Chapter 3: Spy time!
"OK, team! Let's split up." Sam said when they finally landed.
"It's about time we land! My back is starting to hurt…ouch…." Riza said and rubbed her aching back.
"We can't go out like this! We'll get noticed by people!" Martin said.
"And that's why we have technology, goofball." Diana said and pressed a button in her compowder.
In an instant, she was dressed as a reporter.
"As for the cheerleaders, why don't you guys dress up as students from Nankatsu High and enter the campus as if you really study there?" Yuki suggested.
"All right. I've seen their uniforms, and I have to say, they're a bit out of style." Krizzie said and pressed a button in her compowder.
In an instant, her suit changed to a long-sleeved red uniform with a long skirt that reached just below her knees.
"Man, those uniforms are really out of style. I like the Mikan High uniforms better. Are you guys wearing the winter wear?" Clover said.
"Yeah! The summer wear are for next, next season's wear." Suiko informed as she changed from international spy to regular, everyday reporter.
Then, it was the boy's turn to change.
Izawa, Teppei and Hajime changed into their Nankatsu uniforms, white and all, but Martin changed into an orange and red uniform.
"You'll stand out in the team. Better change into this uniform." Teppei said.
"Aw, but this is how we dress back there in Torrington." Martin said.
"Just get along with the plan and go undercover as a player!" Diana said and pinched Martin's ear.
"Ow! Let go of my ear!" Martin complained.
"We've just started our mission and it takes us 3 hours to change into the proper outfits." Yuki said.
"I have to agree with that one!" Lina said, popping out of nowhere.
-After 20 minutes-
"OK, spies. Are you ready?" Alex said.
"Just give me a sec to change!" Martin said.
He still wasn't ready.
"Then hurry up! We don't have forever!" Alex said.
"Java's better off as a trainer together with us." Sam said and using her compowder, changed Java into a trainer's uniform just like her and Yuki.
-After 30 minutes-
"OK, get into position and let's start our mission." Clover ordered.
They were now in front of Nankatsu High, where all the disappearances occurred. They were now dressed up as 5 students from Nankatsu High, 3 trainers, 4 players and 2 reporters.
"We came from Mikan High so nobody know us! How can you explain your sudden appearance and disappearance?" Riza said to Izawa, Hajime and Teppei.
"Good question. I really don't know!" Izawa said.
"Let's just say we went out looking for Tsubasa and the others but didn't find them!" Teppei suggested.
"Good one!" Hajime said as they all entered the campus.
They all headed for the soccer pitch.
They found the coach and they all talked to him.
"Good afternoon! We're the newly sent trainers here. You must be the coach of the soccer club. Nice to meet you!" Sam said and pointed to Yuki and Java. They both waved.
"Nice to meet you! I'm Tetsuo Mikami, the coach of the Japan team. Let me gather them around to meet you." The coach said and called his team.
Everybody came to look at the new trainers and cheerleaders and the new player.
After introduction, Mikami gave them the instructions of what they'll do.
The cheerleaders were training under Sanae Nakazawa a.k.a Miyuki, the trainers were to be with Kumi Sugimoto together with Yayoi Aoba and Yoshiko Fujisawa, the reporters were to interview the Japan team after practice and the new player, Martin, was to watch the Japan team play.
"Uh, Izawa……… I'm not exactly that good at soccer!" Martin said.
"That's all right. Just stay here by the bench and try to watch the other players." Izawa said before running out into the pitch.
Diana and Suiko were at the dorm together with Yayoi Aoba.
"You can stay in the living room while waiting for the Japan team to finish practice." Yayoi said.
"Um, do you mind taking us to the room were you last saw Tsubasa or any of the other ones who went missing?" Diana asked.
"Sure. They were last seen inside Taro's room. You reporters really do amaze me. Even if something bad happened, you really do get to the bottom of the story!" Yayoi said and opened a green door.
"Thanks. Tell me…are these players the best one on your team?" Suiko said as they entered the room.
"Yeah, all of our best players were last seen in this room." Yayoi said.
"Do you mind telling me who they were exactly?" Diana said.
"Oh, I'm sorry! Looks like someone is calling me. I'll leave you reporters here. I'll be right back!" Yayoi said before exiting the room.
