Okay, so a HUGE thanks to everyone who reviewed! Every one of your reviews really encouraged me to keep going. This is the most reviews I've ever had on a story, and this that was only the first chapter! Anyway, I'm really excited about this now, and I've decided to continue. I will try to get chapters out as often as possible… but I still need ideas for activities and interesting little things to happen along the way. Because right now, there's nothing that big on their schedule, and I really need something to liven the whole thing up.

Oh, and one more thing. I'm gonna take it from the view of one character at a time. So I will show it from Amu's POV, third person omniscient, most of the time, since she is the main character of the actual story. And I tend to forget about charas a lot, so if they're not being mentioned, but I didn't say they were somewhere else, just assume that they are there and keeping quiet.

Disclaimer: I don't own Shugo Chara or Monty Python

Arigato! Keep reviewing! And here's chapter two:

The Million Dollar Bet

Day One

Amu's POV

Where the heck am I? Was the first thought that entered Amu's mind when her eyes opened the next morning. She stared at the strange ceiling, letting everything come back to her. Oh, right, duh! The million dollar bet! I wonder if anyone else is awake. She sat up and looked around to find that Yaya and Utau were still asleep, but Rima was gone. A soft, distant sound, like pounding rain was coming in the direction of the door that led to the giant, marble-floored bathroom, which was connected to the girls' bedroom. She assumed Rima must be taking a shower. The boys also had their own bathroom, plus there were two downstairs.

Before they had gone to bed the night before, everyone had looked around a bit. They hadn't had enough time to explore the whole of the massive house, but they knew where the most important things were. Upstairs, there was another living room, a giant storage closet with barely anything in it, and a door that opened up onto a huge balcony. There were balconies off of both the bedrooms, but this one was big enough hold several horses with room for them to walk around. It had some porch furniture, another swing, a barbeque, and a fire pit. The balcony also had a flight of tightly winding steps that led to the backyard.

But there was one thing that had perked Amu's interest the most. It was a door that they hadn't bothered to go through. After they had finished getting ready for bed and exploring the rest of the house, it had been late, and no one had done that thorough of a job of looking around. So she decided that now was as good a time as any to see what was behind the door. She opened it up and peered in, to find a dark set of steps leading to another door. When she thought about it, she remembered seeing a small window at the very top of the house, below where the sides of the roof met in a peak. Climbing the steps, she opened the other door, and stepped into an attic. There were lots of wooden crates, cardboard boxes, and chests. In one corner, there was a surprisingly clean roll top desk, which was open, revealing a desktop computer. Amu was going to look around a little bit more, to see if there was anything especially interesting in the attic, but just then, a loud noise emanated from her stomach, and she realized that she was quite hungry.

Rima's POV

Rima was the first of the girls to wake. She decided it would be best to get up and take a shower while she still had the opportunity: before Utau woke and decided the bathroom was hers. When she was finished, she got dressed, not bothering to dry her hair before heading downstairs, where she sat at one of the barstools around the huge island counter in the middle of the kitchen. All the countertops were made of marble and cold to the touch.

Glancing at the clock, she noted it wasn't quite 8:00 yet. She was hungry, but didn't really want to make anything herself. A soft pounding of footsteps coming down the stairs announced the arrival of another victim of the bet. Rima turned her head to see long, purple hair, which just happened to belong to everyone's favorite cross dresser: Fujisaki Nagihiko! Well… everyone except for Rima. She glared at said purple-head as he sat at another of the barstools.

"Ohayo, Rima-chan!" he smiled. She glared back. There was a silence in the kitchen, and all that could be heard was the ticking of the grandfather clock in the dining room. Suddenly, more footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs. This time, it was Kukai.

"Ohayo," he greeted, as he entered the kitchen, "I'm hungry. Who's making breakfast?"

"I guess I can," Nagi volunteered, "But I'll need some help. There's quite a few of us here. So what do you want?" He got up and walked to the pantry. (A/N: I have absolutely no experience in Asian foods, so they're going to be eating mostly things that Americans usually eat. Okay?) Kukai followed him into the pantry, while Rima sat there, waiting. They didn't take to long, and came back out carrying several packages, which were set down on the counter. Kukai got out a couple of huge frying pans, and placed them on the stove, while Nagi searched through the refrigerator.

"How does pancakes and eggs sound, Rima-chan?" Nagi asked, setting a carton of eggs on the counter next to the packages, which proved to be pancake mix.

"Fine," she stated. More footsteps came pounding down the stairs, and Amu appeared and sat down next to Rima.

"Ohayo, minna-san!" she said cheerfully. "What's for breakfast?"

"Eggs and pancakes," Rima informed her.

"Nagi's cooking," Kukai added.

"But I'll need a bit of help. Is everyone up?" Nagihiko asked. Amu shook her head.

"We're the only ones, I think. And it's already after eight."

"Alright," Nagi began, "Kukai, you go get the boys up, and Amu, you go get the girls."

"What should I do?" asked Rima, disliking the thought of taking directions from her enemy, but feeling quite useless. Nagi smiled.

