The bishie continued to think for a bit longer.
"What's TAKING so long?!" Naoko muttered to Sakura.
"I don't know!!" Sakura replied.
Inu Yasha, who had a short attention span, was starting to examine all the bishies in the stampede. "Miroku!" he cried. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh... its a good chance to meet girls..." Miroku said.
Sakrua turned to him. "What about Sango?"
Miroku had the grace to look embarrased. "Well, you see........." he said. "I've had enough!" Naoko shouted and threw her butterfly net over the head bishie. ^____^ "You're caught!"
Sakura looked very startled for a moment then looked at the head bishie. His eyes were very wide and all of the other bishies were staring at Naoko.
"Um... ok..." the head bishie replied.
Naoko led him to the mailbox and all of the other bishies followed.
Sakura was shocked that all the bishies went that easily. InuYasha looked somewhat heartbroken and Miroku watched all of the bishies go then turned to Sakura.
"Are there cute girls at the preserve?" he asked.
Sakura gave him a dirty look, "I asked 'what happened to Sango'..."
"Well, you see..." Miroku started.
WHACK! A giant boomerang hit Miroku on the head and he fell over. A furious Sango marched up. "Just WHAT do you think you are doing, Hoshi-sama!?" she demanded.
"Ahh... Sango-san," Miroku said with a dopey smile on his face. "You see.."
"Don't start with me!" Sango cried, grabed the collar of his shirt, and dragged him off.
"Well then," Sakrua said, staring after them. "That was nice...."
"C'mon!" Naoko pressed. "Before they run away!"
Inu Yasha looked at the docile bishies. "I think that's the last thing on their mind..."
Sakura made her way through the herd and stood next to Naoko.
"Ok, now, to get back to the preserve you must stick your hand in this mailbox," Naoko instructed. "Sakura, can you and InuYasha wait for all of the bishies to get through before you come?" she asked as she turned to her partner.
"Yeah.." Sakura replied.
"Great. Okay, now form a single file line and do as you were instructed," Naoko shouted out.
One by one all of the bishies disappeared through mailbox and appeared in the preserve. Just as Sakura and InuYasha were about to leave a little boy walked up behind Sakura and tugged on her shirt.
"Excuse me... but could I go with you?" the little boy asked.
Sakura blinked in confusion. "Wouldn't your mommy be worried?"
"I don't have a mommy. I'm orphaned." he replied.
Sakura turned to InuYasha and he shrugged.
"Okio! You can come," Sakura said. "Just don't get in anyone's way."
The little boy smiled and stuck his hand into the mailbox with Sakura and InuYasha. When they got back to the preserve the teleport room was packed with bishies that didn't know where to go.
Naoko checked to make sure that Sakrua and Inu Yasha had arrived. She took her net off the head bishie and raised it in the air. "Bishies!" she cried. "Follow me!"
"I feel like I'm on a tour," one bishie said to another.
"Excuse me," the head bishie said to Naoko. "but what is the point of this?"
"So that we can make money," Naoko told him.
The head bishie looked a bit dissapointed. "Oh." he said. "Well, my name is Tom."
Naoko patted him on the head and beamed. "I'll call you Apricots."
When Naoko had led them all to the bishie room Sakura walked up to her followed closely by the little boy. Naoko looked at the kid.
"Sakura... who the heck is that?" she asked.
"Oh," Sakura smiled, "he asked to come along. I was thinking that we could raise him to be the best bishie there is... since he's an orphan and all."
Naoko looked from the boy to Sakura and back. "Oik!"
The boy smiled and walked over to the cafe. Q-Bert walked out carrying a tray of doughnuts for Vash, but dropped them when he saw all of the new bishies, apparently he hadn't noticed them all come in.
"Um... what's this?" he asked, as the crowd of bishies, about 20 strong, wandered around.
"We are a group of wild bishies that were just caught," Tom / Apricots told Q-Bert.
"Oh....." Q-Bert said. He looked at Apricots apprasingly. "Since you're unregistered, Naoko named you, didn't she?"
Apricots looked at Naoko, who was busy with Sakrua renaming all the Bishies and recording them. "How did you know?" he asked.
Q-Bert grimaced. "She named me Q-Bert. My name was er! i mean is Phillip."
