Description: Kowalski can't let go of science not solving love mysteries but after trying again with his new love invention and finding that it points to a couple that just can't be, he begins to have doubts.

Author's Note: So I decided that this part not be cut into two parts but just be the finisher. The story will have only three chapters but if interested I might add a Skilene bonus chapter on what they did during their date. Ideas for more stories are swirling in my head so no promises if I'll get to the bonus chapter. With that said, enjoy the final chapter!

Also I added some Kico in here to spice things up. I may write some oneshots with them one day but for now they are just here for entertainment.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters here. All belong to Dreamworks and Nickelodeon.


Chapter 3: Perfect Match

"It's a match I can't believe this." Kowalski kept turning the camera off and on, feeling like it was his lack of sleep that was making him have hallucinations of some kind but no it was there. Right there was the proof! Skipper and Julien were unmistakably compatible and most importantly, a match.

Having this new evidence made him recall all the times Skipper would save Julien or the times they would be together. How was he so blind!

Yet, even though he was seeing the evidence right there in his flippers, he refused to believe that all the activities those two did actually had some romantic meaning beneath it.

Kowalski felt the need to hide the camera completely now, burying it under his other inventions that he found no more use for.

Checking the entire room to make sure nobody saw him, he hurried to his bunk. The sooner he went to sleep perhaps the sooner he would forget.

Who was he kidding he would always remember about this! Curse his magnificent brain!

Okay he had to just relax. Sleep would do him good no need to panic this was normal. It was natural. Yes a penguin and lemur falling in love was natural. If he kept repeating that perhaps he would trick his mind to believe it. This could be like an odd version of counting sheep.

From what seemed impossible at first, he did manage to fall asleep when staying awake became more difficult. Now to hope he didn't get any nightmares on this.


In the morning, Skipper approved for them to enjoy some sugary cereals, except for Kowalski of course, seeing that he was still not liking how he made him go on that date.

It didn't matter too much to him he rather he not be jittery from all the artificial sweets and instead try to be calm. He could not figure out if the pros to telling Skipper outweigh the cons. Should I tell him?

Maybe he should just keep it a secret. All he would have to do is not tell anyone and act like nothing had happened.

"Can you pass the milk, K'walski?" Private asked, his flipper stretched out showing he couldn't reach.

"WHAT CAMERA" The scientist shouted, unable to control his outburst. Now he had many pairs of eyes on him.

"I was just practicing for when someone asks me about…" What was he doing he just told himself not to bring the camera up. "Here Private take the milk." In one swift movement he gave Private the carton and he went on to eating his bland cereal.

Skipper continued staring for any clues to his behavior but Kowalski made sure he looked as normal as one could be when eating cereal. Already being the only one aware of this secret was too much to bear. He had to tell someone! It didn't need to be Skipper just anybody!

"Alright boys I'm going out for a swim. If you need me you know where to find me." Skipper announced. With that he left the three eating their breakfast.

That was fairly easy. Kowalski focused on the hatch to make sure it was certainly closed and the second he heard it close shut he grabbed a hold of the other two and carried them over to his lab.

He didn't know what he was thinking when he thought carrying Rico was a good idea. The guy was pretty large, the scientist already felt the need to take a break due to carrying someone as big as Rico.

His back cracked when he attempted to stretch. "Good golly I am not doing that again."

After some more stretches, he locked the door as well as setting up every lock on it.

"Um what is happening?" Private was a little concerned what Kowalski was doing.

Rico merely whined that he didn't get to finish his cereal.

"It's something mind blowing! Kowalski replied to the smaller penguin. "I am still trying to comprehend what I just saw. Even starting to have images creep up in my head of those two...doing things. Get it out!"

Private and Rico watched as Kowalski rambled on and started smacking his own head.

"Coo-coo" Rico teased, turning to Private and was swirling his flipper around his own head to indicate that Kowalski finally went insane.

"I heard that Rico! You won't be doing that once I show you this." Kowalski reached for the camera that he hid and showed them the evidence. "Here it is!"

The two others gasped out of reaction, but seeing again what it really was they were looking at, they started to chuckle.

"Is this really what you have been worried about K'walski?"

"What do you mean Private? Aren't you surprised?" Kowalski didn't understand. Why weren't they freaking out right now.

