Excel or die; Strike Back! Last Chapter; All bad things end slowly…

Author's note; I guess this is it; this is the end of my first successful fanfiction. I want to thank all those who have reviewed my fanfic during these past few months, (especially Seriyu-the-ice-dragon and Katca Mcadar) and all those who read my fanfic yet couldn't be bothered to review it!! Oh well, it's time to rap this baby up and to try and finish my Deathology trilogy over at

In the ACROSS headquarters…

"HHHHAAAAIIIILLLLL ILPALAZZOOOOOOOOOOO!" Excel screeched at the top of her lungs; however Ilpalazzo did not seem impressed, he just stared into space

"Um….HAIL LORD ILPALA-"

"Excel can you possibly tell me where Agent Hyatt has disappeared off to?" Ilpalazzo interrupted

"Well you see; Lord Ilpalazzo, after the explosion that happened after I destroyed the robots that threatened to destroy your beautiful city, Hyatt seemed to have disappeared! She left without a word and without a trace. HOWEVER Excel has returned to the top secret headquarters of the top secret organisation of ACROSS to report that the robots have been removed and that the city is in fine condition for you to still conquer it!" Excel's long and fast speech finally came to an end

"That still doesn't answer my question." Ilpalazzo said

"B-but you asked where Hatchan was-" Excel tried to protest, but was interrupted yet again

"I'll ask you one more time; where is the phone that I have asked you to get me?"

"The…the phone?" Excel started to sweat in fear, she remembered in the previous chapter, she remembered buying it back in chapter 5, and she remembered trying to give it to her Lord Ilpalazzo back in chapter 6-but he wasn't in his throne room. But ever since that Yomiko chased her around the city in chapter 8, she had lost the phone…

"Remember? I asked you to buy me a phone, it was crucial to helping me conquer this city…" Ilpalazzo wanted an explanation from Excel

"Um…it seems that your faithful Excel has…misplaced the phone-but but BUT! When your faithful Excel DID have it, Excel came here to give it to you, to show that she has FINALLY accomplished a mission, BUT you were not here! Please forgive me Lord Ilpalazzo! You were not here to receive the phone, you disappeared-"

"Excel…" Ilpalazzo bellowed in an angry tone, "You know that I never EVER leave my throne room, I'm never seen outside this room or off this chair. So that seems that you are LYING to me!"

"B…but…but…Lord Ilpala-" But Excel's attempts to convince Ilpalazzo of her innocence was in vain, as she saw the 'rope of doom' come down from the ceiling and stopping besides Ilpalazzo's right hand.

"And all liars must be punished!" Menchi then appeared out of the blue and sat on the arm-rest of Ilpalazzo's air that was closest to the rope. Menchi looked at Ilpalazzo, he smiled; Ilpalazzo knew what Menchi wanted to do…

"Ok…just this once…" he said, Menchi grinned and looked upon Excel, she leapt and her claws caught onto the rope. She pulled it down and the floor beneath Excel's feet was no more. Excel fell into the 'bottomless' pit and her voice had faded away, despite her attempts to cry out her Lord Ilpalazzo's name.

Menchi walked out of the room in order to find Yomiko. Ilpalazzo was left in his throne room and with his own thoughts;

'Well, after seeing that agent from the British Library Task Force on camera-I was expecting a big battle with her or with my stupid cousin Joker. But alas it was not meant to be, bit of an anti-climax if you asked me…now…I wonder where my agent Hyatt has gone too…'

On the streets of the City of F, just as the sun's about to set…

"Yes…what?!...Oh...That's great!...Yes…I'll call him right away…" Yomiko was found talking on the phone; she was also petting Menchi in an affectionate way (How the hell did Menchi get to Yomiko so quickly?), for she knew that this would be the last time she gets to be petted like this by Yomiko. She purred beneath her touch, but then jerked up when she heard someone walking up to Yomiko. It was Hyatt, she had come to meet up with her, in order to say goodbye to her beloved before she left the City of F. Yomiko saw Hyatt coming towards her; "Sorry Wendy, I'm going to have to call him later….Yes please let him know…thanks….bye!" Yomiko hung up and faced Hyatt.

