Ello everyone. As you see, here's the next chapter, and I'm slowly dying because of school. Anyways, enjoy and Happy Holidays!:

'Wait, so does that mean that Numbuh 1 used to be a lazy person in the past? No wait, they did say it was a self that they reject…. She only said that so I would understand the effects better…' Joanne pondered to herself while trying to sleep. It was still morning, but she didn't get any sleep the previous night, so really this was her only time to take a nap. Before that though, she briefed to Numbuh 1 about how she was undelightifulized, and her theories to undoing it for her friends. Of course, she didn't reveal too much about their past to him, but tells him to get them to accept the "selves" that they showed under the effects of the orange juice. However, she wasn't sure if Numbuh 1 was actually paying attention in his depressed state or if he understood what she was talking about. "Well, I'll just have to hope that they figure it out…" Joanne muttered as she fell asleep.

Right after she fell asleep, the spy and a ninja fell from the ceiling. The spy gave a command, and the ninja proceeded to gag and tie Joanne up. Joanne slowly opened her eyes, starting to wake, but the spy puts a handkerchief over her mouth, which knocked her out instantly.

"One done, 4 more to go." The spy said to the ninja. They quickly escaped to the air ducts as they proceeded to find the rest of the delightfuls.

In the living room of Sector E's treehouse was Sector E, Sector Z, Sector V (Except Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 5), and the rest of the delightfuls. Sector WI said they had some extra documents to examine from moonbase, so they were in another room. (Although they were really hesitant on leaving them alone) Sector JA went somewhere in the treehouse, but the rest didn't specially know what exactly they were doing.

"So anyway, ignoring what just happened an hour ago…(You were sulking for that long?), from what Joanne told me, to reverse the effects of the delightifulization, you have to get them to 'accept themselves.'" Everyone in that room just stared at him in confusion.

"Huh? So is that why Sector E has been chasing us these past months? To reverse our delightifulizations? Who told you can do that? What if I said I like being delightifulized, huh?" Clive complained as he tried to get out his restraints.

"And what do you mean by "accepting ourselves?" I am pretty sure that makes no sense at all? Accepting yourself isn't that hard, see! I accept myself! See! Nothing happened!" John interjected.

"I'm really having a…." Yin began.

"...A hard time understanding this." Yang finished.

"I know we were a special case, but can't we just undo their delightifulization with like simpler means? Like with a camera flash or something?" Ashley asked.

"We tried that first already, and it didn't work." Numbuh 513 answered.

"Yeah! I was practically blind from those flashes!" Clive commented.

"Ugh, so does that mean that some kind of unknown factor is keeping them delightifulized permanently? We can definitely cross out the "blew a fuse" option since I'm pretty sure that was the only time the machine actually blew a fuse." Bruce said as he puts a hand to his forehead.

"I am pretty sure Joanne has an idea as you said Numbuh 1, but that kind of method seems a little too vague." Numbuh 122 said.

"I'm not insulting kids, us, or anything, but that kind of method seems a little out of our age zone, just saying." David added.

"And that's why you should just grow up!" Clive commented again.

"This guy's annoying. Can I knock him out?" Lenny asked irritated.

"No, no, no Numbuh 0.4. Don't give in into your American instincts." Numbuh 437 said trying to calm Lenny down.

"This is just a mess. The people who actually know what to do are dead asleep! How are we going to solve this problem by ourselves?" Ogie asked out loud.

"Haha! Serves you right!" Clive said.

"Were you ever this witty Clive?" John asked his friend.

"I do not know, but I do not care at all."

"This is…"

"...Such a mess." The twins sighed at this. They were still thinking about what Numbuh 7V said to them before. Was it possible that the delightifulization did not fully wear off? They weren't sure because how exactly do you measure that?

Up in the air ducts, the spy and the ninja were waiting for an opening in the operatives' defenses. They were surprised at the amount of people there, but the spy didn't really care. They took a smoke bomb from the holster on their right leg. With their left hand, they put up 3 fingers and started counting down. On the last finger, the spy threw the smoke bomb, and the group jumped down once the whole room was filled with smoke.

