Ring the Bell, Get a (Sur)prise

Kumiko was sure that her brother would never let her hear the end of it if she knocked on the door as herself, and if he told their parents...

"A naked Magical Girl Kumiko at the door it is..." Kumiko said as she made her way to her front porch, picking up the welcome mat and wrapping it around her body as she rang the doorbell.

A few seconds later, a young man in his earlier twenties answered the door and went wide eyed at what he saw. "Uh..."

"Greetings, Civilian!" Kumiko said heroically, "It is I, Magical Girl Kumiko, Guardian of Justice, Keeper of peace, the selfless Humanitarian, and Vanquisher of Evil! You are probably wondering why I am gracing your humble abode, am I correct?"

"Well that, and I'm curious why you're wearing our doormat like a bath towel." Kiyoshi responded with a smirk, stifling a laugh.

"I am afraid that I lost the rest of my outfit to one of many villain attacks today." Kumiko explained, blushing a little as she realized that social media was going to have a field day with all the videos and photos of her online. "Thankful, I made a friend with a girl named Kishi Kumiko who told me that she lives at this address, and I gave her a spare outfit to hang on to in case of emergencies."

"Well, my sister isn't home from school yet, so you might have to come back later." Kiyoshi replied as he began to close the door.

Kumiko immediately caught the door with a hand, doing everything in her power not to test if her brother could survive a blast at point blank range as she **** a smile. "Maybe you don't understand, Sir. I may have been **** to do battle in the buff today, but I cannot continuously do it. I need that outfit, and Kumiko herself gave me permission gave me permission to come to her home to pick it up even if she wasn't home. Now please, let me in!"

Kiyoshi thought for a second before asking, "What is Kumiko's favorite color?"

"What?"

"If your such good friends with my sister, like you say you are," Kiyoshi said, "then you must have shared facts with one another. In that case, what is my sister's favorite color?"

"Red! Kumiko's favorite color is red!" Kumiko exclaimed, "Now let me - "

"What is Kumiko's favorite anime?" Kiyoshi asked.

"I don't have time for this little game that your -"

"Answer the questions or you don't come in."

"She loves Madoka Magica! And her favorite slice of life is Azumanga Diaoh!"

"What is Kumiko's most embarrassing secret that only her family knows?"

"That she sucked her thumb until she was seventeen!"

"Seventeen?"

"Okay! Kumiko still sucks her thumb! But she's trying to stop!"

"Does Kumiko like the original of Cowboy Bebop, or the English dub more?"

"That's a trick question! Everyone knows that show is the rare instance were the Dub is just better!"

"What would Kumiko's response be if I told her that I knew that both you and her are the exact same person?"

"I'd just -" Kumiko began, only to stop as she realized what Kiyoshi said. "I... I mean... Uh..."

With a smug smirk, Kiyoshi stepped to the side and opened the door wide, allowing Kumiko to scamper in before he closed it.

Kumiko made it to the bottom of the stairwell before turning to face her brother. "How long have you known?"

"Come on! It's obvious!" Kiyoshi said as he leaned against the door, listing off on his fingers. "You look alike. You're never in the same place at the same time. You share the same freaking name. And let's not forget about that annoying baby kangaroo I keep seeing floating around here."

"Quokka, actually." Kumiko corrected, not meeting her brother in the eye. "Do Mom and Dad - "

"You know, you'd think they'd recognize their own daughter," Kiyoshi interrupted, "but when I brought up the similarities to them, they looked at me like I went nuts."

"You're not going to... Tell anyone else, right?"

"I had given the idea of holding this over you some thought..." Kiyoshi explained as he smiled evilly, making Kumiko whimper. A second later, his smile became genuine as he added, "However, not only would nobody believe me if I told them, but as your older brother, I realized that I couldn't do that to you. I'm not a monster. Besides," he chuckled, "I think you've been through enough after showing more of you than I ever wanted to see."

Kumiko smiled and blushed, embarrassed by his teasing, but happy that her secret was safe. "Thanks, Kiyoshi." She said as she began to climb the stairs. A second later, a thought popped into her head as spun around and glared at her brother. "Wait just a freaking minute here! You knew who I was, and you were still going to leave me outside if I didn't play your stupid question and answer game?!"

"I said I wasn't a monster." Kiyoshi said with a chuckle, "I never said I was a saint."

Kumiko fumed, her face going tomato red in a mixture of anger and embarrassment as her brother laughed at her. Letting out a huff, she climbed up the stairs to get dressed again.

As well as strangle a certain Quokka, á la Homer Simpson.

Outside of Kumiko's home, across the street, a shadowy woman in long black cloak smiled maliciously. "So," she said sinisterly, "you do have a weakness, Magical Girl Kumiko? It would be quite the shame if you found yourself completely naked, powerless, and on the brink of exposing your secret identity to the world once more..."

"Even if it is too easy to figure out." A shadowy kangaroo with piercing red eyes mocked.

"Quite, Stryker." The shadow woman said as she summoned a paper from nowhere, handing it to the kangaroo. "Though, we may need some help with our little games. Round up all these villains and bring them to the island lair."

"Let's see here..." Stryker muttered as he took the list and read it. "Curb Stomper... Moth Queen... Gwenral Gwuck... Mademoiselle Mufette... Gator Gal... The Lo-" he did a double take as he turned to the shadow woman, "THE LORD OF LOBSTERS?! Why the hell do we need that fat loser?! He'd just slow us down!"

"Several reasons, actually." The shadow woman said, "One, he's the best way to convince that mindless handbag Gator Gal to join our little group, and that means Mufette follows. Two, he has tried to get on Magical Girl Kumiko's radar for years, so he could provide some useful information. And three," she chuckled darkly, "three words: Human. Meat. Shield."

"Well, okay, I guess. But - "

"Just. Do. It!" The shadow woman ordered as she raised her hand, blasting a trash bin next to the kangaroo with a blood red energy blast, vaporizing it as the shadowy marsupial gulped and nodded as he teleported away.

Once he was gone, the shadow woman turned her attention back to the house. "Enjoy your bittersweet victory, Kumiko, because you are going to wish that you were never born when I get through if you." The shadow woman then smirked evilly as she narrowed her emerald green eyes while adding, "So decrees The Goddess of Shadow..."