1.

Rai-chan and Heta-chan paced about the common area of Squalicum High School . . . often referred to as 'the commons.' 
"So . . . what should we do?" Asked Rai-chan pensively. 
"We should destroy Fna!" Heta-chan exclaimed. 
"Yes . . . that would be . . . good . . . but HOW?!"  Rai-chan smacked Heta on the back of the head to clear her mind. Heta-chan shook her head slightly, then said, "let us gather an army of table nomads to defeat this evil preppy-like menace." 
"All right . . . let's begin." 
"Hajimete yo!" 
"What?" 
"Heheh, I love Japanese, don't you?" 
And so the two heroes walked off to find others who would be brave enough and 
strong enough to help them.

The two heroes wandered among the ruins of the once clean and sterile Squalicum commons. A few people scurried about inanely (there were only a few, since we couldn't afford any more set extras.) Ever since Fna had implemented the use of evil minions, any public building in the world was under constant attack, so many students just stayed home.
Rai-chan struggled to push a huge boulder of debris out of her way. Of course, the logical thing would have been to just walk around it, but she'd wanted to show off her super strength.
"Rai-chan," Heta called. "Stop trying to show off your super strength."
"Why??" Rai-chan grunted.
"Because you HAVE no super strength."
"Oh... right.." Rai-chan grinned sheepishly.
A small black pig ran squealing out from under the debris. "Hey!!" Rai-chan yelled. "It's a piggy!!"
"What are you talking about?" Heta-chan shouted, from where she was at the other end of the Commons (she was quite a slow nomad searcher.)
"Look..." Rai-chan pointed at where the pig had last been, and before she could say anything else a bright steak of color whizzed by her, pouncing on the black pig.
"Oooooh, P-Chan!!" The bright color squealed, squeezing the poor pig until it's eyes bugged out. "Someone bring me some hot water!!" She laughed maniacally.
Rai-chan stared in amazement. "Sammy-chan??"

"Oh, hi Rai-chan! What are you doing at Sehome, the land of orange lockers and evil English teachers?"
"Sammy-chan, This isn't Sehome, it's Squailcum."
"Doh! I have to learn not to follow this pig any more!" said sammy_chan as she squeezed the aforementioned piggy.
About then Heta-chan came walking up to inspect the situation. "Soooooo,..........who's the girl with the cute piggy?" Heta-chan asked.
"I am the mighty Sammy_chan! Protector of the easily amused everywhere! I can fall out of small trees with amazing speeds, eat large amounts of french fries in a single sitting, and run into the same tree twice without losing consciousness! I also like to knit large sweaters for dogs, heehee.” As Rai-chan and Heta-chan gaped in awe, Sammy_chan passed out autographs to silly fans that passed. "So Rai-chan," asked Sammy, "what are you doing, are you having a recliner chair race?" 
"No, me and Heta-chan are hunting for nomads and stuff and fighting against the evil power of Fna."
"WE VOW THAT WE WILL KILL FNA, or that at least we will negotiate with it strenuously!" Heta-chan chimed in. Just as Heta-chan finished, a dark force swept through the halls, so evil that the mightiest of men would wet their pants and P-chan did that cute kwee sound! 
RUSH LIMBAUGH, FNA's EVIL MINION !!!! 
As his fat rhythmically jiggled it hypnotized the mere mortals of Squalicum. "Fna requires another sacrifice because of your quest, Rai-chan and Heta-chan!" Rush said "Resistance is futile! MWHAHAAHAAHAAHA!”
"Leave, nasty political man, or prepare to receive our mighty blow!!" Rai-chan threatened as Heta and her both got into a cool stance for battle. Suddenly Rush’s eyes drifted over to Sammy_chan as she obliviously played with P-chan and searched for hot water.
"OH!! What a cute piggy!! I WANT IT!!!" Rush cried out. And before Sammy could do anything to stop Rush, he snatched P-chan and ran off, giggling.
"HEY, what happened to our fight!........I was in the mood to kill freeze something!" cried Heta-chan. 
"Hey, Sammy_chan, are you ok? This can't be good for your blood pressure..." asked Rai-chan nervously as she noticed that Sammy's eyes where glowing a bright red and large claws shot out of her fingers. Sammy_chan was reverting to her secret power, whenever she got really mad she became almost invincible! 
"RUSH LIMBAUGH, PREPARE TO DIE!!!!!!!" Sammy screamed as her battle aura blasted away nearby bystanders...........

Tables snapped in half, teachers screamed, and blood flew. The mall-like commons of Squalicum were painted red with gore . . . but we won't discuss that right now. 
After Sammy's awesome display of power, the other two girls were sure that wherever Rush was, he was scared. He walked out from behind the lunch counter, which was virtually indestructible. "HOHAHOHAHO!" Came his evil laugh, not unlike the fat octopus chick from The Little Mermaid's laugh. His fat jiggled evilly. A voice rang out. "Make my monster grow!!"
"GET DOWN!!" Rai-chan screamed, jumping on Heta and Sammy to shove them to the floor. 
A bomb fell from nowhere and rolled towards Rush. He picked it up and laughed louder as it exploded in his hand. P-chan was seen dropping from the obese politician's grasp and running away.
Heta-chan yelled "I don't wanna die!!" as a cloud of smoke accompanied by a crashing of thunder filled the entire unnecessarily big area. When it cleared, a titanic-sized Rush Limbaugh stood grinning down at them. "OHWAHWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!" The girls covered their ears in panic as the evil laughter crashed through the school, echoing wherever it touched the hollow brain of a still-living preppy. 
"WHAT'LL WE DO?!?!?!!" Heta screamed. 
Sammy stood and glared angrily at the giant Rush. "YOU'LL PAY FOR WREAKING BELLINGHAM'S MALL-SCHOOL!!!" She yelled with fury. The power in the air was tangible.
 Sammy shook a fist in the air as Rush continued laughing maniacally. Rai-chan tapped Heta on the shoulder. "Heta-chan, can you use your powers of levitation for flight?" 
Heta looked pensive. "I don't know, but I can sure give it the old school try." She closed her eyes and dropped her hands to her sides. To no one's surprise but her own, she raised into the air, her blue hair shining in a really cool way. 
She looked down at Rai. Rai-chan took the signal for further instructions, saying, "fly around his head and shoot ice in his eyes while we take him down from here." 
Heta, the light of determination dawning in her eyes, flew up to Rush's cow-like head. He stopped laughing once he saw her and glared. 
She punished his glaring with two ice shards shot neatly into his eyes. 
As Rush roared and clawed at his bleeding eyes, Sammy-chan shouted, "NOW!!" The power rippling off of Sammy knocked the giant to the ground. He let out an oink of rage and flailed his arms about, smashing Crissy Hall to bits. 
Rai-chan said under her breath, "here goes nothing." Positively crackling with electricity, she pounded Rush's writhing body with charge after charge. Heta floated to the ground and looked on in approval. After Rush was finally dead, she clapped. Sammy said, "this is fun, we make a great team. Let's leave this crappy school and seek out more minions of Fna to kill." 
The three misfits made their way out of the building. 
"It's way too nice out here for there to be any of Fna's lackies attacking," said Heta-chan peacefully.

