It's been awhile, guys, since I uploaded the previous chapter. Thanks to you guys who support this lame story of mine especially someone told me to keep continue and finish this story because I'm an author. Thanks :)
So anyway, this time will be urh.. a little longer? Yeah, hope you like it anyway.
Disclaimer: Nadia-san doesn't own any if the characters except some OC (which you know who and who)
Chapter 7
Alice, Miki, and Chan Lee
Eyes staring at a panel, telling them about the current schedule abroad the train would bring to. Alice examined carefully, making sure she had decided a good destination despite her friend's lectures.
"I'm not sure of your decision, Alice." Alice's raven haired company eyed her carefully.
"Which part of you not sure of my decision, Miki?"
"First thing, what's with you decide to travel to Thailand?! You know we can't speak Thai!" Miki almost lunged at her, fortunately she was not Runo so Alice could bear her yells.
Alice sighed, "Do I have other choice?"
Miki raised her eyebrows with looks of 'are-you-kidding-me', "Look, girl. I prefer to Malaysia. We can speak English and Chinese freely there."
"What's wrong with Thailand anyway? The guys won't suspect us to go there since you and I can't speak Thai." Alice said pointing out the fact.
True, the both girls can't speak Thai but if they went there without knowing their language, it would be difficult for Miki to look for new wigs. Miki sighed in exasperation before putting her hands on her hips, glaring at Alice.
"You have the point but then again, if we travel a little further, they won't find us. They might assume our route for *cough* runaway trip *cough* is the nearest country. How about we change our route a bit to confuse them?" Miki said, much surprising to the orange head girl.
"Since ShangHai to Malaysia is quite far away and eating lots of money, how about we ship to Philippines? You know, I got a few friends that can help us there."
Alice furrowed a brow, "And language?" She doubted it. She doubted that her decision wouldn't bring peace but unfortunate. Just a hunch though… She didn't know why, but she had this uneasy feeling about Miki's decision.
She shook her head, "I don't think it is a good idea."
"What makes you say so?" This time, Miki frowned. Obviously confused at Alice. If they couldn't make this fast as light, the gang would capture them for good. Ah, no. They would take Alice back to Wardington and left the young raven haired alone.
That small thought made Miki cursed silently in her mind.
"A hunch, I think?"
Miki sighed in exasperate, "Oh Lord… Okay, I leave this decision to you fully." She raised her hands in defeat, "But I will not take any responsible if they to come to you."
"It's okay, Miki… I'm getting better at disguise since I spend my time with you." Alice let out a wide grin to her. The Japanese girl shrugged but smiled, approving Alice's reckless move.
As if a light bulb clicked upon Alice's head, she pointed her index finger to the air, "How about we stayed for a little longer here?" this made Miki's head turned to her immediately from the panel, looking straight at the orange head with what-the-heck look.
Miki gaped. Her mouth was opened and then closed again. She couldn't argue with Alice. She had given the whole authority to her.
Her reply was only a grumble and a fine.
"Trust me, Miki… If they knew us here, they would probably to the next destination which is Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam or Korea… "
"And you think staying here will do a lot better?" Miki snorted.
Alice stammered, "Uh—m.. Yeah?"
"Such a good tactician, you are…" Miki said sarcastically. Staying here for a few days wasn't in Miki's agenda since she feared that they got a few Chinese spies. Hey, how many brawlers in China? Hundreds even. And since the two girls avoided brawlers and the building for online brawlers, they couldn't know if Shun and the gang were making broadcast to search a certain orange head.
"If you are worrying about Chan Lee… I can handle it. We are not close yet rarely talk at the same time so she wouldn't really recognize my disguise."
Miki looked at the girl with her hawk dark chocolate eyes, "Then, let me tell you this. How about the guys told her about your current disguise? I mean, they got Shun… The one we can't deceive much. Keith and the others might have contacted the brawlers about them meeting you, and I can conclude that Shun is suspicious with your current disguise." Miki pointed out, making the orange head stunned with her lectures.