"That was Wendy, a member of the British Library Task Force. She just told me that Joker has found the whereabouts of Nancy!"

Yomiko had told Hyatt about Nancy and the 'Ii-Jin' mission that they had met on. However Hyatt was confused; wasn't Nancy dead? Yomiko read the confused expression on her face and smiled;

"The Nancy that has been found is one whose loyalty was towards Ikkyuu during the 'Ii-Jin' mission. The Nancy who tried to kill me." Hyatt winced, she remembered when Yomiko first told her about this-the image of it still gave Hyatt sharp pains in her heart. "Apparently," Yomiko continued, "this Nancy has no memory what-so-ever. So, I hope to meet her and hopefully be able to help her. Maybe we could start over and become good friends…"

Silence followed and both of them looked down at the floor, trying to avoid eye contact and speech. This was very hard for both of them, none of them wanted to say goodbye-but fate had separate paths for both of them.

"Well…I guess this is…goodbye" Both of them said in unison, they looked at each other as they realised they were saying the same thing and smiled. The smile was fake compared to what they were feeling inside.

"I hope you have a safe journey Yomiko," Hyatt managed to say, "and you can come back anytime- cough cough cough" Hyatt started to cough up blood, a tear formed in the corner of Yomiko's eye

"Stop it!" she protested, she straightened herself up and looked harshly at Hyatt, "We both know that you only do that to gain sympathy and attention from those around you."

Hyatt stopped coughing and wiped the blood from the corner of her lip. She then frowned, "You can see right through me, but…"

"I know," Yomiko took Hyatt's hands into hers, "This is hard for me to…but no matter what; no matter where my missions take me or no matter whose bad guy's ass I have to kick…I'll never forget you…" Hyatt was starting to cry now

"Here…I want to give you something…" Yomiko dropped Hyatt's hands and got a piece of paper out of her pocket, it was purple, the colour of Hyatt's hair. Hyatt watched in curiosity as she saw Yomiko form something at the end of her fingertips. When Yomiko had finished, she opened her hands and a beautiful, graceful butterfly took flight. Hyatt smiled at this wonderful creature-made out of paper and smiled. She caught it and the butterfly's wings still fluttered in the palm of her hands as if it were alive.

"In my times of need or in time of heartache, I'll look at this beautiful butterfly. And the image of you will make all my pain go away." The two embraced and gave each other a kiss on each other's lips. They resisted the urge to make it into a make-out session, for they know that they wouldn't be able to stop if they started. Hyatt helped Yomiko put the last of her luggage into her car, and Yomiko petted Menchi once last time.

As Agent Paper and Hyatt say the last of their goodbyes, another incident is occurring in the bushes nearby (no, nobody's having sex or peeing…in case you were thinking that you perverts)

It seems Watanabe, Iwata, Misaki and Sumiyoshi have been eaves-dropping on the whole conversation between Hyatt and Yomiko;

Watanabe, to much surprise, does not seem happy-in fact he's in tears,

"Tell me it's not true," he begs in between sobs, "TELL ME WHAT I AM SEEING IS A LIE!" he breaks down and hides his face in his hands. Misaki pats him on the back, as a sign of sympathy.

"Sorry man," Iwata said, "but it's true…Ms Ayasugi is a lesbian…" Iwata tried with all his might to try and sound 'supportive' and 'nice' in his voice-rather than 'mocking'.

But Watanabe wasn't beaten yet, he dried his tears with the back of his hands; "Oh yeah? Give me half an hour with her and then we'll see!" he comforted himself, thinking romantic yet erotic thoughts…involving him, Ms Ayasugi, his bed and a pair of handcuffs…

"Oh Watanabe, you know you couldn't be with a woman THAT long!" remarked Iwata

"WHAT?! WHY YOU LITTLE-" Watanabe attacked Iwata and the two were locked in their brawl. Misaki and Sumiyoshi moved away from the two, to reflect on the past few chapters (I mean…hours)

Misaki noticed Sumiyoshi was in deep thought; "You miss him, don't you?"

