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Plan B
Number 63
File 38

--Bash--

"Uh...normally I'd love to come with you in your wacky adventures...but I'm pretty busy here on the farm, Ann. Maybe next time when I'm not busy?" Claire asked to Ann who had on a pleading puppy dog expression on.

"But, please?!" Ann pleaded. "I really need you for this! It's going to prove something!" Ann said beggingly. Claire sweatdropped and sighed.

"But I'm really busy. I can't just leave my farm now! I have to tend to my animals and plants! Then those stupid weeds have to be pulled out..." Claire said disgustingly. Ann pouted and she started to yell.

"Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, PLEASE!" Ann pleaded to Claire. Claire shook her head.

"I'm NOT, and I mean NOT going to go with you no matter what!" Claire angrily said to Ann.

"For me?" Ann said. Claire shook her head.

"For Karen?" Claire also shook her head.

"For Popuri? Elli? Mary?" Claire still shook her head.

"For May?" Ann asked. She still shook her head.

"Uh, Rick?"

"Eh, Kai?"

"Ah, Cliff?"

"Er, Doc?"

"Um, Gray?"

Claire's ears perked up after hearing one name. Ann noticed this and tried to remember which name she had said that made Claire pause for the moment. Then Claire turned to the side and Ann could right before she turned to the side, there was a pink blush on her face. Ann smirked. "F-fine. I'll do it." Claire muttered. Ann stood up and cheered. But then stopped. Then smirked again.

"So what made you change your mind? Wait, let me rephrase that. WHO made you change your mind?" Ann asked curiously and with a hint of enthusiasm in her voice. Claire blushed a bit deeper and faced Ann.

"I'm doing it for no one! Now let's go!" Claire said and went out of her farm and Ann traveling behind her.

"She's in denial..." Ann stated.

-Woods-

Ann had a happy and proud expression on. On the other hand Claire's facial expression was more different. It had just been paled, slightly disturbed and a really confused and weird look on her face. She gave Ann a are-you-seriously-for-real look and Ann replied with a smile and big nod. Then from behind a tree, Karen came out and looked to the left then the right and then walked towards Ann and Claire with a bat in her hands. She gave the bat to Claire.

"Don't ruin this bat. It's a really useful againest anything! I don't want you to ruin it." Karen said to Claire. She handed her the bat and then gave her a a thumbs up.

"But good luck! You'll need it for one of Ann's fun adventures again." Karen said sarcastically. Karen looked at the fruits on the floor. Karen then sweatdropped. "Trust me...you need the luck Claire." Karen whispered. Claire sweatdropped but nodded. "Thanks Karen." Claire whispered back. Karen nodded and stretched.

"As much as I'd like to stay, I have to look after the supermarket. My dad's got a super stomache ache again." Karen said and started to walk away. Then she turned her head sideways. "See you two later!" Karen yelled out to them as she waved. Claire waved back and said, "Bye Karen!" Ann had took the bat from out of Claire's hands. Which left Claire surprised and confused.

"Ann? Why did you take the bat away from me?" Claire asked as she watched Ann swing the bat a couple of times. Then she stopped. "I wanted to see if it works well." Ann said. She quickly took a swift swing at one of the fruits and then there was a big SQUASHing sound. Claire paled. Then Ann smiled happily and gave the bat back to Claire.

"Here ya go! It works perfectly!" Ann said happily. Claire still paled.

"That was a deadly swing..." Claire took the bat and looked at Ann in curiousity.

"Why am I here, Ann? To destroy fruit practice?" Claire asked. Ann sighed. She pointed at the squashed fruit. "See that watermelon?" Ann asked. Claire nodded viguriously. "How can you not see it after it's all splattered on the ground like that!?" Claire asked. She suddenly felt sorry for it.

"I suddenly feel sorry for that little fruit now..." Claire said. Ann laughed. "Then we won't have much of a problem now!" Ann said happily. Claire turned to her and looked at her curiously. "What are you talking about Ann?" Claire asked suspiciously. Ann smiled.

