"Queen Beryl!" yelled Jadeite. "I found a new source of energy!"

"Jadeite, Queen Beryl isn't here," said Queen Beryl.

"Can you go check?" Jadeite asked.

"No," said Queen Beryl.

"Dawgonnit, every time!"

Jadeite stormed out of the room. He checked his watch. "Oh boy, it's after lunch time! Hopefully they won't still be in the cafeteria!"

Jadeite hopped into the cafeteria.

"Hey Jed!" called Kunzite. "We saved you a seat!"

"Really?" asked Jed in shock.

"No!"

"Awwwww man," said Jadeite.

He sat on the floor with his box lunch. "How come you guys are still here?" he pouted.

Nephrite was eating from a box of Tasty Cakes like it was a bag of chips. "Mrrrmmrrmrmmmmr," he explained while chewing.

"Slow down there bud," said Zoisite. "That's a lot of fats you're consuming, maybe you should take it down a notch!"

"Mrrmrmrmrmrm, but they're just so good!"

"I doubt it," said Zoisite.

Nephrite spit out his Tasty Cakes. "You mean to say you've never tried one!?"

"No, and I don't intend to!"

Nephrite ate another Tasty Cake just to spit it out.

"Here, you have to try it! You won't understand until you do!" Nephrite reached in the box, but it was all empty. "Oh no!" he cried. "How will we get more?!"

"We can go to the Tasty Cake factory," suggested Jadeite.

"We can go buy some from that vending machine two feet away," said Kunzite.

"Brilliant, Jadeite!" commended Nephrite. "You're a genius! Let's go!"

"Darn, no one ever listens to my ideas," pouted Kunzite.


They were about to teleport to the Tasty Cake factory when Beryl walked in.

"Did you save me a seat?" she asked.

Kunzite quickly pushed her throne over to the table. "Ye," he lied.

"Good, good," she sat down. She spotted the box and quickly snatched it.

"Mmmm, Tasty Cakes!"

She reached in to gobble one up but the box was empty.

"Who's dying today?" she asked.

"Me!" said Jadeite happily.

Queen Beryl ignored him. "Is it you, Nephrite? How about you, Zoisite? Do you want to press your luck?"

"I mean, if you insist," began Zoisite.

"Well actually Queen Beryl," intervened Kunzite. "We were just heading out to the Tasty Cake factory!"

"No, don't tell her!" cried Nephrite.

"Kunzite, why!?" cried Zoisite.

"Yay, Queen Beryl's coming!" said Jed.

"Then let's go," stated Kunzite.

"Hold on, let me grab my things!" said Beryl quickly running from the room.

"What's so bad about bringing Beryl?" asked Kunzite.

"Beryl SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!" yelled Zoisite. "She killed me and Jed, and in an indirect way, you and Nephrite as well!"

"I recall you killing me," said Nephrite.

"Haha," said Zoisite. "You admitted it!"

"NO!" cried Nephrite. "I take it back!"

"Too late," said Zoisite.

"Come on guys," said Kunzite. "Beryl's actually pretty cool!"

The Shitennou looked at Kunzite.

"Kunzite, have you been taking your medicine?" Zoisite asked.

"What medicine?"

Just then, Beryl returned. "I've gathered my things!"

"Mmmmrmmm!" came a mumbling sound from one of her suitcases. It burst open, revealing Mamoru Chiba gasping for air.

"Endymion!" yelled Kunzite. "Why are you bringing him!?"

"I heard the Tasty Cake factory is a romantic destination," said Beryl. "It makes sense for me to bring my boyfriend!"

"Hey, hold on a second," began Mamoru.

"What's so wrong with Endymion coming?" taunted Zoisite. "Endymion's actually pretty cool!"

"Prince Endymion SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!" yelled Kunzite.

"What was that?" asked Beryl.

"Nothing," said Kunzite.

They teleported to the factory.


"So this is where we make our muffins," said the tour guide.

"Ooooooh," said Jadeite taking pictures. "Ahhhhhhhh!"

"When do we get to buy some Tasty Cakes?" asked Nephrite.

