Meisters

Chapter 6: Party

[OFFLINE]

Tsubaki was about to break down my front door if I hadn't opened it when I did. She had her foot up in the air and she almost kicked the door when I opened it. She was royally pissed at me for not coming to her place in time, so she was forced to grab all of her makeup, an extra dress along with a sleeping bag telling me "since I didn't come over to her house, she was going to sleep at my house as a punishment." I didn't even know if that would be a punishment or not. If she would be drinking at the party, it probably would be a punishment.

"Stop squirming!" Tsubaki yells. "Sit still! I need to finish off your makeup."

"Are you trying to cover my face with a ton of makeup? That is certainly what it feels like."

Tsubaki sighs loudly. "Don't you want to look pretty? We are going to a party and you could meet a potential boyfriend. Would you really want to look like shit then?" I'm sure looking like "shit" is better than wearing all of the makeup Tsubaki wants me to wear. It is ridiculous how much makeup she wants to put on. Mascara, foundation, eyeliner, eyebrow pen, more foundation, lip gloss. Seriously, how am I supposed to breathe when I'm wearing all of that makeup?

"I would rather look more natural. If we are going to be in a hot house then I don't want to sweat makeup."

Tsubaki sighs loudly while she crosses her arms. "Fine. Then this will be good for you. Only mascara and eyeliner along with lip gloss."

I get off my chair and looks into the pocket mirror Tsubaki gives me. I look really good. The eyeliner makes my eyes look abnormally green and gives them that mysterious look. My lips look delicious and very pink. I wonder what guys will think when they see this look.

"Thank you." I smile toward Tsubaki while I hand her back her mirror. "I look really good."

She smiles back, the anger that she expressed has vanished. "You're welcome." She turns around and quickly picks up my dress and throws it to me. "Put it on so we can go already. Black*Star is probably waiting for us."

I smile wide and nod. "Right." What have I given myself into?

[OFFLINE]

We arrive at Kim's party. Music leaks out of the building and people are chatting away outside of the building. Some are making out with their girlfriends or just someone they met. As Tsubaki and I walk closer to the house the smoke from their cigarettes reach my nostrils. It smells horrible. Seriously, how could people tongue fight when they have just smoked a cigarette? I never really got it. I would never smoke or even kiss someone who has smoked.

The door is open and Tsubaki waltz inside like she owns the place. I follow her inside not so confidently. It is something about walking into someone's home without being invited that bothers me.

"Black*Star!" Tsubaki says and quickly runs up to Black*Star who is in the living room. She wraps her arms around his neck and hugs him tightly.

Uncomfortably I follow Tsubaki and stand a little behind them.

Black*Star hugs Tsubaki back before he releases her, but his hands stays on her waist and Tsubaki's arms stays wrapped around his neck. Oh they are crushing on each other so hard.

"You took awfully long time getting here. Did anything happen?"

"Yeah, Maka had some trouble getting off her game. So I had to take everything with me to her."

Black*Star looks over Tsubaki's shoulder and sees me. "You look different. I like it."

I blush a little. "Thanks."

"It is I who did the makeup. Do you like the natural look? I thought it would fit her perfectly." Tsubaki says and withdraws her arms so one of her arms would sneak around his waist. They are both looking toward me with each other's arms wrapped around the other's waist.

Oh Tsubaki. You are such a little liar.

"Yeah. I like it. It looks good." Black*Star smiles toward Tsubaki. "You want to dance?"

"Totally!" And they both walk toward the middle of the living room that has turned into a dance floor. I watch them dance together. Tsubaki smiling wide while she jumps in her high heels and Black*Star pulls of some cool dance moves in hope of impressing Tsubaki, of course, he impresses her.

I sigh loudly. It is no use standing around here. I feel like a creep watching my friend dance. I feel out of place here. This is my second high school party and my first wasn't a good one. The whole night I was alone in the crowded house and I didn't know what to do, so I did what came to my mind, I climbed out of the balcony so I could avoid going through people to get to the entrance. Now I'm very lucky, now I would dare to leave the party through the entrance but if I do leave, Tsubaki would rage at me.

Slowly I turn around and walk inside of the kitchen. It is hot inside of the house and the music is so loud. I could use some cold water at the moment.

Inside of the kitchen people are leaning against the counter while some are sitting on the table and drinking from red cups. If I could guess, I guess it is booze. People are obviously drunk. One girl leans on a guy while she laughs drunkenly. She can barely keep her body upright.

Uncertainly I walk up to the kitchen counter and grab an unused red cup. Slowly I fill it with cold water from the tap. When I turn around I'm met with plenty of eyes, many are giving me weird looks. Some are those of annoyance and some gives me a "really" look. Getting drunk has never been on my list on what to do at a party. When I'm at parties, I would rather remember them than having a black out to then have a massive hangover.

The glares of the drunken teens drive me out of the kitchen. Now I need to find a place where I can be alone until Tsubaki is done partying. If I could decide, I would rather go home now and play more of Meisters. We can't always get what we want, can we?

Places where I can go to. I wouldn't dare to walk inside of any rooms. Then I might see the sight of horny teenagers doing some dirty deeds or some druggies doing heroin or meth. I wouldn't want to see any of them. So where to go then? The only option is going outside in hope of finding someplace quiet.

