Finally my exams are over! And my computer got back its voice _ I'm so happy!!!

Anyway, sorry if this chapter took too long.

And let me introduce my newest betta-reader, Lys!!!!!!!! _ Thank you, Lys- san for helping me betta the whole story!!!!!!!!

Okay, enough of my talking. Let's go on to the story then! A little warning on the content of this chapter...it's rather perverted and personal... ^^;; You guys will find out soon.

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Mars Versus Venus

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By: XiaoBai

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Chapter 5: Red Spots.

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For one whole night, the poor boys troubled over what appropriate pranks to use on the girls. Many of the pranks they thought up were too light on the girls while the others were not easy to act out. Yamazaki's suggestion of shaving the girls' hair off was initially taken into consideration, but crossed out when Eriol remembered that Sakura was a magical girl and possessed the Shield Card, which can be used as a protection around the girls' homes.

It was only until almost 1:00 a.m. in the morning(when all the tired boys had gone home and Syaoran was preparing to sleep) then did Syaoran thought of a wonderful prank.

It came to the Chinese boy when his dearest, elder sister called him suddenly at 12 something in the morning, just when he was about of fall asleep on his bed after a whole night of thinking.

Syaoran was one angry and irritated little wolf.

"Yes?" Syaoran growled at the phone.

His sister's cheerful voice greeted him, oblivious to Syaoran's hostility.

" Oh, Xiao Di (1), you are still awake!" Fenren squealed. Syaoran was about to snap back when his sister continued, "I was afraid you had fallen asleep already! I really need someone to talk to!"

Syaoran stared blankly at the phone.

" Someone to talk to? Talk about what?"

At this, Fenren's voice became quiet, as if she was shy.

" Ah . . . you see, I got a lot of problems and no one is willing to listen to me . . . and I got so depressed and--"

" Sis." Syaoran interrupted.

" Yes?"

" Is it your...err...time of the month?" Syaoran asked slowly, blushing a little.

Fenren squealed, " Oh! How can you know about such things? It's very embarrassing, you know!"

Syaoran sighed, " So you called me in the middle of the night just to talk to me about a GIRL thing?!"

" Well, yes."

Syaoran was about to snap back once again when a thought struck him. He stared blankly into the air, processed the information that had popped up in his head and slowly grinned.

" Sis, I got to go now," Syaoran said, sounding rather happy.

Fenren, however, was pissed, " What?!"

Syaoran continued, " You just gave me a GREAT idea. Thank you, sis! I really need to go now. Talk to you soon."

With that, he hung up on an astonished Fenren.

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" WHAT?!" Everyone in Syaoran's living room chorused.

Syaoran blinked, " You guys don't understand me?"

" No," Hiroshi said, looking a little uncomfortable, " This is a very embarrassing subject."

The rest of the boys nodded in agreement. Yamazaki added, " The girls may feel very offended...after all, this prank is...personal..."

Syaoran raised an eyebrow, " Well, we will cancel it if there are better pranks."

None of the boys said anything. Syaoran shrugged, " Nope? No pranks? Well, we shall use this then."

Eriol, who had been thinking for a long time about this prank, nodded and said, " Actually, come to think of it, I feel that the girls deserved it...at the most they can just declare an all out war against us..."

Slowly, the boys began to warm up to this prank and began working on it.

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" Okay, first we need to make sure it looks real." Syaoran said. The other boys nodded.

"Look real...hmm...that means red paint is definitely out." Someone said.

Eriol nodded, " How about tomato sauce?"

Syaoran raised an eyebrow, " Uh...nope...they are bound to notice it."

" Well, actually the first thing we have to consider is how to make sure the girls won't notice the red stuff on the chair." Yamazaki stated.

Syaoran smirked slightly and said, " That had been taken care of. Right now we have to make sure that the red stuff looks REAL."

" Ah...but won't the girls be suspicious if all of them have red stuff on their skirts at the same time?" Hiroshi asked.

Eriol shrugged, " It's meant to be a prank, after all. Our objective is to get them freaked out first, then worried over how they are going to walk around in this state."

" But the skirt is black..." Someone muttered.

Syaoran shook his head, " We are changing into winter clothing from tomorrow onwards. The skirt will be white."

" This is so embarrassing..." Yamazaki groaned. Eriol laughed and punched his shoulder playfully, " Yamazaki is shy!"

" I'm not!" Yamazaki protested, " Let's just finish this. So what stuff are we going to use?"

" I am thinking of red poster color paint mixed with a little water. It will be dark enough and sticky enough. Maybe water color paint might work too..." A guy named Sousuke said.

Syaoran nodded, " That sounds good, Sousuke. Let's try that out then..."

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It was around midnight already but there were two figures lurking around in the school compound. Both were wearing dark clothing as if trying to camouflage themselves into the dark surrounding.

Of course, they were Syaoran and Eriol.

" Pssst. Syaoran!" Eriol whispered.

Syaoran hissed quietly, " What?"

