She'd seen these guys (and gal) before.
"Do you know these people, Nanoha?" asked the blonde flying a few feet away.
"Yeah. I just never imagined meeting them," said Nanoha. "Look there's more of them! Oh, it's Superman! I wonder if I can get his autograph!"
"What?" asked the ferret riding in a messenger bag she'd stowed into place. "Who are these people? Are they mages?"
"No, they're superheroes and really famous," said Nanoha. "I think there's even dojinshi."
"Uh huh," said Yuuno Scrya, currently a ferret.
"Oh! And that's BATMAN!" said Nanoha, all but doing a 'squee' reaction. "And Wonder Woman!"
Nanoha sped up, diving towards the group.
Fate shrugged and followed, not really understanding what was going on.
"Mister Batman sir? Can I have your autograph?"
"No," answered Batman in Japanese.
"Ohhhhhhhhhh," pouted the little girl, who was currently hovering just a few inches above him.
"I don't do... aren't you one of the Takamichi family?" asked the Batman as he got a good look at her.
"Yes, I'm AHHHHHHH! You know who I am?! Don't tell my parents!" panicked Nanoha.
"Have you considered a mask or something?" asked the Batman, his voice going especially deadpan.
The blonde frowned. "Why a mask?"
"Secret identities are hard enough to keep if you don't use one," advised the Caped Crusader.
"Uhm," said a nervous Nanoha.
"Maybe some sort of display goggles?" suggested the ferret in her purse.
"That might work," said Batman, not even blinking an eye at the talking ferret. His only reaction to that was wondering what codename was involved.
"(Typhon is still advancing,)" said Wonder Woman, picking up a yoma and slamming it into the ground hard enough that the asphalt cratered.
"So you're called 'Superman'?" asked Fate.
"Yes, and you are?" asked Superman, also conversant in Japanese as he tried Heat Vision on the advancing monster.
"Fate Testarossa," said the little blonde girl. "Yuuno Scrya is the talking ferret, and Nanoha is the one sulking."
"How do you know my family anyway?" asked Nanoha.
"They're ninja, when they're not running a coffee shop," said Batman. "I've... interacted with ninja during my training."
"Okay," said Nanoha. "Raising Heart!"
[Ready, My Master.]
"(Did that gadget just speak English?)" asked Green Arrow.
"Bardiche!" called out Fate.
[Yes sir!]
Officers Tsujimoto and Kobayakawa watched and listened.
They weren't idiots. If Japan were to suddenly be getting involved with supervillains and monsters - then the police were woefully underfunded and underequipped to deal with it.
So, they had a bunch of superheroes here. If nothing else, having someone able to fly "on call" would make a number of situations easier and secret identities needed to be kept.
"LOOK OUT!" shouted Ken Nakajima as he raced in front of them on his motorcycle, using it and his own body to try to block the crackling bolt of energy that arrived a heartbeat later.
Then all three of them, and the smouldering wreckage of his motorcycle, were simply unconscious.
"Those are bolts of raw magical energy," said Captain Marvel to his companions. "Right now they're less destructive than they'd otherwise be."
"They seem pretty destructive to me," noted Green Arrow.
"If they were properly focussed and stabilized, they'd be worse," said Captain Marvel. "As it is, they mainly destroy nonliving objects. Living creatures are merely stunned by having an excessive amount of magical energy go through their system."
"PHOTON LANCER!" called out the blonde flying girl as she sent several balls of energy at Typhon.
"SHOOT!" called out the brunette.
[Axel Shooter] stated her lance as more energy bolts went streaking out.
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