(A/N: Well, I was gonna make Yoshitaka win, but okay, since there was a review I guess I'll make Izumi win...ehehe. Well, have fun with the new chapter. :'D )


Yoshitaka groaned as he sat up. Izumi was far ahead now. He sprang to his feet, determined to beat his maid. The gate was only a few more turns away. No, he could never win now...unless..

The young master checked his surroundings. There were a few people nearby, none of whom looked like they would participate in a prank. As he rounded the courner, though, he spotted a young teenage boy around his age sitting on a bench.

"Hey, hey, would you be willing to help me out for a second?" Yoshitaka whispered.

The boy looked up. "What'dya need?"

"Well, sort of like a prank."

"I'm game." A gleam appeared in the corner of the boy's eye. This was interesting.

"Great."


"AAAGGHHHH!" You bastard!"

Yoshitaka was surprised. The bloodcurdling scream that Kazuhiro, as he had recently introduced himself as, had emitted was nearly enough to make Yoshitaka himself believe that it was real.

The two of them lay sprawled on the floor in such a fashion that would make one believe that a collision had occurred. The plan was to lure Izumi back and then, once they were both in the same place, take off once again, this time with Yoshitaka in the lead.

"Damn it! S-sorry!"

"You better be sorry!" Kazuhiro's voice was entirely convincing, so much that Yoshitaka was a bit intimidated.

"I really didn't mean to hurt you! I swear!"

Izumi came rushing back as soon as she recognized her master's voice. When she arrived at the scene, it was obvious to her that she won.

"Well, I guess we know who won this time." Izumi's smug expression was paired with a mocking tone. "The rules stated that you couldn't hurt anyone."

"Well, Izumi, I guess we know who fell for my trap." Yoshitaka stood up, but was stopped by the sound of his newly acquired accomplice.

"What trap? That really hurt."

"Wh-what?" The yound master stuttered, dumbfounded. "The plan was to-"

"Yes, yes, I know, but I didn't know you were competing against such a lovely girl."

Kazuhiro stood up and brushed himself off before bowing lightly before Izumi. "I'm Kazuhiro. You can call me Kazu, for short. It's a pleasure to meet such a beautiful girl.

Izumi just smiled, not wanting to be rude. Sure, he was cute, with his long, reddish-brown hair and a slightly muscular build, but she had already made the mistake of trusting Seichirou, Yoshitaka's cousin who seemed nice but turned out to be a total pervert.

Right on cue, Mitsuki and Anna arrived, perched on top of Pochi.

"Ah! Onee-chan, you won!" Mitsuki exclaimed, before flashing another evil smile at her master.

"Aha! Teaches you to try to mess with me." Izumi grinned at Yoshitaka. She turned back to Kazu.

"Ah, well it was nice meeting you, but I've got to go now or I'll miss my flight."

"Oh, that's alright, I've got to get going too."

"Well, seeya."

"...Bye." Yoshitaka spat out, a little mad about his loss...but not for long.


"Ah! What the hell?" Izumi shouted.

"At least you don't have to work on the plane, onee-chan."

"But can't I have a different seat?"

She was sitting in the window seat of the plane, with Yoshitaka beside her.

Mitsuki took out a clipboard. "Uhm, I'm afraid there aren't any seats left, onee-chan."

"Arrrgh!" she held her head in her hands, in what is commonly referred to as a "facepalm". (A/N: Sorry, I just had to.)

Anna popped out from behind a chair. "Oh, Izumi-chan! Don't be sad! I'll always be here for you! Once you've paid off your debt we can move to Holland and get marri-Ahh!" She dodged a punch from Izumi narrowly.

"Yea, don't be sad. I'll always be here." Yoshitaka teased his maid.

"Which is the reason I'm sad!" With that, her fist drove into his face.


Meanwhile, in an oversized suitcase...

Pochi sat inside the piece of luggage as he was deposited somewhere in the airplane. It really is hard to pretend to be a stuffed animal.


(A/N: Okayyy, it takes a few minutes to plan something like that, but let's just say it took less..well, enough time to not have Izumi get to the finish yet (: )

So, yea. This chapter is a couple hundred more words than the last. Hope you like it.~