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Anime High
One week precisely after the Homecoming game, dance and Usagi's
kidnapping...
A Monday Morning...
Excited blue eyes read and reread the bright orange flyer in her
hands. The blonde haired girl was way to happy for a normal Monday
morning. She stood excitedly searching the back of the room for the
only other person who could rival her excitement to this event.
"Usagi!" Minako screeched.
Usagi looked up from the travel sized chess game she was loosing
against Quatre. "What Minako?" She asked looking for an excuse
to not loose miserably for the sixth time in a row.
Minako literally flew to the back of the room waving the flyer.
"Juuban Daze is this weekend!" She squealed.
Usagi's eyes widened and she flew out of her seat to meet Minako,
squealing the whole way: "Booya!"
Quatre looked curious. "Juuban Daze?"
Rei moaned and slammed her forehead against the desk. "Please,
Ares no! Last year I threw up all over some five year old after
that stupid Gravatron!" She moaned trying to erase the terrible
memory.
Van looked horrified at Rei. "What is this thing?"
Makoto grinned. "But it's crawling with cute guys." She reminded
her friend of the better qualities.
Shampoo calked her head. "Juuban Daze? Shampoo no know."
"And I did buy those little blue tear drop earrings last year, not
to mention a lot of historical documents of Japan and an astronomy
dictionary." Ami smiled.
Akane looked interesting. "Shopping?"
"The Zipper! The Zipper!" Minako and Usagi chanted jumping up
and down excitedly.
Gohan looked confused. "Zipper? Shopping? Guys? Throwing up?
What are you all talking about?" He asked.
Minako and Usagi gave him a look of disbelief. "The annual, and
much anticipated, Juuban District Autumn Carnival and Festival
Weekend! A.K.A. Juuban Daze!" They chimed together before
resuming squealing.
"A carnival? Awesome!" Jim cried.
Setsuna looked up from her desk. "Oh yes, Ken High will have a
float in the Parade. All the star athletes will participate."
She explained before going back to the papers at her desk.
"This is going to be great!" Minako cried excitedly.
"Better than last year!" Usagi nodded.
"Makoto and I have to get more than eleven flips in a row on the
Zipper." Minako gushed.
"And ride the Kamikaze until we can't walk straight!"
"Ooh! Don't forget the Maui Smoothie booth! With the little
umbrellas in the drinks."
"And the corndogs! Nothing beats a carnival corndog."
"Don't forget cotton candy."
"And snow cones."
Rei rolled her eyes. "And you all wonder why I threw up!"
Usagi looked thoughtful for a moment. "Definitely not funnel
cake. Rei turned me off of that stuff." Usagi shuddered.
"You were the one that suggested we go on that stupid ride
right after I ate it!" Rei cried outraged.
"This whole event sounds rather deadly." Quatre mused.
"What is a carnival?" Van asked Hitomi.
"You're going to love it, there are rides, food, shopping, and
games... Van?" Hitomi blushed for a moment.
"Yes?" Van asked curiously.
"Will-will you win me a stuffed animal?" She asked.
"A stuffed animal?" Van asked confused.
Hitomi nodded. "Like the ones I have on my bed?"
Van's confusion vanished. "Ooh. Of course." He smiled.
Gene turned to Jim. "This sounds fun."
"So we're going?" Jim asked.
"Of course! We'll bring Mel'." He nodded.
"That means Aisha and Sazuka will tag along as well." Jim warned.
"Heero! Did you hear that? A carnival!" Duo punched Heero's arm.
"Hn."
"Dude! That means a fun house will be there!"
"Fun houses are for weak onnas." Wufei said in disgust.
"Wu-man! So you'll go to the carnival?" Duo grinned.
"Why would I go?" Wufei asked in contempt.
"To prove you aren't weak." Duo prodded.
Wufei snapped upright. "Of course I'll go!" He cried indignant.
"You going to go Gohan?" Trunks asked his friend.
"Why not?" He asked.
"You're mom." Trunks reminded the black haired man of his
overbearing mother wielding a frying pan.
"I'll tell her it's for extra credit or something." Gohan reassured
his friend.
Hotaru turned to Michiru and Haruka. "Can I go too?" She asked
animatedly.
"Of course." Haruka agreed.
"As long as you don't eat all that cotton candy again." Michiru
sternly warned.
"Yes ma'am." Hotaru laughed.
"I knew that chaos would begin again." Rei mumbled on her desk.
~~&~~
Tuesday Afternoon...
"Minako, we do not need new clothes just for a carnival." Ami
tried to reason will the soldier of Venus.
"Aren't you already in a credit debt?" Hitomi reminded.
"I would like some new shoes." Akane mused.
"Shampoo no need new clothes. Ranma like Shampoo clothes already."
Minako looked at all of her friends lounging on the lawn in front
of their school. "This will be the twentieth year of Juuban Daze!
We need new outfits."
"Minako, to a carnival you want to wear comfy clothes." Usagi
reminded. The wrong shoes meant a killer ache the next day.
"Comfy, NEW clothes." Minako prodded.
"Fine. We'll all go shopping." Usagi agreed.
"Wahoo!" Minako cried.
"But you're not driving." Hitomi shook her head.
"I will." Rei agreed with Hitomi.
~~$~~
Wednesday Morning, Breakfast...
"So, Mom. There's this carnival this weekend that Trunks and
our friends-"
"Absolutely NOT!" Chichi roared before Gohan could finish his
sentence. "You will not run around like a felonious teenager!
I forbid it!"
"A carnival? That sounds fun!" Goten cheered.
"Ask your dad to take you Goten." Chichi smiled affectionately
at her youngest son before scooping more eggs on his plate.
Gohan's jaw dropped. "What? Goten can go? But I can't? I'm
like ten years older than him!" Gohan argued.
"Are you questioning your mother?" Chichi asked darkly while
brandishing her frying pan.
"Hey everyone! Leave your dad any breakfast?" Goku asked
sauntering in from his early morning training.
"Daddy!" Goten greeted.
"'Morning Dad." Gohan mumbled.
Goku sat in his chair and started to serve himself. "Morning
Goku! How was your training this morning?" Chichi asked
cheerfully as she placed a giant steak on his plate.
"Bery Bood!" He replied through a mouthful of food.
"Dad, can I go to a carnival this weekend?" Gohan asked.
Goku swallowed. "Sounds fun! You and Trunks?" Gohan nodded.
"Of course, I don't see why not." Goku agreed. "Do you want me
to take you and Chibi?" Goku asked Goten.
"Yeah!" Goten agreed.
"GOKU!" Chichi roared.
Goku looked up innocently. "What? I haven't broken any glasses
today!" Goku held his hands up in defense.
"What do you MEAN Gohan Can GO to a CANIVAL?" She cried angrily.
"Why not?" Goku asked.
"Do you want Gohan to grow up a junkie that sells pot on the corner
to minors?" She screeched with tears welling up in her eyes.
"No... that's why we live in a forest where there are no corners,
and why he attends a school in the Juuban District instead of near
Capsule Corp." Goku replied confused. "And why you tutored him
for the first few years. And why he doesn't train like me." Goku
continued.
Gohan looked victorious.
"Goku! He'll be at a carnival! With shady characters! And
... Carnies!"
Goku looked at his wife with a blank face. "Isn't that why we raised
a well nurtured, non-fighting most of the time, intelligent boy? So
he knows right from wrong? I don't see why he can't go." Goku
shrugged.
Goten and Gohan were in shock. They had never seen their dad
stand up to their mom for this long before. Chichi was also
in shock. She sank into her chair defeated. "Fine, Gohan
can go, but don't blame me Goku when our son is sent straight
to prison-"
"Thanks Mom! Thanks Dad, I got to go to school now!" Gohan
burst out of his chair, hugged his dad, and kissed Chichi on
the cheek before blasting out of the house towards school eager
to tell Trunks the news.
"See! He's already becoming a delinquent." Chichi sobbed.
"Yeah, isn't it great?" Goku agreed before turning back to
his breakfast.
~~%~~
Seventh Period, Auto Shop
"Goku? Stood up to Chichi? Are you sure?" Trunks asked in
shock while dismantling a radiator.
"It was unbelievable! You'd think Dad was once on a debate team
or something. Mom didn't have any fight left!" Gohan marveled.
"Unbelievable." Trunks shook his head in disbelief.
Usagi threw down a book angrily. "I give up! How the heck is
an old man, out in the middle of the sea, being towed by a giant
fish in a tiny little boat infer to the bible?" Usagi asked
glaring at the book.
Half the room turned to the fuming blonde with confusion on
their faces.
"Usagi?" Mr. Weizer asked carefully.
Usagi picked up the book. "We're reading 'Old Man in the Sea'."
She explained. The whole room nodded in understanding.
Duo looked confused. "There's suppose to be a religiousness in
there? Cliffnotes.com didn't tell me that!" Duo moaned into his
hands. Wufei rolled his eyes and muttered "idiot".
Gohan laughed and went back to helping Trunks with the radiator.
~~#~~
Wednesday Night, Tsukino Home, Dinner...
Ikuko Tsukino hummed happily as she added the finishing touches
to her curry and checked on her rice. She faintly heard the door
open and close and a quick, "Hi Mom" as Usagi dropped her school
bag by the door and came to check on dinner.
"Hello honey! How was school and Rei's house?" Her mom asked
as she batted Usagi's fingers away from the pot.
"Good. I got a C+ on my math test." She told her mom as she
grabbed glasses and plates to set the table.
"Wonderful, go tell Shingo that dinner is ready. Honestly,
sometimes I don't know why I bought him that playstation!"
Ikuko joked.
Usagi jogged to the den where her brother was immersed in the
latest Tomb Raider game. "Hey Spore, dinner is ready." She
told her little brother. Shingo blew a raspberry at his older
sister before saving and quitting.
He ran after his sister. "Is Dad home yet?" He asked as he slid
into his spot at the table.
"I'm afraid not Shingo, he's probably stuck in traffic." Ikuko
told him as she set a pitcher of juice at the table. "We'll
wait for him." She went back to the kitchen and placed dinner
in the oven to keep warm.
"Mom, guess what is this weekend." Usagi gushed as she poured
herself a glass of juice.
"Juuban Daze." Her mother guessed.
"How'd you know?" Shimgo asked amazed.
"I went to the market today and I saw the banners." Ikuko ruffled
her son's hair.
"So, I'm wondering if I can have some friends over." Usagi asked
hopefully. "After all, we live closest to it, and we have the
biggest house."
"And can I have some friends over too?" Shingo asked eagerly.
"Yes, you both may." Ikuko smiled warmly.
"Oh, and I got a B+ on my math test today." Shingo told his
mother proudly.
"Very good." Ikuko praised.
"The Blitzball Game is not this weekend, but the next."
Usagi informed her mother. "It's box seats too! The Abes vs.
the Lees."
"Remember our agreement Sweetie. You can only go if you take
Shingo." Her mother reminded.
"How could I forget?" Usagi asked dryly.
"Yeah, it's gonna be awesome! Tidus is playing! We'll be
mere meters from him!" Shingo cried excitedly.
Ikuko continued to talk with her daughter and son for the next
forty-five minutes about school, concerts, and even Shingo
explaining the plot of his favorite movie 'The Goonies'.
"Is Dad ever going to show up? I'm starved." Usagi complained.
"I hope he's okay." Shingo replied worried.
"I'm sure your father is fine. Why don't we start dinner?" Ikuko
got up to grab the dishes. Usagi and Shingo agreed.
It wasn't until 8:45 that Kenji Tsukino arrived home. Usagi was
sitting on her windowsill talking on the phone with Hitomi about
their upcoming track meet against Juuban High School. She
noticed her father's headlights bounce off her window and she
frowned as she heard raised voices down stairs but shrugged it
off and continued talking with Hitomi.
~~~@~~~
Friday Morning, Minutes before School Starting...
Wufei adjusted his already impossible tight ponytail and
straightened his white Chinese shirt. He approached Shampoo
calmly as she raided her locker for something and was muttering
about "Jusenkyo."
Wufei took in a deep breath and tried to calm himself. 'Relax
Wufei, she's just an onna.' "Shampoo." He addressed Shampoo the
Amazon.
She turned quickly. "Wufei startle Shampoo." She smiled.
"Shampoo, I was wondering if you would attend Juuban Daze with
me tonight and tomorrow." Wufei asked.
Shampoo's eyes widened. "Wufei want to go with... Shampoo?"
Wufei nodded quickly.
Shampoo shrieked and tackled the Chinese man. "Shampoo say yes!"
She cried as she hugged him.
Usagi sighed romantically at her locker. "Isn't that sweet?"
She asked Ranma.
Ranma turned to see Shampoo hugging Wufei, and him hugging back
carefully. "At least she's off my back. But wait till this
spreads to our Women of the World class, he'll be the gossip of
the hour." Ranma laughed dryly.
"Is that why you don't ask anyone out?" Usagi giggled.
"I asked you out and look at the mess we created." Ranma joked.
"Ha, ha." Usagi rolled her eyes as they begun their climb to
Homeroom.
