Disclaimer: Happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! (Does a cart wheel)
Thanks to:
Twister91: Ryou: (blinks innocently) Huh?
Otto: (being tied down by Ichigo, Sprx, Nova and Onyx)
Antauri: (to Ryou) you'll get used it eventually.
Crystal sapphire: WF: Milk dud?
Ichigo: Huh?
WF: What's a milk dud?
Ichigo: A dud made of milk?
WF: Oh... what's a dud?
Ichigo: (sighs)
Beastfire: WF: Oh we know! Believe me, we know! (Grins evilly)
Ichigo: And as for this 'love crap', Ivy. (Points at genre) Take a good look at what genre this story is!
SparxGirl: Ryou: (quietly crying and losing feeling in his arm)
WF: I don't think even the hammer and chisel will work!
Ichigo: I know what will! (Drops a lovesick Jet on Ryou)
Everyone: (watches the massive fight between Jet and Nova)
Ryou: (runs like crazy) Yay, I'm free!
A Fan of Romance: First time for everything huh? LOL Glad you like it that much!
Anonymous But Interested: (is amazed at the formality of review) Wow... thanks... (Still slightly awed)
That's Not Yoghurt!
There was a bright flash of light and everyone cheered as the newly transformed Ichigo sat on the floor, looking slightly confused,
"What... happened?" she asked, sounding dazed. She looked down at herself and saw that she was back to her normal robot monkey self, "I'm back to normal? Hooray!" she did a somersault upwards into the air and flew over to Antauri. He still hadn't been changed and Ichigo was enjoying the warmth from his large, furry chest as she hugged him. He laughed and hugged her back,
"I'm glad you're back to normal" he murmured, stroking her fur. She smiled up at him,
"Hey, Antauri! Your turn" called Otto, waving at him, Antauri let go of Ichigo and walked over. There was a flash of light and, when it subsided, they saw that Antauri was back to normal too.
He looked over and saw that Ichigo was hugging her brother, warmly, and Ryou was attempting to hug back; although one of his arms was still being stubbornly clung to by Nova. Antauri sweat dropped and hovered over to help.
Soon, everyone was back to normal and they'd explained what had happened yesterday to Ichigo,
"So... was I troublesome?" she asked, looking around at her friends, as she sat in Antauri's lap, everyone 'hmm'ed a bit before answering,
"Yes" said Sprx simply, earning a whack in the arm from Nova. "Hey! What was that for?" he whined, sounding more hurt than usual. She snorted and wrapped her arms around Ryou's arm again,
"For being a jerk" she replied coolly, Sprx facevaulted and growled,
"I'm being a jerk?" he said, incredulously, "what about you, Miss Clingy? You just punched me in the arm for being honest, and then pretended you hadn't done anything wrong!" Nova nuzzled Ryou's arm a little before replying,
"Whatever, Sprx" she mumbled and squeezed Ryou's arm a little tighter, Ryou whimpered quietly in pain. Sprx noticed this and looked back down at Nova, who seemed to the pain she was causing,
"If you don't let go of Ryou's arm, it's gonna drop off from lack of blood" he pointed out, causing Nova to spring off of Ryou's arm. She gazed at it in concern and then looked up at Ryou,
"Are you alright?" she asked, sounding very worried; Ryou nodded quietly and smiled at her concern over him. But, beside them, a red monkey quietly seethed. However, he wasn't quiet for long,
"What the heck? Since when have you been little Miss TLC?" he yelled, standing up and glaring at Nova. She turned and glared back,
"Since now! You got a problem with that?" she asked, standing up as well. Sprx growled and neared her,
"Yeah!" he yelled in her face, Nova scrunched her nose in disgust and narrowed her eyes at him,
"Well, what are you gonna do about it?" she whispered, sounding rather cocky. This only fuelled Sprx's rage and, without thinking, he got out his magnets and charged up an attack.
"This!" he cried, blasting at her. Nova dodged it but, to everyone's horror, the blast hit Ryou who was behind Nova. Everything seemed to slow down as the electricity ran through his body, causing him to scream in pain and faint and several burn marks were visible on him. Nova gasped and Sprx gaped at the injured boy,
"Ryou!" cried Ichigo, shooting over to her brother and looking over his injuries. Everyone, except Nova and Sprx, helped get him to the medical room, where Gibson and Otto worked on healing him. Ichigo came out, crying and distraught, and was being comforted by Antauri and Chiro. They went to Antauri and Ichigo's room. This left Sprx, Nova and Adrianna alone.
"Now look what you've done, you moronic piece of pocket lint!" Nova screamed angrily, she stared at Sprx with fury in her eyes, Sprx snapped awake and stared at her,
"My fault?" he repeated shrilly, "You dumb blonde! If it's anyone's fault, it's yours!" he shouted, pointing at her accusingly. Nova shrieked in anger and pounced on Sprx, punching him furiously,
"Take it back!" she demanded, pounding him in the face and chest "Take it back, you lousy, useless, self-centred, freak of nature!" she screamed, punching him harder and harder. She didn't stop until Adrianna ran forwards and grabbed her arm,
"Nova! Stop!" she begged, Nova looked up at her in aggravation and back down at Sprx, she gasped.
