Title: Of Clips and Ribbons

Disclaimer: Let's see…:rummages pockets: a button, 32 cents, a stolen ribbon, a dental floss and a cotton ball…err, no Prince of Tennis so, no.

Note: Please read A/N at end XDD

Warnings: Ultra long crack ending, probably typos? Dunno, lots of other schools, Gakuto

A/N: To make up for the super late update, I bring you long, fun chapter! Last chap guys, enjoy! Well, If they have one-hour specials, I have mine too. Special chapter, the longest, the wackiest, one of the craziest! Enjoy my lameness, everyone! XD

Now, On to the final chapter!

Chapter 18: Big News for the King of Arcades

After Ann Tachibana left Rikkai, things started to turn back to normal. The week full of activities also ended and things became boring again…especially for Niou, that is. He had no more pranks to pull, he had no one to tease and his partner in crime was gone. Most of them got bored actually, they must've gotten used to Ann being there. Even though her stay was only for a week, it felt like they were all friends since they were kids.

Niou lazily got up from his bed to pick up his phone, which was ringing a while ago. He pressed the button and answered it. His eyes widened when he heard the voice.

"Niou-sempai!" The voice happily greeted him.

"Ann?" Niou asked anxiously, smiling as he did so. He heard a jaunty 'yes' on the other end of the line. "So, how are you there?"

"I'm doing fine, sempai." She answered. Niou almost felt the happy aura Ann was emitting. "How about you guys?"

Niou smirked and lay down on the bed. "Everything's fine here too. Well maybe except for Akaya, who has been a little grumpy lately and Marui who can't concentrate on playing tennis. Perfectly fine."

"Is that so?" Ann said. She paused for a minute then talked again, "Sempai, listen."

Niou sat up and raised a brow. "Eh?"

"Well, there's this new amusement park built here in Tokyo and the grand opening is this Saturday. I was wondering if you guys would like to come?" She told him. A wide smirk appeared on Niou's face.

"Hmm…" He pretended to think. "I guess it would be fun. Those two would love to see you again."

"Really?"

"Yup."

"Then I'll be waiting for you guys right there? Maybe Saturday evening would be fine?" Ann exclaimed.

"Yup!" Niou answered happily.

"I'll see you then sempai!" She happily told him and hung the phone.

"Puri." Niou grinned evilly. Maybe this'd be his one last prank on them. Interesting. "Let's start planning."

The next day…

Niou happily skipped inside the tennis courts, where the Rikkai regulars were having tennis matches. An innocent grin was plastered on his face as he neared them. He was really sure that he wasn't gonna be ignored since the big news is about their little Ann-chan.

"I just receive a call from Ann yesterday!" He happily informed the regulars. All of those present turned to him.

"She wants to go to the new carnival on Tokyo with us this Saturday!" He said in a sing song voice.

Marui, who was still playing a game against a team member, wasn't able to hit the serve his opponent did. Whilst Kirihara dropped his racket and gawked at him.

"Really?" Both exclaimed in unison, obviously having excited expressions on their faces.

"Haaai!" Niou answered sweetly. He was obviously enjoying their excitement.

Kirihara arrogantly approached the trickster and said, "That girl? Heeeh, it's been long since I last saw her."

"Akaya."

"And I'm sure that she misses the one she kissed before she left!" He added, giving emphasis on the kiss part. Niou could hear a faint snort coming from Marui.

"Akaya."

"She misses me that much huh?" He smirked and continued. "Well, I can't really blame her. It's been really long since we last saw each other anyway."

"Akaya," Jackal finally caught his attention. "It had been only a week since you last saw each other."

"That's long enough!" He told them.

"Actually…" Niou cut in. "I need to change what I said. She actually wanted me to date her. Just the two of us, in the happy world of amusement rides."

"What?!" Kirihara and Marui shouted, catching the attention of Yukimura and Yanagi, who were watching Sanada's game nearby.

"That's impossible." Marui told him. "She won't like a stupid trickster for a date."

"Jelousy: check." Niou noted in his mind.

"Since when have you taken interest on that stupid woman?! She's too good for you, sempai."

"Over jealousy…uh, check." Niou sweatdropped and then smirked. "Fine, don't believe me then. I'm going with Ann-chan this Saturday evening and we'll have romantic fun on the carnival."

He could see them fuming…and he enjoyed it.

"What's this I'm hearing? Niou going on a date with Ann-chan?" Yukimura, together with Yanagi approached the group.

"Yeah, buchou." Niou smirked and Yukimura knew what that meant. "I'm going on a date with Ann-chan!"

Yukimura tugged Yanagi, as if signaling him to join in the fun of taunting the two boys.

"Ahh yes." Yanagi said and opened his notebook. "There's 98.7685 percent that Ann-san will fall in love with Niou after their date. And there's 54.37 percent that they will get married at the—"

"I don't wanna hear it!" Kirihara cut in and covered his ears.

Yukimura smiled and thought of an idea. "Maybe I should ask Genichirou out on the carnival as well."

"I would be glad to go." Sanada suddenly appeared behind Yukimura.

"Really?" Yukimura asked and Sanada blushed as he nodded.

"Masaharu." Yagyuu called out to his friend. "Akaya is fuming. What did you do now?"

"Oh nothing." Niou shrugged. "I just told them that I'll be going on a date with Ann-chan this Saturday!"

"Saturday? But that's tomorrow." Yagyuu said. Niou nodded.

"I'm going." Marui suddenly said. "…With you guys."

"Oh? And who told you that you can?" Niou said all too knowingly. Marui twitched.

"Then I'm going on a date with Akaya." Marui concluded. Kirihara's jaws dropped. "Right, Akaya?"

"What? No way! I'm not going to—" Kirihara paused as Marui whispered something to him.

"Listen, do you want Ann to fall in love with this sick bastard? I'm not going to let that happen." Marui told him. "Plus, if we tag along, we get to see her again, right?"

"Right! Then let's do it!" Kirihara finally agreed and turned to his sempais with a determined look on his face. "Ohohohoho! Sempai and I are going on a date tomorrow!"

"I never knew that they'd really fall for it." Jackal rubbed his temples. "They are nothing but pure idiots."

"Puri." Niou grinned. "That's why they're on our team, right?"

The next day happened as Niou expected. Well maybe not really because when he stepped out of their house, he saw a red bush and a black seaweed hiding behind another bush. He actually expected them to be at Tokyo already. Such idiots can be really amusing, especially when they're jealous.

"I wonder if I should ride the tunnel of love with Ann-chan?" Niou said out loud. The two boys twitched. "Or maybe I should hug her when we ride the roller coaster!"

"That's it! Sempai is going do—" Marui put gum on Kirihara's mouth before he can even continue.

"Quiet. He's luring us out." Marui blew his gum. "Chew on that, it'll ease your anger."

"Then does sempai chew gum so that he'd always be calm?" Kirihara asked. Marui nodded. Kirihara slumped and pouted…and chewed on the gum harder.

"Then again, maybe I should just kiss Ann-chan on the lips." Niou concluded, his voice getting louder.

Marui twitched, "Okay, that stupid bastard trickster Niou is going down!" Marui shouted and stood up. Kirihara caught his wrist before he can even near the great Niou.

"I thought you told me that we should be calm?" Kirihara whined. Marui kicked the grass and spat out his gum and got a new one. He sat down as he crossed his arms and chewed on it.

"Wait! He's already gone!" Marui hastily stood up. They quickly ran out of where they were hiding and ran towards the train station. Idiots.

They hadn't noticed that Niou was still there, leaning against the wall.

"Why would I go so early? It's only three p.m. plus, Ann said that the carnival doesn't open till six." He smirked. "Weren't they even listening to me?"

Tokyo…an hour later…

"We've been fooled." Marui sighed. They were already in front of the carnival, though no one was there…just yet.

"Sempaii! What are we supposed to do now?" Kirihara complained. Marui sat down on the floor and leaned against the wall.

"This place doesn't open till evening. We'll have to wait." Marui told him.

