Note: JUST 1 MORE CHAPTER! ONE MORE AND FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS COMPLETE! FINISHED! FINITO… Wait… That's the same thing… Gah! Whatever. Enough said, ON WITH THE STORY!
But before that, I need to erase a BIG mistake I have made in a chapter WAY back. For the markings on Yoh and Hao's shoulders, don't listen to the mix up match on chapter 10. Ignore that cause I am changing my ending idea for this story. So just follow up with chapter one's idea. The four leaf clover mark on Hao's shoulder is on his right shoulder and Yoh's mark is on the left and the four leaf clover stem mark is still pointed to the right and both Yoh and Hao have a curse.
Chapter 29- Planning Sweet Nothings
Anna ran into her room, slamming the door behind her.
"Oh gosh! I totally forgot all about it…" Anna muttered angrily as she took out her journal and flipped through the pages. "Gosh, I am an idiot to let little stuff like this get distracted." She skimmed through it. She bit her lips as she found the list that she made with Tamao and Pirika. She still had to choose. True that she had until she was 18 but she didn't want a chance like this to fade away. What happens if something happens during the remaining years! What happens if Yoh and Hao isn't the one? She would have to move and…
Anna sighed and placed her hands over her eyes.
"Ok, calm down… You are thinking way too much…" She whispered. She sucked in a quivering breath and shook her head. "I'm just over reacting. Now…" She sighed and looked through the list and groaned. "This is going no where…" She muttered. "I need advice! I need someone to talk to…" A sudden knock on the door made her yell out in anger. "I am about to burst…" She mumbled and opened the door.
"Hey… Anna. Are you ok?" It was… Well who else but Yoh?
"Huh? Yoh! Oh, hi! Umm, yah…" Anna said, running her hands though her hair. Great… Just what I need… "I'm fine, never felt better! What is it?"
Yoh looked at her in a funny way.
"Are you sure? You seem stressed out." Anna shook her head.
"No, no! What ever made you think that?" She asked.
"Well, one thing, you are talking very fast, second of all, you look like you just broke down…" Yoh studied her and placed a hand over her forehead. "Are you having a fever or something?"
Anna froze.
"W-What? Fever?" She asked, stuttering. "No! No fever. I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" Yoh wasn't giving up. He hated when his friends and loved ones were troubled.
"Yah… I'm just… You know… Really busy." Anna said with an unconvinced smile.
"But you seemed like you forgot something important back there." Anna nodded quickly.
"Yah, but I'm fine now." She said.
"Anna, what's wrong?" Yoh frowned. "You are never troubled like this."
"I am NOT troubled!" Anna yelled. "Now please, leave me alone for a few…" She closed the door in his face and rested against the wall. "Yup… I looked like I was breaking up with him… And we are not even together…"
Yoh on the other side started banging his head on the opposite wall. The word that kept running through his head over and over again was just one… BAKA! He sighed and slowly walked away but stopped half way down the hall. Something was definitely troubling Anna and he wasn't going to stop until he find out what. True, she will get so annoyed with him she will probably hate him for the rest of her life but he's just being a caring friend right? Yoh nodded and walked back to her room. He was about to knock on the door but stopped.
"I don't want her to yell at me again…" He muttered. He looked up at the ceiling and sighed. "I have to do what Horo does in a situation like this…" And so… He did… Yoh sat down –don't worry, the floor is clean!- and waited for Anna. The wait seemed to be forever until Anna finally opened the door. She let out a scream and closed her door. Yoh looked up at the closed door.
"What did I do?" He asked with a puzzled look. –Dude! You were sitting in front of her door. What the hell do you think!- The door opened and the first thing Yoh saw and a pillow in his face.
"What the hell do you think you are doing!" Anna yelled.
"Umm, well, you were very troubled so…" Yoh started.
"So that means you should leave me alone!" Anna yelled.
"But I was really worried about you!" Yoh explained desperately. Anna glared at him hard.
