I' m sick, so chapters would be coming later than usual. Sorry.

Disclaimer: I'm a better artist than writer, so I most likely would suck at professional manga. So obviously, I don't own skip beat. Nor do I have the genius or skill to create such a work of art.

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Chapter 9 – Pure hard war

Kyoko was now sitting calmly in the van. Her kidnapper looked back at her with a worried look, and then sighed.

"This wasn't my idea; I just want you and him to get closer to each other!! He's like vitamin C; He's good for you!" The kidnapper said, twirling a strand of her long wavy hair. Kyoko looked up at Maria and gave her an 'I'm okay' smile. Kyoko was really happy her friends cared about her happiness, but she just wished they won't assume that she loved Ren. She looked out the window, and then her face fell in shock. Ren and Kanae were driving right behind them. Ren had this homicidal look on his face and Kyoko realized he could think she was really kidnapped. Maybe Kanae told him the plan, so he's mad. He won't have that expression if I ever got kidnapped. He's probably angry he has to take me somewhere on a work day. Kyoko thought, squashing her first assumption.

Kyoko was wrong though. Kanae didn't tell him yet, because she was a bit afraid of what he was going to do. Ren couldn't stop thinking of ways to kill a guy and cover it up. He had just got his happiness back, but someone had the nerve to take it away! (Kirei- Maria-Chan...Abunai!) He had wished he had the wheel so he could run over that van like an unlucky squirrel in the street. But the only reason why he didn't grab the wheel is because Kyoko's in there.

"We are here! Onee-chan, dress in these." Maria said, tossing her an army-like outfit. Kyoko looked at Maria and found out she was wearing it too. So was Kanae, when Kyoko saw her in the car. Kyoko sensed something was going on. She dressed and came outside. Ren was wearing it also. He smiled, but his eyes frowned. So in the end, he came out looking pissed off. Kyoko bowed about 12 times before shouting, "I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!"

"So I was told." he said, not changing his expression. Well, until he glared at Kanae.

"O.k.! i felt like paintball, so i dragged you guys here. Yashiro is coming. Man...We could have done partners, but we need one more person! "Kanae said, knowing full well who was walking behind her. Kyoko's demon-like instincts blared and she involuntarily hissed at her equally devilish rival. Ren never wanted a fly squatter so badly before.

"I will play if you let me." Sho said in a cool voice. "I'm partnered with Ky--"

"I'M GOING TO BE PARTNERS WITH KYOKO! RIGHT, MOGAMI-SAN?" Ren said a little louder than his normal volume. Kyoko shrugged her shoulders. Sho now wished he would have picked up that big cinderblock he saw on the road the way here. He glared at Ren, who was too relived to care.

"I got Yashiro-san!" Maria sang while she skipped to the incoming car containing her partner. Moko looked at Sho and smiled.

"This just leaves the two of us!" She said. They put on their helmets and walked towards the building to purchase the guns. (If the scene was slowed down, they would be walking like superheroes after they just won a wonderful battle!)

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Maria wanted to name the groups, so: Sho and Kanae was the red team, the blue team was Yashiro and Maria, and Kyoko and Ren was the green team. Kyoko loaded her gun and put it in position. As soon as the little bell rang, she would be engaged in pure hard war.

Ding-ding

A red paintball sailed past her head in an instant. It was the red team's bullet. Sho's finger had just realized the trigger. He grinned at her, making her want to change her type of bullets. She didn't have time to sit and stare at him, mainly because there were 3 other people going after her also. She shot at him and missed on purpose so he could duck and she ran away.

"Tsuruga-sempai! You okay?" Kyoko yelled, searching the building. It looked like a creepy abandoned school. That probably was the 'theme' that the paintball people wanted to create. She suddenly got sucked in by an arm in a dark corner. She was about to scream, until the person covered her mouth.

"SHHHHH! I hear some more footsteps." Ren said, realizing Kyoko's mouth. He chuckled when he realized her surprise. Kyoko blushed and angrily glared at him, even though it was too dark to see. She was about to yell at him but stopped to hear the footsteps he was talking about. Light, short steps. Kyoko instantly knew who this was. Kanae walked down the steps into one of the class rooms.

"Let's get behind her. She didn't see us." Ren whispered. Kyoko nodded and put her finger on the trigger. While Ren ran up the stairs Kyoko walked up to Maria and slowly started to press down on the trigger...

"You don't want to do that Onee-chan. Don't take me out of the game yet." Maria said not looking back.

"Why not?" Kyoko said, focusing on her aim.

"Because we need to get rid of Red team. Isn't that your objective? With them out of the way, Green team has a bigger chance to survive."

"Isn't my objective getting rid of you too?" Kyoko said, getting confused.

"Oh no Kyoko-Chan! Not YOUR objective. Maybe Tsuruga-san's objective, but unfortunately, you won't have the chance to destroy anybody. Green team would just have to lose a player."

Maria turned around ready to shoot, but stopped. Kyoko wasn't there. Maria turned around to look for her, but felt something hit her back. She looked down and saw a glowing green paintball on the floor. Maria felt her back and saw her fingers had a green substance on them.

"Sorry, you meant the Blue team would lose one of their players." Kyoko said. Maria stood there in horror.

"H-How d-did you..."

"I squatted under a desk. Sorry Maria-chan. I'm not going to lose just yet." Kyoko said walking out. The stare Kyoko gave her reminded Maria on why she liked her so much. Maria smiled, and went up stairs to the video or "loser" room to watch the rest of the battle.

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Yashiro was good with a gun. Better than anyone has ever expected.

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Excited? (I hope you are. Seriously.) Ask me how the story turned into this, and I couldn't answer you. I'm so sick! And lazy!

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