"HORO!! WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW!"

Horo came running in, before slipping over a wet patch on the floor and sliding through the hall and into the kitchen, slamming into the island and bar stools.

Ren stopped tying his laces and looked at the doorframe that lead to the kitchen, unable to see Horo from his angle.

"..I'm okay!" Horo's voice floated over to him, and Ren sweat dropped in annoyance.

Ren stood, slinging his bag over his shoulders.

"It's an 8 minute walk to the train station from here AND WE HAVE 2 MINUTES UNTIL IT LEAVES!!" Ren yelled as Horo walked out of the kitchen, rubbing his sore head.

"Don't worry, Ren" Horo said, moving his arms like that annoying guy from e-sure does when he's all 'calm down dear', "We'll get to school on time."

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Surprisingly enough, they did make it to school on time. They actually made it to school a lot earlier than if they had taken the train, which they did end up missing in the end.

After sprinting as fast as they could to the train station, they were still too late. So Horo, after a quick jog back to Ren's house, used his snowboard to get them to school in no time at all.

"You could have gone slower." Ren grumbled, running his fingers through his now messed up hair, trying to get it to untangle.

"Hey guys, I need to talk to you…"

Horo and Ren looked down to see Manta looking at them nervously, wringing his hands.

"Did you piss off another yakuza, Manta?" Horo joked and Ren rolled his eyes.

"No… But we need a place for everyone to meet… everyone, minus Hao and Yoh that is… After school…"

"Sure, Manta. Ren's apartment is huge!" Horo offered, ignoring Ren's squeak of protest.

"Wow! That'd be great!... Da… Daijoubu ka.. Ren?"

"Not exactly like I can retract the offer anymore, is it?" Ren muttered, glaring hard at Horo.

"Cool! So we'll all come over after school, about 5-ish, but don't let Hao and Yoh know!" Manta replied, murmuring the last bit and running off.

"What was that about?" Horo asked, before realising that he was talking to himself and that the bell had just gone.

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About seven hours later, Ren once again found himself staring out of the window of his English/science class, bored out of his skull.

The doodles that he'd left on his desk the day before had been washed off, but you could still see the dents in the wood if you looked hard enough.

He cringed as the whiteboard pen squeaked horribly, before relaxing and rubbing his temples.

God, he would have probably given his right arm to be out of that room right there and then.

Actually, he was rather fond of his right arm… maybe his left arm. Freedom wasn't as important as his right arm. He could write with his right arm. He could make tea with his right arm. He could eat with his right arm. He could strangle the teacher with his right arm.

Great. He was rambling to himself in second person.

If he wasn't in a room full of people who would judge him, he would have banged his head on his desk several times.

When the bell went, Ren was the first out of the room, which was quite a feat considering that he was furthest away from the door. He kept running until he got to his locker, before viciously throwing his English book inside as if the thing would poison him.

He shuffled around inside his locker for a bit, before he found that he didn't have his wallet with him. He cursed under his breath as he realised that he wouldn't be able to get home, and would have to get Horo to take him.

He slammed his locker shut and walked towards where he knew the Ainu would be.

"Hi, Renny!" Horo chirped

"Don't call me that." Ren snapped, "Thanks to you, I neither have my train pass or my wallet, so I'll be riding on that death trap you call a snowboard with you again."

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After stopping at Horo's apartment so that the Ainu could change quickly, Ren unlocked his front door and stormed in, kicking his shoes off, wriggling out of his coat and abandoning his bag by the door before angrily grabbing the nearest hairbrush and running it through his windswept hair, giving out a loud curse for each knot he came across, however small it was.

"I wonder what Manta wants us all over for." Horo commented from the living room.

Ren resisted his strong urge to just run into the living room and stab Horo with the hairbrush, instead slowly counting to ten in his head.

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"Saa… The reason I wanted us all here…" Manta began, scratching his head, "As Anna and I know, there is something going on between Hao and Yoh, which seems to be more than just 'brotherly love'… you could say—"

"Yoh is cheating on me with Hao." Anna interrupted, "Manta and I have come up with a plan that will both expose them and get them to admit that they are in the wrong." She finished above all of the gasps and whispers before Manta took charge again.

"Here's how it goes…"

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Whut, chap 3 OwO!

Hehe, I left you with a kind-of cliffy n.n;; gomen ne!

The chapters will start getting longer from here, I realise that they are a bit short (only like 1300 words -.-)

Saa – well

Daijoubu ka – is it okay?

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