Sumiyoshi knew Misaki was referring to Silent Bob, even though they spent a little time together-he couldn't help but miss him

"It was just nice to finally meet someone just like me…silent, yet so misunderstood" Sumiyoshi said using his subtitles, "it was sad he couldn't stay for a longer period of time…"

"Yeah, well-Kabapu released them off their duties when he realised that the Puchuu wanted the 2 giant robots to kill them two. I guess he didn't really want them two to stay in this city after he heard that!" explained Misaki, "Besides, they only came here to screw some chicks…and that's exactly what they did…"

"Really? Wh-" Sumiyoshi started to ask, but as he looked upon Misaki-he noticed that her cheeks blushed in embarrassment. "You didn't…"

"Let's never…EVER mention it again. This conversation NEVER happened." Misaki ordered. And the two stared off into the sunset…

"By the way…" Hyatt began; Yomiko put Menchi on the floor and looked at Hyatt

"You came to this City in order to stop Lord Ilpalazzo's plans…Were you successful?" Yomiko smiled then opened up one of her suitcases. She browsed through her items of clothing and drew out the exact same phone that Excel had bought (or should I say stole) back in chapter 5. Hyatt giggled; she knew that Ilpalazzo wouldn't be able to carry out his plans without that phone.

"I have been needing to get a new phone for quite a while now, so I guess you could say that I 'killed two birds with one stone'…are you going to tell him?" Yomiko was referring to Ilpalazzo

Hyatt shook her head, "I'll let you off, besides, he'll have a new plan by the morrow…"

After some time had passed, when Hyatt and Yomiko finished their goodbyes; Yomiko got into her car, with a book in one hand and her new phone in another. Hyatt clutched her paper butterfly to her heart-where she will always hold a place of Yomiko. Hyatt watched and Menchi waved as Yomiko drove off into the distance onto her next destination; The Royal British Library Task Force Headquarters in Japan. Yomiko suddenly remembered the phone call she received before she said her goodbyes to Hyatt; she dialled the direct telephone number to Joker. After a couple of rings, he answered;

"This is Joker" he said in a professional voice

"Oh, this is Yomiko"

"Well, it's been a while. How is you're holiday treating you?" she remembered that the last time he called, she was in a middle of a battle-she was expecting him to question about the battle or the success of her mission. But she guessed that Wendy had already filled him with the details.

"Good…it's just ending actually." A little twitch of pain, from the departure of her beloved Hyatt, was felt in her heart. Her holiday may have ended, but her love for her won't. But she knew that she had her 'agent' duties to attend to…and to find Nancy, speaking of which…

"Um…I wanted to ask you something. Where is Nancy?" Ever since her last mission, Yomiko had asked Joker and others at the British Library Task Force to try and find the location of the 'sister' clone of the Nancy she once knew. Wendy had told her on the phone that Joker had discovered the whereabouts of her, so now she planned to visit her, to get to spend the time with her that she couldn't spend with the Nancy she knew…

"Prison Medical Hospital," Joker answered as if he was simply asked for his name, "her memory is still missing due to the lack of oxygen to her brain."

Yomiko felt worried, "…will she ever get better?" 'Please let your answer be a positive one' she begged silently

"Its going to be quite an 'up-hill' battle for her so no one can say for sure." She felt her heart beat rate increase due to fear and uncertainty.

"I do believe she's quite happy though." Yomiko calmed her emotions by this sentence

"If she ever recovers, she'll have to stand trail." She knew this, but she couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Even though this was the same Nancy who helped Ikkyuu in the 'Ii-Jin' mission, maybe Nancy feels sorry for what she has done and wishes to make amends. She wouldn't be able to do this if she is thrown into prison!

"…I want to see her." Shortly afterwards she received directions to the Prison Medical Hospital. The next morning, she had reached her destination, she had to identify herself to some of the staff of the hospital in order to see her but they let her through.

She found Nancy on a bench in the hospital garden; the bench was on the edge of a small cliff looking over the big blue sea below them. The area was beautiful, it was a bright sunny day and the garden had plenty of trees, flowers and butterflies which gave a 'magical' feel to the place. It was no wonder that Nancy was happy here.

