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Hey everybody! Happy Independance Day! Like I said , here's the super long chapter of Arranged Marriage! Think of it as a gift okay?
Arranged Marriage
Chapter : Sixteen
Risa's POV
After wandering around the palace for a few minutes she finally found the kitchen.
The kitchen was very large ,and Risa had to open twelve cabinets before she finally found what she was looking for.
/ "Hey I think that's it!" / Thought Risa happily as she grabbed the container labeled PEPPER , in bold letters.
When Risa read the label on the container she smiled deviously and took the container with her. She closed the cabinet and left the kitchen only to return to the room where the game was being held.
Normal POV
/ "What's taking her so long? Its been five minutes already!" / Thought Mio as she watched the game.
Soon after Risa walked into the room with the pepper hidden in her small bag.
"What took you so long?" Asked Mio , suspicion clear in her voice and expression.
Risa sweatdropped and put on a nervous smile.
"Umm , well I." Stuttered Risa.
"You what?" Asked Mio.
"I umm , had a stomach ache!" Lied Risa.
"Really?" Said Mio in a disbeleiving tone.
"Yeah! Umm , is there somewhere I can take a nap and rest for a bit?" Asked Risa.
"Yeah , go ask the maid to show you to one of the guest rooms." Replied Mio pointing to one of the maids by the door.
Risa walked towards the maid and asked. The maid quickly nodded and showed Risa to one of the guest rooms nearby.
When they arrived at the guest room the maid bowed and left.
Risa's POV
Risa's room was only five doors away from the living room , but her room actually seemed farther than that , considering the large amount of space in each room.
Risa walked into her room and closed the door behind her making sure to lock the door behind her.
Her bedroom was large and it even had a bathroom , a queen sized bed and a closet.
Risa marveled at the size of the guest room for a moment until she realized she had to start working before the game finished.
Risa quickly went into the bathroom and searched the drawers and cabinets.
/ "Darn! I can't use anything here! I need to buy stuff at the market.But how am I supposed to leave and come back? I need a good excuse!" / Thought Risa as she bit her lip.
Normal POV
/ "Whats with Risa? Why did she lie about the stomach ache?" / Thought Riku still keeping her stoic expression in place.
/ "I have to win , I have to win , I have to win!" / Thought Daisuke.
Dark still sat , with a slightly irritated look on his face.
/ "What's with these guys? Why won't they talk? They're going to drive me crazy at this rate!" / Thought Dark as he watched Daisuke and Riku.
Mio looked at the three with interest at their expressions.
/ "That Risa girl is plotting something , I'm going to find out." / Thought Mio.
"I'll be back okay?" Said Mio faking a cheerful voice.
The three looked up at her and nodded as Mio left waving.
Risa's POV
/ "Looks like I'm just going to have to try and sneak out." / Thought Risa as she qietly opened the lock and turned the knob.
When Risa opened the door she looked down and up the halls scanning for anybody that might see her.
/ "Yes! Perfect , it's all clear!" / Thought Risa as she began running down the hall as quietly as possible until a hand touched her back.
Risa turned and froze.
Mio's POV
/ "Let's see , the maid said her room was this way , so I should be getting close...Oh! There it is!" / Thought Mio as she spotted Risa's room.
Mio walked toward the room and knocked on the door , there was no answer.
/ "What? But , she has to be here!" / Thought Mio as she started to twist the knob.
Mio opened the door and frantically searched for risa , but she couldn't find her.
/ "I knew it! She didn't have a stomach ache! I can't beleive her! What is she planning?" / Thought Mio as she left Risa's room closing the door behind her.
Mio began to run through the halls in search of Risa with a desperate look on her face.
Risa's POV
/ "Who is she?" / Thought Risa , still frozen in shock.
"What are you doing?" Asked the woman.
"Oh , nothing much." Lied Risa.
"Hmm...What's your name?" Asked the woman.
"I'm Risa , Risa Harada." Replied Risa , relaxing after the woman let go of her shoulder.
"Harada? Are you Riku's sister?" Asked the woman.
"Yes , why? Do you know my sister?" Asked Risa.
"Of course. She is goin to bacome my son's bride." Said the woman.
"Wait. Your son? Do you mean that you're the queen?" Asked risa in shock.
"Yes , you can call me Mrs.Mousy." Said mrs.Mousy introducing herself with a smile.
"Okay , but why are you alone? Don't you have guards?" Asked Risa.
"Of course I have guards , but I prefer not to keep them around." Replied Mrs.Mousy.
"Oh , I see. But you do know about the game right?" Asked Risa.
"Of course I do , and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get Riku to marry my son." Said Mrs.Mousy.
"Anything? Does that mean--"Said Risa until she got cut off.
"Yes , I'm even willing tocheat in order for her to marry him." Said Mrs.Mousy lowering her head in shame.
"Don't worry! I won't say anything , because I want my sister to marry Dark too." Said Risa.
Mrs.Mousy raised her head with a look of slight surprise and shock.
Risa smiled and began to speak.
"It's the truth , I would even cheat and make her lose so that she would marry Dark." Said Risa.
"Why?" Asked Mrs.Mousy.
