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The Biker Mice Meet Dog Boy
Chapter 5
The Plutarkian Plan
Limburger groaned as he listened to the report of the morning's attack. It wasn't like he needed to; he had witnessed the event from his office window. Greasepit and Karbunkle stood before him awaiting his order. Limburger, however, just slumped forward in frustration.
"Might I make a suggestion your over ripeness?" Karbunkle hissed on seeing his boss' defeated expression.
"You might, but it best be good." Limburger replied into the desk.
"Well you're pleasantly plumpness, The boy is a demon. He possesses many superhuman attributes, making his defeat by a normal mortal an impossibility."
"Get to the POINT!"
"Perhaps to beat a demon, we need a demon." Karbunkle finished quickly. Limburger's head snapped up as if he had suddenly been struck with an idea.
"That's it! To beat a demon, we need a demon! I am a genius!"
"Duh, Boss…" Karbunkle silenced the greasy goon with cuff to the ear.
"But of course you are your chunky cheeseiness." The demented doctor replied, "I'll get to it right away!"
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The two groups watched as the blue green space ship came in for a perfect landing in the middle of Quigley field. Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku stared wide-eyed into the sky as the ship descended. Kirara sat impassively on Sango's shoulder while Shippou sat on Kagome's shoulder. The mice smiled at the amazed expressions on all the kids' faces.
"That's incredible!" Kagome said unable to hide the excitement in her voice.
"Wench, this is your time. You have no reason to be amazed!" Inu-Yasha snorted, never taking his eyes off the flying contraption.
"That may be so but I don't see alien spacecrafts…well, ever. It's a new experience for me too."
"Feh!" He snorted in reply as the door to the ship hissed open. Out stepped two mice; one young male and one older male. The older male stretched his arms over his head and took a deep breath. The young male rushed forward and threw his arms around Modo's neck.
"Hey bros!" Stoker greeted.
"Hey Coach!" Vinnie greeted back as he gave the older mouse a playful punch in the arm. "How ya holdin' up?"
"Good." Stoker replied as he returned the punch, "You?"
"Cool as ever." Vinnie replied giving the older mouse another punch, this time to the gut.
"Lady Kagome," Miroku asked as they watched the exchange, "Do all people greet each other this way in your time?"
"No…They don't." Kagome answered a little in shock. The two wild mice finally stopped beating on each other when Stoker slapped Vinnie on the back hard enough to send the white furred mouse face first into the dirt. Stoker walked past him, laughing out a friendly insult as he past, straight towards Inu-Yasha and Co. Instinctively the dog demon stepped in front of Kagome in a protective manner. If this guy planned on greeting Kagome in such a violent way he had another thing coming.
"Name's Stoker." The mouse said as he put his hand out to Inu-Yasha. The half demon looked at the hand, then to the mouse, and back again. He was a little surprised when Kagome appeared at his side and took the hand and shook it.
"I'm Kagome. Nice to meet you."
"The pleasure is mine." Stoker said and kissed her hand. Kagome blushed and retracted her hand before her guardian got ruffled. "And you are?" Stoker prompted Inu-Yasha with his hand extended.
"Inu-Yasha." The half demon replied but did not offer his hand. He had no intention of letting this guy kiss or punch him. Stoker frowned and dropped his hand.
"Don't take it personal Coach." Throttle said as he clapped his hand on to Stoker's back, "These kids, except Kagome, are from Feudal Japan. They really don't understand the gesture." He turned to Inu-Yasha and Co. "This is Stoker. The leader of the Freedom Fighters back on Mars."
"And this is my nephew Rimfire." Modo cut in as he and the aforementioned younger mouse stepped up.
"Stoker, Rimfire; This is Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, and Kirara." Throttle introduced. Each of the kids gave a deep bow as they were introduced, except Inu-Yasha who did little more then give a quick and slight incline of his head.
"Nice to meet you!" Stoker greeted and slapped Inu-Yasha on the back hard enough to send Modo face down. The dog demon didn't even flinch, then began to growl.
"Inu-Yasha, he's trying to be friendly." Kagome interjected before the situation could get ugly. Inu-Yasha gave her a surprised look then returned Stoker's gesture; sending the older mouse into the dirt a good ten yards away. Stoker turned to look at him in shock. "Some times Inu-Yasha doesn't know his own strength…" She apologized sheepishly.
"No Shit." Stoker snorted as he stood to dust off his clothes.
Rimfire decided he didn't want to know, or be greeted in such a way, so turned his attention to the small child on Kagome's shoulder. He gave Shippou a bright smile.
"Hey, Kid. You like magic?" Shippou's eyes went big and he jumped into Rimfire's arms.
"You can do magic?!"
"Sure can." Rimfire said proudly and set Shippou on the ground and kneeling with him. He raised both his hands and showed the young child the front and back. "Nothing in my hands. But what is this in your ear?" He reached to the side of Shippou's head and pulled his hand back with the quarter he had 'pulled' from Shippou's ear. Rimfire beamed at the child and waited for the amazed reaction.
"That's it?" Shippou asked unimpressed, "That's cheap, the coin was in your hand."
"You know that one do you…" Rimfire said with a bit of embarrassment.
"I'll show you some real magic." Shippou announced proudly. Rimfire gave him a patient smile and settled himself for the 'amazing' trick he was about to be witness to. Shippou dug around in his little vest for a minute before coming up with a tiny, old fashioned-looking top. He threw the top into the air so that it landed on Inu-Yasha's head, spinning. Almost instantly the tiny top grew bigger then Modo. Inu-Yasha crashed into the ground with an enraged growl and the mice's eyes nearly popped out of their heads.
