Parasite Eve II: Armegedon
The continuation of the story will be pushed back to chapter 21 onwards, so for now I'll be putting a little filler as I'll be having various characters from various detective and mystery-themed anime series to fill in while Neo-ZECT makes their next move.
A few days ago, ZECT Troopers arrived after Kunimitsu Tezuka summoned them as he arrived at the site where Drake was last seen battling a few Artificial NMCs, and he recalled what Mishima told him to do, but now he isn't sure if taking the Zecter from the fashion designer by force would be a good idea, and wondered if he should invite Koizumi to join ZECT, though he also wondered why his superior is not too keen in having Kyuu join ZECT.
As the "cleaning up" is ongoing, a person, aged 18, passed by and saw the scene, which he recognized them as ZECT, and saw Tezuka leading the operations and is now unsure what to think of this. He is Hajime Kindachi, and after seeing it, he opted to mind his own business.
"Well…none of my business…I don't see anything mysterious about ZECT doing their things…though it's a mystery to me why another Seigaku member joined that kind of organization…"
20: Subete no Tantei
Yokohama.
At Chinatown, Class S is there after having a day-off from DDS as they all decided to take a visit to the prefecture as the Li matriarch is going to meet them, and Sakura is being invited to meet hr, after Syaoran's mother wanted to chat with her, having accepted the Cardcaptor as her son's girlfriend, while Mei Ling invited Tomoyo to tag along, and so the three girls are off to Chinatown to take a leisure trip to meet up with Syaoran, who is going to meet them.
Tomoyo: "Ahhh…I'm going to record this…meeting with the in-laws…Sakura is going to blush big-time…"
Sakura: "Tomoyo…please, you're making me nervous…"
Tomoyo: "Relax…auntie is really a nice person…she'll welcome you with open arms…"
But all of the sudden, several persons blocked the three girls, and all resembled Shizuko, and surprisingly, one of them spoke to Sakura , in a clipped manner, though Mei Ling was suspicious to see several identical persons, as there are about four of them.
"Are…you…from…DDS…?"
"Um, yes…why do you ask?"
"Can we help you? Is there a problem you'd like us to solve?"
"Tomoyo…Sakura…get back…I recognize them…they're all resembling the late Shizuko Miyahara…! And I was told that…What the…? Get back, both of you!"
The four girls then underwent a transformation as the four girls, all resembling Shizuko, slowly revealed themselves as Artificial NMCs, and soon panic gripped the area as several bystanders are caught and devoured, while Sakura summoned her Star Staff and activated the SHIELD card, forming a force field around her two friends.
"Hey…Sakura!"
"Stay inside the force field and protect Tomoyo! I'll handle them…!"
Sakura then summoned the TWINS and had them face the two NMC while Sakura deals with the other two, but one of them attacked her from behind and pinned her down, and is ready to eat her alive as someone steps in and lend her an unexpected help. A violet-colored, long-haired man, wearing a trench coat, carries a blood-colored sword and slashed the mutant in half, freeing the Class S leader, wile taking his attention on the other.
"Guess you're not a Nightbreed, but then attacking people in my home turf is something I cannot allow. Off with you…and leave my territory alone!"
The man then went on to kill the remaining three NMC and soon peace is restored, and while Tomoyo and Sakura are grateful, Mei Ling saw this and had to ask him a few questions which the helper obliged to answer.
"Dan Detective School…? I see…I heard of you…"
"May we ask who you are and why is your sword looking like blood-made?"
"Tatsuhiko Shido…I'm a private detective assigned here in Yokohama…and my specialty is investigating supernatural cases…"
"I see…but this one is scientific-based…"
"So that's why I don't sense a supernatural aura… guess I'll leave it to you…"
And so the private detective took his leave seeing that this is one case his hands are off, and Class S left as well upon the arrival of ZECT Troopers as they started to clean up the "mess".
Steam City.
Ken Kitazawa and Momoko Akatsutsumi of Class P had just arrived to get some rare items that Professor Kitazawa needed to conduct an experiment to help look into what caused the spawning of the Artificial Neo-Mitochondrial Creatures. He knew that Kyuu Renjou is having his hands full. First is Neo-ZECT, who are after his life for the apparent reason of avenging Mitochondrial Eve, but he felt that there is something deeper than what he and the others heard about.
Now he heard that ZECT is not welcomed to the idea of Kyuu being recruited into their ranks. So now he'll have to help in solving the mystery. After all, the Powerpuff Girls Z are students of Dan Detective School, and they'll be going to help the "hero" in solving this mystery. The professor asked Momoko to accompany Ken into going to Steam City to get some rare items, and now they're here. Both are awed by the sight, but the industrial smokes were les enthusiastic to see.
"Wow…so this is Steam City…"
"Dad told me a lot about this but never in my life would I get to picture this for real…"
"Well…since we're here…let's get to business…"
"Right…"
And so the two Class P members are heading for the bargain district when they happened to saw a nun passing through carrying a cart covered in huge cloth. Being a good observer, Ken grabbed the cloth which exposes stolen jewelries, while Momoko noticed something underneath the nun uniform show she grabbed it and the nun tried to evade it, and in the process her disguise was exposed, revealing her to be the Crimson Scorpion.
At this point, two of her henchmen, Pasta and Doria shows up and Momoki guessed what they're up to so she went on the offensive, taking them on in hand-to-hand combat, holding them off long enough for police to arrive, forcing the Crimson Scorpion and her goons to retreat.
"Curse you, you brats! I won't forget this!"
The two Class P members glanced at each other as the three criminals escaped, while the police, led by Detective Onigawara, and questions the two until the pair's DDS badges were shown, which he realized that this is a good coincidence and thanked them for thwarting the robbery. As thanks, he said that the mayor will shoulder the bills.
