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original play "Romeo And Juliet" or any of Shakespeare's plays or
Shakespeare himself. I don't own the song "Holla Back, Youngin"
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Chapter 1- Love's Deadly Game
One warm afternoon, a Capulet servant walked about the streets.
"Ahh, what a beautiful day!" Dexter (the Capulet servant) said with satisfaction.
Dexter spotted something...A Montague servant.
"That dirty Montague can't ruin this beautiful day..." Dexter sdtated to himself. "I'll just have to teach him to keep off the streets!"
Dexter walked over and spit at the Montague, but he was quick enough to dodge the spit. This Montague servant's name was Howdy.
"What in tarnation?!" Howdy exclaimed, jumping up. He glared at Dexter. "Oh, you're one of them Capulets, I see...My master told me to not start a fight...Wait, did you just spit at me?!"
"I spit, yes." Dexter replied coldly.
"But at me?! Did you spit at me?!"
"I have the freedom to choose to spit wherever I want. You're yelling at me...Do you want to start a fight with me, Montague servant?"
"No, Mr. Capulet-Pants! But I'm not trying to stop one from happening either!"
"No Montague has a right to mock a Capulet!"
"I got a right to mock whoever I want."
"I outta-"
Shing! That was it. The two servants from the two different families drew their swords, fighting in the middle of a street. More Montagues and Capulets came into battle.
"Stop it!" a Montague named Sandy yelled. "The Prince said we gotta stop fighting and live in peace!"
"You're talking about peace, Montague Child, when you have no intention of putting your sword down?" a Capulet named Elder-Ham demanded. "Childish stupidity of a Montague!"
"Listen, old man, I'm just defending myself! I'm just blocking so you won't stab me to death!"
Even as Sandy yelled for a pause, more Montagues and Capulets rushed out of stores, joining in the fight. The fighting spread quickly--even little boys were shoving and pushing each other around. As Sandy blocked other swords from getting to her, she watched in sadness as pottery was destroyed and wonderful fruits were smashed. But she could do nothing. She a Montague. A female, young, Montague to be exact...Being a female and being young were two major faults of hers, so she acted like a boy more than a girl. hat was how she was the only female in battle right now...But it didn't matter. She could do nothing about this fight between two families...She could nothing but block swords from getting her to her and her friends... Then, Lord Capulet, Oxnard stepped out.
"Hand me my sword, dear!" he called to his Capulet wife, Pepper. "I'll show those Montagues how to fight!"
"Sword?..." Lady Capulet, Pepper, murmured to herself. "You would be mush more better off asking for a sunflower seed..."
But Oxnard ran off, waving his sword in the air. Pepper chased after him, dragging a very dazed Oxnard back. Sandy kept blocking and defending herself. Then, she saw something that made her and everyone else fighting freeze suddenly...Standing there, holding his usual guitar was the Prince Jingle. He was ruler of their city- state Verona. He observed the dead bodies, the blood, the smashed property...
"Are you all my subjects or are you rebels?" he rhymed, strumming on his guitar. "Your fighting makes the sake of the city-state tremble. Drop your swords, all of you! To the rest of the city-state, you are being cruel."
The sound of sword dropping to the ground echoed in the air.
"Three times this year, your bloody fights. Three times Verona has been covered in bloodshed, a terrible sight. Others have been wounded, frightened, and killed. And I am not very thrilled. The next time I hear about violence between Montagues and Capulets, their heads will be hacked off before the sun sets...That day."
With that, Prince Jingle walked through the crowd and to his castle. Sandy looked over everything.
"He's got a right to be angry." she murmured to herself. "Third time this year that our home has been turned into a bloody war zone...Hey, that rhymes. I'm listening to the prince's rhyming too much...Gee, I gotta go and see Hamtaro's parents!"
For years now, her parents have been dead and she and her twin brother have lived in others homes, coming and passing.
"Hamtaro wasn't in the fight, was he?" Lord Montague, Cappy, Hamtaro's father asked.
"Ookyoo." his mother, Lady Montague, Penelope said.
"Nope. I didn't see him." Sandy stated.
"Do you have any idea where my son might be?" Cappy asked.
"Nu-uh...I thought he was here with you guys. Y'see...I haven't seen Hamtaro since early in the morning today. He was watching the sun rise and hurried off, pretending he didn't notice me...Is there something up with him?"
"Ookyoo." Penelope replied, nodding.
"Since you're the only one Hamtaro trusts more than us, we wanted you to find out." Cappy explained.
Sandy turned.
"There he is! You should go before he finds out we're talkin' 'bout him." she said.
Cappy and Penelope left.
"Ticky-ticky, ticky-ticky..." se chanted as she walked towards her slightly older friend. She walked along side him, grinning brightly. "Hiya, Hamatro." she greeted. "Ticky-ticky...Nice day, huh?"
"Wasa-wasa, wasa-wasa..." Hamtaro murmured. He looked at Sandy. "It's day?..."
"Well, the sun's up in the sky!" Sandy replied cheerfully.
"It doesn't seem like day ta me..." Hamtaro sighed. "It's like one cold night that will never light up..."
"C'mon, dude! It's uncool ta slump on a day like this. Wanna tell me what's goin' on?"
Hamtaro sighed as the two stopped next to an apple tree. "I turn red whenever I see her..."
"..." Sandy paused. The she got it. "You're in love!"
"Yeah..." Hamtaro replied gloomily.
"Well, what're ya so sad about?"
"...She's a Capulet, Sandy...She's in the family that ours hates."
"Really...Well, who's the girl?"
"...Chesnut..."
"Wow! Chesnut, huh?...She's pretty...You got high hopes. Didja tell her how ya feel?"
"Yeah...I told her I love her and..."
"And?"
"She told me she wanted nothing to do me and that I was a dirty Montague rat..."
"Ouch."
"Yeah...So I'll never be happy without her."
"Hey! I'm here ta make ya happy!"
Hamtaro smiled at his young, bright friend.
"Yeah, but I really want the other kind of happiness..." he stated.
"Oh..." Sandy murmured. "Well, Chesnut's nice, but there are other fish in the sea like they say!"
"But none as beautiful as Chesnut..."
Hamtaro started to walk away.
"Hey!" Sandy called, chasing after him. "You wanna bet money on that?!"
Not far away in the city, a rich nobleman from Italy spoke to the head of the family of Capulet. This rich man was named Boss.
"So, Oxnard, did you decide on whether or not I get to marry your daughter, Bijou?" Boss asked.
"I told you yesterday..." Oxnard replied. "My daughter is beautiful and fair...And I am searching for someone who won't love her for just her looks."
"But I admire her kindness and how she treats others fairly..." Boss murmured dreamily.
