Gold Digger the Insertion Files

Chapter 25: And I thought Atlanta traffic was crazy

By Agent Reptile

Disclaimer: This is fanfiction. I am making it for fun. I don't have money. All copyrighted stuff belongs to the owners of said product. I am not making money on this so please don't sue but please do support the official material I draw from.

To all my friends, watchers, fans etc. I have a request for you all. For many years I have been writing this story as a fun little escapist fantasy where heroes and villains play out to the enjoyment of others and allows me the ability to escape into a world I am a huge fan of to show my appreciation of the characters and universe of Gold Digger, Marvel, DC, Sailor Moon, G. , Transformers, and so many other universes in a crossover that I hope is entertaining and appreciated. However there are certain events happening today that I must break the wall of escapism for a moment to cover.

I am asking all my friends and fans to pray with me for peace in Ukraine and Russia. This is not some bland hashtag share on Facebook banality or an attempt to demonstrate how "woke" I am, etc. No this is a call to all of those who have enjoyed my work over the decade to please join with me in prayer for peace to stem the tide of war that may engulf the world and bring about the end of days. I am Catholic, I have made it clear that this work is a true self-insertion and that in such I have made clear my faith a number of times. If you feel that my story, my interest in Britanny as a fictional character, her particular magical mutation of lycanthropy, or even the actions in the narrative making me a hypocrite or if any of you find this knowledge of my morality to be contradictory to your own then so be it.

Right now there is something more important than entertainment. I ask you, all of you, to please join me in praying with me that Ukraine and Russia will be at peace and that the consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary lead by Pope Francis will bring an end to the war and a halt nuclear end times. I know that Gold Digger is a comic with a high level of sexualization of certain characters, I know that Fred has regularly made his characters the physical ideal of male and female builds, I know that he has even done adult works for his characters, and I get the attraction to lycanthropes may be considered by some to be bestiality. I would argue against that point as all sapient species in Gold Digger have souls equal to those of humans and again Fred has made that God is to be thanked for the opportunity He provided to let Gold Digger exist. So with this massive preface I am asking all my fans to please join me in this prayer, that we will have peace in our time, and that God will work His grace to save the world and that Mary the Mother of God will help stem the righteous judgement of God with mercy with her intercession.

I implore your understanding in this and that if you answer this one small request of mine I will be eternally grateful to all of you. Before all I have asked for is a review, some sort of feedback for my work I give for free. So please if you have enjoyed my story, I beg every last one of you who sees this to honor my request and do so before continuing on with the story. Thank you all so much and God bless you and your families, may God please save Ukraine and Russia, and please may we have peace in our time in the world.

Also I want to mention, on a more personal note, my kitty has died. She was nearly 18 years old and had kidney disease that had reached the point of kidney failure. She will still be in this story, but sorry if the story seems different at this point. I am trying to give my fans a good narrative, but if something feels…of less quality please forgive me.

With the rampant monster attacks, martial arts insanity, and various other supernatural disasters that Tokyo has had in the Sailor Moon and Ranma universes, there was a marked level of proficiency in how well the clean-up crews were able to remove the debris from the streets and repair roadways. The honking of the various construction equipment filled the early morning as many were trying to eat their breakfast.

Swish

Or at least some were having breakfast. Julia wasn't putting off the training any further and was demanding I get her regiment started before Britanny and I did any cloths shopping. And such she was putting that new blade of hers to good use as she was trying to skewer me with 4 feet of adamantium. I couldn't stop the blade least I get seriously injured. But I could deflect the handle if she got close enough, or rather a martial arts expert could.

"You fight like the damned young man." Julia chuckled. The matriarch of the Digger's clan was in her element facing against me. She lived for battle and hadn't had this my fun since our last encounter where she took on Deathstroke to a standstill.

"An appropriate observation." I said in a very dry voice, a tone that indicated that the voice wasn't quite human. I was dressed in yellow and black in the form of a very muscular male with a short Japanese sword in my hand. The katana wasn't a true ninja's weapon, but culturally it is identified with ninjas due to movies, TMNT merchandise, and the short sword sometimes being in a ninja's toolkit. As my ability to become characters if bound to their videogame adaptations, I have use of the tools of the characters from those games.

I dared not try to go sword blade to sword blade against Julia's weapon as the edge would have sliced straight through my blade and probably take off one of my limbs. Instead, I was using the guard of the sword to block and pin Julia's handle and the blade to give me room to maneuver. So instead of some exciting blow for blow DBZ action movie fight, this was a careful dance between us as the wrong move would result in serious harm to both of us. And this is what Julia wanted. She was cold and calculated in her moves, trying to get a sense of my new character while not putting all she had into a single strike or relying on her new weapon exclusively.

"I can't say I'm not enjoying myself, but if I am going to be the Arms Master then we are going to have to step it up." Julia smiled as she tried to sweep out my legs, to which I teleported.

In a flash of fire and smoke I disappeared from in front of her and instantly reappeared behind her with my fist smacking right into her face. I followed this up with a series of kicks to her gut and face. Julia was sent stumbling for a moment as I was about to complete the combo with a roundhouse to her head, but instead she caught the blow and sent me flying with an uppercut.

"Now we are talking." Julia smirked with joy. Her half-giantess body had taken my hits with little effect. So if she wanted me to hit harder, I would.

I rolled in an air-cancel, which yes is physically impossible but comic/videogame/anime phyiscs don't care, and then slammed down on top of her head with a flaming punch. This caused Julia to stumble back as I hit her in the gut with my other fist and connected my roundhouse to her temple. It felt like I was hitting a solid mass of rock. What should have rendered a normal human unconscious only seemed to mildly inconvenience her. Before I could continue my attack, I found myself inches away from the razor's edge of that blade in Julia's hand. The matriarch of the Digger's family almost skewered me as I dropped down below her strike and passes so close to her weapon that I could almost smell the metal.

Julia was nothing if not a perfectionist in her craft and wasn't about the let me get a good shot at her wrist. But I had a free line of sight on her throat.

"Get over here!" I yelled as the gleam of polished metal caught the morning sun with a sharpened edge flashing towards Julia. The spear head was connected to a long rope that trailed behind. The projectile had been launched from my wrist rather than being thrown and seemed to respond to my mental input.

For those familiar with this attack , the blade would normally shoot into the target's flesh in the neck or chest. This would have honestly be an instant kill outside of the tournament of Mortal Kombat so I guided the spear with my link to it around Julia's neck rather than embedding into her throat.

With speed based on likely years of her father's ninja training, Julia was able to raise her forearm up to block the tether from choaking her, but this pinned one of her arms. As the cord's knot bound tightly pinning her fist to the side of her head, Julia braced herself digging in her heels and pulled her sword towards the rope to free herself. I ducked and rolled while wrapping the rope around my forearm and yanked hard keeping Julia from slicing the cord with her sword. I wanted to get her to lose her footing just enough so that I could retract the cord without her being able to direct the rope where she wanted it.

Julia knew what I was doing and as such she tried to dig in her feet as hard as she could. This move combined with her half-giantess strength made it impossible for me to easily yank her off of her feet. I took a chance and tugged as hard as I could as Julia was inching her blade towards the cord and free herself. Taking a chance to do the unpredictable, I jumped forward and gave the cord a little slack. Julia went right for the line with her sword, but before she could connect I signaled the spear to untie itself and spun the whole thing in a loop while jumping up over the Weapon's Master and timing my right I used the rope like a lasso and then shot it back as the hoop it formed was right on target. As Julia side-stepped so to line up her own hit on my falling body, the spear passed by her and impaled the ground. The moment the blade dug into the soil I pulled the rope taught and Julia realized that she wasn't the real target at all, but instead the hoop now snapped tight binding Julia's hands and pinning the sword in an upward position.

I quickly leapt towards her and tried to use the change in tension to have Julia thrust her blade past me. This didn't work out as well as I had hoped, and the sword nearly skewered me. Only by retracting my weapon and pulling into Julia's thus was I able to get her sword to pass by my head and throw her to her back with my cord and spear still holding her wrists together. With Julia stunned I attempted to wrap her neck with the cord and win by submission. This didn't go as planned either as Julia jumped up onto her feet and tried to yank me over by using her shoulder as a fulcrum. She would have had the strength to do it, but I knew it was coming so I leapt into her pull throwing off her follow up. What was supposed to be either impaling me by Julia or possibly a rabbit punch by me to the back of Julia's head, instead resulted in both of us in an awkward crash in which my shoulder ramming into Julia's back and a scramble by the two of us to regain our footing.

I retracted my spear completely and Julia was left with a small rope burn on her wrists. I had rolled from ramming into Julia's back onto my feet, but now I was seemingly back at square one as Julia hadn't let go of her sword and I had revealed Scorpion's hidden weapon to her. Deciding with the cat out the bag it would be in my best interest to use the distance advantage given to me by the length of the rope of my weapon. I decided to charge my spear and cord with my flames thanks to MK Shaolin Monks. Giving the cord a few twirls with my wrist I used the flame flame effect to both draw Julia's attention and disrupt her focus. Snapping the rope I launched the spear wreathed in flame towards Julia causing her to have to keep on her toes. The flames were far better at keeping Julia's edge far from me than my spear alone.

"Come here." I yelled as I tried to snake my spear towards Julia again, but I underestimated her reflexes and as I found myself committed to the spear strike, she had bounded to the side and did a spinning double kick that landed right in the center of my chest. I was sent flying back and my spear retracted automatically.

"Here I am." Julia said as she was aiming the point of her rapier right at my throat. I teleported in a flash of flames and landed a punch right at Julia's jaw that sent her back about three feet. Did she cry, did she whimper? Nope Julia Diggers was smiling at this as she didn't give me another chance to charge my spear and sliced at the ground trying to use the dirt as her own distraction. In what I would guess was at attempt to blind me, the Weapon's Master was kicking up the dust and dirt to cover where she was hiding that new blade of hers. I could tell she was moving the blade from one hand to the other, but with her swift reflexes, that edge was hard to spot. I dropped my hands to my side and then forcefully raised them to summon a pillar of flames that scorched the ground and cleared some of the dust. Julia though had seemingly vanished.

Before I could even think about where she had gotten off to, the redhead landed a elbow right on top of my shoulder causing me to cry out in pain and stumble back on my knees. I took a look at my arm and had to forcefully pop it back into position.

"Sorry that perhaps was a bit much." Julia admitted. "But the Arm's Master tournament is no joke. And I will be pushed to my very limit of survival among my foes."

"This isn't Arm's Master training." I said standing up with my right hand grabbing the side of my mask. "You are training for Mortal Kombat." I yanked my mask away revealing the bare and bleached white skull under it. I could feel the flame summon up in my eyes as I opened my mouth and unleashed a spew of orange and red flames. Julia ran about in a circle to escape the blast and I quickly set my mask back in place.

"You asked me to push you to your limit, so I shall." I answered as once more I unleashed the famous spear from my wrist and was just barely able to catch it around Julia's ankle and yank her onto her back. I then tried to drag her over to me to deal some critical blows, but the fall onto her back was the most I was going to get before she drove the sword into the ground and dug in while pulling hard with her leg. This resulted in a stalemate where we couldn't out muscle the other. So Julia decided to throw dirt in my face. This usually wouldn't have worked, as Scorpion doesn't really have eyeballs, but the force she use was enough to stun me so that I let go of the rope. Not wasting a second Julia was able to pull out other blade from the ground, clear the distance between us, and had the edge of the sword at my throat.

"I think that is enough for this morning." Julia said as she was sweating bullets. "Thank you for this and we shall try again with another character tomorrow son-in-law." The matriarch of the Diggers smiled as I relented and turned back into my normal self.

"So felt you got your money's worth?" I asked as Julia got up and put her blade away.

"I feel that I did…but the battle was somewhat predictable." Julia sighed as she fingered the handle of her sword. "This weapon is excellent, but if I use it to train against you then all our fights will become the same. You can't risk me damaging you with it, and so I don't improve much because of it. Next time we shall train without weapons then."

"Aren't you allowed to use a weapon though Mom?" Britanny said as she threw back a glass of orange juice.

"I am, but as good as I enjoyed that fight…it hinders my training. I will keep it and use it, but if I am to improve and be able to innovate I must increase my abilities rather than my reliance on even this excellent weapon." Julia explained. "Still that was a rather intense work out Alex."

"Yeah Scorpion is a bit of a hot-head." I joked as Julia chuckled. "Videogames though you don't often have to worry about one-hit kills in martial arts titles."

"Which is why I want to try again tomorrow without having this weapon at my side. Still not a bad start to a pre-breakfast workout." Julia noted. "Alex I am curious. I must have damaged you in some form and yet…you don't even have a scratch on you from our encounter."

"Best guess is that you hit Scorpion and not me. Though I have noticed I don't seem to carry the damage from one of forms to another." I noticed in contemplation.

"And you do go back to being you after you pass out." Britanny said as she threw back her glass of milk swallowing the whole thing in one gulp.

"Is this level of appetite normal for werecats?" Michiru asked as she was enjoying her own breakfast in a far more dainty and even refined way of doing it. While the typical manner of using silverware would have been the standard for visiting guests, both Britanny and Brian had extreme adverse reactions to not only the cutlery drawer, but also any silver jewelery that Hakura or Michiru had around the house. This prompted the use of plastic utensils and chopsticks. Brian, to his credit, was dinning with far more formality as well.

"The princess has grown in a society and social level that food is in constant supply, much as your own society is now my lady." The male werecheetah said. "As such the combination of inhuman regenerative ability, modern exercise equipment, copious relatively free time, and a bit of an advantage over most other werecheetahs, she is a rather…impressive and sometimes imposing representative of our people."

