Chapter 3 – One Last Thing…

(Part One)

MOMO and Ziggy were walking down the long halls of the Elsa to get to the bridge when they saw Jr. just arriving on to the Elsa.

"Jr.! Where have you been? Weren't you on board the Elsa when we left?" MOMO asked running up to the young boy.

"Nope…I was stuck on the Durandal…with Mary and Shelley…AND THEY DID HORRIBLE THINGS TO ME!" Jr. complained, causing MOMO to take a step back. She put her hand up to her chest while her eyes were wide opened with surprise. Ziggy had then finally caught up to the two.

"L-like what?" MOMO asked, tilting her head.

"They gave me…a make over…with everything! I can't stand those two…" Jr. explained. "I'm going to have to make sure we don't have anywhere to go when I need to go to the Durandal…that way I won't be abandoned like that again…" MOMO giggled at Jr.'s reaction.

"Come on, you can come with us to the bridge. Matthews wanted to see us for something important." MOMO continued. She grabbed Jr.'s hand and made him run with her. Ziggy was left behind. He sighed and started to follow them at a walking pace.

When Jr. and MOMO got to the bridge, Allen and Shion were holding hands and everyone was huddled around them asking them a bunch of questions. Jr. sighed and made his way over to Allen. He began to pull out a wad of money that he had owed Allen for the bet that they had made.

"Here Allen…congrats." Jr. said holding out the money in front of Allen. Allen took it and then nodded.

"Thanks…for everything." Allen said. Jr. nodded kindly with a smile on his face. Suddenly, something hit Allen in the back…hard.

"Hey! Congratulations!" Matthews said with his arm on Allen's back. Allen bent forward from the pat on the back from Matthews. Shion laughed and watched as Allen slowly bent himself back up.

"Eh heh…thanks." Allen said after he was standing normal again. MOMO also joined the group and congratulated Shion and Allen. Then she turned to Jr.

"You made him bet that he wouldn't be able to do this?"

"Uh…kinda…" Jr. said cautiously.

"That's so cruel! You should know better. You can't force things like love." MOMO scolded. Jr. sighed and rolled his eyes.

"I know, I know. I'm sorry…" He said unenthusiastically. MOMO sighed and then looked up as Ziggy entered the room.

"Okay, then that should be everyone, right?" Matthews said.

"Wait, KOS-MOS and chaos aren't here yet…" Shion said.

"Don't worry Shion; I talked to them on my way here. They'll be here in a few minutes." Ziggy informed. Shion turned to him and nodded.

"What were they doing?" Shion asked.

"chaos said he found some type of bug in her systems so he had to get rid of it."

"But Vector did that all ready." Shion explained. Ziggy just shrugged. Just then KOS-MOS and chaos came through the door.

"There you are!" Matthews said. chaos scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry we're late…KOS-MOS was acting strange so I decided to examine her and I found a small virus. It wasn't critical but I had to get rid of it just in case." Chaos explained. Shion nodded and then Matthews began talking to them.

Shion and Allen were in the back ignoring Matthews' speech. Instead, they were trying to think of a way to initiate their plan for MOMO and Jr.

"How are we going to get them to do that though? Jr.'s too stubborn to actually fall for it."

"How about we just let them meet like we did in the park? That should work." Shion whispered. Allen thought about it for a while.

"But what if they only talk like they normally would?"

"Hmm…oh, I've got it! We can tell MOMO that Jr. wanted to tell her something at the park and then we tell Jr. that MOMO wanted to talk to him. I can tell MOMO to meet Jr. at the park at…let's say 8:00 tonight. Then you can tell Jr. to meet her at the park at 7:50." Shion explained. Allen nodded and agreed that it might work.

"Why is it at different times?" Allen asked.

"It's better that way…" Shion said and then Matthews had stopped talking and started to stare at them. They were bent over talking to each other and he wanted them to be paying attention to him.

"Hey you two! Did you hear anything I said?" Matthews asked. Shion and Allen looked up to him and then stood up straight.

"Um…yes we did!" Shion lied.

"Well, then repeat what this whole thing was about." Matthew said accusingly. Shion and Allen looked at each other and gulped.

"Um…" The two said in unison.

"That's what I figured. Well, if you're lost then don't come crying to me. Ask someone else to explain it to ya." Matthews said. Then he excused everyone from the meeting. Shion and Allen sighed, but at least they had their plan worked out.

"All right, Allen, catch Jr. before he exits okay? I'm off to follow MOMO for a little while, just to talk." Shion said. She kissed him lightly on the cheek and he blushed. Then she ran off to walk and talk with MOMO.

"Okay…" Allen said in a monotone voice. He was suddenly frightened by a poke on the shoulder. "Ahhh!" he immediately whirled around and saw Jr. standing there in front of him.

"You're still jumpy…" Jr. said sarcastically. Allen sighed and relaxed himself.

"Yeah, I'm just that way…oh and I have something to tell you. Shi- I mean MOMO asked me to ask you to meet her in the park at 8:00…" Allen said. He didn't realize that he had screwed up the time until it was too late.

"At 8 huh? The park in the Durandal right?" Jr. asked, sounding stunned. Allen nodded but then wanted to fix the time.

"Sorry, I forgot it's not at 8…it's at 7:50…"

"Ah, ten minutes difference…who cares. I'll be there at 7:50 if that's what she said." Jr. agreed. Allen nodded and then Jr. walked by him. Once Jr. left Allen sighed heavily.

"That was close…I almost really screwed it up…" Allen said and then followed everyone out of the bridge leaving only Matthews, Tony, Hammer and chaos.

