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The following is a non-profit fan-written story. Demon King Daimao and its characters are not owned by me, it's owned by Shotaro Mizuki, Artland, and Sentai Filmworks. Support the official release.

Author's Note:

It kind of annoys me that people (mentioned in two reviews) really want Akuto to appear again, even though this is meant to be Keena's story, from her point of view, and basically, this fanfic is meant to be fun and how there's rarely major action girls like how I interpret Keena in this fic. You'll still need to wait for Akuto (and Junko) to appear in the near future. While it's nice to finally have feedback, I'd rather have feedback on how I manage the characters and story, not that a certain main character hasn't appeared majorly yet.

I'm taking my own path of it and I'm proud of it, mostly because it's real fun this way, developing characters that weren't developed like Lily and Michie and taking my own spins on them is indeed part of the fun. You gotta deal with it on some things, so there's my two cents. Once again, this is not Akuto's story, it's Keena's, proving that she can be compatible while also actually having friends who talk to her and develop alongside them, again, something that canon heavily lacked. With that said, enjoy this chapter as well.

The main group of six all sigh as they're outside of the principal's door. They were just in a conversation with the principal in revealing their powers to the whole Superdome in New Orleans only two days before.

"How weird is it that my spell affected every single one watching the game except the Academy, but then again, we can't really fool this place…sorry guys…" said Keena.

"Eh, don't sweat it, Keena-kins." said Gavin.

"Besides, doing nothing would be unforgivable." said Michie.

"True, but…we all also sort of missed point on what he said." said Lily.

"And what's that?" said Kanna.

"You see, our grades…haven't been the best."

"Oh right…but it's not like we're goofing off or anything, we just do tons of action." said Arnoul.

"Ah! What a pain! I'm okay with reading, but still!" said Gavin.

"We need to at least ace some good grades by studying, dare I say, harder than usual…it's a bit tricky-picky, though." said Keena.

"Hey…" said Kanna.

The rest of the group then look at Kanna as if it seemed like she was about to say something important.

"…"tricky-picky" sounded like pickles." Kanna said as she chuckled.

The rest of the group groaned.

"My, bad, my bad…just trying to cheer up you all up after all that."

Arnoul then pats her head while smiling, "It's okay, Kanna. I understand your humorous being."

Kanna blushes, "T-thanks…"

The rest of the group watch over with a ponder while all also having cheeky smiles.

"Hm? What's with the look of your faces?" said Arnoul.

"Hee hee~, nothing, don't mind us~." said Keena.

"Nothing suspicious at all~." said Gavin.

"Please, go on~." said Lily.

"Yes, please~." said Michie.

"Ooookay, then…" said Arnoul, still patting Kanna as she barks softly.

[Opening]

Sarakedase tetsu no tobira wo
Oshitaosu chikara ga hoshii no sa
Baacharu na sekai ni damasareru mae ni
Iza akushon yobisamasou, saa ryoute wo sora he to kazase

Force, force
Kowarenu chikara wo kure
Force, force
Abaiteku chikara wo kure
Force, force
Tobira wo akehanatsu
Chikara wo ataeta mae

Force, force
Aisuru chikara wo kure
Force, force
Tachimukau chikara wo kure
Force, force
Tobira wo buchikowasu
Chikara wo ataeta mae

Give me force, yeah!

Episode 18: "Out Of Hiding"

Fujiko Etou is seen reading a book at her lab, grinning in anticipation on what attack she should choose for her "grand return".

"Okay, let's see…hm, too many good things at once…"

Fujiko's brother, whose head is still on a jar, continues to standby watching. Although his eyes are stitched and closed, he's able to feel how she acts and moves. "You know, Fujiko, I dunno why you even bothered to arrive in this Academy if you already had devilish plans and all. In fact, I don't think they even know that you keep me here."

Fujiko sighs, "Oh, hush. Just because I'm in the Academy doesn't mean I don't care. Mom just wanted me to enroll here simply to improve my abilities, although it's quite obvious that I don't need that crap."

"I still also wonder about you trying to avenge me and all."

"Well, you're sort of revived, aren't you?"

