Out Of The Shadows

By: She who doesn't feel like being named because you must know it by now! ^__^

July 12th, 2003

Hi hi! Missy HamClover here! I just saw the Cowboy Bebop movie and it ROCKS! (Ed rocks! We're practically twins! Other than the fact that I have brown hair and she's got red.) Any Bebop fan will love the movie I can tell you that! Okay, here's the final installment of Out Of The Shadows!

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Chapter 7- She

"Wow! I never knew that. Didn't you ever feel lonely all alone?" Hamtaro asked Boss. Boss blushed slightly and shook his head. "Not at all, I mean, until you know who came." Boss responded. Hamtaro cocked his head to a side, blinked, and then light up, as if getting what he meant. "Oh. Okay. I know what you're talking about!" Hamtaro exclaimed.

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Boss's Flashback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It had been 4 months since Melody and Iris left. He hated it to heck. The worst part was that they left on September 20th, 1 day before his b- day. Boss hated September 20th now. That day seemed to have ruined his life forever. Boss's home had turned into a pigsty, and Boss himself and gotten a little lazy without the TLC of Melody. Boss had some memories of Bandit thought. Even though Bandit was a crazed drunk, he still had a love for his family. When Bandit had fled from the house, his helmet he always wore had fallen off. A few days later, Boss had found it. He wore it ever since. Boss felt lonely and miserable. No one was to be found at the park. Boss missed Lexie, and he actually admitted he missed that good for nothing Karu too! That was, until she moved in. Bijou.

Boss was sauntering down a small sidewalk to a neighborhood, when a big, long, black car drove past him. Boss had to stop and gawk at the big car; it was so long! Longer than he'd ever seen. And, the limo pulled up next the big fancy mansion Boss had enjoyed staring at for so long. This sparked his curiosity. Boss ran behind a bush next to where the limo was parked. A butler walked around the back and let a middle aged couple out. They both talked in French accents. After they got out, the butler still held the door ajar. He peered into the car and said, "Miss Maria. Please. We must go. You want to see your new house, don't you? Are you nervous?" A young girl peered out of the door. She smiled sweetly and said, "No. I'm not nervous. I am excited to be moving to America. It is Bijou who's a little afraid I guess." Maria said. Boss blinked. Bijou? Who was that? The butler rolled his eyes. "Maria. You have to stop worrying about your hamster all the time. Now lets go, your mother and father are probably waiting for you." The butler said. Maria ducked back into the limo and grabbed a fancy hamster cage. Boss perked up. Oh, so Bijou's a hamster. Finally! More hamsters! Boss thought. As Maria pulled the cage out, Boss saw a hamster he didn't expect to see. She was beautiful! He pure white fur and deep blue ribbons awed Boss. Bijou looked nervous as she peered through the bars of her cage. Boss wanted to wave a greeting to Bijou, but suddenly, he became shy. He was blushing. That's when Bijou spotted the red Boss. She gave him a sweet smile and waved. Boss simply stared. As Maria carried Bijou to her new house, Boss was frozen. He hadn't expected a beauty like her! But Boss would try to welcome Bijou.

Like that worked.

Boss tried to confront Bijou at least 45 times, but each time he chickened out. Maybe he'd be able to if he had someone with him..

After Bijou came, Boss seemed to have become perkier. He tried his hardest to speak to Bijou, but he was so nervous. So, for a week or two, Boss took his mind off Bijou (He tried,) and think about Melody, Bandit, and Iris. He still couldn't find them. All that Boss knew was that they were alive and happy. That was all he wanted for him. They could be a family, just a little far apart. He proved that he could step out of the shadows and stand up for himself. He knew that made Melody proud.

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Present time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Boss stared blankly at the ceiling, blushing tremendously. "So that was before I moved in and the Clubhouse started?" Hamtaro asked. "Yea, only about a month before that all happened." Boss responded. Hamtaro suddenly had a wide grin on his face. "What?" Boss asked. Hamtaro kept the grin on. Suddenly, all the ham-hams burst into the room shouting "Happy Birthday!" Bijou rushed up holding a big sunflower seed cake. "Hurry and blow out the candles, before they burn out. Make a wish." Bijou said. Boss did just that. His wish you ask? No, it surprisingly wasn't for Bijou to fall in love with him. He wished that all the ham-hams would stick together through thick and thin- like a family.

The End *2003 HamClover

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Later!

HamClover

*****Disclaimer- I do not own Hamtaro or it's characters, although Mable, Celeste, Hitoshi, Tiko, Karu, Sabra, Midge, Melody, Bandit, Iris, Lexie, Kari, April, Ethel, and all the other characters I made up too!********