-Ch. 29 Love Stinks!-

It was the next day and Lee and Yuki were walking in town together. "Gee, it was really nice of Master Yo to give us all a break today, huh?" Yuki said as she trotted along playfully. "Yeah, only because I was sick," Lee replied, "You know he's gonna work us like dogs tomorrow though...No offense." "None taken, I guess. It's too bad Yin and Yang went to hang out with their other friends. Think they're trying to get away from us?" Yuki asks. "Probably...I mean we do live with them..." Lee joked, "...Sooo...whadya want to do?" Lee asked. "I dunno...We're both still pretty new in town, right? So, why don't we take a look around?" Yuki suggests. "Sure, why not? It'll be nice to check the place out when we're not fighting some crazy villain!" Lee laughs.

Lee tries to strike up a conversation during their walk. "Sooo...You said, that you're not from this town, like me, right?" he asks. "Uh-huh," Yuki answers. "What kind of place did you live before you came to the dojo?" Lee wonders. "Oh, me? I come from this small village that's not terribly far from here, but apparently it's far enough for me not to have heard about any of the crazy things that happen here!" Yuki answers, "It's a quiet little place, so I'm not used to all of this "hustle and bustle". It kinda spooks me a bit...So, where did you live?" "M-me? Um...See...me and Lou...we sort of don't really have a home...We kinda just roam around...Me and Lou stick together wherever we go..." Lee stutters. "Does that mean...he's...an orphan?...Poor Lee..." Yuki thought to herself. "...That's so cool that Lou cares for you so much! Sometimes, I wish I had a brother or a sister, but I feel like Yin and Yang are my siblings now! Hee hee!" the puppy giggles.

The canines continue walking; admiring the city around them. "Oooh, this place is so big! So many buildings! It's so easy to get lost!" Yuki gasped with awe. She looked curiously around at the many structures and Lee laughed to himself and blushed a little. "This is the perfect moment!" he thought, "We're alone...together...having fun...C'mon, Lee! Make your move!" "H-hey, Y-Yuki...you w-wanna..." the fox started to say, but something caught Yuki's attention. "Oh my gosh! Can it be?!" she exclaimed with delight, not hearing Lee. She raced off, skipping gleefully. "...Get something to eat?..." Lee finished his question, in a depressed tone, dropping his ears and tail. "Wait to go, Dork! You missed you chance! You idiot!" he discouragingly thought to himself.

Yuki ran inside of an arcade. "It's...SOOO cute!" she squealed endearingly. Lee spots the puppy pressing her face against the glass of a Crane-machine, but he decides not to follow after her. The girl had her glittering aqua-eyes glued on one prize in the machine: a skunk stuffed-animal. "I can't believe it! At last, my Super-Fluffy-Plushy Collection will be complete! The only one I'm missing: a skunk! Oh, I'm gonna get you, skunky! You're going right in my collection!" she cheers happily. She takes out a quarter and inserts it into the machine. It starts up, but she misses her prize. "Awu...This is going to be harder than I thought..." the puppy sighed, "It's the only one in the WHOLE arcade! This could be my only chance!" She pulls out another quarter with unnecessary epicness. "With this quarter, I claim my skunky-poo!" she cries. Unfortunately for our cutie, it's another miss. "Um, Yuki?" Lee calls shyly from outside. "Uh, sorry, Lee! This might take awhile! I HAVE to do this!" she shouts back. "Oh...Okay...See ya..." Lee sighs with disappointment. Lee's ears and tail droop, and he walks off. Yuki was too distracted by the machine to notice anything. After about five more tries, her furry forehead was against the glass window of the machine. "This is going to be a LONG day..." she mumbled.

Lee walked further into town, still feeling down. "Dang it! I just HAD to miss my chance...I bet we could've had ice cream together! She loves ice cream!" the upset fox grumbled, kicking a can on the ground, "Curse my shyness...I bet she feels the same way...Man, will I ever be able to tell her how I feel?...I better do something to take my mind off this...Take my mind off her?! But I LOVE her!" Suddenly, he hears a loud scream of terror. "Yuki?!" the fox cries, "...Wait...that wasn't her voice...Man, I really need to get a life...I wonder who that was? Doesn't matter; they're in trouble and I'm going to help!" He charges towards the area where he heard the scream.