"Geez…you somehow seem suddenly uncaring for me."

"Is "kissing the jar" not caring?"

"No, that's just wrong…but I do admit I like that."

Fujiko couldn't help but chuckle at that statement, "Oh, that's rich! That takes "giving head" to a whole other level! I can't believe never—wait; I'm not really the joking kind of person. I'll abort the joke then."

"Speaking of caring, whatever happened to your Akudo admiration? First you wanted him to turn into the Demon King because then you wanted to take his powers, but suddenly you actually decided to want to love him, and now…you're back to your first objective."

"Because I suddenly felt like no one could take me threatening or seriously at this rate. I mean, look at me; long purple hair, sexy looking figure, scary-looking face, yeah, I fit the bill alright."

"And being in orgies."

"ONE TIME, BROTHER, THAT WAS ONE FREAKING TIME!" She then clears her throat. "Geez, it's like people only know me for being in that." She groans frustratingly.

Her student handbook is heard ringing. She's a bit taken back by the call, but she then picks it up.

"Hello?"

The caller is revealed to be Eiko, "Huh, so you didn't disappear after all, Fujiko."

"Well, well, look who came crawling back…or however alteration of that saying goes."

"Just so happens to realize you still existed. I've been making moves, screwed up alternate dimensions and even gained an arch enemy in that Soga girl. You, on the other hand, have been doing squat."

"I was just getting to that. My style is more subtle and careful and relies on tricks rather than quick strikes."

"Well, I figured that would still make you qualified to join us at CIMO8."

"Oh, ho, ho, thanks for the offer, but I can handle myself. I feel like I've rebirthed—only without the baby part. But, ta-ta for now, greenie~." Fujko then hangs up the call.

Back with Eiko, she shrugs as Yumi watches, "I warned her. And she just called me a dumb nickname."

"Oh, let her be. In fact, why do you even need to team up with her? You two don't seem too friendly yourselves." said Yumi.

"We've really only spoken a few times. She even knew immediately that I wasn't attending the Academy for studies, but for digging a little bit of dirt."

"It's like a friend you never even had tea with…such a shame."

"How's Xavier?"

"Considering after what happened back on the other Japan dimension, indeed you were right…we have to keep switching his head weekly, otherwise his brain will dissolve into mush…literally. Interestingly, it's surprising that he still doesn't know that. Poor Samantha has to pretty much keep reminding him as he keeps having weird dreams."

"Like what?"

"He…"

"Yes…"

"He once dreamt that he was a woman."

Small pause as Eiko looks a tad distraught.

"Well, whatever, it's not like it'll become reality." Eiko chuckled evilly.

"Oh, hush."

Back at the Academy around the late afternoon, Keena and Gavin are seen reading some books in their dorm room, trying to study.

"Darn…kinda stinks that we all can't study together, but we gotta follow the rules." said Keena.

"I do find it weird that an Academy that can make you learn magic and other cool things also makes you teach yawn-inducing themes like advanced math…" said Gavin.

"Well, it just seems about right, isn't it? I mean, it's like having a cooking class, but you also learn about firering guns, it's just that weird."

Gavin laughs a bit "You sure like combining unrelated things and making them sound awesome."

"I don't think I was even trying", Keena laughed back.

"Wait, no time to joke around, we gotta study!"

"We gotta keep our eyes on the prize! The A grade!"

"Come to think of it, we don't really need to try that hard, right? A "B" would consider on an improvement."

"Yeah, I get you, otherwise it'd be a tad too suspicious…or maybe too clichéd, whatever it goes. Besides, the next test isn't until Monday."

"Sure, let's consider today our "lucky resting day"!"

"Agreed, Gavin-gins!"

They stand up triumphantly on their bed as they say that, but then resume reading anyways.

"On second thought, I was starting to get into these cool-looking statistics thingies. " said Keena.

"Thank you, Gottfried Achenwall!" said

"Actually, it was Sir John Sinclair who translated it for us."

They then stop to realize what they said.

"What was that?" they said at the same time.

Meanwhile, with Lily and Michie, Michie returns back from her usual movie reviewing, looking rather disappointed.

