Chapter 12: An Epic Rescue
Karin's life has really been hectic since she brought Link from Stitch's ohana. VanoDragon finds out about Stitch's kunoichi fetish and takes it out on Link while Karin holds the ultimate zakamon, the KomodoKyngzz, in her arms on her way back from Nagasaki. As she's sleeping peacefully on the bus ride home with Kyngg snoozing with her in her lap, the two are both completely unaware of the arising situation that will be bestowed upon them once they arrive. The rescue is all up to them and only them, but how they will handle this rescue is entirely up to her friends and Derryk.
After a good fifteen minute nap, Karin's cell phone rang and she jumped slightly at the sound of it before she slowly picked it up and answered it.
"Hello?" Karin greeted tiredly.
"Hey, baby." Derryk greeted from the other line. "Did I wake you?"
"Yeah. I was having quite a good nap. The fact that Stitch has a kunoichi fetish kinda wore me out from thinking about it too much."
"Damn. Well, anyway, Ibuki just figured somethin' out about Link's rescue."
"IBUKI? SHE'S ALIVE?"
"Yeah, baby girl. Ibuki's all better now, thanks to these two zakamon Mystii and Killaija found…"
"The Flashko and the Skorpishine?"
"…yeah. How did you know?"
"They told me about their findings ahead of time."
"Oh."
"It's okay, Derryk. We're all human… well, not really."
"Heh, heh. True, but listen. Ibuki just suggested that since these zakamon are sent down here from a far away planet for testing, then maybe you should provide the test for the KomodoKyngzz."
"Me? I was gonna hand him over to you when I got back!"
"Yeah, but Karin, you… are Link's only hope."
"… but…"
"Listen, baby. You're keepin' Link fo' mo' than just the money. I know it."
"…yeah. You're right. I… I actually love Link very much. He's like a little brother to me and… personally… I've never had such a bond like that with anyone before. It's such a… beautiful feeling to me and…" Karin started crying as she wiped her tears in between sniffles. "…oh, God! It just feels good, Derryk!"
"I know it does, Karin. Calm down now, a'ight? You can make it through this. We're all prayin' for ya."
"But… what if I need your help?"
"You won't need our help. You'll have Kyngg wit ya. That's all you need to help you. We'll be sure to deal with Stitch later after all this is done. We're countin' on ya, baby."
"…thanks, Derryk… and tell the others I said thanks. I won't let you down."
"I know you won't. Good luck, baby."
"Thanks again, Derryk. Bye… and please do pray for my safe return." As soon as she hung up the phone, Kyngg looked up at her with curiosity. He's only been up since she said that last statement and he missed everything. Karin sensed that and smiled, gently rubbing his smooth bald head for comfort. "Hey, Kyngg. You just woke up, didn't you?" Kyngg nodded. "Well, while you were sleep, Derryk just told me that we have to save Link together… without the aid of the others." This made the KomodoKyngzz squeal with nervousness as he started to shiver. Karin picked him up and held him in a loving hug as she continued. "I know you're nervous about this, and honestly, so am I. Marshall is not the easiest person to negotiate with, but with your help, we can overcome his obsticle. Leave Link's rescue to me. Any distractions you may have… you can use your ultimate power to get rid of them. I can deal with Marshall alone, just to keep you safe. As soon as I free Link, you take him to the safest place you can find until Marshall is dead and the entire business of VanoDragon is permanently shut down. I'm counting on you, Kyngg. Can you do it?"
"…Jai!" Kyngg replied after thinking hard for a moment. "Hakuvi nirvaja abootil thysi, bhat hakuvi khanki doeux itovo." (Translation: I am nervous about this, but I can do it.)
"That's the spirit. Just a word of caution, though. Not many people understand your Zakarravonian language, so try to refrain from speaking. Okay?" Kyngg nodded. "Good. This should be a piece of cake, then. Let's wait until the bus stops across the street from the VanoDragon Headquarters instead of the bus stop we were at before."
Meanwhile, at the VanoDragon HQ…
Link was literally shaking like a leaf when he saw what Marshall was holding in his left hand while he was typing for a moment on his computer. Marshall was holding a needle with a mysterious clear-as-clean-water substance that filled the needle half-way. Jason watched the poor experiment shiver with horror as Marshall chuckled.
