I don't own Cowboy Bebop but I'd love t own Spike. ((Get bad vibe- death glare from all Spike-lovers.))

Hehehehe…

Sunshine.

"Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmm…this is the best coffee EVER!!!!" Faye said as she put down her coffee cup. "Seriously Alice, how do you make it?" Julia asked. Alice smiled. "It's not that difficult! You can come with me to see," she said.

Julia put down her cup. "Yes!! I'd love to!! So, shall I come after I finish drinking the coffee?" Alice nodded.

"Shin-San!! ICECREAM!!!" Ed shouted. Shin chuckled, "Oh yeah! I almost forgot."

He turned to Andy

"Hey, do you know where we can get ice-creams?" Shin asked Andy. Andy thought for a moment. "Yes, I can show you," he said.

"Edo wants some," Shin said. "Fine, let's go after this," Andy sipping his coffee. Faye suddenly exclaimed, "I had to call papa up!!!"

"Go and call him. He'll be worried," Julia said. Faye got up and ran to phone Jet.

"Edo, you finished the juice?" Shin asked. Ed nodded, the orange juice covering her lips. Shin gave her a hanky. "Clean your face," he said gently. Ed took the hanky and rubbed it hard against her face.

"Come, we'll buy ice-cream!" Shin said as he got up. Andy got up and motioned them to follow him. "Hey, guys, we're going out. We'll be back in a few minutes!" Andy announced. Julia and Alice nodded.

They were just about to step out when they heard a shout.

"BROTHER!!!"

Alice came panting.

"What?"

"Brother, can you get a packet of sugar from the store on the way?"

Andy sighed, "Ok, ok. Anyways, make something good for dinner."

"Aye!" Alice replied cheerfully.

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Andy, Shin and Ed walked along the waves which gracefully splashed in curves against the coast. Ed was really cheerful.

"Ice-Cream, Ice-Cream,

Ed get ice-cream,

Yummy Yummy Isu-Sucream!!!

Banana Banana Banana!

Applie Applie Applie!

AND STRAWBELLY!!

NYA NYA NYA NAY!!"

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"And then you pour it into the cups. That's all!" Alice said as she showed it to Julia. Julia's eyes widened and she began clapping. "Wow!! That's too good! Too good! Glad to know there's someone else in our group who is feminine!" she said. Alice raised her eyebrow, "Group?"

"Cummon!" Julia said nudging her, "You're such a nice girl. Now you're the member of our group!" Alice laughed, "Thanks!"

"Is this the type of knife you use when you're cutting vegetables?" Julia asked as she pointed out to a large and sharp knife. Alice shook her head. "No, this one's for cutting meat," she said as she picked up the knife.

"Oh! And is this pan the non-stick one?" Julia asked as she picked up the pan. "Hai, that's the non-stick one!" Alice nodded. "Hey, what's the time?" Julia suddenly asked.

Alice looked at the watch. "It's…6," Alice said, "I've make dinner."

"No! Let me help you, Alice!" Julia said as she made some puppy dog eyes, "Please?"

Alice chuckled and nodded.

"I'll just check on the others and ask them if they want something!" Alice said. "Sure!" Julia said. Alice walked out of the kitchen as Julia walked to the cupboards.

Alice looked around. She saw the strange guy standing in the balcony. What was his name now? Oh yes, Andy had said his name was Vicious. What a strange name! Ever since she had first seen him he looked so quite and mystifying and odd. He didn't even say a word when he first met her during the introductions.

She walked to him.

He stared at the sea, lost. Alice looked in his direction. She knew why he just stared at it. The sky was purple. The sea was illuminated with the purple colour of the sky. It was a beautiful sight.

"It's pretty, isn't it?" Alice asked. Vicious snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the younger girl. Then he turned back to where he was looking in the first place. "What do you want?" he muttered quietly.

"Sorry to disturb you but I just wanted to make sure you're comfortable," Alice said. Vicious nodded.