~~!~~
Day One of Juuban Daze
Friday Night, Tsukino Residents...
6:03 p.m.
Usagi pulled open the door to her house and was greeted by her
inner Senshi. "Hey guys!" She greeted with a smile. Minako
bounced in with her cheerleading duffle bag, sleeping bag, and
a pillow with a chibi drawing of Sailor Venus giving her infamous
peace sign.
"This is going to be great!" Minako gushed as she bounced up the
stairs to stash her stuff in Usagi's room.
"I can't wait to check out the book booth again." Ami nodded in
excitement as she followed Minako with her blue duffel bag,
blue sleeping bag, and blue pillow. "I need a new anatomy of
a frog book."
"Anatomy of a frog?" Usagi asked turning slightly green. Ami
nodded and laughed at her friend.
"I just can't wait for the shopping and guys." Makoto grinned.
Rei gave a look of exasperation to Usagi. "There is no way in
the deepest, most sinister, coldest pit of the Dark Kingdom you
are going to get me to go on half of the rides." Rei warned
before following Makoto up the stairs to Usagi's room.
Minako froze in the door to Usagi's room causing Ami and Makoto
to run into her. "Hey! Minako! Give us a bit of a warning
next time, will ya?" Makoto growled.
Minako waved the comment away. "Guys... Look!" Minako pointed
in Usagi's room.
"By Zeus... it's a miracle!" Makoto stood in awe.
"Why I never thought I'd live to see the day." Ami breathed in.
Rei gasped in shock. "Oh my Ares! Have we died and gone
to Heaven?"
Usagi rolled her eyes. "Oh please, all I did was clean my
room." Usagi shoved all of her friends in.
Luna stretched from her spot on the made bed, and bunny comforter,
and greeted the Senshi. "Usagi worked all night last night on
cleaning her room. I hardly believed it myself."
"Usagi! Pizza is here!" Ikuko called up to her daughter's
room. Shingo and his three little buddies had already grabbed
their two boxes and disappeared into the den where they were
camping out in front of the TV.
The five Senshi all sat around the table eating pizza, talking,
and drinking mountain dew and dr. pepper.
"Wufei and Shampoo are going together? That is so sweet!" Minako
gushed.
"And very hard to picture." Rei mused.
"And Duo is taking Akane." Makoto added.
"Duo and Akane... they are such a funny couple!" Usagi giggled.
"Are you going with Ryoga?" Ami asked the Senshi of Love.
Minako nodded. "I told him on Tuesday, but he has been lost all
week. I hope he shows up in time!"
Off in Nermia District...
Ryoga burst through the doors of Tendo Dojo. "Minako!" He cried.
Soun Tendo and Genma Saotome, in panda form, looked up at the
lost boy. "Ryoga? Aren't you going to the Carnival over in
Juuban?" Soun asked.
Ryoga fell to the floor. "I was so sure I was in the right
direction too..."
Back at Usagi's...
"I'm sure he'll show up." Makoto assured.
"Van and Hitomi are going together." Rei switched back to the
original topic.
"Even Hotaru and Jim are planning on going together." Usagi nodded.
Minako turned to her blonde friend. "What about you and Ranma?
Or Gohan? Or even Heero?"
"Heero? Where did that come from?" Usagi asked confused.
Minako shrugged. "He's cute. He's single. Why not?"
The girls sweat dropped. "Minako, Ranma and I are just friends.
Gohan and I are just friends." Usagi told her friend slowly.
"Whatever." Minako shrugged before taking a giant bite of
her pizza.
Not to long after, the girls were ready to hit the carnival.
Usagi stopped in front of the door and turned around. "Okay,
comfortable outfit check point." She crossed her arms over
her chest.
Ami was the first to walk by in a kakis skirt, white blouse,
and a blue vest and white keds. Usagi nodded approvingly.
Makoto was next, in boot cut jeans and a green t-shirt, and
black boots. Usagi waved her past.
Rei wore black jean shorts and a red top with sneakers. She
gave Usagi an impatient look. Usagi let her past.
Minako bounced up in an orange tank top, a navy blue skirt, and
blue platform sandals. Usagi's raised her eyebrows. "You're
feet are going to kill you." Usagi commented.
"That's the price we pay for fashion." Minako exited dramatically.
Usagi rolled her eyes and check her jeans, white tank top with a
pink zip up hoodie, before calling "Bye Mom!" and shutting the
door. The girls quickly walked the three blocks to carnival where
they were meeting Gohan, Ranma, Trunks, and hopefully Ryoga.
Minako nearly bounced the whole way there. "We'll have to ride
the Zipper so many times that we'll dream we're still on it!"
She bubbled. Her bouncing brought her straight into another
body. "Oof! I'm so sorry!" Minako blushed and looked up to see
who her victim was. "Ryoga!" She cried and hugged him.
"Minako? I actually got to the right place? Yes!" He
cried in joy.
"Hey Girls!" Ranma greeted. "I nearly had to lead him here on a
leash." Ranma joked.
"Saotome." Ryoga threatened.
"Settle down... P-chan!" Ranma teased.
"Why you little-"
"Did someone mention P-chan?" Akane asked walking up with Duo,
Hitomi and Van, who was in complete awe of all the rides.
"No." Ranma and Ryoga both chimed.
"P-chan?" Usagi asked curiously.
"He's my pet pig... although, he hasn't been around lately..."
Akane sighed. "I bet Ranma had something to do with it." Akane
glared at the pig-tailed boy.
"Me? C'mon now Akane!" Ranma tried to reason.
"Is he the one you have a picture of in your locker?" Hitomi
asked. Akane nodded.
"Hey guys!" Gohan greeted as he and Trunks walked up.
"Look!" Minako squealed and grabbed Usagi. "They have a new
ride!" The two blondes watched the new ride that acted as a
tire flying off an Indy Car would. First it started going
sideways and then it turned upside down, and then at an angle,
then completed the whole process again.
"Wow." The two breathed in awe.
"Looks exciting!" Trunks laughed.
"Looks nauseating." Rei visible turned green. "I think I'll
take a stroll in the Beer Garden." Rei dismissed the rides with
her hand.
"Beer?" Duo perked up.
"Beer Gardens is the unofficial nickname of the Food and Drink
Garden, where venders sell everything from turkey legs to egg
drop soup to hamburgers with fries. They also have bands and
music groups come in and play all sorts of music, for jazz to
alternative rock to swing." Ami informed him.
"Sounds like my kind of Garden." Duo laughed.
"That's Duo, always thinking with his stomach." Wufei muttered
as he and Shampoo walked by.
"Hey! Wu-man! Sham-girl!" Duo greeted.
"Maxwell!" Wufei warned.
"Sham-girl?" Shampoo asked confused.
"Don't pay any attention to him." Usagi advised. Shampoo nodded.
"We're off for that ride over there." Wufei pointed off to the
infamous Zipper. "Any of you care to join us?" Wufei asked.
"Dude! We will!" Minako volunteered Ryoga and herself.
"So will we!" Usagi cried eagerly.
"I'll pass." Rei waved her hand.
"Yes, we can look at all the booths." Ami nodded.
"I'll stick with Rei and Ami." Trunks offered.
Gohan punched his shoulder. "You aren't afraid, are you?"
Gohan teased. Trunks shot Gohan a look that could stun evil Buu.
"Let's go get tickets." Minako ushered everyone away.
"You didn't have to stay with us." Rei turned to the light
purple haired Saiya-jinn.
Trunks shrugged. "I'm not one for amusement park rides."
~%~
7:13 pm
"Right, what's the point of this ride again?" Gohan asked
studying the Zipper.
"Well, you get in one of the cars, which can hold two or three
people and the bar digs into your legs painfully, and you
attempt to spin the car as much as you can. Makoto and Minako's
record is eleven in a row." Usagi informed him while
bouncing around.
"Or scream like crazy, which ever works best." Minako giggled.
"Is it ... safe?" Van asked in conjecture.
"As safe as a carnival ride can get..." Usagi replied.
"Why does that not sound good?" Van gave Usagi a wary look.
Duo leaned against the fence that the line was next to and
whistled low while he watched the twelve cars flip as the main
part of the ride spun around vertical then stopped sideways to
continue the opposite direction, all the cars spinning wildly
the whole way. "Looks like a bad day in Deathscythe Hell."
He commented.
"Or Escaflowne." Van mused.
"I don't think Dragonslayers will be hunting down people on the
ride though." Hitomi added.
"Dragon-what?" Duo asked.
"Nothing." Hitomi said quickly.
"Hey, there's Hotaru!" Minako waved.
Hotaru, Jim, and Merle walked up. "Hi everyone!" She greeted.
"We're heading over for that ride!" She pointed to the one where
three people a row lay down on their stomachs and flew around in a
fast, angled circle.
"Have fun." Usagi nodded. The three trotted off.
"Ryoga, I'm sorry, but I must ride with Makoto." Minako told
Ryoga sadly. "We have a record to break." She told him.
Ranma grinned at him. "You can ride with me." He winked.
"And you both would kill each other being that close for that
amount of time." Akane shook her head.
"We can too go without trying to kill each other." Ranma crossed
his arms.
"Yeah." Ryoga agreed.
"Just keep the cold water away from us!" Ranma glanced up
at the sky to see if it would rain.
"Why?" Makoto asked.
"Uh... Ruin our-my clothes." Ranma smiled quickly.
"Chinese silk no good wet." Shampoo supplied.
"Really? I thought wetness made it stronger." Minako asked
thoughtfully. "Like in 'Shanghai Noon'."
"Well, that's only a certain kind of silk... we-they, Ranma
wears... Jusenkyo silk." Ryoga added hastily.
"It can only be washed in hot water." Akane included. All
four of them nodded.
"Okay..." Gohan turned confused and changed the subject. "So
I guess you and I are riding buddies." He told Usagi.
"You have a strong stomach, right?" Usagi asked cautiously.
"The strongest." Gohan answered.
"Good." Usagi laughed.
Moments later, Van and Hitomi were up to get on the Zipper.
"Are you sure this thing is safe?" Van asked one last time
before the man running the ride shoved him in and slammed the
door shut. The man laughed and muttered something about
"sissies". Van glared at the man before he maneuvered the
ride, sending Van and Hitomi up into the air and brining down
a new car to load. "What a view." Van glanced out the cage
like car and rested his hands on the bar digging into his lap.
"I think I see Merle-Holy Escaflowne!" Van choked.
"What?" Hitomi asked.
"Are they... hanging upside down?" He asked pointing to the
ride next to them.
Hitomi glanced up at the hammer like ride Kamikaze that spins
in vertical circles. "Yup." Hitomi then laughed as Chap Stick
fell out of the ride and bomb some kid on the head. "Dangerous
for pedestrians." She commented.
Van looked on in amazement.
Ryoga and Ranma were next to get in a car. "We'll show them, we
can too get along." Ryoga said in determination.
"Yeah, just don't call be a girl."
"Nor I P-chan."
The Carnie slammed the door shut and sent the boys up the previous
position of Van and Hitomi. "GAAAAAAH!" Ryoga and Ranma screamed
as the car rocked back and forth.
Minako and Makoto giggled as the climbed in, Makoto sending a wink
to the Carnie to earn a long ride. He grinned back; he was missing
two of his front teeth. Makoto smiled uneasily. He maneuvered
the ride again and Van and Hitomi were not at the very top
of the ride.
"That sure is a long way down..." Van commented.
"Van, you aren't afraid of heights, are you?" Hitomi asked smiling.
Van gave her a dour look. "I've flown higher than this with
just my wings, but I've never been locked in a swinging
cage before."
Gohan and Usagi climbed in their car. "This is it, Rei once
threw up on this very ride about two years ago and it flew all
out of our car into another car with three ten year old girls-"
"Please Usagi, spare me the gory details." Gohan made a
pained face.
Usagi giggled. "Sorry, I have several Rei-riding-rides horror
stories and for some reason, I always have to be her riding buddy."
Duo and Akane bounced into the next car.
"Ready?" Duo asked sending Akane a sexy glance.
"Ready." Akane winked back.
Wufei and Shampoo climbed in last. The Carnie sent an attempted
sexy grin at Shampoo; he in turn received the coldest look ever,
from Wufei, which shook the Carnie up to the point of trembling.
Shampoo giggled and looped her arm through Wufei's. Wufei turned
surprised, since he wasn't comfortable with much contact,
especially from a weak onna. "Shampoo so happy Wufei bring her
to place with rides." She giggled before nuzzling his arm.
"Uh... Your welcome?" Wufei stammered.
Shampoo would have replied but the ride started and their car
flipped backwards and she immediately screamed and latched tighter
on Wufei's arm. Wufei held onto the bars and wondered why he
decided to ride this ride.
A few cars away...
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Ranma and Ryoga both clutched the bar with their eyes closed tight
as they flipped recklessly.
Akane heard the two cries and laughed. "Looks like they won't fit
fighting into their list of screaming like fan girls!"
Duo laughed and then proceeded to flip the car five times in a row
causing Akane to scream as well.