"Because , if Riku or Daisuke win there's a chance that Riku will marry Daisuke. And , I don't want that." Said Risa her voice now slightly sad.
"Are you in love with him?" Asked Mrs.Mousy.
"Huh? In love with who?" Asked Risa.
"Daisuke." Said Mrs.Mousy.
"Yeah , I am , so I can't help it that I love him. And even though I love my sister I chose him over her." Said Risa with a sad smile.
"Don't worry , we can work together. That way we both get what we want." Said Mrs.Mousy.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Risa with a now questioning look.
"I mean that , if you make it so that Riku loses and dark wins , I'll arrange for you to marry Daisuke." Said Mrs.Mousy.
"What? Can you really do that?" Asked Risa in disbeleif.
"Of course , I can why? Is there anything else you want?" Asked Mrs.Mousy.
"Oh , No of course not! But , I'm going to need a few things so that I can make my plan work." Said Risa.
"You already have a plan?" Aske Mrs.Mousy in confusion.
"Yeah , I was actually on my way to pick a few things up from the stores so I could make my plan work." Replied Risa.
"What are you planing to do?" Asked Mrs.Mousy with a questioning tone.
"I was planing on using the pepper to make Riku sneeze but I needed a way to make it so only she sneezes..." Said Risa.
"Hmm... That may not work so we have to think of something else..." Said Mrs.Mousy.
"Like what?" Asked Risa.
"Like..."
Mio's POV
Mio was sweating from searching for Risa and was panting from exhaustion , but she kept on searching.
After a few more minutes of searching she finally sat down to rest.
/ "Where could she be? The only places I haven't searched are the East halls , so she must be there!" / Thought Mio as she forced herself to get up.
When Mio finally stood up she started to run towards the East halls with a look of renewed determination.
Normal POV
Everybody was still silent and nobody had made a sound since Mio left.
Daisuke was staring down at the ground and Dark looked like he was about to fall asleep , but Riku was wide awake with a look of pure determination on her face as she stood.
Dark and Daisuke payed her no attention as she stood.
Riku started to walk past Dark and the maids watched with interest at what she was doing.
Riku walked behind Dark and with her right hand she reached into her pocket for...
Risa's POV
"Like , hmm...what makes your sister angry?" Asked Mrs.Mousy.
"Well she hates disrespectful people and people who don't defend themselves and , most of all she hates perverts. Why?" Asked Risa with a quetioning look on her face.
"Well , why don't we make her angry? That way she'll probably yell or shout right?" Asked Mrs.Mousy.
"That's perfect! But how do we pull it off?" Asked risa.
"It's not a matter of how we do things , it's a matter of how Dark himself thinks. He probably knows that he can win this game easily just by being perverted , but if Riku remembers to stay quiet and in turn just slap him harder then it cause him to make noise from the pain of Riku's slap and cause him to lose." Said Mrs.Mousy with a calculating look in her eyes.
"You have a point but , I know Riku will yell at him , because she always yells no matter who the person is." Said Risa.
"Really?" Asked Mrs.Mousy.
"Yep , so all we have to do is make sure that Daisuke loses." Said Risa.
"Okay , so how do we get him to speak?" Asked Risa.
"Well , we could always upset him or do something to make him laugh or cry." Said Mrs.Mousy.
"We could probably make him nervouse too." Added Risa.
"Well , anyways I'll leave it to you." Said Mrs.Mousy as she left.
"Okay! I'll do my best!" Said Risa as she waved.
Normal POV
Riku reached into her pocket for a...
Bam!
"Arghhh!" Groaned Dark as the mallet made contact with his head.
Riku smirked and Dark turned around.
Dark had an angry look on his face. It wasn't like most of his other looks either. It was pure anger and frustration.
Riku's smirk faded quickly when she saw his expression and her expression changed to a guilty look.
"I'm sorry." Said Riku as she returned to her seat.
As she spoke , Daisuke heard her and looked up at her face.
/ "What's she doing? At this rate she'll lose!" / Thought Daisuke with a worried look on his face.
Mio's POV
"My best..." Heard Mio.
/ "That's Risa's voice!" / Thought Mio as she reached the corner and turned only to bump into Risa.
Wham!
"Owwww..." Said Risa in pain as she rubbed her head.
Mio sat up and looked at the person she bumped into.
"You!" Shouted Mio as she pointed to Risa.
"Huh?" Replied Risa as she turned to face Mio.
"What are you doing here?" Questioned Mio.
"Mio? I , umm , I...I was feeling better so I decided to go and watch the game!" Lied Risa as she pointed toward the direction of the living room.
"Right." Said Mio in disbeleif.
"Do you want to head back with me?" Asked Risa nervously as she stood up.
"Look , quit acting. I'm getting sick and tired of your lies. What are you planning?" Asked Mio in a harsh accusing tone.
Risa's fake smile faded into a seriouse look and she turned around to face Mio.
"If I tell you , you can't interfere with my plans." Said Risa.
"I'm not agreeing to that. Besides if I tell the queen she'll make you tell her what you're planning." Said mio threateningly.
