Note: I forgot to mention this to you guys. Tamao... Well she isn't really shy in this fanfic. She is only turns pink/red when it comes to boys but nothing else. She is friendly but not as hyper as Pirika. Ok, just wanted you all to know that!
Chapter 2: At the Mall
"Hi Anna!" Tamao rushed to hug her friend. "Welcome to California."
"Thanks... I think." Anna replied hugging Tamao back.
"You are going to love it here." Tamao told her excitedly. "Come on. Let's drop off your things and go do a little shopping!"
"Joy... Shopping..." Anna muttered to herself as Tamao dragged her out of the airport.
"And here we are! This is my home!" Tamao said as she opened the door.
"Nice place." Anna said as she stepped in.
"Oh yah, I have a housemate." Tamao told Anna.
"A housemate?" Tamao nodded.
"Yah. You know, like roommate, except that she doesn't share a room with me, just the house?"
"Oh..." Anna nodded. "It is a she right?" Tamao giggled.
"Oh course. What were you thinking of?" She asked Anna who shrugged.
"Don't worry, nothing dirty. Just wondering." Anna told her. "So is she home?" Tamao shrugged.
"Pirika! Are you home?" She yelled. Anna was amazed. Back when they were 5 years old, Tamao was very shy and quiet. Now look at her! 14 years old and is hyper... Well not that hyper but definitely not shy.
"Coming!" A girl's voice yelled.
A few minutes later, a girl with long blue hair skipped downstairs with a huge smile on her face.
"We have a guest! Hi. I'm Pirika." She said in a cheerful voice. Anna smiled.
"Kyoyama Anna."
"So is she the one who is going to move in with us?" Pirika asked looking at Tamao who nodded. "Yay! We have a new family member!" Pirika squealed and gave Anna a big hug.
"Oh you are going to love it here." She squealed. "And wait till you check out the mall! Here, let me help you with that." Pirika grabbed Anna's luggage and rushed upstairs. Anna blinked and looked at Tamao who shrugged and giggled.
"She is like that." Tamao told Anna.
"Ok! Come on! Let's go shopping!" Pirika raced downstairs and grabbed Anna's hand, almost dragging her out the door.
"W-Wait!" Anna grabbed onto Tamao who grabbed onto the doorknob.
"Come on!" Pirika yelled as she dragged them both out the door.
"Hold on!" Tamao yelled, clutching onto the doorknob.
"Pirika, what are you doing?"
"Onii-Chan!" Pirika released her grip on Anna's arm and ran over to hug her brother while Anna and Tamao tumbled to the ground.
"Hey! Rubs! Crushing ribs!" Pirika released her brother.
"Gomen, Onii-Chan." She said with a silly smile. Tamao got up slowly and rubbed her back.
"Yah... I'm gong to feel that in the morning." She mumbled. "Anna, you ok?" She helped Anna up.
"Besides my aching arms, I should be fine." Anna mumbled.
"Hey Tamao. You ok?" Tamao looked up and her face flushed.
"Oh, H-Horo-Horo-kun! K-Konichiwa!" She was stuttering again. Anna looked at Tamao and knew instantly that she had a crush on him. Horo scratched his head.
"It's not the afternoon yet." He told her. Tamao's face turned into a darker shade of pink.
"It will be in a few minutes Onii-Chan." Pirika came to Tamao's rescue. She knew about Tamao's crush on her brother and steps in every now and then so that Tamao won't completely embarrass herself in front of him.
"True..." Trey shrugged. "Anyway, I'm Horo-Horo, Pirika's brother. You can call me Horo for short." Anna smiled a bit.
"Kyoyama Anna." She told him.
"I must warn you. My sister can be crazy. No scratch that, my sister is crazy." Pirika punched Horo's arm.
"I am not Onii-Chan! And we have the same blood so if I am crazy, you are too." She yelled at him.
"So... W-What are you doing here Horo-Horo Kun?" Tamao asked nervously.
"Please Tamao. Just Horo is fine." Horo told her. "And I was going over to Yoh's place to hang out and wanted to check on my little sister."
"I don't need someone to check up on me Onii-Chan. If anyone needs checking up on, it's you." Pirika shot back. "The last time I brought food over, you ate them all the next hour!"