Britanny's ears twitched at this comment. "Excuse me?"

"I mean no offense in my statement your highness." Brian continued. "Please take what I say as a complement. I am trying to choose my words carefully as not only are you my princess, by also you are an engaged woman and I am trying to word my compliments such to respect your partnership and your position."

"I get that pal, but what was this advantage you were talking about?" Britanny said taking a seat.

"With regards to your height and…build you have an obvious influence from your father's side of the family. See his own mother was a werelioness and as such you have their rather…um." Brian was doing his best to keep up his mannerisms. I just hugged my girl around her waist.

"Well we're waiting." I said, finally having a point where I could get back at Brian a little bit.

"With all due respect your highness…"

"In more ways that one." I smirked while Britanny looked at me as if I told a very bad pun and patted my head.

"Werecheetahs are not the tallest, most muscular, or um."

"Okay fine we get it no need to go on." Britanny said waving Brian to give him some level of dignity back.

"Wait what are we talking about?" Hakura asked as she scratched her head.

"The various werepeople all have traits unique or dominant among each various version of they gift. For instance werewolves are highly physically built with phenomenal tracking abilities and sense of smell greater than other lycanthropes. Werepanthers are masters of stealth and evasion, even to a point of near invisibility. The werelion is known for being one of the tallest of lycanthropes with great preference in their upper body development." Brian continued. "The jagwere, which is preferable to saying werejaguar, are known for being stocky in build with great leaping ability and phenomenal sense of hearing. They are known for their lean builds, but not to the same degree as werecheetahs. As for weretigers they are sort of an all-around werecat which have a range of abilities don't have one they are the best in, with the exception of perhaps damage resistance but no one has actually been willing to put that one to the test fully. Now there are some…exceptions to this as even among the rarity of werecats there are unique breeds that are even rarer such as say Siberian weretigers which are even bigger than most werelions and which are noted for their almost exclusively white coats."

"Okay now I'm confused a bit." Hakura asked as she sat down. "If what you are saying is true, then how are werewolves supposedly so much bigger and stronger that werecheetah? Sorry but aren't Timberwolves and cheetahs about the same size?"

"It has to do with how the sorcerer Iceron made the werepeople, and ultimately became one himself." I answered. "Which happened over 10,000 years ago."

"And why was that important?" Michiru asked with peaked interest.

"Well think about it. What was ending about 10,000 years ago?" I said with finally a moment to use my actual field of specialization.

"I don't think Setsuna mentioned anything of particular note in the progress of the Silver Millennium at that time." Michiru said in contemplation. "Any ideas Hakura?"

"Got me. I have no idea." The other sailor scout said looking for an answer.

"The end of the last major glaciation, or as it is more commonly called, Ice Age. The last major one ended about the same time that Iceron was making his wereperson slave army. So the wolves he used weren't the Timberwolves of North America or Europe today, but the much bigger direwolves." I continued. "And as such all surviving werepeople hold in their genes the last surviving lineages of ice-age animals."

"So if that is true, is there like a weresabertooth tiger around?" Hakura asked in genuine fascination.

"I don't think any smilodon, the actual name for the most famous sabertoothed cat, exists as a genuine werebeing…but who knows. Most of what Iceron was focused on at the time was creating slaves to kill off the most secretive of all werepeople: the wererat. And honestly smilodons wouldn't have been great mousers so not likely he would have made many to begin with…on top of that smilodons evolved to hunt large bodied herbivores though tall grasses and so likely the few that were made didn't survive well in a changing world. Add to that the fact nearly all werecats left Earth to the realm of Jade to escape humans and their rising technology….if any weresmilodons existed then they are almost all likely extinct by now." I continued.

"You a professor like Gina or something?" Hakura joked.

"I'm a geologist and paleontologist by degree, I mean I would love to teach, do field research, and talk about dinosaurs all day as an educator because I love to teach, but I have other responsibilities at the moment." I answered. "And she is my most important one right now." I hugged Britanny again.

"What can I say; he's a keeper." Britanny said hugging me. "Speaking of professors…where is Gina? For that matter where did Brianna get off to?" Britanny asked looking around.

"Oh as the schools are all closed for a bit, they were kind enough to help us by doing video lessons for the local kids in science." Michiru smiled. "I think they were discussing rockets today."

At that moment a bright flash went off over the mansion from a rather impressive fireworks display.

"Considering that the sun is still out…that is actually very remarkable they were able to do that." I pointed out.

"Well that explains were those to are." Theo smiled as he approached his wife and looked her over. "Would you care for some assistance my love?" The auramage asked.

"Why yes thank you dear." Julia said as her husband repaired her injuries with a wave of his hand. "I still need to clean up before eating, or would you care for a little sparing session of our own Hakura? I have heard from a rather reliable source that you are quite the fencer yourself."

"I would be honored. If you don't mind losing that is." Hakura smirked looking at Julia.

"So Brian do you have plans for the day?" Michiru said as she looked at the gentleman across from her and smiled and cutely as she possibly could.

"I do not, may I be of service to you in any way for your generosity?" the somewhat oblivious Brian said as I grabbed a glass of water from the table. I would still need to wash up and grab something more substantial later, but for now I needed hydration more than food. I figured Britanny and I would grab something during her shopping spree as I knew she wanted to get to that ASAP. The chance to go shopping and to show off at a dance was something my lady love would never pass up. Which was also why I bet Julia didn't spend all day training against other characters I had and instead challenged Hakura.

"So you pick up what the teal one had slipped on her neck while you and Mom were duking it out?" Britanny said as she followed me to the bathroom.

"No sorry I was busy trying to not get killed by my future mother-in-law." I replied with a smile. "Did you perhaps give the two a few suggestions on how to grab Brian's attention?"

"Oh little ol'matchmaker me? Why would I try to help two of our friends perhaps snag the attention of their heroic crush?" Britanny joked as she whispered in my ear.

"Well for all his annoying ways of trying to get on my nerves, Brian is an honorable man. Though I don't know how he would feel about having two wives or being seen as a stud for a lesbian couple wanting children."

"Yeah uh something you should know babe…uh they kinda told me something back in Africa. See not sure how to tell you this, but….uh…." Britanny said as she closed the door behind us to the bedroom we were using. "Okay keep this to yourself, and I don't want to give you any ideas, but apparently Iceron was a bit of a perv. That or he was trying to increase his breeding stock for werepeople."

"Okay so let me guess, polygamy or bigamy is sort of a common thing among werecats?" I whispered which got a nod from Brit. "You do know that doesn't change our relationship and I absolutely am not interested in experimenting with…that. I won't lie as there is probably tons of artwork about such things from your comic along with more harem fanfiction than I want do comfortably discuss with you out on the internet of my world…."

"Do I even want to honestly know about any of this stuff muffin, or…." Britanny said with a sigh. I just grabbed her hand and kissed her fingers.

"Fred Perry may make adult parody stuff of you, but the comic book you wind up happily married and I want you to be as well. So you and me that's not changing. I will say though that you did inspire me to try and get myself in better shape because I don't want to be a hypocrite."

"Oh why muffin you are a sweetheart. But yes apparently female werecats are more common than males and it isn't uncommon but isn't apparently the situation everyone is under." Britanny said.

"Well since werepeople pass their condition on in the womb from parent to child it makes sense. Though with how much magic those two are around if Brian and them do have kids then likely they would all be werecats too." I said. "But that is neither here nor there. Out of curiosity, what did you suggest Michiru use to get Brian's attention?"

"Tuna fish oil." Britanny smirked. "Food works great for attracting men and the smell of food has kept him focused on here the entire meal."

"You have a devious mind my love. So I'm going to clean up and then we are going to go out and get you something to show off in." I said pulling my shirt off, which Britanny promptly grabbed and rubbed all over herself before folding it on the bed. She was then busying herself with something while I showered. I wasn't sure what it was, but I could almost hear my lady giggling as she moved around the room. While Britanny in hybrid form did weigh in at a hefty 307 lbs and stood at 7'3" tall, she moved with a grace more closely associated with a ballerina than that of a bodybuilder; probably her cat-like aspects of her being, well a werecat.

I had seen her move and bound before many times, even faced her in combat sparring a time or two, and she had such style and poise while moving that she looked like liquid gold dancing in air. While many a man would have ogled her for her rather impressive body and somewhat exaggerated female characteristics that made for a lovely sight, Britanny was more than just looks. She was a person, had a generous heart, and sweet disposition, even a hard work ethic if you can believe it…but only on what interested her. This was something she and I shared and I could almost see any son we may have being very much Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. Maybe not the whole striping down to his underwear and imagining himself as Tarzan…or maybe yes who knows that was something that we would get to if that ever happened.

As I walked out of the shower and looked to see what was going on, I saw that Britanny had laid out what was almost a suit for me. A suit in this weather? I mean okay Japan, formal, trying to put our best foot forward, but a suit?

"Oh hey muffin. I know that it may look a little too formal for going out and getting you something that is dressy, but I was told that they have a serious dress standard to where we are going to get our dance cloths…plus I get to show you off in all those amazing outfits I got for you in New York." Britanny smiled.

"And you don't think that they look good enough to dance in?" I asked.

"Not unless you want to pass out from overheating babe." Britanny said as an absolute expert in the field of fashion. "You look great in it, but I plan on use dancing the entire night away until dawn and that means you and me are going to need something that breaths."

"You are the expert in clothing my dear." I smile as she got herself dolled up in human form.

"And don't worry yes you get to wear those boots of yours and your hat if you must." Britanny said being highly coy with me.

"I always take my hat off for my lady." I said kissing her cheek and rubbing her shoulder. "But are you really that upset about them?"

"Naw I'm just teasing you stud. I fully like the whole Western gentleman cowboy hero in white hat vibe you put so much effort into being, so I guess it comes with the territory. And if they actually made boots in my size that would complete get crushed in the heel when I walk then I would happily get a matching set to yours." Britanny explained.

"Could always do it in human form, if you want to try couple's line dancing." I replied getting dressed. "I would be flattered to do so with you." I said as I was adjusting the tie she got me. It did look very nice together, but Britanny was 100% correct in that it would have been way too hot to even try and dance in. Tokyo summers felt like the dog days of Alabama or Georgia and those were so hot and humid that outside activities were sometimes banned on military bases for fear of heat stroke. Even if it was nighttime, or just evening, I wasn't going to even try to cut a rug with this outfit knowing Britanny's athleticism.

"So it will just be the two of us today?" I asked as I was ready to head out.

"Yep, just you and me for a few hour sight-seeing and finally having some couple time without the distractions of the world." Britanny smiled.

"You are distracting enough my dear." I said placing my hat on her head and letting her look at herself in the mirror with it on. It was a bit too big for her human form, but heck she looked good in it.

"Well howdy partner." Britanny joked as she flicked the brim of my hat with her fingers before wrapping her arm around my neck and kissing me on the lips. The taste of honey and tuna fish hit my tongue and I felt so warm next to her.

I let her continue to get ready for the shopping spree as I carried my boots towards the front entrance. I wasn't about to be rude to our hosts and were them inside least I track mud into the house. I could hear Sailor Uranus and Julia sparing in the backyard as I made my way down the steps and put my boots on waiting for Britanny to join us. The other various house guests were busying themselves with whatever so I just took the time to look out and enjoy the bright sunny day, the birds singing, and the noises of heavy machinery in the background as the repairs to Tokyo would likely continue for the next few weeks.

It didn't take long for Britanny to show up, though strangely enough it was Hakura who was running towards the front of the house, still in her Sailor Uranus outfit.

"Uh you okay there?" I asked as the short haired blonde was clutching her sword.

"Oh this?" Sailor Uranus said. "Just wanted to see what car you turn into this time as you leave." This got mixed reactions, but I couldn't deny a fellow motor head.

"Hakura really now?" Michiru said shaking her head.

"Well how do we know if it's them coming back if we don't know what the car is they use to leave?" Sailor Uranus said over her shoulder.

I smiled as I felt my limbs shift, my living tissue change to metal, and my feet transition into tires as the silver metallic frame of Sideswipe appeared. Which quickly changed to the more fitting candy apple red color.

"So ladies care to guess what Sideswipe's Earth form is?" I said rolling on my tires giving them all a good look around me. With what little personality the movie Sideswipe had, I think I was having some bleed from his G1 appearance to try and build a more stable character to use.

"Lamborgini Contach?" Sailor Uranus chuckled. While I was almost tempted to use G1 Sideswipe from the Transformers Devastation game…I wasn't sure if the infamous issue of the fuel smell that plagued the Contach was going to affect the passenger's compartment of an Autobot in alt-mode.

"Maybe a Ferrari of some sort?" Michiru pondered.

"Not bad guesses, but the answer is." I said as my feet swung under me, my forelimbs moved forward and the extra wheels and hoot slid into place. "A C-7 Corvette Stingray."

"Okay you are not leaving Japan until you and I race. I don't care if it is the Camero, the Corvette, or whatever else you can shift into, but you and I are hitting that race track you against me at least one time before you go back to the States." Sailor Uranus said looking me over.

"Well little lady I would be flattered. You pick the time, the location, and I'll be there for you in a heartbeat." I replied as I activated the internal hologram generator.

"You can talk in these modes?" Sailor Uranus said in shock while Britanny sat down and buckled up.

"Yeah sorry needed Bumblebee's cargo room to stow away everyone's lunch, and he lost his voice modulator in battle. Since it will just be Britanny and myself I thought I would show off a bit more for my lady." I smiled in the image inducer.

"Have fun you two." Michiru smiled as we were waved off to leave the mansion. The blue haired woman just wrapping her hand in her partner's while I saw Sailor Uranus almost drooling as the roar of my 605 HP engine.