"Boss, you are a good gentleman, but my daughter doesn't even know you. But you can spend time with her if you like...In fact, I'm having a big party at the mansion tonight! You can talk to Bijou then."
"I'll be there!"
Oxnard turned.
"Dexter?" Oxnard asked his servant.
"Yes, sir?" Dexter answered.
"Here. Find all the people who have their names on this list. When you find them, tell them that they're invited to the party tonight."
"...Eh?..." Dexter looked at the list. "Sir-"
"No time, Dexter! Make sure you do your job! I have to help Pepper get the mansion ready!"
Oxnard ran to his mansion and Boss walked off, leaving Dexter with a full load on his hands.
"Find the people who have their names on the list?..." Dexter repeated. "Now I know I'm in trouble! I don't know how to read!...Oh, dear. I better find someone who does..."
To Dexter's luck, Hamtaro and Sandy were passing through. He ignored the fact they were both Montagues and ran after them.
"C'mon, Hamtaro...There're others out there and you just don't know it." Sandy reasoned. "And ya gotta come outta that nutshell of yours...You're not fun to hang around anymore..."
"Yeah...I'm sorry, Sandy." Hamtaro apologized. "But it's too hard to forget about a hamster like Chesnut. She...It hurt me so bad when she said those words."
"Hamtaro, you were playing the game of love. And in the game of love someone always gets hurt no matter what. If someone cheated and accidentally hurt you during a game, would you mope around it forever?..."
"...No."
"Exactly. That's why you should forget about Chesnut."
Hamtaro smiled at his slightly younger friend once more.
"Thanks, Sandy." he said. "You're the best."
"I am, aren't I? Kushi-kushi!" she scratched her head, blushing.
"Um, excuse me." Dexter said.
Sandy and Hamtaro looked.
"Yes, err...Do you two know how to read?" Dexter asked.
"Yeah." Sandy and Hamtaro replied.
"Really?"
Sandy and Hamtaro nodded.
"Well in that case...Here." Dexter said, handing the piece of paper to Hamtaro. "Bye!"
Dexter ran off.
"What is it?" Sandy asked. "...A list."
"Mm-hmm..." Hamtaro replied.
He scanned the page...
"Chesnut! She's invited to the party!" Hamtaro cheered with glee. "It's a masquerade party!"
"...You're not thinkin' of-" Sandy started.
"I am. I want to see Chesnut's beautiful face again...I'm gonna buy a mask tonight!"
"Well, in that case, pick up five."
"Why?"
"Well if you're gonna go, I am."
"Why? To see me mope at the sight of beauty I'll never have?"
"No. I'm comin' ta make sure you're gonna look at all the other girls besides Chesnut."
"Who are the other masks for?"
"No doubt my brother will wanna come...And Panda should be in also so he won't be left out. And Snoozer, too, just because. We can't go there without a good-numbered passe!"
Hamtaro laughed at the remark, making Sandy feel great. She hadn't heard him laugh in a long time.
In the mansion of Capulet...
"Nurse Pashmina, where is my daughter?" Pepper demanded as a servant brushed her hair.
"I told her you were looking for her..." Pahmina stated. "Bijou! Yourmother wants you! Where are-"
"Here I am, Muzer." Bijou stated, her voice pure and soft.
Pepper let the servant who was brushing her out of the room. Pashmina was allowed to stay since she was a private servant of Bijou.
"Bijou, I would like to talk to you about something very important." Pepper stated.
"Yes, Muzer." Bijou replied.
"You are growing quickly-"
"Yes, she is." Pashmina agreed. "In two weeks, she'll be my age! I remember our birthdays because they are two weeks apart and I remember how Bijou and I use to play together as kids. And I'm-"
"I know how old ya are, Pashmina!" Pepper snapped. "Now, I-"
"I remember Bijou so well at that age even though both of us were young. She was always the calm one, staying put and keeping her pure-white clean. And I was the same but somehow-"
"Will you shut up?" Pepper demanded, her temper short.
"I will." Pashmina agreed. "It's just you were just a an angel, Bijou compared to me and you still are! And I think I remember-"
"Pashmina! Shut up or I'll have you whipped!" Pepper snapped.
"I'm sorry, mistress." Pashmin apologized. "It's just Bijou's grown up and soon, she'll be married!"
"I was getting to that!" Pepper got Pashmina silent then. Pepper turned to her daughter. "Bijou, have you ever thought of being married?"
"Married?" Bijou asked. "Oh, Muzzer, I have been dreaming about my wedding day for a long time now! I zink it is an honor to be married!"
"More than an honor." Pahsmina corrected dreamily. "...Well, if you can just find the right man, that is."
"Well, Bijou, the rich nobleman Boss would like to marry you." Pepper stated.
"Boss? He is the greatest husband I could even think of for Bijou!" Pahmina stated excitedly. "He's rich, he's handsome, he's rich, he's loved by everyone, he's rich, he's a nobleman, he's rich, he's a great dresser, he's rich...Did I mention he was rich?"
"He's very rich."
"Very!"
"And, Bijou, what do you say? Could you become his wife and love him?"
"Well...I have never seen him or met him...I do not know, Muzzer." Bijou admitted, blushing. "He seems very nice..."
"You can see him and examine him at tonight's party."
"If you want me to speak with Boss tonight, I shall do so, Muzzer, Pashmina."
Pepper nodded in approval.
Meanwhile, Hamtaro, Sandy, Stan, Panda, and Snoozer walked down the street, their fur groomed to its best potential. Of course, though, Sandy didn't have bows in her hair or in fact she didn't have her regular red bow on her tail. She was going dressed as a boy-ham, hoping no one would recognize her from the fight. All five hamsters brought masks, looking more forward to a good time and not any rivalry between their families. They all acted very excited. They all joked and punched each other in a teasing way. Stan even got out his maracas and sang very loudly, making the others laugh...Except Snoozer, who was being dragged along by Panda. Sandy noticed Hamtaro's sad look.
"We're gonna make ya dance tonight." she stated.
"No, I can't..." Hamtaro disagreed softly. "I don't think I can dance with any girl, but Chesnut...With her, my heart flutters, but without her, my heart falls and continues to."
"Come on, lover-boy!" Stan, the wildest and silliest of the group cheered, patting Hamtaro's back. "You're going to dance with all the pretty girl- hams there! Don't let silly love ruin you! You were a lot more fun without it!"
"I can't...I bitten by the love-bug and I'm now suffering it's poison of loneliness..."
"It's just a bug! Squash it flat!"
"I had a strange dream last night..."
"Of what?" asked Panda.
"I...I don't remember." Hamtaro replied.
"What?!" Stan demanded. "You're listening to a stupid dream you can't even remember?! How do you even know you had a dream?!"
