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Ginga GIRI GIRI! The Universe is in Danger!
By SSJ Heero (http://animenext.knorf.net)
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- OPENING SONG: TADAIMA - DO AS INFINITY - [1]

SUROO MOOSHON de jikan doori ni
Kimi wo noseta densha ga sotto suberikomu

Toiki mo shiroi kaisatsuguchi de
Tsumasaki tachi shite kimi wo matte iru
Yuube wa nemunaide kangaete ita
Kotae wa sagasezu asa wa yatte kita

Mou nani mo iwanai yo
Futatsu kan KOOHII
Nigirishimeta mama de

Dare demo tsumazuki sukoshi tsukarete
Nakitaku naru
Utsumukanai mama tameiki tsukazu
Mune wo hatte
Kikasete kudasai "TADAIMA" to

---- Recap ----

[Chibi characters of the Crew appear in the foreground as scenes from the last episode play
in the background. Though, you can't see 'cause this is text. Haha!]

SSJ: LAST TIME on GINGA GIRI GIRI! ...Damn, I'm gonna miss saying that...

Amiko: We make it to Domino City, and TEAM VOLDEMORT FREAKING ARRIVES.

Cindy: We are about to lose, but hey, since when do we lose?

TM: Never! So after getting rid of them for the last time, we head on to return our bishies.

Davis: And in New York Harbor, we return the last of their bishounen and bishoujo.

Van: And so, on with the show! ...Damn, I'm gonna miss saying that...

---- Chapter 99: Chiyo no Wakare - One Thousand Farewells ----

Solarice was as noisy as ever, even at the break of dawn. People were bustling and rushing
to and fro, now that Terra was returning to normal. Virus, the Nishiten, Rantmon, the
Council, the Enders... They all were a passing memory as the Other World was recovering
from its five million year nightmare.

The sun rose over Solarice that day with a great many planes landing upon its runways. Air
traffic was heavy and crowds clogged the security stations when the Five stepped out of
their plane, refreshed and completely awake. It was their last day in Terra, and they
needed to make the most of it.

They were immediately presented with an ovation of claps from everyone around. They saw the
many people, Solaricians, Lunarians, Otarians, whatever. People from all over the world
stood there, clapping for them. They felt happier than ever that it was all over.

SSJ, Amiko, Davis, and Cindy suddenly noticed TM was missing from their ranks. They turned
around and saw TM with his arm around the twenty-something stewardess of their flight.
"Oi!" called SSJ. "Let's go!"

TM sighed, and settled with a wink before leaving with the rest of the Crew. The stewardess
would have swooned if TM had not been only fourteen.

***

Elsewhere in Solarice, there was a garden just beside the Solarician Capitol Tower. Marble
monuments lined the ground, stretching for miles. Beautiful trees and flowers stood in the
midst of the futuristic city, almost as if it was reminding the city to don't forget the
past.

Momo stood before one of the monuments, where the name "Yamatani Yuki" was beautifully
carved into the marble. It brought a smile to Momo's face as she remembered her sister. She
had been encouraged by Davis relaying Yuki's words.

She suddenly heard someone approaching. She turned and saw that it was Nataku. "Natsuki!"
she bursted out with surprise. She was about to say more, but the smile on her brother's
face told the story.

"It's too bad, Momoko," replied Nataku grimly. Momo looked at her brother with sad eyes.
"Most of my body had already decayed and has been lost. There is not enough real DNA in me
for the operation to start. Virus had taken it all."

Momo was silent for an uncomfortable moment. "Then..."

"It's alright, Momo," her brother spoke to her. She looked up and was about to retort, but
he continued, "I should have died now, anyway. It's no big deal."

"'No big deal?!'" she angrily replied. "It's no big deal if you die?! How can you be so
selfish?"

Momo was suddenly silenced when her brother cast a serious glance at her. She looked up at
him as he continued, "The bond of my soul to this body has been weakening, anyway. I have
felt it ever since I ripped Virus out of my body. It's decaying, and soon, I'll die anyway."

Momo's eyes fell to the ground sadly. "How long?" she asked after a long silence.

"One week," Nataku replied. "I'll definitely stay by you until then." Tears came to Momo's
eyes, thinking about seeing her brother gone again. "Don't worry, Kino's still there. And
it's no big deal, remember? I'll just be waiting with Yuki." Momo remained silent as the
two stood there by Yuki's monument.

