Chapter 5: Evil in the Park

Early the next morning, Jeremy yawned lazily as he got up. He looked around and saw that he was still at Capsule Corp, not back in his own room, safe and sound in his own world. He slowly walked over to the bathroom door and opened it up. Eleanor was already in there, with a towel wrapped around her and her hair, brushing her teeth. "Good morning," mumbled Jeremy as he grabbed his own toothbrush.

Eleanor looked at him and spit the contents of her mouth into the sink. "Good morning!" she said back to him, sounding chipper.

Jeremy looked at her as he squirted some toothpaste on his toothbrush. "What you so happy for?" he asked.

Eleanor smiled. "Nothing really, just in a good mood today. Well, I'm gonna finish getting ready for practice, so I'll see you downstairs." She walked back to her door and went in. As she closed it, she leaned back in and said, "And no peeking."

Jeremy snapped his fingers in fake disappointment. "Drat, foiled again." Eleanor let out a little laugh and shut the door. Jeremy finished brushing his teeth, then undressed and went into the shower.

"Hmm… good mood, eh?" he thought halfway through his shower.

Twenty minutes later Jeremy was dressed. He left his room, passing Chris'. He knocked on the door. After no one answered, Jeremy shrugged and walked on. He started down the stairs, but something slipped under his feet. "WAAAHH!" Jeremy cried out as he tumbled down the stairs. After several bounces, he finally came to rest at the foot of the stairs. "Owie…" he said as he stood up. He then noticed what he had slipped on. He picked it up and glanced at it. "…" he thought as he stared at the magazine, then he shrugged. "At the end of the day, we all have our quirks, I guess," he muttered as he walked towards the kitchen. As he passed the TV room, he noticed that Vegeta was sitting in it. Jeremy smirked and threw the magazine into the back of his head. 10 seconds later, Jeremy was pinned against the wall, again.

"Good morning, Vegeta," he squeaked.

"Good morning, yourself!" the prince growled.

"Could you please let me go?"

"Why should I?"

"I returned your Soap Opera Digest to you," Jeremy said, pointing at the magazine on the ground. "You left it on the stairs again." As he said that, Jeremy noticed that he was no longer being held to the wall. He glanced over at Vegeta, who was hunched over the magazine like a child over a store window Christmas display, only without the scrunched nose, foggy glass and other general Christmas features. Jeremy sighed and walked out of the room.

As Jeremy entered the kitchen, he was met by pleading eyes. Goku and Goten had come over for training again. Unfortunately, though, Goten and Trunks had formed a sort of rivalry, each trying to get Eleanor to pay more attention to himself and not the other. Jeremy saw that now, Goten was portraying his Elvis Presley impersonation and Trunks was reciting a monologue that he had written.

Jeremy sat down at the table and looked over at Eleanor, who was still looking at him with pleading eyes. Jeremy sighed and stood up. "HEY!" he yelled out. The two Saiya-jins stopped what they were doing and looked at him. Jeremy took a quarter out of his pockets and showed it to them both. He then tossed it out a window, then sat down to his cereal.

The other three teens simply stared at with wide eyes. Then, Goten started tiptoeing towards the door. Trunks glared at him, then yelled out, "OH, NO YOU DON'T! IT'S MINE!" and ran after Goten. Moments later, the sound of a fight broke outside.

Eleanor continued to stare at Jeremy, who continued to eat his cereal. She then asked, "What gave you that idea?"

Jeremy shrugged. "You can only fight idiocy with more idiocy, I always say," he said with a smirk.

Suddenly, Chris sailed through the doorway and landed in the dishwasher, which promptly closed and started running. Jeremy and Eleanor both looked at the dishwasher for a few seconds, listening to Chris' banging and muffled, yet annoying, screams. Jeremy sighed and walked over to the dishwasher and opened it. A wet and soapy Chris promptly tumbled out, breathing hard.

"Chris, what are you doing?" asked Jeremy.

"Spying on me! That's what he was doing!" yelled out the annoyed voice of Vegeta. Chris let out a slight laugh. Jeremy picked him up and set him at the table.

"Eat," he ordered.