The three girls had just left the school. Before they knew it the sky filled with dark and scary storm clouds. Then up in the sky were thousands of little specks. 
“Whahahahaha! You fools! Fna is the ultimate power in the world. I, Wallace-Kami, have been sent here to make sure that you follow the power that is Fna! To make sure that you follow my orders I have with me four others to help enforce my rules. Ranma with the power of The Anything Goes Martial Arts! Shampoo with the Amazon power! Kodachi with the power of Martial Arts Gymnastics! And Kunou with the power of Martial Arts Fencing! Now you stupid children, you shall meet my wrath! Ranma GO!” With that Ranma flew down from the sky to fight the three girls.
“Feh. You girls are no match to me!” Ranma yelled at them, “Chestnut Fist!” At the speed of light the three girls flew into the school. Because of the force of their blast the school collapsed on them.
“Rush was such a weakling. Those girls were so weak! Now everyone go and spread Fna through out the world! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,” takes a sec to breath, “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“Psyduck!”
“Yes my pet, soon. Very soon you shall be worshiped by all!”
[NARRARATOR] What will happen now. Are the three girls that were to fight the evils of Fna to be killed before the battles begun?!

Meanwhile in a small section of a rather insignificant galaxy, circling a tiny, ordinary star - a small, nothing planet saw the birth of a great new mystery. A new force was being created at that very moment. A force which no one ever would have or COULD have suspected would come into existence anywhere, or anytime in this universe. But one thing is certain, the Universe will NEVER be the same, ever again!

	Heta pulled herself out of the rubble, glaring at the evil Wallace-kami which stood before her. “No,” she thought, “it’s not going to end like this!” Fueled by a sudden strange feeling that the universe would never be the same, ever again, Heta-chan shakily stood on her feet. “Doesn’t Wallace-kami mean WALLACE PAPER??” Heta screamed at the bad guy at the top of her lungs.
	“What?? No!!” Wallace-kami, a.k.a. Craig, covered his face with his hands, wallowing in the terrible fact that Heta had discovered his secret. His pet Psyduck clutched at its head. “Psy-yai-yai...” it muttered.
	“Yeah, well I heard it meant ‘hair’,” Rai-chan said suddenly. Heta glanced over to see her helping Sammy out from under a boulder.
	“Nooo!! Nooo!!” Craig cried, slowly sinking to the ground. “I’m melting… melting…!!” He made a great show of “melting” into the ground, occasionally muttering “Oh, what a world.” It went on like this for well over ten minutes, until he stopped writhing, and stared at the three girls blankly, having forgotten they were there. “Finish them off, Ranma!!” He yelled to his lackey.
	“Oh no you don’t,” Rai-chan said as Evil Ranma rushed towards them. “Not this time!!”
	“CHESTNUT FIST!!” Ranma shouted, throwing punches at the speed of light.
	“NUTCRACKER!!” Rai-chan kicked him where he ought not be kicked.
	“Ooooghff…” The evil pigtailed boy doubled over in pain. Craig winced. Sammy and Heta laughed until their appendixes burst.
	“You may have won this round!!” Craig screamed from where he was still trying to melt. “But the game’s not over yet!” On some unspoken cue, Kodachi the Evil began laughing insanely and twirling a storm of black petals around. The girls began sneezing uncontrollably. When the petals cleared, all traces of the evil ones had vanished.
	“Wow, that was really exciting!” Heta-chan said with a big smile.
	“Omigosh!!” Sammy-chan jumped three feet. “Where’s my P-Chan??”
	“Ut-oh..” Rai-chan nervously helped Sam find her pig. “This isn’t good for your rage..”
	Heta stepped back from the ruins of what remained of Squalicum High School, after Ranma had chestnut-fisted the life out of it. She grinned thoughtfully. Everything seemed to be going according to her plan..
	A sudden explosion rocked the earth she stood on. Heta-chan was almost blinded by a light that was extremely bright yet somewhat far away. “What the heck…” Heta muttered.
	“…He tends to get very, very lost,” Sammy was explaining to Rai-chan as they headed back.
	“Didn’t you guys see that big explosion that nearly blinded me?” Heta-chan asked in astonishment.
	Both girls stared at Heta. “Yeah.. so…?”
	“Well, let’s go see what it was!” Heta suggested brightly.
	Sammy-chan and Rai-chan beamed. “Okay!!”
	(Narrator) And so our heroes continue on their journey. What new sights and adventures await them at the end of their quest for the strange explosion? Stayed tuned to find out next time, on the next “Pokemon”!! … Oh.. wait.. This isn’t Pokemon? … I see… I don’t get paid nearly enough for this job. (clears throat) Anyways, tune in next time, blah blah, defeat the evil Fna. I’m leaving… If anyone needs me I’ll be in that coffee place across the street.. (door slamming)

The three girl trotted towards the flash with Heta-chan occasionally bumping into random items from her lack of 20/20 vision at the moment. They soon came upon a giant crater with steam rising from the edges. A girl suddenly popped up from the deep crater and proceeded to put a fire out of her hair. 
"Wow!" exclaimed Rai-chan, "It is a superhuman being from a distant galaxy that has traveled from a distant universe and made a giant crater with her ship!"
"Actually," said the mysterious singed girl, "I was just playing with a bunch of fire works and they blew up.. heehee silly me."
"Dang nab it" pouted Sammy-chan" I was hoping you were an alien, I always wanted to meet an alien, they wear those giant hooded fur coats for the cold and go ice fishing and they live in those cute ice houses......." 
"Sammy-chan, those are Eskimos...." said Heta-chan.
"Well I am an alien,” chimed in the girl again, "I just forgot that firework plus fire equals big fire in hair. By the way my name's Brandii." All the girls said their welcome to earth speech and introduced themselves as protectors of the world. But now a new dilemma plagued their group....they got the munchies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The smell of roasted Brandii made their saliva gland produce amylase at an unearthly rate. Even Brandii thought that she would make great barbecue.
"I suggest that we go find somewhere to eat or somebody here is gonna end up in my mouth." advised Rai-chan.
"But where are we going to eat?" asked Heta-chan. This question and more will be answered in the next chapter...... 

