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Page 10: A Fool's April Joke
Tao Ren walked up to the refrigerator to get a glass of milk. He opened the door and poured the milk in the glass…
"…? This milk doesn't look good…better throw it away…" Ren said as he dumped the half carton of milk into the sink.
When he threw the carton in the trash can, he could hear snickers from behind the door.
"Okay…who's there?" Ren demanded. The three laughing boys from behind the door revealed themselves. "What is so funny?"
"You dumped the milk in the sink!" Horohoro said while laughing.
"So? The milk had a greenish-yellow color; it has gone bad" Ren said. "I don't see why the heck you guys found it funny!"
"Because the milk didn't go bad..." Manta snickered.
"We put yellow and green food coloring to make it look like it had gone bad!" Yoh said before the three broke out laughing.
"What?" Ren yelled angrily.
"…and guess what Ren! That was the last of the milk!" Horohoro said in between laughs.
A vein popped out of Ren's forehead while the other three boys continued laughing. "April Fools Ren! Hahahaha!"
"Are you implying that I'm a fool for falling into one of your childish pranks?" Ren yelled as he tossed the three boys into the wall.
"Ouch…Come on Ren, can't you take a joke? Today is April Fools day!" Manta said as he pointed at the calendar; and today was the first of April.
"April fools is the day when people play practical jokes on each other!" Horohoro explained. "It's okay to play a joke on anyone at this day, as long as you say 'April Fool' at the end of the joke!"
"…I have no time for such childish holidays. I have never celebrated it anyway!" Ren said.
"Come on Ren! You might enjoy it!" Yoh said as he grinned at Ren.
"How can I enjoy such a holiday if you play all the pranks on me?" Ren asked loudly.
"Well…let's just say you're not the only one who we played a practical joke on…" Horohoro said laughing; and sooner later, they heard some very loud and angry stomps going down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"OKAY! WHO DID THIS?" Hao angrily yelled pointing at his face.
Somebody drew glasses, a moustache, a beard, a jester hat, a clown, and a pig on his face. The four boys couldn't help but fall on the ground laughing.
"April Fools Hao!" Yoh said in between laughs. "See Ren, I told you that you'll enjoy this!"
"This early in the morning?" Hao said angrily. "You guys are so childish!"
"Come on Hao, where's your holiday spirit?" Horohoro asked.
"Why didn't either of you wake me up?" Hao yelled at Spirit of Fire and Amidamaru. "You two are always watching me when I am asleep!"
"Well Hao, they told me not that it won't be good if I ruin this holiday by waking you up" Amidamaru answered.
Hao started walking out of the kitchen, "This better not be permanent marker!"
"Wait!" Manta stopped Hao. "I won't go to the bathroom if I were you…"
"And why is that?" Hao asked, but his answer came in a high pitched scream which came from the bathroom.
The five boys and their four spirits rushed inside the bathroom to find Tamao backing away from the tub.
"Who put a jack in the box in the tub?" Tamao asked nervously as she pointed at it.
The three boys laughed out loud before shouting, "April Fool's Tamao!"
"Is it this time of the year already?" Tamao sighed. "… and what happened to your face Hao?"
Hao explained that the three stooges made his face a sketch pad; he was referring to Horo, Manta, and Yoh of course. Suddenly, the bathroom door slammed open…
"Okay, why are you guys making all this noise at this early in the morning?" scowled Anna. "And what happened to your face Hao?"
Hao pointed to the three boys as a vein popped out of his forehead. He went over to the sink to wash his face, while Tamao tossed the jack in the box out of the bathroom.
"April Fools huh?" Anna glared at the three boys.
They all nodded hesitantly as Anna, Ren, and Hao gave them very cold glares.
Anna left the bathroom, leaving the 6 people there. "I'm going to get the paper…"
"Did you play a prank on Anna?" Hao was curious.
"Of course not!" Yoh answered nervously. "I'll be in big trouble if I did!"
"Yeah…" Manta continued. "Nobody would dare play a trick on Anna Kyoyama!"
"I didn't think so…" Tamao said.
"By the way, while I was on my way downstairs, I noticed that there was a bucket hidden on top of the entrance" Hao smirked at Yoh and the others. "And I did recall that she said she was going to get the paper, which is outside the entrance door"
The three boys looked paler than someone who has died. "Oh…no…" the three boys muttered together. They suddenly heard a splash coming from down stairs.
"This I gotta see!" Ren and everyone else rushed downstairs hurriedly. They found Anna standing in front of the open door dripping wet with a bucket covering her head, and her fists were clenched…really tightly.
"Uh…Anna…are…are…you…okay…?" Yoh asked hesitantly. Anna didn't reply or move just one bit.
"…Yoh…" Anna called his fiancée in a soft but really scary voice. Yoh obeyed and got nearer. "What is this thing on my head?"
