Meanwhile, at Nastenka's area, Cy, who was still inside her pod, was shocked to learn that Nastenka is an android like her.

"Yer an android? Like me?"

"Yes." Nastenka said, "I was ordered to find and stop the evil Obnubi Empire from resurfacing."

Cy responded, "Who cweated you?"

Nastenka said, "That's classified, but I was created in an organization in Japan, linked to the Russian Federation. My current task is to protect the ninja world, at all costs. According to my comrades in Russia, the ninja world could very well go extinct, thanks to an organization called "Yatagarasu". And I learned that they are going to revive a dragon of chaos, the Yamata-no-Orochi."

She narrated, as she was in view of a Yatagarasu ninja with YTG8, who were, at the time, brainwashed, and dressed in black and gold, "During my trip to Hokkaido, I examined the Ninja Seeking Club, even learned of a Ricka Machiyuki, who was possessed by a spirit, and was able to defeat and take down the evil ninja from taking the Yagami-no-Yata Mirror. She failed, but the ninja failed, too… only for the Yata Mirror to disappear for some time. I was assigned to arrest the evil ninja and the girls that obey him, but Kikuko Hattori interfered and took the ninja away. A girl named Hotaru Kokonohi was able to reprogram the idol girls, and became nice girls again, and no longer ninjas. Even so, it was weird to observe the girls become stronger than I have seen before. Of course, the hell continued, when Myu Momochi went into a transformation, brainwashed by the Yatagarasu. Upon her decision to join them, I followed them to find out more… but the dark ninjas found me out, leaving myself vulnerable. But I managed to escape, only to be badly wounded. I was offline for a while, after I failed to find Myu Momochi…"


Nastenka escaped from the Yatagarasu, after she tried to learn more, but she was badly hurt. She started to beep, and her vision was blurry. She remained in place, standing still, holding her right arm, and beeped, "Shutting… dooooooooooo…"

Nastenka powered down and died, as she remained in the middle of the field, emitting smoke from her body.

She narrated, "This was only under my first test run. The Yatagarasu wasn't my first mission. My battery died, smoke spewed out of my robotic body, and my memory tracks did not recover everything. I was dead in the water, and was open for enemies to destroy me."

Nastenka remained in place, as night fell. She continued, "But one night, as I was rusting away, my friends, Mion and Shion were able to recover me."

Mion & Shion arrived, as they saw Nastenka. Shion asked, "Oh… Who's that?"

Mion asked, "A mannequin? No… She's an android. Hey, you don't think she's-."

Shion said, "Who cares? We could sell this doll for parts. We need a bitching stereo!"

The twins carried the broken Nastenka away, and Nastenka replied, "Originally, Mion & Shion were to sell me for money, but they learned of who I am and what I was… The Federation could not find me. They declared me dead, and I was no longer activated. I was declared "Permanently Deactivated", and can no longer be under working condition, ever again."


Nastenka said, "And after that, Mion & Shion took me in, and I would become a motherly figure to them, since they wanted to go on wild parties. But I did help them repair and rework their motorcycles. And now, I'm here."

Cy asked, "Are they andwoids, too? I mean, Mee-on and Zee-on."

"No. They are human. I actually befriended humans. When I was first created, I had no emotions. I was a heartless Russian machine, much like Ivan Drago. However, when I was reactivated, after a failed mission, my body learned of new emotions. Mion and Shion showed me human emotions. Though, I do miss Mother Russia. The only friend I had was Kalinka Cossack. I wrote to her, but… never sent it. She still thinks I'm dead."


Nastenka was in Russia, as she was wearing a black Cossack hat and winter coat, incognito, looking to find Kalinka. However… Kalinka was in her chair, writing in her diary.

She narrated, "Of course, I returned to Mother Russia, the moment I learned that she's waiting for me. However, I could not enter the building. She was so happy, and that she got herself a boyfriend. It was like… She's forgotten about me. I… Kalinka… My best comrade friend had forgotten about me. I was only gone for four months. And she moved on. After that, I left Russia, and never returned."


