Chapter 55: Birthday

A lavish birthday party is happening at the mansion where Yui lives. However, things get out of hand rather quickly, when Karii mocks a certain invited guest who shows up a little late.

## Features of this Chapter

### Chapter Title [Surmised Title]

Birthday [The Rambunctious Birthday Party]

### Transition Milestones

Karii wears a rather provocative, erotic, halter-style cocktail dress to the party, a dress loaned to her by Yui.

### Relationship Evolution

Kaitani (The Dark Lord) learns who the secret, secular personalities of the Maho Shoujo girls are.

### Skills Learned

In the altercation that erupts at the party, The Dark Lord is defeated in battle for the first time, mostly by Pretty Saku-Nyan taking the initiative, but with help from Foret Noire. Everyone is surprised that diminutive Pretty Saku-Nyan has learned how to command such awesome power !

### Lessons Learned

It's way more fun to meet people and friends at a party, then to meet them as combatants on the field of battle !

BIRTHDAY

[THE RAMBUNCTIOUS BIRTHDAY PARTY]

CHAPTER 55 OF THE MANGA

## Previously

When the Age Adjustment feature was instituted, the three friends in the Club had a great time pretending to be pre-adolesent children. About the same time, the Maniacle Girl developed their own Age program, and also tried out being a child. A while later, Karii tried something a little different with the Age feature; she transitioned to an adult female, and had Karin become a child. Now the two look like Mother and daughter, which is what they did at the Mall. Meanwhile, the Maniacle Girl, playing around with their apps, ended up losing their memory. Yui offered to have Kaitani stay overnight in her bedroom. Thus began a girl-with-girl, albeit slightly romantic, sleepover. Now it is Yui's sixteenth birthday, so something extravagant is sure to be planned !

## Chapter Overview

For her 16th birthday, Yui Furumi had planned on a lavish party at her mansion. She invited her female friends to celebrate with her, including a social outcast girl that she has a mild romantic crush on, Kaitani Zakurow. Kaitani even brought with her a gift for Yui, to show her appreation for not only her special day, but for a generious favor shown to her earlier. Yet, the unexpected happened, when Karii began to mock and spoof Kaitani, who did not take that kind of ribbing very well. Much to the horror of the other guests, a simple satire escalated and turned into a carnal battle between three Maho girls. Two of the girls used their Henshins to transform into battle maidens, whereas the third girl had her avatar fight for her.

Finally, Yui had to step in and bring an end to the hostilities. But by then, things had already calmed down rather considerably. To restart the party atmosphere, Yui invites all to 'put down their weapons', and join her in a sumptuous feast of the finest food. Surprisingly, all the girls had no apparent hard feelings over what happened, and enjoyed each other's company and conversation around the food table. Even with one final stab at mockery, the group was kept congenial and happy. And that is all that Yui wanted, after all !

## This Chapter's Story

Yui Furumi turns 16 today. So, of course, there has to be a rather extravagant birthday party at her mansion. The three members of the Maho Shoujo Club are invited to attend, Karii Maki, Karin Saku, and Chiyoko Teruto, and they were the first ones to arrive at the lavish outdoor party on the grounds of the mansion. Yui thanks the three for attending. In return, Karii thanks Yui for allowing her to come a little earlier, and change into a rather provocative, erotic, adult-style halter cocktail party dress. Only more than happy to accommodate Karii in her quest for fashionable female attire, Yui remarks that you, Karii, never change. You are a true trans girl at heart.

The party had already just begun, when Ren, Yui's private maid and protector, mentions that a late arriving guest has finally shown up. The guest, Kaitani Zakurow, is warmly welcomed to the party by Yui (Yui seems to have a mild girl-with-girl romantic crush on Kaitani. See Chapter 53). Yet, when Kaitani sees the two members of the Maho Shoujo Club at the party in their everyday attire, she remarks that she now has absolutely confirmed the secular personalities of those Maho Shoujo girls. This is information that Kaitani has long suspected, but was never able to verify, until now ! Why, those two are classmates at school ! Yet, who is Karii Maki ? No idea ! Only now does Yui realize the social blunder that she has apparently committed, and turns pale with self-condemnation, saying that she is a complete failure as the club manager. Chiyoko bemoans that their secret identities have all been revealed and will soon be common knowledge.

