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Now let's continue this! Remember, these are based on Season 1 episodes I feel need to be addressed or mentioned in some way in terms of Nova's thoughts. Not all the episodes. Hope you like it!

Chapter 3

A Shaky Start

Why was he reading this again?

Oh yeah.

To find out what was causing her aggressive behaviour.

But what if she walked in on him and caught him . . .?

'Oh for crying out loud!' Sparx thought to himself in frustration. 'You're trying to help her, not setting out to expose her personal thoughts! You're just wasting time here! The quicker we read this, the quicker we finish it, find out what's wrong with Nova and hopefully NOT get busted by her!'

Even with these motivational thoughts, his hands were still shaking, so bad he could barely read the words. But he took a deep breath and began to read anyway:

So yeah, this whole "tough tomboy warrior" thing hasn't gone off to the best of starts. I mean I knew it would be shaky and all but it still kinda annoys me. I think it started when we had to clean the Robot. Chiro and Sparx decided that they were gonna take this simple chore to the extremes and jump off the Robot, clean it with water blasters while we held onto ropes attatched to their ankles. Chiro got distracted by this girl in the distance and shot through his ropes and I kinda jumped into saving him without really thinking. I guess I just wanted to show off a bit. Heck, I even pulled my giant fists out! It kinda turned into Chiro getting saved by me getting saved by Gibson getting saved by Antauri. So we're all hanging onto each other, I'm hanging onto Chiro's rope and you know how I said I got so excited, I pulled my fists out? Well turns out that wasn't necessary at all cause my fist was so big, the rope slipped through! He was alright and all but I should've been more careful there!

Oh and if you think THAT was a slip up, just wait till you hear what I did later. That girl Chiro saw turned up again and next thing, they start dating. And apparently this date was so special, he had to go mitch all his training and stuff. So the guys were discussing what could be up with him because at the time we didn't know what was going on. I decided that if I'm gonna get some notice as part of the team, I might as well say something. And WHAT do I say? "He probably just has something important to do." WHAT THE BLAZES, BRAIN?! I KNOW that there's nothing more important than the team! How could I say that?! UGH, I could just smack myself right now thinking about it! "Something important to do?!" Why, Nova?! No wonder I can't get some love around here! I swear, if I hadn't been saved by the alarm, they probably would have kicked me out on the spot. Okay, I REALLY need to start upping my game here! I thought I was gonna try hard before but now I feel I REALLY need to start pushing! Sure the first day's always the hardest and as Antauri says, I can consider these slip ups a lesson for the future but wow; I will NOT get those LOOKS the guys gave me out of my head when I said that!

'Okay,' Sparx thought to himself, taking a few deep breaths. 'We're getting somewhere here. We just gotta find out WHERE she starts overdoing it, why she's overdoing it and then we can do something about it. Okay, this mightn't be so bad. It's probably gonna be in the next few entries and then we're good. C'mom, let's do it . . .'

Week Two of Tough Warrior Monkey Girl and I've messed up again. So today we found out that Shuggazoom City is actually supported by these pillars underneath us . . . underwater. Huh. I always thought the city floated by itself. Anyway, these giant teeth thingies started eating away the pillars which was causing the city to sink. I saw the opportunity to show the guys that I could by real tough and tear it apart and what happens? I get lectured by Antauri. Well it wasn't really a lecture but it was still his way of saying "tone it down." Oh yeah! Because I'm not allowed to fight properly, is that it? Because I'm a girl! Yeah, even Antauri thinks I shouldn't be allowed to be strong because I'm a girl! I even put on this stupid sweetie girly smile and that actually satisfied him! See what I mean? I'm just some stupid female on the team! Thanks a lot, teammates, that's real nice!

Sparx shook his head in disbelief, turning the page. That entry was just like the last one, frustrated and feeling excluded. If the next few entries were like these ones then that would be all he needed to know. He'd close the diary, put it back where he found it, join the others and-

Hold on.

These entries looked more positive!

He sat up in the couch and glanced at the pages before him. Yeah, there were definitely more positive words in these two entries!

Today we had to deal with this giant planetoid thingy on a crash course towards Shuggazoom and I finally did something right. It wasn't anything big but I'm still happy. So we came face to face with the planetoid and tried to communicate but that didn't work. I got the feeling that we let it eat us and deal with it there and the guys actually went along with it! Well Chiro was a little uneasy but I told him to listen to his feelings which seemed to do the trick. Sparx was also pretty grossed out so I just made a joke about it. The rest of the day was pretty much the usual but it felt so good to have one of my ideas go to plan and help save the day! Maybe being this tough warrior isn't so bad!

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Today Sparx got captured by this Scrapperton guy and we had to go rescue him. And Antauri actually asked ME to break down the door that was separating us! I was really surprised! He could've asked Gibson to drill it down or Otto to saw it down but he actually asked me to break it down! Gosh, I got pumped up by it! Now we're talking! Monkey Doodle, yeah I can break anything! Okay, I'm getting a little excited here! But I feel that good! I finally feel like I'm getting involved! I will say Sparx kinda ticked me off by bragging about saving us but I knocked down the door that was keeping him in so take that, Sparky! Yeah! I am really liking this tough warrior persona!

Sparx lowered his eyebrows, now sure how to feel about this one. One moment she was feeling enthusiastic and full of energy and yet one simple comment or glance from the others could crash that excitement. This was kinda beginning to make sense . . . he thought.

He turned to the next page. Double Monkey Doodle, he was really getting into this! What was going on with him? This was a BAD thing to do!

"Okay, snap outta it," he muttered to himself. "We just gotta find out where she starts getting really nasty and- huh?" What was this? Stuff about him? What did he do? He had to find out. NOW!

