Hi, my name is Buds! Just a few weeks ago, I was as normal as you are, a
bit more overweight, but otherwise a normal human being. I could play
basketball, love my anime collection [although it's not that big] and I
take my garbage out like a good boy.
But when Lina, a succubus vampire came in view, I was changed forever, as I transformed into something which I would never imagine...
WHACK!
"OW!" Buds said, his train of thoughts stopped. "Lina, what was that for?"
"You're going to be late!" Lina said, showing Buds his school bag. Buds groaned.
WHACK!
"Ow..." Buds groaned. "Alright!"
-| Omega X Present |-
-| Omega |-
-| Chapter 05: Welcome to Tai Yo High School! |-
Lina and Buds were walking down the street. It's been already a week since Buds arrived in the new dimension and during the time span, Buds improved his Japanese, Lina, Felicia and Buds also helped in moving in some furniture. It wasn't that much, but when they were done, they sighed in contentment. It was an improvement of looks, and after all, a furnished home is more beautiful than a barren one.
Buds realized quickly that Lina and Felicia have more money than he realized. Lina, having lived a very long time, and having the aid of the house of Aensland, she had riches beyond. Felicia was a dancer somewhere in America, if Buds heard correctly. She earns a steady income.
"Buds?" Lina said, waving her hand in front of him. He shook his head and looked at Lina.
"Sorry, just thinking too much..." Buds said truthfully. He looked at Lina walking beside him in the street, sun light was complimenting her figure. Buds almost couldn't get his eyes out of her smooth skin, luscious breasts, long legs, cute face... Buds shook his head.
"I need to get used to it," Buds said to no one in particular.
"Get used to what?" Lina asked.
"You, a vampire walking in sunlight..." Buds said, smiling. He lied, of course, he knew the answer. It's just that telling Lina that she seemed to have a power over him was a big disadvantage for him. They were friends, and he wanted to keep it that way.
"Oh, that. I told you Buds," Lina began. "I can walk around like a normal human being, but I can't use my powers. They will be so weak in the day that using them might drain my life."
Buds nodded. "Hey, Lina, I still don't know why you have to accompany me to school. I mean, after Mara showed us the way, I think I can handle walking there by myself..." WHACK! "OW!"
"Jerk," Lina said. "I want to come, okay? Jeez, Buds, you wouldn't complain if Felicia was the one accompanying you!"
"If Felicia accompanies me, she would have been a cat," Buds replied, smirking. "But having a cute girl like you wouldn't be too bad. I'm just looking out for the boys who would get a new strain of eyesores looking at you," Buds said, smiling now at Lina's reaction. She was blushing like a tomato. Buds got her.
"Whatever!" Lina said, trying to cover herself up. Buds just continued smirking at Lina.
"You know, you are starting to annoy me," Lina finally said as they continued walking.
"Get used to it, Lina," Buds said. "At least you are friendlier now that Felicia had to go to America to ask for a vacation."
Lina snorted. "Why, you miss your 'friend'?"
"Why, are you jealous?"
"What?!" Lina almost screamed. "I'm not jealous!"
"Yeah right, and I'm not in a Japanese School Uniform," Buds said, smirking wildly. Indeed, Buds was wearing a school uniform which was usually worn by High School Students [Dark blue pants, dark blue jacket over a white shirt]. He had his jacket unbuttoned because he felt that it was right. He would button it later when he arrived at his new school.
Lina wanted to choke the miserable life out of Buds, but she held her hands. She knew where to strike him, and all she needed was an opportunity.
POW! SLAM! "ENBUKYAKU!" POW!
Buds looked at Lina with a raised eyebrow. Lina shrugged. They both ran towards the source of the noises.
"YOU BITCH!" one of the burly boys said. He was holding his stomach. Around him were also some boys who were clutching different parts of their body. One of them was clutching his crotch.
"Ooh, that got to hurt," Buds said.
"You deserved it, you bullies!" replied the girl. Buds looked at her. She had a uniform and a skirt. She had rubber shoes, her hair was brown and her bangs making a reversed U in her head and a white hair band was seen in her forehead. She was in a fighting stance... skipping back and forth?
"You may get lucky, but you won't defeat us all at once! Charge!" the boy said, and his friends charged up to her.
The girl smiled. "FIRE SEMPUKYAKO!" the girl said, and jumped low in the air and spun around, doing a very good imitation of the cyclone kick of Ryu, except that hers had flames sprouting from her feet.
Each spin, she kicked about a boy who came next to her proximities, and they got a broken jaw. She didn't hang to the air very long. About five of the people who charged were hit. There was still one more and the leader.
The one who didn't get hit, charged as the girl was she landed, and caught her off guard. He grabbed her and pinned her to the ground.
"LET ME GO!" the girl said, trying to thrash the boy, but he was bigger and heavier, and pinned her easily to the ground.
"Well, so our bitch finally gets tangled?" the leader laughed. "Now, be a good girl and pay for your misbehavior!"
The leader approached the girl and the big boy. The boy lifted her up and pinned her hands behind her. "All we wanted was some money and you're lunch, but now, I'll take desert," the leader said and licked his lips. "You are cute!" and he moved his hands on her legs.
"Stop!" the girl said.
The leader laughed as he continued raising his hand higher.
"Hey buddy," a voice said beside him. The leader, taken by surprise, didn't see the incoming fist which implanted itself in his face. The leader staggered and flew away from the girl.
Buds got in to a fighting stance. Beating up a girl was bad, but molesting her was another thing entirely. He looked at the big boy after he punched the leader with cold eyes. "Let her go," Buds said.
The boy looked from him to the leader, then back to Buds. "NO!"
Buds sighed. He sprang to action as the big boy gasped as Buds seem to vanish from view and felt a very painful sensation in his face. Buds, whose feet avoided the girl in front of him came in contact with the bully's face and Buds switched to his other leg and the big bully felt another painful sensation in his other side of the face. It was too much and the bully let go of the girl.
Hinata was impressed. Whoever this boy was, he was a very good martial artist! Her legs almost gave way but Buds held her back up. Then, for the first time, Hinata noticed the boys face...
"What a hunk!" she said smiling like she just won a jackpot. Lina, who was keeping out of the fight, was groaning, her head in her face, trying to figure out why she deserved such fate. The mutations on Buds were taking more effects. His body was now lean and muscular, his fat replaced by very hard muscles which were resistant to blows, highly dense, and seem to replace the function of fat.
Buds ignored the comment. He didn't want to embarrass the girl now since they were in a bit of a serious situation. The leader recovered from the punch and was pissed.
"HEY! YOU BASTARD! IF YOU WANTED HER, YOU COULD HAVE SHARED!" the leader said.
"Ugh, you're sick man," Buds said in Japanese. Hinata turned beet red with anger. Was that an insult to her? "Molesting someone is no better than killing someone. If it were up to me, I'd tie you up and turn you to a girl. Let's see how you like being molested!"
Hinata now turned red with embarrassment. How could have she concluded that he was insulting her so blindly. She shook her head. She too went to a fighting stance.
The leader recovered now, and so were the other six boys. They looked ready to kill.
Buds grabbed Hinata's shoulder. "Sorry, little girl, but I'll take them. No one tries to molest a young girl and gets away with it."
Hinata wanted to complain, but she couldn't as Buds sprang to action, not giving time for the other boys to react. Quick with a punch and kick combo, and one of the boys were knocked out. He quickly went to another boy. He was much faster, and was able to do a punch, but it was a clumsy one, somewhat a reaction punch, and Buds blocked it easily, and pummeled the boy with three hard punches in the boy's chest.
