Yay second chapter! Sorry it took so long. Sorry! Thank you to all who reviewed the first chapter! Thank you: nejisakura, Neco-chan, Sora Tsubasa, cxvxs, catskid100, Otaku Nayami, Swistcy, DSB95, Lost Animus, AmayaKitty, angelwriter77, mlk, and Lost strawberrii vampire. Be aware any story I ever tried to write, only ever made it to chapter one. So don't expect much from chap. 2. But I tried for you guys.

Beauty Pop Is The Best! ON WITH THE STORY!

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Still on Thursday.

" " means talking

' ' means thoughts

Disclamer: I don't own beauty pop. Only in my dreams lol.

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Chapter 2. New Enemy

When Kiri and her friend approached her house. She saw her dad outside smoking. Seiji looked up surprised to see Kiri holding a boy's hand. But when he saw who it was he smiled and stood to greet them.

"Well, look who's back. Mizuno-san."

"Long time no see Seiji-san."

"I could say the same thing," he laughs. "And I see someone's really glad your back." Seiji said then chuckled at the sight of his daughter acting lively.

"Rio lets go find Shampoo." Kiri said tugging on his arm.

"Ok, ok lets go Ki-chan."

Kiri smiled just hearing her old nickname only Rio called her. They walked in still holding hands as Seiji watched then leave. Happy that Kiri's old friend finally returned.

Narumi marched to Kiri's house mumbling to himself about Mussy-head not waiting for him. He finally approached the Koshiba Salon. He saw her dad sitting outside with a smile on his face.

"Hey uh. Mr. Koshiba is Muss-I mean Kiri-san here?" Narumi asked awkwardly.

"Hmm?" Seiji looked at Narumi and remembered him to be the kid that yelled a lot those times Kiri cut his hair. 'This could be interesting.'

"She's inside. Go ahead."

"Thanks." Narumi walked in hesitant. Feeling that when he walked in he would find something he wouldn't like. The lights were off and no one was inside. Something soft brushed Narumi's leg and scared him. He got mad at himself when he recognized it as Kiri's cat.

"Hey, where's Mussy-head?" He asked.

The cat started walking away, so Narumi followed him hoping it led him to Mussy-head.

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Shampoo led him to a room, then walked in, He took a peak inside and saw Kiri talking to someone. She was actually laughing and smiling! This came as a shock to Narumi but his shock turned to unexpected fury when he saw the guy she was talking to. Narumi examined the guy looking for any flaw or for some reason to hate him. Kiri's friend had strange dark midnight blue hair, that hung a little in his face and was long semi-long on the sides, and was long in the back. From where he was, he saw the guy had tied his hair with a ribbon and put it in a ponytail. The guy had dark green eyes and looked to be around to be around as tall as he was. He was wearing ripped jeans with a black t-shirt. He wore many black bracelets and arm bands and only a few necklaces. Not able to take it any more, Narumi knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Kiri called still in a good mood. "Oh! Naru-Naru."

Narumi walked in. The whole time never talking his eyes of Rio and only talking a few glances at Kiri. Rio just smiled at Narumi. Narumi just glared at him. Then turned to Kiri.

"Where were you Mussy-head?! I spent an hour looking for you!" Narumi shouted.

"An Hour?" Kiri questioned with her normal attitude back.

"Ok, so only half an hour! But you didn't even tell me where to meet you!"

"Oh yeah. I was wondering about that."

Rio watched as they went back and forth in their argument. When he started to notice they never called each other by their names. They had nicknames for each other. He also noticed Kiri seemed happy arguing with this 'Naru-Naru' guy.

"Well, I don't know who you are, but I don't appreciate you yelling at my Ki-chan." Rio said standing up hoping to be a bit intimidating. But noticed he was just as tall as Narumi.

"I can yell at who I want. Who are you anyway?!" Narumi yelled.

"My name is Rio Mizuno. Who are you?" Rio asked.

"I'm Shogo Narumi! I'm going to be the Top Beautician in Japan!"

"Wow, conceited much?" Rio asked with a smirk.

"Argh! Just get out!" Narumi shouted.

" Why should I? This isn't your room. The last time I checked it was Ki-chan's!" Rio yelled back.

Kiri sighed. She knew as soon as Rio met Naru-Naru there would be trouble. She laid down and tried to fall asleep. When she felt someone grab her shoulder and turn her around.

"eh?" Kiri replied.

"Hey! What do you think do you think your doing Muss-head?"

"Trying to sleep."

"We start our lessons today. Remember? I finally got that Mizuno guy out."

