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chapter nine: sweet fifteen
Rika stared at the clock. A minute left then it was the weekend. Not just the weekend but the weekend of her birthday. Her birthday was on a Sunday so Faye was coming over Saturday and staying over until Sunday. They were going to hang out all weekend, just having fun.
Finally, the bell rang. Rika leaped out of her seat and Faye was right behind her.
"Two days Rika!" she said.
"Yup." replied Rika. "Can't wait."
Faye was now in Rika's school and they had every class together. Faye had yet to say something smart ass to Danielle, but she was itching for the chance.
They stopped at their lockers and grabbed their skateboards.
"Rika!" called Jeri, she ran over to them.
"Hiya Jeri!" said Faye.
"Hi Faye." said Jeri. "The Weekend is here!"
"Oh yeah!" said Faye. "I kinda miss staying home all day long. Being able to leave my house is great though." she grinned.
"What are you guys doing this weekend?" asked Jeri.
"Nothing much." said Rika. "My birthday's Sunday so I'm just gonna have fun all weekend and do what I feel like." she said.
"Wow." said Jeri. "Thats great."
"Hey Jeri.." said Rika. "You doing anything tomarrow?" she asked.
Jeri thought. "Nope." she said. "Why?"
"Wanna come with me and Faye?" asked Rika. "We're going to the mall and..well, we're gonna crash it." she grinned.
Jeri's eyes widened. "I dunno.." she said.
"There will be plenty of people there!" said Faye. "You do something, then scram and hide. Run to the other side of the mall or something." she said. "We do it all the time. Its fun!" she grinned.
Jeri smiled. "I don't wanna get in trouble. My parents would kill me." she said.
"Listen Jeri, if you don't wanna, you don't have too." said Rika. "Its just your my friend and I wanted to include you." she said.
Jeri's eyes lit up. "Well..I guess I could come..Dunno if I'll do anything really bad.." she said.
"Thats great!" said Rika. "Ok..I'll call you later with ALL the details but for now, make sure to meet around two at the food court and wear something you can move around in." she explained. "We might have to run a bit." she grinned.
Jeri smiled again. "Ok." she said. She heaved her backpack. "I can't believe I'm doing this." she said.
"It'll be fun!" said Faye.
Rika winked. "Yeah. Trust me." she said.
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Rika stood with Faye in the food court, waiting for Jeri to arrive. It was exactly two o'clock when the doors opened again and she walked in.
"Jeri!" called Faye. She waved her hand.
Jeri dashed over to them wearing jeans and a long sleeve shirt. "Hello! Happy Birthday, Rika." she said.
"Technically its tomarrow but thanks anyway!" grinned Rika.
They walked out of the food court.
"So what do you guys do first?" asked Jeri.
"Oh..anything.." grinned Faye. "But its really fun to go into the preppy stores and just terrorize." she said.
Jeri cocked her head. "Meaning?" she asked.
"Spray all the glitter and perfume for starters." said Faye. "Then take all the jewelery and try some of it on...lots more." she grinned.
Rika stopped outside one of those stores. "Observe." she grinned. She walked in and picked up a bottle of soap. She looked around and squatted down. She opened in and dumped a bunch all over the floor. She closed it, put it back, stood up and walked away.
Jeri stared. "What now?" she asked.
"Just watch." said Faye, leaning on her shoulder.
One of the girls in the store walked over the soap, slipped and fell. Faye and Rika started to crack up. Jeri smiled. "Thats funny." she said.
"If you think that is funny.." said Faye. "We got loads more to show ya." she grinned and they wandered off.
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"Free samples!" shouted a guy dressed as a pretzel. "Get your free pretzels here!" he shouted into the mall.
"Ooo." said Faye. "My favorite." she said. "Wanna come?" she asked Jeri as she and Rika started towards him.
"I'll just watch." replied Jeri.
"Suit yourself." replied Faye. They walked over to him.
"Wouldya like some free samples?" asked the pretzel man.
"Sure!" grinned Rika. She grabbed two and bit each of them.
"Hey! One per person!" shouted the pretzel man.
Faye did what Rika did, except she took three. "Oh sorry..want them back?" she asked, dipping one in the sauce and putting the other two back on the plate.
"No I don't!" shouted the pretzel man. "Take them back!"
"But you told us to take one, so we did." said Faye.
"Yeah well- I don't think anyone wants one thats already bitten."
"I'll take one!" said Rika, taking one that Faye had bitten.
"Hey!"
"What?"
"You already have one!"
"No I don't." said Rika, holding up her hands. The pretzel she had was gone. "Told you." she said. A grin on her face.
Faye meanwhile had rearranged all the pretzels in a neat stack on the tray, with the sauce facing the man. "Hey mister!" she shouted.
The pretzel man jumped and all the pretzels flew up in the air. The sauce landed on his head. "Hey you!" he shouted.
Faye and Rika laughed and ran off, dragging Jeri by the arms. She was laughing too. They ran away from the pretzel man.
"That was funny!" laughed Jeri.
"Yup." said Faye. "We always torture the free sample people. Its a lot of fun."
"What now?" asked Jeri.
"Now..we go see a movie." grinned Rika evilly.
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The three of them sat in the back row with piles of food. Sodas, candy, popcorn, water. More and more people came in and it really made Rika's day when a certain someone walked in.
"Sweet!" said Rika.
"What?" asked Jeri.
"Look who just walked in." she grinned.
They all looked in the direction Rika had pointed. Danielle had just walked in with Felecia and Jenny. Faye grinned an evil grin.
"Duck down." said Rika. "If they don't see us, they might sit in front of us." she said, lowering herself. Faye and Jeri followed suit.
Sure enough, Danielle and her friends sat two rows in front of Rika. Rika, Faye and Jeri moved down a couple seats to get closer to Danielle but not too close.
The movie previews started and the theatre got dark.
They sat there, and as the movie began, Faye opened a package of m&m's. She ate one and saved the rest for a better purpose.
"I have the funny feeling, my friends," said Rika. "That we will not see the whole movie today." she grinned.
"Thats quite all right with me, Rika." said Faye. "I will have plenty of fun all on my own." she said.
Jeri sipped some soda.
