Country Side
Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara! or any of its characters.
"I've missed you, Nadeshiko." Rento confessed as he hugged the girl once more. He really meant it too. 'No more gray skies today.' Taking in a whiff of her flower-y scent, he let go.
"I've missed you too." she replied with a courtesy smile on her face. Rento inspected her more closely. And turned bug-eyes on how much she had really grown.
'Oh my... She's not the flat chested girl I use to know anymore...' He told himself, unaware of the strange look Nadeshiko was giving him. Her big eyes filled with worry.
"Rento?" she whispered. Whatever trance he seemed to be in, he snapped out of it. But it didn't go unnoticed by Kuukai. "What's wrong?"
"I-" he began. But was interrupted.
"Will Rento Souma please report to the main office? I repeat, will Rento Souma please report to the main office? Someone is here to see you. Thank you."
Looking at the girl infront of him again, he took one last look at her before he stepped away. Nadeshiko's tiny smiled lingered on a little while before it started to turn upside down.
"What's wrong?" Shaking his head, Rento replied:
"Nothing. I gotta go though." Turning to Kuukai, Rento finally took notice of a glum looking Kuukai and an awkward looking Utau. If he didn't have to leave, Rento was sure he'd be smiling a 100-watt smile. "Kuukai!" Rento spoke loudly and clearly. Nadeshiko turned her head quickly, in enough time to catch emerald eyes. A slow smile formed onto her face.
"Kuukai!" she said happily, which in turn, angered Utau deep under her skin. This only made Kuukai feel awkward. A feeling he wasn't used to feeling.
"Keep an eye on Nadeshiko here, and show her around school. I gotta go." Rento said in a somewhat regretful voice.
"I'm not a little girl anymore Rento." Nadeshiko mummered under her breath. Laughing, Rento messed up the top of her head.
"Of course you're not." he chuckled. He turned to leave just to look at Kuukai once more. Giving him a long stare, Rento dashed to the main office. Leaving an unpleasant blonde, a tense brunette, and an old friend.
'Please come back Rento!' Kuukai pleaded in his thoughts. He looked sideways to his girlfriend, Utau. A low groan escaped his throat. This wasn't going to be a good day after all.
"Kuukai." Nadeshiko said again as she approached him. Utau's grip on Kuukai's sleeve tightened.
"Who the hell are you!" she hissed between her pink lips, stopping Nadeshiko in her tracks. Her chestnut eyes turned to look Utau's way.
"Oh? Oh! I'm sorry! I forgot my manners! 'Ello! My name is Nadeshiko! I'm Kuukai's old friend." she introduced herself while offering her hand for politeness. Utau looked at her hand as if she was suppose to do something to it. "... Umm... You shake it."
"I know that!" Utau snapped, feeling uneasy. "I just don't want to." Nadeshiko's hand retreated back to it's proper place, to her side.
"O-oh?" she exclaimed cluelessly. Kuukai sighed.
"Quit it babe." Kuukai told Utau, who he had to pry her fingers off his arm. Kuukai looked over at Nadeshiko, green eyes narrowing. "What'd you want?" he growled in a threatening tone. Nadeshiko took another step forward and hugged Kuukai in a really tight embrace.
"Ooohhh! I've missed you!" she exclaimed happily as Kuukai choked on air. Utau tore the violet-haired girl away from her Kuukai just as quickly.
"Hands off you BITCH!" she screeched possessively. "He's MINE!" Nadeshiko fell to floor.
"BABE!" Kuukai shouted. More confused, rather than his usual demanding tone Utau always heard.
"Ow!" A moan escaped Nadeshiko's lip as she got back up again.
"Quit it!" Kuukai pleaded. Utau looked at her boyfriend furiously. He gulped and looked back at Nadeshiko, offering a hand, which she took. "Up and at 'em.*" he whispered. Utau looked at him funny at the accent he just used.