The third one charged towards Buds from behind. Buds recognized the boy, the one who pinned the girl on the floor. He jumped up in the air, did a back flip and the boy got nothing but air. Buds made a smooth sweep movement, tripping the boy, but he didn't stop as he made another sweeping movement which hit the big bully again in the head.
Two of the boys, who looked alike, probably twins, had more skill than the others as they jumped in the air, one behind Buds and one in front of Buds, doing a very powerful flying kick. Unfortunately for them, their skill didn't overcome their stupidity as they didn't realize the situation. Buds did though and he casually ducked. The two brothers hit each other in their groins.
The sixth one just took a look on how casually Buds seemed to dispose his friends. He was smart. He ran away when Buds was looking at him. He tripped when Lina poked her foot out.
Buds smirked. It wasn't so bad.
The leader didn't take it quite well. He didn't want to have the people know that his gang was defeated by a mere boy! He sneaked up behind Buds with a very mean looking metal pole, and then, when the moment was right, he charged.
"YAAAHHH!"
Buds sighed. Maybe he'd show how hard his muscles are... He turned around and waited, not even blinking. The leader was about to say 'Yatta!' and celebrated when his eyes widened. A shoe was coming towards him at a fast pace, and he didn't have time to dodge as the shoe hit him hard in the face. The leader lingered in the air a few seconds after impact, and then fell down to the ground.
Buds frowned as he turned around. He could have showed those guys... (Oh well, maybe next time,) Buds thought. The girl who had a shoe missing was skipping him. Buds picked up the shoe waited for the girl to stop. Well, she didn't and Buds' eyes widened as he saw the girls face panic like she seemed to forget how to put her brakes.
"YAHH!" BBOOOMM!!!
Lina groaned as she saw the girl land on top of Buds. "Ite..." she said, scratching her head.
Buds sighed. "You're shoe," he said, holding up the girls shoe.
"Oh, thanks!" the girl said. She stood up and smoothened her skirt. Slapping each of her hands on each other, she gave a look at Buds. It was a look of curiosity. "Hey, I'm Hinata Wakana! Thanks for helping me!" and she gave him a slight bow.
"I'm Buds... Buds Kintaro," Buds said, remembering his name which Mara registered him for.
"Wow... you are cute..." Hinata said, acting a bit mesmerized. He was staring him in the eye with a tinkle of curiosity.
(Red irises... I only met a few people with red irises...) Hinata thought. (They are so pretty...)
"I'm Lina Aensland," Lina suddenly appeared between Hinata and Buds. She had a very cold look. "Now if you excuse us, we were going to school. After the tussle, Buds seem to be late."
"Oh good!" Hinata said, with unbelievable sweetness. "I'm on my way to school. What school do you go to?"
"Tai Yo, so if you excuse us..." Lina was cut off.
"Oh, cool! I'm going there was well! You're new?" Hinata asked Buds. Lina groaned, wanting to get a wall to hit her head.
"Yeah, I'm new. It's my first day..." Buds replied, but he was cut off.
"That's good and all, but we really have to go," Lina said, and proceeded to drag Buds away.
"I'll come! It will be a good way to know you much better. Lina, are you also attending school?" Hinata asked.
A shout of expatriation was heard all over the Tokyo Area.
=Tai Yo High School=
Buds sighed as he entered the grounds. Hinata wasn't much affected by Lina's outburst, and her voice seem to go even more sugary sweet that Lina had to glare at the girl every so often, grabbing Buds' hand. Buds sighed again.
"Anyway, Buds, here we are! Tai Yo high school! I'll show you around later!" Hinata said.
Lina was about to open her mouth and shout again when Buds cut in. "Thanks Lina. Thanks for accompanying me here. I'll be home after school, okay?" Buds said, smiling. He looked so calm and peaceful, but inside, he was in a turmoil. (Oh God, don't shout or get berserk! We just met the poor girl...) Buds thought.
Lina looked at Buds with a serious expression, saying 'I know what you are planning'. Buds gulped. Could she really read his mind?
Lina suddenly broke into a grin. "Sure, Buds!" and she gave a last glare at Hinata before walking away.
Buds sighed as he watched Lina walk away. Whether she admitted it or not, she was insanely jealous, and Buds didn't know what to do with a woman like that. The last thing she needed was her to kill him painfully because of another accident Hinata or any other girl might have while running into him.
"Come on!" Hinata said, taking his arm and dragging him away.
(What's with girls in this dimension?) Buds thought. (Hell, I couldn't even have a girl try to even touch my shoulders back home...) and he just let the excited girl drag him away.
Hinata dragged Buds towards the classrooms, and Buds suddenly remembered that he didn't get his schedule. Hinata sighed, but then begged Buds not to leave her when he said he was going back down. Buds then realized that even with his mutated or evolved body, he still had the weakness of any boy. The sad-puppy-dog eyes technique cracked through his defenses like a hot knife through butter.
Buds was dragged once again by the over excited Hinata towards the class room. They were late, and the teacher had already started class when they entered. The teacher looked at them disapprovingly. "You're late," she said.
"I'm sorry, Kyoko-sensei!" Hinata said, bowing.
"You are the new student, aren't you?" Kyoko asked, not recognizing Buds from before. Buds nodded. He looked at the woman in front of him. She was damn attractive, and her dark hair complimented her eyes behind those spectacles. "I'm sorry, but you are late, and being new doesn't excuse you for being late."
"I ran into her. Some boys were giving her some trouble. I helped out," Buds said neutrally, pointing at Hinata. Kyoko-sensei narrowed her eyes. The boy seem to have no fear in authority, yet when he answered her, it wasn't a sneer or something disrespectful. It intrigued her.
"Really?" Kyoko asked, looking at Hinata.
"Yes," Hinata said, looking serious. "If he didn't help, I wouldn't have gotten to school at all."
Kyoko raised her eyebrows. Hinata, being serious? There were only a few rare moments where Hinata was very serious about some things. If what happened earlier was serious...
"Okay, Miss Wakana. Please take your seat," Kyoko said. Hinata smiled and took her seat near the front. Kyoko sighed. "Well, Mr..." Kyoko looked at her book. "Kintaro, Would you please introduce yourself?"
Buds walked towards the front calmly. He seemed confident, like a man who couldn't make a mistake. When he was in front of the class, he smiled at them. "Hello, my name is buds Kintaro. I'm half-half," he said, still smiling. He got this part already and he practiced it for two days. "My mom is a Japanese nurse who fell in love with my Filipino dad," Buds said smiling. Kyoko looked interested now. "When they met, they told me that they fell in love at once. Love at first sight they said, and married in the Philippines. 17 years ago, I was born, and due to genetics and random factors, I look like what I look like today. I know wanted to know more about my other Heritage. My mom taught me Japanese ever since I was a boy, and I hope that my stay here will be very exciting," and he gave a quick wink to some of the girls. They blushed.
(Ha ha,) Buds thought. (So it is true that some girls have Hentai minds... Geisha culture my behind...)
Kyoko cleared her throat. "Okay, Mr. Kintaro..."
"Buds, Miss Kyoko, call me Buds," Buds said, smiling. Kyoko looked a bit flustered but then recovered at once [hey, she's a teacher].
