Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or Rat Race.
Jenashu: The polls are the same still! Don't let Indigo and Kenneth walk away with the prize that easily!
Ken: No! She's playing with your mind! Using reverse phycology!
Indy: *sweatdrop*
Davis: Ha! You two aren't in this chapter! So there!
Lily: Great, nice one Davis...I'm sure they're morally wounded...
Jenashu: The next three chapters get a bit Alla moore (how do you spell that?)!
Indy: *blushes* What? As in...
Lily: *blushes* Davis is gonna kiss me or something?
Jenashu: *laughs* Isn't it cool? Your futures are in my hands!
Lily: Hey, bestest buddy, could you do me a favor then...?
Ken: Oh, just let Jen have her fun!
Jenashu: Anyway, on to-
Davis: No, I want to say it! ON TO THE FANFIC! VOTE FOR ME!
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Digi Race
"Things are going surprisingly well!" Lily commented as she looked into the water. She watched Davis's reflection nod and move closer to her. The ferry was diserted. What is he doing...? Lily wondered as Davis put an arm around her waist. A sudden cry almost sent Davis into the sea again (A/N: I am sorry to say that my map skills are not the best, and my sense of direction is worth beans. So, just work with me and suppose that the Digidestines are taking the right paths, even if those paths really don't exist. Thanks!).
Darn! he thought. The cry was followed by many more. A flock of seagulls were flying overhead. A few of them swooped down onto the ferry, expecting to be fed.
"ACK!" Lily screamed as a gull flew onto her shoulder. Another dug its face into her pocket, pulling out the key. "NO! YOU COME BACK HERE!" she cried as the gull took off. Davis was in shock, but had enough wits about him to look up and say a short prayer. A hot-air balloon was flying overhead.
"Thank you!" Davis said, releived. The balloon fell in a sudden gust of wind, right near the boat. Davis jumped in and offered Lily a hand. She accepted his help. "THANK YOU!" Davis called from the top of his lungs. He suddenly noticed the man in the balloon. "Take the boat instead!" Davis suggested, tossing him onto the ferry.
"That was so lucky!" Lily said, giving Davis a hug. He blushed, dumbfounded. He closed his eyes and attempted to tilt Lily's head up, but she was on the other side of the balloon basket. Man, I can't win! Davis complained to himself.
"We're gonna get ya!" Lily called to the gull. She screamed as the bird dropped the key.
Jen watched Izzy as he drived. He's so cute...Jenashu thought, watching a small smile spread across his face. I wonder what he's thinking about..? Jen asked herself.
Izzy could feel Jen's eyes on him. He felt his cheeks darkening. I wish she'd look away! Izzy thought. He fancied that his face would explode if she didn't. At the next red light he turned and looked directly into he eyes. It was Jen's turn to blush. Izzy decided to say something, but, for once, he had no clue what to say. I'm no good at this! I'm sure Matt would have something great to say right now, but me, no, of course not!
He needs to work on his people skills, Jenashu noted. But it didn't matter much, because she also didn't know what to say. So they gazed into each other's eyes for a minute, until Jen knew exactly what she should say. "Green means go."
"Huh? Oh!" Izzy said, looking at traffic lights. He stepped on the gas, and glimsped at Jen in the review mirrior. She was staring out the window, flushed. Suddenly his stomach growled. "Uhh, Jen? If my calculations are correct, we are two hours worth ahead. Can we please stop to get something to eat?"
"How do you figure?" Jen asked, wondering how he could possible make such calculations. Izzy pulled over and took out his laptop.
"Look at this key. It has a special radar to monitor our progress. I...kind of hacked into the radar program and found the passwords used for the keys of the others' keys. Now I can see them on the monitor." he explained, pointing to little dots on the screen. "This is Davis and Lily. They seem to be doing well. Here's Ken and Indy. They are the closest to us."
"Wow! You never cease to amaze me! You're really a genius!" Jen exclaimed, very much impressed. Normally Izzy would say thanks to a comment like that, but it was different when it came from Jen. He looked down and blushed.
"Uhh, t-thank you..." he managed to say at last. Jen beamed at him, causing Izzy's face color to match that of his hair. He started driving towards the next fast food place. "Umm, any favorites?" Izzy asked.
"Nahh, just as long as it's not Taco Bell or Burger King (A/N: Guess what? They're not owned by me!). Izzy parked the car in a McDonald's (A/N: What was I going to say again? Oh, yeah, this restaurant is not under my possession, blah blah...) parking lot. He opened the door and thought of doing that for Jen, when he realized the ice cream truck only had one door. Jen laughed and looked at the giant space where kids demand their ice cream and hand over their dough, and Izzy decided to make due. He offered Jen his hand as she jumped from the window's ledge. She smiled at him, and he looked at his shoes. He never noticed how interesting they were before.
