I followed them around as they showed me a few cool places filled with
summer-type clothes, as it was almost the season, and soon I had a few
different tank tops, t-shirts, tube tops, and spheggeti strap shirts. As
well, I had different shorts, jeans, and even a swimsuit. It hadn't even
been an hour.
"Uh, I think that's enough clothes... What about a wallet and checking out the postage prices?" I asked holding two bags in each hand, while the others each had a bag full of my new clothes.
"Yeah, we should. Then we'll drop this off at the base and go somewhere to have a girl's day out. Sounds good?" Eve grinned as the others nodded agreement. In a few minutes I had a good wallet and found out that to send my friends CD player would cost about 10 bucks to send. Being finished, we went to the base and I shoved all the bags into a corner to be put away later.
They chattered away about boys, clothes, and so on, all girlish topics. I would have preferred things like fighting and battles, but it wasn't hard to see that they didn't want to talk about that so I stayed quiet. Imazu also stayed pretty quiet, although her expression was clear; she was not very happy, and I agreed with her. This was boring...
Until Dynamo decided to come and follow us.
I was the first to see and with a little nudge I showed Imazu where he was, trailing along behind us. Imazu poked Eve and whispered in her ear, and in no time everyone knew. It made a big change; everyone was chattering angrily, not happily and wouldn't talk about the usual things, like who they had a crush on. I glanced back, trying to look casual and realized he didn't even notice the changes of moods. In fact he was hurrying up to catch up with us.
"Yo, Kage!" He called, and waved to me. I quickly pretended not to know he was there and urged my friends to go faster quietly. "Kage, slow down!" With a quick glance I saw he suddenly was at a full out run, and then slowed to a walk beside me and panted.
I tried to keep a surprised look on my face yet have a calm voice. "Hello Dynamo. What's up?"
He got his breath back before speaking. "I've just been banned from the base for a little while. Uh, that date thing? Mind if we met at a bar or something? And if you don't come within an hour I'll hunt you down, ban or no."
"...Well, that doesn't leave me much choice. All right, all right. As long as it's brightly lit, okay?"
"Gotcha. Wanna meet at the mall at around 7, seeing as you don't have any idea which bar to go to? It's still open then."
"All right..." I agreed cautiously. He smiled, and walked off in the opposite direction. Only after he left did I realize that everyone was staring at me. "What?"
"Uh. Dynamo? Date? What the... what did we miss?" asked Eve curiously.
"Long story. Uh. Let's go, eh? The day won't last forever." I wish. I walked along, trying to go back to my invisible self.
It was close to lunch, so we all went down to a cheap, but nice, restaurant to eat. Just as the group sat down at tables close to each other, a quite attractive reploid walked into the restaurant, a similar looking girl following. Eve, on one side of me, leaned down and told me, "That's Martel. He's almost as bad as Dynamo when it comes to flirting at the Hunter's base. Even Zero isn't as good as him! Then there's Inver, his twin, you can say. She's pretty nice, if you're on her good side, but few people are." I sighed and stared at the two for a moment. Martel stood tall with spiky brown hair, a blue-and-white striped jacket with a red shirt underneath, and he had black jeans. Inver had a pink T-shirt that was small, and showed lots of midriff. On her head was a pink helmet-hat with a hole for her blond ponytail. She had yellow sweatpants, black boots and quite a bit of makeup.
Koki sighed lovingly. "Hum... Perfect face... perfect body..." Just then he ran into a pole, being busy talking to Inver.
Eve said rather loudly, "Not a perfect mind." Her comment caught the pair's attention, and they headed over, going a bit faster then when they came in. Martel squeezed in on the other side of Eve, and Inver sat at the other table. I blew a strand of my bangs out of my eyes, the only sign of my boredom, I hoped. Curiously, I glanced over at Imazu to see her, bored as well.
"Do you like to fight?" I questioned, and she looked at me a bit stupidly. "Do you like to fight?" I said again. She nodded happily, and soon we were indulged in a great conversation about the best weapons to use, the best techniques, and so on. Finally, we ordered, ate, and was putting our money together to pay the bill. And still, Imazu and I were talking about our past battle mistakes.
I turned in curiosity to see Inver walking slowly behind me, her hands folded on top of her head. I decided not to talk to her; she looked rather angry for some reason. A sigh escaped loose as I looked over at Martel. He was flirting with all the other girls except for Imazu and I. He seemed to not of even noticed we were there. It wasn't working well on Eve, but everyone else was taking it hook, line, and sinker. The brunette was blushing faintly and had a sweatdrop on the side of his head.
"Have you met him before?" I asked Imazu and she growled.
