Gold Digger: The Insertion files Chapter 24
After battle recovery
This is a work of complete fanfiction. I am not making any money, I have no rights to copywritten characters, this is for fun. Do not sue me.
By Agent Reptile
This is a work of fanfiction where I am making no money and I don't own any of the characters who belong to others. Also I had to edit previous chapters due to mistaking Gun-Ho and Leatherneck for one another.
The news helicopters were swarming the city while the repairs were being made. Police had quartered off several sections of the city, the various undead bodies were being incinerated for medical reasons, and the whole of Tokyo was a mix of refugee areas and reconstruction repairs. TV screens in the windows of the various stores were playing the scenes of the cleanup and the population trying to recover from the all-out attack on the city. Whole sections of Tokyo were warded off with large police warning tape stretched out and make-shift barricades of linked fences to keep people away from structurally damaged areas while engineers and rescue workers were busy evacuating people. And all of this was just what was going on in the city.
As for the school area, the walls forged by the son of Rogal Dorn had attracted not only a huge following of on-lookers, but what engineers had not flown into the city to help with the reconstruction were going over the fortifications in jaw-dropping awe at how little damage it had suffered from the hours of recorded attacks. The surrounding schoolgrounds had been blasted into a virtual hellscape that was filled with holes, covered in mud, and filled with remains of rockets, bullets, shell casings, and broken bodies of the undead that were being carted off in huge trucks or being burned by those in decontamination suits.
It was a massive disaster area in all meaning of the expression with little that any of us could do directly in resolving the issue at hand and my greatest fear was that even though the reactor had proven itself to be vital for the survival of the city, the backlash by the populous for the amount of destruction unleashed upon their homes could have killed the project before we even got an attempt to build a full-sized system.
And on top of this, there was no way to publicly cover up the existence of the Sailor Scouts as a real part of Tokyo since the high school looked like someone had suck a bunch of bouncing Bettys under a graveyard and that one kid had gotten the scouts on videotape. No amount of government cover-up was going to make that go away. Now the fact that there were real superheroes running around itself wasn't the issue, that was more or less a tourist trap thing for most of Tokyo and the sheer volume of under the counter toys and comics meant that it likely was a thriving black market of unofficial stuff. No the government had a reason to attempt to downplay some of the shenanigans Sailor Moon brought up but never to completely throw it all out.
The real problem was that the Sailor Scouts had zero disguises and anyone with a high-definition (for the 90s) resolution system could figure out who they were with a smile cross-reference with the local high school directory. Of course this was an age before high speed internet and well before the Pentium processor, but still how difficult would it be for Cobra, the Crime Syndicate, or any other high tech would be world conquerors or some other thug to identify a group of school girls without masks and threaten them or their families? Cobra already threatened the Joes by brainwashing the family of Joe members and who knows what they are up to now that they had gone completely underground. But that would have to wait for another day. We already had enough things to deal with without directly dealing with International terrorism thank you. Wererats who probably want to kill my future wife and I, a peace deal, the power source of Tokyo…..yeah we had enough eggs to juggle at this point.
"Cheer up muffin." Britanny smiled as she hugged me tight in the oversized military transport we thankfully were able to find to haul ourselves to Haruka and Michiru's home. "We've won big time and we should enjoy ourselves." My beloved wife to be said as she hugged me tight. Her bright smile in human form mixed with her adorable size always made me happy to see….okay Britanny happy in any form lifted my spirits but she was just so cute in human form. We also had just about zero extra space so she couldn't be in hybrid form without pushing her arm though the side of the van, so there was that reason. But she was right we had won big time.
Brendan the Betrayer and the Lich King both were magically shackled with the undead member of the Digger's family currently being sent to prison in Jade realm while the werewolf was being held to see if he was going to be returned to his prison or perhaps finally executed. Either way Theo had stayed behind to keep tabs on the situation with Julia so we had a bit more room to fit people and our limited travel gear into the van.
"You are right." I smiled as we kissed. Her teeth were sharp even in human form, but he lips were soft and it felt so good to have someone so special there in my arms. Britanny's purring was so loud it vibrated throughout my body and made her even more adorable.
"Okay you two if Britanny gets preggo before the wedding I am personally going to tell Mumsey about it." Gina groaned. I just shrugged a bit as it wasn't clear if it was teasing, Gina frustrated at her lack of action, or if I was going to truly have to deal with the giantess that was Britanny's grandmother sometime soon.
"Sheesh Gina chill." Brianna smiled as she slapped her sister on the back. "Don't you have that cute monk guy at Shangri-La now?"
"No, no it didn't work out between us." Gina sighed. "Between time, distance, and our responsibilities it just fell apart." The eldest of the Diggers sisters looked slightly despondent but shook her head and focused on driving a bit more.
"Sorry." The lycanthropoid replied as she looked ahead seeing that we were still following the three civilian clothed sailor scouts that were in Haruka's convertible Ferrari.
"I think we are just about there." Gina said as we pulled down an unassuming road in an area that thankfully was relatively untouched by yesterday's attacks.
"So how big do they consider mansions here? We talking our home or…." Brianna shrugged as she looked around the long driveway and the rather impressive large home that looked like a large Victorian era mansion from England. The grass was neatly cut, the driveway was long and lead to a parking area in the back of the building, and the bright sun and humid atmosphere with vast flowers and well-kept appearance of the home made it seem truly a beautiful part of country life within the vast urbanized expanse that was Tokyo of the early 1990s. It also was an amazing juxtaposition from the excessive destruction and ruin that the Negaverse and Undead realm had unleashed on most of the city. The scene was a small oasis in the vast sea of damage we had seen before.
"I think that this answers your question Bri." Gina answered as she parked the van and started to unpack a simple overnight bag.
"Sweet set-up." Brianna said as she hopped out of the van and started to pick up some of the luggage. Mostly it was just an few overnight suitcases as the whole trip to Japan was supposed to be just a couple of days and maybe a quick return flight in the dropship of a few hours back to Atlanta. Now though we more or less had handed over the first working dropship and APC unit to G. and would have to get a flight out of Japan on our own when the big muckity mucks were done with whatever they were doing with the equipment we shared. While part of me wanted to help clean up the mess the town was left in, but I couldn't. I would truly only get in the way of the reconstruction and
"Wow this is an amazing place you have here." Britanny smiled as Haruka and Michiru exited their car with Hotaru. "Must cost a pretty penny to keep this place in Tokyo."
"Why thank you. It was part of an inheritance kept in trust for our little girl by her biological father." Michiru smiled as she stepped out of her car. While her pronunciation had a distinctive accent, Michiru's English was flawless. "Thankfully between my career in music and my love's racing skills, the cost of living is covered."
"Do most people in the modern world not live in such great homes? Your own home my lady is about the same size." Brian said in complete curiosity. He looked in awe and wonder at the cut yard and the bright blue sky. As there was precious little time for him to explore Atlanta or the Digger's estate between having to jump from New York to Ireland and now Japan, he hadn't experienced a lot of the modern world.
"No this is actually a rather large estate, especially I'm guessing in this country." Gina smiled as she looked over the area herself and whistled.
The house was very beautiful and the land that it was set on looked immaculately kept. The werecheetah's eyes were wide as he barely could help himself feeling the grass between his fingers.
"How do you keep it so trim?" Brian questioned with wonder as he let his fingers dance through the yard. "I see no livestock that graze upon it."
"Uh is he alright?" Haruka asked scratching her head. The short-haired blonde was caught in awe as she saw the man lower himself onto his fingertips and sniffing the air around him. After a few moments seeming to act an actual cat on the trail of a mouse.