Much to everyone's surprise, Kaitani treats her stark observation as if it was no big deal. She moves on and offers a birthday gift to Yui, a rare offer of friendship from a loner and socially backward girl. Yui wants to know what the decorated package is for ? Duh ! Curtly, with a touch of sourness, Kaitani remarks that it is the obvious gift to bring to your party and commemorate your special day. Karin and Chiyoko are much surprised that a socially repulsive girl like the Maniacle Girl would make any kind of generous effort toward another person, let alone another girl. Such a Yuri attitude toward Yui is mind-boggling, coming from Kaitani.

Chiyoko and Karin are much surprised at the intimate, loving spirit that Kaitani is showing to Yui. Karii is taken aback, but unfortunately, offers sarcasm toward Kaitani, saying that is the Dark Lord peacefully offering a present *to another girl*, so unlike their usual disagreeable self ? Karii doesn't realize at this time that her thoughtless and unkind comment would trigger a most unpleasant altercation that would disrupt Yui's very important and heartfelt party. Karii laughs loudly at her statement, with Karin telling her to shut up, as what she just said is not polite and really uncalled-for. Not realizing the embarrassment to Kaitani that has already been done, Karii soon would be the one who starts what is about to happen. Also yelling loudly, Kaitani rebukes Karii, also telling her to shut up. Besides, Kaitani points out that the gift is also a thank-you token to make up for a generous favor that Yui had bestowed upon her (Being a guest in Yui's home. See Chapters 52 & 53). You're really being nice and showing proper consideration, for being a Dark Lord, mocks Karii.

Yui opens her gift. It is a Pretty Sugar plushie doll, a very expensive, limited production, and very rare and desirable item among anime and manga fans. Profusely thanking Kaitani for her timely gift (Yui is a fan of Pretty Sugar, just like Chiyoko is), Yui says that she will treasure the gift, and it will have a special place in her bedroom, as well as in her heart. Kaitani says that makes her so very happy !

Continuing with the troublesome and misunderstood comments, Karii remarks to Karin that the Maniacle Girl doesn't really act like a villainous Dark Lord these days ! Appealing to Kaitani, Karii asks why can't the Dark Lord abandon their villainy, become a Maho Shoujo girl like the rest of us, and join the Club ? What could have turned out to be a giant leap forward to doing just that by Kaitani, that is, by moving away from her dark side and becoming more pleasant and sociable, was about to, instead, take a giant step backward. Such a shame that a good incentive to do good was lost for now, because of two girls speaking thoughtlessly to one another. Kaitani, to her own discredit, was by now 'on a short fuse', and begins displaying her often shown Tsundere Personality with its prominent mean streak. With an angry look coming upon Kaitani's face, she barks out that she is supposedly not acting much like a Dark Lord ? So, you wanna *Dark Lord* ? Well, yer gonna get a **Dark Lord, right here and now !**

An instantaneous change happens, as Kaitani morphs into the Dark Lord (the Maniacal Girl does not use a Henshin), donning her black, sexy, ominous costume. On the sidelines are Yui and Ren. Ren wants to know from Yui if what we are seeing right now is a magical trick of some sort ? Well, no, not exactly, exclaims Yui, as she whispers into Ren's ear as to what is happening. Kaitani is a Maho girl, but not like the other Maho girls. Meanwhile, the Dark Lord bellows out that *you will regret your attempt to mock me, Karii !* Karii counters, saying that let's have a little side show to this party ! A perfect time to show off all of our battle skills, don't you think ? ***"Really, at my party?"***, silently remarks Yui to herself ! To kick off the festivities, Karii implores Chiyoko to set up an Ion Force Field barrier, so as not to cause any damage to the outdoor party facilities or the spacious, ornate mansion. Yet Chiyoko is reluctant to do so. *Dang it, this is supposed to be a birthday party, after all !* Yet, seeing the teenage girls' tempers ignite, she does just that ! The Dark Lord scorns Chiyoko, telling her to go ahead and transform, as she already now knows that you are secretly Foret Noire. Chiyoko and Karin are puzzled and disappointed, asking why did it have to come to this ? The Dark Lord commands that you two, Chiyoko and Karin, come at me first as the main course ! Then, when I defeat the both of you, I will come after my dessert, ***Maho Curry*** (Karii transformed), if she dares show her face, and will 'eat her up' ! "We have no choice, Karin, we have to act!", Chiyoko sadly remarks.