"And you were sitting outside my door why?" She asked him.
"Again, I was worried about you and you wouldn't let me in so I waited outside." Yoh explained. Anna gave him a look and rolled his eyes.
"Yoh… Come here…" Yoh blinked and leaned forward… Only to get a slap in the face. –Ouch… a lot of slapping going on- As he yelled in pain, Anna folded her arms and shook her head.
"You idiot. That is what you get for sitting there." She said. "You could have just asked me to go out for coffee or something and talk about it there instead of sitting here."
She paused. Oh gosh! I just asked him out! Or rather… hinted that I wanted to go out with him! I'm an idiot!
Yoh didn't seem to notice the message going through his head and just laughed nervously.
"I didn't think of that. Haha." He rubbed his reddened cheek. "Sorry about that." Anna sighed with relief.
"No, no. Sorry about that." She said. "But really, I'm fine now." Yoh sighed but smiled.
"Well, if you ever need to talk…" Anna smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry about me." She told him. "I can get pretty freaked out sometimes." Yoh laughed.
"Well, come on, let's go back to the others so that they won't think you murdered me."
When they both reached the pool, Pirika, Tamao, Ren and Horo were gone. Macchi was still in her room and Hao was no where to be found. Anna bit her lower lip. She really needs to talk to Tamao and Pirika… Who at the moment was nowhere to be found.
"Hey Jeanne…" Anna tapped the sleeping girl.
"Mmm? Oh Anna, what's wrong?" Jeanne asked, squinting at the bright sunlight.
"Sorry to wake you but do you know where Pirika and Tamao went?" Anna asked. Jeanne shook her head.
"No, I am sorry. I saw Tamao leave with Horo-Kun and Pirika and Ren-Kun strolled inside shortly after that." Anna bit her lower lip. "Is something the matter?"
"Well I just need to talk to them. That's all." Anna said and sighed. "Thanks anyway." Anna quickly ran off in search for her friends.
Yoh frowned and made a whining sound. Nichrome lifted an eyebrow and looked at him.
"Hmmm, from the years I've known you, you are being troubled." He said. Yoh laughed.
"You know me well." He said and looked up at the sky.
"Ok, it's ok, you don't have to tell me." Nichrome said rolling his eyes. "It has to either do with your brother or Anna." Yoh chuckled.
"You are more and more like Hao every day." He said, leaning back against his chair. "You have been hanging around Aniki too much." Nichrome shrugged.
"So I am correct no?"
"I don't know what to do." Yoh sobbed. Nichrome quickly shot up.
"Dude, guys don't cry." He said, eyes twitching. Yoh grinned sheepishly at him.
"I'm almost positive Aniki and you switched bodies." He said laughing. Nichrome shrugged.
"I'm guessing Hao is the one you need to talk to huh?" He asked. Yoh in return, shrugged.
"I don't know." He said. "I mean, I don't think I need to talk to anyone…"
The next few weeks went by fast yet Anna was still stuck on her problem.
"Girl, stop moping around." Pirika said with a sigh.
"You are not the one with the problem. No duh you will say that." Anna muttered.
"Yah, well we are never going to get anywhere with you acting like this." Pirika argued.
"Yah, Yoh thinks you hate him right now." Tamao said softly.
"But I don't know what to do. I mean, I don't want to be mean to them but I need to solve this before it's too late." Anna muttered.
"Ok, let's get through this question first." Pirika said, taking a seat on the floor. "Who do you like better?" Anna sighed.
"You've asked this before." She muttered.
"And you never answered." Pirika replied quickly and clapped her hands. "Now tell us."
"Pirika, maybe you should stop pressuring her." Tamao said. "She can't think with such pressure."
"Yah, well she will never decide either." Pirika countered. "Now come on, which would you choose?"
"I don't know…" Anna muttered.
"Oh boy…" Pirika sighed and looked at the clock on the wall. "Well, I have to leave in about 10 minutes."
