Again, I have been really busy with school and stuff, and I know A Clean Start should be my first priority, but I'm putting it on hold for a while. I hope you like my newest story!
Sora was absolutely exhausted; Kalos had decided it would be a good idea for them to try recruiting by performing in different places around the world. For about a month now, she had been trying to catch the eye of young acrobats everywhere from Europe to China. Now back in her home country, Japan, Sora was doing an elaborate routine with Rosetta in front of a school building.
"This place is called Seiyo Academy, right Rosetta?" Sora whispered to the diablo prodigy.
"Um…yeah, I think. Why?"
"Do you think you can flip a diablo to spell it?"
Rosetta looked at her indignantly. "Just who do you think I am? Of course I can do it!"
To prove her point, Rosetta whipped the string and shot the colorful toy into the air. She caught it quickly and moved in a way that the diablo caught on the end of her string and made a perfect S in the air.
'E-I-Y-O A-C-A-D-A-M-Y' Rosetta traced each letter in her mind as she maneuvered the diablo.
The elementary students went wild when they saw this, shouting, "Cool and composed!" at Rosetta and "Sweet and graceful!" at Sora.
'What the heck are they talking about?' Rosetta wondered.
"Ready for the finale, Rosetta?" Sora asked, startling the girl out of her thoughts.
"Let's do this!" Rosetta shouted. She shot her diablo as high into the air as she could. Sora pulled out a string that had been previously hidden in her pocket and launched herself into the sky, twirling the whole way. She quickly caught up to the toy, and used her string to catch it. While still flying, she shot it up even higher. The diablo snapped cleanly in through the middle when it reached its peak, and pink sparks shot out.
The students went wild, their attention so riveted on the miniature fireworks that only one saw Sora fall. Her foot slipped when she hit the ground, and her arm hit the ground hard. When Sora noticed Rosetta looking at her with concern, she quickly stood up and said, 'I'm fine! I'm fine! Nothing wrong!" Rosetta shrugged and turned to the audience. They both gave a bow as applause exploded from the crowd.
When Sora thought no one was watching, she rubbed her arm in pain. A small pink haired girl slipped out of the crowd and walked over to her.
"Hey, you okay?" Amu asked.
"I'm fine, just a bruise!" Sora gave an unconvincing laugh.
"Well, if you insist…" Amu left and faded back into the crowd.
"Amu-chan!" Ran yelled.
"What?"
"She's obviously not fine! Go back and find her right now!"
"We'll see her again in a minute, calm down. They're going to see if anyone here has skill on a trapeze or with diablos. I'll speak with her then."
"Oh. I guess that's fine then." Ran said, slightly put out.
"Students, please gather over here!" The cheerful voice of the trapeze artist was magnified by a mega-phone that Kalos had generously loaned her.
"Ooh, it's starting! Come on Amu!" Ran shouted excitedly.
"One sec." Unlike Ran, Amu was NOT excited about this.
'If Ran Chara Changes me, I'll look like a cheerful idiot. If she doesn't I'll look like a clumsy idiot. Which is worse, I wonder?'
A/N Poor Amu!