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As she watched Keitaro fly off into the distance, Motoko turned around, looking the perfect picture of confidence and pride. Once more, she had shown the world that she could easily defeat a member of the perverted sex, never mind that he was fallen, defenseless and without any training to his name. She had easily thrashed a member of the 'stronger' sex, and that in itself was more than enough to prove in her mind that she more powerful than any of them, even those with considerable more fighting prowess than our soon to be powered up invincible manager. Spinning around, Motoko glanced over towards Naru before giving a curt nod at her punting effort and striding out of the hot springs.
And yet, as she struck the pervert with her sword, she couldn't help but feel a twang of something run up her spine. Perhaps she was feeling guilty… since as usual, she did not bother to find out what had exactly happened before sending Urashima to a galaxy far, far away. Her overzealous brain had saw a demonic Naru staring daggers into a cringing Keitaro and immediately made the connection that Keitaro was defiling Naru! Hence, she saw a reason to punish Keitaro for his evil doings, and even though she knew Naru was perfectly capable of dealing with the pervert himself, she suddenly decided to rush in and attack him as one with Naru, sending him flying.
"NO!" Motoko shook herself to snap herself out of those thoughts. She would not be feeling guilt over the misdeeds of a perverted man, and there was no way that she could have been wrong in her analysis of the situation. All women except a select few such as herself and those aligned to her school were defenseless sheep, and all men were big bad wolfs that constantly sought to destroy the purity of said defenseless sheep. Therefore, those who were strong, such as those who were with her school, should come to their aid. That was exactly what she did, right?
Yes, Narusegawa was a defenseless sheep, and therefore she did the right thing to send Keitaro flying before he could further tarnish her purity.
And yet, as she convinced herself that she was only doing the correct thing, she came to the realization that it was getting more difficult each and every time.
Was she becoming weak?
Was she becoming like her traitorous sister? Motoko could not say.
All she knew was that something was wrong with her, and it was all Urashima's fault!
Motoko retired to her room to mediate. Perhaps later on, when she had had more time to mull this over, she could come to an accurate diagnosis of what was happening to her.
That day, Motoko sat down in her room feeling oddly pensive.
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Su sat in her own room, hours after the disastrous experiment that had left her in the form of one of her most delicious enemies, a turtle! She thought that since she had decided to become a crime-fighting vigilante, she had to have a sidekick to look the part, and therefore she decided that since Sarah was conveniently away with Seta on some unknown archaeological dig in some unknown country, Shinobu (Sorry BigFics) would have to stand in as the temporary sidekick of the caped crusader, Turtle Man. After all, what's a hero without a proper sidekick?
Su stormed out of her room, very aware of the fact that her incredibly cool cape billowed out angrily behind her.
As she made her way towards the kitchen where Shinobu would undoubtedly be to recruit her, Su found out the unpleasant way that her new body was not really very maneuverable when she repeatedly crashed into each and every wall that stood between her and the kitchen. Still, she survived, at least until she arrived at the top of the staircase. Misjudging the distance towards the next step from her position, Su stepped right onto thin air as she moved and promptly rolled down the stairs, creating a ruckus in the process. Of course, nobody in the house bothered to come out and see what was happening, since their 'Keitaro-is-acting-perverted' alarm did not spring to life.
And so Su rolled… and rolled… and rolled… until she finally crashed into the living room couch, before lifting herself up and feeling the collection of bruises that were spread all over her body. As she struggled to remove the now irritating cape from her face, Su resolved to spend a lot of time practicing basic movements in this new body. Moving gingerly in the direction of the kitchen, Su had barely made that declaration before she fell flat on her face again, this time due to one of the banana skins she had 'disposed' of earlier. Deciding that maybe walking about wasn't such a good idea anymore. Therefore, Su proceeded to lie on the floor before falling unconscious.
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Meanwhile, Keitaro was running through a big city, all the while the people around him were moving in slow motion. Suddenly, Keitaro noticed a red blur streak pass him, so he decided to run up to this red blur to investigate. Perhaps this red blur was a man just like him, blessed with the ability to run at super speeds. Putting on a burst of acceleration, Keitaro ran right up to the side of the blur and saw that it was indeed a man in red, and he noticed that there was a lightning bolt printed on the chest area of the suit. Perhaps it stood for something, but Keitaro had no idea what it meant.
Suddenly speaking in fluent English, Keitaro addressed the man, who had apparently noticed him and was staring at him.
"Hey there, I just got my new powers, and I was wondering how come you could move so fast too."
"Sure thing, but you see… I know you can run at super speeds and all, so nobody can actually see you, but is it such a good idea to run around butt naked?"