Author's Note: Hiya, I'm back. Like I said, or more like what Shadow said, the villain's name will be revealed in this chapter. I might as well reveal it now, because I'm kinda tired from writing 'the figure' all the time. His name is Fushigini Ashi. In Japan-style, the family name comes before the first name, so in western-style, this would be Ashi Fushigini, but I support Japan-style because I HATE, absolutely HATE, dubs and dubs use western-style, so I go along with Fushigini Ashi. Fushigini means mysteriously and ashi means evil, so it means 'mysteriously evil'. However, I will only refer to him as Fushigini because Fushigini sounds nice. Lol.

Disclaimer: Read previous chapters.

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Chapter 7 – Deep Freeze

"…and that's the end of the breaking news," the hamster reporter ended. Boss switched the television set in the clubhouse off and folded his arms, his expression getting serious.

"So, a place where some more humans live in, called Tenel or something, is getting frozen…" Boss trailed off. "I hope the weird freezing won't reach here. Otherwise, we won't survive, even if we stay in the clubhouse."

As if on cue, the door blasted open and a gust of strong icy wind greeted the poor Ham-Hams in the clubhouse. Bijou gripped onto Hamtaro's paw while Hamtaro gripped back as a form of assurance, telling Bijou that everything would be okay in the end. Oxnard clung onto his seeds, Cappy hid under his saucepan, Panda held onto his workmanship tools and Snoozer just slept soundly. Pashmina held onto Penelope – Stan told her he was sick that day – and were screaming their lungs out for it was so cold. Maxwell and Sandy were hugging each other, Maxwell no longer caring about his books. Dexter and Howdy – though hating each other a lot – held onto each other in hope neither of them would get blown away. Boss struggled to close the door. He fought against the harsh winds by walking up towards the door. He felt the cold wind howl against his face but he didn't care even though frost was beginning to form on his whiskers. He pushed the door with all the might he could and closed the clubhouse, stopping the wind ultimately. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and all the boys went to secure the door.

"Speak. Of. The. Devil." Boss muttered through clenched teeth. "Damn, I shouldn't mutter out any more bad omens…"

"I wonder how Stan is, though…" Pashmina mumbled out concernedly. Dexter and Howdy had learnt of the truth and stopped bothering the two, but couldn't help but feel jealous. "He said he's got a cold… With such terrible weather conditions, he'll become even worse…"

"Ookwee…" Penelope agreed, on the brink of tears. When Pashmina was unhappy, Penelope also became unhappy. That was how tight their bond as sworn sisters was.

"I don't want my brother out there… Maxwell, we gotta like, bring him here!" Sandy requested.

"Ok, I don't care about how bad the weather is now… Boss, I'm going with Sandy to get Stan here," Maxwell declared.

"No, you're not. Because we're coming with you. Right, Hams?" Boss asked, raising his voice a little so that everyone could hear him even though he was already loud enough before.

"Right!"

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"Something strange is going on in here…" Rosalyn murmured, opening up her parasol. A strong gust of icy cold wind blew towards her and she shielded herself from the wind using her parasol. She waited for the wind to die down, and ran off. "I just hope Ari and Stan are okay…"

Meanwhile, Ari was trying as hard as he could to get to Stan's room, but the icy cold winds were too strong for him to handle. It felt strangely like Friendly Blizzard, except even colder, even harsher, even more serious, and even more powerful than ever. The winds would form into a blizzard anytime soon, and Ari was in danger of getting frozen. His body was already beginning to get encased in ice, for bits of ice from the ground began to creep up his limbs. "Stan! Can you hear me?! It's Ari! Stan!" Ari yelled out to Stan's room. His answer came in the form of an even harsher wind blowing directly at him. Ari screamed as the wind blew him off his feet, causing him to fall on his back.

Rosalyn, hearing the familiar yelp from Ari, rushed back into the house after saving Ari's family, Kisling, Linda and Big Bull. Epros was managing fine on his own, for he was already out of the house and shielding everyone with the magic of his cards. Rosalyn dashed into the house, welcomed by a blizzard. She opened up her parasol, glad that it came in handy for once, and fought against the blizzard winds. "Ari!" Rosalyn cried out. The redhead turned to face her, his hair blowing in his face. "Ari, you have to get out of here now!"

"But Stan is-!"

"I'll get Stan, Ari! Don't you worry!" Rosalyn assured. She moved up towards Ari and pushed him. "Go! Hurry!"

"Rosalyn, please be careful…" Ari muttered out concernedly.