"No!" said Chris, simply because Jeremy had ordered him. Jeremy narrowed his eyes, then smirked and pulled a plushy of Vegeta out of his pocket. He then squeezed hard on it, causing it's head to expand and it's eyes to bulge. Chris gasped.

"Eat," Jeremy said again. Chris looked at Jeremy, the plushy, Eleanor, a fake tree, and back at Jeremy again.

"Alright…" he mumbled as he grabbed a Food Capsule.

Jeremy collapsed in the gravity room. Vegeta, Goku, Trunks, and Goten had been egging he, Eleanor and Chris on for four hours now, trying to prove to each other who could teach the better technique. Most of the fighting was done between Jeremy and Eleanor, who would shoot an occasional chi blast at Chris to make him feel like he was actually doing something. Once, Jeremy tried to give Chris a real fight, and once, Chris showed up badly damaged in the emergency room, with a police officer questioning a nervous Jeremy.

Suddenly, Chris sat down on the ground and crossed his arms. "That's it! I quit!" Jeremy and Eleanor stopped fighting and looked at him, along with the rest.

"Huh?" they all asked simultaneously.

"Well, it's kinda pointless! I mean, look at Jeremy and Eleanor! Their power levels are shooting through the roof, and mine's just barely increasing! I feel useless!"

Vegeta shook his head in shame. "Chris! You are a normal human being! What do you expect? I think that, for a weak human, your strength is increasing magnificently fast!" Everyone looked at Vegeta. Vegeta looked back at them, and barked, "What?" then he gasped. "SHIT! I WAS BEING NICE WASN'T I?" he yelled, then proceeded to start pounding his head into a nice solid wall. Everyone stared.

"Now Vegeta, what did that wall ever do to you?" asked Goku. Everyone facefaulted.

After staggering back up, Jeremy walked over to Chris. "Chris, I wouldn't worry about it too much if I were you. Besides, if you quit now, you'll be just like Yamcha!" Chris' eyes widened and his mouth gaped in horror.

"I didn't think about that!"

After training was over and the Son family had left, Vegeta made an announcement. "This may sound unusual, but we will not be training together tomorrow."

"WHAT?" asked Chris. "But I thought you never stopped training!"

"I don't, idiot!" Vegeta yelled back. "I will still be training, but Goku cannot come. That banshee woman of his is keeping he and Goten home tomorrow. Something about 'quality family time' or something… Anyway, you can train if you want, which I recommend, but I'm not going to train you any. And don't even think of going into the Gravity Chamber!" he added menacingly.

Jeremy whistled to himself as he walked towards his room. He opened the door and walked in, then collapsed on his bed. He closed his eyes for a brief moment, then opened them again and sighed. "What to do tomorrow…" he thought as a multitude of ideas flew threw his mind. He then remembered to earlier in the day and smiled. "Good mood, eh?" he said as he sat up.

Jeremy walked out of his room and went to the next door down. Jeremy knocked on the door and waited. After a moment, it opened up a bit and Eleanor looked out. She sighed with relief when she saw it was Jeremy. "Hurry up and get in here!" she whispered to him as she grabbed his arm and pulled him through the narrow crack.

"Waaah!" Jeremy cried as he got stuck at the neck. After a moment, he was free and gasping for breath on Eleanor's floor.

"What was that all about?" he asked as he rubbed his neck.

"Well, ever since Vegeta said that we'd have tomorrow free, Trunks has been stalking me, but I don't even want to know why!"

Jeremy slowly stood up and brushed himself off. "Hey, I was wondering what you planned to do tomorrow?"

"Well… I really don't know… I'll probably be so busy trying to avoid Trunks that I won't be able to do anything else!"

"Heh. Well, I was thinking that we haven't really seen all that much of Satan City since we got here, so, well, would you like to go out and see the city with me?"

Eleanor blushed and looked down, then nodded her head. "Ok. That sounds like fun."

Jeremy breathed a sigh of relief. "Cool! Well, it is getting kinda late, so I guess I'll just see you tomorrow." He started for the door.

"Ok! What time you want to go?"

Jeremy opened the door halfway. "Well, how about at 8 in the morning. We can make it an all day thing."

"Ok. Well, goodnight, Jeremy."

