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GaijinChapter 16 Carrot was miserable. His head hurt, his joints ached, and two
loudly snoring roommates had kept him up most of the night. His eyes
were bleary and distant as he glared hatefully at the sunbeam that
roused him from his slumber. Life sucked.
Gia smiled at him, she was dressed in a button up shirt and a pair
of panties. The shirt was long enough to cover her completely, but it
was still quite a sight to behold for someone as young as Carrot. He
paused and stared at her for a moment.
"What?" she said as she blinked at him and sipped at the mug of
coffee in her grip calmly.
"Is that Spike's shirt?"
"Yeah?"
"I thought I recognized that blood stain," said Carrot as he
pointed to the collar. "This is the one he was wearing that day we
went out and the guy had a baseball bat on him."
"God you're hopeless," grumbled Gia as she frowned at him for a
moment. She had almost been hoping that he'd noticed her for a moment
there.
"Eh?" muttered the boy in confusion. He quickly dismissed it and
turned towards the kitchen. With a shuffling walk he staggered into
the room to grab a cup of coffee for himself.
Carrot walked down the sidewalk again with his hands in his
pockets. He knew he'd have to lay low for a little while again. The
senshi's first reaction would probably be to hunt him down and kill
him again. After they managed to cool down some they might see reason
and leave him alone. He doubted it though, especially with as much as
he knew. Still, there was some comfort in being able to hold it over
their heads. He knew his problems were far from over anyway, that
little stint of evil did a world of good for his mood though.
A wry grin cracked on his features and he paused in front of an
electronics store. He blinked and looked at the image on the screen.
"Some sort of sentai thing?" It was a monster attacking some sort of.
He blinked as he realized he recognized that thing. "Green Goblin?
What the?"
That was when he noticed the caption on the bottom of the screen.
"Breaking News! Channel 5 Live!"
The image shrank and an anchor appeared on the screen. It was an
anchor he'd seen before, reporting the news. He put his hands on the
glass to steady himself. Most of the senshi were grounded or otherwise
under close watch from their parents. "Oh shit."
He slowly raised his eyes to stare at the tiny frozen picture of
the monster. "Damn. I knew this Spiderman thing was a bad idea."
Chapter 18I love The Green Goblin Fight!
Sailor Uranus stood with a firm looking frown on her face on
top of a table ten feet away. Power crackled up and down her
gloved arms as she ground her teeth and simply stared at the
thing. "Hey."
"Well, it's about time you got here," said the thing as it
leered at her and formed a ball of flame in its palm. It started
to rise into the air with the child still in its grasp. "It's a
pity you can't do anything about this."
"The others don't seem to mind killing, why would I?" replied
the blonde girl calmly as she raised her palm.
"Even a little girl?" asked the thing.
"If it's to destroy something like you?" replied Uranus
calmly. "I am Sailor Uranus, and I'm gonna shove that little
fireball up your ass."
Carrot flipped in midair as he shot out another line and
forced himself away. "Damn it!" He pulled himself straight up and
landed on a rooftop nearby. "Did that get him?"
A small oval of green energy shot out of the hole and slammed
into the building, exploding just under his feet after passing
through the wall below. He jumped away in the nick of time and
landed on the opposite side of the roof. "Guess not."
The creature hadn't reappeared yet and he had time to think
for a moment. "Okay, he's faster, more maneuverable, and can
throw an infinite amount of fireballs at you. What do you do?"
The Goblin slowly rose into view from below the edge of the
roof. He had a grin on his face and his arms were crossed over
his chest. There was a glowing green light forming in front of
the small set of wings that kept him aloft.
"You run like hell," said Carrot to himself.
"Wise choice," said the Goblin as it leered at him.
Carrot felt like crying. "Man, this really sucks!" He was
looking at a huge photo of himself on the front page.
Luna smiled cheerfully at him. "It's not so bad."
"What do you mean? Not only is there yet another senshi, but
now I'm a celebrity! I wanted to avoid this kind of thing!"
"Well you've done a pretty shitty job of it," commented Gia.
"Is that really you?"
"Yes," he muttered as he narrowed his eyes.