Suddenly, they heard a roar of clapping and cheers. They turned in the direction of the
sources, and there they saw the Five stepping through the streets, grinning at everyone.
Momo couldn't help but smile at seeing SSJ's grin again. "Alright, I understand, Natsuki,"
she said at once. Nataku smiled.

***

"Your move," Van said between yawns. He reached and scratched the back of his head,
glancing at the clock on the white washed wall. It read 8:00 AM. He looked upon the chess
board before him, where his black knight was threatening the enemy pawn. His opponent moved
another pawn forward.

"Go," Kensou told Van. He looked up at his opponent, seeing the boy's apathetic face. 'That
kid's good at acting,' Kensou muttered under his breath. 'Damn it, I can't read any
emotions.' He had figured this especially during their session of poker the night before.

Van moved his bishop and declared, "Check." Kensou looked down at the board and indeed saw
that the bishop was threatening the king. Kensou picked up his king and was about to move
it out of the way when he heard the roar of cheers.

Kensou glanced out the window and saw the crowds following five kids at the front of it. He
smiled. "They're back." Kensou didn't notice Van shifting around his pieces from under his
nose.

"Are you moving or not?" Van asked in his apathetic tone.

Kensou sighed and looked down at the board. He didn't notice anything then he moved the
king to an unoccupied area. Van moved his knight and announced, "'Mate." Van said nothing
more as he got to his feet and began to walk away.

Van suddenly felt a chess piece hitting the back of his head and falling to the floor,
bouncing and rolling away. "Don't think I didn't notice that," Kensou muttered as he looked
out the window. "I let you do that."

Van just blinked. He sighed, "Damn, I was careless." With that he stepped out of the room.
The two people smiled as Kensou put away the chess set.

Kensou placed the pieces into the small box, and then turned to look outside the window. He
saw the Five far away from the second floor of the Capitol Tower where he stood. He stood
within the restaurant, where he and Van had played their game after a breakfast of omelets.
The Five down below smiled widely. Kensou's smile faded as he looked down upon the chess
set. 'I've been just a pawn,' Kensou thought to himself. 'Those guys... They were all
rooks, bishops, and knights... I'm just a pawn...'

He stepped away from the table, boxed chess set clutched under his shoulder. 'I don't know
what to do now,' he thought. 'I have nothing here... Nothing at all...' Kensou kept his
thoughts to himself as he stepped towards the elevator. He pressed the down arrow. When the
door opened and he saw the Five in the elevator, he smiled back at their grins and
greetings. 'Yes, I have made up my mind,' Kensou thought in his mind. 'I am perfectly set.'

He turned to the others and said, "I'll return this chess board. I'll be back." The Five
nodded and Kensou disappeared behind closing doors.

***

It was a little past 9:00 AM when the Crew were lined up, sitting at a long table. Behind
them were blue drapes with the seal of Solarice printed in the middle. Before them were
lights upon lights and cameras of every station. Reporters of every size and shape sat in
the chairs before them, shooting pictures of them all.

SSJ sat there, still amazed that he was still sitting there despite being informed of this
just one minute before. Amiko sat there, looked from reporter to reporter, and casting a
narrow leer at those in the back, whose cameras seemed to be zoomed a little too closely.
TM looked at the thin female reporters, casting winks and long distance flirts. Cindy just
sighed at the absurdity of all this. Davis sat there bored as Van was just about asleep.

"Alright," announced Kino at the podium beside the Crew. Everyone noticed the device around
his ears that allowed him to hear, since he had become deaf within the core. "We shall
begin his question and answer session." Kino looked over the bunch of hands and saw one
from a fairly prominent news anchor. "The man from XYZ news."

Simon "Peter" Jennings stood up then and asked, "How does it feel to be the youngest people
to save the universe?"

The Crew blinked, though except for Van, who was still asleep. "There was one before us?"
muttered SSJ to the others.

"We feel great, of course!" Amiko replied over SSJ.

She was about to continue before Kino just interrupted, "Next question. The man from
KITSUNE news."

Dash Limbaugh stood up then and declared, "Truly, you children are inspirations for us all!
Tell us, how-" There suddenly was a buzzer.