"Great. How do we know who disappeared and who didn't?" Diana said.
"I've run a background about this team. Their top best players were: Genzo Wakabayashi, Tsubasa Oozora, Taro Misaki and Kojiro Hyuga. That's all I got." Suiko said.
"At least we know who disappeared. Come on, let's search for clues." Diana said and they both started searching the room.
Suiko felt something.
Something lumpy.
"Hey, Diana! Take a look at what I found." Suiko said and held up something that looked like a ring.
"Let's run it through the 25 karat diamond information sorter." Diana said in a serious tone.
Suiko ran it through the diamond.
After a while, the diamond printed out something.
"It said here that it was made by Kamino Industries. The rest is unknown." Suiko read out.
"Let's send it to Jerry for analysis. Right now, let's find out what else we could find in this room." Diana said and put the ring in her compowder, which disappeared in a flash of light.
"There you are! The team's ready for the interview!" a boyish voice said.
They both turned around to see a boy with brown hair.
"I'm Jun Misugi, the other coach of the team. Yayoi told me you guys were here." Jun said.
"Hi! I'm Diana Lombard and this is my friend, Suiko Nayamashi! We're the reporters for Japan Sports Monthly! Ready for the interview?" Dianna said.
"Yeah. They're waiting at the living room. Follow me." Jun said and led the 2 girls into the dorm's living room.
-Wherever Yuki, Sam and Java is-
"So, you're the new sent trainers here! Welcome! I'm Kumi Sugimoto, that's Yoshiko Fujisawa and the girl with the long, orange hair was Yayoi Aoba." Kumi said.
"Hi! I'm Yuki Tamane, this is Sam and that's Java." Yuki said.
"Well, as trainers, it's our job to make sure that everybody's all right. We take care of the team, and that's mostly what trainers do." Yoshiko explained.
"Oh." Sam said.
Just then, one of the players fell on the ground.
"Oh, no!" Yuki said and ran up to him.
"Ouch! Cramp!" the boy exclaimed.
"Hold on! It's not the end of the world!" Yuki said and rubbed some ointment behind the boy's neck.
"Thanks!" the boy said.
"No problem! Feeling any better?" Yuki asked.
"Yeah."
"………"
"Aren't you the new trainer?"
"Yeah! I'm Yuki Tamane, nice to meet you!"
"I'm Ken Wakashimazu. Nice to meet you. I better get going, there's an interview. See you around!" the boy said and sped off.
"Whatever." Yuki said and returned to the girls and one boy.
"Yuki, he was absolutely cute! Ask him out on a date!" Sam exclaimed.
"No way! And he's not my type either." Yuki said.
"If Clover was here, she'll probably ask him out on a date ASAP." Sam said.
"Java think not good idea to stay here. Let go to interview." Java said.
"Yeah, you're right. Let's go Sam." Yuki said.
"Wait for us!" Yoshiko and Kumi said and ran after Yuki, Sam and Java.
-Wherever Clover and the cheerleaders are-
"Hi! I'm Sanae Nakazawa. I'll be the head cheerleader!" A girl with dark brown hair said.
"Hi! I'm Clover, this is Alex, Riza, Lina, and Krizzie. We're just new here. Mind if you show us around?" Clover said.
"I guess it's OK. Let's go!" Miyuki said.
Everybody followed her.
But then, Miyuki stopped.
"What's the matter?" Alex asked.
"The boys are having their interview. I wanna see! Please?" Miyuki said.
"Let's go!" Riza said and raised her pompoms into the air.
And Miyuki lead the way to the dorm.
They also saw the trainers by the front door, about to open it.
"Hey!" Lina shouted.
"Hey!" Yuki said.
"Let's go! We'll miss everything!" Miyuki said and bolted open the door.
They all walked in.
They found Suiko and Diana already asking everybody questions.
Suiko were already taking a picture of everybody using the information sorter camera, trying to gather all the information they could get.
-Later on, outside-
"Well, we better get going! Ja ne!" the reporters said.
But the engine of their car won't start.
"I think the engine's broken. Better call a car expert to fix it." Suiko said.
"Right, right." Diana said and put the phone to her ear.
Finally, Diana finished talking to the other person on the phone.
"They'll be arriving tomorrow. Do you mind if we stay here for the time being?" Diana asked.