She was right. Shun was not as idiot as Dan. And Keith was far from idiot.
"If what I pointed out just now correct, then… The next steps they will do are finding you and take you back to Wardington. Are you ready with it?" Alice shook her head abruptly. She was not ready. Totally. Not. Ready.
If Miki could guess more, Alice was far from being ready. She hasn't strong enough to deal with gang yet. Alice was lacking life experiences, which made her easy to strike by spicy words as such Fabia's.
What Miki could do now was helping Alice with all her problems and guarantee her to go back home to her friends in condition where she was strong enough to face them. And of course, to defy every violent word, like she had done to Shadow Prove.
Society was cruel enough to give such lessons…
She let out a sigh, "Fine, let's wait for a few days. I want to find a part-time for job for our living expenses. Our money is getting thinner and thinner." Miki cursed under her breath, ruffling her dark hair front and back.
Alice giggled, Miki was glad to see her expression changed from gloomy to happy. The girl then explained to Alice about her found a part-time job they could do together. Apparently, an old lady needed 2 substitutes for her small shop at ShangHai China Town. It was said that her workers were taking holidays for awhile.
"Well, I should give you some lessons about vegetables in Chinese and I hope you can learn it as fast as your brain work." Miki grinned while pointing her head.
"I will, Miki. Don't worry.." Alice smiled as her response.
…
Shun, Marucho, Runo and Dan were looking at a huge monitor in front them. Apparently they were waiting for new aid to help them.
The monitor then clicked, revealing a dark purple haired girl tied with yellow ribbon. The girl had her chocolate sharp eyes staring at them.
"I heard the news, guys." She said, slightly felt disappointed.
"Yeah… Alice has ran away, Chan Lee.." Runo replied her. Her voice was shaking after cries, it was a rare to see Runo cried so much after Alice had gone. She was her best friends and her sister for God's sake…
Dan wrapped his hands around her, soothing calming words for her. He wasn't good with words and Runo knew it. She grabbed Dan's shirt and cried inside his chest, feeling a lot better.
"I'm sorry…Is there anything I can help you guys?" Chan Lee muttered softly.
"Yes. You see, Keith has met a girl who looked resembled to Alice except her hair, eyes and her fashion clothes. Shun has these suspicious feelings since he heard the reports from Keith." Marucho explained.
"And you want me to find this girl whether she is still in China?" Chan Lee pointed out, being a martial art giving her the instinct to have a quick response and understanding.
Shun nodded curtly, hands crossing in front his chest, "I planned to take her here and interrogate her…"
The Chinese looked at him as he was nuts, "Are you crazy? She might be a wrong person!" She couldn't just ask this girl to come to Wardington out of blue… That's too reckless and nuts!
"I know this is a mad plan from my mind but I just can't help it! I know I have met her somewhere. Dark short hair… Light blue eyes… Pale skin… Where…?" Shun closed his eyes for awhile, thinking hard. He tried to open his memory awhile after Alice left. His mind kept wandering to recall back his meeting with a girl with dark blue hair and light blue eyes.
And click.
Shun's eyes widened, "I remember! That girl.. she must be the one we met at Tokyo Mall!" this clicked Runo, Dan and Marucho. The three tried to remember when they were searching Alice at Tokyo. There was this dark blue haired female with a nervous face and pale skin.
"You mean…she is… Alice?!" Runo exclaimed, surprised and disbelief.
"Eh! What!" Dan gaped.
"Yes guys… I'm sure she was Alice. How she stuttered was a bit oblivious to us and I forgot such small thing." Shun cursed, he had been friend with Alice since battle brawler started. Why did he forget such trivial matter?
"From the report Keith gave to me, Ai Yamamoto was with a girl. A girl with jet hair, a pair of chocolate sharp which were very scary -as if she could eat us- and were wearing outer yellow dress with dark blue inner shirt." Runo gasped silently.
"That's the girl we met at Tokyo Mall back there too!"