"Alright, Buds, please take a seat. You are excused for today, but the next time, please come to school early," Kyoko said, her professional demeanor coming back.
Buds nodded and walked away, then paused. "Uh, where do I seat?"
Kyoko looked blank, then smiled. "There are empty seats around, right? Please raise you're hand if there is..." BANG! SLAM! POW! "OW!" "There is any empty seat near you..."
Buds almost laughed. The girls seemed to push the people beside them off their chairs, and raised their hands. Buds smiled and ignored them. He spotted someone who looked very calm at the scene. No girl seemed to push him off his seat. He had light yellow colored hair, almost white, and had sure glasses. He had an empty seat beside him. Buds sat there.
=Lunch Time=
Buds was under a tree planted in the grounds. It gave him shade, which was welcome to the sun which was scorching because of his uniform. Dark colors attracted heat like honey attracts flies and Buds didn't know if his dark skin would grow even darker. Nah, he didn't take a chance.
"Buds!" someone shouted. Buds looked towards his left and smiled. Hinata was running towards him, dragging another poor boy. He had short brown hair, blue clothes and red gloves. He had a distinct X mark on his forehead. Behind Hinata was the same guy who buds sat beside in the classroom. He was smiling a it at Hinata's display.
"Buds, there you are," Hinata said, with the same sweet voice. "I've been looking all over for you!" she pouted.
Buds smiled. "Sorry," he said. "So, why were you looking for me?"
"I wanted to thank you for this morning," Hinata said, looking very nervous. Buds raised an eyebrow.
"Oh that," buds said, and began thinking. Reading a few issues of cosmopolitan, and reading Ranma fanfics, he knew that Hinata was a martial artist. Was she like Akane? "It's okay Hinata. You're welcome. Actually, you could have taken those boys down. You're legs were free to kick the guy's groin. You were just waiting for the right time, right?"
Hinata was flushed. Yes, she was about to kick the guy's butt, but she pretended she was a helpless girl when Buds rescued her. After all, he was cute. And he complimented her fighting skills!
"I'm Batsu," the boy with the scar said. "Batsu Ichimonji. I also transferred here last year," and he offered his hand. Buds took it and shook it firmly.
"I'm Kyosuke Kagami," the boy with glasses said. He also held out his hand. Buds shook it firmly again.
"You guys seem to know about Filipinos. Usually, Japanese bow instead of shaking hands," Buds said, smiling.
Batsu scratched his head. "Well, yeah. Kyosuke here thought it would be a good idea, saying that Filipinos adapted in the Western behaviors. Did we do it wrong?"
Buds smiled. "Actually, you guys made my day." And they all laughed.
"Buds, want to go to the cafeteria?" Hinata said. "They got some good stuff," and buds said yes. He stood up and joined the group, smiling. Looks like he found some new friends.
=Streets of Juuban=
Hinata was smiling as he dragged Buds towards her favorite store. Buds found himself unable to defend himself with this girls SPD [sad puppy dog] eyes and he was promptly dragged away at the end of the school day.
| Flashback |
"Buds, come on!" Hinata said. "I got something to show you! I want you to meet my other friends!"
"Huh?" Buds was all he could say before Hinata took his arm. He was supposed to go home. He promised Lina.
"Come on, Buds," Hinata said, using her SPD eyes technique.
"But..." Buds was cut of when a hand came over his shoulders.
"Go, Buds. Hinata rarely invites boys with meetings with her friends. It might be interesting," Kyosuke said, smiling a bit.
"Lucky dog!" Batsu said, slapping has back very hard, although Buds didn't feel the pain. Buds just gave them a pleading look before he was dragged away.
Kyosuke chuckled. "I hope he survives. Last time Hinata invited you, you almost died of over dose."
"Well, we cannot really stop her, right?" Batsu said, looking a the cloud of dust which was a result of Hinata running. "Hope he had an insulin shot..."
| End of Flashback |
Buds sighed. Lina was really going to kill him.
"Here we are!" Hinata said.
Buds looked surprised. An ice cream store?
"Come on. My friends want to meet with you!" Hinata said, not telling the fact that he just brought Buds in a spur of the moment.
"Do I have too?" Buds said, very Andy Bogard-like in Fatal fury the Motion Picture.
Hinata smiled. She dragged him inside.
=Time Gates=
Pluto frowned. All the timelines were normal, but she knew they were affected somehow. It was all showing an Omega sign and she didn't understand what was going on.
She sat down, on the couch. She was suddenly in her apartment and she had a headache. It would be better if she didn't know, but she had to.
=Washu's Lab=
Washu was typing like mad. Power fluctuation readings in a moment, and then, gone! What was it? Who caused it? What caused it? Are there more than one party responsible?
Washu shouted in expatriation. She had no data, no info, and she was having a headache. Ooh, she was really going to have her hands full.
=Juuban=
Hinata was laughing with her other friends. Having dragged Buds in the ice cream store where her friends Tiffany, Natsu and Sakura were supposed to meet, Buds was more outgoing than Batsu was. He joked with them, talked with them.
Tiffany was an easy target. Knowledgeable in English, gave tiffany some edge of privacy as she talked to him in English of things she couldn't translate in Japanese. Buds also seem to have a quality in looking in the eyes when talking to a person, not to anywhere else. Tiffany had to respect that.
The same quality also made Natsu respect Buds as well. Not only that, when Natsu was talking, he listened.
Hinata was glad that Buds and her friends were getting along well. Sakura didn't show up, but then she would be there. She usually runs late. Hinata continued eating her cake.
Buds looked at his watch. He sighed. "I'm sorry, but I really have to go," Buds said. "Lina has a bad temper, and if I brake my promise in going home early, she'd throw a fit."
Hinata looked at Buds. "Lina, the woman from this morning?" Buds nodded. "Who is she? I mean, is she you're girlfriend?"
Buds almost choked. He never thought about that. "Well..." buds said after a few seconds. "I can say that she likes me, but she's a friend. I live with her in the house, so she is responsible for my well being. She gets fits when she thinks something is wrong with me."
"You live with her?" Natsu said with raised eyebrows.
"Where are your parents?" Hinata asked.
Buds smiled, although sadly. His parents think he is dead, "they are dead," he lied.
"I'm sorry," Hinata apologized.
Buds waved her hand. "It's okay. Got over it a year ago. Lina's been taking care of me ever since. Her parents and my parents were friends," Buds said. "Thanks anyway for the cake." He stood up and bowed towards them. He walked out of the store, waving his hand.
It took a few moments, and then Hinata broke to a smile. "Well, he is much more outgoing than that shy Batsu."
"I agree with that..." Tiffany said.
"Well, that was..." the door of the store opened and revealed Sakura. Hinata got angry. "What took you so long?"
"Sorry," Sakura said, scratching her head nervously. "I had a figh... I mean I had something up."
Hinata sighed. "You missed him. He just walked a few minutes ago," Hinata said.
"Huh? Oh dang!" and Sakura ran out again. Natsu raised her eyebrows, and so did Tiffany.
"What was that all about?"
"I called her earlier today. I said that Buds was a great fighter. She wanted to challenge him," Hinata replied, shaking her head.
Somewhere in the streets in Juuban, Buds was jumping from roof to roof. His muscles in his legs were more than enough to make him copy Ranma, and if the building was too far, he'd use his tentacles as leverage, swinging to another building.
Buds was lost. Very lost. He was starting to think of a reason why he was late. It was growing dark after all.