Rika grabbed a handful of popcorn in her hand. "As soon as I throw, duck." she said. "Got it?" she whispered. Her friends nodded.
Rika took aim with her hand for Danielle's head and threw. The second it hit her head, she flew behind the seat. She could hear Danielle curse with furry and it was all Rika could do to try and keep silent. She chanced a peek and saw that Danielle's head was now looking back at the movie.
Now it was Faye's turn. M&m's in hand, she flung her hand in Jenny's direction and ducked behind the seat as Jenny's head turned around.
By now, some other people were looking curiously around at where the food and candy was coming from.
"Go on Jeri." said Rika.
"I dunno.." said Jeri.
"Just throw some Crunch a Bunches." said Faye.
Jeri sighed. "All right." she grinned. She opened her package and the three of them sat up. Jeri took aim and threw them at Felecia. They hit and the three ducked again.
"Ok what the hell is going on?" asked Danielle.
The three continued staring for a while then turned back to the movie.
Rika grinned slyly. "Ok." she said. "After this, we gotta high-tail it outta here." she said, picking up some of her fruit punch.
"Oh Rika, you are so evil." said Faye.
"I know." she replied. She stood up and leaned over the seat. She opened the cap on her soda and started to dump it on Danielle's head. She screamed and everyone turned to look at them. One of the theatre guys started towards them.
Rika laughed and dropped it on Felecia. Then the three took off. They ran out the doors and down the hall.
"Into the bathroom!" called Faye.
The three turned and each went into their own stall.
"You remembered, right Jeri?" asked Rika, over the stalls.
"Yeah." came her reply. "Now I know why you told me to layer."
"It was dark in the movies so they don't remember exactly what we look like." said Faye. "So its simple, change your clothes." she said.
Rika pulled off her red sweatshirt and underneath she had a blue teeshirt over a gray long sleeve shirt. She pulled down her pants and flipped them. "Reversable pants." she said. "The best invention sinse the skateboard."
She heard Faye's high and concontrolable laugh and Jeri's quiet and reserved giggle. Rika emerged from the stall and saw Faye already done with her transformation.
"Yup." she said. "I sure do love my reverable pants." she said with a western kind of voice. (A/N: you know, ya'll..and howdy parter!! sandy from spongebob squarepants!)
Rika smiled. Jeri came out with a teeshirt on and the same jeans. "I couldn't get any other pants." she said.
"Hey." said Rika. "Jeans are jeans."
"Now what?" asked Jeri.
"We just leave." said Rika. They walked out of the bathroom and Faye ran into a security guard.
"Thats them!" cried the guy that was in the theatre.
"Uh-oh." said Faye. They took off and ran out of the cinema.
They got back into the mall itself with the guards hot on their heels. They stopped when they reached a split.
"Go left." said Rika. "There's a stair case down there." she said.
The three ran and reached the way to the upper level. Only thing is, it wasn't a staircase.
"Its an escalator." said Jeri.
The one they were faced was going down to their floor. Going up was on the other side. Rika and Faye grinned. The security guards were coming now.
Rika and Faye took off and ran up the escalator. Jeri followed. They ran passed people and pushed their way through. The guards were getting mad but they followed.
"To tell you the truth, I've always wanted to do that!" shouted Jeri.
"Isn't it great?" called Faye.
They reached the top and Rika turned back to look at the guards. They were going through the people ever so politely.
"Lets get outta here." grinned Rika, she started to run. She turned and ran into someone. "Shit." she said.
Faye and Jeri skidded to a halt and helped Rika to her feet. "Come on Rika!" said Faye, pulling her up.
"Sorry bout that-Takato!" screamed Rika, seeing exactly who it was that she had run into.
"Nice to see you too Rika." he said. Henry was there too.
"There they are!" shouted the guard. "Guess they're with those guys too!"
"Oh shit!" said Faye.
"Run!" shouted Rika, grabbing Takato's arm. She took off with Faye, Jeri and Henry at her heels.
"What happened?" asked Takato.
"Long story." replied Rika. "We gotta ditch the guards." she said.
"Head to a clothing store." suggested Henry.
"Great!" replied Faye.
They turned into one of the major clothing stores and ran towards the back. They were in the girls' part and trapped. They could see the guards looking for them.
"Now what?" asked Faye, clutching her head.
"Into the fitting room!" said Jeri. "We can hide in those."
"Perfect." said Rika. They took off into the room and a girl screamed at seeing the two guys run in. Rika turned sharply and went into a smaller changing room. Someone followed her in and she slammed it shut. She turned to see who it was.
"Takato." she sighed.
"What?" he shrugged.
"Jump on the seat thing." said Rika. "People will freak if they see guys' shoes under the doors." she said and Takato obeyed.
Rika put her ear to the door and listened. It sounded like Henry, Faye and Jeri were all in the big one next to them. She also heard the guards come into the room.
Rika kicked off her shoes and rolled up the bottom of her pants. She had done this before. The guards would glance under the doors for familiar feet. She tossed her shoes on the seat next to Takato and stood there. She moved her foot as if she was trying on something. Takato raised an eyebrow. Rika hoped Faye had enough sense to do something similar.
"Looks like they got away." said one of the guards. "Just keep an eye out for them." he said and they left.
Rika sighed and sat on the ground. "Can I have my shoe?" she asked, rolling down a pant leg.
Takato had both her shoes on his lap. He tossed one too her. "So what was that all about?" he asked.
Rika pulled it on her foot. "We caused some trouble in the movies." she said. "Happens all the time. Haven't got caughter yet." she said. She finished tying her shoe. She rolled down her other pant leg and looked at Takato who was now standing near the door. "Can I have my shoe?" she asked.
"No." he replied and opened the door. He took off.
Rika's mouth dropped. She stood up. "TAKATO!" she shouted. She slammed the door open and ran after him.
Faye, Jeri and Henry were coming out of their stall when Takato jetted out in front of them, holding a shoe. Shortly after, Rika was right behind him.
They blinked.
Rika ran after Takato and some of the shoppers gave them funny looks. "Takato Matsuki! Give me my shoe!" she shouted.
"I think I'll keep it." came his reply. (A/N: aww..he's flirting!! o^_^o)
"Takato!" she screamed.
