Bishônen Warriors
Star in the Night
Hoshi Hikari, formerly a student at Akami High School, is now a
resident of the Land of Cereal, a Bishônen Warrior who goes by the name of
Orange Stars; convenient because the armor matches his eyes and hair. But at
the moment, he's the focus of an attack by the Cheerio Knights.
"Damn, I should've asked someone to come out here with me," he
muttered, cursing his stupidity in coming out to Cap'n Crunch's port for
supplies. And now he was surrounded by Apple Cinnamon Cheerio Knights,
making them harder to attack because of the spikes all over their bodies.
Hoshi ducked and grabbed one of the Cheerio Knights despite the
spikes. He swung the O-shaped monstrosity around and released it at another
knight. He jumped out of the circle and tried to get some distance between
himself and the Cheerio Knights. "I can't run forever," he said, "and I
can't fight forever without any weapons."
He tripped and fell flat on his face. Taking advantage of this, the
Cheerio Knights started beating on him. Hoshi was helpless to resist, and
soon found himself staring into nothing but black.
"Hoshi's been captured," Sugar Bear said as he strolled into the control room
with a note. "This is from Trix Rabbit. He says that if we don't surrender
to him, he'll kill Hoshi."
Lucky looked at the note. "Why doesn't Hoshi just call his Bishônen
Armor?" he asked.
Sugar Bear produced the bracer emblazoned with the orange star. "He
sent the note in this."
"Call in the Bishônen Warriors, Sugar Bear."
Sugar Bear pressed a button on the panel, and the five remaining
teens walked into the control room. "What is it?" Ki asked.
Lucky held up the orange bracer. "Hoshi has been captured by Trix
Rabbit," he explained.
"What?!" Daiya exclaimed. "I'll kill the bas--"
"What a turd!" Kurôbâ shouted.
"We have to save him," Shinzô growled, gritting his teeth together.
"Hold on," Sugar Bear said, "you can't just bust in on him. We need
a plan to get Hoshi back, because if we do something irrational, they might
kill him."
Umakutsu fumed. Hoshi was his best friend, and he wasn't about to
let some cartoon rabbit kill him. "Bishônen Lucky Charms roll call!" he
shouted.
"That's my line!" Shinzô exclaimed. "Anyway, Pink Hearts!"
"Yellow Moons!" Ki declared.
There was a pause where Hoshi would call him armor, then, "Green
Clovers!" Kurôbâ shouted.
"Blue Diamonds!" Daiya shouted.
"Purple Horseshoes!" Umakutsu bellowed.
"Hold on!" Lucky shouted at them.
"Yeah, like I said, we need a plan," Sugar Bear said.
"Our plan is to bust in and kill the rabbit, and save Hoshi," Green
Clovers said. "We decided on that."
"When?"
"When we were transforming," Purple Horseshoes said. "Let's go!"
Purple Horseshoes rushed out of the room, and the others followed
him. Lucky slapped a hand to his forehead and groaned. "I'm starting to
regret bringing them here," he muttered. "Sooner or later, they're going to
get themselves killed with those stupid plans."
"Let me go you stupid jerk!" Hoshi shouted at the prancing rabbit, who, as
usual, was singing.
Trix Rabbit leaned over and grinned darkly into the prison cell.
"Shut up, turd, Trix are for me!" he shouted.
Hoshi sat back against the wall and groaned. "Is this how he runs
his kingdom? All he does is prance around singing!"
Pop ran up to the Trix Rabbit. "Sire!" he shouted. "The Bishônen
Warriors are coming to the palace to rescue their friend!"
Trix Rabbit backhanded Pop, sending the general flying into the
nearest wall. "Fool, don't interrupt me!" he shouted at his general. "If
what you say is true, then do something about it yourself!"
"Man, he really has flipped his lid," Hoshi muttered to himself.
"Send out the Apple Cinnamon Cheerio Knights!"
Pop jumped to his feet and saluted. "Yes, my liege."
"You'll never get away with this," Hoshi said. "The Bishônen
Warriors will surely triumph, even if I'm not there to help."
Trix Rabbit pressed his face against the bars and leered at Hoshi.