"So any chance I would be driving you in that race?" Britanny smiled. "I am quite the speed freak afterall."

"No offense my love but that isn't going to happen." I replied as got back onto the main road and drove around a bit letting Britanny enjoy herself against my leather chair. "If I am the vehicle I'm the driver. But I wouldn't dream of you not being in the driver's seat during it. I need my cute mascot afterall."

"And…" Britanny prodded while tapping the armrest playfully.

"And I want to be fair to Hakura so that there is a relatively similar weight in the car." I added. "I'm winning, but I'm doing it by my abilities and not by cheating with an edge she doesn't have." I punctuated this by a series of quick turns that pushed the edge a little bit as I was rolling down the street.

"You can't help yourself can you." Britanny joked as my shifting gears and reaving engine roared while I just about danced through the streets. "So while we have some more…private time. What would you like to talk about muffin?"

"Anything and everything pretty lady. I'm all audio receivers for you." I said smiling through the digital image in the driver's seat.

"Well you, or in the role you play. So tell me about your family muffin. What are they like?" Britanny said smiling as I was driving around nowhere in particular, but eventually heading to say a fashion shop.

"Well parents are married, were two years before I was born, grew up in the Air Force, have a little sister I love dearly." I said thinking idly.

"Probably annoyed the heck out of each other growing up." Britanny smirked.

"Well yeah we're siblings so we did. Dad was career officer, mom was a teacher…" I wasn't sure what details to share with Britanny, especially while focusing on driving.

"Sounds like a seemingly normal childhood…if you call moving around all the time 'normal'." Britanny pointed out. "You probably know all about my childhood though. At least most of it with my parents and sister and all the missed time…look uh muffin I gotta be honest; do you think they would….like me?"

"What my family? Babe they would adore you. You are kind, and sweet, polite, and a great conversationalist." I smiled as she was confused by the last compliment.

"Conversationalist?" Britanny chucked. "Well I mean yeah if you like shopping."

"Oh come on you also love fishing, martial arts, dancing, and heck you can tell them all about the cool places you've seen with Gina just like all the traveling my family has done. Relax they would love you to pieces." I smiled, or rather made the hologram do so.

"They aren't going to think it's weird that their son is getting married to a werecat? Speaking of which am I going to have to get soaked in water in any way? Sorry I just don't understand this whole baptism thing…I mean I get the whole monotheism Jesus is the Son of God and died on a cross and came back from the dead, but…I don't know just how werepeople are usually seen as monsters or being persecuted by townsfolk or the like…I don't know maybe having an auramage as a dad just made all the miracles seem not as impressive to me. No disrespect muffin and I'm more than happy to try and understand but…what is it about?" Britanny's question was an honest one.

"Uh well I get how magic may seem like a lot of the deeds are similar, but tell me this. How more amazing a miracle is it that God loves you so much that He gave up Heaven to become human, live a human life with all the messed up parts of it, and loves you so much he was willing to suffer torment and death on a cross because He wants you to be with Him forever?" Okay this was surface level Christianity, but hey got to start somewhere right?

"I kinda guess yeah. I know it's important to you and I'll do my best to understand it. Just be patient with me okay muffin I'm from a world with dragons being not completely evil beings, giantesses, werepeople, ancient aliens in cities of gold, and treasure bigger than Fort Knox found on a monthly basis." Britanny could be very introspective apparently, more than she realized or was given credit for. Being a werecheetah she was always action focused and had a weakness for thrill seeking, but if you got her to sit down and talk she apparently had a lot going on inside her head that I didn't think she was fully aware of.

"Well if you want to talk miraculous how about God doing the same thing in my world that He did in yours? That kinda makes it a big deal huh? Besides I know you have a human soul, or a living soul, inside you. I just guess in your world God just gave His gift to more kinds of people than just humans. The Sailor Scouts have talking sapient cats and nowhere does that exist in my world."

"This is getting way too deep for my taste muffin. Let's just talk about something simpler. Say what you think about our wedding?" Britanny's chipper happy voice meant she back to her enthusiastic mode and really wanted to go over this in detail.

From theological questions to one of the most important things one does in their lives? My love had a very different concept of what "simple" meant. Or she was just trying to be nice in introducing what she wanted to talk about.

"Uh not sure. So long as it's recognized by the church, I'm more than okay with any ideas you may have. I'm not nearly the party person you are and honestly get very nervous around crowds for long periods of time, but whoever is special for you to see I'm happy to invite."

"You're no fun at this." Britanny joked. "You're just so sweet that I can't even try to tease you about it without feeling bad about myself. You are just the worst at this game babe." Britanny chuckled. "But honestly though. I would appreciate some sort of engagement ring to show off. Your college ring is awesome, but I can't wear it in any of my forms except around my neck. I love how special it is that you used it, but you earned this and I don't want you to not show off your hard work too."

"Awe and you said I was the sweet one." I smiled. "Okay we'll try to find a ring back stateside as I want to make sure they don't slip something like silver into any alloy."

The next half hour was us just driving around listening to music while we had a few head turning looks while trying to find that shop from the ad in the paper. Maybe we should have asked for directions, but really we just wanted some time to ourselves.

It had been such a hectic last few weeks that we barely had any time to catch our breath, and that was never a good thing when trying to get to really know the person you are about to marry. Okay our dating time was rather short, but darn it we had faced a lot together. It started with fighting a dragon, then the whole city of gold thing, and helping find Britanny's people, saving Atlantis, making peace with the werewolves coming up, teaming up with G. and the Sailor Scouts to defeat the Negaverse. We had been through a lot together and the two of us needed out personal time. We really needed to have time together which we could just be ourselves and understand who we are. We just hadn't really had time to do that and we both needed it. Therefore just driving around talking together wasn't just a

"So still any clue where this place is anyway?" I asked just about gliding through the lanes as if I was dancing.

"No sorry muffin. I can barely understand an overpass map and Japan uses this weird numbering system I can't make heads or tails of." Britanny sighed. "Want to pull over and ask directions?" My love asked beginning to tap the door panel in frustration.

"Babe we are in Japan. Who on earth would be able to not only be able to speak with us? And on top of that, exactly where we are trying to go and how to direct us there?" I ask while exiting the main roads and heading into the housing areas to try and scan some of the local maps and numbers to build a digital map in my GPS program. Even without an actual signal I could at least build a construct from digital memory and try to compare it to the map in the advertisement in Britanny's purse.

"Willing to take a long shot?" Britanny sighed about to turn around at this point.

"Sure sweetheart. What do you have in mind?" The hologram projection smiled at her.

"Roll down the window." I had no idea what she was planning, but Britanny took a deep breath and then closed her eyes. In a flash her face went stiff and she was blinking a few times. "Muffin," My lover said as she did her best smug smirk. "Turn down that street and follow it for the next three blocks."

"Okay, but not sure what you are getting at babe." I obliged and found myself in the parking lot of a small park. "Okay we're here. Whatever here is." It was then my audio receivers picked up on a pair of familiar voices. A pair of voices speaking in English of all things.

"You sure that you can't try to turn into some sort of giant battle kitty?" A blue-eyed blonde girl of about 16 said sitting on a swing in the park holding her white tabby cat in her lap. Why there was a 16 year old girl by herself on a school day in the park would have been a question for a truancy officer, but as it was likely the school was closed due to the recent events there…Mina probably as just enjoying an unexpected day off to catch her breath. I half expected the other scouts to be around her, but no she was just by herself and lazily kicking herself back and forth on the swing.

"Of course I can't. I'm a royal advisor and nothing in the Silver Millennium included shifting the mass of someone with our magic." Artemis said in a somewhat condescending manner to his charge. "Ever wonder why I keep warning you about overeating? Magic can't solve every problem you have Mina."

The white cat's ears perked slightly when I pulled into a parking space. Understand dear reader that a Cybertronian's visual perception is not quite like a human's. While it would be easy enough to think that the headlights become the new eyes in alt-mode, this is not the case. Nor is it true to assume that the front windshield somehow becomes the new eyes either. Rather light sensing parts around the entire body of the vehicle create a visual sense similar to the compound eyes of dragonflies. Similar, but different as well since I can focus my visual perception in any area similar to how a human moves their eyes in their socket to shift view on something. As such I was able to see the familiar young lady and her cat while simultaneously being able to be aware enough to park perfectly in the allotted parking space.

"Huh?" Mina said looking at us coming to a stop. "Wow nice car." Mina said while going back to rocking back and forth with Artemis in her lap. The cat seemed to take more notice as well but was more intent on Mina's pampering of him than the aesthetics of a high-end sportscar. This was logically sound as Artemis couldn't drive and what possibly compares to the joy of getting cuddles when you are a kitty cat.

Britanny though looked at me with the expression of "See, I told you so." Before undoing her seatbelt and stepping out. My love's smugness leads into the adorable side of things as it was one of the most cat-like things about her attitude that endeared her to me so greatly.

"Hey kiddo great seeing you again. Look my partner and I got a bit lost and…." Britanny didn't have much time before Mina jumped up and was about to run.

"Look lady I'm sorry but I think you got the wrong girl. We've never met so…" Mina said as she was about to turn and bolt. Her hand was already in her purse probably looking for pepper spray. It was then that I realized what Mina thought that this was. Pretty girl by herself, approached by a stranger, yep the teenager was thinking this was an abduction and was about to make a break for it. Got to hand to her because that really was some good situational awareness and response.

"Wah…oh hey wait sorry you got this all wrong. Mina, you know me." Britanny said as she put her hands up.

"Okay lady I don't know you, and I don't want anything to do with you no matter how cool that car looks." The teen said as she took off running with her cat held close to her. Britanny shook her head and ran ahead of her in a flash.

"Hey Mina it's me; Britanny." Mina was about ready to pull out her transformation pen to save her life. The small glint in her hand indicated what it was to me. "Oh great I just realized how this looks. Sheesh share a tuna sandwich with someone and you think they would be your best buddy for life."

"Wait, Britanny? But Britanny is a giant of a woman and covered in cheetah fur. You're like…almost my height." Mina said as she seemed to remember Britanny's voice.

"Uh yeah werecat shapeshifting…okay sorry I scared you." Britanny smiled while pulling out her Georgia driver's license….which apparently had her human hand hybrid form pictures.

"You weigh 307 lbs in hybrid form?" Mina blinked staring at the stats on the card.

"Just so you know, this is going to expire in a few months." Artemis said pointing his paw towards the card.

"So now that you do remember me, can I ask you a favor?" Britanny said as she and Mina came closer to me.

"Uh I guess. What is it you need?" Mina said, a bit more at ease while Artemis was poking his head out of Mina's bag.

"Well muffin and I are a bit lost, and we need help finding this shopping center." Britanny pulled out the ad from her purse. "I need a new dancing dress, and muffin needs a suit for the occasion."

"Oh fancy. Well I do have some time today, and of course what valiant knight of romantic justice would I be if I didn't do all in my power to ensure that you have your night of romance." Mina said pointing at the sky in a declaration of accepting some valiant quest.

Artemis did a kitty facepalm, Britanny smirked with her arms across my chest, and I couldn't help but laugh…which got Mina and Artemis's attention.

"Got to say you certainly aren't short on spirit there." I opened my doors for the ladies and the cat.

"OOOHHH is like a radio-controlled car?" Mina smiled taking a look inside. "Or some sort of experimental stunt car?"

"Not quite. Say Mina I remember you said you were just about old enough to drive? Want to have a lesson on how to drive stick?"

"Muffin you wouldn't let me drive you in that race, but this little teenager gets to?" Britanny said irately at me.

"No. No she isn't going to drive me babe. But I figure that she can get a feel of what it should feel like to drive and build up some muscle memory." I explained. "I'll shift the gears, move the pedals, and turn the wheel, but if you are up for it, Mina, I'll let you sit in the driver's seat." I explained. "And I'm worried if you tried to drive me, lover, in shifting my gears you'd rip out my transmission in the heat of a race." I said addressing Britanny.

"I like to play rough sometimes, what can I say? So kiddo you want to get a free driving lesson too?" Britanny smiled at the teenager welcoming her the use of the driver's seat.

"DO I!?" Mina just about yelled hugging Britanny. "Oh this is so cool. Uh what type of car is this?" Mina said just about jumping into the driver's seat.

"Technically I'm not a car. I am an autonomous robotic entity from the planet Cybertron called an Autobot." I explained. "But as Sideswipe I take the form of a high-speed ground transport. Specifically a C-7 Corvette Stingray."

"Are you sure you want her behind your wheel pal?" Artemis said looking me over.

"Oh please Artemis I am a good driver." Mina said as she sat down and started looking at all of the buttons.

"Okay good driver. What is the first thing you do getting ready to drive?" I asked as Britanny grabbed up Mina's bag and sat down with Artemis between her feet.

"Uh first you need to put the key in and…"

"Nope." I said.

"No? But if you don't turn the key the car doesn't start." Mina said confused.

"And this car isn't starting until we do the check list right. So what would the first thing you do when going out to drive be?" I asked.

"Well you need to know where you are going and…" The blonde teen said thinking to herself.

"Mina stop." Artemis said groaning. "He's talking about what you do before you even start the car. He wants you to go around the car body and do a quick inspection."

"What? Oh you want me to go through all the steps is that it?" the teenager blinked in realization. So she got up, looked around the car body, and sat back down in the driver's seat. "Okay no obstructions, nothing that would damage the car…oh I know seat belts." Mina clicked the belt on in a flash and shut the door.

"See she's getting it." Britanny patted the cat in the footwell's head.

"Okay…uh I can't reach the pedals and such…how do I?"

Before Mina could find the seat controls, I just adjusted the chair for her. "That one I'll give you. Okay can you see clear lines of sight in all the mirrors?"

