The Hartman Chronicles Season 2 Chapter 9
"Adrian! I missed you!" Aki said as she hugged me.
"I missed you too Aki," I laughed. "How did you get in here though?"
"I came in here with Umi, I just didn't want to make my presence known yet."
"Fair enough," I said. "Now let's all go get ice cream to celebrate the return of Aki and Umi!"
"Yay!" Kyoto exclaimed. "Where could we go though"
"I know of an ice cream place about twenty minutes from here," Momo said.
"Then let's go!" Aki smiled, cheerfully.
"Alright, just try and keep up!" Momo laughed and bolted out of the factory. We demorphed and gave chase. Twenty-seven minutes later we came to our destination. Evening was beginning to fall upon Tokyo.
"Alright what do you girls, and Calvin, want?" I asked when we entered the ice cream shop.
"Vanilla," Calvin and Lavender said.
"Chocolate!" Abbie and Fudge cheered.
"I'll have Strawberry," Umi said.
"Mint for me," Aki replied.
"Chocolate Chip Cooke dough!" Kyoto said as she licked her lips.
"I'll have Cheesecake," Lisa spoke in her southern twang.
"Peach cobbler for me," Momo said.
"Caramel," Tiramisu replied.
"Cookies n' Cream," Nashi called "The best flavor ever!"
I rolled my eyes, "I guess I'll have Butterscotch"
I went up to the counter to order the ice cream, and returned with it.
"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to be outside"
"You don't want to eat with us?" Calvin laughed, "I'm offended!"
"You know what else offends me? Your face," I joked back.
"Real classy, Adrian"
"I know right?"
I walked out the door and began to eat my ice cream. After looking, I saw two, oddly familiar, people on the sidewalk. One was a seventeen year old in shamanistic garb with war paint on his face. The other was a female, about eighteen, with black slacks and kung fu shoes. She was also wearing a white muscle shirt. She had white skin, brown eyes, and long, curly brown hair that went to her shoulders.
"Long time no see Shira," The Shaman laughed
"Caleb?" Shira smiled. "Caleb, is that you?"
"The one and only!" The Shaman laughed. "How about we have a little battle, for old times sake?"
Shira smiled and took out an Ipod, she ripped out her ear phones and the Ipod began to play Fei Long's theme from Super Street Fighter Four.
"So we're using your theme huh?" Caleb laughed as he got into a fighting stance.
Shira nodded and got ready to brawl.
"Ladies first!"
Shira nodded and tried to jump kick Caleb. Caleb caught the kick and proceeded to throw Shira to the ground. Shira got up as Caleb tried to punch her. Shira proceeded to land several punches to Caleb's chest before sliding under him and landing a blow to his spine. Caleb stumbled forward, but turned around and punched Shira. He then attempted to grab her. Shira dodged, her feet caught out fire and she landed a high kick to Caleb's face. Caleb body slammed Shira onto the ground. Shira kicked Caleb high into the air and jumped into the air herself, landing a flaming jump kick to Caleb's chest.
"You're not the only one who is in touch with the elements." Caleb smiled. He grabbed Shira as a firebird surrounded him. "Phoniex Dive!" Caleb yelled as he and Shira plummeted toward the ground. Before Caleb reached the ground he released Shira from his grasp. Shira landed face first into the sidewalk. Caleb fell on her sitting Indian style; he held up his palm and said "The elements have spoken". He jumped off Shira and placed both feet on the ground. Shira staggered up, holding her arm. She took a defensive stance.
"Is that all you got Caleb?"
Caleb ran up to her and tried to land a punch. Shira easily blocked it and punched Caleb several times in the stomach, she did Bruce Lee's famous "one-inch punch" and sent Caleb into a street lamp. The shaman fell unconscious, a few seconds later he woke up.
"Good fight," he said and walked over to Shira to shake hands.
"You too Caleb," Shira smiled.
Caleb sat down and the wind went picked him up, he rose into the air, "It was nice seeing you again"
Fei Long's theme ended as Caleb went away.
"Oh right, he has minor control over the elements," Shira said.
Shira turned around to see me.
"Adrian!" she exclaimed and ran over to hug me. "This day is just getting better!"
"Hey Shira," I smiled and finished my ice cream.
Calvin and the Mew Mews came out of the café.
"Calvin!" Shira exclaimed.
"Shira?" Calvin asked. "Long time no see, how are you?"
"I'm great!" Shira smiled.
"Who is this girl?" Abbie asked with a small hint of jealousy and wrapped one of her arms around Calvin's.
"Her name is Shira, she used to be in a street fighting circuit with me and Adrian," Calvin explained.
"Wait, Shira? The one they call the next Bruce Lee?" Tiramisu asked.
Shira nodded, "Indeed."
Tiramisu's eyes lit up, "Oh my god I'm your number one fan!"
Shira laughed, "Really now? Well I'd love to know a bit more about why my biggest fan likes me so much."
"Well, it all started last year when I saw your first movie!" Tiramisu said. "It was so awesome! I wanted to be just like you!"
Shira blushed due to embarrassment, "Did you like my acting?"
"It was the best!" Tiramisu exclaimed. "You're just so awesome!"
"You guys feel like hanging out?" Shira asked
Tiramisu's eyes began to sparkle brightly, "There are so many places we could go!" She began to list them all off and was interrupted.
