Crazy trouble with love part 8

Kiki, Akina, and Dexter

Series: Dexter's Laboratory

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Dexter was jotting down notes as quick as he could as the science teacher was explaining the method of carbon dioxide on plants and their growth, where as the rest of the class seemed bored, uninterested, or were blatantly ignoring it by playing video games.

'Yes, this is great, real learning unlike that farce of an education system I had back home!' Thought the boy genius happily as he jotted down his notes. 'I'm sure to ace the quiz with these notes, and the next one after that, and the next one after that.'

But while he took it seriously, the two boys he had run into when he arrived at the school were sitting beside him. The brown haired one that covered his eye was currently reading a magazine on the latest models when it came to four wheel vehicles, while the one in a light blue pilot suit was busy playing a flight simulator game.

'Ugh, what is this American doing, is he really taking this class seriously?' Wondered the boy flipping the page. 'Learning this stuff is so easy I could do it in my sleep. Woah, now that's one sweet engine. Wouldn't mind using that in a new ride.'

'I wonder if the American would want to play the game with me, I could use a second player.' Wondered the other kid who narrowly avoided getting blown up. 'Ha! I'm not going down that fast, ain't no one blowing me out of the sky.'

That's when the intercom turned on making all the students pause and look up. "Attention students, this is your principal. I just wanted to speak up and wish everyone the best of luck on a brand new year, AND to also remind students on our policy when it comes to using their own robotics and/or cybernetic experiments on school grounds."

That got Dexter and the other two kids to look away while trying to look innocent with some of the class chuckling.

"Have a good day at school and work hard, that will be all." The principle declared before the bell rang, ending the school day. "And remember, anymore mechs on school grounds and there will be consequences."

"Yeah yeah, like we haven't heard that before." muttered the boy closing his magazine as he got up while stretching. "We barely did that much damage."

"Yeah, it's not like we did any worse than last year, now that was bad." Remarked his friend while putting his game away with Dexter interested.

"What do you mean? What happened last year?"

"Just us showing the school what we got." Smirked the brown haired boy. "You got a chance to see what our latest models are, but last year is when we wanted to show off what we had with a bang."

"Yeah, and it's not like we weren't able to clean up the radiation when we were done." Said the other as them and Dexter left the classroom.

"Radiation? Oh! Did you two happen to try a nuclear powered fusion generator?"

"Something like that, but it was confiscated by our mothers." Remarked the blue haired kid with his hands behind his head. "Frankly it wasn't THAT bad. I mean we were going so fast, we broke the sound barrier, twice. Now that was a rush I'm never gonna forget."

"Ah, so you too have broken the sound barrier, huh? Well in that case your current model is quite the downgrade compared to your earlier work, huh?"

"Hey it's not our fault. My mom cut my allowance so I had to make due with what I got." Pouted the blue haired kid as they made their way out of the building.

"Not me, I got to talk my mother down into letting me do extra chores. Which means as soon as I save up, I'm gonna get me an upgrade." Smirked the taller boy smugly before spotting something at the gates and groaned with a face palm. "Oh great."

"What? What is i- oh no, not them! What are they doing here?!"

"What? What's wrong?" asked Dexter looking between the two as the tall one leaned down.

"Just keep your head down and keep walking, follow our lead and don't look up until we're in the clear."

"Um, ok, if you say so." Dexter looked down and tried to keep up as the boys kept their heads down as they tried to blend in with the crowd heading out through the gates.

"Toshiro! Where are you?"

"Oi, Rin, the hell are you?!"

The boys near Dexter stiffened up and moved faster, but right as the three made their way past the gates, they wound up bumping into two tall girls, making them fall down on their rears and look up.

"Toshiro! It's time to get home." Frowned the first girl who had long brown hair in a ponytail with a white schoolgirl uniform and black shorts while holding a bag and with her right eye covered. "Mom says you need to take the garbage out like you were supposed to."

"Like, same to you Rin." Spoke the second girl typing on a pink cellphone while she had a fuzzy pink furred jacket over a white t-shirt with a chibi cat on it, a matching pink skirt, heart shaped sunglasses on her blond hair and with a noticeable dark tan over her whole body with pink fur covered boots. "Dad says you gotta wash the dishes or something, I didn't hear the rest because I had a call."

"Aw come on, why are you two here, it can't just be for something like that!" Groaned Toshiro, the brown haired boy.

"Yeah, we didn't do anything." Spoke Rin, the blue haired boy.

"I know, but I'm not letting you run off to the arcade again, mom would be pissed." Remarked Toshiro's sister with her arms crossed. "Especially when she told me about how you and Rin decided to start the day off. Something about 'playing' with your toys again."

"Um… you're mistaken?" Chuckled the boys nervously.

"Like, no way ho say, I got proof. One of my bffs sent me a video on it." remarked Rin's sister holding her phone out which showed a video of the three boys showing off their mechs, even to the point showing Dexter's robot coming close to launching several missiles, right before the teacher showed up in her own mech and broke it up. "Dad says you're in biiig trouble btw."

