Disclaimer: (mouthful) Cookies! (Stuffs in more of her home made cookies) Cookies cookies cookies!
Ichigo: Don't you mean biscuits?
WF: (swallows) I would if I weren't doing a Frankie, from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, imitation!
Ichigo: (sweat drops) Riiiight...
Thanks to:
4Evermonkeyfan: Ichigo: (curiously looks at book) hmm... (Realises people are watching her) oh. Thanks for the offer, but this is personal now!
Antauri: (has razor claws out ready) Got that right!
Ichigo: You could always beat the crud out of Mandarin in your story, though. I know we'd enjoy seeing that!
Beastfire: Nova: (watches Sprx rub on ointment and glares at Ivy) Hey, I wanted to use those someday! You ever think of that? Huh? Ever think that maybe someday; I might wanna have kids with him? (Covers mouth and looks around)
Everyone: (shocked)...
Ichigo: (squeals) Aaaaw how cute! Nova wants to have babies!
Sprx: (having a massive heart attack from the shock) Holy crud... Nova... babies... (Passes out)
Anonymous But Interested: WF: (sweat drops as Mandarin attempts to hide behind her) Get off me, you mahoosive freak! (Kicks Mandarin who runs away)
Monkey team: (chases the orange freak accident)
WF: (watches as they catch Mandarin) I think you may be right...
SparxGirl: Sprx: (watches Ichigo and Nova go past, still searching for clothes, and blushes) Hehehehehehehe... that's what you think!
WF: (smacks Sprx up the head) I hope the rest of you are being more controlled (turns to see the other monkeys ogling at the two females) oh brother! (Slaps forehead)
Twister91: WF: (blushes) Aaaaw thanks! Wanna biscuit? (Points at tray that has been Otto- proofed)
What do we do next?
The others watched pityingly as their second in command screamed and lashed out wildly in frustration, they looked at each other and tried to think of what to say. Finally, Gibson chose to break the uncomfortable silence,
"We have to think of a way out" he said, voicing what they all thought, Sprx snorted,
"Wow, it took you that long to think of that?" he said, sarcastically, rolling his eyes. Gibson huffed indignantly and smacked Sprx with his tail,
"Ow! Hey!" cried Sprx, before retaliating. Pretty soon, the two monkeys were whacking each other as hard as possible with their tails and, with each smack, there was a response of cusses. Nova sighed, rolling her eyes, and noticed that Otto was doing something,
"Whatcha doing, Otto?" she asked, leaning over to try and see better, he looked up at her and smiled. He didn't reply, instead; he twirled his tail near the locks on the chains some more and they fell off. Everyone became silent and stared at the green monkey, who stood up proudly,
"Hey, guys! Guess what? I know how to get us all free!" he announced happily, leaping up and down, Nova blushed and covered her eyes,
"That's great, Otto! But, do you think you could quit jumping around now? At least until we find some clothes!" she begged, Otto stopped and looked down and realised that he was in dire need of clothing. Satisfied with Otto's embarrassed squeak and seeing him quickly cover himself, Nova looked up again.
"Hey, Otto!" called Sprx, behind him, "how 'bout freeing the rest of us?" he asked, light-heartedly. Otto turned to him and smiled,
"Sure thing!" he replied, before using a long, thin thing that looked quite like a wish bone of some sort to pick the lock, Sprx decided not to ask where Otto had found it.
Soon, everyone was free again and they had to decide what should be their next move,
"We need to find Ichigo" said Antauri with a very stony look on his face, "before that disgusting creature, Mandarin, can do anything to her!" Nova looked thoughtful,
"Yeah, but we won't be able to fight! Our weapons won't work!" she reasoned.