"So MOMO, how have you been lately?" Shion asked, starting a conversation. The little pink haired realian looked up at her with her golden eyes.

"I've been fine! What about you? Are you really happy that you and Allen are together?" MOMO asked. Shion smiled and giggled softly.

"Yeah, I really am. I knew he had it in there somewhere. Oh, I have to tell you something. Jr. told me that he needed to tell you something and he wanted to meet you in the park at the Durandal." Shion explained. MOMO's eyes lit up and she smiled widely.

"Really! What time? What is it about?" She quarried.

"Well, I don't know what for, but he said at 8:00 tonight." Shion informed. MOMO put her hands together and stopped walking.

"Really?" MOMO tilted her head. Shion also stopped walking and nodded. MOMO took her hands apart and put them behind her back. "You can tell him that I'll be there!" She said cheerfully. Shion nodded and they began walking again.

It was 7:30 and Shion and Allen had met up at Shion's quarters. They were both anxious to see what might happen.

"Shion, do you think it will work?" Allen asked. Shion nodded as she watched the digital clock hologram on her desk. She couldn't wait until it reached 8:00. It was so close and yet so far.

"Oh, Allen! I'm so excited! I can't wait any longer!" Shion said, putting her arms around him. Out side their door an eavesdropper was sitting their mischievously. "Allen, can time go any faster?" She continued.

"Ummm…I don't think so. Shion, I can't breath…" Allen said. Suddenly a knock on the door interrupted.

"(gasp) a visitor!" Shion said as she hopped up with excitement. Allen deeply inhaled and exhaled, happy that he could breathe again.

Shion opened the door to a smiling Jr.

"J-Jr.! What are you doing here?" Shion asked.

"Sounds like someone was desperate…" Jr. replied. Shion was confused and tilted her head.

"W-what do you mean?" She asked. Jr. began chuckling.

"Don't play stupid, Shion. 'Oh, Allen! I'm so excited! I can't wait any longer!'" Jr. mocked then doubled over in laughter. Shion processed the thought for a second then began to blush madly as she figured out what Jr. was thinking.

"Jr.! You dirty minded little boy!" She smacked him upside the head, stopping his snickering abruptly. "We were only talking about something else!" Jr. looked up at her, rubbing the side of his head.

"What were you talking about?" Jr. questioned.

"Nothing that you need to know…" Shion told him. Jr. smiled evilly again making Shion sweat drop.

"Well if it wasn't what I was thinking, then why shouldn't you tell me?" Shion looked for another excuse. Fortunately, it had turned 7:45 and she knew Jr. would have to run for the park at this time.

"Aren't you supposed to meet MOMO at the park soon?" Jr. looked at the clock and his eyes widened.

"Yeah! Shoot! I'll let you slide for now Shion! I've gotta go, I'm gonna be late!" Jr. panicked. He ran off down the halls to go to the park.

"(sigh) That was really close…Allen! Come on! We have to see what's going to happen!" Allen got up and walked over to her and they made their way to the park, being careful they didn't let Jr. know that they were following him.

MOMO was in her room with the door open. It had gotten hot suddenly and the halls were cool. She was brushing her hair when she saw Jr. run by the door in a rush.

"Huh? I wonder what he's in a rush for…" MOMO set down her brush and quickly went to her entrance way. "JR.! What's wrong?" She said as she grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"I have to meet you in the park at 7:50, like you said!" Jr. said, not realizing that it was MOMO. Then he stood there for a second.

"I-I thought I was going to be late…but you're not there yet…" MOMO was confused. She had been told 8:00 by Shion.

"But Shion told me that you wanted to tell me something and to meet you at the park at 8:00…" Jr. also became confused. Shion and Allen stopped suddenly, only a few feet away. Jr. and MOMO turned to them. Shion and Allen noticed that they had been caught following Jr.

"Um…hello you two! How are you?" Shion said in a worried tone. Allen hid behind her, afraid of what might happen.

"What's going on here?" Jr. questioned. "Allen told me 7:50 and you told MOMO 8:00…and I don't know what I was supposed to tell her. As you claimed I had to tell MOMO something…Shion…" Shion smiled widely and innocently.

"Um…eh heh, it was kind of a surprise thing…he he?" Shion confessed. Jr. sighed and shook his head.

"Oh well." Jr. said and then continued on his way to the park.

"Ummm…are you still going?" MOMO asked.

"Yeah, why not?" Shion sighed a relief sigh and Allen poked his head from behind her. "Are you still coming?" Jr. asked, turning to MOMO. She hesitated then quickly nodded. "All right. I'll see you when you get there." Jr. made his exit and MOMO stood there watching him go. She smiled and then skipped back into her quarters, leaving Allen and Shion in the halls.

"Well, that worked out even if it was screwed up." Shion said as she turned to Allen. Allen nodded in agreement and the two made their ways back to Shion's room. "We'll let those two be…I guess. I really wanted to see what happened though…"

"Don't worry Shion, we'll figure it out tomorrow." Allen reassured her. She nodded and looked up at Allen with a smile.

Hello, yes, I updated again! Hooray! I can't believe that I've updated so much in the past two weeks...wow. I'm amazed at myself. I hope you like this story. It's going to come to an end on chapter 4...so yeah, one more time for updating. tear Oh well, you guys will be okay with it right?...Ummm...right? PLEASE DON'T KILL ME IF I HAVE A BAD ENDING! I SUCK AT WRITING ENDINGS! But all stories need ends and well...if not then my imagination could go forever...which isn't a good thing. But, I NEED REVIEWS! Thank you to all of you who review and boo! to all of you who don't review. Pity on you...anyway, I hope you guys liked this story so far! TTYL