Rivalry

Day 2 Part 2: Phantom Skye's Arrival

Last Update: 9/1/2010

Romance/Friendship/Drama

Spring 30, Monday

Night had come pretty quickly. It was 9:58pm; Jill and Claire were on their way to the Blue Bar. They jogged the whole way from their farmhouse. Claire was very eager to get to the Blue Bar and capture Phantom Skye. She really wanted to get rid of him and stop him from his stealing ways. Claire had noticed Jill was upset the whole day. She couldn't blame her. She knew that Jill liked this Phantom Skye anyway. But she knew that she had to protect her friend from falling for a thief. Who knows, he might even steal from her one day. When they made it to the Blue Bar, Muffy and Griffin were standing behind the counter as they were earlier.

"Jill! Claire! I'm so glad that you two made it!" Muffy exclaimed, joyfully.

"Totally. There's no way I'm missing this! We need to catch that thief!" Claire shouted in joy. She felt so pumped up right now.

Claire heard Jill growl. Claire shrugged. Whatever. She thought. She starts looking around eagerly. "Where's the Phantom?" she asked.

"The Phantom isn't here yet," Griffin told her.

Claire almost pouted in disappointment. She noticed that Muffy started sniffing the air.

"What's wrong?" Jill asked her.

"Mmm-mmm…curry…I smell curry," Muffy replied, still sniffing the air.

Griffin sniffed the air and grinned. "Yes…that smells so good!"

Claire sniffed the air as well. She smelled curry too and it did smell pretty good even though she didn't like curry. Muffy and Griffin walked from behind the counter.

"It's coming from outside," Muffy said, as she walked towards the exit with Griffin. "Come on,"

Jill began to follow them out when someone came in. Claire jumped. It was a guy with silver hair, and he was wearing a gray/black leopard shirt and some black pants. It was Phantom Skye. Claire blinked. She did think he looked kind of cute.

"Well…if it isn't the beautiful, Jill. Do you believe that fate has drawn us together?" he asked.

"C-couldn't it be fate?" Jill stammered. Claire noticed that Jill was blushing. Claire glared at Jill. She felt this heat rising inside of her. Was she jealous? She shook her head furiously.

Skye chuckled a little. "It makes me quite happy to hear that from a beautiful maiden…hehe,"

"We're here to capture you!" Claire shouted.

Phantom Skye looked at Claire and smirked. "And who might you be, beautiful?"

Claire felt her cheeks burning up. "C-Claire…"

"Hehe…now I just need you two to hold still for a second. CHICK-BEAM…FIRE!"

Claire and Jill froze in place. They couldn't move a muscle.

"What's…happening?" Claire managed to utter out.

"Hehe…relax you'll be able to move again in a while," the Phantom replies as he walks behind the counter. He starts looking around for something.

"So…why are you a thief?" Claire asked. Her voice came out as a whisper.

Skye continues looking. "Hehe…I don't know why,"

Claire sighed in frustration. How could he not know why he does what he does? She thought bitterly.

After a few seconds of silence Jill spoke. "Is it…for fun?"

Skye turned to them and grinned a little. "That might be it or that might not be it…hehe…"

"You seem that you don't know anything about yourself," Claire said crossly.

Skye chuckled. "Hehe…well you sure do talk a lot…I like that,"

Claire started to blush lightly. She didn't notice that Jill had this angry look on her face. Claire felt like she was actually falling for the Phantom.

"Hehe…you want to know more about me, don't you, Jill…Claire? But if I just simply tell you, it'll take the mystique out of our relationship. I know. If one of you can catch me, I'll tell you anything you want…"

"That's odd. I could have sworn that great smell was coming from here," says a voice from outside the bar. It was Muffy.

"Yeah. Let's go back to the shop," says another voice. It was Griffin.

The Phantom ran out from behind the counter. He stops in front of Jill and Claire to say, "Hehe. Sorry, but I'm a bit pressed for time. Gotta jet!" he then rushes out of the bar.

Then Muffy and Griffin comes into the bar right after he left. They hadn't noticed that Phantom Skye had ran right past them. They both walked behind the counter.

"The Phantom was here you guys!" Claire said. "I think he took something!"

Jill nodded in agreement. They both realized that they could move again.

"What? The Phantom was here?" Muffy exclaims in disbelief. She starts looking at the stock behind the bar. "It's true! The Okuhattan is gone!"

Griffin sighs and looks at Claire and Jill. "Are you two alright? He didn't hurt you, did he?

Claire and Jill shook their heads rapidly.

"No, but he kind of like…paralyzed us," Claire says, looking down.

Muffy gasped. "Wait! You were both paralyzed by the Phantom's magic spell!" she shakes her head. "And I wanted to see what it felt like to be paralyzed…" she murmured under her breath.

Griffin sighs again, more loudly this time. "…well that's the Phantom for you. His gears are always turning…"

Muffy starts to cry loudly. "I'm sorry, Jill and Claire! I'm sorry that I left you two here all alone!"

Claire put her hands up and shook them. "No, no, it's okay, really,"

"Yeah…it's fine," Jill says, grinning. "I just wanted to see Skye…" she whispered. Claire shot her a glare.

Back off, Jill, but Skye's mine now…

"You two get a good night's rest, okay?" Griffin said, nodding his head.

Claire and Jill said their good-byes before leaving. The whole way home Claire could only think about Phantom Skye. He was pretty cool just as Jill said. He was cute...and a smooth talker. He even said that Claire was beautiful. She never thought a guy like him would ever call her beautiful. Then she thought about Jill. Jill liked Skye too. That's when Claire knew…she knew that she had to win Skye's heart before Jill could. Her best friend was now her rival.

To be continued…