I don't own Hamtaro, or anything related to it, save this fic. If I did, I'd publish it as a book.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hamtaro watched from his cage as Laura got ready for school. Come on, he thought. When she finally left, he quickly escaped from the cage and left for the Ham-Ham clubhouse.

Most of his friends were already there. Boss and Stan were both trying to woo Bijou, but neither succeeding. Howdy and Dexter were arguing as usual. Oxnard was looking for his seed.

"Hamtaro, could you help me look for my seed?" he asked.

"Sure!" Hamtaro replied. They looked all over the house, through the tunnels, and outside. When they returned to the entrance, Hamtaro was tired out.

"We didn't find it!" Oxnard wailed. "We need to keep looking for it!"

"Maybe you left it at home," Hamtaro said. "Did you even bring one?"

"I can't believe it! You don't care if I find my seed or not! You never cared!"

"But Oxnard…"

"Leave me alone!" and with that, Oxnard scampered off in some direction, with no clear destination in mind.

Hamtaro, feeling like he let Oxnard down, returned inside the clubhouse.

Once he opened the door, he walked right into Howdy and Dexter's argument.

"Hamtaro, tell this ruffian why Pashmina would like a more refined ham, like me!" Dexter shouted.

"Hah! You should tell four-eyes there why that darlin' little angel is much better off with me!" Howdy retorted.

"Well, uhh," Hamtaro started to nervously say, "You both do have great qualities. You both have a good chance."

"Yeah, well, which one of us has a better shot?" Howdy loudly asked.

"Yes, hmmm?" Dexter said.

"Well, uhhh, I'm not sure…" Hamtaro weakly said.

"Hamtaro, you are no help at all!" They both yelled, causing Hamtaro to fall backwards. He would have fell right on a poor, unsuspecting Penelope, if Sandy hadn't pulled her out by the tail using her ribbon wand.

"Hey, like, watch were you're fallin!" Sandy said.

"But I…" Hamtaro started, still lying in the ground, with some, but minor, pain.

"Hamtaro, how could you act so careless around a baby?" Pashmina interrupted. She carried Penelope into a tunnel, with Sandy and Maxwell following her.

Hamtaro felt bad, so he decided to go see Bijou, Boss, and Stan.

"Hamha!" Hamtaro said, as he walked up. Bijou had her back to him.

"Oh, Hamtaro! I have a new look that I want you to see!" She said, and she turned around.

"Ahhh!" Hamtaro yelled. The makeup on her face was not pretty. In fact, no form of Japanese anime could capture how bad it looked.

"Are you trying out for a clown or something?" he managed to say. His reply was a slap in the face.

"I cannot believe you!" Zis is how you compliment something like moi?" she yelled, her eyes welling up with tears.

"I can't believe you would ever think such a thing, Hamtaro!" Boss said. "I happen to think it looks quite stunning."

"That's right!" Stan agreed. Secretly, they both also though it looked bad, but they liked the idea of Bijou mad at Hamtaro.

Hamtaro went to the other side of the room, away from anyone else. He sat in a chair and read a book. Every once in a while, he would see some of the Ham-Hams talking, and pointing to him. He couldn't hear their conversations. He didn't care. Until he did hear something.

"Bijou, like, what happened to your face?" Came Sandy's voice. Hamtaro carefully looked up from his book.

"Huh? You think I look terrible also, like zat guy over zeir?" Bejiou said. She pointed a paw at Hamtaro's direction, but never even looked at him.

"Girlfriend, check yourself out!" Sandy said, holding a mirror.

Bijou yelled at a really high volume. "What happened? Zat is all wrong! It truly looks ugly! Guys, why didn't you tell me?"

"Well, you said you worked all morning on it, we didn't want to insult you," came Boss's reply.

"I must wash zis off right away! A can't stand looking like zis." Bijou shouted, running off for the lake.

She never even said anything to me, Hamtaro thought. He resumed reading, and fell asleep. He dreamed that everyone was yelling at him, and even Laura was mad at him.

Later, he woke up when a paw was poking his shoulder. He saw the Ham-Hams he had talked to earlier: Oxnard, howdy, Dexter, Pashmina, Penelope, Stan, Sandy, Maxwell, Bijou, and Boss.

"Look, Hamtaro, we were all talking, and found out that we were all involved in minor arguments that got blown way out of proportion." Boss started.

"Hamtaro, I ran home and looked. I did leave my seed in my cage," Oxnard said, holding his seed.

"We're sorry for dragging you into our fight," Dexter said.

"Yeah," Howdy continued, "we also told Pashmina that it was our fault you almost fell on Penelope." Penelope nodded.

"You probably heard Sandy notify Bijou that here makeup was not on properly, "Stan said next. "We're sorry we made you look stupid in front of Bijou."

"I'm also sorry for yelling," Bijou said.

"We're sorry, Hamtaro!" they all said together.

"Can you forgive us?" Maxwell asked. Hamtaro stood up and cleared his throat.

Normally, you can't keep a good Ham-Ham down. Hamtaro was always known for forgiving easily. That's one thing that makes him so likable. But this time…

"I've been yelled at, humiliated, and been in pain today, and all you guys can do is say you're sorry? I can't believe you guys! You're driving me insane! I need to get out of here, before I go completely insane, and kill one of you! I don't know if I even want to see any of you ever again!"

Hamtaro then bolted out of the clubhouse, straight for his house. The other Ham-Hams just stood there, in the clubhouse, wide-mouthed at what just happened.

More silence.

"I think he's mad," Oxnard said, breaking the silence.

"Oh man! He's gone wacky, man! He'll hunt us down, one by one, and kill us!" Stan cried.

"He's angrier than I was on that island a while back," Maxwell softly said.

"I should go talk to him," Bijou said, starting for the door. She was stopped when a paw was placed on her shoulder. It was Boss's.

"Not yet. We need to let him cool down. It's been a stressful day for him. We'll go visit him at home tomorrow, once his human leaves." He said. Bijou only nodded, then starred at the seat that Hamtaro was in.

Later, Laura was writing in her journal, Hamtaro was off to the side of the desk.

What a day, she wrote. Kana and I went to a movie after school. It was great. When I got home, dad was complaining about that mouse again. What disgusting little rodents! I can't believe hamsters are related to them. I've heard that they're all over the city, like some sort of invasion. Nearly everyone I know has one in their house, even Kana, June, Kylie, Maria, and Travis. It even ate some of Hamtaro's food! Oh well.

Hamtaro was also busy going over the day in his head.

"Today was a great day, Hamtaro," Laura started, as always.

No, it was the worst day ever! Hamtaro thought, not even glancing up.

"But I bet tomorrow will be even better, right, little guy?" She waited, but heard nothing. "Hamtaro?" she said. When she looked at Hamtaro, her smile faded.

Hamtaro didn't move.

"Hamtaro?" she said. She picked up the little hamster. He looked so lifeless, so pale, but she could feel that he was still alive.

Now worried, she went and got her parents, carrying the hamster with her.

"Mom, dad, I think something's wrong with Hamtaro!"

Chapter 2 will be up soon (hopefully!)