SZ: Welp...time for a comedy-based chapter.
Ragna: Why do I get the feeling I'm not gonna like who's gonna be in this one?
GT: You will not.
Ragna: Shit…
SZ: Tough it up, man...because you'll be dealing with some real heavy stuff soon.
Ragna: I doubt that…*walks off*
SZ:...We don't own anything aside from original content. GT? Start us off as always?
GT: Eeyup. *hums while putting up a picture of Noel with big, watery eyes and a sign above it saying 'This curtain made Noel cry'* There we go. *walks off, humming still*
Ragna: ...Seriously? *looks at SZ* What's that supposed to do?
SZ:...
Ragna; Wh-*the wall suddenly explodes*
?-?-?: NOEL-TAN~!
Ragna: God damn it, K-
*BZZT!*
"Okay, that's the last one," Ragna noted as he pulled himself out from under Pakmar's food truck, "try it now, Pakmar."
"Mm…" Pakmar muttered as he turned the engine on, which soon came to life as it roared out. "Oh! Excellent! Pakmar's truck is now back in business!" He tossed Ragna a small bag of Tayden. "Pakmar thanks you for service! You get half off any food order for rest of month!"
"Gotcha." Ragna nodded as Pakmar drove off. "...Okay. Pakmar, should be the last one for today...meaning I got the rest of the day to relax. Hmm...might try that new burger joint that opened up...or that…"
"Hungry…"
"?" Ragna raised a brow as he looked down, seeing what looked like a small child in a brown cloak walking next to him. "...uh...hi?"
"So...hungry…" the child whispered as they cling to his leg. "Please, Mister...we need lots of food…"
"We?" Ragna repeated
"Please...give us food now, or we will forever curse you with our ghost~"
"Gh?! Gh...Ghost?" Ragna tensed at that, "That crazy box one isn't back, is it?"
"There's a real ghost?!" the child freaked, their voice a bit softer yet a little bit deeper before going back to sounding female, "Sh-shut it, Sena. You're freaking Luna out…"
"...Look, kid. If you need some help, I know a kid with a transforming watch that c-" Ragna began.
"Please...don't be so cruel and abandon a starving child~!" the child whined, earning looks from the aliens there.
"...D'oh...fine. I was gonna get a bite to eat anyway," Ragna caved in as he sighed, "I mean...it's not like y-"
"...So much for today's pay…" Ragna muttered, watching the small child wolfing down all the food before them as multiple empty plates filled the table, "...And there goes my lunch…"
"Remember, Makoto. Four normal-sized plates," Ragna glanced over to see Makoto, Tsubaki, and Noel sitting down at a table nearby, Tsubaki speaking while wearing a blue skirt and a white blouse under a blue sleeveless vest while Noel wore a light-blue blouse and light-pink skirt, "I don't want to get a complaint on you using a bigger plate and emptying the entire buffet here like the last time."
"Yeah yeah…" Makoto muttered, dressed in a black sleeveless vest on top of an orange tee with an acorn on the front, dark blue shorts, thigh-high black socks, and a pair of orange sneakers.
"It's a shame Mai and Kajun couldn't come," Noel noted.
"Ya know she needs Mai's tongue to test what's in that stuff the stupid crab made," Makoto pointed out, "And then her tongue again for developing that counterserum."
"Oh...true."
"Oh thank god some familiar faces," Ragna whispered to himself, "Psst! Hey, squirrel girl! Psst!"
"Hmm?" Makoto blinked as she looked over, "Oh, hey Ragna. How…"she blinked when she noticed the piles of plates on hsi table, "...Well damn. And I thought I was a big eater."
"Not me. Them," Ragna stated, jerking a thumb at the cloaked child as they were nibbling on a large chicken leg, "Found them in Undertown and they were begging me for food...not sure whether I regret it or not as I have to use up all the money I made today jsut to feed the little vacuum."
"Luna is not a vacuum," the child huffed in the girl voice before speaking in the softer voice, "Luna, d-don't eat with your m-SHUT IT SENA!"
"..." Makoto slowly raised a brow, "Oookay…"
"...You better not be two kids hiding in there," Ranga muttered, his eyes twitching a bit in annoyance.
"?! N...no," the child answered in the softer voice...which Ragna assumed was Sena.
"Then take the hood off and let's see."
"Hmm?" Tsubaki and Noel blinked as they looked over.
"...O...okay," they nodded before doing so, revealing them to be a very young girl with peach-blonde hair done into two long ponytails that reached to her ankles and was held up by a light-green-ish blue ribbon and headband. What they noticed was that their pupils seemed to be shaped like hearts rather than a normal human's pupils.
'Oh! Kawai!' Noel thought.
"...Okay. You're just one kid then," Ragna noted, making the child sigh in relief, "But...what was with the two voices? You uh...got some imaginary friend or something?"
"Hmm? Oh no...th-that was my sister, Luna. I-In fact...I think we need to thank you for the food. Right Luna?" Sena asked before the child's head lowered down.
"?"
"...Thanks…" the child began in what Ragna assumed was the Luna voice...before lifting her head out and pulled her eyelid down, "BA~KA~!"
"Gh?! Wh-what?!"
"You heard Luna-sama! She called you baka...no. That too kind...Pedo!"
"P-pedo!?" Ragna gawked, noticing the looks he was getting from the other restaurant patrons, "SHH! Shut it, kid! That's not something you should be shouting in p-"
"Don't tell Luna what to say, lolicon!" Luna shouted.
"Whoa now, kid! Sure, he may look scruffy and like he stepped on something nasty…" Makoto began.
"Oi!"
"...But he ain't no loli or pedo," Makoto continued like Ragna hadn't snapped in annoyance at her, "He actually does volunteer work and a lot of good folks like him."
