"Time ta celebrate!" Hana shouted, jumping onto a crate on the street.
"We're just going to town, not Las Vegas, Hana-chan." Ichijo reminded her. They all walked in a group, Kizuki, Hana, Zero, Yuki, Ichijo, Aido, and Kain. Hana wore a neon blue t-shirt that said "I love Me Some Neon!", denim shorts, two thin soft-fabric belts twisted together in green and yellow, her DC's, and a multi-colored neon jacket with stripes.
"Hey, why didn't Shiki and Rima come?" Yuki asked.
"They don't like sunlight much, they were too tired." Kain spoke up.
"Aw, that's too bad." Kizuki frowned. She wore a black t-shirt with neon orange paint splattered on it that said "Who needs a canvas?", black shorts, an orange shirt underneath that tightly reached right above her elbows, black converse,
black knee high socks, and an orange sleeveless short jacket.
"We'll just see them later." Hana said. "So, where should we go? Movies, cruzin' the clubs, cafes for overpriced coffee?"
"Nah, the overpriced coffee makes me wanna retch my money back up." Kizuki remarked.
"You're the only one I know that would say that." Aido sighed.
"Why of course, I'm just that awesome." Kizuki grinned, a hand to her chest. "Ya love me, ya really love me!"
"We haven't even gotten anywhere yet and their already partying." Zero commented.
"How about…bowling?" Hana offered.
"I could do that, pizza, used shoes. And then the roller-skating rink for used skates." Kizuki laughed.
"Don't forget the manga store!" Ichijo added.
"How could I forget?"
"After that, we could stop for dinner when we're done looking around." Yuki organized.
"Go Yuki for the idea!" Hana cheered. "Let's get goin'; it's already 3:00!"
"Do you think we'll make it back before the vamps start showing up?" Kizuki asked Zero.
"If not, we've got the vampires here." He assured her.
"Good, I am not getting bitten." She shuddered.
"Not when I'm here." He faintly smiled.
"Aw, happy couple!" Hana teased from behind them.
"Hm, they do look rather nice together." Aido went along with Hana.
"Quite an enjoyable couple!" Ichijo smiled. Kizuki and Zero blushed crimson.
"S-shut up!" Kizuki stuttered, Yuki giggling.
"I see the bowling alley." Kain pointed out.
"So, who's ass am I gonna kick at bowling?" Hana hollered.
"Not mine!" Aido yelled back. They glared.
"Wanna bet that, pretty boy?" Hana raised an eyebrow. The two were always competitive toward each other.
Kizuki sighed. "Not again, it's gonna be World War II, only bowling balls instead of guns."
"Maybe they'll finally admit their crazy for each other." Yuki said to Kizuki. It was Aido and Hana's turn to blush this time.
"N-never in my damn life!" Hana roared.
"Like I'd be crazy for a human!" Aido agreed.
"Hey, I find that offensive!" Hana growled.
"You find everything offensive." Kizuki commented, grabbing Hana and pulling her into the bowling alley.
"A spot for seven people." Kizuki told the employee, paying with the money everyone chipped in.
"I still don't see why I couldn't carry the money…" Hana pouted.
"Cause we're not stupid." Zero told her.
"That'd be like handing a robber the combination to a safe." Aido stated.
"Hey, I find that—"
"Yeah, offensive, we get it." Kizuki pushed Hana toward their alley. After getting their shoes (with Aido whining of how he shouldn't wear USED shoes), the game began.
"So, who wants food?" Kizuki asked everyone.
"I'll take some nachos!" Hana called. "And grab a pizza for everyone!"
"I'll just have fries." Yuki mentioned.
"What about drinks?"
"Hm, soda for every human, and water with blood tablets for the vamps." Hana was quiet about the last part, rolling her bowling ball down the alley.
"Got it, hey Zero, could you help me get it all?" Kizuki asked him. He nodded and followed her to the line.
"Oh, and what did you want?"
"I'll just eat some of the pizza." He mumbled.
"Tired much?" Kizuki laughed.
"Just a little." He held up his hand with his index and thumb separated to abbreviate a little.
"Maybe some soda will wake ya up." Kizuki ordered everything, leaving the two to carry it back. "I think I got too much candy."
"Hm, you think?" He raised an eyebrow.
"I like my candy." She defended. "Here's the food." She placed down the drinks, slipping blood tablets into the waters.
"Here ya go, fake ala blood." She said in a french-like accent. "So, who's winning?"
"Kain so far, it's your turn, Kizuki." Yuki replied. Kizuki grinned.
"My turn, let the pro get to work, boys." She gestured to the boy vamps, grabbing a neon orange ball.
"Is that your own?" Aido screeched, jaw dropping.
"They hold it here for me at the alley." She informed him, and swung the ball toward the ground, landing smack in the middle of the pins, leaving one still up.
"Oh, go Kizuki!" Hana cheered.
"Hey, why don't we go in teams?" Ichijo offered.
"Cool, who makes the teams?" Hana asked.
