Bishônen Warriors
Hearts and Blue Moons? Who Are They?
"We've entered dire straits," Lucky said gravely as the Bishônen
Warriors gathered before him. "However, I never thought it would come so
soon."
"You mean to tell us that you knew this was going to happen all
along?" Stars demanded.
Lucky nodded. "I've known everything that's going to happen to you.
I knew that Hoshi was going to be captured, and that Daiya was going to be
'captured.' I knew that Trix Rabbit was going to buy a Random
Monster-of-the-Week Generator from the BS Flash company. I knew that he
would make three more teenagers from your world into the Evil Bishônen Force,
and I know what's going to happen to us as a result of that."
Clovers and Horseshoes looked at each other in surprise. "You do?"
Clovers asked.
"Of course I do."
"How?" Stars demanded.
Lucky pulled out a large book and smiled. "I read the script," he
joked. "But seriously, this is the book of prophecies that has been handed
down from generation to generation in the Land of Cereals. It tells of the
struggle against Trix Rabbit, and everything that will happen during and
because of his tyranny."
"Let me see!" Horseshoes shouted.
"No! You can't! There's no telling what might happen because of
your reading the book. Anyway, something has to be done about the Evil
Bishônen Force. We have to even the score a little."
Stars crossed his arms. "And how do you propose we do that?" he
demanded.
Lucky pulled an orange and white bracer from nowhere. Clovers' eyes
lit up. "We're going to get another Bishônen Warrior!" he cried in glee.
"Not quite," Lucky said. He handed the bracer to Stars. "Stars is
going to receive a power upgrade. Put it on. To activate the upgrade, shout
'Shooting Stars' when you're wearing your armor."
Stars did as he was told and replaced the Stars bracer that was on
his arm.
Trix Rabbit observed the large scorch mark on his deep violet cape. "Those
stupid teenagers," he muttered before turning to his Evil Bishônen Force.
"And you! Why didn't you kill them when you had the chance?"
"That bear came out and blasted me!" Pots of Gold protested. "I
would've taken them out if it weren't for him!"
"He looked pretty smashed," Rainbows said. "Who would've thought his
aim would be so good?"
Trix Rabbit frowned. "Expect the unexpected in his world, boys," he
said. Then he turned to his lieutenants, who were trying to quietly sneak
away. "And just what the hell did you three think you were doing? I bet
that if you hadn't gotten in the way, those Bishônen Warriors would be dead
now!"
"We refused to be upstaged by a bunch of kids!" Crackle shouted.
"I hope that you're aware that the Bishônen Warriors are kids and
that they've upstaged you on countless occasions."
"Please don't kill us," Pop pled. "We were only doing what we
thought you ordered us to do."
Trix Rabbit placed a paw on his chin. "I ordered you to kill my Evil
Bishônen Force? That doesn't sound like something I would do."
"But you did order us to kill the Bishônen Warriors, and technically,
those three are Bishônen Warriors."
"Hmm, I suppose that's true..."
"Yeah, so it's your fault!" Snap said smugly. "We can't help it that
you ordered us to kill your warriors."
"In either case, I'm going to send out one of my monsters this time.
It's bound to succeed, and if it doesn't, I have the Evil Bishônen Force as
a backup."
Trix Rabbit activated the Random Monster-of-the-Week Generator and
pressed the blue button to make a monster. There were the standard bells,
chinks and whistles followed by a puff of smoke to announce the arrival of
the new monster. It was a large strudel dressed in an Arabic fashion. Trix
Rabbit smiled when he saw the picture in his guide. "The Strudel Sultan," he
read. "Very, very chic. Kill the good Bishônen Warriors, my evil monster
friend."
Strudel Sultan shouted something in Arabic and stormed off, the Evil
Bishônen Force not far behind.
"Sugar Bear, what's that in your hand?" Clovers demanded as he walked in on
the bear taking dope.
"It's, uh... a Mentos," Sugar Bear replied.
"Really? Can I have one?"
"Uh... no. This is the last one."
"Oh, okay."
"Say, where are Hearts and Blue Moons?"
Clovers looked perplexed. "Who?"
"You know, those two guys who look exactly like you, except that one
has pink hair and the other has blue hair."