She saw him turn a corner and she took a short cut through the music part. She flew out and cut him off. He crashed right into her and they fell down.
Her shoe flew up in the air and landed not too far from them. Rika layed on her back, laughing hysterically. Takato was also on his back, some distance from her.
She rolled over and crawled towards her shoe. She snatched it and shoved it on her foot. She tied it quickly and just sat there, still laughing.
Takato sat up. He laughed.
They just sat there, laughing hysterically. Rika looked around and spotted a bottle of water, layed forgotton on the ground. She crawled over to it and opened it.
"What are you doing?" asked Takato.
"Watch and see." replied Rika. She listened for a second and then poured some water in the middle of the floor. Then, she just dumped the whole thing then threw the empty bottle at Takato. It hit his shoulder and bounced away.
"Rika.." said Takato, looking around, catching on.
"Trust me." she said. "It'll be funny."
Faye and the others turned the corner. "Rika!" she said. "There you are." they started walking towards them. "We've been looking for- WOOAAAHH!!" she said, slipping on the water and sliding across the floor, shortly followed by Henry then Jeri. They crashed into each other. Faye turned around.
"Rika!" she shouted, laughing.
Rika fell over in the water and laughed even harder. Her whole back got soaked as tears formed in her eyes from laughter. She heard a splash as Takato hit the water too.
Then an idea clicked. Rika stood up and walked a far distance from the rest. She turned and faced them all.
"Rika?" asked Faye.
Rika started running towards them and slid on the water. She skidded and landed on top of Faye and them. Takato was up imedietely after that and copied exactly what Rika had done.
Soon, they were all sliding across the water and getting soaked when a worker came by and saw them.
"What are you doing?!?!" she screamed.
Tangled and struggling to get up, Rika and company looked up and saw her fuming face.
They all jumped up simotaniously and ran.
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Rika, Faye, Jeri, Takato and Henry were now officially keeping an eye out for security guards.
They walked around, wondering what to do next.
Rika looked at her watch. "Its five fourty-five." she said. "What time do you guys gotta be home?" she asked.
"By ten." said Takato.
"Wanna get something to eat?" asked Faye.
"Sure." replied Henry.
They all went and bought something to eat. They walked around, searching for a place to sit. They found a table for six and sat.
"I think today will be a day I won't forget for a looong time." said Takato, eating three fires dipped in ketchup.
Jeri nodded. "I'm glad I came!" she said cheerfully, eating a forkfull from her salad. She chewed it.
"Do you do this all the time?" asked Henry.
"Oh yeah. All the time." said Faye. "We have so many different ways to get rid of security and stuff, we never do the same thing twice in one day." she explained.
"Cool." said Takato.
"There's another thing we have." said Rika. "If they're searching for people with certain clothes on." she said.
"Two ways, actually." said Faye. "We've already done one today. That was the wear extra clothes! You run into a bathroom stall or fitting room and take off the extra clothes you wore." she said.
"The second is to switch clothes." said Rika. "We've only done that once and there's ususally only two of us so it doesn't work." she said. "You just randomly toss your clothes in the air over the walls of stalls your in and put on whatever comes your way." she explained. "It comes in handy when you're running from stupid guards."
"Man." said Takato. "Where do you come up with these things?"
Rika and Faye glanced at each other. "We make them up as we go along." she said. "We've been doing this for a while so we need more ideas." said Faye.
"Cool." said Henry.
"No." said Faye. "Its sweet." she grinned. They shared a look for a second and Rika turned her laugh into a cough. Faye punched her. "Rika's stupid. Ignore it." she said.
Henry sipped his soda. "What should we do next?" he asked.
"RIKA NONAKA-MAKINO!"
They all turned to see a very angry, very pissed off Danielle Spencer.
Rika grinned. "Hi Danielle." she said. "How's your hair? I heard it smelt real fruity today." she cracked. Faye and Jeri howled with laughter.
"You ruined it!" screamed Danielle. "I swear I should call those security guards right now and have them arrest you!" she screamed. Felecia and Jenny nodded.
"Arrest us for what?" asked Faye. "Hair damage?" she grinned. This time, Takato and Henry snorted into their food and Rika and Jeri cracked up.
Danielle glared. "New girl." she said. "You should know something about me."
"What?" asked Faye. "The fact that you're a bitch?" she asked. "If thats the case, I already know that." she said.
Danielle was now fuming. "Takato!" she screamed. "How can you just sit there and let them diss me like this!" she wailed.
"For one thing," said Takato. "I still remember a certain rumor you started last October and you haven't talked to me sinse then." he said. "And to tell you the truth, thats perfectly fine with me." he ate a fry.
Danielle stood there, speachless. Felecia and Jenny looked at their 'leader' and wondered what to do.
"Oh and Danielle?" said Rika. "Before you grace us by leaving do us a favor."
Danielle glared.
"Get a life and a new shirt." she said.
"Why would I do that?" asked Danielle.
"Because you have soda all over yours." replied Rika.
Danielle looked down. "What?" she asked.
Rika opened her Pepsi and dumped it on Danielle's shirt. She screamed. "I know I've done that to you already, but thats something I NEVER get bored of." she grinned.
"Good-bye Danielle!" called Faye as she ran off.
"Sweet!" said Takato.
Rika and Faye did a handshake thing. "But now I lost my soda." said Rika. Faye pushed her's in front of Rika.
"Have some of mine." she grinned.
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After they finished eating, the five happy little group of people wandered around aimlessly, looking for something to do.
"Lets go in here." said Henry, pointing to Radio Shack. "I want to check out some new software they have." he said, dragging Takato by the arm.
"I guess we could go..." started Faye as she followed.
"..and push all the buttons." grinned Rika.
"Rika." said Faye, also grinning. "You're speaking my language." she said. They dashed in after the guys, followed by Jeri.
While Henry was oogling (A/N: funny yet cool word!) at some computer stuff, Takato looked as if he was about to fall asleep. Jeri wandered around, reaching the phones and Rika and Jeri reached the part with all fun things with buttons.
"Henry will kill us if he gets kicked out because of us." said Faye.
