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Anyway, here is the next update for Mars Versus Venues! We shall reveal to you what prank the boys come up, what the girls think about it and hints of the last battle...

Enjoy!

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Ka-sploosh!

The sixteen boys in the class smirked as a chorus of screams followed up.

Oh, this was so gonna be fun.

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Mars Versus Venus By: XiaoBai

Chapter 3: Blue and Red

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The gigantic bucket clunked away as the girls tried frantically and futilely to pat out the bluish water that had been splashed onto them just seconds ago.

Eriol noted smugly to himself that his charm on the bucket had worked successfully (none of the liquid in the bucket is wasted on the floor) and that Sakura had yet detected it. Quickly, he concentrated on the bucket and slowly whisked it to Syaoran's house.

As the bucket faded out, Sakura's head snapped up and looked around suspiciously before her eyes fell onto Eriol, who was trying to look as innocent as possible. This, Syaoran noted, was totally impossible due to the noticeable smirk on the magician's lips. Just when Sakura was about to comment on something, the teacher's voice was heard.

" Why are all the girls doing here? Come on, the bell has rung, go to your seats."

Immediately, the girls turned their attention to the teacher and started complaining. The teacher looked up at and stared at the nonchalant-looking boys and said, " Boys? Do you have anything to do with the girls' accident?"

As they had earlier planned, the boys insisted that they have been in their seats the whole time and had no idea what the hell had happened and also, they were as shocked as the girls. The teacher, seeing no proof to the girls report, told the girls to dry themselves up and to be more careful next time.

A smile crept up onto Syaoran's lips as he mused.

'Ah yes. Formula B is definitely working...'

==

It was only half an hour later then did the boys get to see the result of their works.

The girls had not came back until the lesson ends. When the teacher came back with the girls, it is apparent why the girls had stayed in the toilet for the whole lesson-and probably the whole schooling hours if they are allowed.

Their uniforms were dyed totally blue-no, wait, THEY are dyed totally blue. Formula B is actually a saturated solution of the dyeing liquid-the only difference from the real solution is that Formula B takes effect much faster, a courtesy of Syaoran's magic. Besides that, not only does Formula B dye clothes, it also dyes the skin and hair.

Therefore, the girls ended up looking like they were...well, blue.

" Now that I have seen this," Eriol commented softly to Yamazaki, who was seated to his top-left, " this has the same effect as pouring blue paint all over the girls..."

Yamazaki smiled knowingly and said, " Ah, but that is different. The paint is quick to get rid off if they have thinner--"

" And Sakura's magic..." Syaoran muttered to himself. Luckily, Yamazaki didn't hear that comment and continued, " Formula B is designed and planned out by Kazaki, the Chemist, Kumagai, the Planner and Eriol, the Genius ('and the Magician...' Syaoran muttered). They had made sure that this effect lasted for a week before it can be washed away."

" Therefore," the dark haired boy known as Kumagai pushed his chair nearer to Eriol's table and smirked, " The girls will have to suffer with us for a week, since the school tailor comes next week."

" Better start thinking up the next revenge prank. The girls look like they can kill, guys." Eriol added grimly.

True to his words, when the other boys turned and stared at the girls, they were met with fierce glares and fingers twitching to be around their necks.

Syaoran shuddered as Tomoyo eyed him like a predator surveying her own prey.

' Looks like we are up for DEEP trouble...'

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For the whole Mathematics period, followed by the other lessons, the guys had been assaulted so fiercely by the girls' unwavering glares that Syaoran was wondering how they could still pay attention to class. Tomoyo had just gone up to the board, completed the equation and had returned to her seat while glaring fiercely at Eriol. Eriol had performed a miracle by giving a small 'Eeep!' of fear. When Syaoran heard Eriol's yep, he began to feel uneasy.

If the Almighty Hiragizawa Eriol couldn't stand against Tomoyo's glare, how the heck are the boys going to survive for the rest of the day?

A sudden cold breeze sent a shiver down Syaoran's spine and the breeze reeked of Sakura's aura. A minute later, Syaoran noticed a sentence appearing on his book.

