Disclaimer: Mlearrrrrrrrgh! This is morning talk for I don't own anything!
A Fan of Romance: (beams happily) I'm glad you think so!
Beastfire: Well Ok then! You hear that, Sprx?
Sprx: (is crying)
Well, maybe I'll let one or two nice things happen to him. Just to be nice.
Guy who reads too much fantasy: oh dear. I feel that I should've explained the changes a little better. You see Chiro is naïve, being ten years old or something like that, so he wouldn't know about...those things yet. BUT, he's the leader of the team, which means that sometimes he has to take on a sort of parenting role. I was trying to show that despite him being young and innocent and whatnot, he's still leader and can take charge when he needs to. And as for Antauri, well... you'll just have to see! Hope it makes more sense now, if not do tell me what would help. (wow that was long)
P.S: Do remember that this doesn't have too much in the way of a point at the moment, so don't look too much in depth at it. I'm just trying to keep up the funnies for when the serious stuff hits later! (Grins)
Anonymous But Interested: oh! Uh (looks from Anonymous But Interested then at Beastfire and back) uh... (Sweat drops) I'll try and please you both! I'll think of something! But I'm glad you're enjoying this story.
Sprx: (is crying and hugging out of happiness) Oh thank you! Thank you! There is a god!
Twister91: WF: (to monkey team) what do you monkeys have to say?
Monkey team except Otto: Sorry Jet for hurting your boyfriend.
WF: That's better.
Meetings and Apologies
And so, the Monkey Team activated the Super Robot; ready for another day of kicking monster butt. Except the atmosphere inside the Robot was less than happy. The tension between the group was so thick that Otto felt a knot form in his stomach with unease.
They fired rockets, drills lasers and everything else they had at the slug mutant and tried every tactical strategy they knew, but everything was recoiled back at them by the slug monster's rubbery hide. And with each failing idea, Nova slowly grew more and more irritable until...
"YAAAH!" she cried as she disengaged her foot cruiser from the rest of the Super Robot, causing all of the different parts to disengage too, flew at the slug monster and started to beat the living daylights out of the thing. Pretty soon, all that was left of the monster was splattered all over Shugazoom and its citizens, who had been too tired to run (bear in mind it was Saturday morning), and Nova let out a happy sigh at being able to get out her anger in a 'constructive' way. However, the others weren't impressed,
"That manoeuvre was NOT a wise choice" said Antauri critically, once they had joined back together,
"Stow it, Antauri" growled Nova, glaring at the screen in front of her, Antauri facevaulted at Nova's comment and glared at her,
"Nova, the wise monkey does not..."
"the wise monkey better shut up if he doesn't want a knuckle sandwich!" growled Nova, cracking her knuckles (urgggh! Shudders I hate it when people do that!). Antauri humphed and put his hands on his hips,
"How dare you threaten me, Nova? I'm sure Chiro would have to agree that this behaviour is most uncalled for!" He flipped a switch to reveal Chiro's empty seat. Antauri jumped out of his seat and managed to hit the ceiling. He grabbed his head in pain and looked out onto the screen,
"Chiro?" he called into the screen, then switched it to outside. "Chiro!" he called out again, turning the Robot around to see the surroundings.
"Wait!" said Otto, pointing, "There he is!" the Monkey Team looked out to see Chiro running up to someone. In half a second, they were all running out of the Super Robot to follow him.
"Ichigo!" Chiro called out, running up to a short, teenaged albino girl. She continued to stare up in awe at the Super Robot that had just beat the snot out of that thing earlier. She looked down when she realised someone was shouting at her and was soon bombarded by a boy nearly as tall as her. She gasped,
"Chiro! That you!" she asked, bewildered by how much he'd changed in six years, "my Lord! You've... grown" she laughed, patting on his head. He put his hand behind his head and laughed sheepishly.
"Chiro?" he heard behind him; he turned to see his team looking from him to the girl and back, "Who's that?" asked Nova. Ichigo heard the monkeys and looked around Chiro, she gasped and her eyes lit up,
"Monkeys! Cute! Aaaaw, they're so adorable! Are they yours, Chiro?" she turned to him with big hopeful eyes. He sweat dropped, he'd forgotten how much of an animal lover Ichigo was, then he nodded and laughed.
"Yep" he said proudly, Ichigo squealed and ran over to them.
"Aaaaw, they really are just adorable, Chiro!" she gushed, reaching out to pet Nova. Nova growled and Ichigo quickly withdrew her hand. "I uh... take they don't like to be touched." she said nervously, as Nova growled at her. She kept her hands close to her chest and looked over at Chiro,
"Nah" he said simply. "That's Nova, she's just a little cranky today" As he said this, Nova started jumping up and down and started screaming at Chiro.
"Cranky! Who're you calling cranky! I'm perfectly calm!" she screeched, left eye twitching slightly as a vein throbbed on her temple.
Ichigo watched as the monkey ran over to Chiro and screamed at him angrily.