"Yes, on more then one occasion. We fought once, but all the other times he tried to flirt with me. I guess he learned that flirting doesn't work on me." I laughed softly at this, and then another voice spoke from right behind us.
"Yeah, my brother flirts a lot," Inver grumbled. "It's so annoying! I wish that he wouldn't. It's also kinda embarrassing." I simply nodded.
Even though the trip was meant to be fun, I was completely bored out of my mind. What they did here was not what I did back home. They giggled and shopped and giggled some more. Sometimes, they even shopped and giggled at the same time. I found it annoying, boring, and stupid. They did it again, and again, and again.
I decided to live with it, and kept up with my friends.
* * *
Later, I was comfortably sitting on my bed, reading a novel I borrowed from Imazu.
Story
"But John, I love you! Don't die!" cried Sam, her eyes filled with tears. John held her hand and looked deep into her eyes.
"Sam... I love you, and that's why I'm taking you with me." He grasped a knife on the table, and stabbed into Sam's heart, and yanked it out. Blood leaked down his arm, and onto the floor. Pain and surprise was in his lover's eyes as she slowly fell over. "I'm rid of you now. My true lover shall take your wretched place." A beautiful girl with long flowing hair walks in.
"Finally, love. We're together forever." She held out her perfect hand and helped John up out of the bed.
Story
I blinked. It was a strange ending to such a beautiful story. Maybe that's why Imazu liked it. Carefully, without disturbing all the other stuff on my bedside table, I placed the book on top of my new alarm, then settled in again. In the corner of my eye I saw it was nearly midnight. Time to go to sleep. Yet I couldn't.
Through my mind raced everything that I could do to escape from my dreaded date with Dynamo, each one even more insane then the next. Carefully I turned unto my side, cautious of my healing wound. With a small sigh, I finally sunk into an odd nightmare filled sleep...
Dream
"I love you," I whimpered, crying. "Don't die." The man had no face, until it started to change and form and melt all at once – it changed into Dynamo. I stared in horror.
"Well, I hate you." He pulled out a knife and stabbed into my stomach. Blood leaked from the large gaping wound, and I collapsed, clutching it. A new girl came in and took Dynamo's hand. When she turned to lead him away, I stared, for it was me, with an evil grin on 'my' face.
"Come, dear. Let's leave this bitch here." She gave a cocky grin as she walked past.
Dream
I woke, cold sweat pouring down my face, leaving rivets. The salt of the sweat got into the cut, stinging it . . . right over my heart. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted something red, and when I whirled around, it turned out to be my alarm clock, saying it was nearly 10 in the morning.
I dressed, however much I was reluctant to leave my comfortable nightgown, and looked at myself in the mirror; a light blue conservative tank top and a long skirt. I frowned, ditched the skirt, and changed it into a jean skirt reaching a little past my knees. I twirled and scowled at my reflection anyway. Why couldn't any of my clothes be ugly? But, if I had to choose some of them, I might as well choose comfortable ones.
I slipped out of my room, grabbed my food, and sat down at the table where Imazu, Eve, and their friends were chatting. Imazu was the only one to notice, and she smiled at me.
"What's the matter," questioned Eve.
"I had been conned into a date with Dynamo. What am I supposed to feel like – a goddess? Hah." Everyone stared.
"That explains it.. But how?" Eve's voice was reasonable compared to the insane thoughts racing through my brain.
"Blackmail." I shoved some food in my mouth to signal I didn't want to talk. Eve and Imazu looked at each other, shrugged, and Imazu went back to her food while Eve attempted to talk to me anyway.
"How did you like the book Ima lent you?"
"Good. Gave me nightmares though."
"... Uh, so, um. Did you sleep well?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Nightmare."
"Oh..."
And so it continued.
Finally tired of the questions, I got up. "Gotta go." I walked off, taking a detour only to drop off my tray before leaving. It seemed like someone else was controlling me; I just walked, and I walked until I ended up at a door with the plaque, "Laboratories." I blinked – usually my feet lead me to some place or -one that could help me, but they failed today.
"Hey, you! What are you doing?" A pissed off guard trotted out from no where, surprising me.
"I have no clue. I just let my feet take me. Uh, where's the dorms? Or even the cafeteria?" I blushed; imagine someone who walked somewhere without knowing it and couldn't find her way back.
"... Do you need a map?" The guard's face seemed softer, kinder now that he realized I was confused. Silently I nodded, and he held out a map with only the main places marked.
"Thank you. But why are only a few places marked?" I asked.
"Top secret places or their names were too long. If you look, you can see all the technical names, but some of the names for smaller rooms are huge, you know?" He grinned, and waved at me to be off. My face was bright red, but I smiled back and thanked him again before walking off, trying to figure out how to use the damn thing.