"Umm, I want...a hamburger and fries, please." Jenashu said to the smiling lady behind the counter. Jen glanced at Izzy and added, "No onions." She wasn't sure herself if she was joking around or giving Izzy a hint. He blushed heavily.
Even though they had a lead, Jenashu and Izzy ate their food as fast as they could. Jen stuffed eight fries in her mouth at once and chewed for a few seconds before swallowing. Izzy stared at her. "I wore braces a while ago. I've had my mouth open wider than what seems natural for two hours straight, so I can fit a lot in at once." Jen said with a shrug. Izzy nodded and looked down, laughing a little. His laughter was stifiled when a loud crash sounded through the air. "What?"
"ICE CREAM ICE CREAM ICE CREAM-" a group of kids chanted. They knocked over the ice cream truck and emtied it out.
"...Tell me that didn't just happen!" Jen begged of Izzy. He decided it was best to say nothing. Instead he grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the mob, figuring that it was best to be far away from that ice cream truck, should the police show up. After awhile, the two found themselves in a forest. Quite a large forest.
"JOE! GREEN MEANS GO!" Mimi roared by his side. Joe winced.
"Right..." he replied. "Um, Mimi...I think you gave me faulty directions." Joe informed his navigator.
"OF COURSE I DIDN'T!!! I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!" Mimi shouted. Joe sighed and looked up. A woman was sitting at the side of the road.
"Wanna by a squirrel?" the woman asked as Joe pulled over.
"Uh...no thanks, lady. Do you know any shortcuts to the highway? We're a little lost." Joe said. He looked past Mimi and saw that there were numerous squirrels in cages. They were chattering away. What a weirdo! Joe thought.
"Are you sure you don't want a squirrel? They make GREAT pets." the woman informed them. She reached in a cage to pet a squirrel, and it bit her hand. "Um, that was a love bite. Squirrels really are FANTABULISTIC, don't you know." She added, straightening her straw hat and torn overalls. She smiled widely, revealing aproximately ten teeth. Mimi shuddered.
"No, we don't want one! All we want are directions!" Mimi said impatiently.
"Tell 'em abou' the short cut!" the woman said in a high-pitched voice. "Oh, thanks!" she then added, turning to a cage. "He reminded me about the short cut. How silly of me to forget! Okay, all you have to do is travel exactly 1.8 miles down this road, turn right at a graffitied road sign, and BAM! you're on your way! Saves you at least thirty minutes on the road!"
"Hey, thanks!" Mimi said. The woman grinned her nearly-toothless grin and handed Mimi a paper bag that read 'I LOVE SQUIRRELS'.
"Ya see any squirrels, give 'em these nuts." the woman said with a wink.
"Uhh, sure..." Mimi said as she rolled her window up. "What a freak..."
"Oh well, we got something from all that. Way to go, Mimi!" Joe said, going onto the road again.
"Well, it WAS your idea to ask her for directions. I'm sorry, I can't read maps very well." Mimi said, pulling the map out and frowning at it. "So...I guess we're...here?"
"Let's see..." Joe said, glancing over Mimi's shoulder. "MIMI! No wonder! The map is upside down!" he said with a groan.
"It is? Oh, my..." Mimi said, turning it over. "Silly me!"
"That's okay..." Joe said. Mimi looked at him a moment.
"Well, Joe...You handled that situation so well..." Mimi said, gazing at him goofily. Joe's face turned red.
"Uhh, y-y-you t-think so? Thanks, M-Mimi..." Joe replied. "Wait! Look, it's the graffitied sign!"
"Yes! Turn, turn!" Mimi said. Joe moved the steering wheel. A second later, his stomach gave a terrifying lurch. The van was falling!
As they fell, Mimi wrapped her arms around Joe's shoulders and screamed. Through the gap in Mimi's arms (which were covering his face) Joe saw a sign that read, YOU. A second later, a sigh that said SHOULD appeared. More and more signs came into veiw as the car fell...
YOU...SHOULD...HAVE...BOUGHT...A...SQUIRREL!
"That-" Joe started. But the breath left his chest as the car hit a pile of other cars with a loud CRUNCH! Something popped up and went through the windsheild...it was holding something...
"EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!!!!" Mimi screamed. It was a skeleton. And in its hand was a paper bag that read 'I LOVE SQUIRRELS'.