"Nope. So I would adjust them…" Again before Mina could try to do so, I did it for her. "You buckled up Brit?"

"Oh she got that before you even had to ask her muffin." Britanny said buckling up. A small amount of pride in my lady's voice didn't go unnoticed by me or Mina.

"So where are the keys?" Mina said looking about.

"Press button start." I said. "But you had the right idea. Now where should the stick be when you start?"

"Uh….okay should be in park?" Mina said looking at the shifter. "But all I see is numbers and 'r'."

"This is a manual transmission, Mina. There is no park, but there is a parking brake. Now before you crank the engine you need to be in neutral." I wiggled my shifter demonstrating. "And press in on the clutch and break while starting." Mina did a little jump as she felt the pedals at her feet move.

"Oh…oh now I get it. You'll actually do the driving and I'll get a feel for what it is like." Mina said in revelation.

"Right. Now the pedal on the far left is the clutch, the middle one is the break, and the right one is the accelerator. A manual transmission means you have to learn how to get a feel for your vehicle a lot more than an automatic, and you have to know what gear is the right one to be in."

"Sounds…complicated." Mina replied doing the sweat drop thing. Was that an actual thing Japanese people were biologically able to do here, or was that some 4th wall breaking magic thing?

"But a lot more fun." Britanny added. "It feels like you are driving the car a lot more than otherwise."

"So after the engine is started you keep your foot on the clutch and break and disengage the parking break." I said doing so. "Then you shift into the correct gear, that being 'r' for reverse in this case…" I showed her as Mina was doing her best to pay attention. "Now am I safe to back up?"

"Uh…." Mina said actually moving her head all around looking at my mirrors, though the windows, etc. "You look like you are."

"So should I just pull out as fast as I can?" I said leading her on while deactivating the parking break.

"What? No there could be an old lady, or a cat, or a kid that isn't looking. You have to pull out slowly and keep an eye out for everything." Mina said in shock.

"That's my girl." Artemis said with paw held high.

"Correct, so I slowly pull out while turning the wheel and looking at all sides, and then push the clutch back in while pushing in the break, go from neutral to first, and push down on the accelerator while easing forward turning the wheel and getting on our way." As soon as I moved forward the doors locked. A bit more learning, and thankfully getting Mina to pay attention to her driving lesson, we did actually make it back to the road and towards the shopping district.

"You know Mina you seem to be getting the hang of this pretty quick." Britanny smiled.

"I do have hundreds of hours of driving under my belt." The teenager smirked.

"Spending your weekends at the videogame arcade isn't the same as being behind the wheel and with how often you crashed in that game I wouldn't be bragging." Artemis sighed. "Plus how your grades are suffering right now….."

"Oh come on. You're starting to sound like Luna." Mina said to her pet/guide.

"So Mina…ready to get some experience on open road?" I said prodding her enthusiasm.

The enthusiasm with which she nodded her head in the affirmative almost shook my frame and shocks.

"Okay, try to match what I am doing then." I let Mina at least go through the motions of driving while. In reality she was more our navigator; A navigator that was having the time of her life.

"You know I have to hand it to you." Artemis said. "This is the longest that Mina has ever been able to focus on anything beyond the next cute boy or food item I have ever witnessed."

"Just have to use the right bait pal." I said as I let my engine's roar a bit, do a few quicker than needed accelerations, and turned a bit more aggressively than was absolutely needed. "And few things are as attention grabbing as me right now."

"Oh yes a 700 horsepower candy apple red Corvette from the future would get attention." The white cat said sarcastically, before having to hunker down in the bag as I had to do a quick shift to the side as some unaware driver nearly swerved into my lane.

"That jerk." Mina said as she gripped my wheel tightly. "He nearly hit us."

"Yep. Just because you may be aware and watching the road, doesn't mean other drivers are too. You are ultimately responsible for doing all you can to be as safe a driver as you can be." I said coming to a stop at the light…right next to the jerk who nearly side-swiped me. No on side-swipes Sideswipe.

As we waited for the light to change, and me about to smoke this jerk, I took a moment to try and look at who it was that just tried to swerve into us. Before I could try to use the scanning system within my cybertronian body, they rolled the window down. He was a man with a thin build, sideburns almost as long as my own but not nearly my Wolverine like mutton chops, wearing a red shirt, and had a cigarette in his mouth. He then started yelling something at Mina that I couldn't even begin to understand. The raunchy displays with his hands though…yeah I understood that very well.

"What on earth is he saying?" Britanny asked while she had a perplexed look.

"Uh you don't want to know." Mina just about growled. "Let's just say that if you did know, you'd probably rip his car apart with your hands."

"Take it easy. Don't get angry, don't get even, get one up." I said with a digital smirk. The car they were in was some sort of yellow Volkswagen Beatle looking thing, but not nearly as good looking as G1 Bumblebee or Herbie. A quick scan of the engine and powertrain indicated that it was highly modified with increased compressors and supercharger, but he would have to physically get out of his vehicle to start that up manually.

There was also another guy in the car. I couldn't determine much about him but based on his body position, and tone of his voice, that he was chiding the other man. What I did take note of was the fact the second man was armed with a .357 revolver in a shoulder holster. I looked more closely at the driver after I noticed this, and yes the driver was armed as well. Shoulder holster with the weapon under his left arm indicating he was right-handed. Said weapon looked to be a classic Luger pistol, which was an odd choice for while an accurate firearm the Luger was infamous for jamming problems. Chambered for the 7.62X21 MM ammunition, according to my scanners at least, the combination of choice of weapon ad caliber either meant the user was going for accuracy or for a theme.

Still neither firearm was a danger to me or to the occupants I had. Even if somehow they shot my tires, I could heal the damage to them in a fraction of a second and repressurize back in no time. It was an odd thought why no one tried to take out the tires of a cybertronian in the cartoons or movies, till you realize that the wheels are part of the body and are constantly maintained like say human fingernails or other external tissue. Plus they are reinforced far more than normal replaceable tires.

So as the one jerk with the sideburns kept trying to egg Mina on and yelling something I couldn't understand but made the young lady blush.

"Mina." I said as I tinted my windows to block out the annoyance at our side. "You know how I've been trying to teach you how to be a responsible driver?"

"Yep." Mina said as she held out her hand to Artemis as she knew what was happening. The cat handed his charge a pair of shades and a pair of leather driving gloves. Britanny snapped her shades on with a snide smirk on her face.

"Ready to see why I was known as greatest tricksters among the Autobots?" I shifted into first and took a look with long-range scanners. If I could smirk thought my grill I would, because I found exactly what I was looking for. I reeved my engine drowning out everything the man was saying.

Light went green, accelerators went down, clutch went up

VROOOM

Mina and Britanny were almost shot back into their seats as I peeled off the line with that guy in the yellow jalopy trying to keep up. While my handling was smooth and precise, the other driver's acceleration caused his vehicle to lurch from side to side as he tried to keep up. The little car finally seemed to catch up to us as he started to ride my tail. Impressive for that little econobox.

While not pushing myself over 100 MPH, I was able to be far more aggressive in turns, acceleration and declaration. I was egging the guy on, and he knew it. I could see his face through his windshield and it looked like he this jerk thought this was some sort of merry game. The compatriot had his hat pressed low over his eyes and didn't seem to be enjoying himself at all. I wasn't focusing too much on them though as I was making sure that I was safe while still moving at high speed. This was the closest I could feel to how Britanny perceives reality during her runs since I used the Flash or Superman.

While I was aware of how fast I was going, and aware of all the forces on my, the traction on the road, and my distance behind me to the other vehicle, my perception of how time flowed was altered due to how a cybertronian brain is able to perceive their reality. This is also the reason that no human pilot has a reasonable chance to shoot down a competent Seeker in a dogfight….unless said pilot was a Jedi, but that is a whole different conversation. A Decepticon Seeker just is aware of so much at a higher reaction speed and as such even an excellent human pilot with an equally skilled WSO/RIO would never be able to actually line themselves up right to take that Decepticon down.

What this meant for my upcoming race with Hakura? Well I wasn't going to cheat and if it was a track in a good state of repair then she would have plenty of time to react too me and the road. So she still stood an honest chance of winning against me.

"Uh he's right on our tail." Mina said looking in the rearview. To her credit Mina did seem to be going through all the motions of driving just fine. So those hours on racing games did seem to teach the young lady a few things.

"Good; just where I want him." I smiled as I let the guy catch up a little bit again….right in front of a hidden police vehicle. A police vehicle with a distracted pair of cops. I gunned my engine and made as big a noise as possible to shock those police into action. I pulled away as the police started following the yellow car. Bingo.

See dear reader Sideswipe had one very special and unique weapon that was perfect for this particular situation. I made a drifting turn around a corner while dropping a small silver device that was covered in an electric field. Just as I was out of line of sight of the police, that little yellow car passed right over it. Instantly a flash of light went off and the yellow care was enveloped in the discharge. I pulled into a parking lot and waited as the sounds of the sirens of about a dozen police interceptor vehicles resounded outside.

Thankfully none of the police decided to pull into the parking garage and I kept my engine quiet for a few minutes while the girls were confused about what had transpired.

"What did you do?" Britanny asked as she took off her glasses in a manner emphasizing her perplexed situation.

"Oh, just a small little electromagnetic pulse detonator." I chuckled through the stereo. "Equipped with a small biological stun field generator."

"Wait what?" Mina asked having no idea what any of those words mean.

"You shut down their car by killing the engine, didn't you?" Artemis chuckled putting his paw over mouth trying to not laugh out loud. This caused Mina to go into full roleplay mentally trying to look cool with her shades on.

"Oh you better believe it kitty. And knocked them out as well." I smiled. "Now that we put that jerk in his place and let the law deal with him, off to get you ladies some dresses for that dance."

I pulled out of the parking lot when Britanny was wondering something.

"Muffin, just curious, if you rendered them unconscious while the vehicle was still in motion, couldn't they just crash and die?" My love thought as she looked at the console on my dash as if it were my face. Good a place as any to look honestly.

"You mean as if they weren't wearing a seatbelt? Can't do anything about that babe. But with a dead engine I'm sure that the police caught up to them and captured them." I had no way of knowing if that was true, but based on relative speed, road hazards, the state of the road, the incoming police vehicles, and the fact we had not heard a high-speed crash….plus the whole cartoon/comic/anime reality thing I am sure that they are okay. Remember unless you see the person actually get killed in Gold Digger then they aren't actually dead.

"Mina?" I asked as I was now heading down a completely different street.

"Oh, yeah uh making sure to check my side windows and such." The young blonde perked up.

"Good, but I really need to know where exactly I'm going." I asked as I found myself just driving around again.

"Oh….uh….where exactly are we anyway?" Mina said looking around.

"You don't know?" Britanny asked. And if she hadn't, the I would have.

"Welp sorry I've never driven before. Everyone either walks, uses public transportation, or rides a bike so….hey I have an idea Rei should know where this place is." Mina said as she really perked up.

"You need me to pull over for you to make a call? Oh wait hold on a second." I said going through a few of my systems. "Hey Mina, you got your transformation pen on you?"

"Well duh I never leave home without it. Why do you ask?" Mina said while trying to focus on driving.

"Pull it out for a moment. I have an idea." As the sailor scout did so, I pulled up the blue tooth sync system in my internals and…bingo synced contacts.

"She's not going to be at something important is she?" I asked before making the call.

"Knowing her she probably is hanging out a that temple, but she can probably take a call." Mina said putting her finger to her chin.

"Okay not contacting her transformation pen then as that is for emergencies only." I pulled up a digital phone display. "Think you can remember her home number?"

"Uh what are you doing now?" Mina said confused, while Artemis and Britanny had taken note of the situation.

"I'm using your transformation pen as a make-shift cellphone and going to run my sync system through it to make a call to Rei so you can ask her for directions." I explained…which caused both Mina and Britanny to be completely lost.

"The Sailor Scouts' transformation pens aren't for use as phones." Artemis said, in slight frustration. "They are for emergencies only and if said emergency comes up when you have her call Rei then how will she know?"

"Because someone would call her pen. I'm trying to connect to her landline kitty. If Rei gets a call on her pen, then we'll know we have an emergency." I explained. "That or we get a call ourselves and it goes into conference call…which I'm surprised you have as a feature on this thing."

"Wait this has a phone in it? OH does it play games as well?" Mina smiled.

"Girl will you please focus on that call." Britanny groaned. "We have shopping to do remember."

Mina was thankfully able to focus and make the call…and after a lot of Japanese that only Mina and Artemis understood, we finally got to the parking area near the store, and thankfully still before lunch.

"So what was all that about?" Britanny said finally getting out and stretching her legs. "Sounded like she was pissed at you." Britanny may have been in human form, but she stretched with the same range of motion as her hybrid form. I perhaps looked a bit longer than I should, but dang Britanny was flexible.

Even Artemis and Mina were caught staring.

"What? Oh right….uh something about where was I and I don't know something about the guy you helped catch being wanted for something. I couldn't make it out. Said his name was Wolf the Werd or something….anyway she's running over here with everyone but Usagi to tell me all about it.

"Your friend had other plans I take it?" I said as I finally transformed again into Sideswipe's robot mode.

"EEEKKK. What the heck?" Mina said as the sudden appearance of a giant robot with a slightly human face was apparently beyond Mina's comprehension, or perhaps her comfort.

"Mina. Remember transforming alien that can look like a car." Artemis said while I looked down on them.

"Hey what can I say. The girls always seem to go wild for me." I joked going back to my normal human form.

"Oh give it up you." Britanny shot back. "There is only one girl who's attention you should care about."

