Note- The conclusion of that terrible chapter… sighs I'm going to start to end this by starting the final pairings of the final couples…

Chapter 27- What's Done and in the Past

"Fine…" He muttered. Everyone waited for his answer. "We forfeit."

"To make it final, you will sign this." The girl who was pretending to be Anna, who's really named Cassie handed Hao a piece of paper. Yoh and Hao looked at t dumbfounded before shrugging and taking it.

"How do we sign it without a pen?" Yoh asked stupidly. Hao shrugged and pinked his arm. Yoh let out a yelp.

"What was that for!" He yelled at his snickering twin.

"I'm trying to get some of your blood to use as ink." He said laughing. Yoh made a face at his twin and looked at Cassie who rolled her eyes.

"We came well prepared." She said and reached into her back pocket, taking out a pen and shoving it into Yoh's hands. "Now just sign it." Yoh and Hao sighed before taking turns and signing it.

"Where did those slackers run off to now?" Coach yelled in frustration.

"The tournament is in a few days Denbat, why not cut them some slack?" Meene asked.

"I don't know… I already cut them some slack already…" He muttered. "And the girls are acting very strange. I am getting worried."
"Yes, I do think so too." Meene said with a small nod." Do you think it is because they are nervous about the tournament?" Denbat shook his head.

"I really don't think so." He said and scratched his chin. "Something is wrong… I have noticed that the team, the boys are against are acting a little strange too. I don't know why but I think they have something to do with this."

"Oh now Denbat. You are thinking just a little too much don't you think?" Meene said shaking her head lightly. "Even if they did, they would be disqualified." Denbat still looked unsure.

"COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOACH!" It was the loud hyper yell of whom else but Macchi?

"Macchi! For god's sake! Can you lower that voice of yours?" Denbat yelled.

"But coach!" Macchi yelled.

"Anna and the others are gone." Mari told him.

"Gone!" Coach asked. The girls nodded their heads.

"They asked us to go get water and when we came back, they were gone." Macchi explained.

"Are you sure they didn't just go get water themselves?" Meene asked.

"Macchi stopped by the pizza store for pizza." Mari told them while Macchi made a face at her.

"But they would have called my cell-phone." Macchi yelled in a desperate tone.

"Alright, let's go find them." Denbat said, getting up. "This has gone on long enough."

"What will this do for you anyway?" Hao asked, leaning back against the wall. It was a funny thing actually. They could have tackled the girls but instead, they just stood calmly. "You still have to face the girls anyway." The girls laughed.

"Are you kidding?" Kururu flipped her hair back and laughed. "These girls suck at volleyball!"

"Oh no you didn't…" They turned the see the "real" girls glaring at them.

"We win you ugly low lives any day!" Pirika yelled. She ran and tackled Kururu. "AND THIS IS FOR TRYING TO BE ME!"

"When did they wake up?" Lyserg asked.

"And when and how did they get out of the chains?" Nichrome asked.

"Cat fight!" Horo yelled. Someone threw something at him, knocking him down.

"Onii-Chan!" Pirika yelled. The boys watched as the girls went to war.

"Well, this will take a while." Ren said with a sigh.

"STOP!" Everyone stopped and turned to see Chocolove standing there, out of breath.

"Chocolove! How did you get here?" Horo asked.

"Chocolove! What the hell are you doing here?" Everyone turned and saw Mike standing there, fists clenched.

"I am guessing he's Chocolove's teammate?" Yoh asked.

"Yes… Mike… I recognize his face from the picture in his portfolio." Ren said with a smart smirk.

"Portfolio!" Everyone yelled.

"How come we didn't see it and Ren saw it before us!" Yoh whined. "That's not fair! And we are the captains of the team!" Ren chuckled.

"And I am Tao Ren. My family's company can get whatever information I want and need." He said in a cocky tone.

"Well tell your family's great company to get their ass over here to get us out of here." Hao muttered.