"Well, in this activity, all you're supposed to do is destroy the fruit you choose!" Ann said happily. She took of the red cloth that was covering the items under it. Claire sweatdropped. "This is..." Claire's voice trailed off. Ann just smiled.

There were 5 big fruit all lined up across from eachother but had a great amount of space between them. About 2 feet away from eachother. In order there was a Watermelon, Cantelope, Coconut, Durian, and a Pumpkin. Then with black magic marker, there were faces drawn on them which seemed like slightly familiar faces Claire had seen before. Then there were items that were placed on the fruit...and they all belonged to...

"Why are the stuff on these fruit? Like, Rick's white headband, Kai's purple bandana, the Doctor's silver head-thingy, Gray's UMA hat, and Cliff's-!...fake bird? And... why is there yellow lightning bolts on his head?" Claire asked. Ann looked at her. "I couldn't steal anything cause he doesn't have anything to wear like all those other guys. But I heard he used to carry a kind of bird. Then I thought it looked like Rick a for a while so I drew those, NON lightning bolts. So they AREN'T lightning bolts." Ann said unhappily.

Claire finally got it. "Ah I see. So you drew all those faces? Which are which though?" Claire asked. Ann walked towards the fruit. Then she told Claire to come over. Claire obeyed and Ann pointed to the Watermelon.

"See this watermelon with Doc's head-thing or whatever? This is the Doc." Ann said. His face was drawn in a specifically angry and strict expression. His mouth in a firm line and his eyebrows knotted together. Dots for eyes and black spikes drawn for hair. Claire sweatdropped.

"Why does the doctor have to be the watermelon though?" Claire said confusingly.

"Well, his big head reminds me of a watermelon. And you know the sentence, 'Why the long face?' He does that 'long face' all the time. So he's perfect as the watermelon!" Ann said happily. Claire laughed sheepishly. Ann pointed to the Cantelope.

"This Cantelope is Rick. See Rick's white headband?" His was an angry kind of look. His eyes in rage. His eyes were looking at the coconut next to him and his cheeks were painted in a red flushed color to express his anger. Claire sweatdropped.

"How can this be Rick? Why is he angry with that coconut?" Claire asked.

"He has a kind of circular face. And the fruit had the color of his hair. Almost. He's mad at that coconut because he really hates that coconut. Besides, don't you know who that coconut is? It's not that really hard to tell." Ann said as she pointed at the coconut.

"Well anyway, if you didn't know. This is Kai. With his purple bandana and such." Ann said. His eyes were totally weird in Claire's eyes. It was red hearts instead of the dotted ones like the others. And his mouth was open and it was drawn as if he was drooling... Claire sweatdropped alot.

"Uh...why did use Kai as the coconut? Won't it be hard to break?" Claire asked.

"Kai is stubborn and he's thickheaded. He's PERFECT for a coconut! And we'll use something more sharper than a bat! And yes. He's drooling and has those hearts as eyes because he sees something he likes. The player..." Ann said upset. Ann then shrugged it off and pointed to Durian.

"This is Cliff! The blonde streaks at the end of his hair! And that bird!" Ann said happily. It was a really lonely look on his face and a kind of distant expression. It was saddening. His mouth was a small straight line and he was looking down. Claire looked at Ann confusingly.

"This is..." Claire tilted her head. "Cliff?" Claire asked.

"Yeah! His spiked bangs reminded me of some sharp fruit! Pineapples won't work. So Using the durian was perfect in my opinion! It was pretty easy painting on the blonde streaks. And that bird...you could stick it anywhere since everything is so sharp." Ann pointed to the last fruit.

"This is Gray. His UMA hat and his weird facial expression is here." Ann stated. It was drawn with only one eye. The hat hid the place if the eye would have been drawn. He had a weird W shaped kind of mouth. Claire looked at Ann.

