Chapter 27

I'm done with the exams!!! And it's SUMMER!!! Okay, this basically means that I'll be updating more often but maybe not around this week because I'll be cleaning up my room until tomorrow... (It's not as easy as it sounds. My closet is overflowing! My little sister can drown in it!!!) and on Sunday we'll either be on the beach or surfing. I'll be updating the most somewhere around the middle of summer!

So, on with the story!

Flashback

"Oh, and Rima-chan!" Nagihiko said, not pausing with the fire. Rima looked up at him dreamily. "Hai?" She said. Sparks flew out of the sticks then soon, it formed the fire Nagihiko had wanted to come out.

He then looked at Rima straight in the eye. "Don't tell anyone about us being together"

Rima looked at Nagihiko with a shocked expression. "Why?" She croaked. Nagihiko closed his eyes then said. "It would be hard. We could tell Tadase, Amu and Utau but that would be unfair for Yaya, Midori, Kukai and the rest. We're not sure if they can keep it a secret"

"And so what if the whole world knew?" Rima said with raised eyebrows. Nagihiko sighed. "Wouldn't it be better if none of my fangirls and none of your fanboys know? We're not sure what those people are capable of. Saaya would still have Tadase and Kukai but I guess she would like every guy to herself"

Rima wanted to say something but she couldn't think f any possible thing to say. "Um…" was all that came out. Suddenly, something to say popped into her mind. "None of those fanboys or fangirls are that serious about us!" She said. Nagihiko faked a cough.

"Um…Kirishima-kun happens to be very serious about you" He stated. Rima slightly blushed. "I-I guess…"

"But…"She started. "I don't mind at all. He's not the one I want to be with!"

The nine lay down, exhausted from pushing the huge boulder for what seemed like hours to them. "WAAAHHH!!! Yaya wants to go out and play!!! This cave is dark and scary!!!" Yaya squealed.

The eight turned to her with a death glare, making her shiver in fear. Amu was the first to speak up. "Yaya, you aren't the only one exhausted and gloomy. We all want to see the light too" Amu sighed. The only thing they had other than each other were Amu and Su, who would cook them decent dishes, but that wasn't enough to keep them living.

Ikuto groaned in frustration. "The hell?! We might as well have this he cave crash down on us! We're gonna die anyway!" He said as he angrily kicked the sides of the cave. Just then, the ground shook. The sides of the cave seemed like it was gonna fall on them and so were the ceilings. There was a few moments of silence and soon, everyone was throwing Ikuto a death glare.

He gulped. "I swear to God I did nothing!" Ikuto panicked. That didn't convince anyone, though. Before anyone could murder him, a huge rock fell, followed by another. The sharp rocks then came crashing down.

There was huge chaos in the cave. The panic was uncontrollable but one scream had brought everyone back to their senses.

"KYAAAA!!!" The horrified scream echoed through the collapsing cave. Everyone sharply turned to Amu; A huge piece of rock was hurling towards her. Things seemed to go in slow motion.

"Amu!" Ikuto yelled with frightened eyes.

Tadase rushed ahead then brought out his staff. "Holy Crown!" He yelled. The move pushed Amu hard against the hard, cold boulder. It wasn't long before she blacked out.

Utau, Midori, Yaya and Ikuto ran towards Amu's limp body.

"Amu-chi..." Yaya sobbed.

Kukai hurriedly grabbed Amu's wrist then felt the pulse. It was beating normally. He gave out a sigh of relief. "How is she?" Utau asked. Kukai gave her his ever-so-famous thumbs up. "Okay! If Tadase didn't get her out of the way, we would've been hopeless!" He winked. Utau, Yaya and Ikuto sighed a breath of relief too.

"Minna!" Midori yelled from some distances away. "Let's do what we can for now!" She said as she held her hand before her heart. "Watashi no Kokoro: Anrok!" She chanted.

"Charanari: Shining Chantress!"

"Charanari: Lunatic Charm!"

"Charanari: Sky Jack!"

"Charanari: Dear Baby!"

"Charanari: Black Lynx!"

"Charanari: Platinum Royal!"

Ikuto had volunteered to carry Amu as they find away out of the cave- he carried her bridal style. Yaya pointed at the rocks that were going to fall on them. "Minna! Rock alert!" She screamed.

Tadase placed his staff above their heads. "Holy Crown!" He said. A yellow bubble came out from the staff's tip. The rocks simply bounced off. "Good job, Hotori-kun!" Midori said. Everyone then kept going.

"Rima-chan! Can you hear that?!" Nagihiko said. Rima nodded then the twosome ran to where they've been hearing the screams and crashing sounds.

All of the sounds have somehow led them to a boulder-covered cave...a breaking boulder-covered cave...

"This is as far as we should go, Rima-chan. Let's go back now" Nagihiko said but Rima didn't follow. She stood her ground. "Nagihiko, there's something important in that cave! I can feel it!" Rima said, pointing at the cave. Nagihiko didn't listen. "Whatever that thing is, it's still too dangerous! The cave's breaking! We're not going an inch near it!" Nagihiko said. Rima groaned then ran towards the cave's entrance.

"Rima-tan!" Nagihiko followed. Although Nagihiko was faster than Rima, he didn't manage to catch up to her that quickly for the cave was dark. His eyebrows creased with worry. "Rima-chan!!!" He said inthe trembling cave.

He was going deeper and deeper into the cave but still no Rima.

"KYAAAAA!!!" A scream echoed through the cave. This had Nagihiko on high alert. "RIMA-TAN!" He screeched.

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

That was scary.

"Huh? Rima-tan?!" Squealed the pink bunny. I opened my eyes and was shocked to see Yaya's face only a few centimeters from mine. That is when I literally screamed my head off. "It's okay! It's okay!" She hugged me. I felt tears slowly rolling down my cheeks. I never thought I would see them again! I just knew there were more eyes looking at me joyously right now but I couldn't quite make out who it is since mmyeyes were covered in tears.

"Minna..." I started. I felt more arms wrap around me. I finally got to wipe the tear of my eyes and the first thing I saw was Amu limply laying on Ikuto's arms. I immediately stood up. My legs felt like jelly.

"Amu?!" My voice cracked with panic. "IS SHE OKAY?!" I looked around at the familiar faces. They were all smiling. "She's okay! She'll wake up soon!" Midori assured me.

"Rock alert" Utau pointed above us. "Holy Crown!"

The rocked bounced off Tadase's yellow shield. Judging by the way they did it, it was obvious that they've been doing rock alert in awhile.

"By the way..." Kukai started.

"Where's Nagihiko?" This time, everyone froze then looked around.

I mentally slapped myself! HOW COULD I DO THAT! I LITERALLY GOT NAGIHIKO STUCK IN THIS CAVE WITH NO DEFENSE!!!

Panic then appeared on everyone's face. I felt my cheeks feel wet again, this time out of guilt.

How could I leave him...?

Okay! So that;s where my chapter will cut off for now. I like how I wrote the first part and ending but somewhere around the middle, it probably wasn't as good since I was surrounded by TV wherever I go.

Anyway, I would appreciate your reviews so RATE AND REVIEW!