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Thanks to:
Twister91: Everyone: (watches Krystal clobber Onyx for that girlfriend comment)
WF: (tries to free Twister from the clutches of Jet) Phew! This is impossible!
Otto: Lemme try! (Stands beside dust cloud) Ahem, I need a hug! (Gets glomped by Jet)
Sprx: (sweat drops) Dude, that's so cool!
4Evermonkeyfan: WF: (blinks) and why did you miss this out, Ichigo?
Ichigo: Hey, I was distraught! Gimme a break!
Anonymous But Interested: WF: Ouch?
Ichigo: Huh?
WF: Why, ouch? (Shouts offside) Nova! Have you been hurting my reviewers?
Nova: (tries to look innocent) No...
Beastfire: WF: Well, there's going to be another human soon!
Ichigo: Who?
WF: (taps nose) Not telling.
A Fan of Romance: Sprx: (rubs hands in anticipation) It better!
Nova: (whacks Sprx around the head) not that kinda good!
Ichigo: (blinks and looks confused) I don't get it.
Antauri: (sighs) that's just as well, Ichigo.
SparxGirl: Sprx: (blushes and sweat drops) what feelings? Heh...
Nova: Yeah, we... we don't have any feelings to admit!
Ichigo: Suuuure, just like you don't owe me a music box!
Crystal sapphire: Nova and Sprx: You're hooking us up?
Ichigo: (sweat drops) No! Of course not!
Just a Slight Problem
"...And the moment Ichigo returns, I want to you both to apologize and, in the future, I expect you both to control yourselves more!" ordered Antauri, glaring down at the pair who sunk further and further down in their chairs, they nodded glumly.
Just then, Gibson walked in, looking rather pleased about something, and when the others looked at him, curiously, he proudly held up a machine.
"I've just invented a new device that will return us to our original state!" he stated, looking very triumphant, "I have finally beaten Otto to inventing something!" he clicked his heels and laughed in a slightly crazy way. The other sweat dropped and back away when he turned to them with a mad glint in his eye,
"Who wants to be first?" he asked excitedly, everyone backed up more and looked fearfully at the machine.
And, as the Monkey Team looked fearfully at the most intelligent member of their team, Ichigo and Adrianna entered. Gibson saw his first victim... I mean, volunteer and ran up to the pair.
"Ichigo! Just the monkey girl I wanted to see! Please, be a dear and allow me to change you back first!" he asked, waving the device in front of her, Ichigo backed up and looked down warily at the machine.
"You mean this thing will change us back to robot monkeys?" she asked, still eyeing the machine, Gibson nodded eagerly and Ichigo smiled. She shrugged,
"Sure, go on then" she said nonchalantly, before Antauri ran towards them.
"Gibson, I do not believe it's wise to..." but he stopped and gazed in horror as Gibson blasted Ichigo with a bright beam of light. Everyone shielded their eyes and, when the light faded, they all gasped in shock,
"Ichigo?" they cried looking at where Ichigo had been. In place of the albino robot monkey girl, stood a tiny albino human. She looked barely over two and gazed around at them with interest, she looked at Antauri and her face was split by a huge grin,
"Numkey!" she announced, pointing at him, Adrianna looked amazed and knelt beside the diminutive human.
"That thing just turned her into a baby, that's so cool!" she was overcome by maternal instincts and hugged the child close, "she's so cute! But..." she looked up at Gibson and the machine in his hands,
"I thought you said that that machine would change her into a... robot monkey" she struggled to not sound sarcastic as she said this. Gibson nodded numbly before snapping awake again,
"Yes... yes it was meant to" he said, before Antauri ran up and nearly strangled him,
"You fool! That contraption just made things worse!" he shook the blue monkey silly and had to be pried off by Nova and Sprx.
"I... think I must have made the DNA reconfigurator a tad too strong" Gibson said, wobbling dizzily to his seat and sitting down.
Otto entered and looked around at the sight, Sprx and Nova holding back a murderous looking Antauri, whilst Gibson looked rather downhearted as he stared at some machine. A little human girl was jumping around Antauri, giggling and trying to get his attention, and, by the entrance, stood a monkey they'd never seen before.
