Introduction

The legalities: This work is fan-fiction. Project A-ko, Eiko (A-ko) Magami, Biko (B-ko) Daitokuji, Shiko (C-ko) Kotobuki, Hikaru Daitokuji, Miss Ayumi, Kei, Asa, Ine, Ume, Mari, "D", the Captain, and all other related characters and sites are all used without the expressed permission of Soeishinsha/Final-Nishjima and Central Park Media and is also copyrighted by the aforementioned corporation. Clark and Diana, are still copyrighted to the above company, however, these characters were also used without the expressed permission of DC Comics, Inc., due to their likenesses to Superman and Wonder Woman. Any other characters are copyrighted to their respective corporations...please don't sue us... Any new characters were created strictly for the purpose of this work. For all we care these characters can burn in hell. The two noticable new characters ...we'll discuss them later, but we still don't give a shit what happens to them. This story may be posted and distributed freely with the advanced permission of the writers; Mike Coughlan (Bonaparte@mindspring.com) and Greg Thompson (Oni@mindspring.com) ... (You already have it, so don't E-mail us for it.) And please do not fuck around with the text...particularly this heading. We like comments so if you have any, feel free to E-mail either one of us at the aforementioned addresses.

Chapter 8a: Just setting up here folks...don't mind me...

Note to reader: This part of the chapter takes place starting the day Myles left on his quest.

Craig sat on his bed waiting for one of his roommates to show up. He wanted to kill Kei for ruining a poor girl's innocence. He wanted to kill Myles for running off and not telling him where he was off to. Craig reached down into his foot locker and produced a bottle of Amstel Light. He popped the cap and took a swig. It then struck him that he had not contacted his cousin to thank her for the "care package".
Craig got up and walked out of his dorm room. He then made his way down to the lobby of the dormitory and walked over to the vid phone. There was someone using it. Craig stood there for a moment, but the young man using the phone seemed to be dragging on his conversation just to smite him. Craig became impatient, grabbed the young man and flung him across the lobby. The young man landed on the couch and got up. He glared at Craig who only stared him down, the young man turned tail and ran.
Craig, smug with himself, deposited his credit chip into the pay vid-phone and then connected his call to Chicago, Ill. The phone rang three time before the answering system picked up. It was a female voice.
"[Hello, you have reached an unlisted number. This number is not personal, nor is it business. Please hang up and call the number you had originally intended. Bye!]" The message was shortly followed by a beep.
"[Pick up the damn phone, Rally. It's me, Craig.]" he said into the handset. The screen lit up and the face of an attractive blonde woman appeared.
"[Hey, kid, what's up?]"
"[Stop calling me that.]"
"[Okay, kid. So what's new?]" Craig was not fond of her calling him that, but supposed he should be used to it by now, she called him that even when she was no more a kid herself.
"[Got your 'care package'. In one piece this time, too.]"
"[That's great! How do you like it?]"
"[Loved it, thanks. What was the idea with the condoms?]"
"[Don't tell me you're not going to use them...or is it more that you don't know how?]" Rally laughed.
"[Funny.]"
"[Sorry. You had that coming.]"
"[S'pose yer right. Speaking of the use of sexual periphinalia, how's business?]" Rally's face turned crimson. Her eyes immediately sparked with fire.
"[What that supposed to mean?]" she screamed.
"Gomen, gomen..."
"[Don't you dare use that language around me!]" Craig began to laugh.
"[So, how has business been?]"
"[It's been slow,]" Rally answered, sounding very irked.
"[Really? How's Bean taking it?]"
"[Not too bad, he says it's a good time to take care of his cars.]"
"[Sounds like Bean. Listen, could you do me a favor?]"
"[Sure, what's up?]"
"[I need some more ammo.]"
"[WHAT!?! What the hell happened to the crate I shipped you the other month?]"
"[Well...you see...there was this fight...and things kinda got outta hand...and...]"
"[YOU USED ALL THAT AMMO?]" Craig winced at his cousin's shrill scream.
"[Look, a couple of friends and I were in danger and--]"
"[You mean that stupid Scottish friend of yours did something dumb to get his as in a sling!]"
"[Hey! I resent the fact that you don't respect my friends!]"
"[Okay, I'm sorry! *Irish* friend!]"
"[That's better.]"
"[Do you have any idea how much it costs you keep you supplied?]"
"[Actually, you've only told me a thousand times...]"
"[AND THERE WAS A REASON FOR IT, TOO!]"
"[Hey, I asked nicely!]"
"[I'll see what I can do...]"
"[Thanks, Ral, you're the best,]" Craig said. Rally huffed. Craig set the hand set in the cradle and turned to walk away. "MAN, I WANNA BONE 'ER IN THE POOPER!"
"I HEARD THAT!" Rally shreiked. Painfully, Craig realized that he had forgotten to press the disconnect switch. _And since when did Rally start speaking Japanese?_ Craig thought. He then headed back up the stairs to his room.
* * *
The frat house...
The paramedics arrived to remove a battered poor soul. His entire upper torso was crushed beyond repair and he seemed to be more emotionally wounded rather than physically. The paramedics gently lifted the young brown-haired man off the floor of the basement of the frat house, just underneath a large gapping hole the extended up to the top floor of the house, through a bedroom, through a bathroom's plumbing, through the kitchen's ovens, that were in operation at the time, and finally through some pool tables that were in the basement and some three feet into the duracrete foundation.
"...Shiii...koooo..." was all the young man would utter.
"We'd better get him stabalized, no telling how long it'll take him to recover. Poor kid...who would do such a thing to him?" one of the paramedics said.
"I have no idea, but whoever, or whatever it was, I wouldn't want to be on their bad side," the other added. The paramedics left the fraternity house with the injured man and slid him into the back of the ambulance. Before they knew it, they were well on their way to the hospital.
Ume, Ine, Asa and Mari looked to each othere with great concern as the ambulance pulled away.
"Ooo, there's gonna be hell to pay..." Ine said.
"You gonna tell her?" Asa asked, looking at Ine.
"ME? WHY ME!?! You're her best friend, Ume! *You* tell her!" Ine shrieked.
"Nani?" For the next few moments, the girls contemplated what they should do. See last chapter for what they did.
* * *
A young man walked over to a slightly older man sitting in a chair in a darkened room. He stopped just a few feet behind him.
"Yes?" the man sitting in the chair asked.
"Sir, the evil has landed." With that, Director Yashida shot up out of his seat.
"Nani? How did she get past our scanners? Where's Daitokuji?"
"Well, sir. She had an authorized vessel. So she had all of the proper codes to get past our defenses."
"So that's why she stole the ship. What about Daitokuji?"
"He has had a full update on the situation. He should be here..."
"Any idea where this...*alien* is, now?"
"No sir, but if she's here for her princess..."
"They already have their princess, you dolt!"
"H-hai..."
"Damage report."
"Well sir, there were reports of an EDF craft slamming into an airplane as it was prepared to takeoff. No survivors."
"Fuck. How much longer before *he* gets here?"
"Well, sir. He had some business in America to deal with. Something about a corporation that had something to do with Daitokuji Financial Group back in the 1900's... Stark Industries, or something like that."
"Hmm...yes, I've heard of them. They used to do some power suit construction or some shit like that."
"Anyhow, he should be here by Wednesday."
"Why so late?"
"'Money is Money.' That's all he'd say."
"Chikusho..." Yashida turned away from the young man and looked out his office window. "Keep tabs on the aliens that were left here the first time. She may try to contact them soon...dismissed."
"Hai." With that, the young man saluted the Director General and left. Yashida could only sigh.

