A/N: Yeah, about not updating this for nearly a year...I had writer's block and started another story. I forgot about this one until I picked up the folder with part of this chapter in it. But hey, better a year late than never.
Epilogue
Wally's POV
When I jumped through the mirror, I landed in my room, where everyone else was.
Numbuh 362 examined the mirror. "I wonder how we can disable this portal..."
"We could find an identical mirror to replace this one," Hoagie suggested. "Then we could really check it out.
I shook my head. "My mom bought this mirror in Australia, like ten thousand years ago."
"Where are we gonna find a mirror like this one?" Fanny asked(yelled if you ask me). "This thing is older than all of us combined. Stuff this old is rare and cost like-"
CRASH!
The mirror was shattered. Everyone turned towards me. "Problem solved. No portal, no negative people."
"WALLABEE!"
"That's our cue to leave," Patton said.
All of them hopped out my window except Kuki.
"See ya Numbuh 4!" Abby called.
Of course my mom stormed into my room, and her face was redder the Fanny's hair. She gasped. "What happened to this mirror?"
"I-"
"I'm sorry Mrs. Beatles," Kuki interrupted. "I accidently knocked it over."
My eyes were enlarged. "Kooks,"
"No. Don't take the blame for me again, " she said. She nudged me and winked when my mom inspected the broken mirror.
My mom's face turned to its regular color. "Why, that's alright, sweetie. I have lots just like it in the attic. I got them all on E-Bay. How about you two go run along while I clean all this glass up." We were wrong about the rarity and the price.
We left the room as quickly as possible, sneaking something into my pocket.
Once we were outside walking on the sidewalk, I asked, "Why'd ya do that?"
She shrugged. "I didn't want you to get in trouble. And besides...you saved me...back there...and...yeah."
I blushed. "Oh...thanks..." I put my hands in my pockets then quickly pulled it back out. My hand was bleeding. "Uhh..."
"Wally! What happened?" She dragged me back towards my house.
Then I remembered. I carefully grabbed what had cut me from my pocket. "I, uhh, took this piece of the mirror to, uhh...you know, make sure my mom doesn't put the mirror back together and...start everything up again..."
"Let me see that." She reached for the shiny glass. "Ow!" Kuki had a cut across her palm, identical to mine. "Look! I think I see something in the mirror!"
"All I see is blood," I said.
"No really!" she exclaimed. "I think I see your opposite. Look closer."
I looked, and sure enough, I saw my fake, retard opposite. He had cuffs around his wrists and ankles. It seemed as if he were in court. If I could only hear what was said.
Negative Numbuh 4/Eeballaw's POV
Thanks to my stupid opposite and his friends, I was charged with two counts of attemted murder, eight counts of larceny, two counts of grand larceny, and two many misdimeanors to count. The DNK wanted to get me for 12 billion (or however many people there are in both worlds) counts of attempted murder just because the worlds almost collided. It was stupid to charge me or anyone with 'attempted murder.' I never killed anyone (yet), so why do I have to go to jail for it? The people who I 'attempted to murder' were very much alive and breathing.
Now, I have to work in the broccoli mines until I turn thirteen, and after that, I will go to an adult prison all because I stole some stuff and didn't kill anybody. Still, I have a lot to look forward to. Especially after I break out...
Wally's POV
"Wow..." I spoke. We started walking again.
Kuki moved her long hair from her face. "Do you think he'll break out again?"
I shrugged my shoulders. "Hmm...probably. But if he does, he'll get a death sentence."
She raised an eyebrow. "How would you know? You're not-"
"I meant," I interrupted, "that he'll get a death sentence from me. Especially if he tries to mess with you again."
"It's nice to know that you care about me, Wally," she said. "No one's ever vowed to protect me like you did."
Well, I like you, so that helps.
"You do?"
Did I say that out loud? "Um...yeah..." If I could see how red my face was. "Yes."
Kuki wrapped her arms around me. "Now, was that so hard? Just to say it?"
"I guess not," I replied. I thought back to when we were playing school and Kuki was the teacher. "I still can't believe you read my book out loud."
