*It’s nighttime of the same day. Nitsuj, Baron, Corbin, and Brian are in the AIA base where after covering up the mess earlier that day Nitsuj makes a phone call*
(Enzio): Nitsuj! My good friend, how have you have been?
(Nitsuj): I’m good. Enzio, I need your help. Do you know anything about the Knight’s Code?
(Enzio): The Knight’s Code!? Who told you about that sword? That sword is rare.
(Nitsuj): I’ve seen it Enzio, and I’m holding it right now as we speak. I want to know the identity of the person who carried this sword.
(Enzio): No! I drink poison before I reveal the identity of a client.
(Nitsuj): Enzio! This guy is working with the weeaboos. I don’t know what they’re planning but if we don’t get a read on this guy the anime market of North America could be in trouble. I know you weapon dealers have strict code of not giving away client information but if you love anime you’ll help me with this. Please Enzio, I’ll make it worth your while.
(Enzio):. . .Okay. The person who carried this sword, maybe I know him, maybe I don’t. All I know is that I was commissioned from a friend in the business to create the Knight’s Code sword. I finished it and mailed it to him months ago. I’ll see what I can find out about this guy.
(Nitsuj): Thanks Enzio. I’ll make it worth your while I promise.
*Nitsuj hangs up and puts the sword back in its case and leaves the room. Little does he know that hidden within the hilt of the sword is a tracking chip and it’s going off. Nitsuj walks the halls and meets up with Brian and the Jack Bros.*
(Brian): So, how’d it go?
(Nitsuj): He said he’ll look into it. Either way, we will know who this guy is before the mission is over. So what have these two been up to?
(Brian): Oh they wanted to chat with Juliette and Julietta. Of course they tried to attack the Jacks.
*Nitsuj looks through a window and see that the cells the two AIs are in is quite big with plenty of room to roam around in*
(Nitsuj): You guys sure are giving them plenty of room to work with.
(Brian): Not really. The floor panel is like one big firewall. Only part of the cell that’s safe for them is the platform they’re currently on. They step off that platform and the whole cell lights on fire burning them alive.
(Nitsuj): Clever. So what did you guys talk to them about.
(Baron): A second date.
(Brian): Really!? After everything that happened you guys want another date.
(Corbin): Of course, seeing as how they’re checking us out right now and love us.
(Nitsuj): They hate you.
(Baron): You’re just jealous Nitsuj. Because the girls want the Jacks and not the Nitsuj.
(Corbin): Speaking of girls. Where are they?
(Nitsuj): On their mission, to No Man’s Land.
(Corbin): You’ve guys have been saying that a lot today. What exactly is that?
(Nitsuj): It’s an underground doujin event. They operate in the shadows during big cons.
(Baron): A doujin convention? Sign me up.
(Nitsuj): Before you unleash your inner pervert the event is for women only. The whole event is basically one big BL fest. Girls come together to buy doujin, artwork, and discuss people that they ship together. Men are prohibited from going to these events. The last guy who tried to sneak in got stripped naked and was tarred and feathered.
(Corbin): Woah.
(Brian): That’s why we can only leave this part of the investigation up to the girls and sit this one out.
(Nitsuj): And since we can’t do anything but wait, there’s only one thing to do, karaoke.
(Brain): My time in the acapella club will not go to waste.
*Nitsuj and the others decide to go out to a karaoke bar and enjoy the night. As they head topside to enjoy their boy’s night out, the girls were just arriving at No Man’s Land.
(Mira): I cannot believe we’re going to our first doujin convention.
(Isis): I’m so excited!
(Ashlyn): You guys are going to have a great time here. This whole convention was made for women by women.
(Yin-Yang): I really don’t see how you guys can find pleasure in this kind of stuff.
*Yume hands Yin-Yang a doujin starring Mugen and Jin in a sexual relationship*
(Yin-Yang): Now that’s a katana.
(Yume): Welcome to our fellowship.
*As the girls continue to take in the convention, Isis arrives a counter selling Nagisa and Karma doujins*
(Isis): Ohh~ this looks good. Oh my God! This is a rare copy! How much for it?
(Clerk): That one, $49.
(Isis): $49?
*Ashlyn comes over and inspects the doujin in Isis’s hand*
(Ashlyn): Nice try. At most, this doujin is worth $19. Plus, it’s been used. Look, the pages are slightly wrinkled indicating that someone marked the pages and the back of the doujin has grease marks on it. Factoring all of this in I wouldn’t even buy it for $5. Now, what say you give my friend here a real and new copy of the doujin before I alert security about your cheap product.
*Sweating heavily, the clerk takes the doujin and pulls out a new one and gives it to Isis on the house*
(Isis): Wow. That was amazing. I suppose I should thank you?