"Heh, heh, heh… this is perfect. Injections don't count when it comes to the deduction damages of Link's price tag. I'll be sure this won't hurt." He quoted with confidence. Jason cleared his throat before he spoke.
"What exactly is that, sir?" He dared to ask. Marshall chuckled again.
"It's an injection that turned Link into a vicious monster version of himself. He'll be five times taller, ten times stronger, and twenty times smarter! He'll be unstoppable and not even Karin wouldn't wanna challenge him. This is perfect!"
"Are you sure it'll work?"
"I'm sure it will. I know Karin is coming to rescue him, so I'll make a challenge for her. It'll be priceless to see her own pet devour her entire body!"
"Meega no wanna be a monster!" Link cried with horror. "Meega love Karin! She meega's big sister!"
"Well, it'll be really sad to see you eat her alive once she arrvies."
"NAGA!"
"Awww, no need to be afraid, Link. It won't hurt a bit. Hee, hee, hee, hee!" Marshall slowly approached Link with the most devilish grin ever to be feared. Link tried to back away as far as he could, but by the time he made it to the wall boundary of the cage, he instantly started to cry like a newborn baby, leaking tears of extreme fear like a pair of waterfalls, hoping and praying that Karin will not lynch her, regardless of his soon-to-be monsterous appearance. Marshall opened the cage and carefully grabbed the scared experiment by the nape of his neck, slammed him down face first towards the desktop, and without any hesitation, he stuck the needle in Link's left arm. Link didn't feel the needle, but he felt the painful burning of the formula entering his bloodstream. He cried even louder, nearly hurting Jason and Marshall's ears.
Meanwhile, back at the hospital at the entrance…
Everyone was just walking out and was just about to go their separate ways until…
"…WHAT THE?" Ibuki screamed as she felt a mysterious aura. This made everyone stop in their tracks. "What the hell is this?"
"What is it, Ibuki?" Mystii asked.
"First of all, let me start by saying that it's only on moments like this where I wish I wasn't a ninja. Damn aura. It's bothering me."
"Hmm… what do you feel?"
"It's Link… he's suffering. Marshall's giving him something lethal."
"Oh, no." Derryk muttered. "What are they doin' to him?"
"I… I don't know."
"Damn! Let's hope Karin can help him."
"That's the problem, though. I just figured it out… I figured out what Marshall's doing to Link…"
"…..."
"…he's turning him… into a monster…" This statement made everybody gasp with horror, still hoping for the very best for Karin.
Five minutes later…
Karin and Kyngg just arrived right across the street from the VanoDragon Headquarters. When they both stepped out of the bus, Karin immediately froze in her steps and started growing tears in her brown eyes. She could hear Link's cries of help and extreme pain.
"Link…" She whispered with sadness and determination all at the same time before she gently placed Kyngg down on his feet on her right side. "…Kyngg, are you ready?" The determined KomodoKyngzz nodded in response. "They better not be doing what I think they're doing… or they will really face the wrath of a Kanzuki! C'mon! Let's rescue Link!" After that was stated, the two dashed into the main gates, thanks to Kyngg's hidden and extremely flexible front limbs.
Five minutes later…
Karin found a nearby wall and hid behind it as she saw some guards coming by on the other side. Kyngg was able to make the same manuver while he waited for further instructions. Karin took a quick peek around the corner and saw three guards just standing there with two more guards just approaching them for a decent conversation. She nodded with satisfaction before she quietly kneeled down before the KomodoKyngzz and whispered to him.
"Okay, Kyngg." She started. "We've already got five guards in target. Here's the plan on how we can rescue Link and do your Zakamon master a favor in your test simultaneously. Extinguish those guards in any way you can, just as long as you can keep them away from my progress of rescuing Link. Don't destroy the security cameras, though. I want your master to have every piece of evidence of your test, so we can deliver the tapes to him later. As for me, my focus is entirely on Link and Marshall. Don't let nobody interfere. I want to kill him myself. Understand?"
"Jai." Kyngg replied.
"Good. Now, knowing VanoDragon, there's only one other path to Marshall's office: through an unsupervised tunnel. It has no cameras, no microphones, no telephones… nothing. I will take that path to his office while you deal with the guards above ground. Leave no man alive."
