Note: Hahaha, I in my last chapter, everyone was taking guesses and wondering "What in the world happened to the girls!" Muhahaha! They were murdered! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Haha no. Not murdered. I don't wanna get jumped XD Anywayz, carry on in reading the story. Just a short note… The story shall end probably next chapter or two. I really wanted to make it end as 30 chapters but… It seems that I have dragged this out long enough… Neh?
BTW, this chapter is mostly about the boys trying to figure out the mystery behind the girl's strange behaviors. Pretty pointless so don't say I didn't warn you!
Chapter 26: Sherlock Homes
As the days passed, the girls still seemed to act different. Pirika was louder then usual and a whole lot perkier, Jeanne was in a bit of a mood swing season, Tamao was a bit perkier and bubbly and Anna… Well she just acted differently. The only ones who didn't seem out of it were Macchi and Mari. The boys tried to pay no mind to it, thinking that it was probably stress, but there is always a limit to everything.
"Ahhhh! The pain!" Yoh yelled as he sat down.
"Move! I need room to faint." Horo told him and toppled over Yoh who shoved him off so that he could roll over and take a "well deserved" nap. Hao and the others ran over, panting.
"If that isn't hell…" Nichrome muttered breathlessly. "Then I don't know what is…"
"I'm sure Ren can think of a few more…" Hao said as he sat down next to Yoh who nuzzled against him. Hao made a look of disgust and pushed his sleeping brother away.
"Hey, where are the girls?" Lyserg asked. Everyone looked up to find the girls no where in site. They all exchanged glances and nodded.
"It's time…" Hao muttered.
They all got up, ripped off their training cloths to reveal MATCHING SHERLOCK HOMES OUTFITS! Complete with Sherlock Homes hat, gloves and pipe, courtesy of Lyserg and Ren. Haha no. Nothing stupid and silly like that. Haha, what are you guys thinking! They don't have Sherlock Homes outfits.
The boys walked around, trying to find the girls. No they are not wearing detective cloths. Well… They aren't at the moment… Muhahahaha. Anyway, Yoh spotted Tamao walking towards a small alley way. He motioned the others and they quietly followed her. Tamao walked up to a door and knocked with a secret code. The door opened and she walked in, the door quickly slamming shut behind her. The boys all peaked from the corner of the building with dark detective sunglasses. Only Horo and Yoh have the detective outfit on by the way…
"Ok… Did anyone find that suspicious?" Hao asked as they all huddled as if they were planning on what their next move would be in a football game. Everyone nodded.
"Yah, let's go check it out." Horo said getting up.
"No wait. I have a lot of experience in the detective department." Lyserg spoke up.
"Oh lookie here… Lyserg knows all about being a detective." Hao said rolling his eyes. "Let's play 'Guess Who' next!" Yoh threw his twin a look and Lyserg ignored his comment.
"Ok, here's the plan…" He continued. "We have to stay hidden in the shadows and be quiet."
Lyserg started walking and everyone followed, hidden in the shadows and not making a single sound. They made it to the door and Lyserg tried the door knob. Surprisingly, it was unlocked and Lyserg opened the door with caution. He made sure the coast was clear and nodded. The others followed in but stopped when they noticed Horo was missing. They turned to find Horo in a Dracula suit, hiding in the shadows. Hao rolled his eyes and gave him a "you better get your ass over here" look. Horo grinned and showed fake vampire teeth. He moved swiftly across the floor, his TINY cartoon feet silently lead his flowing black cape. "To be Dracula, you must be quiet…" Horo said. "You must be swift and-" Just then, Horo banged his foot against something and he jerked up at the sudden pain. "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" He yelled out in pain. The boys slapped a hand over their forehead. This will never work out.
"Get over here RIGHT now!" Hao said in a pushy and pissed off tone. Horo whimpered and nodded, again, walking over in his vampire suit and feet. Everything was going well until the part where Horo tripped over and rolled down the alley way.
"OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He yelled as he knocked into random items. Everyone sweat dropped. It was amazing no one heard them. Horo started cursing at the object he banged into and banged into the wall. Hao grew impatient and dragged the vamp into the room and closed the door, leaving them trapped into a dark room.
"Come on…" Hao muttered.
"To where? I can't see anything." Yoh said. Suddenly, someone flicked the flashlight on and a scary face appeared.
"I AM YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!" It said.
"AHHHHH!" Yoh jumped on Horo who jumped on Ren, like how Scooby Doo would jump onto Shaggy when they saw a ghost.
