I went to school early because Dad drove me to school today. "Bye Rima, and don't forget that you have that Sado class after you come home with your mother!" Today?! Great. My mood's gone from bad to worse.

"I can't wait to tell all the others about your Sadu class!" Kukukusu pulled another funny face.

"We're not telling them," I told her. "and it's Sado class,"

"Ne ne Rima-chan, why not?"

"Just because. Now you listen to what I say okay?"

Kusukusu sighed. "Okay Rima,"

I walked to class and found the Guardians by the doorway.

"Morning Rima!" Amu waved.

"How is the queen today?" Su asked.

"Morning." My tone was a bit cold.

"Rima's in a bad mood today. Don't ask why!" If there was one thing Kusukusu didn't know, how to do, it was whispering.

"What's the matter Mashiro-san?" Tadase asked. that kinda defeated Kusukusu's message.

"I'm fine!" Then purple head started to speak.

"Are you sure Rima? You have slight rings under your eyes. Didn't get a well night's sleep?"

"Ahh! It's okay Rima! Yaya knows how that feels when Tsubasa cries all night and Yaya can't sleep either!"

"Shut up, and yes. We'll just leave it at that." Why was he so observant? And what the hell was he doing looking at my eyes? Okay, that sounded a bit weird. I gave an inward shiver at that thought. I mean, Nagihiko was a guardian and all, not a fan boy. So that makes it....awkward. I shrugged it off.
"Class is starting soon," I walked and sat down at my seat.

"Rima," Amu whispered. "if there's anything going on, just tell me. I'll try to help," I didn't answer. Sure it was out of character, but for the moment, not like I'm gonna care. Amu and the rest of them get too worried.

Ugh. I have very nosy friends.

---------------------------------After School-------------------------------
I'm still in my bad mood. Why didn't I just tell Mom I didn't want to go? Oh yeah, she signed me up and there's no backing out. Besides, she just had a nice talk with my dad and she's getting herself together. Plus, without all the stress she looks a lot younger and healthier.

"Thanks for the tea Fujisaki-san," Tadase said. Nagihiko then went to pour tea in my cup.

"I hate Japanese Tea," Wow, deja vu. The guardians all gave a confused look.

"What? Didn't Rima-chan always drink tea?" Yaya asked.

"I remember that you said the first time you were here that you didn't like it," Tasdase recalled. Darnit. He remembered?!

"Me too," Amu stated. "but soon after that you've been drinking tea more often. Nagi, hasn't she always drank
the tea before?" No! Don't ask that!

"As far as I remember, yes. You seem to like the tea too,"
SHUTUP PURPLE HEAD SHUTUP! I growled. "Well I don't like it again," They sweatdropped. I bet they were thinking "How unreasonable can she get?" Answer? Very.

"Well, I guess drinking tea isn't a requirement," Tadase said. Then he turned his head I heard him mutter "but it's pitiful to waste such good tea,"

"You know what Tadase? If it's so good why don't you just take it and shove it down your throat and drink it?" I calmly told him.

"Commoner! don't don't speak to your king like that!" Kiseki fumed.

"Hmph." I turned away.

"Gomenasai Mashiro-san. She's right Kiseki. It was rude of me to say in the first place." He quickly changed the subject. "So, let's start on discussing the Guardian Activities," Smooth transition.

-----After the Meeting-----

My mom tried to find me a kimono to wear. Thank God, none of them fit. "Rima! You're growing up so fast!" Mom cried happily. So in the end I just kept my school clothes on. It's kinda embarrassing knowing that I'm the only one that wouldn't be wearing an Iromuji. (it's a simple plain kimono mainly used for tea ceremonies.) She did tell me to wash my feet and get a new pair of socks though. (Something about proper manners or something.) Why the heck? It's not like they were gonna smell our socks or anything, but manners are manners. Wait, smelly sock's?! Never mind. That's just gross. I see why now.

"Teehee! Rima's mom doesn't want Rima to have stinky feet!" Kusukusu cracked up.

----------At Fujisaki's House-------------

Dang!

Mom wasn't kidding when she said Nagihiko lived in a mansion. We went to the back garden from a gate. I stood next to my mother among a handful of other women. This was a definitely very traditional. The place had a bench to sit on. There was a small pond with a waterfall in a corner surrounded my large rocks. Simple plants made the garden look very sophisticated. There were stone lanterns, stone walkways, and a stone bowl near, what I'd guess to be, the tea house that was connected to the mansion. even if the tea house was connected it seemed to be a completely separate building all on its own. I know that was a very general description, but I was preoccupied in looking around for Nagihiko. I do NOT want him to see me here.

Nagihiko's mother appeared in front of the chatting ladies. "Welcome back ladies. Today we will simply review everything we learned for the past weeks," she said in a soft, smooth voice. Her brown-purple hair was tied up in a neat bun. She was wearing a dusty lavender kimono and every movement she made was filled with grace and poise. Her eyes had the same combination of yellow amber and brown as her son's eyes.

"Wha! Nagi's mom is so pretty!" Kusukusu sighed. Well, like mother like son.