"Now what do we do?" Lily asked as she looked into the water. The key was slowly sinking. Suddenly, the water around it started to change. It flew into the air and brought the key right into Lily's reach. "What?" Lily asked in surprise. She shot a hand out and grabbed it, but lost her balance and began to fall.
"Lily!" Davis cried. He grabbed her arm just before she fell. Davis looked into the water in time to see a dolphin's dorsel fin. So that's it! he realized. I guess the dolphin blasted the key up! We're destined to win this, I can feel it! Suddenly he remembered Lily.
"Thanks, Davis," she said, " that was a great catch." Davis felt his face blazing red. Lily had dropped the key onto the ground, so Davis picked it up. As he rose, Davis made eye contact with Lily. They gazed into each other's eyes for a long time, until Davis felt a sharp pain in his hand.
"Ow!" he said, wincing. He had been squeezing the key so hard that it had cut his hand in several places.
"Aww, poor Davis." Lily cooed. "Let me see."
Davis felt his face darken as Lily's cool hand took his sweaty one. "You'll live." Lily said after examining his cuts. She looked up and noticed the deep crimson hue Davis's face had turned. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"Y-y-y-y-yeah! I'm f-fine! Uhh, I guess..." Davis stammered.
"Are you sure?" Lily demanded. She stood up a bit, until she was alomost as tall as Davis. Her eyes stared into his, daring him to tell the truth. The truth about something more than how he felt pysically. She wanted to know how he felt inside as well.
Lily's nose was inches from Davis'. Suddenly he realized that this was his chance. No stupid seagull could distract Lily now. She wants to know how I feel?, thought Davis. Well I'll show her, then.
Davis closed his eyes and moved his face towards Lily's. Closer and closer, until the inches of space turned to centimeters. Finally he felt Lily's lips against his.
A moment later, Lily took a step back. "...Not bad for a first try, Daesukie Motimiya." she said after a pause. Davis smiled sheepishly.
"Thanks. Now let's get going!" Davis said, pointing towards the setting sun.
"What's your plan now?" Jenashu asked of Izzy as they stood in the forest.
"Well...I guess I don't have one yet." Izzy admitted. Jen groaned and plopped onto the forest floor. Izzy looked hurt.
"I'm not saying that this is your fault or anything, Izzy." Jenashu said, hoping that she hadn't hurt his feelings. "But don't you think that there's some way out of here?". Before Izzy could answer, shouts echoed throughout the forest. Two garantuan men emerged from the shadows cast by trees. Each of them grabbed either Izzy or Jen and started to pull them along.
"LET GO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Jenashu demanded. She kicked at the man who was dragging her, but to no avail. She was powerless against this monster-of-a-man, as was Izzy.
"Don't play dumb. We've been on the lookout for you two poachers!" the man shot back.
"P-p-p-p-p-POACHERS?" Jenashu screamed. "Why I-ARGH!!!! I'm NOT A POACHER, you GOOMBAH!"
"Just what have we been "poaching", according to the information given to you by your employer?" Izzy asked weakly.
"The bears that live in this reserve!" the other man said impatiently.
"You're kidding me...This is a BEAR RESERVE...oh for the love of FUDGE!" Jen mumbled. "DO I LOOK CAPABLE OF POACHING BEARS?"
"Anyone who can fire a gun is capable, kid." the man replied. Jen frowned. First of all, she didn't have a gun to fire. Secondly, she was a chick otaku teenager, not a kid, thank you very much!
"Excuse me...If you looked, you would find that we have no fire arms..." Izzy said. Both men stopped and checked. Of course, the two victims of fate had no guns.
"Okay, so maybe you're not poachers," a man said as he began to drag a very uncoroperative chick otaku teenager again, "but you were still in here. That's trespassing."
"We were lost..." Izzy replied softly. "We're sorry, but we had no idea!"
"You can't prove that, kid."
"You're absolutely correct. So can you please give us the benefit of the doubt?"
"...Agianst the rules, kid. More than our jobs are worth to do that."
"But it's true! Please!" Jenashu cut in. "Please just let us go!". To her surprise, the man turned around, then let go and ran. His partner followed suit. "Hey! Thanks a ton!" Jen called.
"I think you should turn around, Jen!" Izzy said, running after the reserve rangers. "Come on!" he added, pulling Jen to her feet. Slowly, Jen turned around. A giant bear was standing nearby.
"ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!" Jenashu cried as she began to run. Izzy was close behind. Suddenly she saw something moving...
"And here we have..." she heard someone start. It was a women was driving a van labeled " Bear Forest Tours". Jen motioned to Izzy and hopped onto the open-air bus. Izzy landed next to her with a moment later. Luckily for them, the bear had no interest in the tourbus. So Izzy and Jen caught their breath until the bus came to the reserve's exit.
