Wow.
Malik: Is that all you gonna say?
Voice: -nods-
Shizuka: But V-chan, you must've got something to say. . .
Voice: -shakes head-
Seto: Anything? That's weird.
Bakura: Yeah, what's going on with your girlfriend?
Malik: How the hell should I know?!
Voice: -smiles-
Ryou: Uh, I know what that smile does mean. –nods wisely-
Everyone: What?
Ryou: Her throat hurts.
Voice: -nods happily-
Ryou: And that means someone must thank the reviewers.
Everyone: 0.0
Ryou: -suddenly alone- Oh well. . . first, we've got
Anime Crazed: Hey, the lingerie was evil! I swear it!
Fluffylittledragon: V-chan is glad you like it ^_^ And. . . I sound like Bakura? Hm maybe he's rubbing off of me. . .
Pocketfirefairy: -blinks- Uh. . . yeah. They're going to get married really soon. Though Seto's afraid of it somehow. . .
Seto: -whacks Ryou over the head-
Bakura: Hey, don't do that to my boyfriend!!
Seto: Feh, make me.
Ryou: -watches them fight. 0.0 ow. . .
Also, V-chan want to thank all the reviewers from Paper Flowers because they were really loyal and helped her over four writer's blocks!
Voice: -waves- ^_____^
Ryou: . . . right. And we don't want to forget the Cleaning Lady Arisa's shrine! –puts flowers onto it-
Voice: -pokes Ryou-
Ryou: Eh? No, we won't offer anything in your temple, V-chan, even if it was built from Heather-Hezzer-and-Honaluki. No. I said NO! Keep it down now! Sheesh!
*~*
Normal POV
Ryou's adventure at the mall wasn't quite what he expected. He had to visit several stores he usually wouldn't even look at by passing, was forced into a lot of tops, pants and even skirts causing Shizuka and Mai to giggle hysterically and taking photos. Anzu just smiled amused, patting his shoulder every now and then and promise him that everything would be okay. After the fourth time, Ryou lost it.
"Oh no, nothing will be okay! Shi-chan has taken photos of me in a bra! Mai- san nearly had an asthma attack from laughing! Don't you tell me it's okay!!", Ryou shouted, then panted heavily. He never lost his temper that bad. The brown-haired girl laughed and put an arm around his shoulders. "Don't worry, Ryou. No one will ever see those photos. Promise. That's the last store, and then we going ho-"
CRASH
"What was that?!", Ryou squeaked, holding on to Anzu's arm tightly. The girl felt her fingers turn numb.
"Uhm. . . a really loud crash?", Shizuka suggested, and Mai rolled her eyes. "Keep it down with the smart-mouthing, kid, that was the sound of an explosion."
"I knew that!"
"Yeah right." Mai's amethyst eyes flickered back and forth the mall, where people were screaming and yelling and holding on to benches and walls. From the middle, where a fountain had been, black fog erupted.
"It came from there."
"No shit Sherlock. . . "
"Stop the sarcasm already, Mai!", Anzu growled while she tried prying Ryou's death grip from her upper arm. "Ryou, stop that, you're bruising me!"
"Oh, sorry. . . "Now Mai took control. "Shizuka, you and me go and calm the people. Anzu, you take Ryou with you and see what caused the explosion. Now let's go." And the two girls took off, leaving Anzu and Ryou behind. They blinked. "Wow." Then they went through the smoke, and the girl told Ryou he should take out his weapon. Ryou did what he was told and fumbled his weapon from his belt; a small, but effective blaster. Anzu herself had her two favourite ones in both hands, handy crossbow-like things. One shot air blasts, the other one electricity. "Be careful where you step on", she whispered. Mai's powerful voice was heard curbed, as she raised it to tell all the people it was okay. Anzu growled. "Nothing's okay, she's lying so well. . . "
Ryou couldn't help but smile a bit. Though he was afraid, he felt safer around the girl. She was much better in using a weapon and shot with her left hand as well as with her right one. Ryou himself had to use both his hands to even aim properly. He also noticed that the older girl moved in a feline grace and barely made a sound while his sneakers shuffled every time he stumbled over a shatter. And then it hit him; she moved like Bakura did. Ryou thought it was ridiculous to think of the similarities of his boyfriend and his lady friend in such a situation, but it helped him to calm down.
"Anzu-chan?", he whispered. She nodded once. Ryou hesitated; he didn't know how to ask the question burning in his mind. The girl glanced at him shortly and smiled. "Yeah. Bakura was my trainer, too."
"How did you know I was about to ask that?"
