"There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you!" Riku blinked and looked up to see two hands reach for her. They had blackish nail polish and green stars on them, and she sat horrified and looked up at her T.T abductor.
Instead of a monster reaching out for her, it was a older and prettier girl.
She had long black hair that went past her hips, and had green streaks hat stood out but looked very natural. Her eyes were a pretty green too, like emeralds.
She had big hoop earrings that dangled on her ears. She wore a light green jacket with small black stars that was thin and fitted her perfectly, with a green skirt that matched her eyes and hair. She had black leggings on her legs and a pair of green heels that blended in perfectly. Riku felt so underdressed and boyish at this girls' presence. But the nice smile the girl had on her face made her reconsider.
"You should stand up before you get grass stains on your butt." She said, laughing before grabbing Riku's delicate wrist and pulling her up to her feet. The girl wiped Riku off as she started to rant again. "Man, I thought you didn't make it through and just stayed at home, but I guess I'm stronger than I thought! Who'd ever thought the night I come back a newbie comes?! What a coincidence!!! Anyway, what's your name? How old are you? Well, you must be at least 13 to come here, or at least I think so……?"
"Wait!" Riku said, holding her hands up in front of her defensively. "Where the heck am I? And who are you? Why did you bring me here?!"
"Oooh, yeah~ I haven't told you where you are yet!" The girl said, and then shrugged animatedly. She pointed to herself and winked cutely. "Anyway, I'm Zumi Hatsume! You can call me Zumi-chan if you wanna, everyone does. And as you might already know, I'm the one who brought you here!! Anyway, let's get you changed out of these…… boy-ish clothes, and into some cooler ones! Let's go~!"
Before Riku could say "Wait!!" Zumi started to pull Riku away from the grassy hills she once sat on.
Zumi pulled her crowd and behind the walls and the bases that streamed out music. Riku struggled to keep up with the Zumi's long stride while trying to get out of Zumi's grip, stumbling as she did.
Okay, this has to be a dream!!!! Man, Zumi's strong! Riku thought before giving up and stumbling after the chatting Zumi. Her gold eyes averted ahead to see a little but very stylish shack with one door.
Riku wondered what it was there for before the girl looked over her shoulder and down at her. Zumi stopped at the door and opened it, motioning Riku to go in.
"Whoa, whoa, hey! I'm not going in there." Riku said, shaking her head and waving her hands in front of her. "I don't know-"
"I'll tell you everything after you go in and get dressed." Zumi said, smiling reassuringly. "What's your name, anyway?"
She pulled me in here and don't even know my name? Riku thought, sweat dropping. She inwardly sighed before saying. "I'm Riku, Cutisake Riku."
"Well, Ri-chan. I promise you that I'll tell you everything you want to know after you get dressed." Zumi said, snapping her fingers. Two pairs of hands grabbed each of Riku's wrists and pulled her into the room, as she said, "NOT AGAIN!"
Yells and thumps were heard in the room while Zumi leaned casually against the wall next to the door, tapping her foot and whistling along with the catchy songs. She stuffed her hands into her pockets and groaned. She pushed herself off the wall and knocked on the door.
"Is she done yet?!" She said against the door.
As soon as Zumi called her sentence the door swung open and the girl was pushed out, only for the door to be closed by a girl with pink hair. Zumi looked at the confused girl and her eyes widened and sparkled, clasping her hands together before letting out a girlish squeal. "You're so cute!"
Riku looked down at the mirror that was propped against the wall and flushed red.
There was a faded orange beanie on her head with a large grey cream yellow on the side. Her short sleeve shirt was white with light orange stars trailed along it. The collar of the shirt went from one shoulder to another, and orange straps from a undershirt were clearly shone. She also wore a white skirt with a large orange star on the bottom left, white leggings on her legs that were almost skin tight, and white converse with purple stars.
"Whoa~" Riku said, touching the mirror. "I look……"
"Absolutely adorable!" Zumi complemented, latching both of her arms to Riku's right.
Then Zumi started to tow the still confused girl away from the mirror and back to the crowd in her fast pace. As soon as they were back into the place where the Amps moved along with the base of the song like a heartbeat and the painted stars on the wall moving along with the music.
Zumi waved and smiled at the people who nodded her way or smiled or called her name while Riku continued to look around in awe.
"S-So, are you gonna tell me where I am or not?" Riku asked, making Zumi pay attention to her again. "You said you would tell me where this is after I changed into this."
"Oh, yeah! I did, huh?" Zumi said, before putting Riku's arm in hers once more and walking in a slow pace. "Walk with me, Ri-chan. This might be confusing, but once you get the ideas in your head you'll soon get it."
Zumi smiled dreamily as she said, "This place is where no one could find it, modern but away from the world itself. This place has been here for as long as anyone who has been here could remember."
