Part 2 of RAPUNZEL?

WARNING!: May contain spoilers from 20 Mensou ni Onegai manga volume 1, EVENT 2!! This will be a blush-fest!!! XD

"It so boring in here!" exclaimed Utako as she swirls the ribbon ends at her fingers. She looked at the flying birds in the sky inside her tower prison. "Why did Nagisa-san ever lock me up in this tower? I wish I could get out in here. Just ONCE!" she sighed and lay down in her bed and hummed a melody to sleep.. Meanwhile, in a kingdom not far away from the tower, the prince talks with the queens, his mothers.

"C'mon Akira-kun! Just that vase! PLEASE STEAL IT FOR US!!" his mothers begged at their son. Akira sweat dropped looking down to his cup of tea. "Oka-san, please don't make a fuss at the palace. The people might hear you. But anyway, why would you want me to steal it if we could just buy a replica?" His mothers became to turn to overly joyful to sad. "PLEASE AKIRA-SAN! We've asked you to steal stuff but this is the 'last'!" Queen A started to shed a tear.

"Alright! I'll do it." He declared getting the attention of his mothers. "Arigato Akira-san!" They jumped repeatedly on joy. Akira sighed that he would again become '20 Faces', the greatest thief in their kingdom. That night, Akira puts on his black tuxedo and pants with the black cape. It wouldn't be complete without his hat and mask covering his true identity. After sneaking into the house, grabbing the vase his mothers set his eyes on, Ryusuke the leader of the Knights, set a spotlight at the dashing thief. Behind Ryusuke was a troupe of knights, waiting for Ryusuke's order.

"Stop your injustice thief!" Ryusuke declared to 20 Faces. 20 Faces smiled at him holding the vase with the help of a yellow fabric. He bowed to the entire knight force and rollerbladed his way outta there. He took off his skates upon reaching the forest, finding a place to hide for a moment till they stop looking.

In the tower, Utako sung a lullaby she strangely recalls. It was like she heard it before, but doesn't remember when. She throws down the yellow ribbon ends outside the window while she sits still under the window still.

Aenai yoru ni ha yume no iriguchi de

Anata wo matteru hanarebanare de mo

Onnaji ashita wo mitsumetai

Haruka na mukashi kara

Ame ha sora he kaeri

Hana ha tsuchi ni dakare

Tori ha uta wo utau

Soshite watashi anata wo aisuru

On running in the woods, he heard a sweet lullaby nearby. On curiosity, he followed the tune leading him to a tower. "I heard something nearby!" a knight said. Ryusuke ordered everyone to look into the woods, finding the masked thief.

Sono ude no naka de

Natsukashii kodou

Kiku no yo..

Akira saw sparks of lights coming from the searchlights of the knights. He panicked and went around the outside of the tower, finding a way in. "How come there's no entrance here? I definitely heard a melody here. Oro?" He saw dangling yellow fabric leading to an open window. Akira had started to climb up the tower.

"Why do I feel something's pulling my ribbon?" Utako thought while continuously singing.

Ima anata dake ni

Suki tte kotoba wo

Ieru no

Donna mono kara mo

Anata no subete wo...

"Mamoru wa?" Utako looked up and saw a boy smiling back at her. "Konbanwa!" Akira greeted her. She pulled back the ribbon ends, finding out a part of her ribbon ends ripped. "I'm very sorry for the ribbon, I needed to hide from those knights." Utako wondered why he would hide from the knights, maybe.. "You're a burglar, aren't you?" She pointed the vase Akira was carrying.

"You've heard of me? Anyway, I'm very sorry for disturbing you." Utako stepped on his cape, just before he could climb out the window. "You can't just walk away after just sneaking in this tower and breaking my precious ribbon to add."

"How do you mean?" wondered Akira.

"Stay and spend some time with me." Utako prepared tea and they sat on the table. "What's your name?"

"Utako Ohkawa, 6 years old, single. By the way, you can take off that mask now." She said pouring milk tea to Akira's teacup. "If it doesn't offend you in any way, may I ask why you're in this tower with no entrance door?" he said while taking off the mask. "I was taken by a witch, strangely the same age as I am. She took me to this tower to live in solitude when I was just a baby. She brings me food and all kinds of necessities and made me this ribbon. But you know, it's pretty lonely here." she frowned.

