WARNING: This story is rated R-17 for coarse language, sex (not hentai) and alcohol. Please do not read if under-age.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Beyblade or the Bible (why the heck would I want it anyways?), just the story line, ideas and own characters.
The author speaks: Gah! I am soooo sorry for not updating for so long! I have been unable to due to two things: 1) I have been without Internet for almost the whole summer. 2) I have been plagued with a super-galactic writer's block... Yeah... Please, forgive me!
Chapter 6 - Shopping Spree
"Well, here we are. The mall!" Beamed Hilary.
"Hilary, it's just a mall… What are you so happy about?" Said Kai flatly.
She turned around and giggled.
"Why, it's only the best place to be in!"
Kai rolled her eyes while Max smiled.
"We have so much to learn, ne?" She said, nudging her captain.
But suddenly, Hilary grabbed their hands and dragged them along with her towards the escalators. As they went up, shops changed from electronics and sport gear to shoes and clothes. Many stores like GAP, American Outfitters and Smart Set lined up one against another and then there were a few more like Shoe Town in between.
"Well, let's begin by getting you two some new clothes."
She dragged the two towards the stores Kai had just seen, first into GAP. The shop itself was really big and had just about anything: new styles, new coats and new whatever. Kai glanced around, looking for anything that she might actually want to wear without killing herself.
"So? What do you think?"
Kai turned around and her eyes widened; Hilary was holding up a short dress with blue and red flower patterns placed randomly on a white background. The straps were thin strings that went around the neck and the back of the wearer would be bare.
You're kidding right? Exclaimed Kai in her mind, Never put me and dress in the same sentence.
"Um… I, I…" Stammered the two-tone haired girl.
"I mean, wouldn't this look great?" She giggled then blushed, "I wonder if Tyson's going to like this? Not that he's picky or anything…"
Kai sighed in relief; she was talking about herself. To move away from a dreamy-eyed Hilary, she looked for the blonde; she had wandered near the summer shirt section with shirts ranging from lime green to neon pink, highlighter yellow to baby blue…
"You're not actually going to buy one, are you?" Asked Kai, feeling rather worried by the bright colours surrounding her.
"No one of those, but maybe this…" She smiled, holding up a top.
The top was of a dark green with little embroidered lotus flowers of a darker colour string at the bottom. It was sleeveless but had a high neck that was like a kimono's.
"I'm not blinded… Already there's something positive." She smiled sarcastically, "Are you sure you don't want one of those?"
She pointed to a bright canary yellow t-shirt with an illegible message on the front. Max gave a chuckle and shook her head.
"I may be a girl, but I'm not stupid."
"Well said ol' chap…"
The blonde stared at her captain as she walked away with her mouth open.
"What the hell was that?"
"London english." She winked back.
Max was even more confused now; did Kai just wink at her?
"Max!" Exclaimed Hilary, "So did you find anything?" She caught sight of the shirt the blonde was holding, "Oh wow, that's so nice! I think you should get it, it would certainly look good on ya!"
Still confused, she looked at the shirt, then shrugged.
"I'd like to try it on first, I don't really know my… size… anymore." She said with a slight blush, "You know what… I mean, why… right?"
The brunette giggled and took her hand, pulling her towards the change rooms.
"You're absolutely right, but… first we ought to get you some intimate lingerie." She passed by the counter and handed the shirt to the woman there, "We'll be back, but here. Thank you!"
She dashed to the door, but abruptly stopped, making Max bump into her. She looked around and the blond girl quirked an eyebrow.
"What are you looking for?" She asked.
"Who. I'm looking for a who." She turned to her, "Where's Kai? She disappeared."
The other searched for her leader where she had previously been, but caught no sight of her.
"Well, she was with me just a while ago… Maybe she went in another store or something."
"Oh geez, this is no time to separate!" Huffed Hilary, "I know she doesn't like people but ditching us is not nice. I wanted to bring you both to such nice stores!"
"That's ok Hilary, we can always find her later." She said, being considerate of Kai's feelings, "What were you saying about… something?"
"Fine, we'll find her later." She found her smile again, "Lingerie for you Maxie!"
Max gulped and began reconsidering the postponing of Kai's search but already Hilary was dragging her away down the walk towards other stores. She heaved a sigh and had to follow the girl; reluctantly knowing she needed to venture there eventually, might as well do it now. Now she knew why her captain had deserted them…
Meanwhile, Kai was walking up the walk, looking for a decent store to go in to. GAP was ok, but only if you were someone more like Hilary, for her it didn't suit her needs. Suddenly, something caught her eye, something black…
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"Hilary!" Exclaimed Max.
The brunette had been dashing from one store to the next, buying things left and right, leaving Max breathless. Feeling tired, the blonde rested her bags down and let herself down on a bench with her head down low, brushing back her hair as it fell down on her face.
"Come on Max, we just have to go through a few more stores." Beamed Hilary.
"I think we've gone through plenty…" Sighed the other, "And besides, I think I gave my credit card enough of a work out…"
The brunette laughed and sat down beside her friend, putting her own bags beside her.
