NERP! Hi, I actually updated this. So, I didn't really get any reviews, so I guess it's just a bad as the others. ;A; Sorry.

I step backwards, pulling the rake with me. A large pile of leaves was forming in the middle of the yard. I had changed from my favorite blue and white striped shirt into an old navy sweater that was sure to get dirty and most likely ripped, with a plain yellow tee-shirt under it. I gave Mariku a red sweater that was kind of big on me, replacing his purple sleeveless one that I thought was kind of useless. It had no sleeves. How does something like that keep you warm in late autumn?

"How are you doing?" I ask him.

I turn to Mariku, he was doing terrible, actually. Instead of using the rake I gave him, he was using the Millenium rod, scraping the wing-thingies on the ground, pulling only a few leaves at time towards the main clump.

"Fine. I'm doing fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure." He said very sternly.

"Try this-" I gave him my rake, and grabbed the one leaning up against the tree that he was supposed to be using. I would have continued the job, if I hadn't seen him still struggling.

Mariku was holding the rake with both hands, his thumbs pointing up. He wasn't actually raking, just stabbing the ground and still holding the rod in his hand.

"No, Mariku. Like this." I grabbed his wrists and turned them the correct way. He tried to pull away once, but just fidgeted after, until I let go.

He was still struggling a little, so I suggested putting it away. He rejected my idea, stating that he'll lose it. I told him that I'd just put it on a tree branch. No. So I soon approached him and attempted to grab it from his hand as he worked. He evaded me, and raised it in the air. He was too tall for me to get it. Just a little too tall, though.

After a moment of struggling, I said "Put it in the tree."

Mariku crossed his arms, and looked away from me. "I don't want to." He protested.

"That wasn't a question." I scolded back, and added in a playful tone as I picked up a handful of leaves, "C'mon!" And threw them at him.

This caught him off guard. He swung around to face me, spraying leaves in his wake. He bent over and repeated me, but he didn't have the element of surprise on his side, so I was able to dodge his ambush. What I didn't know was that he figured this out quickly and only threw half of his hand at me, so when I sidestepped, I was pelted with the damp leaves, anyways.

A few of them somehow worked their way into my sweater, and I knew that at the end of this little war, my hair would be gross. I should really cut it.

He had put his Item in the tree, and we continue to attack each other. Eventually, the leaves were everywhere, spoiling our work.

I sighed, "Well, then. I guess it's still big and squishy enough." And collapsed to the ground, thinking that the leaves were still able to cushion me, only to have the air knocked out of me. After a few seconds, I caught my breath. "Well, it's big enough." Mariku got the message and lied down next to me as I rolled over to my back.

"Well, this is... Um... Nice." Mariku broke the short silence.

"Yup." I answered, "Nice." We sat in silence for a while, then I sneezed and startled him.

"Oh, maybe we should go inside." I said, my nose running. "Aren't you cold? We could go inside, and have hot chocolate."

Well, I guess these are going to all going to be short chapters. I should probably find a way to combine the rest of them, so in the middle of each one, there will be a point-of-view change. R&R, please.