"KISAMA! GET OFF ME!" Ren yelled and dropped them two. "This is stupid. Hao, stop scaring these idiots." Hao laughed and lowered the flashlight.
"HAO!" Yoh and Horo yelled. Hao laughed and sighed.
"Doesn't undercover mean hidden?" He asked. Horo and Yoh gave him a look before receiving a shrug from Hao.
"Come on…" He muttered and lifted his flashlight.
"Where did you get that?" Yoh asked. Hao shrugged.
"I just had it." He told him.
"Hey guys…" Horo whispered. "I'm stuck…"
"What do you mean stuck?" Ren asked in an impatient tone.
"I can't move." Horo said, his tone sounded panicky.
"Don't play around man…" Nichrome told him.
"I am NOT playing around." Horo whispered. Hao growled and flashed his flashlight over to Horo. He made a face.
"Ewwww. That is just disgusting!" He said.
"What! What!" Horo asked in fear.
"You guys see that! Ewww!" Hao continued. Nichrome seem to have caught on and he too made faces.
"Yah, that is pretty ugly…" Nichrome said with a sigh.
"WHAT! WHAT!" Horo yelled.
"Don't worry Horo. I have good news for you." Hao said patting Horo on the shoulder.
"What! What is it!" Horo asked, almost screaming.
"I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geicko." He and Nichrome burst out laughing and Horo punched Hao in the arm.
"NOT FUNNY! NOW WHAT IS BEHIND ME!" He yelled.
"Calm down, calm down." Hao said with a sigh. "It's just the door."
"I CAN'T MOVE!" Horo yelled. He started running in full speed, trying to get out of the grasp of whatever is behind him.
"That's because your cape is stuck." Hao said opening the door, causing Horo to fly forward, knocking into Yoh. They all glared at the two and shushed them.
"You guys make bad detectives." Nichrome said shaking his head.
Suddenly, there were footsteps.
"Quick! Scatter and hide!" Hao whispered. Everyone ran off and hid somewhere. Yoh kept hearing creepy noises and started getting freaked out, whimpering quietly. He finally lost it when he felt someone's breath breeze past his ear and neck.
"AHHHHH! DRACULA IS OUT TO GET ME!" He yelled. There was a laugh and Yoh turned around to find his brother rolling on the floor, clutching his stomach in pain because he was laughing too much.
"You are such a wimp Yoh!" Hao said laughing.
"ANIKI!" Yoh yelled. "That was NOT funny!" Hao continued laughing when suddenly, someone's hand landed on his shoulder. He froze and his eyes widened.
"NO! TAKE YOH INSTEAD!" He yelled, grabbing Yoh and throwing him towards the person or thing that was behind him before running off, getting any random object and ran back to save Yoh. Of course, there was no need for saving since he did just throw Yoh at the person behind him, who should by the way be knocked out cold as well as Yoh. Hao flashed his flashlight at Yoh to find Chocolove crushed under him.
"Chocolove!" He yelled.
"P-P-Present!" Chocolove muttered, still pretty much knocked out.
"So that's why you are here?" Chocolove asked. Yoh nodded.
"Yah, think you can help us?" He asked. Chocolove shrugged.
"There is only so much I can do." He told him. Yoh frowned.
"But you will still help right?" He asked. Chocolove grinned.
"Yah." He said nodding. Yoh grinned.
"Yay! Aniki, did you hear that?" He turned around to find Hao no where in site. "Aniki? Where are you? Hao? HAO!"
Horo and the others kept bumping into things because Hao has the flashlight so they were pretty much blind.
"Ow!" Horo yelled as he crashed into a fall.
"Be quiet!" Ren yelled.
"You want to try crashing into a wall?" Horo asked. "You will find out that it will really hurt."
"Guys, where are the Asakura Twins?" Nichrome asked.
"I don't know…" Lyserg said.
"Look, they are probably out already. Let's just think of a plan and quick." Ren muttered.
"Ok, how about we throw Renny through the wall and make our escape?" Horo asked. He soon found out that what he said was a bad idea because Ren picked him up and threw him through the wall.
"Ah! The sun!" Nichrome yelled as he walked out, stepping over Horo.
"This is what you get for yelling out such a stupid idea." Ren told Horo who had X's in his eyes. "And don't ever call me Renny!"
Hao walked through a small hallway, wondering where it leads to. He had seen something not too long ago and was sure it was someone. He stumbled into an empty room full of old furniture. He turned to leave when sometimes caught his eyes. He paused and walked over to one of the chairs. On it was a red bandanna. He blinked twice before discovering that it was Anna's.
"Anna's…" Hao paused, acknowledging that someone else was in the room.
