Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't updated, I've been REALLY busy. Please enjoy chapter two of Airplanes.
A loud beeping kept repeatedly going off. It was endless, as if it could never end. Irritating and unavoidable, half-awake Rima was getting very pissed.
"Shut…UP!" Rima snapped, slamming her hand down on her alarm. When it stopped, Rima opened her eyes, and blinked a few times. Sense finally got knocked into Rima's head, as she got up, and got dressed. She slowly went downstairs, and saw her mother cleaning. Her mother looked in a terrible mood. Rima didn't want to speak to her. She grabbed toast, as quick as Ikuto left yesterday, and without toasting it, she spread jelly onto it. She stuffed it in her mouth, and exited her house.
"Rima, today is the history test!" Kusu-Kusu reminded.
"Oh yeah…" Rima whispered, no emotion in her voice. Rima had forgotten completely, and didn't even care. The stress at home was too much for her. However, since Rima isn't an awful student, she did okay on tests and quizzes and didn't do badly.
"Rima… why don't we see the Brothers of Comedy, they're performing today! I'm sure there are tickets available." Kusu-Kusu suggested. Normally, Rima, even with her selfish personality, always got excited for the Brothers of Comedy.
"Why? They're lame…" Rima muttered.
"Rima! You love them!" Kusu-Kusu moaned. Rima shrugged, and Kusu-Kusu sighed. Kusu-Kusu still wasn't sure why she hadn't disappeared.
"Hey, Rima, is it?" Rima stopped, and turned, facing Ikuto. Why was he here?
"What do you want? Go talk to Amu, I'm sure she'll be happy to see you." Rima muttered, continuing to walk.
"You doing anything tonight?" He asked, in a flirty voice. Rima remembered how Amu complained about Ikuto being perverted, so she just ignored it.
"I'm doing nothing with you." She answered.
"C'mon, at least give me a shot. I can help you escape all your problems." Ikuto suggested. Rima hesitated for a minute.
"W-What problems would I have?" Rima wondered. Kusu-Kusu looked at her sadly.
"I don't know… You're alone, correct? At least give me a thought. Meet me at the Imperial Diner at six o'clock." As quickly as he came, he was gone. Rima was frozen. Why would Ikuto just ask her out? Everyone knew he was madly in love with Amu! Her thoughts were immediately interrupted by a loud yell.
"RIMA-TAN, WAIT UP!" Yaya called. Rima stopped walking, as Yaya caught up to her, panting.
"Oh hello Yaya." Rima said, not really caring.
"Hey Rima-Tan! Yaya has a HUGE problem." Rima considered saying not as big as hers, but she didn't. "Tsubasa-Kun is getting ALL the attention, and Yaya's jealous!" Yaya moaned.
"It's not fair ~dechu." Pepe moaned.
"I'll help!" Kusu-Kusu offered. Rima didn't say anything.
"I'm busy tonight…apparently…" Rima said, muttering the last part. Yaya pouted, when the other three guardians joined them.
"Hello Rima-Chan, Yaya-Chan, how are you two?" Nagihiko asked. Rima didn't look at him, and intentionally avoided eye contact. She was going to say something rude, when Yaya interrupted.
"WE'RE GOOD, JUST PLANNING OUT OUR PLAN AGAINST TSUBASA!" Yaya explained. Amu, Tadase, and Nagihiko sweat dropped.
"Hello Rima, how are you?" Amu asked Rima, facing her. Rima looked at Amu, wanting to say how she truly felt; terrible, bad.
"Fine." Rima answered, but her voice did not back that up. Rima sensed Nagihiko's eyes on her, and she could only assume that there were pity in his eyes. She refused to look at him or make eye contact with him though. All of the guardians knew that something was terribly wrong with Rima's life, but since Rima wouldn't tell them, they had no idea what.
"Alright, there's something important I discovered last night." Tadase said. Rima wondered if it was the same time she snuck out of the house. "Let's go inside the Royal Garden to discuss. We have a lot of time before school begins." All of the guardians nodded, as they followed Tadase inside.
"Yaya wants candy…" Yaya moaned. Rima would have said something back to her, but she didn't now. She sat in her chair, staring at the table in boredom. Ugh…
"So, I was on an evening stroll, when I discovered a whole bunch of X-Eggs. Luckily, I was able to contact Amu-Chan, and we purified them, but there was just so many that we wondered how Easter could possibly make that many."