"It's…a bucket" Yoh answered.
"Right…and what was it doing on top of this door?" Anna said while gritting her teeth.
"That was supposed to be an April fool's prank for Pirika…" Horohoro said as he cowered in fear from behind Yoh.
Anna slowly took the bucket off her head, not facing the two just yet. They wouldn't like what they were going to see in just a few seconds. Horohoro and Yoh looked behind them, asking for support, but then they realized that everyone was gone including Manta.
Meanwhile in the dinning room, Tamao was preparing breakfast, while Hao, Ren, and Manta were on the table, trying hard to ignore the yelling, the screaming, and the banging coming from the corridor. Manta felt sorry for leaving those two alone, but it's every man for himself whenever their up against an angry Anna Kyoyama.
In just a few minutes later, after Tamao finished preparing breakfast, the yelling and banging stopped; then entered Anna, less angry at the moment.
"Where are…" Ren and Manta cut off Hao before he could say anything else Anna wouldn't want them to hear. They've known Anna for a long time, while Hao hasn't. The rules are that if there is anyone who says a word related to something she got mad about just earlier, everyone in a 10 meter range shall suffer.
"What were you about to say Hao?" Anna asked eying the three boys.
"Where are…" Hao tried to think of something. "…the plates? You can't eat without any plates in the table now can you?"
Ren, Manta, and Tamao sighed in relief; Tamao played along, "You're definitely right Hao, we can't eat without any plates!"
"…whatever…just get breakfast ready when I get back here…" Anna left the room to dry herself. Ren and Manta went out to look for Horohoro and Yoh. The two of them found Yoh and Horohoro at the backyard tied to a tree.
"Hey guys…can you get us out of here?" Yoh said sweat dropping.
"This is your entire fault!" Horohoro yelled at Yoh as they were untied from the tight knots. "You're the one who asked me if we can play a prank on Pirika!"
"My fault?" Yoh sweat dropped. "You're the one who placed the bucket of ice cold water on top of the door! I told you earlier that we were supposed to set a trap by the gate, not on top of the door!"
"Wait a minute…did you say by the gate?" Manta asked.
"I thought that trap was for Rio?" Horohoro asked. His second question which he didn't even ask yet got answered when he heard a scream by the gate.
When they got there, Pirika was squirming on the ground like a worm because she got trapped by a net.
"Uh…April Fools?" Horohoro crying anime style.
"HOROHORO!" Pirika's yell made most of the birds in the backyard fly away.
That morning after Pirika and Anna made an attempt to murder the ones who pranked them, the three boys decided to have a ceasefire. They had enough action for this morning, not wanting to get on the bad side of the other guys.
It was seven in the morning, and it was time for Yoh's daily training; and Anna wasn't going to go easy on him for what happened to her that morning. "200 laps around the neighborhood, and 5000 sit ups, pushups, crunches, chin ups, and sit ups" Anna said. "You said sit ups twice Anna…" Yoh said. "Then get to work on those 10,000 sit ups!" Anna commanded as the anime style crying Yoh went to jog the 200 laps.
It took the whole morning for Yoh to finish all those requirements, having only a 30 second break for every task he completed. By the time he went back in the house, he was so exhausted.
"Boy Yoh…I think we got on Anna's nerves…" Horohoro sighed as he wiped the dishes dry. "At least Pirika doesn't punish me that harshly…"
"Yeah I know…I'm beat…I think I'm going to take a nap…" Yoh dozed of on the table afterwards.
"The dishes are done…finally…" Horohoro got the step ladder and opened the cabinet to push the dishes in; and to his surprise, something gooey and white poured on to him. "Yuck! What is this stuff?"
"It's oatmeal!" Hao said while laughing.
"April Fools Horo!" Ren said as he and Hao both started laughing.
"That's funny; I thought you guys said April Fools was childish…" Manta said as he tried to stop laughing.
"We were just getting even…" Hao said.
"…and that sure felt good!" Ren continued.
"Whatever you say guys…" Manta sighed. All he knows is, he won't be doing anymore pranks anytime soon. Horohoro went to the bathroom to clean up himself, by that time, all the laughing had already stopped.
1:00 pm
"You must be tired Yoh…" Tamao said as she brought Yoh a tray with fruits and tea. "Here have some…"
"Thanks Tamao…" Yoh said as he grabbed the apple and bit it. But it turns out that it wasn't just an ordinary apple. "Eww…this thing tastes like…wax?"
That was right; Tamao had replaced the real apple with a wax apple; "April Fools Yoh." Tamao smiled as she walked out of the room giggling.
2: 30 pm
Hao looked out the window, "It looks like it's raining really hard…how am I supposed to go out in this kind of weather?"
