2nd chapter of the fanfic.
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It has been a week since Alice Nine discovered themselves as the Chosen Ones. Tomomi, the secret agent, told them everything about being superheroes and saving the residents of Tokyo Galaxy with their powerful music along with their seniors, the GazettE.
It was a fine, normal day, and the 5 best friends were hanging around in one of the studios at the PSC building.
“Ah… I still can’t forget that glorious day when I handled that lovely Gundam. That was super duper amazing!”
“Cut it out already, Nao. And for God’s sake, it was WE, ALL OF US who handled that thing!”
“Aw, come on, Tora, why can’t you let the leader dream once in a while?”
Tora grunted in exasperation and started to strum his accoustic guitar.
“That reminds me, Hiroto, did you try to talk to Mogu at your home? I tried to talk to Chiko, but he only barked at me. I begin to think that maybe Chiko has a multiple personality disorder.”
“No. And why is that?”
“Because whenever I say something to him, he barks. When I keep quiet, he whines. And when my Mum feeds him, he makes this weird face. I think he’s pretending to look cute. That old jiji. And he indeed talked to me that day, right. You saw that too, right?”
“I don’t know Saga, and I don’t care. Chiko, or Mogu, or Chicken or whatever animals will never speak in human language. Well, unless…”
“Unless what?”
“UNLESS THEY’RE ACTUALLY CURSED!” Nao butted in while making a scary face. Tora smacked his head with his notebook.
“Right Nao. I think they’re probably genetically modified animal clones,” said Shou. “They looked pretty much advanced.”
“No! You’re wrong. They are your pets and they will only talk in my presence.” Tomomi suddenly barged in to the room.
“Tomomi-san! You know you should’ve knocked the door before coming in. Think of our poor hearts here!” Nao said.
“Or stomachs…” Tora quipped in. Nao smacked his head.
“That’s for the smack just now. HUH!”
“Alright alright boys, SHUT UP! Listen. You have another mission again today. I just got a news from Aoi that Mana-sama is kidnapped by a group called Kagrra. Apparently they refer Mana as the princess. I think they thought him as a princess. So, it’s your job to save him. Aoi and Reita are the undercover spies, they will provide all of the informations needed. If you need assistance, you may ask Ruki or Uruha. But I warn you, never disturb Ruki whenever he’s doing his manicure or Uruha whenever he’s in his favourite bar. You know the consequences, right. Kai will be in the Headquarters with your animal friends. He will be replacing me for this mission. Alright then boys. Good luck.”
“Eh eh wait! Where are you going?” Shou asked.
“Me? I’ll be going to Mongolia for a vacation. Good bye boys!”
Tomomi left the room, leaving the 5 guys with a blank look in their faces.
“She comes in, then she goes out.” Saga muttered.
“Oh well, that’s our president then,” said Shou, smiling.
“Yeah, nobody except her will go to Mongolia for a vacation,” said Tora while rolling his eyes.
“Hey guys, don’t you find it amusing. Aoi, as a spy? I mean, I can accept Reita, but Aoi? He’s way too dorky to become a spy!” said Hiroto, laughing.
“OI! I HEARD THAT!” Aoi came into the room, with Reita behind him shaking his head.
“OI! WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ME BEING DORKY?”
“Ah! Don’t tell me you don’t know that you’re dorky?”
“I AM NOT DORKY, YOU MIDGET!”
“I am not a midget, you loud-voiced jiji!”
“EVERYBODY SHUT UP!!!” Reita yelled. Silence. “That’s better. Now, let me be a good informer and shine.”
Everyone boo-ed at him.
“What BOO you bastards! Listen now or never!” Reita suddenly yelled. Another silence.
Reita smirked, pleased with the attention. He began to explain that the enemy is a group of 5 guys called Kagrra. They used their song to possess people and their target this time was Mana. They were planning to use Mana in order to rule Tokyo Galaxy and once they’ve obtained the full authority, they will kill him.
Alice Nine nodded.
“So you know this time won’t be that easy. You won’t be using your Gundam,” said Aoi.
“EHHH! Then what are we supposed to do then?” Nao was shocked with that news. There was disappointment in his cute face.
“You won’t be Gundam superheroes this time. Instead, you’ll be doing this!” said Reita while bringing in 5 yellow-ish bagpacks.
“Kagrra is well-known for being able to summon and control ghosts as well. So this time, you’ll be ghostbusters! You are going to use this thing against their army of ghosts, defeat them, and bring Mana safe and sound. And ah, you’ll be wearing this ghostbuster suit as well, you know, just to get the feeling… anyway, this blue button is the attack button, you’ll attack them with this gun attached to the bag, and this red button is to suck the weakened ghosts into the bag. Understand?”
“And ah, one thing!” Aoi butted in. “You may call Ruki and Uruha to assist you. As long as you do it at the appropriate time.”
“Ehh, won’t you be around?” Saga asked.
“Nope. Our job is done now. We’re going to Okinawa and hit those beach babes! Bye bye guys! Have fun! BWAHAHA!”
Reita and Aoi left. Tora and Hiroto sighed.
“Alright then, let’s go guys. Better get this thing done quickly,” said Shou while picking up the bag.
All of them left the PSC building and headed towards an old building as described by Kai earlier. Kai gave them instructions and more information about Kagrra’s ghost army. Soon enough, they reached at the destination, and walked into the building.
