A/N: First of all, I want to thank everyone who reviewed me! You guys are great! I really appreciate all your wonderful ideas which inspire me to continue so. ^^

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Two Rivers

Chapter Three: Enter My world

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"So, is this the last one?" Mimi's father asked with an annoyed tone to Matt with his arms crossed.

"Yep, this is the last." Matt answered him.

He took the last delivery he had today in his arms and stepped out of the car towards the house. He knocked a few times and the door opened revealing a girl with orange-red hair and dark-brown eyes. She smiled gratefully when she saw who it was.

"Oh, hi, Matt! Long time no see." The girl greeted.

"Hey, Sora. I'm here for the delivery. Where can I drop it?" Matt asked her.

"Just put it in the kitchen." She told him as she stepped aside to let him pass.

"Say, Matt, since when do you have a car?" Sora asked him, looking outside.

"Not mine." Matt replied, dropping the delivery in the kitchen. "The owner busted my bike this morning after I left the place. First he wanted to repay me with ten bucks! I mean come one, ten bucks! I even get more from my job! Anyway, so by repaying me instead, I told him to stay two weeks in his house." He explained when he walked up to her. "But he got pretty mad with this idea, so he made that a week."

"Hmm…Why did you choose that for, Matt?" Sora asked, slightly puzzled. "I mean, yeah, ten bucks isn't much, but knowing you for very long, you would do anything for money. You would even ask more if you could! But why spending so much of your time in a rich house where you don't know anything of their behaviour and rules. What makes you change like that?" she asked him, now waiting for an answer.

"Their daughter." Matt simply replied.

Sora looked up with her big eyes full with confusion. "Their daughter?"

"Yeah. I can see that she hates the life that she's living in now." Matt clarified her." She has no freedom, no desires. Always going to fancy parties and not knowing any person there makes you feel somehow lonesome. That's why I want to stay there as long as possible to teach her the things she never carries out in her life." He told her.

"I see… "Sora sighed with a smile. "Always acting like he doesn't care about the world even though he has a great heart inside of him."

"Anyhow, is the party still going on tomorrow?" Matt suddenly asked her, changing the subject.

"Of course." Sora replied, snapping away from her thought. "Tai told me he couldn't wait to get it started!"

"And I can't wait to be there." Matt said.

"Hey! Are you still coming or not! I have a meeting going on which will decide my carrier and my life here, so this isn't the perfect time to talk to your friend right now!" A voice called from outside.

"Great, the old man is talking again." Matt groaned as he run his fingers in his hair. "I'll see ya at Tai's place. K, Sora?" Sora nodded. "Oh, and don't forget to tell Mr. Gibson I'm taking a week vacation." Matt reminded her.

"Sure will! Bye, Matt!" Sora called out when he was dashing towards the limousine. When it drove away, she closed the door behind her with a smile.

*°*°

"Okay, let me put this straight before we arrive at the place." Mimi's father told him with a serious tone once the car started to drive. "First we need give you an outfit. Without it, you would never be authorized to enter. Next, if someone asks you who you are, just tell them you're um…a cousin! Yeah that's it, a cousin from the Far East who's visiting us! Then, you will see there will be lots tableware and you have to learn how to use them. Mimi, here will guide you for that." He explained, turning his face to his daughter. "Now, about your behaviour…"

"Can't I just tell them who I really am and who I work for? I mean, geez, al that outfit and stuff, I just can't stand those things!" Matt cut him off.

"Well, I'm really sorry to disappoint you, my boy, but this meeting is deciding my carrier as a scientist and I don't want you or anything else getting my way!" He replied with anger.

"Fine…It's your party." Matt shrugged.

"Now where was I… ah yes, your behaviour." He said, now looking sternly at him.

"What's wrong with that?" Matt asked, slightly confused.

"You need to watch out for your language and how you act." He told him. "You must show them you're someone from another country."

"Pff…I just stay myself, thank you very much." Matt replied with a taste of anger in his voice.

"Okay fine, just do what you want as long you don't humiliate me in front of people." Mimi's father ordered him with a sigh of defeat.

"That's more I like it." Matt murmured underneath his breath with a grin.

The way to their destination was very long and quiet. None of them spoke, unless Mimi's father began to brag again for being polite with people and to listen to their conversation even if you're not interested. Matt just nodded, but in his mind, he was wondering if this was a good idea to spend all his time with them. After all, it's only for the girl he's doing it.

Matt took a glimpse to the passenger beside him. He didn't notice it before, but he found her somehow nice-looking. Her long, silk, pink dress was matching the white ribbon in her hair and her face seemed like an angel he formerly mentioned before. He just smiled at her. He couldn't wait to show her the beautiful places.

Mimi wasn't aware that she's being watch. At the beginning of the trip, she was simply staring outer surface to see different farms, houses and people. Sighing, she closed her eyes wishing to be like one of them. No father who's chasing behind you. No mother who's nagging about your looks, no, nothing. Only the sound of being a normal girl with no responsibilities was something Mimi wishes the most. But that dream will never come true.