"Well because it isn't really a secret worth making a fuss about if you have looked hard enough. It's weird I'll admit but not a secret," Private explained with a chuckle.

"Mmmhmmm," Rico agreed.

"Hmm it seems I kind of did over exaggerate a bit. But I still don't think this should not be spoken of."

"But why? Have you not told Skippah about this?"

"Of course not do you know what he would do to me if he sees these results! Not even I know that's how incredibly awful it'll be." A shiver ran down Kowalski's spine at the mention of exposing this to their leader.

"I think Skippah has the right to know. I'm going to tell him," Private boldly stated but before he could make a step, Kowalski was in his face in seconds.

"No way am I letting you tell him!" said Kowalski, stepping in front of the door.

"It's wrong if we don't. It won't be awful I promise." Private tried convincing him while also trying to pass by Kowalski.

Rico was enjoying the dispute, even spitting out some popcorn to enjoy while he watched.

"Private no stop don't make me use my freeze ray gun on you!" Kowalski threatened and held up his weapon that he got out of nowhere, now pointing it toward Private.

"That looks more like a hair dryer then a freeze ray gun," Private pointed out, unfazed by the threat.

"Believe it or not I actually don't remember what this was for. It must be one of my more older inventions," Kowalski admitted, holding his weapon of choice eye level so that he could try to figure out what its purpose was.

"K'walski I don't understand," Private began.

"I know right? What was I thinking on the color on this thing. Cerulean would have been a much better choice."

"No not that! I'm talking about why you told us if you didn't want to tell Skippah in the first place."

"Because I didn't want to suffer on my own being the only one to know about this!" Kowalski admitted.

"Then why not let Julien in on it? I think he would like to know don't you?" Private asked.

Kowalski glanced up to check Rico's reaction to this. The scarred penguin only gave him a shrug.

"This sounds like both a good and bad idea but it's straying more to the bad idea category." Kowalski couldn't stop feeling a little fearful of what their interference would do here, despite having set up a date just yesterday. He certainly was involved with that. Maybe merely talking to the lemur would give him answers that could calm him.

"But I guess just talking to him won't hurt. I'll even go with you," Kowalski agreed, standing up more proudly to show he wasn't scared to go behind their leader's back.

"Rico can stay here then and keep Skippah from finding us. Won't you Rico?" Private turned to ask him.

Rico was busy trying to catch popcorn using only his tongue as he tossed them up in the air.

"Let's hope Skipper takes a looooong time swimming if we're ever going to sneak away for that long," Kowalski said, already having regrets for telling these two.

It was still pretty early in the morning so travelling around wasn't difficult when the zoo wasn't filled with the many visitors they were used to.

They slid in front of the lemur's habitat and helped each other leap inside.

"Looks like I have some visitors. Are you here to worship your king?" Julien acknowledged with a grin on his face.

"Not really. We came to ask you a question," Private replied.

"More precisely a question that must be directed to you only. Meaning the others can't know about this," Kowalski added, looking directly at Maurice and Mort.

"No need for secrecy I am okay with letting them hear whatever you need to say. Except for you Mort go away!" Julien said, shooing the annoying little lemur away who had been doing nothing but sitting there and playing with insects.

"Okay King Julien I shall blindly obey," Mort happily replied, already walking away but failing to see the end of the ledge so he walked right off, landing with a thump. "I'm okay!"

Julien returned his attention to them after Mort had left them alone. "Now you may continue with the secret question."

"Um alright then," Private responded shyly, feeling a little nervous to ask the question now that they were there. "So Julien, do you like...someone?" He meant to say Skipper but he just wanted to make sure first.

"Well I may have liked a few people back in Madagascar. They all loved me I know that. All of them couldn't resist me!" Julien bragged, standing up now to show off his handsomeness.

"They loved you but not in that way, your Majesty," Maurice clarified.

"What's the difference Maurice they still loved me," Julien stated with a cocky grin.

Kowalski signaled Private to just get to the point, he wasn't sure how much more of this he could take.

Private knew he was right so he finally asked, "Did you ever have feelings for Skippah?"

"I demand a different question," Julien quickly responded.

"Have you ever had romantic feelings for Skipper?" Kowalski felt a bit grossed out asking this to Julien but he had to get it over with somehow.

Maurice felt his mouth drop open. King Julien and Skipper having feelings? He had no idea how the king would react to this but he sure was interested in how he would answer.