"W-Well, only if you tell him Kiki, and if you do, I'll tell him about your midnight raves!" Retorted Rin, making the girl gasp and frown.

"You swore you'd keep your mouth shut about those."

"Then you keep quiet about this!"

"Grrrr, you are SO gonna get it one day you brat!"

"Yeah, but not today!"

"You tell her Rin!"

"What are you cheering about Toshiro, I'm still telling mom and dad."

"Aw come on sis." groaned the kid. "We were just ...uh…." He looked around and stopped at Dexter before smiling and put an arm on the boy's shoulder. "Giving our new pal here a demonstration on what to expect. He's an exchange student you know, and we just wanted to be friendly and give him a welcome he'd never forget."

"So you fired missiles?! What do you have to say about this...I'm sorry, what's your name?"

Dexter felt caught in between, but cleared his throat and smiled. "My name is Dexter, boy genius, and I'm happy to be here in the foreign exchange program to learn from one of the finest schools in this country."

"Ok, so you shot missiles all around for the german scientist?"

'German?' Blinked Dexter with Rin and Toshiro snickering.

"Uh, sis? He's from America."

"...Really? Are you sure? He sou-"

"I know, but he's American, we checked, and he also has a giant mech!"

"We know, but this is him? The german sounding american?"

"Hey, I am still right here." Frowned Dexter.

"Ah, sorry, so, you're the smart kid they sent over here? Are you really smart or are they scraping the bottom of the barrel?"

"Hey, I'll have you know I built some of the greatest inventions in history. My suit, my robot, why I've even constructed my very own laboratory."

"Really, then show us."

"I cannot. It's currently hidden away at my home back in America." He said as the tan girl rolled her eyes.

"Uh-huh, sure, let's go Rin. Hey, where are you staying Dexter?"

"I am currently staying with Toshi's parents while he stays with my own family."

"Oh, that's right by us, wanna walk with us?"

"Yeah, since we need to make sure our baka brothers get there, we might as well go together." Said Kiki with a shrug. 'I wonder how old he is, he is pretty small.'

"Well that sounds like fun. I would be honored." Dexter bowed his head.

"Ok, but you don't have to bow." Waved off Toshiro's sister. "You're the guest here, oh, you can call me Akina, and you can already guess my friend here is Kiki."

"Ok, thank you Akina, Kiki, I am very honored."

"Again, you don't say that." She replied before turning to her brother who was trying to sneak away and grabbed him by the back of his shirt. "Not so fast there."

"Ah! Let me go, I wanna go to the arcade!"

"Save it for home." She started to drag her brother down the street while Rin smirked at his sister.

"Well since I'm home free, I'm gonna head out and try my own hand at the arcade."

"Like hell you are, you're gonna go and do the dishes brat, you're not getting out of that."

"Oh yeah? Then I guess mom and dad are gonna hear about the raves!"

"Like go ahead! I always manage to get my way anyway." She smirked back. "Remember that time they caught me out on a date? I told them we were just studying and got off scot free."

"Well not this time, I have pictures!"

"And I have a video, so if I go down so do you!"

Dexter swore he saw flames coming from the two and gulped before following after Akina quickly, getting the feeling of not wanting to stick around for what came next. "So… do you go to school here too?"

"No, we go to an all girl's school just a few blocks from here."

"Really? Interesting, are there a lot of those here?" He asked curiously.

"It all depends on the status and economy. Right now it's the only one around, but if you head up north, there's way more."

"It's such a drag though, there's like, no guys to hang out with there, ya know?" Spoke Kiki typing on her phone. "Sometimes we sneak out to see if we can find any cuties."

"She sneaks out, I just go with to make sure she doesn't get in trouble." Remarked Akina. "I still don't know how she hasn't been chewed out by her parents yet."

"Like that's so not true! I can handle myself just fine." Huffed Kiki.

"Uh-huh, sure you can, just like you 'handled' yourself at that rave last tuesday?"

"You promised not to talk about it!"

"Then admit that you need me, you would be in so much trouble if you didn't have me."

Kiki puffed out her cheeks, which Dexter admitted looked rather adorable before she looked away with a huff. "I...need you...just a bit."

"There, was that so hard?"

"Yes, yes it was!"

"Good." She said with a smirk.

"So… you two are friends, right?"

"Course we are."

"Like, totally."

"But you two seem so different." Remarked Dexter while rubbing his hair. "And you act like you don't tolerate each other."

"It's complicated, we've been friends since we were little kids, Kiki is just going through a ganguro phase."

"Oh dear, I believe I understand." He remarked looking away with a bright blush. 'Oh dear, I had no idea this was natural for older girls. Best to keep my mouth shut.'

Eventually they reached two large mansions, which Dexter did see were near his temporary home before he saw them drag their brothers to their designated homes.

"Bye Dexter, see ya around." Waved Akina.

"Like, later tiny german." Kiki called as she walked away and looked at her phone.

"I am not German!" He called out before heading back to his own home. "They seem rather nice, minus the incorrect assumption of my lineage." He mused as he headed to his temporary dwelling. "I wonder how my host family is doing?"

