The weekend had come and Tomo wasted no time in waking the other two Numbnuts up at an inordinate hour of the morning.

"Hey, Osaka!", she screamed into the phone reciever. "Get over to my house immediately. It's important! Kagura is coming as well."

"Aww...c'mon Tomo can't cha' just tell me on the phone?", Osaka whined.

"No! It's a matter of national security!", Tomo protested.

"Uhnngg...fine.", Osaka said and the connection clicked closed.

Nearly 15 minutes later Numbnuts #2 and #3 stood before Tomo's front door. Tomo answered the door as cheerful and happy as she is at any point in the day. Kagura and Osaka on the other hand barely had their eyes open.

"Ok, what the hell could be so important as to get us up at 7 A.M.?", Kagura asked.

Tomo snickered and smiled triumphantly.

"You know that Katsu guy, right? Well, I've figured it all out!"

"Really?", Kagura and Osaka said in unison.

"Yep, I've figured out that he's...", Tomo paused to look suspiciously around in case of the marginal chance that someone would be listening in on their conversation. Yet, she lowered her voice anyhow.

"...an alien!"

Kagura and Osaka gasped in terror and amazement.

"I knew it!", Osaka spouted.

"Hold on a sec. How did you figure this out?", Kagura questioned.

"Follow me my uneducated companions and I shall teach thee.", Tomo said and led the others into her kitchen where she picked up three DVDs from the table and spread them in front of her.

"I've been doing some research.", she explained.

Kagura noticed that the names on the DVD's read Men in Black, Mars Attacks!, and War of the Worlds.

"So...you're saying you think he's an alien because you've been watching American movies?", Kagura asked.

"No, no, no. I had my suspicions beforehand but these movies just strengthen my theory!", Tomo said.

"But movies ain't real...I dun get it...", Osaka said.

"Well, what would be the first place aliens would attack? America of course! It's big and stuff. They wouldn't come here cuz Japan is small and boring. So my theory is that America is already overrun by aliens and now they're spreading! Think about it! Katsu even beat Sakaki in P.E.! That's evidence enough for me!", Tomo said.

"Wow!", Kagura said, her eyes widening.

"Yer right Tomo! We can never be too careful...", said Osaka.

Tomo nodded intelligently.

"What do you think we should do?", Kagura asked.

"One thing I noticed is that, in every movie the aliens all had a weakness. We just have to find Katsu's weakness!", Tomo explained.

"Ya mean like we get to poke him in the eye with stuff? Or like...get 'splosives or summin?", Osaka asked.

"Maybe..but first we have to investigate and look closely for his weakness.", Tomo said.

"How do you think we should do that? It's not like we can do it today, being the weekend and all.", Kagura pointed out.

Tomo just laughed.

"Oh, you silly girl. You see, when we were spying the other night I saw something that made me think. When Kaorin and Katsu were at the doorstep one said something that made both of them blush. Now tell me, what would make them blush?"

"Cheesecake!", Osaka suggested.

"Umm...Kaorin blushes all the time about stuff I don't even know.", Kagura said.

"Not even close. I think that one of them asked the other on a date! And when do people usually have dates? The weekend, of course! And where do people go on dates?...", said Tomo.

"Canada!", Osaka interjected.

"Not quite! They go to the movies and then to dinner!", Tomo laughed like an evil villan. In fact, she had picked up her laugh from watching far too many spy films.

"So you're saying we should...", Kagura began.

"We should hide out outside Kaorin's house tonight and when she leaves to go on her date we follow them! We'll get to see how he REALLY is!", Tomo said with no loss of enthusiasm.

"If he's an alien do we get to make an American movie?", Osaka asked.

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Kaorin woke up gleeful and by midday was as perky as she had ever been. Perky with a side of nervous, of course.

"Today's the day. Today's the day!", she kept repeating in her head.

