Disclaimer: exaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaams! (Dies on the desktop)
Thanks to:
Beastfire: WF: Hmmm... Borrow Ivy, eh?
Ichigo: Oh, I could dress her up all pretty in a pretty pink dress with bows and make up and perfume (rants off all the girly things she could do to Ivy)
Nova: Just run, Ivy. Run.
4Evermonkeyfan: WF: You can be in this story instead. It's virtually the same, only we'll be making the boys join in too!
Antauri: (rubbing his bruised behind) I'm not going in a sauna!
Ichigo: (giggles quietly as she places ice under Antauri) Not even with me?
Antauri: (blushes) um... I'm not going to answer that!
Twister91: Antauri, Otto and Sprx: (grumble as their wounds are treated)
Nova: Well you shouldn't go into the female sauna!
Sprx: Hey, we didn't know it was the wrong female one! We were trying to save you guys!
Ichigo: But... we didn't need saving!
Antauri: You could've done.
Jet, Nova and Ichigo: (roll eyes and sigh)
Jamara: Ichigo: Don't worry, she won't die! It's only a spa and ski lodge!
Sprx: (still sulking) that's what you think!
Nova: (whacks him on the head) Shut up!
WF: Thanks for letting me borrow Egypt!
Kiozona.pop: Ichigo: Yay, lots of people!
Axe: (growls at her)
Ichigo: Meep! (Hides behind Antauri) um... great? (Sweat drops)
A Fan of Romance: Sprx: (snorts) Wow, the vagueness.
WF: Be quiet! It means I can be creative!
Sprx: Whatever... Still vague
Nova: (whacks him around the head again) Shut up!
SparxGirl: Ichigo: (hypnotised by shininess of Violet's bracelets) Shiny...
Antauri: (waves hand in front of her) Ichigo? Stop staring now. (Realises she hasn't moved) Ichigo? Oh God, Honey speak to me! Do you need CPR?
Sprx: He'd just love to do that...
WF: Anyway thanks for coming!
Novafangirl: Sprx: (grinning and shuffling up next to Jojo) Nova's sister, eh? How'd you feel about a date with yours truly?
Nova: Sprx!
Sprx: (gets pummelled by Nova and Jojo)
Ichigo: (sighs) I'll get the first aid kit.
WF: Thanks for the great character! Sprx won't stand a chance!
Snipemaster: WF: (giggles) OK, but I don't think he'll appreciate being in a spa!
Ichigo: (attempting to put a face mask on Renegade) It won't hurt! C'mon! (Nearly gets mangled by Renegade)
4Evermonkeyfan: Ichigo: (waves) Hi, Adrianna!
WF: Phew, I was hoping you'd want to be in it! So now we can get that discount!
Everyone: (cheers)
goddessofanime: WF: Of course she can come! (Sees Amethyst and Gibson arguing already) That was fast (sweat drops)
Moonlit Sea: Antauri: Thank goodness! Not another character!
WF: Be quiet! Having lots of characters is great! It means there can be lots happening!
WF: Wow... that's a lot of people! And so many different personalities too!
Ichigo: I can't wait! This is gonna be great!
Axe: (growls at her)
Ichigo: Eep! (Hides behind Antauri again)
The Cunning
It was early in the morning. Most of the Monkey Team were still fast asleep; but, in the main room, a certain little white monkey was plotting something.
Antauri yawned and stretched; he opened his eyes blearily, looked over at Ichigo and was confronted by a gigantic pair of blue eyes. He jumped backwards in shock and fell off the bed.
"Ichigo, what were you doing?" he asked, still slightly dazed. Ichigo reappeared on the edge of the bed and, instead of answering, she nuzzled his cheek affectionately.
