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Chapter 3:

Hamtaro was pacing the floor of clubhouse. Everyone else was sitting down, shocked that Bijou was gone.

"Hamtaro! This is all your fault!" Boss snapped, "If you had said the right thing to Bijou, then she wouldn't have ran away."

Stan stepped up. "Yeah, and you could have caught up to her."

"How many times to I have to say it? I wasn't done saying what I was saying to her! And, I was knocked down by a tree," Hamtaro explained. He was mad that the clubhouse members didn't believe him.

"Well, I say we just go looking for Bijou," Maxwell suggested.

"Yeah! We can't get caught up in the past," Panda agreed.

Hamtaro nodded and soon enough, when everyone was ready to go searching for Bijou, they were stuck.

"Ookwee? Ookyoo?" Penelope squeaked. Pashmina nodded and asked, "Where exactly can we find Bijou?"

Every ham turned to Hamtaro and he sighed. "I think that she went towards the city."

"Which one?" Dexter asked. Hamtaro looked unsure of himself and admitted, "Um. Oh, cats, I forgot."

They all groaned and Hamtaro said, "Wait! I think she went that way!"

Hamtaro pointed to a mist-covered city. The hams gulped and Dexter said, "Hamtaro, that one is full of cats. I'm sure that Bijou wouldn't go there."

Hamtaro gave a pleading look and said, "But, my ham instinct tells me to, guys! I can feel that Bijou is there!"

Most of the hams sighed while others shook their heads. Hamtaro sighed and said, "Well, if you guys aren't going, I'm going alone."

And with that, Hamtaro ran. The hams didn't even get to say goodbye. Boss was red and said, "Good riddance."

The ham-hams gasped at how Boss was acting.

"What are ya saying, Boss?" Howdy asked.

"Yeah, like, I thought you liked Hamtaro!" Sandy gasped.

"He stole her from me!" Boss muttered as he ran outside.

Everyone looked at each other. Poor Boss…

Hamtaro was running. He was trying to find Bijou and couldn't find her anywhere. He was looking everywhere at her favorite places, her favorite things-to-do spots, and everywhere! Where the heke is she? Hamtaro thought.

"Hiffhiff, hiffhiff." Hamtaro tried to get a scent of Bijou's special perfume. He looked everywhere for it, but it just disappeared right at this alley. He was on top of the trashcan, trying to find it, but it was gone...

"Come on, Snow White! We're going to get some sunflower seeds!"

Hamtaro turned around to see a girl who had very dark hair and on her shoulder was a snowball. Heke? Is that a snowball she's talking to? Hamtaro thought. Then he saw blue, just only a dot of blue and knew it.

"Bijou!" Hamtaro called out. Bijou whipped her head around to see who was calling her by her real name. She was shocked to see a hamster on a trashcan that had orange and white fur. Bijou wanted to jump down, but remembered that pain that Hamtaro gave her. She looked into his happy eyes that were relieved to finally see her.

"Bijou!" Hamtaro cried out. Bijou looked away. His smile was gone because Bijou didn't give him a smile back. "Bijou, no wait!" Hamtaro yelled and tried to run to her, only to fall off the trashcan. He yelped as he fell and the lid wobbled for a moment. Hamtaro was left on the ground in pain and before Bijou could think it would get any worse, the lid fell down on him. It made a huge crashing sound that rattled the alley and Emily even stopped at the sound.

"What do think that was?" Emily whispered. She started to walk to the trembling trash can lid and uncovered a little orange and white furball.

"Oh, are you hurt, little fella?" Emily asked as she picked Hamtaro up. She cradled him with the exact movement that she cradled Bijou. Bijou looked as if she was about to cry. She knew that Hamtaro wasn't the best when it came to love, but it hurt her to see Hamtaro knocked unconscious in front of her. She saw Emily's face was a little afraid because she was trying to wake Hamtaro up, only to find that he wouldn't budge.

