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Chapter 11

They only needed one piece left to complete their Oracle Bells. As they headed towards the big city in the Kiki-Beno region, the boys were getting reckless.

You can't blame them; they only need one more piece. I just wish we didn't have to go to the big city, Annie thought as she walks behind the others. I don't want to see them again.

It took them a few days to reach the big city. Since the Kiki-Beno region was small, there was a giant city in the middle fill with the latest technology! The city rose with many tall buildings and houses. People were rushing all over the place. This was why it was called the big city.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! What's cooking?" a man's voice boom. They rush over to a large T.V. screen where a bunch of people were gathering. They almost fell over anime-style at the site of the man. He was wearing the Patch Tribe clothing and had the Patch's markings on his face. The guardian was a T.V. host?!

"What on earth?" Rei asked. Lexi had her hand over her mouth.

The man continued to talk in a loud voice. "I'm searching for people to be on my show for one time only! So come to Jiku Studio right away!"

They stared in shock at this. Never has a Patch revealed themselves without some kind of thrust. This was just unbelievable.

"OMG! Is that you Annie?" a voice behind them said. Annie frowns at the site of two girls in front of them. They were twins and they were older than Annie. They had on tacky outfits just to show off their bodies and one wore a red ribbon while the other wore a red headband. Daichi look over at Annie who was frowning and her knuckles were turning white by the way she was crunching them.

"Why are you here?" the one with the ribbon said while smirking.

"Nothing. I'm here with my friends." Annie replied coldly. The gang wonders what was going on.

"Um, who are you?" Lexi asked.

The twins gave a dramatic gasp and they pretend to put their hands over their hearts. Annie rolls her eyes at them to which they gave her the evil eye. "OMG! OMG! Didn't Annie tell you we were her older twin sisters?"

The gang looks over at Annie who didn't look back at them. "You're not my sisters anymore." Annie said.

"Who do you think you are, you ungrateful brat?" the headband wearing twin shouted slyly.

"That's right! You got a lot of nerve coming back here!" the other one piped up. The gang frowns. They clearly didn't like the way the two girls were treating their friend.

The headband turns to face Daichi. She gave him a big smile which makes him narrowed his eyes. "Hi there, cutie! How are you? I'm sorry for my little sister being such a pest!"She said in a sickening sweet voice the complete opposite then how she treated Annie. Annie rolls her eyes and frowns again.

The other twin turns towards Rei. She gives him a bright smile. "Hello! You're quite the boy! How about you and I get to know each other?"

Lexi scowl. The twin was walking towards Rei now. Lexi stuck her leg out and the twin fell right in her face. "Oops, my bad! Didn't notice you there, witch!" Lexi turn her giggle into a fake cough. Rei smirk. The twin glare at her and got back up to her feet.

"Well, it was nice knowing you if not for annoying pests." both twins gave Lexi and Annie a death glare and they gave Rei and Daichi bright smiles before running off. This was turning into quite the day.

The gang was at a grand hotel owned by the Tao family. Rei's family was really rich and as soon as the people who work there realize him walking towards the hotel, they started rushing around to prepare for his entrance. The gang was given the highest grand rooms in the hotel that was one of the tallest buildings around. It was called, "Golden Rings," and was one of the expensive hotels in the whole world! Everything was golden and shines brightly.

The gang were in the boys' room talking about their next move but it soon turn to what had just happen with Annie and those two girls.

"Annie? What happen?" Daichi said.

Annie stayed silent for a while, letting her bangs brush over her face. Daichi was sitting next to her on his bed. "When I was about five years old, my parents left me on the side of the road." The girls gasp and the boys frown.

That girl was Annie?! Daichi thought as his mind took him back to that bubble. A rush of anger erupted inside of him. I can't believe they treat Annie like this!

"Why would they do that?" Lexi exclaim.

"My parents had always liked my sisters better. They were my mother's first born so she treated them like angels while she always looks at me in disgust. Ever since I was a baby, I always had a small closet for my room with hardly any space." Annie pauses before she continued while biting her lip. "I was never allow upstairs unless it was to get something for my parents or my sisters. I was never allow eating at the table and had to eat in my room. I never get anything and was always getting blame for what my sisters did wrong. My parents never believe me and at times, they would throw me out of the house. When somebody would come to our door to ask questions about the neighborhood and say how many kids we had. My parents would always say two little girls. They didn't even notice me. It was like I was a ghost that was never wanted but was there anyway." Annie grabs the sheet tightly.