"Don't you have a tracking device anyway?" Ren asked.

"Yah but we are probably in the basement or something so it is probably out of signal." Hao said with a shrug. No one paid no mind to Mike and the girls who got mad.

"ALRIGHT! LISTEN UP!" Mike yelled.

"WHAT!" They yelled back.

"Since you guys forfeit the game, which means that Chocolove and I win the game, meaning that we play against the finalists."

"So you are saying that if we didn't forfeit the game, we would be playing against the finalists?" Yoh asked. "But we didn't even play a single game…"

"It doesn't matter. We already eliminated just about every completion." Mike told him.

"Which explains why we didn't see any other teams around." Ren muttered.

"But the tournament doesn't start yet." Lyserg said with a confused look.

"It doesn't matter." Mike said smiling in an evil way. "Like Tao here, we can get sources too."

"It's Tao REN." Ren yelled as the tip of his hair grew about 5 inches upward.

"Well you did a good job in kidnapping the girls, I have to give you credit for that." Hao said with a shrug and brushed himself off. Yoh nodded.

"It's very hard to get someone to look like Anna." He said with a laugh as he too brushed himself off. Anna threw them both a look.

"Hello? He kidnapped us?" Pirika yelled. "And you guys couldn't tell that they weren't us!"

"Oh we could tell." Yoh said grinning.

"Which is why we have to do this…" Hao muttered. At the same time, he and Yoh punched Mike in the face.

"Next time pick a better girl." Hao said angrily.

"Yah, you are lucky you didn't hurt Anna or else!" Yoh yelled. He was about to say more but stopped himself. Anna stared at Yoh who grinned sheepishly at her, trying to hide his blush.

"Hey, hate to break up the beat up but can we get a chance to beat him up?" Ren asked.

"Yah, he kidnapped my sister and girlfriend!" Horo yelled angrily.

"I normally hate fights but they put Jeanne in danger…" Lyserg said quietly yet angrily at the same time. "Do you mind if I take a shot at him too?" Hao smirked.

"Hmmm… I believe Lyserg has become a man!" He said laughing and stepped aside. "He's all yours." All at once the boys jumped him.

"Wait for us Onii-Chan!" Pirika yelled. "We get to beat him up too!"

It ended up to be a big mess. Boys against boys and girls against girls. Punches were being thrown, kicks were being kicked. Everyone was fighting and not noticing the sounds from the outside.

"Ok, break it up! Break it up!" Everyone was split across the room by random grown ups. "Enough! Not break it up!" Everyone glared angrily at their opponent.

"Now I will not allow such behavior here!"

"But Coach! They kidnapped us! Why are you yelling at us for!" Horo yelled.

"As for you guys, how dare you even think of such a thing!" Coach Denbat yelled at Chocolove's team, totally ignoring Horo's outburst. Everyone mumbled something under their breath angrily. "Enough! Now I am going to report this to your coach and the judges and see what we do from there." Coach said angrily. "Normally, they would lock you up for kidnapping and holding hostage."

"Wait! Coach! Chocolove is innocent!" Yoh yelled.

"Yah! He was trying to help us!" Nichrome told him.

"It doesn't matter. Mike is still his teammate. It's one for one and one for all." Coach told them and turned to the others. "Now let's go!"

"It doesn't really matter though." Mike said with a smirk. "Because we have this…" He lifted the piece of paper where Hao and Yoh signed and walked off.

"So… Coach… How did you find us?" Yoh asked as they all sat in the lobby, after Coach's BIG lecture.

"Simple. You two both have a tracking device." Coach told them. Yoh and Hao blinked.

"We actually had one?" Yoh asked.

"I was just bluffing when I said I had one…" Hao muttered. "I didn't know we really had one…"

"And also Macchi and Mari came to find me when they lost the girls." Coach continued.

"We were really worried about you guys!" Macchi yelled, giving the girls a tight hug.

