A Glance Away by disilluzional88 "
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Chapter 2- "Spies"

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"Whoo hoo! I got a secret admirer. I got a secret admirer. La la la la la. Oof!!!" Tanpopo stopped singing when Tsuki and Koki "accidentally" whacked her on the head.
They started whistling and turned their heads away. "Hmm... are you guys ok? You've been acting strange lately ever since I got that note this morning." It was the passing period between her fifth and sixth classes. "Nothing's wrong, dimwit," said Tsuki with a fake smile. "OK!!! Hurry up and get to class, Kokil!" Tanpopo said as she walked to her next class. She tripped but then got back up with a big smile on her face.

Once out of earshot, Koki said, "I wonder who the guy is." Tsuki glared at him. Koki gave an innocent face. "What?! It's not like I'm jealous or anything!! The only things I love are my flowers!" he stated with a flustered expression. "YOU LIAR! It's soooo obvious that you're jealous! And don't deny it or I'll seriously split your head open with my fist!!" Tsuki gave him a double glare which is a very scary looking look, especially on Tsuki's face.

"ALL RIGHT!!!" Koki screamed but then glanced around to see some of his schoolmates looking at him. He said quietly, "Fine! I'm just a little bit jealous. You happy now you---." Kyo stopped and continued. "If you weren't so freakin' scary, I would've been able to tell you off!"

"I'll tell her off for you. You're a freaky lookin', threat giving, b!tch snob. How's that sound?" Aoi cut in. Tsuki gave him an evil look and kicked him where it hurt. Really hurt. "Dammit Tsuki! I was gasp just kidding. You gasp didn't have to hit me so hard. And down there." He left them, cursing on his way to class.

"SoOo... did you say something Koki?" Tsuki asked with a say-something-bad-or-you'll-regret-it look. "Uhhh... ahem... n-no. Of course not. Gotta get to class. Bye."

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Tanpopo daydreamed. She thought of her friends back in Hokaido and smiled. Then she thought of the note she had gotten earlier and her smile got even bigger.
'Hmm...' thought Tanpopo. 'I wonder who put it in my locker. It couldn't be Koki. Ack! Why am I thinking of him?! Shiesh.' She glanced over to Koki who was paying attention to the teacher. 'I wonder what he's thinking about right now..."

"Tanpopo and Ryusaki. Hikaru and---."

"YES?" Tanpopo asked when she heard her name. "What, teacher?!" The teacher looked at her and shook his head. "Weren't you even paying attention at all Miss Yamazaki? Oh, of course not. Well, I said that you and Ryusaki are partners for this assignment." She looked at him confused. "Assignment? What assignment?" He glared at her with an irritated look and said, "The assignment that I was just talking about!! Don't you ever listen!?!"

"I'll explain it to her. After all, I am her partner, unfortunately." Tanpopo gazed over at Ryusaki and asked, "What's that supposed to mean? Does that mean you don't like me?" He just ignored her and listened to the teacher who had just finished pairing them up.

"Ok, students, go meet up with your partners right now and work with them." Everyone started moving in with their partners and Tanpopo saw that Koki and Tsuki were paired up. 'Poor guy,' Tanpopo thought laughing inside. But she made a frown after remembering the harsh Ryusaki. He was cute and sort of popular and did have a small group of fans-- of course all girls. Ryusaki was smart and aced every test so far this year.

"Ok, for me to work with you, you have to follow my rules and listen to what ever I say. Got it?" Ryusaki said as he sat down next to her. Tanpopo just grinned at the jerk. "Ugh, why'd he have to pair me up with the dumbest person in class? Oh well. At least you're cute." She blushed and looked at him funny. "So, since we're gonna have to work together, I'm thinking that we should get to know each other better. Do you like amusement parks, Yamazaki?" She nodded. "Ok. So we'll go tomorrow and I'll pick you up around one. We'll discuss our assignment while having fun. How's that sound? Uh, Tanpopo?"

Tanpopo was staring at him as if he were a god. She was so happy. "REALLY?! YAY! I'm gonna go to the amusement park. I wanna ride the ferris wheel, the merry-
go-round, the bump---." Ryusaki interrupted and said, "Ok, ok. Maybe if you're actually having fun, you'll use your brain. Well, see ya tomorrow!" He said as the bell rung.

