By animeninjaNIPPON

I turned around to see who was speaking. It was Sanji, backed by his group; plus Yugi's group, plus an army of collectible monsters, plus the entire cast of Tokyo Mew Mew.

"I thought they were dead," Ren said, astonished at the sight of the Mew Mews.

"We brought 'em back with the dragon balls," a boy in a straw hat called out.

"But they don't even work for Viz!" Manta cried. "How did they get here?"

"We're all slaves to 4Kids Entertainment," said the blue-haired man I remembered as Kojirou. "And we're here to start a revolution!"

It finally dawned on me that every single actor from 4Kids had marched over here to Viz, poised to strike. It didn't take long for the remaining members of my group – including Hao – to join them. Naturally, I took my place in the army, too.

"I told you I had a plan," Yoh whispered to me.

A wave of Viz and 4Kids execs poured into the room and pointed their fingers at us as if they were wielding invisible guns. Some of the shorter suits were armed with neon-colored popguns. We, on the other hand, bore a variety of weapons – from oversouls to Pocket Monsters to super powers to swords, and ultimately, real guns.

The execs seemed to realize that we were no matches for them, but they continued to hold their ground. "Look," one of them said, brandishing a giant salami, "we can settle this like adults. What say we transfer you over to FUNimation for a raise in – " He was cut off by the salami being shot out of his hand.

"No deal," Zoro said. "Goku works there – he says it's not all it's cracked up to be."

"Yeah," Jonouchi added. "I've been told it's almost as bad as 4Kids."

"Wait a minute," someone called from across the room. "I work for FUNi. It's gotten better over the years."

"He's right," someone called from within our anti-4Kids army. "I know a girl named Tohru. She said it's OK."

We debated amongst ourselves for 15 minutes, all the while keeping an eye on the army of executives. Finally, we turned to the suits. "What are the terms?" someone asked.

The exec that spoke to us earlier (now sans salami) stepped up. "You'll be given scripts exactly like the ones you used in Japan. There won't be any censorship, so you'll be free to act as you originally did. Living conditions will be upgraded as well."

Our army turned inward again to discuss this new proposal. Some were skeptical; others were ecstatic.

"It's a trick," said Hao.

"I'm all for it," Manta said.

"Do we still have to use our fake accents?" Ren asked.

"What about our names?" I asked.

"I don't know," Yoh answered, "but there's a 50 percent chance that we'll like it."

"Count me in," Lyserg said. Eventually, we all agreed to it.

Yoh stepped up to the salami exec. "Our group accepts."

End of part nineteen