"Nice outfit," she muttered as she glanced at the paper.
"Shut up," he muttered hatefully.
Chapter 20Just a Note Now, These are Spoilers. I'll try and keep it minor though, and I'm Marking them all.
Spoiler"Hey lady..."
"Spiderman!"
Kei and Carrot both stopped talking when they heard it.
"Okay Carrot. Maybe you are a little crazy, but you're not
really Spiderman after all. I mean, it was just a little fun
right? Nothing to worry about, I mean come on..."
Kei turned to look at the boy as he started talking to
himself. The huge dark figure that had appeared on the street in
front of them was almost forgotten for a moment. She turned to
face him and frowned. "Who are you?"
"Venom," said Carrot fearfully.
Not SpoilerCarrot was shaking badly. He had quickly moved up into the
safety of the shadows above the scene after Kei and Venom had
started arguing. "Oh shit! I knew this was a stupid idea! I just
knew it! Great job Carrot! You asshole!"
He squeezed his eyes shut in anger and frustration. "I should
have known something like this would happen. What an idiot. I'm
not really Spiderman! I can't take this! Who is that asshole
anyway? Now I've got another moron after my ass, and I don't even
know who it is! Crap...I...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Carrot had looked down. He was currently on the bottom of a
ledge above the street. His hands and feet were sticking, holding
him in place.
Chapter 21Best Cliffhanger ever.
Carrot was lying in bed staring at the ceiling. A strange and
familiar tingling started to form all along his body. It was
faint, but he knew it well enough to pick it up. "What the?" He
sat upright and heard a knock at his door.
Slowly, cautiously, he strolled over to the source of the
sound and put his hand on the doorknob. He slowly opened it and
peered around the other side.
"Hello Carrot. You said we would talk. You haven't called."
The boy stared at Michiru Kaiou's stern face and grinned
nervously. "Uh. Hi. I had a few things I had to take care of
first. I was going to call you in the morning..."
The girl narrowed her eyes at this and looked back at Gia and
Spike. The pair edged out of the room and out of her line of
sight. "Well I'm here now. Let's talk."
Carrot swallowed and nodded as he opened the door in order to
let her in. The tingling in his body had grown infinitely
stronger. "So...heh...what's up?"
Michiru just smiled at him.
Chapter 22
Spoilers Ahead!Carrot had his back to the wall again, but he didn't look frightened this time. He was watching her closely.
She frowned at him firmly. "I can take care of myself."
"Then why do you need me?" he replied simply. "Michiru, face the facts, this is more than you can handle."
Anger burned in her eyes as she stared him down. She wasn't sure what to say or do. She raised her weapon up and fired two shots.
A voice called out from the next room as they heard the shots. He wasn't sure if it was just one of them or all of them screaming his name. He simply stared forward while gasping for breath as his eyes almost bugged out of his skull.
"You're not going to leave me behind like that," she said firmly as she narrowed her eyes at him. He had barely even seen the movement, it was incredibly fast. Two holes in the wall behind him now smoked on either side of his head. He swallowed hard and nodded. He turned his head and saw the door was cracked slightly. Three human heads and one small set of ears could be seen peering into the room.
"Do you mind? I'm talking to my boyfriend," said Michiru as she narrowed her eyes at them. They vanished in an instant.
"Oh god," muttered Carrot in horror.
"Eight o'clock, Friday night, you'd better be there."
Carrot nodded violently.
The girl tipped her head lightly and smiled cheerfully. "Good."
Carrot remained frozen against the wall as he stared forward. He completely ignored her leaving and gasped for breath. "Oh man. Why me?" He was almost in tears at this point.
Spike poked his head into the room and grinned at him. "At least she's cute!"
"You shut up!" he snapped as he hit the man in the face with an empty plastic bottle from the ground next to him.
Chapter 23
Spoiler? "Carrot! Carrot! Come out of there!" snapped Gia as she pounded on the door.
"I don't wanna!" cried a weak sounding voice from inside the bathroom.
"He's been in there all morning!" growled Gia as she turned to look at Spike.
