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But it's hard to write a chapter with school and stuff!!!!!!! (and my other stories) but…yeah that's the lamest excuse ever.
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Chapter 18: Just Another Guardian Meeting
Arisa fumbled with the strap of her leather bag as she stumbled out of the main building as the freeing bell of the end of the day rang in her ears. Once the strap got across her shoulder properly, she sighed happily, and jumped off the second to last stair of the stone stair case.
She waved to Ryu and Daisuke who walked home together and high fived Hikaru who was took the transit home.
Today, Arisa finished all her work in class, and when she got home, she planned to plant herself in from of (Rento's) TV and blow shit up until maybe, dinner time. Then after dinner, she planned on jacking the freezer of its strawberry popsicles and just lying on the couch for the rest of the night while she witnesses in Unkai's (awkwardly) utter fascination with Project Runway.
Arisa beamed, all those ideas sound amazing and she was really tired from school and the…no work they did since Nikaidou decided to play it easy today and let them have 'study time'. Which also means nap time for him while he hides behind a copy to the daily newspaper, reading the back of his eyelids.
But doing nothing can be really tiring you know! For example, Arisa had to go for 3 hours straight without doing ANYTHING. Only because there was nothing to do anyway.
But she instantly shoved away all the negative thoughts about her day (plus, she heard Tsukiga got to blow stuff up in science) and welcomed all her plans back into her mind. If she were able to hang out with Hiro, then she would've started skipping.
It was a shame how much Hiro worked though. No matter how much she thinks of him as a slacker, he's the student council rep, he's going for the Japan-wide math competition, he does sports and is the MVP for at least ¾ of them and he even volunteers with her dad from time to time. Yes, he was such a loser.
And due to his over-working, he hasn't been able to hang out with Arisa properly. Which made her even boreder.
Her shoulders hunched slightly; yes, that popsicle sounds really good right now.
But suddenly, the sound of Shootin' Your Smile by Aiba Hiroki came blasting from her back pocket. At first, she ignored the fact that her phone was ringing, and just figured she was just hearing the song in her head. But when her butt started feeling vibrations, then she knew it was her phone after all.
"Moshi moshi," she greeted shakily. She was in such a rush that she barely had the time to look at who the caller was.
"Arisa-san, we have a meeting in the Royal Garden now. Did you forget?"
The suddenly aggravated brunette recognized that snobbish, nosy (, nasally) voice clearly. "No I didn't, you little pink bus stop. It simply slipped my mind."
"Che, whatever. Just get over here; we're all waiting for you." Then with that, Amu hung up.
Arisa couldn't help but roll her eyes. That little b—us stop. Oh yeah, and Suusui's trying to get Arisa to cut back on swearing.
Arisa snapped her phone shut and jammed it back into her back pocket. She turned on her heel and proceeded glumly towards the Royal Garden.
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Once she passed the main building of the school, taking a quick glance at the soccer field, she noticed a splotch of blue dressed in red, wandering aimlessly, as if they were lost.
Oh Aika.
"Ne, Aika, looking for something?" Arisa asked, popping up from behind the other girl's shoulder. Aika's shoulders tensed up and she let out a surprised yelp.
"Mou Arisa-chan, don't scare me like that!" she exclaimed, clutching her bag tightly.
Arisa laughed and waved her hand, dismissing the subject. "So seriously, you seem lost. Where are you headed? Or did you forget where you live?"
Aika laughed lightly and pulled the envelope out of her bag, explaining to Arisa how Tadase approached her during lunch and gave her the envelope. Her agile fingers ripped the paper apart, stuffing the scraps into the small pocket of the uniform skirt.
"A-Arisa-chan! I don't know if I were supposed to open it or—"
The brunette shook the envelope towards the ground and peered inside. "Empty. Jeez; paper-wasting Guardians." Once Aika breathed a sigh of relief, Arisa handed the envelope back to Aika and signalled her to follow the slightly taller girl towards the glass green house, which is humid as hell whenever the sun's even out but also has the best cookies to eat within a 10 kilometre radius, also known as, the Royal Garden.
Arisa pushed the door open and greeted anyone who was inside, "Oiiii~"
All the Guardians were doing the usual, sitting around the table, with shojou sparkles all around them, sipping tea like they were rulers of the world…no pun intended. Aika followed Arisa closely as she walked to where the Guardians were.
"Aah, Suzuki-san. I'm glad you made it," Tadase greeted with his charming, princely smile.
Arisa flashed a peace sign at Tsukiga and Shinyu who were in the middle of a dramatic game of Go-Fish and waved at the rest of the Guardians, but not Amu of course.
"So Suzuki-chan," Nagihiko started, smiling warmly at her, "Have you decided?"
All eyes turned to the blue haired girl as she fidgeted with the bag in her hands and her eyes darted in every direction nervously. "U-uh, not really. I wanted to ask some questions before I decided though."
Rima sat back and crossed her arms, in an almost pompous manner, "Fair enough. Ask away." Arisa gave the short girl, sitting or not, a playful smack on the head to remind her not to be so full of herself.
Ignoring the overly obvious glares between the queen and extra, Shinyu leant onto Tsukiga's chair and spoke out, "Yeah, ask away. Since I'm your senpai, it's my duty to answer any questions you may have!"
"Oi Shinyu, do you have any 7's?"
"DAMN IT!"
Aika stared dumbfounded. If this is what the Guardians were made of, they were screwed.
She waved Arisa over, and successfully got her away from a feisty looking Rima.
"So Arisa-chan, should I join the Guardians?" She asked quietly, once they walked a few feet away from the chatting group.
