SZ: Whoo...okay…*cracks neck a bit*Break from GSE is over! Let us get back to it and begin season 2!
Z0: WOOHOO! *ducks back into my corner to play my Switch*
SZ:...He's been playing Pokemon...same with GT.
GT: *sitting on a Rillaboom* Mr. Chuckles is a good boy and my Shield Starter. *high fives a Raboot* Arthur here is my Sword Nuzlocke Starter.
SZ: Ahem! We own nothing aside from original content, so..z0! Start us!
Z0: Right then, *clears throat* Gang GIGANTAMAX BAND! *6 Pokemon begin growing to massive size* Hit it! *rock music begins playing as the entire city shakes before exploding*
"Mmm...finally a week off," Mai sighed in relief as she stretched a bit, the bluenette wearing awhite tee underneath a blue vest and a pair of blue jeans.
After the whole Malware incident that took place on Galvan Prime a week or so ago, the girls were given a week off to chill and relax. Ben, however...only got a few days off before being called back to work as he and Rook had to go off world to the planet Peptos XI, the current homeworld of Upchuck's species, the Gourmands. It took all of them to keep Noel from following in the hopes of cuddling an entire species. Thankfully Jenny-who had finished her system upgrades to make sure nobody (Billy) would hack into her systems and use her like a puppet again-decided to take Noel out of town to help her relax. Tsubaki...well she decided to take her time off by staying at Plumbers HQ to help Magister Tennyson with any odd jobs he needed while off the field, meaning the house was now occupied by Mai, Kajun, and Makoto.
"...Question is...how am I gonna spend my week off?" Mai pondered as she stepped out of her room, "...Makoto must be bored out of her mind..maybe..no no. Knowing her, she might suggest something that would spiral WAY out of control…"
"You can't catch me!" Makoto shouted, running through the house in a pair of black track shorts that hugged her curves and a dark-yellow sweatshirt with an acorn printed on the right breast, "I'm not gonna tell you nothin' science girl!"
"Makoto Nanaya, you get back here!" Kajun shouted as she chased after her, "I demand you tell me what you know!"
"NEVAH!"
"What did I just walk into…?" Mai whispered with wide eyes.
"Hmm?" Kajun blinked as she skidded to a halt, letting Mai see she was wearing her usual lab attire, "Ah Mai. Perfect ti-"
"FREEDOM!" Makoto shouted as she leapt out the window.
"...Blast…" Kajun whispered, biting her thumb in frustration, "She escaped…"
"...Kajun, what are you trying to do to Makoto?" Mai cautiously asked.
"Getting information out of her." Kajun explained, "Did your forget what she said back on Galvan Prime? If not for work, I'd have captured her for this information days ago!"
"Nah-nah-nah! Can't catch me!" Makoto taunted from outside as she was sitting in a tree.
"Mmm!" Kajun fumed at that.
"What she said back on…" Mai muttered, trying to recall that before it dawned on her, "..It's about the Azure Grimoire isn't it?"
"Yes!" Kajun answered, "Kokonoe seemed to have known something about it and kept info on who had it secret! Even I couldn't even hack into her systems! And when Makoto mentioned the Azure Grimoire...she KNEW who has it, and is keeping it secret!"
"And I plan to!" Makoto shouted, leaping out of the tree before bolting for it, "Later!"
"Shimatta…" Kajun cursed before tensing, an idea forming in her head as she turned towards Mai with a rather...unsettling smile, "Oh Mai~"
"No...please...no...it's my day off...no misadventures...please…" Mai rambled, backing away from her friend.
"Just for today…" Kajun said as she began to step towards her.
"Kajun no...I know that look! It's giving me vibes...certain vibes to a certain mission in the forest again!" Mai argued.
"Oh please. You managed to get cured afterwards…"
"Yeah! After you tumbled into me and knocked me into that mushroom pile!" Mai snapped, "My hair turned purple and I couldn't say anything right!"
"Just this once and I promise for a month, I'll never ask for another favor!" Kajun offered.
"...do you promise?" Mai cautiously asked, her back against the wall.
"I swear on my title as a member of the Plumbers R&D department," Kajun swore.
"...Okay...I'll help," Mai sighed in compliance..
"Thank you! Now we must catch a squirrel!" Kajun grabbed her hand and dragged her away.
"Ahh!" Mai yelped, 'I'm already starting to regret this!'