(Next day)

Dexter hummed as he headed down the street, ready for another fine day at school, only to hear a loud boom followed by a shockwave, coming from the school. "Oh dear, what in the world is going on?" He started running as fast as he could, but when he got there he saw a smoldering crater along with numerous bus sized lizards swarming the place, along with a sign on the front of the gate that read something in japanese he couldn't read. "Drat! Of all the times to forget my portable translator. I knew I should have put it in my bag last night."

"It says 'school is closed due to radioactive lizards'." Said a voice behind him, making him turn around to see Kiki. "They're at my school too, so we get the day off."

"Radioactive lizards? Do you mean nuclear radiation? We need to quarantine the area!" He spoke in a panic while getting his bag off and riffled through it. "Luckily I brought my own radiation suit in case of emergencies."

"Calm down, the radiation is contained, you only get irradiated if they bite you, which is why no one wants to get near them." She remarked while typing on her phone. "They're like totes annoying, but you get use to it growing up around here."

"Wait, this is a common occurrence?"

"Like, yeah, they keep putting zoos next to nuclear power plants or building home on toxic waste dumps, this happens every other week." She shrugged while Dexter looked at her like she was nuts.

"But...why in blazes would they do that?! Surely they've considered passing a bill, or some sort of rule to cease and desist such actions, right?"

"Uh huh ...sure...sounds fun." She remarked without looking and stared at her phone.

"Why aren't you listening, this is very serious!"

"Uh-huh, sure, sure, well later tiny german." She waved before walking away with Dexter frowning in annoyance.

"I am not german!" he called out and looked at the lizards while one started munching on the nearest bike rack. "What am I supposed to do now, my host family will be at work for a few more hours still, and I don't know what there is to do around here."

He rubbed his chin and looked around. "Perhaps it is time I take this chance to truly partake in my temporary home. I could find some form of entertainment for the mind, or at least something more time consuming than before. Having to rebuild after my sister feels like a never ending chore." He grumbled before he started walking while pulling a map out. "Let's see ...ah! There's a science museum not that far from here. Now that sounds like a fine idea." He said as he began to walk towards said museum. "Now then, I just take a few rights and I'll be there...I think?"

(Later)

"I ...don't think this is the museum." He muttered while checking the map. "Did I take a wrong turn somewhere?"

What he was looking at was a brightly colored building that was filled with all manner of arcade games that was filled to the brim with kids of all sizes. "This is not the science museum!"

"Dexter? Is that you?" Called a voice, making him turn to see Akina, making him sigh.

"Yes, it is I, could you help me by telling me where the science museum is?"

"Oh, that? They got bought and turned into a museum dedicated to the history of arcade machines that doubles as an arcade."

"But the map says it's a museum." He held it up, making her walk over and look it over.

"Oh, there's the problem. This map's five years old."

"What?! But I bought it from the stand at the airport!"

"Yeah, they don't exactly stock up on the best items there." She said with a shrug. "So, you wanna come in and play some games?"

"Uh...I don't know." He admitted looking at some of the games, some of them looking way different than the systems he's use to. "I feel as though I need time to do some research on some of these games."

"Research? You mean just play them, right?"

"Well, I suppose you could call it that."

"Cool. So, do you need to borrow some money? I'm guessing you don't have much yen on you, right?"

"Well, is there an atm? I have my bank card."

"Sure, just go around the side and there's one right there." She said as she led him over. 'I guess his parents got him a prepaid card for the trip, I better make sure he doesn't blow all his money here.'

Dexter insered his card into the machine and thankfully understood a little of the dialect on the screen before he started pushing in how much he wanted to take out, with Akina piping up.

"Uh Dexter? I think you're pushing it too much, that's meant to read zero."

"No I'm not, that's how much I'm just taking out."

"Aren't you taking out too much though?"

"Nonsense, I have more than enough money left." He smiled before hitting accept and watched as numerous yen bills were deposited out and making Akina go wide eyed.

"Wow, that's...I don't mean to sound rude, but isn't that a bit much for pocket change?"

"No, not for me, I have several accounts back home that are regularly deposited in by the companies who by my inventions, or at least the boring ones I sell them." He answered casually with Akina really looking at him surprised.

'Several? Ok, either he's pulling my leg, or he's secretly rich. Oh kami's above, I hope Kiki doesn't catch wind.' She thought as she imagined her friend going after the short redhead. 'I am not going to help her get out of jail for going after him!'

"So Akina. Seeing as you know more than I do about this place, perhaps you could assist me in choosing a digital entertainment device to pass the time."

"If you mean find a game that you'll like, sure." She said as she led him over to several of the machines. "Here, these are some of the classic ones."

"Street Fighter? I believe I heard of this one, of course it mainly involved nothing but mindless violence, so I stayed away from it."

"Well, it's fun, and it's survived the test of time, give it a try." She said as he shrugged and put some money into the machine. "One fun aspect is button mashing, and just trolling people by using the same move over and over, but I wouldn't recommend it doing it to someone whose bigger than you."