"Who would treat their kid like that?!" Amidamaru shouted. When Amidamaru was still alive, he had lost his parents to bandits.

Daichi's eyes darken. "All of you except Annie leave." Daichi said in a calm but fierce voice that made everybody rush out without complaining, even Amidamaru left. The door slam shut. Daichi scowls. "I said, leave!" There was a rush of footsteps as they ran away from the door.

Annie looks at him, tears forming in her eyes. He pulls her into his chest and played with her soft hair as she cries softly. "I'm sorry, Daichi." Annie said quietly.

"For what?" Daichi mutters into her hair. He could smell strawberries.

"For treating you like that." Annie answered.

"It's fine. Besides, you had it worst."

Annie looks at him and he gives her a warm smile. "Were your sisters always freaks?" he asked. Annie laughs and nodded.

"Actually, after they left me, your mother and grandmother found me and took me in."

Daichi raise an eyebrow. "Really?"

Annie nodded. "I began to study under their teaching. The tips of my hair turn brown and I change my last name. When they told me I was going to have to marry you, I didn't think it was such a good idea. Boys never liked me much so I didn't think you would either. That's why I was mean to you when we meant; I didn't want you to live a life with me."

Daichi chuckled. "Well, you're the only girl who I ever found interest in. It doesn't matter anyway; we can't disobey my mother and grandmother." Daichi press her gently on the bed, making him be on top of her. He smirks as he twirls a strand of her loose hair.

Annie flush but then she smiles slyly. "Well? Are you going to be on top of me with nothing to do whats-so-ever?" Annie taunted him. He grins and plant a few kisses on her neck which causes her to give a startled yelp. She pushes him off of her and smiles sweetly.

"We should get going. Those friends of yours must be getting crazy." Annie said as she got off the bed. Daichi laugh as he knew that she was talking about the other boys.

Daichi rose from the bed and wrap his strong arms around her while pulling her closer to him. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Did you see what Lexi did to one of your sisters?" Daichi buried himself at the crook of her neck.

"She was pretty mad about the way my sister was talking to Rei. She deserves to be landing face flat."

Daichi laugh again. "They're just snobs."

"The weird thing is that a bunch of boys liked them which are like crazy."

"Who would like them in those tacky outfits and with all that make-up? They look like clowns! I wouldn't date her even if my life depends on it!"

Annie giggled. "Really? Have you ever dated any girls?"

"No, the girls at my school are really annoying."

"We should send Claire on an errand."

"Why?" Daichi ask curiously. Soon understanding came to him. "I get it. I'm surprise Charlie got her to come with us in the first place. He's not that good with girls."

Daichi release Annie and they walk out of the door. They found the rest of the gang sitting quietly in the lobby. Well, as quiet as a mob of employees trying to please Rei. The others look up to see Daichi and Annie coming down the stairs.

"Hey, Claire, could you go and get me a small flower key chain, please. You'll find them at Grab&Go. West Street of Milky Road." Annie said. Claire nodded and walk out of the hotel. The rest headed back to the boys' room.

"Charlie? Why did you want Claire to join us?" Daichi asked, getting down to business.

"I don't know, maybe because she's a joiner?" Charlie fires another lame joke. Rei whack him in the head with his spear.

"We're serious." Annie said.

"Okay, okay. She has my spirit." Charlie said. They stared at him for a long time.

"Impossible." Rei said.

"Doubt it." Akira said.

"No way." Yuki said.

"You're out of your mind." Lexi exclaim.

"Are you sure?" Daichi asked.

"YES! I AM VERY, VERY SURE!" Charlie exploded as he threw his hands up in the air.

"So that's what I felt last night." Annie said.

"What?" everybody turns towards her.

"My beads started to shake because of how much mana she gave off. My beads also responded when Lexi's dragon spirit appear too." Annie explains.

"We believe you." everybody except Charlie said.

"You believe her and not me?!" Charlie whined. They nodded. Charlie fake sob while Rei and Akira slaps him out of his so-call 'sob'. The boys hold respect for Charlie, but at most times, he was an idiot.

