the one with a yellow
moon to Ki, the one with an orange star to Hoshi, the one with a green clover
to Kurôbâ, the one with a blue diamond to Daiya, and the one with a purple
horseshoe to Umakutsu.
"What are these for?" Shinzô asked.
"Put those one and say the color and name of your shape," Lucky
explained. "You will be turned into the Bishônen Warriors, fighters for
justice. I will be your guide, along with Sugar Bear."
"So you expect us to just believe it?" Umakutsu asked. "You pulled
us through cereal boxes to make us some armor-clad super heroes?"
Lucky nodded. "The fate of the Land of Cereal is in your hands now.
You can choose to disbelieve what I say and never return home, or you can
cooperate and eventually return to your world. It's your choice."
Sugar Bear rushed in and tried to catch his breath. "Lucky, Trix
Rabbit has turned Snap, Crackle and Pop against us. He's sent them out along
with his Cheerio Knights!"
"Which branch of Cheerio Knights?"
"The Honey Nut Cheerio Knights," Sugar Bear said gravely.
Lucky turned to the six teens. "So, what will it be?"
Shinzô looked down at the bracer in his hand. Despite the fact that
the pink heart made him look like a pansy, he put it on. "I'll help," he
said.
"Me too," Ki added, putting on his bracer.
"As will I," Hoshi said, doing the same.
Soon, all six teens agreed to help and had put on their bracers.
"You know what to do now," Lucky said with a nod.
"Bishônen Lucky Charms roll call!" Shinzô declared. "Pink Hearts!"
"Yellow Moons!" Ki shouted.
"Orange Stars!" Hoshi shouted.
"Green Clovers!" Kurôbâ shouted.
"Blue Diamonds!" Daiya shouted.
"Purple Horseshoes!" Umakutsu shouted.
There were six flashes of light, and when the brightness cleared, the
six teenagers were dressed in the armor of their particular color. The
outfit consisted of a colored chest plate with their respective shape on it,
two colored shoulder plates, and two colored bracers emblazoned with their
shape.
Everyone but Shinzô was happy with their armor. Shinzô merely looked
down at his pink armor with tears streaming down his face. "I-it's pink!" he
shouted.
"Is there a problem with that?" Lucky asked. "You are Pink Hearts
after all.
"It makes me look like a pansy!" Shinzô declared.
"Like you don't already," Daiya said with a wry smile.
"Heart Bow and Arrow!" Shinzô shouted.
A pink bow appeared in his hands, and had an arrow of pink energy
ready to fire. The arrowhead was shaped like a heart. Shinzô prepared to
fire when Lucky kicked him in the shins. "Boy, not now! Save it for the
Cheerio Knights!" Lucky declared.
"How'd he do that?" Hoshi asked.
"You each have your own weapon according to your shape. When the
time comes, you'll know how to call it for use. Now go an stop those
Cheerios!"
Shinzô's pink sugar bow disappeared, and he ran out with the rest of
the Bishônen Warriors. Sugar Bear watched them leave in despair. "Are you
sure it was right to use teenagers to stop Trix Rabbit?" he asked.
"Who better? Especially Shinzô. If I know Snap, Crackle and Pop,
they'll laugh their asses off at his armor. Shinzô will get pissed, and use
his Heart Bow and Arrow to destroy them. This is the best idea I've had
yet!"
"Of course it's the best; that's because it's the only idea you've
ever had that's worked."
Lucky growled, and Sugar Bear immediately fled the room. He went to
his monitor and watched the progress of the Bishônen Warriors. "Don't get
yourselves killed," he said disgustedly.
***
Snap and Crackle trudged along angrily, while Pop happily marched alongside
the Cheerio Knights. "Stupid big mouth idiot," Snap muttered.
"Pop, this is all your fault," Crackle cursed. "We're going to
killed, and all because you offered to make all three of us his generals.
You are such an idiot!"
Crackle pulled out a mallet and slammed Pop over the head. After
regaining his senses, Pop defended himself. "Hey, it's this or rotting in
that prison like everyone else," he said.
"We'd prefer living longer in the prison cell!" Snap and Crackle
shouted together as they pounded him again with their mallets.
"Hey look," Pop said, "it's those people we were sent to kill."
Snap and Crackle peered into the distance. "Uh, how many people were
missing?" Snap asked.
"Two," Crackle replied.
"Then why are there six people coming toward us?"
"Uh… no idea."
"Attack!" Pop ordered.
"No, not yet!" Snap and Crackle yelled in unison, giving Pop yet
another set of lumps on his head. "We need to wait until we know who they
are!"
***
"Hey look, there they are," Yellow Moons said.
"Yep, that's gotta be them," Blue Diamonds agreed. "After all, who
in their right mind would dress up like Snap, Crackle and Pop?"
Green Clovers was about to answer when Purple Horseshoes interrupted,
"And the Cheerio Knights are right behind them."
"Well, we should get our weapons ready then," Pink Hearts said.
"Heart Bow and Arrow!"
"Moon Glaive!"
"Star Mace!"
"Clover Discus!"
"Diamond Cutter!"
"Horseshoe Magnet!"