"Trust me." said Rika. "We won't involve him." she said. "Just go tell him we're gonna cause some terror and act like he doesn't know who we are."
"Why me?" asked Faye.
"Cuz your the one who's got a thing for him." replied Rika.
Faye glared at walked casually over to the computers. She saw her stare at a moniter and utter words out of the corner of her mouth. Rika then saw Henry shake his head and nod. Faye came back over. "Told him." she said.
"Great." said Rika. She pushed a button on a telephone and it rang REALLY loud. "Sorry!" she called. "I wanted to see what kind of ringer it had."
Faye was next. She pushed the on/off switch on a stereo and opera music blasted through the store, even shattering a small window of a small electronical car.
"Excuse me!" cried a worker. "Please stop!" he said running over and turning off the stereo and the loud music.
"Sorry." said Faye, shrugging. "I liked the stereo." she said. The worker walked away. Faye and Rika high fived.
"Now just push everything in sight and run out." said Rika. She walked down an isle and pushed, flicked, turned everything that she saw and loud and annoying noises blasted through the store. More sounds could be heard from around where Faye had gone.
"OUT!" screamed the worker. "Get out of here before I call security!!!" he screamed, chasing after Rika and Faye as they ran out of the store.
They reached a bench and sat down, laughing hysterically. It took a few minutes before the sounds died down and shortly after, Jeri came out laughing.
"You did all that, didn't you?" she asked.
Faye nodded. "Of course." she said. "No one else in there would have had the guts to do that." she grinned.
About five minutes after that, Henry and Takato came out, Henry carrying a bag with the Radio Shack logo on it.
"What did ya buy?" asked Faye, snatching the bag from his grasp.
"Hey!" shouted Henry.
Faye pulled a box out of the bag. Small and plain, she stared at it and moved it around. "What the hell?" she asked.
"Careful!" ordered Henry, taking in away from her. "It a computer chip to give my laptop more space and memory." he said, putting it back in the bag.
Faye blinked. "Ok..." she said, clearly not understanding a word he had just said.
Rika laughed. "You're so dense." she said.
"Like you understood that either." replied Faye.
"You're right." said Rika. "I didn't." she stood up. "Lets go to a sporting goods store. I got an idea." she said and starting walking.
"Wait up!" called Takato, he jogged over to her. "Did you are Faye push all those buttons?" he asked her.
"Of course." said Rika. "Did you think Jeri would?" she asked. "No offense."
Takato nodded. "I've always wanted to do that." he said. "Push all the buttons and scram." he grinned.
"Its fun." said Rika. "We've done it before. I'm actually surprised they don't have our pictures on the door, forbidding us to go inside." she laughed.
"You mean stores actually do that?" asked Takato.
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea." replied Rika. "Although it would be funny if they did. We'd eventually be banned from all stores in the mall." she said.
Takato laughed. "It would take me a lot longer. This is the first time I've done anything like this. Terrorize the mall and the people in it." he said.
"And what do you think of it?" asked Rika.
"Its fun!" replied Takato grinning.
Rika grinned. He was soo...blonde! But that wasn't possible because he had brown hair. He was just..clueless..in a cute kind of way. She grinned back.
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Rika and Faye put on the bright orange jump suits in the store. (A/N: hunting stuff. its bright orange. you can't miss it! ^_~) They walked around, pointing at random people and laughing at them. They reached the exercise machines and jumped on. Sinse they weren't hooked up, they just ran on them and bounced. Takato jumped on a bike and started peddling. Jeri sat on a bench and just laughed. Henry stood there, with his arms crossed, laughing then joined in by jumping on the bike next to Takato.
"Hey you kids!" screamed a worker.
They laughed and jumped off the machines and ran. Rika and Faye stripping off the jump suits along the way and dropping them on the floor.
They ran out of the store and down in the opposite direction they had come.
After a while, Rika stopped and looked around. Then she ran a little and did a cartwheel. Faye copied except her's wasn't good. As a matter of fact, she fell on her ass.
Passerbys gave them funny looks and walked faster.
"Mommy?" asked a little boy. "What are those kids doing?"
"Nothing sweetie." replied his mother. "Just keep walking." and she scooped him up and practically ran away.
By now, the five were all sitting on the floor and getting a little tired.
"Anyone know what time it is?" asked Faye.
Rika looked at her watch. "Nine-thirty six." she replied.
"Damn!" replied Faye.
"You're telling me!" said Rika. "The day went by so freakin fast." she sighed. "But it was a lot of fun." she said, grinning.
"Come to think of it," said Henry. "Today was most definitely one of the most fun days I've ever had at the mall." he said.
Faye grinned. "We should all do this again sometime." she smiled.
Henry looked at her. "Yeah." he replied. "It would be fun."
Rika glanced at Jeri, then at Takato and they all tried to hide their laughs. Faye and Henry looked at them. "What?" she demanded.
"Oh nothing.." said Rika, an evil plot forming in her mind.
"I don't like that look." replied Faye.
"Oh you'll like it this time." replied Rika, grinning very evilly.
Jeri stood up. "Well, I think I should get home now." she said. "My mom wants me home by ten."
"All right." said Takato, standing. "We'll all go home now." he said.
Henry stood up too. "Sounds good to me." he said.
Faye sighed. "I don't wanna get up." she said. Rika stood and pulled Faye to her feet.
"Let go Faye-Faye." she said. "We gotta get home."
"Faye-Faye?" asked Henry.
"An annoying nickname." replied Faye dully.
"It cool." grinned Jeri.
"Not to me." groaned Faye.
"Come on Faye-Faye." replied Rika, grinning. "You know you like it." she said, starting to walk towards the exit.
"Just shut up."
"Actually, it does sound kind of catchy." said Henry.
Faye's eyes lit up. "Well, it isn't too bad..."
Rika smiled at her own friend's stupidity. If she was trying to keep this a secret, it wasn't working. Then again, maybe she wasn't.
Rika had big plans for her friend Faye-Faye.
MD: how was that one? not too many *romanticish* rukato moments but hey- there was some! I still can't believe how fast this was posted too! well, review ok? questions, comments, anything. and i already have ideas forming in my mind so new chapters will be up faster than before!! plus i already started chapter ten! whooo!!