Nastenka replied, "Upon returning to Japan, Mion and Shion took me in, after I discovered that I learned sadness. Kalinka… she's forgotten me."

Cy said, "I am sowwy dat Kawinka never wemembered yew, Nazzenka…"

Nastenka said, sniffling, "I know… It made me hurt inside, but as an android, I cannot understand human emotion, unlike you. But Mion and Shion, they took me in, and learned to fight back, as they are very strong martial artists, with powerful green rings. Of course, my fighting days are over… until one of my comrades located me, and warned me of a new mission. This was moments after the Yamata-no-Orochi mission, which ended with the Kokonohi girl, sealing away the dragon. I learned of a drama that is going on now… but so far, no luck. And then I met you, one of the ninjas that assisted the ninja world." She responded, "So, how about you? You have such stories of your heroics."

Cy said, as she was still in her pod, "Well, I'm not dat hewo-wic… Onii-chan discovered me in Mew-Mew's village, and we first met. I don't wecall what I did, back then, but I was owdered to pwotect the Momochi Village fwom Obnubi, as a member of The Crow."

"Huh? You mean… You protected a village, by yourself?"

"Yes. I used my barrier power… and saved the village, but my batteries wan low… so I went into the closet. And then, Onii-chan and his fwiends… They were able to stay wid me. However, Zina and I weunite, and fowced me to ewase dere memowies. But I couldn't… But even so, Zina was nice enough to help my fwiends." She paused, and whimpered, "But… I made a sacwifice… When Enju & Lily were twapped in the weapon, I decided to fwee them, but the machine was too stwong. I died, knowing I saved them… but Zina webuilt me, after Tycoon was defeated. I wuz once a weapon, like the Nine-Tailed Fox Weapon, but now I'm just a normal girl… despite that I am an andwoid…"

Nastenka said, "And then, everything happened, when Obnubi fell… The Sonic Brainwashing from Obnubi, leading to a huge sex zombie pandemic in Mizaki High… and even the issue with Kojuro Kashin and the thunder dragon, Ryujin… and your countless battles with the Yatagarasu. Interesting."

Cy said, "But… All our battles were by the skin of our teef. Bookie almost died, but Nanny saved her. That wuz back, when Akawi twied to save Mama, and that bad ninja fatally wounded her."

Nastenka said, "I see… You must have had an adventure with your friends."

"Yes… Onii-chan wuz super-cool… and I'm helpful. But lately, he has been westing, after the battle with the Yatagarasu… and he suffered injuries fwom the leader. Since then, we had a bweak, in a hot springs."

"And one of your friends… I… Well, cannot say." Nastenka said, "But you had fun with your friends, play video games, cook food, take a bath together, and even… uh, the Sports Fest?! You won first place, when the skis were made of lead? I guess that's fair, since ninjas are not allowed to show their true form. I used to play for the Sports Fest in Russia. Won the gold medal for the 100-Yard Dash, but failed at the World Record." She calmed down and continued, "But lately, Obnubi has struck, did they? Because I saw in your vision, from one of your friends."

Cy sobbed, "Enju… She was… She wuz… a wobot…"

Nastenka replied, "Yes. But sadly, it's unsure if that's really her. She'd never hurt you."

Cy said, "Nastenka, pwease assist me. Zina needs me. I love her, and Onii-chan, and Akawi, Enju, Mew-Mew, Weeka, Tengge, Bookie, Nanny, Lily, Zonny, & Hotawu… and all the west. Will yew pwease help me out in the battle in Mizaki City?"

Nastenka turned away and said, "How can I? I retired from missions… after the Yatagarasu ended. I learned of Obnubi's possible plan, but I am not so sure if it's them. However… I needed more clues. But your story… It proves that you were Obnubi, only for a greater good. But… I'm sorry… I can't help you."