"Hey! What about us!" Horo yelled, stretching out his arms for a hug.

"You don't get one." Macchi told him. "Even if you were about to die, I wouldn't hug you." They made faces at each other and turned the other way. Yoh yawned and got up.

"Well, I am out." He said. "I need my sleep."

"Yah me too." Jeanne said getting up and giving Lyserg a soft smile, making him blush shyly.

Finally, the horrible nightmare has ended… And yet another started…

5. A.M

"WAKE UP NOW!" Coach's loud voice boomed throughout the room as each player picked up their hotel phones.

"Maybe it was better off if we were still in that creepy place…" Pirika muttered.

"I agree…" Macchi said and yawned. "And I want to be kidnapped too. I don't want to keep on training."

"Whatever…" Nichrome muttered. "So what happens now? Do we go back home or something?"

"What do you mean?" Coach asked.

"Well, we did forfeit didn't we?" Horo asked.

"YOU DID WHAT!" Coach yelled in rage.

"Well, we had to coach!" Yoh yelled. "They were holding the girls captive! Maybe starving them too!"

"Well either way, you can't forfeit without my signature." Denbat said smiling. "So it doesn't matter." Everyone looked at him.

"Well, I guess there isn't anything to worry about…" Nichrome muttered.

"Can we go back upstairs now?" Yoh whined.
"I am a bit tired." Pirika said with a small yawn.

"Yah, me too. And I am not carrying Mari upstairs to her room." Macchi said, folding her arms. She shook her head at the sight of her best friend sleeping silently, head resting on Nichrome's shoulder.

"Fine, I'll bring her." Nichrome said with a sign and got up slowing picking up the blond, careful not to wake her. Macchi frowned as she watched him walk off with Mari. She knew her best friend had a crush on her crush. It wasn't hard to figure it out but Macchi never said much about it. Macchi never would have dreamed of having Mari as a rival and she didn't want to fight her best and first friend over some boy she liked… Some boy that she really, really liked. She let out a sad sigh and look up at her ceiling after dragging her depressed self into her room and plopping herself on her bed. She had a lot to think about. Like a new crush. She knew long from the start that Nichrome has a thing for Mari as well. Way back when Hao started dating Mari… No before that even. It when they first met...

Flashback

"Hey Mari! Come on!" The 6 year old red head yelled from downstairs. "We are going to be late!"

"Coming!" The little blond stumbled downstairs. "Mommy, Mari is leaving now."

"Be careful!" Mrs. Phuana said with a motherly smile before handing her daughter her lunch box, a kiss on the cheek and lightly pushed her daughter towards the door.

"Bye mommy!" Mari yelled as she ran out the door to meet her friend Macchi who was waiting impatiently. They walked happily side by side to school, chitter chattering about what would happen at school.

"Alright, everyone please settle down." Macchi and Mari looked up to see Meene walk into the class room. "I have a surprise for you all!" –Meene was also a first grade teacher before she because a guidance counselor-

"More nap time!" Little 8 years old Yoh asked. He look just like how he does now but smaller, chubbier and his headphones rested on his neck since they were too big and heavy on her head.

"Is that all you think about little bro?" Hao asked as he poked his twin teasingly. He too, looked just the same except his hair was shoulder length, just like Yoh's so they were perfectly identical. Yoh pouted and folded his arms.

"Miss Meene! Hao is making fun at me!" He yelled loudly. Meene smile and patted Yoh on the head lightly and flicked Hao's nose gently.

"Everyone, we have a new student today." She announced as she walked back to the front of the classroom. "Everyone, please give a warm welcome for Nichrome!" Everyone clapped as a little boy with brown hair walked in with a clueless look on his face. Macchi watched him walk to Meene's desk and turned towards the class. She didn't think much of him and turned back to coloring in her coloring book.