Rosalyn answered with a smile, "Like I said, Ari, don't worry." Ari smiled back and dashed out of the house with the wind aiding him by blowing him off his feet out of the house. He joined his family and companions, and helped Epros protect everyone else. Rosalyn, on the other hand, trudged her way up the staircase to Stan's room. She tried to open the door, but just touching the doorknob alone gave her frostbite. She jerked her hand away and shook it to ensure blood circulation. It wasn't enough. She needed warmth; she needed heat. She needed that from Stan. "No, Stan's in there, I have to do this, even if it'll kill me," Rosalyn mumbled to herself, bracing herself for another case of frostbite. She held onto the doorknob and hissed as she felt ice particles sinking into her skin, but she turned it anyway, and opened the door. The door blasted open, and her eyes widened when she saw who was there.

A cloaked figure with a hood over his face was floating in the middle of the room, hovering above a fallen Stan who was shivering probably from the unusual cold emitted from him. Fushigini chuckled, and grabbed Stan by the collar of his shirt. Rosalyn cried out, "Let go of him!" but Fushigini blasted a ball of dark energy towards her. She tumbled down the frozen stairs and landed on the snow-covered grounds of the house. She ran up the stairs, preparing herself to fight Fushigini, but he was gone. With Stan.

She heard a menacing voice whisper in her ears, "If you want Stan back, make your way to a place in Japan called Tokyo. Go to the biggest tree in the park and use a shrinking spell on your friends as well as yourself. You will meet a bunch of pets there who will suffer the same fate as you, and I shall be there, waiting with Stan. Ta-ta."

"Wait!" Rosalyn cried, but the voice was gone. "Tokyo…" Her brows furrowed. The final battle had yet to begin. And it was going to take place in Tokyo.

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"Stan? What're you doing out here?! Come on, we have to get back into the clubhouse before-!"

Stan cut Pashmina off by sighing, "Pashmina… I have something important to tell you…"

"W-what? Can't it wait till we go back into the clubhouse?"

Stan ignored her questions. "Actually, the truth is… I'm not who you think it is…" Damn, that was a sappy start, Stan must've thought to himself, but it had to be done, because he couldn't go around pretending to be someone he wasn't anymore. Moreover, if he and T. Stan were going to be stuck forever like this, it'd be better if everyone knew of the truth.

"What do you mean by that?" Sandy asked. "You're my brother, aren't you?"

Stan pointed to himself. "This body is." Then he sighed and glanced at the gloomy sky. "But the soul isn't."

Maxwell blinked in realization. Having read so many books in his life, especially fantasy ones, he knew exactly what Stan was talking about. "No way! You mean you switched souls with the real Stan?!"

"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted, turning their heads to face Stan.

"Sigh, it's the truth…" Stan muttered out.

"So… Where's the real Stan? And how did this happen?" Pashmina asked, trying hard not to cry.

"If I'm not wrong, he's stuck in my real body in Tenel. We have no idea how this happened either," Stan explained. "I know Tenel's struck down with a weird freezing thing going on. It's probably because of Stan's powers…"

"Powers?! He has powers?!" Everyone shouted.

The harsh wind was getting even harsher. Snow turned into hail. Stan continued anyway, "Yes. To tell you the truth, before I switched with Stan, I was an Evil King who specialized in the element of fire…" Stan was serious, for once. After all, he had to get serious some time, one way or another. "Stan, however, specialized in the element of ice. He had no idea he wields the element of ice. He's probably the cause of this sucky weather."

"No way! My brother would like, never do such an awful thing!" Sandy shouted.

"Hey, calm down, he might not have control over his powers, that's why. I didn't say anything about him wanting this to happen," Stan retorted as-a-matter-of-factly. "Besides, I gained back my own fire powers. I could try melting all this snow."

Before waiting for an answer, Stan rubbed his paws and concentrated on an Evil King fire spell immediately. He closed his eyes and muttered something. Sparks of fire began to form from the rubbing of his paws and the snow surrounding him melted. The Ham-Hams watched with great anticipation. All of this was too weird to be true. A fiery aura surrounded Stan's body and he stopped rubbing his paws. He held out one of it and snapped his fingers. A fire exploded out from one random snow spot. (A/N: Heh heh… I made that power up. XD)

"Stanley Hihat Trinidad XIV?!" Stan blinked twice in rapid motion. He turned and his face was greeted by a tight slap by the familiar parasol girl who somehow managed to get to Tokyo within such a short amount of time. She had a lot of explaining to do, and so did he. Rosalyn stepped on his back. "What the hell are you doing in a hamster's body?! And who the hell was the one taken by the weirdo freak back in Tenel?!"