Opening her eyes again, she senses someone giving an intent look behind her. Turning around, she saw it was only the boy she met this morning. Seeing him smile, made Mimi smile as well. After a few seconds, they turned their gaze back at the window again, feeling the car stop and waited till Alfred, the driver/butler, opened the door for them.

"We're here." Mrs. Tachikawa announced to her husband as well to the others.

"I know, Miriam, I know." He instantly stared to the boy next to his daughter. "Don't forget, boy." He told him firmly, showing him a dreadful finger. "You may do what you want, but don't you dare to mess it up!"

With that, he stepped out of the car as soon Alfred opened the door for him.

"Make sure to find a suit before we enter." Mr. Tachikawa whispered to his driver/butler.

"Of course, sir." Alfred replied politely.

He went to the trunk and luckily for him, he found and old suit about Matt's size. It smelled a little old, but it was still wearable, he thought. Turning back at his master, he showed him the suit where he just nodded and went to Matt's direction.

"The master wishes you to wear this." Alfred kindly told him.

"You mean this old rack?" Matt yelled in disbelief.

"Um…Yes…" Alfred said, ignoring his reaction.

"Ugh… What a yoke…" Matt moaned, letting his fingers running in his spiky blond hair.

"Alfred, isn't that Kyo's suit?" Mimi asked him.

"Yes it is, Miss. I think he left it there in case he forgot to bring one."

"That's Kyo for sure. Always prepared for anything." Mimi smiled, although she could cry when she mentioned his name.

Matt could swear he almost saw a tear falling from the corner of her eye, but he simply shrugged it and accepted the suit from Alfred. He changed himself in the limousine, while the others waited for him outside.

"Come on." Mr. Tachikawa called, knocking on the window. "I don't have all day!"

"I'm almost done, just wait for a sec!" Matt called back.

With a little ruffle and shuffle inside the car, Matt came out with his suit and looked thoroughly handsome as ever. Mimi couldn't believe her eyes once she saw him standing there; dressed in black including for his spiky blond hair made him gorgeous. She just stood there in awe.

"How can you walk inside those things?" Matt complained. "You can hardly move with these pants though."

"Silent." Mr. Tachikawa ordered him. "Now that you're dressed, we must now enter the place. Don't forget to smile and to behave." He said to his wife and daughter.

"Yea, yeah. Enough of your silly talk, let's go already." Matt replied coldly, walking away.

"I hope this week will end soon." Mr. Tachikawa groaned madly to his wife when he saw Matt walking away towards the direction of the front door.

"But dear, I surely don't mind him. He's just a normal boy. You should give him a chance." She told him.

"I just hope he won't ruin my night. This is really important to me."

"I know, dear, I know." Mrs. Tachikawa comforted him by putting a hand on his shoulder. "Now let us go inside and enjoy ourselves." She told him.

"I guess you're right." He turned over to his daughter who still waited for and order. "You come, Mimi?"

"Yes, dad." Mimi nodded politely and followed her parents behind.

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"Mimi!" A girl shrieked out her name into the crowd.

"Huh?"

Mimi looked around to see where the voice came from and surely enough it was Yolei; her best friend. A girl with big pair of glasses behind brown eyes and purple hair was walking towards her with a glass in her hand. She looked somehow drunk, Mimi noticed. She could barely walk on her two feet.

"Yolei, how can you be so drunk already!" Mimi yelled, getting hold of her shoulder for not letting her fall down. "How many did you drink anyway?" she asked.

"Um…Hic… Six?...Hic… Maybe more, I don't know… Hic." Yolie said, still holding the glass in her hand.

"You should give me that." Mimi told her, taking her glass away. "Why did you call me at the first place?"

"Oh yeah…Hic..., I was calling you because… Hic… There was this handsome boy… Hic … over there and I saw you… Hic … with him in the car before you entered." Yolie told her.

"You mean Matt?" Mimi questioned.

"Matt? Is that his name?"

All of a sudden there were a few giggles behind Mimi's back. Turning around, she saw her worse enemy since her first grade. Jenny Williams. With her black hair and devilish brown eyes and with two other girls she never saw before, she sensed trouble was coming ahead.

"What do you want?" Mimi coldly replied.

"Oh excuse me, but I'm invited here too you know." Jenny told her with a grin. "Anyway, did you said that this boy's name is Matt?"

"Yea and what do you care?"

"I'm not saying this to make you mad or anything, but I didn't expect to see a handsome figure hanging with you around." She said to her, looking along her feet till she reached her face. "I mean, you really don't look the type to be, how we could say that… ah yes, giving him pleasure." She finished her sentence as she walked away with the two other girls; still giggling and smirking.

"Why you –" Mimi wanted to rip her head off if she could, but Yolei stopped her for doing so.

