One more chapter after this everyone, and then the epilogue… which I plan on releasing the same day… Thanks for sticking with me till the end, and I hope that I'll see you during my next story! ^.^
So anyways, this time's disclaimer buddy just so happens to be Klavier Gavin from Apollo Justice!
Me: Welcome, Prosecutor Klavier!! *heart*
Klavier: Ja, thanks for having me, Fraulein.
Me: If you would please tell everyone that everything in this story belongs to me?? *heart**heart*
Klavier: Objection! They do not. Disney is Disney's, Fruits Basket is Takaya-sensei's, and Ace Attorney belongs to Capcom. And McDonald's isn't yours either!
Me: That's true…. Thanks much! Keep on moving!
Screams fill the air was we get closer to this giant hotel of doom in the corner of the park.
"Is this ride safe?" I ask Kisa-san, who looks equally afraid.
"Don't worry, its perfectly safe. And it's really fun. Just a little scary."
"All right." If she's brave enough to get on, then I should be too. Everybody else seems really excited. Night is already drawing near, and I bet when we get out of this ride, it'll be completely dark.
"Is it?! Kyo-kun kept telling me that it wasn't!" Touru-san joins in on our conversation.
"And you trust him?" Hiro-san snickers. "You can't trust a thing he says."
"Really?" I ask.
"He's kidding." Touru-san tells me. "Kyo-kun is actually a really reliable person."
"I see."
"So you're Kuragi-san, from Student Council?"
I nod.
"Thank you for taking care of Yuki-kun. I can tell he's really enjoying it." She gives me a smile. I stare at her smile, even though she sounds happy and carefree, her smile clearly shows that she isn't. She looks… lonely, if anything. Her and the president sure are a lonely bunch, aren't they?
"Don't take care of that stupid rat, he's annoying. Doesn't he get on your nerves?!" Kyo-san joins us.
Based on what Kyo-san called the president, I can assume that he's in on that 'Souma secret' as well.
"Not really." I answer him truthfully.
He starts to mutter to himself about 'that damn rat and being so popular all the time.' And I start to chuckle to myself.
And finally, we are at the foot of the giant hotel of doom, with a pretty short looking line.
"Oh, yay. It's short." I sigh to myself. Maybe we can go on something happy after this.
"It's a trick." Kyo-san says to me.
"A trick?"
"There's really a giant ass line downstairs." He says to me. "Probably."
"I see."
"What? Have you never been here before? Don't be so scared, it really isn't that bad of a ride."
Even though what he says is nice, it sounds angry and awkward. I don't know how to react.
"Is Kyo teasing you, Machi-san?" Blondie comes to my rescue.
I shake my head. "It's fine." Behind me, Haru-san is holding Kyo-san back from punching Blondie.
We end up in the lobby of the hotel, which looks like it's been abandoned. There are spider webs everywhere, luggage all over the place, and a really dusty couch. The front of the line is split into two paths, both look like doors to a room.
"We have 17 people!" Kakeru announces to the guy at the front. He stares at all of us in shock before sending us to the right side.
"I think we get a whole elevator to ourselves!!" Kagura-san announces.
Everyone seems to think this over and come to the same conclusion.
"It's fitting." The president says. "This is the last ride we'll be able to go on before dinner and then the fireworks show. Thanks everyone for sharing this day with me to celebrate our graduation. I really appreciate it."
There he goes again, saying really cheesy things and still manages to make it really cool.
"Of course, Yun-Yun! It was our pleasure!" Kimi-san smiles. She seems to have answered on everyone's behalf.
"Yeah, everyone. Thanks for coming with us today. We probably won't see much of each other after we graduate, so let's make these last few hours the best!" Kakeru gives his reply for the seniors.
The doors the room open and we file in. The president grabs my hand and takes me to the front of the room, in front of the TV.
"They know you haven't been here. They won't mind." He tells me.
I smile at him. "Thank you, president."
The room gets all dark and the TV turns on, which starts to show something based on that old show…
"The Twilight Zone!" everybody in the room rings out together as the TV announces the other dimension: a dimension of sight, a dimension of sound, a dimension of mind. Apparently we are in a land of both shadow and substance and of things and ideas.
Blondie stands next to me, reciting the entire video in my ear. I manage not to laugh, and eventually a door to our left opens up, and we file out.
As Kyo-san predicted, there's a long line waiting for us.
"I was hoping we'd be lucky today…"Uo-san complains. "Hey, Momiji! Let's play that Ninja game again!" At first it's just the people who were in the rollercoaster group, but Kyo-san won't just watch a game. He demands to be in, and turns it into a giant contest, just like with the teacups.
Eventually, even Kisa-san gets really into it. It's hard to believe that just a few hours ago I had almost ruined our day due to me discovering that secret. And now everybody is so happy, everyone is getting along and laughing. It's nice to watch.
When we get to the front of the line, we tell the person and we do end up getting a whole elevator to ourselves. Blondie grabs my hand and takes me to the very top row, he sits next to the gate and I'm next to him, the president sitting on my other side. I won't tell you where everyone else is, since they keep moving around and it's impossible to identify everyone in the scramble.
"Please enjoy your stay at the Tower Hotel." The worker says in a creepy voice, and he closes the door.
A man is talking again, as the ride moves backwards for a bit. It starts to rise and reaches a giant mirror. I look really anxious. Everyone else is so bright and happy.
"Wave goodbye to the real world." The voice tells me. Okay, sure. I wave, along with everyone else and then our image becomes electrified, and I quickly put my arm down and grab the president's hand. Blondie's already holding my other hand.