"Hao? What are you doing here?" Hao turned around to see Anna standing there. Hao smirked and studied her.
"So where is she?" He asked.
"Where is who?" Anna blinked.
"Anna… The real one." He responded. Anna giggled.
"Oh silly, I am me." She told him.
"Ok that proves that you are not Anna because Anna does not giggle like that." Hao said shaking his head. "I should know. I did date her before."
"Hao, silly. I am Anna." Anna said again walking up to him. "Why won't you believe me?"
"Because you are not acting like the Anna I know." Hao simply said with a shrug.
"So? You act unlike the Hao I know and love." Anna countered. Hao opened his mouth to say something but stopped.
"What?" He asked.
"You heard me silly." Anna said with a giggle. She stepped up and lightly placed her lips on his. Hao smirked when the kiss was done.
"You are definitely not Anna. She kisses so much better then you." He said with a wink and ran passed her. "Thanks for the kiss though!" He ran down the hall and heard the Anna wannabe scream in anger. He chuckled lightly to himself. He turned the corner to find Pirika and Tamao blocking his way.
"This just isn't my day." He said with a sigh as he turned and ran the other direction. His flashlight flicked on and off. "No, not now!" He said angrily. He dodged the "Anna wannabe" and dashed off. "Well lookie here… Coach's training does come in handy…" However, every good thing comes to an end eventually. Even Coach's training which isn't such a good thing so it ends faster. Hao had run into a dead end. –Does that even make sense?-
"Out of all the dam luck…" He mumbled. He turned to see the girls stand angrily in front of him.
"Hao, sweetie... We need to talk." Anna said with an evil smirk.
"Funny… You make it sound like you are trying to break up when we are not even together." Hao said with a nervous chuckle.
"Aniki! Aniki where are you!" Yoh yelled as he and Chocolove ran through the building.
"Aniki! Aniki where are you!" Chocolove echoed.
"Aniki!" Yoh yelled.
"Aniki!" Chocolove continued to echo.
"Ok stop now." Yoh stopped and placed his hands on his hips.
"Ok stop now." Chocolove said, mirroring him.
"I said stop it!" Yoh whined and Chocolove followed. "I'm telling mommy!"
"Go ahead, I'm not related to you." Chocolove told him.
"Ha! I didn't say that! So you lose!" Yoh yelled happily. Chocolove folded his arms.
"You cheated!" He yelled.
"Did not!" Yoh yelled.
"Did too!" Chocolove nodded.
"Not!"
"To!"
"Not!"
"Did too!"
"What are you guys arguing about?"
"Chocolove doesn't' want to admit that he lost." Yoh said to Pirika. He froze and turned to Pirika. "Pirika! I found you! Yay!" Pirika smiled.
"Are you sure about who found who?" She asked. Someone sprayed some kind of gas and Yoh fell to the floor, in deep slumber. Every now and then, he mumbled "Funga Fu Fu."
"Yoh!" Chocolove dropped down next to his fallen friend. "What did you do to him?" He glared up at them.
"Oh nothing." Pirika said with a giggle. "Just put him to sleep."
"Where are they?" Ren asked impatiently.
"They probably got lost in there." Horo said with a shrug.
"He's not picking up…" Nichrome mumbled as he put his phone away. "That's a first…" He paused and thought for a while. "This never happens unless he found Anna and is making out with her and doesn't want to be disturbed." Ren rolled his eyes.
"Come on..." He muttered as he walked back inside.
"What! Back into the creepy dark place?" Horo asked.
"Weren't you the vampire who said fear is your friend and all that crap?" Nichrome asked as he followed Ren. Horo made a face and followed after them.
Yoh let out a groan and slowly opened his eyes, adjusting to the dark room, lit dimly by a few candles.
"Hi otouto… Nice of you to 'hang out' with me." Yoh blinked and turned to see his brother smiling at him.
"Oh hi Aniki. I was wondering where you've been." He said grinning.
"I've been… Hanging around…" Hao said dully. Yoh laughed and tried to move but found out he couldn't.
"HEY! I AM TIED UP! AHHHH!" He yelled.
"Which is why I said nice of you to 'hang out' with me." Hao muttered and rolled his eyes.
"Well I didn't notice it ok?' Yoh said with a sigh. He shook his body a little and wedged his hand free.
"No fair… You were always the skinnier one…" Hao muttered as he tried to do the same but failed. Yoh grinned and spun himself, though he was still hanging.
"Dun, dun, dun, dun! Dun dun!" He yelled in a sing along tone as he lifted his hand up and pretended to be Superman.