"Snow White? Do you want me to look after him?" Emily asked Bijou. Bijou nodded quickly, not taking her eyes off Hamtaro. Emily ran to her house and set Hamtaro on her bed. Bijou jumped off her shoulder and jiggled Hamtaro awake. Hamtaro slowly opened his eyes and looked at Bijou.

"Heke? Is that you Bijou?" Hamtaro squinted his eyes to see the pigtails that he had longed to see. He rubbed his eyes and saw that Bijou was smiling.

"Bonjour, 'Amtaro. I vas so scared when you fell like dat," Bijou said. Hamtaro smiled and looked around the room. There wasn't much to it besides the mattress he was on and a little wooden chair besides the window.

"You're at Emily's," Bijou explained.

"Heke? Who's Emily?" Hamtaro asked. Soon, his question was answered when Emily came in with a tiny tray of sunflower seeds and water.

"Here you go, little buddy. You took a nasty fall back there," Emily cheered as she knew that Hamtaro was okay. She set the tray down and greeted the two with a smile.

"Okay, Snow White! Good news!" Emily said as she picked Bijou up.

" 'Ave you found Maria?" Bijou asked in excitement.

"We can keep the gerbil that I found today! I'm going to name him Spot 'cuz he has an orange spot," Emily said. She then left the room, skipping with joy. Bijou's heart dropped. She couldn't live with Hamtaro! He was… He was… Bijou couldn't find out what it was, but after Hamtaro put it like that, she could barely talk to him. She turned to Hamtaro to see his reaction to his new owner, but he was immersed in sunflower seeds. Bijou sweat-dropped and walked over to him. She tapped Hamtaro on the shoulder and took a deep breath.

" 'Amtaro? Didn't you hear anything that Emily said?" Bijou asked. Hamtaro looked up and smiled.

"Was it something important?" Hamtaro asked. He gave her that smile. That one smile that Bijou could only gawk at. Hamtaro turned his head to the side as Bijou didn't reply. Bijou snapped her head back and twirled one of her pigtails while she talked.

"It vas very important. Vell, Emily wants to keep you as a pet," Bijou said meekly.

"Heke? What do you mean she wants to keep me as a pet?" Hamtaro asked. He was standing up by now, still puzzled.

"She vants to keep you, 'Amtaro," Bijou squeaked. Hamtaro's mouth dropped down and he said, "But, I live to Laura!"

Bijou nodded and said, "But, how does Emily know dat?"

Hamtaro opened his mouth to answer, but couldn't find the words. Bijou turned around and said, "You're 'alf of the bed is on that side. Don't bother coming over 'ere."

Hamtaro was left alone as Bijou went to go fix her pigtails. He was still fuzzy on the details of what it meant to not live with Laura anymore, but he needed to help Bijou escape from this Emily. He ran over to Bijou and said, "Bijou, I'm going to rescue you!"

"Huh?" Before Bijou could answer, Bijou grabbed her paw and ran to the window. He opened it and jumped out. Bijou tried to stop him, but he was already running.

" 'AMTARO! VAT ARE YOU DOING?" Bijou screamed. Hamtaro replied, "I'm saving you, Bijou. Aren't you happy?"

Bijou tugged off Hamtaro's paw and gasped, "She needs me, 'Amtaro!"

Hamtaro's eyes were wide and he cried, "But, you can't leave us, Bijou!"

Bijou had already turned back and said, "Emily needs me. I'm zee only thing that she looks forward to the day. Don't you get it, 'Amtaro? I vant to be with her."

"Bijou…" Hamtaro whispered, "What about the clubhouse? You're just going to leave Boss like that?"

"Vat about Boss?" Bijou asked.

"He's really sad that you're gone. And so are the other clubhouse members," Hamtaro explained. Bijou was silent, but walked towards Emily's house.

"No, Bijou! What about Maria? She misses you!" Hamtaro cried out.

Bijou tried her best to ignore, but she could feel the tears coming. She could only think about Maria and her friends.

"I'm sorry, 'Amtaro," Bijou said. She ran off to Emily and left Hamtaro on his knees, where a few tears were lightly coming out of his eyes.