"There she is…" Kajun whispered, hiding inside some nearby bushes as she used some binoculars to spy on Makoto, who was busy having a drink over at Mr. Smoothies, "Good…she's alone."
"I'm honestly surprised she hasn't noticed or heard us…" Mai quietly noted.
"Stealth tech…" Kajun replied, tapping the collar around her neck before tapping the one on Mai's, "It makes sure no one can see or hear us if we hide in something dark, such as shadowy areas or, well, this bush."
"You really have too much free time with Blukic and Driba…" Mai sweatdropped.
"I've heard that a lot this week…" she muttered, "She's moving!"
"Why are we stalking her like this again?" Mai asked with a sigh.
"Cause the moment she sees your face...she'll know." Kajun argued.
"Oh...good point, I guess," Mai muttered before she noticed something, "...She's talking to someone."
"Hmm?" Kajun blinked as she looked through her binoculars, "...A female Kraaho?"
"Female Kra...oh! I think that's Ester," Mai realized, earning a look from Kajun, "Makoto mentioned her once during a day off. She's half-Kraaho on her late dad's side, so she's fine with being on the surface in just a normal parka."
"Yo Ester!" Makoto called out, "What took you so long? ...Wait...let me guess...is it a certain old doofus who still causes trouble for everyone?"
"What do you think?" Ester sighed before smirking, "Fortunately, I introduced him to a certain Undertown guardian."
"...You didn't," Makoto grinned.
"Oho, I did!" Ester laughed, "I did not know his face was that malleable…" she burst into full laughter.
"That is awesome!" Makoto laughed, "Ah...Anyway, what do ya wanna do first? I got a week off from work, and I have quite a bit of energy to burn off!"
"Hmm…Parkour sound good to you?" Ester suggested.
"...Sure that's a good idea?" Makoto smirked as she stretched her back a bit, "I pretty much aced all my gym classes back in school...though given how you gave me a hard hard back when we first met...loser has to do what the winner says for our next activity?"
"Ooh...sounds potentially stupid and dangerous, love it!" Ester smiled.
"Makoto has found her long lost alien sister…" Mai whispered with wide eyes, "Well...half alien, but still…"
"...Wait…Kuso! She's going to…" Kajun began.
"Cool. Then on your mark…" Makoto began as she got into a running position, "...Get set...G-!" she tensed when Ester stretched her arm to a light post and stretched over, using the momentum to reach for a nearby fire escape and began to climb up out, "Oh ho! Oh, you cheeky girl!" she laughed as she ran after her, jumping on top of the light post before following after Ester on the fire escape.
"She's on the move! Go go go!" Kajun shouted as she ran out of the bush.
"How…?" Mai asked, "I mean I'm athletic, but…" she trailed off, seeing them run across the city at their literal inhuman pace.
"Call it a workout session!" Kajun shouted, already halfway away from the bush.
"...Again, I'm already starting to regret this…" Mai groaned as she followed after Kajun.
"No complaints!" Kajun shouted, using her binoculars to make sure she didn't lose sight of Ester and Makoto, who were now practically running across the rooftops of the buildings..
"I think maybe going to the Upchuck planet is better than this," Mai complained.
"...I lost my day off...to stop yet another war…" Ben muttered, sitting on top of a cliff as he saw two armies staring at one another, "'Oh no, this should be easy,' I said… Starting to think Makoto was right about me putting my foot in my mouth before I speak…"
"Incoming!" Rook shouted as a rocket came towards them.
"AH!" Ben panicked as he and Rook ran for cover.
"Ha ha!" Makoto laughed, passing by Ester as the two ran through a familiar construction site, the Beastkin on a higher I-beam above, "Try and catch up now, Ester!"
"Oh, you did not just challenge me!" Ester laughed, stretching her arms out and catapulting herself up and over Makoto, "Enjoying your words?" she laughed, swinging away with her extending arms.
"Ahh. Oh no. I'm…" Makoto began with a gasp...before a smirk grew on her face, "Far ahead."
"Hmm?" Ester blinekd at that before Makoto suddenly poofed into smoke, an acorn in her place, "What the…?!"
"Oi~!" Ester looked forward to see Makoto far ahead on a rooftop, "Enjoy that little trick?! I like to call that my Asteroid Vision...because you can never tell which is the real me!"
"Oh ho! Sneaky!" Ester laughed as she chased after her.