"But, sempai! It's only four in the afternoon!" Kirihara whined and sat down beside him.

"I pretty much know that, you idiot."

"Are? Rikkai Dai?" A voice said. Both looked up and found two boys looking at them. "Shishido-san, aren't they from Rikkai Dai?"

"Whatever, let's go Choutarou." The other one told him.

"But—"

"Ahh…Hyotei, isn't it?" Kirihara pointed at the one known as Choutarou. Choutarou smiled and nodded.

Marui blew his gum again. "Great."

"What are you doing here anyway?" Shishido snapped.

"Spying." Marui randomly said.

"Eh?" Choutarou asked. "In front of an amusement park?"

"Never mind." Marui rolled his eyes. Choutarou stared at Marui, who had a grumpy look on his face. He then thought of an idea.

"Are you guys hungry? We're planning to go eat somewhere, wanna come?"

"Choutarou, they don't want to go. Come on." Shishido told his doubles partner.

"We're waiting for someone." Marui informed.

"Oh, is that so?" Choutarou said and smiled again.

"Yeah, do you know someone who has straight brown hair and has a big forehead and is very idiotic?" Kirihara asked.

Shishido thought for a moment, then spoke, "Ah, I know that person."

"Ahh, yes! We're planning to meet with that person right now, actually!" Choutarou remembered.

"Really?" Both asked. "Then we'll come with you!"

"Hai!" Choutarou happily said as he bowed.

"Who's this?" Kirihara raised brows at the person in front of him. Marui burrowed his hands on his pockets and sighed. He knew it. Hyotei people were never meant to be trusted.

"He's the one you're looking for, right?" Choutarou asked worriedly. "Taki Haginosuke-san!"

"I don't know these guys." The guy named Taki said.

"We don't know you either." Marui said and turned to the opposite direction. "Let's go, Akaya."

"Hey, but you said straight brown hair, big forehead and idiotic right?" Shishido said. "He totally matches your descriptions. Especially the idiotic one."

"What did you say, Shishido?" Taki twitched and raised his fist up.

"We're so sorry to bother you guys." Choutarou bowed. Marui waved his hand as he walked away from them.

"We're looking for a she." Marui said. Choutarou blinked.

"Tachibana Ann, that is." Kirihara gave them one last look before following his sempai.

"Ahh…" Choutarou realized. "Her."

"Ahh, her." Shishido said. "…Who's that?"

Choutarou sighed and whispered to Shishido's ear.

"Oh…her." Shishido said. "What's her name again?"

"Tachibana Ann, Shishido-san, Tachibana Ann." Choutarou told him.

"Tachibana Ann?" Taki inquired. "Isn't she the one Atobe—"

"Hai." Choutarou said and stared at the two Rikkai people. "Good luck with her, you two."

"Ahh…her?" Shishido repeated. "What would they want with her?"

"We've wasted time with them." Marui sighed and slumped down on his place before. They went back to the front gate of the carnival. "Akaya, what time is it?"

"Eh? Let's see let's see..." Kirihara looked at his wristwatch. "It's already quarter to six? Then it's only a few more minutes till we see Ann!"

"Unya? Rikkai Dai?" A new voice said. "Ne, Momo…why are they here?"

The owner of the voice jumped and hugged his companion. "Are they here to visit the carnival as well, nya?"

"Sempai, please." His companion pleaded. "Get off of me."

"Nya?" The other one said and neared them. "Ne ne, aren't you Kirihara Akaya? And you're Marui Bunta?"

"Great, there's more of them." Marui rolled his eyes.

"They're Seigaku." Kirihara said, looking at the two.

"Marui-sempai? Kirihara-kun?" A new voice joined in.

"Tachibana-imouto!"

"Eh? Momoshiro-kun?" Ann raised a brow. "You guys are here as well?"

"Unya? You're that cute girl that Momo likes!" Kikumaru shouted, flashing a peace sign at her.

"Kikumaru-sempai!" Momo blushed. Ann smiled. While the other two, secretly fumed.

"Are you guys going on the carnival too?" Ann asked again. The two Seigaku regulars nodded. She then turned to Marui and Kirihara.

"Where are the others then?" She asked. Both shrugged.

"Well, Niou-sempai said that you two were going on a date so we followed…" Kirihara tried to explain.

"But it turned out that we were three hours earlier than you guys." Marui continued.

"Unya? Date? Who?" Kikumaru asked again and again.

Ann giggled. "I told him, I want all of you guys to come."

"That liar." Marui mumbled.

"Look, the carnival's already open!" Momoshiro suddenly said. They saw all of the rides light up.

"Nya? Come on! Let's go Momo!" Kikumaru dragged his kouhai inside the place, secretly hoping that they'll be one of the firsts to enter the place.

"Tachibana-imouto, are you coming along with us?" He asked. Ann shook her head.

"We're going to wait for the others." Ann said and waved at them. "See you inside, Momoshirou-kun!"

"A-ah…" Momo muttered as Kikumaru dragged him.

"So…" Ann turned to them and bent down. "How are you guys doing?"

"Fine." Marui and Kirihara both said. Marui looked away and buried his face in his hands while Kirihara talked to Ann. Ann smiled.

"Things had gotten a lot more better since you left!" Kirihara lied. "Life was at peace."

Marui kept on being silent.

"Is that so?" Ann said, not believing what he said. "Well, my life became more quiet without you too."

"But…I liked life to be fun! And being with you guys is my own definition of fun." She laughed, then hugged both of them. "I missed you guys!"

"We missed you too." Both said and hugged her back.

"My, my, you guys sure missed each other a lot didn't you?" Yukimura smiled and entered the scene, together with the other Rikkai regulars.

"Mura-buchou!" The two boys exclaimed. Ann stood up and greeted her brother.

"Yuki-nii." Ann smiled and hugged him. Yukimura smiled back.

"Yo!" Niou grinned from behind Yukimura. Jackal and Yagyuu nodded.

"Niou-sempai!" Ann happily exclaimed. "Jackal and Yagyuu-sempai too!"

"Nice to see you again, Ann." Jackal said.

Sanada and Yanagi had now arrived and greeted her as well.

"Sanada-san and Yanagi-san!" Ann waved at them.

"Looks like we're all here. How's about we go inside now?" Yukimura offered. All of them nodded.

"Hai!" They nodded and entered the place.

"Where do you think we should go first then?" Ann asked, scanning the huge place for amusement. All of them started thinking of the best place to go to.

"Ferris wheel is good." Marui suggested.

"Um…House of mirrors is sorta cool too." Jackal said.

"Roller coaster's first!" Niou said.

"Merry-go-round!" Kirihara happily suggested. All eyes turned to him and they became quiet.

"What?" Kirihara snapped.

"I'll go with the roller coaster idea." Marui said and ignored Kirihara. All of them nodded.

"Agreed." All of them answered.

"Let's go then!" Ann ordered.

"Stupid dumb idiotic sempais…ignoring me like this…" Kirihara grumbled. "What's wrong with the merry-go-round?"

The other three, Sanada, Yukimura and Yanagi decided to separate with the gang and have their own fun when Yukimura spotted a small booth.

"Na Sanada, I want that cactus!" Yukimura told him. "Will you get that prize for me?"

"Ye—" Sanada was cut when Yanagi spoke.

"There's 0.23 percent chance that Genichirou will be able to get you that prize, Seiichi." Yanagi said. Sanada froze.

"Is that so?" Yukimura smiled. "Will Renji get it for me then?"

"Sounds logical." Yanagi told him. "But there's only 49.67 percent that I'll be able to get it for you, considering that they are our opponents." Yanagi said and eyed whom he was talking about. Sanada and Yukimura turned to where the data master was looking.

"Ne Tezuka, would you get me that cactus?" A smiling boy said. His companion however, had a serious look on his face.

"So, who'll sit in front?" Ann tapped the floor with her sneakers. "Ah! I want to sit there!" She pointed the front seat and sat down.

