I LIIIIIIVVVVVVEEEEEE!!!!! Sry for the long wait ppls! Gomen Nasai!!! I would have had this up yesterday but for somereason, FanFic was not letting me submit it and i was getting mad. So yeah im in college now and i dont feel any more intelligent lol. so anyways here is a pathetic chapter that i coughed up before some actual things start to happen! Enjoy!!
Chapter 13: In Which There Are Costumes (stupid line breaker thingy -.-')
KT and Megan marched into Ayame's shop with their heads held high the next morning (Sunday). Behind the girls, Haru, Kyo, Yuki, Tohru, Shigure, and Momiji slowly trickled in. Yuki was less than excited.
"Why do we need his help?" he asked.
"Because I'm sure he can make them fast enough." KT said.
"Is that the sound of my dear brother's voice?" Ayame cried appearing from behind a curtain. Yuki's eye twitched. Ayame was about to prance up to him but Megan stopped him by holding pictures in front of his face. Ayame stopped and took the pictures that Megan had printed off. They were of the costumes everyone was going to wear. KT and Megan, being the sneaky devils that they were, hadn't bothered to tell each Sohma who they were cosplaying.
"What are these for?" Ayame asked as he flipped through them.
"We got a big order to fill." Megan explained. Ayame recognized the pictures of the anime bishies and connected the dots. He then turned to Momiji and ruffled his hair.
"You are one of the best things that ever happened to me." Momiji looked confused.
"Why's that?" Tohru asked.
"I get to make a costume for dear Yuki." He explained with a big stupid grin. How did Ayame know that Momiji started it all you may ask? Well its because Momiji never shut up about the upcoming convention. Simple as that.
"KT-san? Can't you tell us who we're cosplaying?" Momiji asked.
"Not yet. In a few minutes." KT replied. Ayame clapped his hands twice to get everyone's attention.
"I need to get you measurements. So who's first?"
"Oh me! Pick me!" Momiji waved his hand while he jumped up and down. Ayame nodded as he took out his measuring tape.
"Ayame-san? Are you sure you have time for this?" Tohru asked.
"Of course Tohru-chan! I'm happy to do it." Ayame smiled.
A small voice from behind a shelf caught Megan's attention.
"Pardon me…what's going on?" it asked. Megan turned to look.
'OMG it's the crazy lady from the store!' she thought.
"Gure-san?" the woman said. Shigure looked over.
"Ritsu? What are you doing here?" he asked. Ritsu slowly came out from behind the shelf and stood next to Shigure.
"I was just talking with Ayame-san." Shigure nodded and glimpsed at the girls.
"I do not believe that you have met our guests. This is KT and Megan. They are living with us and are in the foreign exchange program at Yuki's school. They are also part of the zodiac so you can hug them if you want." Shigure said winking at the girls. KT's eye twitched.
"Pleased to meet you Megan-chan and KT-chan. My name is Ritsu Sohma." she said bowing.
"Nice to meet you." Megan and KT said together.
"Jinx! You owe me a soda!" KT cried. Megan snapped her fingers in frustration.
"We're getting ready for an anime convention." KT explained. Ritsu blinked.
"Hey you should come with us!" Megan suggested.
"Ooooh no! I couldn't burden you like that! I'm not worthy enough." Ritsu said.
"Nonsense! The more the merrier! Megan answered. It went back and forth like that for a few minutes.
"Well…if you insist. Do I cosplay too?"
"If you want."
"But w-?"
"No it won't burden us to make a costume."
"Who should I be?"
"Hmmm…." Megan thought. "KT? Who should Ritsu be?" Megan asked. KT thought for a minute.
"Uh…I don't know. I'm trying to think of someone with long hair but I can't seem to." KT said. Megan snapped her fingers suddenly.
"I know! Hotohori!" she said.
"Who?" KT asked as she scratched her head.
"Hotohori! The emperor from Fushigi Yugi!"
"Never read it." KT replied.
"Oh…well you're perfect for it Ritsu! You don't have to do anything with your hair and all you have to do is wear your prettiest kimono!" Megan explained.
"If you insist. I'd better get going." Ritsu said giving a strained smile. With that, she left the shop.
"Is she always like that?" With the I'm not worthy stuff?" KT asked Shigure.
"Yes. And the she is really a he. He says that he feels more comfortable cross dressing." Shigure explained.
"Ok I can't wait anymore! Lets tell them who they are Trisha." KT said finally cracking. Trisha nodded and stepped up next to KT.
"Ok here we go…(I'm gonna put it in list form because its easier on the eyes lol)
Shigure: Miroku
Haru: Kakashi
Tohru: Kagome
Momiji: Chibi Sanzo
Kyo: Ichigo
Yuki: Chrono" KT said. They got some blank looks because most of them didn't know who they heck they were playing. Except for Momiji. He knew all of them and squealed.
"Who are you guys going to be?" Haru asked.
