Princess Love stared down at our little group, a twisted grin on her face. "Hate is very very bad," she spat, "We should LOVE instead." I readied my gun in a halfhearted threat. "Don't move." I warned. I glanced behind me and saw that Itami had his sword ready to strike at any moment. Princess Love gave me this sort of confused look. A frown covered her pretty little magical girl mouth. "I was away a long time...they weren't very nice there. They were mean, mean people. Not right at all...no one ever wanted to play with me. Won't you come and play with me?" -------------- Magical Girl Hunters Episode 14: "What Part of 'Die' Don't You Understand?" by Emmy-chan Magical Girl Hunters created by Aaron Shattuck ------------- There were several thoughts running through my mind at this moment. There was the ever-urgent voice which screamed that we were all going to die. Then there was that calm voice which stated that yes, I knew I could possibly die. Then there was the voice which questioned why I was standing here thinking instead of defending myself. And I swear, even in all the confusion, some secluded part in the back of my mind complained that I was hungry. I was shocked out of my current state by the bright glow that Princess Love was taking on. Now, my limited experience with the singing brat may be small, but I could guess what would happen next... where was that background music coming from??? "SHIT! She's gonna SING!" I yelled. "o/Hate is very very bad...o/" Itami growled, lunging at Princess Love. "o/We should love instead...o/" And at the same time, I jumped up and began firing my gun... "o/For with love in our hearts, we can live in happiness...o/" While Aika unleashed that pretty whupass thingumy. ...and apparently the three of us aiming at Princess Love all at once while Aika's whupass thing was going off wasn't a good idea. because there was this big flash, *FLASH* ...Yes, thank you for illustrating that point. Aaanyway, there was this flash, and then complete darkness. And then... "Open your heart to the yummy light, Yoi..." I don't know quite what happened then, but I think I fell unconcious. When I woke up, I was still in the stadium. I looked around the wreck of a stage that I was standing on. It was deathly quiet. Nothing was moving. Nothing. I could still see a few Magical Girls standing uncertainly in the stadium. I could see Reika near where Cheery Crystal Knight's dead body was, her face unreadable. Sailor H was near the back of the stage, looking as if she'd been trying to get a piece of the action, but couldn't quite get there in time. Itami had that dramatic, about to cleave someone in two pose going on. Aika was paused in mid-throw, whupass can inches from Princess Love. Except for one problem: Princess Love didn't seem to be there. At first I thought she had somehow gotten away, but then I sensed what MUST be yummy light coming from behind me(trust me, you can tell when you see it). I turned around slowly, expecting to see that disgustingly cute face behind me. Instead, I saw... "...Mom?" Well gee, If the rest of this wasn't confusing enough, now I had to deal with having my mother around. Shit, this just gets weirder and weirder. "I am but a reflection of your mother." Ah. I see. So not my mother, eh? good, I never really liked her anyway. "I chose a form you would be familiar with." She always pushed me around, I couldn't stand the woman. "I bring a message of utmost importance." She's speak to me in that nasal voice she had. She always called me "Yoshi", too. "Yoshi, do the dishes!", "Yoshi, take out the trash!", and worst of all, "Yoshi, come give your mother a BIG KISS!" God, I hated that woman. "Now listen very closely, Yoi, I need you to-" "Waitasec! what the hell do you mean when you say 'I need you to'?! I don't have to listen to you anymore!" "But Yoi, Mashihaisha Ultra-san is very upset that you-" "Aw, Shaddup, Mom!" "I don't think you quite understand that-" "La la la, not listening to you!" I put my hands over my ears. "Young man, pay attention RIGHT NOW!!!" 'Mom' said, putting her hands on her hips. She pursed her lips and got that right-about-to-kick-butt look. Pretty good impersonation of my Mom, actually. "Mashihashi Ultra is a divine being and he will NOT be toyed with in this manner! His treaty with Shubby-chan has been broken because of YOU, and it's very important that you... ah..." "That I what?" "Actually, all I really needed to tell you was that I had to kill you." Princess Love/Mom mumbled, one hand scratching the back of her head. "Sooo..." I began, incredibly pissed off, "You had to show me my mother just so you could tell me to die???" "...hai, that's about it..." "Oh, shut up." I said, pulling out my gun again. "Wait! I was just trying to create dramatic tension and...and maybe make it a bit easier for you when I haGACK!" Princess Love just barely dodged my gunshot. "Why don't you just go