Chapter 6- DWC is Long-Winded
AC, Na-chan, and T-ko stare at the running werewolf who'd just crashed into them.
"Did you see that sword?!" AC exclaimed.
"And you call ME hentai!" Na-chan retorted, her headphones having been knocked off in the collision.
"What? I didn't mean it like that! I was talking about the katana that guy was carrying. I'd love to have a weapon like that."
Both Na-chan and T-ko sighed, knowing AC's fondness of bladed weapons.
"Hey, think we should follow him?" T-ko asked. "It's not like we have anything better to do."
"I don't think so. You know as well as I do how chaotic things are around here..."
"True."
The girls continued walking, though whether or not it was in the same direction as they were before is uncertain, as they had gotten mixed up because of the collision.
*******
Sometime later they decided to find something to eat.
"Wait," AC said as they stopped outside a restaurant, "do you think they'll take American currency? We never got a chance to exchange it for Japanese yen..."
T-ko and Na-chan shrugged.
"Then can you think of any place we could exchange it then?"
Again, they shrugged.
"No idea."
"Great. This is a problem."
Hey," Na-chan said, "maybe if we're lucky someone will stop and help us out."
"Yeah right, what're the chances of that happening?"
*******
Karu put on her best fox-grin. This was shaping up to be an interesting day. Get up, grab some breakfast in the local park, and then follow her nose into the most mischief available within a 20-mile radius. In this case, this boat. Her tails swished in unison, a large fluffy mass.
First that wolf was looking at her as she made her way down here, then he crashed into those 3 girls. Because he, the werewolf, was heading her direction, she followed him, sneaking for the sheer fun of it. Then he spotted Karu. She smirked and scampered away, coming to the docks where the large cargo ship was. The gunfire started, and she dashed behind a set of crates, watching the new arrival, and the pissed black neko in his arms.
*******
Cola reached the end of the train, but hadn't found the girl who had his diary. Perhaps she had escaped him at an earlier stop.
He bought some candy and got off the train to retrace his steps. He also bought a disposable camera, seeing the sky darkening with rain. While walking back, it began to fall, and he hid behind a billboard and waited.
People ran past, covering their heads with newspapers. Umbrellas appeared amid the crowd. Soon it became a typical-looking urban street scene.
Except...
In the distance, Cola thought he saw a man running by holding a cat. As he stood up to see more clearly, a gray dog ran between his legs and disappeared behind him. There seemed, although it was of course purely subjective, to be fewer people and more animals on the streets.
And so Cola's suspicions concerning the Jusenkyo spring at the heart of Tokyo were fueled, though never confirmed: he had never seen random pedestrians changing into livestock, although if it ever happened he meant to take a picture.
After watching for a while, he threw the camera in a trash-bin and walked home to his small apartment, feeling slightly let-down.
*******
After noticing this guy couldn't understand what he said because of the cat scratching at his face. Gorion decided to let them get on with what they were doing and get on with his duties. Then all hell broke loose and he had to run for cover. Then he saw a kitsune and he was not surprised because he knew that they loved mischief and he also noticed a silver werewolf and decided to follow him.
*******
DietWaterCzar had been let out of the hospital just a few hours prior. He's not exactly sure how things had played out after he blacked out, but he didn't care. Kimiko-sama was safe and sound. Apparently, VorpalBlade had made a clone of her that that was who he had seen get killed. Who'da thunk huh? He didn't know what had happened to VorpalBlade either, but he decided he shouldn't pursue any more information about him. He still had the overwhelming desire to hurt him and he thinks he needed a long period of adjustment first. The adjustment was getting used to not killing anymore. He knew it was wrong and he knew why, but old habits die slowly. He better not get himself into to many dangerous situations.