"Gatii itovo." (Translation: Got it.)
After the plan was fully assembled, Karin ran towards the secret entrance to the special tunnel, which was a very clean laundry chute. She was able to fit into it as she slid down towards the tunnel. As for Kyngg, he decided to make the attack sneaky before chaos would begin. He stepped out from behind the wall, but the guards still didn't notice. This was the perfect opportunity to stretch out his front tentacles and playfully tap on one of the guards' shoulder. When that guard turned around, he saw Kyngg and, seeing his sinister smile with the big black eyes, he screamed at the top of his lungs before Kyngg pulled himself towards the same guard with a huge spike growing out of his stomach before it fiercely stabbed him in the head, killing him instantly. This sent the other guards running for back-up, but Kyngg showed them no mercy as his tentacles formed into a pair of plasma machine guns and he was just shooting them in a massacre! The alarm sounded and this sent more guards out to try to kill Kyngg. He sensed more guards coming and leaped for the grid ceiling and turned himself invisible to hide himself from the incoming guards… and give them a surprise that they will all die for.
Meanwhile, with Karin…
She continued to run through the dim lighted tunnel towards the ladder that takes her up to Marshall's office. She was approximately ten miles away and, due to her determination, she never showed no signs of tiring out nor slowing down, but the lights that were further ahead seemed like they knew where she was going and after she ran three out of the ten miles left before her desired destination, the remaining light bulbs blew out, leaving her in complete darkness. This made her instantly screech to a complete stop, but she showed no fear. Just anger… as she stood there in the darkness.
"Damn!" Karin muttered. "Right when I was getting so close! I sure hope Kyngg didn't alter the fusebox up there in the middle of that fierce battle he's in. Hmmm…" She paused as she took a quick glance at the path behind her. She saw that the previous lights were still on and fully functional while the bulbs she was in right now were broken. As soon as she was about to conjure up a plan…
CLICK!
The previous lights that were on just blew out as well and this pissed off Karin even more.
"Well, there goes better hopes." She quoted with sarcasm. "Now what?"
"Looking for someone, Karin Kanzuki?" Asked a mysterious, but wise talking Stitch-like voice that was at a higher pitch. She was startled as she panicked, looking around for the owner of that voice. When she looked forward, she saw three sets of glowing eyes along with three individual glowing patterns floating with the respective eyes. The first set of glowing eyes were magenta with a glowing pink nose, glowing inner ears in the shape of a tiger cub's, and a very unique pattern of glowing bright pink stripes. The second set of eyes were colored blue with baby blue and rounded glowing inner ears, much like a ferret's, nose, front legs, and back legs. The third set of eyes were green with glowing jade green inner ears of the typical wolf pup and a bright neon green glow at the tip of its tail.
All three of these mysterious glows puzzled Karin, but before she could ask the three glowing patterns, that same voice came again.
"Do not be afraid, young fighter. We come in peace." It said with tranquility.
"Who are you?" Karin asked. The pink stripes moved closer to her and, when she finally had a good view of who it was, she was shocked as it sat down right in front of her feet. "Oh, wow. You're… a tiger cub?"
"I am not a tiger cub. I am a Tiglow. You may call me Tygol."
"You're a zakamon, aren't you?"
"Yes. Me and my two other brothers you see before you are all zakamon. The blue theme of glowing comes from the Ferreglow. His name is Fiirveesté. The wolf pup one is the Wolfaglow. His name is Valtoa. We are the GlowBros in our master's manner of speaking. What is ailing you, Karin?"
"…uh…"
"You seem intrigued by our appearances." Fiirveesté commented in a normal voice similar to Stitch. "You do not fear us?"
"No. My boyfriend and I are searching high and low for you zakamon creatures and you are not opted out of the finding list. Do you three live down here?"
"Yes." Valtoa replied in a deep male voice. He was the one brother that didn't sound like Stitch. "Many days ago, our master, Zak, sent us down here in hopes of being proven wrong about you Earthling scientists saying that we're not able to survive in your planet… and to test our abilities to you Earthlings. When Marshall heard about us, he immediately tracked all three of us down from an abandoned factory we've landed in before and imprisoned us here, where nobody should find us. Somehow, you have… and you say that you are looking for us. For what purpose?"
