"Going Nowhere...Except Crazy"

Ryou had called the mews for a meeting.

"Guess what you guys!" he said in a strange tone, "your going to THE AMAZON!"

Everyone kind of stared for a second, not really sure what to think.

"We're what? Why?" asked Mint.

"An all-expense-paid trip to the rainforest!" he replied, peppily. (Is that a word?)

"Oh I've heard of those. You win, go on a free trip, and somewhere, somehow, somebody either gets a strange disease or waffles." Zakuro mumbled.

"WAFFLES? When do we leave?" Pudding exclaimed, jumping up and down.

"Waffles? That's not a bad thing." Lettuce said.

"BURNT waffles!" Zakuro said creepily. The mews gasped.

Pudding started to cry, "I had my hopes sniff up too,"

"There there, it'll be alright," said Ichigo, patting Pudding's back.

"Now girls, settle down," Ryou smiled, "There's a catch,"

"Well duh," groaned Zakuro, "It's free. What do you expect?"

Everyone quieted down to listen. Ryou began to speak.

"Ok here's the story. I was working in my office on some new foreign-ads, to boost business ya know, when all of a suddenly toasters smashed through the window and onto my work. I didn't really know what to think until the toasters, which had wings for some reason, sucked up my papers and started to fly away. The only clue they left was a fortune-cookie slip that read 'The Amazon darkens at night. That's where you live, dummy.' I traced the slip to Brazil, but got nothing from there." He blinked.

"Oh, so thats it? You want us to go to the mosquito-ridden rainforest in the wet season to FIND YOUR STUPID ADVERTISEMENTS?" Zakuro exploded.

"Pretty much. Yep, that sounds right. But its freee-eee," he mentioned sing-songily.

"Then I'm in!" Pudding piped up.

"Me too," the rest of the mews (except Zakuro) agreed.

Zakuro sighed. "Well I guess I don't have a choice, now do I? I heard they have good coffee down there at least."

"WOAH!" Keiichiro, who had just walked in, gasped. "Did I just hear Zakuro be optimistic?"

"Oh shut up." she snapped back.

"Don't drink too much caffiene. Or you'll end up like Pudding on a single gum drop. Crrraazzzyyy. And bring some exotic stuff back for this place. Always wear bug spray. Watch out for jaguars. Adios! Good-bye!" Keiichiro gave them advice at a mile a minute.

"So when do we leave?" Lettuce asked.

Ryou looked at his watch. "You have exactly 2 minutes and 43 seconds before the plane leaves. And if you don't catch that plane, there goes your jobs too."

The mews ran out, punching him as they ran went past. "Ow," he rubbed his arm. "Why does this always happen to me? Oh and since their gone, guess who gets to do all the waitressing?" he turned to Keiichiro.

Keiichiro punched him and ran out.