"You're right." She smiled, "I guess I got carried away, but you must admit, the stuff we got is pretty awesome."
Max raised her head and laughed, flicking her hair back.
"We bought enough stuff to open up our own store!" She crossed one leg over the other, "But… you're right. The stuff is pretty cool…"
After a few minutes of silence, Hilary spoke up.
"Hey Max, let me get a look at you…"
She sighed and got up, getting the chance to also look at herself. She had changed into some clothes she had bought and into comfortable lingerie; she was now wearing the dark green top with lotus flowers she had found at GAP, loose-fitting pants of a light beige, a brown leather belt and a purple hoodie with a zipper to top of it all off, kept around her waist. As for shoes, she kept the ones she had since they still fit her, but got another pair, brown boots, since Hilary had insisted.
"Um… Hilary, shouldn't we look for Kai now?" Said the blonde.
The brunette sprung up and gasped.
"Oh my god! I forgot all about her!" She exclaimed, "Max, we have to find her!"
Quickly, both grabbed their bags and headed towards the elevator, but Hilary suddenly stopped, making Max bump into her again.
"What is it?"
"These bags are heavy and take up room."
"So what can we do about them?"
"Leave them at the Holding Booth."
"The what?"
She turned around with a smile.
"The Holding Booth. For five dollars you can leave all your bags there and they're going to be completely safe."
"Uh… Alright, where is it?"
"Come with me, I'll lead the way!"
So the two girls hurried towards the opposite way from where they were headed and after a few minutes, they reached a large booth-like store lodged between a Jacobs and an Esprit. A young woman with dark orange hair, all dressed in red and burgundy, smiled at them.
"Hello ladies, how may I help you?" She giggled.
"Could you hold on to these bags?" Replied Hilary, "We're kind of in a hurry."
"Of course."
After paying her ten dollars, her and two other women took the bags, put on a tag with a number and brought them in the back.
"Thank you for using our services, we're open everyday day, until the mall closes." Beamed the woman, handing her a card with the number of their stuff.
"Yes, thank you!" Called back Hilary just as she grabbed the card, Max and began running. The two of them dashed towards the mobile stairs, going towards the lower levels.
"How come we're not searching on the floor we were just on?" Asked Max.
"Because I know she wasn't on it. We would have crossed her if she was; remember, we went through practically all the stores there." She grinned.
The blonde flashed back a teasing smile.
"So true…"
Once they arrived on the third floor, they separated to cover more ground, meeting back at the stairs. After half and hour, both came back alone, though Hilary found another store with sales; she didn't buy anything, but she assured Max she would go back there another time. Together, they went down to the second floor, coming up empty-handed again, and then proceeded to the first floor, getting the same result.
"All that's left is the food court." Sighed Max, tired.
"If she's not there, then she left…" Pouted Hilary while trying to catch her breath, "That's so mean…"
As they went down, many different smells came to their noses; fried chicken, fresh pizza and bread, just baked cinnamon buns and a lot more they could not identify. There were lots of people; even though it was already three o'clock, all the tables as far as the eye could see were taken.
"Oh boy… This will take a while." Sighed Hilary, exasperated.
"Not really, because knowing Kai, she'll be sitting somewhere less crowded, preferably quieter than here."
"Have any ideas where?"
"Maybe…"
The blonde took her friend's hand and swerved around the bustling people, hands full with trays and drinks, eager to get back to their tables to eat. Once they were out of all that commotion, they caught sight of a plaza with a big fountain in the middle, and benches all around. That's when they saw her.
Kai was sitting back with her leg crossed over the other, calmly sipping through the straw of a drink, gazing out absently and not noticing the two girls.
"Hey Kai, where the heck have you been all this time?" Said Max.
Startled, the two-tone haired girl dropped her foot, sat up straight and down looked up at them.
"Max!" She exclaimed, "Holy crap, you scared me."
"Who did you expect? Tala?" Taunted the other.
"No but… Anyways, what do you mean where have you been? I should be asking that!"
"Why?"
"I went off on my own, I admit it, but when I came looking for you again, you two disappeared." Grumbled Kai, but a smile replaced her frown, "Then again, it's not like I looked very hard…"
"Kai! What is all this?" Gasped Hilary.
The oldest turned around and quirked her eyebrow as the brunette went through her bags.
"Clothes." She replied flatly.
"I know, but…" She held up a pair of baggy jeans, "Everything is black! There's no colour!"
"Yeah there is, there are some things that are navy blue and some other things have a little red on them, and dark purple and dark grey…"
"Kai!"
"Well, I'm sorry if I'm not a colourful person…" She sighed at Hilary's frown, "I'm just not into bright and cheerful things like neon pink and yellow…"
Max chuckled and sat down, resting her head back and closing her eyes, listening to the water behind her.
"Kai, look at yourself, everything is… black!"
The blonde sat back up and examined her older friend; she wasn't wearing all black. Her tank top was black and had a deep, u-shaped opening on the front and she wore dark purple arm huggers that reached to almost the top of her upper arm. Her pants were grey and were held up with a large black belt, but were still worn low. Her shoes were black with silver buckles going across the shoe, clipping it close.
