Standalone Special: Bat-Manga!
Natalie walks down the bright school hallway of Gotham Academy, a brown bookbag in hand. Other students walk the hallways, as class starts in twenty minutes.
A shorter boy wearing the school uniform runs up to her, limping and hobbling along the way, "Good morning, Natalie-kohai!"
She smiles, and bows, "Good morning, Oswald-senpai."
She slows down her pace so that Oswald can keep up with her. It's so thoughtful of an upperclassman like Oswald to notice her, even if everyone else thinks he's kind of weird.
"Kohai...you know, a new ramen place opened up downtown. Maybe you and I-"
"Nat-chan!" Ed waves to her from their classroom.
"Talk to you later, senpai!" Natalie gives Oswald a little pat on the shoulder before walking off.
Frustrated, Oswald clenches his fists and grinds his teeth, "I will have my kohai…"
"Nat-chan, talking with Oswald-senpai again?" Ed asks, as they sit down in their seats, "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you two are dating."
She shakes her head, "No, that's ridiculous. Senpai is just...well...my senpai. He's an upperclassman I admire, and I'm very grateful we're friends, but it's nothing more than that, believe me."
Just then, a group of girls burst through the classroom door, sparkles in their eyes and their mouths in a constant state of a watermelon-shaped smile.
"Edward-san!" the girls sing in unison as they surround him.
Natalie sits back and crosses her arms as the girls swarm him, almost climbing over one another to get to him.
"I see the Edward Fanclub has gotten to him early today," Renee comments from her chair behind Natalie.
Natalie chuckles, "Yeah, but I have to admit, even though Ed-sama is my friend, I see the appeal. After all, he is the prince of Gotham Academy. Top of the class, tall, quiet, mysterious, that's what they see in him. Me, all I see is the weird Ed I've known since childhood. Although I have to admit: it's quite funny that traits that make you weird and undesirable in one culture make you attractive in another."
"Which begs the question: why haven't you two gone out yet?" Barbara chimes in, leaning forward, her school skirt cut suspiciously short.
"He and I are just friends, it's what I tell him about Oswald-senpai," Natalie clarifies.
Barbara and Renee's expressions go dark, with thick black lines pulling down their heads, "Oswald-san...oh yeah...that weirdo."
In chibi form, Natalie acts oblivious to Barbara and Renee's comment, clapping along to an unknown rhythm, "Oswald-senpai's so nice."
During lunch, Barbara, Renee, Natalie, Crispus, and Ed all eat at the same table.
"I always invite Oswald-senpai to eat with us, but he never wants to. I just...don't know why," Natalie sighs.
"He's just kind of strange like that, I guess," Crispus figures, before going back to eating his lunch.
Natalie takes out a bento box wrapped in a blue gift wrap with umbrellas on them, "Well, I thought I'd surprise him today by making him lunch. Be right back."
She gets up and starts walking out of the school courtyard where the majority of the students eat lunch. She goes into the school building and finds the library. Sliding the door open, Natalie peeks her head in.
"Afternoon, Oswald-senpai," she greets, knowing he'd be the only one in the room.
Oswald looks up from his book, and smiles, "Natalie-kohai!"
She sits down in the chair next to him, "I made you lunch, if you want it."
He glances over at the bento in gift wrap, before looking back at the small tuna onigiri he always brings for lunch. Wrapping up the tuna onigiri, Oswald tears off the gift wrap and opens up the bento box.
"Steamed salmon, fried shrimp tempura, seafood sushi-...kohai, you made all this for me?"
Natalie nods, "I figure, you always eat the same thing for lunch everyday, why not give you something new? It's the least I could do, with you being such a kind friend and all. If it's too much, the box is disposable, so you can take it home."
Oswald gives her a nervous chuckle, "T-thank you…"
Out of nerves and excitement, Oswald starts rapidly eating the food. No...he can't have Natalie think he's weird, but everything he's feeling right now...it's all too much...Natalie…
"You're eating quite fast...slow down okay? I don't want you to get a stomach ache," she warns him with a polite smile.
Oswald swallows the large chunk of food in his mouth, and dabs off bites of rice with a napkin. His eyes become wide, his irises turning into small dots, as he turns to Natalie, shaking.
"Kohai...my sweet, sweet kohai…"
Without warning, he dives in and kisses her on the lips, throwing Natalie out of her chair and onto the library floor.
