Ch.2

Ty-Dyed Ham

Here comes another chapter of my latest Hamtaro fic! Sorry to keep you waiting, working during the summer sucks. R&R!

All the ham hams except for Stan were at the clubhouse, waiting for the arrival of Stan's new friend, Ty.

"Are you sure they're comin'?" Boss asked Sandy.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure he will" answered Sandy.

"Are you sure this Ty ain't just some imaginary friend your brother made up?" asked Howdy.

"Oh, please" said Dexter. "If anyone had an imaginary friend, I'd be you. Only something from your tiny brain could stand your bad jokes!" Before the two could get into another one of their arguments, the clubhouse door opened.

"Hey ham hams!" said Stan as he entered the clubhouse, still carrying his backpack. "Come on over and meet Ty!"

Another hamster carrying a backpack entered the clubhouse. "Hey, what's up?" he said. He looked exactly as Stan described him yesterday. He had the greenish blue Mohawk, the red bandana around his neck, the off white fur with different colored blotches, everything. All the ham hams went up to greet him.

"Hamha! I'm Hamtaro!

"Hi, I'm Oxnard! I like sunflower seeds!"

"Bonjour! I'm Bijou!"

"Greetings, my name's Maxwell."

"Hello, I'm Dexter."

"And I'm Howdy!"

"Hi there! I'm Pashmina, and this is Penelope."

"Ookyoo!"

"Like, hi! I'm Stan's twin sister, Sandy!"

"Hi, I'm Panda"

"Hey there! I'm Cappy!"

"And I'm Boss. The ham sleeping over there is Snoozer, because he's always sleeping."

"Zuzuzu…not…always…zuzuzu"

Everyone in the clubhouse was up to whatever they chose to do. Cappy, Hamtaro, and Oxnard were playing ham and seek, Howdy and Dexter were still yelling at each other, Snoozer was still sleeping, Maxwell and Panda were playing double solitaire, Boss was relaxing in his armchair, the girls were talking amongst themselves, and Stan and Ty were watching the girls from the other side of the room.

"Hey Stan, who's that hot lookin' ham girl over there?" asked Ty as he pointed over to the group of girls.

"Who, the one with the blue ribbons? That's Bijou." Unfortunately, Boss happened to be walking behind them at the time, and he didn't like it when someone was after Bijou.

Ty shook his head. "No, not her. I'm talkin' about…"

"Hey, back off!" said Boss. "That's my girl!"

"Hey, I wasn't talking about her!" Ty said defensively.

"But you were just talking about her!" argued Boss.

Ty stepped closer to Boss. "Well, if you let me finish was about to say…"

"Well I already knew what you were going to say, so you can just get out for all I care!" shouted Boss.

"Fine! Like I care!" Ty shouted back. "I'll see you around Stan." Ty walked out of the clubhouse and slammed the door.

"Heh, good riddance" Boss muttered.

"Nice goin' Boss!" shouted Stan. "Yo Ty, wait up!" He slammed the door behind him and ran after the ty-dyed ham.

"Come on!" said Hamtaro. "Let's help Stan find him! A bunch of us ham hams are better than one!" Most of the ham hams went with Hamtaro, leaving Boss and Bijou alone in the clubhouse.

"Please Boss!" pleaded Bijou. "We need to help zee others!"

"I don't see why we should" Boss sniffed.

"If it consoles you, I have no romantic interest in Ty" said Bijou. "Please Boss, do it for me?" Boss blushed as he looked into her eyes. He knew he couldn't reject her, especially with a face like that.

Boss let out a sigh. "Alright, let's go catch up with the others." The two rushed out the door to join the search.

"I'll head to the playground while you go into town!" shouted Bijou as she took another tunnel.

"Nice going Boss" Boss said to himself. "Way to scare off the girl you have a crush on!"

Sunset had changed the sky to a breath-taking portrait of pink and orange. The ham hams would have stopped to admire the wonderful setting, but Ty was still no where to be found. Some of the ham hams had to go home, leaving only a few to continue the search. The remaining searchers gathered together at the park.

"Sandy and I didn't find anything" said Maxwell. "Hamtaro, did you and Oxnard find anything?"

Hamtaro shook his head. "Nope, not even a whisker. How 'bout you Bossman? Did you and Bijou find him?"

"Nope, we've got nothing" confessed Boss.

"This is your fault Boss!" shouted Sandy. "This wouldn't have happened if you, like, kept your cool!"

"Well I'm not the first ham to scare off another hamster!" Boss said in retaliation. "Remember Kai? Yeah, that was your fault! He wasn't doing anything wrong, and you ran him off! The way I see it, you're a lot meaner than I am!"

"Boss! That was uncalled for!" shouted Maxwell. "I don't even see how that's relevant to the situation on our paws!"

"Everyone needs to stop yelling at each other!" said Bijou. "Sandy, you need to stop blaming others! And Boss, I was with Sandy when that happened!" Boss hung his head upon remembering that detail.

"Hey, maybe he just went home" suggested Hamtaro. "Maybe he just needs a little time to cool off. He'll probably come by tomorrow to patch things up!"

"Good idea Hamtaro!" said Bijou.

Darn you Hamtaro! Thought Boss. Why do you always try to steal Bijou away from me? She will be mine!

"I guess we should all head home then" said Maxwell. "See you all tomorrow!"

"I gotta go too!" said Oxnard. "I don't wanna miss dinner!" All the ham hams parted ways, leaving Boss alone to walk back to the clubhouse.

Boss sighed as he closed the door to the clubhouse.

Maybe I was too hard on Ty thought Boss. I know he likes Bijou, but Bijou said that she doesn't like him like that. I know I'm gonna end up with her! Not Hamtaro, not Stan, not Ty, but me!

He looked over to Snoozer, still snore blissfully. Snoozer had the right idea. Boss walked over to his door and opened it. His eyes grew as big as dinner plates in disbelief and let out a gasp followed by an angry scream.

Oh no! What happened in Boss's room? Will Ty ever come back to the clubhouse? Who will Bijou end up with? These answers will be revealed in due time. Please R&R! I'm going to be busy for a while, but I hope to have the next chapter up sometime during the next two weeks, so please be patient!