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Chapter Four: Moving Violations
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Prima drove down the famous Cedar Avenue of Nikko. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were both enjoying the scenery.
"I'm glad this avenue earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records." said Minnie. "It sure is impressive."
"Yeah, we've seen some great sights on the few peaceful legs of the race." said Mickey. "But it looks like there's some trouble up ahead."
Sure enough, towards the end of the trail, Knok was chasing Fasttrack. The Noid was swerving to make sure Team America couldn't get a definite lock on him with Knok's cannon.
"He's moving to the right now!" said Sarah, using her psychic powers to try and spot the Noid, who tried to steer through the trees.
"I'm gonna kick his ass for freezing my pizza!" snapped Chris. "I'm gonna drill holes in his dick so the next time he pisses it'll go in all directions!"
"Jeez, Chris! All that over a pizza?" asked Gary.
"I love pizza! It's one of the few non-American foods I like." replied Chris.
"Well you should have gone to Domino's Pizza then, shouldn't you?" Lisa huffed, placing her hands to her hips.
"I know!" said Chris. "If only we could stop soon, I'd bust a kung-fu move on that rabbit eared jerk instead!"
"Hey, Gary?" asked Joe. "Isn't sushi Japanese?"
"Yeah, it is. Why?"
"Just that our theme song names it as a thing that's great about America." Joe frowned. "That's weird."
"I know." Gary shrugged. "They'll probably change it to say we were responsible for the Easter Island heads next."
"You mean we WEREN'T?" Joe asked in complete shock.
"I see him clearly now, Chris!" said Sarah.
"Good!" Chris took his aim. "This guy's a dick, a pussy and an asshole, all three of which we hate, so here goes!"
Prima got behind Knok and honked the horn.
"Don't you guys dare try that in a Japanese national landmark!" Mickey warned them. "You want the Film Actors' Guild to rip into you again?"
"Sorry, Mr. Mouse." Chris said, taking his hand off the trigger.
"You're gonna do as he says then?" asked Lisa.
"Of course he is." said Gary. "That mouse is an American icon. Plus, if there's one thing I hate more than dicks, pussies and assholes, it's F.A.G.s."
"O...kay." Sarah rolled her eyes sideways. "This movie is certainly not going to win any political correctness awards."
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In the Kinugawa Onsen part of Nikko, the famous Grand Maze took a lot of damage as Ultra Magnus drove through it, trying to avoid Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp with their Team Rocket partners. The three evil Pokemon trainer teams had been dogging them throughout the city.
"That was a major city sight we just trashed!" moaned Hikari.
"Maybe I should have let Pikachu shock those Rockets at the starting line." grumbled Satoshi.
Musashi laughed with glee as she fired Starscream's missiles at Ultra Magnus and caused a lot of damage to the nearby buildings.
"Eat this, you pathetic twerps!" she laughed.
Just then, Thundercracker cut out in front of Starscream and started attacking the Autobot car carrier.
"One side, Musashi! Let a TALENTED Team Rocket agent handle this!" sneered Yamato over the radio.
"AND a talented Decepticon too!" chuckled Thundercracker
"Why you…!" yelled Starscream as he turned his fire towards Thundercracker.
"HEY! I thought we were on the same side!" protested Kojiro.
"Shut it!" yelled Nyarth as he unsheathed his claws and swiped Kojiro's face.
Just then, Skywarp teleported in front of both Starscream and Thundercracker. Domino got on the radio to both Musashi and Yamato's teams.
"Cut out this stupid squabbling right now!" she castigated both teams. "If Sakaki finds out about your lack of professionalism you can all kiss your Rocket membership goodbye!"
"How would he find out?" Kosaburo arrogantly sneered.
"I'd tell him!" replied Domino.
"I'm gonna stick a missile up your ass!" yelled Musashi as she fired on Skywarp.
"Me too!" Yamato concurred as he did the same.
The Rockets' battle with Magnus seemed to have been forgotten as he drove on. But the city was still taking damage. Stray shots from above were hitting the nearby Tobu World Square miniatures.
"We have to stop them before they wreck everything!" said Hikari.
Purin suddenly made an excited noise and cheered loudly.
"Hey, she got her voice back!" Haruka said.
"Is that good or bad?" asked Takeshi.
"It's good, because it gives me an idea." Satoshi snapped his fingers.
"PIKA!" said Pikachu in shock as he realized what Satoshi meant.
"You can't be serious!" said Kasumi.
"It COULD work." thought Takeshi. "I've got these extra strong earplugs here. The Professor designed them to be able to handle a Purin's singing."
He handed out some earplugs to the entire group except Purin.
"Dare I ask what you guys have in mind?" asked Magnus.
"Tune into those Decepticons' frequency, Magnus. We're gonna put them to sleep!" said Satoshi.
Kasumi handed Purin a microphone.
"Okay, honey! Do your stuff!" she said.
Purin smiled in delight as Magnus had tuned in to the three flying Decepticons' radio waves, and she started to sing her song.
"What's that sound?" asked Skywarp as the melody started to fill his cockpit.
"It's very…relaxing." said Thundercracker, letting out a yawn.
"Oh no! It can't be!" Kojiro exclaimed his eyelids started to feel heavy.
"I think I'll have a little cat nap." Nyarth moaned.
"I think I'll join you." Starscream added.
Within seconds, the three Decepticon planes were asleep, and so were their partners.
Purin's song came to an end, but miraculously, Satoshi's group were still awake. The special earplugs had worked.
"Great! That showed them!" said Hikari as she removed her earplugs.
Magnus, however, seemed to be steering a bit oddly.
"Magnus, are you okay?" asked Takeshi.
Magnus replied with a snoring noise.
"Oh, no!" cried Haruka.
"You did NOT think this through, did you?" Kasumi scolded Satoshi as she whacked him with her mallet.
"Sorry!" he said.
Takeshi slammed on Magnus' brakes and brought him to a halt.
When Purin realized that Magnus was asleep, she huffed and puffed herself up. She got out of the cab, took the top off her microphone to show her marker and started to doodle on Magnus' front end.
Meanwhile, outside the town, the three Team Rocket groups had made a crash landing, getting a very rude awakening.
Holi and Pipo had turned up and Joi-san was attending to the Rockets with the help of Lucky and Happinas, making sure they weren't hurt.
"What were you thinking?" she said sternly. "You're lucky you weren't killed."
"I wouldn't say we're being lucky right now." grumbled Yamato as Junsa wrote them several citations.
"As far as I can tell, that was about fifteen city ordinances you guys violated back there!" she said. "If I wasn't so busy with the Gumball, I'd run all of you in right now!"
"Why do you actually care?" snapped Musashi.
"Because Kanto is my beat, and race or no race, I intend to walk it when I have to." Junsa replied as she handed the Rockets their tickets. "When the Gumball is over, I'll see each and every one of you in traffic court! And I advise you to get a good lawyer!"
"Well done, you idiots!" Starscream grumbled to Musashi, Kojiro and Nyarth.
"Like YOU were much better!" snapped Nyarth in reply.
