-is shot dead- I am SO sorry that this took me so long to update! I had a lot to do and I know it's a lame excuse, but I've been busy with lots of tests and my birthday was coming up and I had a tournament (WHICH makes me even MORE positive that judges f—king SUCK and HATE US!) and…yeah…most importantly, I updated, right?

BeyMistress05: -sweatdrop- Eh, I try to make it so they sound young but at the same point readable. It's better this chapter.

Astera Snape: Aren't they! –fangirl giggle- Yeah, I really like them paired. And I've only seen one story with them, but they aren't really…coupled. Just Kai crushing…

Yup, Gem's on their side. And you'll just have to see! ONE villain (besides two others we know…) will be revealed! Whee! And I agree, Tyson would make a great older bro!

BloOdY-JoKeR: I noticed. And thankies! –bows and is bricked-

Cenzai Zphria: Well, speak of the devils! Hey there, you two! And—wait, you KNOW who I am! AH STALKERS! And Liza, I'm going to have to ask you to shut up—you're scaring me. –sweatdrop- And Who says I dun like YuGiOh!… I like it! And Bakura's fine.

But thanks, you too. I'm glad you like my stories. OH! And a word of advice: LAY OFF THE SUGAR! –sigh-

Me: Err…Everyone who used to do my disclaimer is chibi-fied, so…OLIVER! Disclaimer!

Oliver: Hm, very well…T-LW-T Doesn't own anything except OC's. And, if anyone cares, she's renting space in her head because she doesn't own a brain, either.

Me: WAH! Don't be mean or else I'll do something to you! Grr… ... -glances to readers- Enjoy the chapter.

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Chapter 17: Bubble Trouble Timesing Double! (Why isn't "Timesing" a word?)

Upon exiting the door, as quick as they got out, they were back in. This time, Jet and Kimara didn't bother to put them in a different cell, or bother even to just put them in a cell. The two low-rate (if you want to even compliment them THAT much) villains had put them in a room that the Blitzkrieg Boyz seemed prompt enough to call "home" because it reminded them of the abbey rooms. Talk about low-rate rooms by low-rate villains…

Bryan was currently running around the room (actually from end to end), his form of pacing, while Tala chased him, trying to calm him down. Mystel and some of the other chibi's were attempting to jump on the beds, but stopped after Max stopped bouncing and because the bed made a loud "BONG!" sound each time they jumped. Apparently the beds were harder than they looked and that slightly unnerved the teens, chibi's, animals and whatnot. And, as Max deemed the beds, "Dey're as hard as Ty-kun's HEAD!" So, apparently they were about solid rock hard. (Soon discovered that the mattresses actually WERE rock.)

"So, what now?" Spencer asked as he watched all of the girls play a game of cards. Mathilda was taking them to school and beating them badly. That's what I call a sly fox, huh?

"Not sure," Ian replied as he crawled out from under the bed, apparently checking for something.

"You guys know where we even are?" Michael asked as he threw a ball up and caught it, repeating the process an infinite number of times…or at least until he didn't catch it and it hit Rick over the head, who was had to restrained so she didn't kill her teammate.

"I think…we're in a room," Bryan said sarcastically as he glanced around, temporarily stopping his pacing route. Michael glared at the husky,

"I know THAT! I mean country, city, where!" Michael re-stated as Bryan sighed,

"And you expect a dog to know this?" Bryan asked, sitting down and putting his paws over his eyes, his ears lowered. Tala laughed and climbed up onto the purple dog's back and laid down, making the Russian's ears go up in alert before they just lowered and rested against his head limply, relaxing.

"…I tink we are in…" Brooklyn paused as he looked out the barred window. "Siberia…"

"SIBERIA!" Everyone in the room shouted. Bryan, alerted, took his paws off his eyes and jumped up, almost causing Tala to fall off if the chibi hadn't gripped the husky's collar of fur tightly.

"Siberia? Where'd you get that from, kid?" A voice asked as the door opened.