"WOOOOHOOOO!" Gohan laughed.
"BOOOOYAAAAAAAA!" Usagi yelled.
"...Five...six...seven... Seven!" Minako and Makoto counted.
The ride paused momentarily to begin again in the opposite direction.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Hitomi yelled as they plunged down towards
the ground and then were jerked back up towards the sky.
Moments later the ride stopped and the carnie began the task of
unloading. The carnie let Duo and Akane out first. They both
hopped out laughing and offered each other a high five.
Ryoga and Ranma were next. The carnie paused at the door and
gave the two guys an odd glance. "Guys... the ride has stopped."
He told them.
Ranma cracked open one eye and breathed a sigh of relief.
"That...ride... is ... EVIL!" He cried falling out.
Ryoga followed. "You...can...say...that again!" He agreed.
Akane cracked up laughing. "That was classic! We could hear
both of your screaming the whole time!"
Duo was laughing as well. "It wasn't that bad!"
"Are you kidding!" Ranma screeched.
"It just kept flipping and flipping..." Ryoga stumbled.
Makoto and Minako bounced up. "Thirteen! Thirteen flips in a
row!" Minako told them excitedly.
"Please, don't mention flipping." Ryoga mumbled.
"Ryoga, you all right?" Minako asked worriedly.
"Definitely akin to a bad day in Nataku." Wufei rubbed his head
slowly as he and Shampoo joined them.
"Shampoo have lot fun with Wufei!" She giggled.
"Guys! That was so awesome! Gohan got our car to flip seventeen
times in a row!" Usagi and Gohan came running up.
"All backwards too." Gohan boasted.
"It was so freaky!" Usagi laughed.
"Seven..." Makoto began.
"...Teen?" Minako finished. Both or their mouths were hanging
open as they stared at Gohan. Gohan smiled and shrugged.
"I'd say I quite enjoyed myself." Van mused walking up to
the group.
"I never knew you could 'booya' just as good as Usagi." Hitomi
complimented.
"They got seventeen flips in a row." Makoto pointed dumbly to
Gohan and Usagi.
"Wow!" Hitomi marveled.
"Let's go check up on Rei, Ami and Trunks." Usagi suggested.
After all those flips, she needed some respite.
"As long as it doesn't involve rides like the Zipper." Ryoga
agreed.
They found the three watching the band that was performing in
the Beer Gardens. An alternative rock band called Love .45.
Minako immediately started to drool over the second guitarist,
with his bleached hair and brown eyes.
"Minako! You're here with Ryoga!" Usagi reminded her
blonde friend.
"Where is Ryoga?" Ranma asked looking around. "Lost already?"
Ranma rolled his eyes and plopped down on the ground.
"I'm allowed to look." Minako told Usagi. Usagi gave Minako a
Rei look.
"What are we all doing standing around?" Makoto asked with her
hands on her hips. She grabbed Usagi, Shampoo and Minako with
one arm and Hitomi, Akane, and Rei with the other. "Let's go give
the band something to look at!" She cried as she dragged them
all to the crude wooden dance floor.
"Weak onnas, I'm glad we didn't get grabbed-"
"C'mon Wu-man!" Duo hauled his Chinese friend to the floor with
him crying "Injustice!" the whole way.
Gohan laughed. "Look at him!" He pointed to Wufei trying to
escape but then Shampoo glomped him and he was held fast to
the dance floor.
"Gohan, it is not nice to laugh at another's misfortune." Ami
said politely. She had dodged Makoto's strong arm and stood
behind Ranma.
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" He gave a look to Ranma.
Ranma nodded, rose, and turned around to Ami.
Ami shrieked as Ranma picked her up and ran off to the dance
floor to deposit her. Ami held fast to his arm and he was
stuck as well.
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" Trunks shrugged and dragged
Gohan off.
"Hey! Trunks! I don't know how to dance!"
"Either does Wufei, and he's doing okay." Trunks replied over
his shoulder.
So the group danced and laughed, except Wufei who was still
muttering about injustice, and Minako drooled over the cute
guitarist. They stayed there for over an hour before Usagi
looked at the time.
Usagi glanced at Hitomi's watch. "Arg, I gotta go check on the
spore, I'll be back in a bit." Usagi waved her hand at the
group and began to trot off.
"Usagi, wait!" Trunks ran after the petite blonde. "I'll
come with."
Usagi flashed a smile. "Thanks Trunks."
"So, what's the plan?" Trunks asked as they weaved their way
through the drunken masses.
"Well, I find Shingo, while my mother calls me on my cell phone,
and if I think it's safe for him to stay out for another hour then
he does, if not he and his troop heads home and plays videogames
into the wee hours of the night." Usagi told him her mother's plan.
Trunks nodded. "Sounds well thought out."
"It's rare if my mother forgets something." Usagi agreed.
"Usagi!" Shingo called from the fish hut. It was a simple game
of tossing the little plastic ball to win a small, die in an hour
or two fish. Usagi and Trunks approached him and his three friends.
"Hey squirt, you guys having fun?" She asked ruffling his hair.
"Knock it off!" He playfully shoved his sister. He then glanced
up at Trunks. "Is this your meat headed boyfriend?" He asked
narrowing his eyes at Trunks.
Trunks laughed. "No, just a friend." He grinned humorously down
at the over protective little brother.
"So when's mom calling?" He asked as his friend threw his
thirteenth ball at the little bowls. It bounced off harmlessly.
"Soon-" the ringing of her cell phone from her back pocket cut
off Usagi. "Moshi moshi!" Usagi answered.
Usagi glanced around while her mother talked in her ear.
"No... I'm not seeing any unrespectable characters." She
reported as she watched a man with tatoo's covering every inch
of his arms, a bright yellow Mohawk and a stud through his chin.
She silently wondered what it was like to eat with something like
that in the way. "Okay Mom, bai!" She hung up the phone and
stuck it back in her pocket. "Okay Shingo, I bought you an
extra hour, go home promptly at ten." Usagi warned.
Shingo beamed. "Thanks Odango!"
"Yeah, yeah, be good!" Usagi called as she and Trunks walked off.
"Cute kid." Trunks commented. "He looks a lot like you."
Usagi turned to her much taller friend. "He does NOT!" She
cried indignantly. "I am smarter, well, maybe not smarter, but
definitely better looking-oh!" Usagi grasped Trunks' arm.
"What?" He asked worriedly.
"That bunny! It's SO cute!" Usagi pointed to the giant,
overstuffed purple bunny. It was one of the prizes of the
crossbow game.
"Get an arrow in the star and win!" The Carny announced. "Only
two bucks!"
Trunks fished in his pocket for two ones. "I'll get it for you."
He winked down at Usagi.
"Really? Ooh! Thank you Trunks!" Usagi hopped up and down
on one foot.
Trunks gave the man his two bucks. The man set up the target
and latched the arrow and gently handed the crossbow to Trunks.
Trunks bent over and concentrated on the target. He hit the trigger.
Zppppt!
The arrow hit the exact middle of the little yellow star on
the target.
"We have a winner!" The carny announced.
"Booya!" Usagi squealed as Trunks told the man he wanted the
bunny. Trunks than handed the giant bunny to Usagi. "Thank
you thank you THANK YOU!" Usagi hugged Trunks and kissed him
lightly on the lips.
Usagi blushed and drew away quickly. Trunks looked down at
her stunned.
"I, um, well, yeah, so, you want to go back now?" Usagi
asked flustered.
"Uh, sure." Trunks agreed.
The walked back to the group silently with an overstuffed bunny
in between them. They were passing a cotton candy place when
they saw a familiar bandana. "Hey, Ryoga!" Trunks waved the
eternally lost boy over.
Ryoga looked overjoyed. "Trunks! Usagi! I finally found
someone!" He dropped to his knees and sent a prayer up to the
heavens. "Praise be to Yevon!" He called out making a globe
with his hands and bowing.
"...Who?" Trunks asked confused.
"Uh... good to see you too." Usagi greeted. She took his hand.
"Now follow me." She instructed. Ryoga nodded and clutched
Usagi's hand to reassure him that he wouldn't get lost again.
They headed back to their group that was still dancing.
"Hey, nice bunny!" Minako commented. "Ryoga! There you are!"
Minako hugged Ryoga. Ryoga mumbled back disjointedly.
"They have a crossbow game?" Ranma asked interestedly. "Sweet,
I wanna check it out."
"I'll go with!" Wufei volunteered immediately.
"What about Shampoo?" Shampoo asked batting her eyes at him.
Wufei turned to the girl. "I'll... you come with and I'll win
you a prize!"
"Gift for Shampoo? Agreed!" Shampoo replied excitedly.
"Sounds cool! Want me to win you something Akane?" Duo asked.
"Sure!" Akane answered with a smile.
"Ryoga, will you win me something?" Minako asked giving Ryoga
puppy dog eyes.
"Uh... sure!" Ryoga cried. "I'll win you the biggest teddy bear
they have!" He swore.
"Ooh! Goody!" Minako exclaimed.
"I'll show you all the way." Trunks motion for them to follow.
"I'll come too!" Gohan cried out eagerly.
"I am assuming this is my chance to win you that stuffed animal?"
Van asked Hitomi. Hitomi nodded. "Well, then we'll go as well."
Van and Hitomi followed the group.
"Well... here we are with no boys and an over stuffed Bunny."
Rei mused.
"Isn't this fun?" Makoto asked tilting her head to the side.
"To bad Trowa couldn't come." She sighed.
"Yeah, were is he?" Usagi asked.
"He, Quatre and Heero all had to work. Quatre said they'd stop
by if they get off early." Ami informed them.
"That's too bad." Rei sighed.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A voice sneered
behind them.
The girls whirled around.
"Seifer?" Usagi gulped.
That's when the strong smell of alcohol hit them. It surrounded
Seifer and explained why he couldn't stand straight. And to
top it off, Anubis and Kento behind him looked like they were in
just as bad of shape. "That's mah name!"
"Don't wear it out!" Kento finished. That comment sent the three
boys into laughter.
"Why don't you guys get lost?" Makoto threatened.
"Uh, Makoto, that probably wasn't such a good idea-"
Ami was interrupted by Seifer's cold glare. "Did'ja say somethin'
ta us, girly?" He scoffed.
"I think we better go." Rei urged her friends. The fire Senshi
was wary to go up against them.
"Seifer, I think you all had a bit much to drink-" Usagi tried
to calm him down.
"Ha! Only about nine or eight glasses." Seifer waved.
"I dunno I lost count afta seven." Anubis slurred.
"Hey! We never got revenge for you escapin' las' week!"
Kento frowned.
Usagi gulped and took a step back. "Well, you all proved your
point." Usagi told them nervously. Even though she was Sailor
Moon, and Makoto behind her was inclined to fighting, three tall,
muscular and superhuman strong men were definitely a bit too
much to handle.
"I believe you're wrong." Seifer took a step forward.
Makoto immediately stepped in front of Usagi. "Back off Seifer.
I'm warning you..." Makoto warned.
"Or what." Seifer asked, standing to his full six feet and
up height.
Makoto took a small step back but kept up her menacing face. "Or
I'll beat you into the ground, that's what." Makoto threatened.
Seifer's face contorted to a drunken rage. "Why you little-"
Seifer bore down on Makoto readying to punch.
"Seifer!" A voice interrupted Seifer's almost fighting spree.
Squall, in his normal brown leather pants and white t-shirt with
his black boots, stepped in between the intoxicated trio and the
girls. "What are you doing?" He asked in a dead calm voice
that could chill even Shiva.
"We're just havin' some fun, right girls?" Seifer held up his
hands in defense.
Squall narrowed his eyes at the much taller blonde. "Why don't
you three head back to Irvine, he's looking for you guys."
Squall ordered.
"Ruin our fun." Kento muttered.
"What was that?" Squall asked darkly.
"Nothing, we're going." Kento smiled before walking off with
Seifer and Anubis.
"Are you here now to give us trouble?" Makoto asked placing her
hands on her hips. "How much have you had to drink? More than
them?" She asked angrily.
"Makoto! Stop, he just prevented Seifer from pounding you!"
Usagi stood in front of her tall friend.
Squall looked at them all. "...Whatever."
Squall was very tired, and dealing with four ticked girls was not
helping the growing headache he had. Irvine, the cowboy, had
brought his own whiskey to the Garden since they're all underage.
And off Seifer and company had gone to stir up some trouble after
drinking their share. Squall didn't touch the stuff, he usually
had some sort of reporter following him because he was President
Loire's son, but he was glad he didn't have bodyguards, since
Squall was stronger than all of them.
"Thanks Squall for getting them out of our faces." Usagi thanked.
Her breath hitched as he looked in to her eyes. 'I can see where
Minako gets her obsession' Usagi thought to herself as Squall's
gray-blue eyes looked into hers.
Squall looked down at the petite blonde with large blue eyes.
She was positively beautiful, to bad she was from the rival
school. "You all get out of here, before Seifer comes back."
Squall directed.
"We aren't taking orders from you-" Makoto began.