"..."
"So...you gonna apolo…"
"Luna doesn't have to listen to you either, Oppaijira!"
"HAH?!" Makoto gawked at that.
"Your boobs are so big they might crush iron!" Luna continued before Sena quickly took over, "L-Luna, stop. You're being really r-SHUT UP, SENA! IT'S LUNA'S TURN TO BE OUT!"
"Okay, I think we have a child with MPD," Tsubaki noted as Noel gawked.
"...Sh-should we call B-" noel began once she got out of her stupor.
"Not right now. He's on Monitor duty with Rook," Tsubaki answered.
"Lolicon! Oppaijira!" Luna shouted as she pointed at Ragna and Makoto.
"Grr...Okay I've had enough of this…!" Ragna growled, slamming his hands on the table, "Just shut up already, you little brat!"
"...What did you just call Luna?" Luna asked with narrowed eyes.
"Ragna, don't call her that! I mean, sure sh-" Makoto began.
"Luna will punish you!" Luna shouted as she shot up, grabbing the bandaged up object near her before holding it up, the bandages around it coming off to reveal it to be a long staff with a large 'heart' on the top of it, a large ruby-colored orb in the center of it, "Mahou Henshin~!"
"Mahou wh-" Ragna began before her cloak flew off, revealing what Luna...er...Sena...what the child was wearing underneath!
She wore a sleeveless white shirt with buttons and blue lining. The outfit was completed by a blue skirt. She wore a pair of white gloves with large cuffs and a pair of similar colored shoes with heart-shaped toeguards.
"And now...in the name of pureness, Luna will punish you nasty evil lewders!" Luna declared.
"...You're joking. What makes you think a little magical girl ca…" Ragna began before Luna spun her staff around...and in its place was a large hammer with a heart on each flat end, "?!"
"Oh, I am getting bad vibes," Makoto cringed.
"We can never have a normal day at a buffet, can we?" Tsubaki sighed.
*SLAM!*
"Oh dear…" Noel whispered as Luna began to chase Ragna around the restaurant, her hammer now a bat with nails in it.
"How's about helping me here?!" Ragna shouted as he passed by.
"Get back here, you lewd bastard!" Luna shouted as she chased him, swinging her bat as she did.
"What th-where'd you pick up that language?!"
"Like Luna will tell you, Lolicon!"
"Stop calling me that!"
"...call Ben?" Noel asked.
"Call Ben," Tsubaki sighed.
"Already ahead of ya," Makoto spoke as she had her phone out.
Ben munched on popcorn at HQ as he and Rook were stuck on Monitor Duty for the afternoon. Something about a deal to keep Ben out of Undertown while folks are in the middle of a work day. It was actually Ragna's idea, but it seemed like a win-win situation to all involved as Ben gets the literal laziest job possible.
"Hmm...So what is the significance of this Rap music culture?" Rook asked.
"Another sort of sub genre of Earth sayings for you to avoid," Ben explained.
"Most useful," Rook nodded.
"Yeah. Just..trust me man. It…" Ben began before his phone rang, "Hmm?" he blinked as he quickly answered it, "Hello?"
=Hey, uh...Ben? We might need some help here= Makoto answered, the sound of dishes breaking and Ragna shouting in the background.
"If this is in Undertown, I've been bribed to stay away," Ben explained.
=Nope. Surface a...=
=If that's the kid, tell him to hurry up!= Ragna barked in the background.
=Shut up and let Luna hit you, Lolicon!= Luan snapped.
"...Oh I'm either gonna enjoy or hate this, aren't I?" he chuckled slightly.
=Probably both…=
"Alright...I'll be right there. Try and keep Ragna from going all Mortal Kombat on the place…" Ben sighed, getting up, "Wanna come, Rook?"
"Hmmm...I think...I shall remain here."
"You're a smart man Rook. I'll get Kagura as a human shield," Ben smiled.
"As are you, Ben," Rook smiled.
"Yup. Besides...it's not like it's that bad," Ben added.
"...I stand corrected," Ben muttered, he and Kagura watching outside the restaurant as Ragna rapidly dodged a bunch of missiles with cat faces on it.
"It's official…" Kagura spoke, "I love this time period."
"Is that the pervert!?" Ragna snapped, "He better not go near Noel!"
"SHUT IT, PEDO!" Luna snapped before swinging her staff around, causing a large yellow bomb with a cat face on it to land near him, "Ahh! L-Luna! That's overk-" Sena began before Luan took over once more, "SHUT UP, SENA! THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO BEAT A LEWD BADDIE THAN WITH OVERKILL!"
"You're crazy, k-" Ragna began before the bomb exploded, resulting in a series of fireworks and stars as he flew out of the resulting smoke cloud, "Gah!"
"Okay! Now it's Oppaijira's turn!" Luna declared, shifting her staff into a pair of scissors, "And Luna is gonna snip the tail first for a new pillow!"
"Ahh! Not the tail!" Makoto freaked, hugging her tail close with Noel.
"Yes, the tail!" Luan shouted as she pounced, only for a green flash to go off, "Eh? What was...why can't Luna move?!"
"I did not expect that to...actually work." Loadstar spoke, "This kid must hide a lot of weapons on them...Who raised you? Android Assassins from Hogwarts by way of Japan?"
"...Hmph! Baka…" Luna huffed, not noticing what Lodestar was, "Luna is taught by the Great Master Jubei, and Luna thinks she is far better than his other student Ragna...wait…" she blinked when she looked back over at Ragna bust as Sena took over, "...Ahh! L-Luna that's him! That's Ragna...the one Master Jubei mentioned and had that wanted poster…"
"Wait...How do you know my master?" Ragna demanded as he stomped up to the two.