"A date with Ren?" Tamao asked giggling.
"As a matter of fact, yes." Pirika grinned.
"I'm glad to see you all out and about with your boyfriend." Anna said with a sad smile.
"Oh no! Don't play the guilt card on me Anna! I'm sorry!" Pirika said, sinking down on her knees. Anna giggled.
"I'm just kidding, now go on and have fun!" She waved her off. Pirika gave her an unsure look.
"Are you SURE it's ok?" She asked. Anna sighed.
"Yes, step-mother. Now rush off to the ball or else you will miss your prince." Tamao laughed and Pirika giggled and then stuck her tongue at her.
"Alright, alright. I'm off." She said shaking her hips. "Make sure the floors and windows are cleaned by the time I return." When she left, Tamao turned to Anna and smiled.
"It's good to see that she is happy." She said softly. Anna smiled and nodded, tilting her head to the side a bit.
"And you too." She said. Tamao's face turned pink.
"What are you talking about?" She asked. Anna grinned slyly and pointed at her.
"You and Horo." She said. "Don't think no one knows. EVERYONE knows about you guys."
"Well… Ummm…" Tamao fumbled around for words while Anna watched with an amused look.
"Look, its ok. I'm happy for you and we all are." She said, bouncing a few times on her bed before sitting Indian style. "It's great that you found the bravery to tell him that you liked him… Orr… Did you?"
"I did!" Tamao said rather loudly. Anna lifted an eyebrow and her grin widened. "Oh never mind." Tamao said with a sigh. "That is beside the point. What are you going to do about this?"
"I don't know." Anna said with a frown. "I don't want to wait until the last minute but I don't want to like… rush it either."
"I am not getting you." Tamao said, running her fingers through her hair.
"Good because I don't either." Anna fell backwards. "I want this stupid thing to end."
"If you mean end as you end up with the right guy, yes. If you mean end with you being cursed for life, I might as well kill you." Tamao said. Anna threw a pillow at her pink haired friend.
"I mean it!" She said, hugging her remaining pillow.
"I know, but love can't be decided by a group." Tamao told her. "It has to be decided by one person and one person only. Sure it can be helped a bit on the way but we can't help you all the way." Anna sighed.
"I know…" She muttered.
"You know that you can always count on us in the end. We will always be there for you but some problems are for you to solve." Anna smiled.
"You are so wise." She said hugging her friend. Tamao laughed.
"Alright kids. This is the big day!" Coach Denbat yelled in excitement.
"It is?" Horo rubbed his sleepy eyes.
"Oh course my boy!" Denbat continued as he dancing his way happily out the door.
"Ok, I'm putting my money down that Coach is on drugs." Nichrome said, lifting a dollar.
"And what does he means by today is the big day?" Pirika asked. Macchi let out a big gasp and cheered.
"TODAY MUST BE THE DAY WE ARE FINALLY DITCHING THIS PLACE AND GOING HOME!" She yelled.
"No, as much as you would love that, you are not." Coach said suddenly, making everyone jump. "Even though you are disqualified from the tournament because Mari isn't funny healed."
"But Mari is ok!" Macchi argued.
"No Mari is not ok; she twisted her wrist when you threw her at Horo." Coach told her with a firm look. "And after that behavior, I don't think I will let you play even if she was ok." Macchi muttered something under her breath but Denbat dismissed it.
"So… That means that you and Mari are out of the tournament?" Tamao asked.
"Macchi, you should not have been so reckless." Jeanna said with a frown.
"Whatever, I don't care anymore." Macchi muttered and continued sipping from her smoothie. "My life has taken a U-turn and stabbed me in the back."
"Huh?" Horo said, not understanding what she said.
"She means that her life is over." Lyserg spoke up.
"What? What do you mean man?" Horo scratched his head violently, trying to figure out why Macchi has said what she said.
"It's just a tournament Macchi." Anna said.
