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Chapter 11: Time for the Truth

Everyone gathered around Nagi and Rima, staring in disbelief. Finally, Amu spoke,

"Na-Nadeshiko? Is that...really you?" The girl in the kimono, Nadeshiko, looked at the faces around her and sighed. At last, she settled her eyes on Amu. Her voice was light and feminine as she spoke,

"Amu-chan...there's something I've been meaning to tell you...that is, everyone, for a long time. As you can see, right now I've character changed with Temari," a chara floated into view, also dressed in a pink kimono, "so...I look like Nadeshiko. But the truth is...Nadeshiko never existed." A small flash of light and Nadeshiko disappeared. In her place stood Nagihiko. Everyone looked at him, completely bewildered.

"Wh...what?" stammered Amu- everyone else was completely dumbstruck. Once again, Nadeshiko/Nagihiko sighed.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I've been lying to you all for many years now. The thing is, my supposed twin sister, Fujisaki Nadeshiko, never existed. I was Nadeshiko. From the time I was five years old, I've been made to dress as a girl, in order to learn to dance for one. My family is involved in kabuki, you see...But anyway. At one point, I told you all that I was going overseas to learn how to dance. Until now, you all believed that Nadeshiko was still in Europe, but in reality, I came back less than a year later- this time, as Nagihiko."

"But...you mean...Nadeshiko..." said Amu.

"Yes. She was always me. I hadn't actually planned on telling you this so suddenly, but Temari here," he shot the chara a glare, "decided to suddenly character change with me."

"Wait, wait...Temari is here, so then...Rhythm?"

"Is also my chara. For my guy side."

Suddenly, Rima and Amu started giggling. The others looked at them.

"Amu...you just found out one of your best friends has been dressing up as a girl for most of his like...Why are you laughing?" asked Kuukai, unable to get past the fact that Nadeshiko never existed. The poor guy could believe that for a couple of months in Junior School, he had actually had a CRUSH on the 'girl'.

"Well, I dunno...I just...doesn't seem a little funny to you?" Amu spluttered. Rima was still sitting on the ground, laughing like there was no tomorrow. Suddenly, she stopped.

"Wait...but then...what did you do to the X egg? It just disappeared all of a sudden." Nagi looked at her, horror-struck.

"The...X...TEMARI!" he suddenly shouted, rounding on her, "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE X EGG?" The little chara looked back at him calmly.

"Haven't you realised? You cleansed it, Nagihiko."

"I...what?" Everyone looked back towards poor Ikuto, who had been completely forgotten due to Nadeshiko's unexpected appearance. He was sitting up, rubbing his head in a bewildered manner. Utau kneeled next to him, visibly holding herself back from glomping him. She alone had been uninterested in Nadeshiko's arrival and had run straighted to Ikuto. With a small shriek, Amu sprinted towards both of them, relief visible on her face. As soon as she reached Ikuto, she threw herself at her chest and began talking at top speed. Kuukai, Yaya, Tadase and Kairi soon joined them.

Nagi looked down to Rima, who was still sitting on the ground.

"Um...Rima-chan?" Rima looked up at him. Suddenly, she started laughing again.

"You...girl...years...dancing..."

"Hey! It's not like I enjoyed dressing up as a girl, ok!" But Rima was still laughing breathlessly. Nagi shook his head and sat down next to her. Rima looked at him, smirking, then blushed at his closeness. She quickly turned her face away.

"Nagi..." she began. Nagihiko looked at her, a small blush forming on his own face as he remembered his confession.

"Ah, Rima-chan, about my...um...Look, Rima-chan, I know that you hate me right now, that's understandable, and I know that I've been an absolute jerk to you for a while now, so that would just make you hate me more, and I'm-"

"Nagi. Will you listen to me for a second?" Nagi broke off and turned a deeper shade of red.

"I don't hate you, Nagihiko. I haven't for a while now." Nagi's eyes widened as he looked at Rima, "The truth is...I fell for you a long time ago." Rima's quiet voice faded out, her eyes focused on the ground. She gasped as she felt Nagi's arms wrap around her. Smiling, she snuggled into him, banishing all thoughts from her mind and letting Nagi's warmth surround her.

A week later

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU AND NAGI ARE GOING OUT? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" Amu yelped. Rima and Nagi grinned at each other.

"Weeell...you seemed to be so wrapped up in Ikuto and stuff that we...decided to save our news for later. And it happened the same day you made me confess, after we cleansed Ikuto's X egg" said Nagi. Amu looked at him in disbelief.

"Man...I don't believe this..."

"What's not to believe? After all, you and Ikuto are going out now." Rima smiled as Amu turned bright red.

"Well...kinda...I mean...Yea, I guess we are going out..." Once again, Rima and Nagi exchanged grins.

"Oh, speaking of Ikuto, Amu, you never told us- how come Yoru turned into an X egg in the first place? What happened?" Amu turned slightly redder.

"Oh...that was...You remember Ikuto was forced to work for Easter? Well, some idiot from there still held a grudge against Ikuto for becoming the new CEO, so he called him and made this whole drama that I was dead...so...yea..."

"Wow...Ikuto must really love you, Amu."

"Sh-shut up."

It was another fine, sunny day. The sky was blue, the birds were singing overhead. Four figures walked up the path, on the way to school. One of the figures appeared to be arguing furiously with another.

"Ikuto! You can't stalk me to school! You have a company to run! Besides, that whole phone call was fake, you don't need to worry about it."
"Now that I've finally got you, I want to keep my strawberry in my sights as much as possible."

Rima and Nagi walked ahead, both as close to each other as possible without making contact. Rima smiled to herself contentedly. She was finally walking beside the person she loved.

The end! I'm sorry for that corny ending, I didn't really know how to finish it. So anyway, please read and review! Thank you very much to all those who have read this story till then end and given me their support. I enjoyed writing this story a lot. And now, advertising time- Please go read my new Penguin Brothers story, 'Tying Up the Loose Ends'! I've only got 21 readers so far, and one review =(. Unless I get atleast one more review, I'll probably have to drop the story...But anyway, thank you for reading 'Rima vs. Nagihiko' (I decided I couldn't be bothered changing the title). Hopefully you enjoyed it and I hope to see you all in my other stories!

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