"Wait...his master is Jubei, one of the Six Heroes?!" Tsubaki gawked.
"That I did not know," Makoto muttered.
"Well ain't this some anime nonsense," Loadstar spoke.
"This...is probably one of the best days I've had since I got here. Not counting the concert with all the people...but...I only remember blurs...very...very bouncy blurs…" Kagura grinned.
"Dude, you have a problem…" Loadstar spoke, dropping Luna on her face.
"Ow! That hurt!" Luna complained as she shot up, shaking a first at Lodestar, "Also give Luna's Magic Wand back or else!"
"Or else what?"
"Or...or…" Luna began, mentally pondering something…with Sena trying to point out it was a terrible idea before Luna shut up him, "...THIS!"
"Oh what's sh-" Makoto began with a groan...before Luna ran over and pulled her shorts down, "AHH!"
"OH GEEZ!" Lodestar tensed, blushing heavily as he quickly covered his eyes, "I didn't see anything!"
"This is one of those days," Makoto sighed, using her tail to cover herself before dragging Loadstar away.
"Wait...why am I being ignored...oh I know why...well played!" Kagura shouted at Makoto.
"Hmm? Was that the wind?" Makoto 'innocently' asked.
"Ow…"
"Okay...so...she's the most annoying kid besides 10 year old me…" Loadstar spoke, "What do we do?"
"Honestly thinking of taking her to your grandpa, but I feel she'll make a mess of HQ," Makoto sighed as she pulled her pants back up, "...Wait. What about you cousin? I bet she's good with kids. Plus she knows magic, so she and Luna..er...Sena...the little kid can get along with her!"
"Alright, alright, you guys go get the car ready for travel," Lodestar ordered, "I need to stay behind and fix the place with Clockwork and ask for the security feed to be watched before anyone gets banned for being mistaken as the cause."
"And for saying certain words which are not true!" Ragna barked.
"I just wanted a normal day…" Tsubaki sighed, facepalming as she shook her head.
"I-It's okay, Tsubaki. We can alwa-" Noel began before she noticed something, "...Ano, where's Luna?"
"She went thataway," Kagura replied.
"You had one job..." Makoto and Loadstar groaned.
"I know...but…" Kagura began before falling over, holding his crotch in pain, "She went for the kiwis…with an iron bat."
"Okay...so now we gotta find her," Loadstar groaned slapping the Omnitrix and turning to Blitzwolfer, "Benefit of remembering this guy...all the tracking skills of Wildmutt...and I can still talk."
"I suppose I'll get the security footage then," Tsubaki noted.
"And I'm heading back to Undertown to not deal with this BS," Ragna stated as he began to walk off.
"You do realize the longer she's out and about and knows about you, she'll start spreading rumors and giving the name of 'Ragna the Loliconedge', right?" Makoto asked in a deadpanned.
"...AFTER THAT LITTLE BRAT!" Ragna snapped as he ran off.
'L-Luna, why would you do that?' Sena's voice asked within Luna's mind, the young girl having her cloak back on and her wand wrapped back up as she looked around, 'Mr. Ragna was able to give us some food...even if you tried to use the 'ghost' trick.'
"Hmph! Luna doesn't have to thank him for anything," Luna huffed as she puffed her cheeks, "Luna doesn't have to thank no stupid white-haired old man. Besides, he was near two boobie monsters, so that makes him a uber-perv too."
'We're ten, we haven't reached puberty yet.'
"Luna calls it as she sees it!" Luna snapped, "Now come on...We need to keep looking for Master Jubei...and find out what Hierarchical City this is."
'It does feel stranger than most we've been to,' Sena admitted.
"Yeah...Where are the Ars Magus ships? Why was there a town full of weird mutants and Beastkin…?" Luna began before growling out in frustration, "And why did Master Jubei have to choose that pedo his student?! Luna is so much better than him~!"
'Because he's older than us and probably met him long before we did.'
"...SHUT UP, SENA!" Luna snapped, "And be quiet so Luna c-" she yelped when she was suddenly picked up by the scruff of her outfit.
"Found you…" Blitzwolfer sighed, "Kinda hard not to when you're yelling like a-"
"EEK! IT'S THE PEEPING TOM!" Luna shouted, getting people's attention.
"Oh you know what? Just for that I am so not going easy on you. You are getting such a scolding young lady," he growled, slapping the Omnitrix and changing into Ditto.
"...Master Jubei is cuter than you," Luna bluntly stated.
"Help! This mean girl is picking on me!" Ditto shouted, making her jump at how much like a kid he sounded.
"What?! D-don't believe him!" Luna shouted as more people watched, "He peeked on a girl's panties when they were dropped!"
"She took my cookie!" he countered as he faked sobbed.
"He tried to peek up Luna's skirt!" Luna countered back.
"She keeps taking her clothes off…" Ditto sniffled as more and more people...seemed to side with him.
"Wh-?! LUNA DOES NOT!" Luna exclaimed with a blush.
"She keeps saying weird and bad words," Ditto added as people gasped as he pointed at her, "Also she hit me!" he sobbed again.
"L-lies! Lies and slander!" Luna exclaimed.
'Pot calling kettle b-'
"SHUT UP, SENA! NOT HELPING!"
"She keeps yelling at someone who's not there, too. I think she's a liar who only wants attention," Ditto crossed his arms as people began dispersing, "Not so fun, now is it, short stack? Guess what people only believe the cutest kid in the room. And ain't no one get cuter then Ditto...well maybe Upchuck, but that's more in the adorable animal genre."
"I...you…!" Luna fumed before an idea popped into her head, "...Sena, use that."
'Huh?! B...but Luna i-'
"It's half true so use it!"
