Remember, it's all fun and games until someone says 'hey, wanna play something else?'

Don't even try to find the meaning in that statement. I don't even know what it means.

The following saga is an extreme dramatizing of a true story that happened to us one fine day about a week ago, staring Mom, Dad, our cat, our dog, and an unknown mouse named Mousykins.

Actually, I planed this chapter for a while know. The fact that an actual incident relating to it happened amuses me. See the end of the chapter for all the details.

IT'S REVIEW TIME!

Funky Egyptian

Indeed! Half the fun of manga is staring at good looking boys (So claims my friend Aii-chan).

Hooray for wonderful randomness! And let me tell you, the next chapter is going to be so random, that it is completely off the wall scary, even for me, and I am the writer! Anyway, glad you came back, and thanks for being the first to review this time around!

Cute lil Yami

Well, I figured it would be nice to throw Tristan in somewhere :-). And I'm glad you like all the characters I think up. No matter how weird they are.

SUGAR! Yay! Thank you! I love food! Oh yeah, and thanks for reminding me, I think the Spanish thing was supposed to be tendras silencio, not haras silencio. Or maybe I'm wrong. I'll be honest, I'm still learning the Spanish language. SOY LOCO (glomps herself). Thank you for the help offer! I may need it somewhere in the future.

The review didn't cut itself in half! Yay! And Ryo's back! Yay! I hope you like this chapter too!

Dark Princess Saz

There's nothing funnier than angry minor characters and people who abuse and exploit the language barrier.

Boy, I don't know what an open day is, but it sure sounds boring! Almost as boring as REVIEW WEEK! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Sorry…freaking out…the end of school draws near, and these things happen. Plus I miss Yami…

Well, I hope I made your day less boring. This will certainly liven it up.

Mizz-Serenity-Wheeler

Hiya! How is One Piece anyway? It kinda looked good, and I thought about buying it…assuming I'll stop buying all those Fruits Basket novels

Of all my evil villains, Tristan is the scariest. I can't help it. He just is.

Thank you for another totally nice review! I do believe you will enjoy this chapter to…mer her her…

Gothangelmyu

Yee! You're so nice!

Ah yes, the weird accent thing. I only made Tristan fake an accent because I think that all shadowy evil villains come with a freaky accent, and also to make it more hilarious when you found out it was actually him. Clever no?

FEAR NOT MY FRIEND! For if you go online, no matter where you go, someone, somewhere will be selling manga. Whether it's stolen or not is up in the air. I wish I be more of a help.

SEE YOU! ENJOY THE CHAPPIE!

Tristan'soneandonlyfangirl

I knew one existed!

I sort of feel out for any character who's shoved away because they are not a good duelist. It makes me sad…so Tristan was so much fun to do in this chapter!

Hope you like this chapter just as well!

Serenity-yugioh-fan05

Wow, a new story? Awesome! I can't wait!

Seeya as well! Keep at it!

Mokuba's Official Glomper

DANGIT! AOL parental protection won't let me on live journal. ARGH! (Glomps Computer)

Yay! Thanks for taking the time to give me randomness! I LOVE RANDOMNESS! And I got my very own dubber box. Merr…imagine all the terrible things I can do now (evil laughs).

Chimp boy and I both thank you. And I hope you like the scaryness, randomness, and out of characterness of this chappie as well!

ShadowFire2

Yay! I can't help it. For some reason, I always torture my favorite characters!

Serenity, Joey, Ryo, and Seto form the ultimate group of my favorite characters, and I am probably going to do a lot more stories staring them. I've got lots of ideas…oh! And I saw some of your stories, and they looked really good, so I think I'll check them out when I'm done! So thanks and come back soon!

Hypolitian Warrior

I'm glad to see your in such a good mood! One always feels like that when evil homework is done!

Boy, everyone's got something to say about Tristan this chapter!

Thank you for the review, plushie, candy, and manga. ENJOY THIS CHAPTER OR ELSE…I kid!

