On the roads of Kansas, Coach Howland and Ms. Benjamin were heading off to the town that he grew up in, "I can't believe that your taking me to Hawthaway Plains."
Listening to the radio car, Radio Disney started playing Tegan and Sara's "Everything Is Awesome."
"I recognize this from the 2014 movie based on the hit toy," Ms. Benjamin recalled.
"'The Lego Movie' is one of my favorites," explained Coach Howland. "You know how sometimes I put on the radio in gym class? It gets the students pumping. Since Dean Dennis won't allow phone radios or music apps in class."
"I do that for the modern dance classes," Ms. Benjamin replied. "I've been getting more modern dance students because of Coach Landon's terrible behavior."
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Five minutes later, they arrived in a small town that looked a lot like something from "Dawson's Creek."
"Welcome to Hathaway Plains, Kansas," said Coach Howland as they popped out of his beach station wagon.
With one gaze, Kiki could tell that the town was completely boring. It was boring as watching paint dry. "This isn't my kind of town," she admitted.
"I know," Coach Howland admitted. "Things can be really dull here. The only times where the town gets excited is around Halloween and Christmas."
They arrived at the local Chinese restaurant, Little Brook Gardens, where Coach Howland went to every weekend growing up.
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Inside the red Chinese restaurant, Coach Howland spotted an old lady serving a group of teenagers.
"Mrs. Le," recalled Coach Howland. "Haven't seen you in ages."
"Look at you, Zander Howland," Mrs. Le replied as she hugged her former regular customer. "Gym teacher at Cyrus K Boarding School and finally have a girlfriend. Your old basketball teammates has told me about your little mishaps with this little lotus and her ACS friends."
"Yeah," Ms. Benjamin laughed nervously. "I'm Kiki Benjamin, the modern dance teacher at the school he works at."
"I know," recalled Mrs. Le. "That stunt girl who's always making a scene."
Coach Howland explained that when he was a child, his parents were always working as basketball team for Hathaway Plains Opossums. Whenever he's at basketball practice, he comes to Little Brook Gardens. In fact, this was his first job.
"Reminds me of Cafe Mew Mew," admitted Ms. Benjamin. "I use to liven up the crowds with my circus stunts and behaving like a monkey in the cafe. I'd even made banana themed desserts."
"That's amazing," agreed Coach Howland. "Bananas have strong potassium. Little Brook Garden also serves banana themed desserts."
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After they had their snacks there, they went up to a small general store. "This is Spire of Wonders, where everyon in town comes to by stuff."
Inside, they saw stuff that was very rare, like the '60s horror/romance movie, "Silver Swords of Sweetness," a CD of the '80s alternative rock group Garden Driver, and Regal Wand chocolate, a rare candy that is only sold in movie theaters in the midwest.
"These are some really rare materials," admitted Kiki. "Normally I would buy snacks and eat them before I see the movie."
"That's true," agreed Zander, "Normally we buy snacks here before we go to the movie theater."
"Zander, old boy!" shouted an elderly African-American man in a wheelchair.
"Mr. Marcel!" shouted Zander. "How's the grandkids?"
"Growing up. They're just starting community college in Wichita."
"This is Kiki," Xander explained. "I'm showing her Hathaway Plains."
"Things can be really boring here," admitted Mr. Marcel, "but there was a report of a group of strange people who barged up yesterday."
"What strange people?" asked Kiki.
"There was a big and bossy woman with a voice of a siren and wore pelts out of small animals, one had an out of tune keytar and had feathers on them, and a rude Brooklyn accented lady had fishbone outfits," explained Mr. Marcel.
Thinking deep, Kiki knew that Mr. Marcel was talking about Aretha, Elthunt, and Crossni.
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Meanwhile, Aretha was working on her singing while Crossni was doing her dancing and ELthunt was playing his keytar. This was causing nearby opossums to play dead. All three of them smiled evilly and decided to make one of them a McCart Monster. With one release of a McCart Bug, one opossum turned into McCart Opossum.
XxoxX
Back at Hathaway Plains, Zander was showing Kiki his childhood home. At the front of the time, were a tire swing, a zen garden, and a bunch of cute little garden gnomes. By the door was a sassy African-American woman.
