Nadesico: New Recruit Joe!
by DoomaWriter
Author's notes: Hmm, I'm starting to wonder how many people read the Nadesico section. I mean, there can't be any other explanation to the lower amount of reviews I'm getting. Well, thanks to those of you who did take two minutes out of your busy lives to help keep me alive. This one's dedicated to you! Seeing as how this is a continuation of the last chapter, I'll skip the recap thing.
Chapter 4: Joe's Day Off: Part 2
Minato looked up from her screen and turned to Yurika, "Captain, five enemy units have appeared at the edge of Nadesico's radar."
"Only five? Why would they send so few?" Yurika asked.
Once again, the sound of people falling over and items falling could be heard before the door opened. This time, Ines walked in, out of breath. She straightened herself. "Allow me to explain." Not realizing Joe was currently on the floor, her heels jammed into his mouth, silencing any type of scream. "You see, its been an unusually long time since the Nadesico has encountered any enemy forces. They are most likely trying to lure us in a sense of security so that they can ambush us when we least expect it."
"But why only five?"
"I thought you graduated at the top of your class. Those five are probably just scouts and aren't planning to attack. They'll send our coordinates back to where advanced numbers are waiting."
Joe stood up and knocked Ines to the floor while doing so. "We can't let them get away! Captain, I'll show you my skills by destroying all of them right now!"
Yurika thought the decision over and was about to protest but the main screen shown Joe's Aestivalis flying away from the ship already. "I don't think he'll be able to do it, " Yurika began. "They're all too far spaced out; he can't get close to all five before they escape with out coordinates. Ruri, contact Akito!"
Ruri pulled up a window to Akito's room but found his body down on the table. "Akito," she said, but he didn't budge. She repeated over and over but nothing. A screen with a picture of an alarm clock pulled up and rang, but he still didn't move. The windows closed and Ruri faced her captain. "He appears to not be able to wake up."
She looked down a bit worried. "What can we do about Akito?" Just then, Jun walked in ready to greet his crush with a good morning but was interrupted by her smiling face. She never seemed so happy to see him, his dreams had come true! "Jun, thank goodness you're here! I need you to wake up my dear Akito!"
Jun stood silently, turned and walked out of the room. Overhearing everything in his cockpit, Joe simply gave a nod, recognizing how he must feel.
Sulking through the halls, Jun came upon Seiya Uribatake. "What are you doing to that vending machine?" In a shock, Seiya lept in the air and then turned around. He looked at his hand which contained a screwdriver and quickly hid it behind his back and smiled. "Wait, I might need your help in waking Akito, come with me!" Seiya simply nodded and happily agreed, anything to keep Jun's mind off of what was going on.
Seconds late, Izumi placed a coin into the vending machine and many more started pouring out constantly. She looked around and then scooped up all the change and ran off.
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"What a disgraceful sight," Seiya said, staring at Akito. Jun meerly shook his head. They were both staring at the pilot/chef currently passed out on the table, with a bottle of alcohol. "Geez, he had to use two glasses?"
"And its like, seven in the morning, " Jun added. "Does he have no morals?"
Seiya quickly pocketed a canteen and thought of the times Akito had fumbled around in his Aesti and it all made sense. "My god, he's been drunk on all of his jobs!"
"Well, we can't chew him out if he's asleep. Let's wake him up."
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The new, pink Aestivalis flew to the right of the Nadesico at top speeds. It held a standard gun in one hand and the other was empty. Joe licked his lips in excitement. "Come on ya little bugger, where are you?"
"Careful!" Megumi who was now at her station showed up on a window screen. "If you get too close you'll be out of the Nadesico's powering range."
"Don't you worry your pretty little head, " Joe said, for once not paying a woman any heed. "I know what I'm doing!"
Ruri noticed that the woman-chaser became a new man during battle. "Perhaps he may be useful after all."
The jets of the Aesti went at full power. Soon, the yellow, robotic beetle was in sight. As Joe reached the tip of the powering range, he suddenly haulted and gave out a few shots. They bounced off of an invisible shield and the machine's six robotic eyes all focused upon the threating unit.
A chuckle came from Joe's mouth. "I was hoping this thing wouldn't work. Now we'll do it my way." The free hand of the Aesti let out jets of air and flew from the arm. It slowed down as it hit the Jovian Lizard's shield but broke through and grasped down upon its head. The machine's head was crushed and the whole thing exploded for a second before it was sucked into the void of space.
