The camera faded in to show an empty stage as three clicks came over the speakers, "She's coming!" the director announced.

"Got it!" Cream called back. "Get ready, everyone! This is what we've all been waiting for!" Cream ran onto the stage and pushed the table from the back wall to the center of the stage. Then she ran back off stage and returned with a box. She set it on the table as stage hands carried other things on stage to do the same.

"Almost there!" The director called again.

"I could've guessed that!" Cream stood center stage and smiled into the camera. "Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of Kaoru's Toyland! Things have been pretty racy for the last few weeks, but now here's the moment you have all be waiting for. This week we have a super special host and she will be here any minute."

"Not any minute. Now!"

"Everybody ready?" A large number of stage hands raced across the stage and stood in front of the back stage door. One of them opened the door and the others quickly formed a ring around the special host. Slowly the group walked across the stage and was sure to keep the special host out of sight.

"Now, I know you all must be dying of anticipation by now," Cream smiled brightly at the camera. "So, I hope you are all ready for this! Kaoru's Toyland would like to welcome to this show..."

"Da da da da da da da!" The stage hands moved apart and Kaoru stepped out of the center of the circle, striking a pose. "Hello everybody! I'm ba-ack!" Kaoru moved forward, limping slightly with a walking cast and smiled. "It's been a while everybody, but I'm back again to take my position as permanent host and toy maker for Kaoru's Toyland!"

The stage hands cheered loudly as they walked off the stage and off camera, while Cream turned around and walked out of the back stage door.

"Okay everybody," Kaoru calmed the stage hands. "Well, this is a special week because I spent a lot of time putting this new toy together. So I am proud to present..." Kaoru said as she turned around and sat at the table. She elevated her leg on the chair next to her and dug into the box Cream had brought on-stage. "This is the amazing new toy, Cosmo: Grow It!" She pulled out an exact replica of Cosmo and set it on the table.

"That's right! Kaoru's Toyland has gone green this week and we are selling these beauties for the low, low price of 589348573948 arcade tickets. This toy has no secret codes or buttons, all you have to do is put her next to a flower, seeds, or soil and she will activate and take care of the rest.

"Observe," The ceiling camera switched on and gave an overhead, close-up view of the table Kaoru was sitting at. Kaoru pulled a tray of soil next to her and opened a packet of seeds. She stuck her fingers into the soil, making holes, and then placed a seed into each of them. She placed the Cosmo toy next to the tray and it began to move its hands in the air as if it were doing a special ritual. The front camera took over again to watch this from a better angle.

At that moment Cream burst through the back stage door. "Kaoru! Don't plant the seeds!"

Kaoru jumped up and winced slightly as her weight came down on her leg. "What's the matter?"

"There's a problem with the..." Cream looked into the camera and back at Kaoru. Lowering her voice she said, "There's a problem with the testers."

Kaoru laughed loudly, "Of course there isn't! Cosmo: Grow it can grow any flower you want it to. Technically you don't even need seeds." Next to Kaoru, little leaves began to sprout out of the tray. "The seeds are just like performance enhancers for this toy. Technically all you have to do is ask it to grow a certain flower and it will. The testers were just another technicality."

Cream eyed the tray with a look of worry. "But Kaoru, this is something you need to know about. It's important, and I think we need to move away from the table."

"We'll discuss it as we switch over to the videos of the happy customers."

"Kaoru...I really don't think that that is a good idea."

"Nonsense! Mr. Director, please play the videos."


"Somebody help me!" The woman on screen screamed loudly as a large rose opened its mouth to show off large teeth. It roared loudly and began hopping in its pot toward the woman. "It's trying to eat me! Help! Anyone!"

"I love this toy!" A woman appeared on screen in front of a large house. It has turned my30 acresof barren, desert land into a beautiful green lawn. The camera panned down and showed her front yard which was filled with bright green grass. "Now my friends won't laugh at me anymore!"

"BACK DEMON!" A man was backed into a corner with a chair in one hand and a whip in the other. "Go away! Back! SOMEONE GET THE HOLY WATER!" The camera turned away from the man to show a monstrous tiger lily trying to get close to him. "BACK!"


Kaoru stood speechless staring at a monitor off-stage. Next to her was a row of harmless dandelions. "Um. What just happened?"

Cream eyed the flowers and the Cosmo toy suspiciously. "The toy continues to grow the flowers until they are carnivorous monsters. Then the monsters begin to attack and if they are planted in a pot, then they can chase you. It they are planted in the ground, they can't, but it seems that many people like to have plotted plants..."

"But the woman with the grass..."

"Grass seems to be the only plant that this toy can safely grow. All of the testers for grass are completely normal. It's the other flowers that are the problem. I think it would be a good idea if we take the toy off the shelves."

"Take the toys off the...HA! I'll take care of the rest of the show, and in the meantime, go see if anything can kill the plants."

Cream ran out of the back stage door and Kaoru turned to smile at the camera. "So come on down to Kaoru's Toyland today to buy your very own Cosmo: Grow It! Warning: You are buying this toy at your own risk. We are not responsible if your family gets eaten. Please remember to read all warning labels and go to our new website KaorusToyland dot com for any updates on this toy or any of our previous toys. The website will also tell you if the time or day of this show has been changed. Thanks for watching!"


A/N

I'd like to start out by thanking Sonic9234 for this idea. It is highly appreciated appreciated.

And now I'd like to apologize for my complete lack of updates. It's the end of the school year and there was state testing and tons and tons of class projects and SAT and a bunch of other things and it's been crazy. But have no fear, finals are almost here and the summer will start and there will be a lot of updates then. But to start off. My goal is 5 updates for this story before the weekend is over and at least 2 more updates for any other story I have. Hopefully that will make it up to my readers. Not that this story is life or death or anything. So...Let's keep truckin...