Okay, this might sound a little bit crazy but I think I like Sparx! I don't know why but I just got this weird feeling about it. Skeleton King decided to send Chiro's favourite TV characters out to destroy us. And they did pretty well in trying to do so considering that we thought they were good. But the girl of the team was really attractive and Sparx liked her and I couldn't help but feel really jealous inside. I managed to hide it well and act like I don't care but for some reason I just felt so MAD! Why? It was nothing really. I'm sure Aurora Six has- or had a lot of fanboys out there. So why did I get so irritable when she started hitting on Sparx? And even with all the anger, I somehow forgived him! During the last battle on the Robot! I was defending myself against Aurora Six when Sparx pulled away her Sun Gun. And when she tried to hit on him, he actually rejected her so I could knock her over. Next thing I know, Super Quasar blew us off the robot and I kinda freaked out a bit, just grabbed the Robot then grabbed Sparx without really thinking of our jetpacks. I knew he could've saved himself easily but I don't know, I just . . . panicked. And that smile he gave me when I grabbed him. I don't think I've ever recieved such a loving smile from anyone. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But I can't stop for love. I'm a warrior now. Warriors don't do love, do they? I don't know . . . Like I said I wanna be feminine but . . . It's frustrating me. I don't wanna rush anything. What if he doesn't like me anyway? I gotta focus on my warrior image and stand up for myself. For now anyway. I hope.

His face melted. So she did like him. Like the description in the diary, he was now feeling warm and fuzzy inside himself. To read that stuff about him . . . Sparx couldn't help but smile as he turned the page.

Wait, another extract caught his attention. It seemed to be about that time they had to deal with that Elevator Monster. Oh yeah, at one point, they had to play a married couple. Let's see what she had to say about that . . .

So we had to disguise ourselves as citizens to get into the elevator because the guy running it knew we were onto him. The catch- Sparx and I had to pretend we were married with a kid. That was awkward. We even had to hold hands and all. I felt pretty embarrassed. Could've been worse though. I could've had to play the baby of the trio like Gibson did. Thank Shuggazoom the guys don't look down on me enough to make me play a part like THAT!

'Yeah, that was awkward alright,' Sparx thought to himself. He suddenly shook his head frantically. 'Okay, I really need to start looking for where Nova starts getting real nasty! I'm just wasting time reading every single event from Day 1!' He started flipping through a few pages. 'Okay, something like toughen up, fight harder, disrespect . . . anything that can relate to that . . . Wait, there's more stuff about me here!'

It was from that day they decided to visit the circus! The Snake Lady! Of course! Sparx pulled a face, getting uncomfortable.

'I shouldn't be lollygagging with this. I shouldn't even be reading this! I don't know how much time I've wasted fantisizing about her feelings about me. But . . .' He scrunched up his eyes. He cared for her so much. And if there was one thing he wanted more than anything else in the world, it was for her to love him too. He didn't want to force it out of her but he still wanted her to love him. And this diary was just the perfect chance to see if she did.

'Sparx, you're reading this to find out what's wrong with her, nothing else!'

But he just wanted to see for himself so bad if she loved him . . .

Today we decided to take some time off and visit the circus. And I'm getting these weird feelings about Sparx again! It actually feels like a replay of the Aurora Six incident. With a snake! That managed to kidnap us this time because Sparx was so busy drooling over her! And just like last time, I couldn't help but feel really irritated at him! I mean he even wanted to play the flute and seemed pretty bummed out when he found out she was a real snake. I had to go and take care of her myself because he's tooooo charming to hit a girl. He actually waited until she had me in her coils and started suffocating me! At least I think she was suffocating me. Whatever she did, it made me feel all woozy. Come to think of it, he didn't even aim towards the Snake Lady who was THE ONE WHO WAS TRAPPING ME! He struck the flute player instead. Like I said, he's such a sweetheart he won't hit a girl even when she's attacking his own teammate. Anyway that somehow caused the Snake Lady to turn back to normal and I ended up falling because of my position and I couldn't get myself upright to activate my jetpack. So I'm falling, I'm freaking out then next thing I know, I'm in Sparx's arms. He saved my life? One moment he flirts with all the ladies he can find but . . . he'll ditch them to save me? I'm a little confused. Does he like me or not? Not that I'm interested! He might have saved me but I'm still a warrior! I can protect myself! That was just a little coincidence! Oh blazes, I think I'm letting my guard down for him. I don't know what I should do. I still have to show I can be independent! Should I calm down for him? I don't know, it's a bit much at the moment. I'm just going have to wait and see.

Sparx shook his head. He'd often wondered if Nova had liked him and now he knew. His face softened more as reread her dilemma about whether he liked her or not. He just wanted to shut the notebook right now, head up to her and tell her that yes, he did love her, so much.

No. He couldn't. He had a job to do. A secret mission. Besides, if he just came up to her and confess his feelings out of nowhere, she'd get suspicious.

He sighed and traced the words with his fingertips, whispering to the book as if it was Nova herself.

"You don't have to let your guard down for me. You don't even have to have this big guard up. I already loved you before you started writing this . . ."

He sighed with pity as he turned the page. He was going to accomplish this secret mission no matter what.

Nova's well being depended on it . . .

Wow . . .

I am REALLY getting into these diary entries! X'D

I will say that I DO have mixed feelings about how I'm separating Nova's diary entries and Sparx's reaction to them so feedback and reviews would be great! If any of you know any Beta Readers who'd read this and help me, that would be even better!

And like I said, I'm not doing all the episodes, just those I feel that need to be addressed.

BTW, for those of you who are wondering why Hidden Fortress isn't here (it's gonna be in the next chap), it's because that episode continues onto Skeleton King which is a Season 2 episode.

Hope you liked the update!

See ya! ;D