---
Minato noticed the four remaining targets haulting and moving back to where they came from. "Enemy units retreating. There's no way he'll be capable of destroying the others at this rate."
Yurika frowned. "I knew he'd need help. Now it's too late to even call Ryoko and the others."
A large screen displayed Joe's cockpit. "Hey! Didn't I say I'd take care of them?" he yelled with a determined look. "I was just playing with the first, but I guess its time to get serious." His face lightened and he held up his fingers in the shape of a V. "I dedicate this victory to the lovely Captain Misumaru!" With that, his screen closed.
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Jun became weary of watching Seiya shaked Akito back and forth. He figured the poor guy'll have one helluva case of whiplash when he wakes up. "Stand back. I'll do this." He walked over to Akito then held his hand up. "Gomen. Forgive me for what I'm about to do!" With that he slapped the unconscious one's face. The body remained still. "What? Gomen!" He slapped Akito again. And then he furiously slapped over and over but nothing.
"Move," Seiya said shoving Jun to the side. "Let me show you how a man does it!" Uribatake moved his arm as far back as his socket would allow. With a war cry, he let his arm fly. His palm collided with Akito's face and knocked his body back and into a desk which then turned over and dumped its contents upon him.
Seiya sweatdropped. "......Oops."
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"What is he doing?" Ines said, standing next to the captain. They were looking upon the large screen which shown the Aesti holding its gun out. "He should know that shooting won't work. Even if he could make the shots from that distance, the shields will make them useless."
Ruri gave out a gasp as she stared at her monitor. Megumi turned to her and said, "What is it, Ruri-Ruri?"
"Uh....never mind...It's nothing."
The monitor shown the Aesti give off four shots before letting its arm down. It then revolved 180 degrees and headed back to the Nadesico. Everyone on the bridge shown their own signs of being let down. "He's giving up?" Minato asked. "Well, I guess he excepted the fact that not even he-"
"All targets have been destroyed," Minato said as she saw the four dots disappear from her screen. Everyone turned to her. How was that possible?
"What?" Yurika couldn't believe it. No pilot could of pulled that off. And he took them all out with one bullet each. That'd have to be the most precise shooting anyone on the Nadesico had ever seen! Even the ones not watching.
A new window popped up and it displayed Joe with a huge grin on his face. "How do you like that, Captain Misumaru? Most impressive if I do say so myself! And you can make it up to me by excepting my offer of going out!"
Yurika's face switched from amazed to anger. "What are you saying!? You know if I went out of the Nadesico I would be sucked into space! What a mean thing to say!"
---
Stunned, Joe's Aesti simply drifting in its spot. Joe sat staring straight forward, his screen to the Nadesico had been closed a long time ago. He didn't move for a good couple of hours.
---
His feet moved slowly down the hallway. After reaching into his pocket, Joe pulled out his sheet of names once again and brought out a pen. He placed the tip next to Yurika's name and prepared to cross it out but something stopped him. "Technically..." he reminded himself. "She didn't actually say 'no'." He smiled. "I'll meerly try again later! But for now, who's second on the list?"
He peered down to see the name. "Megumi Reinard. Hopefully she'll be more understanding!" Checking his watch, he noticed it was near lunchtime. "Megumi'll have an unexpected guest!"
Joe turned around and quickly tripped over a rather large object. When he checked, he noticed it had been Ruri. "Um....What is it?"
"I have a question I must ask you, Mr. Joe."
"Well, I'm a little busy. Set your internal clock to come to me in three hours!"
A sweatdrop came to Ruri. He still thought of her as an android.
"You know, they did a pretty good job building you...but it seems they wen't cheap when it came to installing a personality. Don't worry, you'll be surprised on how well I am with a labtop! I'll plug it in and install a better one!" He patted her head, messing up her hair in the process, then turned off for the cafeteria.
"Baka," She continued her walking when a new question popped into her head, ".....Plug in?...Where is he expecting to be able to....."
To be continued...
Author's notes: Hmm, something on the monitor surprised Ruri...I wonder what it could of been. And why hasn't Akito woken up? Will the handsome Joe succeed in stealing Megumi from the distant one she loves? Where will Joe plug his labtop into? Find these things out sooner or later at the same Joe section, same Joe fanfic!