"Thanks..." Nadeshiko grinned at her best friend. "It's really been a-" Kuukai interrupted her.
"Yeah, yeah! I know that!" he snapped angrily. This caught Nadeshiko by surprise. This wasn't what she was expecting. "What're you DOING here!" he asked again.
"Well... To visit you and..."
"Girl." Kuukai growled. His green eyes flared with anger and his fist clenched tightly onto one another. "Go home." Nadeshiko's eyes widened at this.
"What!" she gasped, causing Utau to smile in her stomach. She folded her arms across her chest and snorted. "But I..." Nadeshiko started again. "This is my home now."
"No it's not." Kuukai replied nonchalantly. "Your home has horses and cows waiting for you. Your home has chickens awaiting you there." Each word made Nadeshiko's eyes grow and her heart pace quicken. "Your home is not here." Kuukai watched as the girl infront of him stepped away from him. "It's back at that old shack." he finished. Kuukai looked at Utau who lightly smiled at him. Her pink lips appreciating what he's said. "Let's go Utau." he whispered lightly, taking her hand and leading her away from Nadeshiko.
While walking away. Utau looked at Nadeshiko.
'Rough skin, hard hands, hair in pig tails... Boots... How can a girl like that be Kuukai's old friend?' A thought like that was too funny. Giggling and looking at Kuukai with soft, violet eyes, she adored the way he looked back at her and smiled. Showing his pearly whites and cute dimples. "Crazy girls these days, right babe?" she asked as they turned a corner and hugged eachother tightly. Kuukai stifled a laugh.
"Uh huh, whatever you say babe." Kuukai nuzzled his nose into Utau's hair as his hands traveled down to grip her ass. Utau shrieked out of surprise and laughed at Kuukai.
"Stop that!"
"What?" Kuukai feigned with innocence. "No one's here. And lunch is still going! No one's gonna see us." Pressing his forehead against Utau's, he breathed onto her face. "C'mon... I missed you all day." Utau grinned evilly.
"I missed you too babe." She looked into his deep emerald eyes and inched closer to his face. Her lips lightly touched Kuukai's and she pulled away quickly, much to Kuukai's displeasure.
"What now?" he whined as he inched near the boys bathroom.
"What was that weird accent you used?" she asked.
"What accent?" Kuukai asked nervously. 'Accent? My country accent? It came back?'
"When you said 'Up and at 'em.*' to that weird girl." Utau said, pressing her body closer to Kuukai's.
"Eh, ignore it." Kuukai stated.
"But-!" Utau was cut off when Kuukai pressed his lips to her, desperately asking for an entrance inside her. Moaning, she opened her mouth and Kuukai opened the door to the boys restroom. Quickly wrapping her legs around Kuukai's waist, he sat her ontop of the counter near the sinks and pressed they're bodies against the mirrored glass.
That's where they liked to do it most.
Nadeshiko leaned her back against the nearest wall and tears swelled up too suddenly for her. 'I don't understand... That's not Kuukai, is it? No...' Nadeshiko shook her head at this thought. It couldn't be. 'Kuukai wouldn't be cold to me... Would he?' She asked herself. The scene that happened before her not too long ago was too shocking that Nadeshiko couldn't feel sad. It was a difficult feeling to express.
Shock? Probably, but there was something else in her that was too big for Nadeshiko to understand. Was it anger? Maybe that emotion too. Sadness? Grudgingly, that might be in her somewhere too.
"What's wrong with him?" She asked outloud, frustrated by Kuukai's coldness.
"Who?" Turning her head, Nadeshiko came face-to-face with a different boy (she was expecting Rento). Straight, shiny blue hair. Longer than most boys. Violet eyes.
'Like that girl with Kuukai.' Nadeshiko reminded herself. She inspected the boy more closely. Wore black everything. Black vans, black skinnies, black over sized t-shirt with a black long sleeved inside. But he was really pale. Which scared Nadeshiko because, she hadn't met anyone as pale as this guy. 'Scary city kid.'