Brandii followed after the three girls as they walked on, desperately trying to find something that would keep them from eating her. "Hey look," she shouted, "McDonald's!" 
Heta looked apprehensive, "how did we get all the way over by Bellis Fair mall?" 
She shrugged. I've got to keep these retards busy long enough so I can get away . . . I can't let them figure out that I'm not really Brandii, she thought. 
Rai-chan yawned. "Too greasy." She glanced at Brandii-who-was-not-really-Brandii. "You look rather tasty." 
She waved her hands in front of her frantically, "nononononononononononononono, don't, I'm so thin and gamy." 
Sammy licked her lips in a crazed frenzy of hunger! "I liiikkkee gamy." 
"Stop, stop stop!" Said Heta-chan. "Please don't eat this poor excuse for a sentient being! What makes her deserve treatment like this??" 
"Heta-chan, you said something intelligent!!" Exclaimed Sammy. "Good for you, you're getting better!!" 
'Brandii' grinned with utter evil. The three girls stared at her as they stepped closer to the doors of McDonald's. Rai-chan asked, "ummm, Brandii, why is it that you're grinning with utter evil?" 
"Because I am!! I will kill you foolish humans!!!!!" 
"Oroka na ningen o korose," commented Heta. 
"Shut up!! That's what I said!!!!" Brandii grabbed Heta around the neck and strangled her. Sammy-chan and Rai jumped back as power shot this way and that . . . they could no longer see Heta, for she and the evil Brandii were completely engulfed in a strange blue light. When it finally subsided, Heta was on the ground unconscious, and Brandii was nowhere to be seen. 
That was a good way to get out of there, Brandii thought cleverly. She would wait here in the darkness of Hot Topic until a time when she could further attack . . . Fna would be most pleased. 
Meanwhile, Rai-chan and Sammy-chan rushed to Heta-chan's side. "Hold on!" They gasped in shock when they got a good look at her. Her clothes had changed!! She was now wearing a Calvin Klein shirt and Old Navy jeans!!!!! 
She stirred. "What happened?" She whispered hoarsely. 
"Brandii attacked . . . I guess she must have been some sort of evil minion of Fna," explained Sammy-chan. 
"Aw, man . . . my cool clothes are gone," Heta said as she sat up slowly. "Guess I'll have to call Caluna." 
Rai and Sammy stepped back a pace. "Whooo?" They had twisted expressions on their faces, trying very hard to understand. Heta rose to her feet, and in great pain, she explained. "Caluna is my cabbit. She was created in the same lab as I was, out of a cat named Luna and some kid's pet rabbit . . . they were calling her Cabbitluna, but I shortened it to Caluna. Before I escaped from the lab, the scientists told me that whenever something bad happened, I could call on Caluna and she would fix me. I can also speak to her telepathically." 
Rai-chan was beginning to be interested. "How do you call her?" 
"Like this," Heta responded. "CCCCCCCAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNAAAAAAA!!!!!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. 
A black bunny-cat thing came scampering up at warp speeds. "Meow mya nyan miaou!!" It said. 
"It got confused with English, Japanese, and French," explained Heta-chan. She grabbed an object that it held in it's mouth and gently pulled it away. It appeared to be a hammer. "ESP Hammerspace Zoot Suit Ice Riot!!!" She cried, holding up the small blue object, useless for all purposes as a hammer.(cue music: Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku)After the odd, chanting song was over, Heta-chan stood before them, looking as good as new. "I guess from now on, I'll have to keep Caluna with me . . . who knows what Fna will come up with next."
Good choice, Heta, good choice, Caluna commented inside Heta's mind.
Thank you. I knew you would save me.
Caluna meowed happily. Her friends smiled, oblivious to the exchange. As Caluna took a comfortable place on Heta-chan's shoulder, they all walked into McDonald's.

The three girls entered the McDonalds. Little did they know that a greasy death awaited them. 
"Thank you for rescuing me, Lord Wallace Kami," The girl nicknamed Brandii said.
"Think nothing of it. I saw great potential in you when I saw how you handled that stupid girl. Now here is the plan. The three girls have entered the restaurant. We shall fix this joint up in order to kill then. Now, I have to leave for a little while. I shall leave you here with my Psyduck."
“Psyduck," Psyduck said in response. 
"As you wish, Lord Wallace Kami," Brandii said while kneeling. With that, Wallace Kami disappeared. "Now I shall prepare. First of all I shall awaken the sleeping monster that lives in the grease. MOON REVENGE!" With those words the sleeping grease monster awoke.
"Happy Birthday!" it said.
"Oh crap, I woke up the sleeping Frosty the Snowman!" Brandii said disgustedly. "Lets try that again. Pokeball, GO!" With that the "real" sleeping grease monster awoke. "Now go Greasy! And attack those stupid Anti-Fna lovers!" 
The monster obeyed and oozed out and parts of it entered every burger. Soon people started to fall left and right. 
"What’s wrong with these people? They are eating the burgers and falling to the ground. I expect this kind of behavior at Jack In The Box but not here!" Shouted Rai-Chan.
"Yeah I agree!" agreed Heta-Chan.
"Hey guys, do you think P-Chan would taste good?" Sammy-Chan asked. The other two face faulted.
"WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!" A voice laughed. "Hello. It is me, the girl you left behind! Brandii. After I hid in Hot Topic, Lord Wallace Kami came and saved me. He has given me a small portion of the power of Fna! I shall use it on you." She paused. The three girls waited. 
Nothing happened. 
Even Greasy came out from the burgers and people’s mouths and looked at Brandii. 
Brandii farted. 
After that, there was a continued silence. All that could be heard in the back ground was a voice on one of the TVs saying, "All girls get the bowl cuts!"
"Oh, sorry... Uh, go Greasy, and attack!" 
The giant grease monster knew it couldn't hurt the girls, so it grabbed P-Chan from out of nowhere and left. The girls tried but could not keep up to it. 
Hours later in a secret fortress under a secret park in a secret country blah blah blah... The grease monster reappeared. It handed P-Chan over into the arms on Ranma. Around Ranma were Kunou, Kodachi, and Shampoo. 
"You need no worry! Shampoo not going to hurt you. We just going to make you one of us! Prepare the brain washing machine!"
MEANWHILE, BACK AT MCDONALDS: 
"Stupid monster! Fine, I shall have to attack you!"