"Darn...missed them!" Kajun snapped as she ran into the area, "Mai, pick up the pace! We shan't lose them!"
"H-How can you run so fast…? You wear heels for crying out loud…!" Mai gasped as she caught up.
"Because I am not quitting until I get the info I need fm Makoto! Allons-y!" Kajun shouted as she ran off.
"...Where she picked that up, I will never know…" Mai muttered as she resumed following after her.
Just as the two came across a corner, they spotted the two tomboys leaping down from a nearby fire escape and began to run through the sidewalks, Ester having caught up as she and Makoto were neck and neck.
"J...Just where are they going anyway?" Mai asked.
"Unsure…"
"U...UNSURE?!"
"Honestly, you never know what goes through Makoto's head," Kajun shrugged.
"You talk like she's some kind of animal you're studying…" Mai muttered.
"Well...it is Makoto," she argued simply.
"...Why does that make so much sense…?" Mai sighed as they turned a corner, "...Wait. Where are they?"
"Hmm...I think we lost them," Kajun muttered before looking at a nearby arcade, seeing the two panting as they stood outside it, "Oh no, wait...they're there."
"Oh thank god…" Mai sighed in relief as she fell over.
"Shh! They're speaking!" Kajun hushed as she quickly dragged her into a nearby alleyway.
"Whoo...It...It looks like...it's a draw…" Makoto panted as she looked at Ester.
"Ugh...Cursed draws...The bane of...all contests…" Ester cursed.
"Oh, hands down…" Makoto agreed with a nod before looking up at the arcade, "...Up for some video games to pass the time?"
"Sure thing," Ester agreed with a grin.
"An arcade where Makoto's still allowed...the past continues to surprise me," Mai noted with a drop of sweat going down the back of her head.
"...Actually, this is perfect!" Kajun silently beamed.
"Huh?"
"Makoto will be so focused on the games, she won't notice us sneak up on her from behind," Kajun explained, "...And when she least suspects, we snatch her and take her back home so she can spill the metaphorical beans!"
"Right…" Mai muttered, "...Wait. What about Ester?"
"...Shoot," Kajun silently cursed, "...I got it. We wait for her to be distracted or go elsewhere, and then we take Makoto, bring her back home, and then have her spill the beans!"
"You're really not letting this go, are you?" Mai sweatdropped.
"I am not!" Kajun shouted as she ran for the arcade.
"...So this is how I spend my day off...pursuing Makoto…" Mai sighed as she followed, "It's like trying to catch her during the Coffee Incident back at school...or…" she paused for a moment to shudder, "A particular season for Beastkin and make sure she stays locked in her room." she froze, "...Kajun...Have we prepared for that season?"
"Come on!" Kajun barked, zipping back and pushing Mai towards the arcade, "For the Science!"
"Eek!" Mai squeaked, completely pale, 'Makoto, you're gonna get it later for having me stuck with Kajun in Science Mode!'
"Achoo!" Makoto sneezed, "...huh. Someone must be talking ab-"
=KO!=
"HAH?!" Makoto gawked, looking at the arcade cabinet she and Ester were standing before "Aw no fair, Ester! I sneezed!"
"So? I saw an opening and took advantage," Ester countered with a smirk.
"Mmm…So we're playing that are we?" Makoto fumed, pondering for a moment before an idea popped into her head, "...Alrighty. I got something good~ We do our previous bet, but changed up. Everytime one of us loses here at the arcade, the winner -IE you or me- makes the loser do a truth or dare!"
"Oh hoh~You're on!" Ester grinned.
"Sweet! To the Skeeballs!" Makoto declared as she and Ester ran off.
"...Again, I still think this is wrong…" Mai groaned as she and Kajun poked out of a nearby photobooth, "I mean, it's obvious they're gonna be fully focused on their contest so...you have something to try and distract Ester or Makoto, don't you?"
"For the latter, yes…" Kajun answered as she pulled out a device, "This will imitate the scent of a chestnut parfait, Makoto's favorite food. The moment she smells it, she will bolt right for it...and when she least suspects it? We net her!"
"This is gonna devolve into some sort of Looney Tunes-based misadventure…" Mai facepalmed.
"Oh please...like it's gonna backfire on me or something utterly ridiculous is gonna ha-" Kajun began.