"…Gemini?" Tyson asked as the door fully opened and admitted the blue-haired boy.

"Yeah," Gemini closed the door behind himself, "Sorry about the plan backfiring. Didn't know Jet was onto me…" Gemini admitted, "Either way…"

"Where are we?" Robert asked.

"I believe the southern part of South America..." Gemini mused, looking around the room. "Yeah, think so…"

"It snows in South America!" Everyone shouted.

"Hell should I know," Gemini replied, shrugging. "I failed geometry. All I know is that we're Southern somewhere… errr…or are we in Northern somewhere? Uhh…ehh…" Gemini looked around the room and out the window.

"You're a bundle of help, aren't ya?" Garland asked sarcastically as Gemini glared. "And, you must of failed MATH too, since GEOMETRY is the branch of mathematics that deals with the properties of figures in space…You obviously meant, "You failed GEOGRAPHY.""

"Least I don't have a chibi clinging to me!" Gemini retorted, motioning towards Mystel who was seemingly refusing to get off of Garland's arm. Garland glared at Gemini and the teen got the message, backing up towards the door. "And I DID NOT fail MATH OR GEOGRAPHY!" Gemini added as an afterthought.

"Hey, Gemini…" Tyson started suddenly. Gemini stopped and looked at him,

"Yeah?" Gemini asked as Tyson looked at him.

"Are you with us…or against us?" Tyson asked. And for once in his life, he was being serious.

"…" Gemini just shook his head, smirking, "That's for you to decide…" He said, his smirk turning to a smile. "But I'll tell you one thing…Jubilee and Kimara are definitely against you. Don't be too wary of Jet."

"Why's that?" A voice asked.

"Because he—…" Gemini's eyes widened. "JET!" Gemini spun around. Jet laughed as Kevin blinked,

"Hey, you look kinda familiar…" Kevin said thoughtfully because he hasn't talk at like…all. I need to give him more lines…-takes Kevin's script and starts penciling in things.-

"Well, do you know Xnic? From like…14 chapters ago?" Jet asked, stuffing his hands in his pocket.

"…Yeah…" Mathilda mused.

"He's my cousin. My name's Rylie Oceaniro, by the way. Everyone round here calls me Jet, though." Jet stated, smiling.

"…You have twisted friends, Gemini," Michael stated with a blank face.

"Noooo, I just have indecisive ones…" Gemini said smiling. "But really, Jet's with you guys…"

"Anyone ever notice that Jet has cat ears and a cat tail?" Rick asked.

Jet sweatdropped, "Uh, small incident with the switcher…" Jet replied while rubbing his cat ears with his hand.

"…"

"Okay, okay, stop staring! It's very nerving…!" Jet replied as he tossed a bag to Judy. "There's probably about 30 or 40 marbles in there. One of them is bound to be blue…" Jet bowed before scuttling out the door, Gemini following. They locked the door behind themselves.

"Shouldan't we get out?" Johnny asked as he rubbed his eyes groggily.

"Good idea!" Raul and Julia said in unison as Judy opened the bag.

"There's a key inside…" Judy mused as she pulled it out. As she handed it to Rick who attempted to push it into the door lock, nothing happened.

"It doesn't fit," Rick stated simply as she sighed.

——XX 2 Hours later in the middle of a forest that was far away from the place they were just because I said so…

"And…we got out how?" Hilary asked, perched on a stump in the forest as some of the teens set up a tent and camp. The others were getting water, firewood, or doing something else totally unproductive.

"The authoress was getting annoyed and bored, apparently…" Moses stated as he and the chibi Mystel hung and swung from a tree, Mystel from his legs and Moses from his arms. "Besides, we got marbles, the switcher…" Moses paused, then added as a third thought, "and Jet's traveling with us too, now, sooo…"

Speaking of Jet, he and Bryan were apparently arguing in Russian while they tried to set up with firewood and fire. And they had been for the last hour and a half…arguing AND attempting to start a fire.