"That was too close..." Jen said to Izzy. "We're still alive, right?"
"Yes! Alive and not in jail! I don't beleive we got out of that."
"Don't even say we were lucky. If we were lucky, we never would've had our room numbers called. If we were lucky, we'd be reading or something in that hotel. But no, we're out here, escaping death and imprisonment every half-hour!" Jenashu cried. "And now what do we do?" Sudenly a loud TOOT TOOT sounded through the air. It was followed by a familiar CHUG CHUG CHUG.
"We take the train!" Izzy said happily.
"Yes! You're awesome, Izzy!" Jen cried happily. She took Izzy's hand and held it up. "Yeah!"
Izzy laughed, but he knew his face was blazing. Jenashu released his hand and gawked at him. "You know, if you want to kiss me, feel free. I didn't eat any onions, remember?" she teased. Izzy choked. "Whaaaaaat?" Jen said, teasing some more.
Izzy coughed for a minute then said, "That's not something I expected to hear."
"What did you expect? I wouldn't have had to say it if you had kissed me earlier when you had the chance, you know." Jenashu replied. She was enjoying herself thoroughly. (A/N: Did I spell that right?)
Izzy looked at her, dumbfounded. Jen smiled and kissed his cheek. "I was joking, Izzy." she said, gazing at him fondly.
"R-right...I knew that..." Izzy said, almost laughing with releif. He made a mental note to never waste his chances again.
"Ohhhh..." Joe groaned as he felt his aching head. A decently-sized lump was forming under his fingertips. "Mi...mi? Are you okay? Where are you?!"
"Under here..." Mimi said. She was stuck under the skeleton. "Get it off!"
Joe pulled the hunk of bones off of Mimi's body. "Are you okay?" he asked again.
"Mmm hmm...But the next squirrel I see as I drive...is gonna get turned to roadkill." Mimi replied. She frowned and tried to um-smoosh her precious hat.
"Well, I guess we'll have to start walking. So come one, let's go." Joe said, taking Mimi's hand and pulling her up.
"Joe, will you carry me? Please? I can't walk properly." Mimi said. Joe hesitated a moment.
"No, Mimi. If things get extremely bad, I'll carry you. But I need my own strenght, and you need yours." he answered, trying not to sound to harsh or to soft. Mimi moaned and took a step forward.
After what seemed like hours of walking, Joe heard something. It was a voice..."Joe! What's going on over there?" Mimi asked.
"I don't know, but let's see if they have water!" Joe said. He started to run.
"Joe, I can't!" Mimi cried. Joe grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
"What are you two doing out here? You look parched!" a man in a tent said. "Here, take these!" he added, handing them bottled water. They took the waters and drained them in two gulps.
"Thanks!" Joe said. Mimi nodded and smiled. "Anywy, what's going on out here? It's like the desert!"
"They're trying to break the sound barrier in the world's fastest jet car." the man replied. Mimi and Joe looked at each other a moment, then ran towards the voice they had heard.
Many people in white lab coats were sitting in a row of bleachers. In front of them was a car and a man in a green suit. "So, that being said, are their any questions?" he asked. As people spoke, Mimi walked towards the car and moved her hands around, as if she was showing it off (A/N: Think of those women on The Price is Right. Also, remember that it's not owned by me.). Joe got the hint and, feeling quite awkward, followed Mimi's example. He opened the cockpit and sat inside. Mimi gracefully sat down behind him.
"Are there anymore questions?" the man asked.
"How do you start it?" Mimi called.
"Ahh, a very good question. All you do is pull the green lever and-" suddenly everything seemed to move to the right as the car shot out of sight.
Joe and Mimi felt their faces contort. The car was moving extremely fast.
Back at the tents, people were watching a meter. "YES! WE'VE BROKEN THE SOUND BARRIER!!!" they cried after a few tense moments.
The car seemed to enter a warp. A few seconds later, something started to beep. The car was almost out of fuel. It came to a stop. Joe shakily opened the cockpit and stepped out. His glasses were dangeling from his right ear. Mimi got to her feet unsteadily behind him. Her hat seemed to be choking her.
"I must look a mess!" Mimi comlpained. Joe stared at her.
"Of course not! You're beautiful!" he said before he could stop himself.
Mimi stared at him a moment before planting a wet kiss on his lips. Joe fainted.
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Davis and Lily are traveling by air, Izzy and Jen are on a train, and Joe and Mimi are who knows how many miles ahead with the jet car. Everyone seems to be getting along *coughs* quite well with their partners. But what about the other teams? This mystery will plauge all of you until I write Chapter Six ^.^
Jenashu: The polls are the same still! Don't let Indigo and Kenneth walk away with the prize that easily!
