Downtown Tokyo, with Jordan

[seigaku_no_neko]

Eiji and Jordan exit Milliways into the middle of a large department store in downtown Tokyo.

Eiji blushes a little, remembering that they probably should have exited the fitting room one at a time. A woman walking by gives them a strange look.

"Okay, well just to warn you, my friends are weird," Eiji tells Jordan, pointing his thumb towards the door. "They're in a tennis shop a few doors down."

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[evilontheloose]

"I think he just wants you to keep asking, Eiji!" Jordan pipes up, grinning. "Fuji, that's not nice." Fun, but not nice.

"What is Triple Counter anyway? It better be a big deal for you to tease Eiji that way!"

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

"He's been teasing all of us!" Eiji says, still whining a little. "They're these super-fancy tennis shots that Fuji came up with, but he never uses them..."

"Eiji, don't bore Jordan with all of that," Ōishi cautions. "Besides, it's no use talking about it; Fuji's not going to tell you."

Fuji just chuckles, lightly.

[evilontheloose]

"I bet it does not even exist." Jordan shakes head. "Or it is not worth much..."

"Well, it is worth him teasing you all over it. And nothing more." Now she is tauting Fuji.

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

"You think so?" Fuji asks, acting like he's somewhere in between teasing back and being genuinely curious.

[evilontheloose]

"I know you are teasing your friends, dangling something they want just out of their reach. It means it is more valuable while your friends do not know..." Jordan shrugs.

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

"Maybe," Fuji concedes, thoughfully. "Or maybe it just has a different sort of value."

[evilontheloose]

Jordan gives a smirk. "Still. You are enjoying yourself by taunting the others."

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

Fuji thinks for a moment before saying, "You can't tell me you've never taunted someone before, and enjoyed it."

Because Fuji wouldn't believe you.

[evilontheloose]

"Not in the way you are doing." She did 'taunt' people while she had them at the business end of some big gun. "Besides, the fact I did something close to it does not make you any less mean."

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm not trying to be mean," Fuji says. "I just think of them as 'secret weapons.' It's not my fault that some people are anxious to know what they are."

Eiji sticks his tongue out at Fuji.

"I'm sure we'll get to see them at some point, Eiji," Ōishi says, trying to be diplomatic.

"Maybe," Fuji adds.

[evilontheloose]

Jordan moves over to Eiji, hooking her arm on his. "First step, is to stop asking him. The less fun he has with taunting, the sooner he will stop." And she walks along with her friend.

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

Eiji's mostly just appeased by the fact that Jordan is walking arm-in-arm with him, in front of his friends. He's blushing a little, but it makes him happy.

"What's the second step?" he asks, leaning in and half-whispering.

[evilontheloose]

"Stop caring about it for real. That way, when he finally decides to fess up, everything he says will seem lackluster, boring or only mildly interesting at best." She nods, whispering back. "Perfect revenge for the taunting."

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

Eiji chuckles happily.

They turn a corner and come upon a tall building with a large blue sign. "All right, this is the store I was talking about," Ōishi says, pointing to it.

"Oh, I've been here," Fuji chimes in, cheerfully. "It's a good store."

"Isn't it kind of a girl's store?" Eiji asks.

"Not really. They have everything," Ōishi insists, but he's blushing a little. (He might have bought a few things here, when he went with his sister from time to time.) "Besides, Jordan is a girl..."

[evilontheloose]

"Oh." Jordan smiles seeing the place. "I've heard of it, but never been here before."

While the other boys discuss if it is a girls' store or not, Jordan tugs Eiji along to go in.

There are probably tons of unread manga in there, and she plans to reverse that situation.

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

Welcome to nine floors of anime/manga heaven, Jordan.

The building is a bit narrow, so there's not a lot of stuff on each floor. She'll be able to read the sign as to how things are organized.

The first floor is magazines and a few snacks. It's also where you'd get tickets to the latest anime-related events, but that's probably not of interest.

The second floor says "books": meaning, lots and lots of manga. This floor is for mostly shonen series. The shelves look very similar to ones you'd find in a bookstore, and they are packed.

Third floor is for shojo series. All the titles on the bindings are red, and if you pull them out, many of the covers are pink or some related color.

The fourth floor has doujinshi and some merchandise. The comics are organized by series.

The fifth floor says "character goods"-- more fan-based merchandise. These are also organized by series, and tend to be cheap-looking little things like pins and notebooks and pencils and little sweat towels. Also stuffed toys.

The sixth floor has trading cards and figurines.

The seventh floor has CDs and DVDs. Everything up there is ridiculously expensive, though... No wonder piracy is so rampant in Japan. CDs are on the shelves, DVDs are on the wall. It's not just anime, either... There are some dramas and even anime-based musicals. Mostly anything with hot guys in it.

Eighth floor is video games. Nintendo DS games are on the shelves along with actual gaming systems, and everything else is on the walls.

The ninth floor isn't worth going up to, at least not today; it's an event space and nothing's going on.


Have fun! Eiji and the boys will probably follow Jordan around, maybe comment on some items near whatever she's looking at.

[evilontheloose]

Follow?

Follow?

They will be dragged around... well, at least Eiji and Ōishi will.

The first to fourth floors hold her interest most of the time, she will go along rows and rows of books and magazines, checking everything for sale at the moment first, before committing to anything: her interest narrows down to mecha anime and manga, and some yuri and yaoi. Dōjinshi works receive extra, careful attention.

They better have a lot of free time...

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

Yes, Jordan will like the 3rd and 4th floors, then. Plenty of BL stuff on the third, and the walls of the 4th are covered with dōjinshi, organized by series and then by pairing.

The boys might be a little uncomfortable in those areas, but hey, they can deal, right?



(Well, actually, as a side note, Fuji doesn't seem uncomfortable at all. In fact he opens several-- at least the ones that aren't encased in plastic-- and tries to show Tezuka some of the more interesting sections.)

They have plenty of free time! Jordan can have them all afternoon, if she wants. They don't even have to be home for dinner.

[evilontheloose]

Around the third hour, she narrowed her choices to original stories, discarding all clones and spin-offs.

Still an impressive stack of books and DVD's, but she is finally ready to cash out another half hour later.

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

"Are you buying all of that stuff?" Eiji asks, from where he's crouched on the floor. It's a slightly more comfortable position than standing, at least after standing for so long.

"Do you have enough money to pay for it all?" Ōishi checks.

[evilontheloose]

Jordan giggles and nods. "I think so... even if I end without money, I have the train pass to get back to my hotel."

And it turns out she has just enough yen on her to pay for her purchases. But she will need help carrying it.

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

Ever the gentleman, Ōishi offers to help carry, but if Jordan needs more help she might have to physically shove some of it onto Eiji.

"Is there anywhere else you wanted to go?" Ōishi asks. Eiji looks at him like he's crazy.

[evilontheloose]

Oh, Eiji is spared it, for now. "I don't think so... not right now at least?" She gives the two a bright smile. "Thank you, being tourist is much better when you have the right company."

[seigaku-no-neko.livejournal.com]

They both smile back at her. "No sweat," Eiji winks. "Anytime," Ōishi agrees.

Fuji walks up, followed closely by Tezuka. "Oh, are we done here?" he asks. "Where to now?"

"Hmm..." Ōishi thinks. "I guess we could try to meet up with the others, if they haven't gone home already." He whips out his cell phone to text Inui.

[evilontheloose]

She stands by Eiji, smiling.

Oh, Jordan is planning something, right?