"So…" Niou gave the two boys a sly smirk. "Who'll sit next to her?"

"There's no choice. Only the great tensai can sit next to her." Marui shrugged and went near the seat.

"Hey. That's not fair! I want to sit beside her too!" Kirihara protested. "I'm sitting next to her!"

"Who told you that I would allow that?" Marui's face turned serious. "I'm sitting next to her."

"No. I will."

"No, me."

"…Jackal-sempai." Ann whispered and covered her mouth with her hands. Jackal blinked as Ann patted the seat beside him. "Over here."

Jackal shrugged and approached the seat while the other two continued fighting.

"Oi, Akaya, Marui…" Niou said, still having the same sly smirk on his face. "Are you two gonna ride or not? Cause Ann already has a seatmate."

"What?!" Both of them stopped from fighting and turned to Ann, who was waving her hands at them. They both spotted Jackal.

"Jackal, you traitor." Marui mumbled.

"What did I do?" Jackal asked innocently. Marui rolled his eyes.

"Sempai's so unfair." Kirihara grumbled and sat down.

The two had now calmed down and sat beside each other, behind Ann and Jackal of course. Niou and Yagyuu sat beside each other as well.

The ride slowly started moving up and everyone was getting excited…except for one.

"Jackal-sempai? What's wrong?" Ann asked worriedly.

"Ah." Jackal muttered. "It's just that I'm sort of afraid of heights. Ann gave him a comforting smile.

"It'll be fun, sempai. Don't worry!" Ann comforted him and patted his head, which successfully earned him death glares from Kirihara and Marui.

"You'll be fine Jackal." Marui nonchalantly told his doubles partner, poking him on the head.

"Yeah, sempai! You don't have to worry!" Kirihara shouted.

The ride started going down, and they all shouted in excitement.

"See? I told you it'd be okay, sempai!" Ann shouted while the ride moved.

"Jackal!" Niou called out from behind Marui and Kirihara. "Hug her! Hug her!"

The two boys in front of him quickly turned to him and gave him a glare.

"Why would I do that?" Jackal asked aloud, gripping on the metal bars harder.

"Because it would make the great trickster happy?!" Niou shouted and raised his hands high up in the air.

"Masaharu, stop it with your selfish requests." His seatmate Yagyuu said. "It's not right to tell Jackal-kun that."

Marui tried to spit his gum on Niou's face but as always, Niou successfully dodged it.

"Nice try, gum boy." He sneered. The gum ended up hitting the person behind the trickster.

"It's sticky da ne! Atsushi, get it off me, da ne!" The person who got hit by the gum, Yanagisawa Shinya to be exact, yelled at his seatmate. His seatmate sighed.

"Curse you." Marui grumbled and turned away from him.

"He looks more jealous than Akaya is." Niou whispered to Yagyuu. Then he looked at his kouhai, who was trying though failing badly to switch places with Jackal. "…Or not."

The ride had soon ended and they left the ride. Sanada, Yukimura and Yanagi were all waiting for them.

"Look! Renji got me a cactus!" Yukimura happily told them as he showed them a half of a cactus.

"That…" Yagyuu muttered as he fixed his glasses in place. "…That is a cactus?"

"But…is it still alive?" Marui scratched his head as he stared at the poor plant. It was cut into half and it looked like it was dying.

"Of course it is." Sanada assured. Yukimura beamed and held the plant softly.

"It was hard winning against Fuji-san and Tezuka-san in the game so we decided to split the prize." Yukimura explained. "Tezuka-san was very competitive, he even used Muga no Kyouchi and Hyakuren Jitoku no Kiwami in order to win against us. He was really willing to win for Fuji-san…"

"How did he use it on a shoot-a-duck-to-win-the-prize game?" Kirihara asked. All the others sweatdropped.

"Seriously, how did he use it?" Jackal repeated. Everyone shrugged.

"I bet that that cactus won't live for another three hours." Marui said, putting his hands on his pockets.

"Actually, it would only live for about an hour and fifty-two minutes." Yanagi clarified.

"I'd want something like that too!" Ann said and eyed the cactus. Kirihara quickly got alarmed and disappeared. And when he returned, he was holding a small teddy bear.

"Here you go!" He panted and handed him the bear. "I won that over there."

"Hmm?" Ann muttered. "I have tons of this at home though, given by some guys in school when I returned. I want something rare."

Kirihara disappeared for a moment again and returned, now holding a deformed bunny. "There! I'm sure that's pretty rare! I took off one of its eyes and painted it green!"

"It's distorted." Ann said. "I actually want something different."

Kirihara disappeared again.

The other guys looked at Ann with a bit of fright.

"Is it just me or did she became eviler?" Niou said. All of them nodded. Ann then sneezed.

"Here you go, Ann-san." Yagyuu offered her a clean handkerchief he got from his pocket.

"Thank you, Yagyuu-sempai!" Ann happily took the small piece of cloth.

"I got you a Buddha!"

"Sanada, don't you think that that's fun to ride?" Yukimura pointed the place for bump cars. All of them turned to that place.

"Sounds cool!" Kirihara exclaimed, still holding the Buddha in his hands.

"Would you get that Buddha away from us?" Marui told him.

"It would be fun riding the bump cars!" Ann said. "Let's try it out!"

They all went to the bump cars to have some fun, Rikkai style.

"Wait, I don't know how to drive." Marui worriedly said. Ann looked at him.

"I thought you were a tensai?" Ann sarcastically asked her sempai. Marui scratched his head.

"Well…"

"Then sit with me! It's really easy you know," Ann told him. "Maybe you'd learn if you watch me up close!"

"Somebody's going to score a point!" Niou cheered. Yukimura had already took a car, with Sanada following him.

"Hey! I don't know how to drive too!" Kirihara whined.

"Sure. You said that last time." Ann said. Kirihara pouted. "When we baked cake."

"But I really don't know how to…"

"Hey, are you guys going to play or not?" Yukimura told them and smiled his play with me or die smile at them. Their buchou can be very childish at times.

Marui sat beside Ann on the bump car while Kirihara was alone. Yukimura was having fun, he kept on bumping Sanada, over and over, and over again. Sanada was helpless, if he hits Yukimura back, he'd be sure to receive one of the buchou's bitch smiles. The bitch smile is the only one that can match his bitch slap.

Niou, on the other hand, found a victim to play with. There was this Hyotei player with a blue hat, and he enjoyed irritating him. Yanagi started calculating how he should drive and hit the others too. Yagyuu and Jackal were struggling on driving, though not really that good but they still can drive. And Kirihara…well, he didn't really know how to drive so he kept on hitting the wall and wasn't even able to move away from it. Ann and Marui took the opportunity and started hitting his car.

"Hey, stop that!" Kirihara shouted at Ann.

"Come on Kirihara-kun! You can do a lot more better than that!" Ann laughed as she watched Kirihara hit the wall simultaneously; it was like a video being played over and over again.

"Yeah, Akaya! You can do better!" Marui sneered and laughed at his kouhai.

"You're not even driving." Niou, who just passed by said and snorted. "Great job, ever great tensai."

"Hey, Ann." Marui was twitching; she can see that. "Can I try and drive for a while?"

Ann blinked, then let go of the stirring wheel. "Uh…sure sempai."

"Niou, you're going down." Marui cursed and targeted to hit Niou. He then went into full speed and headed towards his direction.

"Look! I'm driving! I'm driving!" Kirihara, who had just managed to get away from the wall, shouted happily. "Beat that, Tachiba—"

Ann and Marui's car hit his.

"Hey!" Ann shouted. It was a really strong impact.

"Oh?" Niou grimaced. "Was Bun-chan trying to hit me?"

The trickster's car then bounced.

"That was for hitting me, you stupid insane human!" The Hyotei regular Shishido suddenly hit Niou. Niou turned to him and glared.

"Are you challenging the great trickster, hat boy?" Niou questioned.

"Lameass." Shishido grunted. Niou ran after him.