Inuyoukai-san

Well, I'm kind of unfamiliar with the sight too, but I think all you need to do is when I update again, when you review me, put a check next to the 'favorites' option, and I'll be added to your favorites. What does 'Story Alert' do anyway!

Aw…don't feel guilty! This is a crazy chapter, it's not supposed to make people feel guilty! Hope my info works for you, and I hope you stop by again.

Onto the craziness!

CHAPTER TWENTY

If I Only Had the Origin of Butt Man and Ghost Boy

There are many joys that come with traveling on the open road. The thrill of a new adventure, the beauty of untamed and unseen lands, the riches of experience, and all the rich treasures and riveting stories one brings home. However, there are many downsides to traveling on the open road. One was the one our heroes just discovered.

"So where are we going to sleep tonight?" Serenity asked, walking with her three misguided travel companions on the Yellow Brick Road that lead through the sea city.

"I gots an idea!" Joey said.

"I wondered if it would ever happen to him," Seto said.

"WE CAN SLEEP IN THE ROAD!" Joey said, suddenly falling down in the road and falling asleep, contently sucking his thumb in a fetal position.

"Uh…huh…" Serenity said.

"Serenity! We can't just sleep on the road!" Ryo said with concern. "This is a sea city! There are robbers, and drunks, and vagrants, and rough pirates, and…oh horrors…GIRL SCOUTS!"

"Not to mention you look completely stupid when you do," Seto said, watching Joey twitch and suck his thumb.

"Well, this is a city, right?" Serenity said. "That means there has got to be inns or something around here for one night travelers to stay in."

"HOORAY!" Ryo cried with joy. "We don't need to sleep in the road!"

"Can we leave Joey?" Seto asked hopefully.

"Seto…" Serenity said.

---ooo---

"Well, I suppose this is as good a place as any," Serenity said, as she and the others stood outside of a small but clean looking in with a small cobbled path leading up to the door, and a gravel driveway for cars, that had a small sign swinging from a rusty holder that said 'The Periwinkle Inn'.

"'The Periwinkle Inn'?" Seto asked. "Yech, I think I'm going to vomit."

"Oh come on!" Ryo said, walking up the road with the others. "It's so cute!"

"Duh…dirt!" Joey said, pointing to the ground.

"Many people think Joey's cute, and I don't even want to stand within a mile radius of him," Seto said with scorn.

Serenity opened the door, painted a creamy white with soft blue trim, and as she did, she found she would walk into a room that consisted entirely of very cool pastel colors, adding to the very charming quality of the inn. The ceiling was creamy white, the carpet was pastel green, and the walls consisted of a wallpaper that consisted of, you guessed it, periwinkles on a creamy white background with pastel green leaves tingled here and there through it. Even the receptionist was wearing an uniform consisting of a white shirt, a blue and white checked apron, a pastel thigh-length purple skirt, and a slightly darker blue ribbon tied in a bow tie under the shirt color. She also had a blue hair ribbon tied up in her odd colored hair in a shade of gray-brown.

"Hello," she said. "My name is Kami. May I help you?"

"OHMYGOSH!" Serenity cried. "That outfit is so cute!"

"Adorable!" Ryo cried. "Everything matches!"

"Kill me, just kill me," Seto said, slapping his forehead.

"Why thank you!" she said politely.

"May we please just have two rooms for the night?" Serenity asked. "We'll be on our way tomorrow. We-"

"Hooooo no!" Seto said dangerously. "I am not, and I repeat, NOT going to spend another night sharing a room with the idiot two!"

"If you don't like it, you can sleep on the roof," Serenity said.

"Yeah, that'll probably cost me extra," Seto said.

"Actually, the roof is free," said Kami sweetly. "For five dollars, we'll even give you a pillow and blanket."

"Oddly, that's tempting…" Seto said.

"Okay, two rooms, and a roof please," Serenity said. "Just for one night though."

"That will only cost you thirty-five dollars," said Kami politly.

"Seto…" Ryo and Serenity said, both trying to look cute.

"Oh no," Seto said. "Go find someone else to mooch off!"

