Hihi It's Shishi.
Writing a story like a big girl.
I'm a big girl now~
Anywho, this is sorta like a collabo between Shiliru-Chan( Me ^^) and Rina-Chan13( My BFFL)
Plot Summary: Nalia Rae and Rina Raine can't believe their luck when a "Limited Edition" manga book of their favorite anime, Naruto, practically falls into their hands after a day at the mall. Excited, the girls take it home but are soon disappointed with their find after it shows nothing out of the ordinary from the books they already have. Little do they know, the book they've acquired is far from ordinary.
Warning: Contains Oc's. NOT Mary-Sues. We took the Mary Sue Litmus Test and passed! Hah!
Disclaimer: I or Rina-chan do not own or claim ownership to Naruto. Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto. We do not own Too Cool either. We do however own Nalia Rae and Rina Raine
Chapter 1
Armed with her weapon of choice, Nalia stood prepared. Leaning in close, she gripped the handle of the brush and began her mission. Clutching the top, she carefully traced her lids in the liquid ink.
" NALIA RAE! YOU NEED TO HURRY ALONG! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE TO PICK UP YOUR FRIEND 20 MINUTES AGO!" Her mother shouted from outside the bathroom door before walking away. The voice shook her concentration, causing her to smear the liquid eyeliner on her cheek. Cursing under her breath, Nalia quickly scrubbed at her cheek with tissue paper. It left her cheek raw and with a reddish tint.
" I'm coming, I'm coming!" she yelled back and cleared the makeup off the sink counter. Making sure to grab her glasses and a black headband with a big floppy bow, she dashed out the door. She stopped in front of the hall mirror to place her glasses on her face and check her appearance one more time. Her eyelids covered with flashy silver eyeshadow and lips coated in dark lipstick, she decided she was ready to go. She patted down flyaways in her short black bob and flatten the short cut bangs onto her forehead.
Her mother walked back into the hallway and stopped when she saw Nalia. She folded her arms across her chest and looked sternly at her.
" You are not leaving the house looking like that," she told her. Nalia rolled her eyes.
" Ergh, why not? I think I look fine like this," she snapped, pursing her lips making her self look even more strange. Her mother raised her hands.
" Fine, if you want to leave this house looking like a heathen be my guest."
Nalia held her gaze challengingly.
"...Fine," she said, accepting defeat. Stomping back into the bathroom, she grabbed some tissue paper and quickly rubbed the lipstick off. Chucking the wadded up tissue in the trash, she turned on her heels and again emerged from the bathroom. She stuck the head band on her head and silently walked past her mother, who had one of those looks you get when you win an argument, plastered on her face.
' Whatever, what she doesn't know is I still have the lipstick tube in my pocket.' She thought, with a smirk. The pair headed out of the house to the car. Nalia climbed in the front seat and slouched smugly, her arms folded across her chest. Her mother shot her an exasperated look but said nothing. The trip to Rina Raine's house was short which Nalia was thankful for. She could assume her mother was too. Rina was sitting, obviously racked with boredom and barely concealed anger, at the end of her driveway when they pulled up. Pale blue eyes glared at the passenger window as the thin blond girl walked to the car to put her overnight bag in and climb in herself.
" What took you so long? I was sitting there for days!" Rina demanded, as the car pulled out of her driveway. Nalia slid further down in her seat.
"I'm sorry. Something came up," she said, biting her bottom lip, as she always did when she was nervous..
" Yeah. She was putting on her makeup," Nalia's mother chimed in.
" You were putting on makeup?! That's why you kept me waiting for half and hour?!" she nearly screamed.
" Isn't that a good enough reason?" Nalia asked, meekly.
" NO!" Rina shouted. Nalia gulped.
" Isn't it nice when best friends hu-"
" NO!" Rina interrupted, angrily.
Nalia closed her mouth and remained silent for the rest of the trip to the mall. Her mother pulled in front of the mall entrance.
" Okay ladies. I'll be back to pick you guys up in 3 hours at 7:30," she called as the two got out of the car. Nalia mumbled a answer causing Rina to nudge her with her elbow.
" Thanks, Mrs. Rae," Rina said. She glanced at Nalia, who had said nothing of the sort.
" You could at least act grateful," she whispered in Nalia's ear before waving as her mother pulled off. Nalia shrugged it off and the girls turned to walk into the mall.
Two hours and several small purchases later~ (which consisted of some makeup, panties, and shirts)
Nalia checked the time on her cell phone.
" It's 7:09 right now," she informed Rina as the walked the strip of stores. They'd already gone through the stores on the lower half. Now they were checking out the second floor.
" Damn, time really flew and we barely have anything to show for it," Rina said. Nalia nodded.
" Yeah, you're right. We need to go to Too Cool and change that."
" Hell yeah!" Rina cried loudly, startling some of the shopping patrons. The small baggies dangling from her arms swung spastically.
" Nice, Rina. Scare everyone away why don't you?" Nalia said, with a snort. Rina rolled her eyes.
" Where is Too Cool anyway?"
" Um, hm. Let me see," Nalia said, squinting into the distance. She spotted Too Cool a few stores down.
" Right there," she said, pointing in the general direction of the store. Rina took off sprinting towards the store.
" Ergh! No, don't run- Fine!" Nalia shouted after her. She scrambled after her, the soles of her converse sliding a little on the hard wood flooring. She managed to skid to a stop in front of the store. Rina has already dashed inside and was making her way to the aisle of Naruto merchandise. Nalia quickly darted inside and walked back there with her.