Oswald grabs her arms with his hands, deepening his kiss. She scrambles out from under him, backing up until she hits up against the nearest wall.
"S-...senpai?"
Oswald stands to and tries to approach her, but Natalie dashes out of the room before he can even get close. He collapses onto his knees, head down and clenching his fists, "Kohai…"
Barbara and Renee are eating lunch with the rest of group when they spot a shadowy figure appearing in the school courtyard. The two run to investigate, leaving without excuse for the rest of the group. A darkened outline of a person stands in the middle of the courtyard, constructed of sharp edges, and appears to be in constant movement. It darts, almost teleports from place to place, it's head jittering as it turns from side to side. None of the other students seem to notice it except Barbara and Renee, as they stop just feet away from the creature.
"What is that?" Barbara asks.
Renee scowls, "It's like it's looking for something. It hasn't harmed anyone yet, but we should still keep an eye on it."
The figure suddenly leaps up, flying through the air and straight through a classroom window on the third floor. The students in the courtyard turn and gasp, but only at the shattered window the shadow left behind.
"Alright, something's going on," Barbara whispers to Renee, as they dash into a hallway.
Barbara and Renee take out small pens, a red and black one for Barbara, and a brown and dark blue one for Renee.
Barbara raises her hand first, "Batwoman, transform!"
Surrounded by a flaming red background, Barbara twirls around, her . In a twirl of scarlet flame, a black latex one-piece appears on her otherwise clothless body. Next, her hands and arms become covered in thin red gloves, and black thigh-high boots with red inner heels materializes on her legs. A red choker, long red scarf instead of a cape, and her signature mask are the last things to appear as she twirls around and strikes a pose.
"Question, transform!"
Renee goes through a similar transformation, spinning around like a ballerina as a brown long-sleeves business suit grows onto her arms in front of a shining blue background. Her matching slacks are next, along with low high-heeled shoes. She finishes her transformation with a brown trenchcoat with a dull blue interior, her brown fedora with a blue feather, and her facial features completely disappear as she strikes a finishing pose.
Batwoman and the Question dash through the hallways until they spot the shadowy figure. It spots them, and fires blast of dark energy at them. Batwoman and the Question dodge its attacks, as each blast dispels a thick cloud of smoke. When the smoke finally clears, they look up to discover that the shadowy figure has disappeared through an open door.
Running to the door, Batwoman and the Question find that the creature went into the library, and escaped through the window.
Natalie dashes in behind them, "You guys, what happened-"
She spots the empty library and the open window, and pushes past her friends to investigate.
"Something appeared in the school courtyard and made its way here. We lost him after that though," Batwoman explains.
Natalie gets down on one knee as she spots Oswald's backpack as well as the bento box she'd made for him, now strewn on the floor.
"Senpai…" she murmurs, "what could it want with him?"
"Maybe that creature was from the Multiverse," the Question suggests.
Batwoman nods, "After school, let's go check it out."
Just then, the door to the library slides open, and a crowd of male students jam their heads through the door.
"I told, it's Batwoman and the Question!" one of the boys cries, pointing to them.
"Look at Batwoman, she's so amazing!"
Batwoman blushes, "Awe...don't…"
Another boy calls out, "I love the Question, she's so mysterious!"
The Question's face widens, and a large sweat drop appears on the side of her forehead, "Uhm…"
She suddenly lifts Natalie and Batwoman up with both hands, and jumps out the window with them, "Let's get out of here!"
Barbara, Renee, and Natalie make their way to a deserted side street. Barbara and Renee take out the pens they'd used to transform, and Natalie takes out her own pen, one of light blue and white.
They raise their pens together in the air, "Transport!"
A beam of bright light shines over them, and their bodies begin to dissipate in the light until they disappear completely, and the beam disappears soon after.
The beam reappears in the Multiverse, which is composed of swirls of surreal color patterns. Barbara, Renee, and Natalie step out of the light before it slowly twinkles away.
"Can you check the state of the Multiverse?" Renee asks Natalie.
Natalie steps to the center of the chamber of dazzling colors and presses her hand toward the middle. The air responds to her movement, and a holographic screen appears where her hand is placed. She starts pressing objects on the screen, and eventually a map shows up.
"All of the universes held in the Multiverse seem to be stable...but there's something going on in one of the passageways. Here, I'm picking up a signal..."