Chapter 8b: Okay, we're right where we should be on the timeline now.

Early Wednesday morning (5:00a.m.)...

Myles pulled the Magami's brown Subaru sedan into the campus parking lot. The front fender was mangled and the rear of the sedan was trashed beyond recognizabilty. As Myles circled the parking lot for a parking spot, he found one. _Parallel parking...hmm... Well, before today, I had never driven a car before. I guess there's a first time for everything._ Myles thought. He slammed his foot down onto the gas pedal and yanked the stirring wheel to the left. The sedan squealed and pulled into the parking spot, smashing into the white Honda Civic in front of him. He then threw the car into reverse without depressing the brake. The car screamed its anger at such a request, but complied, smashing into the green Volvo behind him. He then shifted again, straightening the car out, smashing the cars in front of and behind him again, and again.
Myles went to shut the car off, but the car stalled...or more specically, the engine dropped out from under the car. Taking the keys from the ignition and the lead box "dad" had given him for A-ko, he then stepped out of the car and looked at the parking job he had done. Smiling, he raised his hands to the sky.
"LIKE A GLOVE!" he yelled. He then turned to walk to the girls' dormitory and then remembered that he had not eaten since Friday night. _How regretful that Myles Buchanan can even succumb to hunger._ Myles thought and then began to laugh to himself. He then continued his way to the girls' dorm.
* * *
A-ko laid on her bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. She was depressed. She could not even go to her classes. Her mother and father were for some reason not answering the phone, so she could not get her spare arm bands. _Where could they be? I've tried getting a hold of them since Saturday, and still no luck._ She thought for a moment. She was getting depressed even more just thinking about the situation that had put her in this predicament. She then rolled over and buried her face into her pillow, her sobs going uncontrollably. Before she knew it, her pillow no longer existed, she had crushed even that into a pile of shredded fabric and feathers.
C-ko walked over to her and set her head on the edge of A-ko's bed. Her innocent eyes staring widely at her, wishing that she could do something for her. Wishing that an angel would come to rescue her friend. There was a knock at the door. C-ko glowered at it for a moment.
"Who could that be so early in the morning?" she wondered.
"Go answer it, C-ko," A-ko pleaded. C-ko did as she complied and opened the door. Myles stood there with the biggest grin on his face and a lead box in his hand. A-ko's eys widened. _Could it be?_ she wondered.
"What the hell do you want?" C-ko aked, meanly.
"I got yer spare arm bands, lass," he said. C-ko's eyes widened, she grabbed the box from Myles and ran over to A-ko with it. A-ko opened it and to her glee, saw that they were indeed her spare arm bands. She quickly slid them on and felt a relieving drain of power. She was back to her controllable standards. A-ko then jumped up, ran to Myles and embraced him. "Arigato!" she sobbed into his shoulder. She suddenly felt something odd about Myles, it felt as if he had become dead weight. A-ko released her grip and Myles wobbled for a moment, a look of pure pleasure and a trickle of blood on his face. He was then on the floor, unconscious.
"The least I could do for him is take him home," A-ko said. C-ko looked at A-ko angrily as she picked Myles up and left the room. She lifted him and cradled him in her arms. Myles' head hung down to A-ko's perky breasts. She left the dormitory and walked over to the boys' dorm.
* * *
Liza had been awoken by the sound of tires squealing and then a loud smash. She looked up to see a young man in what appeared to be a brown land vehicle of some sort.
"Why don't you watch where you're driving!" a man in another vehicle screamed.
"Shut the hell up, ye drunken sot, or I'll beet yer head in to a bloody pulp! Ye sot!" the man in the brown vehicle yelled back.
Liza laughed at how petty these humans were, especially the males. She then realized the young man in the brown vehicle was not faring any better than she had been the other day in the taxi. _Oh well,_ she thought. She got up off of the park bench and brushed off her blouse. She then looked down to see a primitive media flyer. She bent down to pick it up and began to decipher what the ad said. Liza had been trained on how to speak and read some of the Earthling's languages. There were too many of them, so she settled for what were the most important and influential languages of the planet. They were Japanese, English and German. Fortunately for her, Japanese is very close to her own language, so close in fact, that there is only a slight difference in dialect.
The flyer read; "Come visit the newly re-opened Spaceship Land Casinos and Resort!" Liza frowned. She crumpled up the paper and flung it over her shoulder.
"How dare they make an Egota-class Starship into an amusement park for these... these...*Earthlings*!! Why didn't the Queen destroy them for their failures while she was here?" Liza took a look toward the center of Graviton City and saw the main spire. Sure enough, the city was definitely the lost Egota-class, and the one that had come to her aid was supposedly in the harbor next to it. She then began to walk toward the center of the city.
* * *
Craig stared at his computer screen. He was in a chat room with a fellow from Indiana, USA. "[So, how's *your* story coming along?]" he typed. Within a few moments an answer flashed across his screen. "[Not bad, I'm at a point where 'S-boy' and the girls try to fight Olkon]" shameless plug! :) He leaned back and stretched. _I suppose I should get ready for class,_ he thought looking at the cronometer on the computer screen. He typed in the message to his 'net bud'; "[Listen, I don't mean to be rude 'er nothin', but I got to go to class in a few hours.]" His answer returned shortly after; "[Okay, same time tomorrow?]" "[Okay, if I can't make it, I'll e-mail ya.] Ja ne!" His answer; "[Later!]" And with that, he signed off. As he stood up, there was a knock at the door.
"If that's Myles or Kei, their dead men," he said, walking over to door. Upon opening it, he saw the most bizzare sight he had ever seen, and one that he had thought he would never see. A-ko stood before him, wearing a tee-shirt, blue jeans and a new pair of arm bands. Cradled in her arms, was Myles. His head leaning against A-ko's chest. "[Mien Got!] What happened?" Craig said, moving out of the way for A-ko to enter.
"He brought me my new arm bands and then passed out," she replied.
"You've got a lot of explaining to do, mister!" Craig gestured for A-ko to set Myles on his bed. When she had laid him on his bed A-ko began to look around the room for a moment. Craig followed her gaze and saw where it was headed. _Shit! The shrine!_ He jumped over Myles and his bed and knocked his night stand over, spilling the shrine onto the floor, before A-ko even saw it.
"What'd you do *that* for?"
"Umm..." _Think fast, shit-head._ "His medicine was in his night stand, I thought he might need it."
"Oh, why'd you knock it over?"
"Accident?" Craig replied, trying to act innocent. _You're a fucking smart one, you are. Baka!_
"Oh, will he be up in time for classes?"
"Don't see why not."
"Okay, see you in class then."
"Uh, listen, A-ko." Craig said, stopping A-ko before she left the room. She turned and looked him in the eyes. "Let me buy you lunch at first break. I need to talk to you... in private."
"Is this your way of asking me out?" A-ko blanched.
"Um...well, not exactly..." Craig stammered, also blushing, straying his gaze from A-ko.
"Sure, I think I can convince C-ko to leave me alone for a little bit."
"Arigato." With that, A-ko left the room, closing the door behind her. Craig looked to his friend for a moment. "Yeah, A-ko, he'll be up in time for classes." He then turned and grabbed an empty bottle of whiskey and smashed it over his friend's head. Myles shot up.
"[DAMMIT, WOMAN! WILL YE STOP THAT!]" Myles suddenly realized where he was and saw Craig standing before him with his arms crossed.
"Little man, you've got a *lot* of explaining to do," he said. Myles sighed and began to tell his friend the story of his quest.