Ken: No! She's playing with your mind! Using reverse phycology!
Indy: *sweatdrop*
Davis: Ha! You two aren't in this chapter! So there!
Lily: Great, nice one Davis...I'm sure they're morally wounded...
Jenashu: The next three chapters get a bit Alla moore (how do you spell that?)!
Indy: *blushes* What? As in...
Lily: *blushes* Davis is gonna kiss me or something?
Jenashu: *laughs* Isn't it cool? Your futures are in my hands!
Lily: Hey, bestest buddy, could you do me a favor then...?
Ken: Oh, just let Jen have her fun!
Jenashu: Anyway, on to-
Davis: No, I want to say it! ON TO THE FANFIC! VOTE FOR ME!
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Digi Race
"Things are going surprisingly well!" Lily commented as she looked into the water. She watched Davis's reflection nod and move closer to her. The ferry was diserted. What is he doing...? Lily wondered as Davis put an arm around her waist. A sudden cry almost sent Davis into the sea again (A/N: I am sorry to say that my map skills are not the best, and my sense of direction is worth beans. So, just work with me and suppose that the Digidestines are taking the right paths, even if those paths really don't exist. Thanks!).
Darn! he thought. The cry was followed by many more. A flock of seagulls were flying overhead. A few of them swooped down onto the ferry, expecting to be fed.
"ACK!" Lily screamed as a gull flew onto her shoulder. Another dug its face into her pocket, pulling out the key. "NO! YOU COME BACK HERE!" she cried as the gull took off. Davis was in shock, but had enough wits about him to look up and say a short prayer. A hot-air balloon was flying overhead.
"Thank you!" Davis said, releived. The balloon fell in a sudden gust of wind, right near the boat. Davis jumped in and offered Lily a hand. She accepted his help. "THANK YOU!" Davis called from the top of his lungs. He suddenly noticed the man in the balloon. "Take the boat instead!" Davis suggested, tossing him onto the ferry.
"That was so lucky!" Lily said, giving Davis a hug. He blushed, dumbfounded. He closed his eyes and attempted to tilt Lily's head up, but she was on the other side of the balloon basket. Man, I can't win! Davis complained to himself.
"We're gonna get ya!" Lily called to the gull. She screamed as the bird dropped the key.
Jen watched Izzy as he drived. He's so cute...Jenashu thought, watching a small smile spread across his face. I wonder what he's thinking about..? Jen asked herself.
Izzy could feel Jen's eyes on him. He felt his cheeks darkening. I wish she'd look away! Izzy thought. He fancied that his face would explode if she didn't. At the next red light he turned and looked directly into he eyes. It was Jen's turn to blush. Izzy decided to say something, but, for once, he had no clue what to say. I'm no good at this! I'm sure Matt would have something great to say right now, but me, no, of course not!
He needs to work on his people skills, Jenashu noted. But it didn't matter much, because she also didn't know what to say. So they gazed into each other's eyes for a minute, until Jen knew exactly what she should say. "Green means go."
"Huh? Oh!" Izzy said, looking at traffic lights. He stepped on the gas, and glimsped at Jen in the review mirrior. She was staring out the window, flushed. Suddenly his stomach growled. "Uhh, Jen? If my calculations are correct, we are two hours worth ahead. Can we please stop to get something to eat?"
"How do you figure?" Jen asked, wondering how he could possible make such calculations. Izzy pulled over and took out his laptop.
"Look at this key. It has a special radar to monitor our progress. I...kind of hacked into the radar program and found the passwords used for the keys of the others' keys. Now I can see them on the monitor." he explained, pointing to little dots on the screen. "This is Davis and Lily. They seem to be doing well. Here's Ken and Indy. They are the closest to us."
"Wow! You never cease to amaze me! You're really a genius!" Jen exclaimed, very much impressed. Normally Izzy would say thanks to a comment like that, but it was different when it came from Jen. He looked down and blushed.
"Uhh, t-thank you..." he managed to say at last. Jen beamed at him, causing Izzy's face color to match that of his hair. He started driving towards the next fast food place. "Umm, any favorites?" Izzy asked.
"Nahh, just as long as it's not Taco Bell or Burger King (A/N: Guess what? They're not owned by me!). Izzy parked the car in a McDonald's (A/N: What was I going to say again? Oh, yeah, this restaurant is not under my possession, blah blah...) parking lot. He opened the door and thought of doing that for Jen, when he realized the ice cream truck only had one door. Jen laughed and looked at the giant space where kids demand their ice cream and hand over their dough, and Izzy decided to make due. He offered Jen his hand as she jumped from the window's ledge. She smiled at him, and he looked at his shoes. He never noticed how interesting they were before.
