A/N: heyyy everyone! okay okay i'm sorry that i haven't been as up-to-date as i would like to have been but, yea... anyways, this is chapter 1 of my new IGPX story, and since i haven't written any in a long time the first chapter might be a little rusty so critisism is all right so i can improve the first chapter. o yea, some things in this chapter will be from my first IGPX story and my sequel so u might not get it if u haven't read those stories... anyways! here is chapter 1 of my IGPX story entitled: Cruise For Two! takxliz all out! whoo! plz R&R, and Happy Reading:)

Disclaimer: I do not own IGPX, and i wish there will be a 3rd season!

Summary: it's summer, and it's time for liz and takeshi to finally have a lil alone time for themselves. with a set up couple cruise, they get ready to have the best time of their lives. TOGETHER! but with a cruise for couples, anything could happen... lizxtak all the way! (if u want to see more descript. bout this story, go to my profile page and scroll down to the long profile of this story :-P)

Chapter 1: Summer Surprises Behind Every Door and Corner!

A boy of about 16 woke up groggily out of bed, thanking the heavens that his sister didn't wake him up loudly like she always did when he had to get to Team Satomi HQ. He ruffled his hair up abit as he sat up in his bed, and yawned loudly before actually getting out of bed. As he put on his cackies and his white T-shirt with his red & some orange jacket, he turned to his Rocket G Poster, and then to the calender. He blinked a couple times before his eyes grew wide. The date was circled in red pen, and he grinned. His little hair string stuck up happily, and he couldn't help but shout and jump on his bed.

"AWRIGHT! THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER! YEAAHH!" he shouted for joy and bounced up and down with a laugh before crashlanding back on his bed. He was about to shout some more when his door slammed open and there appeared his little sister.

"TAKESHI! ONE MORE WORD OUT OF YOU AND I'LL-!" she started but then shrieked a little bit in surprise as Takeshi grabbed her by the hands and swung her around saying, "It's summer! Summer's here Yuri oh boy a whole summer...with LIZ!" when he let her go he rushed downstairs, leaving his sister to land on the ground painfully from dizzyness. As Takeshi met his parents in the kitchen he quickly grabbed a piece of toast and rushed off to Team Satomi. With summer, the IG series was complete for now and the team had a long time to recooperate and have some fun!

At Satomi HQ, a 17 year old girl with short mahagony hair yawned as she stretched, her blue eyes ready to go back to sleep. She walked down casually to the training grounds, and took her fighting stance.

"You ready?" she asked. In front of her was a girl about 15 with nice long light brown hair and light blue eyes. Her white tabby with orange spots sat next to her, but quickly trotted over to the 17 year old in fighting position.

"Um... I don't know Liz, maybe we should wait for Takeshi." the girl said nervously.

"Aw c'mon Amy! Show some backbone! Luca, don't you agree with me?" Liz said and looked down to the cat who was purring.

"Mroowww." Luca replied with a purr. The two girls smiled at the cat, and Amy finally agreed to spar. Meanwhile...

Outside of Satomi HQ, Takeshi made his way avoiding any fan girl that he came into contact with. When he finally came to a stop he rented some sunglasses and a hat and casually walked back outside. It was amazing what a pair of shades and a hat could do to an IGPX celebrity he liked to call himself. As he walked by whistling to gain his breath, he bumped into a familiar face and fell to the ground with a thud.

"What's your problem?!" the boy started to blurt out. He had light yellow hair, and a looong strand of bang covering his right eye.

"Oh! River! Sorry man." Takeshi said when River extended a hand. As Takeshi was back up, he smiled and River gave a smirk.

"Why're you so happy?" River asked, curious.

"Because it's Summer. And a whole summer means a whole lotta-"

"Liz. Yeah, I get the picture." River said. Takeshi smiled, but then frowned sternly.

"If you're gonna try and do somethin' to Liz like last time I'll knock your brain out!" he warned. River instinctively drew back, his arms raised as a shield in front of his face.

"Relaxx! I'm over her anyways. Got a girlfriend of my own now so why would I care?" he said with a simple shrug and then had dark lines under his eye when Takeshi cracked his knuckles.

"And what was wrong with her to begin with?" he asked menacingly.

