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So here we go...

The Promise – 6 Chapter - Entirely different reasons

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the original plot, or characters, of Angelic Layer. I do however own this plot and its characters.

So here it is another chapter, I hope you'll like it. I do :X

Thankyouverymuch

Blinxi.

Catlin was arriving at her locker when someone shouted. "Stop right there Catlin Scott!" It was Ann's voice.

Catlin turned around and was now facing Ann "What do you want? And why do you have to scream in the middle of the hall? Do you want everyone looking at us?"

"Well you do have some explanations to give missy…" Ann was saying with a big smile across her face. This time her voice was lower.

"Oh, really? And what are they?" Catlin said, also with a smile, she knew Ann was probably talking about her date yesterday. Well that wasn't exactly a date…

Thomas had offered to buy her an ice-cream after leaving the Piffle Princess shop and as they were walking around in town they had run into Ann's mother, Mrs. Doyle.

"Don't play with me Catlin Scott, what was that story my mother told me about seeing you in town eating an ice-cream with I cote 'a very nice young man and I'm not talking about manners Annie', hum? Why does my mom knows about your date before I do?"

Catlin was now laughing and for a moment she didn't say anything "It was not a date ok Ann? God do you think I would ditch my best friend for a date? That guy was Thomas he's helping me to train with Mayu and he asked if I wanted to go and eat an ice-cream after all that… Nothing much, but your mother is right he's a 'very nice young man'! But that wasn't a date and talking about dates have you seen the 'young man' John today?"

They were now walking toward Catlin's locker because it would probably ring soon and they didn't want to be late for the first class of the day. "Well, no, but we do have maths, now…You know what that means right?"

While Catlin opened her locker and took out her books she said "Oh, right that's the class that you're like three desks away from him, maybe today you could sit next to him you know? You're like going out, maybe spending time together now would probably be a good idea!"

Ann's face was bright red "Yeah right Cat, can you see me get there and just say 'hey there, we're going out, so can I seat next to you?'"

"Well, no, you don't have to be that obvious, but yeah you're probably right I wouldn't do it anyway too!" With that the conversation stops, right before the bell.

The firsts classes of the day passed on a blur, the only thing Catlin could think was Mayu and her 'date' with Thomas yesterday. After meting Ann's mom they had gone for that ice-cream and trough the whole time they spent together none of them could stop talking, they had lots of things in common, like the type of music and films they liked. Thomas was very impressed when Catlin told him about her ballet and fight classes, he was even more impressed after hearing Catlin's plan about the USA Champion Contest.

Catlin had a really great time with him and was kind of disappointed when he got a call and said he needed to be heading home. She was hoping to spend more time together with him.

A couple of hours later, after school, Catlin and Mayu were standing in front of the Piffle Princess shop.

Catlin was nervous she hadn't been there alone, and even when she had been there with Thomas she had been nervous. Nothing had changed. No time for fooling around let's do it!

After entering the shop Catlin booked one of the tiny layers and Mayu was now kicking back and forward. This is going well! I think it's time to have some fun… This time Catlin closed her eyes and imagined Mayu dancing, she was dancing, freely spinning with her arms open. This could be a great attack, maybe if I change it a little, Mayu will be able to-

"Hey! There are people here that want to train and you're dancing with your angel?

Catlin opened her eyes, a guy with amazing brown eyes and hair with probably sixteen or seventeen was looking at her.

"What's your problem? I booked this layer I can do everything I want and I still have forty-five minutes!"

"Oh, so your one of those Deus that only treats an Angel like a little toy?"

Catlin face lost the smile she had when she replied. "I don't know you but I already don't like you. What do you want?"

The guy was now smiling. It was more like a sarcastic grin but whatever. "Oh, don't worry the feeling is mutual, but let's make a deal. We'll fight, the one who wins keeps the Layer for the next forty-fight minutes."

"Ok, it's a deal! So… May I know the name of my opponent and Angel, by the way!"

The guy sat on the egg shaped chair in front of Catlin and said.