"Umm, I want...a hamburger and fries, please." Jenashu said to the smiling lady behind the counter. Jen glanced at Izzy and added, "No onions." She wasn't sure herself if she was joking around or giving Izzy a hint. He blushed heavily.
Even though they had a lead, Jenashu and Izzy ate their food as fast as they could. Jen stuffed eight fries in her mouth at once and chewed for a few seconds before swallowing. Izzy stared at her. "I wore braces a while ago. I've had my mouth open wider than what seems natural for two hours straight, so I can fit a lot in at once." Jen said with a shrug. Izzy nodded and looked down, laughing a little. His laughter was stifiled when a loud crash sounded through the air. "What?"
"ICE CREAM ICE CREAM ICE CREAM-" a group of kids chanted. They knocked over the ice cream truck and emtied it out.
"...Tell me that didn't just happen!" Jen begged of Izzy. He decided it was best to say nothing. Instead he grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the mob, figuring that it was best to be far away from that ice cream truck, should the police show up. After awhile, the two found themselves in a forest. Quite a large forest.
"JOE! GREEN MEANS GO!" Mimi roared by his side. Joe winced.
"Right..." he replied. "Um, Mimi...I think you gave me faulty directions." Joe informed his navigator.
"OF COURSE I DIDN'T!!! I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!" Mimi shouted. Joe sighed and looked up. A woman was sitting at the side of the road.
"Wanna by a squirrel?" the woman asked as Joe pulled over.
"Uh...no thanks, lady. Do you know any shortcuts to the highway? We're a little lost." Joe said. He looked past Mimi and saw that there were numerous squirrels in cages. They were chattering away. What a weirdo! Joe thought.
"Are you sure you don't want a squirrel? They make GREAT pets." the woman informed them. She reached in a cage to pet a squirrel, and it bit her hand. "Um, that was a love bite. Squirrels really are FANTABULISTIC, don't you know." She added, straightening her straw hat and torn overalls. She smiled widely, revealing aproximately ten teeth. Mimi shuddered.
"No, we don't want one! All we want are directions!" Mimi said impatiently.
"Tell 'em abou' the short cut!" the woman said in a high-pitched voice. "Oh, thanks!" she then added, turning to a cage. "He reminded me about the short cut. How silly of me to forget! Okay, all you have to do is travel exactly 1.8 miles down this road, turn right at a graffitied road sign, and BAM! you're on your way! Saves you at least thirty minutes on the road!"
"Hey, thanks!" Mimi said. The woman grinned her nearly-toothless grin and handed Mimi a paper bag that read 'I LOVE SQUIRRELS'.
"Ya see any squirrels, give 'em these nuts." the woman said with a wink.
"Uhh, sure..." Mimi said as she rolled her window up. "What a freak..."
"Oh well, we got something from all that. Way to go, Mimi!" Joe said, going onto the road again.
"Well, it WAS your idea to ask her for directions. I'm sorry, I can't read maps very well." Mimi said, pulling the map out and frowning at it. "So...I guess we're...here?"
"Let's see..." Joe said, glancing over Mimi's shoulder. "MIMI! No wonder! The map is upside down!" he said with a groan.
"It is? Oh, my..." Mimi said, turning it over. "Silly me!"
"That's okay..." Joe said. Mimi looked at him a moment.
"Well, Joe...You handled that situation so well..." Mimi said, gazing at him goofily. Joe's face turned red.
"Uhh, y-y-you t-think so? Thanks, M-Mimi..." Joe replied. "Wait! Look, it's the graffitied sign!"
"Yes! Turn, turn!" Mimi said. Joe moved the steering wheel. A second later, his stomach gave a terrifying lurch. The van was falling!
As they fell, Mimi wrapped her arms around Joe's shoulders and screamed. Through the gap in Mimi's arms (which were covering his face) Joe saw a sign that read, YOU. A second later, a sigh that said SHOULD appeared. More and more signs came into veiw as the car fell...
YOU...SHOULD...HAVE...BOUGHT...A...SQUIRREL!
"That-" Joe started. But the breath left his chest as the car hit a pile of other cars with a loud CRUNCH! Something popped up and went through the windsheild...it was holding something...
"EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!!!!" Mimi screamed. It was a skeleton. And in its hand was a paper bag that read 'I LOVE SQUIRRELS'.
"Now what do we do?" Lily asked as she looked into the water. The key was slowly sinking. Suddenly, the water around it started to change. It flew into the air and brought the key right into Lily's reach. "What?" Lily asked in surprise. She shot a hand out and grabbed it, but lost her balance and began to fall.