"He has a nice face, but why a pumpkin?" Claire asked confusingly.

"Since he IS carrot top, it's more fitting for him to be the pumpkin! See his overly emotionless and upset expression? That's like the perfect him! And I didn't want to wate my artistic skills on that other eye. So I just leaved it like that." Ann said.

Claire then asked Ann a question.

"How did you get all these foreign fruit? Did you specially order them before? And how did Doug react to them?" Claire asked. Ann laughed nervously.

"Ahaha...trust me...the hardest part was trying to sneak them away from my dad..." Ann said.

-Flashback-

"Ann! I need you to...uh, what are you hiding under that cart?" Doug asked her daughter who was using all her might to get out of the Inn. Ann noticed that he was talking to her and stopped pulling.

"Oh Dad! What a surprise! I never thought to expect you here!" Ann said. Doug looked at her with a confused expression.

"I live here. I own this inn. And I work here." Doug said. Then he looked at his daughter concerningly. "You alright Ann? You're being a bit unusually weird today. What's wrong? Boy troubles?" Doug asked. Ann's face flushed with fury. "DAD!! How could you think I would have boy troubles?!" Ann said furiously. Doug sweatdropped.

"Well, you've been hanging out with most of the Mineral Town boys. Even that Doctor. And usually he'd just tell you that you were a nuisance and would yell at you to leave." Doug said. Ann sweatdropped. "I think you're mistaking Doc for Saibara, dad." Ann said. Doug sweatdropped as well.

"Oh right. But you've been really chumy with all those guys. And Claire too. She and you have been really close with all those guys..."Doug's voice trailed off. Ann's face paled.

"Dad, you really think I'm going to date one of those guys? Then you must be crazy! I'm trying to make CLAIRE date one of the guys! Not me. And I wasn't EVER 'chumy' ith ANY of the guys!" Ann said with a disgusted look on her face. Doug got surprised then it turned to a normal expression.

"Oh alright then. But you haven't answered my question yet. What's under the sheet?" Doug asked getting to the point. Ann slowly looked at her sheet that was covering her cart of foreign and exotic fruit. Ann paled. She quickly came up with an excuse.

"Well! I can't actually say but...it'll be a great surprise!" Ann exclaimed. Doug looked at her in the eye. Ann felt as if she was shrinking through his glare. Then his expression turned into a happy and calm one.

"Cool." was all Doug replied with. Ann sweatdropped.

"C-cool? That's all you're gonna say to me?!" Ann asked. Doug nodded. Ann sweatdropped more and she pulled the cart out of the inn.

"You're one weird dad, dad." Ann muttered.

-Flashback Over-

"Eh...never mind it wasn't that hard after all." Ann said. Ann quickly gave Claire the bat. Then she grabbed the pen and clipboard from the floor.

"Right! Now Claire. All you have to do is hit the fruit that makes you mad or angry or any fruit you hate basically. I'll be over here gving you pep talk." Ann said. Ann kneeled down behind the first fruit. Her head behind the Watermelon Doc. "I'll say a few things about the Doc and you give as many hits as you like. I'll count them so don't worry." Ann said. Ann put on a football helmet. Claire looked at her weirdly.

"I need protection." Ann simply said. She then held on the watermelon and started to make the watermelon move then she started to speak.

"Hey! It's me! The doc!" Ann mimicked. Claire was looking at the watermelon weirdly.

"I'm just a doc who has a good medical opinion of your safety and believes that you should be well treated under my care from now on." Ann mimicked again. Ann saw Claire's fists tighten on the bat.

"But it is my professional opinion that when I do take care of you, I will have to make a kind of medical solution I have made gathering random medical herbs on the floor, trees and bushes in the Mineral Town woods." Ann said. She peeked over and Claire was about to strike and Ann scurried away as quickly as she could. Then Claire hit the Doctor's watermelon head. While Ann counted the number of times she hit it.

