Bleach Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior ❯ Indecent Proposal ( Chapter 16 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: Takato

“Unforgivable! Taking advantage of what every woman longs for: a white wedding dress! And also tainting the eternal dream of a girl's beautiful wedding is absolutely unforgivable! In the name of the Phoenix, I will punish you!”

Silent Warrior

Episode 16

“Hey TJ, have you noticed anything weird about our home ec teacher?” Melvin asks.

“I haven't really noticed anything different about Ms. Anderson,” TJ responds. “Besides, I've been too tired to think about anything but sleep.”

“She's been acting differently because she's engaged,” Marcy interjects. “I heard he came to her apartment one day with flowers and did it old fashion style. It sounded so romantic.”

“I wish someone would propose to me, no one ever brings me flowers,” TJ complains.

He then starts thinking about marrying Yellow LightStar and having her cater to his every need.

“Snap out of it TJ, you're too young to be thinking about marriage,” Marcy comments. “Besides, women are not slaves and do not act that way anymore!”

Indecent Proposal

At a fabric store, Mr. Karr is talking with Ms. Anderson about her wedding dress.

“It needs to be something exuberant and exciting,” he says to her. “You only have one first wedding, and it has to be off the hook.”

“Yes, but they are so expensive, and I am only living off of a teacher's salary,” she says back to him.

“Hmm, this woman is who the stars have decided will be the next target,” Angelus ponders, walking by the store.

* * *

TJ is walking home from school, when he spots a poster for a wedding contest. The first prize is $10,000 and a grand wedding reception. Styve takes a look at it and asks what the catch is. He is told that they have to get married in the chapel hosting the contest. He and TJ then start independently thinking of grand receptions and people giving them gifts.

“I can't sew to save my life though,” Styve thinks to himself. “How am I going to make a tuxedo without any skills? Wait a second; TJ's mom is a housewife. I'm sure she knows how to sew; who else would do it besides the wife?” “Hey TJ, let's go back to your place, I'm hungry and want something before heading back to the shrine.”

Surprised at his sudden interest, he agrees and they go back to TJ's house.

“Why Mrs. Davis, you have such a lovely home,” Styve flatters.

“Why thank you Stevyn, you are very kind,” she replies. “And please, it's Mrs. Lee, but you may call me Krystalyn, everyone else does. You should come over more often; it's nice to see TJ with older friends who have a good head on their shoulders.”

“Well I would love to come over more often, and perhaps while I'm here you could, oh I don't know; show me how to sew things like tuxedos.”

Krystalyn and TJ look at each other, and then break out in boisterous laughter. Prometheus hangs his head in shame and droops his ears.

“Stevyn, I don't know how to sew,” she replies. “I'm not a housewife; I'm one of the leaders of the rebel cause, which is why I'm always here.”

“Oh, you don't?” he asks surprised. “And what rebel cause?”

“Part of the Earth Sphere Alliance initiated by the queen to enforce the peace between humans, mutants, and meta-humans. The people in this house are all a part of that. You just happen to be in the more homely side of the mansion. I hope you didn't think TJ was this rich guy with a big mansion.”

“Ha, that's what you get Styve, trying to use my mom so you can win that contest, you should be ashamed,” TJ scolds.

“Between him and TJ, the Dark Kingdom might as well go ahead and unleash the power of Cruxius on this planet,” Prometheus sighs.

Not too much later, TJ is with Tyrese and begging him to help him sew a tuxedo for the contest.

“TJ, every time I try to help you, I end up doing almost all of the work,” Tyrese says. “I will help you by giving you books on sewing and such, but I'm not going to be stuck with the work.”

TJ pleads and argues with him, but eventually loses.

* * *

Back at the fabric store, people are going crazy over the mega-sale on bridal fabrics. Ms. Anderson and Mr. Karr are there as well.

“Sharon, you have to be aggressive in these situations,” he says, knocking a lady out of the way.

She hesitates, but then a lovely sheet falls in front of her. As she reaches for it, Angelus picks it up.

“This is for your wedding dress?” he asks. “This is a beautiful fabric; you should definitely go for it.”

He puts his dark symbol on it and hands it to her.

* * *

TJ is now at Melvin's house, trying to get him to help him out.

“Maybe if you didn't sleep through every class, you would know how to do something,” he says to him.

“Well it's a girly class,” TJ defends. “I only took it for the girls.”

“So you're telling me sewing a tuxedo isn't girly?”

“This is different man; serious bread is at stake here. You know what; I don't need you to help. I'm going to go to Ms. Anderson's house and get some private lessons.”