"You can buy them at the souvenir shop on the way out," said the guide.

They continued through the factory.

"And here is where the fresh cupcakes come out of the oven to be cooled!" the guide explained.

"Hey Kunzite," challenged Endymion. "I bet you're too much of a coward to take a Tasty Cake off the rack and eat it! I mean you do make humans do your dirty work, noob boy!"

"Ha!" scoffed Kunzite. "I'll eat two!"

He took them off the conveyer belt when no one was looking and gobbled them down.

"Hahahhaha," he laughed.

"That's nothing!" cried Endymion. He ate three.

Kunzite stuck his arm out and collected several, throwing them in his mouth and chomping. "Hahahahhahaha."

"He's strong," admitted Endymion. "But I'm stronger!"

He put his head in front of where the cupcakes were coming out and started chomping them as they emerged.

"Shit!" cried Kunzite. "He's cutting off the supply!"

He stuck his head out in front of Endymion and started stealing them before they could reach him.

"Cut it out!" exclaimed Zoisite. "You're going to get caught!"

"Don't be ridiculous," said Kunzite between bites.

Suddenly, the tour guide turned around and caught Kunzite red-handed.

"What are you doing!?"

"Uh… nothing…?" said Kunzite as cupcakes bounced off his face.

"You're tainting the supply!"

"It wasn't just me!" insisted Kunzite. "Endymion was also-"

He turned around, but Endymion was gone.

"I'm going to have to ask you to wait outside until the end of the tour, since you're unable to control yourself," said the tour guide.

Nephrite started laughing. Beryl shook her head.

"No, seriously!" cried Kunzite.

He turned around as he got pushed out the door, and saw Endymion snickering behind Beryl.

"Endymioooon!" he shouted as he was tossed outside the establishment.

"Good riddance!" said Nephrite.

The rest of them continued on.

"I'm gonna go outside and see how Kunzite's taking it," said Zoisite.

"If he leaves he can't come back," the tour guide told them.

"But… but!"

"Don't go!" said Nephrite. "You still haven't tried a Tasty Cake!"

"I don't want to!"

"No, you're just a chicken!"

"Nice try Nephboy, but you can't bait me into doing stupid stuff that easily!"

"Hrmmm," said Nephrite, going back to the drawing board.

"Woah!" cried Jadeite. "What's that?!"

"That's the vat of sugar," said the guide.

"It's huuuuuuuuuge!" exclaimed Jed.

"That's what he said," said Zoisite.

"There's 900,000 pounds of sugar in there," the tour guide continued.

"I'm going in," said Jadeite.

"No!" shouted Nephrite and Zoisite.

"Do it! Do it!" chanted Beryl.

"Yeah, Queen Beryl told me to!" insisted Jadeite. "I can't disobey her!"

"Why not?" asked Nephrite. "Beryl's a weakling!"

"Endymion!" cried Beryl. "Don't let him talk to me that way!"

Endymion sighed. "Leave her alone."

"No," said Nephrite.

"Sorry Beryl, he said no. There's nothing else I can do!"

Beryl crossed her arms and turned away. "You're not the man I thought you were!"

"Ok," said Endymion.

Beryl started to rage in the corner.

"Come on Beryl," consulted Jed. "You're too good for him."

"You're right," sniffled Beryl. "I am. Let's move on!"

They started to leave the room.

"Hey," said the tour guide. "Weren't there five of you left?"

"Ummm, I don't think so," said Beryl.

"No, there was definitely another guy."

Nephrite and Zoisite turned around and saw Jed on a diving board over the vat of sugar.

"Stall him," whispered Nephrite to Beryl. "We'll get Jed back!"

"Hey!" said Beryl. "So who founded the Tasty Cake Corporation anyway?"

"I'm glad you asked!" said the tour guide. "Well, it all started in 1907…"

Jed bounced twice and leapt off the board. "Sugary goodness, here I come!"

When he was inches away from hitting the sugar, something grabbed his leg.

As it turned out, Zoisite was holding Nephrite, who was dangling far enough over the edge of the vat to catch Jed.