Gibson looked thoughtful,
"He must have removed the capability to activate our weapons during this transformation process" he concluded, gesturing to himself "maybe, by using some sort of mecha neural control"
"So, let's take it off and go bash Mandarin's ugly skull in!" shouted Nova, not enjoying the fact that she had no idea what Gibson had just said. Gibson sighed exasperatedly and began to explain how the device would be very difficult to remove and they would need all sorts of high tech equipment to do it safely. Whilst Gibson droned on, Sprx yawned and stretched, his hands brushing over something attached to the nape of his neck. Curious, he fingered it then pulled it off and, suddenly, he felt as though a block in his mind had been removed. He decided to try out his weapons to see if they would work now and, to his and everyone's surprise, out came his magnets. Gibson looked flabbergasted,
"How- how did you do that?" he asked, bewildered that someone like Sprx could manage what he'd called impossible, Sprx just shrugged and showed them the little round device that had been on the nape of his neck,
"I just pulled this off and I felt like some block in my mind had gone" he explained as Otto took the little dome- shaped device and looked at it.
Antauri reached his arm behind his head and felt that he too, had a little dome on his neck; he pulled it off and felt the same mental block disappear. He tested his weapons and as soon as he tried, out came his razor claws. The others quickly followed suit, and soon, everyone had their weapons out and were ready to kick some deranged lunatic butt.
And, as the monkey team moved out inside the Citadel of Bone, Chiro, in the Super Robot, was attempting to get close enough to get into the ship.
"Aah!" he cried as lasers fired out of the ship's sides and hit him full on. He looked at the Robot's stats and saw that the Robot was going critical; and he lost control of the Robot. He watched as the Robot flew in close to the ship's side
'Now or never!' he decided as he ejected from the Robot and landed on the ship's surface. He looked up and blasted a couple of cannons that were about to fire at him, he looked back and watched the Super Robot drift away, slowly.
"No turning back now" he muttered, "Chiro Spear-o!" he cried, blasting a hole in the ship and jumping through. He landed in a dimly lit corridor and quickly made his way along. He dodged all the Formless and Spider bots and ran along until he reached the cell that they'd been in. He entered it, cautiously, and looked around. He felt around on the floor and picked up some hair, green hair. And there was blue hair nearby too, and Chiro could think of only two creatures that would match this description,
"Otto and Gibson" he murmured and ran out of the cell and further along the corridor.
"Stop squirming!" ordered Mandarin as he struggled with Ichigo, who was lashing out and smacking him. He had a bloody lip from where Ichigo had bit him when he kissed her, and many bruises and scratches from her reaction to him telling her that he'd decided to go ahead with his plans right now.
"Let go of me! I won't let you do this! I only want Antauri as a partner! Not you, you deranged, psychotic, disgusting, mutated" her ranting was cut short when Mandarin smacked her in the head hard, she looked up in shock and saw that he was glaring at her. He pinned her shoulders down and brought his face very close to hers,
"You are mine, understand? You were created for the sole purpose of being with me, not that fleabag! You are mine!" he shrieked out the last word and Ichigo held her head in pain, his words rang in her ears, making her head hurt worse.
"Now, you will do as I wish!" he ordered menacingly, trying to push her down onto the bed behind her. She felt dizzy from the pain in her head and didn't move; Mandarin took this as defiance and began smacking her around the head repeatedly. Finally, Ichigo fell with a cry and Mandarin caught her hair to stop her falling, he pulled her back up to her feet and she wailed in pain,
"Stop! Please, you're hurting me!" she cried with tears running down her cheeks. Mandarin ignored her pleas and threw her onto the hard stone floor, Ichigo attempted to get up again and was smacked back down again by Mandarin's tail, and she lay on the floor and sobbed quietly. She could feel Mandarin's scrutinising stare on her back and then heard him leaving. As the door shut, Ichigo looked up and tried to stand again, however; her head hurt from being hit so many times and she felt dizzy. She closed her eyes and tried to relax enough to think clearly.
She didn't get long though, because she felt her hair being pulled and she was forced to sit up again, she reluctantly looked up to see Mandarin smirking at her,
"I have found the solution to your little rebelling ways" he crowed, showing her some ropes and chains in his hand. Ichigo paled a lot, she'd heard of people who enjoyed being tied up for this sort of thing, but she hadn't liked the thought of it, much less actually doing it. Although, it seemed she wasn't being given a choice as Mandarin hit her in the back of the head hard enough to make her lose her balance and fall forwards, he caught her and began tying her up, she was too weak and dizzy to really stop him.