"I…I think there's something you should know…" Kami said.

"Okay, how much money do you have," Serenity said, digging into her pockets.

"I have thirty seven…no wait, forty cents," Ryo said.

"I only have three dollars," Serenity said sadly.

"I really think there's something you should know…" Kami said.

"Ha!" Joey said, dumping out the contents of his pocket. "Lucky for you, I have received great wealth from the riches of spoils of traveling!"

"Uh, Joey," said Serenity, picking up the random objects on the floor, "this is a bi-colored rock, a pinecone, two paper clips, and a leave in the shape of Ryo's head."

"Wow, it is!" Ryo said in shock.

"Really, this is important!" Kami said.

"Excuse me," Serenity said, grabbing Seto by the sleeve and dragging him into the hallway, out of the other's sight. There was silence for a moment, then Seto's horrified scream, followed by him running into the room away from Serenity as fast as he could.

"TAKEITTAKEITTAKEITTAKEIT!" he screamed, holding out his opened up wallet.

"Oh my gosh!" Ryo cried, pulling out the money. "He has twenty-thousand dollars worth of unmarked bills here! And…are these Pokemon cards?"

"HI SERENITY!" Joey screamed as Serenity walked back into the room.

"Serenity!" Ryo cried. "What did you do to him?"

"I said verse ninety-seven of the incredibly dark verse of wisdom that makes any mortal man faint instantly," Serenity said.

"There are ninety-seven verses?" Ryo asked.

"Actually, about two thousand and forty eight," said Serenity. "Not counting all seventy verses of refrains and codas…"

"M-make it stop…" Seto said, cowering in a corner, clutching his knees.

"Can I please talk now?" cried Kami, trying to sound firm and polite at the same time.

"Oh…sorry…" Serenity said. "What's up?"

"I'm afraid you may be spending more time in this town than you think," said Kami. "You see, you say you plan to leave tomorrow…but you can't…"

"Pardon?" Ryo asked, confused.

"Well…it's a very long story to be honest…" Kami said sadly, looking at her watch. "My shift's almost over. Would you like some dinner? My treat."

"You'll regret those words…" Serenity said, as Joey began to chew on the postcard rack.

---ooo---

A HALF HOUR LATTER! WoOoOoO!

"Thank you so much for dinner Kami!" said Ryo sweetly, putting down the glass of milk he just drank.

"Yes, thank you," said Serenity, patting her lips with her napkin.

"Yeah, okay," Seto said, after barely eating anything.

Joey expressed his gratitude by tearing into plate after plate of food ranging from spaghetti to pizza, TN casserole to Mac and Cheese, and at least nine kinds of desert, mostly consisting of food resembling pie, ice cream, and caramel.

"Now about that 'we may be stuck here longer than we thought comment'," Seto said, not very good at small talk as you might have guessed.

"Well, as you might have guessed, there was a time when you could have come and left the town as you pleased," she said politely, not eating much either to make sure she could fit in her uniform. "It was actually not that long ago. We were led by a wise leader, called the Head, who was just and fair. However, we only had one minor problem…the mice-"

Suddenly, Seto's fork shot ten feet into the air and buried itself in the ceiling, spidery cracks scrawling forth from place of impact.

Everyone turned to Seto.

"What?" he asked, sweat dropping.

"Uh…okay," said Kami. "Anyway, these horrible creatures always infested our town. Some scientists were experimenting in ways to create a certain kind of chemical to be sprayed at the mice that would cause them to transform from disease carrying rodents to harmless birds. However, due to a failure in the experiment, the mice did not transform into harmless birds. They turned to a gargantuan size, and their fur turned mottled green, and then they developed complex system of thought. Even worse, soon, they completely took over the town."

Seto was shuddering and shrinking in his chair.