“You know what, this is a little bit creepy…” said Hiroto.
“No no, don’t say that. This is a lovely place, this is a good place, this is a wonderful plaaAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
Nao screamed and grabbed Tora’s arm.
“T..t..t..Tora… something just touched my neck… It’s cold and AAAAAAAAAAA!”
Both Nao and Tora screamed.
“Don’t scream! I’ll scream if you scream!”
“B..b..b….BUT…”
“Stop it Nao, I don’t see anything here,” said Saga while looking around. “Anyway, don’t you think it’s quite strange?”
“What strange?”
“This, Shou. They said they captured Mana because they thought he’s princess. Why people keep on thinking that he’s princess?”
“… I don’t know. That’s a good question. Maybe we can ask…”
Before Shou could finish his sentence suddenly an army of ghosts appeared in front of them. Without further delay, Saga and Hiroto pushed the blue button and started to attack the ghosts. A flash of white light came out from the gun and hit the ghosts, meanwhile Tora and Shou sucked the weakened ghosts into their bagpacks.
“OI NAO! COME AND HELP US HERE!” Tora yelled at Nao. Nao shook his head.
“Come on. Leader! Leader!” Saga tried to give him support.
Nao shook his head again. He wanted to help his friends, but he was scared. He ran at a corner and called Ruki with his cellphone.
“Hello, Ruki-san. My friends are in danger, can you help us?”
“What? Why don’t you go and help them yourself?”
“I.. I…”
“GO! And don’t bother me! I’m in the middle of my manicure session now. Go help them! You’re the leader, right? You should know what to do.” Ruki hung up the phone.
Nao stared at the ground. He knew he was Alice Nine’s leader. He knew he should help them, his best friends. Then someone patted his shoulder.
“That’s it Nao. We’ve defeated them already. Are you okay?” Shou asked him.
“I’m okay. I’m so sorry, Shou. I didn’t help you guys just now. I was scared…”
“It’s alright. That’s normal to feel scared. Maybe you can help us to defeat Kagrra after this?”
Nao nodded and joined the others. Suddenly the ground shook.
“Not again! What’s with the villains and earthquakes, really.” Hiroto mumbled.
“Congratulations Alice Nine, and welcome to our hideout. We’re Kagrra. I am Isshi and this is Akiya, Shin, Nao and Izumi. How lucky you are, to be able to defeat our ghost army. But you’ll never beat us. You shall die here and we shall rule Tokyo Galaxy… well, after we kill Mana the Princess of course. This woman is not fitted to be Tokyo Galaxy ruler. She’s so dumb, she’s not saying anything at all.”
“Why people keep on thinking that Mana is a woman?” Tora whispered at Saga.
“I dunno. Maybe because he dresses as a woman and pretends to be all elegant.” Saga whispered back.
“Stupid people.”
“Hey you two! What are you whispering just now?!” Shin yelled at Tora and Saga.
“Nothing,” Tora replied.
“We’re just saying that you guys are stupid,” said Saga.
“Why… YOU! Come on guys, let’s show them how strong we are!”
Kagrra members grabbed their instruments and started to play a weird tune. As Isshi started to sing, the ground shook again and more ghosts came out. shou, saga, Tora and Hiroto began their counterattack and flashed their guns towards the ghosts.
Meanwhile, Nao hid behind a wall and started to call Uruha. No answer. He tried to call Kai at the Headquarters. No answer as well.
“I have to do this. I can’t leave them fighting without me. I’ll stop them, but how? Think. Think.”
Nao stared at Kagrra and suddenly an idea popped into his head. He aimed his gun towards Akiya’s guitar, Shin’s koto, Nao’s bass guitar and Izumi’s drums and shot. the white beam immediately destroyed each instrument and the weird tune stopped. The ghosts disappeared.
“YOU! YOU BASTARD! I’m gonna kill you now!” Isshi screamed in anger and ran towards Nao.
“Not so fast!” A flash of white beam came out from Hiroto’s gun. “Nobody hurts our leader. Nobody, except us!”
Saga and Shou shot at the remaining Kagrra members. They were defeated.
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Kai came with Uruha to arrest Kagrra. They found Mana was tied up in a dark room and released him.
“Alright guys, good job.” Kai congratulated them.
“It wasn’t us. It was Nao who saved the day,” said Shou, smiling. “He was the hero.”
Nao grinned. “Aww, Shou, that’s so sweet.”
Before Isshi got into the car to the Headquarters, he looked at Nao.
“You’re a great leader. We lost. Fine. You can have you stupid princess back.”
“Err, Isshi-san, I think you’ve made a mistake here…”
“WHAT? What mistake?”
“You see… Mana is… Actually Mana…”
“Actually that weirdo is not a woman. HE’S A MAN!” Tora butted in, finishing Nao’s sentence.
“WHAT?! YOU!!!” Isshi glared at Mana. “How dare you to fool me like this, you bastard!” he yelled in anger.
Mana walked towards Isshi and looked at his eyes. “I never fool you or anyone here. I was being myself all along. It was you who fooled yourself.” Mana said in a very low voice.
“I told you, he’s a weirdo.” Saga whispered at Hiroto. Hiroto nodded.
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“Alright then, let’s celebrate our leader’s victory! Let’s have pizza now. I’m starving!” said Saga while rubbing his stomach.
Everyone cheered. Nao grinned. He was happy that he was able to help his best friends. It meant everything to him.