(*Meanwhile, in the streets of ... um ... dang it, it's not First Tokyo anymore, not since the silent C-Bomb was dropped during the move ... well, in the streets of whatever city the EGC is in now.  EG City, mayhaps.*)

(*AHEM ... anyway, in the streets of EG City, down by an old defunct gymnasium with big holes blasted in the walls, Asuka and Kii are skipping along, _still_ singing to keep away any roaches ...*)

Asuka and Kii: (*singing*)
We're off to see the wizard,
the wonderful Wizard of Oz,
because because because because becaaaaaause ...
because of the wonderful things he does!
 (Doodley doodley doo doo)
We're off to see the wizard,
the wonderful Wizard of OZ!

Kii: (*wheeze*) Okay Asuka, we're here ... you can leggo my arm now ...

Asuka: Yeah? How can you be so sure that we're here?

Kii: For one thing, we don't seem to be anywhere else at the same time ... but I could be wrong about that ... anyway, this is where Chatty died.

Asuka: Really?

Kii: Well, the Shinobi holes are still there.

(*nods toward a big hole in the wall*)

Asuka: Oh yeah ...

Kii: Err ... could you take the handcuffs off me now? I don't think I can help move the body if I've got my hands behind my back.

Asuka: Why do we have to move the body, anyway?

Kii: Because nobody else is, and if somebody doesn't make sure it doesn't rot, the resurrected Chatty'll look like Bub.

 (*Asuka thought bubble*)
Bub: Grrrr ... Hello Aunt Eileen ...

Half Rotten Chatty Zombie: Grrrr ... Hello Aunt Irene ...
(*end Asuka thought bubble*)

Asuka: Eww ...

Kii: Ditto.

Asuka: Okay, okay, I'll let you out ... (*pulls a key out from her sock and unlocks the handcuffs*)

Kii: Arigato, Asuka-sa -- (*freezes*)

Asuka: What's the matter?

 Kii: That. (*points*)

(*Asuka turns and sees that, where Shinobi had found Chatty's corpse, there is a pile of ash and other results of combustion ...*)

Asuka: Err ... that would be a Bad Thing (tm), wouldn't it?

Kii: In regards to resurrecting Chats, hai ...

(*Suddenly, Asuka's razor sharp reflexes alert her to the presence of a shadowy figure in the shadows (or something like that).*)

Asuka: (*shouting to the figure*) Hey, you! Come out here!

(*The figure runs ...*)

Asuka: Verdammt!

(*Asuka and Kii give chase*)

(*Okay, in here belongs a quite suspenseful and adrenaline-pumping chase through the remains of the Gymnasium, behind the cobwebbed rafters, in and out of equipment, and finally into a locker room.  Somewhere along the lines, Kii finds a flashlight.  Asuka finally grabs hold of the shadowy figure in the locker room, and Kii shines the flashlight in his face to show that it is, in fact --*)

Asuka: Wimp boy!! (*... err, I mean ...*)

 Kii: Lyn Anouilh!

Lyn: I didn't do it! I swear!

Asuka: Yeah? Then why'd you run?

Lyn: Because you'd beat me up anyway!

Kii: He has a point, Asuka ...

Asuka: (*to Kii*) Ja, on top of his head. (*to Lyn*) You burned the body, didn't you?!

Lyn: N-no! I didn't! I'd never do that!

Asuka: Oh yeah? Why should we believe you?

Lyn: Um ... Asuka: You don't sound convincing to me.

Kii: Asuka, don't --

 Asuka: Shh. (*in Lyn's face*) You burned Chatty's body so Aoi couldn't resurrect him, didn't you?

Lyn: NO! I didn't! Honest! (*sniffles*)

Kii: Asuka, you can't say he's guilty because of circ--

Asuka: Yeah, yeah, I know.  "Innocent until proven guilty", blah blah blah. (*shoves Lyn into a nearby locker, locking it with a cuff of the handcuffs*) There ... we'll keep him there until proven innocent.

 Lyn: NO!! ;_; Kii: Asuka, that's cruel and unusual.

Asuka: Hehehe ... I know. (*evil grin*)

Lyn: Lemme outta here ... it's dark and stuffy and it smells like mutant gym socks! >=P

Kii and Asuka: Eww ...

Miyu: This sucks! I get stuck beating up a little kid! *Sighs, and Akagi Ritsuko appears before Tenkei* Listen....Miyu really doesn't want to hurt you, Tenkei-chan--

Tenkei (Speaks perfectly intelligibly): You're not Ritsuko!

Miyu: Nani? Tenkei-chan, what're you saying? ^^;;;

Tenkei: Ritsuko wouldn't want me to give in! Besides, she _never_ calls me "chan!" Only Maya and Misato do that!

Miyu: Damn....now I've gotta fight....*Green blasts rain down on Tenkei, but his Field turns them back*

Tenkei: *Babble babble!!!* *His AT Field focuses tightly around his body, and he shoots forward like a Dragon Ball Z character, slamming into the imposter Ritsuko's torso.  Miyu's form ripples and nearly loses cohesion, but the mage somehow recovers and sends a few more blasts at Tenkei.  The young conduit turns them away and hurls a force blast at Miyu*

Miyu: Dammit....I don't even wanna do this! *Fades away*

Tenkei: She's gone....*Babble babble; translation: that was too easy!*

*Flying Monkey arrives at the scene of the crime and looks around*

Asuka: Who the heck are you supposed to be?