Right out in the open, with everyone seeing, Chiyoko and Karin go through their Henshins (Transformation Sequences), in order to morph into and power up as Maho Shoujo girls. However, seeing the two Henshins, live and in real time, completely mesmerizes and disorients the Dark Lord (as part of the Henshin, for only a brief moment, both are unclothed, but covered with energy sparkles and rainbow colors). Having seen a Henshin in an anime art book, but never having seen an actual Henshin, the Dark Lord is completely disarmed, and rendered defenseless. In a few more moments, Foret Noire (Chiyoko), and Pretty Saku-Nyan (Karin) are done, dressed as Battle Maidens, and ready for anything. But remarkably, the Dark Lord begs for a 'time out', as she is in no condition to fight. Seems the Dark Lord still can't handle the sight of the buff female body, and has to have some time to calm down their upset and burning mind and heart (see Chapter 27). Foret Noire is flabbergasted, but allows sufficient time for the Dark Lord to recover.

Yet, without showing or admitting anything, The Dark Lord knows that she is in no condition to fight. Her mind has been locked onto a 'one track playback', constantly repeating the public spectacle of seeing the Henshins. Suddenly, a wondrous idea comes to her. She can have her Avatar, Sonnen, fight for her (see Chapter 17)! She can even 'loan' Sonnen some of her Dark Power, to boost his destructive abilities ! Appearing above the Dark Lord out of a black and gray cloud, Sonnen receives his instructions---*mangle and punish them all !* Sonnen first glares at Karii, then makes a bee-line for her. Karii is frightened beyond belief. Foret Noire and Pretty Saku-Nyan are horrified at what is happening. However, Pretty Saku-Nyan's angry temper is quickly ignited, resulting with her own, wide, Tsundere Streak blazing like an exploding supernova star. At the last possible mirco-second, a flash of light erupts between Sonnen and Karii, and a giant cat's paw has stopped Sonnen's forward movement and restrained him from moving at all. Pretty Saku-Nyan has used her own superpower of **PRETTY SAKU-NYAN'S PAW STAMP !!!** (see Chapter 36). With no more effort than swatting a housefly, Pretty Saku-Nyan has stopped the powered up Sonnen dead in his tracks.

Breathing very heavily, Pretty Saku-Nyan nontheless, shouts---

**"I WILL PROTECT AND DEFEND KARII WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL !!!"**

Pretty Saku-Nyan then loudly proclaims---

**"FORET NOIRE .... RESTRAIN THIS BAD AVATAR, WHO IS SPOILING THE PARTY, AND CLEAN UP THIS MESS, RIGHT NOW !!!"**

Foret Norie activties her own Special Power, **FORET NORIE'S CHOCOLATE COCOON**.

She begins shouting, **"The Emobodiment of bad manners and disrespect of Yui's special day, this is the perfect opportunity for purification !"**

A river of melted chocolate, called **CHOCO YARN**, erupts from both her index fingers, and weaves together to become a forceful whirlwind of chocolate. Like a chocolate tornado, the windstorm approaches and engulfs Sonnen, imprisoning him inside the 'eye of the tornado'. The whirlwind then solidifies into a diamond hard chocolate cocoon, with Sonnen inside.

