Happy Day! Two in one day! Anyway I hope you enjoy!

It's been about a week after Hikari started hanging out with that Mark guy. It wasn't like I was jealous, I have my own girlfriend now. Roomi was...okay...though she only talked about herself...she never let me talk. But she never looked into my diary like stupid Hikari did. Chihaya seemed pissed that Mark was getting all the attention from Hikari, he would manage to talk with her but then Mark would ask her something. I was watching Hikari talking with Mark. They were laughing and smiling...why did I feel so mad. I hated her now.

"Hello? Gill!" Roomi waved her hand in my face.

"Sorry. What?"

She got mad "Why are you paying no attention to me? Hikari betrayed you and you still seem interested in her."

"I'm...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."

She sighed then continued to talk about...stuff.

Hikari's POV

"Hey Hikari?" Mark asked.

"Yeah?"

"You're going to the animal festival right?"

"Yeah. Koji is old enough to race so I am planning on entering him."

"Sweet! Do you want to go with me?"

"Sure! Sounds great."

Mark and I are pretty good friends now, he is very nice to pretty much everyone. He got used to the town after two days so now he was all over the place. We got a day off because of the festival. I got Koji ready, he was now the size of a real horse...I don't know how he managed to grow so quick. I got my green work outfit on and a necklace my grandma gave me for good luck, then went outside to see Mark ready.

"You all set?"

"Yep!" I got Koji out.

"Do you want to get on him with me? We need to practice."

"Sure!"

I got on and he got on behind me. Koji seemed unsure at first, I told him to go and he started trotting along.

"I don't think this is going to get you anywhere in the race..." Mark said laughing a bit.

"He should save his energy, you should see him when he is running." I giggled.

I knew some others would have animals to race with. Hopefully Koji and I would win. At the festival I met up with Lena and Kathy, who were excited saying that they would win.

"Of course Roomi has the advantage." Kathy mumbled all of a sudden.

We looked over to see her with an ostrich.

"That's not fair." I mumbled.

"It is. You are allowed to use any animal." Lena mumbled.

Ostriches were very fast. I didn't know how fast Koji was now.

"You'll do good." Mark said to me "I'm sure Koji will go very fast."

I smiled "Thank you."

At the starting line, Lena, Kathy, and I had a horse. Lena and Kathy used the horses I see every time I go riding with them.

"Ready to lose." Roomi asked us.

"We will kick your butt!" Kathy said with confidence.

My horse whinnied in agreement which gave me more confidence.

Cain was by the starting line, he shot a firecracker in the air. Next thing I knew everything whooshed past me. Koji took off like a jet, I held on tightly to the saddle. When I got a good hold I looked behind me, Kathy and Lena were behind me, the others blown away by how fast we were going. Then I noticed why Koji was running like his butt was on fire, Roomi was slightly ahead of me.

"You can't beat me!" She bragged.

I pouted slightly but we kept going. I remembered learning that animals can feel their trainers emotions. I took a deep breath and tried to calm down. Koji speed up and was inches from being in front of Roomi.

"Go Hikari!" I heard Mark, Chihaya, and Luke scream.

"You're about to eat my dust! Why don't you crawl back into a hole. I am going to win like I won Gill."

I got pissed then, a little spark went into Koji's eyes. I could here him speed up so now we were neck and neck. No way in hell was I going to tie with her or lose to her.

"Hey Roomi!"

"What?!"

"Why don't you stop acting like a frickin five year old and act your age!"

"You no good bitch--!" She screamed...then her ostrich shook its head frantically and came to a sudden stop, bucking her off and landing flat on her face in the dirt. I stared in complete shock. Guess when you are mad as hell and the animal isn't yours, it stops instead of speeding up. I kept a calm emotion as Koji continued his speed.

"No showing off Koji." I said to him, he slowed his pace slightly. Lena and Kathy caught up slightly, but Koji crossed the finish line first, then Kathy, then Lena. We all stopped and hopped off.

"I can't believe you said that to her." Kathy laughed "We all didn't have the guts to."

"Looks like Winny didn't like her either." Lena laughed. I guess that was the Ostrich's name. I smiled, I didn't want to laugh because there was a slight chance she would kill me. Roomi stormed up to me, dirt and I don't want to know what else, all over her face and outfit.

"What was that?!" She screamed.

I held up my hands "Did Cain tell you that you can't let your emotions overcome you and your animal?"

"You knew that would happen!"

"No, I didn't but I wanted to see if it would." I grinned "And you should listen to me. Start acting your age, quit showing off and acting like a five year old."

Her face turned purple as Lena and Kathy looked like they would pee their pants.

"You know what--?"

"That's enough Roomi!" Gill walked up to her "Don't listen to these retards."

I felt my blood boil when he said that, he continued "We can go real quick to clean you up."

He looked over at me, I kept a calm expression, then he said "Don't go near my girlfriend again, if you do you will regret ever coming here." His voice was ice cold, I felt a ton of fear go into my system.

"Hey!" Mark walked over "Did anyone tell you not to talk to a girl like that? Be nice, you know your girlfriend deserved it. I can see it in your eyes."

He looked down at me and winked, I smiled. Gill frowned and walked away with Roomi, pretending to cry.

I sighed "Thanks Mark."

"Yeah it's nothing. Oh, congrats on winning!"

"Thank you..." I noticed my necklace was gone "Oh no! where is my necklace?"

I looked around.

"Don't worry! I'll look for it."

"No don't. We will just...keep an eye out for it."

The rest of the day was fun, Lena won the livestock competition, and Kathy had a puppy that won the pet competition. Everyone was happy except Roomi...and Gill.

We were going to watch the closing which had a drawing for animal items, a repeat of the winners today, and the winner of the store with most sales. Kathy, Lena, and I went up for the reward ceremony. I won 25 carrots, Lena won 500 bird feed, and Kathy won 10 cornbread loaves. We were about to end the reward ceremony but Mark came running over "Hikari! I found it!"

He ran up to me, then he tripped, then he fell on top of me...then he accidentally kissed me. I saw a flash from a camera. He got off of me.

"Um...here...um..." He blushed and handed me the necklace.

"...it's fine." He helped me up.

I turned to the little crown then said "Who took the picture?"

No one answered, then I continued "I will give you half of my reward!"

Still no one "I will give you fifteen of the carrots, if you sell them, you will get some pretty decent money..."

No one.

"Okay! Luke come out here, or I'll announce your little experiment."

Luke walked out with his camera and gave it to me. I took out the film and ripped the piece that had the picture of us kissing.

"Thanks." I handed him one carrot.

He took a bite out of it "Sorry..."

"Yep..."

At my front door we stood there in a awkward position.

"Thanks for finding my necklace..." I said quietly.

"Yeah, it was nothing...so what is up with Luke."

"Oh, he uh...he tries to see what guys in our class wear boxers or briefs."

"Wow really?"

"Yeah." we both started laughing.

"Well thank for tonight, I had a good time."

"Me too." He grinned "I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yep!"

We both hugged and I walked into my house.

"Weird..." I whispered "Super weird..."

Yes I know Animal Festival is a spring thing but I couldn't help it, I really wanted to see Roomi kill herself. Plus I know how annoyed she is when someone calls her childish. Anyway I will update soon! Pleas comment and leave me ideas :)!

-00Spirited Away00