Disclaimer: (still hugging Twister91's guinea pigs) so cute!
Ichigo: (still hugging them too) Yeah!
Antauri: What about me?
Ichigo: (gives Jet back a guinea pig then glomps Antauri) and you're the most handsome monkey in the whoooooooooooooooooooooole universe!
Antauri: (blushes) Aaaaw thanks!
WF: A-hem anyway...
Thanks to:
Twister 91: (does big sad teary puppy dog eyes) A-a-ashamed!
Ichigo: Oh no
WF: (runs off crying) WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Ichigo: Wait, WF! You've still got reviews to answer! Oh, I guess I'll do them! Anyway, thanks for info on their names! Now, I wonder where you got them from. LOL
Guy who reads too much fantasy: Dark, huh? Hmm... Never thought of that. And Mandarin isn't that tall, I'm that short! Chiro is shortest and comes up to my eye level, and you see in the series that Mandarin is way taller than Chiro, so if you work it out, Mandarin is pretty tall compared to me!
4Everobotmonkeyfan: (eyes widen) Antauri's been dreaming of me! (Looks at Antauri) You never told me!
Antauri: (sweat drops) It wasn't you. It was a girl monkey!
Ichigo: (sighs) Antauri I am- (WF runs in and slaps a hand over Ichigo's mouth)
WF: (whispers) don't ruin it!
A Fan of Romance: Everyone: (stares)...
Ichigo: should we tell'em?
WF: We could...
Both: (look at each other) Nah. (Grin)
Beastfire: You were in New York! Yeesus, I have a hard time in London, never mind places that hectic and busy! I'm surprised you didn't go mad! And you went to bed at 2:30am and...Are alive at noon! Man, you're Super girl! LOL
New destiny
"Ichigo!" Antauri cried in disbelief as he leapt back. The team came over and stared down too, bug eyed. Before them lay (which most of you guessed anyway) another robot monkey. She was a lot shorter than the others, white, with a pink tummy and arms, the end of her tail was also pink and her legs and eyes were blue. On her forehead was a shining pink heart- shaped gem and behind her floated magnetically- connected wings that were also white. All in all, she looked rather... angelic. Antauri ogled at her in shock,
'It's the monkey from my dreams!' he thought, leaning down to stroke her cheek, 'she's real!' then it sunk in, 'Ichigo is the girl monkey. It wasn't a dream that I had! It was a...premonition...' As he thought, he remembered the rest of the dream and what she'd said to him. His eyes softened and he picked her up gently, holding her close and cradling her slightly.
"I love you" he whispered, nuzzling her soft, white fur happily,
"I love you too" came a mumbled reply in his ear. Antauri jumped slightly and held her out at arm's length,
"Ichigo, you're awake!" he asked, she smiled at him sleepily and looked around,
"Where are we? What's going on?" she asked, looking around the box. Then realisation hit her, she gasped and turned back to Antauri, "I... I was trapped in a box by some weird looking monkey! Then... then..." she felt something swish behind her and turned to confront...her tail.
"TAIL!" she cried, gazing at said object that wagged in response, "But... I ...uh...how...when?" she stopped suddenly and slowly reached up to touch her face. Her eyes widen when she came in contact with fur, "fur..." she said weakly, and then she screamed shrilly and passed out.
Ichigo opened her eyes to find herself lying in her bed in the Super Robot, she murmured slightly and turned over onto her side.
"Good morning" came a soft deep voice from beside her; she turned and looked to see Antauri sitting on the edge of her bed. He smiled softly at her, "how are you feeling?" he asked. She chuckled slightly,
"I feel like monkeying around a little" she joked, crawling over to him and hugging him. Antauri rolled his eyes at her joke and hugged her back,
"I hope you won't make bad jokes like that all the time" he asked in mock worry, she laughed at him and pretended to think.
"Hmmm... only if you annoy too much" she warned, wrapping her tail around his waist too. He watched this with mild amusement,
"I see you've found a use for your...extra limb" he commented, Ichigo smirked and whispered,
"And I'm sure I'll think of many more" she ran a hand up his back as she said this, causing him to shiver slightly. He smirked back and was about to land a kiss when he noticed something,
"You seem much more calm and fine with being monkey today. What happened?" he asked, raising an eyebrow slightly,
Ichigo shrugged slightly, dismissing his concerns,
"I didn't see any point in getting worked up over something I can't control" she explained, "and I'll be stuck like this so I'll have to get used to it" she added as an afterthought. Antauri looked down at her,
"How did you know you'd be stuck like this? I never told you." Ichigo tapped the side of her head,
"I'm clairvoyant now" she stated proudly, Antauri looked at her in a disbelieving way, so she continued; "I'll show you! I'll read your mind right now"
She closed her eyes and Antauri noticed the gem on her forehead glow slightly, then he had an idea and thought of something in particular, Ichigo smiled and reopened her eyes. She nuzzled into his embrace and closed her eyes again,
"Yes" she said, seemingly out of the blue. Antauri hugged her tighter and smiled
"Really?" he asked looking her in the eyes. She sent him a thought and soon they were caught in a passionate kiss. They didn't part until Gibson appeared and dropped the paperwork he was carrying, in shock at the sight before him,
"Oh! Um...sorry!" he apologised sheepishly as the couple stared at him. Ichigo giggled slightly at being caught whilst Antauri sent a mini-glare in Gibson's direction.