"So, did you tell her yet?" Daichi asked.

Charlie nodded excitedly. "She was really shock about it. But I convince her and she's fine with it."

"Amazing, she actually was fine with it." Akira said in surprise.

"That is pathetic." Rei scoff.

"That is truly a miracle." Yuki said.

"I didn't ever believe that kind of thing would happen." Daichi gave out a low whistle.

"Come on, guys! I'm a growing boy!" Charlie protested.

There was a knock on the door and Claire peek in. "Annie? I brought you a key chain."

Annie and the girls stood up. "We should get some rest. We will go to the studio tomorrow." Annie said before walking out the door with the other girls following. The boys look outside their window to see the sun almost completely gone. The blue moon came out and lit a glowing light n the land. Everybody went to sleep peacefully.

The next day, the gang was up bright and early. They had a quick breakfast and rush out of the door. The gang followed Annie over to the T.V. studio because she was the only one who knew where things were in this large city. They finally arrived at a large and tall building. It was filled with glass windows and was very fancy. They walk into the studio only to find many people lining up to audition for the show! Many kids of all ages; some had their parents with them were all over the lobby and there were several security guards trying to calm everybody down.

The gang looks around for the end of the line and but they had finally found it at the end of hallway. They prepare themselves for the very long wait.

"OMG! Annie! Why are YOU still here?" Annie's two twin sisters scream when they saw them. They went behind the gang in the line. Daichi and Rei groans and the others frowns.

"Jane. June. SO good to see you again." Annie said, her voice was fill with sarcasm.

"Whatever." Jane scoffs and rolls her eyes. She turns to Daichi and smiles sweetly which makes him looks at her in disgust. "Hi again! Do you have a girlfriend? Oh, and I just LOVE your headphones!"

"I wouldn't date you even if you pay me a billion bucks!" Daichi scowl as they move forward in the line.

Jane's face was in shock for she had never met a boy from around here that would turn her down before. Well, Daichi ISN'T from around here. Annie covers her giggle with her hand at her older sister's face. "Oh, come on cutie! You just need to get to know me better!"

Daichi shook his head. "Sorry, but I already know you enough to last me a lifetime."

"What?! How can you not like me?" Jane shriek. She took a step forward as the line continued to move.

"Oh please, Jane. You are such a drama queen. Boys were probably paid to date you because you're such a total idiot." Annie rolls her eyes. Jane shot her a death glare.

"Yeah right, little sister!" Jane shot back. "No boy has ever liked you and no boy ever will!"

"Really? I think she has friends right now who like her just fine, mostly me." Daichi replied coldly as he wraps an arm around Annie's waist. Jane gaped at him.

"Better close your mouth or you'll have flies swarming all over your pathetic self!" Annie smirks.

Meanwhile, June was flirting with Rei who looks just as disgusted by all of this as Daichi. "So, what's your name?"

"None of your business." Rei scoff.

"Oh! So you're a bad boy, huh? I just LOVE a bad boy!" June giggled insanely.

"Whatever." Rei scoff. June squeal and Lexi rolls her eyes.

"PL-EASE! Don't you have a whisper voice, witch?" Lexi said. "We are in a building for god's sake!"

June looks at Lexi in disgust and puts a hand on her hip. "Like, who are you to judge me? I'm older, hon!"

"Really? You're older than me?" Lexi widen her eyes as she fake the surprise. "Cause, like, you act like a five year old, HON!" June was full with rage. Lexi gave her a sweet smile and Rei smirk.

Meanwhile, the rest of the gang and the ghosts watch all of the drama going on as they moved up the line every so often. The line continued to move up and they could see many people walking away sadly.

"I could be a super star!" June shouted at Lexi.

"Oh yeah? I'll LOVE to see you on stage as a complete idiot!"

"He would like me so much more than he would with you! You're just jealous of how much attention he's giving me!"

Lexi glare at her. "You don't even know him and now you want to date him?! I just wanted to save him from having a horrible life with a witch like you!"

"Ouch." Akira said to Rei.

"Whatever. I don't care about you because I hardly know you and from what I can tell, you're just a spoil brat. Besides, I'm taken." Rei wrap both of his arms around Lexi and pulls her closer. He rests his chin on her shoulder.

