Chapter 21

RPOV:

"AMU! GET BACK TO WORK!" I yelled as I saw Amu wandering the room and staring at the floor around instead of catering to the guests. I rubbed my temples and smiled. Apart from my complete showing on animosity, I really liked Amu, she was just fun to yell at.

"Y-yes Rima!" Amu stuttered as she got back to work, her eyes showing panic.

Am I really that scary? I thought to myself, but I quickly shrugged it off. I wasn't scary; Amu was probably just panicking from something else.

"Did you check over here?" I faintly heard coming from behind me. I turned around, to see Kukai and Ikuto looking under tables for who knows what.

"What are you guys doing there?" I asked, trying not to yell at them, though it would've been funny to scare them and make them hit their heads on the tables. I giggled to myself, imagining them hitting themselves. Surely I was crazy.

Suddenly a flash of hair appeared from under the table and out popped Kukai's head.

"None of your business, that's what." He quickly said and shoved his head back under. My eye twitched.

"Sorry Rima, I'll tell you later." Ikuto mumbled from under the table.

"Whatever," I mumbled and strolled off. Suddenly, something hit me.

Amu was looking for something wasn't she? That's the only reason she'd be like that right? I thought. I had to be right, there was no other explanation.

APOV:

Please, please be here! I thought to myself as I searched the floor only to be disappointed and heart broken. The ring, the beautiful ring, gone because of my stupidity!

Who in the world even hides rings in ruffles anyways? Now that I thought about it, I did have a pocket! One's that girls use all the time! A bra!

I face-palmed myself for not thinking about that earlier.

RPOV:

I slowly strolled around the room seeing if anyone needed help with anything, when I spotted a couple a couple feet away, talking in hushed voices.

Trying to be sly about it, I took a couple steps closer and listened in.

"I don't know! I just found it lying on the ground!" said the lady to the man.

"Wow, it must be worth a lot of money. Look at that diamond!"

I took a step closer, seeing the diamond and froze. The diamond was familiar, yet I couldn't quite remember when or where I had seen it.

The woman's words played in my head again. 'I don't know! I just found it lying on the ground!' The woman had found that lying on the ground, and by my guess, she found it lying on the ground here.

I narrowed my eyes, remembering Ikuto, Kukai, and Amu's actions. Ikuto and Kukai had been searching on the floor for something and even Amu was staring at the floor earlier.

Ikuto. Realization struck through me as I recalled where I had seen the diamond. Ikuto had showed me that exact diamond ring a couple of years back after I had rummaged through his stuff, and I clearly remembered him cherishing that ring.

I stomped over to the couple, tapping the lady on the shoulder.

"Excuse me miss, but that ring doesn't belong to you." I said, agitation oozing out of my voice. "And if you don't give it back, I'll be sure to have you executed." I paused. "Personally."

The man stared wide eyed as where the lady just shrugged it off, rolling her eyes. "Excuse you young missy, but this ring in clearly mine as you can see." She held out her hand, the ring on her disgusting, perfectly manicured ring finger.

I smiled, my eyes narrowing. "Uh-huh." And then I bit her finger.

IPOV:

Suddenly a loud scream came from the corridor. Kukai's head shot up, his head banging onto the bottom of the table.

"Ouch!" He said rubbing his head. "Who do you think that is?"

I shrugged. "Could be anyone."

RPOV:

"There we are." I said to myself, spitting the ring out of my mouth. There was a small taste of blood in my mouth, and I prayed to god that that lady didn't have AIDS or HIV.

"You bitch!" screamed the lady as she grabbed her finger in pain.

"Speak for yourself," I mumbled then walked off. The crowd around us – which had sort of just formed out of no where (though that was pretty much inevitable) – made way as I walked past them. Maybe they were scared I'd bite their fingers off or something.

Yep. I was insane.

"Rima!" I heard someone yell from in front of me. I stopped and spotted Ikuto's mom, half running towards me.

Finally she caught up.

"I heard some screaming, is everything alright?" she asked concerned. I nodded and smiled.

"Don't worry, I took care of it."

"Aw why thank you, you're such a sweet girl. Well I'm going to see if anyone needs help, bye Hun." And she was off.

"Hey Nagi," I muttered as I sat down on the kitchen table. Nagihiko was taking a break seeing how he'd made enough food for a while.

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering if you could watch this for a while." I reached into my pocket and pulled out the ring, placing it in front of him."

"Where'd you get that?" Nagihiko asked in astonishment.

"It's not mine. So can you hold it for me for a little bit? Until I come back for it okay?"

He smiled kindly. "Yeah, sure."

NPOV:

"I'll be back for it later." Rima said over her shoulder as she left the kitchen.

"See you." I turned around and placed the ring on the counter.

I wonder whose ring it is, I thought to myself. Rima sure is wonderful. I smiled and turned on the sink, continuing to wash the rest of the dirty dishes.

I whistled as I finished drying the dishes, reaching for the ring. My whistle cut off short.

Crap. I ring's not there.

TPOV:

I laughed, adrenaline coursing through my veins. "I, HOTORI TADASE, HAVE IKUTO'S RING!" I yelled out to the heavens, holding out the ring to the sky.

"You are so screwed." Someone from behind me said. I turned around to see Ikuto and Kukai standing a couple feet away from me.

Run. I thought, and that's exactly what I did.