Chapter 3: Missing Black Hayate
The sun had risen and everyone has eaten. The first day of Black Hayate's travels will soon begin.
"Well little guy, are you ready to go?" Washuu asked Black Hayate.
With a wag of the tail and a "bark bark." from Black Hayate, Washuu assumed it was time.
Everyone had gathered in Washuu lab to see Black Hayate off, and while Washuu prepared the machine, everyone else was with the dog.
"Ah, you would have made a fine stew..." Ryoko lamented.
"He's so cute, now why do we have to send him into Washuu's machine?" Mihoshi ditzilly asked.
"Because he doesn't belong in this time." Kyone replied, annoyed by Mihoshi's lack of attention.
"We sure will miss you little guy." Tenchi said to him, giving him a pet.
"Oh you're such a sweet doggy, you could have come to Jurai with me and Sasami you know." Ayeka told the pup.
"Ok, the machine is read." Washuu announced.
Washuu placed Black Hayate right in front of the machine and was ready to push the button when Sasami suddenly ran up to him and gave him a hug.
"I'll miss you." was all Sasami had to say.
As Sasami stepped back, Washuu pushed the button opening the big blue portal and watched as it sucked Black Hayate in.
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In another, more dreary universe...
A somber looking girl was sitting at a piano, playing swiftly and loudly. IT was about 11 in the morning and she figured it was wake up time. Next to her a black suited man was dusting a grandfather clock, knowing hat would soon happen.
In another part of the building in which the girl played a man rolled around in his bed, not wanting to get up. He shoved his pillow over his head to drowned out the noise, but knew it would be pointless. Seconds before the usual daily routine yell of "Dorothy" the man in bed, Roger Smith, suddenly heard a pop, and felt something heavy and warm on his face. Definitely not a pillow.
Down the hall in the piano room, the man dusting the clock and the girl suddenly heard something they don't normally here, a scream. They dashed down the halls all the way to Roger's room to find him fallen off his bed, and a dog in his place.
"Norman, when did we get a dog?" Roger, the man who was in his bed a second ago, asked the man in a black suit.
"We didn't, sir." Was Norman's reply.
Dorothy walked over to the bed and picked up the dog, giving a glance at his tag.
"Black Hayate." Dorothy said.
"Hu?" Roger asked her, still a little tired.
"Black Hayate, that's his name." Dorothy replied.
"I'll start looking for the owner at once, sir." Norman stated, and walked out of the room.
"Something tells me, Norman isn't going to find the owner." Roger remarked to Dorothy.
Later, in the dining room of Roger Smith's impeccable abode, Roger was having his breakfast while Dorothy watched Black Hayate eat. Roger thought to himself that the dog was already fitting in pretty well, and with a name like Black Hayate added to his credit even more. Roger's house, as well as anyone who lived there, was mostly dressed in black, Roger and Norman in a black suit, Dorothy in a black dress, all surrounded by black chairs and curtain and other things. Of course, very few people knew of one of his favorite black accessories, which came with his black watch. His black Big, Big O.
Norman walked into the room, having just got off the phone with Detective Dastun about the dog, and had news to deliver to Roger.
"Sir, it appears that Beck has broken out of jail, yet again." Norman stoically stated.
Roger looked over to where Dorothy and Black Hayate just where, but saw they must have gone off to a different part of the house.
"Of course, is Big O ready if I need him?" Roger asked Norman.
"As always, sir."
Roger was known as Paradigm City's best negotiator, then again you can't be the worst when there really aren't any other negotiators. His clients usually needed something retrieved from burglars and the like, but he also seemed to cultivate some enemies that were just out to get him, such as Beck. He didn't have any cases today though, so he figured he'd check on the reports of missing dogs to see if Black Hayate matched up with any of them.
By now it was 4, and he had only two leads left. He was also awaiting an attack from Beck. He had arrived at the home of an elderly woman who reported the loss of a dog. As he approached the steps to the woman's house, out of no where a laser blast struck nearby. Beck had finally shown up.