"I don't care about that." Macchi muttered. "The only reason why I came here with you guys was so that I can get away from back home and hang out with you guys… And a certain someone…" Everyone exchanged looks, wondering who she was talking about. Hao smirked confidently.
"I know you just can't stay away from me." He said. "I'm that hot." Macchi rolled her eyes.
"And I wonder why you are still single."
"I am waiting for you to ask me out my dear." Hao teased. Macchi threw her straw at him and leaned back.
"I wonder how Mari's wrist is…" She muttered.
"I didn't know she twisted her wrist." Yoh said, as he started on his 3rd orange smoothie. -Yoh loves his oranges!-
"I guess that's why she said her wrist hurts." Nichrome said and looked out the window. "So how is this going down?" The boys were silent while the girls looked dumbfounded.
"What do you mean?" Pirika asked.
"We gotta jump them boys." Horo said, smashing his fist into his hand.
"Yah beat them up good." Hao said calmly as he leaned his head back.
"Beat is such a harsh word." Yoh said rubbing his head. "How about make them treat us for orange smoothies all day and we'll call it a day." Silence… It was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. Of course, this quickly turned into a beat up Yoh moment so all you could hear was frantic yells and cry's for help from Yoh. –Pooooooor ting-
"What are you going to do now?" Mike glared out the window. Chocolove glared at him.
"I'm going to report you, you know."
"Well if you report me, then I go down. If I get kicked off the tournament that means you are too." Mike said smiling grimly at him. Chocolove bit his tongue to keep himself from yelling at his teammate. What he did was wrong and they both knew it. However, Mike was correct. If he told on him, he would go down with Mike. The whole reason of coming here was so that he would win this tournament and show to him his grandfather that he had taught Chocolove well.
"I guess I take your silence that that means you will be keeping your mouth shut." Mike said leaning back with a smile. Chocolove sighed and got up.
"Whatever man…" He mumbled as he walked off. He knew for a fact that Mike has forged Coach Denbat's name, however he don't think the judges would be that stupid to believe them. He chuckled at the thought of Mike's face for getting kicked off the tournament, although he really didn't want to go down with him. He sighed and walked off to find Yoh and apologize.
"You know, this is boring." Horo complained. He and Ren were currently sitting on a tree branch, on the lookout for the boys they plan to get revenge on.
"Stop complaining IceCube…" Ren mutter, sipping on his carton of milk.
"Who you calling ice cube you!" Horo yelled.
"Who else with blue hair?" Ren asked, cocking an eye and continued sipping.
"Yah! My sister!" Horo yelled.
"Well I have no intention in talking trash about your sister." Ren said leaning back, using his hair to block out most of his blush.
"Hold up! What's the deal with my sister?" Horo said, eyes twitching in an annoyed manner.
"Nothing." Ren turned.
"You better not be doing anything to my sister!" Horo yelled as he stood up.
"Nothing of your concerns." Ren said calmly smirking. It's turned into one of his favorite hobbies to mock and annoy the Ainu.
"Hey watch it man! If you try anything!" Horo twitched with annoyance. Ren chuckled.
"What are you going to do?" He asked, staring deep into the Ainu's eyes. Horo, being the hot headed snowball that he is, got pissed at his response, just like Ren knew he would. He pushed the Tao back, making him slam his back on the trunk of the tree. He placed a hand next to his face and leaned in close, eyes and face stern and serious. –Wow… Horo got serious… RUN EVERYONE! THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO END! HORO IS SERIOUS!-
"You hurt my sister…" He said, looking into the Tao's eyes. "And you will regret it." Tao studied Horo for a while before slowly smirking. With his arms folded, he leaned in closer and slowly smirked.
"I don't plan to." He said calmly and slowly. They stood staring at each other for a few seconds until a loud yell was heard and a hard item smashed into the back of Horo's head, causing him to fly forward and pressing his lips on the Tao.
"ONII-CHAN! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO REN!" Pirika yelled angrily at her brother.