"Darn dooting darling." I said as I wrapped Britanny behind, guided her back to fall into the bend of my arm, and kissed her right on the lips while slipping my hat into my other hand. "Now what is the pleasure of my little lady?"

Britanny smiled and sighed lightly. "First let me back up, second you to get something better for dancing than what you have on now, and third: you to try and not make a scene here."

"Awe but I'm always on my best behavior with you, my love." I joked back helping Britanny back up and kissed her hand.

"You goof. Hey Mina, you coming or what?" Britanny said as we started walking hand-in-hand. Said blonde and her cat were still looking perplexed.

"What? We're engaged kiddo." I shook my head waving her on.

"PFF to heck with that. It's just…are you are real cowboy or is this like the whole robot, space marine, barbarian shape-shifting whatever because I am so confused right now." Mina said walking up next to Brit. "Usagi may do something like that from time to time, but at least she looks the same in some way between transformations. You do complete transformations…so is this another one of those?"

"Nope this is him. My loveable, goofy, extremely sweet huggable husband to be is in fact a cowboy." Britanny said rubbing against me slightly. "Or at least as the fashion of one. I have yet to see you lasso cattle or hog-tie a calf."

"Well I did lasso you heart didn't I?" I joked back before leaning in and whispering in her ear. "And what was that about string back when we first met that I owe you?"

"Oh muffin." Britanny blushed slightly while shaking her head.

Mina just smiled at us and shook her head. "You two are just so cute together. How did you find eachother?" The secret Sailor Scout said as we exited the parking area and out onto a bright sun-lit street where various people were walking about enjoying their day, and trying to regain some sense of normalcy after the other worldly problems they faced just the other day. Families were out, kids were running in the small park, the humid air was offset by a gentle breeze, and many were walking past with ice cream cones drinks in their hands. Overall, it seemed like a completely normal day even with the construction equipment and sound of people cleaning up in the background.

"Welp, it involves my super-nerd sister Gina pulling me along in one of her many crazy adventures, a time machine, a dragon, a cave, and this guy showing up out of nowhere." Britanny replied to Mina.

"You're joking right?" Artemis said poking his head out from the back Mina carried him in.

"It also involved our elf friends too." I added. "So where exactly is this clothing store we are meeting at Mina?"

"Follow me. For we set out on a great quest for fabulous treasure and glorious rewards." Mina said doing her best theatrical pose possible. I just smiled while Britanny found herself equally enthusiastic.

"Join me my young apprentice and I will teach you the true secrets of shopping." Britanny said, trying to do a funny rendition of me as Darth Vader…or at least the tone thereof.

"Now there are two of them." Artemis groaned.

"Always two there are. A master and an apprentice." I joked. I almost wanted to turn into Yoda or another Jedi. But there had been enough shape-shifting for now and we had no time for continuing jokes.

As we finally got to the store, a couple of hours later that expected by hey we got there, we found that it was mostly empty with only one attendant. She was polite enough, but didn't understand English at all so Mina acted as our translator.

I had no idea what the attendant was doing, but Britanny's great experience with fashion and Mina acting as a go-between meant that they probably knew exactly what was going on. So here I was sitting down to catch my breath for the first time in a while and watching Mina's bag with her cat/advisor in it.

"So they seem to be having fun." I whispered to Artemis.

"You're going to regret this pal." The white cat warned. "You are giving two impulsive young women virtually unlimited choices in dress and attire, and you are fully aware how little self-control they have in matters of clothing."

"Hey, they earned a bit of fun, besides I have been slowly able to get Britanny to learn to control her spending habits." I replied. "She's not bad about it really, just an unfortunate situation of how she unintentionally destroys all her best clothing he gets for her human form when she goes into hybrid form."

"Well yes, but aren't you worried about what you may be teaching Mina now? I mean expecting a reward for the good she does? Even if she may deserve some level of thanks, I am sure you know what expecting compensation in this life for doing the right thing may teach her." Artemis pointed out quietly.

"Consider this a private thank you to her, maybe even something she can pay forward to another. The lesson will be will she take advantage of the generosity, or will she be able to control herself to not abuse a generous offer." I reply. That is a lesson that everyone needs to learn, and sometimes only can learn given the chance to make the choice yourself.

"You weren't giving her those lessons just so she could enjoy being behind the wheel of a sport's car were you?" Artemis said looking at me with a smile of understanding on his face.

"Nope. I was showing off for my girl, but figured that since everyone should know how to drive a stick-shift and she mentioned she was getting old enough to drive..." I smiled at the cat in the bag.

"You wanted to give her a chance to get a bit more experience under her belt." The talking kitty nodded in understanding.

"Last time I checked the Good Lord said 'Do onto others as you would have they do onto you.'. So, I gave her a chance I would have loved when I was her age." I said while the ladies were completely engrossed in their social preparations.

"You know she did mention to me about what you said at the temple, about the manga and anime thing, and about you thought she was cute years ago." Artemis said leering at me.

"What? Look that was when I was twenty something year younger. My intentions are completely honorable, and I am engaged to another who I dearly love." I looked back down at the white cat. "If anything, it would be like seeing someone you considered a friend and wanted to know they were doing okay."

"Fair fair." Artemis replied. "I am merely being protective as she is a young lady and becoming a woman in her own right. Plus all the various…uh how to put this politely…unlicensed media of the girls…."

"I know what you are talking about you don't have to say it." I pinched the bridge of my nose trying not to think about the implications.

"Right. The girls have a rather large following of…less noble spirited people who see them in miniskirts and classify them as 'jailbait'." The cat groaned.

"Which does leave one wondering, why exactly are their outfits miniskirts? I know the Joes asked, but you think that actual armor or the like would work better." I said trying to figure out the why anyone would consider modified Japanese school uniforms suitable for combat situations.

"Oh there is a good reason. See demons of the negaverse are able to damage most physical protections rather easily, in fact bypassing most plate armor defenses entirely. So when designing the Sailor Scout outfits, we took the most flexible clothing with the greatest range of motion and stacked on every magical defense we could. While their garments look like they show way too much leg, or brought down with simple gunfire, the magical protections that the outfits give are able to defend them from harm that most foes would subject them to. Plus all the bright colors allow for easy recognition of your teammates location in the confusion of war. Same idea as when European style armies had to deal with the haze of gunpowder muskets."

That made a heck of a lot of sense finally. Afterall the Silver Millennium had been at peace for who knows how long and didn't have a professional military force so the mindset that would give didn't exist.

"Hello there, what a cute cat. Is he yours?" I heard seductive female voice say as I she approached me. She didn't look like anyone out of Sailor Moon, and she didn't have the muscle tone that would indicate Baroness or Zartana. But what she did have was a pair of absolutely huge breasts that were just about to fall out of that clinging dress of hers. Okay not anywhere close to Britanny's or Brianna's…but probably the same as Gina's so still rather large. Why I bring attention to this reader? Because she was trying to flaunt herself to distract me. Yes I saw them, but I didn't want to be near them as my fine girl was better in every way to whoever this floozie was.

"No I'm just pet sitting right now." I answer giving the gall a quick glace of a once over. She was trying to be eye-candy and was doing all she could to be a distraction of some sort. From her fake sweetness to her, to again trying to use her combination of big hair and bust line to attempt to get me to focus on her, I knew this was not good. "And I don't think that the cat likes you very much."

Artemis had his ears back and was growling at her, making it clear that this bimbo was not welcome near him. The hissing is what drew Mina's attention.

"Hey lady leave my cat alone." Mina yelled as she, Britanny, and the attendant turned their attention to the seating area. "He doesn't like you, and anyone he doesn't like I don't like."

"Well that's a shame. I'm sure that you seem to like what you see." She turned towards me trying to be seductive.

"BWAHAHAHAAH!" I started to laugh. "Okay I'm telling you this once and only once bimbo: I am engaged. I don't care how much you try and flaunt yourself in front of me, you are barking up the wrong tree. Take your services elsewhere now." What was she? Some pushy prostitute or someone who preyed on tourists.

"Bimbo? Bimbo. Why you rude uncultured, jerk." She tried to swing at me with her open right hand, but pulled back yelling as Artemis had chomped down on her left wrist. While trying to distract me with her cleavage, the woman had stuck her hand into Mina's bag and was now grabbing onto her transformation pen. "Ouch you horrible little…"

She stuck her right hand into her bust and pulled out a small gun intent on shooting Artemis. Between bravery and stupidity Britanny and I both launched ourselves at whoever this woman was. There was a flash, a bang, the sound of a brass casing hitting the floor as Britanny was now holding this woman up off the ground by her head.

"Put the gun and what you tried to steal from my friend in my hand right now, or I am going to squeeze." Britanny warned colder than I had ever heard her before. "In my hand now! I can tear out the engine block of a semi and crush it into the size of a baseball with one hand. How much do you think your stupid empty head is going to last in my hand if I decide that you are a threat to my family and my friends?"

Britanny was biting at these words as there was a small hole in her abs where the bullet had become lodged. It was copper jacketed lead, so she wasn't in any danger from it. What it did was piss her off to hell and back as the dress she was trying on was ripped to pieces and only her unstable molecular bra and panties kept her personal bits from showing as a sort of emergency bikini situation.

Britanny was however very calm and had her hand out to accept the pistol and pen in exchange for the life now hanging in the balance. Britanny wasn't a murder, but this was a case of a clear and present danger to the lives of others and if whoever it was didn't do exactly as my love said, then she would be completely in the right to put this woman down like a rabid dog. The woman was in shock seeing Britanny in hybrid form and seemed to try to respond with something beyond wetting herself in abject terror. Sadly for Brit, she didn't see the incoming attacker who was about to slice her arm off.

For all the insane things to happen an actual samurai in old style robes was bringing down his sword through my love. Or rather he was going to try for as he was coming down on her, he found the black fluid of symbiote tendrils had enveloped me and said sword was caught in the massive hands of one very ticked off and hungry mass of black muscles with a white spider on his chest and a mouth full of sharp teeth and a long tongue.

"We know this taste." I gurgled out as I had the blade cupped in my hand so that it couldn't move not matter how hard the man struggled. "We have felt this metal's bite before. We know what this is; adamantium." Not sure how someone else got their hands on this metal in a universe where vibranium was all but unknown. But here it was and all the times Venom faced against Wolverine meant that there was a shared memory of this type of metal.

"But it won't do you any good." I gargled with a dark chuckle as the man struggled to free himself. His fear as hidden, but we could taste it. He wasn't used to fear, wasn't used to being so unable to fight. His muscles pulled at tugged as hard as he could, but he couldn't make the sword budge. He was completely at my mercy, and I was letting it sink in just how much he was in trouble.

Artemis bolted at the store clerk and did some sort of flip that rendered her temporarily unconscious falling into Mina's arms. The young girl was very quick on her feet and had the attendant laid out on the floor with no time lost at all.

"Quick the pen." Artemis yelled to his charge who actually ran over and started to try and pull the woman's hand open to get back her transformation pen. The woman though was so scared of the situation that she had a death grip on it. Britanny simply grabbed the pistol out of the woman's hands and in one move crushing it like an empty soda can.

"Let my friend's property go." Britanny said squeezing slightly on the woman's temples. "I won't ask kindly again." This sudden pain caused the woman to let go of the pen and drop it into Mina's hand. The teenage quickly grabbed onto it as if for dear life.

As for myself, the supposed samurai was still trying to get enough room to make some sort of cut on me. It was in his last valent attempt to do something against a foe he had no chance against. Brave, perhaps foolish, but at least he was trying to fight for his life to the bitter end. I proceeded to punch him in the gut with one inhumanly fast blow that knocked the wind right out of him.

"Time to put our toys away." I said grabbing the wooden sheath and returning the sword to it, and then proceeded to cover the whole thing in webbing so that no one could use it. "And almost lunch time." I said as I ran my tongue over my teeth and was looking at this gasping man's head.

"What, hey no please don't do that." Mina said grabbing me around the waist. "Heroes don't eat people." Mina said pleading. "Hey look if you really are hungry, I have this. Will this help?"

Mina was grabbing in her bag for something and pulled out a candy bar. "Please even if whoever it is you are using may eat people, I know that you aren't evil so please."

"Muffin don't traumatize the girl." Britanny said matter-of-factly. She too was doing the pleading eye thing. Yeah as much as eating the guy's brains would remove him as a threat permanently and feed Venom's hunger, the act in broad daylight and with all the blood that would spill would be impossible to clean up in time and ruin the livelihood of this business owner. I agreed to the ladies' request.

"You are very lucky punk." I said gently taking the bar from Mina and ripping it open. "If this little lady wasn't so innocent and kind….we would have torn your head off."

"So what do we do with them?" Artemis said as I bit down into the chocolate that sated my hunger for a bit. "I mean we can't just kill them, but they have seen too much even think of letting go."

"We'll web them up and figure it out in a bit." I said with the same wet hungering echo voice as before. I grabbed the man pointed the back of my wrist to him. In a flash a white sticky line of webbing shot out and I proceeded to web the man into a cocoon before tossing him to the floor. "So long as you don't struggle, you will be fine. If you try to escape the webbing gets tighter and tighter eventually it can squeeze the air out of you."

"And now for you." Britanny smiled. "No idea who you are, why you tried to steal from us, or what you want, but listen and listen good. See this." Britanny said pointing to herself. "You never will be nearly this good looking and I never want you to even come close to me or my muffin again. In fact if I ever catch you trying to put the moves on my man, if he doesn't lay you out cold then I will end you." My lover then held out the broad. "Dear would you be so kind."

"Anything for the lady." In short order the woman was now clothed in webline and was lying next to her compatriot.

"Great first that crazy driver and now these two. Is this normal for you guys?" Mina asked with a sigh in her voice.

