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Chapter 3:

7 New Friends

Hamtaro didn't feel like talking. He was so worried about the human-hams he had just noticed. They were all from his dream and only 2 were missing. Someone called Sandy and someone else were the 2 that were missing.

Hamtaro kept walking with his new friend Oxnard and walking straight for the pigtailed girl and the boy who had a yellow hat with a moon on it.

Hamtaro accidently walked into them.

The boy yelled at Hamtaro, "Hey! Watch where you're going! I was talking to someone!" He blushed at the last comment.

The girl, however, looked happy to be interrupted. She had snowy white hair and blue ribbons tied her pigtails. Hamtaro couldn't stop staring. Oxnard was shaking and apologized to the boy. Oxnard was always afraid and especially to the big boy who had huge muscles. Hamtaro didn't say a word. The girl smiled at him, which made him blush. Finally, Hamtaro said something.

"Sorry, for running into you two. I'm Hamtaro," Hamtaro greeted.

The girl was the first to answer.

"Bonjour! I'm Bijou. I ave (have) just moved from France. I'm very appy (happy) to meet you," she said in a cute French accent.

The boy's jaw twisted, but said, "They call me Boss. Are you new? And who's your friend?"

Everyone was taken aback by his tone, but Hamtaro said, "Yes, I'm new. I have just moved here and this is Oxnard."

Oxnard was shaking and looking at the ground. He looked like he was about to cry.

Hamtaro noticed this and pulled Oxnard to the side. He whispered, "Oxy, what's wrong?"

"I haven't met any new human-hams lately and I'm afraid that they won't like me," he whimpered.

Hamtaro quickly thought of a solution.

"It's okay! They just haven't gotten to know you! I'm sure that they will be your best friend once they get to know you!" Hamtaro pep-talked to Oxnard.

Hamtaro pulled Oxnard back to Bijou and Boss. Boss looked very confused, but Bijou looked at Hamtaro as if she heard the whole thing. Hamtaro already liked her. He decided to compliment her. Now, he felt like talking.

"Hey, Bijou. Those ribbons look really good," Hamtaro commented.

Bijou blushed at this. "Merci" (It means "Thanks" in French) was the only reply that she could manage.

Boss looked enraged. His face went a strange purple. Hamtaro noticed this and joked, "Hey, Boss. You're face looks as maroon as the school!"

Boss immediately knew everyone would laugh and, boy, was he right. Everyone started laughing at this and Bijou laughed the hardest. Even the brunette boy looked up from his book (Can you guess who it is?) and smiled.

Oh, no, Boss thought, Bijou is starting to like Hamtaro! I have to stop this.

"Hey, Hamtaro! Your hair is about as orange as the sun!" Boss yelled in a pathetic attempt to comeback at Hamtaro. He even laughed at his own joke. Everyone else looked very confused. The boy who had a red apron (Can you guess who this is?) shook his head. The boy with glasses and a red bow tie next to him(Can you guess who this is?) said, "I think Boss makes worse jokes than Howdy."

"Oh, yeah, four eyes?" The red apron boy yelled at him.

"I do have a name, Howdy."

"Not in my world, Dexter!"

"Well, you just used my name!"

"Oh, really? Well, I didn't mean it!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

Everyone stared in their direction. The boy who had the book closed it, walked over, and pulled both their ears. He was very tall.

"I'll always can count on you two to start an argument," he stated, smiling.

"OUCH, MAXWELL! THAT HURTS!" Dexter and Howdy both yelled.

Maxwell just smirked. "Well, I believe that the matter is diminished and we will all return to out regular lives, correct?"

"Yeah, yeah! Just let go of my ear!" yelped Howdy.

Maxwell let go and both of the boys' ears were pink.

"Rely on Maxwell to ruin our fun," Howdy muttered under his breath.

"For once, I'm with you," Dexter surprisingly agreed and they both walked off to argue some more without Maxwell interrupting. Maxwell went back to his book.

Boss rolled his eyes. He turned back to Hamtaro and thought, This guy is ruining my chances with Bijou! He's even stealing my compliments!

Bijou, this time, couldn't stop staring at Hamtaro and simply gawked. He was so cute and looked so clueless to her. A true leader, she thought.

Oxnard was busily munching on a seed.

Hamtaro knew he had Bijou as a friend now so why not more? I have an idea, thought Hamtaro

"HEY, EVERYONE! I'M HAMTARO! I'M NEW, BUT WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS! WHOEVER WANTS ME AS A FRIEND CAN COME UP!" Hamtaro yelled at the top of his lungs.

Everyone looked thrown back at his announcement. The boy called Maxwell fell over from shock and his book plummeted to the ground. The girl with the pink scarf looked startled at this yell, but came over with a boy who was all dressed in black and white. He was holding a hammer and didn't look happy with the design of the school.

Dexter and Howdy both went over to Hamtaro while Maxwell picked up his book, dusted it, and strolled over.

When they all reached Hamtaro, they crossed their arms and waited. Hamtaro gulped and thought, Whoa, tough crowd. I better do introductions!

Hamtaro cleared his voice and said, "Ham-ha! I'm Hamtaro! I just moved here to Tokyo about a week ago. Maybe we can all be friends if we introduce ourselves?"

Oxnard and Boss looked stunned at how Hamtaro was acting, but Bijou smiled and said, "Oui. We should introduce ourselves. Bonjour, everyone! I'm Bijou."

She turned to Boss and said, "You should really introduce yourself, too."

Boss blushed a bright red. He was opening his mouth when Dexter interrupted, "Boss, we all know who you are."
"Yeah! You're so fat, it's hard to miss ya!" Howdy hooted.

This time, Boss's face went a deep green.

Maxwell commented, "Goodness, Boss. You're face is a living rainbow today, isn't it?"

"Shut up, Maxwell! I'll-" Boss yelled. Bijou gave him a stern look and Boss immediately stopped yelling.

Dexter cleared his voice and introduced himself, "Hello, I'm Dexter. And my "funny" apron friend is Howdy."

"That's right, yall! You wanna come by my store, and I'll give ya want ya always wanted… At a price of course! Hey I should run a pricy TV show! HA! Price and pricy! They sound like each other!" Howdy screeched.

Everyone sweat-dropped and Howdy mumbled, "Anyone?"

Maxwell shook it off and said, "Greetings, I'm Maxwell. My parents own the bookstore, so I like to read. A pleasure."

The pink scarf girl walked up and said, "Hi, I'm Pashmina. I would introduce little Penelope, but we go to different schools now. I'm happy to meet all of you."

Hamatro thought, Wow, she looks really sad.

The black and white boy said, "Hi, everyone. I'm Panda. I'm a carpenter. It looks like this school will need a bit of Panda work." He turned ungracefully at the scratched paint and terrible pillars. He scowled.

Something interrupted their greetings with two people yelling in the distance. Everyone turned their heads in the direction of the source.

"OI! SANDY! PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU AS A BROTHER! I WON'T FLIRT TODAY IF YOU LET GO OF MY LEGS!"

"OH, LIKE, BE QUIET, STAN! JUST COME ON ALREADY! WE'RE ALREADY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL!"