(A/N) Sorry again for the long update! Here's chappy 9, the last one for this story!

Boss and Maika stared down each other as static sparks flew between them. Hamtaro made it over just in time before any punches were thrown.

"Come on guys, don't fight!" Hamtaro said frantically. "I'm sure you two can work this out, you know?"

Boss kept staring at Maika while he spoke. "Pipe down, Hamtaro. This is something I gotta do. You already took Bijou away from me, so I can't afford to lose Harmony!"

Hamtaro's jaw dropped as he backed away slowly. He wasn't sure what Boss just said... "So he's just giving her to me? Did he already know about us? How much did he know?" More thoughts ran though his head, but all he could say was, "I... I..."

"I don't wanna have to fight you, Boss," Maika began to say. "It just goes against my code... But if you insist, then I don't have a choice!" They both started walking closer to each other slowly, ready to attack. But just before they were within striking range, they heard a faint sound.

"Stop..."

They turned around and saw Melodie, trying to walk in front of the group. "Fighting... makes hate and bad things... So no fight."

Maika and Boss looked at each other, then sat down on the ground, almost as if they had no control over their actions. They looked back at Melodie and suddenly felt calm and mellow - almost subdued. "We're... sorry..." Boss and Maika both said.

Harmony stepped out from the group and sat down next to Melodie. "You're... I know what kind of ham-goddess you want to be... ! This is so relieving!" She stared down at Melodie, who gleefully looked back up at her. "You've made your choice already?"

"No... not yet... but soon, okay?"

"Heke?" the entire group, including Maika and Boss, said.

"Let me explain..." Harmony stood up so everyone could hear her. "When ham-goddesses like us are born, unless there's a DIRE need for a certain type of ham-goddess, we're free to choose what we want to be. Like you all know I stand for Love, but there are more types like Justice, Hope, Serenity, and a few others. We all have our own special and unique part in the world. You can't see it most of the time, but we're there, helping you along as best as we can!"

Sandy looked at Harmony and asked, "but then why are you like always with Maika if most hams don't even see you?"

"Well that's because... Umm... He's just... special to me, that's all..."

Sandy felt heartbroken. She knew that a girl like Harmony could have any ham she wanted, so she'd have no chance at all with Maika. She felt a rush of depression come on, but that didn't stop her from shouting, "isn't that like greedy of you! You're totally abusing your love powers to have any ham that you want!"

Everyone stared at her with a bit of shock, not knowing at all where this surge of emotions came from. Sandy turned red from anger and frustration, and then plopped down hard on the ground. She started to cry loudly.

"You're... right..." Harmony sat down, too. "I would be abusing my powers if I did that... Not only that, I'd be neglecting my responsibilities... I'm the only love ham-goddess in this entire area, so I have no choice but to stay single and attend to my duties..." She glanced over at Melodie and thought, "but if you chose to be a love ham-goddess... then I could be free from all of that..."

Melodie glanced up at her and said, "don't worry, I will be."

The stars had just began to shine down on the earth below. Inside the clubhouse, most of the ham-hams were sleeping. An hour ago, the larger group had moved back inside, leaving Harmony, Melodie, Maika, Boss, Sandy, and Stan outside. Stan put his arms around his sister and hugged her.

"It's ok sis... Let's just head back in for now, okay?"

Maika and Boss stood up and silently walked back inside, too. Harmony lifted Melodie into her arms and carried her to the clubhouse.

Sandy was in her room, staring out of a window at the stars. "Foolish dreamers turn their gaze..." she said to herself. "I guess I'll never know what might have been between us, Maika..." She put her paws on her heart and closed her eyes. "We have our own hams... We can't have each other..."

Pashmina was walking outside of her door with a glass of water in her paws. She heard light sobbing from inside, so she decided to check in and see what was the matter.

"Sandy? Are you okay?" She nearly dropped her glass as she ran to Sandy's side.

"Yeah, I'm fine... I'm just a little love-sick I guess..."

"Did you and Maxwell break up or something? That's terrible!"

"No no, it's not that at all... I just have a crush on someone who I know I can't be with."

"Sandy, this isn't like you... You have Maxwell to look after you!" Pashmina looked concerned that Sandy might be having second thoughts about her long-time boyfriend. "Maybe you should just some rest... It's been a big day..."