Limbaugh stopped and looked at Kino. "Ten words or less," Kino just replied. "Next
question..." Limbaugh sat down, sulking. Everyone blinked. "The man, in the back," Kino
called.

"What are your three sizes?!" yelled the man from the back. Amiko and Cindy blinked.

There was a silence. "What station are you from?!" Amiko yelled back.

"AWSM news!" he replied.

Amiko opened her mouth to speak, but suddenly paused. She realized the letters were a joke.
"You're not a reporter, are you?!" The man suddenly turned and dashed away from the room.
Amiko and Cindy sighed.

Kino rubbed his forehead and sighed. He looked at a man by the corner, seeming to be
urgently in need. He called, "You, in the back!"

"Where is the salad bar?" asked the man. Kino snapped.

"This interview is over!" yelled Kino was he stormed out of the room. The Five sat there,
blinking. Van snored all the more.

***

After the failed interview session followed the fancy luncheon. The Six were lead into the
dining hall of the Capitol Tower, dressed in suits and dresses. They looked upon the many
people before them and gasped.

Though, they didn't gasp at the people, but at the buffet presented before them. They
didn't need to be told to serve themselves- they had already reached the buffet line and
took a plate.

After fetching their food, they sat down at their reserved table, looking at the people all
around. Amiko noticed Kensou standing in the line still and waved. Kensou smiled back, but
Amiko felt like he was acting strange. Still, she took her fork and stabbed through her
lasagna.

Cindy looked beside her and saw that TM was gone. "Eh?" she muttered as she looked around
the table. TM was nowhere to be seen. Cindy's eyes became narrow very quickly. She wiped
her lips with a napkin and stood up. "I'm going to fetch a certain someone," she muttered.
Everyone saw that TM was gone and sighed.

Cindy got to her feet and scanned the area. She made eye contact with a group of men. Big
mistake. They began sliding towards her. She quickly slid away before they got any closer,
sighing at how close she just came to danger. She held her head up and searched for TM,
keeping the group of men in the corner of her eye. Then, she spotted TM. He sat in the
middle of a group of women. She heard him from that distance, drunkenly yelling, "Of
course! We'll throw a concert just for you!"

Cindy turned white upon hearing that. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" she roared from that distance.
TM suddenly sobered up. Cindy was stomping towards him. The women around him slid away. TM
turned white.

Little needs to be said of him being a mere lump of flesh a few minutes later. Cindy closed
her fans and stormed back to the table, telling everyone of what TM just said.

***

The sun was near setting when the concert held for the Outlaws was slated to begin. It had
been delayed for a slight moment- the Outlaws' promised act was being slipped into the
schedule (as a bonus, so the advertisers rationed). As SSJ, TM, Davis, and Van were
changing into their costumes; the three other than TM couldn't help but be silently angry.

"Just brilliant, TM," SSJ muttered to break the silence. "You make us spend our last day
practicing instruments we've never played and making us play in a concert."

"Hey!" TM snapped back. "I was drunk! What could I do?"

"Not get drunk, perhaps?" Davis said with a vein clear in his forehead. He rubbed his
forehead, trying to get rid of a headache. "Geez, leave it to you to make things horrible
complicated."

"WHAT?!" TM spat back.

Suddenly, Van interrupted, "If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be here."

TM turned to Van and yelled, "Thank you!"

Van turned to him, confused. "What are you talking about? If it wasn't for you, we'd be
home by now." TM facefaulted at that.

"Geez, guys," muttered TM. "I'll show you this was a good idea when I show how awesome I
am."

"Yeah, sure," they replied.

***

The crowd was cheering loudly when the curtains of the Mishima Amphitheatre arose,
revealing Kino Tsumuji standing by a microphone. Everyone became silent when Kino spoke
into the microphone, "And, something completely unexpected... I'm serious. I didn't even
know about this until five minutes ago. We have the Outlaws in concert for the first and
only time!"

There was a tumult of cheers. Kino stepped off stage as it became dark. Smoke came from the
sides, and the Outlaws were suddenly standing in the center of the stage, in full costume.
There was SSJ, electric guitar, dressed in a new jeans and tanktop set. TM, lead vocals and
guitarist, stood beside him, the only one grinning, and he was dressed in his black T-shirt
and jeans. Amiko stood in the back, working the keyboards, dressed in khakis and her blue
T-shirt. Cindy sat at the drums, glaring at TM, dressed in her V-neck and skirt. Davis and
Van stood on the other side, dressed in their tanktop and khakis, both playing the acoustic
and bass guitars respectively.

