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Chapter Six: Jerk
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After having reached the Kansai region, Sireen and the cast from 'Azumanga Daioh' decided to stop by Mikimoto Pearl Island and watch a show performed by the ama divers. Amongst the audience were other Gumballers such as Anzu Mazaki, the Norimakis, Yotsuba Koiwai, Fuka Ayase, Doraemon, Nobita Nobi and all of their Autobots.
"(Incredible!)" Chiyo Mihama cried, applauding the divers with her friends.
Their teachers, Yukari Tanizaki and Minamo Kurasawa were busy at the pearl store, deciding on what kind of pearls they should buy as souvenirs. As they browsed, Alice Nonomura walked inside after leaving Blacker outside to wait.
"Minamo-san!" Alice cried, surprised to see her. "(Fancy bumping into you here!)"
"(Alice,)" Minamo was elated to see one of her old friends, "(it's good to see you're still in this race. How's that cold been coming along? Getting any better?)"
"(I think so.)" Alice replied. "(Slowly but surely. It's not easy when…ah…ah…)"
She paused when her nose began to tickle.
"(ACHOO!)"
From the moment she sneezed, she accidentally morphed into her rabbit form, scaring the bejesus out of Yukari, who had never known about Alice's beastly side. The shock forced Yukari and other customers to flee the store, frightening them away.
"(Aw, poo! I let it happen again!)" Alice moaned as she rubbed her nose. She looked down to her feet to discover that she had completely shredded her shoes. "(And these were my newest pair of boots from Dr. Martens! I just bought them yesterday!)"
Minamo sighed with a sympathetic smile and shook her head. "(There, there. Calm down.)" she patted her friend on the head. "(You'll get better soon. Just keep your chin up, silly rabbit, okay?)"
"(Of course.)" Alice nodded. "(Good luck on the race!)"
"(You too. I'll see you in Okinawa!)" Minamo replied, waving as she exited the store.
"(Hmmm…)" Alice scratched her head, looking round. "(…I wonder if they sell any carrot sticks here. I'm craving for one.)"
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On Castle Road in Hikone, Michael Bannon and Frank Drebin were still giving it their all against each other.
Drebin swerved the Keeper up onto the sidewalk and drove along it. He had a bit more luck evading pedestrians than he did with avoiding he small stalls. He demolished a few of them but made up lost ground and got ahead of Maccadam.
As Drebin swerved back onto the road, he cut off Rocky and Mugsy in Pick-Up and drove off far ahead of them.
"Lousy flatfoot!" grumbled Rocky. "Mugsy, take da wheel. I'm gonna teach that copper a lesson!"
"Duh, sure Rocky." Mugsy took Pick-Up's steering wheel as Rocky moved over to the passenger seat.
In the Keeper, Drebin was having fun listening to the song 'Headlong' by Queen as he kept his foot down.
"Funny name for a band though, Queen." he thought out loud. "I mean it gives you the idea that their lead singer was…"
"I'm going to have to stop you there, Lieutenant." said the Keeper. "You were about to say something deeply insensitive."
"I was going to say that he was a huge supporter of the British Royal Family." Drebin replied.
"Sure." said the Keeper, unaware that Pick-Up had now moved up alongside him.
"It's true!" Drebin protested. "I know the Queen personally. Our picture was in the papers!"
Rocky rolled down his window.
"HEY, COPPER!" he yelled.
Drebin looked over at Pick-Up.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"I got a message for yis!" said Rocky.
He held up a machine gun and fired it at the Keeper, who managed to move himself around to avoid the shots but only just.
"EAT THIS, YA LOUSY FLATFOOT JERK!" Rocky yelled as he fired.
The sound of the gunfire all but drowned him out as he ran out of ammo.
"Duh, I don't think he heard ya, Rocky." said Mugsy.
"Yeah, I didn't." Drebin said, oblivious to what had just happened. "Please don't fire the gun while talking."
"WHY, YOU DIRTY..." Rocky began.
He was cut off when all of a sudden, Maccadam caught up on the two racers with an incredible burst of speed. Mr. Bannon quickly clipped one of Pick-Up's back wheels and sent the Decepticon and his two partners flying off the road and into the moat of Hikone Castle.
Rocky grumbled to himself as Mugsy spat out a mouthful of water and started to bail.
"See if you can keep up, lieutenant." smirked Michael as he drove off.
Drebin clenched his teeth and redoubled his efforts to catch up.
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On Lake Biwa, Kirk and Loafer were both speeding through the water causing waves as NYPD lieutenant John McClane tried to get ahead of Larry Wilson and Richard Parker…and not to mention their still deceased boss, Bernie Lomax, whom they had stood up at Loafer's controls. Larry and Richard were using cleverly rigged wires to make it look like Bernie was steering.
"You ain't gonna beat me, guys!" yelled McClane. "You try and get past me and you're all dead!"
"Well, you're one third right, officer." Richard called over.
Larry reached over and smacked Richard on the back of the head.
"Remove head from sphincter and keep mouth shut, you asshole!" Larry snapped.
Both teams were unaware that sneaking up behind them were the two deadly Terminators: the T-1000 in Razor-Sharp and the T-X in Krunix. The vehicle modes of their Decepticons had enabled them to sneak up on their competition.
The T-1000 smiled to himself as Razor-Sharp switched into his robot mode, which resembled a giant crab and prepared to snap Kirk in half with his pincers.
McClane had, however, noticed this when he glanced behind him.
"Uh-uh, pal!" he said to himself.
He quickly pulled the pins out of a pair of grenades and threw one each into Razor-Sharp's pincers.
The Decepticon roared in anger as the grenades detonated. The T-1000 glared and turned his liquid metal arm into a long blade. The T-X joined in by leaning out of Krunix's window and morphing her arm to become a cannon.
Both Terminators launched their attack at Kirk and Loafer. The T-1000's blade arm caused many perforations and slashes while the T-X's blasts nearly knocked the two Autobots out of the water.
"Holy shit!" yelled Richard.
"The hell with it!" grumbled McClane.
He reached down and picked up a block of C4 and stuck the detonator cables into it. He tossed it into the water between the two Decepticons. When Kirk and Loafer had made sufficient headway, McClane hit the detonator switch and the C4 exploded in the water.
Razor-Sharp, Krunix and their Terminator partners were blown out of the water, despite non-fatally.
As McClane saw them flying through the air while Kirk and Loafer sped to avoid the blast wave, he smiled to himself.
"Yippy-ki-ay, mother..."
He was cut off when Loafer honked his horn and finally overtook Kirk.
"So long, buddy boy!" yelled Larry.
McClane sped Kirk up and tried to catch up.
As he did, he grumbled to himself sarcastically: "Go take part in the Gumball, it'll be fun, get a bit of Japanese culture. God!"
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Elsewhere in the city of Nagahama, John Rambo was sitting in the grounds of the Ohmi Kouhouan Temple. He was sitting in the Lotus position, trying to meditate.