"Surely ma'am this vast open area of grassland is supposed to be for keeping domestic game for food. Why else would such a well hydrated and fertilized grasses?" The African werecheetah pointed out. "And why else would you have such a large estate if it wasn't for the purposes of flocks?"
"You don't understand the concept of a yard?" Haruka blinked. The racecar driver was struck in awe as this man in complete control of his faculties acting very much like an animal tracking prey.
"Well Brian did grow up in a village in the grasslands of Africa." Britanny explained seeing her bodyguard acting very odd.
"I don't understand. The land here is so fertile and the area so large." Brian continued. "Why spend the effort keeping it like this if not to support livestock for consumption?"
It was at that point that Hotaru tugged at Michiru's shirt and whispered something into her adoptive mother's ear. The teal haired lady smiled and nodded.
"Brian would you mind if Hotaru showed you around our place?" Michiru asked
"I would be delighted." The very prompt and refined gentleman nature that he likely grew up with was in full display as the werecheetah politely bowed his head slightly. "Though are you sure that I can be of no assistance to you lady Britanny."
"Oh go on, we have this." Britanny said waving on her bodyguard. She then hugged me tight while purring a bit finally having some time to relax. I honestly wanted to be able to enjoy what was the first vacation we had together as a couple.
"Does she have some sort of crush on him?" Britanny asked Haruka quietly.
"Well not a crush. We talked about it and I think it's more of a hero worship kind of thing…." Haruka tried to explain. "But more specifically our little Hotaru thinks of Brian as sort of a big brother. The concept is more personal than a friend, but is meant as a very special term of endearment."
"Wait wait, seriously?" Britanny chuckled slightly at this as she held her hand over her mouth. "That is so adorable." My love was smiling so wide at this.
"Thanks. So I'll show you to the rooms where you can place your luggage." Hotaru smiled.
The inside of their house was huge; just absolutely enormous on the same scale as the Digger's mansion. And while it looked like it was well kept, the house's insides felt somewhat smothering or depressing. There were large pictures frame throughout the halls, the wood was well kept, and it looked like the place was made well for guests, but something just felt dreary inside the place. The windows were placed such that instead of light filling the area it was kept isolated making the mansion feel like it belonged in the Addams Family more than in the bright and uplifting series that was typical of Sailor Moon.
"Very lovely house." Gina stated as she hauled her travel bag over her shoulder. "Do you worry about damage to these paintings or…" Gina's mind was focused on her usual scientific endeavors. And being an avid collector of rare object in need of special preservation, it was logical that she would conclude that the value of the paintings was why they were not exposed to potential damage of bright lights and ultraviolet radiation. This completely rational question that was answered with a smirk from the disguised sailor scout.
"The lighting?" Haruka asked as we were each given our own room. Fully furnished with fresh linins, but without a private bathroom. Thankfully there was about three on the floor so we wouldn't have to worry about a line forming to use them too often.
"Don't get me wrong your home is amazing, but the lighting seems like…" Gina said as she placed her bag down. It had been a long couple of days and we all wanted a shower and rest. Heck Gina and Brianna looked like they needed whole new wardrobes at this point and Britanny was only looking like her cloths were okay because the whole magic transformation of the Power of Greyskull had transposed her clothing with the armor of Battlecat and then reapplied said clothing. Granted it was still damaged from falling through a roof, but hey she still had more stability than her sisters' garments.
"Like it belongs in some weekend cartoon villain's hideout? That was the way Hotaru's father designed it because he was one of those types of guys." The short-haired blonde said as she smirked propping herself against the doorframe.
"So did one of you and he have some sort of falling out?" Brianna asked.
"Wait what? You think that I or Michiru got this in a divorce?" Haruka started to chuckle slightly. "No no, we both adopted little Horatu after her father passed away. The house is actually in a trust for her and we don't have the funds to do any remodeling…nor the ability as again we don't own the place but are her caregivers."
"Hey as someone who was adopted, that doesn't make you any less her mom." Britanny said as she hauled her own luggage to her room. The huge bag she was caring hit the floor with an audible thud and Britanny just about crashed on the bed and stretched.
"This feels so good." Britanny said as she started to stretch and do all the little kitty things that cats do when they are preparing to bed down. A lot of purring, rolling back and forth over the soft blankets, and generally acting like a spoiled house kitty.
"Well she looks happy." Haruka said as she looked at my beloved's antics.
"I'm probably going to go get a shower, and then I think we should all get lunch." I figured we all needed to freshen up after the muck and mud of combat over the last day and a half.
"Me first pal." Gina groaned as she rushed off doing a rather impressive impersonation of Britanny's running.
"Lunch probably would be a good idea." Haruka smiled. "I'll let you all get washed up and after that we can talk about what to eat. Your parents will be joining us?"
"Likely they'll be along later. Just have no idea what they are going to do with the Lich King or Brendan…though I think Brendan almost would be in an ICU unit after what you did to him Brit." Brianna smiled. The thought of the werewolf being kept in some sort of magical medical center only to be thrown back in that iron maiden prison for the rest of who knows how long it takes for a lycnan to die of old age. Alternatively could he be executed? Keeping Brendan alive was viewed as a greater torture than just ending his existence and quickly putting a conclusion to that part of their history, but would say putting a .45 ACP silver bullet in Brendan's skull be a better application of justice? I wouldn't ask Jetta to have to rip out the guts or break the neck of the man who was at one point her "daddy"….but would that ultimately be the right choice and the best moral action as to allow Brendan to escape again would be too great a threat to so many? Also there was the fact that treating Brendan's injuries just to end his life was a moral question in itself, but it was better than him just vanishing into the world and escaping to who knows where.
"He deserved it and more." Britanny said popping up from the bed. "Maybe I should have killed him, but that felt too much like straight up murder and he needs to face justice. That and the look on his face when his own daughter and the daughter of his greatest rival make peace?"
Britanny giggled a bit as she got excited and nearly bounced up off the bed and into my arms. The small frame of the home required her to remain in human form for a bit, and it was so adorable to see her so giddy and affectionate.
"You keep saying this peace thing." Haruka pointed out. "What is that all about?"
"Long story short." I started, before my love had me let her free to answer the question herself.
"Werewolves and werecheetahs have been killing each other for thousands of years for stupid reasons till that bastard Brendan betrayed both the werewolves and werecheetahs leading me to think I was the last werecheetah alive. And so we are trying to make a formal peace between our clans." Britanny said.
"This won't involve a wedding will it?" Haruka chuckled.
"No the leader of both parties are female." I said with little thinking.
"What's that got to do with anything?" Haruka asked. Before a rational argument could be made about how there would still need to be an heir to any throne thus needing a male and female, Britanny pointed out the other reason that wouldn't work.
"Jetta's married, has a kid, and is trying to have more." My love said. "And I have this loveable ragamuffin to keep me busy." Britanny smiled as she smooched me.
"Well I will let you get ready for lunch." The Haruka sad as she left the room showing Brianna the way out. So there we were together finally having some private time with my lovely lady.
"So muffin you want to have some personal time…." Britanny smiled as she shifted into hybrid form and proceeded to wrap herself around me. Her warm silky furry frame almost completely around me and she pressed her rather amazing chest into the back of my head.
"Someone certainly is feeling frisky." I smiled and turned around to just about get my face smooshed in Britanny's bust line.
"Well we were rudely interrupted." Britanny pointed out, and rightfully so. "And don't think I didn't hear they way you reacted when I mentioned Jetta was trying to have another kid. You, you wonderful little studmuffin, have been thinking of doing that with me haven't you?"
At this point I was admittedly getting rather excited and hot.
"Oh my gosh you have haven't you?" Britanny smiled as she kneeled down and kissed me.
