Chapter IV

Greetings, everyone, and welcome to the next chapter of Legends of Chaos: Return of the Chaos King. I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed the previous chapter. I also hope everyone enjoys this chapter as well, so be sure to leave a review if you do. I would like to thank my coauthors, Bakuto Masaki and TheLastNanaya for their help. Well, no reviews to respond to, so might as well move on to the main event.

"Hey! Kazuma, I'm coming in!" Manami shouted as she walked into the downstairs entrance of Kazuma's home.

"Ah crap!" Kazuma shouted in desperation, seeing the half-naked Eris still in his room.

Eris stood up happily, showing Kazuma her entire body, causing his nose to bleed slightly. "I'll get it!"

"N-no! I'll do it!" he insisted before running down the stairs.

As he walked into the entryway, Manami turned to him with a smirk. "So, where's that big-boobed babe you drunkenly stumbled home with last night?"

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "…You're peeping on me?"

"I am not!" she argued vehemently. "I live right across the street, so I see everything." With a lascivious smirk she continued, "Heh, I bet you two had a passionate night, eh? Did she smush her pneumatic knockers together while declaring her love for you?"

"No. We did not," Kazuma deadpanned. "I am still a virgin till Excellen decides to change it."

Manami sweat-dropped in exasperation. "Sh-shouldn't you be more…embarrassed about that…?"

"Is something the matter?" Eris asked as she stood behind Kazuma, still wearing nothing but one of his shirts.

Kazuma flinched as he turned around.

Manami stiffened as she looked at the near-naked woman. "Th-they're like giant cantaloupes!"

"P-put some clothes on!" Kazuma demanded.

Eris, seemingly not knowing or not caring about the situation, asked blithely, "My suit is in the room you use for bathing and waste disposal, is it okay if I get it?"

"Yes!"

After Eris left the room, Manami frowned at Kazuma. "Okay, you've always been a little weird, but THIS!? A Nekomata prost-!?"

"She ain't a hooker!" Kazuma interrupted. "We didn't even have sex!"

"Then why is there a naked girl running around your house with kitty ears!?"

"Is that true?"

Both teens turned around and saw Maki standing in the entryway to Kazuma's house.

Kazuma stiffened as he saw the brown-haired teacher. "M-Ms. Itokazu!? Why are you here!?"

Maki adjusted her glasses with a smile. "I originally came to plan the video club's summer trip. But nevermind that now."

"Wh-why…?"

"This woman in your house, tell me about her."

"Is this suit alright?" Eris asked as she walked into the main room.

Kazuma sighed. "…Yup, might as well be…"

Maki widened her eyes as she looked at Eris. "Th-they're like huge pears!" She then turned to Kazuma indignantly. "Soryu! You are far too young for this! If you have a furry fetish, wait until you're an adult to indulge it!"

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "She isn't a call Nekomata! She's a Nekomata I met at the festival yesterday, and I didn't have sex with her! My first time will be with Excellen!"

"Then why is she here!?"

"I already told I was coming to drop by," Eris said plainly.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow. "Huh?" 'Wait, she can't be…'

"WHAT!?" both Maki and Manami exclaimed in shock.

"Dont. Yell," Kazuma demanded fearfully.

At that moment, Chifuyu, clad in a white tank top and small black shorts, walked in sleepily. "Urgh…what's all this noise about…?"

Kazuma almost instantly dove behind their couch, accidentally knocking the remote to the floor and switching on the television.

Chifuyu yawned widely and mumbled, "Don't bother hiding, I already know about Varis."

"Erm, my name is Eris," the catgirl corrected.

"Whatever Karis."

A few minutes later, Kazuma, Eris, Maki, Manami, and Chifuyu sat in the family room of the Orimura home.

"You really expect us to believe you're an alien?" Maki asked suspiciously.

Eris tilted her head in confusion. "Why is it so hard for you to believe?"

Maki sighed and adjusted her glasses. "I do believe there is intelligent life out there in the cosmos but I refuse to believe that they'd have the same shape as us or speak the same language. Even the cheesiest science fiction movie would avoid such a cliché!"

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah. Not to mention you're obviously either a Nekomata or Nekoshou."

Eris shook her head. "No I'm not. I'm a Catian from the planet Catia."

"Riiight. And Manami doesn't have large guns."

Manami huffed in annoyance. "I'll have you know, I have a Beretta fifty Cal. and two Mossberg five hundreds."

"I was being sarcastic li'l miss peep," Kazuma muttered.

"It's true!" Eris argued vehemently. "We received a probe from your planet about one hundred years ago. If you really don't believe me, you can ask the Cybertronians, their race and ours met about thirty Earth years ago."

"Hey!" Isa interrupted. "Check out the TV!"

On the screen, a reporter stood on a dock as a large, red and white ship was pulled from the ocean. "This ship, which crashed late last night, is of unknown origin."

"Uwah!" Eris shrieked. "That's my ship! How'd they find it?!" Eris then tapped on the bell on her neck, causing a hologram resembling a vaguely humanoid, robotic cat to appear.

"How may be of service, Miss Eris?" the hologram asked in a chipper voice.

"What's that?" Kazuma asked.

"This is Luros, my ship's navigation system," Eris explained.

"An AI?"

Eris shook her head. "No, a Virtual Intelligence, or VI. After the Geth Uprising, the Council outlawed true AIs." She then turned to Luros. "Luros, I thought the ship was camouflaged."

"It was, Miss Eris," Luros answered. "But only the passive mode, not the active one."

Eris sighed. "Well, since the cat's out of the bag, that leaves me with no choice."

"Ready to carry out your orders, Miss Eris."

"Reactivate the ship, then initiate Program A Number Twenty-Four. And after that, start Hueh Number Eleven."

"Okie dokie Miss Eris!" the hologram responded before vanishing.

The others gaped as the ship on the screen began to move, broke free of the net it was caught in, and flew off.

Chifuyu shrugged, still half asleep. "Eh, that's not as freaky as when Kazuma's Alien Car transformed."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow as both Manami and Maki flinched. He then turned to Chifuyu. "Sis! Iksnay on the Bumblenay!"

Chifuyu blinked curiously. "Huh…?" She then turned and looked at Manami and Maki's shocked expression. "…Oh. Oops."

"You broke the rule sis!"

Chifuyu turned to him and twitched an eyebrow. "…Touch me and die."

Kazuma raised a scheming eyebrow. "Oh? Is Big Sis allowed to break the rules?"

"W-well…that…I…"

"What if Isa thinks it's alright to break rules 'cause you're doing it?"

"B-but…"

"I'll do it!" Excellen said with a wide grin as she stood behind Chifuyu.

"H-huh? W-wait!" Chifuyu argued as Excellen grabbed her by the shoulders and smack her ass three times.

Isa, with little understanding of the situation, exclaimed, "Harder! Harder!"

"You got it!" Excellen cheered.

Sometime later, after Chifuyu's punishment had finished, Maki turned to Kazuma and asked, "So what's this about an alien car?"

Manami put a hand to her chin in thought. "Well that explains a lot."

Kazuma sighed heavily. "Man, sometimes I wish Men in Black was real."

"Answer me," Maki urged.

"What about them?"

"Show them to me."

Kazuma sighed. "Fine. They're in the garage."

Kazuma, Eris, Chifuyu, Isa, Excellen, Manami, and Maki then made their way into the garage where Bumblebee and Sideswipe sat in vehicle mode.