"Yolei, what are you doing! Let me go!" Mimi yelled, trying to get away from her grip.

"Stop it, Mimi. She's not worth it."

"Ugh… I just hate her!" Mimi told her, once she was quiet again; feeling Yolie untying her grip. "I can't stand her."

"I know, but there's nothing you can do you know." Yolei said to her.

Mimi then paused for a sec and stared at Yolie in disbelief. "Since when aren't you drunk anymore?"

"Oh, since the moment you wanted to rip off Jenny's eyes, I guess." Yolie confessed. "I may look drunk, but if it comes to this, I must get serious though."

"Yeah, you're right." Mimi sighed, gazing towards the direction Jenny went.

"Hey, what do you say if we're going to see this Matt-guy?" Yolei suggests with a smile. "I bet he's feeling alone right now."

"I think so; he's never been to fancy parties like these before." Mimi told her.

Yolei nodded in agreement and walked along with her, away from the ear-splitting crowd towards the veranda.  They passed a few people who almost ordered them to stop and to ask questions where they were too embarrassed to respond. After a minute or so, they finally reached the veranda to see the only person Mimi required to vanish with the wind.

Jenny, along with her other two friends, were being ignored by the one and only, Matt Ishida. He was only staring at the blue ocean ahead of him and sighed heavily. Mimi and Yolei decided to join them, but they preferred to wait until Matt was alone again.

"Come on, you can at least dance with me?" They heard Jenny plead when she was pulling on Matt's arm, turning his gaze away from the sea.

"I told I don't want to, and could you please release my arm!" Matt exclaimed to her.

"Why not?" Jenny asked him with her puppy dog eyes, which Matt didn't fall for.

"You're… Uh…Not my type, that's why!"

"Pff...Fine!" Jenny scold, releasing her grip and walked away. She turned around and put up a fake smile to him. "If you change your mind, you know who to call for." She gave him a wink, where he only ignored it.

"Yea right." Matt murmured once she was gone with the other two. "What a night. If I see that girl again, I think I can't hold on much longer." Matt moaned inside his head and sighed.

"You okay?"

The voice behind his back made him startle, but beamed when he saw the person in front of him. One way or another, he always felt safe when she was around. Then, to Matt's surprise, he saw her bending forward and began to apologize for doing something she didn't commit.

"I hope she didn't cause you too much trouble." Mimi said with her soft voice.

"No, it's okay, really." Matt assured her. "But why did you apologize? Do you know her?" Matt wanted to know.

"I'm afraid I do. She's a year older than me and thinks she's better than anyone else here. But what can you say…" She let out a sigh and continued. "She's the daughter of a man who owns a high-tech lab where my father's working for. He looks forward to have a promotion by showing them his latest discovery. I don't know what it is exactly. It's top secret if you ask me." Mimi explained him.

She took a glimpse to Matt's direction who was listening carefully. After seeing that he's been watch, he just smiled, telling her that he enjoyed it.

"Oh, I didn't show you my best friend yet." Mimi suddenly replied.

Matt stared at her in confusion when he looked around the veranda.

"Friend?" Matt asked. "There's no one here except the both of us."

"What?"

And sure enough it was. Yolei was nowhere to be seen."She must have been drinking again! How dare you to leave me here alone with him! Yolei!!" Mimi screamed in her mind furiously.

"So, anyway, do you have something to do tomorrow?" Matt asked, looking away from her towards the direction of the sea.

"Uh no, not really." Mimi said, looking at him. "Why do you ask?"

"'Cause there's a party tomorrow at my friend's house and he invited me." Matt told her, still staring at the sea. "I was wondering if you could come. With that, you will learn a little more about the outside world."

"I don't know… My dad won't agree with this." Mimi sighed sadly. "He will be furious if I let him know."

She stood next of him and gazed at the sea as well. Matt took a glimpse from the corner of his eye and smiled from what he said next.

"He doesn't need to know. You can just sneak away." He replied.

"Oh no, not that." Mimi exclaimed, shaking her head. "I won't be able to face my dad again if he catches me."

"It's just for one night.  And besides, I'll be there too." He told her, looking at her beautiful face which was covered with concern. "I'll make sure you don't get hurt, alright?"

"I don't know. This is too sudden for me. I don't know what to say."

"Just say yes."

"…"

"Please?"

"I…"

"You'll meet my gang if you come. They're such great pals, you know." Matt said to her. "So, what do you say?"

"Okay, I'm in!"

"Hehe, I knew you would." Matt said with a smile.

"But I need to get back home as soon as I can. I don't want my dad getting suspicious."

"Don't worry, you won't." Matt assured her.

As the two turned their faces again toward the sea, they didn't notice a dark figure who listened carefully to their little conversation behind the curtains. 

~*To Be Continued…

A/N: So how was it? I made it pretty long for you guys so please don't flame me for my grammar/spelling mistakes. I really worked hard though. ^__^ Anyways, I wish you guys a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Aoi Senshi