'Hmm... maybe he is nice after all... but who cares? I'm going to the amusement park!' she thought as she met up with Koki, Aoi, and of course, the one and only Tsuki.

"What are you so happy about ditz?" Tsuki asked curiously. Tanpopo answered excitedly, "I'm gonna go to the amusement park with Ryusaki! We're going to talk about the assignment!" Koki looked at her curiously. He couldn't help having a feeling of hmm.. jealousy? Pointing to Tsuki, she said, "I feel so sorry for you Koki. You have her as your partner. Good luck!" Tanpopo got socked in the face and Tsuki angrily stomped away. 'Owwiiee!' thought Tanpopo as she rubbed her face.

"Uhh... see ya guys. I'm.. err.. gonna check if Tsuki's ok, ok? Later." Aoi ran to catch up to her. "Aww, how nice. Haha, you'd think he likes her," Tanpopo giggled. Koki slapped his forehead and said, "No. Ya think?" Tanpopo looked confused.

"Are you saying that... Tsuki... uhh.. Aoi likes... are you sayin...."

"YES! I AM saying that he likes her alrite? Why? Is it wrong for him to like her?" Koki asked wondering if she liked Aoi or something.

"I mean... it's Tsuki. Tsuki's like..." Tanpopo faced the other way and turned back to Koki, He yelped and backed away. Her face had death written all over it and she really did look like she was ready to kill someone. She fixed her face and said, "Exactly."

Changing the subject, Koki asked, "SoOo... you're gonna go the amusement park with Ryusaki? Is it like a date?"

Tanpopo blushed and said, "No no no! It's not like that! I mean, of course he didn't mean it that way..." she looked at him. "Did he?"

'He better not,' he thought. "Um, I don't know Tanpopo. In class, sometimes I catch him sneaking glance towards where you sit. So I really don't know."

"How do you know he's been looking at me?" Tanpopo asked getting curious.

"Uhh... oh look at the time!" Koki said looking at his watch. "I gotta go. Bye!"

'Stop it Tanpopo! Stop thinking that somehow Koki looks at you in class all the time. Stop it!' she thought. She couldn't explain the feeling she got whenever Koki was around. The feeling wouldn't come out because it was tucked safely and deeply into her heart.

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The next day...

YAWN Tanpopo grumpily sat up and rubbed her eyes. She tried getting out of her bed but the blankets got all tangled up so she ended up tripping and falling. Her fox Poplar lay on its back laughing silently. When she finally got up, she started getting ready for the amusement park.

"Whaddya think Poplar? Should I wear this today?" Tanpopo twirled around in a light blue summer dress that had daisies on it. The fox 'yipped' which meant 'yes.'

"Okay. Now I just wait." She looked at the clock and saw that it was 12:45. 'Yay! Almost time to go!' A minute later, she heard the doorbell ring. She opened the door and saw Ryusaki standing there in a red T-shirt and slacks. 'Wow! He looks so... uh... hot!' she thought.

"You're early!" She said with a smile.

"Yup. Now let's go." He looked at her and grinned. "You look really cute, Tanpopo. C'mon!' After she locked her door, she followed him out to his car blushing.

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There was a lot of people at the amusement park but no doubt about it, Tanpopo was the most excited one there. She couldn't help it.

'I haven't been to one in ages,' Tanpopo thought. She glanced over at Ryusaki who seemed tired already. Feeling guilty about earlier, when she had forced him to go on a fast looping ride, she said, "Ok, Ryusaki. Where do you wanna go?"

He smiled and said, "Finally." Pointing over to the 'Tunnel of Love' attraction, Tanpopo deeply blushed. Ryusaki grabbed her hand and led her there. "C'mon. I'm tired.
This would be a great thing to do after all that swirling and twisting and upside down stuff. Haha. I nearly puked."

"Uh, ok. Sure." Tanpopo gave him a big smile as she stepped onto the swan boat but she couldn't shrug off the feeling that someone was watching her.