"Lily!" Davis cried. He grabbed her arm just before she fell. Davis looked into the water in time to see a dolphin's dorsel fin. So that's it! he realized. I guess the dolphin blasted the key up! We're destined to win this, I can feel it! Suddenly he remembered Lily.
"Thanks, Davis," she said, " that was a great catch." Davis felt his face blazing red. Lily had dropped the key onto the ground, so Davis picked it up. As he rose, Davis made eye contact with Lily. They gazed into each other's eyes for a long time, until Davis felt a sharp pain in his hand.
"Ow!" he said, wincing. He had been squeezing the key so hard that it had cut his hand in several places.
"Aww, poor Davis." Lily cooed. "Let me see."
Davis felt his face darken as Lily's cool hand took his sweaty one. "You'll live." Lily said after examining his cuts. She looked up and noticed the deep crimson hue Davis's face had turned. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"Y-y-y-y-yeah! I'm f-fine! Uhh, I guess..." Davis stammered.
"Are you sure?" Lily demanded. She stood up a bit, until she was alomost as tall as Davis. Her eyes stared into his, daring him to tell the truth. The truth about something more than how he felt pysically. She wanted to know how he felt inside as well.
Lily's nose was inches from Davis'. Suddenly he realized that this was his chance. No stupid seagull could distract Lily now. She wants to know how I feel?, thought Davis. Well I'll show her, then.
Davis closed his eyes and moved his face towards Lily's. Closer and closer, until the inches of space turned to centimeters. Finally he felt Lily's lips against his.
A moment later, Lily took a step back. "...Not bad for a first try, Daesukie Motimiya." she said after a pause. Davis smiled sheepishly.
"Thanks. Now let's get going!" Davis said, pointing towards the setting sun.
"What's your plan now?" Jenashu asked of Izzy as they stood in the forest.
"Well...I guess I don't have one yet." Izzy admitted. Jen groaned and plopped onto the forest floor. Izzy looked hurt.
"I'm not saying that this is your fault or anything, Izzy." Jenashu said, hoping that she hadn't hurt his feelings. "But don't you think that there's some way out of here?". Before Izzy could answer, shouts echoed throughout the forest. Two garantuan men emerged from the shadows cast by trees. Each of them grabbed either Izzy or Jen and started to pull them along.
"LET GO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Jenashu demanded. She kicked at the man who was dragging her, but to no avail. She was powerless against this monster-of-a-man, as was Izzy.
"Don't play dumb. We've been on the lookout for you two poachers!" the man shot back.
"P-p-p-p-p-POACHERS?" Jenashu screamed. "Why I-ARGH!!!! I'm NOT A POACHER, you GOOMBAH!"
"Just what have we been "poaching", according to the information given to you by your employer?" Izzy asked weakly.
"The bears that live in this reserve!" the other man said impatiently.
"You're kidding me...This is a BEAR RESERVE...oh for the love of FUDGE!" Jen mumbled. "DO I LOOK CAPABLE OF POACHING BEARS?"
"Anyone who can fire a gun is capable, kid." the man replied. Jen frowned. First of all, she didn't have a gun to fire. Secondly, she was a chick otaku teenager, not a kid, thank you very much!
"Excuse me...If you looked, you would find that we have no fire arms..." Izzy said. Both men stopped and checked. Of course, the two victims of fate had no guns.
"Okay, so maybe you're not poachers," a man said as he began to drag a very uncoroperative chick otaku teenager again, "but you were still in here. That's trespassing."
"We were lost..." Izzy replied softly. "We're sorry, but we had no idea!"
"You can't prove that, kid."
"You're absolutely correct. So can you please give us the benefit of the doubt?"
"...Agianst the rules, kid. More than our jobs are worth to do that."
"But it's true! Please!" Jenashu cut in. "Please just let us go!". To her surprise, the man turned around, then let go and ran. His partner followed suit. "Hey! Thanks a ton!" Jen called.
"I think you should turn around, Jen!" Izzy said, running after the reserve rangers. "Come on!" he added, pulling Jen to her feet. Slowly, Jen turned around. A giant bear was standing nearby.
"ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!" Jenashu cried as she began to run. Izzy was close behind. Suddenly she saw something moving...
"And here we have..." she heard someone start. It was a women was driving a van labeled " Bear Forest Tours". Jen motioned to Izzy and hopped onto the open-air bus. Izzy landed next to her with a moment later. Luckily for them, the bear had no interest in the tourbus. So Izzy and Jen caught their breath until the bus came to the reserve's exit.
