Disclaimer: (dances around holding an 'I own nothing' sign up)

Thanks to:

A Fan of Romance: yay! A fluff fan! I'll try and add some more where I can.

Beastfire: WF: (watches Sprx fly through wall with Ivy following) Wow! I never knew Sprx could scream that high- pitched! Oh, um. Sorry there wasn't that much violence. I decided to take Anonymous but Interested's side for a chapter and be a bit nicer to him.

4Everobotmonkeyfan: LOL I think you may be right about Antauri enjoying being petted! (Looks over to see Ichigo petting Antauri again)

Antauri: (blushes and drools) Eheheheheheheheh...

And I'm glad you enjoyed the fluff moment; tell me if you want any more!

Twister91: EEP! (Hides under Antauri) I'm guessing that's permission to use Jet in this!

Ichigo: (blinks rather naively she's a bit of a ditz y'see) Aaaaw but I'm just being nice (hugs Otto and carries on petting him) and he's so cute and squishy and friendly (goes on)

Antauri: (growls and mutters at Otto) she's my girl.

WF: (watches Jet foam at the mouth and twitch) coooooool...

Guy who reads too much fantasy: Actually, I read somewhere that some albinos have pink (or violet! wow!) eyes, but most have blue eyes. There are even a few with brown or hazel eyes! There are some albinos who only have a slight discolouration too, so they don't even have white hair and skin. See? You even learn something in this story! (Grins smugly)

Anonymous But Interested: (jingles happily) I'm so glad you think so!

A/N: For anyone who isn't sure how to pronounce Ichigo's name it's e-chee-goo.

Late Night Confessions (with a cameo appearance of Twister's OC, Jet)

Everyone, except Ichigo, was now sitting in the main room on their chairs, discussing a very important issue.

"I want pepperoni!" yelled Sprx, waving a menu around.

"Eurgh!" exclaimed Jet, Otto's girlfriend (happy now, Jet?), wrinkling her nose in disgust, "Sprx! You know I'm a vegetarian!"

Yes, they were trying to do the impossible once again, this time they were trying to... (Cue deep, thundery voice) choose what pizza toppings to have!

"Can we get back to the real problem at hand?" asked Gibson loudly, causing Jet and Sprx to stop arguing and turn back to him, looking ashamed. Gibson crossed his arms,

"Thank you." he said, before pointing to a diagram, "As you all know, we face a real dilemma. Ichigo is going to be living here for quite some time and it won't do if she can't understand us. She would be in grave danger if the Skeleton King attacked because she wouldn't understand what was happening. Now, what we need to do is..." Gibson was interrupted by the sound of a drill, when it stopped he continued, "As I was saying..." this time a hammer banging interfered, when it stopped he continued again, "we could..." then there was a slam as the door opened and Otto appeared, holding something that looked extremely like what Gibson's diagram showed. He ran in and shoved Gibson out of the way, holding his invention high in the air,

"I just finished my translator! How cool is that? Now Ichigo can understand us!" he exclaimed, whilst Gibson fumed and cried about how unfair it was that Otto kept building what he was explaining about. Antauri took the translator from Otto and admired the invention.

Meanwhile, the rest of the team sweat dropped at the blue monkey raving and crying on the floor,

"Hey! Show a bit more respect! At least I bother making the stuff instead of showing off and bragging about what to do like some snob!" Otto complained, hearing some of Gibson's comments,

"Who are you calling a snob!" Gibson cried, leaping off the floor and facing Otto.

And as most of the monkey team watched them argue on, Antauri snuck out of the room unnoticed. He floated up to the private quarters and tapped on a door that had a 'Hang in There Baby' poster on it. (LOL I love those!)

