RWT:

Lee: Whoa, what's wrong?

RWT: Ah… I let someone's hand go…

Lee: What?

RWT: Nothing, I don't anything. Thanks Ryu, for beta-reading!

Johnny was walking around the village, still looking for Popuri. Upon searching, he found the Inn. He decided to enter it. When he did, he looked around, and then sat on a barstool. That's when the Inn manager, Doug, approached him.

"Hello, and welcome to my inn. What would you like to drink?" He asked.

"Got any root beer?"

"I'll have to check to see if I have any. Wait right here." Doug said as he left for the back room.

While Johnny waited for his drink, he notices Doug's daughter, Ann, waiting tables. He gave no second thought as he rushes over to her and dips her.

"Hey there, pretty mama. How's about we go for, a night on the town" He stopped to flex his arm. "Look how pretty and strong I am."

Ann balled her hand into a fist. "Pig!" She shouted as she socked Johnny. "Don't ever touch me again!" She added as Johnny dropped to the floor.

Johnny got back to his feet. "Wow, you hit as strong as a boy!" He then grinned. "I bet you can't do this." He said as he flexed himself three times. "Hu-Ha-huh! It's okay if you can't do it, being a girl and all."

Ann, irked, grabbed a table and smacked it across the blonde's face. "Are you saying I'm weak!" She hollered.

Johnny was dazed as he answered, "Not anymore."

"Good. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some cleaning up to do." She said as she left in a huff.

"Talk about tough love." Johnny commented as he picked himself up.

"Don't mind her. She's actually very kind. You just need to be less of a jerk." A voice said out.

Johnny looked around. "Who said that?"

"I did." A man in brown garments answered. "My name's Cliff. It's nice to meet you." He greeted.

"I'm Johnny," Johnny said as he posed. "Johnny Bravo."

"Ann is really something. She let me live here, despite the fact that I'm new around here."

Johnny raised a brow. "You like her or something?"

Cliff nodded absentmindedly. When he noticed what he just did, it was too late.

"Aha!" Johnny said in singsong. "You have a crush on her! You have a crush on her!"

Cliff blushed scarlet. "Please! Don't say that! I don't even know her that long."

"What you need is a lesson of love." Johnny said as he posed. "Johnny style."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that I could help you get Ann."

Cliff looked at him with doubt. "I'm not so sure. Not to be rude or anything, but you can't even seem to find yourself someone."

"That's because…" He paused to flex. "Johnny's picky."

Cliff was still not convinced. "I don't really know. Your approaches seem quite… Chauvinistic…"

"Shove-a-what?"

"It means women think you're conceited."

"Con-what?"

"Uh… Never mind."

"Alright then. You help me find that Popuri chick, and I'll help you with that other chick."

Cliff still looked nervous. "Uh… I'm not really sure."

Despite what Cliff said, Johnny grabbed him and went out of the Inn. Later, Doug appears with Johnny's drink, but he then saw that he was no longer there.

He saw Ann cleaning tables. "Ann!" He called out. "Where did Johnny go?"

His daughter walked up to him. "I'm not sure, but I'm glad he's gone!" She then gave a look around. "Where's Cliff?" She asked.

Doug shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe they left together."

"Oh no!" She cried out in shock. "He might become a bad influence! Cliffs so innocent, and nice, and sweet, and handsome, and-" She then noticed that her dad was grinning broadly at her. "Uh, I mean…" She said as she blushed crimson. "He could get hurt around him! I have to find him!" She then ran off.

Doug smiled. "They grow up so fast. I'm just glad that she's finally interested in someone." He then thought about what he said. "As long as it isn't Johnny..."

-Church-

Meanwhile, Johnny and Cliff entered the church. In there was the pastor, Gotz, Jeff and his wife Sasha, Manna and her husband Duke, Lilia, Rick, and Popuri. They all looked at the two.

Cliff smiled nervously. "Uh… Please don't mind me. He dragged me here."

Pastor Carter smiled at both of them. "Welcome, you two. Please have a seat. My sermons are open to everyone."

Upon spotting the blond idiot, Rick cried out, "Johnny! Why are you here?"

Johnny paid no heed to him as he ran over to Popuri's side. "Hello there. It's good to see you again." He said as he posed happily.

