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The crowds didn't let up in here, but he just sighed and let himself browse around. He paused a shelf that only a few people seemed to be interested in, above which hung a sign that said, "Graphic Novels."
He picked one up at random, one with a long, strange title he forgot almost immediately. He flipped through it. It had very pretty, nice art and seemed to be about two boys who fell in love with each other in a dramatic, unrealistic way. One of the boys confessed is love in a flurry of bubbles and four-pointed stars, then the other one began to cry and ran away.
Rain shook his head and put it back. He chose another one, this one much thicker and simply named "Super Fighter Raider," and opened it to the middle. This one's art was a lot simpler and less pretty, but it was okay. There seemed to be two men, one with a sword and the other unarmed, engaged in a duel to the death. The guy with the sword yelled and charged the other man, who took the sword blade-on with his now glowing fist, uneffected.
Rain rolled his eyes and set it down. This was silly, Slash would just laugh if he got him one.
I wrote that way back in 2001. Manga-bashing is fun, even when your writing a manga parody thing. XD
Um, after this, Shana runs into him and decides to "help" find a gift for herself brother. And then Tempest shows up.
"Hi, Brother! Last-minute Christmas shopping?" Rain asked, smiling. He was glad for the distraction from Shana.
"Christmas? You mean it's already December?" Tempest asked, his eyes wide.
Shana sighed. "Yes, duh... Christmas is in one week."
"Oh, no! I don't have enough money to get everyone something, and I don't get paid until two weeks from now."
"You mean you blew all your money just before Christmas?!" Shana asked.
"No, it's just that I lost my wallet, and then my credit card bills went way up! I don't know why, it was in my wallet when I lost it so I didn't buy anything, but I had to spend all my savings except ten dollars to pay off the debt."
"You mean you lost your credit card and you didn't cancel it? Man, you are so dense, Tempest!" Shana rolled her eyes.
"What? You can cancel your credit card? Wow! I didn't know that!"
At this point in the conversation, Shana was so upset that she simply slapped her forehead and groaned in reply.
"Don't worry about it, Tempest. I'll help you with that later. Right now I'm looking for a birthday present for Slash. Do you want to help?" Rain asked gently.
"Okay... but.. what am I going to do about presents? Oh, I'm so stupid..." Tempest looked about to cry.
"Stop being so hard on yourself, it's a common mistake." Rain lied.
Tempest, I love you. ^_^
Tempest is the best character in that story. But Shade is the second best.
Shana stopped and gasped at the collection of RPGs. "Wow... look at this! Final Fantasy XII! This is a classic!"
Tempest stared with her. "What's an arpejie?"
Rain ignored them and found what he wanted. He grabbed it. The last one. He grinned and went to stand in line.
After what seemed to be hours, it was finally Rain's turn. He handed the game to the cashier.
"Will that be all today?"
"Yes, just this, please."
"That'll be thirty-two thirty-one." The cashier said.
"Wait!" Someone yelled.
Rain turned to the sound of the voice. "Shade! What are you up to now?"
"I'll pay twice that! I need it so my mother won't die!" The boy clad in black cried.
"What does a video game have to do with your mother dying?" Rain demanded.
"Fool! I'm the true main character!" Shade yelled. "I'll pay sixty-four dollars and sixty-two cents for that game!"
"No! You're not going to ruin Slash's birthday! I'll pay a hundred dollars!" Rain declared.
"FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!" Shade screamed.
"You're crazy!" Rain said.
Just then, Mall Security came and dragged Shade away.
"Noooooooo!" Shade cried. He shook his fist at the heavens. "Curse you, Rivvi! Curse you!" A giant keyboard fell from the sky and rendered Shade unconcious before disappearing.
Um, I'm not weird. ^_^; That was all from 3-4 years ago. My writing style has changed a bit.