I couldn't get an idea, so I decided to parody the Fista episode of FLCL (in englishthe episodewas called Firestarter). There's also some original stuff here too. Oh, you've heard it before, just read!

-Randall Flagg2

(1)

"Okay stay still." Haruko said, holding up an X-ray of Spike's skull. "Look at this. It's empty. There's no brain. Did you lose it somewhere?" The X-ray did indeed show Spike's skull was empty. Spike glared at the pink haired woman.

"You're the one who did this." he growled. "You're the one who hit me with that god damn guitar of yours, so it's your fault!"

"Don't blame me if you go around losing things." Haruko scoffed. "Some people are just freaks."

"Look who's talking! Miss normal!" Spike said irritably, rolling his eyes towards the ceiling.

"At least I didn't sprout a robot out of my head like some people!" Haruko retorted. She turned to face Spike, her expression rather serious. "By the way there's something new there now." she sighed. There was indeed something new there, as a giant horn shape was protruding out of the back of Spike's head. It had been there for a day or two now.

Spike clenched his fist angrily. "It's weird, not normal, these horns sticking out! The last one turned into adumb robot that's living in the house! How do you explain that!" Spike said, pointing at Canti. "And again, it's all because you busted my head with your guitar!" he snarled bitterly.

"It's a nineteen seventy four bass, go see for yourself." Haruko turned to the window, smiled, and saluted. "Hey there! Haruhara Haruko here! Age nineteen, splendiferous housekeeper at the new home of the bebop crew!" she said to nobody in particular.

"You're older then that!" Spike yelled.

"But my real identity is this!" Haruko chimed. Canti's TV screen began to flash on and off like a strobe light. Spike's eyes widened as Haruko did the unthinkable and began to change out of her clothes very quickly and into something new. When the light stopped, Haruko was dressed in a tight looking white shirt and some rather puffy looking pants. She also wore overly big sunglasses.

"First class space patrol officer!" Haruko stated confidently.

"What a lame stage name." Spike sighed. Then he yelped as Haruko jabbed him with the stick part of her guitar.

"Oh be quiet! You're just jealous!" she hissed.

Spike pointed at Canti. "What is he anyway? How does a robot take X-rays like this!" he asked vehemently.

Haruko smiled. "Good question! He can take X-rays because he's a Medical Mechanica robot, didn't you know that? They make them there."

Spike's eyes widened. "Did you say 'Medical Mechanica' Haruko?"

"Yeah why?"

"That means… this house is near…"

"Correct! We're near Mabase city!" Haruko finished for him.

Mabase city. Spike was intrigued. There weren't many populated cities left on earth, at least not after the gate incident. According to Ed, Mabase was the most populated and well run city left on earth. Also according to her, something had happened awhile back when most of the city had been destroyed. Whenever Spike tried to ask how it had happened, Ed would frown and go silent. And even more, Ed had told Spike there had been a giant factory called Medical Mechanica in the center of the city. Nobody knew what was in it, but everybody figured it was something incredible.

"And the MM plant is still up! That's where I intend to…"

Haruko's words trailed off.

"Where you intend to what?" Spike asked inquisitively.

Haruko giggled and waved her hand dismissively. "Nothing! Nothing!" she said quickly.

"Anyway, why did this robot come out of my head!" Spike asked, his anger returning.

"That's what I wanna know. What's your connection with Medical Mechanica, huh! Huh!" Hauko said, emphasizing each "huh" by poking Spike in the head with her guitar.

"Ow, ow, stop it!" Spike yelped, doing his best to block the pokes. "Sometimes I really hate you!"

Haruko smiled. "That's what they all say! Buckle up Spike, because as long as I'm around you're in for quite a ride!" she said gleefully.

He had no idea.

(2)

That night, nobody saw the slender figure of a teenager walking through the streets of Mabase city. She was trying to be as quiet as possible, so she wouldn't draw attention. Not that anyone paid much attention to her anyway. That made it easier.

"It's been so long since I've been here." she whispered. "Now I can finally get back to business."

She took out a lighter and glass bottles filled with gas and a rag sticking out of it. Time to get to work. She approached a building, and lit one of the bottled rags. She reared back, aimed, and threw it into the building.

For a few moments, nothing happened.

Then the building caught fire and began to burn and smoke.

The teenage girl laughed merrily. She turned towards another building, lit up another bottled rag, and tossed it in. Soon enough this building began to burn too.