"Whoops!" Makoto's voice shouted as a skeeball flew through the air, beaning Kajun right on the head as she fell over, the skeeball flying through the air before flying back to where the skeeball tables were, "Oh sweet! That has to be good luck!"
"...Not…a word," Kajun spoke, holding a finger up to Mai before she could say anything.
"..." Mai simply facepalmed, 'This is going to be a long time at the arcade.'
"Now...do you have the special net I brought?" Kajun asked, getting back up as she rubbed the side of her head.
"Yes...and I wonder...why do you have nets made up and ready to use...and labeled for specific people?" Mai asked in suspicion, pulling out a...large butterfly net with the net strings seemingly glowing, "And why is the net glowing?"
"It adapts to the target it captures, making sure it renders them powerless enough so that we can carry them back," Kajun explained as she took the net.
"...You're really starting to scare me, Kajun," Mai whispered in worry.
"Hush...I need concentration…" Kajun shushed her, carefully and quietly sneaking out of her hiding spot as she began to step up to Makoto and Ester, the two neck and neck in terms of scores as they had a huge pile of tickets in front of their respective skeeball tables.
"Okay...one ball left each…" Makoto muttered, juggling the skeeball in her hand, "First to hit the center-and no powers involved!- wins the game."
"You're on," Ester smirked.
"Yosh," Makoto smirked back, unaware that Kajun was inches away from her as she began to lift the net up, "Okay. And…shoot!"
With that, Makoto tossed her ball as it hit the machine and bounced away, and began bouncing around the arcade at ever growing speeds. It dinged off the whack-a-mole game and got a high score, before bouncing around, and once again beaning Kajun in the head, and bouncing off to another section of the arcade. Before eventually shooting back and landing a bullseye in the machine.
"Yes!" Makoto cheered raising her hands up, "Today's Makoto's day!" totally unaware of Kajun slowly falling over due to the machine's loud victory sound effects.
"Well...that was some incredible luck," Ester noted, "...Fine. I forfeit."
"Yes!" Makoto pumped her fist in victory, "Now...truth or dare~?"
"Dare."
"Oh ho! Gutsy...I like that," Makoto smirked, "Okay...I dare you to keep one arm behind your back the entire time while we play the next game."
"Hmm...okay," Ester shrugged, the two unaware of Mai dragging Kajun off.
"Are you sure you're okay, Kajun…?" Mai asked in concern, seeing some bandages around Kajun's head as she focused heavily on the two tomboys currently playing a shooting game in a battle of who would get the higher score.
"Fine...I will be fine…" she sighed, taking a few breaths to calm down some more, "But I won't be beaten just cause once in a blue moon Luck smiles down on Makoto…"
"I think it's more coincidence than luck right now…" Mai sweatdropped as Kajun began to sneak up to makoto once more, net in hand with the intent of catching her.
"Mmm...why did I have to score worse at the shooting range back at the academy…" Makoto muttered, her score lower than Ester's right now.
"Haha. Guess there is something the amazing Makoto Nanaya can't do!" Ester laughed, shooting perfect shots each time, "With one hand to boot!"
"Mmm…!" Makoto fumed, trying to hit every target the best she can...and failing each time, "Oh I will top you and win this, Ester!"
"So close…so close…" Kajun whispered, a gleam in her eye as she was near Makoto once more.
=Player 2 wins!=
"GAH!" Makoto tossed her hands up, along with the toy rifle that was linked to the machine, sending it flying up.
Kajun stopped and looked up, only to gawk as said toy fell down and struck her, sending her falling down again.
"Look at that. I win again…" Ester grinned, putting down her toy rifle as she looked at the squirrel girl, "Now...truth or dare?"
"...Dare!"
"...Oh you are not gonna like this one then..."
"...I tell her about it one time…" Makoto muttered, her tail having a green ribbon in it with a pair of cartoony eyes and a mouth painted on it, "Should've kept my big mouth shut…"
"Hahahaha!" Ester laughed, rolling across the floor, "Oh this is amazing…"
"Oh yeah? Well let's see you laugh…" Makoto began, looking around before hopping into a carseat of a racing game cabinet, "Once I beat you in a race!"
"Ah ha...fine..bring it," Ester panted, catching her breath as she went into the seat next to Makoto's.
"Kajun can you please stop? It's obvious this is gonna keep happening to you…" Mai whispered to Kajun, the two peeking out from behind a pinball table with female scientist having the net ready.