Nearby, Guzzle kept his eye on his Gumball partner.
"I think it's working, Guzzle." Rambo said, taking a deep breath. "I think that all the hostile thoughts are leaving me."
"I must say I'm amazed, John." said Guzzle. "I never knew a guy like you would be into Buddhism."
"Just be quiet and let me concentrate." Rambo continued his meditation.
But just then, from down below the mountain in the city, there was the sound of a huge battle going on. Rambo tried to ignore it but gradually got more agitated.
Finally, he let out a roar.
"THE HELL WITH IT!" he yelled as he glared down at the roads below where the battle was going on. "Friggin' assholes can't give me a minute's peace! Guzzle, get us down the Ropeway and we'll have a word with the noisy neighbours!"
"If you say so." said Guzzle wearily as he lifted Rambo up and launched himself into the air.
On the road below the temple, several teams were battling.
Duke Nukem and Hound were trying to get a lead on Space Marine and Sureshot. Nukem and Marine were firing at each other with guns. The former, as usual, had a cigar in his mouth and a bottle of scotch in his free hand as he let Hound do his own driving.
"One side, or you're DOOMED, Marine!" yelled Nukem.
"Oh very original, moron!" Marine replied as he dropped his pistol and went for his BFG. "At least I don't rip off every movie macho bullshit saying!"
"That's it, pal!" yelled Nukem. "I'll rip your head off and shit down your neck!"
"My case rests!" said Marine as he fired shots from the BFG.
Nukem was able to avoid them, but huge gouges were caused in the road from the missed shots.
Behind them were Tigertrack and Jackhammer. Ivy stood on Tigertrack's roof and battled against Shiva, who had leaped over from Jackhammer. Shiva attempted to take on Ivy with his martial arts but Ivy was more than holding her own with her chain-sword.
"Had enough, asshole?" she asked Shiva mockingly.
"You idiot!" yelled Mr. X from Jackhammer's driver seat. "Get back in here! I'll deal with her."
Shiva leapt back into Jackhammer and Mr. X took his hands off the wheel and took aim with his machine gun.
"This time you die, whore!" yelled Mr. X.
Ivy lashed out with the 'tail' of her sword and yanked the gun out of his hands.
"You shouldn't play with dangerous toys, mister!" Ivy laughed.
On the road behind them, Guzzle had landed and shifted into his tank form, with Rambo driving him.
"Ivy, behind us!" yelled Tigertrack. "A possible hostile!"
Ivy, Mr. X and Shiva looked behind themselves to see Guzzle's cannon taking aim at them.
"Damn." said Ivy.
Rambo fired one shot each at Tigertrack and Jackhammer.
They narrowly avoided getting hit.
"NOW KNOCK IT OFF!" yelled Rambo over Guzzle's loudspeaker.
"Yes, sir!" both Transformers said in panic.
Guzzle roared past them to come up on Hound and Sureshot.
"Uh oh! This looks very un-groovy!" Nukem commented as he saw Guzzle approaching.
Hound quickly activated his hologram projector and showed a fake image of himself on the road, just as Duke hit the accelerator and sped off.
"HEY! You chicken-shit!" yelled Space Marine.
Guzzle took aim at Sureshot and the hologram just as Rambo climbed out onto the roof.
"I came to Japan for a bit of excitement, true." said Rambo, still talking into the loudspeaker through a hand-unit. "But I would like it if I could have a little QUIET! So can you morons knock off the noise? I had more than enough of that in 'Nam!"
Space Marine gulped and turned a bit pale.
"Yes, sir! Whatever you say, sir!" he said, cautiously.
"Good. Now, I'm gonna leave the city and I expect some peace for a while." Rambo said as Guzzle passed Sureshot. "Anyone ruins my mood, I ruin THEM! Comprende?"
"Sir, yes sir!" Space Marine saluted as Guzzle left.
As Tigertrack, Jackhammer and Sureshot followed after Guzzle, making sure they kept their distance, Inferno was driving along behind them, with Fireman Sam Jones and his friend Elvis Cridlington. They were using Inferno's hoses to put out some fires in the undergrowth that had been caused by the battle.
"That Rambo bloke's not the only one who'd like a bit of peace." Elvis grumbled.
"Don't you worry, Elvis." said Sam. "Hopefully things will calm down for a while and we won't be needed again."
"Yeah, right!" grumbled Inferno.
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"Well, ain't that a beauty?" Baloo looked over Sunrunner's windshield as they flew over Mount Hiei. "Japan doesn't get any prettier than this."
"Sure." Kit Cloudkicker said, though his smile was wiped off when he looked behind. "But that doesn't mean we'll be safe from him!"
Air Pirates leader Don Karnage and Decepticon Ransack began firing at them without warning, causing Sunrunner to swerve sideways to avoid getting hit.
"The guy just doesn't know when to quit." Baloo said.
"You're telling me!" Sunrunner said, doing everything he could to lose their rivals. It was proving more difficult than he imagined.
But luck came their way when a blast hit Ransack's tail.
"Baloo, look!" Kit pointed out at the Autobot shrouded in clouds. "Isn't that…?"
"Steel!" Baloo cried. "Well I'll be!"
Steel showed himself in his Autobot, Sprocket. "Good to see you two still in this race. Why don't you go on ahead while I take care of Karnage here and teach him some manners?"
"Okay. But don't forget, we owe you one!" Kit waved at him.
Sunrunner vanished while Sprocket stayed behind to tackle with Ransack.
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At the Kinkaku-ji Golden Temple in northern Kyoto, criminal mastermind Geese Howard and the two Shadaloo dolls, Juni and Juli, were facing off against the orochi-wielding villain Iori Yagami and his associates, Vice and Mature, in the grounds of the ancient temple.
"I need the gold from this damn building to finance my operations, you asshole!" Geese yelled as he dodged a purple fireball thrown by Iori, who continued to engage him in hand-to-hand combat.
"(I don't care!)" yelled Iori. "(My organisation needs it just as bad.)"
"You need taught respect!" yelled Geese as he threw a punch, which Iori avoided.
"(Fool! I will show you what true power is about!)" Iori yelled.
Juni and Juli faced off with Vice and Mature and both sets of girls were battling with everything they had.
"To hell with this!" yelled Smeltdown, the Decepticon for Iori's team. He walked over to the gold leaf covered building and got ready to activate his flamethrower.
"What are you doing?" yelled Mature.
"I'll melt this place down! Then you guys can have an equal share." replied Smeltdown.
Just as he was about to burn the temple, he and the entire gathering of villains were hit by a massive blast of water.
"What the hell?" cursed Geese.
It came from Inferno as Sam and Elvis were determined to prevent any more fires.
"This'll teach you, won't it?" yelled Sam.
As Inferno kept the blast going, Steamhammer snuck up behind him and the evil martial arts master, Gouki, got ready to launch an attack from his Decepticon's tank cannon.