A little bit ahead, there was no one around, except for four kids. "W-why won't you leave me alone?!" a frightened voice asks, "Y-you know, you shouldn't scare a skunk!" "Ha! Your nasty little trick won't work on us again! We're wearing gas masks!" a sneaky voice threatened, "Now, do as I say or else we'll shave off that bush-of a tail of yours!" "N-no! N-not my tail!" the skunk cries, accidentally releases her foul-smelling spray. The attackers were unfazed by the gas. "Ha! Told you, you gross farting rat!" one of the villains snickered, "Now, hand over ALL your cash, and you can keep that big o' tail, see?!" "B-but...I t-told you already, I d-don't h-have any m-money!" the poor skunk pleaded. "You stinky pest! Yo, boys! Hold her down! Let's get shaving! Hehehe!" the villain commanded. The other two stare worryingly at each other, than at the skunk girl. "What are you waiting for?! Do it, or I'll shave you!" the angry crook demanded. The two reluctantly grab the girl by the arms and pin her down. The leader pulls out an electric shave and snickers as he grazes the tip of the skunk's tail. "Eeek!" she screamed. "Stop it right there, jerks!" a voice yelled from a distance.

Suddenly, a wooden mallet flies and hits the thief, causing him to drop the razor. A figure spin-kicks the other two crooks off of the skunk girl. It was Lee! He bends down and holds his back in pain. "Oh man...I'm...not supposed to be doing any fighting...Owch, my body's still sore..." he thought. He lands and holds out a hand to help the girl up. "Hey, are you okay?" he asks her. The girl stops and stares at Lee, dreamingly with admiration. Lee's nose then twitches as he smells the air and he starts to gag. "Bleck! What the HECK is that?! Oh, gross! That is the most DISGUSTING thing I have EVER smelt! I think I'm going to pass out! Ugh...stupid...sensitive...canine...nose..." the fox coughed. "Eep! I'm s-so s-sorry! I w-was scared and I..." the skunk stuttered. She was blushing so much, that her red cheeks were visible even through her black fur. All of the sudden, Lee is attacked from behind! "EEEEEKK!" the girl screams.

Lee shakes his head and gets up. "Oh man...That hurt...Still sore...from yesterday...Bad smell...not good combo..." he muttered, rubbing his head. He then gets a good luck at his attacker. "Hey! It's you! You're those losers the Axis Blunders!" he growls. "It's Axis BANDITS, you stupid cat!" Red shouts back. "I'm a FOX, you moron!" Lee barks, "You punks are pathetic! You're always picking on innocent little girls! Well, now you're going to pay for it! You're going to have deal with me!"

Lee's fists begin to spark with lightning. "Hit! Haut! Ho! Here I go!" he cries as he leaps at the bandits. The angry fox pummel the Axis Bandits with his electric punches. He hefts up his hammer and prepares to swing it at the dazed crooks. "FOUR!" Lee shouts, swinging the mallet like a golf club, sending his foes sky-high! "I'll get you, CAAAAATT!" Red screamed as he flew. "I'm a FOOOOOXX!" Lee howled. Lee drops he his knees, and wipes sweat from his forehead. "Oh, man! I'm BEAT! I knew...I shouldn't...have...used...SO...much...energy..." the fox pants, "That's...enough...exercise...for...the...day...Maybe...for the rest of my life...Oh, well...Hey, are you okay, Skunky?" The skunk girl's golden eyes shimmer and her mouth gapes open with a smile. She grabs Lee and gives him a big hug. She was so excited; the air around her is filled with a foul haze. Lee tries to free himself from the girl's grasp, but once the smell hit his nose, he nearly fainted! "Oh, thank you thank you thank you thank you thank YOOOOOUU!" the skunk squeals, hugging Lee tighter. She wraps her big, fluffy tail around him, engulfing him in the awful stench. Thanks to his super sensitive nose, Lee blacks out from the terrible smell as the skunk continued to cuddle him.