"Makoto! Can it! We'll leave." Rei silence her friend. "Thank
you, Squall." The Priestess nodded before dragging Makoto off
and Ami following. Usagi paused to take one last look at the
brown haired, gray-blue eyed fighter before running to catch up.
Squall watched her retreating figure before sighing. Time to go
do some damage control with Seifer, he thought to himself.
~~~$~~~
"Ya'll are gonna put me outta business." The Carny scratched
the back of his neck as he eyed the seven boys that kept winning
all the prizes. "Soon I'll have nothing left ta give!" He pouted.
Van glanced over at the man. "But you are making money,
are you not?"
"Yeah, but ya'll aren't actually supposed ta win!" The
Carny explained.
"That does not make sense." Van argued.
Zppt!
"Bulls eye!" Duo cried gleefully. "My lady wants that cute
pig stuffed animal." Duo told the man.
"Please, I'm a professional archer, your form is sloppy." A
voice piped up from behind them.
There stood Rowen, Sage, and Tamahome from Katana High, Ken
High's worst rivals. Rowen stood in front of the other two,
indicating he had spoken.
"You can do better?" Duo asked gesturing to his bull's eye target.
"With my eyes closed." Rowen challenged.
"Oh lordy." The Carny cried as Rowen paid the fee and took up
the crossbow.
"No peeking now." Duo warned.
Everyone watched as Rowen held his eyes closed and aimed the
crossbow and concentrated. He pulled the trigger.
Zpppt!
"Shinigami! I don't believe it!" Duo marveled at the arrow in
the dead center of the gold star target.
"Child's play." Rowen smirked before he continued on his way.
"That guy was good." Gohan commented.
"Good? He shot a bull's eye with his eyes closed! I think even
Wufei would compliment him!" Duo raved.
"Injustice!" Wufei muttered as he watched the Assassin's back.
"See?" Duo pointed to Wufei.
"Shampoo love Wufei jr." Shampoo gushed as she hugged her giant
stuffed cat.
Ranma eyed the stuffed animal warily. "I hate cats." He mumbled.
"Hey! Look at that game! You throw darts at balloons and if you
pop it you get a cool scroll!" Duo exclaimed and dragged everyone
over to the next game.
"So simple, anyone could win." Wufei muttered.
A teenager, about their age, glared at him. He threw his seventh
dart and still missed.
"Wufei win Shampoo scroll of Ranma?" Shampoo asked.
"What?" Ranma looked closer at the scroll. "How did the get a
picture of me?" He asked. "Nabiki!" Ranma cried out in rage
as he spotted Akane's older sister. "What are you doing?"
"Making money." She replied. "These ones of you are going fast."
He pointed to his girl form sleeping with no shirt on, and a simple
arm in the way of an eye full.
"Ooh! Ryoga, I want one of you!" Minako bounced as she looked
at the scroll of Ryoga poised for a fight with Ranma.
"Nabiki!" Akane cried out exasperated.
"I'm thinking I want the one of Akane exercising." Duo winked.
"Pervert!" Akane cried before bashing him over the head.
"Perhaps we should try the next game." Trunks motioned to the
next booth.
"Ranma! You will die now!" Mousse cried leaping out from behind
a trash barrel located next to Trunks. Wufei dodged sending
Mousse flying into the wooden counter of the game booth.
"Mousse! You cause injustice! I am Chang Wufei, not Ranma! You
blind, weak, baka onna!" Wufei fumed as the boy with dangerously
thick glasses stood up.
"My apologies then-wait a minute, you are taking my beautiful
Shampoo out?" He asked.
Wufei nodded.
"Shampoo! How can this be? At least he's Chinese, but still-"
Shampoo cut off the boy with a splash of cold water from a
bystander's cup. A duck with glasses quacked in his place.
"Whoa!" Duo cried out.
"What was that?" Van asked as they all watched the Duck.
"That was totally weird."
"Oh brother, now you've done it Shampoo!"
"Shampoo sorry Ranma!"
"Did anyone else see that?"
"Yeah, we all did Gohan, and I'm just as confused!"
Mousse-duck quacked and waddled away quickly.
"Hey guys! What's up?" Usagi asked as she and Rei, Makoto
and Ami walked up. "Did we miss anything?"
"Not much!" Ryoga reassured.
"You?" Ranma asked.
"Besides being attacked by a drunk Seifer, not much." Makoto replied.
"WHAT?" Everyone cried.
"No big deal, Squall stepped in and stopped it." Usagi told them.
"Did he hurt any of you?" Hitomi asked.
"Seifer or Squall?" Rei asked.
"Either!" Trunks narrowed his eyes.
"Besides smelling bad, no. Actually Squall helped us." Usagi
filled in.
"I missed Squall? The horror! He has the world's cutest butt!"
Minako wailed.
"Minako, such comments about the President's son shouldn't be
made!" Ami reprimanded.
"Tokyo Girl Magazine even says so!" Minako argued.
"Oh brother." Makoto rolled her eyes.
"So neither of them hurt you?" Trunks asked cautiously.
"Not a scratch." Makoto agreed.
"Ooh! Look! Cotton candy!" Usagi squealed, forgetting the
entire incident.
"What? Where?" Duo shot up. Usagi pointed to the food hut
selling cotton candy, among other good treats. He charged up
to the hut.
"Maxwell, you baka!" Wufei cursed.
"Let me guess, he doesn't hold his cotton candy well." Rei guessed.
"How'd you guess?" Wufei asked dryly.
"Duuuuuuude! I got, like, FOUR bags!" Duo held up the bags.
"Anyone want some?" He asked.
"ME! Me! Me! Me!" Usagi bounced.
"Usagi is the same way." Rei replied shaking her head sadly.
The sugar overtook them instantly.
"Soooooooooooo, Rei, you wanna go on that cool spinny ride? With
the horses? Please?" Usagi bounced.
"Oooh! I wanna go! I want a black horse! 'Cause I'm SHINIGAMI!"
Duo struck a pose.
Usagi giggled. "Shini-whaaa?" She asked taking more pink fluff.
"So... what exactly is cotton candy?" Van asked warily.
"Dye, sugar and air." Makoto replied shaking her head as Usagi and
Duo chased each other around a trashcan.
"Usagi! Save some for me!" Minako joined the fray and took some
cotton candy.
Van took a taste. "Not...bad...it's delightfully succulent!"
"Wait just a Lunar second, I thought Hades was the God of Death..."
Usagi mulled.
"Technically, he guards the Underworld, not Death...That's the guy
who brings people through the river of Styx or something like
that, whatchamacallit, and whateverhisnamebe. Hades is Greek
too, and whaevahisnamebe is Roman..." Duo replied.
"Does it make you less intelligent?" Van asked as he watched the two.
"Van, I have to ask, why do you always ask questions about
duh stuff. Like is cotton candy good?" Minako asked
studying the boy.
"Well...uh, I'm-"
"He's an exchange student... from... uh, one of the Central
American countries!" Hitomi explained swiftly.
"Hey, can you speak Spanish?" Trunks asked.
"Of course he can! Speak some Spanish Van." Hitomi ordered.
"Uh... Hola! Me... llama Van." Van told them uneasily.
"Actually, that is incorrect-"
"AMI! Uh, what's Pi times the base of a perfect cube?" Hitomi
asked quickly.
"Well, since Pi is 3.14..."
"Where did Usagi go?" Rei asked suddenly.
"What do you mean-hey! Where's Duo?" Wufei looked around.
"Oh Zeus!" Makoto laughed.
"And how old are they?" Akane joked as she and Makoto watched
the Carousel.
Duo, on a black horse with a silver mane laughed evilly. "I am
Shinigami! [1] Fear my wrath!"
Usagi giggled at him from a pink horse with a purple mane. "I
am...Tsukigami! [2] Fear my... moonbeam!"
The two proceeded to burst into a fit of giggles and throw cotton
candy at each other. "Duo! You're a bakagami! [3] "
"Yeah, well you're a Usagami!"
"An Americagami!"
"Japagami!"
The two were laughing so hard that they both slid off their horses
and were lying on their backs on the still moving platform laughing
their heads off.
"Maybe there's something in the cotton candy... Shampoo?" Ranma
glared at the Amazon.
"Shampoo swear she did nothing." Shampoo told him solomely.
"No, trust me, this is normal after sugar." Wufei sighed.
Rei nodded. "Happens all the time." She rolled her eyes.
"I think we better get her home before she hurts herself." Ami
wisely advised.
"You're right." Minako nodded. "I'm going to squeeze all the
details of Squall out of her!" She giggled evilly.
Rei rolled her eyes. "Usagi! Let's go home!"
Usagi and Duo tried to help each other up and walked rather
drunkly towards them. "We don't wanna go home!" Usagi pouted.
"We're toys'R'us kids!" Duo sang loud and off key.
"I don't waaanna grow up!" Usagi joined.
Wufei then picked up a nearby trashcan and bashed Duo over the
head with it. "Bakagami indeed." He muttered.
"Hey... Wu-bear, that wasn't very nice!" Usagi brooded.
Wufei bristled. "What did you just call me?" He growled.
"We're leaving!" Makoto quickly butted in and grabbed Usagi's
arm. "We'll see you all tomorrow at the parade!"
"Yes." Wufei nodded as he threw Duo over his shoulder. "Tomorrow."
~~~@~~~
End of Day one!
Translations:
[1] Shinigami- for all those gundam wing fans! God of Death
[2] Tsukigami- Goddess of Moon I just kind of made it up!
[3] Bakagami- God of Idiot(s) I made that one up as well! I assume
you can guess the rest of those...
Well everyone, the floodgate is open! Anything and everything can
and probably will change! *Cackles gleefully* Goku: uh... LizBethy?
What do you mean? Liz: well, Bs-chan and I had a chat about whom
Usagi is going to be paired off with and it has changed! But I
will not tell who it is! Cordelia: I know! Ha ha! Liz: Stupid
evil twin. Van: What if the guy already has a girl? Liz: Things
can change, what if Hitomi... fell of a cliff? Van: Then I'd fly
down and rescue her. Liz: Van, you're missing the point. *van
looks determined* *lizbethy growls* Fine! Usagi might be paired
up with anyone (and I mean ANYONE) except Van, because he is happy
with his Hitomi. Better? Van: Much, so stay tuned for the next
chapter of Anime High, Day two of Juuban madness!
Lizbethy: oh! *ehem* I have been away in S.C. for a week
(WOOOOOHOOOOOOO) so i was not able to post, even though i finished
typing this chapter last week! All because i couldn't log in! (i
doubt any of you noticed that this has been posted for the
last week on my website... o.o )
And if you have ideas for day two, leave 'em, they're greatly
appreciated! *glomps all* the next chapter, (actually, the
next three chapters) are all 1/2 to 1/4 of the way done! go me!
And i'll write like crazy now that i'm back! Thanks all! Love
ya! Bai!
Oh yeah, the trunks and Usagi kiss is dedicated to BabySerenity (a.k.a.
bs-chan) because she wanted a moment for her favorite couple, even
though the main couple was her idea... *laughs evilly to self*
Time for another Thanks Korner!
Lindsey: *looks flabbergasted* you compared me to Usagi, a Sayian
Child?! Wooooow! *glomps* wow! Thank you! Squall is actually from
the Playstation game Final Fantasy VIII and the hottest man you'll
ever see! *drools* especially this one pic i found... *ehem*
thanks for your review!
Seeking Serenity: Dude! I am sooooooo going to use that idea! I
can see it now! *plots* but, i'm going to use it in a different
part, if that's okay with you...
datajana: *laughs* sorry to your roommate! Doncha just love Goku
and his naiveness? (is that even a word? naiveness... or maybe
naivity... Thanks!
LadyS: Thanks! I hate movie too! never rent! then you're always
moving! Sheesh! You aren't to late for the chapter thing 'cause
bs-chan is laaaazy! so is Kyia-chan!
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*glomps*
Bunny-Butler: well thank YOU for the amazing review! *giggles*
I'm glad you like this fic! it's not ending any time soon...
Chibi Michi Hii-chan: oh but you can still write! So i guess having
a lazy beta/boss/manager is a good thing... *giggles*
Lady Kyia- Really? I'm not a chore? *super glomps* i haven't
chatted with you lately, when i do i need to ask you a few questions
(it concerns your temple, actually ~.^)
Raisa Sharpclaws: Was that random enough (the trunks/usagi) or shall
i get a little crazier? *grins evilly*
ChibiChaos: i think i might have seen a preview on my dbz tapes for
that... does the main guy fight ghosts or something like that?
I may be confusing it with something else...
Tenshi no Nozomi: Thanks for the try! *glomps* *hands her a bottle
of creative juice* does this help?
Usagi Malfoy: did you put an "r" in there? I'm not sure either!
Have i started to repeat reivews? I think i have, well if i missed you
thanks for the reviews everyone! Mega glomps to you all! JA!
~~LizBethy~~
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*sighs* but certain people have not sent me anything *cough*
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three chapters if you do! except you bs-chan... i'll think of
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Disclaimer: *imitates a jedi voice* (to all lawyers and anyone
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Anime High
One week precisely after the Homecoming game, dance and Usagi's
kidnapping...
