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Twister91: (sweat drops and watches Twister be pummelled by her muses) you wouldn't do that to me, would you Ichigo?
Ichigo: hmmm... I dunno. You did make me kiss Mandarin, after all. What do you think, Antauri?
Antauri: (gets out his Razor Claws and grins)
WF: (gulps and runs)
SparxGirl: Nova: (grins and pokes Sprx) so there!
Sprx: Oh come on! I've saved you a million more times than you've saved me!
Nova: Why you little... (Attacks Sprx)
Sprx: Ouch! Hey, I thought you wanted to have kids with me?
Nova: (blushes and starts strangling Sprx) Shut up!
Beastfire: Nova: (blushes even more) I do not want to be a mum! That was Ichigo's fault!
Ichigo: But babies are so cute and adorable and squishy and huggable and wonderful! Why wouldn't you want to have one?
Nova: (sweat drops at Ichigo's girliness) because it would wreck my image!
Ichigo: Oh you could get that back with yoga (smiles happily)
Nova: (slaps head)
Ichigo: (eyes go all big and shiny) and babies are the symbol of a couple's eternal love for each other! Babies show that people trust each other completely and would want to share that love and trust with the world! (Sighs happily)
Sprx: (nudges Antauri) Do you think she's trying to hint something to you?
Antauri: (sweat drops and blushes)
Anonymous But Interested: WF: LOL I love that phrase. 'Bits of banter', it sounds great! (Flies around saying it)
Ichigo: Lots of emotion, eh? (Turns to Antauri and grins)
Antauri: (blushes and quickly looks away)
Ichigo: (giggles)
4Evermonkeyfan: Ichigo: (still in happy mode) we'll put one in this chapter!
WF: (sweat drops) when did we decide this?
Ichigo: Just now! (Beams in girly happy way) they can help with getting Sp...(Is muffled by a hand)
WF: Maybe we should go to the story.
Stubborn in Love
Ichigo woke up the next day quite late. She turned to look at Antauri, and saw that he was still a monkey human hybrid.
'So it wasn't a dream' she mused sleepily, she yawned and snuggled close to Antauri, feeling his furry well- formed chest. She blushed and purred slightly as she thought of what she could do with Antauri whilst they were like this.
Suddenly, she squeaked in surprise as a pair of strong arms wrapped around her, bringing her into a close embrace with Antauri. She looked up into his face and saw him smile back warmly,
"Good morning" he murmured, she wrapped her arms around him too and rested her chin on top of his chest,
"It certainly is" she replied, giggling slightly when Antauri raised an eyebrow at her. She ran her fingers over his chest and shoulders, feeling the muscles under his silky fur quiver at her touch. She closed her eyes and focused on massaging Antauri, she listened to his steady heartbeat and deep- throated purrs,
'This is bliss' she thought happily as she reached up to kiss Antauri.
But, a sudden jolt caused her to fall forwards and her head banged on Antauri's, dazing them both slightly.
"What was that?" asked Antauri, wincing slightly when he turned his head. Ichigo sat up and they both listened intently, they could hear loud voices shrieking at each other and they were getting louder. Ichigo felt a sweat drop appear on the back of her head,
"I'm... guessing Sprx and Nova are awake" she said as another jolt shook them. Antauri sat up as well,
"Yes" he agreed, sighing slightly, and looking back over at Ichigo. She gazed off into space as she thought then she turned to Antauri, looking quite puzzled,
"It's fairly obvious that Sprx and Nova have feelings for each other, yet they always seem to push them away by fighting so much. Why? Surely, if they love each other, they would want to make each other happy not angry." Antauri shrugged and pulled Ichigo close,
"There are many mysteries in the Universe, my dear. This is one of them" Ichigo couldn't tell whether Antauri was joking or being serious, but that didn't stop the problem from troubling her.
Eventually, Nova and Sprx managed to burst into Antauri and Ichigo's bedroom, accusing each other of various things and demanding that they help bring justice to the situation. Ichigo, who had been dozing off as she mused various solutions to her previous question, simply pulled the pillow over her head and nuzzled into Antauri's side as she whined slightly about loud voices so early in the morning. Antauri, however, was much more useful and calmly told them to apologise and forget about it, then he snuggled down next to Ichigo and tried to go back to sleep. Unfortunately, this wasn't the answer that Nova and Sprx wanted,
"But, Antauri, I didn't do anything wrong! It was Sprx trying to get off with me again!" whined Nova as she poked him awake. Antauri grunted and took Ichigo's approach by hiding his head under the pillow.