"(I shall teach you to meddle in the affairs of other champions of evil.)" Gouki snarled to himself.
But just then, Steamhammer came under machine gun fire.
Gouki frowned and climbed out of Steamhammer's hatch and found himself face-to-face with a Patriot missile.
It was attached to the Autobot Glitch. But what really stunned him was that the machine gun that had been firing at him was in the hands of the young Baby Bonnie Hood. It startled him that a mere child, and one dressed like Red Riding Hood, was an expert with firearms.
As he was distracted, he suddenly had to block an attack by BB Hood's partner, Cammy White, who delivered a Cannon Spike kick to him.
Cammy somersaulted and landed back in Glitch's cab.
"Now we have you, Gouki!" Cammy said.
"(Hardly.)" snorted Gouki as Steamhammer changed back into his jet plane mode.
Gouki launched him into the air.
The other nearby Gumballers witnessed this and realized what was going on.
"Damn it! We don't have time for this!" yelled Vice.
"(Smeltdown, let's go!)" ordered Iori.
Smeltdown changed back into his vehicle mode and let his team jump in. Geese, Juni and Juli all ran back to Hook, Line and Sinker and got inside as well. Sam and Elvis also turned off Inferno's hose and took off on the road, as did Glitch.
"At least there was no fire." said Elvis as they drove off at high speed.
"Those lousy Welshmen ruined my best karate gi!" Geese complained as he looked at his soaking wet clothes.
"You can always change in here, Mr. Howard." said Juni, handing him a change of clothes.
"Don't worry. We won't look at your underpants." assured Juli.
"Very funny." mumbled Geese grumpily as the Gumball continued into Kyoto.
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In central Kyoto, Gobots and Jetstorm were in competition with each other. Heathcliff and his girlfriend Sonja managed to overtake the Catillac Cats.
"Heathcliff, can't you give it a break?" Sonja asked as she held on to her plate of sushi she bought at Musashi Sushi. It was hard keeping it on the plate because of Heathcliff's wild driving. "It was embarrassing enough ordering this sushi to go!"
"Hey, you can get sushi back home ya know." Heathcliff said.
"You are so unromantic!" Sonja complained. "Musashi is one of the oldest conveyor belt sushi places in Japan! Imagine what my request will do for their reputation!"
"Okay, I'm sorry. I'll make it up to ya!" said Heathcliff. "We can stop at Mishima-tei and get some sukiyaki."
"As long as YOU pay for it!" Sonja said.
Just then, Gobots' windshield was hit by a huge cheese and shrimp okonomiyaki. Heathcliff's view was blocked. Riff-Raff laughed in Jetstorm while Heathcliff activated his wipers to clean it off.
"Love him to see where he's going with that mess in his viewpoint!" Riff-Raff laughed, after tossing the Japanese savoury pancake at Gobots.
Wordsworth looked very sulky. "Once upon a time, that food was mine!"
"Wordsworth, that doesn't even rhyme!" Hector said.
"Yes, it does." said Mungo.
"Mungo, one of them has the letter 'm' in it, the other has the letter 'n' in it!" Hector said. "We ain't talkin' rocket science here."
"I know. We're talkin' English." said Mungo happily.
Riff-Raff, Cleo, Hector and Wordsworth all looked at Mungo in worry.
"Mungo, does someone water your stupidity every day?" Riff-Raff had to ask.
Suddenly, Double Punch roared between the two Autobots as the Headless Horseman was determined to beat Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz, who were flying above him in Rotorstorm.
Beetlejuice laughed and kept his flying Autobot moving at a fast rate through the air. Double Punch briefly turned into his robot mode and fired a few laser blasts but Beetlejuice was able to avoid them.
"Damn B.J., The Horseman's serious about wanting to beat us!" said Lydia.
"Well after the bet I made with him, he would be, babe." Beetlejuice replied.
"What bet was that?"
"Well, I told him that if I get to the finish line before him, he has to admit that I'm WAY scarier than he'll ever hope to be."
"That's all?" Lydia chuckled.
"Well, that and he has to let me piss down his neck hole." Beetlejuice smirked.
"Thought so." Lydia predicted, rolling her eyes sideways.
Suddenly, Beetlejuice's head began to rotate very fast. Lydia grabbed hold of it and stopped it from turning as Beetlejuice still had Rotorstorm's controls.
"Thanks, babe." Beetlejuice said as his head stopped spinning. "I really need to see someone about that. Are there doctors for the dead?"
"Only pathologists as far as I know." joked Lydia.
As Rotorstorm flew on, the Headless Horseman made a pair of fists and then transformed Double Punch back to his quad bike mode. Double Punch roared off through Kyoto. At one point they had to quickly move under a truck, which suddenly pulled out. The low space was no problem for the Horseman though, as he already had no head.
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At the Kyoto Municipal Zoo, the three animal friends, known as the Zoonatiks, had stopped to put on a show for the tourists. Their Autobot partners, Jimmy Junkion and the Second-in-command Junkion, were juggling with the three of them and they threw each of them through the air.
"Yeah! This is the way we roll back home!" yelled Bill the Bear.
They tried to make a graceful landing, but had misjudged their aerial direction and crashed into the aviary.
As the birds were all disturbed, the audience groaned.
"You think they liked it?" asked Shelby Turtle as the Zoonatiks picked themselves up.
"I think we need to find a new act, Bill." said Knuckles J. Monkey.
"Don't worry, guys. We can always try the Tennoji Zoo when we get to Osaka." Bill assured them, fending off the pecking birds as they returned to their Transformers.
The Second-in-command Junkion and Jimmy Junkion merged together to form their vehicle mode. Bill got on the drivers' seat and Shelby and Knuckles climbed into the sidecar.
"Let's go!" said Bill and Knuckles.
"What they said." said Shelby.
"Happy trails to you until we meet again!" cheered Jimmy Junkion as they drove off, with a few of the birds still chasing them.
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Sonic and Tails zoomed past the Ginkaku-ji Silver Temple in Kyoto, being hunted down by the maniacal Dr. Robotnik, the troublesome Babylon Rogues and Sonic's rival, Shadow the Hedgehog. Blurr couldn't stop being hysterical. He drove in circles around the city while Sonic tried to regain control of him.
"You can't run, Sonic!" Shadow yelled.
"Decepticons! Decepticons! Decepticons! There's no place to hide! I don't even know where we're going! What'll we do, Sonic and Tails? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do?" Blurr panicked.
"Do something, Sonic!" Tails cried out.
"Blurr, relax!" Sonic ordered his Autobot. "You may be the fastest talker in the world, and I may be the fastest hedgehog in the world, but fast hedgehogs like me need to stay calm when in danger."
"So what's your plan, Sonic, huh? You got any ideas?" Blurr had to ask.
"I sure do." Sonic smiled, checking the radar on his control panel. "In a few seconds, help should be on the way right about…NOW!"