The weapons appeared in the hands of the Bishônen Warriors, and they
charged forward.
***
"Oh look, here they come," Pop chimed in a weird voice. "Can we attack now?"
Snap raised his mallet and shot it forward. "Charge!" he ordered.
The Cheerio Knights readied their pikes and rushed at the Bishônen
Warriors. Pink Hearts raised his bow and fired. The pink arrow sailed
through the air, leaving a trail of sugar behind it. It struck one of the
Cheerio Knights and caused an explosion that took out five other knights.
"Wow, good shot," Orange Stars said.
Blue Diamonds held up his Diamond Cutter and started using the dagger
to slash at the enemies that had gathered around him. Suddenly, a green
object flew by and sliced through each Cheerio Knight. They fell to the
ground and exploded. Green Clovers retrieved his discus and prepared to
launch another attack.
Purple Horseshoes sidestepped a stabbing attack from one of the
knights, and he raised his magnet. The Cheerio Knight exploded as
electricity shot from the magnet. Purple Horseshoes turned and aimed at a
line of Cheerio Knights. He released the electric energy, and the Cheerio
Knights were destroyed in a burst of purple sugar.
"These Cheerio Knights are useless," Crackle said. "Cheerio Knights,
retreat! We'll show you how to really fight."
Orange Stars rushed Crackle and connected his mace with the mallet
held by the general. "So, you want to take us on by yourselves, huh?" Orange
Stars asked. "I'd like to see you try, elf-boy."
Crackle simply distracted Orange Stars while Snap utilized his
mallet. The orange-clad bishônen fell to the ground with a large lump
protruding from his orange-tinted hair. Snap laughed. "That was too easy,"
he said.
Streams of blue energy slammed into Snap from behind, and he fell to
the ground, unconscious. Blue Diamonds stood behind him, his dagger glowing
with blue sugar energy. "No, that was too easy!" he laughed.
Crackle fumed. "You think you're so smart!" he shouted. "Just who
the hell are you?"
The five remaining Bishônen Warriors grouped together. "We're the
Bishônen Warriors of Lucky Charms!" they said in unison.
Crackle saw Shinzô's armor and hair for the first time, and started
laughing. He fell to the ground, holding his gut and trying to control his
laughing. Pink Hearts fumed. "What's so funny?" he demanded.
"You're a boy, right? Then why the heck are you wearing pink armor?
And why is your hair pink? You look like a freaking pansy!" Crackle said
between belly laughs.
Pink Hearts fumed and aimed his Heart Bow and fired the pink sugar
arrow. Crackle was consumed by the pink energy, and his body was thrown to
the horizon. Despite the pain he was in, he continued laughing. Pop decided
to not take his chances and ran away with the Cheerio Knights. Snap got up
and followed suit. Orange Stars got to his feet and rubbed his head.
"Man, those mallets hurt!" he exclaimed.
"Ha, we won!" Blue Diamonds gloated.
"Let's power down," Pink Hearts said.
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Green Clovers demanded.
Pink Hearts clacked his bracers together, and he reverted into Shinzô
Tamashii.. The others decided to do the same, and they reverted into their
regular identities. The six bishônens stood there. Daiya scratched his
head. Ki looked around. "So, uh, what do we do now?" Kurôbâ asked.
"Do you think we can go home yet?" Umakutsu asked. "I'm getting kind
of hungry."
"Let's go ask Lucky," Hoshi suggested.
***
"Nope, you can't go home until you kill Trix Rabbit," Lucky said.
"What, what, what!?" Ki exclaimed. "That sucks!"
"Yes, well, I brought you here to fight his evil, and you aren't
leaving until he's dead. If you don't like it, tough."
Shinzô's shoulders drooped. "This blows," he muttered.
"Excuse me?"
"I said...uh... I hope it snows."
"And why did you say that?"
Shinzô smiled and pulled a sled from nowhere. "Because I like snow,
you stupid green freak!"
He slammed Lucky over the head with the sled, knocking the leprechaun
out for the count. The five other bishônens clapped in merriment, and Shinzô
just kept smiling. Sugar Bear walked in and saw Lucky out cold on the floor.
"Heh, good job guys," he said in his stoner voice. "I think I'll like
having you around."
"Well," Umakutsu said, "if we get to do stuff like that every day, it
might be worth staying here for a while after all!"
And just to make it a cliché ending of every other
super-powered-colored-costume-wearing-teenager-super-team show, everyone
started laughing happily.
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Disclaimer: All cereals and cereal personalities belong to their respective
companies. I am merely using them for entertainment purposes and without
permission. Don't sue, I have no money, and I'm just a high school student.
Trix Rabbit and Trix belong to General Mills, as do Honey Bee, all forms of
Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky the Leprechaun, and Lucky Charms
themselves. Sugar Bear and Golden Crisp are property of Post Cereals. Corn
Pops, Snap, Crackle, Pop, Rice Crispies, and Tony the Tiger belong to
Kellogg's. Pioneer belongs to itself, and they don't own the Dreamstation or
the games for it, I do. I've included disclaimers for the small things that
appear in certain episodes. Otherwise, everything else belongs to Bishônen
Flash © 1999-2001.