Many things were going on in MegaTokyo these days. DietWaterCzar had heard that Quinn was doing more official Sony business though he didn't know where he had been during the Sega Building battle. Last he had heard of Tragic Bill and BGMaster, they had some Miho-cultist things going on. He didn't really know what they were doing; he wasn't big into the rave scene. He had no idea what Kaiser, Moore, or Wizard of Kitty, were doing, but he assumed that whatever WoK was doing, Skittles would be involved. Queslin was still in the hospital getting treated for her wounds, but she was managing to cause a good amount of chaos. Running around the halls leaving ammo, looking for camping spots, and confusing the Ayanamis with unending levels of l337 speak. DietWaterCzar still didn't know hat she thought of him, but he decided to avoid the issue for the time being. Garran had been brought back to earth and he and Phaedrus were doing poetry readings at Anna Millers.
DietWaterCzar supposed that was where they were going when they turned the corner to find his Enforcer in Garran's face.
"Oh hey guys! What's up?" DietWaterCzar ask the two poets.
"Umm, nothing except that you have that gun in Garran's face. I thought you weren't killing anymore." Phaedrus addressed him.
"Oh don't worry, it's not loaded!" DietWaterCzar assure him as he lowers the gun. "See?" he pulls the trigger while pointing the barrel into the air and fire a round. "Oops.... Oh well."
He suddenly hears small flash and a voice next to his right ear says, "You know you COULD just not carry a gun around. It'll work wonders in preventing accidental shootings."
"But if I don't have my gun what will I use to point at people in a menacing manner?" he tells the tiny conscience on his shoulder.
"Oi…. I really wonder what I did to get you as my client. Fine, if you MUST have a gun have this." Tomoe tells DietWaterCzar as she causes a gun to materialize in his hand. "It's a Beretta converted to fire tranquilizer rounds. This way, even if you do hit someone you won't kill them."
"Cool! I can't wait to try it out!"
"Uhhhh.... I'd rather you not. Also I still want you to stop pointing guns at people, this is just temporary okay?"
"Yeah.... Sure, I guess so.... Not pointing guns at people.... What a strange concept."
"I have a long job ahead of me...." Tomoe mutters to herself before disappearing again.
"Well that certainly was strange.... Anyway Czar, where are you headed?" Phaedrus asks as he brings himself back into a conversation.
"Oh, I heard that Hatcheter found out where the old Army was, I going there to see how they're doing. What about you?" DietWaterCzar replies to the poet.
"Oh, we're going to Anna Miller's for our poetry readings."
"Makes, sense. Hey have you seen Queslin yet? I still think she has a bit of a thing for you."
"Ummm.... Oh look at the time! We must be going now! See you later!" Phaedrus tells DietWaterCzar as he hurries off.
About an hour later DietWaterCzar finds himself in front of a condemned warehouse. This was where Hatcheter had found the others; he supposes he should just go in. He opened the doors and peered inside expecting to see a triage unit, when he got something very different.
His old subordinates of the Kimiko Army had set up a rather large arcade. It was a rather impressive operation. A massive cacophony of sound and light blasted him in the face. Hundreds of coin-op consoles filled the floor, Mosh Mosh Revolution machines had incredibly long lines and the ticket claim prize wall was a big as a house. DietWaterCzar made his way though the crowds, getting a few shocked looks and salutes as he passed by. He finally found Hatcheter playing Skeeball with his hockey stick.
"Hey Hatcheter! What the hell is going on?" DietWaterCzar ask my former subordinate.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Hatcheter asks him with his mind still on his game.
"I MEAN this huge ass arcade! I was under the impression the Army had been in a huge battle and went her to regroup!"
"Oh. Well they did, Echo and his forces hit them hard, but you know these guys, it takes more than another army to take them down! They managed to get out of the battle and take refuge here. They were going to go back out to fight again, but they didn't know where to go. They didn't have the info we had. They just sat tight and waited for any news to come to them. After the battle ended, I found them and told them Kimiko was safe and they all decided to relax and build themselves a recreation area."
"Where did they get the money for this?"
"Uhhh, they sold the weapons...."
"The WEAPONS! MY WEAPONS?!?"
"Uhhh.... Yeah I kinda forgot to tell them you were alive…."
