Cat: So... As promised... Chapter around the 25th...
Rena: Really? Was this promised...?
Cat:... OK! IT IS A FILLER AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STORY! I AM SORRY!
Rena: Exams are great fun ^^
Cat: Yeah. I am sorry. By the way, this little crappy one shot is actually personal experience. Every single event that happens is actually something that happened to me and my friends one Friday...
Rena: Please review!
"Ice-Skating?" she squeaked, staring over at him as if he had suggested something completely different.
"Yeah. Something different for a change!" Yusei smiled, pulling out a pair of white ice-skates.
Well, duh, he probably does it professionally, in his spare time! Her head muttered. "Why are you so damned good at everything?" Akiza demanded.
Yusei blinked, taken completely by surprise. "What?"
"You're probably amazing at ice-skating!" she sulked. "If I come, you'll just depress me."
"So, you can't skate?" Yusei chuckled, perching beside her on the old sofa.
"How did ya guess?" she asked sarcastically.
"The fact that you-"
"Its called sarcasm, Captain Obvious!" she scowled.
"Oh… Sorry…" he grinned.
"Yay! We're going ice-skating!" Luna cheered, running in, waving her arms.
"Sounds great!" Ashley cried.
"Yea! The perfect excuse to push Yusei over and make it look like an accident!" Leo screeched.
"You may have guessed, Akiza, but Yusei's been bullied into going," Jack said, descending the stairs. She gave the raven-haired man a look.
He grinned sheepishly. "I suck on the ice."
"Well, I've never skated before. In my life." She sighed.
"Neither have I!" Ashley beamed. "Let's be rubbish together!"
"Do I have a choice?" Akiza asked weakly.
"Nope!" Yusei smiled. "Not if I'm forced to go."
"Well, this isn't that bad…" she said as she balanced on the blades. Yusei smiled knowingly as he locked their valuables in the small, rusty locker.
"This place is so 60's," Jack grumbled, as he handed his shoes over the counter and replaced them with skates. "They've not replaced anything since it was first built."
"Quit your whining!" Akiza snapped, as she managed a wobbly lap around the large bench everyone was sitting on. As she sat down again, with a triumphant smile, Yusei hobbled over on his skates.
"Just checking their on properly." He said, untying her skates and tightening them. "Tell me if it hurts."
"Just warning you now, Akiza, it's a totally different story on the ice." Crow called, as he pulled his gloves on.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," she smiled, the message going through one ear and out the other.
How hard can it be? She thought. It looks easy on TV!
With some more words exchanged, all members of the group awkwardly walked into the large rink. Ashley glanced around, eyeing all of the skaters.
"Firstly," Yusei came up beside her. "There are the Penguins."
He pointed at a group of children obviously all under the age of ten. They suddenly disbanded in a blur of movement.
"Their mothers obviously had them on the ice the second they could walk," Yusei sighed. "They're very depressing to watch. Fast as lightning, if not, faster."
The other 'groups' were the lessons and the normals. The lessons were young children who were being taught by a professional. For the lessons, orange cones had been placed down and cordoned off quarter of the rink.
Then, there were the normal people, out to have fun on a Friday night.
"Ok. Akiza, grab onto the side. Then put your foot down slowly. Slowly. Slowly!" he cried.
"Eeeekkkk!" was the noise that came from her mouth, as she came down in a clatter. Yusei held his hand out to her. She grabbed it thankfully and got to a wobbly stand.
Crow and Jack skated onto the ice as if it was as natural as walking, right into the centre of the rink.
"Show offs," Yusei muttered, gripping the girl's hand tightly and placing it on the edge of the board surrounding the rink. "There. Now, just try to skate along and don't let go."
"Try not to think about it!" Leo chirped, skating right in front of her and colliding with the edge. Akiza squeaked as the boards wobbled.
"Sorry, I'm a bit rusty…" Leo scratched his head and skated off.
Desperately, she clung to the side and hobbled along the side. It was if her legs were desperate to part from each other and make her do the splits.
"You're getting there, Aki!" Yusei smiled. "If you don't mind, I would quite like to skate a bit myself. I'll be back."
"Sure! Have fun!" she smiled, as he skated off.