"If I didn't, the worlds would've collided," Kuki said. "Or something else could've happened."
I coulda lost you...
"But you didn't." She smiled. "I'm still here aren't I?"
"Yeah..." Why do I keep saying things that are supposed to be thoughts? Maybe my opposite's brain stuff is still affecting me. "Kooks...do you wanna...maybe...hang out later...just you and me?"
She frowned. "No, Wally, I don't wanna maybe hang out later, just you and me."
My shoulders dropped. I tried.
She lifted my head up. She was smiling. "I wanna definitely hang out later." She giggled. "Just you and me."
I grinned like an idiot. "W-where do you wanna go?"
Kuki grabbed my arm and pulled me from the sidewalk to the grass of somebody's yard. She sat in the grass, and she told me to sit next to her. She laid her head across my lap. Then, she pulled my head down to whisper, "Surprise me."
"Okay," I responded. "I gotta ask. How did you breath in that liquid stuff?"
"I. Don't. Know." She looked totally freaked out. "I was scared I would die if I breathed. Your opposite is messed up.
"Really messed up," I agreed. Kuki stood and walked towards the door of the house. She fiddled with the door knob and opened the door. "Kooks, what are you doing!"
This is my house, Wally," she answered.
"Oh." I looked at the house again. "Oh yeah."
She shook her head. "See you in an hour or two."
"See ya." I turned to walk home, but then I began to realize the trail of blood from when we walked here. I went to the door and knocked on it. When I saw Kuki open the door, I smiled (and stopped holding my breath). "Can I have something for my hand?"
"Oh yeah, come on." I followed her to the living room couch where a first-aid kit was already open on the coffee table. I saw that she already had a bandage on her cut. She put an identical bandage on my identical cut.
"Thanks, Kuki."
"You're welcome," she said." I started to walk down the sidewalk. "Bye!"
"Bye, Kooks!"
No POV
When Rachel and Fanny reached the Moonbase, everything seemed normal. Except for the decorations, and the giant banner that red, 'THE WORLD IS SAVED!' Then everyone on the base grew quiet, and the silence remained until some operative shouted, "The heroes have returned!" The base roared with applause and shouting.
Fanny and Rachel exchanged glances.
"Numbuh 362, I thought no one was supposed to know of our absense," Fanny whispered. "It looks like every single Kids Next Door operative is here. Besides Sector V and Numbuh 60."
"I don't think every operative is here, " Rachel replied. Suddenly, her communicator lit up. "Yes, Numbuh 60?"
"Where is everybody?" he asked. There was a note that said 'Come to Moonbase,' and...what is that noise?"
"Just stay down there, for now," she told him. "There's supposed to be some celebration here, but it can wait until tomorrow."
At the Treehouse
"Hey, you guys," Nigel called. "I just heard that every operative was at Moonbase ready to celebrate."
Abby plopped onto the couch. "Numbuh 5 doesn't think she's ready to party yet. Numbuhs 3 and 4 probably feel the same way."
"Yeah, " Nigel agreed. "Where are they?"
Hoagie shrugged. "Their houses, probably. Do you think Numbuh 4 is grounded again? He did obliterate that old mirror."
"I'm sure he'll be back tomorrow," Nigel assured.
Hoagie stood up and began to leave.
"Where are you going?" Abby questioned.
He shrugged. "Home."
"No, you were gonna try to spy on one of them," she said.
"No, I wasn't!" he defended. "But that's not a bad idea."
"Numbuh 2," the sector leader snapped.
"Okay, I'll stay here." He sat next to Abby. "Be cool. Etcetra."
The girl only shook her head and lowered her hat. "Hoags, just stop."
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked frantically.
Nigel and Abby exchanged a glance, began to whistle, and nonchalantly walked into their separate rooms.
"Guys?" Hoagie called. "Come on, seriously?" He sighed and began to trot to his own room. "I am cool..."
Wally's POV
I couldn't wait to see Kuki, and I was nervous at the same time. I wore a neat, button-down orange shirt and blue jeans. I wondered what she would be wearing.
