Hi everyone! I'm glad ya'll like the fic so far! :-D Chapter 3 was very insane wasn't it? I had fun writing it. Anyways, onward to Chapter 4. My friend the author zero, is in the fic again as Cloud. If you'd like me to write you in post a review with your name. I'll only take the first few people! Okays! Here goes!
The next few days after the musical auditions weren't nearly as exiting. In fact, one might even consider calling them very dull and boring. So boring that the days shall not even be mentioned. Let's fast forward about a week to a very special day. A day that shall remain famous in all of GOA history. The day a new vending machine arrived in the cafeteria. Several of our friendly candidates were crowded in front of it. They were all gazing in complete awe at it's sleek and shiny surface.
"It's so beautiful," Zero muttered in awe as he reached forward to touch it. His hand was slapped away before his hand could even reach the cool plastic.
"Don't touch. You'll get finger prints on it!" Rucy snapped. Now why wasn't this wonderful new machine being used some people may wonder. Well it was because some person had tackily taped a sign to the soda machine that simply said, "DO NOT USE! THIS MACHINE WILL NOT BE FULLY OPERATIONAL UNTIL TOMMROW!" No one wanted to break the rules because then they all might be banned from their precious machine. Yamagi glared up at the sign. "This stinks! I'm thirsty now!" Yamagi complained as he kicked the machine violently. Gasps came from the crowd. Clay and Roose restrained Yamagi from doing any further harm to their precious contraption.
"Yamagi, that was highly illogical. You'll put a dent in it. Then it won't work tomorrow," Clay explained. Yamagi squirmed under their grip. "I don't care!" he snapped. The crowd gasped at Yamagi's unthinkable comment. Suddenly the group began shouting insults at poor the poor, short, little boy. They called him a "traitor" and "a menace to soda lovers everywhere." The group which was slowly turning into a mob couldn't help but be overheard by Kizna and Kasumi who were sitting at a lunch table not to far from the commotion.
Kizna overlooked the scene in disgust. "Look at them all. They're going to start a riot over a stupid machine! It's just ridiculous isn't it Kasumi?" Kizna complained. Kasumi simply sighed and replied, "Mhmm simply ridiculous." Kizna grinned, happy that at least one person agreed with her. She turned to Kasumi to continue to discuss the absurdness of soda when she realized Kasumi wasn't listening at all. She was staring off at a green haired boy we all know and love. Kizna glared at her. "Kasumi this Garaes obsession of yours is absolutely sickening! KASUMI ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!" Kizna growled. Kasumi snapped at of her trance. "Huh, Kizna did you say something?" she asked, clueless as to what was going on. Kizna moaned.
"You didn't hear a thing I said did you? Let me clear a few things up for you," Kizna said flatly. Kasumi sighed and reluctantly stopped staring at Garaes and started listening to her friend's advice.
Kizna grabbed a chip out of her bag and placed it in her hand. "This is your brain," she said. Kasumi pouted. "But Kizna I think my brain is bigger than that!" Kasumi whined. Kizna glared at her and replaced the potato chip with a bigger one. "Much more realistic!" Kasumi chirped. Kizna sighed. "Well Kasumi. This is your brain on Garu!" Kizna snapped as she slammed her fist on the chip making it crumble into lots of tiny pieces. Kasumi winced. "B-b-b but!" Kasumi protested. Kizna sighed. "It's true Kasumi. Come on I can't take the noise in here anymore."
The Next Day
Minutes seemed like hours to the soda fans who couldn't wait to bust open the soda machine and grab as many drinks as they possibly could. But the hype wasn't just over the new machine, it was also over a brand new soda called "Super Fizz 3000." Something about the name just made everyone go absolutely nuts. So when lunch time came around the line to get soda was unreal. It wrapped around the cafeteria twice. Everyone in GOA wanted a taste of some "Super Fizz 3000." Kasumi and Kizna were waiting towards the middle of the line. "This is so stupid! Why are we standing here! I don't even like soda that much!" Kizna complained. Kasumi rolled her eyes. "Because you know who is standing right in front of us!" Kasumi snapped. I'm sure you've all guessed who you-know-who is. It was Garaes of course. After 30 minutes went by and they weren't anywhere near the machine Kizna and Kasumi decided to drop out of the line. Garaes glanced over at them. "You leaving?" he asked. Kasumi was starting to have second thoughts about giving up their spot but Kizna had already said yes they were going far, far away from here. Garaes shrugged. "Alright bye then," he said flatly. Kizna then dragged Kasumi off.