"There were at least thousands!" Amu said. "It was so tiring to purify…" She looked at Tadase, and they exchanged a smile. Rima watched them, and wondered if Amu would care too much if she went out with Ikuto… why was Rima actually considering this? And what would she do about Nagihiko. She looked at him out of the corner of her eye, and sighed. Why did she have to be in love with him? It's not like love ever comes true…
"They could have used machinery." Nagihiko suggested.
"That makes sense." Amu agreed.
"Yaya says we should destroy them!" Yaya said.
"Um, how will we do that Yuiki-San?" Tadase wondered. "We won't use explosives obviously, so what would we use." Yaya thought for a minute, and her eyes lit up.
"Kairi-Tan! He can use his ninja stuff and destroy the machines!" Everyone, even Rima, sweat dropped.
"Um, Yaya-Chan, I don't think that would work. And, isn't Kairi's character transformation into a samurai?" Nagihiko said.
"Oh whatever, they're the same thing!" Yaya moaned. Suddenly, the bell rang, and the guardians realized they were late to class. They all, with the exception of Rima, rushed to class. Rima took her time, not caring if she got detention or not. When Rima walked in five minutes late, Nikaidou sighed, and the boys who were in love with her, crowded her desk.
"WE LOVE YOU RIMA!" They exclaimed. "ERR, QUEEN RIMA!" They bowed. When Rima wasn't so depressed, she decided it would be funny if she told them to call her Queen and treat her like one. However, now that she was depressed, Rima simply ignored them, and opened up her notebook.
"Alright class, so that history test we were going to have, well, since I realized I haven't taught you everything, it's postponed!" The whole class erupted in cheers.
"Um, Nikaidou-Sensei? When will it be next?" Amu asked.
"Are you stupid, Hinamori? He'll just remember to schedule it!" Saaya yelled.
"Yamabuki-San, I wouldn't forget to reschedule it. Ah, Hinamori-San, I haven't decided yet, but good question!" The followers of Amu cheered, as she turned on her cool and spicy mode, and sighed dramatically. Tadase smiled at her. During class, Rima thought about how Nagihiko wasn't in their class. It was a miracle for her, since she'd be force to look at him and probably partner up (since Amu and Tadase would automatically) and he'd make her look bad.
After class ended, Rima followed Amu and Tadase out of the classroom. Amu and Tadase chatted about some movie they were going to see, while Rima trailed behind.
"Hey Rima-Chan." Rima didn't even need to turn to see Nagihiko. She would recognize him from anywhere. She didn't look up as Nagihiko walked next to her, and joined them.
"Hi Nagihiko, how was your class?" Amu asked.
"Good, not much happened." Nagihiko admitted. They all walked to the Royal Garden, and waited for Yaya.
"I wonder what's keeping Yuiki-San…" Tadase wondered. Amu and Tadase got into a conversation. Nagihiko turned to Rima.
"You're awfully quiet." Nagihiko pointed out. Rima nodded. "Hey, you can tell me if something's wrong. Don't feel afraid to…"
"There's nothing to say." Rima said. "I'm fine, how many times do I have to say that?" Nagihiko didn't come close to believing her, but he decided to let it go, as Yaya ran in.
"HEY EVERYONE, WHAT'S UP?" Yaya yelled, entering and sitting in her chair.
"We're good, Yuiki-San. How was your class?" Tadase asked.
"It was boring… School's boring." Yaya moaned. "Oh well, Sensei gave out candy!" Everyone, minus Rima, sweat dropped. They talked about the X-Egg situation, when it was five thirty. Rima suddenly became aware of the time.
"I, err, have to go! Um, bye…" Rima said, walking out.
"Where are you going?" Amu asked.
"Somewhere." Rima responded, leaving the Royal Garden. She thought about telling her parents she was going out but she figured they wouldn't notice her none the less. At six o'clock precisely, Rima arrived at the Imperial Diner.
"Why didn't you tell them about what you are doing?" Kusu-Kusu wondered.
"Amu has a huge crush on Ikuto. It doesn't really matter if I tell them anyway, I don't really care." Rima answered.
"So you came, I wasn't sure if you'd actually show up." Rima turned, but saw no one. She turned around, and saw the familiar midnight blue haired boy.
"I hope you didn't expect me to get all formal." Rima said.