"Ok, then if you want anything just call me!" Alice said cheerfully and walked towards the living room where she saw Lin sitting on a couch and reading a book. He noticed her and looked up and said, "Oh, hello."

Alice smiled, "Hi! Well, sorry to disturb but I wanted to know whether you are comfortable or not."

Lin smiled. "No, it's ok. I'm comfortable."

"If you want anything, just call me, ok?"Alice said cheerfully. Lin nodded and smiled.

She looked around for Faye. She saw her sitting comfortably on her bed and taking out her night clothes. "Hi!" Faye greeted as she saw Alice. "Hello, well, I wanted to make sure that you were comfortable," Alice said. "Yeah, I am!" Faye said cheerfully. "If you want anything just ask me," Alice said.

"Aye!" Faye said cheerfully.

She looked around to see Spike engrossed in an old magazine. She remembered hearing some hullabaloo about Spike and some fairytale. Which one was it now? Oh yeah Cinderella.

She even remembered Ed saying something about Spike wanting to become a princess. She tried to imagine him wearing a ball dress and lots of makeup and long diamond earrings hanging from his ears.

Alice giggled. Spike heard the soft giggle and looked up.

"Excuse me but did you just giggle?" he asked. Alice slapped herself mentally. "Sorry but it was funny…"Alice said giggling again. Spike raised an eyebrow. "What was funny?"

Alice shook her head hard. "No, nothing." Spike stared at her in a strange way. Alice straightened herself, "Ah…I came here to say that if you want anything then just call me."

"Yeah sure," Spike said turning back to the magazine ((cough 'fairytale')).

Alice ran back to the kitchen to see Julia stirring something which looked like soup. "Ah…you're making soup?" Alice asked. Julia nodded. "I'll make some steak," Alice said as she got busy with the meat and the knife.

Just then they heard Ed's loud-pitched voice.

"Strawbelly!! Ed got strawbelly!!!"

Julia and Alice looked each other and giggled.

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Ed plunked on the sofa disturbing Spike in the process. "Ed!" he shouted. Ed looked at him with huge pitiful eyes. Spike grunted and grumbled something about kids being such a nuisance.

"So, reading Cinderella again, Spike?" Andy asked as he removed his socks. Spike glared at Andy who looked away immediately. Ed stared at Spike who literally flinched at the sight of her eye.

"Spike-person read Cinderella again?" she asked curiously. Spike looked scared as Ed cracked a smile from one ear to another and got a twinkle in her eye.

"Spike-person want to be princess-person!! Spike-person want to go to ball and dance and leave Spike- person's slipper on the staircase!!!" Ed chanted as Spike tried to hide his face from everyone.

"Shut-up, Ed!!" he shouted. Ed looked at him again with her puppy dog face. "Spike-person shout at Ed?" she said in a small voice. She buried her face in her hands and let out a couple of fake sobs only to make Spike feel guilty.

"Edo, don't cry!" Shin ran to Ed. He glared at Spike who turned away to read. There was silence for a few minutes until Alice came running in the room and announced.

"Dinner Time!!!"

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"Wow, the soup's good!" Andy said as he tasted the soup. "Delicious," Shin added. "Julia made it," Alice said.

Julia smiled. "Thanks," she said. "When are gonna go to the beach?" she asked.

"We'll tomorrow," Andy replied. "Why not now?" Faye asked. "Are you an idiot, Faye? It's dinner time! What are you going to do on the beach now?" Spike asked.

Faye pouted.

"Faye-Faye Nee-san pouty pouty!!" Ed sang. "Shut up!" Faye said as she slurped her soup loudly.

"Faye do you have some manners?" Andy said. Faye gave him a death glare.

Suddenly Julia screamed.

"What happened?" Shin asked.

"Something…it's ticking me…there's something beneath the table!!" Julia screamed again.

Andy and Spike lifted the table cloth up and looked inside. Suddenly Andy began laughing.

