Sorry about not updating for a while. I have been preparing for finals for months and hopefully I pass. Here's the next chapter of The Affair. I hope you fans like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King
Claimer: But I do own Sakura Misao

Chapter 5: Spying

Anna ran back to her house as fast as she could. When she arrived, she ran to her room and got her video camera. She put in a blank tape and set it on her table. She went around the house until she found a dictionary. She took off the dust cover, making sure the cover of the book was blank and then cut out enough of the middle part of the dictionary pages to put the video camera in. She put it in and altered the dictionary enough until it was hard to see the video camera inside but the camera was still able to see well. Anna got a gold marker and wrote, How to Gain Shamanic Powers on the cover, making sure it looked authentic. Smiling to herself, she put it on the table and also put another blank tape next to it.

The next day

Anna got dressed and ready for school. She ate breakfast, and when it was time to go, she grabbed her backpack and her converted dictionary and walked to school in an almost happy mood. When she arrived, she got her things from her locker and turned on the video camera when no one was looking. Shouldering her backpack, Anna looked for Sakura.

When she saw her, Anna hid behind a door and made sure the video camera in the converted dictionary pointed at Sakura's group. Anna listened very closely to their conversation.

"I think today is the day to break up with Yoh. I'll do it after school." Sakura said.

"Finally!" one of her friends said. "This will be sweet."

"Yeah, I've always hated that idiot. I mean, he's a creep that can talk to ghosts." another girl said. Then, she noticed Anna. "Hey there, Anna."

Anna froze. Picking up the converted dictionary, she got up and walked away. "What were you doing there, Anna?" Sakura asked.

"I dropped my things so I was picking them up." Anna answered as Sakura and her friends advanced toward her.

"That's not what it looked like. It looked like you were spying on us." Anna faltered. "Listen, I'm warning you, Anna. If you do tell anything about this to Yoh, I will hunt you down myself and make sure I seek my revenge upon you." The bell rang and the kids in the hall walked to their 1st period class.

During the lunch, the principal approached Anna. "Ms. Kyouyama, you have been late several times to class so we will need to talk in my office." he said. "Just leave your stuff in your locker and follow me."

Anna sighed and did as he said. Little did she know, Sakura had seen the whole thing and waited until the two were out of sight. Immediately, she put in the combination to Anna's locker and opened it. (A/N: Sakura had gotten the combination earlier from her friends and she kept it for later use.) Looking inside, she spotted the converted dictionary. 'How to Gain Shamanic Powers. Anna had a book on this. I must have it.' she thought as she opened the book and found the video camera. 'What the heck? What's this doing in here?' She looked at the pages and noticed it was just a mutilated dictionary. Then she grabbed the camera and turned it on, watching the tape. Noticing that Anna had recorded her conversation, she spotted the blank tape in the locker. Turning off the video camera and switching the tapes, she returned it to the converted dictionary and fixed Anna's locker, making sure it didn't look like she was there. Then she smiled to herself, closed the locker, threw the first tape in the garbage and left.

Returning from the principal's office after receiving a week of detention, Anna opened the locker and grabbed her video camera. Then she ran to the cafeteria to show Yoh. Spotting him with Sakura and Manta, she walked over there. "Yoh." Anna said.

"What is it?" Yoh asked tiredly.

"I have proof that Sakura doesn't care about you." Anna said, turning on the video camera.

As the screen turned on, all it showed was darkness. "Looks more like darkness than me not caring for Yoh." Sakura said.

"Shut up." Anna said.

"Hey don't say that to her." Yoh responded.

Anna fast forwarded to the end of the tape and rewinded to the beginning but nothing appeared but darkness. "You did this, didn't you Sakura?" Anna said.

"Did what?" Sakura said innocently.

"You switched the tapes." Anna responded.

"Anna." Yoh said getting up. "Leave me and Sakura alone. I am tired of you trying to prove that Sakura doesn't love me. I know she does. So I don't ever want to see or hear you ever again." He grabbed his lunch tray and walked away while Manta and Sakura followed.

Anna looked at the clock. It was 12:13 and school ended at 3:00. 'I have less than 3 hours to stop Sakura from breaking Yoh's heart.' Then Anna ran back to her locker to put her stuff away.