'...Okay…'
"Heh heh…" Luna smirked before Sena took over…and began to tear up, "He….he threw my cat doll in the ocean~"
"?!" the crowd tensed up at that as they turned back around
"Y...yeah...the one mom and dad gave me before they died,' Sena sniffled, his lip quivering.
'Oho...It's like that is it? ...okay. Just remember...you brought this upon yourself kid...also...I really...REALLY did not want to turn into...ugh...this alien again. But if you wanna play this game...ain't no way you can beat hah...Pesky Dust…but I'm going on record with myself...the kid made me do it! Also I have got to stop internal monologuing with myself as Ditto...' Ditto thought, about to press the Omnitrix symbol before a cane hit him on the head, "Ow!"
"How cruel!"
"Little manipulative brat!"
"How could you do something so evil?!"
"She's just a little kid!"
"W-wait! Y-OW! Got it a-ow! Wrong!" Ditto shouted amongst the slaps and cane hitting, not noticing Sena..or rather Luna when she took back control of her body sneaking away, "Ah! Guys! A little h-OUCH! Help here!?"
"Alright, folks! Move along! I'll take care of him!" Makoto shouted as she tried to disperse the crowd.
"Heh heh...Luna won that little round, y-" Luna began before she bumped into something, "..." she blinked as she looked up...to see Ragna's glare.
"Hey brat…remember me?"
"...EEEK! PEDOPHILE!" Luna screamed, causing the crowd to shift their attention at Ragna.
"...Oh god d-!" Ragna began before the crowd began to attack him...and the sounds of police sirens were heard.
"...Alright, I've had enough," Makoto deadpanned before poking Ditto's emblem, making a flash of light as he was replaced with Pesky Dust, "I was going for Rath."
"Sure you want t-OW! Risk that?!" Ragna shouted in the fightcloud.
"...Okay fair point," Makoto muttered as she let Pesky Dust down, "So what can you do in this form again?"
"I...don't remember," Pesky Dust admitted, "Only turned into this alien once."
"You can control dreams," Noel spoke up from outside the crowd holding up a tablet with the Alien Lifeform database opened.
"...Oh yeah...just need to get her asleep before she tries to run off again."
"You can also put people to sleep." Noel added, having just read that part.
"I/He can?!" the two gawked.
"Stop gawking and get that brat before she runs!" Ragna snouted, struggling with a few cops as they tried to cuff him, "Also, let go! It's not what you think it is!"
"Alright...Nap time for everyone!" Pesky Dust declared waving his hands out and sending out a wave of pinkish dust which spread out around the crowd and made them all drop save for his friends, "Hey look at that. I can pick and choose who does and doesn't sleep."
"Nap wh-?" Luna blinked, almost out of the sleeping crowd.
'Uh, Luna...we might wanna run…' Sena gulped.
"Hello," Pesky Dust smiled, "Night-night~" he pointed his finger like a gun and 'blasted' the multi-personality girl in the face.
"Ack! Ack! Tat was not fair! Now Luan w…w…" Luna began to slur before she collapsed, already snoozing logs as she slept.
"Note to self...embarrassing this form is...but very useful." Pesky Dust noted as he landed on Noel's head.
"And very very cute," Noel quietly added.
"Touche Noel, touche indeed," Pesky Dust nodded, "I fear if I change back, the girl and mob will wake up. So while I use dream powers to make these folks forget everything you guys load the kid into the truck. And no one makes a joke or I swear to god you're going to dreamland...and you won't like what I make you see."
"Zzz…R-Right…" Ragna said in his sleep before kicking something, "No..no...Don't you fuckign dare trade me for a god damn fish…no...Jin's giving me that look…dont trade me to him…!"
"...Oopsie," Pesky Dust chuckled sheepishly.
"And that's the story," Makoto explained to Max once they all arrived.
"Hmm...So I see. Any other clues as to who the kid really is?" Max asked as he prepared something in a large pot.
"Dunno," Ben shrugged, "All we know she has MPD, is looking for this 'Jubei' guy, and...did we mention she has quite the mouth on her? The type that Mom would wash her entire mouth out with soap?
"Sounds like a handful," Max sighed as he grabbed a ladle and smacked a tentacle that tried crawling out of his soup, he put a lid on it as he decided to let it simmer, "Well, this is quite a pickle now, ain't it? I'll see what I can do as far as finding out how to help with her multiple personalities. Since you're sure she's from your time, girls, something tells me it's not your run of the mill traumatic experience...Heck, for all we know, magic made it that she has multiple souls in her body."
"Possible," Makoto agreed, "And from what I've seen, Sena's the more polite one while Luna…"
"Is a complete brat," Ragna added with a growl.
"Hm I can imagine from how detailed the story was." Max spoke.
"We're serious, Max. We don't think anyone is prepared to handle this kid. She uses the fact she is one as a weapon against folks," Makoto spoke.
"Oh that old trick, huh?" Max laughed, "Ah...That never gets old, does it?"
"I forget you are more or less Super Grandpa, too…" Makoto muttered.
"Try dealing with a Ten-Year-Old Ben hopped up on sugar when he still had the Omntrix. Worst Halloween ever...the town still thinks it was a freak storm," Max reminisce in a dramatic way for fun.
"Wasn't my fault...that house gave out energy drinks," Ben argued.
"I doubt the kid was bad as the brat," Ragna deadpanned.
"Oh she can't be th-"
"She called me a pedophile, the kid a peeping tom after she pulled squirrel girl's pants down, and squirrel girl -and I quote- 'Oppaijira'."
"No offense, Ragna...but you're hardly suited for handling kids. And while I agree that this girl is clearly a brat, I think this is where you leave it to someone who's raised four different kids into respectable people," Max smiled.