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On the road to Saitama, the Robinsons and Coopers were having a gentlemanly race so far on the Gumball. Dennis grinned at St. John as the two couples drove parallel to each other.
"Well, Surjita, it looks like this Gumball race has been running very smoothly…too smoothly, I dare say." He gave a mild smirk. "Why not say we find ways to stiffen up the competition, old chap?"
"Ah, Dennis." St. John chuckled. "Before I answer that, might I ask what you thought about that tea ceremony we attended to back in Maebashi?"
"Couldn't be any more splendid, I say!" Dennis replied. "But the tea tasted so much better when you kindly offered me that bag of sugar powder."
Charlotte looked dubious, remembering the label of the sugar powder she saw in the tea ceremony. "Um, dear." She tapped her husband's shoulder. "I'm not so sure that was sugar powder."
"Come again, dear?" Dennis asked.
It didn't take long until he felt a grumble in his tummy…and the sickening urge to find the nearest bathroom on the highway.
"Oh, dear." Charlotte whispered.
St. John and Vanessa laughed and gave each other a high-five, then left the Coopers behind.
"SURJITAAAA!" Dennis yelled, trying to hold his bowels together.
Autobot Ratchet, with the cast of 'Grey's Anatomy', suddenly overtook them, not noticing that Charlotte was waving at them desperately for help.
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In Gunma, Sauron and Morgoth, in Dreadwind and Darkwing respectively, were flying over Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, behind the tail of Violen Jiger, ridden by none other than their rival, the mysterious Dark One.
"A worthy opponent, I must admit." Sauron commented.
"Even I could not have foreseen that we'd face such stiff competition." Morgoth said. "Darkwing…I believe the time has come."
"It's about damn time!" Darkwing growled.
"Let's show those son of a bitches what we're made of!" remarked Dreadwind.
Dreadwing and Darkwing quickly combined to form Dreadwing.
"Now let's kick some ASS!"
Dreadwing's mighty voice did not intimidate the Dark One, and Violen Jiger simply jetted away to gain ahead on the race.
"DAMNIT!" Dreadwing yelled, boosting his jets. "Get back here!"
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In Utsunomiya, rival bands the Holograms and the Misfits were both in the middle of a fast chase, with their Transformers, Horsepower and Hyperdrive, trying to outdistance each other.
"Keep your foot down, Jem!" said Shana. "The Misfits are gonna stick to us like glue."
"I'm doing the best I can." asnwered Jem. "Aja, can you find us a shortcut?"
Aja was consulting her laptop. "I think we can take a shortcut through Hachimanyama Park. I just hope not too much chaos is caused."
"I don't know who would cause the most chaos. Pizzazz and her crew or that Decepticon they're driving." said Kimber.
In Hyperdrive, Pizzazz was having a great time trying to keep up with her rivals and was enjoying listening to a CD of Billy Idol whilst driving.
"Is the music necessary?" asked Stormer. "It's giving me a headache!"
"And I'm getting a headache from listening to your whining, Stormer." said Roxy. "'Rebel Yell' is a brilliant song to drive fast to."
"Exactly. And it puts me in a fighting mood, which is needed right now." chipped in Pizzazz.
"Don't let those goody-goody Holograms beat us! Don't falter!" said Jetta.
"I'm NOT going to falter, you idiot!" said Pizzazz.
Horsepower turned a sharp corner at high speed, nearly mounting the pavement near a fruit stand. Hyperdrive made the turn a lot less gracefully and crashed through the fruit stand. As he retreated, the angry owner of the fruit stand threw an orange after the Decepticon car.
"Can't you be more careful?" asked Stormer.
"Why I keep you in this band, Stormer, is a mystery." said Pizzazz. "You've always been this little priss with a conscience and it's REALLY annoying."
"But not as annoying as Jetta." said Roxy.
"At least I don't still read kid's books at 27!"Jetta sneered at Roxy.
Roxy lunged at Jetta and caused Pizzazz to lose control of Hyperdrive.
In Horsepower, the Holograms watched as the Decepticon concept car weaved all over the road as the struggle between the Misfits got out of hand.
"Looks like they've got problems." said Raya. "I think we can afford to let ourselves disappear for a while."
"No problem." said Jem as she touched her earrings. "Synergy, make Horsepower invisible for a little while."
Jem's secret computer Synergy indeed did make Horsepower invisible and they sped on unnoticed.
Back in Hyperdrive, Stormer was now trying to restrain Roxy and Jetta while Pizzazz tried to keep control. Pizzazz was a bit squashed down as Roxy had leaned back on her accidentally.
"Get off me! I can hardly breathe!" Pizzazz complained.
"So? Breathe through your ears!" said Roxy.
"And they wonder why I'M one of the most loved characters on the show." Stormer thought to herself.
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Spectators at Narita Airport were cheering for the Angry Video Game Nerd and the Nostalgia Critic as they constantly argued and bickered in the sky.
"The Gumball Trophy is MINE, Nerd!" claimed the Critic. "Quit while you're still ahead!"
"I'm gonna lay the shit-smack out of you, Critic!"
The Nerd collided with his adversary, turning their race into a fistfight extravaganza. Back on the ground, the Happy Video Game Nerd had stopped to briefly to watch the two men beat the living crap out of each other. He could only shake his head with pity.
"Honestly," thought the Happy Video Game Nerd, "when will those two ever get along?"
Just then, Skystalker rudely zoomed past him, covering his Auobot in filthy mud. The Cowardly Lion, Skystalker's driver, smiled after pulling his mischievous prank.
"HA-HA-HA!" he chuckled to himself with delight. "What a shitty Gumballer, 'cause now he's covered in shit! AH-HA-HA-HA! We're gonna win. We're gonna win. We're gonna, win, win, win! AH-HA-HA-HA!"
"Shut up…shuuuut up!" complained Skystalker.
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Meanwhile, Springer in his car form and Quickswitch in his motorcycle form had stopped to have a race around the famous Twin Motegi racetrack. The futuristic road warrior Mad Max was giving his all to defeat the crazy mischief-maker the Mask.
"You'll have to do better than that, mate!" Max said as he gained the lead on Springer.
"Oh yeah!" said the Mask. "Watch this!"
The Mask floored Springer's accelerator and added a speed boost of his own by attaching a large rocket firework to the back of Springer.
"Are you sure that was a good idea?" asked Springer uncertainly.
"Trust me." said the Mask. "This is gonna be SSSSSMOKIN'!"
The rocket went off and Springer was pushed forward at nearly the speed of light. Unfortunately, he ended up embedding himself and the Mask in one of the billboards at the side of the track as Quickswitch made the turn.
"That's what you get for showing off!" said Max as he and Quickswitch roared over the finish line of the track.
A small audience had gathered to watch them and they all cheered.
"Great audience, huh Max?" asked Quickswitch.
"Yeah! And to think I'm not used to motorcycles!" Max replied.
As the Mask pulled Springer out of the billboard, he yelled: "We have not yet begun to fight!"
Springer transformed into his helicopter mode and took off into the sky at maximum velocity.