By the time he was finished, it was 8:15a.m. Time to get up for classes, for those who had classes at 9:00a.m., which Myles and Craig both did. It was Miss Ayumi's American-English class. Craig came out of the bathroom wearing a pair of clean blue jeans and a pressed white button-down cotton shirt. His hair was neatly combed back and set into a ponytail. He was also clean-shaven. A definite change, especially for Craig. Myles noticed it the second he walked out of the bathroom.
"So let me get this straight," Craig said. "You went all the way to Metropolis and back just to kill Superman, only to find out that he's A-ko's father. At which point, upon meeting Superman and...WonderWoman, was it? They take you on as their future son-in-law?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, aside from the facts that you had A-ko's arm bands, and that you're my friend and I can trust just about anything you tell me, I still find that a little hard to swallow."
"Oh, like yer poppin' Miss Ayumi story was any bloody better."
"IT DID HAPPEN! And I'll prove it to you, too!"
"Hah." Myles regarded his friend once again and laughed to himself. "I doon't suppose that's why yuir dollin' yerself up?"
"In a manner of speaking." Myles tried to suppress a laugh. "Fine, be that way."
* * *
Miss Ayumi looked up to her students. Classes had been cancelled on Monday due to certain events that had transpired during the past week, so she had not seen the majority of them since the previous Wednesday. Miss Ayumi took attendance and when she called off Craig's name, she blushed. Myles stared for a moment, as Miss Ayumi's eyes met Craig's, if only for a split second. Craig smuggly leaned back in his chair and smiles broadly.
"Ye've no proved anyt'ing yet, ye know," Myles commented.
"[Ye've no seen nothing *yet*, lad,]" Craig retorted, poking fun of Myles' accent. Ire burned through Myles. No one had ever made fun of the way he had spoken, not even Craig. Myles stretched his leg and tripped up Craig's seat. Craig fell head over heels, backwards. He got up and glared at his friend, he then picked up his chair and sat back down.
Looking from student to student, she noticed something different in the air with all of them. A-ko did not seem herself. C-ko was not quite acting like C-ko. Craig was acting full of himself. Myles was not acting like Myles. Asa, Ine, Ume and Mari were all wearing bandages, casts and splints. B-ko seemed to be the only one who was herself, other than the fact that she kept staring at A-ko and growling under her breath. which seemed to happen just about everyday, anyway.
"Okay, class," she started. "Today's lecture will be on the works of Poe, Zahn, Byron and Bradbury. Please turn in your texts to page 414."
During the lecture on what was arguably about literature from the twentieth, nineteenth, eighteenth, and seventeenth centuries, sparks flew between B-ko's eyes and A-ko's. _What's her problem?_ A-ko thought. B-ko huffed. _How can that little slut act as if there's nothing wrong. I can't endanger C-ko's innocence to such a...a...whore! I must strike at her soon, but when she's not expecting it, that will be the only way to prove a sure victory,_ B-ko thought, smirking to herself. _And this time, A-ko, I will have a little surprise for you._

The class was dismissed some hour and a half later. Not all of the students were exactly sure what that day's lecture was all about. Before the students left, Miss Ayumi turned back to the class. "Don't forget, there's your first exam on Monday, be sure to study hard." The entire class fell to the ground, most of them groaning. At least they would have the weekend.
The class poured out of the lecture room except for A-ko, C-ko, Craig, Myles and Miss Ayumi. A-ko and C-ko spoke for a moment. A-ko looked at Myles and Craig and then turned back to C-ko. C-ko seemed upset about something she had said, but conceeded. C-ko looked up at the two young men, evily glaring at both of them. C-ko stormed out and A-ko soon followed. Craig looked to Myles and shrugged. Myles stood up and brushed his shirt off.
"So, what's this yer goina prove, lad?" he said. Craig stood up, straightened his coat and made sure his hair was neat.
"Act as if you're going to leave. I'm going to 'talk' to Miss Ayumi, just stick around long enough to watch her make goo-goo eyes at me."
"Yuir sick," Myles started, and then turned back to his friend. "And I still don' beleive ye." Craig lifted his right arm and extended his middle finger in the direction of his friend and made a kissing sound with his lips. Myles smirked and started for the door. Craig walked over to Miss Ayumi, who was standing at her desk preparing her things.
"Sensei, can I have a word with you?" he asked, coolly. Miss Ayumi hesitated for a moment and then looked Craig straight in the eyes. _Dear God! Could it be he wasne kiddin' after all?_ Myles thought. Craig walked behind Miss Ayumi's desk and then gave her a passionate kiss on the lips. Miss Ayumi gave in to him. Myles left the room, completely astonished. _Nae...I dinnae see that...WAY TA GO, CRAIG!!!_ he thought.
His silioquey was soon interrupted by the loudest crack he had ever heard, followed by Miss Ayumi running from the classroom, tears streaming from her eyes. Myles' eyes buldged against his thick glasses. He turned and ran back into the classroom, only to find his friend lying on the floor, smiling gratuitously with the teacher's desk smashed into two halves just above him. Myles slapped his hand to his face and shook his head slowly.
"Och, Craig...ye dinnae 'ave te try an' prove dat te me," Myles said. "Everyone knows yer no ladies' man..." The next thing he knew, Craig was in his face. This threw Myles aback, he lost his footing and fell flat on his back.
"I'LL SHOW YOU! I'LL SHOW YOU ALL!! OHOHOHOHOHOHOOO!!!" And with that, Craig blindly fled the classroom, oddly enough as his laugh had changed, black rose pedals fluttered to the ground in his wake, leaving only Myles with his thoughts.
_That man is completely insane..._

* * *

C-ko had said something to A-ko about not going to met some boy in the cafeteria during break. Myles' fingers ripped through his desk. _Could this get any worse?_ he screamed to himself mentally.
"It's not like I'm going to do anything with him, C-ko," A-ko said.
"I was going to make you a special lunch today, A-ko. How could you do this to me?"
"I'm sorry, C-ko, but he asked me for a favor, and I feel I owe him one...sort of..."
"You better not have sex with him...that's all men want, you know..."
There was a bit of silence in the classroom and then two loud cracks as two desks crumbled and then two loud thuds, as the two students who held those seats, hit the floor.
"Ite!" Myles and A-ko yelped in unison.

* * *

C-ko followed A-ko to the cafeteria. She was going to make sure nothing happened to A-ko. She knew how to beat up boys, she did beat up that one boy in the boys' dorm room the other day, after all. C-ko suddenly realized that the young man she was thinking of, was hiding behind a bush just a few feet from her.
Myles noticed C-ko glaring at him. He then smiled, cautiously and waved. C-ko charged him and began to kick him into submission. She had definitely felt that something was up with him...she never did like him either...he was always hanging around A-ko...too much for his own good.
Myles pulled his hand back down. He noticed that C-ko was acting very oddly lately. He began to look around for A-ko. He noticed Craig sitting in a booth as if waiting for someone. Myles knew he could trust his friend, Craig knew how he felt about A-ko and knew that Craig would never dare move in on Myles' 'territory'. He spotted A-ko walking towards the boothes. The next thing he knew he was pulled back by the collar of his shirt and kicked into submission. Myles only saw black.