"I have now just decided that this may indeed be only for those who are king to be hearing. Maurice go join Mort and go away," Julien ordered, also shooing him away.

"But your Majesty!"

"I am hearing a lot of talking when I should be hearing a lot of going away-ing," Julien said with a bit of an angry tone that his adviser didn't listen the first time.

"Fine I'm going I'm going," Maurice muttered, heading over to join Mort.

"Now that those two are gone. Let's continue with the questions," Julien said, getting comfortable in his throne before continuing. "So you are wanting to know about my thoughts on this penguin right? You see it's kinda complicated. Not something penguins such as yourselves will understand."

"No in fact we probably understand more than you do on the fact that you two seem to be the perfect match," Kowalski corrected him.

"Says who!" Julien questioned him now with a raised brow.

"Says science! To be more specific, the camera you took your picture with. We had Skipper be the sample and it turns out you two are meant to be," Kowalski explained, wondering how much of this the lemur was understanding.

"You must be very happy!" Private added in. He couldn't help feeling a little excited for the two if they truly were a perfect match for each other.

"This does make me happy! You see now I know that whenever he is being bossy and all yelling I can just show the camera as proof of his fondness of me. It is hard to resist a king. Many have tried but none succeed! The silly penguin can do as I say now since he secretly loves me."

"That's not how it's supposed to work. You see the camera is also saying that you too have feelings," Private commented.

"For myself?"

"No for Skipper!" Kowalski corrected him.

"How do I know you are not just lying to me right now. You penguins can be sneaky. What if I go talk to the bossy penguin and ask him?" Julien asked, jumping down from his throne to see how the others would react.

"No don't do that!" Kowalski cried out, fearing that Julien really would go off and tell Skipper. "Private say something!"

"Maybe we should let him, K'walski. It could end well if the two actually do like each other," Private suggested but seeing Kowalski was still unsure he had no clue if he would go for it.

"What are you two doing here?"

All three simultaneously turned their head finding Skipper standing there, his flippers folded across his chest. He didn't come alone, Rico had a hold on Skipper's leg and was dragged over to the lemur habitat.

"Rico what happened?" Kowalski questioned the weapon's expert, who wore nothing but a sheepish grin."

"I'll tell you what happened," Skipper interrupted. "I come back from my swim to find you two have been sneaking around to Ringtail and you left Rico here to keep me from finding about your devious little plan."

"Hehe…" Rico chuckled in defeat, knowing that it was partially his fault for not being able to stall the leader long enough. He couldn't even get him to stay in the HQ for three minutes without him developing suspicions.

"Good the penguin who loves me understands. Now I don't need to explain the whole thing," Julien said, leaning against Skipper as if he owned him. Skipper shook the arm off of him and glared at the lemur.

"I don't love you let's get that straight right now!"

"You don't have to lie to me the magic camera said that you have the lovey feelings for me. You may commence with the doing as I say now," Julien gave him a loving smile but Skipper wasn't falling for it.

"First of all the camera isn't magic it's science. Second, I have to come clean. The camera did say that you two were…" Kowalski glanced at the others, stopping at Skipper seeing how he was narrowing his eyes at him. "That you two were soooo not a match. Julien is just taking nonsense don't listen to him."

"Hey!" Julien pouted, not appreciating the comment from the braniac.

"No he isn't!" Private spoke up in a bit of an angry tone. Everyone stared at him in shock at how emotional he was getting about this. "I can't stand back and watch what could be fate get ruined all because Kowalski is too scared to say something."

"That is so not true I was just looking out for Skipper's well-being!" And perhaps for mine as well. Kowalski thought to himself.

Private ignored him and faced Skipper. "Skippah, the camera says you two are a match. You two are meant to be and I believe it. You two have been through so much it's more surprising that we didn't understand this sooner!"

"I don't care what the camera said I do not like Ringtail," Skipper said, unamused by what Private had to say.

"You can't mean that can you?" Private asked.

"I can and I will. I'll even repeat it for you. I do NOT like Ringtail. Case closed. Now if you cupids are done with all this love business how about joining me on some training. Extra difficult today." Skipper didn't wait for the others to reply back and instead slid off back to their own habitat.

"Huh. So maybe science really isn't good with all of this love thing," was all Kowalski had to say about what just happened.

