Disclaimer: OhmigodI'vejusthadtwoglassesofcokeandawholepackofjaffacakesandnowI'msohyperI'mbouncingoffthewalls!

Once again, thanks to:

Guy who reads too much fantasy: Egad, you're right! Umm... well I'll try and make more paragraphs from now on! (Is amazed at mahoosive paragraph and sweat drops)

4Everobotmonkeyfan: I'll try and keep Antauri in character as much as possible, but I'm afraid even my great authoress powers can't make Sprx grow up!

Beastfire: hope you don't bust a gut from all this giggling and, for the record; there are two types of Playmonkey magazine: the kiddie comic and the... um older version. I'm sure you can guess which version Sprx likes!

Anonymous But Interested: Done? Yes. Tastefully? Well... we'll see. And don't worry about the typo, I knew what you meant. (smiles)

Delays

Well, after Gibson had repaired Sprx as Antauri had totalled him, all was revealed about the comic, leaving Antauri to sheepishly apologize to Sprx for all he'd done then he got left with the job of trying to explain to a very confused Chiro why he'd knocked seven bells out of Sprx. Also, Nova was not happy at having anyone but her beat up Sprx, so she was having a vow of silence towards Antauri (if you don't call it that, it means she ain't talking to him and is probably giving him the evil eye to boot!) And, where did that leave Gibson and Otto? Stuck in between trying to make peace between the rest. Without much success either.

"C'mon Nova!" begged Otto, "it was all a BIG misunderstanding! How was Antauri meant to know there were two magazines with the same name?" he'd tried this line already but he was running out of ways to convince her. He'd tried puppy eyes, begging, a combo of both, crying, shouting, bribes, and promises of she could have first dibs in the training room. None had worked so far and, from the looks of it, nothing was going to work. Otto sighed as Nova just turned away from him.

"Are you siding with him then, Otto?" she asked her voice low with menace. Otto sweated and tried to think of something, "I ain't taking anyone's side!" he said defensively, silently congratulating himself on being so smart.

"In other words; you're with him but you're too scared to admit it!" she accused, pointing at him, "traitor! Otto, I can't believe you'd do this to me!" and with that she ran off.

"Nova! Wait!" called Otto, before chasing after her down the corridor.

"I'm just saying, perhaps you two should try talking this through" explained Gibson for the millionth time, he glared at the back of the black monkey's head and felt a massive headache coming on. Then he tried a different angle, "you're acting quite immature, Antauri." He smiled as Antauri froze, then it fell crashing to the floor when Antauri turned and glared at him.

"Am I, Gibson?" Antauri questioned, slowly stalking up to Gibson, "Or are you too blind to see just how immature Nova is being?" Gibson spluttered silently, before realizing what Antauri had said. He huffed indignantly,

"Are you saying I'm too primitive to understand your juvenile disagreements!" he shouted, standing up as tall as he could. Antauri calmly glared back (is that possible?),

"Yes." he simply said, Gibson roared before jumping at him. But Antauri had seen this coming, and moved to the side so Gibson flew past. However, Gibson managed to get a hold on Antauri's tail and, when he landed; he pulled Antauri's tail as hard as he could. But, he soon learnt that that wasn't a smart thing to do. He noticed Antauri change, he somehow darkened and when he turned around Gibson got the fright of his life! He ran like the devil was chasing him, which, from the way Antauri looked, was pretty close. Antauri looked just like he had when he was possessed (can't remember the episode name, the one with the giant eyeball thing, just pretend Chiro showed them CCTV footage of them when they were possessed), and he snarled and foamed at the mouth as he chased Gibson down the corridors.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" squealed Gibson as he ran at Mach 5 to try and escape the used to be calm and stoic second in command.

Meanwhile, Chiro walked down a different corridor with Sprx in tow. Sprx hadn't left the kid's side since he'd been released from the medical ward, he'd never admit it, but he was scared that Antauri would go nuts on his tail again. They reached the crossroad between the different corridors when Chiro finally decided he'd had enough of Sprx clinging to him, he yanked the monkey off and placed him in front of him,

"Sprx" he sighed as the monkey looked around wildly in fear of Antauri, "that fight was a one-off, I doubt Antauri would ever attack you again! He's too calm and nice to do something like that without a reason." Sprx stopped shaking and nodded confidently,

"Yeah, you're right kid! Besides, even if that old fuzz face did try it again, I'd be ready. Hoo ha!" Sprx leapt into the middle of the crossroads doing karate kicks and punches. "Hoo h-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" he screamed as Gibson flew into him, soon followed by a psychotic looking Antauri and, soon, there was a massive dust ball around them as a fight broke out.

From somewhere else, Chiro saw Nova run blindly into the brawl and was soon involved as well, as was Otto, who couldn't stop in time. There were screams and shouts and sounds of metal clashing on metal as the Monkey Team fought on.

A few hours later, all the robot monkeys lay on beds in the medical ward as Gibson weakly explained what Chiro had to do. Though it didn't help that he could barely talk with a swollen lip, and aching all over.

Soon, all the machines needed were running and Chiro had managed to fix Otto so he could help, even though he was very reluctant to fix Nova and Sprx who he blamed for all of this.

But, it seemed no amount of fixing or coaxing would calm Sprx, who was curled up in a ball on his bed with his eye twitching and sucking on the end on his tail like a child would suck on their thumb. He mumbled something briefly about being cursed and evil authoresses and rabid black monkeys before just resorting to whimpering. Pretty soon, everyone had given up on Sprx and they were now sitting in the main room, staring at the ground ashamed as Chiro stood in front and glared at them. He tapped his foot like an angry mother as he waited,

"Well?" he demanded, looking at the monkeys who flinched and sunk lower in their chairs. He paced slightly, kinda like head teachers (or principals if you're in America) do before they suddenly launch into a massive lecture.

"Two fights. Two fights" said Chiro incredulously, "and both left Sprx a shaking miserable wreck. And you" he said, pointing at Antauri, "were in both. And, apparently, caused them!"

"That's not true!" Antauri called suddenly, his head snapping up. Chiro glared him down and he sunk down very low in his chair, bottom lip sticking out as he pouted (cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!).

Chiro sighed as he stared up at the clock and he jumped slightly,

"Omigod! I forgot! I've gotta go meet Ichigo!" he called, running for his orange tube. But, before he could get there, they felt a shake go through the Super Robot, causing Chiro to fall flat on his face. He stood up again and ran over to the monitor, tapping various buttons.

"Maybe, I should do it?" asked Gibson tentatively, still unsure if Chiro was angry with them. Chiro moved back silently as Gibson tapped the right code into the computer. The screen flickered to life and they looked out to see a giant slug like creature slowly oozing its way through Shugazoom towards them.

"Aww man!" whined Chiro, as they ran to their tubes and prepared to fight this new threat, "this is really gonna make me late!"

Well? Good? Bad? Cruddy? I know it's shorter, but I figured that was a good place to stop and I'll finallyintroduce Ichigo next chapter. Hopefully. And yes, Antauri was massively OOC, but, as you'll see in the next chapter, he does have a reason to be cranky. And I want your opinions: should I be nicer to Sprx from now on or continue the abuse until the end?

Sprx: (limps on crutches with an arm in a sling and bites, scratches, cuts and bruises all over him) Please be nice, please!