Kazuma walked up to the two and said, "Oi, guys. Transform and introduce yourselves."

There was only silence.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow and kicked Bumblebee's bumper. "Come on! Don't make me have Chifuyu pull out the jumper cables!"

Almost immediately, both transformed and stood straight, standing nearly three times the height of Kazuma and the others.

Maki gaped in silence and drooled slightly before wrapping her arms around Kazuma giddily. "Best. Student. Ever!"

"M-Ms. Itokazu…boobs…" Kazuma mumbled as he was slightly smothered by his teacher's bust.

Manami twitched an eyebrow.

Maki then turned to the two Autobots with stars in her eyes. "You're real aliens!"

Eris pouted silently.

Sideswipe nodded. "Yes. We are, as Optimus puts it, Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron. Or just Autobots for short." He then glanced to the side and saw Eris. "Hm…that uniform…you're a Catian aren't you?"

Eris nodded with mild annoyance. "Yes but these people don't believe me."

Bumblebee laughed in amusement. "I can understand why. There's a race on this planet called Nekomata that look identical to your people."

Maki blinked and then turned to Eris in disbelief then back to the Autobots. "Y-you can't be serious…she's REALLY an alien!?"

Both Autobots nodded.

"She is most certainly an organism not of your world," Sideswipe explained.

Maki twitched an eyebrow and then sighed before turning to face the two Autobots, extending her hand towards them. "Bah weep gragnah," she began before curling thumb, index finger, and pinky finger, "weep," she then extended her index, ring, and pinky fingers, curling the others, "nini," then curled her index, middle, and ring fingers, extending the others and waved her hand slightly, "bong," finally, she extended all of her fingers and pressed her hand forward.

Sideswipe and Bumblebee looked at her curiously, then each other.

"Uuhh…" Bumblebee mumbled, "did Ironhide's little joke reach all the way out here, or was he serious about that being the Universal Greeting?"

Eris smiled and repeated the actions Maki did, this time directing them towards Maki.

"I think he was serious," Sideswipe muttered.

"What the hell was that?" Kazuma asked, perplexed.

"No idea…" Manami muttered in bewilderment.

"Hey!" Maki suddenly shouted with indignation. "Have some respect! That was the Universal Greeting, the gesture known throughout the galaxy as a sign of goodwill."

"Yep!" Eris concurred, happily.

Bumblebee shrugged in response. "Who knew?"

After a moment, Maki sighed and adjusted her glasses. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm not feeling very well."

"Y-yeah, I'd better get going too," Manami added before the two left.

Later, Kazuma and Eris sat in the living room of Kazuma's home, watching television, when Kazuma turned to Eris and asked, "So, Eris, why did you come to Earth?"

Eris turned to him and smiled. "I'm here to make contact with your species and foster good will."

"Ah…how do you plan to do that?"

As the two continued their discussion, Manami sat in her room in her house across the street from Kazuma's, observing Kazuma and Eris with a large video camera. After a moment she pulled out a headset and turned on a radio. After a moment a voice on the other end, Janis, said happily, "Hey Manami! What's the good word?"

"Well, they made contact with another new alien race," Manami answered simply.

Janis chuckled lightly. "That boy just attracts weird, doesn't he?"

Manami twitched an eyebrow slightly. "Is that supposed to be a jab at me?"

With a snicker, Janis answered, "That's up to you. So, any other sweet info?"

"Yeah. I'll tell you, but in return you have to let me come on a field op."

"It's way too soon for you to be in the field."

"Please!?" Manami begged. "You're even here in Japan!"

Janis sighed heavily. "What am I going to do with you? Alright, fine. I'll put in a special request. So what's this special info you've got?"

"Kazuma's and Chifuyu's cars are actually alien robots."

Janis remained silent for a moment. "…Is that all? Because that isn't anything new."

"What!? You can't be serious!" Manami asked in disbelief.

"Why do you think S.H.I.E.L.D. took them away in the first place?"

"Grr…aaw man, that's no fair!"

"Life isn't fair. So what about the new alien?" she asked before taking a bite of a burger. "Hmm. Bacon cheese burger."

"Well she calls herself a Catian, from some supposed planet full of Nekomata."

"Oh? That's new," she said plainly before sipping her drink and then summarily spitting it out in shock. "WHAT!?"

Manami flinched at the loud shout. "Ow…too loud."

"You should have led with that!"

Manami raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Why? The giant robots seemed more urgent!"

"Up until recently S.H.I.E.L.D. had one of those, but these Catians are new. Send over everything you have right away."

"Uh…okay. Geez. Whats the big deal about Space Nekos?"

"I'll tell you later," Janis answered as she set down her headset.

"So what's all the hubbub about?" a young woman with long, wavy red hair, two locks framing her face and stopping just above her chest, red lipstick matching her hair, and bright green eyes wearing a black, skin tight, full body suit that was zipped up to just under her very generous bosom asked curiously.

Janis turned to her with a smirk. "Something BIG Natasha. Something really big. Apparently my li'l sis' boyfriend has a new house guest."

Natasha raised an eyebrow curiously. "Sounds interesting."

Maki walked into her modest apartment before locking the door and walked over to her computer and switched it on.

As it switched on, the visage of a large, red, robotic eyed appeared. "Good morning to you, Captain," it said in a mechanical voice.

"Good morning to you, Hal," Maki answered, though received no reply. After a few short keystrokes, Maki logged into an online chatroom with many, many other people. "Hello, this is Ender," she greeted to the large group of people.

"Hello, Ender. This is Kerberos," one of the other people answered.

"Did you see the TV?"

"We did," Kerberos responded.

Another member interjected, "This is a shame. It would have been so much more exciting if it hadn't happened like this."

"Agreed," all of the other members added in unison.

"Yes, though I have a bit of info that will amaze you all. Giant. Alien. Robots."

"Really!?" the others asked excitedly.

"I also encountered the lifeform that piloted the craft that was recovered."

"Amazing work, Ender!"

"However, the lifeform was nearly identical to us. Sadly it was really unremarkable. And it strongly resembled the Nekomata race. Such a being CANNOT be mankind's first encounter with an alien race!"

"Agreed!" the collective clamored.

"This is a serious situation, Ender," Kerberos explained. "You must take action immediately to dispose of the unfitting alien and expose the true aliens."

"But how? I can't do anything without additional support," Maki argued.

"We will send help. We have people in the navy and the air force."

"Thank you."

"Remember to keep your chin up, Ender."

"I will. We WILL achieve Beautiful Contact."

"We WILL achieve Beautiful Contact!" the others exclaimed in agreement.

Back at Kazuma's house, Eris stretched out on the floor happily. "Wwwooowww! This has been more like a vacation than an interstellar mission!"

"Glad you're enjoying yourself Eris," Kazuma answered as he tinkered with something on his desk.

"Arun was telling the truth about your species! You welcomed me and served that delectable food, and not only that, you let me join in on all the singing and dancing too!"

"Yeah. The cat probably thought you were a Nekomata. Among the Youkai races, Nekomata, Nekoshou and Inus are the most welcomed among humans."

"All those terms are so confusing. But you and your fellow humans are so kind."

After a moment, Kazuma turned to her and asked, "Well, is there anything you wanted to do today? 'Cause I'm almost done tinkering. I have to go return a few things to a friend of mine. Excellen, think you can watch the house while I'm gone? Without molesting Eris."