WHAT? I mentally slapped myself. Did I just say Nagihiko Fujisaki was pretty?! Well, he does look like a girl and all that, but pretty felt like going a bit too far. No girl would want to date a dude that looks like a girl and can even perfectly impersonate a girl's voice. Wait a minute, why am I even saying something about dating?! Shake it off Rima, act like you don't know him. To my surprise, Nagihiko's mom was looking directly at me.

"I see we have a new guest. How wonderful."

My mom spoke up. "She's my daughter, Rima,"

"I see. My name is . How old are you Mashiro-san?"

"Twelve. I'm in sixth grade,"

"Kawaii!!!" I heard the other ladies behind me whisper.

"Sixth grade?"
Yes Ms. Fujisaki, I'm a little bit shorter than your son. (But hey! I'm hitting a growth spurt so HAH!) Kusukusu giggled.

"You wear the Seiyo Elementary uniform. Are you familiar with my son, Fujisaki Nagihiko?" I didn't want her to think we were close friends or anything. I thought of how to answer that.

"He's a Guardian member right?"

"So you do know him," she smiled. "anyways," she turned back to the other women. "let's start with the washing hands and removing shoes,"

The next 10 minutes gone by pretty quickly. I wasn't paying too much attention. Unfortunately for me, Ms. Fujisaki noticed.

"Rima?" she called.

"Hai?"

"Since you are young and new, you should go to the other tea room where the other children are. Why don't you let Auntie escort you there?"

Who's Auntie? An old woman soon appeared. I think she was a maid. "Right at once, Miss!" Before I could protest she gently helped me up and led me out.

"Where are we going?" I asked. After a series of twists and turns we stopped at another tea room. 'Auntie' slid the door open. To my surprise and annoyance, only one person was there."Nagihiko?" she called. I started panicking.
"Nagi Nagi!" Kusukusu called.
"That's not my name," a girl's voice replied.
"Ah! Chunge-san! Your Aunt Fujisaki advised you to tie up your hair to avoid confusion,"
"Yes Auntie," She tied up her hair and turned around. The girl seemed to be older than me by a few years. She had the violet hair Nagihiko had, but her eyes were differently styled and they purple. Her bangs were different too. "Hi. I'm Chunge," she smiled at me. I got the creeps. It looked a lot like his smile. Are all the Fujisaki children clones of each other just with a few various differences?

"Oh? Where is Nagihiko?" Chunge shrugged.

"He'll be down soon."

"In the meantime, you should introduce this young lady to tea making then." Auntie soon left me alone. My eye twitched.

"H-hi. I'm Mashiro Rima," I twitched again.

"You go to the same school as Nagi." she stated. "Sorry if we look alike and you happen to hate him, but I can't help it. I was born first!" she grinned. "Well actually, Haruka was first, then me, THEN Nagi," Whatever, like I cared. She actually kinda read my mind. I was twitching because of the resemblance.

"Wow! Nagi's family are all clones!" Kusukusu cried.

Chunge's eyes diverted to my chara. Then she sighed and rolled them. "Ne, Rima-chan! Can She see me?"

"Who's your friend Rima?"

"You can see Shugo Charas too?"

"Yeah, I lost mine a long time ago, and I am slightly offended to be described as a clone," she sweatdropped.

"Kusukusu," I scolded.

Chunge raised a brow. "Isn't kusukusu onomatopoeia for sniffling? O__O"

What on Earth was she talking about? And what the heck was onomonopia or whatever?

A shadow came behind the sliding door. "Sorry I'm late!"

Shoot. I started spazzing again. Oh no… not now, not now, please not now!
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another chap up. X.x sorry if it's a bit OOC. I was kinda rushing. Again, rough draft material. Also, this is the first time I used the dreaded OCs.

And what's the point of Chunge there? Haha, I assigned her as the "detail filler" character. (If that's even a term.) So she'll give some info to Rima about stuff like tea ceremonies and dancing when Nagi or anyone else won't. I'm gonna do my best not to make her into a major character and stray away from the main reason why you came to read my story (that is, to get some rimahiko in your day ;) ) xP I tried my hardest not to go into detail about her in the story and bore the hell outta you. Basically, think of her as a taller Nadeshiko, same hair style but with heart bangs purple eyes (Basically sister Princess's Haruka face ---- see the link on my profile.) in a plain pink kimono with a purple middle. And yes, I thought of my OC more than two years ago before Shugo Chara (and Nadeshiko) came along. Personally, I find Haruka and Nadeshiko and too similar. .

BTW, I don't really know anything about Japanese tea drinking, so i go on Wikipedia x3( ------ nerd. :] ) and look that stuff up. Major sorry on inaccurate info. (Tell me so I can change it cuz I can't stand inaccurate info)

One more thing: For now, the title is a working title. I just really wrote the first thing that came up my mind. Even though its real cheesy, (But give some points, it rhymes! xD) should I even change the title?

Chunge: Why me? TT__TT

Dang that was a long author note! So anyways,

Review yeah? :]