Cy was sad, as she said, "I'm sowwy, Nazzenka… I didn't mean ta huwt you… Onii-chan needs me… Ew'wyone needs me…"

Nastenka sniffled, "Kalinka…" she responded, "I… I am sorry…"

BEEP!
Cy was turned off, and Nastenka placed the remote down. She whispered, "I made a promise to Kalinka that I won't fail her, after so many missions that my comrades ordered me to… but everyone doesn't remember me… Cy, I'm sorry… But you cannot go back. Not ever."

She pressed a remote, and then drained Cy of her battery life. It depleted to zero, and Cy died down. Her eyes went black and her mouth was slightly open. Her pod faded to a dimmed black, inside. Nastenka placed a tarp over her and said, "Forgive me, Cy… But until I know the truth… I cannot fight them. And you're staying with me… forever. I… I just can't say it!"

Nastenka sat down and was sad. She held herself and whispered, "Kalinka, why did you forget about me? Kalinka…" she started to cry, knowing that Kalinka had forgotten about her.

Mion and Shion heard everything, and Mion said, "That's not true… She ended Cy. But it's not true. Kalinka does love Nastenka."

Shion sniffled, "Cyon…" She barked, "We have to talk her out of this. They are right… Cy's home is-."

Mion said, "No… We should go to Mizaki City, and check it for ourselves. Hopefully, we can convince her to reactivate Cy."

"Right. Let's go."

The twins leave Nastenka's place and drive off to Mizaki City. Will they help the Ninja Seeking Club's problems with the New Obnubi? And if it does, will it talk Nastenka into reviving Cy?

XXXXX

Meanwhile, at Fuma Village, Elly Fuma, a woman in a gray suit and blue hair, was waiting for Beretta, who was entering her office. This is Elly Fuma, once a member of Obnubi, before she defected to the Rappa, as a way of eliminating the Iboro Wolves. Elly, like her sister, Lily, is half-werewolf, but she does not have the ability to be a werewolf.

Beretta explained to her about the robot ninjas that attacked the city, and somehow infected Yamabuki, Akari, & Myu. A stunned Elly was amazed, and agreed that this was the demonic work of the Tycoon. Elly confirms that he is dead, but there was more.

"Naganobu Saion-Ji foretold his death, so… by the time Obnubi disbanded, he would plan to eliminate his own granddaughter, Enju, and my sister. Lily told me the story… of how they ended Obnubi, after the Tycoon was destroying the ninja villages. Enju & Lily, and the rest of the Ninja Seeking Club, were there. Tengge wasn't. At the time, she was kidnapped by the Yatagarasu, days before the war against him. I used to work for him. We were studying the Iboro Wolves, including their children."

Beretta replied, "I overheard that you and Lily are half-werewolf."

"Correct." Elly smiled, "We were born of the werewolf, Yuri Fuma; our mother. Lily was able to become a werewolf, but as an adult, I, however, cannot be a werewolf. For some reason, the Iboro Blood doesn't control me. At least, not yet. But… Tycoon knew about Lily's DNA."

"Really? Was it long before?"

"Yes." Elly held up a scroll and said, "This was Tycoon's greatest work. An android, the same tech as Zina's android, Cy, and the destroyed Nine-Tailed Fox Weapon. Only this android was a resemblance of Lily."

Beretta looked, as it was a schematic of a werewolf-human hybrid, the same werewolf robot that attacked the city. Elly stated, "Naganobu calls this android… Iborobo. It is a robot girl with Iboro DNA."

"An android, built with Iboro DNA? This is inhumane."

"Tycoon has ways of making the ninja world a better place. Unfortunately, upon Zina's betrayal to Obnubi, Tycoon finally showed his true colors, and he chose to stay underground, to research and construct Iborobo."

Beretta asked, "Does Iborobo come out at night?"

Elly said, "Always. Not on cloudy days or rainy days. Whenever the moon is out (except on the New Moon), Iborobo goes on the prowl, like the Iboro Wolves. But unlike all androids… this machine is designed to kill."

"TO KILL? This android disobeys the Laws of Robotics, becoming a bloodthirsty animatronic beast?! That is sick and cruel!"

