so tsujiai wanted to talk to nina about something. while they were talking, in yuta's room...

rica: say that again and i'll zap you into little tiny pieces!!!!!!!!!

karura: hey! rica, its time you cooled off... i think yuta needs...

rica: the fire spell!!!!!!!!! bwahahahaahahahaha!!!

just then the three heard some voices coming from outside in the

hallway. they didn't mind it, but rica did, being the most curious witch she is.

she puts her ear against the door to find out if she could hear anything

the two people were talking about. she recognized the voices...

rica(thinking): hm? *karura continues to laugh sinisterly* who's voices are these? *hears tsujiai's voice* ah! it's tsujiai-kun!!!! *hears nina's voice* it's nina! hmm... they must be talking about what to do for tommorrow.

she ignored them, then put her ear against the door again...

rica(thinking): woooo.... i'm soooo curious! wait! this is eavesdropping!

--silence--

rica(thinking): oh well!

this is what rica heard:

tsujiai: *hugs nina* (rica just heard a sound that they moved) I love

you...

nina: un... i love you too.

*end*

rica didn't know it would hurt that much. she knew that tsujiai liked

nina better than her, but she had absolutely no idea that it would hurt

that much just to hear those three words come out of tsujiai's mouth if it was for a different person. but rica tried her best to keep

all those things to herself. she felt pain in her chest but that didnt stop her

from being the person who controls karura and hates yuta (will be

explained in prequel, if ever that happens). she walked back to karura and

yuta with a fake smile on her face, and glassy eyes. rica had long

hair... it became messy because of the way she positioned herself to listen

to tsujiai and nina's conversation. she was wearing a white sleeping gown, too. in fact, it made her look almost like...

yuta: sa-sa-sa-SADAKO!!!!!

karura: we'll make you a ghost if you dont stop that!!!

yuta: but she really does look like sadako...

karura: *glances at the crying and smiling freaky rica with messy long

hair like sadako's* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! its

sadako!!! *thinking* sadako?

somewhere far beyond tokyo, maybe in CLAMP school...

nokoru: ahh... i hear a voice of a girl!

suoh(thinking): oh no! the student board papers are gonna be piled up again!!

akira: here's your tea takamura-sempai. here's your tea, kaichou.(president)

nokoru: there's no time for tea, akira!!!!

akira: ha-hai?

suoh: yes there is kaichou! the thing that we don't have time for, is saving those girls or ladies who scream!

nokoru: but...

suoh: please, kaichou!

nokoru: hai... *thinking* too bad...

back in tsujiai's cottage.

in the kitchen...

ayu and kaji: what was that?!?

kaji: that saounds like...

ayu: ... karura!!!!!

*starts running up the stairs*

in the hallway...

*tsujiai stops hugging nina*

nina: eh?

tsujiai: that came inside from inside the room!!!!

nina: ahh!!!! let's check it out!

*runs inside the room* *ayu's and kaji follow them*



nina: what's hap-hap... sa-sa-sa-sa...

ayu: sadako!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kaji: aaah!!!

the three plus karura ran out of the room, screaming. that left rica, yuta and tsujiai in the room.

back in CLAMP school...

nokoru: i hear it again! suoh! pleeeeeeease!!!!!!

suoh: nope.

nokoru: *sigh*

akira: time for dessert!

nokoru: *suddenly stands up and surprises suoh* dessert! ^_^

back in tsujiai's cottage...

tsujiai: you can stop scaring people now, rica.

rica: *mumbles to herself* (if my translation is correct, this is what

she mumbled) stupid hair i hate you darn it i wanna die right here

right now damn i hate yuta!!!! karura you are too crazy and whats so good

about nina... gosh... im crying, aren't í?

rica ran out of the room, crying. but neither tsujiai nor yuta noticed

she was. they only thought she wanted to scare the others again.

tsujiai: whats up with that.

yuta: i don't know.

tsujiai: are you alright now?

yuta: *nods*

tsujiai: i'll go look for nina and the others.

yuta: *nods* i'll try to look for rica.

rica was running up the stairs to the veranda. when she got there, she

fixed her hair, and sat near the edge (you know, where you shouldnt sit

because you might fall off and die)

rica: why does this keep happening to me?! *remembers what yuta did to

her* first yuta, now tsujiai-kun!! darn that yuta! i'm never falling for anyone again! rrrggg... huh? how come i feel so frustrated? its not my fault... or is it?

yuta somehow knew that rica was in the veranda, so he went up there.

the stairs were carpeted and yuta was wearing little fuzzy rabbit slippers, so rica

didn't hear anyone coming.

yuta: are you alright?

rica (thinking aloud): darn! i hate you all!

yuta: rica?

rica (still thinking aloud): if only i had the courage to jump off here

i would've done so already!

yuta: RICA!!! SUICIDE IS NOT GOOD!!!

rica: huh?

rica was startled. she turned around to find yuta there, glaring at her

with (very) concerned eyes. but when she did turn around, she...

well... fell off the veranda. falling, to her death?

meanwhile, in the veranda below where yuta and rica are...

tsujiai: now you guys understand?! that was rica, not sadako.

just then they heard someoene screaming. then they saw a girl

falling... a very familiar girl...

karura: rica-chaaaaaaaaaaannnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nina: OH MY GOODNESS WHY IS SHE FALLING???!?!?!?!?!

ayu: WE'VE GOT TO SAVE HER!

kaji: NINA, KARURA! WHY DONT YOU USE YOUR MAGIC????

tsujiai: HURRY!!!

nina and karura: h-hai!

but when they positioned themselves to cast magic, someone already beat

them to it.

rica (thinking): yuta...

rica landed on a soft pink baloon thing that yuta made using magic to

save her from her death. she was crying, really hard.

rica (thinking): oh my God... if he didn't cast that spell in time... i would be in the otherworld right now...

karura(all the girls were crying): rica-chaaaaaaaannn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! daijyoubu? (are you alright?)

*karura continues to say "daijyoubu?"*

rica did not respond. she was gasping for air, overjoyed to be alive.

she was crying really loud.

karura: *looking at rica like reading her mind* huh? hmm.... ah!!!!

nina: hm? what is it, karura? don't tell me you're talking to yourself!

karura: no! not that! i think i might've, found something out...

rica(thinking): hm? karura?