We end up reaching a hallway, where we see the people from the video. After they scare us too, the elevator moves again.
"That door is opening once again, but this time, it's opening for you." Then the ride starts. It drops and rises and drops and rises. I find myself screaming at every drop. At least I'm not alone, although everyone else's screams are a lot happier sounding.
"There's a picture at the top, Machi-san." Blondie warns me.
Dammit! I'm going to look stupid again.
He lets go of my hand and does the peace sign, so I copy him, smiling as brightly as I can and right after the flash it drops again.
And the ride is over. Everybody is laughing and breathing excitedly. It's amazing. Too bad it's our last ride. This pretty much ends my most awesome day ever.
The picture at the very end is proof of how much fun everyone had together. Nobody looks really upset in the picture, even Sakuragi-san has a small awkward smile on his face.
I decide to go and buy it.
Everyone else is browsing the store, and I go up to the person and buy our picture.
"You bought something, Machi?" the president asks me.
I nod. "The picture." I show him.
"It looks better there than on the screen." He looks at it closer. "You're smiling a lot."
Blushing, I take the picture back from him. "I'm hungry! Let's go eat, president!"
By the way, I was right. When we leave the Tower of Terror, it's already dark. We walk to the entrance of the pier, where there's a small area with benches that we completely take over. Apparently that's where we're going to eat.
"As Vice President of Student Council, I think that it is our duty to go get everybody food and bring it back!" Kakeru yells, standing on top of a planter.
Does that mean I have to go too? I wanted to talk to people more.
"That's actually a good idea." Uo-san sighs. "My legs are tired!"
"We couldn't ask you to do that!" Touru-san says. "Please let me-"
"Let them go, Touru." Kyo-san cuts across her. "They offered."
I take people's orders and walk with Sakuragi-san, Kimi-san, Kakeru, and the president toward the McDonald's and the Pizza Place.
"It was a great idea to throw the party here, huh, Yun-Yun?!" Kakeru's practically glowing with happiness.
"Yeah, a lot of people came with us."
"And Kimi made a brand new friend!"
"It wasn't that bad." Sakuragi-san admits.
I don't say anything, but instead watch how happy everyone looks. They're right though, I got to meet a lot of people. And they were all very nice. If only the president wasn't graduating. Then maybe we could do this again?
"But then…" I say out loud.
"Machi speaks!" Kimi-san announces. "What is it, Machi?"
"I was thinking… If only we could do this again. But everyone's graduating, right?"
"That's true."
"But then, I met people like Momiji-san and Haru-san who are in my class. I can hang out with them… if they let me."
"Are you saying that you won't miss us? Kimi feels rejected!"
"I didn't say that. I will miss you." She… I think the word is… glomp. She 'glomps' me.
"Now Kimi is happy!" We move on to order the food and start to return to our friends.
"That's one good thing that came out of today." Kakeru says to the president quietly. People must think that I'm deaf.
"What is?" the president asks back.
"Machi finally gets out of her bubble."
"I'm glad. I hope she won't be lonely when we leave." Why does it sound like the president is strained in saying that?
When we make it back, it takes like 10 minutes to get everything passed out. Then another half hour after that to eat.
The rest of our time is spent chatting with each other, and soon we're running so we don't miss the fireworks back at Disneyland.
We end up taking over the steps of the train station again, to which people look really mad.
"It's cuz we got the most comfortable seats." Kyo-san says to me when I ask Haru-san why. "We don't have to strain our heads to look up at the fireworks."
"Machi-san! Come sit with me!" I go and sit next to Blondie, with the president at my other side.
"How much longer until it starts?"
"Not long." Blondie smiles at me. "Out of all of the fireworks shows, this one's my favorite! It's about wishes, just like the parade!"
"Disney is really about wishes aren't they?" I smile.
"Completely." He smiles back. "They want people to know what their wishes are… because as long as you know what it is, you'll work really hard for it to come true."
Right when he finishes, all the lights go off and now Julie Roberts starts to talk.
Then the fireworks start to dance to the music. Probably the most beautiful and wonderful thing I've seen all day. The colorful flashes of light are fitted perfectly to the song. Even though everyone around me knows every song that's playing, I manage to catch a few songs I know. Like the Haunted Mansion one. I lean alittle bit closer to the president and he pats my head. I look at Blondie now.
"Momiji?" He looks at me. "I know what I want to wish for."
"What is it, Machi-san?"
"I wish that we can have more days together like this. With everyone."
He smiles at me sadly. What is that smile trying to tell me? "Of course we will."
We go back to watching the fireworks. As the grand finale starts with the sky being illuminated with so much color it doesn't look like it will ever end, I start to realize that it will end. Those fireworks can't last forever. Nothing does.
The president ends up walking me home that night, riding the train with me.
"Thanks for coming with us, Machi." He tells me at my doorstep.
"I'm happy to have gone." I smile. "Really, it was great meeting everyone."
He gives me one last smile and leaves. "See you tomorrow!"
I nod. "Good night."
Sighing, I open my door and am about to step inside the apartment when something makes me stop.
"MACHI-SAN!"
I turn around. "Blond- Momiji?! What are you doing here?!"
Yeah… there's that. This is my longest chapter I think!! o.O
I decided to have the Student Council go get the food together, because that's pretty much how I started the story, with them talking.
Here's where the story comes together. I hope I gave you enough clues to guess the ending?
Sorry I've been gone for so long, but I've actually been really busy with stuff.
So anyways, there's only one more chapter after this… alittle depressing… I'm actually going to finish a story!! Thanks again to all those who stayed with me for it all. I'm spilling my heart and soul out here, okay?!
Please review!! Please please!!