Moon: Don't own anything! I hope that you'll enjoy the chapter!
In France Tadase's POV
"Tadase, are you planning on going anywhere this afternoon?"
"I'm planning on going on a walk through one of the parks Mother."
"I see then come home before night."
My mother left me in my room alone. I put on my shoes then headed out. The parks here are really peaceful. I'm leaving next week though but at least I can see my friends and Ikuto-ni-san. Then I heard a violin. I headed toward the sound and saw an old man playing a violin with a case behind him and a hat for tips in front of him. I walked up to him and up some money in his hat.
"Thank you so much young man."
"It's no trouble."
I started to walk away but the man grabbed my hand. "Young man, for your kindness I will give a gift."
"No thank you sir. I believe that it is only a thank you is needed."
He held out the case. "I don't think that it's enough. Please, the person who gave me this case would want that too."
"But-"
He pushed the case in my hands and ran. I tried to follow him but he disappeared. Weird. I looked at the case in my hands. It was well-made. Then I sat down at a nearby bench and opened the case. Inside was a doll with blonde hair with curls at the end. I picked up the doll to examine it. The doll's outfit was a light blue long sleeved dress. The bottom of the dress was long and flowing. Crystal flowers were at the waist and were connected to silver chains. There were also flowers at the end of her sleeves, as a hair clip, and strangely one as an eye patch. It was strangely elegant. I've never seen something like this. I pulled back her hair to see a key hole.
Then I looked back in the case to see a small key and picked it up. It wouldn't hurt to wind it up would it?
Rima's POV
I felt a sudden chill. "Rima-chan, Is something wrong," asked a concerned Nadeshiko.
"It's nothing."
I continued to eat my curry dinner while watching them give me strange looks. "So how was school?"
The twins looked at each other. "Since when were you curious about that,' asked Nagihiko.
I put my spoon down. "Thanks for the meal." Then got out of my seat and started walked to Nagihiko's room to sleep.
"Rima-chan, you're done? But you only ate half of your dinner."
"I'm just not hungry. Good night." I continued to walk leaving a confused medium, his sister, and Kusukusu. Please don't be awake yet, at least not now.
Nagihiko's POV
"Well, that was weird."
"I know and I made pudding tonight," Nadeshiko said sadly.
"Kusukusu, Did something happen?"
"Not that I know of."
"By the way, what's with the egg I got?"
I showed her the dark blue sakura egg and set it on the table. Kusukusu went up to it like she was listening for something.
"That egg is your would be self. Like what I am to Rima."
"So she wants to be a clown?"
"A person that makes people laugh," Kusukusu yelled while going on fire.
"And I can do those transformation things when it hatches?"
"Yes."
"Now that I think about it, Kusukusu-chan what was Rima-chan like in the past," asked Nadeshiko.
"Um… she was really different."
"Like more lady-like or something?"
"Before, she wanted to win the game more than anyone. Just like Utau and… some of the others."
"I still don't get why that terrible game was invented," Nadeshiko said.
"Melody said it before. They are the failed copies of a girl that Father saw long ago. He left them. Then realized that why should he not give them a chance to become that girl or he at least wanted to see his dolls that he worked hard on happy. So he put an aspect of a perfect girl in them. That aspect is also their source of life which is us."
"Rima actually played that game?"
"In the past her, Lulu, Rikka, and Utau wanted to win. They all had a very strong desire to show that they were the perfect girl or doll."
"Rikka was what kind of doll?"
"A very kind one she listen to her mediums problems and fixed them. She wasn't nice to anyone but her humans. I never knew why she wanted to play. But when she met Amu, she wanted to be like her. It's the same with everyone else. Amu had a power no one else had."
"But Rikka-chan was broken because of Amu right?"
"Yes. Rikka, how she must of felt."
And Lulu I think she took Amu's changes the hardest. I wonder when she'll wake up. Or how she'll act. Or if she goes back to the way she was.