"Gee, I never thunk he'd be dis shy," said the man as he stared at the door.
"I've tried the lock, I've tried forcing it open, he's got it barricaded with something."
Spike scratched his head and sighed. "I dunno. I guess I can break it down for ya."
"I'll kick your ass if you do!" cried Carrot from inside. "I ain't goin out today! I'm stayin in here!"
"You jerk! I have to go to the bathroom!" growled Gia as she pounded on the door.
"So go across the street! They've got toilets there!"
"You little son of a bitch!"
Spike started to back away from the scene, but Gia whirled around and grabbed him by his ear. "Where the hell do you think you're going?"
"Uh, I was jus..."
"I'm staying here!" cried Carrot from inside the bathroom.
"Stop being such a wuss all you have to do is go to dinner or something!" cried Gia.
The door cracked every so slightly and Gia gasped as she saw Carrot stick his head out of the bathroom. "You think this is going to be that simple?"
She stared at him, he actually looked terrified. "Who cares about Michiru!? She's the least of my worries. I've got a date tonight and I'm a superhero. Every asshole I've ever pissed off will probably run into me tonight, I probably won't even make it to her house!"
Gia stared at him for a moment as he popped his head into the door again and closed it. "Did he just call himself a superhero?"
Spike nodded slowly. "I tink."
The woman's frustrated frown grew stronger and stronger. "What the hell is wrong with..."
Carrot slipped his hand back inside the door as Gia was silenced by a warm sticky fluid that covered her mouth.
The woman growled in rage and stared at the door as she rolled up her sleeves. She turned to look at Spike and pointed at the door.
The man hung his head and turned to face it. "Sorry bout dis kid."
"Aw man..." grumbled Carrot from the other side. He was thrown against the ground with the door slammed on top of him as Spike barreled into the room with his shoulder held low. The large man stumbled on top of the door, flattening the boy further.
Carrot blinked as he shifted around under the door, flailing his arms helplessly. "Get off you big oaf!" He froze and slowly turned his head as his extra senses picked up danger suddenly. "Uh oh."
Gia was standing over him glaring down with her heel tapping against the floor. She didn't look happy, and couldn't speak to him. It was the one good thing about his position at the moment.
Chapter 24
Not a Spoiler! "Seems our super woman brought a date to the show with her..." said Hikari as she held up the paper.
"Hey, she's kinda cute..." responded the first girl.
"Yeah, that super chick has good taste," agreed the other.
Hikari merely chuckled at this as she tossed the page aside. "A woman like that...is the only thing that can satisfy me."
"Aw man," grumbled the first girl.
"This again? Jeez Hikari, you make us feel so unloved sometimes."
"Can it. I know the both of you sleep around on me regularly."
"You're mean!" whined the pair in unison.
Hikari stood up and started to untie her robe as she walked towards the bathroom. "Sometimes I wonder why I put up with all this cuteness crap all the time." She paused and glanced around the room. With a heavy sigh she opened the bathroom door and walked inside. "Oh right. The money, gotta remember the money."
"I'm kind of wondering what the point of this is?" said Carrot as he stepped back slightly.
"I am honor bound to destroy any evil I find," replied the woman calmly. "I wasn't expecting to find such a vile spirit here, but since I have, I must follow through!" She jumped into the air and swung the massive weight down in a wide arc.
Carrot easily sidestepped the move and bounced towards the edge of the crowd. Those standing around him quickly moved away. "Yeah, frightened masses, thanks a lot!" he snapped at them.
"Not so fast!" snarled Venom as it simply shot a line into the boy's back and slammed him back onto the pavement.
Carrot was having trouble moving at this point. He simply groaned as he tried to push himself into just a sitting position.
Venom leered at him ghoulishly as it simply stood there and watched. "Heh. It may not be right, but it's definitely fun."
"Not having moral issues about this at all?" grumbled Carrot painfully as he managed to pick himself up finally. He stood slowly and staggered back a bit.
"I'll bet you're wondering how you'll get out of this one Spiderman. The answer is simple. You won't."