At that instant, Amy Rose rushed out onto the street and bumped hard against the Babylon Rogues with the help of her Autobot Headmaster Junior, Minerva. During the same time, team Chaotix, lead by Knuckles the Echidna, appeared and rammed Shadow, nearly knocking him off his motorcycle, Road Pig.
"Just in time, guys!" Sonic thanked them.
"We picked up Blurr's radar signal when you guys were in trouble." Amy said. "It's a good thing we were close by!"
"Guys," interrupted Knuckles, "I don't mean to break the chitchat here, but…"
"INCOMING!" Mighty the Armadillo shouted, taking for cover as Dr. Robotnik fired Power Punch's huge cannon at them.
Sonic and his friends scattered and went their separate routes, each followed by a Decepticon.
Not far off, Fang the Sniper sat idly in Detritus, watching Blurr and Road Pig pass him. He could have stepped on the gas to overtake them, but unfortunately, he had to wait for Rouge the Bat, who was too busy inside a matcha store buying some green tea.
By the time she returned, she asked her partner: "Fang, was that Sonic and Shadow passing us?"
"No worries." Fang replied, fixing his hat. "Jump in. We'll catch up to them and win this race before they know what hit 'em."
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Hundreds of anime and manga fans gathered at the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, where Sailor Moon and her friends were passing by. As a result, Arcee, Firestar, Chromia, Moonracer, Lancer and Greenlight were suddenly stalled from the race.
"(Wow, this is overwhelming.)" Sailor Mars commented, surprised by the number of people rooting for them.
"(Let's keep to the race, girls.)" Sailor Mercury reminded them. "(We can't fall behind.)"
But Sailor Moon was too distracted, and had to pose for a large number of high school students, all armed with their cell phone cameras, taking far too many pictures of the Gumball stars.
"(Thanks for coming out, everyone!)" Sailor Moon waved and kissed at her admirable fans. "(I'm so glad you Osakans still love me! You really love me!)"
"(And me too!)" cried out Sailor Chibi Moon, leaping out of Greenlight to pose.
"(And me three!)"
Wedding Peach suddenly turned up on Elita One with her gang, sparking more cheer from the fans as their voices grew wilder…much to Sailor Moon's ire. Most people knew well that the two of them didn't get along.
"(Move it, princess!)" Sailor Moon yelled at Wedding Peach. "(Quit stealing the show here!)"
"(Well excuse me, dancing queen!)" Wedding Peach smirked back at her and pulled out her tongue. "(But this so happens to be MY show here, so shove off!)"
"(Oh, get it over, girls.)" Tuxedo Kamen groaned, dropping his face to his hand.
"(When will you two set your priorities straight?)" sighed Jama-P, leaning back on his seat.
Behind them, however, trouble was approaching. Queen Beryl, Mistress 9 and Sailor Galaxia were creeping up behind them, ready to attack in their Decepticons.
Sailor Saturn sensed Mistress 9's presence and spun her head round to face her. Immediately, she tugged on Sailor Pluto's shoulder to warn her of the impending danger.
Sailor Pluto saw what was coming and shouted to everyone: "(GET DOWN!)"
The fans ran and ducked for cover as Roadgrabber, Needlenose and Esmeral fired away their lasers and missiles.
"SILENCE WALL!" summoned Sailor Saturn.
"GARNET BALL!" summoned Sailor Pluto.
A double barrier was created to protect the Autobots and their partners from the attacks. Elita One and Arcee knew that they couldn't stay here any longer, and had to get back to the Gumball.
"Let's roll!" Elita One raced off before the smoke could clear.
"Let's hop to it, girls! We're getting out of here!" Arcee cried, following Elita One's trail.
The Autobots fled the scene before the Decepticons knew it. This only aggravated Mistress 9, Sailor Galaxia and Queen Beryl, and they didn't hesitate to catch up on them. They were willing to show no mercy.
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Elsewhere in Osaka, former Iron Fist fighter turned amusement park magnate Ling Xiaoyu had stopped at Universal Studios Japan to indulge in her usual love of all things amusement park-related.
She was riding on the Hollywood Dream: The Ride rollercoaster and having a hell of a good time. She banged her head along to the excellent J-Pop song 'The Wing Named You' as she and the others on the ride were enjoying themselves.
As it came to an end, Xiaoyu suddenly heard the sound of a car going out of control. She looked and saw Dead End suddenly crash through one of the walls of the park. The evil Stunticon roared through the grounds of the park, failing to hit the many pedestrians but still scaring them beyond belief.
Inside him, evil car dealer Peter Thorndyke and his toadying partner Havershaw tried to gain control.
"You have to do something, sir!" protested Havershaw.
"What do you think I'm trying to do, you dimwit?" Thorndyke replied as he finally got Dead End's steering wheel under control. "NOW, I'll show you what a REAL driver can do, you glorified toaster!" he sneered.
"Watch it, limey!" Dead End warned him. "Megatron wouldn't like to hear me being insulted, especially by a guy who got his ass handed to him by a Volkswagen!"
Thorndyke glared. "Shut up about that! I've only just got over it!"
"Like it wasn't humiliating for me too?" grumbled Havershaw.
As the Decepticon Porsche went through another wall of the park and made his escape, Xiaoyu glared after him.
"(Alright! Looks like someone needs taught a lesson!)" she declared.
She ran out to the parking lot and got into Lionizer, where Panda was waiting.
"I take it you want to chase Dead End, right?" asked Lionizer, who had seen the trouble caused.
"(Yeah, and we're staying in pursuit until we catch him!) said Xiaoyu as she started Lionizer up and drove off.
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Elsewhere in the city, the notoriously hedonistic Fritz the Cat had decided to visit the equally notorious Tobita Red Light District. As he drove down the street in Slapdash, he looked in awe at all the 'ladies of the night' lining the streets.
"Hoo boy, this is gonna be great!" he said to himself. "I've always wanted to learn to say 'do you do it doggy style' in Japanese."
"Shouldn't we be concentrating on the race?" asked Slapdash.
"Hey, this could be a once in a lifetime opportunity!" Fritz protested.
"Hey there, handsome." said a sultry voice beside him.
He looked to his left and saw Holli Would driving alongside him with her Nebulan partner, Aimless.
"You fancy spending some quality time with me at the end of the race?" Holli asked.
"Whoa! You're racing my motor, baby." Fritz said.
"If you let me leave the city first, it's a date!" Holli teasingly said, winking an eye.
"I'm not so sure about that." Fritz said, uncomfortably.
On his right side, Wildrider pulled up, with Smoke sitting in his drivers' seat. He laughed and passed marijuana joint over to Fritz.
"Take a hit off this, buddy. It'll help you decide." Smoke tempted him.
"Yeah. That would be good." said Fritz.
"Forget it, you guys!" yelled Slapdash as he floored his own accelerator and roared away, leaving Holli and Smoke in his dust.
"Pencil dick!" Holli yelled.
"Don't worry! I'll get 'im!" said Aimless as he fired a bunch of laser blasts after Slapdash.