"What? What's there inside?" Faye asked and looked down. Andy put his arm forward and fished out a welish corgi.

"Ein! You were here?" Alice lurched forward and took the dog in her arms. "Oh, Ein I was so worried. Naughty dog!" Alice fondled with him gently. Ein barked and licked Alice's cheek.

"Who's that?" Faye asked. "Oh, this is Ein, our dog," Andy said as he ruffled Ein's fur.

Spike gave a snort. Andy looked at him confused. Then he realized. "Oh, Spike, you hate dogs, right?" Andy said teasingly. Spike turned to his soup.

"Really?" Alice asked, surprised. "Yes, Spike hates animals, kids and women with attitudes, right, Spike?" Andy said teasingly.

Spike glared at Andy. Andy smiled evilly. Andy gave Spike a mocking glare. Spike glared back. Andy glared more. Soon they were having a glaring contest.

Shin could sense something wrong so he interrupted. "Ahh…why don't we finish our dinner?" he said nervously. Andy and Spike turned to him and glared.

"Heheheh…" Shin laughed nervously.

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"OHAYO GOZAIMASU!!!" Alice chirped cheerfully. Faye opened her eyes. She sat up slowly and stretched. "It's morning already?" she asked tired. "Ah ha!" Alice said nodding.

Faye sank back into her pillow. "Is Julia awake?" she asked softly. "Infact she woke up before I did and made breakfast. Come down now. We'll all have breakfast together," Alice said as she drew the curtains to let warm and bright sunlight to enter the room.

Faye groaned as sunlight bore painfully into her eyes. "Owww…" she groaned.

"Andy will eat up everything if you don't come soon!" Alice said as she closed the door behind her.

Faye sighed. She got up and got dressed quickly.

Faye made her way downstairs. She entered the kitchen to see everyone seated at the table.

"Good morning, Faye!" Julia greeted cheerfully. Faye smiled.

She sat on a vacant chair besides Ed. "Ohayo gozaimasu, Faye-Faye Nee-san!!" Ed chirped.

"Yeah, good morning." Faye said in a very irritated voice.

"So, what is the plan today?" Faye asked. "How about we go one the ferry, brother?" Alice asked excitedly. "Yeah! It's so nice and windy today!!" Julia said cheerfully.

"Hmm…ok, then when will we check out the surf boards?" Andy asked. "Please, Brother," Alice begged.

"Yeah, please Andy!" Julia begged.

"Hey!" Shin exclaimed, "I've got an idea!!"

"What?"

"Well, you guys go now and have fun with the surf boards and we'll go on the ferry in the afternoon and have a picnic," Shin said.

"Yeah!! When you guys are at the beach, Julia and I will make the snacks," Alice said.

"So, who will go to the beach now?" Andy asked. Andy raised his hand so did Spike, Lin, Vicious, Faye and Ed.

"Shin?" Lin asked. "I'll help them with the food," Shin said sipping his tea. "Aww…thanks, Shin!" Alice and Julia said.

"No probs!" He said in return.

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"Bye!" Alice and Julia shouted as they saw the others run down the sand. Julia turned to Alice. "Shall we start?" she asked and Alice nodded.

"Shin!!" Julia called out. "Yeah?" Shin asked as he cut the potatoes. "Where's the knife?" Julia asked.

"I'm using it to cut the potatoes," Shin said. "Then how will I cut the tomatoes?" Julia said. "Here, take this knife," Alice said as she handed out a knife.

"Thanks!"

"You're most welcome!"

Alice carefully buttered each piece. "Should we make it a toast?" she asked suddenly.

"Ah…Spike likes toasted so we'll make a couple of toasted ones," Julia said. "Ok, then should I toast it lightly?" Alice asked. Julia shook her head, "Naa, it should be nicely burnt."

"Spike sure likes strange things, "Alice commented. "That's what makes him different," Shin said.

"You're soooo positive and patient, Shin," Julia said. Shin smiled, "You're no less cheerful, Julia," Shin said as he neatly cut the potatoes.