" Are you sure Sakura won't notice it?" Eriol asked quietly.

Syaoran nodded, " I can guarantee that. But it will be only for an hour. After that, I can only divert her attention from my main purpose."

Eriol smirked, " An hour is enough for our prank to work. I will help in the diversion."

Syaoran nodded again and moved to the door of their classroom. He took out a small pin and slid it into the keyhole. After a few seconds of fiddling, the door gave a 'click!' and opened.

Quietly, the two of them moved into the classroom and located all the girls' seats.

Smirking widely, they placed a piece of red tape-like thing on each of the seats. Nodding slightly, Syaoran stood in front of the class, took out his sword and a green fuda, closed his eyes and began chanting a spell in Chinese.

When he finished the spell, a green draft of wind swept around the class and back into Syaoran. He breathed out and opened his eyes.

" Done. The spell will activate right before the girls sat down. Sakura won't be able to find out because I had added a hidden sealing charm. Even the strongest magician can't detect an ambush charm." Syaoran said. Eriol nodded and looked at the class again.

" Can't wait for tomorrow." He said, smirking slightly.

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The next day, the boys tried to look natural when they went into the class. Some of the girls had already arrived and had smirked at the boys, still feeling smug about their most recent prank.

Syaoran had a small smirk on his lips when he noticed that his spell had been activated and the girls had not noticed anything, not even Sakura.

'Good,' Syaoran thought, ' by the end of this hour, it will be too late for Sakura to know.'

As the bell went off, it also symbolizes the end of that one-hour. Immediately Sakura's eyes widened when she felt Syaoran's aura all around the class. Frowning, she tried to find out what Syaoran was doing but realized that she was intercepted by Eriol's aura. After trying again, Sakura realized that it was futile. Determined to try again in half an hour's time, Sakura recalled back her aura sensors.

And Syaoran can't help but smirked wider.

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9.51 a.m.

9.52 a.m.

9.53 a.m.

9.54 a.m.

9.55 a.m., and...

RINGGG!!!!!!!

The bell went for break. Immediately, everyone stood and the boys' eyes shot over to the girls' white skirts.

'Yes!' Syaoran thought in triumph.

There was a rather significant red patch on the back of the white school skirt.

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It took the girls about 10 minutes after the bell rang for break to realize that their skirt wasn't really white.

They rushed to the toilet immediately with scarlet faces. After they were gone, the boys, who had been trying to keep a straight face, burst out in laughter.

" We did it!" Yamazaki laughed. Syaoran nodded and continued laughing.

For the rest of the day, the girls did not return from the toilet. The male science teacher ended up getting another female teacher to check the girls. He came back looking a little embarrassed, and told the boys that the girls were currently 'not able to move around because of some *ahem* unknown reasons'.

That night, Syaoran contacted the boy's ally Touya and asked him about the results.

Touya smirked, " Did you use permanent paint?"

Syaoran grinned back, " How did you know?"

" Sakura can't seem to be able to wash the thing off." Touya explained.

" But can't she use Erase Card?" Syaoran asked curiously.

Touya's smirk became wider, " That stuff toy said that Erase will erase the color as well as that part of the skirt. He said that the 'Stupid Clow' used it once for his own clothes to erase some paint that had splashed onto the clothes. The card ended up making holes in Clow's favorite robe. The Erase Card was punished by having her costume changed into a jester costume."

Syaoran laughed, " That's funny! Wonder if Eriol remembers it though...I can use that against him. Oh, wait, is that stuff toy--"

" Yep, he's with us." Touya said. " I have to bribe him with lots of food but he will be a valuable ally."

" What about Yue?" Syaoran asked.

" Uh...I am afraid that he's too loyal...But I can try." Touya said thoughtfully.

Syaoran grinned and shook Touya's hand, " Thanks. I'm Looking forward to working with you more."

Touya smirked, " Same here."

Yet unknown to the boys, this very prank was leading to a more terrible battle...a battle between the girls in the school and the boys in the school...

A full-blown skirmish was about to happen...

Who will win?

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Ah well, done it, although it is rather short ;)

Yep, the girls are pissed. The boys are also pissed. So what will it lead to? A full-blown prank war, of course!

(1) Xiao Di: Little brother in Chinese.

Hope you guys like this chapter. ^_^ If anyone is offended, then please accept my apologies. I am also a female though... And please don't comment about the skirt colors. I just create my own, okay?

Is it me or are the boys pulling their pranks off too easily? -_-

Now here's a question, should I make the battle a draw? Or should either the female or the male win? Please tell me your answer when you review! (Although I might not follow the majority...because so far, it seems like I am letting the guys win! _)

Another thing, for those who read my other story Legend of the Rings, please tell me if I should take the whole thing down and rewrite it...I find it REALLY horrible...

Up next: The Girls Strikes Back. The Boys are not giving up though. Who the hell WILL win?! Note: Next chapter is NOT the last chapter ;)

Anyone interested for Chapter 6?

Please Review then!!!!!!