Konnichiwa minna-san! Moon Angel signin' in! I suppose it's time to update, ne? I got lazy because school was coming to an end, and now that it's out I decided I better get back to work. What about you?

Disclaimer: I do not own Hamtaro. Ritsuko Kawai does.

Claimer: I do own Ginger.

Dedication: To Kate, because she finally came back and now we're talking (more like e-mailing) like before. Remember, I haven't got Rush Hour 2 yet. ^^

~*Chapter 7*~
~*A Flyer at the Beach Part 1*~

"This is SO cool!" Ginger stuck her head out of the car window. They figured since they were human, they might as well enjoy it by taking a road- trip to the beach.

"How much farther Boss man?" Stan asked him while supporting Pashmina on his shoulder.

"About another 10 minutes," he replied.

"YAY!" Penny shouted waking most of the people who were asleep. Being an enthusiastic little kid, going to the beach was the best thing that ever happened to her.

Sandy looked out of the window. The familiar smell of sand and the saltwater air suddenly filled the car.

"PHEW! I'll never get used to this!" Howdy complained as he pulled his shirt up to his nose.

"It's not that bad," Maxwell commented, not looking up from his book.

"Easy for you to say," he retorted. "You've been here before."

"We're here!" Boss announced, pulling into a parking space. They all jumped out and helped carry 2 blankets, 3 umbrellas, 8 chairs, 5 surf/boogey boards, and 3 coolers to the breakwater.

"So who's going in first?" Hamtaro asked, shielding his eyes from the sun.

They all stared at the ocean. Or should I say, water. They all noticed how everyone else was splashing and swimming and having a good time in it. Ginger stepped foreword.

"I'm going to try it out. Is anybody else coming with me?" she turned around hoping somebody would be kind enough to go too.

"I WILL! I WILL!" Penny dragged her out to the water. They both slowly stepped in. They then realized that they weren't going to die in the water. At least not yet.

On shore, Bijou watched both girls slowly go out farther. The wind was picking up and things began to fly around her. All of a sudden, a flyer hit her in the face.

She silently cursed to herself as read the flyer that hit her.

It read: Lost hamsters. Names are Hamtaro, Pashmina, Penelope, Oxnard, Sandy, Stan, and Bijou.

It then went on to describe their fur color, special features, and so on. Bijou then sat down on the shore, right where the water came up and hit her feet.

"It's sad isn't it?" a female voice asked Bijou.

"Hmm? Oh yeah. It's amazing how many hamsters are lost," she replied looking back at the flyer.

"My hamster's gone too," the voice said sadly. "By the way, my name is Selene. What's yours?"

"My name is, uh, Monique!" Bijou lied as she shook hands with Selene. "What's your hamsters name?"

"Her name is Ginger," Selene replied as she knocked her red hair out of her face.

'So that's Ginger's owner.' Bijou thought. 'Wait a second...'

"I live in Minato-ku so if you ever travel there," Selene got up and walked away. "Look for me!"

Hamtaro walked up behind Bijou and asked, "Who was that?"

"That was Ginger's owner," she replied, still a little shaky. "H-h-how did they manage to notice that we're all gone?"

"They know?!" he jumped back and fell down. "That can't be possible!"

Bijou handed him the flyer and stared back out into the ocean. She saw Ginger and Penny jump over a wave any time it came near them. They seemed to be having fun.

"I'm going to get Maxwell," Hamtaro stood up and walked away.

Sandy walked over and sat down next to her, "Do you think our fun is over?"

"It might have to be," she replied quietly as she put on her sunglasses.

Suddenly out of nowhere, a ball covered in sand came flying and hit Sandy. She stood up and yelled, "Who did that!?"

"Hey Sandy! You're sandy!" Dexter laughed as he 'apologized'.

"Why you little...!" she then got up and began to chase him around.

Bijou began to laugh out loud and then stopped. 'If only all of this bliss could last longer.' She thought. 'Just a little longer...'

The waves out in the ocean seemed to be getting larger and larger. Penny ran out of the waves for a drink and a brief break. Like to everyone else, the taste of saltwater isn't too great.

Howdy noticed that Penny was out of the water and decided to go in. He figured if he could spend some 'quality' time with Ginger, he could make her crazy about him, like he was with her. But not just yet. A couple more minutes sounded good.

Maxwell stared at the flyer Hamtaro handed to him. He then pulled out a reference book and looked at the same section he did when found out how they could become humans.

"You said no one could find out," Hamtaro pointed out. "Is there something you forgot to tell us?"

"As a matter of fact," Maxwell stared at the page. "There is. It says here if we are gone for too long our humans will find out we're missing..."

Oxnard spit out his soda he was drinking. "You're kidding right?"

"I wish I was," he replied calmly.

"And how do you suppose to we get back to hamsters?" Boss overheard their conversation.

"We've got to round everybody up and go find that gem," he answered. "But there is a flaw. Everyone has to be willing to do it."

"We all know Ginger won't go back!" Pashmina looked up from her reading. "She's been really uppity about being humans, I don't know if she really even cares that we're being looked for."

"I'm going to go ask her to come back," Howdy stood up. He brushed the sand off of his swim trunks and walked into the water.

"He's going to ask her more then that," Stan laughed.

Sandy picked up the ball Dexter 'accidentally' threw at her, and threw it at her brother.

~*In the Water*~

"Hey Ginger!" Howdy said smoothly as he approached her.

Ginger sat down in the water and asked, "Yes?"

He decided to get straight to the point and asked for the crew, "We have to go back to being humans sometime in the next few days. I know it may be hard to give up human life, but you have to. Will you do it?"

"I'm not going back," she replied firmly. She narrowed her eyes and stared out into the sea.

"B-but you have to! Selene misses you!" he fought back.

Ginger's eyes softened at hearing her human's name, "I won't change my mind." Not wanting to get on the bad side of her, Howdy walked back over ot the other's.

"What'd she say?" Dexter popped out of nowhere.

Howdy sat down on the ground and sighed, "She's not going back."

"But she has to!" Bijou crawled over to them.

They all sighed. Penny ran over to them and said cheerfully, "Look how big the waves are getting."

Hamtaro laughed at her happiness and decided they would tell her last. They wouldn't want to bring down her spirits.

Howdy glanced back over to the area where Ginger was sitting. There she was, still sitting there.

Then she got up. She seemed to shake her head and walk farther out into the ocean. A huge wave then came, completely covering her.

After the wave descended, Howdy violently shook his head. Ginger was not anywhere in sight.

~*Moon Angel's Notes*~

Cliffhanger! I love torturing you guys. I did it before and I can do it again. (Of course, the crowd then wasn't very perky about anything). Yeah... Nothing much to say now. Except I squashed a bee with a sledgehammer Monday, but that's a different story. Ja ne! Moon Angel signin' off!