DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN DEMASHITAA! POWERPUFF GIRLS Z USED IN THIS FANFIC! I ALSO DON'T OWN MANGA AND/OR ANIME: DEMASHITAA! POWERPUFF GIRLS Z EITHER!!!

INSPIRED BY: marinav92

Kaoru: *is grinning darkly at me with the cleaver in her hands*

Me: TT____TT DON'T KILL MEEEE DDDX!

Kaoru: =___= GIVE. ME. ONE. REASON. WHY. I. SHOULDN'T.

Me: If you kill me, I'll make you suffer 8D.

Kaoru: ...Oh, yeah? How? -_-

Me: ):3 EASY! B-U-T-C-H. 8D

Kaoru: ... ._________.

Me: Yesh~ 8D. Haha, anyway, sorry for the long update, people :S. After Mid-Winter break was over, I've been piled with TONS of homework over the weekdays. And now, I officially also have been piled with MATH homework over the WEEKENDS -__-. Oh and reading homework... -___-

Kaoru: e__e That much HW?

Me: ...YES, THAT MUCH HW =_____=. THIS. IS. TOO. MUCH. HOME-WORK. FOR. ONE. PERSON. DANG. IT. T____T

Kaoru: ...

Me: TT_______TT SO. MUCH. HOME-WORK.

Kaoru: ... *clears voice* Uh, here's the next chapter...? .__.

CHAPTER 20

"First, he was my roommate," Kaoru muttered under her breath, frowning. "And now, he's in my freaking group!" Kaoru groaned softly. "Why do I get this feeling that someone out there is enjoying this?"

"Hey, I didn't know that you talk to yourself."

Kaoru flinched and she felt her heart race quickly for a second but it slowed down when she saw that it was only Takeshi. "Oh, it's just you."

Takeshi grinned. "Did I scare you for a second there?"

Kaoru frowned. "Why should I tell you?"

"Cause I asked you," Takeshi said, shrugging. "Besides, don't you think we're a bit too far from the rest of the group?"

Kaoru rolled her eyes. "I'm here because I chose this spot. You somehow stumbled onto here."

Takeshi shrugged again, not seeing the problem as he shook his head.

Kaoru sighed. "I'm saying that you should go somewhere else!"

"No," Takeshi said, frowning and added sarcastically, "besides, this is actually a really good hiding place."

"I just can't believe we're playing hide and seek," Kaoru hissed softly, knowing that he was being sarcastic.

"Hey, the prize is a good thing," Takeshi said, grinning. "So it's not really a bad thing…unless you want it to be."

"I know that it's a good thing," Kaoru said, frowning as she looked around.

"So…care to tell me why we're not hiding anywhere and why you're just sitting here in plain sight?"

"Well, I don't feel like hiding, that's for sure."

"Then just go hide in those bushes over there."

"No!"

"Why not?"

"I'll get caught and it's game over!"

Takeshi frowned a bit. "How do you know that you'll get caught?"

Kaoru rolled her eyes. "If we go hide in the bushes, don't you think that we'll make at least some noise?"

Takeshi thought for a moment but then nodded. "Yeah, you have a point there, Matsubara."

Kaoru nodded. "So I'm not dumb enough to go hide in the bushes."

"I never said you were dumb."

"But you were thinking it, right?" Kaoru asked, frowning.

Actually, I was thinking of how cute you'd look in that skirt again but I may as well go along with this, Takeshi thought and then sweat dropped. Besides, if she knew that I was thinking that, she'd probably kill me…

Takeshi appeared like he was in deep thought to Kaoru so she just rolled her eyes. "I think I'll take that as a yes, Takashi."

Takeshi smirked. "Well, maybe I was thinking that and maybe I wasn't."

Kaoru raised an eyebrow. "So if you weren't thinking that, then what were you thinking then?"

Takeshi didn't reply for a couple of seconds. "Is that a rhetorical question, Matsubara?"

"No," Kaoru replied. She then decided to cross her legs instead of putting her hands around them. "If you weren't thinking that I was dumb, what were you thinking then? That's my question."

"Oh, well…" Takeshi's voice trailed off, which caused Kaoru to be a bit more suspicious at him.

"Takashi…what were you thinking?" Kaoru growled, clenching her fist and glaring at him. He knew that glare. That glare meant: If you don't tell me, I will force if out of you. After all, he was given that glare many times from her already so he knew what it meant.

"Oh, something," Takeshi replied and then smirked. "Besides, that's for me to know and for you to find out."