"Derryk and I are collecting you all for that purpose of proving to scientists about your existance… and in hopes of getting sentimental value out of you all."
"Ahhh, I see. Did you hear that, brothers?"
"Indeed." Tygol replied. "She does believe that we can live here on this beautiful planet. Well, since you do come in peace after all, what do you want from us in exchange?"
"I'm looking for Marshall." Karin replied. "Speaking of him, he has my pet alien, Link, held hostage and he's probably hurting him in a disciplinary action that's not forbidden in the Extraterrestrial Bluebook Restriction List. He's worth a lot of money, but that's not the reason why I'm saving him. You see… at first…" Karin paused as she sat down before the three glowing zakamon before they sat down and paid very close attention. "…I didn't know he was worth so much, but when I brought him from Stitch, I had a feeling that he could be. The moment I found out… that was the beginning of everything. I've… developed a sisterly bond with him being my younger brother. We may be different species, but he's just part of my heart. Usually, I'm self-centered at these money situations, but something about Link made him more than just a living moneybag. I just want him back. He's never hurt me, he respects me, he respects Derryk, he respects my fellow Street Fighter comrades, and most of all, he loves me. So, to simply put it, Link is officially another part of my family. He's… he's not a pet anymore. He's my brother."
"Mmmmm…" Fiirveesté hummed in deep thought while Tygol and Valtoa were silent, taking in the emotion of Karin's story. "Sounds like it's a desperate rescue. We shall assist you."
"Really? You will?"
"We fear Marshall more than you do. Killing him would be very mandatory for you to do and as soon as Link is safe, we'll keep watch of him while you destroy that evil CEO. The furthest we can take you is to that ladder at the end of this tunnel and you shall climb up to challenge Marshall himself, but the rest is up to you. We believe in you, Karin Kanzuki."
Karin was emotionally moved by the glowing ferret's request and she happliy embraced all three of them with loving tears before she slowly stood up and, with Tygol leading the way, she made her way to the ladder. When she arrived, Tygol purred against her leg for comfort before she climbed up with determination and confidence, but no sign of fear.
Meanwhile, back outside in the main halls…
Kyngg was breathing heavily as he was just standing there right after he just finished off the last security guard. All 350 guards, including 50 snipers, were all dead with blood, body parts, and decapitated heads all over the halls. Only little amounts of blood were staining the KomodoKyngzz, but he didn't care. To him, that was a sign of victory. He cheered on the inside with a smile on his face before he headed for the same secret tunnel Karin just took and, seeing his Tiglow, Ferreglow, and Wolfaglow cousins down there, he decided to stay with them until Karin's mission was completed.
Seconds later, in Marshall's office…
"MARSHALL!" Karin screamed with bravery as she just got to the office floor and stood up from the ladder opening. "Your reign stops here!"
"Ah, Karin." Marshall greeted in an uncomfortably polite manner as he sat there, as if he was expecting her for a simple conversation. "I've been expecting you. Care for some tea?"
"What?"
"You see, Karin… I've been calm about this final encounter. I know you've heard some… bloodcurdling screams… from Link before you got here, didn't you?"
"Yes. What did you do to him? TELL ME!"
"Oh, I'll tell you in a moment, my dear… but before that, I want you to meet someone… someone you love so much. Oh, Link!" After that last call, Link walked out from a door behind the confident Marshall, who showed a cocky smile. Karin could not believe what she was seeing. Instead of seeing the same cute little Link she remembered, she saw a monsterous eight foot tall extremely muscular monster with most of his appearance, including the glowing red eyes that were now infused with evil. He was led out of the door by Jason, who held a chain that was attached to monster's neck. Karin couldn't believe it as she stepped back with shock and fear. She knew she had to fight Link, but she didn't want to hurt her brother. "Meet the new and improved Link. I think you'll find him to be… monsterously… smart. Heh, heh, heh, heh!"
"No…" Karin began to form tears in her chocolate brown eyes. "…WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? CHANGE HIM BACK!"