"I am a growing boy ok." Horo pointed out.
"Well then drink milk like Ren! Don't eat all the food and leave me with none!" Pirika yelled. "And you need to lose weight! So hurry and run to Yoh's house."
"I don't need to." Horo yelled back.
"Hey come on. No fighting." Tamao said as she stepped outside.
"Yah, fight someplace else. You are killing the grass." Anna told them. Tamao and Pirika giggled at her comment.
"Whatever, I need to get to Yoh's house now. Pirika, be good!" Horo told his sister as he started walking away.
"Yes, daddy. I will." Pirika said and rolled her eyes. The girls watched Horo walked off.
"Onii-Chan!" Pirika suddenly yelled out. Horo stopped and turned.
"What?" He yelled.
"Walk faster! Your burn more calories that way!" She yelled and burst out laughing.
"Very funny Pirika." Horo yelled. He turned and crossed the street.
"So shall we go?" Pirika asked turning back to Anna and Tamao who nodded.
"Ah this is so cute!" Pirika yelled out as she rushed into a store. Anna and Tamao sighed. It was so embarrassing to go out in public with Pirika because she can be so loud.
"Tamao, come here. I think you might like this." Pirika yelled. Tamao and Anna walked into the store and looked at a light blue top Pirika picked out. It was ok, but Anna wasn't positive Tamao would like it.
"It's ok..." Tamao said taking it. "I'll just try it on..." Tamao headed off to the fitting room while Anna and Pirika looked around for some cloths for themselves.
"So why did you come here to Cali?" Pirika asked Anna.
"Well, I wanted to get out some more and visit Tamao at the same time. She said that California is one of the best places to be so I decided to come and check it out." Anna told her as she looked through the cloths on the racket. She looked at a reddish pink sundress.
"Hey, that cute. It would be better if it was pink I think." Pirika said as she looked at the dress Anna was holding.
"You can have this one. I think I have one too many sundresses." Anna handed the dress over to Pirika who eagerly took it.
"Thanks. So, what are you looking for? Maybe I can help you." She said as she flipped through the cloths on the racks.
"I don't know..." Anna mumbled and looked through another set of racks.
"What do you guys think?" The girls turned and saw Tamao standing there with the blue top on.
"Nice!" Pirika squealed.
"It's is nice." Anna told her and spotted something she likes. She walked over to the rackets and picked out a small black tank-top and a checkered skirt. Ok the checkered skirt could need some work. She put the skirt back but held onto the top. She looked through the rackets again, trying to find a skirt that fits the top. She found a white mini skirt and a white jeans jacket. Satisfied, she told the girls that she was going into the changing room to change.
A few minutes later, Anna stepped out to get the girl's opinions.
"You look fab!" Pirika squealed.
"It really does look good." Tamao said studying Anna.
"Wait, she is missing something..." Pirika mumbled and rushed off. Minutes later, she came back and tied a blue bandana on Anna's head.
"Sorry, there wasn't any black." Pirika told Anna. "But she looks nice right Tamao?" Tamao nodded.
"I think I saw a tank top that was the same color as your bandana." Tamao told them.
"Go get it!" Pirika yelled. Tamao nodded and rushed off. Anna gulped. Pirika can be scary sometimes. Tamao returned with a blue tank top and Pirika pushed Anna back into her changing room to change.
When Anna stepped out for the second time, Pirika squealed and clapped her hands.
"Perfect!" She yelled.
"You should try being a bit quieter." Anna told Pirika who shrugged.
"Not my nature to be." She said with a goofy smile. "It's Onii-Chan's fault."
"What's my fault?" They girls looked up to see Horo and a two other "Drop Dead Gorgeous" looking boys walking towards them.
"Oh Onii-Chan. What are you doing here?" Pirika asked. Tamao's face started to turn pink again so Anna pushed her into the changing room.
"Just here to hang out like you guys." Horo simply answered and looked at Anna.
"Why haven't you ditched my sis yet? She can be very embarrassing you know." He told her. "Nice outfit by the way." Anna smiled, a hint of flush rising to her cheeks but it quickly disappeared as she said,
"Thanks, and yah. I know. But we are waiting for Tamao." She told him.
