(A/N) There's so much that happens in this chappy, I couldn't pick a name! xD Hope everyone likes it

Harmony continued humming and waving her wand near Melodie. Hamtaro and Bijou backed off a little bit as Maika advised, so that Harmony could fully concentrate on what she was doing. Then, with a dash of her wand, Harmony said, "hoowa, zoowa zoowa zow!"

Hamtaro leaned in and whispered to Maika. "Hey, are those the real words? They sound kinda made-up."

"You're right, those aren't real words... She just likes to show off."

Hamtaro smiled a little and watched Harmony finishing her spell.

"...zow! Zow zow!"

Nothing happened.

"Huh, that's weird..." Harmony began to say. "Maybe I said the wrong words..."

Maika and Hamtaro fell over anime-style while the other ham-hams wondered what was going on over there.

"Ok, let's try again. Laika laika meekee maka!" Harmony waved her wand again at Melodie, but still, nothing happened.

"Maika... do you know what this means?"

"...? You never told me anything like this that's happened before..."

Harmony looked very upset. "Ugh, you forget so much you dumb oaf!" She started raining heavy blows down on Maika's head while Hamtaro slowly backed away.

"When my magic -WHACK- doesn't work -WHACK- on another ham-ham -WHACK-, that means that the ham-ham is a goddess!" Maika looked at Melodie astonished.

"You mean, on my way here, I found a GODDESS? What was she doing in the middle of a nowhere forest?"

"Ookwee ookwee... (I like that forest...)" Penelope was a little hurt. "Don't worry," said Cappy, "I'll take you to the forest tomorrow so we can play!"

"Ookyo!" Penelope was very happy!

"Suits me," Harmony resumed. "If she was there, then she was meant to be there for a reason. You said she was in a leaf? Were there any flowers near by?"

"Yeah, a few, why?" Maika didn't know what was the point of the question.

"That means she'll grow up to be a good little girl! She was born out of attractive flowers and beautiful nature, so she should have a loving personality as well." She and Maika looked at Melodie who giggled at them. "Aww, so cute!" Harmony went over to the baby-ham and started rubbing her head. "Who's a cute girl? You are! Yes you are, you're a cute little gir-"

"Umm," Bijou said, holding on to her own arms, "it's getting a little cold... the fire's dying out... Can we just head back to the clubhouse?"

This was one of those freaky once-in-a-lifetime times when all the ham-ham's owners were on vacation for a while, so they could all stay at the clubhouse. It happened a few days after Maika first arrived.

Everyone went back and rested for the night with very little happening. Harmony disappeared again for the time being, and Melodie slept in between Cappy and Penelope.

In the morning, Cappy looked to his right and smiled. "She's so cute when she's sleeping..." Penelope stirred a little bit, and woke up with a sleepy "ookyo..." They both looked at each other and smiled, but something wasn't quite right.

"PENELOPE, WHERE'S MELODIE?"

"OOKWEE OOKWEE!" (OH NO, WE LOST HER!)

They started frantically searching for any trace of where Melodie could have gone off to, and after scattering the pillow and blanket Melodie had slept on, they found a note.

"Took Melodie to the stream for a bit. I'll be back before lunch time.
-Maika"

"Whew, we didn't lose her..."

"Ookwee..."

"C'mon, let's go down to the stream too, since it's really close to the forest anyways."

Meanwhile, Boss was getting everybody assembled so he could make an announcement. When he thought everyone was there, he took a head count.

"Hey, where's Cappy and Penelope? Maika, too! And I don't see Bijou or Harmony anywhe-"

"Here we are, Boss! How could you meess us?" Bijou and Harmony waved to him, and he blushed harder than ever.

"Harmony! I thought only Maika could bring you, umm... so like... we could see you?"

"Nah," Harmony explained, "I just like making a dramatic entrance... It makes me happy!" She smiled at Boss who shyly smiled back, scratching his head.

Bijou explained where the missing ham-hams were. "I found a note saying that Maika and Melodie went to the stream, and I guess Cappy and Penelope wanted to play, so they left too."

"Well, keep an eye on him! He's still not an official part of the club yet... Actually, that's what we're here to discuss! Harmony, do you know if Maika wants to be in our club?"

"I don't know... How about if I get him and bring him back here?"

"That's good!" started Boss. "You can just like poof him back here, right?"

"'Poof'? Hahaha!" Harmony chuckled for a bit, but all the other ham-hams were thinking that she really COULD just poof. I mean, she IS a ham-goddess after all! "I can't -poof- anywhere... I can turn invisible, but I can only go somewhere as fast as you can run, so we have to get Maika the old-fashioned way."

"I weell go weet you, Harmony! I don't theenk you know where eet iz, do you?" Harmony shook her head "no," so they left the clubhouse while the rest of the ham-hams talked about the two new possible members: Harmony and Maika.

Bijou and Harmony started walking east, near the river. Harmony had something on her mind and wanted to tell Bijou, but Bijou spoke first.

"Hey, Harmony... Are you close weet Maika?"

Harmony blushed a little bit. "Yeah..."

"Hehe, I thought so! But I think he likes me... He's been looking at me when he theenks I don't noteece, and he always smiles and blushes a leetle when I greet him."

"Well..." Harmony looked very uncomfortable. "You look a lot like his wife..."

"He has a wife? He never said anytheeng about 'er! I can't believe that-"

"She passed away not too long ago..." Harmony fidgeted a little bit - it was awkward for her to bring up Maika's past.

"Ah? What hapenned?"

Harmony then told Bijou about what happened to the village where he came from, since Maika never really mentioned it to any of the ham-hams.

"That iz so sad... I'm glad that you were there for him!"

"Yeah..." Harmony was always close with Maika, but he never seemed to notice. After he had gotten married, Harmony was never quite the same when she was around him. "He's the one I chose..."

"Like a favorite?" Bijou was starting to get confused.

"Well... Usually ham-goddesses are by themselves - making special appearances only during big events and festivals. But we can pick a special ham-ham that we travel around with... Maika doesn't need to do a special ceremony to call on me... but he likes to do it anyways since he knows it makes me happy. He's the most special ham-ham I've ever met, and-"

"And you like him a lot, don't you?" Bijou knew exactly what Harmony was talking about. After all, she felt the same way about Hamtaro!

"Umm... well..." Harmony could only blush harder.

"Well, let's find him then!"

"Hehe, thank you Bijou..." Bijou kept walking with Harmony until they reached the stream where they found Penelope and Cappy skipping stones.

"Have you two seen Maika?" Harmony was trying to gather some words for Maika for when she meets up with him.

"Yeah," replied Cappy, "but he kept walking towards the forest. He said he had to take care of something and so we're watching Melodie for him."

"What's that way?" asked Bijou. She looked up at Harmony who looked like she was going to have a nervous breakdown.

"Oh no... That's where his village was, and there's still cats lurking there!" Harmony rushed off eastward as quick as she could. "Oh, Maika, what could you be thinking?"