France Tadase's POV
I wounded the doll. (The idiot! No offense to people who like him)
It started to move and opened its blue eye then slapped me. "You were slow to waking me up."
She jumped out of my hands and dusted off her skirt. This can't be real can it? It must be a scam or something. I tried to grab it but she hit me again.
"Do you not have manners? Introduce yourself.'
"Tadase Hotori from Japan age 13." I said while bowing.
"Tadase, I am Lulu, the 4th Dreamer doll."
"A pleasure to meet you. Are you real? Is this a dream?"
"Silence. If this was a dream then would this hurt?"
She kicked me in the shin. It hurt so I clutched it. Definitely not a dream. Then she held an egg out with a strange pattern.
"Swear to me that you'll fight for me and only me."
I kissed the egg not knowing what was going on. A glow came from the egg and my hand. My hand felt like it was being burnt away or melted. When the glow disappeared a ring was on my finger. In the center there was a crystal flower. Lulu smiled. Then she picked something up and handed it to me. It was an egg with a crown on it.
"What is this?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
A week later Lulu's POV
"Lulu are you going to be alright in your case?"
"Of course I am."
This human worries too much. He said that today was the day when he was going back to Japan and he kept going on and on about how he can't wait to see his friends and precious Ni-san. Wait why do I care? I went back in my case to sleep before I could give to another thought.
Lulu's dream world.
I am always at peace when I enter this place. I started designing a piece of jewelry but stopped when I felt that someone had entered. I turned around to see Melody examining a purple necklace that I made before.
"It's so pretty Lulu."
"What are you doing here?"
She put the piece down. Then looked at me seriously. "Do you know the status of the game?"
I shook my head. "You are the last doll to awaken so when all of you are together again the final stage of the Dreamer game will start."
"It's finally time?"
She nodded. "Do you not have any desire to win the game?"
"As silly as I am I want Amu to win. Or in another way of saying it I don't think I can win."
"Will you at least try?"
I nodded. "Until next time then Lulu." And with that she bowed and disappeared.
That girl does show up at the weirdest times. I continued to work in my dream world.
Utau's POV
I drank every drop in my ramen broth. "I win!"
"No fair. You're a doll there's no limit in your stomach."
I kicked at Kukai who spit out some of his ramen. "Besides that it's shocking to know that a doll likes ramen."
"What's wrong with that?"
"Well… It's just that you seem more like a teenage girl than a really old doll."
'I can be a human if I wanted but… the price for it… I could never do that."
Then I noticed that he was staring at me. "What?"
"You're strong."
I looked at him. "Strong? I just don't want to fight for something like that anymore."
"But you're strong because you refuse to fight."
Hmm… no one ever said that about me before. This human is different. He isn't one who would be cruel like the others and doesn't care if he gets something in return.
"Can we have an ice cream eating contest?"
"You want to eat more? I can't handle that after eating an extra large bowl of ramen."
While he kept yelling at me about if he continued to have eating contests with me he would get sick and fat. I'm glad that we can have times of peace right now.
Yaya's POV
I spilled my juice.
"Yaya, why did you do that," Sanjo said.
"Yaya-san?"
The last doll… I briefly felt it but still… She can't be awake right now please don't let her.
"Yaya, dechu," Pepe yelled bringing bring me back to reality.
"I'm sorry. I'll clean it up right away."
I picked up a napkin and started to dry the sticky mess. I looked at them. "What?"
"You used I not Yaya and you're not yelling."
I continued to clean up the mess not saying anything. When I was finish I stood up. "Pepe can you go tell Rima that we'll be visiting tomorrow?"
"Demo Yaya-chan we normally go without telling her in ahead."
"Please Pepe."
"Alright-dechu."
"Thank you I'm going to go to bed now. Good night."
"Good night? But Yaya it's only 7:30."
I went to my case, opened it and went in.
Moon: And the final doll is finally awake which means that the real game is going to start. Please R&R!