They hopped off the bed and helped Gibson take his paperwork to his lab, after which, they went into the main room and consulted the others on what to do next.
"With a new member, we have the element of surprise over Skeleton King. He won't know what to expect from Ichigo, heck, he won't expect Ichigo to attack at all!" said Chiro, whilst he crammed toast into his mouth. Antauri seemed to think about this,
"No, he probably ordered Mandarin to capture her in the first place so he'd know all her powers, and he'd expect us to have Ichigo by our side in battle" he stated, the others nodded solemnly. They all thought over the pros and cons until Nova suddenly yelled,
"Let's just go kick his butt for what they did to Ichigo!" she pumped her fists in the air until Antauri glared at her. She stopped and sat back in her seat, sinking down low.
"Antauri, it's all well thinking of these strategies but we've forgotten that Ichigo doesn't know how to fight! Also, we all don't know what powers she possesses" Gibson pointed out,
"Thank you, Captain Obvious!" said Sprx before turning to Ichigo, "so what can you do?" he asked. Ichigo had remained very quiet during this, and now she seemed to shy away from being the centre of attention,
"I don't know" she whispered timidly, hanging her head in shame. "And...I don't want to fight" her voice seemed to get quieter as she spoke until she was muttering. But everyone had heard the most important part,
"What!" shouted Nova, leaping out of her chair again. She ran up to Ichigo and shook her by the shoulders, "why the heck not!" she asked. Ichigo looked down and twiddled her fingers,
"I...I don't like fighting" she whispered, "and..." she looked up and Nova noticed her glance over at a certain black monkey. "I think Skeleton King did me a favour, really."
"WHAT!" said everyone except Antauri, who had understood her glance. But that didn't stop everyone zooming up to her and staring at her amazed, "HOW!" they all said in unison. Ichigo's eyes widened in fear and she turned bright red,
"Because...because..." she said reluctantly, then Antauri jumped up and ran in front of them. They all turned to him,
"Because Ichigo and I are dating!" he announced cheeks ablaze. Everyone stared wide eyed, and there was silence until Sprx stamped his foot,
"Aw dammit! I'm too late!" he said, earning a squeak and blushing from Ichigo, a black eye from Nova and a pounding from an overprotective Antauri. "I was joking" he protested weakly before fainting. Gibson sighed and dragged Sprx into the medical ward with Otto in tow.
Chiro came forwards and looked down into Ichigo's eyes; he smiled in an understanding way, and knelt so he was eye level with her,
"Look, I know you hate fighting, but it'll be best for all of us if you learn how. Please? So you can defend yourself" he reasoned, Ichigo debated it in her head and sighed in defeat. Antauri smiled and put his hand on her shoulder, she turned to look at him,
"It'll be for the best, Ichigo, if I know you can handle yourself, it'll mean less stress and worry about knowing where you are all the time." he said, rubbing her back whilst she let this sink in. She smiled and nodded,
"Oh, alright" she agreed, kissing Antauri lightly on the nose, causing him to blush and splutter slightly, "on one condition though: Sprx is never allowed to be in a room alone with me!"
Everyone looked startled at this,
"Why?" said Antauri, shocked,
"Because of all the... well, bad thoughts he kept thinking that involved me!" Ichigo explained, at which point Antauri had to be tied down to keep him from suddenly jumping Sprx and kicking his tail over the moon. And everyone was amazed to learn that Antauri could have a Nova- like vocabulary when he wanted, and Chiro even learnt a few more new words, again!
"Well..." said Ichigo quietly to herself as the chaos continued around her, "I certainly hope this is a good choice" she sweat dropped as Antauri, who had managed to escape his bonds, had landed on Sprx and a massive dust-cloud appeared around them. (I know it's very unAntauriish, but I can just picture that happening!)
Meanwhile, a certain skeleton warlord gazed into his staff at the image of a white monkey, the newest member of the Hyper Force; he chuckled as he heard what she'd said,
"Oh yes, my dear" he rasped, "It will be a very good choice... For me!" and his evil laughter rang out through all of his ship.
Well... that's it. The end. And it'll be on to new stories now, hopefully as good as this one. And I want to give a massive thanks to those who've reviewed since the start and been so nice in their reviews! I'll start on a few one-shot funnies soon and maybe even a long story to find out what Skeleton King is plotting too. If anyone wants to borrow Ichigo for their stories then please, do ask! It'll be a pleasure to read how other people have interpreted her! Oh and if you couldn't picture Ichigo as a monkey, or as a human, I'm working on a picture of them which you can have, although don't expect any great masterpiece! Anyway, Review please, any suggestions for new stories and improvements will be greatly appreciated.