"I will!" Yuki raised her hand and looked at everyone. "Ok, first team is Kizuki, Zero, and Ichijo. Second are Hana, Aido, and Kain."
"You forgot yourself." Kizuki reminded her.
"No, I'm just the observer for the screen. I'm not so good." Yuki blushed.
"Ok, let's do this Kiryu!"
"You wish, Fumiko!" Hana yelled.
"Heh, in your dreams, Geki!" Kizuki retaliated.
"Why am I on human's team?" Aido asked, pointing to Hana.
"Hey!" Hana practically screamed.
"I put one human—or half-human in each team to make it even." Yuki informed them.
'Wait, but Zero isn't a-, eh, must've been coz he's a vamp hunter.' "Seems fair." Kizuki smirked.
"You're only half, ya Teruling cheater!" Hana growled.
"Yeah, but you got the guy in the lead." Yuki noted.
"Oh." Hana said. Aido rolled his eyes.
"Let's get this game going!" Ichijo smiled.
"Hey Ichijo, are you a good player?" Kizuki asked. He just shrugged. "It's ok, we'll win, I'm sure of it!"
"So well-spirited!" Ichijo lightly clapped, almost in his own world.
"He's in our team why again?" Zero whispered to Kizuki. She just laughed.
A few minutes later, Hana's team was in the lead. "Ha, in your face, Kizu!" Kizuki growled to herself.
"Give me my orange ball." She held out her hand, not even looking at Ichijo. He placed it in her palm. She walked toward the front of the alley and just threw it down, turning around.
Without seeing the pins all fall, she smirked to Hana. "All in one, ha!"
"Time to bump up the challenge." Hana pulled out a glove, slipping it onto her right hand.
"She has a glove for bowling?" Yuki screeched. "How did you guys get so good?"
"Well, we sneak out of the school occasionally at night." Kizuki admitted. Zero turned to her, eyes wide.
"How did I not notice?" Kizuki nervously laughed.
"Heh, heh, funny story to those stink bombs you kept hearing."
"And smelling." Hana added. Zero shook his head and sighed.
~Later~
"It CANNOT be a tie!" Hana and Kizuki growled.
"Well, it is. The results turned out the same." Yuki turned the screen to them. It was true.
"Dammit!" The two shouted. "Let's go roller skating!"
"Let me guess, you sneaked out for that too?" Zero asked Kizuki. She rubbed the back of her head.
"Heh, heh, funny story…" She nervously laughed again.
"What don't you two do?" Kain said.
"Vote for Bush." The two replied with a flat voice and emotionless faces.
"It's like twins." Aido sweat-dropped. "Happier girl versions of the Kiryu twins."
"Duh, blonde highlights!" The two said again, pointing to their hair. "Separated at birth."
"The only difference is mine is shorter, Kizu's hair is darker, and she has more hazel eyes." Hana listed by herself.
"So if I ever needed a fake slightly off duplicate, I'd just call Hana." Kizuki grinned.
"Ha, ha, skating time!" Hana shouted.
"But I can't skate." Yuki spoke up.
"I'll teach ya. By the time I'm done with you, you'll be flipping and spinning your way to nationals." Hana reassured her.
"Hey Spencer, I need our skates!" Kizuki called from the counter. A guy came from the back and smiled.
"Kizu, Han!" He greeted, hugging the two both at once.
"Too tight!" They said through airy voices. He put them down. He sported black hair with one blonde highlight in the middle of his bangs, his hair semi-long, sky blue eyes, and a tall stature compared to Hana and Kizuki.
"This is Spencer, our skate bud/bro." Hana introduced.
"Finally brought the vamps, huh?" He brought up. "Don't worry, I know about the vampire thing." He noticed them tense up.
"Yeah, we're celebrating how Kizuki lived through almost dying." Hana nudged Kizuki.
"Oh yeah, you guys called me about that. So my lil' sis is a Teru, huh?" Spencer ruffled Kizuki's hair.
"Why does everyone do that?" She groaned, and tried pulling her hair back into it's Maria similar style. The only difference was some of her hair spiked out of it.
"You and that hairstyle…" He sighed. "Anyway, your skates, right?" The two nodded. He jumped back over the counter and grabbed two pairs of skates. "And to be nice to my bud's friends, I'll give you guys all the new shipments; never been used."
"But isn't that the point of roller skating?" Hana asked him. He laughed.
"Here ya go, girls." Kizuki grabbed the black pair with neon glowing teal wheels, Hana claiming the neon green and yellow.
"What is with them and neon?" Aido raised an eyebrow.
"It's glowy." Kizuki smiled, Hana nodded. They all began putting on the skates.
"Come on, Yuki. Let me teach you the ways of my Wheels Ju Fu!" Hana did an odd karate pose before skating over to the rink area. Glass windows separated it, with a fenced area around it as well. Lights moved in the rink, a disco ball in the middle, them being the only light. Game machines brushed the walls.
"So, do you know how to skate Kiryu?" Kizuki asked him. He stayed quiet. "You've never done it before have you?"