"Let's see there was the flash mob in the Atlanta mall…." I started.

"Then there was that Peachbody dog in New York….." Britanny added. "So not uncommon for us, but certainly not normal."

"Could you please….uh if you don't mind that is…not so uh….hungry." Artemis asked as he had the sweat drop on the back of his head. I couldn't not be Venom, but thankfully Venom had that biocamoflage thing like Martian Manhunter. I somewhat obliged the cat as finally three other sailor scouts showed up.

"Uh what exactly happened here?" Ami asked confused. Rei and Lita were saying something I couldn't understand while Mina explained the situation.

"Hey muffin, can you help me with something?" Britanny said pointing to the back.

"Uh sure love, what is it?" I asked looking at her.

"This is going to be a little uncomfortable, but can you please remove this damn bullet?" Brit said pointing to the healed hole in her side. "It's not dangerous, just really uncomfortable and I don't want it in there."

"Of course." I said using the tendrils to slice open where the wound was healing and slowly made my way down the bullet's path. "You feeling okay?" I asked while I smiled at my love, doing all I can to put her at ease.

"It's just weird." Britanny said trying to remain as relaxed as possible. "Those things feel so odd inside me and….it's not the first time I've had to pull out a bullet but these small calibers just heal so fast my body just doesn't automatically push it out." I could almost taste her embarrassment as the symbiote tissue was able to find the projectile. It was a .40 cal full metal jacket that was lodged just inside Britany's abdomen. Larger than a 9mm but not nearly as big as a .45 so it offered a compromise between hitting harder without the recoil of the larger projectile.

"Feel anything else in there love?" I asked as the tendrils had encapsulated the bullet and I pulled out of the hole I opened.

"No, I think you got it. Just give me a moment to try and clean up. What is with today? Why are we being bothered by these jerks?" Britanny said using the fabric of her outfit to clean up the blood. "I mean Peebody I would understand, Cobra showing up would make sense, but the two in the car and now this? What did we do?" Britanny was just about growling that last part.

I shook my head.

"Who knows." I replied as we came back to see Mina in shock from what her friends were telling her.

"Uh what's the problem?" Britanny asked as she forced herself to shift into human form in case someone else came in.

"Britanny we were just telling Mina. Do you have any idea who you captured?" Ami said, in the most polite tone she could while also being in a bit of shock.

"No I don't. And honestly, I don't really care. My day has been interrupted and I need some serious shopping and a big lunch to feel better." My lover sighed. "Just glad I didn't have to cut myself open and try to dig that bullet out."

This caused Ami to shoot up blink a few times, and stare Britanny looking for the bullet hole while shaking.

"Werecat healing kiddo I'm fine." Britanny explained as the small hole had once more become a solid set of hardened abs covered by her silky fur.

"As we were trying to tell you earlier, the infamous Lupin III was just captured with his associate Daisuke Jigen in a car chase where they were found unconscious by unknown means and are being treated at Tokyo hospital." The brilliant member of the Sailor Scouts said.

"Okay so that explains who that jerk was on the road, but what does that have to do with these two?" Britanny said while pointing with open arms at the two squirming people on the ground. Well one sort of squirming, the other was trying to not piss themselves is terror.

"They are wanted infamous criminals Fujiko Mine and Goemon Ishikawa. Associates of Lupin who are wanted by Interpol." Ami continued.

Instantly I perked up. "Really now. Hey Artemis, you want to wake the store worker up? I think we just solved all of our problems."

"What do you mean muffin?" Britanny asked with a perplexed look on her face.

It took about ten minutes to clean up and alter the store clerk's memory, but soon a group of police interceptors were blaring their lights and sirens as one ragged Japanese man in a trench coat and brown colored Dick Tracy style hat walked in with a look that indicated he was overwhelmed.

"Hello. I am inspector Zenegatta, assigned to the case of Lupin and his associates. I was informed that two of his accomplices have been captured?" The man was middle age with dark hair who stood about 6 feet and held himself in a very professional manner. As he looked down her found both of our assailants still trapped in the Venom webbing almost in too much shock to answer. "Fujiko and Goemon? How is that you two actually were caught?" The inspector was just about slack jawed as the two before him were unable to do much more than wriggle.

"They're monsters. Both of them." Fujiko said just about screaming. "Check the cameras. Listen the woman she's some sort of cheetah girl and the guy he's some demon who threatened to eat Goemon's brains."

"What? Are you trying to plead insanity Fujiko? No chance. You've finally gotten caught and no amount of crazy stories will help you." The inspector gloated with enthusiasm.

"Goemon please tell him. You've got to believe me how else are we tied up in this stuff?" Fujiko said screaming in fear.

"If I must. Inspector, we were here in Tokyo following the stories of the new power system which perhaps would be an impressive heist to pull off. Lupin had us arrive and scout the area. We had found this woman with the spotted hair as the supposed fiancée of the man who invented this new fusion system, and he was trying to follow her. We lost contact with Lupin earlier and Fujiko attempted to seduce who we believe to be the lady's bodyguard. Fujiko's attempt failed and in the ensuring cascade she attempted to shoot the cat who bit her. This seems to have angered both the lady and her bodyguard who apparently are shape-shifting monsters who quickly subdued myself and Fujiko. Whatever the man is then did indeed intend to eat my brains till the young girl that accompanied them pleaded for him to spare my life." This was relayed in the most deadpan serious tone possible by the samurai. "If you don't believe me then may I suggest you try to retrieve my blade from them."

"Very well. Sir do you happen to have the sword this man is known to have on him? It should look like a wooden walking stick if not pulled out." The inspector asked.

"Sorry but I don't know where that got to." I replied shrugging my shoulders. "All I know is that this woman came in, started to harass me, attacked my friend's cat who defended itself, and her friend jumped in trying to hurt my lady, so we tied them up and called the police."

"She crushed my gun in her hand." Fujiko yelled looking around for where the bits of her weapon may have dropped.

"She crushed your gun?" Zenegata asked in complete disbelief. It seemed that the man was barely holding it together as if a massive emotional weight was finally falling apart.

"I don't see a gun." Britanny said in the most cat-like way possible. "Do you see any gun?"

Mina shook her head. "Nope I don't see one. I have been here the whole time and what I saw was this gall try to shake her breasts in front of this man, then attack my cat, and interrupted me just wanting to get a new dress for a school dance." Mina explained.

"Very well." The inspector then asked the store clerk in Japanese and was writing something down in his ledger. "Sir from what I can tell your story seems true, though I don't know why these two would attempt something like this assault against you and your lady friend, but I thank you very much for your assistance in capturing these wanted criminals. I have been authorized to offer a substantial reward for their capture, and I hope that it makes up for the problem they caused visiting our land. You are American tourists?"

"Yes partner we are. My wife to be and I were just enjoying your beautiful country and this polite young lady was our tour guide for the trip. We've otherwise had a fantastic time and thank you very much for the hospitality we've had here." I said doing my best southern drawl…which when combined with the attire of boots, hat, jeans, and leather jacket was laying on the "oblivious foreign tourist" vibe as thick as possible. It honestly was reaching points of cringe but hey if he thought I didn't know better, then it was less I had to worry about. Or at least I hoped less I had to worry about.

"Thank you." The Inspector bowed while motioning to one of the other officers. "As stated this is the cash reward offered for these two's arrest. I hope that it will make up for any inconvenient situation this has caused you." The man smiled warmly. "With the recent capture of Lupin, I was carrying his reward with me. We don't usually carry large sums of money around in brief cases in this country."

"Now that is a rather impressive gift." Britanny whistled.

"They have been escaping the law for what seems like decades. Thanks to you, the honest people of the world can rest a bit easier. I must go make my report. Please do enjoy the rest of your trip to Japan." Zenegata then turned around and focused on getting the two out and into the wagon to haul them away.

"Inspector please you have to stop them. They aren't what they seem." Fujiko said kicking her feet as best she could, trying to run in fear. As both her and Goemon looked back at me I smiled as I let the symbiote's outline show on my face. The lady screamed in fear, the samurai shivered slightly. Me? I just smirked as I shifted back to my true self. The webbing seemed to just dissolve and the two suspect were cuffed and locked away. The disappearing sound of police sirens letting us know the coast was clear.

"Well that was fun." I said looking over the large sum of yen now in our possession. "So, babe what do you think?"

"About the fact we can't seem to have a day to ourselves without someone trying to kill us, or fact my new dress is ruined?" Britanny said while looking around the store. "I say that we came out on top."

"Well one dress was ruined, but we still have time to get you something….or rather all of you something." I smiled.

"Wait wait what? But that money is yours. I mean you captured them, right?" Mina said scratching the back of her head.

"You know it would be a real shame if the heroes who saved Japan recently didn't get to look just as good as the Joes in their dress A uniforms." I said to my beloved.

"Why yes that would be a crime onto itself if they don't get to look great. And I think that they also are due an amazing lunch of their choice." Britanny smiled with knowing agreement.

"Mina would you please inform the clerk that all of you are getting new dancing dresses. And that you are each welcome to one accessory of your choosing." I said to our companion.

"You can't be serious." Ami blinked. The young lady had dropped her jaw at this information. Mina however was doing the huge eye thing.

"No I'm Alex and she is Britanny." I said looking over my shoulder. Britanny lightly jabbed me in the shoulder for the use of a very bad joke. It did sting a bit, but hey she could have easily ripped my arm off is she didn't control herself.

Ami was also in awe while Lita and Rei were confused. "Are you sure?" Ami said. "How do we explain this to our parents? I mean we would need a way to get these home and we don't have a car." The most logical of the group was of course correct, but hey this was going to be special for them.

"We will cross that bridge when we get there." Britanny said smiling. "Now you girls have the privilege of the greatest fashion expert of all time to assist you in your selection."

"I don't know about this." Ami said worried.

"Hey don't look a gift basket in the mouth Ami." Mina said going wide eyed as she talking with the clerk, who was blinking confused, but grabbed her measuring tape and outfits.

"She's a great young lady, but sometimes she's not firing on all 8 cylinders is she?" I looked at Artemis who shook his furry head.

"So where did you put that sword?" Britanny whispered to Artemis, while the store attendant was focused on the three new girls.

"Weapon's space." Artemis whispered so low that few could hear. "They will never find it again." If they could keep those transformation pens of the Scouts hidden for over a century, then it is most likely that no one was going to claim that sword in the next human lifetime.

Britanny then went back to the other girls while I just sat down tapping my hat on my leg. I let the girls enjoy themselves as Britanny and the attendant were able to work out some sort of understanding getting the girls the best garments we could for the dance.

"And now that all of the girls are ready, your turn mister." Britanny said to me. "Now do you have men's apparel here?" Britanny asked the attendant, who looked confused. Mina and Ami translated to which the lady seemed to reply in the negative, but politely seemed to ask for something. Something which caused the girls just to blink in confusion.

"She said that they don't carry men's clothing. But she wanted to know if you are a real cowboy and if she could get your picture?" Ami explained in a rather confused way.

"My pleasure ma'am." I said without thinking. I had no idea why she wanted my photo, but she took out a polaroid and took a photo of myself and Britanny together. Considering how crazy the rest of the day had been, just asking for a photograph was probably the least confusing thing we had to deal with. Heck maybe it was for the display of they happy customers they promoted. And if so then she should be able to show off to others coming in.

The girls got their dresses all boxes, apparently our assembled group was heading to a place to get lunch. I was volunteered as the established pack mule, exactly as I expected with this crazy crossover situation. Especially the completely random encounters we had had and the feeling of contrivance level plot crossover. I mean Lupin the Third? Yes the arch reactor was the most advanced power source on the planet but would Lupin steal something that was keeping the entirety of a major city powered just to test himself? Pee Wee may try to nick the plans for it, and absolutely Cobra would take it for some world-domination scheme, but Lupin? Plus wasn't his team almost impossible to capture or…..then it hit me.

As hard and sudden as a certain coyote slamming into a painted brick wall in a Looney Tunes cartoon, the answer hit me. Lupin was a master planner and schemer with skills and gadgets that rivaled Batman. Against known antagonists like Inspector Zaggata, their antics became cartoonish chases similar to Tom and Jerry or the aforementioned Looney Tunes. But against someone he has no idea about, something or someone with zero frame of reference to tactical advantage, he was completely sunk. Then there was the other thing that he had none of, plot armor. Monkey Punch wrote the story in such a way that Lupin always escapes because he has to do so. Just like Akane always has to win even when she has no right to do so, or the Ultra Marines always triumph against insane odds, it was the plot of the series which otherwise couldn't continue.

But that was a minor issue now.

"Dear." I said to Britanny, as she was walking by my side with her arm hooked into the crook of my arm.

"Yes muffin?" My lovely lady said in that sweet tone that made it clear that she knew exactly what I was going to mention.

"You remember that conversation we had yesterday?" I asked my lady giving her a knowing glance. Those big blue within green eyes gazed at me as Britanny looked at me as if saying "like you didn't know this was coming".

"About the cliché filler story we would get caught in?" Britanny smiled. "How many filler stories involved a shooting, attempted robbery, or a driving lesson?" My lover joked. "They usually involve a trip to the beach, or the hot springs, and some Daffy Duck slap stick."

"Fair. And at least we seemingly avoided the typical embarrassment plots of being in states of undress or underwear shops." I smiled while emphasizing the garments in the boxes. This got a slight chuckle out Britanny.

"Seriously? Dear you know very well that no store in this country would have any undergarments my size in hybrid form." Britanny said rubbing against me and purring. "And I don't care what the age of consent is in this country, I am not taking a bunch of high schoolers to Victoria Secrets. Now if they were also twenty something years olds then I may be tempted to go splurging with them, but high school?"