Risa's serious look faded when she heard that , and it was replaced by a smirk.
Mio looked at her in confusion at her smirk as she stood but continued to stay silent.
"It doesn't matter if you tell her , I mean she is on my side." Said Risa.
"You're lying!" Accused Mio.
"No , I'm not. If you refuse to beleive me , then I suggest you go have a talk with the queen." Said Risa with a voice full of confidence.
"Fine! I will!" Shouted Mio as her eyes filled with tears as she ran in the direction of the queen's room.
Risa watched Mio as she left and her smirk had faded into her normal expression as she bagan to walk to the living room.
Normal POV
"Sir , the score so far is Daisuke 0/3 Riku 2/3 and you 2/3 ." Said the maid.
Dark bowed as a thank you and continued to look back and forth between Daisuke and Riku.
Risa walked into the room and asked the maid what the score was.
The maid told Risa the score and Risa was shcked to hear that Daisuke still hadn't spoken.
/ "I'm sorry Daisuke , but..." / Thought Risa as she began to walk back across the room and tripped on purpose.
Risa fell on Daisuke and Daisuke gasped in surprise as a blush started to cover his face at a rapid pace.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to fall on you! Are you okay?" Asked Risa.
/ "I can't speak! But , I have to! She'll think I'm rude if I don't!" / Thought Daisuke.
( Daisuke doesn't know that Risa knows about the game. )
"I'm fine!" Said Daisuke.
"Good." Said Risa as she stood up and headed for the couch.
/ "I can't beleive I spoke." / Thought Daisuke as he put his head down in deppresion.
/ "Idiot." / Thought Riku.
/ "So , this game won't go on forever. Looks like it's the final stage of this game. I know I can win now." / Thought Dark as his confident smirk finally reapeared.
Mio's POV
/ "She has to be lying! There's no way the queen would go along with her plan! I bet it was all just a bluff!" / Thought Mio as she neared the queens room.
When Mio finally got to the queens room , she wiped her tears and tried to regain her composure before she knocked on the door.
knock! Knock! Knock!
Mio's expression was very serious as she waited for the door to open.
Mio heard the sound of feet shuffling towards the door and looked straight ahead as the door opened.
"Oh , it's you! Come in. Is there something you want to discuss?" Asked Mrs.Mousy as she motioned for Mio to come in.
Mio didn't follow her , instead she stayed in her doorway keeping her expression serious.
When Mrs.Mousy noticed Mio , she turned around with the same serious expression on her face.
"Why have you come?" Asked Mrs.Mousy realizing that the matter was important.
"Are you really supporting her plans?" Asked Mio looking up at Mrs.Mousy.
"Who's plans?" Asked Mrs.Mousy.
"Risa , Risa Harada." Replied Mio.
"That matter is none of your concern." Stated Mrs.Mousy , harshly.
"But--"
"I don't want to hear it. Iv'e alreadytold you it's none of your concern." Repeated Mrs.Mousy.
"It is!" Shouted Mio.
"It's not." Stated Mrs.Mousy again.
"I love Dark!" Shouted Mio.
"That has nothing to do with this matter does it?" Asked Mrs.Mousy.
"What are you talking about? Of course it does! I know that Risa's plan was to make it so that Riku loses because of what she said to me earlier!" Shouted Mio.
"I see , but your feelings don't matter. I hired you to moniter the game , not to interfere with my plans." Said Mrs.Mousy , her eyes close to a piercing glare full of intimidation.
"So , you're on her side. I know that now , and I won't let you take him away from me! So do whatever you want , but you can't take him away from me!" Shouted Mio.
"You , are fired. I want you to leave the palace , and never come back!" Stated Mrs.Mousy coldly as she slammed her door.
Mio stood in shock until she collapsed in tears.
"I hate you!" Shouted Mio as her right hand slowly formed into a fist.
"Why did you do have to do this?" Shouted Mio now clenching herhand tightly.
Mio sat crying as she clenched her fist tightly andher knuckles turned white.
"What about how I feel? Don't you care?" Shouted Mio as she used her clenched fist to pound on the door.
"No! Because I don't matter..." Shouted Mio as she choked on her own tears and began to stand.
/ "I do care , but I know that Dark doesn't want to be with someone like you Mio! He wants someone like Riku , so I'll fulfill his wish because he's my son and a mothers love just can't be exceeded by anything!" / Thought mrs.Mousy as she sat on her couch and put her face into her hands as she began to cry.
"I don't care if you fire me! I don't care what you say because I'm going to stay with him!" Shouted Mio as she began to run down the hall.
Normal POV
/ "This is going to be difficult. They all have the same scores! How do I get Riku and Daisuke to speak?" / Thought Risa biting her lip as she watched them.
/ "I need them to say something , anything! I need to win this game! If I don't I'll never get the necklace back!" / Thought Riku as she watched Dark with his smirk and Daisuke with distress.
End Chapter Sixteen
Thank you for reading and please review! By the way , I'm still open for opinions on the updating thing! ( See chapter fifteen ) Anyways , I hope you like this chapter because It's 3,161 words long , and most of my chapters are only about 1,500 or less , so I hope you enjoyed it!