Hello again, my wonderful, wonderful fans! I just want to take this time to tell you how much I love and adore you all!
Gibson: She truly a—GAH! Reza! Release me!
Oh, no, Mister Hal Gibson, I've got something special in store for you. Don't you remember Vocaloid from the last chapter?
Gibson: No… No, let me go! I don't want to! Let me go, let me go, let me go!
Otto: Aw, look at Gibby squirm in a vain attempt to retain his dignity.
Antauri: Wow, Otto, those are some very intelligent words for you.
Otto: I learned them while going through Gibby's diary!
Nova: Oh, I wanna read!
Antauri: Me, too!
SPRX: Don't leave me out!
Mandarin: -chuckle- A big thanks to Jasper Dragonfly and EvilAntauri for their reviews. … hey, wait, don't read it without me!
Gibson: I'm going to kill myself. I am.
Hey! –flicks Gibson on the nose- I'm the only emo kid here. You can borrow my emo corner, though. 8D
Cosplay:
Oh, this one has Gibby and 'tauri… and SPRX and Nova! :D
"I hate you all." Gibson growled.
Antauri smiled, "Come on, Hal, we only want you to adopt two personas."
"I won't adopt any personas." Gibson growled, "And you're not getting so much as a flirtatious wink for the next forever!"
Antauri shrugged, "I will give up a few kisses if it means you walking around like Hatsune Miku and Austin Powers for a day."
"Wow, Anaturi…" SPRX whistled, "That's a big sacrifice for you."
Antauri paused, "SPRX, I'm getting to watch him walk around in a skirt, and then he's going to act like a sex icon. It's not much."
Gibson blushed, "I'm not doing it!"
"Of course you are." Nova smiled, "You have no choice."
"Why not?"
Chiro smiled, "Because Reza has the keyboard and we're subjected to whatever she wants. Heck, you don't even have to put on the clothes, she can make them magically appear on you."
Because I'm awesome like that. Nice idea, by the way, Chiro.
Gibson yelped as the Miku cosplay appeared on him. He tried to get it off, but it was stuck to him.
"I hate you all!" He shouted, "And I hate this stupid author!"
Hate me all you want, Gibby, I still have the keyboard.
"Hey, could you wear an outfit like that, Nova?" SPRX asked, "I think it would be cute…"
Nova paused, "SPRX… that's a great idea! Hey, Reza, can I wear a cosplay, too?"
Sure. What do you want?
"Something cute! Oh, how about Kagame Rin… or Hungary… oh, no, Hyuuga Hinata! Oh, I don't know, just pick something!"
Uh… okay… you don't mind cosplaying as a guy, do you? I mean… I think it's a guy…
"I don't care." Nova smiled, grinning as the cosplay appeared, "Who is it?"
Ultimo from Karakuridoji ULTIMO. He's so cute!
Nova spun, "I like the pants! Hey, we should all cosplay with Gibson so he doesn't feel alone! Come on, pick something!"
Otto grinned, "I wanna be Beast Boy from Teen Titans!"
SPRX smiled, "Oh! I want to be America from Hetalia!"
"What should I do?" Chiro asked, "Oh, I know! Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean!"
They all grinned as their outfits appeared, fitting them perfectly without ruining any details.
"What about you, Antauri?" Nova asked.
Antauri shook his head, "I'm alright."
"You have to do something." SPRX smiled.
Gibson ran over, pointing at Antauri, "Lieutenant Nyota Uhura from the Star trek Mirror Universe!" A smirk spread across his face as the glitter-infested outfit appeared on Antauri, "Ha! Not so fun now, is it?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Hal." Antauri smiled, "I think this looks good on me."
Nova laughed, "Oh, jeez! Antauri's a crossdresser like Sakko!"
"Hey, you're dressed as a guy." Otto told her.
"Yeah, but what man in his right mind would wear this? I mean, it doesn't even have a back. But it's so cute!"
SPRX smiled, "I think so, too. Give a kiss to the most awesome nation ever?"
Nova smirked, "Find Prussia, and I will."
"Aw, come on. I like America. He has such a cool outfit."
"But I guess I'll settle for the second most awesome nation, and the cutest monkey ever." She kissed SPRX's cheek.
SPRX grinned, "Oh, yeah!" he smirked at Otto, "She thinks I'm cuter than you."
"Yeah, one out of trillions in the entire cosmos." Otto laughed, "You've beaten me." He said sarcastically, "I'm still the adorable one of our team. Look, I have a mask!"