Carrot was starting to realize why Peter Parker was so terrified of Venom. In a way no other person on the planet could possibly understand. He doubted if Stan Lee himself could convey Spiderman's feelings on the matter better than he could at that moment. "Oh shit. I'm fucked."
Unfortunately, it was only the start of what was to become the busiest day of his life.
Carrot's mind worked fast. "Hey! What's that!?" He pointed off to their right.
"Eh?" said Venom as its attention moved to where he was pointing. "Say. What is that?"
Carrot was tossed aside almost casually. Venom obviously didn't think she'd have much trouble catching him again. The boy blinked in surprise as he found himself sitting on his rear on the pavement. "Huh?" He quickly scrambled away from Venom, who was staring up and to the right.
Carrot glanced back at her, the thing was obviously looking at something, but that wasn't a real big concern for him. He had to get away. He jumped into the air and sent out a web line. Venom didn't budge from where it was standing.
"Is it playing with me?" asked Carrot out loud as he peered back over his shoulder at the thing. It was about this point that he noticed the crowd was looking up in the same general direction.
"HA! HA! HAHAHAHAHA!"
Carrot cursed as a familiar laugh sounded from behind him. "Oh shit. You mean there really was something there?"
Goblin swooped out of the sky and rammed him in the back with the bottom of his glider.
Carrot was knocked off of his web line and plummeted towards the street. He twisted instantly and sent out another line barely in time to catch himself before he hit the pavement.
"Just the insect I was looking for! Hello Spiderman! Want to help me blow up the city? Ha ha ha! I'm sure we'll have a smashing time!"
"What the hell did he just say?" muttered Carrot in a sort of stupefied horror. That line was right out of a comic book. "I knew I shoulda just stayed in the bathroom all day! Damn you Gia!"
Goblin swooped back and fourth behind him as he swung away. He lobbed a bomb into one of the buildings sending a shower of debris into the air that almost knocked Spiderman out of the air.
The boy landed on the pavement once again and cursed. "Oh man. How much worse can this get?"
"You should know better than to say that. It's bad luck," replied the Goblin cheerfully as he hovered nearby.
RIDICULOUSLY LARGE SPOILER!"Now where were we?" said Venom as it turned towards Carrot again.
The boy simply swallowed and backed away a little more. "You were just about to let me go?"
"No. I think I was going to put a hole in your throat to repay you for the one you gave me. Remember?"
"My god. It is Usagi..." muttered Carrot in horror. Somehow, some way, he'd pissed off Sailor Moon so much that she'd told him that she was going to cut his throat open. That shouldn't have been possible.
"I hope you don't seriously think you've finished me off so easily. You surprised me once, but now it ends."
"Eh?" growled Venom as it peered back over its shoulder.
Goblin lobbed a bomb directly into the creature's back. Venom was sent flying as it exploded. The beast crushed a brick wall as it impacted and sent people running from a small nearby business screaming.
"Man. This is going to be a hell of a day," said Carrot as he turned to look at Goblin again.
"It will be your last. Enjoy it," said the thing.
"No. Murder is wrong!" roared Venom as it smashed through the pile of bricks and rushed out into the street again. "Maiming is okay, but killing him is a bit too much."
Carrot wanted to cry, he really did. So naturally he acted tough. "You jerks think you can take Spiderman!? Come on then! I'll kick both your asses!"
Goblin and Venom both turned to face the boy in unison.
Carrot stood his ground and waited.
The two monsters began to laugh at him.
Best Quote Ever. Spoiler freeEvery step he took towards the street felt heavier. His tasks just kept mounting up. Now he had to fight Goblin, figure out a way to get Usagi out of that thing, get the stupid bitch her powers back, avoid Kei, stay out of the Yakuza's hair for a while and hope those other ninja didn't get brave again, avoid Yakuza hitmen, get the cat's memories back, avoid the violent Chinese National, find a way to get Kajura to leave him the hell alone, find a way to get rid of his new and psychopathic girlfriend, get rid of the freeloading Chinese National, find a new apartment and get some damn solitude, and pick up Michiru by eight.
Carrot noted that the last thing on his list was a date. "Oh god. I've really become Spiderman. This sucks."
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