But not one of them hit him.
"Where did you learn to shoot?" Smoke scolded him. "Come on, honey! Let's catch his do-gooder ass!"
"You bet!" said Holli as she, Aimless and Wildrider roared off after Slapdash.
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"Locked on my sight, Megatron." Judge Doom confirmed.
They had been following behind Optimus Prime through the Osaka Castle Park. Drone partners Godbomber and Apex Bomber, who were driven by Captain America, Super Soldier and Dark Claw respectively, were accompanying their Autobot leader. Both were there for his protection.
But Megatron had also come prepared with his own Decepticon troops. Smart Ass emerged from Megatron's hatch, letting out a high-pitched whistle. Soon came Dr. Doomsday, Hyena and the Green Skull. They stalked Optimus Prime in their speedboat Decepticons, travelling alongside the moat surrounding Osaka Castle. They locked on their targets, waiting for the signal by Megatron.
Psycho laughed as Judge Doom locked his aim onto Optimus Prime's trailer.
"FIRE!" ordered Megatron.
Life Spark and the Sentinels fired all their missiles at Optimus' group, burning down trees and demolishing the park with their mayhem. Their attacks caused Godbomber and Apex Bomber to slightly fall back. Megatron fired his cannon, partially hitting Optimus' trailer. Though not a direct hit, the impact managed to slow him down greatly…good enough for Megatron to make his getaway and overtake his rival.
"MWA HA-HA-HA-HAAA! EXCELLENT!" Megatron cried as he passed Optimus with ease.
"HOW'S THAT FOR A RACE, POPPINS?" Judge Doom yelled through his radio. "Who's taking the lead now?"
"Truth be told, Judge Doom, I have to say that I am still." Mary Poppins' voice replied through the speakers.
The weasels frowned at each other. Judge Doom was confused…until he heard a thunderous roar of a truck motor from outside.
Judge Doom climbed out of Megatron to investigate the noise. He discovered that uphill on a separate road route was Optimus Prime, fit as a fiddle and clean as a whistle. Mary Poppins and the children smiled at him, waving a friendly goodbye as they drove swiftly ahead and out towards the nearest exit of the park.
"Impossible! That can't be!" Megatron said in disbelief.
"But how…?" Doom spun his headround to inspect the truck he overtook moments before, still there and still moving. "Who's…?"
Its drivers first thought to be Mary Poppins and the children actually turned out to be Access and the Autobot Godmaster, Ginrai. Since the appearance of their vehicle looked remarkably the same as Optimus Prime, it was then when Megatron and Judge Doom realized that they had in fact been duped. Access crossed his arms and smirked while Ginrai pulled faces and flipped them off for falling for their trick.
"IT'S A DECOY! WE'VE BEEN HAD!" Megatron exclaimed in anger. "AFTER THEM, YOU IDIOTS!"
"You heard him. Back to stations!" Doom ordered his weasels back to their seats. "I swear, that woman beats the living death out of me!"
He steered Megatron out of the park, crashing through the wall and driving destructively along the condensed streets of Osaka in his desperate chase against Mary Poppins for the Gumball Trophy.
…
Pee-wee Herman, Billy Elliott and Matilda Wormwood had just left the Osaka Museum of History. Since their Autobots were too huge to enter the building, they had to wait patiently outside for them.
"Wow, that was amazing." Matilda said.
"Unbelievable how much history there is behind this city." said Billy Elliott. "I wouldn't mind showing these Osakans some of my ballet dancing. I wonder what they'll think."
Rewind was feeling a little envious. He had hoped to learn more about Osakan history himself. "Enjoyed it too, Pee-wee?" he asked.
"A lot! Ha-ha-ha!" Pee-wee chuckled.
The Gumballers suddenly jumped in terror when a loud horn from a heavy truck roared past them. It was the Combaticon leader Onslaught, driven by Bowser and Bowser Jr., who all chorused in laughter as they swept cars getting in their way clear off the road.
"This is TOO easy!" Bowser grinned.
"At this rate, we are unstoppable." Onsalught proudly said. "The Gumball Trophy is ours to take!"
Bowser Jr. wasn't so sure, though. He tapped his father's shoulder and pointed outside. Beside them was Decepticon Horri-Bull, driven by the mischievous Koopalings. They cackled together, casting spells from their magic wands and shooting fireballs against their father.
"You little twerps again?" Bowser scowled at his children. "I'll make you regret the day you challenged me to the Gumball!"
He stuck his head out of out the vehicle and took a deep breath…unleashing his deadly fire breath. The Koopalings retreated back into their vehicle, which so happened to be fireproof. Once Bowser was open for attack, Ludwig von Koopa used his wand to shoot a fireball at Onslaught's tires, damaging them and forcing him off the road.
Bowser and Bowser Jr. took cover as Onslaught steered off course and crashed through Osaka Bay Area, driving over ramp and diving into the water with a humongous splash.
The Koopalings celebrated their victory by making faces at their father and blowing him raspberries. Morton Koopa Jr. shouted out to him, hammering him with his taunts:
"It's over! The sun has set! The words have spoken! The curtains are drawn! The fat lady has sung! Time's up! It's over! We win! You lose! You're through! You've had it! You're done for! You're finished! You're washed up! Your clock is cleaned! Your goose is cooked! The joke's on you! It's the end of King Bowser Koopa! You'll never race again! You'll never see the light of the Gumball Rally again!"
As he rambled on and on, his voice faded as Horri-Bull disappeared. Bowser and Bowser Jr. helped Onslaught swim back to shore.
Princess Peach and Princess Daisy just so happened to be sailing by on Beta, having their afternoon tea together with Yoshi, who kept gobbling down cake after cake. They witnessed Bowser's defeat at the hands of his Koopalings and couldn't help but titter.
"Serves you right, Bowser!" Daisy remarked.
"A taste of your own medicine yet again." Peach added.
"YOSHI!" Yoshi cheered.
Bowser tried to ignore them, hiding his face in shame. But he soon found out that the two princesses weren't the only audience around. Yuko Asou and Rena Brand had also watched the humiliating event, both tittering to each other as well.
"Women…" Bowser huffed.
…
There was mass gangster warfare in the heart of central Osaka, where the roads were no longer safe to drive. Bill the Butcher was fending off Bill Sikes, Kakihara was firing his lasers into the air to take down Black Mask, Two-Face and his cronies Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield were having an intense gunfight with the Yakuza gang of O-Ren Ishii. Up ahead, Don Michael Corleone was exchanging words with Al Capone whilst their Matrix agents exchanged bullets.
"It's about time you dropped dead, Corleone!" Al Capone yelled, biting on his cigar. "I'm takin' that Gumball Trophy! It's mine, ya understand? MINE!"
"Over my dead body, asshole!" Michael Corleone answered back.
Just then, Woo-jin Lee and Mr. Han rushed between their crossfire and miraculously escaped without a scratch on their Decepticon, Sizzle.