"Yeah, never really had time." He admitted.
"It matters on balance pretty much. Just follow my lead." She smiled and ran off, gliding on her skates.
~Kizuki's P.O.V.~
I smiled at Zero before gliding off. I may be clumsy, but on skates, I was serious. I'd been doing this for a while now. Spencer, Hana, and I found it as a relax from the whole vampire thing.
Spencer was a free-going vamp hunter, and Hana didn't have such a good time at home since her dad was in jail.
I slid onto the rink and noticed Hana holding Yuki up. Yuki seemed a little nervous. Behind me, I turned to see Zero.
"Are ya gonna hover me?" I teased. I watched Aido and the vamps for a moment. They already had it down flat. They were having fun though, that's all that mattered.
"Go Kizu-chan, teach your boyfriend a lesson!" Spencer perverted-ly wiggled his eyebrows from the opening entrance clear of windows. There were two for each end.
"Shut up Spence!" I shouted, glaring at him.
"I'll be on the skates occasionally you two, so no making out." He smirked and walked away.
"I'm sorry, Spence is…unique." I tried thinking of a nice word.
"He doesn't bother me." Zero reassured.
"Now, how about you try skating." I told him. "I wanna be the first person to say she's seen Zero Kiryu roller skate."
He glared playfully but turned and started skating forward. I gave a shocked expression when he skated perfectly.
"Damn vampires…" I muttered, following behind him. "You've never skated before!"
"Didn't say I wouldn't be good, did I?" He grinned.
"You evil, evil hunter boy." I glared. "But can you do this?"
I skated a few yards away from him and jumped high in the air, spinning mid-jump, and landed hard. I turned back to him and smirked.
"Show-off." He replied.
"You know it." I giggled.
"Ah, love birds." Spencer skated around us. "Let teenage love grace this happy couple."
"Oh, shut cha trap." I growled, lightly pushing him. He laughed harder.
"You know you love me teasing you." He suddenly picked me up by the waist and hoisted me over his shoulder.
"I really shouldn't have my face in the side where your ass is!" I yelled. He just skated off with me. Zero chuckled.
"Aw, no fun, I wanna join!" Hana whined. "I claim next turn!"
"You got it, babe." He winked. He was always like that, but he didn't like Hana that way. Spencer placed me down on the skating ground and jumped over me.
"Hey, watch it; I could have a coma ya know if you miss." I shouted to him.
"I never miss, babe." He bragged.
"Ri-ight, say that to the stitches in my head." Hana pointed to the side of her cranium. "13, such a young stitching age."
"Try being 5." He replied.
"Ow." Yuki gasped.
"Talk about it." Spencer rolled his eyes jokingly. "Hop on girl!" Hana let him pull her over his shoulder and rode off.
"Oh yeah, I rock!" She cheered from across the skate grounds.
"Hey, why doesn't Spencer attend our school if he's our age?" Yuki asked me.
"He's about 17, and he's a hunter with a bad pay. He can't afford it." I told her. "No parents."
"That sucks. I should talk to Headmaster." She said to herself.
"That'd be cool." I smiled. "Come on, Zero, let's burn rubber on this place!" I wheeled off, going right under the lights in the middle.
"So, what all do you, Hana, and Spencer do?" He asked, skating beside me.
"Well, we skate, occasionally bowl, and we were a band until we came to Cross. Now we just play here at special times." I listed.
"Hm, what can't you do?"
"Grow taller, pass history, play volleyball, draw a background in my pictures, read the boring prologues of the Twilight series, listen to the Beatles—"Zero stopped her.
"I get it." He chuckled.
"I'm not perfect, no one is. I'm just multi-talented." She shrugged. "Hey Spence."
"Huh?" He asked.
"Play our songs!" She called. Spence nodded and ran over to the Music DJ area he operated at.
"Yay, our CD mix for the ultimate party!" Hana raised her hands up when "Dance, Dance" from Fall Out Boy came on.
"What all did you guys put on there?" He asked me.
"Hm, this song, a lot of Metro Station, some Cinema Bizarre, Riot from TDG, two Green Day, PATD, The Killers, AAR, LG, and 3OH!3." I tried remembering. Me and Hana were OBSESSED with Metro Station. She oddly had a crush on Trace Cyrus. We hated his sister however.
"DANCE, DANCE, WE'RE FALLIN' APART TO HALF TIME!" I could hear Hana scream at the top of her lungs from across the rink.
"Ow." I rubbed my ears. "I think their bleeding."
"You're not the one with very sensitive hearing." Zero remarked. I laughed. Spencer, being the show off he is, grinded his skates off the handlebars off the side next to us. A loud screech came off the contact, along with sparks.
"Talk about bringing the party on fire." I sighed. "Don't cause a fire on your pants like last time Spence!"
"Once, that was once!" He groaned. The song changed to "Control" by Metro Station.
"Yay!" I smiled. "GO Mason and Trace!"
"You are too obsessed with that band." Zero sighed.
"You know it!" I grinned, winking.