See Through Skies: Reason For Many Meetings

By: M14Mouse

Disclaimer::sighs.:: Don't own them.

Takes 8 Months Before Mystic Force

"Bro, stop pacing. You are going to dig a hole into the ground," Shane said without looking up from his magazine. They were waiting outside for Chip who was still in practice.

"I am not pacing, dude. I am walking around…uh…in circles and squares. Dude, I didn't know I could pace in squares," Dustin said as he stopped pacing for a moment.

"Uh huh," He said with a smile. A second later, Dustin started pacing again.

"Dude, what if he doesn't like me?" Dustin said.

"Of course, he likes you. How many ims conversations have you two the last couple of months? I know you said you saw a tape of his archery completion," He said.

"A lot…but that doesn't mean anything, dude. You know the last person I meet online in person wasn't the greatest. I just don't know, dude," Dustin said as he looked down at his feet.

Oh, he remember that the girl who posed as a guy online. That mess with Dustin's head big time. Cam put an end that really quick. He did something to her computer and she hasn't bugged him since.

"I have a good feeling that this one, okay?" He said.

Dustin gave him an odd look. He was about to say something before the gym's door slam opened and loud voices came from the gym. A fairly large crowd of people came out. Dustin turned around and took off running into the crowd.

Great…now, he is going to have to find Dustin and Chip. He got up from the bench and walked into the crowd.

"DUDE!"

Well, that didn't take long as he thought. He spotted Dustin waving his hands all about at a guy with red hair. So, that is Chip. He looked Chip up and down. He was a lot skinny than what he thought he would be. He was shorter and really…pale too. He needed to get in the sun. He couldn't really make out what they were saying. He really didn't need too. He could tell by the laughing, smiles, and hand waving that they were having a good time. There is something else about him. It is edge of his conscience and he wish he knew what it was. It wasn't bad…but it was there. Also long as it isn't evil. He would storage it away for later.

"Dude, there you are. Come and meet Chip!" Dustin said as he finally saw him. He chuckled as he walked up to the pair.

"Dude, this is Chip. Chip, this is Shane," Dustin said happily.

"It is nice to finally meet you. I have heard a lot of about you." Chip said with a smile as he offered his hand to him. Bro already won a point for not telling Dustin about our prior meeting.

"Same here, bro," He said as he shook Chip's hand.

"So, Chip was just telling me how hungry he was, dude." Dustin said. A moment later, a very loud noise came from Dustin's stomach. Dustin tried to look guilty. Both he and Chip looked at each other for a moment before they burst out laughing.

"It looks to me that you are the one that is hungry, bro," He said.

"Nahh…I am hungry too. Just my stomach doesn't come with the sound effects," Chip said.

"Hey…If my stomach didn't tell me when to eat, dude. I would like starve to death," Dustin said.

"Bro, I seriously doubt that. Where do you guys want to eat?" He said.

Chip is one interesting dude. I can see why he and Dustin get along so well. His choices in food are...different. I have never seen Tori hide her face behind her hand so much. Hunter got a kick out of it when he added mustard to the carrots. Just hope bro doesn't start copying Chip's style. Then I would really need to move out. Blake

"Seriously, dude, you have three cousins, aunt, uncle, your mom, and you live under the same roof? Hunter said as he shoved his mash potatoes into his mouth.

"Stop being so disgusting, Hunter." Tori said as she made a face at Hunter.

"It is four cousins now. My aunt and uncle adopted another one. They are just waiting for the paperwork to go through," Chip said.

"Dude, that is insane," Dustin said.

"You should talk, bro. I have seen your family reunions," Blake said.

"But that is different, dude. I see them once a year and then they go home. Chip, here, he sees his everyday," Dustin said as he taken a bit of pizza.

"Guys, it isn't so bad. One thing I can say that it is never boring. The only bad thing is that they always want to get into my stuff," Chip said as he added mustard on his carrots.

"Eew," Tori said.

"You should try it. It is really good." Chip said.

"No thanks. I like my food normal," Tori said.

"You are no fun, Tor. It is called broadening your horizons," Shane said.

"Trying a new shrimp recipe is broadening my horizons. Ew…not adding gummy bears to mash potatoes! That is disgusting, Chip. Stop it!" Tori said as she tried to cover her eyes.