"A feeling..."
"Hamtaro, Hamtaro...Let me tell you someone called Queen Mab! She a pesky, ugly fairy the size of a pebble! She makes her victim dream about lots of things like money to make them greedy and love to make them mopey like you and that makes you moping around like a love-sick puppy trying to earn the respect for its master and she gives her victims blisters and warts and pimples and ugly features so the person they're in love with won't love them back and she goes to the back of their neck and ties the ahirs she sees there in knots and she tears the hairs out and spits to make you sweaty and pinches to cause a neck ache in the morning and puts corns on their toes and-"
"Bro!" Sandy yelled, placing her paw on her slightly older twin brother's shoulder. "Calm. Down."
"You were just talking about something in your imagination." Panda agreed.
"Exactly what love is!" Stan proclaimed. "Sandy use to be depressed because she couldn't fight as well with her sword as me and-"
"Stan, I've been better than you for a long time." Sandy stated. "I was the first to want to learn sword fighting and you were never better than me."
"...Hmph." Stan murmured. "Why can't out be like all other little sisters and look up to your older brother?"
"Older brother? We're twins!"
"I'm older than you and you know it."
"...Only by two minutes!"
Soon, their usual teen ways were back. They snuck into the party easily. No one recognized them.
"Welcome!" Oxnard welcomed. I remember back then when I was young and wore masks..."
But the five hamsters were gone. Stan was flirting with a group of pretty girl-hams, Snoozer was sleeping on the floor, Panda was enjoying the food, Sandy was talking to a group of guys who enjoyed sparring with swords as much as she did and Hamtaro...Hamtaro was moping in a corner, watching the party. Then, someone caught his eye. A girl-ham his age, not younger, not older...He watched as she conversed with her friend.
"Wow...She's pretty..." Hamtaro murmured to himself. He rubbed his eyes. "I wonder if I'm dead...Isn't that the time I'm suppose to be seeing angels?...She doesn't have wings...She's alive like me! But I can't believe she's not from heaven..."
Suddenly, the girl-hams friend was pulled into the crowd by someone with stripes and pushed into a boy-ham who started to dance. Within a few seconds, Hamtaro spotted Sandy, grinning to him and showing him a thumbs- up. He smiled at her in thanks.
"Thanks, Sandy..." Hamtaro whispered "Now's my chance!" Hamtaro stated, rushing over to her.
Elder-Ham whirled around, knowing the voice of a Montague. He turned to Dexter.
"Get me my sword!" he instructed.
Oxnard walked over to Elder-Ham.
"What's wrong, Elder-Ham?" Oxnard asked. "Did we run out of alcohol? I'll get more. More alcohol over to Elder-Ham!"
"A stupid boy-ham from the Montague came to your party." Elder-Ham replied. He pointed out al five. "All five of them snuck in with the masks!"
"Yeah, that's Hamtaro, it is...But he's not causing any trouble. In fact, I heard he and his friends are quite nice. Ignore them, will you?"
"...Fine. But if he does anything-"
"He won't. This is a house filled with Capulets. No one is stupid enough to attack when they're outnumbered. Even a Montague."
Elder-Ham agreed reluctantly.
Meanwhile, Hamtaro felt nervous. His heart felt as if he didn't go up to her immediately, it would explode. Hamtaro stood behind her. What would say?...Suddenly, he took her paw into his. She gasped and whirled around...She had no idea who this mysterious hamster was, but she somehow felt as if she'd known him for years...
"Oh, uh, I'm sorry for grabbing your paw like that..." Hamtaro apologized. "It's just your paw was so beautiful...Like a perfect cloud in the sky...Like a hook in the sea it attracted him like I were a fish..."
Dreamily, the girl smiled gently at him.
"I do not mind..." she said softly. "Such sweet paws like yours warm mine."
She held out her paws. Hamtaro quickly took her paws in his, quickly but gently, not wanting to cause damage to the soft, fragile things.
"I pray every night...Wishing for a good day the next." she stated, not knowing why she had brought such a random subject up.
"If you converse with god, you have to be an angel..." Hamtaro stated. "You whisper to him."
"You cannot whisper without using your mouth." she stated.
"Then hear my prayer."
"I do not have to hear it..."
With that, she slowly leaned toward him and gave one gentle kiss. Hamtaro thought it would never end when-
"Bijou, your mother wants to speak with you!" a voice called.
Hamtaro and the girl-ham looked at each other in the eyes. They let go of each other's hands. Suddenly, someone gently pulled her into the crowd. It was her friend from earlier. Before she could go into the crowd also, Hamtaro stopped her.
"Wait! What's her name again?" he asked.
"Her name is Bijou and he mother is the lady of Capulet." she quickly replied before going into the crowd also.
"A Capulet?" Hamtaro asked himself softly. "A Capulet...My family's enemy..."
"Don't worry, Hamtaro." a voice assured from behind him.
Hamtaro whirled around. There stood Sandy, her mask held in her paws.
"You'll get her and live happily ever after." Sandy promised. "But right now, we gotta go. The party's almost over."
Hamtaro smiled at Sandy and nodded.
"Leaving?" Oxnard asked. "Well, it's late and you need your rest for the upcoming day! Have a good evening!"
Bijou spotted her mystery guy walking out.
"Pahmina!" she cried. "Who is zat young man walking zrough ze doors?"
"I do not know..." Pashmina stated.
"Please, Pahmina, please..." Bijous pleaded. "Get his name, please..."
Pashmina hurried off as Bijou began to pray.
"Oh, please let him be not married..." Bijou cried.
Pashmina came back.
"His name is Hamtaro." she revealed. "He's a Montague, our very enemy."
"Oh..." Bijous whimpered. "My true love my enemy?..."
"Don't cry, Bijou...I think he liked you." Pashmina stated.
"...Really?"
"Yes. He asked me your name."
"What joyous news!"
"Yes, but it's time for bed, Bijou."
Bijous nodded and headed upstairs.
Meanwhile, the five group of friends walked out, the gatekeeper wishing a goodnight and closing the gave behind them. Hamtaro moped behind them, unhappy to leave the love of his life. Sandy noticed the look on her slightly older friend's face. She stopped.
"Err, you guys go ahead." she stated. "We'll catch up."
"Don't wait too long." Panda said. "You might be arrested for trespassing."
Sandy nodded and watched as Stan, Panda, and Snoozer walked away. She turned back to Hamtaro when they were out of ear reach.
"Well?" Sandy asked.
"Well what?" Hamtaro asked, clueless.
"Why aren't ya climbing over the wall?"
"What?!"
"Hamtaro, for as old as you are, you're pretty dense. I mean, you've been writing poems, daydreaming, and now you just met this Bijous-girl who's the girl-ham of your dreams."
