Chapter 33

Hey! Zack and Cody will be in this chappie...

Anyway, forget the italics. Let's just say that when they are speaking with the Americans, they're speaking in English. I don't really know how the twins got to this fanfic but…the guardians riding a cruise ship reminded me of them

Anyway, on with the story!

Rima hesitated before pressing the green button of her cell phone that has been turned off the whole time they were in America for some odd reason. She shut her eyes. Here I go…She thought. Nagihiko gently touched her shoulder. "Don't worry, Rima-chan. We'll all be here for you. We won't let you transfer…" He said. "Especially now that we know this crazy company is after us…" Ikuto muttered. Rima smiled. "Thanks!" She said.

The guardians have…arranged a few things. Amu had just recently called Yuu Nikaidou, their teacher, asking him if he could help talk Rima's parents out of scolding her.

Rima gave one last sigh before pressing the green button. Just as expected, her mother answered at the very first ring.

"H-hello…mamma…" She bit her lip.

"Rima! Where the hell are you, young lady?! Are you okay?! Hey SHUT UP I'M TALKING TO RIMA!!!" Rima winced as she listened to her parents argue through the phone. Rima sobbed. They're still the same…She thought. Finally, her mother returned to the line.

"Go home now, Rima!" She yelled.

"That's going to be hard, mamma" Rima said. Her mother then sounded alarmed.

"Why?! Where are you?! I'll get the police to pick you up right now!!!" She yelled.

Police…? Rima thought. They won't even pick me up themselves even though I was gone for who knows how long! The thought made her lips tremble.

"Mamma, I'm…on my way back to Japan. I'm waiting for the cruise ship to the airport. I'm in America right now" She said.

"WHAAAT?!?!?!?!?!?!"

"Well bye!" And with that, Rima immediately shut the phone. She wiped a few bits of her tears with her long sleeves. Amu grinned. "It's time for part 2!" She smiled. Everyone gave a sharp nod then handed their phones to Amu.

"We'll leave the sweet talking part to you, Amu" Utau smiled. Amu nodded.

Now, we make sure other schools don't accept Rima as their student. With Amu, it's all a piece of cake Nagihiko thought.

Amu placed her phone in her ear. She then shushed everyone.

"Hello, this is Honomoro Omu" She started. Everyone sweat-dropped.

"I have called to tell thee not to accept dis RRRima Mashirrro as a student at thy Japanese univerrsity…No dis is not a prrrank call so just do not accept herrr…why you ask? Well…" Amu stopped to think. She turned to her friends for help. "Threaten them!" Ikuto whispered.

Amu immediately gave Rima the phone. "Talk as crazily and idiotic as possible. Don't worry, Rima. It won't affect your future" She whispered. Rima bit her lip once again as she got the phone from Amu's hand. "Hello?" She said in her innocent voice.