"I don't give a crap honestly." Ikuto said. "C'mon…" Rima followed Ikuto into the diner. Ikuto got a table for two, and sat them down. The waiter handed them two menus. Rima took one, and started to read from it.
"Rima, you should get chicken!" Kusu-Kusu told her.
"Whatever." Rima said.
"Ikuto, get tuna ~nya!" Yoru told him.
"I'm not in the mood. So, I was thinking, Rima, would you like to get some spaghetti for two?" Ikuto said, in a sort of seductive voice. Rima raised her eyebrows.
"Um, no." Rima answered. "I'm happy with chicken." When the waiter came back to take their orders, Ikuto ordered tuna to please Yoru and Rima ordered chicken.
"So, let's do something after dinner." Ikuto said.
"I haven't gone home today, my parents would be worried." Rima said, mostly lying. "Therefore, I probably can't. You're lucky I joined you for dinner." Ikuto nodded, as they received their food. Rima began to eat her chicken. She watched Ikuto eat as well. He ate at a slow but good pace. Rima looked at his face for a moment. He was extremely good-looking. If Rima hadn't been in such a depression, she might've considered him; or was that why she was considering him.
"How's your food." Ikuto wondered.
"It's fine." Rima answered. Ikuto seemed surprised that she didn't ask him about his food. After they both finished, Ikuto took out enough money to pay for the both of them.
"I can pay as well." Rima snapped.
"Yeah, but I'd prefer to." Ikuto said. Rima blushed slightly. After receiving the receipt, they left the restaurant.
"Alright, I'm going home, good bye-" Rima was cut off by an incoming X-Egg. Rima gasped, realizing she could not character transform in time and escape.
"Rima!" Ikuto exclaimed. He jumped in front of her, and blocked her from the attack with claws. Rima gasped at the speed at how he character transformed. How could he do that? Ikuto blocked her from the incoming X-Eggs coming straight for her. When they were done aiming for her, Ikuto jumped up, spinning around, and scratching the X-Eggs with his claws, breaking them. Rima watched in admiration, even though Ikuto broke kids' heart's eggs. Ikuto landed in front of her, hearing the final sounds of the X-Eggs breaking.
"That…was…" Rima started.
"Impressive, wasn't it?" Ikuto said, finishing her sentence. Rima nodded. She realized she had a lot more feelings for Ikuto than she ever knew. Was she really that desperate? She ran towards him, and hugged him.
"Thanks…" Rima said, a true smile on her face. Kusu-Kusu watched in utter shock.
"Hey, I'd do anything for you." Ikuto kissed her so lightly on the lips. Rima took it in, kissing him back. She didn't care about anything, the age difference, the fact that her best friend was in love with him. She even forgot all of her worries, especially Nagihiko. When they broke apart, Rima breathed heavily, in shock. What made her do that?
"W-W-Wha-?" Rima exclaimed.
"See you tomorrow." And just like that Ikuto was gone. Rima blinked at thin air a few times. What just happened?
"Rima, you should head back." Kusu-Kusu suggested. Rima nodded slowly, walking back to her house. She snuck through the window, and wasn't surprised that her parents didn't notice her gone. She heard loud yelling, and quickly, her happiness melted. She curled up on her bed, and allowed the normal tears to come down. However, she did think of Ikuto. What had happened?
"Good night Rima-Chan! Sweet dreams…" Kusu-Kusu said, disappearing into her egg. Rima nodded slowly, curling under her blankets. Rima heard her phone vibrate quietly under the sound of her parents' yelling. Rima checked her phone, and saw it was from Nagihiko. Sighing, she ignored the text, and turned off her phone. Rima climbed back into bed, and had a sleepless night.
"Ikuto, you really are good at convincing!" Yoru said. "I mean, for a minute, even I couldn't tell you weren't in love ~nya." Ikuto walked around the city at late night. Since he wore a hoodie, he wore his hood up.
"Whatever." Ikuto responded.
"Is something wrong ~nya?" Yoru wondered.
"You know what's wrong." Ikuto said. Yoru looked at his owner, seeing the sadness.
"Don't worry, the plan will be over soon ~nya!" Yoru reassured.
"Not until the plan is completely in motion." Ikuto said. "I shouldn't have thought of it. I needed a way to gain the director's trust though…" Ikuto looked at the full moon. "Don't worry Amu, you'll be mine soon. I promise…"
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