FM: *looks up after testing the ash* Name's Flying Monkey.. *points to Jen-chan* That's my associate. We're the Flying Monkey Freelance Espionage Brigade.. now who can tell me what happened here?

Asuka: Why would you care?

FM: It's my business... I get things done.

Asuka: Who the heck are you supposed to be, Joe Friday?

FM: Nope.. like I said.. my name's Flying Monkey. And it seems we got us a case, Jen.

---

And may whatever God's may be watching have mercy on us all.

*Jen-chan grabs a pair of sunglasses*

Hey,sensei,if thats all right with you,I'm investigating this gym....suspicious..

*before Flying Monkey can say "ok" she's already dashing around the room taking ash samples and putting them in small glass tubes and placing it in her pocket*

???:FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEBODY HELP ME!IT _REEKS_ IN HERE!!!!!!!!!

*piku*........who is it?

???:PLEASE!GET ME OUT OF HEREEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmm..hmm...*looks up Flying Monkey Brigade Handbook (tm!)* *mumblemumble* prisoner situations...*scroll scroll readreadread* throw..big..ass...grenade...WHOOPS!!Wrong page!*flipflip*^^;;

AHA!Here we are:....*readread*

Wahh...this is too complicated..;_;

*grabs a "Flying Monkey Brigade Crowbar!(tm) and helps Lyn out of the gym locker*

*holds nose,and grabs a notebook and a pad to write with* muse te mung yan...

Lyn:huh..?

*lets go of nose*YUCK!=P

*eyes tearing up*Excuse me..you,young man,are accused as a witness and possible murderer of..*flipflip*...uh.....John F.Kennedy--WHOOPS!*flipflip sweatdrop*uh....I meant Chatty ^_^;;;

Do you sware to tell the truth and nothing but the truth and..uh..blahblah?I mean..oh...umm..0_o;;;

Miyu: *Big yawn* Boooring.  I can't even see how that avatar of Lilith's became interested in a weakling like you.

Demon VoidStar: What makes you think her decision was based on my powers? ^^;;; Quite the opposite.

Miyu: *Shrugs* Power's the only thing I find really interesting....screw all the "messing-with-your-head" crap.  I don't like that avatar's body, anyway....*Miyu takes the form of Katsuragi Misato* Well, let's see if you can distract me long enough to make this interesting.  I doubt it, though....

Demon VoidStar: *Grins* You'd be surprised....*The Child of Darkness flaps his wings and shoots into the air, firing tendrils of ebon-colored energy, darker than the shadows around him, from his palms.  They strike into Miyu but seem to do little*

Miyu: *Yawn* That your best? *A sphere of green flame explodes around VoidStar, hurling him back to the ground*

Demon VoidStar: *Winces in pain* Damn....I _hate_ magic....*VoidStar presses the attack again, hurling a wider wave of shadow energy at Miyu, fazing her a bit this time*

Miyu: *Scowls a bit* You're actually becoming an annoyance, you know? Well....*Dark smile* Perhaps I'll have to give you the treatment we gave your dear friend Ailith.  *An aura of mystical, emerald-colored fire burns around Miyu, hurling forth as a veritable wall of destructive force.  It seems all is lost for VoidStar, but....*

???-?: *A bestial roar echoes over the battleground, and the blast is deflected by an AT Field*

Demon VoidStar: Eva-X!

Eva-X: *Opens its mouth and speaks aloud in a deep and ancient-sounding voice that rumbles like a peal of thunder* You have endangered my companion and his mate.  I will not tolerate it.

Demon VoidStar: *Grins* And now for something completely different....

Eva-X: *Brings his massive foot slamming down on Miyu, leaving nothing behind when he raises it*

Demon VoidStar: Five-point reference! ^_^

Miyu: *Teleported away* @_@ That was interesting....which is something I don't say often....

*walks over to the overexcited Jen-chan and looks at Lyn*

FM: What have we got here?

Lyn: I didn't do it! I swear! I SWEAR!

*Flying Monkey looks around, at the ashes, back at Lyn, back at the streets outside the gynasium*

FM: I don't think you did.

*Asuka stares at FM in wide eyed disbelief*

Asuka: WHAAAAT?

FM: What do you mean, WHAAAAT?

Asuka: What do you MEAN you don't think he did it!?

FM: I mean, I.. don't.. think.. Lyn.. burned.. the.. body.

Asuka: And why not?

FM: Burning a body usually produces a lot of nasty, disgusting smoke. The person who burned the body would have the scent and ash from that smoke all over him. *sniffs Lyn*

*Lyn looks frightened and confused at the same time*

FM: Phew.. *waves some stank away* Aside from the smell of some raunchy socks.. Lyn's clean... look for yourself. I don't think he was anywhere near here when it happened. Were you, Lyn?