"My name is Tom," Apricots told him.
Naoko and Sakrua marched over. "What rank should we give him?" Sakrua asked.
"First Class Loveable!" Naoko shouted right away. "That was a stupid question."
"I don't know about 'Loveable'..." Sakura said quietly.
Naoko glared at her. "How could he not be?!"
"Well... I just don't see what's so loveable about him... he's just another bishie," Sakura explained.
Naoko hit Sakura's head with one of the mallets and she swayed a little and fell over.
"First....... class......... loveable........." Naoko typed into the record.
Q-Bert bent down. "Are you ok, Sakrua?"
Sakrua simply stayed unconcious. Apricots looked slightly startled. "Um... is that allowed?" he asked Naoko.
"When she refuses to give the correct title to a bishie, yes," Naoko told him.
Apricots slowly backed away from Naoko. Q-Bert dragged the unconcious Sakura away from her violent partner and splashed some water on her face.
"Now..." Naoko said putting the record down and looking up. "Huh... where'd Apricots go?"
Sakura blinked awake as she felt the water running down her face. She glared at Naoko and grabbed another mallet.
"Naoko!! You're going to pay for this unsitely bump on my head!!" she screamed and charged at Naoko.
Naoko stared at Sakura as she ran madly, swinging her mallet. Just in the nick of time, Apricots grabbed Naoko and pulled her out of harm's way.
Bill marched in, following the sound of Sakura's screaming. "What's going on here?" he asked.
Sakrua and Naoko took one big step backwards. "Um........... nothing!" Sakrua said.
Bill looked at them suspicously. "Ok.... well, i have some bad news. It seems that the news of you girls has spread. There hasn't been a bishie sighting in hours."
"Well, then, we'll just use the tracker!" Naoko said brightly.
Bill closed his eyes. "That won't work unless the Bishies are being seen."
Sakura dropped the mallet behind her. It just so happened to land on InuYasha's foot.
"Does... does that mean we're out of a job?" Sakura asked.
All of the bishies in the room froze where they were, waiting anxiously for Bill's answer.
"For the time being, yes," Bill replied quietly.
"What's TAKING so long?!" Naoko muttered to Sakura.
"I don't know!!" Sakura replied.
Inu Yasha, who had a short attention span, was starting to examine all the bishies in the stampede. "Miroku!" he cried. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh... its a good chance to meet girls..." Miroku said.
Sakrua turned to him. "What about Sango?"
Miroku had the grace to look embarrased. "Well, you see........." he said. "I've had enough!" Naoko shouted and threw her butterfly net over the head bishie. ^____^ "You're caught!"
Sakura looked very startled for a moment then looked at the head bishie. His eyes were very wide and all of the other bishies were staring at Naoko.
"Um... ok..." the head bishie replied.
Naoko led him to the mailbox and all of the other bishies followed.
Sakura was shocked that all the bishies went that easily. InuYasha looked somewhat heartbroken and Miroku watched all of the bishies go then turned to Sakura.
"Are there cute girls at the preserve?" he asked.
Sakura gave him a dirty look, "I asked 'what happened to Sango'..."
"Well, you see..." Miroku started.
WHACK! A giant boomerang hit Miroku on the head and he fell over. A furious Sango marched up. "Just WHAT do you think you are doing, Hoshi-sama!?" she demanded.
"Ahh... Sango-san," Miroku said with a dopey smile on his face. "You see.."
"Don't start with me!" Sango cried, grabed the collar of his shirt, and dragged him off.
"Well then," Sakrua said, staring after them. "That was nice...."
"C'mon!" Naoko pressed. "Before they run away!"
Inu Yasha looked at the docile bishies. "I think that's the last thing on their mind..."
Sakura made her way through the herd and stood next to Naoko.
"Ok, now, to get back to the preserve you must stick your hand in this mailbox," Naoko instructed. "Sakura, can you and InuYasha wait for all of the bishies to get through before you come?" she asked as she turned to her partner.
"Yeah.." Sakura replied.
"Great. Okay, now form a single file line and do as you were instructed," Naoko shouted out.
One by one all of the bishies disappeared through mailbox and appeared in the preserve. Just as Sakura and InuYasha were about to leave a little boy walked up behind Sakura and tugged on her shirt.