Disclaimer: must i write this every time? i think people know that i do not own digimon
chapter nine: sweet fifteen
Rika stared at the clock. A minute left then it was the weekend. Not just the weekend but the weekend of her birthday. Her birthday was on a Sunday so Faye was coming over Saturday and staying over until Sunday. They were going to hang out all weekend, just having fun.
Finally, the bell rang. Rika leaped out of her seat and Faye was right behind her.
"Two days Rika!" she said.
"Yup." replied Rika. "Can't wait."
Faye was now in Rika's school and they had every class together. Faye had yet to say something smart ass to Danielle, but she was itching for the chance.
They stopped at their lockers and grabbed their skateboards.
"Rika!" called Jeri, she ran over to them.
"Hiya Jeri!" said Faye.
"Hi Faye." said Jeri. "The Weekend is here!"
"Oh yeah!" said Faye. "I kinda miss staying home all day long. Being able to leave my house is great though." she grinned.
"What are you guys doing this weekend?" asked Jeri.
"Nothing much." said Rika. "My birthday's Sunday so I'm just gonna have fun all weekend and do what I feel like." she said.
"Wow." said Jeri. "Thats great."
"Hey Jeri.." said Rika. "You doing anything tomarrow?" she asked.
Jeri thought. "Nope." she said. "Why?"
"Wanna come with me and Faye?" asked Rika. "We're going to the mall and..well, we're gonna crash it." she grinned.
Jeri's eyes widened. "I dunno.." she said.
"There will be plenty of people there!" said Faye. "You do something, then scram and hide. Run to the other side of the mall or something." she said. "We do it all the time. Its fun!" she grinned.
Jeri smiled. "I don't wanna get in trouble. My parents would kill me." she said.
"Listen Jeri, if you don't wanna, you don't have too." said Rika. "Its just your my friend and I wanted to include you." she said.
Jeri's eyes lit up. "Well..I guess I could come..Dunno if I'll do anything really bad.." she said.
"Thats great!" said Rika. "Ok..I'll call you later with ALL the details but for now, make sure to meet around two at the food court and wear something you can move around in." she explained. "We might have to run a bit." she grinned.
Jeri smiled again. "Ok." she said. She heaved her backpack. "I can't believe I'm doing this." she said.
"It'll be fun!" said Faye.
Rika winked. "Yeah. Trust me." she said.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rika stood with Faye in the food court, waiting for Jeri to arrive. It was exactly two o'clock when the doors opened again and she walked in.
"Jeri!" called Faye. She waved her hand.
Jeri dashed over to them wearing jeans and a long sleeve shirt. "Hello! Happy Birthday, Rika." she said.
"Technically its tomarrow but thanks anyway!" grinned Rika.
They walked out of the food court.
"So what do you guys do first?" asked Jeri.
"Oh..anything.." grinned Faye. "But its really fun to go into the preppy stores and just terrorize." she said.
Jeri cocked her head. "Meaning?" she asked.
"Spray all the glitter and perfume for starters." said Faye. "Then take all the jewelery and try some of it on...lots more." she grinned.
Rika stopped outside one of those stores. "Observe." she grinned. She walked in and picked up a bottle of soap. She looked around and squatted down. She opened in and dumped a bunch all over the floor. She closed it, put it back, stood up and walked away.
Jeri stared. "What now?" she asked.
"Just watch." said Faye, leaning on her shoulder.
One of the girls in the store walked over the soap, slipped and fell. Faye and Rika started to crack up. Jeri smiled. "Thats funny." she said.
"If you think that is funny.." said Faye. "We got loads more to show ya." she grinned and they wandered off.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Free samples!" shouted a guy dressed as a pretzel. "Get your free pretzels here!" he shouted into the mall.
"Ooo." said Faye. "My favorite." she said. "Wanna come?" she asked Jeri as she and Rika started towards him.
"I'll just watch." replied Jeri.
"Suit yourself." replied Faye. They walked over to him.
"Wouldya like some free samples?" asked the pretzel man.
"Sure!" grinned Rika. She grabbed two and bit each of them.
"Hey! One per person!" shouted the pretzel man.
Faye did what Rika did, except she took three. "Oh sorry..want them back?" she asked, dipping one in the sauce and putting the other two back on the plate.
"No I don't!" shouted the pretzel man. "Take them back!"
"But you told us to take one, so we did." said Faye.
"Yeah well- I don't think anyone wants one thats already bitten."
"I'll take one!" said Rika, taking one that Faye had bitten.
"Hey!"
"What?"
"You already have one!"
"No I don't." said Rika, holding up her hands. The pretzel she had was gone. "Told you." she said. A grin on her face.
Faye meanwhile had rearranged all the pretzels in a neat stack on the tray, with the sauce facing the man. "Hey mister!" she shouted.
The pretzel man jumped and all the pretzels flew up in the air. The sauce landed on his head. "Hey you!" he shouted.
Faye and Rika laughed and ran off, dragging Jeri by the arms. She was laughing too. They ran away from the pretzel man.
"That was funny!" laughed Jeri.
"Yup." said Faye. "We always torture the free sample people. Its a lot of fun."
"What now?" asked Jeri.
"Now..we go see a movie." grinned Rika evilly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The three of them sat in the back row with piles of food. Sodas, candy, popcorn, water. More and more people came in and it really made Rika's day when a certain someone walked in.
"Sweet!" said Rika.
"What?" asked Jeri.
"Look who just walked in." she grinned.
They all looked in the direction Rika had pointed. Danielle had just walked in with Felecia and Jenny. Faye grinned an evil grin.
"Duck down." said Rika. "If they don't see us, they might sit in front of us." she said, lowering herself. Faye and Jeri followed suit.
Sure enough, Danielle and her friends sat two rows in front of Rika. Rika, Faye and Jeri moved down a couple seats to get closer to Danielle but not too close.
The movie previews started and the theatre got dark.
They sat there, and as the movie began, Faye opened a package of m&m's. She ate one and saved the rest for a better purpose.
"I have the funny feeling, my friends," said Rika. "That we will not see the whole movie today." she grinned.
"Thats quite all right with me, Rika." said Faye. "I will have plenty of fun all on my own." she said.