"So what?" She replied, annoyed.
"Hey Hilary." Cut off Max just as she was about to answer, "Let's just leave it at that shall we?"
The brunette gave one last glance at the bags and reluctantly nodded.
"Alright then…"
Max smiled at her.
"How about we get our bags and head home now?"
"Fine." She stretched and started walking towards the mobile stairs, "Follow me."
Kai grabbed her bags; Max had offered her help but she refused, and the trio headed back to the Holding Booth, Hilary leading the way.
"So Kai..." Began Max, "Where have you been?"
"Goth shops, guy shops... places in general." She replied.
"And?" The other chuckled, "Anywhere else?"
"Yes Max... I got those too..." Sighed irritably her friend, "Don't worry..."
"Even...?"
"Yes." She cut off.
"What about...?"
"Stop it!" She snapped, "I got everything. The end."
The blonde took pleasure in teasing her; Kai on the other hand rolled her eyes at her. A short silence settled between the two and they walked quietly behind the brunette. After a while, Max spoke again.
"Hey Kai?"
"What..." Kai answered flatly.
"Do you have an e-mail or something?"
"No…"
"Would you please get one?"
"Why?"
"Well, I want to keep in contact with you." The blonde shrugged, "You know. Being in the same situation as I am and everything..."
The two-tone haired girl didn't say anything.
"Or if you don't want to..."
"On what hosting site would you prefer I get one?"
The younger girl looked up at her captain in surprise.
"You'll get one?"
"Sure, why not?" She smiled at her, "I wouldn't mind talking with another girl. Remember, I'm going to live with the Blitzkrieg Boys."
Max laughed and nodded.
"Hai, I get what you mean."
"E-mails?" Suddenly said Hilary.
She slowed her pace until she walked between the two girls, a big smile on her face.
"Erm... Yeah." Said Max, "Want mine?"
"Duh, I'd love to!" She beamed, "We just have to keep in touch!" She turned to Kai, "Do you also have one?"
"Not... at the moment..." She said while quirking her eyebrow at the younger girl's excitement.
"Well, you really ought to get one, so then we can all stay in touch together!"
"Um... Sure."
Max laughed softly, then noticed the familiar shops.
"Hey Hil, here's that place."
Hilary walked over to the counter and handed their number to another woman. She had short blondish-brown hair, a white shirt with the company's logo and jeans.
"Just a moment please."
She disappeared in the back and returned a few minutes later with another colleague carrying all the bags accounted for.
"Here you go Maxie." Said Hilary, handing Max her bags.
"Thanks!"
"Can we go now?" Asked Kai, "I think we've been here long enough."
"Yes, it's getting late. The guys are probably wondering where the heck we are." Agreed the blonde.
"Not Tyson, he knows I can stay here for much longer." She giggled, "I must admit, I could live here, in the mall..."
"Too bad it has closing hours..." Smirked Kai.
Hilary smiled at her, nodding in agreement.
"Unluckily..."
Before exiting the mall, the three girls covered up and got their coats on, then walked out. A mild winter wind greeted them, making their hair flap behind them, as well as their bags.
"Hey guys, would you mind if we got a cab?" Said sheepishly the brunette, "It's just that... we have a lot of bags and the dojo is some way off..."
"Alright." Replied Max.
"I don't really care..." Shrugged the other.
"Ok, so we'll get one." She looked around, "Oh! There's one!"
She waved her hand towards a white van, which did a u-turn and stopped right before the girls. A young driver with bright blue hair and various piercing on his ears, on his left eyebrow and right nostril, came out, opened the trunk and packed up the bags. Meanwhile, the girls got on, Max sighing, glad to finally sit down.
"To pay the guy, we can split the total up." Explained Hilary, "Is that ok with you?"
"Yeah, it's fine."
Kai shook her head and took out her wallet.
"I don't have anything in paper and I don't think it's going to be very expensive, so how about I just pay for the whole price?" She proposed, then added with a grin, "Besides, I think you two have spent enough already..."
"Really?" Gasped Hilary.
"Yeah, I don't mind."
"Thank you!" She beamed.
The driver got in and started the van; Hilary gave him the directions and they were finally off. On the road, Max leaned towards Kai and smiled.
"What's with the kindness all of a sudden?"
"I don't know, I guess it was a spontaneous act..."
"Fine, miss spontaneous." She smiled, "Thanks a bunch..."
"No problem." She smiled back.
Author's note: HURRAH! I have finally updated! -cries- I apologize again for all those that had to wait so long... This chapter is quite long, and I'm proud of it, but I may have to re-write it, like the rest of my story... You see, I have begun reading a lot of books which contain beatiful description and great writing and I've decided to become a better writer. Looking over my old chapters nearly makes me tear my hair out, so I will be reviewing and re-writing my story. Not to worry, the basic storyline will remain, but I will enhance it for the better!
Anyways, the chapter... When Hilary says: "Everything is black! There's no colour!" I credit the idea to my friend Sara. She's the one who first suggested it as a joke… --> Hilary (in tears): Where's the colour?