Chapter 40

Rima's POV

I probably had a Hit-By-A-Baseball-Bat expression on my face right now. Then again, who wouldn't have after being kissed by a guy you (thought) you got over with? Okay, maybe it didn't show that I wasn't quite over him.

"I'm sorry" I heard him whimper. I…kind of blushed when his breath made contact with my cheeks.

I glanced up at him. He was standing before me with Bambi eyes. Honestly…I knew that he was forcing himself to look as innocent as possible. I slightly chuckled at this, then I extended my hand towards his head then played with his pony-tailed hair. "You're being bad! You are a pretty girl right now, Nadeshiko! Girls shouldn't kiss other girls! I'm not a lesbian!" I teased.

He sweat-dropped.

"Des that mean you forgive me?" He asked. I giggled then flew above him. "Hurry up! We have to do Queen's Waltz!" I chuckled. He smirked. "I'll take that as a 'Yes'"

Normal POV

Amu used all her will-power to see what was going on with her two friends. She creased her brows then cursed the stupid, black smoke that kept her from seeing anything.

"NANI?" She cried as she pranced to the other side of the helicopter. She looked out the window then she reddened in anger when she still saw nothing but black smoke. "I still can't see anything!" She screamed as she pumped her fists in the air then stomped to the other side of the helicopter.

"Yaya still doesn't get what's going on…" The peppy brunette said. Ikuto smirked. "You see, when two people like each other veeery much-"

"Oh JUST SHUT UP, Ikuto! You are going completely off-topic" Amu stated as she hit Ikuto in the head, making him fall off the chair he had been sitting on. Amu sat on the once-neko's-chair, crossed her arms then furrowed her brows. Kairi noticed this then he moved closer to the pinkette.

"…so the previous Queen is actually the current Jack…?" He murmured. Amu clenched her fists.

"No kidding…" She mumbled. Then she blushed.

"He'd better have a good reason for doing it. I mean…he once invited me to a sleepover…we were on sleeping bags and were beside each other on the floor. There were also times during gym class when he would peek through my shoulder when I'm dressing up. Whenever I get sad because Saaya already wears a bra and I don't, he would even cheer me up and tell me that it would grow …and…just a few days ago…I forced him to shop with me and…" Amu stopped at that had this look: "T_T

Kukai and Zack whistled awkwardly, everyone else had dotted eyes; and…

Tadase, Kairi and Ikuto…all looked like a bunch of erupting volcanoes, ready to pour out lava and destroy any landforms on its way.

"He WHAT?" All three yelled in unison.

Meanwhile, Yaya still remained in a daze. She cocked her head then turned to Midori. "Mido-chi, what did Iko-kun mean when he said, 'When two people like each other veeery much'?" She asked, even mimicking his tone. Midori sweat-dropped. "U-um…you see…when two people like each other very much then…"

Beads of sweat poured down the poor girls head.

Finally she thought of something. She pointed her fingers upwards. "They eat candy!" She mused. Yaya clapped her hands. "Ooh! I like candy!"

Midori sighed in relief.

This little girl was so clueless…

"By the way, Mido-chan" Yaya called back. Midori glanced at her with a smile. "What is it, Yaya?" She asked. Yaya frowned.

"What is Amu-chi so upset about?"

"…Oh, that? W-why don't you go ask Nagi?"

Nagihiko abruptly pulled Rima before Tanaka's Deathsicles could cut her. (Just to let you know, I got the Deathsicle idea from the story 'Rima can't Spell')

Then he sighed.

"Gee, Rima-chan! You could've been at least very careful!" The indigo-haired queen sweetly said as he placed some strands of his neatly tied hair behind his ears. It kind of scared Rima at how sweet he really can be when in the form of his other self. She found it funny at how serious he gets at silly stuff like this, but he did explain why he was doing it and the reason seemed valid.

She pulled away. "Sorry" She said.

Nagihiko extended his hands for Rima. She blushed then shakily took it.

Tanaka's eyes burned then she threw more deathsicles at the two. Without letting go of each other's hands, they dodged it.

'It almost feels as though we're dancing like a couple…' the petite blonde thought. Tanaka kept on throwing more deathsicles, and at times, she would send her Yumei Takai hurling towards them, but they would dodge it, and their every dodge made it look more and more like they were dancing. Rima chuckled, then Nagihiko genuinely smiled.

After some time, they were engulfed in a pink light.