"I have no idea who you're talking about, Sugar Bear. Now if you'll
excuse me, I have some serious video-gaming to do."
Clovers took one of the controllers in hand and turned on the Pioneer
Dreamstation. However, Horseshoes walked in and promptly turned it on.
"Clovers, have you had a lobotomy?" he demanded. "We've got more important
things to do that play video games."
Clovers held up the CD case. "It's Guillotine XVI..."
"Ooh..."
Horseshoes took a controller and sat down next to Clovers. Stars
walked in and grabbed both of them by the hair and pulled them out of the
Fortress of Cereals. "Come on, you two, we've got a battle to fight," he
said. "We can't let ourselves be vulnerable again. That's the mistake we
made the last three times we were attacked."
"But Guillotine XVI!" Clovers cried.
"You can play it some other time, 'Louis,'" Stars taunted. "Let's
go!"
"Where exactly are we going?" Horseshoes asked.
"It's time for our preemptive strike. We're going straight to Trix
Rabbit's palace."
Seven forms appeared on the horizon, and Stars groaned. "It looks
like we've been anticipated," Clovers said.
"Or maybe they're just attacking us first again," Horseshoes said.
Stars dropped the other two onto the ground. "Attack!" he shouted as
he charged forward.
Clovers and Horseshoes jumped to their feet and followed their
leader. In three flashes of light, they drew their marshmallow weapons and
took aim. Stars swung his mace and launched an orange energy ball through
the air. The ball was met by Rainbows' boomerang, and an explosion ensued.
Clovers hurled his discus through the air and took out Pop in the process.
Pots of Gold smirked and aimed the opening of his pot at the three
Bishônen Warriors. A beam of golden light shot from it, but the Bishônen
Warriors easily dodged the attack. Red Balloons thrust his hands forward.
"Balloon Grand Explosion!" he shouted.
A ball of red energy exploded across the battlefield. Horseshoes
unleashed the electricity from his magnet into the explosion and struck Snap
and Crackle. Stars shielded himself from the explosion with his mace and
charged into the midst of it. When the light and smoke cleared, he was in a
close-range battle with Rainbows. Their weapons were locked, and Stars
thrust his hand forward.
"Starlight Dust Buster!" he shouted.
Energy sparks leapt from his hand and struck Rainbows in the face.
He jumped back, and Stars was about to strike him down when Red Balloons hit
him from behind with his shield. The three Evil Bishônen surrounded him with
dark smirks. Strudel Sultan shouted something in Arabic, and the three
bishônen backed off. Stars smirked at the pastry and thrust his hand
forward.
"Shooting Stars!" he shouted.
A sphere of energy shot out from the center of Stars' body, and his
armor changed shape. Included in it now were a pair of shin bracers and a
white cape. The armor had also shifted colors, and was and orange with
alternating white pattern. His Star Mace changed shape, and the star now had
a tail attached to it.
"What the hell?" Pots demanded.
Shooting Stars swung his mace, and a comet shot from it, striking
Strudel Sultan in the chest and destroying him. He then turned to the Evil
Bishônen Force and thrust his arm into the air. "Comet Crater Rupture!"
A huge comet shot down from the sky and struck the battlefield. The
Evil Bishônen Force was expelled from the area at a great speed, as were
Snap, Crackle and Pop. Shooting Stars' upgrade faded away, and he reverted
back to Hoshi Hikari, regular teenager trapped in the Land of Cereals. He
looked at his clothing in shock. "I guess that power upgrade takes a lot of
power to maintain," he said. "In that case, I'll have to monitor how I use
it."
Horseshoes and Clovers nodded. Sugar Bear walked out and
congratulated them on the victory with an, "Oh yeah!"
"Oh yeah!" the three Bishônen Warriors cheered.
"Say, where are Hearts and Blue Moons?" Sugar Bear asked.
The three Bishônen Warriors looked at each other in confusion.
"Who?" Hoshi asked.
"Yeah, who are Hearts and Blue Moons?" Horseshoes asked.
"The other Bishônen Warriors," Sugar Bear said.
"No, there's only Stars, Horseshoes and Clovers," Clovers said. "No
Hearts or Blue Moons."
"Whatever, man."
With that, everyone started laughing.
Disclaimer: Mentos is copyright Van Melle.