"Ok, then what do I do?"

"Well, there are certain combos that you can memorize, but they can be a bit hard to remember."

"Combos? Ah, like a scientific formula! I think I understand now."

"Yeah, that's one way to put it. If you can put them in just right and be quick about it, they'll go off without a problem. Go ahead and pick your fighter."

"Ok, I pick this Ryu character, I've seen him before."

"Good choice."

(1 hour later)

Akina sipped a soda while watching Dexter sweating nervously as he was trying to move Ryu as quick as possible against Ken to pull off some combos, but the computer wasn't being easy. 'Man, I think I got him hooked.'

"Ack! This game is impossible, no one can beat this thing!"

"Then why are you paying for another game?" She asked as Dexter tried to put in the next yen bill without realizing it.

"Because my mind will find the answer eventually!"

"Do you want me to try it to show you how it's done?" She asked as he went back to button mashing.

"No need, this time I am sure I can outsmart it!"

'That's the fourth time he's said that.' She thought before seeing a familiar mop of blonde hair walking through the arcade. "Kiki? Hey, Kiki, over here!"

"Akina hey!" She waved moving around the crowd with a smile. "There you are, I've been like trying to call you for ten minutes, I thought we could hit up at that maid cafe for some of their pastries, but you were a no show."

"Sorry, my phone died about half an hour ago, and I didn't see anywhere to recharge it, all the outlets around here have a game plugged into it." She replied while Kiki spotted Dexter and was surprised.

"Like, when did the tiny german show up?"

"He's been here for a while. Turns out he thought this place was a museum, the science kind, so I decided to show him some games to pass the time."

"Like, ok, tht stuffy old museum was way too boring, everything in there was old and dusty!"

"Kiki...that's what a museum usually is, old and full of dust, or at least some of them." sweatdropped Akina.

"But like, everything around here is shiny and clean! Totes way better." She nodded with Akina groaning.

"I honestly don't know what's harder. Waiting for you to stop talking like that, or waiting for you to realize life isn't that simple."

"Like, get used to it girl, because this is how I am now! God, you sound like my mom." She rolled her eyes while seeing Dexter lose before he cried out and grabbed his hair.

"This infernal machine is mocking me! Oh if I had my tools, I would open you up and rework your data!"

"Like, you can't do that little german, the game is a classic, and it's supposed to be hard."

"I AM NOT GERMAN!" He cried shaking his arms making her cover her mouth and snicker. "I AM FROM AMERICA!"

"Like, really? You just sound so german." She said as she tried not to burst out laughing.

"Kiki, stop teasing him." Sighed Akina before Dexter glared at the game. "Why not try a game that's similar? It's a bit more mature though and has blood showing, not sure if you're alright with that or not."

"Please, I can handle a mere game, what is it called?"

"Mortal Kombat."

(10 minutes later)

"You just had to suggest that game, didn't you?" Sighed Kiki in annoyance.

"Hey, I played it always and turned out just fine."

"DIE YOU INFERNAL LIGHTING GOD!"

"You do know that game is like, ten times harder than street fighter, right?"

"Hey, a little challenge never hurt anyone, especially when you always and I mean ALWAYS got squeamish when seeing the fatalities." Akiko said with a smug grin, making Kiki huff.

"Like, that's not true!"

"Fatality!" Spoke the game.

"Eeek! Don't look, don't look!" Kiki said as she quickly turned away.

Akina smirked while Dexter groaned and facepalmed.

"Confounded game ...this is a reason why I do not play too many. That and it's a proven scientific fact they are known to be distracting."

"That research was like, totally biased though." Kiki said with a shrug. "So, like, you done running through all your money?"

"Of course not. I have plenty more for one more game." He said as he shook his head. "And if I did want more I could just go to the atm."

"Well maybe you could try a game less ...thrilling." Spoke Akina.

"Yeah, like pac-man." Smiled Kiki. "That game is always so cute, and it always makes you feel like you're slim since the little guy doesn't gain a single pound no matter how many pellets he eats."

"Bah, I do not need to play some game where I am a pill eating yellow orb!"

(Hey, Akina, why are we hanging out with this tiny german again?) Kiki asked in Japanese as she turned to her friend.

(It's called being nice and hospitable. Besides, it's nice to talk to someone who doesn't constantly check their nails.)

(Hey! These aren't cheap you know!)

(Well they look kinda cheap. Besides, this is fun, and he's interesting.) She smiled. (I was even thinking of showing him around the city to be nice.)

(Yeah, well I'm gonna pass, I'm gonna go see if I can find a rave and a cute rich guy~)

(...you mean like the last 'rich' guy that hit on you? How old was he again? 30? 35?)

(...40, and I dealt with it!)

'Should I tell her about Dexter just so she doesn't leave and end up in trouble?' Wondered Akina while said boy genius was confused since he couldn't understand a thing they were talking about.

'I wonder if I was rude. They were only trying to help, and it's rude to just yell at someone, especially being a guest here.' He thought before clearing his throat. "Excuse me, but I'm sorry, I've been taking up all your time playing games, can I interest you both in dinner to make up for it?"