"How am I supposed to find out if you're the only one that knows?"

"Oh, so you're curious about what I was thinking about then?" Takeshi asked, grinning.

Kaoru frowned. "Never mind; forget I asked. It was probably something perverted." She then groaned and then looked away.

"So," Takeshi began, "where do you think we should hide?"

Kaoru shrugged. "I don't know. If I knew, do you think that I'd be here in obvious sight in the first place?"

"AH-HA! I HAVE FOUND YOU, MY TAKESHI-BOO!"

Takeshi and Kaoru turned around to find a girl that Kaoru didn't know. She looked around the same age as the two of them but her hair looked like it was kept in good condition and plus, this girl was wearing very fashionable clothes that were "in".

Kaoru had a look of disgust on her face and the girl noticed this.

"What the hell are you looking at, you…you…boy?" The girl asked, frowning.

Kaoru didn't bother to reply to the girl; she didn't know her so what was the point, right? She looked over at Takeshi and raised an eyebrow. "'Takeshi-boo'?" She started snickering at that nickname.

Takeshi frowned. "Oy, Matsubara, will you stop snickering? It's not funny, you know!"

"Takeshi-boo, I have found you," the girl whined. "I want my prize now."

Takeshi looked at the girl. "Okay, first off, I don't even know you. Second, the prize is to skip all of the activities today so what the hell are you talking about?"

Kaoru stop snickering and looked at Takeshi. She frowned. "You idiot; did you forget already?"

"Huh?" Takeshi asked as he looked at her. "Forget what?"

Kaoru rolled her eyes. "You forgot that we were playing with another school, weren't you?"

"Oh, that," Takeshi said, laughing nervously a bit. "Uh, kind of."

"Idiot."

"I'm no idiot," Takeshi growled and added, "Besides, I don't even know this girl and she knows my name."

Kaoru raised an eyebrow at him. "And…? I don't see the problem."

Takeshi rolled his eyes. "The problem is that—"

"Takeshi-boo," the girl said as she took Takeshi's arm. "Come on, everyone else is waiting."

Takeshi blinked a couple of times at the girl. "What the heck do you mean by 'everyone else'?"

Kaoru scoffed under her breath and muttered, "Ugh, stupid fan girls…"

The girl narrowed her eyes at Kaoru but then smiled at Takeshi. "I mean by my friends!"

"Oh… Uh, well, um, I'm kind of already busy here…"

The girl pouted. "Takeshi-boo…"

Kaoru rolled her eyes again. Ugh, stupid fan girl needs to freaking leave already… If she whines again, I'm seriously going to have to hit something!

"Uh, look," Takeshi began, sweat dropping a bit, "how about you run off back to them and I'll go with you after I'm done talking with her."

"Her? Who's her?" The girl asked, raising an eyebrow.

Oh God, she thinks I'm a guy, Kaoru thought, mentally groaning in her mind. Leave already, you stupid fan girl!

"Uh, that person," Takeshi said, nodding his head towards Kaoru and the girl's eyes went wide.

"Oh, my God, you're a girl?!" The girl exclaimed.

Kaoru sighed and nodded very slowly.

"I thought you were a guy!" The girl exclaimed again, her eyes still wide.

"Yeah, I get that a lot," Kaoru muttered under her breath darkly. She narrowed her eyes at the girl when the girl looked at Takeshi.

"Takeshi-boo, can't we go together?" The girl whined, causing Kaoru to narrow her eyes at the girl even more. "I mean—"

"TAKASHI WILL BE WITH YOU AFTER HE'S DONE TALKING TO ME SO HOW ABOUT YOU FREAKING LEAVE?!" Kaoru shouted at the girl, glaring at her.

The girl glared at Kaoru but then smiled at Takeshi. "See you, Takeshi-boo!" She happily skipped off.

"Too…damn…annoying…" Kaoru muttered under her breath.

Takeshi let out a long whistle. "Wow, you sure snapped there, didn't you?"

"What do you expect? She was being so annoying!"

"So were you jealous?"

"Yes."

There was a long pause.

Kaoru blinked and shook her head. "Ugh, I meant 'no'! It's a 'no', Takeshi!"

"Nope, I heard you loud and clear, Matsubara," Takeshi said, grinning. "You said that you were jealous which means…" His voice trailed off as he looked at Kaoru.

"Takashi, I meant 'no', damn it! And those weren't my exact words!"

"Ah, but you agreed, Matsubara."

"I meant 'no'!"

"But you said 'yes'."

"I meant 'no'!"

"You said 'yes'."