Jeri sipped some soda.
Rika grabbed a handful of popcorn in her hand. "As soon as I throw, duck." she said. "Got it?" she whispered. Her friends nodded.
Rika took aim with her hand for Danielle's head and threw. The second it hit her head, she flew behind the seat. She could hear Danielle curse with furry and it was all Rika could do to try and keep silent. She chanced a peek and saw that Danielle's head was now looking back at the movie.
Now it was Faye's turn. M&m's in hand, she flung her hand in Jenny's direction and ducked behind the seat as Jenny's head turned around.
By now, some other people were looking curiously around at where the food and candy was coming from.
"Go on Jeri." said Rika.
"I dunno.." said Jeri.
"Just throw some Crunch a Bunches." said Faye.
Jeri sighed. "All right." she grinned. She opened her package and the three of them sat up. Jeri took aim and threw them at Felecia. They hit and the three ducked again.
"Ok what the hell is going on?" asked Danielle.
The three continued staring for a while then turned back to the movie.
Rika grinned slyly. "Ok." she said. "After this, we gotta high-tail it outta here." she said, picking up some of her fruit punch.
"Oh Rika, you are so evil." said Faye.
"I know." she replied. She stood up and leaned over the seat. She opened the cap on her soda and started to dump it on Danielle's head. She screamed and everyone turned to look at them. One of the theatre guys started towards them.
Rika laughed and dropped it on Felecia. Then the three took off. They ran out the doors and down the hall.
"Into the bathroom!" called Faye.
The three turned and each went into their own stall.
"You remembered, right Jeri?" asked Rika, over the stalls.
"Yeah." came her reply. "Now I know why you told me to layer."
"It was dark in the movies so they don't remember exactly what we look like." said Faye. "So its simple, change your clothes." she said.
Rika pulled off her red sweatshirt and underneath she had a blue teeshirt over a gray long sleeve shirt. She pulled down her pants and flipped them. "Reversable pants." she said. "The best invention sinse the skateboard."
She heard Faye's high and concontrolable laugh and Jeri's quiet and reserved giggle. Rika emerged from the stall and saw Faye already done with her transformation.
"Yup." she said. "I sure do love my reverable pants." she said with a western kind of voice. (A/N: you know, ya'll..and howdy parter!! sandy from spongebob squarepants!)
Rika smiled. Jeri came out with a teeshirt on and the same jeans. "I couldn't get any other pants." she said.
"Hey." said Rika. "Jeans are jeans."
"Now what?" asked Jeri.
"We just leave." said Rika. They walked out of the bathroom and Faye ran into a security guard.
"Thats them!" cried the guy that was in the theatre.
"Uh-oh." said Faye. They took off and ran out of the cinema.
They got back into the mall itself with the guards hot on their heels. They stopped when they reached a split.
"Go left." said Rika. "There's a stair case down there." she said.
The three ran and reached the way to the upper level. Only thing is, it wasn't a staircase.
"Its an escalator." said Jeri.
The one they were faced was going down to their floor. Going up was on the other side. Rika and Faye grinned. The security guards were coming now.
Rika and Faye took off and ran up the escalator. Jeri followed. They ran passed people and pushed their way through. The guards were getting mad but they followed.
"To tell you the truth, I've always wanted to do that!" shouted Jeri.
"Isn't it great?" called Faye.
They reached the top and Rika turned back to look at the guards. They were going through the people ever so politely.
"Lets get outta here." grinned Rika, she started to run. She turned and ran into someone. "Shit." she said.
Faye and Jeri skidded to a halt and helped Rika to her feet. "Come on Rika!" said Faye, pulling her up.
"Sorry bout that-Takato!" screamed Rika, seeing exactly who it was that she had run into.
"Nice to see you too Rika." he said. Henry was there too.
"There they are!" shouted the guard. "Guess they're with those guys too!"
"Oh shit!" said Faye.
"Run!" shouted Rika, grabbing Takato's arm. She took off with Faye, Jeri and Henry at her heels.
"What happened?" asked Takato.
"Long story." replied Rika. "We gotta ditch the guards." she said.
"Head to a clothing store." suggested Henry.
"Great!" replied Faye.
They turned into one of the major clothing stores and ran towards the back. They were in the girls' part and trapped. They could see the guards looking for them.
"Now what?" asked Faye, clutching her head.
"Into the fitting room!" said Jeri. "We can hide in those."
"Perfect." said Rika. They took off into the room and a girl screamed at seeing the two guys run in. Rika turned sharply and went into a smaller changing room. Someone followed her in and she slammed it shut. She turned to see who it was.
"Takato." she sighed.
"What?" he shrugged.
"Jump on the seat thing." said Rika. "People will freak if they see guys' shoes under the doors." she said and Takato obeyed.
Rika put her ear to the door and listened. It sounded like Henry, Faye and Jeri were all in the big one next to them. She also heard the guards come into the room.
Rika kicked off her shoes and rolled up the bottom of her pants. She had done this before. The guards would glance under the doors for familiar feet. She tossed her shoes on the seat next to Takato and stood there. She moved her foot as if she was trying on something. Takato raised an eyebrow. Rika hoped Faye had enough sense to do something similar.
"Looks like they got away." said one of the guards. "Just keep an eye out for them." he said and they left.
Rika sighed and sat on the ground. "Can I have my shoe?" she asked, rolling down a pant leg.
Takato had both her shoes on his lap. He tossed one too her. "So what was that all about?" he asked.
Rika pulled it on her foot. "We caused some trouble in the movies." she said. "Happens all the time. Haven't got caughter yet." she said. She finished tying her shoe. She rolled down her other pant leg and looked at Takato who was now standing near the door. "Can I have my shoe?" she asked.
"No." he replied and opened the door. He took off.
Rika's mouth dropped. She stood up. "TAKATO!" she shouted. She slammed the door open and ran after him.
Faye, Jeri and Henry were coming out of their stall when Takato jetted out in front of them, holding a shoe. Shortly after, Rika was right behind him.
They blinked.
Rika ran after Takato and some of the shoppers gave them funny looks. "Takato Matsuki! Give me my shoe!" she shouted.
"I think I'll keep it." came his reply. (A/N: aww..he's flirting!! o^_^o)
"Takato!" she screamed.