"No...I shall not quit…" she huffed, clearly growing annoyed.
"I think you have a concussion," Mai spoke in concern.
"Nonsense, walking blueberry," Kajun simply argued as she began to sneak up towards Makoto and Ester once more.
"Last lap, and I am in first!" Makoto beamed as she was far ahead with Ester coming in second.
"You sure? I may end up sneaking a win on ya," Ester smirked.
"Oh please. Like you can get the really powerful power ups in second so easily," Makoto countered before tensing...when Ester's character fired a blue shell, "A BLUE SHELL?!"
"Haha!" Ester laughed, dashing ahead.
"Wow...that was unbalanced…" Makoto muttered before her character hit a powerup box, "Wait...HAHA! Star power, baby!"
"Uh oh!" Ester yelped as she drove further ahead, her and Makoto now neck and neck.
"Close...getting so close...and...c-" Kajun began, raising the net up as she was close to victory...only for her foot to step on a banana peel, resulting in her slipping and sliding all over the place before she fell right into a nearby ball pit in the kids part of the arcade.
"DAMN IT LARRY! I TOLD YOU TO CLEAN THAT BANANA PEEL UP!" an employee snapped from nearby.
"At least this time you fell on something soft…" Mai muttered as Kajun's head slowly surfaced from the ball pit.
"Mmm…" Kajun fumed in response, spitting out the ball that was in her mouth.
"HAHA! I win!" Makoto beamed as she shot up, having come in first with Ester coming in second place, "At the last second too!"
"Lucky…" Ester muttered.
"Now Ester…Truth or dare?"
"Hmm...truth."
"Alrighty...hmm...Have you ever gotten your arms tied up by accident when you're stretching them?" Makoto asked.
"Ah...yes." Ester sighed, "It happened all the time as a kid."
"Oof...must've been a real pain."
"Oh you have no idea…one more game?"
"Sure. After that we can hit the indoor pool a few blocks ahead," Makoto suggested, "Thankfully it's heated too so we can relax."
"Cool..wait. Did you bring swimsuits?"
"Yup. Always prepared for a trip to the beach!" Makoto beamed, 'Would've had my Golden Angel...but Tsubaki had to confiscate it and hide it who knows where at home…'
"Cool...then on to the last game."
"Okay..no distractions..nothing to hit me...no objects for me to slip on…" Kajun whispered, examining the area as Makoto and Ester were focused on another fighting game, "...Perfect chance."
"Just to be double sure...how about you wait until they've finished the game? So Makoto doesn't swing her arms or tail around in frustration and launch you out and through a wall…?" Mai offered.
"...Good idea," Kajun muttered.
"Okay...on our last characters...low health, and full super meters…" Makoto muttered, focused heavily on the screen as she tapped the buttons on her side, "I can do this...and no sneezing will distract me!"
"You sure~?" Ester smirked.
"...I know that tone. You're planning something, aren't you?"
"Hmm?"
"I know that tone! I use that tone when I plan something!" Makoto argued, pointing a finger at Ester, "But you will not…!"
=KO!=
"No!" Makoto cried grabbing the machine, "How...why~!?"
"Careful Makoto, you…" Ester began before Makoto lifted the machine up and tossed it far, "..."
"...Oh no…" Mai groaned before the machine landed on her and Kajun, "AHH!"
"Oops…" Makoto muttered.
"Hey!" the manager shouted.
"Run!" Makoto panicked as she bolted out of there.
"Oh come on!" Ester complained following after her.
"Don't think of coming back here again you two! I know what you look like!" he shook his fist at them.
"Mai...get the emergency healing medication in my pocket…" Kajun groaned, her and Mai's heads poking out from underneath the machine.
"Of course you have that…" Mai groaned.
"Well...that sucks…" Makoto muttered as she and Ester were now at the indoor pool, the Beastkin wearing an orange and black bikini with the top held by a gold-ring while a pair of gold rings also holding up her bikini bottoms, "Can't ever go back there again…"
"Well it's no big deal," Ester shrugged, wearing a simple purple one-piece swimsuit, "Besides, we can always continue our little competition here...speaking of...truth or dare?"
"...know what? I'll go with truth this time," Makoto answered as she headed up to the pool, preparing to hop in.
"Hmm...Are you and Ben a couple?"
"Wh-what?!" Makoto exclaimed, stumbling in surprise as she slipped and fell into the pool, resulting in a large splash.
