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In a world populated by cartoon characters of all shapes and sizes, battles between heroes and villains happen on a daily basis. Of course, some of these battles often take place in a shopping strip mall known as Lakewood Plaza Turbo. Riding on a bus was a tanuki wearing a samurai attire.
Accompanying him is Meilin, a mini red panda he adopted from his time at Super Animal Island. By the time they got there, they were amazed at what he saw. All kinds of heroes were there and everything else he saw in the commercial. Once they got out of the bus, they went into a supply shop called Gar's Bodega, where they meet a pair of siblings from the land of Rhyboflaven.
"Hello, my good sir and welcome to Gar's Bodega," said the girl with the dark blue ponytail hair.
"If you need something to win you power battles, just say the word." said the guy with light blue hair.
"Actually, I'm here to get a job," the tanuki said, "Do you know where your boss is?"
"No idea," said the girl, "Sometimes he goes on those top-secret missions or something."
"Our boss is in his office. you won't miss it." the boy answered.
The tanuki thanked the two co-workers before entering the office where he meets a shirtless man wearing only a tie and glasses; his name is Eugene Garcia, also known as Mr. Gar.
"Hello, Mr. Garcia, I'm here to apply for a job." the tanuki said as he handed his resume to Mr. Gar.
"Hmm... It says here your name is Meisaku and you're a member of a tanuki clan who joined a group of rebels in taking down an evil organization, right?"
"Well, not to toot my own horn, but yes," Meisaku explained, "During my vacation time at Super Animal Island, I wound up joining the Super Animal Super Resistance to take down the Secret Military Organization, whose stupid leader wanted to find a sheep for his ray gun."
"Hm. Interesting... Weaknesses."
"My only weakness is that I get irritated easily, so if I see something that inconvenienced me, I start ranting and cursing in my native Japanese."
Mr. Gar was surprised by this revelation.
"Well then, I hope you know how to watch your language when near children."
Just then, an alarm went off.
"Another one?"
"What do you mean by 'Another one'?" Meisaku asked.
Mr. Gar grabbed Meisaku and headed outside the Bodega, where they saw a box falling from the sky and emerging from it was an evil red robot with one eye and a jar on his head that's holding his brain.
"I am Darrell! And I'm gonna destroy everything!" Darrell said as he begins blasting his lasers everywhere while laughing maniacally.
"Okay, Meisaku, here's your chance to prove yourself." Mr. Gar said to Meisaku.
With a knowing smirk, Meisaku pulled out his katana from his backpack and began to fight Darrell. Joining him were the two co-workers he met who are wielding magical weapons called Magiswords.
"I hope you don't mind if we join in," the girl said.
"Thanks," Meisaku said, "By the way, I haven't gotten your names."
"Sure thing, buddy. The name's Prohyas."
"And I'm Vambre Marie Warrior."
"And we're the Warriors For Hire!" they said in unison.
"So, Mr. Gar hired you two to work at the Bodega?"
"Pretty much." Prohyas answered.
Suddenly, a 9-year-old barbarian appeared to fight Darrell.
"Foul mechanical beast, prepare for--"
But the young barbarian never got a chance to finish his sentence as Darrell beats him up before kicking him to the wall, knocking him unconscious. As Meisaku, Prohyas and Vambre continue to fight Darrell, the young barbarian was woken up by a young boy who is 6-11 years old wearing a red headband with matching wristbands.
"Are you okay, mister? That robot sure gave you quite a beating." the kid said.
"Ugh. What happened?" the barbarian said.
"Well, if I remember correctly, you try to fight an evil robot that was making a mess of the plaza, but then he beat you up so bad before he kicked you to a wall."
"So it would seem. By the way, what is your name, little one?"
"Oh, my name is K.O.," K.O. said, "I came to the plaza with my mommy who works at the Fitness Dojo. So what's your name mister?"
"I am Fangbone of the Mighty Lizard clan," Fangbone said, "I came to your world to protect the toe of the evil slug wizard Venomous Drool."
Fangbone sighed.
"But, it would seem there is a lot more for me to learn about this world than I thought."
As Fangbone was pondering, K.O. watched as Meisaku, Prohyas and Vambre continue to fight Darrell until Mr. Gar emerged from a cloud and performed an elbow drop on Darrell, causing an explosion which reduces the evil robot to a severed head, which Mr. Gar kicks his head toward the factory called Boxmore Industries.
"Good job, you three, now get this mess cleaned up." Mr. Gar ordered.
"Yes, sir!" Prohyas and Vambre said in unison.
"You got it, Mr. Garcia." Meisaku added.
"Mondays, am I right?"
"Wow, that Mr. Gar sure is cool," Prohyas said, "But I was wondering, how the heck did he get up here anyway?"
"I know, dear brother," Vambre said, "It's like he always shows up at the most opportune moment."
"Probably because our boss is a level 11 hero," Meisaku answered, "Now help me pick this trash up."
As the three co-workers began cleaning up the mess from their fight, K.O. began to think to himself.
'I want to be a great hero. But how do I become one? Will I wake up as a hero one day? Will I transform into one? No, that's not right. After seeing Fangbone getting his butt kicked by Darrell, I realized that I can't become a hero right away, so I'm gonna start working here at Lakewood Plaza Turbo so I can learn what it means to be a great hero one step at a time.'