"Okay yes I have been." I admitted. "After you said yes you would marry me, I have been thinking about how amazing you are, how beautiful you will be as you go through pregnancy, how stunning your body is and will progress, and how I look forward to feeling our babies kicking in you, the way your bust will be growing as your abdomen does mixing your amazing femine curves and muscle with the amazing beauty of pregnancy, and then holding our kids in our arms as we struggle being parents trying our best hoping to give them a life that is full of the freedoms and loves we cherish…"
I would go on but I found myself tightly grabbed and kissed by the amorous and adorable werecheetah.
"Oh muffin you sweet-talking fool." Britanny wrapped in her arms while falling onto the bed. "I finally know something embarrassing and sweet about you: you are a maiaphile." She then kissed my head.
"Wait a moment…" I tried to push off and figure out what she said, but Britanny wasn't letting me go.
"Nope you got to see my obsession over string, so I get to tease you about this." My love said kissing me. "And don't try to hide it, because I can smell how much the idea of fathering my kids affects you. And honestly I love it."
"If it wasn't for the fact I absolutely don't want anyone to think you and I are getting married because a little one is on the way, I would go into more detail." I said kissing her back. "None of our kids will ever wonder if mommy and daddy were ashamed of how they arrived."
"Yeah Mumsey probably wouldn't like the first time meeting you being the news that you planted a little bundle of joy in me without a ring on my hand." Britanny said chuckling.
"Sure we didn't already do that?" I joke back at her as I push myself up as Britanny released her grip slightly. "Should I be afraid that our family will have a new addition soon?"
I joked as we continued to kiss. Her lips were so sweet and her soft silky coat kept rubbing my face as we nuzzled.
"Nope, not yet. Trust me babe I am not pregnant yet. I just had my…time…when we were in Ireland." Britanny said kissing me. "Still you got a bit excited hearing about me maybe having a bun in the oven." My lady laughed a bit. "And it is getting me a bit excited too…"
"Well we will just have to save all of that for the honeymoon love." I replied.
"You Catholics and your large families…" More kissing and feeling her powerful frame in my hands while I bobbed ontop of her.
"Something you want to tell me dear?"
"Just one of the things I actually like about your faith. So do I have to get baptized or something before our wedding?" the stunning lady chuckled.
"Well before the church would even consider us getting married there are a ton of classes, a bunch of talks, and a bunch of other stuff I haven't looked into." I answered.
"Wait wait wait….you are so into your faith and you don't know what you are supposed to do to get married in the church?" Britanny blinked at me, and then laughed.
"There wasn't anyone that I wanted to get married to till now." I smile back. I was bopped on the top of the head by my love. Not a hard smack, just a playful jab on the top of my head that was similar to what my own cat does to me to show affection.
"You are so cute and infuriating at times." Britanny smiled as we sat up on the bed. "So anything else you want to tell me?" My love said as she did the cutest pose she could smiling at me.
"Well I did like the story arch where you had a kid in the comics." I said smiling.
"Oh? And anything that I should know when we are going to be expecting our own little bundle of joy?" Britanny giggled a bit while teasing me with her tail.
"Well Fred did make a lot of references to gremlins so no food after midnight or you go into a blood-thirsty killing spree. No sleeping under artificial light while pregnant least you shift forms in your sleep and either kill our baby or both of you die. You will have to be in hybrid for the entire pregnancy so the baby has room to grow."
"Not a problem for me as my hybrid form is the form I am most comfortable in." Britanny smooched me.
"Lycan pregnancies only last for about 7 months rather than 9 months…."
"Anything else?" My love said as she rubbed her tummy a bit.
"Well lycans don't have labor pain." I said as scratched her tummy and she started to purr.
"Sounds great…" Britanny said as she started to purr, till she went stiff and shot straight up. "Wait no labor pain!?"
"Well according to Jetta, who we need to ask about that since she has a kid and is trying to have more of her own." I pointed out. "But yes, unless your lycanthropy is sealed you will have no pain during childbirth." At this Britanny pinned me down on the bed and seemed like she wanted to lavish my face in kisses.
"I take it you are happy to hear this?" I smiled at her while the smooches continued.
"Overjoyed muffin. I am so looking forward to our honeymoon." Britanny continued as we smooched. She only stopped when she started sniffing the air. "Oh Charlie Tuna I'm pumping out pheromones like I'm in heat." My werecheetah love said as she sniffed herself and flopped back on the bed. "Well that was fun, and you got me all hot and bothered…"
"You do that to me every time for just being you." I smiled at her while scratching her head. "You are just such an amazing woman Britanny. You are kind, affectionate, loyal, amazingly sweet, and just make me the happiest man on earth."
"Aw muffin, you are just the sweetest sweettalker." She kissed me. "But I've got to get a quick shower and ready for lunch." She sniffed my hair and rubbed my cheeks with her chin. "And after lunch, we are spending the rest of the day just the two of us."
I was left blinking as Britanny grabbed her night bag and swayed her hips side to side while she left for the bathroom. If you remember Who Framed Roger Rabbit, think of how Jessica walked away but with far more muscle tone and Britanny was skipping a bit more than Mrs. Rabbit did.
I feel back on the bed after this and tried to cool my jets. Britanny was an intense woman, and she always left me I awe. So while I tried to catch my breath, I was left with my mind flooded with images of my love going through the stages of pregnancy and in the glow of motherhood with our child…till my mind flooded me with images of the comic version of Britanny and Stripe. I was seeing his family, his wife and child. I slapped my head to clear my mind. This wasn't that Britanny here. Yes it was the closest frame of reference, but I wasn't going down that line of thought or action. Stripe was an ally, a friend of mine, and someone I respected. He wasn't my rival for my love's affection, and Britanny already knew about the comic and laughed with me about it. Britanny was going to marry me, she wanted to carry my children, she….she wasn't the comic version and it was best to think of that version as say an older twin sibling or near identical cousin. I wasn't going to get jealous of what happened in another world, I was going to get a shower, be an excellent guest to the outer scouts in their home, and then going to give my love some special attention so she could actually have a vacation here in Tokyo for a couple of days.
Or at least as much of a vacation as one could have when a large part of the city was wretched by the Negaverse. Well it was better than trying to take a vacation in the undead realm, though knowing Britanny she likely will ask us to take time off to visit the realm of Jade after the peace accords are signed. Probably meet her living grandparents. While her maternal grandfather was an enigmatic figure who was likely avoid any interest in our actions, her maternal grandmother was a far more dynamic and invested in the lives of her family. While I had little doubt in my mind that I could physically deal with Mumsie with a number of the characters I had access to, going full Hulk or Juggernaut on her just because she irritated me would be wrong. I mean if she really pushed me I might get away with a small demonstration of Darth Vader and the Force Choke ability…but no that would only make Britanny distrust me and possibly call off the whole wedding and relationship.
No I just had to deal with Mumsie's nature if I was around her same as having to respectfully deal with Theo and Julia's. So I was left with my thoughts for a bit while Britanny got herself ready for lunch. No idea what would be for lunch, but hey considering that we had power there probably was something good to eat around here.
"Okay shower is your's pal." Gina said as she walked down the hall as she adjusted her shirt. "Did I grab the wrong top?"
I quickly made my way to the shower without looking as I could see that commenting on one's future sister-in-law's attire would be bad and I wasn't getting into that can of worms.
"Oh hey muffin, what are you doing here?" Britanny asked as I apparently walked into the wrong bathroom. "I wanted some private time babe."
"Oh shit…." I groaned to myself. I turned my eyes so I didn't even get to see the lovely curves of my lady love and was going to just walk out the door. "Sorry sorry Gina said the room was open. I'll find another one." I was about to walk you of the room when I heard Britanny laughing softly.
