Masquerade
-I don't own any of the stores, brands, or anything else you may recognize.-
-Reviewer Replies-
-White Spirit Angel-
You seem to like it when the guys slap each other...but then again, so do I.
-Songs make me cry-
Hm...and what kind of clothes and such would Kai's evil brain choose for Rei? (Or, what kind of costume? -)
-Shiroi-Tenshi-Tsubasa-
This is going to be a long reply, so get a drink ...Well, for the songs, I've picked out some that you guys can vote on for the songs that will be sung at the Chaton, practice, contest, ect: (but you guys can give me more suggestions if you want)
"Breaking The Habit" by Linkin Park
"We've Got It Going On" by Backstreet Boys
"I Ran" by Bowling For Soup
"Larger than Life" by Backstreet Boys
"Blue" by Eiffel 65
"Paint It Black" by Earth Crisis
"I Stand Alone" by Godsmack
"Forever May Not Be Long Enough" by Live
"Harder To Breathe" by Maroon 5
I'm sorry about you arm...I hope you get better real soon! And you know what? I was eating French fries when I first read your review! Funky, hun? Anyway, I believe I could incorporate your clothes, but it's going to be tweaked. And you do good describing...some say I do it a little TOO much. And if that shop you wanted them to go in is what I think it is, than I might have a plan for it. And ESOUD, don't use the mallet...use something softer, like a marshmallow machine gun. (Oops. I let that slip...sorry Shiroi!) But...maybe I could include that by letting the guys make mass chaos!
-KuronekoHikage-
Hmm...leather and silk...that gives me some ideas!
-beast protector-
Of course I'm going to finish it, because I'm sure the girls want to see the guys in some leather and silk, am I right? Oh, and does anybody know if any guys write any fan fiction, much less Kai/Rei stories? (I'm just curious.)
-devilburns-
This probably isn't as soon as you wanted it, right? Sorry, being a freshman is eating up my time...
-Kodoku Wolf-
I know that, so that's why she isn't going to play as much of a role in the next few chapters, (I'm sorry Lomelindel!) because I have to put in a little Kai-Rei time, and I have to introduce Storm and his minions.
-Forfirith-on-a-sugar-high-
Yeah, I do have a large imagination, don't I? And you can sense good chapters? Sweet.
-Yume no Anime-
About the girl clothes...well, beside the obvious, what do you think of me putting Rei in five-inch lace up heels? I'm not sure if they should be stilettos, though, or have a thicker heel. What do you think?
Tala and Bryan looked evilly at Rei, who gulped and bolted behind Kai,
who raised an eyebrow as the tiger peeked over his shoulders. Tala lunged,
but Rei dodged his grabs and ran a few feet, jumping on top of a tall
fountain in the middle of the lobby. Tala, Bryan, and Kai gaped at what they
just saw, because the white marble fountain was shaped like a rearing
unicorn, the hoofs, main, tail, and horn covered with silver leaf...and was
20 feet high, the black marble base another 5 ft. "Holy Shit..." said Bryan.
Rei was now leaning backwards, his back against the high held neck of the
unicorn, one of his legs dangling, the other bent at the knee and placed
against the curving tail. "You know, if you say that in India, it actually
means something?" the tiger said, fiddling with the end of his bound hair,
and grinning, peal fangs flashing. Kai saw a bright flash from the corner of
his eye, and someone he didn't exactly want to see. He turned, and tapped
on the shoulders of Tala and Bryan, who were arguing with Rei to come
down, and each other. "Guys..." he tried again "Guys!" But when they
didn't seem to feel him, he growled and banged their heads together.
"GUYS!" "WHAT?!" they shouted, rubbing their aching heads. "Keep it
down!" he hissed. "Storm's here, or at least one of his goonies!" Tala's eyes
had widened, partly because when he turned to Rei, he had, upon hearing
them became curious, jumped down, landing on all fours. Kai, seeing
another flash, this time closer, grabbed a confused Rei by his arm and
dragged him into the nearest store, and since it was a school and workday,
there were only three other customers. Looking around, they spotted a large
display of sweaters, and hid behind it, peeking out when a boy with spiky,
lime green hair and mirrored shades came in, dressed in a long silvery gray
coat over a green short sleeved shirt, it's color so dark it seemed black, and
khaki cargos stepped into the store, the figure gazed around, his eyes hidden
behind his shades. The three boys pulled down Rei, covering his mouth
when he tried to protest. The boy walked closely to the sweater display, but
before he was an arms length away, he seemed to hear something that even
Rei didn't, and walked around and left. "That" "Was" "Close!" Tala, Bryan
and Kai said, sinking down and breathing sighs of relief. Nipping lightly so
that Bryan's hand would get off this mouth, Rei turned around so he was
facing the three band mates. "Was that Storm?" "No, it was one of his
goonies, a guy named Carrion. (car-ri-on) The other one has spiky dark
orange hair. His name's Scorpio." "Right. Okay, I have three questions.
