Author's Note: HELLO EVERYBODY!!! I know you've all been wondering where I've been but don't worry. I decided to take a vacation from writing and try to realign my thoughts. I've also been thinking about some other some stuff but I won't get into that. Guess what, I also got to go spend a week in Florida. And we were able to spend that week at a West Gate resort. The condo was bigger than my house, seriously. I saw it all down there. Disney world, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Beetlejuice concert; I did it all. I even got to hold an alligator, her name was Priscilla and she wore a furry pink hat. Unfortunately, it was the day before we went home when Michael Jackson and Farrah Faucet died (NOOO!!! NOT CHARLIES ANGEL!!!). Well anyway, I'm back and this story is in it's final stretch. I decided to release the the epilogue along with the last chapter but please take the time to R&R both of them when they come out soon.

To everyone: enjoy the chapter and remember to review. Reviews give me extra inspiration.


Chapter 8

A Bug on the Wall

"Okay men, this is the plan." Nat pointed one end of a ruler he was holding to a drawn map on a whiteboard. He turned and looked at his 'subordinates' like he was about to lead a group on a dangerous mission; in a blue furry way, it was. "From the information Chris gathered yesterday after our little field trip, we have come up with a full proof plan to get our shot. Now listen closely, it's already 6 AM so I only have this one time to go through the plan with you all. Do you two understand?"

Chris nodded while Alex muttered, "Grudgingly."

"Good. Now listen up. In a little over a hour, Light and Krystal are going to leave their room and go over to the pool to have a little bit of fun together. When Krystal gets tired of swimming and goes to lie down in a lawn chair, that's when we make our first move. Alex will act as our decoy for this phase."

Alex's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "WAIT!!! Why do I have to be the decoy?!"

Chris smiled as he answered for Nat, "Because, out of all of us you are the least suspicious."

"Exactly right," agreed Nat. "As I was saying, Alex will act as our decoy and lead Krystal away from her beach basket so we can steal their room key."

This was ridiculous to Alex. "And how do you suppose I do that?"

"A good question. I want you to ask Krystal for advice on girls in a private location." Alex could already feel a blush coming to his face.

"Oh this is just great. Can I ask why you chose that particular subject?"

"Because personally, I think you need it." The younger boy sent a death glare in Nat's way. "And now, While Alex distracts Krystal, for at least 10 to 15 minutes hopefully, Chris and I will nab the key and run to our favorite married couple's room."

Chris decided to take over the explanations from here. "Once inside, Nat and I will start placing bugs…"

"Which, might I remind you, we could have been using from the start," interrupted Nat.

"…around the room. One in the shower, and three more in the actual bedroom."

"Why three?" Alex asked.

Nat began to get a bit of maliciously proud grin. "So we can make sure to cover every possible angle."

"Oh…now THAT is perverted."

"Isn't it though," Nat was so smug about all of this.

"Okay. I really don't want to go through with this but I would just get pegged as an accomplice anyway if you all get caught." Alex had practically given up on trying to convince the others to stop this foolish little venture of theirs. "So when do we start?"

Chris and Nat grinned at Alex's new mentality. "We take up stalking positions right now," Chris answered. The three exited Nat's room, and went to find a good vantage point so they can spot the two as they exit the corridor that leads to the pool. They waited for quite a long time, making all three of them wonder why they didn't hit the buffet first. After some more agonizing moments of boring silence the three finally saw Light and Krystal heading towards the pool. They all moved as close as possible behind the married couple without alerting Krystal.

Light made a bee line toward the pool and took a nose dive into the water. Krystal didn't want to get wet just yet. She spread one of her longer beach towels over an unoccupied lawn chair, put some sun glasses on her eyes and laid herself down. The heat of the sun and the fresh sea air helped to relax her nerves. This entire honeymoon had been wonderful but also stressful, and because of that she was sure that she'd get an extreme case of paranoia. Thankfully there was only one more day after today of the actual honeymoon. On the morning of the seventh day, the ship was going to arrive on the docks of Washington.

The three schemers were just around the corner waiting a little longer before sending Alex out to face the blue vixen. They were just hoping they waited long enough to keep from arousing her suspicion. Alex walked up to her carefully and cleared his throat to get her attention. She looked up at the boy curiously and tilted her shades to get a better view of him. "Yes, what is it?"

Alex looked a little flushed about asking her about this, but perhaps that would help his little act. "Uh, Krystal, I need to ask you something…in private." The vulpine raised an eyebrow at the word 'private.'