"Excuse me... but could I go with you?" the little boy asked.
Sakura blinked in confusion. "Wouldn't your mommy be worried?"
"I don't have a mommy. I'm orphaned." he replied.
Sakura turned to InuYasha and he shrugged.
"Okio! You can come," Sakura said. "Just don't get in anyone's way."
The little boy smiled and stuck his hand into the mailbox with Sakura and InuYasha. When they got back to the preserve the teleport room was packed with bishies that didn't know where to go.
Naoko checked to make sure that Sakrua and Inu Yasha had arrived. She took her net off the head bishie and raised it in the air. "Bishies!" she cried. "Follow me!"
"I feel like I'm on a tour," one bishie said to another.
"Excuse me," the head bishie said to Naoko. "but what is the point of this?"
"So that we can make money," Naoko told him.
The head bishie looked a bit dissapointed. "Oh." he said. "Well, my name is Tom."
Naoko patted him on the head and beamed. "I'll call you Apricots."
When Naoko had led them all to the bishie room Sakura walked up to her followed closely by the little boy. Naoko looked at the kid.
"Sakura... who the heck is that?" she asked.
"Oh," Sakura smiled, "he asked to come along. I was thinking that we could raise him to be the best bishie there is... since he's an orphan and all."
Naoko looked from the boy to Sakura and back. "Oik!"
The boy smiled and walked over to the cafe. Q-Bert walked out carrying a tray of doughnuts for Vash, but dropped them when he saw all of the new bishies, apparently he hadn't noticed them all come in.
"Um... what's this?" he asked, as the crowd of bishies, about 20 strong, wandered around.
"We are a group of wild bishies that were just caught," Tom / Apricots told Q-Bert.
"Oh....." Q-Bert said. He looked at Apricots apprasingly. "Since you're unregistered, Naoko named you, didn't she?"
Apricots looked at Naoko, who was busy with Sakrua renaming all the Bishies and recording them. "How did you know?" he asked.
Q-Bert grimaced. "She named me Q-Bert. My name was er! i mean is Phillip."
"My name is Tom," Apricots told him.
Naoko and Sakrua marched over. "What rank should we give him?" Sakrua asked.
"First Class Loveable!" Naoko shouted right away. "That was a stupid question."
"I don't know about 'Loveable'..." Sakura said quietly.
Naoko glared at her. "How could he not be?!"
"Well... I just don't see what's so loveable about him... he's just another bishie," Sakura explained.
Naoko hit Sakura's head with one of the mallets and she swayed a little and fell over.
"First....... class......... loveable........." Naoko typed into the record.
Q-Bert bent down. "Are you ok, Sakrua?"
Sakrua simply stayed unconcious. Apricots looked slightly startled. "Um... is that allowed?" he asked Naoko.
"When she refuses to give the correct title to a bishie, yes," Naoko told him.
Apricots slowly backed away from Naoko. Q-Bert dragged the unconcious Sakura away from her violent partner and splashed some water on her face.
"Now..." Naoko said putting the record down and looking up. "Huh... where'd Apricots go?"
Sakura blinked awake as she felt the water running down her face. She glared at Naoko and grabbed another mallet.
"Naoko!! You're going to pay for this unsitely bump on my head!!" she screamed and charged at Naoko.
Naoko stared at Sakura as she ran madly, swinging her mallet. Just in the nick of time, Apricots grabbed Naoko and pulled her out of harm's way.
Bill marched in, following the sound of Sakura's screaming. "What's going on here?" he asked.
Sakrua and Naoko took one big step backwards. "Um........... nothing!" Sakrua said.
Bill looked at them suspicously. "Ok.... well, i have some bad news. It seems that the news of you girls has spread. There hasn't been a bishie sighting in hours."
"Well, then, we'll just use the tracker!" Naoko said brightly.
Bill closed his eyes. "That won't work unless the Bishies are being seen."
Sakura dropped the mallet behind her. It just so happened to land on InuYasha's foot.
"Does... does that mean we're out of a job?" Sakura asked.
All of the bishies in the room froze where they were, waiting anxiously for Bill's answer.
"For the time being, yes," Bill replied quietly.