One, who is Storm, Two, why do you seem to be cautious of him, and three,
why is he after you guys?" "To answer your first question, Storm is the
leader of the our rival band, Serpentine." Tala had spit out the last word as
if it were poison. "I'll answer your second. It's because he is a very evil
person. He will do anything in order to get what he wants. You should stay
away from him, as much and as far as you can." Kai said, his face and tone
serious. Bryan sighed, and rubbed his temples. "Third, he hates us because
we're more talented than him. You see, we've gotten more first place prizes
than hi first and second prizes combined." Rei stood up, and dusted himself
off. "So, are we going to continue shopping, or are we going to be sitting
here forever? I'm not. These sweaters are butt-ugly." Kai grinned. "Yeah,
your defiantly right...oh sorry, were we talking about Tala, or the
sweaters?" Rei and Bryan burst out laughing, attracting weird looks from
the employee. "Watch it Hiwatari!" Tala tried to slap Kai, but Kai was also
laughing hard, and fell over on his side. A few seconds later, Kai's phone
rang. "Hello? Hey Shura! What is all the laughing? No, we aren't causing
mischief...Oh, too bad. Alright, I'll tell them... yes...okay, see you
later...bye." Kai clicked off his phone, put it in his back pocket, and turned
to the others. "Hey guys, Shura says she is sorry, but she isn't feeling well,
and has a major migraine, so she can't meet us here or go to the bar later,
but she said go ahead and have a good time." "Then how are we going to
get back to the dorm?" Said Rei. "Shura's going to send our cars down. All
we have to do is call Taji." "Who's he?" "He's the one who takes care of
our cars, like cleaning it, and fixing them if they're broke. Now come on
guys, we need to shop and get our costumes. Halloween is only four days
away!" So the Phoenix, the Falcon, and the Wolf stood up also, and dusted
themselves off, and walked to there favorite store, Varekai, as it was full of
clothing that fit the boy's style. It was full of students, as by this time,
school was let out for the day. "Hey Bryan, you and Rei go pick out a few
things, okay? Kai and I are going to speak with the manager for a minute."
Tala and Kai left Bryan and Rei and walked over the employee desk, and
vaulted over it. When the casher protested, they showed him their student
Id. "Where's Mr. Verane?" "In his office." Continuing down the hall, they
came to a door, with a metal plate engraved with 'Mr. Verane, Manager.'
Knocking, they heard a voice say "Come in." Mr. Verane was a kind man in
his middle thirties, and had a 'frosted' dark brown beard and hair, and was
dressed in a black suit and a pale green tie. He looked up from what he was
writing, and saw the two boys. "Ah, my two best customers. Hello Tala,
Kai. Vere is Bryan?" he asked. He came to Japan when he was eight, from
Romania, from which the store's name, Varekai, came from, and meant
wander/wanderer. It also accented his English, so some of his w's sounded
like v's. "You see Mr. Verane, this is why Tala and I are here. Bryan is with
our new dorm-mate, Rei, who flew in from China three days ago. So, we
have to get him some new clothes and stuff, and we were wondering if you
could help us out and close the store for a bit, so the other kids won't hassle
us." "Of course I vill help you! You have made my sales triple since you've
worn my clothes at your concerts! You can take as long as you need! Just
give me a few minutes." Tala and Kai grinned at each other as the manager
leaned over to the speaker that broadcast the whole store. "Attention
shoppers, this is the manager speaking. Due to some unforeseen
circumstances, Varekai vill have to close early. I am sorry for the sudden
inconvenience, so I vill take off one-forth the price of your total purchase.
Please come again soon. Thank you." he turned to the boys "If you need
anything else, just ask." "Will do. Thanks Mr. V. see you later." They went
back into the now empty store, finding Rei arguing Bryan while sitting on
the edge of the employee desk, a pile of clothes next to Rei. When they got
closer to the pair, Kai heard a bit of their conversation. "...tell him Bryan!"
"Why? I'm sure Kai..." Bryan's mouth was covered with Rei's hand,
blocking his speech before Kai could hear anymore. "So...did you guys
find anything you liked? Well, the manager was kind enough to close the
store so we could shop in peace...so how about you model a few?" Rei
turned pink at Tala's suggestion. "I don't know..." "Aw, come on!" Bryan
said, nudging him with his elbow. "Fine...but only a few!" Rei muttered,
his cheeks flushing into a dark rose color. He grabbed his outfits and went
to the dressing rooms. "Try the blue outfit first!" Bryan hollered after him.