"Roman Coppola directing and Charlie Sheen as the main star…oh boy, was it bizarrely bad." said Michie.

"Was it "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation" bad or "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" bad?" said Lily.

"More like "Branded" bad, only without the "subtle" fat people insults."

"Yeowch."

"But hey, that's what the fans wanted, and I even finished writing after only 15 minutes. That's how much of a letdown that film was."

"Well, now that you got that out of the way, let's study. Reminds me of when last year we did this quite a couple of times, but not that we're a couple, it'll be even sweeter."

"I just hope I don't get a dream sequence of the sexual variant and that it'll last for too darn long."

Lily gives Michie and peck on the lips and a hug, "I'm here, Michie. Don't get dragged down by the silly things, and besides, we'll all just see cool movies in the near future."

Michie then chuckles, "Yeah, my bad, I mean, maybe it's because of the director. Usually, he has inspiring films, so filmmakers can't be perfect."

"Gah! Maybe I should have tried a statistics joke with the review today!"

Lily blinks, "Don't let it get to you, partner."

In Arnoul's room, she just came back from a bathroom break as she closes the door.

"Sorry for that bathroom break…I just needed a little bit out of me-" she said, interrupting herself as she then notices Kanna sleeping on her bed.

"It took only 4 minutes, what a record…"Arnoul mumbled. "C'mon. Get up."

She then notices up-close that Kanna is almost naked, with fur covering around her, meaning she's currently in some sort of half-human and half-dog form. She able to be heard snoring.

"How does her clothes disappear while doing that? I do admit she looks rather adorable, but no time to gander."

She then notices her shiny butt as Arnoul grins a bit and proceeds to pinch it, causing Kanna to jump out and fall out of bed to the floor, but then quickly stand up.

"Why'd ya pinch me, huh?!" said Kanna.

"Calm down. I just thought that I might as well tease you a tad bit, you snored like a pitbull."

"Oh…wait…is my fur conveniently covering up my nipples?"

"Yeah."

"And my yani?"

"You don't need to say that word in a completely different language, you know. Also, yes."

"Phew…" She then turns back into full human form. "You know, I've always wondered how I magically get my clothes back."

"Uh…yeah, so did I."

"Oh yeah, I remember now, you weren't there, but Keena said about a week ago something that goes like this…"

She then gets a thought cloud, with Keena appearing as she says, "Maybe your clothes touch your intestines, only you don't feel them, but maybe they're like removing weird body tissue. Or was it molting? Wait, but Kanna's a dog, so is it more like flead going inside the flesh to remove it? Wow, that's surprisingly complex."

The thought cloud then poofs off.

"Quite the valiant words, huh?" said Kanna.

"That seemed more like a word puzzle…" said Arnoul.

"No worries, though, I won't sleep this time. Maybe being with you will make my eyes more wakey."

Arnoul chuckles a bit, "True that." They then fist bump.

Back on Fujiko's lab, she finally is able to find something resourceful in her book.

"I think I found the perfect monster to debut my act against Keena and her friends with." said Fujiko.

"You sure you didn't just find some sort of poison to inflict them?" said Fujiko's brother.

Fujiko sighs, "I know, but where's the fun in that? And besides, I might as well pull in effort in my attacks."

"Well, that'll be the only time I'll warm you about it, then. Don't come to me to beg for help."

"Well, excuse me, Ricky Verona."

"Oh, ha ha…" her brother replied sarcastically.

"Well, I'll be on the way, then. Time to summon my weapon to show them I can still be one hell of a villain!"

She then snaps her fingers to teleport. After a couple of seconds, she suddenly teleports back.

"Yeah, I knew you'd forget the cape." said her brother.

"I'm just starting again, damn it!" said Fujiko, as she grabs and wears the cape, and then teleports once more.

Her brother sighs once more. "And how I can be Ricky Verona when I actually can speak coherently…"

On the cafeteria, as the evening sun is seen, the main group all unite on a table to talk for a while as they also eat.

"And now, the "Ricessiah" shall confiscate this perfectly made rice and see if it can stand up to my own usual rice cooking." said Keena as she takes a bite of the rice with curry. The rest of the group looks on with dramatic curiousness.