"What? It is good. Does she do this all time when you guys eat out?" Chip said before he took a bit of his mash potatoes.

"Nah, dude. I think it is because you are the new dude. She knows how we eat but you…You kind of threw her off with the gummy bears," Dustin said with a grin.

"You two are impossible," Tori said.

"Thanks." Dustin and Chip said at the same time. Everyone else at the table started to laugh.

"Okay…Okay…Why archery, dude?" Hunter said as he tried to stop laughing.

"I don't know why. I tried the normal stuff like football, basketball, and baseball. Nothing really clicks or I become a walking bruise. I don't mind bruises but when your 4 year old cousin runs into you like a football player. You tend rethink yourself. With archery, it is just clicked for me. Of course, my mom had to move my target. I kept hitting the tires," Chip said thoughtfully.

"Dude, that can't beat Blake. He ran into side of the work shed with his bike," Hunter said.

"The brake was broke and you should talk, bro. You are the one who ran into a tree," Blake said with a grin.

"The gas petal was stuck, bro." Hunter said.

"Uh..huh," Blake said.

"That is nothing…Dustin here, he tried sling shot himself across the yard once," Tori said.

"Oh, no…you didn't, Tori. I remember that you tried to bungle jump off a tree, dude," Dustin said.

"I was five and it was a safe cord if I really couldn't fly," Tori said.

"Pretty crazy, aren't they, bro?" Shane said as he leaned over to Chip's side. Chip was turning beet red from the laughing.

"Nahh…Me and Vida did some pretty crazy things too. Once, we did build a pretty good slingshot. You just need a good strong elastic cords and good backing. We used a book. Boy, that cat sure did fly and you know…it landed on its feet too," Chip said.

"Dude, you think you can do a human?" Dustin said.

"Nah…you would need industrial strength cording or rubber." Chip said.

Dustin and Hunter looked at each other and grinned.

"You two aren't going make a slingshot," Tori said.

"Who said it is just going to be us?" Hunter said with an evil smile.

A slingshot! We made a real slingshot, bro. It was so much fun…until Shane had to pick up a rock and hit Tori's van….Dude, I have never seen Tori look so piss out!

--Hunter--

"He shots and he scores!" Hunter said as he finished launching a water balloon into the air. The water balloon flew across the field and burst onto the ground.

"Dude, mine went so much farer," Dustin said.

"It didn't, dude. It just rolled where the trees were," Hunter said.

"But it counts, dude," Dustin said.

"Okay…Move aside, guys. Let the pro show you how it is done," Blake said.

"Whatever, dude," Dustin said.

"I started surfing when I was thirteen. I always love the water. My mom would bring us to the beach almost every day during the summer and to the pool during the winter." Tori said as she watched Blake launch a water balloon into the air.

"You are lucky. Our coast is too rocky for swimming. But people do try to swim it….like Xander and Vida. People like me and Madison have to go and make sure they don't kill themselves. I did try it once because I thought it would be an interesting adventure. I got this scar for my trouble and my mom grounding me for a month." Chip said. He rolled up his sleeve and under his arm was a long pale scar.

"Ha, dude! Mine was still the best," Dustin shouted as he watched Blake's balloon hit the ground.

"Ouch, bro. I got this one from hitting the bars at the skate park," Shane said as he rolled up his shirt to reveal an ugly looking scar along his stomach.

"Ouch," Chip said as he made a face.

"Hey, Shane, it is your turn, bro," Blake said as he took a seat next to Tori.

"Alright!" Shane said as he got to his feet and went to the home made sling shot.

"An interesting adventure, huh? We need to get you on a bike, bro," Blake said.

"You can't go around corrupt people, Blake. He may not even be interested in motorcycles," Tori said as she turned toward Blake. Chip just nodded his head eagerly behind Tori's back. Blake just laughed.

"You are next, Chip," Dustin said as he took a seat next to Chip.

"No thanks. The thing I am ready to shoot is my catapult," Chip said eagerly.

"You have a catapult, bro?" Blake said in amazement.

"Yup, me and my cousin, Justin has been working on it for months. We think it almost ready," Chip said.

"Dude…I am so going to try it out when I visit," Dustin said with a grin.

"Why don't," Chip was cut off by Tori's hand over his mouth.

"Stop giving them ideas, Chip. You get to go home tomorrow. I have to live them afterwards," Tori said.