Meanwhile, at the front of the line Wrecka and Roose were deciding which soda to buy. Of course there wasn't much to think about. They both wanted "Super Fizz 3000" and they both wanted it now. "ME FIRST!" Wrecka declared as she shoved Roose out the way and inserted her change. A can with yellow and purple writing fell and Wrecka grabbed it before Roose could get his grubby little hands on it. She quickly took a sip.
"This is really good!" she exclaimed. By this time Roose had gotten his soda. He took a big gulp. "Hey your right! It IS good," Roose said as he took another gulp. The line hearing the stunning confessions from Wrecka and Roose began getting even more restless to get a soda. Next in line was repairer #91, Cloud Krishna, who'd let Rio cut about 20 spaces in line so she could stand next to him. Sadly, she betrayed her lovely Rio because she HAD to get some of the soda. Inserting all her spare change in her pockets, she was able to buy one "Super Fizz 3000." After drinking the whole can in about 30 seconds, Cloud began to feel funny. Then she yelled, "This is, This is. THIS IS REALLY GOOD! AND SUGARY! AND I feel kind of happy and perky." Cloud then walked, no scratch that, skipped to go find her friends and tell them about the revolutionary soda.
The first people Cloud ran into in the hall were Kizna and Kasumi who were attempting to find Zero and Rucy. Cloud skipped up to them soda can in hand.
"Have ya'll tried this stuff! It makes you really happy and perky and excited and happy and perky and EXCITED AND HAPPY AND PERKY!" Cloud screeched. Kasumi patted her on the back. "It's okay Cloud calm down," Kasumi said. "Take deep breaths." Cloud followed Kasumi's instructions and began to breathe in and out and in and out. "I CAN"T STAY CALM!" she yelled as she began skipping around them. Kasumi sighed. Kizna, however was very curious. She was eyeing the ingredients on the can. It had sugar, sodium ,no vitamins, more sugar, fat, food coloring secret ingredient X, no protein. Wait a second, secret ingredient X. "What the? Cloud has anybody else who drank this not been able to stay calm?" Kizna asked. Before Cloud could answer Wrecka and Roose came out of the cafeteria giggling insanely and then they both skipped off down the hall. "My gawd. This soda is poisoning people's minds," Kasumi muttered. Kizna dragged Kasumi off. "C'mon let's go investigate this!" Kizna declared. On their way to their dorm they saw many disturbing sights. They first was Yu. They hid behind a trashcan as they saw the boy take a sip out of a giggling Rio's soda. After three sips Yu burst into uncontrollable laughter. He began rolling on the floor, giggling like a possessed preschooler. Rio then helped Yu up and said, "C'mon let's give some to Garaes!" Yu nodded and they both skipped back towards the cafeteria. "NO THEY'LL GET GARAES!!" Kasumi screamed as she scrambled back towards the cafeteria but Kizna stopped her and reminded Kasumi they were investigating. As Kasumi and Kizna continued to creep back towards their dorm, they saw another very revealing sight. Kizna shoved Kasumi behind a trashcan once more. They both peaked over the top of the trashcan at Zero and Rucy. Both extremely hyper and doing flips down the hall. "Hey Rucy if you close your eyes you can see stars," Zero said dazed. Rucy was jumping up and down screaming, "COOL! COOL! I can see them!" Hiead was walking down the hall minding his own business and Zero walked up to him. "Hey Hiead. You got to try this stuff!" Zero said, giggling as he handed Hiead some "Super Fizz 3000." Hiead eyed Zero in his overly hyper state. "If I do will you stopped giggling like little girls," Hiead said flatly. Rucy nodded and laughed. "We'll try!" he said. Hiead sighed and took a sip and he began feeling very, very strange. "I feel funny. What did you put in this Enna?" Hiead questioned. Zero shrugged. Hiead glared at him but then he felt a sudden blood rush to his head and Hiead did something so odd. So un-Hiead. So unrealistic that Kasumi and Kizna nearly fainted on the spot. He smiled and then all three of the boys giggling like valley girls skipped down the hall hand in hand screaming, "PIXIE POWER!!"