"I offer you no guarantees," Excellen answered plainly as she ate a popsicle.

Kazuma looked at her flatly and then looked up. "And don't you touch my prototype, Linda."

Lind fell from one of the ceiling tiles and face-faulted on the floor.

"Prototype?" Eris asked curiously as he tail waved behind her.

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah, just a little something I'm working on." He then grabbed a stack of movies and stood up. "Be back in a bit."

Later, Kazuma made his way down the sidewalk, deep in thought. 'Why did Ms. Itokazu get so worked up when Eris said she was an alien? She almost sounded disappointed. And then get all excited and happy when she saw the Bots? Wait…didn't someone on the Raizen High Annex mention something about some group of sci-fi fanatics obsessed with meeting alien life? Beautiful Contact Secret Society. Isn't that what he called it…?' "Oh you gotta be kidding…" He sighed and shook his head. "No. No, no, no. Not Ms. Itokazu. There's just no way. But…she does know a lot about sci-fi…and…oh great…this is so gunna suck. And I just got out of craziness too…" he groaned.

"Soryu?" a voice asked behind him.

"Huh?" Kazuma muttered as he turned around. "Ah, Aoi. I was looking for you."

Aoi blinked curiously. "You were?"

He handed her the stack of movies. "Here, thanks for loaning these to me."

"Well, how were they?"

"They were pretty good," he answered with a smile.

Aoi smiled happily. "Good."

After an awkward pause, Kazuma asked, "So, uh, wanna get lunch?"

Aoi blushed lightly at the question. "U-uh, w-well…"

At that moment, a black car drove up to the two and stopped. The window rolled down to reveal a man in his mid-forties with slicked back, dark grey hair, light grey eyes, and a face filled with wrinkles wearing a formal black suit. "Hey, Aoi, what a coincidence."

Aoi's expression flattened completely. "Oh. Hello Mr. Endo."

Kazuma blinked in thought. "Who?"

"You know, I was just on my way to visit your parents, want a lift?" Endo asked.

Aoi flinched slightly and turned to Kazuma timidly.

Kazuma waved a hand. "It's fine, Aoi. We'll have lunch another time, 'kay?"

Aoi nodded in response. "Sounds good. How about the day after tomorrow?"

"That works. Take care Aoi!"

"Thanks! See you then!" Aoi answered before entering the car.

Kazuma then turned and walked away, furrowing his brow in thought. 'Hmm…you know, I never once heard Aoi talk about her parents. And that Endo guy…don't know why but he gives me a bad vibe. Like Doucheson.'

In Endo's car, as he drove away, Endo smirked and asked, "Did I interrupt anything?"

"Isn't coming here a contract violation?" Aoi asked coldly, staring out the window disinterestedly.

"Something came up. There's an emergency job for you. I didn't want to come either, but I have orders. I admit I found that amusing back there, your behavior around him. That wasn't an act, was it? I wonder what Mr. High School Crush would think if I told him what you really are."

"Go ahead, I don't care. I'll just transfer to a new school. But before that," a large pistol appeared in her grip in a flash of light. "I'll kill you. And I won't do it because you obstructed my mission and caused me undue complications." She cocked the hammer back. "Instead, I'll do it simply because I want to kill you."

"H-hey now. Let's not get hasty here. "I-if you shoot, the car'll-"

"It doesn't matter," Aoi interrupted. "I'm called Charmed Momiji for a reason. I won't get a scratch on me. You on the other hand…"

"W-wait!"

"I think it's time to add another chapter to my legend, don't you?"

Endo's eyes widened before Aoi pulled the trigger.

The car swerved as a bullet burst from the windshield, causing the car to swerve wildly, eventually stopping in the middle of the road.

Endo sat hunched over the wheel, breathing heavily.

The gun vanished from Aoi's hand in a flash of light. "I'm only joking. So, what are the details of this mission you have for me?"

Endo shakily reached into the glove compartment of his car and handed her a large packet. "H-here…same thing as always. Eliminate a dangerous illegal immigrant and those who have been aiding and abetting her. The target's upper A-Class and you're free to use any means necessary."

"Understood."

In her bedroom, Manami sat and watched as Kazuma continued tinkering with something on his desk while, behind him, Eris sat sprawled on his bed, wearing only a shirt and a pair of panties. Manami growled in frustration. She rubbed a crack on her watch as she watched the two.

Aoi sat in the lounge of her house, next to a group of papers and pictures sprawled out on the table. She turned to the stack and looked at pictures of Eris, Kazuma, Chifuyu, Isa, and Excellen. "Dammit…"

"Yes! Finally!" Kazuma exclaimed with a grin.

Eris sat up suddenly at the unexpected shout. "What?"

"I got my latest prototype working!"

"What is it?" Eris asked as she walked up behind him.

Kazuma sat over a pair of gloves with many wires and plates coiled around them. "An upgrade variation of my Shock Gloves using the Kinetic Barriers I salvaged from Decepticon corpses to…" he trailed off as he put one of the gloves one and raised an eyebrow before pointing it at a trash can, "do this!" A burst of energy shot from the glove and hit the trash can, sending it flying out the window. "Hahah! Tony Stark ain't got nothin' on me!"

Elsewhere, Maki sat in her car, driving down the road, a frustrated frown on her face. "Dammit! She looked like a cosplayer, not an alien! An alien shouldn't look like that! It should be some kind of mind-based creature, a silicon-based lifeform with a bio-acceleration device, or a sentient mechanical being! Maybe even something with a radio-symmetrical exoskeleton! But not like HER! An alien's appearance should be so awe-inspiring you know it's an emissary sent from the cosmos! Instead I encounter one even Trekkies would have a hard time accepting as real!" After a short pause her frown instantly turned to a wide grin. "Then my dear sweet student showed me something amazing! TRUE aliens! Sentient mechanical beings with form conversion technology! I wonder how many others like them are out there! Maybe my car is one! Oh that would be amazing!"

Shortly later she walked into a small bar within which multiple men sat, maintaining, servicing, and readying firearms of various types. "We will achieve Beautiful Contact." 'Hopefully without hurting Kazuma and his sisters.'

A well-built man with short, messy blonde hair and grey eyes wearing military fatigues and a red shirt turned to her. "We will achieve Beautiful Contact. And rest assured, ma'am, this creature you mentioned. She will not be humanity's first meeting with alien life."

At Kazuma's house, Kazuma, Eris, Chifuyu, and Isa sat around the dining room table eating grilled meat.

"Oohh! This food is so yummy!" Eris exclaimed happily. "By what term do you call this dish again?"

"Most people call it yakiniku," Kazuma explained.

"The meat's sssooo tender! I love the grilled taste! Plus the so-called teriyaki sauce and the grease from the meat give the rice a yummy flavor! It's purrfect!"

"Thanks. With all the ways I've been helping Sis save money we tend to use it on good food. And I'm forced to cook it," he added with a sigh.

"Is that a problem?" Chifuyu asked with annoyance.

"N-not at all, dear sister," Kazuma answered weakly. He then turned to Eris. "So, what made your people decide to explore the galaxy?"

"We residents of Catia felt that our people had started to stagnate," Eris began. "Not only culturally, but we also felt we were genetically stagnant as well."

"Ah. So in order to gain greater genetic diversity you all felt it best to travel around and mingle with any race you find."

"Not just any. We wanted to be sure we didn't bring in harmful mutations. At any rate, it was during this time we discovered the Citadel Council. Within forty earth years we had our own seat on the Council."