She saw him turn a corner and she took a short cut through the music part. She flew out and cut him off. He crashed right into her and they fell down.
Her shoe flew up in the air and landed not too far from them. Rika layed on her back, laughing hysterically. Takato was also on his back, some distance from her.
She rolled over and crawled towards her shoe. She snatched it and shoved it on her foot. She tied it quickly and just sat there, still laughing.
Takato sat up. He laughed.
They just sat there, laughing hysterically. Rika looked around and spotted a bottle of water, layed forgotton on the ground. She crawled over to it and opened it.
"What are you doing?" asked Takato.
"Watch and see." replied Rika. She listened for a second and then poured some water in the middle of the floor. Then, she just dumped the whole thing then threw the empty bottle at Takato. It hit his shoulder and bounced away.
"Rika.." said Takato, looking around, catching on.
"Trust me." she said. "It'll be funny."
Faye and the others turned the corner. "Rika!" she said. "There you are." they started walking towards them. "We've been looking for- WOOAAAHH!!" she said, slipping on the water and sliding across the floor, shortly followed by Henry then Jeri. They crashed into each other. Faye turned around.
"Rika!" she shouted, laughing.
Rika fell over in the water and laughed even harder. Her whole back got soaked as tears formed in her eyes from laughter. She heard a splash as Takato hit the water too.
Then an idea clicked. Rika stood up and walked a far distance from the rest. She turned and faced them all.
"Rika?" asked Faye.
Rika started running towards them and slid on the water. She skidded and landed on top of Faye and them. Takato was up imedietely after that and copied exactly what Rika had done.
Soon, they were all sliding across the water and getting soaked when a worker came by and saw them.
"What are you doing?!?!" she screamed.
Tangled and struggling to get up, Rika and company looked up and saw her fuming face.
They all jumped up simotaniously and ran.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rika, Faye, Jeri, Takato and Henry were now officially keeping an eye out for security guards.
They walked around, wondering what to do next.
Rika looked at her watch. "Its five fourty-five." she said. "What time do you guys gotta be home?" she asked.
"By ten." said Takato.
"Wanna get something to eat?" asked Faye.
"Sure." replied Henry.
They all went and bought something to eat. They walked around, searching for a place to sit. They found a table for six and sat.
"I think today will be a day I won't forget for a looong time." said Takato, eating three fires dipped in ketchup.
Jeri nodded. "I'm glad I came!" she said cheerfully, eating a forkfull from her salad. She chewed it.
"Do you do this all the time?" asked Henry.
"Oh yeah. All the time." said Faye. "We have so many different ways to get rid of security and stuff, we never do the same thing twice in one day." she explained.
"Cool." said Takato.
"There's another thing we have." said Rika. "If they're searching for people with certain clothes on." she said.
"Two ways, actually." said Faye. "We've already done one today. That was the wear extra clothes! You run into a bathroom stall or fitting room and take off the extra clothes you wore." she said.
"The second is to switch clothes." said Rika. "We've only done that once and there's ususally only two of us so it doesn't work." she said. "You just randomly toss your clothes in the air over the walls of stalls your in and put on whatever comes your way." she explained. "It comes in handy when you're running from stupid guards."
"Man." said Takato. "Where do you come up with these things?"
Rika and Faye glanced at each other. "We make them up as we go along." she said. "We've been doing this for a while so we need more ideas." said Faye.
"Cool." said Henry.
"No." said Faye. "Its sweet." she grinned. They shared a look for a second and Rika turned her laugh into a cough. Faye punched her. "Rika's stupid. Ignore it." she said.
Henry sipped his soda. "What should we do next?" he asked.
"RIKA NONAKA-MAKINO!"
They all turned to see a very angry, very pissed off Danielle Spencer.
Rika grinned. "Hi Danielle." she said. "How's your hair? I heard it smelt real fruity today." she cracked. Faye and Jeri howled with laughter.
"You ruined it!" screamed Danielle. "I swear I should call those security guards right now and have them arrest you!" she screamed. Felecia and Jenny nodded.
"Arrest us for what?" asked Faye. "Hair damage?" she grinned. This time, Takato and Henry snorted into their food and Rika and Jeri cracked up.
Danielle glared. "New girl." she said. "You should know something about me."
"What?" asked Faye. "The fact that you're a bitch?" she asked. "If thats the case, I already know that." she said.
Danielle was now fuming. "Takato!" she screamed. "How can you just sit there and let them diss me like this!" she wailed.
"For one thing," said Takato. "I still remember a certain rumor you started last October and you haven't talked to me sinse then." he said. "And to tell you the truth, thats perfectly fine with me." he ate a fry.
Danielle stood there, speachless. Felecia and Jenny looked at their 'leader' and wondered what to do.
"Oh and Danielle?" said Rika. "Before you grace us by leaving do us a favor."
Danielle glared.
"Get a life and a new shirt." she said.
"Why would I do that?" asked Danielle.
"Because you have soda all over yours." replied Rika.
Danielle looked down. "What?" she asked.
Rika opened her Pepsi and dumped it on Danielle's shirt. She screamed. "I know I've done that to you already, but thats something I NEVER get bored of." she grinned.
"Good-bye Danielle!" called Faye as she ran off.
"Sweet!" said Takato.
Rika and Faye did a handshake thing. "But now I lost my soda." said Rika. Faye pushed her's in front of Rika.
"Have some of mine." she grinned.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After they finished eating, the five happy little group of people wandered around aimlessly, looking for something to do.
"Lets go in here." said Henry, pointing to Radio Shack. "I want to check out some new software they have." he said, dragging Takato by the arm.
"I guess we could go..." started Faye as she followed.
"..and push all the buttons." grinned Rika.
"Rika." said Faye, also grinning. "You're speaking my language." she said. They dashed in after the guys, followed by Jeri.
While Henry was oogling (A/N: funny yet cool word!) at some computer stuff, Takato looked as if he was about to fall asleep. Jeri wandered around, reaching the phones and Rika and Jeri reached the part with all fun things with buttons.
"Henry will kill us if he gets kicked out because of us." said Faye.