Both boys looked eye-wide at each other, lips still pressed against together. Pirika tilted her head a bit, wondering what was wrong. Ren pushed Horo away and gave him a hit for him to remember. It was nothing compared to Anna's legendary slap... It was WORSE. Horo spun around and fell off the tree, smashing onto the ground, face first.
"BAKA! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Ren yelled with a heavily blushed face.
"Gah! Onii-Chan!" Pirika yelled, running towards her brother. She gave Ren a look. "Why did you hit Onii-Chan for?" Ren hesitated for a second, deciding on what to tell her.
'Your brother kissed me… Why else?' Ren shook his head. There was no way he could say that. "Because he is Horo." He said with a sigh and jumped off the tree. Pirika sighed.
"Can't you two just get along?" She asked. She looked at her brother who stood wobbly. "You know… do that 'male bonding' thing."
"That was male bonding alright…" Ren muttered. "But not what I had in mind…"
"Hmm?" Ren jumped.
"N-Nothing…" Pirika lifted an eyebrow with confusion. "What were you guys doing up there in the first place?"
"Nothing!" Both boys yelled immediately. Pirika didn't budge.
"Onii-Chan, where you bullying Ren-Kun again?" She asked.
"WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME!" Horo yelled. Ren chucked. "IT'S NOT FUNNY!"
"Ok, enough!" Pirika said folding her arms. "You guys really have to learn to get along!" She walked off leaving the boys to stare.
On the day of the tournament, the boys were more than ready. For revenge that is. Not only were Mike's team their rival team but they had a score to settle with them as well.
"I wonder what Coach will say about what we plan to do…" Yoh said wondering.
"Yell, scream, and maybe throw a tantrum." Hao simply said, and leaned back.
"Are you guys really planning to blow off the tournament?" Nichrome asked as he walked into the room.
"Yah, they kidnapped our girls and forced us to quit!" Horo said, adjusting his headband. "No one gets away with kidnapping my girl and my sister." He looked down at the wristband Pirika made for him and clenched his fist. "They are going down." Ren smirked, putting on a wristband identical to Horo's, curtsey of Pirika.
"For once, I agree." He said confidently. He looked at the others and then finally at Hao who smiled. "You don't plan on tieing your hair up?" He asked. Hao shrugged.
"Makes me look so much better." He said. Yoh laughed.
"Aniki has pride in his hair." He said. "He says if you got hair, show it off."
"Couldn't say it better myself." Hao said proudly.
"But in a fight, having on loose cloths and hair out is not the best way to fight." Nichrome pointed out. "You should know that. You were the one who told me that when I was in a fight back in 5th grade remember?" Hao smiled.
"Yes, I do remember." He said lazily and looked at Lyserg who was sitting quietly by the window. "So what's it gonna be Diethel?"
"I don't believe in violence…" The British boy said quietly. Hao sighed and shook his head, resting his chin on his hand. "But what they did to Jeanne is unforgivable." Hao smirked.
"Lyserg is slowly turning into a man." He said, faking tears. "Oh how the years flew by!" Lyserg flinched and threw his empty soda can at him.
"All they did was hold Jeanne for hostage… Not tourcher her…" Yoh muttered to Nichrome while Hao continued dodging the items being thrown at him and at the same time, continued to tease Lyserg.
"The guy has a lot of respect for the girl and likes her a lot, what can I say?" Nichrome said with a shrug.
As they made their way towards the location of the tournament, the boys kept a strait face while the girls walked with confusion, not understanding why the guys looked so serious.
"Are they really planning to fight them?" Tamao asked.
"They will lose their chance at the tournament." Jeanne said with a worried look. "They really shouldn't. Violence is never a solution."
"Yah well it sure as hell makes me feel better." Macchi muttered, toying with her foam finger. "Forget them and just focus on the game ok?" Mari smiled and nodded.
"Mari will be cheering for you."
"As will I." Macchi said proudly.