"Wow. You guys must have done something impressive."

"We introduced them to quasi-antimatter bullets. Specialized ammunition that only destroys inorganic material."

"Seriously?" Kazuma asked in disbelief.

Eris nodded. "Yes. We Catians believe that all life is precious. And that death, no matter the reason, is a waste of potential, of opportunity."

Kazuma frowned in frustration when the doorbell suddenly rang.

"I'll get it!" Isa said happily as she ran towards the door. As she opened it, she smiled widely. "Riko-Chan! Mikan!"

"Ah great," Kazuma muttered as he walked to the front door and saw two people standing in the doorway.

The first was a young woman with short, shoulder-length, orange-brown, slightly messy hair, golden-brown eyes, wearing a white shirt with red sleeves, a short denim skirt, and simple shoes.

The second was a girl with long, mid-back length, wavy brown hair, a fringe of bangs falling over her forehead, part of it falling between her golden-brown eyes, and a small tuft tied in a ponytail atop her head, wearing a pink, sleeveless blouse with a dark purple skirt, and short black boots.

Eris looked at the two curiously. "Who are they?"

Kazuma sighed motioned to them. "These are Riko and Mikan Yuuki. They live next door."

The second girl, Mikan, turned to Kazuma and asked, "Hey, we saw all the commotion the other day, so what's…why is there a Neko here?"

"She's not a Neko," Kazuma corrected bluntly.

"She looks like one."

Eris smiled and said, "I'm a Catian, from planet Catia."

Mikan looked at her incredulously. "Right…and Kazu has a girlfriend."

"Excellen's my girlfriend," Kazuma added plainly.

"What?! You actually got one!?" Mikan asked, shocked.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "You don't have to sound that surprised you little brat. Or maybe you don't want me cooking for you both anymore?"

Mikan twitched an eyebrow.

"So, what was all that noise the other day?" Riko asked curiously. "You guys just vanished."

"Ah we had to go to Tokyo International Airport because Sis' uncle was coming home. And the noise was probable one of my prototypes," Kazuma explained.

"Ah," Mikan muttered in understanding. "Oh! Did you hear about the mess in Britannia? I heard a bunch of terrorists in stolen Arm Slaves went on a rampage."

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah. Heard about it from Kai. Though, he said only a few where Arm Slaves. The rest were Knightmares." 'An actually believable story.'

Riko furrowed her brow in thought as she looked at Eris. "Wait, so is this girl a Nekomata or not?"

"She's an alien Neko."

"I'd say it's impossible, but then again, I said that about you finding a girlfriend," Mikan muttered derisively.

"No more of my cooking for you," Kazuma said bluntly.

"Uwah! That's no fair!"

"So why are you here?"

Mikan nodded and held out a plate with rice and chicken, a sauce covering both, wrapped in plastic wrap. "Actually, I made dinner tonight for me and Riko. I made a little too much though." She handed the plate to Kazuma and asked, "Mind telling me what you think?"

"Not at all," he answered before unrolling some of the plastic and taking a couple bites. "Hmm…pretty good. Though it's a little heavy on the sauce. You should lighten the amount you put on it or you won't bring out the full taste of the dish, Mikan."

Mikan nodded with a small smile. "Okay, thanks."

Riko stared at Mikan suspiciously.

Mikan twitched an eyebrow and elbowed Riko in the abdomen. "Okay, thanks, we'll be going now."

"Friends of yours?" Eris asked after the two left.

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah. Like I said, they live next door to us. Riko and I go to the same school and Mikan's her little sister. Their mom is usually away on business."

"That's nice."

"Right. Sorry about the interruption, but you were talking about your race's expansion into the galaxy."

Eris nodded. "Right, after seventy thousand years of stagnation our race headed out into the galaxy to give other races a peek at our culture, and hopefully to get an eyeful of theirs. We really hope that if we show you ours you'll show us yours."

Kazuma flattened his brow in disbelief. "…Do you have any idea how sexual that sounds?"

Manami sat in her room, continuing to observe the two, with Janis listening to the feed. "This looks and sounds more like a late night cable movie than a surveillance feed," Janis muttered in amusement.

"What's our next step, JACK?" Manami asked with a sigh.

"We launch an op to nab that little alley cat. Oh, and before I forget, I did get permission for you to tag along."

"Remember," Natasha added. "Nonlethal force. Direct orders from above."

"JACK, who's that?" Manami asked.

"Ah. I forgot that I never introduced you," Janis explained. "When we meet up I'll give you the full intro."

Later, after night had fallen, Kazuma and Eris, whom was still barely clothed, stood on the balcony leading off from his room.

"Space exploration, huh? I'm kinda jealous," Kazuma commented.

Eris turned to him curiously. "But why, Kazuma?"

"Until recently I didn't have any kind of plan for my life. I have one now, but you've got a really cool job going around meeting other races and going to other planets. So, seriously, Eris. You got one hell of a life."

Eris smiled and replied, "You needn't be jealous, this planet is full of many interesting sights all on its own. And I'm sure this job is one you'll enjoy and will compensate you well." She then blinked in thought. "That reminds me." She frowned in thought as her face reddened and her ears folded close to her head. "Hey, Kazuma, speaking of compensation…"

"Hhmm?"

She turned to him timidly. "You've done so much for me since I arrived here…" She began to fidget nervously as she trailed off. "And given the social structure of your planet, it's only fair I pay you some form of compensation…"

"No," Kazuma rebutted bluntly, seeing what she was getting at.

"B-but it's only proper that I pay you back. And until relations between our planets are formalized, I can't offer you any money. I can only offer you an alternate form of payment instead. And…" as she trailed off nervously she began unbuttoning the shirt she wore, "according to the materials I read, the optimum way would be…by sharing my body with you…"

Kazuma put his hands on her shoulders. "Tell me Eris, do you believe that one's first time should be special?"

Eris tilted her head curiously. "W-well, yes. But I also believe that one should always pay back debts as swiftly as possible. And…when no other goods, services, or currency is available, this is the optimum method."

"Did I ever ask for payment?"

"B-but…you've helped me so much and have been so kind. I can't just leave that unpaid, it would cast a bad light on my race if people thought we didn't pay our debts."

Kazuma sighed in frustration. "How 'bout this instead? How about you teach me how to cook some Catian dishes instead? Save your first time for the one you love. Don't whore yourself off or it'd cast your race in an even worse light."

Eris blinked in thought and then nodded. "Okay, I can do that."

Kazuma nodded happily. "Good. We can start now if you'd like. Oh, and Linda, you're not getting a live sex feed."

The blonde fell from the ceiling in frustration. "DAMMIT!"

"Kazuma," Eris began, getting the brunette's attention, "thank you. To be honest, I've only entered my sixteenth cycle, and I haven't any reproductive act experience."

"It's ok. Neither do I," Kazuma answered before the two laughed weakly in embarrassment.

"Ugh, barf!" Manami growled as she crushed the pen in her grasp.

At Aoi's home, Aoi sat on the floor of her lounge as memories of her first meeting with Kazuma filled her mind.

Aoi walked into a bookstore and went to the rentals section and reached for a book on an upper shelf. However, when she did, Kazuma reached for it at the same time, grabbing it first.

Kazuma blinked in thought before handing her the book. "Here, you take it."

"H-huh? Really?" she asked in surprise.