Off on the side stage, Kensou looked at them all with narrow eyes and a mouth open in
disbelief. Momo and Nataku were the same. And so were the Hokuten. They stood there as
Cindy struck her drum sticks together to form the beat. And so began the song.

One of SSJ's strings broke immediately. 'Oh, shit!' he swore as he continued playing the
chord he learned just a second ago. 'I already broke a string?!' This was going to be a
hard concert.

TM began singing...

"TROGDOOOOOOR! TROGDOOOOOOOOR!" [2] There was a pause for a musical instrumental, everyone
jamming. Everyone cheered, not knowing the song, anyway.

TM continued, "Trogdor was a man!" There was a pause as TM had forgotten the next line.
"Ehr... He was a DRAGON MAN!" The others looked at each other as they continued playing.

"Or maybe he was just a DRAGON!" TM continued singing. Everyone else in the band
sweatdropped.

Kensou looked at the sheet music in his hand and muttered, "Wow, they're way off..." He
looked at the cheering audience. His mouth dropped to the ground. "And they're totally
buying it!"

"SSJ knew how to play the guitar?" Momo muttered with surprise.

"I didn't know they knew how to play anything besides the clarinet!" Kensou replied.

"Did he learn five minutes ago?" asked Nataku. They saw SSJ break another string. "Must
have..." The others in the side stage couldn't help but sigh at the crew.

"But he was still TROGDOOOOOOOOOR!" screamed TM into the microphone. "TROGDOOOOOR!" TM
began bouncing across the screen, screaming, "BURNINATING THE COUNTRYSIDE! BURNINATING THE
PEASANTS!" There was once again a musical interlude.

SSJ continued playing with the four strings he had left, improvising as best as he could.
He gritted his teeth as he continued striking the strings with his pick. He suddenly felt
his pick break and swore to himself.

Van and Davis exchanged glances, wondering what SSJ's problem was. They were playing their
guitars just fine. But then again, they had already known how to play the guitar, even if
no one else knew they did. They looked at SSJ's guitar, and saw that only four strings were
left. Their mouths almost fell to the ground.

Amiko sweatdropped at the keyboard, for she had found it easy to play. TM was bouncing
across the stage shouting his lyrics. 'Damn it, stay in tune!' she thought to herself,
listening to TM's screaming. TM shouted out, "TROGDOOOOOOOR!" Amiko sighed, ears almost
bleeding.

Cindy sat in her seat, looking at everyone. Amiko, Van, and Davis were carrying well.
Though TM couldn't sing, his guitar playing was on track. Then she looked at SSJ, and
caught sight of the four strings still connected. When SSJ struck it again, there were
three left. Cindy almost fainted at SSJ's horrible lack of skill.

And then, TM finally screamed, "BURNINATING ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE THATCHED ROOF
COTTAGEEEEEEESS!" There was another musical interlude. SSJ broke another string, leaving
him with two. The others were feeling really bad then. "THATCHED ROOF COTTAGEEEEEEES!" TM
slammed his guitar and stepped back as SSJ came into the limelight.

He broke another string. SSJ was nearly frozen solid, completely surprised at being left
with only one string. Still, he played all the faster, throwing his pick away and playing
with his bare finger. TM looked at SSJ, and saw the five broken strings. His mouth fell to
the ground.

Amiko, Cindy, Van, and Davis continued playing, surprised at SSJ being left with the solo
at only one string. And he was playing it with his raw fingers, no less!

SSJ continued moving his hands at an insane pace, keeping up with the song on his only
string. The song got faster and faster, and so did his movements to hit the string. His
solo only lasted thirty seconds. Thirty seconds. Thirty seconds! It seemed like an eternity!

Finally, he was reaching his final note. He fell to his knees and raised his hand high and
finally slammed down on his string for the last time. It broke, leaving him with bloody
fingers. Everyone was stunned as the song came to a close.

Cindy struck the drums for the final time as Amiko slammed the keyboard. The last note
stretched for a good moment as SSJ kneeled there, feeling a sense of accomplishment. And
the song was over.