"Uhuh," Rico agreed, still on the floor. He was more glad that finally they could end this as he wasn't that all interested in it to begin with.

"We're sorry things didn't work out for you Julien," Private apologized sincerely. "That is if you even had feelings in the first place." However, now he felt bad for coming here. What if they ruined it for them by bringing things up too soon. It would be all his fault.

"You should be sorry! Look at what you did you made him all angry and say all of those things," Julien snapped at him, clearly unhappy at what was said. Something else seemed to be bothering him as well.

"So I guess we shall head back too. So much to do and again sorry about the intrusion. It would also be best we forget that this ever happened agreed?" Kowalski asked the others.

"Agreed."

"Yup"

Both Private and Rico nodded and followed Kowalski out the lemur habitat. It was a bit terrible to leave it at that but what could they do?

Private looked back quickly and saw Julien looking to the ground, his ears drooped. Now he instantly felt awful at the sight and he wished he didn't say anything.


Days had passed since they had last talked to King Julien. Everything went back to normal pretty much hours after it happened. It was almost like the Love Camera never existed due to nobody daring to bring it back up again.

Kowalski gave it a permanent home inside a box full of either broken or useless inventions.

Today Skipper decided they deserved a little break after all the grief he gave the three after pulling that sneaking around stunt. He named today hobby day as a gift from him to them to just enjoy doing what they liked to do.

Kowalski and Skipper were enjoying a game of chess while both Private and Rico were preparing food. Rico didn't mind making sushi for the team and Private wanted to try making different kinds of smoothies to go with it.

Their hobby day was cut short when they heard someone barge into their HQ.

"Alright what did you guys do to King Julien!" Maurice asked them furiously.

"This sure feels like an interesting case of deja vu. Haven't we been through an encounter like this lower mammal?" Skipper replied with another question, not taking into consideration that the aye-aye was angry at them for something.

"You tell me. The king refuses to eat most of the time and he sleeps pretty much the whole day! Not to mention he doesn't want to talk to any of us!"

"Sounds like paradise," Skipper replied.

"You don't understand this is serious! Just the other day I saw Mort grabbing the king's feet and he said nothing! I couldn't watch anymore it was terrible. The king needs help!"

Skipper turned to Private who seemed worried by Maurice's words.

"You know what your king needs is a good slap to the head," said Skipper as he made the slapping motion to emphasize his point.

"Well one of you should go talk to him he can't live all depressed like this!" Maurice stated with worry. It was obvious he didn't want to watch the king suffer like this.

Nobody was quick to volunteer until finally one penguin raised their flipper.

"I'll do it," offered young Private. He felt the need to be the one to do it, thinking it was his fault for Julien's behavior.

"No I'll do it," Skipper stopped Private from leaving. It was better that he be the one to deal with Julien.

Rico was just watching in the background, quietly chewing on some sushi. All this drama for love. He was so glad he was just straightforward when it came to such. To emphasize his point, he gave Kowalski a wink, who only reacted with great confusion. The scarred penguin laughed at the reaction he got.

"It's alright Skipper I can do it if you like. I'm perfectly fine with it," Private insisted.

"No I rather be the one to set the crybaby straight. I'll go when everyone has left the zoo but you guys can't be there when I do this. He needs a man to man talk or I guess penguin to lemur."


Skipper waited a little longer and made sure that it was nice and dark before he set off to go talk to the lemur. He chose midnight to meet Julien and nobody questioned him why.

Checking his surroundings for any sign of any one of his men following him, he only continued into the lemur habitat when it was all clear. In fact it was too clear other than Mort and Maurice, who were both sleeping on the floor while the throne remained empty.

Skipper knew where to check as he knew Julien pretty well by now where he would go when upset.

Easy enough he was where he figured he be. In a small corner near the fruit pile where he would surround himself with pineapples. The leader never questioned why he would do that.

"Ringtail, we need to talk," Skipper began the conversation, giving himself a seat right next to the lonely lemur."

"We have nothing to talk about," Was all Julien replied with, his tone of voice hinting something obviously was bothering him.

"My tail we don't! I hope you're not upset at what I said a few days ago. You know I didn't mean that right, Ringtail?"

Julien didn't give him a response nor did he even look at him in the eye. This wasn't like Julien something really must have gotten to him.