"Oh no, you bloody don't!" said Max as he transformed Quickswitch into his jet mode and they went in pursuit.
The Mask laughed. "You can't stop the Mask! He is a fuel-injected racin' machine! I'm a rocker! I'm a roller! I'm a right out-of-controller!"
"We'll see about that." Max got ready to overtake. "They didn't give me the last of the V8s for no reason!"
"Didn't you steal it, Max?" asked Springer.
"They offered it to me first. Let's say I accepted the offer. The fact that I didn't use it for what they wanted was irrelevant. Now let's GO!"
Quickswitch flew right past Springer, causing a draught that nearly made the Mask lose control. The Mask spun himself around like a tornado and stopped when Springer regained control.
"WHOO!" said the Mask. "If I didn't do that all the time, I'd probably hurl!"
Back on the ground, the Duke cousins, Bo and Luke drove into the racetrack complex in Road Rage and got out in shock.
Bo looked up and saw the two Autobot planes flying off. "Looks like we're gonna have to cancel that quick track race plan, Luke."
"Well then, get in and hold tight!" said his pal.
They tried to climb through Road Rage's windows.
"Uh, guys, my doors open you know." said Road Rage.
The Duke cousins looked embarrassed and opened the doors to get in.
"Sorry, force of habit." said Bo.
"Buckle up, cousin!" said Luke as he got behind the wheel and started Road Rage up.
As they got up to high speed, Luke fired a laser beam from Road Rage's headlights and knocked over another billboard. Using it as a ramp, he drove forward and jumped over the track's fence and back out onto the main road.
"YEE-HAA!" both cousins yelled.
"You realise you're enforcing a stereotype, guys, don't you?" suggested Road Rage.
"Maybe, but who cares?" replied Bo, inserting a Waylon Jennings CD into the player. He and Luke started to sing along to it.
"Just the good ol' boys. Never meanin' no harm..."
Just as they were off on their way, Deadhour and Gingham had pulled up to the entrance. Go Mifune and Fukumen Racer looked worried about their opponents getting ahead of them.
"(Looks like our race will have to be on the regular highways.) said Fukumen Racer. "(I hear the Bayshore Route in Tokyo is good for racing.)"
"(Good for street racing, apparently. I bet that guy Toretto can't wait to get there.)" replied Go.
"(Well, I think we can continue our race there.)" Fukumen Racer stated.
"(If I win, you have to show me if you're my brother or not.)" said Go as he started up Deadhour's engine.
Fukumen Racer started up Gingham as well and both roared off towards the next city. About thirty seconds into their race, Go suddenly slowed down and brought Deadhour to a stop.
"What's up?" asked Deadhour as Go got out and rushed to his trunk.
Go looked embarrassed and said. "(Oh, it was just that the trunk lid was banging a bit.)"
"Why would that be a problem?" asked Deadhour.
"(It made me think that Kurio and Sanpei had stowed away in the trunk again. They always do that. It's real pain.)"
Go, looking embarrassed, got back into Deadhour and drove off after Gingham.
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The Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood, had found themselves in a very similar situation. They were driving at full speed and being chased by at least twenty police cars.
"You guys do this every day?" Jazz asked in bemusement.
"Yep!" said Jake. "I guess the law never did care much for good music."
"It's a pity." said Elwood. "Utsunomiya Castle is near here. I was hoping we could put on a show for the Emperor."
"Elwood, what makes you think a Japanese royal could like rhythm and blues?" asked Jake.
"Well he could do. But now we have a chase on our hands."
"Well what do you expect? The Gumball's an ILLEGAL race after all."
"How about some music, guys?" asked Jazz.
"You know the 'Peter Gunn' theme, Jazz?" asked Elwood.
"You bet!" said Jazz as he started playing the funky piece of music over his radio as Elwood kept his foot to the floor.
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Some time later, in Numata City, Prowl was keeping ahead of Road Police, who was trying to catch up with him. In Road Police, Captain Harris was annoyed at Lt. Proctor's constant whining.
"Sir, can't we PLEASE stop to go to the Numasu puppet theater? I've heard it's very cultural." Proctor pleaded.
"More like very childish, like you, you dickhead!" grumbled Harris. "We may be on the same side but there's no way those piss-ants Mahoney and Jones are going to leave us behind!"
In Prowl, Jones was making car chase banjo music noises with his mouth.
"How did you know I like 'Smokey and the Bandit', Jonesey?" asked Mahoney.
"Lucky guess I suppose." replied Jones.
Up ahead, two more police car robots were engaged in a battle. It was the Headmaster Junior Shuta Go and his partner Tracy fighting Crosscut, with his partner Rachael, Tracy's evil twin sister.
Tracy had been able to spot Crosscut and Rachael because unlike other police cars which say 'To Protect and Serve' on the side, Crosscut had 'To Punish and Enslave' written on his side. A very fitting motto for a Decepticon.
"Give it up, Rachael! I'm not going to let you hurt innocent people!" yelled Tracy as she sideswiped Crosscut.
"You can't stop me, Miss Goody Two Shoes!" Rachael shouted back with a demented laugh as she sped up and got ahead of Tracy and Shuta.
"We can't let her get away!" said Tracy.
"(Don't worry. We'll catch her!)" said Shuta as he used his Godmaster powers to speed their police car formed from his Transtector up.
Rachael cruelly smiled as she looked in Crosscut's rear-view and saw Shuta and Tracy catching up.
"Not today, bitch!" she sneered as she poured on Crosscut's speed. "Sister, sister, oh so fair, for you a new ass I will tear!" she laughed maniacally.
As she crested a hill and flew over the top she came down with a hard landing...and panicked when she saw the road blocked by Holi, with Junsa, Gardie and Windie standing near him.
Rachael slammed on the brakes, swerved briefly and ended up going into a ditch.
"Okay, Holi, you can move now." said Junsa.
Holi backed out of the road to let Prowl and Road Police through. Shuta and Tracy came to a halt as Junsa went over to Crosscut.
"You, lady, are an embarrassment to the badge!" Junsa yelled, glaring angrily at Rachael. "If we weren't both in an illegal race, I'd bust you right now."
Tracy shook her head sorrowfully. "You just don't learn, sis. Do you?"
"Aw, bite me!" grumbled Rachael, blowing a childish raspberry at her.
"It's okay, Junsa." said Tracy as she came over, with her tonfas ready. "I'll handle this."
Rachael angrily got out of Crosscut and took her own tonfas out, except hers were double-sided.
As the two sisters got ready to charge at each other, Gardie and Windie launched fireball attacks, which Tracy and Rachael narrowly dodged.
"That was a warning!" Junsa said sternly. "I won't have fellow police officers fighting like children!"
Tracy and Rachael glared at her.
"We weren't going to fight like children." said Tracy. "We were going to open up a can of whoop-ass!"
"If you two have personal problems, sort them out some other time!" Junsa scolded them. "Now let's get on with the race!"
Junsa, Gardie and Windie returned to Holi. Tracy and Rachael begrudgingly headed back to their partners.
"I'll see you when Ms. By The Book there isn't around!" Rachael whispered to Tracy, nodding after Junsa drove off.