"Ugh, I meant 'no' and that's final!" Kaoru stomped away while frowning, angered at herself for thinking on how annoying the girl would've been if she continued to stay any longer.

Takeshi sighed and chuckled. "She's so easy to mess with." He began to walk after her.

"What?" Kaoru exclaimed, eyes wide in dismay at Ms. Keane.

"I've decided that since you two aren't getting along so well, you two can be on cleanup duty!" Ms. Keane practically chirped at the two of them as she was going through a stack of paperwork.

Kaoru mentally groaned while she and Takeshi sighed.

"Ms. Keane, why do we have to be on cleanup duty?" Takeshi whined slightly but then his eyes went wide. "Don't tell me that you plan on making us clean the bathrooms!"

Ms. Keane thought for a moment. "You know, that sounds like a very good idea…"

Kaoru stomped on Takeshi's foot very hard, causing him to yelp and bent down to rub his foot. Just as he was about to say something at her, she glared at him and he closed his mouth, frowning.

"But, actually, no, you're not," Ms. Keane said, sighing. "You're only mopping the floors."

"Floors?" Takeshi asked as he stood up.

"Yes, floors, Takeshi. After all of us have had dinner, you guys are in charge of mopping the floors."

"That's it? I thought we were going to clean the kitchen or something, which I wouldn't actually mind since—"

Kaoru stomped on his foot again and he yelped in pain, causing Ms. Keane to sweat drop at the two. Kaoru glared at him again and he ignored the glare.

"Well, I think that mopping the floor is enough punishment for the two of you," Ms. Keane said, sighing as she pushed the paperwork aside. "Besides, the only reason why you're being punished is because the two of you cause so much noise whenever everyone's sleeping and so, it bothers everything—including me."

"Gee, I wonder who's fault that is," Kaoru muttered, glaring at Takeshi even more as she frowned. Takeshi merely grinned at her and Kaoru felt like punching him right then and there because of that smug look on his face.

"Now, you two are dismissed; you may go," Ms. Keane said, going back to the paperwork before Kaoru and Takeshi left.

Kaoru closed the door behind her and then growled softly at Takeshi. "This is your damn fault, you know."

"Hey, it's not my fault when you look damn sexy when you sleep," Takeshi said, grinning.

"Perverted idiot," Kaoru growled.

"Why thank you."

"Idiot."

"Gay."

"Pervert."

"Lesbian."

"Lesbian is the same thing as being gay!"

"Gay is used as terms for guys; lesbian is a term used for women."

"They both mean the same thing when you call a girl gay! And I am not gay!"

"I don't see the point; can't I give you two insults that basically mean the same?"

Kaoru growled at him and then stomped off, muttering under her breath about how much an idiot Takeshi was.

Takeshi thought for a moment and chuckled. "Messing with her never gets old…" He sighed before walking after Kaoru back to their lodge.

Me: Oh yeah... One more thing: I will barely be online now -.-;;;

Kaoru: ...SO NO FANFICS? WOOOOOOTTT 8D

Me: NOOOOO.

Kaoru: -____- Crap; so close D:

Me: -.- I just won't be on the INTERNET; I'll still go on my computer. I just won't go on the internet ._.

I'll only go on the internet during the weekends, like on Friday and Saturday. Sunday is when I have to do most of my homework, so yeah =/. Reason why I won't be on is listed on my YouTube channel description ;P.

Kaoru: ...Does that mean less updating?

Me: It depends...on how many votes this fanfic has...

Kaoru: ...How many does it have?

Me: ...Last time I checked, it was tied with another one of my fanfics so I decided to work on this one instead of the other one X'D.

Kaoru: ...BOO, you should've done the other one =_=.

Me: o3o *ignores Kaoru* Well, anyway, in case you guys haven't noticed or read or heard, there's a poll on my FanFiction profile; please vote on which FanFic you guys think I should mainly update from now on.

I'll check every Sunday to see which FanFic has the most votes; the one with the most votes will be updated that week :).

I also have a new FanFic called: "Angels & Devils" out; it's already on the site. Only the prologue is up so please read it if you haven't already :).

Kaoru: ...Anything else you gotta say?

Me: ...Um...nope o3o!

Kaoru: ...Good; cause NOW I CAN KILL YOUUUU =______=. *holds up the cleaver above me*

Me: O______O EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPP DDDX! *starts running away*

Kaoru: GET BACK HERE, DAMN IT =___=! *is chasing me*

(P.S. - REVIEW PLEASE~ 8D.)