Zoltar: Thank you to all my loyal reviewers! Ah, I love you all!

Reviewers: (scream and run away)

Zoltar: well, there goes my happiness...

Ynn: (laughs)

Zoltar: (sobs)

Darren: (looks at them akwardly) Ok, I'm sure you all know Zoltar doesn't own Beyeblade. And I'm also sure you all get the point that she never will too.

Zoltar: (sobs harder)

Ynn: (laughs more)

AHHH! It's the Short Key again! Run!

"..." Speaking in French (if it pops up)

"-...-" Speaking in German (of it pops up)

"..." Speaking in Russian (which I highly doubt will pop up)

"..." Speaking in General

'...' Thoughts

"..." Speaking to Bitbeast

Maybe...

Chapter 18

Bryan dragged Marisa over to her motorcycle. He pushed her over to it and got on. "Get on, and drive." he ordered. Marisa didn't care anymore so she did as he comanded. They had grabbed Marisa's coat on the way out, so she put it on and started it up.

"Where to?" Marisa asked.

"Just follow my directions wench." Bryan snapped.

'Geez, anger management.'

As they sped away, they looked like they had bought matching outfits...the fur and all...

It was kinda creepy, but kinda cute.

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"I'm debating on whether or not I should hide these for when they get back..." Michelle said, holding up the swords Marisa and Bryan had been using.

Tala just shrugged and pointed outside. "I don't think they'll be back for a while." You could see the image of Marisa and Bryan driving away into the sunset...er...street.

Michelle sighed. "I told you it was a bad idea." she said.

"Eh? Who told who?" Tala asked.

"Yeah that's right, I'm floating down denile..." Michelle admitted.

Tala smiled. "Well, at least you're honest." he sighed. "Let's go see what the others are up to."

Michelle nodded. "I'm kinda still wondering though..."

"Just leave the swords there, Bryan won't kill you if I tell him not to." he thought for a moment. "I have no real way of stopping the other one though."

"That's not what I was wondering about." Michelle said.

"Oh, then what?" Tala asked.

"Did Bryan lead Marisa out of the room so they could go on thier date?" she asked innocently.

Tala sweatdropped. "Sometimes she's so clueless..." Wolborg quickly agreed.

As they went to see what thier other victims-er friends were up to, thy quickly discovered the house was empty.

"Where'd everybody go?" They both asked.

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"Tracy?" Spencer called. 'Where did she go?' he asked himself. The two of them had left the Demo. Boys Mansion thing and were at a cafe, acting cool, then scaring any people who decided to walk by, when suddenly she disappeared.

"Tracy?"

"Love slave!" Tracy said from her spot on a bridge in the park. The bridge cascaded over a small river that ran through the park, it was lovely. Or so Michelle would think anyhow. She waved him over, and he strode over there as only Spencer could, because Spencer's cool, and stood next to her.

The two of them watched the river with much interest. The water ran slowly, so I guess you couldn't really call it running water, maybe jogging water...but I digress.

They were basking in each other's glory. Even though thier thoughts were far from...clean...

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Mandy had dragged Ian to the mall. Her plot, buy Ian new clothes. His plot, buy Ian new fireworks. And maybe buy Mandy something. He doesn't know what yet.

"Aw Ian! You look adorable!" Mandy said as Ian walked out of the fitting room wearing...pink overalls? And a yellow shirt underneath it.

"I'm not supposed to look 'adorable'." Ian growled. "I am a ruthles blader! I am supposed to look tough! I worked for BioVolt for most of my life! People are supposed to fear me! Fear me!"

"They will fear you if you don't drop that attitude!" Mandy snapped. "I mean, come on, It's so cute!"

"Maybe I don't wanna look cute." Ian mumbled. Of course Mandy heard him...acute hearing and all.

"Well that's all you needed to say." Mandy said happily. "I've bought so many articles of clothing for Marisa, because she doesn't like to go shopping, that I know exactly what tough people wear!"

Ian perked up. "Oh, so you know where to buy intimidating clothes?"

"Damn straight."

Ian gave her a strange look at that little comment. "Mandy curses. It's the Apocolypse!"

Mandy pouted. "I can be just as tough, mean, bitter and calloused as the toughest, meanest and most bitterly calloused person on your team and mine!" she said.

"Right..." Ian said, walking back into the fitting room to change back into his 'normal' clothes. There's that EVIL word again!

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As they got off the motorcycle in the middle of a small park on the outskirts of Moscow, Marisa had the stupidity to ak Bryan why he lied about asking her out.

"It was an akward situation, and I had to think of something on short notice." He replied.

