Me: Hiya people!

Crystal: Why did you update so early?

Cherry: Yeah?

Me: It's because. If I'm gonna be gone for two weeks I'd better do another chapter for the readers!

Crystal: Oh.

Cherry: Well, is that why you made this chapter extra long?

Me: ^-^ Hai! Anyway, here's chapter 7!

Crystal & Cherry: You already know the disclaimer! *-*

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Just A Crush

Chapter 7

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Night came a little too fast for the two girls... And they found it hard to move.

"Mariah, I cant do this..." Cherry whispered, as she stopped walking.

Mariah looked at her. Cherry never says that four words...

"What's wrong?" Mariah asked,

"It's because... What if they caught us again? I just cant face those two." Cherry breathed,

Mariah smiled, then sighed,

"Don't worry... Even if they caught us, we'll be able to do our 'ninja techniques'!" She laughed and that seemed to make Cherry a little better.

"Thanks Mariah..."

"No prob! Now let's get going.."

"Right!"

The two walked again, and then they saw a light. The village must be near! At least the nine-hour walk and the pain from their hands, which was pricked by almost everything in the forest and the pain in their feet was worth it.

They crept silently and jumped over the tall wall (Me: Hey! That rhymes!) and landed at the other side gracefully. They looked around and saw no one there. They crept again and went below the window where their bedroom sat. (Me: Get me?)

They jumped once more and went inside the big window, looking around. Their room still has the smell of blood roaming around it.

[This room is kinda sad, eh?] Cherry telepathically said to Mariah,

[Yea... Wonder how Tyson, Max and Kenny can put up with this room..]

[Well, you know those three...]

[Uh-huh..]

Then the two looked around once more, trying to find what they came for.

Until the door burst open...

[Argh! I told you that they might see us!] Cherry's loud voice rang into Mariah's head,

And Tyson, Max and Kenny walked in...

"What are you guys doing here?" Tyson laughed,

"Well, I'm happy to see you again!!" Max practically screamed,

"Sshhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mariah and Cherry covered their mouths and looked around to see if anybody heard,

Sighing, the let their hands go to their sides.

"Keep it down, will yah?" Mariah hissed,

"Um... guys?..." Kenny was laughing nervously, beside the door.

"What?"

"Trouble..." Kenny said and the others already what that meant,

But when they tried to react, two boys came in. And Mariah and Cherry tried to stop themselves from running away.. It will just bring more trouble...

"Mariah?"

"Cherry?"

The pink-haired girl and the brunette felt themselves stiffen.

"Y-yea?" Cherry stuttered,

"W-what?" And so did Mariah,

Ray and Lee just stared at them and smiled.

"Why wont you two come down?" Ray said,

"Dinner's almost ready!" Lee added and the two of them pulled the girls out of the room.

"But... but, we really need to go and.." Cherry trailed off, as Lee gave her the puppy-dog eyes she always knew and.. hated...

"Aww Lee! Don't give me that again!!" Cherry whined and Lee couldnt help but laugh.

From the background, Mariah, Tyson, Max and Kenny stood there, smiling at the couple.

'Those two are just so cute together!'

Ray seemed to be at the same position as the four was... He leaned toward the pink-haired girl's ear and whispered,

"Aren't they just cute?" Mariah looked at him and gave a strange look,

Ray laughed,

"What?"

"Well, first of all... Aren't you supposed to hate us?" Mariah and Cherry looked at them,

Ray and Lee sighed,

"Um... well... we kinda missed you..." Ray blushed, and so did Lee.

Now it was Cherry and Mariah's turn to laugh,

"What about sugar lips?" Cherry said,

Tyson, Max and Kenny went down and went back to the kitchen. They must be mad for being ignored... (Me: Hehe... ^ ^;;)

"Well..." But before Ray could finish his sentence, Liana's voice rang,

"Oh Ray, dear? I think I need a little bit of help here..."

Lee groaned, "Not again..."

"What's wrong?" Mariah asked,

Ray sighed,

"Coming!!" Ray dragged Mariah down while Lee with Cherry. But as soon as they got down, smoke filled the entire house. They went to the dining room and saw Tyson, Max and Kenny choking on smoke and Dizzi saying many things like, 'stupid humans' or 'I'd rather choke them to death!'. Then they went to the kitchen where Liana stood choking also while holding a pan and a spatula beside the stove.

