KV: 5 reviews in one night... *cracks fingers* Looks like I gotta do a good update...
Miku looked at Mikuo with a confused look. "But I'm not a Joker." she stated.
"Nor is Alice from Wonderland. That's what makes you her. You are my Alice." Mikuo said in a pur. Miku blushed deeply and looked away.
"Y-you're stupid. I'm Miku not Alice!"
"You can deny it all you want, but in the end it is true."
Miku sighed and laid down next to him. "Whatever, you're just crazy and stupid." she curled into a ball. "Mikuo?.." she called out.
"Yes?"
"What were you trying to do earlier to me?" she asked though she already knew the answer, like most people though she just wanted to hear him admit it. Mikuo looked at her.
"Nothing why?" he lied but she could hear it in his voice.
"Don't lie to me, it's disrespectful."
Mikuo lowered his head, "Fine... I was going to...you know..." Miku looked at Mikuo to see he was blushing. His usual calm, cool expression covered with embarrassment. Miku giggled, "B-be quiet. You are the worst Alice e-ever." he said looking down. Miku noticed how cute he looked- like a puppy. She quickly hug took Mikuo into a hug.
"I know." she said. Mikuo calmed and hugged her back.
"Okay, maybe not the worst." he laughed. Miku pulled back and looked at Mikuo.
"Close your eyes. I got a surprise for you."
"Is this surprise going to hurt me?" he asked with a raised eye brow.
"If you don't close your eyes." she glared. Mikuo looked at her for a bit before closing his eyes.
"Alright." he said sarcastically. Miku took in a breath. The truth is that she was wondering how it would have felt like if he did kiss her and even though it wasn't in that order, she wanted to know. She leaned in and gently pressed her lips against his. Mikuo's eyes shot open and he pulled away.
"What?" he questioned.
"It's called a kiss." Miku answered as she turned away.
"But you stopped me earlier!" he sighed, "In all my years of life I have never been able to understand girls. They stop you when you make a move but make the move themselves even though they expect it to be you? God, everything is so stupid."
"I could say the same for you!" Miku yelled as she ran to the bathroom, "You stupid Joker!"
Mikuo caught her wrist before she got there though, "I know I am." he said in a whisper. Miku tried to break free but failed. "I didn't mean it like that, I'm actually happy you did that." he said.
"Yeah, sure you are." she said sarcastically. "I know you're the Joker of Game but I didn't expect you to play with my heart!" Miku said as she finally broke free and ran into the bathroom. Mikuo froze there, almost unable to breathe. He gathered up all his strength to walk to the door of the bathroom but heard nothing, but crying. He didn't dare bother to knock but just stay there... waiting.
Even though the chain was shining...
After the crying died down and Miku was calm, Mikuo unlocked the door. "Miku?" he called out into the bathroom which lead to a slight echo.
"What do you want?" she asked with those dead eyes that seemed to kill Mikuo when he looked into them.
"I want to be a friend, your friend."
"For a friend, you sure know how to cause me a lot of trouble in more than one way."
"Believe me Alice, Mikuo has never been good with love." a third voice said. They both looked around for the cause until they saw a woman with long pink hair next to them. She had icy blue eyes, soft pink hair, a light cream color of skin, and most of all which bothered Miku was the fact she had big breasts, but she had a ring exactly like Mikuo's and that's when Miku knew what she was.
"Oh hey Luka." Mikuo said. "I love your visits but I'm kinda in the middle of something."
"Well YOU are the one that challenged me so don't me that back talk." she said with a wink and then turned to Miku. "Hmm..." she stared at Miku, examining her. Miku just looked at Mikuo for help in the awkward silence but Luka soon took Miku into a tight hug. "She's soooo cute!"
Miku losing breath reached to Mikuo, "Help...me..." she gasped. Luka let go laughing though.
"Sorry sorry. I just got carried away. It's just been awhile since we've had an Alice and we've never had one as cute as ya" Luka then calmed and turned to Mikuo with a crooked smile. "I surrender my turn." Luka said dropping a pair of cyrstal dice in Mikuo's hand.
Mikuo took them and smiled back,"Well that's one less battle to play." he said with a sigh as if disappointed.
"Um, what are you talking about?" Miku asked with her head slightly tilted.
"Ahh, I guess he hasn't told you what your possion of Alice is." Luka said looking at Mikuo with a fun scolding face before continuing. "Alice is a human that a Joker wishes to have around like in most cases for a relationship. But the Alice game must be played, in that game the Joker- who is Mikuo in this case- must challenge the other Jokers to a game to compete for you. So let's say Mikuo wins a battle with another Joker, you'd still get to be with him. If he lost however even once- you could die or at the very least forget everything about us."
Miku looked at Luka with horror, "Can... a friendship be another cause for Mikuo to enter the Alice game?" Miku asked almost breathlessly, and Luka nodded. Miku then looked down, she wished for him to be her friend and by doing so she forced Mikuo to enter the Alice game...she could be the cause of her own death if Mikuo loses.
"But~ I won't be playing with Mikuo because I gave up my dice so that's one less Joker to worry about."
Miku looked at Mikuo, "Do...do you have to compete against the Queen as well?"
Mikuo took a second but he nodded slowly. Miku grabbed Mikuo by the collar of his shirt, "How many Jokers have won the Alice game?"
"...None..." he said in a small voice.
"That's also why Gumi turned to dust, do you know about Gumi? She fell in love with a human once and played the Alice game, she almost won too! She lost against the Queen though... and the Queen is very cruel... She killed the human right infront of Gumi and destroyed Gumi's Joker ring therefore turning Gumi into ...dust." Luka told.
Miku then started to immediately freak out, she couldn't stand the thought of having Mikuo die from her! Everything just started out on a whim... why would it end with possible death? Miku began to shake. Mikuo took her into a hug. "Don't worry Miku... Games are my speciality and with the Ghost of Hope on my side I'm sure I'll win."
"W-who's the Ghost of Hope?" Miku asked.
"That's what we call Gumi." Luka said with a smile. Miku pulled out of Mikuo's hug and took in a deep breath.
"And besides, I'll keep my Ace up my sleeve." Mikuo said with that same old smile that now seemed to calm down Miku. Miku nodded and smiled back.
"You better you stupid Joker."
KV: hehe...
neo: (2) They formed that agreement for not only Lily but for everyone else, but it is just a title... at the moment ;3 And I want to kill those girls too... and it's going to take a bit for Miku to admit she likes Mikuo. xD she hates admitting stuff. I'll give a SPOILER to why his ring's flame changed color: a joker's flame reprents who they are- for Mikuo its purple but like the way falling in love can change people so does they flame. :D and yes the girl was Miku in the little show Mikuo showed her. But you're very close. The answer to that will be revealed later SPOILER: when they go to wonderland.
Amyadiekane: aww, you don't have to review every single time! Thank you for saying that though, but I won't go into my emo corner, thank you for reading both my stories though! You're so sweet. :3
nanaKUN: I think wonderland had a king in the disney verison. But there's no king anymore now so bleh, poor Gumi. And I believe your question was just answered in this chapter. Hope ya liked it.
NyanKittyCat: d'aww thank you. And I do my best to update when I can, it gets more reviews that way. Romance eh? I do suppose I have to agree with that. ._. ehh... I'll work on it more. And thank you agan! x3
Mikuo: why does it seem like the responses are more than the story?
KV: ...they're not longer... and I love my reviewers...
Miku: Please review people~ You'll get an update if ya do.