Watching all the action from the sidelines, a puzzled and confused Dark Lord remarks to themselves that those two handled a boosted up Sonnen with the greatest of ease. When did they improve so much ? And how did Pretty Saku-Nyan aquire so much power, handling it like she was doing nothing more than putting frosting on a cake ? She has always been the weakest out of all of the Maho Shoujo girls ! After a while, things seemed to have calmed down considerably. The chocolate cocoon was given to the Dark Lord, with Foret Noire releasing Sonnen, and he then dissappears into a black and gray cloud. Then the Dark Lord, being very uncharacteristic of themselves, announces that today they will give the overall victory to Foret Noire, and a Gold Medal Performance designation to Pretty Saku-Nyan ! Foret Noire bursts into a flood of tears, whaling that us two were finally able to win properly, as Maho Shoujo girls, using our own special powers. For her part, Pretty Saku-Nyan was silent, but turned 50 Shades of Red with abject embarrassment, that she was the Saviour of the Birthday Party, and Heroine of the Day. Karii hung her head in stark uselessness, as she did not even get to power up with her Henshin and transform into Maho Curry.

Seeing the reaction of the Maho girls and Karii, the Maniacal Girl speaks up, declaring not to get the wrong idea about her ! She has lost this battle, but she is not 'down for the count' and defeated. Why, she will return and set up for all of you a Real Kick-Butt Party, a Feast of Darkness, wherein you will wish you had never met the Maniacal Girl, and.....blah....blah....blah..... Yui intrupts the impromotu speech by the Maniacle Girl, and proclaims that by her Royal Decree, the *Battle Maiden's Fun and Games Event* is now over, my Party is being rebooted, and is about to restart ! Everyone put down your weapons, and gather 'round for a sumptuous feast ! All three detransition back to being ordinary teenage girls, and everyone now turns to enjoying a special party with a dear friend for the rest of the day.

Soon, everyone is waiting to go through the food line, then take their place on a massive outdoor picnic table. Surprisingly, Karii sits near Kaitani, as the two strike up a friendly conversation. However, once again Karii becomes cynical, commenting to Kaitani that aren't defeated villians supposed to 'tuck their tail between their legs', and run off to fight another day ? Also much surprisingly, Kaitani, talking with her mouth full, replies that she is not a Dark Lord right now, just a lonely, shy, socially incompetant, and 'sad but wiser' teenage girl, trying to have fun with her potentual, and hopefully understanding, friends. What's so bad about that ? Plus this good food is 'to die for', and one would be foolish to pass up something like that. Dining together on wonderful food beats fighting together any day ! Yui, across the table, silently acknowledges to herself that everyone seems to be happy and having fun for a change right now. And more importantly, Kaitani is actually, albeit slowly, backing away from being a typical anime and manga villian, and gradually becoming a cute and adorable, a loving and caring, teenage girl. A tall order to excuite upon a former 'Dark Lord' !

## Chapter Lookback and Commentary

Karii is still dissappointed that she did not get to show off her own Henshin, and confront the Dark Lord. After all, it was Karii who first suggested that we have a 'side show' to the party. However, she tries to 'look on the bright side' by observing that, this time around, she was the one who was protected by the Heroine, Pretty Saku-Nyan !

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A fan-based doujinshi style Epilogue of Chapter 55---by CuteGothLolita

Later in the day, when the party is just about over, with Ren and the wait staff clearing away the banquet setup and taking away the huge picnic table, Karin is still fuming about what had happened during Yui's special day party. With her Tsundere Streak still slowly glowing and smoldering, Karin approaches Chiyoko, and has a heartfelt talk with her. This so unlike the typically shy, reserved Karin ! Chiyoko nods her head in approval, and the two of them set off to roundup both Karii and Kaitani. The four of them sit down on lawn chairs set in a semi-circle, right where the Force Field had been ! As President of the Maho Shoujo Club, Chiyoko takes the lead in giving both Karii and Kaitani a good tongue-lashing for their role in what happened today. Speaking frankly and bluntly, yet tapered with understanding, Chiyoko begins by stating that this event was designated an official Club activity, therefore all club members were expected to be on their best behavior.

