Guru-Guru: I think that went well, aside from the riot.

Hustino: I thought the riot went well. It was a nice riot.

Guru-Guru: Yes. Lovely.

Hustino: Quite. ...What are we doing next?

Guru-Guru: We could head downstairs to the pool and hot tub.

Hustino: Ok! I'll go lock Diablo in a closet so he doesn't bother Blu and T9 and the others...

Birthday Surprise

Chapter 6: Pool Time

After a nice long riot that ended with Blu and T9 tearing one of the chairs apart and beating some innocent bystanders that tried to stop the riot (a.k.a. Kenny and Hustino) senseless, the game was called a tie and the two girls shared the prize.

...Which happened to be an old dollar, a paper clip, and some lint from the guys' pockets.

After the oddly rousing game of musical chairs, everyone was a bit tired. Kenny and Hustino interrupted them from what they were doing (Vash getting a little too friendly with Zelda, and Link getting more than a little annoyed by it while Malon distracted Link with her...Cucco stamp collection. Wolfwood sat with Millie and kept an eye on Vash to make sure he didn't do anything TOO stupid. T9 and Blu were still fighting over the remains of the chair, though...guess they don't like ties?)

"Hey! Everybody! Hey! LISTEN!" the only person who even looked at Kenny was Link, afraid that Navi had showed up. "You try, Hustino."

"POOL TIME!" Kenny and Hustino were stampeded over as everyone ran for the changing rooms. "Owie."

-five minutes later-

"So..." started Link.

"...on the first evening a pebble..." sang Blu. Everybody gave her a strange look, except Vash, who almost started crying.

"What now?" asked Millie.

-another five minutes later-

Once everyone was in the pool (other than Vash, who sat outside watching everyone (specifically the...well, uh, girls) because of his...'markings'), no one had any self control. Link kept using the Zora Tunic and Iron Boots to walk on the bottom and pull people under. Wolfwood did it the old fashioned way, just going over to them and pushing them under. Since neither wanted to pick on the girls (they were too afraid of them), it was mostly Kenny, Hustino, and Legato that got dunked or pulled under.

Blu and T9 went on a splashing rampage, getting everyone wet. Well...wetter. Once they had beaten everyone else, they turned on each other. Blu sent a big splash, hitting T9 right in the face. As the birthday girl did a little victory jig in the water and laughed, T9 surfaced with a giant super soaker and sprayed Blu with it, laughing all crazy-like as she did.

Rather than get angry and tackle T9, like she usually would, Blu screamed out a single word. "CHICKEN!" And with that, she jumped on Kenny's shoulders. Soon the pool found almost everyone paired up. T9 on Hustino, Malon on Link, Millie on Wolfwood, and TK and Legato arguing over who would be on top.

Link and Wolfwood, both familiar with the game (despite the fact that the priest is from a desert planet), ran at each other as quickly as they could and...nothing really happened. Malon was busy swinging a Cucco around and Millie was nibbling on her pudding. The guys shrugged...which was enough to shift they girls' weight and make all four fall over.

As for the other four...(TK and Legato were still arguing) Kenny and Hustino waited as Blu and T9 stared each other down, waiting...suddenly, Blu screamed, "CHARGE" and Kenny wadded through the water towards Hustino and T9. In a panic, Hustino did what he thought was best to defend himself. He threw T9 at their attackers, knocking them down, then turned to run...only to trip and fall into the water himself.

TK on Legato's shoulders, since they finally decided who would be where, walked a few steps, only to fall onto their faces, since they're both clumsy as hell. Before they could pull get up, both felt themselves being pulled up by something over their eyes. Whoever pulled them up tied off the blindfolds, swam off, and shouted, "POLO!"

"What the... I'VE GONE BLIND!" shouted Legato, doggy paddling in circles.

"It's a blindfold, dumbass. Follow my lead," said TK, being the intelligent one for the first time in his life. "MARCO!"

"POLO!" came the collective response from the others. TK and Legato tried to follow the sound, screaming "MARCO!" every so often, but...

"Is it just me or are they getting quieter?"

Meanwhile, on the other side of the pool...

"How long do you think it'll take them to figure out that they're on the wrong side of the pool?" asked Blu.

"Don't hold your breath," replied Hustino.

Down on the bottom of the pool, T9 bubbled out, "Too late."

-Meanwhile...someplace else-

"And for the last time, STAY AWAY!" Zazie yelled as a smoking and ash covered Tingle waddled out of the home, slamming the door shut behind the green-clad fairy-wannabe.

Huffing and puffing, Zazie went away from the door and to the table covered with all the food and drinks. His most recent little squabble with the fairy-freak left him very, very thirsty. He saw one of the punch bowls, but after looking around to make sure no one was near, he shoved his head into the bowl and started gulping.

-Another someplace else-

After traveling through the suddenly smelling pipes for a while, Tingle spotted some light. "WoooOoooOoo...it's the light of the fairies! Tingle has found them!" When he popped up, he noticed that he was in a weird, tiled white room. "Why is Tingle inside a big, wet, white bowl?"

He gasped.

"Is this a fairy fountain?!"

Just then, the door flew open and he heard the voice of the little boy yelling "I shouldn't have had all that punch!" When he stepped in, he froze, staring at Tingle sitting inside of a toilet.

"You have got to be kidding me."

"No! It's the mean little boy! Be nice, please! Tingle only wants to meet the fairies!"

"Meet sewage," said Zazie as he sent Tingle dizzily down the tubes. "Now, to take care of the punch problem!"

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