Aelita is getting the house ready

“Gaige, I need your tools back in the garage,” Aelita called out as she walked by while the harem were running around getting the house ready. It has been a couple hours since Charles Gardner called and Aelita was now wearing an outfit that matched her skin tone and had a metal **** girl bikini printed on it. Starfire was helping Kate and Hinata clean by flying up to vacuum the ceiling and dust the hanging lights.

“Shampoo and Marinette, you left your toys and fabric by the sofa!” Erza called as she set the toys and fabrics down in the hallway.

“Kyouka! Gwen! You better be done showering! We need to get you ready for the food presentation!” Katara called out from the kitchen where she and Hinata were preparing treats and foods that will be presented on Kyouka and Gwen Stacy’s bodies.

“I still have my Hoofer Modding brand, that’s fine right?” Gwen Stacy asked as she entered the kitchen wearing only a towel.

“Yeah, we’ll just put the ice cream bowl over it.” Katara assured her, causing Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen to pause.

“Ice cream?”

“Yeah, Diana needs a treat too for keeping James alive,” Katara replied, having faith in her fellow character.

“Gwen Tennyson and Blake! I told you to take your books back to either the library or your rooms! Don’t forget the library is organized by genre then author!” Aelita shouted as she spotted the piles of books in the lounge by where Callie and Marie were setting up some mood music.

“Sorry, was busy trying to make sure some of my projects were stable,” Gwen Tennyson ran down the stairs apologizing. She already had on her metal **** girl bikini with blue fabric. Her hair was in a short braid. “Had to make sure the magic dolls didn’t escape.”

“Yeah, I’m not wearing this,” Blake said as she held out the hanger holding her metal bikini. She was still wearing her Volume 4 outfit and had her cat ears pressed to her head.

“Please Blake, everyone is going to be wearing them,” Aelita pleaded. “James has been wanting a metal **** girl bikini party for months and we finally have a reason.”

“I think I’ll just stay in my room,” Blake said deadpanned.

“Fine but if you change your mind, just put it on and join us,” Aelita acquiesced. Aelita looked around for more things to fix and saw that Laura still had her sharpening stones by her favorite chair and Blackfire still needed to move a punching bag before they brought in the pillows and cushions for the lounge turned harem room.

“A van just pulled up!” Everyone froze at Alex’s announcement. Aelita rushed as fast as her heavily pregnant belly would allow to the front door along with the metal bikini clad Hinata, Kate, and Erza. Looking outside in the afternoon light, Aelita saw a nondescript van backing up into the driveway where James’ car would usually park.

“Oh, it's the maids. I forgot they were coming,” Aelita said as she opened the door and walked outside. Out of the back of the van, a set of Naruto girls got out with poise and grace. The Sakura, Hinata, Ino, Tenten, and Temari were all wearing relatively modest maid outfits with boob windows, waist aprons, and some lacy frills. Out of the driver side door, a Toad got out and started helping take some small luggages out of the back and handing them to their respective character.

“Welcome everyone,” Aelita greeted.

“Hello Mistress Aelita,” the maid girls bowed at Aelita in unison once they all had their luggage. “We are at your service.”

“Thank you, right now we are getting ready for a welcoming party for James,” Aelita said. “Kate, can you take them to get their rooms ready?” Due to preparing the house for James, they haven’t had the time to get their rooms ready.

“I’ll see if Gwen T can help with her magic,” Kate nodded to Aelita before walking inside expecting the maids to follow. As the new maid Hinata passed by the metal bikini clad Hinata, they shared an appraising look with each other. As the Toad drove away, knocking over James’ mailbox and a statue at the end of the driveway, Aelita went inside to continue preparations. Hinata saw what happened to the mailbox and statue and walked over to clean it up.

Across the street and several houses/mansions down, an extremely pale form used their telescope to see what had happened. “Well, well, it looks like he got a replacement already for the lavender eyed pretty. And she’s already on the curb, how reckless. Haven’t you always lectured me to put them in the character bin you hypocrite.” He chuckled deeply. “Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to rectify the situation.”