Lexi gave June a smug smile even though she knows that Rei was just helping her win, at least she thought he was, she wasn't quite sure. Lexi made an L on her forehead with her hand. "Loser!" Lexi stuck her tongue out at June who was outraged.

Daichi gave a sigh as Jane kept yelling at Annie who replied with calm, yet cold remarks. He felt a tug on his shirt and he looks down. He saw an orange tiger ghost standing there. He looks at the tiger in confusion. It gave a soft purr and pointed to Amidamaru who was floating in the air above him.

"Daichi, I think it wants us to follow it." Amidamaru said. Daichi nodded and motion for the others to follow him. He grabs Annie gently on the arm and pulls her away from her still screaming sister while Rei did the same with Lexi who was still fighting with June.

They followed the large tiger down the hallway. They walk past rooms and closets. The tiger led them to a pair of steel doors that opened when the tiger came near it and the gang went through the steel doors. Inside was a room, the floor was hard wood and there was several chairs for the judges' tables. There was a bunch of lights and cameras all angled at different points. In the corner, sata man in Patch clothing who jump up when he saw them.

"Micky! You're back and you found shamans!" the man exclaim happily. He ran over and shook each of the gang's hands really fast. "My name is Billy! Nice to meet you! Welcome to my show!"

"Wait, are you telling me we are going to do our test on LIVE?!" Charlie shouted in excitement.

Billy nodded. "Indeed you are! Now, the judges will be those five wonderful ladies!" Billy smiled brightly at the girls. "But you must be fair, alright?"

The girls nodded. They had evil smirks on their faces. "Don't worry, we'll be VERY fair." they said sweetly. The boys gulp. They suddenly had a very bad feeling about this.

"Welcome to the Grand-Milk! I'm your host, Billy. Today we have five lovely guest judges and five boys ready to get down on our game! The rules are very simple, win two out of the three rounds and you win the GRAND prize! And remember, NO cheating!" Billy shouted into his microphone. The cameras were moving on their own as was the lights because Billy was using his mana to make it possible.

"Now, here are our contestants!" Billy pointed over to the side and a beam of light shine on the boys. Billy began to introduce them one by one. He finally brought out a large colorful wheel with flashy lights and ribbons sticking out of the sides.

"I will roll this wheel and whatever it lands on; you will have to do it! I'll choose who will do it by this random name picker." Billy held up a mini-phone. "Are you ready?" The boys nodded.

Billy spun the wheel hold. It whirls around and around. The ribbons were flowing at high speed and the lights were looking like a light circle because the wheel was going really fast. It started to slow down after a while. It finally landed and the boys except Charlie groans at what it said. It said in big writing, 'Joke's contest!' Charlie was jumping up and down and was praying that he would get pick.

"Wow! The first rounded is all about jokes! You will have to tell your best joke to score some points from the judges. Let's get cracking, huh?!" Billy press a few buttons on his phone and it gave a loud ring. "And it looks like Charlie will get to do this one!"

"Oh yeah! " Charlie punches the air with his fist. The other boys smack their heads and prepare for the worst.

Charlie walks up into the middle of the room and the other boys watch off-stage. Charlie took the microphone off its stand. "Hey there everybody! Did you hear about the deer that join the sheep? Well, it just so happens that he was a sheepish deer with antlers!" Charlie places a pair of tall antlers on his head. They were really heavy so he kept on walking back and forth, trying to keep balance. He finally fell down face flat on the hard floor with his antlers rolling off-stage. The girls erupted with laughter, mostly because of how he fell down. Annie and Serena gave him an 8.5 due to his bad joke but funny fell over and Marika, Lexi and Claire gave him each a 9.5.

"Will you look at that?! Charlie gets a grand total of 45.5 points! An outstanding score considering only 50 points can be given in all!" Billy shouted. "And now, let's see what his opponent gets!" Billy snaps his fingers and a mask person appeared on stage wearing nothing but white. Billy had Charlie stand in a corner and they all watch the mask person as it walk up to the mike.

It spoke in a robotic voice and the boys had to admit, its joke was pretty funny. The girls gave it all 10s which comes to a grand total of 50 points!