"Shishido-san! Please don't do that!" His doubles partner, Choutarou warned. "We might get in trouble again!"

"Masaharu, stop this madness!" Yagyuu scolded him, tailing his car everywhere.

"It's them." Marui and Kirihara muttered at the same time. Ann blinked, then saw Yanagi heading for them.

"Watch out! Yanagi-san is heading towards us!" Ann got the handle and dodged.

"The probability of them dodging my attack: 76.89 percent." Yanagi said, slowly stopping from driving. "And the probability of them accidentally hitting Seiichi, 100 percent."

"Whoa!" Marui and Ann shouted and hit Yukimura's car. Yukimura turned to them and smiled…dangerously.

"The probability of this causing chaos, 123.8762 percent. It may not look like it, but Seiichi sure is angry. Someone had challenged him finally."

Yukimura turned his car into Ann and Marui's direction, his smile still on his face as he aimed for them. The two gulped and readied themselves for their deaths.

"Akaya! No slacking off! Don't waste your time hitting the wall!" Sanada neared Kirihara at a slow pace, passing by in the middle of Yukimura and Ann, and sadly causing Yukimura to hit him instead.

Yukimura's hit was so strong, Sanada's car almost bounced.

"I still can't get out of here!" Kirihara whined and hit the wall again, after his short triumph of being able to move a while ago.

"Maybe he really doesn't know how to drive." Jackal said and sweatdropped.

"I'm so sorry Genichirou!" Yukimura apologized, nearing the dumbfounded fukubuchou.

"I-it's okay." Sanada stammered.

"Okay then!" Yukimura smiled and drove away.

"Sanada's aura looks so gloomy." Jackal said. Yanagi appeared beside him.

"He's sad. You don't need data to see that." Yanagi said and Jackal nodded.

"Meehh…This is getting boring, that Shishido guy already walked out." Niou whined.

"How couldn't he? You destroyed his hat." Yagyuu told him and the trickster, as usual, ignored the bespectacled gentleman.

"Do you know what would've happened if Yukimura-san hit us?" Ann chuckled. Marui smiled at what she said.

"We could've been swept away." They started laughing. Kirihara looked at them blankly.

"Can we go to the merry-go-round now?" He suggested shyly. Ann and Marui stopped laughing and looked at him.

"You really are childish Akaya." Marui rolled his eyes. Ann blinked, then smiled at him.

"Sounds fun!" She said. Kirihara smiled widely. Now Marui was the one to stare at them blankly.

"Sempais!" Ann called out to the others, and they all turned to look at her. "Can we check the merry-go-round out?"

They first looked at her, then at the demon ace, then they nodded knowingly and headed out of the bump cars…though Yukimura seemed to have enjoyed crushing the others and wanted to play a bit more. But, it was their dear kouhai's request and it was really hard not to grant his wish.

"Seriously, Akaya, why do you want to ride that so badly?" Marui demanded as he eyed the ride his kouhai wanted to play on.

"Well…" Kirihara said, looking down on the floor as they walked toward the said ride. "Someone told me a long time ago that if you ride a merry-go-round on a grand opening of an amusement park, the horses will magically become real."

Ann secretly slapped her forehead as the regulars immediately turned to their vice-captain, the culprit.

"Genichirou?" The data master questioned. He was pretty much sure that he was the only one who would tell such an idiotic thing to the poor boy. Sanada gulped.

"Probably he told that to get rid of Akaya so that he and buchou would be alone together." Niou whispered to Jackal and the latter only nodded in agreement. "As always…Sanada."

"Seriously, Sanada has issues." Marui grumbled as he put his hand behind his head and blew his gum. Sanada glared at him.

"Akaya is such a pitiful entity, being told of something as ridiculous as that." Yagyuu said in complete disappointment.

"His demented aura is getting stronger…" Jackal said nonchalantly, glancing at the fukubuchou.

"Akaya, did you know that if you are one of the firsts to ride those horses, the magic fairy of the amusement parks will give you that horse?" Yukimura stated as he patted Kirihara's head. "So, let us not waste our time standing here, let's go to the merry-go-round and ride those magical horses!"

Sanada's eyes sparkled. Yukimura had just helped him for the first time ever! Small droplets of tears started to form on the fukubuchou's eyes. Sap.

"Poor boy, seeing the wrong light." All the regulars, also including Ann said as they all watched Yukimura drag the boy.

"I'm gonna ride this horse!" Kirihara announced proudly, patting the fake horse beside him. "It's colorful and really pretty! I'm definitely going to own this one!"

He froze. Marui-sempai and Ann were going to seat beside each other, a little bit far away from him.

"Actually, I wanna sit there!" Kirihara exclaimed as he pointed the horse beside Ann. "It looks cooler!"

"He's hopeless. Puri." Jackal shook his head. Marui sweatdropped and stood up from his horse.

"Niou." He said, approaching Jackal. Jackal turned to him. "Next time you want to pass off as Jackal, make sure you hide this." He stood behind him and twirled his hair.

"I do not know this Jackal of which you speak." Niou simply said, shrugging as Marui let go of his hair and sighed.

"The ride's already starting!" Kirihara exclaimed, hoping onto the horse beside Ann.

"This is boring." Marui grumbled, slowly returning to his seat on the other side of Ann.

"Well, three people seems to enjoy it." The real Jackal, who was seated beside Yagyuu, said as he eyed Kirihara, Ann and Yukimura.

Yukimura was beside Sanada as usual and he was riding the horse with hell knows what kind of joy he's feeling, Sanada just accompanied him, riding the horse that was moving up and down as the whole ride twirled. It looked really wrong for the rest of them, seeing their thirty-year-old fukubuchou ride a child's ride like that. So wrong.

The ride continued on and Ann and Kirihara were enjoying themselves when they suddenly heard some unfamiliar voices shouting.

"Ride faster, Yuuta-kun! Chase me Yuuta-kun!" The voice said.

"Mizuki-san…This ride moves by itself. And I'm only behind you." Another voice replied.

"That's why you never improve, Yuuta-kun. How will you be able to face my destined rival, Fuji Syuusuke if you're that slow?"

"Aniki is not your destined rival, Mizuki-san. And he already beat you."

"What the hell?" Jackal said, completely dumbfounded at the voices' conversation.

"There is 96.32 percent that the voices belong to Mizuki Hajime of St. Rudolph and Seigaku's tensai's brother." Yanagi informed, holding a notebook as he rode the horse.

"I am not just aniki's brother! I'm Fuji Yuuta! Fuji Yuuta!" The one known as Yuuta shouted.

"Same difference." Marui rolled his eyes.

"Nfufufufu, well what do you know, Yuuta-kun. Rikkai Dai Fuzoku." Mizuki said in his oh so gay voice.

"Da ne, he's the one who put gum on my hair da ne." Another person said, pointing at Marui.

"Aren't they umm…" Kirihara scratched his head, contemplating. "What was it? Murigaoka?"

"St. Rudolph." The other one with the ribbon tied on his head said.

"Ahh, them!" Ann said, remembering something. "You're those guys on the street tennis courts!"

"Ah da ne!" Now known as Yanagisawa, exclaimed. "She's that cute girl from Fudoumine da ne! What is she doing with Rikkai Dai da ne?"

"Date." Ann simply said and winked at him.

"All of them?" Yuuta asked doubtingly.

"Well if that's the case, her dating powers must be really strong, nfu." Mizuki said, stroking his chin.

"These guys are weird." All the Rikkai regulars thought.

"No, not really all of them…" Ann mused as she eyed the demon ace. The Rudolphians nodded as they saw her eye Kirihara. Ann then winked again. "Actually, only Niou-sempai!"

"What?!" Kirihara shouted and looked at the trickster, who was waving at him innocently. "Wasn't it supposed to be me?!"

"Who ever told you that?" Ann asked.

"Puri." Niou grinned and glanced at Marui, who wasn't looking amused himself.

The ride stopped, it was already time to go.

