"Aww. Come on Inu Yasha. You have to be our bishie tracker. You're the best one out of the pot. There's no one better," Sakura whined at him.

Inu Yasha's ears twitched. "The best one you say?" he asked.

Naoko nodded enthusiastically. Sakura gave her a confused look.

"You can't find anyone better you say," he added.

"Yep," Naoko replied.

"I... uh.... I don't know..." Inu Yasha said.

"Well, we'll give you a day to think about it, ok?" Naoko said. She turned around and started to walk away.

"Naoko!" Sakura chased after her. "What are you doing?"

"Being diplomatic," Naoko answered and turned around to look at Inu Yasha. He had sat down with his back against a tree and seemed to be pondering his situation.

"But why?" Sakura asked. "Wouldn't it be easier to just throw a net over him and put on a leash?"

"He would tear through the nets, silly!" Naoko said. "Now, lets find someplace to stay..."

They walked back into town. "That place looks nice," Sakura said and pointed to a small inn named "The Little Cottage". They walked through the door. A little bell tinkled, announcing their entrance.

"Hello!" a young man greeted them from the counter. The girls stopped and stared at him. He was a bishie. No doubt about it. Naoko hurriedly checked her tracking device. "Shut up!" she hissed before it could say anything. It didn't report any other bishies in the area except Inu Yasha.

Sakura ran up and threw her butterfly net over the young man. "Hi!" She said. "Did you know that you are an unregistered bishie?"

"Eh?!?" the young man replied staring at her through the net.

"Yep, an unregistered bishie," Naoko replied fumbling with her clipboard.

"Now, a name. How about Q-Bert, Naoko?" Sakura asked.

"Hey! I have-" he was cut off.

"Q-Bert is a fine name!" Naoko replied. "Now, if you would be so kind, Q- Bert, as to give us you rank and who is chasing you." She pulled out a pen and was ready to jot everything down.

"Rank? Who's after me?" the young man now named Q-Bert questioned.

"Yes, that is what she requested," Sakura said smiling brightly.

"You guys don't work for the TV network, do you?" he asked.

"Oh heavens no, we work for the Bishie Preserve," Naoko said, still ready to write the answers down.

"Bishie preserve..." Q-Bert said, baffled.

"Yep! We rescue endangered bishies and re-deposit them in the preserve to ensure that they are well taken care of." Naoko said.

"But, I'm not endangered!" Q-Bert said. "And I don't need to be re- deposited!"

"That's what YOU think," Naoko said. "Now, what was your rank again?"

"I don't have one," Q-Bert said. "And I have a name. It's Phillip."

Naoko snorted. "Bah! Phillip! What a stupid name! Who would name their child PHILLIP?"

"I have a cactus named Phillip," Sakura said quietly.

"Heh...." Naoko sweatdropped. She then recovered herself. "Well, since you don't have a rank, we'll give you one." She pulled out her tracking device. "Hey, stupid!" she said. "Where can I find out info on how to assign ranks?"

"You honor me by giving me a nickname!" the machine said cheerfully.

Sakura rolled her eyes at Naoko. She then whipped off the net and deposited her retractable leash on the hapless Q-Bert a.k.a. Phillip. "Is that more comfortable?" she asked.

Phillip sweatdropped. "Not really," he said.

"Well," Stupid said. "I can pull up a list of ranks for you, if you'd like."

"Yes, please," Naoko said.

"Okay, Rank 1: Bishies in anime/manga; Rank 2: Bishies that the captor does not think is very cute; Rank 3: Game Bishies; Rank 4: Movie Bishies; Rank 5: Unregistered Bishies; there are also Ugly, Hideous, and Loveable promotions or demotions," Sakura read off.

"Thank you Sakura," Naoko said writing the ranks on her clipboard so she wouldn't forget them. "Now, Q-Bert would be an unregistered bishie, so that would make him a Rank 5, correct?"

"Yes," Sakura replied. "You do realize that you will have to come with us to the Bishie Preserve."

"But I'm not endangered!!!" he exclaimed trying to pry off the leash.

"Oh... I wouldn't do that if I were you, it might-" Sakura started but was cut off as a large charge of electricity zapped Q-Bert. "-electrocute you..." she finished.

Q-Bert just stared at Sakura for a while, twitching and his hair standing on end. Sakura sweatdropped.

"Ok Q-Bert, we would like to stay her for a day. Is that possible?" Naoko asked smiling.

"My NaMe Is Not Q-bErT!!!" he yelled.

Sakura plugged her ears. "Please don't yell. We only need it for one night. Our bishie tracker is deciding whether of not he will join us. Please?"