An image of a dark medieval castle made of snow and ice surrounded by a frozen moat and dark clouds appears on the hologram. Natalie steps back as she watches with Barbara and Renee.
"Behold my subjects! It is I: Emperor Penguin!"
Oswald, dressed in a black suit with tails, a monocle, and a large crown, jumps into frame, holding a jewel-encrusted umbrella in both hands.
"My kingdom is something to behold. All who dare to challenge my power, will meet their demise. Guaranteed," he lets out a maniacal laugh, before turning around to walk back into the castle, as the holographic screen closes out.
Natalie shakes his head, "No...that can't be Oswald...and yet-"
"It is?" Renee finishes, her hands crossed, "Looks like you didn't know as much about your friend as you thought."
"Oswald...isn't like this. Something's not right, and I intend to find out what," Natalie assures herself.
"Well, let's get going then," Barbara smiles, twirling her pen in her hand.
Barbara, Renee, and Natalie stand together and raise up their pens, and the yellow light returns to take them away.
The light beams the three to Oswald's castle of ice, standing right where Oswald had made his broadcast just moments before. Barbara immediately loses her balance and starts slipping on the solid ice surrounding the moat and castle. Natalie tries grabbing her, but ends up slipping along with her, as the two fall onto their backs as they slip along the ice. Renee shakes her head in disapproval, as she grabs the two of them and starts dragging them into the castle.
Inside the castle, multiple large portraits of Oswald line the walls of ice. One of them depicts him slaying a lion by stabbing it with a silver broadsword, another shows him alone in a large chair, holding a glass of wine while a fireplace glows behind him.
"What is this place?" Barbara wonders aloud, as she and the others wander the castle.
Renee runs her hands along one of the paintings, "Maybe Oswald was a creature from the Multiverse all along, hiding in the passageways between universes in the Multiverse."
"I don't think so. I know Oswald, and he's no monster from the Multiverse. Something else is going on here," Natalie counters, defending Oswald.
Just then, the paintings begin to melt, the oil seeping out of the frames and onto the ice floor. They collect in small puddles and rise to become contorted silhouettes of Oswald, the colors of the paintings fusing and shifting within their figures.
"You still sure about him not being from the Multiverse? Because I don't think a normal person can summon doppelgangers from paintings," Renee shouts to Natalie.
Barbara and Renee raise up their pens, and transform into Batwoman and the Question. Batwoman leaps several feet in the air, her long scarf flowing along with her. She twists mid-air, and pulls out her hand to reveal several Batarangs in her hand.
"Batarang Barrage!"
She launches the Batarangs at the doppelgangers, each one of them exploding on impact. One of them lands right in a minion's head, causing it to combust, splattering paint everywhere. Most of the others manage to dodge the Batarangs, launching themselves up at Batwoman with the buoyancy of liquid.
The Question sticks to the ground, fighting the doppelgangers in hand-to-hand combat. She lands several punches into one, and throws it over her shoulder, the minion collapsing into a puddle of paint upon hitting the floor. She whips out a small blue notebook, the pages fluttering in front of her. Several symbols of Kanji appear on the book.
"Deathnote!"
A dark energy beam fires out from the book, eliminating several doppelgangers as it scans the room. Still, more paint minions keep coming, as Batwoman and the Question continue to fight them off.
Natalie raises her pen in the air, "Trickstress, transform!"
Cut to a sparkly, light blue background, where a naked silhouette of Natalie twirls around, before doing a single cartwheel and a light blue polka-dot shirt appears on her. She spins around several times in a balletic fashion, and a matching miniskirt appears just below the shirt. Gloves and high-heels form onto her body next, finishing off with a butterfly mask and a small bow with a ridiculously long ribbon. She strikes a pose, completing her transformation.
The Trickstress joins the battle, doing a backflip mid-air and landing directly onto a doppelganger, her heels crushing it into an indistinguishable mass of paint. Now surrounded by throngs of minions, she does several cartwheels around them, kicking them all out of the way while her skirt flies up for the gratuitous panty-shots.
The three heroes end up together, standing back-to-back as the doppelgangers close in on them. The minions swing their arms, which extend to hit the girls. One throws out its arm, which wraps around the Trickstress's neck, tightening to strangle her. Batwoman quickly throws a Batarang, cutting off the arm of the minion, and the remaining arm melting away into oil and paint.
