Disclaimer: Still don't own this stuff.

A/N:I'm making a few changes to every chapter, especially when it comes to the author's notes and all that. Because it was annoying me. Because I was such a noob when I wrote this.

Now, then… On with the story!

Cruddy Diary!

Chapter 2

June 25th

Okay… I woke up yesterday. And I regretted writing in this thing… I felt stupid, felt like there was some stupid girly thing that was taking control over me! I read through all I'd written again, suddenly wanting to throw this cruddy book in the trash! It took me a day to realize that it's not really that stupid. Or girly! Many guys write stuff like this! Or at least I think so… Well, I saw this TV show once where this guy had a diary, or a journal, as he called it. He wrote in it a lot. And one day, his roommate busted him by finding it and reading it. It was so funny! But that guy was not gay! Well, I've hear about more guys that keeps a journal/diary. Besides, it's supposed to be very good for you!

The only thing I now regret writing about is the part about Kuki… But I won't rip out the page… I'll just leave it there for now.

Today was so incredibly boring! (I'm not talking about what happened later, though, when it was getting late). We had no missions, other than going to the candy store to buy some candy and stuff. But that's not really a mission. We didn't get to kick some teenage-butt! So I consider it as quite boring, leaving out the fact that I LOVE the candy store. Oh, the yummy candy in all its glory, just waiting for us to bag it up and bring it with us home!

I was filling up my bag with candy when Hoagie came over.

"Hey, I bet I can get more candy with me than you can!" he dared.

"You're so on, pilot-boy!" I exclaimed, stuffing my bag in a quicker tempo.

"Please, guys!" Numbuh 5 said to us, sounding a bit angry. "No more stupid contests!"

"Numbuh 5's right, you two," Numbuh 1 agreed. "We seriously don't need that much candy."

Yes, that made me grumpy! What, like you couldn't guess? Jeez, what joy kills! Oh, well. At least I've got candy! I'll just dare Hoagie to another contest later, something I'm sure I'll win. Maybe not a contest related to something you can eat… I seriously need to gain some weight first, then. And I'm not exactly planning to grow in that direction!

We walked back home from the candy store a few minutes later. Something happened, something I didn't like..!

Numbuh 3 was skipping alongside me. She was eating a big chocolate bar. Then she suddenly asked me; "Hey, Numbuh 4? Wanna watch a movie later?"

"Which one?" I asked, stuffing a handful of chewy pellets in my mouth.

"I don't know yet," she replied, grinning. "We could watch my newest Rainbow Monkey movie – The Rainbow Monkeys Big and Soopuh Valentine's Day! It's so cute! And they all love each other!"

My eye twitched as I stared at her with a look that pretty much answered the question! NO CRUDDY WAY, YOU GIRLY FREAK!

But… she didn't understand that, obviously… She was all like: "Well, wanna watch it or not?" She was still grinning.

"No, of course I don't!" I yelled angrily.

"Well, sorry, then, Mr. Grumpypants!" she replied in an irritated, yet disappointed voice, and closed her eyes superiorly, raising her head. "It was just a question." The she looked back at me. "Wanna watch something else, then?"

She's really cute when she neglects our previous arguments like that.

Okay, here's the bad part!

Numbuh 2 had been overhearing the conversation (how could he NOT have?). He suddenly turned around to look at us. And then he was all like: "Why don't you two watch something romantic, like Titanic?" He wiggled his eyebrows at us a couple of times, grinning.

"Titanic's not romantic, you moron!" I snapped. "It's weird! And old!"

"Oh, can't we watch something romantic, Wally?" Kuki pleaded. "Pleeeease, pleeeease, pleeease?" She folded her hands and looked at me with two big cute eyes. Think you know what I'm talking about… You think I actually could say 'no' to that?

"No…" I muttered with an irritated voice, lowering my eyes. Hah! Didn't see that coming, did ya? I know I sometimes can't resist her when she does that. But I've actually gotten better at it!

"Oh, please, Wally!" she continued, looking even cuter (or was it just me..?). "Pretty-please?"

Gah! "Alright, already!" I shouted. "I'll watch a cruddy movie with you! Happy now?" So much for my getting-better-at-it thing! She's impossible, and she won't take 'no' for an answer. If I'd kept saying 'no' to her, she would have bugged me the rest of the freaking night!

"Yay!" she exclaimed happily. "I'll pick one as soon as we get home!"

At least I made her happy, right? Right… Bah, who am I kidding? I'm weak! Okay, focus, Wally! Must stay strong! Don't let her get to you! She's just a girl. A girl I happen to be in love with…

Ouch, I just cut my tongue on a piece of candy! It had this air bubble in it and it cracked. The edges are really sharp. Hmm, I'm bleeding a little, too. Stupid candy! How can something so sweet be evil?