Hearts and Blue Moons? Who Are They?
"We've entered dire straits," Lucky said gravely as the Bishônen
Warriors gathered before him. "However, I never thought it would come so
soon."
"You mean to tell us that you knew this was going to happen all
along?" Stars demanded.
Lucky nodded. "I've known everything that's going to happen to you.
I knew that Hoshi was going to be captured, and that Daiya was going to be
'captured.' I knew that Trix Rabbit was going to buy a Random
Monster-of-the-Week Generator from the BS Flash company. I knew that he
would make three more teenagers from your world into the Evil Bishônen Force,
and I know what's going to happen to us as a result of that."
Clovers and Horseshoes looked at each other in surprise. "You do?"
Clovers asked.
"Of course I do."
"How?" Stars demanded.
Lucky pulled out a large book and smiled. "I read the script," he
joked. "But seriously, this is the book of prophecies that has been handed
down from generation to generation in the Land of Cereals. It tells of the
struggle against Trix Rabbit, and everything that will happen during and
because of his tyranny."
"Let me see!" Horseshoes shouted.
"No! You can't! There's no telling what might happen because of
your reading the book. Anyway, something has to be done about the Evil
Bishônen Force. We have to even the score a little."
Stars crossed his arms. "And how do you propose we do that?" he
demanded.
Lucky pulled an orange and white bracer from nowhere. Clovers' eyes
lit up. "We're going to get another Bishônen Warrior!" he cried in glee.
"Not quite," Lucky said. He handed the bracer to Stars. "Stars is
going to receive a power upgrade. Put it on. To activate the upgrade, shout
'Shooting Stars' when you're wearing your armor."
Stars did as he was told and replaced the Stars bracer that was on
his arm.
Trix Rabbit observed the large scorch mark on his deep violet cape. "Those
stupid teenagers," he muttered before turning to his Evil Bishônen Force.
"And you! Why didn't you kill them when you had the chance?"
"That bear came out and blasted me!" Pots of Gold protested. "I
would've taken them out if it weren't for him!"
"He looked pretty smashed," Rainbows said. "Who would've thought his
aim would be so good?"
Trix Rabbit frowned. "Expect the unexpected in his world, boys," he
said. Then he turned to his lieutenants, who were trying to quietly sneak
away. "And just what the hell did you three think you were doing? I bet
that if you hadn't gotten in the way, those Bishônen Warriors would be dead
now!"
"We refused to be upstaged by a bunch of kids!" Crackle shouted.
"I hope that you're aware that the Bishônen Warriors are kids and
that they've upstaged you on countless occasions."
"Please don't kill us," Pop pled. "We were only doing what we
thought you ordered us to do."
Trix Rabbit placed a paw on his chin. "I ordered you to kill my Evil
Bishônen Force? That doesn't sound like something I would do."
"But you did order us to kill the Bishônen Warriors, and technically,
those three are Bishônen Warriors."
"Hmm, I suppose that's true..."
"Yeah, so it's your fault!" Snap said smugly. "We can't help it that
you ordered us to kill your warriors."
"In either case, I'm going to send out one of my monsters this time.
It's bound to succeed, and if it doesn't, I have the Evil Bishônen Force as
a backup."
Trix Rabbit activated the Random Monster-of-the-Week Generator and
pressed the blue button to make a monster. There were the standard bells,
chinks and whistles followed by a puff of smoke to announce the arrival of
the new monster. It was a large strudel dressed in an Arabic fashion. Trix
Rabbit smiled when he saw the picture in his guide. "The Strudel Sultan," he
read. "Very, very chic. Kill the good Bishônen Warriors, my evil monster
friend."
Strudel Sultan shouted something in Arabic and stormed off, the Evil
Bishônen Force not far behind.
"Sugar Bear, what's that in your hand?" Clovers demanded as he walked in on
the bear taking dope.
"It's, uh... a Mentos," Sugar Bear replied.
"Really? Can I have one?"
"Uh... no. This is the last one."
"Oh, okay."
"Say, where are Hearts and Blue Moons?"
Clovers looked perplexed. "Who?"
"You know, those two guys who look exactly like you, except that one
has pink hair and the other has blue hair."