"They threw out the head, they declaired themselves rulers, and they rule our town in a wicked dictatorship," said Kami. "They've set up laws that force whoever comes into this town to not be allowed to leave. You will be forced to work in the economy system, no matter who you are or how old you are. Your jobs are chosen for you. Small bands of rebels have tried to overthrow them, but all have failed…"

"SO THOSE DIRTY VERMIN STILL INFEST THIS TOWN?" Seto screamed in a combination of rage and fear. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy, which is a reasonable conclusion to make when Seto's eyes start twitching uncontrollably.

"Uh…yes…" Kami said.

"They could be here as we speak!" Seto screamed in fear. "AAAAAAAAHHH!"

With that, he ran out of the restaurant part of the inn as fast as he could.

"I'm going to go out on a crazy thought, but I think Seto's afraid of mice," Serenity said. "Perfect, trapped in a town where the most insane-"

Joey started singing 'Somewhere Only We Know'.

"-second most insane member of this group's worst fear as a supreme evil dictator…great, just great…"

"It's okay Serenity!" Ryo said, ever the cheerful optimist. "We'll find a way out of this! We always do!"

"Dear, innocent Ryo," Serenity sighed. "Oh well. Joey, no matter what sick and twisted thoughts run through your head, don't you dare go out into the darkened streets tonight. GOT IT?"

What Joey Hears: Blah Blah. Joey, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah run blah through blah blab blah, blah blab blah blah blah blah blah darkened streets tonight. BLAH BLAH?

"Okay Serenity!" Joey said, saluting.

"Good, I'm glad we're all clear," Serenity said. "Well, we won't be able to solve anything without some good quality bed rest. Come on Joey, Ryo. Oh, and Ryo? Go make sure Seto isn't doing anything stupid."

"Okay!" Ryo said, turning off to find Seto as Serenity went to bed, and Joey went off to run through the darkened streets at night.

---ooo---

"Wow…" Joey said, walking through the streets with very few street lights, causing Joey to walk in and out of areas of adequately lit terrain. "Darkened streets sure are dark! Maybe I should go home…"

Joey suddenly stopped.

"I'M HUNGRY!" screamed Joey, running through the street as fast as his legs could carry him. As usual, his life was ruled by senselessness and randomness, so it makes sense that the first random sign he saw he tried to read…and of course, he can't read.

"Uh…hmm…" he said, trying to decipher the odd writing on the sign outside of what looked like an abandoned laboratory. It read thus: Warning, Biohazard, Do Not Pass.

"THAT MUST BE THE GROCERY STORE!" Joey screamed running straight through the iron chain-link fence, and skipping happily through the field of empty toxic waste barrels littering the ground. However, soon a disastrous event would take place in this very field that would alter the course of Joey's life forever.

There was a barrel that sparkled in the dim light of the streets, and almost glowed in it. It was half full (or half empty if you're a pessimist) with a disgusting green liquid that to any normal human mind would look incredibly radioactive. Of course, Joey doesn't possess a normal human mind.

"KOOL-AIDE!" he screamed, diving his head into the radioactive goop, slurping it all down in one slurp.

Suddenly, Joey felt all woosey, spinning around dizzily as the effects of the drink began to sink in. Unable to hold himself in an upright position any longer, he fell on the ground on rubber legs, and felt his body writhing and transforming, his limbs reshaping, he felt himself reshape himself before his very eyes.

When everything finally stopped to find out…he had huge bulging muscles.

Naturally, it took him three second for him to process this thought.

"STILL HUNGARY!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. "Aw man, what am I going to eat?"

Then, he looked into the street to find a small moldy hot dog that was under a huge tractor trailer parked near the road.

"FOOD!" he said, one handedly throwing the entire tractor trailer over his head like it was nothing. As the tractor trailer landed with a huge crash of shattering glass and metal about forty feet away, Joey sat happily munching his moldy hot dog.

"Wait a minute…" Joey said. "Something's not right…THERE'S NO KETCHUP ON THIS HOT DOG?"

Since I am getting bored of how clueless Joey is, a huge gust of wind blew out of nowhere, causing an old comic book to blow into right onto Joey's face.

