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"WOAHHHH!" Those were the words of surprise that were uttered out from Natsuru and Drake. The dingo and lynx had their mouths wide open, as they turned their heads in every direction, as they looked around the whole island resort of Utopia Acres. They weren't the only two who were on the island, as Ace, Lexi, Duck, Rev, and Rip were there with them to enjoy some R&R. Natsuru turned his head to Duck, "You weren't kidding when you said resort, Duck. Though, I really wasn't expecting this place to be so...so..." "AMAZING, GLORIOUS, SPECTACULARLY EXPENSIVE"; Natsuru and Drake nodded their heads at the water fowl's response. "Hehe, well there's even more than what you're all seeing right now, and best of all, we don't have to pay for anything; not even the boss lady."

Duck placed a fist against his chest and rubbed along it as he gave off a smug, "You know, you guys should be thanking me. If I hadn't done those advertisements, then we would have been paying loads of cash." As Duck waited to be praised, he soon realized that the others had stopped listening and were proceeding to enter the hotel; "Hey guys, wait for me." Once they all entered, they were even more flabbergasted from the inside of the place; it was larger on the inside and filled with many rich vacationers. "This certainly isn't like our home back in the canyon, huh Rev. Do you think there are more Utopia Acres located elsewhere on Acmetroplis?" "Oh I'm sure there's probably a few more Utopia Acres around...Eeeehhhh, but not anymore after the stunt we pulled with the Apocazons on the island of Apocalypso." Rip let out a 'huh' as he sported a puzzled expression upon his face; the words that Ace said were completely lost to him.

Rev decided to fill his brother in about that event, while he and the others were waiting in line to check in into their rooms. And it was a very long line at that, so Rev had as much time to tell his brother what had went down; Ace, Duck, and Lexi held halfhearted expressions as they chuckled weakly. Drake himself was just as eager to hear the Apocalypso tale, until he noticed that Natsuru was no longer standing in the line, but was instead sitting down on one of the many comfy seats. Feeling that he could listen to the story at some other time, the lynx brought himself over to join the dingo, "Hm, couldn't be bother to wait in that long line too?" Drake gave a quick snicker, "Well, I was honestly going to listen to that little adventure of theirs, but I can surely wait to learn what happened." The green canine's ears perked up in surprised, as he had thought that Drake was there with the Loonatics on Apocalypso; likewise the lynx responded the same as he thought Natsuru was with them during that. The both of them ended up chuckling.

"I've gotta say though, Nat, that I was quite surprised to know that you were actually a dragon this whole time." Natsuru turned his head away as he waited to hear an insult about his appearance. His canine ears perked up when he heard the lynx snickering, and returned his attention to him, "Hehe, I can't believe how stupid I am. I should have figured it sooner, considering your scent was very much that of a reptile." Natsuru was speechless; his expression hadn't changed at all since the lynx hadn't yet made a hurtful comment about his true form, until; "Y'know mate, you being a dragon is actually really awesome. Truth be told, I didn't think that dragons actually exist, and were only just in fairy tales, as well as be used as a way to scare children into behaving, hehe." With his ears perking back up, a smile appeared upon his face before he let out a chuckle. "Thank you for the compliment, Drake." After giving a nod, the lynx asked Natsuru why he was in the form of a dingo; the canine's response was due to personal reasons that he had experienced back on his home planet.

"You see, Drake, I was seen as freak back on my home. I guess...it was because I was the last of my kind there, so I was just...pretty much an outsider to everyone there." Drake's ears had lowered; the lynx feeling sorry for the dingo, "I-I'm so sorry to hear that, mate. It...must have been really rough for you." The dingo nodded his head a few times, but then explained that it wasn't all back on his planet, as he did manage to become friends with a gryphon who wasn't at all bothered by his appearance. When Drake ask what ever became of him, Natsuru assured the feline that the avian is doing just fine, and is more than likely helping the other Demonster Killers back at home. "Although...I will say I was taken aback when I first met the Loonatics", Natsuru continued to ramble on; "I guess...they were ordered from their boss to stop me...they too saw me as a freak, but...in a more different sense. I think...the way of how different my magic was from theirs...had something to do with it." Listening to Natsuru's story made Drake think about himself; he thought the both of them were quite similar in a way. The lynx really hated his past life as a half demonster; being a vampire was something he'd really liked to forget. Although, despite the awful things he's done in old life, he was very appreciative that Ace gave him chance; along with his whole team, and in turn he and the gray bunny became quite the item.

