Disclaimer: I own Ichigo...and my cat...and some other stuff...that's it...but not the monkey team...yet.

Thanks to:

Twister91: Ta very much! (Ta means thank you if you weren't sure)

Guy who reads too much fantasy: Thanks! (Sorry, can't think of much to say)

Beastfire: Antauri: what's wrong with Ichigo's name? (Glares at Ivy)

Ichigo: Antauri, don't worry! It's OK...

WF: He he... Clingy!

4Everobotmonkeyfan: Ichigo: Someone loves our relationship! YAY!

WF: And we'll hold you to your word about the no swearing thing! Or else no cookie for you!

SparxGirl: Sprx: Why does everyone like Antauri! (In high squeaky voice) Oh Antauri's so sweet and kind! And blah blah blah! (Gets whacked by Nova)

WF: (to Nova) Thanks (smiles) I'm glad you like them!

Icy Blues

"WHAT!" yelled Gibson, when he heard Antauri's promise. He ran over, looking furious,

"Please tell me this is some sort of joke, Antauri! We don't have time for idle games!" he gestured at where he had been working on plans for a new weapon. Antauri crossed his arms and gestured at Chiro, Sprx and Nova, who were consumed in a video game, and then he looked back at Gibson and raised an eyebrow. Gibson spluttered slightly and hung his head for a moment, but lifted it again when he thought of a new argument,

"Anyway" he said, "none of us know how to ice skate! Or dance! Or any of that other stuff!" Antauri looked away from the blue monkey and noticed Ichigo's antennae droop sadly, now he felt determined to do this and get the others to as well.

"Then we will learn" he answered, turning back to Gibson. He nodded over towards Ichigo, who had turned away and was now sitting and watching the others play, Gibson noticed how sad she seemed and felt guilt creep through him like a virus. He sighed and admitted defeat,

"Oh, very well, Antauri!" he complied, going back to his workspace and clearing his things away. Antauri smiled and helped,

"My thanks, Gibson" he said gratefully, Gibson snorted slightly and replied,

"As long as it keeps Ichigo from looking like that then I'll do it, but she must join in training practice in return!" he looked at Antauri who looked slightly shocked before composing himself and nodding,

"Very well" he agreed, leaving Gibson and walking over to Ichigo. He placed a hand on her shoulder and she turned to him,

"Gibson has agreed to join in on this" he said, Ichigo smiled but it was soon replaced with a frown,

"But I thought he didn't want to. He said that we didn't have time for things like that to me. You haven't forced him to, have you?" she asked, worried, "I don't want anyone joining in against their will" Antauri placed a finger to her lips and petted her cheek lovingly,

"He has agreed on the terms that you join in training practice" Antauri confessed, and regretted it when he saw the fear in her eyes. "Relax! Nothing bad will happen to you!" at this point, he lifted Ichigo into his arms and gazed into her eyes, "I would never let anything hurt you" he whispered. Ichigo's eyes went watery at his kind words and wrapped her arms around his neck, they drew close and their lips were about to touch,

"Lady Tomahawk!" yelled Nova, then there was a clang then screams as Sprx flew into Ichigo and they fell back in a dazed heap on the floor.

Antauri blinked and shook his head, realising that Ichigo wasn't in his arms anymore,

"Ichigo?" he said, noticing a white tail poking out from underneath Sprx's unconscious form, he ran over with Nova (it rhymes!) and they pulled Sprx off of the smaller monkey. Antauri pushed Sprx into Nova's arms and gently picked up Ichigo, who had little swirls in her eyes.

"Ichigo, my angel, are you alright?" he asked anxiously as she blinked and looked at him,

"Uh...fine, Antauri-koi." she held her head in pain, "owie. That hurt though!" she complained. Antauri rubbed gently on a bump on the back of her head and kissed her forehead. Antauri was about to lean in when they heard muffled laughter; turning to the source, they realised it was Sprx and Nova. Unable to control it any longer they burst out laughing and fell on the floor,

"What is so amusing?" asked Antauri, glaring at them as he placed Ichigo on the ground. Ichigo stood next to him, silently watching the two with a perplexed look on her face. Instead of answering, Sprx took Nova's hand and, in an imitation of Antauri's voice, said,

"Are you alright, my angel?" soon everyone bar Ichigo and Antauri was laughing too. Nova caught on and leaned in,

"Oh, fine, my koi!" she replied in a high, soft voice like Ichigo's. Then they began to dramatically act out a hug and kiss,

"I'm so glad!" continued Sprx, before falling into a fit of laughter. Nova followed and eventually everyone except the blushing duo was holding their stomach and crying with laughter.

Ichigo's blush was more prominent and she hid her face in Antauri's chest. Antauri glared at Nova and Sprx and, psychically, lifted the two and smacked them off of the walls and floor. Everyone stopped laughing and watched, amazed, as the pair bounced off every available surface. Then, after a few minutes of this, Antauri dropped them down in front of him and walked past with Ichigo in tow,

"Just because we can admit our feelings for each other, isn't something to be laughed at" he said over his shoulder before walking out of the room. Ichigo looked over at the dented, bruised and battered pair and was about to help them when she paused. The gem on her forehead glowed and, when it stopped, she left quickly.