The imposter Brandii's eyes glinted with impending evil. Her hand slowly raised up to her shoulder, her hand curled into a tight fist and her index finger extended upward. The other's stood, stuck still with fear and anticipation, awaiting the inevitable attack as the "Brandii" smirked evilly. 
She twisted a small strand of her golden blond hair around her extended finger and closed her eyes. "Hehe, oops. I don't know what my power is. Um, I seemed to have forgotten to ask Wallace-Kami what it was. Teehee!" She giggled with an air-headed, typical blond laugh.
That's when they heard the explosion. 
The McDonalds manager ran into the bathroom screaming "No! Not again!" But when he reached the restrooms he realized that they were now the only thing left perfectly intact. He stood looking relieved and confused. "Hmm, well…at least it wasn't that toilet bombing kid, again." Back inside the restaurant, the roof was now completely blown off, revealing a gigantic opening were the ceiling once was. 
"What was that???" Heta cried. 
"The roof blew off, obviously." Stated Sammy, who was just now beginning to wonder about Heta-chan's intelligence. 
"Caluna! That's not a very nice thing to say about Sammy-Chan!" A hurt Sammy-chan and a stunned Rai-chan looked at Heta. 
"Myow, nya!" Caluna verbalized before telepathically protesting to Heta 'I didn't say ANYTHING about Sammy-chan!" 
Heta mentally smirked, "I know that.' 
"Look!!!" Shouted Rai-chan, pointing to where the roof once was. The three-some, one cabbit, a lazy grease monster, and the imposter Brandii (who had been filing her nails the whole time the good guys were talking) all stared upwards. A thick cloud of white rose petals swirled down towards the ground and two mysterious figures appeared in its place. On the left was a well-built, red-haired girl wearing a pigtail. To the right, there was a clean-shaven guy with short hair. Both were fairly close in height (though the guy may have been almost an inch taller). The two were wearing similar outfits and they were both striking impressive poses. Caluna was taking this all in as she scrutinized the new arrivals. But she was concentrating on their unusual outfits. Both wore jackets of greenish blue, and very light yellow shirts. There was something written on the shirts, but she couldn't quite tell what it was. The girl wore a knee-length, flailing skirt that was the same color as the guy’s full length pants, which was also the same color as their jackets and tennis shoes. Their shirts were the same color as their socks. Plus the guy wore a strange pink disemboweled rabbit's foot around his neck and he held a four-leaf clover in his hands. Caluna had just finished taking all this in when they finally spoke. In verse style they alternated lines: 
“This galaxy we explore..” 
“We'll show the way..”
“And then even more..”
“Turn night into day..”
“We're setting the score..”
“Rhiannhon!”
“Steven!”
“WE'RE ‘THE CYCLONE SQUAD!’ And we're here to stay!” 
"HUH???" A collective 'huh' came from everyone in the room. 
"Um…are you good guys or bad guys?" asked Heta-chan. 
"Yeah, you don't sound like you know, either - I mean, you’re dressed like good guys, and you have a group-name-thingy going on, but your speech sounds mixed up!" Rai-chan pointed out. The pair jumped down to the ground. Caluna could now see clearly the writing on their shirts - a large 'S' with a small 'C' through the middle of it. And there was a patch on their jackets with the same symbol on it. 
"Actually, we don't really care who wins, we're just in it for the money!" Rhiannhon said with a sly smile. 
"Yeah!" Steven agreed, "We plan on working for whoever can get us the most cash." 
"Which means we'll probably work for the bad guys - after all, how much can you really make as a superhero? And besides, the bad guys are usually the ones with the most power and control - making them the most noticeable market-wise. We only came up with this whole "Cyclone Squad" thing just because we knew that, regardless of the part we play in this whole 'FNA' fight, anyone who's involved in this will be able to get rich off of the inevitable merchandising!" Rhiannhon and Steven both laughed with shared semi-maniacal, greedy laughter. 
"You two are insane!" Sammy-chan exclaimed! 
"Actually," Rai-chan noted, "They're quite correct, and rather clever. It's true that whoever is involved with this will be a big hit with advertisers. And by choosing to be bipartisan, that leaves them more open then the rest of us. The heroes have a secret identity to keep hidden, and the bad guys have to hide to keep from being caught. They are the only ones that have any chance of making an money off of this." 
"Rai-chan," Heta-chan couldn't believe her ears. "Don't praise they're plans, they aren't going to be working for us!"
"Yes, but they could," Rai-chan responded, "When the fight is nearing the end, if it looks like we're going to win, they could simply switch to our-side for the final defeat and rake in the 'good guy' winnings." 
"Rai-chan!!!" Heta looked like she had a worse headache then Wallace-kami's psyduck.. 
"Brandii..." a small voice came from behind them. Rhiannhon turned around and saw that the Imposter Brandii (who was standing behind her) was the one who uttered the word. 
"B..BLONDIE!?!?!?!?" Rhiannhon shrieked and looked like she was going to have a heart attack! "What are YOU doing here?!?!"
"Oh, no! Now everyone knows my REAL name isn't Brandii!" The imposter formally known as "Brandii" (now known to be actually named "Blondie") looked frightened.
"Why were you using my middle name?" asked Rhiannhon. 
"Because I hated always living in YOUR shadow. You were ALWAYS smarter than me, and I hated it! The blond stereotypes and jokes were made worse by my name and the fact that I couldn't live up to your intelligence!" Blondie was now crying.
"I think I can understand that." Rhiannhon looked down. "I was always insulted by those dumb blond stereotypes, that's why I dyed my hair red." 
Steven looked shocked - "You, you dye your hair?!?!? Ew, how can you stand to live with yourself, dying your hair just to avoid those stupi' stereotypes." 
Rhiannhon gave him one of her 'look-to-kill' looks. "Look who's talking luck-boy! You can't even knock-over a bottle of salt without freaking out!" 
"Um...I hate to interrupt you guys, but I'm afraid we _were_ in the middle of a fight here. And I have a lot of homework to get to tonight, so..." Heta lied about the homework, now that the school was destroyed. But she did want to get out of there. 
"Well," Blondie piped up. "I'm sure there's a place in Wallace-Kami's legion for my twin sister!" 
"TWIN SISTER!!??!!" Mouths dropped around the room. 
"Yeah, isn't it obvious?" The pair asked in unison.
"That's fine with me...just tell us how much we'll be paid!" Steven was already mentally counting his riches.
"Alright, Gadget...I mean… oh, whoever you good guys are - I'll let you all go for today. But I'll be back, and I'll get you guys next time! NEXT TIME!!!"
"Wait!" Rhiannhon said, "I have to call our cat! Oh CHRISTINA!!" The happy Persian came bounding up and jumped on Rhiannhon's shoulder. 
"Well, looks like The Cyclone Squad is blast'n off for today. Bye guys! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Hey - this bad guy stuff is fun!" 
"Isn't it though?" Blondie agreed. 
"But we aren't signing any contracts or anything!" Steven put in. The trio took off, and from behind the words "CYCLONE SQUAD" (which were printed on the back of their jackets) were the last things anyone saw as the bad guys went out of sight. 
"Oh greeeeeeeat!" Said Rai-chan, "that didn't take _too_ long, did it?"
"Yeah, it felt like that fight lasted a week!" Heta-chan agreed. They turned away the ruins of what was once a great and proud restaurant. The manager was still in the bathroom, scratching his head.