"It is cruel, Agent Beretta. But I'm afraid that this is Tycoon's master plan. Upon the destruction of the Nine-Tailed Fox Weapon, he stayed in the rubble of Obnubi HQ, and planned his revenge on the Ninja Seeking Club, the same club that ended him, and forced to disband Obnubi, ending the jobs of Enju, Tengge, & Lily. It was terrible. Now, nothing more than Free Agents (or ronin ninjas), Enju & Lily are free to save the world from evil… only the Tycoon thinks of it… as an act of abandonment and betrayal."

Beretta replied, "I'm curious to know what this Iborobo does, when it attacks its prey. But does it NOT kill, sometimes?"

Elly said, "Sometimes… but… Unfortunately, the prey she was able to control can turn innocent people, even laypeople, into androids. He has a way to reconstruct the molecular DNA to a human being, and turn them into robots. Sick and twisted…"

"Then why go after Cy? Yamabuki told me that they were after her."

Elly responded, "Cy was a product of Obnubi, built by Lady Zina. Tycoon hasn't forgotten what Cy did… helping to destroy the Nine-Tailed Fox Weapon, and the Legendary Ninja to defeat the machine and the Tycoon. We all thought Tycoon was dead, but… He wants revenge. Not just Cy, the boy, or the Ninja Seeking Club, even his own granddaughter… but the entire ninja world… even if it means to destroy Cy. The android was created by Zina, who is labeled a traitor to Obnubi. He was right. But his villainous methods, upon retaliation, were unsound."

Beretta replied, as she was upset, "Is there a cure to revert them back to normal? Three of the Ninja Seeking Club, including one of my own… have converted. And that was after Myu was stabbed in the back."

"Only the Tycoon knows… but…" Elly said, as she pulled out a small case. "Kotaro and I knew that this would come. Tayu Momochi gave these to me, which were a gift from Zina."

"What is it?"

"Antidote, an all-purpose drug that will cure any bizarre ailment or virus. Zina did not name it, but… I'm afraid that it cannot be helped. Zina will analyze it, once she and Cy are in a safe place. Sadly, I only have enough for three. You're going to have to give these to Zina, when you get the chance."

Beretta responded, as she said, "No… I think you better hold onto them. But once we find Cy's location, we shall tell her to come to Fuma Village."

Elly nodded, "Agreed. It's not safe, while Mizaki City is in chaos and bedlam, full of robots, including Iborobo. Thank you for your time, Beretta. I do hope you find Cy, and please… do what you can to save my sister, before it's too late."

Beretta bowed and left Fuma Village. She was heading off to her car, but two bikers drove to her. Shion called, "YO! Do you know the way to Mizaki City?"

Beretta said, "Oh, sure, it's twenty blocks down that way!"

Shion winked, but Mion asked, "You going, too?"

Beretta said, "Not safe there, but I'm heading to the office, to work on some papers."

Shion asked, "Any ninjas that may come your way?"

Beretta asked, "Eh? Wait… How did you-?"

Mion and Shion told Beretta that they have a friend staying in their lab, and safe from Mizaki City. Beretta asked, "Was she small, with small boobs, champagne beige hair, purple eyes?" The twins nodded, as Beretta asked, "What are you doing with that girl? We were looking for her!"

Shion said, "Ease up! Nastenka was nice enough to save her, and-! OOP!" She covered her mouth, as Beretta thought, "Nastenka, huh? Hmm… They could be useful." She smirked, "You know… Is your friend a brainiac?"

Mion said, "Uh, yes?"

Beretta replied, "A woman will see you, and she knows about the beasts that may attack her. Here." She gave her the scroll of Iborobo and responded, "See a woman by the name of Elly Fuma, a couple feet ahead. Tell them you know Cy. There may be hope yet. And then, contact me afterwards. My name's Beretta."

Shion asked, "Huh? Are you a cop?"

Beretta winked, "Sort of. Just go!" She drove away, as Mion and Shion viewed the park. Mion asked, "Who's Elly Fuma?"

Confused, Mion & Shion entered the Fuma Village park, to meet with Elly Fuma. And hopefully, to convince Nastenka to reactivate Cy, before it's too late.