"Shut up, kid, Trix are for me," he hissed delightfully.
Hoshi raised his foot and kicked Trix Rabbit in the face.
Purple Horseshoes raised his Horseshoe Magnet and aimed it at the palace. A
blast of purple sugar electricity was emitted from the horseshoe and it
crashed onto the ramparts. As the masonry fell from the roof, the Cheerio
Knights rushed out of the palace gates, carrying their cinnamon pikes.
"No, we don't stop to fight!" Yellow Moons declared as he slashed
through the nearest Cheerio Knights with his glaive. Three more powerful
swings, and he had cut a path through the squad.
Blue Diamonds swung his Diamond Cutter, releasing blue sugar energy
into the midst of the remaining knights. "Let's go!" Green Clovers told him
as everyone started filing into the castle.
Trix Rabbit pulled his hair in frustration. "No, this can't be possible!" he
shouted. "How is it that my Cheerio Knights managed to capture Orange Stars
but failed to stop the other Bishônen Warriors?! Snap, Crackle, Pop! Go
stop them before they reach their friend!"
The three generals bowed. "Yes sir," they chimed in unison.
The rabbit pounded his fist on the arm of the throne. "I'll kill
those teenagers soon enough."
"Where are they keeping Hoshi?" Pink Hearts demanded of a sentry Cheerio
Knight.
"I'll never talk, pink boy," the knight said.
Yellow Moons held his glaive to where he thought was the Cheerio's
neck. "Talk now, ring thing, or you're going to be nothing more than a few
crumbs on the floor," he threatened.
"Never."
Yellow Moons jumped back and swung the glaive in a downward arc,
implanting the blade into the floor. A streak of yellow sugar energy
streamed from the blade and cut through the Cheerio Knight, reducing it to a
pile of crumbs. Purple Horseshoes grabbed Yellow Moons by the shoulder and
swung him around.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" he demanded. "He was probably
our only chance to find Hoshi!"
"We could always split up and take the different halls until one of
us finds him," Blue Diamonds rationalized.
"Then that's what we'll do!" Green Clovers said. "Let's go!"
Everyone else shrugged and split up, heading down the conveniently
remaining five hallways. Snap, Crackle and Pop arrived at the seven-way
intersection and split up, heading down the only three halls that led to the
prison.
"Heh, heh," Purple Horseshoes chuckled as he exited his tunnel and
started following Snap. "Hoshi, I'm coming. And so are Yellow Moons and
Blue Diamonds."
As he and Snap started following the twisting turns of the hallway,
Purple Horseshoes pulled out his magnet and took aim. Snap suddenly stopped
when he heard the energy start crackling at the end of the magnet. As he
turned, purple sugar energy crackled through the hallway and struck him down.
Purple Horseshoes ran past, laughing his head off. "I don't need you to
show me the way," he said, "because I'm sure I'll make it just fine!"
Snap groaned and passed out.
Hoshi looked up to the sound of scuffling in the hallway. He ran to the cell
door and looked in both directions. To his left, Blue Diamonds was being
chased by Pop and some Cheerio Knights, while Purple Horseshoes was
approaching from the right. "Hoshi!" Purple Horseshoes shouted. "Hoshi,
look what I've got!"
He tossed the bracer at Hoshi, who immediately put it on. "Orange
Stars!" he shouted. "Star Mace!"
The armor and weapon appeared on Hoshi, and he backed away from the
door. Swinging the mace, Orange Stars unleashed a ball of orange sugar
energy. There was an explosion, and Orange Stars jumped into the hallway.
"Blue Diamonds, duck!" he shouted, swinging the mace again.
Another ball of energy sailed through the air and hit the Cheerio
Knights, disintegrating them. Pop materialized his mallet and prepared to
attack. Blue Diamonds pulled out the Diamond Cutter and stabbed it into the
mallet's handle. "What do you think you're doing with that oversized toy?"
he asked Pop.
"I'm going to kill you with it," Pop replied angrily as he released
the mallet and swung again.