"Wait wait wait…you had your head turned this whole time?" my love said while her chuckles became somewhat louder.
"Well yeah I walked in on you and so I…." I said as I was about to walk out the door, but before I could I heard Britanny walk over to me and kissed me on the top of my head.
"Why aren't you the gentleman." Britanny said as I heard her continuing to wash. I was about to head out when I heard my love do that indicating coughing noise made when someone wants to get someone's attention.
"What? Don't you want your privacy?" I asked, not turning my head.
"Oh I do, but before you go I want to know something. Why is it that you didn't try to sneak a peak at me just now?" Britanny said with her extremely catty smirk.
"Because I respect you?" I replied as I wasn't sure about the question.
"Oh goodie." Britanny said as she hugged me tightly from behind. "Because that means that this is going to be all the more special."
"What is going on in that amazing mind of yours love?" I asked as I felt her run her tail across my back.
"Just a little idea of mine." My lovely lycan lover said as I could hear her moving about. "You are so well behaved. I want to see if I have the same level of self-control you do." I could feel the floor move as Britanny shifted around drying herself off with a hair dryer. "The shower is all yours love."
I smiled slightly as we played out little game. Undressed and proceeded to deliberately try to not catch a glimpse of the other.
"So what do think of things so far?" Britanny said, trying to get me to turn my head as I showered.
"In what way love?" I asked as I feigned ignorance.
"Well the fact that we are in this huge home, the recent battle, the fact we really haven't had a lot of time to talk about our relationship after you proposed?" Britanny continued as she went from using
"Well we kind of are having one now dear." I pointed out, trying to get her distracted enough to turn and face me.
"If you consider this game time to ourselves." My love replied as I could hear her brushing herself. "I mean here I am all prepped and you are playing silly games by not appreciating all the work I put into looking great for you." Britanny's words dripped with sarcasm.
"I'm not appreciating?" I asked. "Well why don't you take a look over her babe and see what I do for you? No alternate forms, just the result of all the work I do to keep myself in shape."
This got Britanny to chuckle. "Muffin, I love you dearly, and yes you do look great, but honestly your usual self is nowhere near as built as you think." This kind of got me upset, but I swallowed hard. I wasn't going to say something I regret at the woman I love so dearly.
"And what, in your professional opinion as an expert body builder, would you suggest I do?" I put in as much emphasis that I was teasing her back as I could, but dang did that hurt. Wounded pride is a damnable thing.
"Well for starters, this kitten thinks you should do squats more frequently." I went straight for a moment.
"Wait how are you….you've been looking this whole time haven't you?" I said as I got out of the shower and saw our of my peripheral vision that yes Britanny had been ugaling me while brushing herself.
"What can I say? I have poor impulse control…and I love what I see and see who I love." Britanny said as she kissed my head and gave me a pretty good look at her form tightly covered by her towel.
"So you aren't disappointed then?" I asked giving up the game between us.
"Nope. Anymore than you are in my human form. But don't think I haven't been thinking of all those amazing guys you seem to so easily take the form of. If I indulge your special tastes, then you indulge mine."
"Okay that's fair, but one concession." I said drying myself off.
"And that is?" Britanny asked in curiosity.
"Any guy you want me to…perform as, we make sure that you don't get pregnant by."
"Wait what?"
"Okay hear me out. If my DNA changes like the rest of me, then there are certain guys that I would be worried about having you carry the child of. Super-powerful aliens, half-blood vampires, radioactive blood…." I said listing off my worries about cross-breeding lycanthropy with anything from Kryptonian to X-Gene DNA….but maybe my fears were getting ahead of me.
"Oh….oh you aren't worried about me not enjoying myself, but dangers to any kids we may have." Britanny smiled. "Why aren't you the best daddy and responsible hubby ever." She smiled while smothering me with kisses.
"So now that you lost the bet, what do I get as my prize?" I asked as we smooched each other.
"Awe what are you going to ask of little'o me muffin?" Britanny said pouting. "Am I going to have to demonstrate how much I…"
Knock knock
"Hey is everything okay in there? Ms. Michiru wanted to talk to us about lunch." Mesha said tapping on the door.
Before Britanny could react I kissed her on the cheek.
"Oh yeah we are fine. Just about done in here." Britanny smiled as she picked me up a bit and kissed my head. Her drying fur was slightly tacky as it slid across my skin, rather than her usually extremely silky texture. And yes Britanny does have the slight scent of wet cat to her, but it was deadened somewhat as she had used a substantial amount of shampoo to clean off the built-up sweat and grime from her recent fighting.
"If you wouldn't mind hurrying up, this is kind of an important situation." Gina nearly barked from behind the door while Britanny and I got dressed.
"Okay sis what's the problem?" Britanny sighed as she stepped out of the doorway first and thus completely blocking me from line of sight.
"We need food." Gina said as she looked her sister in the eye.
"Uh yeah I thought that was what was being worked while we got showered?" My lover asked as she groaned at her sister and twitched her tail in frustration.
"I mean that we need to grab food." Gina said tapping her foot. "When Haruka and Michiru invited us over here, they forgot that they needed to grab more groceries."
"Okay so we just grab a couple of drinks while they go get groceries." Britanny shrugged. "I mean we can entertain ourselves for a bit."
"They don't have the trunk space in their car for all of the food." Gina pointed out.
"Alright we just take that big honking truck right?" Britanny said as she conceded her sister's point and relaxed a bit.
"Not going to work sis. The roads here are too small and too crammed with people for such a big thing…so we kinda were wondering if you and Alex could run out and pick up lunch for everyone." Gina smiled while trying to be cute.
"Uh huh; you want two of us who don't speak or read a word of Japanese to run out and grab everyone food, when we don't have any local currency and have no idea where anything is? Gina how on earth does that make any sense?" Britanny asked looking down on her sister.
"Well not just you two." Gina smiled. "Haruka will act as a tour guide as we had to make a rather long call out to an entirely different district of Tokyo as everything around here is…well kind of wrecked."
"And where exactly are you having us go?" I asked putting on my shirt and tightening my belt
"Turns out here is this one part of Tokyo that has extensive experience with quickly rebuilding after mass destruction and supernatural threats so they aren't nearly in the state of destruction around here…plus they were far from the epicenter of the conflagration." Gina said looking at a map of Tokyo.
"Cool, so if we aren't taking the huge truck or that cute little Ferrari…how exactly do you expect us to get food back here? And again where is this place?" Britanny said as she seemed a bit more relaxed about the situation.
"Some place called Nerima." Gina said as she scratched her head, and my stomach just dropped.
"Wait…that crazy place where martial artists fight in the middle of the street causing untold destruction? Where curses involving water based transformation run rampant and guys wind up with multiple engagements while still in high school?" I asked in shock. "Why on earth would anyone willingly go there?"
Britanny and Gina looked at me like I had grown some sort of additional head on my shoulders.
"What are you talking about?" Britanny said as her arms fell at her side.
"No no he's right, but thankfully you shouldn't have too much trouble. We have it on good authority that if you get in, grab the stuff, and get out, you should be able to avoid most of the crazies." Gina said as Britanny and I joined the others in the main area.
"Okay fine late lunch due to picking up food." I said. "Do I also have to grab groceries?"
Everyone turned to see me.
"Well if you wouldn't mind." Michiru smiled while Hotaru gave the biggest pleading eye smile she could.
"Okay okay I'll do it." I relented. "But if we are getting a whole lot of stuff, shouldn't Britanny stay here so there is more room? Not that I don't love being with you every moment I can; I'm just thinking space wise." I said to my love.
"Probably because we figured she would snack on stuff on the way back, so we didn't have to deal with her complaining about her tummy rumbling." Gina said in her usually stinging manner.