"Yoh!" Hao swung his body so he would bang onto Yoh.
"Yow!" He yelled in pain. Yoh spun for a while before Hao tried to stop him.
"Well, well. Looks like they have awoken." They looked down to find the girls looking up at them with cruel smiles.
"If you haven't noticed, I always was awake." Hao pointed out.
"Stop being smart." Anna snapped.
"Hey! I found Anna!" Yoh yelled happily. "Hey Anna! Where have you been? I missed you!" Anna blinked for a while before throwing her shoe at him.
"You stupid idiot!" She yelled. Yoh sniffed.
"What did I do?" He asked.
"Never mind that." Hao said with a sigh. "What do you guys want with us anyway? You know… We have a tracking device so sooner or later, they will find us." They laughed.
"We are not scared of you or you're tracking device." They told him.
"Well I never asked if you were but umm… ok." Hao said. He would have shrugged if he could but since he was hanging and tied up, he couldn't.
"Be quiet you smart mouth." Jeanne snapped. Yoh and Hao's eyes grew huge, as if they were about to pop out of their eye sockets.
"Jeanne is yelling!" Yoh gasped. "We must call the police!"
"Shoot! I can't reach my cell!" Hao told him. "Hold on Jeanne. If you untie me, I'll call the hospital ASAP!" They girls threw them a look and folded their arms.
"Ok, ok…" Hao said with a sigh. "Now what is it that you want with us? Now although we have all the time in the world seeing how we are just hanging around, please don't take your time. Yoh falls asleep easily." Yoh nodded and grinned.
"Hehe. Do I? I never noticed." He said.
"You never notice anything you dimwit." Hao argued back.
"I am not a dimwit!" Yoh yelled.
"Are too." Hao yelled back.
"Are not!" Yoh yelled.
"Enough!" Anna yelled in rage. She grabbed Hao and tugged him down so they could meet eye to eye. "You forfeit the tournament and we let you go free." Hao blinked and looked at Yoh who grinned.
"Throw in an orange and it's a deal." They both said together and laughed.
"Ok, so who wants to go down the dark and creepy tunnel first?" Horo asked.
"Just go." Ren pushed Horo into the tunnel and walked calmly after him.
"I guess we know the answer." Nichrome said to Lyserg with a shrug.
"Where are we?" Lyserg asked.
"Who knows? Let's just find them and get out." Ren muttered. "Now Horo, WALK!" Horo didn't answer. "Horo!" Still no answer.
"Horo, stop playing." Nichrome muttered.
"Horo Horo-Kun?" Lyserg blinked and listened carefully. He heard something and turned, glaring into the darkness. "Someone's here…" Ren and Nichrome paused. Indeed, there was someone there. There was a tap on Lyserg's shoulder which causing him to jump and yell out loud. That startled Nichrome who yelled out as well and someone knocked over Ren who also screamed. All through the hallways, the scream was heard for a total of 2 minutes before pausing and yelling all over again.
"So you aren't going to forfeit right?" Anna asked. Hao lifted a thin eyebrow. He looked at Yoh who tried to shrug.
"Uh… Ehh… Ummm... NO." Hao said rolling his eyes. "I mean… Coach kicked our asses out there. If he didn't train us then I'd say yes without hesitation!" Anna glared at him.
"You WILL forfeit the game or else." She told him.
"Or else Yoh doesn't get to eat oranges?" Hao asked.
"Nooooo!" Yoh yelled. "Not the oranges! They are innocent!"
"No!" Anna yelled.
"If you do not forfeit the game…" Jeanne told them.
"Then they get it." Anna finished her sentence. The light switched on and behind them were Anna and the other girls, knocked unconscious.
"Oh wow… Right on cue too." Hao said looking up at the lights. "I wonder what you say to make them turn off."
"Hey look! I see Anna!" Yoh yelled, pointing at the girls.
"Oh yah! I do too!" Hao said smiling and threw his twin a look. "If I wasn't tied up, I would smack you by now."
"Allow me." Anna smacked Yoh on the head and Hao smiled down at her.
"Why thank you. Now untie me so I can smack him myself." He told her. Anna laughed.
"As if." She said. "Now, choose. Either you forfeit the game or your girlfriend here gets it."
"But we aren't even dating." Hao and Yoh both said, blinking. Anna's eyes twitched.
"Enough! Now what is your answer?" She yelled.
Just then, Horo and the others fell into the room.
"Ow!" They muttered.
"Look what we found sneaking around." Pirika said as she and Tamao towered over them.
"It's Horo's fault for playing that stupid vampire game!" Nichrome muttered angrily.