"Great, well I better address them..." DietWaterCzar mutters as he climbs a nearby coin-op and looks across the arcade. "ALRIGHT! LISTEN UP MAGGOTS!!! IF YOU CAN'T TELL I AM ALIVE!!!!"
The entire arcade suddenly grew quiet as his old Army looked up to see the leader they thought was dead yelling at them.
"Okay guys, I don't appreciate you selling my weapons too much but I'm putting those days behind me. These arcade machines seems to making you guys happy so you can keep them." DietWaterCzar addresses the crowd.
"Uhhh.... Are you sure you're DietWaterCzar?" a voice in the crowd asks.
"YES. Also in a purely symbolic gesture, I hereby announce the Kimiko Army disbanded. You are all free to do whatever you want."
"Whoo! I'm gonna join the Anna Miller's fanboys!" someone yells.
"Yeah! Think I'll go Yuki drooling! I don't care if she's jailbait!" someone else yells.
"I'm gonna see what all that raving and stuff Miho is into is about!" yells another.
"Don't yell that stuff in front of me." DietWaterCzar tells the crowd as he fires three tranquilizers.
A little while later he heads into Anna Miller's passing by a were-animal fight on the way. Bleh, more transformations and glowing sword… When he gets to Anna Millers he finds that Kimiko-sama has already gotten off work and Garran and Phaedrus had gone. He was still hungry though and he decided to order some spaghetti.
As he ate his meal he overheard a conversation in the booth behind him.
"I know that she has gone through an ordeal but that doesn't give her and excuse to look like that when at work." an Anna Miller's fanboy tells his companions.
"Yes, did you see her hair? It was not arranged in a pleasing enough manner and I believe that I even saw bags under her eyes. That is not appropriate!" another adds.
"Miss Kimiko Nanasawa needs to be reprimanded for her sub-par presentation by a small cut in her pay. It's only prudent!" states yet another.
"AHEM! So you boys don't like Kimiko-sama's appearance?" DietWaterCzar says as he pulls his Beretta and draws his katana.
*******
After he finished his meal DietWaterCzar walks past the window he had thrown the now unconscious fanboys through when he meet Ootika-san.
"You know, as much as I appreciate all you've done. I think I need to ask you to leave for a while. Hey, it's not like I don't like it when you turn this place into a bunker, wage a war from here, get this place transported to the top of a skyscraper, and start throwing customers out the windows, but I think this place needs a break from you." the manager asks of him.
"Ok I guess, how long? A week or two?"
"I'm thinking more like a year. PLEASE! I'll do anything!" Ootika pleads with DietWaterCzar.
"ANYTHING?"
*******
Inside a small apartment in MegaTokyo, Kimiko Nanasawa and Erika Hayasaka sit in front of a television set. Nothing else is on so they are watching the news.
"In recent news, Sony has given a statement refuting the existence of a large number of robots. They have also stated that a representative from America will be coming soon to answer any questions about the future of PS2 accessories.
"Meanwhile, there have been several reports of large furry creatures battling in the streets with the appearance of many glowing weapons. Current reports state that the creatures are the spawn of MegaGamers employee Erika Hayasaka. Scientists theorize that she may be alien cyborg from another dimension. More on this story as it develops," a TV anchor reports.
"Stupid news, can't they get anything right? Next they're going to say that you are the Queen of Atlantis." Erika says to Kimiko.
"This just in! Yuki Sonada is reported to be a princess from the moon! More on this as it develops," The TV anchor adds.
"Well you were kinda close.... The news does se-" Kimiko tries to say when she is interrupted by the doorbell.
Kimiko goes to answer the door when she finds DietWaterCzar kneeling in front of her.
"Hello Kimiko-sama. How are you this evening?" DietWaterCzar asks.
"I'm ok I guess.... What are you here about Diet-kun?" Kimiko wonders.
"I'm here to ask you to come with me on a vacation."
"Ummmm, a vacation?"