"That was too close..." Jen said to Izzy. "We're still alive, right?"
"Yes! Alive and not in jail! I don't beleive we got out of that."
"Don't even say we were lucky. If we were lucky, we never would've had our room numbers called. If we were lucky, we'd be reading or something in that hotel. But no, we're out here, escaping death and imprisonment every half-hour!" Jenashu cried. "And now what do we do?" Sudenly a loud TOOT TOOT sounded through the air. It was followed by a familiar CHUG CHUG CHUG.
"We take the train!" Izzy said happily.
"Yes! You're awesome, Izzy!" Jen cried happily. She took Izzy's hand and held it up. "Yeah!"
Izzy laughed, but he knew his face was blazing. Jenashu released his hand and gawked at him. "You know, if you want to kiss me, feel free. I didn't eat any onions, remember?" she teased. Izzy choked. "Whaaaaaat?" Jen said, teasing some more.
Izzy coughed for a minute then said, "That's not something I expected to hear."
"What did you expect? I wouldn't have had to say it if you had kissed me earlier when you had the chance, you know." Jenashu replied. She was enjoying herself thoroughly. (A/N: Did I spell that right?)
Izzy looked at her, dumbfounded. Jen smiled and kissed his cheek. "I was joking, Izzy." she said, gazing at him fondly.
"R-right...I knew that..." Izzy said, almost laughing with releif. He made a mental note to never waste his chances again.
"Ohhhh..." Joe groaned as he felt his aching head. A decently-sized lump was forming under his fingertips. "Mi...mi? Are you okay? Where are you?!"
"Under here..." Mimi said. She was stuck under the skeleton. "Get it off!"
Joe pulled the hunk of bones off of Mimi's body. "Are you okay?" he asked again.
"Mmm hmm...But the next squirrel I see as I drive...is gonna get turned to roadkill." Mimi replied. She frowned and tried to um-smoosh her precious hat.
"Well, I guess we'll have to start walking. So come one, let's go." Joe said, taking Mimi's hand and pulling her up.
"Joe, will you carry me? Please? I can't walk properly." Mimi said. Joe hesitated a moment.
"No, Mimi. If things get extremely bad, I'll carry you. But I need my own strenght, and you need yours." he answered, trying not to sound to harsh or to soft. Mimi moaned and took a step forward.
After what seemed like hours of walking, Joe heard something. It was a voice..."Joe! What's going on over there?" Mimi asked.
"I don't know, but let's see if they have water!" Joe said. He started to run.
"Joe, I can't!" Mimi cried. Joe grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
"What are you two doing out here? You look parched!" a man in a tent said. "Here, take these!" he added, handing them bottled water. They took the waters and drained them in two gulps.
"Thanks!" Joe said. Mimi nodded and smiled. "Anywy, what's going on out here? It's like the desert!"
"They're trying to break the sound barrier in the world's fastest jet car." the man replied. Mimi and Joe looked at each other a moment, then ran towards the voice they had heard.
Many people in white lab coats were sitting in a row of bleachers. In front of them was a car and a man in a green suit. "So, that being said, are their any questions?" he asked. As people spoke, Mimi walked towards the car and moved her hands around, as if she was showing it off (A/N: Think of those women on The Price is Right. Also, remember that it's not owned by me.). Joe got the hint and, feeling quite awkward, followed Mimi's example. He opened the cockpit and sat inside. Mimi gracefully sat down behind him.
"Are there anymore questions?" the man asked.
"How do you start it?" Mimi called.
"Ahh, a very good question. All you do is pull the green lever and-" suddenly everything seemed to move to the right as the car shot out of sight.
Joe and Mimi felt their faces contort. The car was moving extremely fast.
Back at the tents, people were watching a meter. "YES! WE'VE BROKEN THE SOUND BARRIER!!!" they cried after a few tense moments.
The car seemed to enter a warp. A few seconds later, something started to beep. The car was almost out of fuel. It came to a stop. Joe shakily opened the cockpit and stepped out. His glasses were dangeling from his right ear. Mimi got to her feet unsteadily behind him. Her hat seemed to be choking her.
"I must look a mess!" Mimi comlpained. Joe stared at her.
"Of course not! You're beautiful!" he said before he could stop himself.
Mimi stared at him a moment before planting a wet kiss on his lips. Joe fainted.
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Davis and Lily are traveling by air, Izzy and Jen are on a train, and Joe and Mimi are who knows how many miles ahead with the jet car. Everyone seems to be getting along *coughs* quite well with their partners. But what about the other teams? This mystery will plauge all of you until I write Chapter Six ^.^