"I have no idea who you're talking about, Sugar Bear. Now if you'll
excuse me, I have some serious video-gaming to do."
Clovers took one of the controllers in hand and turned on the Pioneer
Dreamstation. However, Horseshoes walked in and promptly turned it on.
"Clovers, have you had a lobotomy?" he demanded. "We've got more important
things to do that play video games."
Clovers held up the CD case. "It's Guillotine XVI..."
"Ooh..."
Horseshoes took a controller and sat down next to Clovers. Stars
walked in and grabbed both of them by the hair and pulled them out of the
Fortress of Cereals. "Come on, you two, we've got a battle to fight," he
said. "We can't let ourselves be vulnerable again. That's the mistake we
made the last three times we were attacked."
"But Guillotine XVI!" Clovers cried.
"You can play it some other time, 'Louis,'" Stars taunted. "Let's
go!"
"Where exactly are we going?" Horseshoes asked.
"It's time for our preemptive strike. We're going straight to Trix
Rabbit's palace."
Seven forms appeared on the horizon, and Stars groaned. "It looks
like we've been anticipated," Clovers said.
"Or maybe they're just attacking us first again," Horseshoes said.
Stars dropped the other two onto the ground. "Attack!" he shouted as
he charged forward.
Clovers and Horseshoes jumped to their feet and followed their
leader. In three flashes of light, they drew their marshmallow weapons and
took aim. Stars swung his mace and launched an orange energy ball through
the air. The ball was met by Rainbows' boomerang, and an explosion ensued.
Clovers hurled his discus through the air and took out Pop in the process.
Pots of Gold smirked and aimed the opening of his pot at the three
Bishônen Warriors. A beam of golden light shot from it, but the Bishônen
Warriors easily dodged the attack. Red Balloons thrust his hands forward.
"Balloon Grand Explosion!" he shouted.
A ball of red energy exploded across the battlefield. Horseshoes
unleashed the electricity from his magnet into the explosion and struck Snap
and Crackle. Stars shielded himself from the explosion with his mace and
charged into the midst of it. When the light and smoke cleared, he was in a
close-range battle with Rainbows. Their weapons were locked, and Stars
thrust his hand forward.
"Starlight Dust Buster!" he shouted.
Energy sparks leapt from his hand and struck Rainbows in the face.
He jumped back, and Stars was about to strike him down when Red Balloons hit
him from behind with his shield. The three Evil Bishônen surrounded him with
dark smirks. Strudel Sultan shouted something in Arabic, and the three
bishônen backed off. Stars smirked at the pastry and thrust his hand
forward.
"Shooting Stars!" he shouted.
A sphere of energy shot out from the center of Stars' body, and his
armor changed shape. Included in it now were a pair of shin bracers and a
white cape. The armor had also shifted colors, and was and orange with
alternating white pattern. His Star Mace changed shape, and the star now had
a tail attached to it.
"What the hell?" Pots demanded.
Shooting Stars swung his mace, and a comet shot from it, striking
Strudel Sultan in the chest and destroying him. He then turned to the Evil
Bishônen Force and thrust his arm into the air. "Comet Crater Rupture!"
A huge comet shot down from the sky and struck the battlefield. The
Evil Bishônen Force was expelled from the area at a great speed, as were
Snap, Crackle and Pop. Shooting Stars' upgrade faded away, and he reverted
back to Hoshi Hikari, regular teenager trapped in the Land of Cereals. He
looked at his clothing in shock. "I guess that power upgrade takes a lot of
power to maintain," he said. "In that case, I'll have to monitor how I use
it."
Horseshoes and Clovers nodded. Sugar Bear walked out and
congratulated them on the victory with an, "Oh yeah!"
"Oh yeah!" the three Bishônen Warriors cheered.
"Say, where are Hearts and Blue Moons?" Sugar Bear asked.
The three Bishônen Warriors looked at each other in confusion.
"Who?" Hoshi asked.
"Yeah, who are Hearts and Blue Moons?" Horseshoes asked.
"The other Bishônen Warriors," Sugar Bear said.
"No, there's only Stars, Horseshoes and Clovers," Clovers said. "No
Hearts or Blue Moons."
"Whatever, man."
With that, everyone started laughing.
Disclaimer: Mentos is copyright Van Melle.