"Yes, you deserve one after what you went through. Also it's getting more dangerous around here with all the were-creatures and such. I managed to get us a reservation at a resort pleasure island."
"A resort… pleasure…island? Uhhhh, are you.... Ummm.... Uhhhh...." Kimiko stuttered with a shade of red growing on her face.
"Oh, no no no! I would never presume such a thing! You are my Kimiko-sama. We are going there simply to relax! If you want, Erika can come as well, there is plenty of room on Cornelius."
"Cornelius? The Rent-a-Zilla?"
"Yes, he is taking us, I just have to tell him."
"How did you afford this anyway? Diet-kun?"
"Well I am loaded. I could afford to create and run and entire army, but I'm not paying for this. I managed to get Ootika-san to pay for it. I even got him to give you a full months paid vacation!"
"How did you do that?"
"I don't know really, just being myself I guess."
AC, Na-chan, and T-ko stare at the running werewolf who'd just crashed into them.
"Did you see that sword?!" AC exclaimed.
"And you call ME hentai!" Na-chan retorted, her headphones having been knocked off in the collision.
"What? I didn't mean it like that! I was talking about the katana that guy was carrying. I'd love to have a weapon like that."
Both Na-chan and T-ko sighed, knowing AC's fondness of bladed weapons.
"Hey, think we should follow him?" T-ko asked. "It's not like we have anything better to do."
"I don't think so. You know as well as I do how chaotic things are around here..."
"True."
The girls continued walking, though whether or not it was in the same direction as they were before is uncertain, as they had gotten mixed up because of the collision.
"Wait," AC said as they stopped outside a restaurant, "do you think they'll take American currency? We never got a chance to exchange it for Japanese yen..."
T-ko and Na-chan shrugged.
"Then can you think of any place we could exchange it then?"
Again, they shrugged.
"No idea."
"Great. This is a problem."
Hey," Na-chan said, "maybe if we're lucky someone will stop and help us out."
"Yeah right, what're the chances of that happening?"
First that wolf was looking at her as she made her way down here, then he crashed into those 3 girls. Because he, the werewolf, was heading her direction, she followed him, sneaking for the sheer fun of it. Then he spotted Karu. She smirked and scampered away, coming to the docks where the large cargo ship was. The gunfire started, and she dashed behind a set of crates, watching the new arrival, and the pissed black neko in his arms.
He bought some candy and got off the train to retrace his steps. He also bought a disposable camera, seeing the sky darkening with rain. While walking back, it began to fall, and he hid behind a billboard and waited.
People ran past, covering their heads with newspapers. Umbrellas appeared amid the crowd. Soon it became a typical-looking urban street scene.
Except...
In the distance, Cola thought he saw a man running by holding a cat. As he stood up to see more clearly, a gray dog ran between his legs and disappeared behind him. There seemed, although it was of course purely subjective, to be fewer people and more animals on the streets.
And so Cola's suspicions concerning the Jusenkyo spring at the heart of Tokyo were fueled, though never confirmed: he had never seen random pedestrians changing into livestock, although if it ever happened he meant to take a picture.
After watching for a while, he threw the camera in a trash-bin and walked home to his small apartment, feeling slightly let-down.
Many things were going on in MegaTokyo these days. DietWaterCzar had heard that Quinn was doing more official Sony business though he didn't know where he had been during the Sega Building battle. Last he had heard of Tragic Bill and BGMaster, they had some Miho-cultist things going on. He didn't really know what they were doing; he wasn't big into the rave scene. He had no idea what Kaiser, Moore, or Wizard of Kitty, were doing, but he assumed that whatever WoK was doing, Skittles would be involved. Queslin was still in the hospital getting treated for her wounds, but she was managing to cause a good amount of chaos. Running around the halls leaving ammo, looking for camping spots, and confusing the Ayanamis with unending levels of l337 speak. DietWaterCzar still didn't know hat she thought of him, but he decided to avoid the issue for the time being. Garran had been brought back to earth and he and Phaedrus were doing poetry readings at Anna Millers.