"Akaya, come on! We have to leave!" Yagyuu tried to pull the little kouhai off his magical horse. "It's time to leave this ride. We have other places to go too."

"I'm not leaving without this horse!" Kirihara pouted, tightening his hug on the horse. "Not until it becomes alive!"

"Dork." Marui grunted and stepped out of the merry-go-round.

"Akaya, let's go! We have to explore the other rides too, you know." Jackal said and helped Yagyuu pull him. The demon ace struggled.

Ann stared at them at first, then decided to leave the spot. Kirihara watched her go as he struggled, from both against his sempais and against the will to follow her. He decided not to. A magical horse is important too…

A few minutes later, Ann came back holding a colorful horse doll. She stepped up inside the ride again and approached the hardheaded boy.

"Here." She said and handed him the doll. "You know, if that thing becomes alive, you can't bring it just anywhere right?"

Kirihara blinked.

"…And you can't ride the other rides with the rest of us if you have a big horse with you, right? So, here. I think that this is more portable than a magical gigantic horse."

"Where'd you get that?" Marui asked all of a sudden.

"I won it over there." She pointed at a booth. "You think only guys win for girls?"

"Is it just me or did she became kinder?" Niou asked Jackal. Jackal shrugged. "Must've gotten the mood swings from Marui."

"If this guy is the one with you…" Ann glared a little, just a little, at Kirihara and continued, "…You'll need someone who'll take good care of him. He needs someone who's as energetic and idiotic as him. He also needs a babysitter."

"Give me that!" Kirihara said and grabbed the doll. "Don't talk like you know me so well."

"Actually, I do know you well." Ann shrugged. "Your birthday, blood type, type of girl, special talent…everything. And I only need to know one thing to be able to tell. And that is that you're an idiot."

"Where'd you know all of that?" Niou asked suspiciously.

"Yanagi-sempai." She simply said. "We call each other really often."

"Speaking of Yanagi-kun, where are they now?" Yagyuu politely asked. "Yukimura-kun and Sanada-kun is gone as well."

"Them? I think Yukimura mentioned something about bump cars." Jackal scratched his head.

"Oh."

Ann looked at Kirihara once again and offered a hand. "So, are we going to stay here forever or are we going to explore some rides? I saw a great place where I'm sure that someone like you would enjoy…" She said gallantly.

Kirihara's eyes sparkled. "Really?"

She smiled at him.

"So…" Marui popped his gum. He didn't quite expect THIS to be the place Ann was talking about. "…Teacups, huh…"

"Well, since Kirihara wants something as childish as merry-go-rounds, I thought that he might enjoy something like this too." She answered, putting on a thoughtful look on her face.

"Why would I enjoy something like this? This place is full of six-year-olds!" Kirihara whined.

"Che. Like the merry-go-round wasn't." Marui put his hands on his pockets. Kirihara gave him a small glare.

"There were St. Rudolph people there!" He defended his magical place for magical horses.

"Those guys were freaks." Marui said and looked away.

"Come on, guys. Don't fight now!" Ann patted both their backs. "Let's go check it out!"

"Fine."

They entered the place to see what it's like in the magical world of teacups, together with the trickster, the gentleman, and the Jackal.

"Akaya, why don't you try it?" Marui sneered and watched the teacups twirl around.

"No."

"It'll be fun." Niou added.

"No."

"It's enjoying!" Ann happily added as well.

"Stupid sempais and Tachibana trying to make me ride this stuff...fine." Kirihara grumbled and took a seat on one of the teacups. The others watched him.

"Welcome to the club." A voice told Kirihara from another teacup. The ace turned to find who said that.

"Welcome to the club." The voice repeated and it looked irritated, just like him.

"Welcome to the club."

"Gakuto, please stop welcoming everyone who rides this with that sort of greeting…" A Kansai voice warned the first one. The other seemed to ignore him though.

"Welcome to the club." He repeated as the teacup twirled around.

"Stop saying that." Kirihara grunted and crossed his arms.

"Welcome to the 'I was forced to ride this by stupid persons/I'm here to baby-sit/I lost a bet/I'm stupid because I really want to ride this club." He repeated once more.

"Hyotei again?" Kirihara said. The owner of the Kansai voice greeted him.

"You are Kirihara Akaya from Rikkai Dai, right?" He queried, then introduced himself as well. "Oshitari Yuushi."

"Yuushi, can we go now?" The other voice whined. "Jirou's already sleeping!"

"Gakuto…" Oshitari started. "Jirou is always sleeping."

Kirihara tried to take glance at the other person on 'Hyotei's teacup' and found one orange-head sleeping next to the bespectacled guy.

"Who's that?" He inquired, slightly curious on who that Sleeping Beauty was. Oshitari glanced a bit at Jirou and answered,

"He's Jirou, one of our teammates and the reason why I'm here." He said in his oh so husky voice.

"And him? Why is he here?" Kirihara eyed the acrobatic player of Hyotei.

"He lost a bet and was forced to tag along."

"Oh."

"Welcome to the club." Gakuto repeated with his bored voice when a bunch of kids joined the ride. Kirihara did nothing but sweatdrop.

Suddenly Sleeping Beauty's nose sniffed something and he awoke from his deep sleep. Kirihara felt the enthusiasm of the boy.

"Marui-kun's here!!" He shouted and jumped up. "Marui-kun!!"

His fanboy senses immediately spotted the self-proclaimed tensai of Rikkai Dai. He waved at him energetically.

Marui's gum popped.

"Uh oh…" He gulped as he saw the fanboy run towards him.

"Ne, sempai, is that your friend? He's waving at you." Ann pointed at the running boy.

"Marui. Run." Jackal said though Marui knew the drill: Run when Hyotei fanboys are around.

Marui ran for his life, grabbing Ann and tagging her along on his great escape.

"Sempai!" Ann shouted as she was dragged out of the place.

"Marui-kun!!" Jirou shouted and tried to catch up with them. "Wait for me! And is that your girlfriend?! Wai! She's pretty! But you can't replace meeee!!"

"Ooooiii, sempai!!" Kirihara shouted and jumped out of the teacup and ran after them.

"Purriii!!" Niou's grin couldn't get any wider. He then grabbed Yagyuu and also ran, on a different direction, that is.

"Oi, where are you guys going?!" Jackal called out to Niou and Yagyuu.

"We're going to install cam—I mean, take pictures of this wonderful place!" Niou answered and disappeared with Yagyuu.

"Take care of Akaya!" Jackal heard Yagyuu's voice tell him.

"Hey, wait!!" Jackal tried to follow them. "…Akaya's…already gone…"

"That was close…" Marui panted and rested somewhere away from the fanboy. Ann too, took a rest beside him.

"Sempai, what was that for?" Ann complained as she panted heavily. Marui leaned against a wall and gave his apologies.

"Sorry…It's just that that Akutagawa from Hyotei keeps on hugging me whenever he sees me, I just can't stand it."

"Oh," She muttered to let him know she understands. "In short, he has a crush on you?" She giggled.

"Well…I don't really know." Marui answered, then looked at her doubtingly. "Hey…What are you implying by saying that?"

"I'm not implying anything…except for the fact that a lot of guys likes Marui-sempai." She laughed at him and he faked a glare. "Like Akiyama-sensei!"

"Stop it."

"By the way…where are we?" Ann asked, completely changing the subject. They both looked around to find out where they really were.

"House of Mirrors…" Marui muttered as he read the sign.

"Cool! Let's check it out!" Ann said and went inside. Marui immediately followed her.

- - -

"Look at that, sempai!" She happily said as she pointed at the mirror at Marui's side. "You look fat."

"Hey, I'm not fat…" Marui defended and pouted at her. "Am I?"

Ann shook her head. "No, it's just the reflection. You look funny."

Marui closed his eyes and continued walking deeper into the place. "And you look thin in there."

Ann quickly turned to the mirror beside her. "I don't really look thin…do I?"

"Yes, you do." He replied and continued walking.

