Chapter 17

Finally! Chapter 17 is up! Hope you guys enjoy! Thanks for the totally awesome reviews and ON WITH THE STORY!!!

~~~~~~~~Rima's POV~~~~~~~

"Meet..." Said the same melodious voice. I've been having this dream a lot.

This time I was casually speaking with Nagihiko under a sakura tree we happen to find in this white, empty paradise. We would say that this sakura tree is our love. It started from a simple seed, yet it grew and grew until it was a tree- a stable tree that you would have to work hard just to try to cut it.

"~Nee, Nagi..." "Mmhmm...?" "What would you do if this was more that just a dream? What if this were real...?" He glanced from my golden locks to my face yet he still continued to brush it with his fingers. "Rima-chan, you wouldn't love me like this in real life. It's impossible" He sighed then let his fingers slide from my hair. I sighed, too then leaned my back against the tree's wood. "Aishiteru...." I whispered so softly I wasn't even sure if he heard yet I saw his lips curl at the corner and those were the last things before I had Yaya wake me up.

"Rima-tan! Wake up! Hurry!" My eyes slowly parted. Everything was blurry at first but then it all became clear. What I saw were my friends, all of them crowding over my oh-so-small figure (compared to this gigantic, king's bed, I mean) I rubbed the sleep from my eyes then yawned, contentedly. Yaya tilted her head. "Rima-tan, you and Nagi have been sleeping early and wake up late these days. What's going on...?" "Nothi...Wait. Nagi sleeps early and wakes up late, too?" My brain seemed to suddenly work.

"Yes! He's actually asleep until now!" Yaya smirked. "Not anymore...I'm here..." Everyone turned and saw a small, delicate little boy, rubbing his sleepy, golden orbs and- "HE'S SO KAWAII!!!!" Everyone seemed to attack the little child. Great...I was trying to describe him like a good poet would...

A few minutes after tackling the now messed up haired and pale from terror little boy, Everyone now happened to be making plans.

"Yaya wants to go to the toy store! And candy store! Yaya heard they have good, new, fluffy taffy!"

"No! Let's go to the sports store instead!"

"Right on, loser Jack!" (Guess who said that)

"Why don't we go to a cat store? There are dried sardines and milk" (Based on my research, dried sardines and fresh, human milk are bad for cats but Ikuto and Yoru like them anyway so...)

"No! I say we go to the clothes. I heard they have new, gothic clothes-which is my style"

"I wanna go to Kira-kira shop! They have wonderful perfume, stuffed toys, adorable things! ...And deadly weapons..."

"Why in the world would there be weapons in a store with cute stuff in it?! And most importantly, why would you like deadly weapons Midori?!"

"It's interesting..."

"I say we skip the argument and go to the amusement park...And take the roller coaster!" Everyone glanced at Tadase who remained calm despite of the hullabaloo going on in my massive, tennis court sized bedroom. Seriously! Why'd I pick such a gigantic room?! Oh yeah...It was the smallest one... "Yaya wants to go to the amusement park and ride the merry-go-round! It's fun! Who's with me?!" Yaya quickly raised her hand up but no one raised theirs. This made Yaya roll over on the floor and bawl.

"Why don't we go to this new haunted house. I heard it was scary!" Mdori commented...

Amu's eyes widened in shock and I heard her charas giggling at her misery. "I'I'm going to the merry-go-round with Y-Yaya!" Amu struggled to raise her hand but Yaya was somehow standing up already with a huge grin. "Nah! Yaya likes the Haunted house! Yaya's going!" "That's great, Yaya..." I said sarcastically although I'm not sure if she noticed my sarcasm for she shot a huge beam at my direction.

~~~~~~~~Normal POV: Amusement Park~~~~~~~~

The gang has just ridden the roller coaster and has just finished the haunted house. They are now resting by the food court to let Amu rest for she claimed that her legs could hardly move (It was literally shaking). Rima groggily ate some strawberry parfait Nagihiko had bought for her while Yaya and Midori sleepily nibbled some cotton candy. They were all collapsed on a bench and there was only one thing that could describe them at this moment. Exhausted.

Yes, we all know that two rides aren't enough to keep the gang this exhausted but then, try riding a roller coaster that goes loopy and then fall to the waterslide ride (And no, it wasn't a part of the ride. It was an accident). Now, after retrieving the little petite blonde from the fall, try running 2 kilometers over and over without resting just to prevent you from getting ran over by a gigantic, rubber ball that happens to have been let lose by the circus next to the roller coaster ride. Now, try yourself to the haunted house which turns out to be on top of a tall, 4 kilometers hill and then, when you take it, please tell me you wouldn't freak out and run back down the hill to the food court when the ghost characters of the Japanese horror movies (the grudge, one missed call, etc) tap you on the shoulder and the music of one missed call starts playing everywhere, all around you. If you didn't turn out running like a headless chicken, then you are not human. Try it and tell me you aren't going to be exhausted.

"Right after resting can we all go home...?" Midori wailed. Everyone sighed a yes with what seemed liked their last breaths. Who knew anyone would be so exhausted after 20 minutes in the amusement park, starting from setting foot by the entrance. It took them about an hour before they actually stood up in what seemed the first time.

Although Rima didn't always get to catch up with her friends, she somehow did this time and just when she was feeling pretty proud of herself, a blonde Shugo chara held her back. "Rima-chan, there's something I'd like to tell you..." She said in a whisper- her voice was nervous, like wondering how to start it but it also showed a hint of excitement as if it were good news or as if she couldn't wait to see the petite blonde's reaction.

Rima slightly groaned at the thought that she was going to fall behind again but stopped anyway. "Minna, I'll try to catch up. You guys slowly go ahead." She said in her forever angelic voice.