She took a deep breath. "Yes. This is Rima. Wow! You really do sound like an idiot. I bet you're all pimply and bald for a woman. Hey, are you old? Do you have wrinkles? Will you accept me at your university?...no? Why not?...No matter what?...Okay then, old hag. Bye-bye!" With that, Rima hung the phone. She chuckled. "We've got a lot more schools to call" She said.

~~~~~~~~1 Hour later~~~~~~~~

All the phones have run out of load but the great thing is that they were sure that Seiyo is the only school Rima can go to. The guardians laughed and talked about all the calls they have made. It amused them how the different people they called have reacted. For example, one ran for a hammer then smashed their phone into many pieces.

HOOOONNNK

The group turned around, only to see the cruise ship before them. "Here we go! We're on or way back to Japan!" Utau pumped her fists in the air. Ikuto was already green in face and Tadase was already holding out a bag of plastic bags. Amu walked ahead with Yaya skipping right after her. The rest just followed.

"Hey, man! I swear I know those foreigners from somewhere" A blonde boy pointed at the group of guardians. Just then, the brunette in pigtails noticed them. She gave them a huge grin. "Zack-kun! Cody-kun!" She waved. The two blondes raised their eyebrows, clearly not remembering. Suddenly, Bailee went scurrying ahead of them.

"Oh my God!!! It's them!!! She squealed. Zack and Cody instantly remembered. "It's those group of hot girls!" Zack grinned. He then poked Cody. "…and they're coming right at us" He smirked.

"Konichiwa!" Amu smiled. "That means 'hello' in Japanese" Bailee told Zack and Cody proudly. "By the way" Amu grinned then turned to Cody, Zack, and Bailee. "Have you guys, by any chance, seen a pretty girl with violet hair that is tied up in a ponytail around here?" Amu wondered. Zack beamed "More hotties? I'll help you look for her! Is she single?" Zack asked.

Rima chuckled as she watched Nagihiko hide in his emo corner due to guilt. "I can't believe that guy…Call Nadeshiko a hot girl one more time and I think I might just collapse" He muttered under his breath.

"Yes, that 'hot girl' is single, Zack. Just make sure not to anger her" Amu said casually. Amu then turned to Nagihiko with a smile. "Nagihiko, where do you think is Nadeshiko?" She asked but her face instantly fell when she really did see an unconscious Nagihiko and they could've sworn they saw his soul coming from his mouth. The guardians panicked.

"Nagihiko!" Midori bent down then felt his wrist. It was eating…fast…but at least they were sure now that he's alive! Everyone took a breath.

After a few seconds, Nagihiko finally sat up, rubbing his head. "Did I pass out?" He asked. Rima nodded. "Hai" She smiled. Her smile then turned into a teasing grin. "You passed out…while Amu was talking about Nadeshiko…" She said. Nagihiko groaned then stood up, much to Bailee's surprise.

"Hey! Isn't that the boy from back then?!" She sqealed. The guardians nodded. "We finished our mission!" Yaya cheered. Midori was silent, though. How could they refuse to stop Spirits Company…? She sighed.

"So it was true!" Bailee ran towards Nagihiko then stared at him; then she batted her eyelashes in a somehow flirty way. "You know what, I find guys with long hair amusing and cute" She cooed. Everyone was silent, except for Rima and Cody who gave out a loud "WHAT?!" .Of course, those two are burning with jealousy. Rima stomped her foot, getting everyone's attention. When she was sure that her group of friends were looking at her, she stomped towards the reception table, borrowed the microphone from the receptionist then said:

"Nadeshiko! Paging Nadeshiko Fujisaki! Please go to the reception area! You have friends waiting for you!" She said as innocently as possible. Naghiko stiffened and she grinned.

He jumped up then ran but not before Ikuto grabbed him. "Yo…" He started. "You sure you okay? You just passed out" He said. Amu then budge in then held his forehead. "You just passed out, Nagihiko. Why don't you take a rest?" She said in concern.

There, you could see Rima hiding with a smirk. "I'm not going to make this easy for you, Nagihiko…" She muttered under her breath. Nagihiko shivered then took a step away from Amu. "You see I…" He trailed off. "…need to look for Nadeshiko?" He said. Amu cocked her head. "Why? We already called her! She'll be here any second and…" "Just let him go, Hinamori. Fujisaki probably needs to vomit" He said casually.

Rima just couldn't help it anymore. He ended up laughing her heart out. "Why are you laughing?" Midori asked Rima with suspicion. "I-it's nothing! I-I just thought that Kukai's excuse was lame!" She laughed. Nagihiko narrowed his eyes. "But it's true" He said. Rima stopped laughing then glared at him. "Do you know no shame…" She mumbled.

Soon enough, they were shooting each other a little lightning-like glares coming from their eyes.

"Are they always like this…" Cody asked Utau. She nodded. "At least that's what Amu told me…" She continued. "Hey…" Amu said. "where's Nadeshiko?". Nagihiko immediately broke the glaring contest. "I need to go" He said, and with that, he ran off but not without secretly winking at Rima, who tried not to show her blush.

Nagihiko entered the ladies bathroom, only to have the of girls there run out of the bathroom, screaming. He then entered a cubicle, undid his buttons, unzip his pants, tie his hair in a ponytail and then dress in his Nadeshiko clothes. Rhythm switched with Temari and with that, the three got out when they were ready.

"Here we go…" Nagihiko…*cough* Nadeshiko mumbled as she turned the knob.

"Rima's not going to make this easy for you, Nagihiko…" Temari forced a smile. Nagihiko nodded.

"I know that much but thanks for reminding me…" He then turned to his chara; his tense expression instantly turned gentle and kind then he continued in his gentle Nadeshiko voice, "…Temari…"

Temari bowed. "You're welcome…Nadeshiko…"