Craig sat in a booth and waited for A-ko. He had bought some snacks for her, but was almost tempted to start digging into them himself. _Okay...if A-ko isn't a lesbian, which I know she ain't...I hope... But then, why did she have sex with Kei? She wasn't drunk enough to make stupid decisions. Bi? Hmm..._ he thought. A shadow soon fell over him and he looked up. A-ko stood there, smiling kindly. Craig gestured for her to sit down. He then motioned to the snacks on the table. "Those are for you, if you like."
"Arigato," A-ko smiled. She picked up some chop sticks and began to eat what was a cookie of some sort. "So, what's on you're mind?"
"A lot of things actually, but only a couple things that worry me the most, and that, I think, will be good for you to get off your...um...chest. First off, this one will be this easiest I think. I know about your parents." A-ko dropped her chop sticks down on the table.
"Wha...how did..." Craig help up a silencing finger.
"Actually, Myles kind of...stumbled upon it. That's how he got your arm bands." A-ko looked at her arm bands and blushed.
"I suppose I couldn't have kept that a secret forever. How did he 'stumble upon it'?"
"It's a long story, perhaps another time. Only he and I know, and I don't think you or your parents will ever have to worry otherwise."
"What about the other thing?"
"Well...you see..." Craig hesitated, averting his eyes and running his fingers through his moppy brownish hair. Taking a deep breath, he continued. "I know what happened at the party on Friday night. More over, what happened between you and Kei ." A-ko set the bowl of what looked like chocolate covered marshmellows or something back on the table and then looked down. She was silent for a moment. Suddenly, tears began to drop onto the table. Craig leaned forward and set a comforting hand on A-ko's shoulder. A-ko reached up and placed her hand over his.

Myles awoke. He looked up to see A-ko looking down at a table. He could not make out who it was with her. A hand reached across the table and laid on her shoulder. Ire burned through Myles like fire through gasoline. He began to stand up and see who it was that would dare try to steal his love. He got a glimpse of someone wearing a black coat, and was suddenly struck in the face by a small arm, Myles fell back and went unconscious again.
C-ko flailed her arms in the air, violently. Her right arm struck the boy she had beaten up earlier and knocked him unconscious again. She was angry, in fact, she was furious. Not only that A-ko was with a boy, but that he had made her cry and that he was now touching her.

"It's okay, let it all out," Craig said, trying to sound comforting. Acting as a shoulder to cry on was not one of his best traits. Of course, growing up with someone like Rally Vincent, not to mention someone like his father, surely did not help his sensitive side either. A-ko looked up to Craig. "Are you going to be alright now?"
"Y-yes," she choked. Craig removed his hand and then realized what he had just done. _Chikuso! I hope to God Myles isn't watching,_ he thought, glancing about the room.
"Do you want to talk about it? If it's too hard for you, it's okay."
"Actually, I think you're the only one I can talk to. C-ko wouldn't understand. My mom and dad would kill me..."
"You don't have any brothers or sisters? Surely, you've got more friends." A-ko chuckled at that comment.
"C-ko kept running them off, just like the few boyfriends...well, boyfriend, I did have. You're the only other friend I've got...in fact, you always seemed to be there for me just when I needed some help...like a knight in armor." Craig's eyes buldged, he jumped out of the booth, slipped and fell onto his ass. "What's the matter?"
"G-gomen," Craig blushed, picking himself up off the floor. "Actually, M-Myles... was...umm...well...that is to say..." A-ko smiled.
"Myles, huh? You and he are such good friends, it seems that you two are always hanging around each other."
"We've been through alot, you could say. Anyway...about Friday night, are you sure you want to talk about it?" A-ko nodded, looking away from Craig.
"I knew Kei before I even got into college. It was love at first sight for me and him, except his love was for C-ko and not me." Craig's upper lip jerked a little and his left eye began to twitch. _He's a dead man...Oh, how I'd love to sic Myles on him for what he's done._ "I was at that party to meet boys, but along came Kei and he swept me off my feet, again." A-ko blushed again. "One...one thing led another and well..." Tears began to run freely down her face again. "I-I was a vi...uh...I-I'd never b-been with a m-m-man b-b-before then..."
"I know." A-ko glared at Craig, she did not like the way he said that.
"H-how did..."
"It's a guy thing, it's like we can smell it, or something...D'OH!" Craig said, realizing what he had just said. He smacked himself in the forehead. "I'm sorry, acting as a shoulder to cry on has never been my best quality." A-ko blushed again. "So what happened the morning after?"
"As it turned out, he thought he had slept with C-ko..." A-ko's tears of sorrow had turned to ones of burning anger. "She doesn't even like him, in fact, she hates him. I'd almost go as far as to say she hates men altogether. Although, with Myles around, it's hard to say. I'm glad I can play match-maker for anyone but myself." Craig remembered what C-ko had said in the dorm room to him, and what she had done to Myles. He was about to ask but decided not to. "I guess I *did* get a little carried away with what I did to him afterwards."
"I figured that had to have been your doing." Tears began to flow again. _Beauty, Craig. You fuckin' insensative jerk,_ he thought, scolding himself. A-ko slammed her fists into the table, cracking it evenly through the center, soon followed by her head and uncontrollable sobs. Craig looked around the room, people were starting to stare. Craig placed a hand on A-ko's arm and tried to calm her down.
"I know how frustrating it can be for a young girl to lose her virginity to some jerk." A-ko lifted her head from the table.
"That's not the half of it...I-I think I'm p-p-pregnant." Craig sat back for a moment and tried to decipher what she meant. duh!
"NANI?!?!"
"He didn't use a condom or nothing and I felt sick the morning after..." Craig calmed down and began to laugh quietly.
"It takes a helluva lot longer for morning sickness to kick in, A-ko-chan. When you miss your period, *that's* when you start to worry. You were probably sick at the thought that you had given yourself for the first time to a complete asshole." A-ko's eyes began to glimmer. She had renewed hope again. She then began to glower at Craig, looking at him sceptically.
"B-but you're a guy! How would you know about things like th--" A-ko began to think. _He's more sensative than most men, he knows alot about women's anatomy and gestation, he mentioned something about how frustrating it is for a young girl losing her virginity, and he sort of acts like a girl's best friend..._ "Craig...you don't mind my asking, but...are you a...a...cross-dresser?" Craig fell over and hit the floor.
"EEEEEEEHHHH!?!?!?!?" Craig sat in his seat, perfectly still.
"Well, the things you were saying, it just seemed..." A-ko was stopped by Craig hitting the floor. He then jumped up off the floor flapping his arms in the air.
"NO! AND I'LL PROVE IT TO YOU IF YOU WANT!" A-ko was thrown aback by this. Tears began to spring up again. Craig bowed before A-ko "Gomen nasai," he said, bowing deeply before her.
"I should be the one who is apologizing," A-ko replied, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Just how *do* you know about women like that?" Craig hesitated, his face as red as A-ko's hair. He had to think fast.
"(koff)Anatomy (koff)class?" he replied, looking away from her. A-ko caught it, and knew he was not telling the whole truth, if at all. "I hope I haven't upset you too much today. It's just, I thought you may have wanted to talk about it, or something." "It's okay, I guess I really did need to talk about it," A-ko replied and looked around. "Except maybe in a less-than-public-place..."
"We should get going, the next classes are due to start soon." Craig stood up to leave. As he did he took A-ko's hand in his and then bent to kiss it, only to have it snatched away.
Craig looked up, confused. What he saw, he never would have expected, well, maybe. C-ko was holding A-ko by her breasts, holding her back from Craig. A-ko was wiggling, attempting to get herself loose, which proved easy. C-ko glared at Craig. If looks could kill, Craig would have long since been dead. Or incinerated.
"Keep your dirty hands off my woman!" she yelled.
"NANI?!?" A-ko and Craig shouted in unison.
"I said, keep your dirty, ill-breed, *male* hands off my girlfriend!" A-ko and Craig were both thrown aback by this, she even made th word "male" sound like a dirty word. Craig stumbled, knocked over a potted plant that landed on his head. He clambered to the floor, only to be kicked in his crotch by C-ko. C-ko then grabbed A-ko by the arm and pulled her out of the cafeteria.

