We pushed the door open and scanned the area. There was a drinking fountain, restrooms, and a telephone along with a food court. Duo brightened.
"Food!" he yelled as he dashed over to get in line at McDonalds.
"Hn. Baka," muttered Wufei. He walked with his arms crossed toward the Coffee Mill.
"..." Trowa just slowly made his way to the Coffee Mill as well.
"Johnny Rockets looks fun!" cried Quatre happily. "Let's go!"
"Sure thing. I'll go where ever you want, Quatre," said Libby having a nice grip on the Winner boy's arm.
"Okay. I'll come too," agreed Lily as she followed the two.
"Hn. I'll join Wufei and Trowa," decided Heero as he went over to the Coffee Mill as well.
"Where my Wu-wu-chan goes, I go," declared Julie.
Eliza sighed. "I'll go some place fun. Hey, Duo!" She chased after the brown haired boy who already had a good spot in line.
Heero, Wufei, and Trowa had gotten their java and were all sitting at a table silently. Julie kept trying to spark up a conversation, but the three boys just rubbed her off.
"Hey, Wu-wu-chan, is that a new shirt?" she asked, pointing at his old, blue one.
"Hn," he murmured and sipped his drink.
"How is it?"
Wufei rolled his eyes.
Quatre, Lily, and Libby were making great small talk and enjoyed themselves.
"Where do you want to shop, Quatre?" questioned Libby.
The blonde haired boy pulled out his pocket map of the mall. As he gazed down at "children's apparel & toys".
"How about... um... Discovery Channel Store... The Discovery Store... Imaginarium... Store of Knowledge... hm... and maybe a few others."
"Why don't we go to Limited Too? I really want a new shirt. I saw an ad for a really neat one. A few pairs of pants wouldn't be bad either," said Lily.
"Okay, sounds great. We can meet up with the others; see what their plans are.
The others did have plans of their own. Eliza and Duo were plotting with the map out spread between them.
"Yum! These are good fries, aren't they, Duo?"
"Yeah! My Sprite's great!"
"Hey! See a good store you want to check out?"
"I was thinking some place with sugar..."
"How about the Sweet Factory?" suggested Eliza pointing to a place under "specialty food".
"Sounds good to me."
"Alright. I want to go to a few places myself. I need some new clothes. You?"
"I may need some."
"Alright. And-"
"Attention: all shoppers! Attention: all shoppers!" announced the speaker. "The mall is going to have to close due to snow. This is your last chance. Please exit carefully and have a nice day!" It then repeated itself several times to make sure everyone heard and understood.
People dashed for the exits, caring their many bags of items they had purchased. Eliza and Duo looked at each other, nodded, and picked up the remaining food as they dashed over to the rest of their gang.
Quatre, Lily, and Libby were also running toward them, going against the crowd. Wufei, Julie, Trowa, and Heero made their way though slowly, but easily with Heero at the lead. ~_^
When all of them did finally get together the mall doors were about to close.
"Hey, why don't we just stay in the mall?" suggested Duo.
"Good idea!" cried Eliza as she high-fived him.
"But..." started Quatre. "What if..."
"Oh, you worry too much there, pal," said Duo playfully nudging him in the ribs.
"Don't hurt him!" screeched Libby. Lily had to cover her mouth so that they wouldn't attract attention. The group tiptoed close to the ground to find a good place to hide.
"Did you notice, or was it just I, that all the security guards are weak women?" asked Wufei.
"Oh, Wu-wu-chan! Are you noticing other girls? What about me?" whined Julie tugging on his right arm.
They walked on, but came to a good spot for hiding - the clothes department, Nordstrom. The only problem was that there were some security guards around the area and if they spotted the gang the troop was done for. That's when Duo got an idea.
From the plant they were hiding in, Duo crept out, and then got rather loud.
"Duo Maxwell!" shouted Eliza under her breath. "What are you doing?"
He smiled and then called out, "Hi ya all!" as he waved. His perfect teeth shimmered white and his tanned skim combined with his cobalt blue eyes made him to die for.
The guards glanced at him and tried to pretend they weren't interested in him, but boy, they were. He walked closer to them until all of a sudden he ripped off his black shirt. The guards swooned and two fainted. Duo, then, jumped into the fountain and started singing.
"It's so all right! Maybe too right! Sonochi kitto come to right! It's so all right! Maybe too right! Hey you! Gamanzuyoindane! Mou machikutavirete!"
At the words "hey you" he had pointed towards one of the guards who instantly fainted away. The girls in the gang raised an eyebrow and the boys just sighed deeply, Quatre blushing with embarrassment, all worried about what their friend would do next.
"Han unzarishiteru hinihini masaka frustration! Han masaka konomama suppokasarecha shounai! Jimichina doryoku tashikani taisetsudakeredo tamaniwa shoubu aritakkeno coin okakete!"
"And there goes another one..." murmured Trowa as a guard swooned.
"It's so all right! Maybe too right! Hohoemu megami come to light! It's so all right! Maybe too right! Hey you! Chance nantenowa hora dekatashidaisa!"