Kasumi looked shell shocked. "I think I'm going to die of shock," she muttered. Kizna looked on the back of the can. "Look there's a number to call if you have questions! Come on!!" Kizna yelled as she dragged Kasumi to the nearest phone.
Kizna pounded in the number 1-800-555-FIZZ on the pay phone. Tapping her foot impatiently, Kizna muttered, 'C'mon pick up the phone!" After about two minutes of holding an operator finally picked up.
"Hello this is Tsunami of "Super Fizz 3000" customer service how may I help you!" a female voice chirped.
"Hi Tsunami. I was just wondering if people that drink your soda experience any odd side effects," Kizna asked. Kizna overheard the woman on the other end of the line sigh heavily as she flipped threw the pages of her instruction manual.
"The side effect of extreme hyperness/excitement will occur if the drinker has EX blood type or can not tolerate high amounts of sugar in the bloodstream. The hyperness will occur over a period of one day. However, if the drinker drinks the soda on a regular basis the results can be permanent," Tsunami explained as she slammed her instruction book shut.
"Okay. Um, thanks!" Kizna said as she put the phone back on the receiver. Kasumi sighed. "Well one day of hyperness isn't so bad. I mean, they'll all get over it tomorrow won't they," Kasumi said in a hopeful voice. Before Kizna could tell Kasumi that her idea was absolutely ridiculous, Zero and Hiead skipped past them singing loudly. It was odd enough. But even weirder was they song they were singing. Hiead and Zero sang at the top of their lungs, "Are you ready Candidates. Aye, Aye Cap'n. Oh, who is the coolest as can be? ZERO AND HIEAD! Hyper and insane and best friends are we! ZERO AND HIEAD! Hiead's the smart and hyper is he! ZERO AND HIEAD! And Zero's the nice one sweet as can be! ZERO AND HIEAD! Get ready! ZERO AND HIEAD! ZERO AND HIEAD! ZEROOOO AND HIEAAAAD!" Kasumi burst into sobs screaming that she couldn't take anymore of this insane hyperness from anyone. Kizna was trying not to burst out laughing at Zero and Hiead who had stopped skipping not to far away from them.
Zero was patting Hiead on the back for a job well done on what was to become their new "theme song." "Hiead, that was a beautiful song man. You're my best friend you know that! I WUV you man!" Zero shouted dramatically as both boys burst into hysterical sobs and hugged each other. Hiead sniffled. "Give me a pound my brother!" Hiead exclaimed as Zero gave him a pound.
"You da man Hiead!"
"No, no, no you da man Zero!"
"No way hiead! You da man!
"Nah! You da man!"
"No you da man!"
Their pointless argument continued until they skipped out of sight. Kasumi sighed. "I guess it effects their thinking too," she mumbled.
"That was very interesting," a familiar voice said. Kizna and Kasumi turned around to see Clay and Saki standing calmly behind them. Both unaffected by the hazardous soda.
"This soda has side effects on people with the EX ability you know," Clay stated. Kizna nodded.
"But Clay that doesn't explain why Repairers are being effected," Saki exclaimed. Clay pushed up his glasses as he went into deep pondering mode.
"It must be because space makes your blood less tolerable of extreme amounts of sugar. That must explain everyone's extreme energy!" Clay concluded.
"So what are we going to do?" Kasumi yelled. Everyone was silent as they began to think about their current situation. But Kizna exclaimed," Guys! I think I've got a plan!"
That night the group snuck into a cafeteria and using Clay's genius wizardry engineered a flamethrower with some aerosal and Azuma's lighter. They torched they thing until they wasn't nuthin' but ashes left. It was the school's fault for being irresponsible and not reading the label/not caring about the more children.
"Mission accomplished." Kizna said with a smile.
Warning: please do not try and engineer a flamethrower at home. Please n' thank you.
The tragic end. DUN DUN DUUUUN! That's all folks! Read and Review please! :-D