"I can't obey your order, Karin. Link belongs to me now and there's nothing you can do about it. If you were to hurt him now, tons of his money would go down the drain and it would mean massive bankrupcy to you indefinately. I expect the battle to end quickly, so…" Marshall stood up ever-so-calmly before he approached Link, unhooked his chain collar, and gave him a pat on his rock-hard right shoulder. "…give it to her, Link… and I'll make you my new accomplice." Link replied with a growl that could send chills down your spine before Marshall and Jason left through the same door Link entered in and, as soon as the door was closed and locked, Link roared as he picked up the desk before him and hurled it at Karin, who gracefully dodged it while she still remained on her feet, looking up at the monster with worry.
"Link, you know it's me, Karin. You don't have to fight me." She tried. Link didn't listen to her as he rushed for her like a rampaging gorilla before she dodged out of the way again, puzzling him for a moment before he turned around and snarled with hunger as massive amounts of drool poured out of his sharp jaws like a waterfall. Karin wasn't intimidated by the drool, but the evil glow in his eyes kept her at a safe distance as she continued to talk Link out of it. "You know you love me, Link… and I do, too. We've haven't done much together since I purchased you, but I'll treat you like a prince. You deserve it. You are not… a pet anymore. You're my brother… and I will treat you that way. Just come to your senses. You have to believe me, Link."
This statement made Link freeze for a moment through realization. He shook his head to snap out of it before he rushed for her again. This time, he grabbed her by her abdomen and she screamed with fear as she was at the moment where she would have her head bitten off. As she was slowly being pulled into his steel trap jaws, time seemed to have stopped as she was in deep thought about Marshall's words. He did say that any amount of damage to Link would also damage his bluebook price tag, but that would also result in her becoming Link's dinner. After a few slow seconds, she wiped away her tears of fear and replaced them with her determined smile and, at that very moment Link was about to bite down, she quickly pulled out a crowbar from the shelf to her right and used it to block the bite and completely stop it in its tracks! This shocked the monsterous alien before he was fiercely kicked on the chin, making the crowbar fly out and release his kung-fu grip on Karin before she landed on her feet professionally.
Link was taken aback by the sudden kick before he regained his senses and tried to punch Karin in the face. She blocked it with her wrist before she counter-attacked with a strong punch of her own right on his nose, making it bleed. This made Link whimper with pain before he was grabbed from behind by his not-too-long tail and was thrown to the steel floor on his back hard, making more blood spill out of his mouth and nose. Deep inside, she felt really bad about doing this, but she kept her game face on the outside as she waited for the alien to stand up. After five seconds, Link finally stood up with even more determination than ever. Karin showed no signs of slowing down as she awaited her next attack.
Link roared with fury before his red eyes lit up and fired a bright red laser at Karin, hoping to shoot her down, but once again, she successfully dodged it with a graceful backflip before she quickly counter-attacked with a tackle to his chest, knocking him down towards his back again and she tried to give him another good punch, but Link blocked it with his huge fist before he picked her up by her punching arm and flung her towards a bookshelf, like she was a ragdoll. The impact caused the entire bookshelf to fall, creating a painful pile of books overtop of the unconscious Karin. She was knocked out for a good five minutes before she finally bursted a fist through the top of the pile and crawled out of it, like a zombie escaping from the grave. This shocked Link as he took a few steps back with fear, but before he could even roar for help from Marshall, Karin unexpectedly pulled out a pistol and shot him in the abdomen, knocking him out into the same unconscious state she just woke up from.
It was all quiet now as Karin was breathing heavily, still standing in a bent over position for about a minute, before she collasped to the floor, dropping the gun on her way down. Her exhaustion came from her vigorious efforts of bringing down the monster. She has never fought this hard before… not since Street Fighter Alpha 3… and it really took a toll on her energy as she just laid there in silence. All that was heard was her heavy breathing. Deep inside, she really felt sad about what she just did.
I can't believe I shot my brother. Karin cried to herself in her mind. I know that caused a major downfall in his price tag, but I don't care. I'm rich enough anyway, but still, is my zaibatsu continuing to go down the tubes because of this? Am I the one who the public should be blaming? Should I die? No… to all of those questions… because I know… nothing happened… and nobody knows about what just happened in this building.
At that determined statement, Karin finally gained the energy to stand up and dust herself off as she said to herself verbally:
"Good thing there was a gun hidden in that bookshelf."