Batwoman and the Trickstress leap off of the Question's shoulders, and defying all laws of physics, land and jump off of the wall to attack the minions. The Trickstress brings out two lightning blue daggers, and holds them in front of her.
"Counterstrike!"
Her daggers extend to become handguns, and dual-wielding them, the Trickstress fires multiple shots into them, jumping from wall to wall and doing multiple flips in the air, her feet never touching the ground.
Batwoman brings out her net gun, and fires at a crowd of doppelgangers. The net flies into them, and squeezes the minions until they burst into paint.
With only a handful of doppelgangers left, the Question rips a page out of her notebook, before taking out a pen and scribbling onto it while the page is suspended in mid-air.
"Inkblot!"
The black ink on the page comes to life, leaping off of the page. Several strips of ink attack the doppelgangers, slashing off their limbs and chests, until the remaining minions have all melted away.
When it's all done, Batwoman, the Question, and the Trickstress all stand together, no one having broken a sweat or even been phased by the fight. Batwoman tries stepping forward, but accidentally steps in a puddle of sludge-like paint.
"Eww…"
Walking ahead, the Trickstress notices a single painting still standing, one of Oswald as a child in a sunny field, offering a flower to a girl with long, dark hair. She reaches her hand out, as she realizes who the girl is.
"I...I remember this. It's when Oswald and I first met-..."
Her hand reaches out to the painting, and instead of hitting its surface, her hands reaches into the painting, disappearing into it.
"A...a portal?" the Trickstress realizes aloud, as she pulls her arm in.
Almost in a trance, she starts walking into the painting, her whole body disappearing into it.
The Trickstress is shrouded in a blinding light, as she squints, adjusting to it. As the light clears, she finds herself in the field depicted in the painting, but now, everything appears as if it were real.
She shields her face with her hand as daisy petals whip along with a soft breeze. From behind, a child starts to cry. The Trickstress turns around to find that it's Oswald, looking just as he'd been depicted in the painting, wearing a white shirt over his rounded body. He's crying under a tree, trying to wipe away his tears even as more come streaming down.
"Are you okay?" another small voice asks.
Both Oswald and the Trickstress turn to see the little girl from the painting, even smaller than Oswald, walking up the hill to the tree where he sits.
She sits down on the grass with him, "My name is Natalie."
Oswald pulls away, sniffling, "Are you here to hurt me?"
Natalie shakes her head, giggling, "No, silly. I want to be your friend."
Before Oswald can respond, there's a blinding flash of light. The Trickstress shields her eyes, and squeezes them shut. The sound of the wind from the trees is replaced by a familiar busy chatter, and when she opens her eyes, she finds herself not in a field, but in a school hallway.
"Look Ed-sama! You got top of the class again!" Natalie, now about six years older than the small girl in the field, points to a list posted on a bulletin board with a younger looking Ed.
He gives a modest shrug, "Well, if it weren't for our afternoon study sessions, I don't know if I could have done it."
She bumps him in the shoulder, "Then how come I'm not even in the top ten? C'mon Ed-sama, it's because you're so smart."
The Trickstress turns to the side and realizes that she's standing next to a now older Oswald, his fists clenched and shaking.
"How dare he...I don't care if he's the prince of Gotham Academy...that's my kohai he's touching. Why can't you admire me Natalie-kohai? Why can't you love-"
Someone shoves Oswald to the side, "Don't stand in the middle of the hall, Penguin!"
He growls, tightening his fists even further. But when he turns to the side he notices Natalie's beside him. She smiles.
"Morning, Oswald-senpai."
His expression of anger turns into one of pure joy, "Natalie-kohai…"
Another flash of light changes the scene once more, from a classroom to a dimly lit bedroom. Oswald, now at his current age, sits alone by his nightstand, where several objects have been laid out along with a couple candles. The items include a small comb, strands of dark hair, a used band-aid, a toothbrush, a pencil, and a framed picture of Natalie sitting in the center.
The Trickstress walks over to Oswald, and peering over him, her expression grows worried as she spots his wide, dead yandere eyes. He clutches the framed picture of Natalie, and stares at it intently.
