Chapter 18

Okay, so I just went to and saw that Yuu and Yukari are getting married?! And OMG I can't believe Nikaidou confessed!!! And is that the last? Because there weren't even enough Rimahiko there and Nagihiko didn't tell Amu the truth yet!!! They sooooo have to show that scene in the manga!!! Or better yet, ANIME!!!!

On with the story!

"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 slowly understood 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 mean that…

…he loves me…?

"C-could you repeat the whole thing..." Rima said, eyes wide with shock. Ki sighed. "I know that you know exactly what I mean, Rima-chan! Now go to sleep and think about it. I'm doing meet again!" With that, Ki floated to the door. Rima sat there, dumfounded.

"HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I SLEEP AT THIS REALIZTION?!?!?!?!?!?!"

~~~~~~~~Amu's POV~~~~~~~~

"Did you hear that scream?" I turned to my friends and they all nodded. "It was Rima-chan! I think something happened. I'll go see if she's okay" Seriousness found its way on Nagihiko's young, smooth face. "Awww..." We all squealed. "So adorable!!!" Yaya exclaimed, hugging and kissing him and all. He pulled away with twitching eyes.

"No! Leave me alone! Yaya-chan you're worse than my fangirls!!!" And with that, he ran away to Rima's room.

Yaya moaned. "Aww man! Yaya wanted to hug him some more!" "Yaya, if you hug him more than you did awhile ago, you would've killed him. You were already turning him blue!" I said with a sweat-drop. Yaya simply shrugged. Oh, Yaya may seem so innocent with her adorable ribbon and happy, preppy attitude and all but trust me. She's not.

She can think up evil, diabolical plans in half a minute and worst of all...

She would mercilessly tease me about my dear Tadase-kun!

I, with a flustered face, looked at him. He was as handsome and princely and cute as e- "Aww! Amu-chi's staring at Tadase-kun again!" Yaya mercilessly teased. See what I mean?! Tadase and I blushed. "Yaya!" We both screeched simultaneously. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ikuto smirk, giving me butterflies in my stomach.

Why is it that I feel so...awkward when with the two of them? I just tend to get nervous and I no longer know how to act! "Amu-chan, we're going to bed. Are you done thinking about your love triangle?" Midori interrupted my trail of thoughts. But anyway, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN SHE KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING?!?!?!

"Amu, if you're done freaking out about my finding out what you're thinking, I'll be going upstairs you can follow me" With that, Midori turned her back at me then walked up the enormous mansion stairs. I felt my blood go cold on my veins. My breathing became faster. How in the world can she read me?! Can she read minds?! (Gosh, Amu...if you only knew you were so easy to read)

It wasn't long before I realized that I was alone downstairs in this large, massive and dark mansion. "A-anyone...?" I stuttered. Oh no! I'm alone! Why now?! I'm still too young to die! Why is everyone leaving me?! "Why?!" I collapsed on my knee then started to cry. (Gosh, Amu! How dramatic can you get?!)

"Save me!!!" Although I was screaming at the top of my lungs, no one could still hear me. My voice only echoed in the deep, empty mansion. And then I realized that simply sitting down and bawling would do me nothing. (Well duh!) I stood up, dusted dust off my skirt then walked at a random direction.

Mission: To find my room in this amazingly amazing mansion!

I looked through random doors but all of them were either bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, swimming pools, open-air baths, tennis courts, bowling alleys, golf clubs or music rooms which I would scream at. How rich could the owner of this mansion get?!

I then heard a little voice. It was singing. The voice was of a child around my age. It was beautiful yet chilling.

(I couldn't think of any freaky anime songs so I just got the Sakura song from Hell Girl- I do not own Hell Girl or Sakura song.)

Sakura no hana wa Itsu hiraku
Yama no osato ni Itsu hiraku

Judging from the tone, this was going to be a creepy song...

Sakura no hana wa Itsu niou
Warau nana no ko Asobu koro

The voice happened to be getting closer. My feet were rooted to the ground and I wasn't sure what to do.

Sakura no hana wa Itsu odoru
Utau nana no ko Nemuru koro

I managed to get the courage to take one step back. Followed by another.

Sakura no hana wa Itsu kuchiru

You could see dust from where I stood. I instinctively ran away, screaming and crying before the song even finished. I stopped too-quickly when I saw a pretty girl with hair as dark as raven and eyes that were bloodshot red was suddenly standing before me. She tilted her head to the side as she sang the last sentence of her song.

Shinda nana no ko Noboru koro

(Here's the website to the song: .com/watch?v=-5iczd9u5Sw)

I felt my eyeballs roll behind and my face lost its blood flow. WHY IN THE WORLD WAS THIS GIRL SUDDENLY BEFORE ME?!?!?!?! She eyed poor me with a curious expression for what seemed like hours to me. It took me some time to finally regain my common sense. "E-eto...D-did you want something f-from me..." My voice seemed lifeless. It was probably because I wasn't breathing the whole time due to panic. She parted her lips as if she were going to say something but closed it again. I blink my eye for a split second then she was gone.