crying to your stupid Nekomi Tech Kamen, or whatever the hell his name is." I spat, thoroughly disgusted. That seemed to strike a nerve, though. "Oh, my darling!" she exclaimed, "I almost forgot! Ah, the pain and suffering of not being able to be in his arms is great and unbearable! I must run to him! But where could he be?" An incredibly evil idea formed in my mind. "Oh, he ran off with these Sailor Shuggoth sluts. I think you should go punish them for trying to steal your beloved." I said, a grin on my face. "He what?!" She gasped, "I must go and free him from their evil wrath!" With that, she ran out of the stadium in some strange direction, probably the wrong one. I shook my head with the happiness of seeing a young couple work out their problems, and with the certainty that they never would. ---------- Well, the good news is that time seemed to start again when Princess Love left. The bad news, of course, is that time seemed to start up again when Princess Love left. I wondered somewhat how it was that Princess Love could stop time, but I decided to deal with it later, since I had so many...problems right now. Mainly, the large number of Magical Girls that now wanted us dead(well, they wanted us dead before now, but the fact that they were here had only just now occurred to me). Aika's whupass can exploded, really not doing that much since there was no longer a target. Itami's sword hit dead air(excuse the expression), and he landed somewhat surprised. At that moment about a dozen Magical Girls jumped out onto the stage and attacked us. Fortunately for us, much of this involved silly speeches and hand gestures. You know, "I will punish you" and so on. Sailor H came running out, happy to get to kill something. I threw a grenade at a pack of them, and they quickly scattered as the explosion occurred. Itami took out two them with his sword, while H seemed to be going crazy killing the little brats. "Hey, don't get too carried away!" I called to her. "huh?" she asked, her hands wrapped around one girl's neck. "...nevermind." I shot three more Magical Girls, then attempted to shoot one more. Except that I seemed to be out of ammo. great. Just FREAKING perfect. Just then, I heard a shout from behind me. "Happy...love...heart...SURROUND!!!" yelled Pertty Soldier Happy Love. Pink lace oozed out of her wand and covered me. It was tight as hell, I could barely move. I fell to the ground, completely immobile. Pretty Soldier Happy Love stepped closer to me, looking extremely pleased with herself. "You have violated the rights of the people at this concert!" she began, "People should be able to listen to their music without being threatened by others. In the name of all things happy and good, I will punish you!" Actually, her speech was a lot longer than that, but that was the basic idea of it. It was incredibly repetitive, though. "Happy" and "love" were used five times, sometimes three in a row. I kind of made a "gurk"ing noise at her. Hey, that pink stuff was really holding me down tight. I could barely open my mouth, much less make an intelligent conversation. "And now, to finish the job!" Pretty Soldier yelled. She raised her pink wand high in the air, then drew a circle around herself in the air. "WORLD PEACE WAND! DESTROY THIS EVIL PERSON!!!!" I cringed for what was promising to be a nasty attack. Pretty Soldier brought her wand down and pointed t at me. Pink energy swirled around the wand, which was now glowing. I tried to mutter a few words I can't repeat right now, but the pink lace made them come out as nonsense. I had had just about enough of flashy attacks for one day. But the attack never came. Instead, I heard the swift sound of someone getting stabbed. I saw Pretty Soldier's body fall down next to me. Her eyes glazed over and I could tell that she she had died. I looked up and saw what was definetley an unexpected sight. Kyo and Mai stood above me, looking smug. Mai knelt down and cut me out of the pink goo. As I stood up, I noticed that it was simply pink lace tied to a wand and wrapped around a victim, such as myself. "Well well, look who we had to come and bail out of trouble." Kyo said, smirking a bit. "As, shut up." I said, considering repeating some of those words. "It's been a bad day." "Yoi, look out!" Aika called from behind me. I barely had time to turn around before another round of Magical Girl goodness came at me. However, just as it was about to hit me, a camouflaged whip came down on the unsuspecting little girl. I was treated to the incredibly amusing sight of Aika whipping a Blue fukued Magical Girl with a twisted grin on her face. Aika whipped her for a while, then, used to whip to strangle the poor thing. Kyo, Mai and myself all shared a collective blink. "Um...since whan did you have that?" Kyo asked timidly. "Just got it!" Aika replied excitedly, as if she had just won the lottery or somethiong. "Cool, ne?" "Uhhhh, yeah, kid, whatever