I push my way through the ocean of bodies till I reach the entrance. There are already people as I already know. In the darkness of the bushes I could hear something very unpleasant. The two teenagers mustn't have found a room to be in or they were too excited to get into their car.

A disgusted look plasters on my face while I start to walk around the house. It only gets worse. Alongside the walls are guys pushing up the girls against the walls while they eat each other's faces. Quickly I walk pass all of them and pretended I didn't see them. It only gets worse on the backyard. People don't even bother with hiding in bushes. A couple lies in the middle of the backyard while they suck each other's faces off while they rip at each other's clothes.

I was wrong thinking I could actually get a quiet place at the backyard. It is the paradise of horny and desperate teens!

I almost jog away backyard. I need to get away from this house. It is safe to say I won't find a quiet place around the house. I get onto a walking street and just beneath it is a beautiful lake. The water sparkles in the water and so does the stars. It is a magical view. Utterly stunning.

My heels start to kill my feet and quickly I rip them off before I take a seat in the grass. I'm still holding the cup of cold water and take a sip. The water sooth my dry throat while a gust of wind cools my heated flesh. Soon I take another sip of my water.

"Is this seat taken?"

I turn around and see a man with dark skin and black hair in braids standing behind me. "No."

"Can I join you?"

"Sure." I turn back toward the lake while he takes a seat beside me, pushing his glasses higher up onto his nose.

The male extends his hand to me. "I'm Kilik Rung by the way." Kilik. Like Kilik in Meisters? He does look like the character but as Tsubaki said, people don't use their real names in videogames.

I grab his hand and shake it. He has a warm and very firm grip. "Maka. Maka Albarn."

He raises hi eyebrow while a slowly pulls his hand back. He keeps looking into my eyes. His eyebrows are narrow and he looks to be in deep thoughts. "Say Maka, do you play a game called Meisters?"

Is he suspicious of the same thing as I am? "Yeah, I do actually."

"Does your character's name happen to be Maka?"

So he is Kilik. "And your character's name is Kilik I assume?"

He nods before he exhales loudly and smiles wide. "I didn't think I would run into you here. So you were going to Kim's party huh?"

I shake my head. "No willingly. My friend dragged me here. I'm sort of her backup buddy if something would happen with the guy she likes, but she is doing fine it seems. She hasn't called me yet so."

He nods slowly. "I see. May I ask something?"

"Sure." I don't see why not?

"Are you in high school or are you in attending the local college?"

"High school." I say while I take another sip of my water. It feels so nice every time I take a mouthful of it.

"I see, I'm attending college, it is my first year actually. I still have some friends in high school so, that's why I'm here." Kilik explains while he looks out over the lake.

"So who are your friends? How come you have fled away from them?" I finish my drink and put the cup down next to me with fully intentions on taking it back and throwing it away in the trash.

"I came here with a dude named Ox. He was trying to get it in with Kim and I guess I ended up in the same situation as you, being the backup friend if the plan backfired." Kilik leans back and rests on his elbows. "Then again, I thought this party would be better but it totally sucked. Half the guests are using the lawn as a large bed to have sex in while the others are passed out drunk. Not exactly a party I would want to go to."

I giggle. "I agree, hey Kilik, can I ask you something?"

"I have asked you questions, so shoot."

"Can you tell me a little bit more about Meisters? I don't really know, but the guide seems to leave out plenty of stuff. It never said anything about the event taking place close to Death City and it didn't say anything about the PKers."

Kilik sighs. "Some say the game maker did wrong by leaving out the PKer part, I say they spiced the game up a little. It is only a handful of people that are PKers and use it as their strategy of playing the game. You can always see a PKer coming by focusing on the person and if their name is red, it is a PKer." Kilik smiles toward me. "And about the event, events are only announced on the board in the towns. The guide never updates if not because of a new update that affects the way of playing."

I nod slowly. "Do you know when the event is going to stop? Do you know what the price is?"

"You mean the event near Death City. That's an ugly one." Kilik sits up and scratches his head. "The Kishins are very ugly ones. They are very strong and if they kill and eat you, your character is deleted. Some don't dare to meet the Kishins since they can delete your character, but many tried and they got their characters deleted by them. What I have heard, no one has beaten the Kishins."

Someone has actually beaten them. Two in fact. I just want to know his name.

"Do you know what they drop?"

Kilik shakes his head. "I don't know, but from the rumors, it is very a very powerful weapon and it says to have a special ability to it, what it has no one knows."

I nod slowly. So only the man in black knows. Shouldn't people be talking about him? About how he defeated the Kishins and got two rare weapons.

This makes my determination for finding the man in black larger. I need to find him. Not just to thank him, but to ask him what it was. I think I have the right to know since I am the reason he got what he wanted.

"I need to go." I say and stand up on my feet. "It's late and I don't feel like waiting around for her. If I know her, she might be sleeping over at the guy's place instead of going to my house." I pick up my red cup and Kilik stands up as well.

"I will walk you to your car." Kilik says and we both walk back toward Kim's house. We take a detour around the house so we don't have to embarrassingly walk through their little, naked hugging party. Kilik walks me to my car and I grab my car keys.

"Are you up for playing some Meisters tomorrow?" Kilik asks while he leans against my car.

I nod while I open the car door. "I would love to. I will see you tomorrow then." I revive the engine and Kilik backs away from the car. I wave toward him before I drive away. This night wasn't so bad at all.