Indeed, today was the day for her date with Katsu. 6 P.M. he would arrive at her house and they would go see a film at the local multiplex and then go for a romantic dinner before heading home. And Kaorin spent the rest of her afternoon making damn sure she was ready. She threw her favourite powder blue skirt, green top and matching blue jacket through the wash twice to make sure it was spotless. She had taken at least three showers and had done her hair up in five or so different ways before deciding to leave it as it normally was. Truly, she never thought she would be this nervous about her first date. She had never even imagined going on that date with anyone but Sakaki. Yet, she was happy that Katsu liked her for her. She didn't have to be nervous around him like she was with Sakaki. As she struggled into her short blue jacket she heard a knock at the front door.

Six o' clock had come far too soon.

She caught her breath and opened the door to meet Katsu.

"Good evening, my good lady. You look gorgeous tonight.", he said with a flamboyant bow and a smug smile.

Kaorin laughed openly at his display, leaving her with a warm feeling afterward.

"Shall we?", he said holding out his hand.

Kaorin nodded and took his hand in hers.

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After an afternoon of heavy planning and the construction of various drab and camoflauge outfits the Numbnut Brigade hid in the same bush they ahd used earlier to spy on Kaorin. There they sat. Tomo in her dark gray and black vest and slacks that she said would make her a 'Master of the night'. Kagura in a faded pair of jeans and a black tight shirt. Osaka seemed to have missed the point and simply wore a set of old lace curtains over a set of navy blue overalls and she topped it all off with an antenna-like tin foil construction which she placed atop her head to "...block out the alien mind waves from fryin' my brain".

"You better be right about this Tomo. We've been sitting here for almost an hour!", Kagura complained.

"Just sit tight! It'll happen...", Tomo said.

Almost as if one cue, Katsu came into view under one of the streetlights.

"Told ya'!", Tomo said in a whisper.

All three, even Osaka, watched intently as he knocked on the door of the house and Kaorin came out to join him. After a few moments they joined hands and walked off into the encroaching darkness.

"Let's go!", Tomo commanded and the three poured from the bristly bush and into the road.

They observed as the couple took a shortcut through the park. Tomo, being the brilliant mind she is, decided it would be a splendid idea to cut them off by heading through the backyards of a few houses in order to come out at the other end of the park so as not to lose them.

"Tomo...should we really be doing this?", Kagura asked as they vaulted through the backyard of one house.

"As long as no one sees us we're ok!", she answered before tripping unceremoniously over some ugly yard gew-gaw.

A light flicked on inside the home just as the three escaped into the next yard. From then on they managed to be more careful. Even so, it didn't take long for them to reach the other side of the park.

"Do you see them?", Kagura asked as they stood looking up the dirt path into the park.

"Well, we can't lose them! C'mon!", Tomo said and ran into the forest alongside the path.

The others followed, not in the stealthiest of ways. Tomo then came to a stop and held up her hand to silence the other two.

"Look!", she whispered, pointing.

Walking under the park lights came Kaorin and Katsu, chatting amongst themselves, oblivious to the girls alongside them in the woods. As they walked by Tomo nearly shouted in amazement.

"Look at that! His shadow!", she gritted her teeth.

"Holy crap!", Kagura droned.

"So he is an alien...", Osaka said.

As they passed under a set of lights their shadows were thrown in contrast upon the light dirt. Kaorin's shadow was as it would normally appear. Katsu's on the other hand looked far larger than him and seemed to have spines and horns protruding from his head and middle back area.

"C'mon we can't let them get too far!", Tomo said as she watched the couple exit the park and approach the shopping district where the movie theater was located.

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As much as she hated to admit it the fact that Kaorin had immediately become engrossed in Katsu was a bit disturbing and unnerving to Sakaki. She didn't pin the feeling up to jealousy she simply felt a strange concern for the poor girl. As if she couldn't just let her jump into a relationship so quickly. She had been letting it bother her lately. The feeling had even invaded her dreams of idolized cuteness.

'I just need some time to clear my head.', she thought.

She came to the conclusion that a movie would do just that. The night was warm and calm and perfect for a film and a walk to let her mind wander and focus on other, less depressing things.

'A perfect night for a movie.', she thought, smiling as she approached the theater.

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