Pranks Gone Wrong

It had been about a month since Kisshu's last prank, and he was getting bored again. With his newfound ability to create illusions, he came up with a plan.

Kisshu spent the weekend planning, and by Monday morning, he had everything ready. He got up early, and quietly left, teleporting to the school. Making sure no one was there, he teleported to the room where the school's generator was, and carefully cut the power. Then he teleported from classroom to classroom, closing all the blinds, until the entire school was pitch black.

Finished with the first part of his plan, he teleported outside, and landed on the roof of the school, then created a large illusion of a black cobra in front of the school doors, poised to strike whoever tried to go in the front doors. Teleporting back into the school, Kisshu created a bunch of little sparks, and let them float around.

He had purposefully left his math homework behind, so he teleported home, and found Anzu in the kitchen, and Higashi with her.

"Why aren't you in school?" Anzu asked wearily.

"I forgot my math homework," Kisshu said. "Don't worry, I'll go back after I get it."

"Good," Higashi said. Kisshu sighed and went to get his math homework, then came back out, hugged his parents goodbye, and teleported back to the school.

The minute he landed in the schoolyard, he heard screaming, and then a horde of teachers and kids ran out of the schoolyard- the teachers trying to keep order. "What's going on?" Kisshu asked one of the teachers.

"There's a giant black snake in front of the school, and we saw flickering lights in the school too," the teacher said. "The principal is calling for help; we're evacuating everyone, so you might as well head home, since you can teleport."

"Okay," Kisshu said. He teleported home, and Anzu looked up from the dishes, and asked, "Did you forget something else?"

"No, they're evacuating the school," Kisshu said. "Something about a giant black snake attacking people."

"A giant black snake?" Anzu repeated.

"Yeah," Kisshu said. "I didn't see anything when I was there before, though. Maybe Dinosaur Lady lost it and is seeing things."

"I kind of doubt that…." Anzu said. "But I suppose with all you've put her through, she could have gone insane…."

"That would be GREAT!" Kisshu said happily. "Then she could spend the rest of her life in the loony ward, and we could get a new principal!"

Suddenly the front door opened, and Higashi came in with another man and the principal of the school. All of them looked grim, and Anzu asked, "What happened?"

"The snake was some kind of Chimera Anima," the man with Higashi said. "And Kisshu is the one who created it. Higashi claims Kisshu can't create Chimeras yet, so we came to ask him some questions."

Anzu groaned. Kisshu looked shocked, and said, "I thought that was just an illusion. I didn't know I could create Chimera Animas…."

"So you thought you were creating an illusion?" the man asked.

"Yeah," Kisshu said.

"And I assume there's a reason behind this?" Higashi asked.

"School is boring; I wanted to liven things up," Kisshu said. "But I really thought that the snake was just an illusion. It should have gone away by now."

Higashi concentrated, then said, "No, it's still at the school, and it looks like it's attacking people now. Do you know how to get rid of it, Kisshu?"

"Normally I just snap my fingers and it goes away," Kisshu said. "But if that doesn't work, I don't know how to make it go away."

Higashi turned to the man with him and asked, "Chiaki, is there a Chimera Anima expert with the team that we sent?"

"Yes, Nawaki is there," Chiaki said. "What are you thinking?"

"Let's see if he can walk Kisshu through undoing whatever he did to create that thing," Higashi said.

"Alright," Chiaki said. Higashi took Kisshu by the hand and teleported to the school.

When they landed, they saw the snake attempting to take a bite out of one of the Cyniclons trying to subdue it. Luckily he teleported out of the way as Higashi concentrated. Soon after, a middle-aged man teleported over, and asked, "What's up?"

"Kisshu thought he was creating an illusion when he made that thing, and now he can't get rid of it," Higashi said. "Can you walk him through destroying it?"

"Normal methods aren't working on that thing," the man said. "I think it's some new type of Chimera Anima, because if it wasn't, I would have been able to get the infuser out by now."

"How do you get the infuser out normally?" Kisshu asked.

"You do the reverse of what you did to get it in; in normal cases, pulling it out with your powers after pushing it into whatever you used as the base," the man said. "How did you create that snake?"

"The way I create illusions; I just imagine what I want materializing," Kisshu said.

"Did you do anything before you came out here and created that thing?" Chiaki asked.

"I cut the power in the school…." Kisshu said. "But all I did was unplug the generator. Why would that create a snake?"

"I have no clue- unless there was something in the generator room that you accidentally turned into a Chimera somehow," Higashi said. "Why don't you try whatever normally works on your creations, and if that doesn't work, we'll come up with something else."

"Okay," Kisshu said. He closed his eyes, concentrating, and concentrated on seeing the snake disappear. Then he snapped his fingers, and opened his eyes just as the snake exploded into smoke. As the smoke cleared, Kisshu started to feel dizzy, and then he blacked out.

Higashi noticed Kisshu fall, and caught him, then said, "I'm taking him to Hayako; Chiaki, inform the Council that the snake isn't a problem anymore."

"Understood," Chiaki said. He teleported off, while Higashi teleported directly to his brother Hayako.

Hayako was home, and he looked up as Higashi teleported in. "What happened?" he asked, coming over.

"Kisshu destroyed the snake he created, but then collapsed," Higashi said. "Can you see what's wrong?"

Hayako put a hand on Kisshu's chest, and said, "He used up too much power. I'll bring his energy levels up, but after that he'll need to rest for a while."

"Alright," Higashi said.

Hayako nodded and started bringing Kisshu's energy levels up. Fifteen minutes later, he said, "That's all I can do. You should go put him to bed, and tell him when he wakes up that he shouldn't get up till tomorrow afternoon."

"Thanks," Higashi said, and teleported to Kisshu's room. Anzu came in as he took off Kisshu's boots and tucked him into bed.

"What happened?" Anzu asked softly.

"He used up too much power," Higashi said. "Hayako said he shouldn't get up till tomorrow afternoon."

"Alright," Anzu said softly. She settled down next to Kisshu and started gently stroking his hair.

I know it wasn't funny, but I'm thinking this will be over soon. I hope you'll review this chapter, and I'll do my best to have the next out soon. Please REVIEW!