"I see..." Horo looked at Pirika. "And what is with that last comment huh? Walk faster you will burn more calories?" Pirika stuck out her tongue at her big brother. A Chinese boy behind Horo chuckled.
"Your sister is right though Horo." He told Horo with a pat. "You will burn more calories. And by the way, you need to."
"You know Ren, I would most appreciate it if you stayed on my side and not occasionally wander off to my sister's side." Horo snapped. "No betraying." Ren shrugged.
"I was only stating the facts Horo." He told him. Pirika giggled.
"You see. Even Ren-Kun says so." She told her big brother who gave her a look.
"Ma, ma. Come on. You guys are family members. You shouldn't argue." The other "Drop Dead Gorgeous" looking boy said tapping Horo on the shoulder. Anna stared at him. He was definitely her type... Well, so far from what she could tell. If only he was the one... Which brings her back to the topic... The real reason why she moved to California was to find him. Yes, her "True Love". She never told anyone about it... Well except for Tamao since they were childhood friends and she trusts Tamao. She wasn't sure about Pirika yet so she stayed quiet.
"So? You and Hao always argue." Horo told the boy.
"True... But that's different. He ate my last orange." The boy pointed out. Ren rolled his eyes.
"It's just an orange Yoh." Ren told the boy whose name seems to be Yoh.
"No, not just an orange. It was the last one." Yoh pointed out.
"Where is Hao anyway?" Pirika asked. Yoh shrugged.
"Don't know. Aniki is always off on his own and we somehow bump into him so I don't need to worry." He told her.
"Probably off flirting with some girls or something." Ren muttered. Pirika giggled a little and Tamao stepped out in a different top.
"Hey Tamao. You look nice." Horo said with a smile. Tamao's face turned pink again.
"T-Thanks H-Horo." And again, she was stuttering.
"You look great Tamao!" Pirika yelled out. The boys backed away form her and looked away.
"Your sister?" Ren asked Horo who shook his head.
"Never seen her in my life." Horo muttered. Pirika smacked her brother's arm.
"Shut it. She does look nice. You even said it yourself Onii-Chan!" She yelled and eyed her brother. "Could it be that Onii-Chan finds Tamao attractive?" Both Horo and Tamao's face turned red.
"U-Urusai Pirika! I said nothing like that!" Horo yelled at his sister. "I was just complimenting her that's all."
"Right..." Pirika continued to eye her brother. Anna rolled her eyes as she stepped back into the dressing room to change back into her cloths while Tamao did the same.
"Tamao, Anna! We are going down to the food court so we will meet you guys there ok?" Pirika yelled.
"Ok." Both Anna and Tamao yelled out at the same time.
"Why do you have to come?" Horo complained as they walked out.
"Because I have to make sure you don't eat too much Onii-Chan." Pirika told him.
Horo rolled his eyes.
"I don't eat a lot Pirika." He told her.
"Actually you do." Yoh corrected him. "You left my house with no food."
"When was that?" Horo asked.
"Just before we left my house." Yoh told him. Ren nodded.
"That is why I removed the refrigerator from the kitchen to a secret room." He told them. Horo's mouth dropped.
"I thought you said that your sister took it!" He yelled out. Ren shrugged.
"I lied." He simply said. Horo folded his arms.
"Unfair..." He muttered.
"Onii-Chan! Watch out for the stairs!" Pirika yelled. It was too late, Horo was just about tumbling down. Luckily, he got his balance and stopped tumbling. Yoh and Ren laughed as they walked down the stairs after him.
"Onii-Chan, are you ok?" Pirika asked pulling on Horo's sleeve.
"Except for my broken back... I think I should be fine." Horo muttered.
"Good one Horo." Yoh said with a pat on Horo's back. "I should have recorded that on my phone. It would surely win the America's Funniest Video TV show!"
"Don't worry Yoh. I recorded it." Ren said as he replayed the scene and he and Yoh started laughing as they watched it.
"So... Tamao, how long have you had a crush on Horo?" Anna asked as they slowly asked around. Tamao's face turned pink.
"A... while." She said quietly.
"I see..." Anna stayed quiet for a while. Thinking about the boy she saw earlier. What's his name? Yoh? Whatever, she hardly knew him, so it doesn't matter. It's not like he was going to have that birth mark or anything. They continued walked slowly, looking at the displays shown on the shop windows.
