Chapter 35

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On with the story!

"Bala-balance!" Rima's head snapped up, and then she immediately looked at the stage. Everyone was giggling at the comedian on stage. Although the eyes of everyone showed pure excitement, Rima's were burning with anger.

"Hey! This comedian's awesome!" Cody laughed. "Now I have a new joke!". "The ladies would love me for it!" Zack added. Bailee tapped Zack on the shoulders. "Umm, Zack, I hate to burst your bubble but don't you already have a hottie of your own?" She emphasized the word hottie then she pointed at Nadeshiko, who was currently having a serious-looking discussion with Amu and the rest.

"I wonder what they're talking about. Look. Rima's not even joining the conversation" Bailee wondered. Zack smirked. "Leave this to me. I'm sure that my Nadeshiko would love to see me!" He said. "Zack! Wait! Nadeshiko probably doesn't want to see you!" Bailee cried but Zack never heard her for he had already gone to the group. Bailee sighed then turned to Cody.

"I'm betting you ten dollars if Nadeshiko kicks Zack off the boat" She said. Cody's eyes widened. "Deal! I'm sure someone as sweet as Nadeshiko wouldn't dare push someone off the boat. Get ready with you ten dollars, Bailee". Bailee smirked. "We'll see…"

"Stay away from Rima as much as possible? Why?" Utau turned to the group of guardians. "Well, you see, Mashiro-san tends to character change when a comedian isn't perfect, and her character change is bad because-mmmf" Tadase's words were muffled when Nadeshiko covered his mouth. "Just let them find out on their own, Hotori-kun" She faked a smile.

Utau stomped her foot. "What happens?! Come on! Tell me!" She demanded. "Ikuto! Please tell me that you are at least the slightest bit interested about what happens to Rima when she character changes!" She turned to Ikuto, who was actually lying on the floor, fast asleep.

Everyone sweat-dropped.

"Um…" Utau thought, knowing that there was no one on her side. "Midori!" She turned to Midori, the only one left that could possibly be on her side. Midori looked up from the magazine she was reading, obviously annoyed because she was about to lose three seconds of her life off the magazine. "Tell us that you are curious in what happens to Rima when she character changes" "No" And with that, Midori instantly returned to the magazine.

Utau froze, obviously speechless. That was fast... She thought. "Face it, Utau-chan! It's only you that's really curious. Don't worry, though. Rima-chan will character change any moment now as long as that comedian just isn't funny enough for her." Nadeshiko smirked.

"Hey Nadeshiko!" Zack called out.

Tadase and Kukai gave Nadeshiko teasing looks while Nadeshiko groaned then sharply turned to Zack. "What?! And make it fast. I don't want to lose any second of my life with you" She mumbled. Zack then said in a somehow romantic way, "The more you hate…the more you love…"

Everyone got beady eyes.

Suddenly, a vein popped in Nadeshiko's forehead. "W-what did you say…" She muttered under her breath. Her and Temari's bodies were shaking with anger. "Uh-oh!" Yaya cried. She glanced at Zack.

"Zack-kun! Run away from Naddy! She's going to…" "Nadeshiko, character change!" Temari chanted. Everyone sweatdropped.

"U-um…does character change include her eyes turning killer, her ponytail turning into little pink flowers and a huge sharp knife magically appearing on her hands…?" Zack panicked.

Amu, Yaya, Tadase and Kukai gulped. "Yes…" They said weakly with heads down. "Okay. Is that a bad thing? Because I already believe the Character Transformation thingy due to our last meeting…" Zack hoped for a better answer; unfortunately, all he got was a worried nod from the guardians.

"Ya think…" Midori said, still looking at the magazine. Zack then turned and ran with Nadeshiko trailing after him with a naginata.

"GIRLFRIENDS ROCK!!!" He said, only getting Nadeshiko even angrier.

"That's it!" She exclaimed, in Hiroshima slang, of course. She actually used the wooden part of her naginata to push Zack off the boat.

"Give me my ten dollars" Bailee said as she neared her palm towards Cody's. Cody groaned. "Fine!"

"And now for my greatest trick!" The comedian chanted, getting ready to pose the Bala-Balance once again. The audience leaned forward with excitement.

The comedian then did the pose. "Bala- Balan…"

"STOP!!!"

The comedian and the audience turned to Rima, who was now standing on top of the table; on her cheeks you could see a teardrop and star shaped tattoos. Her eyes showed fiery, her teeth gritted with anger and her background was fire. (A/N you get what I mean?)

"U-um…is this character change…?" Utau murmured. The guardians (Including Nadeshiko, who has already snapped out of character change but still doesn't regret throwing Zack off the boat) all crossed their arms then nodded. Utau turned to Rima then sweatdropped. "Oh…"

The comedian was about to get out of the pose to argue with the adorable blonde when the 'adorable blonde' stopped him.

"Don't move! You need to tilt your head some more! Your body isn't arched enough! Put your right arm up! And your left one is too high up.! You don't have enough balance to do this trick!" The comedian tried to follow with all of Rima's commands.

"Oh yeah?!" A girl spat at Rima. "Stop ordering him around. He's the funniest comedian I know! If you're so confident then why don't you do it?!" She challenged.

"Rima! Let's do this!" Kusukusu giggled.

"BALA-BALANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" And with that, everyone looked at Rima in admiration, followed by a roar of laughter and murmurs about how good she is at this

"That's my girlfriend!!!" Woody said from around the crowd. Nadeshiko sharply turned to him. "What?" She said. Woody seemed to notice the bo…*cough*…I mean girl's gaze at him, making him flush. "S-she's my date for the couple's night tomorrow but if you like…you could also be since I don't mind having two girls and-" "Dude. Woody. You can't have two hotties. It would be unfair. Nadeshiko's with me" Woody never got to finish for Zack had interrupted him.

"How'd you get back to the boat?" Nadeshiko asked disappointment that he was still alive. Zack grinned then wrapped his arms around Nadeshiko. "Why ask, baby?" He said. Nadeshiko groaned then walked away.

"Nagihiko, where are you going?" Temari asked. Nadeshiko shrugged. "Anywhere away from a crowd" She mumbled.

"NADESHIKO!"

She turned around to see Amu, Yaya, Utau and Midori coming after her. She smiled. "Konichiwa" She said. Amu clung onto her arms. "Oi! Where are you going, Nadeshiko? Our underwear bags have been thrown off the ship! I also heard there's a boutique" Amu said.

Nadeshiko blushed. "A-also my bags?" She shuddered. "Everyone nodded. "All our underwear and bra bags have been thrown out. Now we're buying new ones. There's a boutique nearby, too" Amu added.

Nadeshiko's feet wobbled. "I-I see… Good luck shopping!!!" She choked as she managed to walk away but Yaya stopped her.

"No! Naddy!!! It would be more fun to have you around!!!" She squealed. Nadeshiko gulped.

"I don't want to go…" She mumbled. Everyone was silent until Amu and Utau grabbed her then forcefully dragged the struggling Nadeshiko. "I won't take no for an answer!" Utau said. "I only just met you after a long time, Nadeshiko, and now you're saying you're not going to shop with me?" Amu's lips quivered.

"Now let's go get Rima-chan! Her bags have also been thrown out!" Yaya screamed.

Nadeshiko blushed harder.

"R-Rima-chan's…underwear bag…?" She muttered. All the real girls nodded. "Hai!"

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. It's just that I think this story has very little plot left since Nagi is back to normal. Now all they need to do is stop Tanaka. Anyway, we're in the regular, no thrill part of the story.

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