"And how 'private' are we talking about here?"

"Well, put simply…I need advice on girls!" Krystal took off her shades and looked at him in surprise.

"Alex, don't tell me you've met someone?" Alex flushed at the accusation and nodded his head to confirm whatever it was she was thinking. Krystal gave him a comforting smile and sighed. "It's about time you tried to find someone. I was beginning to feel that you were some kind of hermit and wouldn't gain any interest in the fairer half. Okay, I'll grab Light and we can go someplace more private to talk about this little issue of yours." Krystal was just trying to tease Alex a little. Krystal went over to the pool and whistled in Light's direction. "Light, Darling, we need to talk about something."

Her husband swam over to the side of the pool and looked up to ask her, "About what?"

"Not what," Krystal turned and pointed at Alex, who was standing there waiting for them. "Who. Alex wants us to give him a little advice on girls. I think he might have met someone on board the ship." Krystal was beaming at the idea of helping Alex with his relationship problems.

"And what does that have to do with me?" Light could already see that this sort of thing could take a while so he tried to get out of being his wife's visual aid.

"Simple, Alex needs a good role model on what a good guy should be. He also needs to know what to do with his ego when he knows the girl is right and he isn't." Light could see no way out of this so he sighed and nodded. The young man dragged himself out of the pool and Krystal grabbed his hand to bring him over to his friend. "Okay, I got Light so let's go to the dining room. We can discuss all of this over breakfast." Light and Krystal walked away from a blushing Alex, who followed them shortly after. As soon as they were out of sight, Chris and Nat moved over to Krystal's beach basket inconspicuously so they didn't make themselves look like a bunch of thieves. Chris slipped the room key in his pocket and nodded to Nat. The two walked slowly away until they went through the corridor entrance to reach Chris' room first to get his equipment. Chris opened his door and pulled a briefcase from under his bed.

"With this, we have all but won this little campaign." Chris' smiles gave an innocent appearance but there was a distinct maliciousness about them. Nat looked at the equipment for the first time since hearing about Chris' spy stash. Nat smiled in almost a mimic of Chris' own. The two left the room to go to their friends', with every intent on invading their privacy in the worst way possible. They weren't sure how long Alex could stall them so they worked fast. Chris took command at this point. "I'll start in the bedroom, you take the bathroom."

"Got it." Nat moved quickly to his directed destination. The raven haired boy carefully placed the bug that Chris handed to him earlier on the wall. He chose the wall opposite the shower head based on the assumption that the shower's occupants will have their face turned away from the nozzle; because that's what he did when he took a shower. The bar in front of it also provided some cover. He laughed in his throat as he finished the instillation. "Sorry guys. I'm not going to have any mistakes this time." Nat made his exit and saw Chris setting up the instillation for the last bug.

"So how did the instillation go? You didn't have any problems, did you?" Chris didn't really look like he cared. The guy just wanted to make some small talk while he finished the set up.

"Naw, it was easy enough. I can't believe that after all of this time, we could have just done this."

Chris stopped working to address Nat face to face. "I honestly didn't think you'd need it. I figured you were underhanded enough to handle your own dirty work. I was wrong apparently."

Nat felt a little miffed about that comment. "Hey! I've been above and beyond underhanded. I can't help it that all of these little happenings occur. I'd like to see you fill my shoes for a day." Chris finished up and started wiping invisible dust off himself.

"I am. Well regardless, this should do the trick. Let's return the key and collect our distraction before we get found out." Nat nodded in agreement. They only hoped Alex was faring well listening to Krystal's advice. The two made sure the room looked the way it did before they came in. There was no sense in causing more suspicion. Chris and Nat put the key back where they found it. Immediately, they ran to the outside of the dining room entrance. Nat decided to take a small peak inside to look for Alex. He quickly found his friend sitting with Light and Krystal in the far end of the dining room hall. Thankfully, Alex's seat was facing their direction. Having Light and Krystal's back to them was a plus.

"Chris," Nat whispered just in case Krystal's hearing was better than they thought. "Were in luck. Take a look." Chris did as Nat asked and found that he liked what he saw.

"This is good. It looks like Light and Krystal don't suspect a thing." Chris began to silently laugh at himself. It was funny how Alex looked so embarrassed about this whole mess. It was even more hilarious how Light and Krystal were mistaking about what he was blushing for. "I think it's time I save our friend from any more embarrassment. Don't you?"