Well, on to Kuki's choice of movie. She wanted us to watch How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. I didn't even know she had it! A voice in my head told me to get out of there…

'Run away, Wally! Run as fast as you can!'

Truth is I stayed there with her through the entire movie. It was quite boring to me, but she seemed to really enjoy it.

Okay, a weird thing happened! Kuki and I were sitting pretty close. For some reason, I like being that close to her. And all the sudden, Kuki just grabbed my hand and held it tightly throughout the rest of the movie. My hand got really clammy after a while, though. First of all because it made me nervous! Second, because it was getting kind of warm… It happens, you know.

The movie ended, and I carefully let go of her hand.

She kept talking about the movie for a few minutes. "Wasn't it just the greatest?"

"Well… I thought it was kinda like a cliché or whatever they call it," I replied. "But, you know…" Alright, I have to admit it, it was fine. But it was a girly movie! Guys aren't supposed to find that kind of stuff amusing.

"I still think it's great!" Kuki exclaimed happily.

Is it just me, or am I actually starting to like her better now..? Argh!

Well, I should get some sleep. Quite tired actually.

Wally

…

June 26th

I spent the first few hours playing video games alone, 'cause nobody wanted to join me… Not fair, I always play with them! Oh, well, at least I beat my own records in Street Fighter! I got to M. Bison without dying once! Hah! I settled with that score, and left the TV room for a while. I went to check what everybody else was up to.

Da Almighty Pizza Muncher was in his room, doing some work on a new weapon. He was kinda upset. It wouldn't work as planned.

"I don't know what I'm doing wrong," he muttered as I walked over to him by his work desk.

"Maybe you're just not in the zone right now?" I replied. "Wanna go do something else?"

"Sorry, dude," he said with a frown. "But Numbuh 1 told me to get this done. I was supposed to have it ready a long time ago, so I'm way behind schedule. I'm making it more powerful than my last weapons."

"Wow!" I exclaimed with a grin. "Can I use it when you finish it?"

"If it's good enough, I'll make one for everyone," he replied and smiled. "This is just the prototype, but if I ever get it done, you can be the one to test it in battle."

"Sweet!" I'm the coolest! I get to test the new stuff! I kinda wanted to fill this in. This was a really cool conversation, or at least to me. Because I get to use the new weapon first! So I'm not only gonna kick butt the next time we're out there, I'm gonna… Kick their butts..? Yeah, I'll kick their butts so bad that they'll fly off the face of the earth! And if they fall back down again, I'll kick their sorry butts once more! Mwhahaha!

Right, so I had to leave Hoagie alone. I left and went all the way to the kitchen to get something to eat for lunch. I was very cranky to find out there was barely any food left in there! Nothing I could make anyway… I'm not much of a cook. I tried to heat a chicken in the microwave once. Put the heat up to max. My thought: The stronger the heat, the sooner the food gets done. Right?

Wrong! The stronger the heat, the sooner you'll have your kitchen smeared in with chicken!

Numbuh 1 got very angry with me and told me to never EVER make another meal in our kitchen. Numbuh 5 called me an idiot, Numbuh 2 came up with a cheesy joke I can't seem to remember, and Numbuh 3 laughed. In fact, they all laughed, except for Numbuh 1.

I spent the rest of that day cleaning up every inch of the kitchen. The microwave was pretty messed up after that big 'boom'. I swore to myself never to make another meal like that again.

I left the kitchen, my stomach rumbling. I went to Numbuh 1's room to tell him that we had to go shopping for groceries again, but I hesitated outside his door. He hates to be disturbed. I can see why. Or actually, I'm not so sure if I can… What is it that this guy is trying to hide in his room, then?

At least I knocked on his door, and he came out.

"Numbuh 1 – the kitchen is out of food," I told him, waving my arms. "I'm starving!"

"Then go shopping," he replied. He slid his hand into the pocket of his khaki shorts and fished out the Kids Next Door Credit Card. "Here," he said, handing the card to me. "I'm quite busy, Numbuh 2's working on new weaponry, and Numbuh 5's not here for the moment. Take Numbuh 3 with you and buy some food. But not only junk food and potato chips, please, Numbuh 4. I'm leaving the card in your hands because I trust you on that. Okay?"

I glanced at the card in my hand. Then I looked up on my leader with a grin. "Okay!" I was quite happy because I never get to go shopping alone. Or almost alone… Numbuh 3 was joining me, but still! I was so eager to get going I almost ran all the way to Numbuh 3's room. I just rushed in there without knocking first. "'Ey, Numbuh 3!"

