Babysitting for NovaÕs Family... God Help Us.

The Scene is outside NovaÕs very large house. Dim cheering, yelling, etc. is heard. Kanoko and Rycio step up to the door. Rycio is about to knock when the door is opened by Nova.
	Nova: Thank God youÕre here. I have to do some shopping, and IÕll be back in around two hours. If you need help, DONÕT try to contact me. I wonÕt answer.
	Kanoko: Uh... Okay.
	Rycio: *Sweatdrop* So, um, see ya?
	Nova: Yeah. *He races out and teliports away*
	*Kanoko and Rycio both walk into the house to see 12 children, from ages 2 to 15, standing there. They are met with dead silence as the kids stare at the two new arrivals. Suddenly, they all start screaming with glee. Neither of the babysitters know WHY, but the reason will soon be revealed...*
	Kanoko: Hi. IÕm Kanoko and this is Rycio. 
	Rycio: *Looks cheerful* Hello!
	Kanoko: *Not even making the slightest effort to be cheerful* IÕm going to start making dinner. Rycio, can you keep an eye on them?
	Rycio: Sure! DonÕt worry about a thing, kids love me!
	Kanoko: Okay. *She walks into the kitchen. 4 kids follow her.*
	Rycio: So, do you guys want to play a game?
	*All 8 kids look silently at each other and then at Rycio. Matching evil grins slowly appear on their impish faces*
	Rycio: *Alarmed sweatdrop* Uh... guys?
	*One child pulls out some  plastic wrap, another, a rope, a third, a baseball bat. Rycio is trying to figure out what happens when you cross plastic wrap, a rope, and a baseball bat when the kids jump him, screaming ÒPinata! Pinata!Ó*
~ Meanwhile, in the kitchen... ~
	Kanoko: *Cooking macaroni and cheese. She doesnÕt notice the four children behind her, watching her every move. She looks over at a high-placed shelf* Hey, are those the cookies I sent Nova a week ago? Huh... oh well. TheyÕre in a jar, itÕs okay. *She is almost finished with the food when...*
	Rycio: AAAAAAAAAAH! OW OW OW! AAAAAAAAAAAH!
	Kanoko: *Looks at living room door* Rycio? *She skirts around the children and opens the door, to see Rycio tied up in plastic wrap and hanging from the ceiling fan by a rope, being hit pinata-style with a baseball bat.* RYCIO!
	Rycio: Um... hi. OW! Hey, cut it -owch- out!
	Kanoko: *Runs over to Rycio and tears the plastic wrap away. She unties him from the rope* My GOD, Rycio, what HAPPENED?
	Rycio: They jumped me... I was so stunned, I didnÕt know what to do. *Grabs the baseball bat*
	*A crash is heard from the kitchen. Kanoko runs into the kitchen and Rycio runs upstairs to put the bat in the closet. One child follows Rycio*
	Kanoko: AAH! *Stares at the pot of macaroni and cheese laying on the floor and the kids eating the food off the floor* STOP THAT! *Grabs the pot and throws it in the sink. She starts trying to prevent the children from eating off the floor*
	Rycio: *Muffled* ACK! LET ME OUT!
	Kanoko: *Runs up the stairs to the closet door just in time to see Rycio kick it down* Now what?
	Rycio: He locked me in. *Points at little boy*
	Kanoko: How does Nova manage to survi- *Is interrupted by another crash from the kitchen. She runs downstairs and screams something in Kettian. Rycio follows*
	Rycio: *Eyes widen. Says something in Ician which would most likely have been bleeped out if he HAD been talking in Ekian*
	Kanoko: *Looks over at him and then back at the kids who have successfully broken the cookie jar and are now devouring the cookies* You got that right.
	Rycio: NO~! Not THE Cookies! *Falls to knees, screenpanning upwards and away to make it look more dramatic* I DONÕT DESERVE TO LIVE! I was unable to protect THE Cookies!
	Kanoko: *Hands him a Kleenex and tries to stop the kids. She is hit on the head by a hyperactive child armed with a frying pan*
	Tekken 3 Announcer Dude: *Pops out of nowhere* K.O.! *Disappears*
	Kanoko: *Swirly eyes, falls silently to the ground*
	Rycio: Ack! *Shielding himself from frying pan blows aimed at his head* AAAH~!
	Xelloss: *Appears* Would you like some advice on how to save yourself from these children?
	Rycio: YES!
	Xelloss: Sore wa himitsu desu! (That is a secret!)
	Rycio: Okaaaay... how about HELPING me then?
	Xelloss: Oh, IÕm FAR too busy. *Disappears*
	Rycio: That does it!!! *Gets ÒThe FaceÓ. Grabs a couple kids by the backs of their colloars and drags them into the next room. Ties them to chairs, couches, etc. Repeats this process until all the kids are secured. Goes back to the kitchen and sits down. Looks down at the unconscious Kanoko*
	Kanoko: How many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon? *Swirly eyes*
	Rycio: *Sighs, stands up, and starts trying to find the smelling salts*
	*A knock is heard at the back door. Rycio answers it. Orion is standing there with a box of PIZZA!*
	Orion: Hey, Rycio! Hows the babysittinÕ job going?