"Let's start from the beginning. Music is alive, as you could tell, having its own heartbeat with its own Rhythm. There are special but few kids that are scattered everywhere, whose hearts beat along with the Music's Rhythm. Oh, and just saying, but I personally know who had made this place, but that's beside the subject……"
Zumi had lead her on top of a grassy hill that overlooked the bright and alive place where Riku was at when she first came here. Zumi helped Riku down to a sit before she stood in front of her and continued to talk.
"Anyway, these special people are happy just by listening to music, despite what the world has done to them. No one knows why, some people say it's because our hearts are tied to the music's beat and some say it's just something supernatural. They would be content just to listen to a song that has a happy beat, and that would quicken their own heartbeat and revive their happiness once more."
Riku listened closely as she looked at Zumi, who was pacing back and forth as she talked. The blonde girls' head was jumbling around like crazy.
"But, in this group of special kids there are some who are weaker than others. They have to have people love them, or else their ties with the Rhythm of the music will be severed and they will be very depressed."
"Those kids, whose hearts have dulled with the wear and tear of the world, are what we aim to bring here. You, my dear-"
Zumi stopped strolling around and stood in front of Riku, pointing to her chest where her heart was. "You're one of those few whose heart beats along with the Music, but the Rhythm cannot keep your happiness for long."
Riku put her hands over her heart as Zumi smiled. "People like you come here on by themselves with no help, where they could find and make friends, and hopefully regain the strong bond they once had with the Rhythm. This place was made exactly for them. It was made to take the teenagers away from the world and let them have a chance to be happy every night."
"Why at night?" Riku asked.
"Because people would get suspicious if their kids aren't coming to school and come home all luly-gagy." Zumi said, flicking Riku's forehead. "Think girl! Plus, night is better. Night brings out the inner person that is hidden in your chest and is waiting to burst out. But they have to have a password to open the doorway to this place."
"Huh? What password?" Riku had a confused look on her face.
"You sang the song, didn't you?" Zumi asked, giving Riku an equally confused stare.
Riku flushed when she realized that the weird song she sang in front of the T.V brought her here. Riku fiddled with the hem of her skirt as Zumi leaned back and continued to talk.
"Anyway, like I said, the people who are chosen to come here are born with the song in their hearts, and if they sing it out loud, they could come to this place and mingle! That's why, when you sang in front of the T.V, it became a portal to this place and I was able to pull you in."
"What is this place, exactly?" Riku asked, holing the back of her head as a attempt to stop the throbbing all this was causing.
"This place is called, 'Place of the Beat'. But some of us shorten it by calling it BPM." Zumi said, shrugging.
"I'm sooooo confused." Riku said, rustling her own hair quickly in frustration. "And how can I be confused in my own dream~?!!!"
"You think this is a dream?" Zumi asked, looking down at Riku with raised eyebrows. Zumi then busted out laughing and nearly fell on the ground. Riku tilted her head in confusion as Zumi wiped the tears away from her eyes and held out her hand. "Oh my god, you are a riot! I promise, once you get used to this place you'll understand. Come on, girly! I want to introduce you to my very close friends, alright?"
"Yeah, okay." Riku nodded, grabbing Zumi's hand before helping herself up and letting Zumi pull her back into the party.
"ZUMI-CHAN!!!!" The girl screeched, glomping Zumi. "Your back!!!!"
"MIKU-CHAN!" Zumi glomped back. "Ri-chan, this is Miku-chan."
The girl had light green hair that was in two pigtails and nearly touched the ground. She had green eyes that were the same color as her hair. She wore a thin short sleeved light blue jacket that had stars all around it, purple strips on the hem of the sleeves and across the chest. She had a yellow skirt and purple nylons, yellow dancing heels on her feet.
Her name was aparently Miku Hatsune, and she was apparently Zumi's cousin. The first thing Riku thought was, Why's her name so familiar?She was very cheerful and nice, and almost acted exactly like Zumi. They were like twins.
Zumi went to go get them some soda's and left Riku looked down at her feet with boredom and Miku trying to talk to her.
"What's your name again?" Miku sked, tilting her head to the side.
"A-Ano…I'm Riku, Cutisake Riku." She said, nodding to confirm her own identity.
"You're really cute looking, Ri-chan." Miku said, giggling when Riku flushed a light pink. She grabbed Riku's arm and linked their arms together. "Is it alright if I call you Ri-chan? You seem to let Zumi call you that. Anyway, there hasn't been a newbie around here since Len and Rin, who came a couple of months ago, I think."
"Len….Rin?" Riku asked, curious.
"Oh, yeah!" Miku said, nodding and smiling. She looked around and pouted, and soon Zumi came with some sodas."Oh, I guess they're not coming tonight? Oh well, they'll come tomorrow, I bet."
"I haven't seen those two in a while." Zumi said, nodding as well. "Speaking of which, where's Meiko and Kaito?"
"They didn't come tonight either. Maybe they were just tired from last night." Miku said, waving her hand and rolling her eyes. "There isn't a lot of people that came tonight, also. Maybe tonight's just a slow night…"
"I know! What if everyone's sick? Oh, I hope not."Zumi said.
