Mission of Love 3 chapter 1

It was three days before Christmas and all the ham hams were decorating the club house. All the ham hams were getting the Christmas tree ready except for Sandy and Maxwell who were putting up a few mistletoes. Also Cappy and Penelope were reheating the Cap slider (the name of Cappy's boat which was basically one of his pot hats) and the ham ham flyer just in case of an emergency while Ken, Christie, Kyle and Marimo were having a snowball fight. However Kyle hit the wrong ham ham during their game.

"Oops. Sorry uncle Cappy (remember when I said the offspring of the ham hams would consider all the ham hams except their parents would consider them relatives?)" Kyle said. However Cappy grinned evilly as he scooped up a snowball and chased the younger ham hams. The only one who hasn't done anything was Boss. He hasn't said anything to the other ham hams and looked really lonely. Everyone was getting worried, especially Hamtaro, Bijou, and Cappy. In his room Boss touched his helmet and grabbed a picture of two hamsters: one was himself except with no helmet and chipped ear. The other was a girl ham with light blue fur and a pony tail. He began reminiscing about the past.

Several years ago a white and black hamster ran out of the pet shop. His name was Taisho (Tai for short) and he didn't like the idea of being a domesticated hamster. He'd rather live on his own so he decided to escape. Behind him was the store clerk.

"Hey get back here! Don't you want to be owned!" The clerk asked running after him.

"Yeah right! Its better being a free hamster!" Tai replied. Of course the clerk didn't even hear him. Several times Tai tripped and his white fur became dirty. It eventually blended in with it and never came off. He finally arrived in a place full of trees (the place where the ham ham clubhouse is now.).

"I don't need anyone to live with! I'm better off by myself!" However after a few hours Tai realized that he was getting very lonely. He decided to maybe turn back however he ran into another hamster.

"Ouchichi. Sorry about that." Tai said.

"Kushi Kushi. Oh that's alright." The hamster said while rubbing her head. When Tai saw who he bumped into he felt several feelings he had never felt before. The hamster in front of him had crystal blue fur and wore a pony tail. She extended her paw to him.

"Can you stand?" the girl ham said in a sweet voice. Tai touched her hand and felt himself being pulled up. Both of them blushed. It was starting to get dark.

"Don't you think you should be getting back to your owner?" The girl ham asked.

"I don't have one. I really don't enjoy being a pet hamster." Tai replied. The girl ham giggled.

"Me neither. I like living a life as wanderer."

"So you don't have an owner either?"

"Nope. What's your name?"

"My name is Taisho. Tai for short." Tai replied. The blue hamster smiled.

"My name is Crystal. it's a pleasure meeting you Tai."

From that day on Tai and Crystal lived under a large tree which would later be the ham ham clubhouse. Tai loved Crystal but he was always to shy to reveal his feelings for her. There was one time where a some guy took a picture of the two hamsters and they took it from him (explaining how Boss got the picture). Later on Kenshin met up Tai and Crystal and the three of them went where the wind took them.

However one cloudy day Crystal was taken by one of the cats in fish alley. Luckily Tai saved her but the cat did try to scratch him and he ended up getting his ear chipped. On his way back to the tree he tripped giving him a large bruise. Later Crystal tended to his injuries.

"Many of them are minor scratches except for that large bruise on your head." Crystal told him. Tai rubbed his head.

"Ouchichi. That really hurts. How am I going to cover this though? I don't want to be seen with this large bump on my head." That's when Crystal reached into her bag and pulled out a helmet. It was yellow with green stripe around it. It also had a red moon in the middle. She put it on Tai's head.

"Wow what a perfect fit." Crystal said.

"You think so?"

"Yeah!" Both of them blushed. However it didn't last because Crystal was going to start wandering again. Tai was getting depressed that he was going to be lonely again.