Both girls looked at him, caught off guard, with Kiki chuckling.

"Like, don't worry about it. It'd be way too much, lots of places around here aren't cheap."

"Money is no issue for me, I assure you." He said with a smile as the two looked at each other.

"What do you think Kiki? I'm free for the rest of the night."

"Eh, why not, worse case scenario we go to mcdonalds." She said with a shrug. "Lead the way mister tiny german."

Dexter felt his eye twitch and looked at her unamused, but kept silent before making his way ahead as they followed.

(So, where do you think he's gonna take us?)

(I dunno, probably some cafe or something, right?)

(half an hour later)

"According to the map, this place seems like a fun place to go to." spoke Dexter as they stood in front of a big restaurant.

"...Dexter, this is the most expensive place in town!"

"Yes, and it seems quite popular, especially when it's close to the shopping district."

"Dexter, we can't afford this place, the wait list is a mile long, we won't get in, j-just look at what we're wearing!"

"Don't worry, I said I was paying tonight and I will." He smiled with Kiki scoffing.

"Like, don't try to act all big. Messing with a girl like me is NOT a good idea."

"Please, just watch." He said as he walked into the restaurant. "Excuse me sir, a table for three please."

The man looked down at Dexter and didn't look amused. "Sorry, but we don't have time for pranksters."

"I am no prankster my good sir, I am very capable of paying for our meal." he smirked while holding out a stack of yen bills. "Have a look for yourself, I do believe this much should be plenty to help us 'move ahead' on that little list."

The man rolled his eyes, but took the stack and started counting it, slowly losing his frown and getting a surprised look seeing the real bills, and especially at how much he was given.

"Oh? Is that not enough? I have more." He said as he pulled out three more stacks, making both the man and girl's jaws drop in shock. "Will this be enough?"

"Y-Yes, it will, c-come right this way."

(Holy shit, since when did short stuff have so much money?!)

(Apparently he sold a lot of patented stuff and has been getting royalties, which have been really paying off.)

(Wait, so he's loaded?! Why didn't you tell me?!)

(Because I knew you'd react this way.) She said as they followed Dexter.

(Hell yeah I wou- wait, what's that supposed to mean?!)

Akina whistled to herself as they found themselves at a booth and sat down while given menus.

"Your server will be here momentarily to take your order, please enjoy yourself." Bowed the man who walked away while Dexter looked around at the size of the place, how many people were enjoying themselves, and taking in the smell of the food.

"This place seems nice, what do you girls think?"

"Yeah, I've never been inside." Remarked Akina looking around. "I even tried saving up my allowance, but it was never enough."

"And she gets a pretty hefty allowance, hell most people aren't even allowed inside." Remarked Kiki while taking pictures with her phone. "I like tried to get this guy to take me in, but he was just lying about being rich and dragged me to some cheap noodle stand. Ugh, the nerve."

"Ooh, were they good? I do enjoy the food of this country, it's very tasty." Smiled Dexter while she grimaced.

"They were all greasy, messy, ugh! That's why I'll take expensive sushi and fried rice any day." She put her phone down and smiled. "So tell us, is what Akina said true?"

"About what?"

"About how you're loaded because of royalties and stuff like that."

"Oh, that? Yes, I suppose it is true, people think they have to build something entirely new to get rich, but simply improving an engine part for a car is much easier, and do that with a multitude of items and the cash comes flowing in, thanks to me most cars that are made today are 75% more fuel efficient and produce 95% less pollutants." He said with a smirk. "The funds help me in my lab, so it's worth spending some time dealing with large companies."

"Wow, that sounds amazing." She smiled scooting over closer to him with an innocent look on her. "Tell me more~"

"Kiki, down girl, you look like a cat who just caught the canary." Warned Akina making her friend glare. "Be careful with this one Dexter, she'll snatch you up and use you to go on a huge shopping spree."

"Eh? Why?" He asked in confusion. "Because I have money?"

She went to speak, but Kiki covered her mouth and let out a giggle.

"Oh Akina here is just being silly. She likes to make jokes like that like ALL the time."

"Really? I don't get it."

"It's uh, um… a japanese thing, you wouldn't get it." She quickly fibbed while giving a smile. "So, if money's not an option, does that mean we can order anything?"

"Of course, order as much as you like, but… could you tell me what the menu says?" He asked as he rubbed the back of his head. "I'm still struggling to learn the language."

"Mmm mmm!" Akina let out behind Kiki's hand.

"Of course, no problem Dex-Dex, do you mind if I call you that~?"

"Dex-Dex?" He replied confused and caught off guard. "Uh...go ahead?"

"Great~" She said as she removed her hand from Akina's mouth.

"Kiki, don't get any ideas." Whispered her friend with a warning look.

"Ideas? Whatever do you mean?" She asked with fake innocence.

"Don't give me that." She retorted as a waiter came over to them.

"Hello, can I take your order? Shall we start with your drinks?"