Rei waved a hand to show he understood. A few minutes later, Rei opened
the door, and stepped out, now dressed in a new outfit. "And here is the first
design of the many that will be modeled by the lovely Rei!" Bryan had
taken up to commentating with a rolled up newspaper. "Shut up." "It is
composed of baggy denim jeans and a short sleeved white silk shirt, along
with a black leather jacket with a lovely gold and silver ying-yang on the
back." Bryan continued, acting as if he hadn't heard Rei. "So, what do you
two think?" "I think it looks really good. What do you think Kai?" Tala
asked him, nudging the phoenix. "Ditto." He said, just loud enough for
them to hear. "Okay. Rei, now try on the red shirt with the white pants..."
this went on for an hour, with Rei trying on clothes and Kai and Tala being
judges. They rang up the purchases, including a few items that Tala, Bryan,
and Kai had gotten. When they finally walked out, they each carried two
bags. The Mall's large clock chimed four o'clock, and they were hungry, so
they went to the food court to get something to eat. "So where are we going
guys? I feel like McDonalds." "You always feel like McDonalds, Kai."
"Like you and Bryan don't either, Tala." "I'm with Kai you guys...I'm
really hungry." "Aren't we all, Rei?" So it was settled, and Tala, Bryan, and
Rei picked a square table surrounded by four benches, and stayed with the
bags as Kai went to order. "Tala?" "the usual." "Bryan?" "the usual."
"Rei?" "A large Pepsi, a Big Mac, and a medium fry." "Okay, so I'm
getting four large Pepsi's, one Quarter Pounder for Tala, two double
cheeseburgers for Bryan, two Big Macs for Rei and me, and four medium
fries. Back in a minute." He soon came back with the orders, and everybody
dug in, with the occasional stolen fry or swiped condiment. Tala turned his
head, distracted by something, and someone took the opportunity to chuck a
pickle at him. Unfortunately, Tala turned around and received the pickle
smack between the eyes. Tala's eyes narrowed. "Okay, who threw that?" He
heard a soft snigger to his left, so he grabbed the pickle and chucked it in
that direction, which happened to be Kai, who ducked, the fry hitting
someone behind him instead. Which started a large food fight. When in the
midst of the fries, burger, and condiments they saw Security, they decided
to split and they ran to the escalator, and when they reached to bottom, they
sighed. Rei set his bag down and stretched, his muscles stiff. "Okay guys.
Now what?" "Now we get to find costumes. But what about our bags?"
"Why don't you let your bit beast help you, Kai?" "How?" "Just focus, your
blade in your hand, and think really hard of your bit beast. Though if your
bond gets really strong you only have to call out their name." When he
finished speaking, a bright light shot out of his left front pocket, forming
into a tiger four times the size of a normal one, with it's emerald green
stripes and golden armor shining. It shook green sparkles from it's fur, and
bared it's long ivory fangs and claws in a roar. "Guys, meet Drigger.
Drigger, these are my friends, Tala, Bryan, and Kai, so be nice." Drigger
just lay down, his big tail flicking, but his eyes never left the group. "Why
don't you two go first, Tala, Bryan?" They pulled it off, and a chilling gust
came forth when they both came out together, a mix of Wolborg's ice and
Falborg's gales. The silver wolf, a canine grin on it's face, leaped on Tala
and started to lick his face. "Get...off...Wol...borg!" Tala sputtered.
Luckily, the wolf obeyed and sat down, it's tail wagging, the grin still on his
face. The golden falcon, stretched his wings, and slapped the wolf on his
muzzle. "Okay, Kai, your turn. Just do it like I told you." Kai thought really
hard of Dranzer beside him, and soon, like the others, it worked. The bright
scarlet light formed into a Phoenix, with a wingspan of 8 feet either way.
His three tails lashing, the red bird flew around the room in order to stretch
his wings. He then came down to land beside Kai, golden claws scratching
the tile. "Whoa... nice." "Is that all I get?" "Huh? You can really talk, not
just mentally?" "No shit Sherlock." He 'said', but since he spoke that time
in the Bit beast language, he just nodded. Drigger, Wolborg, and Falborg
could understand, however, and each did an animal laugh. "Hey Drigger,
you, Wolborg, and Falborg should get in your human forms, before your
invisibility goes out." "Good point Rei. Okay bit beasts, let's change!"
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I think this one was a touch boring...I'm sorry if it was. Next, they guys go there separate ways to get there coustumes! Hum...what should they be?