Kiri st up really quickly hoping to say bye to Rio. But forgot she was lying down and that Narumi was looking over her. She banged her head against Narumi's.

"Ow!" Both replied.

"Argh! What gave you the idea to sit up so fast, Mussy-head?" Narumi yelled.

"Who said you had to lean over me?" Kiri retorted.

"Ok, ok. Lets just get this lesson over with already." narumi said rubbing his head.

"Fine. What do we do?"

"First, go get some paper and pencils."

Rio was standing outside of Kiri's room. Wondering how he got ther. It took him a second to figure out how he got there. Rio just sighed and decided to head home. 'I can surprise her tomorrow.' Rio made his way downstairs and outside and met with Kiri's father again.

"Oh, Mizuno! I would have thought you'd want to stay longer." Seiji said.

"I did. But this loud, conceited, annoying guy kicked me out." Rio said angrily. "I should get home and unpack anyway."

Rio was walking away when Seiji said something that made him stop.

(while Rio was out of the room and on his way downstairs)

Narumi and Kiri were sitting on the floor leaning against her bed sketching. At least Narumi thought Kiri was Sketching. He looked over to see how it was going. He saw an angry face with what looked like jags of hair coming out. Narumi started to laugh, while Kiri shot him an annoyed look.

" I wouldn't be laughing considering it's you." Kiri said annoyed.

"WHAT?!" Narumi yelled now mad. "That looks nothing like me!"

" Now it does, Naru-Naru." Kiri said holding back her laughter. "How is this helping me anyway?"

"I wanted to see how you draw. You draw strait bold lines. When they should be more as strokes. Like this," Narumi said as he turned to a new paper and grabbed Kiri's hand that held the pencil. He moved her hand to the paper and made the main face. Then made long strokes for the hair.

" Remember hair usually needs a curve to it and make sure the rest of the hair strokes flow with the rest of it. Now try doing it on your own." Narumi let go of her hand and kept watching her to see how she would do. Her hand never moved.

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Kiri sat there. Her mind confused. 'He actually touched me and didn't freak out! And...and it kinda felt nice when he touched my hand. Huh? Why does my face feel warm?' With her free hand Kiri touched her warm face. 'Am I actually blushing?!' Narumi leaned forward to look at Kiri to see why she didn't start sketching.

'Why isn't Mussy-head…..huh? Is she actually blu-'

The door slammed open and Rio ran in. He pushed Narumi aside and hugged Kiri. He turned so Kiri couldn't see Narumi.

"Stay away from Ki-chan! She's MINE!" Rio said as he pointed at Narumi. 'How can I be so stupid! Calling each other by nicknames, hanging out together, Kiri messing with him! I was the one who was gonna be her boyfriend! Why would she want this conceited jerk?! I'm not gonna sit back and let this happen.' Rio stayed starring at Narumi.

Narumi stood up and glared at Rio.

"What's the big idea?!"

"Stay away from my Ki-chan." Rio said with a deadly look in his eye.

"Argh! You sound just like that smelly guy!" Narumi yelled.

Kiri got out of Rio's hug and stood up. Rio stood up trying to protect Kiri from Narumi.

"You mean Iori'san?" Kiri said with a bored look. "He's annoying. Rio you shouldn't act like him."

Rio turned to stone.

"Wha-? I would Never! But I'm the only one for you Ki-chan." Rio said with a determined look in him face. Seiji's words kept repeating I his head. ' "You left Kiri alone with her boyfriend?" No I'm the only one for her.'

Kiri sighed. "This again?"

Narumi still mad at Rio just turned to Kiri.

"Lesson's over today. Just practice what I showed you. But tomorrow make sure this guy," points at Rio, "Isn't here, got it? I can't work with people like him here."

"Ok. See you Naru-Naru." Kiri said bored. "Oh and tell Kei not to forget this Saturday."

"Yeah, yeah." Narumi said as he was leaving. While walking home it took him a moment to notice.

"Wait! This Saturday? Kei and Kiri? Is that why-," Narumi remembers Kei's red face and his secret, 'I bet he want it to be a date! Well, I hope he won't get upset when he meets Mizuno. Hmm.. I should find out what Kiri really thinks of Kei.' Narumi continued walking, never noticing a certain girl occupying his mind.

End chapter 2!

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Thank you to all who actually stayed through to the end of this chapter. Thank you. Just so everyone knows I've only read up to vol 7. I can't wait for the next books to come out! Anyway if you read the end part of my profile you'll know I'm planning to try and draw pics for my story. Don't expect much. - Please be patient for the next chapter. Like I said I never made it past chapter 1 in all the stories I've written. So cross you fingers and wish me luck! Please Review!