"...Oh no…" Kajun groaned, hiding behind the bleachers with Mai before the two were pushed into the changing rooms by the resulting large splash.
"BAH!" Makoto gasped as she surfaced, "Dare! I change it to dare, Ester!"
"Only if you answer."
"Then no! We are NOT a couple!"
"You sure~?"
"Yes I'm sure!" Makoto snapped before muttering, "Besides...seems he likes you more anyway…"
"Jealous?"
"No! And just give me the dare already!" Makoto snapped, practically blushing beet red at this point.
"Fine fine…" Ester chuckled as she pondered a bit..before a smirk grew on her face, "Fine..I dare you to kiss the next person that comes out of the changing room."
"HAH!?"
"On the lips."
"D'oh! I knew I shouldn't have told ya about my bisexuality…" Makoto muttered as she climbed out of the pool, "Fine...Might as well get it over with…"
"Ugh...I swear Kajun is gonna kill me over this whole ordeal…" Mai groaned, her clothes clinging to her due to taking a full brunt of the splash with Kajun...and unaware of her collar sparking as she began to step out of the changing room.
*CHU!*
"MMM!" Mai's eyes widened, her lips locked with Makoto's as the Beastkin kissed her, 'This again?! Wait...did her tongue brush against mine?! I...wait...what is...oh~ So That's who has the Azure Grimoire...'
"Mmm...hmm?" Makoto mummered in confusion, slowly opening her eyes as she noticed who she was kissing, "MMM?!" she released the kiss and quickly move back from the bluenette, "M-MAI?!"
"Eh? Wh…" Mai began before tensing, lightly touching her collar, '...SHOOT! The water must've shorted out the collar?!'
"What are you doing here?! ...Wait. Did Kajun send you to spy on me?!" Makoto snapped.
"Hello…" she waved slowly, "So...this again...I still didn't give consent…"
"Wh...oh ho no! As much as I enjoyed it kinda, it was a dare!" Makoto exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at Ester, "From her!"
"Hello~" Ester waved.
"Eh heh...is that so?" Mai asked with a nervous laugh, "Um...excuse me. I...might as well go get changed since I'm here at the pool."
"...Yeah you do that…" Makoto muttered as Mai slipped right back into the changing room.
"Ahh! Oh..oh that was close…" Mai panted as she leaned against the door, "Still...was not expecting that kiss...again. But...least now Kajun can stop per…" she froze, "...wait. Maybe I shouldn't tell her."
"Tell me what?"
"EEK!" Mai yelped when Kajun instantly stood before her, her clothes already dry, "...Um...how are your clothes dry?!"
"Not important right now," Kajun waved off, a gleam in her eyes, "Mai..you know what Makoto knows, don't you…?"
"?!...Um….no?" Mai denied backing away, "Maybe...I mean No!" she shook her head.
"...Makoto kissed you didn't she?"
"..."
"Which means..you know what she knows~" Kajun beamed softly.
"..."
"Oh Mai~"
"AHH!" Mai screamed as she bolted for it.
"MAI NATSUME YOU GET BACK HERE!" Kajun shouted as she chased after her, net already out as she gave chase.
"Why is this happening to me now!? I just wanna go home!" Mai cried.
"You will as soon as I catch you!"
"I NEED AN ADULT!"
"YOU ARE AN ADULT!" Kajun shouted as the two ran out.
"...Was that another of your friends just now?" Ester blinked with Makoto.
"Yep...and I think she's been chasing me all day to get info I know out of me...in retrospect, I probably should have just done it to get her off my tail…" Makoto noted, "Though I wish them luck with the knowledge."
"Is this cage really necessary?!" Mai demanded, stuck in a cage in the house.
"It is absolutely necessary," Kajun answered, slapping on a pair of gloves as she looked over at Mai, "Now...you are going to tell me what you now know…"
"A...and if I refuse?" Mai cautiously asked, 'SHOOT! Why did I say that?! Wait...why do I suddenly hear boss music?'
"In that case…" Kajun began, an unsettling gleam appearing in one eye as the side of the wall opened up, revealing various tools, "You are going to have a bad time~"
"That hasn't come out in this time yet! How'd you get Megalovania?!"
"Had it downloaded on my tablet for certain...occasions…" Kajun answered in an unsettling tone, grabbing a tool that had a large hand on it.
"...wh…what are you gonna do with that?"