"Come in" he heard a soft voice say, and, as he entered, the sound of music met his ears. Ichigo smiled over at him from where she was hanging clothes in her new wardrobe. He looked around at all the different things that had already been placed out. On the bed was a multitude of stuffed animals, all varying in colour and size, next to the bed was a bedside desk with a small stereo on it and a pile of CDs next to them. On the other side of the room was a large chest of drawers with masses of make-up and photos on it, as well as a large mirror. Up on the wall was a bookshelf that had a small collection of books, mostly fantasy types, comics and schoolbooks, and all around, on the walls, were posters. Some had funny pictures and slogans on them, others had bands, and some even had cartoon characters on them. He noticed there was a large, decorated chest in the corner near Ichigo with Ichigo's Costume Chest written out in diamantes. He raised an eyebrow at it, but Ichigo couldn't see as her back was to him.

"What's wrong, Antauri?" she asked after a few minutes of silence, but she still continued to pack away her things. He floated over to her and she heard him chatter at her happily before holding up a small black disc- shaped thing. She looked down at it curiously and she felt Antauri brush her hair behind her ear. She giggled slightly at the tickly feeling from it then she felt Antauri slip something into her ear. She gasped and jerked away suddenly,

"Wha-what are you doing?" she asked in a hushed voice that had a nervous edge to it, Antauri floated back slightly,

"Making it easier for you to cope with us" he replied in a deep, rich voice that shocked Ichigo.

"You... you spoke! What? Uh... how? But..." Antauri placed a finger to her lips to silence her flow of questions and tapped on the translator in her ear.

"A gift from Otto" he said smiling, Ichigo relaxed and smiled as well. She watched him float around her room, looking at different things. She went back to packing away her things then she saw him admiring the different photos and drawings she'd kept with her and tracing around the people and objects in them. She raised an eyebrow slightly,

"What are you doing?" she couldn't help asking,

"Just admiring your handiwork" he replied, floating up to her shoulder. She smiled over at him before resuming her work. He looked around, trying to thinking of something to kick- start a conversation,

"The others are trying to decide on what topping to have on the pizza they're ordering! What would you like?" he asked quickly, feeling awkward yet not wanting to leave Ichigo's company yet. He couldn't understand it; he'd never pined for companionship before, yet he just didn't want to leave Ichigo. Ever since they'd come in and Chiro had shown Ichigo her room, he'd kept thinking of reasons to come up and stay near her.

"I don't mind" Ichigo said simply, not looking away from her task.

"Huh?" Antauri said, very intelligently, having been broken out of his thoughts. Ichigo giggled and turned to him, putting a black dress on a hanger whilst she spoke,

"I said, I don't mind" she repeated, smiling at him sincerely. He blushed slightly from embarrassment and put his hand behind his head sheepishly,

"Oh OK!" he said, giving her a slightly lopsided smile. They waited, looking at each other expectedly then around the room. After a few minutes, Antauri swung his arms nervously,

"I.. I guess I'll go down and see if they've decided then" he said finally, though he really didn't want to go, starting to float backwards toward the door. He saw a flash of something go through Ichigo's eyes but it was soon gone. He wasn't sure what it was. Relief? Confusion? Anger? Sadness? The last one seemed to be said by a little voice in the back of his mind and it shocked him to hear that suggestion. Sad? Why would she be sad that he was going? Unless... she wanted him to stay. He noticed Ichigo playing with the fabric of the dress in her hands and she'd stopped looking at him,

"You don't have to go... if you don't want to" she said shyly, her pale face turning pink as she said this. Antauri felt his chest swell at this comment, she wanted his company! He happily flew back to her side and picked up a hanger and another dress, hanging the dress on the hanger and placing it in the wardrobe. He looked to his side to see Ichigo staring at him slightly; when she realised he was looking at her, she focused on hanging her clothes with her face now slightly more red.

A few hours and few arguments later, everyone was sitting around happily full and looking rather tired. Chiro was the first to turn in, followed by Otto and Jet. Next; were Sprx and Nova, who seemed to be sharing 'suggestive' looks, then the rest finally decided to go to bed.