"And you, Alice, you're really really shy," Julia said as she looked at the younger girl.

"Am I?" Alice asked, surprised. Shin chuckled, "Yes, Alice."

"So, you live here all by yourself?" Julia asked. Alice shook her head. "No, actually I live quite far away from here," she said as she helped Shin put the tomatoes on the bread.

"Why don't you live with your parents?" Julia asked, "Is something wrong?"

Alice laughed, "No, no, I've to live with my uncle and aunty for I had to move out for higher studies."

"Oh is that so?" Julia said surprised. "So, what do you want to become in the future?" Shin asked.

"Hmm…I want to be a manga-ka!" Alice said naively. "Cool, I love mangas!!" Shin said.

Alice smiled. "I wonder how the others are doing…" Julia wondered.

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"YAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ed jumped into the water splashing water all over. Faye rubbed the sea water on her face. "Ed!!" she shouted. Then she suddenly splashed water all over Ed. "Whhooooooooooeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!" Ed shouted gleefully.

Andy stood in the water for sometime. Faye suddenly smirked. She nudged Ed. "Hey, Ed, look it's Andy-Dandy there," She said pointing to his back. Ed and Faye looked at each other as an evil smile spread across both their faces.

"Ahhh…it's soooo nice here!" Andy sighed as he stood in the water. He felt something tickle his leg. He slapped his leg without looking. 'Must be some insect', he thought.

He stretched but as he did so he was suddenly pulled by his leg by a powerful force under him.

Andy yelled. "HELP!!!"

Spike and Lin snapped back to see Andy disappear under water. Andy opened his eyes. He was still under water. He looked around to see a face. He flinched. Then he realized whose it was.

Faye.

She made mocking faces at him and disappeared. Andy franticly clawed in the water. He somehow made his way out of water. He felt the warm sunshine on his face but it was only for a second. He felt the force of water against his face and a huge giggle.

Ed.

Andy somehow cleaned his face with his hand and looked up. It was Ed. She was ready to throw more water at him but he was fast too. He swung his hand and threw water on Ed.

"Yahhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooo!!!" Ed shouted gleefully.

This was fun!!! They started splashing each other with water.

Andy snapped back and called out, "Vicious!! Do come! It's fun!!!"

Vicious shook his head slowly and once again sank into the serious book he was reading sitting under a palm tree.

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"That was fun!!" Andy said as he entered the house. "Yeah, I wonder why Vicious was not ready to touch water!" Spike said. Vicious grunted.

Faye laughed. "It was fun when we tricked Andy, wasn't it, Edo?"

Andy frowned. "It wasn't!"

"Iiiiittt waaaass!!!" Ed said dancing.

"Hey, guys!!" Shin greeted. "Oh hi, Shin, you should have come with us, it was fun," Spike said. Shin smiled, "Well, you guys rest for sometime now. We'll start in 1 hour or so, ok?"

Everyone nodded.

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"Brother?"

A gentle voice called out cautiously. Andy felt a gentle hand shaking him very softly. "Brother, wake up, it's about time to lave now…" the voice called out softly.

Andy opened his eyes to see a blurry vision of Alice. He rubbed his eyes. He had fallen asleep on the couch. He looked around. Lin slept besides him, rather sat with his head resting on the head of the couch. Spike slept on the floor with his head resting on his arms on the table. Faye was curled up into a ball on one of the seats while Ed slept on the floor, her one leg on Spike's lap and her toe tickling Spike's stomach.

Alice smiled. "Cummon, Brother, we have to go on the ferry, right?" Andy sat up. "Yeah, we should wake up the others," he said softly. "You get changed, I'll wake the others," Alice said. Andy nodded and got up and went to change.

Alice turned to Lin. "Lin?" she called out softly. Lin stirred a bit. He looked up slowly. "Hey, Lin, it's time to get ready for cruise," Alice said, "You guys fell asleep before I could give you guys something to eat. Guess you guys were really tired."