"Hey, who're you?" he asked, walking up to the stranger, she jumped slightly and turned to him,
"I'm Adrianna, Ichigo's friend. Umm... what's that?" she asked, pointing at the gizmo in Otto's hands. He smiled and held it up for her to admire,
"This... is my DNA reconfigurator!" he announced happily, Adrianna looked shocked and Gibson started crying. Otto sweat dropped at the reactions he'd got and looked confused,
"I don't get it. What's wrong?" he asked, Adrianna pointed at the human girl and then at Gibson,
"That guy turned Ichigo into that little girl" she explained, Otto nodded understandingly and waved at Ichigo to get her attention,
"He made his one too strong then." concluded Otto and picked up Ichigo, who giggled.
Antauri had finally calmed down and walked up to Otto,
"Can you change her back?" he asked, tentatively, as Otto played with baby Ichigo.
"Sure" he replied casually, "but we'll need to wait at least 24 hours, or else the sudden changes could interfere with each other and mutate her DNA completely" he explained. Antauri nodded and took Ichigo from him, he looked down into her eyes and smiled slightly,
"Numkey!" she announced again, patting him on the chest. He chuckled quietly and threw her up in the air catching her as she fell back down,
"Its monkey" he corrected, Ichigo looked up at him, naively,
"Numkey!" she shouted and giggled. The others laughed at her and soon, they were all playing with the tiny albino.
"Hey, guys!" called Chiro as he entered the main room, "I'd like ya to meet..." he faded off and gazed, wide eyed, at the little girl that ran up to him.
"Cheerio!" she shouted, happily and jumped in front of him. He gaped in shock at his team, who all laughed sheepishly,
"It's Ichigo" Nova explained, picking her up again, "Gibson's device screwed up and turned her into this"
"Hey now! No need to put it so harshly!" piped up Gibson, sounding hurt. Sprx raised an eyebrow,
"Why not? It sounds pretty spot on to me" he said, causing Gibson to mutter under his breath, grumpily.
"Umm... guys? Back to me" said Chiro, waving to get everyone's attention, "as I was saying: I'd like ya to meet Ryou, Ichigo's twin brother!" he finished with a flourish as the shocked albino next to him gazed at his sister. He was short like Ichigo and had pale skin and white hair, as well as bright blue eyes. His hair was held back in a small thin ponytail that trailed down to the middle of his back. He took Ichigo off of Nova and stared at her in shock,
"Ryou, Ryou!" said Ichigo, giggling slightly. Ryou smiled and tickled her, causing her to giggle more,
"Geez, I can't leave you alone for two months, can I, Sis?" he asked, tickling her more.
"So, you're really Ichigo's twin brother?" asked Nova, looking impressed and oddly shy, Ryou looked up at her and nodded.
"Yep! And I was gonna surprise her by visiting, but it looks like she surprised me instead!" he laughed slightly and Nova blushed and laughed too. She smiled at him in a lovesick way and latched onto his arm,
"Why don't I show you the rest of the Super Robot?" she suggested, looking excited, Ryou laughed at her eagerness and nodded. Nova jumped for joy and dragged him off, dumping Ichigo in Sprx's arms. Sprx looked flabbergasted,
"What... the heck just happened?" he cried, Ichigo squealed in his arms and waved at the retreating pair. Adrianna looked at him and could see envy making him so green; he could outstrip Otto in that department.
"Hmm..." she said quietly, a plan forming in her mind.
The rest of the day was rather uneventful, except for the fact that Nova had now glued herself to Ryou's arm and was claiming that she was his bodyguard. Sprx seemed unusually quiet now and hadn't tried to fight with Nova all day, and Gibson had retreated to his bed, muttering about the world hating him for being a genius.
Anyway, it was now bedtime and the Monkey Team along with Ryou and Adrianna, who'd been offered, or forced in Ryou's case, to stay, were all tucked up in their beds and getting some well earned rest,
"Numkey!"
