Popularity Isn't Everything
By: Fumi

Chapter 5: First Impressions Part 2

A very small boy ran up. "Anna-san?" he asked.

Anna looked up, to the side, and finally down, "Want something midget?"

Great! Lyserg made her seem nicer than she is. I gnore the height comment Manta, size doesn't matter. Right? Right, size does not matter… "Hehe…" he scratched his head. "Lyserg told me that you needed help?"

Anna looked confused for a moment before quickly applying an emotionless face. Lyserg? Oh! That boy who almost interrupted me! She made an evil grin and Manta gulped.

I'll vent some anger and have some fun at the same time. That decided Anna threw a shirt at Manta. "Find me an extra-small," Anna said in a cold demanding tone.

Manta trembled in his little sneakers. "W-wouldn't you prefer to try on a small first?" he stuttered. "T-that way we c-can be sure your n-need an extra small…"

Anna squatted down and peered at Manta. "You say something shrimp?" she asked. Anna then gave a look that bore through Manta making him even more uncomfortable.

"I-iie! I-I'll just start looking, okay?" Manta asked as more and more sweat seemed to pour through his pores.

Anna stood up. " You do that," she then turned her back to Manta who eagerly ran off searching for the said shirt.

Pirika clutched her stomach. "Hahaha! Oh my GOD! That loser looked like he was about to wet himself!" she yelled.

Anna dusted off her skirt. "Hmm…" Anna looked seriously at Pirika. "I think I'm losing my touch"

Pirika stopped laughing blinked and started laughing harder. "Y-you're kidding right?" she asked. "Kyouyama Anna? Losing her touch? Ahahahahaha!"

Anna stomped on Pirika's foot. "That's not funny!" she glowered.

"Itaiii!" Pirika cried as she hopped around clutching her foot. "Gomen! Gomen!"

"S-suimasen…" a voice interrupted.

Anna glared at Pirika before turning to see flailing arms, she looked down and found Manta jumping up and down waving his arms frantically.

She blinked. "I don't see my shirt" she stated.

Manta gave a nervous laugh. "Hehe, about that…I couldn't find an extra small shirt," he hurredly yelled. He continued, "The only places to look are in the pile behind you and the back supply room."

"Are you implying that I didn't think to look in the pile closest to me?" Anna snapped.

"O-of course not!" Manta started sweating profusely again. "I-I'll go look in the back now…"

Pirika watched Manta's retreating figure before turning around and picking up a shirt from the pile behind Anna. "Here's an extra small," she looked up from the shirt. "You didn't seem to look that hard Anna…"

Anna and Pirika's eyes met and they both smirked.

Pirika laughed for the third time that day. "That shirt looks too small to wear!" she added wiping a tear away.

Anna looked at the shirt in Pirika's arms and picked another up. "Looks like I need a small, let's go."

I've decided to post all of my review responses to chapters 1-3 now, and respond to the reviews for 4-6 later. I'm sorry for not replying to everyone, I just don't really know what to say. I want to thank asn water for reading my story after the 10 months between chapters 1 and 2. I'd also like to thank Vash for reviewing all of my chapters. And then there's a special reply to ChibiAzn3 for being so weird. You're one of the reasons I took so long to update. I thought it was funny how upset you were. I'm sorry, kind of.

The rest is a general thank you (Because I'm new at reviewer response) and yes, Hao is weird. He will hopefully get better as time goes on. I don't quite know how his pyromania and neopets addiction go with what I have planned with him...but it will work...somehow

8/10/05