A/N: Hehe, I was so excited by already getting a review and story alert that I decided to try my hand at a second chapter! I really hope I don't disappoint anyone with my crappy writing skills and plot...To be honest, I'm just making up the whole thing on the spot, I've no idea where this is going, so I can't say how many chapters and things there will be =P. Anywayz, hope you enjoy, everyone!


Chapter 2: The Party

Rima cursed as she stubbed her toe against the step that had definitely been invisible a couple of seconds before. It had to have been, otherwise Rima would have seen it and not stubbed her toe against it, thereby not embarrassing herself in front of her arch enemy, Fujisaki Nagihiko.

Amu looked at Rima in concern,

'Are you ok, Rima? I hate it when I stub my toe, it always hurts heaps.'

'I'm ok, Amu.' was the reply. Nagihiko interrupted sarcastically,

'You sure, Rima-chan? I can always carry you if it hurts too much.'

'I'd rather be carried by a giant cockroach with bad breath and green poo.'

'Oh. Well, in that case…'

'Shut up and get moving. We're gonna be late for class.'

Amu simply looked between the two of them, sighing and, for about the 2000th time in her life, wished they could, if not become FRIENDS, at least stop hating each other…

15 minutes later, in class

Amu turned to Rima, sitting next to her. Making sure the teacher wasn't looking, she slipped a note onto her desk, 'Having a party Saturday. You free?'. Rima scribbled a reply on the back, 'Sure, I guess. What for?'. Amu read the reply, her expression becoming slightly shifty. She glanced sideways at Rima, but her gaze was studiously fixed on the board the teacher was writing on. Grinning to herself, Amu scrawled another reply, 'Nothing much, just feel like having one. Anything wrong with that =P?'.

'Lol, guess not. K then, I'll be there.'

As Amu read the note, she couldn't help her grin becoming wider. She was looking forward to this. She knew there would be consequences, but making Rima come to a birthday party for Nagihiko was worth it.

Saturday afternoon

Nagihiko rang Amu's doorbell and stood, waiting, on the steps. Pretty soon, he heard running steps and Amu opened the door, smiling.

'Hey, Nagi! So, the house is still being decorated and stuff, but all the food and games and things are ready, so all you have to do is wait for your guest to arrive and welcome them warmly!' she said excitedly.

'Cool, thanks, Amu. But seriously, you still haven't told me a proper reason for having MY birthday party in YOUR house, you know...Isn't that not how it normally works?' was the bemused reply.

'It's because I know you'd never hold a birthday party if it was in YOUR house, so I'm forcing you to have one at my place. Make sense, dude?'

'Yea, whatever you say Master...Now let me in.'

With a sigh, Nagi settled himself on a couch, and started making himself useful by ordering Amu where to put decorations and enjoying the sight. After all, it wasn't very often he could get Amu to do what he wanted and he was sooo going to make the most of it. After about 20 minutes of running around, Amu finally gave up and kicked him, forcing him to get up and start doing some actual work. 10 minutes later, they were done, and the bell for the first guest rang.

Opening the door, Nagi discovered it was Tadase.

'Hey Tadag-, hey Tadase, what's up?' Just in time, Nagi managed to avoid using the nickname people had secretly come up with for him- Tadagay. Tadase didn't seem to have noticed and smiled at Nagi.

'Fujisaki-san! Happy birthday! Have you enjoyed the day so far? Here, I got a present for you, hope you like it' came the polite reply. Smiling back, Nagi accepted the gift and let him in. Before he could close the door, other people started turning up. There was the usual crowd, Kairi, Yaya, Kukai and some of their other friends at school.

Half an hour later

The party was well under way and there was a lot of noise going on. The music was blaring loudly, people were dancing and singing, while others were having a raucous game of Twister. Amu, too, was flitting in and out of the guests, refilling food, clearing up spilled drinks, etc. Secretly, she was slightly worried. Rima had not yet turned up and the main reason Amu had had the party at her house was so that she could invite her without Nagi knowing. The whole exercise would have been a waste if she didn't turn up. Then Amu heard the bell ring, faintly over all the noise. Smiling evilly to herself she located Nagi and signalled to him to get the door.

Nagi walked to the door, glad to momentarily escape the crowd and noise. He opened the door, wondering who had turned up so late. Then he froze in surprise. Rima and Nagi, both taken by surprise, did nothing but raise their eyebrows for a second. Soon, their stares had turned to glares. The silence between them was becoming quite ridiculous before Rima finally broke it.

'What the heck are you doing here?' she asked coldly, not realising that Nagi's reply was going to make kick both herself and Amu later.

'I'M having a birthday party here. And I didn't realise you were invited.' was Nagi's equally cold reply.

'Well I'M here to see my BEST FRIEND, who INVITED me to HER PARTY, so you can shove your stupid party up your-'. Before Rima could finish her sentence, Amu came running to the door.

'Rima, you finally came! What took you so long, woman, did you get into a car crash or something?' she questioned, ignoring the death rays both her friends were sending her. Acting oblivious to the tension in the air, she dragged both of them into the chaotic part area. On the inside, she was grinning like mad, although she was not a little afraid of what she knew Rima was going to do to her later...

Nagi allowed himself to be dragged back into the party by Amu. He sighed to himself, glad that Amu had broken the tense air, but wondering what the hell she had been thinking, inviting Rima to the party. He decided that the best thing to do would be to just try and avoid Rima until the party was over.

Rima, who had made her way to the other side of the room, switched her glare from Amu to Nagi. She couldn't believe that Amu had lied to her and was plotting the best way of getting revenge. She decided to stick the usual method of simply beating her up. After all, despite her delicate appearance, she could be way stronger than Amu when she needed to be, especially when she was angry.

Tadase wandered around the room, grinning happily. He had been invited to very few parties in his life and he always enjoyed them. Unfortunately, he was doomed to enjoy this one for a very short time. Spying Rima across the room, he decided to go say hello, completely oblivious, unlike everyone else, to the dark aura she was leaking. As he let the first cheery words drift from his mouth, he was met with a rather nice straight punch and fell to the ground. Rima had knocked him completely unconscious.


Hehe, ok, so second chapter is done...Please review guys! Feel free to write anything you want (except maybe flames...), cuz I want to do the best I can to get everyone to enjoy my writing =). To be honest, I don't have much experience, so any constructive criticism is totally welcome! Also, if anyone has any idea as to the plot, please tell me, because as I said before, I'm just making this up as I go along. To my first reviewer/person who put me on their story alert list- THANK YOU SO MUCH! You guys got me so excited that I wrote this chapter, I really hope it meets your expectations =D!