"Oh, right." Marisa said. "So you said, 'She was so overjoyed that I asked her out, that she was about to give it up before the first date!' That's really helping my image."

Bryan glared at her. "That's not what I said."

"Right it wasn't. Then what is?" Marisa snapped. "You are such a hypocrite." her bitbeast Flareon told her. Marisa inwardly glared at him. "Shut up you bastard." she snapped.

"My father was a saint!" Flareon said, faking tears.

"I said that you had fallen off the ladder from shock when I asked you out. And I was about to say you refused when you came back in." Bryan explained.

"Who ever said I'd refuse?" Marisa said.

Bryan gave her a look that says 'Oh really!' "So you wouldn't refuse?"

"I never said that." Marisa said quickly

"But you implied it." Bryan said.

Marisa sighed. "So what if I did?"

They looked at each other and glared. It was one big Glare-A-Thon. Until, "So would you?" Bryan asked.

"That depends." Maria stated.

"On what."

"On whether or not you want to be a man and ask me." She smirked.

He 'hn'ed. "You want to go out with me wench?"

"Sure I've got nothing better to do!" Marisa said happily.

"Wrong answer!" Flareon said.

"Shove it Flareon."

"We've got a good six hours before we need to be back." Bryan said. "So wench, you want to go to the mall?"

"Like I said, I've got nothing better to do." She said walking over to the motorcycle, which looked a bit lonely. "C'mon. I don't want to be alone with you unless we're in an enclosed space." she said winking.

Bryan smirked. "Remember to follow my directions."

"Alright, but no detours."

And off they went.

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Mandy smiled as Ian stepped out of the fitting room of a different store.

"Do I look tough?" he asked.

Mandy stiffled her giggles at the sight. Imagine, Ian decked out in Hip-Hop gangsta clothes. Bling and all. "Yeah, he, r-real tough..." she finally couldn't control it, and burst into a fit of giggles. "Rap s-something Ian!" she said.

Ian glared at her through the folds of the giant jacket he was wearing. "Cross rapper of the list of clothing styles." he said. Mandy did so.

"Next up, punk."

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"This is a really big mall." Marisa said as they walked through the first set of doors to get inside. "But I have one question, how do you know about this place? You don't look like a really social person."

Bryan 'hn'ed again. "Ian, being completely internet inept, asked me to research all the major firework dispensers in Moscow." he stated.

"I take it he likes to blow things up." Marisa commented.

"You have no idea. Though for a seventeen year old mushroom, he's pretty tough." Bryan said, smirking.

"I'm a mushroom now am I?" said a person behind them..

Bryan turned to meet the person, give them a fierce glare, that had earlier been practiced, and tell them to fuck off, which he did of course, but it turned out to be Ian and Mandy.

"Marisa, what are you doing here?" Mandy asked. Marisa smirked.

"I'm on a date."

Mandy's jaw hung. Marisa being on a date is like...like Michell not loving Tala, impossible!

"Would you please stop gawking, you're catching flies." Marisa said. Mandy closed her mouth, but continued to stare. Then she noticed that Bryan had, at some point, taken Marisa's hand in his own. Unlike him.

"Wow!" Mandy said. "My cousin, on a date of all things!"

Ian and Bryan blinked. "You're cousins?"

"On my mother's side." Marisa stated as if it was obvious.

"What are you doing here?" Bryan finally asked in his cold stioc Bryanous way.

"Christmas shopping!" Mandy said. It was kinda obvious because Ian was carrying a lot of bags.

"So what'd ya get me?" Marisa asked, nudging Mandy in the arm.

"Nothing." She stated.

"Ok..." Marisa said. Bryan looked at her and motioned that they should go.

Mandy noticed this and shooed them away. "Go on now! I don't want to ruin your first date Marisa-chan!"

"That's Marisa-dono to you!" Marisa said as Bryan pulled her away.

"Well there goes a very cute couple!" Mandy sighed romantically. "How come you never take me on dates I-kun?" she asked.

Ian gave her a serious look and said, "As if I'd ever be caught in public with you."

Mandy pouted. "But you are in public with me!"

Ian sighed. "How in the world did I fall for you?"

Mandy smiled. "It's my charm." she said sadistically. "Now come on! I still haven't found anything for Tala or Michi, and we still have to try you out in Goth clothes!"

Ian groaned as she dragged him away.

Zoltar: (wipes a tear) I do som much for you people, and this is what I get! (is surrounded by flames)

Saya: You put those there.

Zoltar: (pouts) You ruin everything, y'know that?

Saya: (smirks) I do now.

Darren: Review because you think I'm awesome.