"Yeah, we'll all take some sake." Grinned Kiki.

"Kiki!"

"What brand, and can I see some ID please?"

"My friend was kidding. We'll have water." Spoke Akina covering Kiki's mouth.

"Of course, anything else I can grab for you?" He asked as Kiki tried to protest.

"Yes, I will have...the ...uh...this." Dexter pointed to something at random with the waiter nodding.

"Excellent choice sir, one of the most expensive and hard to get meals on our menu." He said as Kiki and Akina's eyes widened in shock. "I will come back in a moment for the ladies orders."

He nodded as the waiter walked away and saw the looks the girls were giving him. "Uh...what's wrong?"

"Dexter, you just ordered shark fin soup!"

"Wait, what?! I thought that was illegal!" He cried out in shock.

"It's not, it's just like real expensive! Most people are lucky to get a taste." Spoke Kiki before looking at the menu with a grin. "The deluxe sushi platter is looking real good, what do you want Akina?"

"Well, maybe just a simple chicken dish, no need to break the bank." She remarked with Kiki rolling her eyes. "Hey, I don't need something expensive to get full. Besides, aren't you the one trying to watch her weight?"

"Like, not here! I'm only gonna get to come here once probably, so I'm going to get the best!" Beamed the girl while leaning against Dexter with a wink. "Besides, with how much there's gonna be, Dex-Dex here can help me finish it all~"

"O-ok, if you say so ...I still can't believe I ordered shark fin soup!" He spoke while looking down. "I feel like one of those people who eat only endangered species just because they can afford it, I've never even been a fan of fish."

"Well, if you think about it you didn't know what you were ordering, it was a mistake. Besides, can't you like, clone a bunch of new sharks?" Kiki asked curiously.

"Well I DID one time make a cloning machine." He spoke with pride before looking away. "But after an unfortunate incident involving my sister and her friends, I had to put it away in storage."

"Really? Why, what happened?"

"It was a cloning machine Kiki, they obviously got cloned a lot, right?"

"Yes, and when I tried to clone myself to reign them in, it was a complete disaster. And in the end when I managed to get rid of them, a horrible amalgamation of all of them walked out, and at that point I was done for the day." he spoke rubbing his head. "It doesn't help my stupid sister Dee Dee constantly makes things hard on me and my lab by waltzing in like she owns it."

"Then like, why don't you lock her out?"

"I tried, but she just broke the lock every time, very annoying." He sighed while they saw him looking exhausted from the mention. "Ever since I created my own lab to work on so many glorious inventions, I've had to deal with her on a daily basis."

"Then why not tell your parents?" Asked Akina. "I mean if you tell them what she's doing, they'll make her stop."

"Impossible, they don't know about my lab or my experiments, and they favor her and see me as a child." He said with a sigh. "Trying to tell them would just create more problems for me."

"Wait, like, you totes don't tell them about your lab?" blinked Kiki while tilting her head. "Do they even know you have one?"

"No, and I intend to keep it that way. If they found out all the stuff I made or have been involved in, they would surely make me shut down my lab forever and ground me indefinitely." He said as he shook his head. "So until I am eighteen and I am legally out of their control, or until I find a way to take them to trial and get emancipated the lab is my secret."

"That stinks." Remarked Akina shaking her head. "My folks know about my own lab and they're all cool with it."

"Well, my parents aren't exactly open minded, they want the perfect average family, and a giant lab does not fit into their equation. It is shockingly easy to hide it from them."

"So, like, they don't know about all your money then?"

"No, if they knew about that, then they might try to invest it in something else. My father is a fan of sports and tried to get me involved in some, which I'm obviously not cut out for." He said as he shook his head. "Most people who unexpectedly come into large sums of money usually waste most of it on frivolous things, and I refuse to let them use my money to fund a pointlessly extravagant lifestyle when it could be going to my lab."

"So like, you don't go out and splurge for yourself?" asked Kiki.

"Well…. I did splurge and purchase myself a brand new hadron collider for my lab a few weeks ago."

"Like, totes not what I meant." Remarked the girl. "I mean go nuts and buy stuff you don't build or use. You know, like brand new tv, game system, oh! Or even set yourself up for a vacation!"

"Well, I suppose I did spend money at the arcade?" he remarked pondering while Akina looking like she realized something.

"Dexter, be honest with me. Is there anything you did before showing up here that didn't involve science or experimenting?"

"Um… I don't think so, why?" He asked as he scratched his head.

"Wow ...that's totes crazy!"

"Dexter, are you ok, is it even healthy to only focus on science?"

"But of course. Why just look at me. I've been interested in it since I was a mere infant." He said proudly as several waiters carrying food began to approach the table.

"Here is your shark fin soup sir."

"Your sushi ma'am."

"Your chicken, the second most expensive item on the menu miss."

"Thanks." She said before blinking. "Wait, what?! What makes it so expensive?!"

"It is hand raised in the mountain of nepal before being flown in, and then strangled by its caretaker, it's fear and betrayal give it an amazing flavor." Remarked the waiter while giving Dexter a gruesome image before they bowed. "Enjoy your meal and call if you require anything else."

