Kusukusu: DISCLAIMER: HappyJunjou doesn't own Shugo Chara or any characters and stuff except the things I made up! ^.^
HappyJunjou: Thanks to all reviewers and followers of this fic ^.^ It makes me very happy that you all enjoy my story, and I'm having a lot of fun writing it! (Even if I'm getting really annoyed by the sounds of Maple Story that my sister's playing in the background while I'm writing this!)
Rima: Let's just start the chapter already
HappyJunjou: Hmph! Well fine then! Oh by the way, I'm sorry I didn't write much of an intro for the other disclaimers! I just made disclaimers for them now! . But I didn't add anything disclaimer like . The rest of them will be like this one!
Rima & Kusukusu: HappyJunjou! Just shut up and start the story already!
HappyJunjou: Well fine then. Now we know why I don't give Kusukusu much of a part!
Kusukusu: What?! *kusukusukusu* Rima-tan yelled at you too!
HappyJunjou: Yeah, but I like Rimahiko, so...
Rima: Let's start the story then. Douzo!
***Chapter 7***
Fire & Water
***Nagihiko POV***
"What's wrong Mashiro-san?" Ai asked, "Are you jealous that I'm stealing away one of your friends?"
"I'm not jealous!" Rima growled, "Besides HE ISN'T my FRIEND. We practically hate each other."
Ouch. She didn't have to be so harsh. WE didn't hate each other, SHE hated ME. Still, I hated whenever she had to bring that up. I hated thinking of us as rivals.
"Well that's no fun" Ai pouted.
"And you!" Rima pointed at me and I smiled nervously. "EXPLAIN THIS!"
"Ai, can you let go of me?" The girl pouted, but did as she was told.
I really do hope Rima doesn't think anything of this. The last thing I need is for to hate me even more, worse yet, think that I actually like Ai. I cringed at that thought. Yuck.
"Ai is my childhood friend. I've known her ever since I was little, until she moved to America." I explained.
"...and now I'm back to marry Nagi!" Ai exclaimed.
I halfway fell out of my chair as soon as she said that. Was this girl crazy or what?
"W-what?" I choked. I could feel Rima's cold stare.
"Nagi! You promised remember? Right before I left for America!" Ai explained with a huge goofy girn on her face. I cocked my head to the side.
"I remember that day crystal clear! I was crying because I didn't want to move so far away from Nagi, but he gave me a flower and cheered me up. He said that we'd always be friend no matter what, so that's when I asked him to marry me!" Ai explained.
I sighed. Come to think of it, I do remember that day, but I don't remember agreeing to it.
"I said that I'd think about, Ai." I reminded her. She pouted, the kind of pout everyone else would've thought of as cute, but it didn't work on me.
"But think about it, we're destined for each other Nagi!" Ai complained.
"Yeah, NAGI. You two are destined for each other." Rima mimicked, "Anyways, I'm leaving. I don't think we'll be discussing much with HER here."
"Who are you?" Ran asked in her pitchy tone. Rima turned around to see what Ran was referring to. It was a chara with long dark colored hair and green eyes in a wedding dress.
"I'm Luna-chan!" She exclaimed, "I'm Ai-chan's chara, the cutest chara ever!"
"You have a chara?" I asked. Ai nodded happily.
"Everyday in America, I dreamed of meeting you again! Luna-chan was born from that wish!" Ai explained, "Just like me, she's the cutest around!" Narcissistic. "Now who's the queen's chair?" Everyone pointed at Rima who just glared at the overly rude Ai.
"I am. Got a problem with that?"
"Oh my. Well you're obviously not fit to be a queen. How about a little princess? Also little prince here should bow down and let Nagi be my king." Ai smirked.
"How dare you call me a prince!" Tadase screamed, "I'M KING!!!" Ai ignored him, and he started screaming even louder but she gave no response. Yaya and Amu had to hold him back from half way strangling Ai.
"How am I not fit to be the Queen's Chair?" Rima question. Ai sneered.
"You're short, flat, not good at sports, lacking pure knowledge, not elegant, and not pretty enough." Ai explained. Darn. Rima must be fuming mad by now. Rima still held a cool indifferent look as she silently took in all the insults.
"And what about you?" Rima asked, tossing her hair back behind her shoulder. "You're Narcissistic, conceited, ill-mannered, rude, a brat, and mean. Wow. My list could go on forever." Rima retorted. Ai's face grew a bright red. She looked as though she was going to strangle Rima.
I quickly grabbed Rima's hand and led her out of the Royal Garden before Ai could lay a finger on her.
***Rima POV***
I don't know why, but I was suddenly really angry. Why didn't Nagihiko tell me he was "engaged" to such a brat. Why didn't he tell me that he knew her? Why did he cheer her up when she was sad that time in the past? Why did he have to be so kind?
"Let go of me!" I demanded cooly slapping his hand away from mine.
"Are you crying?" Nagihiko asked, shocked.
"What?" I said in a shocked tone. I definitely was NOT crying because of soemthing like this. I felt around my eye area, noticing there were a few tears there.
"No! I just got something in my eyes!" I explained. He sighed. We walked in silence, but I still couldn't shake off the awkward sadness I was feeling. My chest hurt and I didn't know why. Maybe it was growing pains. Hah! Take that, Ai! I'm growing soon so there!
"I don't want to go home." I whispered. Nagihiko cocked his head. "I want to go back over there and beat up that brat." I pouted. By the way, she shouldn't be talking since she can't even do the "cute" pout the right way!
"I don't think you should do that. How about we take a little detour instead." Nagihiko suggested. I hesitantly nodded and followed him. For some reason, having him near me started to calm me down. My chest didn't feel as painful anymore. Maybe it was just because I was happy that he wasn't near Ai, so she'd be mad at me later (hehehe) Maybe it was something else. Whatever it was, I didn't care. I was happy right now, and no one could change that.
"We're here." Nagihiko announced.
I looked around at the deserted area.
"A garden?" I asked.