Thanks to: BrianaLFBH (oh yeah, you know those hormones are'uh rampagin! Helga's sickness will be explained in the chapter. Nothing major. Unless I decide to make it major in the sequel :D], glory230 (I think that falls under the world's shortest review!], Chudney (thanks for the cheese idea. I never thought of that!], Puppiescute (bwhahaha! Evil aren't I? Well I'm in training anyway], Miss California USA (electric ones take too long _ thank monkeys for gas :p], BJ (well of course Arnold's hormones are throwing a party! He's one of those dreaded evil teenagers. And so am I! Ahahaha!], stevetheloser (your reviews were great ;) thanks so much *steals the remote from him* Ha!], twister-power (well I have the pic drawn now I have to scan it in, and do all this funky stuff to get it from my dad's Mac to my step-mom's PC @_@ I'm still awaitin' that fanart!]

Here it is. After five glorious chapters we've finally stumbled upon the ending. Knowing the stories conclusion I tried to make this the best chap of them all. But then I remembered I'm a crappy author so all hell broke loose. Enjoy if you can! ^_^ (and I apologize, I wasn't in my Hey Arnold set of mind when I wrote this so they may seem more OOC than usual)

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REMEMBER this is an AU fic

~ Jungle Fever ~

~ Chapter Six: Peacock Strut (and no there is no point to this title) ~

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"Why am I helping you?" Arnold asked hurriedly, his face tinted strawberry red. "What do you mean? I have to have a reason to want to help you?!"

"Arnold stop avoiding the subject."

"I am not avoiding the subject."

Helga gave an exasperated sigh. "Your avoiding the subject by SAYING that your avoiding the subject!"

"So?"

"Ack! Fine forget I asked!" Arnold said nothing, just watched Helga as she sat their pouting, and thought of how pretty she looked with her face flushed and he tempting lip jutted out in a small frown, blue eyes crackiling with white lightning. With an inner cackle and evil smile he spoke.

"You know your pretty cute when your angry," he said suggestivly, raising an eyebrow, his green eyes twinkiling in mirth.

"WHAT!?" Her face was giving the color of an apple a run for it's money.

"In fact, your so cute I think I can feel a nosebleed coming on." (a/n: ok anime refrence so sue me)

"Arnold I would apperciate it if you would stop teasing me." Arnold sat down on the edge of her bed near her arm and looked into her cobalt eyes.

"Very well, what would you like me to do." Helga felt herself melting under his olive gaze and stubbornly gazed back.

"Tell me why your helping me."

"Are you so desperate to know?"

"Yes. Yes I am."

"Well truthfully, I find you a very attractive and gentle person and would really like to get to know you better. And you dying of the flu would really not help my plans at all." Arnold couldn't tell which of them was blushing harder.

Helga let her blueberry eyes shift away from his and fall to the sheets scattered about her bed hazardously. Shly she asked with her voice at a raspy whisper, "Do you really find me that attractive?"

A hand reached out and lifted her chin so that their eyes were level again. She looked past the grass green eyes and saw something akin to fire nestled behind them.

"Yes, and if you don't quit using that voice I may be forced to occupy your mouth with something else so that it can't seduct me anymore." Inwarldy Helga stuttered at him calling her seductive.

With a deep chuckle Helga purposly made her voice soft, whispery and a tad seductive, "What if I want you to occupy my mouth?"

Stunned like a tranquilized bear, Arnold's mouth fell from it's hinges to dangle as he stared at her dazed. He finally closed his mouth after it lay there flopping for a bit, and then spoke in a strained voice. "Are you saying what I think your saying?"

She gazed into his eyes and saw all the love and passion in them and smiled softly. "Yes. Kiss me? Please?"

Happy to oblige Arnold leaned down and kissed her softy on the lips. A chaste kiss but a loving one none the less. Helga swooned inwardly as Arnold orange tasting lips grated against hers in a ritual that dated back milleniums. With the soft sound of lips parting they leaned apart from one another again. Smiling at each other they started to giggle and then laugh out of pure joy that love at last had been found.

THE END

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A/N: There you have it. Six chapters of my Hey Arnold! manipulating. Keep your eyes peeled for the sequel (which will be a while cause school starts in like a month! Eep O_O). And I'll thank everyone who reviews in this chapter at the begining on the sequel.