"You're right... Thanks for the talk, Pashy." Sandy smiled and lied down on her bed. Pashmina walked out of the room and said, softly, "you're a very lucky girl to have a nice boy-ham like Maxwell... Don't ever let him go"

Pashmina closed the door, leaving Sandy alone with her thoughts. "I know he's a totally great guy... but it's just like... I dunno... I should get some rest..." She hugged her pillow and closed her eyes, falling asleep.

Boss looked at the clock next to him. The clock read 1:37. "I need sleep..." He stared at the ceiling and let any thoughts he had come to him. He heard Cappy sleeping peacefully (Cappy decided he should keep Boss company that night), the crickets chirping outside, and his heart steadily beating. "Will there ever be a girl for me? Am I really to be alone forever?" He rolled over to his side and tried to fall asleep, but he couldn't. He opened his eyes again. 2:14. Then 2:48, then 3:21. "I need... to stop thinking..."

He rolled to his back again and, with a very small tear, fell asleep. Later on in the morning, Boss would remember last night's dream very vaguely. The only thing that will stick in his mind is a soft feminine voice telling him, "I'm so glad we can be together..."

Harmony was also having trouble sleeping. "I miss him already... I think I'll check up on him..." She got out of bed and turned invisible, saying, "hehe, the perks are endless!" She quietly slipped out the door into Maika's room. She heard his very soft breathing as he slept and decided to move a little closer.

"He's so cute when he's sleeping... I feel bad that he doesn't have a bed yet... He has to sleep on the ground..." Harmony fluffed his pillow a little and moved the blankets up to cover him to his neck. Then she started to feel a very weird sensation. She moved even closer to Maika and laid on the floor next to him, feeling the warmth coming from his body.

"I love you... but I can't love you," she thought to herself. "I have other responsibilities... And unless someone takes over, then I'm going to have to stay with them for as long as I live... even if it's without you..." Harmony put her paw on Maika's side, wishing they could always be together. "Even if it's just for tonight... I want to be with you..." She pressed her paw on him tighter, which caused him to stir a little.

"...? Mmm... -yawn- Who's there?" Maika turned to his side and saw no one, but he felt warmer than usual. "...Is that you, Harmony?" He waved his paw around next to him, trying to feel if she was there. Lucky for Harmony, she had stood up and moved away quietly. "...Oh well..."

She started to walk away when she tripped over something on the floor.

"Ugh! Great, now he knows I'm here..." She turned herself visible and picked up the object she tripped over. "You know what?" she said. "You really gotta learn to pick up things and keep your room neater!"

"Harmony, what're you doing here?"

She blushed a little, but Maika couldn't see it. "I just... wanted to see how you were doing..."

"Well, I was sleeping, but it's ok. Do you have something on your mind?" Maika sat up attentively.

"No... I just wanted... umm... to see you..." she replied, hesitantly. "Actually... I wanted to be with you tonight... I don't know if we can ever be together as a couple, so I just wanted to be with you right now... Ham-goddesses aren't supposed to have relationships or else they'd get too distracted with their duties... but... I can't help the way I feel... And I can't stop it either..." She sat down and put her warm, gentle paws on his. "So please... just for tonight... I wanna be with you..."

"If it's just for one night... I wouldn't consider that a 'relationship,' so I think we'll be fine." He smiled at Harmony's glowing eyes. His own eyes seemed to have a new passion inside, one that no one had ever seen before. They leaned closer to each other, still holding on to one another's paws. Their eyes reflected the stars and moonlight outside which seemed to illuminate the small room.

"Maika... I..." Harmony started to feel the butterflies swarming inside her stomach. Maika gently put his paw on her lips.

"Shh..." That was all he said before he moved closer, feeling her warm breath on his face. He tilted his head to the side, paws shaking a little, eyes closed...

Then they kissed...

They moved their arms around each other as they kissed, holding tightly, never wanting to let go. They forgot all of their fears and worries and just stayed close to each other the rest of the night, with only the moon and the stars to shine upon their love.

(A/N) Well, I'll have the sequel up sometime! It'll be mostly about Melodie in her "teenage" years with Cappy and Penelope... and the other hams will be in there as well! Really hoped you enjoyed my first story