"Female intuition." The younger boy started thinking while his lungs were burning with the smoke he inhaled with every breath. When she had been Bakura's pupil, like he was, did she have a closer relation to him like he had now. . . ? His thoughts were interrupted when some quiet peeping sounds were heard. Anzu handed her left hand weapon to Ryou and lifted the arm. A small monitor erupted from her wristwatch.
"What is it?"
Though Ryou couldn't see the monitor (he was occupied by admiring Anzu's blaster), he could hear Shizuka's voice.
"I informed Headquarters, there's a strange energy radiating from where you are!"
"What did Seto say?"
"He sends Bakura and Malik. They'll be here in no time. Try to get out of there!"
Now Ryou looked up; the cheery girl's voice was serious and slightly out of breath. But Shizuka was, like the entire group, in a pretty good shape. The last time she had gotten out of breath was when she and Anzu tried to get past Jou and Mai in Yami's mansion. The white-haired teen started to worry, because even their conversation was held in short, military-like sentences. That were the terms they used on a mission. They weren't supposed to use them on a shopping tour!
"What's going on?", he whispered frantically. Anzu glanced at him, then back to the monitor. Shizuka still was speaking.
"Yami will be here soon, too. Mai wanted to inform him as well."
"What's going on anyways? Why are you out of breath?"
A short scream from the background was heard, and Shizuka flinched.
"Zombies! Didn't I tell you? They're everywhere! Mai and I keep blasting their heads off, but they just get up again! It's like they got some new powers!"
Ryou grimaced. He remembered the zombies that guarded Yami's mansion clearly. Dead people, brought back from the graves. And it usually helped to blast their heads off.
"There are some strange things flying around as well. It's like a video game! You got to get out of there quickly! I don't wanna know who sent them, but they got here from where you are now!"
Shizuka's voice got frantic. Anzu nodded shortly, but Ryou knew she wasn't going to let Yami do the job. They loathed each other, and she hated him even more than Bakura ever could. "We'll get out. See ya." With that, she flicked the monitor off and turned to Ryou. The boy smiled softly.
"You're not going anywhere, are you." Anzu grinned: "Nope, I won't. You coming?" "Sure."
Crash. Bang. –Shuffle-. And the sound of leathery wings flapping.
". . . uh-oh."
Both teens knew they already were surrounded, but none of them knew from who or what. . .
*~*
Uhh, cliffie! Yay! R&R, please ^__^ This is getting funny!
Malik: Is that all you gonna say?
Voice: -nods-
Shizuka: But V-chan, you must've got something to say. . .
Voice: -shakes head-
Seto: Anything? That's weird.
Bakura: Yeah, what's going on with your girlfriend?
Malik: How the hell should I know?!
Voice: -smiles-
Ryou: Uh, I know what that smile does mean. –nods wisely-
Everyone: What?
Ryou: Her throat hurts.
Voice: -nods happily-
Ryou: And that means someone must thank the reviewers.
Everyone: 0.0
Ryou: -suddenly alone- Oh well. . . first, we've got
Anime Crazed: Hey, the lingerie was evil! I swear it!
Fluffylittledragon: V-chan is glad you like it ^_^ And. . . I sound like Bakura? Hm maybe he's rubbing off of me. . .
Pocketfirefairy: -blinks- Uh. . . yeah. They're going to get married really soon. Though Seto's afraid of it somehow. . .
Seto: -whacks Ryou over the head-
Bakura: Hey, don't do that to my boyfriend!!
Seto: Feh, make me.
Ryou: -watches them fight. 0.0 ow. . .
Also, V-chan want to thank all the reviewers from Paper Flowers because they were really loyal and helped her over four writer's blocks!
Voice: -waves- ^_____^
Ryou: . . . right. And we don't want to forget the Cleaning Lady Arisa's shrine! –puts flowers onto it-
Voice: -pokes Ryou-
Ryou: Eh? No, we won't offer anything in your temple, V-chan, even if it was built from Heather-Hezzer-and-Honaluki. No. I said NO! Keep it down now! Sheesh!
*~*
Normal POV
Ryou's adventure at the mall wasn't quite what he expected. He had to visit several stores he usually wouldn't even look at by passing, was forced into a lot of tops, pants and even skirts causing Shizuka and Mai to giggle hysterically and taking photos. Anzu just smiled amused, patting his shoulder every now and then and promise him that everything would be okay. After the fourth time, Ryou lost it.
"Oh no, nothing will be okay! Shi-chan has taken photos of me in a bra! Mai- san nearly had an asthma attack from laughing! Don't you tell me it's okay!!", Ryou shouted, then panted heavily. He never lost his temper that bad. The brown-haired girl laughed and put an arm around his shoulders. "Don't worry, Ryou. No one will ever see those photos. Promise. That's the last store, and then we going ho-"
CRASH
"What was that?!", Ryou squeaked, holding on to Anzu's arm tightly. The girl felt her fingers turn numb.