CRASH!

"Oh, crap," Shane said.

"Shane…what did you do my van!" Tori said with horrified look on her face.

-Never listen to Chip's ideas again, bro. - Shane

"I should have never agreed to let you built that thing. Now look at my van! Look at it!" Tori said angrily. She hit the gas and the van accelerated quickly.

"I promise to repair it, Tori. I swear," Shane said.

"You better start because I know where you live, work, and breath," Tori said as she made a sharp turn.

"You know…Tori kind of remember me of Vida." Chip said as he gripped the seat.

"Really? She is just as bad tempered too, dude?" Dustin said as he leaned over.

"I heard that!" Tori said as she slammed on her brake.

"Uhh," Chip said as they stopped in front of the track.

"Get out…all of you!" Tori said.

"You heard the woman," Hunter said as he quickly gets out of the van. Quickly Dustin, Chip, Blake, and Shane got out of the van.

"Expect you, Shane," Tori said. Shane gave the others a save me look as he got back into the van. The van quickly drove away.

"Well…Note to self…never upset Tori," Chip said.

"Good note to self, dude. Too bad that I always forget about those," Dustin said as he patted Chip's shoulder. Hunter and Blake went to large trailer and opened the back up. Once they got the ramp down, they rolled out their motorcycles. Quickly, Dustin followed to get his own bike.

"Dustin, get Chip a helmet," Blake said.

"He is about your size, dude." Dustin said he poked his head out of the truck. He grabbed his bike and two helmets before he guide his bike outside.

"Ever operate a bike before, Chip?" Blake asked.

"No…I know how to operate a tractor, power tilter, and a loader." Chip said.

The other guys give him a look of amazement.

"What? I live on a farm. Whoo.." Chip said as Dustin slammed the helmet on his head.

"You are riding with Dustin, Chip. I am sure he isn't going to try to kill you," Blake said as he strap on his helmet and got onto his bike.

"Ready, dude?" Dustin as he got onto his bike.

"As long as you don't try to kill me, Dustin." Chip said as he got on the bike behind Dustin.

"Okay, dude." Dustin said as he hit the gas.

"AHHHHH!." Chip said with scream.

-- Note to self...never leave Dustin alone with Chip. One of them might get hurt or they might plan something….- Tori-

"Dude, I am sorry. I thought you were ready," Dustin said with frown.

"It is okay, Dustin. I just bruise my butt. Beside afterward, it was fun!" Chip said as he rubbed his butt.

"I am glad your butt is as hard as Dustin's head, dude. Or we would have been in a lot of trouble," Hunter said.

"Wait a minu….hey!" Dustin said which caused the others to start laughing. A few minutes later, Tori drove up. She rolled down her window and looked the boys.

"How did it go, guys?" She said.

"It was fine until Dustin tried to kill Chip here," Blake said.

"I didn't try to kill him! He just fell off the bike," Dustin said.

"Dustin, you aren't supposed to kill your new friends until after the second meeting." She said.

"It is okay. I just landed on my butt. I have done much worse," Chip said with a grin.

"Fine…get in the van. We have to bring Chip back," She said.

"Ahh…do we have to? We were going to bring him to Kelly's next," Hunter said.

"Come, Tori, it will only be a few minutes," Dustin said.

"No, beside you will see him tomorrow at that archery thing. We want to introduce him to Cam." She said. She almost laughed on how they were giving her puppy dog looks.

"Who is Cam again?" Chip said.

"He is our computer geek," Hunter said.

"Dude, you show me how to shoot one of those things?" Dustin said.

"Of course, after the archery demo, we are going to let people try it out." Chip said.

The guys climbed into the van and she started to the engine.

"Dude, do you think I could shoot a bow and arrow from my bike?" Dustin said.

"Well…maybe not a recurve bow. But you could com…" Chip was cut out again.

"Chip…no more giving ideas Dustin," Hunter said.

"I am not going to try it, dude. I am just curious," Dustin said.

"Uh huh…," Blake and Hunter said at the same time.

She couldn't help but laugh.

End of See Through Skies: Reason for Many Meetings.

Next Chapter: Random Arrows and Chess Boards

A/N: I do like this version much better. I like to say a big thanks to my readers for point out the flow problem. Tell me what you think.