A Monday Morning...
Excited blue eyes read and reread the bright orange flyer in her
hands. The blonde haired girl was way to happy for a normal Monday
morning. She stood excitedly searching the back of the room for the
only other person who could rival her excitement to this event.
"Usagi!" Minako screeched.
Usagi looked up from the travel sized chess game she was loosing
against Quatre. "What Minako?" She asked looking for an excuse
to not loose miserably for the sixth time in a row.
Minako literally flew to the back of the room waving the flyer.
"Juuban Daze is this weekend!" She squealed.
Usagi's eyes widened and she flew out of her seat to meet Minako,
squealing the whole way: "Booya!"
Quatre looked curious. "Juuban Daze?"
Rei moaned and slammed her forehead against the desk. "Please,
Ares no! Last year I threw up all over some five year old after
that stupid Gravatron!" She moaned trying to erase the terrible
memory.
Van looked horrified at Rei. "What is this thing?"
Makoto grinned. "But it's crawling with cute guys." She reminded
her friend of the better qualities.
Shampoo calked her head. "Juuban Daze? Shampoo no know."
"And I did buy those little blue tear drop earrings last year, not
to mention a lot of historical documents of Japan and an astronomy
dictionary." Ami smiled.
Akane looked interesting. "Shopping?"
"The Zipper! The Zipper!" Minako and Usagi chanted jumping up
and down excitedly.
Gohan looked confused. "Zipper? Shopping? Guys? Throwing up?
What are you all talking about?" He asked.
Minako and Usagi gave him a look of disbelief. "The annual, and
much anticipated, Juuban District Autumn Carnival and Festival
Weekend! A.K.A. Juuban Daze!" They chimed together before
resuming squealing.
"A carnival? Awesome!" Jim cried.
Setsuna looked up from her desk. "Oh yes, Ken High will have a
float in the Parade. All the star athletes will participate."
She explained before going back to the papers at her desk.
"This is going to be great!" Minako cried excitedly.
"Better than last year!" Usagi nodded.
"Makoto and I have to get more than eleven flips in a row on the
Zipper." Minako gushed.
"And ride the Kamikaze until we can't walk straight!"
"Ooh! Don't forget the Maui Smoothie booth! With the little
umbrellas in the drinks."
"And the corndogs! Nothing beats a carnival corndog."
"Don't forget cotton candy."
"And snow cones."
Rei rolled her eyes. "And you all wonder why I threw up!"
Usagi looked thoughtful for a moment. "Definitely not funnel
cake. Rei turned me off of that stuff." Usagi shuddered.
"You were the one that suggested we go on that stupid ride
right after I ate it!" Rei cried outraged.
"This whole event sounds rather deadly." Quatre mused.
"What is a carnival?" Van asked Hitomi.
"You're going to love it, there are rides, food, shopping, and
games... Van?" Hitomi blushed for a moment.
"Yes?" Van asked curiously.
"Will-will you win me a stuffed animal?" She asked.
"A stuffed animal?" Van asked confused.
Hitomi nodded. "Like the ones I have on my bed?"
Van's confusion vanished. "Ooh. Of course." He smiled.
Gene turned to Jim. "This sounds fun."
"So we're going?" Jim asked.
"Of course! We'll bring Mel'." He nodded.
"That means Aisha and Sazuka will tag along as well." Jim warned.
"Heero! Did you hear that? A carnival!" Duo punched Heero's arm.
"Hn."
"Dude! That means a fun house will be there!"
"Fun houses are for weak onnas." Wufei said in disgust.
"Wu-man! So you'll go to the carnival?" Duo grinned.
"Why would I go?" Wufei asked in contempt.
"To prove you aren't weak." Duo prodded.
Wufei snapped upright. "Of course I'll go!" He cried indignant.
"You going to go Gohan?" Trunks asked his friend.
"Why not?" He asked.
"You're mom." Trunks reminded the black haired man of his
overbearing mother wielding a frying pan.
"I'll tell her it's for extra credit or something." Gohan reassured
his friend.
Hotaru turned to Michiru and Haruka. "Can I go too?" She asked
animatedly.
"Of course." Haruka agreed.
"As long as you don't eat all that cotton candy again." Michiru
sternly warned.
"Yes ma'am." Hotaru laughed.
"I knew that chaos would begin again." Rei mumbled on her desk.
~~&~~
Tuesday Afternoon...
"Minako, we do not need new clothes just for a carnival." Ami
tried to reason will the soldier of Venus.
"Aren't you already in a credit debt?" Hitomi reminded.
"I would like some new shoes." Akane mused.
"Shampoo no need new clothes. Ranma like Shampoo clothes already."
Minako looked at all of her friends lounging on the lawn in front
of their school. "This will be the twentieth year of Juuban Daze!
We need new outfits."
"Minako, to a carnival you want to wear comfy clothes." Usagi
reminded. The wrong shoes meant a killer ache the next day.
"Comfy, NEW clothes." Minako prodded.
"Fine. We'll all go shopping." Usagi agreed.
"Wahoo!" Minako cried.
"But you're not driving." Hitomi shook her head.
"I will." Rei agreed with Hitomi.
~~$~~
Wednesday Morning, Breakfast...
"So, Mom. There's this carnival this weekend that Trunks and
our friends-"
"Absolutely NOT!" Chichi roared before Gohan could finish his
sentence. "You will not run around like a felonious teenager!
I forbid it!"
"A carnival? That sounds fun!" Goten cheered.
"Ask your dad to take you Goten." Chichi smiled affectionately
at her youngest son before scooping more eggs on his plate.
Gohan's jaw dropped. "What? Goten can go? But I can't? I'm
like ten years older than him!" Gohan argued.
"Are you questioning your mother?" Chichi asked darkly while
brandishing her frying pan.
"Hey everyone! Leave your dad any breakfast?" Goku asked
sauntering in from his early morning training.
"Daddy!" Goten greeted.
"'Morning Dad." Gohan mumbled.
Goku sat in his chair and started to serve himself. "Morning
Goku! How was your training this morning?" Chichi asked
cheerfully as she placed a giant steak on his plate.
"Bery Bood!" He replied through a mouthful of food.
"Dad, can I go to a carnival this weekend?" Gohan asked.
Goku swallowed. "Sounds fun! You and Trunks?" Gohan nodded.
"Of course, I don't see why not." Goku agreed. "Do you want me
to take you and Chibi?" Goku asked Goten.
"Yeah!" Goten agreed.
"GOKU!" Chichi roared.
Goku looked up innocently. "What? I haven't broken any glasses
today!" Goku held his hands up in defense.
"What do you MEAN Gohan Can GO to a CANIVAL?" She cried angrily.
"Why not?" Goku asked.
"Do you want Gohan to grow up a junkie that sells pot on the corner
to minors?" She screeched with tears welling up in her eyes.
"No... that's why we live in a forest where there are no corners,
and why he attends a school in the Juuban District instead of near
Capsule Corp." Goku replied confused. "And why you tutored him
for the first few years. And why he doesn't train like me." Goku
continued.
Gohan looked victorious.
"Goku! He'll be at a carnival! With shady characters! And
... Carnies!"
Goku looked at his wife with a blank face. "Isn't that why we raised
a well nurtured, non-fighting most of the time, intelligent boy? So
he knows right from wrong? I don't see why he can't go." Goku
shrugged.
Goten and Gohan were in shock. They had never seen their dad
stand up to their mom for this long before. Chichi was also
in shock. She sank into her chair defeated. "Fine, Gohan
can go, but don't blame me Goku when our son is sent straight
to prison-"
"Thanks Mom! Thanks Dad, I got to go to school now!" Gohan
burst out of his chair, hugged his dad, and kissed Chichi on
the cheek before blasting out of the house towards school eager
to tell Trunks the news.
"See! He's already becoming a delinquent." Chichi sobbed.
"Yeah, isn't it great?" Goku agreed before turning back to
his breakfast.
~~%~~
Seventh Period, Auto Shop
"Goku? Stood up to Chichi? Are you sure?" Trunks asked in
shock while dismantling a radiator.
"It was unbelievable! You'd think Dad was once on a debate team
or something. Mom didn't have any fight left!" Gohan marveled.
"Unbelievable." Trunks shook his head in disbelief.
Usagi threw down a book angrily. "I give up! How the heck is
an old man, out in the middle of the sea, being towed by a giant
fish in a tiny little boat infer to the bible?" Usagi asked
glaring at the book.
Half the room turned to the fuming blonde with confusion on
their faces.
"Usagi?" Mr. Weizer asked carefully.
Usagi picked up the book. "We're reading 'Old Man in the Sea'."
She explained. The whole room nodded in understanding.
Duo looked confused. "There's suppose to be a religiousness in
there? Cliffnotes.com didn't tell me that!" Duo moaned into his
hands. Wufei rolled his eyes and muttered "idiot".
Gohan laughed and went back to helping Trunks with the radiator.
~~#~~
Wednesday Night, Tsukino Home, Dinner...
Ikuko Tsukino hummed happily as she added the finishing touches
to her curry and checked on her rice. She faintly heard the door
open and close and a quick, "Hi Mom" as Usagi dropped her school
bag by the door and came to check on dinner.
"Hello honey! How was school and Rei's house?" Her mom asked
as she batted Usagi's fingers away from the pot.
"Good. I got a C+ on my math test." She told her mom as she
grabbed glasses and plates to set the table.
"Wonderful, go tell Shingo that dinner is ready. Honestly,
sometimes I don't know why I bought him that playstation!"
Ikuko joked.
Usagi jogged to the den where her brother was immersed in the
latest Tomb Raider game. "Hey Spore, dinner is ready." She
told her little brother. Shingo blew a raspberry at his older
sister before saving and quitting.
He ran after his sister. "Is Dad home yet?" He asked as he slid
into his spot at the table.
"I'm afraid not Shingo, he's probably stuck in traffic." Ikuko
told him as she set a pitcher of juice at the table. "We'll
wait for him." She went back to the kitchen and placed dinner
in the oven to keep warm.
"Mom, guess what is this weekend." Usagi gushed as she poured
herself a glass of juice.
"Juuban Daze." Her mother guessed.
"How'd you know?" Shimgo asked amazed.
"I went to the market today and I saw the banners." Ikuko ruffled
her son's hair.
"So, I'm wondering if I can have some friends over." Usagi asked
hopefully. "After all, we live closest to it, and we have the
biggest house."
"And can I have some friends over too?" Shingo asked eagerly.
"Yes, you both may." Ikuko smiled warmly.
"Oh, and I got a B+ on my math test today." Shingo told his
mother proudly.
"Very good." Ikuko praised.
"The Blitzball Game is not this weekend, but the next."
Usagi informed her mother. "It's box seats too! The Abes vs.
the Lees."
"Remember our agreement Sweetie. You can only go if you take
Shingo." Her mother reminded.
"How could I forget?" Usagi asked dryly.
"Yeah, it's gonna be awesome! Tidus is playing! We'll be
mere meters from him!" Shingo cried excitedly.
Ikuko continued to talk with her daughter and son for the next
forty-five minutes about school, concerts, and even Shingo
explaining the plot of his favorite movie 'The Goonies'.
"Is Dad ever going to show up? I'm starved." Usagi complained.
"I hope he's okay." Shingo replied worried.
"I'm sure your father is fine. Why don't we start dinner?" Ikuko
got up to grab the dishes. Usagi and Shingo agreed.
It wasn't until 8:45 that Kenji Tsukino arrived home. Usagi was
sitting on her windowsill talking on the phone with Hitomi about
their upcoming track meet against Juuban High School. She
noticed her father's headlights bounce off her window and she
frowned as she heard raised voices down stairs but shrugged it
off and continued talking with Hitomi.
~~~@~~~
Friday Morning, Minutes before School Starting...
Wufei adjusted his already impossible tight ponytail and
straightened his white Chinese shirt. He approached Shampoo
calmly as she raided her locker for something and was muttering
about "Jusenkyo."
Wufei took in a deep breath and tried to calm himself. 'Relax
Wufei, she's just an onna.' "Shampoo." He addressed Shampoo the
Amazon.
She turned quickly. "Wufei startle Shampoo." She smiled.
"Shampoo, I was wondering if you would attend Juuban Daze with
me tonight and tomorrow." Wufei asked.
Shampoo's eyes widened. "Wufei want to go with... Shampoo?"
Wufei nodded quickly.
Shampoo shrieked and tackled the Chinese man. "Shampoo say yes!"
She cried as she hugged him.
Usagi sighed romantically at her locker. "Isn't that sweet?"
She asked Ranma.
Ranma turned to see Shampoo hugging Wufei, and him hugging back
carefully. "At least she's off my back. But wait till this
spreads to our Women of the World class, he'll be the gossip of
the hour." Ranma laughed dryly.
"Is that why you don't ask anyone out?" Usagi giggled.
"I asked you out and look at the mess we created." Ranma joked.