"Get your flabby leg off me, woman!"

"Flabby?!" Rosalyn jumped on Stan instead, not taking off her platform boots to ensure excruciating pain. Stan was beginning to cough a little bit of blood but he didn't really care. All he wanted was the crazy woman to get off him.

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Stan twitched as Pashmina treated his wounds. The disinfection stung, but Stan couldn't care less. He was shooting Rosalyn a death glare who had no injuries at all. A few moments passed with Stan and Rosalyn doing the explaining over and over again so that everyone else could understand what was going on. Stan ignored what Rosalyn did to him just now and asked, "So this freakshow came up and took my body away?"

"Yup. He said that he'll be in Tokyo – here – but he hasn't turned up yet. Could he be lying?"

"Then… My brother's gone?" Sandy whimpered, beginning to cry. Maxwell comforted her and hugged her tightly.

"D-don't worry!" Rosalyn hurried to comfort the crying Sandy. She didn't want to make anyone cry, not even the strangers she just met. "I'm sure that freaky guy will turn up with your brother soon!"

"Yes indeed, Rosalyn," the same menacing voice sneered.

"It's him, I recognize his voice!" Rosalyn declared.

"Come on outside, and see what I have done with Stan-kun's power…" he taunted.

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"N-nani kore…?!" Sandy, Pashmina and Rosalyn gasped out. (What is this…?!)

Humans. Frozen. Plants. Frozen. Roads. Frozen. Buildings. Frozen. Everything. Frozen. Frozen. Encased in an ice cage. Frozen. Make that ice cages on top of ice cages. Double frozen. Crap. Shit. Hell. FROZEN! The sky gloomy and shedding frozen tears which came to earth in the form of hail. Everything the hail touched became frozen. Freakin' frozen! Blood. Ice blue, for it had been frozen. Crap. Shit. Hell. Frozen…

"Isn't it magnificent?" Fushigini hissed, smirking, revealing his ugly face. The girls had all began crying except Rosalyn. Rosalyn was strong-willed for a female, but the rest weren't, not even Sandy. The sight couldn't be classified as gory or horrific, for all bloodshed had been frozen. The sight couldn't be counted as beautiful as ice either. It was scary, and beautiful at the same time. Scratch that. It was more of scary than beauty.

"Who the freak are you?!" Rosalyn's eyes darted across the frozen wasteland. "And where's Stan with the so-called Evil King's body?!"

"Somewhere you will never find, Rosalyn, unless I bring you to him myself, which I will do in a couple of moments." Fushigini smiled evilly. "My name is Fushigini Ashi. Call me whatever you want, even bastard would suffice for me. I can't care less about what you call me, because I am what I am." Fushigini stopped to laugh and chuckle evilly. His evil laugh could impale Stan's. "I might as well tell you. My body is struck down with an incurable disease, but I still got some powerful magic left in me. I was the one who made the switch for the two Stans. My purpose? Heh. You'll find out in due time. I want Stan's icy powers for my own cause. And this is what I get. A double frozen Tokyo and Tenel. The catch: Stan's powers aren't even fully developed yet. And I," Fushigini teleported over to Pashmina and grabbed her by the scarf. "…am going to have to force him to use his powers at his limit to develop it fully with this little motivation."

Pashmina began fearing for her safety.

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A/N: So… How is it? I made it longer. [smiles Sad, though, because just a few more chapters and this story will be done. It'll probably end at chapter 10. I think I said that it'll be more than that and I apologise. I didn't think about the content. But don't worry, the last few chapters are the longer ones.

Next chapter: The two Stans finally switch back to their original bodies, but what is Fushigini's reason for switching them in the first place? And why is it that T. Stan has ice powers while Sandy doesn't, seeing that they're twins? What is Fushigini going to do with T. Stan? How does Stanley H. T. XIV come into all this? All will be revealed in 'Answer Me, Fushigini!'.

Shadow: Can I give another spoiler again?

Me: Sure.

Shadow: Stan wasn't born a hamster. He was born a human. Again, it'll all be revealed in the next chapter. If you're dying to hear some answers, read the next chapter when it's posted, because everything will all be the answers to the questions, and the last two chapters will be all fighting and romantic stuff.

Me: Long story short, the last three chapters will not disappoint you, I swear.