When Ichigo could think clearly again, she realised that her arms had been chained to the headrest and her legs chained to the bedposts at the end. She struggled and tried to activate her newly acquired powers but it seemed that she couldn't make them work, she watched in horror as Mandarin neared her slowly, savouring her fear and what he was planning next. She pulled against the chains as hard as she could and tried to slip her wrists and ankles out of the bonds that held her, but, when she felt Mandarin's hand on her stomach she froze and her body wouldn't respond. She pulled out of his reach and stared up at him with scared, pleading eyes. He noticed this and grinned like a madman at her. He leaned in to her and Ichigo felt his breath on her face,
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll soon get used to it" he whispered, these words had a much more devastating effect than any of the physical blows and Ichigo broke down. She sobbed loudly and thought of all the new plans and dreams she'd wanted to share with Antauri, how she'd wanted to show him more of her interests, go out on dates with him to new and exciting places, learn of some of his interests and try to do them too, and maybe... start a family with him.
"Antauri..." she whispered through her sobs, "I wish you were here"
"Let's try this room!" yelled Sprx, pointing at a darkened oak door. Nova looked at him quizzically,
"Why this one?" she asked as the others joined them, Sprx shrugged,
"I dunno, it just screams 'evil psycho monkey's lair'" he explained, Antauri came forward and focused on the door, he reopened his eyes after a few moments,
"I think you're right, Sprx" he said, as he ripped through the door with his claws.
Ichigo tried to block out any feelings, she didn't want to accept what Mandarin was about to do to her and she certainly didn't want to enjoy it. However, instead of the feeling she had been dreading; she felt the rush of air and heard a loud clanging of wood collapsing. She opened her eyes and, prayed that she wasn't dreaming,
"Antauri!" she cried happily, feeling tears of happiness running down her face. There, standing in the doorway, was Antauri, glaring murderously at Mandarin, who was leaning over Ichigo lewdly. Mandarin shrieked angrily and leapt off the bed, facing Antauri, the others quickly rushed into the room too.
"Antauri" growled Mandarin, his tail whipping around him furiously, the only sign of how he was feeling inside as his face was so placid. Nova took this time to run up to Ichigo and untie her.
"Thanks" sighed Ichigo in relief as she sat up and rubbed her wrists and ankles, Nova smiled and put a hand of her shoulder,
"Hey, we can't let ol' gruesome here have his way with you! Besides, "she leaned in and whispered, "I think Antauri would have a massive fit if he wasn't the first one to... y'know what with ya!" the girls giggled slightly and turned back to see Antauri and Mandarin sizing each other up, with their weapons ready.
"This time you have gone too far, Mandarin!" growled Antauri, preparing to strike Mandarin in the head, Mandarin jumped at Antauri and lashed out his tail,
"No, it is you who has overstepped the mark, now I will make sure you never meddle in my affairs again!" he shrieked, grabbing Antauri's wrist and slamming him into the wall. Antauri flipped Mandarin over him into the wall above him and used his claws to scratch furiously at Mandarin, causing many gashes and cuts to appear. Mandarin kicked out and knocked Antauri in the head, dazing him slightly. Mandarin saw his chance and tackled Antauri, punching him in the face and causing his nose to bleed. Antauri used his telekinesis to throw Mandarin off and into the wall over the bed.
Ichigo watched Mandarin fall onto the bed with wall debris on him and Antauri telekinetically lifted out a massive section of the wall, revealing an endless drop, and flattened Mandarin with it. The bed broke under the colossal weight and everyone sitting on the bed quickly got off.
