271. Beauty and the Beast ~All Out of Love~

Gabrielle opens the door wearing a short black dress and black high heels.

"Am I overwearing for the occasion?" asked Gabrielle.

Mercuria, wearing a sparkling green dress and green high heels, walks into the room. "You're fine. Trust me."

Narcos walks out of the kitchen and lays the cookies on the table. He sees Gabrielle and turns red.

"Oh. You look pretty... pretty..." Narcos fidgeted nervously.

Gabrielle then looks down and sees something bulging up.

"Really?" asked Gabrielle.

"Jesus Christ, Narcos," said Mercuria.

"What?" asked Narcos.

"COVER THAT UP!!!" yelled the pair.

"Oh. You mean this down here? This normally happens when Gabrielle touches me. I don't know why it's happening right now, though."

"It's because you're-... Ugh! Get ready for the dance tonight!" Gabrielle turns red and grabs the temples of her head and yells as she bows her head. "Go on! Get outta here before I punch your jaw again!"

"Seriously!? What about me!?" asked Mercuria.

"What about you?" asked Narcos as he goes upstairs to change.

"Oh, wow," said Mercuria. "Harsh..."

"So apparently my Dad slept with someone other than my mother... Was it before or during their relationship? Ugh..." Gabrielle facepalms.

"Are you sure you're up for this?" asked Narcos. 

"We're going undercover. They said that the Improbable Man will be coming here to this party. Are you sure you're up for this mission?" asked Mercuria.

"I'll be fine!"

The trio enters the restaurant, 'Mark's,' and eats at the table at the far southwest corner. They silently ate there. Gabrielle had Pakbet, her favorite. It is okra, Baguio Beans, Yardlong Beans, Aubergines, and Pork that was cooked in shrimp paste, tomato, onion, and garlic that is served with rice. Narcos had Siopao, Filipino Meat Dumplings, and Sesame Honey Dumplings, a culinary specialty from a Japanese city called Morioh. They are bite-sized mochis filled with honey-like sesame seeds. Mercuria eats Adobo, pork cooked in soy sauce, barbecue sauce, oyster sauce, and vinegar with a lot of soft potatoes.

"They're pretty bad compared to your cooking," said Narcos.

"Narcos! That's rude!" yelled Mercuria. "But yeah. Your Adobo is way better."

"Dad taught me how to cook when I was a really young kid. He taught me an ancient Grimm culinary culture," said Gabrielle.

*step step step step*

A very beautiful woman steps on stage. She is blond. 172 cm. She has light brown skin. She has almost no makeup but is incredibly and naturally beautiful. She has soft and smooth skin. She has subtly large pink lips and she covers one eye with her long blond hair.

She begins to sing, "Bad Romance," in Swing as a woman tapdances behind her. Everyone in the audience is enamored by her attractive body and the beauty of her voice.

"That's weird," said Gabrielle. "The Improbable Man should be around here right now. I can't see him anywhere."

*DUB DUB!!!*

Gabrielle turns red as she is enamored by the woman.

Narcos squints his eyes. "Tch-..."

"Ooh... You have a crush on the woman on stage!" teased Mercuria. "Huh?" Mercuria looks around to see that everyone in their seats had disappeared, except her, Gabrielle, and Narcos.

"Guys?" asked Mercuria. "Where'd everyone go?"

The woman smiles as she stares at the trio. 

"Hey!" yelled Gabrielle. "You're a Stand-User, aren't you!? Put your hands behind your head!"

Gabrielle takes out Stone Free.

"Gabe. Calm down," said Mercuria.

Narcos clenches his jaw and squints his eyes.

The woman comes downstage and moves suggestively toward Gabrielle. She then rubs her palms on Gabrielle's arms and moves up to her neck. Gabrielle lets out a soft moan.

"Dude!" yelled Narcos. "Seriously!? What the hell do you think you're doing!?"

The woman, Gloria Jimenez, moves her arm down her neck and to her breasts, then squeezes them.

Gabrielle feels awkward as hell and finally turns red then fidgets. "Y-You're making... m-me..."

*POOF!!!*

Gabrielle drops on the ground as a can of food with her face on it.

"GABRIELLE!!!" yelled Narcos.

Gloria then makes the can disappear using her Stand, a pink beautifully dressed ballroom dancer humanoid with a humanoid face but no nose.

"This is my Stand. All Out of Love. Tell me... do you love me?"

Mercuria turns red, while Narcos rolls his eyes.

"I am this..." she woges into a hideous witch. "...a Hex... I am ugly... But... my human form..." she woges back to her "beautiful" self. "People fall for this form quite easily... You must be attracted to me at the slightest bit, right? It took a while for Gabrielle Ibarra to get attracted to me... But I still got her. So, be honest. Do you love me?"

Gloria leans toward Mercuria, who turned red slightly. She shakes her head. 

"Your Stand plunders anyone attracted to you into a can, huh?" asked Mercuria. "This is my Stand... Kiss... It duplicates things that have my stickers in them. Its weakness is that it isn't very precise."

"My Stand is All Out of Love. It allows me to plunder anyone who is attracted to me. Its weakness is that you have to get me to be attracted to you without liking me."

"That's fucking impossible!" yelled Mercuria, as she slowly hid something behind herself and passed it onto Narcos.

"What have you got there?" sneered Gloria.

"N-Nothing!" yelled Mercuria.

"You know... I believe that guilt is a driving factor for love... It comes when you betray those you love... Thus... Even having the slightest bit of guilt can show that you, in the end, have the smallest amount of feeling for me."

Mercuria turns to Narcos and nods. Narcos nods back.

*SHING*

Narcos takes off the sticker as the can manifests out of Gloria and returns to Narcos.

