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Disclaimer :

I don't own Harvest Moon and/or its characters...

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[Author's Notes]

AUTHOR : This should be uploaded along with Chapter 16. Should. If it wasn't, too bad.

Anyway... I can only hope that this chapter'll be funny enough... *Wink*

So I'm not gonna stall you any longer... Read on!

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A Harvest Moon Vacation

Chapter 17 : Paging Dr.Drake!

[SUMMER XX, YEAR 4]

JACK : But I thought...

"I fell off?"

JACK : *nod*

"I did."

JACK : Ack! Then you must be...

"Hell no! Are you dense?"

JACK : ...

"Forget I asked."

JACK : I still think no one could have survived that fall.

"But you never saw me fall, did you?"

JACK : Well, I guess... But you tried to kill all of us, Gray!

GRAY : My mind was clouded... I was just so frustrated.

JACK : Why?

GRAY : I guess I was just fed up with my life in Mineral Town.

JACK : I'm sorry if it was because of me...

GRAY : It's okay... Thanks, I hope you can forgive me.

JACK : Don't worry...

GRAY : I just hope everyone would forgive me as well.

JACK : Who said I've forgiven you already? I owe you an ass-kickin'!

*Strong punch*

GRAY : Ow! But... It's okay.

JACK : I'm not done yet!!!!!

*Jack tackles Gray and they start to wrestle in front of the hospital until...*

OFFICER : Break it up you two!!!

JACK : He tried to murder me before!

GRAY : Wha~t?! HE tried to murder me just now!!

OFFICER : It doesn't matter!! You're both coming with me! You have the right to remain silent and all that gibberish...

*Later in the local Jail*

JACK : But Officer!

OFFICER : Tell it to the judge!

GRAY : *grumbling* What a cliché... Can't the damn author think of something original?

*Light surrounds Gray*

AUTHOR : I am the light. Gray, step forward.

GRAY : *Walks towards the light*

AUTHOR : You little critic! You think you can just smart-ass around with me?! I am the author! I am all-powerful in this fanfic!!! *grabs a baseball bat* And besides, how do you know i exist?! I'm gonna beat some sense into your skull!

*Relentlessly beats Gray around with the bat*

GRAY : Oww.... *twitch* *twitch*

AUTHOR : Okayyyyy, I think that was a bit too much. Anyway, I'll delete your memory of my existence now...

GRAY : Say what?

*Back to the jail cell*

GRAY : Where the hell?!

JACK : Damn... Hey Gray, you look like you were beaten with a...

*Thinks really hard*

JACK : A baseball bat!

GRAY : You think so? 'Cause it really hurts like crap!

JACK : But... there's no baseball bat anywhere near here.

GRAY : Whatever. Let's just find a way out of here soon.

*An hour later, Jack and Gray are still planning on how they'll escape from their cell.*

JACK : What if I beat you senseless then I'll call the guard to help you out?

GRAY : Err... Why am I the one who's gonna get beaten?

JACK : Oh come on, you know what they say, 'no pain, no gain'!

GRAY : How about if I just beat you senseless?!

JACK : Why are you complaining so much? You were so quiet before!

GRAY : What the hell are you talking about?! You just expect me to let you kick my ass?!

JACK : *Thinks for a moment* Yeah... I don't see anything wrong with that.

GRAY : Why you... *Tackles Jack to the bars*

JACK : OW!! Bastard Gray! *Kicks him back and charges at Gray*

*Gray dodges and lets Jack hit the wall*

JACK : Argh!! That's it! No more Mr.Nice-Main-Character!!

*Jack runs toward Gray and runs across the wall in slow-motion then kicks Gray*

*Jack tackles Gray and they both hit the bars*

*The door gently swings open*

GRAY : Uh... It wasn't locked?

JACK : I guess it wasn't.

GRAY : So, we just tried to kill each other just now for nothing?

JACK : I guess so.

GRAY : I am REALLY going to kill you once this is all over.

JACK : Oh come on, let's go before the dumbass guard finds out he left the door unlocked.

GRAY : Finally, a good idea.

JACK : Whatever. Let's go.

Jack and Gray manage to escape from their jail cell.

GRAY : Now... Where is everyone supposed to be?

JACK : Let me see. I think everyone should be over at the...

GRAY : Where?

JACK : I'm not sure, but I think...

"You should be thinking about what kind of trouble you've caused."

JACK : Who the...?!

*Jack turns around*

"You have no idea what ruckus you caused, do you?"