"I don't know. I think I'd let him squirm a little longer." Chris ignored what Nat said and poked his body through the doorway.

The past 15 or 20 minutes had been a living nightmare for Alex. Ever since being dragged to the dining room hall, Krystal had bombarded the poor boy with both embarrassing questions like 'What part of her body are you most attracted to?' Then she would give annoyingly sappy advice. Right now, Krystal was going over how important it was to communicate. This scene sort of reminded him of another conversation he had with his mother and father not too many years ago, regardless, it was just embarrassing all the same.

"Now listen to me Alex. This is a very important part. If this girl is truly special to you, you have to let her know in your own special way." Krystal felt like she was doing the world a favor in helping Alex out with his girl problems. "Light let me know how special l was by choosing my feelings over his. However, my feelings for him won over my desires to go back to my world." At that point, she grabbed Light by the shoulder and pulled him close to her. Light felt a little blush come from the extra attention his wife was giving him in front of Alex, but he loved it and more than ever though, he loved her. He knew Krystal was prying too much into their friend's private life, but he hoped Alex was listening to her. She knew what she was talking about. And Alex did appreciate the advice he was getting. It would be useful later In the future. Right now though, he just wanted to get out of here with his dignity intact. It was only a couple seconds after the vulpine princess pulled her husband close to her that Alex saw Chris wave at him from the hall's entrance. He guessed that meant they finished their mission. He decided to wait until Krystal was done with her current sentence before stopping her.

"Krystal, thanks for all of the advice you've given me. I've got to go now but I'll be sure to take everything to heart. Thank you, see you guys later." Alex offered his hand to Krystal. She shook it while thinking it was a bit strange that Alex wanted to leave so soon. She repelled the strange feeling off and smiled to him.

Krystal pulled Light into a hug and laid her head down on his shoulder. "I really hope Alex makes the right decision with this girl."

"I wouldn't worry too much about Alex. He for one has more of a chance at finding a girl in this world than I do." Krystal gave him a narrowed questioning look. Light saw her eyes narrow any (Any?) quickly recovered. "I mean that I'm glad that I couldn't find someone in this world or else I never would have met my one TRUE love." Krystal's eyes stayed narrowed. The narrowed stare made him slightly nervous. He waited for a few seconds before she said anything.

"It'll pass for now. Alright, late go back out to swim at the pool." Light nodded and followed her back to the pool.

When everyone's favorite married couple reached the pool, they didn't notice three pairs of eyes watching them from the corridors entrance. "Are you sure they suspect nothing?" Nat wanted to make sure nothing went wrong with this particular plan.

"Other than me leaving all of a sudden, I don't think they suspect anything."

"Good enough for me. Let's get to my room "The small group headed toward Chris' room and locked the door to keep uninvited guests out. Nat and Alex sat on Chris' bed while Chris himself set up a small surveillance television. "And now we wait." Silence broke out among the boys. None of them thought about what they could do with all of the spare time while they waited for Light and Krystal to get back to their room to…"wrap up the night."

Nat broke the silence. "So what do we do now?"

Chris and Alex shrugged. "I brought some board games with me," the former said.

"Why not," Alex sighed.

The boys spent the rest of the passing hours playing various games Chris had brought with him. It was 8 in the evening and the three conspirators were in the middle of trying to conquer each other's armies in 'Risk'. Chris always said he would rule the world. Nat and Alex were struggling just to keep their main armies together. Chris was about ready to decimate Nat's main army in Russia when they heard a noise come from the surveillance equipment. The three of them got up and, to Nat's relief, saw Light and Krystal enter the room together. "This is it." To Nat it felt like an old dream was coming true at last.

Light and Krystal had walked into their room and didn't notice the very small black marks on the walls. Krystal walked over to a coffee table that was sitting next to the bed. She placed her basket onto its surface which, coincidentally, blocked one of Chris' bugs. Nat and Alex slowly turned their faces to Chris. He was actually surprised at this. Chris then turned to face the others. "It was just a coincidence. Nothing more." The boy was still confident in his other bugs.

After Krystal set down her basket, she crept up to Light seductively. Light was going through his clothes trying to find a nice, dry pair of pants to wear. He was freezing after a swim like that. He wasn't cold for much longer. A pair of furred arms wrapped themselves around him from behind. Much like the time when she returned to him. He certainly wasn't cold anymore. "What's that for?" Light could almost feel Krystal purring into his back. "You're being awfully affectionate today."

"I can't help it. Helping Alex with his relationship problems just reminded me of you the entire time." She kissed his cheek and let go of him.