"Night, Eleanor." Jeremy stepped out and shut the door, leaning against it after it was closed. He slowly breathed out then straightened himself up and turned towards his room. Trunks was glaring at him, holding a couple flowers by his side. Jeremy started to back away nervously.

"Err… hi!" he said. Trunks glared a little longer, than slowly turned away and stomped down the stairs.

Jeremy woke up early the next morning, ready for the new day. "Woo-hoo!" he yelled as he jumped out of bed. "Today is finally the day!" he thought as he soared threw the air. "Yay!" Then he realized that he was upside-down two feet off the ground. "Uh-oh…." There was a loud thud. Once he had stopped the chirping birds from attacking his senses, he stood up and slowly breathed in and out. With that, he shot like a rocket out of his room, heading straight for the gravity chamber.

Making sure Vegeta was not already in there, Jeremy started up the gravity and started to warm-up. Even though he would not be training, he felt like stretching his muscles and practicing his skills.

After completing his warm-up routine, Jeremy closed his eyes and focused on his chi. Even though he had control of it, it was not control of the highest level; it still took a short amount of time for him to find it and shape it into the form that he desired. During his training, he had learned that if by constantly reminding yourself of your chi, you would grow increasingly aware of its presence, therefore you would be able to access it more quickly. And, in the heat of battle, speed does matter.

After performing this brief chi exercise, he started throwing chi blasts at the wall, just for kicks. His eyes widened as the chi blasts bounced off the walls, but he was able to dodge them in time. He then smirked and threw even more chi blasts at the walls and began a dodging exercise. Moments later, he collapsed to the ground, tired out and slightly charred in places.

After a while, he sat up and rubbed his head. "Guess I overdid it a bit," he muttered as he looked at the blackened walls. Looking to make sure Vegeta hadn't come in, Jeremy quickly left the facility and headed straight for the shower.

Half an hour later, Jeremy was ready to go.

Soon Eleanor came out, dressed as her casual self. Jeremy smiled as he saw her. "You ready?" he asked.

"Yep! Let's get outta here!" They walked outside and proceeded to head downtown. Back inside, Trunks and Chris eyed the two suspiciously.

"Who does he think he is?" yelled out Trunks. "Trying to take my woman!"

Chris looked at Trunks weird. "When'd she become your woman? From what I saw yesterday, you and Goten were scaring her, each of you trying to impress her like you were." But Trunks had already run off after them. Chris sighed and chased after him.

Across the street, six homeless people watched as Jeremy, Eleanor, Chris, and Trunks left the Capsule Corp building.

"So that's where the bastard's been hiding!" exclaimed Robert, tossing his disguise away and brandishing his throwing knives.

All of the others did the same, each pulling out a different weapon of course. Jared had the 'Super Punching Action Mr. Satan Hands,' Hailey had a wooden sword, Rae had several sharp objects, Daniel had a sawed-off shotgun, and Matt had his Bible.

"C'mon! Now that we've got 'em, let's get 'em!" Daniel yelled out. They all started running after Jeremy and Eleanor, except for Hailey, who started running across the street. Everyone turned around just in time to see her tackle Trunks.

Jeremy and Eleanor continued walking, unaware of their stalkers. They stopped by a small ramen shop and got a bowl after a few miles of walking.

"So what do you think of Japan?" asked Jeremy as they ate their ramen.

"It's pretty cool. This city is quite big, and the architecture is very different from that in America."

"What do you think is the coolest thing about this new world that we've been thrown into?"

"Well, I'd have to say it's the melding of real things and anime-type things. It's very fascinating."

"Really? I think so to." Jeremy's attention was caught by a large group of people across the road that seemed to be staring at Eleanor and he. But, as soon as he noticed them they quickly turned away and started chatting amongst themselves. Jeremy turned back to Eleanor and continued talking.

Across the street, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "That was close," said Chris.

"I told you we should have hid in the shadows until our chance for revenge arrived," said Robert.

"Hurry up and kill!" said Rae. "I wanna see blood!" She pulled out a knife and ran at a pedestrian, but Daniel and Matt stopped her.

"Whoa!" said Daniel. "You don't wanna get us arrested, do ya?"