"Ha, ha." Usagi rolled her eyes as they begun their climb to
Homeroom.
~~!~~
Day One of Juuban Daze
Friday Night, Tsukino Residents...
6:03 p.m.
Usagi pulled open the door to her house and was greeted by her
inner Senshi. "Hey guys!" She greeted with a smile. Minako
bounced in with her cheerleading duffle bag, sleeping bag, and
a pillow with a chibi drawing of Sailor Venus giving her infamous
peace sign.
"This is going to be great!" Minako gushed as she bounced up the
stairs to stash her stuff in Usagi's room.
"I can't wait to check out the book booth again." Ami nodded in
excitement as she followed Minako with her blue duffel bag,
blue sleeping bag, and blue pillow. "I need a new anatomy of
a frog book."
"Anatomy of a frog?" Usagi asked turning slightly green. Ami
nodded and laughed at her friend.
"I just can't wait for the shopping and guys." Makoto grinned.
Rei gave a look of exasperation to Usagi. "There is no way in
the deepest, most sinister, coldest pit of the Dark Kingdom you
are going to get me to go on half of the rides." Rei warned
before following Makoto up the stairs to Usagi's room.
Minako froze in the door to Usagi's room causing Ami and Makoto
to run into her. "Hey! Minako! Give us a bit of a warning
next time, will ya?" Makoto growled.
Minako waved the comment away. "Guys... Look!" Minako pointed
in Usagi's room.
"By Zeus... it's a miracle!" Makoto stood in awe.
"Why I never thought I'd live to see the day." Ami breathed in.
Rei gasped in shock. "Oh my Ares! Have we died and gone
to Heaven?"
Usagi rolled her eyes. "Oh please, all I did was clean my
room." Usagi shoved all of her friends in.
Luna stretched from her spot on the made bed, and bunny comforter,
and greeted the Senshi. "Usagi worked all night last night on
cleaning her room. I hardly believed it myself."
"Usagi! Pizza is here!" Ikuko called up to her daughter's
room. Shingo and his three little buddies had already grabbed
their two boxes and disappeared into the den where they were
camping out in front of the TV.
The five Senshi all sat around the table eating pizza, talking,
and drinking mountain dew and dr. pepper.
"Wufei and Shampoo are going together? That is so sweet!" Minako
gushed.
"And very hard to picture." Rei mused.
"And Duo is taking Akane." Makoto added.
"Duo and Akane... they are such a funny couple!" Usagi giggled.
"Are you going with Ryoga?" Ami asked the Senshi of Love.
Minako nodded. "I told him on Tuesday, but he has been lost all
week. I hope he shows up in time!"
Off in Nermia District...
Ryoga burst through the doors of Tendo Dojo. "Minako!" He cried.
Soun Tendo and Genma Saotome, in panda form, looked up at the
lost boy. "Ryoga? Aren't you going to the Carnival over in
Juuban?" Soun asked.
Ryoga fell to the floor. "I was so sure I was in the right
direction too..."
Back at Usagi's...
"I'm sure he'll show up." Makoto assured.
"Van and Hitomi are going together." Rei switched back to the
original topic.
"Even Hotaru and Jim are planning on going together." Usagi nodded.
Minako turned to her blonde friend. "What about you and Ranma?
Or Gohan? Or even Heero?"
"Heero? Where did that come from?" Usagi asked confused.
Minako shrugged. "He's cute. He's single. Why not?"
The girls sweat dropped. "Minako, Ranma and I are just friends.
Gohan and I are just friends." Usagi told her friend slowly.
"Whatever." Minako shrugged before taking a giant bite of
her pizza.
Not to long after, the girls were ready to hit the carnival.
Usagi stopped in front of the door and turned around. "Okay,
comfortable outfit check point." She crossed her arms over
her chest.
Ami was the first to walk by in a kakis skirt, white blouse,
and a blue vest and white keds. Usagi nodded approvingly.
Makoto was next, in boot cut jeans and a green t-shirt, and
black boots. Usagi waved her past.
Rei wore black jean shorts and a red top with sneakers. She
gave Usagi an impatient look. Usagi let her past.
Minako bounced up in an orange tank top, a navy blue skirt, and
blue platform sandals. Usagi's raised her eyebrows. "You're
feet are going to kill you." Usagi commented.
"That's the price we pay for fashion." Minako exited dramatically.
Usagi rolled her eyes and check her jeans, white tank top with a
pink zip up hoodie, before calling "Bye Mom!" and shutting the
door. The girls quickly walked the three blocks to carnival where
they were meeting Gohan, Ranma, Trunks, and hopefully Ryoga.
Minako nearly bounced the whole way there. "We'll have to ride
the Zipper so many times that we'll dream we're still on it!"
She bubbled. Her bouncing brought her straight into another
body. "Oof! I'm so sorry!" Minako blushed and looked up to see
who her victim was. "Ryoga!" She cried and hugged him.
"Minako? I actually got to the right place? Yes!" He
cried in joy.
"Hey Girls!" Ranma greeted. "I nearly had to lead him here on a
leash." Ranma joked.
"Saotome." Ryoga threatened.
"Settle down... P-chan!" Ranma teased.
"Why you little-"
"Did someone mention P-chan?" Akane asked walking up with Duo,
Hitomi and Van, who was in complete awe of all the rides.
"No." Ranma and Ryoga both chimed.
"P-chan?" Usagi asked curiously.
"He's my pet pig... although, he hasn't been around lately..."
Akane sighed. "I bet Ranma had something to do with it." Akane
glared at the pig-tailed boy.
"Me? C'mon now Akane!" Ranma tried to reason.
"Is he the one you have a picture of in your locker?" Hitomi
asked. Akane nodded.
"Hey guys!" Gohan greeted as he and Trunks walked up.
"Look!" Minako squealed and grabbed Usagi. "They have a new
ride!" The two blondes watched the new ride that acted as a
tire flying off an Indy Car would. First it started going
sideways and then it turned upside down, and then at an angle,
then completed the whole process again.
"Wow." The two breathed in awe.
"Looks exciting!" Trunks laughed.
"Looks nauseating." Rei visible turned green. "I think I'll
take a stroll in the Beer Garden." Rei dismissed the rides with
her hand.
"Beer?" Duo perked up.
"Beer Gardens is the unofficial nickname of the Food and Drink
Garden, where venders sell everything from turkey legs to egg
drop soup to hamburgers with fries. They also have bands and
music groups come in and play all sorts of music, for jazz to
alternative rock to swing." Ami informed him.
"Sounds like my kind of Garden." Duo laughed.
"That's Duo, always thinking with his stomach." Wufei muttered
as he and Shampoo walked by.
"Hey! Wu-man! Sham-girl!" Duo greeted.
"Maxwell!" Wufei warned.
"Sham-girl?" Shampoo asked confused.
"Don't pay any attention to him." Usagi advised. Shampoo nodded.
"We're off for that ride over there." Wufei pointed off to the
infamous Zipper. "Any of you care to join us?" Wufei asked.
"Dude! We will!" Minako volunteered Ryoga and herself.
"So will we!" Usagi cried eagerly.
"I'll pass." Rei waved her hand.
"Yes, we can look at all the booths." Ami nodded.
"I'll stick with Rei and Ami." Trunks offered.
Gohan punched his shoulder. "You aren't afraid, are you?"
Gohan teased. Trunks shot Gohan a look that could stun evil Buu.
"Let's go get tickets." Minako ushered everyone away.
"You didn't have to stay with us." Rei turned to the light
purple haired Saiya-jinn.
Trunks shrugged. "I'm not one for amusement park rides."
~%~
7:13 pm
"Right, what's the point of this ride again?" Gohan asked
studying the Zipper.
"Well, you get in one of the cars, which can hold two or three
people and the bar digs into your legs painfully, and you
attempt to spin the car as much as you can. Makoto and Minako's
record is eleven in a row." Usagi informed him while
bouncing around.
"Or scream like crazy, which ever works best." Minako giggled.
"Is it ... safe?" Van asked in conjecture.
"As safe as a carnival ride can get..." Usagi replied.
"Why does that not sound good?" Van gave Usagi a wary look.
Duo leaned against the fence that the line was next to and
whistled low while he watched the twelve cars flip as the main
part of the ride spun around vertical then stopped sideways to
continue the opposite direction, all the cars spinning wildly
the whole way. "Looks like a bad day in Deathscythe Hell."
He commented.
"Or Escaflowne." Van mused.
"I don't think Dragonslayers will be hunting down people on the
ride though." Hitomi added.
"Dragon-what?" Duo asked.
"Nothing." Hitomi said quickly.
"Hey, there's Hotaru!" Minako waved.
Hotaru, Jim, and Merle walked up. "Hi everyone!" She greeted.
"We're heading over for that ride!" She pointed to the one where
three people a row lay down on their stomachs and flew around in a
fast, angled circle.
"Have fun." Usagi nodded. The three trotted off.
"Ryoga, I'm sorry, but I must ride with Makoto." Minako told
Ryoga sadly. "We have a record to break." She told him.
Ranma grinned at him. "You can ride with me." He winked.
"And you both would kill each other being that close for that
amount of time." Akane shook her head.
"We can too go without trying to kill each other." Ranma crossed
his arms.
"Yeah." Ryoga agreed.
"Just keep the cold water away from us!" Ranma glanced up
at the sky to see if it would rain.
"Why?" Makoto asked.
"Uh... Ruin our-my clothes." Ranma smiled quickly.
"Chinese silk no good wet." Shampoo supplied.
"Really? I thought wetness made it stronger." Minako asked
thoughtfully. "Like in 'Shanghai Noon'."
"Well, that's only a certain kind of silk... we-they, Ranma
wears... Jusenkyo silk." Ryoga added hastily.
"It can only be washed in hot water." Akane included. All
four of them nodded.
"Okay..." Gohan turned confused and changed the subject. "So
I guess you and I are riding buddies." He told Usagi.
"You have a strong stomach, right?" Usagi asked cautiously.
"The strongest." Gohan answered.
"Good." Usagi laughed.
Moments later, Van and Hitomi were up to get on the Zipper.
"Are you sure this thing is safe?" Van asked one last time
before the man running the ride shoved him in and slammed the
door shut. The man laughed and muttered something about
"sissies". Van glared at the man before he maneuvered the
ride, sending Van and Hitomi up into the air and brining down
a new car to load. "What a view." Van glanced out the cage
like car and rested his hands on the bar digging into his lap.
"I think I see Merle-Holy Escaflowne!" Van choked.
"What?" Hitomi asked.
"Are they... hanging upside down?" He asked pointing to the
ride next to them.
Hitomi glanced up at the hammer like ride Kamikaze that spins
in vertical circles. "Yup." Hitomi then laughed as Chap Stick
fell out of the ride and bomb some kid on the head. "Dangerous
for pedestrians." She commented.
Van looked on in amazement.
Ryoga and Ranma were next to get in a car. "We'll show them, we
can too get along." Ryoga said in determination.
"Yeah, just don't call be a girl."
"Nor I P-chan."
The Carnie slammed the door shut and sent the boys up the previous
position of Van and Hitomi. "GAAAAAAH!" Ryoga and Ranma screamed
as the car rocked back and forth.
Minako and Makoto giggled as the climbed in, Makoto sending a wink
to the Carnie to earn a long ride. He grinned back; he was missing
two of his front teeth. Makoto smiled uneasily. He maneuvered
the ride again and Van and Hitomi were not at the very top
of the ride.
"That sure is a long way down..." Van commented.
"Van, you aren't afraid of heights, are you?" Hitomi asked smiling.
Van gave her a dour look. "I've flown higher than this with
just my wings, but I've never been locked in a swinging
cage before."
Gohan and Usagi climbed in their car. "This is it, Rei once
threw up on this very ride about two years ago and it flew all
out of our car into another car with three ten year old girls-"
"Please Usagi, spare me the gory details." Gohan made a
pained face.
Usagi giggled. "Sorry, I have several Rei-riding-rides horror
stories and for some reason, I always have to be her riding buddy."
Duo and Akane bounced into the next car.
"Ready?" Duo asked sending Akane a sexy glance.
"Ready." Akane winked back.
Wufei and Shampoo climbed in last. The Carnie sent an attempted
sexy grin at Shampoo; he in turn received the coldest look ever,
from Wufei, which shook the Carnie up to the point of trembling.
Shampoo giggled and looped her arm through Wufei's. Wufei turned
surprised, since he wasn't comfortable with much contact,
especially from a weak onna. "Shampoo so happy Wufei bring her
to place with rides." She giggled before nuzzling his arm.
"Uh... Your welcome?" Wufei stammered.
Shampoo would have replied but the ride started and their car
flipped backwards and she immediately screamed and latched tighter
on Wufei's arm. Wufei held onto the bars and wondered why he
decided to ride this ride.
A few cars away...
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Ranma and Ryoga both clutched the bar with their eyes closed tight
as they flipped recklessly.
Akane heard the two cries and laughed. "Looks like they won't fit
fighting into their list of screaming like fan girls!"
