Chapter 6: Stock LabyrinthStanding in front of Ikeas stock you could hear something behind you again. Somehow you already knew what it was. Fangirls, and guards. Would this chase ever end? Looking at the others you started running into the stock. "I'm not sure about this, but how about we split up, and meet outside?" Cecil suggested. "I think that sounds as a good idea. Just be sure to have both the guards and fangirls shaken of you" Masato answered. You all nodded in agreement, and set of for different destinations, and somehow you ended up alone in this huge stock, that more or less looked like a maze.
It was somehow nice to be alone, and be able to breathe. This day sure had been wild, with no brakes, just running and no real time to look around Ikea, it was kind off a shame, but you couldn't really think about that now. The screams from the fangirls and guards were getting closer, and you had to do something to get away. You decided to run down one of the many aisles in the stock, hiding behind a box you saw all the fangirls and guards run right past your aisle. For once this day you were lucky, but that luck didn't last for long. You stood up again, starting to walk down the aisle, keeping an eye behind you the whole time. It was quiet, almost to quiet considering what was going on. You stopped up for a second, and just as you did, you heard a scream, very high pitched, but clearly from a boy. It came from your right, and as you looked, you caught a glimpse of blonde hair, and a box getting pushed of the shelf, right in to your head, and everything went black.
Waking up to the sound of two voices discussing, then silence, then some movement, you looked up, deep blue eyes meeting yours, Masato. He almost flew back when he saw you were awake, he was rather close to your face actually. You slowly sat up, but a hand pushed you down again, Syo. "You should stay down for a while (y/n)" Syo said, "Why?" you asked rather confused. Syo looked at you with an apologetic face, then looked to Masato, who stood up again. He cleared his throat and said: "Syo and I were running from the girls and guards. Somehow Syo got to much speed, not able to stop, he screamed and almost flew into the shelf beside you, causing a box to fall out and hit you in the head. It's not a big deal, but you are bleeding a little, and you will get a bruise." You looked at Masato for a moment, then took a hand to your head. Looking at your fingers again, you could see that you were bleeding, and your head were sore. You looked at Masato again and said a little confused: "But that dosen't explain why you were so close to my face just before" Masato blushed a deep red and looked away. Syo grinned a little and said: "The big dork over there thought you were dying, so he were about to give you first aid, but then you opened your eyes, and yeah, you know the rest" You nodded in understanding still a little confused. "Oh and by the way, I'm so, so, so, so sorry (y/n)" Syo said while bowing. You shook your head and said: "No it's ok, I'm not dead, so it's ok" Syo smiled at you and stood up again. Just as Masato were about to say something, you heard a voice from the back of the aisle saying: "What the hell have you done to our Manager?!" Turning around, you all saw Ranmaru in the back, huffing after running and looking at you, confused to why you were on the ground with blood on your head. You smiled apologetic at him as he walked over to you. Syo and Masato looked a little scared, as he asked again: "What happened to our Manager?" Syo gulped and came with the explanation. Ranmaru looked quite unamused, both by what happened, and by how unlucky you were. He then looked down at you, bowed down to you and asked "Can you walk?" You nodded and said: "Yeah, I think I can manage" Ranmaru looked unconvinced at you, and before you knew of it, he picked you up bridal style, saying: "I guess it can't be helped, with such a clumsy Manager as you"
As he carried you out of the aisle, you couldn't help but notice which aisle it was, and you almost wanted to scream by seeing the big white numbers on the red background, 13.
As the four of you walked in silence, you started to grow uneasy, it was quiet again. Looking around you couldn't really see anything else, than other customers and such, but there were no screams or yells, and that was weird. You looked up at Ranmaru who had seemed to notice it too, so he stopped up and looked around. Masato and Syo turned around to look at you, and Masato said: "Besides for it being incredibly quiet, do you know where we are?" Ranmaru looked a little annoyed by the question, but looked at Masato and said: "Of course I do, it's not that hard to find your way in a stock" Like hell he knew where you were, you were lost.
You started walking again, but were disturbed by the sound of footsteps from behind, but not normal footsteps, it sounded like heels, no, hoofs? You turned around, and quite right, Camus were coming down the aisle riding Alexander. He stopped up beside you, looked down at you, looked at Ranmaru with a knowing glance, whereupon Ranmaru lifted you up to Camus, who put you infront on him on Alexander. Nothing were said as you all continued your walk around the Stock Labyrinth.
Meanwhile in another aisle, Tokiya had found the right chair, and were on his way to the checkout. It was kinda weird that he hadn't seen any of the others, but they probably knew what they were doing.
Just as he were on his way to the checkout he saw something weird again. A horse. Riding around Ikea, he had to take a moment to shake his head, and as he looked again it was gone. Again Ikea truly were a weird place.