"You are easily the coolest old man in the galaxy...but I doubt you can handle her," Ragna argued.
"Care to make a wager on that?"
"Hmm?" Ragna raised a brow at that.
"Well son, you seem like a mighty hefty know it all," Max argued, "How about this...give me a day with her, and you might see a big difference."
"...And what happens if she doesn't?" Ragna asked.
"Then you'll try it out and see if you can make a difference."
"...Fine. You're on, old man," Ragna smirked, shaking Max's offered hand.
'Oh, the fool. He forgot to ask what Max will want when he wins,' Kagura thought in amusement before a beep went off on Ragna's wrist, making him pull his sleeve back to look at a watch.
"Tch. Gotta get back down to Undertown. Have a job to get to," Ragna spoke before going off, "Be back tomorrow to see how it's going."
"Grandpa, are you sure?" Ben asked as Max smiled.
"Not really," he mused, "But what can I say? I see it as a challenge to crack two problem cases."
"Nice omission as well," Kagura chuckled as Tsubaki entered.
"Well, the good news is that none of us are banned and I was given a copy of the security footage for the report. The bad news is that Ragna is banned only if he tries to bring her back there. The girl has been banned from all establishments related to their franchise and any part of them through their parent company," Tsubaki informed.
"She eats takeout got it," Ben smiled simply.
"Ooh that sounds good," Kagura changed the subject, "Who's up for lunch? I'm feeling like Mexican. Any takers?"
"Your part of the report needs to be written first, sir," Hibiki informed, a hand clenching tightly on his shoulder.
"Ehheheheh...uh, r-right…"
"Well...get to work," Makoto smirked at Kagura as she walked off with Ben, "Shouldn't be too hard for ya…"
"But...lunch…" Kagura began before a pile of papers were placed in his hands, "...Ahh man."
"We'll order you some tacos from this food truck," Ben called out.
"I feel more like Chinese…" Makoto argued.
"Nevermind...it'll be the chicken menu." Ben called back.
"...Fair enough," Kagura shrugged.
"Mmm…" Luna groaned in her sleep, moving about in the white bed she was laying in, "N...no...Master Jubei is Luna's...you can't have him, Sena…"
"Aw, that's cute..." Jetson noted.
"Don't know what Ben and his friends were talking about. She seems like a sweet little cinnamon bun," another Plumbers Doctor added.
"They do report her having Dissociative Identity Disorder," Jetson noted, "Maybe we're just seeing one personality."
"Right. And if this girl is as...troublesome...as they warn us? Well...time for me to resort to my old parenting skills...which are no different then my leader skills...only one involves less life threatening danger via robots and weapons."
"You sure? We don't know if the personality that's in control is the timid one...or the rude one," Jetson pointed out.
"Watch," the doctor smirked as he walked up to Luna, "Psst. Hey little lady…"
"Huh? Wh...what…?" Luna muttered as she woke up, sitting up as she rubbed her eyes, "Why'd you wake Luna up? She was dreaming of Master J-" she began as she opened her eyes..and saw the different human and Alien Plumbers in the room, "..."
"Now...who am I sp-" the doctor began.
"KIDNAPPERS!"
"Now now. We are n-" the doctor began before Luna grabbed her staff from nearby and swung it, making a large bomb in the rom, "?!"
"...Contact Magister Tennyson. Contact him before…!" Jetson began in a freaked out tone.
*BOOM!*
=Magister Tennyson to the Medical Bay. Magister Tennyson to the Medical Bay= the PA went off.
"Guess she's up," Max noted, putting the heater on low for his cooking pot as he hurried off, "Well hopefully things a-" he began when he went to the medical bay.
"COME NEAR LUNA! SHE DARES YOU! SHE DARES YOU, YA PEDOPHILIC BASTARDS!" Luna bared, swinging her metal-nailed embedded bat as the doctors hid behind some overturned and burnt beds.
"Dear god! She's like a Appoplexian cub high on sugar!" Jetson exclaimed in fright.
"...and I provoked Murphy's Law," Max sighed.
"You! You're the leader of these child nappers, aren't ya?!" Luna demanded, pointing her bat at Max, "What do you plan to do to Luna?!...You going to make her take lewd photos of herself so you can beat to them, you old pedo?!" Sena quickly took over, "Luna, please calm down! I'm sure w-" Luna took back control, "SHUT THE FUCK UP, SENA! LUNA WILL NOT LET THESE PEDOS TAKE HER ALIVE!"
"Oh you are a handful," Max spoke, earning her attention once more, "How such a naughty kid like you ever got allowed to go anywhere is beyond me."
"Wha-GAH!" she cringed as Max flicked her head before she could, "Why yo-Gah!" she cried at another flick to her forehead, "St-Gh!"
"Last warning," Max crossed his arms, "Or I'm gonna have to treat you like a kid and punish you for what you did wrong."
'...Luna, please don't.'
"Luna dares you, old man!"
'Why-hy-hy-hy~!?'
"Okay, young lady. You asked for it." Max walked away, confusing her.
'Oh, I am getting a horrible feeling…' Sena whimpered.
"What could he possibly do!?"
"Seems like you have a lot of energy to burn through," Max came back, holding a cage, "Oh well don't you worry...This is what I use to do with Ben when he refused to change back from alien form. I like to call it...Catch Your Own Food."
"What's…" at that, he opened the cage as some green octopus creature with a single eye slinked out, "THE HECK IS THAT!?"
"Don't know...but I find a lot of 'em up in Oregon." Max shrugged as it lunged at her, "Oh...and that's your meal, so I'd better catch it if I were you. But be careful of the acidic bite."