A strange, high-pitched laughing filled the mall (remember people? We were in a mall before we were attacked in McDonalds?). The girls glanced around apprehensively. The people of the mall also looked equally startled. Caluna shrieked “Nyaaa!” and bounced away without any apparent explanation.
Suddenly, the wall closest to the trio of chans crashed down in one big pound. A blue-haired girl in a Chinese outfit stood in the massive hole she’d created, pointing a bonbori menacingly at the heroines. She giggled, “You careless! No care that Shampoo pignap pig-boy?”
The girls dropped into fighting stances. “What do you mean? What do you want with him, Shampoo?” Sammy-chan growled, her voice low and her fists clenched. Her trademark red battle aura was only glowing slightly. 
Rai-chan glanced at her friend nervously.
Shampoo’s eyes glinted. “He waiting for you. You follow Shampoo?”
Sammy-chan’s expression shifted. Rai and Heta just helplessly exchanged confused looks.
With an evil little twitter, Shampoo leapt back out the hole she created. The twilight world was showing through.
“Oh my. Nighttime already..” Rai-chan commented in a Kasumi kind of way. Heta-chan had pulled a tricorder out of nowhere (probably tricorderspace) and was examining Sammy’s vital signs. “Her brain is showing an ever-increasing production of dopamine, Captain,” Heta reported in her best Enterprise sickbay doctor voice. There was a pause before she asked “What’s dopamine?”
Without warning Sam jumped outside after the evil amazon. “Wait.. Sammy!!” Rai-chan and Heta-chan bounded after her. The curly-haired girl seemed to not hear them. She jumped her way after the disappearing amazon, her team mates following close behind.
Shampoo led them through a forest for what seemed forever, until it was truly nighttime and the only illumination they had was from the quarter moon and Sammy-chan’s battle aura. The Chinese she-warrior stopped suddenly, and they all landed on the grounds of a playground in the middle of the wood.
“Now you try find your own way into underground lair!!” Shampoo giggled, delighted with her own evil.
Sammy-chan grabbed the blue-haired one by the collar of her flowered Chinese outfit, her battle aura flaring. Shampoo stopped laughing immediately. 
“Where, is, he,” Sam growled.
Shampoo’s eyes grew to a freakish size. “He.. he.. you go through rock there!” She pointed wildly at a conspicuous looking boulder on the merry-go-round. Sam released her, and before Shampoo even hit the ground she was running off into the forest to hide from the too-violent angry girl.
“Through the rock, eh?” Rai-chan asked, circling the merry-go-round. 
Heta danced around the rock, and sang “Clefairy, clefairy, clefairy…!”
“What are you doing?” Rai asked disgustedly.
Suddenly the rock lifted off of the merry-go-round, revealing a descending staircase into the ground. Heta-chan grinned triumphantly.
“Well… okay!” All three of them flew down the staircase, towards that which had drawn them on this journey. The chamber they entered, was dark, damp, and big. It was lit up by a few ceiling lights, and in the corner was a small cage next to a large and mean looking machine. The three heroines rushed to the cage, and found inside of it…
A dust bunny.
“This is not my P-Chan!!” Sammy-chan cried, turning away from the dust bunny in disgust.
“And who ever said I was *YOURS*?” Someone demanded. The girls whirled around in surprise. Shampoo, Ranma, Kuno, and Kodachi stood in intimidating poses. In front of them was an unfamiliar boy wielding a large umbrella. What was familiar to Heta-chan and Rai-chan, however, was the bandana tied around his head.
(Any other girl in anime would have taken a while to put this together, and some wouldn’t even put it together at all. Rai-chan was smarter than your average anime babe.)
Rai’s face turned dark red. “P-Chan is a GUY??” She asked, completely shocked in a way she couldn’t understand.
“Duh,” Heta said to her, although she had never really known either. They all dropped into fighting stances. That is, except for Sammy-chan, who’s eyes were starting to tear up.
“You… you don’t like me??” She asked. Sweat drops formed on Rai and Heta’s heads.
“I’m sure he didn’t mean it, Sammy…” Rai-chan assured her hurriedly.
Heta-chan broke out of her stance and faced Rai in disgust. “Why are you always trying to protect her like that?!” She shouted.
“If you think her battle-aura is bad when she’s angry, you should see what happens when she gets depressed!!” Rai-chan shouted back.
“Shampoo forgot to tell you.” The Evil Chinese Girl stepped forward, smiling wickedly. “Ryoga decide he no like any of you. He on our side now!”
“What?? Why??” Sammy-chan asked, desperation creeping into her voice. Rai-chan also looked desperate.
“After too-too naughty girls abandon him as little pig, why he ever like you again?” Shampoo asked smoothly, her evil purple eyes sparking with glee.
Sammy-chan plopped down on the ground and started wailing like Sailor Moon.
“We never abandoned him!!” Heta-chan protested.
“Why would we want to abandon such a cute…” Rai started.
“Enough talk!!” Ryoga yelled. He jumped into the air, wielding the heavy looking umbrella. “Prepare to DIE!!”
“Aaah!!” Heta-chan and Rai-chan leapt in front of the sniffling Sammy, blocking the umbrella in a painful way. 
“Cut it out!” Heta shouted at him. “We didn’t do anything to you!!”
“I’m so depressed…” Sammy murmured from behind them. Rai-chan looked at her in fright. Sammy-chan got slowly to her feet.
“No no no, Sammy!!” Rai-chan cried. She and Heta used the last ounce of their strength to shove the umbrella away from them. They ducked under another swipe from the unusual weapon. Their attacked yelled in frustration.
Sam’s aura had double in size. She clenched her fists, and shouted something up to the ceiling. The words were lost in Rai-chan’s terrified yell. A huge pillar of something that can only be called Sammy’s heavy chi rushed up into the air, bursting through the ceiling of the underground lair. 
“Get out of here, Heta!!” Rai ordered her teammate, shouting over rushing din of the chi eruption.
“But.. why??”
“Just get as far away from here as you can!!” Rai-chan screamed, pointing at the stairs. “What goes up must come down!!”
Heta didn’t understand what she meant, but she exited quickly. The sound of the chi rush died down. An eerie silence followed. Sam stood where she had been, looking like she’d lost the will to live.
Ranma had seen something exactly like this before. “I’m getting out of here…” His other partners in evil agreed and ran for their lives. Ryoga tried to leave with them, but Rai-chan jumped and managed to throw him to the ground. He could have thrown her off easily, but just milliseconds later, Sam’s huge chi pillar crushed them with a blinding and fatally strong force…
Heta-chan watched in awe as the huge ball of blue bad stuff crashed into the ground, causing a large shockwave. She had levitated to a safe place on a cliff to watch the whole thing, and was seriously worrying for her friends lives. When the explosion died down, she floated down to the crater, and glanced around apprehensively.
Caluna appeared out of nowhere. “Miao,” she said sheepishly, and jumped onto Heta’s shoulder. “Caluna!! Are they okay??” Heta asked her cabbit anxiously.
I don’t know, Heta. I don’t know…

After the huge chi shock-wave had settled Sammy-chan came back to her normal sense.
"Ahhh, that was very cathartic!" Sammy said as she looked at the unconscious people strewn around her. Even Ranma and his gang hadn't escaped Sammy_chan's shishihokadan, they were all piled up in a doorway. "Whoops.......heehee..sorry guys..." 
About that time Heta-chan walked into the trashed cave. "WHAT HAPPENED?!!" She yelled in a distraught voice. 
"Well, it never happens very often, but when I get depressed I have to release my chi. The only bad thing is that people often end up unconscious afterward. Heehee.."
"You're not still upset about P-chan are you?" Heta-chan asked worriedly as she hid under a nearby table. 
"Nope, damn dopamine! That stuff always messes me up. He was really cute but if he doesn't like me then I have to let him go. If you love a butterfly, let it fly." Sam said as she did a really cool interpretive dance. "But while everyone asleep.. LET'S DOODLE ON THEM!!" Heta-chan and Sammy-chan worked feverishly and whipped out their mighty pens.. 
15 minutes later Rai-chan woke up to face two giggling girls staring at her. 
"What's so funny?" asked Rai-chan. Heta-chan and Sammy-chan continued to laugh until one of them passed Rai-chan a portable mirror. Her once angelic face now had one big eyebrow, an evil twisty mustache, and many Japanese words meaning BAKA. 
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! What did you guys do?!! Take this! Rai-chan Anything Goes Special Attack! MIGHTY MARKER MAYHEM!!" She yelled as she began to draw on her two friend's faces with amazing speed.
"ACK!" Screamed Heta-chan. "YOU MADE ME LOOK LIKE HITLER!" 
"Heehee, she only wrote weird-looking letters on me." Sammy-chan giggled as she examined her forehead in the mirror. 
"It says 'Idiot', you idiot! The letters are backwards in the mirror!" Heta-chan smirked.
"...Oh ...HEY!" replied Sammy-chan.
"So what are we gonna do with all Craig's anime characters?" Asked Rai-chan, quite calm now that she had gotten her revenge.
At that moment Ryoga sat up. "Where am I?" he said bewilderedly. "Who am I?" The three girls soon saw their chance to mess with his mind. 
"You are BATMAN!!" screamed Heta-chan.
"And Tuxedo Mask!" added Rai-chan.
"And you have a fetish for girls with green eyes!" said Sammy-chan as she widened her eyes with both hands and stared at him. 
"...Oh ..." Said Ryoga. "But I remember that I have a strange curse... don't I turn into a pig or something? How did that happen?" 
"Well," said Sammy-chan, searching her vast mind, "well... you were saving your father Gepetto from this really big mean whale... yeah... and then you became A REAL BOY!!" 
Just then the rest of the anime characters began to stir. 
"We better get out of here now!" yelled Heta-chan. "Grab the pig-boy and run!" 
As the group ran away Ryoga caught a glimpse of Rai-chan's beautiful green eyes! (and Sammy-chan's…) 

