Note: Wow, I had to look into a lot of my past chapters to finish this. I went all the way back to chapter 8. Well Ryoma was very OOC last time so I'm going to try to make him more of himself in this chapter...well hope you all like it. Once again, this is more MomoAnn than anything.

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Momoshiro continued his running and panting. Man, he was getting tired. He wasn't going to stop though. Not until he found Ann...or kicked Fuji's butt. Finally he reached his destination where he thought the two would be. He stopped for a minute to catch his breath... 'O crap what am I going to say...?'

Suddenly he heard a voice...no two...He ran towards them and then hid behind a bush. (Wow that was original). There he spotted his favorite tensai and thee person that was making this all really complicated right now. Little did he know, one of those two, knew very well that he was watching...

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Fuji glanced over nonchalantly to the bushes. He then glanced back at Ann. Fuji had told her not to talk about their plan for a little bit in fear that Momoshiro might come any moment, but what he didn't tell her was that Momoshiro was right behind them. Now it was time for his plan.

"Ann-chan..."

"Yes, Fuji-kun?"

"Please," he said, grasping her hand in his, "Call me Shusuke."

"F-F-Fuji-kun?" Ann said, her eyes widening.

"Ann-chan...You will be mine."
"What...what do you mean?" she asked confusedly.

"Momoshiro isn't good enough for you. I want you, and I always get what I want." Fuji said, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her close to him. They were so close that they're noses touched, and just as (it looked like) he was about to pull in for a kiss...

"NOOOOOO!"
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Ryoma walked back to the diner. He wondered if anyone noticed he was gone, but he figured it didn't really matter. Tonight just wasn't his night. So he opened the door slowly and walked in casually.

"Echizen, where were you? We were worried? Did you see Momoshiro? Is he okay? Where is he going? Oh please tell me Fuji and him didn't get into a fight? Are there any injuries? Did they have to go to the hospital? How's poor Ann-chan?!

"Hn" was all Ryoma answered.

"Echizen-kun!"
"Ryoma-sama!"
"Echizen."

"Ryoma-kun!"

Voices and worried faces (well except for Tezuka), surrounded him. "Where'd you go?...I missed you so...It's been so long..." Tomoka attempted to sing. "Since you've been, GONEEEE!"

-CRACK/BREAK-

Well it looks like Tezuka won't be using his glasses for a while...

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"Avalona-chan..." Eiji whispered softly.
"Eiji-kun..." Avalona replied.

"I...can't believe it's a tie! Nya! Let's play again."
"We've been playing for almost 2 hours now..."
"Hm...What's that?! Do I sense a forfeit?"
"NOT.GONNA.HAPPEN."

"Fine then. We'll settle this the man way."
"Burping contest?"
"EXXXACTLY"

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"Ah...Tomo-chan...why don't we go get some drinks..." Sakuno mumbled, trying to keep her friend from continuing any of her "singing."

"Alright Sakuno! Let's go!" Tomoka answered, skipping childishly with her friend towards the counter. Ryoma then faced towards Kachiro.

"...g...gomen." Ryoma mumbled so quietly that Kachiro barely heard it.
"Hm...what for Echizen-kun?" Kachiro asked. Ryoma looked at him wide-eyed. 'O yeah that's right...he never saw the glare I gave him...' "Nothing." And with that, Ryoma gave up. After all there was no point in making another one of his magnificent plans. He was not a quitter though. He decided to give up just for tonight. And thus, his conclusion: Love sucks. 'Kami-sama, I sound like a girl...'

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"NOOOOOO!" someone yelled, as they emerged from the bushes. A very frustrated (not to mention covered in leaves, twigs, and berries) Momoshiro glared at the two.

"M...M...Momoshiro-kun!" Ann said startled.

"Ann-chan..." Momo said with his eyes softening.

"Excuse me Momoshiro, but we are in the middle of our date."

"And now it's the end."

"Momoshiro-kun, what are you doing here?"
"Ann...I...we need to talk." he stated quietly. Fuji grinned. Torturing, but in a good way. His favorite hobby. Actually torturing itself was his favorite hobby, but doing it in a good way gave him that warm fuzzy feeling inside.

"Well then...I suppose I'll be leaving." Fuji said, as he walked away. When there were alone, Momo smiled at Ann. He stepped closer to her, baby step by baby step. Eventually, he had her in a warm embrace.