"Numbuh 4!" Numbuh 3 shrieked with surprise. She was sitting on her bed, quickly hiding something behind her back. "W-what are you doing here?" Then she turned a little cranky. "Hey, you forgot to knock! That was very rude, Mr. I-think I-own-every-room in-this-Treehouse!"

"Oh, err…" I turned around and glanced at the green curtain behind me. "Sorry, Kuki." Then I remembered why I was I there in the first place. I waved the hand with the card in it. "Come on, we're going shopping!"

"You've got the card?" she asked and frowned at me. "Wow, cool! Did Numbuh 1 tell you we could go shopping?"

"Of course," I replied. "It's just you and me. Let's get going!"

"Alright, I'll be right with you," she said. "But first, could you leave my room for a second?"

I frowned at her. "Why?"

It's really nothing," she muttered. "But it would be nice if you could give a girl her privacy."

"Oh, okay," I said with an odd look. I turned around and went outside. I started to walk slowly down the hall. A few seconds later she was right behind me.

As we walked side by side to the grocery store, Numbuh 3 kept talking about a new Rainbow Monkey movie that was coming to the big screen soon. She said she'd seen the commercial. I wasn't really paying attention to her. I was still very hungry! I hadn't had a big breakfast, just another bowl of cereal. That stuff never gets old… only when you're forced to eat it for lunch! Oh, and besides, we were out of milk, too, so I couldn't have had cereal if I wanted to.

Numbuh 3 was in a good mood as always. She skipped over to the side of the road and picked flowers from the neighborhood yards, while she was humming to herself. "Oh, look at the pretty flowers, Numbuh 4!" she exclaimed.

"I've seen them," I muttered without much enthusiasm. I didn't even look at them. She didn't seem to care all that much, just kept on picking the flowers and signing.

A few blocks down, the grocery store came into view, and only about a minute later, we entered the door.

Numbuh 3 grabbed a shopping cart and brought it over to me. "Okay, so what do we need?"

"Basically everything," I replied. I walked down the first aisle and grabbed some bread and other food like that. I was getting hungrier by the minute, and just standing in there surrounded by all kinds of yummy food only made it worse. We made it around the store and plucked out all kinds of food to put in the cart.

"Wally, the cart is getting very heavy," Numbuh 3 complained as she tried to steer it clear of a shelf. I was standing about 10 feet away.

"Alright, I'll take it," I replied. But before I made it over there, Numbuh 3 had been trying to slow the cart down for me to take it. Unfortunately, she lost control and steered the whole thing into a stack of cookie boxes.

"No!" She cried out as the tower of cookie boxes started to collapse over her.'

"Kuki!" I shouted with a worried voice. I got over there as fast as I could. She was just fine, though. She poked her head out of the pile of boxes.

"Look, it's chocolate chip!" she exclaimed with a happy grin as she held up a box. "We have to get some!"

As you might understand, we got out of there as fast as possible, paid our groceries and left. We had a lot to carry now that we were missing 3 sets of arms to help with the bags. At least we got it all home sometime after. The girls immediately started to cook us all some lunch so that we could eat together.

In the meantime, I went back to my room. And, well… here I am! I'm so hungry right now! Think they're almost done with the food now, I'll go check.

…

Same day, at 10:45

The alarm went off right after lunch sometime. It turned out to be a rather boring mission. All we had to do was to yell at some guy who'd spanked his kid. In fact, I smacked him over the ass with the S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R. and said: "This is what it feels like! Do you like it, huh? Do you like it?"

That's about the time Numbuh 1 told us it was time to go, and that I could finish off my 'sick pleasures' later. What's that supposed to mean? I was just doing my job, for crud's sake!

Back in the Treehouse, we all sat down and watched some lame TV shows for a while until we felt like getting some food. We were way too lazy to fix anything tonight, so we ate out at Burger Frenzy. (There's a new guy that runs it now, so we're not that worried about getting 'burgered' again). We ate and had fun for a while, before we all were getting quite tired. We went back home, but we seemed to wake more up by the fresh night air. The night air of summer! Oh, man, it's the best! I love that word – summer! Summer, summer, summer! It's summer!

So when we got back we sat down and played some cards. Numbuh 1 lost tonight, haha! I hate losing, it's so… annoying! And everyone starts getting on your nerves, making fun of you. Especially me. They love it when I lose, for some messed-up reason…

Well, that was in short what we did tonight. I'm too tired to write any details. Only that I love the look on Kuki's face when she wins a game… Okay, that's enough soda for you, Wally!

Going to bed now! Goodnight!