"Oh come on! Who had the smoke bomb!" Numbuh 2 yelled out, unable to see where he was going. Amidst the confusion, the spy knocked the delightfuls with their handkerchief. The then grabbed them and were about to escape into the air ducts until four figures jumped kicked them. They dropped the delightfuls they were holding and were dragged back to the ground by gravity. The spy panicked for a moment as they saw the events unfold.

'Did they know that we were here?' The spy thought before some kind of wind mysteriously started blowing the smoke away. The spy was then kicked from behind by Numbuh 40-Meteor as the last of the smoke blew away.

"You guys should really stop relying on these ninjas. These guys are so terrible at their job that we can see them from a mile away." Numbuh 40-Meteor stated as he got his P.U.N.C.H.E.R.

"I should really stop using things from Father. Whelp, I guess that means more money for me if I told him I ran into some complications." The spy, who is revealed to be a girl, said. She seemed about their age, and had long, dark brown hair that was tied in a ponytail. Her hair was dyed blond on the ends and red head scarf was tied around her forehead. She wore a white, short sleeved, dress shirt, which only went a little past her shoulders. She also wore long, ,thin, white gloves that went a little past her elbow. Over her shirt was a black and purple vest/coat with gold linen (kind of the like the ones pirates wear). She wore white shorts, with like the bottom half of a trench coat around it, with a belt, matching her top attire. She also wore black knee high boots over purple knee socks. (Basically, look up, "love live eli pirate" and it should be the blond girl in the pirate outfit. Almost same design, but light blue parts is black, while dark blue parts is purple) She had several holsters, some of which held guns, and a satchel swung over her shoulders.

"How are you not cold in that outfit?" Numbuh 40-Meteor asked in surprise to the pirate girl.

"Seriously? That's the first thing you ask?" The girl retorted with a blank look. She shakes her head in disbelief. "To answer your question though, this weather is nothing compared to back home."

"I think what he really meant to say is, who are you!?" Numbuh 1 asked as he and Numbuh 122 ran up to Numbuh 40-Meteor. The others were fighting the ninjas. (Luckily she brought enough to keep them preoccupied.)

"Typical question, but I'm just your average mercenary doing anything for cash." She quickly drew her laser gun and started shooting. All three of them dodged, but were hit for some reason. Not thinking about it, Numbuh 40-Meteor rushed towards her, readying a punch. Likewise, she did the same, but when he came close and sent a punch, she used a right leg to stop herself as she ducked under his arm. Momentum kept Numbuh 40-Meteor's punch going, and she used that delay to bring her left leg up and kick his shoulder while shooting him in the same direction.

"Ngh!" He held his shoulder in pain as he was sent flying the way he was kicked. Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 122 double teamed against the assailant, careful to not let her do the same to them. She easily dodged them, but likewise, they did the same. She did a cartwheel kick on Numbuh 1, pushing off his chest to land a jump kick on Numbuh 122 next. She then used a L.I.N.E.R. like machinery to help her flip over the operatives. At the same time, she shot both of them, and they were unable to dodge once again, knocking them to the ground.

"I don't have time to play with you guys. Sorry, but I got to go!" The girl yelled out as she heads to knocked out delightfuls.

"Okay, she's a really good shot and agile. The way she fires, it's almost impossible to dodge since she fires another one right after the first." Numbuh 1 grumbled as he tried to get up.

"I would say wind, lasers do not get affected by wind. However Numbuh 1, you saw that she had a hard time aiming when we were quickly jumping around, so let's do exactly that." Numbuh 122 said.

"I may be a workaholic, but that doesn't mean I like getting tired easily." Numbuh 1 responded with a smirk as they both ran to catch up to the girl.

Thinking she was close, the girl rummaged through her satchel for something. Taking that moment, Numbuh 40-Meteor quickly appeared beside her and threw a punch. Having no time to dodge, the girl could only defend herself as the punch came into contact. She was sent back a few feet, but quickly regained balance. She growled in anger and was about to shoot him until she noticed the two running operatives. She shot at them first, but the two used each other as bounce pads to help each dodge her shots.

"Great, now they'll fighting exactly like THEM!" The girl yelled out, irritated that they won't fight normally.