Lying before her was a battered and bloody red monkey; she quickly got off him and checked over him. He wasn't breathing very well and blood and oil seeped out of various places, mixing together. Nova felt physically sick, her legs slipped from under her and she sat down hard on the floor. She felt faint and everything went black.
When Nova woke up; she was in the medical room, lying on one of the beds. She blinked in confusion and then it all came back in a flash. She felt sick with anxiety and quickly sat up and looked around. She spotted Sprx in a corner of the room, various tubes and wires coming off him and going to different machines. But what struck Nova was the worst was the fact that he looked so lifeless, his usually bright eyes were now dull and dead and his fur was much paler too. He didn't move at all, or make those cute little snores that he did when he was asleep. Then a terrible thought struck Nova so hard she stopped breathing for a moment,
'What if he's not asleep? What if...he's...' she felt overcome by emotions and fell to her knees and cried.
Hearing the commotion, Gibson walked in and saw Nova sitting next to Sprx, crying softly. He walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, she looked up at him and buried her face in his fur,
"Oh, Gibson. It's all my fault! I... I..." she cried quietly and Gibson patted her back. He couldn't think of any words of comfort that might help, so he resorted to silently rubbing her back, soothingly.
Eventually, the others came in too and gazed at her, pityingly. Ryou came forwards, many of his burns having been bandaged up, and hugged Nova close. He patted her back and held her, her sobs died away slowly and she looked up at him with sad eyes. He hugged her close and she hugged back,
'This is what I've wanted, yet... it just doesn't feel right. Something's... something's missing' she realised, as she rested her head against Ryou's chest. Everyone gradually departed, leaving them alone. Ryou sat down with Nova in his arms and they sat in silence for a while.
"Doesn't feel right, does it?" he commented softly, cutting the silence sharply by voicing just what she thought,
"No..." she whispered and moved to look up into his eyes. She looked away again, "I'm sorry..." she whispered and let her head fall back on his chest. Ryou leaned back slightly, and Nova could feel that he understood. She looked back at Sprx and slowly reached over to touch his face. She let the other one hold his limp hand whilst she cupped his face,
"You love him, don't you?" Ryou asked quietly, Nova turned to look back at him. He smiled in a warm and understanding way, she felt slightly better and smiled too,
"Yes" she whispered in reply.
"Good!" came a sudden voice behind her, she looked back in shock and saw Sprx grinning at her. Nova felt at a loss for words and just stared, open mouthed, at him. He chuckled quietly and reached up to close her mouth, he let his finger trace her lips and he smiled at her warmly, "about time you admitted it" he murmured.
Nova snapped awake at that and smacked him lightly on the arm,
"And it's about time you toughened up!" she retorted, grinning down at him. He sat up and smiled at her,
"You mean like this?" he asked, before pulling her close and into a passionate kiss. Ryou watched with a warm feeling inside as the two monkeys kissed, but he felt uncomfortable as they started to go further and further. Pretty soon, Ryou decided it was time he left and saw what his sister was up to when Nova and Sprx went much further than he expected.
And, as the two monkeys continued, Sprx paused for a moment; he gazed lovingly into Nova's eyes and stroked her face,
"I love you" he said huskily, before they continued with renewed vigour.
The next day, it was evident to the rest of the team that Nova and Sprx were a couple,
"Ruined!" screeched Gibson, running into the main room with a bed sheet in hand. He thrust it into Sprx's face and pointed to a rather large stain, "look at the mess you two made! And, this sort of stuff doesn't come out easily!" Sprx and Nova looked at each other, blushing, and laughed quietly.
"It's not funny!" Gibson bellowed, a vein throbbing like a madman on his temple; Ryou decided to intervene,
"Just put some flat cola on it and then try scrubbing it. It'll work, trust me!" he said, before returning to his breakfast.
"Oh no, I'm not doing it!" cried Gibson, throwing the soiled sheet at Sprx and Nova, "these two are!" he stormed out, nearly knocking Ichigo over on his way.
Everyone stared at the door in silence for a moment then Ichigo came over and looked at the sheet,
"What is it?" she asked, studying the stain, "Yoghurt?" the reactions were quite spectacular. Ryou snorted out some cornflakes, Adrianna and Antauri fell out of their chairs and Sprx and Nova grabbed the sheet and ran out as fast as they could. Ichigo blinked at the space where the two monkeys and the sheet had been before turning to the remaining three. "What was that about?" she asked, Adrianna shook her head and patted Ichigo on the shoulder, sympathetically,
"Girl, just don't ask!" she replied, before saying her goodbyes and leaving.
Next, Ryou got up, shrugged his bag onto his shoulders, hugged Ichigo, promising to return for a more' toned down' visit and left. But, on his way out, he stopped and leant down to Antauri,
"I'm guessing I shouldn't expect any nephews or nieces anytime soon?" he asked innocently, causing Antauri to choke on his orange juice and have nosebleed. Ryou observed all this in amazement,
'Hmm... Guess not' he mused, before leaving.
And lo, it is done! Hooray, Sprx and Nova are together!
Ichigo: (looking at sheet again) But, what is it?
WF: (sweat drops) Never mind. Oh, and people? Should I add chapters to this story or just make whole new shiny one?