"EH?" Arisa exclaimed. She raised both her hands, acting as if to shield herself from the question. "Really Aika, I should be the last person you ask a question that important! Plus, it's not in my place to decide you know!"
Aika shrunk back slightly and sighed. There was a tense silence between the two, until Aika insisted, "But I really want to know your opinion on this."
After a look on uneasiness crossed Arisa's face, she shrugged and said, "Well if you want to, you can join. They don't do much anyway…"
Aika nodded and thought it over some more, while Arisa returned to the Guardians.
Eventually, Aika returned to the table and announced that she'd join, at the same time admitting that she isn't used to important responsibilities such as this. Some withen the crowd couldn't decide whether to take it as a bad thing, or an interesting quirk of inexperience.
Tadase reassured her that she'd be fine, which she replied with a weak smile on insecurity. An extra chair was pulled out of no where (Nagihiko's obviously magic) and Aika sat on it. Not soon after, Arisa offered to switch with her, insisting the artistic design on the back of her chair was far more comfortable than the one Aika was sitting on.
The meeting continued as usual, Yaya breaking out into random screams, Nagihiko calming her down, Rima sending sideways glares at a certain newbie and muttering about how the Guardians were too soft, Tadase going into world domination mode, Tsukiga blasting her MP3, Shinyu eating her pretzels and Amu…eh who cares.
Anyway, the meeting continued as usual; and nothing productive was done.
It was about 5:00 when Tadase got the bucket, and the rest of the Guardians got their minds focused onto the topic of the day (really, it's the same topic everyday) Easter.
Everyone was huddled around the glass table, where the dish of cookies had been removed since it was devoured within the first 10 minutes of the meeting. Tadase sat with a pristine air and his hands folded. His face was serious as he began the discussion.
"There's been a rumour circulating the area that Easter has a new target, besides the Embryo," he stated.
"Does that mean they don't want the Embryo anymore?" Yaya exclaimed, surprised.
Nagihiko shook his head, "I think that they think that they found something better than the Embryo." There was a suspenseful pause between them as thought of what on earth could be more valuable than the Embryo through the eyes of Easter.
Then out of nowhere, Tsukiga broke the silence, "Or that rumour's just a load of B.S." Arisa snickered at her choice of words and Shinyu nodded, considering the fact to be true.
"But Arisa-chan, don't you remember what happened with Ikuto?" Aika asked.
All eyes turned to the blue haired girl, and Tadase's stare hardened at the sound of the teenager's name. "What happened?"
Aika's expression suddenly turned to a nervous one when she felt the questioning stares directed towards her. Clearing her throat, she continued with the most confident voice she was able to maintain.
"T-this morning, while Arisa-chan and I were walking to school, we were approached by Ikuto, in his Death Rebel transformation."
"Eh!? Ikuto-kun?" Amu gasped, surprised.
"Yeah dumbass, weren't you listening to the first and only sentence?" Arisa said, effectively insulting her.
"Then he attacked us and demanded that Arisa joined Easter. But also…" Aika's words faded and everybody leaned in, in a vain attempt to hear her words.
"What did you say Suzuki-san?" Nagihiko asked calmly, but Aika chose to remain silent.
Sensing a tense atmosphere around the group, as Aika fidgeted with her hands in her lap, Arisa leaned her chair back, balancing on the two back legs and declared, "Whatever, she'll tell us when she wants to."
The Guardians turned to Arisa. "Aren't you worried about Ikuto though?" Amu demanded.
"About his well-being; not so much. But if he's doing to screw my life up, along with my friends, then I'll personally go and punch him in the face."
"I believe now would be a good time to plan our next move of Easter. Since we have one too many motives, I think we should strike in Spring, right after spring break," Tadase announced officially.
"Hm. That sounds good. I say we go for it," Rima agreed, crossing her arms daintily. Shinyu and Tsukiga nodded and Aika agreed as well.
"Wait! What about Ikuto? We can't hurt him!" Amu exclaimed, standing up abruptly and slamming her palms onto the table.
Arisa rose as well and mirrored her action. "No, you can't hurt Ikuto, but if he messes with my friends, whether it's his fault or not he's going to pay. And the big cheese who's controlling him is going to pay even more."
"Yaya agrees with Arisa! We can't have Easter hurting our friends!"
"It may seem kind of selfish that Arisa's so pissed off that they're messing with us, but I guess I'm flattered," Tsukiga said quietly. Shinyu chuckled, but in her mind, she was grinning evilly, thinking of the varieties of revenge she could form against Hamagichi.
"But I don't remember Aoisora-san mentioning Easter targeting her…" Amu muttered. Tsukiga perked up at the sound of her name, but shrunk back down into her seat when she heard the topic.
Shinyu sent a worried glance at Tsukiga, who seemed to be glaring at an innocent teacup.
Arisa and Aika shared a confused look, but decided to leave it alone. Arisa knew better; if Tsukiga didn't want to talk about something, then you'd leave her alone, no questions asked.
The silence was broken by Nagihiko, "So since this is our second time infiltrating Easter, we'll know the area better and maybe we'll even have the advantage of surprise."
"Not with me here you won't," came a smooth voice from above them.
Everyone turned towards the ceiling to find the blue-haired cat boy sitting ideally at an opening on the ceiling, with his ever cocky smirk on his face. You'd think that with a smirk like that he'd find out his worst enemy's weakness. Well he did.
Kind of.
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Feel free to criticize, because I know this chapter isn't that good…at all. It was boring wasn't it? I think my friends who own the OCs would enjoy it, but I apologize for all you others who have to sit through this painfully en-eventful chapter D:
But reviewing really helps me improve! You can also send some ideas because…I'm not that good at thinking of them sometimes.