"Hey, don't take your eyes off your opponent lady." Numbuh 40-Meteor said with smirk as he closes in on her again. She quickly jumped backwards as she shoots at him. Using his P.U.N.C.H.E.R. to tilt his body, he spun in circles in the air as he dodges the lasers. 'Course some of them hit him, but he ignored the pain as he got closer. With the two other operatives closing in, her option was to take it into the air. Using her L.I.N.E.R. like machine, she went into the air, swinging around the operatives.

"Are you actually trying to be a pirate here?" Numbuh 1 said as he starts shooting at her.

"But I am can't you see? And I also love all the money in the world!" The girl responded with a cheeky smile as she continues shooting at the them. They barely managed to dodge her shots as they try to land some hits on her.

"Greed will get you nowhere!" Numbuh 122 retorted.

"That can be true, but hey. It's getting me somewhere."

With Sector WI:

Hey, do you guys hear something going on outside?" Numbuh 99-Rescue asked while looking through the many papers moonbase them, along with other things.

"Nope, nothing at all. Hey, found anything from the missing children file from 2009ish to 2012ish?" Numbuh 7V asked.

"Not yet. There's too many to look through and translate." Numbuh 33-Delta groaned as he read through many papers.

"Why exactly are we involved in this anyways? I'm pretty sure Sector E or even Sector JA could've done this." Numbuh 4X complained.

"Obviously we're here as the comic reliefs of the story." Numbuh 12.13 answered. "Besides, we're probably the only Sector who'll probably take the time to actually read something from the adults."

"Pretty much. We gotta do all the "dark side" work you know." Numbuh 7V added. The commotion from outside started becoming louder. "Oh, I can hear it now Numbuh 99-Rescue."

"Should we go outside to check up on them?" Numbuh 99-Rescue asks.

"It's probably nothing important. We have to focus on finishing this." Something caught his attention and then turned his head to a lamp that seemed way too fancy for the treehouse. "Was that lamp always here?"

"No, it was something we stole from the Hooligan's mansion." Numbuh 4X answered.

"Mansion? Hooligan's?" Numbuh 33-Delta asked confused.

"Don't ask."

"But why the lamp?"

"I dunno, it was the closest thing I guess."

"Lamp this, lamp that. Why is that thing still even here or being mention!?" Numbuh 12.13 asked, pointing her question at the absurdity of the world. Then they heard a crash. They all looked at each other in worry, but decided it was nothing bad. (You guys are idiots…)

With the others:

Keeping them distracted, the girl was waiting for the remaining two ninjas to finish gathering up the delightfuls. After they finished, they gave her the signal. Smiling in victory, she took some kind of metal box out of her satchel. She pressed a button and it suddenly became a hover board. She got on it as she made the peace sign towards her opponents. "Sorry, but time is money!" She sped up the board as she went towards the direction of the ninjas. She grabbed ahold of them and smashed her way through the window.

"After them!" Numbuh 1 yelled out as he gave chase. "Sector JA and my Sector should stay behind to fight the ninjas! Sector E, Sector Z, follow me!" Numbuh 40-Meteor gave a salute before he ran off to help his Sector in the fight.

"Numbuh 0.3 do your thing and reel them in!" Bruce gave a command.

"You got it Numbuh 0.1!" Ashley yelled out as she used her L.I.N.E.R to grab a hold of the hover board. She got it stuck, but Ashley was starting to get dragged by it, rising into the air. "Nnooooo! Anything but this! Let me out of this!"

"Dang it Numbuh 0.3! Don't you dare let go!" David said as he and the rest of Sector Z grabbed a hold of her to add more weight.

"Just how fast is that board going for us to still be in the air!" Ogie screamed out as she held on for dear life.

"What!? Those guys are still chasing after me? Man, I now I wish that these L.I.N.E.R. can be broken by the shot of my laser now. Can't get back to the ship if they're following me." The girl said to herself as she took a look behind her. At that moment, the other operatives grabbed onto the stockpile that was at the end of the line. (Lucky for them, they are still pretty close to the ground) She looked at the two ninjas and signaled them to go down the line to knock the operatives out. They nodded as they handed her the delightfuls. Actually, they tied them to the board, hoping that they don't wake up and scream. The ninjas start running down the line towards the operatives.

"Looks like there is trouble now! I'm going on ahead!" Numbuh 513 said she got off the stockpile to engage the ninjas.

"I'm going too!" Numbuh 122 said as he followed.