"Where are you going? I was just getting comfortable." He watched as she walked away toward the bathroom.

"I'm going to go freshen up. Once I'm out, the both of us can get comfortable together." Light blushed heavily. Even though they had spent this whole week in bed together, Krystal still had such an effect on him. He wouldn't replace these feelings she instills in him for the world. He honestly believed no one could love him the way she did.

Light's friends had watched tentatively as Krystal entered the bathroom. Nat was going crazy with anticipation." Chris quick, switch to the bathroom." Chris did as he was frantically told and switched to the visuals it was streaming. When Krystal entered the bathroom, she absentmindedly took a really thick towel and put it on a towel rack. The bug Nat had placed peaked over the rack bar. The towels' thickness managed to barely block the bugs view. Alex's left eye twitched.

"Nat, why did you put the bug there?"

Nat began to laugh nervously. "Well, all of the towels here are so thin, I didn't think she would bring her own… or one so thick for that matter." A collective groan resonated between the three. They groaned even louder when they heard the drizzling of the shower start. They could hear Krystal's whistling but couldn't see her. "I really can't believe this."

Chris tried to stay optimistic about the whole situation. "Don't worry guys; we still have two more bugs. There is absolutely no way the last two bugs could fail." Chris then switch to the bug under the room's light switch and waited for Krystal to come out.

When Krystal finished her shower, she put on some new underwear that had a lace veil attached to it. She came out and watched Light's eyes grew bigger than they had been since their first night together. Unknowing to them, there were several pairs of eyes watching intently. They could only see her back and part of her right side, but she was beautiful all the same. She was indeed the embodiment of sexiness right now. Light watched from the bed as Krystal stood in front of him in her lingerie. She gave him a playful growl. Nat and the others inched their faces closer to the screen anxiously. Light and Krystal started to Kiss each other passionately as Light's hands went to the small of Krystal's back. Their friends watched from behind Krystal as he unclasped her bra. All three of the unknown observers were sweating on their blow as Light did so. When the laced brassiere came off, they could see her bare back. Before anything else could be seen, Light discarded the piece of clothing by tossing it into the air.

Incidentally, one of the straps hooked itself onto the light switch as it fell downwards. Nat, Chris and Alex started going nuts when their view was blocked once more "No, no, no, no." Nat was going insane. "HURRY! SWITCH TO THE NEXT ONE!" Chris hurriedly fumbled with the controls in front of him to open the last stream of video. It was already too late. The covers were already wrapped around them. "No, this is just too much." Nat pushed Chris aside to hog the view. He was almost begging for nothing else to happen. No such luck. Just as the covers began to fall off the intimate couple, ironically enough, a fly landed right on top of the last bug. Nat quietly stood up and left the room.

Chris looked over at Alex and whispered," I think I finally figured out what the problem is."

"Punishment from God?" Alex asked nonchalantly.

"Oh yeah," Chris agreed wholeheartedly.

Light and Krystal were in the covers… getting to know each other better when the door slammed open. Light and Krystal screamed for a couple seconds but stopped when they saw it was just Nat…with bags under his eyes…and a loaf of wheat bread? They watched as Nat walked over to one of the walls and violently beat one particular spot over and over again while screaming, "STUPID BUG!!!" Once he calmed down, he left just as suddenly as he came. The two eyed the doorway that Nat had left through in shock. Krystal looked at Light from the corner of her eye. "Was that…" Light nodded slowly, his eyes still transfixed on the outside hall. "And was that…a loaf of bread? "Light nodded again. "…I think I may be ill."

"You may not be the only one," Light said before going to the door and closing it. This time, they remembered to lock the door.


Author's Note: Well here we are. Here's a little update on "Breaking the Barriars." It's already in the outlining stages right now. I call this phase one. Next is phase two, getting the story into it's raw form. Then phase three, remove as many verbs-to-be as possible and make the sentences more intricate. Then phase four, have it proof read by someone I know (for this phase, I'm either going to get an old English teacher of mine to do this or get my aunt to do it. She's a school teacher and encourages me often to seek her help on things. Unfortunately, that also includes my current love life. My grandma, aunt, and Chris, strangely enough, know this girl named Ginelle and want to set me up with her. It's wierd how my grandma from my Father's side and my aunt from my Mother's side know this girl, considering that they never talk to each other, but CHRIS TOO!!!) And finally phase five, the final revisions and publishing. There is the whole plan my friends. Well, later.