"IN THE NAME OF THE MOON! YOU SHALL BE DESTROYED!" a voice resonated in the city.
Buds groaned. He stopped jumping and landed in a building near the fight. The Sailor Senshi were there in their full glory and Buds was looking up their legs. (Their skirts really are that short!) Buds thought. (Damn it, damn it! Why the hell are those fuku idiots here? They look older than 14 so that means they met the Outers, possibly Hotaru and Pluto, were awakened. That is bad. By this time, Pluto would be cynical, watching any one that threatens Crystal Tokyo. And if I'm a legend of Makai, how could I be assured that Pluto wouldn't know about it?)
Buds decided that not being seen was the best course of action.
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM ATTACK!" Sailor Venus said, throwing energy at a wide arc. The monster was hit directly and it growled in pain.
Buds shrugged. The monster seems to have good endurance, but the Sailor Senshi are taking care of it without the help of the Outers. That is good. It means he didn't need to interfere.
"Who are you?" said a voice behind Buds. Buds turned his back and saw...
"Tuxedo Mask," Buds said with raised eyebrows. He smiled. "so, waiting for them to get into trouble, then help them to appear like a hero?"
"What?!" Mamurou asked. "How dare you?"
"I don't dare," Buds said. "I'm stating a fact. You know, I watch... I heard about you're group. I know more than some average people. I'm a fan," Buds said, pausing a bit, looking at the battle. "I think you are a coward, not fighting with them, only attacking with a rose when the circumstances are comfortable."
"HOW DARE YOU!" Tuxedo Mask said, charging towards him. His cane was out, and swiped it down.
Buds snorted. He sidestepped the attack and gave a good punch in Mamurou's stomach. Tux boy grunted in pain and fell down unconscious.
Buds looked at his fist and sighed. "Some Prince," Buds said. He looked at the battle raging from below. The Sailor Senshis were losing. Buds cursed. He was about to leave when Tuxedo Mask grunted.
Buds realized that maybe knocking him out was a bad idea. He would surely stalk him now, and the Senshis would blame him... If managed to survive.
Buds was about to leave them be. Maybe they'd be killed and they wouldn't bother him, but being a good young man, he sighed. (I must be crazy) he thought, then jumped down from the building.
"MWAHAHAHA! DIE!" the monster said, raising her sword in the air. She was about to strike Sailor Jupiter when she noticed a blur coming in her flank.
Buds, using Spiderman's favorite move, he swung down towards the monster with his two feet out and slammed her hard in the face. He quickly retracted his tentacles and landed smoothly in front of Jupiter. He faced her and smiled. Jupiter's eyes went into stars at once.
"WHO DARES?!" the monster said.
"I dare," Buds said.
"Who is he?" "Wow! A hunk!" "He looks like my old Sempai!" "I don't trust him..." "Uh, ano, who are you?" The last statement was said by Sailor Moon.
"No time, babe," Buds said as he focused his eyes on the monster woman. "I'm in a hurry, so just concentrate, power up. I'll weaken her."
"DIE!" the monster said, and she raised the sword over her head.
"Very predictable," Buds said. "Hope you like my Bracer!"
And Buds vanished from view and appeared in front of the monster. He gave a very hard kick towards the monster's stomach and the monster flew up in the sky. He released his tentacles and using hip like motions, he raised his hands and his tentacles extended, hitting the monster hard in the air, then brought his arms back down, tentacles still extended, whipping the monster again. When he was done, he gave a thumbs up to Sailor Moon.
"NOW SAILOR MOON!" Buds said. He jumped out of the way and the monster finally landed on the ground with a hard thud.
"Right!" Moon replied, and powered up. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
The attack hit the monster dead on and the monster shouted in pain and vanished from view as a gigantic heart slammed into her. It faded to nothingness.
Buds smiled. Actually, he smirked. He always wanted to go toe to toe with those Youmas. They weren't that hard to defeat. (Oh well, maybe donning a costume and helping the Senshi might give me some more work out and experience... Nah... that would be copying Carrot in Gaijin.)
"Who are you?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Oh, I'm not much of importance," Buds said. He looked around. "Um, sorry, but this is embarrassing. I'm new here, so I want to ask. Do you guys know here Taiyo high School is?"
"It's over there," Mars said pointing towards the north-west. "But excuse me, it's late to go to school..."
"Man, we meet a boy who has the worse sense of direction, now we meet a boy with the worse sense of time," Venus said. "Their both cute though!"
"Rrright," buds said. "Anyway, thanks." And he jumped away.
"Wait! Who are you?" sailor Moon asked again, but Buds was gone.
The other Sailor Senshis were looking at the empty space where Buds was.
"Jeez, who was that?" Venus asked.
"I don't trust him," Mars said.
"Whatever. He looked like my old sempai," Jupiter repeated. The other Senshis rolled their eyes.
"Anyway, we should get going..."
There was sound of running going towards them. "EXCUSE ME!" a girl's voice said. She tried her brakes but like bad car brakes, she still slid on the ground. She finally stopped a few inches away from the Sailor Senshi. She had short brown hair and had a white bandana flowing in her head. "Excuse me," she said, trying to hold her breath. "Did you see any guy pass by? My friend said that he had long spiky hair and had big muscles and a fighter. Also something about red irises, don't know what that means though..."
"Uh... I think she's talking about that boy..." Venus said. "Well, we met a boy with the same description; he went to Taiyo high School."
"Oh, damn. He runs so fast!" and Sakura began running again.
"Weird..." Jupiter said.
In the shadows, a female watched the fight. She smoothened her chin with her fingers. "Interesting, Buds..."
=Lina's House=
Buds sighed. After reaching school, he finally was able to find his way home. He jumped silently from roof to roof, and landed softly in the garden. No use showing in the front gate. He stalked towards the house, and was about to sneak in when a pair of hands grabbed him from the back and pinned him down.
Shock, the only thing he felt was him falling towards the ground, and hot breathes in his neck. Buds shivered.
"Where were you?" Lina asked. She brought her lips nearer his neck. Buds' hair went straight as she began to breathe out through her mouth.
"I... I was lost..." Buds said, trying to swallow. He could never get why he was so powerless when he feels her breath or her lips in his neck. "I ran into some girls..."
Lina growled. She exhaled deeply in her mouth making Buds shiver with fear and excitement. She knew the feeling. She knew that that was the only thing that she could do to really make him feel sensations.
"Hey, get you're mind of the gutter! They were the Sailor Senshi!" Buds said seriously. "If I did something like what you were thinking, I'd be facing not one but nine of them!"
"You seem to know a lot about the Sailor Senshi..." Lina said, still pinning Buds in the ground.
"Well, from where I come from, their adventures are in a story. I watched them all before when I was really young..."
Lina giggled. "A boy, watching the Sailor Senshi?"
"Hey, I was really young, and I really thought Mars, Venus and Jupiter were sexy... Well, they were," and Buds shivered. "But they are not as sexy as you!"
Lina grinned. "Trying to buy your way out?" and she paused. "Oh well, compliments get you... everything..." she stood up, but not before she gave a painful knee in Buds' stomach. Buds felt it but it was nothing more than a tap for him. Still, he pretended to get hurt.
"Ooof!" Buds said.
Lina smiled even wider. "Whatever Buds. I know you didn't feel it. Anyway tell me about you're day..."
Buds smiled. He proceeded to tell her an edited version of what happened today.
To Be continued...