…. Neither of which was working, by the way…

"Will you just SHUT UP ALREADY!" Spencer yelled, annoyed with the two Russian's constant arguing. Jet and Bryan shut up, a little wary by the usually calm teen's yell, but glared at each other intently.

"Chief, Emily, Mrs. Tate, you done with the switcher yet?" Tyson asked, looking at them as he came back from gathering firewood, Ray and Hiro behind him, holding sticks in their arms.

"Almost, Tyson," Kenny replied as Emily and Judy searched through marbles, trying to find a blue one.

Tyson sighed.

—XX Hour later…

"Now?"

"No, Tyson, almost…!" Kenny replied.

"But you said that an HOUR AGO!" Tyson complained loudly, making Hiro, who was asleep in his lap, stir slightly. All the chibi's were asleep, either with each other or with their teammates. Emily sweatdropped and sighed as Kenny glared (wait, can He/she DO that! I mean, he/she doesn't have EYES!)

"Tyson, just chill! It'll be done when it's done!" Kenny snapped. Tyson recoiled and sighed impatiently.

—XX Hour later…

"Now?"

"NO TYSON!" Emily yelled. "NO!"

"Aww…" Tyson said sadly as he watched the chibi's play tag. "When?"

"SOON!" Emily snapped as he continued to work with Judy and Kenny.

Tyson sighed as he turned his attention to Jet and Bryan, who were yelling and arguing at each other in Russian, every now and then yelling in English.

"When are they gonna get along?" Rick asked as she sighed, watching Michael staring blankly at Mystel, apparently talking to him about how much the Egyptian and Miguel look a like.

"Hmm…I'd rise on the verge of…" Spencer counted on his fingers up to 7, muttering days of the week starting from Wednesday, while closing one eye and pondering. "Never."

Rick sighed, shaking her hair, "Woow, you're a bundle of help, aren't you?" Rick asked sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"I'm bored…" Ian said sighing while lying on his back, sprawled out with his head on Bryan's side for a pillow. The dog didn't seem to like that all too much and growled a threat to the midget, who stuck his tongue out in response.

Gemini smiled hopefully, "Well…if you want I could…like…test the switcher out and—"

Everyone: NO!

"Sheesh!" Gemini pouted, "Turn a person chibi once…"

"ONCE! More like 4 or 5 times!" Tyson argued back, glaring.

"Awwww, c'mon, PLEASE?" Gemini begged, holding out the switcher.

"…" Tyson was quiet.

"Pretty please?"

"You know how much you sound like a girl when you say that?"

"I am technically a girl…"

"Say what?"

"I told you before…I'm gender switched 'cause of Jubilee, who is not my twin sister as everyone prolly thinks…"

"Really?"

"Yes really…now can I use it?"

"ON WHO!" Tyson yelled.

"I dunno…Can I aim it at someone random?"

Bryan scowled, "Aim it at me and die, you freak of nature…"

Gemini gulped, "M-Max?"

"…" A cold glare from Judy made Gemini's skin pale and he closed his eyes, pondering.

"Uhhh…I'll do someone random…" Gemini just held out the switcher and pressed the button.

——XX

"I said I was sorry!" Gemini whined, whimpering. "I even showed you the marble before I put it in—it was BLUE!" Gemini protested as everyone chose to ignore him and try to resolve the current matter—currently, a chibi Garland. How he was hit, though, you just gotta blame Mariah…I told everyone compact mirrors were evil, but did they listen? Nooo… —mutters— I hate the reflection concept…

But, either way, on the bright side…Kai, and oddly enough Raul and Julia, returned to normal!

The not-so-bright side? Kai was hyper on and off, just like a child (or chibi in everyone else's case) and…for some reason had a lot of blackmail… a LOT of blackmail…and by a lot, I mean blackmail on pretty much everyone except for a few chibi's.