He smiled and placed it in her hands. "I insist," he urged before turning and walking away.

Aoi sighed before looking out the window at the moonlit sky. "Just…why? Why him? Why'd you have to get involved in all this? With her of all people?"

The next day, Kai walked into the backyard of Kazuma's home and saw Kazuma, Eris, Chifuyu, and Eris standing together, looking at the ground. "Yo, Kazuma! Are you planting something?"

"Eris said she wanted to introduce me to someone," Kazuma answered.

"Back here?"

"Yeah," Chifuyu answered before sighing. "No clue why."

At that moment, the soil began shifting as small, white and red, cat-like robots rose from the ground.

Kazuma blinked in confusion. "…These…"

"They're so cute!" Isa exclaimed before picking one up in a tight hug.

Eris then clapped her hands. "Alright everyone, fall in!"

Isa pouted as the robot jumped from her arms and lined up with the others.

Kazuma furrowed his brow in thought as he looked at the little robots. 'Must…disassemble…learn…to make…'

"Operations Check: Dance!" Eris shouted before the robots did a small dance before standing still. "Stand proud!" The little robots puffed their chests out confidently. "Look sad." The robots put a hand forward and slumped their shoulders. "Now sing!" They waved their hands back and forth in front of their faces. "They all appear to be functioning normally."

"So…cute…"

"What are they?" Chifuyu asked.

"They're Catian Assistaroids," Eris explained. She then pulled out a small sphere. "They're created by scattering these nanomachine capsules and-wait, where'd it go?"

Kazuma stood nearby, hunched over and cackling as he looked at the small orb. "Kukuku. Nanomachines. ACTUAL Nanomachines! Think of the things I can create with these after I reprogram them!"

"Well, those capsules use the soil they're planted in to fabricate the nanomachines."

Kazuma widened his eyes and then shouted, "LINDA! We've got a project! Nanomachine capsules that can fabricate dirt into machinery."

Linda almost immediately jumped down to the ground, shivering slightly from the impact, before running over to Kazuma. "Wow! There's so much those can do!"

The two then cackled maniacally.

"Yes! Think of the possibilities!" Kazuma exclaimed madly.

Chifuyu sighed in exasperation. "Great, he's lost it."

Eris tilted her head curiously. "Is something the matter with that capsule?" She then held up a small glass box filled with many more capsules. "I have more."

"…The possibilities…" both Kazuma and Linda muttered with slightly crazed expressions.

"What are they for?" Kai asked.

"They're here to help me with my research," Eris explained.

"Can those little guys wash windows?" Kai asked curiously.

Later, Kazuma, Eris, and Excellen walked through the city with the Assistaroids accompanying them.

Eris groaned and fanned her face weakly. "Why does it have to be so hot?"

"Sorry, it's always hot right as summer starts. But I've got the perfect thing. And you'll love it," Kazuma offered.

"Wow! So bold!" Excellen exclaimed lasciviously.

"NOT THAT!" Kazuma howled. "If I wanted that with her I would have taken up that offer last night!"

Excellen blinked incredulously.

"…I shouldn't have said that. Anyway, I was talking about Ice Cream."

"Ice…cream…?" Eris asked, perplexed.

Sometime later, Kazuma walked up to Eris and Excellen and handed them ice cream cones.

Excellen blinked curiously.

Eris took a bite and trembled. "Oooohh... it'ssocoldandsweet, it's delicious!

Kazuma nodded. "Yup. Best thing for a summer day."

Eris blinked in thought and then looked down, then at Excellen, then at Kazuma. "What about you? Aren't you going to have one?"

Kazuma waved a hand dismissively. "Nah. I'm fine."

"How about I share mine with you?"

Kazuma's face reddened before he shook his head. "Th-that's alright…"

"I insist!" Eris urged with a determined expression.

"F-fine," Kazuma rebutted weakly before taking a bite.

Nearby, on a walkway, Manami observed the group with a pair of binoculars and then crushed another pen in her grasp. "Can we move on this?!"

"Too many civilians around," Janis explained. "We'll have to wait, which is a big part of field work. Though it kinda annoys me how much he's doting on pussycat and ignoring my sweet little sister."

In another location, Aoi walked towards a large moving truck and entered the container in the back. "Now then," she said to herself before beginning to undress. She then stepped onto a machine that contained two large sheets of a black material. The sheets then compressed on her before compressing to her exact body shape and hardened, allowing her to break from the material whilst still clad in the material.

She then walked over to a large machine holding several large pieces of black armor that she stepped into, steam shooting out as they clamped around her.

Kazuma, Eris, Excellen, and the Assistaroids walked into a large library.

However, as they entered, Eris bumped into a man with scruffy red hair. "Oh, my apologies," she apologized earnestly.

"It's alright, neither was I," the man said with a hand on her shoulder before walking by. After a moment he grinned darkly. "Now there's something you don't see every day. This could get fun."

"Well that guy was a little creepy," Excellen muttered as she and the others looked around the library.

"Really?" Eris asked. "He seemed fine to me."

"You're an extremely poor judge of character," Kazuma chided, "so your opinion is invalid. Now why are we at a library?"

"I'm having the Assistaroids gather and collect data on human civilization."

"Ah. Just human?"

"Are there any other civilizations here?" Eris asked curiously.

At that moment, a woman screamed, "Look out!"

Kazuma and the others moved as several bookshelves fell and turned to see an extremely tall woman with a horn on her head.

"Yes. Yes there are," Kazuma added.

The woman bowed apologetically. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm not used to the size of your human buildings."

"It's okay," Kazuma answered flippantly.

After the woman left, Eris asked excitedly, "Wow. Who was that? She was so tall!"

Kazuma shrugged. "Don't know her name, but she had huge-"

"Ahem!" Excellen interjected.

"Horn! I was gonna say horn!"

"Riigghht," Excellen answered incredulously.

"Anyway, she's an Ogre. They're one of many Youkai, or Extraspecies, involved with human culture."

"Really?" Eris asked curiously.

"Yeah. There's hundreds of them. Nekomata, Inu, Lamia, Harpy, and many, many more. I do believe we at least mentioned Nekomata to you. Several times."

"Hmm…did you?"

"Yes. I did. I even called you one."

"Hmm…well, whatever. Assistaroids, commence data collection!"

"Using the internet would be faster."

"What's an internet?" Eris asked curiously.

"Seriously?" Kazuma rebutted in disbelief.

"It's a big series of cables that connects the world together, let's you go to different websites, stuff like that," Excellen explained poorly.

"I get it. So it's like the extranet."

Kazuma blinked in thought. "I…guess…"

"So how do I access this internet? Can I use it from my Omni-Tool?"

"No clue. We use computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones."

"Where can I find one of those?"

Kazuma then pulled a smartphone from his pocket and handed it to Eris.

"Ooh!" Eris cooed curiously before tapping away on the phone. Moments later she stiffened and turned bright red.

"What?"

"D-do human males really enjoy this?" Eris stammered as she handed him the phone.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow as he looked at the screen. "L-less than a minute and she already found porn…and not just any but BCP Porn…"

"Ooh! I love this one!" Excellen exclaimed. "This is the one whe-!"

Kazuma slapped a hand over her mouth. "Excellen. We don't need to corrupt Eris." He then shivered as she licked his hand, causing him to swiftly pull it away.

"Aaww, but corrupting innocence is so much fun."

