Chapter 10: Hotaru's Defeat!!

Minna-san!!! Arigatou gozaimasu!!

Disclaimer: in my dreams...

Speech: Happy Chinese New Year for all Chinese fans!! Gong Xi Fa Cai!! This year is Year Rat huh? Anyway, My Ang Pow please...

"Best friend? You are no best friend. Now show yourself, imposter!" Hotaru held her baka gun aimed at Mikan-Ayumi.

Mikan-Ayumi held a very serious expression, followed by deep hatred towards Hotaru.

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"Imposter, you say? There's no way I'm an imposter! You know that very well, right? Ne, Hotaru?!" Mikan-Ayumi starting up her act again.

"I am 100 percent sure you are not Mikan, imposter," Hotaru said coldly.

"No way! I am Mikan! M-I-K-A-N!" Ayumi spelled Mikan's name desperately. Hotaru scoffed.

"What's with that? Spelling her name so that I wouldn't suspect you? Don't joke around," her eyes were icy cold and she was glaring at Ayumi.

"H-Hotaru... do you hate me that much that you won't believe me?" Mikan-Ayumi's eyes produced tears. Hotaru wasn't least affected. Her face showed slight irritation.

"Hotaru, don't look at me like that! Hotaru!!!!!!" Mikan-Ayumi ran towards her to hug her. She managed hugging her waist tightly and Hotaru struggled to let go of her grasp. "Just let me go, you bastard!"

Hotaru's patient has reached its limits. She used her newly-improved baka gun again and shot her hard on the forehead. "Don't touch me with your filthy hands, you bastard," she muttered coldly.

"Hotaru, you're so cruel!" Mikan-Ayumi smirked. She rubbed her forehead.

"Just stop your bullshit and reveal yourself, you bastard imposter!" she had lost her patient and aimed her baka gun at Ayumi.

"Yeah, yeah I know, Imai Hotaru. You're right, I'm not Mikan. So, what you're gonna do? Shoot me with that foolish toy gun?" she smirked evilly. Hotaru twitched at the word "foolish toy gun" She narrowed her eyes sharply.

"Aaahh... what's with that scary look? Trying to scare me? That won't do any good. So, how did you figure I'm not Mikan?" Ayumi smirked.

"I know Mikan since we were little, so I know all about her. And I know you're not Mikan the moment you said "dumbass" in our class this morning. Mikan isn't the type to use bad words. And she isn't the type who is enjoying things by herself. She cares for everybody. If one of her friends is hurt or sick, she won't smile happily. And also..." she clicked her baka gun and put it on her shoulder and aimed at Ayumi. Ayumi prepared herself in battle stance for Hotaru's attacks.

"...DON'T USE HER FACE WHEN TALKING TO ME AND DON'T INSULT MY INVENTIONS, YOU STUPID BASTARD!!!" Hotatu finally launched series of attacks. Ayumi easily evaded those bullets.

"Haha, you're seemed very angry there, Imai Hotaru-san... I never thought it is very easy to provoke you." Ayumi still putting her wide smirk on her face.

Hotaru glared sharply.

"Okay then... I'll fulfill your wish to see the real me." She took out a flask that contained bluish-colored water. She drunk the all the bluish water and suddenly her body making several changes and changed into her real appearance.

"Taki Ayumi, huh... as I thought..."

"Eh... Did you know it was me all along?"

"I bet. I've been searching your room and Mikan's room with my spy-bug camera. I noticed that your room is unoccupied since the last time you were with Mikan. I only saw Mikan—no, I mean you, occupied her room. But only your room is empty."

"Ahhahahaha... what perfect deduction, Imai Hotaru-san! You can be a detective one day!" she laughed while clapping her hands.

Hotaru glared more.

"So, shall we start?"

"I'm ready," Hotaru smirked.

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At the same time the first loud boom was heard...

Hyugga Natsume got great shock from hearing a loud boom since he was sleeping peacefully on the branch of his favorite Sakura Tree.

"What's that sound? An explosion? Who would play fireworks in broad daylight?" he whispered, looking at the direction where the sound came. He jumped off to the ground and started running towards where Hotaru and Ayumi are.

After a few minutes of running, he heard the loud bang again. "That shouldn't be fireworks! Must be a fight somewhere... and that loud bang must be from Imai's gun..." he thought.

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"She's very fast! She can avoid my bullets from that distance?!" Hotaru continued firing Ayumi with her upgraded baka gun.

"Ahahahaha!!!! That's all you can do, Imai Hotaru?!" Ayumi laughed evilly while evading Hotaru's attacks.

"Shut up! I can do much better than this!" Hotaru growled. Ayumi smirked.

Hotaru continued shooting Ayumi until she was out of bullets. This got noticed by Ayumi.

"Chance!!" her eyes twinkled and she charged towards Hotaru and landed a kick to Hotaru's left cheek. Her body hit a big tree behind and slumped to the ground. Blood oozed out from the corner of her lips. Hotaru's body trembled in pain. Just then a kick landed on her right cheek. Ayumi instantly grabbed her uniform's collar and pulled her up and hit her forehead with her own hardly.

She smirked. "Had enough already? Is that all you can do? Boy, you're very weak, compared to me. Let me tell you why you lost. You are inexperienced in fighting."

"I don't care about that damn thing. All I know is I wanna force you to tell me where Mikan is right now," Hotaru glared at her. Both her cheeks were swollen, and more blood oozed out from her lips. She spit out blood and it hit Ayumi's face. She twitched angrily.

"You bastard!" she threw Hotaru towards the tree and her body made a loud thump. She slumped to the ground once again.

"How dare you spit out blood on my beautiful face! It's disgusting! Now I can't attract guys anymore! You wench!!" she kicked Hotaru's body over and over again. Hotaru couldn't defend herself at all since she was injured heavily.

Ayumi stopped her kicks. She felt satisfied she could get rid of Hotaru. "Hmph, she didn't budge at all. Maybe she's dead,"

Suddenly she heard a slight whisper coming out of Hotaru's mouth. "You're not dead yet, huh?"

"... tell m-me... Mikan i-is..." her voice louder. Ayumi smirked.

"Ahhahahahaha!! You can even barely speak! I guess you're not reallt that weak, after all! The idiot Mikan is safe. She's at my place in a wooden hut in a jungle far away from here. I don't think you can safe her! Don't even dream of it!"

Hotaru smirked. Ayumi's blood boiled when she saw that smirked. She got really angry.

"Just wipe off that smirk!!" this time she punched her.

"Heh, I won't kill you coz you could be put to good use," Ayumi walked off leaving injured Hotaru behind.

TBC!!

Look forward to da next chappie, minna-san!