"1...2...3. Only 3?" Ann asked. Claire stopped and nodded.

"Even though Doctor is a strict and annoyingly medical obssesed opinion...he does care alot about people. I can't hit him anymore than 3. It just doesn't feel right to me." Claire answered her. Claire sighed and looked at the watermelon. Ann sighed heavily and took the bat from Claire. "You barely made a scratch on the guy!" Ann said to her. Claire smiled sheepishly. Ann gave the bat back to Claire. Then she went behind Cantelope Rick.

"I love chickens, I love eggs, I love anything poultry-like!" Ann mimicked. Claire sweatdropped.

"In a world with chickens, chicks, ducks, eggs, Claire and NO Kai's allowed... It's the place I wanna be in!" Ann mimicked again. "Er, he doesn't say that... does he?" Claire asked.

"My love for chickens and Claire burns like the hot sun goddess who had taken a dip in the hottest boiling hotspring that have always been in the melting core of my heart like a thousands suns that have been in love with chickens for time to come!!" Ann exclaimed out. Claire paled and sweatdropped greatly. Ann stepped back and then let Claire hit the Rick the cantelope. But while she was about to hit it. She stopped a few inches away.

"Ah! I can't hit someone! Even if they are a fruit. And has an odd obsession over chickens...I just can't do it!" Claire said unhappily.

"Sure you can! You just have to hit it a couple of times! That's all! You know to get used to hitting them!" Ann said clearly shocked she couldn't even hit a stupid Rick fruit. "All the guys never had trouble doing this..." Ann muttered. Claire looked at Ann. "What? No trouble doing what?" Claire asked.

Ann rubbed the back of her head. She then laughed nervously.

"Well..." Ann's voice trailed off.

-Flashback-

Doctor

"What good will it do If I do this exercise?" Doctor asked. Ann handed him the bat. Then the Doctor took it while Ann looked around in her head for an excuse.

"Well one, it builds muscle! You need the tough muscles don't you?" Ann asked. Doctor looked at her with a stern face.

"No." He plainly said. Ann sweatdropped.

"Uh, then two! It'll help lessen tension most of the time! You're tense all the time so you can loosen up!" Ann exclaimed. He still looked at her with a strict and stern face on.

"I'm never tense." Doctor replied with a scary expression put on again. Ann's spine shivered.

"R-right! But then you have to-um..." Ann's voice trailed off. The Doctor was getting agrivated. "Look Ann. If I'm here just to fool around. I'm leaving. I have important doctor duties to do. And I don't have toime to fool around and play one of your little games." Doctor said as he started to take his leave. Ann now became agrivated as well now.

"Hey! You come back her Doc! I'm doing this to help you with a stupid habit you always do! This is gonna change something now! So you better come back here!" Ann said angrily. Then the Doctor almost on cue, came back to Ann and he looked at her sternly.

"What are you talking about my bad habit?" Docotr said darkly. Ann sweatdropped heavily.

"You have a stupid bad habit! Now I'm going to help you! Now you in or not Doc?" Ann said angrily. Doc looked at her. Then he sighed and nodded slightly. Ann sighed heavily.

"Good." Ann said and threw him the bat. Which the Doc had caught.

"You'll need it for the experiment I'm working on." Ann said. Then she led him to the woods.

. . .

Rick

"Why?" Rick asked. Ann sighed for the 12th time.

"Because it'll finally make you into a man! So get your mind straight and come with me for your lesson!" An yelled at him and grabbed his wrist pulling him away from the poultry farm. But surprisingly his strnght was pretty strong. So he pulled back his wrist.

"Why?" Rick asked. Ann sighed again. "All you've been doing was saying why?! Now just come with me! Whether you like it or not chicken boy!" Ann said angrily. He got on her bad side and now...

"If you don't agree with me, I'll tell Claire about-" Ann was stopped by Rick who was protesting. "Uh right! I'm coming!" Rick said in a forceful tone.