"Momoshiro-kun...are you mad?" Ann asked quietly, breaking free from the hug. Momo shook his head.

"Are you?" he asked. She shook her head too.

"Ann...I...Gomen...I..." he stopped. Not that he really had a choice; he didn't know what else to say. "I just..." Then his eyes widened again as Ann's lips were pressed against his. He then wrapped his arms around her waist and...

-Click-

The two opened their eyes to find Fuji behind them, taking pictures. He could never really leave his old friend, the regular camera (1). They separated from eachother quickly.

"Well, have a nice night," was all the tensai said before waving goodbye and leaving them for good. 'Great, now I can go see what Echizen is up to...'

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Eiji picked up his glass of coke and gulped down the whole thing in a matter of seconds...then...opened his mouth and...

"bbbbbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrppppppppppppppppp."

It was quiet but long.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." Avalona said, before grabbing the cup and drinking it slowly, but swallowing it all in one gulp.

"BBBUUUUUURRRRPPP."
Hers, on the other hand was loud but short.

So then, you may ask, who won? Well they'd both like to say they did, but before doing this little competition they had not gotten a judge or came up with any system to tell who won. So what did they do then? Well...

"Fine then...Now we're doing this the real man way!"

"Spitting contest?"
"EXXXXACTL-NO! Spitting is an art form, meant to be observed. It should never be used in the way of competition, that would be sickening and it would destroy its sacred name."
"I see...then how?"

"We'll shoot eachother."

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Sumire was really getting tired. She had searched everywhere for that dog and the moron. They were supposed to meet 5 minutes ago. Then she noticed a sound. It sounded kind of like...snoring? She followed the noise to one of the rooms and opened the door. "Nanjiro? Nanjiro! YOU IDIOT!" She yelled, waking up the said person. "Wh...what?...Rink...no of course those weren't my magazines...they were Ryoma's...yeah that's right." "NANJIRO!" "Wah..what? Where am I? AH THE OLD HAG! AM I DEAD? AM I BEING PUNISHED FOR ALL THE WRONG I DID IN MY LIFE BY BEING SENT TO AN ETERNITY WITH THAT THING!!!! NO KAMI-SAMA! I'M SORRY! PLEASE SAVE ME!!!" Nanjiro yelled. Sumire snorted and flipped the light switch. "NO NOT THE LIGHT! I'M TO YOUNG AND INCREDIBLY HANDSOME TO DIEE...I CAN'T GO NEAR THE LIGHT!!!! BESIDES...YOU MUST UNDERSTAND! THE OLD HAG IS EVEN UGLIER IN THE LIGHT!"

"Nanjiro give it a rest already!"
"Hu...hu...huh? Where am I? Oh...right the school...the auction...AND THAT STUPID DOG THAT PEED ON ME!"

"Well maybe it you didn't keep falling asleep then the dog wouldn't pee on you? EVER THINK OF THAT?"
"Sorry...you don't have to yell...I think you just hurt my feelings."
"Just shut up and let's go find the dog." Sumire said, heading for the door. She turned the knob, then turned in the other way, then started banging on the door.

"Jeeze do you have to make all that ruckus?"

"Nanjiro! It won't open! We're stuck!"
"You need to push it. Kami-sama, you women always need a man to do the work for you...you're all lazy that's it."
"Lazy?! Hello? You have no room to talk! You sleep all day for a living!"

"Do you want out or not?"
"I'm sorry, let's let the non-lazy-sad-excuse-for-a-monk do it." Sumire said sarcastically, as Nanjiro turned the knob.

"Um...old hag."
"Yeah?"

"We're stuck."

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(A/N):

Well I had a few questions before I finish this fic. First off, I really don't have anything else planned for Oishi's and Tezuka's dates so unless someone really wants me to put more details in it, continue it or something, I don't think I will. I really doubt someone actually wants a romance between Tezuka and Shiba but really, if you have any ideas, suggestions, or any opinions on what you'd like to see happen to him and Oishi, then just tell me. Same goes for Kaidoh. I'll put something about his date later, but you guys can decide whether you want it long or short.

Don't worry this is not the end. I have about 1-2 chapters to go. Maybe 3 if they're short or about the length of this.

(1)Incase you didn't get that whole "regular camera" thing, it's because in chapter 8, it said he abandoned his old camera for a video camera

Review please! This chapter needs all the encouragement it can get...