(Ashlyn): What’s this, you’re finally opening up to me?
(Isis): Don’t ruin this moment.
(Seras): Hey, I found our target. That’s her right?
(Ashlyn): Yeah. Linda Rogerburg. BL lover and transporter of doujins. She’s leader of the doujin mafia Maids of Love and one of the heads financing this event.
(Shizuku): You think she’s working with the weeaboos?
(Ashlyn): No, but I think she knows who the transporter is. We need to talk to her.
(Yin-Yang): You sure she’ll want to talk to a bunch of nobodies?
(Ashlyn): Oh don’t worry, she’ll talk to me. We have history.
*Ashlyn and the others head for the upper level reserved for VIPs and arrive at a door. Ashlyn knocks on the door and it gets answered through the peep window by a female security guard*
(Ashlyn): Hi, I’m here to speak with Linda.
*A shotgun comes out of the peep window and aimed directly at Ashlyn’s head. Despite staring at the barrel of a loaded shotgun Ashlyn doesn’t flinch once*
(Ashlyn): And apparently you guys have a problem with that.
(Guard): What makes you think you have a right to talk to our mistress?
*Ashlyn takes out her badge and flashes it to the guard*
(Ashlyn): This and this.
*After putting her badge away Ashlyn takes out a crest in which has a maid holding a rainbow flowered rose. Upon seeing the crest the security guard opens the door to reveal that the guard was actually a maid. She lets them all in and tells them that Linda is in the back. As they walk towards the back they see a bunch of girls reading doujins while enjoying some food, others are playing dating sim games on their handheld devices, and others are watching yaoi animes on a TV. They finally arrive in the back where they see Linda at desk working on some doujin with some assistant on the side working as well*
(Linda): Welcome to No Man’s Land ladies. I’ve trust you’ve been enjoying yourselves?
*Linda looks to see who she was talking to*
(Ashlyn): Hello Linda.
(Linda): Ashlyn? Is that you? Well this is a surprise, I didn’t expect to see you here, especially after what happened earlier today.
(Yume): Earlier today? How’d you know about that?
(Linda): You’d be surprised at what my sources can dig up. Ladies, I would like you to meet a good friend of mine. This girl right here was one of the best agents to grace Maids of Love and had an eye for quality when it came to doujins. By the way, congratulations on the engagement. I’m looking forward to going.
(Ashlyn): Aww~, thanks. I was so happy when I received your reservation. Nitsuj just agreed to be the best man as well.
(Linda): Oho, so Nitsuj will be there as well? I saw a few of his panels on the trip. Hmm~, that boy still looks good. Do you know if he’s married yet?
(Ashlyn): You know his rules. He won’t date girls who are 3 years older than him. Don’t tell me you’re still interested in him?
(Linda): What can I say, I like my men young and crazy.
*Linda takes out a picture of Nitsuj and kisses it. In another part of town Nitsuj feels a chill go down his spine*
(Corbin): You alright there Nitsuj?
(Nitsuj): I felt a great disturbance in the force. As if a dangerous woman from my past was thinking about me and wanted to do something with me.
(Baron): Or it could be that slushy giving you a slight brain freeze.
(Nitsuj): Yeah that too.
*Back with Ashlyn and the others*
(Linda): So tell me, what brings one of my favorite girls here. Come to rejoin us, I’ve always got a spot open for you.
(Ashlyn): No. I’m here to seek answers.
(Linda): About the weeaboo transporter who has a copy of the new Utena dub?
*Everyone’s eyes widen*
(Chibi Isis): How did you-
(Linda): Never underestimate my sources little lady.
(Ashlyn): Linda. That information is top secret. Nobody must-
(Linda): Relax. I haven’t told anybody out of my circle about it. I know that you and the rest of AIA are looking for the weeaboo as well to uncover their big plan.
(Mira): What big plan?
(Linda): Beats me. And no, I don’t know anything about their plan. I swear. Believe me, if I knew what they were planning, I’d tell you. I may not agree with what most of the AIA does, but I’ll never agree with the mindset of the weeaboos. Now, you guys are looking for the weeaboo transporter no doubt.
(Ashlyn): Yes. Surely someone so deep in the transporting business must have a clue on who it is.
(Linda): I do. But my information comes at a price. Nothing personal Ashlyn, just business.
(Ashlyn): Alright. How about I give you some records of future doujin releases set to come out of Japan?
(Linda): Tempting. But not enough.
(Isis): Let me try. Linda, I can tell you’re a woman who has eyes on the prize. So how’s this for a prize.
*Isis throws down a picture of Nitsuj wearing nothing but black jeans and shirtless. Upon seeing the picture, Linda’s face instantly turns red and a little drop of blood comes from her nose*
(Linda): *Breathing heavily* Where did you get this picture?
