Episode Two: "School Yard Challenge"

Venus grabed her backpack and threw it over her shoulder,she quickly brushed her brown hair. She was had on her school uniform. On her left shoulder was the crest sign of the school,which was in the form of a large bird and read "Sora Academy". She quickly dashed outside to find Yumi who had been already waiting for her. "So there you are!" Yumi cried. "Sorry Yumi,lets go before were late" Venus said.

They ran down the sidewalk,towards the school,it was in walking distance of both of their homes. They spent many days dashing towards because Venus some how ended up always being late. As they entered the school yard many students were still outside. Yumi glanced down at her watch. They were early for a change. "So Venus,did you bring Flame?" Yumi asked. "Yes" Venus replied,pulling Flame out of her pocket.

Flame moved on Venus' shoulders to get a better view of the school. "Pretty big,huh?" Venus asked Flame. Flame nodded and gazed up at the school. Yumi and Venus both sat down on a bench and watched as some kids began to play volly ball. It had only been two weeks since school started and already both Venus and Yumi had made the volly ball team. "Hey Natsume,Hasagawa wanna play a quick game" a girl on their team called. "Sure Shira" Venus replied.

Venus sat down her bag and placed Flame down as well. Venus could never say no to a challenge. After a few minutes the bell rang and Venus grabed her bag and ran to class followed by Yumi. However,Venus did'nt notice that Flame was'nt with her. While Venus was playing volly ball,a young sixth grade girl sat down. She noticed Flame was alone so she picked her up and walked off.

Soon it was lunch time. "So Venus,did you show Satoshi yet?" Yumi asked. "Show him what?" Venus asked. "You know,Flame your one and only angel!" Yumi said. "Oh not yet"she said back. She pulled out her angel card. She put her hand in her pocket to try and pull Flame out,but she was'nt in either one. "Oh no,Flame's missing!" Venus cried. "Maybe she's still outside" Yumi suggested.

"Well were skiping class untill we find her!" Venus announced. "You mean we're skiping class again?"Yumi protested. "Yumi,whats more important,Flame or our education? Venus asked her. "Well, good point" Yumi said. "Okay,so lets go check outside"Venus said,runnig off towards the front exit. "Hold it"! they heard a voice. They turned around to see their math teacher Mrs. Ozaka who they had next period. "Where do you think you two are going?" she questioned. "You two skip class to much!" she yelled. "We're not skiping" Yumi cut in. "Were just on or way to the bathroom. Yumi pointed at the bathroom that was right near the exit.

"Well that better be all,class starts in five minutes!" Mrs.Ozaka said walking off. "Nice,one Yumi" Venus said as they both ran out front. "Hmm...." Venus said looking around. "Well I sat my bag down here,and then we played volly ball and then I came back and grabed my bag"Venus said. "So they must have taken her during our game,which could'nt have been more then five minutes" she said. "Are you two looking for one of those battle doll things?" a man asked. He looked like he had just walked out of the Matrix. He had a large overcoat on,sunglasses and was smoking. "Yes!"Venus Replied.

"Well this little kid took her" the man said. "She said somthing about being only a sixth grader with her own angel..or something like that." he said "A sixth grader?"Venus questioned. "There were only a few sixth graders out here" Yumi said. "Yeah only about three sixth grade girls" Venus said. They both went back into the school to look for the girls. The man wacthed as they both left. "So Venus did'nt even know it was me" the man said. "Well how could she,with that outfit on" a young women said taking a seat next to the man.

Venus and Yumi talked to two of the girls but came up empty handed. They finally reached the third sixth grade girl. "So your the one who kidnapped my Angel" venus cried hitting the girl on the head. "I did'nt know she belonged to you"the girl said. "But I dont have her any more" she said. "What?" "What did you do to her?" Venus demanded. "I traded her for Sano's pudding cup" she said holding up the pudding. "Well where can we find Sano?" Venus asked. "I think he went to the library" the girl said.

They were both gone before the girl could say another word. They dashed out of the lunch room and down the hall towards the library. "Wheres Sano?" Venus yelled as she walked in. The librarian's gaze darted over toward Venus and quickly made one of those" Be quite this a library" looks followed by a sush motion with her index finer over her lip. A young boy walked over towards them.

"I'm Sano" he told them. "Well Sano...Where is Flame?!" Venus asked. "Oh,that doll,I traded her" he replied. "Who did you trade her to?" Venus asked. "Satoshi Wanatabe" he replied. "What?" she thought to herself,Satoshi had Flame the entire time? "So where is he now" Venus demanded. "I think he's outside in gym class" said Sano. Venus quickly grabed Yumi by the hand and dashed out to the back of the school. They had already missed two classes.

They walked out on to the track and looked around for Satoshi,they found him placing his gym bag down. Venus darted over towards him. "Satoshi-kun!" Venus screamed. Satoshi looked around slowly. "Yes,Venus dear?" he replied back. "Don't you Yes,dear me,I know you've got Flame so hand her over!" she demanded Satoshi pulled Flame out of his gym back and handed her to Venus. "Oh,Flame your safe!" she cheered. Yumi had collapsed form all the running around. "So thats your angel,then?" Satoshi asked.

"Yes" Venus replied back. "How about an angelic fight?" he asked. "Sure"replied Venus. "Well we have to go to the front school yard to battle" Satoshi told her. "Alright then" she shot back. "They quickly walked towards the fornt of the school leaveing Yumi and the Track team behind them.

"Even though Satoshi's my boyfriend,I know I'm going to win,Flame won't let me down"Venus thought. They sat down at the Angelic Layer located at the fornt of the school yard and threw their angels into the layer. Yumi who was left behind,was to tired to walk,so she began to crawl towards the fight. "I know we won't loose" Venus thought to herself again. "But what if I do?" she thought.

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[Next,Venus continues her match with Satoshi and learns that there's a deadline on entering the Kanto Tournament. Next: Episdoe Three: Deadline]