"This time Roger Smith, you're dead!" Beck cried over a PA system built into his newest mech. It rolled on treads and had one claw hand and another regular human-like one. On the mech's back was a large cannon.
"Big O, show time!" Roger called out. In mere seconds Big O had broken out from underground and had taken Roger high into the air. Roger swiftly strapped into the pilot's seat, and was now towering over most of the city in Big O. The monitor before him flashed on, and he could now see and talk directly to Beck.
"Come on Beck, why don't you just stay in jail?" Roger asked him.
"What fun would that be?" Beck shot back snobbishly, as though he was going to easily win.
"True, it's nice of you to think of entertaining me with your failed attempt. I hope you're ready to go down because- what? Hey!" Roger was interrupted by a small furry stowaway who had now jumped in view.
"What? First little robot girls, and now animals? You sure are sick man, or is that dinner? You didn't even invite me over for some hotdogs? I'm hurt" Beck said, trying to tick Roger off.
"No, that's not it, it got into my house somehow."
"Sure it did, whatever makes you feel better chief." and with that, Beck shot his cannon at Big O. Big O pulled up its shielding arms, blocking the shot. "What do you think of it? I call it, 'The Beck Blaster!'"
"I think it's nothing more than scrape metal." Roger shot back. He was prepared to give the Beck Blaster a hit, but Black Hayate got the jump on him, he was hitting every button and lever he could get. Big O, of course, was sending a barrage of attacks all over. Lasers shot out of his eyes and struck way off, its chest missiles were launched off, several striking Beck, but most flying past him.
"Hey, stop that!" Roger shouted at Black Hayate. He reached for the dog, but missed it, making it run up the armrest and pulling back the arm control. "No, don't do that!" but before Roger could reach for him again, he had jumped off to the side and sent the arm flying forward. Right into Beck's machine, and ejecting Beck out.
"So you're telling me, this dog stopped Beck... in Big O?" Detective Dastun replied to Roger, after he had retold the story.
"As unbelievable as it sounds, yea." Roger replied. He, Dorothy, Black Hayate, and the Detective were all sitting in Roger's house.
"Well, it looks like he's just a stray, so I guess he's-" but before Dastun could finish, a popping noise was heard, and a bright, blue, light appeared in the room. Black Hayate jumped form Dorothy's arms and ran into it.
"Roger, I think he went home." Dorothy told the two astonished men.
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In a pink haired genius's lab...
"So Black Hayate, was that it?" Washuu asked him. The only response they got from him was a bark and a small whine.
"It doesn't appear to be where he's from Washuu." Tenchi said.
"Well, it's only 5, let's have an early dinner and try again." Washuu told everyone. They all agreed to pick it up a little later.
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In the land of Alchemy
"So you haven't seen this dog? I understand, thank you." Replied a man wearing glasses. He had stopped by in East Central to visit his buddy Roy, but somehow got roped into looking for a dog. Maes Hughes understood what Riza was going through, having once lost a dog of his own, but that was years ago and couldn't see how a grown woman could get so upset. He did have a secret plan though, if he did find the dog first.
"Sorry Riza, but it's getting a little late, why don't we all go out to dinner and search tomorrow?" Maes told her.
"Thank you, but I'm not feeling all that hungry" Riza said. She had her head bent down, worrying about Black Hayate. She was a little surprised by the fact that so many were helping her.
"Worry not Riza, for I, Alex Louis Armstrong, shall not rest until we find that dog!" Cried a very muscular, baldish man, suddenly shirtless and surrounded by pink sparkles.
"There's really no need for that..." Riza said sadly.
"No need, because we'll find him any minute now!" Roy declared. He was in very slight disbelief that he was actually getting quite a number of his men on the task of looking for Black Hayate.
Riza didn't reply, she just turned and started walking home.
"...Wait Riza," Roy called out, jogging after her, "I'll walk you home."
"Fine, whatever." was her only reply.
"Don't worry we will find him, I swear it!" Roy quietly said to her.
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Next time: The Wandering Black Hayate!