(Isis): Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Isis, AI girl and the assistant of Nitsuj. Being close with Nitsuj I tend to get pictures of him in his most private of times. Not just me but my friends as well.
(Seras): Oh yeah. I once snapped a shot of him in the baths in order to get back at him for peeping on me.
(Shizuku): I’ve got a few pictures of boss doing some training.
(Mira): I have him doing some cosplaying.
*Nitsuj gets another chill down his spine*
(Nitsuj): There it is again. That disturbance in the force.
*Back with the girls*
(Isis): So what do you say Linda? Give us the information and you can have all these pictures. We’ll even tell you Nitsuj’s personal cellphone.
(Linda): I’ll be able to call him whenever I want!
(Yume): And as the cherry on top. One date voucher.
*Linda shrieks*
(Isis): Do we have a deal?
(Linda): Yes! *Clears throat* The person you’re looking for is Russel McGuiness.
(Ashlyn): Russel? As in the British American reviewer who specializes in shounen?
(Linda): The same one. He may not look like it but that boy has been a weeaboo transporter for years. On the surface he’s a reviewer and doesn’t consider himself a weeaboo, but they pay him handsomely to transport stuff throughout the country. He’s your guy. Take him down and you win.
(Ashlyn): Thanks Linda. I owe you one.
(Linda): You’ve done plenty for me already. I’ll see you at your wedding and tell Nitsuj I said hi.
(Ashlyn): I’m sure he’ll be delighted to hear that.
*Ashlyn and the others leave the VIP area and head back down to the main floor*
(Yin-Yang): Looks like we got the information we needed. So what was the deal between you and Linda?
(Ashlyn): Before I joined the AIA I used to work for Maids of Love as a guard. One day Kenji, Nitsuj, and Cole showed up for an investigation and I got tasked with helping them out. We all got along very well and Kenji offered me a job to join up with them and I accepted.
(Shizuku): Cool.
(Seras): What about Nitsuj, she seemed to have a certain affection for him.
(Ashyln): She considers him to be her perfect definition of a shounen man. It’s not really love, more of an infatuation with him. In the past she used to have people follow him around all the time and sometimes forced herself onto him. As you can guess, Nitsuj has a hard time dealing with her.
*Everyone laughs at Ashlyn’s story*
(Isis): I can’t imagine Nitsuj having a hard time dealing with a woman.
*As the girls continue to walk through the con, a girl bumps into Ashlyn*
(???): Well, if it isn’t Ashlyn.
(Ashlyn): Oh no you’re here Mariah?
(Isis): Mariah. As in Mariah of Heartland the famous doujin circle which makes yaoi fanfictions of popular shounen stories?
(Mariah): The same one. It’s always nice to meet a fan. Even if they are hanging out with someone close-minded.
(Shizuku): You two know each other?
(Ashlyn): Remember that investigation Nitsuj and the others were on when I met them. It involved illegal distribution of BL doujins of Kuroko’s Basketball and Mariah used to be a part of the circle that we busted.
(Mariah): I spent 4 months in a high security prison without being allowed to read any BL doujin. Do you have any idea how much I suffered because of you? Not only that but you clouded my forum pages with your lousy ships.
(Ashlyn): Oh that’s rich coming from someone who ships Kuroko x Atsushi. The two barely interact with each other. Everyone knows Kuroko x Aoimine is the way to go.
(Isis): True. I ship it.
(Mariah): Don’t feed her ego. Also, I saw you earlier flirting with your new boyfriend. I knew you lacked creativity but I didn’t think you were a woman of the night. What would Cole think of-
*Ashlyn slaps Mariah and she goes down*
(Ashlyn): Do not test me bitch.
*Mariah gets back up and a fight ensues between her and Ashlyn. Thanks to Ashlyn’s training she has the advantage and easily outmaneuvers all of Mariah’s attacks until members from Heartland decide to get involved and back Mariah up. Not liking this the other AIs also join the fight and soon an all out brawl ensues between both sides. As this is all happening, Nitsuj and the other guys are having a great time drinking, laughing, and singing anime openings and endings. Nitsuj is in the middle of singing Refrain Boy*
(Nitsuj): As a new horizon lighting up the sky. Not everything is easy to get but we carry on. Again and again, resound again, answer refrains in beat of our heart~. Yes, no.
*Brian and the Jack Bros. cheer for Nitsuj as he finishes the song and scores an 89 on the karaoke scale*
(Nitsuj): Oh yeah. Almost in the 90s baby.
(Brian): You nailed it Nitsuj. Alright, who’s up next?
*Persona 4’s opening theme begins to play*
(Corbin): Oh~, that’s my song. *Clears throat* We are living our lives~.