But this didn't deter the pair, who seemed hell-bent on seeing the other in trouble,
"C'mon, Antauri! You know I'm innocent!" begged Sprx, Nova snorted,
"Yeah, right! Sprx, you weren't even born innocent!" she remarked as she pushed him aside. Sprx glared icily at the back of her head and pulled her out of the way by her tail,
"That's cold, Nova, really cold. Besides, you're not much better! I know that you just act all tough, but inside, you really want me! Don't deny it!" he cried as Nova stared at him in shock. Her shock wore off and she blushed,
"Shut up, you freak!" she cried, her face burning with a red glow,
"No!" cried Sprx, he pushed Nova's shoulder.
"Yes!" shouted Nova, pushing back.
Pretty soon, the pushing gave way to punching and the punching gave way to an all out brawl right in the middle of the bedroom. Finally, Antauri sat up and glared at them,
"Stop that before you break..." he was cut off by the sound of something fragile breaking and he sweat dropped as Ichigo sat up in horror.
The fighting stopped immediately and both looked very guilty, Ichigo leapt out of bed and ran to where they were looking.
"We're really sorry, Ichigo!" cried Nova as soon as Ichigo gasped, "It was Sprx's fault! He pushed me and..."
"My fault?" he cried in disbelief before resuming his scuffle with Nova. Ichigo held up the pieces of what had once been her beautiful china music box; it had been a gift from her brother and parents before she left, as a good luck charm. She felt tears form in her eyes and she realised those responsible had begun fighting again, all the sadness turned to anger and she felt it boil over in her,
"ENOUGH!" she yelled, turning to face the now stationary pair and a shocked Antauri, she felt herself shaking and took some deep breaths, "I've had enough of you two constantly fighting" she continued, she stood up and held the pieces of her music box close to keep her from crying, "I don't even see why you have to fight with each other! You love each other, I know it! But you seem to lash out and deny it instead of embracing it... like you're scared of what will happen!" she tried hard but she could feel the tears run down her face and her voice started to break up, "and now... now I've lost something dear, all because you two are too immature to admit your feelings!" she watched them stare at her in shock before flying out of the room, sobbing quietly.
Now all that filled the room was a stunned and uncomfortable silence, Antauri turned and glared at the pair on the floor. They looked over at the remains of Ichigo's treasured music box and bowed their heads in shame,
"At least you have the decency to be ashamed" spat Antauri quietly, causing them to flinch at his harsh tone. He got up and pulled on a pair of jeans, which he'd obtained from Chiro. The other two looked up at him, ashamed and curious of what he'd do next; Antauri sighed and gestured for them to follow. Reluctantly, they got up and followed him down to the main room.
Elsewhere, Ichigo sobbed silently as she sat in a small café; she looked down into her orange juice and felt a tear fall into it.
"Looks like you've had some trouble. What's wrong?" Ichigo turned to the speaker and saw another robot monkey, she gasped in shock before composing herself again,
"It's nothing, I'm sorry that I disturbed you" she said politely, refusing to look into this stranger's eyes. She heard the monkey snort in disbelief before sitting down next to her,
"I don't believe that for a second, now tell me; what's wrong?" Ichigo looked up slightly and took in the strange monkey's appearance. The monkey was female, taller than she had been as a robot monkey and looked very similar to Antauri with green eyes and black fur, but she had long black curly hair too. Ichigo fingered her own long, straight white hair and felt a pang of jealousy before it melted away. She stared into the stranger's eyes and saw that she was sincere; she smiled and poured out her story. From her being captured and transformed by Mandarin to getting together with Antauri and how she had become a monkey human hybrid and finally, how Nova and Sprx had broken her music box and her flying away upset. All the time, the stranger listened intently and didn't make a sound until Ichigo had finished.
"And that's why I'm now here, instead back in the Super Robot" finished Ichigo, staring back down into her orange juice, she felt more tears slide down her nose as she spoke but, despite that, she felt better for saying it all. "So... what do you think?" she asked quietly, unsure if she'd done the right thing by telling a complete stranger all her problems. The stranger looked thoughtful, before answering,
"I think... that you need to get these two together. Pronto" she replied, looking oddly determined, "and I think I know how to do it" Ichigo felt slightly frightened when she noticed the mischievous glint in her eye, "and for the record, my name's Adriana"
Yay! New fic, with 4Evermonkeyfan's character in it! I hope she wasn't too OOC, though.