"It's A-OK~!" she said as she said it with a thumbs up. The rest of the group laugh wholeheartedly.

"Was that another comedy act, or was it serious?" said Michie.

"Well, I started noticing how dramatic I can be when it comes to rice, so maybe, just maybe, I could make the rice like some sort of prop gag...no wait, that's overdoing it."

"Aw, it's cute enough as it is~." said Gavin, giving her a peck on the lips.

"How's the study session going?" said Lily.

"Oh, it's not going too bad, but…we admit the math logic's more fun when it comes to the historical stuff." said Keena with a cheeky smile.

"In other words, we suck with numbers." said Gavin, also with a cheeky smile.

"Well, it's better than nothing." said Michie as she chews on a bit of meat.

"Just as a small advisory, I actually am studying, too." said Kanna.

"I believe it. We aren't the kind to exaggerate, and besides, you're with Arnoul." said Lily.

Kanna slowly nods, but also blushing. Arnoul also tries to ignore by chewing a tad louder. This causes the group to think a bit.

"Hm…now that I think about it, they've sure been a tad closer than ever before." thought Keena.

"Arnoul always seems to want to pat her anytime she gets. Huh…" thought Gavin.

"I dunno if she's imaging Arnoul as a big sister, or maybe…" thought Michie.

"Them paired up would be rather amusing, but best not to make it a major focus…" thought Lily.

Kanna notices them a tad too observant on her, "Are you all somehow spacing out At the same time? And I thought I do that every once in a while."

The rest of the group all then chuckle a bit. Suddenly, a familiar alarm is heard ringing.

"No way…could Eiko be nearby?!" said Kanna.

"There's only one way to find out!" said Keena, eating all the rice in one go, then drinking water so that she doesn't choke. "Let's go!"

It's revealed that a rather interesting appearance bear of 40 feet with slight lighter outlines is running amok nearby the city of Portland, damaging building and streets. The good guys are able to fly to there, approaching the bear.

"Well, that's suspicious…how could a bear be that big, and why a bear, even?" said Lily.

"Maybe CIMO8 hires big, maybe mutated animals now?" said Michie.

"Why do you think it's mutated? I don't think size works like that." said Keena.

"Look a bit closer, it looks rather bright…"

"I think I've seen that kind of design before…could it be an Ursa Major?" said Arnoul.

"Like in the constellation?" said Gavin.

"Correct. Now it's life-sized."

"Gonna be kinda tough as nails, then…" Keena said, taking a deep breath. "But we have to save the city no matter what! Let's try splitting up in three groups!"

They all then nod as Keena and Gavin fly right in front of the bear, Lily and Michie surround the bear from behind, and finally Kanna and Arnoul land on the ground to try to attack its feet.

"Go!" Keena shouted as Kanna starts off turning into dog form, running up to the bear's knees, trying to bite hard with her steel-like teeth. The bear, oddly, doesn't react with pain as it swings its leg to try to get her off. Lily uses her stretching powers to punch the back of the bear, as a "Clank" sound effect is heard Lily groans from the pain, "Ow~! Either this bear has taken tons of milk and red meat…or it's a robot."

The bear then opens a latch from its back, full of holes.

"Oh, good, now we won't feel bad kicking it's ass." said Michie in relief.

"Um, Michie. We better fly. Far away." said Lily.

Heat-seeking missiles then launch off from its back as Lily and Michie fly up above to try to steer the missiles as far away from the city as possible. The rest of the group then notice the missiles from the back of its back, and are able to see Lily and Michie fly away

"It's a robot bear! We better really hit it hard!" yelled Keena.

She then punches the bear hard, causing the bear's head to spin its head three times, and by the time the head returns to its original position, it blasts laser beams from its eyes, but Keena and Gavin are able to avoid it. The bear then swings it's claws at them as they dodge the claws in careful fashion.

Meanwhile, up above, the missiles then explode as the blast try to reach up to them to the point that the clouds then vanish away from the blasts. Luckily, only the smoke reaches up to them as they cough a bit.