DietWaterCzar supposed that was where they were going when they turned the corner to find his Enforcer in Garran's face.
"Oh hey guys! What's up?" DietWaterCzar ask the two poets.
"Umm, nothing except that you have that gun in Garran's face. I thought you weren't killing anymore." Phaedrus addressed him.
"Oh don't worry, it's not loaded!" DietWaterCzar assure him as he lowers the gun. "See?" he pulls the trigger while pointing the barrel into the air and fire a round. "Oops.... Oh well."
He suddenly hears small flash and a voice next to his right ear says, "You know you COULD just not carry a gun around. It'll work wonders in preventing accidental shootings."
"But if I don't have my gun what will I use to point at people in a menacing manner?" he tells the tiny conscience on his shoulder.
"Oi…. I really wonder what I did to get you as my client. Fine, if you MUST have a gun have this." Tomoe tells DietWaterCzar as she causes a gun to materialize in his hand. "It's a Beretta converted to fire tranquilizer rounds. This way, even if you do hit someone you won't kill them."
"Cool! I can't wait to try it out!"
"Uhhhh.... I'd rather you not. Also I still want you to stop pointing guns at people, this is just temporary okay?"
"Yeah.... Sure, I guess so.... Not pointing guns at people.... What a strange concept."
"I have a long job ahead of me...." Tomoe mutters to herself before disappearing again.
"Well that certainly was strange.... Anyway Czar, where are you headed?" Phaedrus asks as he brings himself back into a conversation.
"Oh, I heard that Hatcheter found out where the old Army was, I going there to see how they're doing. What about you?" DietWaterCzar replies to the poet.
"Oh, we're going to Anna Miller's for our poetry readings."
"Makes, sense. Hey have you seen Queslin yet? I still think she has a bit of a thing for you."
"Ummm.... Oh look at the time! We must be going now! See you later!" Phaedrus tells DietWaterCzar as he hurries off.
About an hour later DietWaterCzar finds himself in front of a condemned warehouse. This was where Hatcheter had found the others; he supposes he should just go in. He opened the doors and peered inside expecting to see a triage unit, when he got something very different.
His old subordinates of the Kimiko Army had set up a rather large arcade. It was a rather impressive operation. A massive cacophony of sound and light blasted him in the face. Hundreds of coin-op consoles filled the floor, Mosh Mosh Revolution machines had incredibly long lines and the ticket claim prize wall was a big as a house. DietWaterCzar made his way though the crowds, getting a few shocked looks and salutes as he passed by. He finally found Hatcheter playing Skeeball with his hockey stick.
"Hey Hatcheter! What the hell is going on?" DietWaterCzar ask my former subordinate.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Hatcheter asks him with his mind still on his game.
"I MEAN this huge ass arcade! I was under the impression the Army had been in a huge battle and went her to regroup!"
"Oh. Well they did, Echo and his forces hit them hard, but you know these guys, it takes more than another army to take them down! They managed to get out of the battle and take refuge here. They were going to go back out to fight again, but they didn't know where to go. They didn't have the info we had. They just sat tight and waited for any news to come to them. After the battle ended, I found them and told them Kimiko was safe and they all decided to relax and build themselves a recreation area."
"Where did they get the money for this?"
"Uhhh, they sold the weapons...."
"The WEAPONS! MY WEAPONS?!?"
"Uhhh.... Yeah I kinda forgot to tell them you were alive…."
"Great, well I better address them..." DietWaterCzar mutters as he climbs a nearby coin-op and looks across the arcade. "ALRIGHT! LISTEN UP MAGGOTS!!! IF YOU CAN'T TELL I AM ALIVE!!!!"
The entire arcade suddenly grew quiet as his old Army looked up to see the leader they thought was dead yelling at them.
"Okay guys, I don't appreciate you selling my weapons too much but I'm putting those days behind me. These arcade machines seems to making you guys happy so you can keep them." DietWaterCzar addresses the crowd.