"What color should I use now Mari?" She asked her friend as she finished coloring a girl's dress in her coloring book. Her blond friend gave her no answer so she looked up at her and found her friend staring at Nichrome, cheeks hot and pink. She turned her head and looked at the new boy who was staring at Mari as well, cheeks lightly blushed but he turned away and looked up at Meene when she started talking. Macchi made a face.

"Mari like Nichrome. Mari likes Nichrome." She sang teasingly. Mari turned red.

"Mari does not!" She argued. Macchi kept singing and Mari made a face.

"Mari does not and if you don't stop, Mari won't share her cookies with you." She said, folding her arms. Macchi's eyes welled up.

"But I'm your bestest, bestest buddy ever!" She said in an oh so sweet voice.

"Yah, well you are not going to be if you don't stop." Mari said with a frown.

"Leave her alone Macchi." Horo said with a yawn and rested his head on her arms.

"Yah, leave Mari alone." Hao said with a cute smirk. "She doesn't need to waist her time with you." He turned and smile at Mari who turned pink. "Can you share your cookies with me?" He asked. Mari thought for a second. "Have I ever said you were the cutest one in the class?" Hao asked with cute wide eyes. Mari giggled.

"Ok." Hao grinned a small grin and hugged Mari, resting his chin on her shoulders. He smiled a fox like smile at the others, as if saying "I Rock!" Macchi made a face and stuck her tongue at them.

"So what? I'm a big girl now! I can take care of myself!" She said and got up and stomped off.

It wasn't until a few days later when Macchi realized that she too had a crush on Nichrome. She was playing outside one time with Mari when her new pumpkin doll that her grandmother had given her for her Christmas present was thrown over the gate of someone's house by a group of 6th graders. Mari got frightened and ran off when then appeared so Macchi was all alone. She didn't know what else to do so she started crying. The 6th graders started laughing and picking on her and she cried even more. About twenty minutes later, they got bored and walked off, laughing and talking about other things that entertained them while Macchi stayed in her little corner crying. About five minutes later, she heard footsteps approach her.

"Don't cry now Macchi-Chan." Macchi blinked as more tears flowed down her cheek. "You are a big girl now. Big girls don't cry."

"Nichrome… Kun?" Macchi hic cupped and looked up at the boy who had some what of a worried look on his face. "Mari went to get us. Are you ok Macchi-Chan?" He whipped her tears away and handed her a tissue. She whipped her tears and for a second, stared into his eyes. Then she felt embarrassed and stood up quickly, glaring at him.

"I don't need your help! I can take care of myself!" She yelled. There was a chuckle.

"Then why were you crying?" Horo asked teasingly. Macchi's eyes welled up as she glared at the Ainu.

"Shut up you stupid ice cube!" She yelled, throwing whatever she could grab at him.

"Hey! You are being mean!" Horo yelled. Macchi glared at him and turned, running off.

"Hey Macchi! Wait!" Nichrome yelled after her but she wouldn't stop running. Horo blinked and tilted his head to the side slightly.

"Was it something I said?" He asked. Yoh who was standing besides Ren and Manta, who was the same height as the rest, for once… shook his head.

"You hurt her feelings." He said with a frown. "That wasn't very nice."

Macchi finally stopped running because she was out of breath. It started to rain so she ran into the park for some shelter. She sat under a bench that was close to a tree and stared out into space, rethinking about what had happened. She didn't care if she was wet. She needed the rain to cool her down anyway. She soon found herself thinking more about Nichrome then how to kill Horo for teasing her. She shook her head and rested her chin on her hands, thinking hard. She didn't understand this feeling she was having nor did she want to. All she wanted to do was go to sleep and make it all go away.

"Macchi… Macchi…"

"What… What's that voice?" Macchi blinked and squinted her eyes in the brightness. There was a sigh and then a light laugh.

"Baka…" Macchi didn't understand what was happening but when she did; she vowed that she would kill whoever said that. She suddenly felt warm and realized that she was resting her head on someone. She opened her eyes slightly.