"Hey, that's not fair sempai, I told you that you weren't fat…" She followed him and walked beside him. "…You should tell me that I'm not thin!"

"Fine, you're not."

She chuckled. And they continued on with exploring the house of mirrors.

"Hey, you look short in there!" Marui let out a silent laugh as he pointed the mirror. Ann pouted at what he said.

"You're short even if there aren't any weird mirrors around too." She crossed her arms and looked away.

'Now I know why Akaya loses to her in terms of insults…she's good.' Marui thought and stared at her. 'But, I'm not gonna lose that easily.'

"Well, at least I'm still taller than you." He shot at her.

Ann glowered as she closed her eyes and pointed at the mirror on Marui's right. "At least I don't look like a rock on any mirror."

"What?" Marui looked at the mirror beside him and observed the reflection. It was weird, they had same black colored shirt but…last time he remembered he wasn't wearing an old cap.

"Wait, that's not me, that's Sanada…" Marui narrowed his eyes. Ann took a peek and found out that it really was Sanada.

"Oh…I thought it was you…since…you know, same color of shirt…" Ann scratched her head and smiled sheepishly.

"You two…" Sanada mumbled.

'If I'm gonna be mistaken as Sanada whenever I wear a black shirt, I might as well not wear one forever.' Marui thought gloomily. 'I don't want to look like a rock…'

He popped his gum again.

"Sanada-san, what are you doing all alone in here?" Ann questioned the stoic fukubuchou. Sanada didn't answer just yet.

"Sanada?" Marui repeated for her.

"I…got lost." He finally answered them. Then he heard a faint snort from the both of them. "Do you two know where Yukimura and Renji are?"

"Sanada-san…got lost in that age…" Ann whispered with a chuckle. Marui snorted even more.

"When you think about it, he and I are of the same age, but still…getting lost…when you look like someone who's thirty…" Marui started to laugh and so did Ann.

They weren't paying attention to him…

"God, Sanada. Why'd you get lost?" Marui said as he laughed. "And where's buchou and Yanagi?"

"Sanada-san, don't worry, we're here with you. You'll never get lost again!" Ann continued to laugh. Sanada can feel the mockery.

Oh yes, Sanada can feel it. Dementedness…

"This is foolish." Sanada said and walked away. The two immediately followed him.

"Hey, Sanada, calm down. We were only kidding!" Marui patted his back.

"Yeah, Sanada-san, we'll help you find them!" Ann added, to help comfort the poor demented soul. "So, where'd you last see Yuki-nii and Yanagi-san?"

"Outside this place, just about a few minutes ago." He answered.

"Maybe they went inside here as well, let's explore this place more before we go out." Marui concluded. Ann nodded in agreement.

They continued looking for Yukimura and Yanagi inside of the House of Mirrors. While walking, Ann and Marui had still continued giving little comments about Sanada being lost, Sanada was oblivious to it anyway. He was busy looking for Yukimura too. They also stopped from time to time to look at the mirrors and laugh at it. It seemed that Marui and Ann were enjoying it, but who the hell knows what Sanada was feeling. Probably a mixed feeling of anxiousness and diarrhea. Poor guy.

After a few minutes of searching, they finally found Yukimura and Yanagi, looking at a mirror and enjoying themselves. Sanada quickly approached them. Yukimura also spotted him and smiled.

"Genichirou! Where have you been?" Yukimura asked worriedly. While Yukimura talked to Sanada, Yanagi approached the other two.

"Why are you two the only ones here?" He asked. Yukimura and Sanada turned to them and listened.

"Well, we were just exploring the amusement park and went inside this place, that's all." Marui answered.

"And where's Akaya and the others?" Yukimura added to the question.

"They—" Marui paused when Ann answered for him.

"We were with them a while ago until Marui-sempai dragged me with him away from his boyfriend. They're still probably at the Teacups ride."

"What boyfriend?" Marui demanded. Ann shrugged.

"Akutagawa Jirou from Hyotei, I believe?" Yanagi asked and Ann nodded. "Ah, I understand. And he dragged you with him?"

Ann nodded once more.

"Then, there's 20 percent that the main reason he ran away because he doesn't want Akutagawa Jirou to be near him." Yanagi informed all of them. "The remaining percent was because you want to take Ann-san away from the others, more overly from Akaya."

"But the remaining percent was at least 80 percent!" Marui shouted. "That is not true!"

Ann merely blinked. So did Yukimura and Sanada, while they stared blankly at the self-proclaimed tensai, of course.

"Hey, are you saying that I ran away with her because I wanted to be alone with her?!" Marui demanded, glaring at the data master and his trusted data.

"That was your hidden motive, am I wrong?" Yanagi questioned the tensai as well. "Or do you want the exact probability? 20 percent's actually 18.876 percent."

"You're insane." Marui rolled his eyes and got a new stick of gum from his pocket.

"Marui-kun tends to be selfish at times, na Sanada?" Yukimura smiled. Sanada agreed. "Ann-chan, where'd you say Akaya was again?"

"The teacups, Yuki-nii." Ann replied and smiled as well.

"Renji, Genichirou, let us go look for the others, shall we?" He said softly and the other two nodded. "We'll be going then, Ann-chan, Marui-kun."

Ann and Marui waved goodbye at them as they left the place. As soon as Yukimura passed by Marui, Marui heard him mutter a 'good luck' to him. He raised a brow, thinking of what that meant.

"So, sempai." Ann started, looking straight at Marui. "Should we go as well?"

"Well, I am pretty hungry…" Marui said as he clutched his stomach. "Can we go get something to eat first?"

"Sure."

And both of them went out of the House of Mirrors…

"What should we eat?" Ann asked, clinging onto Marui's arms. A tinge of red was visible on his cheeks.

"How about that?" Marui pointed at a little stall a few meters away from them. Ann blinked.

"Cotton candy? Are you sure that's enough for you?" Ann asked doubtingly. "You really just want sweets, don't you?"

Marui smiled sheepishly and gave her a peace sign.

"Fine."

- - -

"Two cotton candies please." Ann told the clerk. The clerk nodded and prepared the treat.

"It's been long since I last ate cotton candy. I usually eat cakes and chocolate on Kanagawa…" Marui suddenly told her.

"Well, feel the softness of cotton candy again, sempai." She smiled and handed him the blue cotton candy. He smiled back and accepted it.

"Thank you."

Marui started eating it. Ann just watched him do so. He soon noticed that she wasn't eating hers and blinked.

"Aren't you gonna eat that?" He asked and munched on his sweets. "It's pretty tasty, you know."

Ann shook her head and said, "Not yet."

"Okay then…" He said and continued eating. They were then disturbed by an announcement that was heard all over the amusement park.

"Calling the attention of everyone, we have a lost child on our hands. A boy with black hair, about 168 cm in height, has green eyes and wears a yellow shirt. Again, calling on to Kirihara Akaya's guardians, please immediately go to our office and claim your child…"

Ann and Marui blinked. Then looked at each other.

"168 centimeters?" Marui asked particularly no one.

"Black hair and green eyes?" Ann asked as well.

"Kirihara Akaya?!" They both exclaimed.

They slapped their foreheads.

"Are we the ones who're supposed to take care of all of them all the time?" Marui sighed.

"Your teammates really have bad sense of direction, don't they?" Ann muttered and shook her head in disappointment and pure hopelessness. "They get lost pretty easily…"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Come on, let's go fetch Kirihara." Ann said and took hold of Marui's hands, dragging him with her.

"Hey, wait!"

"You guys!!" Kirihara immediately ran towards them to give them a hug as soon as they entered the office.

"What were you doing? Getting lost like that? You even have to get help from these people." Marui said and rolled his eyes.

Kirihara pouted. "It's because you guys ran away!!"

"I'm sorry ma'am, sir, but could we please know who you guys are?" The lady asked Ann.

"Uh…we're his frie—"

"Actually we're his guardians." Marui cut in. "Um…uh, I'm Yukimura Seiichi and this is my wife…uh…Sanada Genichirou. And he's our son."

