Chapter 14: (there is no chapter 13) Too many witches spoil the anime or Oh, no, no more please!

The Akio-car and its rapidly multiplying occupants arrived at the city where Kiki’s delivery service took place. DragonGirl tried to pull up into the roads but found that the Akio-cars recently increased bulk was impossible to fit in the tiny street (at least not without mowing down many innocent bystanders. As tempting as that may be, they decided not to risk it) DragonGirl thought for a moment.

"Ah, I have an idea. Akio-car, can you do me a favor?" she asked. The Akio-car honked an affirmative. She whispered into the dash.

"All right everyone, hold on." The Akio-car abruptly underwent a drastic change. It was now five broomsticks on which each of the passengers were now perched. Jasper was sleeping on DragonGirl’s Akio-car-broomstick. DragonGirl smiled.

"Fitting, ne?" she said. The rest gave her thumbs ups. The Akio-car-broomsticks floated effortlessly into the air, taking the passengers with them. DragonGirl tasted her finger and put it to the air.

"From my estimation, we should be at the part in the movie when.. Ah, here she comes." A dot was abruptly getting larger as they floated there. The dot zoomed up to them, rapidly configuring itself into a little girl, sporting a shapeless purple shift. On her Akio-car-broomstick was perched a slim black cat with incredibly large ears.

"What? There are no more witches in this town!" Kiki exclaimed. Gigi looked bored.

"I suppose there are now." He said, then he noticed Jasper, "Hey, you stuck, too?" he asked.

"Not really, we’re just passing through." Jasper said diffidently. Gigi shrugged. DragonGirl turned, trying to lead them away.

"What’s the matter? Chicken?" Kiki asked. DragonGirl turned back and said in her most mature voice,

"No, I don’t care for any poultry right now, how would you like me to open a can of whoop ass on you?" Kiki abruptly shut up.

"Nice call!" DudeZero said. DragonGirl looked at him, he shrank down onto his Akio-car-broomstick. Unfortunately shrinking down had a bad effect on his balance and he went upside down. Winter glided over and righted him.

"Wow, thanks!" he said. Winter smiled.

"We just want to beat on you, we don’t want you to die." She said. He shrugged. DragonGirl turned to Kiki.

"Don’t you have a cold to catch or a guy with a stupid name to save?" she asked. Kiki looked confused.

"Huh?" she said. Gigi leaned down.

"Ix-nay on the lot-pay ummary-say!" he said. Jasper looked at him with solemn umber eyes.

"We don’t speak Japanese here." He said. DragonGirl leaned down.

"That was Pig-Latin, kitty." She said. He looked surprised.

"Pig-Latin then." He said. Then, his ears perked up, he looked past the group. DragonGirl looked over too,

"What is it?" she asked. Then she saw it. Another broomstick, coming up fast, "Dodge!" she yelled to the rest, who shot out of the way just fast enough. An incredibly annoying volley of laughter flew by as the new witch did. SilverWolf sat up in her Akio-car-broomstick.

"Witch-Child!" she shouted. The witch doubled back, coming to the group. She was short, wearing clogs, and her hair was wild and frizzy red under her pointy witch hat. She smiled. DragonGirl sighed.

"I suppose you want to come, too?" She asked. Witch-Child nodded. The Akio-car-broomstick that DragonGirl was riding on rammed the broomstick Witch-Child was leaning on, and her broom spun. The bag hooked to the back spilled out about fifty decks of tarot cards and a ouiji board. The crystal ball was too large to fall out. But, clinging to her bag by a claw was a vaguely oriental cat with a hook at the very end of its tail. Nikkia maneuvered her Akio-car-broomstick over beneath it to catch it.

"Hookie!" Witch-Child called. The cat jumped onto the broomstick, "Well, am I in?" she asked, stroking her cat evilly.

"Sure, we accepted all the other losers," she said gesturing to DudeZero, who smiled his insufferably goofy smile and waved idiotically. Witch-Child looked put off.

"I’m not a loser! I’m a freak! There’s a difference." She said. Winter smiled devlishly.

"Not much of one, from where I’m standing." She remarked. Witch-Child looked po’ed.

"In any case..." DragonGirl said, "Let’s reassemble our Akio-car-broomsticks and be on our way." Kiki looked at the group now leaving.

"So, you came to my movie, just to find your freaky friend?" she asked. DragonGirl shrugged.

"Kinda, yeah. And because it’s the only one where the cats can talk. At least, that I can think of." She said. Kiki now looked put off.

"Fine!" she said, "Leave!" SilverWolf glided down.

"Okay.." she said. They reached the ground, leaving a stunned Kiki up in the stratosphere. The Akio-car-broomsticks reassembled into the Akio-car and Witch-Child put her broomstick into DragonGirl’s randomly random, all purpose, easy open, whitening, brightening, melting in your mouth not your hand, deceptively small, infinitely useful, Free, one time only, randomly random random backpack. DragonGirl got back in the driver’s seat.

"Why do you always get to drive?" Nikkia asked. DragonGirl shrugged.

"Maybe because I don’t get even close to making it with hot anime guys, and I’m the only one it can stand." She said. Nikkia nodded.

"Good reason." She said. And so the motley crew (no, not the band) set off from Kiki’s delivery service, two more strong, and one more weird.

TO BE CONTINUED