Her friends nodded with a soft smile flashing across their tired faces then proceeded. Rima smiled back a second too late then looked at the chara, her face showing sudden seriousness, and a glare. "Talk." She demanded. The chara stiffened a little at Rima's sudden change of personality but simply shrugged it off. "Rima-chan, have you been having weird dreams?" Asked the chara. Rima blushed for a split second then glared at the chara suspiciously. "Where are you going with this...?" Rima eyed Ki. Ki nervously chuckled, not sure if she should go on. (Ki, remember never to let Rima fall behind or make her think when she's extremely tired and hot. By hot I mean the warm type)

"W-what I'm trying to say is, Rima-chan that what you have been dreaming of were all actually re-" "Rima! We found a cad! Hurry if you don't want Ikuto to drive! And the driver's Japanese, too!" Rima was cut off when Amu yelled for Rima to come. Ki sighed in defeat then followed the running petite blonde. "It's hard to tell her. It really is!" Ki whispered to herself.

Tadase slammed the cab's door shut then the taxi driver drove them to their destination. Yaya finally nibbled on the last remaining bits of her cotton candy then when she was done, she noticed the little pink wrapper on the driver's pocket. She almost yelped for joy but didn't out of habit to NOT talk inside the car. (Thank you, Ikuto!)

It wasn't long before she realized that the driver wasn't Ikuto. 'Thank Buddah...' She thought. "~Nee, driver-kun! Can I have your berry taffy?!" Yaya's eyes sparkled.

"..." The driver remained silent.

Utau couldn't help but notice the driver's jet black hair that stuck out of his hat-the hat that happened to be covering his face, too as if hiding his identity. He also wore a dark brown coat. Its sleeves were so long that only his fingers were sticking out.

There was a moment of not ordinary, but awkward silence.

"…So…can I…have your taffy…?" Yaya tried once again, causing everyone to shoot her a death glare. "Take it…" The driver said. His voice was gruff yet somehow gentle. He talked, not keeping his covered eyes off the road. Yaya gladly took it then gobbled on every last sticky crumb there was.

Another awkward silence

Midori eyed the driver suspiciously for hours. 'He's young' she thought. Her glare somehow affected the driver. "What?" His voice sounded gruff yet nervous.

"You look familiar…" Midori wondered. The driver bowed his head lower, covering a more amount of his already covered face but he didn't bow it fast enough to prevent everyone from seeing the tint of pink in his cheeks.

"So do you…" He whispered in a soft voice-so soft no one even heard it.

The car came to a sudden stop just before a mansion by the hotel. "Here you are." He said. The guardians came out with smiles. They thanked the driver. "No problem…" He said. Kukai reached for his wallet. "How much is it?" He asked. The driver simply shook his head side to side. "I don't need the money. For you guardians, I work for free" He walked off to his car before anyone had the chance to reply.

"…What was that…" Ikuto glared. "Wait a minute!" The young Nagihiko exclaimed. "How did he know where we were going?! We didn't tell him our destination!" Nagihiko panicked. Everyone had zombie eyes as they were slowly realizing just what Nagihiko was trying to say. "Oh yeah! So how?!" Utau wondered In shock. "I don't know and I don't really want to think now because I'm sleepy so good night." Rima ran towards her tennis court sized bedroom, which was probably, in her points of view, a kilometer and a half away.

~~~~~~~~Rima's POV~~~~~~~~

I slipped into my sky blue nightgown then sat on my soft, comfy king sized bed. "Good night, Kusukusu…" I patted my chara's head" She smiled then closed her egg. I smiled contentedly to myself then closed my eyes. I was slipping onto unconsciousness until I heard the voice-it was Ki's. "You're so ready to sleep? Are you after a dream?" My eyes parted quite quickly then I looked at the chara. "Calm down, Rima-chan! It's still 10:00 p.m. Everyone's talking downstairs in the 50th living room in this mansion" She sighed.

What did this chara mean about me being after a dream? Does she know…? If she does, then how did she find out what I was dreaming of…? That doesn't matter! What matters is if she tells the others, THAT WOULD BE HELL OF AN EMBARASSMENT!!!

She sighed then looked at me. "Rima-chan, please listen to me. Try not to freak out, onegai!" She pleaded. I slowly and cautiously nodded. "Listen, Rima-chan…Does the sound 'Meet' sound familiar in your dreams?" Wait! HOW DOES SHE KNOW?! SHE'S PLAYING WITH MY HEAD, I JUST KNOW IT! She sighed.

"Rima-chan, all this time you thought your time with him in the dream was just a dream, it's not! It was more than that! You were spending time with the real Nagihiko! He was not a dream made from your imagination!" Ki shielded her head as if I was going to hit her with strong, hard metal but I didn't. I sat in pure shock. I was mortified. I stared off space as I was slowly understanding the fact that it was the real Nagihiko. Not some fake!

He told me so many times in that dream he loved me. He said that the dream was his escape from real life to hide his feelings! So if that were the real Nagihiko speaking…could that men that…

…he loves me…?

HOW CAN THIS BE?!?!?!?!?!?!

Hey! That's chapter 17! Yay a cliffhanger! (Feeling truly guilty deep, deep inside. I'm so sorry!)

Anyway, what do you think of the Shugo chara filler-episodes?! There's only one thing I have to say about these Shugo Chara filler-episodes

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It was utterly boring! I mean seriously! Why do they have to spend only 10 minutes of the show and spend the rest with the cosplayers?! (I mean puchi-puchi was okay and funny but still a waste of time) Anyway, I just wanted to add this so let me end this with

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