"Lil Zandy!" she shouted as she hugged Zander. "And this is Kiki Benjamin? Everyone in Hathaway Plains has been hearing rumors about you. Word gets around here."
"This is my cousin, Demelza Howland," explained Zander. "She works here as a gardner and a housekeeper whenever my parents are out of town."
"Where are they?" Kiki asked.
"There at a Gardening Expo in Santa Fe," answered Zander. "They're sorry that they can't come to meet them, but Demelza promised to tell them about our adventure."
On the tire swing, Kiki decided to show off her stunts to impress Demelza. Her stunts were so powerful that the neighbors started starring at her. Everyone was amazed by Kiki Benjamin's little stunts. After she landed on her two feet, everyone applauded for Kiki. Before she could bow, McCart Opossum started terrorizing the public.
While Zander and Demelza were getting the neighborhood children to safety. Kiki his behind the tree.
Mew Mew Pudding, Metamorphosis
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Using her Golden Tambourine, she fought off the Opossum. Behind a purple convertible, Zander and Demelza gazed at the monkey-themed hero.
"Is that Mew Mew Pudding?" asked Demelza. "I've been reading papers and blogs about her superhero activity."
"That is her," replied Zander. "She's cool, but she's nothing compared to Kiki."
After Mew Mew Pudding attacked again, a tiger slash and a cockatoo whirlwind came. Behind her, Mew Mew Pudding spotted two familiar feathery and furry friends.
"Mew Mew Dumpling! Mew Mew Chocolate!" shouted Mew Mew Pudding. "Good timing!"
"With Vad, Saat, and Carla with their audio visual seminar at the school library and Pres, Jule, and Har watching a marathon of the first season of the Australian 'Let's All Dance Until We're Sick'," explained Mew Mew Dumpling. "Chanel and I were the only ones available."
"Here's a little lullaby my mom and I use to sing together when I was little!" shouted Mew Mew Dumpling.
Goodnight little hibiscus
Hear the dew drops on a green ficus
Feel the silence of a dancing cygnus
When you close eyes and end your fuss
You don't feel completely graceless
Goodnight little hibiscus
McCart Opossum and fell asleep.
Mew Mew Style
Mew Mew Grace
Mew Mew Style
In Your Face
With all of their Mew Mew Power, McCart Opossum turned back into a regular opossum.
"Are these the citizens of the ville of Hathaway Plains?" Mew Mew Chocolate whispered.
"They are," whispered Mew Mew Pudding. "Wanna join Coach Howland and I for a little Hathaway Plains shopping? There's a small store that sells horror romance movies, rare chocolate, and alternative rock CDs, all three for only 9 bucks all together."
"We're in," whispered Mew Mews Chocolate and Dumpling.
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Later that day, Kiki, Zander, Demelza, Chanel, and Danna spend the day watching an old film at the cinema, meeting Zander's old basketball team, shopping at local stores and ending it with going to the local romantic point, Westwood Peak. While observing the sunset, Zander and Kiki looked at each other and kissed on the lips. Chanel, Danna and Demelza cheered for their kiss.
"That's my cousin!" shouted Demelza.
Chanel leaned on Danna's head and Danna blushed. *There's something about that scary woman that I like,* Danna thought to herself. *Her love is as sweet as apple dumplings, just like how my step-dad use to make.*
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The next day, Kiki was enjoying some shrimp dumplings when Coach Howland came in with Hathaway Plains Times.
Crazy choreography teacher from Cyrus K Holliday Boarding School livens town up.
"You made all the papers in Summer County!" Coach Howland exclaimed. "I have to admit, you really know how to liven up a town."
"I did that all the time in Chocolate City," Ms. Benjamin replied, "From spinning plates to juggling torches."
"Speakng of stunts," Dean Dennis said as he came in drinking his decaf coffee, "The Great Gorilla Lodge outside Kansas City is having the annual Monkey Expo there and they needed a new act after the zoo's monkeys got out of control after a Scottish band unintentionally made them crazy."
Kiki didn't mind another gig at the Greenburg Hotel in Kansas City, so she took the offer.
The End.