~~~~~~~~Utau's POV ~~~~~~~~

"UWAHWAWAWAIEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

My head snapped up then I glanced at the others behind me. "Did you guys hear that?!" I asked them. Then all made one sharp nod then we headed towards the direction of the scream.

After we all came to our room last night, Midori stated that Amu never came back. We all knew it was something as simple like her getting lost in the mansion. Well, she was lost for a very long period of time for we have been looking for her until right now- morning. We were all (All but Rima and Nagihiko who are also lost somewhere in this mansion) calmly looking for her until we heard her loud, scared-to-death scream. Obviously something bad has happened.

That is why we are all like headless chickens, running at random directions, dirtying our clothes due to all this sweating and panting yet getting nowhere close to her. I ran and ran but then stopped when I caught a glimpse of pink hair. I looked back and saw Amu unharmed. Well, she had zombie eyes, her face was pale white, her hair was totally messed up and it seemed like her soul was coming out. She was pointing at air- nothing...but it seemed like she was seeing a ghost. "Guys! I found Amu!" I yelled. I then heard, almost immediately, sudden footsteps running towards me. Tadase and Ikuto seemed to run so fast it was as if they were just a soft breeze coming past me.

They started to observe Amu with eager and worried expressions although Amu seemed to be stone for she wouldn't talk nor budge. She held her awkward pose for a long period of time until Ikuto and Tadase finally shrugged.

Ikuto carried Amu by the head while Tadase carried her by the foot. They walked away with a still-in-that-awkward-pose Amu while the rest of us sweat-dropped. "What do you think happened to Amu-chi?" Yaya asked me with pure curiosity. I simply shrugged. "Who knows..." And so, with only the four of us, (Me, Midori, Yaya and My soccer boy), we continued our search for Rima and Nagihiko.

(The song is Ookiku Naare. Yaya's character song)

"Yasashii asa no hikari no naka

Suya suya nemuru kimi no

Chicchana tenohira sawattara

Gyuuto nigiri kaeshita..."

Yaya sang as she skipped. In my points of view, Yaya doesn't seem to be looking at all. She was only tailing us while singing as we looked at the rooms. Yaya's singing was the only noise around as we all quietly peeked through each door we came across. "Seriously..." My cheeks warmed at the sound of Kukai's sigh. "They should put signs around this mansion. I got lost in my own closet last night!" He grunted. Yaya stopped singing then looked at Kukai with sparkling eyes. "~Nee! Kukai, do you think there is a candy room here?! We could try getting lost there! What do you think?!" Yaya said, apparently talking to all of us but only mentioned Kukai's name. I sighed.

"No, Yaya. I don't think there would be any candy rooms in here" I crossed my arms. Yaya pouted but continued to sing again. After a few minutes, Kukai peeked through a certain door. "Psst! Come here..." Kukai hissed. I shut the door of the room I was looking at then came to Kukai who was motioning for me to come. "What is it?" I asked when I was already standing before him. His cheerful and innocent smile turned naughty and somehow scary. "Take a look at this" He opened the door a little wider so that I too can peek. I let out a soft gasp at what I saw in the bed of this little (Huge tennis-court sized) bedroom.

I saw a certain petite blonde girl and indigo haired boy sleeping soundly and peacefully in the king sized bed. They were both breathing quite deeply and passionately with soft smiles plastered across their faces- as if they were having the best of dreams ever. I smiled at their peacefulness. I felt a blinding flash beside me then I swiftly turned to Kukai. "Kukai! Don't take pictures!" I softly scolded him. He shrugged then dug his phone deep into his pockets.

"It's for blackmailing. You wouldn't understand..." He sighed, making me frown. "You're ruining their moment!" I accused him. "They're not having a moment! They're sleeping. They don't know what they're doing!" I rolled my eyes then looked at the two again, my smile returning.

Rima was embracing Nagihiko in her sleep with a smile and slightly parted lips. She was wearing a sky blue nightgown while Nagihiko- who was by the way returning the embrace, was wearing what he wore yesterday at the amusement park: Blue sweater and indigo pants with black and white rubber shoes. He looked so innocent (or was it just because he was in child form)

"Maybe, just maybe, these two know what they're doing" I smiled, making Kukai look at me with confused eyes. "What do you mean?" I sighed. "You wouldn't understand romance" He seemed a bit taken aback at my comment although it was supposed to be a joke. "Yeah...but I know how it feels to be in-love..." He commented. My cheeks went warm again but, due to my stubborn attitude, I tuned away with a (hopefully) angry expression.

"I like you, Utau..." He whispered by my ear. I gasped a little. "A-are you trying to make my like for you love?!" I stubbornly said. He smirked. "Oh so you just admitted that you liked me!" "No I didn't!"

