Chapter 5: A Day at the Mall

Amber: Hey people! Ashley didn't try to give me another lame cliffhanger, (LOL, Ashley) so I'm just going to give it my best shot! Ha ha Ashley.. I've got something planned for you..

Rika: Why do you do these things to me! *Runs around and screams and chases Amber*

Amber: AHHHHH! Don't kill me! Kill Piximon! (a/n: I'm sorry, readers, I spelled Piximon wrong before!)

Piximon: Are you trying to get me KILLED?!?!

Amber: Okay, people, after the disclaimer, you need to R&R before somebody kills me!!!

Disclaimer: I own the plans to ruin Ashley's life, (hee-hee) I own the broom that I will one day use to beat my sister to death, I own the Avril Lavigne CD that I am blaring in my ears as we speak that will one day deafen me, I own about $10 in cash, (Have fun with your vending machine toy that I'm getting you for Christmas Ashley LOL) but here's the bummer: I don't own Digimon. Waaa. I think I'll cry now (please note the sarcasm.) Truth be told, I don't really care. I just like the characters. And Piximon here. *Piximon smiles at the satisfaction of approval.*

Piximon: YAY! Okay, seriously, Rika is getting ticked here.

Amber: Yes. So R&R, people, my life hangs in the balance!

Chapter 5: A Day at the Mall

Rika walked down the cold, dark path, and came to a clearing. Thorned ivy and other evil things inhabited the area. Clouds covered the sun, and Rika felt a chill rush down her spine as she pulled the hood to her black cloak over her head. She hurriedly pushed some vines aside, to see Ryo, standing there, as if waiting for something. Rika pushed through the bushes, desperately wanting to talk to Ryo. "Ryo, I-" but he didn't even turn his head as a dark figure came into the clearing. The figure pushed back the hood of her cloak to reveal sinister, foul green eyes like that of stagnant water. "Ryo," she said, in a silky, wicked voice that could only belong to a villain. Ryo stood still, held in place, hypnotized by Nabiki's voice. Étouffer le garçon, she hissed. It was French (a/n: as a matter of fact, it's choke the boy in french!)! The snakes in the trees slithered out, and she pointed to Ryo. Her eyes glowed like the snakes she controlled. Ryo grasped his throat as the snakes curled around it, chocking him. "No, stop!" She hollered, but Nabiki stared straight at her and raised her hands. "Chute préposition trou." (Fall through hole) She pointed at the land beneath Rika. Rika looked down, and an enormous hole opened up. She began to fall, and she screamed.

"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Rika screamed, and woke up swimming in a pool of her cold sweat. "God, I gotta stop eating cheese curls before I go to bed. OH!" Rika fell of the edge of her bed, pushed the covers she had wrapped around her off, and looked up at the clock. "Jeez. It's 3 a.m." All of a sudden, her mom walked in the room and flipped the light switch. "Rika, honey, I heard a scream, and a loud thump. It's 3:a.m."

"Yeah, I just noticed that myself."

"Honey," Rika's mother grabbed her hand, pulled her up, and sat her on the bed, "I'm worried about you. Is Nabiki bothering you that much?"

"How did you know that I dreamt of Nabiki?"

"You were shouting, 'Nabiki, Nabiki! NOOO!'" They laughed.

"Yeah, really, but what can we do?"

"Nothing, but I like to know what's bothering you."

"Oh. Okay. Well, now you know. Of course there are a lot of other things, but until I go to the mall today, this is all there is."

"Alright. Now, it was nice, but I just remembered that it's 3 in the morning. Now get some sleep. Too much stress." She left, and turned the light off. Rika lay down, and tried to think good thoughts. But all that she could think of was snake-woman Nabiki.

"God, that dream creeped me out beyond imagination. I mean, she was worse than Medusa." Rika was describing her dream to her mother over breakfast. Just then, Nabiki came downstairs with major bed head. "AHHH!" They both screamed. "Whoa, relax, it's just beautiful me."

"Not so beautiful right now, are we?"

"Shut up! This is BEFORE the hair and makeup." Rika tuned to her mother.

"It was worse than that in my dream." Nabiki gave her a good glare.

"Don't you have pretty pink dresses to try on?" Oh my gosh! Rika almost forgot about her getaway with the girls! Not her first choice, but it's a good excuse. "Oh, yeah! I gotta get going!" Rika ran out the door, and hopped on her bike. When she got there, she was greeted by Jeri, Amber, and Ashley (a/n: someone had to be between Jeri and Ashley!). Jeri ran up to Rika and grabbed her by her arm. "Come on, Rika! We've got things to do!"