"What the hell are you wearing?" He suddenly asked, snapping Nadeshiko out of her thoughts.
"Excuse me?*" She replied. He snorted.
"What weird accent is that?" He questioned, stepping past her.
"Accent?*" Nadeshiko replied in a questioning tone. "I don't have an accent." Argued Nadeshiko. The boy nodded his head.
"Uh huh... And I'm black. No, really, I am." he urged. He seemed serious about this.
"Really?" Nadeshiko asked, bewildered, believing him. This caused the boy to put arch his head back and laugh.
"Ahahahahaa! Hahahaha! NO!" he yelled, edging Nadeshiko near a wall. "C'mon, you really believed that?" he asked. Instead of answering with her voice, nervous her accent might make the boy laugh at her, Nadeshiko nodded her head. The boy shook his head. "You must be new here, am I right?" Nadeshiko nodded her head. He waited.
"I-I am..." Nadeshiko replied unsure.
"Cool." Smiling, he offered his hand at her. "I'm Ikuto." Nadeshiko quickly touched his hand and placed her hand to her side. "What the fuck? I don't have AIDS new kid. Shake it!" he demanded.
"No thanks." she answered. "I-I should go find Rento and..."
"Oh, that's Kuukai's brobro. He's in the office." Ikuto said. Stiffening at Kuukai's name, Nadeshiko smiled and tried to walk away from Ikuto.
"Thank you, I'll just be going now and..." Nadeshiko turned away.
"New kid... The office is the other way." Ikuto dead-panned. He enjoyed the sight of the new girl's face turning red and smiling at him stiffly after turning around.
"O-oh..."
"Here, I'll show you." Ikuto offered, just as the bell rang. Nadeshiko's head popped up.
"What's that?"
"That's the end of lunch." Grabbing her hand quickly, Ikuto helped lead her to the office as kids started to crowd the hallways from every angle possible.
Nadeshiko looked closely at Ikuto. If you looked closely, he was pretty cute for a city-kid. Very cute in fact. She smiled.
"Thank you." she said. Ikuto looked down at her.
"For what?" he said flatly.
"For being nice to me." she answered heartfully. Ikuto rolled his eyes at this.
"I'm not nice. I'm bad."
"I don't think so." Nadeshiko retorted, squeezing his hand (Ikuto totally took notice of that).
"Really now?" he asked. Nadeshiko's smile grew as she nodded her head. That earned a groan from him. "Whatever. But hey, who were you talking about earlier?"
"Huh?"
"Idiot. When you said, "What's wrong with him?" Who were you taking about?" Nadeshiko didn't answer, but instead, looked down. Ikuto waited as they neared the office. 'What's wrong with this new girl?' Ikuto's violet eyes darted her way. She looked destroyed. 'Err... Subject change!' "Okay, don't answer that then. Where you from?" Ikuto asked, lurking away from the person subject.
"The country." It took no time for Nadeshiko to answer that question.
'So that's where her accent comes from.' "That place that takes forever to go to?" Before Nadeshiko could reply, they were interrupted.
"Hey! K.T.! Who 'dat 'gur?" A black teenager walked up to them. He was lanky, but muscular. At least, from what Nadeshiko could tell under the over sized white tee shirt and loose jeans. He was very dark. But his smile was the whitest Nadeshiko's ever seen in a person.
"Who? The one next to me?" Ikuto asked. The teenager rolled his eyes.
"No you shit. The one all across the hallway. Of course the 'gur next to ya! Who she?" He snapped. Ikuto growled.
"Back off Yasr (Ya-SIR)!" Ikuto shouted.
"Yeah Yasr! Back off!" came a feminine voice behind Ikuto and Nadeshiko. Nadeshiko came around to see a black girl. She was very beautiful. Her hair was straightened down and she was much lighter than the boy called Yasr. She was dressed in bright colors of a pink sweater over a white, pink polka-dotted shirt. And skinnies that were lime green. Big lips that were covered in lip gloss. With light blue eye-shadow. Her face features were adorable. Doe eyes and a small nose. She looked like an angel. And Yasr scowled at her.