The dark smoke slowly faded, letting everyone in the plane, but the sleeping extras, get a clear view of what was going on.

Amu was the one closest to the window. Her lips were curved upwards yet her brows creased. You could actually see water slowly forming on the bottom of her glassy eyes.

The light spiraled the two queens, and Tanaka screamed at the sudden power.

Queen's Waltz was a move used for purifying x characters and x eggs and Tanaka was definitely an x character.

Rima and Nagi turned around and so they were back-to-back. Rima lifted her left arm and Nadeshiko, her right, and then they both screamed in a loud and jolly manner, "QUEEN'S WALTZ!"

The pink energy immediately hurled upwards, much like a loud water fountain, and it hit Tanaka, straight in the x mark of her head band. Then it all happened so suddenly: She screamed and groaned but she somehow broke through it. She flew towards the plane, grabbed Yaya then placed a deathsicles right before her neck.

Everyone abruptly stopped.

"Undo your charanaris. Now. Or the ace dies…" She threatened.

Yaya tried to struggle away but she was much too weak. She frowned at Tanaka. "If Yaya had Pepe-tan, then Yaya would really hurt you!" She said through gritted teeth. Tanaka grinned. "You mean those little creatures I trapped in a bottle then threw off-board?" She chuckled. Yaya's eyes widened in shock.

"WHAT?" Midori screamed.

Rima saw Amu beside Midori, kneeling and with wide, shocked eyes.

Utau had the same shocked expression as Amu, only she was standing.

Rikka, Hikaru, Noboku and Kairi all got sorrowful expressions.

The blonde Queen looked at Nagihiko. His, Ikuto's and Tadase's fists were all white from trying to act calm about this

Kukai was punching the couch.

Zack's group was trying to comfort everyone. They knew what was going on 'cause even they could see Tanaka.

Seeing that she was the only one who could speak at the moment because she wasn't in between sobs, Rima angrily zapped her way to Tanaka.

"JUST GO TO HELL! HOW CAN YOU DO ALL THIS? WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH US?" She screamed, puching and hitting her as much as she can. Rima didn't know how it happened. It may have been because she was too shocked and angry to care where she was kicking, but she accidentally kicked the hand that was holding onto Yaya and before everyone could blink or stop Rima, Yaya was already falling toward the deep sea covered with sharp debris.

"YAYA!" Rima screamed, as she tried to fly down to her. She was too slow.

Before Rima could break down and bawl about losing their cheerful friend, she could've sworn that she just saw something with a veil zip by.

"ACE!" She heard the something-with-a-veil-that-zipped-by say.

Rima blinked. Only one person would call Yaya 'Ace'. She looked down where she saw a trace of green. Then she cocked her head.

'Kairi?'

SWOOSH

That was the sound of the Yumei Takai that nearly hit Rima.

"Stop worrying! I want to get this over with and kill all of you already!" Tanaka grunted.

She aimed her palms at Nagihiko, who wasn't paying much attention to what was going on, probably because of his lost chara.

Tanaka's desire slowly dawned unto Rima. Upon realizing this, she tried to fly towards the boy. "Nagihiko!" Rima screamed.

'Shoot! Why am I so slow?' She thought.

"NAGIHIKO!" This time, she was panicking. This happens to be one of those slow-motion moments. The deathsicles were launching towards him and all she could do was scream his name? On the third time she called, he turned.

No. There wasn't enough time for him to move away.

"NA-GI-HI-KO!" She grunted.

It was unexpected but somehow, an arrow was there, zipping by towards Nagihiko's direction. It stopped right before his chest, or before the deathsicles could hit him. It glowed then the deathsicle broke.

All eyes were immediately on Rima. She looked at her hands.

Why was she holding a glowing bow and arrow?

Okay, so maybe I will make one or two more chapters. I just realized that if I added everything in this chappy, then that would suck because then this chapter would be so long.

Also, if you're interested in my story, and if my writing style is good enough, (Yeah, right! In my dreams!) then I would've left you at cliffhanger! (I hope…)

So anyway, THANK YOU GUYS SOOO MUCH! I'm glad that I still have people cheering me on! Thanks for the tips, too. Especially on the part where Nagi kissing Rima was too rushed. I've just got to agree on that. Anyway, I tried to make this one less rushed. You could give me more constructive criticism if there's something wrong (Or if it's still too rushed! LOL!) You can also just simply comment too.

…I'm so talkative…

Thanks! Bai!