"Remember, Rae," said Matt. "The Lord said, 'Thou shall not kill.'"

Rae growled, put the knife up and started kicking Matt.

"Umm… could someone please get her off of me?" pleaded Trunks for the 50th time. Hailey was latched onto him and seemed to be in heaven.

"Sorry, guy, but she won't respond to anyone," said Chris. "And, Jared! Stop taking pictures of everyone who walks by!"

"But all the people are so cool looking!" Jared said as he replaced the film in his camera.

"And y'all never told me why you were here to begin with!"

"Isn't it obvious?" said Robert. "We're here to exact revenge upon Jeremy for not bringing us in the first place!"

"Well, how'd you get here?"

Rae began. "After seeing you off at the airport, we saw these suspicious looking guys getting into the cargo hold."

"So," said Daniel, "we let Rae run in there and beat them up for a while, then told them that we wouldn't alert the authorities if they hid us too."

Rae laughed. "There was lots of blood."

As Jeremy and Eleanor were leaving the ramen shop, they saw a curious looking poster. The poster had a picture of a tall, raven-haired woman. The poster simply read, 'Come to the park today at noon.' They both stared at it for a long time, but neither of them could make sense out of it. However, Eleanor felt an evil power coming from the poster, but it was very faint, and she could not be certain of it.

They continued throughout the rest of the morning by wandering around downtown. Jeremy and Eleanor continued to wander around Satan City, and the others stalked them. Several times, Jeremy heard something whizzing by his head, several times he found throwing knives in the walls, and several times he did not put the two together.

"Wow, Robert," said Daniel. "Your aim really sucks."

"Shut up, redneck! Like you could do better!" Robert said as he went to retrieve the knives.

"I wish he'd at least hit something," said Rae. "Anything with blood, that is." There was a peal of thunder.

"Hey," said Chris. "What's up with that?" He pointed up in the sky above the buildings, pointing out a dark portion of spinning clouds.

"I dunno," said Trunks. "But it seems that Jeremy and Eleanor have seen it too."

Jeremy and Eleanor looked at the clouds. "You sure it's coming from those clouds?" he asked her. Eleanor stood there shivering as if she was extremely cold.

"Yes… It's immensely powerful, and very evil…." Jeremy looked back at the clouds.

"Then it seems we have no choice… C'mon, let's go." They started their way towards the center of the clouds, Satan City Park.

Jeremy and Eleanor entered the park, finding it practically deserted. They walked down the eerie pathways, listening to the thunder, searching for the source of the evil energy. Behind them, the others were beginning to feel the evil power, and were getting nervous. They walked down the quiet pathways, turning off of the main path and heading into a wooded section of park. Suddenly, Jeremy and Eleanor stopped. "It's… here…" Eleanor whispered.

In front of Jeremy and Eleanor was a small clearing. They stood there for a little bit, examining the area. Chris and the others hid in some bushes behind them. Everything was quiet. Then, lightning struck in the middle of the clearing, temporarily blinding everyone. Jeremy shook his head, trying to clear his eyes. As his vision returned, he saw a lone figure standing in the clearing. It was … a Furbie, short, black mottled with brown, and a very annoying voice.

"Welcome, Jeremy! Welcome, Eleanor! Welcome, Vorados, and you other people," it said. Chris, his eyes very large and his mouth gaping at the sight, and the rest stood up at this, causing Jeremy and Eleanor to whirl around.

"What are y'all doing here?" he said, looking at his friends.

The Furbie cackled, regaining their attention. "It seems that Miyano miscalculated." Jeremy and Eleanor turned to face it. "It seems that when she sent you three bitches to this world, she accidentally sucked some of your friends in, too."

"So it was you who did this to us!" yelled Chris. "Why did you do this to us, Mr. Panty-Balls?"

Every one face-faulted at this except for Chris and Mr. Panty-Balls. "M… Mr. Panty-Balls?" asked Eleanor as she slowly stood back up.

"Chris, why is your Furbie standing in front of us?" asked Jeremy.

"And why did you give it such a ridiculous name?"

"Hmph," Chris replied, looking annoyed. "People never appreciate genius in its own time."

