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Chapter 6
Anna was on her way to her locker. She went to school early that day so she could study. She was looking for one of her books in her locker when…
"Hey there!"
Anna turned around and saw Yoh standing in front of her.
"What do you want?" Anna said.
"Oh, nothing. I noticed that you seemed busy looking for something" Yoh replied.
"Yeah so quit bothering me" Anna said then returning to look for book she needed.
"Is it this one?" Yoh asked holding up a book.
Anna spun and saw that Yoh was holding her book.
"How did you get that?"
"Easy. I got here earlier than you."
"You don't know my locker combination!"
"I made a guess."
"Give it back."
"Why should I?"
"Because it's my book."
"I don't care if it's yours. Maybe I'll throw it away."
"Give it back!"
"Come and get it!" With that, Yoh ran off.
Anna followed and ran after him. So they went round and round Tokyo U. Seemingly enough, Anna was slowly catching up to Yoh. By the time she finally caught up, Yoh was losing strength. He was busy thinking of other things that he didn't notice Anna jump from behind. She tackled him and landed on top of him.
"Got it!" Anna said in a triumphant voice.
"Get off me!"
Anna looked down and saw that she was sitting on top of Yoh and he was trying to get her off.
Anna felt her cheeks flush.
"Serves you right. You wasted so much of my study time."
"I'm the one who's hurt here."
"Hey, Yoh! What are you doing there?" a far away voice asked.
Yoh and Anna turned and saw Manta, Ren and Horo Horo running up to them.
"So buddy. This is why you went to school early?"
"It's not what you think!" Anna said getting off Yoh and walking away.
"What did you do this time?" Ren asked Yoh.
"I hacked her locker and got the book she needed."
"Then?"
"I made her chase me around the campus so she could get her book back."
The three just stared blankly at him.
"What?"
"I can't believe you did that." Manta finally said.
"Yeah." Horo Horo nodded.
"Making a girl run around campus for her book. You should say sorry." Ren said.
Yoh sighed.
"Why? It was a joke."
"A bad one." Ren said.
"You know, if you like her, you should be nice to her." Manta said.
"How do I do that?"
"Start by saying sorry." Horo Horo said.
"Do I really have to?"
"Yes." Ren said.
"What do I say?"
"I don't know. I'm sorry for having you chase me around the campus maybe." Horo Horo said sarcastically.
"You should figure that out on your own." Ren said.
"I don't know how to say sorry!" Yoh said.
"There's a first time for everything they say." Manta said.
"I never say sorry!" Yoh said.
"That's not an excuse." Ren said.
"I might make her even angrier."
"Well, you did it. You like her anyways." Horo Horo said.
"Yeah. Love will find a way as they say." Manta piped up.
"Whatever, Manta."
"So, you're going to say sorry to her?" Ren asked excitedly.
"Do I have a choice in the matter?" Yoh sighed. He continued. "If I don't, you three won't stop until I say I'll do it."
"Yes! Gentlemen, today we are going to witness Yoh Asakura apologize to someone for the first time in his entire life" Horo Horo said gleefully.
Manta was grinning widely.
Ren was laughing.
"No need to spread the news." Yoh said.
"Oh yes we do." Horo Horo said evilly.
"Manta, do you have a video cam?" Ren asked
"No but I have my cell phone" Manta said in a chirpy tone.
"Brilliant." Ren replied happily.
"Do I really have to do this?" Yoh asked for the 100th time.
"For the last time, Yoh, yes, you do." Ren said.
"Why?"
"Because you made her run around the campus and waste her time." Horo Horo said.
"We've made other students do worse things."
"But you like this girl." Manta said.
"So?"
"What do you mean so!" Ren said angrily.
"So why do I have to apologize to her?"
The three just sighed in exasperation.
"Because if you say sorry she might hate you less perhaps." Ren said.
"Really?"
"Why do you think we're pushing you to do this?" Manta asked.
"I don't know."
"Come on, Yoh! This is for your own good. We wouldn't push you to do this for the sheer fun of it. No, maybe we would." Horo Horo said.
"Yeah!" Manta nodded his head in agreement
"Fine. I'll do it but I'd really appreciate it if you bastards wouldn't put it on video"
"Nope. This is a moment that calls for video." Horo Horo said.
