When I awoke, I was pretty much in the same position I had been when I passed out. There were some differences. It was Kate holding me, I was in my Senshi form and I was in my own house. I blinked.
"What the..." I began.
"You're awake, finally." Kate said, smiling.
"Where's Morrigan?" I asked.
"You idiot! You were playing Night Warriors too long, got a caffeine rush and tried to run to the kitchen, slipped on an empty 2 liter and hit your head on a can, you schmuck!" Kate scolded me.
"Oh." I answered, recalling that I had invited Kate over for an all-night mini-party at my house. She had asked me to be in my Senshi form because she was felt more comfortable around me when I was in this form.
"So, you okay?" Kate asked.
"Yeah, just a little confused, but otherwise fine." I replied.
"And why were you mumbling 'hope Kate gets here' in your sleep?" Kate asked.
I tried to laugh it away. Kate wasn't very amused.
"You could've been seriously hurt, you-!" Kate yelled.
I cut her off with a kiss. I guess I just felt really touched about her concern. Of course, my rearend and my back were also being touched, but I didn't really care. She returned the kiss before separating.
"What was that all about?" Kate asked.
I sat up and took her by the shoulders.
"I just want to be with you. I don't care if I have to be a girl. Kate," I began, before saying the words I've never uttered in the truest sense, "I think I love you."
Kate's eyes widened to the size of saucers as she began blushing. That funky dream had gotten me thinking. I didn't want my love going to anyone else, no matter how beautiful or enticing. I loved her.
"Ben..... I........ think I li...love you too...." Kate replied, her face turned beet red.
We kissed again, and I never wanted to let her go again.
It was about the time I went downstairs in a purple robe to get the paper in the morning and turned to see Nabiki grinning at me again that I realized what had happened last night. Kate and I... we........ I blushed at the memory.
"So, finally resolved your love life?" Nabiki inquired, grinning.
"You know, it's a funny thing because I felt someone push me forward juuuuust enough to have foot land on that 2 liter." I replied, arching an eyebrow.
Nabiki began whistling innocently and rocking on her feet while staring at a spot on the ceiling. I smiled.
"I'm not mad. In fact, I'm glad you did it. Otherwise I might've been so stressed out that I might've failed as a Senshi and as myself." I replied.
"Welllll, you have been more indecisive recently..." Nabiki commented.
"So I noticed." I replied, walking to the couch and sitting down.
"So, how was it?" Nabiki asked.
"Completely and utterly fantastic." I answered, trying my best not to give a goofy grin or drool at the memory.
"Heh. Thought so. Anyway, I just came in to see how you were doing." Nabiki said, about to do her vanish-trick.
"Hey, something struck me this morning as I was getting out of bed. The Sailor Senshi in Japan have distinct powers that are based on the elements. What are our powers based on?" I asked.
"Well, your powers are based on Friction. That's why you're continuing to grow stronger and stronger. Kate's powers are based on Gravity. And your teacher's powers are based on Explosions. Once the last two Senshi and your 'guardian' awaken, you'll learn what their powers are based on." Nabiki answered.
"One final question." I begged.
"Yes?" Nabiki inquired.
"How do you guys choose candidates for Senshi powers? You joked about the cereal box thing, it can't possibly be that random, so honestly, how does it work?" I asked.
"I haven't a clue. I'm just told what's necessary to teach you so you have a direction in life. Otherwise, like you said, you'd get so stressed out that you wouldn't be able to function." Nabiki answered.
I blinked and Nabiki was gone again. Sometimes I think she just jumps behind something. Just as I was about to inspect behind the couch to test the theory, I heard Kate call my name.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I wanna show you something." Kate answered.
I grinned and nearly leapt up the stairs.
It was Monday again, but I was feeling great. Better than I had ever felt. No baddie in the world could get me off of this high. I guess that was a signal for three baddies to attack the mall that Kate and I decided to visit. After the destruction of the school, we hadn't seen any really tough baddies. Little did I know that these three were elite baddies. Well, it had been rather tiring just showing up, using a single attack and then watching it blow up.
After finding a discreet corner, Kate and I transformed into our Senshi forms. We raced over to a railing to find the baddies trashing the food court below us. They were the same shape, only different colors and sizes. And of course, male. What I wouldn't do for a nice and attractive female opponent, like Morrigan. Even if I'd have to fight her, she'd be nice to look at.
The lead one, Blue, looked like a bald basketball player with long gangly arms. The only things that made it different was the fact that most basketball players don't pointy ears, fangs, a drooling problem and a horn sticking out of their foreheads. Well, not a SINGLE basketball player...
The second one, Green, looked like an anime ogre with it's huge muscular body. Like Blue, it had a horn sticking out of it's forehead, pointy ears and fangs, no hair, but an even more severe case of drooling.
The final one, Orange, was about the same size as Max-Out and I. It had the same horn sticking out of it's forehead, but had a mohawk from hell that was blue and pink. It had the pointy ears and the fangs, but no drooling problem. It gave off an air of intelligence. It was no doubt the 'leader' of the ugly trio.
"So, which one are you two taking?" came a voice from behind us.
I glanced back to see Sailor Crash standing behind us.
"I'll take out Orangey, he looks to be the leader." Max-Out said.
"I'll take on Greeny." I said.
"I guess that means I get Blue-boy." Sailor Crash said.
"Okay, let's go!" I said, leaping over the railing and smashing into Greeny with a beautiful two-foot kick.