"Adios, losers!" Sizzle sped away, leaving his competitors in the dust.
…
The Zoonatiks had stopped off at Tennoji Zoo to try once again to put on a show for the tourists, who were now rapidly leaving.
The Second-in-command Junkion and Jimmy Junkion jumped over one of the fences of the many savannah zones in the zoo. As they drove off, Bill and Knuckles glared at Shelby.
"I thought all that open air and wide space would be a good place to show our skills." Shelby protested.
"Yeah, but you didn't think it would be the lions' part of the zoo, did you?" snapped Bill.
"Bill, Shelby didn't think period." Knuckles replied as they roared off out of Osaka.
"Well, that settles it!" said Bill. "From now on, we concentrate on the Gumball."
"Or at least those of us capable of mental processes do." grumbled Knuckles as he glared at Shelby again.
…
Pet detective Ace Ventura and his chimpanzee companion Spike had stopped at Nara Park to admire the wonderful Japanese deer that lived there. Ace looked really satisfied that the animals he loved were being tended to.
Suddenly, he heard tyres screeching and saw both Dead End and Lionizer rushing past the park, which startled the deer and Spike.
Ace glared slightly. "Alrighty then. Time to teach someone some manners."
He took Spike and ran back to Lightspeed.
Down the road, Xiaoyu and Panda had finally caught up to Dead End. Panda leaned out of her window and swiped a claw at Dead End. Thorndyke panicked when he saw Panda and swerved off the road, crashing into a dumpster.
Xiaoyu laughed and brought Lionizer to a halt. Thorndyke and Havershaw both got out of their Decepticon angrily as they were approached.
"Just who the devil do you think you are?" Thorndyke demanded.
Xiaoyu assumed her fighting stance and delivered a hard kick to Thorndyke.
J...
She delivered another hard kick, stunning the English villain.
E...
Two more kicks to Thorndyke's mid-section.
R...
Havershaw looked stunned as he saw his boss getting his butt kicked.
K!
Xiaoyu finally finished the assault and knocked Thorndyke to the ground.
"JERK!" she yelled as he fell unconscious.
Havershaw decided that discretion was the better part of valour and tried to run, but he was suddenly hit by a side punch and collapsed to the ground.
Looking up, he saw Ace standing with his back to him, manipulating his butt cheeks to make it look like his ass was talking.
"Excuse me, but what's your hurry?" Ace asked.
"Get out of my way, you moron!" yelled Havershaw as he got to his feet again.
Ace turned to face him.
"I don't think so." he said as he grabbed Havershaw, dragging him to a nearby Port-A-Potty and shoving him inside. "Okay, Spike. Do your stuff."
Ace put Spike in the stall with Havershaw and shut the door.
Within seconds, a horrible smell came from inside the stall.
"OH GOD! PLEASE HAVE MERCY!" Havershaw pleaded.
Xiaoyu smiled at Ace.
"Sorry about that, Ace." she said in English. "These assholes just needed a bit of disciplining."
"That's okay." Ace replied. "I'm glad Panda's doing okay."
"Of course." smiled Xiaoyu.
Spike clambered out of the port-a-potty and gave Ace a thumbs-up. Havershaw was still moaning in the stall.
"Okay, let's go!" said Ace as he and Spike ran for Lightspeed.
Xiaoyu got back in Lionizer and saw that Panda had moved over to the unconscious Thorndyke. She appeared to be trying to leave a parting gift, by positioning her butt over him.
"(NO, Panda!)" Xiaoyu said firmly. "(That's overkill! Come on!)"
Panda relented and clambered back into Lionizer. The two Autobots and their partners drove off. As they went, Dead End finally recovered and fired a few laser blasts after them.
"Thank God very few Decepticons can shoot straight!" joked Ace.
…
Elsewhere in the park, the shape-shifting creature Sharrakor was staying close on his target Galbatorix. Kenny Larkin drove past the gates of the Todai-ji temple, being pursued by Charlie Bone. However, much more was occurring over at the temple itself…
"Hold on tight, guys!" shouted Sky Lynx as he swooped past the roof. "This is going to be a bumpy ride!"
Kei Kusanagi, Mizuho Kazami and their group fastened their seatbelts firmly when they were alerted that Doronjo, and her lackeys Tonzra and Boyacky, were catching up behind their tail in Decepticon Sunstorm.
"(Time to take a few Gumballers out of this race.)" Doronjo said.
"(Sky Lynx is going down!)" shouted Boyacky.
"(He's going down all the way!)" added Tonzra.
"Enough words!" snapped Sunstorm. "Shoot already! They are getting away!"
Meanwhile, a few Decepticons were parked just outside of the Todai-ji temple. Inside, the Rat King had taken a short break from the Gumball to try and slither himself through a small hole under a special wooden column, hoping to receive enlightenment and possibly gain advantage on the race. But it proved impossible, as he was simply too large and bulky to fit.
"Mind if I have a go?" said a small voice behind him.
The Rat King looked back, to see Cluny the Scourge. He moved aside to let the rat try his luck through the column…and with dead ease he succeeded due to his small size. Cluny crossed his arms and smirked at the Rat King, who was looking envious and simply grumbled out:
"I hate you."
…
It had been known that bears were among the wild life to be found in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park in Mie, but no one expected to see three teams of bears in Autobots trying to best each other in the Gumball.
The Berenstain Bears in Sedan had managed to gain a lead on Barney Bear in Circuit. Barney grunted and tried to go overland in his Autobot buggy to gain an advantage against the family.
"He hasn't got a hope in Hell!" said Papa Bear.
"Do you have to use that language, Papa?" asked Mama Bear.
"I decided it would be no more Mr. Nice Guy in this race, dear!" replied Papa as he kept his foot down.
"YEAH!" cheered Brother Bear. "Let's kick Barney's ass!"
"Hell yeah!" said Sister Bear.
"I've a feeling this race is starting to change us for the worst." groaned Mama as they cut in front of Circuit before Barney could gain a lead.
"Dear, no offense, but I'm in danger of throwing up with how sweet you're being right now." said Papa.
Suddenly, with a roar, Bumblebee leaped over the tops of both Sedan and Circuit and gained a lead by several car lengths when he landed.
"GODDAMN IT!" Mama yelled. "That rotten bastard! Let's murder his ass!"
She tried to take the wheel off Papa, who looked impressed yet overwhelmed.
"Whoa! I guess you DO have a berserk button after all!" he commented.
"DAMN STRAIGHT!" snapped Mama.
Barney had heard all of the commotion as he was beside them.
He was worried about all the kids who read the Berenstain books and were now in danger of becoming foul-mouthed. But then he just shrugged.
"What the hell?" he sighed to himself.
As Bumblebee sped off down the trail, Yogi and Boo-Boo cheered.
"I told you that jump off the top of the ledge would work, Boob!" said Yogi.
"It sure did, Yogi. How do you think of those things?" asked Boo-Boo.
"Because I'm smarter than the average bear, of course." smirked Yogi.