"Well, you don't see that every day." said Lily.

"I've seen a masochistic man made of rubber. This is normal to me." said Michie.

Keena and Gavin start to punch at the bear as she punches the head, and Gavin the chest. Arnoul uses her minigun to try to keep shooting its legs, but to no effect. Kanna is swung down to the ground.

"You okay, Kanna?" said Arnoul.

"All okey-dokey here…maybe we should have acknowledged the bear better…" said Kanna.

"It's like some weird guerilla marketing gone wrong!"

"No matter how much I keep mashing it, I can't seem to put a dent on this thing!" said Keena.

"I'll try something!" said Gavin as he then moves up to the bear's face and attempts an elbow drop on one of its eyes, hoping to break it somewhat…however it doesn't work. "Damn, I can't blindside it!"

The bear then is just about to flick him with it's fingers as Keena then quickly rescues him, grabbing his hand, making the bear accidentally flick between the eyes.

"Okay, bad idea. Next time, remind me that." said Gavin.

"Will do, but something tells me I'll now do that myself. Wait a sec~." said Keena as she releases his hand. She then raises a fist and spins around, she then yells out, "My new move! I call it the Red Rad Tornado!"

She launches off to the bear's face, as she uppercuts it right on the jaw, causing it to backflip, landing on the ground.

Gavin then hugs his girlfriend from behind. "I knew it, I knew it, I knew it~!" he said as he also laughed.

"I wanted to call it "Sassafras" , but I figured it'd sound too cheesy." said Keena.

Lily and Michie then finally return down, "I saw that! Good work, team!" said Michie.

"Well, ain't no prob. Now we gotta know if the people here are all okay…" said Keena.

Michie then uses her supernatural powers to detect the whole population of the city. "I don't sense any fatalities, although there are people hurt."

They all sigh in relief.

"Also, the bear's about to get up!"

As she put it, the bear slowly gets up to its feet, although stumbling slightly. The group all then join together up on the air.

"We just gotta hit it hard a bit more and it'll fall!" said Keena.

The bear, however then points its claw at its direction.

"Oh, it's mad now!" said Kanna.

"Maybe we should try to point it back?" said Gavin?

"Or maybe it just wants to fight me and only me?" said Keena.

A chuckle is heard, "Actually, it's pointing to the real mastermind of this!"

The voice is revealed to be from Fujiko, who is literally only 10 feet behind them, also flying on the air. Her cape flows dramatically, as she has a very evilly confident look on her face.

"Y-you actually came out of hiding…" said Lily.

"You did this, didn't you?!" said Keena.

"Yes, in a matter of fact, I'm 101% responsible. The extra 1% is added for the heck of it."

"But why? Last I saw you, you simply went head over heels for—"

"Akuto? Yes. And I realized that maybe that was rather damn idiotic for me to drool over him. In fact, Keena, we're not so different, you and I."

"If you're trying to say that we're similar in some way, I, no, us won't believe you!"

"Oh, how hypocritical. Didn't you call me "big sister" once?"

"Because I was oblivious! Come to think of it, are you working with Eiko on this?!"

"Hold the presses, Keena. First off, no, I'm not involved with Eiko in any sort of way. Second, thanks to quite a handy crystal ball of mine, you're the chosen one to kill off the Demon King now, and due to a break in tradition, there won't be another unfortunate soul to have the Demon King "responsibility". You gotta do it before November, though."

"Let me guess…you want to defend him still?"

"Correct. Think of me as one of the loyal guardians of him, even if he doesn't know it yet. But unlike before, where I just take advantage of him, I'll just proudly take the honor of possible Demon Queen to spread even more chaos and maybe even do the job for him! It's foolproof!"

Small pause.

"Wait…you don't know?" said Lily.

"Eh?"

"Yeah…turns out Korone already covered us on that…Akuto and Junko already have tied the knot." said Keena

Fujiko couldn't believe her ears. "S-she's surely kidding, is she?"

"Nope. They got married in Estonia, of all places." said Michie.