Unfortunately, I bounced off. [What the hell?] was the only thought going through my head as I crashed back against some tables. I groaned and stood up in time to roll out of the way of Greeny's special attack. Acidic-spit. Next time, I was going to take on the one that DIDN'T try to "hock-ptooie" it's way to victory.
I summoned a power ball and threw it at Greeny. It knocked it back a few steps, but otherwise, it was fine. I cursed. Then, it grabbed a bench and promptly swatted me aside. Soon, Sailor Crash "crash"-landed on me with Max-Out following soon afterwards. As perverted as it seemed, I was hurting too much to notice at the time.
"Okay, let's see if by trading off, we can get a better match-up." I said.
Crash took on Orangey, Max-Out took Greeny and I took on Blue-boy. About thirty seconds later, I was laying on Max-Out, who was laying on Sailor Crash. Blue-boy had a technique to stretch his arms like rubber and grab you. Not painful until you realize that rubber, like bunge-cord material, has a tendency to return to it's original shape. And if you're jumping to get away, it gets REALLY painful.
"Okay, let's try trading off again." I answered, still sore from slamming into the ground at REALLY high speeds.
I took on Orangey, Max-Out took on Blue-boy and Crash took on Greeny. Orangey was REALLY fast, but I could drew upon the friction he was building by moving and blasted him point-blank with an Overdrive Maximum to the face. Orangey turned to dust and vanished. Max-Out crushed Blue-boy by increasing his gravity to 100 times Earth's gravity. Brutal, but it did the trick. Blue-boy dissolved like Orangey. Greeny was engulfed in Crash's explosive blasts and was soon dissolving as well.
"Well, that wasn't so ba-URGK!" I said before slamming first-face into the far wall.
I pulled myself out of the wall and turned to see a giant robot standing where I had been. How it had snuck up on me was anyone's guess. It was at least two or three times the height of Blue-boy, looked a LOT stronger than Greeny and had more weapons on it that most anime robots.
"THIS IS OUR FINAL BATTLE, SAILOR OVERDRIVE! YOU'VE FOILED MY SCHEMES FOR LONG ENOUGH!" came an angry voice over the speaker.
"Let's get 'im." I said, growling with anger.
Whoever it was didn't matter. Stopping that mech was by far more important. As it began moving towards me, I realized how it had snuck up on me. It was running silently. The joints didn't even make a noise and it had to be either ultra-light or magically enchanted to be light because it didn't even make the ground shake. But fusion engines generate radiation and my Super-Heroine handbook told me that radiation nullifies magic. So they somehow made a mech that didn't need a fusion engine.
I began backing off and leapt away as it opened fire with a vulcan cannon and some micro-missles. Suddenly, it was rocked by an explosion. Crash and Max-Out didn't want to see me turn into a smear on the wall. I threw an Overdrive Destroyer, but it bounced off the mech's heavy (and no doubt enchanted) armor.
Suddenly, the mech JUMPED up through the roof. I dodged the falling glass and leapt after it. It was no doubt going to go on a rampage if I didn't stop it. I wanted to wait for Max-Out and Crash, but I had to stop it. That took higher priority than anything I wanted to do.
I wasn't far off on the rampage thing. The mech was standing about twenty feet away, taking pot-shots at nearby buildings and bridges. I cursed and powered up two Overdrive Destroyers. As the micro-missle bays opened, I threw the two blasts, exploding and ruining the missle launchers. I smiled proudly. That's what it spun around and dropped it's vulcan cannons, revealing two plasma cannons. Cursing, I leapt out of the way as it opened fire. The plasma began melting the rooftop that I was still standing on. Then, they shut off. I saw that one had been crush into smithereens and the other had exploded. Sailor Crash and Max-Out waved to me. I leapt over to them.
"Let's do it! OVERDRIVE DESTROYER!" I yelled.
"GRAVITY BEAM!" Max-Out shouted.
"MASS-EXPLOSION!" Crash cried.
The combined energy beam punched through the mech's chest and caused it to explode. We high-fived as the mech's smoking remains crashed to the ground.
"VICTORY!" we cried in unison.
"Not yet." snarled an armored figure.
We turned to see a slightly melted suited of armor. We could see by the way it seemed to to shake that the wearer was clearly panting and very angry. It drew an ornate sword (that had been obviously, yet mysteriously, unaffected by the explosion of the mech) and was prepared to charge us when suddenly, we heard a gun fired and the armored figure staggered, clutching a gaping hole in the armor. I turned to see Cynthia wearing a tuxedo and carrying a pump-action shotgun. This was getting ridiculous.
"Back off, scum. I'm Tuxedo Shotgun! And I've got more ammo!" Cynthia said, smirking in that evil way that just DARED you to say she was bluffing so that she could shoot you to prove to you that she wasn't bluffing.
"Fine then. We shall settle this another da-" the armored figure began.
"Oh, shut up," Cynthia said, shooting the armored figure again, sending it off the roof, "I said 'back off', not 'go away to come back and annoy us later'."
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Things are resolved for now. But, what other adventures are the new Senshi in for? Find out in Sailor Overdrive, Season 2!
Sailor Overdrive says: YAAAAAY! NO MORE ANGST! NO MORE ANGST! NO MORE ANGST!
Sailor Max-Out says: YAAAAY! NO MORE NIGHTS ALONE! NO MORE NIGHTS ALONE!
Sailor Crash says: BOOOO! MORE NIGHTS ALONE! MORE NIGHTS ALONE!
Tuxedo Shotgun says: WHAT DID YOU SAY?! I HAVE EVEN FEWER PARTS?!?! *BOOM*
A-kun says: Ooooooowww.......
A-kun, signing off.
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