More fainted. Again, Duo had pointed to one random, lucky guard on the words "hey you". Around the area of "hohoemu megami come to light" Libby had nudged Quatre and asked him something.
"Why did he just say Ho Ho? You know, like, the snack cake?" she had questioned.
"I don't know. I'm sorry," he replied.
"Baka. Hohoemu. Smiling. He's saying, "smiling goddess come to light"," muttered Heero.
"Sor-ry!" retorted Libby as they went back to listening.
"Han ijio harazuini yuuki dashite nigemashou! Hei wana tokiga thrill ni ajitsukesuruyo! Sekkakakudakara ryouhou tomo teni iretaine! It's so all right! Maybe too right! Odokata tenshi come to light! It's so all right! Maybe too right! Hey you! Machitsuzukeru yori hora kisekimo okoru!"
More fainting... Duo danced around the fountain for a while.
"It's so all right! Maybe too right! Hohoemu megami come to light! Maybe too right! Hey you! Chance nan tenowa! It's so all right! Maybe too right! Odoketa tenshi come to light! Hey you! Machitsuzukero yori hora kiskimo okoru!"
All of the guards from the whole mall were gathered around the fountain - and all had fainted. Lily, Julie, Eliza, and Libby had all gotten quite red.
"There," said Duo brushing off his hands with a cheery smile. "Now, does anyone have an extra shirt?"
The group blinked and all pointed towards the store. They all walked in.
Inside Nordstrom was rows upon rows, boxes upon boxes, millions upon millions of clothes.
"How about this shirt?" suggested Lily.
"Nah," said Duo. It was white and cotton. "Itchy."
"Why not this?" asked Libby pointing to a blue turtleneck.
"Nope," he replied winking, "too Trowa-like."
"Hey!"
Duo chuckled as Trowa threw a loafer at him. The boy with the braid dodged the shoe and continued laughing.
"Aw! This is so cute!" exclaimed Julie.
Duo gave her a priceless expression. "That?" It was a plaid shirt, puke yellow and hot pink.
"Oh, fuu! If you don't want it... I'm sure my Wuffi-kins will!" she stormed off with the "thing" in her hands, about to harass Wufei.
"What not this?" motioned Eliza to a deejay shirt, it was multi-colored with a black background and made out of a flimsy material.
Duo's eyes widened, then he shook his head.
"It's not a priest outfit..." he whined, shaking his head.
"YOU THINK THEY SELL PRIEST OUTFITS AT THE MALL?" screamed Eliza.
"Meh," he replied calmly.
"URG! You're the most impossible boy!" she cried and stormed off.
"What's her problem?" asked Julie.
Wufei was about to say something, but Julie was already about to tackle him.
"Umf!" grunted Wufei. "WOMAN! Get off of me! Not to mention OUT OF MY HANDS!"
Julie had jumped in such a way so that Wufei was sitting on the ground with her in his arms. She giggled.
"WOMAN!"
She took a deep sigh then slowly got out of his arms. Then she started pouting.
"Oh, my dear, sweet Wu-wu-chan, you may be a hansom, pretty-boy, hunk but your manners are horrible! They aren't even one tenth of your looks!"
"Or of her brain," added Heero softly, nudging Trowa.
Trowa muttered back, " Does this mean he's really short on manners? I mean, one tenth of his looks... that's pretty low..."
Julie cast the two a dark death glare and then went back to harassing Wufei.
Duo kept up his search for a shirt and Eliza as everyone kept laughing over Trowa and Heero's wise cracks.
After walking down about one thousand isles Duo jumped. Out of nowhere Eliza had sprung out from the next row holding up a garment as she said with a smile, "Is a black T-shirt okay?"
Duo chuckled, "Sure is."
He put it on right away and dashed over to the closest mirror. After awhile he squinted then turned around to ask, "Does it make me look fat?"
Eliza smirked then shook her head, "And I thought I was supposed to say that!"
The two laughed over this and then dashed over to the rest of the gang.
When they were all together they decided to start planning.
"Okay," said Lily matter-of-factly, "I'm gong to keep a little order right now. We might be here for a while, so we need to have a good plan on what to do. Quatre, may I see your pocket map of the mall?"
The Winner boy passed her his map and Lily scanned it over.
"Alright," she began once she was done, "our basic important subjects we really need to focus on are food, clothes, baths, entertainment, and beds. Right?"
Everyone nodded.
"Why don't we split up into teams and figure one problem per team?" suggested Trowa.
"Nice thinking. Very smooth. I'll divide us up. I'll go with Trowa, Wufei with Libby, Eliza with Heero, and Julie with Quatre and Duo. Good? Let's have Wufei and Libby do clothes, Trowa and I'll do entertainment, Julie, Quatre, and Duo do baths and food, and Heero and Eliza do beds. Okay, let's go!"
The gang split up into their groups, with a little trouble detaching Libby from Quatre and Julie from Wufei.