Popuri brought up a hand and waved. "Oh, hello Johnny. It's quite strange how my brother seems to act around you."

"We have to get him away from me! I don't want to look crazy!" Rick cried out in sheer panic.

"What are you talking about?"

Rick pointed a finger at Johnny. "Whenever Johnny's around, this other person seems to possess me! I don't like it!"

Popuri was now getting angry. "Rick! Stop embarrassing me! I've never seen you act so immature!"

"Well he HAS been acting rather strange lately." Lilia said in her son's defense.

"See!"

"But then it's probably just the demons."

The pink haired girl gasped. "Demons?" She then hugged her brother. "I'm so sorry! I didn't understand!"

The Pastor's eyes widened at this. "Demons? Bring him over here."

They obeyed and brought Rick to him. After a few speeches and prayers, they finally let Rick go.

Pastor Carter scratched his head. "That's very strange. I didn't sense any demons present."

"But they aren't demons! It's literally another person!"

"You mean Carl?" Johnny asked as he juggled the hymnals.

"You know about this?" Carter asked.

Johnny set down the books. "Yeah, Carl says he's using a tele-something connection with Rick, and something else. I don't know. It was all gobbledygook to me."

"To be more scientifically accurate, it's actually a telepathic out breach that was once something only possible in my dream machine. But, thanks to the fan boy delight, it can work for any world." Rick-Carl suddenly piped in.

"This is serious!" Carter said in panic. "Church is dismissed! I have to call the head churches about this one." He then left to make a phone call.

"My poor son! My poor, poor son!"

"Your son couldn't be better." Rick-Carl popped in.

Johnny suddenly grabbed him by the collar. "Go away, Carl! You're creeping everyone out!"

"Perhaps, Johnny, but I need to get my message across. You see, the harvest goddess of this world is quite angry with you. I need to find a way to get you out of there." He then stopped to think for a while. "Oh! I've got it! I can create a portal somewhere around there. All you need to do is enter it."

Johnny flexed. "No way."

"But Johnny, you have to. It's the natural order of things."

"But I'm not ready to go!"

"But you must, Johnny. You must go."

Johnny was now really irritated as he marched towards the podium. "Oh yeah? He's crazy! That Carl demon brings doom to this village! Grab him! Save Rick!" He cried out as he waved his arms.

"Don't be silly, Johnny. I'm not a-" He didn't finish as Lilia and Popuri grabbed him.

"Don't worry my dear child. We'll have that demon out of you in no time."

"But I'm not a demon!" Rick-Carl protested as he tried to break free.

"Suuuure, that's what a demon would want us to think!" Popuri said angrily as she shook Rick-Carl. "Get out of my brother!"

Suddenly, Pastor Carter came back. "I've just called the grand church." He said as he rushed towards Rick-Carl. "The head priest has just told me of a prayer that'll surely get that demon out. But, we need everyone in this church to join hands as I recite it."

So everyone circled around Rick, and they all held hands while the pastor recited the prayer. When he finished, a slight frequency was heard.

"Oh no! My communicators are overheating!" Rick-Carl cried out as his connection slowly gets cut off. "Don't worry, Johnny! I'll find a way to save you! After all, I'm your fri-"

The pastor tiredly plopped on a pew. "Whew! We did it!"

"YEAH!" Everyone cheered.

Popuri quickly rushed to her brother. "Rick! Are you okay? Speak to me!" She shouted as she hugged Rick.

"Whoa, I can actually think straight again." Rick said as all traces of Carl left him.

"Thank you, Pastor Carter! You've saved my son!" Lilia said in relief.

After seeing that all was well and the "pest" had left, Johnny went over to Popuri. "Now that Carl is out of your brother, you want to go out?" He asked as he posed.

Popuri shook her head. "Not really, but I WILL be your friend." She said with a smile.

"That's cool… For now."

"Popuri! He's a lunatic!"

"Well that LUNATIC just saved you from demon possession!" Popuri said in Johnny's defense.

Johnny flexed. "Yeah, I'm a hero!"

Just then, Jack and Karen entered the church, looking around for anything unusual.

"Is everyone alright?"