"Acidic wh-" Luna began before the 'octopus' looked at her, "?! ...Have fun, Sena!" she exclaimed before Sena took control, "Wait wh-AHHH! HELP!"
"And there's the other personality," Jetson noted with a cringe as the 'octopus' chased Sena about.
"Luna, why~?!" Sena cried as he ran away from the 'octopus' and its slimy tentacles.
"So the other personality is also petty and selfish." Max spoke up as he blasted the 'Octopus with a gun, making it stop and fall, "So you must be the other half, Sena right?"
"...y-yes, sir," Sena nodded before bowing in respect, "Also thank you...I thought I was gonna get poisoned..."
"Oh relax, just like Ben you overestimate it. Truth be told, this thing is borderline harmless...well unless it sticks to an old man's face...facial hair and tentacles are not a good mix," Max mumbled, rubbing his chin, "But now I see...you're not the issue. It's the naughty and angry other persona, isn't it?"
"You have no idea…" Sena admitted, "...Luna said to screw myself and you for that…and regretted saying it because of the implications."
"It's like two kids for the price of one." Max sighed, "Still not as bad as my boys when they were this age. They where the epitome of stupid as kids."
"...I...don't know. Luna has gotten us into lots of trouble," Sena admitted with a sigh, "...and most of the time, she used me as a meat shield to get the heat off her...or use the 'poor defenseless child' act when she wants to take some food from someone, or trick them into getting food for us...and most of the time she has me do it. When she does it, she threatens to up a curse on that person and that we will haunt them."
'It works!' Luna barked.
"Yes…after you made us ditch them and leave them with the massive bill," Sena argued.
"Hmmm...I see. So she is a very selfish and rude little girl," Max sighed, "How about this: I let you stay in a nice place, that can feed you. And...Luna promises to stop harassing people and causing a public disturbance. Or so help me I'll get a witch to put a spell on her, so she can never take over again." he warned.
"...Luna?" Sena spoke before Luna took over, a nervous look on her face, "Y...yes sir…Luna won't be rude...and please no. Luna doesn't want to go away..."
"Well, alright now. See? It's not hard to be nice and polite to people. I bet you'd get more from being a nice little girl then an angry bad mouthed little demon," Max smiled.
'...That does seem like a good point, Luna,' Sena noted.
"Luna c-"
"In fact...If you behave for the rest of the day, I can help you meet someone that knows magic."
"...R-really?!" Luna squealed at that, stars in her eyes as she looked up at him, "There's someone in this Hierarchical City that knows magic too?!"
"Oh right...Kiddos, I bet you probably wondering where the heck you are, huh?"
'I feel like we are in for a surprise…'
"Well...how much do you know about time travel?"
"Only in an old movie Master Jubei found for us on one of our birthdays," Luna replied...before it finally dawned on her, "...EH~?!" she exclaimed in both her and Sena's voices.
"Yep. You have been flung maybe...several centuries into the past," Max shrugged, "If you are worried for people you know...Don't worry. Good chance they got yanked here, too."
"...Then that means Master Jubei is...but...the magic user...but Master Jubei," Luna muttered, trying to weigh her options, "Mmm~! Luna is so conflicted~!" she blinked and Sena took over, "Um...Mister? Luna fainted."
"She's in shock." Max explained, "Let's give her time to rest."
"G-good idea…" Sena nodded, "...Oh. Um...Sorry." Sena bowed, "I'm Sena. Um, may I ask for your name, sir?"
"I'm Max, Max Tennyson," he smiled, "Now, how about something to eat?" he held up the octopus, "Don't worry...this is for me. I figured you'd be fine with some super sugary snacks only kids like."
"...I'd like that..but not too much. Last time Luna had us sneak into a candy store, we blanked out after trying that marshmallow triple chocolate cookie...and woke up underneath a pile of melting ice cream." he sighed, "We got banned from that candy store."
"Ah not that bad...Ben blew up the candy store," Max chuckled, "Ah...and he wasn't even a kid when it happened either."
"I told you I was Heatblast and I swerved to avoid a rocket...and it was just there!" Ben explained.
"...Uh...what?" Makoto blinked, a bit of Lo Mein hanging out of her mouth.
"Sorry...reflex."
"...What did you do as Heatblast to avoid a rocket with?" Makoto asked.
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing."
"...Okay…"
"Ahh...So much paperwork…" Kagura muttered as he kept writing down reports, "...Least it's not as bad as the NOL…could not use my wrist the entire week."
"It was not that bad…" Hibiki sighed.
"It was literal hell."
"Well just like here, if you actually did it like you should it wouldn't pile up," Hibiki argued, "I mean...half of these are from last Tuesday."
"Ah, that was a fun night," Kagura sighed wistfully.
"I don't even want to know, actually...I'm fifty percent sure it involves a dirty limerick somehow…"
"1…"
"Eighteen…"
"18 times that happened…" Kagura chuckled.
"Just focus on your work…."
"Yes, 'mom'..." Kagura sighed as he went back to writing reports, "...Wonder how the old man is dealing with the kid?"
"And that...is how you do not make pop tarts…" Max spoke, moving the table he used as an emergency shield, "Oh boy talk about lesson learned huh, kiddo?"
"Mmhmm," Sena nodded with wide eyes.
'...Luna is scared of what just transpired,' Luna gulped
"Well this will be fun to explain to the clean up crew...Since you are going to be around here, time to learn an important lesson...if something crazy happens by accident...just blame it on Ben," Max smiled.
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"I didn't do it!" Ben snapped suddenly as he and the others were sitting at Mr. Smoothy's, "Huh...I think I'm developing a psychic ability to tell when people are blaming me for stuff…"
"So...a Ben...Tingle…"
"Never say that again…" Ben replied with a neutral face.