"I can't believe it! The mask person had got a total of 50 points! Charlie, I'm sorry to say that you have lost this round! It's I-0 with the mask people winning!" Billy shouted in amazement but they knew he was faking it. They were really going up against him. That mask person was filled with Billy's mana.

Charlie steps off the stage in defeat. The other boys tried to cheer him up. It wasn't over yet. Billy walks over to the wheel and spun it again. The boys waited, anxiously. It started to slow down and landed.

"Well what do you know? It's the 'Bubbles Popper'! Each person from each team will have to pop as many bubbles as they can in less than one minute! And, you can choose who you want to do this round! You may use a weapon if you would like. There will be a wall to separate the two and our cameras will see who pops the most bubbles. " Billy announced.

"Yuki." Daichi said without looking at him.

Yuki smiled and got up from his seat. "You got it."

"Our guests have chosen Yuki to be their player! The mask people have chosen their blue person!" Billy snaps his fingers and a blue mask person went on stage. A large stone wall came out of the floor which causes everything to shake. Yuki check his pendulum case and made sure his crystal was sharp and at the edge. The blue mask person was holding a long shining sword.

Yuki and the blue person stood at different sides of the wall. "On your mark, get set, and GO!"Billy shouted, raising his hand in the air as if to signal. Millions of bubbles of all sizes flew into both sides. Yuki jump up into the air and release his crystal. The wire expended rapidly and zigs and zags all around his side. It pop any bubble in its way as more bubbles kept forming. The blue person was fast as well, slicing through every bubble with its sword.

The others' whip their heads back and forth between the two sides. Each was popping bubbles rapidly. The minute seems to drag on forever! But finally, a bell rang and the bubbles disappeared. Yuki and the blue person landed on their feet and both look towards Billy. Both of the cameras that filmed the whole progress handed Billy a piece of paper with a long robotic arm. Billy looks over the sheets of paper.

"It looks like Yuki wins this round! Give it up! The boys have made a comeback! The score is even! 1-1!" Billy shouted. The boys gave Yuki a high-five. The wall went back under the floor.

Billy spun the wheel. It landed on 'Mud Wrestle!'. "Our contestants are going to have to get into the pool and wrestle in MUD!"

The boys smirk while the girls roll their eyes. "Now, who will be the person to mud wrestle with the red mask person?!" Billy press random buttons and it rang. "It looks like Akira will be doing the honor!"

"Yes!" Akira shouted.

"This is the best thing for a knucklehead like you to do." Rei said. Akira glared at him.

"If I win this, then we all get our final piece!" he shot back.

"You know how Rei is. Just do your best." Daichi said, grinning. He did a fist bump with Akira.

Akira went up the stage and stood on the other side of the red person. Billy gave a signal and a large blue pool rose up from the underground. It was completely fill with mud. Akira and the red person stood touching the pool's side.

"Let's mud wrestle!" Billy shouted and fired a gag gun. They quickly dove into the pool. The two stayed below the surface so the others couldn't see what was going on. There were several air bubbles forming every so often before popping. An arm came out and it was wearing red so that must be the red person. The arm quickly was pulled down again. There were waves that rippled in the mud. At last, Akira stood up with a grin on his face. The red person floated on its back, defeated.

"And it looks like Akira won! This is outstanding! The boys have won, 2-1! They win!" Billy screams. The rest of the gang ran up to congratulate Akira.

"Congrats! You guys have won a trip to Hawaii!" Billy exclaim with a wink towards them to show that he was kidding. They smiled. "Well, that's our show for today! Tune in soon for another episode of Grand-Milk! Good-bye!"

The cameras turn off. Billy turns towards them. He handed the boys each a small two fork short metal claw. They place them into their pouches. "You have five pieces, correct?" The boys nodded. "Good, when the signal for the fight to begin comes, you will have another test before your Oracle Bell will be put together." The boys nodded again and Billy shows them out of the building.

Yoh: (Laughs) This is quite a surprise for a Patch to be a TV host.

Lyserg: Who was doing the auditions when the host was in another room?

Everybody looks at me for an answer.

Me: Oh! Um, uh... (Gulps)

Ren: Hopeless.

Yoh: You didn't think of that, did you?

Me: (Hangs head in shame)

Jeanne: Oh well, not every story is perfect.