Fujiko responds with a twitch, and then starts a barrage of laughter that lasts for about 30 seconds. The group ends up being confused about this. As this happens, the robot bear quietly releases tiny microbes from one of its holes from it's claws. The microbes then stick to the back sides of the group.

"Was she this crazy when you last met her?" said Gavin.

"Lovesick, yes, but not like this…" said Keena.

After Fujiko stops laughing, she clears her throat. "Well, I can just let that slide, then. Because even if you'll defeat the both of them, I'll be officially crowned Demon Queen! And that's without having to marry the Demon King!"

"That can't be how it works!" said Lily.

"Oh really, Ms. "I kissed the Demon King"?"

Lily then attempts to lunge at her, the Keena, Gavin and Michie all hold her steady, "FUCK YOU!", Lily yelled.

"Yeah, thank you for that. There's no denying that if indeed both the Demon King and Queen dies, I'll be replacing them for possible eternity! If you deny me once more…I'll try to blow you all to smithereens."

"Y-you're really mental now, aren't you?!" said Keena.

"Well, that counts as one, then. See ya…if you can survive."

"Wha…?"

"Go on, my organisms."

"How in the—"

The microbes then explode, causing severe harm to the group as the tattered clothes show most of their body with bruises and even some blood, as the 5 of them then begin falling down, crash-landing to the ground. However, Arnoul remains flying, only getting a few scratches, looking in heavy concern.

"Oh yeah, you're a Liridan, so you're not entirely affected by explosions like those."

Arnoul snarls, "What the hell was that?! Are you going so far as to hurt everyone as much as possible simply because of your inane delusions?!"

"I wouldn't call it "inane"…I'm at least being confident about it. My groove is no doubt back in play, you fool."

Arnoul then very quickly fires off 5 quick rounds from a magnum gun which was able to catch Fujiko by surprise as all 5 rounds land on her right arm twice, twice on her left leg, and one on her right leg.

"Ah…wh-what…the..." Fujiko groaned, as she struggled to keep flying.

"How appropriate that these 5 rounds hit you."

"Know what? I still don't care…this'll just make me prove I can lose as much blood as possible, and still stand up!"

"And before you mention the bear…"

The bear the runs right at Arnoul's direction, but then she then finds in her bag her huge railgun, quickly firering it with only one hand at the bear. The electronic projectile causes the bear to malfunction and setting off small explosions. It then splits in half from it's waist, falling to the floor.

"…there's your answer."

Arnoul then gasps as she notices her Liridan tail being yanked by Fujiko.

"A cheap victory is still a victory." said Fujiko.

Arnoul then falls down as she's shut down due to the yanking, also crashlanding.

Keena opens her eyes a bit, noticing Fujiko on the air.

"Well, might as well get the hell outta here. I'll feel good while sleeping tonight. Gah…as long as I take these bullets off me, I mean…" said Fujiko.

She then snaps her fingers, teleporting back to her lair.

"D-damn…we lost just like that? This isn't like Eiko and company…this is a whole different ballgame...j-just what we need…" Keena thought.

"Gavin, Lily, Michie, Kanna, Arnoul…hold on…we'll learn from this loss and hopefully it'll never happen again…and when we get the chance, Fujiko…we'll win against you more often…I can guarantee that…" she continued.

Ambulance sirens are heard nearby as Keena closes her eyes, joining her friends in unconsciousness.

[Ending theme]

I must apologize for not participating in symmetry
But it's been such a struggle to win entry to this industry
Put simplistically it sickens me for my lack of contributions
I hope to tighten loose ends with new sense and end this nuisance

I think it's more
More than I can take
I don't exactly know just what to say to you
That I haven't said before

And it feels just like I have been more than
Patient enough with wasted breath on bluffs with no bread to touch
Soon enough, much of what I give will become the unstable crutch
Then who would you get to lend you a new menu of gifts
To spit quick and then shift to the next on your list

Cause it feels like I'm gonna try tonight
We got a different way of seeing what the day can bring
And I know that I'm stepping up to the line
Now I'm old enough to understand it
So come on, navigate while I drive
We got a different way of seeing what the day can bring
Cause it feels like I'm gonna try tonight

END OF EPISODE