"Oh don't worry Tai. You'll do fine on your own." Crystal said reassuring him. "You'll have many friends. You're bigger than most hamsters so maybe they'll look up to you like you were their boss. That's it! Maybe you can change your name to Boss."

"Hmmmmm? Boss?" Tai thought about the idea. Crystal got up and was ready to leave.

"I'm sorry Tai… I mean Boss. But I have to leave. I have to start wandering again. Don't lose hope Tai." With that she left.

"Crystal wait!" But she was already gone. After that day he has been feeling so lonely.

In the present all the ham hams gathered around the table discussing how to cheer up Boss. Luckily Boss wasn't there since he claimed he was out to get some acorns from Acorn Mountain. Hamtaro began.

"Boss has been pretty lonely lately. Does anyone have any idea?" Hamtaro asked.

"I bet it had something to do with Bijou." Cappy said. Bijou shook her head.

"I asked him about it. Usually he would tell me what's wrong but he didn't. Besides he said that this nothing to do with me."

"So what could make Boss so upset?" Penelope asked.

"Howdy's jokes could be one of them." Dexter said jokingly. Howdy was ready to beat him over the head with his broom.

"Now who's the one joking!" It erupted into another argument and sweat drops appeared on the other ham hams fore heads. During the fight the ham ham children (Ken, Christie, Kyle, and Marimo.) snuck into Boss' room. They found the picture of Crystal on Boss' bed.

"Hey who is this?" Ken asked.

"I don't know but I'd like to meet this girl ham. Heh heh." Kyle said in usually flirtatious manner. That's when Marimo started getting a little peeved.

"Could you stop gawking at the girl ham! I don't see why you have to flirt with every girl ham you see. Sometimes I even catch you flirting with your cousin." Marimo answered back pointing to Christie.

"That's only because you're jealous!" Marimo blushed and shouted back.

"I am not jealous that you flirt with the other girl hams!"

"Are too."

"Are not."

"Are too."

"ARE NOT!"

"Alright break it up you two!" Christie told them.

"Easy for you to say. You have Ken!" Both Ken and Christie blushed.

"WE DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER THAT MUCH!" Both Kyle and Marimo grinned.

"Sure you do."

"Whatever. Here Ken take this picture and show it to your parents. Maybe they can find out who it is." Christie gave Ken the picture. He went back to his parents and showed him the picture.

"Who is this girl ham?" Hamtaro asked.

"I don't know."

"Well at least we have a clue. Thanks Ken." Ken left. "So does anyone know who she is?" None of the ham hams knew. Maxwell finally decided to speak up.

"I have never seen her before but I'm sure elder ham knows." They went to the elder ham. However when they asked about the girl ham he had fallen asleep.

"WAKE UP ELDER HAM!" they all shouted.

"Whoops. Must have dozed off. Hmmm? I remember this girl ham." The elder ham thought long and hard. "Oh yes this is Crystal. A friend of a hamster named Tai."

"Who in the world is Tai?" Howdy asked. The ham hams remembered the last time Howdy made fun of Boss' real name so they decided not to answer his question. The elder ham continued.

"However she left him to start wandering again." The ham hams thought about Boss.

"Hey maybe we can find Crystal and cheer up Boss for Christmas. Maybe even have a party."

"That's a great idea Hamtaro." Bijou said.

"Alright we're going to need a plan to get Boss out of the clubhouse for a few days. Also we need to find Crystal." Hamtaro said.

"I got it. Maybe someone at ham ham land knows." Maxwell said. The elder ham shook his head.

"That can't be done. Not many hamsters know about wandering hamsters. The only one's who know them are…" Elder fell asleep again.

"WAKE UP ELDER HAM!"

"Uh where was I? Oh yes. Only other wandering hamsters can find your friend." That just gave Hamtaro an idea.

"One more question elder ham. Have you seen Jingle lately?"

"Yes. In fact I saw him in town today with his pig."

"Alright we have to find Jingle!" All the ham hams ran into town hoping to find the wandering poet Jingle.