Disclaimer: Refer back to chapter one.

Authors Note: Before you read ahead I caution you, Ren, Tamao, and Anna are OUT OF CHARACTER. Please do not drink anything while reading this, you don't want the computer screen to get dirty -laughs-

Cute Stalker

Chapter 2

By: Mystery Case

"We're back!" Tamao came out of her reverie from the sound of Manta's voice, they were out shopping for the day. Well Manta and Yoh was.

Anna was outside in the backyard viewing the scenery, she was also preparing Yoh and Manta's schedule for the day.

The quiet girl jumped off her bed and ran to the entrance. She paused for a moment once she saw Yoh, it was still a bit awkward between them, but then she smiled and greeted them.

'Act normal, act normal,' Tamao kept chanting in her head.

Anna came in and greeted them with, "Manta put the stuff in the fridge, sweep, then mop. Yoh what are you doing slacking off again? Go do a few hundred crunches. Tamao-san could you make dinner?"

Yoh and Manta ran off to do what they had to do. Tamao responded with an "Un, but before that could I talk with you Anna-sama?" Anna agreed and they went into the kitchen.

"So what do you want to talk about?" Tamao kept staring at her fingers, not sure what she should be saying. "Um…. Anna-sama….. I .. uh… well… I …"

Anna interrupted, "You confessed to Yoh?" Tamao stopped her fidgeting. "Y-yes, I'm sorry Anna-sama I know he's your fiancée and all b- but.."

Anna interupted her again, "Tamao it's okay. I know how you feel." The girl with the red bandana stood up and started walking to the door.

"Tamao you better be quick about dinner, Ren is coming over." She winked. (Whhaaaat!!?? Anna winked!? That's insane!!)

Tamao blushed hard and started cooking like a maniac. 'Anna-sama knows? Am I that transparent?'

Tamao lowered the heat for the miso soup and went up to her room. She opened a long black case, at the front of the case there were the words "Asakura Shaman Instruments."

Over the year she learned how to use the flute. She was great at it.

Other then using the flute for hurting her enemies and getting a perfect score in music class, she used it to calm her soul. Of course she's still using divination, she wouldn't be Tamao without her predictions.

She started playing her sleek silver flute. It was still in perfect condition after a year.

Whenever she played she always had a glow. Bright and beautiful. The song she was playing was called "Sakura" (This is an actual Japanese song.)

There were many long slurs in the song, but she conquered them with ease. She stopped when she heard clapping. She turned into a bright red beet when she saw that the owner of the sound was Ren Tao.

She quickly took the flute apart and put placed it back into the jet-black case. "You didn't have to stop because of me." He didn't walk in since it was a girls room.

"I'm sorry to interrupt but I heard the most wonderful sound and wanted to know where it came from. This is the first time I heard you play."

Tamao was shocked. She couldn't believe that he would say such sweet words. She always thought that he wasn't the kind of guy who would keep all his feelings to himself.

"O-oh I'm not that good." Ren eyed her, "no, you are. By the way, what's going to happen to the food if you leave it by itself for so long?"

"OH MY GOSH!! I forgot! Oh no, I hope everything isn't ruined." She ran to the kitchen as fast as she could. Ren Tao followed her to the kitchen since he had nothing else to do.

"Tamao, why have you been following me?" Tamao was so pre-occupied with the food that she didn't realize what she was about to say, "Because I like you."

Once she did she stopped everything. Her heart was racing. 'What did I just say…?' Tamao kept looking at her hands trying to grasp the situation. Ren just stared at her pink fluffy hair, wide eyed.

Then suddenly Tamao started dancing around doing twirls and back flips, like a paper doll. "What did I just say?.. it was a joke.. a joke! Ahahaha…."

She started moving, at first, slowly toward the kitchen door, then she started running like her life depended on it while laughing her head off.

Ren was left standing alone in the kitchen, dumbfounded and confused. A little while later it hit him like a ton of bricks, "Because I like you, she said.."

His face was about to burst, he couldn't believe it. 'I have to tell her how I feel also." Was what he had decided while running to where Tamao was.

He caught up to her just before a car was about to hit her. 'That was close.' He held her close worried she would slip away, both of them panting, tired from the chase they had. They realized that they were in a very awkward position.

Tamao on the ground, Ren on top. They stood up immediately, embarrassed. Bason popped up from no where and started making kissing noises.

Ren got irritated and slapped him away. 'Master I was just trying to help you." Bason floated away crying, leaving the two love birds alone.

Tamao started frantically "Um.. what I said before, I.. I …. I…" She didn't know what to say. 'Ren might feel awkward if he doesn't like me back, so I'll just tell him that she liked him as a friend, but… I can't say it….'

Ren took Tamao's hand and held it tightly. "Tamao, I like you too."

She looked up and started getting teary eyed. "Really?.. really really?" Ren smiled like he was watching the cutest thing in the world, "Really."

They looked into each other's eyes, moving in close. "…YAY! MASTER LOOK I WON A PRIZE!!!"

Ren used his spear to split Bason into a million pieces. "MORON! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"

Bason cried once again, "But master, look I won a teddy bear." Tamao started laughing, then Ren started laughing, Bason was still crying.

Author's Note: I was a bit hyper when I wrote this. So.. yea….um.. yea.. This is the last chapter. YAY, this is the first fic I ACTUALLY finished. It's a bit lame… but, oh well. Maybe I'll write a better fic next time, if I feel like it MUAHAHAHAHAHHAHA… I don't know why I'm laughing like that .. oh well.. REVIEW!!!! C ya..