When the statue started shaking, everyone grasped onto something, so they wouldn't fall.
"Wh-what's going on here?" Tsuna asked in worry.
"Um, I don't really know for sure..." Chiru replied. "But I have a hunch."
"Care to elaborate on that?"
"Well, I think the construction is undergoing a critical phase," Chiru said.
Tsuna didn't like the tone of that. "Meaning?"
"IT'S GONNA COLLAPSE!"
And in a shower of copper debris and machinery parts, the formerly impressive Colossus of Rhodes collapsed into a giant pile of junk.
After some time, some of the rubble got pushed aside, and the 'pilots' of the statue's control room dug their ways out of the colossus' remains.
"What a great plan that was, Chiru," Tsuna coughed. "That statue was a giant waste of time. I should have known... exiling you might be even too merciful.
The engineer didn't say anything. She just looked at the remains of her masterpiece and whined.
"Hey, Chiru can't be blamed for what happened," Usa protested. "The real reason behind all this is your excessive stinginess and... the Amazon Quartet! Look, over there!"
The pink-haired girl was right. Having jumped off the collapsing statue just in time, the four pirate girls laughed in triumph as they looked at the rubbish in front of them, even giving each other the high-five. Afterwards, they were calling their men and led them into town, to plunder and ravage.
"We have to do something," Taru spoke up. "Isn't there a way to stop them?"
The queen sighed. "Where are they headed?"
"Um, sorry to tell you this, but it seems like they have decided to head for your palace first," Chiru said.
Tsuna groaned and collapsed on the ground. "I'm a bad queen, am I?" she sighed.
"Um, I wouldn't put it that way," Taru commented. "You just have your own ways of caring for your subjects."
"Yeah... and see where it brought us," Tsuna muttered.
Taru wanted to say anything else, to cheer the queen up, but then she looked over to town, and what she saw made her gasp. "Daddy! Oh no! The pirates are heading his way."
----
The pirates under the command of the Amazon Quartet were in good spirits. Laughing and swinging their weapons around, they made their way through the main street of town. They knew the guards of the palace would be no match for them.
"We did it!" Celes cheered. "Now we're gonna be rich!"
"Yeah, we sure showed them, huh?" Juno grinned smugly.
"And all because of my brilliant plan," Vesta laughed.
She frowned, when she saw a lanky man walking in front of them. He had his back turned towards them, so he didn't see the pirates.
"Who's that?" Pallas asked curiously.
"Dunno, but he's in the way," Vesta growled. "Hey skinny, move it!" she shouted and pushed the white-haired man to the ground.
Tomeus fell down with a startled gasp. "Wh-what?"
"You better get out of our way, or you'll be sorry," Juno grumbled and cracked her knuckles. Tomeus gulped.
Suddenly, a booming voice made them all jump in surprise: "YOU GET YOUR SLIMY HANDS OFF MY TOMEUS RIGHT NOW, YOU CROOKS!"
"What the...?" Vesta stuttered and turned around just in time to see a vicious fury with emerald-green hair coming at them, teeth bared and eyes blazing.
And when she saw a fist coming at her face, the last thing she could say was: "Oh sh..."
WHAM! BAM! SOCK! POW! WHACK!
Ruka, Chiru and Taru were watching in awe as their queen, spurred by her feelings, was beating every single pirate down to a pulp.
In the end, she was standing on top of a pile of unconscious or half-unconscious pirates, wiping her hands on her toga.
"Can anyone tell me what happened?" Celes asked dizzily.
"Oooooh, Pallas' head hurts," the blue-haired pirate captain whined.
"Are moves like that even legal?" Juno groaned, trying to get out from under her heavy crew members.
Vesta just grumbled.
"Incredible!" Chiru gasped. "Now that's the true Colossus of Rhodes!"
"Whoo-hoo!" Usa cheered. "Way to go, Tsuna!"
Taru smiled. "I knew it. You were trying to hide it, but I always knew you had some feelings for my Dad."
"Um, I... I don't know what you're talking about..." the queen said in a grumpy voice.
Tomeus got up from the ground and smiled. "Aw, I understand. I can see that you are a little bit grumpy sometimes, my dear, but that's just how you are, right? I still love you, sweetheart."
"Now, l-let's not get too informal here," the queen protested. "See, the guards are coming to take the pirates to prison, and now everyone can go back to work and..."
"Aw, but I can't let you go without having thanked you for my rescue," Taru's father smirked.
"Yeah, and for free at that," Usa giggled. "How unbelievable is that?"
"N-now don't be too hasty here," Tsuna stammered. "I just..."
Tomeus grinned, took her hand and kissed it like a gentleman.
Queen Tsuna felt her resistances melt away like snow in the heat of summer. She coughed nervously.
"T-Tomeus, I, um... I might just feel something for you, something like, I dunno... fondness?"
Tomeus smiled broadly at her. "I knew you would," he said and gave her a big hug.
"H-hey, I didn't say you could... Hey, knock it off! Everyone's watching!"
"Hooray!" Taru cheered. "All's well that ends well!"
----
Setsuna groaned. "And that's the embarrassing tale of my most sentimental incarnation, Queen Tsuna..."
The Inner Senshi, along with Chibiusa and Hotaru, were smiling at her. "The story's end is so beautiful," Ami said. "Don't tell us that's the reason why you wouldn't tell us..."
Hotaru grinned. "You know, I believe Daddy likes you very much as well. What do you say to that?"
Usagi giggled. "Who knows, maybe they end up becoming an item, just like their historical counterparts."
"Um, me and the doctor?" Setsuna asked, taken aback. "Um, that's ridiculous... Uh, could you excuse me for a while? I'll be right back..." In a hurry, she ran over to the restaurant's restroom.
Minako gave her friends a wink. "As the Senshi of Love, let me tell you this: She's totally hooked!"
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