"Eep!" Eris suddenly shrieked as she looked at the smartphone, which she had taken back. "Can something that big actually fit…?"

"No!" Kazuma suddenly shouted before taking the phone. "Not for you!" With a sigh, he muttered, "That was close."

Later in the day, the group left the library after spending most of the day having the Assistaroids collect data.

"This is wonderful," Eris said happily. "At this rate, I should have all the information I need about your planet within a week."

"Really?" Kazuma asked. "Even with the other cultures?"

Eris nodded. "Yes, it should be fine. Ugh…it's still so hot."

"Yeah, even with the sun going down."

Nearby, Manami continued observing the group and reported, "They're out."

Inside the moving truck, Aoi stood silently as Endo ordered, "It's time, Momiji."

"Activate system," Aoi said, causing a helmet to descend onto her head before the visor lit up with many different screens.

Kazuma and the others walked up to the ice cream shop and looked around curiously.

"There's no one here," Excellen muttered in confusion.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes. "I don't like this."

Multiple lamps in the area began going out simultaneously.

Kazuma pulled out his customized gloves and slipped them on. "I think we've got trouble."

"Freeze!" a muscular man with a ski mask ordered as he walked out from behind the ice cream shop, pointing a submachine gun at the group.

A van then drove up, with a masked woman driving it, before six more men in masks jumped out of the side door, all holding firearms aimed at Kazuma and the others.

"We bring a message from the Beautiful Contact Secret Society! You, alien!"

"Huh?" Eris muttered in confusion.

"To preserve the uniqueness of mankind's first contact with interstellar life, we refuse to recognize your race! Remove yourself from our planet or we will!" He then released the safety on his weapon, as did the other men.

Kazuma raised a hand before a blast of energy shot from his hand, sending the man flying back. "Was a boring conversation anyway, now run!"

"The situation's changed," Endo stated as Aoi sat in the truck.

"What the heck!? What now, JACK!?" Manami shouted as she watched the masked men surround Kazuma and the others.

Janis remained silent for a moment. "Let's wait and see what happens."

"If you move again we'll fill all of you with holes!" another of the masked men shouted at Kazuma.

"Yeah, that'd be more threatening if I hadn't completed my new Repulsor Gloves. Which really, really work well. I mean, I was barely aiming at the guy," Kazuma rebutted.

"I can't stand that putrid alien!" a third man shouted before firing a shot at Eris.

"Dont like you," Kazuma growled before sending a pulse of energy outward, creating a small barrier that deflected the shot before firing a blast of energy at the man, knocking him back.

However, the first man came up behind Kazuma wacked him on the back with the butt of his gun.

"Kazuma!" Eris shouted in worry.

Manami flinched angrily as she watched the events transpire.

Aoi widened her eyes before the trailer opened and launched her up into the sky.

"Stupid brat!" the first man shouted before pointing his gun at Kazuma right before it was sliced in half. "What!?"

All of the other members turned as Aoi landed on the ground and began firing on her, their bullets bouncing off harmlessly.

A long metal staff appeared in Aoi's hand in a flash before she charged at the masked men. She rammed one man in the gut, hard, sending him flying back before turning to another man and hitting him across the head.

Two of the remaining men fired on Aoi ineffectually.

Aoi turned swiftly, knocked out the legs of one of the men with her staff before ramming it down, slamming him against the ground then spun the staff up, hitting the other man in the chin before striking him across the head, knocking him to the ground and thrusting the staff back, hitting the last man square in the forehead.

"The target's your priority," Endo reminded.

Aoi grit her teeth before answering, "Copy that…" A blade then flipped out of the end of the staff and lit up before she turned on Eris, swinging and lunging at the cat-eared woman.

"H-hey! Wait!" Eris pleaded as she barely dodged each of Aoi's swings.

Kazuma groaned as he came to and looked up, seeing Aoi lunging at Eris. His eyes widened before he acted on instinct, standing up and running between the two.

'No!' Aoi shouted in her mind as her spear neared Kazuma's chest before vanishing in a flash of light, causing her to slam into Kazuma, both falling to the ground.

"Gah!" Kazuma grunted as they hit the ground before kipping up and pinning the masked Aoi to the ground. "Alright, why are you people doing this!? Eris hasn't done anything to you bastards!"

Aoi flinched in shock, seeing Kazuma's face twisted in rage for the first time.

"Answer me!" Kazuma howled before placing one of his gloved hands on her head, "Or I'll make you!"

At that moment, police sirens blared in the distance.

"Oh what now?!"

As the police approached the area, Janis drove up near the area and fired a pistol, hitting Eris with a tranquilizer dart.

"Eris!" Kazuma shouted before he too was hit, followed immediately by Excellen.

Aoi grit her teeth and moved out from under the weakened Kazuma and took off.

Kai then appeared in the area, ramping up a set of stairs in his jeep, before throwing a flashbang grenade into the middle of the crowd.

Kazuma slowly fell into unconsciousness when he saw the hand of someone wearing a cracked watch pick up Eris and run off. "Mana…" he mumbled before passing out.

Sometime later, Kazuma slowly woke up in Kai's jeep. "What the…?"

"You okay, kid?" Kai asked.

"I feel like shit…" He suddenly sat up in shock. ""Where's Eris!? And Excellen!?"

Kai motioned to the back seat, where Excellen laid, unconscious. "Your girlfriend's passed out in the back. But Eris was taken away before I could get to you."

"Damn it! Where's the nearest fucking Military or S.H.I.E.L.D. Base?"

"There are too many, we don't have time to check them all."

"Damn…wait!" Kazuma exclaimed before pulling out his phone.

Elsewhere, Manami laid on her bed solemnly when her cellphone began to ring. With a sigh she answered it. "Yeah?"

"Hello, Manami," Kazuma said plainly.

"Oh, hey, Kazu-" Manami began before Kazuma interrupted her.

"Don't you 'Hey Kazuma' me you kidnapper!"

"What are you talki-!?" Manami argued, mildly annoyed, only to be interrupted again.

"I am not in the mood Manami! Where is Eris!?"

"Yeesh, calm down. Why are you asking me?"

"I saw your watch Manami. Whoever took Eris had the exact same watch as you with a crack in the exact same spot. Why'd you do it?"

Manami flinched and then frowned somberly. "I…wanted to get some field experience, I'm trying to get a job in S.H.I.E.L.D., remember?"

"So you'd throw your friends away for that job!? Some friend you are! I'd bet you'd shoot me in the back if it meant you get to become an Agent! Is that what I am?! A stepping stone to your goal!?"

Manami stiffened and widened her eyes. "H-hey! You know that's not true! Besides, it's your crazy girlfriend's sister who actually shot you guys!"

"So?! You were there! And took Eris! Now where is she?!"

Manami grit her teeth angrily.

Back in Kai's jeep, Kazuma put his phone away. "She's locked up in Hangar-F at Karina Airbase. That's not exactly the easiest place to get into. Even for one of the Aggressors."

"I've got a plan, but first we need to go and get Bumblebee and Sideswipe," Kai answered before reaching into his glove compartment and handing Kazuma a revolver. "Here, just in case things get hairy."

Kazuma nodded and looked over the revolver thoughtfully. "We should get Linda as well to hack their surveillance feed and the AGE Fortress if it shows up."

Kai shivered. "If that thing shows up I don't want to be anywhere near it."

At a large aircraft hangar, Janis and Natasha stood, frowning at a wrinkled man in a biohazard suit.