Gibson tutted quietly and walked over to the pair,

"Well, I hope you've learnt your lesson!" he said, leaning over them.

"Yeah" warbled Sprx, stars in his eyes, "don't go against Antauri." Gibson slapped his forehead and looked down at them again,

"No. Don't mock other people's relationships" he said exasperatedly, before dragging them out by their tails to the medical room.

Later, the monkey team was standing in front of the lake in Shugazoom Park, they all watched as Gibson used his ice beam to freeze over the lake, turning it into a giant ice- rink.

"Ladies first" he said, gesturing for Ichigo to go first. She smiled and skated out to the centre and back, she looked expectantly at the others, who looked at each other before hesitantly touching down on the ice. Otto fell over immediately, soon followed by Sprx who'd lost his balance laughing at Otto, Nova managed to stay up a little longer before she tripped over and fell down hard on the ice. Antauri stayed up, barely, and one could see the look of concentration on his face with his eyebrows knitted and his tongue sticking out of the side of his mouth. Chiro skated too fast and managed to crash into the wall, where he clung on to for dear life, and finally, there was Gibson. Who wasn't moving at all. He worked the skates back and forth but he just didn't go anywhere. He growled as he wore out grooves into the ice,

"Maybe, you should stop that, Gibson, before you..." Ichigo began, worriedly looking at the ice under him, there was a cracking sound soon followed by a cry of alarm and a splash. Ichigo skated over to the hole where Gibson had been and sweat dropped when he reappeared frozen in a block of ice.

"Oh dear..." she said sadly, looking around at the others. Chiro had managed to skate over and fall into Otto, Sprx and Nova, so there was now a pile up. She looked around and found Antauri standing still, his legs wobbling slightly as he tried to brake himself slowly. He was doing alright until he slipped and fell face first into the ice. Ichigo sighed at them and pulled Gibson out of the icy water.

Sprx used his Magna Tingler Blast to thaw out Gibson and soon they were all sitting on the side.

Ichigo looked at them all, shivering with cold and covered with bruises, and felt her antennae droop sadly,

"This was a bad idea" she said quietly, looking down at the ground, "perhaps we should forget about this and go back to the Super Robot..."

"Heck no!" shouted Nova determinedly, "I'll be Skeleton King's girlfriend before I let something as pathetic as a lakeful of ice beat me!" She grabbed Ichigo's wrist and dragged her out onto the ice again. Nova slipped slightly and clung to Ichigo for support, when she was steady again she turned to Ichigo,

"Teach me how to do this!" she demanded, looking very stubborn. Ichigo looked shocked but managed to nod,

"Teach me too!" cried Otto, wobbling and slipping over to them,

"And me!" called Sprx, following behind. Chiro shrugged and gradually made his way over and Antauri smiled at Ichigo encouragingly,

"I think it will do us good to learn something new" he announced before sliding carefully towards them,

"I must admit: the transportation of oneself through the use of frozen water does intrigue me" admitted Gibson as he gingerly placed one skate in front the other and plodded over to them.

With all the team around her, watching her expectantly, Ichigo felt her cheeks heat up,

"Well, first: you have to skate on the edge of your skates like this" she moved her feet so they were in the proper position for skating and gestured at them, "you guys try" She watched as the team attempted this. Otto still fell over as did Gibson; Ichigo felt the sweat drop on her head get bigger,

"This... will take some time" she concluded.

Soon, the Monkey Team had made progress and were slowly skating around the lake with ease. Antauri decided it would be easier if they were in pairs and so the Team paired off: Nova and Sprx, Otto and Chiro, Antauri and Gibson. Ichigo weaved among them, watching them to make sure they were alright and having a blast too.

"She's really good!" exclaimed Nova as she watched Ichigo skate along casually on one foot, Sprx huffed slightly,

"You think that's good? Watch me!" he skated off, gaining speed and passing Ichigo, the turbulence causing her to spin around. The team watched as Sprx managed to leap in the air and do a twist. The others clapped admiringly but soon stopped and watched in horror when Sprx landed in an uncomfortable way.

"Ooooooooooow!" he howled in pain as he landed doing an involuntary splits, the others winced in empathy then skated over to his aid.

As they quickly headed in, Otto and Gibson carrying a howling Sprx and the others not far behind, Ichigo noticed something,

"Y'know, at this rate, Sprx won't ever be able to have kids with stunts like these!" she remarked to no one in particular, Nova froze at her words before shaking her head and running after them a little faster. Ichigo raised an eyebrow curiously, but decided that she didn't want to know.

Yahoo! Second chapter, done and dusted!

Sprx: (waddles in) Why me! Someday I might wanna have kids, y'know!

WF: With whom?

Sprx: (blushes) No one.