Sakuya: YAY! Hockey hockey hockeeeeyy!
Ryou: u.U She's obsessed with the NHL at the moment…just ignore her.
Sakuya: CANUCKS! HOCKEY! CANUCKS HOCKEY! XD
Ryou: Yes she's a Vancouver Canucks fan…..T.T (whispers) she's been making me listen to her go crazy! IT'S BEEN LIKE HELL!
Sakuya: YES! (Drools) XP
Ryou: HELP ME! (Pleading look) HELP! I've been listening to her go on like this for 15 HOURS! Oh yes and don't be offended that she likes the Canucks…she likes them because that's where she lives T.T
Sakuya: (Yells in Ryou's ears) CANUCKS! XD
Ryou: (Is almost deaf) T.T shouldn't you do your reviews?
Sakuya: Oh yeah! Okay:D
Kratos Aurion Fan: YAY! In the favorites it goes:D and yes I'm feeling better thanks! And thanks for reviewing:D
Nekoluver: LOL XD yes poor Ryou. Well stories HAVE to end somewhere right? Lol besides, I'm running out of ideas. :P lol you don't know how to dance? O.o we have a unit for that in PE:P Anyways thanks for reviewing!
Princess Agura: yes Hockey DOES rock! Look at above!
Ryou: Not this again! Noooo!
Sakuya: (Smiles) Thanks for reviewing!
PrettyPinkSugar: o.O Chris? SOUNDS cute :P LOL XD heheh yeah…I wish I could dance with the person I like……(Starts daydreaming)
Ryou: She says to thank you for reviewing u.U
i-love-vash: hehe yes I hoped it was kawaii:D thanks for reviewing!
Anti Cel: Yay we're bacon pals! XD O.o I still don't get what the ICDL is. And o.O mutant wiener dogs after me! RUN! Yes of course you can have a cookie! YOU REVIEWED! Of course you can have one, just don't send the mutant wiener dogs after me! (Hands you cookie)
BubbLy01: YES YOU! You got glomped by RYOU:O yes you should feel special :P Oh yes...sadly I realized that I didn't have a lot of Ryou/Ichigo fluff in the other chapter. Sorry! T.T yes thanks for reviewing anyways:D
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Glammer Girl: hah yeah…I'm not really good at writing about people like him. O.o I'm actually better at writing Kish….even though I like Ryou better o.O Anyways thanks for reviewing!
Dream-cloudstar: o.O sighs…you and your stupid evil ways…OR 3vil as you like to say it. T.T don't whap Taruto! But then again…I don't like him either. (Whap!) TT No more NHL games for me! WAH! O.o that's something to be scared of…beware of you when you're high on…actually ALMOST anything! XP NO! Too bad! I own this fanfic, so you CAN'T give him a free week away from ME! Muhhaahh! Don't pretend to be the nice guy Kumi! You know you're not!
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Artangel: hahah no I just like making you guys wonder if I'll make them kiss XP Hm…now that you mention it, I've been thinking of having them go to Venice, Italy. It's the city of LOVE! XP But I'm still thinking about it. What do you think? Anyways thanks for reviewing! And UPDATE your story too! I want to read it:D
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Ashen Phoenix: Yay you finally approve of my story! (Feels proud) Anyhoo, I'm sorry. I'm trying my best not to make Ryou OCC but it's hard. T.T Hope you think it's not too OCC in this chapter!
Sakuya: o.O so many reviews! 25 I think… YAY THAT'S A RECORD! XD
Ryou: u.U" that's only because you haven't updated for awhile…T.T
Sakuya: Hm…that's true…oh well :P Time to start the story!
Chapter 10 – Dance Preparations
The next day, all of them woke up extra early and took the bus that Ryou had rented to go to the nearest town. When getting on the bus, Mint made sure to sit next to Ichigo and sit where they could talk without anyone listening in. She was still really determined to get a decent answer out of Ichigo. The blue haired teen started off with a simple conversation but after awhile she couldn't stand it any longer.
"So…you still haven't told me what happened last night." Mint tried to slip in casually.