. . .

Kai

"I'm not going on a date with you. And that's final." Ann said uninterested in his offer of a date. Kai sighed. But then started to smile.

"But someday right?" Kai said as he winked at Ann flirtiously. Ann paled. Then she flicked his forehead. "You're not getting a date out of me. I'm here because I have something I need you to do alright?" Ann said. Kai put his thinking face on. Then he looked at Ann. And went closer to her looking at her straight in the eye.

"Well what do you want me to do?" Kai asked Ann. Ann twitched and she pinched his nose. Then pushed him away from her and she quickly legt go of his nose. Kai rubbed his nose. Ann put her hands on her hips.

"All I want you to do is crush, squash, mash, and possibly destroy a few stupidheads." Ann said. 'Oh come on. He has to buy it.' Ann thought.

"Alright. But will, will I get out of it?" Kai asked. Ann sighed.

"Fine. You'll get a hug from Mary, a kiss on the cheek from Elli, a peck on the lips from Karen, a date with Popuri, and a big surprise from Claire." Ann said in an annoyed tone. "What about you?" Kai asked. Ann punched his arm. HARD. Kai winced and rubbed his shoulder. "Hey! What was that for?!" Kai yelled out at her.

"That's how I show affection." Ann rushed him.

"Now come on!"

. . .

Gray

"Tell me you will!" Ann exclaimed.

"I won't!" Gray shouted out as loud. Ann put her hands on her hips. "Do what I say!" Ann yelled at him. Gray crossed his arms. "Why should I go with you?! I have work I need to do!" Gray yelled at her. Ann was getting agrivated. "This is just for a while! Now come on!" Ann said angrily. Gray growled.

"Why should I have to do what you say?" Gray shouted back.

"Cause, this will help you out and you'll actually feel better about it! And you get a few hits out of it!" Ann said to him. Gray seemed a bit interested.

"What are you talking about?" Gray asked still angry with Ann. Ann sweatdropped.

"All you have to do is hit a few things. It's fun, builds muscle, and makes you feel better. All it does is that. Is it THAT horrible you have to argue with me NOT doing it?" Ann asked. Gray had an embarassed look on his face. Then he tilted his hat down to hide his embarassed expression.

"Er...fine. I''ll go." Gray finally replied. Ann sighed in relief. She grabbed his arm and led him to the woods.

"Good. Now let's go!" Ann said impatiently.

"Alright, Alright!"

. . .

Cliff

"Come on! Please? Pretty please?" Ann pleaded to Cliff. Cliff sighed softly.

"I can't. I just got this job at the winery. And I'm really greatful to have it. So I can't goof off. I''m sorry Ann but can you try asking me later?" Cliff asked and he began picking the grapes from the vines again. Ann sighed.

"Oh come on! Just one day! One day! That's all I need!" Ann begged. Cliff shook his head. Then he went back to picking the grapes again. Ann sighed. 'Time for drastic measures.' Ann thought. She grabbed onto Cliff's arm.

"Please Cliff? Please?! I can't do this without you! Please! You're making me cry!" Ann said wailing. Cliff looked surprised.

"A-ann!" Cliff said. Ann tugged on his sleeve.

"Oh please! Oh please! Oh please!" Ann begged. Cliff looked a little uneasy. "Er...I'll..." Cliff's voice trailed off. Then he sighed.

"Um alright. I'll go. I'll have to ask Duke and Manna." He left and went to the Aja Winery. Ann cheered silently.

'Hook, Line, and Sinker.'

-End Flashback-

"Then... they squashed every fruit I gave them..." Ann said. Then added in her head, "Except for the fruit with Claire's face on...' Ann looked at Claire hoping for some kind of happy expression. But there was only a shocked and angry expression. Ann quickly went towards Claire.