Blue Diamonds was caught in the side of the head and thrown into the
wall. Purple Horseshoes released the magnet's electricity and fried the
general. Pop, however, was unrelenting. He charged forward and smashed the
Horseshoe Magnet, using the upswing to take out Purple Horseshoes in the
process.
Orange Stars swung at Pop, connecting the mace with the mallet. Pop
swung back, and Orange Stars blocked it. Orange Stars swung low, and Pop
jumped, swinging his mallet as he went. Orange Stars was hit over the head,
and his body slumped to the floor.
"Heart Bow and Arrow!"
A pink sugar heart arrow hit Pop in the back, causing a small pink
explosion. Pink Hearts rushed into the hallway to find three of his comrades
unconscious on the floor. Crackle appeared from the darkness at the other
end of the hallway. "And what have we here?" the general asked, summoning
his mallet. "Could it be a lone Bishônen Warrior for me to kill?"
Pink Hearts raised his bow and took aim. "You can't kill me if I
kill you first," he said. "And I'm not alone."
Yellow Moons appeared behind Crackle and swung his glaive. The blade
of yellow energy cut through Crackle's body, and he fell to his knees. "You
won't win so easily," he said before he passed out.
"It's a good thing I heard all the noise they were making," Pink
Hearts said as he rushed to the aide of the others.
"I did too," said Green Clovers as he emerged from the darkness.
"Let's get these guys back to the base," Yellow Moons suggested. "I
would normally suggest we kill Trix Rabbit right here and now, but we're in
no condition to do that."
Pink Hearts and Green Clovers nodded in agreement as they lifted
Orange Stars and Purple Horseshoes onto their shoulders. "Let's go," Pink
Hearts said.
The three injured bishônen laid in the infirmary at the Fortress of Cereals.
"How are you feeling?" Lucky asked.
"As good as anyone who's been brained by a big-ass mallet," Daiya
replied, rubbing his bandaged head.
"Same goes for me," Hoshi said.
Umakutsu would've said something, but his jaw was bandaged up,
preventing him from speaking.
And, as is cliché, everyone started laughing cheerfully, for no
apparent reason.
"Ow, that hurts," Daiya groaned. Umakutsu hmphed in agreement.
Star in the Night
Hoshi Hikari, formerly a student at Akami High School, is now a
resident of the Land of Cereal, a Bishônen Warrior who goes by the name of
Orange Stars; convenient because the armor matches his eyes and hair. But at
the moment, he's the focus of an attack by the Cheerio Knights.
"Damn, I should've asked someone to come out here with me," he
muttered, cursing his stupidity in coming out to Cap'n Crunch's port for
supplies. And now he was surrounded by Apple Cinnamon Cheerio Knights,
making them harder to attack because of the spikes all over their bodies.
Hoshi ducked and grabbed one of the Cheerio Knights despite the
spikes. He swung the O-shaped monstrosity around and released it at another
knight. He jumped out of the circle and tried to get some distance between
himself and the Cheerio Knights. "I can't run forever," he said, "and I
can't fight forever without any weapons."
He tripped and fell flat on his face. Taking advantage of this, the
Cheerio Knights started beating on him. Hoshi was helpless to resist, and
soon found himself staring into nothing but black.
"Hoshi's been captured," Sugar Bear said as he strolled into the control room
with a note. "This is from Trix Rabbit. He says that if we don't surrender
to him, he'll kill Hoshi."
Lucky looked at the note. "Why doesn't Hoshi just call his Bishônen
Armor?" he asked.
Sugar Bear produced the bracer emblazoned with the orange star. "He
sent the note in this."
"Call in the Bishônen Warriors, Sugar Bear."
Sugar Bear pressed a button on the panel, and the five remaining
teens walked into the control room. "What is it?" Ki asked.
Lucky held up the orange bracer. "Hoshi has been captured by Trix
Rabbit," he explained.
"What?!" Daiya exclaimed. "I'll kill the bas--"
"What a turd!" Kurôbâ shouted.
"We have to save him," Shinzô growled, gritting his teeth together.
"Hold on," Sugar Bear said, "you can't just bust in on him. We need
a plan to get Hoshi back, because if we do something irrational, they might
kill him."