Ichigo had been wondering why Mint had tried to make a decent conversation and now she knew why. "And I already told you that nothing happened!" she replied.
"If nothing had happened, why were you guys blushing when I came in?"
Ichigo had not realized that they had both been blushing. "We….we didn't blush. What are you talking about?" Ichigo denied.
Mint knew what she saw was right, even though it had been dark outside which therefore made it harder to see the room. "I saw both of your faces when I walked in to the room and it was bright red!"
"Well maybe our faces were red because we had been dancing for so long." Ichigo replied. At the moment, they were sitting at the back of the bus while the rest of their friends were at the front watching Purin attempt to do tricks on a moving bus.
Mint as usual found a way to respond to everything. "You wouldn't have been blushing THAT much. Your faces looked like tomatoes." As odd as this sounded, Ichigo had to admit that their faces were probably really red or well, she knew hers had been anyway. Yesterday night she could feel her face turning REALLY REALLY red and getting really warm.
"Maybe we had just done a lot of dancing and started to get really warm because we were……never mind." Ichigo had wanted to say 'because we were so close together.' But it probably wouldn't sound right to Mint.
"Yes…please continue." Mint knew Ichigo had almost admitted to having a 'moment' with Ryou.
Ichigo didn't know what to say and so instead pointed and yelled, "LOOK! WE'RE THERE!" And indeed, they had arrived at the town. They could see many stores lined up along the street and the girls couldn't wait to get out of the bus and start looking for their outfits.
Mint sighed and gave up yet again for the second time in 2 days. "Okay Ichigo, but you KNOW I will keep pestering you." As soon as she finished saying that, she stood up and walked over to Zakuro to talk to her about all the different outfits they could buy.
Ichigo breathed out in relief. She was going to be safe….for now.
A few hours later…
The girls of the group had wanted to go in all the clothing stores and buy outfits in different stores but Ryou insisted that they find a store where they could all find something they like. Finally after what seemed like forever to the guys, the girls decided on a store. But thankfully for the guys, it was also a store which had their kind of clothes too. The guys found their tuxedos quickly and was done in under an hour, but the girls on the other hand….well let's just say that the guys would have to wait for awhile.
"How do I look na no da?" Pudding asked in a yellow dress.
Rettasu who was in a beautiful green dress answered, "You look really cute Pudding."
Zakuro who had also come out of the dressing rooms admired herself in the mirror and then looked at Rettasu. "Wow you look pretty yourself Rettasu."
Mint who overheard this and wanted a compliment from her idol went over to Zakuro and asked her how she looked like.
"You look pretty too." Zakuro replied and Mint beamed at the compliment from her idol.
Lastly, Ichigo came out wearing a pink dress. She looked in the mirror that Zakuro had been looking and stared at her reflection. "What do you guys think?"
Mint thought and said, "It looks too bright. Or are you trying to get a special guy's attention?"
Ichigo blushed and then snapped at Mint's comment, "Why would I want to get someone's attention?"
Kish heard them talking and transported to Ichigo's side. "Don't worry Ichigo. You've got all MY attention." He tried to kiss her but Ichigo was fast and pushed him aside.
"Ugh get away from me! And I'm NOT trying to get anyone's attention!"
After this chaos, the girls went to try on a few more outfits. After awhile, Zakuro decided on her outfit and went with Keiichiro to buy the supplies they would need for their party/dance. Soon everybody had chosen their outfits except for Ichigo. She was having a hard time finding one that she liked a lot.
Mint looked at the clock hanging on the wall of the shop. They had been there for hours. "Isn't she done yet? Why is she taking so long?" she complained.
Kish was feeling flirty and transported to Mint's side. "Well if you want to kill some time waiting for Ichigo, I would gladly help you." he said and tried to kiss Mint, but Mint had watched Kish trying this with Ichigo tons of times and so she knew to push him away right at the last second. But the little green haired alien was bored and tried to kiss her again. This went on for quite some time.
While this was happening, Pudding started bugging Taruto. "Let me see how you look with your tuxedo Tar-Tar. I'll bet you look cute!"