* * *

D and Captain Napolipita sat in what was once the main bridge of the large starship. They were now the only Alpha Cygni's left on the ship. The others had either left, been taken home when the Queen arrived or have been killed by the various events that occurred ever since they had come to this miserable planet. The worst of it, was that they did not even have the chance to go a second time when the Alpha Cygni Armada had returned only to drop the Princess back off, the Captain was too busy drowning in Sake again.
There was a muffled boom coming from outside of the ship. Only the Captain heard it. With her hangover, even a fly landing on a flower in Nagasaki would be too loud. There was a second boom. This one closer, and this one D heard. Yet another boom followed.
"What is that noise?" Naplipita asked, holding her head as if she was trying to keep it from exploding.
"I don't know, Captain, but it sounds like it's getting closer," D replied. Then another boom. This one sounding like it was a few hallways down. Then another. And finally, the door the the main bridge caved in. Amist the dust arose a purple haired girl, wearing a Chinese silk dress, carrying what looked like a food delivery box.
"Nihao! Someone order deluxe ramen, yes?" she said, smiling and raising her right hand in the air. The purple-haired girl was quickly kicked out of the way and through the main window of the bridge, sending her flying out of the spaceship and into Graviton Bay. The one to do the kicking was a very tall blond Amazon of a woman. She was wearing typical street clothes. Blue jeans and a form-fitting tee-shirt that read; "Red Hot!" in bold red letters.
"So this is what's left of the Queen's first fleet to find the Fourth Princess of the Fifth Queen of the Lepton Kingdom of Alpha Cygni?" the blond said.
"Who the hell are you?" D asked standing up.
"I am Major Liza of the Queen's Royal Strike Force. I have come back for the Princess. And also to rid the Lepton Kingdom of its embarrassment."
"How dare you speak to us in such a manner!" Captain Napolipita snapped, standing up from her command seat. "D! Teach this *slut* some manners!"
"With pleasure, Captain!" D replied, cracking her knuckles. D then ripped away her Amani suit to reveal the uniform of the Alpha Cygni, complete with sheild and sheathed sword. "DIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" D cried as she charged Liza, sword ready to fillet its target. Liza brought up her arms and blocked D's attack. She then brought her leg up and flipped D into the air.
"My, she's a strong one." the Captain mumbled, pouring herself another drink.
D swung her blade through the air and then directed it towards Liza. It connected, cutting at least an inch of hair. Liza began to growl. She lept at D with her hands curled downward like claws. She landed on D and began to claw at her.
"Don't you *ever* mess with my hair again!" she shrieked. D brought her sheild up and knocked Liza back with it. The Captain, feeling a little sober, drew her gun and took aim at Liza. Liza grabbed a hold of D's sword and yanked it out of her hand. The Captain fired, Liza blocked the shot with the sword, even though she had not realized it. Liza threw the sword at the Captain, slicing through her cloak. D had already drew the back up sword from her sheild and had struck Liza with it.
Liza held her arm, blood slowly began to seep from the wound beneath her hand. She glared at D who approached Liza, katana in hand, ready to deal the death-blow. Liza would not give in so easily. Liza leaned back for a moment and then brought herself up, swinging full force into D, sending her flying into the air. "Smug bitch!" she screamed. D crashed into a control panel on the bridge, sending sparks every which way, electrifying D. After the sparks died down, D only groaned and passed out.
Liza glared at the Captain, still ready to kill. She began to walk toward the Captain, growling lowly. Liza's vision soon, began to blur and she then passed out from lack of blood. The last thing she saw before blacking out, was Captain Napolipita standing over her, sidearm drawn.
* * *
Craig woke up, feeling dazed and confused. He looked around and then remembered what had happened. _Feh. To think I go through all this trouble to protect myself and I don't wear a fuckin' groin guard,_ he thought. He stood himself up and noticed Myles regaining consciousness behind a bush. Craig walked over and helped his friend up.
"What in blue blazes, happened?" he asked.
"I wish I knew, lad," Myles responded, rubbing his head. "Wait, now I remember! C-ko kicked the stuffing outta me again."
"C-ko... *C-KO*?" Craig stood there, trying to suppress his laughter. Craig failed at that attempt and was soon on the floor, laughing his ass off. Myles was a little more than irked by this. He then kicked his friend where it counted. "EEEEEEE-HEEE-HEEEEE! WOOOO!!!!" he yelped. Craig regained his composure and jumped up, looking Myles in the eyes. "You realize that I hate you."
"Oh, I'm so scared," Myles replied, attempting to sound prim. Myles then smiled and patted Craig on the shoulder. "Now, what was this aboot showing me what kind of a ladies' man ye are?"
"You'll see...I'll show you...I'LL SHOW YOU ALL!!! OHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!"
"Stoop it, Craig, yuir scarin' me..."

* * *

"C-KO!! WOULD YOU STOP FOR A MINUTE!" A-ko screamed at C-ko. C-ko stopped and glared at her friend, her eyes already moist.
"How-how could you, A-ko?"
"How could I what?"
"He was going to kiss you, and you were going to let him."
"It was a gentlemanly gesture!"
"Exactly! Kissing leads to...well you know the rest!"
"C-ko...I..." A-ko thought for a moment. "What the hell did you mean by 'your woman'!?!"
"What?"
"You called me your girlfriend and your woman!"
"Does this mean you don't like...Does this mean you don't want to be my...my...A-KO YOU'RE SO CRUEL!!! WHAAAAAAAAAAA!!" A-ko was stunned. Her eyes rolled back into her head and she passed out. C-ko was able to catch her, but was only brought to the ground by the force of A-ko landing on her.
"A-KO!! GET OFF!!"

* * *

B-ko watched the commotion from her penthouse-style dorm room. She was very angered by what she saw. A-ko falling on top of C-ko the way she was. _The nerve of that slut,_ she thought. _A-ko, you will pay. Oh yes, you will pay dearly!_

Chapter 8c: The road to happiness is paved with...concrete.

Thursday morning...about 7:00a.m.