"Hey!" Janis shouted as several other men in biohazard suits laid the unconscious Eris on a wheeled table. "That's my target, you DI jerks can't just take it."

"You're done here," the man rebutted coldly. "This mission is now under our jurisdiction."

Natasha huffed in annoyance. "Wow, you Defense Intelligence Agency boys sure have some nerve, swiping a mission from S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Come now, both your S.H.I.E.L.D. and my DIA are servants of the people, are they not?"

Janis frowned and both she and Natasha got into her car before the two left.

"But I serve a different breed." He then turned around and asked, "Will this suffice?"

Soundwave walked up to the man and looked at Eris in thought before nodding. "She is sufficient. Begin the experiments."

Aoi sat watching a movie when her phone rang. "Hello?"

"Hey Aoi," Kazuma began as she answered. "I know we had plans tomorrow, but I don't think I'll be able to make it. Something's come up. Something kinda major. Maybe I can try to get a date with you later?"

Aoi frowned slightly. "Oh…okay…"

Kazuma then hung up, leaving Aoi silent.

Back at the bar, Maki slammed her fist on the table. "We blew it!"

"Still," the blonde man began, "my sources say the government won't enter into-"

"Now they think she's Earth's first alien contact!"

Suddenly, the door to the bar swung open as Kazuma and Kai entered the room, holding pistols aimed at the Beautiful Contact members.

"Sorry to interrupt, people, but make like ice and freeze!" Kai ordered.

Kazuma looked at Kai incredulously. "This is your brilliant plan? Get my teacher's little group of maniacs to help?"

"Who the hell are-Soryu!?" Maki shouted in surprise.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes. "Yes it's me Maki. Your faaavorite student. Didn't know being your favorite meant you'd try to kill me and my friends!"

"Hey, who gave you the right to use my fir-!?" Maki began to argue, only to be interrupted.

"Who gave you and your club the right to kill innocents!?"

Maki flinched in response.

Kazuma clenched his fists angrily. "You fucking monsters wanted to kill an innocent girl just because she didn't line up with your self-obsessed, self-indulgent fantasy of what a TRUE alien is! You're all pathetic! Utterly, completely, pathetic, self-serving, egotistical, shortsighted, morons!"

"Wow, those're some impressive words," Kai muttered as the Assistaroids snapped pictures of the Beautiful Contact members.

"You little punk, you DARE insult our-!?" the blonde man began to argue before Kazuma blasted him with his Repulsor Glove.

"Stuff it!" Kazuma snarled. "I'm berating you all so no backtalk!"

Kai then interjected, "Just so you know, these pics are going on the net, so that the membership of the Beautiful Contact Secret Society isn't going to be so secret anymore. Unless…"

"You do what we say. Got it?"

Maki sighed in exasperation. "Great, I'm being blackmailed by my own student."

"I'm not in the mood for sarcasm, so shut it," Kazuma snapped. "And get movin'. And to set the record straight, first contact with an alien race happened last week with giant alien robots."

Manami sighed as she sat on her bed with a solemn frown. "I'm sure Kazuma must hate me now."

At that moment, her doorbell rang.

She made her way downstairs and opened the door to see Aoi standing at her front door.

At a large military airbase, a large green semi-truck with a long silver trailer drove up to the front gate.

The blonde man from Beautiful Contact sat in the driver's seat and handed an identification card to the guard and was allowed to pass after a moment.

"So far, so good," Kazuma said quietly from the back of the truck with Kai and Maki, crouched down.

"It's thanks to his special access plate," Maki explained before they hit a bump, causing her to slam chest-first into Kazuma.

Kazuma immediately moved to the side with a reddened face.

"And the hour," the blonde man explained. "Most of the people 'round here at this hour aren't much better than rent-a-cops."

"Ah. That explains it." He then turned to the man. "So, uh, sorry about blasting you with my prototype. Kinda having another adrenaline filled day. Was hoping that time in Britannia with that giant alien robot rumble in Mission City was the last one."

"Don't worry. My back was aching ever since Mega-whatever flicked me with his finger. That little blast of yours corrected it a little."

"Wait, you got finger flicked by Megatron? I killed that guy."

"And he nearly killed me. I only joined Beautiful Contact because I figured they'd believe me when I said I almost got killed by a giant alien robot."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in intrigue. "Huh. So you'er ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. Great. This plan might actually…work…something's not right. Hey Linda, you in their system?"

"Why?" the blonde asked as she sat in the sleeper of the cab on a laptop.

"Something feels off here. I want you to do a readout of the place and see what the surveillance has."

"I'll see what I can do."

Inside of a large underground room, many men in biohazard suits walked around multiple different computers, with a large container in the center, with an unconscious and cuffed Eris inside.

The tranquilizer finally wearing off, Eris slowly awoke and looked around curiously. "Where…am I…?"

"I bet you have lots of questions," the leader of the group muttered as he walked up to the container she was in. "Very well, I'll answer them."

Eris nodded. "Okay, first, why am I here?"

"So we can terminate you. You're arrival is problematic you see, and I've deemed you detrimental to our interests."

"Why the secrecy? Why don't you refuse relations with my people?"

The man was about to answer when Soundwave walked up behind him. "Enough talk. Terminate this pest"

"Fi-" the man began to rebut when the building shook with tremors. "What the…!? Whats going on?!"

Eris narrowed her eyes as she sniffed the air. "You reek of dog, not good for you."

The man flinched in frustration, Soundwave narrowing his eye.

"It's against Council law to enter any form of agreement with the Dogisians."

The man snarled and turned to Soundwave. "Don't just stand there you overgrown bucket, find out what's causing these tremors and stop it!"

Outside, Kazuma and Linda sat at a computer, cackling madly. "Blow open a hole my little repurposed nanomachines!" Kazuma cheered as a cloud of nanomachines attacked and devoured the metal the hangar was made from. "Oh man, this is so awesome. Too bad they can't increase their numbers."

Linda grumbled and snarled, "I'm having enough trouble just controlling them, I don't need to add that to the code."

Bumblebee and Sideswipe emerged from the trailer of the truck and transformed before they saw something moving in the distance. "Hey, what's that?!" Bumblebee shouted.

Soundwave emerged from a large service elevator and walked out towards the group as the cloud of nanomachines devoured the hangar.

"Ah crap. It's the scientist," Kazuma grumbled.

Soundwave turned to the cloud as a low-pitched sound emanated from the crest on his forehead.

Linda's eyes widened. "NO NO NO! Dammit, he's overriding my control of the nanomachines! Goldbug, stop him!"

"Erm, it's Bumblebee," the yellow Autobot argued weakly.

"I don't care! Just stop him!"

"Alright, alright!" Bumblebee snarled as he charged at Soundwave.

Soundwave waved a hand, causing the cloud of nanomachines to charge at him.

Bumblebee hissed and started firing at the cloud, the miniature robots merely moving out of the way and surrounding him, beginning to slowly chew on his armor.

"Linda!" Kazuma exclaimed. "Press the off switch! I'm going in to rescue Eris!"

"But if I do that our babies will die!" Linda shouted desperately.

"If you don't we will die!"

Linda growled angrily but then watched as Bumblebee ran towards Soundwave, her eyes flickering in thought. As Bumblebee leapt over the Decepticon, Linda pressed a button on the keyboard tearfully. "Mama's sorry!"

The nanomachines exploded as they enveloped Soundwave, sending him flying away, smoking and damaged.