Antauri smiled, "Looks like we're in the same boat, Hal."
"No, you're in a sailboat… I'm in a gunboat with everything aimed at you."
Magnets:
SPRX jumped up to The Alchemist's shoulders, watching him work, fascinated.
"What do you think, SPRX?" The Alchemist asked, "This is for your brother." He showed the red monkey the green energy saw, "Do you think he'll like it?"
SPRX grinned.
"Wonderful. How about I show you what I have in store for you?" he pulled down a pair of magnets, "I haven't begun to work on them, but when I'm done, you will have the best magnetic weapons ever."
SPRX stared at the magnets, rubbing his hands across them.
"Perhaps, if you practice with them enough, you'll be able to attract Nova." The Alchemist chuckled, "Seeing as your attempts to win her so far only end in a punch to the face."
Demon:
"Holy son of Neptune…" the King looked at Chiro, "What kind of demon did you just release in my land?"
Chiro sighed, "It's not a demon, it's worse…" he winced, "Otto got into the candy…"
Disconnected:
"Ring, ring."
"He-Hello?"
"Ring, ring."
"He-hellooo?"
"Ring, ring."
"He-he-helloooooooo?"
"Ring, ring."
"He-hello?"
Gibson stared at the Christmas colored brother, his eye twitching slightly.
"Ring, ring." Otto chuckled.
"He-hello?" SPRX answered.
"Ring, ring."
"He-he-he-helloooooo?"
"Answer the call before I disconnect you!" Gobson shouted.
Otto and SPRX stared at him for a moment.
"Ring, ring." Otto whispered.
"He-hello?" SPRX asked.
"Hey, Sparky, I think we should run. Gibby's mad."
"I agree."
The pair jumped and scampered off to go bother someone else. Gibson sighed and fell back into his chair, pulling up his book to read again.
"Hey, Gibson…"
He slammed the Advanced Physics book and threw it at Antauri, "Why can't I have ten seconds to read in peace?"
Enthusiastic:
"Why did you bring me here?" Gibson asked.
"Wow, don't be so enthusiastic, Brainstain." SPRX rolled his eyes.
"We thought you could use some fresh air.
"I'm perfectly fine getting fresh air in my lab. Alone."
Antauri switched his hand to a ghost claw, lifting Gibson up and hovering him in the air.
"Oh, no, please, Antauri, put me down! On dry land, please! Don't put me in the water, for the love of all things good in this universe, do not put me in the water!"
Antauri smiled, "I understand now, you're afraid."
"I-I am not!"
Antauri lowered Gibson closer to the lake he hovered over.
"Oh, jeez! Okay, okay, maybe a little! Please, bring me back to dry land!"
Antauri lifted Gibson up and back over to the team. The blue monkey growled and punched Antauri in the shoulder.
"That was mean."
Antauri rubbed his shoulder, "It was necessary."
Gibson glared, "I'm going back to my lab."
"No, you're not." Nova smirked, grabbing him, "You're going to get over this stupid fear of water."
"It's not the water that scares me!"
Nova paused, "Gibson?"
He pulled out of her grip, "It's not the water…"
"Then what is it?" Otto asked.
The blue monkey shook his head, "I-it's nothing…"
"Gibson, you can tell us. We aren't going to judge you." Chiro smiled, "It's okay."
Gibson turned back, "I'm afraid of the Captain, okay?"
Otto blinked, "What Captain?"
"Captain Protesis…" Antauri explained, "Hal…"
"He spent years avoiding that curse to keep his human form… and I ruined it for him." He clenched his fists, "He called for me as they dragged him farther into the sea. He called for me to help him and I did nothing."
"You couldn't have, Gibson…" Chiro put a hand on the monkey's shoulder, "You couldn't have done anything."
"He was exposed long enough for the curse to take him over." Nova smiled, "Don't blame yourself."
"I broke the sub." Gibson was shaking, "I broke it to expose him. I did it intentionally, and he still called to me for help." He looked down, "I'm afraid… that he'll find me… that he'll hurt you all to hurt me like I did him."
Antauri took Gibson's hands in his, "Hal, if anything should happen, we're here to help you. Always."
"Besides, what's one fish guy against five robot monkeys and a kid with monkey powers?" Otto laughed.
SPRX activated his magnets, "These things aren't for show, you know, Gibson."
Antauri smiled, "See, Hal? We would never let anyone hurt you."