GRAY : Who's he?

JACK : Him? He's Dr.Arc, doctor on the ship we rode on.

DRAKE : *Turns to Gray* As he said, I'm Dr.Drake Arc, please call me Drake. And you would be?

GRAY : I'm Gray.

DRAKE : Are you the Gray I've heard so much about from Mayor Thomas?

GRAY : Yeah, I'm sorry about those.

DRAKE : It's fine. I believe people always have second chances so I'm glad you were able to rethink your life.

GRAY : Thanks, that's relieving.

JACK : Drake, where is everybody?

DRAKE : Well, their at the hospital checking on Ms.Karen.

JACK : They are? Maybe I ought to go too, she's my wife after all.

GRAY : You should be grateful I saved her. I got all drenched in seaweed back there.

DRAKE : Really? So YOU were the 'Seaweed Man' the nurses were talking about.

GRAY : S-Seaweed Man?!

DRAKE : *nod*

JACK : Seaweed Man?

*Jack starts laughing insanely*

GRAY : Shut up Jack!

DRAKE : And for some reason, they called the one with him the 'Blue Kid'. They even thought he was her son. But I know that you haven't had a child yet, right?

JACK : What?!

GRAY : They thought you were Karen's son?

DRAKE : What?

*Gray bursts into laughter*

JACK : Why you little...!!

*Jack strangles Gray*

DRAKE : Whoa! Hold on there!

*Drake pulls Jack away from Gray*

DRAKE : We're supposed to be visiting Karen, not killing Gray.

JACK : Gimme that little...

*Drake pulls out a biscuit*

DRAKE : Ja~ck! Here's a biscuit, boy! Come on! Settle down, boy!

GRAY : What the hell?

DRAKE : *Patting Jack's head* Good boy! Let's go to Karen now.

*Jack obediently follows Drake*

GRAY : I've been gone too long.

DRAKE : *Whistle* Here Gray!

*Gray barks and follows Drake*



They arrive at the hospital a few minutes later.

DRAKE : Look what I picked up along the way!

CROWD : *Gasp*

DRAKE : What's the matter? *Looks around* Oh sorry, wrong room.

JACK : I thought you knew which room to get into.

GRAY : Yeah, you got some weird sense of direction.

DRAKE : Shut! *snap* Piss on the fire extinguisher, boy!

*Jack & Gray go to the nearest extinguisher and do just that*

*A doctor passes by*

DOCTOR : O_o ... Oh dear god!! Nurse! Call the psychiatric ward!

DRAKE : No need. They're with me, they broke free and it seemed that they just needed to urinate.

DOCTOR : That's reassuring. They don't have tendencies to hurt people, do they?

DRAKE : Of course not! In fact... they just kill them. They'll mangle anyone they dislike.

*Jack & Gray start to growl*

DRAKE : Aww... Isn't that cute? It seems they've taken a liking towards you... Wait, no. My mistake, they seem to hate your gut. If I were you, I would run right about... now.

DOCTOR : Ahhhh!!!!

*Doctor runs down the stairs screaming*

DRAKE : I love my job. Come on, let's go before security finds their way up here.

*Jack & Gray come to their senses*

JACK : Huh? Whatever.

GRAY : Was I drooling just now?

DRAKE : Gray, we're gonna leave you!

GRAY : Wait up!

DRAKE : Karen's room right across the hall. It's room 3005, you can't miss it.

JACK : Aren't you coming?

GRAY : You said so earlier.

DRAKE : Somethin' came up. Seems that I'm gettin' paged. Duty calls!

*Drake walks away*

JACK : Gray, wait here. I'll go ahead, you might shock them a bit. So when I signal, you come in.

GRAY : *Nod*

*Jack walks in door & closes it*

*Kai, Mayor Thomas, Mary, Popuri, Duke & Rick are in the room*

JACK : Everyone!

MAYOR : Jack! It's about time you got here!

JACK : What do you mean? I brought Karen here!

DUKE : Ahh! So you were the one the nurses called 'Little Kid In Blue'.

JACK : Shut up!

MAYOR : Really now? Bwahahahahahaha!

*Everyone in the room burst into laughter except for Karen. She's unconcious, remember?*

JACK : Yeah, laugh. Wait a minute, there's something I have to say! It's really important

KAI: You grew up?

JACK : No, I mean I did already, but... Oh screw that! What I mean is, Gray's alive and he's on the island.

*Simultaneous GASP*

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End of Chapter 17