"Why you…"
"Now Britanny, don't get too upset over Gina. More time arguing is less time getting food." Julia pointed out.
"Fine mom. So we get our tour guide and what, just grab a bus?" Britanny scratched her head not getting what everyone was more or less asking me to do.
"Come on dear I know what they want." I said walking out the door and to the driveway.
"But the only other vehicle is the truck, which is too big for the streets so….oh that's why they wanted you go." Britanny said as she saw me shift form into a bright yellow robot that towered over her, and she sighed as she shifted to human form.
"Also dear, we figured that you would be able to more quickly carry everything from the diner without taking too much room." Theo whispered in Britanny's ear. I however had already shifted my body into Bumblebee's alternate form.
"Sweet ride." Haruka whistled as she started walking around my frame.
"Mommy Mitchiru what is Mommy Haruka doing?" Hitaru asked as the short-haired blonde started to walk around the entirety of my Camaro form.
"Oh don't worry. She gets this way whenever she opens the newest car magazines." Mitchiru said to Hitaru, chuckling slightly.
"Come on Mitchiru, it's just healthy curiosity." Haruka said as I opened the driver's side door and let her in. I rolled down the window as Haruka leaned in and looked about. "Fancy set up you got here. Is that a digital display system?"
"You got the Touch…." I played through the stereo system while activating the touch-screen interface as the autoboot symbol flashed for a moment as the selection page in the console was brought to life showing all the controls at Britanny's hand.
"What?" Haruka asked in shock.
"Oh muffin can't speak in this form. Has to use the radio for some reason." Britanny answered as I adjusted the seat for her comfort. "And not just digital, but a fully integrated touch screen with…"
"Genuine leather seats, six speed manual…go a CD player too?" The sailor scout in civilian form joked.
"Supposedly built-in six CD selection, but because this is his actual body we haven't tried that in case he has to go back to being himself least something get stuck somewhere….inappropriate." Britanny said.
"I'm happy to be stuck with you…." I answered back playing Huey Lewis. This got a chuckle out of Britanny who patted my dashboard lovingly. At this Haruka did a walk around for a bit gazing at my reflective surfaces.
"Fancy, so tell me while we wait a bit for your guide to show up….what's under the hood?" Haruka asked as she was making somewhat suggestive gazes at me. Completely forgetting that I wasn't a "car" and was engaged. I reacted by tightening the belt a little bit around Britanny momentarily as if to hug her.
"Muffin if you would please?" Britanny asked politely, to which I popped open my hood to reveal the goods. My lover decided that stroking my gear shift and wheel was a good way to get my engine reveing to show off. And she was right. A cybertronian can feel along any part of it's body like a biological lifeform can, and as such Britanny knew exactly where and how to get me to react. Think of it like one you love tapping your arm or your back. It isn't vulgar, but does trigger a signal for a specific reaction.
"So this some kind of prototype? I see Camaro written all over." Haruka asked taking a look see. "A 7.0L V-8 with Supercharger? Definitely American style. What's the horsepower?"
"I was told about 700. Goes zero to sixty in 3.9 seconds and turns on a dime." Britanny smiled as she pulled out some shades. "Course if you want to race some time you are welcome to try."
Haruka just smirked at the idea of a challenge, and then hopped into the passenger side and got a feel of my seats. This was stopped when I slid the seatbelt across her chest and lap buckling it in.
"So where exactly are we going?" Britanny asked, growing somewhat impatient.
"Oh you'll love it kitty." Haruka joked. "We called one of our familiar places; the Cat Café."
I let out a whistle of shock that sounded like someone was randomly twisting my dials. I started to drive out of the property as Britanny stretched back and Haruka was looking at me shifting gears and turning the wheel without any driver input.
"So how far is it to this town of Nemeria?" Britanny asked as she stretched a bit and attempted to keep her eyes moving as if she was driving.
"Nemiria, and it's not a town but a district." Haruka correct. "And with all the construction I can't say, but shouldn't be more than a few.."
VROOM
I floored it and made my way onto the somewhat unoccupied street as we had spent way too much time wasting before lunch and I wasn't about to spend more time than needed in the insanity that was the world of Ranma ½. If things went south there, I would be completely within my moral authority to completely liquidate any and all dangers to myself, Britanny, and Haruka. May not be the Autobot way under usual circumstances, but I think that even if I was in the form of Optimus Prime the answer would be the same.
"Okay you and I are having that race." Haruka smiled as she gave me directions. "So got any music."
I obliged, but sadly all I was picking up on the AM/FM was stuff I couldn't understand a word of, but maybe if I paired with Britanny's music player….
"Hey muffin what are you doing?" my lover asked as I moved an adapter to her purse.
"Got a tape player in there?" Haruka asked.
"Heh why not?" Britanny said pulling it out and I plugged into the audiojack feed.
"We are young…heartache to heartache we stand….." Pat Benatar started to fill the car through the stereo.
"Built in surround sound?" Haruka smirked. "Michiru would love her classical music in this."
"LOVE IS A BATTLE FIELD!" Britanny said as she started jamming and seat dancing a bit…which slightly unnerved both Haruka and myself as Britanny's singing still was slightly tone-deaf.
A few songs, a few rabbit start accelerations, a few times giving the girls a feel for my suspension, and a one somewhat confusing parking lot later we arrived. It was a small place with two stories and a neat presentation. I couldn't read any of the text on the side, but the picture of a stylized cat on the front made it seem right. Now if I could wirelessly connect to highspeed internet and download a translation program I could have understood it, but this was back in the days of phone connections, dial-up internet, and taking a whole day to download a single 2 megabytes. Still the street was nice, no signs of imminent fighting, no water curses, just a simple housing area with a nice place to park and lots of walking room.
"So this is the Cat Café?" Britanny asked as I opened my doors for the ladies. "Nice little place. Sure they have an order as huge as ours ready?" Britanny was completely unaware of the infamous nature of this part of town, and a hungry werecat usually only has one thing on their mind anyway.
"Trust me they work fast." Haruka smiled. "I come here every time my school and the one here competes in a race or some other athletic challenge." The sailor scout said as she moved around my bumper. "They are run by this Chinese family of martial artists, course everything in this part of the city is about martial arts."
I just kept my cool and let the engine go quiet. While this may seem like my heart stopping, in reality as an autoboot my internal systems didn't need the engine or other components of my car mode to be awake. The nanostructure of my body kept my consciousness awake and the engine was only needed for mechanical movement of the wheels. I wasn't about to attract attention in this insane place, but I kept my audio receivers focused on my love and our guide. Not that I would understand anything said, as wifi was over a decade away and the internet was barely up and running at this point.
"Uh hi." Britanny said walking in. This was followed by Haruka saying something involving her name, which I guess was about the order. Before Britanny even cleared the doorway a bouncing purple-haired girl of about 16 had tackled her, nearly knocking her to the ground. Haruka looked shocked, I was about to pull out my guns, and Britanny was only slightly startled.
"Brit why you no tell Shampoo you in Japan?" Of all the completely impossible situations, yes my lover and future wife knew the Chinese amazon from a completely different series that the ones we already met. This was probably going to get bad if the rest of the Ranma cast showed up. Still no sudden movements and we could get out of here without any trouble.
"Wait Sham, girl what are you doing here?" Britanny said scratching her head. "Haven't seen you since Mom asked us to track down some lost family members for Granny." Britanny said as the taller girl kept hugging her a few times.
"Wait you two know each other?" Haruka said confused.