"Kohai...why can't we be together? ...I know why, you'd rather have Edward-san, prince of Gotham Academy, intelligent, attractive, everything a school girl like you could ask for. Well, I can be better. I won't be just the prince of Gotham Academy, no...I'll be king. An absolute ruler, powerful without question. Then your precious prince won't be so great-...but, you'll still love him, even without his princely title. That's what's so great about you kohai...you're so kind, and loving...and I want it all to myself. But I can't…"
There's a bright flash of light, and the Trickstress is thrown out of the painting. Batwoman and the Question catch her, and help her to her feet.
"Are you okay? What happened?" Batwoman asks.
The Trickstress holds her head as she regains her balance, "I saw visions...of Oswald's life. Question, you were right, he's not the person I thought I knew."
"So he is a demon from the Multiverse?" she tries to confirm.
"...I'm still not quite sure of that either. All I know is whoever created this place has some knowledge of him. We should just...be careful."
Batwoman, the Question, and the Trickstress reach a set of heavy doors made of solid ice. The three women beat against the door until the ice shatters and crumbles, allowing them to pass.
They step into a large throne room, with a chandelier made of icicles and a throne pristinely carved out of a natural chunk of ice. In the throne, Oswald, now with a fur coat draped over his already outlandish ensemble, sits, his legs spread out as far as he can, his elbow leaning on one of the throne's arms.
"Ah...challengers to my throne? My, my...what are we going to do about you?" he wonders to himself, holding his chin in his hand.
The Trickstress steps forward, "Oswald, this isn't you. Snap out of it!"
Oswald stands on his feet, "You're trying to trick me! You want my crown...I won't let you take away what's mine!"
He picks up his jewel-encrusted umbrella and aims it at the Trickstress. A blast of lightning strikes from the tip, knocking her to the floor.
"This is my kingdom, all who oppose it will perish!"
Batwoman and the Question charge into battle. The Question immediately running up to fight Oswald. He twirls his umbrella, this time aiming at the ground. A blue beam fires from the umbrella, and jagged shards of ice begin growing out of the floor. The ice comes to life as a rocky ice monster. The Question punches off one of its arms, and grabbing the detached limb knocks the creature over the head with it.
Batwoman attacks from the air, leaping from one corner of the room to the next, and finally leaps off of the walls, flying toward Oswald.
"Batarang Barrage!"
Three Batarangs appear in each hand, and she hurls them at him all at once. Oswald uses his umbrella to summon a wall of ice, blocking the exploding Batarangs. As the smoke from the explosions clear, Oswald's eyes widen in shock as Batwoman comes flying in from the other side, knocking him down with a forceful kick. She stands triumphant as he struggles to sit up from the blow. But Oswald, still wielding his umbrella, fires a burst of lightning at Batwoman, knocking her through the ice wall and onto the floor.
"Oswald...I won't fight you."
He turns to see the Trickstress leaning against what's left of the ice wall, still recovering from his blast. He chuckles, and points his umbrella at her, "Fine by me-"
She rips off her mask, and lets it falls to the floor. Oswald's expression goes from one of malice to deep concern, as his coat, crown, and umbrella fade away.
"Natalie-kohai!"
He runs to her, and wraps his arms around her, "No..."
There's an unnatural jolt from his arms and upper body, as his crown, coat, and umbrella reappear. His expression becomes contorted and vicious, as he grabs the Natalie by the waist, "Yes!"
Pulling her toward the throne, Oswald raises his umbrella, and the area around them becomes encased in a thick dome of sharp ice. Batwoman and the Question rush to the ice, but more ice soldiers rise up to attack them.
From inside, Oswald pins Natalie to the floor, "Finally, I have everything a ruler could need. His power, his kingdom…" he kisses her on the lips, even as she turns away, "...and his queen."
With a wicked grin, his eyes become wide and soulless, "Little kohai won't hurt me, right? Little kohai will stay with me forever, and ever…"
"No!" Natalie uppercuts Oswald in the stomach, knocking him over. She scrambles to her feet, and backs up against the farthest wall of ice.
Oswald sits up, his crown and coat disappearing once more. He looks up at her in dread, "Natalie...what's going on? I-I can't control myself...I...I don't know what to do, I'm scared!"
Realizing Oswald's predicament, Natalie gets down on her knees and scoots over to him. She cups her hand on his chin, "It's going to be alright Oswald, you're going to be okay-"
The coat and crown return, and he grabs his jewel-encrusted umbrella, aiming it right at her throat, "Oh, I'll be alright, as soon as I kill your friends, and you declare your love for me! I'll keep you in a golden bird's cage, and then you'll only see me, only know my face!"