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Next chapter: Kage and Dynamo's date. =D Sorry I took so long in updating. Please forgive me, if you care. =D
And don't forget to review!
"Uh, I think that's enough clothes... What about a wallet and checking out the postage prices?" I asked holding two bags in each hand, while the others each had a bag full of my new clothes.
"Yeah, we should. Then we'll drop this off at the base and go somewhere to have a girl's day out. Sounds good?" Eve grinned as the others nodded agreement. In a few minutes I had a good wallet and found out that to send my friends CD player would cost about 10 bucks to send. Being finished, we went to the base and I shoved all the bags into a corner to be put away later.
They chattered away about boys, clothes, and so on, all girlish topics. I would have preferred things like fighting and battles, but it wasn't hard to see that they didn't want to talk about that so I stayed quiet. Imazu also stayed pretty quiet, although her expression was clear; she was not very happy, and I agreed with her. This was boring...
Until Dynamo decided to come and follow us.
I was the first to see and with a little nudge I showed Imazu where he was, trailing along behind us. Imazu poked Eve and whispered in her ear, and in no time everyone knew. It made a big change; everyone was chattering angrily, not happily and wouldn't talk about the usual things, like who they had a crush on. I glanced back, trying to look casual and realized he didn't even notice the changes of moods. In fact he was hurrying up to catch up with us.
"Yo, Kage!" He called, and waved to me. I quickly pretended not to know he was there and urged my friends to go faster quietly. "Kage, slow down!" With a quick glance I saw he suddenly was at a full out run, and then slowed to a walk beside me and panted.
I tried to keep a surprised look on my face yet have a calm voice. "Hello Dynamo. What's up?"
He got his breath back before speaking. "I've just been banned from the base for a little while. Uh, that date thing? Mind if we met at a bar or something? And if you don't come within an hour I'll hunt you down, ban or no."
"...Well, that doesn't leave me much choice. All right, all right. As long as it's brightly lit, okay?"
"Gotcha. Wanna meet at the mall at around 7, seeing as you don't have any idea which bar to go to? It's still open then."
"All right..." I agreed cautiously. He smiled, and walked off in the opposite direction. Only after he left did I realize that everyone was staring at me. "What?"
"Uh. Dynamo? Date? What the... what did we miss?" asked Eve curiously.
"Long story. Uh. Let's go, eh? The day won't last forever." I wish. I walked along, trying to go back to my invisible self.
It was close to lunch, so we all went down to a cheap, but nice, restaurant to eat. Just as the group sat down at tables close to each other, a quite attractive reploid walked into the restaurant, a similar looking girl following. Eve, on one side of me, leaned down and told me, "That's Martel. He's almost as bad as Dynamo when it comes to flirting at the Hunter's base. Even Zero isn't as good as him! Then there's Inver, his twin, you can say. She's pretty nice, if you're on her good side, but few people are." I sighed and stared at the two for a moment. Martel stood tall with spiky brown hair, a blue-and-white striped jacket with a red shirt underneath, and he had black jeans. Inver had a pink T-shirt that was small, and showed lots of midriff. On her head was a pink helmet-hat with a hole for her blond ponytail. She had yellow sweatpants, black boots and quite a bit of makeup.
Koki sighed lovingly. "Hum... Perfect face... perfect body..." Just then he ran into a pole, being busy talking to Inver.
Eve said rather loudly, "Not a perfect mind." Her comment caught the pair's attention, and they headed over, going a bit faster then when they came in. Martel squeezed in on the other side of Eve, and Inver sat at the other table. I blew a strand of my bangs out of my eyes, the only sign of my boredom, I hoped. Curiously, I glanced over at Imazu to see her, bored as well.
"Do you like to fight?" I questioned, and she looked at me a bit stupidly. "Do you like to fight?" I said again. She nodded happily, and soon we were indulged in a great conversation about the best weapons to use, the best techniques, and so on. Finally, we ordered, ate, and was putting our money together to pay the bill. And still, Imazu and I were talking about our past battle mistakes.
I turned in curiosity to see Inver walking slowly behind me, her hands folded on top of her head. I decided not to talk to her; she looked rather angry for some reason. A sigh escaped loose as I looked over at Martel. He was flirting with all the other girls except for Imazu and I. He seemed to not of even noticed we were there. It wasn't working well on Eve, but everyone else was taking it hook, line, and sinker. The brunette was blushing faintly and had a sweatdrop on the side of his head.
"Have you met him before?" I asked Imazu and she growled.
"Yes, on more then one occasion. We fought once, but all the other times he tried to flirt with me. I guess he learned that flirting doesn't work on me." I laughed softly at this, and then another voice spoke from right behind us.