"No, it's OK." Yoshiko said.
"We'll be staying with Yuki. Is that OK?" Suiko asked.
"Sure, sure!" Yuki said.
"You guys will stay at the biggest room in the dorm that's available. It'll be able to hold 10 people. The new player, Martin, will be staying in a room together with the new trainer, Java. Clear?" Sanae said as she looked at her clipboard.
"OK! Thank you!" The new students said.
"Finally! I've finished the draft of the dorm!" Sanae said and walked away groggily.
-Later on, Dorm, the girl's room-
"So, found out anything?" Yuki asked as she plunged her hand in a big bag of chips.
"Yeah…you really do eat a lot, don't you?" Sam asked and cocked an eyebrow.
"Yeah…. it's just natural for me." Yuki said in between munches.
A knock on the door.
"Hey! Can we come in?" three boy's voices said.
"Sure! The door's open!" Clover shouted back.
The knob turned.
Three boys entered, now dressed in pajamas.
"So, what have you found that you think is helpful?" Izawa asked.
"Uh…you like to wear violet bunny slippers with orange pajamas?" Alex said, obviously trying to hold her laughter.
"Not helpful. And it's not funny too, so stop laughing!" Izawa screamed, blushing.
Everyone laughed their heads off.
Izawa just continued on pouting.
Another knock on the door.
"Yeah?" Krizzie shouted.
"Can we come in?" Martin shouted from the other side of the door.
"Yeah!" Riza said.
The knob turned.
Martin and Java entered.
"Hey! Why's everybody laughing their heads off like idiots?" Martin asked.
"Don't even think about it." Izawa said from a dark corner of the room, away from the others, drawing circles on the floor using his index finger.
Everybody just continued on laughing like the idiots they were, not minding if they were making a whole lot of noise.
"Do you mind if you guys make it a little bit quieter, there are some people here trying to get some shut-eye!" Hikaru Matsuyama, the soon-to-be captain of the Japan team, said.
"OK! Sorry!" Lina shouted back.
"Are we gonna talk about the mission or are we gonna talk about just plain nonsense?" Teppei said.
"I'd choose just plain nonsense!" Suiko said.
"OK, fine! Enough fooling around. Let's get to the point." Diana said.
"According to their files, nobody seems strange enough to abduct them." Suiko said as she showed them the files she got from the information sorter camera.
"None of them seem to have a grudge against their best players." Lina said after reading them briefly.
"So we can't blame anybody for the crime." Hajime said.
"And there's one more thing…" Diana said and looked at Suiko.
Suiko nodded briefly.
"Diana and I found this ring by the rug inside Taro's room." Suiko said and held up the ring she found earlier.
"Apparently, it's been made by Kamino Industries." Diana said.
"That's all we know. We've send a bit of this to Jerry this afternoon, but there's still no reply." Suiko said.
Just then, her compowder rang.
"Talk about coincidence!" Clover said, filing her nails.
"Hello, girls. How's the mission going?" Jerry asked from the compowder.
"Nobody's being abducted just yet, so, any reports?" Krizzie said.
"Yeah. Apparently, the ring was made by Kamino Industries." Jerry said and tapped something into his computer.
"We know that. So, what's so strange?" Martin asked.
"Kamino Industries had been out of business for 20 years. The ring sample you gave me showed that it's newly bought…or made." Jerry said.
Silence.
"The owner, Yumiko Kamino, has shut down every single Kamino Industries in Japan." Jerry continued on.
"Thanks, Jerry. We'll continue on from here." Suiko said and closed her compowder.
"Well, I think it's time to pay Ms. Yumiko a little visit." Sam said.
"But we can't leave just like that! We're part of the team now." Riza said.
"Yeah… then Diana and Suiko had to check it out." Yuki instructed.
"Then come back here again." Krizzie finished.
"But the interview's done! What's our reason for coming back here?" Diana said.
"Well, tell them you're here to interview the managers and the trainers and the cheerleaders." Alex said.
"Great idea, Alex!" Clover praised.
Alex smiled.
"You better start now." Hajime said.
Diana and Suiko both pressed a button in their compowder, and they instantly changed into their suits a.k.a. uniforms.
"We'll get going, OK?" Diana said and buckled up.