Author's notes: Hmm, I'm starting to wonder how many people read the Nadesico section. I mean, there can't be any other explanation to the lower amount of reviews I'm getting. Well, thanks to those of you who did take two minutes out of your busy lives to help keep me alive. This one's dedicated to you! Seeing as how this is a continuation of the last chapter, I'll skip the recap thing.
Chapter 4: Joe's Day Off: Part 2
Minato looked up from her screen and turned to Yurika, "Captain, five enemy units have appeared at the edge of Nadesico's radar."
"Only five? Why would they send so few?" Yurika asked.
Once again, the sound of people falling over and items falling could be heard before the door opened. This time, Ines walked in, out of breath. She straightened herself. "Allow me to explain." Not realizing Joe was currently on the floor, her heels jammed into his mouth, silencing any type of scream. "You see, its been an unusually long time since the Nadesico has encountered any enemy forces. They are most likely trying to lure us in a sense of security so that they can ambush us when we least expect it."
"But why only five?"
"I thought you graduated at the top of your class. Those five are probably just scouts and aren't planning to attack. They'll send our coordinates back to where advanced numbers are waiting."
Joe stood up and knocked Ines to the floor while doing so. "We can't let them get away! Captain, I'll show you my skills by destroying all of them right now!"
Yurika thought the decision over and was about to protest but the main screen shown Joe's Aestivalis flying away from the ship already. "I don't think he'll be able to do it, " Yurika began. "They're all too far spaced out; he can't get close to all five before they escape with out coordinates. Ruri, contact Akito!"
Ruri pulled up a window to Akito's room but found his body down on the table. "Akito," she said, but he didn't budge. She repeated over and over but nothing. A screen with a picture of an alarm clock pulled up and rang, but he still didn't move. The windows closed and Ruri faced her captain. "He appears to not be able to wake up."
She looked down a bit worried. "What can we do about Akito?" Just then, Jun walked in ready to greet his crush with a good morning but was interrupted by her smiling face. She never seemed so happy to see him, his dreams had come true! "Jun, thank goodness you're here! I need you to wake up my dear Akito!"
Jun stood silently, turned and walked out of the room. Overhearing everything in his cockpit, Joe simply gave a nod, recognizing how he must feel.
Sulking through the halls, Jun came upon Seiya Uribatake. "What are you doing to that vending machine?" In a shock, Seiya lept in the air and then turned around. He looked at his hand which contained a screwdriver and quickly hid it behind his back and smiled. "Wait, I might need your help in waking Akito, come with me!" Seiya simply nodded and happily agreed, anything to keep Jun's mind off of what was going on.
Seconds late, Izumi placed a coin into the vending machine and many more started pouring out constantly. She looked around and then scooped up all the change and ran off.
---
"What a disgraceful sight," Seiya said, staring at Akito. Jun meerly shook his head. They were both staring at the pilot/chef currently passed out on the table, with a bottle of alcohol. "Geez, he had to use two glasses?"
"And its like, seven in the morning, " Jun added. "Does he have no morals?"
Seiya quickly pocketed a canteen and thought of the times Akito had fumbled around in his Aesti and it all made sense. "My god, he's been drunk on all of his jobs!"
"Well, we can't chew him out if he's asleep. Let's wake him up."
---
The new, pink Aestivalis flew to the right of the Nadesico at top speeds. It held a standard gun in one hand and the other was empty. Joe licked his lips in excitement. "Come on ya little bugger, where are you?"
"Careful!" Megumi who was now at her station showed up on a window screen. "If you get too close you'll be out of the Nadesico's powering range."
"Don't you worry your pretty little head, " Joe said, for once not paying a woman any heed. "I know what I'm doing!"
Ruri noticed that the woman-chaser became a new man during battle. "Perhaps he may be useful after all."
The jets of the Aesti went at full power. Soon, the yellow, robotic beetle was in sight. As Joe reached the tip of the powering range, he suddenly haulted and gave out a few shots. They bounced off of an invisible shield and the machine's six robotic eyes all focused upon the threating unit.
A chuckle came from Joe's mouth. "I was hoping this thing wouldn't work. Now we'll do it my way." The free hand of the Aesti let out jets of air and flew from the arm. It slowed down as it hit the Jovian Lizard's shield but broke through and grasped down upon its head. The machine's head was crushed and the whole thing exploded for a second before it was sucked into the void of space.