"So, have you spotted anyone you like?" Tamao asked, breaking the silence. Anna shrugged.
"Not sure yet. I guess... That Yoh guys was ok." She said quietly. Tamao giggled.
"Yah, he is quiet popular, and a really nice guy too." Tamao said thinking back.
"I was quiet lonely and quiet when I first came here. Yoh was the first friend I made, besides Pirika. He doesn't care if you are popular or not. He just wants friends." Anna nodded.
"I see..." Anna muttered.
"His brother on the other hand..." Tamao paused. "I'm not saying he's mean or anything but he is not like Yoh. He is in a way but he also isn't you know." Anna blinked.
"Not really."
"Well, Yoh is carefree and friendly. Hao is too but he... is a bit on the cold side sometimes. Somewhat of a player if you know what I mean." Tamao explained.
"Oh..." Anna muttered. She didn't like this Hao from what Tamao is describing. If she ever meet up with Hao, she would definitely ignore him.
"But Hao can be nice if he wants to. Deep inside, Hao is actually a pretty nice guy, just like Yoh. He just... Has family problems as Yoh would call it." Tamao rambled on. "Oh, there's Hao!" Anna blinked and looked up. A boy who looked just like Yoh walked towards them. He was DEFINITLY "Drop Dead Gorgeous." Unlike Yoh who had shoulder length hair... And tied his hair up, Hao left his long and down. He had on a black and red hoodie and blue jeans. He had a spiked risk band on his right arm. He received looked here and there from different girls checking him out as he walked towards them. Ok, scratch out what Anna said earlier about him.
"Hey Tamao." Hao said as he approached them. "Where my Otouto?" Tamao shrugged.
"In the food court I think." Tamao told him. "We are on our way there anyway, wanna come along?"
"Why not." Hao said with a shrug.
"Oh yah. Before I forget. Hao, this is Anna, my friend. And Anna, this is Hao, Yoh's twin brother." Tamao said introducing Anna and Hao to each other. Anna smiled.
'Hi." She simply said. Hao smiled back and nodded. He was a bit surprised to say the least. Normally, girls would blush and giggled when he said hi to them but this girl... Anna, she is different from the other girls. She wasn't trying to impress him or anything which was somewhat of a good thing. He was kind of getting tired of girls trying to impress him.
"Anyway, let's go. I want to make sure Yoh isn't rolling another orange on the table." He said as they took the escalator."
"Is that why you ate his last orange?" Tamao asked. Hao nodded.
"Yah. For some reason he is obsessed with oranges so I had to stop him from getting hypnotized by one by eating it before he can get his hands on it. It wasn't easy though." He told them. "I had to wrestle him for about a half hour before I could get it out of his hands. He is very protective when it comes to oranges." Tamao giggled.
"Well I know Yoh's nickname." Anna muttered as they stepped off.
"And that would be?" Hao raised an eye brow slightly.
"Orange boy." Anna simply said. This was hard. Trying to hide her blush that is. This boy was definitely hot, hot, hot!
"Aniki!" Yoh waved Hao and the girls with a wide smile. Hao, Anna and Tamao stepped off the escalator and walked over to their table.
"What took you so long?" Pirika asked sipping her soda.
"We were window shopping." Anna simply said. "And why rush to the food court when you are not hungry?"
"Because you missed Horo gobble up 3 hamburgers in under 2 minutes." Ren muttered. Pirika giggled.
"I tried to stop him but he didn't listen." She said and took Ren's cell from his hand.
"Hey! Give that back right now!" Ren yelled.
"Calm down Ren. I want to show them the scene you recorded of Onii-Chan rolling down the stairs." Pirika said as she flipped it open and pressed the menu button.
After they watched the video clip they stayed silent for a minute. That was one of the most stupidest yet funniest scenes ever.
"Come on. Sympathy. Anyone." Horo said as he sipped his soda. "Come one. I just rolled down the stairs!"
"Because you were careless Horo." Hao pointed out and laughed. "But that was a funny scene. Wish I was there to see it live."
"Same here. Oh well. This is good enough." Anna said with a shrug.
"Horo... D-Daijoubu?" Tamao asked with a concerned look.