They watched the pile of rubble for many moments, just waiting for Mandarin to suddenly jump out; when they had waited a satisfactory length of time, Ichigo ran up and hugged Antauri. She kissed him deeply and wrapped her tail around his waist, pulling him closer. Antauri returned her affections and nuzzled her face as well, he held her close and stroked her hair,
"My angel, I'll never leave you again" he whispered, looking deep into her eyes. Sprx silently made gagging motions behind them but Nova quickly shut him up with a swift kick to the tail. Ichigo gazed up into Antauri's eyes and reached up to kiss him again, but she felt someone grab her leg and pull her away. She screamed in alarm and felt herself being pulled upside down, she looked and saw a familiar pair of orange legs and heard a chilling laugh before she hit her head on the floor and was knocked out.
"You fools thought that I could be defeated so easily? You truly are lost without me!" he shrieked madly, Antauri growled and tackled him. He pushed a little too far and caused them to fall out of the gaping hole in the wall; he grabbed onto the wall desperately and felt Mandarin hold onto his leg. He glared down at Mandarin, who grinned up and held Ichigo up for him to see,
"If you kick me off, she will fall and die too!" he said, shrieking laughter following. Antauri gazed down at Ichigo, who was still upside down and being swung about. He balled his fist in frustration and slowly, pulled all three of them back up again.
"Antauri!" called the others from high above, gazing down at the trio in desperation and anxiety, Antauri hung his head and complied,
"I have no choice..." he murmured, before resuming his climb,
"Yes" hissed Mandarin, delighted, "that's it, Antauri. Pull us up quickly" his delighted expression quickly changed to shock though, when he saw Antauri glare down at him; before he kicked Mandarin hard in the head, causing him to let go and fall backwards. Mandarin screamed as he fell into the darkness and was gone. Antauri reached out, hanging on by his tail, and held out his arms to catch Ichigo's unconscious form. But, to his horror, his fingers just brushed against Ichigo's fur and he tried reaching out with his telekinesis, but his body was too drained from the fight to muster enough energy to catch and hold her, he felt time slow down as Ichigo fell into the dark abyss to certain doom.
It felt like ages before Antauri managed to force himself back up to face the others, his face was clouded by sadness and he didn't attempt to hide it. The others could only watch as he stared out into the darkness that had swallowed both their enemy and their friend, tears dropped down into the darkness as well. The Monkey Team stood by the hole and none tried to stop the tears which flowed in torrents down their faces, Nova buried her face into Sprx's chest and he held her close as she sobbed loudly, they were so grieved that none heard Chiro enter the room. He looked at the transformed Monkey Team and wasn't sure whether he should believe it them. He licked his dry lips and readied himself
"Monkey Team?" he asked, the Team turned to look at him and some brightness returned to their faces, but it was soon taken by grief again. He looked confused and came up to them,
"Hey, what's wrong? What's happened?" he asked, and no one seemed eager to tell him. Nova looked up from Sprx's chest and gave him a pitying look, she put a hand on his shoulder and took a deep breath,
"Chiro..." she started shakily, "its Ichigo... she's gone" Chiro blinked uncomprehending and raised an eyebrow,
"Gone?" he asked, looking at her sceptically, Nova nodded before breaking down again and being comforted by Sprx. Sprx decided it was his turn, he gulped and looked down at Chiro,
"She's... she's dead, Chiro. She... she fell...down the cliff" he explained, feeling tears form in his eyes again. The others seemed to break down again, hearing what they had tried not to believe and no one had quite expected Chiro's reaction; he laughed! Loud and long, like he'd heard the greatest joke ever. The others stared at him in shock at how disrespectful he was being,
"Chiro... how can you laugh at this?" asked Nova in shock and disgust,
"Poor kid's so broken up, he's losing his mind" said Otto, who sniffed and wiped his nose on his arm, Chiro raised an eyebrow at them and laughed happily again.