"You stupid fucking Kitsune!" The dog demon roared and swiped the top from his head. The top hit the ground in its tiny form. Shippou 'eep'ed and jumped onto Kagome's shoulder. "You little fucking coward. You play one of your stupid tricks and then run to Kagome to protect you."
"Inu-Yasha calmed down, it was just a joke." Kagome said calmly, "Shippou you know better then to do that to Inu-Yasha. Now apologize."
"I'm sorry." Shippou said and hung his head.
"Feh! You should be." Inu-Yasha snorted.
"How did you do that?" Rimfire asked picking up the top and examining it for some sort of answer.
"Kitsune are experts in magic." Shippou answered proudly.
"Kitsune?" Rimfire asked.
"Fox Demon."
"Demon." Stoker said in disbelief. "You are a demon?"
"Not hardly. A real demon, like me, can do more then some stupid tricks." Inu-Yasha snorted.
"At least I'm a full demon and not some stupid half breed!" Shippou retorted. Inu-Yasha bopped the smaller demon on the head and was promptly sat by Kagome. The girl sighed and crossed her arms as Inu-Yasha let forth his usual string of curses.
"Ok…" Stoker said in a bit of bewilderment as he looked at the demon with his face in the dirt, "Let's get the stuff unloaded so we can heckle Carbine when she says we are taking too long."
"Is she still as much of a bitch as I remember?" Throttle inquired as the mice headed for the ship and the cargo there in.
"As always." Stoker replied coolly. They made their way into the ship to find a large, metal crate. The crate was full of bike parts, ammunition, power cells for lasers, and the like. The four younger mice each took a side and, with some effort, lifted it. Stoker guided them out the door, where they set the crate in the grass of the field.
"Now to get it to the board…" Stoker thought out loud, "We can hook the bikes up to it and drag it I guess."
"Inu-Yasha, why don't you help them?" Kagome asked. Inu-Yasha had pried himself from the ground and was sitting next to her in the grass, looking grumpy.
"Feh! Why should I?" He snorted in response. Kagome pulled up her ever present, over sized backpack and began to rummage through it. After a minute or so she came out with a huge candy bar.
"How does a King size Chocolate bar sound?" She asked holding the candy just out of his reach. Inu-Yasha sized up his options, then leapt over to the crate. He lifted it easily onto his shoulder and looked over to the rather surprised looking mice.
"Where do you want it?" Throttle pointed dumbly to the scoreboard. Inu-Yasha cleared the distance in two agile leaps.
"Strong kid…" Stoker said in disbelief.
"That's nothin'." Modo chimed in, "This mornin' he cut through Plutarkian steel." If it was possible Stoker and Rimfire's eyes got even bigger as the half demon leapt down next to Kagome and received his chocolate bar. The leader of the Freedom Fighters shook his head and approached the two kids.
"Ummm…Inu-Yasha, would you ever consider joining the Freedom Fighters?"
"What the fuck are Freedom Fighters?" Inu-Yasha asked as he licked the chocolate from his clawed fingers.
"Well," Stoker said sitting down next to them as the rest of the group gathered round; some sat, some stood, and Miroku got knocked senseless for, once again, grabbing Sango's ass. "We are a group of rebels that fight the Plutarkians back on Mars."
"What are Plutarkians, Stoker-sama?" Kagome asked politely. Stoker looked a little surprised.
"Limburger is a Plutarkian," Throttle provided.
"He wears a mask that makes him look human though." Vinnie added.
"Too bad it can't keep out the stink." Rimfire snorted.
"There ain't no way to do that." Modo replied.
"Anyway, The Plutarkians used up all their own natural resources so they go around and buy up other planets and strip mine them." Stoker continued. "They get it done by paying off the government to send the army in other directions while they work. And they don't just take resources either. All captives become slaves or experiments, some times both." He said bitterly.
"It is not our war to fight, Stoker-jijii." Inu-Yasha said simply. Kagome rolled her eyes (A/N: jijii is a suffix that is equivalent to 'old fart').
"Yeah, well, it's only a matter of time." Stoker said with a shrug as he leaned back in the grass, "Earth is next on their hit list."
"Kagome, what is Strip Mining?" Shippou asked innocently from the girl's lap. Kagome took a moment to decide how to explain it in terms her feudal friends would understand.
"Say there is a mountain with jade in it. If they want to mine it they dig a hole in the side to get inside, but if they strip mine they level the whole mountain down flat." Kagome explained. Shippou's eyes got big.
"But what about all the trees, and demons, and people, and animals that live on the mountain?"
"They lose their homes." Kagome answered sadly.
"That's terrible!" Sango said indignantly, "We have to do something!"
"Don't worry about it Sango," Kagome soothed, "It is going to be happening in my world, not yours."
"What kind of experiments?" Inu-Yasha asked, suddenly very serious. He had argued the point of Kagome staying with him too many times to pass up a really good reason for her to stay; besides once they completed the jewel he would need a new excuse, not that that one ever worked very well in the first place. Stoker frowned and sat up.
"Take limbs and replace then with mechanical ones mostly. Trying to make the ultimate warrior. I lost my tail." He flicked the appendage to demonstrate, "Modo lost his arm, Throttle his eyes, and Vinnie got half his face taken off."
"And you will lose much more then that my friends," All heads snapped around to see Limburger standing on the lip of the stadium looking rather smug. "Once my newest employee is done with you." The two groups were on their feet in an instant as he raised a small walky-talky to his lips and spoke a soft command in to it. Kagome grabbed on to Inu-Yasha's shirt.
"I sense shards coming this way, and fast." Inu-Yasha growled and drew his sword.
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A/N: Just you let you all know I really don't like Carbine and I think Throttle could do a lot better. I was going to include her in all this, but as Ayanna Wildfire pointed out- Miroku would probably get killed for his lecherous behavior.