Duo laughed and then proceeded to flip the car five times in a row
causing Akane to scream as well.
"WOOOOHOOOO!" Gohan laughed.
"BOOOOYAAAAAAAA!" Usagi yelled.
"...Five...six...seven... Seven!" Minako and Makoto counted.
The ride paused momentarily to begin again in the opposite direction.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Hitomi yelled as they plunged down towards
the ground and then were jerked back up towards the sky.
Moments later the ride stopped and the carnie began the task of
unloading. The carnie let Duo and Akane out first. They both
hopped out laughing and offered each other a high five.
Ryoga and Ranma were next. The carnie paused at the door and
gave the two guys an odd glance. "Guys... the ride has stopped."
He told them.
Ranma cracked open one eye and breathed a sigh of relief.
"That...ride... is ... EVIL!" He cried falling out.
Ryoga followed. "You...can...say...that again!" He agreed.
Akane cracked up laughing. "That was classic! We could hear
both of your screaming the whole time!"
Duo was laughing as well. "It wasn't that bad!"
"Are you kidding!" Ranma screeched.
"It just kept flipping and flipping..." Ryoga stumbled.
Makoto and Minako bounced up. "Thirteen! Thirteen flips in a
row!" Minako told them excitedly.
"Please, don't mention flipping." Ryoga mumbled.
"Ryoga, you all right?" Minako asked worriedly.
"Definitely akin to a bad day in Nataku." Wufei rubbed his head
slowly as he and Shampoo joined them.
"Shampoo have lot fun with Wufei!" She giggled.
"Guys! That was so awesome! Gohan got our car to flip seventeen
times in a row!" Usagi and Gohan came running up.
"All backwards too." Gohan boasted.
"It was so freaky!" Usagi laughed.
"Seven..." Makoto began.
"...Teen?" Minako finished. Both or their mouths were hanging
open as they stared at Gohan. Gohan smiled and shrugged.
"I'd say I quite enjoyed myself." Van mused walking up to
the group.
"I never knew you could 'booya' just as good as Usagi." Hitomi
complimented.
"They got seventeen flips in a row." Makoto pointed dumbly to
Gohan and Usagi.
"Wow!" Hitomi marveled.
"Let's go check up on Rei, Ami and Trunks." Usagi suggested.
After all those flips, she needed some respite.
"As long as it doesn't involve rides like the Zipper." Ryoga
agreed.
They found the three watching the band that was performing in
the Beer Gardens. An alternative rock band called Love .45.
Minako immediately started to drool over the second guitarist,
with his bleached hair and brown eyes.
"Minako! You're here with Ryoga!" Usagi reminded her
blonde friend.
"Where is Ryoga?" Ranma asked looking around. "Lost already?"
Ranma rolled his eyes and plopped down on the ground.
"I'm allowed to look." Minako told Usagi. Usagi gave Minako a
Rei look.
"What are we all doing standing around?" Makoto asked with her
hands on her hips. She grabbed Usagi, Shampoo and Minako with
one arm and Hitomi, Akane, and Rei with the other. "Let's go give
the band something to look at!" She cried as she dragged them
all to the crude wooden dance floor.
"Weak onnas, I'm glad we didn't get grabbed-"
"C'mon Wu-man!" Duo hauled his Chinese friend to the floor with
him crying "Injustice!" the whole way.
Gohan laughed. "Look at him!" He pointed to Wufei trying to
escape but then Shampoo glomped him and he was held fast to
the dance floor.
"Gohan, it is not nice to laugh at another's misfortune." Ami
said politely. She had dodged Makoto's strong arm and stood
behind Ranma.
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" He gave a look to Ranma.
Ranma nodded, rose, and turned around to Ami.
Ami shrieked as Ranma picked her up and ran off to the dance
floor to deposit her. Ami held fast to his arm and he was
stuck as well.
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" Trunks shrugged and dragged
Gohan off.
"Hey! Trunks! I don't know how to dance!"
"Either does Wufei, and he's doing okay." Trunks replied over
his shoulder.
So the group danced and laughed, except Wufei who was still
muttering about injustice, and Minako drooled over the cute
guitarist. They stayed there for over an hour before Usagi
looked at the time.
Usagi glanced at Hitomi's watch. "Arg, I gotta go check on the
spore, I'll be back in a bit." Usagi waved her hand at the
group and began to trot off.
"Usagi, wait!" Trunks ran after the petite blonde. "I'll
come with."
Usagi flashed a smile. "Thanks Trunks."
"So, what's the plan?" Trunks asked as they weaved their way
through the drunken masses.
"Well, I find Shingo, while my mother calls me on my cell phone,
and if I think it's safe for him to stay out for another hour then
he does, if not he and his troop heads home and plays videogames
into the wee hours of the night." Usagi told him her mother's plan.
Trunks nodded. "Sounds well thought out."
"It's rare if my mother forgets something." Usagi agreed.
"Usagi!" Shingo called from the fish hut. It was a simple game
of tossing the little plastic ball to win a small, die in an hour
or two fish. Usagi and Trunks approached him and his three friends.
"Hey squirt, you guys having fun?" She asked ruffling his hair.
"Knock it off!" He playfully shoved his sister. He then glanced
up at Trunks. "Is this your meat headed boyfriend?" He asked
narrowing his eyes at Trunks.
Trunks laughed. "No, just a friend." He grinned humorously down
at the over protective little brother.
"So when's mom calling?" He asked as his friend threw his
thirteenth ball at the little bowls. It bounced off harmlessly.
"Soon-" the ringing of her cell phone from her back pocket cut
off Usagi. "Moshi moshi!" Usagi answered.
Usagi glanced around while her mother talked in her ear.
"No... I'm not seeing any unrespectable characters." She
reported as she watched a man with tatoo's covering every inch
of his arms, a bright yellow Mohawk and a stud through his chin.
She silently wondered what it was like to eat with something like
that in the way. "Okay Mom, bai!" She hung up the phone and
stuck it back in her pocket. "Okay Shingo, I bought you an
extra hour, go home promptly at ten." Usagi warned.
Shingo beamed. "Thanks Odango!"
"Yeah, yeah, be good!" Usagi called as she and Trunks walked off.
"Cute kid." Trunks commented. "He looks a lot like you."
Usagi turned to her much taller friend. "He does NOT!" She
cried indignantly. "I am smarter, well, maybe not smarter, but
definitely better looking-oh!" Usagi grasped Trunks' arm.
"What?" He asked worriedly.
"That bunny! It's SO cute!" Usagi pointed to the giant,
overstuffed purple bunny. It was one of the prizes of the
crossbow game.
"Get an arrow in the star and win!" The Carny announced. "Only
two bucks!"
Trunks fished in his pocket for two ones. "I'll get it for you."
He winked down at Usagi.
"Really? Ooh! Thank you Trunks!" Usagi hopped up and down
on one foot.
Trunks gave the man his two bucks. The man set up the target
and latched the arrow and gently handed the crossbow to Trunks.
Trunks bent over and concentrated on the target. He hit the trigger.
Zppppt!
The arrow hit the exact middle of the little yellow star on
the target.
"We have a winner!" The carny announced.
"Booya!" Usagi squealed as Trunks told the man he wanted the
bunny. Trunks than handed the giant bunny to Usagi. "Thank
you thank you THANK YOU!" Usagi hugged Trunks and kissed him
lightly on the lips.
Usagi blushed and drew away quickly. Trunks looked down at
her stunned.
"I, um, well, yeah, so, you want to go back now?" Usagi
asked flustered.
"Uh, sure." Trunks agreed.
The walked back to the group silently with an overstuffed bunny
in between them. They were passing a cotton candy place when
they saw a familiar bandana. "Hey, Ryoga!" Trunks waved the
eternally lost boy over.
Ryoga looked overjoyed. "Trunks! Usagi! I finally found
someone!" He dropped to his knees and sent a prayer up to the
heavens. "Praise be to Yevon!" He called out making a globe
with his hands and bowing.
"...Who?" Trunks asked confused.
"Uh... good to see you too." Usagi greeted. She took his hand.
"Now follow me." She instructed. Ryoga nodded and clutched
Usagi's hand to reassure him that he wouldn't get lost again.
They headed back to their group that was still dancing.
"Hey, nice bunny!" Minako commented. "Ryoga! There you are!"
Minako hugged Ryoga. Ryoga mumbled back disjointedly.
"They have a crossbow game?" Ranma asked interestedly. "Sweet,
I wanna check it out."
"I'll go with!" Wufei volunteered immediately.
"What about Shampoo?" Shampoo asked batting her eyes at him.
Wufei turned to the girl. "I'll... you come with and I'll win
you a prize!"
"Gift for Shampoo? Agreed!" Shampoo replied excitedly.
"Sounds cool! Want me to win you something Akane?" Duo asked.
"Sure!" Akane answered with a smile.
"Ryoga, will you win me something?" Minako asked giving Ryoga
puppy dog eyes.
"Uh... sure!" Ryoga cried. "I'll win you the biggest teddy bear
they have!" He swore.
"Ooh! Goody!" Minako exclaimed.
"I'll show you all the way." Trunks motion for them to follow.
"I'll come too!" Gohan cried out eagerly.
"I am assuming this is my chance to win you that stuffed animal?"
Van asked Hitomi. Hitomi nodded. "Well, then we'll go as well."
Van and Hitomi followed the group.
"Well... here we are with no boys and an over stuffed Bunny."
Rei mused.
"Isn't this fun?" Makoto asked tilting her head to the side.
"To bad Trowa couldn't come." She sighed.
"Yeah, were is he?" Usagi asked.
"He, Quatre and Heero all had to work. Quatre said they'd stop
by if they get off early." Ami informed them.
"That's too bad." Rei sighed.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A voice sneered
behind them.
The girls whirled around.
"Seifer?" Usagi gulped.
That's when the strong smell of alcohol hit them. It surrounded
Seifer and explained why he couldn't stand straight. And to
top it off, Anubis and Kento behind him looked like they were in
just as bad of shape. "That's mah name!"
"Don't wear it out!" Kento finished. That comment sent the three
boys into laughter.
"Why don't you guys get lost?" Makoto threatened.
"Uh, Makoto, that probably wasn't such a good idea-"
Ami was interrupted by Seifer's cold glare. "Did'ja say somethin'
ta us, girly?" He scoffed.
"I think we better go." Rei urged her friends. The fire Senshi
was wary to go up against them.
"Seifer, I think you all had a bit much to drink-" Usagi tried
to calm him down.
"Ha! Only about nine or eight glasses." Seifer waved.
"I dunno I lost count afta seven." Anubis slurred.
"Hey! We never got revenge for you escapin' las' week!"
Kento frowned.
Usagi gulped and took a step back. "Well, you all proved your
point." Usagi told them nervously. Even though she was Sailor
Moon, and Makoto behind her was inclined to fighting, three tall,
muscular and superhuman strong men were definitely a bit too
much to handle.
"I believe you're wrong." Seifer took a step forward.
Makoto immediately stepped in front of Usagi. "Back off Seifer.
I'm warning you..." Makoto warned.
"Or what." Seifer asked, standing to his full six feet and
up height.
Makoto took a small step back but kept up her menacing face. "Or
I'll beat you into the ground, that's what." Makoto threatened.
Seifer's face contorted to a drunken rage. "Why you little-"
Seifer bore down on Makoto readying to punch.
"Seifer!" A voice interrupted Seifer's almost fighting spree.
Squall, in his normal brown leather pants and white t-shirt with
his black boots, stepped in between the intoxicated trio and the
girls. "What are you doing?" He asked in a dead calm voice
that could chill even Shiva.
"We're just havin' some fun, right girls?" Seifer held up his
hands in defense.
Squall narrowed his eyes at the much taller blonde. "Why don't
you three head back to Irvine, he's looking for you guys."
Squall ordered.
"Ruin our fun." Kento muttered.
"What was that?" Squall asked darkly.
"Nothing, we're going." Kento smiled before walking off with
Seifer and Anubis.
"Are you here now to give us trouble?" Makoto asked placing her
hands on her hips. "How much have you had to drink? More than
them?" She asked angrily.
"Makoto! Stop, he just prevented Seifer from pounding you!"
Usagi stood in front of her tall friend.
Squall looked at them all. "...Whatever."
Squall was very tired, and dealing with four ticked girls was not
helping the growing headache he had. Irvine, the cowboy, had
brought his own whiskey to the Garden since they're all underage.
And off Seifer and company had gone to stir up some trouble after
drinking their share. Squall didn't touch the stuff, he usually
had some sort of reporter following him because he was President
Loire's son, but he was glad he didn't have bodyguards, since
Squall was stronger than all of them.
"Thanks Squall for getting them out of our faces." Usagi thanked.
Her breath hitched as he looked in to her eyes. 'I can see where
Minako gets her obsession' Usagi thought to herself as Squall's
gray-blue eyes looked into hers.
Squall looked down at the petite blonde with large blue eyes.
She was positively beautiful, to bad she was from the rival
school. "You all get out of here, before Seifer comes back."
Squall directed.