In the forest, where the Axis Bandits had landed, Red was ranting about his defeat. "Aw man! This SUCKS! I can't BELIEVE that stupid cat beat us like that! It just burns me up!" he grumbles. "Uh, he's a fox, Seth," Green comments. "Shut up, Joe! No one asked you! And call me Red!" Red yells back, "As I was saying, that punk totally ambushed us! We were so close to robbing that black and white stink bag and he comes out of nowhere and beats on us! He made us lose our gas masks too and now I can smell that stink! I can't take this stench any more, it REAKS! I'm gonna barf! Stupid skunk! Stupid cat!" While the bandits were walking, they decide to stop and rest by a tree. Suddenly, a figures falls from the tree and hits the ground. "What is that putrid smell?!" the figure cries.

"Shut up, Sheet-Freak! It's not my fault! We got skunked by a stupid skunk!" Red retorts. "Oh, man, that's RANCID!" the figure gags. It was Doop, the shape-shifter that framed Lee! "At least you can get away from it! I don't know how to get rid of it! It's all that stupid cat's fault..." Red states. "Fox..." Green butts in. "Whatever! That punk orange kid ambushed and made us lose our gas masks! We were this close to getting that smelly rat's cash too!" "Um, she totally said she didn't have any money...Twice..." Green mumbles. "Wait, did you say fox? You don't mean...that kill-joy, Lee?! With the dorky glasses and the blue eyes?" Doop asks. "Yeah! That runt! You know him? 'Cause me and my boys are gonna mess him up next time we meet!" Red bellows. "That stupid fox ruined my best prank EVER! I say we teach him a lesson, TODAY!" Doop demands. "Good idea, Freak-Sheet!" Red agrees. "It's Doop! My name's Doop!" the doppelganger replies, "Let's go get that pest!" "The wimp should still be in town, so I say, we ambush him back!" Red shouts. Red and Doop snicker evilly, but Green and Blue look at each other, and sigh with disappointment.

"H-hello? Hellooo?" a girls voice calls, "Oh no...He saves me and what do I do? Knock him unconscious with my stink...He's probably going be mad when he wakes up...Or he just going to run away...like everybody else..." Lee begins to slowly wake up and he breathes in with his nose. His eyes opened wide and he started to gag. The stench faded just a enough for Lee to not pass out again. "Blea! Hack-urk! That smell is soo nasty! What is that?! Oh man...I'm gonna barf..." the fox gasped. He looks up to see the skunk; hands behind her back, shuffling her feet shyly. "Hey, are you okay? Wait...didn't I say that already? I must've blacked-out! I bet it was that disgusting smell that KO'ed me! Man, what IS that?!" The skunk blushes and her ears and tail droop. "D-does he really not know it's me? Maybe...he's trying not to hurt my feelings..." she thinks to herself, "He SAVED me! I HAVE to thank him some how..." "Thank you SO much for saving me!" she exclaims with gratitude. "No sweat! It's my duty as a Woo Foo Knight...in training!" Lee replies, "...Hehe, I said duty! My name is Lee, what's yours?" "M-my name's Rosy! Rosy Petalia! Lee, you're my hero!" the skunk responds endearingly. "H-hero? I d-don't know about that..." Lee stutters, blushing a bit. Rosy flutters her eyelashes and embraces Lee, once again wrapping her tail around him. Unfortunately, she accidently fills the air with a smog of odor. The stench reaches Lee's nose and he tears up. "Gah! GROSS! I'm gonna...blea!" he gasped. Rosy's tail rubs Lee nose, causing him to sneeze then inhale the rancid smell through his nose again. "AACHOOOO! GAGG! ERK! EWWWWWWWW!" he choked, "It's...you! That smell...is you!" The fox frees himself from Rosy's hug, drops to his knees and gasps for air. "Eeek! I'm sorry, I did it again..." Rosy says with embarrassment, trying to cover her face with her tail. Lee gets up and starts to run away. "I-I have to g-go somewhere! I-I'll see you later!" he calls behind him. Rosy's ears and tail drop and she tears up. "I knew it...It was too good to be true...No one will ever like me...b-because...I stink..." she sobs.