"Here, let's go here." Mina yelled ushering us on in English and said something to her friends in Japanese. I was relying upon Britanny as a sort of seeing-eye girlfriend at this point as all the boxes blocked a large part of my view.

"So Ami girl, would you mind helping muffin and I find a table?" Britanny asked as we entered the establishment. It wasn't a traditional Japanese looking at all. More like something out of a stereotype of the 1950s or early 60s with neon lights, chrome, and a jukebox.

For some reason Mina was arguing with Lita and Rei while Ami was assisting us.

"What the heck is their problem?" Britanny asked. "Looks like they just ran out of Tuna."

"I am not sure…." Ami said as Britanny and her moved tables together for everyone. "One moment…."

As the blue haired teen went to check with her friends, I set all the packages on a chair and shot a look at my lady.

"Think she is trying to get us to splurge on an expensive meal?" I asked Britanny, who was rubbing her stomach as I could just about hear her tummy gurgling.

"Don't know, and don't care. Hunger pains. Need food." Britanny said groaning slightly as her good will was slowly ebbing in the situation. I just smiled. "What are you looking at?"

"Just remembering when we first met. Your sister called you Igor, you had tummy rumbles…."

"And I almost ate Tark because I thought he was a giant tuna." Britanny smiled. "Speaking of which…how in the name of Charlie Tuna did you know that we weren't seeing what we thought we were seeing?" Britanny looked at me.

"Oh Moon Knight has mystic vision so that he can see through spells and incantations." I explained to her. "So I could see that he was using a glamor incantation to try and manipulate you."

"My white knight protecting my honor?" Britanny said doing a dramatic Southern Belle sigh. "How ever would I go on without you?"

"Oh is everything okay?" Ami asked as she returned to the table.

"We're fine. So what was all the hub-bub about?" Britanny asked the younger lady.

"Oh uh, apparently Mina has a crush on one of the guys who works here, and wanted to ask him about the dance and…." Ami blushed slightly.

I just shook my head. At least that was some level of normal around here. The girls joined us as the waiter handed us menus and tried to be as polite as possible while Mina was awkwardly politely flirting. Which was causing Lita and Rei to groan. Thankfully though the menus were in English and Japanese so it was easy enough to figure out what to eat.

"I'm surprised they allow animals in places like this." I mentioned to Mina's bag on an unoccupied chair.

"They have very…laxed rules with small animals in carriers here." Ami explained. Before Rei started chiding Mina about something while Lita was looking over the menu before tapping Ami on the shoulder. The shorter one leaned in as Lita and her talked for a moment. After some exchange Ami nodded and then looked at me.

"Excuse me Alex, but Lita was asking how much was the maximum amount you were willing to spend on the meal?" Ami explained.

"Tell her that it is on me. Whatever she would like." I answered.

"Really? Oh great in that case I can…." Mina caught herself as she was looking at all the options before she stopped. "How about a burger and a small shake for me?" The blonde said putting down the menu. The other scouts were shocked at their friend's new-found self-control.

Britanny looked at me with a slight glint. "Muffin were you trying this on me at some point?"

"I don't reckon I catch your meaning love." I answered in false ignorance.

"You were weren't you?" Britanny smirked at me.

"I happen to remember a rather expensive trip to a fashion outlet in New York within the last month." I pointed out.

"I'm still getting the deluxe and a super-sized shake." Britanny said as she shrugged. Ami and Mina looked at her blinking. "I had to regenerate a bullet hole and typically run 600 miles a day. I need the fuel."

The meal went well, even with the needed Mina and Ami to act as translators. The usual conversations about boys, fashion, and even a few about Lita and Britanny's mutual love of martial arts filled the table only interrupted by the ingestion of food and Mina trying to see if she could continue the endearing but cringy conversation with that blonde guy who was trying to be polite as possible. I couldn't remember if he was in the show or not, but at least he seemed to appreciate the teenager on some level.

"So Britanny, may I ask you something?" Mina said sighing while twirling her fries in ketchup.

"Sure." Britanny said, ripping into the burger with all the gusto of a shark eating a seal.

"How…how exactly do you and Alex….well make it work between you to?"

Britanny was taken back a bit. "Are you asking how we make out with my shape shifting and being so much bigger than him in hybrid form?" My lady barely was troubled by this, but the way she was holding her burger indicated that it did catch her off-guard.

"What? No no…I mean if you want to share how that works too I mean….oh come on girls you have to be curious too." As Mina was speaking in English, only Ami could understand her, and the young girl was blushing.

Before Britanny could answer the young lady, Lita tapped Ami on the shoulder and asked her something. Ami nodded with a smile before turning to Britanny.

"Lita had a similar question to Mina's for you Britanny." Ami started. "With your hybrid form being so…tall for lack of a better word, how did you decide on your partner. Sorry this doesn't translate so well literally…I guess a better way of asking is, do you find it hard to have a successful relationship with a man shorter than you? I am sorry if this is equally personal but my friend is considered a rather tall woman herself here and has had difficulty finding someone interested in asking her to the dance. As you and Alex seem to have a very loving relationship, Lita was asking if she was doing something wrong trying to find someone."

"Oh that's what you wanted to know." Britanny smiled. "Girls there is something you need to know about growing up the way I did. See my human form almost never got any attention as I was about your height and proportions Ami. So here I was either a playful kitty or a petite girl and boom I find myself turning into a taller hybrid form and no idea how I did it. I sort of had an idea from when I shifted into fully cheetah mode, but no one was there to help me understand exactly what I had just done and none of my cloths fit…I just kept ripping them off me. And then comes senior year in high school. I was built, I was tall, I had the curves, had the confidence, but guess what." Britanny said this by leaning in. "The only guys who asked me out were the ones who wanted a good time and not respect me as a person. My dad even scared away one date I had who was trying to get me drunk on Halloween to take advantage of me. Broke my heart like glass. So I sort of focused on my own thing for years. I was a martial arts champion, weight lifting expert, world class in the annual fisherman's challenge, and fashion expert who supported whole stores years. But for all that, all the adventures with my sister, all the friends I made, and all that I achieved, I never was great with guys. Till a certain someone feel from out of nowhere and made adventuring fun again."

Britanny patted my leg as she said this. "You showed up, and genuinely tried to be a friend and just rolled with my teasing. But what really made me realize you were the one wasn't when we first me, wasn't even how you helped me find my biological relatives, you know when I knew I made the right choice?" My love asked me.

"No. I don't think I can guess." I answered honestly very curious myself.

"It was actually after you proposed to me, after I wanted to marry you. See girls you all seem to be hung up on how tall, or built, or just overall much bigger than the guy I love here. But you have no idea the moment he stood the tallest in my eyes." Britanny smiled as she looked at me and kissed me. "A while ago we had to go back to Ireland and try and contact the Alpha of the werewolves so she and I could have a formal peace between our people. Turns out that the old Alpha and world-class bastard Brendan the Betrayer had escaped his prison. So you gals understand, this was the worthless pile of garbage who murdered my father, my mother, his own wife, betrayed the werecheetahs and werewolves, nearly sold his own people into slavery, rendered most of them incapable of having kids due to a curse, and on top of that swore to brutally murder me." Britanny elaborated.

"What happened?" Ami asked in shock, before she and Mina relayed the story to Rei and Lita who went pale white.

"I wanted to rip the guy's guts out. I wanted to do to him worst than he could imagine for all the suffering he caused me, and all that his dark master took from me. And that rat bastard stole not only my biological family from me, but also caused the death of my adoptive paternal grandmother, the curse on my paternal grandfather, and kept my adopted mother from me for years outside of one day a year….I wanted to hurt them so much and unleash hell on them for what they stole. I was at the darkest point in my life, and yet someone pulled me back from the brink."

At this point not only were the girls leaning in, but a certain kitty was sitting on the chair and stared in rapt attention at Britanny's story.

"Him." Britanny said pointing to me. "You pulled me back from becoming just like them muffin. You and your beautiful poetic, cowboy way reminded me that they couldn't take away who I was inside away from me, and that I still had you come hell or high water. You rescued me from the worst of myself and that was the moment I knew I had chosen rightly the one I trusted with my heart. And that was the moment you were standing the tallest I had ever seen you. Didn't matter if I was over two feet taller than you, right then you stood as the man I needed. And that girls is the real thing you should be looking for. By all means if a guy is cute or hansom, or has a killer body you give him notice, but the one you give your heart to the one who stands by you and brings out the best in you and that you can rely on. Because the right one will carry the world for you." Britanny smiled as she wrapped her arm around my head and pulled me into a deep kiss.

"Doesn't hurt the fact that his is also the best cookie maker on the planet and is so gosh darn huggable." She said while I blushed at her praise. "So tell Lita that she should look for a guy who stands strong not just physically, but also character wise."

"Awe that is just so cute." Mina said doing the big eye thing. "You're a real princess who found her knight in shining armor after all."

"Well dusty leather and denim at least." I said in my almost failed way to keep humble. It didn't work so well as only Britanny seemed to get my attempt.

Lita then said something that Ami and Rei chuckled at. Britanny and I looked confused.

"Sorry she said, 'yes but princes don't exactly fall out of trees.'." Ami explained, which caused Britanny to go into a series of chuckles bordering on erupting into outrageous laughter. This caught the girls seemingly buy surprise as the joke didn't seem that funny to them at all.

"What my beautiful lady is laughing at is that one of our early adventures together we did have a prince jump out of a tree at us." I explained. "It's a long story involving aliens who look like cats, a trip to Atlantis, giant robots, fighting werewolves, making peace with said werewolves, an finding the legendary city of El Dorado."

"You went to Atlantis, and found the legendary 'City of Gold'?" Ami said blinking in awe.

"It was a rather busy month, wasn't it?" I asked Britanny who nodded in agreement. "But honestly I feel extremely lucky that someone as special as this lady even considered me a friend."

"Oh you." Britanny elbowed me before going back to eating. "So you girls have any hobbies outside of fighting those demon things?" Britanny said as she was done with her huge meal before the others even had a chance to get half-way through their own.

"Well I kinda love volleyball." Mina said thinking.

"Kind of is an understatement; obsessive is more accurate." Artemis sarcastically retorted. "When we first started if you weren't obsessing over cute boys then you were playing ball and barely passing class."

"Hey, I was obsessed with one guy thank you and I let him go be with the woman he loved okay." Mina retorted defending her choices to her friends. "But yeah I'd say volleyball would be my biggest hobby." Mina giggled a bit.

How old were you when this happened?" Britanny said, halting the yelling kitty from exposing himself.

"About 14 or so." Mina thought to herself. "But yeah, I did the whole superhero thing by myself for a while in England. And that is where I kinda ran into that vampire once or twice. He was tall, wore a lot of red, had these big guns….and kept talking about 'enthusiastic walks'."

I blinked a few times hearing that expression. There was no way it possibly be him. It was far too soon in the timeline to be him, and yet I had to ask to make sure.

"Did he also have a wide brim hat, yellow shades, and wear white gloves?" I groaned thinking of the only blood sucker who fit that description.

"Oh yeah how did you know?" Mina looked at me puzzled. I just placed my hands over my head.

"Don't ask. Just don't ask." I groaned.

"Well anyway he thankfully ignored me as I wasn't a vampire, but he did keep yelling at his boss over the phone."

"This something to worry about babe?" Britanny asked.

"Sailor Moon, Ranma ½, Lupin the Third, and now Hellsing Ultimate Abridged version of Hellsing before twitter is invented." I groaned to myself. Was this in keeping with Gold Digger? Was this something that would happen with Fred Perry? Oh unquestionably it would as he had references to Street Fighter, G. , Ranma ½, and I forgot what all else as taking place in the same universe as his comic. And if it wasn't a direct reference to it, then he had it as an inspiration for a character in it. Dannie Carter and her alternate persona of The Avenger was heavily inspired by Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears and when Calla took over as The Crimson Avenger, and the whole Edge Guard were inspired by Thundercats, Dungeons & Dragons, and X-Men characters. But the fact that the actual Abridged Alucard was in this universe was not someone or something I wanted to deal with.

"Is he alright?" Ami asked as I became the focus of everyone on the table.

"Eh he'll be fine." Britanny said. "So what about the rest of you girls? Got anything cool going on?"

"Uh, well I have been trying to get the school to invest in a computer club. Sadly they still consider it to be a niche interest rather than the world-changing development that it will be." Ami smiled. "As for Lita, she is heavy into the school martial arts team and was going to be going for the reginal championship till the whole invasion situation happened. Sadly, we learned that the future events were cancelled for the time being."

"Well that sucks." Britanny added. "Seen your moves girl and you got some chops. In fact you want to spar sometime I'd be all for it." My love said to Lita, who seemed to at least realize she was being complimented.

"And Rei is the Shrine Maiden at one of the local temples." Ami continued.

"I thought I smelled you there, after we kinda crashed the roof to the place." My love said as Mina chuckled slightly, and Artemis blinked before talking to Rei and she nearly exploding in anger. She then started ranting about something in a mix of Japanese and English about taking all of her cans of tuna, and something about it was just like meatballs and comics.

Britanny handed the girl a $20.00 bill from her purse. "Girl sorry I had to get something to eat, but when you have to regrow your flesh you get very hungry."

Rei blinked a few times as she grabbed the bill. She then thought for a moment and then turned to Brit and pointed as she leaned across the table.

"You food my eat what?" Rei blurted out as her words as she was confused and somewhat irritated. I have no idea about Japanese grammar, but I guessed that Rei was unsure how to articulate it in English. Or she was just too upset to think about the words clearly as I was well aware of her intelligence and her probably understanding English very well.