---
Minato noticed the four remaining targets haulting and moving back to where they came from. "Enemy units retreating. There's no way he'll be capable of destroying the others at this rate."
Yurika frowned. "I knew he'd need help. Now it's too late to even call Ryoko and the others."
A large screen displayed Joe's cockpit. "Hey! Didn't I say I'd take care of them?" he yelled with a determined look. "I was just playing with the first, but I guess its time to get serious." His face lightened and he held up his fingers in the shape of a V. "I dedicate this victory to the lovely Captain Misumaru!" With that, his screen closed.
---
Jun became weary of watching Seiya shaked Akito back and forth. He figured the poor guy'll have one helluva case of whiplash when he wakes up. "Stand back. I'll do this." He walked over to Akito then held his hand up. "Gomen. Forgive me for what I'm about to do!" With that he slapped the unconscious one's face. The body remained still. "What? Gomen!" He slapped Akito again. And then he furiously slapped over and over but nothing.
"Move," Seiya said shoving Jun to the side. "Let me show you how a man does it!" Uribatake moved his arm as far back as his socket would allow. With a war cry, he let his arm fly. His palm collided with Akito's face and knocked his body back and into a desk which then turned over and dumped its contents upon him.
Seiya sweatdropped. "......Oops."
---
"What is he doing?" Ines said, standing next to the captain. They were looking upon the large screen which shown the Aesti holding its gun out. "He should know that shooting won't work. Even if he could make the shots from that distance, the shields will make them useless."
Ruri gave out a gasp as she stared at her monitor. Megumi turned to her and said, "What is it, Ruri-Ruri?"
"Uh....never mind...It's nothing."
The monitor shown the Aesti give off four shots before letting its arm down. It then revolved 180 degrees and headed back to the Nadesico. Everyone on the bridge shown their own signs of being let down. "He's giving up?" Minato asked. "Well, I guess he excepted the fact that not even he-"
"All targets have been destroyed," Minato said as she saw the four dots disappear from her screen. Everyone turned to her. How was that possible?
"What?" Yurika couldn't believe it. No pilot could of pulled that off. And he took them all out with one bullet each. That'd have to be the most precise shooting anyone on the Nadesico had ever seen! Even the ones not watching.
A new window popped up and it displayed Joe with a huge grin on his face. "How do you like that, Captain Misumaru? Most impressive if I do say so myself! And you can make it up to me by excepting my offer of going out!"
Yurika's face switched from amazed to anger. "What are you saying!? You know if I went out of the Nadesico I would be sucked into space! What a mean thing to say!"
---
Stunned, Joe's Aesti simply drifting in its spot. Joe sat staring straight forward, his screen to the Nadesico had been closed a long time ago. He didn't move for a good couple of hours.
---
His feet moved slowly down the hallway. After reaching into his pocket, Joe pulled out his sheet of names once again and brought out a pen. He placed the tip next to Yurika's name and prepared to cross it out but something stopped him. "Technically..." he reminded himself. "She didn't actually say 'no'." He smiled. "I'll meerly try again later! But for now, who's second on the list?"
He peered down to see the name. "Megumi Reinard. Hopefully she'll be more understanding!" Checking his watch, he noticed it was near lunchtime. "Megumi'll have an unexpected guest!"
Joe turned around and quickly tripped over a rather large object. When he checked, he noticed it had been Ruri. "Um....What is it?"
"I have a question I must ask you, Mr. Joe."
"Well, I'm a little busy. Set your internal clock to come to me in three hours!"
A sweatdrop came to Ruri. He still thought of her as an android.
"You know, they did a pretty good job building you...but it seems they wen't cheap when it came to installing a personality. Don't worry, you'll be surprised on how well I am with a labtop! I'll plug it in and install a better one!" He patted her head, messing up her hair in the process, then turned off for the cafeteria.
"Baka," She continued her walking when a new question popped into her head, ".....Plug in?...Where is he expecting to be able to....."
To be continued...
Author's notes: Hmm, something on the monitor surprised Ruri...I wonder what it could of been. And why hasn't Akito woken up? Will the handsome Joe succeed in stealing Megumi from the distant one she loves? Where will Joe plug his labtop into? Find these things out sooner or later at the same Joe section, same Joe fanfic!