"I'm going to go confront that girl!" Bruce said as he also followed.

"Don't you dare leave me Numbuh 0.1!" Ashley screamed in fright because another one of the weights were gone, thus she was starting to get higher. He ignored her though, and jumped over the ninjas and in their confusion, Numbuh 122 and Numbuh 513 made the first attack. The girl saw that Bruce was racing towards her, so she drew out her weapon to fire at him, while of course, trying to avoid any tall buildings. When he saw her drew her weapon, took out the umbrella he borrowed (cough, stole, cough) from Ashley. He opened it up and used it as a shield from the lasers, which surprisingly worked.

"Hey, hey, hey! Just when did I give you permission to use MY umbrella, huh?" Ashley cried out in anger once she noticed that her umbrella weapon was gone.

"Just what kind of umbrella is that?" The girl asked in confusion when she noticed that her shots weren't exactly making holes on the umbrella.

"2x4 technology that is girl!" Bruce announced as he jumped up towards the girl with the umbrella ready to strike.

"This is going to be a pain." The girl nervously smiled. She drew out 2x4 dagger with her right hand, which she borrowed (cough, stole, cough) from someone. "I don't like using this, but I guess that's my only choice." She brought the dagger up to block Bruce's umbrella.

"Huh!? Just where did you get that!"

"Never returned it. You know, these things can really be sold for a lot of cash." The two continued to fight on the board, with the girl miraculously still driving the board on a safe path. Down below on the line, Numbuh 122 and Numbuh 513 were beginning to have the upper hand on the ninjas.

"Numbuh 513, jump over me!" Numbuh 122 yelled out. She did what she was told and in that moment, she kicked the ninja Numbuh 122 was facing while he jumped kicked the one she was facing, which sent him down to the stockpile. Sector Z, who was hanging on for dear life down there, captured the ninja in their grasp, adding to weight to the end. Now it was 2 vs 1, the advantage given to the operatives.

"Once we are finished with you, we can hopefully be done with these delightful kidnappings." Numbuh 513 stated out loud as the two operatives charged at the remaining ninja. Back on the board, the battle was still in a stalemate as the girl and Bruce dueled it out. With a gun in her left, and a dagger in her right, she somewhat has the advantage over him, but Bruce, with his many years of experience, equaled that advantage out. He brought the umbrella down, but she defended by crossing her arms.

"Ready to give us back the delightfuls yet?" Bruce asked as he tried to put more force into the umbrella.

"Not happening dude. Not while I still have something to do." The girl responded with an angry smile. In this predicament though, the two did not see the upcoming building that was getting dangerously close. The others though, saw it coming.

"DANG IT NUMBUH 0.1! PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU FOR ONCE!" Ashley yelled out to get Bruce's attention. By the time the two combatants noticed though, it was too late.

"Well…..," The girl began.

"...This is going to hurt..." Bruce finished as the board and everyone crashed into the building.

Back with the others:

"Okay, almost all done, two more to go." Numbuh 4 exclaimed as he took out a ninja. As the rest of the operatives surrounded the last two ninjas, they finally noticed that a group was missing.

"Hey, what has Sector WI been doing all this time?" Numbuh 40-Meteor yelled out once he realized this. The ninjas took this chance of surprise to escape out of the circle. Numbuh 555 was about to dragged them back with a L.I.N.E.R. until said group jumped down and landed right on the ninjas.

"Yo! Looks like you guys were busy!" Numbuh 4X exclaimed while looking around at the damage.

"Just where were you guys!?" Numbuh 40-Meteor screamed.

"Annoying paperwork, duh. Besides, you guys didn't really call us to help you know." Numbuh 12.13 interjected, making a face towards him.

"Anyways, what exactly happened here? Better late than never to help out." Numbuh 99-Rescue asked.

"A pirate girl and some ninjas snuck in here and took the delightfuls." Numbuh 2 answered. They nodded.

"Okay guys, we're just going to hurry along and hopefully take care of this mess as an apology. See ya!" Numbuh 7V said as he and his sector rushed out.

"Hey wait, come back here!" Numbuh 37-K yelled out, but her voice never reached them. "Of course they're not listening. How are they going to find them if they don't know where they went?"

