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Moon: Zzzzz...

Kunex: What's up with her?

Katani: She's been lazier than her pet cat lately -_-

Moon: I heard that! I'm not THAT lazy! I've just updated!

Katani: Good for you -_- Celestial Moonlight Blade does not own TMM or MMP. If she had, Ichigo would have an actual personality.

Chapter 15: The first fight against the Sues

And they were fighting again. Oh joy, this was the longest vacation from any logical reality Zakuro had ever experienced.

Shiru had summoned some Plot Bunnies to combat the Wish Bunnies, and that turned out to be a smart move. Wish fulfillment stories often didn't have a plot, which left the bunnies vulnerable. The raven-haired wolf mew whipped her blade to the side, summoning a shock wave. It threw the Sues around her backwards, and some of them disintegrated.

Soul was going nuts on any unfortunate Sue that crossed her path. She destroyed them in a split second, before moving on to her next victim. The Mary-Sue Slayer never seemed to tire or get severely injured, no matter what the supposedly perfect beings threw at her. Zakuro had to wonder if she had drunk Bottled Insanity, or if that was how she acted normally. If she acted like that all the time, she had to feel bad for any poor sap who ticked her off.

Tart was doing pretty well too. He had found a need to protect Pudding, as if he was expecting the Sues to infect her with their perfectness. Needless to say, the younger alien had proved to be quite proficient with the gravity hammer he had been given. The floor had multiple large indents from his attacks. He couldn't quite keep up with Soul (who could?) but he had turned into a dangerous opponent since he had obtained his weapon.

Angel Ichigo had gotten her wand back, but it had transformed as well. It had become a long pink staff with a large blue jewel on top, presumably the True Mew Aqua. She just had to point it at her opponents, and it fired jets of blinding pink or blue energy. And whatever it hit was instantly vaporized, no jokes intended. That was quite a step up from her original mew powers. It was as if nothing could stand in her way. Even the overpowered weapons the Sues and Stus used seemed frail and useless when countered by the new weapon, which the Gatekeepers had quickly dubbed the "Strawberry Staff". Angel Ichigo's new abilities seemed on par with Soulstealer's Anti-Sue weapons or the Blade of the Moon. That was an achievement.

Moon, Destiny and Gemini were working as a unit, which was the equivalent of a plasma whirlwind. Mew, Musica and Mika were also working together, while Angelcake and Amber blocked the Sue's only escape route. Katani had taken on her cat form, taking on a Stu that had disarmed Kunex. The boy quickly picked up his keyblade and muttered his thanks before hurtling back into the fray.

Whenever Zakuro killed a Sue, they would split apart into bright gold sparkles. These opponents seemed a little strange to her. When she got past their defenses, they were easy to vanquish. Her sword just chewed through them as if they were made out of cardboard. No substance whatsoever. Even the weakest Chimera Animals she had faced weren't as easy to destroy! Zakuro was beginning to wonder if the Gatekeepers gave the Mary/Gary Sues much more credit than they deserved with it came to the danger level. After they were disarmed, they seemed so weak.

Only Savannah, Bella, Stephanie and a select bunch of Super-Sues didn't go down as easily as their minions. In fact, you could compare them to cockroaches. Soul and Moon had stabbed them in several different vital places, and they didn't ^&%$ die.

"Someone get that dragon!" Savannah shrieked, her wounds healing yet again. She pointed a free hand towards Shiru. "He's countering our Wish Bunnies with his evil!"

"You roaches can heal yourselves?" Moon asked, sounding irritated. Why is it that nothing seems to faze her or the other Gatekeepers? The wolf mew wondered as she continued to hack through the stream of Sues. "And Shiru isn't evil. Not anymore."

"How dare you compare US to cockroaches!" Stephanie screamed, fending off a blow from Destiny.

"I think it's a fair comparison." Soul said, a nasty triumphant grin appearing on her face. "You hide out in the dark crevices of this pane of existence, it's quite the chore to root you out, and you multiply like red blood cells. If you can heal, I suppose I have no choice but to blast you again and again until there's nothing for you to regenerate from!"

Both her guns came out, and she started firing blast after blast, forcing Bella back into defensive mode. Gemini took on Stephanie, while Destiny started taking on the other Super-Sues. Moon faced off with Savannah, and at that point Zakuro doubled back to help Shiru and the friendly Soulless, since they were becoming the general target of the Mary/Gary Sue army.

Savannah set off some kind of trap which caused smoke to billow out of nowhere, momentarily blinding her opponents. By the time they could see again, the leaders had vanished and had been replaced by more Wish Bunnies. Moon cursed in a language Zakuro didn't recognize before she started hacking through the irritating daemonic red rabbits.

By the time they had dealt with the first wave, there was no sign that Savannah and her direct companions had ever been there.

"Where'd they go?" Kish demanded.

"This way." Destiny answered, pointing down the long, dark hall. "I don't like this. Usually they stay and fight..."

"Let's follow them." Pai suggested. "Maybe there's a hidden passageway or escape route down that hallway. I think they realized an outward attack was not the best idea, so they ran off to prepare a different method."

"That idea has merit." Soulstealer cut in. "And I think we should investigate."

"Alright. Just watch out for more traps." Moon warned. Katani and Kunex brought up the rear as the group collected themselves before heading down the long hall.

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There were less traps to avoid then Moon had initially expected. By the time they reached the end of the hall, they had only set off three. But what was waiting for them was less than pleasant.

"A plot hole." Destiny groaned. Zakuro and Angel Ichigo peered over the hole. It was a big, gaping pit of darkness, with only a few flickering lights at the bottom. Which was a long, long way down from where they stood.

"They went down THERE na no da?" Pudding asked, as if she couldn't understand why anyone would want to jump down the dark crevice. Shiru growled, crouching down next to her.

"They did." Soulstealer confirmed. "Well, we've got no choice. We go after them!" With that, she spread her wings and jumped down. Moon smacked herself in the forehead.

"Why couldn't she wait for the rest of us to agree?" The brown-haired gatekeeper sighed, before jumping down herself.

"Oh no, I'm not going down there!" Lettuce cried. "In case you haven't noticed, we don't all have wings!"

"Neither do the Sues. You won't need them." Gemini said gruffly. He followed Destiny and Moon into the Plot Hole, followed by Katani, Kunex, Mew, Mika, Musica, Amber and Angelcake. Timidly, one by one, the TMM cast jumped down after their guides and into a world of anarchy.

End Chapter

I hate writer's block. Simple as that. But I wanted to get a new chapter out, so I decided to wing it no matter how bad it looked.

Review please! It's the only way I'll get better!