"I wonder how smart the average bear is then." said Bumblebee as he saw Circuit and Sedan catching up. "Because these guys are smart enough to NOT let us hold onto the lead."
"Okay. Time to step on the ped and stay ahead!" Yogi declared as he roared off out of the park, with Circuit and Sedan in close pursuit.
…
In Wakayama, Big Boy Caprice and his henchmen had managed to knock their enemy Dick Tracy off the road and were taking the lead as the sun gradually went down.
Big Boy laughed as Longtooth tried to recover from the blast fired from Treadshot. Flattop and Itchy added fire from their machine guns.
"YEAH! EAT LEAD, TRACY!" yelled Flattop as Itchy fired with one hand, using his free hand to scratch his neck.
In Longtooth, Tracy glared determinedly and corrected his Autobot's course.
"There's no way Big Boy's gonna lose me!" said Tracy.
"Give it to 'im, Tracy!" cheered the Kid as they drove onwards after their enemies.
They heard the sound of an engine and an eerie laugh as Skram came up beside them.
"Do you need a little help, officer?" asked the Shadow.
"It would be much appreciated, sir." smiled Tracy.
"Then allow me to oblige." the Shadow laughed again as he moved Skram up beside Treadshot and cut out in front of him.
"What the hell?" Who's this prick think he is?" yelled Big Boy. "The Gumball Trophy is goin' to ME!"
"We'll take care of him, boss." said Numbers as he took control of Treadshot's cannon while Mumbles leaned out the hatch and fired his pistol.
As they fired round after round of shells and bullets at Skram, the Shadow merely cackled menacingly as they missed, thanks to his perception-altering power. Mumbles turned pale and mumbled a prayer under his breath.
"YA LOUSY WIMPS!" yelled Big Boy as he regained control of the cannon and tried to fire.
He realized he had run out of shells.
"Who is this guy?" he thought to himself.
To answer his question, the Shadow materialised inside Treadshot. The gang of villains all gasped. The Shadow engaged all of them in hand-to-hand combat with his creepy laugh. He knocked out Itchy, Flattop, Numbers and Mumbles. He then got Big Boy in a chokehold.
Longtooth overtook Treadshot and Tracy's team waved to the Shadow.
"Thanks a lot, Shadow!" Tess Trueheart called.
"Put a bit of fear into our pal if you can!" advised Tracy.
The Shadow looked at the terrified Big Boy right in the eye.
"You're going to go easy on the fire power for a while." the Shadow said. "Don't even think about doing anything sneaky for the rest of the race."
"How will you know if I do?" asked Big Boy as sweat rolled down his face.
The Shadow let out his trademark laugh yet again.
"The Shadow knows!" he said.
He disappeared from Big Boy's sight. A few moments later, Skram roared off as well.
Big Boy trembled.
"I think I would rather deal with Tracy than that creep!" he said.
…
Ms. Bunny Swan was sightseeing in the famous Ise Shrine in the city of Ise.
"OH! So pretty!" Bunny Swan snapped another photo.
"Quite the picture this place is, isn't it?" Her Autobot Sedan said. "We better not stay for too long, or else we might end up last. We're only about halfway through this race."
Swan looked alarmed. "You no say that before!" she exclaimed.
"Say what?"
"I thought the race end here, in Ise Shrine!" Swan moaned.
"Sorry, Ms. Swan. But I think there's been some misunderstanding." Sedan tried to calm his partner down. "We're only here for a short stop. This isn't the finish line. We've only gone through half of the race."
Ms. Swan was silent, collecting her thoughts.
"You understand that, don't you?"
"Yeah, yeah, okay, yeah." Ms. Swan said casually, though upset that she hadn't yet won the race. "We go now and win Gumball Run."
"That's Gumbally Rally." Sedan corrected.
"You no say that before!"
…
Tourists at Himeji Castle were terrified as Skeletor and Catra fired missiles at the beautiful ancient building from their Decepticon Umbra.
"Heh-heh! Wonderful! Now these Earth fools will learn that nothing is safe!" Skeletor laughed demonically.
"We should hurry up. I see trouble coming!" said Catra.
Sure enough, coming up towards them were He-Man and She-Ra with their Autobots Backstreet and Override.
"That was a big mistake, Skeletor!" He-Man said as he got his sword ready to attack Umbra.
She-Ra got her sword as well and joined her brother in ending the evil lord's attack on the castle.
"This castle is a national treasure here!" She-Ra said. "You dare threaten it?"
"I dare anything! I AM SKELETOR!" Skeletor yelled, opening Umbra's hatch and firing some magical blasts from his fingertips at his two enemies.
"That is one of the cheesiest lines I've ever heard." Catra grumbled.
Backstreet and Override changed into their robot forms and got ready to attack Umbra with all they had. Skeletor simply laughed and made Umbra hover higher in the air, preparing to fire his magical bolts at the two Autobots' heads.
"Goodbye, my foolish friends!" he grinned.
Just then, he was hit hard by a sudden hard slap in the face, which dazed him briefly.
As he recovered, he saw Rocky the flying squirrel returning to Bluestreak below them. Rocky had hit him and Bullwinkle took aim with their Bluestreak's weapons.
"Now, we advise you to move on." said Bullwinkle. "You don't need a degree from Whatsamatta U to know that's a good idea."
"You idiots!" yelled Skeletor. "You shall all pay the price for mocking me!"
Catra grabbed a laser gun and got ready to fire it as Skeletor took aim with Umbra's cannon.
Then, there came a loud cry.
Skeletor and Catra looked up to see a rather rotund figure descending on them from above with eagle-like grace.
It was Nacho Libre.
He let out a loud cry as he landed on Umbra and tackled Skeletor and Catra to the ground. As they tried to get up, Nacho quickly used some of his famed wrestling moves to knock Skeletor down for the count.
As Catra got up and went to attack, Nacho looked at her and quickly blessed himself. "Forgive me, father." he said in prayer. "I know EXACTLY what I do."
He then drove a couple of punches into Catra's mid-section and quickly got her in a sleeper hold.
"Do you submit?" Nacho asked.
"NEVER!" yelled Catra.
Nacho squeezed even harder. "SUBMIT!" he yelled.
"Alright! I give! Uncle!" she yelled.
Nacho then pushed her to the floor as his Autobot, Double Clutch, in his robot form, made Umbra land.
"Well done, you guys." said He-Man. "It's lucky you turned up when you did."
"Anything to help those in need." said Rocky.
There were a few police cars approaching.
"I think we should let Skeletor explain his actions to these nice officers." said She-Ra.
"Okay, then. Away we go!" said Nacho as Double Clutch, Backstreet and Override all changed back to their vehicle mode.
They all raced off on their way, leaving their enemies in a spot of bother.