Umakutsu fumed. Hoshi was his best friend, and he wasn't about to
let some cartoon rabbit kill him. "Bishônen Lucky Charms roll call!" he
shouted.
"That's my line!" Shinzô exclaimed. "Anyway, Pink Hearts!"
"Yellow Moons!" Ki declared.
There was a pause where Hoshi would call him armor, then, "Green
Clovers!" Kurôbâ shouted.
"Blue Diamonds!" Daiya shouted.
"Purple Horseshoes!" Umakutsu bellowed.
"Hold on!" Lucky shouted at them.
"Yeah, like I said, we need a plan," Sugar Bear said.
"Our plan is to bust in and kill the rabbit, and save Hoshi," Green
Clovers said. "We decided on that."
"When?"
"When we were transforming," Purple Horseshoes said. "Let's go!"
Purple Horseshoes rushed out of the room, and the others followed
him. Lucky slapped a hand to his forehead and groaned. "I'm starting to
regret bringing them here," he muttered. "Sooner or later, they're going to
get themselves killed with those stupid plans."
"Let me go you stupid jerk!" Hoshi shouted at the prancing rabbit, who, as
usual, was singing.
Trix Rabbit leaned over and grinned darkly into the prison cell.
"Shut up, turd, Trix are for me!" he shouted.
Hoshi sat back against the wall and groaned. "Is this how he runs
his kingdom? All he does is prance around singing!"
Pop ran up to the Trix Rabbit. "Sire!" he shouted. "The Bishônen
Warriors are coming to the palace to rescue their friend!"
Trix Rabbit backhanded Pop, sending the general flying into the
nearest wall. "Fool, don't interrupt me!" he shouted at his general. "If
what you say is true, then do something about it yourself!"
"Man, he really has flipped his lid," Hoshi muttered to himself.
"Send out the Apple Cinnamon Cheerio Knights!"
Pop jumped to his feet and saluted. "Yes, my liege."
"You'll never get away with this," Hoshi said. "The Bishônen
Warriors will surely triumph, even if I'm not there to help."
Trix Rabbit pressed his face against the bars and leered at Hoshi.
"Shut up, kid, Trix are for me," he hissed delightfully.
Hoshi raised his foot and kicked Trix Rabbit in the face.
Purple Horseshoes raised his Horseshoe Magnet and aimed it at the palace. A
blast of purple sugar electricity was emitted from the horseshoe and it
crashed onto the ramparts. As the masonry fell from the roof, the Cheerio
Knights rushed out of the palace gates, carrying their cinnamon pikes.
"No, we don't stop to fight!" Yellow Moons declared as he slashed
through the nearest Cheerio Knights with his glaive. Three more powerful
swings, and he had cut a path through the squad.
Blue Diamonds swung his Diamond Cutter, releasing blue sugar energy
into the midst of the remaining knights. "Let's go!" Green Clovers told him
as everyone started filing into the castle.
Trix Rabbit pulled his hair in frustration. "No, this can't be possible!" he
shouted. "How is it that my Cheerio Knights managed to capture Orange Stars
but failed to stop the other Bishônen Warriors?! Snap, Crackle, Pop! Go
stop them before they reach their friend!"
The three generals bowed. "Yes sir," they chimed in unison.
The rabbit pounded his fist on the arm of the throne. "I'll kill
those teenagers soon enough."
"Where are they keeping Hoshi?" Pink Hearts demanded of a sentry Cheerio
Knight.
"I'll never talk, pink boy," the knight said.
Yellow Moons held his glaive to where he thought was the Cheerio's
neck. "Talk now, ring thing, or you're going to be nothing more than a few
crumbs on the floor," he threatened.
"Never."
Yellow Moons jumped back and swung the glaive in a downward arc,
implanting the blade into the floor. A streak of yellow sugar energy
streamed from the blade and cut through the Cheerio Knight, reducing it to a
pile of crumbs. Purple Horseshoes grabbed Yellow Moons by the shoulder and
swung him around.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" he demanded. "He was probably
our only chance to find Hoshi!"
"We could always split up and take the different halls until one of
us finds him," Blue Diamonds rationalized.
"Then that's what we'll do!" Green Clovers said. "Let's go!"
