Well, I woke up and I'm back at it. I don't know what it is, but I'm really liking this story. Oh, and just as a warning, she has a dream in this chapter that is rather gory. Oh, and for you people who live under a rock (haha I'm nice) the dream is a bit of an H.O.T.D. reference. So yeah, on with the story. And the character is a little different from
Disclaimer: I don't own it, I only own Julia and Jewels. XD
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"Ugh." I groaned, opening my eyes to a splitting headache.
'Oh man, I told you not to go to sleep so early. You've doomed us…' Jewels whined back.
'Shut it.' I snapped, glaring at the opposite wall.
My eyes felt like they were glued shut and, judging by the extreme headache I was feeling, I'd slept too long.
"Time is it?" I mumbled, barely able to coherently form words.
'Phone should be under your pill…ow…' Jewels muttered, then went back to sleep.
'Oh thanks.' I growled back sarcastically. 'Leaves me to do all the work.'
With one last groan I dragged myself out of bed and picked up my pillows, searching for my phone. Of course, it was right where Jewels had said it would be, damn smartypants.
"Oh God, it's only six in the morning. Are you kidding me?" I whined, I wasn't even tired now. 'That's like twelve hours of sleep.'
Now I couldn't just go back to sleep.
'Just go take a shower and get over it.' Jewels snarled, then turned over and went back to sleep.
'Lucky butt face.' I muttered back.
She just waved me away and turned over. Looking dejected I stumbled into a shower.
'Ahhh, I love hot water…' I moaned, scrubbing shampoo through my hair.
It always takes me a while to get shampoo and conditioner through my hair because it likes to retain whatever touches it. I have to wash my conditioner out for like ten minutes because I've been letting my hair grow out. It's already down to my shoulder blades in all of its brown glory. Quickly washing down, I spun the dial and hopped out of the shower.
'Towel.' Was all I thought before we both slapped our heads and groaned.
'Their might be one in the closet.' Jewels said.
'You might be right…' I answered, carefully making my way to the closet and trying not to slip on the wet floor. 'Oh hey look, you were right!' I exclaimed, opening the closet door and pulling out green-and-white-striped towel.
Damn smarty-pants.
Four minutes later I sat back down on my bed and laid back, by five minutes I was sleeping. It was only like 6:15 in the morning after all.
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"FUCK!" A familiar boy yelled.
"Watch your damn mouth!" I yelled back, then turned back and shot the gun in my hands.
"God-fucking-damn-it, we're gonna die! You know that!" He screamed back, flying forwards on his ATs, his blue hair streaming out behind him.
"Yeah…you're right." I answered, forcing a smile at him and shooting again. "But… I don't know about you, but if I'm going to die. Then I'm going out with a bang!" I screamed back, accenting my words with a gunshot.
He paused for a moment, looking at me. It was like time slowed down and a freaky grin spread across his face.
"Then let's die with bang," he answered simply.
With a jump we both flew forwards on our ATs.
"Hell yes!" I screamed violently.
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I woke up with a start. Wow, I've had some interesting dreams… But blowing apart zombies with a guy I knocked down in the street is a new one for me.
'Wow.' Jewels said.
Both of us were trying to blink away the after-effects of such a violent dream.
" 'Wow.' Is right. What in the world was Mr. Swear doing in our dream?" I wondered.
Jewels didn't have an answer for that one.
'You wanna go AT again and see if we can find him?' She asked.
'Oooh, that's a good idea.' I answered, I've been wanting to AT again anyway.
'Let's bring the proper stuff with us this time.' Jewels said smugly, laughing at the chagrined expression on my face.
'Whatever.' I answered, stalking off to get my phone and some better clothes.
'Wow, it's still only like seven. We fail at sleeping in late.' Jewels deadpanned.
I nodded in agreement.
'Do you think that this would be good?' I asked, holding up an outfit.
'No, you should wear that one.' Jewels cackled, grinning evilly.
'Good Lord, only to humor you…' I muttered, making a face at the outfit she chose.
But we're both well aware that Jewels has better fashion sense than I do.
'Well,' I asked, shifting uncomfortably in the mirror. 'Does it look okay?'
She was silent for a minute, I began to fidget even more.
'Better than okay…' She breathed, then started meditating.
'Weirdo.' I mumbled, then pulled on my ATs and headed outside.
"Where are you going?" My Mom asked as I headed for the door.
I looked at her over my shoulder.
"Just to practice, I have my phone if you need me." I answered.
"All right, just be home before dark, and you should start unpacking." She said, then went back to the kitchen.
"Yeah, whatever." I muttered, then left.
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"Gosh darn it!" I yelled, then sat on the ground glaring at the offending railing.
I've been trying to grind down it for like half an hour, but no luck. I was currently laying on the smooth pavement, relishing the warmth it reflected. My butt hurt from the amount of times I'd fallen on it.
'You suck!' Jewels yelled, trying to glare holes in my head.
I got up in a huff, my calm shattered.
'I'm scared, what can say?' I yelled back, stomping my foot.
