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"Hey Arisu! I just saw you and Matsu battling and I think it's so cool!!!" Arisu's friend, Ibuki exclaimed. Arisu smiled at her friend.

"It was nice to battle with Matsu again.. but something just seems wrong with her. I think she's still mad at me from the last time we fought. It's just not fair! She's the one getting to the finals and I'm stuck in the audience, watching. And finally when I get a chance to fight her, she gets mad just because I won!" Arisu said angrily. Ibuki backed away from her slowly.

"Calm down Arisu-chan! This is just a "for fun" fight. It doesn't mean anything!" Ibuki replied, trying to comfort Arisu. Arisu sighed. She looked at her angel and stroked her hair.

"But every little thing is serious to Matsu-San. I can't do anything about it. She's the one being a hothead all the time! Especially to me!!! I can't stand her and her Angel.. I must defeat her at the next competition. Just wait and see." Arisu went home alone while Ibuki got left behind in the lobby.

===…Later that evening…===

Arisu sat at her desk and began to repair Ame's clothes. She began stitching up the opened holes and then she pricked her finger.

"OW!!" Arisu yelled out loud. She yelled so loud that her brother came into her room.

"NANI????" He asked. Then he saw Arisu with a bleeding finger.

"I pricked my finger on the needle." Arisu said, holding up her finger to her brother.

"That's all? I thought something big happened." He said.

"Something big did happen!!! I pricked my finger!! So help me now, Genki!!!" Arisu exclaimed, tears almost falling out at the same speed of the blood. Genki ran to the bathroom and grabbed the first aid kit and got a bandage. He went back to Arisu's room and helped her with the bleeding finger.

"There! That should do it." Genki said as he wrapped the bandage around Arisu's finger. Arisu smiled and looked at her finger.

"I can't stitch up Ame's clothes if my finger is like this… can you help me?" Arisu asked, with her big puppy dog eyes, bulging out big and wide. Genki couldn't resist the look.

"Alright, I'll help you with Ame's clothes." Genki replied. He got up from Arisu's bed and went to work on Ame's clothes. Arisu lay on her back and stared at her ceiling, thinking about the next attack on Yumi. She kept on thinking about her battles with Yumi and then she fell asleep.

===… The next day…===

Arisu ran to school the next day in the spring weather. She ran as fast as she could and she finally reached to her school. She walked around the school, finding her classroom in the busy halls and she didn't realize that she bumped into Matsu.

"Matsu-chan!!!" Arisu exclaimed. She got up.

"Oh, you again." Matsu replied.

"I'm sorry!" Arisu said as Matsu passed by her. Arisu began to glare and she walked fiercely to her classroom.

"Now I'm mad at Matsu if she's going to continue this way…" Arisu thought to herself, hoping that Matsu and Yumi would lose the championship battles.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Yes, I know… There's no fighting in this chapter, but you better watch out!!! Chapter 3 coming soon!!!