A/N: Yayz, another filler chapter! At this rate, this fic'll end up having more filler stuff than Naruto and Pokemon combined.
But...it is Jun's POV, so I hope you can forgive me.
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh GX.
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Hey, where had the magazine gone?
Jun was very angry when he got back to his carseat after leaving the restaurant, only to find that someone had taken his magazine away. And he hadn't even been done ripping it up yet! How was he supposed to be happy knowing that his ripping task would be forever unfinished?
Well, really, it had been Chosaku's magazine. Jun had just picked it off the van's floor after his brothers had argued over it. But Jun wasn't going to let technicalities like that get in the way of his ire.
Since he didn't know just who had gotten rid of the magazine, Jun decided to be suspicious of everyone in the family. To show them that he was aware of their treacherous ways, he glared at Mommy as she finished buckling him into the carseat.
Everyone else got into their seats, and Daddy started the van back up. Good...now everyone was distracted. Jun had plenty of time to plot revenge on these magazine thiefs!
Hmm...just what should the revenge be? Jun thought for a bit.
He was pretty sure that biting wouldn't work, since he had done it so often on this trip. Everyone was probably used to it by now.
Throwing a tantrum might be an effective tool. But how was Jun supposed to communicate what was causing the tantrum? He didn't even know how to say the word "magazine"! So it appeared that a tantrum was out of the question as well.
All this thinking was making Jun tired. He supposed that it wouldn't hurt for him to take a little nap. After all, he could go right back to plotting revenge when he woke up.
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About two hours later, Jun woke up from the nap.
That had sure been a nice nap. It had been especially nice since he had been left alone the whole time.
Now...what had Jun been doing before he went to sleep? He thought about this, but couldn't quite remember the details.
Oh well. If he couldn't remember it, it probably wasn't important.
Just as Jun had reached this decision, Mommy turned her head over the back of her seat to talk to Jun and his brothers.
"We're going to take a break at the gas station, okay, kids? We're running low on gas, and it would also be helpful to take a pit stop."
Chosaku mumbled something about how he wasn't a kid, while Shoji shrugged. But Jun was intrigued. He had heard of these "gas stations" before, but he had always been busy when his family stopped at one. Now, however, he was filled with curiosity at what these gas stations might be like.
He didn't have to wait long to find out. In just a couple of minutes, the van was pulling into a parking lot, which contained a building and...
Well, Jun wasn't quite sure just what that other thing was. Daddy was attaching the van to some sort of weird box that made a clicky noise.
Jun decided that he didn't like this contraption. It smelled bad. So he went into the building with Mommy and his brothers.
The building turned out to be a store. And it was a store that had all of Jun's favorite foods in it! There was one aisle that had like seven types of candy in it! Or maybe it was a slightly higher number-Jun was just starting to learn how to count, after all.
He didn't have time to give the candy a closer look right away, though. Mommy dragged him off to the bathroom so she could change his diaper. Jun hadn't even noticed until now that his diaper might need changing.
Usually, Jun was a bit fussy on public changing tables. They were made of plastic, and he found them to be very uncomfortable. However, he stayed still this time, because he wanted to go see the candy again.
Finally, Mommy was done, and she let Jun explore the aisles once more.
The candy was just as intriguing as Jun remembered. He hadn't even seen most of these brands before, and he was eager to taste them all.
He looked over at Mommy. She was standing in line, waiting to buy some food of her own. But she had only picked out boring stuff like bottles of water and crackers. Well, Jun would just have to remedy the situation.
He gathered up as much candy as would fit into his arms and ran up to Mommy. He tugged on her skirt, then looked up pleadingly at her.
To Jun's dismay, Mommy said, "Sorry, honey, but we can't buy all of those! You can choose one to get, though."
Jun didn't WANT to choose! He wanted to try them all!
He intensified the pleading look as much as possible.
However, all Mommy said in reply was, "I really want to get all of those for you, sweetie, but I've seen that candy can make you sick. And I don't want that happening!"
Okay, it was official. Mommy was MEAN! Jun didn't want to be around her anymore, so he'd just hide somewhere and eat all this candy whether they wanted him to or not.
So, while Mommy was busy looking through her wallet, Jun sneaked behind a counter. He was so focused on the candy, it didn't even occur to him that the Manjoume family was getting into the van without him. He just assumed that they'd stay put until he needed them again.
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Many candy bars later, Jun decided that his tummy hurt. He was tired of being mad at Mommy now, so he decided to come out from his hiding spot and rejoin her.
But, to Jun's utter shock and horror, Mommy was gone!
Jun sat right in the middle of the store and began to whimper. The person behind the checkout counter noticed him and walked up to him.
"Hi, little guy. Where's your family?",she said.
Jun immediately decided that he didn't like this person. She was speaking in that weird "English" language, and Jun couldn't understand a word of it. Why couldn't people in the country just talk normally like at home? It made Jun mad.
Jun glared at this strange woman as angrily as he could. It wasn't an easy task, given that his tummy hurt and he was worried about Mommy.
At any rate, it didn't really seem like the lady was expecting an answer from Jun. She just took him back to the counter with her. Jun was too upset to protest.
But it turned out not to be so bad after all. The lady sat Jun on top of the counter, where he could see everything that was going on in the store. What's more, when he kicked the side of the counter, it made a satisfying thumping sound.
"I hope my boss doesn't find out about this..." said the woman.
Jun's tummy was finally starting to get better when he heard sirens in the parking lot. Several police cars had driven in there-Jun could see it through the window.
Jun thought police cars were almost as cool as airplanes, so he got a bit excited. He got even happier as some police guys ran into the store with their cool uniforms on.
One of the policemen spotted Jun and said, "Well, that was easy. No need to put up all those missing posters, I guess."
The counter lady replied, "They were going to put up missing posters for a kid who got left behind at a gas station?"
"It was the family's idea, not mine."
Jun started to get mad again, because he still couldn't understand a word that was being said. But just then, Mommy walked into the store too. She was crying. Jun giggled, because he thought it looked funny to see a grownup crying.
Mommy took Jun off his place on the counter, and told him he could get all the candy he wanted.
However, Jun just shook his head no. For one thing, his tummy still hurt a bit, and for another, he just wanted to be back with his family. This had been an exciting adventure, but Jun was more than ready for it to end.
He didn't even fuss when he was put in his carseat, and was asleep before the van had left the parking lot.
A/N: Yay! Character development! Well, sort of.