"Let's just go back to the Mew Mew café." Nashi said, "It would save us the trouble of having to listen to you."
"I heard that is a good place to go to for hanging out," Shira said.
"What are we waiting for?" Calvin smiled "Let's go!"
We started off to the Mew Mew café. About forty-one minutes later, we came to the place where we all worked. We walked inside and took a seat at one of the large tables.
"So how did you become a Kung fu action star Shira?" Umi asked.
"Well, I had wanted to be an actor all my life. I was going to go to acting school, but unfortunately, my family fell on hard time and I had to stay home and find a way to make money. I was furious and had to take my aggression out on something. That was when I saw a flier for a minor street fighting circuit and decided to join it. In that circuit I met Calvin and Adrian. During a street fight with another member of the circuit, a director saw me and said I had "potential to be a great action movie star". She got me a role in the supporting cast for one of her new Kung Fu movies. That movie was my ticket into the business. The movie received horrible reviews, but every critic agreed on one thing, that I, Shira, was the "Next Bruce Lee". I soon had movie contracts coming at me from right to left. Seeing as I could now return to my passion of acting, I quit the circuit." Shira explained.
"Sounds like an interesting story." Nashi smiled.
"It is," Shira laughed, "By the way Adrian, you never did introduce me to these girls."
With a nod, I stood up and proceeded to introduce Shira to all of the girls.
"Pleasure to meet you all," Shira smiled.
"Pleasure to meet you too," Lisa said.
The Chimera Alarm went off.
"What the heck is that thing?" Shira yelled as she covered her ears.
"An alarm that signifies an alien attack," Calvin said.
Ryou ran into the café, "Listen ,there is another Chimera attack at a street corner nearby! There is supposedly a movie being shot there! I need you to make haste!"
"Will do!" Umi saluted. "Alright Mew Mews move out!"
We nodded and stood up.
"Mew Mews?" Shira asked with a puzzled tone, "No way!"
I slammed my fists together and laughed "Yeah way!"
I went into my Mew form. The others shrugged and went into their Mew forms too.
"Awesome!" Shira exclaimed. "Now let's go!"
We ran out the door and turned a few corners before coming to the right one. There, before us, was a woman who had a snake tail in place of her legs was. A girl turned around and looked at Shira.
"Shira! Thank god you're here!"
"Hey Laura," Shira smiled, "You need someone to beat this bad girl down?"
"Indeed."
"Tell them to roll the cameras! I want to remember this fight for ages to come!"
"You heard the girl! Turn on the cameras!"
Shira started to run toward the snake-girl, "And Action!" she said as she landed a jump kick to the snake-girl's chest. She jumped over the snake girl and kicked her in Nashi's direction. Nashi took out her hammer.
"Ribbon Nashi Slam!" Nashi yelled and hit the snake-girl in the stomach with her hammer. The snake-girl went flying but crashed into a nearby by building. "Aww…only a single that time.".
The snake-girl got up and slithered towards Nashi. Calvin looked at Abbie.
"Ready?" he smiled.
"Ready!" Abbie said and drew the wolf tooth from her necklace, which then turned into a spear. "Ribbon Truffle Strike!" she said as she hurled the spear at the snake girl.
"Nightwolf Barrage!" Calvin said and opened fire with his pistols. The bullet formed a twisted spire around Abbie's spear, and when the attack hit the snake girl. She had a spiral shaped scar on her chest. The snake-girl hissed and slithered toward Abbie and Calvin.
"Ribbon Fudge Quake!" Fudge yelled and held her egg shakers in the air. The shakers began to vibrate, slowly as first, but picked up speed as pink sparks flew from them. There was a flash of bright, pink light. The snake-girl was blinded for a few seconds. Shira took advantage of this and jumped into the air. She landed a flurry of kicks to the snake-girls head before landing on the ground.
"Ribbon Shark Mirage!" Umi exclaimed as she played a melody on her flute. A tidal wave crashed down in front of Umi, which turned into two sharks made of water. The "water sharks" sped towards the snake-girl and blasted apart on contact. I cringed, remembering how I was accidentally hit by that attack and how much it hurt.
"Ribbon Peach Blossom!" Momo said and shot an orange, flower-shaped, fireball out of her staff.
"Ribbon Lemonade Rush!" Aki said and summoned a tornado. The tornado sucked up the fireball and became a twister of fire which flew towards that snake-girl. The snake-girl barley dodged the attack. The girl whacked Momo and Aki into a wall with her tail.
"Siberian Cannon!" I said and shot a blue fireball at the snake-girl. The snake-girl dodged that too.
"Tiramisu, do your stuff!" I called.
Tiramisu nodded "Ribbon Tiramisu Rebound!" Tiramisu drew her bow and played a long, consistent high pitched note. The snake-girl stumbled around in confusion.
"Ribbon Lavender Shot!" Lavender exclaimed as she shot a pink, heart-shaped pellet at the snake-girl. The pellet made contact and the snake-girl began to glow white. She turned into a seventeen year old female.
"We did it!" Shira cheered. She went over to Tiramisu and took out a picture of herself. She proceeded to sign the picture and gave it to Tiramisu. "For being such a cool gal."
Tiramisu took it and almost fainted. I chuckled.
"Wow Shira, it looks like you have one of your first fan girls!"