"Are you ok? Scardy cat." The person said with a teasing tone. Macchi tried to open her eyes a bit wider. A boy… It was a boy… With brown hair… But at that moment… She didn't care who it was. She was going to bet that person up for calling her stupid and a scardy cat. Somehow, she knew that boy though. She wasn't sure who it was but she knew him.

She didn't care much at that moment however. Her head hurts and she felt hot all over. She let out a little whine and the boy placed his hand on her forehead.

"You are sick…" He mumbled. She didn't say anything. She just closed her eyes and went back to sleep. When she woke up again, she was at home. She slowly got up and looked around the room.

"Macchi ok?" Mari asked in a quiet voice. Macchi slowly turned towards her with zombie eyes.

"What happened?" She asked, trying to bang out all the dizziness in her head.

"Macchi is sick." Mari told her.

"Sick?" Macchi placed a hand over her forehead. Mari nodded and got up when the doorbell rang.

"Everyone is here." She said as she came back upstairs, followed by… Well the whole gang.

"Hey Macchi! You look blue!" Horo said grinning.

"Shut up you stupid ice cube…" Macchi mumbled.

"Onii-Chan! Be nice to Macchi!" Pirika yelled in her high pitched voice. "She doesn't need to add you to her cold!"

"Macchi-Chan, you ok?" Yoh asked from behind Hao who looked… Quiet annoyed.

"I'm ok…" Macchi mumbled and threw Hao a look. "And if you don't want to be here, leave." Hao smiled.

"But I didn't say anything." He said innocently, staring her down with a sly yet cute and attractive smirk. She threw a pillow at him.

"You shouldn't make Macchi-Chan so active guys. She's still pretty sick." They looked towards the door to see Nichrome holding a bottle of medicine.

"Awww, its mommy Nichrome!" Hao yelled. Nichrome turned a bit pink and threw a face at him before smiling at Macchi and handing her the medicine.

"Here you go Macchi-Chan." He said. "Mari told us all that you were really sick." That was the day she started to have a crush on him. What made her have a crush on him? She didn't even know herself. Perhaps it was because he was so kind to her… Or maybe it was just because she just did. One question that still remained a mystery to her however… Was the boy in the park? Who was he?

End of Flashback

"Macchi… Macchi wake up." Macchi opened her eyes and yawned.

"What?" She asked in an annoyed voice.

"Time to get up." Macchi stared at the blond for a while before nodding.

"Fine… Fine…" She mumbled and got up and dragged herself to her bathroom. "How did you get into my room anyway?"

"Coach got Mari a spare key to wake you up." Mari answered. Macchi yawned again.

"Well, I'll meet you downstairs then." She said.

"Is Macchi ok?" Mari asked. Concern struck her face.

"Yah, just a bit stressed maybe." Macchi said carelessly. "See you downstairs."

"Macchi doesn't look well." Mari said sadly when she reached the lobby where the others were waiting.

"She probably just can't admit that I am better then her." Horo said proudly. Pirika smacked her brother on the back of her head and turned to Mari.

"What's wrong with her?" She asked.

"Mari doesn't know. Macchi said that she was stressed out." Mari said with a shrug.

"Hmmm, it's strange for Macchi to get stressed out." Nichrome said. Everyone nodded.

"Maybe she just needs a break. We all do." Anna spoke up.

"Let's go cheer her up." Tamao said. Jeanne smile and nodded.

"Yes. We should." She agreed.

"Yay! Party!" Pirika yelled.

"Really?" Everyone turned to where the hyper voice came from. Macchi's eyes gleamed.

"Does that mean cake and snacks and no training?" She asked quickly. "YES!" Everyone blinked and stared at Macchi then Mari.

"Are you sure Macchi is sick or something?" Horo asked.

"Yah, she seems fine to me." Yoh said with a shrug.