In the shadows, the Axis Bandits and Doop, clad with newly stolen gas masks, were spying on this affair from a distance. "Haha! Oh, man, did you see that?! That skunk totally digs the cat! And she totally skunked him! Haha! Look at him suffer!" Red laughed. "Ha! You know, most skunks only do that when they're scared, but this one does it all the time!" Doop snickered, "Which gives me an idea for the perfect prank! I bet we can get that skunk to skunk him to DEATH! Or at least enough to run him out town." "Dude, that perfect!" Red agreed, "But, how do you expect to get him to come back after that? There's no way he'll get near that skunk again." "Just leave that to me!" Doop answered, grinning.

Doop transforms into Lee! The Axis Bandits are shocked. "Whoa! How the heck did you do that?!" Red wonders. He takes off his gas mask and smirks. "Natural gift!" Doop boasts, "If we can't get the fox to come to the skunk, then I'll lead the skunk to the fox!" Doop, disguised as Lee, walks over to Rosy, who was sitting on a bench crying. "Hello, Rosy," he says in a charming voice.

Rosy quickly looks up. "L-Lee?! You came back?! I'm so sorry!" she pleaded, "I'm so sorry I stink!" "It's fine, I took a shower; I'm all good," Doop replied, "Say, how would a cute, skunky lady, like yourself, like to spend the day with a chump, er, I mean "cool" guy like me, Lee, the fox?" Rosy's eyes grow wide and glitter as she tries to cover her blushing face with her hands. "Oh my gosh! D-d-did h-he j-just...ask m-me on a d-d-date?! ME?!" she thinks to herself. The skunk was so stunned; a cloud of foul-smelling gas surrounded her. The noxious gas hits Doop's nose and he nearly looses his transformation! "Bleeaaaa! Gwaaaa! It's even worse...from the source!" he cried in his head. His eyes were tearing up and he tried not to grab his nose, to make sure his acting was believable. Rosy was unaware what was happening, she was still in shock about "Lee's" statement. "E-excuse me for sec!" Doop yelled as he ran off. His transformation dispelled when he reached the hiding spot and he gasped for fresh air.

Lee was not too far off from Rosy, and he was feeling conflicted. "Aw...man…This stink...not going away...can't take...anymore...Guh..." he panted, "...I feel...so bad...I just ditched that poor girl...and she looked so sad...She called me a hero...What kind of hero ditches the girl he just saved? I better go apologize..." Lee turned the corner and found the girl, still dazed. He walks up to her and pokes her. "Hey, um, Rosy?" he said sheepishly. "I'm..." "Oh, Lee, let's go! We should take a romantic walk in town!" Rosy swooned, hugging Lee tightly. "Urk, sure..." Lee replies, muffled due to Rosy's tail covering his mouth. "If it makes her feel better, I'm willing to...Wait, did she say...ROMANTIC?!" he thinks in shock to himself.

"N-no n-no no! I l-like Yuki!...Rosy's cute, but I don't know her and plus, I LOVE YUKI! I don't want to hurt Rosy's feelings..." Lee panics in his head. "Oh Lee, where should we go first?" Rosy asks sweetly. "Uh, um...I'll be right back, I just need to, uh think..." Lee stumbles, freeing self from Rosy's grasp. "Okay, but don't be too loonngg!" Rosy calls endearingly as her tail sways back and forth, leaving a trail of stink. Lee walks away to try to clear his mind and escape the stink cloud around Rosy. Doop reappears as Lee and greets Rosy. "That was quick!" Rosy giggled. "Hey, babe," Doop says smoothly, "Let's start at that place over there. And then, we can go ANYWHERE you want, Flower." Rosy's face turn as red as a rose! "B-babe? F-Flower?! Oh, Lee...You're SO dreamy!" Rosy swooned as she filled the air with more of the foul scent. Doop had to quickly think of an excuse to escape the smell. "I have to, uh, take a leak...Hang on..." he lied trying not to show his disgust, "As soon as I'm...urk...done, then we can start our...blea...date..." Doop runs off and loses his disguise again. "D-d-date?!" Rosy stuttered, filling the air with more stench, "It r-really is a d-date!"

