Okay, I'm utterly at a loss here. But oh well. I'm so proud of myself, I watched two whole episodes of Beyblade this morning! Well, sort of. I woke up late and missed half of the first one. Oh well! The blue chocolate is a joint brain-child of Nicole and mine. Cos, well, you'll see. Arigato to my reviewers!! (#)(#)(#)(#)

The four Beybladers sat around a small round table, sharing a pizza. Well, Kai wasn't eating any, but that's beside the point.

The point is... Well... Give me a moment, I'll come up with a point.

"Hi Rei! Hi Kai!"

Catty, Korimi and Rei groaned, Kai remained silent, but glared at the brunette who approached them.

"Hilary." Catty said slightly coldly.

"I want you all to meet my cousin, Tea!" Hilary said, oblivious to the gold glares. Tea seemed the same.

"Hi guys! I hope we can become really good friends. Hilary told me all about what good friends you are. That's so awesome! Friends need each other all the time. We're lucky to be friends!" Tea babbled. Catty and Korimi exchanged looks.

"Is it me or did she use 'friends' in almost every single sentence she just said?" Catty asked Korimi in a whisper. Korimi nodded.

"Hello Tea." Catty said out loud, resignedly.

Tea quite suddenly froze. Then she dropped to the ground, revealing Liz standing behind her.

"Are you guys alright?" She asked, light worry in her voice. "How long was she talking to you?"

The five gathered stared at her.

"Were fine, only a moment, and what are you doing HERE?" Rei said. Liz grinned sheepishly.

"I saw her pass by as I left Victoria's Secret on my way to Spencers." At the confused looks she got, she explained. "I work anywhere that's short an employee, for however long they need me." She said.

"And... why did you feel the need to knock that girl out?" Korimi asked. "I mean, she was annoying, but..."

"Oh, trust me. Too much exposure to her results in disaster." Liz pulled out a folder and held up some pictures. "This is Yugi. He was a childhood friend of hers. You can see that it stunted his growth." Liz showed them another picture. "Exhibit B: Her favorite card, the Magician of Faith. A sissy card, indeed. Exhibit C," She held up a final picture. "This is a picture of her and her friends. You can see how they seem happy? Extended periods of exposure can cause brainwashing. The semi-transparent guys, and the Egyptian one have minimal exposure, that's why they don't look happy."

"That's still mean! You shouldn't do that to frien—"She was stopped short as Liz hit her in the temple with a coke bottle.

"Overexposure..." Liz sighed. "Can turn even the sanest person into a friendship ranter. Well, I'll be off!" Liz turned and skipped away. The four bladers exchanged confused looks. Well, except for Kai who wouldn't admit confusion if he was posed the question of 'Whether at public elections, should the votes of faction predominate by internal suggestions or the bias of jurisprudence?'.

No, indeed. Kai would sit there and say something to the effect of... well, I won't go into it. It's a complex subject. But back to the point.

"Let's... Go somewhere else?" Catty suggested. Her companions nodded, and they proceeded to clean up their table and leave.

"Well, where shall we go?" Catty asked.

"I don't know." Korimi said. For a while they just walked up and down the mall. Then they came to Spencers.

"Ooh! Lights!" Catty explained, making a beeline for the back of the store where the light illusions and black lights were. Korimi followed as quickly, While Kai and Rei followed more slowly. With each step their eyes widened more, trying and failing not to notice the other... stuff in the store.

"Catty, Korimi... Let's... not be here." Rei said.

"Oh come off it. Look at the pretty lights!"

"Hey, girl, that's MY line." The heard a voice behind them say. They turned to see Liz glaring playfully at them.

"You again?!" Korimi exclaimed.

"I told you I had been on my way to Spencers before I saved you." Liz said, crossing her arms. She glanced at Kai, who was glancing at the jars of flavored body paint, fuzzy handcuffs, and perverted gag gifts nervously.

"Oh come on, Triangles. No ones going to jump you. Although..." She looked him up and down suggestively. Catty began growling and Rei and Korimi sweatdropped.

"Ooh boy. Um, Liz, you don't wa—"Korimi's statement was cut off by Liz's yelp of pain. Catty smirked as Liz looked down at the burn hole in her jeans, and the light burn on her skin under it.

"What the...?" She looked up as Catty let a small fireball dance discreetly in her hand. Liz's eyes widened.

"Dude... wicked. How'd you do that?" She asked, curiosity naturally overpowering fear.

"MY Kai!" Catty hissed in response, throwing her arms around his neck, to his vague surprise.

"Heh. Alright then." She winked at the bluenette, earning another scowl from Catty. She picked up a small jar of dark blue, chocolate flavored body paint.

"On me, Triangles." She said, tossing it at him. He caught it deftly, then raised an eyebrow as Liz walked over towards the cash register and rung it up, slipping some cash into the drawer. "Mind you, Triangles, it's not just for your face." Liz winked as Kai and Catty both flushed slightly.

Just then, Liz was approached by the store manager.

"Eric's here, you can leave now." He said. Liz nodded, taking off the Spencers nametag.

"Mind if I hang with you till I'm paged for my next job?" She asked. Seeing as Catty and Kai were still slightly shocked, and Rei was nearly doubled over in silent laughter, Korimi answered the affirmative.

"But hit on Rei OR Kai, I'll let Catty reduce you to cinders."

"Oh don't worry. I won't." Liz said mischievously. "Want to go visit Chris? He's one of my friends who works in Kohl's. He's still in the middle of his shift probably."

"Alright then..." Korimi said warily. Liz grinned as they left Spencers.

Five minutes later they were at Kohl's, and Liz was calling for the attention of a young man leaning casually on the counter, flipping through a magazine.

"Hey Chris!" She said, walking up to him. "Business slow?"

"Well, there was this one cute guy in here a while ago... Well speak of the devil!" He said, eying Kai. Kai's eyes widened and he began slowly backing away.

"Oh, so you've met?" Liz said, grinning.

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Oh, I'm evil. Yes, evil. Ahh... He he he he... Catty and Korimi have to deal with Liz on a slightly more permanent basis! MAUHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAA!!!!!!! Ahem. Yes. Well...