"Hey, I wasn't happy about her interfering either!" Tracy snapped back.
"Oh?" said Rachael. "Then maybe we should feel obligated to beat her in the Gumball!"
"Then let's get after her!" said Tracy as she got back in her police car with Shuta.
Rachael got back in Crosscut. She couldn't help but grin demonically as they took off in pursuit of Holi.
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Sylar and Frenzy were dominating the highways after exiting Naruto. Their target: Erector, ridden by the 'Recess' kids and Artie, the Strongest Man in the World. Gretchen was trembling in fear when she saw the Decepticon driving up behind them.
"Um, Mr. Artie?" she said nervously. "Would there any possible way we could gain more speed? I have a troubling feeling that Sylar is after your brain."
"Over my dead body!" Artie exclaimed.
Artie activated Erector's crane hook and swung it at Frenzy. Sylar steered away and just avoided being hit. The hook swung past him and struck Mr. Bean's Autobot Toaster off the road and onto the grass.
"You okay, Mr. Bean?" Toaster asked.
Mr. Bean nodded his head.
"Great. Here, have a toast on me while I try to get back on track!"
A fresh piece of toast popped out of Toaster's dashboard, which amazed Mr. Bean so much that he couldn't wait to try it. Unfortunately, he was in need of some butter and strawberry jam, which didn't seem to be around.
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In Ota City, Hosehead was driving around the Little Brazil area as Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleuphagus were enjoying the scenery.
"This a lovely place, Bird." Snuffy said. "You say you saw the Great Wall of China when you were in China as well."
"That's right, Snuffy." said Big Bird. "But I like the fact that Little Brazil is here. It makes me happy to see that Japan embraces lots of different cultures."
"I heard that back in Tohoku there were some Irish pubs." said Snuffy. "I'd probably only ask for tea, though. The Irish are apparently the number one tea drinkers in the world."
"That's good to know. Maybe we'll go to Ireland someday. You'd like that wouldn't you?" asked Big Bird as they made their way out of Little Brazil.
"I suppose. I'm just happy to get out of Sesame Street for a while." said Snuffy. "So, when are you going to introduce me to the other guys from Sesame Street?"
"We'll see." thought Big Bird. He turned a corner and suddenly braked Hosehead hard. "What the…?"
In front of them was one of Ota's many Hostess bars.
In front of it was Fixit. Dr. Scratchansniff, Dot and Hello Nurse were all looking out of Fixit with disapproval as Wakko and Yakko were swarming all over two pretty hostesses.
"HELLOOO, NURSE!" they both said.
"EW! Those guys never give it up." said Dot as she watched her brothers in disapproval.
"Well, I'm glad it's not me they're hitting on for once." said Nurse.
Yakko ogled one of the hostesses and said: "Puberty has been inordinately kind to you."
"Will you two cut it out!" yelled Scratchansniff. "We have a race to run!"
"I think we should help out, Snuffy." suggested Big Bird.
"Agreed." Snuffy nodded. "Hosehead, if you please."
Big Bird called out to the hostesses in Japanese.
"(Ladies, I think you should go back inside. We'll handle those gentlemen.)"
The two hostesses shook off the Warner Brothers and ran back into the bar. Hosehead had turned his hose towards Wakko and Yakko and let out a full blast of cold water.
"Whew!" said Dot. "That'll cool those two off for a while."
Dot turned and noticed Big Bird and put on a cute smile. "Thank you very much, Mr. Big and Nice Friendly Bird." she said her baby voice.
Big Bird shuddered. "She's gonna give someone a cavity acting like that."
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As the Gumball neared the end of the Gunma prefecture, Speeder and Flame were battling for road supremacy. In Speeder, Wayne and Garth were having a great time as a heavy metal tune played over their radio.
They kept blowing kisses over to the Angels who were in Flame.
"These guys are so desperate to get a girl." said Dylan. "And as far as I know, Wayne already has one."
"Konnichi-wa, Angels." said Garth over to them. "You fancy playing some Pachinko together?"
"Not really. Do you guys actually know any more Japanese apart from how to say 'hello' and 'goodbye'?" Alex asked.
"Sure we do." said Wayne.
He then said something longwinded in gibberish Japanese. The Angels frowned.
"What did he say?" asked Natalie.
"I don't know. I don't speak Japanese." Alex replied.
Natalie let out a little laugh at how pathetic Wayne and Garth were acting.
"So, come on, Babezillas! Let's burn rubber!" said Garth as Wayne put his foot down.
Suddenly, just as Speeder was about to take the lead, a cow landed on his roof.
"WHOA!" Wayne and Garth chorused.
"Where in the hell did that come from?" Wayne asked.
As the Angels took the lead while Wayne and Garth were distracted, Volt rushed past Speeder as well and came up alongside Flame.
Princess What's-Her-Name smiled at the Angels and gave a thumbs-up.
"Problem solved, angels?" she asked.
"YEAH!" all three Angels chorused.
"I'm glad you liked my groovy idea, Princess." Earthworm Jim added.
"Well, what can I say? I respect the Angels and Charlie." the Princess said. "Now, let's be on our way!"
"A-okay" said Jim as Volt and Flame sped on as Wayne and Garth tried to deal with their problem.
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Playback and Squeezeplay were both speeding across Lake Senba near Mito City. The two duelling Williams sisters were determined to outdo each other.
Anna managed to get a lead on Nina and Playback and turned to give them the finger.
"You messed with the wrong chick, sis!" she yelled. "I'll-ugh!"
But suddenly, she felt a slight sting in the side of her neck and passed out. Nina lowered her tranquiliser gun.
"Looks like you did, bitch!" she said smirking as Playback overtook Squeezeplay.
"Was that fair?" asked Playback. "I know it was just a tranquiliser but she IS your sister. Don't you love her?"
"Sure, I love her." replied Nina. "Doesn't mean I have to LIKE her. Besides, I'm not letting any Decepticon gain an advantage! Even if my sister's the pilot."
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Frank Drebin was desperately trying to get a lead on Michael Bannon as the Keeper and Maccadam roared along in Narita.
"This could be problematic." said Michael.
"Hang on! I have an idea!" said Maccadam.
Maccadam let the Keeper get right up on his back bumper, but then made a sharp left just before driving into the Museum of Aeronautical Science.
"Uh oh!" said Drebin as he failed to make the turn in time. He crashed the Keeper into one of the many aircraft on display in the grounds and completely wrecked it.
As the Keeper made impact, his airbag suddenly deployed.
"Oh no, not again!" yelled Drebin as he was pressed against his seat by the huge airbag.
"We're going out of control!" the Keeper yelled, for indeed they were.
Drebin was so busy trying to catch his breath that he couldn't see where he was going. As the turned the Keeper's steering wheel every which way and pressed the pedals, he managed to crash into and seriously damage just about every vintage aircraft on display in the Museum's grounds.
The Keeper finally managed to deflate the airbag with his own power and hurried off before the authorities could be called.
"The Gumball's not been going so well thus far." Drebin remarked.
"Ya think?" The Keeper asked sarcastically as they drove off after Maccadam.