Ichigo shifted around in her bed, unhappily, she'd known this would happen. She could never get to sleep in a new bed. Ichigo sighed in defeat, giving up on any hopes of sleep, and sat up. She put on the lamp on her bedside desk (yeah I forgot to mention that was there too) and picked a book off her shelf. She sat back in bed, hoping that an old favourite would help her sleep. She was just about to start when she heard a sudden clatter, followed by hurried footsteps. She froze and listened, straining her ears to pick up any noises they could, there was some quiet mumbling and more footsteps. Then the sound of drawers opening and shutting. Her old protective baby sitter ways, as well as her curiosity, got the better of her and she climbed out of bed to go investigate.

As she crept down the darkened corridor, she felt the adrenaline flowing through her, prepping her ready to beat the heck out of whatever it was, or run screaming. Depending on what it was. She noticed light flooding out of an open door and decided to peek in. She peeped around the edge and found out it was a kitchen, but she couldn't see anyone in there. She crept in as quietly as she could and jumped at the sound of crashing in a cupboard nearby. Her eyes widened and her heart started to pump like mad as she reached out for the handle. But, before she could reach it, the door flew open and a pair of wide, glowing green eyes stared out at her. Then Ichigo did what any brave, noble, mature sixteen year old would do.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" she shrieked, scampering backwards and falling over. She scuttled back on all fours as the eyes came closer to her out of the darkness. She whimpered and put her hands over her head, closing her eyes,

"Please... please don't hurt me!" she sobbed softly, bracing for the final blow.

"Ichigo?" she heard a familiar deep voice ask, she opened her eyes and looked at the cupboard to see Antauri dangling out with a cookie in his mouth and a glass of chocolate milk in his hand, he even had one of those chocolate milk moustaches. (Passes out from cuteness) "An- Antauri!" said Ichigo incredulously, standing up and walking over to him. She plucked him off of the cupboard and sat on the edge of the kitchen worktop with Antauri in her lap. She waited for him to finish eating his cookie and drinking his milk.

"Why... were you in that cupboard?" she asked, looking from said cupboard to the black robot monkey in her lap. He blushed a little and twiddled his fingers before answering,

"I was... uh...sneaking a treat before going to bed" he admitted shamefully. Ichigo raised an eyebrow,

"Sneaking?" she repeated for clarification, looking at him sceptically. He blushed more and hung his head,

"Yea- yeah" he confessed, "You see, we...um... have a rule of no sweets before bed. For... Chiro's sake really. Because he won't get to sleep otherwise." Ichigo nodded and her face softened,

"But you couldn't resist." she finished knowingly. Hey, she'd done it herself many times. She stroked the back of his head soothingly, "it's OK. I understand." she said softly. He looked up at her and smiled,

"Really?" he asked, her smile grew bigger and she nodded. He frowned suddenly,

"And you won't tell anyone?" he asked, trying the big puppy dog eyes on her. She felt her heart just melt at that sight and hugged him close,

"Of course not!" she mumbled into his fur. They hugged for many minutes, Ichigo still stroking Antauri's fur soothingly. But, unfortunately, Ichigo started to develop a crick in her back and the adrenaline was wearing off, leaving her very very tired. She pulled back and realised Antauri had fallen asleep. She smiled slightly at such a cute sight and yawned. She wasn't sure if she could make it back to her bed, she felt completely weighed down by sleep. She looked around and saw that the kitchen lead into the main room,

'I'll just take a quick nap in one of the chairs then take Antauri to his room and go back to mine.' she decided, getting up and carrying Antauri in her arms as she walked into the main room and sat down in Antauri's chair. She felt Antauri snuggle closer in his sleep and, soon, she was curled up fast asleep as well.

Need...sleep. Can't... open...left eye. Ending here...going to bed. Hope you liked your cameo Jet... (Smacks head on keyboard as she falls asleep) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...