After several minutes, the two DDS students are set to leave when the Night Phantom appeared, with Dr. Guilty at his side, leading an army of Megamatons as they started to attack Steam City. Momoko hid inside a telephone booth to transform into Hyper Blossom.
"In the name of my campaign…I will destroy Steam City! Dr. Guilty…destroy everything!"
"At once, Night Phantom!"
The city became a battle zone as Hyper Blossom fought the several Megamatons but the Powerpuff Girl Z leader was outnumbered and is starting to take a beating until an unexpected help arrive, and Ken recognized them.
"You…you're the ones who helped my friends a few weeks ago…!"
"Yeah…although there's just one Powerpuff Girl Z right now…"
It was Daisuke Aurora, who happened to come here at Steam City to buy some items until seeing the attack, so he told his partner, J, to help Hyper Blossom to even the odds.
"It looks like you'll be needing some punching power…"
"Yeah…thanks…"
The fight became even until more Megamatons showed up to surround the two heroes, until Steam City's resident detectives arrived to help. It was Narutaki and Gohriki. Gohriki assists the two in fighting off the renegade Megamatons, while Narutaki faces off against the Night Phantom.
"Night Phantom…you're going down! I'm arresting you for double murder!"
"In your dreams, boy!"
However, Hyper Blossom grabbed a wrecked Megamaton and hurled it towards the Night Phantom's ship, wrecking it and pinned him and Dr. Guilty down, and within minutes the fight is over, and Steam City is saved. The Night Phantom is finally captured along with Dr. Guilty.
"Daisuke…what should we do now…?"
"Buy some items…then we leave…"
"Detective Narutaki of Steam City…just want to thank you for the help…"
"Detective Aurora. You're welcome…"
The two DDS students then left as the suspects are now being taken away.
Tokyo.
At a local shop, the three members of CLAMP School's Elementary School Board emerged from a local laundry shop, as Suoh Takamura and Nokoru Imonoyama stared in an annoyed way their compatriot, Akira Ijyuin, who is dressed in a tuxedo with a black cape, which he had just washed it there and though it was freshly cleaned, he culdn't resist wearing it, in public.
"Seriously...do you have to wear it in public, Akira? Nokoru...please talk some sense into him..."
"Let him, Suoh...he did solve a conspiracy case in our school..."
"Your thanks are appreciated...after all, I'm Niji Kamen!"
Suoh and Nokoru sweat-dropped as the trio heads back to CLAMP School, passing by a 63-year old woman pushing an elderly man on a wheelchair and couldn't help but get amused by the three teenagers, seeing them made them recall their yester-years.
"Time sure flies...I sure wish I was younger...too bad I didn't have a son to inherit my..."
"No need...there is only one Twenty Faces...and that's you."
"Yes...you're right, Chiriko...let's go...your family is waiting for you..."
And so the two adults left and head to another direction.
Somewhere else in Tokyo.
A dozen Artificial NMC raided an underground tunnel for pedestrians, and killed a few pedestrians along the way, and the screams attracted attention of some persons, though those who responded aren't just a group of ordinary persons. Three teenagers possesses something not related to Mitochondria.
"Rei Gun!"
"Rei-Ken!"
"Jaou Ensatsu Kokuryuha!"
The three teenagers turn out to be the "Spiritual Detectives" known as Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara and Hiei, and their attacks defeated the Artificial Neo-Mitochondrial Creatures, but then a tense stand-off took place as Mask Rider Caucasus and Mask Rider Ketaros showed up with some ZECT Troopers, and a mild verbal mudslinging ensued.
Caucasus: "I appreciate your help…but please leave this to us. We have enough resources to deal with these monstrosities…you should go to school instead…"
Hiei: "Hmph…coming from a man clad in a gold beetle armor…"
Yusuke: "If you insist…but don't blame us if anything happened to you…"
Kuwabara: "If you have the resources, why didn't you solve this situation before this escalated?"
Ketaros: "That's our problem."
Hiei: "Let's go. We've wasted a lot of time here…"
And both groups went separate ways, but not before seeing the two ZECT fighters battling newly arrived ANMC, which Hiei smirked, seeing that Caucasus' arrogance would result to his downfall.
To Be Continued…
Hope you like the filler chapter...and this is just more than a filler, as in a future fic I'll be planning a fic where various detective anime characters band together to fight a common enemy, revolving around the Detective School Q universe…
Preview:
From chapter 21 to onwards, the plot will take a turn to a serious side as Kyuu is now thrust into a tug-of-war between ZECT and Neo-ZECT, while the secret of the Shibuya Crash Site will finally be revealed, bits by bits, and it'll put his family and DDS into conflict.
Chapter 21 will be upby the end of this moth or first week July, as I'll be typing chapters 21 to 30 within the next weekends…
Guest Appearances:
Here are the various detective anime/manga characters that appeared in a guest role in this chapter, some appeared in my previous fics:
- Hajime Kindaichi (Kindaichi Case Files)
- Tatsuhiko Shido (Nightwalker)
- Daisuke Aurora and J (Heat Guy J)
- Narutaki and Gohriki (Steam Detectives)
- Suoh Takamura, Nokoru Imonoyama and Akira Ijyuin (CLAMP School Detectives)
- Chizuko Mikamo and Niji Mensou (Niji Mensou no Musume)
- Yusuke urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara and Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Translation Notes:
- Niji Kamen (20 Masks)
- Niji Mensou (20 Faces)
- Jaou Ensatsu Kokuryuha (Black Dragon Spirit Wave)