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nor do I own any of the songs/lyrics if mentioned in this fanfic blah blah blah =]
(except all the haikus in this fic. Those are ALL mine! *gathers and huggles closely* don't freakin steal! thankyou. :])
I AM BACK PEOPLE! WHOO! (sorry for the two week late update :[ writer's block and all. ) Ahhh... It feels so good to be writing Tea Ceremonies again! xD and to kick it off we'll start with Nagi's POV! *audience cheers*
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---Thursday---
Nagihiko's POV
It was the boys turn to play basketball this week. Good thing my arm has healed completely. I was in the middle of a game. "Kirishma-kun!" I called out. He passed me the ball.
"Go for it! Jump as high as you can!" he shouted. I ran to the hoop and pushed myself off the ground. "This feeling..." I thought to myself as I was in the air. "I remember this feeling."
SLAM DUNK.
As soon as I was back on the ground a memory flashed through my mind.
---Flashback---
"To dance like a girl you must act like a girl," Mother pointed out. "You will study to act like a woman." I heard her voice in my head.
My teacher called out. "The next person is Fujisaki Nadeshiko! Let's see how high you can jump." I walked up to the board. This isn't something a girl could do easily. "They won't think am a girl," I murmured. The truth was, I wanted to jump as high as I can!
After school, on an empty basketball court, I walked over to the hoop in a white sweater with the hood over my head. I carried a basketball in my arms. "If I jumped here," I said to no one in particular, "it'd be fine, because it's okay for boys to try their hardest. All right, here I go!" I pushed my body with all my might. I felt so great, defying gravity just for a few seconds.
"Hey you!" someone called from behind. I spun around, slightly stunned by surprise. A group of three other boys grinned at me. "That was some jump! Hey, you like basketball, can we play? It's no fun by yourself."
I was delighted. "Okay!
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I heard many people in the game gasp, "Wow!" I was bombarded by high fives on the back. "That was amazing! You jump really high! have you ever thought about going in some big league like the NBAs?" NBA? Who was the one that asked the last question?
"The NBA is America baka!" someone corrected. I chuckled.
"It's alright. Let's just get back to the game," I said. I passed the ball to an opposing team member.
"Okay!" they all agreed. The game got back in motion again. I ran as fast and tried as hard as I could. The things I had to forget in order to dance like a girl, it doesn't matter anymore! That's right, I'm a boy now and I could go all out! I stole the ball and dribbled it in a steady pattern. This pattern, this beat, my rhythm!
"I can feel it," I said to myself. "I can feel my own rhythm!"
"So can I!" an unfamiliar voice cried out. Eh? I stopped in the middle of running. Was this a Guardian Character? My blue egg flew in front of me and cracked open.
"Yo! I'm Rhythm, your new chara!" I stood there awestruck. "Come on Nagi, let's go beat them the cool way!"
"Uh," I felt unsure about this. "Right!" I felt that familiar chara-change feeling. Were those headphones on my neck? "Wha!" Throughout the rest of the game I felt myself running faster and jumping even higher than ever. Everything seemed kind of hazy during the chara change. Things were even more hazy when you chara-change with a new guardian character for the first time.
"Make another big dunk Nagi!"
SLAM,
and that's a match!
Cheers erupted from my team. A whistle blew; time to get back in class.
"Fujisaki!" the coach called. I hustled over to him. "That was a great game boy."
"Thank you sir,"
"You like basketball a lot?" I nodded my head enthusiastically. "Well then," The P.E. teacher was writing something on his clipboard. "How'd you like it if I recommended you to Seiyo Middle School's basketball team?" My face lit up.
"Really? I'd be honored!" This was one of the best days of my LIFE.
"Good." He gave a curt nod. "Now get back in your P.E. line."
"Okay."
"We did it Nagihiko!" Rhythm grinned and gave me a peace sign. I nodded. Come to think of it, I did use a chara change so that was kinda an advantage. Then again, a chara change shows the potential you have so I guess it should be fine. The thing that really got me excited was finally showing the others my chara.
----Afterschool---
"Wha!" Amu exclaimed. "Nagi, I'm so proud of you! You're finally a chara bearer!"
"Congrats Fujisaki-san," Tadase smiled.
"Wow Nagihiko!" Yaya gasped. "He looks a lot like you!"
"Um...you really think so?"
Kiseki beamed. "Now I have a new commoner! As King, it is my duty to greet the new arrival. I welcome you new commoner! I am Kiseki. NOW YOU WILL SERVE ME! MUHAHAHA!"