After she said this, she slowly walked over to the unconscious Link, who was still a monster. As she kneeled down towards his unconscious body, she smiled in realization. She knew that Marshall used a monster vaccination that was immune to everything positive… except kisses. With that thought in her mind, she kept her smile as she moved a bit of her long, curly, and blonde hair out of her way before she gently planted a soft kiss on Link's forehead with every last ounce of her love. When her lips parted from the head of the alien, he slowly started to glow a bright white light and this made her stand back with caution. She still kept her smile as she watched his transformation with happy tears slowly preparing themselves to escape. She was so focused on the scene before her that she never noticed Marshall and Jason peeking into the cracked door. Marshall was shocked and couldn't believe what was happening while Jason smiled.
Back at the scene, the bright glow was gone after a slow fifteen seconds and Karin was overjoyed by who she saw. She saw Link himself… back to his adorable alien self again, but he was still unconscious from the gunshot wound, which was completely healed. She started to cry happy tears as she approached the little alien brother of hers and embraced him with all of her sisterly love, gently nuzzling her face into his belly with extreme happiness.
"OH, LINK!" Karin started as she continued to cry. "I'm so glad you're okay. I don't mean to hurt you, but it had to be done. I hope you can forgive me once you awaken from your gunshot shock."
"NOOOOOOOO!" Marshall screamed with anger. "THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! How did you figure out the cure?"
"Love can make me do things, Marshall." Karin never looked at the angry CEO. "Evil people, like you, have to get used to the idea."
"THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!" Marshall paused as he pulled out a gun of his own and cocked it as he aimed it at Karin's head. "YOU WILL DIE FOR THIS!"
"Humph! Go ahead. Waste a bullet on me. It won't make a different once you get arrested for your crimes. The police are on their way right now."
"ARRRRGH! I WON'T STAND FOR THIS! DIE, YOU MANIACAL BITCH!" As soon as Marshall was 99.99 percent close to pulling the trigger…
"MEEGA NA LA KWEESTA!" Screamed a familiar alien's voice from above the office. This made Marshall freeze in his tracks, but before he could turn towards the source of the voice, he was shot in the head twice, in the chest three times, and in the neck once by green laserbeams, rendering him dead. Just hearing Marshall's dead corpse plop onto the floor made Karin's happy tears escape at an even faster speed. Jason didn't even budge. He was actually glad that Marshall was dead as well. He smiled as he looked up at where the lasers came from and he gasped.
"Stitch?" He exclaimed. As if on cue, Stitch jumped down from the ceiling in his outfit he wore when he escaped from the Galactic Alliance, all four of his pistols in all four of his hands, before he placed them away. "Wha… how… I thought you were…"
"Meega left Kasumi." Stitch admitted with no sense of emotion in his voice. This shocked Karin as she turned around fast, still holding the unconscious Link in her arms. "Meega thought she was my favorite, but something suddenly came up."
"What happened?" Karin dared to ask. Stitch blushed a deep purple as he looked at the floor with shame.
"Meega hurt Kasumi's feelings. When I told her that it was all just a fetish for sexy kunoichi, she felt like meega was cheating on her and left me."
"Well, serves you right, Stitch. Betraying Kunimitsu like this. How could you?"
"It was like meega's glitch. Couldn't control it at all."
"That's still no excuse to cheat on her. So, before I ask you why you helped me, let me ask you this. Will you remain in Kunimitsu's heart forever?"
"Ih… double ih. Meega promise. In fact, meega won't even touch Ibuki."
"Good… and please don't. She's really not interested in you, even though you're the most adorable thing she's ever seen."
"Ogata. Do you think sexy Kuni will forgive meega?"
"I believe she will… without a doubt."
"Phew!"
"Now, why did you save me?"
"After Kasumi left meega, I was on my way back to the airport to go back to ohana, but when I heard that gunshot earlier, meega had to come and help. I thought you got shot, but you shot my cousin!"
"He's okay, Stitch. I didn't hit any vital organs on him and, besides, I'm rich enough already. I don't really need his money, even though my Zaibatsu's going down."
"Oh, naga! Didn't you hear? The police heard everything from outside! Now that Marshall's gone, the money siphoning is gone. Your zaibatsu is safe again!"