"Oh, I see. I'm very sorry about the ribbon. I know! I can fix it for you." Akira declared with pleasure. He took his yellow fabric used to support him carrying the vase. He took out of nowhere a needle and thread. Utako looked at Akira when he started sewing it back together. She sweatdropped seeing a boy sewing. "This is the first time seeing a guy and he can sew?" Utako thought. Akira gave back the ribbon to her good as new. "Sugoi! You did it like you do this all the time!" Akira blushed.

"It's the least I can do for a lady such as yourself, with a very beautiful voice." Utako felt like she was melting on his smile. A feeling she never felt before. "You've heard me sing?" Utako blushed pink. He nods.

"Not just now but.. When I visit these woods, I hear a melody of a fairy."

"Fairy?" She asked blushing more. Akira started to blush as well. They both gazed at each other's eyes. Silence surrounds the room. They could hear cricket sounds clearly and fireflies danced all over the room. "Why do I feel special when I'm with.... Is this..." They both thought.

Akira smiled at her and reached out of his pocket. Utako wondered what he took out. "What are these?" She asked holding a mini candy-wrapped chocolate. "Those are chocolate bonbons. They're very delicious. Would you like to have some?" He warmly smiled.

"Your smile convinced me. I'll have some."

"Really?" His childlike expression exclaimed with a hint of blush in his cheeks. She unwrapped the whisky candy wrap and ate the chocolate. "D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!! Give me more!" she screamed in joy. Akira smiled and gave more candies. Utako was embarrassed that he looked at her gulping up all the chocolate bonbons. Akira kept smiling at her. They talked a lot and they got to know each other. She was fascinated on Akira's tales, telling all about the outside, beyond the tower.

"Nagisa-san once told me burglars are bad people. But you know, I think she's wrong." she blushed.

"Why do you think that?" Akira curiously asked. "Because you have the gentlest smile." she continued feeling dizzy all of a sudden. Akira blushed red. "Do you really think so?!" he said enthusiastically. "I'm glad you came by accident here. It's pretty lonesome here you know." she frowned more. He looked at her feeling guilty and wanted to make her smile. Akira pointed at all the twinkling stars above the dark blue sky. "Utako-san, do you see those stars?" Akira asked. Utako nods.

"I would say that we are stars like those shining stars at the night sky."

"Why do you say that?" Utako curiously asked. "Because when we feel special, we twinkle so bright and feel most happy. I feel if you find someone you would love, your shining star, your frown will go away and will make you twinkle like the stars." he continued. Utako began to smile warmly and felt tears coming out of her eyes.

"Can you.."

"be..."

"What is it, Utako-san?"

"CAN YOU BE MY SHINING STAR?!" she blushed red. Akira was really shocked but felt inside. Akira nodded and began to blush. Utako began to feel very very drowsy.

TUG! Utako fell flat on Akira's torso. 'She's fast asleep..' he thought. He left a note under her pillow before leaving and whispered to her ear before leaving the tower. "I'll be stronger for you... Sweet dreams Utako-san..."

"Utako-san..."

"Utako-san...." Utako's eyes slowly opened. It was already morning. There was no trace of the mysterious boy. She felt that last night was a dream. She looked back and saw Nagisa leaving food to her. 'If she wasn't acting all evil like, Nagisa-san is all nice..' Utako thought.

"You must be really tired to sleep that soundly. Oro?" she wondered.

"Are you...smiling?" Nagisa wondered. She shook her head and acted again evil-like. "I'll be leaving now. See you tomorrow morning." She left again at the gust of wisteria. When she left, Utako looked under her pillow and saw a note.

---Dear Utako-san,

I guess you'll be reading this at dawn and I will be there no more at the tower. I had fun last night and I would thank you for that. I'll be your shining star forever. See you next Friday night.

20 Faces---

TO BE CONTINUED ON PART 3

Aya: ????? Me will ask for review now...Akira sounds....inspiring no? Well in the manga, he REALLY sounds clever... I guess everyone has a guess what would happen next..hehe.. SEE YA IN PART 3!!!!!

Note: The song Utako sang is Water Drop!