"I'll come back some other time. I don't want to attract attention." she whispered. She could already hear the wail of police sirens in the distance. Quickly as she could, she ran back towards where she had come from.

(3)

The next day…

"Where's that dumb robot? I haven't seen him all day." Spike asked curiously.

"Jet's using him." Faye said, lighting up a cigarette.

Spike's eyebrow went up. "Using him for what?"

"I think he's going to make him get groceries from Mabase."

"OH NO HE'S NOT!" Spike screamed. He sprinted towards the front door.

Faye chuckled. Every once in awhile, it was good to freak people out.

"What's he so worked up about" Serenity asked.

"Jet's using Canti outside the house. I think your brother is going shopping with him."

Serenity shrugged. "So why's Spike so worked up over it?"

Faye took a long drag on her cigarette. "He's robot and he's using him in the city. Think about it kid."

Serenity giggled. "I see." she replied.

(4)

"Since you don't have any nifty functions, you can at least make yourself useful around here." Jet said to Canti.

Spike threw open the door and glared at Jet. Inuyasha was outside too. "You're using him outside! What are you thinking!" Spike roared.

"I'm just sending him to get groceries from Mabase city Spike. It was Inuyasha's idea." Jet replied.

"The people have eyes you know! You're gonna attract attention!" Spike retorted angrily.

Inuyasha looked disappointedly at Spike. "Your saying you want to keep him to yourself because he came out of your head? What a selfish attitude!" he exclaimed.

Spike sighed. "It's not that! It's just weird having a robot in the house!" he said vehemently.

"Don't worry about it!" Inuyasha reassured. "So there's a robot in our house. Think of the symbolism involved of having a humanoid robot in a normal household, contrasted by the abnormal advance of science which is thereby proving-"

Inuyasha went on and on about the advantage of having a robot, but Spike wasn't paying attention anymore. Bored, he took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one up. He looked at Serenity who was standing in the doorway.

"What's he going on about?" he asked.

Serenity sighed. "He wrote a whole book on the deep mysteries of Eva." she replied.

Spike took a drag on his cigarette and yelled "That robot was walking around loose yesterday!"

Haruko meanwhile, was looking around through a pair of binoculars. "You know," she began, "there have been a lot of fires around Mabase."

"Yeah, there was one yesterday right?"

"Hey TV boy!" Jet called as Canti walked off down the road towards Mabase. "When you get back, you can have some time to yourself!" Then he turned around to face Spike. "By the way Spike, did you know Ed already went to Mabase?"

Spike grew curious. "What for? Visiting her old stomping ground?"

"I don't know. Ein went with her too."

Spike stretched his arms a bit. "I guess I'll have to go find her then." he said aloud.

Haruko put away the binoculars. "I better get going too. I have some… business to attend to at the MM plant."

"Whatever." Spike muttered, and went off into the forest and towards Mabase.

(5)

Somewhere in Mabase city, Ed sat at the river with Ein, dangling her feet in the water. It was good to be back in her old hometown. Not much had changed. Even the Medical Mechanica plant was still up. Still here after…

No. She wouldn't think about that. Her discovery of the dark truth about the town and the MM plant was taboo information, even for her. For now, she was just happy to be back home, even if it was just temporary. Besides, she needed to get away from all the commotion back at the new home of the bebop. Ed was definitely a people person, but even she needed time to herself every great once in awhile.

In Ed's hands was a machine that resembled a gameboy. It was red colored and she was playing with it fervently. Nobody knew she was into videogames, at least to a point. It was certainly less stressful then computer chess. Whereas that game required thinking, this game required more instinct.

"What are you doing down here?" came Spike's voice. Ed turned around to face the green haired bounty hunter.

"Oh hi Spike person. Ed was just playing by the river, that's all."

"I'm not angry, I just wanted to know what your doing down here."

Spike peeked around Ed's head to get a look at what was in her hands. He saw the machine in her hands was labeled "Firestarter."

"That's a game right? The one where you burn down the city and everything?" Spike asked.

Ed smiled. "Yeah, Ed is addicted to it!" she giggled.

"You like games, eh?"

"Does Spike person wanna play?"

Spike shook his head. "Sorry, I'm busy."

Ed pouted. "Yeah you're always busy."

"Because I've got a bunch of people I have to take care of. See ya!"

(6)

Spike walked through the streets of Mabase city alone. He had only been here once before, and it had only been to hunt for a bounty. Not that he wanted to come here. The people of earth could be downright odd.