"Here" Anna tossed Hao an umbrella that she found near the chair. "Don't forget the beef"
"Do this, do that…how does Yoh survive all your nagging?" Hao said quietly to himself as he opened the door. "Strange, it looks sunny outside, but it's raining"
Hao opened the umbrella, and a strange powder fell on him, "What is this?" He grabbed some of the powder and examined it closely. "…itching powder?"
"April Fools! Hahahaha!" Horohoro and Ren were on top of the roof with the garden hose.
"You guys are going to pay dearly for this!" Hao said as he started scratching his whole body.
"Looks like it's already taking effect on you Hao!" Horohoro laughed out loud.
"I'm going to take a bath…here!" Hao forcefully pushed the grocery list to Ren's hand. "If you guys don't get those stuff, then I'm telling Anna!" Hao slammed the door; so Ren and Horohoro rushed to the store.
3: 15 pm
"Hey Manta" Pirika called.
"Yeah, what is it Pirika?" Manta replied.
"This package is for you" Pirika handed him a brown box. "It has your name on it"
"Yeah, I think it's mine" Manta answered. "But why is it here?"
"I passed by your house and I met your dad, and he told me to give it to you"
"I see…" Manta sat down and started opening the package. When he opened the lid, three snaked popped out of the box. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Hehehe, April Foos Manta!" Pirika stuck out her tongue and left the room. Manta realized that the snakes were springy toys just like the jack in the box.
3: 20 pm
"Hey Horohoro!" their friend named Nick called out from the gate.
"Hey there Nick! How've you been?" Horohoro asked as he bent down to greet him.
"I'm fine Horohoro!" Nick said energetically as he squeezed the fox he was holding. "I brought Shido along!"
"That's great Nick!" Horohoro got Shido from Nick's arms. "Hey there Shido, how've you been? Did you miss me?"
The fox didn't reply to what Horohoro said; it puzzled Horohoro because Shido was always so energetic.
"Hey Horohoro…" Nick called out slightly grinning.
"Hey, is he sick or something?" Horohoro asked, then he suddenly heard ticking coming from the fox. "Hey…this isn't Shido…this is a…" before Horohoro could finish his last word, the "fox" exploded.
"April Fools Horohoro!" Nick laughed out loud, while the real Shido emerged from behind Nick, also laughing. "That was a doll Horo, and in it was a stink bomb!
"A stink bomb?" Horohoro sniffed in the air, and it smelt really awful. "Oh man, now I have to take a bath for the third time!"
Meanwhile inside the onsen…
"Achoo!" Anna looked outside the window. "Yoh, Nick and Shido are here! You better hurry up before Horohoro kills them!"
3: 30 pm
"Glad I'm done with all my chores…" Ren said as he dropped the last grocery bag on the floor. He tried to remove his shoes but it wouldn't come off. "What the…?"
"Hehehehe…April Fools Ren!" Manta said. "Before you left I put glue in your shoes!"
"You did what?"
"Good luck removing them! Hehehehehehehe!"
4:00 pm at Britain…where Lyserg and Jeanne were.
"Hey Jeanne…" Lyserg asked softly.
"Yes Lyserg?" Jeanne replied.
"This is for you…" Lyserg handed him a small bouquet of flowers.
"…Lyserg…this is so sweet! Thank you so very much!" Jeanne said trying to hide her pink face from Lyserg.
When she stopped to smell the flowers, water started spraying out of it.
"Hahaha…April Fools Jeanne!" Lyserg laughed.
"Not you too Lyserg…" Jeanne apparently heard the news from Anna, that the boys, Tamao, and Pirika, were playing pranks on each other.
7:00 pm
Dinner was already being served, and everyone was eying everyone else. They checked their surroundings to see if anything was there; they checked if the food was not made of wax, they checked if their chairs aren't going to suddenly collapse, and everyone moved in a manned as if you die when you make a wrong move.
"You guys look stupid…" Anna said as she finished her food. "I'm going somewhere else where nobody is acting as if he or she were a spy"
Anna left the room, and still, everyone was eying each other.
"Nobody is going to pull a fast one on me anymore" Yoh said looking around the area.
"Same here…" everyone else said.
Dinner went by…quite strangely…because dinner itself seemed like a staring contest. Horohoro grabbed his two chopsticks, ready to hit anyone who tries to pull a prank on him. Manta was wearing his helmet, while Hao was clutching his plate as if it were a shield; everyone else became so paranoid.
"Yoh!" Anna called out, startling everyone else. "Someone called you in the phone awhile ago; I said you were too busy guarding your dignity"
"Who was it from?" Yoh asked curiously; he knew Anna was always serious.
"Somebody wants to see you" Anna replied, not taking her eyes off Yoh. "He wants to meet you in a building somewhere near Ren's hotel."
"Someone might be pulling a prank on us!" Pirika said.