Suddenly, he felt Amiko and Cindy's instruments slamming into his back. "THAT WAS TOTALLY
OFF KEY!" screamed Amiko.

"WHO USES THAT MUCH FORCE TO PLAY A GUITAR, IDIOT?!" shouted Cindy. "DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO
PLAY ANYTHING?!"

Suddenly, they were cut off by people cheering. Amiko and Cindy looked up over the
instruments burying SSJ to see the people clapping and cheering. Amiko and Cindy smiled and
bowed. TM grinned and turned to Van and Davis. "Told you it was a good idea!" he shouted.
Van and Davis just ignored him, hating to admit that he was right. And SSJ found it
difficult to breathe, then.

***

And it was around 8:00 PM when the Crew stood atop the Solarice Capitol Tower. There upon
the helipad, SSJ, Amiko, TM, Cindy, Davis, and Van stood before Kino and the rest of the
Terrans they had befriended. There were the Hokuten, smiling at all of them. Kensou stood
at the front, and Momo and Nataku were behind him.

Amiko began by saying, "I'm glad to have met you all!" She turned to Kensou and smiled.
Kensou weakly smiled back. "We could not have survived without all of you! So, thank you
for all the help!" Amiko bowed. The others were forced to follow suit.

When they all got up, SSJ said, "Yes, we wouldn't have made it so far without you guys."
SSJ didn't make eye contact with Momo, but he already was having doubts about leaving. He
looked up and continued, "I won't forget any of you. Your existences will be carved into my
heart."

TM then added, "That's right! It has been a blast meeting all of you!" He winked at Risika,
who sweatdropped. "Anyway, we've got to go home, so good bye, all of you!"

"You all will be fine from now on," said Davis. "All of our hard work wasn't for the short
term. From now on, you all will be safe. I promise that. It has been fun meeting all of
you!"

Cindy looked at every Terran before her. She smiled and uttered, "It is because of this
world that we have become so strong. Thank you for all the help and encouragement! From now
on, we are stronger than we were before!" She smiled, and everyone smiled back.

"Bye," was all Van said with a grin. The others still got his emotions, even then.

Rantmon and Mauzel suddenly appeared beside the Outlaws. Everyone looked at Mauzel in
surprise as she said, "Thank you all!" She bowed before the Six, and the Terrans turned
white with surprise. "You have all borne the burden of the world and can still smile! You
give us hope and courage! Thank you!" The Six smiled.

"Time to go?" Rantmon asked.

"Yeah," SSJ replied with a grin.

Rantmon clapped his hands together, and suddenly, the area became foggy. Kensou, Momo,
Nataku, Kino, and the Hokuten were taken aback by the sudden fog. Then they looked up in
the sky. They saw the shimmering veil of many colors- the Gate in the sky. Their eyes
widened in surprise.

The Six waved and leapt off of the roof, and they were pulled towards the Gate. They waved
at the Terrans far below, and then they looked up and faced the Gate.

They didn't see Kensou step up. The Terrans looked at Kensou in surprise.

"Kensou!" Momo exclaimed.

"Mishima?" Kino asked. "What is this about?"

Kensou turned to the others. He sighed and said, "I'm sorry, but I have decided on this.
This world isn't suited for me now. I have lost my home... And I have found it..." He
looked up at the Gate. "In them..."

"Oi, Mishima!" Kino called. "Don't be stupid! You might screw our worlds over by going!"

Kensou turned to Kino. "What about them? Isn't it the same concept?" Kino rubbed his chin
in reply. Kensou continued, "I have decided. I am going."

Momo continued, "Kensou, are you sure...?" Nataku placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked
up at him as he shook his head. She became quiet.

Kensou turned to Rantmon, as if he was asking for permission. "It's no problem," said
Rantmon. "Nothing will be in danger from you shifting to over there." Kensou nodded.

Kino looked up at Kensou. "Alright," he said. "I have to say I'm sorry, then, for killing
your father."

Kensou didn't turn around. "It's okay. Because he's resting in the Underworld right now..."
Kensou turned around. "Good bye, everyone." They nodded. Kensou looked at the city all
around. "Good bye, Terra." He leapt towards the Gate, and suddenly felt the force of it
pulling him up towards it.