"...Imma still think it," Makoto smirked.
"Please don't…" Tsubaki sighed.
"Hmhmhmm…" Kajun hummed under her breath as she walked along the hallway, looking at a few holographic screens floating around her with blueprints on said screens before passing by an open door where Max and Sena were cleaning up a large pile of ash while trying very hard to pretend that they knew nothing about what it had been, "..." Kajun paused after a few steps past the open door, "...Was that…? No...no, no." she began to walk again...before going back towards the door, "Magister?"
"Ah!" Max and Sena yelped before spinning around and stood at attention.
"Hello, Kajun!" Max greeted, "Just doing some cleaning up. Someone must have tried using a laser pistol on a microwave dinner again and fled."
'Hey! Luna's beam isn't a laser pistol!' Luna complained, but managed to keep from jumping out.
"Oh, speaking of. This is Sena," Max introduced, "She also responds to Luna."
"I see…" Kajun noted.
"...Is everything okay?"
"Yes. Just…Sena reminds me of someone is all," Kajun admitted, "My apologies for any case of mistaken identity I might have caused."
"Well now Kajun, with how things have been going since you all arrived here, I think maybe a second of extra thought is in order," Max spoke, earning her attention, "Is it that bad of a memory?" he asked, reading her small changes in reaction.
"...It's not as much as how it affects me...it's more on how it would affect Mai if she saw her," Kajun answered.
"?" Max raised a brow.
'Mai...That name feels familiar to Luna,' Luna noted.
"Same here," Sena whispered, "I don't know why though."
'...Think she's a Boobzilla?'
"Luna…" Sena sighed quietly.
'What? It's a legit question.'
"Kajun, how about you tell me what this could be. And then we'll decide whether or not to bring Mai in to meet her," Max spoke, "I'd like to know the risks first. But, if possible, maybe Mai can help Sena and Luna."
"...She reminds me of a little girl named Bell, or as she was really known as, the Reciprocal Observation System: Lunasena," Kajun answered, "Mai had found her when she was being transported in a Coffin...to the NOL."
"Uh-Oh…" Max and Sena realized this was indeed very much related.
"Yes. Bell got really attached to Mai, too, almost like a Big sister," Kajun added, "But one day….she just vanished."
"...And what is this Observation System y-"
"It's more or less back-up vessel for something known as the Embryo," Kajun answered, "Not much is known about it...not even my former superior Kokonoe knew much about it outside of an event known as the Wadatsumi Incident...but we do know this..." a serious look appeared on her face, "It plays a key part in making the Azure Grimoire."
"Azure Grimoire?" Max repeated.
"Ugh...Luna's getting a headache from all this talking," Luna muttered.
'Luna…'
"What? You're getting headache, too, Sena."
"...I-I'm sorry for taking up your time, Magister," Kajun apologized, "I need to get back to making that counterserum…" she frowned, "As much as Blukic and Driba dislike to admit it, Psychobos made something we're still trying to figure out how to counter. What we have figured out is that if you use the right electrical current in a device meant to act as a transmitter while holding said object, this serum will cause the hypnotized to speak like the holder and listen to all mental commands. ...And on that note, I humbly ask you to ignore any complaints aimed at Mai that come in today. Blukic and Driba got a hold of the transmitter."
"...Why does that worry Luna?" Luna blurted before hiding behind Max, "Protect Luna, Oji-san~!"
"It's okay Luna…" Max assured, "I know those people you didn't like don't seem like it. But trust me, I've trained them. They'll keep you safe. And so will I." he put his hand on her head to further reassure her, "But beyond that trust me. We'll take care of you here."
"...O...Okay...but..will you help find Master Jubei too?" Luna asked, looking up at him.
"We will...I promise you."
"Nine out of ten, Ben and the others will randomly run into him and kick off another set of misadventures." Kajun spoke.
"Probably." Max chuckled, "For now, let's see if we can find ya something to do, kiddo."
"...Luna is still hungry," Luna muttered before Sena took over, "Low sugar…"
'Oh you suck, Sena!'
"I don't want us to blank out from too much sugar…."
'Luna will not blank out…'
"How's about pizza?" Max asked.
"...Pizza sounds nice," Sena admitted before Luna took control again, "Luna want pizza! E-" she quickly covered her mouth when Sena took back control, "No…."
'But…'
"I had a bad feeling you'd say that after we watched that one cartoon on that TV when we were sleeping in that alleyway."
'...Luna liked that doggy that kept us warm...wasn't Master Jubei, but he was still cute…'
"True…"
"Come on...I know a place that can handle a starving Makoto. You should be no issue for them." Max chuckled.
"The fact they took pride in having too much for Makoto to finish astounds me." Kajun muttered.
"...why do I feel like I lost a bet?" Ragna muttered, resting on a bench in Undertown, "...nah. I bet she already drove him up the walls."
"I dunno. Grandpa's taken on worse," Ragna looked over to see Ben and Makoto approach.
"...Didn't I bribe you to not come down here?" Ragna asked in a deadpanned-tone, "Because I'm not bailing ya out if Pakmar sees you and blames ya for something...again."
"Oh relax. We're just here to indulge Noel and let her buy ingredients to feed Mai." Ben argued.
"We find it best not to deny only one of us eats it." Makoto nodded.
"...I'll bite. What's she making this time?"
"Ramen."
"That's it? I…wait…" Ragna paused, having seen what Noel made before, "...What's in it?"
"Here's the list," Makoto answered, pulling out a sheet of paper from her tail.
"...Thank god I'm not joining you guys," Ragna muttered
"Hey...Upchuck has to finish the leftovers." Ben argued jokingly.