A better question would be where we would go. She'd said to surprise her.
The arcade? Nah, she might not get as much enjoyment as I would.
Hmm...I most certainly won't go to anything super girly. I won't last even ten minutes before exploding.
Maybe we should go to the park. That's kinda in the middle. Yeah, we'll go to the park.
I can't wait...
No POV
Treehouse
Abby and Hoagie were watching TV in the game room. Abby was carelessly flipping channels. Hoagie was nearly asleep.
Nigel entered the room. "Guys, Numbuh 362 wants me at Moonbase, so Numbuh 5...I guess you're in charge until I get back."
She nodded as she turned the channel.
The sector leader left the treehouse in the M.I.N.I.-B.U.S. and headed into space.
Abby tapped on Hoagie's shoulder once the vehicle took off.
"Huh, what?"
"Numbuh 2, get up. Let's go."
He groaned. "Go where?"
"To check on Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4."
His jaw dropped. "Do you think they're...together?"
Abby smiled. "Let's go find out."
"We shouldn't spy on them."
"Well, it was your idea."
"No, it wasn't!" he defended. "You came up with that."
"Numbuh 5 knows you were thinking about it."
"No, I wasn't."
"Just come on."
"No."
"Okay, Numbuh 5 is leaving you here then."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Bye, Hoags."
"Wait up! I'm coming."
Wally's POV
I stepped up to Kuki's door and took a deep breath. I knocked on the door.
The door opened and Mushi was standing there.
"Uh, hi."
She stared at me for a second. "Come in...KUKI!"
"WHAT!"
"Your boyfriend's here!"
I felt my face get hot.
"Uh, I'll be down in a minute!"
Mushi smiled with much satisfaction and skipped away.
Kuki walked down the stairs smiling. She was wearing a green blouse and black jeans. "Hey, Wally."
"Hey...Are you ready?"
She nodded. "Let's go."
Once we were outside, I grabbed Kuki's hand.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"To the park," I replied.
She grinned. "That sounds nice."
We walked through the neighborhood where I did my tree-hopping.
"I remember that tree," Kuki said pointing to a tree. "You pulled me up this tree, and I had to convince you to come down, so we could try to tell the difference between you and your opposite."
"Yeah, I was really mad that day," I said. "I thought...you liked my opposite, but he was using that red dust."
Kuki giggled. "Were you jealous?"
I looked at my feet. "Yeah, I guess."
"That's okay," she told me. "Everyone gets a little jealous, but you don't need to be."
I didn't know what to say. "Oh...okay."
We reached the entrance of the park, and saw the most surprising sight ever. Patton and Fanny were sitting on one on the benches talking, NOT FIGHTING. Fanny's crutches (from when she twisted her ankle) were sitting beside the bench.
"Let's hide and watch them," Kuki suggested in a whisper.
I nodded. "Let's hide in that tree." We tip-toed to the nearby tree. I quickly climbed it and pulled Kuki up.
"When did this happen?" she asked. She pulled out a pair of binoculars.
"Where did you get those from?" I asked.
"Shh, I wanna hear them."
I listened closely. They seemed...happy. That was different. Then I began to hear the actual conversation.
"I'm sorry for ditchin' you and Hoagie back in the Negative world," Fanny said. "I think I just snap under a lot of pressure."
Patton waved it off. "It's all over now, and we're back, right?"
"Yeah, but-"
"And it was partially our fault too," he admitted. "We were kinda trying to piss you off on purpose. Well, I was."
"Why?" she questioned.
He smiled. "I like to see you mad. Your next move is always unpredictable."
"Aww," Kuki whispered. "That was nice, I think."
I chuckled lightly.
Fanny blushed. "Oh...well, it's kinda fun arguing with you, sometimes."
"Really?"
I turned my head around. I'd thought I'd heard something. I slowly crawled to the other side of the tree and peeked through the leaves. I didn't see anything or anyone. Weird.
I reunited with Kuki at the front of the tree. We watched and listened to them talk some more. Then there was the Shock of the Year. We both gasped.