"Finally! Some sympathy!" Horo yelled out. "And I am fine Tamao. You are being the ONLY one who actually CARES. Not even my SISTER is asked me if I was ok. And she is my SISTER!" Pirika stuck out her tongue at her brother.
"Well Onii-Chan you deserved it." She told him and flipped though the menu in Ren's phone. Snooping here and there.
"Hey, what's this?" She asked as she clicked the private folder. Hearing this, Ren quickly snatched the phone out of her hand and flipped it close.
"It says private Pirika." He told her. "Private means leave it alone." Pirika made a face.
"What is it? Please tell me Ren-Kun. Please?" She begged. "Pleaseeee!"
"No." Ren told her firmly.
"Pleaseeeeee Ren-Kunnnnnnn!" Pirika tried again. Tamao sighed while Anna shook her head. Pirika can be so annoying sometimes.
"Who wants ice cream?" Horo yelled out.
"Are you treating?" Anna asked him.
"No." Horo looked at Anna.
"Then no." Anna muttered. Hao chuckled.
"Get me a fudge sundae would you Horo? I'll pay you back when we get home." He told Horo who nodded then paused.
"Wait... The last time you said that, you never gave me back the money." Horo said looking at Hao who shrugged.
"I forgot. I'll pay it all when we get home." He told Horo who studied him.
"I don't know..." Horo mumbled.
"Just go Horo." Anna told him.
"Hey! Calm down! It's not like you want ice cream or nothing." Horo yelled at her. Anna gave him an icy glare making him freeze.
"Get me a vanilla." She told him. "And you are treating."
"What! Why am I treating?" Horo yelled.
"You came up with the idea so now go." She ordered and gave him a 'Go or else' look. Horo gulped and nodded.
"Going, going." He said as he dashed off. Yoh laughed.
"Good one Anna!" He said and placed his head on his hands. "I should try that with Horo next time." Hao shook his head.
"Tsk, tsk. How long do you think you can keep up that serious game face Yoh?" He asked. Yoh thought for a minute.
"Don't know. I thought my serious game face is my usual look." Yoh said with a grin. Hao rolled his eyes and smacked the back of Yoh's head.
"No you idiot. That's your dumbfounded and blank look." He told Yoh who was rubbing the back of his head.
"Whatever. I'll just leave the serious stuff with you then Aniki." Yoh said as he looked at Pirika and Ren wrestle for Ren's cell.
"Give it here!" Pirika yelled.
"No! It's now so let go." Ren yelled back.
"Then tell me what is in the private folder." Pirika said, never loosening her grip.
"No. It's private." Ren told her. "Like your diary."
"I don't have a diary!" Pirika yelled. "Onii-Chan broke the lock and I threw it away." Yoh blinked.
"Horo looked into your diary?" He asked her. Pirika nodded.
"Yah. He broke the lock and read it." She told him. Yoh shook his head
"That's not nice." He muttered.
"Nothing is ever nice Yoh." Hao told him. Horo soon returned with the ice cream in his hand.
"Here, your majesty. Your ice cream awaits." He said as he placed the ice cream down. Anna rolled her eyes as she took the ice cream.
"Yay! Ice cream!" Pirika yelled out and released his grip on Ren's cell, making Ren tumble back a bit.
"Hey! Let go! That's my ice cream! Get your own!" Horo pushed his ice cream out of Pirika's reach.
"But you were suppose to treat me too Onii-Chan. I am your sister!" She yelled at him.
"And you were suppose to show some sympathy when I rolled down the stairs!" Horo yelled back.
"Whatever. I will just eat Ren's ice cream then." Pirika said making a face at Horo.
"No! Don't touch my ice cream!" Ren yelled grabbing his ice cream away. Pirika folded her arms.
"Why is everyone so mean?" She asked. Yoh laughed.
"Here Pirika. You can have mine." He said as he handed her his ice cream. Pirika blinked.
"Really?" She asked. Yoh nodded with a grin.
"Arigato Yoh-Kun!" Pirika gave Yoh a big hug before taking his ice cream and giving her brother a look.
The day finally ended and soon, the mall was going to close so they all left. Since the boy's live a bit farther then the girl's, they walked them home.