Melvin decides to go with him and they go over to her apartment complex. They are about to go up to her door, when they see a man already ahead of them.

“Sharon, Sharon it's me, answer the door,” he says.

“That must be her fiancé,” Melvin says.

“What, him, are you serious? Look at him, he's a nerd!”

Ms. Anderson swings open the door and glares at her fiancé.

“Sweetie, I have been trying to reach you, but you aren't answering the phone,” he says.

“Stop your belly-aching Herbert,” she snarls. “If you really want to still marry me, then I suggest you don't come back until after the contest.”

She then slams the door in his face, and he is left confused and hurt.

“Wow, that isn't fair,” TJ says.

“Yeah, I feel bad for him,” Melvin agrees.

“I was talking about the contest. She's the teacher; she is going to win.”

“I'm getting a weird vibe from this lady,” Prometheus thinks quietly from behind a car in the parking lot.

* * *

“I went with TJ and Melvin to their teacher's house, and I picked up some weird vibes from her,” Prometheus is telling Tyrese back at the Masaki Shrine.

“You think the Youkai Demon Knights have gotten to her?” he asks.

“It is a high possibility. She seems angry and hostile, and according to TJ, she isn't usually like that.”

Before they can get anymore into it, they are interrupted by Styve's grandmother yelling. They turn to see Styve running with a ceremonial robe in his hands.

“But grandma, no one will even know it's missing,” Styve argues.

“Styve, that robe has been in our family for generations. It isn't something to just show off for some contest,” she yells back.

She stops for a moment to come up to Tyrese to ask him if he wants to work at the temple, like she always does. Tyrese just smiles and says no thank you. She tells him anytime he's ready, and then gets back to chasing Styve.

Meanwhile at TJ's house, he is sneaking around his mother's room hugging her curtains.

“Oh yeah, this silk would be perfect,” he says to himself.

“Perfect for what, Timothy?” Krystalyn asks, coming into the room. “I know you aren't thinking about that contest.”

“But mom, the grand prize is a lot of money. Think about what I could do with it.”

“I don't think so Mr. Davis, and just for sneaking around you can clean my room AND your room!”

* * *

A few days later, the guys are at the chapel for the wedding show.

“What happened to you?” Tyrese asks, looking at TJ's tapped up hands.

“My mom had me doing massive chores for trying to steal her curtains,” TJ responds.

“We need to be here on Brother business,” Prometheus reminds them. “I have a weird feeling about that teacher. TJ, I want you to go undercover and…”

“Oh why didn't I think of that sooner? Disguise Power: change me into the flyest playa in a tux!”

Using the disguise power, TJ comes out in a sparkling classic black tuxedo.

“This is for the mission TJ, you can't compete with that,” Prometheus reminds him.

Inside, the show has started, and the announcer announces the host.

“Sorry Jack, but she won't be making it out,” Ms. Anderson says, coming out in an elegant purple wedding dress.

Before he can protest, she hypnotizes him and announces the contestants. The curtain is then drawn and the contestants are shown. TJ is one of them and is looking for his teacher, whom he doesn't realize is the hostess. She then looks towards the audience and hypnotizes all of them, then turns to do the same with the contestants. TJ then realizes that she is his teacher, and looks away as she puts everyone to sleep. Maximus then realizes she is at her peak energy point, and releases his Youkai demon. A spider demon then emerges from Ms. Anderson and starts throwing webs at the audience to capture energy.

“Hey nasty, stop spreading your webs like wildfire,” Tyrese says from stage left.

“We're going to show you what it means to ruin a good time,” Styve says from stage right.

“You guys, not only are you taking all the good lines but we haven't even transformed yet!” TJ complains. “In just a second, you're going to be incinerated into dust, get it? Phoenix Transform!”

“Dark Ice Power!”

“Dark Fire Power!”

As soon as the guys are done transforming, the demon shoots webbing at the three, but only Silent Warrior isn't quick enough to get out of the way.

“Dark Fires Engulf!”

Dark Blade burns the webs off of Silent Warrior and Dark Sabre uses his mist to confuse the enemy.

“Time to take this guy back to the Dark Kingdom. This hand of mine is burning RED! Fist of the Phoenix Flare!”

The demon is defeated, and the people come out of their trance. A few weeks later, Ms. Anderson has her wedding, and everyone is happy. She was also the contest winner from the Bridal show.

“I still don't think it's fair, she's a teacher,” TJ pouts.

“She's still a person TJ, she deserves to be happy,” Tyrese says.

He then gets up just as the bouquet is being thrown, and accidentally catches it.

“Of all people, why Rese and not me?” TJ complains.