Another bright side? There is none. Stop being such a optimist. Geez...

"What are we gonna do now?" Romero asked as the chibi's started a game of freeze tag. Apparently, they were trying to get Kai to play, but even in his "just returned to normal" stage and was hyper, he still had enough coldness to glare and tell them to back off.

"I don't know, at least we know the switcher works," Julia said as she and Mariah giggled over a magazine.

"Yeah," Raul agreed as he enjoyed being over 2 foot 3 again.

"Kaaiii…"

"NO."

"Pwease?"

"NO."

Spencer laughed as Tala and Hiro both tried to get the older to play with them, "Still not giving up, eh?"

"Pwease!"

"NO!" Kai snapped in exasperation to both the chibi's and Spencer's question.

"Pweeeaasseeee?" Tala begged, tugging Kai's hand.

"Yeah, pwease?" Hiro asked, using big chibi eyes as did Tala after he saw the bluenette's tactic.

"…N.O. What part of that do you two not under—!" Kai stopped dead. "…Oh god…don't…" Kai closed his eyes after seeing tears, real ones, starting to well up in the younger bluenette's eyes. Kai opened one eye, seeing the chibi starting to cry, Tala glaring at Kai fiercely.

"Good goin', yah big meanie," Tala said, sighing as he attempted to cheer up Hiro.

"…Oh, uh…c'mon…don't…cry…Er…please?" Kai stuttered out, everyone turning their attention towards the trio. "H-Hiro…c'mon!"

Hiro either ignored him or didn't hear him, but either way he kept crying as Tala attempted a funny face to make the chibi laugh. It didn't work, but it made Max giggle…which in retrospect really isn't that hard…

"Kai, what'd you do NOW?" Bryan asked, lifting his furry head and looking at the chibi duo and elder Russian, who glared at the dog and cursed at him in, apparently, Russian.

"Why is my brother crying…?" Tyson asked, sweatdropping as he walked over and sat down next to Hiro and pulled him into his lap, Tala sighing and muttering, "I almost had him cheered up," under his breath—aimed at Tyson, of course.

"Again," Mystel added, to Tyson's sentence, sighing. "He's sensitive, isn't he?"

"That…" Tyson started, "Or just…like 3 or 4 years old."

"That too."

"Dammit, I didn't do anything! They wouldn't leave me alone!" Kai retorted, glaring.

"So? The LEAST you could've done was play with them, Kai! Wouldn't have killed you, that's for sure," Spencer said, sighing heavily. "Honestly."

"Shut up, Blondie," Kai snapped, glaring at Spencer now, as the blonde sweatdropped and backed up, holding his hands up defensively and for protection.

"Hmm…maybe you could…apologize…yeah…! Maybe that'll help!" Tyson added dumbly.

"…" Kai just glared harder. Of course, who wouldn't when Tyson had a blonde moment when he wasn't even blonde? Idiot… "Idiot…"

"Okay, okay, I heard the narrator…Sheesh!" Tyson huffed.

"HEY! I resent that blonde thing!" Spencer argued, Max, although he was chibi-fied and most likely sugar-high at the very moment, agreed, protesting (in colourful language) that blonde's weren't stupid. I, for once, agree.

So, uh…—rewinds—

"…" Kai just glared harder. Of course, who wouldn't when Tyson had a Jenny moment (1) when he wasn't even a Jenny (1)? Idiot… "Idiot…whoa, wait, didn't I already say that!"

Oh, uh…looks like rewinding doesn't actually…rewind the fic…ehh…

"Meh, anyways, I resent that blonde thing still!" Spencer argued.

"Yeah, anyways, where were we?" Tyson asked.

"Do we need to make you another script?" Kai asked, raising an annoyed eyebrow.

"YES!…I mean…NO!…I mean…MEH!" Tyson went all "shifty-eyed" and huffed.

Everyone: —sweatdrop—

"You know, something needs to happen…a plot hole or something…" Tyson mused randomly, completely changing the subject.