"Okay one stop yelling, and two I had to heal after crashing into your temple thing after the ugly had sent us flying." Britanny shot back. "So this girl needed to grab something to eat."

Both Rei and Britanny were staring daggers at each other over that fiasco. Rei started grumbling, Britanny started to look her down about to smack her or something. Rei then gripped the bill in her hand. She then sat down and said something that caused the rest of the girls to perk up.

This caused immediate worry in myself and Britanny.

"Everything okay?" I asked the group, not sure what was said by the raven-haired member of the team.

"Rei said that if you really wanted to make it up to her, you'd throw ice cream into the deal as well." Ami explained.

"You're going to milk this for every cent you can, aren't you?" Britanny said leaning in to do her best faux intimidation look possible. "Okay once ice cream cone each and…"

"ICE CREAM!?" A young lady yelled behind me and Britanny in a shrieking voice of glee.

Britanny shot out of her chair and was looking right into the big blue eyes of a young blonde with long pony tail like hair and Minnie Mouse looking buns on the top of her head.

"That hurt." Britanny said tapping her foot at the young girl. "Why did you just scream at me?" Britanny was so irritated I thought she would go into her hybrid form in a second….if she had the magical reserves to do so.

Rei then groaned something mentioning the word "Usagi" under her breath.

"Hey Britanny it is okay. Usagi just…really gets excited easily." Mina said while the other blonde was trying to look as friendly as possible.

"Pardon my charge's lack of manners Ms. Britanny, we were worried as we heard the police activity and decided to see for ourselves what was going on." The black cat on the girl's shoulder sighed.

I just shook my head. "Guess we are in a filler episode." I said getting back to my meal…which caused Ami, Mina, Artemis, and Luna to look at me like I had grown another head on my shoulders.

"Never mind this is 4th degree warp-realm fu…shenanigans. Don't worry about it." I wasn't about to cuss in front of impressionable ears afterall.

As Usagi did her best big eyed thing for Brit, my love just shook her head.

"Kiddo I've pulled that so many times with my own dad you wouldn't believe." Britanny said less angry that before but still in no mood for this. "Doesn't work on me at all, but good effort for trying. Now can I help you?"

Luna acted as a translator for them trying to get Usagi to apologize for her actions, which seemed to work until the teenager asked about ice cream again.

"Kid if you want ice cream you are going to have to apologize for yelling in my lady's ear." I said to Usagi and wondering if this was going to end at all.

I just went back to my meal and waited for Britanny to sit back down with me. She did, and Usagi pulled up a chair of her own before started talking a storm that neither I nor Britanny understood a word of. It was at that point that the young lady noticed all the packages from the clothing store and she started going on about something. This kind of embarred the other girls.

It was odd figuring out half of the conversation we didn't understand and half you think you could piece together. Britanny and I both just waited for the perpetual ball of excitement to calm down long enough for someone to get a word in edgewise.

This was followed by the waiter returning, Mina again trying her awkward flirting, and me agreeing to shell out of deserts for everyone, if only to get Usagi to be quiet for a moment while food was in her mouth. Lita and Rei gave Britanny and I looks indicating that this was normal for their friend to act this way, and politely nodded in thanks for the treat.

It was then that Usagi started asking questions, with about a third of an ice cream swirl in her mouth. Britanny and I just looked at her till she got the point we didn't understand a word she was saying. This was followed by Lita in a polite voice saying sometime to the bunny haired blonde.

Then Usagi said something, then Rei chided her friend, and the two started a verbal back and forth. This continued on for a bit until a bunch of adults showed up who started yelling. This caught Britanny and myself by surprise and annoyance as we had already had our meal interrupted once before.

"Can we help you?" Britanny asked as what was a polite lunch was now becoming an overcrowded start to a comedic violence sketch from something out of Yatsura or Ranma ½, and as I already dealt with the Ranma group before I was in no mood for doing so again.

"Who you? Why you have lunch with daughter and friends?" A dark-haired woman in her early thirties asked accompanied by another woman in her thirties, two men in suits, and an old guy in priest robes.

Well that was unexpected…then again the parents almost never showed up in the filler episodes so direct confrontation was not something I ever thought happened. Maybe it was something I had done without knowing it earlier that lead to this, but at this point why wasn't nearly important as what.

"Feel free to take a seat. Now can I help you all with something?" I asked politely as possible, while not laying on the emphasis so much on the accent.

"Excuse me, but we were wondering exactly who you are and why you are sharing lunch with our daughters." One of the men politely said, to which I figured the minimum curtesy was to stand and shake his hand.

"Well my girlfriend and I happened to meet this young ladies during the demonstration at the school. See I had a hand in building that contraption and as an apology for the trouble that it caused, and for help finding a place for my lady to get a dress for the dance everyone was invited to on base, I figured the least I could do is offer to pay for Mina to get a gown…which became getting the other three gowns after we helped put away some criminals, and decided everyone could get lunch together."

"You are joking?" the man asked, in a rather thick British accent.

"No daddy he isn't. He and Britanny are friends from America who helped make sure we were safe during the…uh terrorist attack. They were…lost and they were so helpful that they offered to give me a free driving lesson."

"Free….driving lesson?" the man asked confused.

"Gave her a lesson in driving stick in muffin's Corvette." Britanny said politely, or at least politely as possible trying to quickly swallow the ice cream she was eating right before the parents showed up.

"You let Mina drive your manual transmission Corvette? She uh….how exactly did she do?" I guess it was Mina's mother asked.

"Very well actually, she listened to all my instructions and didn't strip the gearbox." I proudly added. "So may I ask if there is a problem?"

"You got our daughter to operate a complex sports car and not crash it or damage it?" The man asked in an unbelieving tone.

"Just had to give the right incentive." I smiled. "And getting to drive a bright red Stingray did the trick."

Mina smiled seeing if her parents were proud of her achievement. The parents though, kept yelling a bit that I didn't understand, Britanny was getting annoyed, and Mina's father was trying to explain the situation to everyone. As Britanny was tried of everyone's shit, she got up, tapped Mina's father on the shoulder, and handed him the inspector's card.

"Look if you don't believe us, here is the officer who arrested the criminals at the shop. Your daughter has been an excellent tour guide and my fiancé and I look forward to seeing her if you decided to let her and her friends go to the dance being hosted on the base to make up for the fact the school is now a fortress. Now this Georgia girl doesn't speak a lick of Japanese so please stop yelling at us cause we haven't done a thing wrong and looks like this is all one big misunderstanding."

"Yes, very well. I am sorry of the confusion, but you can forgive our confusion as our daughters having a meal with a complete stranger would be something that any parent would worry about. Perhaps you would mind showing us what you got Mina?" her mother asked.

Mina smiled and lifted the lid to the box showing a rather tasteful orange garment. Some Japanese followed, some more yelling followed, I thought our party was going to get thrown out of the establishment for making a scene, and the waiter returned with our bill.

"Here." I said handing out a large wad of bills. "And the extra is for any inconvenience your establishment has been caused today by their interruption."

The server was shocked, the parents were shocked, the scouts were shocked, even the cats were shocked. Well at least everyone was being quiet while I tried to pay the bill. About the only ones who were in shock from how much I just handed out was Britanny (having no idea how much the value of Yen was) and Usagi…who was currently eating her ice cream.

"Uh thank you." The man said taking the bills and bowing politely.

"So anyway. Sorry to worry all of you, but my gal and I really were trying to have a day together by ourselves, but we got a little side-tracked and your daughters were nice enough to help a couple of strangers out. So since we agree your girls have been on their best behavior, and in no danger, can you all please stop yelling?"

At this point I really just wanted to get out of the restaurant with Britanny, go to the park, make out with the woman I love, and drive off into the sunset. But no, I was stuck here trying to not have the parents of the sailor scouts think I am somehow trying to use their kids, trying to not get us kicked out of the restaurant by the manager for causing a scene and disturbing the other customers, and trying to make my lady happy on what was supposed to be a day for ourselves. We had done so much in one day and little did we have time for ourselves.

"Now I know I don't speak your language very well, but as I am responsible how these young ladies had their school taken over, I wanted to make it up to them. I didn't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers and neither me nor my lady want any trouble. So, is there any way we can settle this situation that isn't going to somehow get us all thrown out on our ear and ruin everyone's day? And preferably can we discuss this outside…if everyone is done with their meals?"

I had never seen anyone end a meal that fast outside of Britanny having to replace material to regenerate. I just hoped some sort of karmic payback hadn't just fallen on me trying to end a filler episode issue so quickly. Maybe the extended action section meant an extended filler fill in, or maybe I was letting myself fall for the idea that comic book/manga/anime/cartoon laws were absolutely real in this reality determine my actions too much. I wrapped my arm around Britanny.

"My love I am so sorry for ruining your day. I have no idea how to make it up to you, but I am willing to try whatever I can for your happiness." I said to her, which got me a kiss on the head.

"You are married?" Mina's mother asked as the girls had grabbed their boxes and we were outside and heading for the parking garage.

"Engaged." Britanny smiled.

"Congratulations." She said, as she took Mina and Lita's boxes and stuffed them into her car.

Rei's grandfather though was giving us the worst attempt at a subtle side-eye I had ever encountered. He had been mostly quiet, but kept looking at Britanny with intense focus.

"So now that we are all alone, perhaps you can stop with this silly game and tell us what is really going on?" Mina's father said.

"Now hold up partner I have…"

"I was referring to all of you. We saw the video girls. Your classmate shared the video of the attack on the school and now that we are a bit more alone. We want the truth." He said.

"You are werecat yes? What you want with granddaughter?" Rei's grandfather said in broken English.

"Werecat? Pal I'm…" Britanny barely had time to react as the old man tried to stick a paper scroll on her forehead, which never touched her scalp as Britanny had grabbed the man's hand to fast for just about anyone to see. "Okay what is this?"

"You are werecat yes? Warding against potential evil." He said as everyone was confused.

"Okay look can we stop trying to get angry at each other?" Ami said. "We aren't enemies so why is everyone acting so…uptight?"

"Please dad they really are our friends. Please what is this?"

"How about you tell us Mina, or maybe we should say Sailor Venus?" Her father asked with a sigh.

"Oh bother this is going to be hard enough." Luna said, as the parents all saw the cat talk and jump between everyone. "Now enough foolishness and blaming, fine we will come clean. But I want you all to know that your daughters just helped save not only Tokyo but also all of Japan and possibly the world from an invasion from the negaverse. They have been protecting this world from supernatural forces for years and just teamed up with the legendary United States Special Forces group G. to save your lives. What has gotten into you all?"

"It was that you lied to us, for years. And now we find out that you all were actual superheroes running out in the middle of the night doing who knows what?" Usagi's mother said. "On top of that running around with unknown foreigners when she should be in school?"

"My name's Britanny thank you. And I just helped your daughter save your country so please a little gratitude would be welcome thanks." My love said, while still holding Rei's grandfather by the wrist.

Rei was the first to notice that now everyone somehow was able to understand what everyone else was saying, and took it rather well.

"Finally we don't need someone to act as a translator. Britanny could you please let go of my grandfather? He's really not a badguy…just somewhat eccentric and over-protective." Rei said politely, and Britanny acquiesced. The old man landed on his feet and still kept look at Britanny unsure about her.

"Oh, you're doing that magical autotranslate thing aren't you Luna." Lita said. "Hey Britanny, Alex, thanks so much for the meal. I really appreciate it. Also you mind if you or your mom gie me a few pointers in martial arts Britanny? I really would love to learn under her if she doesn't mind." Lita said fangirling a bit.

"You sure that revealing this is a good idea?" Artemis asked.

"No, but with the fact they are caught on film we don't have much choice anymore. Besides they are now publicly somewhat exposed and if their parents aren't aware at this point then who knows who or what may happen. They may be our charges, but they are their children and to ignore their rights now would be irresponsible." Luna sighed.

"Look if you are willing to go to say…Rei's temple we will explain everything." Artemis said looked at the parents who still were a mix of angry and disbelieving.

"Does that mean I get to drive around in the Corvette again?" Mina smiled.

"You're really taking the fact our cover is blown well Mina." Usagi said flatly.

I stood back and decided to heck with it and shapeshifted back into Sideswipe. The parents' jaws dropped like stones seeing the form of an Autobot before them, only to look and see my form shift around into the same C-7 Stingray as earlier.

"You don't mind do you daddy?" Mina said with big pleading eyes.

"You may as well. As soon as we get into the car, that translation field is dead…so they need someone who speaks English to guide them." Artemis said about to head over to me, only to be stopped by Mina's mother.

"Fine, but you will drive with us kitty. We want the whole story from the beginning." She said picking the cat up and placing him in the backseat of their econobox car.

Britanny shook her head. "Not exactly how you expected today to go huh kiddo." She said as Mina strapped in again alongside her.

"Hey at least we have proof we were heroes. Besides what are they going to say? We shouldn't have saved the world?" Mina smiled.

"Girl, I did the superhero thing for years, parents finding out isn't a smooth ride." Britanny explained. "But daddy didn't get too upset with how I did it…though he did force me to be my sister's bodyguard."

"Should we ask your dad to change everyone's memories love?" I said following the other cars.

"No no, they need to find out. Besides Cobra may be around and who knows what not being prepared will do. Supernatural baddies? Yeah you can ignore those sometimes. But international terrorists? That is a whole different situation." Britanny pointed.

To be continued….

I am so sorry for taking so long to get this made. Between trying to get an actual book published, family issues, and just how busy I have been, it has been a struggle to get this down. I am also sorry if this seems rambling but I wanted to make the wait worth it for everyone. Please be so kind as to review my work because feedback is all I get to know that genuine readers continue to enjoy my work. Till next time.