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NEXT: Sakura finally gets to meet Buds, and they fight! Dema comes in and Buds and her fight. Another woman comes in... All hell brakes loose!
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But when Lina, a succubus vampire came in view, I was changed forever, as I transformed into something which I would never imagine...
WHACK!
"OW!" Buds said, his train of thoughts stopped. "Lina, what was that for?"
"You're going to be late!" Lina said, showing Buds his school bag. Buds groaned.
WHACK!
"Ow..." Buds groaned. "Alright!"
-| Omega X Present |-
-| Omega |-
-| Chapter 05: Welcome to Tai Yo High School! |-
Lina and Buds were walking down the street. It's been already a week since Buds arrived in the new dimension and during the time span, Buds improved his Japanese, Lina, Felicia and Buds also helped in moving in some furniture. It wasn't that much, but when they were done, they sighed in contentment. It was an improvement of looks, and after all, a furnished home is more beautiful than a barren one.
Buds realized quickly that Lina and Felicia have more money than he realized. Lina, having lived a very long time, and having the aid of the house of Aensland, she had riches beyond. Felicia was a dancer somewhere in America, if Buds heard correctly. She earns a steady income.
"Buds?" Lina said, waving her hand in front of him. He shook his head and looked at Lina.
"Sorry, just thinking too much..." Buds said truthfully. He looked at Lina walking beside him in the street, sun light was complimenting her figure. Buds almost couldn't get his eyes out of her smooth skin, luscious breasts, long legs, cute face... Buds shook his head.
"I need to get used to it," Buds said to no one in particular.
"Get used to what?" Lina asked.
"You, a vampire walking in sunlight..." Buds said, smiling. He lied, of course, he knew the answer. It's just that telling Lina that she seemed to have a power over him was a big disadvantage for him. They were friends, and he wanted to keep it that way.
"Oh, that. I told you Buds," Lina began. "I can walk around like a normal human being, but I can't use my powers. They will be so weak in the day that using them might drain my life."
Buds nodded. "Hey, Lina, I still don't know why you have to accompany me to school. I mean, after Mara showed us the way, I think I can handle walking there by myself..." WHACK! "OW!"
"Jerk," Lina said. "I want to come, okay? Jeez, Buds, you wouldn't complain if Felicia was the one accompanying you!"
"If Felicia accompanies me, she would have been a cat," Buds replied, smirking. "But having a cute girl like you wouldn't be too bad. I'm just looking out for the boys who would get a new strain of eyesores looking at you," Buds said, smiling now at Lina's reaction. She was blushing like a tomato. Buds got her.
"Whatever!" Lina said, trying to cover herself up. Buds just continued smirking at Lina.
"You know, you are starting to annoy me," Lina finally said as they continued walking.
"Get used to it, Lina," Buds said. "At least you are friendlier now that Felicia had to go to America to ask for a vacation."
Lina snorted. "Why, you miss your 'friend'?"
"Why, are you jealous?"
"What?!" Lina almost screamed. "I'm not jealous!"
"Yeah right, and I'm not in a Japanese School Uniform," Buds said, smirking wildly. Indeed, Buds was wearing a school uniform which was usually worn by High School Students [Dark blue pants, dark blue jacket over a white shirt]. He had his jacket unbuttoned because he felt that it was right. He would button it later when he arrived at his new school.
Lina wanted to choke the miserable life out of Buds, but she held her hands. She knew where to strike him, and all she needed was an opportunity.
POW! SLAM! "ENBUKYAKU!" POW!
Buds looked at Lina with a raised eyebrow. Lina shrugged. They both ran towards the source of the noises.
"YOU BITCH!" one of the burly boys said. He was holding his stomach. Around him were also some boys who were clutching different parts of their body. One of them was clutching his crotch.
"Ooh, that got to hurt," Buds said.
"You deserved it, you bullies!" replied the girl. Buds looked at her. She had a uniform and a skirt. She had rubber shoes, her hair was brown and her bangs making a reversed U in her head and a white hair band was seen in her forehead. She was in a fighting stance... skipping back and forth?
"You may get lucky, but you won't defeat us all at once! Charge!" the boy said, and his friends charged up to her.
The girl smiled. "FIRE SEMPUKYAKO!" the girl said, and jumped low in the air and spun around, doing a very good imitation of the cyclone kick of Ryu, except that hers had flames sprouting from her feet.
Each spin, she kicked about a boy who came next to her proximities, and they got a broken jaw. She didn't hang to the air very long. About five of the people who charged were hit. There was still one more and the leader.
The one who didn't get hit, charged as the girl was she landed, and caught her off guard. He grabbed her and pinned her to the ground.
"LET ME GO!" the girl said, trying to thrash the boy, but he was bigger and heavier, and pinned her easily to the ground.
"Well, so our bitch finally gets tangled?" the leader laughed. "Now, be a good girl and pay for your misbehavior!"
The leader approached the girl and the big boy. The boy lifted her up and pinned her hands behind her. "All we wanted was some money and you're lunch, but now, I'll take desert," the leader said and licked his lips. "You are cute!" and he moved his hands on her legs.
"Stop!" the girl said.
The leader laughed as he continued raising his hand higher.
"Hey buddy," a voice said beside him. The leader, taken by surprise, didn't see the incoming fist which implanted itself in his face. The leader staggered and flew away from the girl.
Buds got in to a fighting stance. Beating up a girl was bad, but molesting her was another thing entirely. He looked at the big boy after he punched the leader with cold eyes. "Let her go," Buds said.
The boy looked from him to the leader, then back to Buds. "NO!"
Buds sighed. He sprang to action as the big boy gasped as Buds seem to vanish from view and felt a very painful sensation in his face. Buds, whose feet avoided the girl in front of him came in contact with the bully's face and Buds switched to his other leg and the big bully felt another painful sensation in his other side of the face. It was too much and the bully let go of the girl.
Hinata was impressed. Whoever this boy was, he was a very good martial artist! Her legs almost gave way but Buds held her back up. Then, for the first time, Hinata noticed the boys face...
"What a hunk!" she said smiling like she just won a jackpot. Lina, who was keeping out of the fight, was groaning, her head in her face, trying to figure out why she deserved such fate. The mutations on Buds were taking more effects. His body was now lean and muscular, his fat replaced by very hard muscles which were resistant to blows, highly dense, and seem to replace the function of fat.
Buds ignored the comment. He didn't want to embarrass the girl now since they were in a bit of a serious situation. The leader recovered from the punch and was pissed.
"HEY! YOU BASTARD! IF YOU WANTED HER, YOU COULD HAVE SHARED!" the leader said.
"Ugh, you're sick man," Buds said in Japanese. Hinata turned beet red with anger. Was that an insult to her? "Molesting someone is no better than killing someone. If it were up to me, I'd tie you up and turn you to a girl. Let's see how you like being molested!"
Hinata now turned red with embarrassment. How could have she concluded that he was insulting her so blindly. She shook her head. She too went to a fighting stance.
The leader recovered now, and so were the other six boys. They looked ready to kill.
Buds grabbed Hinata's shoulder. "Sorry, little girl, but I'll take them. No one tries to molest a young girl and gets away with it."
Hinata wanted to complain, but she couldn't as Buds sprang to action, not giving time for the other boys to react. Quick with a punch and kick combo, and one of the boys were knocked out. He quickly went to another boy. He was much faster, and was able to do a punch, but it was a clumsy one, somewhat a reaction punch, and Buds blocked it easily, and pummeled the boy with three hard punches in the boy's chest.