Kensou looked around, and saw that he was the highest he had ever been before. He saw the
lights of every house and building, shining like a million candles. Each light was like a
separate dream. His wasn't in this world. It was on Earth. He looked up at the Gate above
him as he crossed the threshold. The lights below suddenly disappeared as the Gate closed.
And that was the last time any of them beheld Terra ever again.

***

The Six shot through the tunnel, seeing the colors fly past them at an immense speed. They
looked around, realizing that this was the first time they saw the inside of the Gate like
this. They had been unconscious last time.

They suddenly saw the color drain away. Everything became black. The wind no longer rustled
their hair. They had come to a complete stop.

They looked around the blackness. "What the Hell is this?!" shouted SSJ.

"Where are we?" asked Amiko.

Suddenly, some blurry objects came into view all around. All around, white objects came
into view, becoming clearer and clearer. There seemed to be a web all around them,
stretching in every direction possible, and there were many points where the web lines met
and gathered. "What the...?" TM could only utter.

"Uh, guys...?" they heard Van utter. "Do you guys see that?" Suddenly, everyone became
silent. They turned towards Van, and saw where he was pointing. Just before them, there was
an enormous mass, where every web gathered and met.

Everyone turned white upon seeing the enormous mass, where the webs twirled and swirled
around. They could hardly believe something existed that was so large. Davis looked upon
the shape and uttered, "Where... Where is this?!"

A deep voice suddenly called from the mass, "You have reached the Fifth Dimension."
Everyone was stunned to hear that.

Suddenly, they heard someone mutter, "What the Hell?!" They turned and saw Kensou behind
them. They were taken by surprise once again.

"Kensou!" exclaimed Amiko. "You... You left?!"

Kensou looked at her, not sure whether to smile or not. Everyone's gaze returned to the
giant mass. SSJ finally spoke up, "What is the 'Fifth Dimension'?"

There seemed to be a large gust of wind as the mass took a deep breath. "You should know,"
said the mass. "There are the three spatial dimensions: length, width, and height. There is
the fourth dimension, time. And there is the fifth- the dimension where all alternate
universes meet."

Everyone was stunned. "Alternate universes?" repeated Amiko.

"Of course," said the mass. "There are infinitely many worlds, where every possibility
exists as a separate, connected dimension. Worlds can be as different as the outcome of
coin flips to shattered civilizations. All of them are connected. All of them are related.
All of that exists within this Fifth Dimension."

There was a long silence. TM finally asked, "Who... Who are you?"

"Hm..." thoughtfully hummed the mass. Everyone looked up at it as it continued, "I have
many names. Yahweh. Zeus. Amaterasu. Existence. God. It is simpler just to say 'I am.'"

Everyone was stunned at that answer. God... They were face to face with God... "Why are we
here, God?!" Davis nervously asked. "Why have You sent us here before You?!"

"Relax, Davis," replied God. "I have called you to inform you that you will never return
again. The worlds of Terra and Earth are far too closely aligned. Look." Everyone saw a
shine off in the distance. They turned and saw a large clump of web far away glowing. "That
large clump is both the universes of Earth and Terra. They are far too close and it is
dangerous for everything."

Everyone was silent as God continued, "They are that close because that is the one and only
universe created by Man." Everyone was stunned at that. "The program created by Frank
Miguel... It was so advanced that the data became sentient life forms. And an alternate
universe was born that was a copy of his program, and was still affected by changes he
made. That is too dangerous."

"So..." Van uttered. "What are You going to do...?"

"It is simple. I will cut the link between the two." Everyone was silent for a long time.
"This subsequently means that no travel can happen between the two, anymore. There will be
no more Gates connecting the two. And you will be forced to stay in your worlds forever."
Everyone stood there, looking upon the two universes. They would never return to Terra
again... But that was all right. They had already made up their minds. Even Kensou did.
"This is your last chance. Say the word and you will return to your own world, and no more
will you see Terra again. Do you wish this?"

Everyone exchanged glances. SSJ to TM to Amiko to Cindy to Davis to Van and finally to
Kensou. They all smiled. They turned to God and said at once, "Yes!"

The webs suddenly disappeared. The form of God began to fade. "Then it shall be done," He
spoke. "Do not be saddened at your return to a mundane life. Do not seek Me, but live out
your lives. I will not say if there is a Heaven or Hell. That is for you to find for
yourself. Simply live as best as you can, from now on..."