"YES!"
Five minutes later, outside the VanoDragon building…
"Karin Kanzuki." The male news reporter started. "Your zaibatsu has been going down the pit of bankrupcy for quite a while and now, it seemed to have stopped since Stitch killed Marshall. Do you think the police should file charges against him for this?"
"In reality, yes… but since he did this in order to shut down VanoDragon altogether, I would say no because he didn't do this in self-defense. It did this to help me." Karin replied with confidence.
"Powerful words from such a powerful Street Fighter. Now, as for Link, do you still plan to keep him, despite losing practically every single cent in his bluebook moneybag, due to the amount of damage you did to him?"
"Yes. You see, throughout this entire situation with VanoDragon, I've realized that Link is more like a little brother to me than a pet. He does act more like a human most of the time and he hasn't stopped this behavior since. Even though I've been busy trying to get to know my boyfriend along the way, he actually respects me. Personally, I think this entire experience assembled our sibling relationship."
"Awww, that is very touching there, Miss Kanzuki. Now that all of this is over, what do you plan to do next?"
"Well, first and foremost, I'm hooking back up with Derryk, my boyfriend. Now that everything's done, I can stay focused on him for a while. As for Link, he can accompany us everywhere we go, just to make the interaction much more fun for him. As far as Derryk's zakamon collection goes, he's in a high stride. I've been helping him increase his collection along the way, even without knowing it half the time!"
"Really?"
"Yes. You see, throughout the whole journey, I've encountered the Reptilio, the Ibukyxx², the Kunimito, the Geckomystii, the Megkillacroxx, the Tiglow, the Ferreglow, the Wolfaglow, and the KomodoKyngzz. Every single one of those creatures will be in safe and very humane settings once this wraps up. I know Derryk has already gotten the Skorpishine and the Flashko, but I haven't seen them yet."
"Well, this certainly is a huge accomplishment for you. What about Kunimitsu and Stitch's relationship? Have you planned on how you're going to fix this?"
"I… have an excellent idea…"
Twenty minutes later in the Street Fighter HQ's living room after the interview…
"Now, I want you two to turn around with smiles and apologize. Stitch, I'm keeping a close eye on you and your mischevious behavior." Karin instructed. She was standing within the crowd of the other Street Fighters, having Derryk's strong arms wrapped around her shoulders, Ibuki standing next to her with an adorable smile… and her hair out of the ponytail with a headband instead, and Link standing in front of Karin at her feet with a smile as well. "You may start whenever you two are ready."
Kunimitsu sighed, still keeping her back turned towards Stitch, who had his back facing hers. Stitch decided to start the conversation.
"Kuni?" He started shyly.
"What?" Kunimitsu replied in a cold tone of her deep voice.
"Meega sorry. It was just a fetish…"
"…but it was still unforgivable. Do you know how much pain you've caused my heart to have?"
"I know, and meega is very sorry." Stitch finally turned around, still seeing Kunimitsu's back. "Won't you forgive me?"
"…" Kunimitsu bowed her head as she sighed with uncertainty. This worried the blue experiment as he slowly crawled up to her, climbed on her back, and gave her a soft kiss on her neck, sending her head tilting back with passion.
"Please…" Stitch tried between kisses. "Forgive meega… mmmmmm… and I promise… that I will never… ever… cheat on you again."
"…oh, stitch…" Kunimitsu finally smiled as she gently grabbed Stitch by the scruff of his neck and held him right before her face, looking into his sad, black eyes. "…I forgive you, baby. We still may not be able to see each other, but you will always remain in my heart forever. I love you, Stitch."
"Meega love you, too, Kuni." After that last statement, the two lovers passionately kissed each other with every last ounce of their love. This got the Street Fighters, except Karin and Ibuki, applauding at the scene before them. As for the two newest best friends, they just smiled as they held hands in friendship together. Link started crying happy tears for his cousin as he embraced Karin's legs for comfort.
Rescue mission complete.
To be continued…
(HA! You thought that was the end, didn't you? I thought so. Anyway, one more chapter to go and it's a not-so-quick wrap up… maybe. Please review, ya'll… and tell me what ya think. See ya until next time.)