Rhythm sweatdropped. "Don't worry Rhythm desu! Kiseki gets like that," Suu giggled.
"Ran, Miki, Suu. You're all with Amu huh? I like your rhythm," he nodded to himself. "You're all so cute!" Rhythm winked at them. There was a small silence. Then,
"Y-you really think so?" Miki blushed.
"M-Miki," Ran sighed.
I realized all eyes were on Rhythm. "Your chara is quite a flirt," Rima said. Yaya agreed. I sweatdropped. Who knew he was so smooth with girls? Well, I gues he had to get that from somewhere.
Tadase spoke up. "But he is very friendly."
"Teehee! Yay!" Pepe and Kusukusu giggled as Rhythm gave each of the charas a hug.
"Hey commoner! What about me? Do you like my kingly rhythm?" Kiseki asked. Rhythm thought about it for a bit.
"It's okay I guess, but your rhythm's a bit too uptight."
Kiseki fumed. "W-what?! DISRESPECT TO YOUR KING!!!"
"Hey hey, chill a bit dude." Rhythm gave a peace sign. Looks like Rhythm's in the spotlight today. The Guardians went back to talking about the sixth grade dance plans and other normal activities.
"Bala-balance!"
I spun around. That wasn't Kusukusu's voice. Rhythm? From the corner of my eye, I saw Rima turning around too.
Kusukusu clapped her hands in delight. "You're good! Teeheehee! Bala-balance!!!" A smile tugged at the corner of my mouth. Before turning back to the Guardians, I could've sworn I heard Rima giggle for a split second. Aww...she's so cute when she laughs. I felt my cheeks heat up by a few degrees.
"Fujisaki-san." Tadase looked at me.
"Eh? Er..Yes?" Argh! I wasn't paying close attention.
"You and Mashiro-san will be folding the invitations and sealing envelopes." I nodded. What a coincidence. "Amu-chan and Yaya will be running different errands and I will go to the headmaster to report our progress."
"Alright! Hey Amu-chi, let's get some ice cream afterwards okay?"
"You're paying for yours," Amu muttered.
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"You finally have a new chara now Jack. He looks like he's getting along well," Rima calmly stated as she watched Kusukusu and the others play with Rhythm. I sweatdropped a bit. What was with the title calling?
"Guess you won't have to call me useless anymore huh?" I said, smiling. There was the slightest hint of a smirk playing on my lips. I was filled with a sense of accomplishment. Now she finally can't tell me that I'm useless or anything like when we first went to the mall with Amu. It's not my nature to brag or anything, but I was almost gloating on the inside.
"Fujisaki-san," Tadase said. He was back from the headmaster's office. "so I heard that the P.E. teachers were impressed with your basketball skills. Someone told me that your teacher even recommended you for the middle school team."
"Y-yeah," I tried to reply smoothly. I still honestly wasn't used to the praising or compliments. Usually, Mother would rather focus on my flaws than my strengths. Everyone in my family was raised to be perfectionists so compliments came rare to us.
"Nagi and I chara-changed for the first time and boy, did we beat em' good!" Rhythm grinned and gave a thumbs up.
"You chara-changed with Rhythm and the coach was impressed." Rima raised a brow.
"Yes, I did Rima."
She boredly traced the rim of her teacup with her index finger. "Then that really wasn't you playing."
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EH?!
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"P-pardon?" was the only phrase that popped out of my mouth.
"You chara-changed, so that wasn't completely you playing. It was someone helping you. You had the higher advantage so I wouldn't really call it a fair game." Wow, I think that was one of the longest time I've ever heard Rima talk to me. I sweatdropped.
"Well Shugo Charas show the potential you have right? So it wasn't really cheating, it was just me being the best I can ever be when playing."
Rima calmly sipped her tea. "I never said it was cheating. I just think that it wasn't a completely equal game." I gave a nervous chuckle.
A wave of disappointment crashed over my mind. Just when I thought she was gonna be a bit nicer! "Oh Rima, you're so funny!" I wanted to tell her, but instead I was having a silent semi-dramatic moment. (Hey, I am an actor, after all.) In my head, it was going something like this:
"Oh Rima, you are so cold and cruel to me!"
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Complete with a mental picture of one hand over the heart and the other on the forehead. That blow actually hurt in a weird (and possibly comic?) way. I sighed to myself. Still yet, it was the very thing that made her so attracting.
First I'm hopeful, then
She lashes out bitter love
Rima strikes again!
Hey, I'm getting pretty good at this haiku thing. I'll need to write that one down later. My my, typical Rima. Always looking to point out my faults. Tadase chuckled a bit.