Chiyoko first turns her attention to Karii. Looking intently at her, Chiyoko states that it appears that you were the one who started the altercation. This by spoofing Kaitani, that she was not acting like a typical Dark Lord. Why would she do that, if she had been invited, and came to a Birthday Party of all things, a party of a dear friend, no less ? You, Karii, should be encouraging Kaitani to be, Dark Lord aside, the best teenage girl that she can be, instead of making fun of her. Shame on you ! Maybe you meant no harm, but your comedic routine was susceptible and prone to misunderstanding. And then you decided to 'fight fire with fire' by having a 'side show' ! That is just what happened. You need to apologize to Kaitani, right her and now, for doubting her actions and conduct at the party ! Remorseful, Karii does just that, hanging her head low and apologizing profusely. Kaitani merely looks at Karii without any emotion.

Next, Chiyoko turns her attention to Kaitani. She states that you, Kaitani, are not a member of the Club, therefore, you are not under the good conduct standards of the Club. Nevertheless, I will leave it up to you to decide if what I have to say will be taken into consideration by yourself. I trust your sense of fairness, even if you are not all that familiar with being in a social enviroment with other girls. Club members, like Karii here, are not perfect, and may say or do things that are not pleasing to others, mostly without offense. That's just human nature. However, you, Kaitani, should not misunderstand or take offense at every little remark made about you. And even if you do express disapproval, calling up your Dark Lord self, itching for a fight, is way, way 'over the top' of a proper reaction to any satirical comment or spoof. It's always better to talk things out that upset you, rather than fighting things out on the battle field ! I would suggest that you apologize to Karii, although I leave it up to you and your own conscience about that. Yet, I do believe that you can become a fair minded person, if given the chance. What say you, Kaitani ?

Kaitani gives Chiyoko a sour look, and a pregnant silence follows. Finally, Kaitani speaks, as all eyes are intently upon her. She says that she is not one to back down from a fight. And she is not going to apologize for her reaction to Karii's mockery and intimitation. However, she will say that she is sorry that she had reacted so forcefully, so ready to have her Dark Lord side settle a simple verbal exchange with Mortal Kombat. For that she will say that she is sorry for the 'overkill'. Thus Karii is told that there was really no real need for her to face the Dark Lord. Sorry about that ! Just don't think that I am a 'push over' when it comes to battle skills, just because I may be somewhat ackward with social skills ! Karii silently nods her acceptance and approval. Karin looks on with a happy look on her face, and smiles at Kaitani. Chiyoko is pleased, too !

Continuing to speak to Kaitani, Chiyoko remarks that you, Kaitani, are still welcome to come to the Clubroom whenever you want to. Yet, I will say to you that you will have a lot more fun and enjoyment coming as the cute, likeable teenage girl of Kaitani, rather than as the troublesome Dark Lord. But I leave that up to you. You can come as either, but expect different reactions to how you present and conduct yourself at the Club based upon your presentation and behavior at the Club. If need be, Pretty Saku-Nyan can 'put the Dark Lork in her place' at any time now ! And I will repeat what Karii said earlier, that you are welcome to apply to become a member of the Maho Shoujo Club, either as your teenage girl self, or even dressed as a Dark Lord, providing that you behave yourself and conduct yourself in a proper manner, as long as your are partaking in Club activities. It's up to you, although you are to be commended for the positive social things that you have done so far.

Meanwhile, Yui has come over to where the 'meeting of the minds' has been taking place. She stands next to where Chiyoko was sitting, and caught the beginning of Kaitani's remarks. When Chiyoko is done speaking, Yui now takes her turn to speak. She says that she sure was surprised at the impromptu event at her Birthday Party; The Battle Maiden's Fun and Games Event ! However, no hard feelings are given or felt by herself, and everyone should come away from my party a happier, better person for attending. I hope all of you had a good time, notwithstanding the altercations. Everyone nods their head in agreement. Yui now mentions that the party may be over, but the fun can still go on ! Why not have everyone here go with me this evening to the Karaoke lounge, and have a good time ? It will be my treat, including limo service to the lounge and back !

**"Yeah....Let's go....now the real fun and competition can begin !", is shouted by all !**

(End Epilogue)

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