"...But what if I get caught."
"It's for love. And that's all that matters to you now."
Hamtaro smiled.
"Sandy, you're more wise than you are old." he complimented.
Sandy nodded.
"I'll tell the guys ya just found another way home and you wanted to race to see who got there first." she assured. "Don't go and yerself caught and killed. Get that girl by your side!"
"Thanks, Sandy."
"No, prob...Yeah, um, a good way of climbing a wall is to actually climb it."
"Oh, right."
He started to step on the bricks that stuck out.
"That's what cousins are for." Sandy said softly. She then turned and disappeared into the darkness, leaving Hamtaro for himself.
Hamtaro landed as softly as he could on the other side of the wall. He dove into a line of bushes and crawled to wherever they were leading him to. The line of bushes lead to the other side of the house. Across the dark yard was a tree that lead to a balcony.
"Maybe I can climb that tree..." Hamtaro murmrued to himself. "I can peek inside to see if my Bijou is there, waiting like the angel she is..."
Hamtaro shook all the fear out of his head.
"Badda-badda, badda-badda..." he murmured. "I'm coming, Bijou..."
He climbed up the tree, hidden in the leaves. He sighed in relief. Then, the flickering light of a candle was lit.
"Oh, great...They heard me..." Hamtaro murmured. "And now I won't see Bijou again..."
But to the balcony's ledge wasn't a gatekeeper...It was Bijou.
"She doesn't need that candle..." Hamtaro said to himself. "Her radiance is brighter than the sun..."
Bijou, who didn't know Hamtaro was watching her, spoke into the night.
"He is a Montague and I am a Capulet." Bijou said. "He is an enemy, yet I love him so...Love is strong enough to conquer all. Why cannot he and I be together."
Hamtaro grinned.
"She spoke..." he whispered excitedly. "I wish she spoke about me in the same way, but now it doesn't matter as long as she speaks again so I can hear her heavenly voice..."
And Bijou, still not noticing Hamtaro, did speak.
"Hamtaro, Hamtaro, wherefore art thou Hamtaro?" she murmured. " Deny thy father and refuse thy name." (i was waiting to type that! ^_^)
Hamtaro almost fell off the tree.
"She likes me like I like her..." he noted.
Bijou still didn't know Hamtaro was there.
"You are not my enemy, Hamtaro...Your name, Montague, is." Bijou murmured. "It is not fair...I would still love you if you had a different name...Why are we judging by names? If we called a rose cow manure, it would smell just as sweet." her eyes watered in sadness. "Please say you love me and always will. That is my wish."
"I will!" Hamtaro exclaimed. "I can't live without your love to will me to! Tell me you'll be mine and I will always and forever be yours!"
Bijou jumped back from the balcony in fear, looking around wildly.
"Who is zer?" she asked fearfully. "Show yourself or I will call my fazzer!"
"No, don't do that! It's me, Hamtaro."
"You are Hamtaro?..." Bijou asked. She sighed. "And you are a Montague."
"I'm neither of those if you don't want me to be."
"Yes, but how in the world did you get here?"
"Love brought me here, to you. I jumped over the wall just to see your beautiful face one more time."
"If they find you, my father will kill you!"
"You are...very sweet." Bijou blushed, smiling gently. "But how did you know which window was mine?"
"I didn't. Something just told me to climb this tree and see you. That thing was love."
"Love...Zen, do you love me, Hamtaro?"
"Yes, Bijou. I'd get every kind of sunflower seed in the world for you."
Bijou blushed.
"Zis is happening all too quickly..." she admitted. "I am a very slow person..."
"But your love for me was quicker than the light of the sun showering the world." Hamtaro stated. "But what I want is what you want...And if you want, I will let our love grow slowly." he climbed higher up the tree and gently took Bijou's hand in his.
"Bijou!" Pashmina's voice called from in the house.
Bijou sadly turned to Hamtaro.
"You must go." she said.
"Yes, but don't be sad." Hamtaro stated. "When you think of me, only think happy thoughts...And I'll do the same. And Bijou, will you marry me?"
"...Of course I will. But how will I get the wedding plans from you?..."
"...Love will find a way."
"It always does."
Bijou smiled.
"Good night, my love..." she whispered.
"Good-night, Bijous...I hope sweet dreams will shower you like falling rose pedals."
Bijou smiled once last time at him before tearing away in sadness and rushing inside. Hamtaro was dazed.
"I must be dreaming..." he murmured.
"Come; I heard the voice this way." a watch-ham's voice stated.
Hamtaro jumped up in fear, falling out of the tree. No where to run. No where to hide. He was trapped. Suddenly, someone grabbed him, pulling him into the bushes and kept their paw over his mouth so he couldn't make a noise. Through the bushes, we watched as the watch-hams searched, but couldn't find a thing. They left. The paw left his mouth and he whirled around. Sitting next to him was-
"Sandy?!" he exclaimed.
"Shh!" Sandy hissed.
She peeked out and motioned for him to come out. He followed her to a wall that was completely smooth with not bricks that stuck out. Hamtaro positioned his paws as a step. Sandy stepped and sat at on top of the wall. She leaned down, outstretching her paw. Hamtaro couldn't grab it. It was too high...The wallw as too high.
"Go. Let them find me and not you." Hamtaro whispered.
"Uh, lemme think..." she whispered. "No."
The voices of the two watch-hams came back. Desperate, Hamtaro jumped up, grabbing Sandy's paws. Sandy then pulled as hard as she could, thrusting both to the safe side of the wall. They landed on the soft grass not too hard. The two got up quickly and ran away from the Capulet property.
"...So...You heard our conversation?..." Hamtaro asked when they were out of ear reach.
"Yup. All of it." Sandy replied, smiling. "That was pretty sweet, y'know...I never knew the word 'love' could mean so much more than affection of two hamsters..." she looked at her feet sadly. Hamtaro got it.
"Don't worry, Sandy, you'll find love like me and Bijou did someday." he assured.
"I know...But how 'bout when I'm young?"
Hamtaro laughed at that. Then, he turned his expression serious.
"What were you doing in there?!" he demanded.
"What?" Sandy asked. "You think I'd let you go into near a mansion filled with only Capulets alone?"
"...You're right. I should have saw you coming."
"Yup. And you're pretty lucky I decided to tag along. Or you'd be dead meat."
Hamtaro nodded and smiled.
"So, how will Bijou and I get married?" he asked.
"We'll find a way. All of us." Sandy replied.
"...I guess I'm at the point of no turning back, huh?"
"Nope. We're in too deep and there's no way out."
"..."
"It's a game."
"What? How can you say that my love for Bijou is just a game?"