"Aah, just leave them be. Numbuh 1 and the others can handle the mess by themselves anyways." Numbuh 40-Meteor sighed in defeat. "Let's just get this place cleaned up." The others nodded as they proceeded to pick up the ninjas and throw them out the treehouse. While doing this, Numbuh 40-Meteor thinks about a certain thing he recieved a while ago. "...I think should start listening to that mumble jumble for once…." He muttered to himself.

Back to the others:

Everyone was okay after that crash. (Since this was a cartoon world) They had a few scratches, but that didn't stop them as they chased after the kidnappers down the stairs of the building. Although, falling down the stairs would be the right words to say because they ran a bit too fast and tripped. You can imagine that they did start rolling and continued to do so until they finally exited the building.

"Seriously!? Just why is this happening to me?" The girl asked as she cursed the world for her bad luck. Once the ninjas were down, they started running, while still the holding delightfuls.

"Hurry up guys! They're getting further away!" Numbuh 1 yelled out. They gave chase once everyone stopped tumbling. They eventually went into the park, but this was bad news for the kidnappers because it was dead end for them.

"Seriously, can this day get any worse!?" The girl asked herself. Suddenly, the delightfuls that were in their grasps were pulled away from them. She looked to where they went and and sighed once she saw who they were.

"Found them!" Numbuh 4X and Numbuh 12.13 yelled out as they appeared from behind a wall. They landed next to the others, with the rest of their sector right behind them.

"Yep….., this world definitely hates me…."

"Sorry for being late guys." Numbuh 99-Rescue said as Numbuh 4X and Numbuh 12.13 handed them back the delightfuls.

"You guys look like you crashed into a building and fell down some stairs." Numbuh 7V stated, ignorant that it actually happened.

"Yeah, we did." All of them answered. He looked at them in surprise.

"Well, you guys can take a break and let us….." Numbuh 33-Delta said as he turned around, but he was stopped midway because he was surprised from seeing the person they were facing.

"Why did you…" Numbuh 4X began to ask before him and the rest of the sector noticed who the person was.

"SERIOUSLY!? CAN'T I GET A MISSION THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE RUNNING INTO THESE BUFFOONS? SERIOUSLY WORLD, CAN'T YOU DO THAT!?" The girl asked while screaming towards the heavens.

"YULI!?" All of them said at once.

"You know her?" Numbuh 1 asked.

"Uhm…, we tend to run into her during missions…" Numbuh 99-Rescue answered.

"You mean almost 90% of the time? Ugh, this is seriously a bad day. Wait, is that you Mai?" Yuli asked while looking Numbuh 12.13.

"Dang it, I forgot!" Numbuh 12.13 said while panicked. She wasn't wearing her face mask, so Yuli saw what she really looked like.

"Wait, those clothes…, you're Numbuh 12.13? Are you serious!? You mean I've been going to school with the enemy all this time?" Yuli whined to herself, unable to process all this information.

"You go to the same school?" Numbuh 33-Delta asked, though this was news to everyone in Sector WI.

"Uuuhhh, yeah….." Numbuh 12.13 nervously answered.

"Just which city are you from again?" Numbuh 4X asked.

"Don't you dare tell the trash!" Yuli responded.

"HEY! Even this trash can has feelings!" Numbuh 4X retorted. Then the two started arguing. Sector WI and the ninjas could only look in disappoint at the ridiculousness of the argument.

"They're at it again." Numbuh 12.13 sighed.

"They act so much like a married couple don't they?" Numbuh 7V said. They all nodded.

"NO WE'RE NOT!" The two answered at the same time.

"Don't you dare say that when you have a cr_" Numbuh 4X began to say before Numbuh 7V interrupted him.

"BATTLESTATIONS GUYS! BATTLESTATIONS!" Numbuh 7V quickly said in a panicked voice so Numbuh 4X doesn't complete that sentences. Then the battle began. The other operatives could only stare at the scene in embarrassment, sweat dropping at this turn of events.

"Nothing in this world makes sense at all." Ashley stated while pushing Bruce and grabbing her umbrella back.

"How exactly did these wackos enter the KND at all?" Numbuh 513 asked.

"I don't know." Numbuh 122 bluntly answered.

