Disgaea: A New Overlord
Hello and welcome to the second chapter of the Director's Cut Version of Disgaea: A New Overlord. There's not much to say here, so let's just jump right into it, shall we?
Chapter 2: Prinny Panic
Having just arrived at the front gates of Lunarvale, Chiaki placed the indicator back into her schoolbag and closed it securely. She entered the building in time to see Miroku getting chewed out by Volunteer Hall Monitor Kaname.
"So you have no late pass, no excuse for being late, and you're not carrying your program card on you? You're looking at serious trouble here, Megami." Kaname said sternly, her stare locked intensely on Miroku.
"I lost track of time. It's not like I planned on being this late. Can't you just cut me a little slack this once, Kaname?" Miroku tried appealing to Kaname's sense of decency and camaraderie. Kaname and Miroku had two of the same classes, and had known each other prior to the new semester.
"That's Monitor Kaname to you! You're in no position to be asking for favors. My duty comes above all else!"
Chiaki had stood back, watching the whole altercation with a sense of amusement but now she felt it was time she stepped in. Chiaki had known that Kaname had a colossal crush on her (which Kaname made no attempts at hiding) and Chiaki had no qualms with exploiting that fact to help a friend. The only issue she had with it was that Chiaki wasn't comfortable with having to use her feminine charms on another girl.
"What's going on here?" Chiaki asked innocently, approaching Kaname and Miroku.
"Oh, Ms. Hyafumi! You're looking good today. Not as opposed to any other day of course." Kaname responded, her brain slowly turning to pudding at the sight of Chiaki. "I was just reprimanding a delinquent. Nothing big."
"I come into school late and all of the sudden I'm a delinquent? Where was I when this happened?" Miroku grumbled.
"Quiet Megami! No one gave you permission to speak! Can't you see I'm busy talking to Ms. Hyafumi?"
"Ease up on him Kaname. He said so himself that he didn't intend to come into school late. I'm certain that he's sorry for his mistake and he would probably like nothing more than to get to class and out of any further trouble. Can't you let him go this one time…just for me?" Chiaki gave Kaname the puppy eyes/pouting lip combo, hoping to elicit the response she was hoping for from Kaname.
"I-I guess I could do it this one time for you Ms. Hyafumi." It was done. Kaname became like clay in Chiaki's hands. She could barely think straight when Chiaki stared at her like that.
"So can I go now?" Miroku asked.
Kaname waved Miroku off without even looking at him. Miroku headed down the hall, mouthing the words "I owe you one" to Chiaki who was still dealing with Kaname. As Miroku disappeared, a small smile crept up onto Chiaki's face, only to be quickly turned into a look of concern when she felt Kaname stroking her arm.
"Ms. Hyafumi, you're really cute when asking for a favor. I'd really like to see how cute you are doing other things." Kaname said with an insinuating tone, trying to coerce Chiaki into a date with her.
"Kaname, I don't think I can. I'm probably gonna be busy." Chiaki proclaimed uncomfortably, trying to remove her arm from Kaname's grasp.
"But Ms. Hyafumi, I haven't even set a date yet. How can you already know whether or not you'd be busy?" Kaname responded intelligently.
"I'm probably busy all week, err…month! Yeah, I'm gonna be busy all month! You know me: busy, busy, busy." Chiaki said earnestly.
"Oh come on Ms. Hyafumi. Just one time. Please? I'll be real nice; I promise." Kaname placed her free hand on the small of Chiaki's back and pulled her dangerously close.
"Umm…I don't think I'm very comfortable with all this touching. Besides Kaname, I just don't have the time. Maybe next month or something." Chiaki managed to wrench herself from Kaname and sped off down the hall at top speed.
Chiaki made incredible time down the long hallway and up the secondary staircase of the main lobby. Kaname stood there watching Chiaki run off before she disappeared from Kaname's sight. She smiled and thought quietly to herself.
"I'm getting closer. It's just a matter of time before she gives into my abundant charm. I'm willing to wait." With that thought in her mind, Kaname continued off on her rounds, whistling a jaunty tune to herself.