"It is. And we're playing it."
"What?"
"We're playing Love's Deadly Game."
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Chapter 1- Love's Deadly Game
One warm afternoon, a Capulet servant walked about the streets.
"Ahh, what a beautiful day!" Dexter (the Capulet servant) said with satisfaction.
Dexter spotted something...A Montague servant.
"That dirty Montague can't ruin this beautiful day..." Dexter sdtated to himself. "I'll just have to teach him to keep off the streets!"
Dexter walked over and spit at the Montague, but he was quick enough to dodge the spit. This Montague servant's name was Howdy.
"What in tarnation?!" Howdy exclaimed, jumping up. He glared at Dexter. "Oh, you're one of them Capulets, I see...My master told me to not start a fight...Wait, did you just spit at me?!"
"I spit, yes." Dexter replied coldly.
"But at me?! Did you spit at me?!"
"I have the freedom to choose to spit wherever I want. You're yelling at me...Do you want to start a fight with me, Montague servant?"
"No, Mr. Capulet-Pants! But I'm not trying to stop one from happening either!"
"No Montague has a right to mock a Capulet!"
"I got a right to mock whoever I want."
"I outta-"
Shing! That was it. The two servants from the two different families drew their swords, fighting in the middle of a street. More Montagues and Capulets came into battle.
"Stop it!" a Montague named Sandy yelled. "The Prince said we gotta stop fighting and live in peace!"
"You're talking about peace, Montague Child, when you have no intention of putting your sword down?" a Capulet named Elder-Ham demanded. "Childish stupidity of a Montague!"
"Listen, old man, I'm just defending myself! I'm just blocking so you won't stab me to death!"
Even as Sandy yelled for a pause, more Montagues and Capulets rushed out of stores, joining in the fight. The fighting spread quickly--even little boys were shoving and pushing each other around. As Sandy blocked other swords from getting to her, she watched in sadness as pottery was destroyed and wonderful fruits were smashed. But she could do nothing. She a Montague. A female, young, Montague to be exact...Being a female and being young were two major faults of hers, so she acted like a boy more than a girl. hat was how she was the only female in battle right now...But it didn't matter. She could do nothing about this fight between two families...She could nothing but block swords from getting her to her and her friends... Then, Lord Capulet, Oxnard stepped out.
"Hand me my sword, dear!" he called to his Capulet wife, Pepper. "I'll show those Montagues how to fight!"
"Sword?..." Lady Capulet, Pepper, murmured to herself. "You would be mush more better off asking for a sunflower seed..."
But Oxnard ran off, waving his sword in the air. Pepper chased after him, dragging a very dazed Oxnard back. Sandy kept blocking and defending herself. Then, she saw something that made her and everyone else fighting freeze suddenly...Standing there, holding his usual guitar was the Prince Jingle. He was ruler of their city- state Verona. He observed the dead bodies, the blood, the smashed property...
"Are you all my subjects or are you rebels?" he rhymed, strumming on his guitar. "Your fighting makes the sake of the city-state tremble. Drop your swords, all of you! To the rest of the city-state, you are being cruel."
The sound of sword dropping to the ground echoed in the air.
"Three times this year, your bloody fights. Three times Verona has been covered in bloodshed, a terrible sight. Others have been wounded, frightened, and killed. And I am not very thrilled. The next time I hear about violence between Montagues and Capulets, their heads will be hacked off before the sun sets...That day."
With that, Prince Jingle walked through the crowd and to his castle. Sandy looked over everything.
"He's got a right to be angry." she murmured to herself. "Third time this year that our home has been turned into a bloody war zone...Hey, that rhymes. I'm listening to the prince's rhyming too much...Gee, I gotta go and see Hamtaro's parents!"
For years now, her parents have been dead and she and her twin brother have lived in others homes, coming and passing.
"Hamtaro wasn't in the fight, was he?" Lord Montague, Cappy, Hamtaro's father asked.
"Ookyoo." his mother, Lady Montague, Penelope said.
"Nope. I didn't see him." Sandy stated.
"Do you have any idea where my son might be?" Cappy asked.
"Nu-uh...I thought he was here with you guys. Y'see...I haven't seen Hamtaro since early in the morning today. He was watching the sun rise and hurried off, pretending he didn't notice me...Is there something up with him?"
"Ookyoo." Penelope replied, nodding.
"Since you're the only one Hamtaro trusts more than us, we wanted you to find out." Cappy explained.
Sandy turned.
"There he is! You should go before he finds out we're talkin' 'bout him." she said.
Cappy and Penelope left.
"Ticky-ticky, ticky-ticky..." se chanted as she walked towards her slightly older friend. She walked along side him, grinning brightly. "Hiya, Hamatro." she greeted. "Ticky-ticky...Nice day, huh?"
"Wasa-wasa, wasa-wasa..." Hamtaro murmured. He looked at Sandy. "It's day?..."
"Well, the sun's up in the sky!" Sandy replied cheerfully.
"It doesn't seem like day ta me..." Hamtaro sighed. "It's like one cold night that will never light up..."
"C'mon, dude! It's uncool ta slump on a day like this. Wanna tell me what's goin' on?"
Hamtaro sighed as the two stopped next to an apple tree. "I turn red whenever I see her..."
"..." Sandy paused. The she got it. "You're in love!"
"Yeah..." Hamtaro replied gloomily.
"Well, what're ya so sad about?"
"...She's a Capulet, Sandy...She's in the family that ours hates."
"Really...Well, who's the girl?"
"...Chesnut..."
"Wow! Chesnut, huh?...She's pretty...You got high hopes. Didja tell her how ya feel?"
"Yeah...I told her I love her and..."
"And?"
"She told me she wanted nothing to do me and that I was a dirty Montague rat..."
"Ouch."
"Yeah...So I'll never be happy without her."
"Hey! I'm here ta make ya happy!"
Hamtaro smiled at his young, bright friend.
"Yeah, but I really want the other kind of happiness..." he stated.
"Oh..." Sandy murmured. "Well, Chesnut's nice, but there are other fish in the sea like they say!"
"But none as beautiful as Chesnut..."
Hamtaro started to walk away.
"Hey!" Sandy called, chasing after him. "You wanna bet money on that?!"
Not far away in the city, a rich nobleman from Italy spoke to the head of the family of Capulet. This rich man was named Boss.
"So, Oxnard, did you decide on whether or not I get to marry your daughter, Bijou?" Boss asked.
"I told you yesterday..." Oxnard replied. "My daughter is beautiful and fair...And I am searching for someone who won't love her for just her looks."
"But I admire her kindness and how she treats others fairly..." Boss murmured dreamily.