"Um...right. Well, let's start the squashing right?" Ann asked. Claire nodded. She went towards the fruit again. Ann was pretty shocked at her answer. 'No hesitation and she just agreed automatically...' Ann thought. She shrugged it off and then went behind of Kai the Coconuthead. Then she remembered something and popped up from behind the coconut.

"Oh Claire, you still haven't-" Ann was cut off by Claire.

"HIIIIIIIII-YAAAAAAAAA!!" Claire yelled out and she started to hit the coconut. Ann's eyes widened open and she got out of the way as quickly as she could. Claire hit it but there was no crack or spliting sound. Ann sighed heavily in relief. Then she glared at Claire.

"I WASN'T ready!" Ann said angrily. Claire looked at her surprisingly and then laughed nervously.

"Oh right. Sorry about that Ann.." Claire said. Ann sighed then finished her sentence before. "Anyway, You didn't hit the Rick the Cantelope yet. I was telling you to do it but instead you decided to pound on Kai the Coconut." Ann said as she got up and dusted the dirt of her pants.

"Right, so without furthur ad-" Ann was cut of by Claire who was starting to hit the cantelope. Claire started to hit it a few more times. Then stopped. She looked at Ann curiously.

"Did you say something Ann?" Claire asked. Ann sweatdropped. "Nope...nevermind." Claire shrugged and she started to hit the cantelope a few more times. Ann went behind the coconut now. "Right, now Claire. I'll still say things and you'll hit them as much as you'd like alright?" Ann said happily. Claire nodded.

"Hey baby! Nice day today isn't it? Really hot! But it isn't as hot as you. Wink." Ann said. Claire sweatdropped. "Wink?" Claire asked. Ann nodded. "Yeah to give that dramatic feel of a real wink." Ann answered. Claire sweatdropped again. "O-okay..." Claire said.

"Is your dad a policeman? Cause it's illiegal to be this fine! You should be locked up in chains to hide you fineness behind bars! You're the mama of all things fine!" Ann mimicked.

"Babe, let me just say...you just look damn hot tonight! No other words needed!" Ann mimicked again. Claire's mouth was agape. "Wha...does he actually say all those things?" Claire said not believing it. Ann shrugged. "Could be a possibility. I wouldn't know." Ann said. She got up and moved 6 feet away from the coconut. "Now hit him with all your might Claire!" Ann encouraged her. Claire nodded and started to hit the coconut. Ann's eyes widened after Claire was done.

"3? Only 3? You gave Rick and Doc 3 hits too!" Ann said shocked and surprised. Claire panted.

"Well, huff...I know Kai is a real good person. He'd never be that much of a player. I don't actually think he's a person who should get more than 3 hits." Claire explained. She rested on a stump. Ann sighed and wrote down the number on her clipboard. "Okay. All we have is Gray and Cliff."You up for it Claire?" Ann asked. Claire weakly gave Ann the thumbs up.

"Almost done resting!" Claire said. She got up and then she went to the pumpkin. Ann quickly went behind the pumpkin.

"Why don't you leave me alone? I'm better off without someone trailing behind me for the rest of my life. So just go away alright?" Ann mimicked. Claire's face fell a little.

"I like this hat. Why are you even asking? Mind your own buisness and get away from me." Ann said.

"Just shut up and leave me alone. I don't even know why you even try in the first place. Can't you see that you were never WANTED in the first place?! So do me a favor and dissapear and go somewhere else than bother me." Ann mimicked again. Claire looked at the pumpkin and headed towards it. She went face to pumpkin face and she held on to the bat tightly. Ann was backed awayabout 3 feet away.

"Ann, I can't hit someone like Gray. I know he's like this telling everyone to leave and stay out of his life but, he's still a sweet guy. I just can't hit him." Claire said sadly.

Ann went to Claire and then patted her her shoulder.