Ann froze. Why? Why did he do that? Marui-sempai just called her Sanada!

"Hey!" Both Kirihara and Ann yelled at him.

"Why did you call her your wife?!"

"Why did you call me Sanada-san?!"

He hushed the both of them. He whispered, "Do you think they would let us go if we told them we're just friends?"

"Ooh…"

"But I'm not happy about it." Kirihara crossed his arms. Ann looked at him, then smiled.

She patted his back and said, "Here you go, Marui-sem…I mean, your father told me that it tastes good."

She gave him her cotton candy and Kirihara's eyes sparkled with joy.

"Thank you!"

'You don't really have to be a parent to claim someone who's lost…but I'm starting to believe that this guy is their child, seeing it this way…' The lady thought as she sweatdropped. 'Let's pretend I do anyway, to get them out of here.'

"You can go now, you know." The lady told them and bowed.

"Come on, come on." Marui patted his kouhais' backs. "We need to go, right?"

He dragged the two out of the office to continue on with their adventure.

He smirked, truly self-satisfied.

True, Marui and Ann needn't to be husband and wife to get Kirihara but why is it that Marui did that again? Well, who knows? Probably he truly is a tensai.

"So, where are we supposed to go now?" Marui asked the two of them as they walked around the carnival.

"Maybe we need to find the others first before we can go to any other rides…" Ann answered.

"Hey, look over there!" Kirihara excitedly pointed at another booth. "Can we play that?"

"No." Marui and Ann both answered.

"But I want to try bloodshot on shoot-the-duck-to-win-the-prize…" He pouted. "Why can Tezuka-san use his moves on a game while I can't?"

"How's about we go eat more?" Marui pointed at some food stalls. "I'm hungry."

"I knew that cotton candy is not enough to satisfy you…" Ann shook her head. "We have to find everyone first, ne?"

"Fine…" The two boys, said. Marui handed Kirihara a stick of gum and the ace got it and ate it.

They continued on walking and passed by some Seigaku regulars.

"Unya Momo! She told me that I'd meet someone who's as good as me in acrobatics! Isn't that great?!"

"And she told me that I'll like someone who's short…"

"Eiji, watch out! You are gonna bum—"

"Nya!" The acrobatic boy of Seigaku bumped into the Hyotei acrobatic player.

"Watch it, you cat."

They watched the scene unfold.

"What are they talking about?" Kirihara asked his sempai. Marui just shrugged.

"Fortune-telling!" Ann exclaimed. "Over there! Can we try it out?"

It was hard resisting her, so they agreed.

They entered the small booth and found an old lady sitting on a comfy chair, together with her crystal ball.

"Welcome to my small and humble booth. I was expecting you." She said slowly. "Would you like me to see your futures?"

"Yes please." Ann answered.

"Grandma, I've already prepared what you asked for. It was really hard finding all of them so I had to look hard for them. But now that I've them, I'm giving them to you. This sucks, I was supposed to go with Kamio-kun tonight. Oh hey Ann. And this is getting boring, I haven't even explored the whole place, instead I'm helping grandma with this. Geez, I hate it."

"Ibu-kun!" Ann exclaimed as her friend entered the place. The other two boys just stared at them.

"You." The old lady suddenly pointed at Marui. Marui turned to her and raised a brow. "You will have an unexpected happening ahead of you, something that you really wouldn't think will happen. You'll be very lucky in the future, and you will meet a lot of new people. You'll also get bitten by a dog two months from now."

Marui gulped at the thought of himself getting bitten by a dog.

"I understand." Shinji said and walked out of the place again as soon as Ann finished talking with him. "I'll be going again."

"So, what happened?" Ann asked curiously.

"She said I'll be bitten by a dog two months from now." Marui said, a bit doubting,

"And you…" The old lady now pointed at Kirihara. He gulped. He didn't want to get bitten by a dog like his sempai will two months from now. "You'll be very aggravated when you find out about certain news. Also, be calm and never hurt animals. Control your temper, or else it'll be the cause of your downfall. Ahead of you are a lot of pranks, mishaps and unluckiness, beware."

"When will I ever get good news?" Kirihara blew his own gum.

"You'll be a very good tennis player, if that's what you wanted to hear."

"Please, I already know that."

"What about me?" Ann pointed herself and asked eagerly.

"You…" She started, looking directly at Ann. "You better be careful on choosing things, always take the right path. You'll be very busy in the future, taking care of a certain person in your school. You'll either be lucky or unlucky, depending on your first decision. Always remember to think everything out. Also take care of certain pets, they might get out of hand."

"Let's go." Marui said and walked out of the place. "I don't want to hear my future as getting bitten by a dog."

Kirihara and Ann laughed at him.

"We'll be going then!" Ann said and waved at the lady.

"Please tell your companion to watch his back."

"Yes, we will."

"Oh, Ann…here. I got what you were asking for." Shinji was about to enter the place when Ann and Kirihara went out.

"Thank you, Shinji-kun! I'll be seeing you in school!" Ann said and waved goodbye at the mumbler as well.

"Geez, this is boring." Shinji said nonchalantly and entered the booth again.

"Hey, what's that?" Kirihara asked, curious as to what Ann got.

"It's a secret!" She winked at him. He rolled his eyes. "Marui-sempai! Wait up!"

"Where have you guys been?" Yagyuu asked the three. Marui, Ann and Kirihara bowed.

"We're sorry!"

"And we've heard an announcement that Akaya got lost." Yukimura said. "Just like Genichirou!"

"Pfft. You guys are idiots." Niou smirked.

"I still can't believe that Sanada and Kirihara got lost in here." Jackal added.

"Don't be foolish. I was not lost. I just got separated and wasn't able to go back immediately."

"That's the same thing." Jackal said.

"Where do you guys want to go to next?" Yukimura asked.

A certain ride lit up just now, and they all turned to look at it.

"There!" They all said and pointed it.

"Ferris Wheel, ne?" Yukimura smiled. "Let's go then."

"It's really big…" Kirihara looked up at it. "…Awesome."

"Looks fun!" Ann said and looked up at it as well.

"Going in!" Yukimura entered one of the passenger cabs of the wheel, with Yanagi and Sanada following him. "See you then."

The ride moved up a bit. It's the others turn to hop in.

"Go on." Niou told Marui. Marui rolled his eyes and entered. And he somewhat heard Niou saying 'Puri'. Ann closely followed and entered as well.

"Hopping in!" She exclaimed and took a seat.

"This is great! Ferris wheels are coo—" Kirihara was about to enter when Niou closed the door and signaled for the next cab. "Hey!"

"Hey!" Marui and Ann shouted as the wheel moved up again. "Why are we the only ones in here?!"

"Puri." Niou smirked as he watched the wheel turn.

Marui slumped down on the seat and sighed exasperatedly. "I knew it."

"Sempai!!" Kirihara fumed, strangling the trickster. "Why are they the only ones in there?! I was going in! Why did you close the door?!"

"Akaya, calm down…" Yagyuu instructed him, then turned to the trickster. "I'm sure Masaharu has a good explanation as to why he did this…"

Niou shrugged, then grinned. "Trickster purposes?"

Jackal slapped his forehead. "That's a great excuse, Niou."

- - -

"Arrgh! That Niou!" Marui kicked the floor.

Ann blinked, then thought of an idea. "Sempai,"

"What?" He turned to her. Marui saw an evil glint in her eyes and an evil smirk to match it.

"You want to get revenge, right?" She asked knowingly. Marui nodded. "Then let's get your sweet revenge. I want to try and trick Niou-sempai sometime too, and looks like this is the chance to do it."

"How are we going to do that?" Marui asked with brows raised. Ann's smirk got wider and she pointed at the ceiling of the small place.

"Cameras." She answered and whispered to his ears. "We'll give him what he wants…"

- - -

"Masaharu, what are you planning to do now?" Yagyuu asked, resting on the seat of their cab. Kirihara was tied to stop him from jumping out of the ride.