Lee was around the corner again trying to figure out a solution to his complicated dilemma. "Oh boy...Rosy totally digs me...B-but...I love Yuki..." Lee struggled, "Yuki wrote in her diary that she likes me! I can't ruin my chance to be with the girl of my dreams by hanging out with some other girl! Course, I did just meet Rosy, so hanging out seems harmless...But she has a huge crush on me! And she REAKS! B-but, I don't want to hurt her feelings by telling her I'm not interested...She'll probably think I don't like because she stinks...Grr! This is sooo hard!...Oookay...I think...I think I try to hang out and with her...Maybe things will work out and we can just be friends...Maybe I'll get used to this smell..." Lee takes a whiff of the still lingering skunk spray on him and immediately falls to the floor; eyes full of tears. "Yeah...that's not happening..." he gasped, "I wonder what Yuki's doing right now...I wonder if she won that skunk..." Yuki was still in the arcade and her forehead pressed against the crane machine's glass again. "*Ah...AH... Awchuu!* Am I catching a cold? Weird...I don't get colds easily...and it's not even cold in here!" she sneezed, whipping her nose. Lee sighs and smiles. "...Looks like I won a skunk...She's really cute...but REALLY stinky..." he joked, low in spirits.

Lee stands up and dusts himself off. "Well, here we go..." he mumbles. He turns the corner and walks back over to Rosy. As soon as he got near the skunk, she grabbed his hand and trotted off. "Come on, Foxy! Oh, this is the beginning of our beautiful relationship!" she squealed lovingly. "W-whoa whoa whoa! What, WHAT?!" Lee cries. He gets a whiff a Rosy's spray and passes out again. Rosy nuzzles Lee and she skips along, dragging the unconscious fox.

Rosy cuddled Lee as they walked around town and everywhere they went, a cloud of noxious gas followed. Everyone who got near the haze of stench fled, but Rosy was so focused on Lee, she didn't even notice. The Axis Bandits and Doop shadowed the two, watching their plan unfold perfectly. Rosy and Lee enter the arcade where Yuki was still trying to win the skunk plush, and Red and Doop followed. "Ooh! An arcade! This is going to be so fuuuunn!" Rosy squeals, rubbing her cheek on Lee's. She accidentally let's looses a fog of spray, which spreads across the arcade. Yuki was in the zone with crane machine; she picked up the plush skunk and was slowly moving it to the goal. "This is it!" she thought, "You're mine now, Skunky!" Rosy's spray reaches the puppy's nose and she instantly passes out and falls, which causes the crane to drop the plush on the border of the goal.

Rosy embraces Lee and coils her fluffy tail around him again. She begins to nuzzle him and release more of her stench. The odor fills the room, causing all the other arcade participants to flee the building. Rosy was too busy cuddling Lee to see what she had done. "C'mon, Lee, let's play some games!" she say, blushing. A montage plays of Rosy and Lee playing arcade games including: air hockey, hoop shooting, a racing game, and skee-ball; rolls, all of which Lee was unconscious from Rosy's stench. Red and Doop were watching from afar, laughing at the suffering fox. "Oh, Lee is by far, the BEST day of my life!" Rosy said sweetly, "Are you having as much fun as I am on our...date? Hee hee!" Lee, still dazed, drools and his ears twitch, but he finally manages to come to. "R-Rosy...urk...T-there's s-something I g-gotta tell y-you..." Lee stuttered, trying not to pass out from the smell. "Yeeeess, Leee?" Rosy asks very cutely. "I...I...I...like..." Lee starts, but Rosy cuts him off. "You like me?! Oh, like you toooooo!" Rosy swoons, grabbing the fox again. She wraps him up with her tail endearing, and fills the entire room with stench. "GAAAHH! BLEAA!" Lee chokes. The skunk's tail covers Lee's mouth and he passes out again. Red and Doop laugh extremely loudly and this time Rosy hears them.

