Chapter 11: Spied Upon!!

if Ataru had looked around some, he would've notice a bush that didn't look quite right staring in his and Amaiko's direction.

"hey Megane, what do you see??" Kakugari asked.
Megane and the gang, plus (un-)oddly enough, Mendo, were spying from a behind a bush on Ataru.
Megane adjusted the binoculars a bit. "Ataru's with that chick a few classes down from us again! where is Lum anyways?! if she was here, she'd be about to bite him right now.
"this is soooo beneath me to be spying...especially with the likes of you guys... " Mendo said as he snatched the binoculars from Megane. he stared at Amaiko for a few seconds before Perm ripped them from his grip.
"whoa! how could Ataru score a babe like that?! she's as pretty as Lum!"
"let me take a look!" Chibi grabbed the binoculars from Perm. "you're not lying! she looks almost exactly like her!"
it was Kakugari's turn to pull them away. "you think Lum has a human cousin?"
"oh, come on." Mendo said. "what would Lum's species be doing with a relative down here? let me take another look."
"no way!" Kakugari yelled.
"no, it's my turn again!" Perm said.
"uh uh! mine"
"no, mine!"
"shut up!" Megane said. "people are starting to look!"
"yeah! do you want Moroboshi to find out we're spying on him and the girl!" Mendo practically screamed. a group people stopped and stared at the talking bush.
the bush suddenly grew silent.

the bell rang and everybody started to run back to class. Mendo and the rest jumped out of the bush.
"i wanna know who the babe is." Perm said.
"that's why we're going to have a little chat with Ataru before class starts." Megane schemed.
"i am going to take no part in this." Mendo started to run off. Kakugari grabbed him.
"you're not going anywhere. don't you want to know where Lum went off to?
"Moroboshi said she was sick and then she went back to her planet. plus he said the ships got sick and couldn't be cured for 2 months."
"in case you haven't noticed Mendo, this is first week of the 3rd month. with Lum's technology, she should have been back here by now."
Mendo thought for a moment. "well then for Miss Lum's sake, i will help you guys."
"good." Megane said as he started to explain his plan to everybody.