"And besides this is a first for you." Manta said.
"Let's go look for Anna." Ren said.
"Wait just a minute. You mean you want me to do it now?" Yoh said
"Yeah. When did you expect?" Ren was looking at Yoh expectantly.
"Later."
"No. We'll look for Anna now."
"But classes are about to start."
"You're always late anyways. And since when have you cared?"
"Maybe I'll go to class early today."
"Quit making excuses, Yoh."
"Yeah. The sooner you get it over with the better." Manta said.
"And the sooner we get it on video too." Horo Horo added.
Then suddenly, the bell rang.
"Damn. Looks like this will have to wait. You're lucky that I have to get to class on time Yoh." Ren said.
"Come on." Manta said.
"Okay. It's 4 pm. Where do you think Anna would be?" Ren asked that afternoon.
"Hmm… I don't know" Yoh said.
"I heard she's a working student." Manta said.
"She could be at the bakeshop." Horo Horo suggested.
"Let's go then." Ren said.
They headed off to the bakeshop.
Meanwhile at the bakeshop…
"That asshole! He made me run around the campus!" Anna said angrily.
"Calm down. What did he do?" Tamao said.
"He hacked my locker and took the book I needed."
"You got it back right?"
"Yeah but I had to chase him around the campus to get it."
"That's sad. No wonder you look worn out."
"I know. I had so much work today. Running around the campus was a nice jumpstart to my miserable day." Anna said sadly.
"There, there. It's okay." Tamao said giving her a hug.
"I barely had time to study this morning because Yoh got my book."
"Did you do well on that quiz?"
"I think so. I can't afford to fail."
"I know. Me too."
"If my grades go down, my scholarship will be affected."
"Just ignore Yoh. He might stop bugging you soon."
"I hope so."
"Hey, we have customers again. We're having a lot of customers lately."
"I noticed."
As the door swung open, Anna and Tamao looked to see who their customers were. When Anna saw them, she sighed in exasperation and said her prayers.
"Hello ladies. We're back." Horo Horo said.
"What do you want? Here to make me run around again?" Anna said nastily. She still wasn't over what happened that morning.
"Of course not. Yoh here has something to say to you." Ren said.
"So listen up." Manta added.
Tamao noticed that Horo Horo was holding a video camera. Anna was too ticked off to notice that small fact.
"What is it then?" Anna said.
"I… uh… I just…" Yoh stammered.
"Are you really here to say something or just to waste my time?"
"I'm… um… I just want…"
"Well?"
"I… uh…"
Anna's eyebrows shot up.
"…"
Everyone was staring at Yoh intently. Ren, Horo Horo and Manta were beginning to worry. Anna was starting to lose her patience. Tamao was getting scared. There was an extremely long pause.
""Are you going to say it?" Anna finally said.
"I…uh… I just wanted to say…"
"Say what?"
"Um…"
"What is it!"
"I'M SORRY!" And with that Yoh ran out of the bakeshop.
Anna just stood there in silence.
"There you go. He said what he wanted to say. He does like you, Anna." Ren said.
"Yeah. He's never said sorry to anyone ever." Manta said.
"And we got such great footage." Horo Horo piped up patting his video camera.
"What do you mean?" Tamao asked .
"This is a moment that we thought we'd never live to see so we decided to put it on video." Horo Horo answered.
Manta and Ren nodded in agreement..
'So we're taking off ladies. We'll see you in school." Ren said.
"See ya" Manta waved to them.
"We're bouncing out now. Bye!" Horo Horo said.
And they were gone.
Anna was still too shocked to say anything. She never thought that Yoh Asakura would ever say sorry to her. But how was she going to respond to his apology? Should she forgive him? She had no idea what to do. In fact she was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't hear what Tamao was saying.
"Anna… Hey, Anna… Earth to Anna."
"Huh? What? What did you say?" Anna snapped out of her trance.
"What's with you? You didn't absorb anything I said, right?"
"I'm sorry. What were you saying?"
"What are you going to do about Yoh?"
"I don't know…"
That's it! I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you all so so much for reading and reviewing my fic. I hope to all of your names again. Till next time. Ja ne!