"KT is going to be Aion from Chrono Crusade and as for me, I'm going as Leon from Final Fanatasy." Megan explained. The girls actually had trouble thinking of people they could cosplay. There weren't many characters that had glasses for KT to cosplay and Megan's hair length caused problems for her. Anime hair was either extremely long or short and it was always a funky color. Not to mention that it was usually gravity defying. Megan's hair fell just below her shoulders.
Everyone had finally been measured. Ayame turned to the girls.
"I need your measurements too." He said.
"We already have our costumes." Megan explained.
"It never hurts to be safe. What if you loose a piece or something?" Ayame said as he beckoned Megan over.
"I guess…but I still don't see the point of it." She said as she spread her arms out. Little did the girls know that the gears in Ayame's head were turning at a dangerous rate. What a devious little…person. KT caught the weird look that Ayame had on his face.
'What is he planning?' she wondered.
Once they had returned home, the girls began to explain the character that the Sohma's would be playing.
"Tohru all you have to do is just be yourself. Same goes for you Shigure. And I can't believe that I am saying this but you might want to play up the perviness." KT explained. Kyo was stunned.
"Why?" he asked.
"It's who is character is. A pervy, demon slaying monk with a wind tunnel in his right hand." Megan explained as she idly played with a strand of her hair. These little briefings went on throughout the night until it was time to go to bed.
The next week went by quickly. KT and Megan had only suffered 3 attacks by the Yuki Fan Club and had barely escaped unscathed. The Fan Club was not so lucky though. KT did not hesitate to attempt to smack them with various objects. Megan always had to make sure that there were no sharp things around KT when they showed up. KT and Megan also continued to make Mr. Paulsen's life a living hell. He was going to need serious therapy when he retired.
"IM SO EXCITED!" Megan yelled at the top of her lungs as she, KT, and the Sohmas walked through the halls at the end of the day. A few people turned to look at her.
"Yes we know you're excited. Celebrate using your indoor voice." Kyo sighed. Megan did not have an indoor voice. She could barely whisper without the whole room hearing.
"She's retarded." KT explained to a fellow student for Megan's strange behavior. The student nodded and continued about his business.
"I'M NOT RETARDED! AND I'M LOVED BY EVERYONE IN MINNESOTA!" Megan said loudly. The group performed a collective sweat drop.
"She has Turrets." KT explained to another student. Kyo was the only one who seemed to be annoyed with Megan at the moment while the others were seemingly ignoring her. What made it worse was that Momiji started to join in as well. Those two mixed together did not do anything for Kyo's nerves.
"Dammit I am going to kill those two." Kyo growled.
"Please refrain from killing them. I don't want to clean up after the mess that you made." Yuki sighed.
"Leave them alone. It's their first convention." KT explained. Unlike KT, who was a seasoned convention go-er, Megan had never gone to one. She was going to be in for a big shock.
"When are going to head out?" KT asked.
"Shigure-san said that we would leave around 6." Tohru supplied. Megan suddenly ran up to KT and began to tug on her arm incessantly.
"Hurry up K-san! We have to go get ready." Megan chirped.
"Me-san! We still have about 4 more hours until we leave and even then its an hour drive to get to the hotel. You won't miss anything because there are two days of conventiony awesomness. LOOK SOMETHING SHINY!" KT suddenly said.
"Where?" Megan asked as she whipped around a few times.
"It just went outside! Go find it!" KT said motioning out the doors. Megan nodded and raced outside.
"There are two days?" Haru asked.
"Yes. You guys only have to go to the first day if you want. The first day is when the Masquerade is." KT explained.
"What is a Masquerade?" Tohru asked.
"It's a bunch of cosplay skits. They are usually pretty good." KT explained.
The emerged out of the building to see Megan sitting on the ground holding a small toad in her cupped hands. If KT and Megan's friend Jackie were here, she would have been screaming by now. Jackie hates frogs and toads. What a shame.
"There was no shiny thing you liar!" Megan laughed as the toad jumped out of her hands and she stood up.
"You are planning on washing your hands aren't you?" Kyo asked.
"Yes…why? Are you afraid of toad germs?" Megan teased as she tried to touch Kyo who dodged her outstretched hands.
"Get away from me!" Kyo said as he sidestepped her.
Eventually, 6 pm rolled around. Megan was getting on everyone's last nerve. Everyone had to cram themselves into Shigure's midget car. Basically it was a clown car and there were 8 clowns trying to smoosh themselves in. Shigure was obviously the one driving. Yuki was also up in front while the rest (Haru, Kyo, Momiji, KT, Megan, and Tohru) were all jammed in the back. This would be an uncomfortable hour-long drive. Pity them when you have the time.
Blah i hate this chapter. But i figured that i should give you guys something to read. i am very close to enslaving a pet squirrel here at college in menomonie wisconsin. it was almost right next to me and i could have bent down and picked it up. there is actually a law here that says that we can not 'worry' a squirrel. i find it silly and i end up chasing them anyway. i have been attacked by squirrels twice already!!! im not kidding. Once one just chased me down the sidewalk and the other time, it jumped out of the trashcan and chased me to my car! its very dangerous. the squirrels are also in a war with the Crows up here. its animal warfar and us poor college students are caught in the middle...