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In the skies above Mito, Windmill was flying at high speed, piloted by Phileas Fogg. He and Passpartout were unaware that above them was Blaze Master, with Kim Kaphwan and his partners Choi and Chang silently stalking them.
"You guys think I should use my spray?" asked Blaze Master.
"(No, Blaze Master.)" said Kim. "(Mr. Fogg is no villain and we agreed that no one would be seriously harmed.)"
"(If you keep running silent, we should be able to slip behind and under them undetected.)" said Choi.
"(I like the sound of that.)" said Chang. "(Very subtle.)"
"(Like you'd know anything about subtlety, Chang.)" said Kim. "(You usually get your point across by hitting someone with your ball and chain.)"
"(HEY!") protested Chang.
Then, the three Korean fighters heard the sound of another aircraft approaching above them.
"What's that?" asked Blaze Master.
Suddenly, a strange mixture was blasted onto Blaze Master. As it hit him, a horrible smell filled him.
"(Oh, God! That is gross!)" said Choi.
"(It smells like the prison laundry room when the whole place has come down with IBS.)" groaned Chang.
Underneath them, Windmill flew on and gained a lead.
"Looks like someone gave us a subtle warning, Passpartout." said Mr. Fogg. "Very sporting."
"What IS that smell, though, monsieur?" asked Passpartout.
"I believe it's natto. It's a dish Mito is famous for. Fermented soybeans. Someone must have loaded some liquefied version of it into their cannon." said Fogg.
"I take it it's an acquired taste?" asked Passpartout.
"Indeed, yes." said Fogg. "Now let's see how our race around Japan in nine days goes."
"This stuff is rotten!" yelled Blaze Master. "If I can find out who did that...!"
"(Well until then, just land so we can get you hosed down.)" said Kim.
Blaze Master went in to land. As he did, Chain Gun flew out from the clouds above them and sped off after Windmill.
Inside Chain Gun, both Pepe Le Pew and his niece, Fifi Le Fume, were laughing. For they had fired the natto mixture at Blaze Master.
"Magnifique, uncle!" said Fifi. "That will keep them busy for a while."
"I don't see what people's problem with natto is. It has a refreshing aroma." said Pepe.
"Refreshing to YOU, perhaps!" said Chain Gun. "Can we please get my cannon cleaned out soon? It's bad enough with the smell of you two in here!".
"Je suis desole, mon ami." said Pepe. "But it's just the way our species is.".
"Never mind that now. We have to get going!" said Fifi. "We like Monsieur Fogg but someone needs to knock him off his throne!"
"Okay, here we go!" said Chain Gun as he accelerated.
…
As Tom Slick drove Hurricane down the road on the way to Tokyo, he was enjoying himself.
"I must say that this is a wonderful race! There's nothing so exhilarating as it! Talented, driven racers competing in a fair and friendly contest!" he remarked.
"Yeah, right!" said Hurricane sarcastically. "Don't be surprised if someone tries to trick you, especially with the Decepticons around!"
"That's a rather unsporting attitude, Hurricane." Tom said admonishingly. "I have no doubt that sportsmanship will be upheld."
Suddenly, the roar of sirens was heard and Tom looked in Hurricane's rear view to see two police motorcycles chasing after his Autobot, and both their riders signalling him to stop.
"Oh, shucks!" Tom sighed to himself. "Oh well. I must face the music I guess. Hope all I get is a ticket."
Tom brought Hurricane to a halt. As he pulled over to the side of the road, the two police motorcycles suddenly roared past him without stopping. Two female voices yelled out in triumph as they disappeared into the distance.
"That was rather odd." Tom commented.
"Who is using your family brain cell today, Tom?" asked Hurricane wearily.
The two police motorcycles were none other than the Autobots Groove and Glide, and their riders, policewomen Cybil Bennett and Janet Marshall, laughing at how they had tricked Tom into pulling over.
"I told you it would work, didn't I?" Cybil yelled.
"Brilliant! You go, girl!" cheered Janet.
"Now, let's see who gets to Tokyo first!" Cybil yelled as she accelerated Groove.
"Not today, toots!" Janet sped on to catch up.
A few miles down the road, Ghost Rider and the Martian mouse Modo were also battling for road supremacy. Modo gunned the MTMTE Junkion for all he was worth, but Ghost Rider managed to take a lead with Huxx.
As Ghost Rider got ahead, he threw a fast fireball which Modo managed to avoid.
"Uh-uh, bone face!" Modo waved a finger at him. "You ain't losing me just yet!"
Modo zipped down the road at maximum velocity. He managed to pass Ghost Rider and maintain a lead for about one mile. But suddenly, he lost control and panicked as he went flying off the seat.
Luckily, the MTMTE Junkion quickly transformed into his robot mode and caught him in mid air.
"Thanks." said Modo with relief.
Huxx caught up to him and Ghost Rider saw what had happened.
"Let that be a lesson to you." he said.
"Now we know, and knowing is half the battle!" the MTMTE Junkion sarcastically said.
Just then, Scrapheap blew past both of them at high speed.
Ghost Rider looked after Shotaro Kaneda, who was riding Scrapheap and looked even more concerned.
"He must do that for a living." Modo remarked, impressed by Kaneda' speed.
Scrapheap roared down the road, with Kaneda keeping his eyes focused on the road ahead of him. As he passed a billboard, a real police motorcycle pulled out from behind it and gave chase. Kaneda laughed and got a good distance ahead of the motorcycle cop. He then swerved Scrapheap around and sped down the road, in a chicken run with the police bike.
"(Let's see how ballsy you are, pal!)" he thought to himself.
The police bike kept coming until the two vehicles almost collided. At the last minute, Kaneda swerved around the police bike and came to a halt, as the police motorcyclist stared in shock.
"(Psych!)" yelled Kaneda as he started Scrapheap up again, turned him around and sped off past the motorcycle cop at high speed, laughing all the way."(Never a dull moment in the Gumball!)" he laughed to himself.
…
In the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, Autobot Karmen was having a hard time getting out of the traffic…of excited rowdy children crowding her way, all hungry for ice cream. While the ice cream music played, the higher the screams became…and slower the Autobot was progressing.
"This…is…humiliating." Yumi sighed, leaning against the window.
Ami couldn't agree more.
A block away, they saw Pepsiman driving Pepsi Convoy down the street, diverting some of their unwanted attention away.
"Who's THAT driver?" Ami asked.
"I don't know." Karmen answered her. "But did I see a talking skeleton in that truck?"
"That's the last time I drink Pepsi Nex." Yumi said.
…
In the Shibuya area of Tokyo, Mario and Luigi in Blaster were trying to outdistance Wario and Waluigi in Soundwave.
Nearby, Lightfoot and Rhinobreast were having their own competition.
"Give it up, slaphead! There's no way you'll beat us!" Austin Powers yelled over to his enemy Dr. Evil.
"Au contraire, Mr. Powers, you will indeed taste defeat." said Dr. Evil as he raised his pinky finger to his mouth.
His miniature clone Mini-Me did the same.