"Then do you wanna hit him a little?" Ann asked. Claire glared at her. "I just told you I wasn't gonna." Claire said. Ann sighed heavily. "Aww..." Ann muttered. "But a fewhits isn't that bad..." Claire said quietly. Ann got up and nodded happily. "Right! That's the spirit! Hit him how much you'd like!" Ann said happily. Claire nodded and started to hit the Gray Pumpkin. Ann sweatdropped again after Claire stopped.

"3 again?! You just stop at 3 for all of them!" Ann said angrily. Claire smiled sheepishly. Ann sighed. "Well at least you did hit him." She went behind the durican. She held up a thumbs up for Claire behind the durican.

"Go Claire! This time, give it your best shot!" Ann said encouragingly. Ann started to clear her throat.

"Um...I'm a...is there anything on my face?" Ann said. Claire sweatdropped and laughed nervously.

"Er...I know this is just our first meeting but...o-oh! N-nice shoes." Ann mimicked.

"Um...er...ah...uh...eh...w-what were we talking about?" Ann said. Claire sweatdropped and Claire's face fell. "Ann, you're making it hard to hit him you know..." Claire said.

Ann went over to Claire. "Well, his shyness is a bad thing! Straighten him up! Make him be the man he never was!" Ann said happily. Claire looked at her uneasily. "Well...alright..."Claire muttered and then started to hit him. And again, Ann was very unimpressed.

"Only 3?! And not just any 3 hits! Wimpy, suckish, and not forceful 3 hits!" Ann yelled at Claire. Claire smiled sheepishly.

"I'm sorry Ann but I just can't hit guys. Cliff...he's shy and quiet and not sociable, but he's like the same as Gray. He's a sweet person on the inside. That's why I couldn't hit him so much." Claire said. Ann looked at her and sighed.

"Some day... SOME DAY...you're going to regret saying those words and actually hit them more than 3 times." Ann said. She regained her composture and looked at Claire happily. "Let's go to the Inn! I'll get my dad to give us free lunch again!" Ann said happily. Claire nodded viguriously.

"Yeah Yeah!" Claire cheered happily. But then sweatdropped. "But don't go to far alright?" Claire said. Ann nodded.

"Yeah, alright. All I need is duct tape, rope, and a baby picture of him at 1. And it has to be a goofy, silly embarassing one." Ann said. Claire sweatdropped and paled. Ann laughed. "Just kidding! I would never do that!" Claire sighed in relief. "That's good..." Claire said.

'But a baby picture of Rick, Doc, Kai, Cliff, or Gray would be a great idea... Nah, save it for next plan.' Ann thought.

-Ann's Inn Room-

Ann sighed and wrote everthing down that happened today. She then stopped and closed it. She sighed and rubbed her temples.

"God. This is almost making me crazy." Ann muttered. She tried remmebering what happened to the boy's bashing.

-Flashback-

Doctor

"I will not hit her." Doctor replied. Ann's mouth dropped open.

"Not even ONCE?! Okay then. Answer me one question why you're not hitting her." Ann said. The Doctor faced her with a serious expression on.

"What is the question?" Docotr asked. Ann looked at him straight in the eye.

"Why aren't you going to hit her? Because you don't wanna cause inflicting pain on her beacuse you're a doctor? Or because you can't bear to see her hurt because you like her?" Ann asked curiously. The doctor was caught off guard but he remained his composture quickly after he was caught off guard. He put his hand over his mouth and he cleared his throat.

"It's both...excluding the liking her part." The Doctor said and he quickly changed the subject.

"I need to leave now. I have to tend to the other patients." The doctor said and he went off. Ann sighed.

"Huh...that guy. He cares too much about his patient's issues than his love issues."

Rick

"I'm not sure it's right to hit her. She never did anything bad to me..." Rick said. Ann looked at him.

"So that means, you're NEVER going to hit her?" Ann asked. Rick nodded. Ann smirked and quickly hid it with a smile. "Aww! The poor poor, chicken lover is also a Claire lover! Oh, how sweet!" Ann said teasingly. Rick was in shock.