"You goobers, Ichigo isn't gone" he said brightly, however the others, especially Antauri, were far from believing this,
"Yes, she is, Chiro. I saw her fall, I was the one who caused her to be dropped, and I tried to catch her and I missed!" Antauri turned and Chiro saw how bloodshot his eyes were, he also noticed how badly he was shaking too. Antauri's sadness seemed to change to anger and he advanced on Chiro and glared into his face,
"How can you be so calm and happy? Ichigo is gone! Dead. And it's all my fault; I was foolish enough to believe getting rid of Mandarin was more important than her life. I didn't deserve to have someone like her; I didn't value her life enough to think it was more important than my pride. And now..." he started to sob and harshly wiped away the tears, "now she's gone! I'll... I'll never see her again!" And with this, he started to cry loudly. He collapsed on the floor and let his tears run on the ground, Chiro looked down at him, pityingly, and sighed; he grabbed Antauri and dragged him over to the hole again.
"Antauri, look" he ordered, pointing into the hole, Antauri continued to cry and beyond doing anything that anyone asked at that moment. Chiro growled in frustration and pulled Antauri's face so he was looking into the hole. "Now listen" he ordered quietly, and everyone remained silent.
Sure enough, they heard a noise, it sounded like... singing. Someone was singing and it was getting closer, they all gazed in amazement down into the hole and saw a small white dot getting closer and closer. Antauri leaned out so far that Chiro had to grab his waist and hold him back so he didn't fall in.
Soon, the white form became clearer and everyone stared in shock as Ichigo happily flew up to them and she stopped singing the 'Hi Hi Puffy Amiyumi' theme song. She hovered in front of them and looked politely confused by their shock,
"What's wrong? Is my singing that bad?" she asked innocently, tilting her head to the side slightly. This seemed enough to make them all start crying again, but now it was tears of happiness and they all surged forwards en masse and hugged her.
After Ichigo had escaped the grip of her over emotional friends, she was confronted by Antauri, who looked like he'd just been given the greatest gift in the world; Ichigo beamed at him and gave him a hug. She felt Antauri wrap his arms tightly around her waist and he nuzzled his face into her chest,
"I love you" said a muffled voice that sounded a little teary too. Ichigo pulled Antauri's face up and smiled down at him, she giggled and kissed his nose softly,
"I love you too, my koi" she whispered and was about to launch into full on make out session when she heard gagging noises behind her. She turned to see Chiro, Sprx and Otto all pretending to be sick at the mushy fluffy moment in front of them. Antauri appeared behind her and glared darkly at them, causing them to stop and grin sheepishly at him. Antauri looked satisfied and lifted Ichigo off the ground and into his arms, which was pretty easy considering he was now nearly 6 foot tall whilst Ichigo was barely over 4 foot,
"Let's go home" he said, holding Ichigo close in his arms and walking out of the mangled bedroom. The others followed and they were soon on their way back to Shugazoom City,
"But" asked Gibson, still perplexed by something, "how did you know that Ichigo was alright, Chiro? We all saw her fall into that terrible abyss, yet you seemed certain that she would return to us, why?" Chiro smiled, knowingly,
"It was easy, Gibson. Hey, Ichigo, do you want to tell him?" he asked, looking at the screen that had Antauri and Ichigo on it. Ichigo smiled and giggled,
"You mean he hasn't figured it out yet?" she was greeted by confused faces; she sighed in mock exasperation and pointed to her back.
"Oh?" said Gibson, and then he caught on, "Oh! Well, of course, I knew it all along! I mean, what simpleton couldn't figure that out?" he asked, trying to appear all knowing. And the rest of the journey was spent with Sprx and Gibson arguing and it wasn't until they were nearly home, that Otto pointed out a problem to them,
"Guys? How we gonna get changed back?" he asked and was greeted by stunned silence.
Ichigo: Yay! Antauri saved me! (Leaps into Antauri's arms and kisses him happily)
Antauri: (blushes) Aaaaw it was my honour to do it!
Nova: (pouts and punches Sprx) How come you never save me from any of our enemies?
Sprx: What? I've saved you plenty of times!
Nova: Yeah, right (turns away)
Sprx: (anime vein pops up and he jumps on Nova)
Dust cloud appears
WF: (sweat drops) Umm... Review please (runs to avoid being caught in dust cloud)
