Chapter 6 of "I'll Eat You Whole"
"Happy Birthday, Erica!"
Mall, 2 hours before Erica's party (Saturday)
"Mom, I gotta pick out something for Erica's present. Let's go into that store." Riku said, pointing over to a clothes store.
"Okay, let's go. Do you know what size she wears?" Bulma asked.
"Um, no let me- Oh, that's right, dad broke my phone..." Riku sighed.
"No he didn't. I fixed it for you, here. All of the stuff you had before was on it." Bulma said, handing Riku her phone.
"Thanks mom." Riku said, walking into the clothes shop.
Riku's text to Erica: Riku: Hey, what size do you wear. Oh, and by the way my mom fixed my phone. At the mall right now.
Erica: I wear size 14 in shirts and pants, 5 in shoes, and 3 in dresses.
Riku: Kay, tnks.
Erica. No prob.
"Alright mom, I know what size she wears. Is it alright if I pick it out?" Riku asked.
"Sure, go ahead, I'll be sitting on the bench by the store." Bulma said.
"Okay. Good thing I saved up my allowance for the last three months." Riku said, and walked into the store.
"Hi, how may I help you?" The lady at the desk asked. She had long strawberry hair in a ponytail.
"Um, I'm looking for clothes for my friend, it's her birthday today. Do you have any size 14 shirts and jeans?" Riku asked the lady.
"Oh, yeah over there sweetheart." The lady said, pointing to the back.
"Thank you. I'm no sweetheart." Riku said, walking over to the back of the store. She saw a really cute shirt, one that Erica would like.
"This one would look really cute on her." Riku thought, holding up a shirt that said "I'm Weird And I'll Prove It." The back said "Here's the Proof," and a picture of a kitten in sunglasses ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ.
"She'd love this." Riku thought, putting the shirt on her arm. She found a cute pair of skinny jeans to match the green shirt, and a pair of shoes. Riku walked up to the desk and paid for all of the things she had.
"100 Zeni please." The lady said. Riku gave the lady money, being glad the lady didn't know she was a Briefs.
"Alright mom, I got the clothes." Riku said when she walked out with one bag.
"Okay, now time to get you something, you spent an hour in there." Bulma said, making them both giggle.
"Really, well, I guess I did." Riku said, checking her phone time.
"Let's get going to the next store to get you ready." Bulma said, walking off with Riku following her.
Swinea Residence, 30 minutes before party
"Where's Riku, she said she'd be coming." Gohan said.
"Well, she texted me an hour ago she was at the mall, you know how long it takes her to look." Erica said, making them both laugh.
"She's on her way now." Gohan said, sensing Riku's energy.
"Awesome, 30 minutes before, she's finally early for once." Erica said.
"But hey, where's Conner, didn't you invite him too?" Gohan asked.
"Um, yeah, he texted me and said he'd be here in 5 minutes, just now." Erica said. The door bell rang, but both of them were upstairs.
"I'll get it." Latisha, Erica's mom, said as she opened the door.
"Hi Mrs. Swinea, I'm here for the party." Conner said, holding two bags of gifts.
"Okay, you're Conner aren't you?" Latisha asked.
"Yeah." Conner simply replied. A/N: Conner is also my friend, my best friend, let's continue...
"Here, I'll take the presents, Erica and Gohan are upstairs in her room." Latisha said.
"Okay, see ya." Conner said, going upstairs.
"Hey guys." Conner said when he rounded the corner, sticking his head in the door.
"Hey Conner, nice for you to finally be here." Erica said.
"Hey, where's Riku?" Conner asked.
"Late, as always..." Erica said.
West City, 10 minutes before party
"Dad, come on, 10 more minutes before I'm gonna be late for her party!" Riku said, wearing a bright yellow dress.
"You can just wait..." Vegeta scowled.
"Dad, please hurry!" Riku yelled, frustrated then ever.
"Don't be so pushy, or I won't let you go." Vegeta said, making Riku stop yelling and cross her arms, leaning against the wall beside the door of the bathroom.
"Dad, please hurry up! Now we have 9 minutes before it starts." Riku said.
"Fine, let's go." Vegeta said as he walked out the door. Riku was holding Erica's presents.
"Finally." Riku said, and they both started to fly off.
Swinea Residence, 1 minute before party
"You said they were gonna be here a few, well, about a half hour ago Gohan. Where are they?" Erica asked, sitting at the dining room table, bored.
"She's on her way now, I can sense her and Vegeta's energy coming this way." Gohan replied, this time being correct.
"Hey Erica, didn't you say that you invited one more person besides us three?" Conner asked.
"Um, yeah. He'll be here after." Erica said.
"Oh, alright." Conner replied. The was a knock at the door.
"I got it." Erica said, and got up, going to the door.
"Hey guys." Riku said.
"Hey, come on in." Erica said, letting Riku through.
"Hey, where's your dad?" Gohan asked.
"Oh, he bailed. Said he didn't wanna come with me so, I came alone." Riku replied.
"Well, at least you're finally here, a little late..." Erica paused.
"Don't start on it tonight alright, at least be happy I'm here, or I'd be home training with dad in the GR. He's harder than you think." Riku said.
"Can we not start a fight tonight? It's a birthday, it's supposed to be happy." Gohan said, making all of them laugh.
After Party
"Bye Erica, Riku, see you later." Conner said, and left. Riku was the last one to leave.
"Hey, Riku, you mind staying for a little? I wanna show you this guy I met." Erica said, grabbing Riku's arm before she left.
"Urgh, fine. But hurry up, dad would be pretty pissed- Wait, guy you met? Is it that one guy who-" Riku paused, Erica covering her mouth.
"Yes, it is. And his name is Hero."
"I knew that." Riku said, crossing her arms.
"Alright then, let's go." Erica said, grabbing Riku's arm and pulling her out the door.
"But I don't wanna go-"
"Come on please?"
"No... I won't."
"Pretty please?
"No, and that's that." Riku said, breaking out of Erica's grip and about to fly off but she bumped into something, more like someone.
"Alright, I'm just gonna back up now and stand by Erica, and look down." Riku said, backing up.
"It's alright, it's just me." Trunks said, making Erica giggle.
"Oh thank Kami. I thought you were someone else." Riku said, and ran up to hug Trunks.
"Don't you have work?" Riku asked Trunks.
"No, I have a few more days off. Dad told me to come pick you up." Trunks replied.
"Alright, see ya later Erica. Happy birthday!" Riku said, flying off with Trunks back to Capsule Corp.