Yes, yet another update. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your support up till now!! It really is because of all the reviews that make me so happy that I want to keep writing!! So thank you!! 33

Moving on!! I have to do the disclaimer. Please welcome Takizawa Akira-san from Higashi no Eden!!

Me: Welcome, Takizawa-san!

Takizawa: Thank you for having me!

Me: Would you mind-?

Takizawa: Eden, Disneyland, and Fruits Basket do not belong to hartless.

Me: Thank you.

Takizawa: *takes out his phone* Juiz, can you get me out of here now, please?

Me: Okay! Let's get on with it!


"Machi, if this was our last day together…."

I decide to cut him off before he can finish.

"Why would this be our last day together? What's going on?" He isn't moving away, is he? He can't leave though!

"Yuki! You did tell Hatori, didn't you?!" Blondie was staring at him in disbelief.

"I had to." He looks at me. "So if this was our last day together, is there anything you want me or Momiji to know?"

I shook my head at him. "This won't be our last day together. We're friends, president. And Blo- I mean, Momiji-san too. And I'm meeting all of your cousins, and they're really great. I won't accept this being our last day-"

"You don't have a choice, Machi." He snapped at me.

"Don't yell at her!"

They end up glaring at each other.

"Stop." I say, I can barely talk, but I don't want two cousins fighting over something as insignificant like me. "Please don't fight."

The president looks at me and then gives me a small smile, like one of his old smiles. Like the ones before Kakeru met him. "I'm sorry, Machi. I won't ask you about that for now. Let's just enjoy our day."

My phone starts to ring again, and this time it's Kakeru. What a coincidence. "You guys are late." He's scolding me. "You were supposed to be here ages ago."

"Oh! We forgot. Sorry." I say truthfully, all of this excitement and I forgot about everything else. "Back at the Mickey statue, right?"

"Yeah, hurry up and get here!" he hangs up.

Blondie looks at me. "We have to go meet up with everyone?"
I nod.

"Can we talk about this later, Machi?"

I shake my head. "This won't be our last day together." I repeat, and I walk off, leaving the other two behind me.

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"Machi-san!" Kagura-san says when I arrive. "I thought you were with Yun-chan and Momiji!"

"I was." I say simply.

There's a silence that I ignore.

"Um…where are they?" Kisa-san asks in her shyest voice possible.

"Back where I came." I indicate the direction I was walking from.

Another silence. I can't tell if everyone is just scared to say anything or what.

"Sorry we're late!" I hear Blondie's voice coming up behind me. "We were caught up in Star Tours!"

"Of course, that ride's always packed." Kakeru reasons.

"Where are we going now?" Touru-san asks.

"We were all planning on switching parks for now." Uo-san says. "We went on all the good rides for now."

"Switching parks?" I whisper to Haru-san, who's closest to me.

"The park across the way is Disney California. It has bigger rides and such." He whispers back.

"What about the kids?" Blondie asks.

"We're going to stay in that A Bug's Life area." Hiro-san says. "There's a bunch of stuff we can do."

"All right, then. Shall we go?" And so we leave Disneyland. We get a stamp on our right hands that say something in what looks like highlighter.

"Aaah!" Kimi-san says to Kagura-san. "I got 'Tigger'!"

"That's what I got last time!" They start to giggle. It's amazing how alike those two are.

As we get towards the center, a can hear music playing, instrumentals that sound really happy and carefree. Kinda like how I was feeling earlier today. That feeling is gone now, since I know something that I shouldn't.

"Hey, if something's bothering you, come out and say it!" I look around to see whose talking.

"Um…well…" Touru-san seems to have gotten into an argument with Kyo-san.

"I can tell by looking at you, what's wrong?"

"I think that Touru's scared of the rides! Right, Touru?" Blondie joins on in.

"Yes, that's right." Touru-san says. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be. We'll find something you can ride."

"You can go on rides with us, Nee-chan!" Kisa-san says to her. I see Hiro-san give a small pout. He must've wanted to ride with her alone.

"Thank you." I can feel the atmosphere lighten considerably. Touru-san… she's very special to all of the Souma's, isn't she? I can't help but give a small smile at this point.

"Machi, that goes for you too." I hear someone say quietly to me.

I look up to see the president standing next to me. I take an unconscious step away from him. "What?"

"If there's something bothering you…"

I shake my head. "I'm fine, president." I walk after the group that already left us.

The annoying thing is we have to wait in line AGAIN, just to get into the other park. And I could see instantly the moment we get in what Haru-san meant when he said they have bigger rides. You can see a rollercoaster in the distance, and a giant bear/wolf thingy. I can only assume that's a ride because Disney has a thing with mountains.