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"Ouch! Can't you keep still?!" Koki said as Aoi stepped on his foot. Tsuki replied, "Can't you stop whining? Look, there she is. Ryusaki just put his arm around her shoulders and they're going into the tunnel! Let's get the next one! Hurry!" They crawled out from their hiding place, which was a huge bush, and they all walked casually, too casually, over to the boat ride and got in. They had decided to just "check out" the park and to see if any of the ride were good but ended up following Tanpopo. All three of them had put on sunglasses for disguise and wore weird lookin' hats.

"Should we spying on her like this?" Aoi asked. "I mean, wouldn't it be better just to jump Ryusaki and take Tanpopo away?" Tsuki and Koki looked at him and thought,
'Yep. There goes his crazy mind again.' Focusing back to the boat in front of them. Ryusaki and Tanpopo were talking and laughing.

'I wonder what they're talking about...' thought Koki who was indeed mad about the fact that her "assignment partner" had his arm around her. 'I can't believe she's not pushing him away.' He couldn't help feeling this way. He was angry that he wasn't the one beside her and laughing with her and gazing into her eyes. He didn't just like her, he loved her. But he didn't know when or if he would ever tell her. "DAMN, I'M SO STUPID!" Koki quickly covered his mouth and ducked. So did Aoi and Tsuki.

"Moron! Are you trying to get us caught!?" Tsuki spat at him. Koki shook his head and muttered a sorry. The three peeked at the boat in front of them.

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'That sounded like Koki...' Tanpopo thought as she looked back. 'Hmm...' She couldn't see anyone in the boat. 'Oh well. Why would they be here anyway?'

"So, that's the assignment Mr. Raccoon-Face gave us ok?" Ryusaki finished. Tanpopo laughed but she still felt weird because of his arm around her shoulder. She couldn't just shrug him away. "Ok." she replied.

"Since I always like starting early and being ahead, I was thinking that we should start right away, ya know? SoOo, I was wondering I could go over to your house tomorrow to get started. How's that sound?"

"That'd be great! I know I'm not the smartest so I really do want to get a good grade on this. Yeah, tomorrow would be fine." Tanpopo said excitedly. She knew she could count on him to get a high score. Afterall, he was super smart.

They laughed and talked until the boat ride ended. When they got off, Ryusaki took her hand (of course Tanpopo got embarrassed again) and they strolled over to the cotton candy stand.

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Koki was ready to burst. He felt like knocking out Ryusaki and taking Tanpopo into his arms. As he was preoccupied with thoughts of murdering Ryusaki and holding Tanpopo, Aoi was sweet talking Tsuki,

"Since we're both alike, you know, both crazy, I was wondering if you'd like to go on a real date sometime. Sometime like the Halloween Dance?" Tsuki looked really surprised.

"You're asking me?" Aoi nodded. "The crazy, self-centered, bratty, snobby, Tsuki me?" Tsuki asked tearing up. Again Aoi nodded, but didn't like where this was heading. Tsuki started sobbing out the words, "I didn't actually think anyone liked me!! sob I kept thinking that there was something wrong with me, like I didn't have enough money, that my father didn't own enough companies, and that I wasn't pretty enough. sob"

"Will you just stop crying?" He kissed her and Tsuki's eyes widened in surprise. SLAP!!! Aoi rubbed his face and asked, "Damn, what was that for?"

"Just because I'm gonna go with you to the dance, doesn't mean that you could go on and kiss me whenever you want! That was my first kiss!!!" Tsuki "pretended" to be mad at him. Inside, there were fireworks. She was so happy.

Koki snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the blushing Tsuki and the whistling Aoi. 'Hmm... did I miss anything?' he thought but brushed that aside. All he could do is think of Tanpopo.

They got off and looked for Tanpopo and Ryusaki. "Dammit! We lost them!" Koki said pissed off that he got so carried away in his thoughts.

"Lost them who?"

Koki turned around to see Ryusaki and Tanpopo.

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the end... until the next chapter so please review!!! i want some input and feedback!!! pleeeaassseee?!?!?! thanks. !! and oh yeah... ryusaki is just a made up character! he's not really in the original manga..