Sakura gave him a puppy dog look.

Q-Bert huffed for a while then sighed. "Fine," he said.

"Goodie!" Naoko said. "We'll take a double room."

Q-Bert sulkily signed them in and handed them a key each. "Thank you for staying at The Little Cottage," he said heavily.

Sakura beamed at him. "You're welcome! Now, I'm going to take this leash off of you, but don't try to run away! You'll get in trouble if you do."

Q-Bert simply stared at them.

"Well, I'm beat," Naoko said. "Let's go to our rooms."

"Okie dokie!" Sakura said.

The girls went to their rooms and went to sleep.

The next morning, they got up, showered, and went downstairs to claim their new bishie. There was only a woman at the desk.

"Where's Q-Bert?" Naoko asked the woman.

"Q-Bert?" the woman said. "I don't know anyone by that name."

"She means Phillip," Sakura said.

"OHHH! Phillip! He called in sick today," The woman told them.

Naoko swelled. "That... that.... rude bishie!" she said angrily.

Sakura beamed at her friend. "I entered him into the tracking device so we'll know where he is, if he decided to leave us," Sakura told her friend.

The woman was staring at them.

Naoko turned to stare back. "We'd like to check out," she said finally.

The woman was still staring at them when they finally checked out and were leaving the building. Sakura was watching the tracking device.

"Inu Yasha is traveling in our direction," the device called out.

And sure enough, when the girls looked up there was Inu Yasha. He had a small pack with him that looked like it was full of food.

"I'll be your bishie tracker," he said very quickly.

Sakura smile and held up the leash. "You have to wear this though," she said.

Naoko clamped it on and took the leash from Sakura. "Now, go find Q-Bert!" she called.

"Who's Q-bert?" Inu Yasha asked.

"Our second bishie," Naoko cried happily.

"Q-Bert, Rank 5: Unregistered Bishie. So far no one is after him," the device called out. It sprayed something out so that Inu Yasha could smell it. "I took his scent, just in case."

"Ok, I've got a scent!" Inu Yasha said and took off dragging Naoko with him.

"Hey!! Wait for me!!!" Sakura called after them.

"Why don't you try the roller blades that are in your shoes," the device said.

"I have roller blades in my shoes?" Sakura asked incredulously.

"Yes, just hit the top of the shoe against something solid. Good day for now," the device said and shut itself off.

Sakura hit her shoe against a bench and sure enough, roller blades popped out.

"Cool! I wonder if Naoko knows about this," Sakura said and took off after Naoko and Inu Yasha.

"NAOKO!" Sakura bellowed.

"What??" Naoko called back.

"There are roller blades in your shoes! just hit the top against something!"

Naoko's foot flew out, hit a light pole, and sure enough, some roller blades popped out. "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Naoko cried as she was pulled along by Inu Yasha.

Inu Yasha pelted down a street, turned into an alleyway, and stopped. Naoko, who was being pulled along by him, slammed into the suddenly still dog demon and fell over. "Ouch!" she mumbled.

"Shhh! The smell is extremely fresh here," Inu Yasha told her.

Sakura came gliding up, panting for breath. "Jeez, you guys! Did you HAVE to go so fast?"

"Shh!" Inu Yasha said again. He was sniffing around, apparently looking for the source of the scent.

Naoko giggled nervously. "Our first real bishie hunt!" she whispered.

"He's in there," Inu Yasha said, pointing to a run-down building.

"What should we lure him out with?" Sakura asked.

The girls stood there, pondering the idea for a while.

"Why not just go in and get him," Inu Yasha suggested.

"I guess that could work," Naoko said.

"HEY! Tracker thing, how you put the roller blades away??" Sakura asked the device.

"Just hit the shoe on something again," was it's reply.

Sakura kicked a nearby brick wall and the roller blades disappeared into the shoe.

"Nice," Sakura mumbled. "Ok, who's going in first?"

"I say you," Naoko replied, smiling.

"Why me?" Sakura asked.

"Because you were the first one to catch him. So technically, that means YOU'RE after him." Naoko said matter-of-factly.

"Oh really?? Is that true bishie tracker device?" Sakura asked, once again turning to the device in her hand.

"Q-Bert, Rank 5: Unregistered Bishie, Bishie Captor Sakura is chasing him. Yes, I'd say that's true," the voice said happily.

"Ok, I'll go first. But, once we're inside, how are we going to catch him without him running away?" Sakura asked turning to Naoko.

They were saved from answering that mind-boggling question by the appearance of Q-Bert.

"Uh oh..." Q-Bert said when he saw the Bishie Captors and Inu Yasha.