"Clever girl," said Gloria. Gloria then grabs Mercuria's chin and kisses her, making Mercuria red.

Mercuria stammers, "I d-don't think that w-wasn't sexual h-harassment-...!"

*POOF!!!*

A Can of Mercuria appears on the floor as Narcos grabs it, but his hand meets with Gloria's. Gloria looks at Narcos in the eyes with kitty eyes as Narcos says, "Tch-..." and grabs the can of Mercuria.

"Hm?" Gloria thought. "Did he just-? No! It can't be! I'm too beautiful... too sexy... too beloved... too adorable to be ignored that way!"

Gloria sneers and brushes Narcos' chin. "Hey, there..."

"Hey," Narcos stared at her looking as emotionless as ever. "Nice buttons."

"Want me to unbutton 'em?" she lowered her eyelids and bit her lip.

"Sure! I'm collecting buttons!" smiled Narcos.

"What!?" Gloria asked, annoyedly. 

"Yeah! Buttons are pretty nice. Gabrielle said that collecting buttons is a pretty healthy hobby so I won't think too much about my past. Gabrielle's so kind... That's why... I..." Narcos shakes his head. "Could you give those buttons to me?"

"WHAT!? NO!!!"

"Aw... What made you change your mind?"

"I WAS NEVER GIVING THEM TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! I WAS TRYING TO SEDUCE YOU!!!"

"Such a shame..."

Narcos stands silently, smiling.

"Oh... my! I dropped my pen!" Gloria purposefully drops her pen. She turns around and grabs it, showing off her bosom to him.

"Easy... You might fart..." said Narcos, smiling.

"Ew!" yelled Gloria, standing right back up. "Of course I won't!"

"Can you bring back my friends? I'm getting bored... You're boring me."

"Excuse you!?" Gloria clenched her fists and jaws. "KYA!!! I don't know why but that cold and calm attitude is what I always looked for in a guy!" Gloria grabbed her cheek and turned away, smiling and red. "NO!!! I must be strong! I have to do this so that the Improbable Man pays for my tuition! That's it! Dumb guys like him should be seduced by being sweet and kind! Practically what a 5-year-old thinks of romance!" Gloria coughs and fixes herself. "Ahem! Uh... Wanna share a candy down the store?"

"WOULD I!?"

Later...

Narcos and Gloria are now sucking on candy rings like children.

"Okay! Can you bring back Gabrielle now? Oh... Mercuria and the other customers are good, too... Or maybe not... Nah... Bring them... Gabrielle would be sad if Mercuria's gone," Narcos smiled.

"5-Year-Olds don't work... I have to go even lower!" Gloria thinks to herself. "Hey, Narcos! Wanna buy a crib and just lay there!?"

"Nah. Did that with Gabrielle last week."

"Grr!" Gloria grabs Narcos and French kisses him. 

Narcos pulls away. "Ew!"

"KYA!!!" Gloria turns red, smiles, and turns away. She stammers, "J-J-JUST... A-A-ADMIT TH-THAT Y-YOU LIKE ME!!!"

"Okay. I like you," said Narcos.

Gloria sneers. "HA!!! ALL OUT OF LOVE!!!" Gloria points at Narcos.

Narcos doesn't turn into a can.

"Wh-!? Hey! I-! No!"

"HAHA!!! Got 'em! Now, bring back Gabrielle."

"Never!"

Narcos begins to approach Gloria.

"Heh... Sure... Whatever... Keep fighting it... But you do realize that in the end... You have nowhere to go... Because you can't capture me... and suggesting that this is the Improbable Man we're talking about... he wants all of us... So... You want all of us... But I can give you a chance to get out of this sticky situation..."

Narcos gets her leaning on the wall as she kabedons her, putting his arm above her head as she stayed on his chest.

"Join us. And we'll help you out. I know you aren't a bad person... So please... calm down. Help us out... Outsider to outsider... You know what I'm saying, right? We can help each other out... just please... join our side and let go all of these innocent people."

Narcos grabs her hands with his other hand.

"Come on... Pretty please?" asked Narcos.

Gloria's lips quivered as suddenly, the cans poofed everywhere

"Yay! You're on our side now!" cheered Narcos.

"Huh? What?" asked Gloria.

"Welp!" Narcos grabbed her shoulder and patted it. "See ya!"

Narcos helped Gabrielle and Mercuria up.

"Hey, guys! Let's go home. Gabrielle's cooking is better," said Narcos.

"A-Alright..." said Gabrielle.

"Shouldn't we be arresting-?" Mercuria sees that Gloria is already gone. "Okay..."

Later...

"How'd you do that!?" asked Mercuria.

"I seduced her by something I call... the Anastasia Charm," said Narcos. "In fact..."

Narcos went into the kitchen and prepared to hug Gabrielle from behind.

"Don't even think about it," said Gabrielle.

"That's what you say... BUT NOT WHAT YOUR HEART SAYS!!!" Narcos hugs her from behind as she turned red.

"ORA!!!"

*BANG BOOM*

Narcos is thrown outside the house out of the glass doors in the kitchen as he falls down the hill and drops to the forest. "SWEET JESUS CHRIST!!!"

"Tch-..." Gabrielle said, who is as red as an apple.

Narcos picks up his phone after it rings.

"He wasn't there that night because he was somewhere else..." said the text.

"Where?" asked Narcos through the text.

"In the same place.But-..."

Narcos sighs. "Hey, Gabrielle!?"

"I'm not talking to you!"

"Who's that guy you know who knows how to track people from other Earths!?"

"Uncle Rick! Why!?"

"She was there... She was just in another version of Mark's... in... another Universe..."

"Goddamn it..." sighed Gabrielle. "Hay Naku..."