"So, they understand you?" Ichigo asked, looking back at the remaining monkeys, who all nodded. Chiro backed away from Nova slightly,
"Uh.. Yeah! Yeah they do! And if my translator worked, you could understand them too!"
"Oh." said Ichigo sadly, she wanted to understand them as well. She looked over at the remaining calm monkeys, "So... do they mind being petted or will they growl at me as well?" she asked, slightly nervous. Chiro was now running in circles to try and avoid Nova,
"Um.. What do you guys think?" he asked the monkeys, they looked at each other and smiled. They turned back and nodded, "there's your answer." concluded Chiro, before swerving to avoid Nova. Ichigo smiled and walked over to them, Chiro ran past again and called out,
"Otto's the friendliest! But Antauri's the calmest, though he was a bit off today... Sprx'll probably like being petted though, but I'm not sure if Gibson would really like it..." he stopped to ponder this for a moment, before realising Nova hadn't stopped chasing him. He swerved again and took off in the opposite direction. Meanwhile, Ichigo tried to soak this information, but, as she didn't know which monkey was which, it was pretty futile. She turned back to the monkeys and looked thoughtful again, 'I'll just go for one at random, Chiro said they wouldn't mind anyway' she thought as she reached to pet Antauri's cheek. Antauri froze slightly, not sure whether to stand there or move away. Soon, it was too late and he felt cool, soft fingers envelope his cheek and a smooth thumb gently stroked over his fur. He had to admit, this felt nice. Unconsciously; he started to rub against her hand and smiled happily. He closed his eyes and Ichigo heard him coo softly, she giggled. 'His fur is so silky' Ichigo thought, as she felt someone tap her shoulder. She turned to see that the green monkey had come up to her and was giving her the big puppy dog eyes look. She smiled and started rubbing his cheek as well, causing him to squeak slightly in happiness. He nuzzled into her side and curled up on her lap, happily purring. (Hope you don't mind that your boyfriend being affectionate, Jet!) The red monkey shot up to her and pushed Otto off of her lap and took his place, grinning up at her before hugging her tightly, with his face squashed into her chest. He said something to the other monkeys and she noticed the yellow monkey had stopped running. Nova turned and glared at the red monkey, who was oblivious to anything around him. The other monkeys and Ichigo watched as Nova stomped over and shouted at Sprx, who mumbled something in response. And, through the amazing authoress powers I have, we shall listen to this riveting conversation!
"What do you think you doing, Sprx?" called Nova, standing behind as Sprx continued to nuzzle and drool over Ichigo. Nova felt her last nerve being stepped on and the vein in her head was growing bigger and bigger. "Well?" she tried to control her voice, which was cracking up slightly,
"I'm just hugging our new friend, Ichigo. That's all." he replied innocently, (coughyeahrightcough).
"Like heck, that's all!" shouted Nova, "you're rubbing against her chest on purpose!" Sprx turned his head slightly to look at her,
"So what if I am? At least she doesn't beat the crud out of me, like someone I know" he turned back and he heard Nova splutter slightly,
"So... that's it, is it?" she choked, "you just like her cos she's all nice and let's you hug her? I bet you like her much more than nasty old me, right?" Sprx turned around and looked at Nova, wide-eyed. He saw that Nova was on the verge of crying, although she was trying to conceal it. His face softened and as he got off Ichigo's lap and walked over to Nova, she quickly looked away. He turned her face back to his,
"Of course not" he whispered, wrapping his arms around her. "You mean more to me than anything. Got that?" he looked into Nova's eyes and smiled sincerely at her. She smiled at him and wrapped her arms around him, "Really?" she said, her voice filled with hope, he laughed quietly,
"Yeah" he said as he slid his lips onto hers. Nova's eyes grew wide in amazement, before she closed them and pushed back into the kiss. They moaned slightly and Nova's arms moved up to wrap around his neck. They stayed like that for ages until Gibson coughed slightly, causing them both to realise they were being watched. They parted and blushed slightly.
"Gibson!" complained Chiro, from behind them,
"What?" asked Gibson, offended, looking around as the others minus Ichigo muttered about him ruining moments and being jealous and needing a life. Gibson crossed his arms and stormed off to the Super Robot, Otto soon followed and Ichigo got up and walked in with Antauri accompanying her as she chatted amiably to Chiro about what had changed in the past six years.
Nova and Sprx stood and stared at the ground,
"So..." started Sprx, leaving it hanging, hoping Nova would think of something to say. When she continued to stare at her feet, he coughed and continued, "Maybe...maybe we should go in and get to know Chiro's friend properly, huh?" he asked.
"Uh...uh. Yeah" said Nova hesitantly, then she reached over and took his hand in hers. Sprx looked down from their hands then up at Nova in shock, she smiled back and winked slightly before tugging him along behind her into the Super Robot.
Viola! There it is! And I wasn't mean to Sprx at all, in fact, I think I was quite nice!
Ichigo: I've arrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiived! Finally! After how many chapters? (Glares at Whitefairy)
WF: (sweat drops) Eh heh heh. So, tell me what you think? Too mushy? Too girly? Needs more violence? Review and tell me.