"Trust me." said Rika. "We won't involve him." she said. "Just go tell him we're gonna cause some terror and act like he doesn't know who we are."
"Why me?" asked Faye.
"Cuz your the one who's got a thing for him." replied Rika.
Faye glared at walked casually over to the computers. She saw her stare at a moniter and utter words out of the corner of her mouth. Rika then saw Henry shake his head and nod. Faye came back over. "Told him." she said.
"Great." said Rika. She pushed a button on a telephone and it rang REALLY loud. "Sorry!" she called. "I wanted to see what kind of ringer it had."
Faye was next. She pushed the on/off switch on a stereo and opera music blasted through the store, even shattering a small window of a small electronical car.
"Excuse me!" cried a worker. "Please stop!" he said running over and turning off the stereo and the loud music.
"Sorry." said Faye, shrugging. "I liked the stereo." she said. The worker walked away. Faye and Rika high fived.
"Now just push everything in sight and run out." said Rika. She walked down an isle and pushed, flicked, turned everything that she saw and loud and annoying noises blasted through the store. More sounds could be heard from around where Faye had gone.
"OUT!" screamed the worker. "Get out of here before I call security!!!" he screamed, chasing after Rika and Faye as they ran out of the store.
They reached a bench and sat down, laughing hysterically. It took a few minutes before the sounds died down and shortly after, Jeri came out laughing.
"You did all that, didn't you?" she asked.
Faye nodded. "Of course." she said. "No one else in there would have had the guts to do that." she grinned.
About five minutes after that, Henry and Takato came out, Henry carrying a bag with the Radio Shack logo on it.
"What did ya buy?" asked Faye, snatching the bag from his grasp.
"Hey!" shouted Henry.
Faye pulled a box out of the bag. Small and plain, she stared at it and moved it around. "What the hell?" she asked.
"Careful!" ordered Henry, taking in away from her. "It a computer chip to give my laptop more space and memory." he said, putting it back in the bag.
Faye blinked. "Ok..." she said, clearly not understanding a word he had just said.
Rika laughed. "You're so dense." she said.
"Like you understood that either." replied Faye.
"You're right." said Rika. "I didn't." she stood up. "Lets go to a sporting goods store. I got an idea." she said and starting walking.
"Wait up!" called Takato, he jogged over to her. "Did you are Faye push all those buttons?" he asked her.
"Of course." said Rika. "Did you think Jeri would?" she asked. "No offense."
Takato nodded. "I've always wanted to do that." he said. "Push all the buttons and scram." he grinned.
"Its fun." said Rika. "We've done it before. I'm actually surprised they don't have our pictures on the door, forbidding us to go inside." she laughed.
"You mean stores actually do that?" asked Takato.
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea." replied Rika. "Although it would be funny if they did. We'd eventually be banned from all stores in the mall." she said.
Takato laughed. "It would take me a lot longer. This is the first time I've done anything like this. Terrorize the mall and the people in it." he said.
"And what do you think of it?" asked Rika.
"Its fun!" replied Takato grinning.
Rika grinned. He was soo...blonde! But that wasn't possible because he had brown hair. He was just..clueless..in a cute kind of way. She grinned back.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rika and Faye put on the bright orange jump suits in the store. (A/N: hunting stuff. its bright orange. you can't miss it! ^_~) They walked around, pointing at random people and laughing at them. They reached the exercise machines and jumped on. Sinse they weren't hooked up, they just ran on them and bounced. Takato jumped on a bike and started peddling. Jeri sat on a bench and just laughed. Henry stood there, with his arms crossed, laughing then joined in by jumping on the bike next to Takato.
"Hey you kids!" screamed a worker.
They laughed and jumped off the machines and ran. Rika and Faye stripping off the jump suits along the way and dropping them on the floor.
They ran out of the store and down in the opposite direction they had come.
After a while, Rika stopped and looked around. Then she ran a little and did a cartwheel. Faye copied except her's wasn't good. As a matter of fact, she fell on her ass.
Passerbys gave them funny looks and walked faster.
"Mommy?" asked a little boy. "What are those kids doing?"
"Nothing sweetie." replied his mother. "Just keep walking." and she scooped him up and practically ran away.
By now, the five were all sitting on the floor and getting a little tired.
"Anyone know what time it is?" asked Faye.
Rika looked at her watch. "Nine-thirty six." she replied.
"Damn!" replied Faye.
"You're telling me!" said Rika. "The day went by so freakin fast." she sighed. "But it was a lot of fun." she said, grinning.
"Come to think of it," said Henry. "Today was most definitely one of the most fun days I've ever had at the mall." he said.
Faye grinned. "We should all do this again sometime." she smiled.
Henry looked at her. "Yeah." he replied. "It would be fun."
Rika glanced at Jeri, then at Takato and they all tried to hide their laughs. Faye and Henry looked at them. "What?" she demanded.
"Oh nothing.." said Rika, an evil plot forming in her mind.
"I don't like that look." replied Faye.
"Oh you'll like it this time." replied Rika, grinning very evilly.
Jeri stood up. "Well, I think I should get home now." she said. "My mom wants me home by ten."
"All right." said Takato, standing. "We'll all go home now." he said.
Henry stood up too. "Sounds good to me." he said.
Faye sighed. "I don't wanna get up." she said. Rika stood and pulled Faye to her feet.
"Let go Faye-Faye." she said. "We gotta get home."
"Faye-Faye?" asked Henry.
"An annoying nickname." replied Faye dully.
"It cool." grinned Jeri.
"Not to me." groaned Faye.
"Come on Faye-Faye." replied Rika, grinning. "You know you like it." she said, starting to walk towards the exit.
"Just shut up."
"Actually, it does sound kind of catchy." said Henry.
Faye's eyes lit up. "Well, it isn't too bad..."
Rika smiled at her own friend's stupidity. If she was trying to keep this a secret, it wasn't working. Then again, maybe she wasn't.
Rika had big plans for her friend Faye-Faye.
MD: how was that one? not too many *romanticish* rukato moments but hey- there was some! I still can't believe how fast this was posted too! well, review ok? questions, comments, anything. and i already have ideas forming in my mind so new chapters will be up faster than before!! plus i already started chapter ten! whooo!!