I swear that sometimes, Kukai can be an amazing gentleman...

~~~~~~~~Nagihiko's POV~~~~~~~~

We both sat under the same Sakura tree we found the last time. I have to admit that Rima seems kind of...different in this dream of mine.

"~Nee, Nagihiko..." "Mmhmm?" I looked at her. She was blushing. How cute.

"What would you do if this was more than just a dream?" She trembled. She was obviously nervous. Dejavou much! Didn't she ask me this the last time I had this dream?! Something must be wrong with my brain for it to work this way.

I stood up then (luckily) looked down at her. In these dreams, I happen to be taller. Well of course. In these dreams, I'm in my right age. "Can we not talk about that, Rima-chan" "But I want to know! Nagihiko, do you really love me or are you just truly a playboy who pretends to love every girl he meets?!" I flinched. How could Rima-tan say that?! Why is it that even this Rima is starting to hate me...?

"I never really did think badly of you, Rima-chan." She flustered at my comment. "A-are you telling me the truth...? Because I don't really believe you..." She stuttered. I groaned. "So telling you 'I love you' isn't enough for you?" I growled. She slowly nodded with a confused expression. I sighed. "But Rima-chan, you complete me so well" I whispered softly but enough for her to hear.

Her head snapped up then she looked at me with her wide, shocked golden orbs. "What?" She said with a startled voice. I wasn't going to lose Rima, even though this is just a dream. This is my escape and who knows? I may get the real life Rima one day. I took in a deep breath then looked at her with stern eyes.

"I would love to wake up and see you beside me, embracing me and loving me forever. Rima-chan..." I held her hand up then kissed it, making her more flustered than ever. "N-Nagihiko..." She looked down at our touching hands then looked up at my eyes again; her eyes sparkled due to excitement of what I was going to say. "Rima-chan, 'I love you' isn't enough to describe my feelings for you because my feelings for you are so sweet I would probably melt. I have never felt this affection to any other girl in my life." I ended my little speech by kissing her cheek.

I then felt wet droplets on my lips and so I pulled away, only to see tears striking her eyes- real tears. I happen to have caught it all with my finger then I looked at her. "Why are you crying...?" I asked. She looked at me with sore eyes. "I'm so confused! I mean I just realized that this...was more than just a dream and I'm shocked!" She sobbed. I softly smiled then embraced her. She hugged me back. "I wouldn't joke with you. What I told you is the truth"

She softly smiled then before we knew it, we were both fast asleep.

My eyes slowly parted and before I knew it, I was back in my child form. I groaned at the thought of being short and defenseless again but then I realized that arms were around me and my arms were around someone else. I noticed the golden locks that fell on the girl's arm and then I remembered what I had said earlier. "I would love to wake up and see you beside me, embracing me and loving me forever..." I looked at her with wide eyes then...started to poke her...

She smiled a little, making me chuckle. Her eyes then parted and I readied myself, expecting her to throw stuff at me and getting mad and all because I was the first thing she saw but then instead of killing me and shooting me a death glare, she softly smiled then a tint of pink found its way on her cheeks. "Ohayo, Nagihiko..." She rubbed the sleep from her eyes then looked down at me again. This is...awkward...

Knowing Rima-chan, she wouldn't do this! And she wouldn't...play...with my hair...? She's playing with my hair! "U...um...Rima-chan...?" "Yes?" "W-why are you...playing with my hair...?" I was expecting her to pull away and scream at the realization of her mistake but instead, she looked at me in disbelief. "You don't like it?" My cheeks warmed. What's going on?! I then looked at her. "Rima-chan, have you been drinking...?" I wondered. She shook her head. "No, I just happen to be like this every morning!" She sounded taunting but maybe it was true?

"What did you dream of?" A smirk found its way in her supposed-to-be-angelic face. "U...um..." "Were you dreaming about any particular girl...?" "I-I don't remember..." She stopped and an evil grin appeared on her innocent face. I blushed a deeper shade of red, worried about what she might say next.

"Were you dreaming about me...?"

Yay! Cliffhanger! Hope the story's going well! Tell me if you have any comments or if anything isn't clear!

By the way, I've been planning the appearance of Enma Ai (Hell Girl) and it has something to do with what Tanaka said in the previews chapter althought it's confusing so...let's see if you can figure it out:)) Here's the thing! Nobody's gonna be sent to hell and you don't need to answer if you don't know Hell Girl.

Now, about Yaya, you may have notice that she wasn't there when Kukai and Utau saw Rima and Nagihiko sleep together. It was because after Utau said there wouldn't be any candy room, Yaya started singing riiight! You remember. Anyway, right after Utau left to see what Kukai was looking at, Yaya saw this brightly colored door at the end of the hallway and so when she came there, it was all covered in candy and she got lost in it. (Her paradise)

So the other guardians are currently looking for Yaya (Not Nagihiko and Rima because Utau mentioned not to disturb them. They didn't spill the fact that the two were sleeping together)

That's it for chapter 18!!! Please Rate and Review!!!!!!