"It's you!" Rosy panics, "You're here to pick on me again, aren't you?...My boyfriend, will protect me! Right, Lee?" Lee's head tilts back and he drools and moans. "Hahaha! Boyfriend?! That's rich!" Red chortles, "He OBVIOUSLY doesn't want anything to do with you!" "You still don't get it? We USED you!" Doop laughs, "That fox was trying to get away from YOU! So, I transformed into him to make you think he liked you! That way, you'd go gaga over him, he'd be forced to stay with you're stinky butt all day! Best. Prank. EVER!" "N-no...You're lying...Lee does too like me!" Rosy sobbed, trying to fight back tears, "He saved me from you and your lackeys, and he'll do it again!" "Oh, please, you stinking rat! Didn't you notice he was passed out during your whole "date"? It's cause he can't take your stupid smell!" Red taunts. "...Oh, who am I trying to kid? H-he's right...I'm just delusional...How could he like me...I...stink..." Rosy cries to herself. "Hahaha! I'm SO good! I'm SO proud of this prank! You never saw it coming, you lonely stinkbag!" Doop snickers. "Alright, let's lock Miss Lovey-dovey and her cat in here. Look's like you and you're little "boyfriend" will have to deal with that stench of yours forever! Later, losers!" Red cackles evilly. Doop and Red turn around and prepare to leave, but Lee's ears twitch. "I...heard...all of that...you jerks!" he mumbles.

Rosy's skunk stench had faded a little and Lee stood. He put his shirt over his nose in an attempt to avoid the left over smell. "Man, that's really low, even for you punks! Using this poor girl like that…That's just wrong! I won't stand for it! You could've just gotten you stupid revenge on me; you should've left her out of it! Now, I'm gonna whoop your butts so hard you won't be able to sit down for a month!" Lee growls fiercely. Lee charges up his Paws of Power. "Get ready, chumps!" 'Cause here I come!" the angry fox shouts. "You should still be napping! Alright, if you want a fight, then you got one, Slick!" Doop retorts. "Good, now I get to repay with my fists too!" Red taunts, "Let's rumble, kitty-cat!" Lee's ears tilt and a vain pulses in his forehead. "For the last time, I'M A FOX!" Lee cries, "Do I have to spell it out for you? F-O-X! FOX FOX FOX! Look at my tail! My ears! I'm part of the canine family for Pete's sake! Y-aaaahhhhh!" Lee rushes at Red with his powered up fists and socks him. "AHHHH!" Red screams. "Oh yeah?! Try this on for size!" Doop challenges. He transforms into a large football player and tackles Lee. "Waaaahh!" he yells, flying back. The fox tries to get up, but a sharp pain runs through his stomach. "Ahhh! N-not now!" Lee groans. Red leaps up and lands a haymaker on Lee. He then proceeds to punch him a few more times. Doop gives him a kick and Red finishes with a punch to the stomach. "…Y-you…p-punks…" Lee mutters before passing out. Rosy watches and gasps in terror. "Oh no, Lee!" she cried. She began to sob. "Hahaha! And this time, stay down!" Doop laughed. "Hehehe! That felt great!" Red snickers "Alright, let's blow this pop-stand! See you around, skunk-butt! Oh wait, I won't! Hahaha!" Doop and Red begin to leave.