"Good morning, Antauri-koi" she purred, sitting beside him on the floor and continuing to nuzzle. Antauri just knew something was wrong, he could sense it and, with a feeling of impending doom, he decided to find out;
"What do you want?" he asked, feeling slightly scared of the answer. Ichigo stopped nuzzling and tried to look hurt,
"Why, Antauri! Can't I just be affectionate in the morning?" she said, trying to sound innocent. Antauri sighed,
"What do you want?" he pressed on; Ichigo pouted and grabbed a piece of paper of the bedside table. She handed it to him and he read it.
Dear Ichigo,
After hearing your boyfriend's 'adventure' I thought that perhaps we should all go up to this ski lodge I know, it had everything a girl could wish for! Including a natural hot spring! Well, write back and tell me what you think, you can invite some of your other friends too!
TOL
Adrianna
Ichigo watched with big hopeful eyes as Antauri stopped reading and looked up at her,
"No" he said flatly. Ichigo's face dropped, she decided to this would have to be done the hard way,
"Please, Antauri?" she wheedled, rubbing his shoulders, "Pleeeeaaaase?" Antauri turned away and crossed his arms, Ichigo jumped back in front of him, "Pleeeeaaaase? It'll be fun!"
"I said, no, Ichigo!" he replied, crossly. He got up and brushed himself off, "Now, I'm going to have some-" he stopped when he heard sniffling. The smart side of his brain told him to keep going and don't look back, or he'd never get out of this 'ski lodge' predicament; but the more loving side told him that he should just check that she wasn't hurt. After all, he didn't want to be an uncaring jerk, did he? Both sides battled until he gave in and looked; he saw that Ichigo's eyes were welling up with tears, making them look all glittery like gemstones and pulling at his heart so much he thought it'd be pulled out. He was lost in those eyes and he sat back down next to her, almost in a trance. He pulled her into a tight hug, before he realised what had happened,
"She got me" he murmured, mentally berating himself for falling for it as Ichigo grinned, triumphantly.
Antauri grumbled quietly as they waited for the coach to arrive, Ichigo hovered up next to him, beaming brightly,
"Thanks again, Antauri-koi!" she kissed him in the lips affectionately, "You're the best!" Antauri continued grumbling as she flew off again, but he couldn't help smiling.
'Ah, so what if I don't like it? She's so happy; it can't be that bad, right? Besides, it's only a few people..." he stared in awe at the massive coach that pulled up next to them. He looked in and saw it was almost crammed with people.
"Ichigo" he said, faintly, "I thought you said it was only a few friends" Ichigo looked down from the girl she was talking to and hovered down next to him,
"Well, I did invite a few friends and then I said that they could invite a few friends..." she drifted off as Antauri's eye started twitching. She laughed, sheepishly, "Um... oops?" she quickly flew off, knowing that it was best to leave Antauri to calm down for a while.
Antauri sighed, exasperated, and walked up the aisle to find an empty seat, he past many monkeys and humans that he didn't know until he found a vacant seat right at the back.
'I might as well use this time efficiently' he thought as he began to meditate. He felt a bump as the coach started and someone sat next to him, he opened an eye to look. He saw that it was a dwarf human, no wait, a... fairy? He shook his head to make sure he wasn't seeing things, but sure enough, there was a little fairy beside him. She had short, brown hair and greyish blue eyes, her wings were glittery and almost transparent. On her head bobbed two bright balls of light on the end of each of her antennae. She noticed him looking at her and smiled brightly,
"Hi, I'm Whitefairy!" she greeted brightly, standing up on the seat to shake his hand, "but most of my friends call me Fae" he nodded,
"I'm Antauri, second in command of the Robot Monkey Team" he replied, Fae smiled.
"Do you always say all that when you meet someone?" she asked, giggling slightly. He huffed indignantly and resumed meditating.
A while later, he felt warm breath on his face and looked up to see a huge pair of blue eyes again; this time, he didn't jump.
"Ichigo, you must really stop doing that" he said, staring into the eyes. Ichigo moved away and grinned,
"I see you've met Fae" she commented, looking at the fairy beside him, he looked too,
"Yes" he answered, "I take it she was one of the friends you invited?"