"Wait a minute! Why don't we all go? We'll be gone by night, but back by morning, right?" Izawa said.
"Not half bad… let's go, team!" Riza said.
A press of a button in their compowder and they're in their suits.
A press of a button in their wallets, and they're in their suits.
"Well, let's get going!" Sam said and pulled out her turbo bungee belt.
"Hey there! Just came up to see how you guys were doing!" Sanae shouted and opened the door.
She was shocked to see them dressed like that.
"Why are you guys dressed like that?" Sanae asked, completely baffled and confused.
"Um…don't you know? This is the hottest design of pajamas in Paris!" Lina said and struck a pose.
"How do you know?" Sanae asked.
"I…. I…I know it because I just came from France!" Lina replied.
"Oh, I see! Good night then! Sorry for disturbing you!" Sanae said and closed the door before disappearing down the hallway.
Everyone sighed.
"That was close!" Teppei said.
"Nice going, Lina!" Clover praised and gave Lina a thumbs-up.
"Thanks!" Lina replied.
"Well, we better get going!" Alex said and stretched out her turbo bungee belt.
She fired it and landed safely on the tree outside.
Alex swinged to the tree.
Everybody else followed.
"Apparently, this Yumiko girl lives in Tokyo." Yuki said, referring to her compowder.
"Then we can't swing our way to Tokyo, that's a long way away!" Krizzie said.
"Then we could use the WOOHP jet!" Sam said.
"Where?" everybody asked.
Sam pressed a button in her compowder.
They heard a swooshing sound.
"And where exactly did you get that jet?" Clover asked and raised a brow.
"Internet." Sam replied.
Everyone just smiled.
Everyone boarded the plane and headed straight for Tokyo.
"Well, this is much comfortable than our old jet. Nice going Sam!" Clover said and sat comfortably at the large chair.
"Hey! Is that the food stand? Wonder what they have…." Yuki said and headed straight for it.
"Do you ever stop eating?" Teppei said and followed her.
"I think." Yuki replied as she opened a pack biscuits.
-After 10 minutes-
"Hey! We're in Tokyo already!" Krizzie shouted.
"Well, that was fast!" Diana said and put on her turbo-fuel jetpack backpack.
"I'm not gonna jump off the plane without a parachute!" Riza exclaimed.
"Well, we have our turbo-fuel jetpack backpack." Lina said.
"Off we go!" Sam shouted and was the first one to jump off the plane.
She was immediately followed by Clover, and then Alex, then Yuki, then Krizzie, Then Izawa, Teppei, Hajime, Martin, Diana, Suiko, but the last ones were Java, Lina and Riza.
Once they reached a good distance, they opened their turbo-fuel jetpack backpack and headed straight for a tall glass building.
"Dead Ahead!" Krizzie shouted, looking at her compowder.
"Let's go!" Clover shouted.
-Glass building, Tokyo-
"It'll take forever to search this building!" Alex said when they landed on the roof.
"Let's split into groups!" Sam ordered.
"Right!" Everyone replied and grouped themselves. Here's the list:
Izawa- KrizzieSuiko-Diana
Yuki-SamMartin-Java
Hajime-TeppeiClover-Alex
Lina-Riza
"Let's get going!" Yuki said and went in first, followed by her partner.
Everyone else followed, quietly slipping in.
Yuki stopped.
"Retreat!" She practically screamed and ran back to the roof.
Everyone followed her.
"What's the matter?" Sam asked.
"This place is crawling with the tightest security I've seen since, well, last year!" Yuki said.
"We can't go in!" Riza said.
"Correct!" Yuki said.
"Then we'll have to find a safe way in!" Clover said and put in her see-through contact lenses.
Everyone else did the same.
"I think I found Yumiko's office. On the fifth floor, the last room on the left." Lina said as her eyes glowed red because of the lenses.
"Then that's where we're headed." Alex said, removing her lenses.
"Problem is: How do we get there?" Hajime asked.
"Simple: Turbo Bungee!" Martin said and activated his U-Watch.
"Then we'll use our turbo bungee belt!" Sam said and stretched her belt, aimed it at the fifth floor, and swinged.
The rest followed.
I'll have to end chapter 3 here. Tune in as they continue their adventure in chapter 4! Bye!