"Come on, Lightfoot, let's prove this jerk wrong!" said Kate Green.
Lightfoot accelerated for all he was worth and quickly overtook Rhinobreast.
"Guess that showed baldy there!" smirked Kate.
"YEAH, BABY, YEAH!" said Austin.
"Please don't call me 'baby'." Kate replied.
"Sorry, Kate. It was just an expression." Austin shrugged.
"Don't worry, Evil." said the Angry Scientist as he stroked a box-like device he held which had a sort of ray gun at the top. "This little concoction of mine will lock their Autobot into his vehicle mode AND cause him to go out of control!"
"Excellent!" Dr. Evil said. "Then let us deal with Mr. Powers and his latest female acquaintance."
Mini-Me nodded excitedly.
The Angry Scientist leaned out of Rhinobreast's window and got ready to fire the shot at Lightfoot. Just as he fired, Soundwave suddenly swerved into his path and the Scientist hit him by mistake.
"BLAST IT!" he yelled.
In Soundwave, Wario and Waluigi were laughing as they had overtaken Mario.
"I'd-a love to see Mario catch us-a up now!" said Waluigi.
Suddenly, Soundwave mounted the pavement as his steering went erratic.
"HEY! Sound-a-wave! What the heck-a are you doing!" Waluigi yelled, pounding his fist on the dashboard.
"Nothing. I am not in control." Soundwave replied, sounding unusually panicked.
"Transform!" Wario yelled.
"Unable to." Soundwave replied.
"Wario, use-a the handbrake!" Waluigi yelled as they narrowly avoided driving through Tower Records' front window.
"I have!" Wario said as he used the handbrake to no avail.
"Hit-a the brakes!" ordered Waluigi as they nearly mowed down a group of teenagers.
"I am!" yelled Wario as he stomped on the brakes with no effect.
"Put him-a into reverse!" Waluigi ordered again.
"I have!" Wario said, starting to really panic as nothing happened.
"Then start-a saying your prayers." Waluigi sighed as he took off his hat and put his hands together.
"I have." whimpered Wario as he took his hands off the wheel and did the same.
Some way back, Blaster had witnessed Soundwave's trouble and laughed.
"Looks like we get to make up for lost time." said Blaster as he started to play a CD by the Southern All Stars.
"A brilliant-a Japanese band there." complimented Mario.
"Hey, can-a we stop by Mandarake? I want-a to see if they have-a the latest 'Sailor Moon' manga." asked Luigi.
"We can always go back after the race-a." said Mario. "I want-a to see how our latest-a game has been selling."
Meanwhile, Soundwave had finally come to a halt...by crashing into the Hachiko statue.
Junsa was there and was furiously writing a ticket for Wario and Waluigi as Gardie and Windie growled.
"You two are in a whole world of trouble!" she said sternly. "That's a Tokyo landmark you just damaged!"
"Do you ever take a day off?" Wario wearily asked Junsa. "You're-a competing in the Gum-a-ball too."
"Doesn't mean I can't keep an eye on my jurisdiction." Junsa sternly replied.
Wario and Waluigi grumbled to themselves.
Lightfoot and Rhinobreast sped on. Austin and Kate got ready to arm themselves against their enemies. Austin took out his small Berretta and cocked it. Kate reached under her seat and pulled out a very large magnum.
She looked over at Austin and raised an eyebrow.
"Sure you don't wanna reach for your enlarger pump again?" she asked mischievously.
"I swear, it isn't mine!" protested Austin.
"Wimp." Kate teased him.
…
The crowded Akihabara district in Tokyo had Japanese otakus running for the stores, but not for the mangas or DVDs. Optimus Prime's engine roared loudly across the busy street. Not far behind him was Megatron, still in hot pursuit. But he wasn't alone, as he had grouped with fellow Decepticons Swindle, Autoscout, Scrapper and Backbite.
"YEE-HAW!" William Wharton cried. "We got the big Autobot stew right here! We're-a gonna get 'im good!"
"You mean AH'M gonna get 'im!" Mad Dog McCree corrected. "Don't forget the Ol' Judge said he'd give five-hundred grand to the one who gets rid of the old skank and her two varmints outta this race!"
"Move over, critters!" Tex Hex bumped them aside. "That prize is mine!"
"No…" Texas Pete overtook him, pointing his gun at his rivals. "…it's MINE! And if any of you horse flies get in ma way, I'll blow yar heads off!"
Judge Doom shook his head as the men continued to bicker…and to his dismay, they were forced to draw guns against each other, letting Mary Poppins slip away from them. "Imbeciles." he grunted. "I had an inkling those buck-toothed fools wouldn't work together on this. Another failed plan with all thanks your genius, Megatron."
"Watch that." Megatron warned him. "Or else I will peel the flesh off of your bones when this race has ended."
Their short rift was cut off when an Autobot, named Sureshot, fired behind their tail.
"Keep it steady on the road, Sureshot." Jono Hex said, cocking his guns and aiming at Megatron's back. "Me and the boys ain't gonna enjoy this if you keep shakin' round like a rattlesnake."
…
Bluto and Hardcase were persistently chasing after Freedom Fighter, with Popeye and his group, across Tokyo Bay. Spongebob and Patrick felt helpless as they watched through Olive's fishbowl.
"Patrick, we gotta do something to help our friend!" Spongebob said. "Gimme that can of spinach we saved for Popeye!"
"Um, what can of spinach?" Patrick asked, scratching his head as he picked up an empty can of spinach beside him.
"Wait, don't tell me you ate it all, Patrick!"
"Ate what, Spongebob?"
Meanwhile, deep down below, Plankton was locking his torpedoes on Freedom Fighter.
"This better work, Gatoraider." he said. "That Sponhebob and his sailor boy have gotten in my way for too long! It's time for them to leave this race for good!"
Before he could fire, however, Gatoraider's tail was struck by a blast from Waverider, ridden by Sharky and Georges.
"Nice shot, Sharky." Georges gave his pal a high-five. "Spongebob and the gang would have been turned into shrimp crackers if it weren't for you."
"Curse you, you overgrown pink anchovy!" Plankton shook his fist at them.
Elsewhere, Chise and Mizuki were firing shots from their arm cannons at Jack and Emirate Xaaron. The Rayearth girls created a force field around their Autobot to shield the attacks. Uncle Pennybags, Eloise and Nanny, however, did not possess any magical capabilities and were forced to swerve and sway with Jack.
"Those girls sure pack quite a punch!" Jack commented. "Don't you think, Pennybags?"
"They'll certainly be going to jail if they keep this up!" Pennybags replied.
…
Right in the center of Roppongi in Tokyo, a grand chase occurred. Spider-Man and his daughter, Spider-Girl, were being relentlessly pursued by Venom, Carnage on land, and by the Green Goblin and the Kingpin by air.
"Venom and Carnage are demolishing everything in Roppongi, dad!" Spider-Girl exclaimed. "I wanted to come here after the race with my friends!"
"Too bad, May." replied Spider-Man. "I hear this place is cursed. You're best off partying somewhere else."