"AAAAH!" Joey screamed. "I'VE GONE BLIND! BLIND! BLIN…da…"

The comic book slipped down, showing a particular page of an overly muscular guy wearing a cape, a leotard, colored undies, and a pair of booties.

"Wait a minute…" Joey said, trying to think again, "this guy has huge muscles…and I have huge muscles…so that means that I can be…a…USED CAR SALESMAN!"

Super hero, dummy.

"Oh, yeah, A SUPER HERO!" Joey said. "This is perfect! I can be a super hero, I can stop the meanie mice people, and then we can go see the Wizard of Cuz! Awesome! Serenity will be so happy! Hey, wait…"

The wind blew again, turning the page, to show the super hero person turning back to a mild-mannered alter ego, wearing a business suit.

"Of course!" Joey said. "I have to disguise myself so no one knows I'm a super hero! Because…I don't know, BUT STILL!"

So Joey tried to think of a super cool name to call himself. He tried to think of a ton of cool names, like Blasto Boy, Superly Awesome Man, Super Man Man…

"I'VE GOT IT!" Joey said. "I shall be…BUTT MAN!"

Uh…so anyway, Joey, using his newly discovered power of flight, flew to the nearest WalMart Super Center and purchased himself a towel which he turned into a cape, a pair of baby booties, which tore when he put his feet in them, showing his socks, and he just wore a pair of underwear outside his jeans. Oh yeah, he also purchased a mask around his eyes.

"Ladies dig the black mask," Joey said, walking home from WalMart Super Center, flipping through the comic book. "It looks like I have everything I need…hold the phone…"

He turned to another page in the comic book, showing the super hero person with a boy sidekick, both kicking bad guys butts.

"Of course!" Joey said. "I need a young boy ward to be my sidekick, and help me kick some evil butt! But who can I find to be my sidekick? Who? I need someone who's fearless…I need someone who's tough…I need someone who screams at the top of his lungs on a roof, and is not afraid to throw large, heavy objects at pedestrians without a shirt on!"

"YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK OF YER STINKIN' PLOY?" screamed Seto's voice from the top of the roof. "I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I THINK OF YER STINKIN' PLOY!"

"Oh my God!" screamed a couple of random pedestrians, running away as various large appliances were being hurled at them off the roof.

"Seto, for the last time, those weren't mice people!" Ryo cried up to the rooftop. "Please stop screaming on the roof and throwing large, heavy objects at random pedestrians! AND FOR MERCY SAKES, PUT YOUR SHIRT BACK ON!"

"OF COURSE!" Joey said, arriving at the scene. "Hey Ryo, wanna be my sidekick?"

"Okay!" Ryo said cheerfully, as a semi-badly aimed bathtub just missed both of them from the roof.

Thankfully, there were plenty of towels at the inn to make a super hero cape for Ryo, and Joey had bought a spare mask. However, despite tradition, Ryo refused to put on a pair of underwear outside of his pants. That just seemed undignified.

"Now we gotta name you," Joey AKA Butt Man said. "How about…BUTT MAN JUNIOR!"

"Who's Butt Man Senior?" Ryo asked.

"I am!" Joey said.

"Uh…why did you call yourself 'Butt Man'?" Ryo asked.

"Cause I gots a butt," Joey said.

"…yeah…" Ryo replied.

"Oh, I got it!" said Joey. "You gots white skin…and white hair…you're kinda skiney…you look just like a ghost…WE'LL CALL YOU SHEET BOY!"

"Can't I just be called Ryo?" Ryo asked.

"Nope," Joey said.

"Well, why not?" Ryo asked.

"Cuz," Joey said.

"Okay…" Ryo said. "Well, as much as I find the term 'sheet man' very creative, it's not really fear instilling. I mean, it doesn't really seem…heroic. How about GHOST BOY!"

"Naw, that's stupid!" Joey said. "Let's call you Ghost Boy!"

"OKAY!" Ryo said cheerfully.