"Hey, Reiji, do you know were we are?" Ren asked the senior, who looked just as confused as he did. Reiji shook his head and said: "Not the slightest idea. But to think that we got lost in Ikea, I'm kinda amazed" "Well it is a big place" Ren answered. They walked a little in silence, right until they heard some kind of scream. Turning to the direction the scream were heard, they saw Otoya and Ai, running for their lives, away from the fangirls. Ren and Reiji looked at eachother with a knowing look, then back at Otoya and Ai, who were getting closer. Otoya looked like he was about to die, while Ai looked a little calmer. Otoya spotted the two boys up ahead, and started screaming: "Run! Run for your lives, they are coming!" Ren and Reiji looked at eachother again and started running. As Otoya and Ai caught up with them, Ren asked: "So how did this happen?" "Ittoki-kun and I were going around a corner. Not paying attention to our surroundings these girls popped up out of nowhere" Ai explained. Ren and Reiji nodded understandingly.
Suddenly another scream were heard, and as they all looked up ahead, they could see Natsuki and Cecil running right at them, with a horde of guards after them. They all made a twisted face, looking for a way to escape. Ren spotted a sideway, and made a sign for them all to go that way. As they reached the sideway, they all turned of, just to meet Camus, Ranmaru, Masato, Syo, Alexander and you. Cecil were the first to react and yelled: "Turn around! They are coming!" You all looked confused for a moment, but then looked behind them, only to see the guards and the fangirls getting up again, after they got tricked by the sideway. You turned around and started running to the exit. It was some kind of miracle that you found it, but you all rushed past the check-out, out the door, and into the fresh air.
Catching your breath for a while, you noticed that the guards nor fangirls were after you anymore, they got stuck in the check-out, and that was just lucky for you. Camus helped you of Alexander, who turned back to dog form, and as you were all ready to go to the car, a well known voice said behind you: "What the hell happened to you guys?" As you all turned around, you saw Tokiya standing with a box in his arms. You had had the feeling that you were missing someone the whole time, but with all that had been going on, you hadn't thought about it. And now you could see that Tokiya had managed to stay out of trouble for the whole trip, and had even bought something. You all stared at him in awe, not really knowing what to do or say. Reiji were the first one to come back to reality, so he walked up to Tokiya, put a hand on his right shoulder, and said: "Long story. Now lets just go home" Tokiya looked confused, but he shrug it off, and walked over to his car. You drove with the same people home, as you did on your way to Ikea, much to Syos dismay, but he was to tired to complain.
Back at the Shining Agency, everyone, except Tokiya, sunk down in a chair of sofa, some even on the floor. The drive back had been the hardest, being worn out and smelly, you had to sit awake so that the driver wouldn't fall a sleep, and now all you wanted to do was sleep, but the day wasn't over yet.
After showering and getting a change of close, Tokiya, being the only one able to walk normally, had picked up some ice for your head. And Cecil, despite the hassle, had band aided your head. Now you finally could relax despite the hard day. You sat yourself down in a sofa in the living room. All of the boys were around you in chairs or sofas again, this time no one on the floor. You all had one or two band aids on you, due to the fire. As the living room were completely silent, your phone ringed, not really having the strenght or will to pick it up, you let it ring. But the person in the other end were really eager to get in contact with you, so you picked it up. The first thing you heard was a man screaming: "Miss (y/n)! What do you think you and those boys are doing?!" You had to take the phone away from your ear, during him being so loud that the others could hear him too. "I'm sorry Mister Shining, but I'm not really sure about what you mean" You said in your most polite tone, even though you were dead tired, and really didn't need this now. "Oh I'll tell you what I mean. Turn on the TV" Shining said, and you did as he said. Somehow you weren't surprised at what the TV were showing. Everywere, on almost every channel, you could see your own face, plus Starish's and Quartet Night's, running around Ikea, getting chased around, throwing food around, surrounded by smoke, and so on.
You could hear Shining Scream something again: "I'm not sure if I should take this as funny, or a big problem, it could ruin everyones repuptation, just have that in mind Miss (y/n)" and then he put on.
You stared at you phone, then the TV, then your phone, and then you turned both the TV and your phone off. You looked at the boys, who all had the same expression, half cracked up, they were all trying to hold back their laughter, and as soon as you saw that, you couldn't help but burst out in a heartwarming laughter, and soon you were all laughing at this horrible but still wonderful trip to Ikea.
But no matter how much you laughed and had fun, you all agreed to never do that again.
Later the same evening, you were all still in the living room. You had all agreed to make it a pleasant evening, despite the long and though day. Some of you had fallen a sleep in a sofa or a chair, some and of you were watching a movie. You sat in one of the sofas, beside Ai, and no matter how much you tried to stay awake, your eyes slowly closed. Right before you fell a sleep you heard Ai say: "You can sleep now Manager, it's been a long and tough day for you. Goodnight" He stroke a hand over your hair, and you fell a sleep.
The next day Shining were sitting in his office, looking skeptically at a long piece of paper. But it was not any piece of paper, it was the bill from Ikea, for everything, you, Starish and Quartet Night had broken.
Ringo and Ryuya almost got a heartattack when they heard the heartbreaking scream from Shinings office. But that's what you get for having both Starish and Quartet Night, taking a day off at Ikea.