"Oh loyal customer, Britanny is friend from America. Her mother knows great-grandmother. But why you know tell me you here?" Shampoo said just about hugging the daylights out of Brit. Shampoo's reputation for affectionate demonstrations was apparently true. Maybe Britanny was getting a taste of what I felt being hugged by her in hybrid form.
"Hey girl didn't know you were here either. We kinda…." Britanny fumbled a bit for words as she thought of how to explain the situation.
"Oh Shampoo saw the news. You were so brave. Who that big guy we saw in pictures? You find strong husband yes?" The teenager asked with all the enthusiasm of a valley girl. I knew that under that bubbling nature was a crafty and cunning mind, but she was somewhat euphoric in her attitude giving a mask of shallowness in personality.
"Wait how did you know it was Britanny?" Haruka asked, as English was about the only language they all probably spoke.
"Oh uh she know about you Britanny?" Shampoo asked, indicating with her hands growing.
"Haruka is our host family for a while. Muffin is doing something here and she and her partner let us stay with them for a time." Britanny explained. "Which is why we kinda are in a hurry as the whole family is waiting for us to pick up lunch."
"I should have guessed that it would have been you my dear. Only your family would need to spend so much on food for a single meal. Well maybe yours and son-in-law's overweight father." And there was the great-grandmother. "Shampoo, why don't you grab the meal while I ring up the bill for them."
"Yes great-grandmother." Shampoo smiled as she darted back inside.
"So glad to see you so well Britanny. Especially after the events that happened yesterday. So when are you going to show up that wonderful man you seemed to have met?" Cologne asked hoping on her stick.
"Does everyone know something I don't?" Haruka asked as Shampoo just about bounced with the first load of food. "How are you sure it was Brit yesterday?"
"My dear it could only have been here. All other werecheetahs were killed years ago, and there is no question it was her in those photos on TV. Course everyone will say it was fake, but I know it was you." Cologne explained.
"Excuse me, but we have another werecheetah as our guest so not sure what you are talking about." Haruka said, still very confused.
"More werecheetahs?" Colonge said in what I assumed was a shock of admiration.
"Brian, he's my 'royal bodyguard' and came with me here when my boytoy was asked to show of something…we kinda got caught in the resulting mess." Britanny said not going into too much detail. "Look hate to rush the reunion, but my whole family is waiting for lunch and they are going to be wondering what is taking so long so."
This got a happy chuckle out of Shampoo. "Britanny you act so spoiled when you hungry. If Shampoo knew it was for you, we bring whole restaurant to you."
"Hey I burn through a lot of fuel going as fast as I do." Britanny shrugged as more and more food was brought out. "Hope you take American. Daddy kinda wanted me to pay in cash." It was the 90s in a foreign country and her credit cards were already very high and not sure if they accepted such at places like this. Didn't know if this was just foresight on Theo's part, or if he was trying to make sure Britanny didn't splurge.
"Wise man." Haruka smirked as the tab was paid.
"He married Julia, so I agree with that statement." Cologne replied with change for Britanny.
"So where Shampoo taking this?" The teenage amazon asked as she held huge bags of stuff with ease. I obliged by opening my trunk, letting the seats go forward and opening my doors.
"Ayea sweet ride." Shampoo said in awe. Britanny smirked and grabbed the rest of the bags with ease.
"Sham, you don't know the half of it." Britanny replied as I was about to be loaded up.
"It look more like brick than loyal customer's car." Shampoo said. "It goes very fast too?" Shampoo asked, sadly that was when all heck broke loose.
Barreling down the street were two teenage boys trading punches where one was throwing bandanas and breaking streetlights yelling something while the other one bounced around doing an impersonation of Spider-Man. And following them was one girl with a bowl cut hairstyle and another with a huge spatula, and some crazy kid with a wooden stick….oh great looked like everyone invited themselves to this mess. Didn't they have school or something to worry about?
"It husband and lost boy fighting again." Shampoo said as she rushed to put the stuff in my trunk, but didn't quiet make it dodging the damage they were doing.
"You two no fighting we have customers here." The amazon tried to hurry and get the stuff to safety while Britanny and Haruka bolted towards me and away from the walkway.
"Wait which is your husband?" Haruka asked.
"Oh it Ranma, one with red shirt. Lost boy is one with big umbrella. Strong but not bright." Shampoo answered as the fight just seemed to happen regardless of the lives of those around them. I pulled around putting myself between the ladies and the nonsensical conflict.
"This car do that on it's own?" Shampoo said in awe.
"Yeah a real smart car Sham." Britanny said, looking like she was about to jump over my roof and join the fight. "Is this normal around here?"
"Oh it happens all the time." Shampoo answered. "Police don't bother as it keeps monsters from other areas in check."
"And I thought we had major violence problems." Haruka said as she fingered her transformation pen.
"Oh don't worry." Shampoo smiled. "We try to leave most people alone, but still this causes lots of customers to leave in hurry." Shampoo said something in probably broken Japanese that seemed to try and get Ranma's attention. It did, but then Ryoga threw one of his stupid bandanas where Ranma was looking and hit me across my side panel. I shrieked in pain electronically through the stereo system as the thing cut into my wax job and nearly into the metal. That was it and I was having none of this insanity.
"Hey you jerk what the hell was that for?" Britanny yelled as she shifted into hybrid form and I roared my engine, shut the doors and trunk and pulled up to the now onlooking crowd.
"Uh that is a car right?" Shampoo asked Haruka. "Not demon in car form?"
"No not a demon." Haruka said grabbing the food and pulling Shampoo away from the immediate area. Some people were screaming, some were sighing, and I wasn't in the mood for this. Ranma and Ryoga hadn't noticed anything so as they pulled back their fists to hit each other I transformed and grabbed both of them up off the ground holding their fists in my hands and squeezing just enough to get their attention.
"Stop in the name of love." I said over my radio system as Britanny cracked her knuckles. I wasn't prone to violence in this form, and Bubblebee was very easy going, but personal assault was a limit we both had.
"Before someone winds up getting broken." Britanny continued.
And that is when the shit really hit the fan. More screaming, more yelling, weapons drawn, and the very thing I didn't want to happen was happening.
"Smart car indeed." Cologne blinked. "Now son-in-law perhaps you can explain why you two didn't stop when my great granddaughter politely asked you to stop for the safety of our friends and customers? By the way they are Americans so if you know any English they would appreciate it."
"NEE NEKO…." Ranma said quivering in fear as he looked at Britanny.
"Yeah I'm a werecheetah pal, you want to make something of it? Or maybe you and the other jerk can apologize for assaulting my fiancé?" Britanny growled.
"Wait, your husband to be is a transforming robot car?" Cologne asked confused.
"He kinda can turn into various characters elder, but right now he's really mad and hurt, and really controlling himself well not beating the daylights out of the guy who attacked him." My love explained.
"Uh Mr. Robot guy, please no hurt husband too bad. Shampoo really not like seeing him hurt. I'm sure he's sorry for trouble." Shampoo said as she dusted herself off and walked close to Ranma trying to make her point clear, and saying something I couldn't understand.
It was at that point the guy with the sword yelled something and charged at Britanny, who grabbed his wrist, pinned him to the ground, grabbed the stick, broke it in her hands and held the guy over her head with his weight on his arm. "Elder I know it's not my business, but you may want to find someplace that has people with better manners towards visitors."
This caused Cologne to laugh at the top of her lungs and fall off her walking stick in surprise to all.
"Britanny my dear…(various laughs) Thank you for making this old woman's day quite enjoyable." The elder said collecting herself. "I am only sorry that you had to be attacked to do so."
More laughing and confusing words with the two high schoolers trying to say something to Britanny, the one teenager in her grasp yelling something in pain, and me looking Ranma and Ryoga dead in the eyes with my combat armored faceplate activated.