Imagine yourself in a big comfy bed, on a warm, cloudless night, making love with someone who is passionately in love with you. As you touch and hug each other tenderly, you feel truly happy and completely at peace. You begin to lose yourself in love and sensuality. You are fused with your lover. You are in paradise. You are with the perfect person. You are alive. Your two hearts beat as one. You are deeply in love. You love your lover. You love yourself. You love life. So try not to spoil to moment...
A-ko's eyes slowly opened. She was happy and she had felt that she had been made love to for the first time by someone that had truly cared for her. She glanced at the clock and noticed that it was 7:00. She then realized that it was 7:00 *a.m.* _Must have been out longer than I thought,_ A-ko thought. _Well, it's Thursday then, which means I don't have to be up for another two and a half hours._ She shifted in her bed and then realized that her dream may not have been just that. She was holding something in her arms and it was not her pillow, she knew this because something was holding her in its arms. A-ko swallowed and looked down to see...
"C-KO!!!" she shrieked, jumping out of bed. Once again, she had gotten into her bed and was stark naked. Once again, so was A-ko. C-ko sat up and rubbed the fatigue from her eyes.
"Huh? Wha..." C-ko mumbled, tiredly.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING?" A-ko demanded, her hands on her hips.
"You started it." C-ko leaned forward and pressed her face to A-ko's abdomen. A-ko's eyes buldged as she looked at C-ko. A-ko's jaw dropped. _She...she really is a... a..._ A-ko's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she hit the floor with a loud thud.
"A-ko?" C-ko asked, looking over her friend.

* * *

Imagine yourself in a big comfy bed on a warm, cloudless night, making love with someone who is passionately in love with you. As you touch and hug each other tenderly, you feel truly happy and completely at peace. You begin to lose yourself in love and sensuality. You are fused with your lover. You are in paradise. You are with the perfect person. You are alive. Your two hearts beat as one. You are deeply in love. You love your lover. You love yourself. You love life. So try not to spoil to moment...
Myles' eyes slowly opened. He was happy and he felt that he had been made love to for the first time by someone who actually cared about him. He rolled over and hit the floor with a loud thud. Got'cha!
Craig turned in his computer chair and stared at Myles. _Whatta dope,_ he thought. He turned back to his computer. He was chatting online with his friend from Indiana again. "[I wrote you into my story.]" he typed. "[Really? We say anything important, or just shoot the shit?]" was the response. "[Just shot the shit, and I plugged your story.]"
"[How is your story coming along anyhow?]"
"[Well, I'm in the middle of chapter eight, right now. Fucking writer's block.]" Craig typed.
"[What about your co-writer? Doesn't he help any?]"
"[Naw, he's worthless. Besides, he just fell onto the floor.]"
"[Just now?]"
"[Yeah. He's my dorm-mate. He just fell out of bed.]"
"[Whatta klutz.]"
"[LOL]"
"[ :-) ]"
"[Well, listen. I hate to cut you off, but I gotta go. Time's up for this month.]"
"[Still haven't gotten that new server yet?]"
"[No, there's a guy over in MegaTokyo that's running a private network. I might be able to get into that one.]"
"[What's it called?]"
"[Stingray Online.]"
"[Never heard of it.]"
"[Neither had I until I hacked into this one guy's web-site.]"
"[Well, good luck.]"
"[Thanx!] Ja!"
"[Later!]" With that, Craig signed off and shut his computer down.
"Yuir still online?" Myles groaned, sitting on the floor.
"Yeah, so?"
"Ye signed on last night at 9:00."
"And your point is..."
"Never mind." Myles got up and went into the bathroom. Yes, I know this entire little area here had absolutely nothing to do with the story, I just felt like writing it in, okay?

* * *

Liza's eyes slowly opened. She saw Captain Napolipita looking over her.
"What's going on?" she asked, sounding rather groggy.
"You lost quite a bit of blood, but you'll live," the Captain replied. "But we have to get the blood circulating through your body." It was then, Liza realized that she was completely naked. She got a good look at the Captain and saw that she too was completely in the buff. You can stop retching now. Would you rather it be D? Napolipita had an excellent body her measurements were rather competable with most other attractive women from Alpha Cygni and even Earth.
Napolipita had her hand between Liza's legs and was gently stroking her pubic lips. Liza was becoming very moist. The Captain reached forward and cupped Liza's left breast in her hand and began to fondle it, Liza gasped. Liza then reached up and began to play with Napolipita's size 38 breasts, kneading them firmly enough to put her between pleasure and pain. Liza then took over the situation. She sat up and grabbed a hold of the Captain, kissing her firmly on the lips. The Captain broke free and gasped for air. Liza only grabbed her again, this time reassuring her hold on the Captain.
Liza then leaned Napolipita back on the examining table and spread her legs open. She then knelt down and began to lick on the Captain's labia. Napolipita gasped and gripped her breasts squeezing them and then lifting them to her lips, gently suckling her own nipples.
Liza then moved inward and began to suck on her clitoris. It was then the Captain asked that she be allowed to please Liza as well. Liza obliged. She stood up and walked over to the head of the table and then stretched across the Captain's body that lay there. Liza then continued her work. The Captain then began to finger Liza's love hole, easing her index finger in, only up to her second knuckle. She then brought her middle finger into play, inserting that into Liza as well. Liza gasped with pleasure. Napolipita then moved her fingers further into Liza, all the way to the top of her palm.
Liza, meanwhile was licking furiously at the Captain's love box, stopping only momentarily to caught her breath and gently caress her pubic lips. The Captain's hips began to convulse violently. She was ready to come. Just as she was about to, Liza pressed her lips to the Captain's clitoris as it spewed her love juices out. Liza sat up on the Captain's face and smiled.
"A 'squirter'. Haven't had one of them since the invasion on Gamma Zentari," Lia joked. It was her turn to come. The Captain then sunk her tongue deep into Liza wetness. She began to "french kiss" her vagina for all her worth. Liza began to squeeze her breasts. She came in a rocking convulsion that nearly caved the Captain's head in.
"I-I've never had it with someone quite as strong as you," she said. Liza only smiled and wiped some blonde hair out of her face. The Captain then reached over for a bottle of Sake.

* * *

A-ko had been awakened by C-ko's sobs and the slamming of the door to their dorm room. She sat up on the floor and sighed. She was still in denial. She would never believe, not in her wildest dreams...well, maybe...that C-ko was a... "*NO!*" A-ko shouted. _It can't be true. I saw the way she and Myles acted together...they were perfect for each other...it does explain a lot, though._ A-ko shook the thought out of her head and looked around. The clock said it was 2:30. A-ko jumped up, grabbed her gym equipment and ran out the door.

* * *

The taxi pulled up to the college and dropped off its passenger. Kei got out of the taxi and looked around. Amazingly, he had been healed relatively quickly. Thanks to some special doctors that somebody had paid for. His parents could never have been able to dream of affording these doctors. Kei smiled and decided to go for a walk around campus. Maybe stop by the cafeteria to get something to eat. Hell, it had to be better than the hospital food. Maybe even go over by the Gym Building for a swim.

* * *

It was "Nose-Bleed City" for Myles. The coach was once again knocked unconscious from A-ko rushing to get to class, this time *before* she had the chance to take Myles' glasses from him. Myles sat huddled in a corner, gnawing on the camera that Craig had once again begged him to bring for the "photo op". Problem was, this time Myles was able to see and *that* was causing his nervousness even more than being in a locker room with thrity or so girls changing into their gym athletic wear.
The girls were so used to Myles not having his glasses, that they walked right in front of him, stark naked, and not thinking anything of it. Myles looked over and saw A-ko. She was getting ready to pull her shirt up over her head. Myles quickly thought about how much of a cad he was being and then remembered how much cash Craig was paying him to do this for him. Myles pointed the mini-cam at A-ko and pressed the record button. A-ko threw her shirt into her locker and then unbuttoned her bra. She began to pull it off and that's when Myles blacked out.