Sure, the ninjas and Yuli were a bit tired from the chase and the previous battle, but they still had some fight in them. Numbuh 12.13 and Numbuh 99-Rescue charged at her, dodging her shots as they used each other to bounce in different directions. The boys took on the ninjas and pretty soon, they were defeated. After that, they went to help the girls fight Yuli. Once she saw that her ninjas were down, she sighed in defeat. (Quick fight because writing fighting scenes is too much. XP)

"Looks like you guys win this round…." Yuli said.

"Giving up?" Numbuh 4X asked.

"As much as I hate losing to you the most, I gotta go." Yuli said while glaring at him, tears of frustrations falling. She then sped off past them. "Just know that I'm only delaying the mission! I'll be back!"

"You're just going to let her go?" Numbuh 1 asked in confusion. "She's the enemy."

"That's true, but she's no bad guy. Once you learn, you'll understand." Numbuh 4X said with a sad smile as he continued to look at her. His face instantly turned into a look of worry. He ran off without warning towards her directions.

"Why is he in a rush?" Numbuh 437 asked, but he immediately understood once he saw it. "Somebody start running! She's going to get hit!" They didn't understand at first, but understood once they saw the incoming truck heading towards Yuli's way. Numbuh 12.13 and Bruce started running, knowing that she had no idea that a truck was speeding towards her. By the time Yuli noticed, it was too late to dodge it.

"Dang, I can't go now. I still have to help them out…" Yuli smiled sadly.

'Reach, reach, reach dang it!' Numbuh 4X thought to himself as he reach out towards Yuli. He couldn't think straight, he couldn't use his L.I.N.E.R., nor his jetpack, not when there was a chance when he would miss. His mind raced, suddenly remembering some certain people. 'I've changed! There's no way I'm letting myself go back now!' He yelled in his mind as he finally grabbed a hold of Yuli.

A few seconds before, Clive and John woke up to the commotion. Confused, they looked, but that was a big mistake. A painful memory unfolded as the events in front of them happened. Joanne, who woke up earlier, could only look down, knowing exactly what they were reminded off.

A screech of a tire, the sound of a body hitting the ground. The looks on their faces once they comprehended the events that has happened right in front of them.

"SIS!"

He managed to grab a hold of her hand, but he didn't have time to pull her out. 'This is going to hurt.' Numbuh 4X thought to himself as he used his legs to jump backwards while holding onto her. In the air, he spun towards the truck. He leans out his right leg towards the truck. Using that leg, he bounce off it, using the truck as a launch pad. The truck didn't stop, but the two managed to escape their fate.

"Hey! Are you okay!?" Yuli asked as gets out of Numbuh 4X's embrace.

"Pretty good I guess? I think I sprained my right leg from that stunt though." Numbuh 4X answered while holding onto his leg in pain. Yuli wanted to say something to him,, to stop joking around, but she couldn't. "Hey, I think you should escape now before the others change their mind. And please look both ways before crossing." He said with a cheeky grin. She sighed at his ridiculousness.

"I guess, but…..Thank-you." She quietly said as she ran off. 'Ugh, this is too much of a coincidence. Maybe I should start listening to that mumble jumble.' She thought to herself when she recalled a certain thing.

The others arrived, and whelp, they tried to give the best care they can. Back with Clive and John though, they both held their heads in their hands in pain. Tears falling as some painful memories came through. Sector Z, who stayed behind, could not understand what was happening.

"Joanne, just what exactly is the delightifulization process done on you guys." Ogie asked.

"I don't know. I thought it because we were trying to run away from our past, our "self" that we want to reject. Though, now I think it's more than that. Maybe it's us also trying to escape reality?" Joanne responded with a tear falling down her eyes. The twins, who were starting to wake up, heard that. Everything started making sense now, to why they still seemed delightifulized.

"Say what you want, but what you believe in your mind is not the same to what you believe in your heart." Whelp, that went from happy/crazy to sad quickly. Sorry guys, it was late at night when I was doing this, so my mind is all over the place. Fight scenes are pretty fun to write, but I'm pretty bad at it because I get bored easily. Anyways, let me just say that I have no idea on what I'm doing, but let's hope that this story will make sense in the end. Hope you enjoyed, and again, Happy Holidays!

CosmicFourzeXXXX signing out.