GW: Here's another chapter of 'Lummox' and hopefully I might get more in today…hopefully. Enjoy the song in this chapter.
Ed…in Love!?
While the city was in disaster, Edd, Eddy, and the Yorozuya trio looked out at the city as it continued to burn. They looked worried. They knew the reason for all of this was because Naraku was looking for Lyra. He didn't care about who he was hurting. "Man, what a creep," Eddy said to the readers.
"Oh, this is horrible like bad crab," groaned Gin.
"I agree. It's hopeless, absolutely hopeless," agreed Double D exasperately, nodding his head.
"Tell me about it. I'm losing to a dog!" remarked Shinpachi as he was playing a game of cards with Sadaharu.
Ignoring Shin's stupid remark, Kagura continued, "Oh, that poor girl and her friends. She's like me when I was running from the yakuza, uh huh. I'm beginning to fear the worst."
"I know you are, Kagura, but you can't let Ed know, okay? He's worried enough already," said Edd. "He could be sensitive to the whole thing!"
"Sockhead's right. We should lighten the mood for lumpy," Eddy said as Shin decided to ditch the card game.
"Quiet. Here he comes, now," said Gin as he saw Ed coming in. They acted casual as if nothing had happened. Ed walked in and looked at them with a worried look.
"Remember, stay calm," Kagura whispered.
"No word at all," agreed Eddy.
"Easy does it," added Shinpachi.
"Stone face, yep," Kagura and Sadaharu nodded.
"Hey, guys, any sign of Lyra and her pals?" asked Ed worried as he looked out at the city. Ed felt guilty that he might've caused this mass destruction.
Gin finally couldn't stand it anymore. He yelled in despair, "Oh, it's hopeless! It's a lost cause! She could be anywhere; in the stocks, in the dungeon, dead!"
His friends gave him a deadpanned look as Gintoki began crying over-dramatically on Sadaharu. Shinpachi said sarcastically, "Nice one, stone face."
"But Gin's right. What are we gonna do?" asked Double D, worried.
"Come on, lighten up, Sockhat! If I know Lyra and the others, they're three steps ahead of that creep and out of harm's way," said Eddy confidently
"You think so?"
"I know so. And just think, when all of this is over, she'll be back."
Ed looked smiled as Shinpachi said cynically, "What makes you so sure?"
Kagura chuckled as she shook her head. She figured her friend didn't get it yet, so she decided to do so for her, "Simple. She likes Ed. We always said you were the cute one, uh-huh!"
"You have nothing to worry about, lummox," Eddy said to his large friend.
"He's right. To the girls, you are irresistible," said Gin.
"All those tough guys certainty aren't her type," Edd smiled at Ed.
"Those pigeons are a dime a dozen. You are one of a kind." Eddy noticed that Ed still didn't get it so he said, "Look..."
As Eddy took a piece of hot dog, he began to sing.
Eddy: ToonCity, the city of lovers
Is glowing this evening
True, that's because it's on fire
But still, there's "l'amour"
Eddy held the hot dog outside for a while, then bring it back with it being on fire. The boy blew the fire out, then ate the hot dog.
Somewhere out there in the night
Her heart is also alight
And I know the guy she just might
Be burning for
As Eddy said 'somewhere' he made a deck of cards appeared in front of Ed. He flicked the first one. The last card in that deck had a picture of a heart around Ed. Eddy 'smoked' the hot dog and blew a ring of smoke shaped like a heart to Ed.
A guy like you
She's never known, kid
A guy like you
A girl does not meet ev'ry day
You've got a look
That's all your own, kid
Eddy stepped back and acted like he was going to shoot a camera at Ed, who looked a bit confused. But the small scammer wasn't watching where he was going as he rammed his head against a shelf.
Could there be two?
Edd & Yorozuya Trio: Like you?
All Five: No way!
Eddy: Those other guys
That she could dangle
All look the same
From ev'ry boring point of view
Eddy now was seen playing with the figures of guys that were being hanged.
You're a surprise
From ev'ry angle
Mon Dieu above
She's gotta love
A guy like you
Ed, looking amazed at this, saw himself in the bells while his friends ring them for the heck of it.
Shinpachi: A guy like you
Gets extra credit
Because it's true
You've got a certain some thing more
Gin: You're aces, kid
Now the gang were playing Poker, Go Fish, Blackjack, etc. for their own amusement.
Kagura: You see that face
You don't forget it, nope
Shin & Kagura: Want something new?
Gin: That's you
Yorozuya Trio: For sure!
The trio now cut and trimmed Ed's hair a bit. After they were done, Ed looked ridiculous. Gin showed him a mirror. Ed laughed gleefully as the mirror broke.
Kagura: We all have gaped
At some hot show-offs, yep
Edd: But then we crave a meal
More nourishing to chew
Shin and Gin: And since you've shaped
Like a lump is
All Five: No question of
She's gotta love
A guy like you!
Double D grabbed some bread...and yelped while the Murkrow chased him trying to get themselves a meal. As the music slowed down a bit, Gin played the piano while Kagura, in a beautiful blood red kimono, sat on top with a grin as she sung.
Kagura: Call me a hopeless romatic
But Ed, I feel it, uh huh
Gin: She wants you so
Any moment she'll walk through that door
Yorozuya: For
Double D continued being chased by birds until he came through the door. He is, much to the others' surprise or embarrassment, dressed in a blonde wig and a green dress so he could look like Lyra, though he looked ridiculous.
Eddy: A guy so swell
Gin and Shin: A guy like you
Edd: With all you bring her
Gin and Kagura: I tell you, Ed-boy
Shinpachi: A fool could tell
Edd and Eddy: There never was
Kagura: It's why she fell, yep
Shinpachi and Gin: Another, was he?
Edd: For you-know-who
Yorozuya: From king to serf
To the bourgeoisie
Eddy: You ring the bell
Yorozuya: They're all a second-stringer
All Five: You're the bell ringer!
When she wants oo-la-la
Then she wants you la-la
She will discover, Ed
You're one heckuva guy
Who wouldn't love a guy
Like you?
Eddy: You got a lot
The rest have not
So she's gotta love
A guy like you!
As the song was over, Edd smiled. Maybe, just maybe Lyra really did like him more than a friend. The question was, though, was that the fact?
GW: Aw, I love that song! Next chapter will be up soon. Read and review and suggest, too!