"Um… Is this normal?" He asked nervously.

"The gruesome explanation before lunch? No." Akina said as she shook her head. "This place is just fancy and kind of weird."

"Mmm! But the sushi is out of this world!" Kiki hummed happily. "This place has the best sushi ever!"

Dexter looked at his soup and grabbed the spoon before slowly taking some and gulped before slurping it up. 'Wow, for an endangered species it doesn't taste half bad.'

(Later)

"Ahh, now that was good." spoke Akina patting her stomach.

"Yeah, I couldn't eat another bite." Kiki said in agreement. "What did you think Dex-Dex?"

"Honestly, the soup wasn't too bad. It tasted a bit more like chicken compared to fish." He said with a shrug as a waiter approached with a long piece of paper. "Ah, that must be the bill."

"I trust everything was up to your expectations?"

"Yes, it was quite nice. So, what do I owe good sir?"

He handed Dexter the bill who looked it over and went wide eyed.

"Wow, that's a lot."

"Yes, now there are multiple ways to pay it off, you can pay in cash, card, several payments or you could sell one of your two nice guests to us to work in the kitchen for the rest of their life."

"Woah woah! I didn't say I couldn't pay it, I merely was caught off guard by the price is all!" He said quickly as he pulled out his card. "Here, swipe this and pay off the bill."

The man took it and swiped it through a card reader which turned green and handed it back. "Thank you sir, I do hope you and your friends come by in the near future."

"Yes, yes, let's go girls." He said as they began to leave.

"Ugh, of all the lousy stuff to say." Muttered Kiki. "Selling a girl like ME to work in the kitchen? My nails would chip and hands turn all wrinkly into raisins."

"Yeah, why is that even an option?!" Akina asked with a huff.

"I don't know, I was hoping you could tell me." spoke Dexter.

"I'm as clueless as you, slavery isn't legal here!"

"Like, let's just be happy we got a chance to eat at a place like that. And I got sooo many pics." Smirked Kiki scrolling through her phone. "Like, the other girls are tots not gonna believe this!"

"I must say, this was quite fun." smiled Dexter. "But before we call it a day, there is one thing I'd love to witness with my own eyes."

"Sure, what is it Dex-Dex?" Kiki asked curiously.

"You two mentioned being the ones to assist your brothers in teaching them the glory that is robotics, right?"

"Yeah, we did, we taught them everything they know, why?"

"Well...would it be rude of me to...ask to see your labs?" He asked as he rubbed the back of his head. "I've only really seen one other lab and that was the lab of my arch nemesis."

"Oh? So you wanna see our bedrooms huh?" Teased Kiki tapping her chin. "I had no idea you were so bold Dex-Dex~"

"I-It's not like that, really!"

"Kiki, stop teasing him!"

"Aw come on, look at his face. It looks as red as his hair!"

"Kiki, he'll pass out at this rate!" Groaned Akina facepalming. "Keep that up and I'll post online to your followers how big your butts become!"

"DON'T YOU DARE! It'S STILL SMALL!" She growled with a fire in her eyes.

"I have the pictures, I'll do it!"

"Lies! Dexter, my butts still small, right? RIGHT?!" Asked Kiki turning her butt to him making his eyes nearly bug out of his head while Akina bonked her friend on the head.

"Don't shove your butt in his face you weirdo!"

"OW! Hey watch it! My head doesn't need a lump!"

"Then stop acting like a pervert!"

"Like I am totes not a pervert!"

"You shoved your fat ass in his face!"

"It's not fat!"

"Yes it is!" Se shouted in frustration before slapping it.

"AH!" Jumped Kiki covering her bottom with Dexter going so red he popped a nosebleed, surprising him. "T-That wasn't fair! You're the perverted one!"

"At least I'm not bleaching my hair and spending half my time at the tanning salon!"

"Bitch please, you think you can get a look this good from a simple salon? No way, this is all natural from my lab~"

"Uh, excuse me girls?"

"WHAT?" They shouted as they both turned to him.

"The labs?" He reminded while trying to wipe the blood away.

"Huh? Oh, sure, we can go to mine first since it's obviously superior." Kiki said smugly.

(Kiki's house)

"Here we are, the best lab in all of Japan!" Spoke Kiki gesturing to a pink lab in a large bedroom with all manner of girly stuff while several small inventions littered the bed and table.

"This… is your lab?" Dexter asked as he looked around.

"Yup! What do you think?"

"It's...pink." He said as he looked around. 'And small.'

"And adorable, don't forget that." She said smugly. "I automated everything in my room to give you the amazing look that I have, impressive, right~?"

"Well...it does sound quite useful." He said as he looked around as Akina rolled her eyes.

"Oh please, this is just an expensive beauty salon."

"Hey! It's where I work on all sorts of great and sciency stuff!"

"Oh really, then what was the last thing you worked on that wasn't cosmetic related?"

"...um…."

"That's what I thought Ganguro." Akina said, making Kiki glare at her before getting a devious grin.