"Did you know there are certain methods to getting people to tell the truth?" Kajun asked as a panel opened up behind the cage, a pair of hands coming out and grabbing Mai's arms, "One of which can drive certain people insane."
"...you wouldn't…" Mai whispered in worry as her arms were lifted up.
"Oh...at this point...I would." she replied, "Now let's cut to the point, will you tell me yes or no? I shall give you thirty seconds to answer."
"...Um….w….what if…" Mai nervously began before yelling, seeing the fingers of the hand Kajun was holding sprout feathers, "What if the thing I know may result in you possibly getting hurt?!"
"Twenty seconds..and after today, I MORE than deserve this…" Kajun countered as she stepped forward.
"Ahh! Um! Um…!" Mai began to freak out at this point, trying to figure out what to say.
"Either you give me the information, or you give me the information...or...and can you guess?"
"G-give you the information?" Mai slowly responded.
"Smart girl. So...your choice? 5...4...3...2…"
"OKAY OKAY! RAGNA HAS THE AZURE GRIMOIRE! MAKOTO KNEW RAGNA HAD THE AZURE GRIMOIRE AFTER SHE SAW HIM USE IT AGAINST MALWARE BACK ON GALVAN PRIME!" Mai explained in her freak out, practically struggling to move as the hand inched towards her exposed armpit, "JUST PLEASE DON'T TICKLE ME TO DEATH~!"
"To death?" Kajun blinked before looking at the feathered hand, "Oh...yeah...I can see why...you would think that…" she muttered as she retracted the hand back, "That is as Ben would say...My B…"
"Oh...oh thank god…" Mai panted heavily as the hands let her arms go, letting them fall back down as she held a hand over her heart, "Seriously...You...are SCARY KAJUN!"
"Oh come now. I was going to release you once I got the info…eventually." Kajun muttered.
"YOU WERE GONNA TICKLE TORTURE ME!" Mai barked.
"At least it wasn't real torture." she giggled.
"STILL COUNTS!" Mai snapped, "Next time you want me to do you a favor, you stay far away from me when I have a day off!...And don't you even think about dragging me to Undertown just to pursue Ragna!"
"What? Oh heavens no. If he has the Azure Grimoire, then I'd rather stop for today."
"...huh?" Mai blinked at that.
"Well I can't right take it off him of all people...you know unless I have Ben to hold him down...but even then that's debatable."
"...So…we…we're done…we can end this crazy misadventure?" Mai cautiously and hopefully asked.
"Yes...yes we are…" Kajun nodded as she opened the cage, "Now you can enjoy the rest of your week off."
"...FREEDOM!" Mai beamed as she rushed out and quickly plopped onto the couch.
"...Really? Just...watching TV?"
"After today, I want nothing to do with anything exciting for the rest of it," Mai argued as she turned the TV on, "Tomorrow I'll figure something out...maybe practice some stances with my spear or something."
"...fair I suppose," Kajun shrugged, '...Still, the fact Ragna the Bloodedge has the Azure Grimoire...no wonder he's at the top of the NOL's most wanted list...how interesting indeed…'
"...Why do I feel like I'm gonna be hunted down later for research purposes?" Ragna pondered to himself, pausing from eating his burger...before shrugging, "...Meh. Probably no big deal or something…"
"Tadaima!" Noel greeted as she and Jenny walked in as sunset came upon their abode.
"Ahh Noel. Welcome home a-" Kajun began before noticing the white and blue backpack Noel had over her shoulders, "...you bought a backpack?"
"Hmm?" Noel blinked, "Oh! Well..actually he's a gift from a nice old man we met."
"Yup. And said nice old man actually followed in my mother's footsteps," Jenny added.
"...beg pardon?" Kajun blinked, her science mode slowly starting to flare up...which Mai quickly took notice, '...oh don't tell me...did..did they meet him?!'
"Hai," Noel nodded as she took her backpack off and put it down on the floor, "Come say hello, Robotboy."
After a moment, the backpack rumbled as the top flipped open letting a figure poke their head out. It was a very small child sized silver robot. He had blue hands and cylindrical feet, and two horns extending from his head and curved upwards. His eyes blinked much the same way Jenny's face was able to emote, despite being made of metal.
"He-llo…" the named Robotboy said slowly, "Nice ladies?" he looked up at Noel for confirmation they were friends.