"AH! SHUSH!" Lee snapped, "Do you WANT to give the authoress ideas!"

"…no…"

"THEN SHUT UP!"

Max just sweatdropped and he and Tala ran up and dragged Hiro off, who was trying to get away from Tyson and Lee, who just started fighting and arguing.

"Check out what Gemini find!" Max said excitedly as he dragged Hiro into a bush, where all the chibi's were gathered, watching Gemini blow huge bubbles.

"Wow…!" Hiro said, gawking and watching Gemini blow a bubble about as big as Gemini himself—which was about 5' 10".

"BUBBLE!" Max screamed, glomping it, as did Hiro, Brooklyn, and Mystel along with Ray. The bubble didn't pop, but they fell right through it and were sitting in the bubble as it lifted off the ground, all the chibi's staring in wonder…until Gemini cursed loudly in what seemed to be Korean, before shouting,

"NO!" Gemini and the remaining chibi's screamed as the quintet lifted higher, Mystel and Hiro clinging to each other, scared of heights, Brooklyn was just enjoying the view, Max was muttering something about wanting to be a bird, and Ray was complaining about…something. "OH KUSO OH KUSO OH KUSO!" Gemini yelled as he raced to where the others were. Currently, they were trying to hold Lee and Tyson back from killing each other, almost everyone sitting on Tyson to keep him down and 3 or 4 teens were sitting on Lee.

"GUYS! GUYS!" Gemini screamed, flailing his arms wildly as the chibi's ran and screamed in the background, each yelling in native tongue. The only one who seemed to be calm was Garland, who was actually just pacing and mumbling.

"What! We're KIND OF BUSY RIGHT NOW!" Mariah snapped as she shifted her weight on Lee, making him growl…which look weird since it was technically Emily.

"BUTMAXANDSOMEOFTHEOTHERSAREFLOATINGAWAYINAGIANTBUBBLEANDICAN'TGETTHEMDOWNANDHEEEELLPPP!" Gemini yelled in one, long, drawn-out word as he flailed his arms frantically. The others stopped what they were doing and just stared.

Everyone: …what?

"…" Gemini sighed, out of breath, and just pointed upwards, panting from his outburst.

The gang looked up and Kevin decided to break the awkward silence, "I see nothing but a bird… And its most likely Hilary's cousin!"

Hilary was going to grab Kevin and choke him with her bare…claws when Bryan suddenly spoke up.

"…Wait, you said my line," Bryan argued as he had Ian reach into his pocket and set the script down. "I'm supposed to say 'And its most likely Hilary's cousin!'" Bryan said triumphantly

"Oh, sorry," Kevin apologized as the two animals put their scripts away.

"WAIT! Bryan, do you have a slingshot in there somewhere!" Gemini asked quickly, racing over to Bryan and pointing to his jacket.

"…More than most likely, yes," Bryan responded. "It'll cost ya."

"How about a scratch behind the ears?"

"What do I look like! A Do— oh yeah…"

"So?"

"No."

"Well than what can I give you?" Gemini asked hurriedly, grabbing Bryan by the fur on his jacket and shaking him frantically.

"…"

"Belly rub?"

"STOP IT!"

"A date? With someone? Anyone!"

"No…"

"4 FREAKIN' CHIBI'S ARE FLOATING AWAY IN A BALLOON AND YOU HAD BETTER DAMN HELP ME OR YOU'LL BE IN THE ONE IN THE HOSPITAL!" Gemini yelled, growling and shaking Bryan even harder than before. Bryan blinked, wide-eyed, before shaking his head and sighing. Then he said, unusually calm,

"Then by all means." Bryan replied as Gemini dug into Bryan's pocket, his arm emerging a few minutes later gripping a slingshot. He searched around frantically before settling on grabbing Jet's beyblade, coincidently made of rock.

"Hey!"