"Now as funny as this is. Son-in-law you will apologize right now, and you lost boy you attacked our customers so you owe them an apology at the very least because I think that he is being very reasonable in his reaction to being assaulted."
"What is the usual response around here for that?" Haruka questioned, seeing the situation was more stable.
"Usually a big fight, lots of stuff broken, repair men come and we spend money." Shampoo said with a chipper smile on her face. "Shampoo thankful that Mr Car-robot and Britanny stop damage to store. Insurance rates are high enough as is here." The purple haired one bowed politely.
The one girl with blueish hair, who honestly looked like she was Ami's sister, then said something in rather broken English to Britanny. "You not other Ranma other fiancée?"
"What? I'm already engaged to someone else kid. Besides you look like you are all too young to even know how to drive, much less get married." Britanny said in reply. "And I'm just here to pick up a lunch that is getting later by the second and will be till those two say they are sorry. That and this guy can just take a hike." Britanny said tossing Kuno aside with little effort leaving him to scramble to get back on his feet and threaten her again. "I said beat it kid I don't pick on those weaker than me." Britanny said flexing her powerful frame and the teenager with a balled up fist. This didn't work and the kid tried to show off his ability to punch and kick, only for Britanny to dodge without trying and make a super-fast smack to the back of his head with what likely hurt a lot, but was the equivalent of a love-tap from her.
"I said get lost. I'm not interested in fighting you, I just want to go have lunch peacefully with my family and enjoy my visit with friends. What is so hard to understand about that?" Britanny growled as Kuno got more enraged, only for him to find Shampoo's sword as his neck.
"Brit he no understand you, but he understand Shampoo." The lady said, followed by something in Japanese and moving the blade almost drawing blood. He then growled and huffed stopping his attack.
"Good now he will go." Shampoo smiled. "Him not smart, bother husband all the time."
"Okay that's one less pain in the neck, so how about that apology you two so we can all get on with our lives?" Haruka said showing she was getting hungry too. "And sorry about the trouble to your place, we really just wanted to get lunch."
It was at that point the two girls that followed Ranma and Ryoga looked at Britanny with wide eyes, looked at eachother, nodded their heads in agreement, and then turned to Ranma and Ryoga and said something at the same time that I guess was reaffirming the request for an apology. Me I was still holding both youths up by their trapped fists.
"Say the words I long to hear." I said quoting another song. "I ain't lookin' for trouble."
"Sorry sorry, no neko go leave…" Ranma said as I released him without malice and turned to the other teenager. "Say you're sorry too." I said looking at the one who actually had hurt me, who had promptly fainted. I let my battle mask up and release a puzzled noise from my transmitter. His hand wasn't broken, he wasn't harmed beyond restrained. I let him on the ground, looked at Britanny and shrugged.
"Mr. Car-robot very polite." Shampoo said with a smile. "Lost boy is fine, him just passed out." Shampoo then kicked the kid in the head getting him awake.
"Why is robot and very big cat girl here?" the brunette asked pointing. "You not monsters from other side of town?"
I held my hands up in a peaceful display, walked back to the parking area, transformed back into my car mode, and got my truck and seats ready for the food. Shampoo rushed to stock everything and when done I moved my seats back into place for Britanny and Haruka while Shampoo bowed with a smile.
"Shampoo sorry you hurt. You not upset at visit right?" The lady said in the best customer service way possible.
"Hey don't worry about me." I replied using Marty Robbins. "Happy trails to you. Until we meet again."
Shampoo seemed to get what I was saying as Britanny shifted back into human form just to fit into the seats. "Please tell me there is a full moon tonight so I can recharge. What? What are you two staring at? I'm not going to bite you kids so relax." My love said in a sigh.
"Well this has been quite a delight, though I am sorry for the injury to your friend in the process. Please give my best to your family and inform your mother that I will attest to you not causing any trouble." Cologne said as she smiled at my love. "Shampoo if you will please grab your husband off the ground, I am sure that he would love to know that the big cat is gone." Cologne motioned to the sitting form of the teenage boy while the other two looked wide-eyed in shock, motioned towards myself, Britanny, and Haruka and asked something. Cologne looked at us, she and Shampoo waved us good-bye, and I could hear her say as we left "American friends." Before hopping back inside her store.
"Well that was fun." Britanny groaned. "Hey muffin any police following us?"
"Ain't seen nothing yet." I replied with another song through the radio.
"Oh yeah lots of fun." Haruka said, dripping in sarcasm. "So how do you now those two?"
"Oh family friends from years ago. Mom's a member of a tribe of amazon giantesses and centuries ago part of the tribe settled in China. Gina found them during her expeditions and Shampoo is kind of my adopted cousin. And same kind of situation as me, since the older one is the a matriarch of the tribe. She may bounce around like she's an airhead, but that girl has got some serious combat abilities and a nasty right jab. Nearly punched my lights out once sparing." Britanny said that with a smile.
"Does every woman in your family fight?" Haruka asked as she got herself comfortable.
"Seems like it, except my nerdy sister who is more the brains of the outfit. Still muffin I got say I think you handled that like a champ." Britanny patted my dashboard. "Kept your cool, stopped the fight rather than escalate it. I think you will be a great daddy." She said patting my interior.
It was an enjoyable drive back to the mansion, grabbed a few more groceries, and thankfully my autorepair systems restored the same to my exostructure.
"Hey everyone sorry to taking so long." Britanny smiled as she rushed out and started to unpack a huge amount of food. "Had a run-in with the locals and took longer than we thought.
"About time Brit." Gina groaned. "We almost ran out of embarrassing stories of you as a kitten catching leprechauns in the yard."
"It was one time Gina that shouldn't have taken that long to tell." Britanny shot back with her arms under her chest.
"Oh and mom turns out the family that owns the place we went to is run by Cologne and Shampoo." Britanny said as Michiru and Mesha set up a picnic on the yards.
"Oh wonderful news." Theo said. "And how is the elder doing?"
"She's fine, had a run-in with Shampoo's fiancé/husband, whatever." Britanny said as I transformed and finally went back to being me, and also starving. "Kind of punk though. He and another couple of kids were having a fight and attacked muffin…which is what took so long."
"And what exactly happened then?" Brianna said as lunch was passed around.
"I put the kibosh on the thing and demanded the two say they were sorry." I said finally getting something to eat.
"That seemed personal." Brian replied as he looked at me.
"It was a couple of thugs having a street-brawl, one threw something that hit me, and I put an end to it." I answered. "Not much else to say honestly. I didn't want to get involved, they involved me, I stopped it before more stuff was damaged, and Britanny got to hang out with an old friend for a bit."
"I bet that really went over well with Shampoo." Gina said, in a more pleasant disposition now that food was here. "She still has that bubbly personality?"
"If it is that waitress me and Haruka see all the time that is one way to describe her." Michiru smiled. "So Haruka, Brian was telling me that he was one of the fastest runners in his tribe. You may want to see about racing him sometime."
"What? With his superspeed?" Haruka smirked.
"I assure you madam I was not boasting. Your lady friend here asked me about our society and we as werecheetahs train ourselves to hunt without the use of tools. Preferring to wrestle our prey to the ground after a fast tackle. I merely said you that you seemed to keep a fine runner's physique as with many of the women of my tribe after seeing your various athletic medals. I assure you that it was only meant as a gentleman's complement."
"Keep that up pal and your going to have a hard time keeping those two away from more cultural exchange." Brianna smirked as Michiru chuckled and Haruka and Brian both looked rather embarrassed.
"Haruka momma, do you think we can see Africa someday?" Hotaru asked in the way only the most innocent of kids can.
"Maybe, but when you are older." Haruka answered. "Want to make sure that Tokyo is more stable before we travel."