The third one charged towards Buds from behind. Buds recognized the boy, the one who pinned the girl on the floor. He jumped up in the air, did a back flip and the boy got nothing but air. Buds made a smooth sweep movement, tripping the boy, but he didn't stop as he made another sweeping movement which hit the big bully again in the head.
Two of the boys, who looked alike, probably twins, had more skill than the others as they jumped in the air, one behind Buds and one in front of Buds, doing a very powerful flying kick. Unfortunately for them, their skill didn't overcome their stupidity as they didn't realize the situation. Buds did though and he casually ducked. The two brothers hit each other in their groins.
The sixth one just took a look on how casually Buds seemed to dispose his friends. He was smart. He ran away when Buds was looking at him. He tripped when Lina poked her foot out.
Buds smirked. It wasn't so bad.
The leader didn't take it quite well. He didn't want to have the people know that his gang was defeated by a mere boy! He sneaked up behind Buds with a very mean looking metal pole, and then, when the moment was right, he charged.
"YAAAHHH!"
Buds sighed. Maybe he'd show how hard his muscles are... He turned around and waited, not even blinking. The leader was about to say 'Yatta!' and celebrated when his eyes widened. A shoe was coming towards him at a fast pace, and he didn't have time to dodge as the shoe hit him hard in the face. The leader lingered in the air a few seconds after impact, and then fell down to the ground.
Buds frowned as he turned around. He could have showed those guys... (Oh well, maybe next time,) Buds thought. The girl who had a shoe missing was skipping him. Buds picked up the shoe waited for the girl to stop. Well, she didn't and Buds' eyes widened as he saw the girls face panic like she seemed to forget how to put her brakes.
"YAHH!" BBOOOMM!!!
Lina groaned as she saw the girl land on top of Buds. "Ite..." she said, scratching her head.
Buds sighed. "You're shoe," he said, holding up the girls shoe.
"Oh, thanks!" the girl said. She stood up and smoothened her skirt. Slapping each of her hands on each other, she gave a look at Buds. It was a look of curiosity. "Hey, I'm Hinata Wakana! Thanks for helping me!" and she gave him a slight bow.
"I'm Buds... Buds Kintaro," Buds said, remembering his name which Mara registered him for.
"Wow... you are cute..." Hinata said, acting a bit mesmerized. He was staring him in the eye with a tinkle of curiosity.
(Red irises... I only met a few people with red irises...) Hinata thought. (They are so pretty...)
"I'm Lina Aensland," Lina suddenly appeared between Hinata and Buds. She had a very cold look. "Now if you excuse us, we were going to school. After the tussle, Buds seem to be late."
"Oh good!" Hinata said, with unbelievable sweetness. "I'm on my way to school. What school do you go to?"
"Tai Yo, so if you excuse us..." Lina was cut off.
"Oh, cool! I'm going there was well! You're new?" Hinata asked Buds. Lina groaned, wanting to get a wall to hit her head.
"Yeah, I'm new. It's my first day..." Buds replied, but he was cut off.
"That's good and all, but we really have to go," Lina said, and proceeded to drag Buds away.
"I'll come! It will be a good way to know you much better. Lina, are you also attending school?" Hinata asked.
A shout of expatriation was heard all over the Tokyo Area.
=Tai Yo High School=
Buds sighed as he entered the grounds. Hinata wasn't much affected by Lina's outburst, and her voice seem to go even more sugary sweet that Lina had to glare at the girl every so often, grabbing Buds' hand. Buds sighed again.
"Anyway, Buds, here we are! Tai Yo high school! I'll show you around later!" Hinata said.
Lina was about to open her mouth and shout again when Buds cut in. "Thanks Lina. Thanks for accompanying me here. I'll be home after school, okay?" Buds said, smiling. He looked so calm and peaceful, but inside, he was in a turmoil. (Oh God, don't shout or get berserk! We just met the poor girl...) Buds thought.
Lina looked at Buds with a serious expression, saying 'I know what you are planning'. Buds gulped. Could she really read his mind?
Lina suddenly broke into a grin. "Sure, Buds!" and she gave a last glare at Hinata before walking away.
Buds sighed as he watched Lina walk away. Whether she admitted it or not, she was insanely jealous, and Buds didn't know what to do with a woman like that. The last thing she needed was her to kill him painfully because of another accident Hinata or any other girl might have while running into him.
"Come on!" Hinata said, taking his arm and dragging him away.
(What's with girls in this dimension?) Buds thought. (Hell, I couldn't even have a girl try to even touch my shoulders back home...) and he just let the excited girl drag him away.
Hinata dragged Buds towards the classrooms, and Buds suddenly remembered that he didn't get his schedule. Hinata sighed, but then begged Buds not to leave her when he said he was going back down. Buds then realized that even with his mutated or evolved body, he still had the weakness of any boy. The sad-puppy-dog eyes technique cracked through his defenses like a hot knife through butter.
Buds was dragged once again by the over excited Hinata towards the class room. They were late, and the teacher had already started class when they entered. The teacher looked at them disapprovingly. "You're late," she said.
"I'm sorry, Kyoko-sensei!" Hinata said, bowing.
"You are the new student, aren't you?" Kyoko asked, not recognizing Buds from before. Buds nodded. He looked at the woman in front of him. She was damn attractive, and her dark hair complimented her eyes behind those spectacles. "I'm sorry, but you are late, and being new doesn't excuse you for being late."
"I ran into her. Some boys were giving her some trouble. I helped out," Buds said neutrally, pointing at Hinata. Kyoko-sensei narrowed her eyes. The boy seem to have no fear in authority, yet when he answered her, it wasn't a sneer or something disrespectful. It intrigued her.
"Really?" Kyoko asked, looking at Hinata.
"Yes," Hinata said, looking serious. "If he didn't help, I wouldn't have gotten to school at all."
Kyoko raised her eyebrows. Hinata, being serious? There were only a few rare moments where Hinata was very serious about some things. If what happened earlier was serious...
"Okay, Miss Wakana. Please take your seat," Kyoko said. Hinata smiled and took her seat near the front. Kyoko sighed. "Well, Mr..." Kyoko looked at her book. "Kintaro, Would you please introduce yourself?"
Buds walked towards the front calmly. He seemed confident, like a man who couldn't make a mistake. When he was in front of the class, he smiled at them. "Hello, my name is buds Kintaro. I'm half-half," he said, still smiling. He got this part already and he practiced it for two days. "My mom is a Japanese nurse who fell in love with my Filipino dad," Buds said smiling. Kyoko looked interested now. "When they met, they told me that they fell in love at once. Love at first sight they said, and married in the Philippines. 17 years ago, I was born, and due to genetics and random factors, I look like what I look like today. I know wanted to know more about my other Heritage. My mom taught me Japanese ever since I was a boy, and I hope that my stay here will be very exciting," and he gave a quick wink to some of the girls. They blushed.
(Ha ha,) Buds thought. (So it is true that some girls have Hentai minds... Geisha culture my behind...)
Kyoko cleared her throat. "Okay, Mr. Kintaro..."
"Buds, Miss Kyoko, call me Buds," Buds said, smiling. Kyoko looked a bit flustered but then recovered at once [hey, she's a teacher].
"Alright, Buds, please take a seat. You are excused for today, but the next time, please come to school early," Kyoko said, her professional demeanor coming back.