Skipper leaned in closer to make sure he could hear him. "I do care about you, Ringtail. I knew this plan would be a mistake and I knew it could hurt you but I had to take the risk."

Yes he admit that he was the one who set the whole plan up. Once he heard about the potential of the Love Camera, it wasn't long until he had thought of a way to perhaps get everyone used to the idea of him and Julien as a couple.

He even told Julien about it and he agreed to act it out with him, doing so perfectly when he interrupted his moment with Marlene. Skipper was the one who faked the camera losing power by snatching one of the batteries and putting it back together for Kowalski. All he had to do now was bait the others to sneak out and have a chat with Julien.

It was elaborate and perhaps unnecessary but in his paranoid mind it was perfectly needed. However, he warned about the fake anger he would display to him in public. Why was Ringtail so upset he knew it was staged?

"I would appreciate if the conversation wasn't so one sided."

"We have been together for three months now, Skipper," Julien began softly, even addressing him by his name. "Why can't we just tell the others that we are together?"

"The plan was for that reason. I thought you understood that."

"No the whole reason was for the other penguins to learn about us and to see their reactions right? They were approving but you still said those mean things." Julien was now holding a pineapple close to him.

"I didn't mean it get that in your head right now! I'm not saying everything I say to you is going to be nice but I do care about how you feel." Skipper had to almost force the words out. It wasn't him to express himself this easily but right now Julien needed to hear it. "And they didn't fully approve at first."

"At first but you saw that they were understanding but you still didn't tell them the truth. It's just so hard to do all this secret stuff," Julien said, holding the pineapple closer. "What was the point if things turned out the same?"

Skipper knew what he was getting at and he was right. Perhaps he was afraid of the taunting or his team thinking less of him.

The leader didn't have a clue what he could say now. Normally he was good with words but none came to him at the moment. Perhaps actions speaking louder than words was the move to use here.

Skipper placed his flipper on Julien's paw, rubbing it a bit before letting it stay still there. Julien gazed down at the flipper and for a good 10 seconds he did nothing until he let go of the pineapple and used his paw to give the flipper a reassuring squeeze.

Julien finally did look him in the eye, his face showing that he was on the verge of tears but managed to maintain them. He offered a warming smile which Skipper gladly returned.

The lemur slowly leaned in and gave him a small kiss on the cheek but Skipper had wiped it off in reaction when he felt it. He immediately regretted that action when he saw Julien become upset. He then explained, "Sorry I uh...still need to work on the whole kiss thing. Here let me offer you one to apologize."

Skipper pulled Julien in to give him a more passionate kiss. He was aware he couldn't really kiss so it was more Julien kissing him but whatever works.

The kiss lasted pretty long along with a series of smaller kisses. Skipper even let Julien nuzzle his neck, his small kisses being carefully placed that effectively gave him blissful feelings, leaving him wanting more. Then he felt Julien place a paw near a certain area, a much more sensitive area, and he quickly pulled away. Not that much more!

"Sorry Ringtail but you'll have to wait for that another night. I have to go back to the others they might be waiting for me."

"But it was just getting to the very good parts. Or at least I was," Julien smirked, his eyes showing a more lustful glint to them.

"How about you play with one of those pineapples there. Maybe make out with them too," Skipper humored him. "You still haven't told me why you like pineapples so much."

"That's on an only king to know basis little penguin!," Julien mimicked, holding another pineapple close to him.

"Using my own phrases against me and twisting them I see." Skipper was impressed the lemur actually knew that one.

"Are you impressed?" Julien questioned with a huge grin on his face.

"Maybe I am. Or maybe I'm not. Can't stay here long enough for you to figure that out though," Skipper reminded, trying not to let Julien's disappointed look get to him.

"Alright. G'night silly penguin."

"Goodnight my king," Skipper replied, hearing Julien's gasps of excitement that he had called him king for the first time.

He was his king no doubt about that. No matter how much they truly did bicker or got on each other's nerves, in the end they knew that they had each other and that was all that mattered.

The End!


Finally finished my first PoM story and it was quite the experience. This chapter may have been rushed so I apologize if it was and or if the characters were OOC. Watching more PoM should help that out right haha. Leave a review if you enjoyed the story and maybe comment on what you'd like to see next. Maybe a mission story or another pairing.

~Go watch AHKJ for pineapples