(Nitsuj): Yeah! Sing it Corbin!
(Corbin): Abound with so much information~.
*Before Corbin can sing the next line the girls bust into the room and Mira takes the mic away from Corbin*
(Mira): Come on, let go of the remote; don’t you know you’re letting all the junk flood in. I try to stop the flow, double clicking on the go but it’s no used I’m being consumed.
*Mira passes the mic over to Yin-Yang*
(Yin-Yang): Loading. Loading. Loading. Quickly reaching maximum capacity. Warning. Warning. Warning. Gonna short-circuit my identity.
*Yin-Yang passes the mic back to Mira*
(Mira): Get up on your feet, tear down the walls. Catch a glimpse of the hollow world. Snooping ’round town will get you nowhere. You’re locked up in your mind. We’re all trapped in a maze of relationships. Life goes on with or without you. I swim in the sea of the unconscious. I search for your heart, pursuing my true self~.
*Everyone cheers at Mira’s performance and she scores a 96*
(Nitsuj): Hey~. What are you guys doing here?
(Brain): And why do you guys look messy?
(Baron): Was there a hot catfight and we missed it?
(Yume): No. Of course not.
(Baron): You are lying.
(Ashlyn): Okay yes we got into a fight.
(Nitsuj): Really? Did you win?
(Seras): What do you think?
(Brain): Who’s black hair is that in your hand?
(Seras): Oh these are the remains of some girl’s bangs I was fighting. It’s now my trophy.
(Nitsuj): *Laughs* Love it. Just love it. You guys up for some karaoke? They got all kinds of anime songs in here.
(Isis): Do they have Fly me to the Moon?
*Nitsuj checks the ipad and selects the song. The lights dim to match the setting of the song and Isis and Ashlyn grab a mic and decide to do a duet together as everyone listens to them. While the group is having fun topside of the AIA’s underground base some guards were about to get a rude awakening*
(Guard 1): No way man. Mob Psycho 100 is better than One Punch Man.
(Guard 2): Are you kidding me, One Punch Man all the way.
(???): Mommy~! Mommy~!
*The guards see a little boy with black hair, red eyes, and wearing a trench coat with tears in his eyes crying out for his mommy*
(Guard 1): Hey kid. What are you doing here?
(Little boy): I’m lost and I can’t find my mommy!
(Guard 2): It’s alright kid. We’ll help you. Let’s get you to the police station and-
*The little boy injects the guard with a sleeping potion*
(Guard 1): Oh shit!
*Before the other guard can call for help the little boy attacks him and chokes him out with a sadistic smile on his face. Once the guards are out he takes one of their ID cards and goes into the underground base of the AIA. Once he’s in the base, he takes out a few more guards and retrieves Silver Knight’s sword*
(???): Come in Arthur. This is Elsa. Over.
(Arthur): Hey Elsa. I’m in the base. I just got back Silver Knight’s sword.
(Elsa): Excellent. Now let’s go free Juliette and Julietta. Put the flash drive into one of their consoles and I’ll set them free. In order to avoid being detected I’ll only free Juliette on my part while free Julietta.
(Arthur): No problem.
*Arthur goes to free Julietta while Elsa hacks into the AIA’s system and unlocks Juliette’s cell*
(Juliette): Huh? What’s this.
(Elsa): Juliette. Follow these instructions I am about to load into your brain to escape.
(Juliette): What about my sister?
(Elsa): We are working on that.
*Juliette exits her cell and takes out the guards on duty with her wind magic. As for Arthur, he manages to take out the guards and arrives at Julietta’s cell*
(Arthur): Hello Julietta. I’ve come to save you.
*He shuts down the security system in Julietta’s cell and unlocks the door for her. As she begins walking along the surface of her cell, Arthur reactivates the security system and burns Julietta alive. She manages to make it out of the cell but the damage has been done and she’s barely alive. Her body is completely burned and she’s collapsed onto the floor barely breathing*
(Arthur): Oh my. That looked like it hurt.
(Julietta): You. . .damn. . .bastard.
(Arthur): Don’t think bad of me Julietta. I’m just listening to the voice of the devil inside of me. You’re death will be used to help make us stronger. *Takes out a hatchet* Pleasant dreams.
*Arthur chops Julietta’s head off and escapes the base with it. Once he’s topside he meets back up with Juliette*
(Juliette): Where’s Julietta?
*Arthur shows her the decapitated head of her sister and she begins to cry all while hugging the head of her now dead sister*
(Arthur): I’m sorry. I lowered the security system but one of the guards reactivated it and she got burned alive. This was all that was left of her.
*Arthur explains all of this while having fake tears in his eyes. As Juliette cries out in sadness and anger, Arthur hugs her tightly all while hiding his sinister smile from her*
To be continued