Lyn: I.. I.. I..

---

Is Lyn a key witness in the greatest crime of the century? Is Flying Monkey going a bit too far? Is Jen-chan a little too eager? CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER???

EEE!*suddenly jumps startled*Oh its YOU!0_o;;

Well,excuse me young sir,but I believe that Lyn is guilty..and erm..stuff 0_0;;;

*suddenly trips over crowbar*DAMN IT!>o<;;;

*gets back to her feet*Well,*ahem* *straightens sunglasses*Lyn burned Chatty's body because Chatty liked Aoi,and Lyn was jealous that Aoi loved Chatty and not him so he _PURPOSELY_ prevented ANYONE from ressurecting Chatty so that he can have Aoi all to himself.

Lyn *sweatdrops*YOU BELIEVE HER?!GIMME A BREAK!;_;

Well....*suddenly falls down due to waxed floor flat on he back*wahhhh..;_;

*stands up again*....*mumble* I believe its true sirrr...!!!!!*suddenly tumbles over crowbar and Flying Monkey-sensei gets knocked down by incoming Jen-chan*0_o;;;

EEEEPP!!!@_@;;;

Miyu: *Laughing maniacally* HA HA HA HA!!! I can't believe a pathetic being like you really thinks she can defeat me!!! I'll crush you into bits of celestial dust!!!! I'll crumple your soul like a paper cup!!!!

Malachi: ¬_¬ A bit over the top, are we? Stop screwing around, blasphemer.  I'm here for a reason.

Miyu: I'm aware of that.  *Suddenly, Malachi finds herself face-to-face with herself in human form, dressed in her standard dark green plugsuit*

Malachi: *Takes a step back* N-Nani?!

Miyu: ^_^ Like it? What form better for me, than the body of the most destructive Angel to ever exist? The great and vaunted Angel of God, who destroys everything she comes close to?

Malachi: *Face twisted in rage* DAMN YOU!!!! *The Angel's crimson eyes flash, and a blast of energy roars up beneath Miyu's feet, branching into a cross shape*

Miyu: *Strides out of the blast, apparently unharmed* Right back at you, bitch.  *Her eyes flash green, and a magical version of the same attack strikes Malachi--barely turned away by her AT Field*

Malachi: *Fires back, but Miyu shoots into the sky* Shimatta! *Malachi's wings pump, and the Angel takes flight*

*The two combatants weave about in midair, hurling blast after blast, shields of emerald green turning away Heaven's fire as Malachi's AT Field blocks the mystical attacks Miyu hurls.  But while Miyu fights simply to annihilate Malachi, the celestial warrior uses a complex pattern of aerial maneuvering to bring herself closer and closer to her opponent....*

Malachi: Now, Miyu....IT ENDS!!!! *Malachi shoots forward at high speed, catching Miyu off-guard, and sinks her hands into Miyu's flesh--not tearing through it, but rather passing through it as if it were not even there*

Miyu: W-W-What are you....doing....to me?!!! *Miyu tips back her head and screams in purest agony, an aura of burning green magic immolating her body*

Malachi: *Winces in pain but does not release her grasp* As I've said before, Miyu....it's easy to kill....if the victim does not truly deserve life....*Malachi's eyes flash, and Miyu's mind--fragmented as it is--is laid before her for an instant, before Malachi concentrates all the energy she can muster into her hands and releases it, annihilating the body Miyu had constructed*

*Miyu's voice can be heard faintly as her fourth incarnation fades away: You haven't won.....*

Malachi: Maybe not, Miyu....but we will. *Malachi floats to the ground*

*Flying Monkey takes Jen to the side, leaving poor Lyn hanging on a locker hook*

FM: I can understand where you're coming from, Jen.. he's got motive, but.. well.. look at him! *points to the struggling Lyn*

FM: What I'm saying is.. I really find it hard to believe that he did it, or is even capable of it.

Asuka: Face it, Dick Tracy.. you're outnumbered on the verdict here!

FM: That may be, Oh irritating one. But you ain't touchin' that boy til' we get to the bottom of this.

*Asuka gives her dirtiest of looks to FM*

FM: Do we have a problem? *half smile to Asuka*

Asuka: Grrrr....

FM: Heh.. didn't think so.

---

Is Flying Monkey completely wrong? Did Lyn burn Chatty's body? Is Asuka EVER going to quit being a bitch? ^_^

o0(I wonder when _MY_ battle with Miyu will come......)

*shakes her head as she pops the thought bubble*

o0( be patient ^_^)

*Jen quickly snaps together and is currently arguing with her SENSEI!*gasp!*

He is _GUILTY_!!! Look at that guy's struggle to not cry!0_o;;;;;;

Lyn: You...guys...stop..picking..on..MMEEEEEE~~~!!!!!;_;

*bowbow*Sorry Lyn-san,but I have to agree with Asuka-chan o0(either that or get pounded with a giant mallot -_-;;;)

*suddenly trips over Lyn and falls flat on her face*

ow...;_;

*quickly gets back to her feet,still keeping a close eye on Lyn*