"Um, did you just stomp your foot? I thought that girls only did that in manga…" A voice said behind me.
I jumped and spun around.
"Who are you?" I snapped, some blond kid with a white beanie was behind me.
"I'm Kazu, who're you?" He asked.
I stared at him for a minute then cautiously put my hand out.
"Julia." I answered, sweet and simple. "Why are you here?"
"I heard noise so I came to check it out." Kazu answered, then looked me up and down. "Looks like there's something to check out."
My face went flat.
'Can I kill him now?' Jewels asked.
'Be my guest.' I ground out.
"Would you like to apologize for that vulgar comment, or should I punch you first." I snapped at Kazu.
Jewels growling it right along with me.
"It was a compliment." He said.
My eyes narrowed.
"Well, then say it differently." I growled, raising my head to make myself look taller.
I naturally stand slumped, so when I actually bother to stand up straight I can actually get up to five inches taller.
"Fine, your outfit looks pretty on you." He mumbled, turning his head to hide a blush.
I smiled and went back to normal.
"Thanks!" I exclaimed. "Now, I'm Julia. But I like to be called Jewels. Do you have a nickname Kazu-san?" I asked.
My natural bubbliness is contagious apparently because Kazu looked back with a smile.
"Just Kazu is fine." He answered. "So what were you doing anyway?" He asked.
"Trying to learn how to grind down a railing." I said, pointing at the railing.
"Oh, what are you having issues with?" He said.
"I can't keep my balance, and I think that my butt is now permanently bruised." I sighed, looking down at my white shorts.
"Well, if you'd like I can help you." He said.
"Really, that sounds great!" I exclaimed. "Can we start now?" I asked, smiling hugely.
"Sure why not, but I have a better place we can practice. I have a friend there that could hold you up so you don't fall." He smiled.
I giggled and grabbed his hand.
"Then let's go! Just describe the place!" I laughed, after all my sightseeing made me pretty aware of this part of the city.
"Well, its behind a school called Higachuu…" He started.
"Way ahead of you, I'll race you there!"
"If you say so." He muttered, smirking at the ground.
"Okay on three, last one there is a rotten egg. 1… 2…" I counted down, smirking, it would take me full speed for this one since Kazu was wearing ATs.
Besides, if he can grind down a railing then he must have a lot of practice.
"3!" I exclaimed and we took off.
I imagined that my mom was behind me… and pissed. That's how I make myself do well. I picture things I'm scared of and it pushes me to do better. Suddenly Kazu became Mom and I blanched.
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"I'll race you there!" Julia exclaimed, looking at me giddily.
"If you say so…" I muttered.
I'll just use half my speed. It would be unfair to race seriously against a beginner. Besides, when I think of racing I picture Ikki. Not some hot girl wearing jeans and tight white t-shirt. Her jacket also seemed to be slung on just so and there were key-chains hanging off of her back-pack and pockets. If she didn't want people to look at her pervertedly then she shouldn't wear things that attract attention to the assets that she definitely has.
"Okay on three." She said, pulling off her jacket and putting it securely in a backpack.
Then she pulled the back-pack on tightly, and got down in a track stance. I almost missed the countdown completely because of the view.
"Last one there's a rotten egg! 1, 2, 3!" She yelled.
I snapped back to reality and we both took off.
At first we were head to head and I actually had to start going faster. For a beginner she sure knew how to go fast. I was looking over at her when her face suddenly went white as she looked at me. Then Julia disappeared and I heard the rapidly disappearing whir of overheating ATs.
"Oh nuh-uh!" I yelled, then leaned down and disappeared myself.
Around a minute later we both blew into the backyard of my school. A few things happened at once. I stopped and stared at Julia as she blew in just ahead of me, then she crashed into Ikki. Both of them hit the ground and skidded a few feet until they came to a stop. I pulled to a stop, wondering if they were okay.
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"Wah!" I yelped when I saw that I couldn't stop in time to not hit the boy in front of me. "Look out!"
He turned and I hit him head on, both of us went flying onto the ground.
"What the hell!" The boy under me yelled.
"Ah, I'm sorry!" I squeaked as I got up.
I stumbled a little before catching my balance.
"Oi, be more careful!" The boy shouted at me, then abruptly stopped his yelling spree. "Crap, your bleeding." He sighed, leaning down to my knee.
I jumped, and stepped back.
"It's okay, I have band-aids in my bag!" I yelled, trying to get him out of my personal space.
"Okay, then give me your bag, I'll put it on. Besides, I need one too." He answered, looking at my skittish expression.
I gave him my bag after a moment and ruffled around inside for a minute before finding two band-aids.
"There's also Neosporin…" I trailed off blushing, and scratched my face.
"Good, now give me your knee." He said sternly, and I sat down and let him grab my leg.
I gulped as his rough hands slid down my leg and put on the Neosporin.
"Ffff, that stuff is cold." I gasped as the sticky substance was spread on my knee.
Then he slapped on the band-aid and gave me my leg.