Buds nodded and walked away, then paused. "Uh, where do I seat?"
Kyoko looked blank, then smiled. "There are empty seats around, right? Please raise you're hand if there is..." BANG! SLAM! POW! "OW!" "There is any empty seat near you..."
Buds almost laughed. The girls seemed to push the people beside them off their chairs, and raised their hands. Buds smiled and ignored them. He spotted someone who looked very calm at the scene. No girl seemed to push him off his seat. He had light yellow colored hair, almost white, and had sure glasses. He had an empty seat beside him. Buds sat there.
=Lunch Time=
Buds was under a tree planted in the grounds. It gave him shade, which was welcome to the sun which was scorching because of his uniform. Dark colors attracted heat like honey attracts flies and Buds didn't know if his dark skin would grow even darker. Nah, he didn't take a chance.
"Buds!" someone shouted. Buds looked towards his left and smiled. Hinata was running towards him, dragging another poor boy. He had short brown hair, blue clothes and red gloves. He had a distinct X mark on his forehead. Behind Hinata was the same guy who buds sat beside in the classroom. He was smiling a it at Hinata's display.
"Buds, there you are," Hinata said, with the same sweet voice. "I've been looking all over for you!" she pouted.
Buds smiled. "Sorry," he said. "So, why were you looking for me?"
"I wanted to thank you for this morning," Hinata said, looking very nervous. Buds raised an eyebrow.
"Oh that," buds said, and began thinking. Reading a few issues of cosmopolitan, and reading Ranma fanfics, he knew that Hinata was a martial artist. Was she like Akane? "It's okay Hinata. You're welcome. Actually, you could have taken those boys down. You're legs were free to kick the guy's groin. You were just waiting for the right time, right?"
Hinata was flushed. Yes, she was about to kick the guy's butt, but she pretended she was a helpless girl when Buds rescued her. After all, he was cute. And he complimented her fighting skills!
"I'm Batsu," the boy with the scar said. "Batsu Ichimonji. I also transferred here last year," and he offered his hand. Buds took it and shook it firmly.
"I'm Kyosuke Kagami," the boy with glasses said. He also held out his hand. Buds shook it firmly again.
"You guys seem to know about Filipinos. Usually, Japanese bow instead of shaking hands," Buds said, smiling.
Batsu scratched his head. "Well, yeah. Kyosuke here thought it would be a good idea, saying that Filipinos adapted in the Western behaviors. Did we do it wrong?"
Buds smiled. "Actually, you guys made my day." And they all laughed.
"Buds, want to go to the cafeteria?" Hinata said. "They got some good stuff," and buds said yes. He stood up and joined the group, smiling. Looks like he found some new friends.
=Streets of Juuban=
Hinata was smiling as he dragged Buds towards her favorite store. Buds found himself unable to defend himself with this girls SPD [sad puppy dog] eyes and he was promptly dragged away at the end of the school day.
| Flashback |
"Buds, come on!" Hinata said. "I got something to show you! I want you to meet my other friends!"
"Huh?" Buds was all he could say before Hinata took his arm. He was supposed to go home. He promised Lina.
"Come on, Buds," Hinata said, using her SPD eyes technique.
"But..." Buds was cut of when a hand came over his shoulders.
"Go, Buds. Hinata rarely invites boys with meetings with her friends. It might be interesting," Kyosuke said, smiling a bit.
"Lucky dog!" Batsu said, slapping has back very hard, although Buds didn't feel the pain. Buds just gave them a pleading look before he was dragged away.
Kyosuke chuckled. "I hope he survives. Last time Hinata invited you, you almost died of over dose."
"Well, we cannot really stop her, right?" Batsu said, looking a the cloud of dust which was a result of Hinata running. "Hope he had an insulin shot..."
| End of Flashback |
Buds sighed. Lina was really going to kill him.
"Here we are!" Hinata said.
Buds looked surprised. An ice cream store?
"Come on. My friends want to meet with you!" Hinata said, not telling the fact that he just brought Buds in a spur of the moment.
"Do I have too?" Buds said, very Andy Bogard-like in Fatal fury the Motion Picture.
Hinata smiled. She dragged him inside.
=Time Gates=
Pluto frowned. All the timelines were normal, but she knew they were affected somehow. It was all showing an Omega sign and she didn't understand what was going on.
She sat down, on the couch. She was suddenly in her apartment and she had a headache. It would be better if she didn't know, but she had to.
=Washu's Lab=
Washu was typing like mad. Power fluctuation readings in a moment, and then, gone! What was it? Who caused it? What caused it? Are there more than one party responsible?
Washu shouted in expatriation. She had no data, no info, and she was having a headache. Ooh, she was really going to have her hands full.
=Juuban=
Hinata was laughing with her other friends. Having dragged Buds in the ice cream store where her friends Tiffany, Natsu and Sakura were supposed to meet, Buds was more outgoing than Batsu was. He joked with them, talked with them.
Tiffany was an easy target. Knowledgeable in English, gave tiffany some edge of privacy as she talked to him in English of things she couldn't translate in Japanese. Buds also seem to have a quality in looking in the eyes when talking to a person, not to anywhere else. Tiffany had to respect that.
The same quality also made Natsu respect Buds as well. Not only that, when Natsu was talking, he listened.
Hinata was glad that Buds and her friends were getting along well. Sakura didn't show up, but then she would be there. She usually runs late. Hinata continued eating her cake.
Buds looked at his watch. He sighed. "I'm sorry, but I really have to go," Buds said. "Lina has a bad temper, and if I brake my promise in going home early, she'd throw a fit."
Hinata looked at Buds. "Lina, the woman from this morning?" Buds nodded. "Who is she? I mean, is she you're girlfriend?"
Buds almost choked. He never thought about that. "Well..." buds said after a few seconds. "I can say that she likes me, but she's a friend. I live with her in the house, so she is responsible for my well being. She gets fits when she thinks something is wrong with me."
"You live with her?" Natsu said with raised eyebrows.
"Where are your parents?" Hinata asked.
Buds smiled, although sadly. His parents think he is dead, "they are dead," he lied.
"I'm sorry," Hinata apologized.
Buds waved her hand. "It's okay. Got over it a year ago. Lina's been taking care of me ever since. Her parents and my parents were friends," Buds said. "Thanks anyway for the cake." He stood up and bowed towards them. He walked out of the store, waving his hand.
It took a few moments, and then Hinata broke to a smile. "Well, he is much more outgoing than that shy Batsu."
"I agree with that..." Tiffany said.
"Well, that was..." the door of the store opened and revealed Sakura. Hinata got angry. "What took you so long?"
"Sorry," Sakura said, scratching her head nervously. "I had a figh... I mean I had something up."
Hinata sighed. "You missed him. He just walked a few minutes ago," Hinata said.
"Huh? Oh dang!" and Sakura ran out again. Natsu raised her eyebrows, and so did Tiffany.
"What was that all about?"
"I called her earlier today. I said that Buds was a great fighter. She wanted to challenge him," Hinata replied, shaking her head.
Somewhere in the streets in Juuban, Buds was jumping from roof to roof. His muscles in his legs were more than enough to make him copy Ranma, and if the building was too far, he'd use his tentacles as leverage, swinging to another building.
Buds was lost. Very lost. He was starting to think of a reason why he was late. It was growing dark after all.
"IN THE NAME OF THE MOON! YOU SHALL BE DESTROYED!" a voice resonated in the city.