So began the awesome adventures of Butt Man and Ghost Boy! Together they shall fight for truth, justice, and to end the terrible reign of the wicked mice people and their supreme dictatorship over the lands of the good people of the sea city. Unfortunately, another one favorite psychos plans to rid the town of the mousy menaces, but his methods are much more…well, see for yourself.

---ooo---

"My gosh," Serenity said, rubbing her eyes as she walked along the hallways of the Periwinkle Inn. "It's midnight, and Ryo and Joey just went to bed. I really don't feel comfortable with Joey running around unsupervised…darn, I just sounded like his Mom. But still, he could get in trouble…like any other time…"

Serenity sighed.

And why am I talking to myself? she asked herself. I mean really. I guess I just get worried about these people sometimes. I mean just look at all the trouble they've gotten themselves into already-hold the phone.

She stopped in her tracks to see something lying on the floor. It was a shirt. Seto's shirt.

"Uh oh," she said, picking it up. "This is a bad thing on so many lev-AAAAAAAHHH!"

Serenity accidentally sprung some sort of trap, and she was pulled up to the ceiling in a huge net in confusion trying to fight her way out, but it was sealed tight, so there was nothing that she could do.

"HA!" Seto screamed, pulling out a very dangerous plastic knife. "I knew I'd catch a dirty, stinkin' mouse person with the trap!"

"Seto you moron!" Serenity screamed. "Do I look like a mouse person to you!"

Seto stared at her for a minute.

"SETO!" she yelled.

"I can't believe you…" he said. "You've gone to the other side!"

"And you've gone over the deep end!" said Serenity. "I DON'T WORK FOR THE MICE PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW ANY MICE PEOPLE, AND IF YOU LET ME DOWN THIS SECOND THEY MAY FIND YOU'RE REMAINS!"

"A likely story!" Seto said, raising up the knife. "PREPARE TO-"

"Goodness, I didn't realize we'd have people up so late!" Kami said, carrying a tray through the hallway. "I would have made more midnight snacks! Would any of you like a finger sandwich?"

"No thank you Kami," both said politely, Serenity still trapped in the net, and Seto still threatening her with the plastic knife.

"Well, I won't keep you then," said Kami. "Good night Serenity, good night Seto."

"Night Kami!" Serenity said.

"G'night," Seto said over his shoulder. "Now, where was I? Um…something…okay, you were threatening me, and, oh yes! I was about to threaten you. PREPARE TO SUFFER A HORRIFIC DEATH!"

"You do realize that you're threatening me with a plastic butter knife, correct?" Serenity said.

"SHADDAP!" Seto said. "You'd be surprised on what I can turn into a dangerous weapon!"

"What's wrong with you?" Serenity said. "Why are you so scared of mice?"

"Well…you see Serenity…when I was four…I was brutally mauled by a field mouse!" Seto yelled.

Silence.

"You really have some issues, don't you Seto?" she asked.

"Is that the point? NO!" Seto said. "What is the point is that you're either working for the mice people, or you're disguised as Serenity! Either way, you're going to suffer the horror which can only be described as…A PLASTIC BUTTER KNIFE! DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!"

Serenity managed to get one foot loose out of the net, slamming her platformed heel right into his face, making him drop the butter knife.

"Mkay" his muffled voice said. "Yrr Srinity."

"Thank you," Serenity said, after a little finger work, managed to undo a knot in the net causing the whole thing to collapse, and causing her to fall to the floor with a thud.

"I feel I can willingly accept that you are Serenity," Seto said. "However, to make absolutely sure nothing is amiss, I'm going to have to frisk you."

A little anger mark appeared on Serenity's forehead.

"Very clever Seto," Serenity said, grabbing his throat. "Let me respond to said comment in the following way…"

---ooo---

"Oh, I can't sleep at all!" Ryo said, wandering off from his room to get a drink of water. "I can't believe it! Tomorrow, I'll be out fighting crime, and finally showing the world that I, Ryo Bakura, can kick some toucas as Ghost-oh, hi Seto!"

"Mff…mice people…" Seto muttered, heading back to the roof.

"My goodness! That's the most horrible black eye I've ever seen!"