"Wow! Today was so much fun! What do you think Anna?" Pirika asked looking at Anna who shrugged.
"Fun I guess." She mumbled.
"I know, Onii-Chan ruined the fun." Pirika said nodding her head. "Yes, yes it's sad." Horo made a face.
"Are you sure it isn't your face?" He teased. Pirika punched his arm.
"Keep quiet." She yelled at him.
"Hai, Okaa-San." Horo muttered.
"So anyway, you are going to transfer to our school?" Yoh asked Anna who nodded.
"Yah." Anna told him and Yoh smiled.
"Then I shall give you the tour!" He said happily.
"No way. I will." Pirika said lining their arms together. "You might fall asleep while giving her the tour like how you fall sleep in class. Even when you are standing up reading or at the black board!"
"Hey! I was playing Zelda ok." He told her.
"No excuse." Pirika told him. "Anyway, tomorrow, me and Tamao will be giving Anna the tour of out school and it's campus so too bad for you guys. You never go to class anyway."
"What do you mean? I go to class!" Horo yelled out.
"Yah. Me and Ren do too!" Yoh yelled.
"Yah but Onii-Chan is always playing games or drawing and you are always sleeping Yoh. Ren..." Pirika paused. "Ok forget Ren." She muttered. Ren smirked.
"Unlike these two, I keep up my good grades." He told them, as if rubbing it in their faces.
"Keep it up Ren. One day, we are going to jump you for your good grades." Horo told him. Ren chuckled.
"Is that a treat?" He asked, challenging Horo.
"And what if it is?" Horo asked, as if taking his challenge.
"Hey come on. Stop fighting." Yoh said trying to break up the fight.
"Why don't we just walk past them?" Hao asked Anna.
"You know, that's not a bad idea." She said as she and Hao started walking.
"So where did you move from?" Hao asked. He was very interested in this girl. She was definitely... Something different.
"Japan." Anna simply told him.
"Why did you come here then?" Hao asked her. "I know Japan is a nice place. I was raised there." Anna shrugged.
"I guess I wanted to get out more." She told him. Hao raised an eye brow.
"Get out more?" He asked her. Anna shrugged.
"Something like that." She mumbled. Hao walked her to her door and Anna fumbled into her bag for her keys. When she finally got them, she opened the door and stepped in.
"Well thanks anyway." She said with a small smile. Hao smiled back.
"No problem." He told her and paused. "By the way. You can stop pretending." Anna blinked. Pretending? "You are hiding your feelings from me." He told her. Anna's face turned pink but she brushed it off by rolling her eyes.
"Please. I'm not hiding my feelings." She told him. "Watch." With that, she slammed the door in his face and locked it. She leaned against the door and placed her hand over her beating heat. Wow... That... was something...
From the outside, Hao laughed at what Anna had done. Yup, she was different and Hao wanted to see just how different she was. He was definitely determined to make her his, but from Anna's character, she was a tough one to get... The usual playing hard to get... This should be a fun challenge for him to solve.
Soooooooooooo? I know! I know! It's so boring! I know! No flames please! No killing me! I know it's bad. But that is because Anna didn't know Hao had the four leaf clover mark! Next chap... Anna will see that Hao has the four leaf clover mark. No, she is not going to sneak into the boy's changing room. And there will be no nude/sexual moments/scenes so calm down. lol. This fanfic is rates G after all, so nothing... You know. Anyway, that part with the door slamming in Hao's face.. well I saw it on TV so I was like oh that's cute so I added it in. The part where Pirika tolled Horo to walk faster because he would burn more calories... That actually happened. My friend was looking out the window in class and she yelled out "Hey mister! Walk faster, You'll burn more calories." At a bad in jogging cloths. That was a hilarious moment but the guy didn't hear her.
Annafan: Thanks for the advice! I plan to take it... Well most of it lol.
Sannah-asakura: Haha, well there will be a few twists and turns here and there but don't worry. As you have read the chapter above, Anna is definitely attracted to Yoh... But she is attracted to Hao too.
Vash and lost spirit: I plan to have some Hao and Anna moments and all but don't worry. There will be some YohxAnna moments too.
Soul of the Xcalibar: Thanks for the complement and yes, I am planning to leave a few cliff hangers at the end of some chapters.
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