Patton kissed Fanny on the lips, and she let him.
Kuki was so surprised that she almost fell out of the tree. I quickly yanked her back up.
Fanny pulled away. "Did you hear that?"
Patton stood up and walked towards our tree.
"Climb up higher," I told Kuki. She stepped up a few branches, and I followed her.
Patton stood at the bottom of the tree. Kuki's binoculars slipped out of her hands and hit Patton on the head. "Ow! What the..."
"What is it?" Fanny asked.
"I'm going up there," he said. He began to climb the tree.
Kuki and I moved towards the edges of our branches. Kuki's branch snapped, and she fell and hit the ground. She ran away frantically.
Patton jumped from the tree. "Fan, who was that?"
"I don't know, but I think it was a girl," she replied.
Patton started to climb the tree again. Before I knew it, my branch snapped too, and I ran in the same direction.
No POV
Little did the couple know that there were two other pairs of eyes watching them behind the bushes.
Hoagie tried his best to stifle his laugh.
Abby elbowed him. "Shh! Before we get caught."
Patton shook his head as he walked back towards the bench. "When I find out who they are..."
"Patton," Fanny called. "That was Numbuh 4."
He raised an eyebrow. "No, it wasn't."
"Yes, it was."
"How do you know?"
She sighed. "Do you know any other short boy with blonde hair and a bowl cut?"
"Yes."
She narrowed her eyes at him. "Who?"
"Joey."
"Patton!" Fanny shouted. "We should get back at him."
"How?" he asked. "You can't even walk."
"I don't need to." Fanny stood up and hopped on her left foot. "Come on."
"What about your crutches?"
She rolled her eyes. "You're just guaranteed to find a way to hold me back. Can ya carry them for me?"
When Patton turned around to get the crutches, they were gone.
"Where'd you put 'em?"
Fanny hopped around. "Where are they? I put them beside the bench!"
Hoagie was ready to burst with laughter. Abby was smiling with the crutches in her hands.
Patton looked under and around the bench. "I'll just get you some new ones."
"What am I gonna do until then?"
"Hop on my back, " he suggested. "I'll take you home."
"Really?"
"Yes."
Patton carried Fanny out of the park.
Once they were out of ear shot, Abby and Hoagie burst into laughter.
"Oh my gosh! That was priceless!" Hoagie exclaimed.
"Numbuh 5 can't believe they fell out of the tree!"
The two rolled around in the grass, laughing even after tears came out of their eyes.
"We should take these crutches and put 'em in her office," Hoagie began. "Then we should leave her a note that says, 'Found these in the park. How your relationship with your boyfriend?'!"
They started their laughing fit all over again.
Wally's POV
Once I caught up with Kuki, we decided to head back to the treehouse.
"Are sure you're alright, Kooks?" I asked again.
"I'm fine," Kuki responded. "Are you okay? You did fall from a higher branch."
I nodded. "Um...you're shirt is ripped."
She twisted to the side. The tear was on her right side. "Oh. It must have snagged on the tree."
"That was kinda fun though," I said. "Even if we did almost kill ourselves."
Kuki smiled. I love her smile. "Yeah, but if they didn't see us, then we can never say anything about it around anyone. They'll kill us."
The two entered the treehouse and saw nobody was there.
"Where is everybody?" I asked.
Kuki shrugged. "Do you think they're all at their houses?"
"Numbuh 1 lives here though," I told her.
"Yeah..." She looked around the room. "What's that?" She picked up a small envelope that was addressed to Sector V and opened it. "'As you may have known, every Kids Next Door operative gathered at Moonbase to throw us a party for saving the worlds. I rescheduled it for tomorrow, and I hope to see you all there.' This will be fun!"
"Yeah, as long as it doesn't turn out like the last one," I mumbled.
Kuki giggled. "I'm sure there won't be any farm animals at this party."
I crossed my arms. "There better not be."
A/N: This was gonna be waaaayy too long so I cut it in half, so I could post it quicker. The party will be in the next(hopefully last) chapter, and it WILL NOT take almost a year to post it.