…
In the skies of Kashiwa, the Kwons and Phig were having trouble keeping up with the Last Autobot, piloted by the Eva pilots themselves. Despite being in the lead though, Asuka kept bossing Shinji.
"Baka, Shinji!" Asuka scolded him. "(We gotta move faster, or else Miss You-Know-Who is gonna catch up with us!)"
"(You-Know-Who?)" Shinji was confused to who Asuka was referring to…
…that was until another aircraft appeared beside them.
"(That's who!)" Asuka pointed antagonistically at Mana Kirishima in her Autobot, Brainstorm.
"(Hey, Shinji.)" Mana gave a friendly wave at him.
Shinji was distracted, and Asuka had had enough of this. "BAKA!" She kicked Shinji off the pilot's seat so hard that his face went smack against the window.
"(I'll take it from here.)" Mari climbed onto the pilot's seat calmly and took over.
…
"Race ya through Chinatown, Beryl!" Twister Rodriguez laughed, jetting away on Eject. "You'll need more than your roller skates to get past me!"
Beryl the Peril gladly accepted the challenge with an evil grin. By the looks on its entrance gate, getting through Chinatown in Yokohama didn't seem too hard. "Let's show that kid what we're made of, Slugfest!"
Slugfest transformed from his roller skates mode into his roller blades mode, and ignited the mini-jets attached to Beryl's heels. Beryl was immediately overwhelmed by the incredible change of speed. Before she knew it, she zoomed past the entrance and rocketed her way through the tight streets of Chinatown, so fast that a hanging pair of boxers covered her face when she passed by a laundry line.
"Oi! Who turned out the lights?" Beryl complained. "Slugfest, slow down! We're going too fast!"
But Slugfest refused to listen and only laughed with delight, for he was enjoying every minute of this race. What's more, he felt good being a Decepticon.
…
Elsewhere in Chinatown…
"Hey there, doll face!" Slappy the Dummy honked Overkill's horn behind Barbie, who was riding on her Autobot scooter, Nancy. "What's a good looking girl like you doing in Chinatown today?"
Barbie had to watch Slappy grin ridiculously at her as he raised a brow. She couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
"I know the best places around here, sweetie pie. Care to go out a quick dinner date with a dummy like me? Hmm…?"
Barbie slowly dug a hand into her pocket to get something.
"Or better yet, I could treat you to some drinks at the bar and we could go to the nearest love hotel to have a memorable one night sta-AAAAAHHHHH!"
Barbie used her pepper spray against Slappy, blinding the dummy so severely that he completely lost control of Overkill, who steered off the road and drove right into a Chinese dim sum restaurant and into its busy kitchen, wrecking everything in his path.
"Sorry," Barbie sighed in relief, tidying her hair. "but I'm not in an open relationship."
…
Haruhi Suzumiya's group were cruising the streets of Yokohama with their Autobot, Pyro. Bobby Generic and Cubix's gang were fighting hard to overtake the big Autobot, but couldn't. Far ahead though, a friendly competition was heating up with the Nana girls, Sana and Akito, Kurumi and the girls, and the cast of 'Card Captor Sakura'.
"(Hey, Sakura-chan)!" Sana Kurata waved at Sakura Kinomoto from her enormous monster truck Auotobot, Rocky. "(How are things going between you and Syaoran)?"
"(Fine thanks, Sana-chan)!" Sakura replied. "(I'm so glad my brother Toya came to drive for us. None of us have a driver's license.)" she grinned sheepishly. "(So, what about you and Akito?)"
"(We're cool. Hey, if me and Akito win the race, Rocky says he'll treat you guys for a ride afterwards!)"
"(Awesome!)!" Kurumi exclaimed. Saki and Karinka seemed excited too. "(But don't think we'll let you win just because of that! We're still winning for the Gumball Trophy remember. So let's keep our eyes on the road for now.)"
"(Or on the clouds.)" remarked Nana Osaki.
"(What are talking about?)" asked Nana Komatsu.
"(Tracks…let's fly.)" Nana Osaki ordered.
"Whatever you say, ladies." Tracks complied.
"(WHAT?)"
Nana Komatsu was shocked when she saw Tracks engaging his wings, and before she knew it, they were lifting off the road and into to the sky, leaving a thick trail of smoke behind.
"(Hey, no fair!)" shouted Sana.
"(Let it go, Sana.)" Akito said. "(They're already gone.)"
Tomoyo Daidouji's camera lens was covered in black…and so was her face. "(Oh, dear!)" she said as she looked at herself in the side mirror. "(Maybe leaning out of the window to film wasn't such a great idea after all.)"
The Nanas raced through the sky in ecstasy. They thought that at this rate, they could win the Gumball easily. But their chickens were counted too soon, when Jetfire whizzed past them in the blink of an eye, with Tetsuwan Atom and Uran waving by at them.
"Looks like we still have some competition, girls." Tracks said. "What's your choice of action now?"
Nana Osaki grabbed the steering wheel firmly and replied: "(Let's get 'em.)"
"At your command!" Tracks boosted his jets and sped off after Jetfire.
…
Meanwhile, Mickey and Minnie had caught up with Donald and Goofy. All four of them were now at the Tokyo Disneyland resort and were posing for pictures with some happy children.
"Gawrsh! This is fun!" said Goofy. "We could have asked the guys in the costumes to do this."
"Aw, phooey." said Donald. "Nothing beats the real thing."
Mickey checked his watch and said: "I think it's time to move on, guys."
"(We have to go now, young ones.)" Minnie said in Japanese. "(Wish us luck in the Gumball.)"
The children waved goodbye as Mickey and Minnie went back to Prima and Donald and Goofy headed for Hot Spot.
…
Near the Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, Chester A. Bum was trying to grab the attention of the Bratz girls and the 'Sex and the City' girls.
"CHANGE? YOU GOT CHANGE?" Chester asked, waving his Styrofoam cup at the girls. "AW, COME MON! HELP A GUY OUT, WILL YA? COME ON, CHANGE!"
The girls simply held their noses from Chester's foul stench.
…
As the night started to fall, Windcharger and Tailgate were both racing each other through Kamakura. Lime was distracted from the race by the hour-long fireworks display at Yuigahama beach, as today was the 10th of August.
"(WOW! Otaru, lookit! It reminds me of when we first met!)" Lime cheered.
Otaru Mamiya smiled but tried to keep his eyes on the road.
"(OTARU, LOOKIT!)" Lime yelled as she grabbed Otaru by the shoulders.
"Lime!" Otaru yelled as Windcharger took over control, preventing them from crashing. "(Please don't do that when we're driving!)"
"(Hmmm, you seem a bit tense, Otaru.)" purred Bloodberry as she rubbed up close to Otaru's shoulder. "(I can help you relax while you drive.)"
She started to stroke Otaru's shoulder a bit, but then Hanagata pushed her away.
"(Don't be so perverted, Bloodberry!)" he said. "(I think a situation like this requires the skills of a gentleman.)"
His eyes started to fill with hearts. "(I will aid Otaru in this great quest to win the Gumball Trophy and then we will celebrate our happy union!)"