Gibson paused, "Antauri, could you do something for me?"
"What's that?"
Gibson smirked, "Take a breath." He shoved the silver monkey into the water, "That's what you get for scaring me!"
Anaturi resurfaced, his eyes barely showing above the water. Gibson smirked and turned to leave, but Antauri's hand shot up, grabbing his tail and pulling him in.
"Bonzai!" Otto yelled, jumping in, SPRX and Chiro close behind.
Nutritious:
"Why are you a vegetarian, Antauri?" Otto asked.
"Because it's nutritious." Antauri smiled.
"Meat's healthy, too.' Otto smiled, waving a piece of steak in Antauri's face.
Antauri winced away, "It also freaks me out…"
"Why?"
"Because… it's like someone killed one of you, cooked you, and cut you into pieces for someone to eat. That's part of someone's family, Otto."
Otto smiled, "Why do you think I'm so nice to animals?"
Censorship:
"Hey, Reza?"
The girl looked at the green monkey, "Yeah, Otto?"
"How come you make up swear words for everything except damn?"
She shrugged, "It just doesn't seem like swearing to me. Hell isn't either."
"You have weird censorship." Otto chuckled.
"Son of a flapnarple, I forgot to do my geometry Homework! Otto, can you save the fic for me? I'll finish in the morning! Son of a shlarnp narple!"
Otto watched her run off, "Wow… I guess she's not really making them up… she uses them." He looked at the computer, a grin spreading across his face. He saved the document and lokoed at the next word.
"My turn."
Decorate:
Hehe… we're all here on this one, working as a team! Otto, SPRX, Nova, Gibson, Antauri, Mandarin, Sakko, Chiro, and Jinmay! We're gonna stick to Reza's intended pairings, though… just to be nice, so… let's see… Reza wanted this to be… SPRX/Nova, Gibby/Antauri, and Mandy/me. :D
"We wish you a merry jingly, we wish you a merry jingly, we wish yoooooooouuuuuu…" Otto hummed, putting up Christmas decorations.
"You do know the real lyrics, don't you, Otto?" Gibson asked.
"Probably not." SPRX laughed, "He's never sung the right songs."
"Jingle bombs, jingle bombs, mine blew up, you see!"
Mandarin smiled, "Where's Chiro?"
"He's spending this year with his old foster home as a thank you to them." Antauri explained.
"I made cookies!" Nova walked in.
"Yay!" the boys all ran over to her, "Thanks, Nova!"
Otto stuffed a cookie in his face, "I have no money in my coffer, no gold or silver do I bring, nor have I precious jewels to offer, to celebrate the new born king, yet do not spurn my gift completely, oh ye three wise men please demur, behold a plant that smokes more sweetly, than either Frankincense or Myrrh…" he dug through his box of decoration, hanging ornaments on the walls and tying up images of Santa.
SPRX stared at his brother, "What the heck is he singing?"
"More like, where did he hear that?" Nova laughed.
Antauri paused, noticing something in the box Otto had.
"Hey, Hal…"
Gibson turned, "Yes?"
Antauri held a small bunch of mistletoe above Gibson's head, "Kiss, kiss."
Gibson rolled his eyes, kissing Antauri's cheek and grabbing the small plant, "That's as good as you're going to get if you don't start helping me put up the tree."
Mandarin took the plant from Gibson, placing it back in the box and carrying it over to Otto.
"Here you go."
"Thanks, Mandy!"
Nova sighed, watching everyone work. She set down her plate of cookies and dug around in another one of the Christmas boxes.
"Hey, guys!" She smiled, "I found hats!"
Otto was by her side in two seconds, "Yay!" He pulled a hat on and ran over to Mandarin, slipping it on his head, "Now you're as cute as I am!"
Mandarin chuckled, "I don't think anything can be as cute as you are."
Otto smiled, grabbing the three bunches of mistletoe in the box.
"Hm…" he smiled, "Perfect!"
"Mandarin, can you come help us?" Antauri called.
"Alright."
SPRX handed Nova a string of garland and lifted her onto his shoulders. She smiled, stringing it within the branches of the tree.
"Well, the workshop is gone now, he decided to bomb it. Everywhere you'll find pieces of Cupid and Comet. And he tied up his helpers and he held the elves hostage, and he ground up poor Rudolph into reindeer sausage!"
"Where is Otto hearing these songs?" Nova asked.
