#7

"What do you mean it's time for us to clean up?" Ask the rider plushies when I tell them that.

"What can I do? Your bodies are already dirty. So it's only natural that I tell you to clean yourself," I replied.

"But I'm clean. That were Faiz, OOO, and Fourze who smell fishy," Kaixa said. Faiz just glared at Kaixa.

"I fell on that pile of fish in the bowl because of you, Kaixa!" Faiz exclaimed. "Yeah, that's right. As for us, only our hands smell fishy because we just fed Daedalus and Regulus," OOO added. Regulus is the name of my alligator fish, while Daedalus is the name of my tortoise even though she is a female turtle.

"No wonder it smells like fish in here," Mach said.

"But you're no less dirty than them," said Drive.

"Accel too," Mach replied.

Don't ask why Mach, Drive, and Accel look dirty because Accel will answer it with his usual answer.

"All right, all right. Now you all need to be clean this very second," I said.

Getting the 39 rider plushies clean again might take some hard work, but at least it's still better than bathing the cats at home.

"I'm not coming, I'm still clean," said Kaixa.

"No one cares about that," said Faiz.

"Just ignore Kaixa," said Wizard.

"While you guys are cleaned up, I'll be watching TV," Kaixa said as he turned around.

Faiz suddenly got an idea to avenge Kaixa's actions. He also pushed Kaixa until...

... He fell into Sala's bowl of food, his head in the bowl. Sala who was eating was shocked while patting Kaixa's head with her foot.

"Damn you, Faiz!" Kaixa is now covered in wet cat food.

"That's my revenge for making me smell fishy," said Faiz.

"Hey, Hey! What did I tell you about "don't play with pet food"?" Sometimes I feel annoyed that Faiz and Kaixa always fight over trivial matters.

"But Kaixa started it," said Faiz.

"Forget it. Now all of you should take a bath and let me clean your bodies," I said.

"You're not going to put us in the washing machine are you?" Hibiki asked.

"No. I'm just going to ask you to soak in the soapy water for a few minutes, then when you're done, I'll rinse you off," I replied.

"Soaking in soapy water? Is this part of saving electricity by not using the washing machine often?" whispered Gatack.

"If you ask about that, it's true," Zeronos whispered.

After soaking in soapy water and rinsing,

"Really? We're just hanging out in the sun?" Den-O grumbled.

"Why don't you just use a dryer?" Cross-Z grumbled.

"You want your body to shrink?" reply Build.

"It's not my fault that your label says "Don't use the dryer," I replied.

"Now you can relax until you're dry. Although now I can't relax sitting in a folding chair," I said.

"You're right. You used this folding chair to put us in," Birth said.

"Good thing they're small, so one folding chair can fit them all," I thought.

And of them all, Drive seemed to be the most relaxed as long as they were all sun-dried.