Cosplay Chaos

Tiryn: Hello, our dear readers! We do hope you enjoyed our first chapter ^.^ Well, you probably didn't but still... Akiho, any words?

Akiho: The only words I have right now are to read on and enjoy! ^^

El's POV

I tried to look past Heather to see the cosplayers. The attempt almost failed seeing as to how she's blocking them. All I could see was blue, white, and red/orange hair. Interestingly, the colors were similar to what colors were on our heads now. Such as my blue, Heather's white, and Autumn's red/orange. Maybe they were cosplaying the same thing we are? That's an uncanny coincidence. I wonder who they are?

After suspicion began to rise within me, I made my way closer to the door. I quickly shoved Heather over. "Hey!" She protested.

Before me were three people who seemed to be guys. One was Kanda, another Allen, and the other being Lavi. More than likely they are cosplayers. Awesome one's too. The Kanda is the best I've seen. But still, something's off...

"Um, so where is Delton, Arkansas anyways?" Allen questioned.

"America. The southern part. Why?" I responded simply. "That's not good..." He trailed off.

"Hey, guys!" Autumn called from her couch. We each turned to look at her. She was completely turned around and her elbows rested on the back of the couch. "Instead of standing there for an hour, try coming inside and sitting." Heather and I took in the option and welcomed in our lost guests.

Each of us took our seats. Mine was beside Heather, who was sitting beside the boy with white hair. Then 'Kanda' rested against the arm of the couch, while 'Lavi' plopped himself down on the other end of the couch from Autumn.

"So where did you three come from?" Autumn joined in the conversation. They each looked at each other before turning back to her and glancing at us. "Well you see, we were doing some...work...and during this job, we ended up in some conflict with this other group who had a similar occupation. They really don't like us, so we ended up in a fight. It got pretty bad, and so the guys that we were fighting did something really strange, and we ended up here somehow."

Each of us were skeptical of 'Allen's' story. It wasn't hard to tell. Then something dawned on me.

Work involving conflict. Other group with similar goals. Hate each other. Fighting. Strange occurrences. Not only was 'Allen' a bad liar, but something else too.

That is Allen Walker. The actual Allen.

End POV

Heather's POV

I frowned, thinking of the way that I used to be treated at school; it sounded like the same thing, so I couldn't blame them for defending themselves, it seemed. "I'm sorry that something happened to bring you here. Maybe they knocked you unconscious and brought here for some reason?" I asked politely, not really believing them. There was just something strange about them...

A 'ding' resounded throughout the house from the kitchen. I shot up from the couch. "My brownies!" I quickly dashed from the living room, hoping to some deity out there that my brownies would be perfectly fine. I brought them out and sighed, glad that they weren't burnt. They were a little gooey, but they seemed fine. I smiled, looking back at all of the curious people in the kitchen doorway. The Allen look-alike was eying all of the food on the table and my brownies. "So," I said, interrupting their search of my food. "Anybody want to taste test my brownies."

El suddenly made some puppy eyes, pouting out her lip and asking (with her eyes) for a brownie. I rolled my eyes, shoving the brownie towards them after taking out a corner piece. "Here, and STOP MAKING THAT FACE!" I said, almost smacking her over the head with a nearby spatula; sadly, she dodged. I sighed. "Anyways, we have to pack up and get ready for the con." I turned to the three other men (or women; never can tell with cosplayers) and asked, "Would you like to come with us?"

Autumn gave me a 'look.' "Where in the hell are we going to find three extra tickets for the con when it's very close?"

I grinned. "We don't have to look! I already have three extra!" I could see the 'WTF' faces on both Autumn and El. "Well, it was for my family originally, but my brother isn't interested and needs to work, Dad's taking school at the moment, and Mom is also working overtime, so none of them couldn't come." I shrugged, but then grinned. "So, what do you say?"

All three of them gave each other contemplating looks before the Lavi look-alike shrugged. "Sure, why not? We have nothing else to do."

"Cool." I said. "Okay, this may be a little late, but my name's Heather, this is El," I pointed to my Kanda cosplaying friend. "And that is Autumn." And then pointed to my Lavi cosplaying friend. "What are your names?"

The Allen cosplayer grinned and offered out a hand. "My name is Allen." We both shook hands.

"Seriously?" I asked, grinning at the irony of the day today. "That's pretty convenient and really cool!"

"Thank you, Ms. Heather." I held up my hands there.

"Whoa, no. Just, no. I will not deal with all that polite bullshit in my house, so just call me Heather." He gave me a weary look, but nodded anyways. I turned to the other two. "What are your names?"

"Kanda." Okay, short and sweet. Great, another name exactly like their cosplayer.

"My name is Lavi." I nodded, smiling as I packed up my army of food.

"Okay, now that that is done and over with," I looked at the three of them. "Have you ever been to a con?"

End of POV

Allen's POV

I shook my head. "Never heard of a con. Do you mean a convention?" Ms. Heather sighed and looked at me with tired eyes. "Yes. A convention. Have any of you been to one?" Both Lavi and I nodded. "I have. My father and I worked at one once while we traveled." My smile enlarged. Lavi responded, "Me and my gramps move around a lot. We ended up at one once. It was boring though." I looked over to see Ms. Autumn looking right back at me. "What type of convention? We mean an anime convention, or comic convention."

"Oh, I meant a convention for the circus. Kind of a fair." My laugh came across nervous. She sighed. "What about you, Lavi?" Lavi smiled. "Just things like science conventions and such." Ms. El shrugged. "Well then you guys should have fun with this one. Prepare to be glomped by fangirls and have cameras flashing at you." Thoughts of Lou Fa came to mind when I heard fan girls. Though I was concerned with something else too.

"Wait, if we're here, where are the others?" I was worried for Lenalee. Where could she be? Lenalee, Krory, everyone. Where are they? I hate to say it, but even Master. Where are they?

"Who?" Ms. El responded. I looked to her. "Our friends. They were with us."

"Well, if who you were fighting was smart, then they probably split you all up on purpose." Ms. Heather responded. It seems that my little lie was believable. They took the bait. Though when I looked back at Ms. Autumn, her head was hanging in her hands. I wonder if she was alright? Her head shook. I ignored it for the most part. My eyes averted to Lavi who shrugged and then to Kanda. He was just as clueless.

"Either way, maybe we'll see them on the road or something." Ms. El suggested. I nodded. "Alright. So what are we supposed to do at this con?"

Ms. Autumn smirked. "Well, to put it simply, just walk around. It's pretty much random from there. Just stick together, and you'll be fine." Ms. El also had a smirk on her face. Ms. Heather soon joined them. Something about these people was kind of frightening, but at the same time, really interesting.

Author's note:

Akiho13: Well that was fun to write. ^^' Sorry it took us so long. Our creativity has been stifled by an unknown source. Either way, I hope you enjoyed this. ^^

Tiryn: I would say what she said, and the next one may be out by the next week or so, depending on how our muses are doing and how lazy we are ^^ Time to thank reviewers!