Title: Ayu's big problem.

Summary: Have you ever felt you had some problems that your best friend caused you so dearly?

Disclaimer: I don't own this anime (Ultra Maniac) or any of its characters. I simply own the storyline and the story it's self.

Chapter 1: Problem #1

A girl named Ayu Tateishi was walking at the side of the tennis court. She had a long beautiful brown hair, she was beautiful and smart. These things made her popular at her school. She had a friend rather a best friend her name was Nina Sakura, a blond exchange student from the Magic Kingdom. Ayu knew Nina wasn't pretty ordinary because she was a witch, a very clumsy witch.

She sighed as she looked at the great blue sky.

'Better go now before she sees me here.' Ayu thought and paused as she turned around. She swore she heard someone calling out her name.

"Ayu!" a voice rang out.

It was getting pretty louder. She cursed herself for she knew who was calling out for her.

"What is itNina?" Ayu asked to her dear friend who was gasping for air.

"Ayu, I've finally made a potion so that Kaji will finally ask you to the dance." She said.

"What! You can't do that. What if it backfires again like one of your old spells?" Ayu protested, crossing both of her arms.

"Come on Ayu, trust me on this." Nina pleaded.

"No I won't do it. You know that I don't like these things when it comes to ... you know. I'm just afraid that when the spell is out ... Kaji won't be able to love me anymore ... that it was just all a fairy tale." Ayu said, leaning her back to the fence.

"Ayu, all he need to do is eat this chocolate. Then he will have the confidence to ask you to the dance, that's all." Nina said handing her three pieces of chocolates. "If he didn't get to eat the first or the second one at least you got three shots." she added.

"I don't know about this." Ayu hesitated still having second thoughts about her friend's offer. She eyed her friend who was smiling at her. "Okay, but once it backfires I'll definitely gonna need your help. Understand?" Ayu said in a serious tone and as suspected Nina nodded in response.

They stayed there for a couple of minutes since it was their lunch time. Ayu was looking at the three chocolates and thought of a great plan on how will Kaji eat these chocolates. But in a mere second one of the chocolates were gone. She swore there were three chocolates at her palm.

"Nina did you took a piece of chocolate?" Ayu asked, nervously.

"No why?"

"I swear there were three chocolates a while ago." Ayu sweat dropped to the thought that someone had took it or it just vanished into thin air.

"You know that was pretty tasty. I mean the chocolates you got there." A voice rang out.

Ayu gulped and turned around to her spectator. "Tsujiai?"

"What? You seemed preoccupied a while ago. So, I decided to check up on you." He said with a mischievous grin on his face.

'Oh no ... the spell is working!' She thought out loud.

"Uh... we gotta go see you around, Tsujiai." Ayu said as fast as she could, pulling Nina's arm to retreat.

"I'll definitely gonna see you around, Ayu." Tsujiai said with grin on his face, walking back to their building.

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"Nina, we got a serious problem. Tsujiai ate a chocolate! What are we going to do?" Ayu asked, nervously.

"What he ate it!" Nina exclaimed which turned their classmate's attention to them. Kaji, on the other hand, was getting a little curious about their little chit chat. So he decided to go and check it out for himself. On the other side of the classroom, Tsujiai walked in, feeling a little confident lately.

"Hey, what's up?" Kaji asked to both girls.

"Uh... we're fine." Ayu said with a sigh.

"We're terrific." Nina added 'We're dead!'

"Hey guys, what's going on there?" Tsujiai asked as he walked to the group.

'We ... are so dead!' Ayu and Nina sweat dropped.

"Oh nothing we were talking about that movie. Right Ayu?" Nina said, giving her a nudge at her said.

"Yes right that movie, what was it again?" Ayu asked as she thinks for the movie's title.

"I think it was the Save the last dance for me." Nina said.

"Yea that's the one!" Ayu said.

"Speaking of the dance ... are yougoing with someone, Tsujiai?" Nina asked trying to get their attention on a new topic.

"I was thinking of someone special." he answered.

'Oh no ... Ayu stop thinking about this things. You just have to reject his offer. That's right I'll reject his offer.' Ayu thought out loud not realizing that everybody was watching her.

"Ayu, are you alright?" Kaji asked with concern.

"Huh ... Oh I'm fine. I was just thinking about something." She answered. 'Wait the chocolate, now is the right time!' She thought.

"Uh ... Kaji would you like to have some?" Ayu asked trying to cover her blush as she lowered her gaze. She hoped that he didn't saw her blush like a little kid.

"Sure, why not." He gladly took a piece of chocolate from her palm and ate it. He didn't know why but he felt great and more confident than ever.

"Everybody align your chairs, come on!" The teacher ordered.

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The preparations for the school event were going on pretty well. Everybody in the school was very excited to dance with a particular someone. But for two school girls were terribly anxious. Ayu, on the other hand, was waiting for the dismissal bell to ring. Hoping that this day was just a mere nightmare but it wasn't. She had to go for her tennis practice; at least Nina was waiting for her at the courtside near the bench. She waved and saw Kaji walking next to Nina then she saw Tsujiai looking at her. She just skipped the thought and continued practicing her swings.

'Damn it! Why can't I focus?' She thought, realizing that she didn't even hit a single ball out of six services.

"Tateishi, take a break. You've been practicing for almost thirty minutes straight." The couch said.

"Thanks couch" was all her reply as she walked to the bench.

"Ayu, are you alright?" Nina asked getting a little worried.

"I'm fine, just a little tired though" She said, giving her friend a reassuring smile. As she drank, she saw Kaji looking at her. Now she felt two pairs of eyes were observing her from a distance. She was feeling a little crowded so she wentwith Nina to the locker room. There they talked about the up coming school dance. But for Ayu, she was getting nervous every time that topic showed up.

"So, did Kaji ask you?" Nina began.

Ayu sighed as she combed her hair. "No, he hadn't asked me yet." She said, packing up his things.

"I see"

Ayu eyed her best friend for a while. "Nina, it's alright. I forgive you." She said.

"But it's just that I gave you too much pressure and I'm sorry."

Once they were done packing up they're things, they both opened the door. But suddenly there were two guys waiting for them more like waiting for Ayu. Then both girls paused...

(To be continued)

(Author's Notes)

I know some of you wanted Nina to be end up with Tsujiai and vice-versa.

I just wanted to make a different kind of pairing.

I hope some of you like the story and stuff.

Thank you for reading my fic and please review.

cs-ayeka / Trixie