Everyone else shrugged and split up, heading down the conveniently
remaining five hallways. Snap, Crackle and Pop arrived at the seven-way
intersection and split up, heading down the only three halls that led to the
prison.
"Heh, heh," Purple Horseshoes chuckled as he exited his tunnel and
started following Snap. "Hoshi, I'm coming. And so are Yellow Moons and
Blue Diamonds."
As he and Snap started following the twisting turns of the hallway,
Purple Horseshoes pulled out his magnet and took aim. Snap suddenly stopped
when he heard the energy start crackling at the end of the magnet. As he
turned, purple sugar energy crackled through the hallway and struck him down.
Purple Horseshoes ran past, laughing his head off. "I don't need you to
show me the way," he said, "because I'm sure I'll make it just fine!"
Snap groaned and passed out.
Hoshi looked up to the sound of scuffling in the hallway. He ran to the cell
door and looked in both directions. To his left, Blue Diamonds was being
chased by Pop and some Cheerio Knights, while Purple Horseshoes was
approaching from the right. "Hoshi!" Purple Horseshoes shouted. "Hoshi,
look what I've got!"
He tossed the bracer at Hoshi, who immediately put it on. "Orange
Stars!" he shouted. "Star Mace!"
The armor and weapon appeared on Hoshi, and he backed away from the
door. Swinging the mace, Orange Stars unleashed a ball of orange sugar
energy. There was an explosion, and Orange Stars jumped into the hallway.
"Blue Diamonds, duck!" he shouted, swinging the mace again.
Another ball of energy sailed through the air and hit the Cheerio
Knights, disintegrating them. Pop materialized his mallet and prepared to
attack. Blue Diamonds pulled out the Diamond Cutter and stabbed it into the
mallet's handle. "What do you think you're doing with that oversized toy?"
he asked Pop.
"I'm going to kill you with it," Pop replied angrily as he released
the mallet and swung again.
Blue Diamonds was caught in the side of the head and thrown into the
wall. Purple Horseshoes released the magnet's electricity and fried the
general. Pop, however, was unrelenting. He charged forward and smashed the
Horseshoe Magnet, using the upswing to take out Purple Horseshoes in the
process.
Orange Stars swung at Pop, connecting the mace with the mallet. Pop
swung back, and Orange Stars blocked it. Orange Stars swung low, and Pop
jumped, swinging his mallet as he went. Orange Stars was hit over the head,
and his body slumped to the floor.
"Heart Bow and Arrow!"
A pink sugar heart arrow hit Pop in the back, causing a small pink
explosion. Pink Hearts rushed into the hallway to find three of his comrades
unconscious on the floor. Crackle appeared from the darkness at the other
end of the hallway. "And what have we here?" the general asked, summoning
his mallet. "Could it be a lone Bishônen Warrior for me to kill?"
Pink Hearts raised his bow and took aim. "You can't kill me if I
kill you first," he said. "And I'm not alone."
Yellow Moons appeared behind Crackle and swung his glaive. The blade
of yellow energy cut through Crackle's body, and he fell to his knees. "You
won't win so easily," he said before he passed out.
"It's a good thing I heard all the noise they were making," Pink
Hearts said as he rushed to the aide of the others.
"I did too," said Green Clovers as he emerged from the darkness.
"Let's get these guys back to the base," Yellow Moons suggested. "I
would normally suggest we kill Trix Rabbit right here and now, but we're in
no condition to do that."
Pink Hearts and Green Clovers nodded in agreement as they lifted
Orange Stars and Purple Horseshoes onto their shoulders. "Let's go," Pink
Hearts said.
The three injured bishônen laid in the infirmary at the Fortress of Cereals.
"How are you feeling?" Lucky asked.
"As good as anyone who's been brained by a big-ass mallet," Daiya
replied, rubbing his bandaged head.
"Same goes for me," Hoshi said.
Umakutsu would've said something, but his jaw was bandaged up,
preventing him from speaking.
And, as is cliché, everyone started laughing cheerfully, for no
apparent reason.
"Ow, that hurts," Daiya groaned. Umakutsu hmphed in agreement.