A/N: Um, Kuwabara-bashing warning… Don't flame for that. Enjoy the chapter!

16. Kuwabara's Announcement and Spritzy's Big Mistake

"Um, good morning, students of Black Panda High."

Kuwabara's voice was the one on the loudspeaker that Wednesday Morning. It was his first time ever doing the morning school announcements; usually, that job belonged to class president, Keiko. But, with enough begging, the orange-headed boy was able to steal the microphone and limelight for the morning. He had something very important to say…

"Listen to him," Yusuke whispered to Spritzy. "I can't believe the Keiko actually let Captain Stupid do the announcements!"

Spritzy, sitting next to him, giggled maliciously. "He'll be a politician, that one. Loves to hear his own voice. He's just as stupid as one too." Yusuke snickered with her.

"My name is Kazuma Kuwabara, and I'm gonna do the announcements for today." Kuwabara squinted down at the lined paper in front of him that held the day's important notices. He frowned; this was taking too long! He had to get right to his point… "Today for lunch we are having corn and fish and rice with juice for an extra ten yen. Heh, that makes me hungry… Anyway, we got some other um… activities to do and stuff. But, first, I have to say something very important."

Now Yusuke was listening carefully. He hoped Kuwabara wouldn't make too big of a fool of himself… He braced himself for the upcoming embarrassment; whenever Kuwabara had something "very important" to say, it usually was not considered "very important" by his peers…

"This is for Botan," Kuwabara said in a deep, masculine voice. "Botan, my love, my sweetie, my darling… I love you. Will you go out with me?"

Time froze in Botan's homeroom. All eyes turned to her. Even the teacher was staring at her… Botan's eyes welled up with tears, and her cheeks turned a dark, reddish color. "No…" she whispered. "Not Kuwabara…"

Laughter broke out among the classroom. Fingers pointed, and kids whispered to each other as the bell rang for first period. Botan took grabbed her books, trying to hide her tears as she sullenly walked to the next class.

"Ohh, must suck to be you," one of the girls in Botan's first class said quietly as she sat down. "Having Kuwabara like you… gross…"

"You must be something special if the Great Kuwabara likes you," one of the boys teased.

"You two would make a great couple!"

The class started laughing again. Botan felt even worse. Now the whole class was making fun of her! Botan couldn't wait to get home…

Finally, it was the end of the day and Botan could run back to her house. She didn't say anything to Kuwabara who was waiting for her by the door; she just ran past as fast as she could, wanting to get away from the boy who made her so miserable.

Meanwhile, Kurama was packing his books into his bag, taking his time and hoping that his stalker friend would come and greet him. He looked forward to his daily meetings with her, and today was no exception. A secret part of him almost didn't want to know who she was; half the fun of seeing her was the mystery…

"Suichi!"

Kurama turned around and smiled when he saw his stalker behind him, wearing the same black cloak as usual. The girl ran closer to him and hugged him tightly. Kurama returned the hug and asked, "I missed you yesterday. Where were you?"

"Oh…" said the girl. "Uh… I was… you know… studying and stuff… I was busy. I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you." The girl's eyes sparkled lovingly, and she leaned forward to give Kurama a kiss.

Just as the two of them locked lips, however, the girl's hood started to slide from her head. She didn't notice; she was too absorbed in their kiss; but the hood was now halfway off her head, revealing her identity.

Kurama opened his eyes to break away from the kiss and almost gasped in surprise. His stalker's hood was down, and her face was clearly visible! The girl stared at him, wondering what he was so shocked about. Then it hit her; her head felt cooler now; the hood was off!

"It's… you…" Kurama said, voice surprised and slightly strangled.

The girl put her hands up to her head, feeling her silky hair instead of her hood. She looked down at the ground and didn't say anything. Her bright pink hair tumbled off her shoulders… With only one person in the school with pink hair, there was no question who the girl could be: Spritzy Minato.

"Spritzy…" Kurama said, saying her name. "It was… you…?"

Spritzy took one desperate look into Kurama's eyes, then averted them away from his beautiful face. Not saying anything, she turned on her heel and ran off down the hall and out of the school.

Kurama picked up the hood and looked at it. So it was Spritzy the whole time… he thought. With a strange feeling in his stomach, he put the hood into his backpack and walked out the door. How could I have loved her so much when she didn't show her face, but now that she's revealed herself, I don't love her as much anymore…? Why am I… disappointed…?

NEXT TIME: SUICIDE AND SHIZURU'S LOVE LIFE!

A/N: Chapter title not what you think! XD

Reviewer Responses!

evilchik: Oh, man, your reviews are funny. And yet I can't give you the nice response you deserve because I would be handing out spoilers. o.o Hee hee, I didn't say you pegged anything in your REVIEW; I said you pegged the fact that I enjoy watching you second-guess yourself. Though you may have pegged something in your review. Or maybe you didn't. :smirk: Keep sending in your speculations; they highly amuse me! And you're bound to get one fact somewhere right sometime! Or maybe you already have… Thanks for the review!

Red Kitsune Flames: Yeah, Yukina is a bit OOC, isn't she:sigh: Ah well. All's OOC in love and war… :smacks self for poorly parodying adage: Anyway, I'm glad you enjoy the story; thanks for the review!

fallentears666: Well, welcome back to the reviews section:) I'm glad you like the story. I'm also glad you enjoy the "equal role division" thing; other people say that it's losing its focus from Kurama and his stalker (which it is), but I'm glad you like it this way. And you know what I'm going to say about Kurama's stalker: You'll find out soon enough! Thanks for the review!

Deus X Machina: Thanks for the review!

paisley: Ya know, there's still a good… 17 or so chapters left in this fic, so Botan's tastes could change… But I WILL assure you that Kurama's stalker IS female. Sadly, Chapter 3 was the only bit of yaoi in this entire ficcie… T.T :laments: Ah, thanks for the review! n.n

Sami Kurama's Stalker: Yeah, some of these chapters aren't as action-and-comedy-packed as others, but I'm glad you enjoy them just the same. n.n I hope you liked this one too. Sorry about your marker! T.T So sad:hands you new marker: It's purple. :D Thanks for the review!

heartluv: Ahh, speculation, speculation, speculation. And in the end, you're right with this fact: You'll find out eventually. :) Yep, nothing like an added twist of incest to really yuck out a person here, eh? Silly-billy Hiei… secrets don't make friends, buddy; they make your sisters into lovers! O.O Thanks for the review!

blue kitsune251: Well, since Yukina's acting OOC anyway, we might as well drop a veil over her eyes to make her unable to see the familial resemblences. :sweatdrop: I'm glad you liked the chapter! Thanks for the review!

Fruit is NOT a Dessert: No problem that you didn't like the last chapter. I'm sure that there will be other ones that you will enjoy. ;) Thanks for the review!

Princess Random: So true – Hiei IS bringing this upon himself:D Poor, pitiful EVERYBODY in this fic, huh (except for Yusuke, of course)? Thanks for the review! Glad you love the story:)

Youko's Kitsune Girl: Yaaay, thank you for all the reviews:) :) :) Heh, I know whatcha mean about finding out you made out with your brother… I don't have a brother, but the thought would be gross… o.o I can't even imagine making out with my best friend's brother, even though I do like him and used to have a crush on him (I'm over that now… Besides, he's a senior in high school now, and a little out of my league… o.o). But you'll just have to wait and see how the relationship between Yukina and Hiei goes along… Thank you very much for the review!

A/N: Bring me up to 100 reviews! I know you can do it; I only need two more. :) But don't stop after 100! I wanna get 200+ by the end of this. That'll beat my total review count on AnimeSpiral. XD

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