"All right." "Good." Aisling reached over and turning up the radio, again doing a weird dance.

"You've had sugar or caffiene again, haven't you?" Malik asked. Ryou was quiet with a sweatdrop. "Hai, so what's your point?"

Malik fell over anime style, before Bluefire said "Speaking of caffiene, I'm thirsty. Is there a 7-11 or something close

by, Ryou?"

"Yeah, there's one just down this street a couple blocks, I think."

"SUGAR! CAFFIENE! YAY!!!!" Aisling yelped.

"Okay, down girl, down." Malik said, in an attempt to calm her down. "I guess we can all go for a caffiene and sugar trip. I'm really thirsty

and I'm a believer in fairness." Bluefire said.

"YAY!!!!!! SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Aisling cheered.

"She scares me." Malik said cutely. "That makes two of us." Ryou agreed. "Aww, you know you guys love it."

Ryou and Malik had a really big sweatdrop, before Bluefire said "We're all getting some, so don't complain."

"No one's complaining Bluefire." Ryou told her. "But you have to admit, she is scary when she's hyper." "Good point." "This coming from the same one who set Bakura and Tea on fire and tried to castrate Dice-boy with a weedwhacker?" Malik piped up. "Yeah, so? They annoyed me."

"Yeah, and Devlin keeps coming on to every girl in the house." Aisling told them. "So yeah, I'd say the weedwhacker thing was karmic justice." "No, karmic justice would be me actually castrating him." Bluefire replied silkily. Ryou was quiet with a REALLY REALLY BIG SWEATDROP, while Malik said "Either that, or you could sic Marik or Bakura on him." "You have issues, Malik." "Or how about castrate him, then sic them on him." Bluefire suggested.

"Okay, now you're even starting to scare me, even though he would totally deserve that." Aisling said. "I'm not scaring myself. Am I scaring anyone else?" Ryou was quit with a sweatdrop, so

Bluefire said "I'll take that as a yes."

"You're starting to sound like my Yami." Ryou said. "Sorry. Okay, we're at the 7-11." Bluefire parked. "All right. Everyone out."

Aisling practically jumped out. "SUGAR!!! CAFFIENE!!!"

"Okay, down girl. Down." Ryou said.

"I don't think that worked." Malik said. Once they were inside, Bluefire said "Okay, let's shop!" She pointed to the shelves in a dramatic pose. "YAY!!!!! Onward troops!" Aisling yelled, getting a bunch of caffiene and sugar.

Bluefire was at the slurpee machine "I said I was thirsty. Anybody want one while I'm over here? And could someone get me a Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew or a Pepsi while their over there? Or all three?"

"Sure. Can you get me a pina colada slurpee?" Aisling said.

"Sure." "Can I get what Slurpee you're having?" Malik asked.

"Okay, but you're helping me carry it."

"All right." "We got everything?" Aisling asked.

Bluefire nodded. :Yeah, I think so. Come on, let's go pay for the stuff. Did you get anything, Ryou?" "Yeah, I got some candy bars, chips, and some sodas for us to split, and a couple mocha frapachinos." "Good. Malik, did you get anything? I know you did, Aisling. And here's your slurpees, Aisling and Malik."

"Arigato." Aisling took it. "So where do we go from here? Pacific Sunwear?" "I suppose." "Well, it's up to you guys, whatever you want to do is fine with me." Aisling shrugged. "Pacific Sunwear it is. Come on."

"Okay." Aisling followed Bluefire and the other two out to the car. As Bluefire unlocked the car doors, she said "Somebody get in shotgun. I don't feel like being anybody's chauffer."

"SHOTGUN!" Malik yelled. "Hey, no fair." Aisling pouted. "Hey, it's fair. I called it first."

Aisling pouted cutely. "All right, fine." She got in next to Ryou.

"Good. Buckle up." Bluefire started the car and backed out, before driving onward. Aisling started singing. "I know some aibous that get on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves! I know some aibous that get on everybody's nerves--" "Aisling, you have issues." Bluefire said to her friend. "Well, look at who I have for a brother and you'll see where I get it from." "Not asking, not encouraging in anyway, love." Ryou said with a really big sweatdrop. Bluefire nodded. "Really."

Aisling pouted adorably. "What? You guys know you thought it was funny." Bluefire nodded. "I guess so, but still."

"Okay, I'll quit--for now." "Thank you."

"Not asking, not encouraging in anyway, love." Ryou said with a really big sweatdrop. Bluefire nodded. "Really."

Aisling pouted adorably. "What? You guys know you thought it was funny." " I guess so, but still."

" Okay, I'll quit--for now." " Thank you."

"Gee, love you guys too. I think I need an industrial-sized emotional band- aid now." Aisling muttered under my breath. "Here." Bluefire handed an electric blue band-aid one to her. "So, Malik. Did you consider my offer at an

alliance?"

"Arigato, I think."

Malik nodded. "Yeah, it actually doesn't sound like a bad idea." "Good. Now that we're all on the same page, when are we getting to the

Pacific Sunwear place, Ryou?"

" We're pretty close now. Just keep going down this road until you get to the light up there. Take a left and it should be on your side of the road." "Thanks."

"No problem."