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and so, Fumiko kisses Lin Chung!

Will she accidentally expose the secret?


"Katsumi, I'll ask you one more time. What did you do to him?"

"..."

"Did you not hear me?"

"I heard you loud and clear, Kenji. But I refuse to talk to you. You're a bastard."

"...Father is going to hear about this, you know."

"..."

"You are truly insane, Katsumi. If you just play with us for now, you won't regret it later."

"Uh...huh."

"This is impossible!"

"Heh heh..."


Ape Trully clenched his fists. "This is a disgrace!" he exclaimed. "Who would ever do such a thing?"

"I didn't...do it," came Jumpy's slow reply when he saw the carrots.

"Of course not," their Commander assured. "I know you would never. You know what I'm thinking, though?"

First Squad waited.

"I think there is some kind of...of curse that has been put on Big Green. It is absurd, but true."

That made Fumiko's heart stop. Did he figure it out? she thought. Then, bringing up a casual laugh, she looked at him with her deep violet eyes. "That's crazy, Commander Ape Trully." she said. "There is no such thing." I would be the one to talk.

"I'll try to think it over as we go to Porcupine Castle. We need to become allies." Shaking his head, Ape Trully walked out of the room. "Let's go, First Squad."


Floating above the beautiful hills and mountains in their own hot air balloons, Fumiko was leaning against the edge, her arms dangling as she looked around. The view was fantastic.

But she couldn't believe how careless she was being. Nearly exposed by Commander Ape Trully? If Master Chen heard, he would have her soul in less than a damn second.

And she also couldn't believe she had kissed, even if it was on the cheek, Lin Chung. The only person in Big Green that didn't fully trust her. I can't be falling for him, she thought, glancing voer her shoulder to see him opening his sketch book. I made sure that when I came into this mission, that I wouldn't let anyone stop me.

She sighed and then forced all thoughts away and decided to enjoy the view.

Rolling his eyes at Mystique Sonia, Mighty Ray stuck his tongue out.

Grinning back, Sonia reached up and stretched out her mouth, sticking her tongue back at him.

Annoyed now, Mighty Ray stuck his tongue out and made an annoying noise.

"Hey what's that?" Sonia faked, pointing at the ground.

He fell for it and looked down.

"Ha!" Sticking her tongue all the way out, she grabbed his hat off and pulled it back. Then she began to hit him with her tongue.

"Hey!" Mighty Ray grabbed her tongue and began to pull.

"Let go of...my tongue!" She cried, reaching out and slapping him. They began to fight.

Up ahead, Lin Chung sighed. He could never concentrate with those two fighting all the time. "No. No, I must not let them get in the way of drawing," he muttered to himself, continuing to draw the mountains.

"Oh, no!" Ape Trully suddenly cried out. Then came a popping noise, followed by a whoosh!. His hot air balloon began to go down.

Lashing his jump rope out, Jumpy grabbed the Commander. Ape Trully dangled in the air, his foot safely tangled in Jumpy's jump rope.

Then Lin Chung looked up when he heard another whoosh!. He snapped his sketch book shut and put it away, jumping into Sonia's hot air balloon, since she was the closest, and his hot air balloon plummeted down to the Earth.

"We're under attack!" he acknowledged,

Mighty Ray then cried out as his balloon got hit by a spiky cannon, a Porcupine rolled up into a ball. He began to go down.

"Mighty Ray!" cried Sonia. She jumped off her balloon, as Yaksha grabbed the ropes by its...arms?, and stuck her tongue out, grabbing his arm and pulling him up.

"Eww! She's slobbering on me!" he complained, and she rolled her eyes.

Then a cannon flew towards Jumpy, and he hit it, sending it away. At the same time, he pulled their Commander up into his hot air balloon, safe from harm for now.

Golden Eye Husky was slamming his pipe into cannons, repelling them.

Then a cannon hit Fumiko's hot air balloon, and she didn't notice it did until she felt the hot air balloon start to topple down to the ground at alarming speeds. She began to scream.

Hearing her scream, Lin Chung saw her plummeting to the ground. He jumped off of the hot air balloon basket, at the same time, grabbing Jumoy's jump rope and then he grabbed Fumiko's hand.

She looked up to see him grabbing onto her hand, his other hand firmly on Jumpy's rope. Her heart began to slow down, and she looked away.

Then the cannons stopped, and the remaining two, wrecked hot air balloons drifted gently to the ground, where all the Porcupines were waiting.

"Hello, First Squad," said High Roller sarcastically. "Welcome to your doom."

Hope you all enjoy!

and Fumiko's next victim is comin' soon!