"Shut up."

"And your arms twisted at a very odd angle."

"Shut up!"

"Is that a limp?"

"SHUT UP!"

---ooo---

The following is based on a true story of an even that took place in this household only about two weeks ago. No injuries were recorded, and even though this authoress herself didn't witness it, she has gathered enough information to understand the basic story, and filling the rest with artistic license.

Anyway, I know present, the Shrilanka-San family affair…

---ooo---

Cat: Mrow purr rurr (bats at cabinet).

Mom: Kitty fluff, for the last time, stay of that counter! (pulls cat off)

Cat: Rohw (hops up on counter and bats at cabinet again)

Mom: There-is-nothing-there!

(mouse falls out of space between the cabinet and the wall about a minute latter)

Mouse: Squeek! (runs along counter)

Mom: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

Dad: (running in) Whatisit? Whatisit? Whatisist?

Mom: (screaming and crying at the same time) MOUSE! WHERE'S THE CAT?

Dad: Upstairs I think.

Mom: WELLGETHEREDOWNHEREFAAAAAAAAAAAAAST!

Dad: (picking up a lock) Hang on, I'll get it! (tries to swat the mouse, who is currently running all over the place out of his reach)

Mouse: Squeek! (runs up the stairs)

Mom: IT'SGETTINGAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

(mouse gets thrown down the stairs by Cat, who then tries to pounce on it)

LATTER…

Mom: Oh, I hate when they keep it alive just so they can play with it!

(Mouse and Cat are playing cards)

Mouse: Squeek! (Do you have any fives?)

Cat: Murow. (Go Fish).

Mouse: Squeek! (runs behind refrigerator)

(Cat and Dog wait around the refrigerator for something to happen)

Dad: We should go to bed.

Mom: I…I won't sleep tonight…

Four AM in Mom and Dad's room…

Mom: (Thinking) This is so bad. This is very, very bad. What if the cat catches the mouse, and she comes up here and…throws it on the bed? Oh no. Oh no oh no OHNO! Please don't come up here Cat. Please don't. Please don't-

Cat: (From floor) Murr rurr row.

Mom: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Morning…

Me: Good morning Mom!

Mom: Sh-Shri, could you go downstairs to see if the mouse is down there?

Me: Huh?

Mom: It's a long story. Could you just check please?

Me: Your paranoid fear of mice scares me at times. (looks downstairs) Huh, what do you know? There's a dead mouse down here covered in cat spit.

Mom: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!

Dad: (sighing) My life in a nutshell.

Latter, by the bathroom window upstairs…

Me: You scare me Mom.

Mom: (seeing Dad walk from the backyard from disposing of the mouse, opening the window) MY HERO!

Shri: You watch BBC World News, you watch 'House', and you're scared of mice. Sad Mom. Sad.

---ooo---

As you could have guessed, our cat and Dad were hailed as heroes for the next couple of days, not to mention Grandma laughed at mom, saying that when she (grandma) was a kid, she carried mice around in her pocket as pets.

Oh well! Thought it was kind of an amusing story. Now, what up next time in The Wizard of Cuz!

---ooo---

"THE BUTT CAVE! Equiped the Butt Plasma TV!" said Joey dramatically, pointing to a round table with a huge 'BM' in the middle and a tiny 'GB' not far bellow it, right next to a huge, movie theater like television screen.

"Oh Boy! I bet 'Sesame Street' is on!" said Joey, turning on the TV.

"But, isn't this supposed to be where we get our mission briefing?" Ryo asked.

Suddenly, the plasma screen of the TV burst into static, and then a elderly gentleman in a admiral-y kind of uniform appeared on it, smoking a pipe.

"Butt Man," said the Chief. "We need your help immediately!"

"If you didn't need our help, you wouldn't have called!" Ryo said cheerfully.

"Who are you?" the Chief asked.

"MY YOUNG WARD!" Joey said. "Now, what is it Chief?"

---ooo---

May you have a mouse free evening. Good night until next Friday!