Lin nodded slowly and got up slowly. He stretched. "I'll go and change," he said.

Alice nodded. She then turned to Spike. "Spike?" Spike didn't stir a bit. Alice shook him gently. He just made a movement to make himself comfortable. "Spike, wake up now," Alice said gently. "No, Mom, I don't wanna go to school today," he mumbled in his sleep. Alice giggled. "Spike," she shook him a bit harder. He opened his eyes.

"What?"

"It's time to go for the cruise, remember?" Alice said, "Go and get changed now. You fell asleep without changing, you know?" Spike nodded and got up resulting in Ed's leg falling from his lap and hitting the hard wooden floor. Ed squealed loudly in her sleep.

Faye woke up that instant. "What?! Ed?"

Alice and Spike stared at her. Faye looked in confusion. "Cummon Faye, we have to go for the cruise, remember?" Alice said. Faye nodded. Alice shook Ed gently. "Edward, get up now," She said gently. Faye shook her head. "That's not the way to wake her up!!"

Faye lowered her self to Ed's ear.

"ICECREAM!!!!!!"

Ed at once woke up. "Ice cream? Where?!!" She asked. "Nowhere!" Faye replied. "Awww…" Ed said pitifully.

"Now go and get changed," Alice said.

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"Hey, where's Faye?" Julia asked. She had worn a yellow summer dress and worn a sun hat and goggles. Her sun kissed hair was tied up in a pony tail. "I don't know, she said that she will be coming in a minute," Alice said. She wore a blue summer dress with white flowers on it. She too had worn a straw summer hat. Her honey dew locks shone against the sun shine. They glistened in the light.

"Hey!! Wait!! I'm here!!" Faye shouted. She wore a Capri and a light blue sleeveless shirt. She had a white shirt tied to her waist. Julia moved her hand towards her face to stop the sunshine from falling directly on her face. Something glittered on her hand. "Hey, what's that?" Faye asked. Julia looked at her hand.

"Oh, my bracelet! I forgot to keep it!" Julia exclaimed. "Show it to me," Alice said. Julia showed it to her. It glistened in the sunlight.

"That's very nice, you know," Alice said as she examined it. "She has hundreds of these, Alice," Spike said lazily. "Shut up, Spike," Julia warned.

"Really? Wow!" Alice said quite amused by the beautiful braclet.

"Cummon now," Andy said as the others followed him.

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"Wow!!!" Julia said as she leaned against the railing of the ferry. The strong wind blew her hair. Alice smiled. "It's too good!" she said. "It's sooo refreshing and nice, isn't it?" Julia asked. Alice nodded.

The sky was clear blue and the white fluffy clouds made a wonderful sight. To add to the beauty the serene blue sea made a gentle noise with the waves. The sound of the waves blended with the wind's sound and the cries of sea gulls.

It was beautiful…

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Whew!! That one was over!! I hope u liked it. I just love describing the sea side. It's sooo open and beautiful. Anyways PLEASE review!! If you think it's a bit rushed then excuse me please!! Well, the next chapter is where the story takes a twist so don't miss it!! I could've added the part to this chapter but then this chapter was already sooooooo big. I also can't find time to write. T.T

Thanks to-

Kira Stone- Thanks, Kira!!!! I really enjoyed talking to you yesterday. Hoping to meet you soon!!!

Mask Rider Roy- You know, I feel so bad to make you wait like this for the real twist but I can't help it. The next chapter will have a twist, don't stop reading please.

Review onegaishimasu!

Oh yeah, I hope u understand the Japanese I use sometimes. If u don't then feel free to ask me!!

If you review then I'll give you a Spike plushie or any other plushie u want:)

Bye:)

Miki

PS Don't stop reading!!! The next chapter has a twist.

PPS Lemme see, I'll need 5 (Ok, 4) reviews to continue…no I'll need 5 reviews.