"There, you're done." He said, trying to get me to stop being so introverted.
"Yeah, here I'll put on yours, that's hard to reach." I whispered as I grabbed his arm.
When I looked up after putting on the band-aid I noticed him smiling pervertedly.
'Oh my God, they're all the same.' Jewels said inside my head, she sounded defeated.
"Hey, look somewhere else buddy!" I yelled, pouching his arm.
"Haha, man, you made the same mistake I did." I heard Kazu laugh behind me.
"Huh, what do you mean?" The teen asked, looking up at Kazu.
I took the chance to scuttle backwards and grab my jacket. With a swift movement I pulled on the jacket and stood up. The guy I fell on and Kazu were in a heated argument over… I face-palmed and walked up to them. Jewels began to take over, and I grabbed their heads and slammed them together.
"It is not your place to discuss what kind of underwear I wear, remember that or next time I'll just kill you." I ground out and dropped the two on the ground.
They both landed in a heap.
"Hey, what was that for?" The boy I fell on yelled.
"I'm not going to answer that." I deadpanned, he opened his mouth to argue when I raised. "And I'm not because I JUST DID!" I thundered.
"Fine." He answered, glaring in another direction.
"Who are you anyway?" I asked.
"Ikki Minami, should I just call you 'epic bitch' or do you have another name." He sneered, clearly still smarting from my verbal abuse.
"It's Jewels you freaking butt-face, don't be so rude!" I yelled back.
"Well your rude too, so there! And who uses the word 'brat' anymore, anyways?" He yelled back.
And this was how I became friends with Ikki Minami, something to be proud of there, huh? Psh, not.
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When me and Ikki were finally done fighting I remember why I came here in the first place.
"Hay Kazu, I have two things to say. One, you're a rotten egg because I won, hahahaha!" I started laughing hysterically at Kazu's face. He totally forgot about our match. "And two, you need to help me practice, remember?"
"Oh yeah, me and Ikki should be able to catch you so you can learn how to grind." He said.
Ikki started snickering at the choice of words.
"Shut it perve!" I yelled, smacking his head. Then I turned to Kazu as if nothing had happened. "So are we going to start now?" I asked.
"Y-yeah." He answered.
"Okay, give me a minute. I need to change into different clothes." I answered.
I ran into a nearby bathroom and set down my back-pack (I grabbed it before I walked off). When I pulled out my better set of clothes I grimaced.
'This looks like less clothing then last time.' I groaned.
'Too bad.' Jewels snacked.
'You suck.' I sniffed.
'Oh I know.' She answered, a smirk forming on her face.
'Oh get your mind out of the gutter!' I yelled and then pulled on my other clothes.
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Ikki and I were starting to get impatient waiting for Jewels (hey, she told me to call her that) when the bathroom door opened. Silence reigned over us at the sight of her. It hit me later to thank whatever God was being nice that day that Onigiri was home sick. Julia walked back out of the bathroom wearing a pair of white jean shorts that were… well rather short. And she had on a bright red shirt t-shirt that said 'let it rain' in big black letters on the front, it was not a v-neck sadly. Then she had a belt tightened across her stomach that must have been to keep the shirt down. Her bright silver ATs matched her hair-tye that was now holding the majority of her hair back. Her ATs were more like knee high combat boots. In other words, her outfit was bad-ass. She's also one of those people who aren't overweight, but aren't skinny either. She didn't seem like the type. I looked over at Ikki to find him in the same silent state as me.
"How does it look?" She asked, fidgeting a little under our stares.
"Really good…" We breathed.
She blushed and had a small smile for a second before walking forwards and breezing past us.
"Whatever, let's get started." She said.
By the end the day she could effectively grind down the railing. Apparently she's a fast learner when she's not scared.
"Oh crap!" Jewels suddenly yelled, looking at her watch.
"What?" I asked, looking up from my drink.
"I have to go home soon or I'm going to be late! My Mom will be pissed if I'm not home in like ten minutes!" She yelled, jumping up and grabbing her bag.
"Do you want us to bring you back?" Ikki asked and I nodded in agreement.
"Actually we should, it's getting late and we don't need you getting jumped." I added onto Ikki's statement.
"Whatever, do what you want. Which way is High St.?" She asked us.
I thought for a moment.
"Oh, you mean out near the edge of the city. I know where it is, come on let's go or you're not gonna make it!" I said, grabbing Jewels and Ikki. "Let's go!"
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Woot, ended with a cliffy (heh, sort of)! Will anything happen on the way home? Will Jewels get home on time? Or will she be screwed and GROUNDED FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE? Read the next one to find out! (Wow I feel lame now.)
Jewels: That's because you are.
Me: What are you doing here?
Jewels: I'm in the story, deal with it.
Me: Whatever, will you do the honors?
Jewels: Sure. READ AND REVIEW OR I'LL RUN YOU OVER WITH A TOASTER!
Me: Nice.
Jewels: Thanks.
Me: All right, BYE NOW!
Jewels: BYEBYE!
:D HAHA!