"Really?! That scary chic?" Dan rolled his eyes to Runo who nodded in reply.
Marucho's head turned back to the monitor, "I will give you the description about Ai Yamamoto, our target and her friend. This might help you on the search."
"Uhm.. Sure… But, don't you think this is a bit.. well… How do I say it—a bit overreact? I mean, Alice was obviously shocked with Fabia Sheen's statement and anyone knows that Alice was the fragile type who couldn't bear it. You need to give her some space, not try to find her…" Chan Lee firmly said.
Shun sighed, "You are right. But we need some clarification here. I don't care if she hates us for forcing her back. We just want to say sorry to her."
Chan Lee stared at Shun before letting out a small audible sigh, "Fine then."
…
Alice took a small cardboard from the corner of a shop, and put it right in front the bar for selling. She had received the job from Miki as a seller while Miki worked with her cashier. It's her first time working so Miki had a few minutes trouble. Fortunately, there was a male teenager around their age to help Miki. His name was Wong Fung-Han, an orange head with same color eyes.
The shop where Alice and Miki worked was a small shop selling vegetables and fruits, but Alice was more than glad to help the old lady. Seeing how old and kind the owner was, Alice was happy to help her even for only a few days before they started their journey.
"Good morning, please have a little look at our shop. We are selling fresh vegetables and fruits. And the price will satisfy you all." Alice said in Chinese. Miki had taught her a few minutes ago and she caught it in a blink. Miki was awed at her quick response.
Fung-Han joined Alice to do the advertisement while Miki watched them from her cashier, resting her chin above her palm.
Sometimes, I need a little rest from this cat-mouse event. Miki was assuming as Alice's ran-away event. Having Shun and others going on search to find their precious friend was like playing cat and mouse. Either Alice ran or they captured her.
And me? Woah.. Who cares? I don't even know them and vice-versa. So, if they actually caught Alice in the middle our run-away, I'm not surprised that they will leave me alone. Not that I care. Miki's eyes bored, sighing between her groans.
Customers came one after one as Miki didn't have time to think about the brawlers. She needed to do her job well. It's her first job after all.
Unknown to them, a familiar dark purple hair was strolling around ShangHai China Town. The girl was glancing around the shops. Obviously clueless about Alice and Miki where about, however it will, soon.
Chan Lee was appointed by her mother to buy some fresh tomatoes for dinner. She couldn't just refuse her mother's favor, right? So she delayed her searching of Alice and her friend after she had done her errands.
Marucho had given her the description about Alice and her friend. These descriptions were all from Keith and the Resistance's point of view. With Chan Lee's hawk eyes, she could easily spot her preys, however she had to do her job firstly.
Marucho did give me, but I forgot to take the paper. Argh! Chan Lee forgot the details from Alice's current disguised. She smacked her own forehead and cursed.
I better make this quick and head back to my room. She decided to take the paper along her. She could only remember a slight of 'dark blue hair' and 'light blue eyes' words. However, short hair or long hair? She forgot it.
She heard a familiar voice shouted. Familiar yet strange. She swore she heard Alice's voice but was a little bit loud. Chan Lee's head turned to where the source voice, it was a vegetable and fruit shop owned by her mother's acquaintance.
Her eyes widened in shocked when she saw a girl with short dark blue hair with her bright blue eyes, shouting a few advertisements about the fruits and vegetables. Dark blue hair, light blue eyes.
Alice!
…
"Thank you, and have a nice day." Alice smiled at a middle-aged Chinese woman, she waved friendly to her.
"Somehow, I got a really super freaking bad feeling today…" Miki mumbled, chin resting at her right palm.
Alice frowned, "Why did you say so?"
The raven haired girl sighed, "You know what I mean. That girl, Chan Lee isn't it? I have a feeling that the guys had contacted her to come here." With Miki's absorbing more information about Alice's friend, she could predict their moves.
Must be the effects from watching too much anime and too much reading manga. Alice sighed, but agreed at Miki's statement knowing her friends, they would never give up.