"My name is Carl, and this" he continued, showing a light-weight angel with short black hair and piercing green eyes dressed with a yellow top and a baggy blue jeans "is Mary Jane."

"I'm Catlin and this" she said pointing to the Layer were Mayu was now standing with her head coked to one side flashing a, Catlin hoped, sarcastic smile to Carl "is Mayu."

"So let's start."

He clearly doesn't want to lose time, my time, in this layer, he's over confident but probably has a reason for it, I have to be careful.

For a moment neither of the Angels moved but soon Mary Jane was attacking Mayu with quick punches, Catlin didn't knew how to attack her or even how to defend the punches, she was to fast for Mayu. It was the same thing with Thomas, and last time I was lucky…Still this Angel is different Mary Jane doesn't use her legs, that trick, I used last time, isn't going to work. He knows that his Angel must have both legs on the Layer if he wishes to win…

Mayu escaped, once more, from a combo of punches and, for another moment, both of the Angels were quiet.

Catlin looked up to see a satisfaction grin spreading on Carl's face, like he knew he was going to win and was just enjoying the moment, but Catlin didn't want to lose any time either, she wanted to solve it, quickly. So she decided to use the move she had thought about before. She doesn't use her legs but Mayu can.

She imagined Mayu dancing exactly like she was dancing earlier but this time both of Mayu's arms were stretched above her head and she was spinning pretty fast.

Mary Jane tried to punch Mayu again but this time Mayu just stretched one of her legs and threw Mary Jane out of the Layer. And with a 'bump' Mary Jane fell out of the Layer just like a little toy.

Catlin was so much into making Mayu move that she didn't heard Carl laughing while she performed that move, but she snapped out of it in time to hear Carl gasping with astonishment when he saw that the move actually had worked.

"So I guess I'm not one of those Deus who want an Angel to play, huh? I call that move the 'flashing kick' " She didn't know from where the name had come from and she also couldn't stop herself to say that, the guy needed to learn a lesson.

"Just shut up, that was luck, plain luck!"

With that Carl left leaving Catlin training with Mayu the remaining half an hour.

Even later on that day Catlin was surfing trough various Angelic Layer sites when she decided to see if Ann was online, luckily she was and she had news.

KitKat- So how was the rest of your day, when I was leaving you stayed behind!

CompletlyAnn- I know, but John wanted to talk to me!

KitKat- Oh, he did, did he!

CompletelyAnn- Yeah, yeah I know you're loving every part of it, but do you want to know what he said or not?

KitKat- And you still have to ask? If you do, I tell you all about my battle at the Piffle Princess shop.

CompletelyAnn- You had a fight? With? Tell me that was your Angel that fought, I hope I don't see you getting to school, tomorrow, with a black eye!

KitKat- Yes it was Mayu, dah, but enough about me, what did John want?

That lead to a very detailed description of everything they had talked about, that was mainly were they would meet and so on, and then an also very detailed description of Mayu's fight.

CompletlyAnn- Wicked, next time I'm going to see you fight! But I have to go my mom is calling me! Bye, I love you chica!

Catlin logged of almost after stop talking to Ann, but before she did she read the e-mail Thomas had send her with all the information's about the three top contests of her town, the next one was in two weeks so Catlin needed to work pretty hard till then. In the end of the e-mail was a part that said:

It was very nice to spend time with you on Sunday, I hope that you have learned something about fighting, with me, but I think that it was you that taught me something! I'm sorry to have left you to go and take care of some work related things.

We need to get together and finish that fight, and you'll probably also win an ice-cream after that. What do you think? Great deal, huh? Tell me something soon.

A hug from

Thomas

That night both, Catlin and Ann, fell asleep with a smile on the face, but because of entirely different reasons. Or shall we say because of entirely different boys?

A/N: I normally don't cut the story like this, but this time I really couldn't think of another way to do it!

I also know I said that from now on it would be on someone POV but I started to understand that not completely possible because I had a hard time describing Mayu's first fight, against Thomas angel, in Catlin's POV.

Tell me what you think about it… With that I mean review, right?

Blinxi.

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