you say." I stammered uncertainly. I turned around and noticed the mayhen that had occurred while I was preoccupied. Sailor H seemed to be enjoying this a little too much. Itami went through the girls with a certain wariness. I knew what he meant, I hated freebies too. Aika and I jumped back into the fray, trying to kill a few Magical Girls ourselves. I kicked one in the stomach, then turned around and desperately looked for some sort of ammo. All I could find was a pile of Magical Girl CD's that were supposed to be given out. Why not? I picked up about ten of the CD's, and started hurling them at the girls. I hit one on the head with the corner of a CD, making her bleed profusely. another on hit a girl's wand, snapping it in half. Her lower lip quivered a bit, then she burst into tears and ran out of the stadium, all the while calling for some duck named "peaches". As Aika whipped the last Magical Girl, I sat down on the dirty stage floor and groaned. That was way more work than was planned for this mission. And then, a slow, deranged laughter came from the stage wings. A small figure walked slowly out, laughing all the while. Oh yeah, her. Captain Kawaii. -------- I groaned and got back to my feet. This was really not turning out to be a fun day. How many more times would Mashihashi Ultra resurrect these stupid Magical Girls? How many more deceased brats would we have to deal with? more of Captain Kawaii? the Sixty Four Crayon Knights?! Captain Kawaii began firing at us with that goddamn wand of hers. I jumped out of the way of one beam and just barely missed getting hit by the next. H lunged at Captain Kawaii, but instead received a nasty burn with that wand to the shoulder. She let out a groan of pain, then stood up while clutching her shoulder. Itami saw this, and seemed angry at Captain Kawaii. By Itami's standards, that means he growled a bit and gave her one of his stares. Itami jumped at Captain Kawaii, while Aika pulled out her whip and tried to hit her with it. She didged the sword, but the whip hit her hard on the arm. Captain Kawaii stopped completely, then raised her injured arm to her nose. She sniffed the blood which was now dripping off her arm. She looked up, straight out at me. "I learned a new game while I was gone." She said softly, "It's really fun. All I want is to play it with you. Now be nice, and play by all the rules." I panicked and threw a grenade at her. You know something is wrong when Captain kawaii starts getting all sweet and innocent like this. The explosion made a small crtater in the stage. Then, I saw her walk out of the rubble, barely hurt at all. "Rule one: winner lives, loser dies." Kyo and Mai ran out to try and help me. Captai Kawaii lashed out with her wand, making kind of a barried between us and Kyo and Mai. "Rule two: no outside interference" She walked towards me slowly, a menacing look in her eyes. I suddenly wished that I had grabbed a gun or something. The only weapon I had was... "Rule three: I always win." Captain Kawaii ran straight for me. Too fast! I couldn't possibly get out of the way in time, unless... *GURK* I stood there for a moment, Captain Kawaii hanging from the knife Keikaku had given me. Her eyes went wide, and she coughed violently. And when she coughed, small amounts of blood came up and splattered on my shoes. She smiled weakly at me. "I guess you win," she sputtered, "But it's only a game. There'll be others..." With that her eyes glazed over and she died...again. ------------ I pulled my knife from Captain Kawaii's prone body and looked around me. I cleaned off the blade on my jacket and put it back in my pocket. "All right," I began, addressing the small crown in front of me. "First thing's first. Kyo, Mai, what are you doing here? And while you're answering that, please tell us all what the HELL is up with all this "daddy" business." Mai decided to give his intelligent response first. "Ah, well... ah... I can't really... um." I turned to face Kyo, a demanding stare on my face. "Er...." she replied. I sighed. "Look, nevermind. Just, why are you here in the first place?" "Well, have you looked outside of this place lately?" Kyo asked, glad to no longer be on the spot. "Noooo, we've really been kinda busy saving our own lives." "Um, you might want to right now." Mai stated nervously. "And just why is that?" Sailor H asked, in the middle of "rewarding" Itami. "Never mind. They'll be in here any minute now." Kyo muttered, fidgeting a bit. "Whoa whoa whoa! Hold up a bit, who is 'they'?" I asked suspiciously. Just then it happened. The doors of the stadium burst open. All of the side doors and exits caved in all at once. And in came... Youma. Hundreds and hundreds of Youma. ---------- The End...of my part. Next time on Magical Girl Hunters: god, I dunno go ask someone else. Edited by noone(gee, does that explain why it sucks so much? naaaah, that's just me!).