I have to be stronger than I was two weeks ago. I have to. Then, I will face the fact that I'm not wanted in Battle Brawler family.
Miki sighed, shaking her head while shrugging. "You don't have to force yourself though…"
"But Miki—" she was cut off by FungHan.
"What's happened here?" He asked, slightly frowned and turned his head from Alice to Miki.
"Small matter about her life…" Miki shrugged.
The boy's face softened when he got the respond from Miki. First time meeting the girl was tough. Miki ignored and glared at him like he had done a big problem to her. "What happened, Ai?"
"Ah.. nothing… well, you see…" She stuttered whether she had to tell him or not. His face was rather concern and spending two hours with him making Alice concluded that he was a good guy.
He observed her for awhile, "Are you having a friend problem?"
JLEB!
Now that was to the point, enough to paralyze Alice for a few seconds. Followed by Miki's chuckled behind, Alice quickly recovered and nodded sadly.
"I see… I don't have much advice but, I think you should consider your friend's opinion. I mean, they are also humans, right? And sometimes human can make mistakes and they never realize that they were talking too much."
Sorry, but Fabia is an alien. Should I consider her as human in her human form? Alice thought, but listened to FungHan heartily.
Alice could hear Miki's chuckles at the said of 'human'. Miki knew that Fabia was not a human and she laughed because FungHan did not know it.
"Every creature makes mistakes. Whether alien or not—"
JLEB!
Both Alice and Miki were silenced.
"—So why don't you hear their explanation a little? Maybe it will lighten up your feeling a bit.."
"Uhm.. I'm not sure. The thing is, they will only fake a worry face to me." Alice carefully said.
Miki sighed, "Yo dude, how about you get the rest of fruits? It's getting empty and Ai, why don't you go in and wash your face? It's kinda dirty…"
"Okay…" She did not catch all what Miki was saying but she heard about 'go in' and 'wash face'. She glanced apologetically to her friend as she had helped her out from FungHan's lectures. Those were good, but not enough to convince her.
When Chan Lee arrived at the shop, Miki's eyes glowed in fear. Oh shit. Chan Lee girl is here….
Apparently Miki knew the girl after Alice showed her their photo back when their first adventure finished. The purple hair Chinese girl glanced around to find a certain dark blue hair.
"Excuse me, miss. What do you like to buy?" Miki forced her voice out. Ugh. So much for a peaceful day without the brawlers. Despite her insecurity toward stranger she had to do this. This was part of her job and she needed to entertain the customer.
"I'm looking for..someone? Do you know a girl with dark blue hair with bright blue eyes? I heard her voice just now." Chan Lee said carefully. The girl observed the cashier girl with black raven hair and dark chocolate eyes. If I'm not mistaken, Marucho said that Alice is with a girl who has sharp brown eyes and black hair. Is this her?
"What do you want from her?" Miki quirked an eyebrow of suspicion. Great, I have to make up some lies.
"Nothing. Just talk."
"Are you her acquaintance?" Miki rest her chin lazily on her palm, watching every Chan Lee's movement.
Chan Lee did not respond her. If she said that she was her friend, then it would make a suspicion since she wasn't sure the dark blue haired girl was Alice. This girl isn't leaving me alone. What to do?
"I'm sure she is not someone you know." Miki said, giving Chan Lee a pair of sharp brown eyes, "Because that stupid clumsy cousin of mine never go to China, let alone be friends." Now this grabbed Chan Lee's attention. That girl had never been to China? Okay, Alice was never been to China before too, but anything could be possible, right?
The Chinese purple haired female crossed her hands together, "She can make friends in internet you know." Giving Miki a slight glare, "She maybe has a bunch of Chinese friends out there and includes me."
Secretly, Miki made a sarcastic laugh under her mind. Oh great. Just great.
"Now tell me, where she is." Chan Lee demanded.
Shit. So this is the super freaking bad feeling I have since a few minutes ago. Shoot, what do I do now?
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