"We aren't taking orders from you-" Makoto began.
"Makoto! Can it! We'll leave." Rei silence her friend. "Thank
you, Squall." The Priestess nodded before dragging Makoto off
and Ami following. Usagi paused to take one last look at the
brown haired, gray-blue eyed fighter before running to catch up.
Squall watched her retreating figure before sighing. Time to go
do some damage control with Seifer, he thought to himself.
~~~$~~~
"Ya'll are gonna put me outta business." The Carny scratched
the back of his neck as he eyed the seven boys that kept winning
all the prizes. "Soon I'll have nothing left ta give!" He pouted.
Van glanced over at the man. "But you are making money,
are you not?"
"Yeah, but ya'll aren't actually supposed ta win!" The
Carny explained.
"That does not make sense." Van argued.
Zppt!
"Bulls eye!" Duo cried gleefully. "My lady wants that cute
pig stuffed animal." Duo told the man.
"Please, I'm a professional archer, your form is sloppy." A
voice piped up from behind them.
There stood Rowen, Sage, and Tamahome from Katana High, Ken
High's worst rivals. Rowen stood in front of the other two,
indicating he had spoken.
"You can do better?" Duo asked gesturing to his bull's eye target.
"With my eyes closed." Rowen challenged.
"Oh lordy." The Carny cried as Rowen paid the fee and took up
the crossbow.
"No peeking now." Duo warned.
Everyone watched as Rowen held his eyes closed and aimed the
crossbow and concentrated. He pulled the trigger.
Zpppt!
"Shinigami! I don't believe it!" Duo marveled at the arrow in
the dead center of the gold star target.
"Child's play." Rowen smirked before he continued on his way.
"That guy was good." Gohan commented.
"Good? He shot a bull's eye with his eyes closed! I think even
Wufei would compliment him!" Duo raved.
"Injustice!" Wufei muttered as he watched the Assassin's back.
"See?" Duo pointed to Wufei.
"Shampoo love Wufei jr." Shampoo gushed as she hugged her giant
stuffed cat.
Ranma eyed the stuffed animal warily. "I hate cats." He mumbled.
"Hey! Look at that game! You throw darts at balloons and if you
pop it you get a cool scroll!" Duo exclaimed and dragged everyone
over to the next game.
"So simple, anyone could win." Wufei muttered.
A teenager, about their age, glared at him. He threw his seventh
dart and still missed.
"Wufei win Shampoo scroll of Ranma?" Shampoo asked.
"What?" Ranma looked closer at the scroll. "How did the get a
picture of me?" He asked. "Nabiki!" Ranma cried out in rage
as he spotted Akane's older sister. "What are you doing?"
"Making money." She replied. "These ones of you are going fast."
He pointed to his girl form sleeping with no shirt on, and a simple
arm in the way of an eye full.
"Ooh! Ryoga, I want one of you!" Minako bounced as she looked
at the scroll of Ryoga poised for a fight with Ranma.
"Nabiki!" Akane cried out exasperated.
"I'm thinking I want the one of Akane exercising." Duo winked.
"Pervert!" Akane cried before bashing him over the head.
"Perhaps we should try the next game." Trunks motioned to the
next booth.
"Ranma! You will die now!" Mousse cried leaping out from behind
a trash barrel located next to Trunks. Wufei dodged sending
Mousse flying into the wooden counter of the game booth.
"Mousse! You cause injustice! I am Chang Wufei, not Ranma! You
blind, weak, baka onna!" Wufei fumed as the boy with dangerously
thick glasses stood up.
"My apologies then-wait a minute, you are taking my beautiful
Shampoo out?" He asked.
Wufei nodded.
"Shampoo! How can this be? At least he's Chinese, but still-"
Shampoo cut off the boy with a splash of cold water from a
bystander's cup. A duck with glasses quacked in his place.
"Whoa!" Duo cried out.
"What was that?" Van asked as they all watched the Duck.
"That was totally weird."
"Oh brother, now you've done it Shampoo!"
"Shampoo sorry Ranma!"
"Did anyone else see that?"
"Yeah, we all did Gohan, and I'm just as confused!"
Mousse-duck quacked and waddled away quickly.
"Hey guys! What's up?" Usagi asked as she and Rei, Makoto
and Ami walked up. "Did we miss anything?"
"Not much!" Ryoga reassured.
"You?" Ranma asked.
"Besides being attacked by a drunk Seifer, not much." Makoto replied.
"WHAT?" Everyone cried.
"No big deal, Squall stepped in and stopped it." Usagi told them.
"Did he hurt any of you?" Hitomi asked.
"Seifer or Squall?" Rei asked.
"Either!" Trunks narrowed his eyes.
"Besides smelling bad, no. Actually Squall helped us." Usagi
filled in.
"I missed Squall? The horror! He has the world's cutest butt!"
Minako wailed.
"Minako, such comments about the President's son shouldn't be
made!" Ami reprimanded.
"Tokyo Girl Magazine even says so!" Minako argued.
"Oh brother." Makoto rolled her eyes.
"So neither of them hurt you?" Trunks asked cautiously.
"Not a scratch." Makoto agreed.
"Ooh! Look! Cotton candy!" Usagi squealed, forgetting the
entire incident.
"What? Where?" Duo shot up. Usagi pointed to the food hut
selling cotton candy, among other good treats. He charged up
to the hut.
"Maxwell, you baka!" Wufei cursed.
"Let me guess, he doesn't hold his cotton candy well." Rei guessed.
"How'd you guess?" Wufei asked dryly.
"Duuuuuuude! I got, like, FOUR bags!" Duo held up the bags.
"Anyone want some?" He asked.
"ME! Me! Me! Me!" Usagi bounced.
"Usagi is the same way." Rei replied shaking her head sadly.
The sugar overtook them instantly.
"Soooooooooooo, Rei, you wanna go on that cool spinny ride? With
the horses? Please?" Usagi bounced.
"Oooh! I wanna go! I want a black horse! 'Cause I'm SHINIGAMI!"
Duo struck a pose.
Usagi giggled. "Shini-whaaa?" She asked taking more pink fluff.
"So... what exactly is cotton candy?" Van asked warily.
"Dye, sugar and air." Makoto replied shaking her head as Usagi and
Duo chased each other around a trashcan.
"Usagi! Save some for me!" Minako joined the fray and took some
cotton candy.
Van took a taste. "Not...bad...it's delightfully succulent!"
"Wait just a Lunar second, I thought Hades was the God of Death..."
Usagi mulled.
"Technically, he guards the Underworld, not Death...That's the guy
who brings people through the river of Styx or something like
that, whatchamacallit, and whateverhisnamebe. Hades is Greek
too, and whaevahisnamebe is Roman..." Duo replied.
"Does it make you less intelligent?" Van asked as he watched the two.
"Van, I have to ask, why do you always ask questions about
duh stuff. Like is cotton candy good?" Minako asked
studying the boy.
"Well...uh, I'm-"
"He's an exchange student... from... uh, one of the Central
American countries!" Hitomi explained swiftly.
"Hey, can you speak Spanish?" Trunks asked.
"Of course he can! Speak some Spanish Van." Hitomi ordered.
"Uh... Hola! Me... llama Van." Van told them uneasily.
"Actually, that is incorrect-"
"AMI! Uh, what's Pi times the base of a perfect cube?" Hitomi
asked quickly.
"Well, since Pi is 3.14..."
"Where did Usagi go?" Rei asked suddenly.
"What do you mean-hey! Where's Duo?" Wufei looked around.
"Oh Zeus!" Makoto laughed.
"And how old are they?" Akane joked as she and Makoto watched
the Carousel.
Duo, on a black horse with a silver mane laughed evilly. "I am
Shinigami! [1] Fear my wrath!"
Usagi giggled at him from a pink horse with a purple mane. "I
am...Tsukigami! [2] Fear my... moonbeam!"
The two proceeded to burst into a fit of giggles and throw cotton
candy at each other. "Duo! You're a bakagami! [3] "
"Yeah, well you're a Usagami!"
"An Americagami!"
"Japagami!"
The two were laughing so hard that they both slid off their horses
and were lying on their backs on the still moving platform laughing
their heads off.
"Maybe there's something in the cotton candy... Shampoo?" Ranma
glared at the Amazon.
"Shampoo swear she did nothing." Shampoo told him solomely.
"No, trust me, this is normal after sugar." Wufei sighed.
Rei nodded. "Happens all the time." She rolled her eyes.
"I think we better get her home before she hurts herself." Ami
wisely advised.
"You're right." Minako nodded. "I'm going to squeeze all the
details of Squall out of her!" She giggled evilly.
Rei rolled her eyes. "Usagi! Let's go home!"
Usagi and Duo tried to help each other up and walked rather
drunkly towards them. "We don't wanna go home!" Usagi pouted.
"We're toys'R'us kids!" Duo sang loud and off key.
"I don't waaanna grow up!" Usagi joined.
Wufei then picked up a nearby trashcan and bashed Duo over the
head with it. "Bakagami indeed." He muttered.
"Hey... Wu-bear, that wasn't very nice!" Usagi brooded.
Wufei bristled. "What did you just call me?" He growled.
"We're leaving!" Makoto quickly butted in and grabbed Usagi's
arm. "We'll see you all tomorrow at the parade!"
"Yes." Wufei nodded as he threw Duo over his shoulder. "Tomorrow."
~~~@~~~
End of Day one!
Translations:
[1] Shinigami- for all those gundam wing fans! God of Death
[2] Tsukigami- Goddess of Moon I just kind of made it up!
[3] Bakagami- God of Idiot(s) I made that one up as well! I assume
you can guess the rest of those...
Well everyone, the floodgate is open! Anything and everything can
and probably will change! *Cackles gleefully* Goku: uh... LizBethy?
What do you mean? Liz: well, Bs-chan and I had a chat about whom
Usagi is going to be paired off with and it has changed! But I
will not tell who it is! Cordelia: I know! Ha ha! Liz: Stupid
evil twin. Van: What if the guy already has a girl? Liz: Things
can change, what if Hitomi... fell of a cliff? Van: Then I'd fly
down and rescue her. Liz: Van, you're missing the point. *van
looks determined* *lizbethy growls* Fine! Usagi might be paired
up with anyone (and I mean ANYONE) except Van, because he is happy
with his Hitomi. Better? Van: Much, so stay tuned for the next
chapter of Anime High, Day two of Juuban madness!
Lizbethy: oh! *ehem* I have been away in S.C. for a week
(WOOOOOHOOOOOOO) so i was not able to post, even though i finished
typing this chapter last week! All because i couldn't log in! (i
doubt any of you noticed that this has been posted for the
last week on my website... o.o )
And if you have ideas for day two, leave 'em, they're greatly
appreciated! *glomps all* the next chapter, (actually, the
next three chapters) are all 1/2 to 1/4 of the way done! go me!
And i'll write like crazy now that i'm back! Thanks all! Love
ya! Bai!
Oh yeah, the trunks and Usagi kiss is dedicated to BabySerenity (a.k.a.
bs-chan) because she wanted a moment for her favorite couple, even
though the main couple was her idea... *laughs evilly to self*
Time for another Thanks Korner!
Lindsey: *looks flabbergasted* you compared me to Usagi, a Sayian
Child?! Wooooow! *glomps* wow! Thank you! Squall is actually from
the Playstation game Final Fantasy VIII and the hottest man you'll
ever see! *drools* especially this one pic i found... *ehem*
thanks for your review!
Seeking Serenity: Dude! I am sooooooo going to use that idea! I
can see it now! *plots* but, i'm going to use it in a different
part, if that's okay with you...
datajana: *laughs* sorry to your roommate! Doncha just love Goku
and his naiveness? (is that even a word? naiveness... or maybe
naivity... Thanks!
LadyS: Thanks! I hate movie too! never rent! then you're always
moving! Sheesh! You aren't to late for the chapter thing 'cause
bs-chan is laaaazy! so is Kyia-chan!
Saturnpyrosprincess: Though i'd keep ya feeling loved! Thanks!
*glomps*
Bunny-Butler: well thank YOU for the amazing review! *giggles*
I'm glad you like this fic! it's not ending any time soon...
Chibi Michi Hii-chan: oh but you can still write! So i guess having
a lazy beta/boss/manager is a good thing... *giggles*
Lady Kyia- Really? I'm not a chore? *super glomps* i haven't
chatted with you lately, when i do i need to ask you a few questions
(it concerns your temple, actually ~.^)
Raisa Sharpclaws: Was that random enough (the trunks/usagi) or shall
i get a little crazier? *grins evilly*
ChibiChaos: i think i might have seen a preview on my dbz tapes for
that... does the main guy fight ghosts or something like that?
I may be confusing it with something else...
Tenshi no Nozomi: Thanks for the try! *glomps* *hands her a bottle
of creative juice* does this help?
Usagi Malfoy: did you put an "r" in there? I'm not sure either!
Have i started to repeat reivews? I think i have, well if i missed you
thanks for the reviews everyone! Mega glomps to you all! JA!
~~LizBethy~~
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