She sat down silently next to Nancy, she saw her trying to create something out of a yellow piece of paper she had in her hands. She could tell from the frustration in her face that she was failing to do so.

"Hello." Yomiko said to Nancy, Nancy looked up at her but no emotion-apart from frustration-could be seen on her face.

"Can I borrow this a moment?" Yomiko asked, she took the piece of paper from Nancy's hand and began to will the paper beneath her fingers to form into a creature that Yomiko wished for it to be. Nancy watched in fascination and wondered what the young woman was doing, until she suddenly opened up her hands. Yomiko had managed to form a graceful butterfly from the yellow piece of paper.

"Wow!" remarked Nancy as her eyes grew wider in fascination. The paper butterfly fluttered away as if it were a real one-Nancy leaped in joy at the marvellous creature that Yomiko created and chased after it in order to catch it. Yomiko remembered the look on Hyatt's face when she gave a butterfly that looked much like the one she just created. She remembered seeing love, passion, joy, happiness, innocence and hope. Like the emotions that were showing on Nancy's face right now.

When Nancy finally managed to catch the butterfly, she looked at Yomiko as if she just seen her, "I'm sorry…who are you?"

"Yomiko Readman," She replied with a smile, "I'm a friend of your older sister"

Nancy smiled back and felt safe around this person-as if she knew that she could be trusted. She sat down next to her, she was eager to know about her 'older sister'; "I have an older sister?"

"Yeah…you did. She was strong yet, gentle… And she once saved the world" Nancy listened in anticipation as Yomiko looked out to sea, the waters glittered and sparkled-giving her feelings of happiness inside. For even though the Nancy she knew was gone, and she had to say goodbye to her beloved Hyatt, she knew that tomorrow would be a brand new day; and a beginning of a new path for her and Nancy.

"Man, that trip was fucked up man!" Jay commented; he and Silent Bob were on the bus back to New Jersey. They were sitting at the back, as usual; Silent Bob was by the window seat and was half-listening to Jay's comments about their visit to the City of F.

"I mean first we find ourselves in a fucking cartoon town-which I blame you for by the way," Jay poked Silent Bob, but he didn't react to it.

"Next, we are forced to work for some guy was a shitty moustache. Then, we are attacked by 2 giant robots-just because some fucked up teddy bear wanted to kill us…I'm telling you…that city is full of ball lickers! The only thing I enjoyed was when we got high…and when I screwed that Misaki chick! She played hard to get, but she gave into my good looks and my sexy charm…I knew she wanted to fuck me from the beginning!" A happy face grew on Jay's face from the sheer memory of it, but Silent Bob could only feel sadness…

Jay finally noticed Silent Bob's grim face; "Yo, what the fuck is the matter?"

Silent Bob pointed to the bottom of the screen, Jay didn't understand at first-but got it when Silent Bob said; "No subtitles"

"Hey man, don't feel so bad. Maybe it's a good thing, I mean with all the shit, filth and swearing that comes out of your fucking mouth-maybe its better that you don't have the fucking subtitles to do the talking for you!"

Silent Bob rolled his eyes and shook his head. He looked out the window; they were close to their home. But he couldn't help but miss his new friend, Sumiyoshi, and the time he had in the City of F.

But he knew where he and Jay belonged, leaning against the wall-which was found next to some random newsagent. Where they would wait, until some chick would coming along…that looked good enough to screw…

EPISODE X-EXCEL OR DIE; STRIKE BACK!

TODAYS EXPERIMENT…………FAILED!

In the Yomiko scenario involving Nancy, the phone call to Joker, etc, I combined the original Japanese dialogue and the English version together, that way I got the best of both versions.

See ya freaks! But don't fret- after I'm done with Deathology book 1 (or when I'm bored of doing coursework), I'm popping back over here to do another story-Promise!! I was planning to do another crossover; one the was going to involve 'Charmed' and 'Tru Calling', but I think I'll leave my next fanfic up to you! I have plans for 12 other stories, on both fanfiction and fictionpress! Along with your review, mention whether you want me to post fanfic on one of the following topics next;

· Metal Gear Solid; The Twin Snakes

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The one with the most votes will be my next fanfic-see ya later dudes!

Lilith Darkstorm