	The three bewildered girls high-tailed it out of the mall as they heard the enraged screams of Wallace-Kami's anime characters echoing behind them.
	"They're gone!"  That was Kodachi.
	"Quick, back to Wallace-Kami!!"  Commanded Ranma.  Then there was silence.
	Silence, that is, except for the sound of quickly approaching footsteps.  Completely unafraid of one mere enemy, the chans stood their ground.
	Breathing hard, a frazzled figure burst through the doors, knocking the three girls off their feet.  "Oh, sorry . . ." Ryoga apologized.
	Rai-chan and Sammy-chan got up.  Heta was out cold with Caluna licking her face in an effort to wake her.
	"S'okay," Rai said indifferently.  She was taken aback by Ryoga's intense gaze.  Why in the name of Fna was he staring at her like that?
	"You have . . ." Ryoga started, then quit. * No, stupid, you can't tell her how much you like her eyes.  Not yet.*  He began again.  "You have a great team!  Can I come with you?  I've got nowhere to go anymore, not now . . ." he trailed off.
	Sammy broke in.  "You're saying you DON'T hate me . . . err, I mean, us?"
	Ryoga avoided the question.  "I am BATMAN!"  He yelled.  Sammy and Rai stared, not comprehending.  "I am . . . Tuxedo Mask?"  He tried.
	Suddenly, Caluna's frantic licking paid off.  Heta sat up at great speeds, and quoted with her index finger poised, "you are Tuxedo Mask, friend of the Sailor Scouts!"  Everyone laughed.  Except Heta.  "What, what?"
	Rai-chan guffawed.  "Too much DiC for you, Heta!"
	Heta-chan stood up indignantly.  "Oh I see, I get it.  You're laughing at me, because now you have Ryoga and you don't need me on your stupid team anymore.  Fine!  If I can't have any REAL friends, then I'll go BUILD myself one!"  She ran off before they could say another word.
	Caluna scampered after her, transmitting, I'M your friend you blithering idiot!  Wait, you don't know what you're doing!  You're not going to finish . . . HIM, are you?
	Ryoga, Sammy, and Rai all stood staring after her, too stupefied to speak.
	Then Sammy smirked, breaking the silence as her lips squeaked over her pearly whites.  "She'll be back.  Don't worry, guys.  Let's walk down Bakerview and see what we can see."
	Rai grinned, but her teeth didn't squeak.  "Follow the Bakerview road, follow the Bakerview road, follow follow follow follow--,"
	"Shut up," said Sammy.  Rai, looking miffed, followed her with Ryoga close behind.

	Heta-chan raced through town on the tops of various buildings, trying to remember where the lab was.  Wait a minute!  She didn't need the lab!  She had her own lab in her room . . . how long it had been since she had done any experiments, or worked on her pride-and-joy.
	Just then, it started to rain.  Better teleport, thought Heta.
Damn right, Caluna thought back to her.
I almost forgot about YOU!! Heta was amazed.
Caluna gave the equivalent of a mental shrug.  I seem to be an easy thing to forget.  Dammit, I never get ANY recognition.
Heta decided that this mental communication was draining her power reserves. "Caluna," she said as she jumped off a bakery and landed on the street, "let me pick you up so I can teleport you with me."
The cabbit obliged, leaping into Heta-chan's arms.  She never was one to do exactly what others asked of her.
In a slight rippling of the air, the two were gone.

Heta and Caluna reappeared in Heta's old room.  A tear of nostalgia almost escaped Heta-chan's eye as she recalled the room just before she had left for her little operation.  She never even said good-bye to everyone . . . her mad karate-chopping father and her gentle karate-chopping stepmother.  Not to mention her Pokémon card-pinching stepbrothers who were in no way wicked.  
Somehow Cinderheta didn't sound very impressive . . .
Heta-chan shook herself out of her reverie.  Now was not the time for such desolation!  She came here for one purpose and one purpose only . . . to finish . . . and activate . . . GADGET BOY!!
She rummaged under her bed for a moment, then pulled out a human form clad in blue armor.  He was a bit dusty . . . his short, brown hair tousled from a few months under there.  He was also covered in cat hair . . . so, the cats had been sleeping on him, had they?  Heta couldn't help but laugh.
Heta pulled open the secret panel in the wall next to her anime shelves.  Ahhh, it was still there.  The basic personality chip, complete with emotions.  Finally, finally, Gadget Boy would be complete!  And then, Heta hoped, at least he would be her friend.
She dragged him onto the surface of her bed, which had long before she left been turned into a metal table for scientific purposes.
Dear God!  That's your BED you perverse young thing! Caluna prattled.
"It is for SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.  How can science be erotic?  I think you just 
have a sick mind."  
In fact, Caluna was busily thinking up ways that science could be erotic and was no longer paying attention to Heta-chan.
Heta sighed and focused on the project at hand.  She pushed a button at the base of Gadget Boy's neck, and a panel in his head opened up.  At last, she thought as she pressed the chip into its waiting space and closed the section once again.
She flipped a switch on Gadget Boy's arm that was marked 'on.'  It broke off in her hand.  Whoops, thought Heta.
Caluna giggled mentally, heheh, you turned him on and now you can't turn him back off!  HAHAHAHAHA!!
"Shut up!  You stupid cat, be quiet and let me think!!"
	I'm NOT a cat, I'm a cabbit and if you ever call me that again I'll-
	Heta-chan's eyes seemed to glow for a moment.  "You'll what?! Scratch me?  Heheh, yeah right . . . huh?  Caluna, look, he's opening his eyes!"  Heta jumped up and down.  She'd got the pigment just right . . . that beautiful cerulean pair of optic receivers would make any woman (man?) go wild.
	Caluna leapt onto the poor android's face.  They ARE rather nice, for a humanoid.
	"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"  Screamed Gadget Boy, "little black cat 
bunny!!!"  Caluna jumped to the floor.
	Heta smiled in pure delight, "she's a cabbit."
	Gadget Boy sat up and calmed down a bit.  "What is my designation?"
	"You are called Gadget Boy, but may I call you Gadget?  It's much shorter."  Explained Heta-chan.
	He stared.  "Please state instructions."
	Heta sighed.  This was going to take some time.  "Say yes."
	"Yes."
	"Very good.  Well, then . . . Gadget . . . will you be my friend?"
	Gadget Boy looked blank as his mental processes looked up the definition of the word 'friend.'  "I feel . . . something . . . fuzzy, warm, nice."  He shook his head, "what answer does this feeling indicate?"
	"I believe you're feeling happiness . . . so, 'yes'."
	He nodded slightly.  "Yes."
	"Good," Heta-chan clapped her hands together, "now that that's settled, I will give you some instructions."
	Gadget pushed the button on his neck and his head opened up again.  "Dozo," he said.
	"I see my Japanese program has been working well for you.  I'm glad."
	"Glad?"
	Heta explained as she poked at the buttons inside Gadget Boy's head. "Glad is another kind of happiness.  It's kind of a feeling of happiness, relief, and gratitude combined."
	"I will file this information for later reference."
	"Excellent."  Heta shut the panel once again.  "You now have mastered the arts of Goju Ryu Karate and Kamiya Kasshin Ryu fencing.  I hope I programmed them well . . ."
	Gadget Boy stood up, jumping off the table.  "Hya!  Hya!"  In two punches, Heta-chan's room was destroyed.
	"NNNOOOOOOOOO!!"  Heta cried.  "You weren't supposed to do that!"
	"Oh," Gadget Boy said sheepishly.  "I feel something else now . . . I'm sad for doing that."
	"It's called regret," Heta said, annoyed.