'Tar-Tar' as Pudding referred to was embarrassed by Pudding because he had been called cute. "I don't look cute and I am NOT going to change just to let you see me in it! You can see me in my tuxedo tomorrow!" he pouted.
Pudding made a pouting face and whined. "But Tar-Tar….I can't wait until tomorrow! I want to see it now!"
"No Pudding you can wait until tomorrow and see how I look at the dance!"
Pudding frowned but smiled when she thought of something. "You can dance Tar-Tar? You have to teach ME! I don't know how to dance! Yay! Tar-Tar's going to teach me how to dance!" she sang in a sing-song tune.
As you can imagine, this went on for quite some time. And while these two pairs were doing that, one other couple was also 'fighting'. But instead it was a different kind.
Rettasu and Pai were arguing….oh no wait. They were too shy to argue. They pretty much wanted to see each other wearing their tux and dress, but were too shy to actually ask. Finally Pai started talking about something and Rettasu just listened, but it was fine that way.
Ryou was left being the only one without anyone to talk to, so he decided to go look for Ichigo and see how she was doing with her dress.
As he walked in to the hall of girl's dressing rooms, he saw Ichigo looking at her dress in the mirror. The blonde teen decided to stay in his place for awhile where he could see Ichigo but not be seen by her. She looks so pretty in that dress….he thought to himself. If only yesterday I had succeeded then I might be holding her right now in my arms instead of watching her here. As he stood there thinking that, he thought of last night and how close he had been to kissing the only girl that he had loved for so long.
"What are you doing here?" Ichigo asked him. Ryou had been daydreaming about the night before and now Ichigo had noticed him standing just outside the hall. The older teen was caught off guard.
"What…what am I doing here? What are you doing out here?" Ryou questioned back.
"I'm just trying out this dress. I like it a lot but I don't really think it looks nice on me."
To Ryou, the dress fit her perfectly. She looked absolutely astounding in the dress but he couldn't tell her that. "I think it looks okay on you." he replied lamely.
"See! You don't think it looks good on me either!" Ichigo sighed and said, "I guess I'll go look for another one." She started walking away to look for another dress when Ryou grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
Ryou looked in to Ichigo's eyes and said something that truly came from his heart. "You look beautiful in that dress….so please keep it and wear it to the dance."
Ichigo was speechless and did not know what to say. Ryou could tell the younger girl didn't trust him and tried to reassure her. "The dress fits you perfectly and I would love to have a dance with you in this dress tomorrow night." Ryou blushed as he realized what he had just said. "I mean that is…if you want to." He added.
The red haired girl blushed at hearing this but finally stopped being wordless. "I would love to…" she replied but instead of changing back into her regular clothes, she moved in closer to the older teen. The older male teen did what his instincts told him and shuffled closer too. But instead of having another episode of the day before, he decided to give Ichigo a peck on her cheek. Then he calmly told her that he would be waiting for her outside with the others while she changed out of the dress. With that, he left the hall and back in to the waiting room where the 3 couples were STILL at it.
Ichigo was a bit confused as she changed out of the spectacular dress. What was that all about? She wondered. But she didn't ponder on it much longer because she was soon thinking about the next day where they would have a dance together and how cute Ryou would look in his tuxedo….
End of Chapter.
Sakuya: X.x I'M FINALLY DONE! That took SO LONG!
Ryou: That's because you've been procrastinating!
Sakuya: HEY IT'S NOT MY FAULT! I swear school is trying to KILL ME! The ENTIRE day I've been studying…which is NOT like me o.O
Ryou: Yesyes I know….I had to HELP you which was painful!
Sakuya: Muhahah :P anyways, I'm PRETTY sure that the next chapter will be the last chapter so it probably will be very long. But that also means you'll have to wait for awhile because like I said, I am struggling with all the work I have to do for school.
Ryou: u.U you're going to make me do some soon aren't you?
Sakuya: Yup:D enough of that, please read and review!
(((Note))): Again, it WILL take awhile for me to update so please be patient. And HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO EVERYBODY THAT CELEBRATES IT :D