*Know How I Feel (sequel to Another Fine Mess)*

"Seriously, guys, I'm evil again!" Lloyd cried as the boys tied him and the three Serpentine onto chairs. "Look!" He then did his old evil laugh from some time back, but Acidicus just shook his head with an agitated sigh.

"Forget it, Lloyd," he said to the boy. "They're not buying it." Glaring at the Venomari, Pythor thwacked him on the face while his tail was still free. "OW!"

"Shut it, Four-Eyes!"

"Oh, don't you tell me to—"

"Uh, guys?"

"What?" Acidicus demanded, turning to his companion with annoyance. That's when they saw two of those tickling machines rolling towards them.

"You made more of those monstrosities?" Pythor cried with wide eyes.

"Just in case I may need a spare," Gene stated. He and another one of the boys then set the machine up against Acidicus and Skalidor's stomachs, and Pythor immediately understood what they plan to do.

"Whatever you two do," he warned them, "don't say a word!"

"Why?" Acidicus asked. "What are they going to—" He was soon cut off by his and Skalidor's own laughter when the boys turned the machines on and they started tickling. The Anacondrai groaned with frustration as they begged for them to stop.

"Now they know how I feel," he said to Lloyd. "If I wasn't tied up, I'd be giving myself a face-palm right now."

*Too Cute*

Skales sighed as Boanya massaged his shoulders while he rested his head on her lap and they watched the sunset together from the balcony. This treatment feels good, but getting it from the sister of the Snake King he's in love with while they're alone together makes it even better.

"Isn't it just beautiful?" Boanya asked, referring to the sunset.

"Not as beautiful as you, milady," Skales answered, looking up at her with a smirk. She then looked down at him with a smile.

"Oh, you," she giggled, absentmindedly moving her hands from his shoulders to his chest.

"Milady, careful," he suddenly chuckled with a slight squirm. "I'm ticklish!" She then gave him an evil grin.

"Oh, really?" Skales face then became a frown of horror.

"Milady, what are you—" He then burst into laughter when Boanya started tickling him. "AHH! MILADY, STOHAHAHAP!" Boanya simply laughed with him as she kept on tickling him…all while her brother Pythor was watching them at the doorway with Vipera in his arms.

"This is just too cute," he said to her with a chuckle.

*Hot Spring Laughter*

Alura turned to Fangtom as he slid into the hot spring alongside her. It's been a week since Pythor had come to the Hypnobrai Tomb, and the two of them are as close as ever now that Alura knows that Fangtom loves her back. Suddenly, she noticed her fiancé rubbing his shoulders with a grunt.

"You okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm alright," he answered with an assuring smile. "Just aching in the shoulders is all." She frowned in reply.

"I hope you haven't been overworking yourself with Skales and Pythor."

"We were just honing our fighting skills…Trust me; you're never going to know…when those ninja will attack." Alura nodded in reply, agreeing that it wouldn't hurt just to be prepared…well, except for a few aches here and there. An idea then came to her head, and she moved up to the Fangpyre.

"I think I know how to help you feel better," she said to him. "I just need you to turn around for just one minute." Confused, Fangtom obeyed, and Alura started to massage his shoulders.

"Aww, Alura…" he sighed with content. "That feels goooood…" She simply smiled before whispering into one of his four ears.

"Oh, it gets better…" She then brushed her tail up his side lightly, making him jump with a yelp.

"Hey, what did you do that for?" Alura just gave him a teasing smirk.

"Aww, does it tickle?"

"Yes, it does…so could you please not—" He was cut off in a split second when she tickled his sides and blew a raspberry into one of his necks. "GAH! ALURAHAHAHAHA!" If he knew this was going to happen, he wouldn't have agreed to this.