Oswald throws down his umbrella, and, standing over Natalie, holds out his arms, "I am Oswald's Shadow: the true self! This is what I want! Don't you see? You and I...we could be so happy here. Here, I hold ultimate power, no one can stand above me, and I get everything I want! Including you!"
Oswald suddenly stumbles, as his form shifts back-and-forth between his normal and Shadow self, "No...I'm not you!"
His head violently snaps back, as he returns to his Shadow self, "Haha...go on, fight it. The more you fight it...the stronger I get!"
Outside, Batwoman and the Question knock out the last of the ice soldiers. Batwoman takes out her exploding Batarangs and starts attacking the ice dome surrounding Oswald and Natalie, while the Question summons energy beams with her notebook.
Inside, Shadow Oswald's grabbed Natalie by both of her wrists, "No...no! In this world, I get everything I desire! My whole life, everyone else has gotten what they wanted but me! Everyone else is accepted but me! What did I do to deserve this life of misery?! I-...I just want to be happy!"
The Question deals a final blow to the ice dome, and it comes crashing down, with Oswald and Natalie still inside. Batwoman and the Question run up to the wreckage, and as the dust clears, they spot Natalie, and not one, but two Oswalds, his Shadow self having separated from his normal self.
"What happened?!" Batwoman shouts, as Natalie dusts clunks of ice off of her skirt.
Natalie runs to help up normal Oswald, as Shadow Oswald, visually distinguishable by the red aura glowing around him, stumbles to his feet.
"Oswald's not from the Multiverse," Natalie explains, pointing to Shadow Oswald, "his body was taken over by that."
Shadow Oswald holds out his hand, "Someone...anyone, please...accept me."
Normal Oswald gently lets himself out of Natalie's arms, and limps toward Shadow Oswald, "I-...I understand you."
Normal Oswald stops about halfway through, "I know that feeling. Of wanting to be wanted, of seeing others getting what you desire, and then watching them take it for granted. Needing to be accepted, but not knowing how. You're right...I do feel that way, about Natalie-kohai, about my own desires. I...I'm constantly jealous of everyone else, I just want to tear them down so badly, that I don't think about what I already have…"
Oswald walks directly up to his Shadow self, "You are me...and I am you."
Shadow Oswald smiles, before he fades away, disappearing completely. He collapses to the floor, and Natalie runs to catch him.
As Oswald falls to the ground, his eyes barely open, he whispers, "The strength of heart required to face oneself has been made manifest…"
He passes out, and Natalie holds him tight.
"Well, that's over. But...what caused this?" Batwoman asks, as Natalie comforts Oswald by petting him on the head.
The Question kicks a piece of ice away from her, "It must have something to do with that shadowy figure we saw before Oswald went missing. Maybe someone is kidnapping people and bringing them to the Multiverse."
The Question nods, "Well, no matter whoever, or whatever is causing this, we won't find out just now. I think everyone's tired, let's get some rest."
Natalie, Batwoman, and Renee laugh in their desks when Oswald walks into their class. The three girls pause expectantly, unsure if he remembers last night's events. He makes his way to Natalie's desk.
"Good morning, Natalie-kohai," he smiles, leaning into her desk.
She smiles back, "Good morning, Oswald-senpai."
He clutches his head and rubs it a bit, "Man, I had the worst headache yesterday. What happened? I must have collapsed."
She nods, "Yeah. During lunch you were in the library when you passed out. I took you to the office before helping you home."
Oswald pats Natalie on the head, "Of course it was you who helped me home, cute little kohai. I'm sorry you had to carry me all the way."
The bell rings, and Oswald waves goodbye before dashing to class. From behind her, Barbara and Renee burst into giggles of laughter. Natalie turns around and raises an eyebrow.
"What's so funny?"
Barbara shakes her head, "Hey, I'm just super relieved that Oswald doesn't remember anything. Boy would that have been an awkward situation!"
The teacher walks in and class starts, but as Natalie turns her head to the side, she notices that something's off.
"Hey...where's Ed?"
Author's Note: This is a Standalone Special I've been working on for a long while now, and thought it'd be something nice to keep everyone entertained before I return on the 29th. This is a bit of a stretch from the usual content, but I have a feeling there's a lot of anime fans out there, so hope you enjoyed!
Thanks! :)