"They strolled into the mall, walking past the food court to a decorative fountain. There, they found-(yes!! The moment you've all been waiting for!) RYO! "Hi, guys." Ryo skittishly walked over to the three. Rika turned and walked away. She stopped in front of the arcade, and looked at the flashing lights. Light is good, she thought, but they still won't find me here. She sat on a bench behind a Mortal Combat game. She daydreamed. She comes to a clearing. The same clearing there was before. No one was there. It was brighter. There was no more evil. She heard a rustling. Felt a hand on her shoulder. "Rika, I'm so glad I found you." She thought it was Ryo. All of a sudden, she snapped out of it. "Oh, hi Amber."

"Look, if you're uncomfortable around Ryo, I'll deal with it for you. But if you like him, don't waste our time pretending you don't care, 'cause I know you do." She sat down beside her. "I don't know. I'm confused. One minute, I like him, one minute, I don't. But I know I care. And I know there's something wrong with Nabiki."

"I know. There's just something weird about Nabiki. Negative vibes. Her whole aura is just...evil. Like if Ryo had a choice, he'd steer clear of her."

"God, I wish he wouldn't go. I mean, if my mom can harbor a demon like Nabiki, why can't she take Ryo in?"

"Okay, that's enough about Nabiki. Jeri had good intentions of having Ryo come-"

"Oh my gosh! Jeri planned this?"

"Yeah, we thought it would be obvious. Anyway, Jeri meant well. She thought you two could settle all the beef with Nabiki. But, either way, time to set aside all the stuff with Nabiki that's been going on. You guys can get along for now, that's the whole reason for this trip. To forget Nabiki."

"Okay. But I had this really weird dream about her last night."

"Forget that. Tell me later. Maybe online. With the whole gang."

"No, I don't want anyone to know except my closest friends. You and Ashley."

"Okay." So they walk off together knowing that Jeri had evil plans for them. "No, Jeri."

"Come on! It's pretty."

"No, I am not wearing a dress."

"Just do it." Rika grabbed the dress "Okay, but this is the only one. No more. Got that?"

"Fine, fine. By the way, I'm making everyone else wear a dress"

"Wait a sec, isn't Ryo still here?" Just then, they heard, "Awwww man!" and Ryo came out of the dressing room wearing a green dress and really red cheeks. "Oh, my gosh. Ryo looks just like a girl!"

"With too much blush on!!!" Ryo sweatdropped as Rika smiled. "That gives me an idea." Minutes later, Ryo walked across the store with Jeri and Rika looking like a girl, makeup and all. They went to the girl's dressing room, where Amber and Ashley were trying on clothes. Amber was just trying on the dress Jeri made them wear, while Ashley had a few shirts and pairs of jeans slung over the side. Jeri took the black one off the top, and played with the Velcro letters on it. Ashley came out of the room, just in time. "Okay, are you happy? I tried it on. Can I go try something else on?"

"Sure, Ashley," Jeri said. We wanna see a fashion show!"

"See, this is why I didn't wanna try anything on," Amber grumbled.



"You guys, just see what I did to her shirt!" Jeri whispered. Ashley came out of the dressing room, with some cool flares on, and a shirt that said 'I Love Chris' on it! (Ha, ha, Ashley, we tricked ya!) Everyone burst out laughing. "What? Does this not look right? Oh, I must have my shirt on backwards." and when Ashley checked to see if her shirt was on backwards, she saw the message it displayed. "Oh my god!!!" she screamed, and tore all the letters off her shirt. "Who did this!"

"I did," Jeri stepped up.

"I would've expected this more from Amber, but you're annoying nonetheless." Ashley started strangling her. "Ahhhh! You guys, break it up.!" Amber screamed, and attracted the attention of the security guard. "Okay, people, show's over. That's enough for today." And he booted us all out of the mall. "Well, that was more fun than I expected. But I think I'm done for today. I'm not gonna get on the net. Maybe I'll call ya, get a three way goin'." She looked at Ryo with disdain, just to make sure he knew she was excluding him. She walked all her friends home, and then walked home alone before the setting sun. I won't tell my mom about this one, she thought. She'll flip. I've been getting in enough trouble lately. And little did she know, she'd be getting into more.

Amber: Well, that's the end of the fifth chapter. I'm finally alone, so R&R before Rika comes back. She's gonna be mad! *Looks about nervously.*