Chapter 21: A Not So Nasty Surprise
~Cray World Dreamscape~
Crack! A whip lashed past Aichi's face and left a dent on the ground beside him.
"What?! Oh man! Who?!" Aichi half stuttered, half screamed as his eyes adjusted to the figure before him.
"Hee hee! Gotcha good didn't I?" The mysterious figure giggled before turning around and exclaiming, "AH! I totally forget about Pongal! Darn, too much fun is a bad thing!" And with that this mysterious figure rushed off, leaving a trail of dust in his wake.
"Wha…?" Aichi scratched his head as he tried to make out who the figure was from a distance. "Aichi!" A voice called out from somewhere.
"Eh?" Aichi turned his head and saw Blaster Blade a.k.a. Jonathan running towards him, worry written all over his face.
"So er, what's wrong this time Jonathan?" Aichi asked as he neared.
"I'm not sure. I sensed a presence that meant you ill intentions so I rushed here as soon as I can. Are you… Are you alright?" Jonathan explained and asked.
"Oh. Well, someone did just attack me, but she sounded a little girly… So I don't think it was Michael. But she said something strange. Something about forgetting Pongal. Oh, by the way, did you try to warn me just now? I mean when you sensed that presence? Cause I could hear someone calling me and telling me to watch out." Aichi blabbered, leaving Jonathan a little confused at what Aichi had just said.
After thinking about it and guessing some bits of what Aichi had said, Jonathan spoke up, " Well, I have no idea who that would have been… But I may… I think… It just might be… And yeah, I sorta did call out to you just now…"
"Huh? What are you talking about Jonathan? Could you please explain it to me?" Aichi asked, really puzzled and wanting to understand what Jonathan meant when he said all those.
Hmm, I wonder… Did she ditch her duties to come mess with Aichi? If she did… Jonathan thought deeply, completely missing what Aichi said.
"H-hey Jonathan! Did you hear me? Are you okay? You seem to be spacing out…" Aichi said, puzzled and extremely confused.
"H-huh? What did you say Aichi?" Jonathan stuttered as he snapped out of his trance.
"Well, I was just asking…" Aichi started, but his vision went black and his body felt heavy. H-hey! What's going on? Aichi thought in panic as he thrashed around a little.
~Real World~
"AH!" Aichi woke up with a start and bumped Emi off the bed.
"Oww…" Emi groaned as she got up from the floor, rubbing her bruised bum. "Aichi, what was that for?" She grumbled at Aichi.
"Hey, he didn't mean it Emi, take it easy!" Misaki consoled and Emi blushed.
"I guess I should be more sensitive to Aichi now more than ever, huh? Sorry Aichi." Emi apologised sincerely and somewhat embarrassingly.
"Huh? What? Where am I?" Aichi moaned and groaned and suddenly shouted.
"You're at home! Where else could you be?" Misaki shouted right back, after being startled by by Aichi's sudden explosiveness.
"A-at home? Then what was, what was that dying feeling I felt?" Aichi's voice became a bare whisper, laced with fear.
Misaki immediately dropped the towel she was using to dab Aichi's forehead and pulled him into a tight embrace. This spontaneity surprised everyone else in the room except for Emi. Kourin was rather irked than surprised, but still surprised nonetheless. "It's alright Aichi. I'm here for you." Misaki whispered so that only Aichi could hear.
She held on tightly and Aichi could only nod softly after hearing what she said. Apart from feeling his head nod softly within her arms, she felt some moisture as well. Am I perspiring or is Aichi crying? Misaki wondered as she loosened her hold to look at his face. He appeared to have teared but stopped, since his face was only wet and no visible tears were streaking down his cheek.
Deciding that the two were going to need some time to themselves, she whispered something to Kamui. His ears perked up and his face turned red, before he nodded understanding what Emi needed him to do. "Hey everyone! Aichi's mom prepared desserts for us! C'mon, let's get some dessert! Misaki can take care of Aichi. Right Misaki?" Kamui shouted, his mood not in tune with the current situation.
Ren's mood changed as well and he squealed in delight, "Yay dessert! Kai! Let's go get some!" And with that he dragged a shocked Kai out of the room. Miwa clumsily followed Kai and nearly bumped into Morikawa who was rushing out of Aichi's room with Neiji and Eiji who were chasing a giddily happy Kamui out of the room. Kourin wanted to hang around but Emi cheerily dragged her out as well, unaware that Kourin had designs for Aichi as well. But alas, Emi would still prefer Misaki as a sister-in-law if her brother and Misaki ever got married in future anyway. She would never want a superstar sister-in-law…
A/N: And that's it for now… once again, sorry for such a late update. But better late than never right? ~" Hehe… Hope that after such a long wait, this chapter is worth the wait… If not, I promise I'll work doubly hard to get a next chapter up in two weeks time or so… Once again, keep those reviews coming in and I'll see you guys (and girls) in the next chapter! And thanks once again for all the support! :