"You're uglier in the dark"

Now let's just remember Sumire might not have the most patience or temperance in the world as some of her students might mention...Her left eye started to twitch a little, and just as she was about to scream her head off she head a noise.

RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!

"That...that's...Muffy!" Sumire cheered. "Where is she?"

"Who cares? That dog peed on me...as far as I'm concerned she could be stuck in a toilet and I couldn't care less."

RUFF! whine

"Whine all you want...I don't care."

"Now, now...I can't believe I'm saying this, but you need to set aside your differences..." Sumire sighed.

"We'll set aside our differences all right, right after I-"

"NANJIRO!"

"Fine...fine...whatever gets you quiet."

"Okay now Nanjiro, why don't you like Muffy?"

"Oh I don't know maybe because well, she's a dog, she peed on me, she was supposed to be my date, she peed on me, she's extremely annoying, she peed on me, I had to run around this entire school and ended up getting locked in here with you all because of her, and oh yeah, SHE PEED ON ME!"

"I'm sure she didn't do it on purpose..."

"Oh yeah..."

RUFF! RUFF! Woof...

"Ah, I think she's apologizing."
"Oh yeah that's it...do you hear yourself?! IT'S A DOG! AN EVIL, DEMEANING, PEEING MONSTER OF A DOG!"

Growl

"Yeah yeah...whatever..."

"Nanjiro! Apologize right now!"

"...to a dog?"

"YES! If you do...i'll introduce you to a cute girl after this is all done." Sumire said, smiling evilly. Nanjiro's eyes widened.

"A...a girl?! A human girl?!"

"Yes...a human girl..."

"A young girl?! But, but not under 20...Well okay not under 15."

"Um...yeah sure..." Sumire smile slowly crept away. 'Man this guy really is a pervert...'

"And cute? Very very cute? But not hairy...or furry."

"That I can't promise..."

"Well then...too bad..."

"Fine...she'll be cute, very cute."

"Very very cute?"

"Fine whatever...just apologize before I change my mind."

"No problem, sorry you stupid dog..."

"NANJIRO!"

"Fine fine...Sorry...what's her name again?"

"Muffy."

"Sorry Muffy..."

Woof!

Suddenly there was a noise of something scratching on a wall...or...a door?

"Muffy...what's she doing?" Sumire asked as she rushed to the door.

"She's scratching on the door...maybe she's trying to get in..." Nanjiro thought out loud.

"Or to get us out..!"

"Okay, you give that dog WAY too much credit."

Then it sounded like a latch or something was opened. All of the sudden the door slammed open as Muffy ran in and jumped straight onto Nanjiro.

"Hey...hey...stop that...Stop licking me! Ha ha...stop it...haha..that tickles...really...ha...stop!" Nanjiro whined

"YES! Finally we can get out of here and get to the fundraiser, and we can auction off Muffy!"

"Auction her off...but, but...we're just becoming friends...I mean...I don't care about a stupid dog...even though she's cute and sweet and..."

"NANJIRO! Get a hold of yourself and lets go..."

"Alright already..."

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After saying goodbye to Tomoka, Ryoma walked outside of the burger restaurant and was going to walk home when he was stopped by a voice.

"Ryoma-kun?"

"Ryuzaki." He said, acknowledging her presence.

"Ryoma-kun, where are you going?"

"Home." He answered coolly.

"Ah...I see...Tomo-chan said you were leaving so I-" Sakuno stopped as she saw Ryoma still had his back to her. "Why are you always like this?"

"Hm?" Ryoma said while he turned around, obviously caught off guard.

"You're just...never mind."

"I'm just what?" He asked as he walked near her.

"Never mind..." Sakuno said as she inched closer to him after every statement.

"I want to know." He demanded, mimicking her.

"Just forget it..." She replied. Thanks to there continuous inching together, their faces were now only several centimeters away. After finally acknowledging this, the two stopped talking and blushed (although Ryoma would never admit it). Then they both just stared at eachother. It was an intense stare that's only equal was the intenseness of the silence between the two of them. Ryoma leaned in a slight bit and looked at her. She leaned in a little as well. They kept continuing to mirror each other's movements until their lip were barely apart. Ryoma leaned in all the way and kissed her lightly, and wrapped his arms around her waist as she put hers around his neck. After a little bit they broke their lips away but continued hugging.

"Ryoma-kun...you're Tomo-chan's date."