	Rycio: Hi, Orion. Just awful, thanks. The kids are all demons. They knocked Kanoko out. Where do you think the smelling salts are? I mean, youÕve been over here before.
	Orion: Oh. Um, they donÕt have smelling salts.
	Rycio: Crap. Now how am I supposed to wake her up? *Hands Orion some money*
	Orion: True loveÕs first kiss? *Cackles, takes money, and hands Rycio the pizza box. He leaves, gnawing on a crayon*
	Rycio: *Sweatdrop* No smelling salts? Crap. *Closes door and sets pizza box down on table. He opens it, takes a slice and eats*
	Kanoko: *One eye cracks open. Sniffs air* Pizza? PIZZA! *Jumps up, sits down across from Rycio and grabs a slice of pizza. Eats*
	Rycio: Shh! DonÕt let the kids know thereÕs Ôyou know whatÕ here!
	Kanoko: Sorry, Ryc. *Eats*
	Rycio: ItÕs oka- crap! Spilled cheese on my shirt. *pulls the little cheese glob off shirt. Looks at it, considering eating it anyway*
	Kanoko: God made dirt and dirt donÕt hurt.
	Rycio: *Shrugs and eats the cheese*
	~About 15 minutes later...~
	Kanoko: Aw, that was good...
	Rycio: Yeah. We earned it.
	Kanoko: *Stretches comfortably and leans back in chair*
	Rycio: Well, the kids have been pretty quiet. IÕll let Ôem out now. *Walks into next room. Maniacal laughter from the kids is heard, as is the word ÒPIZZA!Ó. A horrible shout is heard from Rycio*
	Kanoko: *Gasps something in Kettian and jumps up. Runs into the next room to see Rycio being swarmed by kids. He is swallowed up by the children* RYCIO?! RYCIO!!! *She begins tossing kids aside to find Rycio, but he isnÕt there. All that is left is a little scrap of his shirt* Y-you demons... YOU ATE RYCIO?!?!
	*One child burps in a wordless response*
	Kanoko: *Screams many things in Kettian at the top of her lungs and tosses more children aside*
	Nova: *Walks in* Hello? WhatÕs all the screamng about??
	Kanoko: *Runs over to Nova, tears streaming down cheeks* Your horrible, canniballistic, demonic, -something unintelligable in Kettian-, brothers and sisters ATE RYCIO! *Holds up the shirt scrap* This is all thatÕs left of him!
	Nova: *Raises eyebrow* Um, where was he ÔeatenÕ?
	Kanoko: *Leads him over to the doorway. All the kids are surprisingly silent.* Right here...
	Nova: *Opens up a cleverly hidden trap door* Very few people know itÕs here. Rycio probably found it and escaped down there.
	Kanoko: *Flings Nova out of the way and looks down into little room*
	Rycio: *In corner, shirtless, shivering uncontrollably* They tried to eat me...
	Kanoko: *Blushes and quickly covers eyes modestly* Um, Nova, do you think you could lend Rycio a shirt?
	Nova: Yeah. *Run upstairs and returns with a shirt. He hands it to Rycio who quickly puts it on*
	Rycio: Thanks. *Blushes a little* Kanoko, you can look now.
	Kanoko: *Uncovers eyes and immediately glomps onto Rycio* EEEE! I thought you were dead! I thought youÕd been eaten!! *Starts crying again*
	Rycio: So did I. *Sweatdrops*
	Nova: So, other than that, how bad were they?
	Kanoko: ...
	Rycio: They used me as a pinata.
	Kanoko: They knocked over the macaroni and cheese and ate it off the floor.
	Rycio: They locked me in the closet.
	Kanoko: They knocked me out with a frying pan-
	Rycio: After eating all of THE Cookies.
	Nova: TheyÕre usually not THAT rowdy. I guess they really like you two.
	Both: WHAT?!
	Nova: Oh, thatÕs how they show someone they like them. Through violence and insanity.
	Both: *Look petrified* ...
	Nova: So, hereÕs your money. *Hands them each some money* Oh, and, can you babysit again next week?
	Kanoko: *Falls over, dead faint*
	Nova: *Looks at Kanoko and sweatdrops* Well, thatÕs obviously a ÔnoÕ. How Ôbout you, Ryc?
	Kanoko *Sits up. Thinks* <ÒRycÕs so selfless, of course heÕll accept. And I canÕt well let him down... sigh.Ó>
	Rycio: ... *Thinks intensely about situation* ...
	Nova: Ryc?
	Rycio: *Looks over at Kanoko. Both kind of stare at each other for a minute. At the same time, the both jump up and run out the door like and angry, hateful, not to mention JEALOUS Dawn was after them*
	Nova: *Sighs, looks at siblings* Well, thereÕs ANOTHER set of babysitters you ruined. Well, I guess IÕll just have to call Baskatos and Varsens for next week.
											 ~THE END~