"Uhhh.... Are you sure you're DietWaterCzar?" a voice in the crowd asks.
"YES. Also in a purely symbolic gesture, I hereby announce the Kimiko Army disbanded. You are all free to do whatever you want."
"Whoo! I'm gonna join the Anna Miller's fanboys!" someone yells.
"Yeah! Think I'll go Yuki drooling! I don't care if she's jailbait!" someone else yells.
"I'm gonna see what all that raving and stuff Miho is into is about!" yells another.
"Don't yell that stuff in front of me." DietWaterCzar tells the crowd as he fires three tranquilizers.
A little while later he heads into Anna Miller's passing by a were-animal fight on the way. Bleh, more transformations and glowing sword… When he gets to Anna Millers he finds that Kimiko-sama has already gotten off work and Garran and Phaedrus had gone. He was still hungry though and he decided to order some spaghetti.
As he ate his meal he overheard a conversation in the booth behind him.
"I know that she has gone through an ordeal but that doesn't give her and excuse to look like that when at work." an Anna Miller's fanboy tells his companions.
"Yes, did you see her hair? It was not arranged in a pleasing enough manner and I believe that I even saw bags under her eyes. That is not appropriate!" another adds.
"Miss Kimiko Nanasawa needs to be reprimanded for her sub-par presentation by a small cut in her pay. It's only prudent!" states yet another.
"AHEM! So you boys don't like Kimiko-sama's appearance?" DietWaterCzar says as he pulls his Beretta and draws his katana.
"You know, as much as I appreciate all you've done. I think I need to ask you to leave for a while. Hey, it's not like I don't like it when you turn this place into a bunker, wage a war from here, get this place transported to the top of a skyscraper, and start throwing customers out the windows, but I think this place needs a break from you." the manager asks of him.
"Ok I guess, how long? A week or two?"
"I'm thinking more like a year. PLEASE! I'll do anything!" Ootika pleads with DietWaterCzar.
"ANYTHING?"
"In recent news, Sony has given a statement refuting the existence of a large number of robots. They have also stated that a representative from America will be coming soon to answer any questions about the future of PS2 accessories.
"Meanwhile, there have been several reports of large furry creatures battling in the streets with the appearance of many glowing weapons. Current reports state that the creatures are the spawn of MegaGamers employee Erika Hayasaka. Scientists theorize that she may be alien cyborg from another dimension. More on this story as it develops," a TV anchor reports.
"Stupid news, can't they get anything right? Next they're going to say that you are the Queen of Atlantis." Erika says to Kimiko.
"This just in! Yuki Sonada is reported to be a princess from the moon! More on this as it develops," The TV anchor adds.
"Well you were kinda close.... The news does se-" Kimiko tries to say when she is interrupted by the doorbell.
Kimiko goes to answer the door when she finds DietWaterCzar kneeling in front of her.
"Hello Kimiko-sama. How are you this evening?" DietWaterCzar asks.
"I'm ok I guess.... What are you here about Diet-kun?" Kimiko wonders.
"I'm here to ask you to come with me on a vacation."
"Ummmm, a vacation?"
"Yes, you deserve one after what you went through. Also it's getting more dangerous around here with all the were-creatures and such. I managed to get us a reservation at a resort pleasure island."
"A resort… pleasure…island? Uhhhh, are you.... Ummm.... Uhhhh...." Kimiko stuttered with a shade of red growing on her face.
"Oh, no no no! I would never presume such a thing! You are my Kimiko-sama. We are going there simply to relax! If you want, Erika can come as well, there is plenty of room on Cornelius."
"Cornelius? The Rent-a-Zilla?"
"Yes, he is taking us, I just have to tell him."
"How did you afford this anyway? Diet-kun?"
"Well I am loaded. I could afford to create and run and entire army, but I'm not paying for this. I managed to get Ootika-san to pay for it. I even got him to give you a full months paid vacation!"
"How did you do that?"
"I don't know really, just being myself I guess."