Chiaki was out of breath by the time she reached the first landing of the stairwell. She was running down a very long hallway at top speed, after all. She pressed her back against the wall and slumped down into a sitting position to catch her breath. Her classes actually didn't start for a while, but she normally came in early to have some preparation time before class. The school was quieter than normal today, and Chiaki immediately took notice of it. She craned her head to see if she could see, or at least hear, the sounds and chatter of other students milling about in between classes. There really wasn't much going on so Chiaki thought nothing of it and continued to relax in the stairwell. That is, until she saw an eerily familiar penguin shaped shadow at the corner of the stairs. It was the same one she had seen that day on her way to school. She was determined to find out of her suspicions were true. Standing up quickly, Chiaki made haste in chasing the shadow. The shadow noticed this immediately and took off, keeping a good pace ahead of her. Chiaki continued her chase as the shadow led her down to the basement of the school. It was here that she finally cornered the owner of the suspicious shadow.
"Oh no! I really messed up this time, dood!"
"You're a…a…the penguin thing!" The name had escaped Chiaki from the shock of having actually encountered a prinny. She never expected to find one, let alone in the basement of her school.
"I'm nothing! You never saw me! I'm a figment of your imagination dood!" The prinny sputtered frantically, trying to feebly cover its existence.
"No you're not! You're a prinny! Oh man, where's Miroku when you need him?!" Chiaki rifled through her schoolbag and produced a camera.
"No! You're not supposed to know that I'm here dood!" The prinny yelled in distress.
Chiaki snapped pictures in rapid succession, partially blinding the prinny due to the flash from her camera. She now had the proof she had so long been searching for.
"Now I can prove to Miroku that prinnies exist. He won't be able to make fun of me anymore!" Chiaki cheered victoriously. She continued to frantically snap pictures of the prinny in the course of her cheers.
"Dood! Stop taking pictures! I'm going blind!" The prinny pleaded.
Chiaki immediately stopped snapping pictures. She didn't do so out of remorse as much for the fact that she had run out of space on her digital camera. She looked through her bag to locate the spare memory stick that she commonly carried around with her but couldn't find it. When she looked up from her bag, the prinny was gone. She knew it couldn't have gone far, considering it was partially blind. She went back up the stairs, assuming she would be able to catch it again. But when she returned to the landing, she found nothing and no one waiting for her. There were no traces of the prinny or how it could have escaped. But Chiaki wasn't upset. She finally managed to get concrete proof that prinnies exist. Chiaki immediately went upstairs, intent on showing the pictures to Miroku, who was probably in the hallways now, in the process of switching classes. The late bell rang before she could locate him, impeding her search. Her classes were about to begin.
"Of all times for my classes to start, it has to be now? I really wanted to show this to Miroku now, but there's no time. I guess I'll just have to catch up with him after school.
Chiaki headed towards her first class of the day, knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to focus on any of her classes for the rest of the day. Her mind was too preoccupied with the events that had just taken place. She couldn't help but think about the look that would be on Miroku's face when she shows him the pictures and finally proves to him that she wasn't just making things up. No, this time she would show him just how real prinnies were. So while Chiaki's day was finally going her way, a situation was about to erupt at the Overlord's Castle.
"Hey, you're back. Did you find it?" Etna asked as the prinny came wobbling into the throne room.
"No, I didn't have a chance dood." The prinny crashed into the wall in front of it as it spoke.
"What's wrong with you? Did you not see the wall there or did you just not believe that it was there?"
"I can't help it dood. I think that girl blinded me with her camera…"
It was at this precise moment that the prinny realized the major error in judgment it had made in telling Etna about the camera.
"You let some take a picture of you?! Are you serious?! I can't believe how absolutely retarded you are!" Etna shouted. She kicked the prinny with everything she had in her, sending it soaring out of the throne room, complete with a whistling sound effect.
"I'm sorry dood!" The prinny called back as it went flying through the air and out of the throne room.
"I have to find the prince! Now!"
Ooh, cliff hanger. Anyway, that's all for this installment of Disgaea: A New Overlord – Director's Cut. Comments and questions are welcome, as well as constructive criticism. Remember, anything that can't be covered in a review can be emailed to me and I'll get back to you ASAP. Until next time!