Anna shook her head, "It's really important business, and the voice on the phone sounded serious.
"But what if it is a prank?" Horohoro asked suspiciously.
"If you guys think it is a prank, then why don't you all go?" Anna suggested.
"You're right, it's better of we all go so that no one can play pranks on anyone any more" Hao said.
"Right, let's get dressed and let's go, I'll have a car ready by then" Ren said as he dialed his cellphone.
"I'll stay here; someone has to watch the house…" Anna said.
9:00 pm
"Are we there yet?" Horohoro asked.
"For the fifteenth time…NO!" Ren yelled. "Just fifteen more minutes then we're there"
9:30 pm
Everyone got out of the car as Ren instructed the driver to pick them up when he calls.
"Darn traffic…" Hao whispered while they all went inside the building.
The seven of them went to the information booth where a man wearing a big hat was.
"Excuse me sir…" Yoh called the attention of the man. "My name is Yoh Asakura, and I was wondering if there was anyone here who was looking for me"
"Ah yes…" the man answered. "I think he is at the 50th floor of this building…you can take the stairs going up"
"Are you serious?" Manta asked. "The 50th floor?"
"Yes my little friend" the man answered pointing to the staircase.
"Well then, let's get going guys!" Yoh smiled. They proceeded to climb up the stairs.
Half an hour later, they finally reached the 50th floor, panting and huffing; they decided to take a rest by collapsing on the ground.
"Finally…we made it…" Hao and the others found a door, and when they opened it, it led to a hall, a big empty hall.
A woman greeted them when they were all inside, "Hello, how may I help you?"
"Are you the one who called me here?" Yoh asked the lady. "My name is Yoh Asakura."
"Yoh Asakura?" the lady mimicked. "Hmm…a yes, there was someone looking for you here just awhile ago…"
"So where is this 'someone' who was looking for Yoh?" Ren asked.
"Ah, yes…he is at floor B2" the lady replied. Their jaws dropped really low. "He was just here a minute ago, but now he's gone…"
"Why didn't you tell him to wait for us?" Pirika asked.
"I didn't know you were coming" the lady answered. "She just told me that she'll meet you at floor B2."
"If she went to floor B2…then how come we didn't see her?" Tamao asked.
"Probably because you used the stairs…" the lady said. "…and she used the elevator…"
"ELEVATOR?" Ren's voice echoed throughout the floor. "The man at the information booth told us to take the stairs!"
"Calm down sir…" the lady said. "Maybe you can talk to him when you're finished with your business here."
"Fine! We will!" Ren and the others walked away and proceeded to the elevators.
"I'll give that guy a piece of my mind!" Horohoro and the rest waited for the elevators to come up.
Before the elevator reached their floor, a sign on the elevators screen flashed, "Out of Order. Maintenance on going…"
"Just our luck…" Manta sighed. "Now we have to go down using the stairs…again…"
Several minutes later, they were able to go down the stairs all the way down to floor B2.
"I'm all out of furyoku…" Horohoro huffed.
"You fool, you haven't even been in a fight!" Ren yelled.
"I know!"
"Guys…we're here, let's just get this over with!" Hao said.
Yoh opened the door, and once again, it was an empty hall, but dark and it was not as big as the one on the 50th floor. "Um hello, anyone there?"
All of the lights flashed open one by one, and all the darkness that was left in the room was the darkness surrounding the person in the middle of the room.
"Excuse me…" Yoh spoke up to the person in the middle of the room. "Are you the one…who called me?"
A moment of silence before the person spoke up, "Yes, it is I who called you here…Yoh Asakura."
The voice sounded very familiar, but they didn't know who she was until the last of the lights in the room flashed her.
"Anna?" everyone couldn't believe it. Then two people from behind her appeared; one was the guy from the information booth, and the other was the lady from the 50th floor. The two removed their disguises and revealed themselves as…none other than Rio and Jun.
"What's going on?" Ren demanded an explanation for all of this. "What are you three doing in here?"
"Well…Anna asked us to do her a favor…" Rio explained. "So here we are!"
"I still can't believe you didn't recognize your own sister in this disguise!" Jun laughed.
"So Anna…what's this all about?" Yoh asked.
Anna smirked before saying, "April Fools…"
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"That's good!" Jeanne said. "You made them run up and down the stairs for more than an hour!"
"I couldn't feel my legs the next day!" Manta said.
"Well…looks like Anna got the last laugh!" Yoh grinned.
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This was an April fool's memory of mine, everything happened, except for the going up and down the stairs, and the stink bomb part. I hope you guys enjoyed this fic! The next chapters coming up real soon! So keep reviewing and reading! Don't forget to read my other fanfics as well! Like Sprit Unity! Don't forget to read my newest shamanking fanfic, "Arcessitor"