It was by far one of the most laborious things she had done for a long time. Forget bypass surgery, or a lung transplant; this was harder. Eventually, she managed to get to the other end of the rink.
Then, a problem arose.
Cones had been placed off to cordon the every-day skaters with the children in lessons (who were, Akiza sulked, better than her too). So, she couldn't use the boards to pull herself along. Her only choice was to either make her way back or, somehow, get across open ice.
"Never fear! Leo's here!" Leo cried, skating up to her and grabbing her arm. Suddenly, she began fearing for herself terribly.
"Want help across?" Yusei asked, stumbling up to her.
"Uhhh… Yeah, sure. Drag me, ok?" she said, holding out her hands. Yusei grabbed one and Leo the other and they gently guided her away from the wall.
Then, her legs parted and she fell over before she did the splits, pulling Leo down with her.
"Cold!" he jumped off and skidded away.
"Well, gee…" Akiza muttered, as Yusei pulled her up again.
Crow laughed, as he pirouetted and landed beside her. "To the other side, ma'am?" he asked cheekily, grabbing her hand and dragging her off.
It was definitely not the most graceful sight to behold. Crow yanking Akiza behind him, Akiza herself; putting all of her strength to her legs, so they wouldn't part and Yusei desperately trying to catch up.
"Selfie!" two boys shouted, taking a selfie right in front of them, to deliberately get them in the picture. Crow scowled as they skated off. Akiza yanked her hand out of Crow's grasp and made a rude hand gesture.
"Oh… Akiza…" Yusei moaned, as the boys looked back and saw her.
"What? They asked for it!"
"Yeah, but now they're not gonna leave us alone…"
For the rest of her fifteen minutes on the ice, Akiza kept on stealing weary glances at the 'Dipshits' as she had named them.
One was a tall kid in a red jacket thing. The other wore a blue hat. They had a third with them but he ducked into the locker room and hadn't been seen since.
"Oi! Akiza! We're getting off now!" Luna waved at her. "We're gonna buy some food at the vending machines!"
"Cool!" Akiza smiled. Feeling brave, she pushed off from the side.
Crack! The sound could be heard throughout the whole rink as Akiza's elbow made good friends with the side.
"Shhhhhhh- ugar!" she groaned, rubbing it with her left arm.
"You ok?" Yusei asked, glaring at the sniggering boys.
"Y-yeah… I'm fine…" she grimaced.
The group were at the skating rink for another half an hour. However, Akiza sat out, nursing her arm.
She waved as her friends skated round and kept an eye out for the 'Dipshits'.
She laughed as one of the Penguins nearly ran into Yusei, causing him to yell and fall over. The child apologised quickly then skated off.
Suddenly, she was aware that the two boys and her group of friends were causing a scene, right by the door. Slowly, she hobbled down to join them.
"You a soo faa oo bwok oot da sun!" one of the boys laughed at Luna, who scowled. Translated into a more intelligent language; Akiza guessed he was trying to say 'you're so fat you block out the sun'.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Leo mocked. "We don't speak moron."
"Oo remin me o' a 'oser!" You remind me of a loser! Akiza thought.
"…Well, you remind me of a warthog eating chocolate croissants with a handbag!" Ashley yelled at the tallest one.
Silence.
Akiza sweat dropped. Of all insults…
It was that one?
"Let's go guys…" Jack grumbled, pushing past.
They all nodded in agreement and hurried out.
After swapping their skates to shoes and leaving, they walked down the street. Suddenly, a car sped past and honked loudly at them.
"Oh look, the Dipshits…" Luna sighed.
"They can drive!?" Ashley squeaked.
"Hardly. Look at those wheels…" Crow muttered.
"What is the world coming too?" Yusei sighed.
"Oh, we'll all burn in hell, Yusei," Akiza said sweetly as she skipped down the pavement.
"Oh… Well, that's great to know, Akiza…" Yusei laughed.
"But do you know what I'm going to say to the judge of death?" she turned.
"What?" Leo asked, yawning.
She stuck her middle finger up at the car that had driven off. "They FUCKING STARTED IT!"
Cat: Please review. I promise next chapter won't be a filler!
Rena: Oh, by the way... The 25th next month just so happens to be a busy day (surprise, surprise!) So, chapter 7 might be a few days early/late...