"Uhm. . . a really loud crash?", Shizuka suggested, and Mai rolled her eyes. "Keep it down with the smart-mouthing, kid, that was the sound of an explosion."
"I knew that!"
"Yeah right." Mai's amethyst eyes flickered back and forth the mall, where people were screaming and yelling and holding on to benches and walls. From the middle, where a fountain had been, black fog erupted.
"It came from there."
"No shit Sherlock. . . "
"Stop the sarcasm already, Mai!", Anzu growled while she tried prying Ryou's death grip from her upper arm. "Ryou, stop that, you're bruising me!"
"Oh, sorry. . . "Now Mai took control. "Shizuka, you and me go and calm the people. Anzu, you take Ryou with you and see what caused the explosion. Now let's go." And the two girls took off, leaving Anzu and Ryou behind. They blinked. "Wow." Then they went through the smoke, and the girl told Ryou he should take out his weapon. Ryou did what he was told and fumbled his weapon from his belt; a small, but effective blaster. Anzu herself had her two favourite ones in both hands, handy crossbow-like things. One shot air blasts, the other one electricity. "Be careful where you step on", she whispered. Mai's powerful voice was heard curbed, as she raised it to tell all the people it was okay. Anzu growled. "Nothing's okay, she's lying so well. . . "
Ryou couldn't help but smile a bit. Though he was afraid, he felt safer around the girl. She was much better in using a weapon and shot with her left hand as well as with her right one. Ryou himself had to use both his hands to even aim properly. He also noticed that the older girl moved in a feline grace and barely made a sound while his sneakers shuffled every time he stumbled over a shatter. And then it hit him; she moved like Bakura did. Ryou thought it was ridiculous to think of the similarities of his boyfriend and his lady friend in such a situation, but it helped him to calm down.
"Anzu-chan?", he whispered. She nodded once. Ryou hesitated; he didn't know how to ask the question burning in his mind. The girl glanced at him shortly and smiled. "Yeah. Bakura was my trainer, too."
"How did you know I was about to ask that?"
"Female intuition." The younger boy started thinking while his lungs were burning with the smoke he inhaled with every breath. When she had been Bakura's pupil, like he was, did she have a closer relation to him like he had now. . . ? His thoughts were interrupted when some quiet peeping sounds were heard. Anzu handed her left hand weapon to Ryou and lifted the arm. A small monitor erupted from her wristwatch.
"What is it?"
Though Ryou couldn't see the monitor (he was occupied by admiring Anzu's blaster), he could hear Shizuka's voice.
"I informed Headquarters, there's a strange energy radiating from where you are!"
"What did Seto say?"
"He sends Bakura and Malik. They'll be here in no time. Try to get out of there!"
Now Ryou looked up; the cheery girl's voice was serious and slightly out of breath. But Shizuka was, like the entire group, in a pretty good shape. The last time she had gotten out of breath was when she and Anzu tried to get past Jou and Mai in Yami's mansion. The white-haired teen started to worry, because even their conversation was held in short, military-like sentences. That were the terms they used on a mission. They weren't supposed to use them on a shopping tour!
"What's going on?", he whispered frantically. Anzu glanced at him, then back to the monitor. Shizuka still was speaking.
"Yami will be here soon, too. Mai wanted to inform him as well."
"What's going on anyways? Why are you out of breath?"
A short scream from the background was heard, and Shizuka flinched.
"Zombies! Didn't I tell you? They're everywhere! Mai and I keep blasting their heads off, but they just get up again! It's like they got some new powers!"
Ryou grimaced. He remembered the zombies that guarded Yami's mansion clearly. Dead people, brought back from the graves. And it usually helped to blast their heads off.
"There are some strange things flying around as well. It's like a video game! You got to get out of there quickly! I don't wanna know who sent them, but they got here from where you are now!"
Shizuka's voice got frantic. Anzu nodded shortly, but Ryou knew she wasn't going to let Yami do the job. They loathed each other, and she hated him even more than Bakura ever could. "We'll get out. See ya." With that, she flicked the monitor off and turned to Ryou. The boy smiled softly.
"You're not going anywhere, are you." Anzu grinned: "Nope, I won't. You coming?" "Sure."
Crash. Bang. –Shuffle-. And the sound of leathery wings flapping.
". . . uh-oh."
Both teens knew they already were surrounded, but none of them knew from who or what. . .
*~*
Uhh, cliffie! Yay! R&R, please ^__^ This is getting funny!