Chapter 32
Last chapter Mariko and her group made it Tokyo where you met the twins(Haruhi and Haruko) and Riza. Three individuals that—thought aren't as twisted as Mariko—but still pretty twisted. Anyhow now Mariko has all the time and peace to think of a strategy to get her revenge on Savage…or so she thought…ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!
"Mariko-chan!" Haruhi and Haruko shouted, Mariko was up in her room working with a pair of soldering tools and her old remote control. At the sound of the twins shouting Mariko looked up.
"Eh?" She growled. The twins stood in the door way their hands clasped together tightly. They smiled.
"We're going to Harajuku," Haruhi began.
"With Riza-chan, wanna come?" Haruko asked finishing her twin's sentence. The two had a habit of doing that, and repeating themselves. Mariko shook her head.
"Not this time; I'm busy." She said returning to her work, "Maybe later ok? You three go."
"Aw but you just got here yesterday." The two cried. Mariko shrugged.
"Can't be help. Sorry." She said, the two girls sighed and turned.
"We'll just tell Riza-chan you're not going." The two said then walked off leaving Mariko to her work. As she was working she heard Riza's husky voice growling about how Mariko always kept herself in her work, Mariko also heard Tony's voice trying to sooth the three girls. Mariko sighed, and stopped.
"What's wrong Mariko? Problems?" Klarion asked standing over Mariko who huffed.
"I see you've made yourself right at home." She growled, Klarion shrugged as Mariko looked over to her desk as Teekl sat next to her controller.
"By the way are you sure you want to leave those three to fend for themselves?" Klarion asked, Mariko snorted.
"They'll be fine, Riza's as strong as a bull—thick headed too—and the twins…well as long as they're together everything is fine." She said, "Why?"
Klarion grinned knowingly but said nothing making Mariko frowned.
"What do you know that I don't Jigoku shonen?" she asked, Klarion turned and shrugged, summoning Teekl to his shoulders as he walked out the door.
"Oh I know plenty that you don't Miko." He said then waltzed out the door as Tony came in. Tony frowned as they past.
"When he grins like that I can't help but feel creeped out." He said, Mariko nodded and turned to her desk.
"When he grins like that it means he's having fun, which usually means someone is either in pain, or about to be." She said.
"Should we be worried?" Tony asked. Mariko shook her head.
"Nope; he won't touch my girls, he's smarter than that. Course you'd have to be a complete idiot to attack my girls," She said, "Not even Vandal Savage is dumb enough to do anything to them."
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"Riza-chan! Riza-chan." Haruhi and Haruko shouted hoping up and down. Riza frowned as the duo pointed to a shop.
"Let's go," Haruhi said.
"In there." Haruko shouted excitedly. Riza groaned the shop was a cutesy little boutique something she was never too fond of.
"No, let's focus on getting what's on our list." Riza said, "Mariko's gonna need this stuff yaknow."
"But Riza-chan," Haruko said with a pout.
"We'd have to go all the way to Akihabara to get that stuff." Haruhi said, Riza let out a growl of frustration.
"Why didn't you two tell me that?" she shouted, the twins crossed their arms.
"You've been around Tokyo longer than we have. You should know." They said, when suddenly someone walked up to them.
"Excuse me; have you seen this girl?" The figure asked holding up a picture of Mariko Miko. The person was male with black hair and sunglasses, he was accompanied by a group of people. The twins shrank back and went to hide behind Riza.
"Riza-chan, those people are looking for Mariko-chan." They whispered. Riza frowned.
"What for?" she asked staring at the small group. The two shook their heads, they didn't know. "You don't think they're from the Light do you?"
"Sorry, but have you seen this girl?" The boy asked Riza who stared at the group, her eyes landing on the rather large boy with the serious look of dislike on his face. Riza froze.
"Riza-chan?" The twins asked, then narrowed their eyes at the group.