Well except Antauri and Ichigo. Antauri looked up, blearily, at his down sized girlfriend who didn't want to sleep. She smiled at him and crawled onto his stomach with a book in hand, "Read!" she demanded, slapping the book down on his stomach. He groaned and struggled up into a sitting position,
"Ichigo... it's late and I..." he was stopped by a yawn before continuing, "I want to sleep. So should you, aren't you even a little bit tired?" he wheedled, the little girl shook her head vigorously and hit him with the book again,
"Read!" she demanded, then paused when she saw Antauri's unimpressed face, "please?" she added and smiled sweetly at him. Antauri caved and picked up the book,
"Alright, but just one. Then it's bedtime, ok?" he said, Ichigo cheered and snuggled down next to him, Antauri couldn't help smiling at her,
'Maybe it would be nice to have kids some day, when Ichigo and I are older' he began to read and soon, he realised that he could hear little snores from beside him. He looked down to see that Ichigo had fallen asleep. He laughed quietly and nestled down next to her, cuddling her close.
Ryou yawned and opened his eyes the next morning to find that the strange yellow monkey girl was still with him and, unfortunately, clinging to his arm. He sweat dropped at her persistence,
'Geez, I've had clingy girls before, but this one takes the cake!' he thought as he stared at her, 'still she's not too bad. She was nice enough to show me around, but... I just don't feel for her in that way. That red monkey guy didn't seem too pleased about it though, I wonder... does he...' he never got to finish because, just then, his bedroom door opened and in crept a small black monkey.
"Hi there" she whispered, walking around to his side of the bed, she looked at Nova for a moment before speaking to him again, "I see that Nova is quite fond of you" she remarked, Ryou raised an eyebrow,
"Yes, it seems so" he agreed, turning to look at the girl in question, "though I'm used to it now, a lot of girls seem to think I'm cute so I get clung to often." he sighed in exasperation at this point, "I guess it's helped me become more patient"
"So that's why you didn't freak when you saw your sister?" Adrianna asked and Ryou nodded. Adrianna rubbed her chin, thoughtfully,
"Have you noticed how mad that red monkey seemed about Nova clinging to you?" asked Adrianna in what she hoped was a casual voice, Ryou nodded again,
"Yeah, what's the deal? Are they going out or something?" he asked, attempting to gesture but failing due to the deadweight on his arm,
"No, but I think they like each other in that way" Adrianna replied, nodding suggestively. Ryou's eyes widened at this,
"Really? Then why is she clinging to me?" he asked, Adrianna smiled as her plan was working much better than she hoped. She pretended to look pityingly at Nova sighed,
"It's sad, but they can't admit how they feel and, instead, they fight constantly. I guess Nova just fell for you cos you're so..." she thought of how to phrase it,
"Weak and vulnerable?" suggested Ryou light heartedly, Adrianna smiled and shrugged her shoulders,
"I was gonna say kind and quiet, but that works too" she said, Ryou laughed at her and Adrianna felt her cheeks flush slightly. She shook her head,
'Get a grip! You're meant to be getting this guy to join in on the plan, not falling for him!' she berated herself mentally and, when she looked up again, she saw Ryou smiling down at her warmly. She felt a fluttery feeling develop in her stomach and she tried to control her voice,
"Hey, how about we... y'know, get them together?" she suggested, hoping to sound like she'd just thought of it. Ryou looked surprised and raised an eyebrow,
"You mean matchmaking? Isn't that bad?" he asked, looking slightly worried, Adrianna shook her head madly,
"No! It's not matchmaking cos they already like each other, we're just... helping them along" she corrected and grinned at him with big puppy dog eyes. "Pleeeeaaaase?" she begged, Ryou caved immediately,
"Oh, alright" he sighed and looked back up at her, "You're almost as persistent as this girl!" he gestured to the monkey on his arm. Adrianna huffed in mock indignation and pretended to be emotionally wounded,
"Now, I shall forever be comparing myself to her! And it's all your fault," she turned to him and jumped on him, "Now you will pay!" she roared before tickling him, mercilessly.
Yay, second chap done! What do you think? Is it OK that I've made Adrianna get a little crush on Ryou? I won't make a big thing of it, honest! It'll just be a side thing that'll be hindering her, or maybe a big help in the plan (looks suspicious) who knows?