"Mainly since last time we left leftovers, they came alive, and tried to take over the house." Makoto added, "Thank god Jenny and RB stopped it before it could gain sentience and start singing about wanting brains."
"You got that from that one cartoon, didn't you?"
"Maybe."
"But it really did come to life…" Ben admitted.
"Yes...but it didn't sing...if all else failed, I was gonna challenge it to a sing off with me and the girls."
"Oh pl...wait you girls had a band?"
"Yup, and I play a mean drum," Makoto smirked.
"Alright then…"
"Aren't you two going to go get those ingredients or just stand there and flirt with each other?" Ragna asked.
"I don't know...are you Ever going to get a girlfriend?" Makoto argued, shutting him up, "Later Ragna,"
"She shut you up." Ben snorted as they began walking away.
"...Tch. Not my problem," Ragna snorted as he stood up and began to walk off, "Besides...by tomorrow, I bet the brat will…"
"Hello." Sena bowed greeting Ragna the next day.
"Oh your early." Max noted as he was cooking once more, "I hoped you'd arrive after lunch was finished. But ah well. Food tastes better after you wait for it anyway."
"...Okay. What did you bribe the brat side with?" Ragna bluntly asked.
"Hmm?"
"If this one is out, it means you did something to keep the brat side in control...somehow," Ragna stated.
"Son...I'm a Grandfather, I raised two boys who were dumb as sin...and then I practicly raised both Ben and Gwen...and those two had super powers and hated eathother something fierce as kids." Max explained, "Compared to parenthood...saving the world from alien space zombies was much preferable."
"Wait you what?" Ragna blinked.
"Hmm?" Max blinked, "Oh that was just a joke from my first year on the force, kid...truth be told ,the invasion of body snatching techno-organic beings was much worse...ooh boy…"
"..."
"He's been telling us many stories of the many adventures he's had." Sena explained, "Luna is afraid of him now...but at the same time is amazed."
"...I feel he and master would get along...and look for ways to scar teh rookies with whatever demented training methods they can think of," Ragna blutnly admitted before shuddering, "Still remember that time he dropped me in a hole with that pissed-off Liger Beastkin so I can practice my reflexes in tight spaces."
"Oh that sounds like a good one...I just shoved Ben into a hallway filled with enemies...and it kept getting tighter and tighter as he progressed." Max smiled.
"...why does Rath feel like Ragna just made things worse for Rath?!" Rath shouted, stuck in a narrow-hallway version of the training room...filled with holographic versions of his enemies, "Ah whatever! Rath is gonna tear your arms off and then beat you with your own arms till you go crying home to your Mamma's!"
"Number 32…" Makoto muttered as she mentally wrote that down
"...Makoto what are you doing?" Tsubaki asked.
"Hmm? Oh I started making a mental-list of lines Rath has made with specific words," Makoto answered, "He uses a lot of organ pulling and mamma threats."
"Why do you...why?"
"Well I mean we've seen Rath so much, we just kinda are immune to his stupid." Makoto argued watching Rath repeatedly headbut an enemy construct until it fell over.
"I'm...I'm okay...I'm...fluffy...blarg…"
"Huh...he wore himself out," Makoto blinked as a green flash went off.
"How…was that?" Ben panted as he stood up.
"Hmm...overall that was an A minus at best," Tsubaki answered.
"Huh?!"
"You did well in your current situation, but you still got hit a few times and let a few hostage constructs get injured in the crossfire," Tsubaki stated.
"Wait..there were what?!"
"...B, and starting over until you do better," Tsubaki deadpanned as she pressed a button on the command console.
"Aw come on…!"
"Magister Tennyson told me not to let you stop until you got a Solid A in the simulator."
"Yeesh...could've lightened up on that at least," Makoto cringed, "I mean...an A minus is just as good."
"...You want to join him or no?"
"Training begins now!" Makoto cheered.
"WHAT?!"
"Go for that A, Ben!"
"Ugh...come on…" Ben groaned as the constructs reappeared.
"Hold it!" Max called out as he entered.
"Oh thank go-" Ben began before Ragna stumbled in, "?"
"Got one more to join in on the training," Max smirked as he left, "Good luck."
"...Luna behaved?" Ben guessed.
"Yup...and I lost me bet with the old man…" Ragna groaned, "...Also I think she and the other one imprinted on him."
"Grandpa has that effect." Ben smiled.
"So you literally have the coolest Gramps in the universe." Ragna complained.
"Yeah...you know how in action movies the main character has a different love interest each movie? That was apparently Grandpa's early years."
"Huh...n-" Ragna began before a holographic construct of Psyphon punche him, "...talk later. Right now I wanna beat this copy of pencil neck to vent."
"...Fine,"' Ben shrugged, turning the Omnitrix on before pressing down and becoming Rath, "More for Rath then!"
"Lets go!"
"Wow a room with two macho idiots." Makoto awed sarcastically, "In retrospect, Ragna never should have bet Max...he did deal with a 10 year old super powered Ben after all."
"True," Tsubaki nodded, "But the question is where is she going to stay for now?"
"Again, could always ask Gwen if she could look after her," Makoto suggested, "...Though like Raggy said, she imprinted on Ben's gramps."
"I guess he'll look after her for a while." Tsubaki muttered, 'I mean the safest place she can be is with him...especially if the Incurseans are planning an attack...and that worries me…just what are they planning?'
SZ: And that does it for this chapter...a bit of good ol' comedy fun, and a bit of slice of life thrown in for good measure…but get used to that, because next time...well z0? It your time to shine again…
Z0: Hehehehe….AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
SZ:...oh god what have I done…?*runs*to the next chapter!
Z0: Time for the villains to have some spot light...things are about to get...Dark