"You sure are bored, Niou…" Jackal put his hands at the back 0of his head and relaxed at the seat. "What's your prank on them now?"

"Sempai!! Let me go! I'm going to their cab!" Kirihara struggled. "Why did you let them be alone in there?!"

"Puri." Niou smirked. "I've installed a recorder and some cameras in there. We'll see everything from here, so don't cha worry, little one."

"If you wanted take a video of love love again, why didn't you let Akaya be with them? Why did you leave him here?" Jackal asked.

"First of, there's nothing romantic about Akaya, except when he's really serious. And second, I want to see someone fume while I watch."

"This is unfair!!" Kirihara complained aloud. "Let me go!"

Niou turned the speaker and the screen on and watched the scene in Marui and Ann's cab.

"See? I told you we'll see it!"

They watched it quietly.

"Marui-sempai…I've been wanting to tell you this since we've met each other…" They saw Ann looking down on the floor as she spoke. A tint of red can also be seen on her face.

"This is a great show!" Niou said with passion. "Anyone got popcorn?"

"Here, Masaharu." Yagyuu handed him a bucket.

"What is it, Ann-chan?" Marui said huskily, almost in a whisper. He neared Ann and sat beside her, almost only centimeters away from her.

The rope tied to Kirihara loosened, and he was close to being free. They continued on watching.

"The truth is, sempai…" Ann muttered, the blush on his cheeks getting redder as she spoke. She looked up at him.

"She's gonna confess!!" Niou shouted in excitement, plopping a handful of popcorn in his mouth.

Kirihara got out of the ropes and tried to get out of the cab by jumping out of the window. Yagyuu and Jackal quickly took hold of him.

"Let me go! I'm going in there and kill sempai!"

"Do you want to die and fall off?!" Jackal scolded him. Kirihara struggled.

"…I really like you, sempai." Ann told him. Marui smiled warmly at her.

"I like you…no, I love you too, Ann-chan." Marui said as he inched closer to her. He leaned for a kiss.

"Ooh! Ooh! Here comes the good part!" Niou plopped more popcorn in his mouth as he watched Marui's lips nearing Ann's.

Jackal turned to the screen and took a glance. His eyes widened.

The screen turned black.

"What?!" Niou stood up, almost hitting his head on the ceiling of the cab. "What happened?"

He checked the screen and the speakers, they had all turned off. "My show!"

"Hey Niou, did you see that?" Jackal asked the trickster and pointed at the screen.

"What was it, Jackal-kun?" Yagyuu inquired.

"That! Didn't you see?!"

"All I see now is black…" Niou answered gloomily. "Black screen and Akaya's black aura…"

They took a glance at the kouhai and saw him sitting quietly on the floor, looking really gloomy.

"I could've sworn I saw their mouths say 'puri'…" Jackal rubbed his head. "Hn…must be my imagination."

"Hahaha!" Ann laughed and clutched her stomach. "That was great sempai!!"

"Yeah, I wonder what Niou looks like right now!" Marui laughed as well. "That ought to teach him not to mess with us!"

"Yep!" Both laughed harder.

"Sempai sure was good in acting!" She complimented. Marui scratched his head.

"Not really." He said, smiling sheepishly at her. "It's only because tensais are good in everything…"

"Sure…" Ann chuckled and looked outside. Her eyes widened in awe, they were at the top and there were fireworks. "Sempai! Look!"

Marui sat beside her and looked outside again. His eyes widened as well.

Colorful fireworks filled the night sky. It was beautiful.

"Look at that sempai! The red fireworks!" She pointed at one firework. Marui nodded.

"The blue one looks nice too." He said and watched the blue one spread its colorfulness.

They looked at each other and smiled.

"Oh, sempai!" Ann exclaimed, rummaging through her bag. Marui watched her do so. She got something and handed it to him. "Here, I told Ibu-kun to get it for me. It's a special cotton candy."

"Ahh, thank…you." Marui muttered and accepted the offer. She smiled and took two more from her bag.

"And these two are for Susumu and Suzu." She happily told him. "Tell them I got that from the Mafia boss, ne?"

Marui smiled warmly at her. "Sure."

A red ribbon escaped from her bag and flew out.

Maybe nothing was really acted. Probably all of it was true...

"Puri. You can't get away from the trickster that easy…"

END

Two months later…

Kirihara lazily fiddled his pen. English class was boring, school was boring, and life without a certain brunette was boring. Classes again…he barely listened to the teacher's discussion. He sighed, and looked at the windows. He blinked. Was that a brown flower? And was it moving? He raised his hands up high and the teacher called him.

"Yes, Kirihara-kun? Is there something that you don't understand in our lessons?" The teacher demanded, looking at him directly.

The demon ace scratched his head, then said. "Is there such a thing as a brown flower?"

The teacher laughed a bit. "I remembered the transfer student ask me the same question before, Tachibana Ann was it? She asked me almost the same thing." The teacher smiled.

"Sure." Kirihara grunted.

"Going to the bathroom? Hurry up then." The teacher's face turned sour then continued on with the discussion. Kirihara quickly got out of the room.

He ran on the halls and spotted someone familiar, heading for the principal's office. "Ann?!"

She turned left. And Kirihara followed. He then bumped into some people. "Sempais!"

"Did you see her too?" Niou asked eagerly, and was followed by Marui and Jackal.

"We've seen Ann-san walking on the halls a while ago, so we decided to follow." Yagyuu told him.

"Ann's here!" Kirihara shouted, pointing at the corner. "She turned left, I think to the principal's office!"

The party of five immediately ran towards the principal's office and saw Ann enter the room. They quickly followed and peeked at the door's small window. Ann took a seat in front of the principal and talked to her, they of course, listened.

"Tachibana-san, have you already made your decision?" Tsukuda Moriko, the principal asked. Ann nodded.

"What are they talking about?" Kirihara asked curiously. Everyone else shrugged.

"After your short stay here in our school, I'm sure that you've chosen one for our real purpose, am I correct?"

Ann nodded once more.

"Purpose?" Yagyuu questioned. "What purpose?"

Ann took a glance at the door and spotted them. They too, saw that she knew that they were there. They even saw her wink at them.

"She spotted us." Jackal affirmed.

She jumped up from her seat and smiled. She opened the door and revealed the five boys spying. The boys blinked at her and the principal. The principal smiled dangerously at them.

"I, Tachibana Ann from Fudoumine Junior high, have chosen Marui Bunta from class 3-B of Rikkai Dai to be the one to participate in the real Student Visit Program!" She announced.

"Eeeeeeeh?!"

"Puriii??"

"Such a big news." Yagyuu fixed his glasses.

She quickly grabbed Marui and ran outside the office, the other three quickly trailing them. Marui could only blink as Ann included him on her great escape.

"Ann! What is this about?" Marui demanded as they ran.

"Oi! Come back here!" Kirihara fumed and ran as fast as he can. Niou and Jackal followed as well. "I'm coming with you guys!"

"Puri! Us too! I want to show my new movie to you Ann! It's called the Ferris Wheel of love!!" Niou happily stated, running after them as best as he can.

"Ann!" Marui repeated. Ann only winked at him.

"Don't worry, sempai. I've already tied Gokutora so you don't have to worry about getting bit by dogs!

They passed by the three demons of Rikkai, Yanagi, Yukimura and Sanada. Yukimura smiled and followed them on running.

"I want to be Yuki-nii again!" He said.

"Ann-san! Please do slow down!" Yagyuu shouted at her.

"She has already informed all of them, huh." Yanagi said and followed as well. Of course, Sanada too, followed.

"I'm gonna welcome you to Fudoumine, sempai!" Ann happily said tightened her grip on her sempai's hands.

"Ooooii! Come back here!!" Kirihara shouted, still chasing the two.

This'll be a new start…Maybe…

A/N: So, this story is finally over…what now? XD I'd like to thank all of those who read and reviewed this fic. I'm really happy you paid attention to my lame fics XD I really thank you guys! Review one last time?

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