	Meanwhile, our heroines Rai-chan and Sammy-chan were merrily walking along Bakerview Road with Ryoga.  Suddenly, there came a very evil laughter.
	Ryoga paled.  "Who's there??"
	A shape appeared in the sky, soon followed by lesser shapes.  "It is I, Wallace-Kami, and you are mine at last!  Perhaps without the added power of Heta-chan you won't be able to whup me this time!!  BWAHAHA, MWAHAHA!"
	Sammy glared defiantly at the evil overlord.  "Oh yeah?  Well, where I come from, he who laughs last dies first!!!"  She gathered her chi, Rai-chan sparking behind her.
	Ryoga brandished his umbrella, but Kodachi floated down from the sky and wrenched it from his grasp.  She whacked him soundly over the head with it, and he was soon out cold.
	"Hmph.  You are too weak for me to bother with.  Attack, my minions!  AHAHAHA!!"
	Kuno flew down from above and brandished his bushido blade at Rai-chan as Ranma took on Sammy-chan.  Shampoo marched over to Ryoga and proceeded to smack him across the face with her bonbori-thingys.  Kodachi, her work done for a time, floated patiently beside her Lord and Master, Wallace-Kami.
	An all-out battle ensued.  Sammy-chan and Ranma's chi were competing for dominance, while Rai-chan shocked Kuno over and over again.  Not seeming to realize that he was down for the count, Shampoo continued to pound away at Ryoga's poor face.
	"My omnipotent powers are WEAKENING!!"  Screamed Sammy-chan at Rai.
	Rai-chan shrugged.  "You ain't seen nothin' yet."  With one final shock, Kuno's reign of terror was over.  He lay on the ground, smoking, but alive.
	As Ranma tumbled to the pavement, Sammy shrugged as well.  "Aw, I guess it was just a fluke."
	But then, Wallace-Kami became enraged beyond all reason.  "You hideous churlish rabbit-suckers!!  Prepare to DDDIIIIEEEE!!!!"  A blast of bright purple power flooded Bakerview.  Cars crashed into one another in a scene of pure devastation.  And Wallace-Kami laughed a horrendous laugh.
	As the dust settled and the purpleness cleared, Wallace-Kami saw that Kodachi was laying unconscious on the ground . . . right next to the bodies of Sammy and Rai.
	As Ryoga awakened finally and glanced around him, he began screaming like a chicken with it's head cut off.  (Which, as we all know, wouldn't be able to scream . . .)  "HELP HELP HE GOT THEM HE GOT THEM OH NO NOT THE GIRLS WITH THE PRETTY GREEN EYES HE GOT THEM BOTH!!!  NOOOOO!!!  SOMEONE HELP US!!!!"

	No so far away in Heta's room, Gadget Boy heard a cry for help.  "Hark!"  He said.
	"Ummm . . . Gadget, people don't say that very much anymore."
	A puzzled look crossed his face.  "Oh.  But I hear someone calling for help!"
	Heta-chan, brightening at the chance to be of use, exclaimed, "well, what are you waiting for!  Let's go!!  Caluna, come on!!"
	The cabbit jumped onto Heta's shoulder.  Heta-chan frantically yelled at Gadget, "what are you waiting for?  Use the cool stuff I gave you!!"
	He nodded.  He appeared to be getting more and more intelligent by the minute.  After Heta had taught him about basic emotions and human concepts, he seemed to get it okay.  But there would still be bugs and times of awkwardness, of course.  "Right.  Gadget Jets!!"  Gadget Boy's boots started shooting off flame. Lighting Heta's floor neatly ablaze.
	As his Gadget jets fired up, he burst out of Heta's house, leaving a Gadget Boy-shaped hole in the wall.
	"WAIT!"  Called Heta-chan.  She sighed.  "Hang on tight, Caluna. It's time to fly."  The blue super-heroine followed her creation out of the wall.

	As they reached the scene of carnage that lay on the normally peaceful Bakerview Road, the three heroes stopped in mid air.  Wallace-Kami floated there laughing his stupid head off.  And . . . were those Heta's friends down below?!  Oh, she knew that she shouldn't have abandoned them.
Hello!  Friends need help = go help friends!!  Intoned Caluna.
	Heta-chan strengthened her resolve and pointed to the ground. "Gadget, down there!"  She commanded.  Gadget Boy complied.
	As they landed, Wallace-Kami ceased his incessant giggling.  "What? One left?  Easily taken care of, heheheheh."  He held out a black-gloved hand that pulsated with purple power.  Forming a small ball, the shiny mass of energy was shot toward Heta-chan.
	The ball was a little off and it slammed into her arm.  She opened her mouth in a silent scream as she collapsed to the earth, blood dripping down her precious appendage.  The pain caused her to black out immediately on impact.
	"HAHAHAHAA!!  Now just to kill them . . ."
	A blue form walked steadfastly in front of the three, sunlight reflecting off the ice-blue armor.  "Stop."  The man (boy?) looked up at the wicked ruler, anger in his cerulean eyes.  "I won't let you.  Heta-chan is . . . friend.  Friends don't let friends drive drunk!!!"  He cried.  "No, wait, I meant . . ."
	"I don't care what you MEANT, you fool.  I'll kill you!!  YAAAAA!!"  Wallace-Kami was getting ready for another good chi blast.
	"Gadget Jets!!"  Yelled Gadget Boy, taking to the air.  The chi blast hit the ground, not hurting the armored guy but severely damaging all the unconscious people.
	"Why you . . ." Wallace-Kami backed off a bit.
	"Gadget Flame-thrower!!"  A small tube made its way out of Gadget Boy's hand.  He aimed it at Wallace-Kami before the demi-god could even blink.  Soon Wallace-Kami was on the ground with the rest, a crispy critter.
	Gadget Boy settled back to the ground and picked up Heta's limp body.  "I feel . . . regret."  He said.
	As the sun began to set on the touching scene, a single tear made its way down Gadget Boy's face, and dripped onto the cracked and broken concrete in the middle of the street.