"What the hell happened here?!" Cherry covered her mouth (Me: Which also covered her nose, of course!),

Soon, the smoke cleared and they saw Liana's 'creation', there on the pan, laid a burnt steak...

Mariah and Cherry had to stop the urge to laugh hysterically!

[You must be kidding me!] Mariah said,

[Yeah... What a GREAT cook she is! Hahahahahaha!!!]

[Super! Hahahahaha!!]

"What happened?" Cherry smirked,

Liana glared at her,

"What are those two doing here?!"

Ray smiled,

"Oh! They're here for dinner!!"

"What happened this time?!" Lee groaned again,

"Well, I was cooking when suddenly this stove blew up and ruined our dinner!!" Liana began to cry as Ray hugged her,

Lee looked like he was gonna be sick and Mariah and Cherry doesnt even know whether to barf or to laugh.

Cherry sighed,

She went over to Liana's side and spoke,

"Give me that spatula!" Cherry grabbed the spatula from Liana's hands and turned off the stove.

"Hey!" Liana screamed,

"Right now, I'm gonna cook dinner! It looks like all of you are having much more trouble than we do!" Cherry sighed again, and Mariah pushed the others outside.

"Now, just wait for a moment and the food will be ready!" Mariah said, glaring at Liana who was glaring back at her before closing the door.

When the door was surely locked, Mariah turned to Cherry and grinned.

"What creation would you present this night, oh great chef!" Mariah laughed, while Cherry rolled her eyes.

"Oh, come on!" Cherry smiled and looked around,

Then she started getting out some dough, eggs, knives, water, bowls, etc.. But something was missing... She looked out the window and saw some yellow flowers. She smiled,

"Mariah? Can you get those flowers for me?" She asked,

Mariah looked at her,

"Yeah, sure... but why?"

"Just do it!"

"All of them?"

"Yes, all of them!"

"Okay.."

Mariah went out the window (Me: again...) and started to get all of the flowers as Cherry prepared some of the food.

She started to beat the dough, putting water every now and then. Slicing meats, vegetables, fruits... A few moments later, Mariah came back holding a bunch of flowers.

"What should I do with these?" Mariah asked,

"Oh! Just put them anywhere!" Mariah did as she was told and lay them on the table.

"And Mariah? Can you help me here?!" Cherry smiled,

"Huh? Oh sure... What can I do?"

"Come here..." Cherry opened the back door with the dough on her hands and went out, while Mariah followed. The two went to a space where they made sure no one was there.

"Now, launch your beyblade in the middle." Mariah launched her blade, as did Cherry.

"Then, help me stretch this dough..." Mariah's eyes grew wide

"What? But you can't stretch dough..."

"Trust me on this!" Cherry winked, Mariah sighed,

"Alright..." The two stretched the dough, running on both sides. Making noodles, and as the dough grew longer, the Beyblades then began to spin around forming a circle. Then, the two blades went up, as if flying and landed above the dough.

Suddenly, Mariah's beyblade went to Mariah's direction, circling the dough like a rope making a pink light as Cherry's beyblade did the same but only her light was a darker pink. But when the Beyblades were about to hit the girls faces, they stopped and tightened the rope-light thingy, then the rope-light thingy began to go inside the noodles. Then it disappeared and the two Beyblades made their way to their owner's pockets.

"Wow!" Mariah gasped,

"Yeah... Whoever thought of Beyblades for cooking?" Cherry laughed and the two of them went back to the kitchen.

Then...

"Mariah? You can go to the dining room now..."

"Oh... yeah..." Mariah went out a little nervously and closed the door behind her.

Cherry grinned and put the flowers inside the pot, which is above the stove with boiling water in it. Then added the noodles, the sliced food and some more things... whatever...

= At the dining room =

The five boys and the girl saw Mariah come out of the kitchen and close the door behind her.

"How's Cherry?" Lee asked,

"How's the food?!" Tyson laughed,

"Well, Cherry's fine and the food will be ready in just a few more minutes Tyson!" Mariah laughed too,

Mariah took her seat beside Ray, which made Liana glare at her.

A few moments later, Cherry came out sighing while carrying one big bowl and small seven empty bowls.

"What's that?" Liana said sarcastically, all of them but Ray glared at her.

