Yakushima Plans Part Eleven: Party preparations

"Hello? Ma!" I said as my mother picked up the phone. "I'm already here at Yakushima.""Whatushima?" she asked. "Whatever, how did she do in the tournament? Did she win? Second place? Third place?""First place," I said in triumph. "She actually managed to defeat a PROFESSIONAL boxer. He's actually her good friend by the way.""Very GOOD!" said my mother. "I knew she can do it!"Says the one who tried to stop her and had to be convinced for ages to agree..."Yeah," I said. "She actually made many friends there. Like this Monegasque rich girl, a Chinese girl in pigtails, and another girl, oh and that boxer too.""She's very friendly, didn't you know?" said my mother. "Like remember how she made friends with her competitors at the spelling bee?""Yes I remember," I said. "They were getting too chatty, and I had to shush them.""Well she's a chatterbox after all," said my mother. "She can talk with anyone.""She got it from you," I said. "I don't talk that much...""Says who?" she said. "You know how much you talk when you were young?"She started ranting about how I talk a lot. The problem is, if she starts, she can't stop..."Mother!" I said. "I'm really tired, I've been through a lot tonight. Also, I can't here you very well because the signal is bad here..."The signal wasn't bad, it was terrible. I couldn't hear her voice properly and I mostly heard staticky noises. "Hah?" she asked. "What did you say? I can't quite hear you.""Yes because the SIGNAL here is BAD," I said. I had to emphasise on the words so that she can hear them properly. "I CAN'T HEAR YOU TOO.""Oh okay okay," said mother. "Okay you rest first, I will hang up now."We said our goodbyes and then hung up. I looked at my phone to see that there was literally NO signal at ALL. Like the network bar was completely empty. So I guess I won't be receiving any calls then. But there was some signal in the living room, and the most in the kitchen. My phone was almost dead, because I actually overused the phone to take photos of Shasha during the tournament.I was getting kinda sleepy as it was already ten at this point. My phone had already died. I went off to sleep and started dreaming about random stuff. I decided to charge my phone overnight so that my phone would be fully charged in the morning. The next day, I woke up and checked my phone if it was fully charged, but to my dismay, I forgot to turn on the switch...So I guess I'm still stuck with a dead phone. I put the phone to charge and decided to use my tablet instead. There was free WiFi here, so it wasn't a problem. It's a good think I charged it yesterday at Lee's.I went for breakfast at the resort cafe. It was free since I had a breakfast ticket. There were a bunch of girls at another table. Two of them, they looked the oldest, looked exactly alike, but with different eye colour. They were looking at my my direction and started whispering something. I just ignored them. One of them, a brown haired girl, suddenly came up to me.It was Asuka, the girl that Shasha defeated at the tournament. "Are you by any chance Shasha's mother?" asked Asuka. "You look just like her, a little fairer, but yeah. Same kinda bindi, only red instead of black, and glasses.""Yep it's me," I said. "So you guys had already arrived then?" "Yes we have," said Asuka. "We arrived late last night. Come on, join us at our table!"So that's what I did. I joined them at their table. They were eating while chatting happily. They introduced themselves."Are you two twins?" I asked the two older looking ladies. "You two look exactly alike.""Sort of," said the brown eyed one. "She's my clone. I'm the original.""Wait what?" I asked. "Isn't that's like... illegal?""Oh there's no such thing as legal and illegal with Heihachi Mishima," said The green eyed one. "He created me.""Okay..." I said and continued eating. "What are your names? Do you two have the same name?""No we don't," said the brown eyed one. "I'm Jun, and this is Amber.""Nice to meet you," I said. "I'm Sugie.""Nice to meet you too," said Amber. "By the way, we have another plan.""What is it?" I asked. "Well, since it was Shasha's birthday yesterday, we are gonna have a barbecue party in your chalet tonight," said Xiaoyu. "We need to marinate some meat, and a large cake will be delivered to the chalet later. You have too keep Shasha busy.""Whoa!" I said. "That's really nice of you guys!""Well it's the least we can do," said Jun. "If she didn't steal that drive, my son would still be enemies with my husband...""Wait so you're Jin's Mom and Kazuya's wife?" I asked and she nodded. "Oh come on, everyone knows that it was your angelic powers that brought them together.""Yes but she's still a good friend anyways," said Jun. "She helped Anna clear her name, and brought her together with Nina.""That was mainly my fault," said Amber, sheepishly. "I was the saboteur...""What did you do?" I asked. "We're you evil before this?""It's a long story..." said Jun. "Let's just save it for later."So after breakfast, we went to the local grocery store and bought some ingredients for the barbecue party. We also went to a boutique and I decided to buy Shasha a nice pink dress and some accessories. I bought myself something nice too. The others bought themselves some stuff while Lili was shopping for so much of dresses and Asuka just looked at her with an annoyed expression."Oh great, now you're gonna make a BIG mess in our room," said Asuka. "Do you know what it feels like to be your roommate?""And do you know what it feels like to be yours?" asked Lili. "Even though I own more stuff than you, I'm way neater and cleaner than you are. Your room is always a big mess!""You two, stop that!" said Xiaoyu. "We didn't come here to fight...""Fine..." said both Asuka and Lili in unison. "But she started it!""Why do humans always like to fight?" asked pink-haired Alisa. "I don't see any reason to fight.""Alisa..." said the brown-haired girl with the same name. "That's just how humans are! Besides, this fight isn't even serious.""Oh okay," said the pink-haired girl nodding politely. "I see how it is.""What kinda question was that?" I asked."Well, you see here, auntie," said Xiaoyu. "This girl here isn't human, she's a robot. The other one is a human, and her father made the robot in memory of her, after her death.""Wait so if you're dead, then how are you here? I asked. Is she a ghost? "Are you a ghost?""No no I'm perfectly human and alive," said Alisa. "I've been resurrected from death.""Wait what?" I said. "Why does your lives sound like a sci-fi story?""I have no idea," said Alisa. "Because my father is a genius scientist, maybe?"You should see him," said Lili, laughing. "He looks like a mad scientist from a movie!""Hey!" said both the Alisas at the same time. "Oops sorry about that..." said Lili. "I think we better go have lunch. I'm starving? Anyone else hungry?"We had lunch at the resort restaurant and went back to the chalet and started preparing for the barbecue. We got free lunch since it came with the chalet. The dinner coupons were optional. The dinner coupons could be used in one of three places: the restaurant, the steakhouse, or the seafood restaurant. All the girls came to our chalet. Xiaoyu even brought her pet panda. Everyone helped, except Lili. She was sitting on the sofa, sipping some tea while looking at her phone. Asuka went to her and started saying something to her."Oi!" said Asuka. "Aren't you gonna help? You've been sitting there for like an hour, doing nothing!""Yes I am helping," said Lili. "I'm seeing when the cake would arrive. Keep in mind, I'm the one who paid for it.""Fine," said Asuka and came back to the kitchen. "So is the marinate done?""Yes it is," said android Alisa. "It's enough for everyone!""When are they arriving anyway?" asked Xiaoyu. "Ooooh I can't wait for the party!""Me too," said Jun. "I can sense them getting nearer and nearer.""Oh then I guess we'll go back to our chalets then," said Amber. "You keep them busy, okay Sugie?""Yeah sure," I said. "I'll do that."