Meanwhile, in another part of the galaxy…
“You have failed me one too many times, Srich. The price of your insolence is DEATH.” The words echoed through the grand hall. 
Servants stopped to stare at the predicament of their brother, who was now a pile of ashes. With fear in their eyes, they looked up at their ruler. Clad in an iridescent green body suit that clung to her well-developed body, she smirked. Her golden red hair was up in two buns with long flowing tails protruding from each. With long nimble fingers, she stroked a pikachu that sat in her lap. The demonic creature purred as she traced the emerald on its forehead. 
A servant came up to her side, bowing before addressing her. “My liege, Wallace-Kami waits outside your throne room. He wishes to have an audience with Your Greatness.”
“Escort him in! The rest of you, leave.” She commanded, gesturing for them to exit. The servants exited through the side door, scurrying as fast as their legs could carry them.
The room became silent except for the pikachu’s purrs. The huge decorated doors outside the throne opened. A dark figure slipped through, followed by a short plump psyduck. The black-cloaked man was charred from head to toe. He kneeled before her throne, bawling like a small child. “Luna-Megami, it has been a while since I last saw you,” he addressed her. 
“My little brother, what brings you to my palace? And please, stop your excessive tears. It is pathetic to see one of Fna’s elite crying like a sniveling brat,” Luna-Megami stated. The pikachu in her lap began to growl, arching its back in an offensive manner. “Artemis, you shouldn’t feel threatened by that puny psyduck, my pet!” She whispered in a mocking voice.
“Puny?! My psyduck is the most powerful pokemon in the world!” Wallace-Kami motioned towards his pet. The idiotic creature was waddling around in circles before it smashed into the throne room wall. There it rolled around on the floor, still holding its head.
“Most powerful pokemon, huh?” A sinuous grin played across Luna-Megami’s face. “That creature isn’t even fit to be a doorstop.”
Wallace-Kami got to his feet, frustration knit in his brow. “Well, at least I didn’t pretend to be babysitting when I was really making out with my boyfriend.”
“How dare you bring that up?” She screamed as she stood up, letting Artemis fall to the floor. “You were the one who gave my panties to that guy who liked me for a profit.”
“Well, I wasn’t the one wh…” Wallace-Kami was about to retort when a beam cannon attack blazed out of Luna-Megami’s fingers, striking the tile by Wallace-Kami’s feet. The coward jumped away, staring fearfully at the crater in the floor.
“I grow weary of your stupidity, little brother. I doubt you came to see me to bring up ancient history. What is it that you want to ask from me?” She said as she regally sat back down on her throne.
Wallace-Kami hung his head in shame. “I came to ask your assistance in helping me defeat rebels who defy Fna. There power-levels are immense, and I cannot defeat them on my own,” he mumbled.
“Fna won’t be pleased to find out that one of its Kamis has been defeated by such inferior beings. It is your responsibility to take care of the inner rim.” She grinned evilly. “Fna gave you that position, thinking you were capable… all along you were a weakling. If only you had kept your planets in line, nothing like this could have happened. It’s your own fault, and I’ll let you deal with it.”
Wallace-Kami shot his older sister a nasty look, and stormed out of her presence. His pathetic psyduck squacked in pain as the door was slammed on his tail.
Luna-Megami gazed around the room, searching for any unsuspecting guests. “What do you make of it, my love?” She whispered to the darkness next to her.
A dark but handsome figure stepped out from behind a curtain, coming forward to stand beside the throne. “I think your brother’s honor must be badly bruised for him to come ask for your aid. If you defeat these so-called ‘rebels,’ your reputation would spread through the universe and no one would dare threaten your power.”
“You may be right, Trunks…” Artemis leapt into Luna-Megami’s lap, nuzzling her hand. She pet her pikachu absently, lost in thought. “I think it’s time we made a visit to Earth.”

Gadget Boy shook Heta-chan fiercely, trying to wake her. Heta’s eyes blinked open, and stared confusedly at her wounded arm. It was bandaged neatly. “Did you do this?” She asked.
The android scratched the back of his head. “Yes… I… it’s my first-aid programming.”
Heta-chan smiled at him coyly.
Rai-chan sat up in a daze, rubbing her aching head. “Owwhh… What hit me?” 
Sammy crawled clumsily to Rai-chan’s side. “I think Wallace-Kami did this to us. But where is he? Why are all his minions unconscious too? Where’s Ryoga?? Are my eyes still green??”
Rai-chan grabbed her head. “So many questions…” She groaned. “…My head hurts!!” 
Sammy-chan screamed when she saw the motionless Ryoga sprawled out on a pile of rubble. She scurried to his side, and started slapping him across the face. “Wake up, wake up!! My eyes are still green!!”
He opened his eyes with a start. “Owwww, my face!!”
“Look! I saved you! The beautiful red-haired, GREEN-eyed babe you see before you!” Sammy struck a pose.
Gadget Boy helped Heta-chan to her feet. “I am glad you are all alright.”
Rai-chan smote Sammy over the head with a mallet from hammerspace. “At least we know SAM’S just fine…” She grumbled, dragging her friend’s semi-conscious body back into reality.
Little did the chans know that a dark figure was lurking in the shadows, examining their every move. A cacophonous laugh filled the air.
“Ohhh, what was that??” Heta asked shakily.
“It’s unbelievable that humans with such puny power levels could defeat my baby brother…” A green-cloaked figure stepped into the light. 
“Who or what are YOU?!” Rai-chan demanded. The heroes dropped into fighting stances.
The new menace dropped her hood. Red ponytails glared in the sun. “My name is Luna-Megami,” she purred. “You will never forget, for it will be the last name you ever hear!” She thrust her hand into the empty air, and a whip appeared in her palm. In a movement to quick to see, the whip snapped around Rai-chan’s neck. The girl struggled profusely, but to no avail. Rai was pulled down to her knees.
Heta cried out. “We have to do something!”
Rai-chan grinned sinisterly, despite her predicament. “Don’t worry about me…” Her eyes shut, and sparks flared at her hands. Electricity shot up the length of the whip and engulfed Luna-Megami. 
The goddess cackled as the lightning barely singed her. “Is that all you can dish out??” She shouted.
Rai-chan clenched her teeth and thrust more power down the whip. The goddess was still unaffected. Suddenly Rai’s eyes flew open. She gasped sharply, her powers decreasing. 
Luna bared her teeth in an evil smile.
There was a sudden snap, and the whip constricting Rai-chan broke in two. A large umbrella was wedged in the concrete, after being thrown at the whip with tremendous force. Luna-Megami started in surprise.
Ryoga calmly stepped up to his umbrella and pulled it out of the sidewalk. Luna-Megami brought her hand up to her face in shock. “His power level is sky-rocketing… impressive for his race…”
With all of his pent-up depression, Ryoga couldn’t hold it in any longer, and used his most powerful attack. 
“…SHISHIHOKODAN!!”
“What?!!” Luna screamed as the power engulfed her.
Sammy-chan managed a grin. “How cathartic…” She turned to Heta. “That’s where I learned it.”
The dust and chi cleared. Luna-Megami stood panting, looking much worse for the wear. She opened her squeezed-shut eyes, and bared her teeth. “Very impressive,” she snarled. “Now let me show you MY trick!” She brought her hands up above her head. “Ka… me… ha…”
Rai-chan stood up, coughing. “What is she doing…?”
“…Me… HA!!!” An energy ball condensed in her hands. She fired the blast at Sammy-chan.
Sammy screamed in surprise and jumped out of the blast’s way. The energy smashed into the cement between her and Heta-chan, causing it to explode into shards that rained down upon the heroes.
Luna-Megami brought her hands up again, another sphere of energy already condensing. “The next one won’t miss.”
A dark, purple-haired figure appeared out of thin air. He placed a hand on Luna’s shoulder. “Fna has more pressing for us to attend to.”
Luna-Megami looked at him, and reluctantly put her hands back down. She nodded in agreement. “All right,” she said, and turned toward the rebels. “I have more important things to do than to dirty my hands with Wallace-Kami’s mess.” She smiled. “We’ll see you again.” Her figure began to distort before it totally disappeared.