" Any new stuff?" she asked in her Rina's ear, popping up behind her. She jumped a few inches off the ground.
" Gah, don't do that!" she gasped. She narrowed her eyes a little bit before scanning the shelves.
" Yeah, I think so. More necklaces. More gear. A few more Akatsuki rings," she replied after a few moments of meticulous speculation. When Naruto was involved, nothing could be overlooked.
" Really? Epic," Nalia said before scanning the shelves and bins herself. Something metal and shiny in one of the bins caught her eye.
" Hm, what's this?" she said quietly to herself. She reached out and picked it up. It was a necklace with a silver ring on it and a small shuriken picture engraved on the front.
" Rina, look at this," Nalia said, gently nudging her friend. Rina dropped the keychain she'd been looking at.
" What?" she asked. She took the necklace from Nalia's hands. It was beautiful. It was perfect. It had to be hers.
" Where'd you find this?" Rina asked, clutching the necklace in her hand. Nalia pointed to the bin.
" Right there. It was just randomly sticking out."
Rina walked over to the bin and looked through it. Mostly it was random junk. Like gaudy jewelry pieces not belonging to Naruto or plastic key chain characters like the ones she had been looking at. At the very bottom she found another necklace like the one Nalia had just found. She reached in and untangled it with some of the surrounding items.
" Ooh, pretty!" cried Rina in delight. "Let's buy 'em!"
They carried their necklaces to the cashier's counter and the cashier rang up Rina's necklace.
" That will be...$5.95," the cashier said.
" Really?" asked Rina, surprised. "That's cheap!"
" Well, that because you got them out of the discount bin."
" That's pretty epic," Nalia said, as Rina paid for the necklace and Nalia's set hers on the counter.
" Rina?" asked Nalia, but Rina wasn't focusing on Nalia; she was gazing out the store window.
" Rina?" Nalia repeated, poking her friend. "What are you staring at?"
" Look at that guy over there," Rina said pointing her finger at a guy who appeared to be wearing a long dark trench coat. Passerby were casting him nervous glances, as though he were a mad man ready to attack at any given moment.
" Weird," said Nalia, taking her necklace. "I kind of don't want to leave the store. But-", she checked her phone, "we kind of have to. It's 7:19 now."
" Shit," said Rina. "Well, whatever. Just don't make eye contact!"
Walking closely together, the girls headed out of the store, heads down, hoping to avoid detection from the oddly dressed man.
As they were almost safely out of range, the man suddenly grabbed Nalia's shoulder, causing her to scream loudly and drop her parcels.
" What the hell?!" demanded Nalia, looking afraid and furious. "What's your malfunction?"
Under closer inspection the man was quite attractive. Rina closed and opened her mouth several times, apparently lost for words.
Finally, she managed to splutter, "Who-what-why? Who are you?"
" You are good fans of Naruto, yes? Good fans indeed," the man muttered. Nalia gave an involuntary shudder.
" Well- I mean- you could say that," Rina said, looking petrified.
" Then why are we standing around talking?" the man cried suddenly. "I have the perfect item for both of you, yes, the perfect item."
He reached his hand into his jacket, and for a moment Nalia thought he was going to pull out a weapon of some sort.
Instead, he pulled out what looked like a dusty book.
" Hey, that's-" Nalia began, but the man cut her off.
" The very first graphic novel of the Naruto Shippuden series released in America, yes, first novel. Limited edition collectors novel, yes, first edition."
" And?" asked Rina. "Why are you showing us?"
" Because," the man lowered his voice considerably. "I am going to sell you this book for the great bargain price of $13, good bargain."
Nalia's and Rina's eyes widened. If it really was a limited edition, it should cost much more than a measly thirteen dollars.
"That's a lot lower than it should really co-"
Nalia nudged Rina in the ribs, though cutting her off.
She handed the man the money and said brightly, "Thanks, dude!"
Rina however, looked a little guilty.
" Oh...hey, we gotta go," Nalia said to Rina. Then she turned to the man. "Thanks again, I'm sure we'll enjoy it!" 'Yeah, enjoy selling it on E-bay for a nice price!' Nalia thought gleefully. They turned and started walking away.
The man smiled strangely and called after them, "I'm sure you will. Well, Nalia, Rina, have a good evening, good evening, yes."
That caused Rina and Nalia to stop dead in their tracks. They turned around abruptly only to find the man gone.
" How'd he know our names?" demanded Rina. Nalia shrugged, looking disturbed.
" I'm just gonna try and forget that this ever happened," She said with a shake of her head.
They walked towards the front entrance, both of their minds preoccupied with their new book. Nalia's mother's black car was parked in front. Nalia climbed into the passenger seat, smiling happily. Rina's face was mix of confusion and she mumbled 'How did he know our names?' quietly to herself as she got into the car.
" What'd you ladies buy?" Nalia's mom piped up as she put the car into drive. Nalia looked back at Rina and their eyes met. They shared a small smile. She turned back around to face her mother and shrugged.
" Oh nothing really. Some random anime things. A shirt or two. Rina bought some undies." Nalia replied.
" Yeah. Just some stuff-Hey, don't tell your mother about my unmentionables." Rina said, before blushing a light pink color. Nalia couldn't contain her laughter. Neither could her mother. Rina leaned back in her seat, looking a tad like a cherry the rest of the trip back to Nalia's home.