"Oh come on, you can't knock it before trying it. Computer, full makeover, target Akina, apply now~"

"Yes mistress." Spoke a computer voice before several robot arms came from the ceiling.

"Kiki, what are you doing?"

"Oh, just giving you a makeover, you keep saying how you don't like my look but you refuse to try it, how about we change that, huh?" She said as the arms grabbed at Akina.

"Oh crap! Dexter help!"

"How?!" He cried as the arms grabbed the girl and began to pull her towards a large salon chair that had various gadgets attached to it.

"Get these things off!"

"Come on Dex-Dex, no need to do that, think of this as a scientific experiment, a subject exposed to new variables and we observe the reactions, sounds fun, right~" Winked Kiki as several make up tools moved over Akina and started covering her in a dust cloud.

"Augh! Hey, stop tha- why is everything so hot?! Wait, what is that in my hai- don't touch my clothes!"

"Relax, you'll feel like a brand new girl in no time~" Kiki chuckled as Dexter looked at the chair nervously.

'There's nothing I can do now, I don't even know how to turn it off!' He thought before the arms slowly stopped and moved up. "Akina? Are you ok?"

"I'm ...going...to ...kill you!" She roared as the dust cloud dissipated. The girl was now tanned, covered in heavy makeup, had her hair dyed blonde with green stripes in it and her clothes had been changed to fishnet stockings, a mini skirt and a pink tank top with a coat over it with a fur collar.

Dexter's jaw dropped while Kiki clapped.

"Wow! You look ten times better than before!"

"YOU'RE DEAD! My parents are going to kill me!" She roared as she got up before tripping, now realizing her shoes had been replaced with platform boots. "OW!"

"Like, this is SO going on my profile." Kiki took a picture of Akina and started texting. "Lol, check out my friend who just got a makeover, SOOO much better than b4."

"Don't you dare po-"

"Aaaand posted~" She chuckled as Akina cried out in frustration. "So Dex-Dex, what do you think?"

"I-I uh, it ...well that was very impressive, very fast and efficient bu-"

"Don't you finish that, don't you praise her evil machine!" Warned Akina with a glare. "It'll just encourage her to try something else!"

"Like, aren't you overreacting?" Kiki said as Akina glared at her.

"No!"

"Ugh, like, calm down, the tan should go away in like, a week or three? Besides, you look great! So, Dexter, wanna go see her lab?"

"Well, I DID say I would like to see both."

"Great, so let's go!"

'How am I supposed to explain this to my parents?!' Thought Akina.

(Akina's house)

"Oh god, our daughter's become a delinquent!"

"I always knew this day would come!"

"Mom, dad, it's not what you think! It's all Kiki's fault!" Akina protested desperately. "She tricked me into this!"

"Like, that's sooo not true." Kiki denied as she tried not to laugh. 'I should have done this ages ago!'

"Dexter was a witness! Tell them Dexter."

"Y-Yes, I saw the whole thing, your daughter did not want to do this, it was a tragic accident." He spoke up nervously seeing Kiki pout with Akina frowning.

'Accident my ass!'

"R-Really? So… my daughter isn't a delinquent?"

"No sir."

"YES! Oh thank lord! She's still a good girl!" Cheered her mother as Akino groaned and began to drag Dexter and Kiki to her room.

"I'm gonna remember this you two."

"Eh? Why me, what did I do?" Dexter asked in confusion.

"You called what happened an accident when it's blatantly obvious she did this on purpose!"

"I thought it would be easier to explain that way! Should I have not said that?"

"Like don't let her bother you Dex-Dex, she's just being over dramatic."

"I am not, you went too far this time Kiki!" Growled her friend as they reached her room which looked like a robotics workshop with pieces and parts all around and a few unfinished robots hanging off the wall.

"Wow, now this looks more like a lab." Remarked Dexter looking around while Kiki grimaced and covered her nose.

"It totally stinks of oil."

"That's because it's a workshop, not a beauty parlor!" Snapped Akina with a groan. "This here is where I worked on my own robots before I taught my brother."

"Like, it's totally boring Akito."

"I disagree, it is amazing!" She growled. "Especially since my own robot suit is ten times better than that joke of a suit you have."

"You have your own robot suit? That's astounding." Spoke Dexter with awe.

"Yes, it is easily the best in all of japan." She boasted with Kiki glaring. "I used some of the lightest and less air resistant materials around to make it lean and quick."

"Eh, I think mine's better." Kiki said with a shrug.

"I would love to see them." Spoke Dexter.

"Maybe later, it's getting pretty late."

"Oh! Apologies, I didn't keep track of the time." He said as he looked at his watch. "I better go, this was fun."

"Like totally yeah, we should definitely go out again sometime soon. Just the two of us." smirked Kiki rubbing his head.

"And I'll come with to make sure nothing happens." Akino said as she bonked Kiki on the head.

"OW!" She cried as Dexter blushed.

"O-ok, um ...see you later!" He spoke before rushing out of the room with steam coming out his ears.

"Heh, I think he likes us~"