' You are so DEAD, Li Syaoran.'

For some reason, Syaoran felt frightened.

Very, VERY frightened.

==

For the remaining week, the girls and the boys were at the ends of each other's tongues. The girls would remark something about the boys and the boys will retaliate with the same thing. Even the teachers and the students of the other classes noticed the hostility between the girls and the boys of Class 3-02.

Both sexes had been meeting separately everyday at each of their own fortress (The boys at Syaoran's house because there wasn't any females in his house; the girls at Tomoyo's house because there wasn't any males in her house.) to scheme, plan and brainstorm on the next action to take.

Eriol and Syaoran had gone secretly to meet Touya at the park and they were please to note that Formula B did not disappoint them. Sakura was still very blue and from the way Touya had laughed his head off when he describe Sakura's reaction, it seemed that their prank had hit home.

" She came home looking so blue and had this very funny expression on her face. And then that stuff toy came down and was like asking Sakura 'Hey, why had you gone blue, Sakura? A new kind of fashion or have you decide that you don't like your skin color? Well, you should dye them gold, just like my fur.' And you know what?" Touya leaned back and laughed helplessly, " Sakura growled and smacked that stuff toy's face *twice*! You should see the way that stuff toy looked! He was totally FLATTENED! I never knew that kaiju had THAT kind of strength! It was totally hilarious!"

The boys were meeting together to plan out a counter plan just incase the girls attack them anytime soon. But Kumagai, the unofficial planner of the boys, reasoned that they can't plan out their prank now as they were unsure of how much damage the girls' prank will bring.

" Therefore," Kumagai concluded, lifting a finger to emphasize his point, " We have to wait."

And so the boys waited for the girls to make their move.

Yet, unknown to the boys who assumed that the girls wouldn't take action anytime soon, the girls had already planned their next revenge perfectly. And from the looks of this, the boys had to be really careful.

Really, REALLY careful. (Notice a cycle here?)

== A week had gone and the boys and girls of the class 3-02 finally got their new uniforms. The tailor was very shocked and surprised that the whole class had turned up to *welcome* him when he arrived. The boys felt relieved to wear clothes that fit and the girls were glad to get rid of those blue uniforms as they were beginning to smell like...dirty soap water and clothes which were washed with the uniforms were dyed hideously with blue. The girls were still a little blue though and the boys had a fun time teasing and mocking them.

Wait till they knew what was coming for them.

The class was silent as the students wrote steadily on their examination papers.

It was their midterm exams.

Syaoran was determined to do well because of the unspoken threat stated by his mother. He had done terribly terrible for his previous few tests and his mother was nowhere near elated. In fact, she was...neutral. But that was her way to look intimidating.

Syaoran took a deep breath and went to the next question, reading the question clearly and rapidly and then set to work.

He did not notice the gleams of mischief and glee in the girls' eyes.

==

It was a bright morning. The weather was fine; there weren't too many clouds. The air was fresh. Everything about the weather was perfect. It was the day the students of the class 3-02 get their report cards and know how they performed in their midterm exams.

Yet as we all know, everything *bad* would *always* happen on a perfectly fine morning.

That was what came into Syaoran's mind when he stared at his report card, the very card that hold numbers which would determine his fate when he had to pass it to his mother.

Instead of the usual nice blue two-digit numbers in which the first digit will always be either 7,8,9 or even 10, the figures on the Card Which Holds Syaoran's Fate were all red.

That kind of red ink the teachers used to write numbers for subjects in which the pupil had failed.

Yep.

Li Syaoran had failed his tests.

As Syaoran held the damned card with his trembling hands, his eye began to twitch and his mouth quivered.

"N...No...Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Syaoran screamed in horror.

And the rest of the boys in the class followed suit as they stared at their own report cards.

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^^ A very short chapter, but there you have it. Two pranks in one chapter!

Up next, the boys are determined to make the girls pay. They have to stay back for the summer holidays to retake their exams!

So...what are the boys going to do? Stay tuned to find out!