Bloodberry smacked Hanagata in the forehead and knocked him against Windcharger's rear window.
"(That's discrimination!)" the dazed Hanagata whined.
"(Okay, everybody, knock it off!)" said Otaru. "(At least Cherry's being restful.)"
Cherry was busying herself with a miniature kitchen she had set up.
She was making her own version of the famous Kamakura purple potato soft ice cream. She smiled and looked over at Tailgate, driven by their former adversaries turned friends the Saber Dolls.
"(I bet you I can finish my recipe before you can finish yours, Luchs!)" she called over.
Indeed, Luchs was trying out her own recipe for the same dish in the back of Tailgate.
"(We'll see, Cherry! Don't forget that I learned from you!)" she called back.
Coming up fast behind them were Wheelie and Jipe. In Wheelie were Junior and his three Guardian marionettes, who shared the names of Otaru's three marionettes.
Wheelie was being attacked mercilessly by Junior's arch enemies, the Sexadolls.
"(You can't escape us, boy!)" sneered Edge as she slashed out with her claws.
"(We're gonna enjoy listening to you beg for mercy!)" Brid added.
"(WHY YOU…!)" the other Lime yelled. "(I told you to stop picking on Junior!)"
She leaped out of Wheelie and hit Jipe and Edge with a hard barrage of kicks.
"(LIME! Get back in here quick before we have an accident!)" Junior called out.
Otaru's group and the Saber Dolls had all noticed this battle.
"(Why do SUV drivers always have to be such big jerks?)" Panther asked as Wheelie cut past them and Jipe got ready to move up.
"(I got an idea!)" Otaru's Lime said happily. She reached into her skirt pocket and took out a live mouse.
Cherry, Bloodberry and the Saber Dolls yelped when they saw it.
"(LIME! Please get rid of that horrid thing!)" Tiger begged.
"(Dontcha worry. I'm gonna use it for good!)" Lime cheered.
As Jipe got ready to pass Windcharger, Lime leaned out his window and whistled. Kyanny grunted in anger and rolled Jipe's window down.
"(What do you want, little girl?)" she asked condescendingly.
"(Present for ya!)" Lime cheered and she threw the mouse into Jipe.
"AAAIIIIEEE!"
The Sexadolls yelped and lost control of Jipe as they screamed and tried to get rid of the mouse.
"(Great one, Lime!)" Otaru cheered.
Windcharger and Tailgate sped up to join Wheelie as the Sexadolls were indisposed. In Wheelie, Junior's Cherry sensed that they had lost Jipe.
"(We don't need to worry about the Sexadolls for a while!)" she reported.
"(I wonder who we have to thank.)" the other Bloodberry said.
"Friends find, look behind!" Wheelie chirped as Windcharger and Tailgate caught up with him.
The three groups of friends cheered and gave each other a thumbs-up.
Then Tailgate took off at high speed.
"(HEY! Wasn't that a bit rude, leaving them behind like that, Tailgate?)" Panther protested.
"I feel the need for speed, lady!" Tailgate replied. "And I will protest the unfair 'laws' that are speed limits on this planet!"
With that, Tailgate zoomed off into the night, with Wheelie and Windcharger coming after him.
…
Outside the village of Kotsubo, the Brady Bunch had stopped to sit quietly and enjoy the gorgeous view of Mt. Fuji miles away. Their short moment of peace was broken, however, when Bruno and Borat raced by, followed by Amigo, Geum-ja and Lo Wang, who was throwing shurikens at his competitors. Then Maximus drove by in Bombshock, noticing the scene of Mt. Fuji.
"Bombshock, wait." Maximus said. "Something doesn't seem right about this place."
"You're telling me." Bombshock answered. "Allow me to correct things."
Bombshock blew his cannon at Mt. Fuji, tearing a hole through it. The Brady Bunch then realized that they were not looking at the real mountain itself, but of that printed on a giant billboard. The billboard fell down at once with a loud crash.
"Quit dreaming, guys!" Bombshock told the Brady Bunch. "It's time to get back to the race!"
"Strength and honor!" Maximus said as he dived back into his Autobot.
…
As the race headed through Yugawara on the way to the Chubu region, Sentinel Prime was managing to keep ahead of Aquablast.
Draco and his partners were trying to cast petrifying spells against Sentinel Prime but they were having no effect.
"Malfoy, those spells only work against organic beings, in case you forgot!" Hermione smirked.
"I hate that know-it-all Mudblood Granger!" Malfoy sneered.
"Well maybe you shouldn't have listened to Goyle's idea, Draco." Pansy Parkinson said.
"You're damn right I shouldn't have!" Malfoy said. "If he and Crabbe had a thought go through either of their heads, it would be the shortest trip in the Wizarding world!"
Crabbe and Goyle looked offended.
"Okay, Harry, let's lose 'em!" Ron said.
"No problem!" Said Harry as he put his foot down.
Ginny, Ron and Hermione whooped with joy as they left Aquablast in their dust.
"Malfoy will never live it down if we defeat him." said Ginny.
As Aquablast tried to catch up, the Fallen appeared behind him and fired a few shots from his cannon.
Malfoy quickly swerved Aquablast to avoid the shots.
"My lord! It's us!" he yelled in distress at Lord Voldemort.
"I did warn you, Malfoy, did I not?" Voldemort said in an admonishing tone. "The Fallen has no pity for Autobot or Decepticon."
"But the Decepticons worship him!" Malfoy protested.
"So? The Death Eaters worship me but I tolerate no failure from them." Voldemort said. "And on that note, be warned that should I be somehow knocked out of this race and it is left to your team to represent our side, a defeat at Mr. Potter's hands will displease me greatly… and the consequences will NOT be pleasant. So I suggest you put your foot down."
Malfoy gulped and said "Yes, my Lord."
With that, the Slytherins resumed the chase against the Gryffindors...and Lord Voldemort resumed his attempts to beat both of them to the glorious Gumball Trophy.
…
Just outside Yugawara, Junsa had pulled Holi over at a gas station to stretch her legs a bit.
"Well, that was stressful." Junsa said as she filled Holi's gas tank. "There were God-knows how many traffic citations to be handed out. I'm amazed my ticket book didn't run out."
"Well, now that Kanto is more or less completed, will you concentrate more on the race?" asked Holi. "You could lose positions!"
"I don't think anyone would really..."
Junsa was cut off by a loud whoop as both Shuta Go and Crosscut roared past the gas station, kicking up dust as they went.
"SEE YA!" yelled Tracy.
"ADIOS, LOSER!" Rachael yelled as well as they roared off towards the Chubu region and the next day of the Gumball.
Junsa glared as she brushed the dust off her filthy clothes.
"Okay!" she said determinedly as he tore up what was left of her ticket book and put the fuel nozzle back. "No more by the book stuff! It's time to do a Steve McQueen up in here!"
She got back into Holi and drove off at high speed, knocking over a sign as she did so. Within seconds, the gas station and the Kanto region were distant.
"You DO realise you forgot to pay for the gas, right?" Holi asked.
Junsa just grunted and flipped the bird at Holi's dashboard.