"Ooooooh! Cool! Black and silver towels! Yay! Ran, whaddya think?" She asked him, rather

invigorated. Ran just shrugged. He hated shopping. They had already gotten her

'unmentionables', soap, too much food, and toothpaste. He could have stayed in the car, though.

Suddenly, Manx came out to them.

"Meet at the basement in an hour." She said and walked away.

"Ran, does this mean we get a mission? Yay! I hope so!" She looked so jubilant. I'll finally see

how she fights. What if she gets hurt? What if she can't fight? What if she breaks out crying or

something? I can't let anything happen to her! I won't let it!

"I think I'll go with just the black."

"Hmn...?" Ran groaned, coming out of his dreamlike stupor.

"Nevermind, you hate shopping, I know it. Let's pay and leave, I have everything."

In the car, Aki was bursting with ecstatic joy.

"Yay! I wonder what the mission is. I finally get to see how y'all fight! Are you any good, Ran?

If you're not, I'll hafta make up for ya!" She laughed, "I'm just kidding! You're probably really

good at it, right?"

"I guess, I mean, I'm okay." Ran said, a little flustered.

"Oooooh! Do you have any scars? I have this one, it's really cool! I'll hafta show you when we

get to the shop. Everyone says it looks like a blob, but I think... well, you'll hafta see it for

yourself!" She let out a squeak as they arrived.