Cherry rolled her eyes before setting the bowls down in the middle of the table. She gave each of them a small bowl and gave them the soup,

"Wee! Food!" Tyson quickly ate, making the others laugh. (Me: But of course. NOT THAT STUPID LIANA!!! Yea, I know. I'm weird. I hate my OWN character. hehe.)

"Hm. This smells good." Kenny took a sip,

"I agree." Ray smiled, Liana just huffed.

"Where's yours?" Lee asked, looking at Cherry.

"I'm not hungry." She sat beside him, smiling.

Mariah laughed, before shaking her head.

"What's so funny?" Max asked,

"Cherry. you're not hungry?" Mariah said,

Cherry looked at her confused,

"What are you getting at?"

"Well, we've been out for five days now and we haven't eaten anything and you say that you're not hungry?" Mariah whispered, looking at Cherry.

Tyson, Max, Kenny, Ray, Lee and even Liana were shocked.

"YOU TWO HAVENT EATEN IN FIVE DAYS?!"

"Boy! I don't think I could live with that." Tyson said,

Mariah and Cherry shook their heads. Mariah started eating, while Cherry laughed nervously.

Lee looked at her,

"Then you say that you aren't hungry?" he asked,

Cherry nodded sweat dropping.

Lee sighed, he took his spoon, filled it with soup and raised it to Cherry's mouth. Cherry shook her head furiously, while Mariah watched laughing.

"Eat!" Lee smiled, as Cherry sighed.

She knew that she would never win against Lee at this rate.

She took the soup and glared at Lee.

The dinner was pretty much joyful except for the fact that Liana kept saying the soup was icky but she was still eating it anyway. An hour passed and the two finally remembered what they were there for.

They stood up,

"Well, tonight has been wonderful! But we really gotta go!" Mariah laughed nervously, as she and Cherry went back upstairs.

"Wait!" Ray called,

The two looked back,

"Yeah?"

"Could you at least tell us where you live?"

Mariah and Cherry looked at each other,

Lee and the others went beside Ray to listen for their answer, while Liana stayed at the kitchen.

"Well. It's just somewhere deep in the forest. That's all we can tell you." Cherry replied,

The others nodded, and the two girls went back up the stairs. They went to their room and looked around again, in search for their ninja suits.

"I'm really confused about them, Cher." Mariah looked through the bed,

"I know. First they hate us now they invite us for dinner." Cherry opened the closet and found two ninja suits. She took it out and the two went out the window again.

Put on their backpacks and disappeared into the night.

'Wonder what happened to them.'

Was the only thought that rang into their heads.

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Me: Well, that's it!!

Crystal: And. answer this question.

What pairing would you want for KK's other story?

a. Max and Emily

a. Kai and Emily

a. Michael and Emily

Would you like KK to post her story about Max when she comes back?

a. yes

a. no

Cherry: Well, this question was already asked but only one reviewer answered it! ^^;;

Me: Oh! And here's my thank you list!!

*beyblade fanatic - Wai!! I'm also half-filipino and half-chinese!! Hehe!! But then. I live in Philippines. Also. I agree with the CDB. You really lost it! I also already read the second chapter of your story! *hits B.F in the head* AND WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY UPDATE OR DIE?!?! Hehe. Ignore that! ^-^ And thanx again for the plushie!! KAWAII!!!!!!!!!

Crystal: All right! Who gave her sugar?! *glares at Cherry*

Cherry: *tries to look innocent* But. but it was only a little bit!

Crystal: Argh!! Even a little bit would make KK go crazy!!

Me: Oh come on! Quit being so over active!! Hehe!!

Cherry & Crystal: Ahh!!!!!!

*Chibi-Mariah - R/M 4eva!!!!! But I'm kinda sad that I had to ruin it in this story by putting that STUPID LIANA!!! All right. am I weird? Or am I just plain weird? I hate my own character. hehe. ^-^

*invader mya and her yami's - yea, I know! Sorry for making the last chapter soooooooo short! I was really tired and was in major writers block at that time. ehehe. *sweat drop*

*Panda - Wait! Let me join you. Ray & Mariah! Ray & Mariah! 4 EVER & EVER!!!!!! *screams until all the windows are broken*

Me: Oops. Hehe.

Cherry: OMG!! My ears!!!

Crystal: Wha-?! @-@

Me: Ok. While my muses are unconscious, I'll just say good-bye for now! Coz I'm leaving tomorrow. Hehe!! See ya guys in two weeks!!! And don't forget! REVIEW!!!!!!!!!