"Wha-what do you mean p-poor?!" Rick said in surprise. Ann sweatdropped.

"You're missing the BIG point here."

Kai

"I can't hit a girl! It's not in my nature." Kai said. Ann scoffed. "You hit on girls on the time. There's no difference." Ann said. Kai shook his head.

"There's a total difference! You can't cause any pain on a girl when you hit on them!" Kai exclaimed.

"Yeah, but you cause some sort of EMOTIONAL pain. But while hitting a girl, you cause PHYSICAL pain. So both ways there's pain. Not much of a difference." Ann said. Kai sighed. "But still, hitting Claire is something I'd never do. I can't bring myself to give her any pain." Kai said. Ann tapped her chin.

"So what you're saying is that you care for her SO much, you won't DARE to hit her?" Ann asked. Kai nodded. Ann was clearly shocked and surprised.

"Wow. I never thought that you were such a caring guy!" Ann said shocked.

"So then I have a chance?" Kai asked curiously. Ann nodded.

"Claire? Yep. Me? I don't think so."

Gray

"I won't hit Claire." Gray said determingly. Ann sighed heavily.

"Oh come on! She's a fruit! A stinkin fruit! And you're not man enough to hit a girl? Let alone a fruit?!" Ann yelled to him. Gray sighed.

"Look. I don't want to hurt Claire. Even if you're pretending she's a fruit, I still can't hit her." Gray said. Ann smirked but hid it with a scoff. "Don't tell me you're ALREADY in love with her!": Ann said in an unpleased manner. Gray tilted his hat down.

"I HAVEN'T fallen in love with her!" Gray argued back. Ann looked at him curiosly.

"Yet?" Ann asked. He tilted his hat down more.

"You're such a stubborn mule." Gray muttered. Ann glared at him.

"And you're such an insensitive blockhead." Ann muttered.

Cliff

"Not you too!" Ann cried out. Cliff looked at her weirdly.

"I never said anything." Cliff said. Ann sighed. "Well, I know how it goes. I ask you, if you're going to hit that fruit who's suppossed to be Claire, then you say no, then you give some stupid excuse but it's actually because you love Claire that you have to give such a lame excuse. Then we have an arguement and you deny that you like Claire and the conversation ends at that. I get it. I really do." Ann said sighing.

Cliff looked at her confusingly.

"A-alright then...so you didn't actually need me then?" Cliff asked sweatdropping.

-End Flashback-

Ann sighed heavily. "All the guys didn't even hit Claire and Claire DID hit all of them. But only 3 times for each of them." Ann muttered. Ann slapped her forehead. "Geez! All these guys are driving me crazy! There's not ONE person who actually stands out from the rest!" Ann said angrily. She plopped on her bed and then looked at her list.

Doctor/ O

Cliff/ O

Rick/ O

Gray/ O

Kai/ O

"I'd hate to say it, but they all passed. But next time...it won't be easy..." Ann muttered and she turned off her bedside lamp and slept.

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Understand Claire and guys on how much they like eachother using fruits and a big bat.

1. Have fruits from Asia imported here.
2. Keep fruit in a hidden sight. (Woods, forest, jungle)
3. Use permanant marker to draw a specific face.
4. Use specific items that resemble the person.
5. Use your, borrowed, or stolen baseball bat.
6. Automatic OK if guy refuses to hit girl.
7. Automatic NO if guy actually hits girl.
8. Extra points if guy has done a superb job.
9. A check if had done better than the rest.
10. If plan is finished, go to Plan C.

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"I know I haven't done a good job on Plan B but Plan C...just wait and see!"

I'm really sorry for doing updates now! When I should've done this before. Sorry. I had many things I was doing and got really distracted. I was distracted writing this so that's why it wasn't the best in my opinion. Sorry about that. :( I still hope you liked it and Please review. :) Thanks for my reviewers.

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Thank you. Hope you enjoyed. I'll be updating My New Story soon enough. :)

-Kiminochi