Riku looked from left to right as the two started to chat as if she wasn't there. Sometimes they would let her come into the conversation, and that would make her smile and sometimes the sentence would end in a smile.
This was different from hanging out by herself and waiting all night for her brother to come home. He would never stay with her all night and joke around with her and ask her opinion anymore.
She liked hanging out with Zumi and Miku, and it was fun to be in this place. People were dancing and smiling, and some people were even going out in this place, Miku pointed out a few of the couples to her. She never wanted this dream to end.
But, sooner then she wanted, she started to feel really tired Zumi and Miku sighed and looked at the time.
"It's time or the Maker to close up for the day." Zumi said, sighing. "Time to go home."
"I am feeling tired." Miku said, yawning slightly. She got up out of the chair she was sitting on and stretched before walking away, waving to them over her shoulder. "See ya later, guys! Have a good day~!"
"Bye, Mi-chan!" Zumi said, helping the yawning Riku out of her chair. She latched Riku's arm with hers and started to lead her away from the fading crowd, and back up to the grassy hill that overlooked the BPM. Zumi looked down at Riku, who was rubbing her eye like a little kid. "Okay, Ri-chan. It's time for you to go home."
"Whaaaaaaat?" Riku asked, a puppy-dog look in her gold eyes. "Does this mean we won't talk again? Cause I really liked talking to you and Miku-san."
Zumi smiled, and the first thing Riku thought was, She looks like a older sister.
Zumi rustled Riku's hair slightly. "As long as you still sing those lyrics and keep your mind open, you can come here any night. But I recommend you come over tonight, thought. I might not be here, but Mi-chan will introduce you to everyone else."
"Alright…" Riku yawned, sitting down on the ground.
The dreams over.
She thought, and the last thing she saw was Zumi smiling and slipping something in her hand before walking away, before everything blacked out.
-:-
"Riku! I'm home!" Riku gasped and sat straight up.
Looking from side to side she sighed, she was back home. She looked down and around to see that she was wearing her baggy shorts and t-shirt and was lying in front of the T.V. Riku ran her hand through her hair, sighing to herself before looking up to see Raiden.
"Did you sleep right there all night?" Raiden asked, his arms crossed over his chest.
"And a good morning to you too, Nii-san." Riku said, her voice having the great sound of morning grogginess. She rubbed her eyes and squinted in the morning light.
"Sheesh, what am I gonna do with you?" Raiden said, shaking his head and smirking to himself. "Anyway, I was thinkin about breakfast. Wanna go out and eat some pancakes, and I'll even let you eat al the fruit you want."
"Uh……Yeah, sure." Riku said, nodded. "I'll change, now hurry up and go take a shower."
"Yes, Ma'am." Raiden said, rolling his eyes as he headed up the stairs and disappeared out of sight.
"I knew it……" Riku sat cross-legged on the ground in front of the T.V and closed her eyes. She imagined everything that happened and realized it was a dream. Such a cool looking place like that would never exist in the real world. Her gold eyes dimmed slightly. "It was all a dream."
Riku sighed and shook her head. She then grabbed the edge of the glass coffee table and pushed herself up to her feet. As soon as she got her balance she took a step and fell right back on her butt. She let out a squeak and closed her eyes, rubbing her lower back.
She blinked her eyes open when she felt something flop on her head.
"Whaaa……?" Riku asked as she looked up to her head and reached to take the thing off of her head.
She pulled it down and looked down at it in wonder, tilting her head. It was light green with a white star on it, and when Riku turned it around to see
I won't be at BPM for awhile!
But, either way, I want you to go there every night until I return, have fun in my place. Plus, I want you to meet Rin and Len, alright? I bet you'll like them!
-Zumi.
Riku's confused triangle-like frown turned into a happy, childish smile as she put the card up to her chin. She giggled like a little girl for the first time in a very long while.
"It wasn't a dream!" She continued to giggle as she fell back on her back and rolled around.
"Riku? Are you dressed yet?" Riku could tell Raiden was hungry, because he would've took a three hour shower if he wasn't. But he was still in the bathroom, probably getting out.
"Yeah! I'm getting ready right now!!!" Riku called up, getting up to her feet without falling. She stuffed the card in her pocket and ran up the stairs, that childish smile still on her now bright face.
I promise to be there!
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Whelp, that's it. That's the end of this chapter.
MWUAAHAHAAHAHA! XD
I have a question. Did you guys get the little thingy about the Music and heartbeat and Rhythm? I think it'll be a little confusing to other people, but Oooh~ well.
Please Read and Review and tell me what you think, even if it's really bad. "Just do it!" My friends would say before giving you the thumbs up and smiles. But sometimes if they smile at you they're thinking about beating you up, but that's only if your mean to anyone in our group.
Anway, that's beside the point. I will see you all soon!
I AM OUT!
~Serine!