Kazuma then immediately ran past Bumblebee and into the hangar.

Kai smirked as he pulled out two switches. "Well, guess it's my turn." He pressed one of the switches, causing a huge explosion. "Kaboom! And Kablooey." Another explosion occurred nearby.

"Isn't that a little excessive?" Maki asked.

"I'm an Aggressor for a reason."

Elsewhere, a blue vehicle busted through one of the base's gates before the soldiers opened fire as it raced by.

"Well that got their attention," Manami said in the passenger seat. With a sigh, she continued, "Guess I can kiss my chances at S.H.I.E.L.D. goodbye."

"Yeah, and my job with Immigration Bureau of Japan," Aoi added. She then pointed to an assault rifle with a grenade launcher attached to it that was sitting next to Manami. "By the way, that's for you."

"Thanks!" Manami exclaimed as she picked up the weapon, leaned out the window, aimed ahead of the car and fired a shot, destroying a checkpoint ahead of them. "Hell yeah!"

Aoi looked in the rear view mirror and saw two military jeeps approaching from behind and pressed a switch, causing a smokescreen to shoot out of the back of the car and make the two jeeps crash into each other.

"Wow," Manami muttered in surprise before looking around. "You know, for a S.H.I.E.L.D. op this place is surprisingly devoid of Agents."

Back in the underground bunker, the leader of the small group of captors looked around angrily. "Would someone tell me what the hell's going on out there!?"

The door to the elevator suddenly blasted open as Kazuma stepped out. "A rescue, duh."

"Kazuma!" Eris exclaimed from inside the container.

The man sneered and put a hand on the small keypad on Eris' container. "If you come any closer, I'll flood this pest's chamber with poisonous gas."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes angrily and fired a round from the pistol, destroying the control pad. "I'm sorry asshole, but did you just call her a pest?"

"Y-you bastard! Why does the life of this one pest matter to y-!?"

Kazuma interrupted the man's spiel, shooting him in the leg. "I'm sorry. What was that? I didn't hear."

The man growled in pain. "You…bastard…what's your problem…? She's just a stupid who-!"

"Wrong thing to say fucker," Kazuma cursed as he shot the man in the arm. "Never. NEVER call those I know a whore."

Eris watched in surprise as Kazuma continued walking towards the man.

Kazuma looked at the man angered. "Now, remove those clamps from Eris or I remove your eyes from your head. And believe me. I'll make it burn."

"Alright, fine," the man answered angrily and turned to the lock on the chamber.

However, before he could press any buttons, Kazuma slammed the butt of his gun against the container, shattering the glass.

"Wh-what are you doing!?"

"Just in case you want to gas her. You'll die too."

"And so would you!"

Kazuma nodded. "I'm willing to take that risk to protect a friend. Also, if you pull out a gun I'll blow your head off."

Eris' eyes widened before the man pressed a button, causing the clamps on Eris' arms and legs to unlock.

"Good," Kazuma muttered as the container opened, Eris getting out next to him and stretching. "Now, get your ass in there."

"H-huh…?" the man mumbled in confusion.

Kazuma grinned maliciously. "You have to be detained somehow so Fury and his friends can come and get you."

As Kazuma closed the container on the man and clamped his bindings Eris suddenly tackled Kazuma in a tight hug. "You came to save me!"

"Of course I did," Kazuma said with a smile. "You're my friend."

Outside, Kai, who had taken Sideswipe to lure some of the soldiers away, snarled as they were being pinned down by the sheer amount of gunfire. "There's a lot of guys shooting at us!"

Sideswipe groaned in irritation. "If I don't get a couple nanocycles to myself, my shields won't be staying for much longer."

"That's not good. Try to get behind some cover or something."

"I'm trying! But these guys are persistent…" After a moment of thought Sideswipe said, "Okay, we're going to need to split up."

"Wait, but for us to split up, I'll need to ju-!" Kai shouted before Sideswipe opened his door and dumped Kai out to the side and drove off, taking most of the pursuant soldiers with him. "Asshole! You could have been gentler about it!"

At that moment, Aoi and Manami drove up in Aoi's car as Kai was fired upon by more soldiers.

"Get in!" Manami urged as she opened the door.

"No need to tell me twice!" Kai retorted as he jumped in before the group took off.

"Where's Kazuma!?"

Kai pulled out a cellphone and dialed a number. "Where are ya, kid?"

"With Eris," Kazuma answered. "Just locked the asshole working with the 'Cons inside the cell he had her in."

"Good. Those Contact guys already got a helicopter coming to get us, so just get the hell outta there."

"Right. Did Linda get in contact with Fury?"

"Dunno."

Kazuma and Eris ran out of the hangar as Bumblebee, with Linda and Maki inside, drove up.

"What took you so long!?" Maki demanded.

"Had to convince that asshole to let her out," Kazuma explained. "Cost two bullets."

"Just hop in," Linda urged. "That chopper's not far away. Oh, and Nicky knows about this little faux pas too."

"Good. Maybe he can also tell us what the hell he was thinking kidnapping Eris instead of just sending someone to talk."

Later, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Kai's groups met up.

Manami and Aoi gaped as they saw Maki get out of the car.

"M-Ms. Itokazu! What are you doing here!?" Manami exclaimed.

"She's here 'cause she pissed me off and had me shot at," Kazuma explained, causing Maki to flinch and sigh guiltily.

"Huh…?" Aoi muttered in confusion.

Kai turned as he saw a large helicopter approaching them. "There's our-" he began before the helicopter exploded. "There was our ride."

The group all turned as multiple tanks rolled towards them.

Kazuma gulped. "Linda…is the second batch ready?"

"Working on it!" Linda rebutted in frustration.

"Then work faster!" Kazuma rebutted before turning to her and sitting next to her. "Here, I'll help!"

"Whatever you're doing, do it fast!" Manami urged.

"Cram it!" Kazuma hissed. "We wouldn't even be in this mess if you and your girlfriend didn't abduct Eris and hand her off to assholes working with Decepticons!"

"WHAT!?"

"You heard me!"

"Oh you gotta be kidding me!"

"I'm not!" He then pointed at Aoi and demanded, "And why'd you bring Aoi here!? You're putting her in unnecessary danger!"

"Actually," Aoi interjected, "I'm the one who brought Manami here."

"…Wha…?" Kazuma muttered in confusion.

"It's kinda hard to explain."

"I see…anyway, I think the coding is finished."

"Then use it!" Manami shouted.

"Right! Linda! Activate batch two!"

"Done!" Linda exclaimed as a second cloud of nanomachines emerged and flew into the air.

"Wh-what the hell!?" one of the soldiers shouted as the cloud barreled towards them, beginning to grind up and devour the metal the tanks were made of.

"Now devour their weapons my babies!"

"Let's get the hell out of here!" Manami demanded. She got back into Aoi's car and shouted, "Let's go while those soldiers are busy!"

"Right," Kazuma answered as the others all got back into the cars and left.

The group finally made their back to Kazuma's house, exhausted.

With a groan, Kazuma muttered, "Well, that went well."

"But now what?" Manami asked in confusion. "S.H.I.E.L.D.'s probably pretty pissed off and Aoi's definitely lost her job."

"S.H.I.E.L.D. has major egg on Nicky's face for this fiasco."

"I think you'll find the situation isn't quite as you expected," Janis said as she walked up to the group, whom all turned in shock.

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