"Good thing you didn't say when Sailor Moon is more mature. We would be waiting forever for that." Michiru joked, which broke the tension in the air.
"Well that was all fun. But what did all of you do while we got lunch?" I asked finally more relaxed as I laid back on the grass.
"Talked a lot, checked the news, contacted Tanya back home, got a glowing report from the field testing of the weapons you gave G. , and had to field a bunch of calls from those sailor scout girls seeing how everyone was doing." Brianna explained. This last bit drew Haruka and Michiru's attention. "What?" Brianna said pointing towards her ears. "Super hearing isn't something I can just turn off. Your Usagi friend has a phone voice like a blowhorn." The lycanthropoid just snarffed down another bowl of food at that.
"So while we have all been getting chummy, I hope that we haven't bored you here." Haruka said.
"Not at all." Tark smiled, finally saying something. "It has been a very pleasant visit finally able to enjoy the peaceful natural setting of your home. We elves value nature and being around it greatly so it was very pleasant after the developed part of your city."
"It has been the first real vacation that my husband and I have had in too many centuries." Mesha smiled. Considering the fact that she and Tark had been slaves of Dreadwing for who knows how long, they needed a vacation more than Britanny and I did.
Hotaru smiled as she excused herself and went to grab something from inside. Running out with a red kite on a string she asked Haruka to help her fly it and the kid got to enjoy the simple pleasures of life that are so often overlooked in the hustle of trying to make a living in this world.
"You have a delightful daughter." Brian said to Michiru. "I wish that she wasn't forced to carry the burden you said she has."
"Maybe, but she seems very happy. And if you ever want to visit you are welcome to Brian-san." Michiru smiled. "In fact we will make sure to have a room ready for you at any…"
I got up and kissed Britanny on the top of the head as we took a walk together.
"So lover finally enjoying some time together, what is on your mind?" I ask Britanny, finally able to cuddle and smooch in private.
"You, me, some private us time without worrying about insane people or monsters ruining things for us." We found a nice spot to get together and enjoyed just laying on the grass in the late afternoon sun. Yes it was still muggy and such, but darn it I was with the one I loved and she and I were finally getting smoothes. Her solid rock-hard muscles may have dwarfed me in her hybrid form, but for us it didn't matter and just was more lovely lady to snuggle next to.
"Muffin got a question for you." Britanny said as she wrapped her her arm behind my head.
"Sure." I said as I rubbed her head with mine.
"Was this what you thought would happen on this trip? The sailor scouts, the military, weird alternate realms?" Britanny ask as I propped myself up, nearly getting smooshed again into her chest…which honestly wouldn't have been a bad thing.
"Honestly I didn't expect the Joes, half expected the scouts, and thought we would get pulled into some sort of weird filler episode where we take a trip to the mountains or somehow wind up at a hot spring where silly antics ensue." I said was we just enjoy a good chuckle.
"What like walking in on eachother naked? Babe we already did that." Britanny smiled as she playfully nuggied my head. "But come one would it really have been that bad?"
"You want to hang out with half a dozen teenagers in a town full of tourists like some sappy sitcom?" I joked with her. "Hearing them talk about their classes, school crushes, and ramble incoherently about some silly trend?" I smile joking with her.
"Hey you seem to do the rambling part pretty good." Britanny chuckled as we just looked up at the blue sky together. "And what exactly would you expect to be doing while I have my girl's day?"
"Oh I don't know. Get stuck in an odd situation trying to hold a conversation with their guy friends when none of us can talk together due to language barrier?" I joked as Britanny pushed me slightly.
"They aren't that bad babe." Britanny said getting up and stretching herself. "And I bet you were just the same arrogant full of yourself type when you were that age, and you know it."
"When you're right you're right." I smiled as I saw my love show off a bit. "So what do you want to do? You and me, no one else for a whole afternoon tomorrow."
"Well I don't want to be rude to our hosts…but since you asked." Britanny said with pleading eyes.
"More shopping?" I smile. "Well they probably have something for your human form size around here…provided that the stores are even open."
"I'm not going to go around scaring everyone half to death lover." My dream girl said. "And honestly I think the two scouts here are trying to put some moves on Brian."
"Wait seriously?" I laugh.
"Duh babe, didn't you see how they acted. I know they may be a couple, but I'm guessing that without knowing it that royal guard is being enticed to be step-daddy for that little girl." Britanny said. "You couldn't tell but both of those gals are pumping hormones like I was and only around our chauffeur."
"Wait seriously, but the two scouts are a couple and he's probably too…"
I was stopped by Britanny making shooshing motions with her fingers. "Babe I'm going to tell you something about women. Wanting to have a baby isn't about being straight or gay or bi. Seeing him saving her, the way he has been acting like some prince out of a Disney flick, and all this talk about our future wedding and kids. Baby fever is in the air and those two have it bad. So while we let the and Brian work out their personal stuff, we have the perfect excuse to escape for a while. What do you say?"
"Well driving around showing you off in a bright red C-7 corvette again would be nice." I said. "And if the government big-wigs want to talk?"
"We don't have to go far, just out, just us." Britanny pleaded sitting down as she leaned in close. "A long lunch, go touring around?"
"Sounds heavenly." I said as we started kissing again rolling around in the grass.
"Well there you two got off to." Gina said as Britanny and I were in the middle of something important.
"Gina this better be good or you are getting the worse wedgie of your life." Britanny said.
"I think an excuse to go shopping for a new dancing dress would be." The eldest Diggers daughter said.
"Oh now you got my attention." Britanny said getting into a prone stance.
"The Joes decided to set up a party at the DOD school on base for the students who couldn't have their dance due to the fact the school is now a fortress. To that effect, General Abernathy kindly mentioned we were invited tomorrow."
"A bunch of Joes in dress A's surrounded by dozens of high schooler with superheroes at a mixer? This I have got to see." I said grinning.
"And the perfect opportunity for you to take Britanny dress shopping, within reason of course." Gina said as she held up a brochure that Britanny nearly ripped out of her sister's hands.
"Oh fancy." Britanny said looking over the adverts.
"And expensive." I said with a lump in my throat.
"Muffin that's in Yen." Britanny corrected me. "Besides we need to get you something nice too."
"Can't I just turn into Venom and use the symbiote as a disguise for something nice?" I asked.
"Only if you think you can keep that thing from eating people for a few hours with limited chocolate." Britanny pointed out. "No alien costumes, shape shifting, or other tricks. You and I are going to get something special for the occasion."
"Which leaves one question, how exactly are the sailor scouts not having their identities exposed at this point? Anyone with a yearbook and photos of the event will put two and two together." I asked.
"Hey that Pluto gal told that Marine her name muffin." Britanny said. "So who knows. Right now I'm going to try and find something matching for us."
"So long as it goes well with boots and a hat, I will go along with it." I relented and kissed Britanny on the cheek as her eyes were glazed over in wonder at the ad in front of her.
To be continued.
Author's comments: So this is likely the closest I have ever come to a filler episode and hope it was fun. Yes this included a one-shot Ranma ½ crossover bit, but no they aren't really showing up again but rather act as an acknowledgement to how Ryoga was at the Shangri-La library back at the start of Gold Digger and how anyone with a lick of sense wouldn't want to be anywhere near the insanity that is the Ranma universe. And yes I am well aware that Michiru and Haruka are often written as being the least open of the Sailor Scouts to outsiders (as with how they reacted to Sailor Moon when they were first introduced), but this is not only fanfiction but I doubt that they would really be so rude as to insult the one who saved their adopted daughter. So if any of my fans continue to enjoy my work please be so kind as to write a review as that is really important to me continuing this story.