B-ko sat in the bleachers with her minions. She was waiting for A-ko and the others to come out of the locker room. She was ready to strike and A-ko would certainly be suprised. She'd never think that B-ko would strike while class was in session. B-ko had cleared the entire area of facilty members so that she would be safe from them spotting her. She heard the sound of girls voices and looked over to the entrance to the locker room. Out came the entire Girls Track 101 class. They lined up and then waited for the instructor to give role call. No one was there. They began to mumble amongst themselves, chatting idly.
B-ko jumped out of her seat and ran down the bleachers. She darted toward the girls and hit A-ko, sending her backward, yowling in pain. B-ko jumped back and stood there, waiting. She was only wearing a typical conservative buisnesswoman-style suit. A-ko sat up and looked at her attacker.
"B-KO! Why can't you leave me alone for once?" A-ko cried.
"Because A-ko, you have what I want and I will stop at nothing to take what is rightfully mine from you."
"Huh?"
"C-ko, you dolt!"
"Oh, right. Here we go again. Mechas again, or are you going to cut to the chase and reveal your Akagiyama 23?" A-ko asked, sarcastically.
"Neither." B-ko replied, flatly
"Ooo...there's a change. Fine with me, I was getting bored with the routine."
"Don't start laughing yet, A-ko. For today is surely your last."
"Yeah, yeah. Get on with it, I'm not really in the mood for this, you know."
"Shut the hell up and die, you cunt!" B-ko reached up and ripped away her business suit, revealing what was a variation of the Akagiyama 23. It was a solid black except for a pink stripe on the left hip and the right breast. The center area was completely cut away, leaving the suit in two pieces. The boots were more of a stiletto heeled look, while reaching upward highly into her thighs. The lower peice was no larger than a thong bikini bottom. The top part was narrow across B-ko's perky breasts and gave them a slight "boost". It had a high collar that reached up past her ears. It now had sleeves that extended all the way to the arm cannons. Two long blades protruded from the back ends of the cannons, looking as if they extended from B-ko's elbows. Her face-plate was now replaced with a simple pair of mirrored "space-band" sunglasses, on one side was a small earpiece that extended down to her cheek with a small microphone attached. B-ko stood before her with her hands on her hips. The girls could only gawk...and mumble...making fun of her...
"What the hell is that?" one girl asked.
"Isn't it a little cold for that?"
"It must be, you can see how hard her nipples are through the leather."
A-ko could only continue to stare, and then she finally spoke. "You never seize to amaze me, B-ko."
"I had thought long and hard about where my Akagiyama 23 had failed, A-ko. Then one day, while in class, I realized what I was missing. To quote my Mecha Building instructor, it was..."

* * *

"MORE POWER!! AUGH, AUGH, AUGH, AUGH!!!!!" the instructor bellowed. Craig smiled as the instructor made a fool of himself in front of the entire class. He reminded Craig of a twentieth century American comedian, but he just could not place which one. _Al something...or was it the other way around..._
"Okay, class. Today, I'm going to show what not to put into your mecha's particle fusion engine." The instructor turned to his aide. "Al, hand me that bottle of Nitro Glycerin."
"But sir, I'm not sure that it's a--"
"Just gimme the damn bottle, you plaid-covered freak!" The aide slowly shook his head, handed the instructor the bottle and then bolted faster than anyone thought possible.
"Aw, poor widdle boy's going home to maw maw...*snort*. Okay, this is Nitro Glycerin. Highly explosive. You'd never want to put something like this into your mecha. Anywhere. Especially the particle fusion engine. Here's why." The instructor dropped the bottle into the small engine he had on his desk and then started the engine up. Before any of the students could even move to get out of their seats, the entire Shop Building went up in a tremendous explosion, sending students and teachers alike into the air and all over campus.

* * *

B-ko's first punch came blindingly fast, doubling A-ko over. While she was down, B-ko brought her fists down, slamming into the back of A-ko's head. A-ko dropped to the ground. A-ko then reached out and smacked B-ko's leg, hard. B-ko fell onto her ass. A-ko jumped up and charged B-ko.
"Where's that 'more power' you were just bragging about?" she screamed, running full force at B-ko, fists extended for the kill.
"Here, bitch! Akagiyama Dildos!!!!" she shrieked, yanking her arm up and pulling the hand trigger. A-ko stood stunned for a moment, not completely knowing if she had heard her nemesis right. That was until she saw the projectiles coming from B-ko's right arm cannon. They looked like B-ko's missles at first, until they grew closer. They then looked like...
"Oh my GAWD!!" a girl screamed, sounding a little embarrassed. A-ko was brought back to reality and then turned and ran as fast as she thought possible. She was actually frightened. Not just by the projectiles, but by the fact that B-ko, of all people, would dare insult to anyone that badly.
"Stand still and take your punishment like a woman!!" B-ko yelled. A-ko ran for the nearest fence. She leaped and began to climb it. The "missiles" struck at the base of the fence, where she had just been only moments before. A-ko's eyes bulged as the force of the blast sent her forward. A-ko landed in a pile of rubble. She stood up and saw more dildos flying full throttle at her. "SHIT!" she screamed, she turned and ran in fear of her womanhood.

Kei whistled a happy tune as he walked to the gymnasium. He did feel kind of bad about how he had treated the red-haired girl, whom he had thought was C-ko. _Maybe I should apologize to her,_ he thought. He had never meant to hurt anyone and maybe he did over-react to seeing her instead of C-ko and maybe, just maybe, he had gotten the punishment he deserved from her. Kei heard what sounded like a bomb whistling through the air. He looked up to see the red-haired girl coming straight at him. Behind her were what looked like several missiles. The red-haired girl ran by Kei so fast, that it knocked him down, his ass sticking straight up in the air. He suddenly felt the impact of a "missile" striking him in his anus. And then another. And another. There was a short pause and then two more made their way in.
Kei's body fell completely flush with the pavement. He had never in his entire life felt what he had just felt. A single tear trickled from his left eye. It then made its way past his cheek and then down to the broadest grin Kei was ever known to have.
C-ko happened to hear the commotion and came running toward the gym. She looked down and saw Kei lying on the ground with an odd expression on his face. Kei looked up. "C...ko..." he uttered, reaching for his betrothed.
"I still hate you." C-ko said, flatly. She then walked behind him, where his legs were spread and kicked him hard in the nads. Gee...Do we hate Kei? :)

