The next chapter is here! A big thanks to jj-monster for your help in reminding me of Jamjar's name. I dedicate this chapter to you, oh great & kindly jj-monster!

(I do not-repeat-DO NOT- own Banjo &/or Kazooie.)

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(#3: "Fancy Seeing You Here!")

The next morning Kazooie Checked her E-mails, partly from fear of knowing whether she would go on a blind date… & partly from an eagerness to know whether someone would be interested in her or not. To her amazement, she received an E-mail saying that this "Ted" was indeed interested in her & wanted to meet her. Kazooie didn't know whether she should be happy, confused, or worried. She felt all these emotions at once & didn't know how to handle them. So she did something she thought she would never do. She went into Tooty's room & sat next to her on her bed. "Hey Tooty," She said. "Do you remember that time you wanted to give me advice & I said that 'the day you give me advice is the day hell freezes over'?"

"Yeah." Tooty replied, knowing where this was going & loving every minute of it.

"Well… let's just say that it has become very, very cold in a very warm place."

"So… I take it you received the E-mail?"

"Yes."

"& Ted does want to meet you?"

"Yes."

"But you don't know how to handle it."

"…No… I don't."

"Well don't worry; you have until 8:00 tonight to learn the delicate art of dating…" Tooty's eyes began to sparkle. "& I shall teach you all you need to know. Let the training commence!"

"Oh God! What have I gotten myself into?"

Meanwhile, at the home of Bottles' brother Jamjars, Banjo was undergoing "training" of his own.

"Come on, get the lead out Banjo!" Jamjars shouted as Banjo was trying to do push-ups while Bottles & Mumbo sat on his back. "Come on! You call that a push-up! My grandma can do better than that!"

"Granny sure was strong." Bottles commented, just before Banjo collapsed under the weight of the Mole & the shaman.

"Why… (Huff) do I… (Puff) Have to… (Huff) do this?" Said Banjo, trying to catch his breath. "I'm just… (Huff) going on a date." Banjo still couldn't believe that "sky" had actually agreed to go out with him.

"You weak, flabby, poor excuse for a grizzly!" Jamjars shouted. "If you want to impress this girl you're gonna have to get into shape!"

"Mumbo doesn't think Banjo will enjoy date if he is in body cast." Mumbo commented, after he & Bottles had gotten off of Banjo & helped him up. "Mumbo thinks that Jamjars is pushing Banjo too hard."

"Too Hard!? Why I'm being too soft on him! Now come on Banjo, Its time for the Arm Cruncher exercise!"

"Arm Cruncher?" Banjo asked, as Jamjars pulled him into the next room. Banjo saw a large device which would hold the arms in place & literally crunch them! "This world is trying to kill me!"

"All right Banjo," Jamjars said, as he pulled who he thought was Banjo over to the machine. "Lets get you strapped in!" he looked behind him & saw that he was holding Mumbo by the arm & Banjo was nowhere in sight. "Where did he go!?!"

"Mumbo think Banjo said something about 'wanting to live' & ran off."

"Grrrr! Well someone is going to use the Arm Cruncher!" Jamjars saw that he still had a hold of Mumbo's arm & gave a devious smile.

"Uh oh! Mumbo not like where this is going."

Later, back at Banjo's house, Kazooie had had her fill of listening to Tooty's incessant nonsense about "What dress matches which shoes" & "what makeup has the best color. She wanted advice on how to deal with a blind date, not a lesson on fashion!! What good was fashion to Kazooie anyway? She never even wore clothes for crying out loud!

"Forget it!" She finally shouted. "I am going on this date the way I do everything else… with just my feather, beak, & brain! We have spent the past few hours wasting time, so now I'm going on a short flight to clear my head. & then I will make my way to the Café Lenore. So goodbye, goodnight, & good riddance!"

"Wait Kazooie!" Tooty called before Kazooie could fly away. "Don't forget to take this rose. The E-mail said that you should know each other by looking for a person with a red rose."

"Oh yeah, thanks Tooty." Kazooie took the flower, a little embarrassed & angry at herself for yelling at Tooty. She was only trying to help, after all. (In her own annoying way.)

"Don't mention it. We girls have to stick together."

Kazooie smiled & took off. Tooty was happy to see that her plan had worked. Maybe now Kazooie wouldn't be so miserable all the time. She started to pick up her makeup & whatnot just as Banjo came in. he ran into his & Kazooie's room & soon came back out in a nice brown suit which had once belonged to his father.

"Well, well, where are you off to handsome?" Tooty asked, surprised to see her brother looking so nice. "& what is the occasion?"

"Oh, nowhere & nothing." Banjo replied, still trying to hide his little secret from Tooty. "I'm just going out for awhile. If you need me Tooty, I'll be at a place called the Café Lenore. See you later." Banjo began to walk out the door but stopped to get a red rose out of the kitchen. "Almost forgot this." & with that, Banjo left.

Tooty smiled & went to her room. She put on her headphones & lay down on her bed. "Ah, this is great." She thought to herself. "I have the house to myself tonight. Kazooie is out on her date, & Banjo's gone to the Café Lenore with a red ro--" Tooty threw off her headphones & sat up with a start. "A red rose?! Café Lenore?! It couldn't be! Could it?" She remembered reading that Ted "Disliked witches & evil monsters" & was "not smart but not quite dumb". "Oh my God!" she shouted. "What have I done?!" Tooty fainted from the shock of realizing that she had sent Kazooie on a date… with Banjo!

Later, at the Café Lenore, Banjo waited nervously for Sky to show up. It was already 8:10 & she hadn't arrived yet. "Pull yourself together Banjo," He said to himself. "It's only ten minutes past eight. She's not that late." But Banjo still wasn't any calmer. He decided to get up from his table & see if he had missed her.

Just then, Kazooie walked in, carrying the rose in her wing. "Well," she said. "Time to meet my date, I suppose." She began to look for him but didn't see anyone there with a red rose. Banjo wasn't having any luck either. They were both so busy looking for a red rose, that they bumped into each other. Banjo was about to apologize & Kazooie was about to yell, when they each noticed who they had bumped into.

"Kazooie?" Banjo asked.

"Banjo?" Kazooie exclaimed.

They stared at each other for a minute until Banjo broke the silence. "Well… uh… fancy seeing you here!"

"Yeah… why are you here?"

"Oh… no reason. But uh… You haven't by any chance… seen a girl with a red rose have you?"

"No, no I--" Kazooie's eyes went wide when she realized that she must have been the girl he was talking about. "A… red… (Gulp.) rose?"

"Yeah, like this one." Banjo held up his rose & was shocked to see Kazooie hold up a similar flower in her wing. They looked at the roses, then at each other, then at the roses again, then at each other again. "You're Sky!?!"

"You're Ted!?!"

Banjo & Kazooie just stared at each other, quite shocked at such a surprise.

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Hope you enjoyed it! I hope to get plenty of reviews (hint-hint!) before I put in the next chapter, in which I reveal how I think Banjo & Kazooie met! see ya then!

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