Buds groaned. He stopped jumping and landed in a building near the fight. The Sailor Senshi were there in their full glory and Buds was looking up their legs. (Their skirts really are that short!) Buds thought. (Damn it, damn it! Why the hell are those fuku idiots here? They look older than 14 so that means they met the Outers, possibly Hotaru and Pluto, were awakened. That is bad. By this time, Pluto would be cynical, watching any one that threatens Crystal Tokyo. And if I'm a legend of Makai, how could I be assured that Pluto wouldn't know about it?)
Buds decided that not being seen was the best course of action.
"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM ATTACK!" Sailor Venus said, throwing energy at a wide arc. The monster was hit directly and it growled in pain.
Buds shrugged. The monster seems to have good endurance, but the Sailor Senshi are taking care of it without the help of the Outers. That is good. It means he didn't need to interfere.
"Who are you?" said a voice behind Buds. Buds turned his back and saw...
"Tuxedo Mask," Buds said with raised eyebrows. He smiled. "so, waiting for them to get into trouble, then help them to appear like a hero?"
"What?!" Mamurou asked. "How dare you?"
"I don't dare," Buds said. "I'm stating a fact. You know, I watch... I heard about you're group. I know more than some average people. I'm a fan," Buds said, pausing a bit, looking at the battle. "I think you are a coward, not fighting with them, only attacking with a rose when the circumstances are comfortable."
"HOW DARE YOU!" Tuxedo Mask said, charging towards him. His cane was out, and swiped it down.
Buds snorted. He sidestepped the attack and gave a good punch in Mamurou's stomach. Tux boy grunted in pain and fell down unconscious.
Buds looked at his fist and sighed. "Some Prince," Buds said. He looked at the battle raging from below. The Sailor Senshis were losing. Buds cursed. He was about to leave when Tuxedo Mask grunted.
Buds realized that maybe knocking him out was a bad idea. He would surely stalk him now, and the Senshis would blame him... If managed to survive.
Buds was about to leave them be. Maybe they'd be killed and they wouldn't bother him, but being a good young man, he sighed. (I must be crazy) he thought, then jumped down from the building.
"MWAHAHAHA! DIE!" the monster said, raising her sword in the air. She was about to strike Sailor Jupiter when she noticed a blur coming in her flank.
Buds, using Spiderman's favorite move, he swung down towards the monster with his two feet out and slammed her hard in the face. He quickly retracted his tentacles and landed smoothly in front of Jupiter. He faced her and smiled. Jupiter's eyes went into stars at once.
"WHO DARES?!" the monster said.
"I dare," Buds said.
"Who is he?" "Wow! A hunk!" "He looks like my old Sempai!" "I don't trust him..." "Uh, ano, who are you?" The last statement was said by Sailor Moon.
"No time, babe," Buds said as he focused his eyes on the monster woman. "I'm in a hurry, so just concentrate, power up. I'll weaken her."
"DIE!" the monster said, and she raised the sword over her head.
"Very predictable," Buds said. "Hope you like my Bracer!"
And Buds vanished from view and appeared in front of the monster. He gave a very hard kick towards the monster's stomach and the monster flew up in the sky. He released his tentacles and using hip like motions, he raised his hands and his tentacles extended, hitting the monster hard in the air, then brought his arms back down, tentacles still extended, whipping the monster again. When he was done, he gave a thumbs up to Sailor Moon.
"NOW SAILOR MOON!" Buds said. He jumped out of the way and the monster finally landed on the ground with a hard thud.
"Right!" Moon replied, and powered up. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
The attack hit the monster dead on and the monster shouted in pain and vanished from view as a gigantic heart slammed into her. It faded to nothingness.
Buds smiled. Actually, he smirked. He always wanted to go toe to toe with those Youmas. They weren't that hard to defeat. (Oh well, maybe donning a costume and helping the Senshi might give me some more work out and experience... Nah... that would be copying Carrot in Gaijin.)
"Who are you?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Oh, I'm not much of importance," Buds said. He looked around. "Um, sorry, but this is embarrassing. I'm new here, so I want to ask. Do you guys know here Taiyo high School is?"
"It's over there," Mars said pointing towards the north-west. "But excuse me, it's late to go to school..."
"Man, we meet a boy who has the worse sense of direction, now we meet a boy with the worse sense of time," Venus said. "Their both cute though!"
"Rrright," buds said. "Anyway, thanks." And he jumped away.
"Wait! Who are you?" sailor Moon asked again, but Buds was gone.
The other Sailor Senshis were looking at the empty space where Buds was.
"Jeez, who was that?" Venus asked.
"I don't trust him," Mars said.
"Whatever. He looked like my old sempai," Jupiter repeated. The other Senshis rolled their eyes.
"Anyway, we should get going..."
There was sound of running going towards them. "EXCUSE ME!" a girl's voice said. She tried her brakes but like bad car brakes, she still slid on the ground. She finally stopped a few inches away from the Sailor Senshi. She had short brown hair and had a white bandana flowing in her head. "Excuse me," she said, trying to hold her breath. "Did you see any guy pass by? My friend said that he had long spiky hair and had big muscles and a fighter. Also something about red irises, don't know what that means though..."
"Uh... I think she's talking about that boy..." Venus said. "Well, we met a boy with the same description; he went to Taiyo high School."
"Oh, damn. He runs so fast!" and Sakura began running again.
"Weird..." Jupiter said.
In the shadows, a female watched the fight. She smoothened her chin with her fingers. "Interesting, Buds..."
=Lina's House=
Buds sighed. After reaching school, he finally was able to find his way home. He jumped silently from roof to roof, and landed softly in the garden. No use showing in the front gate. He stalked towards the house, and was about to sneak in when a pair of hands grabbed him from the back and pinned him down.
Shock, the only thing he felt was him falling towards the ground, and hot breathes in his neck. Buds shivered.
"Where were you?" Lina asked. She brought her lips nearer his neck. Buds' hair went straight as she began to breathe out through her mouth.
"I... I was lost..." Buds said, trying to swallow. He could never get why he was so powerless when he feels her breath or her lips in his neck. "I ran into some girls..."
Lina growled. She exhaled deeply in her mouth making Buds shiver with fear and excitement. She knew the feeling. She knew that that was the only thing that she could do to really make him feel sensations.
"Hey, get you're mind of the gutter! They were the Sailor Senshi!" Buds said seriously. "If I did something like what you were thinking, I'd be facing not one but nine of them!"
"You seem to know a lot about the Sailor Senshi..." Lina said, still pinning Buds in the ground.
"Well, from where I come from, their adventures are in a story. I watched them all before when I was really young..."
Lina giggled. "A boy, watching the Sailor Senshi?"
"Hey, I was really young, and I really thought Mars, Venus and Jupiter were sexy... Well, they were," and Buds shivered. "But they are not as sexy as you!"
Lina grinned. "Trying to buy your way out?" and she paused. "Oh well, compliments get you... everything..." she stood up, but not before she gave a painful knee in Buds' stomach. Buds felt it but it was nothing more than a tap for him. Still, he pretended to get hurt.
"Ooof!" Buds said.
Lina smiled even wider. "Whatever Buds. I know you didn't feel it. Anyway tell me about you're day..."
Buds smiled. He proceeded to tell her an edited version of what happened today.
To Be continued...
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NEXT: Sakura finally gets to meet Buds, and they fight! Dema comes in and Buds and her fight. Another woman comes in... All hell brakes loose!
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