Rosy tightens her fists and steps forward. "You stop right there, you bullies!" she yells. Red looks back and scoffs. "What are you going to do, huh? We have gas masks, so you're useless, see?!" he teased. "Oh yeah?!" Rosy squeaked. Rosy spotted a skee-ball lying on the floor near her. She picked it up and chucked it like a pro pitcher! The ball flew at Red, smacking him right in the face! The force was enough to knock off his mask! Rosy hurls another high-speed ball at Doop, making his mask fall off as well. The two ruffians were surprised by the girl's throwing arm. "You, you used me! You used me to hurt…the boy I like! You want to see something that stinks?! I'll show you something that stinks!" Rosy hollered, full of emotion. She turned around, lifted her tail and skunks her tormentors. "GAAHHHH! IT REAKS!" Doop and Red cry. The two bust out of the arcade, running and gaging. Rosy sniffs and passes out herself from the smell!

A few hours Lee finally wakes up. "Oh man, I feel like I ran through a crowd of people who hate me…and they had bats…" he moans. The fox shakes his head and gets up. "*Sniff sniff* Oh gross! What's that smell?! Oh, yeah…Wait a sec…Rosy! Where are…" Lee looks on the ground to find a note one the floor. He picks it up, and reads it: "Dear Lee, I am so sorry what happen. Those bullies used me to hurt you…I took care of them. I don't think they'll bug you or me for a while. I'm sorry you had to stick around me. You wanted to get away, but I was too blind to see it…It's just that…No one ever wants to be with me…Because…Well, you know…But you stood by me, even though you wanted to leave…I'll never forget that. I hope we can meet again and maybe…start over? I hope see you soon. Love, Rosy." "Oh, Rosy…Of course I'll stand by you! You're my friend!" Lee thought, "You did great! You saved me and stood up to those jerks! I hope we…no I promise we'll meet again!" Lee turns spots some thing white lying on the floor.

"Yuki!" Lee cries, racing over to the puppy. He stands over her. "Are you okay?!" he worried. Yuki's nose twitches and she coughs. "Oh, eww! That smell! What IS that?! It's TERRIBLE! My poor nose! Is…that you Lee?! Wait…it's me too! Lee, why do we stink so badly?!" "It's a long story…" Lee chuckles sheepishly. The fox looks down at Rosy's note and notices there was a little more writing. "P.S. To get rid of the stink, take a bath in tomato paste. I'm SOOOO sorry! ^\\\^;" he reads. "I know how to get rid of it," Lee says, smiling. "Oki! Wait…Oh no…I left you alone, didn't I? Lee…I'm so sorry…That wasn't fair of me…I didn't even ask if you were okay with it..." Yuki whimpered as her ears drooped. Lee blushed and scratched the back of his head. "Hey, now, it's fine. It's okay, I made new friend!" he replied shyly. "Aww, that's sweet! I'm happy you had a good time after all! I hope I can meet them too!" Yuki giggled. "Weren't you trying to win a plushy?" Lee asked. "Oh, that's right! Thanks for reminding me!" Yuki answered. She turned to the crane machine and reached for quarter and frowned.

"Oh no, I'm all out of quarters!" Yuki cried. Lee taps her on the shoulder and holds out something: a quarter. "For me?! Are you sure?" she asked, blushing vividly. "Of course!" Lee said, smiling and blushing. He places the coin in her hand. Yuki' s entire face turned red. She nods embarrassedly, and placed the coin into the machine. She took the joystick in her hands and positioned the claw over the skunk plush. "I don't know if I can't do it…" she stumbled, lacking confidence. Lee, from behind, places his hands over Yuki's and moves the claw right over the plush. He pushes the button and the claw deploys, grabbing the plush. The skunk was lifted and dropped right into the goal! Yuki reached inside to claim her prize. She squeezed the plushy and quickly turns around, facing Lee. She hugs him tight and blushes. Both of the canines' tails started to wag. "Thank you thank you thank yoooooouuuu! Lee…you're the best!" Yuki squeals endearingly, nuzzling the fox. Lee hugs her back. "No, Yuki, thank you…" he thought to himself, "And thank you, Rosy…"