"Boss, you are a good gentleman, but my daughter doesn't even know you. But you can spend time with her if you like...In fact, I'm having a big party at the mansion tonight! You can talk to Bijou then."
"I'll be there!"
Oxnard turned.
"Dexter?" Oxnard asked his servant.
"Yes, sir?" Dexter answered.
"Here. Find all the people who have their names on this list. When you find them, tell them that they're invited to the party tonight."
"...Eh?..." Dexter looked at the list. "Sir-"
"No time, Dexter! Make sure you do your job! I have to help Pepper get the mansion ready!"
Oxnard ran to his mansion and Boss walked off, leaving Dexter with a full load on his hands.
"Find the people who have their names on the list?..." Dexter repeated. "Now I know I'm in trouble! I don't know how to read!...Oh, dear. I better find someone who does..."
To Dexter's luck, Hamtaro and Sandy were passing through. He ignored the fact they were both Montagues and ran after them.
"C'mon, Hamtaro...There're others out there and you just don't know it." Sandy reasoned. "And ya gotta come outta that nutshell of yours...You're not fun to hang around anymore..."
"Yeah...I'm sorry, Sandy." Hamtaro apologized. "But it's too hard to forget about a hamster like Chesnut. She...It hurt me so bad when she said those words."
"Hamtaro, you were playing the game of love. And in the game of love someone always gets hurt no matter what. If someone cheated and accidentally hurt you during a game, would you mope around it forever?..."
"...No."
"Exactly. That's why you should forget about Chesnut."
Hamtaro smiled at his slightly younger friend once more.
"Thanks, Sandy." he said. "You're the best."
"I am, aren't I? Kushi-kushi!" she scratched her head, blushing.
"Um, excuse me." Dexter said.
Sandy and Hamtaro looked.
"Yes, err...Do you two know how to read?" Dexter asked.
"Yeah." Sandy and Hamtaro replied.
"Really?"
Sandy and Hamtaro nodded.
"Well in that case...Here." Dexter said, handing the piece of paper to Hamtaro. "Bye!"
Dexter ran off.
"What is it?" Sandy asked. "...A list."
"Mm-hmm..." Hamtaro replied.
He scanned the page...
"Chesnut! She's invited to the party!" Hamtaro cheered with glee. "It's a masquerade party!"
"...You're not thinkin' of-" Sandy started.
"I am. I want to see Chesnut's beautiful face again...I'm gonna buy a mask tonight!"
"Well, in that case, pick up five."
"Why?"
"Well if you're gonna go, I am."
"Why? To see me mope at the sight of beauty I'll never have?"
"No. I'm comin' ta make sure you're gonna look at all the other girls besides Chesnut."
"Who are the other masks for?"
"No doubt my brother will wanna come...And Panda should be in also so he won't be left out. And Snoozer, too, just because. We can't go there without a good-numbered passe!"
Hamtaro laughed at the remark, making Sandy feel great. She hadn't heard him laugh in a long time.
In the mansion of Capulet...
"Nurse Pashmina, where is my daughter?" Pepper demanded as a servant brushed her hair.
"I told her you were looking for her..." Pahmina stated. "Bijou! Yourmother wants you! Where are-"
"Here I am, Muzer." Bijou stated, her voice pure and soft.
Pepper let the servant who was brushing her out of the room. Pashmina was allowed to stay since she was a private servant of Bijou.
"Bijou, I would like to talk to you about something very important." Pepper stated.
"Yes, Muzer." Bijou replied.
"You are growing quickly-"
"Yes, she is." Pashmina agreed. "In two weeks, she'll be my age! I remember our birthdays because they are two weeks apart and I remember how Bijou and I use to play together as kids. And I'm-"
"I know how old ya are, Pashmina!" Pepper snapped. "Now, I-"
"I remember Bijou so well at that age even though both of us were young. She was always the calm one, staying put and keeping her pure-white clean. And I was the same but somehow-"
"Will you shut up?" Pepper demanded, her temper short.
"I will." Pashmina agreed. "It's just you were just a an angel, Bijou compared to me and you still are! And I think I remember-"
"Pashmina! Shut up or I'll have you whipped!" Pepper snapped.
"I'm sorry, mistress." Pashmin apologized. "It's just Bijou's grown up and soon, she'll be married!"
"I was getting to that!" Pepper got Pashmina silent then. Pepper turned to her daughter. "Bijou, have you ever thought of being married?"
"Married?" Bijou asked. "Oh, Muzzer, I have been dreaming about my wedding day for a long time now! I zink it is an honor to be married!"
"More than an honor." Pahsmina corrected dreamily. "...Well, if you can just find the right man, that is."
"Well, Bijou, the rich nobleman Boss would like to marry you." Pepper stated.
"Boss? He is the greatest husband I could even think of for Bijou!" Pahmina stated excitedly. "He's rich, he's handsome, he's rich, he's loved by everyone, he's rich, he's a nobleman, he's rich, he's a great dresser, he's rich...Did I mention he was rich?"
"He's very rich."
"Very!"
"And, Bijou, what do you say? Could you become his wife and love him?"
"Well...I have never seen him or met him...I do not know, Muzzer." Bijou admitted, blushing. "He seems very nice..."
"You can see him and examine him at tonight's party."
"If you want me to speak with Boss tonight, I shall do so, Muzzer, Pashmina."
Pepper nodded in approval.
Meanwhile, Hamtaro, Sandy, Stan, Panda, and Snoozer walked down the street, their fur groomed to its best potential. Of course, though, Sandy didn't have bows in her hair or in fact she didn't have her regular red bow on her tail. She was going dressed as a boy-ham, hoping no one would recognize her from the fight. All five hamsters brought masks, looking more forward to a good time and not any rivalry between their families. They all acted very excited. They all joked and punched each other in a teasing way. Stan even got out his maracas and sang very loudly, making the others laugh...Except Snoozer, who was being dragged along by Panda. Sandy noticed Hamtaro's sad look.
"We're gonna make ya dance tonight." she stated.
"No, I can't..." Hamtaro disagreed softly. "I don't think I can dance with any girl, but Chesnut...With her, my heart flutters, but without her, my heart falls and continues to."
"Come on, lover-boy!" Stan, the wildest and silliest of the group cheered, patting Hamtaro's back. "You're going to dance with all the pretty girl- hams there! Don't let silly love ruin you! You were a lot more fun without it!"
"I can't...I bitten by the love-bug and I'm now suffering it's poison of loneliness..."
"It's just a bug! Squash it flat!"
"I had a strange dream last night..."
"Of what?" asked Panda.
"I...I don't remember." Hamtaro replied.
"What?!" Stan demanded. "You're listening to a stupid dream you can't even remember?! How do you even know you had a dream?!"
"A feeling..."