"Back off Latrice!" Latrice laughed as if everything was funny.
"Or what? You finna' tell ma?" she tempted, crossing her arms and swaying her hips to the right. Ikuto grinned at this.
"C'mon Latrice, Yasr and I are just joking, right?" Ikuto looked at Yasr. Laughing, the boy named Yasr laughed.
"Yeah. But really, who 'dat 'gur?" he said again. Ikuto looked down at Nadeshiko.
"She's..." Confused, Ikuto brang his face closer to her. "What is your name?" Nadeshiko laughed nervously, feeling awkward about the situation.
"Oh heeeelllll no!" Latrice shouted. "How 'da fuck do you hold a girls hand and not know what her name is!" She scolded, stepping closer to Ikuto. Ikuto quickly stepped back.
"Whoa! Whoa, whoa! I forgot to ask her! Geez, sorry that I can't help a stranger out much!" Ikuto barked. Latrice hissed at him. Yasr laughed but then looked at Nadeshiko.
"What's yur' name 'gur?" Yasr asked, his playful smile slowly disappearing.
"I'm Nadeshiko!*"
"What the! What accent is that?" Yasr asked her, stepping closer to her. Latrice eyed Nadeshiko, her coffee brown eyes looking at her clothes in detail.
"What're you wearing?" She asked Nadeshiko. Nadeshiko looked down at her clothes.
"What's wrong with it?*"
"What's wrong with it? It's weird. I needa' take you shoppin' 'gur." Latrice stated, shaking her head disapproving everything about her outfit.
"So that's your name? Nadeshiko? That's so strange." Ikuto said. Yasr and Latrice looked at Ikuto.
"And yours isn't?" Latrice bit out. Ikuto shrugged.
"That's why everyone calls me K.T." Ikuto answered in a durr tone. Latrice swiped her head to the right, ignoring Ikuto's ignorance.
"Whatever!" she said outloud. "Then let's give the 'gur a new name. How about..." Latrice thought for a moment.
"N.D.?" Yasr offered.
"No." Latrice answered straight out. "She'd die if everyone called her that. How about... Flower?" Ikuto and Yasr made disgusted faces at that. "What? Nadeshiko is a type of flower anyways! Why not?" She challenged.
"I'd die if everyone called me that." Ikuto snorted. Humphing, Latrice rolled her eyes.
"Well, what do you recommend then K.T.?" Ikuto thought for a moment. He looked down at her, and didn't notice until then that she was staring at him. This Nadeshiko girl had really pretty eyes...for someone from the country.
"...Princess?" Ikuto whispered, lightly pressing his fingers on her hand that he was still holding. Latrice smiled.
"That name fits her. And it's easier to say than Nadeshiko. I like it. Okay, Princess it is." Yasr grinned.
"Why not, she's a beauty." he added. For the first time in forever, Nadeshiko felt like she belonged.
"What'd you think, Nadeshiko? Princess it is?" Ikuto asked. Nadeshiko nodded.
"I like it."
"Princess?" Yasr, Latrice, Ikuto, and Nadeshiko looked behind them. Nadeshiko spoke up first.
"Who're you?*"
(A/N: I'll say this first. When an astrik "*" That little star thing appears, it means that Nadeshiko or anyone else has an accent to what they just said. As you can see, at certain times, Nadeshiko uses her accent. It's not an all the time thing, but it's there for a reminder that she's different.
And I'm leaving this a rated M fic. I don't think I'm going to write any...uhh...those lemon scenes... What you guys call it here on FanFiction, but yeah, "M" for mature content. And vile language. Unless... You guys WANT me too... Uhhh...yeah.
And this story takes place in America. Where? I don't know yet. They're just in there.)