"ME RAPE!" yelled the Furbie suddenly, regaining everyone's attention. "Now, there's a reason I have appeared before you today." He pointed at Daniel, Rae, Robert, Jared, Hailey, and Matt. "You are now involved in this war which has raged across epochs! And since you are, you might wanna get ready for battle! Therefore, I have prepared a small gift." The Furbie snapped his imaginary fingers and six people appeared in behind of him.

"I have summoned these people from across the universes to train you six to become stronger. In return, you will fight for your lives, which you're going to do anyway!" At this he cackled. "Now, for you, Robert, I have summoned Mousse, master of hidden weapon fighting." A young man with thick glasses and long clothing stepped forward. "For Jared, I have summoned Guy Daigoji, one who will teach you the world of being a true mecha fanboy." A young man wearing futuristic clothing stepped forth. "For Hailey, I have summoned Motoko Aoyama, master of swordplay." A young woman with long, black hair, dressed in white robes stepped forward. "For Daniel, I have summoned Urameshi Yusuke, Spirit detective." A young man with pulled back black hair and a green school uniform stepped forward. "For Matt, I have summoned Alexander Anderson, Judas Priest." A tall man with short white hair and tan clothing stepped forth. "And, finally, for Rae, I have summoned Integral van Hellsing, master of Hellsing agency." A woman with long white hair stepped forward.

"These people will train you six and make you better than what you are, but the choice is up to you."

"Mr. Panty-Balls," said Chris. "I just have one question."

"Yes?"

"Why are you helping us? You were talking before like we're in the middle of some epic battle. What do you mean by that?"

The Furbie laughed. "In answer to both of your 'one questions', let us just say that things are much more complicated than they seem!" And with that, he vanished.

The six teens looked at their respecting teachers. Robert eyed the robed Mousse suspiciously, then leapt forward, brandishing his throwing knives. Mousse leapt forward also and blocked Robert's knives with a spade, then threw eggs on Robert. Robert barely avoided the eggs, but found himself at the end of the spade.

"I admit my defeat, master," he said.

Guy and Jared gawked over mecha designs.

Hailey was introducing herself to Motoko, and asked her if she really didn't like Keitaro.

Daniel looked at Yusuke and sighed. Yusuke did the same. "Man," they both said, "why couldn't I have gotten a girl?"

Matt looked at Anderson, who smiled back at him. "God's blessings on you child," he said as he kissed his cross.

"So what exactly do you do?" asked Matt.

"I kill vampires."

"DUDE!"

Finally, Rae was staring lustfully at Integral, who stared back at her.

Jeremy, Eleanor, Chris, and Trunks all looked at the group of people standing before them. Jeremy looked at Chris. "What exactly are they doing here?"

"Well, Trunks wanted to follow you guys, and as soon as we walked out, Hailey came running at us and latched herself onto Trunks. It seems they all came to kill you for not choosing them."

"Ohhhh…" Jeremy started edging away, but the others noticed right away and glared evilly.

"RUN ELEANOR!" Jeremy yelled as he grabbed her hand and quickly made an exit.

They spent the rest of the day, everyone hanging out together, exploring Satan City and generally having a good time. At the end of the day, though, everyone split ways. Jared, Rae, Robert, Hailey, Matt, and Daniel all went with their masters, ready to spend the next several months in training to protect their lives. Jeremy, Eleanor, Chris, and Trunks returned to Capsule Corp., exhausted from the day's work.

Jeremy collapsed on the couch as soon as they got in. "What an eventful day," he said.

"Yeah," said Eleanor, sitting next to him. "It sure was weird, though. I mean, why is your Furbie alive?"

Chris shrugged. "I've always known he was alive, if you ask me. I mean, he just showed up at my house one day in an anonymous package addressed to me."

"Yeah… Well, we'll figure it out sooner or later!" said Jeremy. "Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to bed."

"I think that's a good idea," said Trunks. "Knowing Father, he's probably gonna work us extra hard tomorrow."

Eleanor collapsed on her bed. "What a day", she thought. "Well, it wasn't too bad… I got to go out with Jeremy, finally…." She looked down at her hand and squeezed it, remembering the feeling of Jeremy's hand in hers.