"What happened here?" Karen then noticed her parents. "Uh-oh."

Jeff angrily stood up from his seat. "Karen! Why didn't you come to church today?"

"This was supposed to be a family event!"

"Sorry, mom! Jack and I had some things to talk about."

Jeff crossed his arms. "You two had better not be going out!"

Sasha turned to his husband. "Jeff! There's nothing wrong with it!"

"What?" He said in surprise. "But it's much too soon!"

"No it isn't!"

All the while Jack was just watching the feud in silence. He can't really say anything since it is a family matter, and the topic itself was kind of making him embarrassed as well.

"She's right, dad!" Karen said. "I'm old enough to make my own decisions!"

Jeff was about to counter, but Pastor Carter quickly got up from the pew and walked over to the quarreling family. "So what brings you here?" He asked, stopping the argument.

Karen and Jack heaved a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness!

"We need to have a serious talk with Johnny." Jack said with a serious tone.

The brunette nodded her head. "Yeah! The harvest goddess is very angry with him!"

"We can't state the reason, but trust us when we say it's pretty bad."

The pastor tilted his head. "Funny you should say that."

"Why's that?"

"You see, Rick seemed possessed, and we didn't know what kind of demon we were up against." Carter explained.

"But then it knew Johnny, and Pastor Carter was able to get rid of it, all because of Johnny's presence." Popuri happily piped in.

"It apparently wasn't able to hide anymore when he arrived." Carter finished.

"So Johnny's...A hero?" Karen asked in utter astonishment.

The pastor nodded. "Well… In a way…."

Jack patted Johnny's back. "That's very surprising of you, Johnny." He commented with much surprise.

"Yeah-yeah, right now I'm hungry." Johnny said, not really paying attention to Jack. "What do you got to eat around here?"

"Well the bar has food. We could go there." Cliff suggested.

"Oh yeah! That reminds me!" Johnny said out suddenly as he turned to the farmer. "I'm going to help Cliff go out with Ann!"

Cliff turned burning red as his head slowly sank in his shirt in total embarrassment.

A mischievous smile played on Karen's lips. "Well I'm not too surprised, what with the way he always acts around her."

Jack gave a doubtful look. "But I really don't think Johnny would be a very good candidate to help Cliff."

"Then what do you suggest?"

"Well, I'm not sure. I'll have to think about it."

"But I want to help him!" Johnny whined as he jumped up and down.

Jack crossed his arms and tilted his head. "Well, I suppose we could let him, but we'll have to play editors."

"What do you mean?" Popuri asked.

"Whatever Johnny suggests, we'll have to change it a bit to make sure that Ann becomes charmed, rather than punching Cliff through a wall." Jack explained simply.

"Will you guys stop talking about this?" Cliff asked. He was still red with embarrassment.

"Aw, isn't that cute?" Manna gushed. "I remember the first time that I fell in love. Of course, it wasn't like this, but it still brings back memories. Oh! This reminds me." She spun around to the pastor. "Do you think you could help us? We seem to yell at each other a lot, and we want to stop."

"But of course. Marriage counseling is one of my many good skills."

Jack glanced at his watch. "Well it's getting late. Let's go home. Good night everyone." He said as he headed for the door.

But when Jack was about to open the door, Ann bursts through, knocking him on the floor.

"Where is Johnny! Where is Cliff!" She demanded as she looked around and saw the missing pair. She then rushed over to Cliff. "He's a bad influence on your good character! You shouldn't be anywhere near him! Let's go home!" She said as she grabbed his arm and dragged him as she left. Of course, along the way, she noticed what she was doing and blushed. Cliff blushed even more as well…

Karen watched as the door closed behind them. She then smiled her mischievous smile again. "I guess this won't be as difficult as we thought."

"We get to play matchmaker!" Popuri squealed excitedly.

Karen wagged a finger at her. "Correction, I get to play matchmaker. I AM her best friend after all."

"That's no fun!" The younger girl pouted.

Johnny made a quick pose. "You mean, I get to play matchmaker."

Karen frowned. "What?"

Jack nodded his head. "Actually, that's correct." He then went closer to Karen and whispered, "Just let him think what he wants. He's going to do it anyways. We might as well make him think he's doing something."