Buildings were everywhere, some towering over him, others just normal everyday houses. There were also trees, and large patches of grass in certain spots. He had already been at the river. It was all pretty normal here. Nothing special. Everything was ordinary.

Ordinary, that was, except for one thing.

In the center of town, was the gigantic Medical Mechanica factory. It made even the tallest of tall buildings seem small by comparison. It was almost obscene how big the factory was. One thing was for certain though: if you came to this town, the MM factory would be the first thing you would see.

"Now what could Haruko possibly want there? She doesn't work there, and unless she's meeting somebody there, I don't know what she could possibly want with it." Spike thought to himself.

As he neared the plant, something on a yellow vespa drove by him in a blur. He knew it was Haruko. Then up ahead at the base of the MM plant he heard a crash followed by a plume of smoke rising from where the sound had resonated.

Spike began to dash towards the factory.

(7)

"Lady? Lady? What year is this?" asked the police officer who was examining Haruko's motorbike. "I've never seen parts like these!" Haruko just stared straight ahead, with a blank expression on her face.

Another officer spoke. "You can save your breath, this girl has no brains at all. Just take a look at her." he growled. "She barges into an off limits facility and crashes her bike. It's been bad enough lately without this. And it turns out the fire yesterday was arson." The first one did look at Haruko, but he was looking up her skirt instead of at her face.

"There's a lot of depraved people out there eh?" He was about to say something else but a toolbox held by the hand of a certain bounty hunter crashed onto his head before he could.

"Aren't you embarrassed to act like that?" Spike asked dully.

Officer one glared at him. "Who the hell is this guy! Is he related to you!" he demanded.

Spike shook his head. "No, no relation. I'm from this galaxy."

"Then get lost! Can't you see we're working here!"

Haruko stood up. "This isn't a place for people to work." she muttered. "There isn't even a door to get in or out." Haruko went over to Spike, took the toolbox from his hand, and began using it's contents to fix her vespa. "No doubt your wondering: why would this guy be my guardian, right?"

The second officer gave her a distrustful glance. "Hold on a minute. You're saying this guys your guardian?" he asked.

"Yeah I have custody." Spike lied. "It's kind of unusual."

"So you came for me." Haruko said, beaming. "I'll give you a reward. It's even better then CPR."

Spike's brow furrowed. "And what would it be?" he asked.

(8)

Back at the river, Ed was finished playing Firestarter and was now playing with Ein. She was almost ready to return home, but she wanted to wait for Spike. She had been waiting for an hour now.

"He's not here yet." Ed whined. Suddenly Ein gave a single bark at something in the distance. Ed looked in the direction toe corgi's head was turned towards and saw what looked like a halo. Ed slowly but swiftly approached the hill behind it. The figure ahead rose revealing it had two black wings on its back. Ed's eyes widened in fascination.

"Ein look!" Ed whispered. "It's a god!" Ein growled a small growl as if to say "That's no god you idiot, that's the robot that came out of Spike's head!" How Canti had sprouted fake wings and a plastic halo was unknown. But, as others would say, stranger things have happened.

Ed and Ein followed Canti as quietly as they could. The robot eventually led them to a burnt down schoolhouse. Ed felt a twinge of nostalgia at the sight of it. Memories began to surface, but only for a moment. Then her mind focused on the robot again.

Canti climbed to the top part of the schoolhouse. He spread his arms and his TV screen head flashed. He levitated from the top, hovered down, then back up into the sky. A beam of light shined down from above, giving him an almost angelic appearance.

Ed was mesmerized. Could this really be what she thought it was? It had to be. There could be no other explanation.

"It's a god! I can see him, he's really real!" she whispered astonished.

(9)

Back on the road leading to the forest, Haruko was driving her motorbike, a bitter looking Spike riding with her.

"So, you don't normally come out to the beach like this?" Haruko asked.

"Not in October. It's too cold!" Spike replied. Suddenly Haruko's motorbike swerved tightly to one side and Spike almost fell off. He scrambled and kicked his feet on the road rapidly and just narrowly regained his seating.

"That's dangerous! Are you even any good at this!" Spike screamed.

"I'm a very safe driver!" Haruko giggled, as she swerved from side to side, almost falling over.

"But I don't have a helmet!" Spike protested.

"You're scared even though your brain is missing!" Haruko said. "Just shut up and enjoy the ride!"

End of part 1

Who is the arsonist? Like I'm gonna tell you. You'll find out in due time though. In other words, when I update again! Hope you liked the spoof!

-Randall Flagg2