Considering the dingo-disguised dragon had been a sort of side member for team; mostly for things that involved demonsters, the lynx just had to wonder exactly when the Loonatics actually started trusting him enough. "So, mate; when did everybody started to trust you as a valuable member?" The green canine placed a hand under his chin, as he pondered when exactly that did happen; "I think...maybe after I've been helping for a while whenever demonsters were attacking." Natsuru also added that he wasn't acting in any particular way that the team was expecting for him to act, and he even brought that because of his magic running out on him due to his lack of full control of them, possibly helped too since it made him look very harmless...maybe. "And I guess...I can thank Lexi for that too...considering she was willing to give me chance, after I helped her to deal with some things." There was no hiding it; Drake could very see the flush of crimson across the dingo's face. The lynx just had to chuckle at that, but at the same time he felt a little bit of guilt eating away at the inside of him. He was soon, however, brought out from his guilt thinking when he felt Natsuru placed a hand onto his shoulder; "So, my furry friend; how does it feel to not be a demonster anymore, hm?"

"Ah, it actually feels...very great to just be normal again. Well, as normal as I can be, hehe." Drake placed a hand against the peck area of his chest and rubbed it; "Though, I think it'll be awhile for this pain in my chest to go away; who knew being stabbed would be so...painful, hehe. But at the very least, it was serious." The dingo gave a nod of his head at the feline's remark; if anything, Drake was somewhat appreciative of that stab he'd gotten from his, now completely gone master. If that didn't happen, then Drake wouldn't have gotten all essence of the vampiric demonster drained from his body. "Though, I will say that I am a bit grateful that I have a little bit of some power left in me, otherwise it wouldn't have been easy for us to take out my "master" for good."

Upon feeling a hand against his chest, the lynx blinked his eyes a couple of times, before bringing his attention to the dingo, and asked what he was doing. The canine responded that he was checking to see of Drake was truly ok, and that he was apparently using his hand to, um...check his heartbeat. Natsuru really felt silly after Drake told him that wasn't the right way to check someone's heartbeat, but that didn't even stop the dingo from placing his head against the feline's own...to check his temperature. Like before with his chest, Drake just had to let Natsuru know that he was checking the wrong way again; the dingo backed himself away as he apologized. "Hehehe, you truly are a weird one, Nat." The dingo joined the lynx as he chuckled along with him, until Ace called them both to let them know that they had their room keys.

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The seven checked into their room and each of them had let out a big "WAOHHHH", at the sight of their room. It was quite large with more rooms inside, big screen televisions, a large kitchen, and for some reason a fountain in the middle of the room. If they needed more proof that the hotel resort they were staying at was extremely expensive, then their room was proof of enough; they were VERY appreciative that they didn't have to pay for the stay. As they put down and unloaded their bags, they took the time to look around the place, with Natsuru looking through the fridge; "Oohh, peaches, one of my favorite fruits." The dingo took one and happily ate away, "Mmm, oh God, I just love the sweet and sour taste of a peach." Lexi couldn't help but let out a chuckle at Natsuru; she thought it was cute to see him acting in his usual weird way.

"So then, once we're done with unpacking; what do you guys think we should do first?" They were each thinking about what to do on their first day at Utopia Acres, and the first thing Rev and Rip thought of was doing a lot of gaming at the arcade area. Lexi brought mention about wanting to relax out the nearby beach and catching a tan, with Ace giving a nod at that idea; Natsuru and Drake seemed interested about going to the beach themselves. Duck on the other hand was thinking about dining at a buffet that had his name it; famished what waiting in that long line to get their room key, and was happy to know that he could eat in peace since Slam, nor was Tech for that matter. "It is quite sad that the both of them couldn't join us on this little vacation", Drake sympathized; "And for that matter, I do hope that Tech is doing ok, himself." Natsuru brought himself over to the lynx and placed an arm around the feline's neck, as he brought over a peach to him, as if he were offering it to him; "I'm sure Tech is fine, just as long as he remembers to keep taking his shots as I had instructed him to do so, otherwise he could end up becoming sicker." After thinking it over, a smile appeared on drake's face as he took the peach and took a bite into it; "And besides, he does need to repair Slam's Communi-Collar, but hopefully he won't overwork himself, hehe."

With that all said and done and everyone take Natsuru's words to heart, they all decided to go about their separate ways, and enjoy themselves at Utopia Acres. Duck went to the buffet to get some grub and brag about himself to the other guests, the roadrunner brothers went off in the direction of the arcade, and Ace, Lexi, Drake, and Natsuru headed off to the hotel's beach area.

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