"Yeah, my brother flirts a lot," Inver grumbled. "It's so annoying! I wish that he wouldn't. It's also kinda embarrassing." I simply nodded.
Even though the trip was meant to be fun, I was completely bored out of my mind. What they did here was not what I did back home. They giggled and shopped and giggled some more. Sometimes, they even shopped and giggled at the same time. I found it annoying, boring, and stupid. They did it again, and again, and again.
I decided to live with it, and kept up with my friends.
* * *
Later, I was comfortably sitting on my bed, reading a novel I borrowed from Imazu.
Story
"But John, I love you! Don't die!" cried Sam, her eyes filled with tears. John held her hand and looked deep into her eyes.
"Sam... I love you, and that's why I'm taking you with me." He grasped a knife on the table, and stabbed into Sam's heart, and yanked it out. Blood leaked down his arm, and onto the floor. Pain and surprise was in his lover's eyes as she slowly fell over. "I'm rid of you now. My true lover shall take your wretched place." A beautiful girl with long flowing hair walks in.
"Finally, love. We're together forever." She held out her perfect hand and helped John up out of the bed.
Story
I blinked. It was a strange ending to such a beautiful story. Maybe that's why Imazu liked it. Carefully, without disturbing all the other stuff on my bedside table, I placed the book on top of my new alarm, then settled in again. In the corner of my eye I saw it was nearly midnight. Time to go to sleep. Yet I couldn't.
Through my mind raced everything that I could do to escape from my dreaded date with Dynamo, each one even more insane then the next. Carefully I turned unto my side, cautious of my healing wound. With a small sigh, I finally sunk into an odd nightmare filled sleep...
Dream
"I love you," I whimpered, crying. "Don't die." The man had no face, until it started to change and form and melt all at once – it changed into Dynamo. I stared in horror.
"Well, I hate you." He pulled out a knife and stabbed into my stomach. Blood leaked from the large gaping wound, and I collapsed, clutching it. A new girl came in and took Dynamo's hand. When she turned to lead him away, I stared, for it was me, with an evil grin on 'my' face.
"Come, dear. Let's leave this bitch here." She gave a cocky grin as she walked past.
Dream
I woke, cold sweat pouring down my face, leaving rivets. The salt of the sweat got into the cut, stinging it . . . right over my heart. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted something red, and when I whirled around, it turned out to be my alarm clock, saying it was nearly 10 in the morning.
I dressed, however much I was reluctant to leave my comfortable nightgown, and looked at myself in the mirror; a light blue conservative tank top and a long skirt. I frowned, ditched the skirt, and changed it into a jean skirt reaching a little past my knees. I twirled and scowled at my reflection anyway. Why couldn't any of my clothes be ugly? But, if I had to choose some of them, I might as well choose comfortable ones.
I slipped out of my room, grabbed my food, and sat down at the table where Imazu, Eve, and their friends were chatting. Imazu was the only one to notice, and she smiled at me.
"What's the matter," questioned Eve.
"I had been conned into a date with Dynamo. What am I supposed to feel like – a goddess? Hah." Everyone stared.
"That explains it.. But how?" Eve's voice was reasonable compared to the insane thoughts racing through my brain.
"Blackmail." I shoved some food in my mouth to signal I didn't want to talk. Eve and Imazu looked at each other, shrugged, and Imazu went back to her food while Eve attempted to talk to me anyway.
"How did you like the book Ima lent you?"
"Good. Gave me nightmares though."
"... Uh, so, um. Did you sleep well?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Nightmare."
"Oh..."
And so it continued.
Finally tired of the questions, I got up. "Gotta go." I walked off, taking a detour only to drop off my tray before leaving. It seemed like someone else was controlling me; I just walked, and I walked until I ended up at a door with the plaque, "Laboratories." I blinked – usually my feet lead me to some place or -one that could help me, but they failed today.
"Hey, you! What are you doing?" A pissed off guard trotted out from no where, surprising me.
"I have no clue. I just let my feet take me. Uh, where's the dorms? Or even the cafeteria?" I blushed; imagine someone who walked somewhere without knowing it and couldn't find her way back.
"... Do you need a map?" The guard's face seemed softer, kinder now that he realized I was confused. Silently I nodded, and he held out a map with only the main places marked.
"Thank you. But why are only a few places marked?" I asked.
"Top secret places or their names were too long. If you look, you can see all the technical names, but some of the names for smaller rooms are huge, you know?" He grinned, and waved at me to be off. My face was bright red, but I smiled back and thanked him again before walking off, trying to figure out how to use the damn thing.
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Next chapter: Kage and Dynamo's date. =D Sorry I took so long in updating. Please forgive me, if you care. =D
And don't forget to review!