Boy Meets Witches

Episode 4: Help Me Learn To Fly!

Since Minna's talk with him Steve had decided he was going to change again. He decided even thought his official papers and rank had not been received yet he still wanted to be a part of the "family" as Minna had pointed out. He did his best not to hit Perrine on the head, but at times it seemed he slipped up.

One day after training was practically rememberable for all thought Perrine wishes she could forget it.

It was early afternoon when they finished a lesson in speed and aerial techniques with Mio, Shirley and Luchinne. Perrine, Lynn, Yoshika and Steve were looking forward to relaxing. Steve was getting ready for a shower. He had a made a sign indicating weather or not he was in the bath or not; however the sign fell off the door. Perrine entered bath wanting to catch a glimpse at Mio however, she got the quite opposite.

Steve didn't hear the door open. He looked up after dropping his towel so he could jump in. He glanced up as he heard a gasp.

He saw a red-faced Perrine. He wondered what she was doing here then he remembered he didn't have anything on.

"GAAHH!" The both screamed at once.

Everyone heard this and came running to the source of the screams. They arrive in time to see the door moving (Like some one is locked on the other side and getting beat up while trying to get out) about five seconds letter the door was kicked opened as Perrine came flying out. Steve, still naked came out after her, his face looking like a pissed off anime character shaking his fist.

Perrine had several welts on top of her head and a red face print on her face.

"DID YOU NOT SEE THE SIGN SAYING 'BOY IN BATH NO GIRLS ALLOWED!'?" Steve growled.

"No, I didn't and even then you have no control over who gets to use the bath and when!" Perrine snapped back, getting right in his face.

"Three things Perrine! First: I do not regulate who uses the bath and when. Second that sign is more letting people know, that I'm in there."

Steve turned around and proceed into the bath.

"Humph! What's the third thing?"

"YOU DIDN'T KNOCK!" Steve yelled slamming the door.

Perrine stuck her tongue out.

"What's his problem its not like I saw him…NAKED!" Perrine sqwheeled.

"And another thing." Steve said opening the door (now rapped in a towel)

"You saw me naked, NEVER SPEAK OF THIS TO ANY…one!" Steve said noticing the crowed of girls who had gathered around to see what happened. Steve's worst fear had been confirmed when he noticed they were all blushing to a degree. Some more than others, Erica was looking at him with wide eyes. Lynn and Yoshika were red in the face. The rest had mixed expressions. Mio's face seemed to be saying 'not bad'.

Eila and Shirley seemed to thinking 'so he's a boy after all'.

"AARGH!" Steve cried turning as red as a tomato. He ran into his room and stayed there for a good few hours.

When he finally came out everyone but Minna, Yoshika and Lynn were cracking jokes about his little show early, thought Gertrude did, unintentionally.

Steve had had enough. He finished his food and ran out the door. Bumping into Eila, both of them falling to the floor, when they both regained their sense they released they were kissing.

Steve practically jumped off Eila and ran quick as a flash to his room not coming out till the next morning. Everyone else wondering what the hell just happened.

A few days later it was decided they were going to train at the beach. Steve once again was trying to learn to fly, but it seemed he was having trouble staying in the air. Gertrude noted to Steve he had no familiars. Steve upon noticing this some how shut his engines off and plunged into the sea bellow…again.

"There he goes…again." Minna sighed looking through her binoculars.

"Gertrude noticed he did not have any familiars." Mio said pondering why he was having trouble all of a sudden.

"You don't think he is still embarest because of what happened do you?" Minna questioned.

"I don't think so, he did not seem to have any familiars, even when he first started."

"You don't think he is hiding them from us?"

"No, he seemed to be able to fly earlier. Plus we all saw his familiars wings and tail when he first arrived." Mio stated.

"Maybe it's the pants he's wearing. He seemed to do fine when he wore the ones from his universe, but it seems even the shorts he has one prohibit him from flying. Maybe he should try flying with out pants?" Minna questioned.

"No way in Hell!" Steve said startling them as he climbed up on to the rock the two girls were standing on. Steve was soaking wet and looked slightly pissed.

"You seem upset Steve." Mio said

"You bet I am! I can't fly for some stupid reason, I ending flashing all you girls, and to top it off I accidently kissed Elia!"

"Steve, I'm sure you can fly, you're just are facing some problem that is stopping you from flying." Minna said trying to ease his obvious troubled mind.

"Ya, thanks for the tip Minna." Steve said sarcastically.

"Its just that, I feel like I need a swift kick in the ass to get magic working again."

Mio kicked Steve in the rear sending him flying into the water below.

Steve's head popped up be the ledge of the rock again a crab holding onto his nose. He climbed up to were the girls were.

"I didn't mean literally Mio!" He pulled the crab off his nose.

"Ow! I meant sending my body into a panic. Like someone's in trouble."

As if on que the alarm rang signaling an approaching Neuroi.

"SHIT!" He heard Shirley say as she ran to the hanger. As they took off Steve remembered what happened in the anime at this point… Shirley's strike was going to malfunction, but on positive not she would break the sound barrier and get a confirmed kill.

A few minuets later after it was discovered that Shirley's striker was not working right and Yoshika and Lynn took off that alarm went off a second time.

"No! No, no, no, no, NO! this did not happen in the original episode." Steve said as he ran to one of the spare striker units the base had. It happened to be a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver that had not be properly taken care off, but Steve didn't care he had to stop the other Neuroi.

He took off despite Minna and Mio's orders to return to base. He soon arrived at the target location. The Neuroi looked like the Death Star from Star Wars.

"Are you trying to insult me?!" Steve questioned.

He heard the approach of the rest the 501st. He saw the Neuroi charging up its beam. He got in front of them just in time to throw up a shield. He noticed his shield was starting to fail.

"I will not allow you to hurt my family!" He growled. He's shield suddenly turned orange. Everyone saw as was seemed like a portal opened up be hind him. An orange European Dragon came out of the portal and seemed to become one with is body.

Everyone looked in awe, as there before them was their friend with an aura in the shape of a dragon surrounding him. Steve's shield seemed to now absorb the Neuroi's beam, once the shot had finished. Steve lowed his shield. Everyone was nearly paralyzed at the sight that was before them. There was Steve his hair suspended in hair, a three foot long red dragon tail as sprouted from above his pant line, he had red dragon like wings on his back. When they saw his hands they saw his fingernails had turned into claws. Steve raised his right hand and shoot a bright orange beam back at the Neuroi, shooting right through were the core was. The beam went straight through the Neuroi causing it to disintegrated into the well know white debris.

They looked at him in awe. The Striker he had been flying looked like it was brand new. It even had his person logo on the side, a red dragons head in front of a black oval with red trim.

Later that night, Minna left the base for a while and returned the next morning with a figure dressed in a dark cloak.

Well that's it for now. Until next time, Cya.