"N-Nothing I never said anything was wrong with her!" River replied, sweatdrops forming. Takeshi made sure River was telling the truth, and then smiled.

"Good. Well, anyways. Better get goin'. I'm already late to meet Liz and Amy at HQ. See ya around." Takeshi said and ran off.

"HEY TAKESHI!" River called, and Takeshi turned to see River smirk. "Be ready for the next IGPX world cup! Team SledgeMamma is gonna be back and better than ever!" he shouted and waved, with Takeshi giving a reply of a thumbs up and a smirk as he rushed off to HQ. And speaking of Satomi HQ...

"Oof!" Amy landed with a thud on her back with Liz being victorious. Luca meowed with his eyes closed raising a paw seeming to say, "Winner, Liz! Loser...Amy.." Amy grimaced a little bit with a sigh, but then gratefully accepted Liz's outstretched hand. She sighed, and picked Luca up.

"C'mon Amy, don't quit now. That last time you almost knocked me off my feet!" Liz said, trying to boost her teammate's confidence.

"I don't know if I'm cut out for this Liz. I think I'll just go and take a jog with Luca." Amy said with a weak smile. Liz frowned as she watched Amy walk up the steps and finally disappear. Liz sighed, and decided to sit down for a while and cool off. 'Man, summer's already here and already I'm bored! Guess I'd better take a bath... It'll take my mind offa how boring summer's gonna be.' she thought to herself and walked upstairs to her room. As she slipped into the bathroom, she closed the door and started the water up. As it began to fill she put her little radio on the counter and put on her favorite station. As the music began to play, she stopped the water and sank right in it.

She sighed in complete dreamyness (XP) and looked at the ceiling. 'Okay..maybe summer's not gonna be a total drag and waste of time. Besides, I still got Takeshi...hmph..Takeshi.' she thought to herself dreamily and closed her eyes as she sank into the nice hot water. She listened to the music.

Miss Independant, Miss SelfSofficient, Miss. Keep Your Distance..

Miss Unafraid, Miss Outta My Way, Miss. Don't Let a Man, Interfere..Noo!

Miss On her Own.. Miss Almost Grown, Miss Never. Let a man, Help her off her phone so.

Keepin her heart protected. She never ever feel rejected... Little miss Apprehensive..

Said 'Ooo' she fell in Love...

Liz smiled as the song played, and blushed as she thought about Takeshi and when he admitted his love for her the very first time. She blushed a little more, and then wondered where Takeshi was right about now too..

Takeshi decided to walk the rest of the way to Satomi HQ since he ran out of breath, and decided to stop again at a small park. He took a sigh, and closed his eyes. When he opened them he saw a pair of legs there, and looked up. His eyes widened as he saw Fantine and Cunningham before him.

"Well if it isn't Satomi's Foward, Takeshi Jin. Been a while, how've you been?" Cunningham asked, his arm around Fantine's shoulders. Takeshi got up and smiled.

"Been doing fine. What about you Cunningham?" he asked. Over the months before summer, Takeshi and Cunningham finally came to a fair defeat and decided to start over and begin with being friends.

"Fine, fine. Looks like this years summer is going to be a blast. My team and I will give it our all, so we're looking foward to fighting against you." Cunningham replied.

"Yeah, same here. It's not gonna be easy though, fighting against IG's champions two times in a row." Takeshi replied with a grin.

"Don't get too cocky Takeshi, you still have Team Skylark to fight against as well. The girls and I have been training as well mon cheri." Fantine said with a smile.

"Right, right. Well, let's just say our team will be ready for anything this at this years cup, but can we worry about this when the time comes? It's the first day of summer after all!" Takeshi exclaimed.

"True. A whole summer." Cunningham said with a grin.

"Takeshi, where are you off to in such a hurry?" Fantine inquired.

"To Team Satomi." Takeshi replied with a grin.

"Ah, goin' to see Liz huh? Well, have a good summer." Cunningham said with a smile.

"Yes, I hope you and Liz will have a marvelous summer. Au revoir." Fantine said with a wave and the couple walked off. Takeshi watched as the two walked off, hand in hand. He smiled, glad that Fantine finally found a good guy to date. As he finally saw them disappear beyond a mob of people who realized who they were (paparazii probably), he sweatdropped with a smile and rushed off to Team Satomi HQ, no more distractions. He wondered what was going on at Team Satomi's anyways..