"Where to first?!" Kakeru sounds happy to be in charge again.

"Tower of Terror." I hear a bunch of people say. That really doesn't sound good at all, but I don't say anything. I can't really spoil the fun for everyone.

"I don't want to ride that." I look at Blondie, who said it.

"Really? Isn't that your favorite ride?"

"Well… not right now. Save the best one for last."

"True, how about Screamin'?" Uo-san suggests. "That one's always fun."

I hear mumbles of agreement and we set off.

"Thank you." I say to Blondie quietly.

"No problem, I know you're scared of stuff like that." He smiles.

But another rollercoaster? I think I might be getting used to them by now though, so it's no real problem.

"And don't worry about Screamin'. I'll be your partner if you want me to." I half wanted the president to be my partner, but he's mad at me again, so I don't want to bother him.

"All right." I give him a small smile.

We get to the ride soon, leaving the kids and Touru-san at the Bug's Life area on the way there. I can say that the designers really didn't use all their effort on Disneyland, because California is pretty much just as beautiful. With a really random lake, a pier, and some even more random western area to the left… it's like walking into a wonderland all over again.

We stand outside the rollercoaster. So this is where all the people are, the line is really long.

"Oh, damn." Uo-san says. "We're too late!"

"Do we stand in line? It's an hour wait." Hana-san says.

"I've seen it longer." Komaki-san points out. "Might as well."

So we all grudgingly go stand in line, sitting on the rails even though people on the intercom say not, watching the other people who have been there longer, and complaining while we do it.

"Shall we pick partners already?" Kakeru suggests. "It'll kill time."

Of course, the partners don't change all that much. Uo-san and Hana-san are together, Kakeru and his girlfriend, the annoying pair, Haru-san and Rin-san, Sakuragi insists on being alone, and the only ones left are me, Blondie, and the president.

"I'll ride with Machi-san!" Blondie yells out.

The president stares between him and me again, a look of accusation in his eyes. I start to feel slightly guilty.

"Oh, then Sakuragi might as well ride with Yun-Yun!" Kimi-san says. "Right?"

"Fine." Sakuragi acquiesces. "I don't mind."

"Okay." Is all the president said.

"Um... I can ride alone." I say quietly, looking away from everyone.

"No, Machi-san. Don't worry about it!" Blondie reassures me. "Yuki doesn't mind, right?"

I look up at the president. He just nods then looks away again. I really feel like I'm doing something wrong now.

"Its fine, Machi. Don't look at me like that." The president says to me.

This is going to be the longest hour in all of human history.

"Machi-san!" Blondie tugs at my sleeve. "Do you want to play ninja?"

"Ninja?" Like… those people who wear black and hide in shadows and stuff? There's a game like that?

"Its really easy, watch. First we bow." So we bow. "Then we take a ninja pose!" He takes a pose with one arm above his head and the other out in front of him. I guess I can only copy him. "Then we take turns trying to hit each other's hands."

He takes a swipe at my hand and I move it out of the way. "The thing is, you can only move it when you're getting attacked, or it's your turn. Got it?"

I nod. "Yes." I try and hit his hand and it goes back and forth for a while. Until I get hit. "Oh, dang." I say quietly. It was really close.

"Not bad." He laughs. "See? It kills time just fine, right?"

"I want to play, Blondie!" Kakeru pushes his way to us from the front of our group, and Uo-san wants to play too.

This game isn't bad. It works as an easy distraction from the drama that's beginning to unfold in front of me, and it kills the hour we have to wait in line. Haru-san and Rin-san start to play, and eventually random people around us want to play.

Blondie must have planned this, to stop the tension between everyone. He really is an amazing person, just like the president. Their amazingness must run in the Souma family.

I smile at the president, who's finally interested in what's going on around him.

He looks at me and smiles back, and we seem to silently agree that now is not the time for us to be distant, but to make many special memories together.

"Momiji, I'm in next." He says to Blondie.

Blondie smiles and nods. "Of course, Yun-chan!"


All right!! I know it took forever to update, with a slightly emo chapter, but things will keep on rolling on their happy star since Yuki's out of the emo zone!!

So… author's note for this chapter….sorry its so short! Its pretty much a filler to introduce ninja to people.

My cousins and I played this game in line for Screamin' and it was really a great way to kill time. Not to mention we got into a fight RIGHT before this ride, and that seemed to help us make up a lot faster, so there's my personal experience on that.

Thanks for all your support, the story's going to roll downhill from here now, since I came up with an ending during band practice last week.

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