Karen gritted her teeth as the farmer moved away. "I suppose you have a point." She then heaved a tired sigh. "Ah, it's getting late. I'm going. Later." She said as she waved off.

"Well Johnny, we better head back. We have to get up early tomorrow." Jack said after watching Karen leave.

Johnny wasn't listening, since he was talking to Popuri. Jack got a bit irritated at this.

"Johnny!"

"What?' Johnny asked as he turned around to Jack.

"I think you better go now." Popuri said.

"Yeah! And be quick about it!" Rick piped in.

-Farm-

It was eight in the morning. Jack was feeding the animals. He originally had Johnny do it, but the curse put on him kept making the animals try to kill him. After an hour, Jack looked at his watch.

"Well, Gotz should be open now." He then looked for Johnny, who was pulling out weeds. "Johnny, I have to go to Gotz's place to get an upgrade on the chicken coop. And since I have a lot of lumber, perhaps I could get him to upgrade the house as well. The cooking festival is coming up, and I want to participate."

"Ooh, lots of food." Johnny commented as he threw a weed over his shoulder.

Jack raised an eyebrow. "Uh… Yeah. Anyways, I have my hands full, and was wondering if you could convince the harvest sprites to help with the chores. I know that spring is the season of their tea party, but if you're persistent, they'll agree. Just don't get them mad, and don't let them have too much fun. I heard that they could get quite rowdy."

"Uh… okay." Johnny said as he simply left for the elves' house.

The farmer scratched his head. "That's strange. He didn't even complain." He then noticed that Johnny was taking the route that laws leading to the poultry farm. "Figures… Oh well, at least he's doing it." He said as he went out to order the upgrade.

Johnny passed by the poultry farm. He didn't see Popuri, so he continued onwards to the harvest sprites home. Upon reaching there, he looked at the small size of the door and then went inside.

"Hello? Are there any harvest thingies here?"

Chef nodded. "Why yes. Hello, budum."

Timid hid behind Chef after looking at Johnny. "He's pretty large, budum."

"I hope he didn't come for work, budum." Hoggy said as he set the cups on the table.

"Yeah." Aqua added. "We have a tea party to make, budum."

"Why do you guys always say that?" Johnny asked in puzzlement.

Chef shrugged.

"It doesn't matter really, since nothing you say is going to make us miss our tea party, budum." Bold said with resistance.

"Tea party?"

"Yeah, and it'll be really fun!" Playful Nappy popped in. "There will be cake, and tea, and many other things to eat, budum!"

"Really? Can I come?"

"Only if you bring us each a gift that we like." Staid answered as he dropped the tea leaves in a small pot.

Johnny dug through his pockets, magically pulled out seven boxes of flour and hit the jackpot. "What about these? Jack told me to buy these yesterday but I don't really see the point of him having me buy them since he has no kitchen."

Only the harvest goddess knows why the sprites loved flour so much, since after staring at the boxes of flour, each snatched one and hugged it affectionately. They then magically placed it in their pockets.

"Welcome to the party. Please enjoy yourself, budum." Chef said in warm welcome.

-Farm-

Jack just returned from the farm. He spotted Karen on the way, and they were talking again.

"So where is Johnny again?"

"Well he was supposed to ask for help from the harvest sprites, but he hasn't returned yet. He should've been back by now." Jack answered as he patted his dog.

"Johnny?" A voice from behind asked.

Both turned around and saw the shipper, Zack.

"Have you seen him?"

"Yeah," The muscular man answered as he handed Jack his money. "I think he's still over at the harvest sprites home. This IS their tea time season, you know."

Jack frowned. "I can't believe he just ditched me like that..."

"Well… Then again, I think I can. I may as well believe that he forgot the flour I told him to buy yesterday."

"I'll help you." Karen offered.

Jack smiled broadly. "Thanks, Karen. I really appreciate it."

The girl smiled as well. "This also gives us some time to be alone." She said in a smaller voice.

Jack blushed slightly. "Yeah, I guess it does."

-Harvest sprites home-

Meanwhile; Johnny was still eating, drinking, and partying with the harvest sprites.

"This party's great!" Johnny said as he danced with a lampshade on his head.

"I told you, budum!"