"So it's been decided. If we all chip in and get the tickets by tommorow they'll be all set." a woman with gray hair in a ponytail said with a smile.

"Won't those two be pleased." a man with short dark brown hair with his bangs only a different color and dark brown beard said with a smirk.

"I can't believe we pulled it off." another man with glasses and gray hair in a ponytail said with a grin.

"Those two had better be thankful." a girl with hazel hair and a bubbly smile said with a laugh. The door to Satomi's Boss's room opened and Amy stood there with a grin on her face.

"Miss Satomi, Andrei, Mark, Jesse, I got the tickets pre-ordered! We should be getting them tommorow!" Amy said with a smile.

"Great work Amy." Miss Satomi said with a smile and then showed Amy the money the group had collected. Amy looked it over, and then smiled in satisfaction.

"This should be enough! Oh I can't wait! Takeshi and Liz deserve this sooo much! This would be an official date!" Amy squealed in happiness alongside Jesse. Andrei and Mark laughed with a smirk on their faces.

"Hopefully the two lovebirds'll thank us before going haywire." Mark said with a laugh.

"Let's just get through the pre-ordering part first and have them not suspect a thing, shall we?" Andrei replied and the group chatted a while more of their plan to get Liz and Takeshi on a special cruise perfectly made for couples only.

Takeshi burst through Team Satomi's doors, and looked around. He didn't see anyone, and that made him puzzled. He decided to look for Liz first, and started to search at the training grounds. He didn't find her there, and decided to go to her room. He walked up to it, and knocked gently on it. "Liz? Liz! It's me, Takeshi! Can I come in?" he asked, and heard no answer, just the radio. He decided to walk inside.

Liz sang to herself the song as it was almost over and wrapped a towel around herself. She whistled as she listened as the song ended, and turned it off. Takeshi didn't know where Liz was, and turned to her bathroom door. He walked over casually, and reached for the handle. At the same time, Liz took hold of the handle and opened it to see Takeshi staring straight at her! The two stared for a moment, and Takeshi finally blinked and looked down seeing Liz was only in a bath towel.

"Takeshi..." Liz said through grit teeth.

"Uh..hi. Ahehehh..." Takeshi said with a nervous grin, waiting for a possible 'Beat up your boyfriend' moment. He waited, and then opened his eyes to see Liz staring at him, eye twitching and flustering, her face slowly turning to a beet red. He was about to say something when Liz slammed the bathroom door in his face and shouted, "WAIT OUTSIDE!"

"Demo..."

"I SAID WAIT OUTSIDE! DON'T MAKE ME THROW A RADIO AT YOU!" Liz interrupted, her voice sounded like it was cracking out of embarrassment.

"A-Ano..."

"WAIT. OUTSIDE!" Liz commanded and Takeshi finally obeyed as he rushed out the door. When he was finally outside with Liz's room door shutting automatically, he took a moment to take everything in. He just saw Liz, with only a bathtowel on... if he had come to the door earlier and opened it then... He shuddered. He realized he'd see her.. naked, and receive a hellova punch! He finally sucked in air, and yelled outside her door, "I'LL WAIT OUT HERE!"

Liz was flustering and muttering to herself as she quickly put on her jeans and aqua colored tank top. Her blush became more noticable when she thought about what just happened. When she finished re-dressing, she smiled with her fluster still across her face.

"Hmph...Boys."

A/N: okay! that was my first chapter! i hope u liked it all, and plz let me know how i did! so hopefully u got wat i meant with teh chappie and all, but they weren' really surprises so to speak besides the one Takeshi got aheheh... i guess this was a little introduction chapter, and i'm gonna stop here for now. the next chapter will be entitled: The Set Up, and it's gonna involve how Liz and Takeshi get to go on the cruise. so yea, be sure to look out for when that chapter has come! o yea.. and i give u permission if u think this will be a good story; if i have not updated it in at least a week u may email me by saying: UPDATE ALREADY! or STOP BEING LAZY AND GET TO WORK ALREADY! cause i have other stories i am working on and i really just wanted to start typing this one so it wouldn't slip my mind and the conflict and ending in my head wouldn't be totally ruined. so yes, thank u all for reading and plz review! Em