"Sorry, man, I need it!" Gemini said as he positioned the beyblade and pulled it back and aimed, not noticing the other pair of eyes watching the bubble…

———XX

"Uh, sir Voltaire…"

"Yes Kimara?"

"You are…fully aware that 5 chibi's in a balloon have just floated by, correct, sir?"

"Yes Kimara, I am."

"Very well, then, sir…" Kimara said and turned back out, looking out the window.

"…" Voltaire coughed and cleared his throat and Kimara sweatdropped and turned fully around,

"Shall I burst their bubble so to speak, sir? And capture them?"

"Yes Kimara…"

"Right…Sorry, sir, me and Jubilee will get on this."

"Jubilee and I."

"I'm not permitted to let you do anything, sir…"

"…JUST GO!" Voltaire bellowed.

"R-right!" Kimara stuttered, racing out of the office, grabbing Jubilee by the wrist, who was eavesdropping from through the door, as she did.

———XX

Max was now humming happily a bizarre song as Mystel and Hiro refused to let go of each other—Brooklyn was no consolation to the duo and Ray was twitching, trying to fold his ears so they closed and he didn't have to listen to Max sing.

"And I towd Santa Cwause I wisheded I was a bird so I could fly all about da universe!" Max sang as the other three eventually covered their ears, dead tired of having to hear "And I told –insert someone's name- I wisheded I was a bird…etc, etc, etc…"

Hiro sighed loudly as he and Mystel finally let go of each other.

"TEE!" Max suddenly yelled.

"Huh?" The other three asked in confusion.

"I tink he is wefuring to da—" Brooklyn was cut off by Mystel,

"TREE!"

POP!

The chibi's all screamed as the bubble burst, but luckily the chibi's were blessed with Mystel's fast reflexes and Hiro's strong grip. Mystel quickly gripped the nearest tree branch with the branch under his elbow, supporting him, while Hiro gripped Mystel's ankle and Brooklyn's wrist with the other, Max hugging Brooklyn's leg for dear chibi life, while Ray brought the bottom with hanging onto Max's ankle.

"Nice weflex, Mystie!" Max complimented. Mystel nodded, smiling.

"Wanna know da bad ting?" Mystel asked.

"I'm scared ta ask…" Brooklyn mumbled.

"The branch is breaking…" Mystel noted.

"WHAT?" The chibi's screamed as the break broke. They hung there, suspended in midair.

"…?" Brooklyn blinked and then sighed.

Hiro sweatdropped, "I hate cartwoons…" Hiro muttered as the branch suddenly fell 3 seconds later.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Ow! That was wright in my ear!" Max complained as he covered his ears. The five chibi's had landed safely on the branch below them.

"Wow!" Hiro said, amazed, "What a wucky break!"

"You can say DAT again!" Mystel said, smiling. Brooklyn nodded, sighing with relief.

"What a lucky break!"

Mystel sweatdropped, "I was being…being…sa.…sarcasmastic!" Mystel said, trying to say the word "Sarcastic" but instead said something else.

"Dat…wasn't me," Hiro squeaked.

Kimara smirked, "Nope, it was ME."

Max let out a high-pitched screech, "KEMARY!"

"It's KEY-MAR-UH! KIMARA! Dunce!" Kimara snapped as Jubilee suddenly jumped down next to them and grabbed them.

"Say your prayers now," Jubilee ordered, smirking evilly, as she threw them into a bag. The last thing Max mumbled before the two villains started off was,

"I bwame you, Ray…"

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I'm sorry if that was short! I can't tell! And sorry again for the LATE update. —sighs— I was really busy with tests, projects, birthdays, homework…meh. But, I updated and I suppose that's all that counts, right?

(1) My friend Jenny can be stupid at points, so my other friend Allyson will say to the others of my gang when they're stupid…. "You had a Jenny moment!" instead of "You had a blonde moment!" It's all in fun. Odd fun, but fun nonetheless.

NOW! R&R please! –smiles and waves-

T-LW-T