"Hai. These are my friends Mai and Kajun," Noel replied with a soft smile.
"Ahh…" Robotboy nodded as he looked back, "He-llo Ma-i, Ka-jun."
"Oh my god, it's adorable…" Mai and Kajun gawked.
"Isn't he just precious?" Jenny giggled, "And while he may not look like it, he also has a combat mode."
"Combat...mode?" Kajun slowly repeated as Mai made motions of telling to stay quiet and not explain further.
Before anyone could continue, the door swung open, revealing Makoto...wearing a Kaka Clan outfit instead of the one she had gone out in.
"...Uh...Ma…" Mai began.
"Don't ask. Just...Just don't," Makoto replied, her ears twitching in annoyance.
"He-llo," Robotboy greeted, "No-el, nice lady?"
"...Noellie, who is this adorable little robot?" Makoto asked.
"Robotboy," Noel answered, "Robotboy, this is Makoto."
"Ahh...He-llo, Ma-ko-to," Robotboy greeted with a smile.
"She's taking care of him for a nice doctor that's following in my mother's footsteps," Jenny explained before Makoto could ask her next question.
"Alright," Makoto replied before tugging at her jacket, "And if you'll excuse me, I need to go get outta this. Also, good news is that Ben no longer has to fear for getting a harem of feline gals." she walked by, patting Robotboy on the head with her tail, "And welcome to our little group, little guy."
Robotboy giggled as he watched the nice squirrel lady walk away, "No-el, she was a ve-ry nice squir-rel lady."
"...Wait. What did she mean by that?" Mai asked.
"Hmm?"
"About Ben not having to fear of getting a harem of feline girls...which most likely is the Kaka Clan," Mai clarified.
"...M-Maybe…" Noel began in an excited tone.
"Taidaima," Tsubaki greeted once she opened the door, "Well, today was certainly...something…" she looked down at Robotboy, "...Jenny?"
"A scientist is taking up Mom's profession and this is his first one that's working," Jenny replied as she picked up Robotboy, "Tsubaki, meet Robotboy. RB, this is Tsubaki."
"He-llo, Tsu-ba-ki," Robotboy greeted, "Pro-fess-or is let-ting me stay with No-el and Jen-ny to learn many things."
"...Oh my god, you are just precious…" Tsubaki faintly squealed before quickly clearing her throat, "I...I see. Well...I can assure we will do our best to help you in your pursuit of learning…" she instantly pointed towards Kajun, "And don't you even think about it, Kajun Faycott."
"Eh?"
"I mean it. You even think about 'examining' this precious little boy, I will lock you in your room until you burn through Science Mode," Tsubaki warned.
"Oh like I could be l…" Kajun began before Tsubaki tossed a black and green ball at her that opened up into a net and engulfed Kajun.
*BZZZZRT!*
"Blaaaarg…" Kajun groaned from the net as she fell over.
"First lesson, if she has a glint in her eye that makes everyone else feel uncomfortable, throw that ball I just threw at her," Tsubaki informed.
"Okay, Tsu-ba-ki," Robotboy nodded, earning another soft squeal from her before she cleared her throat.
'...okay. To quote Makoto kinda...I think Tsubaki's turned full on Mama Eagle for Robotboy,' Mai thought with a sweatdropped, tensing when Tsubaki shot her a stare for a moment, "We're good here."
"We better be," Tsubaki warned before giving Robotboy back to Noel, "Now if you need me, I need a shower after today."
"Oh...okay," Noel nodded as Tsubaki walked off, brushing a bit of her hair out of her face.
'...Okay. So everyone had an interesting day…' Mai thought as she looked over at Kajun, 'Though...not sure if I can say the same for her right now given what she went through…'
"Az….ure...g-BZZT!-rimoire.." Kajun sputtered in her unconcious, electrified state.
"...Okay, I'm, uh...yeah, I'm gonna shove Kajun into her room and shove a chair under the doorknob," Mai deadpanned as she proceeded to grab some rubber gloves, grabbed the net once she put them on, and dragged Kajun away, leaving a confused trio.
SZ: And done...OR SO YOU THINK! This is only one part of four misadventures featuring the girls of Team Remix Heart! In fact..onwards to the next adventure and see what happened with Makoto and Ester!
GT: Launching! *pushes a button, shooting him and SZ off on a catapult before a snoozing Z0 was pulled along by a rope attached to his pants*