"What? Are you talking about me?" Macchi asked with a look. "And when is this party?"
"Umm, we were just joking Macchi." Pirika said with a laugh. Macchi's eyes narrowed.

"What?" She asked. Everyone looked at the very unhappy Macchi.

"Hmm mood swings…" Horo muttered to Yoh and chuckled. "It's must be her week." Macchi's eyes narrowed even more.

"Ummm, well…" Yoh hesitated… "IT WAS ALL HORO'S IDEA! DON'T HURT ME!" Everyone started stupidly at Yoh and Anna laughed at his outburst and silliness.

"Yup, Horo's idea." She said. Everyone agreed and Horo's mouth dropped and turned nervously to Macchi who started to crack her knuckles, getting ready to beat the crap out of him.

"You are going to believe them!" He yelled. He turned and started running off with Macchi after him. He ran from teammate to teammate and Macchi tackled them all down.

"Macchi! Wait! Stop! Sorry!" Horo yelled as he was thrown across the room.

"Too late!" Macchi yelled as she threw all her frustration onto him.

"Maybe Mari is right… Macchi does seem to be a bit stress out…" Anna muttered to Tamao who covered her face as Horo was thrown across the room. It was a wonder why security wasn't here to arrest her.

"Macchi! Come on! Calm down!" Pirika yelled.

"Macchi! Stop!" Mari said trying to calm her angry and currently dangerous friend. They were able to calm her down a bit until…

"And I thought red heads were hot headed…" Horo muttered. That got Macchi flared up again. She shoved Pirika away and threw Mari at Horo. She realized too late that it was Mari she threw.

"Oh no! Mari!" She yelled. Everyone ran over to them.

"Hey Mari, are you ok?" Anna asked.

"Macchi… That wasn't very nice." Yoh said with a frown.

"But I didn't know…" Macchi said. "Mari… Sorry…" Mari was unable to hear Macchi's apology because like Horo, she was knocked out.

"Mari… Are you ok?" Mari blinked, and rubbed her head.

"Mari's head hurts…" She said softly.

"Sorry… It was all my fault…" Macchi said, rubbing the back of her head. "Really. I really am sorry." Mari stayed quiet for a while before smiling.

"It's ok." She said. Macchi smiled lightly and looked up at the ceiling.

"Hey Mari…" Mari blinked and looked at her as she sat up, rubbing her head. "I gotta ask you something." Mari tilted her head a bit silently. "Do you… Mari, do you like Nichrome?" Mari blinked wildly, and blushing hard.

"M-Macchi likes Nick-Kun…" She said with a flushed face.

"Yah I do… I think… But do you?" Macchi asked.

"Macchi doesn't like Nich-Kun?" Macchi sighed.

"I don't know… But can you please answer my question?" She asked. Mari toyed with her fingers and looked down. Macchi laughed.
"You were never good at admitting anything anyway…" She said. "And I am sure you would never do such a thing to me. Right?" Mari quickly looked up and save her somewhat of a sad smile and nodded.

"Right." She said. Macchi smiled and got up.

"Well, I better get going." She said. "You have other visitors." Mari blinked and smile before nodding.

Macchi walked towards the door and smiled before walking out. Just was she closed the door, she bumped into Nichrome.

"Oh… M-Macchi… I just came to uh…" Macchi gave him a strange face as she looked at his somewhat flushed face.

"Here to see Mari?" She asked. Nichrome blinked and nodded. Macchi rolled her eyes.

"Then just say it next time." She muttered and walked pass him. "You better take good care of her… Or else…"

Ok… God… TAKE ME NOW! This is going no where… I have not mentioned anything about Anna's decision… Nothing bout the curse or about Yoh and Hao's curse… Ugh… I am terrible. And what's worse? My pc has been hit with a huge virus… Which was why I was unable to upload this before Christmas… And now… WHAT THE HELL DID I DO! Ugh… From kidnapping to forcing the pairs together… Ugh… TAKE ME NOW!