…
Max Payne was battling with Bullseye near the port of Kobe, firing bullets from his arsenal of guns. Bullseye retaliated by throwing his cards at him with extreme accuracy. In the skies above, however, Princess Morbucks was relentlessly pursuing Mr. Mistoffelees. She piloted Tornado to be right alongside Sonic Bomber and waved some money so the conjuring cat could see it.
"PLEASE come and be my little pet!" she whined. "I'd love to have a magical cat to show to my friends."
"Sorry, but I have to go." said Mr. Mistoffelees. "PRESTO!"
There was a puff of smoke and suddenly Sonic Bomber disappeared from sight.
"GRRRR! THAT DOES IT!" yelled Princess. "I'll make him suffer! I'll get my daddy's lawyers on him!"
She fired a few shots from Tornado's cannon in the direction of the city in anger, causing some damage.
Just then, Air Raid appeared and Maverick Mitchell fired a few shots from his cannon, knocking Tornado off course.
"Greetings!" said Maverick over the radio as he flipped Princess the bird while flying past.
"That's showing her, Mav!" Air Raid laughed.
Princess strangely looked happy.
"Hello, handsome!" she smirked at Maverick. "Will you be my boyfriend? I'll give you $5000 if you will."
"No thanks, kid." Maverick said, feeling disturbed. "Time to go!"
Air Raid jetted off as Tornado pursued him.
"HEY! Come back here!" Princess yelled. "You wait 'til my daddy finds out! You'll never fly again!"
Air Raid managed to leave her in the dust.
"AW, phooey!" said Princess. "He's probably a pansy anyway. I know he loves playing shirtless volleyball with the guys!"
"Well, then, let's make sure he doesn't win!" said Tornado as he doubled his efforts to catch up.
…
Ren, Stimpy and their hairy companion, Harry, were driving across one of the longest bridges in the world, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, with Glasspit as their Autobot vehicle. Stimpy was impressed that they weren't encountering any problems on the road so far. They had hardly crashed into anybody since they left the mainland.
"Looks like we're not breaking any traffic laws here, Ren." Stimpy chuckled, leaning back on his seat.
Of course, since Glasspit was a monster truck, Stimpy didn't bother looking down from his view to see the dozens of cars crushed by their giant wheels, or else steered off from the road with angry drivers yelling at them.
"Stimpy, you idiot." Ren said. "Of course we're breaking traffic laws. Even Harry isn't dense enough to realize that. We should keep our eyes peeled for any cops in case they try to stop us."
He forgot to mention about Decepticons, for another monster truck, named Slog, appeared beside theirs. Troublemaker Roger Klotz honked his horn continuously as his gang rudely taunted Glasspit's riders. Even Roger's cat Stinky was joining in on the fun.
"Sayonara, suckers!" Roger snickered as he attempted to ram Glasspit off the edge of the bridge.
Glasspit resisted the immediate attack and began a struggle against the boys, burning his tires against Slog's and generating mass friction.
While this was happening, nobody seemed to have taken notice of Dilandau Albatau, standing proudly on top of one of the bridge's high towers. He raced down along the suspenders with Iganus and hopped back onto the road, just overtaking Glasspit and Slog at the same time.
Dilandau honked his bike horn to draw attention. Once Glasspit's and Slog's drivers saw who was gaining the lead in front of them, Dilandau stuck his tongue out and raised his middle finger.
Harry roared in anger.
"Why, that two-faced son of a neematoad!" Roger floored his vehicle. "Nobody makes a fool out of Roger Klotz!"
Glasspit and Slog put their differences aside for the moment and together pursued Iguanus towards Awaji Island.
…
On a road out of Nishinomiya, Autobot Warpath discovered several police cars blocking the path up ahead.
"Looks like there's trouble, guys." he said to his partners. "But don't worry, I know how to take care of situations like these peacefully."
Without warning, Warpath fired multiple blasts from his cannon at the police cars, creating a huge gap in the middle of the road.
"BOOM! BLAM! KAPOW!" Warpath cried. "WE'RE OUTTA HERE!"
The Jelly Trio cheered for their Autobot, while Scoutmaster Lumpus was groaning to himself:
"My EARS will go KAPOW if Warpath keeps blowing everything up."
…
Hello Kitty and her group were cheering for their hot air balloon Autobots, Pulsar and Tempest, congratulating them for getting this far in the Gumball. It was goodbye to the Kansai region tonight and hello to the Chugoku region tomorrow. They celebrated with a treat as Pom Pom Purin brought out fresh baguette sandwiches and My Melody handed out bottles of cold apple juice for everyone to share.
Badz-Maru devoured his sandwich, desperately hungry after a long day's race. Cinnamoroll had a baguette sword fight with Pom Pom Purin, while Hello Kitty and My Melody laughed in amusement.
Just then, an Autobot plane appeared beside the balloon. Navigating it were the Little Twin Stars.
"Got room for two more?" said their Autobot Shooting Star.
Hello Kitty welcomed the angels Kiki and Lala to their feast, offering them food and drinks and letting them join in the fun.
As the Autobots floated across the full moon during the calm and beautiful starlit night, they were unaware that Decepticons Blast Off and Deathcobra were secretly sneaking under them, hoping to slip past the leads without having to deal with a gunfight.
"So much for those twinkle toes." said Blast Off.
The Ginyu Force snickered with him, following closely with Frieza, who was riding in Deathcobra.
"Winning this is all a breeze." Recoome said. "I sure hope Lord Frieza keeps his word about sharing that Gumball Trophy with us."
Jeice noticed something oddly peculiar about Frieza in his new air vehicle, after thinking about it for a while. "Say…since when did Lord Frieza ever ride in a helicopter?" he asked the group. "Wasn't he in a jet plane the last time we saw him?"
The Ginyu Force dropped silent to ponder.
"Maybe his Decepticon's one of those…those…what are they called?" Burter tried to find the right word.
"Triple Changers?" Guldo suggested.
"That's it!" Burter snapped his fingers.
"But isn't his Decepticon named Dirge?" Jeice further asked. "I'm pretty certain he's not a Triple Changer. So why all of a sudden is Lord Frieza riding in Deathcobra? It doesn't make any sense. Or could it possibly be that…"
"…LORD FRIEZA'S NOT LORD FRIEZA!" Captain Ginyu yelled out when he witnessed Frieza shape shifting into the blue skinned mutant, Mystique. "WE'VE BEEN TRICKED!"
Now that she had exposed her identity to her teammates, Mystique knew it was time for her to split.
"Sorry, boys." Mystique spoke over the radio. "But I'm afraid I have to take back my word on sharing the Gumball Trophy with you. Have pleasant dreams."
She wanted to thank the Ginyu Force for helping her get this far in the race. So as a token of gratitude, she blew a seductive kiss at them, before flying off into the clouds and disappearing from sight. This only left the betrayed Ginyu Force deeply infuriated.
"BLOW THAT BITCH TO SMITHEREENS, BLAST OFF!" Captain Ginyu ordered his Decepticon, pounding his fist on the panel.
"My pleasure." Blast Off jetted into the clouds in hot pursuit.