"Sure did!" said Ichigo, happily beaming at the girl, who grinned back. "She's my creator, I couldn't just leave her out!" they hugged and beamed up at him. Antauri sweat dropped slightly,
"I see... where Ichigo got her girliness from" he commented, the two girls laughed before taking off down the aisle.
He watched them start talking to Jet and her creator, Twister, and sighed,
'I hope this is worth it' he mused, staring out at the quickly vanishing speck that was Shugazoom City.
"So, you gonna have any more kids?" Ichigo asked, looking down at the sleeping little Malachite. Jet smiled down at her son then looked up, thoughtfully,
"Oh, I dunno..." she said, pondering before grinning "maybe"
Beside her, Fae laughed,
"Who knows? The next one might be a little Onyx!" she said, causing Jet to pale a few shades.
"I hope not" she said, looking quite worried. Twister smiled, reassuringly,
"Don't worry, Jet! There's probably a million to one chance of any of your kids being like Onyx. Besides, it'd still get some of your personality too"
"Fiery tempered with an evil streak" said Fae, looking slightly worried, "that would so not be a good thing!" Ichigo and Twister nodded.
"Maybe... I'll just stick with the one kid" Jet said, still feeling worried about any of her children acting like Onyx, "After all, Antauri said that their easy targets! I don't want to increase the risk of one getting kidnapped by having lots!" she held Malachite close, who murmured in his sleep. Ichigo and Fae 'aaaw'ed at the little cutie.
Twister looked up and smiled, evilly,
"Say, Ichigo, what about you? Don't you want to have any kids?" she grinned as Ichigo blushed. Ichigo looked down the aisle at Antauri, who was meditating, and sighed,
"Yeah, I'd love to have kids! But I don't think Antauri's ready. After all" she turned and looked at Jet, "he went nuts when you were having a baby, Lord knows what he'd do if I was!"
"No way!" said a voice and everyone turned to see Otto standing up, "he'd love it! Having your own kid is like...like..." he pondered how to explain it, "like the greatest gift any guy could wish for! Cos it's something that you've made yourself and you get to feed it and nurture it and bring it up right"
"And what about me?" asked Jet, looking just slightly ticked, "I just had to carry it around whilst it grew inside me for 9 months then have the fun of childbirth! Not to mention, I have some part in teaching, nurturing and feeding!"
Twister, Fae and Ichigo quietly shuffled away as Jet began to rant at Otto. When they were a safe distance away, they looked on with sympathy and fear,
"Poor Otto" whispered Ichigo in awe; she'd never seen Jet rant like that.
"Yeah" agreed Fae, peeping over the back of the chair in front to see the fight. Twister shrugged and didn't look impressed,
"Eh, I've seen worse. You should see me and my brother! We really fight and yell at each other!" the other two blanched as Twister looked proud like an old war hero,
"Makes me glad to be an only child" whispered Fae to Ichigo as Ichigo just nodded, silently. They looked back over at the couple,
"How long do you usually fight for, then?" asked Fae, Twister thought about it for a moment,
"Just a few hours" she replied, nonchalantly, the other two stared wide eyed at her,
"Hours?" they repeated in unison, looking shocked.
"I don't think I've ever fought with Ryou for that long!" said Ichigo, looking stunned.
"Ah, you don't know what you're missing!" said Twister, looking rather sadistic as she smiled, "First, you just pick something that really annoys them, then you work at it until they crack and then you wind them up so they start yelling then you yell back and pretty soon you're scrapping like cats and dogs!" she then launched into one of the more gorier fights. Ichigo sweat dropped,
"I think Antauri needs me! Um... bye!" she called, before flying off as fast as she could, leaving Fae to listen, in muted horror, to the gory war stories between siblings.
Well, I'll leave it there for now. Hope you don't mind how I made you slightly evil Twister! And, thanks to everyone who reviewed and gave me a character, I'll be sure to try and fit them all in! And, if you still want to give me one, you can! I'll fit them in, somehow!