Chapter 23

Thanks for the awesome reviews! I swear I loved them all and there's more compared to my previous chapter!

BTW, I forgot to mention that Yaya was also in the mansionOh well! Let's just all say that she was asleep through it all!!!

Anyways, On with the story!

~~~~~~~~Midori's POV~~~~~~~~

"Hurry, Rima-chan! You can do it!" I encouraged. "Gambatte, Rima-chan! You can do it Rima!" Ran, Miki and Su chhered.

That's right! We brought all the charas, including the charas of Amu, Tadase, Kukai and Utau just in case they may need them.

Rima gasped as she tried to get up a steep hill. She finally made it then collapsed on the soft grass. "I don't think I can make it anymore!" She whined. We all stared at her limb, gasping figure. My eyebrows creased. "But don't you want to save Amu-chan and the rest?" I said. Worry took a part of her face. She tried to get up but fell backwards again. "I can't do it!!!" She complained. Suddenly, her feet that once touched the grass was on the grasp of a slim, midnight haired boy around the age of 16 or 18. I noticed from the corner of my eye, a twitching pang of jealousy appearing in Nagihiko's face.

"Ikuto! Put me down!" She whined. "No way, shrimp. You're so slow I might end up falling asleep and I know that my dear Amu is out there waiting for me…" He said. We all sweat-dropped. "For all we know, she's probably making out with Tadase" I shrugged.

Yaya suddenly covered her ears (Yes. She's a character in this chapter)

"WAAAHHH!!! MIDORI-CHI, THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR A BABY LIKE YAYA-TAN!!!!!!!" She whined

"Yeah, whatever" I turned my back on her then walked ahead. "If you're all going to be slow, you might as well get lost"

"But Hoshigo-san…" Nagihiko's childish voice called for me from behind. I also noticed the little pang of jealousy there was in his tone. "If you go alone, you're the one that's going to get lost" He stated. I huffed.

I've lived most in the forest! How could I get lost?!

I sighed then wiggled my fingers for them to follow. They shrugged then followed.

Heh. I just love having followers and leading a group.

I strutted through the grass like a real life model but tripped through a root…Talk about embarrassing…

"Midori! Are you okay?!" Rima jumped off Ikuto's arms. I stood up then fixed my hair. "Y-yeah…" I lied.

You know what, let's get enough of my secret narcism and end my points of view from here and get on with the main lovers of this story.

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

Finally she's off his arms. I didn't know what I'd do if they were to be like that for a long time!

Our 'leader' Midori seemed to catch something behind the bush with her eye. "Wait and stay behind me" She said as she scurried through the bush. I rolled my eyes. "Hai, ojou-sama…" I said. She just ignored my sarcasm then fished something off the bush. She gasped as she picked up this black, furry creature.

"It's a cub!" She exclaimed. Ki flew towards the cub then started to pet it. For a minute, My legs were limp. Didn't Midori know that you can't pick up bears just like that?! What if its mother was close by!

"U-um…Midori-chan, I think you should put that bear down" I said in a soft, cautioning tone. Rima seemed to notice the pang of fear in my voice then started to back away too like me. Midori sighed. "It's not a bear. It's a cub!" She said. Suddenly, a black shadow appeared behind Midori, covering all the sunlight as if she were in a shade.

I stared at the bear, wide-eyed. it wasn't the brown, typical cute bear you see on movies!!! This was a black bear!!! Known for being dangerous!!! My eyes that were staring at a bear shifted to Midori. She was literally shaking and trembling with the cub in her arms. She didn't even bother to look up at the thing. I then looked at Rima, Yaya and Ikuto. Yaya was running a faucet of tears, Ikuto was calmly staring at the bear while Rima looked ready to faint. "Uh…G-guys?" Midori started. "Yeah?" I said in a soft voice. "P-please tell me there's no bear behind me!" She squeaked. I gulped. "I'm sorry but I cannot lie"

Midori breathed a sigh of defeat then closed her eyes as if preparing herself from certain doom. "It's not over yet" I said. Her eyes slowly opened then she looked at me, waiting for instructions. "Midori-chan, slowly place the cub down" I said in a whisper. She slightly nodded then carefully placed the bear down.

"What now?!" She said.

I swiftly glanced at everyone then placed my eyes in eye contact with the bear. "Now I want you all to stay in eye-contact with the bear then slowly move away" I said as I tiptoed away without losing my eye-contact. Everyone did the same. We were all doing pretty well until…

"Hey! Can Yaya get ice-cream after this!" Yaya jumped and clapped her hands. Oh shoot…

I glanced at the bear. It was rushing towards us with a look of aggression and was growling in between its bare teeth. "What do we do now?!?!?!" Rima turned to me with fear. I held her hand. "Everyone stay calm and do exactly as I do" Everyone nodded then tried to calmly look at us.

"RUUUNNN!!!" I screeched. "Whaaat?!?!" Everyone else screamed, dumbfounded. Midori and Yaya's feet seemed rooted to the ground so Ikuto grabbed them both then placed them over his shoulder. It wasn't long before we were all running around aimlessly like headless chickens.

Let me tell you, it's hard to run in these tiny legs.

After sometime, Rima finally fell to the ground, unable to move. "I-I don't think I can go on" She gasped. I pulled her up but she remained seated to the ground. I looked behind us. It looked like the bear was no longer there…and so are the rest!

I gulped as I turned to Rima, trying to sound as comforting as possible, "U-um…Rima-chan I…think we're lost…" I finally spilled out. Rima immediately stood up then looked around. Sure enough, no one else but us were in this plain area. "No way…" She said and her voice trembled more than I thought it would. For what seemed like minutes to me, Rima was looking around panicky with wide-eyes. "No! Help me…" She would cry out from time to time.

It didn't help that our charas were nowhere to be found either.

Rima fell into a ball position then started to bawl. I looked at her, shocked. This is the first time I have seen her cry and let it all out! And I didn't even know it would be for this reason!

I hugged and patted her as she continued to bawl in my arms. When her cry was not as colicky as before, she finally spoke.

"~Nee, Nagihiko…Do you think someone would save us?" She sobbed. I thought about it for awhile for I wasn't sure about it. I didn't want to get her hopes up but I also didn't want it to go too low and so she would become hopeless. "I'm sure that the others would go look for us" I said as I moved some of her hair behind her ears. She nodded with a smile.

"Okay…"

We were sitting in silence until

A huge, loud impact beside us shoot.

Rima seemed panicked for she hugged me and screamed and I struggled not to fall down. "R-Rima-chaan!!!" I cried.

Another impact.

"KYAAAA!!!" She cried. Since I was calm enough to think straight, I looked up, only to see our doom.

"TANAKA-SAN!!!" I gasped. A smirk found its way onto this beautiful lady's face then she turned to me. "Missed me?"

Heh. Okay, guys I am so sorry for not updating!!!

By the way, before I forget, I got the bear idea from "Meet Rima" (smiley face)

Anyway, about episode 19 in shugo chara party, it would've ended so well if only I hadn't seen Amu hang out with Rikka by the end of the episode!

I mean, when Utau's new song was finally on TV and fans were gathering to watch it, you would see Amu was with Rikka! (sad face) Doesn't she hang out with the guardians anymore?

But it had some Kutau, anyway!

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