"Hamtaro, Hamtaro...Let me tell you someone called Queen Mab! She a pesky, ugly fairy the size of a pebble! She makes her victim dream about lots of things like money to make them greedy and love to make them mopey like you and that makes you moping around like a love-sick puppy trying to earn the respect for its master and she gives her victims blisters and warts and pimples and ugly features so the person they're in love with won't love them back and she goes to the back of their neck and ties the ahirs she sees there in knots and she tears the hairs out and spits to make you sweaty and pinches to cause a neck ache in the morning and puts corns on their toes and-"
"Bro!" Sandy yelled, placing her paw on her slightly older twin brother's shoulder. "Calm. Down."
"You were just talking about something in your imagination." Panda agreed.
"Exactly what love is!" Stan proclaimed. "Sandy use to be depressed because she couldn't fight as well with her sword as me and-"
"Stan, I've been better than you for a long time." Sandy stated. "I was the first to want to learn sword fighting and you were never better than me."
"...Hmph." Stan murmured. "Why can't out be like all other little sisters and look up to your older brother?"
"Older brother? We're twins!"
"I'm older than you and you know it."
"...Only by two minutes!"
Soon, their usual teen ways were back. They snuck into the party easily. No one recognized them.
"Welcome!" Oxnard welcomed. I remember back then when I was young and wore masks..."
But the five hamsters were gone. Stan was flirting with a group of pretty girl-hams, Snoozer was sleeping on the floor, Panda was enjoying the food, Sandy was talking to a group of guys who enjoyed sparring with swords as much as she did and Hamtaro...Hamtaro was moping in a corner, watching the party. Then, someone caught his eye. A girl-ham his age, not younger, not older...He watched as she conversed with her friend.
"Wow...She's pretty..." Hamtaro murmured to himself. He rubbed his eyes. "I wonder if I'm dead...Isn't that the time I'm suppose to be seeing angels?...She doesn't have wings...She's alive like me! But I can't believe she's not from heaven..."
Suddenly, the girl-hams friend was pulled into the crowd by someone with stripes and pushed into a boy-ham who started to dance. Within a few seconds, Hamtaro spotted Sandy, grinning to him and showing him a thumbs- up. He smiled at her in thanks.
"Thanks, Sandy..." Hamtaro whispered "Now's my chance!" Hamtaro stated, rushing over to her.
Elder-Ham whirled around, knowing the voice of a Montague. He turned to Dexter.
"Get me my sword!" he instructed.
Oxnard walked over to Elder-Ham.
"What's wrong, Elder-Ham?" Oxnard asked. "Did we run out of alcohol? I'll get more. More alcohol over to Elder-Ham!"
"A stupid boy-ham from the Montague came to your party." Elder-Ham replied. He pointed out al five. "All five of them snuck in with the masks!"
"Yeah, that's Hamtaro, it is...But he's not causing any trouble. In fact, I heard he and his friends are quite nice. Ignore them, will you?"
"...Fine. But if he does anything-"
"He won't. This is a house filled with Capulets. No one is stupid enough to attack when they're outnumbered. Even a Montague."
Elder-Ham agreed reluctantly.
Meanwhile, Hamtaro felt nervous. His heart felt as if he didn't go up to her immediately, it would explode. Hamtaro stood behind her. What would say?...Suddenly, he took her paw into his. She gasped and whirled around...She had no idea who this mysterious hamster was, but she somehow felt as if she'd known him for years...
"Oh, uh, I'm sorry for grabbing your paw like that..." Hamtaro apologized. "It's just your paw was so beautiful...Like a perfect cloud in the sky...Like a hook in the sea it attracted him like I were a fish..."
Dreamily, the girl smiled gently at him.
"I do not mind..." she said softly. "Such sweet paws like yours warm mine."
She held out her paws. Hamtaro quickly took her paws in his, quickly but gently, not wanting to cause damage to the soft, fragile things.
"I pray every night...Wishing for a good day the next." she stated, not knowing why she had brought such a random subject up.
"If you converse with god, you have to be an angel..." Hamtaro stated. "You whisper to him."
"You cannot whisper without using your mouth." she stated.
"Then hear my prayer."
"I do not have to hear it..."
With that, she slowly leaned toward him and gave one gentle kiss. Hamtaro thought it would never end when-
"Bijou, your mother wants to speak with you!" a voice called.
Hamtaro and the girl-ham looked at each other in the eyes. They let go of each other's hands. Suddenly, someone gently pulled her into the crowd. It was her friend from earlier. Before she could go into the crowd also, Hamtaro stopped her.
"Wait! What's her name again?" he asked.
"Her name is Bijou and he mother is the lady of Capulet." she quickly replied before going into the crowd also.
"A Capulet?" Hamtaro asked himself softly. "A Capulet...My family's enemy..."
"Don't worry, Hamtaro." a voice assured from behind him.
Hamtaro whirled around. There stood Sandy, her mask held in her paws.
"You'll get her and live happily ever after." Sandy promised. "But right now, we gotta go. The party's almost over."
Hamtaro smiled at Sandy and nodded.
"Leaving?" Oxnard asked. "Well, it's late and you need your rest for the upcoming day! Have a good evening!"
Bijou spotted her mystery guy walking out.
"Pahmina!" she cried. "Who is zat young man walking zrough ze doors?"
"I do not know..." Pashmina stated.
"Please, Pahmina, please..." Bijous pleaded. "Get his name, please..."
Pashmina hurried off as Bijou began to pray.
"Oh, please let him be not married..." Bijou cried.
Pashmina came back.
"His name is Hamtaro." she revealed. "He's a Montague, our very enemy."
"Oh..." Bijous whimpered. "My true love my enemy?..."
"Don't cry, Bijou...I think he liked you." Pashmina stated.
"...Really?"
"Yes. He asked me your name."
"What joyous news!"
"Yes, but it's time for bed, Bijou."
Bijous nodded and headed upstairs.
Meanwhile, the five group of friends walked out, the gatekeeper wishing a goodnight and closing the gave behind them. Hamtaro moped behind them, unhappy to leave the love of his life. Sandy noticed the look on her slightly older friend's face. She stopped.
"Err, you guys go ahead." she stated. "We'll catch up."
"Don't wait too long." Panda said. "You might be arrested for trespassing."
Sandy nodded and watched as Stan, Panda, and Snoozer walked away. She turned back to Hamtaro when they were out of ear reach.
"Well?" Sandy asked.
"Well what?" Hamtaro asked, clueless.
"Why aren't ya climbing over the wall?"
"What?!"
"Hamtaro, for as old as you are, you're pretty dense. I mean, you've been writing poems, daydreaming, and now you just met this Bijous-girl who's the girl-ham of your dreams."