"Be quiet!" Pirika yelled loudly.
"Ok, what have you done with my sister?" Horo asked angrily as he got up. Pirika turned and pointed to a familiar blue haired hair, chained to the wall.
"Pirika!" Horo yelled. "Ok, who are you?"
"Why do I feel like we are in a movie?" Nichrome whispered to Lyserg who nodded.
"Let me guess. You must be the other opponents that we are scheduled to play against tomorrow." Ren said getting up and folding his arms. Everyone blinked.
"We were scheduled to play?" Lyserg asked.
"I never heard anything about it…" Horo blurted out.
"Did you guys know about this?" Nichrome asked Hao and Yoh.
"Oh yah. That's what I forgot to tell you guys." Yoh said, snapping his fingers.
"Be quiet!" Anna smacked him over the head with Hao's flashlight.
"So what is it that you want with us?" Horo asked.
"What else?" Pirika asked, folding her arms.
"Oh, the old kidnap and forfeit method." Ren muttered and rolled his eyes.
"Huh? Kidnap?" Horo asked.
"You are so dense Horo." Nichrome said with a sigh. "It's called blackmailing. Which Hao perfected." Hao grinned.
"Yah, I did." He said happily. "Took me about 2 long months to though."
"So what is it that you want us to do?" Nichrome asked.
"Before we go into this… Can we PLEASE take these things off?" Jeanne asked.
"Yah, it's annoying me." Tamao said with a sigh.
"Actually, I like Pirika's hair." Pirika said, flipping her hair back.
"Ok, take them off." Anna rolled her eyes. Everyone sighed and roved their "wigs". Thy boy's mouth dropped.
-Do you guys want me to stop? Cause I really don't like this chapter… PLEASE FLAME THIS CHAPTER…-
"Oh no! It's you!" Horo yelled, pointing at the girl who "was" Pirika.
"YES, it's me!" The girl yelled, throwing a random object at him.
"Who's she?" Lyserg asked Nichrome.
"His ex… Kururu!" Nichrome said with a sigh.
"Is she Kororo's cousin or something?" Lyserg asked. "Cause it sounds like it."
"No but she is an Ainu as well." Nichrome explained. "They were neighbors and started going out when they were going to Junior High. For some reason, Horo dumped her."
"I didn't dump her! She dumped me!" Horo yelled. "We just broke up!"
"And after that, she got upset and moved away." Nichrome continued, totally ignoring him. "Horo didn't even cry."
"Because I was in the hospital for breaking up with her!" Horo yelled.
"Did I mention she is quiet abusive like Pirika?" Nichrome added.
"I AM NOT!" Kururu yelled. "Now be quiet!"
"So this is where you went? To our rival school?" Horo asked.
"Yah, so what?" Kururu nodded.
"So you plan to just blackmail us into forfeiting?" Ren asked.
"I see you are the only one who is smart here." Jeanne muttered.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but do you mind?" Hao interrupted. "We are still hanging around here."
Anna rolled her eyes. "We should have taped their mouth shut as well."
"So what will be your answer?"
"Never." Ren said confidently.
"Then they don't get freed." The boys glared at them.
"This is stupid." Ren muttered.
"Or is it?"
"How do you know you are not lying about freeing us and the girls if we DO forfeit?" Nichrome asked.
"We will. As long as you keep your part of the deal."
"I say we take them. I kinda skipped out on the part where my mom told me not to hit girls anyway." Horo said cracking his knuckles. The girls smiled.
"Bring it on! We are not scared of you!" Kururu said.
"I wonder why Horo dumped her in the first place." Hao muttered to Yoh. "I find her extremely cute when she is cocky like that." Yoh chuckled and shrugged.
"Horo never told me about it." He said.
"Or did you just fall asleep?" Hao asked. Yoh shrugged yet again and continued listening.
"What do you say?" Hao and Yoh thought for a moment. The boys looked at Yoh and Hao who looked like they didn't have a care in the world.
"Nah…" Yoh said with a shrug.
"WHAT!" The boys yelled.
"I don't want to fight." He simply said and yawned. "The greatest battle is the battle not fought."
"Stop taking Jackie Chan's line." Hao said and rolled his eyes. "You just want to take a nap." Yoh laughed.
"Yup!" Hao sighed and turned to the others.
"Fine…" He muttered. Everyone waited for his answer. "We forfeit."
Flames are free to be thrown at me right… about… NOW! Watches as flames are thrown at me. Literally and mentally. I know, this just tops the list for stupidest chapter of this novel ever. sighs I'll just crawl under a rock and die…
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