While flying through the air, Craig's entire life flashed before his eyes. And since his life was rather uneventful until the past month, it went by rather quickly. He then looked down to see that he was headed for the gymnasium. From his vantage point, he could see some kind of battle royale going on. He saw a flash of red run from projectiles. _Gym class sure has changed since I took it,_ he thought. As he got closer, he saw that the one firing the projectiles was no other than B-ko wearing some type of dominatrix outfit. Craig hit the ground just in front of B-ko.
B-ko looked down at the man who had fallen before her. Craig pulled his head out of the ground, stood up and ran his fingers through his hair, getting the dirt out of it. B-ko glowered at him. Craig grinned nervously. "Umm...Hi!" B-ko raised her fist and struck Craig in the jaw, sending him through the wall just outside the girls locker room.
"Upperclassman Vincent. Prepare to die!" B-ko said. Craig quickly regained consciousness and looked around.
"Hey! That's not fair! The girls always get better locker rooms than the guys do! It looks like a fucking health spa in here!" Craig was suddenly yanked by his legs out of the locker room and swung around by them. "Aw man! I think I'm gonna hurl." With that, Craig let loose his lunch. Blowing the chucks all over in a perfect arc. Some of which had gotten on B-ko. B-ko let go of Craig.
"Disgusting little man!" she screamed. Craig went flying into another wall. He stood up, wobbling back and forth. "Look at the pretty biiiirdieeeees!" he muttered.
"Black Jacovini Meteor Lash Style Two!" B-ko announced. With a snap-hiss, from a handle in the palm of B-ko's hand, it extended in a bright flash of blue-white. Craig was quickly brought back to reality by the hard sting of a whip rapping around his arm. "What the..." B-ko pulled on the whip, almost ripping Craig's jacket. The whip released its grip. Craig held up his arm and looked at the jacket. There were burn marks and a small amount of tearing. Craig was pissed.
"Now you've done it. Now you've made me mad!!" he yelled. Craig reached into his trench coat and retrieved his CZ-75. He took aim and fired at B-ko. *BKAM!* *BKAM!* *BKAM!* Using the blades on her arms as sheilds, she deflected the bullets.
"My, what a primitive weapon." she mused.
"Look again, cow." Craig growled. B-ko looked at the blades she had used as sheilds. They may have blocked the bullets, but not without taking on a substantial amount of damage. They were no longer even good enough to slice bread with. B-ko was pissed. He ruined the suit without even trying. She brought her arm cannon up and fired at Craig.
"AKAGIYAMA DILDOS!!" she screamed. Craig's eyes became twice the size of his head, upon realizing what she had just said. Craig brought his sidearm up and fired at oncoming projectiles. The firing stopped. Craig looked around and reloaded another clip, he could not see B-ko. Suddenly, Craig was struck in the jaw, sending him flying back into the girls' locker room. He stood up and was then struck in the stomach. Craig doubled over. He was then kicked in the head. Craig was down for the count.
"Your not the first man I've killed with this weapon, you know," she said. As B-ko raised her arm cannon up to finish Craig off, A-ko rushed back and pounded B-ko in the side of the head. B-ko stumbled over and fell into the bleachers. B-ko charged A-ko and jumped onto her, knocking A-ko to the ground. B-ko began to slug A-ko across the face several times.

Myles groaned and then realized what had happened. He looked up and saw a gapping hole in the wall of the girls' locker room. At the base of the hole was Craig. Beyond the hole, out in the track area, B-ko was ontop of A-ko and striking her repeatedly.
"I swear, I'm out fer five minutes and the Armageddon occurs!" he mumbled. He then realized that A-ko was no longer fighting back against B-ko. B-ko must have knocked her out. "No! There has to be something I can do!"
"There is." Craig groaned. He looked up at Myles.
"Huh?"
"Your special...AUGH!" He was interupted by B-ko dragging him over to where A-ko lay. She threw him down. She was going to kill them both, and there was nothing Myles could do about it. _'Your special'...special what...attack? No, he kinnae meant that..._
"I did, you moron!!" Craig yelled. Myles realized for the first time that he thinks out loud. "You still owe me one! Do it for that! Do it for A-ko!" Myles realized Craig was right. He did owe him one and if he did it, A-ko would surely love him for saving her, if he survived the experience. "Alright." Myles said, looking up to the sky, standing defiantely with his arms at his sides, hands clutched into fists. The sunlight's reflection glimmering off of Myles' glasses. "I'll do it." He stood for a moment and then unclenched and clenched his fists at his sides, repeatly, he then crouched over. The area around him began to grow dark. Suddenly, a glow appeared around Myles. A-ko and B-ko paused their struggle to stare at Myles. The glow intensified, growing around him. His battle aura appeared. It was a bright blue-white, at its apex was a wolf's head, its eyes glowed a fierce and mysterious yellow. Myles struck a dramatic pose and pointed directly at B-ko.
"Fianna School of Anything Goes Kalindo, Buchanan Branch; Final Attack! GAROU WYLD HUNT!!!" Myles yelled at the top of his lungs, bringing his hand back clutching it into a fist again. A strange howl appeared from nowhere, then it began to come from the wolf's head and then from Myles himself. He sounded like a man possessed. The wolf's head lashed out, striking B-ko, sending her flying back. The force of wind from the power of the attack sent everyone to the ground.
After the wind died down and all was calm, Craig and A-ko looked up. B-ko was nowhere to be found. Myles was smoldering. He stood with a broad grin across his face. "I...did...it..." he muttered. He then passed out, standing only for a moment and then slamming into the earth.

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"Sir, Mr. Daitiokuji to see you." a perky brown-haired girl said, smiling happily.
"Thank you, Kasumi. Send him in." Hikaru strode into the room and sat down before the Director General. "Thank you for coming, sir."
"I had business in America. My affiliate there, Stark Enterprises, was becoming rather obnoxious. Anyhow, while I was there, I was able to gain plans from them on a highly experimental, and very advanced mecha they were working on. This design is sure to put an end to the alien threat on Earth. However, the costs are very high."
"I don't care what the costs are, I just want the Alpha Cyngi threat neutralized and without any damage to the city, if at all possible."
"I understand. Very well then, construction of this mecha begins as we speak. Until then, we wait until we know where the alien is for sure. Also, we will hold the Alpha Cygni's in that spaceship at bay. Who knows, this new alien may be there already or she may come to them eventually."
"There have been rumors that their Princess has returned of her own free-will. She may be looking for her again. Also, this new alien is more violent than the others, she has already taken out a couple airplanes, a taxi and a disgruntled driver. However, judging from these plans, I'd say the bitch is as good as dead." The Director General and the CEO of the Daitokuji Financial Group said in perfect silence, only smiling at each other until Hikaru spoke up. "Soon, very soon, the Alpha Cygni's will know how wrong it is to cross the good people of Earth." There was a small chuckle from the two men.

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Liza was smoking an Earthling cigarette that D had left in the med lab. Napolipita was drinking down some sake. The Captain smiled at Liza and she returned the look with her cold gray eyes.
"Was it good for you?" Napolipitsa asked.
"Very. I don't mean to be rude, but I must leave. I'm here to bring the Princess back home. I don't suppose you know where she is?"
"She is attending a college on the West Side with her Earthling friends."
"Excellent. The Queen will be pleased."
"Be careful, though. She is protected by her Earthling friends."
"I think I can handle a few of these puny Earthlings."
"They're more formidible that you think."
"Oh? How so?"
"Look at what they did to my ship! They have more power than we were once led to believe."
"How many?"
"Two in particular."
"Two *Earthlings* did all this?"
"Hai."
"Very well. What does it look like?"
"The one you should concern yourself with is short in comparison to us, and has firey-red hair." Liza smirked and then turned to leave.
"Perfect," she said, licking her lips. "Another red-head...You see...I have a thing for red-heads..."

End Chapter 8!
Hope you're Chapter 8c: The road to happiness is paved with...concrete.

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