"Who are you?" they shouted, the group stopped and looked to each other.
"We're friends of Mariko trying to help her." The boy said, "I'm Robin, that's Wally, Megan, Artemis, Zatanna, and Conner."
The two girls looked to the Robin, then to Riza then to each other.
"Robin?" They mumbled. Meanwhile M'gaan looked to Robin and tapped him on the shoulder.
'Those are the girls from Mariko's memories. The ones from…' M'gaan's mind trailed off. Robin frowned.
"We aren't going to—"
"We know what you're gonna do." Riza growled, "You aren't getting anywhere near Mariko-chan."
"Riza-chan!" The twins shouted, then the trio began speaking in Japanese. M'gaan translated.
"That's Robin, the one Mariko-chan told us about." The twins said, Riza scowled.
"So they're OK?" She asked, the twins nodded,
"A-ok!" they said in unison. Riza looked to the group looking them over before she sighed and glared.
"Alright we'll take you to Mariko-chan, but mark my words if you so much as look at her wrong I'll make you regret it." She growled, suddenly a blade shot the air Riza and the Twins and the Young Justice Team jumped back. They all looked up to see Cheshire.
"Friend's of yours?" Riza growled at the group as a sound of screams came out from above them.
"RIZA!" Haruhi and Haruko shouted as Gizmo grabbed them and put them into a techno-bubble. He grinned.
"I don't know what you snots have to do with Miko, but whatever it is; I'm gonna use it to draw her out!" he shouted.
"Haruko! Haruhi!" Riza shouted as Cheshire jumped down kicking her to the side.
"Aw, don't cry." She said, then hit her upside the head and knocking the girl out. She then turned to the Team.
"Tell Mariko if she wants her little friends back, she'd better show herself." She said, then threw down a smoke bomb as she and Gizmo made their escape. Then as if on cue, the communicator Mariko planted on Artemis went off. Artemis jumped in surprise then reached for it.
"Konichiwa! Or is it evening, heck if I can tell—anyway I'm sure you guys are in Tokyo by now right?" Mariko's voice asked, "I'm sure the airport security camera showed you I was coming here, my girls are out if you see them do me a favor—"
"Mariko Listen to me!" Robin shouted snatching the communicator from Artemis, "Gizmo's here, he's taken you're girls."
The line went quiet for a long time.
"Mariko—"
"Where are you?" Mariko's voice asked darkly. The group looked to each other, they weren't exactly sure where they were, signs not exactly being in English and everything they couldn't read anything.
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On the other line, Mariko grabbed her belt and placed it around her waist, she then yelled for Tony.
"Alright you idiots listen close; those girls mean a lot to me. So against my better judgment I'm going to need your help." She hissed, "I'm going to find Gizmo, and when I do; I'm going to rip him to shreds."
'Mariko don't you get it this is what he wants you to do. Stay where you are, we'll get them back.' Robin shouted.
"I don't care what the little twerp wants." Mariko shouted, "He wants me to show myself I will. Those are my girls and I'll be condemned if I let some snot nosed punk take them from me."
With that statement she ended the conversation, and headed out with Tony. He looked to her with confusion.
"What's going on? Miss Mariko?" He asked, Mariko whipped around and glared.
"What's going on is that someone was dumb enough to take what's mine," She growled, "Gizmo's kidnapped Riza and the twins. I'm going to make him wish he was never born."
Tony gulped, that was a darker tone than he ever expected Mariko to ever use. The anger behind her eyes filled him fear, pure rage couldn't compare to whatever it was Mariko was feeling. She spun around and grabbed a pair of keys and headed out.
"Gizmo's going to pay for this, pay in blood."
Kya! Mariko's scary, and she's about to get scarier. See what happens next chapter, when Gizmo gets a taste of Mariko on her home terf…also thank you to Molly Grace 16 for this wonderful idea! REVIEW! 'See you later armadillos—unless I see you first! Haha!'