As God faded from sight, everyone smiled. "Alright, God!" TM called. "We won't forget those
words!"

And everything became black.

***

The seven woke up in the middle of a clearing. The quadrangle of a school. Everyone sat up.
SSJ, Amiko, TM, Davis, Cindy, and Van recognized the buildings. They were at school. They
had returned to their school! They suddenly noticed the people all around. Everyone looked
at the Seven. People gasped in surprise.

Amiko was suddenly overrun with old friends, dashing and grasping her. "Amiko! It's really
you!" they shouted in utter surprise. "Where... Where have you been?!"

Cindy, too, was swarmed by friends, and more and more people dashed to see the returned
six, plus one more man. They seven saw Frank standing by a pillar, panting from suddenly
arriving. They all smiled.

They all became all the happier now that they have returned. Phone calls were made. Their
disbelieving parents dashed onto the scene, finding their children safe and sound. Amiko's
father and sister held her tightly in their arms. TM's parents, brother, and sister cried
at the sight of their son and brother again. Davis was met with his parents and siblings,
all crying with joy. Cindy's parents and sister came and cried rivers of tears at the sight
of her. SSJ saw his parents, his two brothers, and his little sister. He couldn't be
happier to see them. Van saw his parents crying for him, and he was glad that he returned.

Kensou looked at all of their crying faces and could only smile. No one minded him much,
not knowing who he was and not caring in the moment.

Suddenly, someone coughed. Everyone became silent and turned towards the source. It was a
teacher, who had dashed out of the teachers' lounge. Amiko and SSJ recognized their
homeroom teacher. "Well, it's surprising to see you all back after eight months!" he
exclaimed almost sarcastically. Everyone looked at him as he continued, "Well, I hope you
have all done homework in that time!"

Everyone chuckled at that. The teacher laughed at his own joke. The seven weakly laughed in
reply. Suddenly, the teacher became serious. "No, really," he said sternly. "I expect your
homework and studies done by the end of the week, or else you'll fail this year. You've
lost eight months of curriculum, and you won't pass unless you study on your own!"

Everyone's mouths were on the floor then.

---- To Be Continued ----

- ENDING SONG: DESTINY - TAMAKI NAMI - [1]

itsuka miteta tooi ano sora wa
kimi no kokoro ni tsunagatte ita
me wo tojireba itsumo namae yobu koe dake kikikoeru

tooi hitomi no mukou kimi wa nani wo utsusu darou
fukaku iki wo sueba kaze no iro mo kawatta

jibun wo shinjite iru noni
mune ga tsuburesou na fuan ya mayoi
aru no wa kimi dake ja nai kara...

kawaranai kotae ga areba ii
kanashii kurai toki ni nagasare
dakara eien toka bokura wa sagashitagaru n da

itsuka miteta tooi ano sora wa
kimi no kokoro ni tsunagatte ita
me wo tojireba itsumo namae yobu koe dake kikikoeru

---- Preview ----

["Field to Tomorrow" from the Lunar 2: Eternal Blue soundtrack plays in background. The
Crew appears solo in chibi style, and random scenes from the next episode play, though you
can't see because this is text. Haha!]

SSJ: NEXT! On GINGA GIRI GIRI! You thought it was the end? Hah! Suckers! Shows how gullible
you are! In the real world, a new horror comes to terrorize Earth...

The Rest: NO WAY!

(Everyone suddenly dragon kicks him at once. SSJ coughs in pain and crashes into a wall,
unconscious.)

Amiko: Not ANOTHER plot arc!

TM: It's over, damn it! Let it die!

(Cindy suddenly looks at the background. She sees the scenes of them fighting.)

Cindy: Oh dear... The episode has already been produced...

Davis: (shaking a fist) DAMN YOU, SSJ!

(Van suddenly appears with gasoline.)

Van: No worries, guys, we can fix this problem. Easily.

(Everyone smiles and walks away with Van. SSJ is left alone to whisper.)

SSJ: Next on Ginga Giri Giri... "Back to Square One"... Guah...

(SSJ faints.)

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Author's Note:

[1] The lyrics here brought to you by Cori. Visit him here: http://www.corichan.com/

[2] "Trogdor" is a song by the always awesome Strongbad. Listen to it, if you happen to be
inhuman and haven't.