"He's right Mashiro-san. Just like how Amu-chan chara changes with Ran."
She rolled her eyes and mouthed "Whatever."
---After the Meeting---
As I was walking home I found myself not too far behind Rima. "Yo Nagi!" Rhythm tapped me on the shoulder. "How'd you think I did on my first day?"
"You seem a bit troublesome, but-" I stopped as I heard Kusukusu speaking to Rima.
"Hey hey Rima, Rhythm is pretty cool. I like him. He can do the Bala-balance pretty well!"
"Impressive," Rima said, seemingly unfazed. I smiled. If Rhythm can impress Kusukusu and Rima like that then things were definitely gonna get off to a good start. I felt somewhat relieved.
"Maybe if we become friends with Rhythm then we can be even better friends with Nagi! Or-"
"Be quiet Kusukusu." The clown chara immediately obeyed her owner. (Though she did giggle to herself every so often.)
Rhythm poked me. "Hey Nagi? You gonna finish that sentence?"
I nodded a bit and watched Rima wave and run towards her mother's car. Seems like her family relationship has definitely improved. "You did a good job today."
"Yay!"
I sweatdropped. "Um...yay!"
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okay. this chapter just killed me since i need to get back into the writing habit x.x damn, this chapter felt cheesy since i was matching scenes/lines from the anime and manga. not my best but the show (story) must go on! and i felt like i had to throw in a little dramatic moment for nagi here. i imagine he has many unseen semi-dramatic moments in his head. xD (btw, this author's note might take a while after my quite long postponing.)
and for my chapter 42 rant:
wtf? their school year ends in APRIL?!!?? WHY???!!! Dammit. And the graduation chap for this (eek! *hinthint* x] ) was supposed to be in JUNE! whee. :P so much for chronological timing eh? whatev. but this is like an AU after all no? ;pX.x chapter 42 = DISAPPOINTMENT. xp henceforth I felt like writing this chap was just, ugh! *throws eggshells* To Hell with you Chapter 42! (omg, a rhyme xD ) Ikuto leaves? T.T Although the rimahiko relationship seems to get a bit more obvious. squee! xD even Yaya seems to have noticed. and I thought it was awesome that the anime had a pinky swear thingy too! xD i was like "omg coincidence! it's like my last chapter!" ;p btw, has anyone heard that the manga will end in September? cuz i have. eh w/e. i guess i'll save some of the good stuff at the 6th grade dance chapter. ;]
episode 91 & 92:
Rhythm hatched omg! (complaining part) but... where are the RIMAHIKO MOMENTS?!?! Freaking Amu! grrr... D: that basketball scene was supposed to have RIMA in it! also, i did not appreciate the fact that nagi(rhythm?) carried amu bridal-style in the next episode. ;__; and wth, the Seiyo basketball uniform is PINK? (not that i hate pink with a passion, but just stuff like this. xD ) and Yaya/Amu, stop making Rima think about liking Kirishima (though he's actually a cool filler character.) Yaya is so nosy. T_T
(good parts) Kukai made an appearance! :D Rima kinda stuck up for Nagi after that arm-wrestling. x3 hehe, after bring with ? eggs for so long amu's charas forgot what x-characters were? lol. and finally, haha! I didn't know they made Rhythm into such a flirt! xD Rhythmiki? LOL! the idea is actually kinda cute, ;p i guess Satelight seems to like the Amuhiko pairing instead T__T" Hell to it. Amu doesn't even like Nagi that way eh. I mean, I don't hate Amuhiko, but I'll only hate it when they take a really good rimahiko scene and turn it into an amuhiko one and even add on a bridal-style carry with nagi and amu! (Plus, I want my Amuto/Tadamu moments A LOT more!) Ooh, and i loved rhythm's interaction with the other charas! :3
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damn. that felt long xD but bear in mind that i haven't posted anything up in this fic for a while so i feel like i have a right! xD (haha, what a sad excuse)
*bows* thankyou for reading all that frustration. xD and squee! remember that I said i was gonna work on a few good chaps on my vacation? well i also drew a complete outline for my story so basically this fic will be writing itself all the way until the end! :D (i can't believe i actually have the ending in my head!*does happy dance* )
and after you read this i'd appreciate it if you posted something in the new forum i made. xD it's called "The Most Cliched Things in Shugo Chara Fanfiction". (Fantastic name eh? xD Check it out! )
Thanks for reading! (especially if you also read my idiotic rantings. longest ever! ;p) & Review. ^__^
xoxo x3