"You can help me," he replied. Rima frowned, but didn't say anything. Amu and Kukai ran back up the stairs to get everyone else, and Nagihiko began cracking eggs into a bowl, and whisking them. "Rima will you measure out four times the amount on the package of that pancake mix, onegai?"

"Fine," she hopped down from the barstool, which was at least a two foot drop for her.

Half an hour later, everyone was downstairs, sitting around the table in the dining room, and finishing the breakfast Nagi and Rima had made. Rima hadn't done much, since she really didn't have any idea of how to cook anything.

"What are we gonna do today?" Yaya asked cheerfully.

"We should search the house for anything interesting," replied Amu.

"Maybe we should look for hidden cameras. They might be filming us, you know," Yaya added. She still hadn't given up the idea that they were being secretly filmed for a movie.

"I want to walk around outside, too," said Amu, "This place is huge—inside and out."

"I'll come with you… if that's okay," Tadase said. Amu nodded, and they put their dishes on the counter next to the sink before exiting through the side door in the kitchen.

"Who's gonna make lunch?" Utau asked.

"I've got an idea," said Kukai, "There's a whole shelf in that giant pantry of ramen noodles…" he didn't even get to finish.

"You don't stand a chance!" Utau exclaimed, racing into the kitchen with her empty plate. Kukai followed her. The banging of pots could be heard coming from the kitchen as the two ramen-eaters began making themselves a feast. Everyone sweat-dropped.

"But they just had breakfast…" Yaya pointed out.

"Think about it this way," said Nagi, "None of us will have to make lunch!"

"That is, if they don't eat all the ramen in there before we can get any," Ikuto stated.

An hour later, Amu and Tadase were still outside, Utau and Kukai were having an intense battle of eating ramen, and everyone else was bored, as they'd finished their exploration of the house. They were in the upstairs living room, watching Yaya sort through a stack of DVD's. Ikuto had discovered that there was no TV, so everyone would have to be content watching movies.

"This one looks good!" Yaya exclaimed after going through her stack twice. She held up a DVD case. Nagi took it from her and read the title.

"Monty Python and the Holy Grail," he read aloud, "Monty Python is great! This is a really good movie."

"Will Rima-chan watch it with me?" Yaya asked.

"Um… I don't know,"

"Rima-chan, I think you'll like this," Nagi said, "its comedy. Really good comedy."

"It is pretty funny," Ikuto admitted.

"See, Rima-chan?" said Yaya, "If Ikuto thinks it's funny, it has to be really funny." She had a good point.

"Alright, I'll try it out, but if I don't like it, I'm leaving."

"Leaving to do what?" Ikuto asked. "Go spy on Amu and Kiddy-king? Watch a ramen-eating competition?" Rima ignored him and plopped onto the couch. Nagihiko sat on the other side of the couch, and Ikuto got a recliner chair all to himself. Yaya put the DVD in the machine and sat between Rima and Nagi.

Yaya actually ended up closing her eyes and plugging her ears for a lot of the movie. Rima understood why, but it didn't bother her that much. She actually enjoyed the thing, overall. It was very funny. Every time she started to laugh, she'd struggle to hold it in, to keep her pride. But when the minstrels started singing "Yes, Brave Sir Robin turned about, and valiantly, he chickened out," she just couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing. After that, since her pride was already done in for, she laughed all the time.

Yaya loved what she saw of the movie, and afterward, wouldn't stop quoting it. Rima admitted that she did like the movie, and wouldn't mind seeing more Monty Python. They watched a few other movies and looked around outside, but nothing all that exciting happened.

Rima was sitting on the porch swing on the giant balcony with Yaya, as they talked and watched the sun go down. Then Yaya decided to take a bath before going to bed, and left Rima alone. She pushed the swing back and forth with the tip of her toe, which barely touched the ground each time. It reminded her of how short she was. A voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Hey, Rima-chan," it was Nagihiko. She glared at him, and he looked slightly hurt. But he sat down next to her, slowing the swaying of the swing, then pushing them with his feet. Rima hugged her knees to her, and looked anywhere but at the purple-haired boy sitting next to her. They sat in silence for several minutes. "I have a question, Rima," Nagi began after a while. Rima grunted in reply. "Why do you hate me so much? Is it because of my friendship with Amu?" Rima didn't reply. "Amu was best friends with Nadeshiko, not Nagihiko. So why do you hate me? If you don't want to answer, that's okay." There was still no response. The sun dipped below the trees, and left them in almost-darkness. Nagi got up and went inside, not waiting for any longer for an answer. After a few more minutes, Rima also went in, still thinking about his question.

Thanks everyone so much for the reviews. I'm now really excited about this story, and I will definitely be continuing it. But I still REALLY need ideas.

Haha, who would have thought that Nagi likes Monty Python? If you haven't seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, go watch it. Right now! This is one of Monty Python's best works.

Continue to review, onegai! I am going to work on writing a whole bunch tomorrow. I didn't get to do so much today because school took me until 4:30