"He got Dancer and Prancer with an old German Luger, and he slashed up Dasher just like Freddy Krueger, and he picked up a flamethrower and he barbequed Blitzen, and he took a big bite and said, "It tastes just like chicken!""
"He's insane…" SPRX sighed.
"He's your brother." Gibson reminded him.
"The decorations are done!" Otto called, "I think this place looks magical!"
"And the tree is finished." Nova smiled.
"Let's get our presents." Antauri helped Gibson down and smiled, running over to catch up with Otto.
"Antauri, wait!"
The silver monkey stopped, looking back.
"Don't move." Gibson smiled, walking over, "Look up."
Antauri blinked, doing as he was told.
"Otto… you put it here?" He asked, pointing to the mistletoe.
Otto smiled, "I know how much you like Gibby's kisses."
Gibson kissed Antauri lightly, "You better like them, because I'm going to give you a lot."
Antauri grinned, "Yay!"
"Where are the other two?" Mandarin asked.
Otto held them up, "I'm going to hang them somewhere else."
Ban:
"I'm going to ban you damn monkeys from upstairs if you keep hacking my crap."
They all slowly turned around.
"Hehe… hi, Reza." Otto smiled.
The girl waved slowly, moving only her fingers, "What are you doing?"
"Your chapter." Sakko answered.
She lifted Otto and Antauri out of her chair and set them on the couch, "Stay. In fact, everyone on either the couch or the Ottoman in the next ten seconds."
She smirked as everyone rushed to get to a spot.
"Perfect." She grabbed her chair, sitting down, "Now, if you guys want to write once in a while, just ask."
"We wrote 'Decorate' for you, Reza." Otto smiled.
"We even left your pairings in it!" Nova grinned.
"It has Otto singing funny songs." SPRX told her.
She growled, "Next time, don't touch my computer. Be glad that the worst you're getting right now is fear. Next time I may put Krinkle in a story."
"I love you?" Antauri smiled.
She paused, her hand twitching, "No, I will not break."
He formed a heart with his hands, "Lots and lots of love from me to you."
She clawed her own hand, "N-no…"
He grinned, "Love you lots."
"You are so cute!" She grabbed the silver monkey, hugging him, "So freakin' adorable, I could lock you away in my room and never let you go and take you to school and then I'd use you to cheat on tests and pass my classes! So cute!"
"Crushing… not… functioning… please let go…"
Cosplay- Request from Jasper Dragonfly. XD This was so much fun! I'm gonna do the Austin Powers one soon, everyone! Promise!
Magnets- Request from Jasper Dragonfly. Aww… The Alchemist is so cute. I wish we had more episodes with him and the Monkey Team.
Demon- Request from Jasper Dragonfly. I'd be scared.
Disconnected- Request from EvilAntauri. Aw, poor Gibby. Must be annoying. I feel his pain, I really do…
Antauri: You say 'poor Gibby' when I'm the one who got hit in the face with a hardcover, twelve-hundred page book.
Enthusiastic- Another fic set after Demon of the Deep… but this one has no pairings. Whooo! XD
Nutritious- Just some cute Antauri and Otto stuff.
Censorship- hehe… Reza left. My turn! Well, actually, it's all of us, working on the last three together. But we kept the pairings Reza intended… just to be nice.
Decorate- Otto: The songs I sang were "We Wish You a Merry Jingly" by GIR from Invader Zim, "Jingle Bombs" by Achmed the dead terrorist from Jeff Dunham, "Little Dealer Boy" by Willie Nelson from Stephen Colbert's Christmas Special, and "The Night Santa Went Crazy" by Weird Al.
Mandarin: I like the last one. XD
Antauri: Kiss, kiss, kiss!
Gibson: -sigh- fine. Kiss, kiss.
Nova: Where'd you put the other ones, Otto?
Otto: Uh… one above the door to SPRX's room, and one in the training room doorway.
SPRX: :D Nova, come with me to my room so we can get my presents!
Ban- Such a cute little monkey, all fluffy and adorable and cute! I could just force you into a dress and carry you around like a baby doll all day!
Gibson: Looks like we found Reza's weakness!
Otto: That… looks painful… poor Antauri.
Antauri: Malfunctioning… please… let go…
Nova: Well, while Antauri struggles for his life, how about we close out this chapter?
Mandarin: Reviews get Gibson into that Austin Powers outfit.
SPRX: Flames result in imprisonment with Gyrus Krinkle… -shudder-