"...But what if I get caught."
"It's for love. And that's all that matters to you now."
Hamtaro smiled.
"Sandy, you're more wise than you are old." he complimented.
Sandy nodded.
"I'll tell the guys ya just found another way home and you wanted to race to see who got there first." she assured. "Don't go and yerself caught and killed. Get that girl by your side!"
"Thanks, Sandy."
"No, prob...Yeah, um, a good way of climbing a wall is to actually climb it."
"Oh, right."
He started to step on the bricks that stuck out.
"That's what cousins are for." Sandy said softly. She then turned and disappeared into the darkness, leaving Hamtaro for himself.
Hamtaro landed as softly as he could on the other side of the wall. He dove into a line of bushes and crawled to wherever they were leading him to. The line of bushes lead to the other side of the house. Across the dark yard was a tree that lead to a balcony.
"Maybe I can climb that tree..." Hamtaro murmrued to himself. "I can peek inside to see if my Bijou is there, waiting like the angel she is..."
Hamtaro shook all the fear out of his head.
"Badda-badda, badda-badda..." he murmured. "I'm coming, Bijou..."
He climbed up the tree, hidden in the leaves. He sighed in relief. Then, the flickering light of a candle was lit.
"Oh, great...They heard me..." Hamtaro murmured. "And now I won't see Bijou again..."
But to the balcony's ledge wasn't a gatekeeper...It was Bijou.
"She doesn't need that candle..." Hamtaro said to himself. "Her radiance is brighter than the sun..."
Bijou, who didn't know Hamtaro was watching her, spoke into the night.
"He is a Montague and I am a Capulet." Bijou said. "He is an enemy, yet I love him so...Love is strong enough to conquer all. Why cannot he and I be together."
Hamtaro grinned.
"She spoke..." he whispered excitedly. "I wish she spoke about me in the same way, but now it doesn't matter as long as she speaks again so I can hear her heavenly voice..."
And Bijou, still not noticing Hamtaro, did speak.
"Hamtaro, Hamtaro, wherefore art thou Hamtaro?" she murmured. " Deny thy father and refuse thy name." (i was waiting to type that! ^_^)
Hamtaro almost fell off the tree.
"She likes me like I like her..." he noted.
Bijou still didn't know Hamtaro was there.
"You are not my enemy, Hamtaro...Your name, Montague, is." Bijou murmured. "It is not fair...I would still love you if you had a different name...Why are we judging by names? If we called a rose cow manure, it would smell just as sweet." her eyes watered in sadness. "Please say you love me and always will. That is my wish."
"I will!" Hamtaro exclaimed. "I can't live without your love to will me to! Tell me you'll be mine and I will always and forever be yours!"
Bijou jumped back from the balcony in fear, looking around wildly.
"Who is zer?" she asked fearfully. "Show yourself or I will call my fazzer!"
"No, don't do that! It's me, Hamtaro."
"You are Hamtaro?..." Bijou asked. She sighed. "And you are a Montague."
"I'm neither of those if you don't want me to be."
"Yes, but how in the world did you get here?"
"Love brought me here, to you. I jumped over the wall just to see your beautiful face one more time."
"If they find you, my father will kill you!"
"You are...very sweet." Bijou blushed, smiling gently. "But how did you know which window was mine?"
"I didn't. Something just told me to climb this tree and see you. That thing was love."
"Love...Zen, do you love me, Hamtaro?"
"Yes, Bijou. I'd get every kind of sunflower seed in the world for you."
Bijou blushed.
"Zis is happening all too quickly..." she admitted. "I am a very slow person..."
"But your love for me was quicker than the light of the sun showering the world." Hamtaro stated. "But what I want is what you want...And if you want, I will let our love grow slowly." he climbed higher up the tree and gently took Bijou's hand in his.
"Bijou!" Pashmina's voice called from in the house.
Bijou sadly turned to Hamtaro.
"You must go." she said.
"Yes, but don't be sad." Hamtaro stated. "When you think of me, only think happy thoughts...And I'll do the same. And Bijou, will you marry me?"
"...Of course I will. But how will I get the wedding plans from you?..."
"...Love will find a way."
"It always does."
Bijou smiled.
"Good night, my love..." she whispered.
"Good-night, Bijous...I hope sweet dreams will shower you like falling rose pedals."
Bijou smiled once last time at him before tearing away in sadness and rushing inside. Hamtaro was dazed.
"I must be dreaming..." he murmured.
"Come; I heard the voice this way." a watch-ham's voice stated.
Hamtaro jumped up in fear, falling out of the tree. No where to run. No where to hide. He was trapped. Suddenly, someone grabbed him, pulling him into the bushes and kept their paw over his mouth so he couldn't make a noise. Through the bushes, we watched as the watch-hams searched, but couldn't find a thing. They left. The paw left his mouth and he whirled around. Sitting next to him was-
"Sandy?!" he exclaimed.
"Shh!" Sandy hissed.
She peeked out and motioned for him to come out. He followed her to a wall that was completely smooth with not bricks that stuck out. Hamtaro positioned his paws as a step. Sandy stepped and sat at on top of the wall. She leaned down, outstretching her paw. Hamtaro couldn't grab it. It was too high...The wallw as too high.
"Go. Let them find me and not you." Hamtaro whispered.
"Uh, lemme think..." she whispered. "No."
The voices of the two watch-hams came back. Desperate, Hamtaro jumped up, grabbing Sandy's paws. Sandy then pulled as hard as she could, thrusting both to the safe side of the wall. They landed on the soft grass not too hard. The two got up quickly and ran away from the Capulet property.
"...So...You heard our conversation?..." Hamtaro asked when they were out of ear reach.
"Yup. All of it." Sandy replied, smiling. "That was pretty sweet, y'know...I never knew the word 'love' could mean so much more than affection of two hamsters..." she looked at her feet sadly. Hamtaro got it.
"Don't worry, Sandy, you'll find love like me and Bijou did someday." he assured.
"I know...But how 'bout when I'm young?"
Hamtaro laughed at that. Then, he turned his expression serious.
"What were you doing in there?!" he demanded.
"What?" Sandy asked. "You think I'd let you go into near a mansion filled with only Capulets alone?"
"...You're right. I should have saw you coming."
"Yup. And you're pretty lucky I decided to tag along. Or you'd be dead meat."
Hamtaro nodded and smiled.
"So, how will Bijou and I get married?" he asked.
"We'll find a way. All of us." Sandy replied.
"...I guess I'm at the point of no turning back, huh?"
"Nope. We're in too deep and there's no way out."
"..."
"It's a game."
"What? How can you say that my love for Bijou is just a game?"
"It is. And we're playing it."
"What?"
"We're playing Love's Deadly Game."
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