"You're Kachiro's."

"Are we...cheating on them?"

"As far as I know my dates over...but you...I'm not so sure about..."

"I never said goodbye to him..."

"Nani?! You're cheating on me?! Well then I guess we both knew this would never work out." Ryoma said as he broke away from the hug and folded his arms across his chest.

"Ryoma-kun!" Sakuno said with a pout as Ryoma started to walk away. "Hey, you coming? I can't walk you home without you..."

'Ryoma-kun...' Sakuno said, smiling softly. She ran to catch up with him, and then they walked home under a beautiful full moon with the stars illuminating the sky. It was really a beautiful scene. It was too bad neither of them noticed it because they were too busy looking at eachother.

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Not to far away... (hiding behind a building)...

"Aww that was really sweet." Ann said.

"Yeah, Sakuno-chan is so lucky..." Tomoka added.

"I got dumped..." Kachiro sighed.

"Join the club." Fuji chimed in, smiling... (some how he doesn't seem so depressed...)

"Oh Echizen, so young..."

"Momo, he's only a year younger than you!"

"Hey too bad Eiji's not here...I wonder how his date is going anyway..." Momoshiro added.

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Meanwhile...

"Another tie?!" Eiji and Avalona sighed simultaneously.

"Well it wasn't really a tie...you just both lost..." The girl at the front desk told them.

"Hey it's not our fault...the other guy in there was huge..." Eiji replied

"You actually saw him? He was so fast and it was so dark, I couldn't even catch a glimpse..." Avalona added.

"Well...he had to be huge to get past Eiji the Exterminator!"

"Oh that's original..." The girl at the front desk said.

"Thanks I came up with it all on my own!"

"Yeah well anyway, there's the "huge fast guy" who kicked your butts..." she said, pointing across the room. Eiji and Avalona turned around to see a little five year old girl licking a lollipop.
"There is no way..." Eiji started.

"...she beat us." Avalona finished.

"Yeah...well come again!" the girl said, before she turned around and went back to her job.

"Man, I'm wiped out." Avalona said, as she plopped down on one of the chairs.

"Yeah me too." Eiji said, grabbing a chair next to her. "Wanna just call it a tie?"

"Definitely...apple and grape toothpaste are both great flavors..."

"Actually, my research shows that neither apple nor grape is the most popular toothpaste flavor." Inui said, appearing out of nowhere.

"What? Inui? Where did you come from?" Eiji asked, looking around randomly.
"That's not important. Anyway, my research also shows that bubblegum is indeed the most popular flavor of all the toothpastes."

"LIES! THEY'RE ALL LIES!" Avalona yelled.

"NA NA NA NA NA NA! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! Eiji said, with his hands cupped over his ears.

'Chance of a second date for these two...110...'

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"It's so great to finally be out of that room." Sumire beamed.

"Yeah, I might've slapped myself if I had to spend another minute with you..." Nanjiro replied.

"...I'll let that one pass...I hope everything is okay at the fundraiser." Sumire said. She opened the door and her jaw dropped.

There was everyone standing around singing.

"I say Toe-may-toe," Jiro cheered.

"We say Toe-ma-toe" the crowed cheered back

"I say Poe-tay-toe" he said.

"We say Poe-tot-toe" the crowd answered.

Sumire hit her head against the wall.

"Hey, old hag, don't do that!"

"Nanjiro, I'm surprised...you actually care about me..."

"Yeah sure...keep thinking that...I just need you to introduce me to a cute girl...after all you owe me..."

"That's it...I'm never volunteering to hold a fundraiser ever again."

"Why? I think this one turned out pretty good!" Nanjiro smirked.

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A/N: Well this too way way longer than expected (the chapter and the whole story), and for that I am extremely sorry. Yes this is the end, hopefully it didn't disappoint anyone. I was kinda disappointed myself in some things, but I'm also just proud I finished it.

If you're just dying for more, don't worry, there's an epilogue coming out:) Yay, well I'll try to get that up really soon, and trust me, it won't take too long.

Well thank you everyone who's read my story this whole time and who's reviewed, I'm really surprised that I made it this far and this long. This is my longest story ever, and I think it'll stay that way, because I don't think I did very good with writing such a long story, plus I had writers blocks for a good part of it, and I hate when that happens.

Anyway reviews are loved, especially since this is the end, but only review if you want...please want to... :)

Goodbye everyone! Feel free to read my next stories!

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