Mika-Chan's Island

"I cannot believe you got us lost, Skipper," Mara said, tossing her red hair.

"Hello? Me? I believe it was our little odango-haired friend over there." She pointed to Mika-chan, who was looking very seasick. Skipper Ippin had reluctantly agreed to take six people for a 'three hour tour.' But on the way, Mika-chan had managed to mess things up with her clumsiness, and now they were on this deserted island. And they had no way of getting off - their boat was broken.

"I wanna go home!" Mika-chan cried.

"We can't, Mika-chan."

"But WHY?"

Ippin hit her over the head with her sunglasses. "Ow," the blond girl said.

"Oh no!" Mr. Antilles gasped suddenly.

"What is it, dear?" Mrs. Antilles asked. "Are you hurt?"

"NO! I... I... I forgot to sell that stock yesterday! Now we won't be as rich!" he whined.

"Oh my - that is terrible," Mrs. Antilles agreed.

"I believe I know how to fix that boat," Professor K said. Everyone looked down at the freckled girl. "I just need some supplies. Who wants to come with me?"

"I'll come," Tashy Anne said. She knew the professor could get a little crazy at times.

"Um, can I come?" Mika-chan asked.

As soon as they left...

"I should be in charge here," Mara said.

"Why?" asked Mr. Antilles.

"Because. I have the most experience at dealing with crises such as this one. See, I did this one movie..."

A half hour later...

"...so, that's why I should be the leader," Mara finished. She looked around. Mr. and Mrs. Antilles were gone, and Ippin was asleep.

"Huh? What's that? Oh sorry," she said, getting up. "I think I fell asleep. Man, what a weird dream," she muttered.

Mara looked insulted. Then she said, "What I'm trying to say, is that why should we have to listen to a kid? Thirteen years old and a professor? She has to be a scam artist or something..."

"Did somebody say 'scam artist'?" Mr. Antilles asked, coming from behind a palm tree. "Oh, no! She's out to steal my money!"

"You don't have any money here," Mara reminded him, adjusting her bathing suit.

"But I do back home! Where we're going to be soon, if those crazy people ever decide to come back..."

Meanwhile...

"So, um, what exactly do we need to fix the boat?" Mika-chan asked, picking her way through the dense jungle.

"Well, I think we need... um..." The young professor thought for a moment. "We need something sticky to hold it together, like maybe sap or tar, if we can find some. And we need some extra wood. And something to tie it together if it breaks."

"Um, if I might suggest something -" Tashy Anne began.

"Shh, Tashy Anne, I'm trying to think," Professor K said. Tashy Anne rolled her brown eyes. No one ever listened to her!

They set off trying to find what they needed - the professor the sticky substance(after refusing Mika-chan's gum), Mika-chan the wood, and Tashy Anne the stuff to tie it together.

"I know how to get off this stinking island, but nooooo," Tashy Anne mumbled quietly to herself. She was really very smart, although not in the same way as the professor.

Mika-chan was lost. I mean more so than usual. She looked around at the woods; didn't she pass that tree three times already? And she hadn't found anything to use.

Suddenly, she heard a sound - it sounded like a wild animal. And it sounded really close...

"...I cannot believe you lost my make-up case! Now what am I going to do?" Mara was screaming. Mika saw that she was very close to the shore, just where she had started. Great.

An hour later...

Mika-chan, Mr. and Mrs. Antilles, Mara, Professor K, Tashy Anne and Skipper Ippin were sitting around a campfire, trying to think of a plan. They had to get off this stupid island! Each for their own reasons...

"If I don't get away from you nutcases soon, I don't know what I'm gonna do," Ippin sighed.

Mara said, "Well, I think I have it the worst. No makeup, no hair salons - no civilized things anywhere. I'm gonna die out here! And people will forget all about the Marvelous Mara!"

"Wouldn't that be a shame," Tashy Anne mumbled sarcastically.

"I need to get back to my research," Professor K said. "Although I do find this island to be quite... fascinating."

"I really need to get back to my work," Mr. Antilles said. "Before my company goes bankrupt. We'll be poor, poor, I tell you!" Mrs. Antilles nodded sadly.

"And I need to go home because, um, I just want to," Mika-chan said.

"Hey, guys, I know how to get off this island," Tashy Anne spoke up.

"Shh! We're trying to find ways to get off this island," Ippin said. Tashy Anne willed herself not to kill her.

The next day...

"You guys! Come quick! Mika-chan's stuck in a tree!" Mara called.

"Again?" Professor K asked. Then they went to go look for her...

"Help! Help! I'm stuck!" Mika-chan cried. She was in a tree, clinging on for dear life.

"I'll try to get you down," Mr. Antilles said. "It'll cost you five credits, though."

Mika-chan grumbled and threw the credits at him. He lifted her out of the tree and safely onto the ground.

"Why were you climbing a tree?" Ippin asked.

"Well, cause I saw this really pretty shiny thing up there and when I tried to get it I saw that it was just a mirage but then it was too late cause I was already stuck," Mika-chan said.

Tashy Anne decided to try again. "Hey, I know a way off this island, you know," she said.

"Not now Tashy Anne, we're listening to Mika-chan's story," Mrs. Antilles pointed out. Tashy Anne balled her hands into tight fists.

"I made a phone that we can use to call for help," the professor said later that day. "Out of coconuts. Here, you press this button."

Mara grabbed the phone and said, "Hello? Whoever's there, please help us. See, we're all stranded on a desert island and we need to get off. Very badly. We -"

"I don't appreciate prank calls," the other person said and hung up.

"Let's try someone else..." Ippin was saying.

Just then, Mika-chan came running up. "Look, you guys! I found this cute little starfish!" She tripped and flew right into Mara. The coconut phone flew out of her hand and directly into the ocean. "Oops," was all she could say.

"Oops? OOPS?" Ippin screamed, enraged. Mika-chan screamed and hid behind Tashy Anne.

"I know a way to get off," Tashy Anne said. Of course, no one listened to her. Ippin was trying to kill Mika-chan, Professor K was trying to get the phone out of the water, Mara was fixing her hair, and Mr. and Mrs. Antilles were worrying about their money.

"LISTEN TO ME, YOU FREAKS!" Tashy Anne screamed. She could probably be heard all the way out in the Outer Rim. Surprisingly, everyone was quiet. "Why doesn't Ippin use her Big Time Stick to transport us home?" she asked.

"That's so crazy, it just might work," the professor said.

So Ippin used her Big Time Stick, and everyone was saved.