"Let go of me, Nephrite!" cried Jadeite. "This is my destiny!"

"No!" cried Nephrite. "There's so much more to live for!"

"SUUUUUGAAAAAAAAAAAR!" Jadeite sobbed. He started gnawing on Nephrite's hand.

"Youch, stop!" yelled Nephrite.

"Stop shaking, I'm losing my grip!" cried Zoisite.

"LET GO OF ME!" cried Jed, rocking his body back and forth like a swing. He was so close he could smell the sugar.

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!"

Jadeite did the only thing he could think of. He kicked Nephrite in the head.

"OWWWWW!" screamed Nephrite. "It hurts!"

He started swinging back and forth as well.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" screamed Zoisite. "Uh oh!"

Zoisite slipped, and all three of them tumbled into the vat of sugar.

It made such a loud sound that the tour guide spun around.

He peaked inside the sugar vat to see Jadeite scooping sugar into his mouth and Nephrite and Zoisite unconscious.

The tour guide gasped.


Nephrite, Zoisite, and Jadeite walked out of the factory with their heads down.

"It was worth it," said Jadeite.

"GET ME SOME TASTY CAKES!" called Nephrite to Beryl as the door was slammed on them.

"Hey Kunzite!" said Zoisite.

"I don't feel so good," replied Kunzite. "I may or may not have eaten too many Tasty Cakes."

"I still haven't eaten one," sighed Zoisite.


"Finally, some alone time with Endymion!" thought Beryl as the tour resumed.

"Oh no, I'm alone with Beryl!" thought Endymion.

"Now these are the packaging machines. They cover the fresh-made Tasty Cakes with plastic and then shove them in boxes to be shipped."

"What happens after that?" asked Endymion.

"The boxes are loaded into trucks and sent far away from here," answered the tour guide.

"Eureka!" thought Endymion. "I'll be able to escape Beryl!"

The tour guide headed into the next room.

"Isn't this fun?" asked Beryl to Endymion. "It's like a dream, right?"

She turned to hear his answer, but all she saw was him sprinting madly towards the conveyer belt. He leapt on like a Wildman, and was wrapped in plastic and shoved in a box. The box shot off into a pile of other boxes that were rapidly getting shoveled onto a truck.

"No!" cried Beryl.

She leapt into the pile of boxes and started tearing them open. "You won't get away with this!" howled Queen Beryl. "You will be MIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!"

"What are you doing?!" screeched the tour guide, having spotted her.

"Uh oh," said Beryl. "You see, that guy I was with is in one of these boxes, and if I don't find him-"

"Huh?" asked Endymion, who was standing next to the tour guide.

"WHY YOU LITTLE-"

The tour guide booted Beryl out with one foul kick.

She landed on top of Jadeite.

"I'll catch you!" called Jadeite, half-buried in the ground.

"UWAAAAA!" cried Beryl. "He escaped my grasp!"

"You're too good for him," repeated Jadeite. "You deserve a man that can meet all your needs."

"Ok," said Beryl. "I need energy!"

"Hmm," said Jadeite. "I'm sure you'll find that special someone someday!"

Beryl slugged Jadeite.

"Oh shit!" realized Nephrite. "How are we going to get to the gift shop now!?"

"ENDYMIOOOON!" cried Jadeite. "Bring us snacks from the gift shop!"

"I don't think he can hear us," said Zoisite.

"Good point," said Jed. He pulled out a megaphone. "BRING US SNAAAAAACKS!"


Endymion stood in the gift shop. "I want some of these! And some of these! And some of those! OoooOOOOO and 25 of those!"

He went outside, wiping the crumbs from his face. "That was delicious!"

"DID YOU SAVE US ANY!?" howled Jed into his megaphone.

"Huh? Oh, sorry. They didn't have any in stock."

"LIAR!" howled Kunzite. "I'll destroy you!"

"No way!" shouted Beryl.

"Oh well," said Jadeite. "There's always the Twinkie factory!"

"What's a Twinkie?" asked Zoisite.

"You have to try one!" howled Nephrite. "Let's go!"

FIN