Soz for the long gap. I just needed a momento to get my bearings and to get my ideas sorted. Plus, I've been on my hols for a couple of weeks. Well here's the next chapter anyway.

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(A/N: Let's just jog your memory back a bit)

~*~ "Um . . . Toni?" said Max.

"Yeah," I replied.

"Where's your bathroom?" he asked.

"It's just through the hall. First door on the left," I pointed to where it was.

"Thanks," he said and rushed off. I giggled; this was one of my better traps. I told everyone to hush down a bit and they all looked at my confusedly. And that was when we heard Max scream.

"EEEEEEEEWWWWW! THAT'S SO GROSS!" Max cried. Everyone rushed over and started hammering on the door, even Kai did.

"WHAT? WHAT IS IT?!" we asked. But I already knew. ~*~

Max flung the door open and everyone fell inside because they'd been trying to force the door inwards.

"What's wrong, Max?" asked Kenny frantically.

"There . . . by the bath," Max pointed. Everyone looked towards where he was pointing.

"EEEEEEEEWWWWW!" Cried everyone. Mine just sounded a bit more fake than everyone else's and I had to stifle a laugh. There, on the floor, was a massive turd coiled up like a snake. It wasn't real of course, but the others didn't know that.

"MAX! HOW COULD YOU?! I cried, pretending to be offended and devastated. I let my legs give way and slumped to the floor and hugged my knees. "I can't believe it," I mumbled into my knees. The others knelt down next to me and tried to comfort me. Max tried to but the others pushed him away in disgust.

"I swear it wasn't me!" protested Max.

"If you could just tell the truth, Max, then I'd be able to forgive you," I said.

"But . . ." began Max.

"Look, Max! You've really upset her!" Kai flared up at once. I was completely stunned. I thought Kai would have seen right through it. This wasn't going the way that I'd planned. They were all ganging up on Max and I didn't want them to turn against each other. Then, I had an idea.

"OK, don't worry. I'll clean it up and we'll all pretend that it didn't happen," I said getting to my feet. "Max will just have to pay the price."

"The price? What price?" stammered Max. I pulled some toilet paper from the roll and folded it up. I took a deep (faked) breath and picked the turd up in the paper.

"EW!" cried everyone else.

"Here. You can have it, Max!" I grinned evilly and threw the turd at him. Max screamed so high that only dogs could hear it. OK, I'm exaggerating a bit there cause we all heard it. The turd hit him on the shoulder and he cried out again, this time in pain.

"OW!"

"Ow?" repeated the rest of the Bladebreakers looking confused. I couldn't help myself this time and exploded into wild laughter.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Nice trick, Toni," said Max looking annoyed. "It isn't all that funny though."

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Quit it now!" ordered Kai looking furious. I guess he didn't like having gone to pieces for no reason.

"Sor-ry! I thought you guys could take a joke!" I yelled, my short temper finally breaking. I guess that's my red hair for you.

"We can take jokes, just not totally disgusting jokes like that!" Ray yelled back.

"Fine then! If you hate me that much you can just leave! Did you hear me? GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" I rushed over flung the door open and yelled at them continually until they were well out of sight. Then I dived onto the settee and screamed into the cushion.

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The next day, I woke up, still on the settee. I felt really bad about yesterday. So9 what, if they couldn't take a joke? They were all still really great guys (yes, even Kai). Then I had a brainwave. The best way to cheer yourself up was to play jokes. I rushed over and grabbed the phone.

Later on, the six of us were sitting on the bleachers for our sports ground.

"So you all forgive me then?" I asked.

"Yes, we forgive you," they agreed reluctantly. "Just don't play any more tricks on us."

"Hmm. I don't know about that," I joked.

"You'd better," said Max raising his arm to give me a friendly punch. I knew it was coming so I rolled out of the way in time. (A/N: My friends are always giving me stray whacks, but I still can't learn to duck in time. Oh well, I do in this story). Since I was only on one bench, I ended up rolling down quite a few bleachers before I came to a halt.

"OK. I promise I won't play anymore tricks on you five," I promised slyly.

"I'm guessing that means you're still gonna play tricks on other people then," guessed Tyson.

"Not me; we!" I said.

"We?"

"Yes, we. Have any of you ever seen Just For Laughs?" I asked.

"Err . . . no," the Bladebreakers looked confused. "What is it?"

"It's a TV program. You get a group of people who do set-ups in public places. They do these jokes on people that just pass by. And they have a hidden camera recording it all, you know, their reactions and what not. And us six can use some of those jokes on our old friends," I explained.

"Old friends?" asked Kenny.

"The other Beyblading teams."

"Sounds like fun," said Max.

"I know," I grinned.