"What's wrong Anna?" Pirika asked, lifting her visor and placing it on her head upside down for a new look.
"Cold feet maybe…" Anna muttered.
"It's just a tournament you know." Pirika said with a smile.
"I don't think she is worried about the tournament…" Tamao said shaking her head.
"Oooo… THAT thing…" Pirika muttered. Anna glanced at Hao and Yoh who was sitting with the others, talking casually.
"Why God! Why me!" She muttered angrily.
"Well, well, well. Look who made it to the tournament!" The boys looked up to see Mike smirking at them. "Sorry to say but this is the farthest you are going."
"Shut up and go away…" Nichrome said in an annoyed matter. Chocolove glared at Mike.
"Sorry about all that happened…" He muttered. "Mike's an ass."
"Chocolove, shut up. You are not helping at all!" Mike snapped. Standing a few feet away, Hao watched calmly with Yoh who just finished… -Sigh- his orange smoothie.
"Should I go in and start or should I let them beat him up?" He asked laughing.
"Aniki, that's mean!" Yoh said with a frown as he and Hao walked over to them.
"Trying to start something?" Hao asked with a smile.
"And if I am?" Mike asked.
"Than we will just have to start something first." Horo and Ren walked off. –Where the hell did they come out from?-
"Do it and you will be disqualified." Mike said in a confident voice, as if they wouldn't hit him. Sadly however, he was too over-confident and Hao landed a hard punch on his jaw. Hao sighed and smiled triumphantly.
"Then I guess, we'll take those odds." He said calmly while smiling. "God that felt good."
"HAO!" Coach Denbat stomped over to them with anger. "What do you think you are doing!" Mike smirked.
"Wonderful." He said whipping some blood away from his face. "I don't even need to hand in that forfeit letter. You did all the work. Now you won't even last for the opening game."
"DAMMIT BITCH SHUT UP!" Horo jumped Mike in the face, just as Hao did, starting the fight of both… Ummm should I say school or teams?
"Break it up! Break it up!" Denbat yelled loudly as he and other coaches broke up the fight. "WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU THINKING!"
"They deserved it…" Hao muttered and leaned back, examining his hand. "I wish I can frame up my hand as an accomplishment for punching him. But then again, I can't and shouldn't… It would hurt." Ren rolled his eyes.
"I would have made the first move if Horo hadn't been so slow." He said looking at the Ainu who had an ice pack over his eye.
"Well at least we both landed a punch on him." Horo countered.
"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!" Denbat yelled. Meene frowned.
"What you kids did was beyond anything I have even seen." She said unhappily.
"In a good way or a bad way?" Yoh asked stupidly. Hao chuckled.
"Only Yoh would ask something like that." Denbat folded his arms.
"That's it." He yelled. "I am withdrawing everyone from the tournament!"
"But the girls didn't do anything!" Lyserg yelled.
"Yah! You can kick us out but why do they have to get kicked out for?" Yoh asked.
"You brought this on yourselves." Denbat said angrily. "All for on and one for all."
"Well if you plan to withdraw us all out…" Hao said with a strait face. "Then at least make sure that Mike's group of kids do as well. Seeing how they started all this."
"Mike's team has already been disqualified." Denbat said. "Now pack your bags, we are leaving tomorrow." The boys sighed. "And don't think I will let this go unpunished. You are all suspended from school and volleyball."
"Look coach, as the leader of the teams, I can speak for everyone that you may be able to suspend us from school… Which at the moment is the greatest thing in the world because summer is just about here, but you can't suspend us from what we like." Hao said rather… wisely.
"Wow, this is the first time Hao had said anything so corny…" Nichrome muttered.
"Yah, he's been watching a lot of movies." Yoh said laughing lightly.
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Last Chapter…
Anna makes a decision about who she will stay with but then hesitates when she learns the horrors of Hao and Yoh's curse. Will she choose Yoh or will she choose Hao? Or will she choose to choose neither?